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w hat ’s on NOTICES Never Judge a Show by its Overture - a musical comedy about images and relationships. Written by N ick Carpen ter, directed by Daniel Taylor. Runs April 2 -13 at 8 pm. Player's Theatre, Union Bldg. Call 398-6513 for info & reservations. Pray for Peace, a 15 minute prayer vigil takes placeevery noonhour in the University Chapel. Volunteers are needed for cycling events June 7th, 8th and 9th organized by Le Tour de l'lle de Montréal. To register call 847-8687. For info, about the James Bay Coali tion call 286-0743. Get involved in the upcoming events that we are planning.

McGill Newman Center (3484 Peel Street) presents Holy Week Services. Holy Thursday (March 28 at 8pm); Good Friday (March 29 at3pm), Easter Vigil (March 30 at 10am and réveil lons); Easter Sunday (March 31 at 11 am) The Faculty of Music presents Opéra McGill performing Kurt Weill's Street Scenes. Tickets$l 5 /$ l 0. Continues until March 23rd. The Department of Religion and Philosophy in Education presents a continuing series of video tape presen tation on "The Nature of the Mind" w ithj. Krishnamurti - every Wednes day until A pril3at8 pm in the confer ence room of the Faculty of Education. Call Mary, 937-8869 for info.

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Donations to Dans La Rue, for whom the McGill Volunter Bureau is fundraising during Homeless Aware ness Week at the Volunteer Bureau or to Dans La Rue at 5700 Côte des Neiges. TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Panel discussion on the Controversy over Midwives in Québec in the Moot Court of Chancellor Day Hall at 7pm. Refreshments to follow, Discussion and Movie about the Narmada Day Complex in INdia. Sponsored by the South Asian Aware ness Group, Indian Progressive Study Groups, India-Canada Students Asso ciation. Union B-09 at 5PM. Homeless Awareness Week is March 25 - 28. Info booth in the Union lobby all week. Call McGill Volunteer Bureau at 398-6819 for info. Special buffet lunch in the caf - Scott's will donate $1. from every meal to Dans La Rue. Father Emmett Johns, Director of Dans la Rue will show a film about streetkidsandhisshelter, withdiscussion to follow. Starts 5PM admission by donation. The New World Order McGill Troops Out in collaboration with Latin American Awareness Group, SAC, BSN, PSC, Women's Union, Friends of FirstNations presents critical perspec tives and analysis from a selection of activists. Open hearing on Daily rent issue. The Judicial Board will hear any argu ments in room 202 of Chancellor Day Hall a t3644 Peel Street. ASk for Details at the SSMU desk in the Union Build ing. James Atlas speaks on Saul Bellow and the New York Intellectuals at4pm in Arts W215. James Bay Coalition is meeting to plan an April 7dem onstrationatl6nin Union 425-426. Call 286-0743 for more info.

Cappella Nuova, Franz Stolzfus, director, in Pollack Hall presented by the McGill Faculty of Music at 12:30 Also, the Contemporary Music Êm. nsemble , Bruce Mather Director at 20h in Pollack Hall. McGill Center for Continuing Education is holding an information session from 5:30 to 7:00 in Redpath Hall, meet with academic advisers and eat refreshements. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Albertan Humanists League, Gen eral Meeting Union 406 1PM For a free rip-roaring, hilarious kneeslappin' good timeshowup at the Alley at 10 pm for McGill Thcatrcsports. Vigil for those who have died in the Gulf War, every Wednesday, 5 pm at the Roddick Gates. Organized by Troops Out. Free movies in Leacock 132 at 7:30 pm.. The Film Society presents Hugh MacLcnnan: Portrait of a Writer. Liberal McGill's Annual General Meeting at3:30pminUnion425.P.S.JB will be strung up after and shot for dereliction of duties. Public Meeting of International So cialists, "Bush's imperialistNew World Order and Flow to fight it: A Socialist Perspective. Union31 Oat 7PM. Outing Club Meeting FDA audito rium at 7:30 pm. More info 398-6817 or Union 411. La Femme et le Droit présente Une Table Ronde sur l'abus sexuel des enfants, Chancellor Day HallSalle 202. 12h-14h Starting 11 AM The (28 hour) Street Sleep, as members of the McGill Vol unteer Bureau live on McTa vish Street to raise awareness of th esituation of the homeless in Montréal. Support financialand moral-and companyare welcomed. ChamberMusic Recital, MarcelStCyr, director, in Redpath Hall at 20h

presented by the McGill Faculty of Music. McGill Entrepreneurs Club wel comes all! Interested in m aking seriousmoney??? Expanding international company having an info session with recruitment on the mind. 7pm in th eMacDonalad Harrington Engineering Building Room G10. THURSDAY, MARCH 28 The FilmSociety presents Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll in Leacock 132 at 7:30. The Street Sleep ends after 28 hours on McTa vish in front of the Union Buildingat3pm. Donations canstillbe made in the office of the Volunteer Bureau or at Dans La Rue, 5700 Côte des Neiges. McGill Real Estate Club presents Mauro Pamianchi from Cadillac Fairview Development Corp speaking on Shopping Mall Development at 18h in Bronfma n 426. Elections will be held for next year's MREC Exec. Two Piano Ensembles, Ken Wood man, director in Pollack Hall at 17h presented by the McGill Faculty of Music. ChamberMusic Recital, MarcelStCyr, director, in Pollack Flail, at 20h presented by the McGill Faculty of Music FRIDAY, MARCH 29 The Film Society presents Babette's Feast in Leacock 132 at 7:30. Capclla Antica and the McGill XVIIIth C entury P hilharm onia, Joshua Rifkin, guest conductor in Redpath Hall, at 20h presented by the McGill Faculty of Music. SATURDAY, MARCH 30 The FilmSociety presents Enter the Dragon at 7:30 pm in the FDA Audito rium.

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news D a ily m ay be kicked out o f Union Building BY CLEM KING The McGill Daily will be kicked out of the Union Building base ment if it does not agree to new terms of rent proposed by Students' Society's before tomorrow's dead line. Under the present letter of agree ment, Students' Society must give the Daily Publication Society (DPS) written notice of eviction by Thurs day, if the newspaper rejects SSMU's new terms, or if the two groups cannot agree on an accept able compromise. The Daily will then have until the end of May to relocate its offices. SSMU is offering to lease the Daily 1400 square feet of office space next year at the rate of $10 per square foot. The new terms repre sent a substantial change from the current arrangement between the newspaperand SSMU. For the past 5 years, the Daily has paid SSMU $1 per year for office space totalling 1800 square feet. Daily Editor-in-Chief Heather

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MacKay considers SSMU's offer unacceptable. 'The administration provides this building for student use," MacKay said. "Student groups by their nature shouldn't have to pay market rates for their space." But the Daily is being fuiced to pay rent because it is not part of Students' Society. Instead, it re ceives $6.70 per year from every student at McGill. Yet by provid ing the newspaper with virtually free office space, Students' Society has been subsidizing it. MacKay is most concerned about the prospect of losing 22% of the paper's current office space. This issue of space has been the main stumbling point in the negotiations process. The proposed space reduction would force the Daily business office and one typesetting office to move into one main office. MacKay believes the overcrowd ing that would result would have serious consequences for the news paper's quality.

Students vote by mistake Physio-Occupational therapy students were permitted to vote for Arts and Science Undergraduate Society elections two weeks ago by mistake. The students do not belong to the Faculty of Science, but were allowed to cast ballots for the ASUS because "science" is printed at the bottom of their ID cards. Chief Returning Officer Eric Steinman admitted the error occured, but dismissed it as unimportant because "very few" physio-occupa tional therapy students actually voted. "It's unfortunate, but it couldn't have changed anything," Steinman said. "It was a close race for Arts reps, but the physio-occupational therapy students wouldn't have voted for Arts, they'd have voted for Science." ASUS President-elect Shawn Khan did not consider the situation to be anything worth pursuing either.

Students to sleep "dans la rue" McGill students will be sleeping out in the street tomorrow night, as part of Homeless Awareness Week. Sponsored by the McGill Volunteer Bureau, the "28 hour Street Sleep" will start at 11 am outside the Union Building. Participants will be accepting donations for "Dans La Rue", an organization that works out of a van, handing out food, condoms, needles and advice to homeless youths. Proceeds from the Street Sleep will go towards the cost of opening a permanent shelter. Organizer Mark Watson was disappointed to hear temperatures may soar as high as 10 degrees tomorrow. "We were hoping it would be cold to add to the drama a little," Watson said.

