The McGill Tribune Vol. 11 Issue 16

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bers, $1.00 for members.

Promotion of Opportunities for Women in Engineering presents Mr.

Tuesday. January 28 McGill Faculty of Music Con­ cert: McGill Percussion Ensemble;

Tony Hontzeas, P. Eng, speaking on "The Price of Mentorship: The Mary Cunningham Case." MacDonald Engineering Building, room 280.4:00 pm.

McGill Literacy Council meet­ ing, including election of next year's executive. Union 302. 7:00 pm.

Pierre Béluse, Director. Pollack Hall, 8:00 pm. Admissionis free. Call 3984547 for information.

Walk Safe Network recruitment meeting. Union 435,5:00 pm.

Wednesday. January 29 Québec PIRG and the Concordia

Friday. January 31

BENEFIT PARTY for CCDA! Women'sCentre present "RapeLaw in Canada: Justice?" Panel discus­ Support Development Education , sion and questions. Frank Dawson location to be announced, 8;00 p.m. $3 Donation requested, great D.J. Adams Auditorium, 7:30 pm.

McGill Latin American Aware­ Proceeds for a terrific cause.

McGill Faculty of Music Con­ ness Group presents "El Salvador 1992: Questions for the Future." 550 cert: McGill Symphony Orchestra; Sherbrooke St. West, room 1175.6:00 Timothy Vernon, conductor. Pol­ lack Hall,8:00 pm. Admission is free. pm.

Call 398-4547 for information.

McGill Film Society presents McGill Faculty of Music Con­ cert: McGill Wind Symphony; Tom Barton Fink (U.S.A., 1991, dir. Joel Talamantes, director. Pollack Hall, Coen). FDA Auditorium, 7:30 pm.

8:00pm. Admissionis free.Call398- Admission is $3.50 for non-mem­ 454/ for information. bers, $1.00 for members.

Centre for Developing Area Stud­ ies Seminar Series presents "Devel­

The Yellow Door Coffee House

presents Jonathan Stevens with Debbie Ryan. Admission is $2.00.

Doors open at 8:00 pm. For informa­ tion, call 398-6243.

opment and Sustainability in Tan­ zania," by Charles Smith. 3715 Peel Street, Seminar Room, 12:00 pm.

Centre for Developing Area Stud­ ies Seminar Series presents "The

Thursday. January 30 McGill Faculty of Music Con­ cert: David Breitman, fortepiano.

Urban Informal Sector: Is it still worth discussing?" byjulia Sanchez.

3715 Peel Street, Seminar Room, 12:00 pm.

Pollack Hall, 8:00 pm. Admission is free. Call 398-4547 for information.

McGill Faculty of Music Con­ cert: Michel Corbel, tenor, Nathalie

Saturday. February 1

Morais, soprano, Theresa Turgeon, McGill Faculty of Music Con­ piano. Redpath Hall, 8:00 pm. cert: McGill Symphony Orchestra; Admission is free. Call 398-4547 for Timothy Vernon, conductor. Pol­ information. lack Hall, 8:00 pm . Admission is free.

McGill Film Society presents The Call 398-4547 for information.

Seventh Seal (Sweden 1956, dir. Ing­ McGillFilm Society presents Boyz mar Bergman). Leacock 132,7:30 pm. in the Hood (U.S.A., 1991, dir. John Admission is $3.50 for non-mem­ Singleton). FDA Auditorium, 7:30

looking for summer tutors for adults. Call 398-5100 if interested.

Group seeks information and opinions concerning McGill self-defense, courses Leave message at 398-6832 or 398-7432.

McGill Latin Awareness Grou^ The Russian and Sla^i£ Studies Journal is calling for editors and submis­ welcomes all to a Latin American sions. Meetings every Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30 pm in Bronfman 6cl, or style coffee house, 8.00 pm, Union leave a message in envelope at Bronfman 666.

B09. Admission is $3.00. Proceeds fund urban health projects in El Salvador.

pm. Admission is $3.50 for non­ members, $1.00 for members.

Sunday. February 2 McGill Society of Montréal pres­

ents a Pre-Valentine Skating Party.

McConnell Winter Stadium, 2:30 4:30 pm. Students $2.50, adults $4.00, children under 6 free. Call 398-3566 for information.

Monday. February 3

The James Bay Coalition and the McGill Debating Union present "Is James Bay II a benefit or detriment to Québécois society?" Moot Court.

Check Daily for details.

McGill Biochemistry Depart-

m entpresents a special seminar: Dr. Wim Hoi, University of Groningen, Holland, will speak on "The 3-Di­ mensional Structure of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of E. Coli - A Close Rela­ tive of Cholera Toxin." McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, room 1034.12:30 pm.

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BY JANE WHITE Few surprises w ere revealed in the results o f a Tribune Poll w hich took a random sam pling of 234 stu d en ts to m easure aw areness and perceptions of the Students' Society of McGill U ni­ versity (SSMU). The majority of respondents w ere n ot familiar w ith the id en tity o f the SSMU Executive m em bers and their policies. E ighty-tw o percent of those polled could not nam e their faculty representative to SSMU C ouncil. A lthough this could be a frightening indication of stu ­ dent apathy, President Scott Mi tic interpreted the data differ­ ently.

"There are stu d en ts in v o lv ed in a w id e range of activities w hich is dem onstrated by literally hundreds of clubs. I don 't think our problem is a problem of apathy on this cam pus," he said.

"The studen ts are extrem ely in volved in the su b section s of the university. I d on 't think [the poll results are] as n egative as [they are] m ade o u t to be."

W hile the disapproval ratings w ere high for som e of the Execu­ tive, it w as som etim es difficult for Executive m em bers to link this data w ith p olicies related to their individual portfolios. P oli­ cies w ere rarely identified by respondents in q u estion s 2 and 3.

VP External Karla M acD onald

felt that her lo w approval rating w asdirectly linked to poor media coverage o f the Fédération Etu­ diante U niversitaire d u Q uébec (FEUQ), w ith w h ich she w orks closely.

"Quite frankly, [low approval is d u e to] m isrepresentation of [FEUQ] d on e by the McGill Daily," com plained M acD onald.

"A lot o f p eop le are sayin g FEUQ supported a fee increase. That's a total falsity."

W hile the political disinterest of stu d en ts m ay su g g est a high in vo lv em en t in other activities, concern rem ains that com m u n i­ cation b etw een stu d en t govern ­ m ent and its constituents is in ­ adequate.

"You can argue that voter turn out is lo w , b u t w e'v e got to find a better w a y of com m unicating w ith p eop le, and n ot just on big issu es like the H ealth Plan." noted VP Internal A lex Johnston.

"I think it is unfortunate at McGill that w e don 't d o a better job of com m unicating. There should be m uch m ore netw orking w ith fa c u lty a s s o c ia tio n s . W h en y o u 'v eg o t large facultiesit'shard to g et in touch w ith in d ivid u al students."

A ccording to the poll, the H ealth Insurance Plan w as si­ m u ltan eou sly the m ost and least approved of p olicies adopted by this year's stu d en t governm ent.

Mitic and Bukhm an both d is­ counted the p oll's resu lts as ter­

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"The H ealth Plan w as ap­ proved b y a very strong major­ ity, 70% of stu d en ts voted in favour o f it, w hich is probably the b ig g est majority w e'v e had in a lo n g time," em phasized Bukhman. "[The referendum result], w e k n ow is scientific and your poll d o es not reflect that sam e per­ centage, so either in the course ol the last few m onths w e'v e had a radical change in our students' op inion, or the poll is faulty," agreed Mitic.

But som e students felt that the current w orkings o f the student govern m en t d o not reach the general m em bers of the Society.

"I couldn't ans w er any of these [poll questions]," lam ented stu­ dent Christie Sm ythe, "and its notbecause I'm disinterested, it's because there's n o representa­ tion."

SSM U is seek in g w a y s to im ­ prove com m unication on cam ­ pus, esp ecially w ith first year students. Johnston highlighted a "Bagel Brunch" w hich w ill be held in a residence som etim e in March, w ith h op es for better results than the October Brunch, w hich w a s poorly attended Sev­ eral stu d en ts polled expressed an interest in an SSMU publica­ tion w h ic h w o u ld in c lu d e m onthly agen d as and council m eetin g schedules. fa

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alPresident Scott Mitic 20% b) VP Finance Lev Bukhm an 1;7.9%_ c) VP Internal Alex Johnston 20% d) VP U niversity Affairs Rosalind W ard-Smith 17.5% e) VP External Karla M acDonald 12.4%

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2. W hich policy, undertaking, or en deavour adopted by this year's Student governm ent d o y o u approve of the most?

D on't K now H ealth Insurance Anti-calendar Budget Cuts Other

57.9% 27.4% 3.4% 2.1% 9.0%

3. W hich policy, undertaking, or endeavour adopted by this year's Student governm ent d o you approve of the least?

D on't K now H ealth Insurance Incorporation Budget C uts Other

59.4% 18.0% 8.1% 2.6% 11.9%

4. Can you nam e your faculty representative to Council?

18.2% 82.4%

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"I don't think Scott Mitic has been in the public eye enough although I ap prove of him gen ­ erally."

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"I approve but I think p eop le w h o g o into stu d en t politics are like p eop le w h o g o into any politics."

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"I couldn't answ er any of this and it's n otb ecau se I'm disinter­ ested, it is because there's no representation."

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"If you d on 't see major d issat­ isfaction am on g the students, you just a ssu m e everyth in g's fine."

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"The problem is com m unica­ tion. I d on 't k n ow w hether it's the students' fault or the McGill n ew sp ap ers, w hich are not in ­ teresting enough."

BY RICH LATOUR

"If y o u are ju st in i t (SSMU) for you r CV, just g iv e it up. Don't just d o it for your law school applications."

Aviva Jamensky

Gerry Butts

M it ic p o in ta t h e w a y t o t h e f u t u r e .

A lth ou gh Students' Society (SSMU) C ouncil d ecided to form an E m p loym en tS ervices C orpo­ ration last Thursday, the d eci­ sion to d o so m ay be challenged by a vocal critic of the plan.

The Corporation is a sm all step tow ards full incorporation of SSM U Society workers, w h o had been McGill em ployees, w ill now receive paychecks and benefits directly from SSMU. In three to five years, these em p loyees m ust ch oose to w ork for SSM U or M cGill. E m ployees w h o choose McGill w ou ld be transferred else­ w h ere in the university.

N e w em p lo y ees, in clu d in g n ew Sadie's M anager Robert W erbin and a still-to-be-deter­ m ined General M anager, will be w ork in g ex clu siv ely for the SSMU. Architecture C ouncillor David Gruber hinted after Thursday's m eetin g that he m ay appeal the issu e to Judicial Board som etim e this w eek, on the basis that the decision sh ou ld have gon e to referendum .

Gruber and six other C ouncil­ lors debated for a referendum m otion, citing that n ew p ow ers w ere b ein g created for the SSMU Executive, w h o w ill b ecom e the n ew corporation's Board o f D i­ rectors. Gruber argued thatthese n ew p ow ers w ou ld result in a change in the SSMU C onstitu­ tion.

Consti tu ti onal changes requ ire approval by referendum .

"I am not convinced that the constitutional requirements have been met," said Gruber after T hursday's C ouncil m eeting. "I w ill d o as m uch as I can [to bring the issu e to Judicial Board]."

The SSMU Executive, led by SSM U President and Incorpora­ tion C om m ittee Chairm an Scott M itic, argued that p ow ers w ere sim p ly b ein g transferred, with no n ew constitutional p o w ers as such.

"It is on ly an adm inistrative transfer of power," responded M itic. "The p ow er exists; w e are on ly redistributing it under another name."

In a thirty m inute presenta­ tion, Mitic also responded to confusion surrounding the ex ­ tent o f the Executive's p ow er over the staff.

"The Executive cannot initiate the dism issal o f an in d ivid u al w ith ou t the G eneral M anager b ein g there as well," explained Mitic.

"Our law s clearly and explic­ itly outline our rights to hire and d ism iss e m p lo y e e s," a d d e d S S M U VP E x te r n a l K arla M acDonald. "The p ow er w ill still be w ith the G eneral M anager to évalu atean d d ism iss em p loyees w ith just cause."

