The McGill Tribune Vol. 10 Issue 12

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Bookstore pulls ad from uncensored R e d Herring.

F r a t e r n it y in a c t io n

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IFC divided over affirmative action clause.

A d r ia n L y n e in t e r v ie w

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The esteem ed filmmaker speaks on cinema.

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Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

Volume 10 Issue 12

UBC football player caught w ith th e juice.

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yo, w h at’s up NOTICES: Organizer/animator: The Quebec Public Interest Resea rch G rou p is look­ ing for a motivated and resourceful in­ dividual to animate campaign against incineration. Full-time, startingjan. 2, 1991. $380/week. Experience in organ­ izing and municipal issues a definite asset. Must be bilingual. Application deadline: December 14. Information: 398-7432.

Be your own boss. Reach the stars next summer. Painting and window washing franchises available. Competi­ tive Student Services. Info.: 933-9032 Stressed Out?? Get tips on how to cope at the EXAM Drop-in. Redpath Library, main entrance, rm. 07A.

Monday to Thursday 1-4 p.m., Nov. 19th-Dec. 13th. McGill Chaplaincy,3984104.

The Snowboarding Club: trampo­ line training Tuesday and Thursday at 9 p.m.; Saturday at 1:30 p.m.; Currie Gym. Info.: 286-0578.

1 in 4 Canadian women is sexually assaulted before the age of 18. How many women do you know? Think about it. McGill Coalition Against Sex­ ual Assault.

Casting Meeting for 16mm ani­ mated film production. Voices, tech­ nical director, art assistants needed.

Call the McGill Film Society 398-6825 or Jamie 939-1058.

Toys forTots. A charity drive by Phi

LANDLORD, EMPLOYER, UNIVERSITY Giving you problems?

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Women Alive (WAVE) collective meetings.Mondaysat6:00p.m.W ilson Hall, Rm. 400 (corner of Milton and University). Info.: messages at 3986823.

1990 McGill Food Drive: Novem­ ber 19th - December 19th. Volunteers needed; donations accepted. Info.:3986819.

Walk-Safe Network: Why walk alone? Walk with us! Monday thru Thursday, McLennan Lobby, 10:45 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH Coalition Against Sexual Assault: Planning Meeting for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Women's Union, Union 423,5:00 p.m. All welcome.

QPIRG Waste M anagement Public Action Committee: meeting, 5:30 p.m..

2130 Mackay.

McGill Young Alumni: present "Tax Planning in 1990", with Marc Elman, C.A., tax partner with Ptack Schnarch Basevitz. Leacock Rm. 232, 6:00 p.m.. Info.: 398-3557.

Arts and Science Students inter­ ested in the Health Care Field. Ha ve an open mind! Come and hear about the tremendous opportunities for gradu­ ates with a nursing degree from McGilL.. Information on Bachelorisand Master's programs. Wilson Hall, 3506 University, rm. 227, 7:00 p.m. Info.: 398-4161.

The Snow Boarding Team will have a team buy at 7:00 p.m.. Party at Steel Monkey (4154 St. Laurent) to follow.

Info.: 286-0578.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST McGill Graduate Association of

A McGill GIFT FOR THOSE HARD-TO-BUY-FOR RELATIVES k FRIENDS!

Political Studies (MGAPS): Recycled paper products sale. Leacock lobby, Union lobby, and Thompson House foyer, 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Save up to 30% on computer paper, loose-leaf, academic- and note-pads, envelopes, gift wrap, holiday cards, post cards etc.. Come quickly, we sell outquickly.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: "Women, Poverty, and Welfare La w in Quebec." Panel Discussion with Da v id Cassidy, Welfare Rights Activist, Coa­ lition for the Rights of Welfare Recipi­ ents; Richard Goldman, la wyer;Sharon McCullough, Social worker, YWCA; Regena Russel, Welfare Rights Advo­ cate. Moot court Room, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 3644 Peel, 12:002:00 p.m.. Sponsored by Women and the Law and Lawyers for Social Re­ sponsibility.

Access McGill: Meeting, Union 104, 2:00 p.m. All welcome.

The Progressive Zionist Caucu s and the Women's Union: present a new documentary film called "Women in Black". Filmmaker Marie Hélène Cous­ ineau will speak. Union 107/08, 5:00 p.m..

Students for Global Responsibil­ ity: General meeting, Union 410, 5:00 p.m. All welcome. Info.: 284-6385.

The Psychology of Racism. Panel discussion with Jack Jedwab, Cana­ dian Jewish Congress, Pierre Bossct, Quebec Commission for Human Rights, Jacques Langlais, Centre Intcrculturel Monachanin,SamParkovnick, dawson College. Moderator: Tara Ivanochko, Assistant President, NDPYouth Canada. Union 301, 7:00 p.m., FREE. Info: 845-9171.

International Socialists: Public Meeting: "Crisis in the Gulf: Oppose Tory War Plans". Union 425/6, 7:00 p.m.

McGill Film Society: Intolerance.

USA 1916 (185 min.). Dir.: D.W, Grif­ fith. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. FREE. McGill Theatresports provide im­ provised comedy free in the Alley sta rting at 10:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND D epartm ent of AnthropologySpeakers Series: presents Professor Paul Stirling, Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Univcristy of Kent, Canterbury, England, speak­ ing on "Information, Knowledge and

Change: Labour Migration and Etevelopment in Turkey". Leacock 728,4:306:00 p.m.

McGill for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Final meeting of this term.

Union410,4:30 p.m. Letter writing and food.

McGill Real Estate Club: presents Robert Percy, V.P. Canderel Develop­ ment Corp. on "The Renovations of the RoyalTrustBldg." Bronfman,Rm. 104, 6:00 p.m. New members welcome.

McGill Anti-War/Troops O utof the Gulf Coalition Founding Meeting.

The Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer (just north of Prince Arthur), 7:30 p.m..

McGill Film Society: River's Edge.

USA 1986 (99 min.). Dir.: T. Hunter.

FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

The Transformation of Man. A se­ ries of dialogues with philosopher J. Krishnamurti, physicist David Bohm, and psychiatrist David Shainberg.

Thursdays from November 1st - De­ cember 13 th, 8:00 p. m., 3700 McTa vish (above Dr. Penfield), Rm. 129. All wel­ come.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD McGill Film Society: My Life as a Dog. Sweden 1985 (101 Min.). Dir.: L. Hallstrom. FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH McGill Thcatrcsports: Learn how to do theatresports. Saturdays, Union lobby, 12 noon.

McGill Film Society: My Left Foot.

UK 1989 (103 min.). Dir.: J. Sheridan.

FDA Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

ADVANCE NOTICES: Department of English-Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre: presents Wuthcring Heights, an original adapta tionby Nicole Zylstra of Emily Bronte's clas­ sic novel. Tuesday, November 27th Friday, November 30th at 8:00 p.m. $4.00studentsandseniors;$6.00other.

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McGill Young Alumni: present "People Pressure at Work and at Home", with Ethel Roskies, Professor of Psychology, Université de Montréal.

Leacock Rm. 232,6:00 p.m. November 27th. Info.: 398-3557.

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new s Graphic sparks resignations and pulled ad

BY SHANNON ALDINGER McGill's bookstore has pulled its ad from the Red Herring because the humour magazine is printing a controversial homoerotic graphic.

Bookstore Marketing Manager Horst Bitschofsky decided to pull its ad yesterday after the Herring's ad manager, Hélène Mayer illicitly warned him the graphic would be in the magazine.

Mayer delivered the warning after receiving a letter from Stu­ dents' Society VP Internal Joanna Wedge last Friday stating that Mayer was "not to work on Red Herring matters until [further no­ tice!."

"I feel it's a gross violation of what we'd agree to and of her job description," Wedge said. "At this point, disciplinary action needs to be taken."

Wedge had not yet spoken to Mayer and refused to specify what this "disciplinary action" would entail.

The graphic sparked another controversy late last week when three Red Herring editors resigned

after censoring a homoerotic graphic.

Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Ian Pilarczyk and section editors Duff McLeod and Allan Tait resigned late last week because they had compromised their editorial re­ sponsibility when they bypassed their editorial and publications boards in their "decision to accept censorship", according to a state­ ment issued by Pilarczyk.

Pilarczyk, McLeod and Tait decided to mask a graphic depict­ ing a man inserting a coke bottle in his anus because it was deemed offensive by Mayer, who is re­ sponsible for generating advertis­ ing revenue for all Students' Soci­ ety publications.

Mayer had threatened to with­ draw advertising from the paper if the graphic was not removed or masked because she felt the graphic would offend advertisers and jeop­ ardize future advertising, accord­ ing to Red Herring designated spokesperson and Production Manager Dave Gruber.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle, resell Political Science graduate students will hold a second recycled paper sale tomorrow as a follow-up to the "overwhelming success" of a similar sale held two weeks ago. Tables set up in the Union, Leacock Building and Thompson House will offer a selection of recycled un­ bleached note paper, envelopes, Chritmas cards and computer paper at prices below those at McGill's bookstore.

By offering "natural" colored paper, organizers want to challenge the assumption that paper has to be white.

"Over the past 100 years people have been used to bleached paper.

But the bleaching process is highly polluting because it uses a lot of chemicals, some of which produce liquid waste and air pollution," organizer Stephen Hendrie said.

Feeding the hungry McGill's third annual food drive began yesterday with the distribu­ tion of empty collection boxes across campus.

Organizers hope to double last year's contributions by collecting enough items to provide food boxes for about four hundred families.

The food will go to individual families and to shelters and organiza­ tions like Sun Youth.

"We often just think of the old bum on the street, but that bum is often 20 or 21 years old— our age," co-coordinator Robert Guadagno said.

The McGill Volunteer Bureau will collect non-perishable food until December 21.

Big decision Students' Society's Judicial Board will decide this evening whether or not to uphold the results of last month's vote on joining a provincial student federation.

The FEEQ referendum is being challenged by the "No" Committee and by the president of the Physiology Graduate Students' Associa­ tion on grounds ranging from the inaccessibility of polling booths to the influence of subliminal signs on voting. These complaints were rejected by the Chief Returning Officer in a written decision uphold­ ing the referendum, but both parties appealed the CRO's decision to the Judicial Board. =

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deciding not to send the layout flats on her own."

The three editors said they felt pressured into censoring the graphic because they were anxious to get it to press so it could be distributed before exam period.

The next day the editors decided they had been wrong in censoring without consulting the Red Herring editorial and publications boards.

At a publications board meeting that day, they tendered their resig­ nations.

"We resigned because we did the same thing (as the Publications Manager) by deciding to run or not run the picture without consulting the Publications Board," Tait said.

