The McGill Tribune Vol. 06 Issue 23

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Tuesday. M arch 2 4 , 1987

BOG Votes To Sit On Military Research

by Elizabeth Pasternak

The Board of Governors (BoG) unanimously voted to create a joint com m ittee o f Board and Senate members to review the procedures of military research at McGill last Monday.

The BoG meeting got underway as Principal Johnston recalled the "unfor­ tunate incident" where 3 members of the civil disobedience group called "The Little Red W agon" occupied VP Research Gordon Maclachlan's office for six days in protest of the research on Fuel Air Explosives being conducted at McGill.

At that point, a persistent clamour

from the 150 students protesting outside the administration building began to filter through the closed windows of the Board room. The demonstrators had already been marching in a circle in front of the building for close to 2 hours, despite a minor blizzard, chanting anti­ fuel air war slogans and demanding responsible research.

Congregated near the face of the building, the demonstrators pounded on garbage cans, mailboxes and signs and chanted protests.

"Some issues have been raised on the board with regard to our research guidelines," Johnston said, "particularly

Radio M c G ill G o e s FM!

by Michèle Dupuis

The Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission granted CFRM Radio McGill a licence last Thursday to broadcast on Montréal's FM dial. Come September, CFRM w ill be broadcasting over a 100 Kilometer radius around the clock, seven days a week on 90.3 FM. "W e are Pleased, said a jubilant Martha-Marie Kleinhans, station manager at CFRM. CFRM has been campaigning to obtain the FM license for approximately two year. The radio station was forced to compete with Radio Concordia (CRSG) and CIBL, a local community radio station for the one position on the dial available for student broadcasting in the Montréal area. Montréal is the only ma­ jor city in Canada that does not yet have a student operated radio station.

Lucy Odette, Assistant to the (Québec) Regional Director of the CRTC, stated that the Commission granted the license to McGill over Concordia because McGill is "w e ll supported and better prepared; it was clearly the best

Don Rossiter and Martha-Marie Kleinhans beam with pleasure.

Odette also noted that the station "offered true alternative programming," and had over 25 years of experience in broadcasting, (six years on cable) she ex­ plained that these reasons, along with the support of students, the university's administration and the business community were the deciding factors for the Commission on which station would receive the license.

Radio McGill sought out six businesses who would advertise on the station as soon as they received their license. Students showed their support in October 1985, by voting to grant the station $2.00 per student per semester to cover operating costs.

The administration has promised CFRM a $112,000 loan upon the granting of the license to cover various start up costs including studio renovations, anten­ nas, and new equipment. According to Kleinhans, these are the only extra costs that w ill be incurred as the station w ill continue to operate using only volunteers. The volunteers are the "key to our success," said Don Rossiter, co­ author of Radio McGill's FM application.

The station is also hoping that Vice Principal (Physical Resources), Sam Kingdon, w ill provide new office space to house the necessarily expanded operations of the station. Although Kingdon saw a "legitimate need" for extra space, he was not prepared to discuss it: "it's too premature," he said.

Co-op On Campus

by Claude Trudelle

Many people have not heard of Coop McGill. Yet, this student run organism is very much alive with sales of a quarter of a million dollars during its last financial year!

But what is a cooperative exactly?

A cooperative is a non-profit organiza­ tion owned by members who pay a minimal fee in exchange for a share.

This share in return allows the member to benefit from low priced items that the Coop distributes, and also gives the member a voting right in general assemblies.

Coop M cG ill was officially constituted in early 1985 under the name of the McGill University Engineering Student Cooperative. Its original objective was to distribute the Philips 3100 computer to

engineering students.

The advent of the computer, however, created demand for computer related products such as diskettes, printers and paper. Therefore,, Coop M cG ill diver­ sified and now offers a wide variety of co m p u te r pro du cts as w e ll as calcula tors, o ffic e fu rn itu re and typewriters.

From a task force solely composed of engineering students, the Coop quickly grew up with the involvement of students from other faculties. This brought in different views and various skills. Presently, over^30 students work at the Coop to best serve the interest of the 800 members.

Coop McGill is located in Room 281, McDonald Engineering Building and is open from 10:00am till 4:00pm during the week.

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those made in the last few years regar­ ding military research." He explained that the guidelines only stipulate that M cG ill is prevented from engaging in secret military research.

Johnston then said, "I propose an ad hoc joint committee of Board and Senate to review procedures involving military research. This committee would include three members from the Board, and three members from Senate, one of them being a student."

As a motion was put forward to ap­ point this committee, David Schulze, Grad Rep., proposed that the body move to Appendix C of the BoG documenta­ tion. In this document, the student Ad Hoc C om m ittee for Responsible Research, recommends the suspension of the contract between the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Defence Research establishment. It also recommends that BoG enlarge the mancontinued on page 3

Justin Richardson says "n ix " to FAE's.

O c e a n o g ra p h y

by Ian M. Harrold

Last Tuesday's meeting of the Faculty of Science sounded the death knell for M cG ill's internationally known Institute of Oceanography. Introducing a motion for the "dissolution" of the Institute, the Dean of Science, W illiam Leggett, asserted that the move "in no way reflects on the quality or the dedication of the staff of the Institute" but rather, is an attempt to "restructure existing resources."

Although several faculty members ex­ pressed sadness and regret at the loss, the motion was passed overwhelmingly with only five members voting against.

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Leggett said that the dissolution was in part an initiative on the part of the In­ stitute's own staff and that the situation there had grown "more serious" since 1983, when an independent report recommended closing down the In­ stitute should it's funding remain at such an historically low level. The report praised the Institute's high level of pro­ ductivity (over 45 published studies in 1984-85) and said its funding should be increased to the tune of $250,000. In ad­ dition, the report recommended that two new positions be created in marine chemistry and primary production. The status quo, the report said, would mean

Environmental Ethics

by Michael Sharpe

Nowhere does the statement "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" ring more truly than in the ears of en­ vironmentalists. Since the 1960's, peo­ ple like Rachel Carson, Garrett Hardin, and David Suzuki have been trying to awaken a lethargic public, short-sighted politicians and greedy indistrialists to the fact that our planet is in trouble. Serious trouble.

More often than not, the warnings have fallen on deaf ears. There is, it seems, a tremendous inertia in this system of ours: A system which thrives on conspicuous consumption and ex­ plosive growth, and which clings tenaciously to a quaintly Victorian but dangerous concept of progress. Progress at all costs.

What we are finding, of course, is that the costs are real, and that we are paying in the hard currency of biologically dead lakes, of airw hich isn't fit to breathe and of fish with enough mercury in them to deform unborn children.

The problem, as the environmentalists are finding, lies in determining just where the inertia springs from. What is exactly that keeps our wasteful, seem­ ingly insatiable industrial machine roll­ ing, while the evidence that it is going to be our downfall literally piles up around us. Is it, as some claim, a product of the system itself, a result of the sheer complexicty of the economic and the political systems we have evolved? Or is it just inside our heads?

People like Michael Bloomfield, ex­ ecutive director of the Harmony Founda­ tion, are inclined to think that our seem­ ing inability to change really is just in­ side our heads. In his talk, Environmen-

tal Ethics: Pursuit of a New Relationship W ith Nature (organized by McGill Studnt Pugwash) Bloomfield explained how he created the non-profit Harmony Foundation two years ago, as a means of "pursuing a new relationship with nature through education and learning."

He has no time for the cynics who claim that it is too late to do anything about environmental degradation, that we are doomed as a species and are go­ ing to drag the world down with us.

"W e must revolutionize our relation to nature and other animals." We cannot go on "arrogantly behaving as if we are ecologically and ethically the centre of creation. O r as M.A. Giannelli said "The Special Darlings of the Unvierse."

Although Bloomfield's message may not be new, he is going about spreading the word very effectively. The inertia of the system, to use the same metaphor, lies with the "O ld dogs." The people who are too set in their ways and refuse to see the immediate need for a new ap­ proach to our use of the environment.

Very often, these are the people who wield the power. continued on page 3

U n d e r a slow death for the Institute.

