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Page 2 Tuesday. February 18 The Folk Music Society is alive and well at the Yellow Door every Tuesday after 9:00 p.m. 3625 Aylmer. Wednesday. February 19 The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Jazz Ensemble I at 8:00 p.m. in Pollack Hall. Also at 8:00 p.m. - the McGill XVIIIth Century Philharmonia in Redpath Hall. Exploring Torah - a lively week! y discussion at Hillel House, 4 p.m. McGill Student Pugwash isdiscussing Women in Science with Prof. Catherine Gilbert - come and talk aboutit. 7 p.m. in Burnside 305. Carrefour des Cedres and the Lebanese Students' Association present Mr. Atif Kubursi on "The Econom ic Si tua tion of Lebanon and the Middle East," 7:30 p.m. in Un ion 108. TheFaculty of Law presents Prof. Sheila McIntyre speaking on "The 'Tyranny' of the Politically Cor rect," at noon in the Moot Court Room, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel. 21st Century Fund No Commit tee. Fight the apathy tax. Meeting to be held in the Alley, 6:00 pm. Leave message for David Gruber at 398-6800. Thursday. February 20

The Faculty of Music presents a public lectureby Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian composer in Clara Li chtenstein Recital Hall at 2:00 p.m. Jane Coop, piano, will hold a con cert in Pollack Hall at 8:00 p.m. Alsoat8:00p.m., Hank Knox, harp sichord in Redpath Hall. The McGill Film Society presents Aliens at 7:30 in Leacock 132. McGill Improv - every Thurs day in the Alley. 8:30 p.m. Free. The Black Students' Network presents Malcolm X inUnion310at 5 p.m. The Yellow DoorCoffee House prescntsmusic and readingsby the Literary Translators Association. 8:00 p.m., S2 admission, 3625 Aylmer. The Anthropology Speakers Se ries presents Prof. David Hicks speaking on "Sacrifice and Trans formation: Another loot at Divin ity" at 4:30 in Leacock 738. NDP McGill General Meetingat 4:30 in Onion 302. Friday. February 21 McGill Improv in Player's The atre every Friday after the play. SI admission or free with admission to the play. The Faculty of Music presents Marc-André Doran, organ in Red path Hall, 12:15 p.m. In Pollack Hall

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Sunday. February 23 Day of Rest and Recovery. Monday. February 24 The McGill Faculty of Music pres ents a master recital with Richard Poulin, guitar in Redpath Hall at 8:00 p.m. The Obsessive Compulsive DisorderFoundation willbeholdinga

7432. The Contactivity Centre needs volunteers to accompany seniors to appointments. Contact Sandra Valdmanis at 932-3433 for infor mation. M cGill Players' Theatre presents The Importance of Being Ear nest . Feb 19-22a18 p.m.SI 0general, S5 students and seniors. Women's Vision of the Night Photo Contest from VISION, Quebec PIRG. Deadline is March 11. Deliver to the SSMU main desk in the Union Building or theQuébcc PIRG office, Eaton 505. Prizes! AIESEC McGill is hosting its 13th Annual Business Luncheon at the Grand Hotel, Friday March 6, 1992. Tickets on sale starting Feb ruary 17 in the Bronfman Lobby. Call the AIESEC office for info 398-6821. The Tour de l'lle de Montreal need s 4,000 volunteers on J une 7th. Prizes will be given out and they will train you. For information call 847-8356/ Media Career Day 1992 will be Saturday March 14 from 10-4 in Leacock 232. Speakers Information Tables, CBC, Just For Laughs, Centaur Theatre, Globe and Mail, the Gazette etc... Tickets on sale March 2 at Sadies - S3 in advance, S5at the door.

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Ongoing. ■■ The McGill Art History Stu dents' Association is hosting its second Annual McGill Student Art Exhibition, Feb. 19 and 20, in the Union Ballroom, 10-6. The Latin American Awareness Group will meet every Monday at 5 p.m. in Union 425. The Caribbean Students' Society is selling T-shirts for S10. Call Andrew at 848-9382 if you want one. The McGill Literacy Council needssummer tutors tohclpadult students learn to read and write. If interested call 398-5100. LATITUDES, the new under graduate journal of developing areas is now accepting essays, articlcsand photos. Submissions can be placed in the Latitudes mailbox near the SSMU office. For more info, contact Alysha at 499-1970. Red Herring is accepting sub missions 'til March 16...Editorial meetingsare Wedncsdaysat4p.m. Praise Nerf. Wenecd yourstory/opinion! We arc compiling information on McGill self-defense courses. Please help us out. Leave a mes sage for Fiona at 398-6823 or 398-

Saturday. February 22 The McGill Facul ty of Music pres ents a Masterclass for Strings with Masuko Ushioda, violin in the Clara Lichtenstein Recital Hall at 1:00 p.m. At 8:00 p.m., Gerardo Gandini, piano and Meg Shep pard, voice will perform in Pollack Hall.

On Tuesday, M arch 10, 1992, a cam pus-w ide safety aud it will tak e place betw een 4 :0 0 - 6 :0 0 p.m . Trained tea m s of four, including 2 stu d en ts, a Faculty/unit dele gate and a m em ber of Physical Plant, will survey the environm ent of the buildings and grounds of the ca m p u s in an effort to delineate and report on featu res th at dim inish safety.

The S afety Audit Com m ittee (a sub-com m ittee of the Advisory Com m ittee on the C oncerns of W omen S tu dents) invites you to provide input to th is p rocess by com pleting and retu m g the form below on or before W ednesday, February 2 0 , 1992. Form s ca n be dropped off at the K iosk in the Union Building , the reception desk of th e Powell Stu d en t Services Building between 9 :3 0 a.m . - 3 :3 0 p.m. or m ailed directly to the Office of th e D ean of Stu d en ts, c/o S tu d en t Services, 3 6 3 7 Peel S treet, M ontreal, H3A 1X1

meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Mon treal General Hospital in Room E6.112, 6th floor.

at 8:00 p.m - A Contemporary Music Concert will perform works by McGill composers. Also at 8:00 p.m. - the McGill Symphony Or chestra and Chorus will perform atSaint-ViateurChurch, 183 Bloom field Ave. The Yellow Door Coffee House presents the live music of Nowheremen. Open stage to follow. Doors open at 8 p.m., 3625 Aylmer. S2. Info at 398-6243. McGill Christian Fellowship's Worship Meeting of Prayer and Praise. At Diocesan College at 7:00 p.m.

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BY CHRIS ALAM Students' Society (SSMU) Coun cil angered studentBrianSchnarch by the manner in which they re wording a referendum question aboutMcCill's participation in the Fédération Etudiante Universitaire du Québec (FEUQ). Four council lors initially brought Schnarch's question, which asked students if they wish to withdraw McGill from FEUQ, to last Thursday's Council meeting for approval. The question put to Council for approval was worded: "Arc you in favourofSSMU withdrawing from FEUQ?" and contained a clause ca lling for thecessa tion of pa vmcn ts to FEUQ. However, Council adopted an amendment brought forth bv SSMU VI’ External Karla MacDonald which will give stu dents an opportunity to choose between remainingin FEUQ, with drawing from FEUQ, or express ing no opinion. MacDonald also moved for the creation of a committee to support membership in FEUQ, nominating herself as chairwoman for the committee. Council agreed to both motions. "I would like to strongly support the creation of a committee to supportourcontinued participation in a provincial student federation,"

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Nine McGill Urban Planning students recently participated in theNational University Workshop on the Greenbelt in Ottawa. The workshop, held by the National Capital Commission (NCC) al lowed the participants to examine alternative plans for the20,000 hec tare piece of land surrounding the city of Ottawa. The Greenbelt was instituted in the 1960s as part of an urban plan ning program to reduce expansion, but the area has grown beyond its means. Since the NCC has a man date to examine regional perspec tives on the area, fifteen universi ties were invited to help determine the land's future.

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said MacDonald. Schnarch had been fighting for several weeks to allow students to vote on withdrawing from FEUQ. He claimed the organization does not properly represent students, does not place enough emphasis on accessibility to education, and avoids taking political stances. His initial proposal fora referen dum question was rejected by SSMU Returning Officers (CROs), on the grounds that it would affect student fees. According to the SSMU constitution, Student Initi ated Referenda (SIR) cannot affect student fees. McGill students cur rently pay a one dollar member ship fee to FEUQ each semester. Schnarch had successfully ap pealed the CROs decision to the SSMU Judicial Board, on the grounds that his SIR question was so worded that it did not affect student fees. Schnarch also wanted to create a Council Initiated Refer endum (CIR) which would have the power to stop students from paying dues to FEUQ. "Karla MacDonald just com pletely hijacked the process. Coun cil's process isamazinglv undemo cratic." saidanangry Schnarchafter the meeting. Schnarch also ran into another conflict with the constitution when it was noted that Council had alrcadychangcd theSSMU fcestruc-

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Alec Connelly, Informa tion Offi cer at the NCC, explained the rea soning behind the workshop. "The NCC thought it was time to develop a long range master plan," he said, "We thought this was a wonderful opportunity to use the expertise of students who were studying urban design across the country." At McGill, the School of Urban Planningused thestudy as the basis of the studio requirement for its second-year Master's students. The students worked on the proposal during their first semes ter, with information provided from the NCC. As well, the group made two to three trips to Ottawa and spoke to a representative from the NCC. The presentations from each of the schools were heard by a panel of experts, followed by an open discussion and critique. Each of the students was awarded with a cer tificate for participating in the workshop. Urban Planning Professor Ronald Rice accompanied the group to Ottawa for the presenta tion. "I think that the McGill group would certainly rank among the best," Rice said. He added that McGill was the only school from Québec to attend the workshop. The plan put forth by the McGill group has many components, tak ing ecological, urban and agricul tural needs into account. Rather than focus on one aspect of the area, the McGill group studied a mixture of land uses and looked at ways to minimize the intervention