"It's not about censorship. It's about a person taking control of editorial policy before they have a right to," Tait said. "Everytime we decide what picture is printed is a form of censorship. The problem is who makes the decision."

But according to Pilarczyk, Mayer's threat to withdraw ads also contributed to their decision to resign.

"Our resignation was also to protest what I perceived as the Publications Manager directly or indirectly trying to tell the edito­ rial staff what we could or could not publish," Pilarczyk said.

"We cannot forsake our integ­ rity for economic revenue. Censor­ ship is appalling."

Mayer said she "alerted" the editors of the graphic in question and would not comment in an inter­ vie w as to whether or not she would have withdrawn advertising.

"My job is to make sure nothing racist, sexist or homophobic goes into the paper. I saw a picture that was in questionable taste and I

The co n tro versia l graph ic w a s f ir s t p rin te d in the D a ily .

alerted the editor. That's all," Mayer said.

But at the Red Herring Publica­ tion Board meeting on Friday, Mayer said she would have with­ draw n advertisem ents if the graphic were not masked.

"I would not send (layout flats) to the printers with those ads on them," she said.

According to Wedge, the Publi­ cation Manager's role is to act in an advisory capacity.

"It's (Mayer's) mandate to ad­ vise and the editor-in-chief would be irresponsible not to listen to her advice," Wedge said.

"It's not within her mandate to pull ad vertising. The threat to with­ draw ads is an ultimatum, not advice."

Mayer did not believe the graphic should be printed because she believes the graphic is both sexist and pornographic in con­ tent.

"If it had been a woman with the coke bottle, I would have been the first person people would have jumped on," Mayer said. "But since it was a man, people did not see it as sexist or pornographic."

The Red Herring Publications Board unanimously decided at a meeting on Friday to recall the layout flats and uncover the graphic. A clarification stating the Red Herring had not originally produced the graphic will be added to the picture.

Pilarczyk's resignation will not beofficiàl until approved by Coun­ cil this Thursday.

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Sexual Assault Centre to offer non-political service

BY STEPHANIE SMALL Victims of sexual assault may soon have a support centre on campus. But members of the twoyear-old Coalition Against Sexual Assault have openly questioned the centre's ability to operate effec­ tively.

The McGill Sexual Assault Centre was granted interim ap­ proval last Friday, pending ratifi­ cation by Students' Society Coun­ cil within the next few weeks.

"There's very little done for vic­ tims of sexual assault at McGill and a lot of students are unsure what to do," Sexual Assault Centre organizer Sylvia Di Iorio said.

"Our mandate is prevention, awareness and support. We want

to provide a service-oriented serv­ ice to the students."

"Going to see someone in your same age group with your same

"It's m ore like a b an d -aid solution because it d o e sn 't ad d ress the problem ."

-A lain Trem blay interests is very comforting," or­ ganizer Mary Margaret Jones said. , "Cops often give a cold response - they've only recently stopped asking what you did to deserve it.

We want to offer a more under­ standing, warm environment."

The centre will organize support groups for survivers of rape and incest, and also for the family members or "significant others" of victims of sexual assault.

The centre was conceived in part to help coordinate the efforts of other groups working against sex­ ual assault on campus. The centre's six person commission will include a member of the Sexual Assault Speaker's Bureau.

"It's important to combine ef­ forts and make sure we're not all running around in different direc­ tions and covering different areas," SEE CENTRE . . .

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The McGill Tribune

The McGill Tribune Publisher: The S tudents' Society of McGill U niversty Assistant Editor in-Chief D avid G ru b er News Editors S hannon A ldinger Stephanie Small Features Editor Lisa H arriso n Entertainment Editors Jo n ath an Bernstein A d am Sternbergh Sports Editor Jam es Stew art Photo Editor M atth ew Scrivens Production/Layout Managers K irsten M yers Elaine Palm er Network Editor Lara F ried lan d er

Editor in-Chief: Kelly G allagher M ackay

Production Assistants: D oug D avis, Irene H u a n g Jenny Lin, Z oe R olland, C hris H aroun, M ita B hattacharya Publications Manager H elene M ayer Cover Photo: G raham H aynes Staff: Rich L atour, F araaz Siddiqi, T ru d y G olenberg, D an Kiss, M eg G raham , Eric Boehm, G regory M ezo, G raham H aynes, Jared R aym en, Elisa H ollenberg, Elizabeth Knox, Jam es Robar, A m y W ilson, Brent B annerm an, Sean G ordon, Schleppe H ouston, Paul Grech, C olin Ferguson, Steve Pratt, Ritu G am bhir, Lissy T hom pson, A llan Tait, Kate Gibbs, Kim Farley, Jim W ishard

T h e M c G ill T rib u n e is published b y the S tudents' Society of McGill U niversity.

The Tribune editorial office is located inB-01 A of theU niversity C entre, 3480 McT a vish St., M ontreal, Q uebec, H 3 A 1X9, Telephone398-6789,398-3666.

L e tte rs a n d s u b m is s io n s should be left at the editorial office o r in the S tudents' Soci­ ety G eneral Office. Letters m u st be k ep t to tw o typed pages. O th er com m ents can be ad d ressed to the ch airp er­ son of the Tribune Publica­ tion Board an d left a t the Stu­ d ents' Society G eneral Office.

View s expressed d o n ot necessarily re p re s e n t S tu ­ d ents'S ociety of McGill U ni­ versity o pinions o r policy.

The T rib u n e ad v e rtisin g office is located in room B-22, phone 398-6777. P ublishing is done b y P ayette a n d Sim m s, St.Lam bert, P.Q.

Editorial

C e n s o rs h ip a t q u e s tio n The Red Herring's Editorial Board was told by the Publications Manager of the Students' Society that their magazine would not be sent to the printers the way the editors had submitted it to her. She felt that by carrying a homoerotic image, the Herring was going to offend its advertisers. She gave the editors a choice: cither the graphic was to be censored, or she would pull the ads.

The advertising department exists to serve the newspaper as a whole. The only body or individual who is in a position to judge the relative merits of the sensitivities of advertisers in addition to the editorial staff is the publisher. The McGill Tribune, the Student Handbook and the Red Herring are all published by the Student's Society of McGill University. Any conflict between advertising and editorial content should be resolved by a publica­ tions board made up of students.

Ironically, the same graphic was run by the McGill Daily earlier this year. Their advertising office confirmed that advertisers had been angry about the picture. But their office explained that they had simply informed the advertisers that if they didn't like the graphic, they could take their business elsewhere.

The Publications Manager did not call a meeting of the Herring Publications Board to convince the publisher of the magazine that the material she objected to was racist, sexist or homophobic. She simply threatened the editors with a loss of the advertising revenues they depend on to pay the cost of publication. The editors believed it was a case of censorship.

The Publications Manager of the Students' Society overstepped her mandate by failing to call the Publications Board. She excused ill-disguised censorship by invoking the name of "good taste".

She represented the advertisers and not her publishers and employers — the students of this university.

Before I could even consider supporting censor­ ship, I would have to answer two questions: what

am I willing to have censored, and whom do I allow the power to censor? As a feminist opposed to por­ nography and as a writer opposed to censorship, I struggle with these questions regularly.

Realistically, the threat to free expression does not come from governments. The real threat to free expression is tied, along with almost everything else, to the economics of production.

Printing books, newspapers and magazines costs money. Even a state with extremely tolerant civil liberty laws has an extremely effective curb on its citizens' expression of alternative points of view — at least on those without access to necessary financial resources.

Advertisers would no doubt prefer the publica­ tion in which they buy space to actively support their product. But all newspapers prize their integrity (at least for appearance's sake) so gener­ ally editorial and advertising departments are separated within a newspaper.

The separation is important to ensure that the comfort-level of advertisers is not "the arbiter of public taste." Decisions about content are left in the hands of the publisher, and are usually delegated to the editors.

This separation is particularly important in the case of student media. Theoretically at least, stu­ dents are supposed to have the liberty to challenge conventional assumptions about the way things are done. Any fundamental challenge to the status quo may well make some people uncomfortable or angry.

If I was told by my Publications Board not to carry a homoerotic image because we would lose advertising, I would resign my post as Editor inChief of the McGill Tribune immediately.

I do not accept censorship from governments.

This week, 1realized that it is just as unacceptable to me to allow censorship by advertisers — or their advocates — either.

-K e lly G a lla g h e r-M a c k a y

November 20 - 2 6 ,1 9 9 0

Work with us please, McGill The Student is...

-The most important person on the campus. Without students there would be no need for the institution.

-Not a cold “enrollment statistic," but aflesh and blood human being with feelings and emotions like anyone else.

-Not someone to be "tolerated" so that we can do our own thing.

Students are our thing.

-Not dependent on us. Rather, we are dependent on them.

-Not an interruption of our work, but the purpose of it. We are not doing students afavour by seeing them. They are doing us afavour by giving us the opportunity to do so.

-Advice for McGill staff, printed in last week's edition of the staff-journal

The McGill Reporter I normally leave campus matters to be dealt with by this newspaper's other columnists and reporters so that I can touch on some more esoteric questions. But an editorial printed on these pages last week about the weakness of student representation on McGill's senate woke me up a bit. Two years ago, I was among the student senators hoping to describe the irony of operating a university in spite of students rather than for them.

Unfortunately, our anger at that irony dissolved in the rit­ ual of senate debate. By the end of our terms, most of us realized that simply having more student senators would not empower students.

Students who sit on senate for one year can never learn the system as well as their faculty peers. And too few students want to be senators - even fewer want to speak with their senators - for more senate seats to have any effect on the anger felt far away from the senate room.

Students must be allowed to help apply the rules they help make.

In line-ups outside profes­ sors' doors, on the crowded steps of over-crowded class­ rooms and at each twist in the maze of this campus' bureauc­ racy, this university has be­ come gravely crippled because administrators are more will­ ing to give students seats on senate than roles in operating the university.

Security at the McLennan Li­ brary is one such bureauc­ racy.

On Thursday, a former Stu­ dents' Society executive was turned away from the gates at

Parts o f S p eech RO BERT STEINER the McLennan stacks because she had lost her student card.

For one reason or another, she could not get a new student card before Monday, the same date on which her essay was due.

It was ironic enough that mindlessly applied rules had prevented a serious student from using her mind. Most ironic though was that two years ago, the woman had helped me lobby library ad­ ministrators to increase security after women had reported men watching them in their washrooms.

The point behind increasing security in the library was to protect students. For a year the plan worked. The mere presence of professional guards working with student guards from Hospitality McGill dissuaded most non-students from entering the stacks. While the mixed corps asked students to present their cards, they were lenient who those had left their cards at home or on their desks. They recognized, whether visually or with a few questions, who was a legitimate member of the library. For a year there seemed to be no complaints.