But Gruber threw in a techni­ cal glitch, in an attem pt to stall the p assin g o f the m otion for the third tim e in six w eeks.

'T he pow er to terminate a G en­ eral M anager d o es not exist in our Consti tu tion: on ly to d ism iss an Executive Director," said Gruber.

The General M anager position replaces the old position of SSMU Executive Director.

Mitic said after the m eetin g that there w ou ld in d eed be a ref­ erendum this March, to approve the nam e change from Executive Director to G eneral M anager.

Mitic also specified that he re­ m ained op p osed to the w h ole m otion goin g to referendum and explained that there w ou ld oth ­ erw ise be no change as such in the Constitution, b ut on ly in the SSMU b y-law s and policies.

"If w e started testing every spe­ cific w a y C ouncil acts on behalf of the Society, w e w o u ld have a C onstitution that w ou ld be a list of responsibilities," said Mitic "H ow Council is m anaged is in our by-law s."

C hanges to by-law s and poli cies are not required to g o to referenda.

M itic also dism issed Gruber's intentions of g o in g to Judicial Board.

"There is absolutely no reason for this to g o to Judicial Board.

P eople seem to be arguing for the sake of arguing, not to pro m ote the best interests o f Stu dents' Society." <&>

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BY ALEX U SHER Personality differences and philosophical quarrels h ave led to the resignation o f four o f the nine McGill m em bers o f the Q uébec Public Interest Research G roup (QPIRG) Board o f D irec­ tors. A ndrea Thorpe, Fern Doctorow , Daron W estm an and Jason Prince h ave all resigned from the Board. A fifth, Chantal M orisset, graduated in D ecem ­ ber.

T w o o f the d eparting m em ­ bers, Fern D octorow and Andrea Thorpe, said they left b ecause ten sion s b etw een other Board m em bers left them feelin g frus­ trated.

"The group d ynam ics w ere the m a in p r o b le m ," a d m itte d T h o r p e . "B oard m e m b e r s sh ow ed no respect for each other."

D octorow , w h o left the Board this m onth, concurred.

"My en ergy w as sapped by the conflicts on the Board. There w ere these p ressin g problem s and w e cou ld n 't get things to­ gether."

Both Thorpe and D octorow p oin ted to another resigned

Board m em ber, Daron W estman, as having been key to the Board's unity problem s.

"The conflict w as basically b etw een Daron and Aaron (Free­ m an), and it w as m ostly about agenda control,” said Thorpe.

Freeman explained that he had no difficulties w ork ing w ith any other Board m em bers one-onone,butadm itted that these good relations d id n ot a lw a y s apply to the Board's m eetings.

D aron W estm an had a differ­ ent v ie w o f the origins of the personality problem s.

"There w ere problem s right from the b egin n in g w ith our m andates in July. There w as a split b etw een p eop le w h o cam e from the H o u sin g project and those w h o cam e from the W aste M anagem ent project. There w as a split b etw een centralizers and d e -c e n tr a liz e r s . E v e n tu a lly , w h en w e couldn't resolve our political differences, they becam e personal," he explained.

Several other Board m em bers rejected W estm an's interpreta­ tion of even ts, h ow ever, sayin g that w h ile political differences existed, W estm an's "tags" for the factions w ere either sim plistic or

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BY R IC H LATOUR Senators p assed a sligh tly am ended resolution last W ed­ n esd a y to accept a conditional version o f a recom m endation that w o u ld perm it M cGill D en ­ tistry to stay open. Rejected w as a proposed am en d m en t to d e ­ lete the clau se stating that 1 / 3 of D entistry staff be retired by 1995.

Senators did agree to rem ove the specified w ord 'retirement' from that recom m en dation.

The A cadem ic P lanning and Priorities (APPC) Subcom m ittee, chaired by VP (Planning and Physical D evelop m en t) François T avenas, released d etails o f its stringent, nine-point plan to keep D entistry op en in late N o v e m ­ ber. The plan w o u ld require D entistry to close its d oors for the 1996-97 school year u n less all the con d ition s are m et by Septem ber 30th o f this year.

T hese condition s range from

d e v elo p in g a M asters' program to acquiring n ew dental eq u ip ­ m ent through private funding.

A lthough D entistry D ean Ralph Barolet seem ed con fident that Dentistry could m eet therequirem ents, he also felt som e w ere sligh tly unfair.

Barolet did n ot ap p rove o f the retirem ent o f 1 /3 o f D entistry staff by Septem ber 1995 to be replaced b y m ore researchers.

"I thou gh t there w asn't a re­ tirem ent age in Q uébec," stated Barolet. "I thought p eople retired in Q uébec w h en they w ere no longer able to work."

Barolet w a s su p p orted by H istory d epartm ent Chairm an Carman M iller, w h o also serves as President o f the McGill A sso­ ciation o f U niversity Teachers (M AUT). It w as M iller w h o pro­ posed an am en d m en t to strike the specified 1 / 3 quota and the w ord 'retirement' from the m o­

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QPIRG's opera­ tions have only been m arginally affected. " O n e o f th e good things about PIRG is that since in d iv id u a l proj­ ects h a v e a lot of au to n o m y , they h ave had no trouble function­ in g d esp ite prob­ le m s on th e B oard ," sa id B oard m em b er

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H e also pointed out th a t th e p eo p le w h o have r e s ig n e d h a v e c o n t in u e d to w ork on their individual proj­ ects. L ew inberg said he sees a silver lining to the problem s at QPIRG. "There's less conflict n ow be­ cause the p eo p le w h o w ere hav­ in g conflicts have left. The last tw o m eetin gs have been very positive."

Thorpe, on e of the departed

D e n t is t r y tion.

"It appears as though a num ­ ber o f persons have been tar­ geted and the criteria used to target them is not before us," said M iller.

M iller also presented Senators w ith an extract from the gu id e­ lines from the Canadian A sso ­ ciation o f U niversity Teachers (CAUT) handbook, w hich speci­ fies that academ ics m ust not be let g o for a com bination o f both academ ic and financial reasons.

"We are concerned that there is con fu sion b etw een financial and academ ic causes," Miller told Senators. "Were they tar­ geted because of high salaries, or because o f lo w research? W e are not in a p osition to target indi­ viduals."

But T avenas rem ained uncon­ vinced b y M iller and BaroleFs argum ents.

"Striking these elem ents w ill increase the difficulty to make

B oard m em b ers, jo in e d L ew inberg in stressing the p o si­ tive aspect o f the resignations.

"Since the resignations, m o­ rale has picked u p am on g the volunteers. A t least this w ay, the p eo p le w h o are left share a com m on vision about QPIRG and they can get on w ith the work," sh e said.

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sure the conditions w ill be m et because there [w ou ld be] n o ref­ erence for judging," predicted Tavenas. "[We w ou ld be] creat­ ing confusion and nastierdebates d o w n the road."

Law Professor Jeremy Webber agreed w ith Tavenas.

"We h ave to address the issu es about reduction o f staff in light o f our institutional objectives," W ebber said. "W eighing the institutional considerations into account is crucial."

After the proposed am end­ m en t to strike the 1 /3 figure failed, Carm an M iller voted against the w h ole m otion, d e­ sp ite the fact that his bid to re­ m ove the w ord 'retirement' su c­ ceeded.

"W hen they failed to perm it the surgery on the num bers I w a s still u n h ap p y w ith it," said M iller after the session.

Barolet w a s sim ilarly d isap ­ pointed.

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S e n a t e "IFsbasically unchanged from th e o rig in a l m o tio n ," sait Barolet. "I'm glad the w ord re tirem ent has been rem oved, but it is still interesting that over 1 / 3 o f m y staff are over the age o f 59...otherw ise[thequota] w ou ld have been 5 /6 , or w hatever the num ber [of those over 59] w o u ld have been."

The D entistry m otion is ex ­ pected to g o to Board o f G over­ nors for final approval.

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BY PATRICK GLADNEY AND CHRIS ALAM A sm all dem onstration took place outside the Sheraton Centre H otel w here Reform Party leader P reston M anning w a s speaking to the M ontreal C anadian Club on Thursday, January 23rd. But the protest seem ed to have little effect on the luncheon, as m ost attending appeared u naw are that three floors b elo w , a d em ­ onstration w a s taking place.

The crow d o f approxim ately thirty p eop le, half of w h o m w ere M cGill students, toted placards identifyin g the Reform Party and its leader as ad vocates of a racist, hom ophobic and sexistplatform .

"It is im portant that p eop le stand ou t against Reform Party p olicies because its stand on is­ su es is pretty frightening," stated Peter King, U2 G eography.

M ost of the stu d en ts protest­ ing addressed the need to be "ob­ vious" about their op p osition to Reform Party principles. Arts studentT odd W ilkinson ci ted the Reform party as b ein g "as far right as any C anadian party has

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G r a d u a te s t u d e n t C h ris Larnder underscored the need for greater aw areness by d raw ­ in g a parallel b etw een the Re­ form Party and the re-em erging N a z i m ovem en t in G erm any.

Larnder em phasized the need for p eo p le to nip sm all scale m o v e­ m ents such as the Reform Party in the bud, stating that p eop le h ave a ten d en cy to "see so m e­ thing bad and not get involved," thus perm itting the grow th of extrem e m ovem ents.

A t least one M cGill student ch ose to attend the lun ch eon in su p p ort o f M anning.

"I am a m em ber o f the Reform Party. I am a supporter of the Re­ form Party's p olicies and it w as m y first op p ortunity to see Preston M anning in person," explained Science student Ben M ackenzie.

M ackenzie also ad m on ish ed fellow M cGill stu dents w h o took part in the dem onstration.

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sh o u ld find out first-hand w h a t [M an­ ning's] p o li­ cies are and they w ill see that he is in no w a y a rac­ ist."

M acken­ z ie 's w o r d s echoed those o f M an n in g him self, w h o in v it e d h is detractors to read his b ook or attend his sp eech es for t h e m s e lv e s , rather th an

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N o n eth eless, M anning appeared eager to put to rest the fears of those w h o see him and h is party as bigoted.

"We u n eq u ivocally reject the E nglish u n ilin gu alism of APEC and the Ontario Alliance, the CoR

Party, and other such groups, and the French u n ilingualism of their eq u ivalen ts in Québec," he explained to an attentive au d i­ ence.

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in g the luncheon, M anning eas­ ily dism issed the dem onstrators' charges of racism , sexism , and hom ophobia.

"They are not correct," he em ­ phasized.

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N E T W O R K N E W S B R IE F E x p u lsio n for se xu al a ssa u lts n o t b eing p la ce d on M a’s tra n s c rip ts JOE MACKINNON,QUEEN'S JOURNAL A Queen's student who was recommended for expulsion for sexually assaulting three women hasdropped his decision to appeal to the Senate Grievance Board, after receiving guar­ antees that the expulsion would not appear on his transcript.

According to a press release dated January 7 from the Judi­ cial Committee, William Ma dropped his appeal after a clari­ fication was made that a record or his expulsion would not ap­ pear on his transcript.

Ma was recom mended for expulsion on September 9,1991 for sexually assaulting three women on campus. He defended himself by saying that he was on hallucinogenic "magic mushrooms".

The press release states that the Alternative Chair of Senate

Grievance Board, Professor Nicholas Bala, commenced infor­ mal discussions with both parties to the appeal - the Judicial Committee and Ma - after Ma announced his intention to appeal the decision.

Ma's primary concern was that his expulsion would be noted on his transcript and that this would have negative implica­ tions for his attendance at other universities.

The committee's response was to point out that it only had jurisdiction with respect to non-academic discipline and that any notation on a transcript which would have an effect on a student's academic progress at another institution would be outside of that jurisdiction.

The committee decided to issue a clarification of what it meant in the September 9 judgement when it recommended expulsion.

As the original intention of the Committee was strictly to impose a non-academic sanction, Ma's official transcript will bear no record of his expulsion and shall beat-only the same endorsements as that ofany other student who has completed courses at the university.

Senate's letter to Ma informing him of their acceptance of the recommendation of his expulsion shall remain an internal Queen's document and shall not be released nor its existence disclosed to parties making an academic inquiry to Queen's University about Ma, the statement said.

