The McGill Tribune Vol. 07 Issue 15

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T uesday, January 19 1988

Published by the Student's Society o f M cG ill U niversity

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FAEs Contravene McGill's Research Regulations by David Schulze Controversial research contracts to develop fuel-air explosives (FAEs), signed by McGill University on behalf of two Mechanical Engineering pro­ fessors with the Department of Na­ tional D efence (DN D ) violate McGill’s own Regulations on Re­ search Policy. Copies of the contracts were recently released under the fed­ eral Access to Information law. At least two of the four research contracts undertaken by Professors J. H. Lee and R. Knystautas allow the DND to censor publication of research results. If the DND decides that a “manu­ script, abstract, or other proposed re­ lease” by Prof’s Knystautas and Lee contains “any design, technical infor­ mation, invention, method or process” conceived or developed as part of the research contracts, the DND has “the right to require the Contractor (McGill University Office of Industrial Re­ search) to redraft the relevant sections of the...proposed publication by

deleting...classified or proprietary ma­ terial prior to its release.” However, regulations on research policy approved by McGill in 1986 do not permit restrictions which “prevent the eventual use of the research under­ taken by students or staff members for theses or publications”, as the DND does. This is part of McGill’s policy of forbidding secret research on Univer­ sity premises or using its facilities, whether sponsored by civilian or mili­ tary agencies. The regulations do per­ mit delays in publication of up to two years in exceptional cases (such as when patents are pending) but the DND restriction on publication appears to be unlimited. McGill’s Office of Industrial Re­ search acts as the contractor for re­ search projects on campus and ap­ proved at least two studies into FAEs for which the contracts restrict publica­ tion of results. The first in July 1984 was entitled “Investigations of Transi­ tion to Detonation and Catalytic Initia-

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V olum e 7, Issue 15

Two deadly assassins prepare for the week's hunt, kicking off

Winter Mission '88 - this year's Winter Carnival. See related stories, page 8 and 11.

by Ian Harrold A screening of Gay and Lesbian ex­ perimental films was disrupted last Friday after three unidentified men began shouting obscenities and offend­ ing some members of the audience in a packed Frank Dawson Adams Audito­ rium. The screening of five films was part of the McGill Film Society’s (MFS) regular schedule and was done in con­ junction with Gays and Lesbians of McGill (G ALOM). There were no seri­ ous injuries but several people were roughed up and doused by one of the men, who wielded a beer-filled electric water gun. “They came in and started [disrupt­ ing the screening] right away,” said one person who sat near the three, who were obviously intoxicated. Another spectator, who declined to be identi­ fied, said the men shouted “great cocks,” “ faggots,” and “I’ll fuck you up the ass” during the screening of a gay male film. Several film patrons jeered the trio with chants of “get out!”

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Senate Discusses Course Outlines and Residence by Jennifer Mori The Charter of Student Rights now guarantees that students will receive course outlines within the first week of lectures as Senate voted last Wednes­ day to approve the changes to the Charter. Professors are required to dis­ tribute handouts inlcuding office hours, course content, details of evalu­ ation, and a list of required materials to, “enable students to make informed decisions about course selection,” stated Vice-Principal (Academic) Sam Freedman. The course outline policy, originally confined to the Faculty of Arts, is to be standard for both graduate

and undergraduate courses. Senate voted to maintain residence returning student ratios at 1987-88 levels (20% per hall; 25% overall) despite approving a 5% overall reduc­ tion for 1988-89 last spring. The policy was adopted because of the high num­ ber of well qualified applicants being refused residence admissions. “Stu­ dents would go to other universities because they were guaranteed a place in residence,” said Freedman. Engineering Senator Phillipe Beaumier commented on the lack of role model upper year students in resi­ dence and about the student comprised

hall re-admission committees which made residence re-admission a “popu­ larity contest.” Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik hastened to reassure Beaumier that returning students’ applications were also scrutinized by an academic committee with access to student rec­ ords and that each residence director had veto power over re-admission. McGill’s Faculty of Engineering will phase out its present mining engi­ neering program to offer a joint co­ operative degree with Ecole Polytech­ nique. Students will alternate work periods with classes from both univer­ sities in the course of their four year

120 credit degree. Test classes are already being implemented and “feed­ back from students is good,” reports Freedman. Professor S.J. Noumoff expressed concern about the effects of provincial government pressure to rationalize low enrollment programs in Québec uni­ versities. “Has there been any discus­ sion of the impact of this program, of the long term consequences for the university?” he asked. Freedman replied that the program had been entirely instigated by the en­ gineering deans of both universities and claimed that he, “was not aware in

seven years of pressure to rationalize programs we don’t want to rational­ ize.” Senate voted to lengthen the Uni­ versity cyclical review cycle to seven years as opposed to the five year cycle that has been in effect since 1982. Cyclical reviews involve evaluation of courses, teaching, and administration by a committee containing students and faculty external to the academic unit involved. Under the new cyclical review guidelines passed by Senate faculties will have to plan their reviews five

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Grad Students want out of StudSoc by Chris Flanagan “We want out,now !W edon’twant to negotiate!” So said Lee Iverson, Graduate Rep. to Council, in the middle of Council’s three hour debate on PGSS’s (PostGraduate Students’ Society) proposal to secceed from StudSoc. In order for PGSS to constitutionally separate from StudSoc, they must achieve a twothirds majority vote from Students’ Council and then win a student-wide referendum on the question. PGSS came very close to convincing StudSoc to let them go last Tuesday night but fell short, capturing 55 per cent of the vote.

96% voted "yes" Although PGSS held an internal referendum last February which indi­ cated that 96 per cent of grad students want independence, StudSoc’s main argument is that grad students don’t really want out. “We want documenta­ tion, proving that this is what they want, not this flawed referendum,” demanded Students’ Society VP Fi­ nance Don Samoil. Samoil pointed out

that there was no “NO” committee for the referendum, nor was there any explanation of what grad students pres­ ently get out of StudSoc. “This motion (to secede) repre­ sents a real consensus as far as we can tell amongst all grad students,” stated

Iverson. StudSoc VP External Chris Alexander also feels that it is illogical for grad students to want out of StudSoc: “If graduate students under­ stood the ramifications of this issue more clearly, they would choose to stay.” continued p.4

Imminent but Messy Divorce by Angela Chapman The Students’ and Post-Graduate Students’ Societies marked the new year with continued wrangling over the issue of secession. The Post Graduate Students’ Soci­ ety (PGSS), whose membership voted to secede from StudSoc last March, proposed to StudSoc amendments that would delete all references to graduate students from their constitution. These changes would require a campus-wide referendum. The proposal was, how­ ever, rejected by Council. The following evening StudSoc’s Chris Alexander (VP External) at­ tempted to persuade PGSS to recon­ sider secession. “I don’t think this

issue has been taken to its logical con­ clusion,” explained Alexander. He praised the unique character of McGill’s “two-tiered system of Socie­ ties” which prevented “splitting the student voice” and argued that McGill’s graduate students receive, as part of SSMU, “the best services that any student receives in Canada.” PGSS, however, feels that the bill for these services is excessive. André Couture, PGSS President, believes the payment “would be greatly reduced” if a “cost-benefit analysis” were con­ ducted. In order to bargain for a better price tag, Couture favoured “secession before negotiation.” “It would be quite

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WHAT'S ON Tuesday, Jan.

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•PIRGs in Action: The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) published “Acid Rain: The Silent Crisis” in 1980, and then spon­ sored the “acid rain caravan” that trav­ elled New England and Canada in the summer of 1982. Students at McGill, trying to organize a QPIRG, invite you to a meeting in Union 425/26 at 5pm. For info:848-7410 .All welcome. •Am nesty International letter­ writing meeting for new and old mem­ bers will be held at 7pm in Union 425. •Winter Mission ’88/ Winter Car­ nival presents a COMEDY NIGHT featuring 3 very funny men; Simon Rakoff, Evan Carter and Jeff Bradley. Don’t miss this evening of hysteria in the Union Ballroom; 9pm for $5.