At present, the full-time staff numbers three professors and professor emeritus Max Dunbar, who founded the Institute in 1963. Dean Leggett said the pro­ fessors w ill be reassigned to the depart­ ments of Biology, Meteorology and Geological Sciences and students w ill be allowed to complete their MSc's and PhD's as they had registered. New students w ill have to register in different departments under the aegis of an as of yet undefined interdisciplinary marine sciences program.

At a meeting of concerned staff and students held Thursday at the Institute's Eaton building, students expressed shock and disbelief at the way the affair was handled by the Faculty. Some students said the Faculty held longstan­ ding prejudices against the Institute and its independent status. Still others deplored the way the Institute's dissolu­ tion had been carried out, calling it "death by strangulation."

Professor Dunbar, who was not con­ sulted about the closing said that although he didn't want to create any "waves," the dissolution w ill be "look­ ed upon badly" in academic circles in Dalhousie, Laval and at the Université de Montréal. He said that M cG ill "is making a mistake in the long run" and queried whether oceanography could have any kind of identity if spread loose­ ly among three departments.

Some students implied there had been a long-running undercurrent of competi­ tion, between the Biology Department and the Institute of Oceanography and that there may have been a concerted ef­ fort to shut the Institute out.

Dean Leggett said he planned to ad­ vance the idea of a joint oceanography program with Laval Uhiversity and held that this could "enhance oceanography at McGill and in Québec."

Students, many o f w hom are American, voiced concern over the pro­ spect of taking marine biology courses in French. At a time when the federal continued on page 11

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WHAT’S TUESDAY Tuesday, March 24 • Americans Abroad of M cG ill are hav­ ing a general meeting to announce

nominations for all executive positions at 4pm in Union B09/10. For info, about the positions please call: 285-1365 or 731-2907 • Professor Nelol H e rtz of John Hopkins University w ill give a talk entitl­ ed "Rereading George Eliot" at 4pm in Arts Council Room, 160. All Welcome!

• Computer Fair '87 opens today at 10pm to visitors in Leacock 232. Ac­ tivities are planned throughout the day including speakers and displays. Drop by anytime until 8pm. All welcome!

• Tuesday March 31, Concordia Animal Rights Association w ill present a day­ long series of events addressing the issues of the Animal Rights Movement.

Plan to Attend!

• The McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy presents "C o m ­ puters in Rehabilitation Showcase" in Hosmer House, 1st Floor (on Drum­ mond Street) All Welcome!

WEDNESDAY Wednesday, March 25

• Dr.. George Shenuda of the Jewish General Hospital w ill speak on "Hum an Carcinoma Neo Antigens" at 5pm in Room 705 of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building. All Welcome!

• The General, a soundless absolutely hysterical movie, w ill be shown in the Ballroom at 7:30pm. Admission: Free!

Presented by the McGill Film Society.

• M cGill Outing Club is having a very important meeting. General elections for executive positions w ill be held at 7:30pm in Leacock 232.

• M cG ill Women's Union is holding a general meeting and discussion at 4:30pm in Union 423. All welcome. For more information: 392-8920.

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425/426. Maybe the last meeting this year so bring ideas for next year!

• M cG ill Film Society Will hold its an­ nual general meeting to elect next year's executive — in Union 410 at 6:30pm.

Everyone welcome!

• The Marriage o f Maria Braun, a German m o vie , fe a tu rin g in te rw a r Deutschland, w ill be shown in Leacock 132 at 7:30pm. Admission $2. Presented by the McGill Film Society.

• Hillel needs volunteers to tutor English and French to immigrants.

Please contact Heidi at Hillel if in­ terested: 845-9171.

FRIDAY

Generation X w ill be shown in Leacock 132 at 7:30pm. Admission $2.25. Don't miss the original Sid and Nancy!

Presented by the McGill Film Society.

SUNDAY Sunday, March 29

• Morning worship at 10:30am with Presbyterian/United Church Campus M in is try . For m ore in fo rm a tio n : 392-5890.

• Anglican Morning worship at Christ Church Cathedral 8am — traditional Eucharist and 10am — traditional

Eucharist with choir and sermon.'For in­ fo: 392-5890.

MONDAY Monday, March 30

• McGill Debating Union is holding an In-House Debate entitled "Everv hero soon becomes a bore" in Union 425 at 6pm. All welcome!

• McGill Cheerleaders hold practices every Monday from 9 to 11pm in the Currie Gym. All welcome.

• Anglican chaplaincy student and staff Eucharist at 12 noon in the Newman centre. For information: 392-5890.

Friday, March 27

• M cG ill International Law Society presents Apartheid and the Law: Report from South Africa with Morris Mann­ ing, Q .C ., Toronto Human Rights lawyer who recently led a fact finding mission to South Africa and Halton Cheadle, South African Human Rights lawyer who has successfully challenged the regime's emergency regulations. Room 203 of the Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel Street at 1pm.

• M c G ill Christian Fellowship is holding a pot luck dinner, at 6pm in the basement of the Diocesan Col lege, 3473 University. All welcome. For info: 286-0265 or 286-8281.

• M cG ill Debating Union is holding a general meeting at 3pm in Arts 270. All welcome!

• Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman, w ill be shown in L132 at 7:30pm. Ad­ mission $2.25. Presented by McGill Film Society.

In Praise of FM The M cGill Tribune and the Student Society of McGill Unive sity would like to extend their sincere thanks and congratula­ tions to M artha-M arie K leinhans, D on Rossiter and Jason Mogg. Their diligent work and dedication made FM radio . t McGill possible. As well, we would especially like to thank Professor Frank B uckley whose unrelenting support and pro­ fessional experience was instrumental in CFRM's successful bid for an FM band.

Special thanks also to the McGill Student body for suppo ting CFRM's fee increase referendum last fall and to the McGi ! alumni whose support in the form of advertising commitments was indispensable.

Thanks to the effort of-the entire McGill community, Mon­ treal w ill finally have an alternative on the FM dial.

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date of the Committee to Advise on Mat­ ters of Social Responsibility "to include research as well as portfolio investment within the Committee's competence."

Schulze then brought forward an amendment to Johnston's proposal say­ ing, "I have a problem in the way the procedure was dealt with in the Graduate Faculty. The purpose was aim­ ed at research in mine clearing.

However, this research is in collabora­ tion with the American government, who, being the only ones to employ FAE's, used it to clear mine fields in Viet Nam and left thousands of people dead in the process."

"I am calling into question the recom­

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If you can't teach the tricks to the old ones, how about the young ones?

This is the key to the approach of the Harmony Foundation. If you want to in­ still a healthy environment ethic to peo­ ple, catch them when they are young, when they are really curious about the world around them and want to learn.

To this end the foundation spends much of its time and energy attempting to get environment studies included in science curriculums in the public schools and revising existing programs.

It is also making similar material available for "public and professional people" through a "broadly-based pro­ gram of continuing education..."

At the university level the foundation is working to establish chairs of En­ vironmental Ethics within the en­ vironmental studies departments of several Canadian universities. On this front, Bloomfield has found allies in some of Canada's leading environmen­ talists and educators, particularly David Suzuki and Jon Livingston. Livingston is a professor at York University in Toronto and did much of the writing for Suzuki's television series The Nature of Things and the provoctive series Planet For the Taking.

The Harmony Foundation has also received much support from some unusual sources. Many celebrities have helped by donating articles to be auc­ tioned off in fund raising events. The w ell known w ild life artist Robert Bateman has recently agreed to serve as Honourary Chairman.

Said Bloomfield, "Obviously, our society is con fro nted by some monumental decisions concerning our relation to nature...We must find ways to greatly improve our ability to anticipate and prevent problems, and to effectively judge the long-term implications of our decisions. Such behaviour is an obliga­ tion to ourselves, future generations and non-human life."

board has a function to see that policies are correct, but let the Senate deal with the specific cases."

Schulze responded, "I would be w ill­ ing to withdraw this amendment if I had assurances that reports fo r the Board/Senate w ould offer a full debate...and come no earlier than September because students wouldn't have any input in the summer." He add­ ed that he would prefer that the issue not be brought up at the board until October in order to allow for student involve­ ment. \ Johnston said that he would be "hap­ py to accommodate this." The amend­ ment was withdrawn and the principal's motion was passed.