The release states that these conditions reflect the initial intention of the committee when it made its recommendation of expulsion. The main aim of the recommendation was to ensure the continuing safety and security of the women who had been the victims of Ma's assaults.

Ma is eligible to apply for re-admission to Queen's Univer­ sity - in any program - commencing in September 1995.

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Students' Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Rosalind Ward-Smith is coordinating a poll this week to determine what students think of two possible name changes.

One question asks for student opinion concerningchanging the name of Bachelor's Degree to 'Baccalaureate', and a Master's degree to 'Magistariat'. The proposal comes in light of a Concordia initiative, which intends to make the names of the degrees gender-neutral.

Students are also being asked if the McGill Redmen name should be changed to respect the views of North American Natives who object to sports teams using stereotyped names.

"The point of the poll is for student Senators to get a sense of how students feel about these two issues," explained Ward-Smith. "These is­ sues are very important at McGill."

The data collected will be used in future discussions of Senate/Board Caucus on these issues. Students can pick up their ballots at the Informa­ tion kiosk in the Student Union.

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Bukhman was responding to complaints by students that they had not received adequate information regarding how they could opt out. ""We think there may have been a few clerical errors but.we don't think the problem is widespread," said Bukhman. "We want to make it as easy as possible for students to opt out of the drug prescription portion of the plan if they don't need it."

Bukhman also explained that it was never his intention to make the opting-out process complicated for international students.

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D em ocracy inaction. That m ight be the best w ay to sum up the results o f last Thurs­ d ay's Student Society (SSMU) Council vote on incorporation.

Studentdem ocracy isa frag­ ile thing at the b est of times.

Turnout at M cGill election tim e is never m ore than 15%.

In part, this m a y b e the fault of th ose of us in the m edia, w h o d o not a lw ays present the is­ su es facing council in a com ­ p lete fashion.

In part, it is a problem in­ herent in student governm ent.

Since stu d en t association s rarely h ave any real pow er, the vast m ajority of p eo p le sim p ly feel that it is not w orth their tim e to v o te for b od ies w ith such little relevance.

That b ein g said, how ever,

the SSM U E xecutive m em bers need to be rem inded that just b ecause dem ocracy is fragile d o es n ot m ean they have licence to ignore the d em ocra tic process altogether.

The issu e of creating a corpo­ ration to hire and em p loy SSMU staff is a case in point. By any rational standard, this event sh ou ld g o to referendum . It w ill ev en tu ally change the w ay over half a m illion dollars o f students' m on ey is spent. Yet the fashion in w hich the Executive per­ form ed so m e fascinating m ental cartw heels to avoid putting this q u estion to the student b od y in a referendum is truly am azing.

On the one hand, SSM U Presi­ d ent Scott Mitic has told C ou n ­ cillors that the creation of the corporation w o u ld not sign ifi­ cantly change either the opera­ tion of the Society, nor of the

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Executives' role w ithin the Soci­ ety. O n the other hand, w hen so m e C ouncillors asked that C ouncil be given a larger role w ith in the n ew corporation, the Executive turned d o w n the idea because runni ng the corporation w a s such a big job that a C ouncil­ lor cou ld not be expected to ful­ fill such a large role.

This d ou b le standard is an in su lt to C ouncillors' intelli­ gence. U nfortunately, so few of them realized it that tw elve voted w ith the Executive to create a corporation w ith ou t putting the q u estion to the voters.

Thankfully, student d em oc­ racy is n ot totally dead. A group o f sev en councillors - D zero wicz, Gruber, Becker, H ill, C hen, Tho­ m as and Shebbeare - put up a good fight in three Council m eetin gs over the course of six

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w eek s to en su re that the q u es­ tion d id reach a referendum .

Their questions and challenges succeeded in generating the best debate Council hasseen thisyear, and also succeeded in forcing the Executive to substantially im ­ prove their proposals for incor­ poration before they w ere ev en ­ tually passed. They d id this d esp ite op en hostility and abuse d uring the m eetin gs from the Executive, and P resident Mitic in particular. More o f such spir­ ited op p osition is precisely what SSMU needs.

The results o f this w eek 's Trib­ une poll indicate that at least som e students have reservations regarding this issue. The results further indicate that students have little idea w hat their g o v ­ ernm ent is d oing. A referendum on incorporation w ou ld provide SSM U Council with the ability to

kill tw o birds w ith on e vote.

N o t on ly w o u ld a referen­ dum be the opportunity to g iv e SSMU C ouncil a firm m andate to proceed w ith in­ corporation, it w ou ld also al­ lo w Council to reach ou t to, and inform its constituents aboutan issue that should con­ cern them.

But if the Executive m em ­ bers w ou ld rather not sub­ scribe to the standard prac­ tices o f constitutional d em oc­ racy, perhaps th ey m ight be better off proclaim ing them ­ selv es dictators-for-life.

A t least then w e could have a coup-d'état.

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The philosophy of recycling of philosophy R educe, R euse, R ecycle these have b ecom e the three R's of the m odern student.

P reviou sly, the three R's stood for w h at m a n y teachers re­ garded as the fundam entals of education: reading, w riting, and arithm etic. A pparently, these esteem ed educators w ere not concerned w ith the fact that o n ly o n e of those w ord s actu­ ally b egin s w ith the letter R, and that they w ere inadver­ tently p rod u cin g an entire generation of terrible spellers.

But the tim es have changed.

Environm ental concerns have necessarily assu m ed a p rom i­ nen t place in our m inds. I, like m any o f m y fellow students, have com e to the realization that the Earth is an alogou s to m y apartm ent; it better g et

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cleaned u p soon or it m ay b e­ com e unli vable, and start attract­ in g silverfish.

A s a result of this aw akening, recycling has (if I m ay u se an e n v ir o n m e n ta lly u n fr ie n d ly sim ile) caught on like w ild fire.

N o w , nearly anything can be saved from the m ass grave o f the landfill.

Ingenuity abounds. G rizzly's G ifts, an A laskan sou ven ir shop, sells 6,000 pairs of m o o se-d u n g earrings a year. O ne in four or­ gan transplants in N e w York City are salvaged from a m urder vic­ tim . W aste not, w an t not.

In fact, recycling has becom e so fashionable, that m any p eop le h a v e ex p a n d ed their efforts b eyon d the traditional arena of consum er good s, excessive pack­ aging, and anim al turds. W e've b egu n to reduce, reuse, and re­

cycle our thoughts and opinions as w ell.

A d aily scan o f cam pus' letter p a ges reveals that student d is­ course too often consists of p eo p le parroting the sam e old hackneyed and ill-considered ideas. This m u st end. Isn't it time w e cam e u p w ith som e hack­ neyed and ill-considered ideas of our ow n?

The old "isms" are obsolete.

There are probably m ore surviv­ in g Marx Brothers left in the w orld than there are Marxists.

W e had barely begu n to grasp structuralism w h en post-struc­ turalism w a s u pon u s, and now m ost post-structuralists have abandoned this theory for the m ore conservative Post Raisin Bran.

Even clichés, w hich are the ultim ate form of intellectual re­

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cycling, d on 't ring true anym ore.

They say that "everything old is n ew again," but in m y experi­ ence this hasn't been the case, at least not for grandparents and running shoes. They say that there is noth in g n ew under the sun, but / say they'd be hardpressed to nam e a R enaissance era equivalent to the H ostess HoHo. It's o b v io u s that the old phi­ losop h ies have failed. W e con­ tinue to struggle w ith the sam e scourges w h ich have p lagued societies for centuries: poverty; ignorance, the painfully predict­ able and overused joke w here the third in a serieso f p reviou sly solem n exam ples is a nutty in­ congruity like "purple under­ wear".

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BY A D A M STERNBERG H rhetoric of yesteryear and pro­ vid e fresh, exciting solu tion s and daring, in n ovative an­ sw ers. R ecycling w aste m ay save the w orld, but recycling ideas w ill never change it.

U nfortunately, as w e ap ­ proach another round o f stu­ dent elections, as w ell as a U.S. Presidential contest, w e w ill inevitably b e assailed w ith the sam e old tired prom ises and faulty plans, proving once again that the entrepreneurs at G rizzly's G ifts aren't the only on es w h o can sell crap year after year.

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Letters to the E d ito r gram in biochem istry presently a llo w s for o n ly five op tion s over three years. The h on ou rs program is even m ore restrictive. To im p o se another three requirem ents e d u c a tio n w o u ld be ludicrous. A nd w h y stop at ethics, p h ilosop h y To the Editor, and public policy? W hy not econom ics, ecology, history and geograp h y as w ell?

After reading Sujit C houdhry's article ( "A W ellA nother op tion is to g o to the U nited States, w h ere a R ounded Education", Jan. 21-27, 1992) on (in his o p in ­ liberal arts and science degree is m ore ex p en siv e and ion) the lack of ethical and m oral consideration g iven by m ore com m on than in Canada. In choosing this route, w e m any scientists to the products and con seq u en ces of m ust forfeit the expertise and specialization achieved by their work, I th ou gh t of w ritin g a letter w h ich continues McGill d egrees and others sim ilar to them . This problem the them e of science education. In his article, Mr. Chis sim ilar to the difference b etw een an h onours and a fac­ ou d h ry recom m en d s that all science stu d en ts be m ade to ulty degree, alth ou gh to a m uch greater extent. take a course on ethics and public policy.

A third, m ost reasonable, option is to extend the breadth I, in turn, w o u ld like to su g g est (I hope som eon e in a d ­ of requirem ents in high schools. In m o st provinces, m inistration w ill read this letter) that all non-science bread th is required, b ut n ot to a grea t extent ; step up d e­ stu d en ts be required to take (at least) a one-sem ester m ands and ensure that stu d en ts entering university are course w hich su rv ey s topics of major im port from the w ell-versed in arts and science before they enter a field various branches o f science and w hich d iscu sses the sci­ o f stu d y. Then, u n iversities sh ou ld offer eth ics courses entific m ethod and h o w scien tists obtain and interpret and the like as options. In ch oosin g b etw een a solid data. ground in a field and a broad education, I w o u ld choose A s Mr. C houdhry states, our lives are greatly affected both: the form er sh o u ld be addressed at the p ost-secon ­ by scientific (and technological) discoveries and in n ova­ dary lever, the latter in the h igh schools. This approach tions, and the products o f research in general. w o u ld a llow for specific field k n o w led g e and a broadSince the m edia (excluding PBS and m agazin es such as based education.

Discover) has not been able to inform (and entertain) the public on m atters scientific, it seem s our educational in­ A u b rey K assirer stitutions sh ou ld accept the task. M any issu es of interest, S cien ce U2 such as those concerning the environm ent and our heal th, as w ell as philosop h ical concerns such as the pu rp ose of hum an existence, could be better com prehended by S c r a p p in g th e g e n d e r d iffe r e n c e p eo p le w ith even a relatively sm all am ount of science education.

To the Editor, I d o not b eliev e this idea (w hich is not novel) w ill receive m uch opposition . In all probability, a science education w ill be appreciated by m any w hen their initial This letter isin reference to the article entitled "Where frustration in exam in in g scientific issu es is replaced b y a d o m en fitintofem inism ?" w h ich appeared in the Janu­ ary 21 - 27, 1992 issu e o f the Tribune. perhaps hesitant, b u t relatively confident, u n d erstan d ­ In this d a y and age, m ost ed u cated m en and w om en ing. agree that w o m en are still n o t treated eq u ally in our society. In response to this, there have been m any organi­ Bharatkum ar N . Patel zations, established b y w o m en and m en, w h o se m an ­ B io lo g y U2 date it is to prom ote 'fem inism .' A nd yet it is still a battle of the sexes w h en m en and w o m en (w hether separately E a r ly b r o a d e n in g is t h e k e y or together) discu ss fem inism . W hy?

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T o the Editor, In respon se to Sujit C houhdry's interesting (but lim ­ ited in scope) colu m n ("A W ell-R ounded E ducation, Jan 21-27, 1992), Sujit is correct to support the concept of broad education. H o w ev er, in focu ssin g on science stu ­ d en ts alone, he has on ly addressed on e sid e of the coin.