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ture this year with the adoption of the Student Prescription Drug and Accident Insurance Plan. The SSMU constitution stipulates that the SSMU fee structure may only be changed once in a twelvemonth period. As a result, SSMU could only cease collecting the one dollar FEUQ fees next January, even if students choose not to remain members in the organization. The money would notbepaid to FEUQ, but would be kept by the SSMU. In a brief exchange after the meeting, Schnarch and Law Fac ulty representative Hélène Math ieu argued over Council's actions. "Any document you presentcan beamended," said Mathieu. "Itwas a chance that you took [when you brought the question to Council]." "You had the legal right [to amend i tj, but not the moral right," responded Schnarch. By Friday afternoon, however, Schnarch had changed his tune. "This is wonderful. We have a great deal of momentum behind getting out of FEUQ now. Just last night, Council made a decision to hold a referendum on getting out of FEUQ. So clearly the Council believes that students have the right to decide," he said. The referendum on the FEUQ question will be held on March 10, 11 and 12th. etn

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of roads into the Greenbelt. A major focus of the report was concerned with sustaining the Greenbelt's natural ecosystem within an urban atmosphere. The McGill plan called for a new trans portation system for Ottawa's three satellite cities in an effort to de crease traffic within the Greenbelt. As well, the McGill group studied

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the removal of some defense-re lated activities from areas with fragile ecosystems, such as wet lands. Philip Ashton, a second-year Master's student and one of the McGill study group, was pleased at the outcome of the workshop. "All of the work was extremely well received," said Ashton. He aIso

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noted the universal concern for the environment in the proposals. While each of the study groups worked separately, the workshop was not a competition, but a forum to exchange views on the Greenbelt. The NCC plans to incorpora te some of the proposed ideas by the end of the summer, and involve students again in the future, fa

SSM U sp lit o n 2 1 s t C e n tu ry BY JANE WHITE Students' Society (SSMU) Council is split on whether a new student fee is an apathy tax or an opportunity for student gener osity. A March referendum will ask students whether they want to participate in the 21 st Century Fund by paying $25 per semester to improve education at McGill. The tax-deductible fee will be included on students' fee state ments. Each student's donation would directly fund his or her individual faculty; student fac ulty representatives will allocate the funds according to need. Although students who are fi nancially strapped may opt out of the fee, Architecture Repre sentative Dave Gruber believes the donation is a coercive means to obtain funds through student apathy, since many students will fail to use the opt-out clause. "There is a certain amount of inertia that each one of us has," stated Gruber. "The democratic thing to do is to give students a

better way to donate." Gruber will head a 'no' commit tee opposing the referendum. A 'yes' committee was also formed and will be headed by Arts Rep John Sparks. 'The opt-ou tclause is good," said Sparks. "People who really need the money will opt out and won't be apathetic about it. I'm fed up with the quality of my student environment." An alternative to the opt-out clause was proposed by MarcAntoine Adam, U4 Law, who was given speaking rights at Council. "Instead of ha vinganopting-out clause, why don't you have an opting-in clause," offered Adam. "Then people would not be taxed for their apathy. If there are a lot of students that want to pay $25, they will." Education Rep Anik Low agreed with Adam, suggesting thatan optin clause might have more tha none benefit. "If [there was] an opt-in clause, maybe people would give even more. We've increased tuition so

much and all ofThese little things keep adding up," she said. "I think there's a problem in that we're telling the government that we don't need money from them; we can raise it from the Alumni, which is wrong. McGill has never gotten enough money from the government. They're asking the wrong people for donations." This argument was countered by VP Internal Alex Johnston, who highlighted thestudentresponsibility towardseducation. "It'ssendinga message to the University that we are a part of the solution [to underfunding]/' stated Johnston. "Students are willing to work towards a goal. Students are not going to miss out on the opportunity to help the University." The fate of the 21st Century twenty-five dollar fee addition will be left up to the students who may opt in, opt out, or do neither during the March refer endum. _ _ fa

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Æ) SSMU REFERENDUM QUESTIONS ^ ^

For March 10-12,1992

C o u n c il-In itia te d R e fe r e n d a Q u e s tio n s :

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Do you agree with amending the Students' Society Constitution to replace the words "Executive Director" with "General Manager" in the following Articles: 6.1, 8.4, 20.3, 24.1, 24.2 (Yes, No, No Opinion)

Do you agree with amending the Students' Society Constitution to delete the words "to act as Secretary" in Article 6 .1 ? (Yes, No, No Opinion)

Whereas the situation of underfunding at McGill University does not permit an aqequate amount of money to be used for service, equipment and faculties for the disabled; Whereas there are more disabled students at McGill University today than ever before; Whereas many students are forced to accept inadequate and inferior services, equipment and facilities; Whereas students at McGill University have agreed to paying a $2.00 levy per student per semester for the last four years to help resolve these problems; Do you approve of continuing to pay a $2 00 levy per student per semester, beginning September 1, 1992, the revenue of which shall be used to provide the required services, equipment and facilities, to be allocated by the Joint Committee Concerning Persons With Disabilities, subject to annual review? (Yes, No, No Opinion)

4. Questions raised about safely at Weston pool.

Apparent pool safety hazards at W eston B Y P A T R IC K G L A D N E Y

I n lig h t o f a re c e n t in c id e n t a t th e

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s y s t e m is t o t a l l y s c r e w e d u p . "

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b o a r d s i n t h e s h a l lo w e n d , "

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d a t e d in t h e f i r s t s e m e s te r .

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Will you be in Montreal this summer ?

g u a r d s a id , " W h e n l f ir s t s t a r t e d w o r k in g h e re , 1 w a s s u p p o s e d to g e t a n o r ie n t a t io n , b u t I d i d n ' t g e t i t . . . n o o n e T h e r e is n o p h o n e w i t h i n d i r e c t v i e w o f th e

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Whereas: "FEUQ" refers to the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Quebec; , . "SSMU" refers to the Students' Society of McGill University; "FEUQ's Dues" refers to the membership dues paid by SSMU to FEUQ; "Student" or collectively "Students" refers to the members of the SSMU; "SSMU's Fee" refers to the compulsory contribution of the Students to SSMU; And Whereas: This is a student-initiated referendum and the SSM U s Constitution stipulates that Students cannot initiate a referendum which will affect the SSMU's Fee and therefore SSMU's financial affairs; A RE YOU IN FAVOUR OF SSMU WITHDRAWING FROM FE U Q ? Being it understood that upon such withdrawl; 1 .SSMU will cease to be a member of FEUQ and no longer pay any FEUQ's Dues; and 2 The SSMU's Fee payable by each student will remain unchanged, so as not to affect the financial affairs of SSMU, but the amount in SSMU's budget now allocated to the payment of the FEUQ's Dues will become available for other projects (Yes, No, No Opinion) 3 WhGTGSS

"SSMU" refers to the Students' Society of McGill University A RE YOU IN FAVOUR OF ADOPTING TH E FOLLOW ING RESOLUTION AS SSMU P O L IC Y ? Tuition Fees 1 The SSMU is unconditionally opposed to any increases whatsoever in the total dollar amount of university tuition fGGS

A l l o t t h e g u a r d s in t e r v ie w e d w is h e d t o c o n c e a l t h e i r id e n t it ie s .

Do you agree that the name of the "University Centre" (Union Building), located at 3480 McTavish Avenue, be changed to the "William Shatner University Centre"? (Yes, No, No Opinion)

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a n u m b e r o f s a fe ty h a z a rd s .

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w a t e r p r o o f p a in t .

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Do you agree to contribute to the McGill Twenty-First Century Fund whereby all full-time undergraduate students pay $25 00 per student per semester and all part-time students pay $12.50 per student per semester? This fee will be in place for period of nine years. The proceeds of this fee will go back to every student's own faculty and will be used to fund a priority chosen by their respective student faculty associations. All undergraduate students will have the opportunity to opt-out of this fee every semester. (Yes, No, No Opinion)

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2 The SSMU is opposed to all forms of charges for "services" levied by universities ("frais afférents) including the so-called "course materials charge". 3. The SSMU shall not become nor remain a member of an organization whose policies are in contradiction with sections (1) and (2) of this policy. 4. This policy supercedes all previous policies of the SSMU regarding tuition fees. (Yes, No, No Opinion)

D e a d lin e for "Yes" a n d "N o" C o m m itte e a p p lic a tio n s fo r a n y of th e a b o v e re fe re n d a questions: Friday, February 21,1992 at 13h00 Form s m a y b e o b ta in e d a t SSMU Desk (U n io n B u ild in g Room 105) a n d s h o u ld b e re tu rn e d b y th e d e a d lin e to th e C h ie f R e tu rn in g O ffice rs c / o SSMU Desk.

