The McGill Tribune Vol. 07 Issue 23

Tuesday, March 2 2 ,1 9 8 8

Published by the Students' Society o f McGill University

Volum e 7, Issue 23

General Assembly generally worthwhile

by Kate Morisset As Students’ Society called to order its first general assembly last Wednes­ day, 400 people witnessed what sources say is likely to become a regu­ lar occurence at McGill.

Direct democracy was the key word as agendas were distributed outlining the various resolutions which Studsoc hoped to have passed by the students.

Gillian Deacon and Craig Offman set everything off to a good start with original lyrics to a rendition of David Bowie’s Space Oddity - “We sit in an underfunded tin can, lying on the floor - McGill is getting screwed and there is nothing you will do.”

Principle Johnston gave a lengthy speach in which he praised McGill as a “special place.” He said that McGill’s staff had given up over 22 million dol­ lars in salary to enable the University to hire people “with new ideas and new blood.” He went on to discuss the his­ torical base of the underfunding crisis and concluded that students ought to offer to increase their fees as a show of good faith. “Approach the government saying ‘We’ll do our share if you do yours,” he said.

As students trickled out of the Ball­ room, discussion turned to the resolu­ tions. Debate raged over whether or not tuituion fees should be used as a bar­ gaining chip in negotiations with the

government.

The original resolution read that “a tuition fee increase be instituted only if [it is] preceded by loans and bursary reform and a provincial general elec­ tion.” Ex-councillor Peter Nixon, however, moved that tuition fee hikes be opposed until the loans and bursar­ ies system is reformed in a manner acceptable to the Students’ Society.”

You do not go into negotiations and hand them (the government) the plate”, said Nixon,” It’s ridiculous.”

“We pay almost no tuition compared with universities in other provinces”, said an unidentified speaker, “it is only

reasonable that we pay more tuition.”

Speaking on behalf of graduate stu­ dents, President-elect of the PostGraduate Students Society, Lee Iver­ son, declared that Masters and PhD. students are completely independent and as such could in no way afford an increase in tuition fees, “ they do not have their parents to rely on as many undergraduates do.”

As only 70 students remained, quo­ rum was lost. The discussion and de­ bate resulted in a vote: 33 in favour of Nixon’s amendment, 33 against. “This vote will be used in an advisory role to Students’ Council,” said Maria Batta­

glia, V.P. University Affairs.

In an interview with the Tribune, Chris Alexander, V.P. External, stated that if he had to do it again he would “leave it (the tuition issue) off the adgenda.” “We ended up talking about tuition instead of relative underfunding,” Alexander continued. “We need a bigger pie, and in the end it is going to have to come from the govern­ ment.”

Nancy Coté, President- elect of Stu­ dents’ Society, stated that the assembly as a whole was a good experience. “It is a good step in the right direction, cer­ tainly not a failure”, she said. Alexan­

MACES faces upcoming election uproar

by Max Harrold

Accusations of “total disregard” for Conted students have been levelled against the administration by a candi­ date for president of the McGill Asso­ ciation of Continuing Education Stu­ dents (MACES). Harvey Litvack also claims his involvment with MACES has been prejudiced by McGill because he is an ex-convict.

Litvack told the Tribune he does not accept the “arbitrary” way the current MACES elections have been handled.

The nomination period was pushed from March 7th to March 9th to allow candidates to run for two previously

uncontested slots. Litvack says the two day extension was not enough time for candidates to get the required signa­ tures and he considers a March 9th Daily ad improper notification of the extension. Iver Bergs, the Universityappointed director of MACES, denies the election charges. “Granted, it’s [the extension] not a lot of time,” says Bergs, “but it was done in the most viable manner” according to MACES’ new constitution.

Litvack says the University’s deci­ sion to place MACES under trusteeship last year was taken partly “to keep [him] out” because he is an ex-con. He

says McGill Secretary General David Bourke opposed his successful run for MACES vice president last year be­ cause Bourke “felt it was an afront to the University” to have an ex-con on the executive and “it violated a clause in my parole agreement.” The parole clause was subsequently struck down in court as unconstitutional. Bourke was unavailable for comment yester­ day.

Bergs says there’s “absolutely no prejudice at all” against Litvack and “the administration is hands off’where the current election is concerned.

Litvack expressed concern at the pros­

Panel Targets Military Research

by Bill Tam “I don’t believe that anyone at McGill has been building bombs,” said Vice-Principal(Research) R.R. Maclachlan, at a panel discussion Thursday night at FDA Auditorium. “I do agree that they [Fuel Air Explosives(FAEs) researched at McGill] could be used for warfare, but so can any of my own research. To ban military research, you would have to ban me and about half of my col­ leagues.”

The panel discussion, entitled MILI­ TARY RESEARCH : in an Institution for the Advancement o f Learning’?,

was sponsored by the McGill Student Pugwash and the Engineering Under­ graduate Society. The panel group consisted of Maclachlan, Graduate Representative to Senate Lee Iverson , P.R. Belanger, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Linguistics Professor Dr. E. Gopnick.

Dean Maclachlan discussed the problems of setting well-defined limits to research, especially that which has military implications. “Almost any­ thing we study has a potential for being used for good or evil purposes. It depends on the intent of the beholder— not the researcher.”

Yet McGill policy stipulates that any research conducted by a professor of the university must be publishable and must be so stated in any contractual agreement with an outside agency. In Maclachlan’s view, the accessibility of the research to anyone would discour­ age any organization from using McGill for secret warfare research.

“We must have faith. New ideas and new research are what will bring about a betterment of [hu]mankind.

Without them, we will return to an abo­ riginal state with zero innovation and zero progress," he continued.

Lee Iverson pointed out that his main concern was that of large-scale, mis­

der agreed: “We learned that students have a lot to say about these issues.”

Students at the assembly who stayed until the very end seemed disap­ pointed: “ If this is something students are concerned about, where are they?” asked Salim Manji, a second year management student. “ These issues are vital.”

The next general assembly will most likely be held in the fall. “It is too close to exams to do anything now,” ex­ plained Alexander. “The information we gathered at this assembly will go through Council and will help to deter­ mine its policies for the summer.”

sion-oriented contract research. Ac­ cording to Iverson, such research could be seriously detrimental to scientific progress since the contracting com­ pany has the power to control the direc­ tion of research in a particular field.

The U.S. military, for instance, has great influence on the research activi­ ties of many American universities.

As an example of mission-oriented research, he presented the case of FAE research at McGill. He felt that re­ search of this nature was of no use to mankind and that “research for weap­ ons of mass destruction should be banned”.

In contrast, Dean Belanger argued that it was not a question of what an individual thinks should be banned but rather a question of what society thinks should be banned. He felt that the university is not representative of the community at large and therefore has no right to limit an individual’s aca­ demic freedom to investigate a particu­ lar problem. “It should be societal values which limit academic freedom.”

Prof. Gopnik expanded on the issue of societal values by emphasizing that there exist certain universal and inal­ ienable rights. She said that it is the responsibility of an institution such as

McGill to uphold these rights. She admitted that it is impossible to police the actions of professors, however, but felt that it is possible for McGill to constrain specific areas of research.

There was much participation from the audience during the question period. Many concerned students raised the controversial issue of FAE’s.

Since the purpose of the gathering was to raise awareness about military re­ search rather than for debating pur­ poses, several members of the audience were left disappointed as this issue along with many others were not re­ solved to their satisfaction.

C K U T $240,000 in the red

by Chris Flanagan As CKUT underwent the over­ whelming process of acquiring their FM licence, another interesting acqui­ sition was underway, apparently with­ out anybody’s notice. What CKUT ac­ quired, and what Station Manager Susan Elrington inherited with her new position, was an incredible debt of about $240,000. That figure includes: an initial loan from the University of $112,000; a deficit of $95,000 from the 1987/88 operating budget ; and an additional debt of $32,000 from the op­ erating budget from 1986/87.

The bulk of the initial loan was gobbled up by the one-time cost of $73,000 for a transmitter and antenna.

According to Elrington, “the $112,000 was necessary to show the CRTC that we could put an antenna on the moun­ tain.” An additional $70,000 was spent on an eight track recording studio, which VP Internal Terry Sbrissa de­ scribed as “the biggest mistake” of the over spending problem. The $32,000 debt incurred from 86/87 will likely remain a mystery as the station’s

auditor’s themselves were unable to uncover its source.

Sbrissa, who is now a member of the Board of Directors for CKUT, stated that “their whole managerial service was a sham, there was no one control­ ling it.” According to Sbrissa, the two contributing factors were the Board of Directors, who “only worked together when the shit started falling through the cracks,” and the Station Manager (Martha-Marie Kleinhaus) “who wasn’t telling us what was happening...Things were done unethi­ cally.”

“I want students to realize that there were a lot of problems," said Sbrissa, “we went into some serious debt."

Elrington concurred that last year’s management was out of control and added that “some of the projections made to go FM were totally unrealistic, we were very unequipped.”

When contacted by the Tribune, Kleinhaus admitted that "there were a lot of unforseen costs that were never taken into account." She also stated "the University didn't do anything for

the station. They did not cover insurance...they gave us the loan at Bank of Canada interest rates, they just never showed the support.”

If the University approves the $240,000 bail out, the station will be able to continue its operations but the financial constraints will be monumen­ tal for at least ten years. "Where we go from here,” stated Elrington, "is very carefully, considered growth.” continued page 3

pect of McGill employees handling ballots during the mail-in election pe­ riod ending March 30th. There are currently about 10,000 continuing education students.

