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w h a t’s o n NOTICES N ever Judge a Show by its O verture - a musical comedy about images and relationships. W ritten by N ickCarpenter, directed by Daniel Taylor. Runs A pril 2 -13 at 8 pm. Player's Theatre, U nion Bldg. Call 398-6513 for info & reservations. Pray for Peace, a 15 minute prayer vigil takes place every noonhour in the U niversity Chapel. Volunteers are needed for cycling events June 7th, 8th and 9th organized by Le T our de Pile de M ontréal. To register call 847-8687. For info, about the Jam es Bay Coali tion call 286-0743. Get involved in the upcom ing events that we are planning. McGill N ew m an Center (3484 Peel Street) presents H oly W eek Services. Holy Thursday (March 28 at 8pm); Good Friday (March 29at3pm ), Easter Vigil (M arch 30 at 10am an d réveil lons); Easter Sunday (March 31 at 11 am) The Faculty of Music presents Opéra M cG ill perform ing Kurt Weill's Street Scenes. TicketsSl 5 /$ l 0. Continues until M arch 23rd. V igil for those w ho have died in the G ulf W ar, every W ednesday, 5 pm at the Roddick Gates. O rganized by Troops Out. The D epartm ent of Religion and Philosophy in Education presents a continuing series of video tape presen tation on 'T h e N ature of the Mind" w ith j. K rishnam urti - every W ednes
day until A p ril3 a t8 p m in th e confer ence room of the Faculty of Education. Call Mary, 937-8869 for info. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Students for Global Responsibility presents "BlueBoxes: G reen Pressure" by D avid Krentz formerly of Environ m ent Canada and the C anadian Soft Drink Association at 3:30 pm in Union 302. M cG illQ uébecprésente La sem aine francophone. Projection d u film Le D éclin de l'em p ire am éricain (with English subtitles). Salle S-14 d u Ste w art Biology Building a 7h. $2. McGill Associationof International S tu d en ts (MAIS) G eneral Assembly, Union 107/108 from 5:30-7:30. Topic: Tuition fee hikes for international stu dents. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 The N ew m an Lenten Reflection Series presents Sr. P rudence Allen speaking about the life of St. Theresa of A vila and the reform of the Carmelites. 8 pm at the N ew m an Center 3484 Peel St. Fora free rip-roaring, hilarious kneeslappin' good time show u p at the Alley at 10 pm for M cG ill T hcatresports. Free movies in Leacock 132 at 7:30 pm .. The Film Society p resen ts T rium ph of the W ill. Part of History Students Week. The Faculty of Music presents
M cG ill A lum ni Jazz E nsem ble 8 pm in Pollack Hall. McGill Young A lum ni presen t "G etting the M ost for Y our Renova tion D ollars" by real estate agent Pa tricia Bourne. 6 p m in Leacock 232. McGill Society of M ontréal presents " D ru g W a re s" b y D r. P e te r McLeod.2047 M ansfield St., $16.05 per person (incl. lunch) - advanced regis tration required. Call 398-3551. McGill D epartm ent of O ncology's presents the third lecture in its cancer series. Dr. Gerald B atistand Prof. Ross Perigoe exam ine how the new s media describes advances in cancer treatm ent in "C an I Believe W hat I R ead?" Call 398-6754 for details. LAGEM m eeting at 530 pm at Thom son H ouse, 3650 McTavish, Room 403. Info: 842-5573. McGill-Québec présente une partie de sucre su r le cam pus - dégustation gratuit de tire d'érable en face d u U n ion Building de m idi a 3h. THURSDAY, MARCH 21 The D epartm ent of A nthropology presents N aom i A delson speaking on "The C ultural C onstruction of WellBeing: The Example of the Great W hale River Cree" 4:30 in Leacock 738. The Film Society presents B reaker M orant in Leacock 132 at 7:30, p a rt of History Students Week. "W ake-up" - a fem isit-hum anist poetry perform ance by w rite r/p e rformer Phoenix at the Yellow Door,
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22 The Film Society presents G allipoli in Leacock 132 at 7:30 - part of History Students Week. Music by Bare Bones with BenStein at the Yellow Door Coffee House. Door opens at 8 pm, adm ission is $2. The McGill A rm enian Student A s sociation presents the renow ned
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3625 Aylmer at 9 pm. $2. McGill Student Pugw ash presents "W hat H ydro Q uébec Isn 't T elling Us: A N orthern Perspective of the Ecological & C ultural Im pacts of the Jam es Bay II Project" 7:30 pm in Burnside 305. Slide show and talk by V eran Pardeathan of Concordia. M cG ill's Inter-U niversity A ntiRacism C onference 1991 - All day. H ighlights include a forum on cultural issues, w orkshops, a reception in the Alley (tickets required), a speech by Dr. Frances Welsing(tickets at Sadie's) and a benefit at Gert's. Call 398-POWR for info. The McGill ISchool of N ursing A lum ni Association present the H on ourable Mary Collins, Associate Min ister of Defence on "Political Leader ship for Professional W omen." 7 pm, Leacock232. Admission is $5, proceeds go to the N ursing Scholarship Fund. La sem aine francophone-unesoirée Québécoise avec chansonnier précédée d 'u n vin et fromage. 2eme étage du Thom son House a 7h. $2.
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new s VP External resigns fo llo w in g FE U Q referendum BY T R IB U N E N E W S ST A FF
Students' Society VP External Alex Usher resigned yesterday, following last week's referendum to withdraw from FEUQ. McGill students voted to with draw from the Fédération étudi ante universitaire du Québec just four months after joining the pro vincial student association last November. As this year's VP External, Usher was responsible for representing the interests of McGill students outside the university. He led the campaign to join FEUQ last fall, and chaired the committee set up to convince students to vote to stay in the federation in last week's ref erendum. "My primary task was to bring McGill into FEUQ. Apparently I was unequal to the task," wrote Usher in his letter of resignation to SSMU President Kate Morisset. Only thirteen more students
votedtowithdrawfromFEUQthan voted to stay in the organization. But almost as many voting stu dents had no opinion on the ques tion. The final vote was 845 supporting withdrawal, 832opposed an d 735 people w ith o u t opinion. FEUQ’s VP Un dergraduate Affairs, R obert Fabes, blamed the close loss on Students' Soci ety 's poor cam paign. Fabes ac cused Usher of in com petence and poor judgem ent throughout the campaign. "There should've been more effort by the "No" committee to get more people out to vote," Fabes said. But Usher defended the way he ran thecampaign. Heblamedother
factors for the result, such as the confusing wording of the question and the lack of media coverage. Graduatestudentssponsored the
not supportive of the organiza tion," saidPostGraduateStudents' Society (PGSS) VP External Rhonda Mawhood. She cited wide sp read stu d en t ignorance, which she observed col lecting the five h u n d re d sig n a tures required for a student initiated referendum, as a reason for the lack of support. "People would ask 'FEUQ, what's that?' If people really want to have a democratic asso ciation then its m em bers really need to know what membership means," Mawhood said. G raduates students oppose FEUQ because they say they are adequately represented by their own nationaland provincial gradu
ate organization. "They didn't want to be in FEUQ, so they didn't want any one else to be in it either," Usher said. Usher also claimed the gradu ates used the FEUQ referendum as a bargaining tool in their at tempt to negotiate an agreement which would allow them to se cede from SSMU. The terms of that agreement were ratified in a referendum last week. Usher thinks graduate stu dents should have cancelled the FEUQ referendum afteranagreement was reached, since they would no longer be members of SSMU or of FEUQ. Fabes is angry about what he sees as a lost opportunity for stu dents. "[FEUQ is] the first organiza tion to get together and have a voice. We have lost that voice in
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campaign topull out of FEUQ. They blamed the withdrawl on the lack of student interest in the federa tion. "1 think this vote shows, at the very least, that McGill students are
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In te rn a tio n a l s tu d e n ts ’ Students sm oked out o f building Students were evacuated from the Macdonald Harrington Building last Friday after smoke filled a classroom on the ground floor. According to University Fire Marshal Carmen Spataro, a spark from the sanding machine must have gone through the machine's exhaust system and caught a piece of wood in the dust while a student was using the machine. He said there was no visible fire but there may ha ve been a small fire inside the machine. Building porters smelled the smoke and called security. Security officers extinguished the smoke using water hoses. There was some damage to the machine's exhaust system and the walls of the room. Some water also seeped to the basement where the Vectra computer lab is, but there was no major damage.
Students’ Society censors M ETA Students' Society Council voted to remove all references to the fur trade in its animal rights club's constitution last week. Council amended META's constitution in response to a motion put forward by Councillor Mark Saul. Saul had earlier called the group "racist" for criticizing the lifestyles of indigenous peoples who rely on the fur trade for their livelihood. Students' Society officially supports self-determination for indigenous peoples. "It might be a dangerous precedent for other students groups who might have policies limited if they don't dovetail with Students' Society policies," META President Steve Leckie said.
Students to advise students Students in Arts and Science will have the opportunity to receive academic advising from their peers this week in the basement of the Union building. The program was set up in response to a perception "that there is a real problem with advising at McGill," according to Students' Society President-elect Scott Mitic. Trained student advisors will be on hand toanswer questions about programs, classes and professors. Mitic hopes similar programs will be available in other faculties next year. ¥
fe e s to rise b y $ BY S T E P H A N IE SM A L L
Tuition fees for international students may go up by 25% next year, according to McGill's inter national student advisor. Lawrence Lang warned repre sentatives from the McGill Asso ciation of International Students (MAIS) last week that the provin cial government is planning to raise the flat tuition fee rate by $1,200, to $7,000 per year. Students also pay about $500 in various service fees. "They will probably pass the hike in June when everyone is conven iently out of the country," MAIS President Lina Souki said. "It's a very dirty game they play." MAIS is holding a general as sembly at 5:30 today in the Union Building to plan its opposition to the proposed fee hike. Souki and Lang both say stu dents from developing countries will be particularly hard hit by the fee hike. "It discriminates against stu dents from third world countries," Souki said. "$1,200 in Nigerian naira is a much larger percentage of their annual budget," Lang said.
