The McGill Tribune Vol. 07 Issue 22 by The Tribune

THE MCGILL TRIBUNE Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Tuesday, March 15,1988

Volume 7, Issue 22

Victory for Access, QPIRG; Coté in, Daily will try again by Max Harrold Students last week voted over whelmingly in favour of a temporary $ 2 fee increase to help fund services for McGill’s disabled students. As well, Students’ Sodiety elections held last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday saw the approval of the creation of a Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) at McGill, the first in Quebec, and the election of an entirely new slate of student representatives for 88-89. Stu dents were lukewarm to other ques tions on the ballot though, narrowly defeating an amendment to the Society’s Constitiution affecting graduate students, approving another amendment involving the Judicial

Board and barely passing a Daily Pub lications Society (DPS) amendment about quorum while rejecting a DPS fee increase.

ACCESS McGILL YES; 1945 NO; 290 NO OPINION; 197 “Im overwhelmed by the generosity and compassion” of McGill students, stated Sam Miller, obviously moved. Miller’s Access McGill group - which had pushed for approval of the $ 2 fee increase - will be directly involved in the implementation of improved serv ices for the disabled on campus. These services w i II include an access ramp to the Union Building and possibly a $60,000 van to ease the burden of trans-

E x -a g en t b lasts U .S. by Mike Crawley Philip Agee, a former agent of the CIA, brought his story to McGill last week and gave the over 300 in atten dance exactly what was expected. Agee cited atrocities which the agency has executed around the world, blasted the current Republican administration for its harassment, and added the obligatory Reagan jokes. The CIA first recruited Agee on the campus of Notre Dame, but he did not join until the draft was “breathing down my neck,” as he explained. “I came from a comfortable, conservative background,” stated Agee, adding, “I was your typical fifties youth in the United States - conformist, ambitious and idealistic.” The CIA offered some thing different from the life in business which awaited him, specifically “all those romantic things that are so attrac tive to somebody who’s 21 years old.” “I did fight the holy war against com munism,” the ex-agent admitted some what begrudgingly. In 1969, however, he resigned, and left the U.S. to pen his exposé. He spent much of the next two decades in a state resembling exile: “I had wanted to go back to the United States very much for the promotion of my latest book. My lawyers had always told me.. .that I would be indicted and

prosecuted. The only person who really thought I should come to the United States...was...my publisher.” Agee returned to the U.S. in 1987 and was greeted less than warmly. George Bush described Agee’s deeds as “despicable” and “disgusting”, while his first public interview, on Good Morning America, opened with the question “How does it feel to be a traitor?” The former spy refuted all accusations, stating, “It’s not true that I’m anti-American. If I were...I would be out working...for Bush for presi dent.” continued page 3

portation for disabled students. Of all questions on the ballot. This was approved by the widest margin. Miller said the approval, “a very fine thing”, was the first of its kind in Canada.

PIRG AT McGILL YES; 1435 NO; 799 NO OPINION; 239 To cheers and shouts of euphoria as the final results came in late Friday night, delirious PIRG supporters pre dicted a more socially conscious and active student body beginning as soon as this summer, when an interim board of directors is chosen from PIRG’s more than 250 member organizing club. Happy but tired, organizer Duff Conacher explained that “students were willing to put in the time for something they really believed in.” The reason the measure passed, added Conacher, was that McGill “students made [PIRG] their own.” A similar effort for the establishment of a PIRG at Concordia U. was defeated by ap proximately 200 votes Thursday night, said Conacher.

Winners by a landslide, from right to left: Marc Cameron (VP External), Nancy Coté (President), Amanda Kalhok (VP Internal) and Maria Battaglia (VP University Affairs). THE STUDSOC EXECU TIVE The somewhat uneventlful race for StudSoc President this year turned out as many had predicted, with Nancy Coté winning (1682) over Doug Hodgson (436). Hodgson, who was practically invisible during the cam paign, had apparently intended to run

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Popular education in Nicaragua by Scott McEvoy Illiteracy has been reduced from levels of over fifty percent of the Nica raguan population to about twelve per cent in 1980 according to Angelo Calvo of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education. Speaking at the Centre for Developing Area Studies last Wednes day, the Ministry official together with Isaura Chavarria-Salgado, a primary

school teacher in Nicaragua, appealed through translation to the audience for support of Nicaragua’s continued ef forts to increase the education levels of its population. With specific reference made to the “imperialist war waged on us by Ronald Reagan”, the Ministry official spoke of the difficulties associated with implementing the popular educa-

Media for the Masses by Leslie Elliott An extraordinary ensemble of some of the “best in the business” gathered Saturday at McGill’s second annual Media Career Day. The event, organ ized by the McGill Film & Communi cations Students’ Committee (MFCSC), brought over sixty promi nent figures in from the Montreal media scene, including representatives from the National Film Board (NFB), the CBC, radio, television, newspaper,

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as a farce among a larger field of candidates. “I assume that he was a joke candidate ... he won’t get reim bursed for his posters,’’said Chief Re turning Officer Christina Sbrocchi, adding that Hodgson ran an illegal campaign because he did not conform to electoral regulations. Coté said she knows she “can work” with her new colleagues.

public relations and video industries. Organizers were extremely pleased with the day’s success. Estimated at tendance was in the 2 0 0 -plus range and seminars were, for the most part, popu lar and well attended. Although the event was oriented toward a better understanding of a ca reer in the media, one seminar ad dressed the issue of Canadian film and the notion of Free Trade. Rob Verrall, a veteran of forty years as a film pro

ducer with the NFB, addressed what he termed the “Mulroney/Reagan Agree ment” by asserting that it is “impos sible to think of the future of Canada’s film industry without considering the implications of Free Trade.” Even though Verrall expressed concern about the prospect of American control of Canadian film screens, he neverthe less was very supportive of federal Communications Minister Flora continued page 3

tion program.Whereas in 1978, before the ‘triumph’, education was limited to about 4000 privileged, today some one million are attending schools. This change has been brought about in spite of an economic blockade by the United States which has limited among other things, school supplies and texts. Attempts at educating have been particularly difficult in those areas most affected by Contra action. In these areas schools have been de stroyed with 120 teachers having bee n killed or kidnapped. One specific inci dent of a pregnant schoolteacher being kidnapped in front of her class was mentioned. The government's stated objectives are to wipe out illiteracy by 1990, to in crease basic popular education, to re view curriculum and to concentrate educational efforts in those areas most needed by the country. Continued ac cess to university education will be facilitated through government subsi dies that pay for room and board and continued page 3

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What's On •Youth and student organisa tions in southern Africa and their activities presented by the Centre for Developing Studies. Takes place at 2p.m. in seminar room 100. CDAS, 3715 Peel Street.

•Management U ndergraduate Society presents the Fashion Show today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at L'Esprit. Tickets on sale in Bronfman lobby. $6 .0 0 .

•Images for Export: the new face of war in El Salvador. Meet the writer/producer Mary Armstrong. 8 pm. FDAA. For more info:398-4104 •Faculty of Medicine presents a free public lecture with John H. Bur

gess: Hardening of the arteries: taking research to heart. Leacock 232. 8 p.m. •S.A.C. is screening the film Destruc tive Engagement. It will be followed by three speakers from Namibia and Zim babwe. discussing the effects of South African occupation and aggression. Stewart Biology room S1/4 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For info call 398-6815.

•Francophone week celebrations today: an evening of Francophone music in the Alley, free bread and cheese from 5p.m. till whenever. •Bible study discussion group meets around the fireplace at the Newman Centre every tuesday at 1:30pm. For info call Roberta Clare 398-4104, Presbyterian/United Church Chaplain on campus.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 15,1988

•Ball! Last chance for students and staff to learn the basic steps to Scot tish Country Dancing before the

•The Department of Anthropology’s Ethnology Series is pleased to present Professor McKim Marriott of the Uni versity of Chicago speaking on “The

year end ball (March 26), Semi-formal with live music, $8.00. Classes every Wednesday 8 -10p.m. at Black Watch Armoury on Bleury. For info call 2869983. •Facts on Free Trade, “Canada don’t trade it away.” Featuring Dr. Duncan Cameron, professor of Politi cal Science at University of Ottawa and Dr. Gregory Baum, professor. Christain Ethics, McGill University. Takes place in room 304, McConnell Engi neering Building at 7:30p.m. Spon sored by McGill University Chaplency Service. Info: 398-4104.

Burnside Hall, All welcome. •Improvisational Debating in room 270-Arts. Happens this and every friday at 3pm. All welcome.

Cultural Predicates of a Hindu Ethnosociology”. Leacock 738, at 4:30p.m. •EUS and McGill student Pugwash present “Military Research, Does it have a place on campus?” A Panel discussion at FDA Auditorium at 7p.m. •Francophone Week, in association with McGill Film Society presents Gina in Leacock 132 at 8 p.m. Members $1.50, others S2.50. *Face to Face presents A Debate

•’’More subtle and more pro found than chess" - Robert Silver

on Marx's Interpretation of He gel. featuring Charles Taylor and James Tully. Leacock 26, 1:30p.m.

berg. The McGill GO club will be meeting at 5 p.m. in the Union Build ing. More than a game, it’s a philoso phy. For info call David Goodger, 2546772 (458-7142 weekends).