Animal lovers protest Students’ Society A small group of protesters demonstrated against Student Society's "censorship" of META's anti-fur position outside the Union Building last Thursday. The Student's Society voted to remove all references to the fur trade from META's constitution at their last Council meeting, in support of a native self-determination policy. Any reference to the fur trade in META activities could lead to the removal of the group's funding and club status. The protest was organized by Concordia's animal rights group. "I cannot believe that the Students' Society would do something like this. This is not the McGill 1 went to," said Harriet Schleifer a McGill graduate and member of the Animal Liberation Collective.

'The quality of the paper will go down absolutely," MacKay said. "Both the quality of the paper and the quality of the lives of the people who work here." But Students' Society VP Inter nal Joanna Wedge says space con straint is a fact of life in the Union Building. "Like any other organization in our building," Wedge said, "they [the Daily] have to face the fact of space constraints." She cites the fact that Students' Society has recognized 13 new student groups over the past year and many of these groups are vying for Union Building office space. Her primary concern is that these new groups are given a chance to operate their organizations from the Union building. To compensate for the increase in expenses caused by next year's rent, the Daily has considered in creasing the fee paid by students each year. But MacKay believes such an increase would be an "unpopular option" considering attempts by the Engineering Undergaduate Society and other student societies over the past year to withdraw funding for the paper. MacKay warns that paying rent would have a negative effect on student advertising. 'The Daily may also be forced to end its policy of providing student groups with a 44% discount on advertising if they must start pay ing rent," MacKay said. She hopes this possibility will generate a negative reaction from

student groups and subsequently prompt SSMU to offer more fa vourable terms. But Wedge, who is negotiating the terms with the DPS, believes the discount is "the Daily's busi ness deal." Wedge says the Daily has been able to generate a sub stantial profit with the discount intact and it "could generate an even larger profit without it." "It'spurely a financial marketing strategy on their behalf. What they are doing we haven't asked for." MacKay also questions whether SSMU has the legal authority to force the Daily to pay rent because

the building is officially owned by McGill administration, not SSMU. Secretary of the Board of Gover nors and Senate Sheila SheldonCollyer affirmed "any changes to the present Letter of Agreement will need the administration's agreement." But Wedge says VP Physical Resources Sam Kingdon has al ready given SSMU permission "to do what we want with our build ing" and therefore getting admini stration's approval is unlikely to pose a problem for Students' Soci ety. □

New interdisciplinary minors BY LISA BEAUVOIS In response to student requests, McGilhas restructured some of its academic programs to try to offer students a more well-rounded education. Next year's course catalogue includes many new minor pro grams which span across the Arts, Science, and Management facul ties. Additions in Arts include mi nors in Classics, Religious Studies, Geochemistry and Hispanic Stud ies. Students in science may now chose from nevy minors in French Canadian Studies, German, His tory, Linguistics and Management. Professor Rigelhof, Associate Dean of Sciences, said the changes stemmed from "requests from students who would like a more liberal arts education." Dean of Arts Michael Maxwell cited one example of a science stu dent who approached the history department, requesting that a his tory minor be added to the re stricted list of minors available to science students. "Increasingly, science students

are showing a desire to take more arts courses," Maxwell said. Associate Dean of Management Alfred Jaeger said there are a number of benefits to the added management minor for science students. 'T he change was under the ini tiative of the faculty of science in the interest of the students to broaden their program," Jaeger said. 'This is also a potentially com plementary minor, since these management courses could be of use to science students later in their careers." These changes reflect recommen dations of the Task Force on Priori ties, the document now before Senate, designed to outline McGill's priorities for upcoming years. The report calls for joint honours pro grams across faculties, linking the humanities to engineering, man agement, music and the natural sciences, with the aim of combin ing professional and liberal educa tion. According to Task Force mem ber and Students' Society Presi

dent Kate Morisset, the recommen dation's main objective is to allow students "greater flexibility in their programs." 'The idea is to provide students with the breadth that they should get from a university education," Morisset said. Some of the first student reac tion to the new programs was from students attending peer advising sessions last week in the Union building. The student advisors who helped students with various concerns they had about course registration had a generally positive response to the new additions. One advisor said the new pro grams are "more extensive and broadening, especially for those students who are unsure about which path to follow. This way they can open themselves up to more than one subject, without losing the focus of their major." 'They're a good way for people to test the waters, so to speak, and not take all of their electives in their faculty," said a science advi sor. □

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Nepotistic special funding The Sexual Assault Center was denied functional group status by Students' Council at their last meeting. Instead, the Center remained an interest group. Such status is linked to the funding which a group can receive. There is no preset budget limit for functional groups. Interest Groups are not eligible for more than $700 in a given year. A goodly number of Councillors were outraged by the decision. "Students passed an affirmative action clause, but Council just sits on its butt when it comes around to any actual action," said one Councillor. "Everybody on Council supported the Centre..." said another. Those Councillors missed the point. It was clear that they had missed the point when Council granted the Center a $4000 start-up budget as an interest group, excepting it from the regular rules. An group can only apply for functional group status, that is, for more than $700 in funding, after six months as an interest group. This rule exists to guarantee that each group which gets such a large amount of students' money has had a chance to pass the ultimate test: are students using the service? For Council to have granted an amount exceeding the regular subsidy to the Sexual Assault Center was inappropriate. For one thing, the Center has yet to advertise any public meetings. It is not yet clear where the Center will be located. There is a rumour that the Center will go into the space which might be conveniently cleared if the Daily Advertising Office is nuked in a blast of commercial rent. It cannot be housed in the Women's Union, since the Center plans to instruct its potential clients to "leave their politics at the door". One of the reasons the Women's Union fought for an affirmative action clause this fall was to effectively serve survivors of violence against women. Retaining the right to close the door to men was seen by advocates of the clause as an essential and explicitly political act. The space conflict points to a larger problem the Center should work out before it receives special

treatment. The Center proposes to coordinate the activities of the various groups working on the issue of sexual assault. But it is in serious ideological opposition to several existing groups on campus over the issue of politicization. The Center does not appear to have asked the groups in questions whether they want their activities to be coordinated or by whom. Giving the Sexual Assault Center so much extra money was justified by its proponents by "the urgency" of the issue. But Walk Safe Network did not get the same consideration, despite the fact it deals with the same urgent issue. Walk Safe has existed on campus for two years, and only got interest group status this January. They have to wait until September before they can be considered for Functional Group status or funding over $700. In the eyes of Council, though, the Sexual Assault Center is different from the Walk Safe Network in two regards. First, it claims to be a "service" and non-political. Council consistently forgets that it is not its place to judge groups on whether they agree with their political agenda. Therefore, given the conservative nature of the Council, it is to be expected that the politically unthreatening Center would get more support. Furthermore, the Center is, with a few exceptions, the pet project of Student Councillors, both incoming and out-going. At least two of the "commissioners' of the Center were also student Councillors. Our new VP Internal campaigned on a platform of "increased" funding for the not yet existant Center. There is quite potentially a real use for a Center to work on sexual assault on campus. However, it is unfair to other groups and to the Center to speed up the approval process. The Center should try to work with other groups and to find a home before apply ing for special status. Next year's Council should not endorse this nepotistic and ill-considered decision when it comes time to approve the extra funding. -Kelly Gallagher-Mackay

March 26 - April 1, 1991

Québec is Gone IV: Lessons From McGill "My primary task was to bring McGill into FEUQ. Apparently I was unequal to the task." - Alex Usher, Former Vice President (External) of the Student's Society "Politics is the art of the pos sible." -Otto von Bismarck, attrib uted