But as the initial reasons for increasing library security faded in the bureacracy's memory, and as student guards disappeared, profesional security guards started keeping even the most obvious students out of the stacks if they could not show a card. Watching my friend being turned away from the stacks last Thurdsay gave the lobby of McLennan a dis­ tinctly autocratic air.

University policy simply cannot answer the real needs of a campus unless students are on the front-lines of its implementation.

So after screwing-up as a senator and picking my way through McGill's twisted bu­ reaucracy, I have one last de­ mand to this university's ad­ ministrators.

Instead of just letting us help make this place's rules, let us help apply them so we can get on with the business of learning.

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November 20 - 2 6 , 1990

op / ed Mental health information rebuttal

Letters to the Editor

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Dean of Admissions invites student criticism of policy - personally T o th e

Tribune:

I read Greg Alton's letter in the issue of November 6-12 with great interest, especially his three references to the Admissions Of­ fice, or to admissions policy. Unfortunately his allusions are so general that it's hard to know exactly what his beef is, beyond that he doesn't like McGill's marking system.

I wish he had been more specific. Other­ wise he's simply lashing out at the Admis­ sions Office without really giving it a chance

to respond. I think that gives the Office and its people a raw deal.

Why doesn't Greg give me a call at 3907 and arrange to come and see me to discuss his criticisms? I give the same invitation to any student interested in admissions policy or procedure. One of my jobs is to be here to listen. I'd rather have the criticism face to face where we can talk about it.

C .A b b o t C o n w a y D e a n o f A d m is s io n s

Tribune:

Your October 23-29th issue has a number of items relating to mental health which are of interest to me. The one by B. Penner on panic attacks derives inpart from an inter­ view with me. Unfortunately I said very few of the things I am quoted as saying, and my views are clearly misrepresented. I under­ stand that quotes involve some journalisic license, but I wouldn't want the students misinformed as happens when I am mis­ quoted about treatment in the last para­ graph. Panic attacks can be prevented by medication, a topic I went into in some detail with your reporter. There are many other inaccuracies in the article, but this one is the most concerning. I think Ms. Penner should have checked out the facts with me first. I am

not asking for right of censorship over your paper, but I do think journalists have to be careful with scientific and medical opinion.

Otherwise we are gong to be reluctant to be interviewed at all!

By the way, it was interesting that I was interviewed about panic attacks, but not about depression and suicide, the two other topics covered in "Focus". There are a number of important questions here which were glossed over, such as when to use medication for depression. I suppose that the editorial policy of the Tribune reflects the bias of the student body for talking rather than using drugs to treat problems, but I do think the presentation was one-sided.

J.P arisM .D .

M cG ill M en ta l H ealth S ervice

Sol in Hall President clarifies free Are you here to get an education ?

Tribune: rent issue after scandal T o th e

To the Editors: I am writing to clarify some of the mis­ leading inferences made by the Tribune as to the issue of the proposal passed through the URC [University Residence Council] to give the position of residence president an honoraium of two months free rent. The resolu­ tion passed in the URC by the hall directors, presidents and the IRC [Inter-Residence Council] president was in fact a proposal that would give a two month rent honorar­ ium to the hall presidents and to the IRC president. It is important to note that none of the current hall presidents were to benefit from this as the resolution was to be imple­ mented after the new hall councils took of­ fice.

The entire problem was that none of the hall presidents were aware of the fact that this had been discussed in the IRC executive, and in addition, the IRC executive was not aware that this proposal was going to be brought forth in the URC meeting. In fact, it

was a consensus on the part of all the hall presidents at the IRC meeting on Wednes­ day, November 7 that we never would have given Karanjit Dulat our support had we known that it had been discussed within the IRC executive. The hall presidents were also under the impression that this proposal would come back to the hall councils for proper approval.

The exact proposal passed in the URC meeting was not the same proposal the hall presidents had seen the day before. There were changes and omissions and this made for a very confusing and improper proce­ dure. As a result of this, the council of Solin Hall unanimously voted to withdraw sup­ port for this proposal because of the im­ proper procedure initiated by Karanjit Du­ lat and because of the unacceptability of the proposal if it is not put to the students for ap­ proval.

M ark A . Luz P re sid en t o f S o lin H a ll

No student should have or pay for an incom petent teacher T o th e

Tribune:

I feel it is necessary to comment on Robert Steiner's article of October 30, entitled "Don't Blame Teachers!"

As the article implies, teachers should not be scapegoats for all student difficulties with regard to courses. However, to suggest that a group of students is attempting to blame a lack of success in a course on the speech of the professor is ridiculous. Regardless of motive, there is no point in the professor lectuing if no one can discern the words. If there is a problem, the professor should somehow be informed. Then, there is no excuse for not dealing with any legitimate concerns.

It is true that I have never been to a class where the teacher was less prepared than I; yet, there is no basis of comparison for the

class preparation of teachers and students.

Being a student is not my job. I am not getting paid to go to classes and learn. Ra ther, I help pay for the professors to lecture, re­ gardless of whether 1 participate fully in lectures, show up and sleep, do not even understand the accent of the professor, or stay in bed. They are not getting paid to "learn" me, which is up to the student, but they are paid to teach. If a teacher is unani­ mously considered uninteresting or unin­ terested, then something is wrong and he or she is responsible for changing her or his methods. Although research is extremely important for several reasons and it should continue, no amount of research can excuse a teacher from neglecting his or her duties to teach, and teach well.

A u b r e y K assirer U 2 S c ie n c e

•Erratum* In the November 6-13 issue of the McGill Tribune, a photo by Mike from Concordia was credited to the Link which wants nothing to do with us.

I am writing in response to the letter en­ titled, "I am here to get an education!" in the November 6 issue of the Tribune. I was troubled by Mr. Alton's invective because it is typical failings of our educational system.

Alton is unequivocal in criticizing, "McGill's fundamental attitude about everything."

What exactly this "fundamental attitude" is, we are not told, but he suggests it is related to McGill's "stodgy" attitude. Alton be­ lieves th a t, "the philosophy should be to challenge students to think, find out how they think."

Mr. Alton would be hard-pressed to find someone who would challenge him on this last point, but he presents the idea as though

it were revolutionary. If Alton is trying to make a serious point, how can he make the argument that, [McGill's attitude is to]" Give everyone shit marks, but don't worry about what they learn." We might suggest to Mr. Alton that he learn to think as an adult before he worries too much about his uni­ versity education.

If Mr. Alton is seeking approval of the sleepy mob by protesting that our profes­ sors evaluate perniciously, he may well succeed. Anyone, however, who reveres disciplined thoughtand rational expression will be forced to disregard comments such as Mr. Alton's, even if the issues he ad­ dresses are important.

Sam S n id erm an A rtsU 3

Withdrawal deadlines T o th e

Tribune:

The editoral by David Gruber on page 4 of the October 30th-November 5 issue of the Tribune states that "Over a Week has passed since the deadline for withdrawal from A and D term courses". The dates in the calen­ dars clearly indicate that the deadline for 'A' or first term courses was Monday, October

22nd, and that withdrawal from 'D' or full year courses is possible until Monday, De­ cember 3rd. This correction must be brought to the attention of your readers. It would be regrettable if students in 'D' courses didnot use the remaining time available because of this erroneous information. ~ J.P .Schuller R egistrar

Comment

To work for and with the disabled...

Access McGill had its first meeting on No­ vember 7th. Everyone was optimistic and enthusiastic about putting the monies avail­ able to Access to good use with the goal of increasing accessibility for the disabled at McGill. The people present are well aware that McGill's environment is not responsive to the needs of the disabled. There was just one problem; there were no disabled stu­ dents at the meeting. Those present were un­ comfortable making plans and strategies for students with disabilities without their di­ rection.

Access is a committee of Students' Society dealing with the needs of both learning dis­ abled and physically disabled students on campus. It is responsible for assisting dis­ abled students integrate into university life; it sensitizes the McGill community to the concerns of our disabled students; and it informs the University about the types of services needed by disabled students.

Access exists primarily to aid in increas­

ing the accessibility of McGill to disabled students. To this end, work has been under­ taken to reduce the physical, financial, administrative and attitudinal barriers to the recruitment, enrolment and participa­ tion of the disabled at McGill. Access works closely with both Students' Society and the office of disabled students' services to ac­ complish those ends. In spite of this, Access' success depends on the level of direction it receives from students with disabilities.

All McGill stuents are encouraged to be­ come members of Access. Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Rm.104 of the Student Union Building. If you need information, you can call us at 398-6786.

We have high hopes for Access. It cannot succeed, however, without the full and ac­ tive participation of students with disabili­ ties.

A ccess M cG ill

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Francophone enrolm ent on the decline

BY TRUDY GOLDENBERG The steady decrease in franco­ phone student enrolment at McGill will only stop if the university becom es "m ore involved in Quebec life",accordingtoMcGillQuébec President Marc-Antoine Adam.

Enrolment figures released by Registrar Jean-Paul Schuller show the percentage of francophone stu­ dents is down by about two per­ cent this year, to 21 % of total enrol­ ment. The figures do not distin­ guish between francophones from Québec and those from the rest of Canada or other countries.

The decrease is part of a five-

year trend that will likely continue because "the incoming class has a smaller proportion of franco­ phones," Schuller said.

To combat this trend, Adam

"Certainly, bilingualism should be expected of McGill students."

Adam believes these measures would "show that McGill values Québec culture".

"Bilingualism should be expected of McGill students."

- McGill-Québec President M arc-Antoine Adam suggests McGill should "become more involved in Québec life."

"More classes should be offered in French. Perhaps there should also be a francophone SSMU along­ side the present one," Adam said.

"Generally, both academic repu­ tation and language draw franco­ phones to McGill, but it is unpleas­ ant for francophones to be seen as just another cultural minority group."

The administration points to reasons other than McGill's atti­ tude and environment.

Dean of Admissions Abbott Conway speculated the drop may be the result of "social and cultural climates in Québec".

But Schuller "doubts that it's the political situation."

Schuller points to McGill's "prestigious" international repu­ tation. Figures show an increase in international student enrolment, which may contribute to the over­ all decline in francophone enrol­ ment since the majority of franco­ phones at McGill are Canadian.

Conway and Schuller both say increased competition from other

improving Québec universities reduces the likelihood of students applying to McGill.

"Francophones certainly fa­ vour UQAM over McGill," Con­ way said.

Adam believes the decline in francophone enrolment will con­ tinue "depending on the political situation in the next few years and on McGill's response to it."

"Québecers will be less interested in McGill if Québec becomes a sovereign nation. There is too much of an anglo-Canadian mul­ ticultural approach at McGill.

