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hva er i veien? TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 QPIRG/GQRIP Waste Man agement "Green Plan" committee meeting 6:00pm, 55 Sherbrooke, Room 11-70
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Focus on women in graduate research. Lab tours, talks, demos. Re freshments will be served. 3:00pm-7:00pm, McConnell
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 International Relations So ciety Prof. Hudson Meadwell on " Europe" 6:30pm, Leacock 232 All Invited. International Socialists Meet ing: Can the W orking Class Change the World? 7:30 pm, Union 425/6 McGill Chaplaincy Service Seminar Satanism: Phenomenon and Response 7:30-9:00pm, Stewart Biology 1205 Dr. Penfield, Roomsl/4 Free admission Amnesty International is showing the film " Welcome to Canada" , after which Janet Dench will speak on "Refugees: Reflections on a Human Condition." 7:30pm, Leacock 132, admis sion is free.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 McGill Players" B-Play Fes tival; "Women Behind Bars" 8:00pm, Player's Theatre, 3480McTavish. Admission $10 general, $5 students and sen iors. For information and res ervations, call 398-6813. Play continues through until Satur day, Oct. 12.
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n ew s Arts and Science VP Finance resigns BY MICHELLE WILLIAMS
that the account, which involves transference. Their reactions tion of ASUS Council members a large sum of money, was had nogroundsand they didn't to a motion put forth by Dewji Arts and Science Under going to be settled in a safe propose counter-arguments at the September 21 Council graduate Society (ASUS) VP place." meeting. He Finance Riz wan Dewji resigned A lthough proposed to from his post early last week, Dewji said transfer the " The main occupation o f C o un cil is citing challenges to his integ C o u n c il's that this inci to question motions critically. If a rity from ASUS as the main dent played bank ac-_ reason for the step down. a part in his count from person is in the position o f "Ever since my election into resigning, he the Bank of office, my dedication and com Montreal to m aintained VP Finance, they should be able to mitment have been questioned. that it was Canada take the questioning. " My integrity has consistently not the major Trust. been doubted and challenged issue. He de "The re Susan N ickerson, by other Council members," clined to actions of wrote Dewji in his letter of C o u n c i l acting A S U S VP Finance comment on resignation to ASUS President other rea demonShawn Khan . sons, saying strated that A contributing factor to the only that his "goalsand vision" with substance," stated Dewji they didn't understand the resignation involved the reac implications of not making the differed from those of other "It was very frustrating. " Dewji said he felt the pro Council members. Susan Nickerson, ASUS VP posal to transfer accounts did Administration and acting VP not represent a "substantial Finance, questioned Dewji's move." sudden decision to resign. President Khan disagreed, SSMU takes a stand on dentistry "The main occupation of stating that "the motion pro At last Thursday's Council meeting, Students' Society Council is to question motions posed by [Dewji] to transfer (SSMU) unanimously approved a motion condemning the Council's account represented critically," said Nickerson. "If a university's handling of the proposed closure of the Faculty a monumental change and person is in the position of VP of Dentistry. Council wanted to be certain Finance, they should be able to Council was concerned that dentistry did not have ample
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time to respond to the proposal, that other alternatives were not adequately pursued, and that the application process for next year's incoming students would be disorganized, should the faculty j survive. The motion is a step short of condemning the closure of the faculty altogether, although that remains a future possibility. "We will be taking a final stand on the issue of the closure of dentistry as the [proper] information becomes available to us," promised President Scott Mitic. The resolution came two days after VP Academic William Legget presented the administration's reasons for accepting the proposal. The Dentistry Faculty, which has mounted a "Save the Dentistry Faculty" campaign, will have a chance to voice their disapproval October 8 at 3:00 in the James Administration Building Board Room.
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PM gives out scholarships Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was on hand to distribute ten nationwide Merck Frosst scholarships in chemistry and biochemistry last week. The presentations were made at the September 23rd opening of the new $70 million Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research in Kirkland, Québec. Dr. Cecil B. Pickett, Director of the new Centre, spoke of the importance of educating future scientists. "Fewer students are choosing science as a career, so we must ask where the next generation of scientists will come from," he told a crowd of 4000 present at the opening ceremo nies. Prime Minister Mulroney explained the government's ef forts in encouraging scientific studies. "More than 7,500 students are today receiving $8,000 Can ada Scholarships to pursue undergraduate science and engi neering studies," he said. Acting as hostess at the ceremony was SSMU VP External Affairs Karla Macdonald.
take the questioning". Dewji said that his proposal had been based on facts and that he had willingly answered any questions put forth by other Council members. Khan asserted that there is no connection between Dewji's resignation and an incident involving the return to the ASUS of $35,000 given to the Deans of Arts and Science last spring for library maintenance by form er ASUS President Anne Yu. "[Dewji] seemed to take the questioning of his latest pro posal personally, [which] was not the intent of Council mem bers," Khan said. Khan added that Council unsuccessfully attempted to persuade Dewji to reverse his decision. "It was a very diplomatic departure," Dewji said. "I did not leave on good terms, but it was very diplomatic and hon est- there was no animosity." Nickerson will be moving into the VP Finance position permanently. The VP Admini stration's position will thus become vacant and the ASUS will probably run a by-election concurrently with an upcom ing SSMU referendum the first week of November. □
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Last Friday I was assaulted. As I walked under the bridge at Pine and Parc, a man grabbed me from behind. I hit him with my elbow. When I tried to look at him he scraped my face with a stiff steel brush and ran away. It was 4:01 pm. After being at the hospital and filing a report with the police, I found myself back in my apartment. I looked at myself in the mir ror and felt grateful that I had not been robbed, or molested, __J or raped...or killed. Grateful for what? I should not be glad that I was hurt in one way and not in another. Random violence of any sort is sickening. My scrapes and black eye will heal in time. My mind, however, won't: I can never forget a metal brush rushing towards my eye. I never realized the implica tions of being assaulted. Not only do I have to deal with myself, but I am dealing with everyone around me. How do you, as a daughter, tell your
parents what has happened? What do you say to your shocked friends? How do you deal with the fear of turning every single corner? Am I now afraid of the dark? How should I react when, on the way home from the hospital, some freak in a truck yells out "Baby I like your scratches-let me give you some more" ? I tried, at first, to forget it.
catcalls at passing women stop in mid-whistle when they see my face. I am the manifestation of their guilt. People do not know how to react when I tell them- some are incredulous, and others are apologetic. One woman whispered "I'm so sorry-1 didn't mean to remind you." As if I could forget. It takes specific incidents to make people believe in their mortality. I would have kept riding my bike down Pine the wrong way if two of my friends had not nearly been killed. Now, because of my case, others who think they are invin cible might take more care. I refuse to be over whelmed by the vio lence around me. I will not spend the rest of my life depending on someone to walk with me, or thinking that all strangers are brutes, or that all men are evil.