Parts of Speech ROBERT STEINER

Into this he emerges just long enough to announce his bloody resignation! To make a long story short, Now it looks like Quebec Quebec forgets a man who will be voting in a referendum might have made a difference, next year. falls into the sea and I got into Because we at McGill have a good law school. just been through our own Sounds nuts? Except for the little referendum on separa part about the law school, it's tion, and because this is the last just another lesson from realtime this column will look at life happenings at McGill's Quebec's independence, it Student's Society last week, might be instructive to con when a 13 person majority sider a lesson from McGill. pulled us out of FEUQ and What would happen if the "forced" Vice President provincial referendum turns (External Affairs) Alex Usher out like our own vote on mem to resign bership in FEUQ - the provin just when we needed him cial student's federation? most. OK, so here we are, some Were this simply student night in October - the first politics, 1 wouldn't bother to snow is falling on Quebec City, waste a single word of this where 300,000 people are column on it. But the problem gathered before a massive is that we may have lost the tallying board on the lawn of chance to help build a major the National Assembly. part of Quebec's youth move Robert Bourassa is at home, ment. Events at the Liberal in bed with Jacques Parizeau. Convction two weeks ago Robert Libman is looking for showed that Quebec's youth his passport. will play a major part in the Everyone is staring at the TV move to independence. Our as the provincial Elections total exclusion from that Chairman (sorry for the sex movement will hurt anglo ism, but that's what they call phone youth across Québec for him) Erique Steinhomme an a lot longer than we will nounces he doesn't feel like remember Mr. Usher's weaktelling anyone the results be kneed reasons for resigning. fore tommorow - "some time FEUQ was special because it around two o'clock, maybe." did not froth at the mouth like When Mr. Steinhomme fi other student organizations in nally figures the results, they this province's past and its are a bit surprising - of the 4 pragmatism was largely the million Quebeckers who both result of McGill's relatively ered to vote, only 3000 more level-headed voice at its supported separation than meetings. opposed it. To be sure, McGill cannot be Clearly Quebec must sepa a member of that group for the rate, but all the people on CBC next two years. But a resource figure that the sliver-thin size ful VF (External) would have of the separatist majority will found other ways to have give Bourassa the room to cut a McGill's voice heard at FEUQ pretty moderate deal with the during these sensitive last few rest of Canada. Maybe Quebec weeks. Any average ol' VP will still sit at the summit table would at least tell FEUQ how when premiers meet in Ottawa, meaningless, though binding, maybe Montreal's NHL team this month's referendum was. can keep its name... there are Instead, one of McGill's top any number of possibilities the student leaders has helped cast new State President can fool us all into a political wilder around with. In fact, Robert ness, searching for little-less Libmann is so happy with the than consensus where there strong vote against separation could never possibly be any. that he prepares a conciliatory Quebec's leaders would be announcement - he will well advised to recall our change his name to Homme de pathetic little tragedy when the Lib. vote on national independence Robert Bourassa emerges comes in. into this excitement, this Take us out of Canada if we potential, this opportunity ask you to. But don't do carved out of massive apathy anything stupid and rash on by an electorate's indecision, our account. into the moment when every political lesson he has ever Remember that politics is the learned is yearning to be used. art of the possible.

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Environmental Committee “totally lame” To the Tribune: While I wlcome Ted Langlais' article alerting students to SSMU's inaction on environmental questions (Tribune March 12-18), a few clarifi cations are in order. 1. Langlais says that "a modified version" of the environmental policy was approved at Council. In fact, no version of any policy was approved; all we got was the creation of a committee. 2. Ms. Wedge says we cannot be critical until the committee "deter mines its mandate." But the Policy Review Committee, whose job it was to do this, has already done so. Ms. Morisset is a member of the PRC and approved the policy we produced, but at Council she (and all the rest of the Executive) refused to defend the policy. 3. Furthermore, Ms. Pentesco, who ran on environmental issues last year, led the attack on the policy and nominated to the Environmental Committee a Council member whose sole contribution to the discussion was an attempt to exclude from the policy issues that have been standard environmental concern for years. 4. The Environmental Committee never got to the stage of choosing a chairperson. This is part of the problem. The full Environmental Commit tee require ten members; until my resignation it had four. The Executive Committee, without council's approval, and contrary to the understand ing at Policy Review Committee, unilaterally decided to leave the Envi ronmental Committee at less than half of its membership for the semester. In conclusion, I want to stress that my dissatisfaction with the SSMU Executive is widely shared by other people here at Québec P1RG, the organization that is really responsible for paper recycling and glass recycling on campus. Ask Aaron Freeman, ask Sarah Seckinger, what they think of the SSMU Executive's environmental record. The phrase you will hear most often is "totally lame." Daron Westman, Graduate Studies representative to Council

M acdonald’s FEUQ troubles To the Tribune: Holy ridiculous-statement-from member-of-incoming-council! I quote Karla Macdonald, VP External-elect, on the validity of the FEUQ referendum, mark 11: "I'm wondering about a difference of thirteen votes. I'm wondering what kind of mandate this gives us [to work in provincial associations]." (Tribune, March 19) Wonder away,Karla. The mandate to be in FEEQ/FEUQ has always been questionable at best- what was a "yes" of 900-odd votes at a school with 13,000 undergrads? Now it's official. A 13 vote "nope" to FEUQ is not contentious; (those who passed it the first time woke up, seemingly indifferent to whether there was a "No" committee or not) another narrow "yeah, why not?" vote would have been - especially when 735 have no opinion and non-voting thousands couldn't care less. So it looks like Macdonald's strong "pro-FEUQ" stance means FEUQall (couldn't resist) begging the question what she's going to do for a year. The referendum result doesn't leave her with much of a job - no debating games and conference/vacations for this veep. I guess she'll just have to content herself with the salary and the office and answering all those phone calls. I can only hope that Karla realizes what the words "student represen tative" mean, and changes her patter accordingly. Usher, God love 'im, saw the writing on the wall and had the integrity to resign. Mulroney would do well to take note - so would Macdonald. But then again, do student politicians ever quit before they're in sight of the final paycheck? Bartholomew Wilson, BA U3 Ed Note: Mr Usher will not receive his April 2 paycheck.

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TA strike settled at University of Toronto But no union at M cG ill to p ro te ct our TAs BY PHILIP LEE-SHANOK The Newspaper (U. of T.)

AND LARA FRIEDLANDER The McGill Tribune University of Toronto's 2,500 striking tutorial assistants returned to work last week after negotiating major gains in the areas of over work, job security and employ ment-related benefits. The TA's represented by the Canadian Union of Educational Workers (CUEW) Local 2 voted on Sunday to accept a proposed set tlement with the university ending the 16 day old strike. Vanessa Kelly, union chairper son, believes the settlement is a good one. She said there was movement on the major issues by the administration and while there were many gains "we are disap pointed in other areas." CUEW 2 had been asking for an 8 and 7 percent wage increase over two years. The administration offered 6 and 4. The final package gives the TA's 6 and 4.5 over two years. According to Kelly, the univer sity accepted TAs' rights to bene fits such as a dental plan, mater nity leave and sick leave. Griev

ance procedures and hiring crite ria will also be improved. TA's have also gained an addi tional year of job security for PhD students giving them a total of 3 years guaranteed employment as a TA. David Cook, vice-provost of Staff Functions, said he was "pleased" with the outcome. "It's their settlement as much as ours," said Cook. The settlement was the outcome of a marathon 22-hour bargaining session which ended at 7 am Thurs day morning. CUEW 2 held a mem bership meeting, followed by a ratification vote Sunday. CUEW 2 bargaining committee recommended that its memberhsip accept the package. According to Kelly, 697 of the 823 members that voted agreed to accept the settlement. 118 mem bers voted 'no' and there were eight spoiled ballots. McGill TAs not protected McGill's Post Graduate Students' Society has expressed its support for both CUEW and the Graduate Students' Union at U of T. Post-Graduate VP University

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Affairs Tamara Myers believes TA activity on campuses is particu larly important in Canada's reces sionary climate. "Graduate students across the country are worried," Myers said. "U nless TAing is m ade a priority...TAs will suffer." Myers also suggested TAs at schools without unions may be particularly vulnerable. TAs at U of T, York, MacMaster, Carleton, Simon Fraser, UBC and UQAM negotiate their contracts through formal associations or unions. TAs have the most security at York University, where their union negotiated a comprehensive contract including job descriptions, grievance procedures and harass ment clauses.

McGill is the only university of its size not to have any formal TA association or negotiation mecha nism at all. The result may be large discrepancies between TAs of dif ferent departments. A November survey of 32 departments at McGill indicated that only 3% of depart ments gave out TAships based on financial need.Only 25% of respon dents said they knew of any TA guidelines for their departments. The lack of centralization per mits the university to lay off its TAs more easily. Because of the uncertain economic clim ate, "there's a real fear," Myers said. Former Dean of Graduate Stud ies Gordon MacLachlan explained the failure of past attempts to form TA associations.