•Veteran rocker Dr. Limbo appears tonight and tomorrow night at the American Rock Café, 2080 Aylmer St.

•McGill Film and Communica tions Program: Lecture Series on

•McGill Caribbean Students’ Society Multicultural Show at the Westmount High Auditorium 4350 StCatherine St. West. The show begins at 6:45pm , tickets $5. For info call: 398-6814 or 286-1479 •Party follows the Multicultural Show in the Union B09/10 10pm to 1:30am. Reggae, Calypso, Soul. House music...All welcome

•Worship for a university com munity. St-Martha’s In-the-Basement, 10:30am, 3521 University. For info: Roberta Clare:398-4104 Presbyterian/United Chaplaincy at McGill.

•Renata Trujillo will read from her poetry; open readings afterwards; sponsered by The Scrivener; Bar St. Laurent, 3874 St. Laurent, 8 pm. •The Social Justice Committee of Montreal invites you to a benefit screening of “And That Is Why The State Is To Blame.” The film is a portrait of the state of social injustice and human rights in El Salvador. Two screenings. 6 pm and 7:30pm. at the NFB Cinema in Complexe Guy Favreau, 200 Dorchester-Levesque. Suggested; $ 6 general; $4 students, senior and unwaged. •Monday night prepared Debate rounds start at 6:00pm room 425 stu dent Union. All welcome.

•"Is there a Liberation Theology for Canada?” will be the topic for discussion by Professor Gregory Baum, Religious Studies at 6:30pm 3521 University St., the United Theo logical College.

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“Social Responsibility and the Media.” Speaker: Stan Brakhage, Independent Artist, Possibly taking place at McDonald-Harrington, room G-10 at 7p.m. For info call 398-6558. •Godspell runs till Friday, March 19. Tickets $4.00 students and seniors, $6.00 adults, on sale at Sadies and at the door. The door is at Erskine and Ameri can United Church, 3407 Du Musée. Showtime 8 p.m. •Francophone Week Spectacle: Le Boulevard at the Alley, 8 p.m. Admis sion is $ 1.00

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News

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 15,1988

W rapping up the news by Max Harrold

David Johnston... in the n e w s

Student Council last Tuesday ap proved the expenditure of funds to install a ramp for the disabled in front of the Union building. StudSoc V.P. Finance, Don Samoil told the Tribune that the “figure of $30,000 has been mentioned’-, but that is yet to be con firmed. This money is above and be yond funds approved by students in last week’s Access McGill referendum. Sam Miller, of Access McGill, said he thought those who presented the ramp motion “should have waited” until af-

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A real slugfest was had where the race for VP External was concerned, however. In the end, Mark Cameron came out on top (965) over two strong opponents; Daniel Guillemette (639) and Nubar Goudsouzian (526). Guillemette seemed conciliatory about his loss and Cameron said he would strive to work with anyone interested. Amanda Kalhok pulled off an im pressive victory for VP Internal, win ning 1364 votes to Tom Dimitian’s334 and Vincent Poirier’s 346. Maria Bat taglia ecstatic at being re-elected VP University Affairs (1700), told her opponent Harris Poulis (432) ,”We have a deal”, meaning she wanted him working with her in her portfolio and possibly as a member of the University Affairs Committee. Describing the McGill Daily’s cam

paign for passage of its two items on the Ballot, Daily Co-ordinating News Editor Chris Lawson said simply “it was tragic event.” Both the quorum and fee levy questions were “ not essential or critical”, although quorum passed because, it was able to “sell itself.” As for the DPS’ ability to control fees due to inflation, Lawson said this was a question for next year’s staff. The constitutional amendment af fecting graduate representation on StudSoc was an attempt to deal with the perceived grievances of graduate stu dents. But the measure was defeated by a mere 36 votes and StudSoc President Daniel Tenenbaum plans to ask for a recount. He says that if the recount does not reverse the the result, "next year's Council will have to come to a deci sion" because it's "only fair” that grads' needs be met eventually.

... Ex- Agent continued from page 1

Following Agee’s personal tale, he described the history of the CIA. The National Security Act, formulated as a result of the Pearl Harbour attack, pro vided for a top-ranking National Secu rity Council. The Council was respon sible for the development of an intelli gence agency which would play a role in the “secret intervention in the affairs of other governments.” Thus the U.S. government, ex plained Agee, “instituted, bureaucrati cally, covert operations.” The IranContra affair is only the latest example of “the corruption, the hypocrisy of

American foreign policy.” Agee of fered as examples the interference with elections in Italy in the late forties, the overthrow of the Iranian government in 1954, and the massacre of hundreds of thousands of supporters of the PKI in Indonesia. The CIA’s purpose, he proposes, is not to stop communism, but to preserve stability such that “exploitation by the United States’ corporate interests” may be preserved and that the uprisings will not serve as examples to the 33 million Americans who exist below the poverty line.

ter the election because he thought the motion might have hurt the referendum’s chances. Jennifer Fraser, one of those who pre sented the motion, claimed it covered renovations to the Union Building, whereas the $2 Access McGill referen dum concerned campus wide improve ments for the disabled. Fraser said renovations for Gerts had been carried out last summer with money from the Capital Expenditure Reserve Fund and therefore, she said, the ramp issue should be no different. Yet Maria Bat taglia, StudSoc VP University Affairs, told the Tribune that the Gerts renova tions were financed through a “special fund” designed specifically for this purpose. Council also discussed next year’s

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Macdonald. Verrait felt Macdonald should “take control” of Canada's cul tural policies in a “military” type of way. In fact, he said the CBC and the Candian Armed Forces should “swap” strategic policies to ensure “a common purpose” as an independent nation, not an American colony. Other highlights of the day were appearances by Montreal media per sonalities Tommy Shnurmacher, Terry

Study Break. The administration would like to have the break coincide with the Easter holiday or eliminate it altogether. Battaglia plans to meet with Dr. W. Purdy, Chairperson of the Timetable of Student Records Committee (Senate) to discuss other possibilities. Next year is an “odd” year, said she. because “Easter is early and Passover is late.” Battaglia plans to carry out an informal survey of stu dents to help determine general opin ion.

Changing of the Guard September 1989 will see the arrival at McGill of both a new principal and a ne w chancellor. This rare simultaneous changing of the guard will occur due to the departure of Principal and ViceChancellor David Johnston and Chan-

DiMonte, Douglas Leopold, John Oakley and Joel Gordon. Speakers said determination, energy, diverse cultural knowledge and net working were of paramount impor tance to a successful future in the media. A definite “no-no” is getting into the business purely for the fringe benefits. Just being at this type of event is useful for those aspiring toward a career in the media, said Schnurmacher.

cellor A. Jean de Grandpré. Johnston is apparently leaving so that the univer sity can “renew” itself after nearly ten years on the job. Johnston plans to teach and research in McGill’s Law Faculty. De Grandpré. meanwhile, is leaving after a five year stay as Chan cellor, perhaps to concentrate more on his duties as Chairman of Bell Canada. Search committees for both positions have been struck and, low and behold, students will have input. Wouldn’t you like to be the fly on the wall of that committee room?

New Frat on Campus? A contigent of twenty of the “best” promoters Phi Sigma Kappa has, dissended upon McGill last week end in an all out effort to convince a few hearty (male) souls to take up the cause and start a local chapter of the frater nity. The students mostly from Towson, Maryland, said Phi Sigma Kappa International had targeted McGill as an opportune place for the creation of a local frat. They were looking for about twenty recruits to become “founding fathers” to “ promote brotherhood”, ac cording to frat vice president Bob Thomas. Interested students can leave their names and addresses in the InterFraternity Council box at the StudSoc desk.

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Editorial

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 1 5 ,1988

Clandestine Referenda:

The M cG ill D aily almost slipped one past us, folks. It was a challenge to unearth the buried notice with the miniscule print on page two of their March 8 issue, a whole day before polling period. No rules were broken though; an annuouncement of the referenda did appear in the bottom right hand comer of page 12 of the February 29 issue. Voters likely whizzed through the tedious wording of the constitu tional ballots and thus lost the proposed D aily amendments somewhere in the clutter. So why don’t we take a close look at one of these proposals: "Any increase o f m ore than fiv e p e r cent shall be subject to ratification by a simple majority of the Publications Society's members voting in a referendum on that question..." Translation: Do you want to give the D aily Board (six students and three D a ily staffers) the authority to increase the feesyow pay to the D aily , whenever they see fit? Presently, any D aily fee increase must be approved by a campus-wide referendum, as do Student Society fee adjustments. One can imagine the screaming if StudSoc had proposed that C ouncil had been given the power to raise your Student Society fees without even asking you. Yet this is equivalent to the amendment which the D aily desired. Until now, there has not been a whimper. The problem was the appalling

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amount of advance publicity: virtually none. The D aily attempted, in a rather underhanded manner, to stifle voter disapproval of this amendment. It is this sly behaviour which is the most contentious issue surrounding the referenda. If the D aily staff truly wanted students to carefully consider their proposal, why did they not publicize it more? The purpose of the other Dm/yreferendum, regarding quorum, was little more than vague. Perhaps clarification of the issues would decrease the massive proportion of “no opinion” ballots. Perhaps those in power on the D aily would prefer to keep the voters in the dark. To let all the facts be known, it should be restated that the increase which the Board could have imposed was limited to 5%. Any greater change would still have required a referendum. Nevertheless, the coy phrasing of the D a ily's “What you should know” (about the referenda) advertisement shows they hoped you would consider this a rather casual affair: “...a minor transfer in decision making authority...” Handing over the ability to institute a fee increase is far from minor. Thankfully, the voters at McGill University are not quite as docile and obedient as the D aily so arrogantly seems to think.