Wednesday, J a n . 2 0 •’’Social Responsibility and the Me­ dia” series presents Alan Conter, Media Arts Officer at the Canada Council. Conter will speak on “Pari­

FDA Auditorium. •Winter Carnival CONCERT NIGHT with The Nils and Chinese Back­ wards in the Union Ballroom at9pm. Just $5 for “a great beat”.

Thursday, J a n .2 1 •PIRG film showing: The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) Organizing Club presents the film “Action for a Change”- about stu­ dent PIRGs and their action on issues of public concern. Showing every half hour, 11am to 3pm, Union 108. For info: 848-7410. •M cG ill/ M .I.T . Student Pugwash Conference: Canada’s High-Tech. Future: How will we fulfill our economic, social and environ­ mental needs?_8pm,Leacock rm. 26 •McGill Film Society presents City of Women , 8pm in Leacock 132. •Get your “body grooving” at the W inter C arnival’s Jazz night .Presenting The Shuffle Demons at 8:30pm in the Ballroom for $5. “The Shuffle Demons will not only be heard, they will be felt”. Be there.

ahs, Aids, and the Media: A Critical Look at Mass Media Response”. Free to all. Where? 815 Sherbrooke St. W. MacDonald-Harrington Bldg. Audit. G-10. 7 pm •M .O .C . G eneral M eeting at 7:30pm in Leacock 232. •McGill Cancer Centre: Public Lecture Series holds a lecture on Pros­ trate Cancer. 8pm in the MacIntyre Medical Building, 1200 Pine Ave. W., 6th fl. •McGill Film Society presents Phan­ tom o f the Operax FREE! 8pm in the

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Frid ay, J a n . 2 2 •Project Ploughshares presents “...and what is ‘disarmament’?” A meeting and potluck dinner at 4433 St. Dominique ( 1 block east of St. Laurent; 1 block south of Mont-Royal) For info:284-2684. •M cG ill/M .I.T . Student Pugwash Conference: Does the M ilitary H ave a Place on Campus?...9AM; What is the Role of

Industry in U niversity Research?... 10:45Am. Leacock232 •McGill Film Society presents (the uncut version of) Angel Heart with the devilish Mickey Rourke. 8pm in the FDA Auditorium.

Saturday, J a n . 2 3 •McGill/M.I.T. Student Pugwash Conference:Bronfman Bldg.,Rm. 151 ; Fostering Social Responsibility in U niversity C urricula...9A M Universities, Women and Develop­ ment: What are the Controlling Interests... 10:45AM; Towards an A genda for the 21st Century... 12:30PM. Closing address will be given by Douglas Roche, Canadian Ambassador for Disarma­ ment to the United Nations. •The Winter Carnival winds up with the 4 FLOORS PARTY in the Union Bldg, from 8:30pm till it’s over. $5 at the door .Cheap. •McGill film society presents A Clockwork Orange at 8pm in Leacock 132. McGill Undergraduate Geography Society Presents:

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by David Schulze Research into fuel-air explosives (FAEs) for the Department of National Defence (DND) by professors in the McGill Mechanical Engineering depart­ ment is being applied to ground warfare systems, according to materials released under the federal Access to Information law.

...Bashing continued from p.l and “you don’t belong,” but the men remained seated and refused to leave when asked. At that point, the screening was halted, the lights raised, and McGill Film Society President Patrick Hill ap­ proached the men in an attempt to reason with them. Hill was then grabbed and violently shoved against the auditorium wall. By this time, McGill’s Physical Plant had been notified and was sending what they called a “patrol car”, according to MFS Vice-President Marc Grushman. About five minutes later, one McGill Security Officer arrived. Hill and Grushman both complained about the “insufficient” se­ curity that had been sent, even though Grushman had told Physical Plant that “there’s going to be a riot upstairs.” The two said they were particularly upset that the officer “didn’t have the power to do anything”. They had wanted the three men questioned so as to press charges. According to those present, however, the officer seemed unwilling to even detain the men. Others who attended the screening described the tense moments before the men left the auditorium. “Come on; we’re 300, they’re three. Let’s get them ... You bunch of chickens!” one woman yelled to the audience. Paul Weil-Brunner, co-coordinator of G ALOM, said the affair “reaffirms the need for an organization like GALOM.”

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Last year Vice-Principal Re­ search Gordon Maclachlan justified FAE research at McGill by telling a Post Graduate Students’ Society general meeting that FAEs had a defensive purpose, clearing mine­ fields. Both Maclachlan and mem­ bers of the Faculty of Engineering have also pointed out peaceful appli­ cations of the principles involved in FAEs. Fuel-air explosives are based on the ignition of a mixture of volatile fuel gases. Before ignition, the gas mixture enters any space not hermeti­ cally sealed. As the mixture explodes and bums, it creates a pressure front travelling at about 308m/sec. after all the fuel is burned. The destructive­ ness of FAEs is comparable to lowyield nuclear devices, according to

Jane’s Defence Weekly. Records released by the DND reveal that it has been engaged in a

project to develop an “explosive mine­ field breaching device” to improve the battlefield mobility of its vehicles and personnel. The 1980 document states Canada was attempting to develop a device which would be less expensive and more effective than the American SLU-FAE system. The SLU-FAE was developed in the 1970s for ground warfare and consists of a rocket-pro­ pelled fuel-air explosive warhead mounted on a full tracked cargo carrier. Compatibility with other North Atlan­ tic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces was stressed in the document. Recent developments confirm the use of FAEs for offensive purposes. The U.S. Marine Corps has announced development of a catapult-launched FAE (CATFAE) mine clearance sys­ tem to be installed on a tracked am­ phibious assault vehicle. Mobility trials of the CATFAE were to begin in the spring of 1987.

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cern that faculties would be held to a strict timetable in the seven year plan that disallowed ‘spot checks’, that unnecessary amounts of effort would be expended in reviewing microsopic units (Prof. Pedersen), that the cycle was either too short so that “there was no time to get on with work.” (Prof. Conway) or too long so that large gaps could exist between reviews (Prof. Herschom). Freedman replied that there was a great deal of flexibil­ ity within the cyclical review system and that he hoped “common sense will prevail,” with respect to the scheduling of reviews.

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MEWS ...Council continued from p.l Although many pertinent points were made by both sides throughout the debate, neither side appeared ready to give in to the other. While members of the Executive Council tried in vain to convince Iverson that it would not be in the best interests of grad students to separate, he remained steadfastly op­ posed to the idea of any alternative. “StudSoc does not adaquately serve us, has never adaquately served us,” argued Iverson. “Grads are so fundamentally different...that it makes very little sense for a body dominated by undergraduates to govern them.”

PGSS may go to court Graduate students are so serious about their bid to secede that if Council does not permit the necessary amend­ ment to the constitution, they will take this issue to Senate or to court. “We’re waiting to hear back from our law­ yers,” said PGSS President André Couture. StudSoc executives also contended that a disjointed student organization would not carry as much clout when it came to issues concerning all students.

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In addition, many councillors won­ dered what would stop Engineering, Management, ASUS et al from desert­ ing and ruining StudSoc altogether, once PGSS were allowed to leave?

guess as to what these might amount to. At this time, approximately 13 per cent of StudSoc’s fee income ($100,000) comes from Grad students.

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Council also discussed the new committee which has been created to keep students abreast of the MacLennan/Undergraduate Libraries merger. “I don’t think the students know enough about it and this is a good way to make them aware,” stated VP External Affairs Maria Bottaglia. In addition, Chris Alexander an­ nounced that the Underfunding Committee has begun “letter writing and the bandying about of ideas.”

Despite the emotional bantering from both sides, Lee Iverson finally came to the crux of the whole issue: “What it all comes down to is money,” he stated. “We pay for politi­ cal representation that don’t get and for services that we don’t need.” Although both sides agree that there would have to be some sort of transfer payments made if PGSS secceeded, none would venture even a

...Regulations continued from p.l tion of Detonation in Fuel-Air Explo­ sive Clouds”, the second in August 1986 was on “Mechanisms of Transi­ tion in Gaseous Explosive Mixtures.” According to Denis Gariépy, a sci­ entific research and development offi­ cer for the federal government in Montréal, the DND’s restrictions are modifications to the government’s standard research contract with uni ver-

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sities. These special restrictions are usually applied on a case-by-case ba­ sis, after negotiations with the universi­ ties concerned, he said. Controversy over renewal of the FAE research contracts, approved by the Board of Governors last year, led to a joint Board-Senate committee on military research at McGill. In its re­ port to Senate last fall, the Committee recommended strengthening regula­ tions against secret research and admit­ ted the University currently has no mechanism to enforce them.