Québec culture should be pro­ moted at McGill because it’s an important part of Québec life." Q

Frustrations m ount over copy-card access

BY DAN KISS Student complaints about inac­ cessible and inconvenient Plasticashiers will not be addressed by the university library system until the end of this school year.

The photocopy debit-card vend­ ing machines were relocated from four university libraries to the vi­ cinities of Sadies locations when the library entered into a new dis­ tribution agreement with Sadies last summer. Machines are now located in the Union, McConnell Engineering, Law and Chancellor Day Hall buildings.

Students have been complain­ ing at McLennan Library because the machines are shut off on week­ days and are now located in areas which are not accessible on Sun­ days.

"Wouldn't it make more sense to have them at the library?" asked Elpida Agathocleous, U2 Arts.

'T he machine was moved from the Law library to downstairs. I don't think that was such a good idea. It's more convenient to have

it in the library," said Gino Cellard, U2 Law. According to a response to stu­ dent complaints posted on the McLennan suggestion board, the library system "will be assessing the operations and servicing with Sadies at the end of this 1990-91 year."

accessibility to stu d en ts," Shifman said.

But students complain the relo­ cation of the machines has made them inconvenient.

"I use the photocopiers three or four times a week," said Danielle Cordon, U3 Arts. 'T he photocopi­ ers are in the library, not the Un­

"We are a library, we are not in the retail business. Our job is to circulate books, not sell cards."

- Elizabeth Mader, libraries administrative officer "The library representatives will get together at some point with Students' Society to discuss how the new arrangem ents have worked out over the last year," Students' Society Comptroller Jon Shifman said. "It will not be a for­ malized review."

'The machines were moved to more high traffic areas to improve

ion."

Plasti-cashiers are currently turned off while retail outlets are open because the library officials felt excessive wear would result if the machines were kept on at all times.

Shifman believes constant use may result in "increased jamming of cards and money" but doubts

increased use would necessarily decrease the life span of the machines.

According to the administra tiveofficer for McGill libraries Elizabeth Mader, the copy-card machines were inconvenient to library workers.

"We are a library, we are not in the retail business," Mader said. "Our job is to circulate books, not sell cards. We needed official vendors to sell the cards."

"It's just like coinC o p y-ca rd m achines are "inaccessible" operated vending an d "inconvenient". machines," Mader places where students will have said. "If the thing broke down , angry students would come to our more access during non-peak hours." staff demanding that they get Bonnell indicated that Sadies it fixed." would ask the Library for permis­ Sadies Manager Dawn Bonnell sion to leave the machines on at all suggested the machines may be times.

Q returned to the libraries, "or at least

Coalition criticizes new assault centre s approach CENTRE FR O M PA GE 3 Speaker's Bureau coordinator Alex Johnston said.

"There are so many different groups on campus it gets really confusing because you never know what everyone else is doing," said

Amy O'Neil, a coordinator for the Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

But the Coalition is not affiliated with the new centre because of its "political" approach to sexual as­ sault.

Members of the Coalition criti­ cize the centre's reluctance to take

Have you completed one year at McGill?

Do you have a good knowledge of the University?

Are you people-orientated?

In fo K io s k S ta ff N e e d e d Fo r S p rin g T e rm

a political stand. They believe it is necessary to approach the prob­ lem not just on a case by case basis but rather in the larger context of society. This not only helps the victims, but also helps to change society's attitudes towards sexual assault.

Can you commit to a certain number of hours now for next term?

Bilingualism is preferred.

A p p lic a tio n s a t SSMU front d e s k u n til N ovem ber 2 7 th .

"You have to take a stand on the issue. How can you really help someone if you leave your atti­ tudes at the door?" O'Neil said.

"It's more like a band-aid solu­ tion because it doesn't address the problem," Coalition member Alain Tremblay said.

But Di Iorio, a founding member of the Coalition who quit in Sep­ tember, defends the centre's ap­ proach.

"Coalitions can make people aware but they never really offer service to people who have been victimized. The Coalition has one approach and we have another," Di Iorio said. "But we are working for the same goal."

Johnston agrees. 'T he more people you have trying to combine efforts, the more you can help each other."

Organizers hope the new centre

will have an office set up in the Union Building by January. Stu­ dents will be able to drop-in and pick up information or talk to their peers about sexual assault.

An important part of this infor­ mation will be legal, including what it is like to go through the legal system with sexual assault charges.

Di Iorio, a final year social work student, plans to have a qualified councellor on staff eventually. Until then, members will be trained to handle crisis situations, but not to counsel. If someone walks in in a crisis, members will escort the person up to counselling at the Powell Student Services Building.

Di Iorio hopes the centre will eventually grow into a large centre with full-time councillors and di­ rect funding, similar to the Legal Information Clinic.

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entertainment Interview: Filmmaker Adrian Lyne's visions

BY JO N A T H A N BERNSTEIN A N D A D A M STERNBERGH Adrian Lyne is one of the most successful filmmakers in Holly­ wood. He has over ten years ex­ perience as a Hollywood direc­ tor, and another ten as a director of commercials in his native England. Both 91/2 Weeks (1987) and Fatal Attraction (1988) cre­ ated a stir due to their explicit sexuality and stunning visual presence. In a phone interview from Los Angeles, Lyne cov­ ered a range of subjects, includ­ ing last month's release,Jacob's Ladder.

Adrian Lyne: It's a strange film, really. On one level, it's a psy­ chological thriller about a man who is going mad and trying to work out why he is hallucinat­ ing and seeing demons. He thinks the army has experi­ mented on him and the rest of his platoon and then there is a conspiracy to cover it up. Then, of course, at theend of the movie, you have to reassess everything that you've seen and look back through it for clues or what­ ever. It is kind of like two sets in one.

The film took nineteen weeks to make. The reason it took so

long because we did all of the special effects in camera, at the time of shooting. You normally hand over your special effects to a special effects company like ILM in San Francisco and you get your result back three months later. In that instance, you pretty much have to like what they do. When that hap­ pens, because of the man or the men at ILM who are doing special effects are also doing five or six other movies at the same time, it tends to be a kind of a sameness. It is the same guy doing the lightning, say, or the hallucinations, or whatever. So I hope that our method is a more interesting route although it certainly was torture to do, at times, because of the mechani­ cal stuff involved.

Tribune: What kind of influences did you draw on to design the hallucinogenic and dream se­ quences?

A.L.: What was tough, really, was the screenplay had been around for a long while and was a bit in­ timidating to read because it was very descriptive. It read more like a novel. It really dealt with SEE LYNE . . .

D irecto r A d ria n Lyne co n su lts w ith Tint R obbin s on th e s e t o f Jacob's Ladder.

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Roclty Viands a knockout punch again, alas

BY COLIN FERGUSON From Apollo to Clubber to Drago, Rocky conquers countless insurmountable odds, and after five movies, one would think they could get it right.

Rocky V picks up Rocky's life mere minutes after the close of the Drago fight in the Soviet Union (Rocky IV). It is immediately ap­ parent that Rocky has been hit in the head perhaps once too often.

Within ten minutes, brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young) mysteriously attains power of attorney and absentmindedly signs over the entire Balboa estate, Rocky loses his box­ ing license due to irreparable brain damage, and the entire Balboa clan is forced to move back to the old neighbourhood to cover the claims of the 1RS. The quintesential Rocky theme of "back to the roots for the under­ dog comeback" is thus well underSEE ROCKY V . . .

PA GE 8 S ly S ta llo n e (left) teaches son Sage th a t n ep o tism is the actor's b e st friend.

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McGill symphony charged by electricity of super conductor B Y R IT U G A M B H IR On Sherbrooke Street, just east of University, resides the faculty of music, one of the finest in Canada.

However, the majority of McGill students are undoubtedly more familiar with the symphony of sensations arising from too many beer than with the sensations caused by the McGill Symphony Orchestra, under its conductor, Professor Timo­

1986. Vernon's experience includes studying in Canada and Europe u n d e r ren o w n ed co nductors Otto-Werner Mueller and Hans Swarowsky. He has worked in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Holland, Belgium, U.S.A., and Canada.

Vernon finds a sharp contrast between Europe, where he lived for a decade, and the Canadian arts scene.

"When I was four, my dad took me to see an orchestra in Vancouver.

Afterwards, when he asked me which instrument I wanted to play, I came up with what is now the famous family quote-'I want to play the baton/" - Prof. Timothy Vernon

M c G ill S ym p h o n y C on du ctor T im o th y Vernon ta k e s tim e o u t

thy Vernon.

When interviewed, a vivacious Vernon spoke of conducting with a feverish intensity.

Born in Vancouver, most of Ver­ non's childhood was spent in Victoria. "According to my mom, I sang before I talked. Not that my orchestra would believe it - the way I go on and on during rehearsals" he said. "I love my orchestra."

Vernon has been conductor of the McGill Symphony Orchestra since

In Vienna, for example "Every night of the week you had a choice of where to go. And it was so cheap! To experience an opera of professional calibre, it cost one Australian shilling-fourCanadianpennies! You can't get that sort of culture these days."

Has Vernon always wanted to be a conductor? "Not always", he admitted, but as the legend goes, "when I was four, my dad took me to see an orchestra in Vancouver.

Afterwards, when he asked i which instrument I wanted to pla came up with what is now t famous family quote-'I want to pi the baton.'"

Vernon is dedicated to you musicians. As well as conducting McGill, he spends six wee teaching every summer on Vance ver Island.

He has been called a "madma by one student, but he says that planned.

"I want to give my players t secu rity need ed to expre them selves. O ften the you: m usician, th o u g h generous talented, is so shy. He doesn't thi it's macho to show affection for 1 instrument. When he looks at n waving my arms and hopping i and down, he thinks, 'if Vernoi that nuts about conducting, I gues could be a little crazy with r violin.'"

In April 1989, the McGill Syi phony Orchestra became the fi: Canadian youth or universi Orchestra toappearatCarnegie Hi The group returned to New York f a second performance last night. E last comment is one that truly com from his heart.

"The orchestra has earned therij to go to Carnegie. They are capal of filling the hall spiritually as w as musically. That in itself is a vc big achievement."

Rocl<y V a fitting last round to boxing saga ROCKY FR O M PA GE 7 way. Unfortunately, due to the accident, Rocky is unable to form coherentthoughtsand losesmuch of the grammatical finesse we wi t-

boxer from the streets with little style and no training. Ring any bells?

WhenTommy's starquality shines under Rocky's management, he is prematurely stolen away by an un­

Tommy "machine" Gunn needles inno­ cent Rocky into a street fight where the Italian Stallion is forced to prove himself or head to the proverbial glue factory. nessed in earlier films. On his stroll down what he can remem­ ber of memory lane, he stumbles upon Tommy Gunn(Tommy Morrison), a down on his luck

scrupulous manager and is enticed by the dark side of the force.

