The McGill Tribune Vol. 10 Issue 16

Inside This Week META racist?

6

Councillor wants court battle funding withdrawn

Grey squirrels

7

A re they stalking the campus?

Bag of Hammers

10

McGill students making good on dreams

Redmen in trouble Mark Brender exposes the basketball team's problems.

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W ild life :

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___________The McGill Tribune________________________ January 22- 28, 1991

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what’s on N O T IC E S T -sh irt D e sig n C ontest fo r Anim al

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Rights. O v e r $75 in prizes. Deadline M on . Jan 28 b y 4:00. See poster for details o r call M E T A at 345-5679.

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T es t an xiety grou p n o w form in g at M c G ill Student Counselling Service. 6 w e e k ly sessions to h elp y o u relax and concentrate on exams. Phone 398-3601

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Free m o v ie in Leacock 132! T h e F ilm

day.

S o cie ty presents T h e M ascu lin e M y s ­ tiq u e at 7:30.

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R oom in the A rts B ld g at 8 pm.

M ic h a e l L o n le y in the A rts Council

ries w ill be b y Juliana Sam -A bbenyi on

M c G ill Film S o ciety presents K u ro­

" A lic e W a lk e r 's A fric a n W o m en : A s s u m in g B lack W o m e n 's C o lle ctiv e

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Sexual

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are n o w available in the PIR G office,

conference participants only. Lunch is

B09-10, 7:30 pm.

The M cG ill U n iversity Irish Studies

their first General M eetin g o f the w in ­ ter sem ester in U nion 302 from 6 to 8

W o m en 's Union.

W aste m anagem en t is fun ! I f this is

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the Union Bu ilding M on d a y and Tues­

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T h e M c G ill F ilm S o cie ty presents

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not yet clear to you, com e to the n ew m em bers m eetin g in Union 425 - 426 at 5:30 pm ; or if you are handy to C on cor­

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m em ebrs m eetin g at 6pm in U nion 410 Dr. M o n iq u e Frize, Chair o f the

w ith refreshemnts.

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M c G ill O u tin g C lu b m eetin g in

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Q u eb ec P IR G R oach A w a rd the

Leacock 26 at 7:30 pm. M a n y ski trips

O., at 1 p m in room LI-937.

Q uébec P IR G H ou sin g Project is h old­ in g its first "R esiden ce O w n ers' A w ard

happening. Form oreinfocall398-6817.

A rts and Science Students inter­

A n im a ls m eetin g at 4:30 in Union 425.

fo r C ru m m y H o u sin g" (R O A C H " and

ested in inform ation on opportunities

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invites all tennants to pick up nom ina­

in nursing. Bachelor's and M aster's pro­

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The M cGill Tribune

January 22- 28, 1991

new s Resignations rock Students’ Society B Y R IC H L A T O U R T w o members o f the im portant External A ffa irs Com m ittee (E A C ) resigned last week, raising concerns about the leadership abilities o f the com m ittee's head, SSMU V P Ex­ ternal A le x Usher.

A rts Representative to Council M ary M argaret Jones and L aw Rep­ resentative Robert Fabes tendered their resignations at last Thursday's Council meeting, leaving on ly four m em bers on the EAC. The E A C is a Students' Society com m ittee set up to represent M cG ill students on issues outside o f the university, such as tuition fee hikes and last fall's referendum to join the Fédération des étudian­ tes et étudiants du Québec (FE E Q ).

Both Jones and Fabes cited a b rea k d ow n in com m unication w ithin the E A C as reasons for their resignations.

"T h ere has been a definite lack o f com m unication betw een the V P External and his com m ittee," said

Jones. "It's nothing against A le x personally but to w ork effectively you need a well-run m achine."

Other members o f the com m it­ tee raised similar concerns.

"E veryon e has been w ork in g on their o w n projects - I d id n 't even know w hat M ary M argaret [Jones] was d o in g ," E A C m em ber D ave M essenger said.

Fabes also questioned Usher's leadership abilities.

"I can't w ork in this com m ittee the w a y A le x is running it," Fabes said.

Usher adm itted there w ere in ­ ternal problem s w ith his com m it­ tee.

"I was aware o f som e o f the problem s they w ere havin g and I take full responsibility for a llow ­ ing things to g o this far," Usher said.

Jones claim ed Usher did not support her and other members in

Staff athletics policy leaves students footing the bill

BY M IT A B H A T T A C H A R Y Y A

"[M c G ill staff] are not lookin g

contrary to students' interests. She

for p rivileged or priority status,"

ulty and staff members at M cG ill

thinks the n ew program s w ill re­

Baines said. "This is sim ply in the

w ill leave students p ayin g entirely

sult in a diversion o f financial re­

interest o f a happier, m ore fit staff."

for the maintenance o f university

sources aw ay from students' ath­

athletic facilities.

letic services.

joining the provincial students' organization, le Fédération des étudi­ antes et étudiants du Québec, in a referendum late last week.

D ir e c to r

R o b e rt

Prior to this term,

program s w ill take place at o ff hours,

required to pay a

"In ligh t o f the fact that the

$190 m em bership fee in addition to any instructional or

g y m cannot accom odate the students that use it n ow ,

rental charges.

The n ew policy, to be im plem ented at the end o f the

I can't see h o w [M c G ill] can

month, w ill w aive

ju stify these p rogram s."

the $190 fee, lea v­ in g staff members

- Tam ara M yers

the

w hen the com plex has the time and the space to accomodate additional classes.

But

M yers

be­

lieves staff members have no right to use e x ten sive

ath letic

program s in the ab­ sence o f real finan­ cial contribution.

"In light o f the fact

responsible only for

that the gym cannot

in stru ction al M yers says current staff m em ­

accomodate the students that use it

The adm inistration w ill also im ­

bership fees are "far from prohibi­

now , I can't see h o w [M cG ill] can

plem ent a num ber o f n ew instruc-

tiv e " and d o not pose any substan­

justify these program s," M yers

tionals fo r staff members.

tial financial dilem m a

said.

students on ly if places are not filled

M acD onald C o llege students voted o verw h elm in gly in favou r o f

A th le tic s

Dubeau points out that the staff

staff members w ere

These program s w ill be open to

MacDonald College students join FEEQ

dian universities.

A n ew athletics p olicy for fac­

and rental fees.

SEE R E S IG N A T IO N S . . .

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V P Internal A ffairs Tamara M yers believes the n ew program s are

to staff

members required to pay them.

But according to Association o f

Once staff no lon ger have to pay membership fess, athletic facilities

b y staff members. But the programs

U niversity Teachers V P Internal

w ill be financed on ly b y student

w ill not be advertised as being

M alcolm Baines, the change "is not

fees. Recreational program s w ill

available to students and students

a m oney issue." Baines believes

be financed b y student fees and

w ill not be eligib le for regular stu­

M cG ill staff members should be

governm ent grants. Staff contribu­

dent discount rates.

p ro vid ed w ith an em p loyee bene­

tions w ill be lim ited to voluntary

fit offered b y m any other Cana­

donations.

Post Graduate Students' Society

□

The college w ill becom e a full m ember o f the associa tion b y next fall pen din g the approval b y the Students' Services C om m ittee and M cG ill's Senate. It w ill becom e the tenth studentassociation to join the tw o-year-old federation.

"W e thought FEEQ was a realistic and serious association that w ou ld o ffer som ething good to students - like w ork in g on the im ­ provem ent o f loansand bursary program sand student services rather than [organ izin g] strikes [against tuition fee hikes]," M acD onald C ollege Students' Society V P External H élène Brunette said.

Student organizes for Spicer submission A student from the U niversity o f Ottawa has established a student forum on national unity to ensure that students' opinions are repre­ sented to the Spicer Com m ission on Canada's future.

Forum organizer Paul Huston believes the country's youth is not adequately represented b y the Spicer Com m ission w hose youngest m em ber is thirty-five.

H e hopes to raise at least $10,000 to enable him to take his elevenm em ber Student Forum on Canadian U n ity into classrooms across Canada. H e expects to submit a final brief to the media and the Spicer

PHOTO: M E G G R A H A M

C om m ission b y the end o f M ay.

Scott’s books to be examined Students' Society w ill start exam ining the books and records o f Scott's food service to ensure students receive their cut o f food sale profits, thanks to a recent recom m endation b y the Society7s account­ ant.