Many American students have access to a variety of loan programs, according to Lang. "But students from developing countries don't have these kinds of programs." Even American students, who make up approximately 1/3 of the international student population, may be discouraged from enroll ing at McGill. "For Americans, it may be cheaper to stay at home. The uni versities in the States have more facilities and more variety of pro grams," Souki said. Higher tuition fees may lead to declining enrolment of interna tional students, who make up just over 10% of McGill students and "account for a large percentage of McGill's annual fee income." "They may think they're solving a problem by making money in the short term, but it will hurt them in the long run," Souki said. The federal government will also start charging $75 for student au thorizations to stay and study in the country, commonly known as students visas. "It's all very frustrating. They don'tseem tocarebecauseinternatiùnal students can't vote," Lang
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J u s t p la y in g Last Thursday, the Financial Post contained an editorial criticizing Canada's political parties, and in particular Quebec's Liberal party, for allowing young people too large a role in the political process. Youth wing members were accused of being "too easily swayed to a single point of view" than their older counterparts. At the very same time, McGill students voted to withdraw their representation from a provincial student organization. The youth wing of the Liberal party showed that with proper organization, young people can make their voice heard. On the other hand, they also dis played a singular intolerance for differing points of view. McGill students showed their indifference to any point of view at all. Students indeed spoke clearly in this election. Ei ther by not voting, or by indicating 'no opinion', 94% of students have said that they do not care about the student movement one way or another. Yesterday, the chairperson of the "No" commit tee, Alex Usher, resigned from his post as VP External of the Students' Society. Usher has been accused of bungling the campaign. But there was no "Yes" campaign, and Usher did print posters and leaflets, and actually campaigned before classes and in the residences. Usher's resignation, and the pressure from SSMU insiders that led to it, is merely an attempt to discredit the result of the vote to withdraw. To question the validity of the result is to ques tion the validity of the entire political process. Apathy is a question with which "student
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leaders" have grappled since before this paper existed. Our desire to influence decisions which affect students leads naturally to a desire for s tud ent activism. This desire is not shared by those who would be led. Those on Council and in the Executive would prefer to believe that the inability of the McGill student body at large to participate in the student movement is due to ignorance. They are in error. McGill students' backgrounds are to mixed, and their stay in this province is much too short to ever desire the kind of activism that exists in the Franco phone student movement. Rather than viewing the success of the Liberal Youth as a model which McGill's student organiza tions should emulate we must accept the clear and unequivocal voice of the electorate. Though the work of student organizations is often important, "student leaders" will never create an organization that can truthfully claim to be rep resentative of students' interests. That is not what the students want. Which is not to say that we should abandon student organizations altogether. If the masses do not actively object, and if there is more to the organizations than merely being social clubs for "student leaders", then they provide a valuable outlet for the concerned and motivated. The results of their work may effect some positive changes. But Mr. Usher's action will not obscure reality. Using him as a scapegoat is only part of the parade. -David Gruber
A p p o i n t m e n t o f 1991-92 T r i b u n e E d i t o r s T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d in b e i n g e d i t o r s fo r t h e n e x t s c h o o l y e a r s h o u l d s u b m i t w r i t t e n a p p l i c a t i o n s n o la t e r t h a n 5 p m , T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 2 1 . G u i d e li n e s fo r w r it t e n s u b m is s io n s a r e a v a ila b le a t t h e T r ib u n e o f f ic e . R e fe r t o t h e m a s t h e a d fo r p o s i t i o n s a v a ila b le , o r c o n t a c t K e lly a t 3 9 8 - 6 7 8 9 . I n t e r v i e w s fo r E n t e r t a i n m e n t , F o c u s , a n d S p o r t s e d i t o r s w i l l t a k e p l a c e o n F r id a y , M a r c h 2 2 . R e m a in in g p o s i t io n s w ill b e in t e r v ie w e d T u e s d a y , M a r c h 2 6 .
Laywers often caution that courts are organized to handle individual cases according to the courts' own rather narrow rules and therefore rarely have the chance to declare winners of social debates. -The New York Times re porting the end of the Bcnsonhurst case. The constitution is an experi ment... all life is an experiment. -US Supreme Court J ustice Oliver Wendell Holmes, born 150 years ago this month. (He's now dead.) Many of you know by now that I wrote my Law School Admissions Tests in February. I think I did OK, thank you. As I wait to hear from the 300 or 400 law schools to which I sent applications, I am already gaining a legal educa tion. This month, for instance, 1 have learned about how the courts treat cases that are themselves parts of larger social debates. So far: -One Montreal judge has ac quitted a man accused of sexual assault even though he admitted in his decision that the woman, a McGill student, said "no". -A British Columbia judge has rejected the Gitskan nation's massive land claim because the Indians had no piece of paper to show that they owned their land. -A New York City judge cleared the last defendant in the Bensonhurst case of mur der charges in exchange for a guilty plea on lesser counts. The defendant was the eighth to be convicted of a lesser charge than murder after a group of white men killed a black teenager while he was shopping for a used car in their Brooklyn neighbourhood nearly two years ago. - Exxon Corp. avoided any major court action over the Exxon Valdez spill by agreeing to pay $1.1 Billion in fines and civil awards. The $1.1 Billion is tax deductable. Each of those decisions was logical, but none of them made sense - a contradiction which would probably have made Justice Holmes celebrate his birthday with a good roll in the grave. While he would have agreed with the lawyers mentionned in the New York Times that courts cannot themselves settle social debates, Holmes also believed that the constitution and, by extension, all law - is an experiment. Because of that, he would probably distrust any decision based on an abso lute yardstick - even if that yardstick is pure logic. He might well have suggested that, in a case where there is some social issue at stake, com mon law courts use common sense as well. Common sense uses logic to
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put our personal feelings of what is good for society in the context of social realities. When there is only logic in a judge's reasoning without full common sense, important social decisions make sense only in the logical world of a courtroom. Why did the logic in this month's four big cases not make sense? In the "rape case", it might have been logical to believe that the defendant thought the woman had given him consent because he had a good charac ter and because no one could corroberate her assertion that she had said no. But common sense would say that rape, by its nature, is often a very pri vate crime for which there can hardly ever be corroboration of anything and that many, if not all, of the defendant's character witnesses were his fraternity brothers. Common sense would point out that pure logic has defeated rape case after rape case simply because logic permits unrea sonable doubts to be made rea sonable. In the land claim, it might have been logical for a judge to point out that the Gitskan Indi ans do not have the proofs of ownership required by British land law. But common sense would have made the judge realize that First Nations define ownership of land by different standards than does a British legal system. Common sense was really taken for a joy ride through Bensonhurst. It might be logi cal for a court to clear a murder case quickly with a plea bargain. But common sense would have told the prosecutor that this was no ordinary murder case - that an entire city would battle with itself until a court had brought the Bensonhurst matter to a clear conclusion. Common sense also would never have let Exxon get away without so much as a trial. Common sense would have told US Attorney General Dick Thornburgh that settling the Valdez spill with a tax-deduc table out of court fine would have sent exactly the wrong message to environmental of fenders. Logic, however, dic tated that the cheapest, quick est way out of the mess was th best for all around. I hope I'll keep my common sense if I go to law school. Logically speaking, the chances of that are not so great.
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To the Tribune : 1would like to respond to your editorial in response to the rape acquittal of a McGill Fraternity member ("Courts coverupdaterape"M arch5th). By any measure, the incident was tragic for the victim. Even had a conviction ensued, it would not erase the psychological and physical harm she will permanently endure. Your editorial expressed these sympathies well. However, your editorial degenerated into an un founded diatribeof theCanadian legal system. I wasstunned at your flagrant disregard for the rights of the criminally accused, especially coming from a responsible paper like the Tribune. Your editorial chose to target the Canadian legal system, finding at fault in its attempt to "cover up" the crime of rape. In particular, your piece points to the presumption of innocence as an excessive burden of proof for rape victims, saying: As long as the burden of proof remain5 entirely on the victim ofa rape, and the accused is entitled to the full benefit of the doubt, the courts will never be able to provide recourse for victims of sexual assault or incest. It is true that the victim's burden of proof is an obstacle to a conviction. But so are the accused individual's other rights to a fair trial, to counsel, etc.. In fact, so is the very process of a trial itself. If theonlygoalof thccriminal justice system was to put suspected rapists in jail, it is difficult to see why we
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bother with this staged drama of a trial. The whole point is that there is another player on the stage: the criminal defendant. If there is any discrete and insular minority in our society that suffers from the preju dice and venom of the dominant majority, it is the criminally accused. This is especially true of thecrimeof rape. 1know of no other crime that so universally commands moral outrage in progressive Western society. There is no lower form of primordial life that that of the rapist. We are prepared to throw the entire machinery of the state against him, and with right cause. However, it is precisely on these occasions of major ity rage that we must be the most vigilant with regards to the individual criminally accused. The presumption of inno cence is an essential legal right; since 1982, it has been enshrined in our Constitution. To suggest, as the Tribune does, that protection of this right is a conspiratorial attempt to "cover up" rape, is irre sponsible. It denigrates the one societal institution that can make rapists pay for their crimes-the law. Furthermore, it makes light of our cherished legal rights guaranteed to both men and women under ourConsititution. Christopher Naudie,BCL 1
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By portraying the demonstration outside the Phi Delta Theta fraternity as a "lynch mob", I'm afraid that Chris Alam's comment missed the point. The "mob" wasn't simply condemning the court verdict on a particular case. Nor was it protesting the fact that a large majority of sexual assault cases are decidaed in favour of the accused. What was and is being protested are institutions which deny that sexual assaults which occur within them and ignore the problem within society as a whole. Fraternities are among those institutions. Yes, the justice system is a farce. But the institutions which breed these crimes, deny their existence and hide incidents in order to protect their reputation are downright danger ous. How odd that the McGill community only heard of the incident at Phi Delta Theta because of an annonymous phone call two days before the verdict. That represents a time lag of more than a year since the assault occurred. But no, things like this don't happen in our university. One in three women in Canada is sexually assaulted in her lifetime. We must ask ourselves, "where are all the assail ants?" They are all around us, they are doctors, engineers, teachers, students and yes, even fraternity members. It is men's responsibility to stop rape. The refusal by a large organization such as I.F.C. to hold discussion groups on sexual assault with new pledges suggests that many men
