TRIBUNE Volume 7, Issue 19
Library merger: renovations and rationalizations by Jamie Alden “Cost just wasn’t a major motivat ing factor,” said Charles Evans, the Areas Director for the Libraries, refer ring to the decision to merge the Under graduate Library (UL) with McLen nan. The decison was made last June to amalgamate the reserve units, circula tion departments, and references sec tions of both libraries to build what was termed a “more comprehensive service for undergraduates.” Though many students have voiced concern over the elimination of journal subscriptions and duplicate books, UL Service Librarian Marilyn Cohen and Evans assured the Tribune that all changes would be subject to a lengthy period of discussion amongst library staff. “Usually the titles cancelled will still be in the system, whether they’re in McGill or some other Montreal univer sity,” said Evans. The decision process involves both a serials advisory committee and the reference librarians.
who determine which journals are used most frequently. Concerning access to copies of books that are in high demand, Cohen stated, “I think that subject bibliogra phers will be aware of the large classes,” and added that this would
assure that there will be adequate numbers of popular titles available. In addition to the merging of serv ices, it appears there will be some major reconstruction of the first floor of McLennan library. Architectural consultants have been hired to assess
the situation regarding renovations to the first floor at the beginning of April. Recommendations will then be made to the Director of Libraries, Eric Ormsby. Cohen suggested that only minor changes in design would be made this
summer, but said the whole rede signing process would take from “three to five years.” When asked about the changes to the job structure for library staff, Evans replied, “Jobs will be redefined, they will not be more menial. The possibil ity of job changes will take place as much through automation as through the merger,” but McGill policy stipu lates that no employee will be termi nated. In spite of the merger, the libraries’ plans for automation of services will not be delayed. William Curran, Direc tor of Reader Service s for the Areas Libraries, said “The merger is not at all related to our plans for automation. We will be facing automation in 1989.” Students will be kept abreast of developments through an Ad Hoc Committee on Libraries recently formed by Stuc Soc VP University Affairs Maria Battaglia and Marilyn Cohen.
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Research guidelines and student levies by Jennifer Mori “This is an issue on which we will never get a consensus, but we must agree on something that gives us some protection as opposed to none at all,” said Prof. Pedersen in support of the Report to Senate of the Committee to
Redraft Amendments on Military Re search. The amendments state that re search should “increase knowledge in ways that do not harm society,” and exhorts researchers to “assume direct responsibility for the intellectual and
Asbestos tiles not a health hazard? by Armelle Dodman Students have expressed concern about the health hazards of ripping out asbes tos ceiling tiles on the third floor of the McConnell Engineering Building. Lee Iverson, a graduate student in Electri cal Engineering, told the Tribune that “many of the tiles were being pried off and a lot of dust was flying around.” The tiles were piled on the floor and were not removed for a week. Com menced at the beginning of last semester, the tile removal was part of a renovation project preparatory to the installation of new computers. Although student concerns were ex pressed to the Administration, the dust particles were never tested. Physical Plant Director Wayne Wood claims that the tiles are standard, the type used normally in institutional facilities. “There is absolutely no possibility of exceeding Québec safety standards with regards to the use of asbestos
tiles,” said Wood. Despite Wood’s claim that “there is no danger,” the asbestos product is to be replaced with another form of mineral tiles which Wood says are cheaper and larger than the old ones. “Asbestos has received bad publicity in the past, and people will often tend to panic when they hear the word,” re marked Wood. “The only place in which a potential danger could exist in regard to the inhalation of the particles would be in the mining or shipbuilding industries where it flies around like snow.”__________________________
Bookstore Saga: by Ian Harrold and Jennifer Mori McGill’s Students’ Society and the Administration have concluded an agreement that will give financial com pensation to Studsoc for $4.5 million it had loaned to McGill for construction of a new $6.4 million bookstore. As well, Studsoc will eventually receive profit earnings from the bookstore once the contribution has been paid. The building is expected to to be com pleted sometime in 1992-93. Studsoc has not, however, received a guarantee of office space in the new building as it
ethical quality of their work.” The amendments also require researchers receiving government military con tracts to submit written statements of harms and benefits to the Vice Princi pal Research, who would both super vise research procedures for military contracts and report to Senate two years after the implementation of the proposals. Senate approval of these proposals was unanimous except for Prof. S.J. Noumoff, who held that “Senate has not had an opportunity to discuss the whole issue.” Noumoff was skeptical about the researcher judging the harmfulness of his/her own work. As there are no judges of ethics, “the real test is to catch someone violating the spirit of what Senate thought it was doing,” he told the Tribune. Lee Iverson, student member of the Amendments Committee, holds that “the University now reserves the right to refuse anything directly from a mili tary agency, [but] the real problem is that it is easy for agencies to set up fronts.” Senate also resolved to support the March 16 Students’ Society General Assembly on Underfunding. “We hope that profs will encourage students and other profs to attend,” stated Maria Battaglia, StudSoc VP University Af fairs, but “this does not mean classes will be cancelled,” emphasized VicePrincipal (Academic) Sam Freedman. continued on page 3