I should be glad that I was hurt in one way and not in another. Impossible. Aside from the fact that I see it every time I close my eyes, people are constantly reminding me. I look like I was abused. People stare at me in the street a nd on campus- when I make eye contact they look away. Men who usually make
Dear Editor, You probably received quite a few angry responses to Jason MacLellan's gay bashing letter to the Editor last week. The best way to react to syfh a jitte r , in my opinion, is to dispense with passion and rhetoric and simply break the argument in academic style. Mr. MacLellan attacks an editorial which supported the acceptance of the gay subculture, comparing that to the acceptance of serial killers, since they too can be considered a culture. This is an example of the fallacy of false analogy. The only consistent similarity between homosexuals and serial killers is the fact that they can be classified, but so can any other group of people, including plumbers, Star Trek fans, and, yes, even heterosexuals. The comparison makes no sense at all. Even if it did, however, (say, for example, that homosexuals and serial killers were identical in every respect except for the fact that they wear different colour hats) the argument would still be fallacious, since an analogy can be used for concep tualization, clarification and hypothesis, but is only suggestive, and never basis for conclusion. The argument is now broken, but I will continue, because it is fun. Mr. MacLellan goes on to quote the Bible as further proof that homosexuality is wrong, saying that "there are still more people that believe in God than there are atheists." Even granting him that all those who believe in God swear by every word in the Bible, (which is a false assumption; for example, is a Jew who is not strictly kosher an atheist?), we can still break this argument by pointing out that this is a classic example of Argumentum ad Verecundiam, or the "appeal to modesty." It involves the speaker manipulating the audience into believing some thing by playing on their tendency to accept the opinion of authority without question. An argument that rests on authority is at best a weak one. In addition, often the more respect accorded a document or person, the more people will refuse to accept a reality that conflicts with the statements of that authority. For example, Galileo's theory that the earth revolves around the sun was sharply rejected because of a passage in the Bible, (Joshua X:12-14). Mr MacLellan is guilty of fallacious reasoning once again. He ends with a final argument to drive his point home. "Aside from the religious issue," he says, " most people do not approve of homosexuality." Without bothering to ask which polls he used to come to this conclusion, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and break this argument irregardless (sic). This is another case of Argumentum ad Verecundiam, but a different variety. That is, the appeal to "argument by consensus", or the fallacy of democracy or popularity. I think it would be insulting the readers of this newspaper to explain why the opin ions of the majority are not necessarily correct ones Because it is so blatant, this last argument is known as a "screaming fallacy That is all I have to say in response to Mr. MacLellan's letter. No insults, no irony, no ideology. I simply want to point out that although his arguments might have seemed persuasive, they were nonetheless completely invalid. Seth Abramovitch U1 Arts
Enviro-stylists have the right spirit
Dealing with assault BY ROBIN KERTZER* *not her real name
Letters to the Editor Breaking the anti-gay argument
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October 1-7, 1991
Anyway, this not just my problem. It has become an is sue to everyone around me. I have brought the reality of as sault to the lives of my friends and family.
Dear Editor, In response to Andi Curtis' Envirobabble column, I would like to state that while it is true that "new practices are accepted only if they demand a minimum amount of inconvenience", we should not underestimate the effects of today's seemingly insignificant actions on tomorrow's views. The social changes that must come about in view of the environmental crisis we face require time and patience. There are some who predict the end of the world, and claim we do "too little, too late." While scare tactics can work to a certain extent, I believe it is the promotion of awareness that must be our present concern. Whether people jump on the environmental bandwagon out of a genuine desire to work for change, or merely to join the fashionable crowd, the result is an evo lution in perspectives. Imagine the impact if our children grow up with environ mental concern surrounding them. Already environmental responsibility is being taught in schools, and is filtering through to the popular media such as T.V. If children grow up seeing blue boxes at home, and learn from the individual and informed actions of their parents, they will develop a better understanding of our environment. Gradually, as we lose our litterbug mentality, we must ensure that we set an example for the future. In this way, we can see that a great deal of work rests on our shoulders. Now we must learn so that we may teach. It is the influence that we have on the next generation that is our greatest hope for change and the best way to insure our future. Nicole Hclwig U1 Science
Academ ic considerations come first Dear Editor, This letter is written in response to the article written in the Sept 17-23 issue of the Tribune. In the article entitled "Racist Incidents Mar Montreal Summer", it should have noted that by stating that there are a lack of Black professors at McGill, I was by no means implying that McGill should go about hiring Black professors simply because they are Black. We of the Black Students Network are pressing for an African Studies Program at McGill so that the history and culture of Black people can be seen in their true light and context. The success of such a program would depend upon the hiring of some of the many qualified Black professors, not simply because they are Black, but because they are qualified and fulfil the requirements that such a program would entail. There are many such professors and we are not, by any means, seeking token Black professors to fill the void. David Austin Black Students' Network
More breaking the argument Dear Editor, I couldn't resist commenting on Jason MacLellan's reaction to Allan Tait's pro homosexual editorial in the Tribune (Sept 17.). If Mr. Tait's assumption that the presence of a gay subculture is its own justification, then Mr. MacLellan's basis for an attack on this assumption is equally weak: traditional beliefs. It is frightening to realize that even in the educated segments of our society, there is such dependence on tradition as justification for ignorance. According to Mr. MacLellan's logic, or lack thereof, the status of women in our society could also be justified on the basis of our traditional beliefs.
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W hat’s happening in socialism this w eek... So.cia.lism n. 1. Public c o 11 e c t i v e . . . c o n t r o l of...production, distribu tion and exchange with the...aim ofoper ating for use rather than for profit....... Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary •Also see: SSMU. It appears that those who created the SSMU bred a cul ture of socialism which has made its quiet, happy home in the policies of the McGill student government. While this may come as a surprise to the student body, it is probably just as surpris ing to those who lead them. Yet it is evident that the poli cies to which these student leaders subscribe often fall within the parameters of the above definition. Take, for example, the food services in theStndent Union Building. They areorganized in a manner which promotes subsidized use, but not fiscal responsibility. SSMU hires Scott's, and the profits from the services they provide are
returned to the SSMU to cover the hiring costs. It would be more efficient, and perhaps less costly to stu dents (who are currently pay ing to hire the companies, and paying again to generate the profits to cover the hiring costs) to rent the space out to the companies and to allow them to provide the required serv ices, as dictated by the free market. The hew medical insurance plan proposed by the VP Fi nance follows a similar vein. Essentially, this is a universal social program. But here, students have be come a captive market. If it was profitable for a company to engage in such an insurance plan without having a student government lock the student bodyintoparticipation, there is little doubt that the company would already have done so. By creating a market that is captive, the SSMU creates one which is also exploitable. While thestudentsandtheSSMUmay obtain "useratherthan...profit",
the door is opened for in creased premiu ms as the free m arket controls are re moved. Perhaps unconsciously, the SSMU, riot as individu als but as a governing entity, has engaged in a series of socialist policies that have a tendency to breed ineffi ciency subsidized by the student wallet. While it is all very well to have a plethora of universal student services, those serv ices should at least attempt to be self-financing. Unfor tunately, the SSMU, in its goal to provide universal programs, and with its abil ity togeneratchuge volumes of money from the student body, has degenerated into an institution which bank rolls all. Profit aside, financial re sponsibility is the key. Rather than universal access through universal subsidi zation, the SSMU should examine the merits of the free market. CHRIS A t AM
More Letters to the Editor As marginalized groups, homosexuals and women are in some ways comparable. But serial killers? Mr. MacLellan compares the morality of serial killers with the gay subculture, by saying "the fact that there are also unabashed se rial killers must mean that they are also justified." Hmmm. Not merely 'serial killers" but "unabashed serial killers." It wouldn't be so horrible if they were at least ashamed of themselves! I think that if homosexuals were more openly shameful, Mr. MacLellan would be more at ease. Mr. Tait and the gay subculture weren't let off the hook so easily. Readers were also treated to a short, albeit fanatical religious sermon whereby Jason proved that he could locate various bigoted passages in the Bible. I think I now understand the term "mudslinging." When you throw it, you always seem to get some on yourself. Not only was the letter insensitive and characterized by intolerance and misunderstanding, but the author seemed to identify himself with "people who believe in God." Scary. John St. Godard U2 Education