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■l i t BY DEREK SHELLY The Gazette (U niversity of Western Ontario) Charges of racism, sexism and homophobia in the con tents of the latest issue of The Socializer have University of Western Ontario Social Sci ence Students' Council (SSSC) VP-Communications in dan ger of losing his job. Carrie Murray, a secondyear Social Science councillor, tabled a motion at a recent SSSC meeting to impeach VP WarrenBrown, whoalsoedits the newspaper. "We thought we could trust the guy with the paper," Mur ray said yesterday. "Obvi ously we were wrong. It's the council'sresponsibility to have him impeached." Complaints raised at the meeting concerned several ar ticles and one paid advertise ment. The first line of the ad, announcing a protest support ing the legalization of mari juana, read : "Against FASCIST VICE SQ U A D C O PS, JUDGES, LAWYERS AND

POLITICIANS who keep us down by making us NIGGERS in a society where we have criminal records for ENJOYING THE SAFEST OF ALL REC REA TIO N A L SU B STANCES..." The controversial articles in cluded a column entitled "Epi taph for the White Male", an editorial stating students have fewer rights under Western's housing authorities than pris oners had in Nazi concentra tion camps, and a joke article headlined "Not so Purrr-fect pussy players", which listed actors the editors think should not play Catwoman in the up coming sequel to Batman. "Some of the articles were subtly sarcastic, but some people didn't pick that up," Brown said when questioned. "If I'm at fault, it's for not really seeing that some people might be offended by [the articlesl." "Our intention was not to of fend. I t was to enlighten. All we were trying to do was to pro vide an alternative press," he added. The SSSC passed a motion demanding that Brown write a

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letter to The Gazette, apologiz ing and absolving the council of responsibility. SSSC Presi dent Nadir Shaikh said he thinks the result of the pending impeachment vote will be strongly influenced by how the councillors view this apology. "If it's a genuinely apologetic letter, I think that will affect the vote," he said. Brown emphasized that he was willing to apologize. The Council's constitution calls for a 75 per cent majority vote of its 36 voting members for impeachment. Marc Emery, a local book seller and activist who paid for the ad, said the term "nigger" has evolved to describe any person being discriminated against. "I have every right to call myself a nigger. Anybody who isn't given respect in a society where everybody deserves equal rights is a nigger. The world has evolved. Itmeansan oppressed person," he said. But Notisha M assaquoi, president of Western's African Students Association scoffed at Emery's defence. "As a black person, I don't have any choice. He's talking about an illegal act."

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A small fire is suspected to have been caused by a propane tank at the East end of the Currie Gym last Monday night. Steven Lysecky of Building Maintenance, stated that a passer-by alerted staff to flames that had lit a tarpaulin covering the construction pit. Propane tanks were being used to help keep cement dry on what will be the expansion site of Currie. District Fire Chief Carom estimated approximately SI,000 in damages and was unable to comment as to how the fire began.

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Senate's Committee on the Coordination on Student Services (CCSS) passed its S6 million budget containing a 3.8% increase in student fees last Thursday, despite student representatives' pro tests abou t procedure. Students on the committee received the budget only two days before voting on it. Si nee there was no mention of putti ng the budget to a motion, they were surprised when the administrators voted on accepting it. It s outrageous that students should receive a budget and two days later vote on it," commen ted Post-Graduate Students' Society President Michael Temelini. "There wasn't a student association that supported this budget, but all non-students voted for the budget and it will ultimately be affecting students." "I represent a constituency. Before I vote in favour of the budget I have toget theapproval from my constituency," echoed Students' Society (SSMU) President Scott Mitic. Committee member Pierre Tellier dismissed the students' con cerns. "All that was discussed was procedure," said Tellier. "There wasn't even any discussion on the meat of the budget itself." Neither the Dean of Students Irwin Copnik, nor his Associate Dean, Lynn Butler-Kisber, returned Tribune telephone calls to com ment on the situation.

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The content of the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Special Edition of the McGi/ZDai/ycame under the scrutiny of the Management Faculty i a Council meeting last Thursday. Mindy Tessier, Management Rep. to Council, spoke on behalf of her faculty. "We have found this [issue) extremely offensive. The Gays and Lesbiansof McGill are puttingdown the Heterosexual Community. The Management Communique just got attacked [for sexism and homophobic content) and this is just as bad," she said. Tessier cited a photograph of naked men and a cartoon labelled "It's Superdyke" in her complaint. Kristen Hutchinson, News Editor for the McGill Daily, defended the paper's content. "Marginalized groups need to have a voice of their own and therefore it is not heterosexist [sic)," claimed Hutchinson, "There's nothing in here that actually pokes fun at heterosexuality. I think her claims are totally ridiculous and bordering on homophobic." VP Internal Alex Johnston noted that Students' Society has no power over the content of the McGill Daily as it is an autonomous McGill group.

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Last Thursday, Council voted to put forth a referen dum to students asking them if they want to support McGill's Twenty First Century Fund. If successful, students would pay another twenty five dollars a term in order to help McGill through its financial difficulties. Granted, students will be able to opt out of such a do nation. Yet the mere fact that unwilling participants will have to go through such a process to avoid contributing to the fund in validates the notion that this program accepts donations. A donation is a voluntary gift. Instituting a program that requires a process of opting out in order to avoid giving, for whatever reason, eliminates the vol untary nature of the 'gift'. In essence, the only volun tary action available to stu dents, should the referen-

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dum pass, will be saying 'no'. We know, from the recently adopted Health Insurance Plan, just how well opt-out plans work. They don't. The deadline had to be ex tended for the Health Insur ance Plan opting-out proce dure because some students did not receive proper notice from McGill.. Almost ten percent of the student body was already insured by virtue of thei r being interna tional students at McGill, but they still had to go through the rigmarole of proving that they were already covered, just to avoid double coverage. This time, students will have two weeks after they receive their tuition fee statement to refuse to donate twenty-five dollars. Which makes this idea, as Architecture Representative David Gruber aptly pointed out, an apathy tax. The onus is placed on students to act, if they don't want to be twentyfive dollars poorer. Somehow, this does not seem like the usual procedure for making donations. It is doubtful that students have the desire to go through

more red tape and bureauc racy in order to avoid getting fleeced. Student government is supposed to benefit students and repre sent their views, not make life more difficult for them. Yet, it would seem that there are those who do under stand this concept. "I am appalled, I am shocked and I am dis gusted," proclaimed VP Finance Lev Bukhman, of Health Insurance opt-out fame, when Gruber moved to form a 'no' committee after the referendum ques tion and the formation of a 'yes' committee were ap proved. Frightening. Bukhman claimed that Council should only support one side of a referendum question. Apparently, he believes that Council knows what is best for students, that students should listen to the almighty voice of Coun cil and accept it as fact. Sorry, but 'father knows best' just does not cut it on an issue like this.

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Since the beginning of the term, the Tribune has published some thought-provoking (and not-so-thought-provoking) com mentaries on the state of our generation. All the questions these writers have posed, however, have been stated in the affirmative. Who or what are we? What arc the ideals which define our collective identity? I think that it is time to turn these questions around. What don't we stand for? What aren't we willing to fight for? This approach yields a different perspective, and it is one of which I am not particularly proud. Canada is in a state of transi tion. Aside from the constitutional rhetoric which dominates the airwaves and newspapers day after day, there is a slowly growing debate about the social fabric of our country. These discussions deal predominantly with social pro grams like medicare, poverty assistance, and those which promote access to higher educa tion. Canada's welfare state is suddenly being questioned, and everyone has something to say about it. Political parties, gov ernments, unions, and various "coalitions" have issued numer ous public pronouncements over the past few months. But what do Canada's university students have to say? It is very much in our interest to stake our claim, and to argue that our slowly disintegrating social safety net is worth saving. We have the youth, energy, and intelligence to approach these issues with a fresh perspective. ‘ Nonetheless, we continue to remain silent. Why? The simple and disturbing answer is that we do not care. Somehow, these social programs seem distant and of very little use to us. As the Stuart Smith report noted, Canada's university stu dents arc drawn from a rela tively affluent and well-off minority, who by-and-largc lead

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VIEWFROMTHEGATES BY SUJ1T CHOUDHRY comfortable lives. More than ever, students are careerist and driven toward personal success, which can cause them to neglect their responsibilities to the rest of society. A personal experience 1had two years ago convinced me that fighting for universality and social justice just doesn't excite our generation. I was handing out pamphlets which explained how tuition fee hikes imposed an access barrier to higher education. Shockingly, many students refused to take the pamphlet, let alone read it. They told me that paying for a university educa tion was entirely the responsi bility of individual students, or that their parents were paying for their tuition. These people showed an appalling lack of generosity toward those who cannot help themselves. According to these students, we cannot afford to help the less fortunate. We cannot, however, afford not to help. A society is ulti mately judged by how it treats its weakest members. Canada's university students must keep this country from getting a fail ing grade. The price we will pay for our indifference cannot be measured in financial terms.

T h e McGill Tribune is p u b l is h e d b y t h e S t u d e n t s 'S o c i e t y o f M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y . T h e Tribune e d i t o r i a l o f f ic e is lo c a te d i n B 0 1 A o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y C e n t r e , 3 4 8 0 M c T a v i s h S t., M o n t r é a l Q u é b e c , H 3 A f X 9 . T e le p h o n e 3 9 8 -6 7 8 9 , 3 9 8 -3 6 6 6 . L e t t e r s a n d s u b m is s i o n s s h o u d b e l e f t a t t h e e d i t o r i a l o f f ic e o r a t t h e S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie t y G e n e r a l O f f ic e . D e a d l i n e f o r le t t e r s i s n o o n T h u r s d a y . L e tte r s m u s t b e k e p t to 3 5 0 w o r d s o r le s s . C o m m e n t s o f i n d i v i d u a l o p i n i o n m u s t be no m o re th a n 500 w o rd s . A ll le t t e r s M U S T c o n t a i n t h e a u t h o r 's n a m e , fa c u lt y a n d y e a r, as w e ll a s a p h o n e n u m b e r t o c o n f ir m . L e tte r s w ith o u t th e a b o v e in f o r m a t io n w i ll N O T b e p r in t e d . O t h e r c o m m e n t s c a n b e a d d r e s s e d t o t h e c h a i r o f t h e Tribune P u b li c a t i o n O f f i c e a n d l e f t a t t h e S tu d e n t s ' S o c ie t y G e n e r a l O f f ic e . V i e w s e x p r e s s e d d o n o t n e c e s s a r ily r e p r e s e n t S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie t y o p i n i o n o r p o li c y . T h e Tribune a d v e r t i s i n g o f f ic e is lo c a t e d i n R m . B 2 2 , p h o n e 3 9 8 -6 7 7 7 . P r in t i n g b y C h a d R o n a ld s G r a p h i c s , M o n tré a l Q u é b e c .