In an interview with the Tribune, Schulze said that he was "satisfied with (the outcome at the board meeting) for

m e n d a tio n ot the. E x e c u tiv e C o m m itte e ," c o n tin u e d Schulze.

Holding up a fistful of sheets, he said, "And here I have 1,000 signatures peti­ tioning for the same thing."

Various members of the board displayed confusion over Schulze's pro­ posed amendment to Johnston's pro­ posal. Chair Hallward stated that he believed that "the principal's issue (was) all embracing." Schulze explained that his request was to see that appendix C was " n o t o n ly considered but addressed" by the proposed committee.

A debate then ensued over the necessity of such an amendment.

Johnston felt that the reconsideration of the contract for FAE research would be done by that committee. Donald MacSween, Director General of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa added, "The

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The organizers of the FAE protest were satisfied with the turnout, given how quickly the event was organized and the bad weather. " If we had had the time, energy, and weather to get 8,000 people together, something would have hap­ pened on the spot," said Jamie Kneen, an a c tiv e m e m b e r o f M c G ill Ploughshares. " I 'd like to thank everyone who stood in the snow last Monday."

The next plan of action for all sup­ porters of anti-FAE's w ill be decided this week. W ills hopes that someone from the Ad Hoc Committee for Responsible Research w ill be made a member of the joint BoG/Senate committee. The antiFAE coordinators w ill be using the time at hand to organize a student rally for the BoG meeting in October.

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now. Obviously a cancellation would be better, but certain counsellors told me in private that they didn't know enough about the issue to decide. So I have to respect that."

He added that the BoG meeting was positive in that "the University admitted there was a problem; before they were saying there were no grounds to end the contract because it was not against regulations; now, they are going to review those regulations.”

"Certainly it was a classic BoG response — a slow level response," said Marc W ills a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Responsible Research.

"BoG is hoping the issue w ill be forgot­ ten by letting the dust settle a little — the FAE contract runs until 1989 and I have the impression the board would be reluctant to break it before the due

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tuesday, March 24, 1987 The M cG ill Tribune

Students Afraid To Debate Babb?

To the Editor:

From the Daily lead article of March 9 (“ Babb Makes Secret Speech at M cG ill") I learned of the shameful policy of the Student Society and of some campus protestors forbidding representatives of the South African government from speaking on campus. This policy, though obviously meant as a protest to apartheid, is in the end most harmful to SSMU and those protestors. By not allowing the free expression of ideas — that is, any ideas, regardless of their ap­ parent worth — SSMU loses the moral right to claim itself a model of freedom against which the South African govern­ ment can be judged.

Perhaps SSMU sees such ideas as harmful. However, it is not until such ideas are translated into actions that ac­ tual harm occurs. The social contract of McGill means to me what it would in any truly free society: that as a legal member of the group (the university) represented by SSMU, I am free to hear

any idea within this group that I wish, as long as I and the speaker of such ideas do not translate these ideas into lawbreaking action at McGill. There ex­ ists no law against hearing ideas on cam­ pus, so SSMU has no right to prevent or discourage it in any way.

SSMU and campus protestors could better prove their point by humiliating Babb in fair, open debate; where two ideas are given an equal chance before an intelligent audience, the better of the two would have to win. Their current stance makes them seem afraid to debate Babb. If Babb were to refuse to debate the protestors on equal terms then he would seem a coward, and the pro­ testors would win the very point I see them losing now.

If SSMU were to clearly establish a policy allowing all ideas, no matter how ridiculous, a fair chance, theq there would be no danger that they would ap­ pear to give tacit support or special diplomatic recognition to any speaker or

pamphlet; and nothing should stop SSMU from taking a vote to decide which idea it publicly supports, without denying the rights of opposing ideas.

The argument that we need not honour Babb's ideas here until his government allows our, or native South Africans', ideas freedom in Pretoria — this argument is an empty one. If we agree that the South African govern­ ment's methods are morally wrong, then we enlightened ones do not use them.

There are other ways to protest more ef­ fectively — divestment pressure, protest marches, in v itin g speakers w ith favorable views — so that we need not w illingly give up what makes us better than they, which we do when we sink to their level of conduct. We have everything to gain by letting the other side speak, everything to lose by forbid­ ding it.

David Apen U2 Arts

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To the Editor:

Please allow me to mention that a mistake was made in my write-up for the March 3rd issue. It stated that I "was the photo contest co-ordinator" when it should have said that I was a co­ ordinator. The original might imply that I was solely responsible for last year's very successful event. If any one person deserves such credit it is surely Marc Baltzan, who more than anyone else gave of his time and energy organising the event.

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Upon hearing of the recent visit of the South African ambassador, I wish to ex­ press my sincere disgust towards the per­ son responsible, John Hale; someone certainly of extreme ignorance, of total unconcern for those who are oppressed in South Africa.

I address this article directly to you, as I find it totally inconceivable that you wish to hear the "other side" of South Africa from someone who represents the only side you have heard so far. Are you the type who would have also had one of Hitler's aides to come and speak at M cG ill for students to get a good perspective of W orld War II? Having hitch-hiked through much of South Africa during the 1985 State of Emergency, where my greatest and only threat was the Afrikaaner-dominated police force, I find you and your attitude a total disgrace. Do you not know what Afrikaaners represent? Do you not see the traditional black funerals involving song and dance that are considered as "illegal gatherings” and therefore more than enough reason to send in army troops? Do you not know that the State of Emergency in S.A. states that no police officer may be brought to trial for ANY reason? That it defines "illegal gathering" as three or more black peo-

pie gathered at the same place, at the same time for the same reason? Can you imagine four black women waiting at a bus stop and getting arrested for that ac­ tion? Now take those same four women a few weeks later, just getting out of jail, and they have been raped to an extent that most of us cannot even begin to perceive.

But maybe Babb has enlightened you and perhaps you would be w illing to share what you have learned, as you did lim it the event to Douglas Hall student only, because of "lim ited space..." I sup­ pose it's a mere coincidence that they were all white, by the way? The only thing just about that is how it.parallels the reality that Apartheid in South Afica is caused by white rallies such as this, leaving me with more than a shiver up my spine as I wonder what you would be like as a white South-Arican living in Pretoria.

But why don't you go to S.A. yourself?

For when you stop your car to help out some of the many black hitch-hikers in one of the more-oppressed homelands, you may notice something bizarre. Why have all the black people dropped all their belongings and run away, as if their flesh was about to be laced full of bullets? Or, in the aftermath, after a long

Post-Grad Etiquette To the Editor:

For those undergraduates who are entertaining thoughts of graduate school, it is quite possible that there are obscure bits of information that the calendar chooses not to tell you about.

Some of these bits are crucial, and since the calendar is a legal document, it is in­ sensitive to things that cause angst because angst is not recognized as a legitimate form of injustice. Here is a selected list of the crucial bits: 1. Ivory towers are built from elephant tusks. If you insist on exercicisng in­ te lle c tu a l s u p e r io r ity over undergraduates, remember that an elephant died for your sins. Lay the trunk of your Christian baggage aside, and forget thine ego.

2. If you wish to become a T.A., remember that it doesn't stand for torpid appendage. You have the right to remain silent. Don't abuse it.

3. Once you are a graduate, the inclina­ tion is to forget that you were ever an undergraduate. Now you go up to your reserve desk at McLennan, and see some

gum -chew ing, undergraduate-being walkmanoid sitting there humbling the quiet still air of delightful studies by aromatizing it with secreted Fritos.

Restrain thyself. You are depressed by nature now, and it doesn't give you the right to insert your fist into what w ill ultimately be nature as unhappy as yours. Walk up to them, turn the volume down, take the Fritos and spill them in­ side their shirt. That w ill teach them not to disrupt their future life by having a chip on their shoulder.

4. The shrimp fork goes on the outside.

5. For God's sake, learn to pronounce 'synecdoche' properly. You might not hear it in mundane conversation, but at least if you embarass yourself by placing the shrimp fork on the inside, you can redeem yourself by not drawing atten­ tion to your linguistic incompetence.