And still more breaking... We, the members of the lesbian and gay community and members of the Women's Union of McGill express our outrage at the presence and content of Jason MacLellan's letter "Gay subculture missing moral fibre" (September 17). Under the transparent guise of reason, it advances a position based on hatred rather than well founded principles. The barely rational nature of his hatred becomes clear when when he compares our community, a caring and legitimate sub set of society, to mass killers. We invite the reader to substitute the words "people of colour", "women", or "Jews" for MacLellan's use of the word "homosexual" and discover the historical justification for slavery, the subjugation of women, and genocide. It is indeed a dark tradition that he speaks from. MacLellan further contends that if a person believes in God and the Bible, it necessarily follows that s/he must believe that it is wrong to be lesbian or gay. He invites us to examine three passages from the old and new testaments. We remind Mr. MacLellan that each of the three major international religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) holds justice and compassion as overriding principles. In solidarity with his Jewish origins, Jesus of Nazareth sums up the whole of the religious life by quoting two verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18). In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus says "thou shalt love the Lord thy God...[and] thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". This statement by Jesus occurs in all three synoptic gospels and interestingly in the gospel of Luke, it is followed by the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), a parable about the reconciliation that must occur between people that are supposed to hate one another. Mr. MacLellan: "Go and do thou likewise". (Luke 10:37) People who advance fundamentalist arguments, such as Mr. MacLellan, take statements in the Bible out of their textual and historical context. In doing so, they employ an over-simplified duality paradigm of truth. Placing themselves as such in a position of authority over the text, they end up in the worst form of idolatry, themselves playing God. We are proud to be lesbian and gays! Many of us worship God and believe in the Bible. We invite you, sir, to con template the spirit of the book which you so callously and maliciously use to promote your hatred. Your argument is as tiresome as your hatred. Richard Cooper, LAGEM Charles W eijer and Salimah Kassim-Lakha, Coordinators of Lesbians and Gays o f M cG ill
The breakfast dub This whole idea came to me one morning last week as I was preparing for one of those ridiculous 8:30 classes we have this year. I was pouring out a bowl of Mini-Wheats when I came to the end of the box. Those of you who eat Mini-W heats know what happens when you come to the end: you get a bowl of u nin sp irin g M ini-W heat sawdust. Not much of a breakfast. Yet cereal has played an ab normally consistent part in my life. You would be dishonest with yourself if you didn't admit that you once dug down into a cereal box to get the prize before anyone else. Naturally, an accusative sib ling got a denial when asking BY JAM ES STEWART you where the prize was. Perhaps some of McGill's engineers found their initial love for their profession by put ting together the Shreddies prize. Having a brother or sister certainly added a new dimension to eating cereal. I never really had much of an affinity for my sisters or brother when I was six years old. Cereal boxes (especially those inordinately large Honey Comb boxes) when combined with a carton of milk and any other object made an excellent table-top fort. Yesterday, I took a walk down Cereal Alley at Steinberg. Looking at many of the brand names was kind of like going down Memory Lane. Corn Pops, Alphabits, Froot Loops, Sugar Crisp (I still hate that little bear), Cap'n Crunch and, of course, Frosted Hakes. Unfortunately, I did not see one of my personal favourites, Frankenberry. Remember that one?. It came with its cousins Count Chocula and Booberry. Kids today have some new attractions. How about a bowl of Pebbles? Or Pac Man or Ninja Turtles? Quality cereals all, but the one that takes the cake has to be Fruity Marshmallow Krispies. I wonder what colour the milk is after eating that. That brings to mind another key element in cereal culture. Are you a cereal eater who eats your breakfast with a lot of milk or just a little? Do you drink the remainder (perhaps right out of the bowl) or pour it down the drain? While cereals may have appealed to our sweet teeth when we were young, it is our bowels the cereal makers are after now. Just like the guy on TV says, "it's a drug free way to keep you regular." Thanks buddy. So now we hear about Bran Flakes, Fruit and Fibre, Common Sense, Bran this and Fibre that. Cereal has moved right into yuppiedom. Whether or not you remain a cereal eater today, it was once a part of your life. Perhaps now you should be eating some thing other than Corn Flakes. The reason cereal was devel oped was due to the belief that traditional breakfasts like bacon and eggs were too stimulating sexually. A dry boring cereal like Corn Flakes was seen as a way of keeping mornings bland. Pass the eggs.
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EUS students apologize for offensive posters name. "This policy might make people more aware of the prob At last week's meeting of the lem. For me this is common Engineering Undergraduate sense, something that is obvi Society (EUS) Council, three ous," Brancatelli said. Engineering Pub Nite staff The three students who even members came forward to tually came admit responsibil forward ity for offensive wished to take Pub Nite posters "I'm one o f the people full responsi which appeared bility and during Welcome involved. I feel very bad about were ready to week. The three accept the i t It in no way reflects the students are now consequences in the process of policies o f the EU S o r their of their indis apologizing to the cretions. various campus beliefs. W e're very sorry that it "[They] groups who were wanted to see happened." insulted by the if they could posters. — Jo n a th a n C sa k a n y , E U S P u b N ite do anything The posters had o rg a n iz e r to rectify the been designed to s it u a t i o n ," match the legiti said Bran mate advertise catelli. policy concerning such occur ments of the Pub Nite, but The EUS Council decided to rences be created. The EUS has contained slogans considered extend formal apologies to all since complied, passing a reso racist, sexist and homophobic the groups that may have been lution recognizing the Interna by many campus groups. A offended by the posters tional Charter of Rights and story in the McGill Daily ex Two of the students involved prohibiting any discriminatory posed the posters and brought in the incident attended the material from being published them to the attention of EUS Students' Society of McGill in connection with the EUS President, Gino Brancatelli. "I was obviously very upset," said Brancatelli, "as that's not the type of thing [the EUS] wants to be associated with." At the September 12th meet ing of the EUS Council, the Women's Union asked that a
ASUS retrieves 3 5 grand BY TRISH SNYDER The $35,000 donation given away by last year's Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) has been returned to this year's Council. Last April, former ASUS President Anne Yu informed her Executive Committee that a $35,000 donation would be given to the Deans of Arts and Science for library improve ments and maintenance. The gift, which required the signatures of both the ASUS VP Finance and the President, was never passed through the Council, according to current President Shawn Khan. "[Yu] did inform Council of the decision but she did not consult Council," he said. K han, who was ASUS VP Science and President-elect at the time, was concerned about the availability of finances for the coming year. Yu assured him that there would be a $10,000 buffer, the usual
amount which Council leaves for the following year. To Council's surprise, how ever, it was discovered in Sep tember that there was no $10,000 surplus, due to thou sands of dollars in debts re maining from the prior year. Former VP Finance Rizwan Dewji and Khan then ap proached the individual Deans, who were willing to accept a reduced donation. The dona tion cheque had not yet been cashed and was subsequently destroyed. "There are bills coming in every day from last spring. A cheque, for a smaller amount than $35,000, will be reissued to the Deans once the debts from last year are cleared up," Khan explained The ASUS receives $10 per student- $4 of which is auto matically transferred back to each department based on en rollment. If the cheque had been cashed, ASUS would have had to ask the McGill Students'
Society (SSMU) for anadvancement of money to pay the bal ance on outstanding debts left by their predecessors.
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University (SSMU) Council meeting last Thursday to ex press their regrets to Council over the incident. "I'm one of the people in volved," explained Jonathan Csakany, a U2 engineering student/'I feel very bad about it. It in no way reflects the poli cies of the EUS or their beliefs. We're very sorry that it hap pened." Jeffrey Kadonoff, who also apologized to the SSMU Coun cil, was certain that such prob lems would not recur. "We're confident amongst ourselves that this will never, ever happen again," he said.
ogies to the McGill Women s Union and Gays and Lesbians of McGill. The EUS council decided that the offenders would not be asked to resign from their Pub Nite positions. The students will retain their positions in order to bring attention to the prob lem and to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. But Brancatelli warned that more student awareness and discussion is the only way of preventing further future inci dents. "This [apology] is not the solution to the problem," he said. Q
Dean of A rts M ichael Maxwell admitted to being both "surprised and delighted" by the generous donation made in The students responsible July. The amount, which repre were also to make formal apol sents more that 25% of the ASUS' annual budget, was equally surprising to Khan. "The budget has always been planned to use up all the money except the buffer. To my knowl Be one o f the first 18 callers to contact McGill edge there has never been a Sports Information Office at 398-7012, and to surplus," he said. correctly answer the follow ing questions: Current SSMU President 1. Natne any M ontreal Shrinebowl M VP. Scott Mitic, last year's Arts 2. Name the two teams zvho are competing in Representative to Council, claimed that last year's ASUS the Bowl this Saturday. Council was not made aware of 3. As o f Saturday, how many Shrinebowls will the donation. have been played in Montreal? "As an Arts Rep, I left [ASUS] last year never knowing that Eighteen tickets are available to Saturday's we were going to donate matchup at Concordia’s Loyola Campus, l.-OOp.m. $35,000," said Mitic. Anne Yu has since left McGill One lucky sp ecta to r w ill win an all-expen ses p a id trip to and was unavailable for com the E ast-W est F in al Shrineboivl in beautiful P alo A lt o , ment. Q C alifornia
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McGerrigle’s position g o e s down in flames BY RICH LATOUR The SSMU Executive Direc tor position may undergo some major changes, according to a proposal introduced by Presi dent Scott Mitic at last week's Stu d en ts' Society (SSMU) Council meeting. With the visual assistance of flow charts, Mitic explained that the Executive Director would be replaced by a General Man ager who would act exclusively as an SSMU advisor. The Ex ecutive Director previously acted as a liaison between both the SSMU and the University administration. The General Manager would not be an employee of the uni versity, but of the Students' Society itself. "The General Manager will become directly responsible and accountable [to SSMU]," Mitic told Council. "The Gen eral Manager will not have to worry about a merit pay raise coming from the Dean of Stu dents." The new General Manager would fill the position vacated by Executive Director Don McGerrigle. McGerrigle was fired in December by last year's SSMU Council for failure to meet the obligations of his job description.
