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Drama Workshop. If you want to 1 in4Canadianwomenare sexu­ see it go to Redpath Museum at ally assaulted before the age of 18.

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QPIRG looking for full-time moti­ vated and resourceful person to 3745 S T LAURENT(CORNER PINE) animate campaign agianst incinalone? Absolutely no reason! So walk with us Monday through Thursday, 10:45 PM in McLennan Lobby.

1990 Food Drive runs from November 19 to December 19!??

Please contact McGill Volunteer Bureau at 398-6819.

Do the wave!! Women Alivecollective meetings are on Monday nights at 6:30 PM, in Wilson Hall (Univ. and Milton) in Room #400.

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WAVE - Women Fighting A gainst Violence T ow ards Women. Incommenmorationof the Polytechnique Massacre, WAVE is holding a Speak out for women to express their anger and grief on Dee.5,6:30-8:30, Union 302.

WAVE is also holding a Drop in for discussion and support Dec.7, 6-9:30, Union423. All women wel­ come. For further info, call Sarah 931-6366.

November 27,1990 Amnesty International meeting inUnion 302, at 6:30 P.M. All people are welcome. This means you.

McGill Young Alumni proudly presents People Pressure At Work And At Home. This is on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:00 P.M. This is in Leacock Building Room 232, so go to the right room or you'll miss it.

This is given by Ethel Roskies, Prof. Of Psychology at U of M. Zebu!!! Guess what comes out today? Red Herring, 40 fun-filled pages of filth!! You've seen the graphic, now read the article!! Yes!!

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Club general meeting in, of all places, Stewart Biology SI /4. Of­ fering winter camping and horse­ back riding. Thisis the last meeting of the term and you certainly wouldn't want to miss it. It's at 7:30 P.M. McGill Film Society will not charge you to see Montreal Film Night at FDA at 7:30P.M. You can see Ville-Marie and Our Street Was Paved with Gold.

Lesbian and Gay Employees Of McGill are meeting at 5:30 PM . in Thompson House, 3650 McTavish, 4th floor, Board Room. Confidenti­ ality of membership assured, new members welcome.

Actually, Red Herring might come out today, depending if we elude censors.

"One Year La ten Male Violence Against Women", a discussion for women and men at 4P.M. in Union 423. All Welcome.

November 29,1990 S tu d e n ts fo r G lo b al Responsibility arc having general meeting in Union 410,5:00. Phone number for info,, is 284-6385.

November 30,1990 Dr. Viacheslav Brioukhovetsky, co-founder of Ukraine Popular Movement is speaking at 7P.M ., Leacock 26, on Current Situation In Ukraine: Evolution or Revolu­ tion. All welcome.

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N ovem ber TJ, 1 9 9 0 - January 7, 1991

new s Students and professors outraged over proposed copyright legislation Under new federal copyright legislation, students may not be able to find any photocopied ar­ ticles or books on reserve, perform plays in class, or listen to radio or television in class.

Shock waves are still reverberat­ ing through the academic commu­ nity following an admission from the Department of Communica­ tions that the government will in­ troduce "phase II" of its copyright legislation sometime within the next month without including an exemption for education and re­ search.

Phase I of the legislation was enacted in 1987 to protect authors and publishers. Since then, photo­ copying and using copywritten material has been technically ille­ gal. Butthelegislationhasnotbeen enforced in educational institutions because phase II was expected to permit the use of published mate­

rial for learning and research with­ out paying royalties to publishers.

DepartmentofCommunications officials would not confirm that Minister Marcel Masse would go ahead with the legislation without exemptions in an interview last Friday. TheMinisterhas yet toissue an official statement.

But representatives from the Canadian Association of Univer­ sity Teachers (CAUT) say officials from the Department of Commu­ nications told them two weeks ago that there would be no exemptions.

After implementing phase I, the Department of Communications formed a working committee composed of groups representing teachers, students and authors, who advised Masse to go ahead with the exemptions for teaching and research.

According to CAUT Executive Director Don Savage, Masse singlehandedly decided to go ahead with phase II without any

A s s is ta n t P ro f p le a d s n o t g u ilty to b a n k h o ld -u p McGill Assistant Professor Michael Massey pleaded not guilty to charges of robbery, wearing a disguise and use of a weapon after a credit union hold-up last week.

Police arrested the education assistant prof at a police roadblock after a lengthy car chase following the robbery at Caisse Populaire St. Henri last Tuesday.

According to Caisse officials, a masked robber armed with a 12gauge shotgun fled with $5,799 after emptying two cash drawers.

F in is h e d b u s in e s s Students' Society Council voted last week not to accept the resig­ nation of Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Ian Pilarcyzk.

Pilarcyzk and two Red Herring section editors had tendered their resignations after censoring an erotic graphic in the humour maga­ zine on the advice of the ad manager, without consulting the Her­ ring's publications board.

Pilarcyzk will go along with Council's decision and stay on as editor.

"I had wanted to hear Council's opinion on this issue, whether or not we had compromised our integrity," Pilarcyzk said. "It was Council's opinion that we were put into a no-win situation."

The two other editors who submitted their resignations have not decided whether to return in the light of Council's decision.

S tu d e n ts p r o te s t tro o p s in G u lf McGill students have organized a protest group in response to the danger of war in the Persian Gulf.

About 50 students founded the "McGill Troops Out Coalition" at a meeting last Thursday. The group plans to set up information tables around McGill and take part in a city-wide demonstration on December 1.

"As students here at McGill we can provide a vital push to others to begin to oppose Mulroney's involvement in the Gulf, and to call for the U.S. to get out of that region," organizer Deborah Murray said.

exemptions or explanation. "[Masse] only talks to people who agree with him," said Savage in a phone interview from Ottawa.

"It's outrageous."

Nicholas de Takacsy, President of the McGill Association of Uni­ versity Teachers, is concerned the legislation will have serious conse­ quences in Canada at all levels of education and research.

"If I wanted to quote an excerpt from a poem on an exam, I would have to get permission from the publisher," said de Takacsy. "I don't create my exams six months in advance- so do I or don't I break the law?"

But an official from the Depart­ ment of Communications defended the possible no-exemption policy.

"Various copyright owners take offence to exemptions," said Richard Matthews, the acting di-

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Students commemorate December 6 massacre

BY A N N E BEAULIEU University students across Can­ ada are divided as to how to com­ memorate last year's massacre of fourteen women at the Université de Montréal.

McGill will commemorate last year's December 6 massacre by holding a memorial service in Redpath Hall December 6 and by observing a moment of silence on December 3. Flags on both the Mcdonald and downtown cam­ puses will also be lowered to half mast.

But women's groups across campus are dissatisfied with McGill's efforts.

"At McGill, the students have done a lot, but the university as an institution has really done very little," Women Against Violence member Sarah Shaw said.

"Last year it took fourteen to be murdered to make people wake up and notice violence against women," Shaw said. "Everyone said it was awful and it was a trag­ edy, but that if no other good was to come of it, at least people would be more aware, at least these women won't have died in vain.

But now [violence against women] seems to be getting worse. It's like people have just paid lip-service to it."

"McGill should definitely be doing a lot more," Coalition

"At McGill, the students have done a lot, but the university as an institution has really done very little."

- Sarah Shaw, Women Against Violence Against Sexual Assault member Amy O'Neil said. "The university should be closed down completely.

How difficult would it have been to begin exams on Monday instead of Tuesday?"

Shaw said several McGill groups intend to lobby the administration to cancel classes or exams for De­ cember 6th 1991. But Students' Society President Kate Morrisset says efforts should be directed towards the following year because the 1991 schedule has already been set.

Queen's University Senate de­ clared December 6 'a day of com­ memoration' and is cancelling classes.

"I realize that this amendment will cause a great deal of inconven­ ience to some members of the Queen's community, i.e. test dates, lost classes and airline tickets," said Queen's Law Senator Meredith Cartwright who introduced the motion to Senate. "However given the 'special significance' of Decem­ ber 6, a rescheduling of academic pursuits is justified."

Université de Montréal is also cancelling classes on December 6.

A quiet gathering at the St. Joseph Oratory is the only planned event.

"We don't want any media-ori­ ented events," Université de MonSEE W O M E N .. .

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Editorial

Feminsim as self-defense No clearer proof of the fact that the battles for and about feminism are not over exists than the continu­ ing issue of violence against women.

When McGill students were told that Zeta Psi was the site of a gang rape, many were outraged and confused. Last year, Marc Lepine's rampage left fourteen women dead at Université de Montréal and millions of people sick, hurt and angry.

These acts strike at a vulnerable chord: they are associated with violation, with pain, with hatred and with violence. They are the most glaring symbols of the oppression of women in society.

Rightly, fighting violence aginst women has become one of the main battles on the feminist agenda. The emotional importance of the issue can be measured, at least symbolically, by noting that McGill has six different organizations to deal with sexual assault at the latest count. Each organization the Walk-Safe Network, the Coalition against Sexual Assault, The Sexual Assault Speakers Bureau, WAVE, and the Sexual Assault Center - has been formed in the last two years.

Fighting violence against women is an important step in politicizing women - and men - into a pro­ found, personal understanding of feminism. Femi­ nism is about fighting oppression; subverting institutions that stifle individuals, and fighting unequal power in personal contact.

Any economic, social or political oppression on the basis of sex can be understood as violence against women.

Language which defines "man" as a neutral term gags women by failing to recognize either their historical contribution to the human endeavour or their potential to contribute in "male dominated fields" in the future.

Women are bound to conflicting expectations,

presented to them in the guise of freedom. We are told that we have the freedom to 'do everything a man does', and yet still expected to raise and ensure the happiness of a family.

An economic situation that is bad and getting worse tightens the knot. Decreasing real wages make participation in the workforce a necessity. In Canada, 65% of single mothers live below the poverty line, and within the next ten years, both partners in 85% of two-parent families will work outside of the house. It seems unlikely that there will be proportional increase in the role of men in the home over the same period.

Women are restrained by sexist hiring practises which - despite long delayed employment equity programmes - ghettoize women into traditional fields where they will be paid 35% less than their male counterparts for work of equal value.

Women are violated by being portrayed as objects in the mainstream media. Commercials, game shows and sit corns prominently display women according to sexual stereotypes. It is only a logical consequence of this process that pornography is massively produced and consumed. The process of objectifying women can only contribute to the continuation of violence against them: how can you hurt a Barbie doll?

Women are denied any weapons for their own defense by a rejection of feminism and politicization as radical, militant or even frightening. In fact, it is an integral part of the daily life of any woman who wants the power to make choices about the kind of life she will lead.

On December sixth, one year after Lepine's rampage, let us all think about violence against women.

-Kelly Gallagher-Mackay

Catting allTribbles to decf^tfie halls a t the Tribune halfw ay to holidays bash... '.December 8 a t “ D ave a n d ‘E laine's, around 10:30.

A t t the scandalous details can be f o u n d in the steamy home o f the Transmogrifier (Union E-O IA) before the big night.

To any malcontents zoho don't show up, thanks fo r everything, a n d have a g o o d breaf^anyway...

Novem ber 27, 1 9 9 0 -January 7, 1991

D elightful studies?

Ha! Beholding the bright counte­ nance of truth in the quiet and still air ofdelighful study.

P a rts o f

-Inscription on the wall by the stairs outside Redpath Library

S p eech

The inscription has one thing right. Two weeks before final exams the air at McGill is still and quiet. But no delightful studies have made it that way.

The air here, and on campuses across Canada, is still with fear.

The air is still because students have time only to breathe.

During a study break last week, I stepped outside the library to see if this naive in­ scription had any deep mean­ ing. Surely someone involved enough in university life to have lifted the quotation from a book John Milton wrote in 1641 could have known how stupid it sounds during exam time in 1990.

In fact, there was something to that sentence which I had missed during three years of reading it through the corner of my eye. Its power stood in its lack of a subject pronoun - the sentence did not explain who was beholding this "bright countenance of truth."

I searched around the outside of the building for a stray "I am" or even an ambiguous "She is." I fantasized about stumbling across a "Your professor is", "Your grandmother is" or "Your funding agency is." Even a "No one is" would have made sense.

But when I returned to the inscription it was still floating on its own, and its disturbing meaning gradually became clear.

The sentence, like the inten­ sive pre-exam studying it lauds, makes no sense. The sentence exists on that wall only because the people who built the library needed to announce somehow that they had completed their task. Exams exist at the end of our semesters only because the professors who have built a body of knowledge in us need to announce the completion of their task.

As such, exams are hopelessly irrelevent to an education in the liberal arts. They are impersonal conclusions to the intensely personal months of study and discussion that preceed them.

And universities, to say nothing of examination boards, go to ri­ diculous extremes to make their exams that way.