...Divorce continued from p.l difficult,” he told Council, “to get a package of services without political autonomy.” Couture claimed that SSMU is currently holding “30% of their population in membership against their will.” Lee Iverson, VP University Affairs of PGSS, reported the plan of action to gain autonomy. A petition will begin circulating amongst graduates calling on the University’s Senate to amend the SSMU constitution. If Senate re­ jects the appeal, legal action will be taken. A solicitor’s advice is being sought and, Iverson believes, PGSS has a legal advantage in that it, unlike SSMU, is incorporated. Anxious to proceed to other busi­ ness, PGSS Council voted unani­ mously to support the current policy of secession.

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Smoking must be curbed - carefully Smokers are quickly becoming the most oppressed minority in North America. But unlike other suffereres, smokers de­ serve few rights. Regardless of how enjoy­ able smoking may be to those that indulge, it is laso harmful to non-participants and therefore cannot be condoned. The province of Quebec and the Uni­ versity of McGill have recently made monumantal leaps forward in banning cigarette smoking from public buildings. Naturally the legislation will not change the situation very rapidly, nor should it. Many smokers will ignore the rules and most non-smokers

will not stand up for their new rights. Hope­ fully, the legislators will not make haste. If the province tries to eliminate smoking too quickly, (by strictly enforcing the proposed $200 fine for example) the results will be ruinous. Smokers are currently taxed at an as­ tronomical rate and they are harassed nearly as much. The social and fiscal pressures must surely be pushing the diehard smokers to the threshold of intolerence. People will always smoke. The numbers amy decline but there will always be a supply and a demand for tobacco.

Once smokers can no longer overcome the increasing costs and social consequenses of lighting up, the market will simply shift underground. Tobacco growers will take their product to the customer with­ out letting the government take their healthy cut. If smoking is not permitted anywhere in public, contraband cigarettes will be that much harder to find. The biggest losers in a blackmarket cigarette economy will be the government and the real tax payers.

smoking becomes less visible, the temptation will decrease. And as smoking decreases, governments will need the cigarette taxes even more to keep the medicare programs going. The most surprising factor in the ciga­ rette game is that smokers and growers have not reached that thershold point. Smokers have shown that they can take an awful lot of abuse. It is now up to the anti-smoking league to ensure that they keep up the pressure but that they don’t push too hard.

The key to successfully reducing society’s cigarette problem is patience. As

I’m puzzled by the assertion that the financial and political benefits of membership in SSMU are obvious. The financial benefits for graduate students are not immediately apparent; we pay $96,000 for services we barely use. The political benefits are nonexistant: PGSS elects and appoints gradu­ ate students to every significant body and committee in the University. We also have our own external representa­

tion and are members of the National Graduate Council. This being the case, one could hardly say that students at McGill presently speak with a united voice. The twenty-seven year long history of graduate student membership is SSMU has been tumultuous and acrimonious. In 1960 we were unilater­ ally absorbed into SSMU to help pay

student supported through a refundable per student fee that is usually put in place through a student initiated refer­ endum. The funding is used to set up a full-time office, hire a professional staff, conduct research and publish reports. The results of this research form the basis for action by students via the media, community organizing, public forums and educational compaigns. PIRGs have worked on a variety of issues including consumer protection, housing issues, women’s issues, pov­ erty, environmental problems, public health policies and governmental ac­ countability. At McGill, the QPIRG Organizing

for the Union Building that was being planned. Ever since, there have been flare-ups and dis­ putes, mostly over fees but also stemming from the fact that graduates cannot represent your interests as undergrads. Nor can undergrads represent ours. André Couture President PGSS

Club is currently conducting an educational campaign, including film showings, information tables and class talks throughout campus. In a few weeks we will begin a petition drive to establish support for the formation of QPIRG at McGill and for holding a referen­ dum to establish a refundable $3.00 per student per semester fee to fund QPIRG. If anyone is inter­ ested in helping out, we have weekly meetings Tuesdays at 5pm in the Union Building, or call 8487410 for more information. The Club

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by Maria Battaglia Hi, welcome back! The year is young, but much is happening at the University. Here are some highlights ... Redpath McLennan Merger: Many of you know that the Redpath and McLennan libraries are being merged. Some of the changes will in­ clude: - the dispersement of the science component of the redpath library to the appropriate McGill Science libraries. - the weeding of the Redpath Col­ lection to approximately 90,000 vo­ lumes and the relocation of this collec­ tion temporarily in the Blacker Wood Library with the ultimate destination being McLennan. The Blacker Wood and Botany collections will be com­ bined and transferred to the basement of McLennan. - reserve material for life sciences for the 100 and 200 level courses will be on reserve at the Redpath Library; material for 300 level courses and above will be on reserve at their respec­ tive life sciences libraries. - all reserve material for physical sciences will be on reserve in the Physi­ cal Science and Engineering Library. - reserve material for all levels in humanities and social sciences will be on reserve in the Redpath Library.

The Students’ Society has estab­ lished a library committee to keep all students informed of all upcoming changes. Students are encouraged to apply for the positions on this commit­ tee (information can be found at the Students’ Society front desk - deadline for applications is January 22). Should you have any comments on the above changes or any suggestions regarding libraries, drop off a note at the Students’ Society front desk ad­ dressed to the Library Committee. Ombudsperson: The office of the Ombudsperson has been in operation since September 1987 and many students have already taken advantage of this service. The Ombudsperson helps people with a specific grievance against the Univer­ sity or a member thereof and acts as a facilitator or a mediator in both aca­ demic and non-academic matters. Should you have any conflict which you would like to see resolved before official proceedings, contact your Ombudsperson, Annette Werk, at 3987070. Upcoming Issues: Stay tuned for a report from the SSMU Housing Task Force ... and an update on changes in student advising.

E d itor-in -C h ief Chris Flanagan Assistant Editor Tanya Van Valkenburg News Editors Ian Harrold Jennifer Mori

Q PIRG: A New Outlet To the Editor: We are writing to introduce the McGill Community to the Québec Public Interest Group (QPIRG) Or­ ganizing Club at McGill. We have re­ cently received club status and are continuing our compaign to establish a PIRG on the McGill campus. PIRGs are student funded, student directed research, education and action organi­ zations that have been established at eight universities in Canada and on 130 campuses in 25 states in the United States. PIRGs empower stu­ dents to act for positive change and give students a voice on public policy issues while offering training in im­ portant citizenship skills. They are

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What’s the point? To the Editor: (Re:The “No” Committee letter of November 24,1987) In response to your letter of No­ vember 24, 1987, all I can say is that graduate students are no longer inter­ ested in whether or not undergraduates want us on SSMU Council. The issue is no longer the referendum results. PGSS Council reserved judgement on the constitutional amendments be­ cause it was not clear that they were even an adequate first step in resolving the iniquities which we observed in the structure of the Students’ Society. Graduate students had already voted 96% in favour of negotiating for auton­ omy, The PGSS Executive had hoped that with the slightly better representa­ tion proposed in the amendments we could eventually reform SSMU to give a fair, proportional representation to graduate students. (Yes, proportional representation for graduate students would necessarily impinge on the cur­ rent domination of SSMU Council by undergraduates.) It is now evident that some undergraduates are not even will­ ing to extend this small carrot to gradu­ ate students. When our members real­ ized this they decided not to waste any more time and energy trying to patch up the differences over such a minimal potential gain.