U nder the terms o f the contract w ith Scott's, Students' Society is entitled to 12.5% o f gross sales, or at least $400,000.

"I'm a bit taken aback that this even had to be recom m ended, that it w asn't already in place," L a w representative to Council Robert Fabes said at last Thursday's Council meeting.

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Students worry new staff athletics policy may jeopardize student programs.

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January 22- 28, 1991

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Editorial

Thinking Positively About The War I'm somewhat concerned about the euphoria that sur­ rounded the first hours of this engagement.

-President Bush explained during a press conference last week why we shouldn't enjoy the war.

R O B E R T STEIN ER D on't get euphoric over this idea either, but there m ay be a w ay to solve the w orld 's tw o greatest crises -

Bull was killed b y a Belgian

the Persian G u lf Crisis and the M cG ill debt crisis -

last year.

Some aspects o f Fuel A ir

simultaneously.

Explosives have been

Im agine if this university

M an y reactionary pacifists are putting their argument against w ar in the same w a y as pro-lifers put their argument against abortion. In and o f themselves both war and abortion are bad, but what if the alternative is worse?

Both the reactionary anti-abortion and anti-war m ovem ents treat the actions they oppose out o f context. M em bers o f both can be criticized for a void in g the individual responsibility for examin­ ing the circumstances which cause w om en to opt for abortion, or which cause civilized nations to

in governm ent - no matter h o w bad the economic

you didn't see the stickers in

tim e one o f its inventions

the bathroom stalls last year,

was used during the current

are something like Esso

war.

So many allies and Iraqis w ou ld be w iped out so

cloud o f Premium Unleaded before someone lights a

have to w orry about the W ar

cigarette.

pre-em pting the Superbowl.

M cG ill m ight even have a

M eanwhile, McGill w ould

hand in the most dangerous weapon the w ar has seen so

In fact, w e might have

far. During the missile attack

enough m oney to buy up the

on Israel Thursday, seven

remnants o f Kuwait C ity and

people w ere hospitalized

make it into a new under­

because they injected

graduate residence.

themselves with nerve-gas antidote without having

black, M cG ill needs to

inhaled any nerve gas. A

conflict w here they have not opposed other territori-

recover its $76 m illion debt.

senate report on military

alist expansions (Tibet for exam ple). Th ey argue that

(By the w ay, second place in

research at M cG ill lists a

the difference in this case is that the price o f oil is

the debt list goes to the

m icro-biology project which

involved.

H ebrew University o f Jerusa­

one student loosely ac­

Perhaps that is true - w e cannot read the minds o f

lem. That problem too w ould

quainted with the field tells

our elected leaders. Unfortunately, it is far easier for

be solved as, under this plan,

me sounds like such an

us as relatively w ealthy people to be so cavalier

H ebrew University w ould

antidote. A real gas attack

about oil prices - for w e can afford them - than it is

probably cease to exist.)

on Israel could do more for

Still, som e w ill say, that our leaders pursue this

engage in armed conflict. In their v ie w circum­

for the less fortunate in our society. The w orking

stance is irrelevant before a moral absolute. Both

class, and even the underclass depend on o il for

m ovem ents are more than vocal in this view .

pow er, for heat, for their jobs.

Just as pro-choice activists w ould not consider

stations which fall through the air, releasing a huge

quickly that w e w ouldn't

T o make it back into the

situation.

explored at M cGill. FAEs, if

w ere paid a royalty every

be sw im m ing in the bucks.

If the alternative is worse?

Parts of Speech

H ere's h ow the plan works.

Alm ost every battle,

In an already declining econom ic situation, expen­

mission o r sortie during the

M cG ill than the Vanier Cup. So h ow do all these nifty inventions becom e money?

For every sortie, mission

w ar should be fought using

or battle in which M cGill

themselves pro-abortion; those w ho support

sive energy w ill see the end o f still more jobs. For

m ilitary action to resolve the G u lf conflict w ould

those w ho remain em ployed, let alone those surviv­

at least one M cG ill invention.

weapons are used, w e

ing on fixed w elfare payments, increasing energy ex­

Censorship - not to mention

should get $100,000 - a cost

penditures w ill mean sacrifices in food, or accomo­

m y admitted ignorance -

split between combattants.

dation. A vertin g the hardship facing the poor may

prevents m e from detailing

That means once our

not be a m otive for goin g to war; but it is almost

all the tools our scientists

weapons are used in 760

certainly an effect o f not d oin g so.

had some hand in d evelop ­

missions, sorties or battles,

ing. But som e o f the fo llo w ­

w e're out o f the red.

not consider themselves opposed to peace. Instead they have found no acceptable alternative.

Let us not fool ourselves: Saddam Hussein is not a reasonable man. N o amount o f rational discussion is lik ely to alter his stated ambition to bring the entire Arab w orld (including Israel) under a united rule - his own. Failure to oppose his expansionist

D o these unfortunate eventualities o f peace on Saddam's terms ou tw eigh the costs o f w ar on ours?

policies m ay not avert war. Instead, the burden o f

That is an extrem ely important decision which each

such a w ar w ou ld be carried by those in the region

individual ought to make once in full posession of

ing projects come to mind:

During the first 20 hours more than 1,000 sorties w ere

A "super-gun" which can

flow n b y allied/coalition air

lob artillery shells over great

forces. G iven that both

distances was developped by

Saddam and the U.S.

decides to support war, or to join one's friends at a

M cG ill ballistics expert

Chairperson o f the Joint

peace march.

Gerald Bull in the late 1960s

Chiefs o f Staff agree this is

have to die in defense o f their homelands? Cer­

and 1970s. The Iraqis have

the mother o f battles, w e

tainly w e cannot.

the gun and may already

might even exceed our

w h o w ou ld eventually be forced to oppose him.

Can w e w ith clear conscience w alk aw ay from the situation, know ing that eventually Saudis, Syrians, Jordanians, and Israelis m ay eventually

I f then opposition was necessary, w h y not g iv e

the facts, and after careful and thoughtful considera­ tion. A nd that decision must be m ade before one

Everyone, regardless o f ideological position, w ill agree that w ar is a horrible occurrence, as is abor­

have used it in their war

fundraising target b y the end o f the day.

sanctions a chance? Again, let us be com pletely

tion. But these issues are so com plex that they ought

against Iran. The gun's range

realistic. Iraq is a state in which friend spies on

not to be reduced to such sim ple w ords as "g o o d "

is so great that its shells

friend, sister on brother. The highest crime is to

and "b a d "; "life " and "death "; or "blood for oil".

m ight in fact fly right over the Am ericans to smash into

speak against the state, and the punishment is death. In such a state, w e could probably never

- Katherine Elaine Palmer D a vid Gruber

generate enough internal pressure to force a change t

It's a good thing w e ignored all those people

a Belgian ship waiting

w ho asked us to think o f our

offshore. Fitting irony, as

ethics first.

The McGill Tribune

January 22- 28, 1991

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op/ ed Comment

Editorial

Silence leads to violence

Quick-fix values worth protesting T w o hundred high school students from

that the w ar is sim ply about d rivin g an

U .N . w ou ld attack.

It's hard to adm it Iraq's humiliation w ill

Prim e M inister Brian M ulroney's home

evil dictator out o f an innocent country;

riding w ere suspended last w eek for tak­

this war is not neat, nor tidy, nor straight­

not necessarily lead to a new, stable w orld

ing part in an "unauthorized peace dem ­

forward.

The difficult v ie w includes the aw are­

order in the M id d le East. U .N . forces w ill leave behind a p ow er vacuum and

onstration". The head o f o f the local school board supported the suspension, citing the

ness that no w ar can be a success. W a r is

sm ouldering antagonism toward the west,

importance o f "teaching a sense o f values"

b y definition an admission o f failure.

not a "harm onious w orld order".

The difficult v ie w includes a full k n ow l­

to the students w h o staged the lunchtime sit-in.

Across the country, thousands o f stu­

It's hard to figu re out which "lesson o f

edge o f the history o f U.S. involvem ent

history" w e should have learned. Should

with Ira q .

w e rem em ber the failure to stop H itler in the mid-thirties or should w e remember

O n ly a decade ago, the

U.S. supported the evil dictator it is n ow

dents are demonstrating in support o f a som ewhat different set o f values.

H ere at M cGill, anti-war protestors have been criticized for not looking at the facts

that some wars, such as Vietnam, are not bent on destroying.