Professors invite students into their offices to discuss Hegel, but never admit they're the ones who have set an exam on the subject. Generally, someone "in the department" has written the questions. Occasionally it's another faculty member who has left for a decade-long sabbatical in Belgium. Your professor apologizes for the exam and even argues with the fairness of an examination system, but before leaving her

ROBERT STEINER office or her classroom, she admits under her breath that there is nothing she can do.

To make matters worse, exam invigilators are usually graduate students whom you have never seen and who have no knowl­ edge about your field of study.

Your German exam will be in­ vigilated by a visisting student from China. Your psychology exam will be invigilated by a post-doctoral fellow in electrical engineering.

If you're a first or a secondyear undergraduate, don't even hope to sit within comforting sight of anyone you know. More than 600 students write exams in the main gym room at any one time - 1counted, once. The intimidating surroundings of a university exam will force at least two of them to throw up - 1 had to count that once too.

Your exam paper will be marked by a "marker," not your professor. And there is a tacit understanding that, because you are studying for knowledge rather than for marks, you will not even ask to look at the marked exam in January.

Students who climb the heights of academe ultimately write their exams in small rooms with five or ten friends they call "colleagues." Some might bring in good luck charms to make them feel at home and the invigilator will pleasantly ignore a few smirks between "col­ leagues." The professor is almost certain to mark the exams of his advanced undergrads and graduate students.

But even on these exams given in a more personal setting, the questions are obscenely restric­ tive.

In October, your professor admitted you could "spend a whole year" arguing over feminist interpretations of the Song of Songs. Now she's given you half-an-hour to do it. In November, a seminar on eco­ nomic development in Latin America rode a tangent into a discussion about American Express Black Cards. Now you must answer only two of seven questions (they actually under­ line the instructions on the exam papers).

I only wish our professors could see us in the pub, hours after dotting our last "i"s, bragging about how now we can't remember a thing about their courses.

Not that they'd be surprised.

But they might insist that someone sandblast that naive inscription off our library wall.

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N ovem ber 2 7 , 1 9 9 0 - January 7, 1991

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Comment/letter to the Editor

H um anizing the w elfare system

W hat comes around goes around?

Law 37 is the Québec government's at­ tempt to get welfare over the 'bumps' which plague welfare reformers. 'Bumps' act as a disincentive to work. A system based on fixed entitlements within defined income categories penalizes those who barely exceed their own category. Under the current system, to earn more than the upper limit of such a category causes a drop in actual standard of living, and may also entail a loss of benefits.

Law 37 proposes to fix the problem of disincentive by introducing a 'workfare' reform: to receive full benefit, a welfare re­ cipient must enroll in an overcrowded (there are more eligible recipients than there are positions), compulsory system of labour. Government administrators who actively discourage applicants only make the practical and theoretical problems worse.

Welfare under this style of reform remains an institution separated from the rest of society: one must apply for admit­ tance, only to be subject to arbitrary and demoralizing scrutiny to determine whether an applicant is 'poor enough'. If one gains admittance, it is only at the cost of adopting the label 'burden on 500161/ and accepting a widely held stigma.

This stigma hurts children most: it guar­ antees that 'welfare children' are brought up in a culture of poverty, kept away from the children of non-recipients.

In order to change their fate to one dif­ ferent from their parents, such children

must see that hard work and persistence executed through such socially acceptable structures as education and long term debt - pay off. The institution of welfare prevents the perception and realization of this possibility.

The only way to break down the current welfare institution is to make it a part of the normal tax structure. A simple solution (made complicated by implementation) requiring a change of the current welfare structures to realize their goal of encourag­ ing individuals to improve their own situation. In so doing, they promote a reduction in societal costs, and in turn, an increase in government revenue.

The Negative Income Tax (NIT) allows taxation to achieve these goals by imple­ menting continuously progressive taxa­ tion, acting as a supplement at the low end (thereby incorporating the current welfare system) and as a payment at the high end.

The two graphs attached illustrate a sample NIT system.

Any overhaul of the tax system is a politically difficult endeavour, which accounts for the fact that the NIT has been kicked around untried for a quarter of a century.

Nonetheless, making the current system more humane is not enough. We ought to help others to help themselves, rather than to just facilitate and extend their misery.

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the SSMU, or contact Deborah Pentesco, VP University Affairs: 398-6797) Students in the unit (ie. Faculty Societies) can and should submit a self-study docu­ ment to the Reviewcommittee. This is YOUR direct inputinto necessary changes, indicat­ ing both the strong points and weaknesses in your department and improvements you would like to see take place there.

DEADLINES Submission of self-study documents: November 30,1990 to Kyra Emo, Vice Prin­ cipal Academic's Office.

A list of the departments under review this year can be picked up at the SSMU desk or the info kiosk.

Societal obligations for students To the Tribune: In his response to Rob Steiner's article "Don't Blame the Teacher", Aubrey Kassirer raises relevant concerns regarding the qual­ ity of undergraduate teachingatMcGill. Itis evident that satisfactory mechanisms for the evaluation of professors must be strength­ ened.

However, we are deeply concerned by his disregard for the role that students must play in the learning process. He regards the relationship between professor and student to one based on "fee for service". It is much more than that. A student has as much of an obligation as the professor to participate in the educational process. Instead, Aubrey

-David Gruber

ALBERTA Faculty of Business

All academic units in faculties must un­ dergo systematic cyclical reviews by the University, every five years. The objectives of the University in conducting these re­ views are the improvement of programmes, the establishment of priorities and the allo­ cation of resources. In essence, it critically analyses the existing operations and future objectives of the departments, making rec­ ommendations on both aspects. In other words, this is a golden opportunity for stu­ dents to have direct input into the academic future of each department at McGill.

Cyclical review committees allow for one student from within the faculty but not the actual department under review. (Fill out a general application at the General Office of

reduces interdependence to contractual obligation.

If Aubrey wishes to demean the relation­ ship between professor and student by de­ scribing it in economic terms, then he must at least acknowledge the substantial costs incurred by society to fund institutions of higher learning. A substantial portion of the cost of attending university (although not enough) is underwritten through govern­ ment grants. We in return have an obliga­ tion to society-at-large to make our time here worthwhile, not smugly skip or sleep through classes.

Sujit Choudhiy, U3 Science Alex Johnston, U2 Arts

C om edy since the caves To the Tribune "Jon, you ignorant slut!" There you sit, writing your oh so superior reviews, like the Tribune's self appointed answer to Spy Magazine. To denounce the perfectly honed gimmicks of comedy; perhaps you would prefer a homogenous body of comedians with routines as interchangeable as those of Elayne Boosler and Jay Leno. Barring slight sexual differences, either one could easily deliver the other's jokes.

Perhaps formula comedy is the wave of the future. A clever producer could put together five good looking youg comedians who don't play their own insturments and they could lip sync jokes for undiscerning pre-pubescent audiences. Hey, why not put them in bicycle shorts, they could win a Grammy.

There may be a place for formula comedy, butat one time, somebody had to blaze a trail redefining everything as it had been known, and paving the way for a new formula. Lenny Bruce was bullying minorities long before Art Garfunkel lost his hair, but even more to

the point, long before Andrew Dice Clay got his nickname. Since when do comedians have nicknames? How bourgeois of you to overlook the Hulkster, Macho Man/andjake the Snake to name a few. This bold group of individuals has given the world some of the best physical comedy since cave dwelling neanderthals discovered banana peels and cream pies.

Art must constantly stretch its boundaries in order to grow. Classical artists could find only so many ways to paint overweight reclining nudes and tables laden with food before they had to start colouring outside the lines and adding all the cow's heads and violins that were missing in the Dark Ages of art. Similarly, it takes Emo Philips to deliver pseudo-quasi-philosophical comedy stylings with all the mannerisms of a drooling idiot.

As for the travesty of grouping the intel­ lectual anti-comic Steven Wright with foul mouthed sensationalists like Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison, what gives you the right?

-David Manning U3 Management

- Errata In the Editorial “Censorship at question” it was mistakenly stated that the Daily ad office told unhappy customers that they could take their business elsewhere. That is not so, and the ad office at no time said anything remotely disrespectful to their clients. Furthermore, the picture that was supposed to be of Timothy Vernon was unfortunately a picture of the lead singer taken on a night Professor Vernon was conducting. The Tribune regrets the errors and blushes with well earned shame.

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Student press may be granted greater freedom

BY N IT EESH C H O U D RY Last month's referendum may result in greater freedom of the press at McGill during campaign periods.

The referendum which ap­ proved McGill membership in a provincial student organization brought to light numerous flaws in the Election and Referendum Regu­ lations. According to Students' Society (SSMU) VP External Alex Usher, the flaws stem from "the

ridiculousness of Section 7 (of the regulations) which has to do with media restrictions."

Usher believes present regula­ tions are flawed because they limit press coverage during elections and referenda.

"It's crazy to put those restric­ tions on the media," Usher said.

"Some are on the border of violat­ ing free speech."

During the actual polling period, regulations stipulate campus pub­ lications must express or imply

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only a neutral position.

During the campaign period, regulations state publications must "make available equal column space to each position" up for elec­ tion. This restriction is supposed to prevent a person or group from "directly or indirectly acquiring any advertising space or mentions in commercial media."

Regulations also stipulate "no SEE PRESS . . .

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McGill sheds new light on energy conservation

BY FARAAZ S ID D IQ I In an attempt to combat rising energy costs, the McGill Physical Plant has replaced the incandes­ cent light bulbs in many halls and offices with fluorescent ones. But critics point to possible health risks posed by fluorescent lights.

According to Vinh Ha, manager of energy conservation at McGill, the new fluorescent tubes will

consume 20-25% of the energy of normal bulbs and last about nine times longer than incandescent bulbs. They also cost about 12 times more than the old bulbs.

The energy conservation plan includes an automatic light system which shuts off lights when no one is in the area. Eighty thousand dollars is being allocated to change the bulbs. The changeover will be paid back through evergy savings

New lightbulbs use up to 75-80% less energy.

in about two years, after which McGill has the benefit of the du­ rable fluorescent lights, which Ha claims can last up to ten years.

"Not only are we saving 75-80% in energy costs, but we are also sav­ ing in labour costs in not ha ving to change bulbs as frequently," Ha said.

Presently 1600 bulbs have been installed in four buildings -McLen­ nan and Redpath libraries, Leacock and the Arts building. The current plan calls for replacement of all in­ candescent lights on campus after this pilot study, which will moni­ tor light durability and quality.

The University is also in the process of converting all fluores­ cent tubes that require 40 watts of electricity to ones that require 34 watts. When multiplied by the 50,000 fluorescent tubes at McGill, this change will add up to a "tre­ mendous amount of savings", Ha said.

But fluorescent bulbs are not as "healthy" because they do not contain as many elements of natuSEE BULBS . . .

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The Concordia University Students' Association (CUSA) nearly disintegrated last week.

"The whole university is in a political stalemate and shambles," CUSA VP Internal Malcolm Thompson said.

McGill students may not have noticed as CUSA came to a virtual standstill. The students' association's entire existence was put in jeopardy by a series of controversies, including an attempt to im­ peach a CUSA Co-President and a complete disregard of a Judicial Board decision.

The dissolution CUSA faced last week could not happen at McGill, could it? No it could not, but not because McGill students are more politically responsible than Concordia students; rather because CUSA is a corporation and McGill's Students' Society (SSMU) is not a corporation.

SSMU is technically just one of many McGill departments and therefore continues operat­ ing regardless of internal political problems. When SSMU executives were accused by club executives and students-at- large of gross mis­ management in 1975, McGill's administration assumed temporary control over the organization as trustees.

Instead of solving its prob­ lems in court, SSMU has a safety net that CUSA does not have. But, despite the CUSA example, this safety net is not worth having. SSMU should consider incorporation.

SSMU is subject to a distinct administration presence. For example, Sheila Sheldon-Collyer of the McGill Secretariat sits on the powerful Joint Man­ agement Committee. SSMU also depends on the admini­ stration for managerial tasks such as payroll and accounting.

"The university has some­ what of a parental role towards Students' Society," said Jane Howard, SSMU VP Finance and member of the SSMU committee studying incorpora-

L ife o n t h e O u ts id e LARA FRIEDL A N D ER tion. Howard says with incor­ poration, SSMU "will probably have a bit more freedom to say what we want and do what we want."

Incorporation would allow SSMU to have control over the hiring and firing of its staff.

Howard says incorporation would lead to a "readjustment of types of people who want to work for Students' Society" because SSMU employees would no longer receive the job security and benefits of the McGill University structure.

The staff of an incorporated SSMU would have to be more dedicated to student service than to self-service.

Perhaps the most important reason to incorporate is a sym­ bolic one. SSMU is technically not independent of the McGill administration. Any perceived subservience to the administra­ tion reduces our credibility.

