The McGill Tribune Vol. 07 Issue 20

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What's On Tuesday Mar. 1 • McGill Photo Society will be holding its 10th annual photo contest and exhibition from March 14-25.

Deadline for entries is March 4th.

Photos must be mounted and 8x10. For more info go to Rm. B06 Union.

• QPIRG Organizing Club: Gen­ eral Meeting tonight at 5 p.m., Union Building Rm. 302. Come and get in­ volved with the campaign drive. Ev­ eryone welcome.

• Amnesty International letter writing meeting for new and old mem­ bers, at 7 p.m. Union 425.

• Bible Study/Discussion. Today and every Tuesday through March group meets around the fireplace at the Newman Centre, l:30to3:00. For info call Roberta Clare, 398-4104. Présbyterian/United Church Chaplaincy on campas.

• Irish Studies at McGill presents Michael Longley who will be “Read­ ing His Poems, With Commentary,” 8 p.m. MacDonald-Harrington Audito­ rium, G-10, 815 Sherbrooke St. W. • Film and Communications Pro­ gram lecture series on, “Social Responsibility and the Media” presents Connie Tadros speaking on Against the Grain: Cinema Canada in the '80s. 7 p.m. MacDonald Harring­ ton Auditorium, G-10.

Wednesday Mar. 2 • McGill Go Club will be holding its General Meeting from 5 p.m. in Union 107. Elections will be held around 7 p.m. All members please attend. (We will also be playing regular Go games).

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• Irish Studies At McGill presents the Quebec premiere of The Lonely Passion o f Judith Hearne (based on the Brian Moore novel). Screening at lp.m. at Cineplex 2001,2001 Univer­ sity St. Rm. 8.

• McGill English Dept, presents Terry Eagleton of Oxford University speaking on The Ideology o f the Aes­ thetic , 2 p.m., Arts Council Room, Arts Building 160.

• Southern Africa Comm ittee meeting at 19h30 in room 410 of the Union Building.

Thursday Mar. 3 • Food and Beverage Committee of SSMU, meeting 4 p.m., Rm. 425-6 Union Building.

• Faculty of Medicine presents Dr. John Sedivy of the Centre for Cancer Research, MIT, speaking on Two New Genetic Tools fo r Mammalian Cells: Amber Suppressors and Targeted Gene Dispersion, 2:30 p.m., Rm. 705, McIntyre Medical Building.

• Fluoridation in Montreal an exhibition debate presented by McGill

Student Pugwash and the Debating Union with Harriet Fels of STOP! 12 Noon, Rm. 310, Union Building.

• M ontreal New M usic FestivaV.Three O'Clock Train. The Darned, Rude Guru all at Club Soda.

Tickets on sale at Sadie’s, Club Soda, Ticketron, $4.98 in advance, $5.98 at the door.

Friday Mar. 4 • Dept, of Economics: two-day conference on the Economics o f Social Democracy with such speakers as Bob White, Allen Blakeney, Jaacques Par­ izeau, Michael Cassidy and David Barrett. Ueacock Building.

• Montreal New Music Festival: Sah Cutta & The Determinations, Swinging Relatives, Crypt Kickers at Club Soda. Tickets on sale at Sadie’s, Club Soda and Ticketron, $4.98 in advance, $5.98 at the door.

Saturday Mar. 5 • Dept, of Economics: two-day conference on the Economics o f Social Democracy continues in Ueacock

Building.

• M ontreal New M usic Festival '.Weather Permitting, The 21 Hundredz, The Now all at Club Soda.

Tickets on sale at Sadie’s, Club Soda and Ticketron, $4.98 in advance. $5.98 at door.

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Elections imminent but candidates remain aloof

by Chris Flanagan Just when you thought that McGill students had finally developed a sense of school spirit, reckless apathy has returned with a vengence. Indifference has expanded from the world of athletics, and en­ tered student politics. The upcoming Students’ Society elections are suffering from a massive lack of candidates.

The polls open in just eight days (elections are March 9, 10, 11) and only a handful of students have announced their candidacy for Executive and Senate positions. While there are two candi­ dates for the presidency, all other Executive posi­ tions have been re-opened since none applied for VP University Affairs and only one each for VP External and VP Internal. Three Senate positions have been re-opened (Music, Education and Reli­

gious Studies) and two others have been ac­ claimed (Dentistry by George Lee and Medicine

by Titi Nguyen). The prominent position of Stu­ dent Rep to Board of Governors has also been accalaimed by the sole candidate, Geoff Moore.

Rounding out the ballots will be seven Senate po­ sitions which have a total of fifteen candidates.

All told, there will be only eight losers in the races for seventeen different positions. The most surprising lack of response is in the Executive races. Successful candidates are guaranteed full summer employment and honoraria to the tune of four thousand dollars.

Amanda Kalhok, the lone VP Internal candi­ date, was surprised at the lack of student involve­ ment. “It’s unfortunate that some of the student energy isn’t being transferred to Students’ Soci­

Access McGill, Q-Pirg, and constitutional rhetoric go to the polls

By Chris Flanagan Four referenda will be coming your way next week; two are for fee in­ creases and two involve obscure consistutional amendments. The former include the well publicized Q-Pirg question and the virtually unknown Access McGill request, while the freebies are for StudSoc constitu­ tional amendments concerning gradu­ ate student representation and quo­ rum for fee referenda.

Q-Pirg Question The Pirg organizing club has formed the official “yes” committee for the QPirg question and as of yesterday morning no official “no” committee had been established. They are asking

students for a refundable three dollar per semester levy. Q-Pirg organizer, Duff Conacher, gave an official “no prediction” for the outcome. “It’s just to hard too tell,” he said, “when people are voting, it’s is a lot different than anything else.”

A successful referendum, however, may not be enough for the establish­ ment of a funded Pirg at McGill Uni­ versity. According to VP internal, Terry Sbrissa, any group wishing to collect funds through McGill must obtain a letter of agreement from the university (concerning the collection and spending of funds) and get its constitution approved by Senate. “No continued page 5

ety,” she remarked. Rather than a shoe-in, how­ ever, Kalhok prefers the thrill of the race and has her campaign strategy well underway. “I’d like to publish some sort of monthly calendar for clubs and groups on campus,” stated Kalhok. She hopes to provide a “synthesis of information” to combat the current “information overload” that students receive concerning events on campus.

The campus apathy has convinced this year’s VP University Affairs, Maria Battaglia, to run again since no one else has applied. “The first thing I’m going to do is change the by-laws concerning deadlines,” Battaglia promised. This year’s extended deadline means that some candi­ dates may have only one day to campaign while early runners have over a week. Battaglia consid­ ers underfunding a major priority for the upcom­

ing year. “We know the students are concerned; we know the university is concerned; it’s now up to the politicians and we have to keep reminding them that there is a problem.”

The lone candidate for VP External, Mark Cameron, also sees underfunding as the major issue. “I’d like to see McGill take a more vocal approach...we’ve been gathering our facts this year,” stated Cameron. As for apathy, Cameron explains it this way: “The people who should be running for Executive aren’t and the first year students don’t feel they’re ready yet.”

The big battle, the race for the presidency, is between Nancy Coté and Doug Hodgson. Coté is a member of ASUS, an Arts Rep to Council and also serves on the External Affairs Committee.

Hodgson is known as “a residence legend”.

McGill Security Scrutinized

by Ian Harrold After several incidents involving students and campus security recently, student leaders are taking a close look at the exact role of McGill security agents and wondering what guide­ lines, if any, exist for event organizers confronted with a potentially explo­ sive situation.

“There’s no question that something went wrong,” says StudSoc VP Uni­ versity Affairs Maria Battaglia, refer­ ring to an incident involving 6 people who disrupted a GALOM (Gays and Lesbians of McGill) film screening January 15th. Organizers of the event expressed dismay at the “inadequate” security that was sent when a scuffle broke out between the intruders and members of the 300-plus audience in Frank Dawson Adams Auditorium. One security agent was

dispatched to the scene and he did not aprehend the intruders for identifica­ tion when asked to do so by Film Soci­ ety President Patrick Hill and GALOM President Paul Weil-Brenner. Accord­ ing to J. Riendeau, Head of Security, security guards are not McGill employ­ ees, but only agents of the University and their contract does not authorize them to physically remove anyone from McGill property. A security re­ port on the incident has been kept con­ fidential, but Battaglia says she has heard the report “tells a different story [about the event] then what was told to me by student leaders,” and adds that she hopes to be allowed to see the document soon.

Another incident ocurred February 5th during a visit by Nicaraguan Contra representative Tony Ybarra. A student was refused passage through a hallway

occupied by Ybarra although she did not pose a threat. Since then, however, both Battaglia and Vice Principal (Physical Resources) Sam Kingdon have said that security agents acted properly in barring access (for every­ one) to the hallway. Additional reports have surfaced, of incidents of physical and sexual harrassment in the libraries.

Battaglia says she has heard com­ plaints about the reaction of security agents when faced with these situations and StudSoc’s Ad-Hoc Committee on Libraries “feels that there’s a problem with security,” and will be examining the issue.

It appears the whole issue will be aired publically as student leaders and the administration have set up a committee to determine guidelines that will outline what can be expected of security in emergency situations.

BoG approves research policy recommendations

by Scott McEvoy Recommendations made by the Joint Board-Senate Committee on Research Contracts Sponsored by Military Agencies were passed at the February 15th meeting of McGill’s Board of Governors. The passage also saw ap­ proval of amendments to the preamble and Regulations on Research Policy that had been recommended by Senate.

Discussion at the Governors’ meet­ ing highlighted the particularly diffi­ cult issues surrounding University policy with respect to research con­ tracts when the contracting party and sponsor is a recognized government military agency. Calling the process “agonizing” Committee co-chairman professor Roger Bennett concluded that the recommendations were “the best that could be done.”

The Committee and Senate were faced with having to balance the idea of academic freedom as a necessity of good research against the idea of the University doing ethical research.