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I t 's h ig h tim e to d o s o m e t h in g a b o u t th e te r r ib le s m o k in g s it u a t io n in th e U n io n B u ild in g . O n th e w e e k e n d , th e r e a r e n o s m o k e - f r e e h a n g o u ts in th e U n io n . O n c e th e c a f e te r ia c lo s e s e a r ly F r id a y a f t e r n o o n , th e e n t ir e b u i l d i n g b e c o m e s a s m o k e r 's s p a c e . T h e s a m e h o ld s tru e in g e n e r a l d u r in g th e w e e k : o n c e th e c a fe te ria c lo s e s , t h e r e a r e n o s m o k e - f r e e c o f f e e / f o o d p la ce s a v a ila b le . S h o r t o f m a k in g th e e n t ir e U n io n s m o k e -fr e e , it w o u ld m a k e s e n s e fo r th e A lle y to b e c o m e n o n - s m o k in g a fte r 3 p m (r a th e r th a n b e f o r e 3 p m a n d o n w e e k e n d s ). T h a t w a y , e ith e r th e c a f e te r ia o r th e A lle y w o u ld b e s m o k e -fr e e a t a n y g iv e n tim e . If Q P IR G a n d s im ila r g r o u p s w o u ld in d e e d lik e to im p r o v e th e r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n h e a lth a n d e n v ir o n m e n t a t M c G ill, th e y s h o u ld im m e d ia t e ly c o n c e r n t h e m s e lv e s w ith to b a c c o in th e U n io n . N o t to d o s o w o u ld b e h y p o c r itic a l, E n v ir o n m e n t W e e k o r n o t.

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T h is le tt e r is d ir e c te d to w a r d s A m y W ils o n , a u t h o r o f th e e d ito r ia l " T h e H e ig h t o f R u d e n e s s a n d th e a r tic le " M a r t le t s m a k e h a y , R e d m e n s h e a r R a m s " in th e F e b . 4 1 0 is s u e . I fo u n d y o u r c o m m e n t "E > e s p ite ...so m e in t e n s e ly a n n o y in g c h e e r le a d e r s , th e R e d m e n h e ld o n ..." t o b e o f f e n si v e . W e r e y o u b e in g " u n c o n s c io n a b ly r u d e " ? O r w a s th is a d e lib e r a t e a t t e m p t t o d e m e a n t h e M c G i ll C h e e r le a d e r s ? T h e im p lic a t io n th a t w e in s o m e w a y h a m p e r e d th e p la y e r s ' p e r f o r m a n c e (w h o " f o r th e fir s t tim e in a lo n g tim e d id e v e r y t h in g r ig h t a n d e v e r y t h in g w e l l" ) is h u rtfu l a n d u n d e r m in e s o u r p u r p o s e . W e a r e a g r o u p o f h a r d w o r k in g a t h le t e s w h o try to d e liv e r a p o is h e d p e r f o r m a n c e w ith th e a im to in c ite s c h o o l s p ir it in th e a u d ie n c e a n d to s u p p o r t a n d m o tiv a te th e p la y e r s . A c o n d e s c e n d in g a n d p e t t y r e m a r k is n o t o n ly u n c a lle d fo r, b u t h a s n o p la c e in r e s p o n s ib le jo u r n a l is m . " D id i t n o t o c c u r to y o u t h a t y o u a r e a c c o u n t a b le fo r th e w o r d s th a t y o u w r ite ? "

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P o lit e - c a lly c o r r e c t To the Editor: R e : E d ito r ia l " T h e h e ig h t o f r u d e n e s s " F e b 4 th a n d r e s p o n s e s F e b . 1 1 th N o w , n o w , n o w . W e 'r e a ll in a k e r fu f f le a g a in a r e n 't w e ? It s e e m s th a t a r e la tiv e ly m ild a n d r e a s o n a b le d e f e n c e o f c o m m o n c o u r t e s y h a s p iq u e d c e r t a in p e r s o n s w h o w o u ld r a th e r p r e fe r n o t o t b e c o m m o n . O r c o u r te o u s . O r b o th . A re th e s e s u b v e r s iv e s h o o k e d o n b a th r o o m f o r n ic a tio n ? D o th e y k n o w s o m e t h in g w e d o n 't ? O r h a v e th e y b e e n b a d b o y s a n d g ir ls a n d w a n t to b e ru d e to th e m in o r d e r to s a tis fy s o m e g u ilt-in d u c e d m a s o c h is m ? A w o rd to th e w ise : (a n d m a y b e th is w ill u n r u ffle s o m e fe a th e r s ). M a n n e r is a d is c o u r s e , a la n g u a g e s y s te m . A n d lik e a ll la n g u a g e s , it is p u r e ly a r b itr a r y . J u s t lik e th e r e 's n o p a r tic u la r lo g ic in c a llin g a w o o d e n th in g w ith le a v e s a " t r e e " , th e re i s n 't a n y real r e a s o n n o t t o g o a r o u n d b u r p in g in p e o p le 's fa c e s ; it 's n o t a g a in s t th e w o rd o f G o d o r a n y th in g . B u t b e fo r e M s. W ils o n 's d e t r a c t o r s p a t t h e m s e lv e s o n th e ir a n ta g o n is tic b a c k s , it s h o u ld b e u n d e r s to o d th a t m a n n e r s , lik e o th e r la n g u a g e s , a r e in h e r e n tly m o r a l. A n d b e in g a s y s te m o f v a lu e a s s u c h , to g o o u t s id e th e s y s te m , to b e " r u d e :, is to d e n y th e v a lid ity a n d im p o r ta n c e o f th e v a lu e s o f th o s e p a r ta k in g in th e d is c o u r s e . B o in k i n g i n th e la d ie s ' ro o m i s a w a y o f s ig n a l lin g to o th e r s : " H e y , y o u d o n 't m a tte r , w h a t y o u b e lie v e in is w r o n g ." D e c o r u m p r o v id e s a w a y fo r p e o p le to r e la te to o n e a n o t h e r ,a m e a n s o f m a k in g a c o n n e c t io n w ith s o m e b o d y r e g a r d le s s o f e x is t in g d if f e r e n c e s . It is ju s t o n e m e th o d b y w h ic h a s o c ie ty r e g u la te s itse lf. T r u e , it is th e r e fo r e id e o lo g ic a l a n d p o te n tia lly r e p r e s s iv e , b u t th e s o lu tio n i s n 't in d e n y in g its im p lic a t io n s , b u t in k e e p in g th e s y s te m r e le v a n t, v ib r a n t a n d r e s p o n s iv e . Y o u c a n g o a h e a d a n d fa rt in th e fa c e o f th e w o rld w h ile y o u b u r y y o u r h e a d in th e s a n d i f y o u s o d e s ir e , b u t it i s n 't w o r th it. I g n o r a n c e is n o t a lw a y s b lis s .

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N e w c o u r s e s d e m a n d e d b y B la c k S tu d e n ts BY BARNABY CLUNIE The Black Students Network (BSN), has confronted the McGill History Department with a dilemma by demanding that courses on North Ameri can Black History be offered by the department, and that they be taughtby a person of African descent. A curriculum committee will meet this week to decide on the viability of the proposed courses. This meeting follows complaints by the BSN of a bu reaucratic block to implement the courses. "The focus of the History De partment courses is very nar row," said Chantal Thomas of the BSN. "We feel that Black

History, as a part of our com mon history, should be incor porated." Black Studies courses or pro grams are currently offered at D alh ou sie, C arleton and Guelph Universities. Université de Mon tréal plans toimplemen t courses in the near future. McGill presently offers African History, but no specific courses dealing with North American Black History. A general proposal explain ing the need for a more exten sive Black Studies program was submitted to the History De partment last winter. BSN rep resentatives complained that the Department refused to re turn their calls about the status of the proposal until a letter

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BY TRALEE PEARCE_______ Esther Delisle, a student of Laval University, has recently been the subject of public controversy. Her doctoral thesis, entitled Anti semitism and extreme nation alism in the province of Québec: 1929-1939., examined Lionel Groulx as a heroic figure of Québec spast. Groulxwasadopted as a nationalist hero during the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. Submitted for its first reading in August 1990, Delisle has yet to receive a degree. Unwilling to dis cuss the academic issues involved, she did outline her thesis and situ ation for the Tribune. Tribune: Ms. Delisle, you main tained from the outset that your work is not an attack upon Québec nationalism, nor upon the Catholic Church. Could you briefly explain your research? Esther D elisle: I studied the writings, articles and books of

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was submitted to the Daily. According to Thomas, the rea sons given for not implement ing the proposal were that it was too vague, and that it was notin theformat the committee required. Professor R. Vogel, chairper son of the History Department Curriculum Committee, ex plained the bureaucratic diffi culties involved. "There was a preliminary dis cussion last year, but we had problems [getting the commit tee together]. Now, a formal proposal is being put forward, and we plan to discuss it this week," he said. "These things take time getting through the machine," Vogel added. The BSN will be permitted to

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Lionel Groulx, L'Action Nation ale, jeune Canada and Le Devoir between the years 1929 and 1939.1 began looking at expres sions of extreme right wing nationalism, but the more I went along, 1found a strong streak of ideological elements that re sembled fascism and Nazism. Elements that find their roots in late-nineteenth-century right wing nationalism include: a violent attack on liberalism and democracy, negation of the individual in favour of the na tion and, anti-semitism. Tribune: Could you explain the anti-semitism in particular? E.D.: For Groulx and the oth ers, Jews and the Québécois were connected. They were both part of liberal society and were rejected because they were both assimilated. Because Jews could speak French and often "frenchified" their names, they were indistin g u ish able from "re a l"

present its new proposals to the Curriculum Committee this week. Two specific courses entitled The Dynamics of SlaveryinNorth Americaand Blacks in American Cities are now on the table. Also included in the BSN'sdemandsisa request that the individual hired to teach the courses be of African de scent. "There is no one in the His tory Department who knows much at all about Canadian Black History," said Thomas. "Since black people are virtu ally absent on the faculty, this would be a good opportunity for the University to affirm its commitment to acquiring a more representative faculty." Professor M. Echenberg, who

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Québécois. Le Devoir termed Jews "viruses","garbage from Europe", "crim inal", "arro gant", "hypocritical", "barbari ans", "enemies of the Christian nation", and, "infected". The "poison" of liberalism was connected to the Jew in their supposed control of the press, the cinema, music and theatre. Jews were ideally to be de ported and those who rema ined were to carry special passports and enjoy fewer civil liberties. This is where the streak of fas cism becomes clear. Le Devoir suggested Jewish quotas in universities and schools much like those being put forward in Germany under the Nazis. The assertion that the Jews were responsible for war was another element com mon to both Groulx’s national ism and Nazism.