H e says that "scientists could aid society im m en sely in arriving at con scien tiou s decision s. Instead, the d eci­ sion s w ill be m ade b y in d iv id u a ls w h o se un d erstan d in g o f science is very poor."

The solution, h ow ever, d o e s n ot lie in o n ly science students taking ethics, p h ilo so p h y , and public policy, but sim ilarly in arts stu d en ts taking chem istry, b io lo g y , p h ysics, and calculus. If everyon e is "w ell-rounded" in this respect, politicians and b u sin ess p eo p le w ill under­ stand the id eas presented by the n ew generation of moral scientists. O f course this is an ideal situation and d o es not add ress the problem of w here to achieve this broad education.

O ne option is to increase the requirem ents o f science and arts stu d en ts. I w o u ld person ally lo v e to take an ethics course geared to m y d egree, but the majors pro­

P eop le d o n ot y et realize that sim p ly b y u sin g the term 'fem in ism / they are d raw in g just on e m ore lin e o f d is­ tinction b etw een m ales and fem ales. There sh ou ld be no fem inism , o n ly equality. There sh ou ld be n o exclu sively m ale or fem ale d iscu ssio n groups, on ly g rou p s op en to d iscu ssion from all p oin ts o f view .

By sa yin g "men n eed tim e to rem ove th em selv es from the pressures of society to d iscu ss fem inism ", Mr. R othgeisser of M cGill M en A gainst Sexism is su g g estin g that there is som e fundam ental difference b etw een m en and w o m en and that m en need to d iscu ss it privately to "figure them out". "We are rejecting society and w h at it expects of us as m en." Society expects n oth in g o f m en, Mr. R othgeisser, it expects fair treatm ent b y all hum an bein gs tow ards each other.

A s for Ms. D obbin o f the McGill C oalition A gainst Sexual A ssault, it is w ron g for m en to "do things on w om en 's term," just as it is w ron g for w o m en to have d on e things on m en 's term s throughout all o f history.

To an sw er M s. D obbin's question as to w h y there are no m en in the CASA, if it has to be d o n e on "w om en's terms," y o u w ill not find an y m en to w ork w ith you . If all

Trib u n e'S 2nd C o n te st of th e Y e a r!

T h e T r ib u n e h a s s ix ty ( t h a t 's r i g h t , s ix ty ) d o u b l e p a s s e s to th e n e w C a n a ­ d ia n - m a d e b lo c k b u s te r, T h e In n e r C ircle., f e a t u r ­ i n g t h a t c r a z y J o s e f S ta lin .

the m em bers (m ale and fem ale) w ork under the C oali­ tion's term s (m ale and fem ale) perhaps the m ale p o p u la­ tion w o u ld participate m ore. N o on e enjoys b ein g subju­ gated u nder som eon e else's terms.

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T o the Editor, W hile last w eek 's story "Where d o m en fit into fem i­ nism?" (Jan 21-27, 1992) d oes not offer any d efin itive an sw ers to this com plicated question, it certainly m akes one fact very clear: there is no room for m en like Stephen R othgeisser in the fem inist m ovem ent.

R othgeisser first proved that he had little understand­ in g of the goals of fem inism b y form ing a su p p o sed ly pro-fem inist group th atexclu d es w om en. B utR othgeisser d id n o t stop here. Last w eek R othgeisser m ad e a statem ent w hich illustrated just h o w ideolgically-backw ards his thinking is and h ow he d o es not com prehend w h y the fem inist m ovem en t w a s founded.

R othgeisser loses all credibility w ith his insistence "I have seen that fem inism has prim arily been d efin ed and d on e by w om en and I think that this is w rong." (!)

If R othgeisser w a s truly com m itted to the fem inist cause perhaps he w o u ld have bothered to look up the definition of the w ord "feminism." But R othgeisser d o es not b elieve that he needs to concern h im self w ith fem i­ nist theory, (he stated this at his first "Place For Ethan" m eeting) so I w ill define the term for him .

A ccording to the Fem inist D ictionary (Pandora Publi­ cations) fem inism is "an id eo lo g y constructed by w om en to em p ow er w om en... to p rovid ead ialectical op p osition to m isogyny."

H op efu lly, R othgeisser w ill recognize that w om en d o not w an t his assistance w h en d efin in g fem inism since it contradicts the very essen ce o f this p h ilosop h y. A s for n ow , as lo n g as R othgeisser ign ores the constructive criticism w hich has been offered to h is group by both m en and w om en , he h im self exists as a part o f the m isogynistic culture w hich fem inists are fighting against.

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BY SA R A B O R IN S A N D KATE GIBBS________________________

Last Thursday evening the Tribune entertainment staff had the privilege of interviewing McGill mega-talents Nick Carpenter and Jason Beck about their current project, an original musical "Cleaning Up”, due to premier on Janu­ ary, 28 at Morrice Hall. Carpenter, who wrote the product ion, and Beck, who ar­ ranged the music, talked frankly about the industry, their goals, and working in Canada.

T rib u n e: What is "Cleaning Up"

all about?

N ick C arpenter: I'm trying to write a synopsis right now,But it is difficult because I want to include everything. It's about a janitor who loses his job to finance a corrupt political campaign, and the mayor and his assistant nave come up with a scheme.

Jaso n Beck: The janitor starts a graffiti gang in order to create a demand for nis job and people take to him as their leader.

N. C.: 11wasn't a great inspiration, I was sitting on the toilet looking at some graffiti. I wanted to write another show in another style, re­ deeming my last one. In "Never Judge A Show By Its Overture", the music was taped.

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J. B.: It sounded like A.M. radio through a straw.

N. C.: "Cleaning Up" has some of the traditional elements of musicals.

It has a live band, a chorus, this is almost going back to Gilbert and Sullivan.

T rib u n e: How did you two meet?

N. C.: This past summer we worked in Kananaskis Country in Alberta. We wrote music, scripts, experimental compositions.

J. B.: Our mandate was to enter­ tain and educate visitors to the pro­ vincial park.

N. C: You might call it "edutain­ ment".

T rib u n e: Jason is interested in jazz.

How traditional is the music in "Clean­ ing Up" à la Broadway?

J.B.: I would say yes, that Nick does use traditional Broadway music but he doesn't ha ve the training so it doesn't sound like it.

N.C.:Jasondid the arranging and all the melodies are the same. Jason has a feel for the chords I don't ha ve.

J. B.: Nick works on instinct just getting around the piano.

T rib u n e: Would you leave Canada and work in the States?

N.C.: For now I won't, unless I got an offer. I like Canada. I graduated in December so I'm in the real world now. The next show I write will be for a small cast, at the most eight. A

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BY D EBO RA H Z IN M A N

The Montreal Holocaust Memo­ rial Centre has opened a new per­ manent show, Splendor and Destruc­ tion: Jewish Life That Was 1919-1945.

The display exposes a vibrant mo­ saic of Jewish culture and the tenac­ ity of the women, men and children who kept the Jewish tradition alive during the time of the Holocaust.

The exhibit is made up of500 arti­ facts, many of which were donated by resident Montréalers who immi­ grated to Canada and brought pieces of their history along with them.

The collection, which includes clothing, jewelry, photographs, dia­ ries and drawings, echoes the story of a lost era. These objects remain as remnants of a past, arranged in chronological order with an empha­

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T uesday, J a n u a ry 28, 1992 M c G ill U n i v e r s i t y F ra n k D a w so n A u d ito riu m 7 :3 0 p .m . $4

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that can tour the fringes. Itbe a really great thing to tour across Canada. My latest story idea involves a family going for a walk, ultimately walking to church and breaking the Ten Commandments en route.

J.B.: Recently my brother and I were talking about getting a grant from the Canada Council. We met with a woman who told us that our content had to be more Canadian.

She gave us a list of ideas: Louis Riel, The Wayne Gretzky Story, Steve Podborski, Margaret Atwood. She said, "What about Mordecai Richler? On second thought, if s not so Canadian, its Jewish.

So many people misunderstand Canada. Canadians have a problem thinking if it doesn't have beaver in it, it isn't Canadian. I don't see why there has to be this sort of affirma­ tive action. But I'd like to work in Canada, maybe with private fund-

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rib u n e : What kind of training have you had?

J.B.: I've played the piano since I was 6 or 7, rock and roll drums for 6 or 7 years. My parents w ouldn't let me go into music because its not a safe career. I started in Arts but trans­ ferred into Music after one year. I want to be a musician of some sort, not write musicals. If I were ever to

sis on times of splendor, rather than the horrors of destruction.

The first section, with its eggshell painted walls, fittingly characterizes Jewish life before the war. One gains a sense of rich Jewish culture; the­

that you have to have soul. Now Nick should get some training be­ cause he already knows the kind of music he wants to play. Training could not turn him into a pastiche machine.

"Cleaning Up" runs January 28February 1st at Morrice Hall. It is advised to reserve tickets by phone (398-6600) as space is limited.

wri te another usical, it would have to be with a team, someone would have to write the story. I hate exist­ ing, big budget musicals.

N C: I started at 19 in theater. I play piano, but I'm not very good.

J.B.: I know people in composi­ tion at McGill who turn out string quartets that sound like Beethoven but have no originality. My idea is

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lo s t e r a gans into law. The final section of the exhibit documents survival, and renders the exhibit a symbol of the continuity of Jewish existence.

There are no gory photographs, nor are there any graphic descrip­ tions of the German extermination techniques. Rather, Nazi brutality is revealed through simpler means; a photograph shows a marble swim­ ming pool built from Jewish grave stones; another item is a tattered envelope made from a section of the Torah.

One artifact in particular, Tanias heart, characterizes the bravery of the Holocaust victims. The hand­ made heart-shaped autograph book was a gift presented to Fania Lan­ dau on her twentieth birthday, by sixteen of her co-workers at A uschw itz d eath cam p on Decemberl2th, 1944.

The heart is an important symbol of creativity, resistance, friendship and love. Inscribed upon it are the words of Fania's friends. One of them optimistically wrote: "Freedom, Freedom, Freedom".

Now Fania's heart is a reminder of the way Jewish life was dese­ crated for reasons of hatred. This artifact, like the others in the exhibit, offers the remains of what was, proving the Jewish will to survive After visiting the museum, how­ ever, it is hard not to be frustrated by the reality that only 500 objects, a fraction of what once made up an immense heritage, documents an absence of what has been lost be­ yond recovery. Because of the trag­ edy linked to the Jewish experience, these articles only mildly suffice as a legacy of the past. (ta

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Passionplay examines Karine Wilson's (Tricia Silliphant) attempt to rekindle the frantic passion she once felt for Robertson (Struan Sin­ clair) after a fifteen year lapse. In this quest for what Sinclair labels the 'passion of the Hun', Karine turns to Hun-like violence, with the aid of Black and Decker nail guns. The de­ structive result of this quest is exam­ ined by Kyle (Jason Weinberg), a detective who pieces together the factual and psychological events which lead to a deadly end.

"It struck me that a lot of what we classify as relationships are based on the passion of the Hun. [It is] more than sad, quite deadly in fact,"

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BY JENNIFER LAING The current exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is for those who fondly re­ member a childhood of Lego and Erector sets, spending hours con­ structing buildings and cities from wooden and plastic blocks, or toy­ ing with decks of cards and PlayDoh. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys, is devoted to architectural toys and games. This year's second an­ nual exhibition deals with the theme of construction-type toys created between the years 1850-1950. Twenty toys are displayed in installation­ like settings so that the viewer may ap p reciate th eir un lim ited possibilities.The toys range in mate­ rials from simple playing cards and wood blocks to more complex, inter­ locking bricks and metal plates.

The emphasis is on methods of joining components together and how parts converge to create a whole.

According to Nicholas Olsberg, Chief Curator of the CCA, "the toys illustrate how children learn to in­ vent relationships between space, structure and building forms."

This might be achieved by the simple arrangement of various shaped and sized, American-made oak building blocks, or through the more complex construction of build­ ings using the Belgian-made Batima interlocking bricks (the precursor to the familiar Lego block).

Several of the toys displayed have been created with a particular theme in mind. The Whitney S. Reed Toy Company manufactured a set of wooden blocks in 1884 that could be built into a Gothic Church. The blocks were marketed as a "Sunday/Sabbath toy". To further em­ phasize the religious nature of the toy, the blocks were stam ped on one side with Gothic architectural im­ ages and on the other side with Bib­ lical texts.