Ben Yevzeroff, a former Conted student, also supports Litvacks’ asser­ tions, saying McGill should not have placed MACES under trusteeship be­ cause it was “not their decision to make”. Fiona Clark, Assistant Director of the Centre for Continuing Educa­ tion, says trusteeship was the result of the "inadequacy” of the old MACES constitution.

1000 rally for better cops

by Mike Crawley

Saturday's march and demonstra­ tion in NDG, organized by the Black Communtiy Council of Quebec (BCC), was only the most recent ex­ ample of “strategy” to combat ra cism, according to BCC’s executive director, Ronald Rock.

Rock told the Tribune that a new Montreal Urban Community police review committee, which would in elude civilian representation, will be established pending his organization’s approval. The committee would serve as a bridge to ensure that legitimate complaints reach and are properly handled by the MUC’s own internal disciplinary board.

Close to a thousand people were present at the height of the rally, which culminated in a series of speeches by representatives from several interest groups. Speakers quoted Martin Luther King, talked of Malcolm X and stressed the need for revolution to reform the system of ______________continued page 3

Im sM ® tuition tooting ... page 5 endless entertainment... pages 6 & 7 pennant prophecy ... page 11

WHAT'S ON Tuesday, March 22 •Next Tuesday, all women of McGill and their friends are invited to celebrate the establishment of The McGill Centre F o r R esearch And T eaching On Women. Come and join the victory from 4 to 6pm in the Faculty Club Ballroom. For info: 398-6746 •Bible study/ discussion group meets around the fireplace at the Newrrtan Centre every Tuesday at 1:30 pm. For info: 3984104 •Amnesty International letter writing meeting for new and old members. 7pm.

Union 425. Be there or be bread crumbs.

W ednesday, March 23

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22,1988

Friday, March 25 •The Scrivener presents Dwayne Per­ reault. and Todd Swift who will read from their poetry and perform their musical compositions tonight at 6pm in The Alley.

Open poetry readings afterwards. Take a break from all that studying - come and have a good time!

•The McGill Chinese Student Society is holding its Executive elections in B09/10of the Union. It all starts at 7pm. so don't be late.

•Improvational Debating in Room 270 - Arts happens this and every Friday at 3pm.

•River's Edge from what I hear is pretty weird and scarry - better go and check it out tonight at 8pm in the FDAA. Brought to us by those lovely folks at the McGill Film Society. You only have to pay $2.50 : what a deal!

•Boggle your mind with the possibilities!

Come to the McGill Go Clubmeeting in Union 107,7PM. •It’s election night for the McGill Outing Club. All positions are open. Support your club! 7:30pm, Leacock 232.

•The movie Things To Come, based on a novel by H.G. Wells, is being shown for free in the FDAA thanks to the McGill Film Society. 8pm.

•Rebel Without A Cause, starring that movie god James Dean, will be shown in Leacock 132 at 8pm tonight. Admission $2.50.

Thursday, M arch 24

Sunday, M arch 27

• The faculty of Arts is proud to present J. Hillis Miller of the University of Califor­ nia, Irvine, who will speak on The Role of Theory in Teaching at 6pm in Leacock 232.

•Twelve Angry Men, the 1957 U.S. flik, is being shown in Leacock 132 at 8pm. Admission:$2.50. Presented by the McGill Film Society.

•Moslem-Christian Dialogue will take place at 7pm in Leacock 132. Two speakers will present their faith in dialogue form.

Free. Free. Freeeee.

•History Film Series presents a special premiere of PRARIE WOMEN with director BARBARA EVANS in the Al­ ley 7:30 FREE. All welcome.

•M onday Night P re p a re d D ebate Rounds start at 6pm in room 425 of the Union. All welcome. Topics T.B.A. •Robert Allen will read from his poetry with open readings afterwards at Bar St. Laurent, 3874 St. Laurent. Sponsored by The Scriv­ ener. The words will start rolling at 8pm...

•Faye Wakeling, Director of Columba House will speak on “Feminist Theol­ ogy: A Movemant of Liberation” at 6:30pm at the United Theological College, 3521 University Street. All welcome. For info: 398-4104 •Dr. Michael Ratcliffe from the Department of Microbiology and .Immunology at McGill, will speak on the Pathways of BLymphocyte Development at noon in room 922 of the Montreal General Hospital.

MINERVA RESTAURANT Specializing in 3 types of cuisine: GREEK • ITALIAN • SEAFOOD 2 f o r 1 L U N C H S P E C IA L Soup, garlic bread, hors d'oeuvres, main course & dessert

Mon-Fri llam -5pm ,Sat& Sun llam -4pm BRING YOUR OWN WINE

17 Prince Arthur • 842-5451

RESTAURANT

Saturday, M arch 26

•Worship for a university community. StMartha’s in the Basement, Sundays at 10:30am, 3521 University. For info: 3984104

M onday, M arch 28 •Dat Nguyen will speak on Is Christ Ethnocentric? A Vietnamese Chris­ tian Perspective at 12 noon in Thompson House. 3650 McTavish. Open to all gradu­ ate students and faculty. Sponsored by the McGill Graduate Christian Fellowship.

•Don't hold yourself back - take the plunge !

The McGill Go Club meets at 5PM, Union 107.

McGILL STUDENTS' S O C I E T Y ^ STUDENT LEADER REGISTRATION Attention all M c G ill student leaders:

v ir

The 1988/89 President, Editor, Chairperson, Co-Ordinator or Chief Officer of any McGill studentClub, Society, Publication, Service,Council, Committee or Association must register with the McGill Students' Society NO LATER THAN APRIL 15,1988.

1242 BISHOP

SUMMER REGISTRATION FORM 1. Organ ization_ Campus Address, (Building)

(Room No.)

Campus Telephone No(s). (1)____________

,

3. Name of Chief Officer_________________________________ Title___________________ (First Name) (Last Name) Summer Address (Street)

(Apt.) Postal Code

Summer Telephone (1 )_ _(2)_ _(3)_ 4. If you w ill not be in the Montreal area during the summer, please fill in the name and summer address of one member of your organization who w ill be in Montreal.

Name__________________________________________________ Title_________ (First Name) (Last Name) Summer Address (No.)

page 2

(Street)

(Apt.) Postal Code

Summer Telephone (1 )_____________ 5.

Student leaders must com plete the form below or obtain a "Summer Registration" form from the Students' Society General O ffice, University Centre, Room 105, 3480 M cTavish Street, com plete it and hand it in BY APRIL 15TH to Leslie Copeland, O perations Secretary.

_____(3)_____

(N.B. Only the Students' Society the 14 Faculty and School Societies and the Students' Athletics Council have the authority to recognize other campus groups.)

(No.)

Campus groups not registered by April 15th will be considered inactive and will lose all campus priviledges until such time as they are reinsated.

.(2),

2. Your organization is recognized by the___________________________________________

Registration allow s M c G ill organizations to:

1. be able to book space in the U niversity Centre; 2. be able to book space in other campus buildings at M c G ill rates; 3. receive the summer edition of the M c G ill Student Leader Bulletin; 4. be kept inform ed about the leadership seminar in September; 5. receive a copy of the operating manual for club officers.

861-7815

J2)_

(3)_

AU T H O R IZ A T IO N TO RELEASE IN FO R M ATIO N

The Students' Society is often asked for the address and phone number of students holding various positions at M cGill. Kindly initial one or more of the following lines authorizing the Students' Society to give the above addresses and phone numbers to those requesting them: a) Student leaders on campus only ________ b) Any member of the public asking to get in touch with the person holding your position Signature,

________

_Today's Date,

Hand this form in at the Students' Society General Office or mail to: Leslie Copeland, Operations ^Jiecretary, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9.

^

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22, 1988

Wrap-up

by Max Harrold

A d v isin g ...

A report to be released this week says a faster, more efficient computer­ ized advising system currently used in the Faculty of Engineering should be expanded throughout the University.

StudSoc VP University Affairs Maria Battaglia, author of the report, says there is currently a “gap between what students want and what Profs are offer­ ing” as academic advisers. Battaglia says the gap is largely due to the heavy workloads professors already shoulder because of underfunding and budget cutbacks. The University has appar-

ently been sitting on the idea of a computerized advising system for some time and Battaglia says she was told the delay was because of the “lack of monetary resources.” Others, how­ ever, say it’s just not a priority. Batta­ glia points out that university-wide implementation would cut overall costs and eliminate the “unequal” treat­ ment some students now get when seeking academic advice.

•89 Break?...

Bad news, folks. Next year’s study break appears doomed. Since Easter and Passover occur at odder than usual times next year, the break has been swallowed up. Vice Principal (Aca­ demic) Purdy said last week that all the options had been explored and nothing

Senate ups standards

By Scott McEvoy The March 16 meeting of Senate saw passage of new minimumstandards for admission into the Faculty of Arts.

Effective Fall 1988, “an overall average of at least 75% in all academic courses and two-thirds of the grades at or above 65%” will be required for applicants from Quebec CEGEPs. As well, they will be required to achieve “an average of 70% in both the four required English or French courses and the four required Humanities courses, with not more than one passing grade below 65% in each category.” A new discretionary zone of 70%-74%(inclusive) will be created.