'The University has considered on several past occasions whether or not we should centralize and regulate the TA budgets of Depart ments or Faculties, but the deci sion has always been that we can not and should not do this, because of the vast variety of needs and resources across the University," MacLachlan said. PGSS does have a TA Commit tee whose mandate is to "work towards achieving equity in sala ries, workload, and working con ditions" forallTAson campus. But a member of the Committee noted that "the best we could do would be to pressure departments to treat their TAs better. We don't have very much power." Q

MACES fighting McGill BY INDERBIR RIAR The ongoing struggle between McGill and the association of con tinuing education students (MACES) may come to a final showdown today, as McGill finds out whether or not it has to pay funds it has held back from the student association. After almost a year and a half of constant brow-beating and bureau cratic harassment, MACES filed a lawsuit against McGill earlier this

term to retrieve $170,000 in Treas ury Bills and other assets frozen by the university. The university is also refusing to transfer the stu dent fees it collects for the associa tion. A week ago Friday, MACES launched an injunction against the university in an attempt to force it to pay back the money. Their court date was set for today. Members of the McGill admini stration are refusing to comment on the matter because it is before

the courts. Among some of the services it offers its members, MACES organ izes career counselling, tutoring, "nightcare" for children of students taking night courses and a bar in its Peel Street building. "We have no money to do busi ness," MACES President Jim Osborne said. "We may have to close our doors."

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Labour dispute may soon reach resolution BY CHRIS ALAM

gaged in a work-to-rule campaign which began in mid-December 1990. In mid-January, the McCon nell Arena was closed on week ends as employees refused to work

The Canadian Marine Officers Union (CMOU) and McGill appear to be near to resolving a long standing contract dispute. The dispute has kept the McConnell Arena closed on weekends and delayed other services. Both the Physical Plant Association (PPA) and Power House employees, who are represented by the CMOU, have been ne gotiating with McGill since December 1989. The PPA, larger of the two groups, includes electri cians and plumbers, while Power House workers are responsible for heating, re frigeration, steam genera Dispute resolution not a pipe dream. tion and building opera overtime. tion. 'There has been no overtime McGill's Chief negotiator and since then to my knowledge," said Legal Advisor to the Secretariat, Physical Plant Director of Human Raynald Mercille, says the services provided by CMOU employees are Resources, Linda Christensen. The work-to-rule campaign has vital to the university. forced weekend closure of the 'There's no question that a lot of the people are doing essential serv McConnell Arena, hampered snow removal and delayed repairs. ices... a very crucial function." Although McGill's final contract As talks stalled, the union en

offers were not rati fied by the union last week, McGill negotiators and adm inistrators are confident that a settlement would be reached,as both parties agreed to continue negotia tions. After m eeting with the PPA, in the presence of a Québec Ministry of Labour appointed concilliator last Monday, Mercille expressed o p ti mism. "The m eeting went well. We have two items left (to agree upon) and the parties have agreed to keep them confidential. We did reach an agreement in prin ciple. It's looking good."

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MACES CMOU dispute nearing resolution vs. McGill LABOUR FROM PAGE 7

MACES FROM PAGE 6 MACES' problems started over a year ago when McGill accused MACES of financial mismanage ment, placed the association under a special trusteeship, and de manded that it undergo an audit. But even though the association came out of the audit-with a clean slate, its finances continued to be held under trusteeship. McGill continues to retain monnies it owes MACES even after recommendations made to the contrary by the administration's financial officer, Wes Cross. Included among these items were $20,000 to be paid to MACES conc.erning its start-up costs, $50,000 for "damages to the repu tation of MACES", and $6050 to make up half the cost of the special audit. Relations between the student association and the university were further strained this fall when members of MACES voted to ac credit the association under Bill 32. This provincial law recognizes student association autonomy. It also specifies terms of funding. 'T he university must collect funds and remit them to the stu dent associations no later than 30 days," according to Osborne. Under current university policy, students' associations must wait up to three months before getting student fees. 'That's three months of interest into the university bank accounts," Osborne said. The vote to accredit the associa tion was held in conjunction with a vote to increase student fees by $2. Two months later, MACES threatened to sue the university if it did not hand over almost $140,000. In response, the university launched a suit referred to by Osborne as "McGill sues the world". The university is in the process of suing MACES, the Min istry of Higher Education, the Ministry's accreditation agent and the Solicitor-General. In documents filed last month, McGill said MACES' attempt to gain accredita tion and collect extra fees is "ir regular, illegal and without effect." MACES Senators have since asked a series of pointed questions in Senate regarding the trusteeship and the lawsuit, but administra tors refuse "to comment on any thing before the courts." T h is whole thing has got to be costing the university a lot of money," Osborne said. T h ey cry and complain about the financial situation, but now they're spend ing all the money fighting stu dents." The staff at MACES are deter mined to retrieve their money and establish their autonmy as a fully accredited student institution, so far the only one of its kind a t McGill. 'The bully attitude of the ad ministration toward student or g an izations did not work," Osborne said. □

Mercille expects a final agree ment will be ratified early this week. Negotiations had stumbled over several issues, including McGill's demand that workers

who are absent from work due to illness for more than two days provide a medical certificate on the third. However, that position has been softened. "We've recognized the validity of their position (on the medical

certificates). We've accepted it in principle," Mercille said. T here were many other (contentious) issues, dozens of them, of lesser importance." He went on to express his belief that the university's offer is fair,

citing improved vacation entitle ments, as well as bonuses and salary increases which will main tain parity with employees in the public sector. CMOU representatives were unavailable for comment. Q

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entertainment Stillman’s M e tro p o lita n a sym pathetic satire BY KIM FARLEY By now you may have heard of theUHB's. As the young, overpriveleged subject matter of Walt Stillman's sleeper hit Metropolitan , the Ur ban Haute Bourgeousie have been taken into critics' hearts as a sym bol of the decadent-yet-endearing country in which they live. Al though most filmmakers consider the WASP dead, Stillman acknowl edges that this culture is still around, in the penthouses and ballrooms of American cities like New York. Alive, but caught in a quiet- and in this film an oddly beautiful- decay. Both literally and metaphori cally, the film focuses on the moment of crash. The UHB's spend the early evenings of their Christ mas vacation re-creating scenes from The Great Gatsby, then retire to elegant Manhattan living rooms to unwind. It is in these closed rooms that they begin to face the music, realiz ing that all their Park Avenue plas tic bubble is wearing a bit thin. The w itty rep artee ab out their "doomed" status, conducted over clique rituals like strip poker, are the source of the film's subtle

humour. The actors obediently go through the motions of the UHB life with straight faces, which makes their behaviour seem even more absurd. Most of the humour has a subtle, understated quality, drawn out of the Stillman's character portraits, rather than one liners (though there are some great ones). Stillman, a Harvard grad him self, is fairly lenient in his render ing of the subject, refusing to make any of the characters more than mildly unlikeable. At the centre of the group is Tom (Edward Cle ments), a reluctant newcomer who attends one party and agrees to come to a second only because he forgot to return his rented tux. "1 didn't want to go back," he insists, "But I couldn't help it. They were all so nice." Metropolitan is populated with nice people speaking in modulated tones, who are saying just the dar nedest things to each other. Audrey (Carolyn Farina) is a sweet literature major who has a hard ti me opening her mou th wi thout alluding to Jane Austen. She loves Tom,buthedoes no t reciprocate, being still in love with ex girlfriend Serena.

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Throughout the film Tom tries to convince himself that his heart is really not in the Sally Fowler Rat Pack (they name themselves after the girl whose apartment they fre quent), but by the end is the most dogmatic prep of all. By then he has fully accepted the logic of the

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group's leader, the likeable ego maniac Nick (Christopher Eigman). On a cold streetcorner Nick gives Tom insight into the plus side of the UHB life: "C'mon, what are you thinking? This is the only economical social life you're going to find in New York. Nutritious

meals, girls... what's the problem?" The remainder of Metropolitan explores the problem. Stillman has provided one of the season's funniest, most stylish films of the year; a satirical yet sympathetic look at the downward slide of the upper crust.

McGill Drama Festival displays diversity The McGill Drama Festival of fers one of the few chances at McGill for student playwrights to get their work produced. In this, its fourth year, the Festival consis tently filled the tiny venue of Play ers Theatre. The audiences and the adjudi cators were inagreement: thisrare opportunity had been exploited to produce some of the best theeatre that McGill students of fer each season. Although the pairings each evening tended to be peculiar, the selection of one act plays was consistently inter esting. Catching Sam and Ella Catching Sam and Ella written by David Hudgins, defied con vention from the outset, seating the audience on the stage, while the play unfolded from the scats. Set in an early thirties silent-movie house, theplayopened innocently enough, with the mobster ScymourassuringhiscompanionSam of the superiority of silent films.