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a study of raw emotion formance in Passionplay, admitted that the dialogue is often difficult to follow.

"It requires a lot of work to under­ stand it and [to ensure] you are noi just spitting out words," she said.

explained Sinclair.

The middle ground between the highs and lows of a Hun's passions is the discovery of a joie de vivre, something reached by Kyle at the end of the play.

"It is Kyle's story. He has lost all at the start and gets more and more lost as time goes on. He is initially dead inside [but] by the end of the play he has rediscovered some­ thing," Silliphant stated.

But this happy hunting ground of simple pleasures, let alone the search for it, is difficult to decipher amidst the heavy, almost oppressive con­ tortions of Sinclair's dialogue. Al­ though Silliphant interpreted Pas­ sionplay' s underlying philosophy as "go with it and it will come", the dialogue seems more bent upon going out and getting what would not come naturally.

Silliphant, who won McGill Play­ ers' Theatre Best Actress award two years ago and gives an excellent per­

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taining in its raw dynamism (more often seen on the screen than on the stage), and its honesty, providing the audience is able to filter this honesty out of the dialogue.

"I'm not a very deep guy. It is [all] guts. Relatively speaking my skills

are instinct. I tried to keep [it raw] as opposed to an artsy statement," noted Sinclair.

Passionplay contin ues until Febru­ ary 1st at the McGill Players' Theatre.

Call 398-6813 for further information.

Not only does the audience struggle with the dialogue, both Silliphant and Sinclair, who are ex­ tremely comfortable in their physi­ cal stage presence, seem to be fight­ ing their lines at times.

But this task of deciphering Sin­ clair's dialogue adds to the surreal air which surrounds the play, al­ ready achieved through an innova­ tive lighting scheme, an almost con­ stant presence of dancers, and dis­ embodied voices. Unfortunately, this somewhat alien landscape is a rather inappropriate setting for a play which suggests that the simple, familiar, pleasures of everyday life are those whichmake us truly happy.

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Although the motivation behind some of these creations is question­ able, these "antique" toys are still impressive,and were probably much sought after by children who are now grandparents and parents. The toys are beautifully crafted and dis­ played and undoubtedly fulfilled their aim of encouraging children to learn about spatial and structural

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Visiting the CCA is a cultural experience in itself. The windov/ed corridors and octagonal galleries provide a contemplative atmos­ phere, ideal for examining the toys and for pondering the childhood dilemma of how to separate the red from the yellow Play- Doh. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection will be exhibited at the Canadian Centre for Architecture until 8, March. Admis­ sion for students is free on Thurs­ days and $3.00 the rest of the week.

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Since its "liberation" from Iraqi occupation, Kuwait has been strug­ gling to rebuild itself and fulfill its pledge to democracy and human rights. How is it coping? What does thefutu re hold in s torefor theMidd le East?

Lisa Beauvois, a McGill student, was a member of the first student delegation to the post-Desert-Storm Kuwait. This trip, organized by the National Council on U.S./Arab Relations and sponsored by the University of Kuwait, was a unique opportunity to see the Kuwait re­ building processfirsthand. The eight students in the delegation met with educators, politicians, students and organizations. Ms. Beauvois spoke to theTribune about her experience.

Tribune: W hat w as your sense o f the post-w ar morale?

L isa B eau vois: The [K uwaiti] p eo p le are o b v io u sly very bitter and w ary of the Iraqis. T hey feel a stronger sen se of their country and the role they are g o in g to have to play in rebuilding it, rather than relying on im m igrant workers.

There is m ore of a sen se of identity w ith the state and the governm en t. This has led the K uw aitis to criticize their lead ­ ers o p en ly , w ith o u t any fear of retribution. This is probably part o f w h at is en cou ragin g them to g o about dem ocratizing.

In particular, w o m en and Pal­ estinians w h o endured Iraqi occupation, are especially proud of their accom plishm ent. This has

R e c e s s io n

BY ANDREW CARSWELL G raduating in the current eco ­ nom ic recession can be a fright­ en in g and intim idating experi­ ence. Job prospects are slim , m ore undergraduates than ever are ap p lyin g to grad uate school, and the jobs that are available are d isap p o in tin g at best.

G raduating M cGill M anage­ m ent stu d en ts, traditionally the object of n u m erou s recruiting cam paign s by major com panies, are n o w faced w ith d im in ish in g opportunities.

"Fewer com p an ies are com ing and they are hiring half as m any stu d en ts as in the last tw o or three years," noted Chris Schon, a C anadian E m ploym ent Centre counsellor.

Phil Johnson, president o f the M a n agem en t U n d erg ra d u a te Society agreed.

"C om panies w ill b e m uch m ore selective and w ill take

g iv en them a legitim ate claim to som e kind of recognition in the dem ocratization m ovem ent.

Trib: D o the K uw aitis really w ant dem ocracy, or is it b ein g im p osed on them from the o u t­ side?

L.B.: I think that there w ere lots of problem s w ith the g o v ­ ernm ent that the war brought out. It has b ecom e o b v io u s that the p eo p le w ere too d ep en d en t on their governm ent.

There w as a sen se that the govern m en t w asn't really effec­ tive and that the A1 Sabah fam ily ruled every th in g. O b v io u sly there w a s U.S. pressure [for dem ocracy], but I think it7s som eth in g [the K uwaitis] really agree w ith rather than som ething th ey are just g o in g alon g w ith.

Tribune: W hat is b ein g d on e to dem ocratize K uwait?

L.B.: A bout three w eek s ago, all the censors on the m edia w ere lifted. Interest g rou p s and social m ovem en ts, like the w o m en 's m ovem en t, are b ein g allow ed to speak ou t on their country's fu­ ture. Later this year, the first Parliam entary election s w ill be h eld , and ev en m ore n e w ideas w ill be able to com e forward.

There w ill b e problem s, but these are all im portant steps.

There is still the problem of w hether or n ot they w ill giv e full citizen sh ip to the Palestinians and im m igrant workers. I don't think th ey are ready for that. A s it stan d s n o w , P alestinians are, at best, second class, n on -votin g citizens.

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port d o es the w o m en 's vote have?

L.B.: There is a lot o f contro­ versy, w h ich surprised me. I assu m ed that all w om en w ould w an t the vote. There are actually som e w o m en w h o don't feel that the w o m en in their country are prepared for the vote and that the change [to dem ocracy] will be too rapid. There is som e fear that they m ight vote like their h usband s and that this could bring in the Islam ic fundam en­ talist m inority.

T ribune: W hat is the character o f the K uw aiti w om en 's m ove­ ment? W hatare they looking for?

L.B.: Islam is very centered on the fam ily and the w om an 's role in the fam ily. There is still a rather strong em p h asis o n w om en as m others, living m ore in the home.

[The K uw aitis] can see that their w h o le society is based on that. 1 d on 't k n ow if there is a desire for running for office and trying to break the m ale oriented system o f governing.

There have been a lot of recent changes. For exam ple, the m a­ jority o f the U niversity of Ku­ w ait's stu d en ts are w om en. In fact, engineering is 45% w om en.

There is a desire for the d au gh ­ ters to h ave a bit m ore freedom in g row in g up, and to be able to have m ore say in the w ay their society develop s.

Tribune: D o you think dem oc­ racy is right for the M iddle East?

L.B.: I d efin itely think that dem ocracy is right for the area.

W hen I w a s there, the Kuwaitis w e talked to sp ok e of a different

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few er people. There w ere lots of in terview s but [the com panies] took less people," he said.

A s u n em p lo y m en t rates ap­ pear to soar w ith n o end in sight, stu d en ts are increasingly taking refuge in the sanctuary o f acade­ m ia. C onsequently, this genera­ tion of students m ay d evelop into the m ost h igh ly educated age grou p in decades.

Statistics reveal that there is no co n sp icu ou s lack of dem and for university graduates in the la­ bour force. The problem , h o w ­ ever, lies in the quality of w ork available. In fact, according to Sta tistics Canada, the u n em p loy­ m ent rate for Q uébec u n iversity graduates at the end o f 1991 w as 5.1%, com pared to 4.6% in 1989.

In contrast, over 12% of the Q uébec labour force is n o w w ith ­ ou t work.

"I don 't think the issu e is u n ­ em ploym ent," said A shraf Siha, an u n em p lo y ed McGill Indus­

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BY BARNABY CLUNIE

B on J a cq m o tta

K u w ait : dealing w ith d em ocracy

L is a B e a u v a i s r e c e n t l y s p e n t t i m e in K u w a i t . dem ocracy than [the W est's.].

They see dem ocracy m ore as h avin g som e say in governm ent o ffic e s. K u w a iti d em o cra cy seem s to be less centered on the in d ivid u al since there are m ore

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trial R elations 1991 graduate.

"Rather, the issu e is underem ­ ploym ent. I'm sure there are p len ty o f university grads w ho are n o w w orking, but h ow many of them are sellin g shoes and serving drinks? Take a look at the num ber of graduates work­ ing in their chosen fields, and I'm sure statistics w ou ld be a lot worse."

Canadian graduate schoolsare b ein g overrun w ith virtually en d less num bers o f applications for a very lim ited num ber of positions. In 1990-91, 9,048 stu­ dents ap p lied to M cG ill's Fac­ ulty o f G raduate Studies and Research, w ith a m ere 2,172 firstyear sp ots available. In contrast, 8,133 students applied for the sam e num ber o f position s in 1988-89. This restrictive trend can beexpected to continue into 1992.

If the basic problem facing graduates is, in fact, underem ­ ploym en t, the solu tion is not

religiou s and social restrictions.

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A s the eco n ­ om y continues to falter, under­ graduates and d o c to r a l s tu ­ dents w ill share the sam e prob­ lem o f o v er­ qualification.

Schon h o w ­ ever, ad d ed an optim istic note.

"The key to w orking in eco­ n o m ic h ard tim es is to do so m e eclectic thinking. Pool you r resources, take som e ini­ tiative and ne­ gotiate if the

em p lo y er w a n ts m o r e experience."

G r a d u a t e s o f t h e ‘1 9 9 0 a : o v e r e d u c a te d a n d u n d e r e m p lo y e d .

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The Report em p h asizes h ow ever, that the first priority for selection rem ains aca­ dem ic merit.

Stephen Scott, a McGill Law professor, has argued that such eq u ity hiring m eas­ ures w ill subvert the U niversity's com ­ m itm ent to the pursuit o f excellence.

"Clearly budgetary and academ ic con­ siderations are held hostage to the achieve­ m ent of hiring quotas based on sex," wrote Scott in a letter to M AUT's President Carman M iller. "Theentire schem e, from first to last is grotesque and preposter­ ous."

M yers how ever, rem ained optim istic.

"I h o p e p eo p le on cam p u s can see the good in w h at the com m ittee is d o in g because it sen d s a m essage to under-rep­ resented g rou p s that M cGill is trying as hard as p ossib le to be fair in its hiring processes," she said.

C onnected w ith the issu e o f hiring practices is that of a lack of fem ale super­ visors for fem ale graduate students.

BY ANGELINA YOUNG

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"Sexuality is to feminism whatworkis to Marxism: that which is most one’s own, yet most taken away" -Catherine M acKinnon, Taward Femi­ nist Jurisprudence R ecently breasts have received m uch m edia attention. T w o specific issu es have been highlighted: M em e breast im plants and the case of U ni­ versity o f G uelph student, G w en Jacobs w h o w a s fined for indecent ex ­ p osure w h en taking a topless stroll last sum m er.

Jacobs, w h o lost her case last w eek, ou tlin ed three reasons for her m is­ sion. H er aim w a s to point ou t that w h at is illegal for on e sex should be for the other, to reduce the m ystery that surrounds w o m en 's bod ies, and to help reduce the objectivity of w o m en and their breasts.

Jacobs' crusade is significant be­ cause it is about h ow m en control w om en . The loss o f her case could not be m ore tim ely.