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U.S.S.R. saga To the Editor; Ian Pringle:

I was very disturbed to read, in last week’s issue of The Tribune, that my article about the Russian Studies' trip to the Soviet Union had ‘insulted’ and ‘em barrassed’ you. I can assure you that this was not my intent. Perhaps part of the discomfort you experienced while read ing my article can be erradicated by the clarification of a few points. The first aspect of my article which you attacked was the title. Unfortunately, in your haste to condemn me for being ‘cute’ you managed to misquote the title. It originally read “Back from the U.S.S.R.: You don’t know how lucky you are?”. You left out the question mark when quoting me. Although punctuation is of ten misused or totally forgotten, it does serve a purpose. In this case, the question mark was used to denote doubt or skepti cism about the “patronizing” phrase. I realize that a question mark is not very large, and can be easily missed when skimming an article, but this does not mean that it is not important. Perhaps, though, I was being a little too subtle. As for “conjuring up a stereotypical image of the Soviet Union as the World's largest prison camp,” this was not my in tention; in fact it was quite the opposite. I attempted to create a collage of impres sions of those who had had the opportu nity to visit the U.S.S.R.. If 1 had added qualifying statements to the quotes of those interviewed or had in some way directed your thinking, then I would be guilty of your accusations. I have not been to the U.S.R.R.; therefore I have no place in adding my personal critique of the im pressions of those interviewed in the article. When writing the piece I assumed that McGill students were intelligent enough to pass their own value judge ments on what was written, perhaps I assumed too much. Your comments in regards to the “schlock” about glasnost were offensive, not just to me but I'm sure also to profes sor Austin, Chairperson of the Russian and Slavic Studies Department. Professor Austin’s reflections are not based solely on a single trip to the U.S.R.R.; rather, he has been to the country several times. His knowledge on the subject is founded upon his studies and personal experience. The viewpoints expressed in my article may not have corresponded with your own, but I do not believe I am at fault for presenting the material in the manner which I chose. 1 purposely left the analy sis to the reader, in the hope that our freethinking student readership would come to its own conclusions based on reason and understanding. M ichelle Ninow

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Assistant Editor Tanya Van Valkenburg

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Features Editors Mike Crawley Kate Morisset

Entertainment Editor Jennifer Henderson

Sports Editor Jamie Alden Lionel Chow

An open letter to all McGill students: Haven’t heard the news? Miss the party? QPIRG’s referendum victory is cause for McGill students to cele brate! Congratulations and thanks to everyone who voted “yes” to a QPIRG chapter on campus. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take the QPIRG constitution to Senate for ratification and work out financial logistics with McGill. By September, a full-fledged QPIRG chapter will be off the ground. The concept of a Public Interest Re search Group is still an abstract one to most people. There are [necessarily] no specific projects planned at this point, because it will be up to the student body and the elected board to choose the issues QPIRG will ad dress. Many suggestions have already

been put forth, by various groups and individuals as well as by members of the QPIRG Organizing Club. We meet in the Union on Tuesdays at 5p.m.; this week’s meeting will be in Room 425, and we urge everyone interested to attend. We especially encourage representatives of existing organizations to get involved. All who demonstrated their enthu siasm for a PIRG in Quebec will soon have the opportunity to channel it into PIRG “research, education and ac tion” campaigns. But for now voters, QPIRG organizers and volunteers can bask in the glow of a great refer endum result. Thanks, McGill.

Student saddened

Women will oppose it because d o e s n o t remove the intrinsic idea that man is male; ...(missing pronoun); ...French chefs w ill w ill welcome the change....(double auxiliary verb); One generation s h o u ld th e absolute maximum amount of time required, (miss ing verb); ...d ic tio n a ir ie s ... (sp): And this particularly masterful combina tion of a run-on sentence and misplaced adverb: Naturally, the notion of a wayman will take some time to catch on and become ingrained in the language but since it is one concrete idea, it may b e c o m e a c r e m a h ie

I have been much saddened of late by the editorial quality of both the T r ib u n e and the D a ily , not so much by what you say but the childish way in which you choose to say it. The Oxford Paperback Dictionary defines “editor" as: “... a person who is responsible for the content and writing of a newspaper”. You fail to live up to the responsibility. I feel that your treatment of the letter to the editor by Mr/Ms I. Pringle is an excellent case in point. It was obvious that you disagreed with Mr/ Ms Pringle's criticism of your previous ar ticle, however your choice of headline “Pringle pissed o ff’ has all the maturity of a child writing dirty words on the bathroom wall. In a university publication I expect a higher level of wit and sophistication. I am assuming that, in an attempt to point out the “obvious lack of intelligence” of the writer, you chose not to correct the spelling mistakes in the letter, but rather to highlight them through the inclusion of a “(sic)” after each one. Your function as editor is to en sure that each submission is properly legible and comprehensible without changing the author’s meaning. If you have editorial comment, save it for a few articulate and well chosen words at the end of the piece. Challenge the logic of a submission or dis pute the facts by all means, but don’t attempt a cheap put-down of the author’s grammar or spelling to win your point. Least you think that I am being too harsh on you, I should like to call your attention to your short editorial submission titled, “The gender neutral language mystery: solved!” which appeared immediately above Mr/Ms Pringle’s letter, and which contains the fol lowing examples of careful editorialization:

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Hugh R Williamson LLM 2 E d . n o te : T h a n k s f o r th e s u g g e s tio n c o n c e r n in g e d ito r ia l c o m m e n t. U n fo r tu n a te ly , it is e x tr e m e ly b a d p r a c ti c e to r e fu te a le tte r to th e e d ito r b y a d d in g e d ito r ia l c o m m e n t to th e e n d o f it. T h is p r o c e d u r e w ill a lw a y s g iv e th e e d ito r th e la s t w o r d a n d s h o u ld th e r e f o r e b e a v o id e d , r e g a r d le s s o f h o w g r e a t th e te m p ta tio n .

Mariam Bouchoutrouch Stephanie Zelman

To the Editor:

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The Athletics Department is duty bound to refute the article that was written by you in March 1st issue of the T rib u n e. Firstly, we must assure our students and all Weston Pool users that we have never allowed people to use the pool when the water was unsafe. The chlorine content and PH are taken three times each day and are recorded in our log book as required by law. Each reading must fall within a “safe range” in order that the pool be opened. This policy had been adhered to at the Weston Pool. Secondly, regarding the clarity of the water and article #40, there is some flexi bility with the by-law, which the inspector obviously used. The purpose of that article is to ensure that the lifeguard could see the bottom of the pool in case of someone drowning. Obviously in such a small pool as Weston, the regulation does not have to be applied as strictly as at some outdoor pools wherer visibility is more difficult. This water was not hazardous to anyone’s health. Lastly, please take note that all the neces sary safety equipment, such as a spinal board, reaching pole and first aid kit are all in place at Weston Pool. We would like to assure all our patrons that swimming at Weston Pool is not hazardous to their health. Sincerely Yours,

Charlie "the Dunker" Quinn

Gerry Dubrule Aquatics Coordinator

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I suspect that I have made my point. I have suffered from dyslexia all my life and have had considerable experience, as both student and teacher, with the problems faced by persons affected with learning dis abilities. That you have chosen to interpret Mr/Ms Pringle’s spelling mistakes as lack of intelligence is more a sign of your igno rance than his/hers. I choose to subscribe to U.S. President Andrew Jackson’s philoso phy; “A man can’t have much imagination, if he can only think of one way to spell a word.” I look forward to a much improved T r ib u n e in future. Should the standard of your work not improve, I shall be forced to notify your professors, parents, and the D a ily .