This is known as metaphork.

6. Synecdoche is also placed on the outside. Not many people know that.

Eddie Paul MA 1 English Literature

period of you expressing your beliefs against Apartheid and have been ac­ cepted into their village where you ex­ perience kindness that abounds any satisfaction you have ever felt, do you think that you w ill then see "the other side?"

Or what about when your new black South-African friends write to you in Canada, telling of how your mail arrives to them opened and with missing pages?

And, when, all of a sudden all of your contacts in South Africa stop writing to you at exactly the same time. Would you wonder if they've been harrassed or even killed?

Don't think it is not a possibility, my white Canadian friend, and please get your perspective right, along with all the students w a lk in g a ro un d today preaching obscenities about freedom of speech.

Babb and his government insist that the black man's brain is of a smaller size and cannot retain as much information as that of a white. He is a symbol of op­ p re ssio n th a t has s u c c e s s fu lly manipulated the minds of so many Afrikaaners, and now perhaps Cana­ dians, into knowing almost nothing about the realities of the majority of their population, except that they clean the white man's homes, don't require much pay and seem to be always starting riots in their townships.

"Natives w ill be taught from early childhood that equality with Europeans is not for them...There is no piece for him above the. level of certain forms of labour."

A.F. Verwoerd Former S.A. Minister of Native Affairs

I hope you now have a better idea of what you are responsible for.

Jonathon Ellison Arts U2

Erratum Erratum

In the article "Babbspeak Unap­ preciated At Douglas H a ll," it was printed that South African ambassador to Canada Glenn Babb had stated that "Concordia had discovered last year that 50% of its student body was functionally illiterate."

There appears to be great uncertainty as to what Babb did in fact say, and the paragraph in which the comment ap­ peared should have been cut from the article. The Tribune apologizes if a fac­ tual error was printed.

LE T T E R S TO THE EDITOR

Tuesday, March 24, 1987 The M cG ill Tribune

Locals Remain Uninvolved To the Editor:

As a student living in residence, I take strong exception to Robert Vezina's “ Getting the locals involved," a mistitled and offensive Opinion which ap­ peared in the February 24 Tribune.

Mr. Vezina's thesis is that McGill students who are from Montréal are in­ sufficiently involved in campus life. Fair, enough. However, one of the solutions that he offers to this problem — and the the underlying theme of his essay — is patently unjust and mean-spirited.

By declaring Montréal students to be the "silent majority” and "unilingual anglophones from out of tow n" to be the "ruling m inority" (words in quotes are his); Mr. Vezina is suggesting that there are two classes of students at McGill. He laments the fact that the locals are not in­ volved, and blames it on the (perceived) fact that "Student Society leaders, most of them from out of town, do not have an inherent interest in reaching out to Mon­ trealers. There is no desire to actively cater to the majority."

This statement is absurd. First, voter apathy cannot be created by an unresponsive or insensitive Student Society — if anything, one would expect that poor leadership would create enough dissatisfaction to prompt more people to vote, not less. Second, the fact that an elected representative is not a Montrealer cannot alone justify a presumption that he or she w ill be cavalier about the needs of the "locals."

(And by the way, who is more local to McGill — a student who lives within half a mi le of the campus for eight months of the year, or a student who commutes an hour to school every day?)

Mr. Vezina particularly has it in for residence students, who "currently hold the balance of power" because "they

Responsible Journalism To the Editor:

I wholly believe in the individual right to free speech and free expression.

However, I do not believe in the printing of slander or libel, such as the letter of Mr. Eckert in the March 10th issue of the McGill Tribune. When I disagree with someone else, I invite a calm, unemo­ tional discussion, I do not go around in­ sulting that person and calling him/her names such as "shithead." Although I disagree with Mr. Clark on this particular issue, I did not nor w ill not resort to in­ sulting him. In fact, I respect Mr. Clark for speaking but and standing by his opi­ nions and beliefs, even though I may disagree with him; a capacity which seems to be lacking in Mr. Eckert. The printing of such material lowers the prestige of the Tribune and sets a dangerous precedent for allow ing possibly slanderous and/or libelous material to be printed in future issues.

I sincerely ask for an apology from the Tribune for printing a letter which should not have been printed, as slander disturbs the reputation of such a highly regarded student paper. I do not, however, expect any kind of apology from Mr. Eckert, as his letter shows him to be a person who is not in control of himself or his baser emotions, and as a person who is probably not capable of carrying on a calm and rational discus­ sion on any topic where there is any disagreement without resorting to insult and slander.

This w ill be my last letter to the Tribune on this subject, as I do not want another "Letter Wars" as happened in the McGill Daily last semester between Mr. Laws and the Daily staff. As you may see, this gives Mr. Eckert and Mr. Clark, the opportunity to have the last word.

Pierre Pavlenyi B. Eng U2F (Ed Mote: — It is the policy of the M c G ill Tribune to publish all letters ad­

dressed to the editorial board.

have a voting station installed right at the entrance of their cafeteria," thus affor­ ding them the opportunity to "vote for their buddies more easily." Does he pro­ pose to make things fairer by making voting more convenient for non­ residence students? No. His solution is to remove the ballot boxes from Bishop Mountain Hall. The inanity of this pro­ posal is unprecedented — since when has democracy been served by making it less convenient to vote? And it's not as if the "locals" do not have ample oppor­ tunity to cast their ballots: polling sta­ tions are set up in the entranceways of all major buildings for at least two days.

I would direct Mr. Vezina to look at the candidates who have presented themselves for the various Students' Society positions over the past few years.

If he does, he w ill notice that a disproportionate number of them are from out of town. The explanation for this phenomenon is the unavoidable truth that, for many reasons, students from outside Montréal are generally much more involved in campus life than are the "locals." Just to give one exam­ ple (because it is the one which I am

most familiar with): of the approximately 500 students who have done volunteer work at the Montréal Neurological Hospital over the past three years, at least 60% are residence students. O f the remainder, more than half are out-oftowners who live in the M cG ill ghetto.

Montréal students account for no more than 20% of the volunteers, while at the same time they comprise about three quarters of McGill's student population.

I am not complaining about the level of participation of Montrealers, but merely giving a very typical example. I'm sure that if you look at the composition of various campus clubs and organizations (not counting the International Students' Association, of course) you w ill find a s im ila r d is p r o p o r tio n o f n o n Montrealers.

Like Mr. Vezina, I have gone on a bit too long. My point is that instead of decrying the over-participation of Outof-town students, he should be grateful that there is a sizable number of en­ thusiastic and active students who can always be counted on for support.

John Hale Law IV

Satire With Social Conscience To the Editor:

I concur with Pierre Pavlenyi, B.Eng. U2F (Mar. 3) that satirists don't have an easy task. I've been at it for three decades and much of it has (dis)graced the pages of the McGill Daily thru the years. I have achieved persona non grata status and become a recluse of sorts, proof positive that the satirical material is doing its job: the whack to the mule's ass that gets its attention. Whereas the profs are tempted to distribute death cer­ tificates to selected students during lec­ tures, a pungent satire w ill bring forth the instant resurrection.

W ithout this ancient art form, social change, sluggish enough as it is, gets postponed forever plus a day. It is not my intention to libel anyone personally and I don't indulge in the innocuous satire of a "Royal Canadian Air Farce."

My targets are institutions of society nur­ turing dangerous paranoid ideation and the sort of people who bring us wars and other catastrophes. It "offends" those so

inclined. Let's face reality: people do ter­ ribly stupid, dangerous things to each otehr, to the non-human creatures on this planet and to their own perishable environments. When we satirists get out there and kick ass, we know it's risqué AND risky.

So is Armageddon.

(Re: John Horvath's Letter to the Editor in the March 18th McGill Tribune) Mr. Horvath states, "W hat I do de­ mand now is a front page apology in the Tribune and/or Daily acknowledging this error." RUBBISH! The Tribune's reporting of the meeting was for the most part correct, and dead-on in regards to his comments. My recollec­ tion of the incident is as follows: Mr. Horvath (after sitting cross-legged on the desk in front of all the other can­ didates): " I'll answer that question in English for the benefit of- those listening..."