For graduates of Canadian high schools, the admissions standards will increase to “an overall average of at least 80% in the required Grade 12 or Grade 13 courses/Ontario Academic Courses(OACs), provided the final average is at least 75%.” Admission for these students based on three years' worth of marks will be 70%, 70%, 75% rather than 70%, 70% and 70%. “The policy for Early Final Acceptance will be unchanged, ie. 70%, 70%, 75%”.

Much discussion surrounded the

proposed inclusion of clause 1c. affect­ ing admissions from Quebec CEGEPs. This clause would have provided for the exclusion of up to three failing grades in the calculation of the overall average, if “ 1) the grades are in Science and Mathematics courses and 2) the CEGEP concentration at graduation is in Humanities and/or Social Sciences.”

Professor Sam Noumoff defended inclusion of the clause saying that many students begin their CEGEP education in the sciences but subse­ quently “get blown out.” However, “the clause is by no means an attempt for students to take science lightly.”

Vice-Principal(Academic) Freedman added that “there are some individuals who are extremely talented in the hu­ manities who simply have no math ability or skill- but this does not mean that they are not desirable as students.”

As a result of the debate Professor Noumoff proposed a motion to remove the clause for reconsideration, the motion was carried.

In other news VicePrincipal(Research) Gordon Maclachlan noted that of the 100 research contracts currently with McGill, seven are with military agencies.

AUSTRALIA T H E A U S T R A L IA N E X P E R IE N C E 8 8 "A B icen ten n ia l / E x p o 8 8 S u p e r Deal"

44 DAY TOUR - $4507 00 Including air fare from Montreal, most meals, accomodation, and coach travel.

(Not included: McGill University • 3480 McTavish insurance, taxes, (514) 398-0647 personal expenses.)

D e p a rtu re s June 2 5 Concordia University • 1455 deMaisonneuve W (514) 288-1130 a n d July 1 S h o r t e r to u r s a v a ila b le C o m e in t o s e e u s.

near UQAM *1613 St-Denis (514) 843-8511

HURT P E N G U IN S

$ 1.99 and up

M cG ill

B O O K S T O R E 1001 Sherbrooke West • 398-3654

could be done. He told this to Studsoc V.P. University Affairs Maria Batta­ glia and Management Undergraduate Society President Frank Wiemer who asked him to reconsider, even offering financial aid for the printing of an erra­ tum for insertion into 88-89 calendars.

But “there is still hope”, says Battaglia.

She plans to seek a mandate from Council tonight to ask Senate to recon­ sider the issue. The good news? Study Break returns in spring of 1990.

... more rally

CKUT needs feee increase continued from page 1

In order to meet this year’s bare bones budget of $165,000, CKUT needs a two dollar per student per semester fee increase next September

10% DISCOUNT WITH THIS AD

continued from page 1

oppression.

One speaker, identified as Kessel, declared that “There’s enough blood­ shed, there’s enough murders and kill­ ings, we don’t need any more.” He added, “I’d like to...not have to worry about some cop stopping me because I’m black.”

Gillian deGannes, a student at McGill, told the Tribune, “Demonstra­ tions like this have to be followed up with effective political action...it ral­ lies people together and lets them know that there is a public forum.” She ex­ plained that the newly formed Coali­ tion Against Racism and Oppression, whçse members were present at the rally, is a composite of local organiza­ tions which joined together specifi­ cally in response to the acquittal of Allan Gossett. DeGannes said that the coalition holds public meetings on Sundays at Concordia.

The participants and organizers were voicing plans for the future even before Saturday’s demonstration had finished. Speakers announced the Sun­ day meeting of the Coalition as well as yesterday’s protest marking the 28th anniversary of the Sharpeville mas­ sacre in South Africa. Leaders urged the participants to keep informed of future happenings through their com­ munity networks.

and a successful fund raising drive throughout Montreal. “The fee in­ crease,” stated Elrington, could mean the difference between operating or not.”

TRAVELLING!?

EUROPE, ASIA, NORTH AMERICA WHERE DO YOU START? GIVE US THE ONCE OVER FOR A LARGE SELECTION OF: • IN TE R N A L FR A M E BA C KPACKS • D U FFLE BAGS & KNAPSACKS • O U T E R W E A R [RA IN W EA R, ETC.) • C A M PIN G E Q U IP M E N T & A C C 'S

W5A

U N IV E R S A L S H IP S U P P L Y

*

4 4 5 McGILLST. TEL 842-6833 [2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF SQUARE VICTORIA METRO]

4520 Papineau TEL. 521-3107

3627 St. Laurent TEL. 842-2800

DANDY DISCOUNT STORES

ACID WASHED JEANS Lowest prices in Montréal!

Jean Jackets Sweat Pants All Shirts Mens' Parkas

$20.00 $ 5.00 $ 6.00 $25.00

J ea ns Pants One Low Cords LO W Sweaters Price Sports Sox -| A (1 dozen) '

STUDENTS' SOCIETY - OFFICE SPACE REQUESTS NOTICE TO ALL McGILL STUDENT GROUPS (Subm issions will b e receiv ed from M arch 2 8 th until 4 :30,

April 5 th , 1988)

Any student group on campus may request office space in the University Centre provided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1988.

A ccording to C ouncil p o licy adopted September 13th, 1978, the same groups ineligible to receive Students' Society funds are also not eligible to be given office space in the University Centre.

Please note the fo llo w in g : - Groups w ith office space in 1987/88 w ill be given preference.

- The Joint Management Com m ittee w ill review all space requests and, at its discretion, w ill decide w h ich groups assigned space w ill have to share offices.

Due to the extremely high demand for office space in the University Centre, it would be highly appreciated if groups, which do not absolutely need office space, refrain from requesting an office.

In the letter o f application for office space, please include any comments or recom mendations relating to the physical cond ition of the club offices, the adequacy of the furniture and accessories and any im provements that should be made.

NOTE There is no specific request form for office space. Requests, w ith justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint M anagem ent C om m ittee. They should be delivered or m ailed to: Leslie Copeland, O perations Secretary, Students' Society General O ffice, Room 105, 3480 M cTavish Street, M ontreal, Q uebec H 3A 1X9.

N O LATER THAN 4:30 P.M. , TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 1 988. page 3

COMMENT

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22,1988

G E T IN V O L V E D ... w ith the Inter-G roup L iason Considerable interest has been ex­ pressed this past year in an inter-group/ club network for information exchange and co-ordinated activity. A working group set out to propose some guide­ lines. The intent is not to engage in collective action but to share informa­ tion and ideas. All individuals, campus groups, and clubs are welcome.

The proposals for consideration are outlined below. Interested people and groups are encouraged to come to the Newman Centre, 3484 Peel Street on Tuesday, March 29th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. to discuss these proposals for next year. Socializing will follow.

Campus Groups and Individuals where ii.

“Go-Around” for informationevery term. activities are announced and/or pro­ sharing by groups and individuals; posed and input and support sought for iii. Special Presentation for pro­ N ew sletter them. posed activities observe a five (5) 1. To be printed every two (2) or four 2.

All groups and individuals areminute time limit; (4) weeks with information to publi­ invited to participate, with groups or iv. Questions or Comments. cize planned events. clubs encouraged to be represented by 4.

To close with an Informal session 2. Might have two (2), three (3), or at least one liason person. where people can socialize. Those who more Writers/Editors responsible for are interestied in proposed activities producing the Newsletter. can discuss them at this time.

M eetings 3. To have production costs covered 1. To be held every two (2) or four (4) by group and individual contributions. weeks for a maximum of two (2) hours. Coordinators 2. To follow an agenda with the help 1. Three (3) or more volunteer coor­ A rchives of a facilitator, a timekeeper, and dinators will be responsible for facili­ 1. A suggestion to help increase in­ notetakers. tating, timekeeping, and notetaking at formation exchange is to pool re­ 3. To follow an agenda format some­ each meeting. sources, like books, periodicals, vid­ thing like the following: 2. Should book the time and place of eos, etc. This might include catalogu­ Statement of Intent i.

Opening Remarks by the Coordi­ each meeting and notify all groups well ing and/or a centralized library.

1.