Despised by the crowds and wildly searching for redemption, Tommy "machine" Gunn needles innocent

Rocky into a street fight where the Italian Stallion is forced to prove himself or head to the proverbial glue factory.

The main fault with Rocky V is the pace. Rocky's brief ten minute downfall results in a myriad of underdeveloped characters and a sketchy perception of events. Despi te a few token sentimental scenes, the breakneck pace and lack of fluidity forces the family to greet the tu m u ltu o u s h a rd sh ip w ith apparent indifference.

Sim ilarly, the character of Tommy Gunn is so thoroughly unconvincing with his bleeding heart, poor boy trying to make good,

Rocky-esque background, that he fails to cnstill any ounce of pity and actu ally leaves the audience wondering why this information is necessary.

Sylvester Stallone's real son (Sage Stallone) plays the screen role to the hilt.

The door has been closed tightly on the Rocky saga. Collectively, the series works due to its adrenalin packed finishes and in the

synthesis and closing of Rocky's life. Much of the screen time in this 'round' very successfully devotes attention to father/ son relationships. Sylvester Stallone's real son (Sage Stal­ lone) plays the screen role to the hilt.

Rocky V chronicles the retu rn to Rocky's native Philadelphia, the only place he was ever content, and his family is united. The ven erab le Balboa finally hangs up his gloves, opens M ickey's old gym , and attem pts to continue with his life.

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Ex-Beatle and Bliss arouse

BY STEV E PR A T T

No matter your taste in music, even the most stagnant curiosity will be aroused by at least one of two recent Montréal releases; one from a rock 'n'roll legend, and the other from a razor's edge independent group, hoping to make headway into the world of hardcore.

Tripping the Live Fantastic Paul McCartney (Capitol) Tripping the Live Fantastic is a mag­ nificent release compiled from Mc­ Cartney's recent and extensive world tour. The Ex-Beatle's romp around the world covered thirteen countries, setting personal attendance records at six stadiums. He even set the World Record for the largest stadium con­ cert in Rio de Janeiro, attracting 184,000 spectators. Obviously, Mc­ Cartney has some fans out there.

McCartney writes on the album cover: "We saw fans with messages replying to our own... we saw emo­ tions and we saw hope for the fu­ ture...couples necking... grown men

crying... children far too young to know... and we played for them all."

Debatably the most successful of the ex-Beatles, McCartney belts out many crowd favourites from three stagesof hiscareer, suchas "Band on the Run", "Sgt. Pepper", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "Hey Jude". Thank­ fully, McCartney and his five mem­ ber band (yes, Linda's there, too) are very faithful to the original tracks and no unpleasing distortions of these golden tunes are incurred.

B utifyouaren'ta fan, you can live without this musical acquisition.

No Saints, No Clowns, No Targets Bliss (Independent) Bliss is a two year-old band from Montreal, whose reputation as one of the area's most intriguing and talented hardcorealternativegrouos is growing rapidly. This intense, energetic album is a set of constantly changing, fast-paced tunes. It's jampacked with high-powered, free flowing guitar riffs, complemented by suitably guttural vocals and vary­ ing rhythms.

Even if you're not a die-hard fan of

alternative music, you will find Bliss more enjoyable than most other groups in this bizarre genre. There's no preaching or politics on this al­ bum, which is decidedly refreshing.

But the album possesses a distinctly bitter and angry tone.

Bliss aims for music that "excites your senses." According to band member Sylvain Bouthillette good music "grabs you but you don't know why, but you feel so empow­ ered and have the impression that something is really happening, something real not just with melo­ dies that you recognize with your head, but structures that challenge your conceptions, your whole body."

Their music is certainly not conventional. Their creativity breaks new ground in in the diverse genre of alternative music. Particularly notable tracks include "Baby I'm Yours" and "Nerve Rack", both of w hich score high points for originality and energy. If alternative music is your proverbial cup of tea, then you will want to check out this new effort from an independentband which appears to be going places.

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The gimmick of Emo Philips "You Gotta Have A Gimmick" is the title of a Sondheim song from the musical, Gypsy. It con­ tains a particularly insightful verse which runs: "Do some­ thing special/anything that's fresh'll/earn you a big fat cigar/ You're more than just a mimic/ when you got a gimmick/take a look how different you are."

Comedian Emo Philips is a great deal more than just a mimic, and accordingly, his earning depends precisely on his con­ trived gimmick. Philips, who performed on campus in front of several hundreds of McGill students last Wednesday, is one of the new generation of standup comedians who place less emphasis on material and more on the character that they portray onstage.

A self-proclaimed "methodone actor", Philips has rede­ fined the role of the comic, along with colleagues such as Andrew Dice Clay, Howie M andel, Sam Kinison and Steven Wright, to name a few. In order to be successful nowadays, it seems a stand-up performer has to create a humourous facade to accom­ pany once significant material.

Andrew Dice Clay (nick­ named "The Diceman"- since when did comedians have nicknames?) has found a comfortable niche, not to mention millions of dollars, in accosting and verbally molesting women. Similarly, the prophetic Sam Kinison has been known to scream obscenities in women's faces on occasion and to yell at ethnic minorities, advising them to return to their respective but not so respected homelands. The jokes have taken a backseat to the jabs.

Emo Philips' gimmick is to simply act to the hilt the part of a low-life, paranoid sex-fiend.

His favourite onstage pasttime is to wag his tongue and otherwise lewdly flirt with women in the audience, all in the name of laughs.

At one point in his class act on Wednesday night, Emo went as far as to say, "You don't need to do any outside activities to be Emo's bitch" to some unsuspect­ ing girl in the third row. When asked to identify the key to his success, he responded, "Every­ one onstage has to exude a certain charm or radiance...whoever you are, whether you are Tom Jones or Liberace, you have to have a certain star quality." I somehow do not recall ever seeing classic "stars" like James Dean, Marilyn

Imitating Life JO N A T H A N BERNSTEIN Monroe or Marlon Brando ever exuding the quality that Mr. Philips himself practices.

The fact is that Jeff Rothpan, one of the comedians who opened for Philips, is far more funny than the man who followed him. Rothpan, a twenty-two year old Montréal native, has no equal "character" in his performance. The comedic emphasis is simply on his material, which is sidesplittingly funny. The range of topics which he pokes fun at include car phones, the party line, Canadian TV and his own inept skiing skills, whereas Emo chooses to focus on killing his grandmother, killing puppies, necrophilia, snot and haemorrhoids.

Rothpan knew he wanted to be a comedian when he was sixteen and, at that age, he started performing at Heming­ way's (which is now called The Comedy Nest). His father had to drive him to 'work' and the young entertainer was not allowed to drink alcohol in the club. Rothpan is a self-pro­ claimed "writer type of guy" who is not as "crazy" as, say, Emo Philips or Hovâe Mandel.

About that contrasting style of approach, Rothpan says that their "characters get on my nerves because I think to myself that they don't need to do that."

The question remains: why is Jeff Rothpan opening for Emo Philips? The answer is that the latter taps that perverse vein of the teenage world that seems not to be so elusive in this day and age. To insure popularity, a performer need only insult everyone in sight - minorities are bonus points. The recent trend in comedy is certainly disturbing and, of course, begs the age-old observation that the entertainment world merely mirrors society.

There is undoubtedly some truth in that chicken/egg paradox and leads to a sobering realization that our society has become a frightening freak show. The Emo Philipses and Andrew Dice Clays of this world un­ fortunately will not soon disappear.

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Adrian Lyne speaks out LYNE FR O M PA GE 7 all of the demons, and hell and heaven inliteral, Old Testament terms. So I kind of wrestled with this for about a year. [It was a question of] how to do it and not have people laugh, to be honest; to have the audience familiar with the imagery and therefore not be frightened by it. I went to an exhibition of Francis Bacon's work, the English painter, which is really terrifying stuff. It has a quality of being smeared or blurred, you know. It kind of looks like it is moving and it is frightening because you can't tell too clearly what you are looking at. You have to imagine what is happening underneath that blurs or smears. So I tried to do almost a moving equivalent of that and I think that many of my shaky camera movements haveasortoftorturedquality.lt hides from the audience what they're looking at and makes them imagine what is happen­ ing behind that blur. We did it different ways...sometimes with the shutter speed or sometimes I would roll at only 4 or 5 frames per second instead of 24.

Trib.: What problems did you encounter in translating the strong religious imagery to the screen?

A.L.: The issue was a loaded one between Bruce (Joel Rubin, the screenwriter) and I. For ex­ ample, at the end, he had writ­ ten a stairway to heaven with angels, sun beams and clouds, etc. 1 could never have had enough angels. 1 could never have done justice to his writing.

I dared to introduce the thread of the kid into the movie, the kid who had died, so there was a sense of reunion at the end of the movie. 1 also liked the idea of Jacob's ladder being his own appartment staircase, rather than being the Liberace version, as 1 used to joke to Bruce about it. It was just a way of doing it, I'm sure thatother people would have done it differently.

yelled at people and got them to accept me to direct. It came out and about three people saw it and my mom was one of them.

Then I didn't work for another three years because it hadn't done very well. Finally, I was offered a movie I didn't really want to do, Flashdance, but they had the 8 million dollars and it was actually going to get made.

I was sick of working on things that didn't get made. So I did that and that was a piece of fluff.

It is, by far, the most interesting movie visually. Unfortunately, very few people have seen it.

Trib.: How would you define the director's role on the set?

A.L.: The hellish part of it is hang­ ing onto spontaneity in terms of the shoo ting becauseevery thing is obviously working against that. You just try to steer every­ one in one direction. Like Putnam once said to me, "Make sure that everybody is making the same movie." You do, as a

"You have to imagine w hat is happening underneath those blurs or smears."

-Adrian Lyne It wasn't the sort of movie I liked doing but I thought that maybe I could do something with the dancing and make people feel good. In 9 l/2Weeks I made the choice to present it as a stylised glossy sort of thing. If I was doing it now, I would probably do it differently.Fatal Attraction was a more gritty exercise.

Trib.: You have a very distinct visual style. Whatdirectorshave influenced you?

A.L.: Well, it's funny, because the directors I tend to like are not particularly visual. I like Truf­ fa u Fs work enormou si y and Ch­ abrol's work as well. Chabrol in turn was influenced by Hitch­ cock. I like what Polanski used to do with Repulsion and Rose­ mary's Baby and stuff like that...

The best movie of this year, I think, was Time Of The Gypsies.

director, have a problem of making it move and if you (the director) are below par or lack­ ing in energy, you feel it perco­ late through the whole unit. If you go to fifteen takes on one shot and you are not getting what you want, you look around and you see that it is a disaster.With actors, the more accessible you make yourself and the more vulnerable you become to them, when you go see them in their trailer, or whatever, then the more you get back from them. In other words, if you really show them that you would crawl through shit for them, then you invari­ ably get the same back from them. The reason isbecause they are all petrified...I'm petrified, we all are. They have to stand up and make fools of them selves and so do you.