And on ly last July, Saddam Hussein was worth fighting?

The most painful part o f this difficult receiving "signals" that the U.S. w ould not

and for sim plifying the w hole conflict

respond to an Iraqi attempt to "readjust"

v ie w is o f violence and destruction, o f

d ow n to "m eaningless" slogans.

bodybags and orphans, o f wasted lives

It's the difficult one.

its borders w ith Kuwait.

A n intriguing article in this m onth's Harper's m agazine claims these "signals"

It is a simplistic v ie w to accept the

w ere com ing from the Am erican State

Th eir stance is not the simplistic one.

quick-fix mentality o f N orth American

Department, through the Ambassador to

consumer society. It is simplistic to think

Iraq. Am bassador A p ril Glaspie told

the on ly w a y to achieve a stable world order is to destroy the Iraqi w ar machine and its despotic leader. It can be per­ versely com forting to support a quick,

Hussein she understood Iraqi problems with its British-drawn borders because Americans have also had "experience with the colonialists". She em phasized the

effective strike that w ill drive Iraq out o f

American governm ent had "n o opin ion "

Kuwait.

on Iraq's border disagreem ent with

But despite the portrayal o f the Gulf W ar as a sure-win w ar game, complete with maps that light up and impersonal targets; despite President Bush's insistence

from both sides o f the conflict.

The protests are not em pty chants.

T h ey are shouts o f despair in a mad world.

T h ey are also calls for a search for new kinds o f solutions, for a genuinely new w orld order in which w ar is no longer an option.

A n d it is these values that students

Kuwait.

It's hard to adm it these subtly sanc­ tioned border revisions lie at the root o f Saddam Hussein's reluctance to think the

across the country must continue to support through anti-war protests.

- Stephanie Small

T o the Tribune: On September 27,1990 at Berkeley, Cali­ fornia, 33 w om en and men w ere held hos­ tage by an armed man. The blonde wom en w ere singled out and forcibly sodom ized with carots b y men under the force o f the armed man. One man was killed, numerous w ere injured and eventually the armed man was shot and killed b y the local police. This incident was reported by " o ff our backs": V ol XXI, no.l, January 1991.

As members o f the M cG ill W om en's Un­ ion, w e are outraged that this event was not reported b y this newspaper. In light o f the Polytechnique Massacre, it is crucial that incidents o f violence against w om en be adressed and m ade public. W e d o not be­ lieve that the M ontréal massacre was an isolated incident against w om en and there­ fore demand that this issue be publicly confrom ted. By ign orin g violen ce against wom en, you are prom oting it.

W ould you please cover this story now.

Thank You, T h e M c G ill W om en 's U nion R oom 423 U n ion B u ildin g 3480 M cT avish

Erratum: worshippers were mistakenly identified as Islamic Islam is the religion. Muslims are its practionners.

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

Vice-Presidents, Internal, External, Finance and University Affairs - same qualifications as for President except that nominations must be signed by at least 75 members of the McGill Students' Society along with their year and faculty.

May 1,1991 - April 30,1992. All the above officers must reside in Montreal during the term of office. Positions are salaried during the summer months from May 1st to August 31 st based on a 40-hour work week at a rate of minimum wage plus cost of living as determined by the Joint Management Committee. Stipend for Sept.-April: $591/month.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Candidates must be members of the McGill Students' Society and must be in good standing. Nominations must be signed by at leat 75 members of the McGill Students' Society along with their year and faculty.

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• Candidates may run for one position In oach of the three categories p ro v id ed se p e ra te n o m in atio n p a p e rs have been handed In for each position. A ty p ed pensketch of 100 words or le ss and a photo of the nominee must be handed In with the nomination.

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SENATE Candidates must be members of the McGill Students' Society and: i) be students in good standing who are registered for a degree or diploma and have satisfied conditions for promotion in their previous year of studies. or ii) be students in good standing who have satisfied conditons for promotion in the previous year of studies and who are registered in a degree or diploma program. or iii) be students in good standing who are registered in a limited program for a degree or diploma, and who are repeating a year for reasons other than academic failure.

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

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January 22- 28, 1991

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news M cG ill’s animal rights grou p labelled ‘racist’ B Y S H A N N O N A L D IN G E R

That is barbaric, ethnocentric and racist and Students' Society should

C alling M cG ill's animal rights grou p 'racist', a Students' Society

not support it."

But M E T A

president Steven

Councillor is asking the Society not

Leckie believes the racist label is

to pay the grou p's legal costs.

unfounded.

A local furrier, G rizzly Furs, is

" I consider the racist namecal­

suing 'M cG ill for the Ethical Treat­

ling to be com pletely out o f line.

m ent o f Anim als' (M E T A ) and

It's nothing but slander," Leckie

M E T A president Steve Leckie for

said.

dem onstrating outside its St. Denis

"Racism w ou ld im p ly w e feel

store on tw o sucessive Friday

superior to the natives and that w e

nights last N ovem ber.

despise them due to racial d iffe r­

A s a M cG ill club, the group is

Leckie says the animal rights

Society law yer and SSMU is foot­

group's main objective is to raise

in g the bill fo r all legal costs.

awarenessabout cruelty to animals.

But N u rsin g Representative to

A ccord in g to Leckie, the group

Council M ark Saul believes Stu­

does not condem n native partici­

dents' Society should not be finan­

pation in the fur trade.

"T h e most you could say is that our aim to raise awareness about

he labels "racist". " H o w can w e foot their legal

animal suffering for fur in general

bills?" Saul asked at last week's

m ay be causing native trappers

Council meeting.

some loss o f business," Leckiesaid.

A cco rd in g to Saul, the group is

"But w e realize some people w ho

racist because it condemns the kill­

live in the harsh environm ent o f

in g o f animals fo r human usage.

the far north d o need to use ani­

Saul argues that in doin g so, the

mals to survive. W hat w e are say­

group also condemns the Inuit w ay

in g is that most people in Canada d on 't need to kill animals to sur­

o f life.

"T h e y

d o n 't

think

anim als

viv e ."

should be killed for human con­

Saul plans to introduce a notice

sum ption whatsoever," Saul said.

o f m otion to Council calling for the

"B y condem ning the killing o f

w ithdraw al o f the grou p's fu nd­

animals for their fur, they are basi­

ing. But he is not optim istic about

cally condem ning all Inuits w h o

his proposal being approved.

en gage in the fur trade for their livelih ood ."

"I don 't believe that Council w ill buy m y argum ent," Saul said. " A ll

"It's a matter o f a group o f w hite p eop le telling [Inuits] what is best for them and what they should do.

confident it w ill not have a grea effect on the grou p's status anc

speech," Leckie said.

Leckie is

u D s e t th e

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"W e have the right to expose

funding.

facts about cruelty to animals that w ou ld otherw ise be hidden from public know ledge. Others have the right to opposing opinions."

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Loonie resolution may be shot dow n in mid-flight

BY S T E P H A N IE S M A L L In what has been described as a birdbrained scheme, next fall's incom ing students m ay each re­ ceive a loonie in the mail.

Students' Society executives came up w ith the scheme to avoid criticisms that they w ere im posing "taxation w ithout representation" on new students.

The executive is prop osin g to charge all students $2 next fall to compensate for this w inter's lost fee payments to the Fédération des étudiantes et étudiants du Québec.

Students voted to join the stu­ dent association last fall. But stu­ dents are not p ayin g the $1 per term fee this semester because SSMU missed the deadline to have the fee collection a p p roved and im plem ented by the university.

The loonie pay-back is aim ed at

refunding first year students w h o d id not benefit from membership this term.

But the $2 fee paym ent scheme ruffled a fe w feathers in Council last Thursday.

"It w ill be a nightm are to ad ­ minister," gradua te representative to Council Eric Darier said, claim ­ in g that the cost o f m ailing out $1 coins to 6000 students w o u ld also make the scheme financially point­ less.

"It calls into question the respon­ sibility and maturity o f this Coun­ cil," law representative Robert Fabes said.

"Th e perception by the univer­ sity and administration w ill be o f a disorganized society."

Other councillors questioned w hether the $2 fee was legal.

"Students voted to pay $1 per student, per semester," graduate

representative Daron W estm an said. "W e w ou ld be changing the terms o f the referendum to make it $2."