He argues that nothing happens in 'talkies' because everyone is too busy talking. Whatappcarcd to be two couples and a strangcrat thecincma turnes into a complex circle that orbits around a woman named Sam (or Ella, depending on whom she talked to). To Seymour, a simple mobster (hilariously portrayed by Andrew M iller)—so honest that even his violin case actually carried a vio lin—Sam is a butcher's daughter from Brooklyn.To Luke, an RCMP officer so callous that he sells his friendship to 'the lonely', Ella is the daughter of a Dalhousie prof from Halifax and his former love. To Sam/Ella, relationships are noth ing more than material for her dissertation. If somewhat cynical about love, this farce was hardly remote; in fact, although the plot complica tions bordered on confusion, the production was so absorbing that you didn't even notice. The engag ing script and cunning direction

allowed the colourful perform ances to unfold without distrac tion, proving that talkcan be enter taining and insightful. Though confined to a theatre, the play trave led the World in the imagination, making the small seem immense. -Hamish Wilson Post In contrast to Sam and Ella, Post, by Colin Krivy, made the small seem minute. Based on the as sumption that tim e has stopped, fro zen at six o'clock, the play p re sented the content Glenda and reluctant Marvin trapped in her living room while the world stood still. Whereas Glenda gladly accepts herinert fate, shcmustcocrceMarvin, wholongs for variety, to venture outside.

Althoughaninnovativepremi.se, Post suffered from its own insula tion. The play transpired wholly within the living room: not even the imagination could escape its confines. For instance, when star ing out the window, their glances were reflected back off the pane to wards the audience. Wi t hout im aginative exploration, a play de pends upon dynamiedialogue to sus tain interest. Unfortunately, Post 's dia logue mean dered. The perform ances were solid, considering the static and unresolved dialectic between them. The play glimmered with interest when Glenda finally convinces Marvintovcnturcout.side,offs tage, and waits for him with silent un

The play transpired wholly w ithin the living room: not even the imagination could escape its confines.

certainty, allowing the imagina tion a fleeting glimpse beyond the immediate. But, beyond this instance, theplay wasredundant, never really starting, never really finishing, with a plot more con ceptually intriguing than dra matically stimulating. -Hamish Wilson Losing Sight Losing Sight by Denis Coupai wasacharminginvestigationinto a businessman's deteriorating ability to see people. He consults with a young maverick psychia trist hoping he can seek out the source of his handicap. Greg Al ton, as Dr. Vincent, successfully captured the independant spirit of the role. Not only was the character capable of breaking through the shell of his patient with clever tricks but the actor was equally capable of convinc ing the audience of the doctor's skill. Joel Hechterplayed the role

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Cat on A Hot Tin Roof: Pulitzer Prize punch BYRITUGAMBHIR Homosexuality, lies, alcoholism, manipulation, greed, dependence, male-female relations; these are the buzz-word themes explored in the Centaur Theatre's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer prize win ning drama Cat on A Hot Tin Roof.

the Cat", flawlessly performed by Linda Smith. A rags to riches bride and tw itchyasacatonahottinroof, she aches to possess Brick, a hus band who desires only to be free of her. Ron Lea is stunning as the alco holic Brick, a disturbed ex-football hero. H obbling through the play on a crutch, Brick is both emotion ally and symboli cally crippled. Tor m ented by the death of his best friend Skipper, Brick refuses to sleep with Maggie or to challenge his older brother Gooper (Victor Ertmanis), for the estate of their dying father.

Hobbling through the play on a crutch, Brick is both emotionally and symbolically crippled.

Set in a Mississippi D elta p lan tatio n home in the lazy summer of 1955, the play is a nightmarish vision of the subver sive tensions that threaten a wealthy Southern family. At the heart of the play is "Maggie

Aron Tager plays the dying father Big Daddy, the protoype of Brick, and Gooper. The three men are dis gusted and trapped by clingy, henpecking wives whose incessantly wagging tongues hamper a male desire for peace. Alone, Maggie fights Gooper and

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his whiny wife Mae (Ellen Cohen), for control of the $28,000 acre estate. Gathered together for the célébration of Big Daddy's 65th birthday, the conflicts are relentlessly ex posed, forcing everyone to confront the truths they have smothered in a tangle of lies.

the trite ending undermines WilHams'treatment of mendacity, it also assures the play's commercial suecess. However, whenever the play

stantly interrupting and inadvertently drawn into sexual confrontations. Lush and literary imagery, cascadingspeeches, and controlled violence are all attributes of

Comic relief is invariably provided by Gooper and Mae's five "no necked" children and the roly-poly preacher w ho is constantly interrupting and inadvertently draw n into sexual confrontations.

At times, the intensity gener ated by the ac tors is too much and threatens to overwhelm the audience. In addition, the scrip t falls victim to excessive dogma, and while

seems too far gone, comic relief is in variably provided by Gooper and Mae's five "no necked" children and the roly-poly preacher who is con-

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MDF production continues tured. As playwright, director and actor, Molyneux was certainly the focus of attention. His character was endearingonly in its presumed selfim portance, and obvious lack thereof. The script was dangerously littered with intentional obscenities. This failed to be offensive but suc ceeded rather at rendering it point less. An ironic message concluded Fuckers but as this was the only intel lectual content the play serves best simply to provide a good laugh. -Tamara Holman The Big Tease The Big Tease is a play about the image and about desire. With such postmodern themes, it is natural to expect a degree of abstraction and even absurdity. This short play de livered both. To play the absurd is challenging for even an experienced cast and director. Lori Delorme was re strained, even when portraying a

DRAMA FROM PAGE 9 ofMr.Maurey, the patient, with the restraint demanded of a man who thrived on control. The universal quality of this impossible situation was due largely to the strong direc tion by Marc Gaudet. The script is both witty and insightful, exploring animaginativeconsequence of a ma terial culture withoutbeingdidactic or laborious. -Tamara Holman Fuckers An entertaining interlude of ob scene language came in the form of Fuckers by Stephan Molyneux. The story revolves around the British punks who swear back and forth revelling in their supposed superi ority. Joel Hechter, as Belly, demon strated a strong stage presence as he began the first few minutes of the playwithout uttering a word. Despite struggling with the London accent, his character was well cap

woman becoming frantic with de sire, while Don Max well as her suitor rarely slipped out of his chosen per sona, a Pythonesque clown. This production offered opted for farce. While very effective in devel oping the script's humour, The Big Tease was weighed down by the ac tors' flawed performances. -KGM Book of Jake in Book of Jake, Sam Spade meets Pirandello. Creator and subject be come confused in the world of Bmovie babes and brawnies. Trying to make sense of all this chaos is Jake, played by Tom McGillis. McGillis' performance was as central to the success of the produc tion as was his character to the plot. The brilliantly typecast Tim Walker, as Thor, tended to domina tc the stage

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A humble Oscar alternative Once again we have come to that magical time of the year, when the birds begin to sing, the sun begins to shine, and Holly wood's brightest and best don their finest duds for an evening of glamour, mutual admiration, and overly long dance numbers. That's right folks, it's Oscar time. This year we have foregone the obligatory predictions (consider ing that this won't hit the stands until well after the last envelope is opened). Instead, we offer our own equally meaningless selec tions for the most outstanding performances of the year. Nobody asked, but here are our choices for the First and Last Annual Tenspeed and Brownshoe Memorial Awards for Cinematic Excellence. (At the risk of being branded "mainstream", we will limit the scope of the awards to English language films, though certainly not to those which were nomi nated for Oscars.) Best Supporting Actress Mary McDonnell (Dances with Wolves) Though generally an overrated film, McDonnell's understated performance as a white woman raised among Native Americans was complete and expertly crafted. Honourable mentions (HM): Annette Bening (The Grifters), Joan Plowright (I Love Ï You To Death). Best Supporting Actor - Joe Pesci (GoodFellas) Pesci's manic performance shone, even among the excellent work of his fellow cast members. The "Do I amuse you?" scene belongs alongside Taxi Driver's "You talkin' to me?" as a classic of American cinema. HM:John