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Tribune: What was prescribed for the Frcnch-Canadians if they were inextricably linked to the jews? E.D.: Re-education camps were suggested by Groulx as a meansby which the French-Canadianscould overcome thcrole of "traitor" to the nation and "insult to the human race". Using Nietzsche’s "ubermench" (superman) in a manner just like theNazis,Groulx and hisgroup saw the potential for a nation of "supermen and gods". Tribune: What kind of influ ence did these theories enjoy in Québec at the time and what of today? E.D.: Groulx taught history at the University of Montréal for some of the time but there were not huge numbers of students in his classes. He did not have a profound influence and was

teaches several African History courses, noted thatalthough fi nances are tight, capable per sonnel are available. "There would be no difficulty in finding a lecturer because Black Studiesisa legitimate field with a substantial following," he said. According to Thomas, how ever, finances could hardly be an issue. "The cost of hiring a regular lecturer is very low; close to $2,000, which is often less than the amount spent on a guest speaker," she said. No one on the Curriculum Committee would commcnton the chances of the proposals being adopted.

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unsuccessful in creating mass movements like those in Eu rope in that era. It was in the sixties, I think, that Groulx was fashioned into a hero. I don't understand why he was picked up as a national ist symbol. Why no one was struck by his anti-semitic and fascist elements, I don't know. His worksmustnothave been read much, or i f they were, these elements were ignored. In an articleintheGazeffein July about Groulx and my thesis, Claude Ryan was quoted as saying Groulx was the intellectual fa ther of modern Québec. I'm not so sure that isn't the tragic truth. Although most people do not know who Lionel Groulx was, I am worried about his na tional hero s ta tu s beca use some of his ideas are popular ir some circles.

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The dispute over HydroQuébec's proposed James Bay II project has raged on for the last two or three years, and has come to symbolize the seem ingly eternal conflict between environmental concernsand de velopment. To promote in creased awareness of the issues, the McGill James Bay Coali tion sponsored a debate entitled 'James Bay II: Benefit or Detri ment to Québec?'. Speaking against the project were Alan Penn, hydrology consultant to the Grand Coun cil of the Cree, and Professor Colin Scott of the McGill De partment of Anthropology. Speaking in its favour were Michel Annoyer from HydroQuébec and Professor Chris Green from the McGill Depart ment of Economics. Professor Scott's arguments focused on the impact that James Bay II would have on the Creeof theregion. Heexplaincd that since Cree cul ture revolves around land-based resources (fishing, huntingand trapping), erosion of the land base would have a disastrous effect on the Cree people. "The sacred value of the land to the hunting culture of the Cree is something that is irre placeable," he emphasized. Scottmaintained thatemployment opportunities connected to the project would not benefit the local economy. "Beyond the burst of initial construction activity in theearly phase of the project, the man power requirements of hydro electricity are very limited and are generally not the kind of opportu n ities that N ative people easily take advantage of," he explained. Scott also mentioned that af ter the completion of James Bay I, unemployment in the area doubled in a six year period to 22%. He added that the water courses to be dammed are the most biologically productive areas in the region. "I think there is a moral ques tion that is very important toall of us in Québec, and that is the question of the morality of southern industrial culture imposing on northern native communities, something they clearly do not want," he con cluded. Penn echoed Scott's com ments, adding that it is crucial to look at the ramifications of the project from a northern perspective. He also questioned

Québec. Although he said en ergy consumption levels in Québec had not risen, the prov ince still needs more energy. "The real issue here is making sure the project is undertaken in a responsible manner," he stressed. Throughout the debate it

the design of the project, which he considers outmoded in its neglect of environmental con cerns. Annoyer stressed the fact that despite efforts at energy con servation, James Bay II is an absolutely necessary project for

Green (whose specialty is the economic effects of fossil fuel dependence) were,not, by their own admission, particularly knowledgeable about James Bay II. Both sides agreed that public debate on the issue was essen tial. tba

seemed clear that both sides were willing to steer a way from rhetorical argument and focus on the issues a t hand. However, the quality of the debate was hindered by the fact that nei ther Annoyer (who was replac ing Serge Dubé, the scheduled speaker from Hydro-Québec) or

U B C e n g in e e r s s m e l l i n g l i k e r o s e s said Capt. Randy Stegmeier of U of W police. The police contacted the RCMP, which in turn informed the Presi d en t of UBC's engineer ing society - Adam LaRusic - on February 4 that the society had an hour to produce the trophy or a search warrant would be issued. The trophy, which was being held somewhere off-campus, was turned over, says the social convener for UBC undergradu ate engineering society. "There were four or five people involved. Most of us didn't even know they had taken it," Christa Greentree said yesterday. "We explained to [the RCMP] that we weren't stealing it, we were just bor rowing it." People in U of W 's football department were in shock. "It never even crossed mv mind that it was a prank," Washington assistantcoach Jim Lambrightsaid in an interview. "All we had was a broken win dow in our trophy case and our most recent trophy gone. It was ashockand itpissesyou off that someone did it." However, Senko said most people on campus felt the heist

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The Gazette (University of West ern Ontario) University of Washington police have recovered the school's Rose Bowl trophyafter a groupof University of British Columbia engineering students stole it as an engineering week prank. "It was returned last night," U of W sports information di rector Dave Senko said Febru ary 5. The trophy was pinched on February 3 from a glass case at the Seattle campus. The case had a lock, but no special secu rity features. The Washington Huskies cap tured the 1992 Rose Bowl, per haps the most prestigious US college football game, on New Year's Day with a 34-14 win over the University of Michi gan. The team finished the year as the No. 1 team in America, according to the USA Today/ CNN poll. U of W's campus police traced the trophy to UBC through a tip from Crimestoppers. "I don't know if it was one of them, or one of their friends, but someone who had seen them with the trophy called in,"

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The university will be install ing an alarm system in the case to prevent future incidents. "We had an Orange Bowl trophy from 1985 that was taken as a prank, and we didn't know who had taken it, but it turned up again," Senko said. No one at the Rose Bowl Ex ecutive Office in Pasadena, California, had any information on the trophy's theft. Since 1989, the Rose Bowl winner has re ceived a new trophy to keep forever. Its estimated value is $500.

was a prank. "Stealing something like that, you're not going to go out and try and sell it," he said. "Most thought it was Washington State, but we never expected a school like British Columbia." Legal action against the UBC engineers has not been dis cussed, Senko said. "While the trophy has been returned in good shape, there's still a couple of hundred dollars in property damage that's been done to the trophy case," Steg meier said.

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N o t h in g BY KIM RYGIEL The Importance of Being Earnest , a t T h e M c G ill P la y e r 's T h e a tr e , is a n y t h in g b u t a n e a r n e s t p r o d u c tio n o f O s c a r W ild e 's m a s te r p ie c e . W ild e 's fa r c ic a l c o m e d y m o c k s th e m o r a lity , m a n n e r s a n d s e r io u s n e s s o f th e V ic to r ia n e ra a n d v a l o r iz e s th a t w h ic h is triv ia l. M o s t o f th e p lo t, h o w e v e r , r e v o lv e s a ro u n d th e fa b r ic a tio n a n d s u b s e q u e n t d is c o v e r y o f th e c h a r a c te r s ' tru e n a m e s a n d o r ig in s . T h e p la y s ta r ts o u t w h e n Ja c k , m e e ts M is s G w e n d o le n F a ir fa x w h ile v is itin g a frie n d . H e s o o n fa lls in lo v e a n d p r o p o s e s to h er. G w e n d o le n a g r e e s to th e o ffe r, p r o v id e d th a t J a c k c h a n g e s h is b o r in g n a m e to th e m o r e r o m a n tic title E a rn e s t. G w 'c n d o l e n 's m o t h e r , L a d y B r a c k n e l l, d is a p p r o v e s o f th e m a tc h , h o w e v e r , s in c e Ja c k is a n o r p h a n w h o w a s fo u n d in a h a n d b a g in th e c lo a k ro o m o f V ic to r ia S t a tio n . U n til h e c a n " a c q u ir e s o m e r e la t io n s " th e m a r r ia g e is o ff. T h e p lo t th ic k e n s w 'h en th e c h a r a c te r , A lg e r n o n v is its J a c k 's c o u n try h o u s e a s h is m a k e - b e l i e v e b r o th e r . A s p a rt o f h is d is g u is e , A lg e r n o n a ls o a d o p ts th e n a m e E a rn e s t. A lg e r n o n fa lls in lo v e w ith J a c k 's w a rd , C e c ily . L ik e G w e n d o le n , s h e a c c e p ts th e m a r r ia g e p r o p o s a l o n th e c o n d itio n th a t h e ca ll