To be a Non-Partisan Forum fornators and Editors on Organizational in advance. communication between all McGill and Newsletter issues; feedback; 3. Rotate regularly and/or change Vadim Belotsevkovsky

Leslie Cameron Andrew Fischer Jamie Kneen Eileen McKibbin Arne Mooers Allison W olf Mark Cameron Nairne Holtz Freya Kodar Kate Frohlich Chris Tromp James Wishart J. Y. Wu

SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEW­ MAN CENTRE TUESDAY MARCH 29TH AT 4:00 P.M. THE CENTRE FOR DEVELOP­ ING AREA STUDIES CLUBS REPS:

Jamie Kneen J. Y. Wu

> To n y Ro m à s > ( ♦ A PLACE FOR RIBS ♦~)

Winner of the 1987 National Rib Cook-Off

call for group specials

1476 CRESCENT ST.

8

288-9148

(corner de Maisonneuve)

K H ic n T t T in r

ANIMAL BWV9I IA N »

Saturday, March 26th McGill University Currie Gymnasium, 475 Pine Limited Capacity Doors Open 20h30 McGill I.D. $8 General Admission $10 TICK ETS A VAILA BLE NOW at Sadie's, 3480 McTavish

me designated driver page 4

eu s

ED/LETTERS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22, 1988

TH E M cG ILL TRIBUNE

T uition fee in crease = F ree T rade effect

Publisher

The Students’ Society of McGill University E ditor-in-C hief

Chris Flanagan Assistant Editor

Tanya Van Valkenburg News Editor

Max Harrold Features Editors

Mike Crawley Kate Morisset Entertainment Editor

Jennifer Henderson Sports Editor

Jamie Alden Photo Editor

Lionel Chow Production Managers

Mariam Bouchoutrouch Stephanie Zelman Production Assistant

Esteban Consuelo Ad Manager Isabelle Pepin Staff Julie Barlow, Angela Chapman, Oatmeal C.C. Cookies. Steve Dexter, Michèle Dupuis, Melissa Emerson, Kim Farley, Joshua Fellman, Charles Fowler, Oscar T. Grouch, Neal Herbert. Tom Inoué, Mark Hyland, Graham Jones, Lucas Liepins, Scott McEvoy, Heather Mitchell, Ryan Morey, Ken Muss, Rauri Nicholson, Michelle Ninow, Jennifer Rowland, Gary Rush, Dino Smiljic, Corrine Smyth, Elizabeth Smyth, Bill Tam, Steve Watson, Bruce West, Kristine Whitehead, X. The McGill Tribune is published by the Students' Society of McGill University. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent Students’ Society of McGill University opinions or policy. The Tribune editorial office is located in B01-A of the University Centre, 3480 McTavish Street .Montréal, Québec, H3A 1X9, Telephone: 398-6789. Letters and submis­ sions should be left at the editorial office or in the Tribune mailbox at the Students’ Society General Office. The Tribune has a policy of non-sexist language.

This is your paper. Comments, complaints or compliments should be addressed to the editorial staff of the McGill Tribune, or to the Chairperson of the Tribune Publi­ cation Board, and left at the Students’ Society General Office in the University Centre. The Tribune Advertising office is located in B-22 of the University Centre. Its telephone local is: 398-6777.

Typesetting and assembly by Communication Centreville, 1671 St-Hubert, Montréal, call Brian at 523-2179.

Printing by Payette and Simms, 300 Arran St. St Lambert. P.Q.

One doesn’t have to look very hard to se the ravaging effects of a major underfunding crisis on cam­ pus. As was amply detailed in our last issue, the causes are few but the effects are many. Too easily, how­ ever, we assume that the problem, although not of our own making, is our responsibility, and that the only solution is in increasing our tuition fees, at least to the Canadian average. I propose that this is false.

As the situation deteriorates and the pressure mounts, let us put things into perspective before we act rashly and further jeopardize our chances for a first-class, acces­ sible education.

Granted that tuition fees in Quebec have been frozen since 1968; our good fortune in this re­ spect however is held by many, even of our own ranks, to be “un­ fair”, and our fees “ridiculously low”. Therefore there is a very persuasive argument circulating which claims that there is only one

tactic open to us in approaching the provincial government and asking for aid: we offer them a fee in­ crease, and demand in return a re­ form of the loans and bursaries system and greatly increased fund­ ing. We must offer some conces­ sions, the argument goes, or Educa­ tion Minister Claude Ryan will scoff at our demands.

If the underfunding crisis were to be alleviated by this noble act (for who ever heard of anyone o f­ fe rin g to pay more for anything?), and the high quality of our educa­ tion guaranteed, then all arguments aside, it’s worth it. But the reality of the situation is the following: sta­ tistics vary according to the source, but all agree that tuition fees ac­ count for less than 10% of the total funding of McGill. We can specu­ late that reforms to the loans and bursaries program would come from our fees, so all our increase would amount to would be a dint in the armour, a token gesture.

rLETTERS

Yet what a token! As little as it would affect the underfunding cri­ sis, a fee increase would affect the individual, and her or his accessi­ bility, a great deal! ANEEQ, the association of Quebec students, has determined that increased fees will lead to greater inaccessibility.

And although many of us at McGill can afford to pay higher tuition, this is not the case province-wide. It is too dangerous to count on in­ creased loans and bursaries; Claude Ryan has been promising reform since he came to office, but none is forthcoming. Negotiating our tuition fee freeze away on nebulous promises will more than likely result in the Free Trade ef­ fect.

There are no two ways about it.

The solution to underfunding m ust come from the province. This may sound demanding, until one looks at the source of our crisis: the cut­ backs from government funding, which began in 1978, and have

resulted in average cuts of 3.7% per year. What we should be demand­ ing is a return to the 1979 percent­ age of the provincial GNP. For what the cutbacks prove is that the province is failing in its commit­ ment to higher education. A prop­ erly funded education system, on all levels, is crucial to an autono­ mous, competitive society, and the province is jeopardizing our (and its own) survival in an increasingly specialized world.

There is a way to change this bleak situation, but it entails a dif­ ferent tactic than negotiation: it entails activism. Ms. Greta Cham­ bers, speaking at last week’s Gen­ eral Assembly on Underfunding, reminded us of the power of the students. No government in its right mind would neglect the legiti­ mate demands of hundreds of thou­ sands of potential voters. Province­ wide, we make a hell of a pressure group!

Tanya Van Valkenburg

11 ii \ o \ o n a in in (I

3 on a rc r unni ng mil

of I i me In prove il ! 1 ill mi r two Iasi issues with

Tribune news lacks... something To the Editor: We would like to bring your atten­ tion to a grave defect in recent issues of the McGill Tribune; more specifi­ cally, the strange death of investiga­ tive news.

As students looking for relevant and informative journalism describing the events and issues of campus life (ie. something to read to take our minds off the graffiti on our desks), we scan the Tribune each Tuesday ea­ gerly awaiting the latest update on the skulduggery of the University. To our dismay, we must now rely on the occa­ sionally one-sided accounts in the Daily for this basic information as it is sadly lacking the Tribune’s pages.

All those articles about speakers are very entertaining but we want to read about information not easily ac­ cessible to students. Anybody could have walked into Philip Keen’s speech but not everybody gets into Principal Johnston’s office. Nobody from the administration has been interviewed in recent weeks. What is the Univer­ sity doing? Don’t you know or don’t you care?

The failure to report anything about the abolition of Reading Week was a serious omission. Your constitution requires you to cover University affairs, does it not? More­ over, what information there is sadly lacks in-depth examination of issues pertinent to students. Your newsbriefs are informative but always leave us dissatisfied. More glaring omissions were apparent in the article on the toughening of the Faculty of Arts admissions policy (March 9th), which lacked specific details. With one week between papers, couldn’t you have held the story until you got all the facts?

Some more thorough election cov­ erage might have been nice. Why does the Daily run a full page on the candi­ dates while the Tribune prints only a few meagre articles? We understand that the Tribune is Students’ Society

funded but why was there no explana­ tion tof the “Students’ Society consti­ tutional amendments printed in the Tribune March 1st”? There might have been fewer “no opinion” votes cast on that issue if people had known what they were voting for. We certainly remember a lot of head scratching at the ballot boxes.

Judging by the number of editorial contributions to the front page, it ap­ pears that you are having a staff crisis, either that or the editorial board is stocking up its news folders. We have no objections to this but a shortage of staff and a shortage of relevant news stories are two different matters.

Plenty is going on in this univer­ sity. Please report on it.

David McEwen MA2 John Stafford U3 Poli Sci. Tim Finney U4 English Anne Hollis U2 Sociology

y o u r poi n I of \ iew . 1 el I e is and eu m men Is slum Id

mil exceed 500 words. Racist, homophobi c or sexisl mat er i al will mil lie pr i nt ed, \ d d r e s s In T h e T r ib u n e . KOI V. I uiiin Kldg. no lal er Ilian I hui sdav before publ i cat i on.

Well-intentioned Sandinistas To the Editor: I am writing in response to Scott McEnvoy’s article on Nicaraguan education in the March 15th issue of the Tribune. This article illustrated yet another example of the Sandinista government’s working for the people.

It is about time that we isolate the positive advances made by the popu­ larly elected Nicaraguan government.

A reduction in the illiteracy rate from 50% to 12% in eight years is quite an accomplishment. Furthermore, the government is introducing innovative educational methods, although many may seem to be overly ideological in bent.

All this is just to say that the Nica­ raguan government is capable of meet­

ing the interests of its people. Granted, the Sandinista administration is far from perfect and is tainted with corrup tion. However, it is a far lesser evil thar£ the Contra rebels. American funding oft the Contras has gone for far too long already. The only justification the USA can claim for presence in Nicaragua is pure self-interest. The Nicaraguan peoples deserve their own right to selfdetermination. This right can only be respected if the USA eliminates its active support of the Contras. Then and only then can peace ever be main­ tained. Although the Sandinista gov­ ernment is far from perfect, any re­ sponsible piece ofjournalism can attest to its well-intentioned goals.

Mark-Anthonv Drumbl

Daily twists and turns To the Tribune: Assume for a minute that the Daily — all of it as well as the student reps on its board of directors - wanted to pull a fast one on McGill students, as Mike Crawley does, (Tribune, March 15, 1988).

The undifferentiated mass Crawley calls “The Daily” would not try such a thing, not because we coy, arrogant people are honourable, but because it’s terrible strategy. Many of “those in power at the Daily” are veter­ ans of six referenda campaigns, wherein we have discovered a strong positive co-relation between the num­ ber of ‘Yes’ pamphlets, posters etc around, and the number of ‘Yes’ votes in the ballot boxes.