Me: "N o, please answer in French."

Mr. Horvath: "O K. Anyhow, I believe that the problem w ith..."

Me: "U rn... excuse me...in French, PLEASE!" Mr. Horvath: "I can speak French. I can also speak Hungarian. Do you want me to answer in Hungarian?"

Me (getting fed up): "N O ! In French!"

Mr. Horvath: "Anyways, in order for McGill to be effective in..."

At which point I threw my hands up in exasperation and allowed Mr. Horvath to rant on. At no time did I grant him per­ mission to answer in English 'unhesitantly' and I certainly did pressure him to speak French. In the end, however, it did not matter what language he spoke because he didn't answer my question

Pavlenyi Defended To the Editor, C .D . Eckert, Joe Clark:

Having known Mr. Pavlenyi for many years, and seeing many letters being thrashed about in headless fury, I feel the need to respond.

Mr. Pavlenyi's main point was that humour usually (but not always) winds up offending, and if offended, don't read it in the future. In these times, if everyone went about crucifying (as you ''g e n tle m e n '' have a tte m p te d ) everybody for everything that offends, the bomb would go off and thus end this whole affair. Mr. Pavlenyi may not have put across his point in a clear fashion; but mistakes occur and humans are not the greatest of communicators.

To Mr. Eckert, such trashy and libelous remarks have no bearing and therefore no place in a discussion. M y opinion may be that you'ré a "shithead," but it may not be fact. This is more reminicient of the emotional rantings of a frustrated 7 year-old than a "rational" person.

To Mr. Clark, it seems you forget the Pot's raison-d'être: it is a tabloid, meant to be crude, and makes no bones about it. The paper is by and for engineers; it is printed and distributed only in the Engineering Complex. As you are not an

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To you who are offended, with flail­ ing hands I throw — the torch, be it yours to hold up low — and burn your butt. Honi soit qui mal y pense.

Ron Fleischman Outremont

P.S. (My latest opus, submitted to EndTerror, is the Millennium Machine. Con­ structed about the figure of Eve, with Adam operating the Apple computer, it brings about the Milennium of a terrorfree world by simply pressing three but­ tons simultaneously. No, I don't expect it to win the Nobel Prize — or any prize at all. It's the E -M C 2 of sociology and I'm sure it'll work.)

The Way l Saw It T o the Editor:

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(why did I let him get away with it?

Because it was a long meeting and J didn't want to waste my time arguing with Mr. Horvath).

As to Mr. Horvath's contention that "other candidates...likewise did not m ention anything about speaking French," it is a half-truth. His opponents for VP External, by speaking French, tacitly acknowledged the importance of speaking French and were under no obligation to repeat this fact. On the other hand, the candidates for all the other positions did not mention any need for French to be spoken because I did not ask them the question (and thus they could not be quoted as to the im­ portance of the VP External's grasp of French). i (I wonder how the Québec govern­ ment and the francophone universities would react to Mr. Horvath (had he Won the election) when he finds it necessary to express his views in English).

I believe that Mr. Horvath's indigna­ tion is the result of the fact that he badly lost the election. His own campaign, which offered few concrete proposals, was more than enough to ensure his defeat at the hands of his more ex­ perienced and better versed opponents.

The tone of his Letter to the Editor was one of 'I lost the election because of your article.' For a person in Education, Mr. Horvath has a lot to learn.

Engineer, and do not pay for the paper, and therefore since it is not meant for you in any way, shape or form, you have no say whatsoever in the decision of shutting it down. Any valid arguments you may have are quickly drowned out be a shrill shriek yelling "CLOSE IT DOWN $&$® III" Is this a case of free speech for minorities only? In this relatively free society, we can only try to persuade others to see or respect our point of view; but we should not and cannot stifle anyone's expression, even if we happen to disagree with it, no mat­ ter how violently.

As to what began fhis whole affair; gays and lesbians (in fact, any minority) have an important cause. But any cause is quickly ridiculed when its members rant emotionally and unintelligently, and viciously attack trivialities. Your cause w ill achieve respect when you worry about the important issues, for who respects the boy who cries wolf?

By the way, if you don't like it don't read it. Foaming at the mouth only gives your nemesis what it wants: your atten­ tion and publicity.

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ARTS & EN1

Shakin' Vibrations

by Chris Flanagan

The five-man, rocking blues band known throughout McGill as the Shakin' Foundations are about to establish themselves as a local group to be reckoned with as they embark upon their Montréal invasion. After their se­ cond highly successful Friday night per­ formance at Douglas Hall, the young group should be ready for their first show outside of McGill, at Station 10, March 30.

The group has established a near cult following from McGill residences and this status is well deserved. At both Douglas Hall performances the crowd stayed away in droves for the first set but jammed in to near-capacity for the re­ mainder of the evening.

When asked about the crowd at last week's performance, lead vocalist Bob

W hite responded, "It was madness, they were swinging from the chandaliers."

Whether the fans enjoyed the show that much or are simply all mad, remains to be sèen.

O riginal songs such as "Pete's Iguana” by Bob White and "Rock and Roll G od" by Bob Bass are indicative of the band's early rock and Blues in­ fluence. Shakin' Foundation play a wide variety of cover material from Elvis hits to Stones songs but plan to continue writing their own numbers. Whatever they play, Shakin Foundations are a tight band with good stage presence and an uncanny ability to keep the dance floor crowded all night.

Shakin' Foundations are definitely the newest (if not only) band comprised en­ tirely of McGill students, having formed less than six months ago. Their first gig took place at a geography variety show

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O 'N eill named the band after practic­ ing so loud on one particular occasion that the actual building structure began to rattle. Contrary to popular belief, the Shakin' Foundation have no plans to rock any political structures or public in­ stitutions.

In the tough Montréal music market, new bands generally need some original strategy to remain competitive. W hile their cover material is well rendered and crowd pleasing, the band needs to ex­ pand their original repertoire. With more of their own revival rock/blues tunes however, Shakin' Foundations could make major waves in the new music scene.

To Rock If you think you still have to dish out a fortune to see local bands perform, you'll be happy to know that those inex­ pensive, multi-band nights are back!

On Saturday, March 28th, you'll be treated to six of Montreal's best original bands for only $3.50. Concordia's Battle of the Bands w ill begin at 8:30pm at the Hall Bldg., 1455 de Maisonneuve W. 7th floor. The bands Flugh Ball, Bad End, Hodads, Pete Pneumonia and the Chronic Disease, Autumn and Central w ill be competing for prizes from Le Grand Salon recording Studio, Audio Technica, Steve's Music store, Kostar music and TDK. 6 bands in all! From Soft Rock, through Country Rock and Blues, right down to Good OF Fashin' Rock n' Rool'.

Be there early to catch some Door Prizes!

The Centaur Theatre's latest production of a Tom Stopparc comedy proves just how hard it can be to find The Real Thing The play's opening vignette sets the tone for the rest of the action; a witty if somewhat long exploration of "moderr love." The perplexing question, 'Just what does it mean wher my lover takes a lover?', recurs again and again. Unfortunate ly, one character does most of the answering.

The play's central figure, Henry (Simon Webb), is also it; most obviously romantic, but don't go expecting to see Romeo. Sexual infidelity disturbs this moody playwright, ex cept of course when he practices it himself. It is through extra marital dalliance that he meets the "love of his life,' his se cond wife Annie (Susan Almgren). Ironically, her extra­ curricular relationship with fellow actor Billy (Aidan Devine) later threatens to cut that second marriage short.