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focus Fraternities: The past few years have not been good ones for fraternities and sororities. Bad press, legal action, and expulsion from the Student's Society have all had a negative impact.

Nevertheless, Greek popularity is actually on the rise.

M em b ersh ip a t fra te rn itie s acro ss cam pus is on th e rise.

Greeks divided over affirmative action clause

BY A LLAN T A IT Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) opinion is curiously divided over the Affirmative Action clause passed by SSMU council las t Thurs­ day.

The by-law states that campus groups may control thcirmembership and structure to promote the "well-being of a group disadvan­ taged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or social class."

Sigma Chi member John Atanasiadis in a letter to theMcGill Daily stated "whenever the first organi­ zation that limits membership by sex is granted club status in the SSMU and sets legal precedence, I will be there, with the insistence that fraternities and sororities are granted the same privilege."

How fraternities and sororities can show that they constitute dis­ advantaged groups is uncertain.

"I f they can make a great case, fine, but I don't foresee said Joanna Wedge V.P. Internal, of the Stu­ dents' Society.

IFC president Jai Marshall said, however, "fraternities and sorori­ ties aren't really looking for SSMU recognition."

Wedge and Marshall expressed the opinion that the Affirmative Action clause would be met with morcapathy and indiffcrencefrom fraternities than anything else.

Marshall asked The Tribune not to attend the last IFC meeting be­ cause she was "not exactly sure how informed everyone would be on affirmative action, and they might just speak out on an issue theydidn'tknowanythingabout," and alsoad vised against talking to

IFC P resid en t Jai M a rsh a ll and V ice-P residen t Ian P ila rczyk .

individual members of fraternities and sororities because of the possi­ bility that what they said "wouldn't be representative of what the IFC really thinks."

According to IFC vice president Ian Pilarczyk, certain Greek mem­ bers with an "adversarial relation­

ship with the McGill community "would not "be on top of issues like this. H ow ever," he continued,"fra terni ties and sorori­ ties tend to have a very high per­ centage of student leaders, who are more aware of these issues."

Aside from the question of how

individual fraternities and sorori­ ties will be affected by the clause, Marshall and Pilarczyk agree that there will be no change for the In­ ter-Fraternity Council itself. "As it stands now, we don't give prefer­ ence to any group," said Pilarczyk.

Last spring the Judicial Board of the SSMU decided not to recognize the IFC because it "...is not open to all McGill students." Since then, the IFC has changed its policy to allow any McGill student to join the organization. Formerly, only fraternity or sorority members were eligible to join the IFC. Wedge claimed that Marshall had expressed her intention to re­ submit the IFC constitution to council. "I was told that I would recieve the new constitution by a certain date, and I haven't," said Wedge.

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Fraternities fight bad press and negative attitudes

BY AM Y W IL SO N Fraternities. Sororities. Immedi­ ate visions of "Animal House" a nd "Revenge of the Nerds." But what are they really like? Does the "bad press" they get reflect reality?

Students usually join fra terni ties for the social aspect of the institu­ tions - it is an easy way to meet people and to make immediate friends.

Social events include "anything from watching TV to mixers to rush events and closed parties," Ian Pilarczyk, Vice-President of the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) ex­ plained.

It's McGill's frat policy to hold closed house parties; you have to know a member to attend. The closed party rule is supposed to guarantee unruly outsiders from starting trouble. But some closed fraternity parties have been out of hand. After Zeta Psi's gang rape charge of two years ago, and the recent charging of frater­ nity members for illegal alcohol

sales at Delta Upsilon, the IFC has become much less tolerant of what the Pilarcyzk described as "she­ nanigans."

A judicial board for IFC was established after the rape incident.

It holds the power of sanctions including suspension and expul­ sion from the chapter.

"This (the establishment of the judicial board) is a very positive move," says Pilarczyk. "If a frater­ nity or sorority goes against social rules, it deserves everything it gets."

Internal discipline is dependent on the chapter. Review by the par­ ent organization can entirely shut it down.

However, the actions of individ­ ual members are not always represcntativeoftheindividual'schaper or of the Greek system. "The frats don't create these people, it's the individuals who are at fault," con­ tends an ex-member. "The whole system shouldn't be dragged down with it."

Despite the overwhelming bad

press, interest in the Greeks is on the rise. Membership in McGill fraternities has increased steadily in the last four years.

Tobecomea member, candidates first have to "rush." The process of rushing allows potential members to mingle, meet the members of the houses, and pick the one most suit­ able to them. However, once one has decided on the chapter that she or he would like to join, the frater­ nity or sorority must also decide to accept the person.

Does the selection process indi­ cate that fraternities and sororities are elitist? "I'm not really sure," says Pilarczyk. "The (selections) are not arbitrary,...some chapters do attract certain groups like football or rugby players. Even those aren't exclusive though."

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Philanthropy : beware of Greeks bearing gifts?

BY KATE GIBBS Appearances may be decieving.

At face value, forty-eight continu­ ous hours of teeter-tottering for charity seems child's play. The twenty-five active members of McGill's Lambda Chi Alpha chap­ ter, however, take their philan­ thropic activities very seriously.

Lambda Chi's Teeter-Totter-aThon, held Nov.15-16, required a

time com m itm ent from each member of between ten and four­ teen hours. The projected total for their marathon, $5,000, will account for 5% of Montreal's Missing Chil­ dren's Network's annual budget.

Lambda Chi is the Network's largest individual contributor.

Network founder Susan Arm­ strong has been overwhelmed, "These guys are proving that fra­ ternities can do something good

Frats1bad press FRATS FR O M PA GE 11 be somewhat cultish. "At the be­ ginning they call you up all the time. Once you're a member there's more and more pressure to take part in events that you may not be interested in. If you don't take part, you aren't di­ rectly accused but you are given the cold shoulder."

He described his fraternity as cliquish, not elitist. After a year and a half, he left because of the highcostofmembershipand the feeling that he did not fit in.

In addition, despite rules against it, there are still rumors of hazing the process by which pledges are placed in a psycho­

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He described an initiation in­ cident in which pledges were forced to sleep-over, only to be awakened individually in the middle of the night. "1 was putin a dark room with a light shining inmy face,and the brothers inter­ rogated me from behind a sheet.

My answers were ridiculed," he said.

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Philanthropy, the dispensing of aid set aside for humanitarian purposes, is ideally an intrinsic part of all active fraternities. Certainly members would never tell you otherwise. Joel Neuheimer, philan­ thropy officer of Phi Delta Theta, stressed a "brother's involvement with a fraternity does not just last three or four university years. The values and friendships created working to help others lasts a life­ time."

The importance of philanthropy provides members with organized opportunities to work in aid of the community - something they may not do otherwise. "I'd do it but I'd have to be a lot more motivated," said Fergus Donaldson, a pledge for Beta Theta Pi. Phi Delta's recent two-day cards marathon, "Hearts for the Home­ less," raised $1,600. This money is being alloted specifically to Mon­ treal's homeless through Centraide. The fraternity chose to af­ filiate itself with the organization because of the its high visibility.

Upon presenting the cheque last week, Neuheimer confessed his fra­ ternity was identified as "those boys from McGill".

M em bers o f L am bda Chi fr a te r n ity te e te r-to tte re d fo r ch a rity.

Philanthropy does not solely concern itself with monetary fund raising. It is as difficult to calculate the total value of food, clothes, and toys donated at seasonal drives as it is to assess the worth of volun­ teering hours. Once every two weeks at least a dozen members of Beta Theta Pi travel to the Shawbridge Detention Center.

At the center, the members play basketball, shoot pool, and talk to the impounded juveniles. "We tend to go smaller and more personal (than other frats efforts). We may not have the money but we have the man power (sic)," said member

Michael Levitt.

IFC President Jai Marshall esti­ mated be tween twenty and twentyfive thousand dollars was raised in total last year by all seventeen fra­ ternities on campus with respec­ tive activities. The IFC does no monitoring. Each fraternity's finan­ cial activities are separate.

This lack of centralization may be limiting the potential of frater­ nity philanthropy. Suggested Neuheimer, lack of centralization is "due to fraternities being very competitive in and amongst each other."

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A post-modern glance at contemporary man

BY K IM FARLEY The hysterical male is a case study in frustration: he looks like A rnold Schw arzenegger in Robocop, and he cannot shut out the voice of Jane Fonda ordering him to make it burn.

Last Thursday's performance/ lecture,"The Hysterical Male", delivered by academics Marilouise and Arthur Kroker, was a post-modernist attempt to ex­ plore the confused state of the modern male. Or, as the Krokers put it, "to examine penis burn­ out at the end of the century."

In a society which disallows traditional masculinity but sug­ gests no alternative, men have several pleasant options: nihil­ ism, self-sacrifice, or regression into what the culture has re­ pressed.

Arthur Kroker, a political sci­ ence professor at Concordia, and Marilouise Kroker, the editor of the Canadian Journal of Social and Political Thought, believe the U.S. is currently exploring the nihil­ ism option.

In a culture "marked by a strong sense of self but weak egos", men experience technol­ ogy as a "virus which subordi­ nates the body", AIDS as a kind of "body McCarthyism, where political discourse is reduced to the purity of your bodily fluids," and women who say "Oh Arthur, you're just jealous because I'm closer to my body than you are."

The Krokers offered several

Speaker's Corner examples of the hysterical male in America's popular culture, both dead icons and living iconoclasts.

There is Elvis Presley, whose iden­ tity disappeared into his own pro­ m otional m achine, M ichael Jackson, who is still pursuing the perfect Diana Ross nose despite a gravitational pull repeatedly un­ doing his plastic surgery. And, of course, there is Schwarzenegger who has pioneered a new meta­ morphosis for the modern man: from human to humanoid.

In this society, men can easily get lost in a tug of war between violence and discipline. The Krokers drew parallels between skinheads and cadets, both of whom are "engaged in normalized rituals of sado-masochism."

Of the whole montage of im­ ages the Krokers offered, not one was hopeful. As we approach the millenium, it seems the hysteri­ cal male will only be getting more hysterical. His savinggrace, how­ ever, may be the fact that he, and his society, is becoming aware of his alienated state.

In a well attended presenta­ tion, dubbed a performance/lecture, the Krokers meshed their own voices with mainstays of popular culture such as Olivia Newton John singing Xanadu, in an attempt to simulate the way in which the hysterical male is con­ sistently talked at ins tead of talked to.