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who was not accountable to SSMU. The Executive also deemed it no longer appropri ate to have such a powerful individual, employed by the university, sitting in the offices of the Students' Society. "There is nothing we need less than a McGill employee in that position," said Mitic. "It was counter-productive be cause there was someone work ing in our offices but not neces sarily for us." Exactly how M cGerrigle
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Health plan makes up lion's share of Students' Union fees at University of Calgary As of September 1, each full-time undergraduate student at the University of Calgary is covered by the Student Health Plan, the dues of which were automatically paid with registration. The plan makes up the lion's shareof Students' Union fees, costing every student $27.42 per semester, for a total of roughly $425,000. The plan, which was approved in a 1988 student referendum, covers medical costs over and above Alberta Health Care and other provincial medicare schemes. Benefits include such things as ambulances, semi-private hospital rooms and physiotherapy, but the most popular benefit by far is prescription drugs. The plan will pay for 80 per cent of the cost of such drugs, including oral contraceptives. Although students will not receive their personalized health plan cards until mid-October, they are already covered. If any prescription or other costs are incurred before the cards are obtained, students are expected to save their receipts, in order to be reimbursed by the student Health Plan office. Once the cards are received, certain pharmacies will automatically deduct 80 per cent of the cost upon presentation. However not all drug stores do this, and it maybe necessary for students to save their receipts for later reimbursement. In addition to individual coverage, students may sign up their spouses and children for the plan. If already covered, a student can opt out of the plan for a full refund on proof of existing coverage. A similar plan is expected to be tabled at McGill by Students' Society VP Finance Lev Bukhman sometime this semester.
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failed to fulfill the obligations of his job was not disclosed. The job description itself is confidential between the uni versity and its employee. "We don't have generic job descriptions as such," ex plained Human Resources Staffing Officer April Calyuori. "Each job is individualized in terms of duties that individual performs." Mitic did not want to com ment on McGerrigle's perform ance.
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"These [details] are, at this stage, no way relevant." Mitic told the Tribune. "That deci sion has been made- we should look towards the future rather than to the past." McGerrigle continued to re ceive his salary from SSMU for the nine months it took the university to relocate him. He started his new position as In tercollegiate Athletics Director two weeks ago. McGerrigle did not return calls from the Tribune for comment as to whether or not he felt the new General Manager should be directly accountable to SSMU. Mitic enthusiastically embraced the idea of the position as "a huge step in the direction of greater autonomy." But when asked by Science Representative Aubrey Kassirer whether or not the crea tion of a General Manager posi tion was a first step towards SSMU incorporation, Mitic was careful to respond. "I'm hesitant to speak about tha t until we have a report from our incorporation committee," he replied. SSMU has already received forty-five applications for the position of General Manager and interviews are to begin this week. □
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to give an employee his first paycheck. Alt following Checks must be issued in regular inter vals which cannot be lotigér than : 16 days, unlessthe cmployee is on a salary.
-After 5 hours of consecutive work, an employee has the right, to a thirty minute break (with out pay). Coffee breaks are not obligatory, but if they are given then they must be paid and in cluded in the calculation of the hours worked.
-Every employer must include with every paycheck a stub which included 16 elements contained in the Loi sur les normes du tra vail.
-If you have any quest ions do not hesitate to phone or drop by the McGill Legal Information Clinic (398-6792, Room B-20, University: Centre).
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entertainm ent So you w ant to b e a ro ck star? An inside look at the Weatherman Groove Tube BY DAVID NORTH
letter perfect rendition of Most hip young men have A b b e y Road's side B, toyed with the idea of being a as well as a rock and roll hero, and many few equally old men spend middle age and beyond,convincing themselves im p re s s iv e Boston and that they still are one. Hendrix covSix fellows from McGill, called the Weatherman Groove ers. O ver the Tube, are taking a serious whack at elusive rock stardom years, Penn, with their brand of "funk for Kurtz and the whole family". The group's Shields have live show mixes infectious origi picked up another key nals with covers of 60's and 70's tunes, all served up with a board ist, a heavy dose of funk. very hot gui All Groove Tube numbers are tarist, and an smoothly executed. This is not old school to say that thesemusiciansdon't m ate, An drew Peters, dabble extensively with stopstarts, time signature shifts, and who recently the like. One of the extended d is c o v e re d funk medleys shifted so slyly his singing voice. into Cream's "White Room" and back out again, you'd swear Peters was these guys have been playing raised on a together since childhood. steady diet of G roove Tube: F orecast clear skies ah ea d fo r these 6 W eatherm en The primary reason Groove Beatles White Tube can be so daring, and at Albums, and no less than a year Tabernacle Choir. band will reach a certain level the same time sound so natu ago was singing "Rocky Rac The Weatherman Groove of popularity, and will have to ral, is because of the core play coon" at Detour gigs. His downTube clearly has the raw mate decide whether or not it is fi ers. Drummer Andrew Penn, hom e- aw -shucks-persona rials to move in the professional nancially feasible to leave bassist Dan Kurtz, and key plays fantastically off of the direction. If The Groove Tube's school and go full time. This boardist Jamie Shields have band's technical virtuosity.. plans to diversify its sound route was mastered by former been together since 1987. Presently, the Weathermen continues, the music will keep university rockers The Tragi Known back then as "Down the audiences guessing, and cally Hip, and McGill student are at a crucial stage in their de stream," their specialty was a Kate Fenner of The Bourbon velopment. Eventually, the fully entertained. □
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Ram bling R o se wilts under strain of being'Serious M ovie' BY HOLLY FORSYTHE Rambling Rose has all of the signs of a great movie, but this reality never seems to material ize. This period film, with a respected cast and a bestselling book by Calder Williams be hind it, is a remarkable failure. Set in D ep ression -era Georgia, Rambling Rose is a familiar story. Laura Dern is Rose, a troubled girl with a big heart and a past, who comes to the Hillyer homestead as house keeper and nurse. She is a purely sensual being who ex presses herself with her body and predictably gets into trouble. Dern has not, appar ently, realized that in order to
further her new "bad girl" image, she need not make bad movies. The most interesting relation ship in the film is the conflict be tween Rose and Mrs. Hillyer (Di ane Ladd). Rose is physically robust, sensual, and de pendent on men for self-validation, while Mrs. Hillyer is a spiritually enlightened, intellectual, pro gressive feminist. The lust/resentment tension between Rose and Daddy (a wooden Robert Duvall) is as predictable as the adolescent
Buddy's (Lukas Haas) adora tion of the girl. It is the adult Buddy (John Heard) who nar rates a story which has been
u nn atu ralness throughout Rambling Rose. Some of the dialogue is painfully strained. "I am only a human girl person and I ain't always perfect" is Rose's battle cry. The chorus-line score is distractingly out of place. Worst of all, director Martha Coolidge did not even take the care to keep micro phones from intruding into the picture. The constant remind ers that this is a Serious Movie make it impossible to become involved with the story. Coolidge, whose credits