But SSM U executives defended the loonie pay-back because it w ou ld be "fiscally irresponsible" not to collect any FEEQ fees fo r this semester, or to d raw the m oney out o f operating funds.

"W e realize this loon ie idea is a bit crazy," V P U niversity A ffairs Deborah Pentesco said.

"But w e w ere tryin g to com e up w ith creative ideas."

"C reative ideas" tossed around in Council include handing out $1 rebates at the bookstore or in the U nion cafeteria.

The m otion to charge students $2 next semester and refund first year students w as referred back to Executive Com m ittee.

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VP External leadership crisis R E S IG N A T IO N S PAG E 3

FROM

1really want to d o is get [M E T A 's] constitution debated."

"SSM U is a dem ocratic system w h ich

ences. That7s not the case."

b ein g represented by the Students'

cially responsible for a group which

be brought to Council but he i:

their endeavours w ith the EAC. Jones, for instance, said she had to ask Usher repeatedly for help in her attempt to coordinate a semi­ nar betw een city councillors and student councillors at M cG ill, one o f her projects for the year.

"W h en I joined E A C I thought it w ou ld mean m ore than dealing solely w ith FEEQ," Jones said.

o f th e

M essenger also suggested too much tim e had been spent on FEEQ. "T h e w h ole com m ittee was drained b y FEEQ," said M essen­ ger.

Usher w ou ld n 't com m ent on individu al cases but maintained that E A C members had been aware w hen they joined the com m ittee that FEEQ was to be one o f his top priorities for the year. " I f w e hadn't done all that extra w o rk w e w ou ld n 't even be in FEEQ," Usher explained. "I don't regret that."

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W h ile E A C m em ber K arla M acdonald agreed there has been problem s w ithin E A C , she d id not agree w ith Jones' and Fabes' solu­ tion to the problem.

"I share their concerns but I feel as an elected councillor I have a mandated responsibility to remain and be strong," said M acdonald.

M eanw hile, M essenger w o n ­ dered h ow E A C w ill effectively operate for the rest o f the year.

E A C w ill try and find tw o re­ placements but Council m ay not have tim e to address the issue, according to Usher.

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January 22- 28, 1991

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fo c u s Urban Wildlife: is it out o f control?

The M cG ill community is surrounded by cute little animals and annoying insects. The Tribune offers an irreverant look at various species on campus.

Cute but dangerous: squirrels attack more Montréalers than do sharks.

The grey squirrel: Marlin Perkins, where are you now?

BY ROBERT STACEY In epic tradition the Trojans are said to have opened their gates to an insidious hidden danger. A re Montrealers opening their hearts to the very same?

Today, o f course, the danger is not w ooden horses, but rather the Eastern G rey Squirrel. The G rey squirrel, or Sciurus Carolinensis, populates the city in uncountable numbers, and is a com m on sight w herever deciduous trees can be found. But beneath the veneer o f whiskers, fur and big brow n eyes, there m ay lurk an uncommon evil.

Reports o f squirrel attacks are not infrequent. According to an em ergency room staff person at the M ontreal General Hospital, their hospital alone treats "fiv e or six cases a year." The staff person was able to confirm suspicions that hospitals here in Montreal treat a greater number o f squirrel victims than victim s o f other, m ore dan­ gerous animals such as sharks or lions.

"Yeah , m ore [victim s] from squirrels than sharks. D efinitely." said the worker, w ho w ou ld not g iv e his name.

The widespread practiceof feed­ ing the squirrels seems to be the com m on link with most squirrel hostilities.

"D on 't feed them ," said animal behaviorist H élène Laire. 'T h e y 're ve ry bold and could even get into you r house for food.

M any attacks do not occur out­ side, but indoors where squirrels

becom e claustrophobic and mani­ fest a violent, unpredictable temperment. Laire, though convinced o f the harmlessness o f the G rey Squirrel, admits that a squirrel in your house could pose definite problems. " I f you try to catch them, o r if they are cornered, they'll get you for sure." she warned.

Once in your home, there is no lim it to the dam age a squirrel can cause. Speaking from experience, Sheila Robinson, a social w ork student, recalled a harrow in g household experience.

'T h e squirrel ripped up the cur­ tains, the furniture. It came through the chim ney— it was horrible."

Laire was quick to leap to the defence o f the creature. "T h ey are to le ra n t of h u m a n s ," she insisted/'They are not dangerous at all."

Though Laire described the G rey Squirrel as "adaptable," many w ould prefer the term 'cunning'.

Delise Alison, curator o f the Redpath Museum explained that the continual feeding o f the squirrels here on campus has created a cer­ tain level o f "dependence".

But are these gifts o f food phil­ anthropic donations from benevo­ lent animal lovers, o r extorted 'protection payments,' paid only to guarantee safety from the Sciurdae family? Alison was stalked one day when she failed to feed the squirrels "T h ey wanted their food. Th ey follow ed me right to the stairs."

The G rey Squirrels have a vora­

cious appetite. Th ey eat about 100 lbs. a year, approxim ately the w eigh t o f an adolescent girl. They are also capable o f outrunning any human being.

The 'g re y scare' has yet another dim ension which authorities feel m ay make the rest pale in compari­ son. T h ey refer, o f course, to the species' incredible organizational abilities.

There are documented cases of huge squirrel migrations in the late 19th century. Similar 'm ob behav-

ior' has been exhibited as recently is friendly, but experience warns as 1933 in Connecticut and 1935 in against complacency in this mat­ N e w York State. Reports at that ter. tim e decribed "tens and hundreds Even the animal's name denotes o f thousands" m oving, as one, across the Hudson river. A s the its mysterious, possibly conspira­ w orld 's forests are depleted, and torial nature, for Sciurus, in Greek, urban green space is paved over, a means "a creature w h o sits in the possible squirrel counter-attack ♦ shadow o f its tail." Until m ore is looms. known, humans m ay just have to trust the G rey Squirrel. If the rela­ A ll sources stress that the G rey tionship with the creature is, as Squirrel is still largely unstudied. m any fear, a deadly game, on ly the Most o f the time, the G rey Squirrel squirrels kn ow the rules.

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Cockroaches: are they encroaching on your territory?

B Y L IS A H A R R IS O N There are ve ry fe w things in the w orld m ore disgusting than cock­ roaches. I know because I'v e got them in m y apartment. This is a hard thing to admit not only be­ cause o f social stigma, but also because m y housemates are going to kill m e for letting the w orld at large kn ow about it.

Unfortunately many students, especially those livin g in the ghetto, tolerate an infestation o f cock­ roaches and other vermin. It seems easier, som ehow, to on ly kill the one or tw o that show up every month than to g o through the hassle o f inform ing the landlord and having the apartment sprayed.

A w ord o f warning how ever: one or tw o cockroaches w ill become ten or tw enty very quickly and you w ill find yourself in the same situ­ ation as we. A t the worst point in

b y w ithholding rent or applying for a rent reduction," said G ary Saxe o f Québec PIR G 's Housing Project.

our cockroach saga, m y roommate listed the casualties o f a battle at tw en ty confirmed dead and one missing in action.

It seems that the only effective

in just one apartment is, how ever, useless. A s one exterm ination expert explained "the roaches w ill just m ove downstairs for a w hile and com e back w ith their friends

w a y to rid your apartment o f cock­ roaches is to have them exterm i­ nated.

P rovid in g a safe and healthy livin g environm ent is the respon­ sibility o f you r landlord. " I f the landlord doesn't arrange for exter­ mination within a certain period o f time, a tenant can g o to the rental board and can pressure him or her

when the coast is clear. The w h ole building must be treated for it to be effective."

In light o f the social stigma at­ tached to having any kind o f ver­ min (a sure sign to the neighbours that an unhygenic slob is livin g in

Using extermination techniques

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Surviving the cockroach revolution in your hom e ROACHES FRO M PAG E 7 their midst) most extermination companies offer "anonymous cars" and "com plete discretion."

Exterminators w ill also p rovid e a short­ term g u a ra n tee w h e re b y th e y w ill spray again if the cock­ roaches return.

Y ou m ay consider it w orthw hile to know

fast but they

There are also a few miscon­

can also fly. H ow ever, as Kevan pointed out, they don't do it ve ry often. W h y should they when they can feast o ff a fine dinner o f con­

ceptions regarding cockroaches that need to be corrected. First, there is no p roof that roaches will survive a nuclear holocaust.