THE McGILL TRIBUNE

by Steven Green I’m sure that everyone has known that certain person who decided that they wanted to live alone at university so they could get serious and down to work. Living alone allows a student to cut down on partying costs as there is no dis­ traction from an influential roomate; it also allows a conscientious student to concentrate solely on studying. The only problem with this lifestyle is that after a while living on your own can get very lonely. A common approach to solving this problem is to get a cute little pet, say a dog or even better a cat which won’t need much attention. This seems like a good idea at the time but soon without any warning you realize that your life has changed. It seems as though you are constantly being distracted from your studies by your cat who somehow managed to unravel your wicker chair with his lethel claws. It becomes obvious that you are going to have to dig $150 out of your pocket for Motely the cat to loose his claws or else your guests are going to be sitting on milk crates in another week. You soon also realize that a ‘cat in heat means no sleep’, that is to say that in the middle of the night your pet decides to meow a few chords for the benefit of his fictional mate. After a few sleepless nights you forget how pleasant the thought of a pussy once was and you realize that you’re going to have to dig once again into your pocket for $300 to get your cat fixed. (WOW, just think of how many beers that could have bought you and your ‘roommate’!) Now that your little Motely has had a complete overhaul and is now a placid, furry ball of joy, your friends decide that they want to drop in at any hour of the day or night to frollic with your feline friend. It is at this point when you are watching your cat’s visitors raid your cupboards that it all comes clearly in front of your eyes like a nosebleed...your cat has taken over your life. Motely forces you to change his cat litter when only a few years earlier you wouldn’t even change your little brothers diapers, and for the first time you begin to get mail, but it turns out to be $450 in bills from Motely’s surgeon. Last but not least he has taken you away from what was once closest to your heart—your studies. This rat race (no pun intended) continues for another day, a week, a year at the most before you find yourself on the streets with a 1.5 GPA and Motely has moved in with your once best friend because you can no longer care for him. You are now standing on the streets of the Ghetto laughing insanely because you know something that your friend will soon learn: his life is about to change !

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Canadian regular. André is power and success incarnate. He is also a bastion of moral virtue, as when be threw away a multi-million dollar deal to save a bear. This came as somewhat o f a surprise to viewers who. fifteen minutes earlier, had watched him push so hard for die (teal that he drove his reluctant brother to a heart attack. André’s overwhelming inten­ sity is well offset by his wife Kath­ erine, played in an appropriately restrained manner by Domini Bly­ the. One of the more interesting characters is eldest daughter Danielle, played by Catherine Colvi. She is an investigative televi­ sion reporter who hunts down war criminals for exclusive interviews. Jonathan Crombie. of Anne of Green Gables fame, plays only son Rob Valeur. He owns a downtown

busy career and the occasional af­ fair with a French Cabinet Minis­ ter does not prevent her from zip­ ping back to Montreal at least twice a show. The acting is inconsistent, and one gets the feeling that each epiis written independently ones. Truth be though, it is fun. Part o f this enjoy­ ment is die same lustful game of wealth-by-association that invari­ ably draws us to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. But the show’s main appeal is that it has all the silly addictiveness of its Ameri­ can predecessors, along with an added satisfaction that falls some­ where between melodramatic pa­ triotism and the gratification of witnessing familiar parts of town come to life on the small screen. The show's tremendous potential

toire. and tends towards a playboy lifestyle, but this character flaw is due entirely to the fact that his true love is an incarcerated French terrorist Youngest daughter Stephanie is played by Guylame St. Gtoge. She is, of course, a top fashion model living in Paris. However, t

diately apparent and also obvi­ ously intended. In fact, at this very moment, television executives on both sides of the free trade barrier are laying the battle plan for a bold assault on the American public. So lot* out Blake and Krystal, here conte Les Valeurs.

by J. N. Wong Instead of watching Dallas or going out to the Peel Pub for pitchers, some three hundred wrestling enthusiasts turned up at the Union Ballroom for an ASUS ex travaganza last Friday night. The wrestling fans were treated to matches with an extratwist - a fourteen-foot ring filled with two hundred pounds of macaroni - the ASUS ’s First Annual Co-ed Kraft Dinner Tag Team Wrestling Championship. After a slow start to the evening, things began to pick up as two women began to slug it out in the audience. They win my prizes for best performance, most authentic emotions and best ear-shattering slap in a non-sanctioned bout This patron-produced pugilistic party only adds fuel to the fire for the ‘violence breeds violence’ theorists. In the midst of all this violence there was some entertainment. Round 1: Some super friends fight. No, not best friends but the SupermanSpiderman team combine to take on Batman and Robin. Round 2: The referee is gang-raped by both tag teams upon termination of the bout. The psychological strain of the split-decision forced them into such action. The verdict is not-guilty by reason of insanity. Round 3: Ketchup, water and beer is added to the melange, which has to be shovelled back into the ring after every match. Round 4: The female fan fracasse breaks out and this reporter is sadly distracted from the officially scheduled bout. Round 5: Mr. T. and Lady Clobber show off their best moves, delivering DDT’s, body slams and underwear filling KD stuffs. In between rounds two sexually deviant males try to entertain the audience by groping each other horizontally in the ring. They were readily booed off. Round 6: More water is added to the KD, which now resembles and smells like bile (the white puree all food be­ comes after it exits the stomach on the way to the liver). Round 6 also marks the most entertaining introduction, and simulta­ neously the best and poorest display of good sportsmanship of the evening. The bout matches up Top Gun against Macho Man and the Beautiful Candi. Someone had forgotten to tell Macho P sychotic young ’ Man (a 6' muscle) that KD wrestling is entertainment and not the m ess.

Passion and powei by Nicole Gaouette

L O O K IN G F O R A Q U IE T P L A C E T O R E L A X W IT H A F R IE N D ?

Drop by The Alley and stay for a while. The Alley has imported beers, expressos, capuccinos and Irish coffees. A nd if that's not enough, there's also the following to keep yo u happy and warm this winter: Tuesday : McGill Jazz Combos Wednesday : Dart Tournaments. $5 Registration Fee. Winner takes 2/3 of the money, runner-up gets 1/3. : Look for special Theater Nights and Thursday guest appearances by McGill's Jazz Ensembles. : Starting January 22, The Alley becomes Friday a Reggae Haven every Friday night with an occassional band thrown in. Page 6

La Musica Deuxième by Marguerite Duras is based on a highly improbable premise, but if you are willing to over­ look this, the play offers an hour and a half of riveting entertainment. Michel and Ann Marie have been estranged for four years. Though neither lives in their home city anymore, both are there on the day their divorce is to be finalized and (wonders never cease) they are booked into the same hotel. Their last encounter begins when they run into each other in the lobby. Between drags of their Gauloises and bits of Duke Ellington and Beethoven that stretch well into the wee hours, Michel and Ann Marie sift through their past. Their separation has given them an honesty that never existed during the relationship. As the night wears on, their elegant veneer begins to wear thin under the pressure of old emo­ tions. Duras skillfully uses their encounter to explore the passions and power games that can rule and ultimately destroy a relationship. Michel (Paul Savoie) is

Cow Herding and the Bovine by Chris Flanagan The patronage of movie goers to today’s theatres remains a social phenonemon completely beyond compre­ hension. There must be some sublimi­ nal, hypnotic message on the big screen which brings these pitiful suckers back for ne w forms of punishment. In particu­ lar, the Friday and Saturday night zom­ bies undergo the most severe torment. The first humiliating ordeal takes place outside the theatre, usually in minus 40 degree weather. Here, the willing masochists submit themselves to the all too common practice of waiting in line. This process is affectionately called “herding” by theatre owners: customers are goaded like cattle through

well-worn corrals. And then for a mere six dollars and fifty cents, these same customers are branded with a coupon which allows them entry to one of six or ten movie sties. But before entry, much more goad­ ing and herding takes place, this time in the sweltering heat of the lobby. And just in case you have any self esteem left, there’s the inevitable last minute stam­ pede, where late-arriving, heavily shod bullies invariably get through ahead of the pack. If you’ve waited in line for less than one hour, you’re most likely going to a film that you really don’t want to see. Nevertheless, the flowing mass carries you into the pen, where you climb, crawl