Considering Student Council's strong support of the Fédéra­ tion des étudiantes et étudiants du Québec (FEEQ) and its "Nouveau Partenariat", SSMU needs incorporation to make it a truly equal partner with the university administration and free it from the "parental" influence under which we currently live.

Incorporation does have some costs. Students' Society might be subject to a narrower range of GST exemptions than it currently is. Insurance costs might increase.

However, barring severe fi­ nancial problems, changing SSMU dept, to SSMU Inc. is worth it. Despite the frighten­ ing example of CUSA, SSMU should leave the safety net provided by the university and achieve independence.

New copyright law causes commotion COPY FR O M PA G E 3 rector of copyright legislation.

"The Minister has to decide what kind of balance between accessibility and property rights is going to be struck."

"Whatever decision is taken will make many people unhappy.

The effects on science, libraries and handicapped are not the only parts to this problem," Matthews said.

But CAUT is concerned about the detrimental effect the legisla­ tion will have on the disabled, re­ search, and library systems.

Royalties will add to the cost

of braille transcriptions, text en­ hancement and voice recordings for disabled students.

De Takacsy, a physics professor, said if he had an article published ina scientific journal he would have to pay royalties to his publisher to quote from his own article.

The legislation will also "para­ lyze the entire inter-library sys­ tem", according to Savage. When libraries loan materials to other libraries, they often have to photo­ copy the material in order to send it. They also often photocopy valu­ able and rare books in order to maintain them.

The proposal would also create

serious administrative problems for libraries regarding how they could effectively prevent students from photocopying whatever they want.

"It would be a bureaucratic monstrosity," Savage said. "There will probably be signs at photo­ copiers saying 'photocopy at own risk.' Someday someone will be caught and handed a warrant."

But Matthews maintained the government isn't prepared to "police" the legislation in such a manner.

"The general method of enforce­ ment is through civil remedies," explained Matthews. "Whether or

not it would be worth anyone's while to pursue such a case is another question."

De Takacsy said it would be a shame to enact such a rigid piece of legislation, thereby forcing many people to illegally copyright out of what he sees as a matter of neces­ sity.

"We have to come to terms with either being reasonable and legal or being entirely illegal."

Professors who publish want to make a profit, but at the same time don't want to prevent anyone from having access to their ideas, ac­ cording to De Takacsy.

"I don't condone abuse of the system but if you need one table outof a book you shouldn't have to buy a whole book," De Takacsy said. "I'm happy with thatcompromise."

McGill's Senate unanimously passed a motion last week ask­ ing Masse to withdraw his pro­ posal.

Similar motions are also ex­ pected from the McGill Students' Society and the Fédération des étudiantes et étudiants de Québec, according to SSMU VPExternal Alex Usher.

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BY CLEM K IN G The Daily had a party, but the guests of honour didn't show up.

Last Thursday's attempt by McGill Daily staff to rally support for their newspaper failed due to lack of student turnout. About 50 people attended the meeting which was the first of its kind this term.

"The turnout was troubling," DailyCo-ordinating Editor Heather MacKay said. "It's one more sign of theapathy of students atMcGill."

'Meet the Daily for Lunch' was billed as an open forum for stu­ dents to express grievances about the paper directly to the people responsible for publishing it. Daily staff even served cold vegetarian tacos and chocolate chip cookies to attract people to the meeting.

But the number of students who attended the meeting was barely higher than the number of staff present, making the meeting more of a staff get-together than an open forum.

"People don't come into the of­ fice to talk about their concerns as often as they could," MacKay said.

"This was just another way to get people to talk to us."

"There were some new people

there who we didn't know but only three complainers," said MacKay. "One person complained about pagination. Another said that he was confused by the T)isruptive Elements' column. Someone who didn't believe we lived in a society with racism or classes came by to challenge our views."

MacKay admitted she "wasn't sure" if the complaints were a true cross-section of McGill students' opinions.

Although MacKay says the meeting was not directed at engi­ neering students who have criti­ cized the newspaper, she was dis­ mayed that engineers did not show up to voice their complaints.

Engineers have received public­ ity in off-campus newspapers and on television for their criticism of a recent Daily article featuring Susie Sexpert.

"What's wrong with the engi­ neers? Do they never have sex?"

MacKay asked.

Engineering President Bruce Tracy, who was elected last March with an overwhelming mandate to withdraw engineering students' financial support from the Daily, did not attend the meeting.

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M cGill’s Affinity

BY JA N E T L O G A N Half way through its first year, McGill's affinity Mastercard has met its revenue targets.

As of the end of last month, approximately six million dollars were charged on McGill cards, according to Ray Satterthwaite, Alumni Relations Associate and coordinator for McGill's affinity card.

Of the 6253 cards distributed, 3888 belong to students and 2365 to staff and alumni. McGill's 85%

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approval rate is "one of the highest approval rates in Canada in terms of students," Satterthwaite said.

This translates into approxi­ mately $21,000 for McGill, as the uni versity receives a small percent­ age of the revenue. McGill receives between one-fourth and one-third of one percent of a purchase trans­ action. The exact amount is confi­ dential due to the "private nature" of the contract between the univer­ sity and the bank.

The money accumulated from the first two quarters has been

New lightbulbs are not as ‘healthy’ BULBS FR O M PA G E 6 ral sunlight as incandescent ones, according to Québec PIRG re­ searcher Ken Huck."When the University changes light systems, it should look at factors such as health in addition to energy con­ servation ."

Ha admitted the new fluores­ cent bulbs are "better than previ­ ous types of fluorescent lights, but they're not as good as incan­ descent ones" which emit a broader spectrum of light.

McGill's energy-saving pro­ gram comes in the wake of Hy­ dro Quebec's increases in energy prices. Ha criticized Hydro's lack

of incentives for energy-efficient lighting.

"Hydro subsidizes $5 per [en­ ergy-saving] showerhead, which is good. But they should start looking at lighting instead of showerheads."

In light of McGill's dreary budget situation, Physical Plant staff hope the plan will enable more money to be put towards education.

"We are all working from the same bucket. By reducing energy costs and implementing more plans, we can increase money going to education," Physical Plant Director Roy Dalebozik said.

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The Daily tries to buy friends and improve its image, to Students' Society Peter Thomas, also a member of the Engineering Undergraduate Society, have gath­ ered three hundred signatures from engineering students on a petition to withdraw Dailyfunds. They need five hundred signatures from a variety of faculties to bring the question of funds withdrawal to campus-wide referendum next March. If the referendum is suc­ cessful, a clause permitting indi­ vidual faculty associations to with­ draw their funding from the paper would be added to the Daily7s

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placed in the Principal's Priority Fund and will ultimately be dis­ tributed to the libraries and stu­ dent aid.

But neither the Principal nor Satterthwaite would say when this money will be distributed.

Banks see university students as promisingyoungconsumers. Their eagerness to start students on credit ratings is demonstrated by their willingness to finance all student credit card start-up costs, includ­

constitution.

Thomas' efforts to withdraw Daily funds have been the target of slanderous accusations posted around campus referring to him as a "sexist pig, homophobic jerk, and... asshole of the month".

Although Thomas attended the meeting, he believes it was an inef­ fective method of reaching stu­ dents.

"The people who don't support what the Daily is printing wouldn't go to a 'Meet the Daily7 party," Thomas said.

Thomas believes direct confron­ ta tionis nolonger a viable approach to solving the problems between the two groups. He believes fur­ ther discussions "would just be influencing a few people".

"Next year these people will ha ve left and there will be a new set of staff members," Thomas said.

"There wouldn't be any kind of entrenched constitutional change."

Tracy believes only constitutional change will suffice.

"If they change the paper now in such a way that the majority of people like it, in two years, the Daily might become even more opinionated than it is today," Tracy said. "I want to set something into the Daily's constitution that will be there for all time, or until the disin­ tegration of the Daily as a whole."

The conflict between the engi­ neers and the Daily has gained w idespread attention outside McGill. CBC Newsworld aired a short piece on the issue last Thurs­ day evening.

"We don't find the story particu­ larly interesting," reporter John Curtin said. "It's just killing time on the air."

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makes money ing mailing, postage, advertise­ ments and shop costs. "[The banks] are making less money than they would make off a regular card," Satterthwaite said.

"They are just doing it for new accounts in a new market."

Satterthwaite has received com­ plaints about targetting students for the credit card market.

But he also believes every credit card is targeting students and there­ fore students might as well take

advantage of the benefits McGill can gain by using a university af­ finity card.

Satterthwaite is confident the card will continue to generate substantial revenue for the univer­ sity.

"We are relatively on schedule for where we would like to be," Satterthwaite said. "We should end the year with about $100,000." Q

McGill students1freer press PRESS FR O M PA G E 6 candidate or slate may express or imply that they carry the support of any publication supported ei­ ther directly or indirectly by funds obtained by Society fees."

The deletion of these sections would allow campus publica­ tions to support and criticize particular candidates or platformsduringcoveragebothleading up to and during the election or referendum period.

Tribune Editor-in-Chief Kelly Gallagher-Mackay embraces the proposed changes.

"The job of any journalist cov­ ering an election is to critically look at all the candidates," Gal­ lagher-Mackay said.

She believes some of the exist­ ing regulations are ambiguous and unnecessary.

"Our objective is always to be fair," Gallagher-Mackay said.

"Giving equal column space to the various parties is open to interpre­ tation, too. Why should we have to give equal space to someone who has declared she is running as a joke? " But Students' Society Chief Re­ turning Officer Eric Steinman be­ lieves publications funded by the Students' Society should not be allowed to take official positions.

Hebelieves such publications may be tempted topromotecandidates who are associated with the publi­ cation.

"We don't want the SSMU, as the PGSS (Post Graduates Students' Society) has done in the past, put­ ting out newsletters tore-elect their own members," Steinman said.

But SSMU VP External Alex Usher believes publications should be permitted to support candidates or platforms.

"The regulations are not neces­ sarily fair to newspapers," Usher

said. "If the newspapers want to abide by the regulations, they es­ sentially have to say nothing."

Usher was also frustrated by restrictions on the number of de­ signs on handbills and similar promotional material used by candidates. He believes the cur­ rent limitation on design is ri­ diculous because "if they can stay within budget constraints, [Stu­ dents' Society] wants people with creativity."

"There are a large number of grey areas which are not clearly defined and open to appeal," Usher said.

These "grey areas" contrib­ uted to uncertainties th at promted a challenge to the re­ sults of last month's referendum.

To ensure future elections and referen d a proceed m ore smoothly, Usher hopes the "new regulations will be in place for SSMU elections in March." O

The Ombudsperson For Students TH IR D ANNUAL R EPO R T TO SENATE S e p te m b e r 1 ,1 9 8 9 I am pleased to present the Third Annual Report of the McGill University Ombudsperson for Students for the reporting period September 1st, 1989 to August 31st, 1990, in accordance with the Terms of the Office as approved by the Senate and the Board of Governors (copy attached).

During the third year of my position, I continued my efforts to make the entire University community aware of the existence of the Office of the Ombudsperson. I met with Deans and Associ­ ate Deans to explain the function of the office and I tried through various types of publicity to increase the awareness of the student population about this service. I worked co-operatively with the Vice-President, University Affairs of the Students’ Society and was involved in discussions with the student organization about the promotion of student awareness of their rights and responsi­ bilities.

This year I was invited to join the Advisory Board of M c G ill N ig h tlin e and was very pleased to do so. This seems to be a natural outgrowth of my work with students.

During the first two years as ombudsperson, I felt that I had been able through my mediation efforts to avoid many situations being brought to grievance. Instead, after a thorough investigation, I was able to bring about a satisfactory resolution to many difficult conflict situations between students and their departments or fac­ ulties. This year, unfortunately, my efforts at resolution were less successful and several cases were referred to the McGill Legal In­ formation Clinic to assist in the formal appeal and grievance procedures. It is interesting to note that, in the majority of these cases, the students’ grievances were upheld. Grievance, how­ ever, is always a tedious, painful and time-consuming endeavour with both sides suffering in the process. I sincerely hope that I will be more successful next year in resolving these conflictual situations.

I would at this point, however, like to pay tribute to the M c G ill L e g a l I n f o r m a t i o n C lin ic . Once again, this year, their profes­

sional attitudes, their energy and enthusiasm were most appreci­ ated by all the students they assisted. In particular, since it is essential that the ombudsperson remain separate from the griev­ ance and/or appeal process, myjob was made easier because I was able to refer students to the McGill Legal Information Clinic with the full confidence that they would receive outstanding service from a competent student advocate.

D is c u s s io n o f C a s e s Again this year I have divided the cases I have handled into three main categories: (1)

Requests for information, referral and consultation;

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Complaints against a member of the University faculty or staff which can be handled by the student himself/ herself after consultation with the ombudsperson;

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Complaints which require the personal intervention of the ombudsperson.