"T h e y are more sim p le g en etica lly and therefore not as susceptible to radia­ tion," Kevan said.

S e c o n d ly , cock ­ roaches are not at­ tracted to your mess, but they w ill thrive in it. So just cleaning up

N o t only are they

Many students, especially those living in the ghetto, tolerate an infestation of cockroaches and other vermin.

m o re ab ou t y o u r gu ests. "T h e m ost com m only found cock­ roach is the German cockroach. It has been found as far north as A lert on Elsemere Is­ land," said Dr. Keith Kevan at the Lym an Museum at McDonald College.

According to Kevan "the life ex­ pectancy o f the cockroach is a few months and varies with the tem­ perature. Th ey are m ore active at higher temperatures and this w ill shorten their life span."

gealed french toast left on the counter?

W hich brings m e to another point - what they eat, that is to say: just about anything, although they have a preference for carbohydrates and lipids. Unlike spiders, however, they are not useful predators, and they w ill not eat the other bugs in your apartment.

w on 't get rid o f them i f th e y 're alread y there, but it might make your parents

happy.

One final w ord on the im por­ tance o f extermination: if you decide you can live with roaches now, but you 'll m ove out on them next year to a place that is "v e r­ m in-free", you m ay be in for an unpleasant surprise. The chances are good you 'll im port the cock­ roaches (b y w a y o f their eggs) along with you. q

Beware the roosting pigeon; it may be hazardous to your health.

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design buildings which are perfect for pigeons," Dr. Bird stated. "N o flat surface should be built. Then the

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RITUAL: F O R THE R O A C H E ô I KNOW o f g re a t p rie s ts .

A PO ETRY M O M EN T W IT H R O B B IE D .

I 'w ill le a v e s ilk s c a rv e s u p th e flo o r, p e rfu m e d to sw e e te n ' : y o u r s te p s .

T h e re a re ro a c h e s in my hom e, h o w e v e r o u r p a th s in t e rs e c t b u t in fre q u e n tly .

1 w ill b a n ish a ll o ffe n siv e o b je c ts ; y o u r h o n o u r w ill n o t b e c h a lle n g e d

C o a c h e s o f th is p la c e : 1 w ill le a v e fo o d u p o n th e c o u n te r, d ig n ifie d s e rv in g s o f ric e an d s o u p an d c h ic k e n à la king.

I w ill g iv e y o u ritu a l, m yth o lo g ize y o u r d e e d s , e x a g g e ra te y o u r g ra c e s .

I w ill p u t y o u to p a p e r.

My w ish is th a t o u r p a th s c o n tin u e to in te rs e c t b u t in fre q u e n tly .

I w ill p la c e H a n d e l u p o n th e tu rn ta b le s o th a t y o u m ight fe a s t in th e s ty le

1 know w hat yo u a re .

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Gill’s anti-pigeon strategy in vaseline jelly,"

Museum expert Delise Alison.

Redpath

'T h e best solution is to spend some

'T h e commercial brands o f jelly are

tie old ladies feeding rge populations. It's îrs are m erely enjoying gist Dr. D avid Bird

costly as the substance wears off. m oney and build sloping ledges or

p ro b a b ly

w ire meshes. If they slide off, the

Tan glefoot or

birds just can't nest there," Dr. Bird

Shoo-Bird," ex­

contended.

plained

Bird.

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'T h e pigeon's

pigeons is not likely to m igrate on

are

sup­

short notice. A ccording to Dr. Bird,

posed to like

not

the birds thrive on the port and train

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" A lot o f people blame little old

jelly is an ex­

ladies feedin g pigeons in the park

p e n s iv e

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sponse to pigeon mess. Constant

These pigeon-lovers are m erely en­

buildings, M cG ill has im plem ented

maintenance o f the jelly becomes

joyin g the birds."

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C a n a d ia n R e d C r o s s S o c ie ty C o p ie v ille

January 22- 28, 1991

The M cGill Tribune

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entertainm ent Hammers have future success in the Bag B Y C O L IN F E R G U S O N A s children, m any o f us at­ tem pted to pursue desirable voca­ tions but fe w o f us have had the perserverance to avoid com pro­ m ise and to hold fast to our goals.

A popular theme o f these child­ hood fantasies was, and still is, to be in a m ega super international rock and roll super m ega band.

Unfortunately, most people with this theme in m ind are generally satisfied w ith frequent rom ps into pretend b y the creation o f hack­ neyed garage jam m ing sessions.

For the others, the com m itm ent is m ore than an idle hobby and from these whim s, an obsessive dedica­ tion emerges.

The group know n as Bag o f H am m ers has been together for less than a year and yet they per­ form a stout forty-odd original songs. A ll the members have stud­ ied at M cG ill. Four o f the fiv e have been in the faculty o f music.

The group is com prised o f G il­ lian Deacon (lead vocals, percus­ sion), K evin Fox (lead vocals, 6 &12 string acoustic guitars, m andolin, harmonica, cello), G u y K aye (v o ­

Sitting on the fence: musical group Bag o f Hammers demonstrate how to be successsful Canadian politicians.

cals, electric & acoustic guitars), Bernie LeBlanc (electric & double

Fox said, "W h en I think o f folk

W hen questioned on the band's

bass), and M ark Mariash (vocals,

music,I think o f Joan Arm atrading,

charisma, Fox said, "It's am azing

W h ile m illions conform to the

for their ten track feature album to

drums).

and that's d e fin ite ly not us. People

h ow good the com bination is.

lucrative cheese o f dance music

be released in late March. In addi­

hearanacousticguitarandjum pto

W e're not a garage band, and ha ye­

bebop, it is refreshing to see a band

tion to the album, future plans

a label."

n't been p layin g together since w e

dedicated to som ething for which

include an extensive summer tour

Their com pletely original musi­ cal repetoire is com posed b y K evin Fox along w ith the band's collabo­ ration.

A lth o u g h

the

acoustic

A prom inent danger which can

much m ore personal than that."

mental in generating an audience

w ere eleven, but chem istry is

they have so much talent: rock and

ranging from Vancouver to H a l­

there."

roll.

ifax.

sound gives the music a folk base,

occu r

of

The cem enting com m on concern

A lth ou gh the members have

the influence o f players ha vin g jazz

freelance musicians from d ifferin g

o f musical performance, rather than

strong M cG ill ties, the band is far

In the im m ediate future, Bag o f

and classical backgrounds allow s

backgrounds is a lack o f group

slick g litz and conventional crow d

from a university band. W h ile re­

Ham m ers w il be back in M ontréal

the music to quickly fall out o f any

charisma or chemistry. This, h o w ­

fawning, is o f forem ostim portance

cordin g at C herry Studios, they

at the Term inal (1631 Ste-Cather-

niche or genre attem pting to re­

ever, is not a factor w ith the tight,

to the band. Th ey "lik e it when

perform

in Toronto,

ine) on January 25th at 10pm, and

strict or classify it.

unified onstage persona exibited

people are dancing and enjoying

London, Ottawa, and Montréal.

in late M arch they w ill be p erform ­

b y the band.

themselves, but the music is really

Tim e spent touring w ill be instru­

ing at Club Soda.

C om m enting on the folk base,

w ith

the

synthesis

regularly

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Author o f Glick is too slick in his latest effort B Y LE S LE IG H C U S H IN G

ters and their too-perfect dialogu e

seems

enough

some 270 pages later Farb faces one

token bloodshed, and it is no

w ill make it a struggle fo r most

until a second party begins a b id ­

problem after another. The Bra­

w on d er that Farb hates Fridays.

St. Farb's Day

readers to last until sunset on St.

ding war. N o t surprisingly, these

d ley Block case has double-deal­

M o rle y T o rg o v is undoubtedly

By M o rle y T o rg o v

Farb's Day.

new bids

ing and conflict o f interest written

funny. Unfortunately, his hum our

Lester O rpen & Denys

straightforw ard

on

the

Block com e

A Toronto la w ­

all over it. A s if pro­

fails when his characters d eliver

yer, Farb's troubles

fessional w oes w ere­

his lines. In his attem pt to create

Saint Farb's D ay happpens to

begin when his most

fall on a Friday in N ovem ber. In

dreaded clients, tw o

theory, it could have happened any

m o n e y - g r u b b in g

Friday, but it is in late N ovem b er

w id o w s dubbed the

that our hero, Farb is put to every

Sinister Sisters, fly

test imaginable.

in from Tuscon to

Torgov has W oody Allen's hypochondria without the neurosis; the tough-guy lawyer attitude, but with too many scruples.