"I am only a human girl person and I ain't always perfect” is Rose's battle cry. told before (and more skilfully) in a variety of films, among them, The Summer of '42; and Sophie’s Choice. Even Stealing Home was more effective. There is a frustrating sense of
include Valley Girl and Real Gen ius, seems ultimately unable to decide which story she wants to tell. The audience is left with relation sh ip s, issu es, and themes which are never really explored. To be fair, the performances of Ladd, Heard, and Haas are outstanding. For brief mo ments, the film touches upon truths with poignancy and nostalgic tenderness Sadly, the materials of a great film are present but unex ploited. Instead of feeling sorry for Rose, one pities the makers of her movie. Rambling Rose is now playing at the Egyptien, Pointe Claire and Complexe Desjardins. Q
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Dance, dobermans and Destroy Gilliam's Fisher Kin BY KIM RYGIEL Swords, chain-mail, speed metal, a Doberman pinscher, and a video d ip of a naked body on a 32-foot, gauze screen. What kind of dance is this? The outrageous perform ance piece, "C ost Destroy", choreographed by Edouard Lock and performed by Mon treal company La La La Human Steps, premiered at this year's Festival Interna tional de Nouvelle Danse on September 27 and 28, Targeted at an audience weaned on rock concerts, Much Music, and lax firearm laws, "C'est Destroy" begins with Louise Lccavalier, the
principal dancer, on a video screen. Looking like an albino Amazon, Leea valier freefalls to wards the audience in a scene called Chute. Percussionist. Jack) c Gallant dubs ferociously on drums while two women dance naked on stage. The in cessant drumming continues for most of the production. Occasionally guitarist Syl vain Provost joins the stage. Thrash flamenco accompanies a lyric number performed against wrought-iron panels in the medieval set "Armour". German experimental rock band Einsturzende Neubauten, composer David Van Tieghem and Skinny Puppy are also played at rock concert volume Suitably, Human Step s'
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dance has a rough edge. Acro batic dancers Leap horizontally and topple over one another in near collisions. The violence on stage is "glorified" by the simultaneous video imagery of blood, swords, and a vi cious Doberman. At a press conference,Lock stated that he did not like vio lence. He suggested that "De stroy" Showed the pain Of liv ing and that the critics' com plaint of violence resulted from a conflict of perception. "The sword is a fantastic Symbol, extending from pro creation to religion; its a sym bol which is violent yet Spiri tual . The function of thesword in real life is to put an end to fife. In film, on theotherhand, it is one of a series of sym bols," explained Lock. It would be impossible to snooze away in your seat re gardless of whether you ab horred or adored the perform ance. The bombardment of dance, music and film might ieaveyoudiscombobulated by its end, but with altered per ceptions of movement. "Other arts, like painting and literature, abstracted a while back. But dance is still stuck with the idea that the body doesn't change. 1 don't agree with that," said Lock. "I like to break the body up in such extreme positions that its shape is constantly being undermined." Lock undermined more than just body shape and tra ditional thoughts by redefin ing what constitutes dance. Music and film are used to create an "environm ent', or background, for the dance and the result is a creative power ful piece that should not be missed.
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humour that relies more upon throw away expletive language or character-breaking punch lines, than on a relevant refer ence to the storyline. Williams is fantastic, but in places one almost expects him to sit on his head and drink with his finger. It is Lydia and Parry's tough affection, how ever, that drives the picture. Hotly anticipated, The Fisher King is a sweet fairy tale, but sweet fairy tales are about as realistic as fusion in a tube. Draw your own conclu sions. □
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fea tu res Montréal slow to com plete recycling goals Recycling is a vital way to support the environment. It is of particular importance in a city like Montréal where the residents produce 420,000 ton nes of solid waste each year. Of this, 32% is recyclable. The City of Montréal has developed two recycling strate gies. The first is the use of green recy cling boxes in certain n e ig h b o u rh o o d s. The other project is the placement of recuperation bins, called 'green bells', at selected points in the city. "In April 1989, the green boxes for hou seh old recy clable waste first appeared in 18,000 homes. This year, 66,000 homes have the recycling boxes," said Pierre Morissette, the engineer in charge of W aste Challenge, a project set up by Access Montréal to improve waste management. Approximately 14% of house hold wastes are now being re cycled. The project developers also hope that by 1994, all the households in Montréal will be equipped with green boxes.The green 'bells' are an alternative for those who do not have the boxes in their neighbourhoods.
These recuperation bins are installed to provide easy access to recycling. "So far, in 1991, 121 litres of waste have been recuperated in the green bells," noted Morissette. The coordinator of the Better Waste Management Program for Québec Public Interest Group (QPIRG), Jacqueline Mayrand considers the efforts
of the city insufficient. "A good recycling program demands that more informa tion be given to the public. People are confused about ex actly what can be put in the green bells and in the green boxes," she explained. QPIRG thinks the city could accomplish its goals with more haste.
"The City of Montréal targets 55% waste reduction within 20 years. We think that this objec tive could be achieved within 5 or 6 years if an improved plan was set up," said Mayrand. Another concern of the Better Waste Management Program is the City's plan to spend 270 million dollars on a new incin erator, and between $75 and $105 million on the moderniza tion of the Des Car rières Incinerator. "Incineration does not go hand in hand w ith recy clin g. It means burning waste which could be re cycled," added May rand. She agreed, how ever, that it is not easy for the municipal gov ernment to deal with the problem alone. To promote recycling, the Québec government must cooperate to in stitute stricter laws. The government of Ontario for one, has banished all incinera tors in its province. This has forced cities like Toronto to search for new ave nues. The implementation of recyling projects in Ontario was done with a greater sense of urgency than in Québec and in a shorter period of time. "By 1987, all homes were equipped with blue boxes. Now there is 80% participation," said Tria Umom of the Recycling
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Recycling bins are causing confusion Action Committee. A by-law banning incinera tors in the city of Toronto has in fact existed since 1967. Accord ing to the Action Committee, this has been a crucial factor in the launch of recycling.
The City of Montreal's plan? for recycling are a step in the right direction. More substan tial efforts however, with the cooperation of the provincial government, will speed up the process. □
GALOM now more visible and vocal on campus BY ANDREA CURTIS With a mandate this year to focus on increased visibility, Gays and Lesbians of McGill (GALOM), are coming out of the closet. "Visibility is important be cause the dominant community is heterosexual and the domi n ant p ersp ective is heterosexist (sic). We are here to show that is not necessarily the way the world is viewed," explained Lipika Bunerjee, the
social coordinator at GALOM. Adam Beebe, a peer counsel ling coordinator for the group considers the issue of visibility a complex one.
"It is important because for one, we want lesbian, gay and bisexual people to know that there are others on campus they can relate to about these issues.