While there were many briefs received “arguing that the University has a duty to society and thus should perform military research if so asked by govern­ ment agencies,” there was also a “widespread belief that research could be unethical.”

Senate was especially concerned that some form of overseeing process should be in place in those instances where it was clear that the sponsoring agency was a government military agency. A m endm ents to the Committee’s recommendations were therefore proposed to ensure that ethi­ cal concerns be more fully considered.

It was these amended recommenda­ tions that were accepted at the Board of Governors’ meeting.

Specifically, Recommendation B af­ fecting the preamble of the Regulations on Research Policy was amended to read: “...It (research) should be used to increase knowledge in ways that do not harm society”. As well increased em­ phasis was placed on the individual researcher’s responsibility to “balance the possibility of harmful application against potential benefits.” By way of a new regulation, a research applicant will “w here the U niversity so requires...furnish a written statement setting out the possibilities of direct harmful application and potential

benefits of their research.”

Under the amended regulations the Vice-Principal of Research will “su­ pervise the procedures to be followed by researchers” and will “report regu­ larly on contracts whose source is a military agency to the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.” Final authority to approve such contracts would rest with the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors.

In other business a motion by Maria Battaglia, Student Society VP Univer­ sity Affairs, for the continuation of a Standing Committee of the Board on Sexual Harassment was carried unani­ mously.

Food drive can work

by Corinne Smyth This is definitely the week to look in your pantry. But why, you might ask?

Because your items of non-perishable food can make this week’s food drive, held in the Union lobby, a tremendous success. Sponsored by the Red Door Fraternity and the Hillel Social Action Committee, the drive will benefit two important community organizations: Le Garde-Manger and Multicaf.

Le Garde-Manger is a food bank lo­ cated in Little Burgundy (2515 Delisle) which serves this area plus St. Henri and Point St. Charles. It provides more than 20 local organizations (churches, schools, soup kitchens) with enough food to feed 3,000 people a month.

Poverty has gripped an overwhelming number of people in these communi-

ties: 47 per cent of the population of Point St Charles and 44 per cent of those who live in St. Henri/Little Bur­ gundy have incomes under the poverty line. Surprisingly, it is young people under 16 years of age who are the hardest hit. Like Multicaf, these or­ ganizations also assist many single mothers, seniors, refugees and home­ less.

Multicaf is a community cafeteria lo­ cated in the Cote des Neiges neigh­ bourhood (3732 de Coutrai). The vol­ unteers and workers at Multicaf cook for approximately 40 people a day, 5 days a week. As in le Garde-Manger’s communities, Multicaf is facing a growing need for food resources in the face of growing poverty. continued on page 5

Curie pool: about four feet too short.

photo by Lionel Chow

McGill pools in dire straits

by Chris Flanagan With crumbling facilitiessuch as the worn out artificial turf and the roof at McConnel Winter Stadium grabbing all the attention, equally dilapidated areas like the Weston and Currie swimming pools have gone virtually unnoticed. The poor state of the swim­ ming facilities is both a detriment to McGill swim teams and a potential health hazard.

The principal problem at Currie Pool is that it is simply too small. It was con­ structed in 1949, an age of imperial measurements, and is only 25 yards in length as opposed to the standard 25 or 50 meters. According to Aquatics Coordinator, Gerry Dubrule, “It’s very difficult to practice at one length and then have to go that one bit further (at swim meets).” In addition, convert­

ing a swimmer’s time from imperial to metric often results in gross inaccura­ cies when fractions of a second make a difference.

At one time, Athletics Director Bob Dubeau, came up with a proposal to increase the pool’s length to 50 meters but the price tag, which lay in the mil­ lion dollar range, did not sit well with McGill’s financial planners. This elaborate scheme may have also sealed the fate of more modest propos­ als to convert the pool to 25 meters.

The problem at Weston Pool, how­ ever, may be even more serious. Last month, an anonymous phone call to city health officials brought an inspec­ tor around to examine the pool ’s water clarity. According to article #40 of Quebec’s Official Regulations Re­ continued page 5

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^JrSTUDENTS' SOCIETY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD MARCH 9,10,1 1 1 9 8 8

Nominations are hereby re-opened for the following positions: STUDENTS' SOCIETY EXECUTIVE:

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CANDIDATES QUALIFICATIONS AND NOMINATING PROCEDURES: EXECUTIVE Vice-Presidents, Internal, External & University Affairs - may be a member of the McGill Students' Society in good standing with the University except: i) partial students taking less than three courses. ii) students registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research who are non­ resident students or full members of the teaching staff.

Nominations must be signed by at least 100 members of the McGill Students' Society along with their year and faculty.

The Executive Committee: • run day-to-day operations • have full-tim e summer jobs • receive $4,000 honoraria fo r the year.

SENATE Candidates must be members of the McGill Students' Society and: 1. be students in good standing who are registered full-time for a degree or diploma and have satisfied conditions for promotion in their previous year of studies.

2. be students in good standing who have satisfied conditions for promotion in the previous year of studies and who are registered in a degree or diploma programme, but who are permitted by Faculty to undertake a limited programme. or 3. be students in good standing who are registered full-time or in a limited programme for a degree or diploma, and who are repeating a year for reasons other than academic failure.

Nominations must be signed by at least 50 members of the Students' Society who are in the same faculty as the prospective candidate together with their year and faculty, or by 25% of the student enrolment in the faculty together with their year and faculty, whichever is the lesser of the two.

•CANDIDATES MAY RUN FOR ONE POSITION IN EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES PROVIDED SEPARATE NOMINATION PA­ PERS HAVE BEEN HANDED IN FOR EACH POSITION. A PEN SKETCH OF 100 WORDS OR LESS AND A PHOTO OF THE NOMINEE MUST BE HANDED IN WITH THE NOMINATION.

Official Nomination Forms are available from the Students' Society General Office, Room 105, University Centre -

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ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITED TO THE STUDENTS' SOCIETY GENERAL OFF ICE IN THE UNIVERSITY CENTRE BY 16H00 FRIDAY , MARCH 4,1988 CIO LESLIE COPELAND , OPERATIONS SECRETARY. Page 4

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 1,1988

____________News Higher admission standards to reduce overcrowding

by Angela Chapman The Faculty of Arts is urging an in­ crease in admission standards to reduce the presently high student to professor ratio. Theirproposal, already endorsed by the Senate Sub-Committee on Ad­ missions, will be presented to the Sen­ ate Committee on Admissions and Scholarships this week. If approved, it will pass to Senate for final ratification.

Last year, a significant increase in the enrollment in the faculty resulted in a ratio of 23 students to each professor.

A report issued by the Committee on Student Affairs of the Faculty of Arts calls for a decrease in that ratio to the 1977-78 figure of 17.3:1. To accom­ plish this, the Committee suggests an increase of the admission standard by 5%, along with more stringent guide­ lines for admittance of discretionary cases. The report does not advocate the

implementation of a quota system.

“They do not want to preclude good students,” reported Maria Battaglia, VP University Affairs. The increase in standards will reduce the number of “marginal students shown to have a high failure rate in their first year,” she said. She added that the reduction of the student to professor ratio would not only improve the quality of education, but would also “reduce the danger posed by crowded classrooms.”

Francois Lampré, a Law student and representative to the Senate Commit­ tee on Admissions and Scholarships, said that the report’s suggestions are designed to provide a “unified picture of all faculty standards for students looking at the University.” The revised standard will simultaneously fulfill the goal of attracting better students to the Arts program and will result in a re­

...Referenda continued from page 3 fees will be collected until these two things are signed,” said Sbrissa. Conacher stated that these measures were “just a technicality”.

Access McGill Student’s Council has established the official “yes” committee on behalf of Access McGill in their bid to obtain two dollars per semester from each student. The coordinator of Access McGill, Sam Miller, hopes to get Rick Hansen on campus to assist in the campaign. “If we can fly him in, we will do it,” said Miller, “I’m even will­ ing to put up some of my own money to get him here.”

Miller has been attempting to get es­ sential services for the disabled for the past ten years. “If we need money we have to look for it,” said the obviously frustrated Miller. A successful referen­ dum would help improve what Miller describes as a “crisis situation” for the disabled at McGill. The first thing that will be carried out will be the construc­ tion of a ramp to the Union Building.

PGSS Amendment For the second time this academic year, Council is asking students to approve an amendment which will give graduate students better representation on council. Unfortunately, they may be wasting their time. According to Guy Dunkerly, PGSS VP Admin, “We have made our posistion clear, we want out....This is a sop to us, trying to get us back in, it’s a question of SSMU trying to decide the fate of PGSS.” Dunkerly

admitted, however, that “We haven’t yet come up with an official position on it [the referendum]” PGSS discussed the verbiage of the constitutional amendment at their council meeting last night and they have until 1 p.m.

Wednesday to decide whether or not they will establish an official “no committee”.

More Amendments Finally, perhaps the least sensational referendum concerns two changes to the StudSoc constitution which were recommended by Senate. The first calls for a minimum ten per cent quorum on all fee referenda; the second will allow all student associations to use the StudSoc Judicial Board to settle their disputes if they so choose. “I don’t see any problem with that because neither referenda is earth shattering,” said Terry Sbrissa

duced enrollment of “only a couple of hundred students,” he added.

The Senate Sub-Committee, mainly composed of Associate Deans, sup­ ported the Arts Faculty’s report but, according to Lampré, did not raise the

issue of the consequent reduction in tuition income. He said that the SubCommittee “was given the impression that the Arts Faculty was not going to suffer financially because of this.” He pointed out that they are “concerned

...Pools need attention continued from page 3 speedng Safety in Public Baths: “Pool water shall be of the clarity to permit the black disk mentioned in section #12 to be visible from any point on the deck nine meters from it.”

Dubrule told the Tribune that “It [the pool] was unclear for about ten days because a machine had malfunc­ tioned.”

The health inspector gave one full week for the problem to be cleared up despite the fact that article #31 of the regulations states that “Bathers shall be evacuated and access to the pool prohibited as soon as a hazard exists at­ tributed to unclear or cloudy water.”