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To the Tribune: I am writing to express my concern regarding the process undertaken by the SSMU internal nominating committee, especially in choosing the applicants to be interviewed. At present, applications are reviewed to screen out those candidates who will not be given an interview; however, the criteria seem vague and random. With as few as two commit tee members present (in addition to the VP Internal), the screening process can fall prey to whim and gut feelings. As well, it is undemocratic when some of the members of the committee are not invited to participate in the screening process from the outset. The elitism of only allowing interviews to candidates with (a narrow definition of) directly related experience should not be tolerated. An example would be not granting inter views to strongapplicants for the McGill Handbook because they do not have editorial experience at McGill. How are students to get the experience in the first place if not given the opportunity now, whilestill at McGill? W hataboutallowing fresh, creative minds the chance to shine? Reasonable candidates should be given the chance to clarify their strengths and ideas in an interview, as it is better to err in interviewing more people than to err in eliminating too many unjustly. In the real world, job applicants are initially screened out based on being tremendously under- or over-qualified. The remaining candidates are givena comprehensive telephone interviewand a short list of about fifteen is prepared for full interview. The final list of fewer than five is presented to the client. But as this is not the real world, we can only attempt to imitate this process. Committee members are not experts on the positions being applied for and are not sufficiently distanced from the applicants to allow so few to choose who will get an interview and who will get the job. Applicants, students at an institution of learning, should be told definite and constructive reasons why they are turned down. The screening teams should be larger and grant more interviews. If the SSMU (that means everyone) wants the best people for these positions, shouldn't they make sure that all good candidates are granted at least the chance offered by an interview? Aubrey Kassirer, BSc U2F
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A p r i l 8 t h u n t i l 4 :3 0 p m , A p r i l 2 6 th , 1 9 9 1 . B u d g e t r e q u e s t s a r e lim ite d to g r o u p s d ir e c tly r e c o g n iz e d b y t h e M c G il l S t u d e n t s ' C o u n c i l ( i . e . , o r g a n i z a t i o n s c l a s s i f i e d a s " F u n c tio n a l G r o u p s " , c a m p u s -w id e " In te re s t G ro u p s" or " S o c ie ty A c iti v it é s " ) . A s p e r S S M U C o u n c il P o lic y , c e r t i a n I n t e r e s t G r o u p s a r e n o t e lig ib le to r e c e i v e S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie ty f u n d s . T h e s e in c lu d e g r o u p s w ith p o litic a l o r re lig io u s a f ilia tio n o r b e lie fs . A p p lic a tio n f o r B u d g e t p a c k a g e s m a y b e o b ta in e d a t th e S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie ty G e n e r a l O ffic e . R e q u e s t s , w i t h j u s t i f i c a t i o n s , s h o u ld b e ty p e d a n d a d d r e s s e d to th e J o in t M a n a g e m e n t C o m m itte e (J M C ). T h e y s h o u ld h e d e liv e r e d o r m a ile d to : K a t h y B o w m a n , S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie ty G e n e r a l O ffic e R o o m 1 9 5 , 3 4 8 0 M c T a v is h S tr e e t M o n tre a l, Q u eb ec H 3 A 1 X 9 R e m e m b e r, a ll F u n c tio n a l a n d I n te r e s t G ro u p S u b m is s io n s
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Students’ Society Executive elected for next year BY C H R IS A L A M
Next year's Students' Society President Scott Mitic was elected withamandatetoprovidea smooth transition into power, in last week's SSMU executive elections. Mitic received about 55% of the 2349 votes cast in the presidential election. Other successful candi dates such as VP External-elect Karla MacDonald and VP-Financeelect Lev Bukhman each received less than 50% of the ballots cast in three-way contests. Over 20,000 voters students were eligible to vote in the elections. But Mitic does not think limited mandates will hamper the work of next year's executive. "Lookingat what we've come to expect from McGill, I feel that the mandate is very strong and I see no problem moving forward." "I personally think I have a very
strong mandate. I don't see a prob student federation itself. Mitic said his first order of busi lem with that whatsoever," agreed ness as President will be to ensure MacDonald. She did see a problem with the margin of thirteen votes that narrowly overturned SSMU's membership in the Fédération étudiante universi taire du Québec. An important part of the VP External's portfo lio is to represent students in provincial student organiza tions. Disappointed with the results of the referendum , MacDonald also questioned its validity. "I'm wondering about a dif ference of thirteen votes. I'm wondering how much of a mandate this gives us [to work in provincial associations] I SSMU's new President: a smooth transition to power think it's very unfortunate." a smooth transition from this year's Ironically, while students elected to next year's student executive. MacDonald, a strong supporter of "My experience (will) facilitate FEUQ,they voted to pull out of the
that transition. Beyond that there is a period when I'm expected to work about ten hours a week with this year's president where she will bring me up to date." But Mitic denied that the newly-elected executive will be stale or stagnate, even though all of its members represent an inner circle of students already involved in SSMU affairs. "I don't think it's of great O concern. Everyone on the exu ecutive, apart from Karla a MacDonald, has only been O around for one year," Mitic O said. Mitic says a number of inter esting changes will take place - next year within the walls of SSMU's executive lounge. "I think that we're in the process of redefining a number of issues within the Students' Soci ety ... One of the most exciting things
we're going to see is the creation of a Political Relations Officer." In his view, the creation of such a portfolio will create a number of new possibilities for the SSMU, as well as easing some burdens. Reflecting on his victorious campaign, Mitic recalled one less than glorious moment, when he was accosted by a walking animal asking him to give blood in the medical students' blood drive. Mitic refused, saying he had to go to a meeting. "But I voted for you," protested the frog. Rosalind W ard-Sm ith was elected to the position of VP Uni versity Affairs, while Alcxjohnston will be next year's VP Internal. This was the first year that all five posi tions were contested. The fivemember executive will assume office starting May 1. Q
Faculty electio n s h e ld across cam p u s last w e e k BY S H A N N O N A L D IN G E R
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ASUS President-by-acclamation Shaun Kahn may be forced out of his position if members of his soci ety fulfill their mandate to split the association in two. Ten of the twelve ASUS posi tions were won by members of a slate which plan to divide the soci ety into separate Arts and Science associations. Members include Susan Nickerson VP Administra tion; Trish Silliphant VP Internal Affairs; Chantal Thomas, John Sparks and Ian Pilarczyk Arts Rep resentatives to Council; Aubrey Kassirer and Sherry Becker Science Representatives to Council by ac clamation; Charles Wei and Re becca Lindley Science Membersat-Large;and Peter Bryan Arts Rep résenta tive-at-Large. Only VP Arts Eddie Look and Kahn did not run as part of the slate. But Kahn is not worried about the future of his position. He says that even if students and ASUS members vote in favour of a split, the process will take over a year. Despite not having been chal lenged for the position, Kahn is confident about his legitimacy. "I don't think being acclaimed really affects my mandate,"he said. E n g in e e r in g Society
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With this year's voter turnout of just under 30%, the engineering faculty has one of the highest rates of student participation on cam pus. Gino Brancatelli will head next
year's Engineering Undergraduate Society, along with Mathew Ma ther VP Internal, Doug Perry VP Exter nal, Guillaume Boissett VP Aca demic and Rory Altman acclaimed VP Services. Despite the high voter turnout, acclaimed President Brancatelli believes student participation is declining and hopes to reverse the trend. He also hopes to accelerate the rate of women entering engi neering by working in conjunction with the engineering women's committee 'Promoting Opportuni ties for Women in Engineering' (POWE).
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Greg David won the presidency of the LSA with a 16 vote margin of victory. Other newly-elected executive members include Graham Garner VP Finance, Leora Joseph VP Common Law, Nathalie Goldin VP Civil Law, Catherine Maheu VP Administration, Hélène Mathieu VP External and Véronique Malka Social Coordinator. The LSA elec tions were the only faculty election in which all positions were con tested. David hopes to see the executive fulfill two key functions next year. "I hope to support student initia
tives and to provide tangible and representative services to stu dents." He plans to look into gaining more favorable terms of employ ment for students seeking summer jobs and articling positions. He also hopes to promote bilin gualism within his faculty. "I want to tackle the language issue within the faculty - to get people to voice their views on bil ingualism and try to promote it." Social Work Society
Undergraduate Society were ac claimed. New members include John Harvey President, James Staton and Sherri Rennie VP Externals, Jody Max VP Internal and Ann Jannelle Treasurer. Despite acclamations across the board, Harvey is optimistic about the new executive. "This is the first year we've had a real council at all. This past year's President built the foundations of the council singlehandedly," Har-
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Students to fight library centralization BY L IS A B E A U V O IS
Students will meet with the Senate Committee on Libraries this Friday to try to convince its members that the university's plan to centralize the library sys tem is harmful to students. A report compiled by the university'sBudgetPlanningGroup earlier this semester estimates McGill can save $251,000 by cen tralizing four faculty branch li braries. McGill's library budget is currently short about $447,000. The four libraries targeted for centralization are the Nursing and Social Work, Library Science, Religious Studies and Physical Education Libraries. Students from the faculties of Library and Information Stud ies, Nursing and Social Work are
outraged that they have not been consulted about the centralization plans. According to newly-elected Social Work President John Har vey, "not being consulted is an insult. It's student money that keeps this university goingand we should have some say." Harvey believes students may have been able to come up with alternate solutions to the financial crisis the library is facing. "We would have liked to talk to [D irector of L ibraries Eric] Ormsby," Harvey said. "He says the library system needs to save money - we would have liked to discuss how much money is needed and how much is going to be saved with the current proposal." "We would have liked to have looked at other alternatives like
getting more money from the fac ulties or from students or from alumni for example." Senateapprovedthedismantling of the Nursing and Social Work Library last year. Nursing library materials will be transfered to the Health Sciences Library in the MacIntyre Medical Building and social work materials to McLen nan Library by the end of July. Harvey is particularly concerned about the accessibility of McLen nan for disabled students. "There are many disabled stu dents in the nursing and social work programs,"Harveysaid. "Theservice supplied by our library isgreat. I've heard awful things about McLennan - it does not promote independence and autonomy for disabled students." Nursing students say the Health
Sciences Library is already over crowded and cannotaccomodate any more students or books. An additional problem of the separation of the Nursing and Social Work Library is that the two faculties share many books and periodicals. Students of the Graduate School of Library and Informa tion Studies (L1SL) also believe centralization will be more det rimental than beneficial to stu dents. Library and information studies materials will be trans fered to McLennan Library. In a document submitted to the Senate Com mi ttee Chairper son John Durnford, library and information studies students S E E L IB R A R Y . . . PAGE 7
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Judiciary biased ag ain st sexual assault v ic tim s BY S U E P O W E R
The current criminal justice sys tem is structured so that the victim of a sexual assault goes on trial rather than the accused, according to a sexual assault survivor. "Anyone who wants to file a complaint in the legal system should be prepared for a long and hellish battle," she said at a forum organized by McGill's Sexual As sault Centre. Law student Perry Narancic says this is a necessary result of a clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which maintains that the accused remains innocent until proven guilty. "The problem in crimes of sex ual assault is that you must bal ance the rights of the accused to an impartial hearing against the need to protect society from violent crime," Narancic said. Criminal Law Professor Ronald Sklar says the system is necessarily biased in favour of the accused. "The criminal justice system seeks to protect the rights of the accused, and in the process the
victims' rights may not be pro tected," Sklar said. Sklar added that judges base their decisions on the evidence presented in the trial rather than Y>n the _______ opinions of the gen eral public. "As far as the pub lic and some women were concerned, the evidence might have looked strong in the [Booth] case but it wasn't strongenough for a court of law," Sklar said. _______ Butguiltisparticularly difficult to prove in rape trials, according to Lori Weitzman, Crown Prosecutor for the victim in the recently publi cized trial of Patrick Booth.