1TAINMENT me, Beer Better fight for survival. Macho Man repeatedly slams and smushes Top Gun’s face into 1e sludge, literally beating him into submission. Referee Stops Contest. Round 7: A return visit from the Warlord is appreciated as he takes on the aracudas, two of the meanest, snarliest women known to mankind. Adriana ffinito (a Baracuda) reveals that in effect the KD does share some similarities to :le, except that it is “cold and oozy” instead of warm and oozy. When asked if she ljoyed herself she replies, “ It’s the greatest, I can’t wait ‘till next year.” Add to that st of meanest and snarliest- ‘masochistically crazed’. Round 8: Long Dong Silver entered the event “for the good of mankind” and ;cause “the Kraft Dinner appealed” to them. They take on the only professional am entered in the evening’s competition- the Velveeta Connection (VC). The VC :11s this reporter that they have been on a strict diet of KD and beer in preparation >r tonight. Carlo, the VC male, boasts that “Hulk Hogan has great confidence in me id sees me as possibly the successor to his crown.” The VC manager supports all arlo’s boasting with unsubstantiated facts. Round 9: Macho Man returns to the ring. The highlights. Who cares! The official awards were given out upon termination of the last match. Most agressive pair, Baracudas; Best Costume, the professionally designed Velveeta Conection; and Best Per­ formance, Macho Man. Ha! The Tribune has its own winners, Best Sport, Top Gun; Biggest Zero, Macho Man; Most appear­ ances by an organizer, Lady Clobber; and Best Fight, the evenings ’ events have not changed my mind, the prize still goes to the two ladies in the audience who clocked one another without a chance for a prize. The end of the evening was just as anti-climactic as the final match. A poor promotional campaign resulted in approxi­ mately 280 people leaving without knowing about the dance that ensued. Faithful ASUS supporters stayed until close and seemed to fully enjoy themselves. When asked how he liked the wrestling, one said “Awesome, but the beer is better,” as he 1er fresh out of sat campfire-style with about fifteen friends admiring twenty not-yet-consumed beers.

-and-thrust almost obsessive in his love for Ann Marie (Patricia Nolan). The two have an electric chemistry and their scenes sizzle with sexual tension. An exploration of the years of deceit and suffering results in the realization that their only problem lies in their lov­ ing each other too much. As trite as this sounds, the actors deliver this message with a wit and grace that makes it believ­ able. This is due in part to the fabulous parry-and-thrust dialogue provided by Duras; exchanges between Michel and Ann Marie often had heads swivelling as if the play were a tennis match. Duras’ use of staging and dialogue reveals her extensive experience as a playwright, but she is also known as a novelist, a journalist and a filmmaker. To date, Hiroshima, mon Amour is her most acclaimed film.

La Musica Deuxième is playing at Théâtre du Café de la Place at Place des Arts from January 13 to February 27. The dialogue is in french, but is easily understandable to any anglophone with rusty command of the language. For ticket information, call 285-4200.

esire for Filmic Stimulation id claw your way through the sea of icky, gooey popcorn. You have arrived. The seat you fill was apparently ;signed to be slightly snug for a six year Id child and your feet are firmly stuck to le floor. But once you’ve reserved this ;n for yourself, you have to leave nmediately in order to fight your way ack to the steaming lobby, only to wait i line again, this time to spend four or ve dollars on sticky, gooey popcorn. Finally the lights go dim and all is early quiet. Not exactly quiet, because ime yahoo at the front will be mooing id booing for the next two hours and >me ignoramous at the back will be Tiispering stupid questions at the top of

his lungs. The film begins. Little do you realize that you have just gone through living hell only to be the willing victim of some ‘master’ filmmaker. You are merely part of a mass audience and your emotions are being manipulated by the director. You have the honour of being one onemillionth of a reaction, the tiniest result in an experiment conjured up by those behind the scenes. They won’t be thanking you for your participation. But they will be inviting you back and you will accept. You didn’t have a good time. You weren’t supposed to. And just for nostalgia’s sake you will be transformed back into a cow for the mass exit. See you there next time, all the same.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 19,1988

Three O'Clock Train sets the stage on fire at Station 10.

Train Chugs Along by X. Trapnel It was eleven o’clock on a Thursday night, and the crowds were just arriving at Detour. A few clusters of people were dancing to synth-bop and their move­ ments cast garrish shadows on the wall. Far away at Station 10, Three O ’Clock Train was kicking into its first set, to yet another packed house. They took to the stage in the unpre­ tentious manner which their fans have come to expect. Lead guitarist Mack MacKensie wore cowboy boots and a Jack Nicholson t-shirt; his brother Stu opted for a plain white shirt, undone a button, with a Texas tie, while drummer Pierre Perron was sporting a plaid shirt over a Beastie Boys tee. It’s obvious that Three O ’Clock Train’s message is in their music, not in their dress. Keith Richards said that on any

given night any rock’n roll band can be the best in the world. On this given Thursday, however, Three O ’Clock Train did not merit this distinction. This was a disappointment, as their live show often demonstrates their potential as a truly great act. Unfortunately, sound problems in the first set and broken guitar strings in the second marred the perform ance. N onetheless, Three O ’Clock Train produced a sparkling version of Diamond Eyes, a ballad about a slow-singing cowgirl, and then roared through Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison

Blues. One of the strongest points of Three O ’Clock Train is their totality as a band. In a business stocked with egos, the band seems strangely unselfish. Brothers Mack and Stu share the leads on guitar. Similarly, back up vocals are shared by Stu and Huey, the band’s bass player.

Although there can be no doubt that Mack is the front man, the band works as a cohesive unit. Playing an urban brand of country music which is rougher than Steve Earle and less hokey than Dwight Yokam, they cover songs from Big Star’s Sep­ tember Girls to the Stones’ Beast of Burden. But their real strength lies in their distinct style and the strong song­ writing of Mack MacKensie. It would appear that country music, despite its recent resurgence, still has a stigma attached to it for most young urbanites. However, Three O ’Clock Train is no more country than the Roll­ ing Stones’ Sweet Virginia or Far Away Eyes. It would be wise for the listening public to give itself a treat and see one of Montreal’s finest bands. They play Les Foufounes on Thursday the 21st.

McGill To: Members of the McGill Community, The term of Mr. A. Jean de Grandpré’s appointment as Chan­ cellor of McGill University ends on Decemer 31, 1988. I write on behalf of the "Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on the Nomination of a Chancellor" to invite your advise in this mat­ ter. Please direct your comments and recommendations, not later than March 15, 1988, to: Mr. R. David Bourke Secretary- General McGill University Room 608, Jam es Administration Building 845 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, PQ • H3A 2T5 Replies will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. Yours faithfully,

Hugh G. Hallward Chairman of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on the Nomination of a Chancellor

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THE RIGHT TO SHELTER by Frank E. Denton Some landlords lease their prem­ ises out of a heartfelt desire to provide their fellow human beings with the most basic of human needs - shelter. Others are in it strictly for the money. If yours is one of the latter, there are a few things you should know about the law. First, you should know that there is a government body, the Regie de Loge­ ment, which exists to assist in the reso­ lution of disputes between lessors and lessees of residential dwellings. When things go bad between tenant and land­ lord, either may apply to the Regie to settle questions concerning, for ex­ ample, permissable rent levels, mini­ mum living standards and grounds for eviction. In general, though, lease law is set up so that, if both parties are reasonable and fulfill their legal obligations, they can manage their legal relationship by themselves. Once a verbal or written lease contract is made (written agree­ ments are strongly recommended), a landlord is obligated to deliver and maintain the dwelling in a condition fit for human habitation. He or she is re­ sponsible for major repairs and must ensure of the tenant the peaceful enjoy­ ment of the premises. If a landlord, once informed of the need for the re­ pairs, fails to make them within a rea­ sonable time, a tenant may, with the Regie’s permission, have the work done and deduct a reasonable amount for expenses from the rent.

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sublessee carefully, because you are ultimately responsible to the landlord if the sublessee fails to fulfill the terms of the lease. The best advice for any prospective tenant is to move cautiously and think carefully before signing a lease. Hous­ ing is tight in Montreal, but not desper­ ately tight, so you do not have to take a place if you think it may be unsuitable or if you suspect the landlord will be hard to deal with. Once you sign a lease, do your best to avoid confronta­ tion and try to settle disputes amicably. Application to the Regie should only be a last ditch measure: there is nothing worse than a landlord who hates your guts. If you have a problem with your landlord that you want to discuss, the McGill Legal Aid Clinic, staffed by McGill law students, is open nine to five, Monday to Friday. Drop by the basement of the StudentUnion Build­ ing, or phone us at 398-7692.