Had we wanted to pull a fast one on McGill students — and the motive is certainly there, one fee increase in 12

years isn’t enough to satisfy our bound­ less greed — we would have run a huge campaign, with thousands of glitzy colour posters and pamphlets with cutesy, mindless slogans (T like Ike’, ‘54’40” or fight’, ‘Students can!’ etc.), and dozens of people pamphleting all over campus, and speaking in class­ rooms.

When the staff of the Daily forms the ‘Yes’ committee on a question, we aim at swaying those undecided and mobilizing those who usually don’t vote with exactly the kind of campaign described above. It takes nothing to get out the ‘No’ vote. They come out any­ way, hype or no hype. The shampoo commercial approach of telling two friends (who tell two friends, and so on and so on... ) doesn't work, because the other side does it too.

So why no campaign? For the

simple reason that staff decided to take a neutral position on the issue. We did not form the Yes Committee. The quorum question was required of us by McGill senate, and would sell itself.

Referenda are expensive, in terms of money and work hours, all of which is volunteer time. Money for posters, pamphlets etc. cannot, according to our* constitution, come out of DPS funds.

We pay out of pocket.

All journalistic endeavours — especially comments — should be re­ searched, not just assumed. A little research can help you deduce people’s motives, but without that, all readers can do is assume you're psychic, or psychotic, or paranoid, or whatever, when you assume that we're out to screw McGill. They'll assign you due credibility.

Slaff of the McGill Daily i page 5

Take out orders

-B A S H A -

Open 7 days

L ebanese Specialties FALAFEL SHAWARMA SHISHTAOUK CHICKEN B.B.Q. KAFTA KEBAB SHISH KEBAB CHICKEN BROCHETTE BASHA VEGETARIAN PLAT DU JOUR

$3.00 $3.50 $4.25 $3.50 $3.25 $4.50 $4.50 $3.25 $3.00

TABOULE BABAGHANOUJ HOMMOS BITAHINI KIBBE SFIHA FATAYER ZAATAR BAKLAWA

$1 25 each

85* each

D. O. A.

Godspell : great start for

Murderous Entertainment

by Melissa Emerson Godspell is a joyful musical adapta­ tion of the gospel according to St. Mat­ thew, and last week’s James McGill Production at the Erskine and American United Church lacked none of the ju­ bilance associated with this well known off-Broadway hit. The energetic ten person cast was animated for the whole hour and half and appeared to be enjoy­ ing themselves as much as their obvi­ ously receptive audience. The quiet music of the sombre prologue, including quotations from passages of Buck Min­ ster Fuller and Socrates among others, quickly changed to the familiar, hand­ clapping Godspell music. With the cast’s first explosive entrance in their colourful closet-costume garb, the show took off with a bang, its spirit con­ tagiously intense.

Several performers had a tremen­ dous sense of the comic, most notably Nicole Wallack. Miranda de Pencier obviously enjoyed the spotlight and her talent was more than evident through her powerful singing voice and endless energy. The most striking musical piece was Seanna Massey’s harmonious duet with de Pencier of the ballad By My Side, her beautiful voice capturing the crowd.

In the challenging role of Jesus, Jeff Sykes contributed a very convincing

by Joshua Fellman An altogether ordinary academic type of fellow, Professor Dexter Cor­ nell (Dennis Quaid) is a university English professor at a school in Texas He has tenure, a broken marriage and has not complete^ a novel in years.

10% D IS C O U N T FOR M cG ILL & CONCORDIA STU D EN TS W ITH I.D.fAT 2140 GUY ONLY) 2140 Guy 932-6682 930 Ste-Catherine W. 866-4272 Carrefour Angrignon, 7077 Boul. Newman, V ille Lasalle 364-5243

JOIN THE TRIB0 O L D M CGILL SHORT STORY CONTEST PRIZES:

1stprize..........$25 2ndprize........ $20 3r,iprize..........$15 plus ayearbook DEADLINE MARCH 30

All submissions welcome.

Please drop off at Students' Society General Office, Room 105 Union.

Dennis Quaid as Dexter Cornell not the sort to inspire murderous pas­ sion in anyone. But he stumbles into a police station through the rain (in a stunning piece of black and white cinematography) announcing that he has been killed; that although he is still breathing he is dead, or will be in a few hours due to his ingestion of a slow-acting poison sometime during a night of drink. Not to give too much away, D.OA. is the story of his at­ tempt to put together the reasons for his bizarre murder in the roughly 48 hours left in his life.

What we have is an almost unabashed and unadulterated film noir. As is the case with other films of the genre it is dark, gloomy and filled with corpses (the bodies do pile up at an alarming rate). However, it is not above poking a little fun and does

Â

LE CLUB

Ék TW O FOR ONE •Tuesdays 8 pm - 3 am

SHOOTER NIGHT •W ed nesd ays

LADIES NIGHT •Th u rsd ays

GIANT TV SCREEN Drinks at incredibly low prices!

Draft Beer All types of music J 5408 Côte des Neiges *Tel: 344-4455

Meg Ryan as Sydney Fuller contain an element of wry, dry and gruesome humour. The weird script, dark mood, almost sterotypically complete elements of the film noir, and dizzying camerawork combine almost to form a very dark self-par­ ody. It does succeed, however in keeping the viewer in suspense.

The direction by Rock Morton and Annabel Jankel (responsible for the original Max Headroom movie) is excellent. The art direction and set design is good, and the movie as a whole has an unusual feel - some­ where between originality and hom­ age to the original film noir of the 1940s, a mixture that actually clicks, even including the use of black and white footage at the beginning and end as a framing tehnique. The acting, especially by leads Quaid and Meg Ryan (the two of them become truly inseparable) is on the whole very good, especially given the slightly stilted dialogue which is endemic to hard boiled detective movies. Quaid has finally found a role in which he is convincing - he plays his part on the edge but avoids overacting.

D.OA. is a bit of gut-wrenching fun that might be worth a look. It is playing at the Loews 5.

I

Godspell song and dance: ...tr

performance. He provided a cohesive element to the play with his gentle serf ousness, compared to the childlike exu berance of the rest of the cast. His early performance of Save the People was suitably powerful and emotive. Even more touching was Gillian Deacon’;

Inherit the Wind affi

by Kim Farley Before the strong arm of progress muscled into the American South and destroyed naïveté, small towns were identifiable by their geniality, their hospitality, and their stalwart Christian­ ity. As Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind shows us, this last characteristic was also often a barri­ cade to progressive thought. Under all that picturesque saintliness lay con­ cealed a ruthless determination to keep things plain and simple at any cost.

This play, a dramatization of the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, centers around the trampling of an inno­ cent schoolteacher who inadvertently gets in the way of the Fundamentalist rampage. He is accused of tampering with young minds by disclosing the theories of Darwin’s ‘Origin of the Species’ to his twelve year old pupils.Subsequently, little Howard runs around shouting “You was a worm once!” to his playmate within the ear­ shot of his righteous mama, and the wrath of the town comes smashing down on the teacher’s head.

What evolves is a riveting court battle in which the schoolteacher is just a pawn, the real defendant being, as de­ fense lawyer Drummond puts it, “the Right to Think”.

Although the script (which was made into an Oscar winning movie in 1960) is the real star of Player’s Theatre’s

production of Inherit the Wind, the cast numbering almost 30, gives this play an amazing realism. The audience feels as if it is actually there, smack in the middle of blistering Dayton, Tennesee in the summer of 1925, swatting flies along with the actors. With sparse sets.

Players’ Theatre metamorphises into different areas about town and into the

Inherit the Wind left to right: V

Marshall (Mayor), Robert Scott Brown). courtroom itself remarkably well.

The crowd of townspeople provide the atmosphere. Director John O'Meara moves them around stage in one tremendous clump which inces­ santly burps “Amen!”. O’Meara paints them more as caricatures than individu­ als: Their leader, Reverend Brown (Ken Dobell), is one-dimensionally gruff and cold-heartedly righteous at all times. The members of Ladies Aid are

Otis Day and T

by Louise Louise Remember - amidst the beer and sweaty togas in Animal House - those Shamalama Ding Donging, Twist and Shouting, thunder-funkers called Otis Day and the Knights?

Well (sorry to burst the bubble) Otis Day’s real name is DeWayne Jessie, and the rest of the Knights rocking Delta

House in the film were lip-synching.

But aspiring emulators of Animal House can stop de­ spairing here. Next Saturday, the 26th of March, the defini­ tive Frat/Sorority show comes to

ITAINMENT

The M cGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 2 2 ,1 9 8 8

ties M cGill Productions Thirteen 13

s sense of the comic...' formance of Day by Day . her captiing voice evoking the spirit behind musical. Her energetic, light-hearted dition of Turn Hark () Man. complete h feather boa, cannot go without ition.

It was easy to forget amidst all the

excitement that Godspell is in fact ex­ ploring the story of Jesus. The messages of “Love thy neighbour” and “Goodness must know no bounds” were fused with the unbridled energy of the comic reen­ actments of the proverbs. These story segments were ritually punctuated with excessive hugging sessions. However, on the whole, the presentation was so joyful that the context was almost for­ gotten among the the pantomime, dance, juggling, puppets, song, even including a soft shoe to All For the Best by Danny Nashman and Jeff Sykes. In fact, no theatrical tradition seemed to be left out, including a most dramatic crucifiction scene at the end, complete with atmos­ pheric lighting that set the serious tone for this segment.