e a rn e s t a b o u t n e w h im s e lf E a rn e s t. T h e p ro b le m w ith th is p r o d u c tio n is th a t it a tte m p ts to e x te n d W ild e 's th e m e o f f a b r ic a tin g id e n titie s to to y w ith c o n v e n tio n a l g e n d e r ro le s . A lg e r n o n a n d J a c k a r c p la y e d b y tw o fe m a le a c to r s , Je n n if e r R a ls to n a n d A lis o n M u ir , w h ile C c c ily a n d h e r g u a r d ia n , M iss P rism , a r c p e rfo rm e d b y tw o m e n , J a s o n R o c k m a n a n d B r ia n W r e n c h . M o re c o n fu s in g , h o w e v e r , is th a t A lg e r n o n a n d J a c k a r e m e a n t to b e s im u lta n e o u s ly b o th m a le a n d fe m a le in g e n d e r . T h e r e s u lt is th a t a c h a r a c te r c a n b e c a lle d b o th " M is s " a n d " o ld b o y " w ith in th e sam e scen e. T h o u g h m o c k in g th e a tr ic a l c o n v e n tio n s s u c h a s g e n d e r is th e o r e ti c a lly a p p r o p r ia te w ith a p la y s u c h a s Ea rnest, i t o n l y cré a tes c o n fu si o n a n d d is u n ity in th is p r o d u c tio n . W ild e 's b r illia n t la n g u a g e p la y an d w 'itty p u n c h lin o s a r c o fte n lo s t b c ca u se o f fl a m b o y a n t, m e lo d ra m a ti c d e liv e r ie s , w h ic h fr e q u e n tly c a n n o t b e h e a rd o v e r th e n o is e o f h ig h h e e ls r u n n in g a r o u n d o n s ta g e . E v e n m o r c .d is t r a c t in g a r e th e n u m b e r o f in a n e s e x u a l p o s e s a n d an a b u n d a n c e o f h a ir flip p in g . W ild e 's o r ig in a l s c r ip t is n o t o n e o f a c tio n . Its a ttr a c tio n lie s in its d ia lo g u e . B y tr y in g to g iv e th is p la y a p o s t-m o d e r n g e n d e r tw is t, The Importance of Being Earnest lo s e s its

m o s t p o w e r fu l e le m e n ts . F u r th e r d is p a r ity o c c u r s b e tw e e n t h e d ia l o g u e a n d th e s e ttin g . V ic to r ia n d ic tio n a n d s p e c ific p e rio d r e f e r e n c e s c la s h w ith th e ju m b le o f f la s h y m o d e r n c o s tu m e s , w h ic h r a n g e fro m s ix tie s g e o m e tr ic p a t te rn s to g a r t e r b e lts , v in y l a s s -g ra b b in g s h o r ts a n d s lin k y d r e s s e s . T h e p r o d u c tio n , h o w e v e r , is n o t a n e n tir e lo s s . O n e r e d e e m in g a s p e c t o f th e p la y is th e s o lid a c tin g o f J a n e G ilc h r is t a s th e h ila r io u s L a d y B r a c k n e ll a n d th e w a c k y p e r fo r m a n c e o f C a n o n C h a s u b le (D o n M a x w e ll) w h o s e p a r ts , s a d ly , a re o n ly m in o r . A ls o e ffe c tiv e is th e u se o f a n in te r c o m s y s te m to d e liv e r m o n o lo g u e s . T h e s e c o n d a c t is b y fa r th e stro n g e s t p a r t o f th e p la y a n d in c lu d e s an e s p e c ia lly g o o d s ce n e w h e r e G w e n d o le n a n d C e c ily a t t e m p t to o u ts h o u t o n e a n o th e r . It is o n ly h e re th a t te m p e r s ris e a b o v e th e re s t o f th e p la y 's s o a p -o p e r a m e d io c r ity . T h is o v e r ly a m b itio u s a tte m p t to r e in t e r p r e t W i ld e 's s c r ip t o n ly p r o v e s o n e m a in th in g : th a t o r ig i n a lity is n o t a lw a y s b e s t. A c o n te m p o r a r y o f W ild e , W .S . G ilb e r t, w as c o r r e c t to n o te th a t th e s u c c e s s o f s u c h c o m e d ie s d e p e n d s u p o n th e ir b e in g p la y e d in e a r n e s t: " D ir e c t l y th e a c to r s s h o w th a t th e y a r e c o n s c io u s o f th e a b s u r d ity o f th e ir u tte r a n c e s th e p ie c e b e g in s

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A n y film th a t fe a tu r e s th e s lo g a n , 'Ÿ o u 'll la u g h Y o u 'll c ry . Y o u 'll h u r l.', e s s e n tia lly ru le s o u t a n y p o s s ib ility o f a c in e m a tic a lly p r o fo u n d , s u b t c x t u a l, a n a ly tic a l c o m m e n t o n s o c ie ty fro m th e v e ry s ta rt. Wayne's World is in fa c t, a s to p -a n d g o jo y r id e th ro u g h th e d ir e c t io n le s s , te e n a g e y e a r s o f W a y n e a n d G a r th (M ik e M y e r s a n d D a n a C a r v e y ). W ith Wayne's World, M y e r s a n d P r o d u c e r L o m e M ic h a e ls (Satur day Night Live) h a v e s tr u n g to g e th e r a s e r ie s o f h it-a n d -m is s s a tiric a l

v ig n e tte s a g a in s t a g e n u in e s u b u r b a n b a c k d r o p . T h e film is p e p p e re d w ith u n lik e ly c a m e o s a n d s id e lin e s p o o fs th a t b la z e a tw is te d tra il fo r th e u n fo ld in g n a r r a tiv e . A u r o r a , I llin o is , a b e d r o o m c o m m u n ity in th e s h a d o w o f C h i c a g o c o u ld w e ll b e a n y s u b u r b o n th e c o n tin e n t. H o w e v e r , A u r o r a p o s s e s s e s a n o ff-b e a t c o m m u n it y c a b le -a c c e s s T V p ro g r a m m e b r o a d c a s t fro m t h e b a s e m e n t o f W a y n e 's p a r e n ts 'b u n g a lo w . W ayne's World e x c e lle n t h o s ts ,W a y n e a n d G a r th , e n jo y m ild c e le b r ity in A u r o r a , w h ile in t e r v ie w in g lo ca l e c c e n tr ic s in a ta lk s h o w fo r m a t.

W orld T h e p lo t th ic k e n s o h -s o -s lig h tly a f te r c o i p o r a t e u p s t a r t B e n ja m in O liv e r ( R o b L o w e ) e y e s Wayne's World fo r a c o m m e r c ia liz e d , s e ll o u t n e t w o r k s p o t. L o w e p la y s u p to h is ja d e d r e p u ta tio n , a n d e v e n p u lls o f f th e s t r a ig h t - m a n r o le to W a y n e 's p la y fu l p r o v o c a tio n s . O liv e r is W a y n e 's t ic k e t to th e b ig ti m e. W h ile c o u r tin g W a y n e an d G a r t h 's h o p e s a n d d r e a m s , O liv e r e n c o u n t e r s C a s s a n d r a , le a d s in g e r o f lo c a l h e a v y m e ta l a c t, C r u c ia l T a u n t . T h e lo v e tr ia n g le is b o r n . T ia C a r r e r e ro c k s W a y n e 's w o rld a s th e r e c o r d in g in d u s tr y h o p e fu l, w h ile Twin Peaks a lu m n u s L a ra F ly n n B o y le p la y s W a y n e 's p e r s is te n t e x , S ta c e y . V ie w e r s a r e q u ic k to s y m p a t h iz e w ith th e h a u n te d W a y n e a n d G a r th , a s it s o o n b e c o m e s e v id e n t t h a t B o y le a n d h e r c h a r a c te r s h o u ld h a v e s ta y e d h o m e. S a m e g o e s fo r C a r r e r e (o r w a s h e r m a n n e q u in - in s p ir e d p e r fo r m a n c e a ll p a r t o f th e s a tir ic a l ru s e ? ). T h e m a g ic o f it a ll is th a t a n y c ri ticism o n e c o u ld p o s s ib ly v o lle y a t Wayne's World h a s a lr e a d y b e e n a d d r e s s e d b y th e s e lf-e ffa c in g , s a tiric a l to n e o f th e film itse lf. W a y n e a n d G a r th r e a d ily p o in t o u t lo o p s in th e p lo t, u n c a n n y c o i n c id e n c e s a n d p o o r ta s te th r o u g h o u t th e ir o n g o in g d ia lo g u e w ith th e c a m e r a . E v e n th is w e ll-w o r n d e v ic e fa lls p r e y to th e ir s c a th in g p a ro d y . Wayne's World is th e s ilv e r s cre e n o / fsp rin g o f S N L in e v e r y s e n s e ; w h e n it h its , i t 's fu n n y , y e t th e m is s e s c a n b e e x c r u c ia tin g . In a ll lik e lih o o d , Wayne's World w ill ir r e v o c a b ly a lte r th e c o u r s e o f c o n t e m p o r a r y f ilm - m a k in g b y v ir tu e o f its in h e r e n t w it a n a s o c ia l c o m m e n t...n o t. T h r e e shwings fo r Wayne's