Imitating Life ADAM STERNBERGH AND JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Turturro and Jon Polito (Miller's Crossing), Raul Julia (Presumed In nocent) Campbell Scott (Longtime Companion) Best Actress - Laura Dern (Wild A t Heart) Vastly underrated, Dern was the constant eye at the centre of David Lynch's convoluted storm. HM: Michelle Pfeiffer (The Russia House). Best Actor - A1 Pacino (The God father III) While the film as a whole was inconsistent, Pacino's portrayal of Michael Corleone delivered all of the power and dignity which made the first two Godfather movies modern classics. HM: Robert DeNiro (Awakenings), Jason Patrie (After Dark, My Sweet). Best Director - Martin Scorsese (GoodFellas) Simply put, the best filmmaker working today. HM: Joel Cohen (Miller's Crossing)) Best Film - GoodFellas No one has captured the love af fair with violence which defines American culture with more artistry than Scorsese. Mainstream or not, GoodFellas is the best film of the year. HM: Metropolitan, Miller's Crossing. Worst Film - Bonfire of the Vanities The combination of the over bearing hype and obnoxious pandering to the whims of preview

audiences (both the original ending in the book and the original ending of the movie were scrapped, because audiences found them "too depressing") make this dismal failure the year's worst effort. One can only hope that something good will come of this debacle; perhaps Melanie Griffith will never work again. Favourite Moment - Darkman : The Carnival Scene "Ya' freak..."; trust us, it has to be seen. This film also featured the worst transition scene, the most implausible storyline, and the best scene involving artificial limbs. HM: The woods scene, Miller's Crossing. Best Trailer - Wild A t Heart Possibly the only thing about this film which lived up to the ex pectations it generated. Next Major Star (Male) - Jason Patrie His looks have been opening eyes for some time; his perform ance in After Dark, My Sweet proves that he is much more than just a pretty face. Next Major Star (Female) Jennifer Jason Leigh Though Miami Blues and Last Exit to Brooklyn were largely ignored, Leigh's talent and astonishing range ensured that she was not. Predictably snubbed by the Oscar's, she still managed to pick up a New York Film Critic's Circle Award in recogni tion of her achievement. Whether these selections pro voke your applause, disdain, or ridicule, we humbly offer them for your consideration. At least you didn't have to sit through any long dance numbers.

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DRAM A FROM PAGE10 with his antics. The play has the potential to be come confusing, but instead, it erred on the side of clarity. Book of Jake was in desperate need of a good edit from slow start to finish. Further, charac teri zations were, in general, very broad .Thatmayhave been a conscious decision on the part of the director, and it is really the choice of the audience whether or not to hold stereotypical por trayals against a play which pro poses to mock comic books. -KGM

The McGill Drama Festival is more than a venue for student theatre, it isa professionally judged contest. Bertrand Henry, founder of the Dome Theatre programme at Dawson College, Marianne Ackerman, journalist and a founder of Theatre Atelier 1774, and Con cordia's Jon Baggaley presented critiques after each presentation later in the week. They also pre sented awards. The awards were given for best play (script), best actor, best ac tress, and best director. Catching Sam and Ella copped three of the four: David Hudgin's script won best play, Jessalyn Gilsig won best actress and Niara Modi won best director. Tom McGillis from Book of Jake won best actor for his per formance as Jake. r~t

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focus Residence Life Almost one tenth of the student population chooses to live in one of several University residences. This week, we wander the halls of res, check out the cafeteria fare, and visit some of the people who deal daily with residential chaos.

Riding the residence rollercoaster at McGill BY SUSANNAH WALKER For McGill Freshmen who ar rive in Montréal from another province, or even a different coun try, residence offers a way of fitting in and adjusting to life at a big, often impersonal University. For many students, the year or two spent in res is one of the most important and memorable experi ences of their time at McGill. Jennifer Coates, a U2 Biology student who spent her first year in McConnell Hall observed that resi dence was "the most fun I've ever had at McGill and also the most stress I've ever had at McGill. There's pressure from all sides— you're thrown in with a bunch of people pulling you in all direc tions." Often the most persuasive pres sure on the Residence inhabitant is to become involved with the social aspects of university to the exclu sion of everything else. This, of course, is especially true when it comes time to do schoolwork. Sally Lowe, a Freshman who lives in Douglas Hall, found it hard to get any studying done in her room. 'T he people in nearby rooms have stereo wars in which they see who can play their stereos the loud est, and there is always someone above or below who plays the drums," she said. Jennifer Coates mentioned that she could always lock her door and refuse to answer it when she had work to do, but she added that "sound could never be locked out."

The party atmosphere in McGill residence occasionally gives way to anarchy. Coming in late at night, Coates remarked that an observer would often find people in various states of inebriation, hitting light fixtures with baseball bats or throw ing beer bottles at walls. "When the new shipment of telephonebooks came in, burning tele phone books were seen being thrown out of windows, and even caught a tree on fire," she reported. Bertrand Lee,on the other hand, discovered some academic advan tages to living in res. 'The resources were better than if you werelivingin an apartment," observed the U2 Geography stu dent who spent 2 years in Molson Hall. 'There were so many people to get help from in courses, and half the people on the floor had typewriters or computers that I could borrow." The quality of residence food is probably one of the sorest points with most students who have lived in residence. Although Lee men tioned that the meal plan was con venient and saved one the trouble of cooking and cleaning up, the consensus was that residence food was "basically inedible." Sally Lowe observed that "the food gets progressively worse as the year goes on." 'The meals were pretty good in the first week of school, but by mid-March we realized how much we had taken the food quality in September for granted," sheadded. Another complaint about McGill residence life is the lack of privacy.

It is apparently impossible to keep a secret from one's dorm mates, and gossip runs rampant. "Everybody had their nose in everybody else's business, and in a period of 24 hours anything inter esting that had happened was known by everyone, even though 95% of it was probably untrue,"

remarked Coates "Living in res is like living through a soap opera, or living at summer camp all the time/” added Lowe. Lowe is looking forward to moving into an offcampus house next year. Although, like most Residence people, she has fond

memories of good times and close friends during her year in Douglas Hall, she wouldn't stay in res for two years in a row. 'The lack of privacy gets to you after a while," she remarked. "1 don't care if 8 people know my business, but 1do care if 165 people know my business." Q

McGill’s floorfellows:on the level BY LISA FERNANDEZ If getting hired to be a profes sional friend to thirty six other people, twenty four hours a day seems like an enticing career op tion, then becoming a residence floorfellow might be just the job. McGill floorfellows live in resi dence with their peers, acting as advisors, social coordinators and confidantes. "At many other schools, such as Queens and U.S. schools, graduate students are hired to be in control of a floor. At McGill, it's usually second year students who are hired to be live-in friends," explained Bryan Good ’, floorfellow in Gard ner Hall. Ian Walker, ex-floorfellow at Gardner, concurred. "It's not an authority position. I don't do discipline," he said. What possesses an average stu dent to apply for the job? The train

ing is rigorous and the hours are lousy. "Floorfellows go through a two week training period at the end of August and are taught to deal with everything from eating disorders to fire hazards to organizing floor meetings and everything in be tween," explained Molson floor fellow Adam Sternbergh. "It might sound corny," he con fessed, "but the best part about the job is helping people on the floor. It feels great to help new students make a smooth transition to McGill." Walkeradmitted thathe became a floorfellow because, "from the first week of my freshman year it was ingrained in my head. I didn't even have to think about it. It just seemed to be the next logical step after enjoying residence." Dave Manning, another Molson floorfellow, said that the best part about being a floorfellow was the ability to act as a "catalyst for rela

tionships." "You see first year students, who don't know each other, move out together into apart ments at the end of the year," he said. Tracy Wallace, floorfellow at McConnell Hall added,"it's not only that you want your floor to be friendly. You want those thirty- six people to have rela tionships that will last their life times." "If you can manage to do that, it's really rewarding." Lifeisn'tall peachesand cream, however, for these tireless indi viduals. Patti Nozoto, floorfel low in McConnell, said," the hardest part about the job is time. It's not like you can make ap pointments to see people. If someone is sick in the middle of the night, then it's your job to take care of them."

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Racism equals white supremacy BY ANNE VIS

Solin residents are not amused with their 12-month leases.

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Over S6000 has been paid out of the pockets of Solin Hall residents in order to finance the filing and serving of legal claims against McGill. Of the 204 inhabitants of the University residence, 184 have filed claims with Quebec's Régie du Logement in an attempt to have their leases terminated. Although all other undergradu ate students who are living in resi dences at McGill have eight month leases, the leases for Solin Hall last for twelve months. Solin students who wish to leave the residence over the four sum mer months may not be able to sublet their apartments, as the Québec Civil Code stipulates that "a student who leases a dwelling from an educational institution cannot sublet the dwelling or trans fer the lease." Consequently, with many stu dents away from Montréal for the summer, residents of Solin Hall could be forced to pay over $1200 in rent for vacant premises. "I have to go home for the sum mer to get a job because I'm not bilingual, and I think that a lot of students are in the same position," said Bryher Paterson, a Solin Hall resident. McGill offered to allow termina tion of the leases, provided that residents found new tenants to replace them. The residents, how ever, were not convinced that such an arrangement would be legally feasible under the criminal code. Some students also felt that it would be hard to find a replacement.