The attitudes of the other characters stand in contrast to his own. The pathetic Max (Rob Roy) pleads, "Love me because I'm suffering." Charlotte (Wendi Dawson), Henry's ex-wife, brings her diaphragm on over-night business trips. Annie's own attitude is puzzling. Her initial attraction to Billy is understandable, yet she continues her fling with him even after she admits the need is no longer there. Henry begins to

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Foufounes Besieged By Concrete Blonde milk the music's emotions and the words expressing them. She was backed up by two other musicians who completed the group. Fear o f Love was part of a major theme of the evening — love. Love of friends, love of family (love-hate is actually more to the point), and the lack of it in the 80s were all topics for the evening's discussion. Of course the seven hour wait at the border didn't do much to stimulate the group's admiration of authority. "I guess they didn't more emerging from Hollywood like my tatoo," said the lead sidewalks than just stars and vocalist before she launched in­ footprints. Musically at least, to one of many songs against they covered a wide territory conformity. The crowd at Les ranging from bluesy ballads to Foufounes were generally jarring slam rhythms guaranteed responsive to the group's material but then again, maybe to get people on their feet. it's not good to get too respon­ sive because people might think Most of the songs appeared to that you're trying to conform. be written by the group's lead guitar and vocalist. She perform­ ed adequately in all the musical genres but was at her best in the ballads where she was able to

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Though they complained about a seven hour wait at the Canadian-American border on suspicion of covert materials, California's Concrete Blonde played a somewhat short perfor­ mance at Les Foufounes last Fri­ day night. After spending so much time in trying to get here it's strange that the group was so anxious to leave.

Be that as it may, Concrete Blonde proved that there is

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Vebb, Susan Almgren, Wendi Dawson.

I Lust Explored Thing jster a large feeling of inadequacy, although Annie insists the ffair has nothing to do with him.

Henry attempts to hide from these symptoms of modern ave under a thick blanket of cynicism. When he finally allows mnie to see underneath this cover, he is able to secure their lationship.

Director Maurice Podbrey has done an admirable job with re rather unwieldy but clever script. The play is simply too ang. Although the set, designed by Susan Savage, is initially iscinating, the innumerable changes which occur (smooth as ley are) become distracting. Music, reminiscent of The Big hill serves as a filler.

Actor Simon Webb is omnipresent as Henry, while Susan imgren as Annie serves as an appropriate complement. There a fluidity to their interaction which is enjoyable to watch.

The real thing isn't always easy to attain, and The Real Thing ills just short of the mark. But at least Stoppard's wit holds the udience (only one couple left), until the play reaches its invitable and much-awaited conclusion.

The Real Thing appears at the Centaur Theatre Tuesday Trough Saturday until April 5. For ticket information and eservations, call 288-3161.

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Infamous bad boy Iggy Pop provided a riotous start to The Pretenders show last Tuesday at the Forum. Pop, revised and energized, was in great form: a lesson to all aspiring performers. W ildly jumping about and running back and forth across the stage entreating his audience, Pop was obviously a man in control, quite a contrast to his old days with The Stooges when he resembled a lit fuse. It is hard to believe this man is close to forty years old. With an exceptional touring band in tow, Iggy played for fifty minutes to an appreciative and energetic crowd of 5,000.

He concentrated almost solely on his new album Blah-Blah-Blah, his first LP since the 1982 Zombie Birdhouse, play­ ing the tracks 'Cry for Love,' 'Real W ild Child,' 'Winners and Losers' and 'Baby, It Can't Fall.' Although, to this reviewer's dismay, he passed over such hits as 'Lust for Life,' 'The Passenger,' and 'Sister Midnight,' he did ptay some tracks from his older albums. Pop came back for a phenomenal encore running past the hypersensitive security guards into the crowd singing 'Raw Power.' Had he been wearing a shirt, it would have cer­ tainly been ripped off. Pop could have easily stolen the show, had the Pretenders not put in an equally sensa­ tional performance.

Chrissie Hynde, who has paid her dues, more than lived up to the crowd's expectation. The only original member of the The Pretenders, Hynde was suc­ cessfully complemented by the band members. Hynde paid her respects to Ig­ gy Pop by kissing the part of the stage he had walked on, and by wearing an Iggy t-shirt for her encore. The band perform­

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ed many favorites that spanned from the earlier self-titled debut to the recent Get Close album, including 'Adultress,' 'Brass in Pocket,' 'Chain Gang' and 'Precious' and 'D on't get me wrong.'

Hynde also paid tribute to former and deceased band members James Honey­ moon Scott and Pete Farndon, by play­ ing one of their original songs, 'Kid.' In addition, she dedicated a song to the late Andy Warhol, who was responsible for the influential Velvet Underground, and played 'M y Baby' for her own young children whom she brought with her on tour. The sound quality was surprisingly good, considering the venue which could have easily been a major drawback to the evening. The Pretenders gave a powerful performance that demonstrated their wide range of musical capabilities, and hopefully is in­ dicative of their music yet to come.

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Tuesday, March 24, 1987 The M cG ill Tribune

Capital Punishment

Death Penalty Debate Mixes Emotion And Realpolitik

by Mike Crawley

Does the rise in the public's "vigilante attitude” outweigh statistics which pro­ claim capital punishment as a futile means of homicide prevention? This highly emotional issue was the focus of a debate and panel discussion before an overflowing partisan crowd at FDA auditorium last Monday night. A heated dialogue was anticipated, but the ensu­ ing discourse, though enlightening, was far from boisterous. Moderator Marc Lalonde held violent outbursts to a minimum as he w ittily kept control of both audience and panelists.

Bill Domm, Tory MP for Peterborough is one of the initiators of the .upcoming free vote in the Commons on the death penalty. He replied "definitely” when asked by this reporter if his party's low standing in the polls would affect how the caucus members would vote. Asked if he considered this a problem since MP's could thus be voting for the party's benefit rather than with their own cons­ ciences, Domm replied that anytime more members vote for capital punish­ ment, he saw no problem. That was in his words "the best way I can answer your question.”

Lalonde agreed that sagging PC sup­ port would no doubt influence the voting. All polls indicate that the majori­ ty favors the death penalty, so the suc­ cess of this motion could be the "boost" the Conservatives need.

Lalonde also stated his personal views on the issue for The Tribune in an inter­ view following the event. As in the 1976 abolition debate, he is against execu­ tion, "n o t for moral reasons" since the state is given the right to kill in instances such as wartime, but because " it is not a deterrent." He recommends prevention

methods, such as improvement of police forces in necessary areas. He was less animated in this later discussion than he was while moderating the debate, dur­ ing which he made comments such as "I w ill add rules as we go along" and "w e 'll have to charge you for the com­ mercial" in response to a questioner's vocalization of NDP policy.

As for the ten-minute commentaries by each of the panelists, Jeffrey Asher of Amnesty International, was clearly the most polished debator. His opening remarks were perfectly related from memory, without having to refer to his voluminous notes for any facts or figures. He spoke briskly having in his possession the best lines which earned unparalleled reactions. ("What does

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capital punishment mean? Those that a in 't got the c a p ita l gets the punishment.") His main argument, that the death penalty is not an adequate deterrent, constituted the theme for the o p p o s itio n . C om m ents such as "everyone has thei r own set of statistics" prompted Asher to reply "There is one set of statistics and the evidence is over­ whelming — there is no connection bet­ ween the death penalty and murder rates."

Bill Domm's prepared speech con­ tended that the question to be resolved is whether "society (is) asking legislators to pass such laws" and if so, "is it ap­ propriate for government...to enact capital punishment?" His most repeated argument was that "the vast m ajority" of public opinion polls demonstrate sup­ port for reinstatement, so the govern­ ment faces the "demands of democratic responsibility" and should act on the public's wishes. Warren Allmand, Liberal member of parliament for NDC, rebutted this with an applauded com­ ment regarding the politically backward nature of Domm's view. His speech, though powerfully delivered, lost some of the audience's interest when he began spouting statistics about the death penal­ ty's inefficiency and repeating informa­ tion already distributed to the gallery in Amnesty pamphlets. He emphasized crime prevention rather than the " ir ­ reversible" option of capital punish­ ment.

Mary Beemans, prisoners' rights ad­ vocate, concentrated on morality in her less than trenchant speech. Comments such as "I believe that the right to life is sacred" and "d o we kill people to prove that killing people is illegal?" were bas­ ed on her own personally firm ethical

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grounds, and thus could not be debated or even questioned.