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The McGill Film Society premiered its latest short last week, Genesis:And She saw that it wasn't so good, a twelveand a half minute philosophical fantasy about Creation. The painstak ing process of an imating the movie has kept director jamie Waese occupied for year. During an interview, Waese spoke openly about the making of hisfilm and what the future may hold for him in Canadian film industry. Tribune: What is your filmmak ing background? Jam ie Waese: I'm studying phi losophy which isn't very film re lated, but Woody Allen and Steve Martin both studied philosophy. Many great filmmakers did not come from a film background. Tribune: What attracted you to film? J.W: The storytelling, the open ness. When I was fourteen years old l had a summer job tacking up storyboards for a Strawberry Short cake cartoon special in Toronto. Tribune: How does your ver sion of the Genesis story differ from that of the biblical Genesis story? J.W: I think the theme is a little bit different in thatl createEveasa saint and not as a sinner. Maybe Eve disobeyed God's word, bu t she was doing it for the sakeof human ity. Tribune: And women get la bour pains because of it. J.W ritwasa trade-off_'O.K.,sure, I'm going to get labour pains, and

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they suck, bu t I'm g oin g to have kids, a n d t h e y 'r e g re a t.' I wasn't sat isfied with the origi nal story that says Eve was a ren eg ad e and did a bad thing, and now w e're all struggling to get back to the Gar den b e cau se of that origi nal sin. All that is good, in the film, is because of Movie mogul Jam ieW aese saw that it was good. the origi nal sin. a bit more, and still used the pixilaTribune: Why did you choose tion technique, but mostly with this plastic-looking style? people, instead of plasticine fig J.W: When I originally came up wi th the story, it struck me as being ures. I still wanted that magical, col a really deep thing. I wanted to ourful look, so the actors' faces are soften it a little. I thought, why not loaded with pink grease, and their make a children's book or an ani hair is spray-painted wigs. mated cartoon? We made plasti Tribune: What went into the cine figures and started shooting, making of this unusual film? but they were melting under the J.W : I wrote,directed, designed, lights. So we played around with it edited and did the sound mixing on the film, but it was a big team effort. Tribune: In what way was the McGill Film Society involved in the l e . film's production? J.W : The MFS has a filmmaking male /warrior spiri t; theoretical program. They take in a number of debates regarding language as applications and proposals every power; the importance of criti year and decide which ones they cally educating today's youth. like the best and will put money But in trying to incorporate all into. Last year I proposed this one of these debates, Wertenberger on a whim; they liked it and de seems to have cided to put money into it. They b itte n o ff hooked me up with a crew of fif m ore than teen. any produc Tribune: Is filmmaking your tion could career of choice? thoughtfully J.W: Definitely. I think filmmak chew. ing is the best way for me to enter Instead of tain and create. I'm basically plan providingauning on going out on my own, dienceswitha makingfilmsindependently.I think s i n g l e , the best way for me to become a thought-pro director is to just start directing. I'll voking angle do whatever it takes to get there. on one of Tribune: What are your feelings these issues, about the Canadian film industry? the p 'a y .J.W : I'll definitely stay in Can handles gen ada. I may go to the States for some eral, b lu n t training, but I'll stay in Canada. I treatments of love American films, bu t the prob them all. lem with them is that they don't The Love of make you think. a Nightingale

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On semi-regular rotation, Genesis: And She saw that it wasn't so good

may be seen periodically before McGill Film Society regular features.

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Win and loss for McGill hoopsters BY GORDON ALLEN_______ The Martlets Especially for Valentine's Day, the Martlets basketball team won its fourth game in a row Friday eve ning, vanquishing Concordia 7064. A stellar performance was turned in by forward Martina van der Vlist, who not only led the Martlets in scoring, with 17 points, but played an outstanding defen sive game, blocking shots and making numerous steals. After handing first-place Laval its lone setback this season earlier in the week, the squad wasexpected to carry the momentum over in the match against cellar-dw elling Concord ia. The Stingers, however, showed they were not to be taken lightly,trailingjust33-30atthehalf. "Concordia forced us into mak ing some questionable passes, forced us to play out of control," noted Head Coach Chris Hunter. Within a few minutes into the second half, the Martlets had relin quished their slim lead. But a 25-5 run by McGill turned the tables. The Martlets made their opposi tion pay for their aggressive style by tallying a total of 28 points from the foul line. "We expected a lot of fouls from Concordia," said forward. Jane

Ross, who nailed all seven of her free throws. "It was their plan to get us off of our game." After losing six of their first seven contests in various tournaments in October and November, it seems that the McGill Martlets are very much on their game. With the play offs starting a t theend of this month, the hot streak could not have come at a better time. The squad is currently in second place and has nationally-ranked Laval looking over its shoulder. The Redmen The Redmen's 98-79 loss to the first-place Concordia Stingers in basketball action Friday night all but ended the play-off aspirations of the McGill hoopsters. Head Coach Nevio Marzinotto refused to let the fact that this was to be a rebuilding year be an excuse for missing the play-offs. "The play-offs were a realistic goal. It's very disappointing not to make th em ,".h e said. "They scrapped it out." Scrapped is an apt word to de scribe McGill's performance when one compares it to the smoothness of the Concordia cagers who worked theball around with profi ciency. With just over one minute gone

in the game, the Redmen found themselves looking at an 8-0 Con cordia lead produced by the Sting ers' tenacious press, which forced McGill into costly turnovers. The Redmen answered with solid de fensive rebounding and accurate shooting by centre Cam Ma thison, who led all scorers at the half with 14 points. The second half began with McGill facing a manageable 54-39 deficit. As time progressed, how ever, it became evident that the Redmen lacked the prowess neces sary in the inside game to cut into that lead. At the other end of the court, the Stingers displayed the skill that earned the first-place ranking, even hitting a few alley-oops in their failed drive to the century mark. The Concordia full-court press did not let up either, making it a chore for the Redmen to get the ball into their opponent's half. Forward David Jesperson led the Redmen with 22 points. The loss to C oncordia dropped M cG ill's league record to 2-11. With the play-offs out of reach, the Redmen will finish the season playing for themselves and their home fans at the season finale this Friday versus Bishop's.

V o lle y b a ll p h o e n i x e s c o u r t e x c e l l e n c e BY SEAN GORDON Sports tend to go in waves. Suc cess in sports boils down to the law of averages; a team that is bad now isboundtobe improve, and a team tha tdominates now can be expected to worsen. In this context, McGill's rise from the ashes of volleyball mediocrity would seem to be a reasonable expectation; it was only a matter of time before the teams started winning. The Redmen Going into the season, the expec tations of men's coach lan Jordan were modest, which has made it all the more heartening to see the Redmen exceed them. This is not the team of old, the team that was bou need off the court by just abou t everyone in the league. This is a team that is riding a wave of suc cess, a team that is (gasp!) playoff bound. It was inan effort to warm up for the playoffs that the Redmen par ticipated in a men's open tourna ment a t the Université de Montréal lastSaturday. The mixed results(26) from the past weekend served as a way to relax the atmosphere sur rounding the team on the eve of the playoffs. "This was a tournament featur ing the best club teams around," said Jordan. "The players there were older and very seasoned, but our guys played really well and I think it was a good experience for them." Preparations for the playoffs in Québec are already in high gear, although the cramped gym sched ule may prove to be a problem. "It's tough to only practise one day a week. We've done incredibly well for a team with such little preparation," said Jordan. "Hope fully I'll be able to weasel some gym time somewhere this week."

a victory of sorts if his squad was able to keep the starters from the Laval juggernaut on the court. "W e'a love to pull an upset, and anything can happen because we feel good, but the important thing is to finish theseason w ithabang, ' said Jordon. "A good showing against thebest team in thecountry would be a great ending to the best season we've ever enjoyed." The Martlets On the women's side, McGill closed out the season on Saturday at the Currie Gym with a 3-0 (15-2, 15-11, 15-4) loss to the Université de Montréal. The spirited Martlets have vastly improved their per formance this season, although the competition doesn't seem to have let up very much. Despite missing the playoffs, the Martlets areexhilarated a t the pros pects for next year. Virtually every one on the team attributes this new enthusiasm to the efforts of first year head coach Rachele Beliveau. "Hiring her was the best thing that could possibly have happened tous," saia team captainjulia King. "She's made a huge difference in helping us stay positive."

The M artlets' determination manifested itself through strong showings against the traditionally powerful teams, namely U de M and Sherbrooke. This season was considered a success because the primary objective of defeating cross-town rival Concordia was attained. "It felt great to beat Concordia this year," said King, "I think that we'll be even more competi ti ve next year. In fact, we'll make the play offs for sure." These bold predictions are well justified; Kingbelievestheonly real improvement the squad needs to m akeisintermsofitsmental tough ness. With the young character of the team, the dedication of the new coaching staff, and the leadership of the veterans, optimism abounds in the Martlets' camp. "This year we might have had problems with our concentration, especially in big games, but I think we've learned from that," said King, "and God knows that the technical aspects of our game have been smoothed out by this year's coaches. So if we can be more fo cused next year we'll kick some butt."

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B a s tie n c o m e s t h r o u g h f o r th e g o l d McGill's Julie Bastien captured the varsity women's singles badminton title this weekend, when she defeated Laval's Joanne Gardif to win the final of four season provincial tournaments. Melissa Gordon and Kim Barnes placed second to Laval in ladies'doubles in the provincial finals, and second in the tourney. In men's doubles, Bruno Dion and Dave Meijer upset Laval in the final to capture the tournament title, and finished third overall for the season. "What I trv to do in the final is strengthen events that I know can win," said Head Coach Frank McCarthy. Onlvone player must remain in any given event over the course of theseason in order for the team to accumulate points. Bruno Dion, prior to the final tournament, had played primarily within the mixed doubles event. Mixed doubles contenders Dercck Holt and Nancy Venneman fell to the Université de Montreal toplace 3rd in the tournament and 2nd for the year. Sebastien Gilbert finished nth twice in the men's single category. Laval came away from the weekend with 111 tournament points, and a season accumulation of 445. McGill ranked second with 77 and 291, with U de M 3rd at 49 and 245. Trois Rivières and Sherbrooke rounded out the tourna ment.