When the inspector returned, he merely asked the lifeguard on duty if the pool was clear and left without

...Food

continued from page 3 Helping these two community or­ ganizations keep up their valuable and important work is really easy. Show your support by slipping a tin of food in your bag and dropping it off in the Union at the front tables.If you wish, drop off a monetary donation, or ask about volunteering some of your time.

Coming up Saturday March 5th check out Bubble Gum Army and the Ameri­ can Devices at Gertrudes’ - it’s a bene­ fit for the Garde-Manger too, admis­ sion is four dollars.

conducting any test of his own.

The inspector also failed to notice that Weston Pool violates sections 35a, 35c, 35e and article #31 of the regula­ tions concerning quality of safety equipment (reaching pole, first aid kit and spine board) and the posting of signs. In fact, very few people realize that any standards are being broken.

“I am not aware of any health prob­ lems,” stated Dubrule.

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Weston Pool provides an essential recreational service to as many as fifty or sixty people daily and would be severly missed if financial constraints forced its closure. The lifeguard inter­ viewed by the Tribune suggested a small, temporary admission charge to raise the funds necessary to improve the health standards at the pool. “It would be a shame if the pool were to be closed,” stated the lifeguard, “but a pool which is unsafe should not remain open.”

Additional concerns have been raised about the chlorine levels at the pool.

“There is a chemical check three times daily and immediately there is someone that informs the maintenace department,” stated Dubrule.

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Editorial

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 1,1988

CTV Olympic coverage: let the pains begin As an incurable sports fan, I counted the days, hours and minutes before the arrival of the first Winter Olympic Games in Canada. As a subscriber to MacLean’s Magazine, I received and read from cover to cover the extensive Olympic preview which arrived in the mail as a bonus. As a homeviewer without the luxury of cable television, however, I have suf­ fered through the miserable, unprofessional sports coverage that has been beamed my way amidst an infinite barrage of tedious, unimaginative ad­ vertisements.

The commercials I can almost deal with. The advertisers apparently spent all their funds on acquiring air time and had little left over for creative sales tactics. One simply turns the set off while the Bay assaults the viewer with the monotony of K-Mart reruns and Harveys hurls ham­ burger hell across the channel.

The commentary offered by CTV is another matter. This pathetic plethora of innacurate, repeptive reporting was more insulting to the in­ telligence than U.S.A. Today. The principal problem is simply that CTV has not done its homework. For two days they could not manage to put together an explanation of how the hockey medals were to be decided.

Comments such as “It would take a week to explain,” and “a very complex system” were all that were offered until enough calls from irate viewers promted an attempted explanation. For the record, the tournament is a total points series where points scored against eliminated opponents do not count.

If amateur status was a prerequisite for ski commentating, CTV’s Gerry Sorenson and Cathy Sproule would certainly qualify. The two refused to explain the point system in the Women’s downhil combined, stating only “that it would take a mathematical genious to figure it out.” Although I am still waiting for CTV to hire a staff to explain it, I doubt that I will need a math tutor to clue me in.

Granted, the pair did have a disadvantage; Johnny Esaw continually referred to the women’s events as “Ladies’ Combined” and they were forced to constantly correct him. Unfortunaltely, Sorenson and Sproule described the women as “good girls” if they skied well and “slow girls” if not. I never heard Pirmin Zurbriggen referred to as a boy who did well in the boy’s downhill. In addition, the pair had only one line, which they applied to every single skier over a two day period: “She’s really going to have to go for it on this bottom half of the course.” No kidding.

Awards for tactlessness must also be handed out to the figure skating re­ porters at CTV. They sunk to an alltime low when Brian Orser’s mother

was filmed as she saw her son lose the gold medal. This topped even the lowly remark made to Brian immediately after his free programme, “well gee Brian I have some good news and some bad news...”

To top it all off, CTV refused to offer a closed caption service for the deaf since it would have cost an additional $500,000.

Although the live coverage of all postponed events and deserted com­ petitions was top notch, respectable fillers such as previous Olympic moments or taped sports coverage were suspiciously absent. All in all, it was virtually impossible to stomach more than ten or twenty minutes of the broadcasting in one sitting.

If the IOC is going to completely commercialize the Olympic Games, they should at least require networks to submit a proposal of scheduled events, programming and strategies. There was one hint of originality in CTVs effort, however, - they placed cameras in bars around the world and watched happy patrons watch the Olympics. But then, those people most certainly had cable.

C hris Flanagan

Apathy shows its ugly head In a year when school spirit and student participation in extracurricular ac­ tivities has been at its highest level in many years, it is surprising that there have been so few people interested in running for executive positions at Students’ Society. As of yesterday only two candidates presented themselves for the position of president and only one each for the posistions of VP Internal, External and University Affairs. This is a dramatic decline from last year when a total of thirteen candidates were running, including five for president and five for VP External.

I can’t say why there is so little interest, but I do know the experience of being a member of Student's Society executive has been very enjoyable. As an executive you learn many skills that will be beneficial for years to come, and even more importantly, have a direct effect on improving student life at McGill.

That being said, the nomination period for the positions of VP Internal, VP External and VP University Affairs has been extended to Friday March 4,1988.

Nomination forms can be picked up at the Students’ Society desk. If you want more information about what the positions entail, please feel free to contact this year’s executives at the Students’Society desk or by calling 398-6800. [It’s not too late to run]__________________________________________________

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Student demands security investigation Mr. Sam Kingdon Associate Vice Principal Physical Resources and Business Operations Dear Mr. Kingdon: I am writing to you out of concern over two incidents involving McGill security. You may already be aware of the specifics, but I shall elaborate so as to ensure that there is no misunder­ standing with respect to the back­ ground information which I possess.

1) As far as I am aware, standard se­ curity procedure is as follows: security personnal may request any individual on McGill property to procure satisfac­ tory identification. If the individual refuses to do so or creates (or continues to be) a nuisance, then security person­ nel may escort the individual off McGill premises. (I am unsure, how­ ever, as to the criteria used by security personnel to make the initial request.)

2) An incident occurred on the eve­ ning of 15 January 1988 in the Frank Dawson Adams auditorium in which six individuals disrupted a film show­ ing. Allegedly, security personnel ig­ nored a direct request to even identify the disrupting students, although sev­ eral students were physically harassed.

3) Quite a different attitude seems to have prevailed during.the visit o f a Nicaraguan contra representative to

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the Stewart Biology Building on 05 February 1988. Apparently, a student was refused passage through a hallway occupied by the contra representative, although she posed absolutely no threat to any person or property.

To myself, a comparison of the two incidents shows clear discrepancies in the conduct of McGill security forces.

I fail to understand why an obvious threat was not addressed or even ac­ knowledged while a harmless individ­

ual was refused passage through a uni­ versity hallway. Such inconsistencies indicate either that there is no real stan­ dard security procedure or that this procedure being arbitrarily invoked; regardless, I have come to fear that an already underfunded university is sup­ porting a glaringly inadequate service.

As a representative of students and as a concerned student myself, I must demand that immediate investigative if not corrective action be taken. I would

also go so far as to advise that such investigation be prompt and open to the student body; the present complaints against security forces are very grave, and any information brought to light could only help this situation.

Thank you for your time and consid­ eration.

Most sincerely, J.Y. Wu Clubs Representative to the Students’ Council

QPIRG encourages participation To the Tribune: PIRGs, Public Interest Research Groups, exist on over 138 campuses in the U.S. and Canada and have had great success in empowering students. For example, students at each school involved with Ontario PIRG publish a Tenant’s Guide that explains landlord and tenant legislation and the rights of roomers, boarders, and university and college students.

Few organizations hve been capable of engendering the support the QPIRG organizing club has rallied in the petition­ ing of the past few weeks. Over 5,000 students - around twenty per cent of the McGill Students’ Society membership - signed in favour of a referendum to determine whether or not a QPIRG should be established. This is a high level of student awareness of and participation in a campus event.

Normally, around ten per cent of the McGill student body gets involved in elections or referenda.

This increase in awareness and the success of the petition­ ing and information campaign is the result of the QPIRG organizing club’s commitment to the PIRG’s stated goals: re­ search, education and action.

The campaign atMoGilWo set up a PIRG began in Septem­ ber. Several hundred students were asked to answer an infor­

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mal questionnaire about what they thought of the idea of a PIRG. With the positive response, the QPIRG organizing club started informing students about the PIRG concept.

Regular tabling in many campus buildings, meetings with campus clubs, and class talks followed. Posters and pam­ phlets were designed and distributed. Weekly meetings fa­ cilitated the involvement of interested students.

This first step, culminating in the petition drive, was a preview of how a PIRG would operate: a student organized, student run project, helped by a trained professional co-or­ dinator.

Ralph Nader, at McGill two weeks ago, spoke to students of the individual’s capacity to effect change. “What one needs to do,” said Nader, “is to make the effort, take the first step.” The memebrs of the QPIRG organizing club have taken the first step, have made the effort.

The next step is to wait for the referendum result, and. if enough people vote “yes” March 9, 10, 11, to establish a PIRG chapter at McGill.

Meera Johri B.A. U2 John Ross B.Sc. U3

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Letters The Quip of the Ice-PIRG Native committee needs you

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This is an open letter to the Daily concerning the Feb 17th article en­ titled “PIRG vote may happen in March" by Mitu Senguptu and the comment by Stephanie Lachowicz in the same issue.

QP1RG Organizing Club February 25,1988 To the Daily: The Feb 17 article and comment about the QPIRG organizing drive at McGill contained a number of factual errors and were unfairly biased. An examination of the widely distributed QPIRG literature enables the identifi­ cation of many errors, while the slants of the texts were self evident. None­ theless, some valid concerns were raised. The issues of 1) how QPIRG will integrate with other Quebec stu­ dent and social organizations such as ANEEQ, 2) the legitimacy of starting such an organization at a primarily an­ glophone institution, and 3) the con­ stitutional structure and status of QPIRG should be clarified.