Also, we want to create a more positive image. People will know me in a class situation, and then I will come out to them. They are forced to rethink what
"Coming out is inherently political. Admitting to yourself and others that you are gay, lesbian or bisexual is a political statement - Lipika Bunerjee, GALO M social coordinator
their ideas about gay are. It is important to be visible to show who we are and what we can be," he noted. Politicization has become a contentious issue within the gay and lesbian community, with many people feeling alienated by a move toward radicalism. GALOM nonetheless attempts to embrace all the needs of McGill's lesbian, bisexual and gay community. SEE GALOM . . . PAGE 13
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I won't grow up McGill initiates high school recruiting program Tow er o f
They say that you are only as old as you feel. If that is the case, then I should be about thirteen or fourteen, instead of twenty-two. Mentally, I am just past the level of a pre-pubescent teen. I have to make a conscious effort to call my female friends "women", rather than "girls". When my best friend and 1 talk about men after whom we lust, both of us still giggle and refer to them as "cute boys". The problem is that some recent events have reminded me of the ugly reality; maybe I have grown up. Last week, when my baby brother Daniel complained to me about his homework, I reassured him that grade five really isn't that hard. Needless to say, the shock was great when Daniel informed me that he is now in grade twelve. Equally overwhelming was a recent dinner conver sation where my brother David asked my parents how many times a week they still did it. Imagine my surprise when my mother began to question David about his libido. "Excuse me," I protested, "Exactly when did we all agree to sit around and talk like adults?" When my mother laughed, and reminded me that I was in fact twentytwo, the very age at which she gave birth to me, reality started to kick in. The most gruesome re minder came at the end of the summer, after my paternal grandfather passed away. The Jewish ritual of sitting shiva required me to remain at home with my family, supposedly to be consoled by relatives and friends. It was quite a jarring consolation to have approxi mately one hundred people a day find out that I am graduating this year and ask me what I plan to do with my life. So it seems that even if I believe I am still fourteen, everyone else sees me as a
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full-fledged grown-up, re gardless of the fact that I have no definite career prospects. It's not the lack of decisive future plans that bothers m e , it's trying to figure out exactly when I crossed the nebulous boundary, and entered into adulthood. 1 turned to friends in hope of solving this mystery and asked them whether or not they thought of themselves as adults. Every answer was in the negative. My next thought was to pose the question to early twenty-year-olds who were engaged, married, in law or medical school. But even here, among these overlydirected-types, no one dared to admit they were grown up. My luck was no greater when I confronted people who were working (and paying bills) out there in the real world. It seems that my genera tion is full of Tinkerbells and Peter Pans. This could have to do with the fact that the state of adulthood frowns on child-like behav iour. Or perhaps we received too much child care. So much attention was paid to our adolescence -making sure we drank, smoked and had sex the correct waythat we still feel like we are being watched over by our elders. Perhaps our youth has been so drawn out that we are still riding out its tail-end. Ideally it's just me, and this entire crisis of not wanting to grow up is genetic. My maternal grandfather, who is sev enty-two, still skips work to go windsurfing. Chances are that I am destined to remain young, regardless of how others see me.
Kelln, U2 Science. Volunteers will talk about the way McGill functions, the life A new system of 'recruiting' of a first year student, and future McGill students is being address questions put into effect this a b o u t November. Senior M o n t r é .a l a n d students will be re Québec. turning on a volun Interested appli teer basis to their "M cG ill has an excellent cants will undergo highschools to talk a screening process about university reputation among high and will later at and campus life. tend training ses The proposal was schools. The application sions. initiated last spring "We want senior by Shawn Khan, procedu re and the level students with President of the an ex ten siv e Arts and Science political climate o f know led ge of Undergraduate So Q uébec, however, are McGill and some ciety (ASUS). Mart thing to offer the ela Johansen, Direc intimidating. "— Shawn university as well," tor of Admissions, explained Khan. recognized the Khan, A S U S President T h is program program's poten will make McGill a tial and is aiding its m ore a ttra ctiv e implementation. option for univer "The aim is not to sity applicants. It replace the system aims to make in that is in place coming students more at ease. said Khan. now," explained Johansen, "We want prospective stu "It's a pretty big place when referring to Dawson Hall and dents to feel like [the recruiters] you first walk in. I would have campus tours. "It is meant to know them, like they are peers," liked to have had some first offer another perspective." explained Khan. Q hand advice," added Paul "McGill has an excellent BY ROBIN BATES
reputation among high schools. The application procedure and the political climate of Québec, however, are intimidating,"
GALOM choosing new name GALOM FROM PAGE 12 Bunerjee maintained, "Com ing out is inherently political. Admitting to yourself and oth ers that you are gay, lesbian or bisexual is a political state ment," said Bunerjee. GALOM believes that activi ties during W elcome W eek, and the presence of a large samesex love section in the student handbook have contributed to the success of the campaign for higher visibility at McGill. National Coming Out Day on October 13 should also focus some attention on the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. The McGill Daily plans to pub lish a list of out-of-the-closet McGill students who will vol untarily give their names. "It is a show of power and a show of a lack of fear," ex plained Sam Buggeln, the GALOM publicity coordinator. Salim ah K assim -Lakha, GALOM coordinator, thinks this show of solidarity will
challenge straight perceptions of the gay, lesbian and bisexual community. "It will address the convic tion that T don't know any les bians or gays'. We are trying to make our presence undeniable. With names published in the paper, how can people deny that they know us? And if they do, then how can they treat us so badly?" she explained. GALOM is presently in the preliminary stages of changing its name. The new title, Lesbi ans, Bisexuals and Gays of McGill (LBGM) is an attempt to give lesbian and bisexual con cerns more emphasis. "Women need to speak out and have our names put first. We should share our strengths (with the gay community) but we also need our own space," noted Kassim-Lakha. GALOM's focus on visibility is meant to dispel myths about the lesbian, bisexual and gay
community. Beebe added, "When people are forced to dissect their preju dices and homophobia, it often comes down to just tradition and out-dated perceptions." □
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Fitting into McGill fashion: the five faves BY HILARY DE VEBER McGill attracts students from every corner of the globe and all socio-econ om ic b ack grounds. Once at McGill, how ever, they are united in facing the stringent fashion laws of Montréal and the campus scene. The study of how such a motley crew approaches this challenge is the fascinating, but rarely investigated phenomenon that is fashion at McGill. Black is no longer the only colour sported by the fashion conscious. There are predomi nant themes however, which can be identified on campus, so take a gander before weather requires the donning of parkas. Meander past the Arts Steps and find examples of the neo-hippie look. Batik, beads and Birks (Birkenstocks, for the uninitiated) are the key trends here. Especially in warm weather, the Indian cottons, African book bags, and Jamai can hair wraps essential to this style, turn our campus into a veritable third world crafts fair. A few tents pitched at the
laundering) is worn by those quilted bombers complete the base of James McGill's statue who hike up to the Currie Gym. 'Hip Hop' cover that will get are all that is needed to recreate "I wear track pants during you waved into Blue Dog with the parking lot scene at a Grate training camp, for ful Dead concert. bumming around on "It is the Jerry Gar Sundays and when cia image," observed I'm hung over," ex Liz Bruckmann U2 plained Norm Arts, "but I usually Beaudry U3 Manage forgo the beard." ment. A stroll through the A collection of Nike lobby of the Manage T-shirts which bear ment Building proves the history of their that corporate ladder late eighties ad cam climbing requires the paign (Just Do It, Kick most rigorous outfit Some Butt), are a ting. Somewhere be must here. tween St. Denis and If the downhill ski McTavish is born a team happens to be style so upscale by practising at the gym, M cGill standards, or a member of one of that it may even re the nearby frats quire visiting a hair passes by, a glimpse stylist. of the curious new "B lack cow boy 'riches to rags' trend boots and faded jeans may occur. Sons and are definite staples," daughters of the es noted Kerri Stew art, tablish m ent have a U2 Management One o f M cGill's fashion -con sciou s individuals traded in their butstudent. tondowns for their From unisex to own style which is deeply sexy, the black and blue colour out paying the cover. rooted in the year 1979. By contrast, the lowest main scheme is de rigeur. Black base Dudish duds include thread ball caps, short shorts and tenance style (not including
bare railroad overalls, volumi nous Eddie Bauer vests, and the occasional shirt stolen from theclosetsofKooland the Gang. Check the labels on these socks and underwear, though; ru mors abound that these are still bought at Ralph Lauren. This trend overlaps into the Eco-look sported by students loitering in the Bio Building. Here, Patagonia reigns, while monstrous Peruvian sweaters and dangling rock-climbing apparatus create the image of the eternal treeplanter. "Ideally, I'd like to be naked on Gibraltar," explained Tim Gray U2 Science. If you don't fit into any of these stereotypes, do not de spair. Fashion atheism is also rampant at McGill, where the intellectual /collegia te look is on show in the halls of both the Rutherford and Burnside Buildings. Finally, when in doubt, wear Levi's. Although each style requires its own characteristic degree of denim decay, they are the only fashion item which stars in all categories. □
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McGill rowers m<ïke w a ves in an exciting season The McGill University Row ing Club (MURC) took part in its first regatta of the season last weekend in Peterborough, Ontario. Saturday may have been a miserable, rainy fall day, but the bone-chilling cold couldn't take the heat out of the crews over the 5km race dis tance. The "Head of the Trent" marks the traditional season kick-off among the 14 OU/ OWIAA rowing schools. This year, McGill showed off its strength from race one; all of the varsity crews finished in the top 3 positions. The men's 8, lightweight men's 8, and women's 8 all finished 3rd, the lightweight women's 8 crossed the line 2nd, and a McGill alumni men's 4 took home the gold. In the doubles and singles McGill won another flurry of 2nds and 3rds. Traditionally, certain univer sities have dominated specific
events—Western sweeping the women's category, Queen's dominating the lightweight men's. This year the top times in each category were consis tently close, the competition intense. "There is great competition this year. The lack of any domi nant schools is promoting very high-caliber rowing throughout the league," said UWO's Club President Heather Cartwright The McGill novice crews are also strong. The Novice men's 8 rowed an excellent race, finish ing 3rd, and the Novice women's 8 came in 8th. The Novice women's 4 surprised everyone by finishing 4th in the varsity race. One exciting aspect of this year's team is the number of varsity athletes who have come up through the McGill ranks. Fifteen of 36 varsity rowers first began competing as club nov ices. The MURC's novice row ing program is quite unique among Canadian universities.