In past years the Winter Carnival has inspired little more than yawns from McGill students. Presented as a double feature with midterms, the events used to be attended only by stressed out, bag-eyed scholars who felt it was either hopeless to cram or too late to bother. Such events as a snow scutptering contest turned out to be a lousy way to relieve tension, and people generally boycotted visciously. No more. This year the Pro­ gramming Network gets smart, shifting the schedule forward a month into the pre-crunch party weeks. After a strong promotional build-up, the ‘Winter Mission’ at­ tacks McGill at a time of year when students aren't ready to sit still and hibernate, and are just waiting to catch the “fun events that don’t cost much” which co-chairmans Bobby Sachdeva and David Hoffman are dropping in their laps. The central aim is ’‘mass participation”, a goal that has already been reached with the Assassination game, in which 260 registered last week. A shrewdly commercial new event that will dis­ may advocates of gun control and delight everybody else, this game continues all week in order to create the perfect ambiance for the ‘Mis­ sion’. Against this blow ‘em away backdrop a series of concerts, par­ ties, and games is scheduled. The Thursday Jazz concert featuring The Shuffle Demons from Toronto promises to be one of the best, as does the ubiquitious Four Floors party in the Union Saturday night. This time McGill students can go all out to the Blues Brothers, Stephen Barry, and Jimmy Dogs without feeling guilty about the miles be­ tween themselves and their text­ books. If you want to relish those precious few weeks of semi-free­ dom we have left, pick up a calendar of events at the Union and join in the

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THE BURDEN OF PROTECTING A CULTURE by Michelle Ninow “It w as decided that w om en w ould be the preservers o f Indian culture, w hile the m en w ould co m ­ prom ise them selves and take part in W estern custom s,” explained Professor Partha C hatterjee, a po­ litical scientist from the C entre for Studies in Social Sciences in C al­ cutta. C hatterjee spoke last W ednes­ day at the Centre fo r D eveloping A reas on the Indian w om an’s role and how it has developed. H e co n ­ centrated prim arily on m iddle class w om en and on the actions o f the N ationalist m ovem ent in India in the latter h alf o f the nineteenth century. B ut the results o f the th eo ­ ries form ulated then are to be found in all classes o f w om en in India today. T he reason for this continued patriarchy is clear, explained C hat­ terjee. Indian m en did not w ant “their w om en” to be like W estern w om en. W om en in the w est were perceived as evil because the fam ­ ily and the household w ere not their first priorities. Indian m iddle class w om en w ho had attem pted to im i­ tate their W estern counterparts no longer cooked or kept house, took on servants, and spent their tim e reading or in social activities. T hose in the N ationalist m ovevem ent believed that this w ould have negative consequences on the fam ­ ily. T he institutions o f hom e and fam ily w ould be threatened and thus the spiritual character o f India w ould also be threatened. T he m ale-controlled N ational­ ist m ovem ent created a division o f labour to suit its needs. T he m en w ere to adopt W estern w ays by

learning english, being educated in the W estern fashion, drinking and sm oking; thus they fully took part in the “m aterial” aspect o f the W est. T he Indian w om en w ere as­ signed the “ im portant” task o f pro­ tecting the spiritual aspects o f their culture. Thus w om en w ere to be sheltered from evil W estern influ­ ences. T hey w ere not perm itted to eat, drink or sm oke with m en, and they w ere to strive to m aintain cer­ tain qualities thought to be neces­ sary to protect the spirituality of their nation. T hese fem inine quali­ ties in clu d ed m o d esty (w hich C hatterjee defined as a hum an aversion to anim al traits), orderli­ ness, thrift and cleanliness. O ne positive aspect o f the N a­ tionalist definition o f the w o m an ’s role in India w as that in her new capacity as protector o f the spiri­ tual, the Indian w om an w as granted the right to an education. W o m en ’s education differed from that w hich m en received in that they had no opportunity to learn english. I hey were taught solely in the vernacu­ lar, unlike m en, w ho found it an im portant asset to learn english. “It was understood that w om en w ould not learn english,” explained C hat­ terjee. W om en w ere educated in order that they m ight becom e m ore socially refined. A n offshoot o f their education w as that they w ere no longer con­ fined to the hom e, as w as earlier the case. Thus w om en w ere given a m odicum o f freedom , but it was w ithin a fram ew ork o f continuing subordination and patriarchy. In­ dian w om en w ere still taught that their m ost im portant function was to be a housekeeper - and that God had appointed w om en to their place in the home.


FEATURES

T he M cG ill T ribune, T uesday, January 1 9 ,1 9 8 8

Crossroader. Mrs. A ruldoss is a w idow and speaks fondly and constantly o f her husband. Fam ily is the focus o f her life. H er m arriage was arranged... she m arried her cousin. O ther fam ­ ily ties seem too confusing to try to decipher, but her stories o f w ed­ dings and relatives are endless.

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try to keep in mind that / am the stra n g er and it is me who is infring• ft mg.

T here was a tw o inch cockroach in m y breakfast cereal this m orning and little red ants w hich have form ed an arm y in the refridgerator, are sw im m ing the curd (yo­ gurt). B ut this seem ed quite irrelevent as I looked dow n o ver the balcony. A row o f m ud and m etal shacks lean against the apartm ent

When The Tribune asked whether I would write a story about my placem ent with Canadian Crossroads International in India, I thought rather the question was whether I could. How does one summarize a collage o f experi­ ences.. o f cultures within a cul­ ture... without categorizing, with­ out mileading and without filtering the words through a self absorbed perspective? I couldn’t. So, fo r the first time since I returned, I opened my journal and decided to simply extract a number o f different en­ tries and let the reader do the inter­ preting.

Sept. 10 W e are flying deep er and deeper into the night...into a void. All but one other C rossroader is sleeping; she is desperately trying to finish reading The City O f Joy before w e reach N ew D elhi, as though it contains som e secret that w ill vanquish her fears and ex p ec­ tations. For all the reading and preparation we have done o ver the last year I am certain o f only one thing...nothing. W e are like infants about to experience, even fo r such a short tim e, som ething w hich is com pletely unfam iliar to us. W e have neither the experience nor the vocabulary to even try to im agine.

Sept. 12 A fter checking into the Y outh H ostel a few o f us decided to go ex ­ change our m oney for rupees. Sapy, the C rossroads R epresenta­ tive, gave us directions to a five star hotel w ithin w alking distance. In a daze o f exhaustion w e had lost ourselves in a slum. W e did not turn back though... we were draw n dow n the narrow street w hich was suffocating in the huts and shacks that were seem ingly built on top o f each other. Row upon row o f these grey structures line the ditch they call a river., their life line. O ne w om an w as thrashing a piece o f cloth against a rock in the filthy w ater w hile her tiny child sat bare-bottom ed on the roadside playing in the gravel, seem ingly indifferent to us and the flies w hich craw led upon her face.

Sept. 20 It is five am , tim e to w ake to the hounting sounds o f the M uslum m orning prayer w hich echoes through the still dark and deserted streets o f Bangalore, I jo in M rs. A ruldoss for breakfast in m y new ly adopted hom e, She is an elderly, kind w om an w ho has boarded C rossroaders in her clean and co m ­ fortable apartm ent since her own daughter, U m a w ent to Canada as a

building. T he construction fam ilies live there. T hese fam ilies m igrate to each new building site to construct from im possible m aterials, the high rises w hich house the affluent. The w om en crush stones w hich they m ix fo r cem ent. They then carry it in flat bow ls w hich balance on their head up the endless flights o f stairs. They w alk w ith such grace and balance their w ork seem s effo rt­ less. Today a young girl o f 3 years recieved h er first lesson in balancing the bow l o f cem ent on her head. H er m other w atched w ith care and scooped out som e o f the m ix...it was a bit too m uch. She then held the c h ild ’s hand until it was shaken o ff in a m om ent o f confidence. She w as balancing it on her own. H er face w as glow ing w ith pride as she follow ed the oth er w om en from the stone p ile to the cem ent m ixer. She too now w as a part o f this endless line... turning stones into cem ent.