St. Farb's Day is the latest literary

supervise the selling

effort from M o rle y T orgov, author

o f a valuable d o w n ­

o f the award-winningT/ie Outside

tow n property, Bradley Block. Farb

n't enough to keep

w itty repartee betw een the clients

him occupied, Farb's

at Farb & Greenglass, T o rg o v is too

personal life picks

slick. For exam ple, w hen Farb at­

this o f all days to fall

tempts to deter an overw eigh t

apart. His w ife asks

bid d er from taking a Si nister Sister

for a divorce, his fa­

to dinner, he advises, "...it is a bad

ther asks to return to

idea. N o t the Greek food, but tak­

the practise, and a

ing her to dinner. A n y b o d y that's

from another o f Farb's clients:

w om an named Debbie Lunenfeld

ever dined w ith in a block o f you

forces Farb to adm it that octoge­

Chance of Maximilian Glick, and a

is dism ayed to find that the pro­

Patrick

distressingly flaw ed follow -up. In

spective buyer is another o f his

daughter Rose.

fact, T o rg o v 's super-slick charac­

clients, Patrick Shahani. The deal

Shahani's

disin h erited

From page 5 until his bedtim e

narians h avesexd rives too. Th row in an arm ed robbery and some

SEE T O R G O V . , .

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January 22- 28, 1991

entertainment Tune in Tom orrow boundary breaking...potentially B Y A S H L E IG H H IG G IN S

irreverent lunacy and sexual per­

truly believable - there sim ply isn't

forcefu lly that it shatters, and the

version o f his scripts take on a more

any chemistry between the tw o

audience is left scrambling to make

scandalous tone as fantasy and

actors. This is perhaps the worst

sense o f the fragments.

its, it becomes evident im m ediately

reality becom e increasingly inter­

film o f Reeves' heretofore success-

that Tune in Tomorrow... is not a

mingled, creating confusion for

studded career. Falk is im pressive

Starting with the opening cred­

normal film. The

as

credits, done using

Carmichael, but

the

a voice-over, are

even

m erely the first ex­

one-liners are not

am ple o f a num­

enough to save

ber o f innovative -

this m ovie. There

if not always effec­

are flashes o f p o­

tive - attempts to

tential - hints o f

create something

social

different. "Som e­

and

thing " is the op­

parody - but they

erative w ord here,

are left undevel­

because, although

oped and unfo­

director Jon A m iel

cused.

his classic

criticism in g e n io u s

and his performers w ere w illin g to

E v e r y o n e is f a m i l i a r w i t h

th e o ld

"T o o m u ch o f a g o o d

ad age:

th in g ."

W i t h T u n e in T o m o r r o w ... i t is t o o m u c h o f e v e r y th in g .

times a clichéd melodrama, Tune inTomorrow... is nonetheless aval-

take a chance.

iant attempt to reinvest the roman-

tured

tic com edy with spark and vigou r.

Tune in Tomorrow... is being feaat

the

Rialto

in

late

January.

Q

is

able to control this

familiar with the

p o te n tia lly

b r il­

old adage: 'T o o

b o u n d a ry ­

much o f a good

liant

commendable that at least A m iel

A t times a hilarious satire, at

lo o n y

E veryon e

tries hard, he is un­

Although their endeavour is not altogether successful, it is entirely

breaking romantic

thing."

W ell, in

...e n c o u r a g e s y o u to b r in g s p e d a l c a m p a ig n s o r

com edy.

the case o f Tune in Tomorrow... r it

s o d a l a w a r e n e s s p r o je c t s to th e M c G i l l c a m p u s .

F u n d s a re a v a ila b le to

The bizarre tale 1951

is m ore a problem

N e w Orleans and

o f too much o f

centres on the an­

everything.

unfolds

tics

in

of

A m ie l's

M a rtin

Loader

s tu d e n ts . film ,

(K e a n u

Reeves), an aspir­

ru vian

n ovelist

ing young writer

M a rio

V a rg a s

fo r

Lloso's Aunt Julia

W XBU;

his

g u m -c h o m p in g ,

and the Scriptwriter

c h a in - s m o k in g ,

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aunt-by-marriage,

d e fie s

Julia (Barbara Her-

classification.

shey), and the sta­

borrow s from a

tion's crazy new

multitude o f dis­

scriptwriter, Pedro

parate sources -

Carmichael (Peter

from Sophocles to

g e n e ric

H ir e d

to

in ­

crease the ratings W X B U 's

The movie's two stars silently dance which serves as a welcome escape from Keanu Reeve's (right) pained Southern accent.

tire d n ig h ttim e

serial,"The Kings o f the Garden

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the M arx Brothers to Miami Vice - to

both the characters and, unfortu­

create a multifaceted filmic extrava­

nately, the audience.

ganza that is difficult to describe.

According to Pedro Carmichael:

the real-life hushed

with this film. The lo ve affair be­

'T h ere's a lot o f reality impacting

romance o f Julia and Martin. The

tween Julia and Martin is never

here." Unfortunately, it impacts so

from

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entertainment Torgov: Cardboard on paper T O R G O V F R O M PA G E 10

tough-guy law yer attitude, but

O f Ice and men

losophy, they d o not gain depth.

Last Tuesday, I sat d ow n to

with too many scruples. Farb is

A t their most tender moments, they

decide what hotbed o f contro­

knows you don't eat food - you go

difficult to like, but not difficult

lack subtlety and believability.

versy in the w orld o f entertain­

d o w n on it." T orgov's dialogue is

enough to dislike.

W hile T o rg o v 's weak point is ch a ra cter

d e v e lo p m e n t,

his

composed o f retorts that real people

The other characters in the novel

usually think o f hours after the

suffer from the same ailments. They

strength is his narrative voice. Small

antagonist has departed. H e has

are quite sim ply cardboard per­

details throughout the novel make

h ypoch on d ria

sonas, and even when T o rg o v uses

it readable. From the crazy old man

w ithout the neurosis. H e has the

their voices to w ax his ow n phi-

w h o yells out random numbers like

W oody

A lle n 's

a Bingo gam e gone w ron g to the

Tues JA N 22

Fri JA N 25 Party

repulsive depiction o f Tatoulis inhaling lunch, there are genuinely clever touches in St Farb's Day. The

Thurs JA N 24

Cocktails, 8pm

ment I w ould be treading over barefoot this week. What sacred co w w ould I grind into hamburger? A t which deserv­ point the p ow er o f m y poison pen? Finally, I had fixed m y sights on a personal thorn in

V IP posse/ Steppin' so hard

m y side, Vanilla Ice.

like a German N a zi." W hen

Truth be told, there is hardly

able reference, Ice said, "Y o u

royal-one-brow-shavedness,

kn ow h o w they step, their feet

Super Bowl Party

to make it m ore than Street Legal for

Vanilla Ice.

all hit the ground real hard and

You can start with the racial insensitivity. H ere w e have a

Farb do not fall into CBC's hands.

perform er w ho fabricated a

out the inanity o f Ice's lyrics,

The w o rld

for

history for him self because his

when nearly every rap group is

□

producers didn't feel that his

gu ilty o f similar crimes. But it

life was quite "black" enough.

m ay be interesting to note that

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not

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selling debut album in the history o f the recording

eral years ago b y Black rapper

industry. "Ice Ice Baby", the

Schooly D, "A m I Black enough

first single from Ice's album,

for you?" The trend o f market­

has reached number one on the

ing white artists as "black" has

Billboard charts, something no

n ow been taken to the extreme

other rapper, not R U N -D M C ,

b y a group o f white rappers

not Public Enemy, has been

w ho have chosen the reprehen­

able to do. N o one but the Ice

sible name Young Black Teenag­

Man.

those faithful readers o f the Trib entertainment section m ay

But history teaches us that com m ercial success is certainly no indication o f talent. It also teaches us that com m ercial

rem em ber that in N o vem b er I

success does mean that suppos­

had these choice w ords for a

ed ly respectable music m aga­

then unknow n w hite rapper's

zines like Rolling Stone and

debut album: "V anilla Ice is a

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soulless pretty boy... The dance tracks are hackneyed and hope­

trite, fan-zine type profiles and show er you w ith ridiculous

less... Vanilla Ice (drow n s) in a

epithets like "th e Elvis o f R ap",

pool o f his o w n musical

despite the fact that you are

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lives the urban beat... H e

w orld, w hen a funny thing

know s what the crack addicts

happened.