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had hoped and it is unlikely that Studsoc will see financial compensa tion for some time. “I think this is a real victory,” Stu dents Society President Daniel Tenenbaum told the Tribune. “Students should not be paying for the construc tion of a new bookstore... I think we were fair in asking for compensation.” Tenenbaum’s agreement superceded one made last year between then Studsoc President Paul Pickersgill and Associate Vice-Principal (Physical Resources) Sam Kingdon. That agree
ment provided no compensation for forgoing profits and did not guarantee their return when the new bookstore was completed. Tenenbaum presented the Admini stration with the compensation pro posal last December and Kingdon’s reply proposed that “surpluses from the [present] Bookstore operation be ginning in fiscal year 1986-87... be ac cumulated in a special Bookstore ac count,” and that “as soon as repayment from this [account] has covered $4.5 continued on page 3
Council supports Access assists Fraternities by Mariam Bouchoutrouch “We just do not rate, a CEGEP has more facilities than we do,” stated Sam Miller, Chairperson of Access McGill. He explained that Dawson College has more facilities than McGill. “I just don’t feel the univer-
to ask their faculties and schools to provide information about the effects of underfunding. McGill has suffered deficits totalling $30 million in the past three years and expects a deficit of about $10 million
McGill as important” he said. According to Professor Irwin Gopnik, Dean of Students, the Univer sity is not allowed to ask applicants to McGill if they are disabled; therefore, students must approach the university if he or she needs a special service. “As far as I can tell, no request for services by a disabled student has been turned down,” he added. Miller believes that individual help is not enough because there is a wait ing period for the student to receive the facilities. “We have to meet the global needs, not just the individual needs,” he commented. Otter facilities would include the renovation of various buildings across campus, including the installment of an access ramp on die Union Building. However, this would include more money than is available, and would require university money. Council also considered the underfunding problem, underlining the need for discussion and research on the subject. Councillors were re-
In response to the lack of housing for incoming students a decision mate by faculty to evict fraternities would include the selling of Delta Upsilon and PSI U, on Pitre Ave. and the renovation of the Red Door and the Blue Dow fraternities on Univer sity Ave. for residence housing. Daniel Tenenbaum, StudSoc presi dent, argued that “the fraternities and the students were not consulted.” Another complaint was that the Uni versity would be leaving 60 students homeless in tire search for housing for 60 «her students. In other business. Council ammended the elections and referendum regulations placing a ceiling an spending for presidential and vicepresidential candidates. Tire ceiling would be $400 and $300 respectively. Another regualtion ammended prohibits any publication funded by StudSoc to print articles, letters, edi torials and advertisements that favour any candidate during the pollling pe riod.
Tüesday, Feb 16 •McGill Clothing Sale starts yesterday, runs until Feb 19, from 9a.m. to 5p.m. in the basement of the Union Building (room BIO). •QPIRG Organizing Club invites interested students to attend the club’s weekly meeting at 5p.m. in room 302, Union Building. •The Film and Communications Program of McGill presents the third speaker in their lecture series, “Social Responsibility and the Media”, Garry Beitel will speak on “Challenging the Prime Time Bias: The Case For Independent Televi sion". 7p.m. MacDonald-Harrington Building Auditorium, G-10 (815 Sherbrooke St. West). All are welcome; admission is free! •From the Bench to the Bedside: Exploring the impact of laboratory research on patient care, with speaker Morton Allan Kapusta, B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P.
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W hat Student D irectory? by George Lee Since 1980, the McGill Student Di rectory has been printed only three times. The directory traditionally con tains home addresses, Montréal ad dresses, and faculty information. It also houses the phone numbers of a variety of services on and off campus. The 1987-88 edition never got off the ground and since the Registrar’s Office does not release any student’s personal information, it is virtually impossible
to reach fellow students. The 1986-87 edition had left Stu dents’ Society deeply in the red. Ac cording to the account breakdowns, $5600 was lost. Harold Green, last year’s editor-in-chief, stated that “the professional ad manager was supposed to get $4000 in ad revenue but only $2000 was received.” Another financial problem arose when the booklet would not sell. From the accounts of Terry Sbrissa, Studsoc
VP Internal, the prices started at $ 1.50, but the books were eventually given away for lack of sales. Studsoc has been accused of being partially responsible for the sluggish sales. Green said that “Students’ Soci ety had delayed the printing because they were afraid to lose money. So it [the 1986-87 edition] was delayed a month. Students are too busy studying for exams in November [to purchase the Directory].”