nesses and it comes down to one person's word against another's. "The problem is you're not nec essarily dealing with people who
tion given us concerning the as sault, and we need as much detail as possible in order to prosecute," Gauthier said. W eitzm an also _______ emphasized the im portance of physical proof citing examples such as semen stains and ripped clothing. "The more physi cal evidence we have, the easier it is," Weitzman said. But sheadded, "withdate rape, it's not a ques_______ tion of whether the ac cused and the victim had intercourse, it's a question of identification and con sent." Weitzman also pointed out that rape cases cannot be appealed. Leave to appeal is granted by the courts only if there is a serious question of fact or there is some question of misinterpretation of the law. Weitzman believes the judicial
Consent is especially difficult to prove because there are no witnesses and it comes dow n to one person's word against another's.
Rape is a crime of general intent which means the Crown must prove that intercourse took place without consent. Weitzman says it is especially difficult to prove there was no consent because there are no wit
have criminal records," Weitzman said. "You have two students: one says black, one says white, and it's up to the judge to decide who's telling the truth." Sergeant Detective John Gauth ier of the Montreal UrbanCommunity Police Force says the quality of physical evidence is essential to the victim's defense. "The quality of our report de pends on the quality of informa
system is becoming more progres sive in dealing with sexual assault cases. She pointed to the change in the criminal code in 1983 to elimi nate the charge of rape. The new charge is sexual assault. "Rape" is defined as vaginal penetration without consent. A survivor of sexual assault does not have to prove that penetration occurred. Sklar also feels the legal system is becoming more sensitive, but says that aquitted rape suspects may be getting an unfair rap. "There is increased attention of the part of the police and prosecu tors to prosecute these cases vigor ously and to not treat the rape vic tim as if she's the accused," said Sklar. Sta tistics show 90% of rape cases go unreported. Those that are re ported often are settled out of court, as was the alleged Zeta Psi gang rape on cam pus tw o years ago. Q
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cited space, hours of access and de mand as the primary problems of centralization. The document also stated the move would jeopardize such serv ices as the open reserve system in the LISL which permits students to use books as long as they like for in-library study. Library and information studies students question whether centrali zation would save the university money. They cite construction and moving fees, shifting and re-cata loguing costs and additional staff required to accomodate the in creases as factors which would offset the financial savings of cen tralization. Dr. Orsmby was unavailable for comment. Students' Society is also backing the concerns of these faculties. Council voted unanimously in favour of mandating VP Univer sity Affairs Deborah Pentesco to meet with Ormsby to ensure stu dents' concerns are heard.
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"The fact it passed unanimously shows that social work students aren't theonly ones who are pissed off that an academic somewhere is making all the decisions," Harvey said. "It also shows students want a say in the decision-making proc ess." Harvey says that if he cannot convince the Senate committee to retract the centralization plans, he will try to block the plan in Senate. Q
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S en ate sup p o rts s tu d e n t o p p o s itio n to fe e h ike committee. Student representatives opposed Student Senators scored an im the $10 fee hike because they were not provided with adequate infor portant victory last week when Senate agreed to postpone the de mation as to how the money will actually be cision to in used. crease next They con year's student " W e c a n n o t in g o o d vinced the service fees. rest of Senate Acting c o n s c ie n c e a g r e e to a n not to a p Dean of Stu in c re a s e w ith o u t prove the hike d en ts Lynn f u l l k n o w l e d g e o f until the next Butler-Kisber Senate meet had recom w h e r e th e m o n e y w ill ing, at which mended that b e g o i n g . ” S t u d e n t s ' time detailed students pay inform ation an extra $10 S o c ie ty P r e s id e n t K a te should be next year to M o ris s e t provided as to wards services w here the such as athlet money will ics and health services. The Committee on the actually go. Students' Society President Kate Coordination of Student Services Morisset described student repre had advised her to raise the fees, sentatives as "having no basis to despite unanimous opposition form a decision on behalf of the from student members on the BY M IK E M E A G H E R
students." "We cannot in good conscience agree to an increase without full knowledge of where the money will be going." "Two weeks should be adequate time to get this [budget] together, as the Associate Dean of Students has been aware of our position since January," Morisset said. Butler-Kisber says students only made their concerns known at the
last committee meeting before last week's Senate meeting. "The details were never brought forth before, as they were never asked for," Butler-Kisber said. Among the information which has not yet been produced is a proposed budget for the Depart ment of Athletics, which would account for a total of 53% of the proposed Student Services budget. This information is normally not
U n iversity fails to p ro m o te in d e p e n d e n c e for disabled thought, and the elevator requires a key to which only a staff member has access." Access McGill is fighting an But bookstore general manager uphill battle with university ad Horst Bitchofsky insists the book ministration over promoting inde pendence for disabled students, ac store is accessible to all students w ith in the cording to Access b o u n d arie s of McGill Chairper ? v r V v y safety and cost. son Robert Fabes. , 4 "The reason why Fabes says the ■ • * ' * » - .« y the elevator is university seems keyed is not be satisfied with ramp * '* * cause we are construction as a 2 trying to limit in solution for im < proving cam pus < dependence, but at simply because, accessibility. o oua u n d e r re g u la "It is only mini 2 tions, we cannot mally acceptable to 6 have any custom have ram ps," H o ers riding the ele Fabes said. "The K Cl, vator alone," he university needs to said. implement a pro "And the ramp Thompson House: one o f many campus buildings gram to encourage was not an after not accessible by wheelchair independence and thought, b it one of the last addi individuals using McLennan Li to let these students live their own tions to the project". brary cannot enter or operate the lives." Coordinator of Disabled Student elevators without help. He believes disabled students' Services Meribah Aikens believes Despite ramps and elevators at needs are excluded from McGill's the administration is doing its best the bookstore, Fabes complains priorities. disabled students are not able to withits limited financial resources. "With the deficit crunch coming down here at McGill, the goals of browse without the intervention "I understand Robert [FabesJ's of a third party. prom oting independence and concerns, but students come and "They had all the opportunity to making the university a more ac go and they can't see what's being cessible place for students with dis build [thebookstore] in such a way as to make it accessible for dis done over the long term," she said. abilities is not a priority," he added "So much has been done already abled," Fabes said. "The ramp "It's time that the needs of the Q disabled become a part of any fu however was built as an after but these things take time." BY JA N ET LO G A N
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the Minister [of Educationl's of fice," Fabes said. "Students' Society will have to go to the government on its own next year." According to Fabes, two mem bers of the incoming executive have pledged themselves to hold ing still another referendum in the fall. But Students' Society may have
to wait longer than one year. The result of any student-initi ated referendum is entrenched in the Students' Society policy man ual and cannot be subject to review for two years. According to PGSS President Michael Temelini, Students' Soci ety will "have to be completely out of the [FEUQ] picture" for the next two years. McGill was a founding member of FEUQ. Without McGill, there
F E U Q are nine member universities. The orga ni za tion wa s worki ng to provideboth political representation and a variety of services to stu dents, includinganewsletterand student saver cards. Until Students' Society Coun cil elects his replacement at next week's meeting, Morisset will administer his portfolio. Q For more election coverage see page 6.