Once again this year the largest number of student users of the ombuds service continues to be undergraduates. However, many of the more lengthy and more difficult issues to resolve were brought by graduate students and students from professional schools.

This year, for the first time, I was asked by the student associa­ tions of two faculties to intervene in a general way on their behalf.

I was also approached by a group of Teaching Assistants for some help with their dilemmas. Different departments and different faculties develop their own regulations re payment, hours of employment, type of work expected, etc. It is frequently per­ ceived that a divide and conquer technique is used to get the most work for the least payment. This is probably an area which the University needs to take under consideration, particularly during this period of economic belt tightening which creates larger classes, less contact with professors and more responsibility for teaching assistants. has grown and pros­ pered over the past few years, now handling approximately 17,000 part-time students enrolled in a wide range of programs.

With this growth have come a number of dilemmas. Since most of these students take fewer than four courses, they are not eligible for the wide range of services open to full-time students, i.e., counselling, health care, mental health services, etc. This creates a serious problem for the few who desperately need one of these services. As well, since most of the professors as well as the students are only part-time members of the McGill community, students frequently encounter problems when they need addi­ tional consultation. Problems are also encountered in the areas of rereads and appeals. Pamela Stewart, Dean of the Centre for Continuing Education, and I have met to consider some of these issues. I feel that part-time studies will be an increasing phenome­ non at McGill as the economic situation in society deteriorates T h e C e n tr e f o r C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n

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and fees increase. At present the Centre for Continuing Education seems to be somewhat on the periphery of McGill life although it is certainly a vibrant and growing member of the McGill community. The future will re­ quire some major changes in this faculty.

The situations I have handled this year have once again covered a wide range of academic concerns. Many of these have raised issues of natural justice which I shall discuss in greater detail in the next section of this report. Many of the students who contacted me were feeling alone and powerless in facing a bureaucratic system which they perceived to be uncaring and anonymous. Statistical Summary It is important to note that many cases in­ volved numerous interviews with the student as well as with collateral contacts. These statistics, therefore, do not indicate the num­ ber of interviews and/or contacts. Discussion of Selected Issues

STATISTICAL SUMMARY TABLE A

Caseload by Constituencty

Category Information and Referral Undergraduate students 36 Graduate students 10 Continuing Education students 5 Admissions 3 TOTALS 54 * Graduate category includes Law, Medicine and dentistry

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Category Number of Students ormation, referral and advice 54 Complaints handled without outside intervention by the ombudsperson 46 Complaints handled through intervcention by the ombudsperson 42

Discussion of Selected Issues One of the responsibilities of the ombudspeison is to bring to the attention of the University issues which seem to have a far reaching effect on the student body. Some of theseissues require that we seriously consider the impact these may have on our view of our­ selves as a fair and just society.

1. Issues of Natural Justice McGill has always prided itself on providing fair and equitable treatment to every member of its community. The “greenbook” of student rights and responsibilities published yearly by theOffice of the Dean of Students is an excellent example of this attitude. The establishment of the Office of the Ombudsperson to assist stuc ents in untangling the bureaucratic maze, the rules and régulai ions around sexual harassment and the procedures for appeals and grievances were all put into force to ensure that the University is a fair place.

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Unfortunately, some of these procedures which appear to be very satisfactory on paper seem to be less so in their practical application.

One of these situations is that of “rereads”. A student fills out a form and pays $25.00 to have his exam reread - supposedly by an outside reader. I would like to raise some of the dilemmas which I perceive to exist in this area. First, are all the marks, comments, etc. removed from the exam or is the second reader influenced by his colleagues original mark? Is the second reader truly a person who had nothing to do with the teaching of the course? Can we truthfully say that an unbiased reread was carried out? In what percentage of these cases is a mark ever raised? What about term papers? For those courses without exams what recourse does a student have when he/she feels that the grade was unfair? These issues need to be addressed as soon as possible.

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Another serious dilemma I have encountered this year relates to those large courses where the student has almost no contact with the professor except in the large lecture hall, but must deal exclusively through the teaching assistant and/or demonstrator. In several cases the professors refused to meet with the students and also appeared most unwilling to review a mark or to ever be available to discuss the exam, term paper, etc. Since the ultimate responsibility should lie with the professor of the course not the teaching assistant, I feel this is a miscarriage of justice. It gives too much power and authority to teaching assistants, who are graduate students them­ selves and not accountable to the University community in the same way that professors are. Although the vast majority of teaching assistants and demonstrators are serious, reliable and responsible people, I have dealt with a number of complaints regarding the few who misuse their power.

I have, however, serious reservations about the recent use of a computer monitoring system developed by a McGill professor to “catch cheaters”. Several students have already been formally charged with the academic offence of cheating under the C o d e o f S t u d e n t C o n d u c t. In these cases the sole evidence against the students was generated by this program. There are two main issues which arise as a result of this serious situation - (1) The technical validity of this program has yet to be verified by an independent evaluator. The computer analysts I have consulted have raised many serious questions about the validity of the inferences drawn from this type of program; (2) The second point is the difficulty of mounting a defense against this type of accusation. Despite the fact that no invigilator has noticed any unusual or unacceptable behav iour, the student receives notifica­ tion that she/he has been accused of cheating on the basis of some statistical calculations of probability. From whom did she/he cheat, and how, is never clearly answered. Is this the way the University wishes to operate? It is essential that disciplinary decisions and appeals procedures for students are developed and conducted in accordance with the procedures of natural justice and procedural fairness. Dr. D. Parker Young, Professor of Higher Education and Graduate Co-ordinator at the Institute of Higher Education, the University of Georgia, writes in Synthesis, May 1989, “Finally, I would indicate to all of us, both faculty members and administrators, that we ought to follow the golden rule. We should treat our peers the way we would like to be treated and treat our students the way we would like our own children to be treated under similar circumstances. If we follow the golden rule, we will have a healthy respect for the worth and dignity of the individual and we will create an environment on campus in which the incentives for legalism are reduced. And that’s what we want, to reduce the incentives for legalism and have a climate in which learning and growth can take place”.

G rad u ate and P rofession al S ch ool A d m ission s

The McGill Admissions Department handles all undergraduate admissions and has in place an effective system where the investigation of complaints is carried out with speed and where there is an official appeals procedure. Appeals are heard by an in­ dependent committee and students’ complaints are given a fair hearing.

Applications for admission to graduate departments and profes­ sional schools are handled by each separate department and faculty. Their appeals procedures are less clear and vary consid­ erably from department to department. In many cases the only contact the student can have after being refused admission is with an administrative assistant. The appeals committees are fre­ quently composed of the same people who made the original decision. This seems to me to create a situation where due regard for the rules of natural justice and procedural fairness are being ignored. Clearly, there are generally more applicants than can be accepted. However, it is important to ensure that students who meet all the requirements and who feel they have been unfairly C h ea tin g rejected receive a fair hearing and a subsequent clear explanation The most serious concern I have in the area of natural justice is of the reasons for refusal if this remains the case. related to cheating at exams. The University has, I believe, a responsibility to create a climate where examinations are admini­ 2. Advising stered in amanner which is both fair and which encourages honesty.

With the advent of MARS, the telephone registration system, If exams are multiple choice they should be scrambled so people McGill will be entering full blast into the technological era. No sitting next to each other have different exams, invigilators should be well trained and students should be warned clearly upon entering longer will students register face to face with a human being who the exam room to leave all books, etc. at the front of the room. In responds to questions and gives advice but instead the touch tone will be his/her registration contact. My concern relates other words, everything possible should be done to encourage telephone to the process of advising. Advising at McGill has had a troubled students to behave responsibly and honestly. For those who are history with some departments and faculties showing greater suspected of cheating the regulations are clear and should be interest and concern than others. Many students already perceive followed exactly. We should always remember that people are themselves to be “only a number” that no one really cares about. innocent until proven guilty.

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TH IRD ANNUAL REPORT C O N T IN U E D ... ! application, many complain that not one professor really knows who they are.

I have helped a number of students straighten out a mess in their course registration, which although signed by an advisor, was not checked by the advisor. Some students can breeze through their three or four years as an under­ graduate with little or no consultation while others need serious and intense guidance and advice. Wemust ensure that our advising proc­ ess improves and does not disappear as a result of MARS. These students who do poorly and are put on probation need to be counselled to take advantage of the many remedial programs offered at McGill in order that they have every opportunity to improve their skills and return to satisfactory standing. Advising remains a criti­ cal, albeit time-consuming, service which can have an important impact on many students’ academic careers.

3. Disruptive Students It appears that McGill is experiencing an in­ creasing number of disruptive incidents on campus. Many of the young people who disrupt classrooms, offices or residences are suffering from some type of mental disorder.

As a result of the growing problem of disrup­ tive and violent incidents in all Canadian uni­ versities, many have established policies and guidelines for disruptive and violent behaviour on campus. In June 1990, Concordia Univer­ sity hosted a very successful conference on this topic which I was fortunate enough to attend.

One recommendation which came out of this conference was not only to establish a policy on disruptive and violent behaviour on campus but also to establish a multi-disciplinary crisis intervention team. This team might help de­ velop programs, and would be available to take action quickly and effectively when called upon.

Association of Canadian College and Univer­ sity Ombudspersons This association is expanding rapidly with ombudspersons being appointed at more and more Canadian educational institutions. This year’s conference was held in Quebec City, co­ hosted by Laval and the Université de Mon­ treal. It was very exciting to introduce our Ca­ nadian and American colleagues to La Belle Province and to provide them with a challeng­ ing and stimulating program.

Quebec ombudspersons continue to meet regu­ larly to discuss issues of common concern.

This past year we were invited to participate in the Conference of Canadian Ombudsmen hosted

by M. Jacoby, The Quebec Provincial Om­ budsman.

C o n c lu s io n The third year of my appointment as ombud­ sperson for students has been an exciting and challenging one. I continued to collaborate with the Students’ Society and the McGill Legal Information Clinic. I received ongoing support and encouragement from members of the administration, faculty and staff with whom I worked closely over the year. It is only through the continued co-operation of all parts of the University that I can carry out my man­ date to help create an atmosphere at McGill where students can study and learn in a com­ fortable, safe environment where the rules of natural justice prevail.

The dilemma of how to accomplish all that is required within the framework of a half-time appointment begins to loom larger each suc­ cessive year. Although the time has so far allowed for helping all students who request assistance, there is little time left to reach out to other parts of the University community or for full participation with the other Quebec om­ budspersons in studying and/or writing briefs or in preparing responses to issues raised by the Quebec Government’s Ombudsman’s Office.

This is an issue which can be left for the moment but which will need to be considered in the near future.

In conclusion I would like to pay tribute to all the students at McGill, undergraduate, gradu­

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ate and continuing education. You have come to me with your problems, have shared your concerns with honesty and dignity. I hope I have proven worthy of your trust and that I have helped at least some of you to feel that McGill is an educational institution where you do count and where natural justice prevails.

Respectfully submitted,

A n n e tte W e rk A s s o c ia te P r o f e s s o r O m b u d s m a n fo r S tu d e n ts 22 O c to b e r 1990

Ombudsman For Students T e rm s of R e fe re n c e The role of the OMBUDSMAN FOR STU­ DENTS is to try to solve problems that a student might have within the University. The OM­ BUDSMAN FOR STUDENTS, through nego­ tiations, will aim to avoid the more formal grievance procedures already existing at the University.

Suggested Modus Operandi A p p o in tm e n t

The OMBUDSMAN will be appointed by the Board of Governors on tbe recommendation of the Principal. The Principal will be advised by a joint Senate/Board committee, one-quarter of whose members will be students.

TheOMBUDSMAN will be appointed initially for a trial period of two years.

The OMBUDSMAN will be a member of the McGill Faculty who has obtained the respect of both the staff and the student body.

The OMBUDSMAN will be an impartial arbi­ trator, as free as possible from conflict of inter­ est situations.

Functions The OMBUDSMAN will investigate, at the request of any member of the student body, any grievances that may arise between that student and the University or anyone in the University exercising authority.

The OMBUDSMAN will bring his/her find­ ings and recommendations to the attention of those in authority by the most expeditious means possible.

The OMBUDSMAN will investigate any ap­ parent inadequacies in existing University procedures which may jeopardize the rights and liberties of any members of the University community.

The OMBUDSMAN will be free to formulate recommendations which are not to be con­ strued as formal policy.

The OMBUDSMAN shall, if required by both parties, mediate disputes between grieving parties.

C o n fid e n tia lity

The OMBUDSMAN will treat all confidential matters with the utmost care and respect for the individuals concerned.

The OMBUDSMAN shall have access to all official files and information as are required to fulfill his/her functions.