The audience didn't seem to know how to react to the presen­ tation any more than the hysteri­ cal maledoes to society. Thus, the postmodernist mandateof the lec­ ture was fulfilled: the entire room was alienated, both women and men alike. □

Mid-term report in on Redmen hockey team

BY BR EN T B A N N E R M A N

With only one league game left this semester no w is a good time to assess the McGill Redmen hockey team's performance. The club is playing at .500 after beating two very inept squads from Queen's and Ryerson this weekend.

The Queen's game at times looked like a remake of Saturday Night Live's game show "Who's Dumber?" hockey style, as both teamsdisplayed their weaknesses.

McGill finally won the game on the strength of a pair of goals from Martin Olivier, Bryan Larkin, and singles from Marc Lajeunesse, Martin Raymond,Marco Paranteau and Paul Grech.

The highlight of the night was Dan Fowler's drubbing of an overly verbal Queen's player. The fight was an excellent example of the player's and hopefully the team's conviction to win.

McGill's record is 3-3-2 and they should pick up another win against Queen's in two weeks.

The big story thus far has been Redmen goaltending. Scotty Tay­ lor has come up big for the team and provided the type of tending they need to win.

With the lack of a proven goalie in training camp the position was open to criticism early in the year.

However, Assistant Coach James Reeve feels the position is no longer a problem for the Redmen.

"Scotty helped beat Toronto himself and stole a point in Water­ loo with some great saves, so we're happy, there's no question."

Taylor is delighted with the way the season has gone so far but noted: "There's not a number one [goalie] yet. I must keep my play up and work hard."

While the goal tending problem seems to be solved for the time being, there are other wrinkles to be ironed out. Team captain Mar­ tin Raymond realizes that if his team is going to excel this season they must play better than they have thus far.

"Veterans have not been pro­ ducing like they should. My line hasn't been scoring enough."

Goal production has been a slight problem, with the exception of the past weekend the team has aver­ aged less than three goals a game Realistically the Redmen have only beaten one decent hockey club this sea son,that beingToronto. The

point stolen in Waterloo was also an indication that the squad can compete with the big teams in the league.

However their 9-2 loss to Lau­ rier and 4-1 loss to York illustrate problems. York was ready to be beaten,and with the win over Toronto the night before the Redmen looked poised to win. This game was no barn burner but McGill left the Yeomen in the game so long that the opposition eventu­ ally prevailed. If McGill had seized upon scoring chances in the first period they could have buried York.

What all this means is that the Redmen must come to the rink next semester more prepared to win hockey games. Ascoach Reeve puts it: "We must play tougher,with more desire to win."

At this point in the year there is no need to panicbutcome January the Red and White must be better prepared if they are to remain competitve.

The Redmen Hockey report card for this semester would read some­ thing as follows: C oach in g: B- It looks as though coach Pronovost needs more time

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to get the team playing together.

The team still looks disjointed, and it is his job to form twenty guys into one cohesive unit.

G o a lten d in g : B+ Taylor has answered any questions that were relevant earlier this semester.

D e fe n se: B As the rookies get more comfortable and Larkin gets

more ice time the Redmen defense has the potential to be one of the best in the league.

O ffen se: B- The Redmen lack depth at this position. With only two lines posing any offensive threat the Redmen powerplay becomes all the more important. □

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You've got to respect someone like Kariann Aarup. The fourthyear economics major plays two varsity sports, is the athletic rep to Student Council, handles a heavy course load, and still has time for an interview.

The Montreal native is an allstar prop on the Martlet's rugby team and a full-time goalie for the hockey club. She plays in the front line of the "tight five" of the rugby scrum. It's her third year on the team, and she loves it. "It's full contact, full ou t. The more pumped you are, the better you perform," she said. Aarup was named first team all-star in Quebec's first-ever rugby selection.

While she knows the moves on the field, this is her initial season on the ice.

"I never played before this year," she related, " but I grew up in Montreal loving it, and I always wanted to try." TheMartlets hockey coach, Mike Caan, who happens to be Kariann's boyfriend, got her out to practice. The McGill equipment was just her size: "If the skates fit, wear them," she joked.

Aarup admits she has a lot to learn about goal tending, but finds

it easier than she expected. As the only Martlet goalie, she gets major ice time and the experience is pay­ ing off.

"There's a lot of pressure during a breakaway. It's just you, the player who got through the de­ fense, the net and the puck. You just have to react and trust your instincts; don't think too much."

Thinking about hockey, how­ ever, has helped her rugby skills.

'You can't depend on anybody else. You've got to be ready," she has learned.

In preparation for her career as a goalie, Kariann has been sharpen­ ing her skating technique and learn­ ing to fall and recover while goal­ tending in her spare tim e.

Spare time is rare though. The rugby and hockey seasons overlap for three weeks.

"I was running from the rink to the field. One weekend I had rugby in the afternoon, hockey at night, and the rugby final the next day," explained Aarup.

Was she in pain? "We won the final, so it went away pretty quickly." Nonetheless, Aarup finds she's "not as often at Gert's as I used to be."

When she's not actually playing hockey, Aarup spends her extra

hours with her teammates. She admires their dedication to the game.

"They take it seriously. They come out at 8 a.m. on Monday mornings and they play to win."

The goalie finds it frustrating at times because of her inexperience, but she enjoys the challenge.

"These girls have been playing ten years, I've been playing six weeks. I still have so much to learn," she noted.

Another sport she wants to learn is football, because of its similarity to rugby.

"I t looks big and scary, but inter­ esting. I'd like to try it," she said.There are virtually no other sports this athlete hasn't tried. She found martial arts fun, but fencing too delicate: "I love competition. I thrive on it," she admited.

Aarup will pursue her love of the game in a possible Physical Education degree next year. She'd like to get into the administrative side of athletics.

"I'd like to help kids and expand their sporting programs. I think sports are an important part of growing up and education. Sports are good for [learning] new skills and they teach you a lot."

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Within the walls of the Redmen hockey team

BY PAUL G R ECH

Fourth-year Redmen hockey player Paul Grech gives an inside look at life with the McGill Redmen hockey team in thefirst of a two part series.

V arsity h o ck ey is o n e o f the m ain sp orts at M cG ill, an d accord in gly, p layers are o ften in th e sp o tlig h t w h e n th ey are o n th e ice. But w h a t is n o t so w e ll k n o w n are the an tics that occu r in sid e th e n o t so air­ tig h t w a lls o f the 'DRESSING ROOM'.

O ur room is located in the n orth­ w e st corner o f th e rink and is al­ w a y s filled w ith acts that co u ld m ak e it to the final in th e c o m e d y co m p etitio n o n Star Search. T h ese

Grey matter

acts are em b arassin g, b u t th ey aren't h u m iliatin g.

For ex a m p le, Kai Josslin o n ce w a lk ed in to the room w ith a dra­ m atically d ifferen t haircut. Im m e­ d ia tely , at lea st h alf a d o z e n g u y s jum ped u p and began ru n nin g their fingers through h is hair. Stop read ­ in g for a fe w m o m e n ts a n d just im a g in e six h o ck ey p layers, e n v e l­ o p in g the sm a llest g u y o n th e team and m a u lin g h is cranium w h ile so u n d s of'oooooohhhhh" p erm eate from th e circle. Just o n e o f m any bizarre ev e n ts that h a p p en all the time.

The other d a y after practise, there

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UBC football player caught with ‘the juice’: faces suspension

BY SEA N G O R D O N ________ O ffen siv e lin em an A n d y S idh u o f th e U n iv ersity o f British C o lu m ­ bia T hunderbirds tested p o sitiv e for a "banned substance" fo llo w ­ in g a urine test prior to the C W U A A final g a m e b etw e en UBC and the V anier C up finalist U n iv ersity o f S askatchew an H u sk ies. This sor­ d id turn o f ev e n ts m arks the first tim e that the pu b lic has fo u n d o u t that a u n iversity athlete has failed a urin e test in th is country.

T he C anadian Interu niversity A th letic U n ion 's d ru g p o lic y is su p p o sed to gu aran tee a n o n y m ity

to athletes. It is b e lie v e d b y the C IA U that the p riv a c y o f testin g is essen tial in a llo w in g the athlete the opportu nity to seek treatm ent w ith ­ o u t w orryin g ab out em b arassm en t that m ay b e ca u sed b y p u b lic scru­ tiny.

"C onfidentiality", said C IA U execu tive vice-president Bob P ugh, "is d esig n ed to em p h a size the n eed for ed u ca tio n in term s o f su bstan ce abuse."

F ew er C anad ian ath letes are u sin gb an n ed perform ance enh anc­ in g d ru g s than their A m erican counterparts. "D rug u se is clearly n o t p revalen t a m o n g C anad ian

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u n iversity ath letes, as is e v id e n c ed b y the fact that o n e o f o n e h u n d red an d se v e n te e n u r in e sa m p le s turned u p p o sitiv e last w eek," said Pugh.

C anad ian u n iv e rsitie s p u t less em p h a siso n b ig -tim e co lle g e sports than d o U .S. c o lle g e s b y n o t a llo w ­ in g sch o la rsh ip s an d b y a d v o ca t­ in g strin gen t a ca d em ic stand ard s o f elig ib ility .

The C IA U w a s e v id e n tly d is­ p lea se d w ith th e d isc lo su r e o f S id h u 's test resu lts, a s th e y h ave w ith h eld th e resu lts from th e "B" sam p le, or the se co n d h a lf o f the urin e sa m p le w h ich m a y or m ay n o t corroborate th e resu lts o f the in itial test.

If S id h u 's sa m p le p r o v e s to be u n d isp u te d ly p o sitiv e, th e C IA U w ill le v y a m an d a to ry o n e year su sp en sio n w ith co u n sellin g o n the part o f the u n iv e rsity a n d /o r the CIAU. Furthermore, the athlete w ill be tested regu larly for the rem ain ­ d er o f h is or h er elig ib lity to co m ­ p ete. O fficials from th e U n iv ersity o f British C o lu m b ia w er e u n a v a il­ able for co m m en t o n the m atter.

W h en q u e stio n e d as to w h eth er th e sa n c tio n s w e r e s tr in g e n t e n o u g h , P u g h sta ted that, "a o n e year su sp e n sio n is certain ly a d e ­ q uate in v ie w o f the le n g th o f the typical stu d en t-a th lete's career."

H e a d d e d , "the p o licy h as b een la rg ely su ccessfu l in g e ttin g the m essa g e across an d e m p h a sizin g the n eed for e d u ca tio n o n th e co n se q u en ce s of d ru g use."

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th e d a y fo llo w in g the G rey C up.