A lm ost tw o w eek s ago The G lobe and M ail reported that The U.S. Food and D rug A dm inistration has issu ed a m oratorium on the sale of M em e breast im plants because they can break d o w n and release a ch e m ic a l, 2-4 tolu en e diam ine, w h ich has been linked to cancer in rats and m ice.

W hat the G lobe and M ail left o u t is w h y w o m en feel com p elled to have breast im plants.

In 1973, an A m erican su rvey re­ vealed that on e ou t o f four w om en su rveyed w a s u n h ap p y w ith her breasts. By 1986, the num ber had risen to on e w o m a n in three. R oughly 80 per cent of w o m en w h o seek breast au gm entation do so for cosm etic (rather than reconstructive) reasons.

This is becau se of m en like Judge Payne w h o w an ts to force G w en Jacobs to keep her shirt on. So as lo n g as w o m en m u st d o this they w ill rem ain unfam iliar w ith the nature of their breasts.

If w om en k n ew w h at one another's breasts actually look ed like, stretch m arks m ig h t be th ou gh t o f as beauti­ ful. If w o m en had an increased

D esp ite b ein g allo w ed ad m ission to institutions of higher ed u cation since the nineteenth century, som e w o m en con ­ tinue to feel their ach ievem en ts are un ­ derm ined in u niversities. These w om en claim that their intellectual contributions are not recogn ized and that they continue to be under-represented in academ ia.

A v id eo called "The C hilly Climate" presented last M onday at T hom pson H o u se exam in ed th ese issu es. Peta Tancred, Director at the McGill Centre for Research and T eaching on W om en, w h o lead a d iscu ssio n fo llo w in g the v id eo , explained.

"W om en's in p u t in intellectual d e v e l­ op m en ts has been trivialized," she said.

Tamara M yers, V ice President of the Post Graduate Students' Society agreed.

"There is an elem en t of invisibility for w om en . M y m ale colleagu es are very su p ­ portive of w o m en 's issu es. H ow ever, p eop le in general respond o n ly to the m en around me," sh e said.

M yers n oted that the role o f the m entor M yers recalled an occasion w h en she is very im portant in graduate stu d ies and presented som e inform ation at a C o m ­ there m u st be a w ork in g 'dynam ic' b e­ m ittee. F ollow in g her presentation, the tw een the supervisor and the student.

C om m ittee directed q u estion s at her m ale Som e fem ale students have expressed colleagues. apprehension about h avin g a d o s e rela­ M yers explained that lan gu age too can tionship w ith their m ale supervisors. m ake w o m en feel invisible.

P roposals for changes at McGill include "In a history course, o n e learns about m ore fem ale adm inistrators and a gradu­ the m ale farmer, the m ale law yer, the ate program in W om en's Studies. m ale peasant. W om en feel like they don 't "It has to get better, not d oubt about it," b elo n g or share a part in history," she said Tancred. "We m u st m ake progress noted.

Tancred noted that m any w o m en d o no t or w e w ill be a lesser university. The ad ­ w an t to hear the lan gu age that academ ia dition of w om en is an im provem ent. W e speaks. "Itis a m ale-stream thou gh t and bring n e w ideas, contributions and per­ sp ectives on k now ledge." ^ m ale-created k n o w led g e that w o m en d on 't connect w ith very easily. The W om en's Studies D epartm ent in­ tegrates w o m en into academ ia m uch better."

H iring practices h ave been at the forefront of the issu e of w o m en in u n iversities for m any years. Recent controversy stim u ­ MONTRÉAL lated by the M cG ill A ssociation o f U niversity Teachers (M AUT) "Equity" C om m ittee Report has centred around the hiring of w o m en and m inority groups based so lely on under-represen­ W e d n e s d a y s 9 P .M . -> -> C L O S I N G tation. a r e s t u d e n t n i g h t s ! ( b r i n g I .D ) T he "Equity" C o m m ittee's D a n c e f lo o r / D .J .

Report p ro p oses that if tw o can­ d id ates for hire are of equal merit, B e st r o c k a n d r o ll in to w n ! the w om an or the individual from

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BY SARA BORINS aw areness of the realities o f the body, they m ight realize that the C indy C raw fordesque, platonically ideal breast d o es not exist. R ealities like the fact that m ost fem ales h ave o n e breast larger than the other w ou ld not be a source of em barassm ent.

Ironically, pornographers have the legal right to strip w om en and expose them for a profit. C anadian law inter­ prets obscene film m aterial as the presence of an erect penis, but not of v u lvas and breasts.

A s lo n g as m en are free to depict w om en as they w ish, w o m en have no control over their breasts. Silicone im ­ plants reduce w o m en 's sen se of touch. Yet m en have eroticized this surgery. T w o years a g o Playboy featued a story on the im plants of Jessica H ahn and M ariel H em in gw ay.

Last w eek , P eople m agazine praised the n ew look s of these tw o w o m en as w ell as th ose o f Jane Fonda and M elanie Griffith. A sexu ally dead breast is n o w seen as better than on e w hich is alive.

Judge Payne rejected G w en Jacobs argum ent claim ing that, "anyone w h o thinks m ale breasts and fem ale breasts are the sam e thing is not liv in g in the real world." The case that the C row n prosecutor m ad e w a s built u pon that fact that w o m en 's breasts can be sexually provocative.

But the fact is that sexual provocation should not be an issu e since rape and other crim es against w o m en are not sexual acts but acts o f violence. P ayne is perpetuating the m yth tha t y o u n g beau­ tiful w om en are the targets of sexual violence, w h en in fact, victim s of these crim es can not categorized by any one age or appearance Payne is right to an extent. Currently, fem ale and m ale breasts are n ot the sam e thing, but this is the very thing that Jacobs w ants to p oin t ou t and question.

T h e O L D M c G I L L '9 2 Y e a r b o o k - A rts & L ite r a tu r e S e c tio n is c a ll i n g fo r y o u r v ie w s , s h o rt s to rie s , e s s a y s , p h o to s , d ra w in g s a n d c o lla g e s . . .

F o r c o n s id e r a tio n to b e p u b lis h e d in t h e " O l d M c G i l l ’9 2 " , p l e a s e m a k e s u b m i s s i o n s to t h e " O ld M c G ill" m a i l b o x a t t h e S S M U d e s k i n t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g b y F e b 1 4 t h 1 9 9 2 . A ll s u b m i s s i o n s m u s t h a v e y o u r n a m e a n d p h o n e n u m b e r o n it.

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BY SUSANNE LANGLOIS, TRALEE PEARCE, AND STEPHANIE ENGEL

I m a g e s o f t h e id e a l b o d y a r e p e r v a s iv e .

Statistics claim that 80-90% of w om an dislike the size and shape o f their b odies. This is on ly one indication o f the b od y im age problem s w om en face. W omen's dissatisfaction is prim arily with their breasts, buttocks, stom ach and thighs; those features which d istin gu ish them as fem ale.

These problem s are perpetu­ ated b y certain "ideals", and may be the result of em otional prob­ lem s, or ev en sexual abuse. Of­ ten the outcom e is an eating d is­ order such as A norexia N ervosa or Bulim ia N ervosa.

T hough it has increased in the past decade, public awareness o f eatin g disorders rem ains low .

T hose w h o d ev elo p eating d is­ orders frequently keep their condition a secret.

B ecause o f this, not only is the social stigm a associated w ith the disorders m aintained, but the range of op tion s available for treatm ent is not w ell know n.

Support grou p san d information session s are helpful, but it is clear that this is still not enough. Like any psychological disorder, the first step tow ards a cure is ad­ m itting the need for help.

The A norexia and Bulimia F oundation of Q uébec (ANAB) p rovid es inform ation and su p ­

E A T IN G Scholarships for graduate studies towards a Master's Degree Program in housing FOR THE

port for those w ith eating disor­ ders and their fam ilies.

H ow ever, Pat Brodan, a founding volunteer o f A N AB ex­ plained, "To som e extent eating disorders are treated w ith the sam e type of silence reserved for other unpleasant subjects."

"One of the m ain goals of A N A B is to p rovid e p eop le w ith ready access to inform ation on the range of options available.

N o on e approach w orks in every sin gle case," added Brodan.

The op tion s m ay in clu d e su p ­ port groups, fam ily support groups, individual therapy and holistic approaches. N o t only are hospital facilities very lim ited, but in som e cases the extrem e m easures m any hospitals em ­ p loy m ay d o m ore harm than good, increasing the individual's ob session to m aintain control of the body.

Last Friday, the forum "Body Image: W ho's in Control" pre­ sented by A N A B and the McGill Coalition A gainstSexual Assault (CASA) provided information on eating disorders and the avail­ able alternatives for treatment.

Sexu al assault: the lin k O nly recently has a causal link b etw een sexual assault and eat­ in g disorders been studied. Re­ search has sh ow n that 65% of p eop le w ith eating disorders

o f c o n tro l have experienced som e form of abuse, w hether physical, em o ­ tional, or sexhal. M any have w itnessed violence betw een their parents.

"From early ch ild h ood w e store our em otion s and experi­ ences in our bod ies. The fem ale bod y is literally w h at connects the tw o experiences for w om en.

For victim s o f sexual assault, there is the feeling that their fem ale b od y w as so m eh o w a cause," explained G issa Israel, a psychotherapist.

Self-hatred is a prim ary be­ havioral reaction of the sexually assaulted. This easily translates into, am ong other problem s, the form ation o f eating disorder characteristics. The loss o f con ­ trol over her ow n b od y m ay lead a w om an to assert her o w n form of control; purification and p u n ­ ish m en t through starvation , bingeing, p urging and overeat­ ing.

"In a bulim ic, the im p u lse to vom it could stem from the trauma of havin ga penis orother objects forced d o w n her throat.

This is not con sciou s but rather cathartic. It is a reassertion of control over w hat d o es and d o es not enter her body," explained Israel.

Anorexia in you n g w om en also reinforces in d ivid u al control by

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D IS O R D E R S T A T IS T IC S

1-2% o f w om en aged 14-25 are anorexic 3-5% of w om en aged 14-25 are bulim ic 10-20% o f w om en aged 14-25 en gage in behaviour associated w ith both eating problem s 10-20% of anorexics w ill d ie from im plications related to their eating disorder 66% o f w om en h ave experim ented w ith bulim ic behaviour in the h ope o f lo sin g w eigh t

1992-1993 ACADEMIC YEAR

Individual scholarships of up to $14,154 each for graduate studies in housing are awarded by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to candidates of demonstrated ability and high academic promise.

Scholarship winners are chosen competitively by a national committee representing business, universities and government.

These awards may be used for studies in such disciplines as engineering, environment, business and public administration, social and behavioural science, architecture, economics, law, planning and history.

A Guideline and Application form may be obtained from your university office responsible for graduate studies or student awards.

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Administrator, Scholarship Progam Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P7 Your request for a form must reach Ottawa by March 9,1992.

In turn, your application for the 1992-1993 academic year must be sent to CMHC by your university no later than April 10,1992.

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FROM PAGE 14_____________ repressing the d ev elo p m en t of the fem ale bod y. Isreal noted, "This is esp ecially true if sexual abuse occurred early in the w om an 's life, just as she w a s b ecom in g a sexual being."

Body image: everyone is different W hile b o d y im age is a co m ­ m on concern for m any w om en , it is m istaken to assu m e that the experience is the sam e for all w om en.

"Scholarship on w om en 's is­ su es tends to focus on one kind of w o m en and then label it w ith this broad rubric w h ile, in fact, the situation of w o m en spans race and class," ob served C han­ tal Thom as, a m em ber o f the Black Students N etw ork.

Society has established an ideal w hich, from childhood onw ards, dictates to w o m en h o w they sh ou ld look.

"Body im ages form in early age and stay w ith y o u through­ ou t you r life," explained Saroj G upta, a social w orker at the M ontréal N eu rological H ospital and co-ordinator of the Q uébec C om m ittee in Support of V isible M inority W om en.

Tisca Pratt, a m em ber of the Sisterhood of Black W om en and the M ontréal C ollective of Black W om en ad d ed , "G row ing u p w ith Barbie D oll y o u feel th a f s h o w y o u sh ou ld be, and if you are not, then som ething m ust be wrong."