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Incorrect cutline deemed sexist To the T rib:

There was an error in the cut-line which accompanied the Drama Festival article on March 8th. It said "Debbie Pol lit shows her form at the Players’.” Who is Debbie Pollit? Is she the one with the beard? Is she the one on the bottom left comer? Is she the one holding the sign? B u z : Answer: None of the above! Debbie Pollit is no where in this picture - 1 am the girl holding the sign, Steven Beauregard is the one with the beard, and Ken Dobell is squashed in the bottom left comer. By the way, I could have been offended by the sexist cut-line but it wasn’t my name anyway. But what of poor Steven’s form? I would greatly appreciate it if you cor rected the errors and put the proper names in the next T r ib u n e . I hope there’s some thing to be done. Laurie M. Armstrong Arts U1

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L etters Irony and m udslinging To the Editor: I was struck by the great irony of Ian Pringle’s letter to the editor (March 8 .) Pringle took delight in attacking an ar ticle which in his mind was written with an “overwhelming patronising tone.” Does he not realize that his letter was perhaps more patronizing? Pringle’s opening paragraph exem plifies his complete misunderstanding of journalism. An interview is not a converstaion. In fact, it is a contrived situation, wherein individuals unaccustomed to rapidly answering prepared questions may respond with comments lacking deep insight. I do not protest defending my own words; however, Pringle’s nasty writ ing style linked my thoughts with oth ers. If Pringle is prepared to aggres sively criticize, he should not do so by falsifying comments. Is he not guilty of the identical “offensive, absurd and narrow-minded,” attitude that he is self-righteously condemning? It was hardly my intention to depict the Soviet Union as the “world’s larg est prison camp.” Actually, my impres sions, although not apparent to Pringle, were trying to dispell the over-simplis tic image of the country. Perhaps if Pringle had thought before he acted, he would not have been so quick to judge and condemn. Is Pringle setting up a mud slinging contest? His caustic words dribbled into a whirlpool of incoherence. The underlying tone of his letter was mis placed anger, unchanneled and un founded. He blew words out of propor tion in order to vent his hostility.

Jillian Cohen U3 Political Science

QPIRG OK To the Tribune: I should like, in my capacity as Clubs’ Rep to Council, to reply to J.R. Kneen in his “Council Comment” piece published in the McGill Tribune on March 8 th. First, regarding the lack of a “no” committee on the QPIRG referendum question, which Mr. Kneen sees as being unfortunate: as far as I understand, any interested persons have as equal an opportunity to set up a “no” committe as a “yes” committee, and the fact tha a “no” committee was not set up seems to indicate that stu dents feel that a “no” committee is undesired. Regarding Mr. Kneen’s claim that the QPIRG Organizing Club has disre garded SSMU and its clubs and interest groups; from my contact with QPIRG supporters, the organization will only complement existing groups, clubs etc. Also, many individual club members with whom I have spoken are in favour

of QPIRG. No club as a whole has approached me with a serious misgiv ing about QPIRG. I feel that while not all of everyone’s questions about QPIRG have been an swered in the Tribune or the Daily ar ticles and letters, QPIRG organizers have been willing and available to answer very specific questions, regard ing such things as refunding of fees and other very detailed questions, which really cannot be covered in a summary article.

J.Y. Wu U3 Science Clubs Rep to Council

Vote Responsibly To The Tribune, As a full time day student doing a second program in the evening, I have had a very brief exposure to McGill’s Centre for Continuing Education. My experience with MACES (McGill As sociation of Continuing Education Students) is even more limited. How ever, I do see the end of MACES’ trus teeship and Senate’s approval of the MACES Constitution as positive steps towards the day that McGill’s Admini stration will give Continuing Educa tion the respect that it deserves. This respect will come from the University’s recognition of the Centre, not only as a Faculty, but also as a viable educational unit that providesa service to the members of the public who would not otherwise be able to attend specialized courses. This puts the Cnetre in direct competition with Concordia which, for many years, has offered evening students a full range of degree possibilities, whether it be a B.Sc or an MBA. Traditionally, has it not been a widely-held opinion that McGill is a better university than Con cordia? It is the duty of MACES, in conjunction with the administrators of the Centre, to ensure that Continuing Education at McGill is not reduced to merely taking basket-weaving courses and nothing more, a situation that could deal a serious blow to McGill’s reputa tion. Therefore, the upcoming MACES election at the end of March is a very important time for the future of McGill’s 9000-plus Continuing Edu cation students. Unfortunately, this election, like the Students’ Society elections, is plagued by student apathy and an undesirable element. Sadly present in all major elections, the unde sirability of this element stems from the egocentric candidacy of a person for a position of power andinfluence, such as President or Senator. This candidate is only in the race for himself [herself] in order to further his[her] own selfinterests and oly paying lip service to the concerns of his[her] electors. It is this element that wishes to bring MACES back to the vulnerable, pre trusteeship days of years ago, a selfserving position that may plunge MACES into another trusteeship and Continuing Education into ill-repute. Although I am not running for any positions, I urge all eligible voters to not only vote but to vote responsibly and sensibly.

Titi Nguyen B.Sc. U1

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A n y student group on cam pus may request o ffice space in the U niversity Centre provided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1988. A cco rding to C o uncil p o lic y adopted September 13th, 1978, the same groups in e lig ib le to receive Students' Society funds are also not e lig ib le to be given office space in the U niversity Centre. Please note the fo llo w in g : - G roups w ith o ffice space in 1987/88 w ill be given preference. - The Joint M anagem ent C om m ittee w ill review all space requests and, at its discretion, w ill decide w h ic h groups assigned space w ill have to share offices. Due to the e xtre m ely high dem and fo r o ffic e space in the U n ive rsity C entre, it w o u ld be h ig h ly appreciated if groups, w h ic h do n o t absolutely need o ffic e space, re fra in fro m requesting an o ffice . In the letter o f a p p lica tio n fo r o ffice space, please in clud e any com m ents or recom m endations relating to the physical co n d itio n o f the clu b offices, the adequacy o f the fu rn iture and accessories and any im provem ents that should be made. NOTE There is no specific request form for office space. Requests, with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students' Society General Office, Room 105 , 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Q uebec H 3A 1X 9 .

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Year of hope turns to despair and doom by Chris Alexander What began as a year of bright hopes is ending as yet another of deep uncer tainty for McGill University. Despite Liberal Finance Minister Gerard-D. Levesque's announcement on 30 April 1987 of $40 million in new monies for universities, McGill will end its finan cial year on May 31 with its own accu mulated deficit of more than $40 mil lion. With last Spring’s announcement, the Liberal Government partially ful filled its commitment to put the univer sities back on track after the savage cuts endured in the Parti Québécois’ last years in power. The most pressing problems were identified at the Parlia mentary Commission of Fall, 1986. Predictably, the final amount awarded was much less than that origi nally requested by Minister Ryan in a memorandum leaked to Le Devoir late last winter. It included $25 million for one-time improvements to universities (indirect costs of research, libraries, etc.) and $15 million to correct base budget underfunding. With well over fifty percent of the underfunding load, McGill expected to receive half of the

latter amount. In the end. only one quarter - $3.75 million - of it went to redress the in equities in the system identified by the ministry’s studies. The other threequarters were distributed on the basis of student population. There was considerable protest over this decision. Minister Ryan reacted by promising that such an arbitrary for mula for distributing new funds will not form the basis of the new overall formula promised for Fall, 1989. Until then, the underfunded universities of the province - McGill, HEC, Bishop’s, Concordia and Polytechnique - will continue to dispute the Minister’s in tentions. For these institutions, the only other possible panacea to these problems remains tuition fees. These were frozen by Premier Bourassa in the Fall of 1986 until at least 1989. But after the recent Liberal Party Congress - at which a resolution calling for higher tuition was placed on the agenda but not dis cussed - it appears the next provincial election will be the testing ground for a policy change. Higher Education Min ister Ryan, whose riding of Argenteuil

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S TU D E N T SEN A TO R S & GOVERNORS to e le c t th ree re p re se n ta tive s to S tu d e n ts' C oun cil

Wednesday, March 23, 1988 5:30 p.m. University Centre, Room 107/108 NOTES: 1. W he re the incom ing stu d e n t se n ato r is not a va il able, the outgoing stu d e n t senator for the faculty involved w ill be the only alternate. 2. An alte rna te is not eligible fo r election. 3. T h e re w ill be no replacem ents to this m eeting for the incom ing stu d e n t g o vern o rs w ho are unable to attend. 4. O nly incom ing stu d e n t se n ato rs and governors shall be eligible for selection.

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universités - the province’s advisory body for universities - has been push ing the Minister in this direction for some time, and the Council of Rectors and Principals of Quebec has offered more tentative support. The Parti Qué bécois and the largest part of the Que bec student movement - including ANEEQ, U. de Montréal and Laval remain opposed to any tuition hike. For McGill the question may reduce to one of outright desperation. With deficit pressures building so rapidly, the funding problem may have out grown the government's own capacity to solve it. If this is the case, it must be asked, to what extent should universi ties be made more exclusive in order to preserve levels of quality the govern ment can no longer provide? Over the last few years, the experience of tuition increases in other provinces has shown that higher tuition does not always bring universities the deliverance they seek. Present McGill fees account for less than 9% of the cost of our educa tion. More often than not, higher tuition has provided governments with a much needed excuse to shrink their own defi cits.