QPIRG will not compete in any way with existing organizations. Instead, it will offer a unique structure that can work co-operatively with other groups. While ANEEQ does address social concerns, its first priority is student issues, just as trade unions often participate in social action, but are primarily concerned with labour issues. To imply that QPIRG is in competition with ANEEQ is like as­ serting that various social action

groups are in competition with trade unions. Concern with social issues involves complementary, not com­ petitive efforts.

McGill is a natural starting point for QPIRG as many students are from other provinces or states where they have seen PIRGS in action. As a pri­ marily anglophone institution with a growing francophone reality, McGill presents such a natural link between the North American PIRG movement and francophone Quebec. To suggest that it is inappropriate for McGill stu­ dents to initiate social action in this province ignores McGill’s increasing integration with Quebec society and its large francophone enrollment and bilingualism.

To state that QPIRG has no constitu­ tional structure or status is to state the obvious. Until the referendum has passed, QPIRG cannot possibly have any formal structure. But all of the literature has stated explicitly how QPIRG will function. QPIRG has pre­ pared a draft constitution for Senate ratification which anyone can exam­ ine. This constitution contains a full process for amendment of the mem­ bership. The PIRG model has been successful at 138 universities, and there is no reason to assume that McGill will reverse the trend.

Mike Brown B.Sc. 88 Marinda van Dalen B.A. U2 Tim Egan LLB. U1

To the Editor: Native peoples across Canada have been involved in a constant struggle to maintain their autonomy and their rights to a distinct cultural identity since the very beginnings of European contact. The current situations of the Lubicon Lake Cree of Alberta, the Haida of British Columbia, and the Native people of northern Labrador, as well as the Canada-wide negotiations for Native self-government, are proof that the struggle of Native Canadians is far from being over. In response to these and other similar situations, the Students’ Society of McGill has re­ cently formed the Ad Hoc Committee on Native Affairs. The committee, composed of both Native and nonNative students, met for the first time at the close of last semester and since that time has been meeting on a weekly basis. So far, the committee has been involved in organizing demonstrations along the route of the Olympic torch relay and in setting up a Native Aware­ ness Day to be held March 2nd. The Awareness Day, as the name implies, is an attempt to make McGill students and faculty more knowledgable and aware of the situation of the aboriginal peoples which is occurring in their very own back yards. It will involve a series of speakers and discussions on such issues as self-government, education, and the current Lubicon situation.

Prior to the event, the Native Committee is holding a general meet­ ing on Wednesday March 17 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is an attempt to in­

crease membership and participation as well as to establish a more formal organization for the committee and to discuss the role it is to play in the future of Canadian Native affairs. It is also an opportunity for people to voice any concerns and issues they would like to see addressed in the future.

At the present time the committee has only been established on a temporary basis. It is our goal, however, to estab­ lish a permanent Native committee at McGill and to eventually hook up with

the national university network in or­ der to be more effective as a political and educational force. To do this we need more input and participation. If you are interested in Native affairs or want to know more about them, please attend the general meeting on Wednes­ day March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at 3715 Peel St. in the Centre for Developing Area Studies.

Marisa Mills Ad Hoc Committee on Native A ffairs

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A Feminü

by Jennifer Henderson Laura Mulvey has gone a long way to challenge dominant traditions in cinej matic production during the last couple j of decades. And according to this Brit! ish feminist filmmaker and theorist, auI diences have come a long way too. In I 1977, when Mulvey toured libraries I and film societies outside London with I her film, Riddles o f the Sphinx, audij ences were bewildered by the begin! ningsofa women’s aesthetic. By 1980, I when her film Amy appeared, the conI nection between feminism and film I form was being grasped, although by I limited audiences already committed I to these issues. The old problem of I ‘preaching to the converted’ was the I case once again, as Mulvey recently I made an appearance at McGill in a I women’s film history class.

Mulvey is probably most famous for J her landmark article, “Visual Pleasure onear Madness clockwise from top left: M ark Camacho, Pierre Lenoir, H rothgar M atthew s, Pauline Little, and Narrative Cinema”, which ap­ Richard Dumont and Babs Gadbis peared in the pages of Screen in 1975 and coined the term ‘the male gaze’, I demonstrating patriarchal society’s I unconscious structuring of film form: I Woman in film is bound by a symbolic

by Danielle Balfe and cop. Later follow Mrs. Shubert, a the play. Richard Dumont, who plays [ order in which man lives out his desires Heather Mitchell Westmount socialite, and Eddie Law­ Tony, commented that the play consists What do you get when you combine rence (a.k.a. Slick), who deals in an­ of “seven actors... one of them is the the following ingredients: a unique sto­ tiques and ’adult videos’. Finally we audience and they don’t know their ryline, six energetic actors, an unpre­ meet Jean Guy Lafleur, a tough under­ lines.” dictable, participatory audience, a cover detective whose standard reply to The cast explained that one reason for healthy dose of improv and a pinch of Tony’s advances is “Décole!” the smooth interaction on stage is the satire? The result is a thoroughly enjoy­ The storyline seems at first quite cliché closeness of the actors and the enjoy­ able whodunit comedy, Shear Madness, - a murder is committed and it is up to the ment they derive from performing. Pi­ by Chris Flanagan and Steve which has been called “the most popular two policemen to solve the crime. The erre Lenoir, the colourful Québécois W atson American play never to hit Broadway”. twist in the plot occurs when Lieutenant cop, commented that the performers re­ Undoubtedly one of Montreal’s best The play opens as casually as does the Lafleur stops the inquiry on stage and, late “like a dream cast” when the audi­ kept secrets, the 2080 Jazz Club lies setting, the Unisex Hair Salon, on an breaking the traditional ‘fourth wall’ of ence is having a good time. strangely hidden amongst abandoned average day. As the stylists and custom­ theatre, enlists the help of the audience The ease with which the actors associ­ warehouses on Clark Street, between ers enter the shop, the audience is gradu­ to solve the case. The actors field accu­ ate with one another is exhibited by their Ontario and Sherbrooke. Last Thursday ally introduced to the characters. satory questions from the audience, as impulsive use of improv. In one in­ evening (and all weekend), this tiny es­ There is Tony, a homosexual hair styl­ they are forced to account for their ac­ stance, Tony suddenly grabs the macho tablishment presented one of the hottest ist who vies with Barbara, the other tions when not on stage. Finally, after all Jean Guy Lafleur and plants a big kiss on modem jazz groups around. The Jean stylist, for the attention of male clients. the lines have been spoken, the audience his lips. This unexpected action not only Beaudet Quartet captivated the priv(Barbara's distinguishing feature is her is asked to vote for its choice of the sends the crowd into stitches, but also iledged few on hand with an evening of electric blue hair, which matches her murderer. the actors, who are forced to pause in quality, high energy, improvised music. blue nails, and flashy blue outfit.) Next As we spoke with the actors after the order to regain composure. It is this The setting at the 2080 Club is per­ enters Mike Thomas, an undercover production, they reinforced the impor­ freshness and daring which provides the fectly suited to unique, tasteful acous­ policeman and the quintessential dumb tance of the audience’s participation in play with its vitality. tics. The stage takes up about one quar­ Director Roger Peace has succeeded in ter of the entire bar area and is actually a adding Montreal to the long list of cities sunken, rather than a raised platform. that play host to Shear Madness, among And somehow, a full-sized baby grand them Boston, Philadelphia, Washington made its way into this miniture environ­ and Barcelona. The show is performed ment.

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and obsessions by imposing them on the silent image of woman. Mulvey argued that it was the role of alternative cinema to break down the voyeuristic look of traditional filmmaking and to react against the obsessions of mainstream film.

What is apparent in Amy is a slightly altered perception of the state of cinema in the 1980s. While still dealing in alter­ native representations of a female pro­ tagonist, Mulvey recognizes that the absorption and fascination of the film spectator which she outlined in “Visual Pleasure” have become somewhat dis­ tanced in the postmodern aesthetic.

“Even in Raiders o f the Lost Arc, filmmakers assumed a knowledgeable audience that could distance itself and recognize codes. Y ou are meant to enjoy the presence of those codes,” she ex­ plained.

In Amy, Mulvey doesn’t expect audi­ ences to enjoy traditional narrative codes, because she doesn’t use them.

But she demands (at the very least) a rec­ ognition of the more subtle forms that the degradation and oppression of women can take. The film is about Amy Johnson, the first person to make a solo

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Beaudet remained in perfect communi­ cation with the other members and added a certain element of visual enter­ tainment with his wild contortions.

Yannik Rieu, on tenor saxaphone, pos­ sesses a rare sense of distinctive indi­ vidualism which has rightfully earned him his reputation as a very important local musician. Rieu obviously under­ stands the importance of work done by John Coaltrain and Charley Parker yet he is definitely in the process of taking the sax beyond that. From crystal clear

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Degrees o f Freedom: provoca

by Rodolfo Narvaez Strolling along the corridors of the Administration Building (of all places), I came upon a flyer advertising a show at Station 10 by the Montreal band, De­ grees of Freedom. With nothing better to do, I thought, why not go?The show ended up being a very nice surprise.

I remember reading a review of the band in the Daily several years ago. It said something about the lead singer, Janet Cadman, trying to be another Luba and the band being completely “nonoffensive". As far as comparisons be­ tween Janet and Luba, would you com­ pare, say, The Clash and the Pistols? The styles are different, even if the music is arguably of the same classification.