R e d m e n H o c k e y n a ils s e c o n d s p o t, f i r s t r o u n d b y e Downing both Queen's (7-4) and Ryerson (10-2) over the course of the weekend, the McGill Men's Hockey programme secured second place in the QUAA East heading into the play-offs. Martin Olivier handily netted himself 4 goals against Queen's, while Martin Raymond tallied a goal and three assists. Stacey McGregor potted an impressive five goals against Ryerson. McGill now has a first round bye in the playoffs, and will face the winner of the University of Toronto/Concordia matchup this weekend. McGill expects to meet Toronto. "We're going to need to work for 60 minutes," said Raymond. "The times that we met U of T in the rcgularscason, we were not ready. The first game came after the win against T rois Rivières. We were very loose, and they came ou t and worked us over." In the event that McGill meets U of T, the first game will be played on the road. The subsequent two games will be played on the weekend at McGill. "We arc going to try ana beat them right away," said Raymond. "I don t think that they will be able to beat us at home after that." McGill appeared for the first time last weekat the number 9spot in the CI AU National Rankings. CIAU rankings official Roch Pilon was surprised at McGill dismay over its omission in the rankings. "I can't speak for any of the committee members, they have their reasons.Tor example, the relative strength of opponents, conference and non conference games," he explained. "Perhaps the Redmen just aren't winning hockey games." "There is a committee of 4 members who every week review the standings, and cverv Monday receive the results, and basically it is upon these results and thcirknowledgeofthcteamand how they have fared throughout the week that a top ten ranking comes about. Once a team shows consistency, then it will be reflected in the rankings," he added. _______________________

B it t e r s w e e t w e e k e n d f o r a l p in e s k i te a m The McGill Alpine Ski Team came away from Thetford Mines, Québec this past weekend with mixed feelings. The second-last circuit stop of the year at Mont Adstock ended in significant achievements and dashed hopes. "We had a really good Saturday, but Sunday we had bad luck with people losing skis and stuff," said Head Coach/competitor Pavel Pochobradski. It was unbelievably icy and rough." Saturday, Sophie Marcoux set the pace for McGill's women with a nth-place finish. Sandra Cole followed at 6th, Martha McDougall registered a 9th, and Julia Hogan came 11th. The men's race featured Pochobradski at 4th, Graham Moysc at 9th and Eric Bedard at 13th. Burlington, Vermont native Jason 'Ringo' Ring finished 22nd. On Sunday, Mary Pochobradski earned herself a 3rd, while Julia Hogan upped her performance to 6th. Martha McDougall, Sophie Marcoux, and Sandra Cole finished 7th, 8th and 9th respectively. Top finishers for the men were Pavel Pochobradski, at 5th, and Jason Ring and Flugo Haley at 25th and 27th respectively. "We got ourselves within only 38 points of Laval on Saturday, but today, because of equipment problems, we're now back 160," said Pochobradski.

F o o t b a lle r s h o n o u r a t h le t e s p a s t a n d p r e s e n t The McGill Redmen 8th Annual Football Banquet was held Saturday at the Montréal Badmintonand Squash Club. The toastof theevening wentout to the 20th Anniversary 1971 squad whose collective efforts on and off the field rescued McGill Football from a premature demise. That year, the university elected to discontinue the football programme due to budget tightening proposals. Awards were distributed to the standout performers of 1991. Mathieu Quivigcr was honoured with the Touchdown Trophy for the best offensive linemen, whileCra ham Webb was named Best Defensive Player. Toronto-born John Vaughan received Most Dedicated Player, and Wes Barbour was the Rookie of the.Year. The Most Improved Player Award went out to Dan Crifo, with the Best Team Player honours bestowed upon Randy Burns. Duncan Carlvle was named 1991 's Most Sportsmanlike Player. Head Coach Charlie Baillie presented 11 potential recruits to cap off the evening, many of whom had travelled from afar to partake in the festivities.

M a r t l e t P u c k s te r s lo s e t h e i r m in d s In a weekend non-conference tournament, the McGill women's hockey team was twice shutout, 2-0 to the Kings of Montréal, and 3-0 to Survoltes, a South Shore squad. "We weren't there mentally," said Head Coach Geoff Phillips. I think the girls were somewhere else, I mean, zero productivity says that there s obvi ously something wrong. Sometimes you can give a hundred percent and not produce anything. Hopefully we can get back on track this week before the finals." This weekend, the Martlets host the gang of toughs from CEG EP St Lau rent, Saturday at the McConnell Arena. "This week we a re going to work on our breakout and passing, 'said Phillips. "That's wheçe it starts, and if it starts well then it usually works out well for us." r

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The M cG ill C ricket C lub, M cGill's newest sports team, is off to a good startdespite not yet hav ing set foot on the grounds. Since its inception last term, the club has gained sixty members, has started its own newsletter, and has man aged tosqucczcsomcbadly-nccdcd indoor prac ticc tim c in to the Curric Gym's packed schedule. "Some people had been talking about doing this for a long time," said Anselm Vizwasam, the dub's treasurer. "Then this fall a group just decided to go ahead and doit." The team's membershipis drawn primarily from students native to the world's first-class cricket na tions: India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Australia, the West Indies and Sri Lanka. Since the Cricket season lasts only from midApril to late September, the club's appeal is limited to graduate stu dents and Montreal residents. The club has applied for mem bership in the Québec Cricket Fed eration and hopes to begin in the league's "C " division this spring. The league has over 50 teams who play at one of about 15 cricket grounds in the province. Since the team does not receive funding from McGill Athletics, the search for alterna te sources of fund ing is crucial. "Cricket is an expensive sport," said Vizwasam. The team'sbudget shows a need for S2,500 worth of equipment as an initial investment and 51,335 in league fees (which include the cost of tea for the play ers) for the coming season. "W e've done some small things, like bake sales and the like, but

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Self-defense: more than just Twister. mea sure is u ntortuna tel y necessary because violence permeates even the peaceful perimeters of the Canadian calm. Not taking caution ary action to protect oneself from the threat of violence is a means of denying both its existence, and its ability to wreak ha voc inone's own life. "Pretending that violence does not exist, or that it will not affect you personally, makes you the perfect victim," said Blauer. "Apathy and denial arc what all attackers look for," he stressed. An effective self-defense course teaches an individual to acknowl edge the om ni presence of violence, and to overcome any inhibitions about using the phenomenal re

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BY JULIE MITCHELL Human beings enjoy favourable status in the ecological community. Generally exempt from the role of prey in the food chain, the only ani mal humans must ward off is the deranged sect of the same species. Although intrinsicallyequipped with the ability to fend off the en emy, a human's lack of practical ex perience can often be quite debili tating. Many turn to self-defense schools to learn the rudiments of protecting the person. "A self-defense course, in com bining strategic and psychological information,compounded with the affirmation that one is capable of physically protecting oneself, re sults in renewed confidence and improved selfesteem ," according to Tony Blauer, founder of a re nowned Montreal self-defense center.

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"The team is committed to subsi dizing players as far as it can with the funds we raise," said Vizwasam, "but after a point, the players who make the team will have to foot the bills themselves. But I guess that's the way it is for a lot of teams." fa

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Regardless of the yearbook's accuracy, or official recognition of this fact by the administra tion, there is a lesson to be learned here. People, no matter how much they are force-fed the red jersey story, are going to make the immediate connection between the Redmen logo and he native tradition. I' When the Department argues that the administrative costs of renaming teams will be high, I'm not sure if they mean the skyrocketing price of letterhead, or the cost of severing McGill from an unfortunate tradition. Abandoning the name Redmen, regardless of ethical considerations, will certainly disenfranchise the athletics alumni who identify their glory days gone by with the names Redmen, or Martlet. The Martlet House Founda tion is McGill's lifeline to alumni funding that keeps many of our teams alive. Our Friends of - (place your team name here)- societies are filled with seniors who think in the old way. The fact that this is the first time the controversy has arisen tells us something about the mindset of those athletes who ran, jumped, and threw before us. I'm afraid student opinion won't go very far in the midst of this kind of entrenched livinghistory. The Student's Society of McGill University (SSMU) last week hastened a motion through council to be forwarded to an Athletics' ad hoc committee, on the namc/logo issue. The SSMU overwhelmingly elected to fa vour a name and logo change, and to seek out a single moniker applicable to both the women's and men's teams. Apparently, being labelled 'birds' just doesn't fly with your

Physical G raffiti BY PAUL COLEMAN average Martlet these days. It is debatable whether or not this is the optimal time to bring up the secondary issue. Heaping controversy upon controversy may exploit the established momentum of the first issue, but fractures the attention due to each issue individually. For now, we're lucky that we're Martlets and not just the mythical footless swallows rep resented on the school emblem. McGill Swallows? I thought only Queen's swal lowed. Feeble response to a Tribune sports poll earlier this year came up withi a handful of amusing gender-neutral suggestions. ' s. The TI McGill Distinct Societies tickled my funny-bone, while The McGill Royals didn't sound all that bad. Royals, that is, as in Mount Royal. Not the Royal Family. (I'll admit however, that for the first little while I imagined the football team playing with really big ears painted on its helmets.) Perhaps the department will take the traditional Québec route and opt for the school/ team colours, like Laval's Rouge et Or, or the Vert et Or of Sherbrooke. That would update the Redmen to the Red, White and Silvermen. No doubt we'd be offending all the Silverman's out there, but then who knows? Many have argued that the Redmen name and logo invoke no more stereotypes or disre spect than say, Golden Gaels, The Fightin' Irish, The Patriots, etc etc. The bottom line however, is that adopting a race as a name sake, narrows the public per ceptions of that community in general. Few communities can afford this sort of tunnel vision from the general public; cer tainly not the native peoples of this country who have already suffered enough at the hands of stereotypes.

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