W om en are bom barded w ith im ages o f the ideal: a thin, w hite, beautiful w om an. W hile the at­ tainm ent o f this ideal is difficult for all w om en , it is especially difficult for w o m en o f color w h o se b o d y shape, physical fea­ tures and skin color are natu­ rally different from those of w hite w om en .

"A lthough I am speaking on ly as one voice in an entire p op u la ­ tion, b o d y m yth o lo gy tends to be an esp ecially distorted im age w hen it applies to w om en of color because, for them , it is im p os­ sible to attain. This has a huge im pact on h o w blacks perceive th em selves and can be a source of self-hatred," said Thom as.

A d vertisin g p erpetuates this beauty ideal. Martha Sharpe, a Forum co-ordinator noted that advertising is particularly unre­ presentative of visible m inority w om en.

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be too strongly different," she said. "The differences are w a­ tered d o w n . You do n ot have a black m od el representing black culture, b u ta black m od el doing the w h ite thing. The sam e is true for Oriental, Indian or N ative m odels."

The danger o f this restrictive m edia portrayal is cultural d e­ valuation. G upta su ggested that the key to change lies in an attack on the m edia.

"Instead o f feelin g proud of their culture, visible m inority w o m en start to resent it," noted Gupta. "The m edia is the m ost p ow erfu l m ed iu m of changing or h elp in g an im age. W e have to look into a constructive strategy to change the im age of w om en in general, and w om en o f color in particular."

In order to com bat the prob­ lem of b o d y im age, society must d o aw ay w ith its narrow defini­ tion of b eauty, and create a new on e based on diversity.

"W om en sh ou ld not be work­ in g so hard to conform and look like so m eb o d y else. You should feel go o d about yourself and who y o u are. This feelin g w ill carry over into everything else you are d o in g and your life in general," said Pratt. fa

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S p o rts B rie fs M a rlin e tte s spawn n e w routines After a h ig h ly su ccessfu l fundraising exhibition event, the M artlet S ychronized S w im m in g Team is bearing d o w n for the OW C h am p ion sh ip s at M cM aster in tw o w eek s' time. The M ar­ tlets are presently in first place by a precarious one point.

"We are w ork in g on a n ew pattern for the team routine and w e are w orking on an execution of a little m ore difficulty in the duets," said H ead C oach G eraldine Dubrule. "[First place w ill] be hard to d efen d , but everyb od y is w orking really hard."

Skiers have a brew ski in Rimouski A gain b raving the bitter Q uébec cold, this tim e in Rim ouski, the McGill A lp in e Ski Team em erged from the sub -zero tem pera­ tures a little disap p oin ted .

"Actually, I think that the hill w as above the level of com peti­ tion," said H ead Coach Pavel Pochabradski.

The w o m en 's slalom ev en t w a s topped by M cG ill's skiers, w h o kept their tally d o w n to a stin gy 1,310 p oints, e d g in g Laval w h o accum ulated 1,669.

M cG ill's m en finished a distant fourth (3,270) behind third place U de M(2,774). UQ A M finished first w ith on ly a 2,508 point accum ulation.

McGill notched a first in the com bined even t after Saturday, but slip p ed to a second by Sunday.

"The hill w a s really difficult," said Pochabradski. "Only 12 o f 50 w om en 's com petitors m anaged to finish the race, and on ly 2 o f those 12 d id n 't have to clim b back above a gate before finishing.

In Q uébec varsity com petition, failing to com plete a course earns a com petitor a h eavy 300 points.

Laval ultim ately lead w ith 4,380 points, ahead of M cG ill's 4,581. U Q A M an d C oncordia trailed w ith 4,855 and 5,543 respec­ tively.

"U niversité d e M ontréal enters 19 g u y s, and o n ly 2 girls, and they take the best six scores, so they h ave a m uch better chance o f lead in g the m en's d ivision b ecau se of that," said Pochabradski, w h o cam e a w a y from the w eek en d w ith a second place finish after four races Julia H ogan tallied a second for the w om en; Sandra C ole col­ lected a third.

The McGill A lp in e Ski Team races again in tw o w eek s time, at Stoneham 's giant slalom event, tw enty m inutes ou tside of Q uébec C it y .

Spirited Redmen clinch buzzer-beater in OT, Martlets drub Bishop’s

BY PAUL COLEMAN It w as a lo n g tim e com ing, but it w a s w orth the w ait. H aving nearly reached the end o f both its tolerance and ingenuity, the M cGill M en's basketball team en d ed a losin g streak in high style last T uesday at the Currie G ym nasium .

After regulation tim e, the two team s w ere tied at 70. McGill trailed 47-26 at the half. The R edm en ed g ed the Bishop's Gaiters b y tw o points(83-81) on a D ave Jesperson overtim e 'Hail Mary' from center court at the buzzer.

"I've never d on e that before," said Jesperson. "The credit, though really has to g o to the last five g u y s w h o w ere ou t on the court in the past five minutes."

Just prior to the m atchup, R edm en H ead C oach N evio M arzinotto joked that his team's gam eplan w as to sim p ly "catch the ball".

"We had 38 turnovers against

O ttawa [on Sunday]. A lot w ere­ n't forced, they w ere stupid, tired errors."

A series o f centre court steals and tape m easure field goals from point guard Keith Driscoll in the first half kept Bishop's runaw ay lead on a leash. A long leash, but still a leash.

"I didn't know w hat to d o w ith [ the team] at the begin n in g o f the gam e. I m ean w hat the hell w as g o in g on?" queried M arzinotto.

"Guys, g u y s, let's p u t the ball up! W hat are w e afraid o f here?

W e m ight score? So anyw ay, w e're d o w n by 16 w ith 14 m in­ u tes left, then w e just said le t's forget all this zo n e stuff and g o a straight m an to m an and take it from there'."

"A lot o f team s w ou ld have folded," added thecoach. "I don't think that [the Redm en are] that type of kids."

Saturday in Toronto, McGill fell to the V arsity B lues 92-71.

The R edm en host Ryerson Fri­ d a y night in the second gam e of

a m en 's and w o m en 's d o u b le header.

The M artlets had just em ­ barked on a streak o f their ow n , stringing together three w in s over the course o f the past w eek.

They lo g g ed a 3-1 record in sea­ son play, but lo st to Laval over the w eek en d .

The W om en's team fell to the num ber eight-ranked R ouge et Or 69-48 after trailing 32-24 at the half. In T uesday's gam e, McGill w allop ed B ishop's to the tune o f 63-39.

"Our objective w a s to be 4-0 g o in g into Laval, but the lo ss to C oncordia hurt us. Since that o p en in g n igh t loss, though, w e haven't d on e b ad ly, w e're in go o d shape," said H ead Coach Chris H unter after T uesday's victory.

"Tonight w e sa w a lot o f con ­ tributions from a lot o f different p eop le, p eo p le w h o w ere su c­ cessful w ith Jane [Ross] in foul trouble," H unter said. "M elanie G agné's five three pointers didn't really hurt u s either." fa

M a rtle ts p la y first in d o o r tourney o f season The M cGill M artlet Field H ockey program placed a d isap ­ p oin tin g fifth o f six team s at an inter-provincial Q uébec Federa­ tion in d oor tournam ent this w eekend. The M artlets opened the tourney w ith a 5-1 loss to the M ontréal Red Star Junior Boys, then tied the Q uébec w om en 's junior A -team at 4.

"We lost our intensity at the en d , and [the Q uébec w om en] scored tw o quick goa ls that cost u s the win," said team captain and tournam ent team M VP N ilu Singh.

McGill w a s tied for second place at the end of round-robin, bu t w a s ed g ed o u t o f the 2nd-3rd place p layoff and into the running for 5th-6th after the Q uébec junior team had a 'goals for' advan ­ tage.

A 5-1 drubbing o f the second Q uébec w om en 's team sealed a fifth for McGill.

The M artlets look ahead to another indoor tournam ent in m idFebruary.

"We d efin itely w an t to play in that and w in it," said Singh.

"We'd like to finish at the top of the pile."

Redm en logo a no-go A thletic R epresentative to C ouncil James Stewart m ade a state­ m en t before SSMU C ouncil at Thursday's session pertaining to the A thletics Board M eeting o f January 21: "A d ecision w a s taken at the last m eetin g of the McGill A thlet­ ics Board to cease u sin g the native and traditional headdress as c o n t in u e d o n p a g e 1 7

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A c o o l, c r i s p b ill o f h e a l t h f o r M o n t r é a l e r s T h is w e e k e n d , th e M ontréal Gazette a ffo rd e d sp ace o n its fro n t p a g e fo r a co n cise a n d w e ll-w ritte n le tte r w h ic h w a s s h a rp ly critical o f th e C ity o f M o n tre a l's e x p e n d itu re s fo r th e 'W in te r C itie s' c o n v e n tio n , a n d fo r e x p e n se s in c u rre d w h ile e n c o u ra g in g M o n tré a l­ e rs to enjo y th e o u t o f d o o rs a n d exercise d u r in g th e w in te r m o n th s. T h e M o n tré a l c o n v e n tio n fell h a n d ­ ily a m id th e lo n g e s t a n d d e e p e s t cold s n a p in re c e n t h isto ry , w h ic h se e m e d a p ro p o s , b u t a t th e sa m e tim e d re w p o la riz e d o p in io n s in th e p ress.

M o n tré a l, th e w rite r w a s c o n te n d in g , is cold in m o re w a y s th a n on e.

W h y , a rg u e d th e le tte r 's a u th o r, w o u ld th e city n o t in c u r th e se e x p e n se s in effo rts to g e t h o m e le ss M o m tré a le rs in d o o rs , w a rm a n d fed?

H o w e v e r th e w rite r c o n tin u e d , M o n tré a le rs h a v e lo n g b e e n k n o w n fo r th e ir n o rd ic ath le tic ism . H a v e th ey ? S u re ly th is fin e city, b eje w e lle d w ith a re n a s, o u td o o r rin k s, a n d L a u re n tia n in clin es is h o m e to p e o p le w h o n e e d n o p ro v o c a tio n to lace u p th e sk ates, s tra p o n th e sk is a n d g o for a roll in th e sn o w .

In d e e d , M o n tré a l h a s a sto rie d tra d itio n o f sp o rt.

B ut ju st o v e r a w e e k ag o , Q u é b e c la n g u is h e d a t th e

h e a d ev ery tim e a m ajo r le a g u e te a m sig n s o n so m e relief p itc h e r for a g a z illio n d o lla rs a seaso n . O th e r p e o p le in this sa m e city b u ild fo rtu n e s o u t of a coat h a n g e r in d u s try a n d w e d u b th em self-m ad e e n tre ­ p re n e u rs. C o at h a n g e rs h a rd ly in sp ire th o u s a n d s of p e o p le to exercise.

A s a frien d said to m e o v e r th e w e e k e n d , " y o u 'd th in k th a t th a t k in d o f m o n e y w o u ld b e re se rv e d fo r d o c to rs w h o se w p e o p le 's h e a d 's b ack on o r so m e­ th in g ."

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Jam es N a ism ith w o u ld b e d rib b lin g in h is grav e.

T he real inju stice h e re is th e m isu se of p o te n tia l h ea lth o p p o rtu n itie s .

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P eo p le a re th e first to criticize g o v e rn m e n t s p e n d ­ in g on 'friv o lities' like ath le tic s a n d s p o rt, w h e n in fact th ese a re the lo n g -term re m e d ie s fo r h e a lth care bottlenecks.

W hile th e sen ses in o u r o u te rm o s t ex tre m itie s m ay h a v e a b a n d o n e d u s p e rio d ic a lly this w in te r, w e m u st n o t lik ew ise a b a n d o n sen sib ility itself. L ogic d ictates th a t a h e a lth y p u b lic te n d s to free u p g o v e rn m e n t fu n d s o th e rw ise s p e n t n e e d le ssly s w a b b in g th ro a ts a n d p ro b in g ears.

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Like M o ses a n d h is follow ers, th e M artlet hockey te a m h a s seen th e p ro m ise d lan d , w h e re the ice rin k s flow w ith m ilk a n d honey.

A n d lo, th e L o rd c re a te d D a rtm o u th .