Degrees of Freedom show a great vari­ ety of musical ingenuity and interweave

pop, rock, and Caribbean influences into their songs. As far as being non-offen­ sive, does good music necessarily have to offend? In any case, Degrees of Free­ dom sang some very provocative lyrics that night, attesting to their willingness

to sing about issues like racism and oppression: We are poor people We know what il's like to be hungry We are proud people

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Aesthetic ht from London to Darwin, Austrain the 1930s. Mulvey portrays her ht using a slow close-up pan of a Id map, with a voice-over of a male /scaster reading the headlines of the : “...The Arrest of Mr. Gandhi... is Johnson Reaches India... Racial bursts in Texas... Miss Johnson in m...”. Mulvey explained that she se this technique in order to demontte the interaction betw een nson’s flight and the events in the Id she was flying over. "Her heroic lity fed into a kind of British nationm at a time when the Empire was tit to break up," she said. (Johnson's ication as an object of imperial pride most blatantly articulated at the : by those who sent letters of conulation to her parents, addressed' the parents of the Empire's darling ; girl”.) ne of the final shots in the film is a l tike of Johnson's airplane, hangimmortalized in a South Kensington ;eum in the 1980s. Mulvey chooses air this shot with a scratchy old teace song, Wonderful Amy. The song rs witness to the manner in which

Johnson’s achievement was re-inscribed into a trivializing discourse which ‘feminizes’ her to the point of condescension. A male voice sings: Amy, wonderful Amy, how can you blame me fo r loving you?

Amy, wonderful Amy, I ’m proud o f the way you flew!

Integrating political issues like femi­ nism with the extreme avant-garde of the new American cinema was the project of many penniless British ex­ perimental filmmakers in the 1970s.

Ironically, today in Britain the critical avant-garde is funded by television.

The experimental Channel 4 funds such projects as Sammie and Rosie Get Laid (despite the fact that they are shot on film rather than video) and thus al­ lows filmmakers to “go out and be in­ solent”. Independent cinema is in fact marginal to television.

In Quebec, insolence thrives in the domain of independent video more than it does in film, however, the indus­ try is faced with the same dilemna that has plagued avant-garde filmmakers for decades: How to distribute outside of the film society, the library, and the classroom.

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ches to perfect timing. Rieu has masd the full range of the instrument, ummer Michel Ratté has possibly nost unique style of any drummer in tusiness. He towers above the drums i his entire body and comes crashing nward only to stop just in time to fully controlled percussion. Rather the traditional time-keeping role, é provides colour and rhythmic texfor the quartet. He plays an amazing mnt of drums with a very small kit. pporting each piece is Normand

Guilbeault on contrebasse. He has a great, strong sound and an excellent sense of time which provides the foun­ dation for the fireworks exploding around him. Guilbeault took but one solo, a beautiful introduction to a mel­ low piece which, under different cir­ cumstances, might have been taken for a spiritual raindance.

Never before have I seen improvised music performed with such synchronicity, rhythm and tenacity. They played with such intensity and with so much energy that I was exhausted after two sets.

Beaudet has had this quartet together for two and a half years and he knows that they’re hot. “The pulse is there, I know that,” said Beaudet between sets.

That magic pulse can be heard on vinyl as of last week and the group will be back in Montréal on March 12 at Café Timenes. The quartet will be touring France and much of Europe this sum­ mer.

Talkshop: “W hat the bangles m ight have been if they were tough.”

photo by Bradley

Talk About Rock'n Roll

by Julie Barlow It was 9:30 last Saturday night and an eclectic mix of people was beginning to fill Les Foufounes Electriques, pre­ sumably to see Montreal’s all-female band, Talkshop. Foufounes’ native hardcores lined up beside white polo shirts, and I began to wonder whether we were all there to see the same thing. By the band's second song, however, when the menagerie uniformly spilled onto the dance floor, I realized that Talkshop ’s rock ‘n roll was the common link.

From beginning to end, Talkshop’s performance remained energetic and tight. True, there was plenty of “sweet harmony and grit”, as promised on their poster (Talkshop is described as “what the Bangles might have been if they were tough”), but the bottom line was just plain fun rock ‘n roll. In any case, Talkshop certainly gave the audience what it wanted.

The band members identified them­ selves as “Ani Bodi" (bass, vocals), “Randy” (guitar, vocals), and “ClaudiAh” (drums, comedienne). Needless to say, their stage names cast doubt on any

expectations I had for a feminist ap­ proach, but this didn’t seem to make any difference to the audience.

Talkshop’s repertoire was as varied as theiraudience. A mix of covers, from the Doors’ Hello / Love You, to the Romantics’ What I Like About You was combined with originals which were reminiscent of the Kinks, the Ramones, and of course, the Bangles, and diver­ sified enough to keep any audience happy. Their funky, upbeat Like I do was followed by some R&B in A Little Bit o f Soul. Then they demonstrated a little bit of social conscience with Bor­ derline, a song “about South Africa”.

The band’s originals didn’t come off quite as well as their covers, but thanks

to an all-round strong performance (especially by drummer Claudi-Ah), Talkshop kept the audience enthusias­ tic, and on the dance floor.

In fact, at 11:57 the audience still wouldn’t let Talkshop off the stage.

Singer Ani Bodi had to explain apolo­ getically that the band had to stop play­ ing by midnight, and they finished off with a high speed cover of Wipe Out. Following their performance, the lead singer spoke for the band in saying, “Sure, we’re feminists”. While this was not exactly Talkshop’s outstanding characteristic, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind when they left the stage that women can play rock ‘n roll too.

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ve and hom e-grow n stu ff 'e know what it mean [sicjto be angry 'e know, we know what we know o, soldier, you are not forgiven... he band is made up of five members: Cadman (lead vocals), Martin Chart-

land (bass and backing vocals), David Curtis (on an array of synthesizers - the JP-4, the Korg Poly-800 and the Ensoniq Mirage), Teresa Perreault (on a Roland D-50), and David Hinton (percussion).

Their material is all original, written

mainly by Martin, David C., and Janet, the founding members of the band.

One of the most refreshing qualities this band possesses is an ability to inter­ act with audiences. During their first show, on February 20th, there were numerous exchanges between the band members and the audience, demonstrat­ ing the ease with which Degrees of Free­ dom takes to the stage.

While Montreal is crawling with talented bands, for some reason natives of this city are somewhat reluctant to go for home-grown talent, lending support to the saying that, “Nobody is a prophet on his or her own land”. It’s about time this trend is broken. Degrees of Freedom expect their first album, China, to come but towards the end of April.

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You don’t know how lucky you are?

by Michelle Ninow “Most of them are interested in know­ ing about life here in North America and I’m definitely interested in learn­ ing more about their life in the Soviet Union,” explained John Meehan, dis­ cussing his recent trip to the U.S.S.R. with the McGill Russian and Slavic Studies Department.

Thirty-eight students and professors participated this year in the eleventh annual Russian Department trip to the Soviet Union. According to Professor Paul Austin, co-leader of the tours, it is the only program of its kind offered in Canada. The price of the trip is consid­ erably less than similar programs of­ fered by American ivy league universi­ ties or organized tours through local tourist agencies.

Students who have participated in the tours come from a variety of different faculties and backgrounds. Some, of course, are in the Russian Studies pro­ gram, so the trip has provided them with some practical experience. Stu­ dents had different reasons for taking part in the tour and varying expecta­ tions of what their experiences in the Soviet Union would be like. “I wanted to see if the stereotypes were true,” explained Jillian Cohen, who took part in the program last year. Cohen found that the Russians were open and kind.

“I was surprised at the warmth of the people,” she said. Other students who had opportunities to meet with Russian people also commented on their conge­ niality and eagerness to discuss their

the media today. She had expected everything to be “black, brown, grey, cold, and depressed.” Corcoran admited that she did in fact discover that the Soviet Union fit her expectations

varying cultures. “I didn’t expect the people to be so friendly, I guess it helps if you know the language,” explained Meehan. Another participant in this year’s tour, Heather Corcoran, felt that herperception of the U.S.S.R. had been “very affected by the American view­ point or stance” which is so prevelant in

although she was impressed by the vivid art and architecture of pre-revo­ lutionary Russia.

Most of the students interviewed were struck by the beauty of traditional Russian art and culture. Special sights on the tour included the Hermitage Museum and the Bolshoi Theatre in

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Leningrad. “The architecture gave me the feeling that they’ve got a gutsy history...it helps you to understand what’s going on there now. I mean the extreme wealth, it wasn’t like the mel­ low American Puritan wealth which did good for other people,” said student Douglas Dwyer as he explained his reactions.

Commenting on Intourist, the gov­ ernment tourist agency which guided the group’s entire trip inside the U.S.S.R., Corcoran said, “What they show you is everything that is old, m ostly Baroque, lavish and extraordinary. They don’t show you anything from today. Very little that is beautiful is from modem times.” Ex­ plained Meehan, “Intourist wants to show you the best their country has to offer.”

Every student interviewed had sto­ ries about interesting people they had met or events in which they had par­ taken. Both Cohen and Corcoran had the opportunity to visit with Jewish Refuseniks (Jews who have been de­ nied permission to emigrate). They discussed the courage and persever­ ance of those who must deal daily with governmental oppression. "It is incom­ prehensible to me,” stated Corcoran.

“You want to leave a place and you can’t. If they want to stage a protest, they are told when, where, and even what to protest,” she explained. Appar­ ently the recent peace protest on the Red Square in Moscow was really supposed to be a Jewish emigration protest.

John Meehan had the opportunity to spend a Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve (two weeks after ours) in the home of an older Russian man and his grand­ daughter, complete with a bottle of champagne saved for the occassion.

Meehan contrasted the ideas of the grandfather and the granddaughter.

Whereas the elder was willing to ac­ cept the regime under which he lived, the eighteen-year-old was dissatisfied.

She wanted to come to the West. Mee­ han felt that her perception of North America was idealistic and she failed to recognize the difficulties she would face if she emigrated.

The black market appears to be flour­ ishing in the Soviet Union; every stu­ dent who talked to the Tribune men­ tioned it. “I didn’t expect the black market to be so open, basically every­ thing in your suitcase is game, even your underwear,” explained Meehan.

“They (the traders) are everywhere, you get tired of it after a while,” said Corcoran.