Clearly, the next year will be deci sive for the future of university funding and low tuition in this province. If McGill students do not have a clear idea of where they stand, their institu tion risks a further slide down the slip pery slope of fiscal restraint. Can any of us afford such decline? To ensure the government under stands its responsibility for the sorry state of Quebec universities in general and McGill in particular, Students Society has struck its own Underfunding Committee. This group has been hard at work over the last weeks raising the profile of this issue on campus. Over the next month, mem bers of this committee and other stu dent leaders will be trying to impress upon cabinet ministers the gravity of McGill’s plight. But lobbying is al ways only lobbying. If students do not express their outrage together, little relief can be expected. Too many other institutions and programs are compet ing for a diminishing fiscal pie. Tomorrow’s General Assembly will be an opportunity to channel our frustra tion with underfunding into a solution. Let’s not pass it up.

Funding future looks as bleak as past

MINERVA RESTAURANT

Students' Society of McGill University

proposed the resolution, has recently indicated he favours fees equal to the Canadian average. The Conseil des

by Shahir Guindi It is no surprise to anyone that underfunding and student fees have been a major concern of the Quebec popula tion since the mid 1960s. Students and administrators have together been pleading to the provincial government. Unfortunately, the government’s sympathy has been limited to talk. We have seen no action. Various promises were made before the last provincial election in 1985, which in effect assured the population that universities would be taken care of. Mr. Ryan, current Minister respon sible for education, promised that uni versity education would be an essential part of a “dynamic” economic and social development policy. As well, he promised major improvements to the loans and bursaries program in the province. He insisted that tuition fees of foreign students would be kept at a level comparable to those payed by foreign students at other Canadian uni versities. If elected, new resources would be allocated to the development of university libraries, laboratories and scientific equipment. His party would also direct its attention to the revitaliza tion of professorial staff. Lastly, yet perhaps most importantly, in a speech only months before the election, Ryan promised that new modes of university funding would be undertaken. In reality, however, words do not suffice. Action is needed. Was any such action taken by the government after its election? Apparently not. Over the years, various bodies have pleaded with the government for greater finan cial support: La Fédération des asso ciations de professeurs des universités du Québec; La Conférence des recteurs et principaux des universités; McGill; U of M; Concordia; U of Sherbrooke; U.Q.A.M.; Association national des étudiants et étudiantes du Québec (ANEEQ); and the Students’ Society of McGill University. The results have not been encourag ing. In real terms, McGill received $47 million less in 1986 than it did in 1977.

That is a decrease of 28%. In that same period, student enrollment was up 19%. The result is a 40% decrease in funds available per full-time equiva lent student. As well, between the 1977-78 and 1985-86 academic years, there were 47 fewer professors teach ing 2.591 more students. In 1970-71 the average number of hours per week that the university library was open for study during the fall and winter semes ters was 106. In 1985-86 this number had fallen to 96 per week for study and only 63.5 for service. Since 1981 McGill has been under funded by approximately $90 million. Its professors made on the average

(1984-85 measurements) $6,000 per , year less than their counterparts in 1 other Quebec universities. As of May 31, 1980, Quebec universities had an aggregate accumulated surplus of $37 million. As of 1987, only seven years later, there was an aggregate accumu lated defecit of $129.1 million. The facts speak for themselves. The immediate future looks bleak. Our university and others in Quebec will not be able to continue providing adequate levels of education. We must move ahead and do our part to initiate change. We have an historical under standing of the underfunding problem. Why not therefore become part of the t remedy?

U nderfunding Facts 1. Between 1978 and 1986, the funding allocated to Quebec universities w, $420 million below the amount necessary to keep up with depreciation, infla tion and increasing enrollment. In other words, operating budgets underwei annual compressions of (on average) 3.7% for this period. 2. While in 1978, Quebec spent 97% of what Ontario spent per university stu dent, in 1986 it spent only 77% of the Ontario figure. 3. Official tuition fees have not increased in Quebec since 1968. In 1971, tht accounted for 18.5% of university operating budgets; in 1985, for only 9.7? 4. All Quebec universities are underfunded. But according to a 1987 Mini try study, McGill, HEC, Bishop’s, Sherbrooke, Concordia and Polytechnique are disadvantaged relative to the whole system by $32 million. McGill ai counted for at least 54% of this relative underfunding. 5. Of the $40 million of new money allocated to universities, only $3.1 million went to correct the problem of relative underfunding. 6 . If no new money is announced, McGill will have an accumulated deficit of over $55 million by May 1989. 7. McGill receives 11 % less per student in tuition and government grants th. the other Quebec universities with Medical faculties. 8 . The number of professors at McGill dipped by 10% between 1980 and 1984, while numbers in the province as a whole increased by 1.7%. 9. McGill professors make on the average 10% less than their colleagues Université de Montréal and Laval. 10. McGill professors produce more masters and PhD graduates than ai university in Canada. They also receive more federal research funding < average than any other professoriate in Canada.

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 15,1988

An Underfunded Life by Kim Farley Albert was irate. He had overslept that morning and didn't stumble into his 9:00 Poli Sci class until 9:08. Find ing every seat already taken , he reluc tantly joined the rest of the latecomers in the aisles, wedging himself between two rather largish, scary looking fresh men and balancing a notebook precari ously on his knees. Too timid to move, Albert craned his neck and tried to locate his professor through the maze of bodies. He had no luck visually, but by closing his eyes and listening in tently he could make out the slight hum of his instructor’s monotone over the rustling of paper and the coughing. Albert thought the prof sounded tired today, slurring into his microphone a little more than usual and generally coming across as haggard and over worked. (Albert’s superlative auditory skills picked all this up from the man’s speech patterns, because he still could see absolutely nothing except the frizzy perm of the girl in front of him.) Albert left his first class dissatisfied, thinking that as a fee-paying student he should at least be entitled to a seat and some breathing space. Even on a crowded airplane they guarantee you that. Albert headed dejectedly to the library to research his history paper. He’d missed breakfast, but the line-up in the cafeteria was too oppressive to even consider, so he resolved to forget his hunger and concentrate whole heartedly on the “Pursuit of Learning” instead. In the periodical index at the library, he unearthed what seemed to be fantastic sources for his essay. This put him in a great mood. He did not

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by Kate Morisset “In short, we ask the M inistry fo r sim ple justice: we seek an equality o f treatm ent which it is the M in istry’s responsibility to proS vide. Justice delayed is indeed ' ju stice denied, and the equitable treatm ent o f M cG ill has been d e n ied fo r f a r too long already." P rinciple Johnston, O ctober 1987

By May 1990, McGill will be 55 million dollars in debt. This large amount of money has not been spent on staff trips, nor cushy executive offices and boardrooms. Fifty five million dollars has attempted to allevi ate the library inadequacies, the over crowding problem, the high student/ teacher ratio. In fact, this debt has incrued to alleviate the underfunding crisis which McGill faces. Underfunding is not a new con cept. It has plagued the University system in Quebec for over a decade. With less funds available to hire new faculty and staff, to improve the qual ity of research facilities, one would assume that underfunding would lead to a decline in the quality of education. At McGill, the quality of teaching and research has surely suffered as the university struggles to maintain its high standards. One must therefore ask how McGill finds itself in such a predica ment? In June of last year, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science re leased its report on the funding (or lack thereof) of Quebec universities. In its study, the Ministry compared the level of actual government funding (admis

even grow frustrated at having to wait twenty minutes just to speak to a librar ian, certain he could whiz through the periodicals and be at Burger King within the hour. But the stacks were unkind to poor Albert. He found that McGill did not even own half of what was listed in the periodical index. After striding obnox iously to the front of the line and de manding some answers from the har ried librarian (who has to deal with several irate Alberts a day), Albert was told the straight facts. McGill, in its drastically underfunded state, does not have the finances to upgrade its mea ger, inadequate, outdated supply of books and cannot revitalize the library until it has combatted a $55 million deficit. Albert began to think seriously about the quality of education he was receiving at McGill. The library kicked him out each night at 10:45, his confer ences were too huge to have good dis cussions and many of his professors seemed tired and perhaps a little...jaded? He was aware that McGill offers lower salaries to the existing staff and is unable to muster the required amount to hire fresh teach ing blood into its ranks. When it came to his education, Al bert decided he was unwilling to toler ate being messed around. He wasn’t sure what could be done, but once he figured out what it was he was going to do it. There had to be a reason l’Université de Montréal had a beauti ful new parking lot while McGill couldn’t even get him the right maga zines.

sible expenditures) with the level of funding which each university would have received had its activities been funded on par with the whole university

Without vigorous and responsive in stitutions the students of tomorrow will be fatally unprepared for the society of the year 2000. As you are no doubt aware, the future demands more, not less, education from its members with each passing day. In spite of this, Que bec university budgets have undergone compressions of, on average, 3.7% each year from 1978 to 1986. More over, while Quebec spent 97% of what Ontario spent per universtiy student in 1978,in 1986 we spent only 77% ofthe Ontario figure. Yet at a time when these grave signs of decline multiply around us, the uni versities of Quebec are faced with the worst deficits in their history. Even with the additional funds announced for 1987-88, current projections fore cast a McGill University deficit of $54.3 million in May, 1989andS107.1 million in May, 1991. These predic tions are particularly unsettling for students, since the weight of deficits