"One of the McGill rowing programme's greatest achieve ments is that it builds its own varsity athletes," stated McGill Coach Anthony Tremain. "Our novice rowers develop quickly into highly-competitive oarspeople. We are good at "grow ing" our own talent, and nur turing these athletes even as far as the national level." The Head of the Trent regatta is notorious for its tricky course which, being the first regatta for most novice crews, poses obvious navigational difficul ties. The McGill crews raced excep tionally cleanly, the equ ipm en t retu rning un scathed. Trent, however, did not fare so well. To the delight of spec tators, a novice Trent crew managed to collide head on into a concrete wall, their $15 000 shell crumpling like a sheet of paper. No one ever said that the sport of rowing lacked excitement. □
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We are good at "grow ing" our own talent, and ^ nurturing these athletes j l r even as far as the national level/' ■ lË | Ë f l —Anthony 7remain, M cG ill row ing coach
Redmen will have backs against the wall for Shrinebowl Saturday BY PAUL COLEMAN Two weekends ago, the sun shone over Molson Stadium turf and McGill trounced Ot tawa. Just this weekend, under somber skies in Lennoxville, the McGill Redmen Football team were pummelled into the mud by the Bishop's Gaiters 41-7. To add insult to injury, TSN/ RDS carried the grisly proceed ings live. "You always want to play well when you're on TSN," remarked Head Coach Charlie Baillie from his office on Mon day. "Bishop's came to play and I think McGill came in a little overconfident off of last week's game against Ottawa," said McGill's Sports Information Coordinator Earl Zuckerman. Play they did. The Gaiters had no hesitations about establish ing an early lead, scoring ma jors on their first three posses sions. Bishop's starting pivot Silvio Martel completed 15 of 30 pass attempts in the opening quar
tallying only 3 on his first 7 Raymond went on the complete ter, accumulating 338 passing carries, while giving up two of 10 of 24, for 196 yards. yards and two touchdown fumbles. Thiffeault's fourth M cG ill's leading rusher, completions. Jim Murphy then touchdown of the year occurred Mark Thiffeault, was effectively carried the Gaiter offense in the second from one yard shackled by the Gaiter defense, throughout the duration of the out. contest, connecting Any m o on 4 of 12, while net rn e n t u m ting 71 yards through M cG ill had the air. hoped to attain Meanwhile, however, was M cG ill's offensive stymied when strategy was frus G aiter C hris trated both on the W ilson re ground and on the turned a kick wing. off 96 yards for "It was an off day the to u ch for the quarterbacks, down. there was a lot of overthrowing, and "McGill was the timing just wasn't hem m ed in there," said veteran side its own defensive back Rob fifty yard line Taylor. "N eith er for the entire [Francois] Gauvin game," noted nor [Justin] Raymond Zuckerman. stodd out that day." "I don't think With 9:27 remain it was overcon ing in the second — v e t e r a n d e f e n s i v e b a c k R o b T a y lo r fidence," said quarter, Gauvin was Taylor. "W e pulled after complet knew their ing 3 of 10, with one interception. Justin
"It was an off day for the quarterbacks, there was a lot o f overthrowing, and the timing ju st wasn't there."
backs were against the wall more than ours, having lost badly last week to concordia and this being Homecoming for them, we went in with a win attitude, and their defense was just ready for us." Next week, the Redmen travel crosstown to engage perennial rivals, the Concordia Stingers, and All-Star quarterback Ron Aboud, in the 5th Annual Shrine Bowl Game. "Aboud is equally threaten ing in the air as he is on the run," said Zuckerman. The Redmen are facing a must win situation to maintain a decent chance of securing a playoff berth. "In the OUAA it is very im portant to win against teams in the same province," said Tay lor. "So far this season, we've lost one, Bishop's has lost oneonly Concordia hasn't." "Now it's our backs that are against the wall." □
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Redmen soccer undefeated in 17 gam es BY DAVIDE PETRAMALA If the first four games of the 1991 season are any indication of ho w the Redmen soccer team will fare this year, great success lies down the road. Friday night, the Redmen entertained a chilly crowd at Molson Sta dium as they outran, outpassed, outplayed and ultimately outscored UQTR Patriotes in a 6-0 decision.
From the first whistle, the Redmen dominated the game. The match began with a lot of play in the air, but McGill quickly calmed down and brought the ball under control. The Redmen held UQTR to a kick-and-run game which didn't allow the Patriotes to generate any type of offense, thanks to a solid back-defen sive core captain, centre back Rolf Gronas..
Avoiding that dreaded ‘allover ache’ BY JULIE MITCHELL Each day, hundreds of McGill fitness enthusiasts hikeup University Avenue to reap the benefi ts of a little physical activity. Straining, sweating and hyperventi lating their way to theglory of the optimum heart rate zone, sometimes they push themselves too hard. Muscles respond to such unkindness by screaming obscenities at the central nervous system each time the body attempts to move. This familiar allover ache is experienced by everyone at one time or another, but is not widely understood. Learning what causes it, how to avoid it, and how to get over it could reduce the discomfort of futuremuscle soreness. Andrew Lloyd, a gradu ate of York University's Exercise Science program, outlined the technical cause of sore, stiff muscles as, "a build up of a chemical pro duced within the body known as lactate acid." "The common reasons fortheaccumulationofthis pain causing toxin as, is failure to warm up prop erly, too much training at once after an extended pe riod withoutexercise,or in adequate recovery time between workouts," he said. Opinion concerning the best way to speed the dis appearance of lactate acid is quite varied. In the So viet Union, athletes are frequently advised to inte grate massage with every workout. Olympic weight
lifting coach Uri Verochensky suggested "th e squeezing and shaking of muscles to help the blood carry off potential toxins before any discomfort sets in". Other common sugges tions include relaxing in a Jacuzzi or sauna immedi ately after a workout, or, if the pain has already set in, light exercise to the affected area to ensure adequate blood flow. In any case, mild post-exercise soreness should go away on its own within a few days. Severe p o st-exercise muscle pain should be brought to the attention of a therapist. Serious pain usually indicatesa substan tial injury..The most com mon muscle ailments re quiring treatment, or at least medical advice, in clude strains and tears. When muscle fibres are pulled or stretched beyond their allowable limits, a strain, or worse, a literal tear, occurs. Adequate re covery time is essential to the healing of such injuries. If not treated properly, musclestrainsand tears can lead to irreversible damage. The best way to avoid serious muscle injury and minimize soreness is to thoroughly warm up the muscles before exercise as well as after, to ease into a workout schedule after a long break without exer cise, and to allow sufficient rest between workouts. Listen to your body's early warning signals to avoid its later bitter com plaints that your muscles have been overworked.