L ast w e e k 's g a m e s a g a in st D a rtm o u th , w h o a m a z e d w ith th e ir skill a n d d ete rg e n t-cle a n p la y , seem to h a v e d o n e w o n ­ d e rs for th e M artle t p sy ch e. O n e p ro b lem : c o u ld M cG ill su sta in th is n e w fo u n d skill level ag a in st so m e o f the F isher-P rice team s in th e ir o w n d iv isio n ?

A p p a re n tly yes, ju d g in g from S a tu r d a y 's 4-1 d r u b b in g of U Q T R 's les P atrio tes. The m atch w a s p u re d o m in atio n , so m eth in g c a p ta in K athy M o rriso n a ttrib ­ u te d to th e D a rtm o u th gam es. " I'v e b een h e re fo u r y e a rs, a n d th a t w a s b y far th e b e st hockey I'v e ev er seen th e M artlets p lay ," sh e s a id . "T he p la y e rs w a n te d to b rin g th a t back to o u r leag u e."

T he U Q TR first p e rio d w as a fine d e m o n stra tio n o f this style, as M cG ill sk a te d a ro u n d like the B road S treet B ullies of non-contact hock ey , s ta n d in g th e ir o p ­ p o n e n ts u p , r u n n in g tro u b le in fro n t o f th e n et, sco rin g tim ely goals. S p ectato rs half-ex p ected B obby C lark e to join o n e of the ru sh es.

It w a s A liso n K o rn w h o o p e n e d th e sco rin g a t 6:34 of the first p e rio d , fo llo w ed b y A lyson F o u rn ie r's p re tty w ra p -a ro u n d goal.

A cc o rd in g to M o rriso n , h o w ­ ev er, th e c h a n g e s in the q u a lity o f M artle t p la y tak e so m e m en tal a d ju stm en t.

"T he p ro b le m arises," she said, " th a t w h e n y o u p la y a te a m of lo w calibre, so m e tim e s y o u p la y to th e ir ab ility , ra th e r th a n y o u r o w n ."

T his ce rta in ly w a s n 't e v id e n t in th e seco n d p e rio d . M cGill fo rw a rd s g av e o p p o s in g d e ­ fe n se m e n a b o u t as m u c h free-

d o m a s D a v id M ilgaard. T he ru sh led to tw o g o als, o n e b y M o rri­ so n , a n d a n o th e r b y Jocelyn B arrett, w h o h a d o n e o f h e r b e st g a m e s o f th e seaso n . T he P a trio ­ tes, w h o se u n ifo rm s lo o k s u s p i­ cio u sly like P ro v ig o p ro m o s, a p p e a re d th ey w o u ld b e far m o re c o m fo rtab le in th a t su p e rm a rk e t th a n o n th e ice. C le a n u p in aisle nine...

U Q TR h a p le ssn e ss w a s d u e to M a rtle t d e fe n s e , w h ic h h a s p ro v e d to b e o n e o f th e te a m 's m o st n o ticeably im p ro v e d areas.

T he M artlets a re p la y in g the b o d y , a n d a p p e a r far m o re co n fi­ d e n t in th e ir p u c k h a n d lin g th a n e a rlie r in the season.

"O n e of the th in g s w e 'v e b e e n w o rk in g o n is th e d e fe n se m e n g e ttin g m o re in v o lv e d in th e p lay , in q u a rte rb a c k in g th e p la y in to th e z o n e," said H ead C oach G eoff Phillip s. "It h o ld s [o p p o s­ ing] forw arefs o u t of th e ir e n d , a n d a llo w s o u r fo rw a rd s to m a k e a d e c e n t attack ."

T h e te a m d id its im p re ssio n of th e R u ssian eco n o m y late in th e g am e, a co llap se w h ich sp o iled g o a lie C h ris tin e G o o d y e a r 's p o te n tia l s h u to u ts M cG ill w a s su sta in e d in th e th ird p e rio d b y w h a t M o rriso n called th e th re e D 's - d esire, d e te rm in a tio n , d is ­ cipline.

B ut as w ith M oses, th e M a r­ tlets m a y h a v e a little w ild e rn e ss to g o th ro u g h b efo re re a c h in g th e ir d e stin a tio n . O f c o u rse th ey w ill face foes m o re fo rm id a b le th a n UQTR, w h o c o u ld n 't p u t tw o pieces of L ego to g e th e r, let alo n e a d e c e n t sco rin g o p p o r tu ­ nity.

B ut th e sp iritu a l re ju v e n a tio n of D artm o u th seem s to h a ve d o n e th e trick, a n d m a k e s e v e n class b u llies like C EG EP d e St. L a u ­ re n t seem like sm all fry.

C oach P h illip s a g reed .

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f e a th e r s e n r o u te to L a v a l BYPAUL COLEM AN A fter th e c o m p le tio n o f th re e p r o v in c e - w id e to u r n a m e n ts , M cG ill's B a d m in to n te a m is se t to sm a sh its w a y to th e to p of Q u éb ec a t n e x t m o n th 's c h a m p i­ o n s h ip fin als a t Laval.

"W e 're p re tty m u c h w h e re w e e x p ected to b e a t th e o u tset of th e se a so n ," said H e a d C o ach F ran k M cC arthy . "A ll th ese te a m s u se d to b e b e a tin g us. It's a m a tte r of u s b e c o m in g a m u c h stro n g e r team ."

E arlier in th e b a d m in to n se a ­ son, M cG ill w e n t w ith o u t th e serv ices o f c o u rt s e n sa tio n R obb y n H e rm ita g e w h ile e n te rta in ­ in g fleetin g th o u g h ts o f h e r re ­ tu rn th is se m e ste r. D e sp ite H e r­ m ita g e 's e x te n d e d ab sen ce, th e te a m h a s b e e n b u ttre s s e d b y th e s ta lw a rt p e rfo rm a n c e of w o m e n 's sin g le s c o m p e tito r a n d M o n tré a l n a tiv e Ju lie B astien.

A n aero b ics in s tru c to r w h e n s h e 's n o t a s tu d e n t, th e seco n d

y e a r M o n tré a le r first p ic k e d u p a b a d m in to n ra c q u e t se v e n y e a rs ago. " I'm g o in g to h a v e to p la y w ell fo r su re a n d sta y h e a lth y in o r ­ d e r to sta y o n to p a t L aval," said B astien.

T he s e a s o n 's seco n d to u rn a ­ m e n t fe a tu re d a g a lla n tp e rfo rm an ce b y B astien, w h o b ra v e d a full w e e k e n d o f fierce c o m p e ti­ tio n d e s p ite n a g g in g b ack p a in th a t te m p o ra rily r e ta rd e d h er tra in in g th ro u g h o u t th e season. " It's n o t b a d n o w ," sh e said , "it feels all rig h t."

T his se a so n h a s b e e n a neck a n d n eck b a ttle b e tw e e n B astien a n d h e r L aval c o u n te rp a rt, w h o h a v e e x c h a n g e d w in s fro m to u r­ n a m e n t to to u rn a m e n t, fro m ro u n d ro b in p la y to p lay o ff m atch es. T his w e e k e n d a t U d e M , B astien to o k Laval in th e p re lim in a rie s,b u tfe ll in th e p la y off m atch . She p re s e n tly le a d s th e p ro v in c e in h e r e v e n t b y a slim th re e -p o in t m a rg in .

"Julie h a s p la y e d in cred ib ly w ell," sa id M cC arth y , "sh e's d e fe a te d L aval m o re th a n they h a v e d e fe a te d h e r, a n d that m e a n s th a t rig h t n o w , sh e is e sse n tia lly a t th e to p o f th e p ro v ­ ince. N o w sh e h a s to sta y th e re a n d o n L aval tu rf."

G o in g in to S u n d a y 's to u rn a ­ m e n t , M cG ill h a d a m a sse d 148 fe d e ra tio n p o in ts, sh y of firstp lace L a v a l's 218, b u t a h e a d of M o n tre a l's 124. T rois R ivières a n d S herb ro o k e trailed a t 103 and 74 resp ectiv ely .

In th e w o m e n 's d o u b le s, Kim B arnes a n d M elissa G o rd o n lost th e fin al to L aval in th re e sets.

T hey a re n o w seco n d in the le a g u e ov erall. "[B arn es a n d G o rd o n ] w o n a lo t o f th re e -g a m e m a tc h e s.

M o n tré a l c o u ld h a v e b een a lot clo ser th a n th e y a c tu ally are," said M cC arth y .

T he final to u rn a m e n t of the se a so n falls o n th e 16 th o f F eb ru ­ a ry , a t Laval.

"I e x p e c t th a t w e w ill g e t equal o r b e tte r p e rfo rm a n c e s in the finals," said M cC arth y . "I think w e c o u ld see a little im p ro v e ­ m e n t fro m th e m e n 's d o u b les, b u ta s for th e rest, I really co u ld n 't a sk fo r a n y m ore. [The play ers have] really d o n e v e ry w ell." 0s.

M cG ill's lo g o fo r m a le in terco lleg iate team s. T he m o tio n h a s b een tab le d u n til th e n e x t b o a rd m e e tin g in e a rly M arch a n d an a d hoc co m m ittee h a s b e e n created to s tu d y th e issu e, in c lu d in g th e h is­ torical sig n ifican ce of th e n a m e R ed m en , w h ic h th e b o a rd h as d e c la re d is se p a ra te fro m th e logo. F or s tu d e n ts w h o feel e ith e r w a y o n th e d is b a n d m e n t of th e logo, n o w is th e tim e to m ak e y o u r case."

C o n c u rre n tly , SSM U VP U n iv e rsity A ffairs R o salin d W a rd Smi th lau n ch ed a S tu d e n t's Society p o ll to cul ti v ate d ia lo g u e a n d in c o rp o ra te s tu d e n t o p in io n in to th e d eb ate.

"T he poll is g e n e ra lly in te n d e d to in itia te d isc u ssio n , it's n o t so m e th in g b e in g d o n e in o p p o sitio n to a n y th in g d o n e b y th e D e­ p a rtm e n t of A th letics," said W ard -S m ith . "T h ere w ill b e a section fo r c o m m e n ts a s w ell, to g e t a sense of h o w s tu d e n t's feel a b o u t th e issu e."

T he p o ll w ill c o m m en ce M o n d a y a fte rn o o n a t th e S tu d e n t U n io n in fo rm a tio n k iosk, a n d a c c o rd in g to W ard -S m ith , "w ill en tail th e u su a l ch o co late re w a rd " .

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T he M cG ill R e d m e n H o ck ey T eam d e fe a te d O tta w a at M a c d o n a ld C o lleg e T h u rsd ay (8 -5 ), a n d L a u re n tia n a t M cC o n ­ nell A ren a o n F rid a y ev e n in g (4 -l).

"It w a s tig h t m o st o f th e w ay. [N e tm in d e r P atrick] Je a n so n w as g re a t, h e p la y e d sp ec ta c u la rly ," said v e te ra n p u c k s te r M a rtin O l­ ivier. "It w a s a h a rd -h ittin g g a m e b ecau se it w a s p la y e d o n th e sm all ice su rface."

R ookie n e tm in d e r P atrick Jean so n h a s lo w e re d h is n a tio n -le a d ­ in g G o als A g a in st av e ra g e to a stin g y 2.66.

"W e n e e d e d th e c o n trib u tio n s w e g o t fro m th e ro o k ie s [M cG ­ re g o r, B oucher], b ecau se u p to th is p o in t w e 'v e b een re ly in g on o n e o r tw o b ig lines. W h en th e y p la y w ell it h e lp s th e te a m su c­ ceed ," said O livier.

M cG ill h o sts n u m b e r o n e -ra n k e d U Q TR a t M cC o n n ell a re n a T u e sd a y n ig h t a t 7:30, a n d C o n co rd ia o n F riday.

"It seem s th a t w h e n w e w o rk h a rd o n th e p o w e r p la y in p ra c ­ tice, it d o e s n 't seem to w o rk o u t fo r u s in g a m e situ a tio n s, b u t w h e n w e d o n 't p ractice it a t all it g o es a lo t b e tte r," sa id O livier.

"W e h a v e a special g a m e p la n for U QTR. I th in k if w e stick to th a t g a m e p la n w e 'll h a v e a g o o d sh o t a t b e a tin g th em ."

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