The Honourable Robert Bourassa Prime Minister of the Province of Quebec 885 Grande-Allée East Building J, 3rd floor Quebec, Quebec G1A 1A2 Dear Sir: On February 5 1987, our predecessors wrote to encourage your Government to make good on its commitment to in creased university funding. Today, over one year later, the students of Quebec have received substantial in terim relief, but no long-term assur ances. They remain uncertain whether current injustices in the sys tem will be redressed and concerned for the flagging viability of their insti tutions. We write to add the voice of McGill students to those already call ing for a solution to this deepening crisis._________________________

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network (normalized expenditures). According to the report, the universi ties which have admissive expenditues below normalized expenditures find

Feeling the Pinch 1. McGill’s Law Faculty has the highest student to faculty ratio in Canada. Twelve new full-time professors must be hired to bring the faculty in line with national standards. 2. The Faculty of Arts needs 179 new professors to meet the average student to faculty ratio for Canada. 3. The Art History Department’s student to professor ratio is 88% higher than the Faculty of Arts average, which itself is 35% higher than the average of all other faculties at McGill. Art History has only 5 pro fessors to teach 1400 students. 4. McGill’s Medical Library can only afford to subscribe to 45% of the available medical periodicals. 5. Enrollment in the Department of Political Science has increased by 40% from 1982 to 1987, but only 3 new professors have been added. There are 14 political science classes which have over 100 students. 6. The School of Social Work can no longer maintain a full-time field co-ordinator. 7. The Faculty of Science requires over $2 million to update its laboratories to meet today’s needs. 8. McGill ads 60,000 volumes a year to its libraries, while the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia each add more than 90,000 volumes annually. 9. More than 450 courses listed in the Faculty of Arts calendar are black-dotted. They are not offered this year.

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will postpone much-needed improve ments to the quality of education. They represent a mortgage on the fu ture of our university system. In our brief to the 1986 Parliamen tary Commission and in a referendum in the Spring of 1987, our Society agreed to help solve the problem of university underfunding by accepting a limited tuition increase in return for certain changes to the financial aid system. By deciding to extend the tui tion freeze until 1989, your govern ment has clearly decided to take full responsibility for fulfilling the real needs of universities. Faced with the symptoms of serious deterioration every day, McGill stu dents are particularly concerned about the treatment their own university has received. The Ministry of Higher Edu cation students of June 1987 indicate we receive an average of $ 17.5 million less than we deserve relative to the Quebec system as a whole. Within the Quebec student community itself there is widespread agreement that McGill is the most dramtically under funded institution. The injustice of this situation seems clear to all con cerned. We therefore urge your Govern ment, in the strongest terms possible, to solve the problem of relative underfunding and to reverse the ongoing erosion of the quality of our university system. The new support of 1988-89 must begin a new era of regular and equitable funding for universities. By not addressing this crisis your Gov ernment will continue to alienate stu dents. We all owe much more than alienation to the future of our prov ince.

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themselves to be relatively under funded. McGill accounts for over 50% of the relative underfunding in the uni versity network. The same study showed that English Universities com prise 83.3% of the distribution of pro vincial underfunding while the French universities comprise 17.5%. The Ministry released a similar study four years ago in which McGill accounted for 54% of the average underfunding. Subsequent to the re lease of the report in 1984, the govemmment proposed that McGill’s

underfunding be be rectified over a 3year period. No actions were taken on the Ministry’s part, however, and McGill’s situation deteriorated. The obvious response by those examining this situation is to advocate a fee increase. A substantial increase in tuition fees at McGill would only im prove the underfunding situation by 8 to 10 %. The onus lies with the government to act, and so far. McGill’s state of relative underfunding has been met with seeming indifference.

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A parable of university funding This is a tale of three workers, Pi erre, Paul and Peter. They all did the same work and should have received the same wage, but Pierre was paid $22,000, Paul $20,000 and Peter $18,000. Peter complained. And so did they all, because they should have been paid $25,000. The Company looked at their wages in 1981 and said, “Yes, you all should be paid the same wage, but we have no money, so we’ll take $ 1,000 off Pierre and give it to Peter. That way we'll reduce the difference.” Pierre howled. And the Company backed down. Nothing was done. Six years passed during which Peter cut down hos costs. His wife and children complained that they couldn’t afford the things that Pierre’s family could buy - not luxuries, just the neces sities of life. Peter told them, “Don’t lose hope, the Company is fair, some

thing will be done.” The years passed and Peter had to borrow money from the bank just to keep alive. Eventually the Company did a new study. The results were the same. Peter was still getting less than Pierre, al though he should have been paid the same. And all three of them were still underpaid. But ths time there was a difference. The Company had managed to scrape up $ 1,0 0 0 , and said it would be used to start correcting the injustice done to Peter for over six years. But their boss had other plans. He said, “They are all underpaid, so I’ll give a quarter of $1,000 to Peter and share the rest equally among the three. So Peter will get $500, Paul $250 and Pierre $250.” That meant that Pierre would be paid 522,250, Paul $20,250 and Peter 518,500, although they all should have

been paid the same. Peter was furious. “Where is the justice?” he fumed. “Only a quarter of the $ 1,000 has been used as promised, and I am still paid $3,750 less than Pierre. What do I do about my bank overdraft, how do I pay my bills?” The boss told him, “Wait, we will do an other study in two years, and see what can be done.” To make matters worse, his friend Pierre started complaining. “I will get only $250 out of the $ 1,000, and Peter will get $500. It should be shared equally.” Paul said nothing. Peter is still hoping the company will do the right thing. But he is losing faith. And he is worried stiff about the bank overdraft and those unpaid bills.

John Armour Vice-Principal Administration & Finance

Resolutions The following draft resolutions have been proposed by the McGill Underfunding Committee for discussion at the General Assembly. Other resolutions and amendments may be proposed from the floor. 1. Be it resolved that the Government of Quebec end its relative underfunding of certain Quebec universities, including McGill, by compen sating them in 1988-89 allocations for the injustices of the current funding formula, and by helping to retire their accumulated deficits. 2. Be it resolved that the Government of Quebec recognize the crucial importance of higher education to the future of the province by increasing its expenditures in this area to a greater proportion of provincial GNP. 3. Be it resolved that the prohibition of all forms of disguised tuition fees, including the so-called "course materials charge," be a precondition to any tuition fee increase. 4. Be it resolveds that a tuition fee increase be instituted only if: a) preceded by loans and bursaries reform and a provincial election; b) detailed study concludes that the fee increase will not inhibit access to universities; c) accompanied by increased student representation on university governing bodies and a comprehensive system of teaching evaluation by students; d) the resultant fee does not exceed the Canadian average.

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NOTES: 1. Quorum for this meeting is two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of organizations registered by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 18th (i.e., at least 5 days prior to the meeting). 2. Organizations eligible are only those which are DIRECTLY recognized by the McGill Students' Council and fall under the headings of Functional Groups, Activities and Interest Groups. 3. Organizations which are recognized by one of the fourteen (14) faculty and school societies or through the Students' Athletics Council are NOT eligible to be represented. 4. The Inter-Residence Council has its own representative to Students' Council and is therefore NOT eligible to send a delegate to this meeting. 5. All delegates must have been active members of their respective clubs for at least two months prior to the meeting. 6. All delegates must be members of the McGill Students' Society (i.e., any McGill student except those registered in Continuing Education). 7. A delegate who is not the president or chief officer of a particular group must be approved as the official delegate by the organization he or she is representing. 8. Organizations NOT listed above which ARE eligible to send a delegate should contact the Activities Programmer in the Students' Society General Office as soon as possible. 9. Organizations not registered by the deadline will NOT be permitted to take part in the meeting.