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entertainm ent A n h o u r w i t h W h i t S t illm a n : f i l m ’s n e w e s t p h e n o m e n o n BY JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Whit Stillman, the wri ter, producer and director of the film industry's new est sensation, Metropolitan, stands in the doorway of his Four Seasons hotel room and politely greets the members of the press as they arrive. Wearing blue slacks, a white dress shirt and ablue blazer, Stillman looks the part of the successful Ivy League graduate. However, as the interview wages on, and the blue blazer is removed in favor of rolled up sleeves, the Harvard alumnus attempts to dispell the very myth of the Ivy League upper class status, as does his movie. Stillman prefers to term this class as UHB's, or Urban Haute Bourgeoisie. According to the director, there was an alarming lack of "accurate portraits of the traditional upper class" in American cinema. Now, there is at least one. The 38 year old filmmaker's unpretensious manner was immedi ately striking, a character trait one does not normally associate with someone who has become one of the film world's hottest commodities. "It's not as if any one else wanted to direct my screen play," he responds, when asked why he directed his own script. Metropolitan opened in the Uni ted States this past sum mer to extraordinary critical acclaim. The film , a story of preppy angst set in Park Avenue apart ments and debutante balls, became the low-budget, wordof-mouth must-see in a summer line up replete with robots, guns and special effects. Stillman fetches an extra chair from another room for a latecomer and starts the interview. He is questioned about his sympathy for the fall of the UHB's. The movie presents the clan as inevitably headed for destruction. The film's advertisement reads: "Doomed. Bourgeois. In love." "Obviously, there is a lack of sympathy for that milieu... It seems to me that, at least, in my own expe rience and that of my friends, when we were seventeen, we were incredi
bly pessimistic about things. For us, everything was hopeless," he an swers. "The idea of imagining graduat ing from high school, going through more school and graduating again, getting jobs, getting married and having kids was very depressing." Stillman says. "In this particu lar group (in Met ropolitan) there is certainly a feeling of decline. When they are growing up, there is proba bly the sensation of the fam ily not being as well off as they used to be at some point. Land being sold off and maybe moving to a smaller apart ment are all realities." Stillman continues, "Then the cul mination of that is when (two of the characters) run into an older preppie at a bar who tries to set them straight by telling them, 'Well, we're not doomed to failure, we just all fail.' That scene really brings a lot of people in..." However, Stillman is careful to point out his indifference to how people react to the message in his film. "I like people really being open to reacting anyway they want to the characters. I like a film in which the audience is not overly manipulated in how to respond to the people on
The movie's total budget w as roughly equivalent to the cost of a one bedroom co-op in N ew York City.
the screen. "They can see Metropolitan as devastating satire, very critical or negative, or more sympathetic. I think it's good to have different angles in a film. I kind of resent a film in which they make you feel a certain way...," says Stillman. "I think it's a mistake to have sympathy or antipathy for milieus. Each milieu has its own heroes and villains, its interesting people and totally boring people... There are many greys and dis tinctions in this film but I think a lot of it depends on the atti tude the individual brings to the film." The film may be open to interpreta tion, but Stillman in sists that, "I don't think there are any cheap shots in the depiction of this mi lieu. I think if you pointed the camera at any of us, we could seem ridicu lous." One thing that particularly angers Stillman are the slogans being used for the film's impending video re lease. One tag-line reads, "...abouta group of rich kids." "Thisfilmisabout getting beyond stereotypes", the filmmaker claims. In fact, a sub-plot which wound up mostly on the cutting room floor shows that the leader of the preppy socialites, Nick Smith, and the out
sider of the group, Tom Townsend are more similar than they first appear. Stillman would have us believe the one crucial thing separating the two characters is that Nick has al ready purchased his second-hand tuxedo. Tom is still renting his. This is merely one example of the poetic beauty in Stillman's script. Metropolitan is powerful because of its razor sharp writing, not its su perb direction. Stillman admits to
only work he could find upon gradu ation was in magazine and book publishing. He became an acting editor at Doubleday and the execu tive editor of a daily world news summary. Simultaneously he wrote fiction and journalism for other publications,such as the Wall Street journal and the Village Voice. Apparently the "upper classes doomed to failure" soliloquy was written at a cheap restaurant during thel985 Cannes Film Festival, where Stillman was promoting independ ent Spanish films. At that time, he said, "I felt pretty marginal." Five years later, he became the talk of the town. At that point, Stillmanhad already begun work on his screenplay for Metropolitan, having started writing it in 1984. In creating the film, he knew that there was one given: an invariably delicate budget. As it happened, the total sum to make the movie was roughly equivalent to the cost of a one bedroom co-op in New York City. He declines to be specific, but allows that it was well below a million dollars. He says he wanted to challenge himself. "Rather than make the usual grainy film on some gritty subject, my idea was to photograph the most elegant Manhattan story possible. New York is at its most beautiful between Thankgiving and Christ mastime, and for next to no cost we had a set worth billions." "Another visual at traction was the image of an essentially black and white subject, the pale young people in evening clothes in inte rior settings of cream and gold, to be filmed in col our." The magni ficence a nd subtle charm of Metro politan lies in the poise and intelligence of its author. Its author stands, as the interview came to a close, to thank the mem bers of the press for having shown interest in his project. He again positions himself by the doorway to shake each person's hand as they exit. _] Metropolitan opens in Montréal on Friday, March 22nd. Three days later, Whit Stillman will find out whether he wins an Academy Awardfor Best Origi nal Screenplay.
"I don't think there are any cheap shots in the depiction of this milieu. I think if you pointed the camera at any of us, w e could seem ridiculous." -Whit Stillman reading 'How To Direct A Film' manuals while the film first started shooting in December of 1988. Writing was his first true love. "While 1was at Harvard in the early 1970's, I wanted to be a novelist. I soon discovered thatl wasn'tcutout for that sort of work. I got very de pressed at the idea of ha ving to write alone in my room for the rest of my life. And even to gSfthat far is some thing." Despite his disillusionment, the
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Ron Grodin (left) cowers in the clutches o f his oily nemesis, David Haydn -Jones.
R u m b le to w n : a fa n ta s tic a l, fu n BY STEVE KOKKER
Staging a small-scale musical can be a risky venture. Musicals, almost by definition, are meant to be bursts of fantasy where the goal of enter taining the audience supersedes all plot or thematic considerations. If they fail, they fall flat on their faces; if they succeed, they triumph. Jason and Chris Beck's Rumbletown falls somewhere in between, not reaching the jubilant atmosphere to which it aspires. It does provide one of the more pleasant diversions avail able on the Montréal stage. Unusual, jovial, and fresh by virtue of its oldfashionedness, Rumbletown is, for all its faults, a treat. Nineteen-year old McGill Music student Jason Beck and his brother Chris, who is now at Yale, were re sponsible for last year's successful The Nose of Polton Worth at Players' Theatre. That musical, based on a Nikolai Gogol short story about a civil servant's nose detaching itself from his face was one of the more popular McGill plays in recent years. Rumbletown was written by the broth :rs in a Toronto basement last sum mer and has been fine tuned by fax machine and over the phone ever since. At a lengthly two and a half hours, this ambitious project expertly
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follows the standard conventions of the musical, with all the usual, and delightful, trappings. A good musical should always be judged by the spirit it evokes. Rum bletown succeeds at stirring up a warm nostalgia for the spectacles of the thirties. Though it cannot quite duplicate the frivolous folly created by its predecessors, the play does at times bring that feeling back to life. Rumbletown tells the tale of a frus trated novelist, BenjaminGrady (Ron Grondin). Grady takes a job at a sleazy newspaper, working for an even sleazier editor (David HaydnJones, deliciously oily in the role). Our hero falls in love with a book store owner (Jessica Saada ) after being unable to write a slander piece on her store as ordered by his boss, prompted by the scheming of a blackclad dominatrix, campily played by Kim Temple. Soon, Grady retreats into the world of his fictional book, juggling around his shady, real-life acquaintances in his fantasy land. Physical awkwardness and voices which are neither strong nor distinct enough to dominate over the music do detract from performances which are generally above average. As our hero, Grondin is effectively freshfaced and winsome. He manages to convey both his character's meek,
golly-gee stance in everyday life and his alter-ego's more self-assured backbone, secr> through the fantasy portions of the play. Unfortunately, these two aspects do not come together in the play's anti-climactic end. Even though he has trouble reaching his high notes, Grondin is charismatic and earnest— just like the heroes, watered-down by modern standards, of the old musi cals. The score is most impressive when it blends in soft jazz, but most of the songs are not quite catchy. The lyri cal content is often clever but some times flat and over-concerned with rhyme schemes. One standout mu sical number is the dreamy "Once Upon a Time on a Dark and Stormy Night." The choreography is excellent and the high level of energy and motion more than holds the audience's at tention, particularly in the first act. The obviously talented brothers Beck, together with stage director Alison Aylward, have fashioned another fanciful flight which, though imperfect, is perfectly laudable and sincere. Q Rumbletown plays at Westmount High School, 4350 St Catherine St West, March 21-23,8pm. $6 for students and $10 for adults.
Hollywood has always been particularly sensitive to trends. The 1980's witnessed a fleeting period of popularity for, among others, the splatter film, the Viet nam catharsis film, and the mid80's yuppie angst I-had-it-all-butI-snorted-it-up-my-nosefilm. Now, if headlines and Hollywood observers are to be believed, the trend of the 90's is the "little" film. The enormous success of three movies, namely Ghost, Pretty Woman and Home Alone, have prompted many industry insiders to pronounce that the days of Hollywood mega-spend ing are over. Each of these films was made for less than $20 million. Together, they have grossed more than $700 million. In the age of the $75 million dol lar flop, this is news. Hollywood insiders are rejoicing. Demi Moore, Julia Roberts and Macaulay Culkin, three messiahs for the masses, have miraculously delivered pop filmmaking back into the hands of the people. That's all well and good, but let's return to planet Earth for a moment. Underneath the hype, there is nothing new about Holly wood's latest craze. The big studios still control the money. If you want your movie made, you do it their way or no way. Whether films cost $2 million, $20 million, or $200 million, it is im possible for young artists to create films without sacrificing their integrity to the whims of those with their vision trained solely on the bottom line. Unless, of course, they have the nerve to circumnavigate the entire Hollywood system. Several new artists have proved that the seemingly impossible task of getting a movie made without backing from a major studio is actually a plausible and even desirable alternative. The most refreshing trend in filmmaking has nothing to do with Ghost. It is the resurgence of the independ ent, and at its vanguard are such artists as Michael Moore, Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh and, more recently, Hal Harltey and Whit Stillman. Some of these names might ring a bell, and some may be un familiar. What all of these filmmakers have in common (and it is by no means à comprehen sive list), is not only talent, but an admirable, even reckless determi-
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nation to bring their unconven tional visions to the screen. All of these directors' films deal with decidedly unconven tional subject matter. Who could have imagined that a film maligning not only one of the biggest corporations in America, but the capitalistic system itself, could even be made, not to mention attain the level of distri bution and acclaim of Moore's Roger & Mel Or a film which revolves around a drifter who masturbates to videotapes, as does Soderbergh's Sex, Lies & Videotape? Or a film, such as Stillman's Metropolitan, which chronicles the lives of New York debutantes, perhaps the most unsympathetic group of protaganists imaginable. The stories behind the initial financing of these films are both unbelievable and inspiring. Most were made for much less than a million dollars, or roughly the equivalent cost of ten minutes with Tom Cruise. Ironically, both Moore and Stillman raised much of their film's budgets by selling all of their worldly possessions, including their houses. Hartley secured the money for his independent hit, The Unbelievable Truth, through bank loans which he and his friends claimed were for per sonal computers.