Sept. 30 I rode on the back o f U m a’s m otor scooter to school today. I am so m uch taller than her that I could see w ell over h er helm et. W e were quite a sight. U m a, dressed in her ‘w estern’ office clothes and m y­ self, a w hite elephant, riding through the crow ded streets o f Bangalore. W e passed bu lletin boards w hich read, “T ry Frooti In The Freaked O ut P ackage”, “Som a C ola”, and “D ecan H erald M atrim onials; Ensure The B est M atch” . The m ovie theatres w ere show ing m any Indian film s packed w ith rom ance, song and dance, as w ell as the classic H ollyw ood epics; Rocky IV , Police A cadem y and D esperately Seeking Susan. The Indian youths som e dressed in tra­ ditional saries and m any in m ini

skirts and John T ravolta suits, were lined up for m atinee tickets. I w ondered if these m ovies w ere their only basis for interpreting W estern “culture”. I rem ind m yself o f this w hen I w alk the streets alone and find m yself being follow ed by the young Indian lads w ho repeat “H ello, w here you com e from ? w here you go?” Som e grab their crotches, or m ine, w hispering rude things in the latest “w estern” phrases. It is diffic ult to rem ain patient b ut I try to keep in m ind that I am the stranger and it is I w ho is infringing.

Oct. 10 I am at the school, the children are outside playing in the sand ju st like little children anyw here else in the w orld; exept these kids are m entally handicapped and from the slum s. U sha hobbles behind the rest, she is the m ost severely handi­ capped. Som e o f the others, I am sure, are sim ply dyslexic or slow. B ut in any case at least they are out o f the slum s for the day and are eat­ ing w ell and are learning skills w hich m ay ensure a sort o f inde­ pendence. T heir uniform s are a bit to m and tattered and rem ind m e o f the first day I arrived at the school. M y first observation w as that m any o f the children w ere not w earing underw ear. I w ent to a w arehouse and bought thirty pairs and by som e hilarious circum ­ stance they w ere m onogram ed w ith a m aple leaf and C A N A D A along the leg band. I laugh now as I w onder w hether this is the legacy

w hether we w ere the tw o “foreign girls” w ho used the auto rickshaw and w hether w e could rem em ber w hether we could rem em ber any­ thing about it or the driver. It seem ed the tw o men w ho had fol­ low ed us into the taxi, were drunken officers who had left tw o im portant m ilitary cassettes in the auto. I repeated w hat I could o f the licence num ber and w ished him luck w ondering w hat degree this w ould have on the m ilitary or on the officers them selves. Today the three beraggled officers appeared at m y door w ith gifts o f thanks. They had found the cassettes. A s I c lo se d th e d o o r I w o n d ered w hether C indy and I had done our part for w orld peace, w orld turm oil o r w hether the cassettes were in actuality, m ilitary and not som e im ported erotic films.

Nov. 23 Today I said goodbye to every­ one. The children at the school asked m e as they have done every afternoon since I arrived “You com e tom orrow M iss?” , but this tim e the answ er was “No, I ’ll not com e tom orrow .” I ’ll never forget the look in P rim ella’s eyes. She glared at m e with hatred, then ran outside to sit curled up beside a tree.

Dec. 6 F our o f us are now spraw led out am ongst o u r sleeping bags on a hill top overlooking the terraces o f the H im alayan foothills. T he tip o f M ount Everest peeks out over the clouds. O ur bus ride up the snaking path was m agnificent. W e sat on top o f the bus each o f us holding on to each other, our packs and thq chickens as though we would som ehow be secure if the bus tipped a bit too m uch over the cliffs. W e w alked up a narrow path to w here w e are now. W e can barely m ake out a sign posted beside one o f the cottages in the valley that reads “The top o f the U niverse”. T w o N epalese children stopped to sm ile at us before they disappeared w ith their baskets o f straw into the valley. A s night creaps in w e seem to grow closer to the stars... tim eless... exept for the sound o f an airplane w hich rem inds m e that I w ill be flying hom e in a few days. B ut that seem s as im pos­

I w ill leave behind. O ne boy, R am ish, is not w earing his uni­ form . It is his birthday and he has w orn his Sunday best...a polyester print shirt w ith Peter Pan colar and Sean Cassidy on the back. H e is glow ing w ith jo y and has even com pleted his hom ew ork. The three other teachers hug and kiss him as he distributes a sw eet to all o f his classm ates.

Nov. 7 A few days ago, I had gone to the rail station to pick up C indy (a C rossroader) w ho had com e to visit. W e rode back to M rs. A ru ld o ss’ in an auto rickshaw (a three w heeled open taxi) the driver seem ed to w ant to charge us m ore than w hat the m eter read (the for­ eigner tax.) I took notice o f his li­ cence num ber as a precaution. W hen w e arrived, only a short arguem ent entailed before tw o men got into the taxi. W e w ent up to the apartm ent putting the incident out o f m ind. T he next day, w e were sum m oned to the door by a m ilitary officer in full uniform . He asked

sible to im agine as com ing here did a few m onths ago.

Kathy Foster is majoring in development geography at McGill

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SPORTS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday January 19,1988

Olivier’s Hat trick Sparks Redmen Victory by Mike Crawley McGill outhustled, outmuscled, outpassed and outclassed Queen’s for the full sixty minutes last Thursday night en route to a convincing 7-2 triumph. Were it not for the scrappy goon play of the first period and the de­ fensive miscues which led to both Queen’s goals, the final score would have been more of an embarassment. The Golden Gaels managed to rough it up sufficiently in the first frame to hold McGill to just one goal while tallying twice themselves. But once the teams settled down to play some good end-to-end hockey in the second and third, the Redmen clearly dominated by netting 6 straight. The Redmen were led on the war­ path by the 4-point performances of stalwarts François Olivier (first star with a hattrick and an assist) and Tim

Iannone ( 1 goal, 3 assists). Iannone, the number two star, stretched his point scoring streak to 23 games, extending back to last season. His pretty passes were the key to each of Olivier’s goals. Jamie Reeve also kicked out 31 shots and had to make several tough saves in the second period when the outcome was still in question. Queen’s forward Dave Campbell opened the scoring early in the first when Joel Sitak got caught after trying to initiate a rush. Rookie defencemen Alain Cusson tied it for McGill with a blast from the point which found its way through a screen of traffic and behind Gaels’ netminderRobLalonde. Ted Linseman put Queen’s back in the lead thanks to a bad clearing pass while each team had two men in the box. The second period opened up with a lot less of the stickwork and pointless

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excellent hustle in capitalizing on Stéphane Marcoux’s rebound for a 4-2 lead. Much credit for Olivier’s second goal, which opened the scoring in the third, goes to Joel Sitak who pummeled a Queen’s puck carrier at the McGill blueline. Olivier found the mark once more at 12:40 for his 13th goal and 35th point of the year, good for second place on the squad. Iannone made it look easy, rounding out the onslaught with less than four minutes to go when the Golden Gaels were caught on a change.