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More Senate stuff continued from page 1 Senate’s enthusiam to support stu dent initiatives was not so marked when the Dietetics and Human Nutri tion Undergraduate Society (DHNUS, McDonald College) requested dial Senate approve the results of its refer endum to levy an additional $45 on Dietetics students to join the Canadian Dietetics Association (CDA). Senators expressed concern that the University was sating a precedent
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by collecting student funds for an out side body. “Suppose it wasn’t for an honourable body, like the Communist Party,” suggested Prof. Roger Ben nett, Dean of Management. When Battaglia pointed out that it was not Senate’s place to tamper with student constitutions and referenda, she was met by howls of protest. After some debate, the motion was referred back to the DHNUS for review on *s initiative.______________
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million of the [$6.4 million] capital cost,” Students ’ Society will begin to annually receive the equivalent of $45,359. This figure represents the average yearly profit of the present bookstore from 1981-1986, the period during which Studsoc forfeited profits to fund the new bookstore’s construction. When Studsoc contributions began, the bookstore’s total cost was estimated at $4.5m although the cost has since risen to $6.4m because of the addition of floors. Pickersgill had committed bookstore profits for a maximum of 15 years but the present agreement does not define any time period, holding only that “on completion of the repayment, the surpluses of the university bookstore shall be released to the Students’ Society of McGill University.” Despite rumours that Studsoc would be getting space in the new building, no provision has been made for this. “There was never any space deal,” said Tenenbaum. The question remains undecided; results of a Studsoc space survey are expected soon.
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Over the last two weeks over 5000 M cGill students have signed a petition in support o f holding a referendum to create a chapter o f the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill.
by Bill Dawson and Mark Hyland What is a PIRG? Many students have heard by now that a PIRG is a student-funded, student-directed re search, education and action organiza tion. But what will the creation of QPIRG actually mean for McGill stu dents? In part, it will mean Quebec students getting together and forming a province-wide group that will give stu dents a voice on issues of public con cern. Students in Ontario, B.C., and 25 states in the U.S. have formed their own PIRGs for the same purpose. In 1973, Ontario PIRG started at the University of Waterloo. Although it originated on a single campus, five other schools across the province have since organized their own chapters. That same year, New York PIRG was started by students on one campus in New York City. NYPIRG is now state-wide, with local chapters on more than 15 campuses. PIRGs as province-wide (or state wide) organizations were first con ceived by students in Oregon, working with Ralph Nader and others. It was their answer to the question of how stu
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dents could act more effectively as citi zens on issues that concern them. Rather than having separate groups working on separate issues on separate campuses, students would band together to deter mine the public’s interest and affect positive change on issues through re search, education and action. Leaving behind school loyalties and conceiving of themselves as members of a larger community and citizens of a province, students have worked together on envi ronmental, consumer, good govern ment, health, and mass transit issues, among others. Other crucial aspects of the PIRG model’s effectiveness are more conten tious. PIRGs are student-funded through a fee levy. Naturally, this funding system is argued about and often opposed by students on campus. For this reason, and often necessarily, the funding is demo cratically established, usually through a petition drive and referendum. At McGill, the five hundred signatures required in order to hold a referendum on the funding question have been col lected. If the fee is approved through the referendum, the funding system will be put in place in September 1988. The proposed fee at McGill is three dollars per student per semester, refundable to anyone who does not wish to be a PIRG member.