Not content to spend years shopping their ideas around L.A., only to inevitably have to alter their endings or write in a part for Steven Seagal, these artists did it all without the helping hand of Hollywood to guide them. It will be interesting to watch how the careers of this first wave of independent filmmakers develop. But regardless of their futures, these directors have already set an important precedent. It is still possible to make a major film, and come out of it with your integrity intact. And you don't have to be Julia Roberts or Macauley Culkin to do it.
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Robert DeNiro (left) and Martin Scorsese wonder whether letting their pal Irwin Winkler play with the camera was such a good idea.
inconsistent and plodding film which never really addresses the real issues at hand. DeNiro stars as David Merrill, a hot Hollywood director whose involvement in the radical fringes of society in the Forties lead to suspicions about his patriotism when the Cold War started to cast its chill. His refusal to "name names" when approached by the FBI raises the ire of the now-infa mous House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HUAC). Soon, Merrick finds that no one will work with a suspected Com mie, and he must decide whether to sacrifice his integrity or his career. DeNiro has spoiled moviegoers this year with two high-calibre SEE G U IL T Y . , . P A G E 13
M ordecai Richler speaks on th e life o f the literary "It's not often that I come out of my cave." Somewhat guilty of some indefi nite crime—that of being a writer— Mordecai Richler em erged from his cave long enough to address a full Fieldhouse Auditorium on "The Literary Life", and then retreated as quickly as he had arrived. Al though he sampled various anec dotes from his career, he rarely
diverted from general topics, leav ing particulars to the imagination of the audience. Reading from a prepared script, Richler maintained a conscious distance from the audience, pre senting a public persona offering select details more allegorical than private in nature. The most enchanting moment of the evening came when he de scribed how at thirteen he read All Quiet on the Western Front, and
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tion, his true ambition remains "to learned that "novels can be danger pated horse held up the shooting write one memorable novel" that ous" in their ability to shatter illu of Duddy Kravitz, anyone could consider the transformation of a survives him. sions. Nothing prepared him for simple passageof writing onto film the shock and disma y of the novel's Certainly, givenhis appreciation "bringing the novel to life." conclusion, because "moviesnever for the vitality that ensues from the let you down like that." From that imagination, his work has the po Beyond remarking that as a point on, literature consumed him: tential for endurance. Just as he wri ter he attem p ts to be an "honest though his body might have been turned to literature out of "bore at the kitchen table, his mind pur witness to time and place", Richler dom" (that is, in the absence of offered no explicit definition of a sued Tolstoy. more stimulating entertainment), writer nor of the lifestyle. On the By relying upon the relative ob scurity of writers for a source of contrary, he made every attempt to similarly he left the audience in trigued, wanting to know more avoid categorization. And while self-effacing humour, such a s being □ mistaken for Farley Mowat, Rich fame offers immediate gratifica than what was offered. ler made an implicit critique of Holly wood in praising the faceless quality of literature. While he listed fame as an early ambition and sub sequently, a reward for his work, Rich ler seem ed to see be yond its superficial benefits. Indeed, in relating the trauma of witnessing the withering of the "in destructible" film stars of his youth, Richler makes a subtle case for the anonymity of the writer, or at least of the endurance of the word over the im age. To illustrate his point, Richler told of One o f Canada's literary legends, Mordecai Richler, paid a visit last Thursday. his astonishment at how, when a consti
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p ro ves a p lo d d in g é x p o s e culprits. In a minor role as a blacklisted director, Martin Scorsese nearly steals the show from his more
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Many, if not most, women feel that they do not fit into the beauty ideal that permeates the media and popular culture. They are con vinced that slim hips, thick lips, firm fannies and even sensual ear lobes are all requisites of an "at tractive" female. As oppressive as this imperative body image may be for all women, the feeling can run even deeper for non-white women and women of different ethnic origins. Fabienne Pierre-Jacques, a member of the Montréal Black Women's Collective, and a speaker at last week's panel on body image said, "To call this beauty ideal rac ist is too simplistic. It is oppressive to different women in different ways." "For young black people, grow ing up inundated with white stan dards of beauty does something negative to their self image," she maintained. She believed it essential to offer all women alternative images to what is currently considered at tractive. Pierre-Jacques affirmed that her own Afro-centric culture,
even in Montréal, does indeed present different ideals of beauty. "Furthermore," she added, "we need to elaborate our notions of beauty and move past physical features to the multi-faceted as pects of the individual." The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women recently sponsored a production called "What I See is Different" which focused on the notion of appreciat ing the diverse characteristics of the individual. Coordinator of the event Sandy Fernandez, is an Hispanic woman and a McGill student. / "Growing up in Central Amer ica, you get the idea, even from people in your own culture, that you will never fit the ideal," she asserted. "I t is especially harm ful because the way you feel about yourself is tied into cultural pride. If you feel ugly, it is difficult to feel strongly about your culture and heritage." While in recent years, fashion magazines have been featuring models with a variety of different ethnic backgrounds, many feel that this change has not broadened notions of "attractiveness" to non
western cultures. Pierre-Jacques elaborated. "This is purely manipulation on the part of the multi-million dollar beauty industry. It is a play on the exotic, on ethnicity. It is certainly not about accepting black beauty." "Thick lips are 'in', in a Euro-
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On any weekday, the weight room at the Currie Gymnasium is packed with sweaty McGill stu dents exerting themselves with assorted iron implements. What's with the craze for muscle? Wendy Mancini, a weight train ing instructor with McGill Cam pus Recreation explained that people's goals vary when they consider starting a weight training program. "They want to tone themselves, strengthen, and increase [muscle] size," she said. Vince Tam, a McGill physiology student who has been weight lift ing for 3 years said he does it be-
pean woman, but not my thick lips," she added. Fernandez concurred. "I'm not sure I want to be attractive merely because I am exotic," she said. Pierre-Jacques outlined the first step in breaking down the stultify ing nature of the imperative body
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cause of its exercise value. "It helps me to achieve better strength which helps me in other sports." When an individual trains more than 4 times a week, and does more than eight repetitions in a set, that person steps into the realm ofbody building. Body building is exercise with the goal of achieving the greatest possible amount of muscle mass and muscle definition. The reasons behind it are purely cosmetic, rather than health or fitness reasons. Lynn Bookalam, Head Athletic Therapist for the McGill Athletic Department noted that "body builders ingeneral are underquali fied or have no formal training."
image. She suggested, "beginning by acknowledging that the features wehave inherited with our culture are not flaws. In my community, we promoteand embrace our Afro centric features with our children and within the community." Q
fitn e s s Body-builders, she added, often don't know what they're doing to their bodies and risk injury in or der to gain muscular bulk. As well, body-builders are not necessarily stronger than those athletes who train for strength. After a point, muscle bulk does not appreciably increase strength, and body-builders often lack the kind of cardiovascular fitness that many athletes have. Joe Marshalton, Assistant Head Coach for the McGill football team says that strength training is im portant for football. "[Strength training] makes the SEE F IT N E S S P A G E 15
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Bookalam also expressed con cern that most people who lift weights are not aware of proper techniques. "If 1 was to go into the weight room right now and look at people on 10 of the machines, 9 of those people would be doing the exer cise the wrong way," she said. Wendy Mancini tries to teach proper methods in her classes, emphasizingproper stance, breath ing techniques, and programs which are tailored to individual needs and abilities. Bookalam suggested that people interested in weight training should seek inpu t on their exercise routine from an athletic therapist, in order to avoid injuries before they happen. Vince Tam made clear that awareness of the risks of body building, and the use of good tech nique were vital. "When people push themseves too far," he said, "it's often because they thinkitwill help them improve faster."
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players bigger, faster, stronger, gives them more endurance, flexi bility, and increases overall ath letic ability." "A lot of body-builders have less strength than a lot of football play ers," he added. Although weight liftingcan help with overall toning, it should not be the only part of a well-rounded fitness program. An effective exer cise program should combine ton ing with the use of weights and aerobic activity, which burns fat. Lynn Bookalam does not recom mend exclusive weight training, especially strength training for people who want to lose weight. Strength training will often add to body weight and does not add to overall fitness. The people who are interested in serious weight train ing, according to Bookalam, should already be fit before they begin a program.
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W o m en and plants FEMINISM FROM PAGE 15 historically, if a man was feeling especially amorous, he would in dulge in a beefy meal to catalyze his sexual appetite. The reverse was also true; Catholic boys in the 1800's were forbidden to partake of meat in an attempt to curb their sexual desire. With the development of mod ern medicine and biochemistry in the twentieth century, people have become more aware of the nutri tional content of meat, as well as its potential to deposit fat,cholesterol and toxins in the human body. Furthermore, because of the sym bolic content of the food we eat, many people, women in particu lar, are making a statement by choosing not to eat meat. Bruce Thomson, a vegetarian, explained that "meat is associated with prowess in hunting and kill ing. This reinforces physical su premacy over animals, but also over women.Today, we don't need this 'brawn' to capture our food, we
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need 'brain' • " "It's obvious that women have the same intellegence as men, and they are using their intellegence to choose a healthier diet." Symbolically, women have been defined as the mothers of the earth and therefore have a vested inter est in saving it. "Womenhave traditionally paid more attention to food," Thomson added. "Their role has been to nurture and provide." Current statistics show that 85 % of today's vegetarians are women. Michelle LaRoque, manager of Fleur Sauvage health food store, explained that "feminism has a lot to do with [vegetarianism]." "Some radicals, however, have such strong feminist beliefs that they adhere to an impossibly strict diet, losing all sight of nutrition. They look anemic," she added. "I don't agree with the needless killing of animals, but I'm not going around saying eating meat is bad. What are people in Alaska sup posed to do?" Q
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Using the recent Gulf War as a springboard for his arguments, Polanyi explained how the tech nology of conventional warfare can cause environmental and social disasters, as well as being a drain on scarce resources. "Scientists have played an in sufficient part in educating the public (about this problem)," he said. At the same time, he ex pressed hope for the future, cit ing the global response to the in vasion of Kuwait and the en couraging signs of restraint that were shown. Polanyi viewed
Comer George Bush's focus upon the war as a matter of principle rather than as an individual incident as prom ising. He claimed the international response set a precedent which will cry out for the same rule for all. "We can not legislate for a per petually ruling class," he warned. Furthermore, it was Polanyi's opinion that the worldwide reac tion to the invasion of Kuwait was encouraging because it demon strated that local actions have global consequences. He hoped that this would enocurage coun tries to act with restraint in the future. Polanyi expressed some disap pointment with the crumbling of self-control as the crisis grew. He would have preferred the maintenance of sanctions to the escalation which took place, call ing the more passive path of action "less cruel." Now, he said, "We are looking for actions outside the previous framework of history." Polanyi also took exception to the hysteria which surrounded the possibility of Iraq developing of fensive nuclear capabilities. He
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It is the responsibility of sci entists to teach the public and make them aware of the new global age in which we live, according to Dr. John Polanyi. "In a way," he said, "scien tists are the clergy of the twenti eth century." The noted Canadian chemist and co-winner of the 1986 No bel Prize for Chemistry dis cussed the importance of learn ing to practise restraint in an age w here local actions have worldwide effects. Polanyi's lecture on "Science, Technology and Society" em phasized the role of science and scientists as intermediaries be tween a developing global soci ety and the effects of technol
wished that the technical com munity had been allowed to debate the issue. Analysis would have shown that Iraq was far from acquiring such an abil ity, thus slowing the rush to an allied military response. Demonstrating that the inter play between science, society and technology created these crises, Polanyi stated that we have an obligation to act in a civilized fashion, simply to ensure our own security. "Scienceis a civilized and civilizing undertaking," heclaimed, emphasizing the role of science in accepting this challenge. But Polanyi appeared to have chosen too broad a topic for his talk. Once he moved away from theconcreteexamples provided by events in the Gulf, Polanyi seemed unsure just which sub jects to approach in order to span his rather unwieldly topic. Swinging between discus sions of his own work and the importance of Universities as havens for truth, Polanyi at tempted to support sweeping statements, such as "Science is the central cultural activity in the late twentieth century."