The other two panelists for the affir­ mative were much less apt at debating than th e ir counterparts. V incent Delanoce, MP for Duvernay, constantly wrung his hands as he talked in circles w ith o u t o ffe rin g any steadfast arguments. He asked "should these guys (convicted murderers) be protected before my family?", basically echoing the view that polls indicated, and wondered aloud "is it more humane to keep someone behind the walls for twenty-five years (than to administer the death penalty)?" But overall, his speech had no concrete structure. Pastor James Carter told the audience in a voice more than faintly resembling President

Reagan's that he was there to "share my personal views (and) convictions" and to "help you decide who sets the moral standards." This immediately indicate ! that he was not a debator, but instead he proved to be a sermonizer. His blatantly homphobic remark "you shall reapwh.it you sow...just ask a man who has AIDS today" sent the crowd into a justified frenzy. Rather than winning their favor, his biblical references turned the crowd against him. Carter's only shrewd com­ ment came during the question period in response to Allmand's statement "the Bi­ ble also says 'Thou shali not kill.' " The pastor corrected his translation to "Thou shalt not murder" which, in hand with his earlier statement "capital punish­ ment is never murder," was his one slightly legitimate proposition.

The concluding question period con­ sisted of mainly bland pretention spew­ ing from audience members who wanted their own personal views ex­ pounded. Most participants supported the negative stance and thus Domm, with little assistance from his colleagues, con fro nted the m a jo rity of the challenges. One of the few intelligent observations was contributed by a m,m who declared "society has control over the (social) conditions that cau^e murders. If you're serious about any | disease, you'll go to the cause."

(5 Have capital punishment supporters -£ dem onstrated the w o rth o f the g hangman? Or is the death penalty only "repeating the crime of murder through I the state?" Some among the student ° dominated crowd may have procured -c the necessary information to make a prudent decision. But perhaps others arriv-

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Tuesday, March 24, 1987 The M cG ill Tribune

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by Holly Nickel M cG ill Campus Legal Aid Clinic

Thanks to current events, the topic of Immigration Law has become the talk of the town. W hile hopefully not hunger strike material, the immigration pro­ blems that international students face fit into two categories; obtaining permis­ sion to study and obtaining permission to work.

In reality, what we call a student visa is not a visa at all. A visa merely allows en­ try and travel in Canada. In order to study legally in Canada, the interna­ tional student needs a valid Student Authorization (S.A.) or as it's know at Im­ migration Canada, a "Form No.1208." If the student is renewing a non expired (and this means to the day) authoriza­ tion, he may do so at the Montreal office of Immigration Canada at 1616 Dor­ chester Blvd or at On Campus Renewal Centre operating during September and October. If the student is applying for the first time or his S.A. has already expired, he must do so outside the country. The closest consulates are found in the cities of New York (212/585-2400) and Boston. It is advisable to make an ap­ pointment before embarking on your mission.

Before the student can receive his No. 1208 he must first have obtained from Immigration Québec a Certifica­ tion of Acceptance (C.A.). The require­ ment for this prior provincial consent is unique to Québec and is provided for in a special agreement with the Federal Government. If the student is renewing he may do so at 355 Saint Catherine West, otherwise he must apply at a Québec office outside of Canada.

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want to know that the real purpose of the stay is for study and that the student (or his sponsor) is financially solvent. A checklist can be obtained outlining pro­ bable questions or documents which the student is usually required to produce from the International Student Advisor (Mr. Lawrence Lang at Powell Student Services). A letter from Mom w ill not suf­ fice, however an accompanying letter from her bank may do the trick. Similar­ ly, evidence of acceptance into a specific program in an accredited academic institution w ill be needed.

Immigration Canada staggers the MayJune expiry dates of the S.A.'s in order to avoid the ugly possibility that every stu­ dent would inevitably wait for the last day to apply for renewal or extension.

Renewals and extensions become im­ portant when the student is continuing study or is contemplating graduate work.

The need to temporarily extend an S.A. could arise while waiting for word on a new C.A., while finishing a project, or while doing graduate work. The gods at Immigration Canada do have discre­ tion to extend an S.A. for a few weeks but can't do a thing about an already ex­ pired one!

Happily, a 'governmental understan­ ding' greatly eases the returning student's legwork. A list, Issued by the Registrar's Office of all students who have shown an intention to return, is for­ warded to Immigration Québec and Canada and extensions into the OnCampus renewal period are generally granted and the C.A. requirement is waived.

Now what about working? In order to be legally employed, the student through his would be employer, must

apply like any other non-resident through the regular channels for a tem­ porary work permit (T.W.P.) in a par­ ticular post. This means proving that no other Canadian is suitable for that specific position. This requirement w ill only be waived on discretion of Im­ migration Canada where it can be shown that the work being done is a mandatory and integral part of the stu­ dent's course of study ie. graduate students only. Consequently, the T.W.P. is issued only up to the time that the S.A. is valid. Extensions to these both may be applied for one month prior to their ex­ piry.

Oh, and the consequences of being or working in Canada illegally? If lady luck hasn't blessed you with a darned good excuse by the time you are called to in­ quiry, then you w ill be required to leave the country immediately. The moral of the story: pay attention to expiry dates and stay on the right side of the law.

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Tuesday, March 24, 1987 The M cG ill Tribune

Athletics Complex :

Students

by Chris Flanagan

Last week's Athletic Complex referen­ dum has left little doubt in the minds of A thletic Department officials that students are tired of investing their money in limbo. One thousand nine hundred and ninety students voted in favour of renovating existing facilities and halting the current annual $7.50 per student contribution if construction of the new complex is not begun by June 1989. Only 323 voted against. In terms of vote quantity, the "yes" faction received more support than any other candidate or issue on campus.

StudSoc President Paul Pickersgill who, along with four members of the Athletics Board, drafted the referendum question, was obviously pleased with the results. "It shows that people are still paying attention to the issue," he said, adding that a major part of the problem lies in convincing the city to begin negotiations on land re-zoning.

There are currently four proposed sites for the new complex, the most attractive of which involves the purchase of land adjacent to the existing facilities. Unfor­ tunately the city purchased this land from McGill in the 1950s for the Park/Pine interchange and it has since been zoned park land. Any construction on the land requires a by-law rather than a building permit and that requires pro­ vincial as well as municipal permission.

To further complicate matters, special public consultations must be set up before the city can make any decision.

The public consultation process itself is not clearly defined, nor are city officials aware of how to go about defining it.

According to Pickersgill, "M cG ill has offered assistance in helping set up the process." This assistance has apparently been rejected and now Students' Society

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is "waiting for a response from the we've also managed to convince the mayor who promised a letter detailing mayor that yes there is a need for the facility." public consultation process."

Ai Grazys, Facilities and Equipment "W e don't know exactly what is going Manager at the Department of Athletics, to happen,” concluded Pickersgill.

Meanwhile, over at the Athletics com-' has mixed feelings about the referen­ plex, officials are pleased with the in­ dum, "I don't have any objections crease in awareness, yet the overwhelm­ against students decisions on this. My

one of time. Grazys himself would like to see instant results but not at the ex­ pense of quality. " I'll admit we've been twiddling our thumbs a bit too long, but there have been m itig a tin g c ir­

CIAU A Political Arena?

by Ken Muss

McG i l l a t h l e t i c s h a l l S I T E P L A N S H O W IN G O P T I O N A L S I T E S

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"I think we should wait it out," Inter­ collegiate Coordinator, Harry Zarins told the Tribune, "W ithin the next 8-12 mon­ ths, we should have a good feeling of what's going to happen, at which point an intelligent decision can be made."

Pickersgill, on the other hand, feels that the referendum result has eliminated this need to wait: "I think

only concern is that maybe the students weren't aware of the total picture. The University is going to update these facilities anyway."

Grazys is concerned that hurried renovations may be more costly in the long run. "The situation is that until such time as we know where the new facilities are to be located, it could be a waste of time and money renovating the old facilities.

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cumstances." (Namely the provincial and municipal election.) "It's about time somebody started making some noise about it, maybe it's time the other side was heard from ."

