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Inside This Week N e w s : T h e r e le a s e o f t h e M c G ill s a fe t y a u d it s h e d s lig h t o n c a m p u s n eed s.

S ee p a ge 3 O p / E d : E d it o r ia l a u ­ t h o r it y in v o lv e s both p o w e r a n d r e s p o n s ib ility .

S e e e d ito r ia l, p a g e 6 F e a t u r e s : T h o s e in t h r a ll to t h e n ic o tin e h a b it t a k e h e a r t — i f y o u w a n t to q u it t h e r e is h e lp a v a ila b le .

See p a ge 7 E n t e r t a i n m e n t : P a in ­ fu lly E v id e n t : M a d o n n a is t h e k is s o f d e a th to h e r n e w m o v ie B o d y o f E vid en ce.

S e e p a g e 10 S p o r t s : R ed m en h ockey t e a m p o ts 20 g o a ls o v e r t h e w e e k e n d a s M c G ill cru s h e s R y e r s o n a n d Q u een 's.

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What's On

Tuesday. January 19

Critique” . 4:30-6:00pm, Leacock738.

Saturday. January 23 Monday. January 25

The Department of History’s Staff/Student Speakers Series presents Professor Philip Longworth speaking on “ The Making o f Eastern Europe.”

3:30 pm, Thomson House.

The International Relations Society hosts the International Forum from 3:30-5:30 pm in Shatner 435.

Focus issue will be “ Democracy in Retrosp>ect and Prospect” . Any and all individuals are warmly welcomed.

The Faculty of M usk presents the McGill Symphony Orchestra. 8:00 pm. Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. W.). Free passes available at Pollack box office. For info, call 398-4547.

The Folk M usk Sockty meets every Monday at the Yellow Door, in the basement. Come check it out or call Stephanie at 845-7601 for more info.

sons not yet known to us. Go Herring go!

Self Defense Mini-Course spaces still available. Mon. 5:30-7:30 or 7:30-9:30 at the Union Building,, $30. Call Laura at398-8222 or come to the SSMU desk by Fri. Jan. 22.

Wednesday. January 20 McGill Outing Club: Come and escape the urban jungle with us...meeting at 7:30 pm, Leacock 26.

The McGill Aboriginal Law Association is sponsoring “ No A d­ dress” , a film by Alanis Obomsawin, about the experience o f Native youth who come to Montreal in search o f a better life. Ms Obomsawin will be present for discussion. Free admission.

12:30-2:00 pm. M oot Court, Old Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel.

Thursday. January 21 The Faculty of Music presents Charles Daval and Michael McMahon.

8:00 pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 398-4547.

As part o f the CBC-McGUl Radio Concert Series, The Faculty o f Music presents Antonio Lysy and Andrew Tunis. 7:30 pan, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info call 398^1547.

M cG ill Student C ouncil meeting: 6:00 pm, Shatner room 107/ 108. Admission free.

As part o f the Archaeology Speakers Series, Professor Bruce C. Trigger will be spjeaking on “ Practical vs. Cultural Reason: A Comparative

Auditions for “ Living Quar­ ters” , a Players Theatre production, will take place Jan. 21-23. Sign up by Players Theatre, 3rd floor Shatner. For info call 398-6813.

The M cGill Film Society, along with the M c G ill Choral Society, presents “ Sister Act.” 7:30 pm, Leacock 132. Admis­ sion $3.50 non-members, $ 1.00 members, children and seniors.

Auditions for McGill Players ’ production o f “ Hole” will be held Jan. 21-23. Monologue optional. Male and female actors sought. Sign up outside Players’ office.

Friday. January 22 The Yellow Door Coffee House presents live

LATITUDES: the M cG ill Journal o f Developing Areas Studies is now accepting papiers and photoessays.

Submissions should cover any aspect o f developing areas studies. Place in Latitudes mailbox at the SSMU office.

Deadline: Feb. 5. For more info call 847-0549.

music followed by an open stage. T onight: Nowheremen with Dave Fisher. Admis­ sion $2.00. Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For more info call 398-6243.

Paul Martin, Jr., Lasalle Emard Liberal MP, will be speaking at 5:00 p>m in Leacock 232.

The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Symphony Orchestra. 8:00 pm, Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. W.). Free passes available at Pollack box office.For info, call 398-4547.

The M cG ill Film Society presents “ Singles.” 7:30 pm, FDA Au­ ditorium. Admission $3.50 non-mem­ bers, $1.00 members, children and seniors.

Sunday. January 24 The M cG ill Film Society presents “ Roadkill.” 7:30 pm, FDA Auditorium. Admission $3.50 non­ members, $ 1.00 members, children and seniors.

The Fac ulty of Music presents the McGill Conservatory Suzuki Con­ cert. 2:30 pm, Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. W .). Free. For info call 398-4547.

The F acuity of M usic presents a Master’ s Recital by Francisco de Galvez. 8:00 pm, Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. W .). Free. For more info call 398-4547.