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This pas t weekend, North Amer ica's oldest registered ski team captured the Quebec Overall com bined title, edging the competition by no less than a 3,000 point spread. McGill's men and women tallied 7,076 points on the season while second place Université de Mon treal collected 10, 479. Concordia wound up in third shouldering a 10,567 point load. In skiing the team with the least points wins. The women's season was but tressed by the consistent efforts of standoutsjulia Hogan, Marci Crossan and M artha McDougall. Hogan, a second-year engineer from Ottawa, seized an admirable fourth place finish on the circuit. Right behind Hogan was Marci Crossan, sister of Rob Crossan of Canada's national team. McDou gall, a freshman, secured a seventh place finish. The third race of the season took with it the services of one of McGill's most outstanding women skiers - Mary Pochobradski. Also
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In a bid to renew its "commit ment to excellence", McGill's ath letic program is being reviewed under a new classification system which will inevitably see a reduc tion in the total number of varsity and club teams. "The number of teams at McGill with respect to financing, is much too large," said Director of Athlet ics Bob Dubeau. "The overall idea here is to get ourbetterteams tobebetterand, to a certain extent, to cut down the number of teams that we have. We still want a broad base program," continued Dubeau. "But we figure we may have a few too many for us to handle right now; and some of the teams may justbefloatingaround—there's not a lot coming out of it for the dollars we spend." The new system, approved in principle by McGill's Athletic Board in January of this year, will employ seven criteria to select the teams that will be allowed to carry on next year, and what fraction of the athletics budget will be allo cated to them. These criteria are, in no particu lar order: performance record over the past two years, supply of qual-
dearly missed this weekend was the back of the pack earlier in the famed Sandra "Coco" Cole, who season he asserted himself with a n missed the trip due to illness. Still, eighth place finish overall. she retained a ninth place finish. Gairns, who is studying towrds M en's action saw Pavel a Masters degree in Chemical En giate skiing dictates that a team Pochobradski scoop up anextraorgineering, spent two seasons coach counts the top six menentered and dinary second place overall behind ing at UBC and is a former member the top four women. Université de Montreal's Frederic of the B.C. provincial squad. "There is a little incentive to send Thibeault. more guys - but T h ib e a u lt, we didn't really who captured like that", offer" A t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f the prestigious red rookie Head Sealtest Cup CoachJohnEvely. t h e y e a r o u r o b j e c t i v e w a s earlier this year Second place - is widely re U niversité de t o e n t e r a garded as Que Montreal entered bec's finest. eighteen men out b a l a n c e d t e a m . Third place a team of twenty went to Univer two. I t h i n k w e a c h i e v e d t h a t . " sité du Quebec "Université de at Rimouski's M ontreal were Stéphane not very rounded Richard. Enjoy compared to our - J o h n E v e l y , s k i c o a c h ing the home team", offerred slopes, Richard Moyse. "I think dominated all five giant slolam Up and coming Patrice Lizotte that was very well displayed this events, only to struggle in the late crossed the finish line in 12th spot, weekend and throughout the en going. tire season." while Graham Moyse came home McGill's Stuart Gairns was a "Under Evely it was great - he as the 16th place finisher. story in his own right. Coming from The policy governing intercolle- was really big on getting participa-
ity athletes, availability of quality coaching, quality and quantity of competition, necessary commit ment from athletes, revenue pro duction, and a 'bonus' criterion for a team's special performance or achievements. The Athletics Board will also take into account the availability of suitable facilities, the support of provincial and national sport gov erning bodies, and support for the teams within the McGill commu nity. Among student-athletes, this is a highly sensitive issue. Members of theintercollegiateand club teams refused to comment on what the classification might mean to their teams, even under the guarantee of anonymity. In some cases they were following coaches' advice, who feared any outcry may jeop ardize their teams' chances to sur vive until next year. The report was to be tabled by Friday of last week, but was post poned to 'sometime before the beginning of the exam period'. Until then, McGill's student ath letes will have to keep their fingers crossed and hope that their team will not be among the sacrificial offerings at the budgetary altar. Q
tion going and maintaining a level of training right through to the end of the season. We haven't had that in years earlier," concluded Toronto-born, Moyse. This year's banner season began with a spirited recruiting campaign launched amid the enthusiasm of Open Air Pub. The resulting ski club numbering 120 members has realized a steady level of commit ment and training on the wings of that same uninterrupted enthusi asm. "At the beginning of the year our objective was to enter a bal anced team," recalled Evely be tween slurps of iced coffee. "I think we achieved that." The 1990-91 McGill ski season will carry on a tradition of skiing supremacy at McGill. While good times like these prevail, prospects for the future look good. Q
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The McGill track team came up with a disappointing showing at the CIAU indoor track champion ships held in Windsor just over a week ago. The women's team, after win ning the Quebec championship a week earlier fell on hard times coming in at 18th spot at the na tional championships. The men's team tied for last place. "On paper, at the start, we had a very good team," said track coach Dennis Barrett of the women's team "We had Leslie Estwick, Kristen Fry, Trina Penny, Roshni Dasgupta, lyesogie Omoruyi and Catherine Rendall-Green." AttheC.I.'showever, something on that paper went wrong. "Leslie Estwick, our top athlete,
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did not compete [at the nationals]. Barring a major catastrophe, she would have won the 60m hurdles and placed in the top two in high jump," said Barrett." Estwick, a Masters student at McGill did not participate because she was injured although she did race at the provincials a week ear lier. Notable performances for the women's team came from Kristen Fry, who placed 6th in long jump and 8th in shot put. Fry had orthoscopic surgery earlier this season. Catherine Rendall-Green placed 11th in the 1000m and 8th in the 1500m. The men's team failed to register a single point at the nationals. The 4x400 relay team of Charles Tho mas, Danny Painter, Dereck Co vington and Phillipe Giguere did
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U.S. General Schwarzkopf, Commander-in Chief of the Ameri can forces during the Gulf war, was noted for his football analo gies when during press briefings. The recent conflict served as a reminder in many ways of the long
history of links between sport and war. McGill has been involved in the relationship between the two. At university, and elsewhere, athlet ics have appeared as a peaceful microcosm of war. War terminol ogy found itself in the vernacular of football quite easily. Coaches and players often speak of the 'bomb', the 'battle lines being drawn' or refer to the quarterback as the 'field general.' The rela tion to war however, was
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place 7th. Covington, however, who won gold last year in the 60m hurdles didn't even make it to the final heat this year. It was a result Coach Barrett anticipated "I knew he'd have a hard time making it to the finals," admitted Barrett, citing a coaching change Covington's performance. "I had been hoping he would pull a rabbit out of a hat." Inspite of the poor showing, Barrett felt the team met its expec tations considering that "we limped into Windsor." But next season he expects a strong team
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not reserved only for vocabulary. The election of Robert Borden as the conservative Prime Minister of Canada in 1911 solidified the rela tionship between athletics and the soldier. PrimeMinister Borden asked the McGill Graduates Society to con sider forming an officer training program me. In 1912, McGill agreed. Principal William Peterson was a strong advocate of prepar ing Canadian soldiers at univer sity. Queen's University also agreed. During the First World War not just the government had the responsibility of defending the nation. Because the athletes' training made them more likely to be good soldiers, many schools lost students to the two World Wars. McGill lost nine players from the 1938 hockey team alone. The loss of Percival Molson in 1917 was memorialized by the all-round athlete's bequest of.$75,000 to McGill for the erec tion of a stadium that now bears his name. At Queen's, similar circum stances facilitated the building of
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L o g o lo g y A while back you may re member a column about teams' nicknames. Many of the names had stories behind them and other pieces of trivia. The same can be said about logos. For a youngster, logos can be an endless source of frustration in trying to figure out exactly what your favour ite team's logo is. When, long ago, 1 was awarded extended bedtime hours to watch Hockey Night In Canada, I thought the Montreal Canadi ens' crest was a horseshoe magnet. I mean take a look at it. And what the 'H' repre sents has been a source of great consternation even for some adults. Some team crests are so in geniously crafted you almost need a PhD in logology to de cipher their meanings. For ex ample, at first glance the Expos' crest appears to be nothing more than a scoop of multi-flavoured ice cream. But in reality, there are several things happening at once in this logo masterpiece. The red in the crest forms an 'e' for 'expos, the blue forms a V for baseball, and the red, white and blue taken all together form a n 'm ' for Montreal. Montreal expos baseball. How about that! The logo of the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League works along the same principle. At first, the crest looks like a baseball glove but it is really a n 'm ' placed on top of a V for Milwaukee Brew ers. The whale tail in the Hart ford Whalers' crest works con veniently with the 'W' to create an 'H'. Those are some of the more creative logos. Others tell a little bit about the city from where the team comes. The golden triangle behind Pittsgurgh's Penguin is not . there for nothing. In Pitts burgh their downtown district is known as the golden triangle. There are almost as many bad logos as good ones. A lot of the more unimaginative efforts come from football. How about that Winnipeg
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Blue Bomber crest- a 'W'. The Queen's Golden Gaels' logo features a 'O' that has Queen's Golden Gaels written over it. And the creators of the logo for the Montreal Machine must have spent a great deal of time and energy to create their masterpeice- an 'M' with what ap pears to be teeth marks in it. Definitely not the kind of stuff worthy of induction into the Logo Hall of Fame. Other logos are just plain stupid. Remember the old Cleveland Indians' crest? It featured a goofy looking Indian with a ridiculous smile. Since maturity has prevailed, they now feature a boring 'C'. McGill itself has had a few different logos over the years. A long time ago they featured the school's own crest. Before the current stylized Indian Chief head was developed in the late '70's, the football team at least, sported an 'M' that was in the shape of two mountains, a prominent feature of Montreal. Team logos are extremely important. With an attractive logo a team can fill its pockets with money from the sales of licensed merchandise. And a lot of people pick their favour ite teams because of the for logo. With potential fan support and the financial consequences of that support in mind, many teams have changed their crests. They may want to put forward a new image or to capitalize on sou venir sales. The L.A. Kings, Toronto Argos, Vancouver Canucks and Saskatchewan Roughriders are all examples of this phenomenon. Then there's the unpredict able Chicago White Sox who change their uniforms every year. What ever the case, logos play an integral role in team identity. Have you ever heard of anyone who likes the Cleveland Browns?