P rofessor C raig H eron o f h istory 101-363D go t m e this tim e, a ssig n in g a paper d u e for

bad as h a v in g tw o team s called th e R ough R iders or ev e n w o rse, h a v in g tw o team s called

N o v e m b e r 26th. A s so o n as the sy lla b u s w a s h an d ed ou t an d I sa w the d ate, I k n ew im m e d i­ a te ly o f another G rey C up C onflict.

Like an y stu d en t, that last w e e k e n d b efore a paper is d u e is a b so lu tely critical to the fin ­ ish in g o f an essa y . It's u su a lly a w e e k e n d reserved for com ­ p lete w ork - n o friends, n o road trips, n o b eer (w e ll m ayb e one) an d lots o f library and black juice from h ell. W h en that w e e k e n d con flicts w ith the G rey C up, the w h o le w ork p ro cess is th row n ou t the w in d o w .

T he w ee k e n d d o esn 't re­ v o lv e arou n d the essa y an ym ore. It n o w circulates arou n d the G rey C up. W here d o I w atch the gam e? D o I th row a party? S hould I g o to th e gam e? W h o sh o u ld I cheer for?

A t least this year the q u es­ tion o f 'to g o or n ot to go' to th e g a m e is pretty w e ll settled.

T h e C anadian Football L eague's ch am p ion sh ip gam e b etw e en E d m onton and W in n ip eg is b ein g p la y ed in V an cou ver - a city so m ew h a t m ore than h itch-h iking d ista n ce aw a y . T he last tw o co n tests w ere h eld in Toronto an d O ttaw a.

For stu d en ts w h o are at the m ercy o f their un sp ortin g p rofessors, this w ee k e n d is d o u b ly bad. N o t o n ly are w e b e in g treated to the sure-fire G rey C up classic o n S u n d ay b u t a lso th e V anier C up on Saturday.

The football p o w ers that be really fum bled this year b y

th e H u sk ies co m p etin g for the V anier C up.

B asically, w h a t all o f this a d d s u p to is a n o-w ork w ee k e n d or at least very little.

"I g u e ss this year it's harder for u s b eca u se the V anier and G rey C up are on the sam e w eekend ," said history stu d en t C ourtenay Schrim pton, w h o has an essa y d u e th e d a y fo llo w in g th e b ig football w eek en d .

"But the V anier is starting to g e t an aura arou n d it an d it's b eco m in g a b igger un iv ersity event. M ayb e p rofessors w ill reco g n ize that in th e future."

The V anier C up is d efin itely g r o w in g as a u n iv ersity even t.

A t least 20,000 p eo p le, m o st o f them stu d en ts th u m b in g their n o ses at their lo o m in g papers, w ill ven tu re o u t to the S k y D o m e to w atch the d o g figh t b etw e en the Saskatche­ w a n H u sk ies an d St. M ary's H u sk ies. There w o u ld h a v e b een m ore p e o p le had W estern b eaten St. M ary's an d th u s assu red an O ntario sch ool's p o sitio n in the final.

The G rey C up 's p op u la rity is alread y estab lish ed alth ou gh ap paren tly n ot w ith the acad e­ m ia. N o sport can claim to h a v e p ro v id ed the excitem en t the G rey C up g a m e has over the p ast fe w years esp ecia lly last year's gam e w h ich w a s argu ab ly the m o st excitin g footb all gam e in history.

O ur professors are g o in g to h a v e to get it together in the future if w e are g o in g to be ab le to fu lly en joy the G rey C up.

C om e o n p rofessors, co n ced e

sc h e d u lin g C anada's tw o foot­

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ball ch a m p io n sh ip s o n the sa m e w eek en d . It's alm ost as

a ssig n essa y s d u e right after the b ig gam e.

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Grech journal G R E C H FR O M PA G E 14 w erea b o u tten g u y sg ettin g cle a n e d u p . T his w o n d erfu l d a n ce tu n e from INXS cam e on the b o o m box w e h a v e in th e m id d le o f the r o o m .

Y ou w o u ld n ot b elie v e the tech­ n iq u e o f th ese g u y s. W e co u ld p u t the Solid G old D ancers o u t o f w ork an d co m p ete w ith a fe w o f the p ro fessio n a ls d o w n at C lu b M e­ tropolis.

Josslin (not again) w a s sh o w in g u s the m o v es that an eld e rly m an o f a b ou t sev en ty taugh t h im . D an F ow ler w a s b eltin g ou t the w o rd s as h e tried to p lay an air-guitar at th e sam e tim e. T he air-guitar so u n d ed m uch better... D ave H uck, M arc L ajeunesse and M artin O l­ iv ier w ere d isp la y in g the w o n d er s p e o p le can d o w ith their h ip s if th ey attend en o u g h o f Jodie's aero­ bic classes. 11 w a s all pretty rou tin e to m e u ntil I th ou gh t a b ou t w h a t ou r m oth ers w o u ld thin k o f u s if th e y w er e there to see this fiasco.

W on d erfu lly lo n g b us trips take u s to p laces lik e T oronto and W in d sor an d to the "Great W h ite N orth" w h ere w e p la y L aurentian in th e to w n o f Sudbury. That trip w a s ou r first ou t-of-p ro v in ce jour­ n e y an d it w o u ld b e im p o ssib le to sp eak o f all the crazy antics that w en t o n d u rin g those three d ays.

H o w ev e r, o n e th in g w a s e v id e n t o n th e lo n g journey h o m e. Let m e se e if y o u can figure this o n e ou t.

H ere is the scenario: W e h a v e just p la y ed a 3 p m g a m e an d are finally back o n the b u s for the ride h o m e at a b o u t 6:30 pm . Before w e lea v e Sud bu ry w e stop at a fast food strip so that w e each can grab a q uick b ite to eat in order to p rev en t a m u tin y. T he m ajority o f u s en d ed u p in W en d y 's w h ere the chilli is o n sale for 99 cents. N o w , w h a t d o y o u g et w h e n y o u m ix ab ou t six ­ teen g u y s, a n ine h ou r b u s trip and really ch eap chilli? Y ou g u e sse d it, greater harm ony then a barber sh op quartet.

N o w , d o n 't get m e w ron g. W e are n ot a b un ch o f barbarians prac­ tisin g ob scen ity at ev ery o p p o r tu ­ n ity. W e are just a b un ch o f c o lleg e m en en joyin g, to the fu llest extent, the gam e w e w ere brought u p w i th.

B esid es, there isn't m uch else to d o in a place lik e S udbury ex cep t p la y h o ck ey an d fart, an d ou r g a m e h ad alread y en d ed .

I g u e ss w e c a n 'tb e th a tb a d sin ce

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so m eo n e lik e Brian H a y w a rd w a s w o rk in g -o u t w ith u s u n til the M ontreal C an ad ien s traded him to th e M inn esota N o rth Stars. T he p layers w ere h a v in g a great tim e w ith the star N H L k eep er a n d I m u st say, h e is not too b ad. H e d o es n eed to w ork on the lo w g lo v e sid e b ut sin ce b ein g w ith the R ed m en , I think h e is ready for the N H L on ce again. The g u y s b eca m e v ery com fortable w ith the top -n otch g o a lie and he, lik e the rest o f us, w a s part o f that R ed m en co m e d y routine. W e teased him a b o u tb ein g ou r "fourth" k eep er as o p p o se d to b ein g ou r starter and often ask ed him if w e w ere sh o o tin g too hard.

H ayw ard m u st h a v e felt great w h e n w e w ere d o in g sim p le drills.

If so m eb o d y h a p p en ed to score, all th e p layers on the ice w o u ld react lik e w e had just scored the o v er­ tim e w in n er in th eN a tio n a l C ham ­ p io n sh ip s. H e d id take a g o o d ribb in g b u t it all m ean t that h e b ecam e an accep ted part o f ou r v ery clo se grou p . In fact, w e m a d e him an h on ou rary captain b efore he left an d h e lo v e d it. Im agin e that: I'm here for four years an d he g ets to be a cap tain in tw o w ee k s. □

Fasone QSSF Athlete of the Week V eteran M artlet b asketb all p layer, Tina Fasone captured F em ale A th lete o f th e W eek h o n ou rs last w ee k e n d for her p erform an ce in three g a m es at the C oncordia C lassic b asketb all tournam en t. Fasone, an A ll-C an ad ian last sea so n , scored 52 p oints and a d d e d 15 reb o u n d s a n d 14 a ssists o v er three gam es, o f w h ich M cG ill w o n tw o . T he M artlets d efeated York 84-55 a n d St. M ary's 62-48 to take the con sola­ tion final. Their 71-58 lo ss ca m e at the h a n d s o f the d efen d in g n ational ch a m p io n s, the Laurentian Lady V ees. Tracy H a y m a n scored 46 p o in ts for M cG ill over th e three g a m e s as w ell.

McGill foiled at RMC tourney The M cG ill fen cin g team fin ish ed fourth overall a t the RMC Invitation al h e ld in K in gston o v er the w eek en d . T h e M artlets w ere le d b y Soibhan M oss w h o w a su n d e fe a te d in the foil as M cG ill p laced fifth o f 24 team s. O n th e m en 's sid e o f th in gs, the R edm en ep é e fin ish ed 10th o u t 24 team s. T he foil team p laced 6th ou t o f a field o f 29 team s a n d the sabre entry w a s 12th o f 19. Q u ee n 's w o n th e tournam en t.

Martlets iced over weekend T he M cG ill M artlets h o ck ey team d ro p p ed both en d s o f tw o g a m e w e e k e n d ag a in st B ishop 's and Laval. O n F riday th e M artlets w e r e d o u b led 4-2 by

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Vanier Cup final set T he Saskachew an H u sk ies w h o d efeated the B ishop 's Gaiters 41-13 at M olson Stadium o n Satur­ d a y w ill m eet C hris Flynn and the St. M ary's H u s­ k ies o n Saturday at 2:00pm at the S kyD om e. St. M ary's n arrow ly d efeated the W estern M u stangs 31-30 o n the strength o f a F lynn TD p ass w ith :08 re­ m a in in g in the gam e. T he 26th V anier C up sh ould b e a great one. P ut you r m o n e y on the H u skies.

McGill’s Gillis grabs gold M cG ill's Janet G illis, a first-year Physical E duca­ tion stu d en t, w o n a g o ld m ed al in the N o v ice Fig­ ures at an O W IA A syn ch ron ized sw im m eet at M cM aster U n iversity in H am ilton. T eam m ate A litsa M edina p laced 6th.

In the in term ediate figures, Jennepher H enaff p laced fourth m issin g the b ron ze b y 0.1 p oints.

C y n d y S chw artzenhauer p lace 8th. In Senior F ig­ ures, Jerrilyn Spence and M ichelle E lizov placed 6th and 7th respectively. N a d in e O stigu y p laced 10th in her first com p etition at the senior level.

Next week: Part 2 of the Grech Dia­ ries.

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