The U.S.S.R. has become a hot news item in the Western media. Even Rus­ sian words, such as glasnost and per­ estroika, are becoming part of our vocabulary, as the Soviet Union opens up to the nosey Western press. The Tribune asked some of the participants on the tour if they thought the forces of glasnost and perestroika were evident to them during their short stay in the country. Professor Austin, who has been to the Soviet Union on several occasions, felt that there were some visible signs of a loosening up in Rus­ sian society. He made reference to the media as a prime example, “T.V. has become a lot more interesting, the press is approaching reality and glasnost has become very prominent.” The profes­ sor spoke of a New Year’s Eve special

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he watched which was “full of political satire.” Rock music is also much more prominent, consisting of both Western and Soviet groups. He also talked about a new Soviet play, I Am a Woman, which he saw in Leningrad.’T he play is perhaps not feminist in the Western sense but in the Soviet sense it is some­ thing very new.” The play dealt with the lives of a group of women working in a scientific laboratory. Their lives as

mothers, wives, workers and lovers were handled in a fairly negative man­ ner.

“There has always been grumbling, glasnost has just caused it to come out in the open,” explained Austin. “Their skepticism is being reinforced, there is no restructuring, only a plan which is being hammered. They’ve been told for decades to work harder. Gorbachev is talking about the ‘New Revolution’ there could only be one in the old (communist) system. Gorbachev says, T am making a revolution’, so he is putting himself on the same level as Lenin.”

When dicussing restructuring Mee­ han explained, “the majority of people I talked to don’t believe Gorbachev and they don’t trust him at all.”

The travellers all returned to McGill safe and sound after their two week trip. Being home for a few weeks, they have been able to put their Soviet expe­ rience into perspective and most of them have some insightful reflections.

“Travelling tells you a little bit more about what you don’t know, it chal­ lenges the values of your culture. The trip made me more humble about my own values,” Dwyer concluded. Mee­ han told the Tribune, “There is more potential to enjoy life here, but so many people don’t realize that. When you are there you understand what personal liberty is.” Cohen described her trip to the U.S.S.R. as “the most valuable two weeks of my life. When they talk about dropping the bomb in the Soviet Union I think about my experiences there and the people I met”, she continued. De­ spite the fact that Corcoran found her trip informative and eye-opening, she does not want to revisit the Soviet Union. “I believe in capitalism a little more strongly, there’s something about freedom and opportunity,” she con­ cluded.

What's on at CKUT

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 1,1988

CKUT/Radio McGill went on the air last November at 90.3 on your F M dial. Since then we have been refining programs, pre­ senting local bands, publishing KRAK, our programme guide, etc., etc.... Every week we will be giving you program highlights here in the Trib so read on and tune in at 90.3. F M P S. Our request line is 3984616 and we're located in the basement o f the Union Building.

THE MORNING AFTER Mon-Fri 6h00-9h00 CKUT-Radio McGill’s on-air program guide. A morning brew of news, cultural/ public affairs, music, personalities and regular features (community bulletin board, ride service, campus information and cul­ tural listings). Each day a different host will introduce you to the programming day at CKUT with excerpts and information on the day’s schedule. Weekly features include FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME (WED 7H30) and INSIDE JOHN ABBOTT (TUES 7h00). Who needs a deodorant soap when the MORNING AFTER can open your eyes and excite your body ... all the things you need to know to function as a valuable member of society.

NEWS MAG M on-Fri 17hl5-17h45 A daily( almost) news show which takes an in-depth look at the day’s events and current affairs— from what’s happenning here in Montreal to news from around the world.

UNDERGROUND SOUNDS Monday - 21h00 - 22h00 A weekly focus of Montreal music and it’s makers, featuring new and old releases,

interviews, local listings, and just good fun.

APOLLO’S LUNCHBOX Tuesday - llhOO - 13h00 Do that “lunch thing” with host Ronald Leslie and join in on an exploration of jazz music and the mythical figures behind the sounds, from Armstrong to Zoot and be­ yond.

SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE Tuesday - 22h00 - 24h00 It’s whats happening baby! Join Flipped Out on a grungy musical adventure through the swamps of garage-land and beyond, cause guitars with buzz always keep that fuzz, and that buzz is what it’s all about !

NOUVELLES EXPRESSIONS Mercredi I8h00-19h00 (F) Depuis cet automne, vous pouvez entendre les voix qui se cachaient derrière les plumes de la revue NEX: NOUVELLES EXPRES­ SIONS. Chaque mercredi, nous donnons la parole aux créateurs-trices et intervenant-es qui innovent dans le domaine culturel.

Nous abordons des thèmes aussi variés qu ’originaux. Le théâtre expérimental, F art en institution, la création pour enfants, le rock francophone seront quelques uns des sujets traités.

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E nvoyez-nous vos communiqués! Vous êtes m usiciens désireux de profiter d ’une diffusion radio­ phonique ô combien nécessaire? Faitesnous parvenir vos démos (attention, notre contenu musical est très précis: groupes francophones de Montréal en priorité, puis ceux d ’ailleurs, au Québec comme à l’étranger).

CAMPUS MONTREAL W ednesdays/ M ercredis 19h00-

20h 00 Focusing on campus news throughout the city and issues affecting students across the province, with listings of political and social events organized by various post-secondary institutions.

Pour les nouvelles post-secondaires, les informations sur le système des prêts et bourses, et sur les services et programmes offerts aux cegeps et universités...informez vous a l’ecoute de Campus Montreal!

DANGER IN PARADISE Wednesday - 22h00 - 24h00 If you are not in reality, whose myth are you? ...if you are not a myth, whose reality are you? - Sun Ra. Hosted by Chainsaw.

CKUT-COMEDY HOUR Thurs 17h45-2Ih00 CKUT’s Comedy Hour features locally produced comedy pieces as well as home­ grown ‘comedy artistes’. If you are an amateur talent and you think your material is original, and even funny, contact CKUT’s Spoken Word Director for more informa­ tion.

LEGAL EASE Thurs 18h30-19h00 Legal issues and problems presented in conjunction with McGill’s Law Students’ Association and McGill Legal Aid. Listen­ ers are encouraged to write-in c/o LEGAL EASE with topics or problems they would like discussed on the program. Host: John Relton.

A GOZAR Friday - 15h00 - 17h00 “A Gozar! ” is a familiar Spanish expression signifying joyous celebration. Your tireless host El Guero scours the city day and night dredging up forgotten albums with which he

dazzles the airwaves, with a weekly injec­ tion of AZUCAR! Merengue - Salsa - Soca - Rhumba - Zouk- Protesta- Musique Haitienne Pou Nou and much much more. “ A GOZAR!” REEL TO REEL CACOPHONY Friday 20h00 - 21h00 Host Kevin Roberts brings you up to date

on cassette demos from all comers of the globe (try to find one). The best of music that’s not on disk (compact or otherwise).

NORTH OF THE BORDER Saturday - 21h00 - 22h00 A Canadian Profile show which features different Canadian artists every week.

North of the Border knows no borders.

ATTENTION: PRE-DENTAL STUDENTS A representative from the University of Detroit, School of Dentistry will be at McGill University in Room # 425 of the University Centre on Wednesday, March 9,1988 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Students are welcome to come and discuss their future plans. Applications are currently being accepted for the class entering in the fall of 1988. For further information, call or write:

Admissions Office University of Detroit School of Dentistry 2985 East Jefferson Detroit, MI 48207 (313) 446-1858

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STUDENTS' SOCIETY ELECTIONS (MARCH 9,10,11) Constitutional Amendment Text For Referendum

Constitutional A. Replace 4.1 (c) to (h) with:

D. Replace present 7.8 with:

(c) Full-time students registered in the Faculty of Religious Studies, Law, Dentistry, and Medicine (except those students registered in the School of Nursing and Physical and Occupational Therapy) shall pay seventy-two percent (72%) of the Association Fee. (d) Full-time students registered in the School of Architecture and pursuing a B. Arch, degree shall pay seventy-two percent (72%) of the Association Fee. (e) Full-time students registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (excluding additional session students) shall pay sixty-one percent (61%) of the Association Fee. (f) Part-time students registered in the Faculty Arts, Music, Manage­ ment, Engineering, Education, Science, the School of Social Work, Physical and Occupational Therapy and Nursing shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the Association Fee. (g) Part-time students registered in the Faculty of Religious Studies, Law, Dentistry and Medicine (except those students registered in the School of Nursing and Physical and Occupational Therapy) shall pay thirty-six (36%) of the Association Fee. .(h) Part-time students registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research shall pay thirty-one percent (31%) of the Association Fee. (i) Additional session Graduate students shall pay ten percent (10%) of the Association Fee. (j) Non-resident students shall pay no fee to the Society.

Faculty Representatives shall be elected by and from amongst the undergraduate students registered in and the graduate students affili­ ated with the following Faculties and Schools: (a) the Faculty of Arts; (b) the Faculty of Dentistry; (c) the Faculty of Education; (d) the Faculty of Engineering; (e) the Faculty of Law; (f) the Faculty of Management; (g) the Faculty of Medicine; (h) the Faculty of Music; (i) the Faculty of Religious Studies; (j) the Faculty of Science; (k) the School of Architecture; (l) the School of Nursing; (m) the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy; (n) the School of Social Work

Note that the text of (d), (f) and (j) has not been altered.

B. Replace present 8.6 with: The Executive Committee shall be composed of the Officers of the Society, the Commissioner of Graduate Student Affairs, non-voting, and the Executive Director of the Society, ex-officio, non-voting, to act as Secretary.