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Students are often concerned about the control and use of the PIRG funding. According to the PIRG model, a student board of directors is elected by fee-pay ing students at each chapter of the PIRG. From each local board, a certain number of representatives are sent to a provin cial board, based on proportional repre sentation of fee-paying members at each school. Funding from each campus goes directly to the provincial organization, which is set up as a non-profit, non partisan corporation. Though studying at particular schools, representatives on the provin cial board take the role of citizen first in making decisions on the PIRG’s activi ties. Entrenched in the constitution of all PIRGs is a provision that allocates a certain percentage of the total funding to each local chapter for their use. In B.C. PIRG, for example, ten percent of the funding provided by each local chapter is allocated specifically for their use. The funding is used by each local chap ter to set up an office/resource centre with at least one full-time staff member, and the provincial board allocates fund ing for a provincial office, staff, research projects, educational campaigns, pub lishing reports, lobbying, litigation and community organizing. This structure is well-suited to the goals of PIRGs. Staffed full-time,
The social impact of flight or how I learn to love the bomb by Ryan Morey Undeniably, the advent of nuclear weapons has forever changed the design of the twentieth century. Yet almost half a decade after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, of living with the daily reality of nuclear annihilation, for most of us the bomb remains a blurred and undefined menace. How to make visible in conventional terms something that is inherently abstract is a question that freelance photographer Robert DelTredici first confronted on his visit to Three Mile Island, at the time of the reactor meltdown in 1979. In 1981, as Pershing and cruse missiles were being frantically deployed throughout Europe, DelTredici’s focus shifted to another aspect of nuclear technology, the atomic arsenal. He spent the next six years compiling photos and information for his new book A t Work In The Fields O f The Bom b (1987). DelTredici was at McGill last Wednesday as part of the film and communication program’s lec ture series on “social responsibility in the media”. DelTredici’s project began with a visit to Hiroshima. He then traced the bomb’s production from uranium mines in Saskatchewan, to the thirteen differ ent bomb factories throughout the U.S., to the testing of the “fruits of the nuclear labour” in the Nevada desert. His jour ney finally ended in an ironic full circle with another nuclear reactor disaster, Chernobyl. DelTredici’s book is filed with powerful and provocative photo graphs concentrating on the people whose everyday lives are shaped by the bomb: the factory workers, soldiers, silo operators (whose job it is to push the button) and, of course, the victims. As well as being a gifted photogra pher, DelTridici has a talent for manipu lating his way into the most restricted
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areas of nuclear assembly and testing. He effectively brings forward many of the horrifying realities of a society that has absorbed, into its apathetic psyche, the same attitude to the production and testing of nuclear weapons as it has to the development of a longer lasting hairspray. DelTredici explains that the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima should by all reason be one of the most easily recognized icons of our time. It is sur prising then to discover that one of the few replicas of that bomb is at the Smith sonian in Washington, tucked away in a back room, as part of a display entitled The Social Impact O f Flight. DelTredici also raised the commonly avoided ques tion: if, for all practical purposes, the war was over after the bombing of Hiro shima, why then was another bomb dropped on Nagasaki? No definate conclusions can be drawn, yet it is worth noting that the Hiroshima bomb was a uranium based bomb, while “Fat Man”, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was a plutonium based bomb. The United States military had never had the oppor tunity to compare the destructive power of the two. Today’s H-Bomb, the bomb of choice for the American arsenal, is based on the Nagasaki bomb. DelTridici’s most provocative pho tographs are of some of the individuals who have had a major role in the shaping of nuclear history. One such photo is of General Paul Tibitz, the man who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Con trary he has not gone mad with remorse, nor is he a pathetic alchoholic unable to accept his actions. He is in fact a success ful commercial pilot quick to boast that given the same situation he would drop it again. But surely the most moving story in the book is of a young Japanese girl named Sidako. A few years after the war she died of leukemia, commonly known
in Japan at that time as atomic bomb disease. The children of Japan, because of Sidako’s great courage, have made her a symbol of hope, a symbol of their prayer that the world never pass away from atomic bomb disease. Robert DelTredici’s book is one artist’s attempt to do his part. His pur pose is as simple as it is difficult: to take this elusive problem out of the anxiety closet and give it a series of concrete images and faces. This is DelTredici’s way of placing each individual in a position where he or she must formulate their own feelings, attitudes and obliga tions towards life with the bomb. (The Film and Communications speaker series continues on Feb. 16 with independant video artist Garry Beitel.)
PIRGs undertake activities normally too costly and too time consuming for stu dents to sustain by themselves. Because the structure allows a large project, or several small ones on several campuses, it ensures an emphasis on community issues instead of issues of interest only to a particular campus (although the scope of a PIRG extends to such issues). For example, over the past four years, NYPIRG has worked on the issue of mass-bum incineration in communities across the state. These incinerators have been found to emit ash with a higherthan-allowable toxicity. Arthur Kell, a NYPIRG staff member, is helping co ordinate the state-wide campaign with NYPIRG chapters in several localities. According to Kell, the construction of one of these incinerators in New York City has been successfully stalled be cause NYPIRG uncovered a conflict of interest with the judge hearing the case. PIRGs are also autonomous from the various university administrations, which act solely as a means for students to collect the funds for their PIRGs. This autonomy, combined with their non partisan nature, lends credibility to PIRG research. Their work has acquired a reputation for thoroughness and accu racy. Above all, PIRGs provide experi ence and training in citizen work, with access to full-time professional staff, such as NYPIRG’s Kell, to help students accomplish their goals. Committed as they may be to particular issues, students are involved with many other activities and often have erratic schedules due to exams and holidays. The professional staff help sustain campaigns yearround, co-ordinating research, educa tion and action. Working with them, students have a chance for hands-on experience in research projects, public education and citizen action. Students could, for example, improve their re search techniques by participating in a laboratory study of Montréal ’s drinking water quality, learn publishing skills by producing a report of the results, and gain experience out in the community through organizing a campaign to clean up the water supply. The important thing to remember about PIRGs is that they do not have set agendas. They are frameworks which give students a stronger voice in their community, and enable them to realize that they can have a direct effect on large issues that once seemed beyond their control..