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Arts & Entertainment A cting shines in Freedom by Mike Crawley "Defensive flippancy" is how the character Skinner describes his way of life and death in The Freedom of the City. Perhaps his attitude would be most conducive to survival in the eco nomically desolate Derry City, North of Ireland, the setting of this play by Derry native Brian Friel. Nevertheless, the production by McGill’s Drama Program explicitly demonstrates the futility of any scheme to rise above the strife of 1970 Northern Ireland. A triad of protagonists is the cen trepiece of this play. Paul John (Skin ner), Stephanie McNamara (Lily), and Marc Domville (Michael) interact in tricately, conflict openly and carry the show with their vibrant performances. The three characters are victims of circumstance when they blindly stumble into the Derry mayor’s office after the demonstration in which they were participating was disseminated. The action transpires in a few hours on a Saturday afternoon. Stephanie McNamara is truly bril liant in her portrayal of Lily, convinc ing the audience that she is a fortyish mother of eleven kids. Her eyes sparkle with Irish mischief and she effectively handles her swings in character when Lily vacillates between sympathy for Michael and empathy for Skinner. McNamara’s performance is particu larly remarkable, as Freedom marks her university acting debut. Paul John, a graduate student and vet eran of McGill theatre, cockily glides through his role. He possesses the defi antly protruding lower lip and the cool

and controlled superiority which make his character the most dynamic of the three. Friel has given Skinner lines which entice the audience to identify with this anti-hero. The role of the idealistic Michael is captured with ‘hands in the pocket’ modesty by Marc Domville. Despite occasionally slipping out of his soft Irish lilt, he does a workmanlike job with his less conspicuous character. The gentle but professional directo rial touch of Paula Danckert is repeat edly evident. Her actresses and actors have command of those tiny but dis tinct gestures which define their char acters. The three main players avoid any blocking on the tiny stage and the action is well choreographed from a script which could easily plunge to the level of talking heads. Special congratulations to Eva Svenstedt for her masterful technical work on the set. The minute space of the Morrice Hall theatre is successfully transformed into the mayor’s office, the streets outside, and a courtroom. Solutions to the constraints were imaginative and innovative. The simple costumes, designed by Caroline Errington, suit the characters, providing the necessary finishing touches to their individual develop ment. If The Freedom o f the City has a flaw, it is found in the script. Perhaps Brian Friel, part of the Catholic minority on which the play focusses, was just too emotionally involved in the issue. He resorted to using his characters to spout statistics about the unemployment rate

in Londonderry when he could have let their own stories send such a message. At times, the effective casual dialogue dances in circles along with Skinner and Lily’s Irish jigs. Friel’s judge and sociologist charac ters, though intelligently cast, face an awkward task: to convince the audi ence via their stilted lines that the out look for the poor in Northern Ireland is bleak. The attempt at reverse psychol ogy fails, despite the charming per formances by Killian Holland and Ruth Marshall, due to the sheer clumsiness of their patronizing speeches. This hindrance, coupled with the un convincing portrayals of some of the smaller characters, are the only elements which detract from the capti vating acting of the leads and a gener ally entertaining play.

by Jason Arbuckle Nearly half the packed Centaur the atre audience gave Frank McGuinness’ play, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a standing ovation on the second night of its run. This would seem to be the best indicator of the play’s success. Observe the Sons... does exactly what its title promises: it observes eight soldiers preparing for the tragic Battle of the Somme, an Allied offensive which began on July 1st 1916. The battle claimed more than 60,000 casu alties in its first day. When it was over

(Subm issions will be received from March 28th until 4:30 p.m ., April 5th, 1988) Budget requests are limited to groups directly recognized by the McGill Students' Society (i.e., organizations classified as "Functional Groups", campus-wide "Interest Groups" or "Society Activities"). Interest groups must have been in operation since January 1, 1988 in order to submit a budget request. Groups submitting budget requests will be contacted regarding their submissions as soon as possible. Interest group budget requests must include, in the revenue column, membership fees from not less than 30 members. These membership fees and a signed membership list must be handed in no later than October 31st, 1988 by an interest group with an approved budget. Certain interest groups are not eligible to receive Students' Society funds as per Council policy adopted December 7th, 1977. These include groups with political or religious affiliations or beliefs. Any other group which, by the nature of its doctrine, discourages membership by all except those which adhere to that doctrine, as deter mined by Students' Council, is also ineligible to receive Society funds. Application for Budget packages may be obtained at the Students' Society General Office. Requests, with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN 4.30 P.M.,

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three and a half months later N o vember 13th, it had cost more than , million lives, on both sides, and the Allies had moved five miles. The re sounding losses of such meaningless slaughter became a metaphor for the catastrophe of the War. This play explores the Unionist mind through “one of the most potent sym bols of Ulster loyaltly to Britain” - in the words of director Joe Dowling. The sacrifices of this terrible battle ulti mately led to the Treaty for the partition of the island into two states, and, in Dowling’s mind, “The Sons of Ulster have remained loyal to that cause and to their resistance to the idea of a united Ireland”. Playwright Frank McGuinness has taken an extensive a slice of Ulster in the personalities of his eight characters. There is the well-bred Pyper (played by Griffith Brewer and Mark Heilman), scarred by his sensitivity, and as the only survivor of the battle, the centre of interest in the play. The wealth of his parents sets him apart from the working class Belfast men, Anderson and Mcllwaine (played by Ron Lea and Robert King, respectively). Among the others, there is the fallen clergy man, Christo pher Roulson, (David Ferry), and a proud young patriot, (Ian Watson), who becomes fascinated with Pyper’s intellectual spirit. As the men settle into training camp, they settle into a spirited relationship,

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New Music Festival: not so new by Andrew Heintzman

around the stage, Collins stood at the mike and sketched out melodies that were simultaneously subtle and strong. Sometimes, as in the first song, the band would quiet down to emphasize Collins’ vocals, and the contrast proved effective as the band came rip ping back into the song like a chainsaw through a side of beef.

Head started into their first song, Some Kinda Fun, one of the songs that helped propel them onto the na tional music scene. The changes that have taken place in the band are some what evident, yet their original sound is still intact. The band interacts well with vocals, continually trading lines, and building off each other. This is espe cially evident in their recent single, Can’t Stop Shaking.

The song builds upon a catchy base and guitar riff that compliments the admi rable singing of Dave Rave. Rave has replaced Frank Venom on guitar and vo cals. He is confident and exuberant on stage. His voice carries well and fits the music. What the band loses on innovation, they make up for on a solid per formance and a set that is crammed full of good solid The Asexuals on stage rock-n-roll. Friday night

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The New Music Festival continued in full force in the Union Ballroom on Friday night. Chinese Backwards, late to take the stage, jumped right away into a hard driving set. Their sound hinges on a quick rhythm pro pelled, by solid drumming and a ca pable and interesting bassist. Laz (drums) and Drew (bass) have in fact played together in previous bands, and their unity is very evident. Their material as a whole, however, was not innovative. The songs tended to sound very similar. Allan (vocals and guitar), was evidently talented, but did little to rescue the band from droop ing into monotony. Emer's keyboards blended well with the sound of the band and gave it needed dimension. Occa sionally, however, her chords verged on ridiculous simplicity, standing out from the rest of the band in a rather obnoxious way. The audience’s reac tion was fitting: polite, but unenthusiastic. The next band to take the stage was The Asexuals. The audience re sponded immediately to their exciting style of 1980s kick-ass rock n’ roll, and their impressive musical style was equalled by an energetic stage pres ence. J. J. Collins’ (guitar and vocals) songs held together well. They were original, distinct and enfused with a driving force. As Sean Friesen (guitar) and Drew Atkins thrashed and railed

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by Jillian Cohen The Sixth International Festival of Films on Art, which ran from March 8 th until the 13th, offered a unique look at an array of art fields. Representing works from eighteen countries, the Festival used fdm as a vehicle for the exposition of other forms of art. Laura Gilpin: An Enduring Grace (Anita Thatcher, 1986) and The Return to Glory: Michelangelo Revealed (Akira Âoki/Alan Trott, 1985), were the two films presented together last Sunday, in a delightful contrast of the new and the old, the fields of photogra phy and painting, during a screening at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. A variety of films were presented daily during the duration of the Festival, at the Museum, Cinémateque Québécoise and the Cinéma ONF. The documentary on Laura Gilpin (1881-1979) was an American produc tion, paying tribute to a woman pioneer

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which will take twelve years to remove four and a half centuries of dirt, soot and animal glue, was the focus of the film. Four Italian art specialists were featured, as inch by inch, day by day, they work meticulously to restore the frescoes of the chapel. With the use of chemical solvents, instead of the eight eenth-century method of bread and water, or sponges and wine, the true colours are gradually being revealed. Amazingly, the restoration is shed ding a new light on the genius of Mich elangelo. The uncovering of brilliant colours in the the Mannerist vein is not what scholars had anticipated, and a re thinking of Michelangelo the colourist is emerging with the restoration. Ironi cally, the work of restoring the chapel will take longer than the actual painting by Michelangelo. However, the thank less task is allowing for a deeper under standing of one of the geniuses of our times.

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of photography who received little public notice until the final years of her life. The film traced her history chrono logically through her photographic endeavours. The magnificent vitality of Gilpin was evident not only in the footage in which she discussed her craft, but in the filmed collage of her photographs. Primarily, her passion was the South Western United States, and Gilpin’s great sensitivity and understanding are apparent in her photographs of the landscape and people of the region. The Return to Gloiy moved away from photography into a discussion of painting and a master of the Rennaissance - Michelangelo Buonarotti. This Japanese production took the form of a progress report, narrated by the some what contrived, Edwin Neuman, on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The incredible job, begun in 1982,

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McGill Sports: The Year in Review by Ken Muss You know that saying, "you win some, you lose some, and some are post-poned due to hemorrhoidal ten sion." Well this year McGill teams and athletes won more than ever before. Record setting performances by McGill's swimming, hockey, football and women’s basketball certainly at test to the stellar campaign it was. Let us hark back to autumn when the leaves portray a myriad of colours and Mike Soles makes defences look like out-patients from the Allen Memorial. The Redmen footballers had just suf fered their second loss in three games to the Bishop’s Prima Donnas... uh, 1 mean Gaiters. Quarterback Bryan Fuller was labelled an out and out brag gart. “We’ll be 5-2", he predicted. Look ing back, Fuller was hardly boastful. The Tribe went on to win eight in row including the Vanier Cup by a laugh able 47-11 margin over the defending champion UBC Thunderbirds. During this time Melinda Whiteside, the dazzling striker of the Martlet soc cer team, was filling opposing nets with her accurate shots like Fat Albert fills his face at Burger King. Whiteside led the Martlets to the Quebec Champi onship game only to go home bitterly disappointed as Sherbrooke edged McGill 1-0. Two other Martlets, Naomi Hasegawa and Michelle Seveno were named All-Canadians.