C. Replace present 7.5 (b) to (i) with: (b) one Representative from each Faculty or School listed in Article 7.8 with one thousand five hundred (1,500) students or less, hereinafter referred to as the Faculty Representatives; (c) two (2) Representatives from each Faculty or School listed in Article 7.8 with more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) but no more than three thousand (3,000) students, hereinafter referred to as Faculty Representatives; (d) three (3) Representatives from each Faculty or School listed in Article 7.8 with more than three thousand (3,000) but no more than four thousand five hundred (4,500) students, hereinafter referred to as Faculty Representatives; (e) four (4) Representatives from each Faculty or School listed in Article 7.8 with more than four thousand five hundred (4,500) students, hereinafter referred to as Faculty Representatives; (f) two (2) Representatives from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, hereinafter referred to as Graduate Representatives; (g) present (e) (h) three (3) Representatives who are student members of the Univer­ sity Senate and Board of Governors (not including the President or the Vice-President University Affairs of the Society); (i) present (g) (j) present (h) with deletion of "and" (k) the Commisioner of Graduate Student Affairs; and (l) present (i)

E. Replace present 7.9 with: 7.9 For the purpose of election of Faculty Representatives, graduate students pursuing degrees in the following schools and institutes shall be considered part of the Faculties and Schools listed in Article 7.8 as specified (a) Institute of Islamic Studies - Faculty of Arts (b) School of Library and Information Studies - Faculty of Education (c) School of Occupational Health - Faculty of Medicine 7.10 In Faculties and Schools with more than one Faculty Representa­ tive, the number of students per Faculty Representative shall be calculated before each year's election on the basis of the W inter Term Registration Statistics received by Senate in the previous calendar year.

If this number is less than two times (2X) the number of Graduate Students voting as a part of the Faculty or School concerned, one Faculty Representative shall be elected by and from amongst the graduate students in the Faculty or School concerned. The remaining Faculty Rrepresentatives shall be elected by and from amongst the undergraduate students in the Faculty or School concerned.

7.11 In those faculties and schools of more than one thousand five hundred (1500) students that are not affected by article 7.10 a maxi­ mum of one graduate student may be elected.

7.12 present 7.9

F. Replace present 16.4 to 16.7 with: 16.4 The Faculty Representatives shall be elected in compliance with the Electoral Regulations of the Society. The McGill Students' Council may delegate authority for the election of Faculty Representatives to Faculty or School Societies as it sees fit.

16.5 The Graduate Representatives and the Commisioner of Graduate Student Affairs shall be elected by and from amongst the graduate student members of the Society in compliance with the Constitution or By-Laws of the Post Graduate Students' Society.

16.6 present 16.5 16.7 present 16.6 16.8 present 16.7

Christina Sbrocchi - Chief Returning Officer

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Books

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 1,1988

Bloom & Gloom and a question of closed mindedness

by Boyd Holmes Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impover­ ished the Souls of Today’s Students, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1987, 394 pp., $28.95.

At McGill, many socially conscious students and professors believe that the sixties produced a far superior student body than today’s, one which made positive changes toward both society and university. This view is not, however, accepted by Professor Allan Bloom, the co-director of the John M. Olin Centre for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago and member of the University’s Committee on Social Thought.

“About the sixties,” he writes in his book The Closing o f the Ameri­ can Mind, “it is now fashionable to say that although there were indeed excesses, many good things resulted. But, so far as univer­ sities are concerned, I know of nothing positive coming from that period.” The negative effect of the sixties is just one of the numerous themes explored in Bloom’s comprehensive, provoca­ tive, and brilliant study of the pathetic state of contemporary higher education.

The central thesis to Bloom’s work is that today’s student believes that thinking and cultures are relative, that no single belief is better, or worse, than any other. As a result of this belief, the critical faculty of their minds has been abandoned, and students retreat into their selves, having found justification for their selfishness. “Relativism in theory and lack of relatedness in practice,” writes Bloom, “make students unable to think about or look into their futures, and they shrivel up within the confines of the present and material.” He later states, “It is not the immorality of relativism that I find appalling.

What is astounding and degrading is the dogmatism with which we accept such relativism, and our easygoing lack of concern about what that means for our lives.”

Bloom expounds on his thesis in three sections. In the first, “Students,” Bloom examines young people in terms of such trends as the decline in reading, taste in music, relationships toward oth­ ers, and the collapse of the family as an educational unit. The history

of the intellectual trends that have led us to the current state of thought forms the appropriately titled second section, “Nihilism, American Style.” It is in the final section, “The University,” that Bloom explores higher education itself, including the collapse of liberal education.

At the conclusion of the study, Bloom offers little hope for improvement or reform. “It is difficult to imagine that there is either the wherewithal or the energy within the university to constitute or reconstitute the idea of an educated human being and establish a lib­ eral education again.” The cumulative effect, after 380 pages, is devastating.

“It is difficult to imagine that there is either the wherewithal or the energy within the university to constitute or reconstitute the idea o f an educated human being and estab­ lish a liberal education again.”

-Bloom Certain negative criticisms of Bloom’s analysis can be raised.

Bloom will be labelled a conservative and elitist for certain views.

A number of his arguments, including his attack on divorce, defence of the family, assault on feminism and denunciation of affirmative action, link him with the political right. But Bloom is also a strong defender of liberal democracy, a belief that links him with the demo­ cratic left. In addition, he is more concerned with the intellectual seed bed from which the left and the right emerge than he is with either ideological wing.

Critics may also fault Bloom on the grounds that his study of the university is devoted almost entirely to liberal arts education.

Bloom clearly implies that this is potentially the most important and valuable education that one can acquire at a university. “What image does a first-rank college or university present today to a teen­

ager leaving home for the first time, off to the adventure of a liberal education? He has four years of freedom to discover himself... he must leant that there is a great world beyond the little one he knows, experience the exhilaration of it and digest enough of it to sustain himself in the intellectual deserts he is destined to traverse. He must do this, that is, if he is to have any hope of a higher life.” One receives the strong impression that, although students in engineering, sci­ ence and management may be improving their job prospects, they are doing nothing in their studies to improve their selves.

A Canadian might object to reading this book because Bloom is discussing the university in American society. However, the stu­ dents Bloom describes and the mentalités he relates are largely continental rather than national. The one notable exception is the six pages on the subject of black-white student relations. Because such relations have always been less central to Canadian society, Bloom’s observations have less immediate relevance to a scholar of this country. In virtually all other respects, the book’s true subject is the closing of the North American mind.

In terms of structure, the study proceeds logically from point to point, and in terms of style, it is clearly written. Occasionally, his prose is unjustfiably conversational, such as when he uses the expression “an awful lot”. But Bloom does display a superb command of simile and metaphor. He largely avoids the illiteracy and convoluted prose that are the collective curse of contemporary academic writing.

Other than the stylistic lapses, the only genuine flaw to Bloom’s analysis is his exaggeration of certain points. He becomes intoxi­ cated with the thrill of having developed a complex and sustained radical view. This is apparent when he states, “Young people know that rock has the beat of sexual intercourse...(with this music) life is made into a nonstop, commercially prepackaged masturbational fantasy.”

The faults in no way diminish the importance of this work. The Closing o f the American Mind is one of the seminal texts of and for our times. Despite its tone of despair, it should be used to rouse the energies needed to redeem our thinking and our educations.

ST U D EN T S' S O C IE T Y E L E C T IO N S - M ARCH 9,10,11 AN N O UN CEM EN T O F R EFER EN D A The following referendum questions will be voted on during the Students' Society Elections (to be held on March 9,10,11):

A ccess McGill Reférendwifi

Constitutional Am endm ent

C onstitutional Amenefcnent

Q PIR G R eferen d u n

Whereas the situation of underfunding at McGill University does not •permit an adequate amount of money to be used for services, equipment and facilities for the disabled; Whereas there are more disabled stu­ dents at McGill University today than ever before; Whereas many disabled students are forced to accept inadequate and infe­ rior services, equipment and facilities

Whereas the Constitution of the Students’Society of McGill University was approved by Senate with the fol­ lowing recommendations a) the Judicial Board not be excluded from exercising jurisdiction over fac­ ulty and school associations and, b) articles dealing with fee referenda require 10% participation in vote.

Do you approve of an amendment to the Constitution of the Students ' Society of McGill University which, on May 1 st, 1988, would rep lace section 4 .1 ,8 .6 ,7 .5 ,7 .8 ,7 .9 ,7 .1 0 , 7.11, 7.12, 16.4 to 16.7 of th e Constitution with the proposed new wording a s published in the McGill Tribune March 1st, 1988?

Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

be 10% of the membership of the Society" (See wording in this issue) Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

Do you approve of: The creation of a chapter of th e Québec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill University, w hich will operate a s a studentfunded, student-directed research, education and action organization pursuing the interests of students on issu es of public concern; The addition ofafee of three dollars ($3.00) per student per sem ester ($1,50 for additional se ssio n stu­ dents) to the McGill University fee statement a s of September1988to fund QPIRG; and The transferal of the above money directly to QPIRG and that any stu­ dent who does not wish to support QPIRG shall have the opportunity to obtainarefimdcfirectly from QPIRG?

Do you approve of an amendment to the Constitution of the Students' Do you approve of a temporary (2 - Society of McGill University which year) levy of $2.00 per student per would make the following changes semester, the revenue of which shall a s of May 1st 1988?

In Article 18.2 delete be u sed to provide th e required "However the Judicial Board shall not services, equipment and facilities to b e a llo ca ted by th e joint S en ate have jurisdiction over Faculty or Board of Governors com m ittee on School Society Constitutions" In Article 4.2 add the disabled, subject to annual re­ "Quorum for such a referendum shall view/?

Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

Deadlines for NO Committee registration: Wednesday, March 2ndat 1p.m.

See the CRO, Room 412, Union Building.

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Redmen Advance To OUAA Eastern Final Iannone sets modern day playoff record with seven points in final game

by Dino Smiljic After finishing the regular season with their best record since 1948, the McGill hockey team continued their success into the playoffs. Tim Iannone had 4 goals and 3 assists in a convinc­ ing 8-5 victory in the third and final game of their semi-final series with Concordia. The win marked the first time the Tribe have beaten their cross­ town rivals in post season play, and sets the stage for a repeat of last year’s QUAA final against Trois-Rivières. In that series, the Patriotes handily de­ feated McGill and went on to win the national championships.