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Inquiries made by the OMBUDSMAN to members of the University should receive re­ spectful attention and be treated with reason­ able promptness.

The OMBUDSMAN will not make University policy or replace proper legal channels; he/she acts solely in an advisory and intermediary role.

The OMBUDSMAN will exercise no powers that are beyond the legal scope of the Univer­ sity. He/she can only make recommendations regarding actions or policy within the scope of the University.

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The OMBUDSMAN will provide a written report of the activities and decisions of his/her office annually to the Senate.

This annual report will indicate the progress of the OMBUDSMAN'S office and indicate any recommendations for improvement.

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Matty McGill groups are calling for more than commemorative trees and a minute of silence.

Massacre remembered in different ways W O M E N F R O M PAGE 3 tréal Information Coordinator Françoise Beaudoin said. "It's a question of respect for the people who are still grieving."

Despite U de M's request not to turn the day into a media event, the Association Nationale des Étudiantes et Étudiants du Québec plans to hold a march. Out of re­ spect for U de M's wishes, McGill groups are not planning to be involved in the march, or other such activities, according to Morisset.

Several western Canadian universities' women's groups, including one at the Uni­ versity of Victoria, will stage a minute of screaming rather than a moment of si­ lence.

"Since fourteen women were silenced, we didn't want to be," University of Victo­ ria student Kelly Abeysinghe said.

ButStudents' Society VP Internal Joanna Wedge rejects the idea of a scream-out at McGill.

"Screaming out would be anger improp­ erly directed," Wedge said.

Post-Graduate Students' Society VP Ex­ ternal Rhonda Mawhood suggests Mon­ tréal women may be less likely to accept such an outspoken and political activity because they may feel they are under a more direct threat.

"Even at feminist gatherings women look over their shoulders and don't feel safe," Mawhood said. "Maybe others don't feel that as strongly as we do inMontréal."

Mawhood also described the contro­

versy that arose at McGill over the con­ tents of a pamphlet that will be distrib­ uted between December 3rd and 6th. Some women did not want to include this infor­ mation in the pamphlet, because they did not see the need to link the massacre with the problem of violence against women.

But Morisset, along with members of the Post Graduate Students' Society and the Women's Union, who put the pamphlet together, felt it was important to explain the massacre in the context of violence against women.

Arts Senator Alex Johnston sees these differing views as a repeat of the contro­ versy that immediately followed the mas­ sacre last year. At that time various com­ mentators cast into doubt the idea that the actions of one "crazy" killer should be viewed as symptomatic of a general socie­ tal problem.

Despite the differences as to the signifi­ cance of the event, Mawhood believes women are united in their intentions to commemorate the massacre.

"All women can agree that we must re­ member [the women who died] and that we must state that violence against women is unacceptable."

Students at Queen's echoed that senti­ ment. The day of commemoration "will be needed for a long time to come; but I hope that as long as it is required that day should be implemented and honoured," Queen's Arts and Science President Jenni Tipper said.

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fo c u s W o m e n in U n iv e r s ity : The shootings of fourteen women at the Ecole Polytechnique one year ago served as a blunt reminder that women may be equal under the law, but are by no means equal in society. Violence against women seems to be escalating, men still outnumber women in most professions, and there is even a disinterest in women’s sports. Even at McGill these problems seem insurmountable; yet change may be in the works. a

Women in sports get short end of the hockey stick The women's rugby team has seized three championship titles in a row. The women's novice row­ ing club competed in the finals at the championship races at St. Cath­ erine. McGill has had a women's synchronized swim team for forty years which has packed the Weston pool trophy case. Nevertheless, the press and the public alike have neglected to acknowledge their triumphs.

Some women on McGill teams blame the lack of coverage on sex­ ism. Citing soccer as an example, Jane Anna Chapman, a first year field hockey player, complained that "when [the press] do inter­ views, it's always with the men."

In this same vein, some say that society simply does not take women's sports seriously enough for them to merit coverage.

"Women don't have an option of playing more 'professionally'," Kariann Aarup, a three-year rugby player and newcomer to ice hockey, said. "[Women are] forced to keep it as a hobby."

On the other hand, some more optimistic female athletes blame the lack of coverage on the obscu­ rity of the sport they play. "It's not so much the sex of the athlete but the prestige of the sport," said Cathy Fusk, a U2 student with six years of field hockey experience.

But, no matter what the reason, women's sports tend to be severely de-emphasized at McGill.

"The biggest problem we have is no one realizes that we have a women's ice hockey team," said Kathy Morrison, a U3 in her 9th ice hockey season.

Coupled with this ignorance of women's teams is low spectator turn-out. According to Tracey Hayman, a second-year basketball player, the only time women's basketball draws a crowd "is for the second half of the game: before the men's game afterwards."

Syncronized swimmer, Jennepher Henaff, acknowledged that

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outside perception of her sport is part of the problem. "They think it's a silly sport— a pretty water ballet. They don't realize tha t we're swimming a routine for four min­ utes. We don't touch the bottom once, and usually two of the four minutesarespentunderwater," she

said.

It seems that stereotypes of women participating in sports especially in those which are tradi­ tionally male - perpetuate prob­ lems in coverage, spectatorship, and financing.

The Athletics Department did not take the women's hockey team seriously enough to staff a head coach until a week before the team was set to practice on the ice; members such as Morrison had to take their own initiative to sched­ ule practice time.

In those sports in which McGill supports both a men's and a women's team, the men's teams seems to retain more funding as well as more press. For example, Hayman pointed out that when her team and the men's basketball team have traveled together in the past, they received more money for expenses per person than when they traveled alone.

Aarup added that men's teams seem "toget the bestpractice times and all the other perks of team sport competition." She also felt the men's teams receive a lot more full time coaching support than women's teams.

Henaff argued that despite the sexism thatundoubtedlyexists, "It comes down to [the fact that] you want to swim for McGill or play for McGill, and you're proud."

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Women who play sports for McGill say they are subjected to discrimination on many fro n ts.

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BY SARA BORINS Thirteen universities in Canada offer students the option of com­ pleting a Major in Women's Stud­ ies. McGill, however, only provides a Minor in this field despite the fact that a demand for such a pro­ gramme exists.

Last year Valerie Moysey set a precedent by being the first Me Gill student to graduate with a Major in Women's Studies. Moysey brought her case to the Faculty of Arts Council and argued that she ought to be permitted to receive an ad personam degree in Women's Studies because she had completed the number of credits which most departm ents require in order to award a Major degree.

By granting the ad personam degree the university makes an exception for a specific student by recognizing his or her interest in a field of studies which it does not formally offer.

This year Kelly Dobbin is fol­ lowing Moysey's steps. Like Moy­ sey, Dobbin constructed an ad personam proposal to receive a Major in Women's Studies by us­

ing the requirements of other de­ grees in interdisciplinary fields.

"Women are nearly invisible in the university curriculum. This pro­ gram not only compensates for the under representation of women's acheivements in society, it helps to correct and redefine the traditional academic record," said Dobbin. Her proposal is still pending approval.

In 1975, Professor Margaret Gillett, founder of the Women's Studies Minor program, saw a need to "legitmate this field of study."

In 1977 the minor was approved.

"It was a triumph," said Gillett.

Today, Gillett regards the ab­ sence of a Women's Studies Major largely as a lack of demand, rather than as an indicator of the univer­ sity's conservativism.

"McGill might not be in the fore­ front of Women's Studies but it is not far behind," said Gillett.

Professor Peta Tancred, director of the Centre for Research and Teaching on Women, believes that one reason for the lack of demand for a Major program is that stu­ dents are unaware that they can receive an ad personam degree.

Until more students such as

Peta Tattered is the director of the Centre o f Reasearch and Teaching on Women.

Moysey and Dobbin complete a Major in Women's Studies, the nned to implement a program will not be felt at the administrative level..

Tancred is optimistic that a Ma­ jor program can be instituted, however, because the number of student's in the Minor program is increasing. Over the last ten years only sixty women graduated with a Women's Studies Minor.

This year alone, sixty women

are in the program. 'The first thing that hit me about the current gradu­ ating class were the numbers, ask­ ing why there is not a Major pro­ gram," said Tancred.

Eight courses in Women's Stud­ ies are being added to next year's calendar. This week, the com­ mittee for the Minor program is meeting to discuss the issue of pro­ viding students with the option of a Major in Women's Studies.

Tancred does not anticipate a great

deal of difficulty in getting this proposal passed "given the sup­ port that the centre has received".

This means that the Major program may potentially be in the calendar for 1992.

"I think that the university has shown itself responsible and ready re g ard in g w om en's studies, though traditio n al prejudice against all things related to women is unlikely to disappear," said Gillett. □

Implementation of equity employment policy to redress past sexist hiring record at McGill

BY ALLAN TAIT Statistics gathered by McGill's Employment Equity program in­ dicate a serious inequality in hir­ ing between the sexes.

Figures from a survey released late in 1989, on the number of males and females hired at McGill Uni­ versity in either full, associate or assistant professorships indicate

1099 men hold teaching positions at McGill compared to only 223 women. that females are under-represented compared to their proportion in either society or the student body.

As of December 31, 1988, 1099 men hold teaching positions at McGill, compared to only 223 women.

The faculty of Engineering, for instance, employs 118 male profes­ sors, but only two women.

This inequality will be addressed when the Employment Equity Program, coordinated by Honora Shaughnessy, begins to follow the Federal Contracting Program con­ cerning equity. The Federal pro­ gram will begin this spring "When we get into (the program), we will implement applicant tracking," said Shaughnessy.

The first complete report from the Equity Program is due out at the end of this term, and will in­ clude, according to Shaughnessy, a randomly sampled interview of assistant professors to discover their opinions of the hiring proc­ ess.

Stephanie Kuxdorf and Susan Johnston, teaching assistants in the English Department, both felt that despite the existing discrepancy between the sexes employed at McGill, attitudes towards sexism in hiring are changing, both on the part of the administration and the applicants.

Kuxdorf pointed out that this year's PhD class in English was

more than half female.

"I think the department is aware of the problem, and is trying to address it," said Kuxdorf. "I would not feel intimidated on the basis of gender if I applied fortenure here".

Johnston noted both the neces­ sity for women to enter academic

fields, and the difficulty involved in that pursuit. She cited female professors as a source of strength for female students who might normally be nervous about speak­ ing out in class.

She felt that women who wish to pursue academic careers require

tremendous determination "You won't get to this (the PhD pro­ gram) point if you are intimidated by a male-dominated faculty," said Johnston, but she also stated "our lives are far less likely to be uncom­ plicated than those of men apply­ ing for the same jobs".

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Putting an end to sexism at Canada’s universities

BY ANNE VIS Last year's massacre at the Ecole Polytechnique has been called an isolated incident by many of the very same people who would like to deny the existence of violence against women at all levels of soci­ ety.

According to the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (1985), one out of every five women is sexually assaulted during her lifetime. That is, one assault every six minutes in Can­ ada. But only one out of every ten

of these assaults is reported to the police.

The Montréal Sexual Assault Centre believes that, "sexual as­ sault will not be eliminated until we are able to change how indi­ viduals thinkabout and act toward each other, and by changing the social conditions which maintain unequal sex roles and the distribu­ tion of power between men and women."

If it is a matter of attitudes per­ mitting or encouraging violence against women, one would expect a noticeable decrease in such inci­

dents around university campuses.

Those with a higher level of educa­ tion would have had more oppor­ tunity to have such attitudes chal­ lenged. But university campuses have been the site of several vio­ lent incidents in the last two years on a scale smaller than the Polytechniqe massacre..

At Queen's University, the "No means no" campaign was per­ verted. One residence posted modifications to the message: "No means kick her in the teeth," "No SEE SEXISM . . .

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BY PROMA TAGORE For female engineering students, as a seriously disadvantaged mi­ nority in their faculty, it is some­ times easier to ignore sexist jokes or let them pass by, rather than to speak out, and suffer possible embarassment.

In a survey conducted last year by the Committee on Women in Engineering, one U2 female re­ sponded, 'T he engineering adver­ tisements and literature are a bit sexist but a woman entering the faculty has to accept that."

But, "things are changing," said Ritu Verma, a U3 civil engineer and VP Internal of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) 'The women in the faculty feel more free to be themselves."

In October last year, the Ad Hoc Committeeof Women in Engineer­ ing was founded. The committee aims to increase the involvement of women in engineering and to improve conditions for the women in the faculty. "Engineering [should be] a profession, open to the talents of all people, in which both sexes

work together in harmony," stated the Com m ittee's proposal of April,1990.

This year, 27% of new students entering engineering are female,

"The engineering advertisements and literature are a bit sexist but a woman entering the faculty has to accept that."

-female engineering student the highest percentage ever.