"In this areait would be difficult to find [a new tenant], especially at the rate we're paying," said Solin Hall resident Amy Ballon. After hiring the services of law firm Donald and Duggan, several students filed claims with the Régie du Logement. McGill was then sent a letter which requested that these claims be used as 'test cases', the results of which would apply to all Solin Hall residents. The University refused to accept the compromise. Thus, all Solin Hall residents who wished to con test their leases were forced to file individual claims with the Régie, at their own expense. "It makes me uncomfortable to do this. It's my first year at school and I'd rather not be having to do this," said Ballon. With the end of the school year approaching, students hope that a decision on their claims will be reached by the end of April. Al though students remain optimis tic, the relevant provisions of the Civil Code have never before been contested. "I wouldn't have put three months of my work into this if I didn't think we had a chance of winning," admitted Ballon, "but I don't know. □

"Racism equals white suprem acy" was the equation offered in Dr. Frances Cress-W elsing's speech given last Thursday to a capacity audience in the Stewart Biology Auditorium. Dr. Cress-Welsing also pro posed an abstract resolution to the realities of racism by suggest ing that people become aware of this definition and, consequently, understand the motivations of groups she distinguished as "white people" and "nonwhite people." She prefaced her argument by explaining to her audience that although "emotions are critical, just to have an emotional re sponse [to racism] is not suffi cient." "Put aside your emotions and think," she implored. 'T o racist societies, racism makes sense." Because whites account for only 1/10 of the world's popula tion, she ridiculed the perception of nonwhite people as "minori ties." She also explained the genetic dominance of nonwhite people in terms of skin coloration. She argued that these realities chal-

S p eak ers' C o rn e r lenged white genetic survival. Racism, therefore, evolved from the white population's desire to prevent their own genetic annihi lation. According to her, racism developed from insecurity and fear. Dr. Cress-Welsing emphasized the global nature of the dynamic system of racism. She believed that it operates in all areas of human activity: economics, education, entertainment, labour, law, poli tics, religion, sex and war. "Racism consists of patterns of perception, logic, symbol forma tion, thought, speech, action and emotional response," she stated. The Doctor then provided a symbolic analysis of cultural as pects that suggest a reality of nonwhite dominance. She employed the phallic sym bol as the theme of her analysis, tying it back to the castration of non white males by the white popu lation. She viewed castration as a

way of ensuring white genetic survival and nonwhite genetic annihilation. Asa result of racism, non white people have been conditioned to hate themselves, she claimed, thereby having trouble focusing on their cultural reality. "Black people have not under stood white supremacy as a dy namic," she admitted. She also commented that white people have trouble accepting the existence of racism. "All people must stop pretend ing that racism does not exist." Dr. Cress-Welsing made clear that peacebetween races will only come through justice. In striving to understand themselves and others, she postulated, non white and white people will become aware of the reality of human existence. Nonwhite people, she stressed, must acknowledge the inherent fear from which racism stems. She emphasized the need for "self-respect and respect for oth"The responsibility is upon the victims of white supremacy," she concluded. "Non white people are the instruments of justice."

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Fasone, Barrow win Tribune athlete award BY BRENT BANNERMAN As the 1990-1991 aca demic year winds down the McGill Athletic com munity takes the opporotunity to recognize the achievements of its ath letes and teams. Awards committees, consisting of coaches and organizers, and conspicuously absent of students, gather to be stow accolades on those they feel most deserving. Tina F ason e This year the McGill The Martlets, who Tribune has given the students a voice in the a wards derby by créa t- posted an 8-4 win-loss record in the regular ing the McGill Tribune Male and season were ousted by Female Athlete of the Year Award. the Bishops Lady Gai Through a ballotting process the student body has been able to sa ters in the provincial final. Despite their fail lute their athletic peers . ure to reach the nation The inaugural winners of the McGill Tribune Athlete o f the Year award. als, Fasone remained McGill Tribune Award are Tina positive about her last season in a Fasone of the Martlet basketball "1 had a good year personally, Martlet uniform. team and Julian Barrow of the but it wasdisappointing not to win "1 would classify it as a success. Redmen soccer team. after being so close three years in a Fasone, graduating with a B Sc. We had a good team that really row." enjoyed playing together." in Psychology, is McGill's all-time The Redmen were bounced from leading scorer with 2120 points, The Redmen soccer team main a chance at the national final four scored over five years. While tained theirclaim as McGill's most by University of Toronto when they Fasone led on the courts, Barrow successful team by capturing the defeated McGill 2-1 here in Mon was busy on the pitch as he won provincial title for the tenth time in tréal. both the QUSL Most Valuable eleven years. Sweeper Barrow's No stranger to personal recogni Player Award and was named an natural hat trick versus Trois tion Fasone was chosen as a second All-Canadian. Needless tosay both Rivieres was a personal highlight team All-Canadian and was the in a season that left the Redmen student athletes were cornerstones MVP of the McGill Invitational of their teams' successes. team aspirations unfulfilled. tournament won by the Martlets in

Dainty women weren’t allowed to be athletes BY JAMES STEWART In Society and in Uni versity sport there was a prevalent myth that women weredainty and frag ile. Consequently the "weaker sex" had to be sheltered from the strain of athletics. They were not con sidered as capable of meeting thedemands of physical activity as men. _______ Many intelligent men of the time put stock in this belief. One such man was R. Tait

McKenzie a former physical direc tor at McGill before he left for the University of Pennsylvania in 1904.

January. Thus the ac knowledgement of her achievements by her peers was a pleasant surprise. "It's nice. I was sur prised so many people voted," she admitted U ndaunted by the somewhat sporadic fan supportof McGill students Fasone added: "Thank you to all those people who voted. I hope people will continue to support Martlet bas ketball. Fasone, who is a little uncertain of her future admits she is enter taining thoughts of continuing her basketball career in Italy. "Realistically however, I'll probably join the work force." Aratheranimatcdand surprised Julian Barrow was pleased to be

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Rugby goes south for extended season BY ROM AN COOPER

for girls in schools and colleges is a While most of us will be rou tendency entirely in the wrong tinely attending classes and anx direction," he stated in the Cana- iously awaiting the arrival of _________ dian Medical Asso spring, the McGill men's rugby team will be taking part in a round ciation Journal McKenzie's com robin tournament in sunny, tropi mentary is a perfect cal Freeport, Bahamas from March example of how so 30 to April 6. They will be playing teams from the United States, ciety, or at England as well as a host team least men, felt from Freeport. about a woman's McGill will play a total of four role in athletics. games, including either a tourna They were believed ment final or a consolation final. to be inferior to men Younger players who will be con and the fact McKen- tinuing to play should gain experi ence in the games. That experience should carry over to next season SEE MCGILL . . . PAGE 18 when the team hopes to recapture

Men dominated the athletics scene and enjoyed privileges in the physical education programme at McGill that the women did not. "The making of a long schedule of inter-institutional competition

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the winner of the Tribune Award. "I think it is a special award because it is less biased than if the coaches picked it." There were 150 students who cast ballots in the contest. "I was just happy to be nominated," Barrowhumbly admitted Upon graduation in April Julian plans to hang up the cleats in favour of a full time job. His presence on theMcGill pitch will be greatly missed. On April 5th both Tina Fasone and Julian Barrow will be recog nized for their athletic excellence at the fourteenth annual McGill Athletic Awards Banquet. Fasone is nominated for the Roscoe Trophy as top Female Ath lete of the year along with Mary Roberst (swimming), Kim Barnes (badminton), Kariann Aarup ( rugby, hockey), Jennifer Hewson (field hockey), Michelle Banham (field hockey) and Gayle Noble (soccer). Barrow is nominated for the male athlete of the year, the Forbes Trophy along with Paul Brousseau (basketball), J.P. Veri (football) and Bryan Larkin (hockey). The Roscoe Trophy can only be awarded to a graduating athlete.

the Quebec Championship. The team has worked hard for the trip. In the last eight weeks, practices were held twice a week The Currie gym was the scene of some practises but the team also worked out in the snow and slush of Molson Stadium. But Team captain Matt Tennant hopes to get in one more practice on grass if the weather permits. A1though the players' minds will nodoubtbefocused on thegam eat hand - rugby - a couple of hours of each day will nodoubtbe set aside for some intense beach side study ing! The team's official tour t-shirts will be on sale this week in the Union building. Q

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McGill was a leader in women s sports MCGILL FROM PAGE 17 zie's comments were printed in a medical journal gives credence to just how serious ---------------those beliefs were. Women, how ever, did partici pate in intercolle g iate sp o rts. McGill, Queen's an d T oronto form ed the Women's Intercol legiate League (for basketball) in 1920. Western joined in 1928. However, it was deemed necessary to have different rules

for the women so they could play six-a-side. Further, each player was only allowed to cover a certain region of the court.