McGill had a fairly easy time with the Stingers in the series opener last Wednesday, a 9-6 victory, with the outcome never really in doubt against a flat Stinger effort. In the second game at Concordia, the Redmen got off to

came up with one big save after an­ other. With Concordia’s goalie pulled in the dying minutes, Iannone scored his 50th of the year, and fourth of the game, and Mike Teolis added a second empty netter with 11 seconds left to round out the scoring.

Head Coach Ken Tyler said after the game that,”We got the big game from the big players but the biggest factor was the guys who don’t get much attention. Players like David Roland, Alain Cusson, Mike Wells, Mike Teo­ lis and especially Stéphane Marcoux made the difference.”

Iannone also praised the rookies saying,’’The credit goes to the coaches and the players themselves for being patient and working hard all year.”

When asked about his recordbreaking season point total of 50 goals and 88 points overall, Iannone brushed off any praise. “All that doesn’t mat­

good start but by the end of the second period the Stingers were in complete control and dominated play. Three goals in that period made the score 6-4 in favor of the Stingers, and combined with a lackluster third period and a final Concordia goal with just over a minute to play, the Stingers evened up the series going into Sunday’s finale.

Paul Brophy got the Concordia on the board first in the deciding game, before the match was two minutes old, but the Tribe’s leading rookie goal scorer, Paul Grech, evened the score halfway through the first. The second period went much the same way with the teams exchanging goals, and Tim Iannone getting his first of seven points on the night. As it turned out, the third period was aclassic, with McGill going up by three goals by the halfway point.

Iannone got the first two goals to round

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Photo by Gary Rush Joel Sitak teaches unidentified Concordia player a lesson out his natural hat trick, and Mario DeBenedictis bagged the other off a nice pass from Andre Martin. Then the Stingers made it 5-3 after a power play goal from Brophy, but Stéphane Marcoux countered with what proved to be the game winning goal. Only then did things become interesting.

Brophy snagged his third goal with a bit over six minutes to play. Big deal, right? Well, the puck made it’s way past Redmen goalie Stéphane Fortin again three minutes later. That made it a 6-5 game. The Stinger offence sud­ denly realized they were back in con­ tention and there were more than a few times when the hometown crowd breathed a sigh of relief after Fortin

QUAA MEN’S BASKETBALL League Standings

Bishop’s Concordia McGill U.Q.T.R.

W 8 5 5 4

L 3 6 6 7

PF 878 864 833 835

PA 773 857 891 886

PTS 16 12 10 6

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ter,” said Iannone. “We’re looking forward to a heck of a series with TroisRivières and maybe some revenge from last year. Of course we’re glad we got by Concordia, and we’ll savor it for a little while, but all our attention is going to be on Trois-Rivières.”

Trois-Rivières won their semi final series in two games straight against Ottawa by scores of 6-2 and 12-0, so McGill should be their first taste of intense competition. In the regular season, UQTR, ranked #6 in the nation, came first in the division with 40 points in 25 games and McGill second with 30 points. The Redmen head into Wednesday’s match in Trois-Rivières with confidence that the series will be very competitive. McGill won one and lost two games in the regular season against the Patriotes, and all indicators point to a war erupting in the quest for Canadian college hockey supremacy.

McGill student off to curling nationals

by Ruari Nicholson A McGill student will be the young­ est participant in this year’s Curling classic, The Labatt Brier. Twenty-year old Dean Gemmell (pronounced GAMEL) of Niagara Falls, Ontario, will be throwing lead rocks for the Steventon rink. Lauren Steventon took his fourman team to victory against the nine­ time Brier participant, Don Aiken, 8-5 in the Quebec final at Montreal’s Glenmore Club recently.

The Brier is Canadian Curling’s ul­ timate event and playing in it is an honour that every competitive curler hopes to one day achieve. Each prov­ ince has representatives at the match, including teams from the two Territo­ ries and one representing Northern Ontario. The Brier is held in a different city each year, with a large number of volunteers preparing for the event two years in advance. This year’s tourna­ ment is being held in Chicoutimi, Quebec.

It would seem that Curling is gaining ground internationally as a sport, espe­ cially in view of its recent appearance in the Calgary Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport. The Canadians Women’s team, led by Linda Moore of Vancouver, captured Olympic Gold in

this well received event. Indeed, C anada dom i­ nates the sport, having won five of the last seven M en’s W orld Curling Champi­ onships. An indication of curling’s iiicreasing popularity is that it records the highest televi­ sion ratings of any sport covered by CBC Sports Weekend.

When interviewed by the Tribune. the clean-cut Gemmell remained mod­ est yet confident. “I feel we’re a solid team. After playing for a year, we have now reached the point where all four team members are playing consistantly well,” said Gemmell. Gemmell is also a member of the infamous McGill Rugby Football Club and has made several trips to the United States with this team. “We’re all rooting for Dean!” said rugby star Peter Larusso, speaking from his Psi U. headquarters.

The Tribune wishes Dean Gemmell the best in his first Brier outing and we are sure that it will not be his last. TSN will be covering the Championships which take place March 6-13 with CBC covering the Semi-Finals and Finals

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M artlets go to N ational C ham pionships

by Jamie Alden Tucked amid the flash of Helénè Cowan and the panache of Julie Rousseau, McGill Martlet’s some­ times forgotten forward Nat Melillo materialized last Friday night. Me­ lillo, a 3rd year forward, forced into less of a scoring role this season, showed her experience and court savvy, leading a tenacious McGill defence, en route to a 64-61 victory over the Bishop’s Lady Gaiters, giv­ ing the Martlets their second straight QUAA crown. Melillo frustrated Bishop’s National team center Cyn­ thia Johnston into a dismal 4 forl4 shooting performance and forced Johnston to make more turnovers than the Pillsbury dough boy. You think Johnston’s shooting was bad, com­ pare her stats to the rest of the Bishop’s squad and she had a dynasty perform­ ance. The Lady Gaiters shot an abys­ mal 31 % in the contest, the only sav­ ing grace was 20 points from the usu­ ally silent Carol Miller.

The Martlets roared out of the gate early in the contest led by the shooting of Helénè Cowan. Both teams ap­ peared nervous as the first half was played with ragged intensity. Both squads were turning over the basket­ ball and the halftime score was a fit­ ting 30-28 lead for the Martlets.

McGill opened the second half with avengence outscoring Bishop’s 16-5.

With the Martlets up by 13 points, the contest looked like one to file under finished. But has often been the case this year the Martlet’s decided to keep the crowd interested. “We relaxed, made a couple of errors, and let them back into the basketball game, said Martlet coach Chris Hunter. Down by nine at the ten minute mark, the Lady Gaiters reeled off 10 straight points to take a one point lead.

“When we went down, we picked up the defensive intensity, said Hunter.

Cowan again showed her mettle by providing key baskets down the stretch.

Bishop’s had a chance to tie the game with seconds left but Carol Miller’s desperation three pointer bounced off the back iron.

The victory gives the Martlets a 29-4 season record and the 29 victories are the most in Martlet history. Despite their stellar season performance the Martlets are ranked a disappointing 10th nation­ ally. Though they have beaten 3 teams that are ranked above them, the pollsters seem oblivious to everything that goes on in Quebec. The rankings likely mean that the Martlets will face the perennial National champion Victoria Vikettes in the first round of the National tourna­ ment this Thursday in Lethbridge.

After the game Friday the Martlets were presented with four All-star awards and a rookie of the year. Helénè Cowan and Ixah Hayman took home QUAA first team All-stars and M.J. Jurcic and Julie Rousseau both held second team honours. Jurcic also took home the award for rookie of the year.

Mysteriously absent from the honour role was first year McGill coach Chris Hunter. Despite leading his team to 29 victories so far this season he was shunted from coach of the year honours, Linda Marquis the coach of Laval tak­ ing that award.

'QUAA WOMEN’S BASKET-'* BALL Final League Standings

Mcgill Laval Bishop’s ConcU.

GPW 9 7 9 6 9 5 9 0

L PF PA PTS 2 615 543 14 3 541 486 12 4 571 522 10 9 406 592 0

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Chris Keller Intramural player of the Week

Chris Keller a 20 year Arts stu­ dent from Pittsburgh, PA, showed that Americans can play ball hockey. Kellers had a splendiferous performance tallying 5 goals in 8-2 stomping of the Honky Tonk Men. It was a physical match, filled with penalties for both squads, but the goon tactics of the Honky Tonk Men could not slice the 0-5’s cur­ rent undefeated streak. The 0-5’s are currently in first place with an unblemished record so far this term.

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The McGill men’s basketball team is playing their final regular season game of the year tonight at Concordia Uni­ versity. A win will give the Redmen second place in the QUBL, and home court advantage for the first round of the playoffs this coming weekend.

Their opponent in the playoffs has yet to be determined as a Concordia loss and Trois Rivières victory over Bishop’s would knock the Stingers out of the playoffs. The Redmen are as­ sured a spot in the playoffs by virtue of their 3 victories over Trois Rivières this year.

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MACES' General Election March 30,1988 The C.R.O. for the MACES' election w ill be accepting nominations for the positions of: President, Vice-President Internal, Vice-President External, Secretary, Treasurer, Senator (2), commencing February 15, 1988. The deadline for accepting nominations is 17h00, March 7, 1988.

Nomination forms can be picked up from the C.R.O., Ivar Bergs, during office hours from February 15,1988 to March 7, 1988, at: Chief Returning Officer, Room 216A, Centre for Continuing Education, Redpath Library Building, Tel.: (514) 398-4974

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Tuesday March 8,1988, 20h00 - 22h00 Room 310, Student Union Building, 3480 McTavish Street The deadline for voting is 17h00, Wednesday March 30,1988.

Specific details of the voting procedure, dates, places, times, etc., w ill be given in an election package that w ill be mailed to all MACES' members, and should be received by Wednesday, March 16,1988.

The C.R.O. w ill require assistance before and on the day of the count, any MACES' members interested in helping please call Ivar Bergs at 398-4974 A.S.A.P.; all other questions concerning MACES' and its election may also be directed to this number.

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