Among chemical and civil engi­ neers, women now constitute 30 to 40% of the faculty, however, in

fields of electrical and mechanical engineering the enrollment of women continues to be very low.

An all-student committee. Pro­ moting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE), was formed this year. Both committees aim to educate young people and to shatter some of the stereotypical images associated with engineer­ ing.

For many years, the field of engineering has been considered a man's domain. "The picture of a young engineer coming out of school is a male, " said Cassandra Robertson, the U1 chemical engi­ neer representative to the EUS. She cited the lack of information and education on engineering careers before getting to university as the root of the stereotypes.

Lack of information, and stere­ otyping is what causes many young girls to reject engineering as a ca­ reer option. "Stereotyping starts really early - like when you're two years old and you're given a doll and your brother is given a truck," Verma noted. □

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not immune to [sexism]. Queen's is a very tense campus."

At the University of British Co­ lumbia, letters were sent to a women's residence threatening sexual assaultif the residentsdidn't attend a party to which they had been invited.

McGill had its turn: two years ago there was an alleged gang rape at the fraternity Zeta Psi which sparked the formation on campus

...a woman is sexually assaulted every six minutes in Canada. of the Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Amy O'Neil, member of the

Coalition stated that that group, as well, has concentrated on chang­ ing attitudes. During last year's Sexual Assault Awareness week, the group posted controversial stickers demanding students "Look at how you look at her."

"We would like people, at the very least, to look, individually, at themselves - their actions and atti­ tudes. By raising awareness, we may be able to change people's attitudes," said O'Neil.

She argued that "Men need to take responsibility for rape as a crime of violence. [But] Women need to be frank with their sexual desires and break away from the 'passive victim' mold."

Salimah Kassim-Lakha, from WAVE (Women Against Violence) a new campus group, said, "some­ thing has to be done about this issue. Not enough is being done on campus." WAVE has organized a "speak out" discussion of sexual assault on December 5. □

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A lla n Cairns spells o u t C an ad a s c o n s titu tio n a l crisis

BY STEPH ANIE SMALL Given our "present crisis of S p e a k e r ’s community and identity", Pro­ fessor Alan Cairns' assessment of the barriers to constitutional C o r n e r reform in Canada is "not a recipe for optimism".

Addressing an audience com­ ments can respond to Québec, according to Cairns. In the few posed of students and a veritable years since it has become part of who's who of political science professors at McGill, Cairns spent our constitutional culture, the Charter has developed into "prac­ much of his lecture last week identifying the major constraints tically an icon for English speaking to constitutional change in Can­ Canadians."

But the potency of the Charter ada. has generated a kind of "rights Introduced as someone "who imperialism" from people who feel would never accept received mainstream opinions", the UBC they have a moral responsibility to professor has written extensively uphold the Charter across the on federalism and constitution­ country.

"The Charter generates amongst alism in Canada. His lucid obser­ its believers a roving normative vations on Canada provide the Canadianism oblivious to provin­ kind of thought that the country desperately needs in the wake of cial boundaries and thus hostile to Constitutional strategies such as the failure of the Meech Lake Accord and the combination of the Meech Lake distinct society that might produce a distinct and dif­ the Bélanger-Cam peau and ferent Charter regime in Québec Spicer commissions setting the than prevailed elsewhere," Cairns course for Canada's future. said.

The constraints addressed by For example, feminists from Cairns have made it difficult for the rest of Canada to respond to outside Québec argued the distinct society clause could infringe on Québec demands.

The Charter of Rights and Free­ women's rights in Québec, despite the fact thatQuébec feminists them­ doms has proved to be one of the selves were not worried the clause most powerful constraints on the would override their rights. flexibility with which govern-

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Constitutional reform is further hampered by the amending for­ mula, another product of the 1982 Constitution Act. By enshrining the principle of equality of the provinces, the new amending formula reduced the possibility of creating some kind of asymetrical federalism that would accommodate Québec. Instead, as Meech Lake demonstrated, provin­ cial equality means that whatever Québec gets, the rest of the prov­ inces get as well.

"The ability of the rest of Canada to respond to Québec is restricted by the limits to its willingness to provincialize itself toaccommodate Québec," Cairns said.

Finally, Cairns identified the pervasive suspicion and mistrust between so many of the partici­ pants in constitutional negotiations as a major block to constitutional reform.

The constant media reference to "11 able-bodied white men" de­ ciding the future of Canada in the Meech Lake négociations points to the "implicit mirror theory of rep­ resentation that you have to be one to know one", Cairns said.

"This lack oftrustmultiplies the number of actors [involved in constitutional reform] by under­ mining the belief that an "x" can represent a "y"... and generates a

Allan Cairns discussed constitutional reform last Thursday. competitive search for iron clad protection in the form of vetos and notwithstandingclauses."

Taken together, the Charter, equality of the provinces and dis­ trust have led to a "diminished constitutional capacity to provide individualized responses to dis­ tinct societies and to distinct situ­ ations."

Cairns suggested we must in­

evitably consider options such as referenda to decide major constitutional issues, and the pos­ sibility that Québec may no longer be a province like the others. Only by confronting these issues head on, will Canadians be able to sur­ vive the present "crisis of com­ munity and identity" and over­ come "inertia of a decaying constitutional order".

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BY DAVE MANNING French Canadian superstar Mitsou is back. Last Wednesday, Mitsou threw an album launching party for 600 of her closest friends and fans at Foufbunes Électriques.

Her latest offering Terre desHommes hit the record store shelves this week and promises to be every bit as successful as her debut, El Mundo.

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In the title track, Mitsou locks horns with the equality issue, proving that she can be lyrically in­ spiring without sacrificing the upbeat musical arrangements that her fans have come to expect.

Mitsou's english has improved a hundredfold. The song, "A Funny Place", more than makes up for the ridiculous cover of "Spooky" on her last album. Mitsou could make Canada overlook internal political quarrels and become the tolerant

In the title track, Mitsou locks horns with the equality issue, proving that she can be lyrically inspiring without sacrificing the upbeat musical arrangements that her fans have come to expect.

The photograph uses soft lighting to artfully emphasize Mitsou's strong features. She holds a smoldering cigar, suggestive yet not quite as phallic as her first al­ bum cover.

M usically, the album is characteristically M itsou.

"Drapeau Blanc" is a soothing ballad promoting world peace.

"Dis-Moi, Dis-Moi" and the title track, 'T e rre des Hommes", maintain a thundering dance beat that is bound to earn them more

nation of which we could all be proud.

While on the album the overt sexual references may be toned down, her own sexuality certainly is not. Mitsou recently appeared in Montréal wearing a fishnet body stocking, a silver reflective vest, and little else. She performed three songs atop a steel cage which imprisoned three men. The cage SEE M IT S O U . . .

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Mitsou, resplendent in silver lamé and the latest in athletic protection, provides a young fan with a cherished momento.

S c u lp to r A rto liv e s u p t o h is n a m e

BY KATE GIBBS OutsideArmenia,Tchakmaktchian might be considered a cumbersome surname. Therefore, it is under­ standable that émigré sculptor Tchakmaktchian chooses to go simply by his given name, Arto.

The name is an attractive moniker indeed for a modem minimalist.

Born in Armenia ini 933, Arto arrived in Montréal in 1975, one year after the Soviet Ministry of Culture declared his work not suf­ ficiently reflective of Soviet reality.

Since then, his work has been ex­ hibited in Hiroshima, Oxford, and

Berkley, acheiving international acclaim.

Forty-four pieces executed be­ tween 1987-90 make up a current exhibition,Arto; Recent Works. Al­

Arto's figures have elongated bodies which, like halved tubes, reveal hollow cores. Ultimately, the viewer must judge whether the physical void suggests spiritual

A rto a r riv e d in M o n tré a l in 1 9 7 5 , o n e y e a r a f te r th e S o v ie t M in is tr y o f C u ltu r e d e c la r e d h is w o r k n o t s u ffic ie n tly r e f le c tiv e o f S o v ie t re a lity . though predominantly crude figu­ rative sculpture, the show also includes bright prints which re­ veal the artist's skill in both two and three dimensions.

emptiness as well.

The material he uses is iron. Cast in wax and clay, the resulting sur­ faces are crude, and possess an organic quality. The "flesh" of the

sex-less figures is akin to bark. The ambiguity of many works is often reinforced with the lack of a title.

Although highly individual, Arto's pieces can not escape com­ parison with other modem sculp­ ture. At times the large figures possess a weight that is reminis­ cent of Henry Moore.

Each piece must be viewed from all angles in order to appreciate its metamorphosis. Mobility is a lux­ ury afforded the viewer by sculp­ ture. It is unfortunate that some of the displays restrict the movement of the audience.

Arto displays a mastery of sev­

eral sculptural techniques. The strength of some compositions force each viewer to wonder at the structural feasibility. In "Balance", a heavy figure teeters on a thin piece of wire.

In other pieces, such as "God­ dess", Arto utilizes illusion. Once behind the sculpture, the audience realizes that what appeared in front to be a suspended halo, is actually affixed at the back.

Viewing the exhibition, it is impossible to avoid Arto's theme SEE A R TO . . .

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FR O M A R TO PAGE 16 of the individ ual's isolation within a group. The exclusion in "One and Others" is painful. Four bod­ ies are joined by a lyrical ribbon while an identical form stands near by. Figures in the "Nest" series are dwarfed by restraining wire pyra­ mids. "Message" depicts a six-foot figure whose torso has been re­ placed by a blank slate. The viewer must decide what the message is, or if there is indeed a message at all.

One piece suggests hope with a surprising tenderness. No more than 18 inches high, the figures which enclose each other in "The Prodigal Son" make their half­ bodies whole. United, they com­ plete each other's form. The appli­ cation of the narrative transcends the parable.

The show is aided by the flexibil­ ity of its venue , the Saidye Bronfman Centre. The centre, which is the Jewish Community C enters cultural branch, offers the versatility of an independent gal­ lery. Qearly the curators have taken a risk with this unusual artist.

Dr. Rigas Bertos of McGill's Art History Department,'The work of Arto simultaneously defies and demands interpretation."

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Palmer renovates and matures in his latest release

BY STEVE PRATT Don't Explain Robert Palmer (Capitol) The title of Robert Palmer's lat­ est effort is Don't Explain, but he really should make a concerted effort, for the album is at once in­ triguing and confusing.

The album begins with various hard rock compositions, complete with catchy bass lines, heavy gui­ tar riffs and laid-back vocals. In other word s: the Robert Palmer that we have come to expect.

However, the eighth song on this eighteen trackalbum begins a bout of musical schizophrenia, as Palmer abandons his traditional Top 40 style.

The album proceeds to take up a wide, varied spectrum of musical

forms, including soul, jazz, bossa nova, calypso, and reggae.

Following the lead of other art­ ists, Palmer's song "History", has strong African roots with irregu­ lar Soweto rhythms and chanting.

From there, the ex-Power Sta­

is Palmer's attempt at Calypso, a bizarre mixture of the Merrymen and Harry Belafonte. A risqué combo, to say the least.

Side B is equally as interesting, with its much more instrumental, "fancy-restaurant" sound.Thefirst

Jazzy horns, violins, piano o' plenty, and vocals in the tradition of Frank Sinatra and Harry Connick Jr. make it difficult to picture women in black grooving to this material. tion leader ventures into the Carribean, producing two more dis­ tinctly un-Palmerish songs. The first of these, "I'll be your baby tonight", is catchy, light reggae created in collaboration with UB40.

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song of the flip side, "Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You", is classic soul reminiscent of Marvin Gaye.

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Don’t blame it on the Rain, blame it on yourselves Will someone please explain to me why this Milli Vanilli scandal is causing such a rum­ pus? What has really been re­ vealed in the last few weeks?

That Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, the duo of dancing hair who make up Milli Vanilli, are not in fact prodigious musi­ cal genuises, but rather airheaded, untalented boobs whose entire careers have been masterminded by greedy, un­ scrupulous record magnates?

Oh, the humanity.

It's time to stop indignantly incinerating the Milli Vanilli collector's T-shirts, wall posters, and his 'n' hers electric tooth­ brush sets, and consider the fact that taking talentless boobs and vaulting them to stardom through glossy packaging is a time-honoured tradition in the music industry.

Granted, this humiliating fate seems just desserts for the annoying pair with the $700 coifs, who once had the stones to declare themselves bigger than Dylan, Jagger and the Beatles. But amidst all of our self-satisfied guffaws, let us question exactly which crime it is for which we are condemning the twosome of tunelessness.

Is it because they lack musical originality? So does M.C. Hammer, whose bastard­ ized version of funkmeister Rick James classic "Superffeak" haunted us last summer.