The mood of love and peace was effectively created in this interpretation of Michael Tebelak’s Godspell, pro­ duced and directed here by Julia Schatz and Martha Spears. With professional execution, the significant spatial con­ straints. of the church were overcome, although the spectators in back pews had difficulty seeing everything that went on. The church setting, however, pro­ vided the intimacy that is almost funda­ mental to the essence of Godspell. This first James McGill Production was an exhilarating celebration of musical the­ atre itself.

is the right to thin ering birds, never without platters of I in their hands, who at one point ip their hands in unison over their Iren’s ears when the word ‘sex’ is tioned. Ah, small town America! So , so refreshing, so dead set on remainrure. lthough the ensemble cast is good, nost riveting moments are generated

homas (Mrs. Brady), Chris and Ken Dobell (Reverand he two lawyers, Drummond (André rgis) speaking for Charles Darwin Brady (Robert Scott), representing ^ord. Their courtroom feud mirrors a life one. Robert Scott is perfect as dy, the larger than life politician who olds Christianity only in voice, havleft its true spirit in the dust long ago te yanked himself up the ladder of :ess. As Drummond, the outsider ti the big city who stands alone

against a townsful of shut minds and gradually pries them open (for a mo­ ment), Andre Apergis shines. His lines are hands down the best in the play (chock full of that rare paradox: jaded idealism) and call for an incredibly strong actor to carry their weight.

Apergis has the necessary talent. He also has a fantastic stage presence, liter­ ally pulling the audience to the edge of their seats when he speaks. However, when he is not speaking and when Scott is not rattling the tiny theatre with his fantastic stream of deafening hot air, the courtroom scenes lag. At times the other actors are unable to sustain the momen­ tum which the two leads have begun.

This flaw is minor, and does not detract significantly from the spell the produc­ tion casts.

The audience is 100% there. Drum­ mond is persuading us to believe him as much as he is the townspeople, forcing some of us to re-examine a few of our own beliefs. By the end Drummond has proved himself a far better “Christian” than anyone else in Dayton, compelling his own mind to reconcile God and Darwin instead of placing them into a tug-of-war. Quoting from the bible, Drummond expresses the most signifi­ cant line of the play: “He that doubteth his own house shall inherit the wind.”

Inherit the Wind continues to run at Player’s Theatre until March 26th.

Dga Party Tour McGill’s Currie Gym in the form of the “Toga Party Tour”.

The story is that Jessie put together a real band to go along with the name of Otis Day and the Knights four years ago. The

band finds it can rely on every audience to recreate the atmosphere of Delta House, with Roman attire being the style de rigeur. The Knights usually Motown their way through songs from the film and work in a few old blues tunes like Soul Man.

Tickets for this quintessential beerswiller are available at Sadie’s.

M EXICAN FO O D

by E. William Smith It was late 1985. The punk band Mutilated Teddy Bears had broken up and their lead singer was searching for a new group. At the same time, three aspiring musicians were bashing out songs and looking for someone with enough charisma to stand in front of a microphone without looking stupid.

From this fateful set of circumstances Thirteen 13 was bom.

The 4 piece band hails from Chateauguay, an area not usually noted for its music scene. Thirteen 13 con­ sists of Richard Rigby (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Bob Eaglesham (lead guitar and backing vocals), Tom Parry (bass), and John Glover (drums). (Their name comes from either a shelving code Tom saw while working in a warehouse, or from the

CALIFORNIA STYLE C o m p l e t e m e a l s f r o m $ 3 . 15

HAPPY HOUR 2 fo r I

■Elf \

Ti/r—^

4 -7 p .m .

7 d ay s a w eek

0

TACO S 9 9 tf (c h ic k e n , b e e f

SUNDAY SPECIAL 5 0 % OFF! F rom 3 -6 p m Any m eal purchase over $ 3 . 1 5 - you receive 50% off th e le a st e x p e n siv e o f th e 2 m eals.

(C lip th is c o u p o n )

■it

1 4 2 5

notion that the band has had at least twice its share of bad luck.)

But Thirteen 13 have been playing at various clubs around town since their formation, and on the whole, critics seem to have been kind to the band, describing their music as “sav­ age” and “hard-edged”. Lyrically, they fall into the same vein as bands like The Replacements or The Grapes of Wrath, and Richard, chief lyricist, claims to be strongly influenced by Tom Waits. Musically, one might find traces of U2, Husker DU, or Icicle Works. “We draw from a lot of sources,” Richard adds, “ and hope­ fully, create something unique.”

Songs like Christmas Girl and Things Start Falling evoke memories or at least images of experiences "that everyone has”. But not all the music is

Stanley

(ab ove Ste-C atherine St.)

Do you want to be your own boss?

If you are rich in ideas on how to start your own summer business, but poor in the funds you need to put your ideas into action, there's a good chance you qualify for a Student Business Loan.

If you are currently a full-time student who will be returning to school this Fall and you are legally entitled to work in Canada, you may be eligible.

Details are available at Canada Employment Centres, Canada Employment Centres for Students, any branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, Quebec branches of the National Bank of Canada, and at the Federal Business Development Bank.

Or call toll-free 1-800-361-2126.

serious. My Friend's Band, for in stance, is the comic/romantic account of one night in a local bar watching friends on stage, with the sort of drunken perspective in which music becomes background noise.

Thirteen 13 are at their best when playing live, with a reputation for a very loud and energetic stage pres­ ence. Energy is in fact the bottom line, virtually permeating Thirteen 13 shows. The four musicians plan to take the band as far as it will go, however, they agreed “a long time ago to quit if it stopped being fun”. Cur­ rently working on a new demo, they intend to do some shows in Toronto in the near future.

Thirteen 13 plays the American Rock Café on March 27th, in a show sponsored by CKUT.

ROYAL BANK BANQUE ROYALE

BANQUE NATIONAL NATIONALE BANK

Federal Business D e ve lo p m e n t Bank

Banque fédérale de d é veloppem ent

Canada

JOIN THE HIHI TODAY page 7

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 2 2 ,1988

L em ieu x : P e r fo r m a n c e P o p

by Max Harrold

Quebec’s favourite son of perform­ ance art has gone pop. Pop: that's an­ other word for popular, right? In this case it also stands for population - a bigger population. Yes, indeed, Michel Lemieux is vying for a wider audience.

Out of his elegant post modern pastiche, Solide Salade - a smash hit around the world in 1986 - comes Mutations, a collection of mostly medi­ ocre pop tunes and message music which opened last week at the over­ priced and overrated Metropolis.

It seems Lemieux has “decided to

write songs in English because English is the language for pop songs around the world” (The Mirror, March 18 - 31, 1988). Ah yes, how true. And if Lemieux wants to be a world class pop star he should be judged like one. Too bad, because for all his good intentions, Lemieux doesn’t cut it in the big league.

His songs are full of trite lyrics and his voice is nothing special. Lemieux still relies heavily on visual tricks, includ­ ing moving sets, dry ice and a high tech light show. Yet when it all ends, one is left dissapointed and unfulfilled. The overall effect is one of empty drama

instead of meaningful symbolism.

The theme of Mutations is the Birth of the World and its subsequent mutations, paralleled with Lemieux’s own coming of age - or rather, that of Lemieux’s TV generation. A glimmer of his abilities seems to shine through here but the concept is constantly cur­ tailed for the benefit of a wider, more banal-minded audience.

Only inadvertently does Mutations truly impress. Corps Africains, Love Can Kill and L'hiver nucléaire offer a more subtle version of the social con­ science Lemieux so eagerly wants to

showcase. These three little pieces, out of a total of 19, show the intricacy and intrigue Lemieux is capable of produc­ ing. It seems to me that performance art with its movement, choreography, lights, sound and high tech gimmick-

ery, is a very 1980s kind of thing.

Lemieux has proven himself as a mas­ ter in this area. As for the pop world, as Lemieux himself said last Thursday night, Mutations is still just “un petit bébé” and has a long way to go.

Wore than ju st the Best (Pizza!'

3565 Lome Avenue (in the Çhetto) • 845-8396

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED YOUR IMPETUS IS NEEDED TO THE MAXIMUS!! next year's Blood Drive, Programming Network and Students’ Society Publications N o w is t h e t i m e t o

v o lu n te e r to h e lp

o u t w ith n e x t y e a r 's a c tiv itie s !

VOLUNTEER FORM Name (Mr/Ms/etc.)

Present Address (No.)

(Given)

(Family)

(Street)

(Apt.) Postal Code

Telephone No(s). (1)

(2)

(3)

Summer Address (No.) (Street)

(Apt.) Postal Code.

Summer Telephone No(s). (1)_

_(2)_

_(3)_

V o lu n te e r Interest(s): (C h e c k as m a n y as y o u wish) □ □

b lo o d

□ McGILL FIESTA □ STUDENTS' SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

drive

p r o g r a m m in g network (photography, layout, writing, editing or design) □ Activities Night □ McGill Tribune □ Alternative Programming □ Old McGill (yearbook) □ Concerts □ Student Directory □ Performing Arts □ Student Handbook □ Speakers □ Welcome Week □ Winter Carnival □ Check here if you are interested in getting involved during the summer.

Please indicate any particular area(s) within the activities or interests you checked in which you would like to work (e.g. publicity, logistics, finances, etc.).