By the time this article is printed the 1986-87 Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union (CIAU) hockey cham­ pion w ill be crowned but it certainly won't be the University of Calgary. The Calgarians, ranked No. 1 in the nation for seven weeks, fell to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in the Western Canada playoffs. Thus the Calgary Dinosaurs were not automatically entered into this weekend's champion­ ships in Edmonton. Of the six teams competing in Edmonton, only one entered via the wild card route. The University of Western Ontario Mustangs were chosen by the CIAU Selection committee over Calgary. The Mustangs bowed early in the tournament with suc­ cessive losses to the Saskatchewan Huskies and the Eastern Canadian Champion UPEI Panthers.

The University of Calgary has charged the Selection Committee with making a political decision in their w ild card selection. W ith the dissolution of the QUAA forcing the Québec teams to join the Ontario league (OUAA) next year, Calgary feels that in order to keep the Ontario people happy the Québec representative voted in favour of Western.

This is a typical situation that arises every time wild card teams are picked,

the top ten rankings are released, and an all-star team is chosen. Schools lobby the various committees for their own benefit. Appearances at championship tournaments mean cash bonuses for the top teams. The CIAU maintains an en­ dowment fund from which these cash bonuses are taken and for the schools that receive them, they are a welcome addition to their red-ink-stained financial books.

The fact that much lobbying for ap­ pearances at CIAU tournaments occurs leads one to wonder if the top teams always win? In the case of the UniversiK of Calgary, one may make a strong argu­ ment that the National Champion did not emerge from the top six teams.

The CIAU wants and needs the sup­ port of a wide range of sporting fans in order to remain a viable avenue for top calibre University competition. Free trade talks w ill not bring hundreds of Americans to invade the friendly con­ fines of Canadian University Stadiums.

Canadians w ill support college sports in Canada if quality com petition is presented and college media promote the varsity events adequately. It is a mistake to allow politics into sports at any time and the CIAU certainly isn't in a position to disappoint the sporting public by crowning "p o litica l" cham­ pions.

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SPORTS H o ck e y Redm en: Team For N ext Season

by Mike Doria

They said it was a rebuilding year for the McGill Redmen.

They were right. As many as 11 rookies at a time suited up in red and white this year. They said this inexperienced team would have a tough time in the highly competitive QUAA. They were right. The Redmen were 15-20-2 overall and 4-12-2 in divisional play. They said Ottawa would walk all over McGill in the QUAA semi-finals. They were wrong.

The regular season was filled with disappointments. To begin with, the Redmen's record at scenic Winter Stadium was a dismal 5-12-1. At one point the Tribe went eleven games without a home ice win. M cG ill was also winless against the fifth ranked Trois Rivières Patriotes. McGill's quest for parity with Trois-Rivières and Ottawa was dealt a blow when the Redmen lost three productive scorers (Mario DeBenedictis, Dan Lamiran, and Roland Boivin) during the regular season for various reasons. And to top it all off Mark Reade spent half the season under the influence of either pneumonia or mono, Tim lannone was hobbled by knee pro­ blems, Jamie Reeve cracked his fibula and Mike Tschumi broke his hand.

Despite all this adversity McGill remained competitive and entertaining throughout the duration of the season. The Redmen lost 6 games by one goal, six games by 2 goals, and their regular season goal differential was 163/for and 167/against. Further, they played tough on the road (10-8-1) and managed to do something that no Redmen hockey team had done since 1946-47 — they made it to the finals, and they did it the old fashioned way - they earned it. Coach Ken Tyler states "Even though this year may appear to some to have been a step backwards, our objective was to make the playoffs and then win two games, ie. win a playoff series. We did that.

Another significant thing is that we took stock at Christmas time and made a decision about how we were going to direct the team during the second half on the basis of commitment and desire. We were very pleased with that decision. It is a tough one to make. You risk losing hockey players. We lost some, we cut others, we came close to losing a few others because of our toughness with respect to commitment, but it all paid off in the end because of what we did in the playoffs."

The man that led McGill to their surprising playoff perfor­ mance, Stephan Fortin, took hold of the starting goalie posi­ tion when Jamie Reeve went down in training camp. He pro­ ceeded to have a sensational season (4.22 GAA) that earned him a second team selection on the QUAA all-star team. Dur­ ing one remarkable stretch in the playoffs, Fortin was stopping

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95% of shots directed at him.

On the blueline, the Redmen had numerous solid perfor­ mances but no real standouts. Senior Mike Babcock (32 GP-6-11-17), who returned to the Redmen after a try-out with the Vancouver Canucks (who could have used him!), had a disappointing season as he was plagued by a chronic shoulder problem. Tyler is quick to add however, that " it was gratifying to see Mike perform so well in the playoffs." André Martin (32 GP-3-11-14) was once again McGill's steadiest rearguard and next year he w ill be counted on to provide leadership as well as increased offensive output. The big Finn, Vesa Surenkin, had a solid rookie year for McGill (32-44-12-16), using his size well on both defence and forward, demonstrating im­ pressive skills for a big man. Surenkin attracted enough atten­ tion to be linked to a contract with the IHL's Indianopolis Checkers for next year. Both Jamie Kompon (32 GP-1-10-11) and Scott Daniels (36 GP-3-8-11) made great strides in fulfill­ ing their potential this year. Both return to man the blue line next year as w ill Mike Tschumi (25 GP-22-43-65); set new McGill career records for goals (97), points (218), consecutive 20 goal seasons, power play goals, shorthanded goals, and 22 others. McGill statistician Earl Zukerman who is in charge of revising the Redmen record book jokes "M ark Reade wrote the record book, I just edited it." Despite his aforementioned illnesses Reade played well enough to be chosen as a CIAU all-star as well as a finalist for Canada's college player of the year award. Currently Reade is trying his luck with the Cana­ dian Olympic team. He'll have a chance to strut his stuff in at least 3 games in Canada's upcoming series vs. the Moscow Selects. His wide open, hard skating game is ideally suited for international play. Reade w ill pass the torch to former Regina Pat Tim lannone (31 GP-28-24-52) who captured the QUAA rookie'of the yar award, finishing 6th in league scoring.

When McGill lost 3 high-scoring forwards at Christmas time the likes of senior Benoit Lafleur were given added respon­ sibility and according to Tyler "Benoit showed great leader­ ship, especially in the playoffs coming up big in some impor­ tant games." The heir apparent to the hard working Lafleur is heavy hitting Marc Lajeunesse (35 GP-9-6-15). In the playoffs he played every shift as though he were on a search and destroy mission and still found time to chip in some key goals.

Tyler hopes that, like Lafleur, Lajeunesse blossoms into a pro­ du ctive scorer. Sophomore, François O liv ie r (36 GP-1 1-23-34) had some big games but must gain some con­ sistency in order to become an offensive force next season.

Tyler commented that he was pleased with the progress of

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The student noted that McGill had one of the few remaining comprehensive arctic and tropical oceanography pro­ grams in the country.

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both rookie Dave Boucher (32 GP-11-5-16) who demonstrated a good scoring touch in the second half of the season and Taro Kaibara (33 GP-7-5-12), a walk-on in training camp who was a crowd pleaser with his hustle. Both w ill return next year. Other skaters that should be returning are Earl Morris (32 GP-4-12-16) who had a good second half, Chris Mandelos (26 GP-1-6-7), Brent Bannerman (27 GP-2-4-6), Louis Daigneault (6 GP-4-0-4), John Harris, Peter Wowk, Rob Moore and the multi-talented David "right good" Rayworth. Although neither Ken Tyler nor assistant coach Yves Beacuage would reveal any specifics, they were both extremely pleased with next year's crop of recruits. We can thank McGill's rigid admission standards for the fact that two of the country's top college players, Paul Geddes, of Calgary, and Don MacLaughlin of Toronto, are not sporting M cG ill colours. Both players, who are in the running for College Player of the Year, were McGill-bound un­ til their applications were rejected.

Next year w ill feature something new and exciting. With the demise of the QUAA, M cG ill w ill join the OUAA (Ontario Unviersity Athletic Association) and for the first time in several years face off against traditional rivals, Queen's and U of T in non-exhibition games. The OUAA w ill be comprised of approx­ imately sixteen teams and w ill likely be divided in two divisions. The regular season w ill certainly be more interesting as M cG ill w ill be facing more than three opponents on a regular basis.

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