Or is it because they accepted a Grammy which they did not truly deserve? Please. Since when have the Grammys had anything to do with musical talent or integrity? Next you'll have me believe that the Oscars are a measure of cinematic excellence. Grammys are awarded on the basis of sales, not merit, and by these criterion Milli Vanilli's brand of soullessness certainly, and shamefully, qualifies.

Therein lies the rub. Does it really matter that Rob and Fab not only don't write their songs, don't play instruments and don't perform live, but, heavens forfend, they didn't even sing on their own album? What

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L ife A D A M STERNBERGH millions of fans bought, and bought in exceedingly great numbers, was not the melodious crooning of two would-be Pavarottis. Rather, the public swallowed the entire slick, candy-coated, corn-rowed, dancing package. When people are willing to pay upwards of twenty-five dollars for the privilege of witnessing performers such as Milli Vanilli, Janet Jackson or Madonna sing-along to a tape of their own greatest hits, then it's time to face the lip-synced music and admit that in this day and age, most people want three things for their money: image, image and image.

Perhaps the greatest tragedy in this whole tired affair is that the publicity surrounding Milligate has prompted a stampede of similarly fabricated flavours-of-the-month straight for the confession booth.

Suddenly, Vanilla Ice feels compelled to share with the world that his true name is Robby Van Winkles. Appar­ ently, a shrewd record producer suggested that perhaps M C Winkles just wasn't quite "street" enough. One can only hope that, in penance, Robby will go to sleep for twenty years in the woods somewhere.

Sure, Milli Vanilli lied, and their producer lied, and now their record company is lying and the whole thing is begin­ ning to smell worse than Ben Johnson's sneakers after Seoul.

But Milli Vanilli's music was always terrible, regardless of who provided the vocals. The crime is not the deceitful methods used to sell us Milli Vanilli's records. The true crime is that anyone bought them in the first place. As long as we create a market for this dreck, we deserve whatever we get.

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A d ap ted from John Le C arre's novel, a rom antic thriller based on th e life o f the R ussian scientist an d d issid e n t A n d re Sakharov. T he m ovie stars Sean C on­ n ery an d M ichelle Pfeiffer, each a box office p h en o m e­ no n . Look for Pfei ffer to conti n u e h e r su ccessat screen­ m ak in g w hoopee.

A p p aren tly , R ussian au th o rities reacted positively to th e shooting o f the film on location. D irector F red Schepisi com m ents, "They d id n 't w orry terribly m uch ab o u t w h at w as in the script. They really d o h ave a n ew attitude."

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Fortunately, A1 Pacino, w riter M ario P u zo an d direc­ to r Francis F ord C oppola have no t passed the m antle on to lesser talents. But there a realso several reasons to w o rry aboutTTie Godfather III. U nlike the first tw o film s, the prem ise for chapter three do es n o t com e from P u zo 's original literary m asterpiece. Secondly, C oppola's track record in the 80's (Peggy Sue Got Married, One from the Heart) h as been som ew hat less than im pressive, an d tim es are tough for his stu d io, Z oetrope Pictures. All of this leads o ne to question C oppola's m otives for m aking an o th er sequel to the G reatest Film of All Time. Let us h o p e that C oppola can recapture his form er m agic. If not, w e m ig h t have an o th er Two Jakes on o u r h ands.

BONFIRE OF TH E VANITIES □ 11will be in teresting to see w hether, am id st all the racial and casting controversy, D irector Brian De Palm a can pull off a successful screen ad a p tio n of au th o r Tom W olfe'sbiting satire of the 80's. In any case, look for De Palm a to thoughtlessly steal som eclassic Alfred H itch­ cock sequences as h e is w ont to do.

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This Month in Tribune History The following is an excerpt from a movie review that appeared in the McGill Tribune forty-nine years ago this month.

It would be a shame not to celebrate this occasion by reprinting it: Last Thursday, a film called Citizen Kane opened to a bewildered audience.

The director, a brash, young twenty-six year old kid named Orson Welles, is apparently trying his hand at movies. Most people know Welles from his acclaimed radio work, including War Of The Worlds (which scared the bejesus out of

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Rosebud? As Gable said recently, "Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn!" Look for this flic to leave the theatres pretty darn quickly. Mr. Welles, go back to radio.

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About the only new idea introduced into the sequel is the earthshatteringly original illicit love of Peter and Sylvia. Okay,

maybe it's not original, but it's the only plot element that drives the new story. Let's face it, the humour is aimed at a very young audience.

A bum bling eighty year old butler who limps and walks into walls, and forgets to put his pants back on after urinating, is a gag which is as pathetic as it is cheap.

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The life of a prima donna is full of risk.

Following her brief performance, Mitsou dismounted the stage and met her public. The scene quickly became a media circus. Cameras, microphones, elbows...Mitsou has to be commended for her patience.

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BY PAUL COLEM AN Any evaluation of the perform­ ance and progress of individuals or squads bedecked in our red and white, is, in one sense, an evalution of the sports program at McGill as a whole. Many McGill atheletes struggle to overcome funding crises, availability of facilities, and inadequate recognition on their home turf (if they have any) - be­ fore even facing off against their division adversaries.

A suitable marking scheme therefore necessarily encompasses more than just final standings.

Think of it this way: an A+ season would mean a perfect record and a national championship. Yet a win­ less season could earn a team a shining D+, had they overcome immense odds and inexperience, meeting team goals during a cohe­ sive 'rebuilding' year.

The following constitutes a first semester report card for the teams that played out their schedules over the course of the fall semester, in order of their appearance on the McGill turf..

Football: D- This should come as no surprise to anybody.

Throughout the dismal 2-6 season the team was plagued by offensive impotency, the inability to adapt stategies with the progress of the game, and therefore, to play four quarters of football. The glacial pace of the offence was one more problem for the team, as no quar­ terback was allowed the time on the grass to gain any consistency.

Rowing: B+ Our crew's fourth place finish proves more remark­ able at a second glance. Following the loss of several gradua ted veter­ ans, a youthful and responsive coaching staff produced some winning novice boats, while hold­ ing the varsity efforts on par with the 'Old Four' crews. Funding troubles are one possible reason that the crew only entered half their races this season, but in a points per race scoring schedule, the crew actually fared quite well.

Martlet Rugby: A- Provincial champions for the second year in a row , the Martlets proved them­ selves in a new perspective this season. With the up and coming Concordia squad as an ever-pres­ ent challenge, this season posed serious challenges. But they beat their cross-town rival when it

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counted. Cohesion, team workand dedication put McGill at the top, and solidified the winning identity characteristic of Martlet Rugby.

Field Hockey: C+ An 8th place finish in a division of ten had to be disappointing for these hard work­ ing Martlets. The division this year wasconsiderably larger andMcGill had difficulty remaining competi­ tive with strong squads from Guelph, Toronto and York.

Florida sun awaiting swim team: C.I.’s upcoming goal

BY SARA SIN G ER ________ The McGill Swim Team fin­ ished off their first semester of swimming with quite a splash this weekend, qualifying 3 more swimmers for the Canadian In­ teruniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) C h am pionships in March.

On the men's team, Terry Dimock'si 00m backstroke placed him within the top five in the country while rookie Craig Per­ fect qualified in the 50 freestyle, also placing him within the top five for his event.

On the women's team, Jennifer Lailey qualified in the 100m backstroke ranking herself within the top four in Canada. She joined her teammate, Tracy Darling, who had already qualified in the 200 butterfly earlier in the sea­ son.

The rest of the team did quite well, swimming much faster than last year at this time. Many other swimmers came close to making the CIAU standards, helping

McGill to maintain its 8th place ranking in Canada for both the women's and the men's teams.

Coach Francois Laurin antici­ pates qualifyingl 0 out of 12 women for the "C.I.'s", while his objective for the men's team is to qualify 7 of 14.

"So far we've been trying a few new things," said Laurin. "We've had a lot of changes this year too like new staff - and we lost a lot of people, so it's been a learning proc­ ess. But the team spirit is good and people are starting to believe in themselves."

The team is going to face another change when they lose veteran breastroker Dave Armour who graduates in December and plans to head down south to train for triathalons.

Laurin commented on the diffi­ culty involved in recruiting ath­ letes with the high entrance stan­ dards at McGill but noted it is not something to really complain about. In order for his athletes to be able to meet his ideal, combining both academics and sport, Laurinn

suggests McGill will require more support from athletics.

The team soon heads down to Florida for a winter training camp of 10 days of intense train­ ing both in and out of the pool.

The long and dem anding sea­ son, makes it difficult for th eswimmers to stay motivated.

"One of the main goals of the team captain is to keep people motivated by ensuring them unity and making sure people are having fun," said women's team captain Marty Roberts.

"When people enjoy being to­ gether it makes it easier to enjoy training."

While most people will be spending relaxing holidays around a log fire, the McGill Swim Team will be seen swim­ ming up and down the pool, running miles in the scorching hot sun and lifting weights like Arnold Schwartznegger. But of course, a little suntanning and beach volleyball may find it's way into the training program somehow.

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Martlet Soccer: A Women's soccer has had two consecutive banner seasons. As national semi­ finalists this, the Martlets displayed outstanding skills, discipline, and fitness throughout their season only to fall to UBC. Head Coach Tony Iachetta received provincial Coach of the Year honours, while Sharon Tait, Natalie Ioanidis and Jocelyn Dutil lead the team on the field.

Cross Country: B+ Despite the injury-ridden outset of the season, consistent and determined train­ ing lead the men to a third place finish, while the women captured the Provincial championships.

Paul McCabe, Mark Coleman and of course, Linda Thyer were espe­ cially fleet of foot.

Redmen Soccen B The team has dominated a relatively weak divi­ sion for the better part of of a dec­ ade. They seemed to have a trip to the National finals 'in the bag7when they shocked us all by dropping a quarter-final decision to Toronto in early November. Skills abound on this squad, but scoring is what it's all about.

Redmen Rugby: B+ The men's rugby team, it seems, is in the same boat as the rowing team. Essen­ tially, the season requires an intent look at circumstance to get the whole picture. Without a home field to play on, or satisfactory recognition by the sports program, the boys countered the ill effects of underfunding with skilled ball handling. In the end, key injuries contributed to a loss at the provin­ cial championships. But hey, they did beat Harvard.

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Concordia just too much for injury riddled Redmen

BY M A R K BRENDER It wasn't exactly the way you would have planned to start the regular season. Coming off a rough weekend of exibition games in Ontario, the basketball Redmen had a Friday night date with the defending national champion Concordia Stingers in the Loyola dungeon.

The Redmen had suffered inju­ ries to four key players in practice during the week, leaving them short on the benchand on the floor.

As for the Stingers, they were coming off a string of six straight losses themselves. T number one team did not even have to suffer the liability of overconfidence. Not quite the prime makings for an upset.

On a night which saw the pres­ entation of the 1990 National Championship rings to the home team, the Stingers looked as im­

pressive as ever, posting a 90-66 win. But this was one of those games in which the scoreboard doesn't tell the whole story. The Redmen worked extremely hard the whole game and stayed even with the Stingers for long stretches of play.

"It wasn't that bad" maintained forward Bruce Bird. "We played a strong game against the number one team in the country."

Offensively, the Redmen showed good patience but had a difficult time against a Concordia zone which on McGill'sail-star forward Paul Brousseau, who finished with a team high 17 points.

The bright light for McGill in the first half was the play of rookie centre Douglas McMann, who entered the game when starter Jamie Simon picked up two early SEE B- BALL . . .

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Early holiday cheer for Martlets Q u e s t i o n s

BY AM Y W IL SO N Christmas came early to the Martlets Thursday night when the hoopsters pulled off a 70-65 win over the Dalhousie Tigers.

Spreading good cheer all over the court was Debby Morse, the sophomore forward who scored a game-high 19 points with 6 re­ bounds.

It was, according to Morse, a victory of experience. "(My experience) paid off. Last year, we played well, then petered out at the end. This time, we knew we could beat Dal if we played hard and used our experience to our advantage."

That "peteringout" styleofplay plagued the Martlets last year, when they were up by 10 at the half against Dal, and lost in a weak final

quarter.

This outing was much more fes­ tive; the first half was practically flawless. Tina Fasone set the pace with a steal and breakaway layup 35 seconds into the game. The 5'9" guard is only 185 points away from the all-time scoring title for McGill, after her 16 point total for the eve­ ning.

Morse and lowpost powerhouse Tracey Haymanfwith 17 points) kept dumping buckets and play­ ing trees in the key. McGill waltzed off with a great 41-31 half.

There were some wintry mo­ ments in the second half, what coach Chris Hunter calls the "Dr. Jekyll" syndrome whenMcGill gets nervous and loses some cool.

The Martlets came out playing smart, setting up the moves while Dal looked pokey and made a mess

in the backcourt. Then Dal star Angie McLeod, a National Team forward, found her groove.