Ralph Nader: Students should be let
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by Kate Morisset “Parents will tell their children: ‘et well, dress well, behave yourself, don’ get into trouble’ but very few of then send their children forward everyda saying; ‘seek justice’,” said Ralp Nader, speaking to over 350 people a dMcGill last Wednesday night “People are not rewarded fo seeking justice, or being good people, he explained, “so they take care of them selves.” The American consumer advo cate and founder of the Centre for Re sponsible Law, Public Citizen Inc. an< PIRGs (Public Interest Researcl Groups), came to speak at McGill oi “Students As A Political Force.” Hi visit occurred at a crucial time for th< QPIRG Organizing Club at McGil which is working to establish a provin cial PIRG. Nader began with a history of th< student movement: “In the fifties, whei I was going to university (Princeton) students were anything but a politica force... the principle act of rebellion wa refusing to wear white buck shoes.” H< briefly outlined student activism as i moved from civil rights to environ mental protection to Vietnam. He ex plained how the movement peaked ir the spring of 1970-71: “It hit like th< snap of a whip, with the shootings a Kent State and the invasion of Cambo-
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taking a difference . and then, nothing. Burnout.” It was drop in activism which led Nader others to establish an organization :h could work on things in a more tanent manner: the first Public Interlesearch Group was formed in Orein 1971. «lader sees PIRGs as a way to “exl the educational dimension and lenge the nature of university pur.” He believes that students should again become a viable political and al force in their communities, “cutpoliticians down to size..., toilet ing utilities and car companies..., oving the local school..., making :hurch put the golden rule to work.” According to Nader, progress in the : domain of our society necessitates 'ism: “The roots of our democracy versai health insurance, credit ns, women’s suffrage...) all began a few people.” Nader proceeded to e a subtle analogy between the ed States and Brazil, their standards iving, systems of education, and th levels. He explained that in Braîot enough “good people” had built ocratic safeguards while in the U.S., iple built a structure of law and jus... enough people said, ‘we are not g to take it anymore.’” The consetces of inaction were blatantly obvits he described Brazil’s disease, ine
quality, unemployment, brutality and lack of adequate health services. For Ralph Nader, combining citizen action with university education is something which ought to be a subject for discussion. He forced the audience to ask the ominous question: what are you doing at McGill? “Students are process ing their education in an overly technical manner,” stated Nader. “When all is said and done, it is the humanities, the study of values, the hard intellectual ques tions... that’s what it is all about.” With all the resources available to students - newspapers, radio, access to information, idealism - Nader sees stu dents as having a potential which must be realized as a vital political force. Nader gave an informative and dy namic speech, but it was the message he left that was most important. To anyone who says “Who am I? Just one person. I’m going to fight city hall? I’m going to take on General Motors?”, Ralph Nader’s answer is simply, “Yes, who else will?” «KGILE
by Timothy Egan In the mid-sixties, consumer activist Ralph Nader had General Motors running scared. His relentless efforts to disclose the corporation’s questionable business prac tices had so frustrated the automotive giant that it attempted to discredit him. G.M. was trying to intimidate the wrong man Ralph Nader took them to court for inva sion of privacy. After a four year legal battle, the dispute ended with the largest settlement of its kind in American history: $425,000, awarded to Nader. Nader’s actions revealed to otherstheir right of access to informationwhich is in their interest as public citizens in a demo cratic society. Nader directed the settle ment monies into creating an organization devoted to activism for positive social change. In 1970, he set up the first PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) in Wash ington D.C. In her book, Ralph N ader Presents M ore Action For A Change, Kelley Griffin catalogues the achievements of PIRGs in the first two decades of operation. The book is not a critique of PIRGs. Griffin does not pretend to be an unbiased ob server as she is herself actively involved in, and vehemently supportive of PIRG work. Clearly, the attraction for Griffin is the philosophy behind the PIRG concept. In 1971, Nader and fellow activist Donald Ross set out to articulate that phi losophy in their book Action F or A Change. Nader summarizes that philoso phy in his extensive introduction to Griffin’s book. PIRGs are fundamentally student organizations: students organize them, fund them, administer them, con duct the research and see that this research is put into action. The principle that stu dents are citizens is behind all this involve ment. Their citizenship is unique, how ever, as their primary concern is the educa tion that will provide a basis for their future endeavours. But students, like all citizens, participate both privately and publicly in society. The private citizenship involves the well-being of their fellow citizens, with whom they necessarily interact and are interdependent in society. Consequent