Hand in com pleted form at the Students' Society General Office or mail to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, University Centre, Room 105,3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A1X9,

[# \V

M cG ILL FILM SOCIETY 398-6825

W e d n e s d a y ,M a r2 3

Thursday, Mar24

Friday,M ar25

Saturday, Mar26

THINGS TO COME

TWELVE ANGRY MEN

RIVERS EDGE

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

8:00p.m .

L e acock 132

8:00p.m .

F.D.A. A uditorium

8:00 p.m.

Leacock 132

8:00p.m.

F.D.A.A.

W ednesdays - admission free

■ADMISSION:

$2.50

(MEMBERS $1.00)

FEATURES

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22,1988

Hollywood:The Great Fascist Manipulator An Evening W ith Stan Brakhage

by Ryan Morey

A confession is in order, I don’t cringe at the sight of a movie with subtitles, in fact I often enjoy them. I have even been somehow moved by the occasional Godard movie, as long as there is someone there at the end to explain it to me. But having said this, and at the risk of forever being branded a philistine, I must admit what I saw and heard last Wednesday evening left me cold.

The occasion was the final lecture in the Film and Communication Program’s series on “Social Resposibility in The Media”, featuring re­ nowned independent filmmaker Stan Brakhage. The evening consisted of screenings and discussions of Brakhage’s latest works, loosely gath­ ered under the heading Society and The Unconscious.

Brakhage’s six films ranged from three to twenty-two minutes in length and dealt with, from what he said, a number of topics that concerned him.

He explained that he is emotionally moved by a need to discuss issues that possess his soul. In simple terms his films are abstract, disconnected and often silent. They are juxtapositions of the unconscious coloured by too many years of surrealism and Freudian dream analysis.

Above all, Brakhage’s work is very personal. In fact, the images are so private that it is virtually impossible for

the audience to share consciously in them. For Brakhage, this is a necessary and “good” thing. As impressive as this idea may sound to enthusiasts of abstract expressionism, it makes for a couple of hours of rather tortuous view­ ing. Brakhage often likens his work to that of a poet, but in poetry, no matter how personal and abstract the images are, the reader always shares the com­ mon ground of language. Film is not language.

Brakhage does believe however, that everyone does share a “cellular” connection that exists in the uncon­ scious. It is at this level that he seeks to reach his audience. Perhaps there is some foundation to this idea of a shared unconscious because apparently he also has nightmares about jugglers and Shelley Winters in a fireman’s hat. He says that by tapping into the cellular bond, his audience is moved without being polemized. His process allows him to be true to the issues he cares about and give the audience a sense of his truth, without manipulation.

For Brakhage, once something ma­ nipulates it is no longer art. He illus­ trates this idea by explaining how the traditional Hollywood movie is an experience which robs us of our per­ sonalities and dictates our emotions, and that this is one small step from fascism. Brecht would be proud. Bra­ khage offers his stance as an alternative

to this “propagandized enslavement”.

If someone cries during one of his film, he says it is because of their own per­ sonal connection to one of his experi­ ences. Art, he says, always speaks for individual freedom. And they told me that university students where idealis­ tic.

By remaining true to his personal in­ spiration, Brakhage believes he can

present his ideas void of any manipula­ tion. Such is his artistic politic. I won­ der if he has ever heard of McLuhan or “the medium is the message”. Bra­ khage points out the irony of people at his films becoming terribly angry, simply because they are not being ma­ nipulated. Now if this idea is true, after last Wednesday evening all I have to say is “bring on the manipulators.” / ----------

Last C h a n ce !

All positions on next ye a r s Tribune Editorial b oard still up for grabs.

Pop b y the o ffice (next to the A lley) Today a t 5:3

photo by Jenifer Rowland Stan Brakhage: "propagandized enslavement"

WORD PROCESSING SERVICES

Using M aclntosh/Laser Equipm ent A ssign m ents/T heses/P resen tation s Curriculum V itae/Cover Letters R easonable Rates D iscount Rate for Students/T eachers (R ésum és Starting at $15) * Andrea M ichelson 2 0 3 0 C rescent St., Suite 5 , 3" Floor a (ground floor entrance) (5 1 4 ) 8 4 3 -6 9 2 3

---------- \

■=

r

2

We’re conducting examinations on March 24-25. And you can score big with our discounts.

THIS MUCH FUN SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!!

The 6th Annual

BUST LOOSE TO MEXICO Puerto\hllarta * *Caneun

April/M ay/June ,

IBM Exam Days start next week.

•Join hundreds of young adults from across Canada • Numerous scheduled daily events including: Scav­ enger Hunts, Donkey Polo, Volleyball Tourneys, Disco Nights, Jeep Safari, Lyp Sync Competitions and more.

• Great special events: - Music Festival - featuring guest appearance of live bands.

- Comedy Night - the finals of the Labatt's Crystal Comedy Quest.

- Ancient Tequila Ceremony.

• Excellent beach accomodations • Mexico is a bargain $2000 pesos=$1.00 Canadian!!! /A l s o AVAILABLE-

BUST LOOSE TO GREECE

Corfu, Mykonos, Santorini

$ WEEKS From

$ 1 4 3 9 .0 0 !!!

Travelling in a group or alone, we can accomoda te you.

fromonly $ 4 9 9 .0 0 T W O W E E K S fromonly $ 5 9 9 .0 0 Limited seats left - book now!!!

O N E W EEK

Call :

BUST LOOSE! Holidays 201-49 Elm St. Toronto. Ont. M5G 1H1 Toll Free: 1 -8 0 0 -3 8 7 -5 4 9 2 or call: Julie 848-0713 Heather 457-5356 Tanya 848-0414

For once, you’re not the one being grilled. During IBM Exam Days, a special demonstration on campus, you can put the new IBM Personal System/2 Model 25 to the test.

You’ll get remarkable results — dazzling graphics, clever answers to your multiple choice questions, even essay expertise.

The Model 25 is fully prepared for any examination. It can be equipped with a generous 640KB memory, two 3.5’’ diskette drives and special oncampus prices, plus a mouse and lots of software.

And once this test is over, you can order a Model 25 from your IBM on-campus dealer. To help improve your own test scores.

McGill Microcomputer Display Centre Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West IBM i*' ,i r

Machine'

Ont. Travel Reg.#2580040

it k .mil Personal S\ ■

IBM C«

page 9

The M cGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 2 2 ,1 9 8 8

SPO R T S THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

is

lookingfor threestudents tosit on theSenate's Advisory Committee to select a Dean of Admissions♦

ÇDeadline: March 25, 198?)

Applications may be obtained at the Students' Society Information Counter and handed to Leslie Copeland by March 25, 1988 at 5p.m.

MariaBattaglia V.P. UniversityAffairs Chairperson, UniversityAffairsCommittee

One computer every student can afford.

The new IB M * Personal System/2’“ Model 25

TEST YOUR BODY

by Heather Mitchell Oh no, not another test! Just what we need during midterms! But wait, this is a test of a different kind: it requires no studying and there are no failures. It’s an opportunity forpeople to learn about their own physical fitness level. The Personal Fitness Appraisal is a new service offered by the Department of Athletics to students, staff, faculty and friends.

I recently took the test under the supervision of a Registered Fitness Ap­ praiser and for 45 minutes was required to reach the outer limits of flexibility, endurance and strength. Girth meas­ urements, skinfolds (pinching an inch) and grip strength were all recorded. To measure endurance, I rode a bike for a specific period of time (can’t tell you how long) while the tester recorded my racing pulse at various intervals.

1 was also required to do push ups and sit ups (my grand total was 16 and I’m still sore !) After the test I made my way weakly to the showers while the results were being plugged into the computer. The figures were tabulated and compared to a sample of the popu­ lation of my same age and sex.

Twenty minutes later, I was pre­ sented with a Super-deluxe “Personal Fitness Appraisal Report” which was reviewed and explained by the tester.

Here was the opportunity to learn some really interesting things about my body, such as percentage of body fat, maximum aerobic capacity and fat to muscle ratio. The results are displayed in comparison to the sample population and you are ranked in terms of percen­ tile. For example, my 50 push-ups placed me in the 95th percentile, but 16 sit-ups ranked in the 14th percentile.

The student is now in possession of many fascinating facts and figures that will enliven any party.

However, there does exist some other good reasons for taking the test.

In tram u ral A th letes o f the W eek Bryan TVemblay

Lisa Lee

Co-Rec Soccer Name: Sitting Docks

Sport: Men’s Volleyball Team Name: Drillers

Bryan Tremblay, a 24 year old Den­ tistry student for the Drillers starred in a two game sweep of “M.I.R.V.” this past week. In the two victories, 15-4 and 15-6, Tremblay slammed home seven spikes and blocked three oppo­ nents spikes yelling ‘in your face dis­ grace’ after every block. The victories for the Drillers clinch first place in their division, and they are heavy fa­ vourites to unseat the defending cham­ pion "Bellini Brothers” in the finals.

The “Bellini Brothers” despite the absence of two of the founding Bellinis, lan Dakers and Owen Roberts have no plans to give up their throne. Dakers commenting via his portable phone from Laguna Beach, California, said, "Scoop de lee doop.”