McGill began to look rushed as McLeod got hot, and the 56-33 Martlet lead melted. Morse re­ stricted the Dal shooter to 24 points out of of a predicted 20, and added her own 3 point ringer for trim­ ming.

"M orse's job was to keep McLeod off the scoreboard, and it became a personal challenge. It got Debby going and she had a good second half," explained Hunter.

McGill looked harried with 6 minutes remaining, and Dal pulled within5. Fifth yearplaymaker Beth Armstrong calls this the moment when "you have to take care of the SEE M ARTLETS . . .

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Concordia blows past McGill B- BALL F R O M PA G E 22 fouls. Through some excellent passing and agressive work on both boards, McMann showed some of the reasons why he could become an impact player for the Redmen in the very near future.

Trailing 47-31 at halftime, the Redmen came out strong in the second half, cutting the lead to ten after only two minutes. The high­ light play of the game came in these early minutes of the second halfwhenjamie Simondid his best Manute Bol impersonation, com­ ing across the key to rudely swat a Concordia layup into the sixth row.

With just under ten minutes left, the Redmen made a final run.

Sparked by good offensive produc­ tion from Bird off the bench and tenacious man to man defence all around, the Concordia lead, that was at one point up to 18, was cut back down to ten. The turning point came with 7:30 left, when the the Redmen trailing 66-56.

After a Concordia foul and sub­ sequent technical to Stinger coach John Dore, the Redmen had a golden opportunity to cut the lead to four. Unfortunately, captain Bruce McElroy was able to connect on one free throw out of four, the Redmen turned the ball over on their next possession, and that, as they say, was the ball game.

Though down after the loss, the Redmen saw many positives com­ ing out of the game.

"We can play them a much tougher game and I think they knew it," commented rookie point guard Keith Driscoll. "They kept playing hard and never let up. It'll be a much better game once once we get everyone back into the

As the first semester of the 1990-91 athletic season draws to a close, it is time to take stock of the events of the past and those of the future.

Why did Coach Ron Tondino play musical quarter­ back with the Redmen football team? This random substitu­ tion allowed no quarterback to gain any rhythm nor allow the offence to build any confidence around Yanik Préfontaine or Justin Raymond.

Why was Francois Gauvin left in the closet for so long, considering his fine perform­ ance once given a seat in the musical chair?

What happened to that Redmen offence this season?

What will be the status of Redmen Head Coach, Charlie Baillie? It is believed Baillie is seeking a long term deal with McGill in order to provide himself with some security once he leaves his job with Northern Telecom. Will Athletic Director Bob Dubeau provide him with that security?

What will be the final deci­ sion regarding the proposed athletic complex? Are Bob Dubeau and other influential McGill people doing every­ thing they can to ensure McGill gets the sorely needed facility or will the facilities remain lame? Who will take the re­ sponsibility if McGill does not get the complex? *** During which game will Martlet basketball star Tina Fasone become the all-time leading scorer in Martlet bas­ ketball history? After scoring 16 points during McGill's 70-65 victory over Dalhousie last week, Fasone needs only 185 points to pass Annie Constantinides and take first place. Constantinides scored 2018 points with McGill.

lineup.

Injured forwards Michael Millman and Todd McDougall were impressed with the play of their teammates, but noted that there was still room for improvement.

"We showed a lot of poise in the second half when we cut [the lead]

to ten," said Millman. "I just think we need to gel for us to beat teams as good as Concordia."

The play in this game gives the the distinct impression that when the Redmen do 'gel', they can beat any team in the league, Concordia being no exception.

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What happened to the Redmen soccer team? Each year they coast to the provin­ cial championship and then when the real competition presents itself the team pulls a disappearing act. In front of the home crowd the Redmen fell 2-

Why does the Martlet hockey team have to practice at 8 am on Mondays when the Redmen get all their times in early evening? Who sets the priorities at 475 Pine Street West?

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Grech dreams of championship for McGill squad

BY PAUL G R EC H Fourth-year player Paul Grech gives us part two of his i nside look at the McGill Redmen hockey team The 1990-91 Redmen hockey sea­ son is shaping up very well in­ deed. I don't think we are the best team McGill has had in the past few years but we are probably the most exciting. The personalities on the squad are diverse, but we all seem to pull together and produce a strong, cohesive force when the

first puck of each game is dropped.

We have the muckers, the artists, the speedsters, and the equalizers.

All of us plan to provide for those dedicated few fans the most enter­ taining hockey McGill has seen in years.

Patrice Tremblay will be the art­ ist most in demand. His skill is unlimited; his stickwork is the prettiest thing on ice since Katar­ ina Witt. The master, Martin "the mortician" Raymond will continue to bury the opposition in a barage of dipsy-doodles. When Tremblay and Raymond pair up, they should mould rookie "pretty-boy" Marco Parenteau into the shape required to make up a line that will be looked upon to provide much of the Redmen offensive threat this year.

Alongside these players is the big man, Martin "Le Grand O" Olivier. His huge stature and soft hands seem to decieve the opposi­ tion and he holds in his power the ability to break a game open in an instant. This year Olivier has risen to the forefront in the leadership category with his electric speeches in the "DRESSING ROOM" be­ tween periods. His rhetoric could prove to be the most valuable as the play-offs draw closer.

Playing with Olivier will be Marc

the ever-hated Patriotes from Trois Rivières. Hammer always seems to be pissed off and there is no guessing as to what he is capable of when it comes to playing physical hockey.

Mentioned above are but a hand­ ful of people that contribute to the success of the Redmen hockey team and I would love to speak of each and every one of my beloved team­ mates. But my editor would like to have room for other news in the paper. I will say that in order to win this year we will need strong support from all players. The suc­ cess of this approach was proven last weekend as we ventured down south to New Haven, Connecticut, to participate in the Yale Hockey Classic. After dropping a very close match to Yale by a score of 5-4, we

"the bull" Lajeunesse. This senior scatters bodies better than anyone in the league and also packs a loaded Koho silverfibre on the right side.

Hoping to keep these men on track is yours truly. I have been moved to the centre position after playing three years on the left wing and feel I have made the adjust­ ment successfully. My speed, combined with the corner work of Lajeunesse and the playmaking ability of Olivier could produce a match made in heaven.

The equalizers line up along the blueline under the watchful eye of All-Canadian Bryan Larkin. The "King" comes from the west and the only way they know how to play hockey out there is the hard way. His leadership will be appre­ ciated, especially since the McGill defence is very young. Dan Fowler will provide some gasping plays but has the tendency to do it around our own net. Yikes!

Martin Laquerre is a smooth flowing skater and enjoys leaving his post on the blue line to cause some instantaneous commotion. A potential mass murderer on the ice, Todd Hanrahan will be called to duty especially when we play some of the bigger teams like Toronto or

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The hockey crew at McGill is definitely a unique bunch but we are starting to gel as a unit. Despite two different languages and eight different majors, this team is closer than any hockey team of which I have been a part. Despite spending SEE G R E C H . . .

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She also accredited lineup expe­ rience to the win because the team "knows what kind of shots we want to take, and how to control the plays."

Hunter was merry over the final 70-65 outcome, noting that the fans got "full value for the win." His Christmas wish? 'T hat Mr. Hyde wins out this year. That we perservere, concentrate, and use our experience as a positive advan­ tage."

As for the players, both Morse and Armstrong plan to work out and play some ball on their own over the holidays, and enjoy the traditional Christmas feast. "There are some foods I should probably avoid," admitted Morse,"but I'm not going to."

Just so long as the Martlets con­ tinue roasting the opposition's

Tina Fasone attempts a jumper against Dal. chestnuts, they're definitely en­ titled to indulge.

Martlet Notes: The next opportunity to

catch the Martlets in action will be at the Martlet Invitational Tourna­ ment Friday January 4 to Sunday January 6 at the Currie Gym nasium Queen's,St.Mary'sandUNB

will provide the opposition The Martlet's first regular sea­ son home game will be Friday January 11 at 6:30 against those fiends the Concordia Stingers. □

so much time together, there never really seems to be much tension and I attribute this to the fact that we realize that it will take all twenty-one players at one time to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. It was great to be part of the team on the weekend as we felt very proud to wear a McGill jersey in a strange land.

The trip home was filled with laughter as we all reminisced about the good times. We represented our school very well as we placed two guys on the Tournament AllStar list. However, Fowler and Tremblay were not the only people who came to play. We all were keen as we showed them that the oldest hockey team in the world is more than just a novelty to have around for American Thanksgiv­ ing.

Our home schedule is finished until after Christmas but things will get exciting shortly after the holi­ days. For those of you who have been to a few of our games this year we thank you for your support, and for thoses who have not, come down to the rink and take in a game. You just might want to re­ turn.

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Exciting Martlet hockey team tames Polar Bears

BY C R A IG BERNES Women's hockey at McGill is not exactly high-profile. The players aren't recognized on sight. The team doesn't go to Connecticut to play against obscure U.S. colleges.

Maybe they should.

On Saturday night, the women left their fans breathless.

The Martlets hosted the Bishop's Polar Bears, a good speedy team with their names on the back of their jerseys - a sign of eminence in women's hockey. McGill was fired up after three straight losses and a heated team meeting before the game.

"There was tension in the air," said scoring leader Kathy Morri­ son. "We had to pump ourselves up and put in a total team effort."

In the locker room, Morrison was rumoured to have called a Bishop's loss before the game.

The Martlets took the lead five minutes into the first period on Morrison's high wrister from the slot. The crowd yelled. They cheered. They stomped. Less than a hundred people were making more noise than the crowd at any Redmen game.

End-to-end, the game went on, and Bishop's came back. In the second period, just 40 seconds af­ ter Bishop's went up 2-1, the Mar­ tlets' Lucie Delisle knocked in the

puck to tie the score. Four minutes later,Catherine Guy buried a Mor­ rison pass to give the Martlets a 32 lead.

The arena blew up.

The third period was a barn burner. McGill clung to its onegoal lead as goaltender Kariann Aarup stood on her head to keep Bishop's out of the net. Within half a minute, she stopped a slap shot from the top of the circle. Then from the slot. A mask save from point-blank range. A blocker knocked away a sure goal. And

with six minutes left in the game, she stopped a Bishop's breakaway cold.

"Kariann had a great game. She was unbelievable," said captain Alison Fournier. Aarup never played hockey before this year. She is improving every game.

The controversial third period saw a Bishop's goal disallowed after a brutal cross-check by the Bears' team captain and resident goon. And with 26 seconds left and Bishop's pulling their goalie for six attackers, the clock stood still for at

least 15 seconds after the faceoff. It was a game filled with highs and lows,a drama of Shakespearean proportions.

Revenge was another factor.

McGill had lost to Bishop's on November 16 in Lennoxville.

"We should have won that game," noted defensive stalwart Véronique Gingras," but tonight we were psyched up to win. We wanted it. That was the difference."

The Martlets are now 2-3-2, fourth in the six-team division.

They will have to come into every

game with that much intensity if they are to win in a league where parity reigns. After powerhouse Concordia,the league is hugely competitive.

'Tonight, we reached our poten­ tial," said head coach Michael Caan.

"The whole team came out and gave 110%,and our system worked great. When you play that type of game,you're not going to lose very often."

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As a Fellow o r Associate o f T h e Insurance Institute o f C anada you would jo in an educated, experienced an d ethical g ro u p o f professionals eq u ip p ed to pursue successful careers at the local, provincial, national o r even international level.

C hoice, challenge, satisfaction and security. They are ju s t some o f the rewards you’ll enjoy through a career in the property/casualty insurance industry.

For m ore inform ation, contact Les D andridge, B.A., AIIC at T he Insurance Institute o f Canada, 481 University Avenue, 6th floor, Toronto, O ntario M5G 2E9 (416) 591-1572 Fax: (416) 591-1678.

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A N Y G M C A R , L IG H T T R U C K O R V A N I f you ' re g ra d ua ting from a r e c o g n iz e d c o m m u n it y c o l l e g e , c e g e p o r u n iv e r sit y before

A ugust 31. 1991*. you q u a lify for t h e 1991 G M G raduate P r o g r a m . J o in u p a n d you ’ll RECEIVE A $750 DISCOUNT ON THE NEW GM CAR. LIGHT TRUCK OR VAN OF YOUR CHOICE. AND FOR EVEN GREATER VALUE, YOU CAN COMBINE YOUR $750 DISCOUNT WITH OTHER GM AND DEALER DISCOUNTS OR INCENTIVES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF YOUR PURCHASE. I I S TOO GOOD TO MISS! It ’s t h e best program o f its ki nd o n t h e m a rk et .

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'T h e 1991 G M G raduate Program isopen to a ll students w ho graduate during the perio d September 1, 1988 through August 31, 1991. . fT h e G M G raduate Program cannot be combined with the G M Employee Purchase Program.