to this dual citizenship, education should include experience in recog nizing and solving society’s short falls, in addition to serving private ends. PIRGs are the means to ensure that such experience can be gained. PIRGs engender a most pragmatic idealism that works within the system, using the tools provided by the system to cause change. Students involved in PIRGs do not just research issues in the public interest. They form an educated opinion on the basis of that research and then act to produce the necessary change. Kelley Griffin has done extensive research documenting just how suc cessful this pragmatic idealism has been in bringing about change. Her extensive analysis of the work of New York PIRG and Colorado PIRG, complemented by a whole series of personal biographies of students in volved in the movement over the years, provides a testament to PIRGs’ success. That success includes the introduction of a bottle refund bill in Massachusetts, truth in testing legis lation for entrance tests like the LS AT and GMAT, public information on ‘Lemon Cars’ and how to deal with them, legislation against hazardous wastes, and clarification fo renters’ rights. In addition, Griffin includes in
formation on starting a PIRG on one’s own campus, and an index of existing PIRGs in North America. When one hears so much about stu dent apathy and indifference to societal concerns, a book like M ore Action For A Change provides reassurance. PIRGs demonstrate that the apathy is not neces sary, that public responsibilities are personal responsibilities which can be addressed by each one of us. We are perpetually told that times have changed since the activist 1960’s. But as Nader points out, students have not. The personal problems they face are much the same. However, the pressures and risks facing society as a whole are greater. PIRGs provide a viable mecha nism to address such concerns. A thought- provoking comment from Ralph Nader sums it up: Many students are not in volved in civic activity because they have too many personal a n x ieties...D ifferen t com m it ments and priorities for more important civic purposes such as environmental health, a just gov ernm ent can help dissolve or reduce those personal perplexi ties... students should see that there are careers whose essence includes the right, if not the duty to take their conscience to work every day.
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by Bilquisse Visram As 1 was heading to the press screening of Ironweed , I had only one thought in mind: With all of the talent that went into the making of this film, how could it possibly fail? Unfortu nately, my second yawn within the first hour proved my high expectations wrong. Ironweed is adapted by William Kennedy from his Pulitzer Prize win ning novel of the same title. The film is directed by internationally-acclaimed Hector Babenco, of Kiss o f the Spider Woman fame. The all-star cast in cludes Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep and Tom Waits. Sound promising? That’s what I thought. But somehow, this one just doesn’t swim. I can appreciate a slow-paced, thought-provoking film as well as the next person, but at times Ironweed is so slow, it drags. Despite strong individ ual performances by its three main characters (and the operative word here is ‘individual’), this combination doesn’t click. Set in some seedy part of Albany, N.Y. in 1938, Ironweed stars Jack Nicholson as Francis Phelan. Phelan is a self-admitted bum who likes his whiskey, and doesn’t mind sleeping in the streets. However, he’s not just a bum, but a sensitive one with a painful past. It’s a past which by the end of the film has become rather painful for the audience as well. Phelan is a man haunted by his conscience - a conscience personified by the deathly-white ghosts of three men he has unintentionally wronged in
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mix of reality and fantasy the past. Not only does poor Phelan have these three ghouls (complete with white suits and red carnations) on his trail, he also has to cope with a burden of guilt about having accidentally dropped, and killed, his baby boy 22 years before. As if this weren’t bad enough, our protagonist carries on his shoulders the weight of having aban doned his loving wife and children. Unrealistic? Nah! Meryl Streep is a convincing but annoying bag lady as Phelan’s “woman-friend”, Helen Archer. She has her own share of problems, and like
Nicholson, tends to lapse into halluci nations during the film. Tom Waits is one of the more enjoyable characters, simply because the combination of his raunchy voice and scruffy look make him a credible bum. Two hours of winos, ghosts, soupkitchens and Meryl Streep singing “He’s Me Pal” were definately enough for me. I don’t know about Siskel and Ebert, but I give this one a thumbs-down. Ironweed is playing at the Impe rial cinema.
Wannsee Conference: revolting dialogue this reaction proves the basic humanity of the German people. The Jews were so far removed from humanity in the minds of these Nazis that anything done to the Jewish people was justifiable. The screenplay is reconstructed entirely from documents and from the secretary’s minutes. Heinz Schirk’s direction is good, and HorsrSchier's photograhy keeps the camera moving, saving this film from the static, documentary feel one might expect. The acting is convincing, which is surprising, since the actors were apparently all chosen for their physical resemblance to the actual Nazis. The Wannsee Conference is playing at Centre-Ville.
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Theodor Adorno The title “Musique et Politique” itself was an alluring invitation to pi anist Marc-André Hamelin’s concert last Wednesday night at Redpath Hall. Not only did Hamelin’s performance prove to be a fulfillment of this intrigu ing invitation, but the theme provided a thought-provoking approach to music as a means of expression. Hamelin, a 27 year-old Montreal native, is a world class pianist. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, and has acquired a record contract with New World Records, for which he recorded Battle Piece, one of the two pieces he performed Wednesday night. His par ticular interest in interpreting twenti eth century music, together with his status as an accomplished musician, made him an especially effective per former for Wednesday night theme.