McGill was thought to have been "ahead of its time" regarding the accomplishments in the field of female athletics. The Royal Victo------------ria College (the women's branch of McGill) started an Athletics Club in 1900 and the De partment of Physi cal Training for Women was estab lished in 1906 headed by Ethel Cartwright. Clearly, as society -------------evolved, changes were reflected in athletics. Com m unication betw een schools opened up and leagues developed. Women were shunted from active participation in sport but progress was evident between 1900 and when the first degrees in physical education were granted in 1940. The state of women in university athletic circles is perhaps the most compelling example of how sport did reflect society during the pre war period. Challenges still exist today as women strive for more equality in the field of athletics. At McGill, there are as many womens' inter collegiate teamsasmens'. But many stillbelieve the women's teams are subject to discrmination. Advo cates of this point of view point out that men's basketball and hockey draw more fans than women's games.

Women, however, did participate in intercollegiate sports. McGill, Q ueen's and Toronto formed the W omen's Intercollegiate League (for basketball) in 1920. Western joined in 1928. In spite of the unnecessary re strictions placed on female athletes

The Higher Institute of Philosophy The University of Leuven (Belgium) o ffe r s ... C o m p le te P ro g ra m s in P h ilo s o p h y fr o m a o n e y e a r c e r tific a te in P h ilo s o p h y to th e P h .D A l l c o u rs e s a r e i n E n g lis h . T u itio n is 1 5 ,0 0 0 B f/Y e a r ( + / - $ 5 0 0 ). The Secretary, English Program Kardinaal Mercierplein 2 B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM

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But action to change the situ ation of women's sport, even given recognition of women's athletic potential, still meets with resis tance. The debate will continue in the Tribune next week. Q

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Exam conflicts In eight days' time the Na tional Hockey League play offs start. From April 3rd through about the next six weeks, hockey fans will be treated to at least a game a night. It's the ultimate hockey orgasm for the fan and an unrivaled nightmare for those who live for Peter Mansbridge and The National. At CBC, hockey loses the fight against pre-emption ten times in ten. But as much as play-off time is a hockey heaven it does pose a very large problem for McGill students. The exam schedule stands forbodingly in the way. Many sports fans have al ready got a taste of the sched uling difficulty with the recent NCAA basketball tournament. It's unlikely the Administra tion did this to us on purpose but they certainly haven't made it any easier with an exam schedule that comes smack in the middle of the NHL play-offs. What would you choose: Montreal-Boston at 8:00pm or macro economics at 9:00am? What makes it worse is that some professors insist on as signing papers with due dates that coincide with important play-off action. Professor Heron who has been mentioned in this space before for his ambivalent atti tude towards due dates and sports, is a repeat offender when it comes to play-off time. He has assigned two differ ent papers for two different classes due during the NHL play-offs. This kind of practise should be outlawed by the Administration. "No I don't consider major sporting events when I'm picking due dates for assign ments," he said. "What do you want me to say, 1don't care? Well that wouldn't be true." Perhaps though, we could forgive Professor Heron for his oversight since he is a visiting prof from York University in Toronto where there is no such thing as play-off hockey. While McGill hasn't made

S id e lin e s JAMES STEWART any concessions to hockey fans, Hockey Night in Canada has certainly made an effort to help us out. Thanks to the success of the Los Angeles Kings we have the luxury of hockey double headers. It affords us the opportunity to get in some solid studying while the first game is on and then tune in to the start of the west coast game at 10:30pm. Granted you have to miss that first game (one that may even involve the Habs) but some hockey is better than no hockey. Phil Scheucr, the Director of Administration at the National Hockey League at least sympa thizes with our plight. "I was in school," he said. "I know." "But you get through. It's probably a good thing to have that break to watch the game. I used to like to study after the game ended at 10:30." Scheuer also agreed with me regarding the beauty of double headers not just during exam time but anytime. While it is probably asking too much of the Administra tion to simply forget about exams during April they should at least consider some modest changes to the sched ule to help out hockey fans. It's a given that the Montreal Canadiens will be in the play offs every year. With that in mind no exams should be scheduled the night after a game when we've all been up watching it. Without these changes hockey fans will have to con tinue to juggle two important schedules. One made by the National Hockey League and the other by McGill University. They both have offices in Mon treal. You'd at least think they could get together on this.

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Is Schildroth heading to Windsor? TRIB SPORTS NETWORK McGillRedmenbasketball coach Ken Schildroth has made the short list of four candidates to become the coach of the University of Windsor. In a story which appeared in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on March 14th, Schildroth was named as a potential candidate for the job, along wi th Guy Ve trie, the coach a t the University of Victoria, Brian Havey of Lethbridge Community College and Wayne Curtin, who is coachat Windsor. Schildroth said he was unable to comment on this issue when

reached at his office yesterday. But he said that he would answer any questions regarding the situation when the whole matter was settled. Schildroth expected to find out sometime today. He has coached at McGill for the past seven years now. Ifhcgetsthe Windsor post, he would also be leaving behind his role as acting Intercollegiate Co-ordinator, a position he took over for Harry Zarins who left for Victoria earlier this year. This season, Schildroth coached the Rcdmen to a disappointing 213 record and a last place finish in the division. □

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UQTR ta k es h o ck ey title The Univeristy of Quebeca Trois Rivieres won their second Cana dian hockey title on Sunday with a 7-2 thrashing of the Alberta Golden Bears. UQTR advanced to the final on Friday with a 4-3 victory over Prince Edward Island. Alberta meanwhile disposed of the Waterloo Warriors 5-4 in double overtime.on Saturday. UQTR lost only four times all season. They won their first championship in 1987.

T eam o f th e y e a r n o m in e e s Seven teams were accorded nominations for the Martlet Founda tion Trophy emblematic of McGill's team of the year. The Martlet cross-country team which won the provincial championship was nominated along with the Martlet track and field team (provincial champs), Martlet rugby team (provincial champs), Martlet soccer (provincial champs and national semi-finalists), Redmen soccer (provincial champs), Redmen hockey (had their best season in four teen years and beat York in a first round play-off) and the Martlet basketball team which lost in the provincial championship. Winners will be announced at the annual athletic banquet on April 5th at the Boneventure Hotel. Tickets can be purchased from the Currie Gym.

A ll-C anadians a n n o u n c e d No McGill players were selected to theall-Canadian hockey team but two players from Quebec schools were chosen. In goal is Robert Desjardins of Concordia and UQTR forward jean Bois was selected as one of the forwards.

Tribune Trivia Contest Since the beginning of the McGill Tribune various sports editors have conducted a trivia contest. This year Sports Editor James Stewart pres ents his contest. Naturally, there will be prizes. Drop your answers off at the office ASAP. 1. Who was the last player to win the Hart Trophy before Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux?

papers for their campus sports. What are these two papers?

2. Queen's Uni versi ty and the Uni versi ty of Toron to have both won the Grey Cup. Has McGill?

7. Later on this year hockey fans will be treated to another Canada Cup tournament. Canadians have won the unofficial world cup of hockey every timeexcep t in 1981 when they were thrashed 8-1 by the Soviets. What goalie had the dubious distinction of being between the pipes for that horrendous game?

3. The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackha wks are strong contenders for the Stanley Cup this year but it has been a long time since an American-based team won Lord Stanley's mug. Who was the last Americanbased team to win it and who did they beat? 4. The McGill Martlets had a lot better season than their male counterparts this year. One of the reasons was due to this player who became the Martlets' alltime leading scorer. Who is she? 5 Former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was an avid baseball fan. There's even a trophy named after him for which the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays used to compete. Who won the last one? 6. Believe it or not, the McGill Daily used to run a sports section. Now McGill students must rely on two

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