The event will be filled with valuable

WHO WILL BE THERE?

To The Extreme is the fastest

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Speaking o f To The Extreme,

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It m ay not be fair to single

actions put a disturbing new

ers.

30 & 31 10:00- 6:30

stuff?"

that, unlike M ax Glick, therights to

The attitudes behind these

Jan

asked to explain this question­

a m ore w orth y target than his

touches are not enough how ever

T.O.Law.

Thurs JAN 31

B Y A D A M S TE R N B E R G H

ing icon o f ineptitude w ould I

Sun J A N 27

the literary set. W e can only hope

W e d JA N 30

Imitating Life

later, Ice hasn't quite drow n ed Perhaps I missed the bril­ liance contained in the lines o f

But I digress.

So there I was, sitting sm ugly on Tuesday, ready to unleash

this self-proclaim ed "lyrical

m y vicious and devastating

poet". A s SBK (Ice's label) ex­

attack on this, the newest

ecutive Daniel Glass said, "Ice

scourge o f the entertainment

are doing, what the homeless

The w orld w en t to war.

Since Tuesday, I, like m ost o f

information on the latest technological

p eop le are all about, and he

Representatives from various

trends in the world of computers.

raps to it."

computer companies will be located at

COOP McGILL

ful listening, Ice's tender and

age from the Gulf, o r h u ddling

booths in the Ballroom.

COOP McGill, the McGill student-run computer store will have representatives on hand, ready to answer questions about: computers, hardware, software, provincial loans programs, and of course about the cooperative.

all encom passing social con­

w ith m y hallmates around the

science comes shining through.

radio, w aitin g for new s from

For exam ple, Ice has this rele­

Tel A v iv or Baghdad, frozen in

vant com m entary on the plight

a silent tableau rem iniscent o f

SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES Conferences will be held addressing some important issues in computer products & computer use. Everybody is welcome to listen.

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O n a second and m ore care­

w atching the prim e-rim e cover­

o f the above m entioned hom e­

pictures o f our grandparents in

less persons: 'V a n illa Ice, I'm

W o rld W a r II.

com ing hard like a rhino/ In­

A n d suddenly V anilla Ice,

toxicating so you stagger like a

and M illi Vanilli, and the

w in o".

Oscars, and the latest A rn o ld

Ice is sensitive to history's

C O O P M cG ill, M acDonald Engineering Building 817 Sherbrooke St. West, room 278, tel. 398-5001.

us, have spent m y free time

Schw arzenegger m o vie don 't

great tragedies, such as the

seem so im portant anymore.

Holocaust, as w ell. A s he

Suddenly the w o rld o f enter­

rhym es in "P la y That Funky

tainment seems a lot less

M u sic", "Y o u 're am azed b y the

entertaining.

Youth, veterans, coach all taking heat as Redmen stumble to 1- 7 mark

BY M A R K BRENDER N o one expected this year's R edm en basketball squad to w alk on the court and be successful im m ediately. In early N o vem b er there w ere optim istic echoes o f "lim itless potential" and there was encouraging talk o f fresh faces a d d in g a n ew dim ension to an up and com ing ball club.But players and coaches alike expected g ro w ­ in g pains.

T o d a y the Redm en are sporting a rather scary 1-7 (4-19 overall) record in regular season play, and the playoffs are lookin g farther a w a y all the time. T o say the situ­ ation is m ore dire than anticipated is like saying that som ething is amiss in the M id d le East.

O ne thing must be established at the outset: the problem s here are not due entirely to a lack o f talent, no m atter h ow much the play on the court m ay lead us to believe the opposite. O n paper this team is the deepest Redm en squad in years.

Unfortunately, depth alone does not w in ball games. W ith on ly six players returning from last year, and no third year p la y ers, th e f 991 Redm en look like thirteen individu als struggling to find a team identity. Ironically, this year the Redm en need m ore than ever to p lay as a team.

"W h en w e get on the court, it seems as if w e d o n 't kn ow each other" com m ented second-year forw ard Bruce Bird. W h ile the lack o f overall experience was expected to cause som e early season d iffi­ culties, the problem s adjusting to n ew teamates on thecourt has held the Redm en back even further.

The magical chem istry on the court betw een D avid Steiner and Paul Brousseau last year is on ly a m em ory and a rem inder o f what is missing.

"R igh t n ow w e have a lack o f confidence in our o w n ability and perhaps in the abilities o f other players" reflected captain Bruce M cElroy. "W e have a lot o f you n g players as far as playin g together is concerned."

A ccordin g to coach Ken Schildroth, trying to bring together a team com posed la rgely o f experi­ enced veterans on the one hand and youth on the other has been one o f his biggest challenges. A rash o f injuries have wreaked havoc w ith the starting line-up and with the coaching dilem nas posed by havin g a deep bench.

"In certain instances the depth has helped us" said Schildroth.

"H a v in g tw elve or thirteen guys play every gam e has been benefi­ cial. But it can be a negative: in di­ viduals are not psychologically prepared to carry the load."

Concentration lapses and fun­ damental errors have been team problem s, stressed Schildroth. H e argued that hard w ork is the w a y back to the w in column.

But a large part o f Schildroth's criticism is directed at veterans M cElroy, Brousseau, and centre Jamie Simon. Each has been strug­ glin g recently and have seen their playin g time decreased accord­ ingly.

The three veterans are the first to adm it that their o w n play has con­ tributed to the team dow n fall. But the search for a w in n in g com bina­ tion has been taken to such an ex­

Shildroth told the M ontreal Ga­ zette that Brousseau "had been

treme that players never know who w ill be on the court at any given time. Such uncertainty is not con­ du cive to d evelo p in g on-court chemistry, nor to w in n in g games.

Coach Shildroth w ill have to take criticism for this problem.

In particular, several players haveexpressed their frustration at seeing Brousseau on the bench w hen his scoring and rebounding abil i ties are despera tcly needed c n the floor.

d o in ga fine job o f carrying the load for us but, as can happen to any player, he go t a w ay from his w ork ethic."

A gainst Toronto and Bishop's on the weekend, Brousseau's play­ in g time increased and the veteran forw ard responded with 19 points and 17 rebounds in M cG ill's 70-67 loss to Bishop's.

M cG ill had been b low n out in

their previous fou r games w h ile Brousseau was catching splinters.

It is still possible that the Redm en can turn around their season in the second half, but tw o steps must be taken. W hat is needed from the players is a renew ed com m ittm ent to hard w ork and team play. A t the same time the coaching staff must show confidence in the players b y keeping a consistent line-up in which all players kn ow w here they stand.

Q

Trois Rivières show why they’re numéro un

BY BRENT B A N N E R M A N .

failure to capitalize on such oppor­ tunities left the door open for T rois

The U Q T R Patriotes displayed

Rivieres to continue the rout.

w h y they deserve the number one

During the first period M cG ill

ranking in the country w ith a 5-1.

was w id e o f the mark on several g o o d scoring chances. The M cG ill

Last Friday, they beat the Redmen 5-1 before 900 fans M cConnell W inter

at the Arena.

pow erp lay missed three chances in the first period. H ad the pow erplay converted on one o f these

Q S

The Patriotes w ere physically

chances M cG ill w ou ld have found

larger and w ere also more endowed

themselves in better shape after

w ith skilled players. H o w ever, for

the first. M cG ill was inept on the

the better half o f the gam e M cG ill

night w ith the man advantage

was able to keep the gam e close.

go in g 0-10.

ot

"H o c k e y is a gam e o f momen-

"W e definitely need to have

8

turn," said head coach Jean Prono-

better puck m ovem ent on the

g

vost. "W e had a three-on-one and a

p ow er p la y", stated veteran M arc

~

breakaway and d id not score."

Lajeunesse. The

Both chances ocurred g

w hile

M cG ill was behind by on ly three goals and m ay have changed the com plexion o f the gam e. But the

M cG ill forward Patrice Tremblay struggles with a UQTR player.

Patriotes em ­

p loyed an aggressive penalty kill-

SEE H O C K E Y . . .