By the end of the first half the Redmen had already scored a staggering4 goals. Joe Martucci had an extremely strong first, scoring one from a free kick, his second from a comer on the left side. Martucci also helped set up the team's second goal, as he crossed the ball over to rushing striker Mark Antoine Dugue, who then headed the ball into
the net. A fourth goal came courtesy of Adam Mar. The second half goals were scored by strikers Eric Lee off of a rebound from a Redmen free kick, and by McGill superstar Chris Drysdale. Drysdale hit a penalty shot after he was axed down by a UQTR defender in the 18 yard box. The Redmen had a strong
game all around, especially from the midfielders Joe Mar tucci and Peter Botos. Bert Lee started in goal for the Redmen and never really got tested during the game. The next day, McGill packed up and went to Bishop's where they truimphed once again. In CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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Durand! Durand!
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The McGill Martlet Soccer Team headed into a QUSL tour nament at Concordia ranked third in the nation and went away with three more victories to their credit. In double-header action Saturd ay, M cG ill blanked Sherbrooke 2-0. Rookie Kathryn Durand netted the winning goal while veteran Barbara Bruckert tallied the insurance marker, her third goal of the year. Earning her fourth season shut-out was netminder Carolyn Teng. Following only two hours rest, McGill faced off against archrivals Concordia. An in credible four second-half goals by Kathryn Durand padded the margin of victory for the Mar tlets. If was Durand's second consecutive game-winning ef fort. The Martlets won the tourna ment Sunday only after blast ing UQAC 7-0., with the shut out going to Nilu Singh, who played in a tournament Satur day for McGill's Field Hockey Martlets. Natalie Ionanides netted three goals, her second hat trick of the season, while Kathryn Durand scored her 6th and 7th of the tournament. Further contributions were added by Sabrina Leblanc and Stephanie Hart. Durand's league-leading 8 season goals surpass only the 7 which Natalie Ionanides has already scored.
Martlet Volleyball travelled to St. Michael's College in Burl ington Vermont to meet the host team, St Rose's College, and Hanover, New Hampshire's Dartmouth College in an open tournament. In regular tourna ment play throughout the weekend, the Martlets go un defeated, beating all three opponen ts three gam es straight, in best of five contests. In the finals, McGill fell in tour games to Dartmouth College, and lost a van to the Burlington Police.
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Tournam ent MVP was McGill's Fanny Wong, while Maryam Maosri was tagged as one of five tournament all-stars.
Rugby wins
Out of one racquet and into another Coaching the McGill Varsity Squash Club this year, volunteer coach/player Tim Behm will be replacing former coaches Denis Champagne and Tim Bacon The former Ottawa Roughrider prospect will join with one-time Edmonton Es kimo draftee and University of Alberta graduate Rick Jones on the court. Redmen Football's Duncan Carlysle meanwhile, was at one time invited to try out with the NHL's Hartford Whalers, and Steve Papp was considered by the London Lasers of the CSL.
Rugby loses The McGill Martlet rugby Football Club dropped a 7-0 decision to the Concordia Lady Stingers Sunday. McGill's rec ord presently standsat 3-1 while Concordia now has sole pos session of first place. The Markets will meet John Abbott College next Sunday.
The McGill Redmen Rugby Football Club came away from Bishop's victorious on Friday, with the A squad winning 19-6 on the wings of tries by Paul Doherty, Rob Buffam, and Sean Ewart. Doherty also success fully kicked a conversion and a Martlet Field Hockey hosted penalty to round out the scor the 3rd league tournament of ing. the OWIAA season this past Captain Neil Gilde lead the B weekend, coming away with a team to a 14-0 win with his try, 1-1 tie. versus Laurentian, and joined by efforts from Bill 1-OlosstoQueen's.McGill's only Weaver and Dereck Kopke. goal was scored by veteran Jane Weaver also tallied a conver Anna Chapman, while Cathy sion. Fusk occupied the nets for the weekend.
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Latebreaking Sports Facts McGill women's soccer came up second and the men placed third in CIAU na tional rankings following weekend play.___________
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Following Saturday's game at Bishop's, McGill coaching staff have named the Players of the Week. The Defensive player is Jason Greenlees, at linebacker. The Hit of the Week was exe cuted by wide receiver Jerome Coulet, a freshman. Blocker of the Week is veteran offensive tackle Dan Crifo. No Offensive Player of the Week or Special Teams Player was named.
The M cG ill Tribune will again be accepting submissions for the 1991-92 NHL hockey pool. Teams will consist o f ten players and a goalie. Submissions will be due by O ctober 31str 1991f and may be dropped off at the SSM U Kiosk or at the Tribune office Union B01-A . The top three teams will receive a grab bag of items from the M cG ill Athletics Department. Updates will be published in the Tribune on a tri weekly basis. Winners will be declared upon completion o f the regular season. G ood luck
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sports Cornerstones Belgian pub proprietor and world champion oarsman Urbain Molmans, coached the McGill Rowing crew dur ing the early 1930's. He and his wife "Chou" boarded the McGill crew dur ing summers at the Molmans' cottage on Lac St. Louis. Lac St. Louis cottagers were thus treated daily to lakeside reverberations of Coach Molmans' vulgar bello wings, sometimes even from the rumble seat of a Roadster navigating the lakeshore road. McGill's rowers during this era were referred to as the "Submarine Crew", as they spent more time beneath the wave than above them. On one particularily boisterous morn, Molmons' obscene chantings drove a vacationing and prominent Montréal banker from bedside to dockside, to protest the disturbance. Molmons' megaphone response was less than polite, and perhaps inappro priate, yet paled in comparison to the rash reaction of the banker. J umpin ghotheadedlyintohis speed boat, the financier powered through the hull of McGill's 60-foot shuttle, severing 8 feet from the front of the craft. Sir Edward Beatty, President of CPR, Chancellor of McGill, and neighbour ing cottager, diplomatically mediated the ensuing standoff. McGill received a brand new boat within a month, courtesy of and cynically dubbed in honour of, the repentant banker.
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a 5-0 trounce of the Bishop's soccer team, Striker Jeff Clark scored two goals. Chris Drysdale, the win ning scorer in 2 consecu tive games, Martin Whit taker,and Rolf Gronas,each added one apiece. "The game was pretty similar to Friday's game, but 1 just think we didn’t haveasmuchcontrol,"said veteran Gronas. The Red men, with a 2-0 weekend, pushed their rec ord to a successful 3-0-1. The tic occurred againstSherbrooke, where McGill battled back from a 2-0 deficit to score two goals in the final 25 minutes. The big test comes this w eekend, when the Redmen play rivals Con cordia Stingers, in a pos sible preview of the QUSL Championship.
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McGill Canada Employment Centre On Campus - 3637 Peel Street Job and Career Information Employer Directories Help with Resumes and Interview Preparation On-Campus Recruitment Program Job Hunting Skills workshop, part-time on & off campus Health Services - 3637 Peel Street A Comprehensive and Confidential Ambulatory Care Service Periodic Health Review Gynecology Dermatology Allergy Injections & Immunizations Immigration Physicals Laboratory Health Counselling in: Nutrition/Family Planning Alcohol & Drug Abuse Stress & Relaxation Abortion/Sexual & Emotional Problems Mental Health Service A confidential Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Treatment Center; Crisis Intervention and Short to Intermediate Term Therapy for: Personal Problems Situational Disturbances Anxiety Depression Mental Illness Athletics Department - 475 Pine Avenue West Instructional, intramural, Sports Clubs, Recreational Intercollegiate Programs and Fitness Testing Sports Injury Clinic Sir Arthur Currie Gymnasium Molson Stadium Winter Arena Weston Pool Chaplaincy Service - 3484 Peel Street Inter-Denominational Pastoral Counselling & Support available to all Programs Offered Include: Residence Visiting Marriage Preparation Courses Women's Concern Group Retreats Bible Study Lecture Series on Timely Issues Guest Speakers Volunteer Out-Reach Cults Information Worship_____________________________________________________________ Denominational Centres Chabad House (Jewish) - 3429 Peel Street Hillel Students' Society (Jewish) - 3460 Stanley Street Newman Centre (Roman Catholic) & Home of the Chaplaincy Services Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Presbyterian/United Chaplaincies Yellow Door (Student Christian Movement) - 3265 Aylmer Street