Rivières Patriotes win the OUAA East division championship. It was the sec ond year in a row that McGill had to eat UQTR’s ice chips and when you con sider what a bunch of phantoms they are then it becomes a bitter pill to swallow.

The Redsocs returned to national prominence, however, winning the QUAA title and finishing third at the CIAU championships held here at McGill. Both John "The Hitman” Hayward and Ilias Konstantopoulos were named second team All-Canadi ans. The first semester also brought McGill cage fans an exciting ladies editon. Led by rookie head coach Chris Hunter, the Martlets exploded for 18 victories in their first 2 0 games includ ing 4 tournament vic tories. Fifth yearplayers Shanda Franco and Hélène Cowan re turned to assume star ring roles. Newcom ers M.J. Jurcic and Julie Rousseau proved to be pleasant surprises. Add these players to a veteran core of Mireille Beland, Leah Hayman, Nat Melillo and Tina Fasone and you get a Quebec title, 6 th place national rank ing and more wins than any other team in Martlet history. For hockey coach Ken Ty 1er, the fact that his Redmen accomplished their most successfull season since 1947-48 just wasn't enough. Tyler and the rest of the McGill faithful were crestfallen when a late goal allowed the Trois

McGill swimmers continued to be a force to be contended with on the na tional level. In just a short period of time François Laurin has turned McGill swimming from a ho hum, I think I’ll have a V-8 existence to an extraordinary phenomenon. Last year, the Martlets were a remarkable 7th in Canada while the Redmen were a re spectable 18th. This year led by a gold medal performance by Robin Ruggiero the Martlets moved up to 6 th while the Redmen bolted up to 11 th on the strength Greg Moeck’s three personal

Steiner and Patrick Arsenault enjoyed excellent seasons and with 5 rookies on this year's team the future is nothing but bright. Try to name another Cana dian University team with four guys in the 6 ’8 " range. They’ll be back and I'm predicting that the nucleus of players Schildroth has now will form the most prolific Redmen cage team ever, and lately, my predictions have been pretty good. Let’s see what else happened this year. It took McGill Athletics over two months to find space to show off the Vanier Cup. The Crazy Dogs even fi nally got their rings this past week for close to $ 2 0 0 less than originally an ticipated, thanks to some timely contri butions from The Friends of McGill. The new Athletic Complex is still a lofty pipedream and McGill students continue to pay into a fund expressly for the purpose of financing this dream. McGill Administration continues to treat the matter rather lightly, refusing to mount any real pressure on the City of Montreal. The land in question, situ ated adjacent to the existing athletic complex, remains nothing but a reliev ing ground for the neighbourhood’s canines. At least McGill students will get a new carpet at Molson Stadium but the Administration is still pondering how to finance it. Look for some kind of hidden charge coming to your fee bill this fall.

best swims at the CIAU Champion ships. One thing you can just about take as a given every year is the competitive ness of McGill’s Rugby contingents. The men’s A,B and C squads played .500 rugger all year long and the A side defeated Harvard down south for the fifth consecutive year. The women’s team was even stronger, romping relentlessly over all oppositon, until run ning into the bigger, stronger squad from John Abbot in the Que bec championships. When you sum up all this winning you say to yourself didn’t any body lose? Yup, the se verely underfunded Martlet’s hockey and volleyball teams lost enough this year to counter balance all of McGill’s winning teams. Even the Redmen basketball team struggled to their worst season in over five years with a less than inspiring 1 0 -2 0 overall record. I can remember Coach Ken Schildroth correcting me early in year. I asked him if he considered this a rebuilding year. He replied, “we’re not rebuilding, we’re reloading”. Unfortunately most of the ammuni tion tended to self destruct at important points in games. In fairness, both David

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McGill Rugby Club placed on two year probation by Jamie Alden Yesterday a decision was passed by the Director of Athletics Bob Dubeau, to place the McGill Men’s Rugby Club on a two year probation. Citing “a list of incidences” that culminated in re ported disciplinary problems at Har vard University this past year, Dubeau’s decision will restrict the team’s travel, budget money, and ac tivities for the next two years. “This is a probation, not a suspen sion,” Dubeau stated. As all details of the probation have not yet been re vealed it is difficult to ascertain the impact that it will have on the team. Dubeau said, “The team will be re stricted in so far as out-of-province over night travel is concerned. They will be allowed no out-of-province trips the first year, and one out-ofprovince trip the second year.” The Department of Athletics pres ently provides McGill rugby with $ 1 0 0 0 dollars a year, along with an $800 dollar gratuity to a certified coach. Under the probation some of the grant money will be slashed. This verdict follows the recommen dation from the Assistant Intercolle giate Coordinator, Ken Schildroth, at the March 2nd MlSC-WISC(Men’s and W om en’s Intercollegiate Student’s Council) meeting, that the team be placed on two year suspension. The discussion at the meeting revolved around a list of infractions commited by the Rugby team. Doug Mann, Co-

Chairperson of the MISC-WISC, a very strong supporter of McGill Rugby, evoked the sentiments of the discussion. “Serious damage to the McGill name has been done by the Rugby team,” said Mann. “We thought punitive action was needed.” According to Dubeau the damage has been substantial. “There were major incidents such as problems at a restaurant (in Ontario) where furniture was taken. The Ontario police had to go after the team bus to get the furniture back.” In addition said Dubeau, “there were also problems in a medical clinic a few years back where extensive damage was done.” Frank Magdich, the President of the Mcgill Rugby Club corroborated on many of these facts, but referring to this year’s Harvard incident he stated, “the Athletics Department is making deci sions on allegations. We have no idea who it was (who did the damage), whether it was us or the fans who came down with us. We paid in good faith for the damge without even knowing if it was us.” Although the representative for the Rugby Club was not in attendence at the MISC-WISC meeting, counter proposals to suspension were made by representatives from the team at an SAC (Student’s Athletic Council) meeting Monday, March 7th. These proposals were designed to create a better working relationship with the Athletics department and to help elimi nate disciplinary problems. Part of the

proposal consisted of taking only the number of people needed to play on a road trip, thereby reducing group hooliganism. Schildroth commented with refer ence to the proposals, "the problems with McGill Rugby have been going on since 1982. Every year something goes wrong and they promise not to do it again. These (disciplinary actions) are just the logical consequences.” Rugby players were obviously not

pleased with the decision made by the Athletics Department. “It’s hard to un derstand why the university seems to be clamping down on those activities and associations which have most endeavoured to emulate the McGill ideal for over 100 years, ” wrote Rauri Nicholson in a Rugby editorial. Mengo McCall, another member of the team admitted “We've had problems with a few nutty people on the team...I think they should do some

thing, but I don't know if this is the right thing.” For the Rugby Club there may be some solace in the fact that the team will come under review at the end of the first year, and that they have the right to appeal the probation with the Univer sity Athletic Board. Dubeau stated, "The UAB doesn't have to hear the appeal, but if they choose to they may lessen the disciplinary action or they may strengthen it.”

TRI BUNE SPORTS TRIVIA QUIZ This week, for all of you faithful and not so faithful readers of the Tribune Sports section, you have a chance to test your knowledge of Sports Tribia. The first male and female to answer all ten ques tions correctly will be the grand prize winners. Y our grand-prize includes a free brewski our your choice at the one and only Gertrudes Pub, and a mug shot in next week’s issue of the Trib. Good Luck, you losers! #1) What famed psychic predictionist authored the Tribune column E gospeak. #2) What sport’s journalist is known by the nicknames Sex, Flex and Mex. #3) Who was the Sport’s Editor of last year’s McGill Tribune. #4) How many goals did the Redmen sniper Tim Iannone have this year. #5) When McGill field-goal kicker Chuck

Petipas kicked his miraculous game-winning field goal against St. Mary’s-how much time was on the clock when the ball was snapped. #6) What swimming Sport’s star won the award for McGill female athlete of the year this past year. #7) What Redmen basketballer is nicknamed the ‘Horse’ (Hint: he also wrote the famous Redmen rap) #8) What McGill Sport’s team won the coveted Covo cup this past season. #9) What Martlet soccer phenom has the same last name as English soccer great Norman Whiteside. #10) What innovator of information with the nick name “The Zuke” rocks the sports world with his weekly reports. Print your answers on a blank piece of paper and hand them in to The McGill Tribune, Room B-Ola in the basement of the Union Building. Address your answer sheet to Jamie Alden and please remember not to forget to include vour name and phone number.

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