P A G E 15

January 22- 28, 1991

The M cGill Tribune

Page 14

sports

Forum debut a nasty one for Martlets B Y C R A IG BERNES_________ Som e days you just know you

for M cG ill on Saturday night.

in goals scored w ith 32 in those 9

The M artlets' next home gam e is

"W e'rea b etter team thanlastyear.

M onica C erm ignani

games. H ow ever, they have given

this Saturday at 7:30 against Bishop's, a team that M cG ill should

A gainst Concordia,the main thing beatable."

scored the

M artlets' on ly goal three minutes

up the m ost in the league.

is psychological. They are definitely

into the third period w h en she

"W e d efin itely have to focus on

beat. W ith tw o gam es left against a

The M cG ill Martlets hockey team

picked a corner from the slot. Cath­

our play in the d efen sive zone,"

juggernaut in the form o f Concor­

These sentiments w ere echoed

m ade their debut at the M ontreal Forum on Saturday, d rop p in g an 8-1 count to a team o f Laval Alum ni

erine G u y broke through the tight Laval defence a fe w times but could

said head coach M ichael Cann.

"W e 'v e had problem s m o v in g the

dia, M cG ill must deal w ith the

b y the rest o f the Martlets, even

shadow that has hung over the

not convert.

A lliso n Palm er's spirited play

puck out o f our end, but once w e

though Concordia has outscored their opponents 62-8 in 9 games.

get it out,w e have no trouble scor­

league all year.

"This team hascomea long w ay,"

date set up as part o f the Québec

earned her the position o f an unof­

ing goals in our league."

said the feisty A llison Palmer.

A m ateu r W om en 's H ockey W eek.

ficial third star o f the game. Palm er

should o f stayed in bed.

All-Stars. The contest was a special

It was a high-scoring shootout but

w as all o ver the place. She was the

M cG ill d id little o f the scoring.

victim o f an obviou sly cheap high-

M cG ill was overm atched, out­ gunned and outplayed b y the Laval

There was no high-sticking, it was

team, and missed the services o f

the brutal clock-cleaningby a Laval

team captain A ly so n Fournier. But

player in front o f the net.

"P la y in g in the Forum was just

Forum, a dream for many.

The M artlets began to play tight end-to-end hockey in the last tw o

am azing," she com m ented w ith a bright gleam in her eyes. "I really

frames. Unfortunately, that was

enjoyed m yself."

"In the first period, a lot o f people

after M cG ill had spotted its op p o­

w ere still nervous, and w e had to

nents a 6-0 lead. The team appeared

try hard to concentrate," A liso n

to be w atching som e other game. " I think the short warm up (about

Kornsaid. "A lth ou gh w e p la y e d in

5 minutes) really affected us," said goaltender Kariann Aarup, w h o

a tournament right after Christ­ mas, the team was still out o f sync

sparkled in the last half o f the gam e

from a m onth-long break."

O f course, the gam e did not count

to keep the M artlets together.

in

A aru p m ade som e d iv in g saves in

games,the M artlets are 3-4-2 and part o f a three-w ay tie for second

the second period before stopping

lea gu e

standings.

A fte r

9

her w ild butterfly style w ere there

place in the Quebec League. W ith 6 gam es left, M cG ill is gunning fo r a number tw o seed behind Concor­

w h en ever the old ladies broke

dia. But playoffs areclearly in sight

through.

Other than flashes o f stellar

as the top four o f six teams earn a

La va l cold on tw o breakaway chances. In the third, A aru p and

goaltending, fe w things w en t right

CM HC H e lp in g to h o u se C a n a d ia n s

place.

The prolific M artlets are second

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sticking call in the second period.

the M artlets played a gam e in the

The M artlets can deal w ith that w hen they come to it.

H ig h up in the rafters at the south end o f M cC onnell W inter Arena hang three large ban­ ners. In the m id d le is a M cG ill banner. Flanked on the left is one that says 'U d e M ontréal' and on the right is a pennant w here 'L aval' is w ritten b o ld ly in red letters.

The banners are o f a style that exude a deep sense o f history. T h ey are m ade out of old felt. Y o u know , the stuff you used to use for arts and crafts in grade one.

The banners have begun to fade considerably now . But the change o f colour adds to the nostalgia o f the hockey history that once ruled suprem e in M ontréal and Québec.

The M cC onnell W in ter A rena is a part o f that. Smoke still b illow s out from the barn­ like hockey hom e o f the R edm enand Martlets. Inside, the spectators sit so close to the ice you can hear the w in d from a Paul Grech slapshot gone w id e o f the net. The zam boni is so old they have to ham m er it w ith a shovel to get all o f the snow out o f it after its tour o f duty.

U niversity hockey in Québec used to be a lot b ig g e r than it is today. Those banners are not there for nothing. The rivalry betw een M cG ill and l'U n iv e r­ sité de M ontréal was furious.

During the 1950's, gam es be-

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tw een the tw o clubs on either side o f the mountain d rew around 10,000 fans at the Forum.

Les flics had to be stationed in the stands because o f the brawls that w ou ld break out. Legend has it that the saying about goin g to a w restling match and seeing a hockey gam e break out o rigi­ nated at one o f the contests betw een M cG ill and Montréal.

M cG ill's W in ter Carnival was once focused around the big match. The tw o clubs com peted for the Birks Cup in what was the biggest varsity hockey event o f the year.

M cG ill and l'U niversité de M ontréal w ere not the only action in Québec. They w ere a part o f the Québec U niversity Athletic Association which featured Bishop's, Laval, Trois Rivières, M acdonald C ollege (!), Sir G eorge W illiam s and Loyola (n o w C oncordia), Sherbrooke and Chicoutim i.

In the early 1970's, the franco­ phone schools began to drop their program m es. M ontréal was gon e in '72, and Sherbrooke in '74. Bishop's w ent d o w n in '82

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Chicoutim i finally hung up the skates for g o o d in 1986. O n ly four teams rem ained in the division: M cG ill, Trois Rivières, Concordia and Ottawa. The Québec league could not survive w ith on ly four teams w hich w ere forced to join the Ontario Association in w hat is n ow the present set-up o f the league.

In spite o f the great losses suffered by the depature o f so m any Québec teams, especially the francophone ones, univer­ sity hockey in Québec still has its strong rivalries.

The largest crow d o f the season was out to see the Redm en take on Trois Rivières on Friday. The assembled fans w ere noticeably feisty in berating the visitors clad in their orange and green uni­ forms, easily the ugliest in the w orld.

A n y match betw een M cG ill and Concordia is lik ely to get personal. Concordia coach, Y ves Beaucage, hates to lose to M cG ill any time. A n d w hen he does, like last Tuesday's 4-2 loss, he is w on t to m ake up an excuse. This time, he said his team played their w orst gam e o f the season. H e d idn 't shake hands w ith M cG ill coach Jean Pronovost after the gam e either.

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the pow erfu l Patriotes.

"W e w ere playing a tremendou: team " mourned Pronovost.

in g posture that resulted in a short

"T h e effort was g o o d and wc

handed goal due to a Dan F ow ler

have no excuses. T h ey deserve the

miscue.

number one ranking in the coun­

Paul G rech,who turned in an­

try," postulated Lajeunesse.

other good perform ance to g o with

Thus on a night w hen anything

his previous two-goal gam e against

could have happened the predict­

Concordia Tuesday night, scored

able occurred: the best team in the

the lone Red men goal at 2:49 o f the

country prevailed. T h eeffo rt o f the

third period.

Redm en players was that o f a team

Scott T aylor played a strong

w ith a desire to w in. The Redm en

gam e betw een the pipes as the

should be able to com pete m ore

Redm en w ere outshot 44-41 in the

closely with the 12-0 Pa triotes when

affair.

they further refine their game.

"I was happy w ith the effort but

Despite the loss on Friday night,

w e m ade some costly mistakes,"

the Redm en w ere able to w in 2 o f 3

said a w eary Bryan Larkin. Larkin

this w eek Th ey beat Concordia 4-2

undoubtedly carried the largest

lastTuesday and topped Ottawa 3-

w ork load for Redm en defence-

2 on Sunday in a gam e in the na­

men.

tion's capital. The Redm en have

W h ile players such as Grech,

w on four o f their last six running

M artin Raym ond, K yler Smith and

their record to 8-5-2 and look to be

Patrice Trem blay played coura­

in g o o d shape to secure second

geously it was all for naught against

spot.

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