Little Lisa Lee a 23 year old Art'' student was a force to be reckoner with in last Wednesday’s fire breath­ ing clash against the Dragons. Lee fought with the power of St. George, scoring 1 goal and adding an assist, both in traffic, in her team’s 4-1 vie tory. The slaying give the Sittin: Ducks an undefeated regular season record of 4-0-1, and has them on route to a showdown with the heralded Ethnics.When famed Egospeak coi umnist Ken Muss was asked to predici the outcome of the finals he refused on the grounds that the Ethnics have no Ethics.Lee, who was "showered with compliments following the match, remained modest. “I was amazing, laughed Lee.

For those not currently engaged in an exercise program, the tester will design a program geared towards improving those areas of fitness that are shown by the test to be weak. Students who do exercise regularily can gauge their level of fitness and determine where improvements can be made.

Marla Gold, Fitness and Recreation Coordinator at the Gym, described the test as being based on basic principles of exercise physiology. She said “they(the tests) are a great opportunity

to learn how the body responds to fit ness. Students should get a lot out ol such tests.”

The program has been in existeno since January. Gold expects a better response as awareness of its existence increases.

For 25$ - a bargain compared to any other health club - the tester will spend two hours measuring and discussing your fitness level with you. Make an appointment at the Gym today before the real tests get too heavy.

—I

STU D EN TS’ SO C IETY - BUDGET R EQ U EST S NOTICE TO A LL M cGILL STUDENT GRO U PS

Win me.

During IBM Exam Days, you can put the new IBM Personal System/2 Model 25 to the test.

You can also test your luck at winning one.

Because every qualified student who attends IBM Exam Days is eligible for the drawing.

Getting this machine at our attractive student discount will make you feel like a winner, even if you don’t win. The Model 25 is packed with a big 640KB memory, advanced graphics capabilities, a mouse, and lots of software.

So give the Model 25 a close examination during IBM Exam Days. It’s one exam you can’t afford to miss.

McGill Microcomputer Display Centre Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West

IBM is a registered trademark and Personal S_\siem/2 is a trademark ol the International Business Machines Corporation. ' IBM Corporation 19X7.

page 10

(Submissions 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., TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 1988.

Don Samoil Vice-President (Finance)

Students' Society of McGill University

SPORTS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 22, 1988

Irrational National predictions by psychic sidekick

by Mike Crawley Here’s an amateurish attempt to match up to that Muss gentleman, he of the Goodyear blimp-sized ego and deadly psych(ot)ic predictions. The National League divisional titles will probably go to the teams with the few­ est injuries and the most luck. The West shapes up as a battle between the Reds and Giants while the Mets, Expos and Cards appear to be the favourites in the East. Don’t count out the Astros or Pirates who loom as the potential sur­ prises.

EAST: Expos: A solid bet for ’88 thanks to sheer guts and character. Despite an outfield (Raines, Webster, Brooks) and men at the comers (Wallach, Galar­ raga) that can combine to hit .300, a deep starting rotation and an under­ rated bullpen, the holes that must be filled to create a championship team still gape widely. Up the middle they’re hurting worse than Bill Buckner’s ankles. But if Mike Fitzgerald (C) and the rookie DP combo (Rivera - Pare­ des) catch fire, October will mean more to this city than the start of hockey season. Hints: Tim Burke is the poten­ tial fireman of the year, while Wallace Johnson, Tom Foley and Casey Candaele are three hot-hitting subs.

Mets: All talent, no class. If the starting rotation (Gooden, Darling, Fernandez, Ojeda, Aguilera) stays healthy, if the power hitters (Hernan­ dez, Carter, Strawberry, Johnson,

McReynolds) perform up to par, and if Davey Johnson keeps his troops’ heads out of the clouds, New York will win 100 games. Perhaps too many ifs to win a division. Hints: Look for rookie SS Kevin Elster to shine and keep an eye on the stability of the Randy Myers Roger McDowell bullpen team.

Pirates: Youth movement to the ex­ treme. A talented young pitching corps is the heart of this Pittsburgh squad.

The defensive alignment, however, is one big question mark which Jim Leyland is presently answering in Flor­ ida. This team has nothing to lose but its innocence. Hints: Lefty strikeout man John Smiley could be the whipped cream to top the Pirate pitching sundae.

Beware of Andy Van Slyke: at 27, coming off a season of .293,21 HR, 82 RBI, he’s ready to peak.

Cardinals: Whitey Herzog is a gen­ ius, but Ozzie Smith is not a .300 hitter, Terry Pendleton is not a 100-RBI man and Todd Worrell is not Bruce Sutter.

The starting rotation looks good on the outside, but that’s only a facade. Only John Tudor and the injury-prone Danny Cox are proven. Hints: (IB) Bob Homer won’t come anywhere close to compensating for Jack Clark’s lost bat. Speed doesn’t slump, but Vince Coleman didn’t steal any bases after any of his 126 strikeouts in ’87.

Phillies: Spare an arm, anyone?

Where’s Steve Carlton when you need

him. They could even use of Lefty at Veteran’s Stadium this summer. For­ mer Expo and perpetual hospital pa­ tient David Palmer is the #2 starter that tells you how bad the staff is be­ yond Shane Rawley. Oodles of of­ fence, Schmidt got smart and took his paltry new 4.5 mill salary and decided to continue to launch some rockets out of Veterans, but Steve Bedrosian can’t save a game if a starter can’t win a game. Hints: The Phils have four men (Bradley, Thompson, Dernier, Samuel) who could each steal 40 bases - even St. Louis can’t match that.

Cubs: They expect to do better with­ out Lee Smith? Rick Sutcliffe, Andre

Dawson and Ryne Sandberg will be the only reasons to take in a Cubs game this year. Watch for a lot of rookies to be shuttling back and forth from the farm.

Hints: Look for trades involving any of Jody Davis, Keith Moreland and Leon Durham.

WEST: Reds: GM Murray Cook engineered some hot trades during the cold winter. The starting staff looks phenomenal (Mario Soto could be un­ employed) and John Franco is the best lefty reliever in the majors. Offen­ sively, Cincinatti boasts a young lineup oozing with young talent (Davis, Daniels) anchored by vets (Bell, Diaz).

Hints: SS Jeff Treadway is screaming “potential!” Tracy Jones should im­ prove on his .290 average playing ev­ ery day.

Astros: A darkhorse. The pitching staff (Ryan, Andujar, Scott and Knepper the sexist) is questionable but each pitcher might just regain the level of invinciblility he has enjoyed in the past.(ed note: Wouldn’t you like to have this questionable? pitching staff during your next Stratomatic season) The Houston offence is vastly under­ rated; several Astros (Davis, Bass, Hatcher, Doran) hit well but captured no attention from the press.(ed. note:just ask Nolie how well they hit) Hints: Larry Andersen will step out of Dave Smith’s shadow as a dominant reliever.

Giants: SanFran won in ’87 by being the only team in the West to get hot at the right time. The holes in their pitch­ ing will prevent a similar streak. A starting rotation of veterans ready to collapse at any moment (Dravecky, Hammaker, Krukow, Reuschel) won’t hold the opposition enough for over­ rated batsmen like Jeff Leonard and Candy Maldonado to make a difference. Hints: Will Clark (IB) is a wonderful athlete and may just step into the media spotlight by having a phenomenal summer.

Dodgers: LA has suspect starting be­ yond Valenzuela, questionable offence past Pedro “the crybaby” Guerrero and a defence that doesn’t even make any­ one wonder - it’s just plain awful.

They’ll still draw more fans than any­ one else. Hints: See if Mike Marshall

posts another successful season and realizes his own potential.

Padres : Poor Tony Gwynn. He has to wait and watch his young teammates develop into pros. Hints: In the mean­ time, look for Benito Santiago (C), John Kruk (IB) and Goose Gossage to carry the load.

Braves: Poor Dale Murphy. His team’s starting staff is little more than pathetic while the offence includes journeymen with overworked names like Griffey and Oberkfell. Hints: Can 35 year-old Bruce Sutter ever come back from two years of inactivity and will Dion James (OF) and Gerald Perry (IB) emerge as young stars?

And there you have it. The Expos meet the Reds in the League Champi­ onship series and it’s anybody’s guess who will triumph. But since it’s my guess, I’ll pick the team who will have the best record in the National come October - Montreal. So reserve your World Series tickets now, folks. And don’t forget that I predicted it.

Next week : American League.

The McGill Rowing Club is holding a raffle April 7th to earn funds to suppport their Club. Tickets can be purchased from your local rower for $5 each. Great prizes are available and the chances of winning a prize are 1 in 40.

S U M M E R IS C O M IN G It's the perfect time to buy a computer... an OGIVAR computer! « » ■ > O G IV A R TECHNOLOGIES

n ir «

Get yourself a fully equipped Ogivar Computer at COOP McGILL You haven’t seen it yet?

Come and have a look today (Tuesday, March 22) in the hall of the McConnell Engineering Building. A booth will be set up just for you!

Available at:

Features'.

COOP M c G IL L

• • • • • •

Windows Programs DOS 3.3 and GW Basic Microsoft Mouse XT or AT Compatible Models Optional 20 or 30Mb Hard disk Optional High Resolution Colour Screen

817 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal, Québec Tel: (514) 398-5001 page 11

E n p lu s , o b te n e z s u r c e r ta in s m o d è le s , l’a ir c lim a tis Ê g r a tu it o u la tra n s m is s io n a u to m a tiq u e o u u n ra b a is c o m p ta n t d e 500$.

page 10