Presented by Les Evénements du Neuf, a Montreal-based concert soci ety “dedicated to the promotion of con temporary music”, the political theme of the concert was to serve as a re minder that “a concert is not just a concert”, that “music is a piece of his tory”. Hamelin’s sensitive interpreta tions of Stefan Wolpe’s Battle Piece and Frederic Rzewski’s The People United were certainly successful in providing some expression of the feel ings of triumph and defeat of the sub jects of political events (World War I in the first case, and Chile under the Allende regime in the second).
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spite brief lapses of calm, this haunting theme of violence consistently returns until Wolpe finally ends the trauma with a single, solemn dissonant chord. Hamelin’s complete technical mastery was paralled by his embracing under standing of the theme of the music. At the end, he bowed his head respectfully to the keyboard, as though to Wolpe himself. H am elin’s performance of Rzewski’s The People United was a musical expression of the solidarity that inspired the cultural movement in Chile under Allende. Rzewski’s politi cally-based composition was one of escalating emotion and intensity, with gentle and thoughtful interludes dis persed throughout. Based on the theme of El Pueblo ( ‘The People’ - an inter national hymn of the Chilean resis tance), the piece containes 36 vari ations, characterized by an amalgam of influences: serialism, jazz, minimal ism and popular music. Hamelin’s per formance throughout these diverse styles was consistently articulate and disciplined. Musique et Politique turned out to be as fascinating as the implications of the title. After five curtain calls, there was little doubt about the audience’s enthusiasm for Hamelin’s expertise, which left little doubt about the poten tial of music as a forceful expression of history. This concert will be aired on CBFFM 100.7, Sunday April 3rd at 5pm.
Tribe pucksters salvage pair of ties by Dino Smiljic Redmen hockey fans experienced a bittersweet weekend after McGill tied a pair of games against the U of T Blues and the York Yeomen. With Concordia winning their game against the Blues on Saturday, 8-0, and losing 3-1 to the Yeomen on Sunday the Red-andWhite find themselves tied for second place with the Stingers in the divi sional standings with two games to play. Friday night against U of T, the Redmen jumped out to an early three goal lead on goals by Paul Pulver, Dave Boucher, and Paul Grech. Glen Murphy put Toronto on the scoreboard at 12:42 of the first, but with just over a minute remaining in the period Fran cois Olivier converted a Mario DeBenedictis pass to regain a three goal lead. Sleepy is probably the best word to describe McGill’s play in the second
and third periods, and it eventually cost them a point in the standings. After a scoreless second period, Toronto turned the tide with the help of two more goals by the Blues’ Murphy and Ben Shepard’s first tally of the season. The tying goal, with just two minutes left in the game was blanketed in con troversy as a result of the referee’s in decisiveness in calling the goal. The shot appeared to hit the net just under the crossbar but did not fall into the net, and the goal judge did not indicate a goal with the red light. After protests from the Toronto bench, the referee suddenly signaled it a goal without consulting the goal judge. The saga of rowdiness by McGill fans continued Friday night. Early into the game security was forced to stop the contest after Blues’ Head Coach, Paul Titanic, threatened noisy fans with a hockey stick. While trying to inter vene, the assistant coach, as well as
some players, got into a mild meleé with security. Fans were asked to leave the area directly behind the opposition’s bench and the game then resumed. Director of security, Eyal Baruch said later that U of T, “knew McGill’s reputation of having rowdy fans and may have wanted to instigate some thing. Administration had instructed me to eject fans who used excessive profanity... they do not want McGill to have a bad reputation.” Fans seemed to cooperate well and the game went on without further inci dent. On Saturday, the roles were reversed as McGill was the team playing catch up. York scored singles in the first and second periods to go into the final pe riod up two goals. During the second intermission, the sidelined Brent Bannerman stated, “ the boys are a bit flat coming off last night’s tie, a game they
should have won, but it’s not late for a comeback”. And indeed a comeback it was, as the Redmen dug in their skates and came up with a pair of goals to salvage a tie and steal a point from the speedy Yeo men squad. Dave Boucher started it with his 8th goal of the year on the power play early in the period. Andre Martin, a scoring dynamo as of late, netted the tying goal with just over eight minutes to play. Perhaps the reader has noticed the unusual absence of Tim Ianonne’s name on the scoring summary. The McGill sharpshooter did not register a point this weekend, even though at the moment he’s only one goal shy of breaking a 49 year old McGill goal scoring record and three short of setting a new QUAA- based record. Don’t panic however, Iannone has two more chances. Thursday at Concordia and Friday at Queen’s.