Where Goeth The Innocence of Card Collecting? by Jamie Alden “Got ‘em, Got ’em, Got ‘em, Got ‘Em, Need ‘em.” The words conjure up vivid visions of my childhood, hud­ dling with friends outside after school, mulling through traders, pulling out the precious few wants and needs. The card collecting hobby has taken a full turn since I was a kid enthralled with sports heroes, picture cards and Charlie’s Angels (especially Farrah Fawcett - the pre-pubescent favorite with the hairdo) Does anyone remember the cards for those ugly looking guy’s from the Planet of the Apes. When chocolate bars were a dime, pop was 15 cents and the quarter allowance from your Mom bought you five pixi-sticks and two packs of base­ ball cards. The quarter was never enough to fulfill my passionate needs, and I was always being asked by my parents why the sofa cushions were strewn all over the floor. Somehow I would manage to scrounge the money to have enough baseballcards to make daily trades with my friends. I was always partial to baseball cards , but we’d trade anything from football cards to Batman and Robin cards. In the 1970’s with no price guides determining a good or bad deal, trades had their own unique whimsical element. Everybody always wanted the superstars, but just as popular were the players from our favourite teams. In our gang one of the guys was a diehard Cub fan, so much so that I think I remember him crying once over a crucial Cub loss. I always knew that if he had his eye on a most heralded Cubbie, I could either squeeze a Phillie(my favouite team) or a few extra cards from him. And with kids

that were younger, they were easy pickings. Not simply 1 for 1 deals. Were talking 30 for 1. I could always convince a younger kid that the card he wanted of mine was the best and most valuable card in the set. My haggling would usually pay off and then invari-

carefully opening up pack by pack, 100 packages of baseball cards. But you can bet, even if the youngster couldn’t count to ten or remember his/her timestables, they’d sure know which cards were missing from the set. We had our priorities in order. My Mom eventu­

bly the next pack I would buy, would contain the player I had just traded. Baseball euphoria was so powerful for me that I went to any lengths to get the whole set of a year’s cards. I even took $20 from my mother once and bought a garbage bag full of baseball cards. Can you imagine a little kid

ally found me out and made me take all the unopened packs back to ol’ Phil at the Comer Store. When my mother and I reminisce about my childhood misgivings, I’m the one who laughs when I tell her the set from that year is worth $400 and the Mike Schmidt card of that same year goes for $150. To us kids all that financial mumbo-jumbo was the least of our concerns. Today the story plays a different tune. Card collecting has now become big business, similar to gambling in the stock market. It’s not just a child’s hobby anymore. People out there aren’t simply content to have one Eric Davis Card, they want 5000 for specu­ lative purposes. The age of innocence has all but disappeared when the plot­ ting of supply and demand curves is a better way to decide which cards to purchase.

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The win boosts McGill’s OUAA conference record to 5-6-2, (pending Sunday’s game against the 1-12-2 RMC contingent). It also means the Redmen have lost only once in their last six OUAA matches. McGill is in fourth place in the East Division, just a point behind the Ottawa Gee-Gees, with one game in hand. The next home games for the Redmen come two week­ ends from now when they tangle with the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Golden Haw ks on Friday the 29th and the Waterloo Warriors the following day.

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Kids are now seeking consultants’ advice and carefully choosing their cards based on potential future market value. Ans you’ll no longer see schoolchildren gambling their cards in a game of topsies or flippers-throwing cards might damage the edges or scruff up the finish! the cards themselves are no longer the principal monetary unit. The principles of economics have stolen the hearts of innocent youths.


SPORTS

T he M cG ill T rib un e, T uesday, January 1 9 ,1 9 8 8

Redmen Rally in Thrilla at McGilla “Gremlin from the Kremlin” hits last minute bucket by Jamie Alden They say young teams aren’t sup­ posed to do what the Redmen did last Friday night at Sir Arthur Currie Gym­ nasium . Down on numerous occasions, the boys showed the resiliance and pa­ nache of seasoned veterans, in a re­ markable come from behind 68-66 victory over the Concordia Sting­ ers. David Steiner, McGill’s ‘stoic’ off guard, stripped Concordia’s Dino Perm cleanly of the ball with less than 30 seconds remain­ ing and steamed in uncontested for the gam e w inning layup. Steiner was looking for the slam to end it, but elected to take the sure two points capping off his 17 point performance.

but praise for his Gremlin general. “Ilya did a great job,” said Schildroth. “He controlled the game and it was his floor leadership that was most impor­ tant.” The first half was a see-saw affair with the lead changing hands five times. McGill effectively utilized both

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S te in e r’s gam e winner, it was point guard Ilya Gudin’s three point basket with a minute left that put the Red­ men in a position for victory. Gutlin must have thought the shot was “for the ca r” as he showed no hesitation in launching the three point bomb. Talk about timing. It was his only basket of the second half, and it wouldn’t have mattered if Gutlin hadn’t sunk another hoop. Coach Ken Schildroth had nothing

At the start of the second half Con­ cordia exploded for ten unanswered points, Parnell Joseph doing much of the damage. McGill had difficulty ad­ justing to Concordia’s zone defense, but appeared to find the key reeling off eight unanswered points of their own. Brousseau was relentless on the both the offensive and defensive ends of the court, hitting some crazy tip-ins igniting both the team and the ca­ pacity crowd. He amassed 20 points and 13 rebounds all told in his strongest overall perform ance of the season.

forward Patrick Arsenault and forward/wrap star Paul Brousseau in the paint, schooling Concordia’s man to man defense. Arsenault appears to be finding the form that has made him a QUAA all-star the last two years.

B rousseau was amazing at the offensive end, Schildroth could only talk about his defense. “ Paul was simply great on the defensive end,” said Schil­ droth. “He played the way w e’ve wanted him to all year.” McGill could have folded under the intense pres­ sure in the second half but some ef­ fective play by the more veteran mem­ bers of the squad, particularily Micheal Soussan and Adrian Bak in brief stints, kept the team close for both Steiner’s and Gutlin’s heroics. The victory runs McGill’s regular

season record to 2-1, a positive start to a season that many observers thought would be a writeoff. Some of the credit for the win has to be given to newly formed cheerleading squad and the boisterous and partisan home crowd. This is definitely a nice change from

Winter Mission ’88 If you think you’ve seen hundreds of insane looking students in disguise running around campus armed with green water pistols this week, you have not lost your mind. This week is McGill’s annual Winter Carnival, and one particular event is someone’s psychotic brainchild: the Spy vs. Spy Assassin Game. 250 contestants are involved in this mutual person-hunt across campus. Each killer/victim is given the photo of an unknown individual who they must seek out and destroy. Once they kill a foe, they collect that person’s target photo and set out on another death mission. Once killed, a participant must sign their own death certificate, supplied by the killer, which is then turned in to master control, at StudSoc.

Martlet ’s speed to the hoop and she also initiated a three-quarter court press to slow Martlet progress up the court. These changes helped Concordia close the gap to 9 points at half time 32-23. Both teams appeared sluggish in the second half with Concordia return­ ing to their ineffective man-to-man defence. The Martlets made four turn­ overs in the first few minutes before settling down and taking definitive control of the game. Sparked by sopho­ more guard Tina Fasone, it all but became a massacre ending in a 28 point victory for the Martlets. Game stars were Leah Hayman as top scorer with 18 points shooting 88% from the floor and a perfect 4 for 4 from the foul line. Hélène Cowan contrib­

uted 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocked shots, while Tina Fasone net­ ted 10 points. Martlets head coach Chris Hunter who took a technical foul in the firsi half as he voiced his displeasure over biased refereeing, remarked that it was “nice to get back on the winning track”. Coach Hunter emphasized the valued contribution of all his team’s players, as the entire Martlet roster saw court time; and sees this impressive depth to be one of this year’s Martlet’s greatest strengths. The seventh ranked Martlets next home appearance is January 31st against the always tough Bishops Lady Gaiters. Game time for that matchup is lpm.

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Martlets Cruise past the Stingers by Kristine Whitehead The McGill Martlets rebounded decisively from their season-opening loss to Laval with a trouncing of the Concordia Stingers last Friday night, 75-47. Although the Martlets had fin­ ished pre-season play with a record of 21 -2 including 5 tournament first place finishes, prior to this victory they had lost a close match to Laval (64-63) in their first QUAA conference appear­ ance. Encouraged by the McGill cheer­ leading squad, the Martlets came out strong and energized from the opening whistle on Friday, playing tough de­ fense that held the Stingers scoreless early on. Concordia’s offense was in complete disarray, and their players were forced into putting up low proba­ bility shots from way outside. The Martlets were merciless at the other end of the court as well with veterans Leah Hayman and Hélène Cowan both hitting consistently from the perimeter or on drives to the hoop. Although the game looked like a blow-out initially with the Martlets up 22-6 in the first few minutes, the Sting­ ers were able to rally effectively with McGill’s first string out for a breather. Head coach Louise Zerbe from Con­ cordia revised her strategy by imple­ menting a zone defence to contain the

the past where playing in front of three quarters Concordia fans at our own gym was not an uncommon sight. The Redmen’s next challenge will be down in Lennoxville where they will face the undefeated Bishops Gai­ ters this Friday night.

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