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W estern takes m en ’s hoop title The Western Mustangs won their first ever Canadian basketball championship with a 78-69 victory over their Ontario rival, the Guelph Gryphons. Four-time all-Cana dian John Stiefelmeyer scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds for the Mustangs and was named the tournament's MVP. Defending champs, the Concordia Stingers, lost in their first game to Victoria in overtime and subsequently fell to Laurentian. Lauren tian's women's team won the Canadian championship two Sundays ago with a 79-72 overtime victory over Regina.
McGill im proves at Challenge Two McGill broomball teams managed a tie against two of Concordia's best teams in the the 2nd Annual Broomball Challenge held last Friday at the Loyola Ice Palace. In the first game, a McGill team composed of Public Enemy, Ice Creamers and Hilda's Heroes lost 5-2.
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In the second game, a team of McGill all-stars came back from a 4-2 deficit to tie at 4. McGill goals were scored by Katherine Dagenais, Pete Hill, Thor Wishart and James Stewart. The Concordia team was led by Chris Souch who counted two goals and two assists. Mike Rinaldi of Concor dia was instrumental in the organization of the challenge. "It was well-run from the Concordian side," praised Joydeep Som, McGill's broomball Co-ordinaor.
McGill Martlets basketball star Tina Fasone has been named a 2nd-team all-Canadian. Fasone, who has been named to an all-Canadian team in two of the last three seasons, led the Martlets with a 16.1 points-per-game av erage and 6.6 rebounds per game. She also became McGill's all-time leading scorer, finishing her career with 2120 points.
UQJR wins Ontario hockey title The UQTR Patriotes won the Queen's Cup, emblematic of Ontario men's hockey supremacy, when the team swept the Waterloo Warriors in two straight games. Les Patriotes won the first game in Trois Riviers by a 5-2 count and took game two 5-3 in a comeback effort. Both Waterloo and UQTR advance to the Nationals to be held in Toronto this weekend. The other participating teams are Alberta and Prince Ed ward Island.
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intensified construction of the Currie Gym which was to serve as their stadium. James Richardson a training facility. left $100,000 for the building in The gym was designed to allow memory of his war dead brother a tank to drive in through the back George, who was also a great ath doorsand into the facility for train lete. ing purposes. The opening cere Thelossofathmonies for the letes to the war gym included a was significant. review of train P rim e M in is te r In their honour, ing officers. By B o rd e n a s k e d th e at the Sir Arthur 1940, approxi Currie Memorial m ately 800 M c G ill G r a d u a te s Gymnasium at m em bers of McGill, there is a COTC w ere S o c ie ty to memorial wallas training three c o n s id e r fo rm in g well as a memo times a week in rial flag staff to a n o f f i c e r t r a i n i n g the gym. co m m em o rate The COTC p ro g ra m m e . those who lost lounge on the their lives in the second floor of In 1 9 1 2 , M c G ill two wars. the gym serves The Second a g re e d . as a reminder of World War had the other role P rin c ip a l other tangible ef the facility fects on McGill. played. W illia m P e te r s o n The university The link be w a s a s tro n g gymnasium was tween athlete com pleted in and war was a d v o c a te o f 1939 and named obvious. The p re p a rin g for Sir Arthur McGill Senate Currie. Currie passed a mo C a n a d ia n s o ld ie rs was not only for tion calling for mer McGill Prin all male stu a t u n iv e rs ity . cipal but a World dents who were War One Gen of British origin eral. (a term which included Canadi During the First World War, the ans) and in good physical condi federal government promised to tion to take military training three contribute$100,000 totheconstructimes per week. >' tion of a gym if it also served as an armoury for the Canadian Officer And because so many athletes TrainingCorps. While the govern were soldiersvirtually all intercol ment never delivered on their legiate competition Q promise, the Second World War ground to a halt. S P O R T S F R O M P A G E 18
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B i s o n 's c h a r g e t o d o u b l e v i c t o r y Two Sundays ago the Manitoba Bisons spiked their way to the Canadian university women's volleyball cham pionship in Calgary. Manitoba won the title for the sec ond straight year, defeating Saskatchewan 3-1. York University took the bronze medal by beating Winnipeg 32. In men's action Manitoba also copped the national title, defeating Toronto 3-0. McMaster defeated Calgary 3-1 in the consolation final.
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Notice of Meeting CLUB PRESIDENTS OR ALTERNATIVES to e l e c t t h r e e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o S t u d e n t s ' C o u n c i l
Thursday, March 21,1991 - 5:15 p.m. University Centre, B09/10 The organizations listed below must register the name, address and phone number of their delegate to this election meeting by completing the official delegate registration form at the Students’ Society General Office, 3480 McTavish Street, Room 105, NO LA T E R THAN 4:00 P.M., T U ESD A Y, MARCH 19,1991. Completed forms must be signed by the president or chief officer of each respective organization and should be handed in to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary at the Students’ Society General Office by the deadline noted above.
O R G A N IZ A T IO N S E L IG IB L E T O S E N D D E L E G A T E S 1. AIESEC McGill 2. Amnesty International 3. Arab Students' Society 4. Armenian Students' Assn 5. Assn, for Baha'i Studies 6. Black Students' Network 7. Blood Drive 8. Caribbean Students' Society 9. Chess Association 10. Chinese Christian Fellowship 11. Chinese Students’ Society 12. Choral Society 13. Christian Fellowship 14. Croquet &Cribbage Club 15. Debating Union 16. Development &Peace McGill 17. Entrepreneur's Club 18. Exquisite European Company 19. Film Society 20. Folk Music Society 21. Foster Parents Association 22. Friends of First Nations 23. Gamers Guild 24. Gays &Lesbians of McGill 25. Hellenic Association 26. Hillel Students' Society
27. India Canada Students' Assn. 28. International Relations Society 29. International Socialists 30. Iranian Students' Association 31. Irish Society 32. Islamic Culture Network 33. Islamic Society 34. Ismailia Students' Association 35. Kenya Students' Association 36. Korean Students' Association 37. Latin American Awareness Group 38. Lebanese Students' Society 39. Liberal McGill 40. Literacy Council 41. Mature Students' Association 42. McGill for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 43. McGill Quebec 44. McGill Student Pugwash 45. McGill Tribune 46. Multicultural Society 47. NDP McGill 48. Newman Students' Society 49. Old McGill 50. Pakistan Students' Association 51. PC McGill
52. Personal Finance Club 53. Photographic Society 54. Players' Theatre 55. Programming Network 56. Progressive Zionist Caucus 57. Red Herring 58. Save the Children 59. Savoy Society 60. Scandinavian Club 61. Second Hand Textbook Sale 62. Sexual Assault Centre 63. South-East Asian Students' Assn. 64. Spanish &Latin American Students' Assn. 65. Student Handbook 66. Students for Global Responsibility 67. Uhuru Na Ufahamu 68. Ukrainian Students' Association 69. United World Colleges Society 70. Vietnamese Students' Assn. 71. Volunteer Bureau 72. Walksafe Network 73. Women's Union 74. WUSC McGill 75. Youth Parliament
NOTES: 1. Quorum for this meeting is fifty percent (50%) of the total number of organizations registered by 4:00 p.m, Tuesday, March 19th, 1991. 2. Organizations eligible are only those which are DIRECTLY recognized by the McGill Students’ Council and fall under the headings of Functional Groups, Activities and Interest Groups. 3. Organizations which are recognized by one of the fourteen (14) faculty and school societies or through the Students' Athletics Council are NOT eligible to be represented. 4. The Inter-Residence Council has its own representative to Students' Council and is, therefore, NOT eligible to send a delegate to this meeting. 5. All delegates must have been active members of their respective clubs for at least two months prior to the meeting. 6. All delegates must be members of the McGill Students' Society (i.e, any McGill student except those registered in Continuing Education). 7. A delegate who is not the president or chief officer of a particular group must be approved as the official delegate by the organization he or she is representing. 8. Only registered delegates may be nominated as club representatives. 9. Only registered delegates may vote for club representatives. 10. Organizations NOT listed above which ARE eligible to send a delegate should contact the Program Co-Ordinator in the Students’ Society General Office as soon as possible. 11. Organizations not registered by the deadline will NOT be permitted to take part in the meeting.
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