Martlets B-Ball Making History by Ken Muss
LENNOXVILLE - The McGill Martlets won their 27th game of the season on a blustery Saturday after noon and are on the verge of tying an all-time team record of 28 wins by virtue of a 73-69 triumph over the Bishop’s Lady Gaiters. It wasn’t a walk in the park however. The Martlets trailed early but were able to close the Bishop’s lead to just two at the half, 42-40. That was in large part due to McGill’s deep bench. McGill mentor Chris Hunter was em phatic in stating that there was “no doubt that we had 11 girls dressed and everybody can say they made a positive contribution.” Particulary impressive were Corrie Stepan and Beth Arm strong in the backup role. For the second week in a row Martlet centre Julie Rousseau played an impor tant role scoring 17 points along with some tough work under the boards. She did all this against Cynthia Johnston considered by some, including Coach Hunter to be one of the top players in the country. As always Hélène Cowan came through in the clutch. She ended up with 15 points, including the win ning hoop . Leah Hayman scored some exciting points late in the game when McGill needed some spark. By far the most spectacular hoop of the game came in the dying minutes when Hayman drove
to the basket to complete an underhand lay-up. Andrea Blackwell, a national team player and coach of the Lady Gaiters found defeat a bitter pill to swallow. With her voice cracking, she admitted that her team played hard but not well. “We didn’t have any spark, any life. We just didn’t have the killer instinct”, she said. With the win, McGill takes control of the QUAA race moving to 6-2 in league play with one game left in regu lar schedule. The Martlets host Con cordia this Friday night at the Currie Gymnasium. For the Redman hoopsters, things weren’t as rosy. With ten minutes left in their encounter against Bishop’s, the tribe lost their composure, a ten point lead, and eventually the game 90-82. Up to that point, though, McGill had played its finest basketball of the sea son. Much tighter defence and their most disciplined half court game had reaped a six point Redmen lead at the half. “We weren’t mentally ready”, la mented three point shot artist Ariel Franco. Redmen Coach Ken Schildroth agreed with Franco’s assessment but wasn’t ready to panic. “We made cor rectable errors out there”, he said. Schildroth expects his team to bounce back and also predicted that his troops
will challenge the same Bishop’s Gai ters for the QUAA Championship in a few weeks. If that occurs Schildroth et al will have to solve the problem of Nick Van Herk. Van Herk, the 6’9” centre of the Gaiters poured in 24 points and in duced both Jamie Simon and Mike Millman to foul out of the game. He was truly dominant. Eddie Pomykala ,the Gaiters’ coach, must have been both relieved and ec static about Van Herk’s performance. Before the game Pomykala described Van Herk as a “tall player who doesn’t always play like a tall player.” Another major factor for the demise of the Redmen was the awakening of guard David King. Barely noticeable in the first twenty minutes, King ex ploded for 16 second half points; many of the spectacular variety that excited a partisan crowd. That excitement sparked his teammates as well. Through all this McGill still had a chance to win the game. In a four min ute span there was a twenty point swing that saw Bishop’s leading by ten. The Redmen fought back to trail by just three with under two minutes to play. Schildroth called for a full court press that back fired and the Gaiters never looked back. “I changed the de fensive alignment and two players didn’t communicate it to each other”, Schildroth remarked rather ruefully.
Bishop’s found himself all alone to score any easy lay-up to put the game virtually out of reach. Self destruction is never an easy con cept to accept. Almost to a man, the Redmen expressed the frustration that accompanies blowing a game like they did. You somehow get the feeling that if McGill does get another shot at Bishop’s the ending will be different. In any event, the loss dropped the Tribe into a second place tie with Concordia at 4-4 while Bishop’s leads the QUAA at 6-3. McGill entertains the Concordia Stingers this Friday night at 8:30 P.M. at Currie. Trib Notes: The Redmen kept first place in reach with a 79-69 victory over Trois Rivières on Sunday. The victory clinches a playoff spot for the Redmen and leaves them just two points back of the Gaiters.
Intramural 'Payer' of the Week
Frank Macneil Sport: Broomball Team Name: Gardner Hall Frank Macneil, a 20 year old Mar keting student, gave more than his two cents worth in a heartbreaking 2-1 debit to the Killer Rotten Toma toes. The Rotten Tomatoes put Macneil, the team’s financial leader, in the red despite his all around investment. Macneil took a bath after the loss as the Dow Jones Index plummeted 124 points. A member of The Bank of Nova Sco tia Provincial broomball team, he was consistenly earning points for his team.
Erratum In last week’s article Physiotherapists keep McGill in action it was incorrectly cited that there are 60 students enrolled in the physio therapy program. Those 60 students volun teer in the sports injury clinic. Also. Marie Claude Boiselle is a student physiotherapist and not a student working as a sports physiotherapist; McGill employs a head athletic therapist and not a head therapist. The Trib regrets any inconveniences caused by the inaccurate terminology.
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