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N ew s Students are no longer in the dark about poor lighting on McGill campus B Y J A N E W HITE

o f M c G ill’ s campus and bu ild­ ings, results w ere tabulated from

One recommendation, that

and in a report to be presented at

the university exp lore w ays to

this T h u rsday’ s S S M U council

T h e vice-prin cipal said that he w ill recom m end the com m ittee

Im p ro vin g ou tdoor ligh t­

the audit, and A ssociate D ean

ensure the via b ility o f the W alk-

m eeting, Shebbeare highlights

be a 12-person sub-com m ittee

ing, clip p in g shrubs and pro­

o f Students L yn n B u tler-K isber

Safe N e tw o rk (W S N ), left W S N

the bu ildin g’ s safety drawbacks,

o f Senate’ s Ph ysical D e v e lo p ­

v id in g M c G ill secu rity w ith

prioritized a report.

s p o k e s p e rs o n F io n a

w hich include p o o r ligh tin g and

ment C om m ittee (P D C ), w hich

signage as w e ll as isolation on

he chairs.

“ It ’ s a n ice m ention, but I

the third and fourth floors. E x ­

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d o n ’t think [the recom m enda­

pected to be a costly venture,

Since the n ew b o d y w ou ld o n ly be a Senate sub-com m it-

cam pus’

tion] means anything,” stated

one o f the recom m endations

tee, it w ill o n ly be able to advise

D eller. W h en asked what W S N

proposed in the report suggests

on priorities and lacks the au­

n e e d e d m o s t fr o m

M c G ill,

that unsafe and inadequate ar­

thority to im plem ent any rec­

D e lle r w as d ecisive: “ Perm a­ nent o ffic e space.”

om m endations it makes.

Shebbeare was concerned

B u tler-K isb er w as una­

‘ sen sitivity training’ are just a fe w o f the recom m endations

va ila b le fo r com m ent.

R e c o m m e n d a t io n s

recently released in a safety audit

q u ir in g

o f the M c G ill campus.

S tu d e n t s ’

S o c ie t y

(S S M U ) V P U n iversity A ffa irs M o n iq u e Shebbeare was not surprised b y the findings.

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and that security in fo r­ mation, including incident re­

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nonplussed.

“ It had m ost o f what I ’ d

ports, be w id e ly disseminated,

Presently, W S N shares an

eas o f the bu ilding be re-de­ signed.

T h e final recommendation

expect in it,” stated Shebbeare.

re c e iv e d S h eb b ea re’ s strong

o ffic e w ith the M c G ill Sexual

o f the report called fo r the crea­

chair position, fearing that his

“ I d id n ’ t fe e l lik e it le ft anything

support.

w ith T a ven a s’ rejection o f the

A ssau lt Centre ( M S A C ) in the

tion o f a safety com m ittee, to be

rejection m ay reduce the cred­

“ I talked w ith L y n n [B u t­

Shatner B u ilding. T h e building

chaired b y M c G ill V P Planning

ib ility o f the com m ittee.

T h e auditing process b e­

ler-K isb er] about the fact that

closes on Sundays and after 2:30

gan last spring under the p revi­ ous V P E x t e r n a l, K a r la

there should be som e coordin a­ tion b etw een student organ iza­

am during the w eek. T h e W S N has no guarantee o f o ffic e space

and R esou rces F r a n ç o is Taven as, w hich w ou ld oversee

lik e

tions and the peop le at M c G ill

from year to year.

Shebbeare, w as on a safety au­

w h o are in vo lv ed w ith ensuring

dit su bcom m ittee o f M c G ill Senate. A ft e r extensive review

ca m p u s s a fe ty ,” Shebbeare.

out.”

M a c d o n a ld ,

w ho,

n o te d

The

S h a tn e r B u ild in g

provid es o ffic e space to m ost o f the student clubs on campus,

“ B y h avin g a vice-p rin ci­

the im plem entation o f the rec­

pal ch air [the co m m ittee ] it show s a certain amount o f p o ­

om m endations outlined in the

lit ic a l w i l l , ” S h eb b ea re e x ­

audit.

plained. “ I think it should be a

Tavenas, h ow ever, is re­ luctant to accept the position.

ve ry visib le and high p ro file com m ittee.”

Molson CARES group addresses residence intolerance B Y TRISH SN Y D E R F o llo w in g several contro­ versial incidents that occurred last semester at M o lso n Hall, a group o f concerned residents have form ed a support group for students called Concerned About R e s id e n c e E n viro n m en t and Safety (C A R E S ). Th e group was established in late October, im ­ m ediately after a scene a lleg­ ed ly depicting a violen t sexual assault and other graphic illus­ trations w ere drawn on several doors on the residence’ s sixth floor.

just d o n ’ t get discussed opfcnly in the kind o f atmosphere w e have [in residence],” explained Callaghan. “ W hen y o u ’ re livin g o f f campus, you have m ore in­ teraction with other people. In

tributing in form ation to resi­

residence conduct w hich w ould

dents’ m ailboxes and doors.

C A R E S m embers are also currently evaluating the possi­

regulate disciplinary action.

b ility o f distributing pamphlets

support group w ill be in the best

dealing w ith issues o f discrim i­

interests o f all residents w ho have

Th e group mandate has re­ ceived positive support from the M c G ill community, and C A R E S plans to w ork alongside a number o f administrators. M olson Hall co-directors A m y and K e v in H aglin have demonstrated their support b y asking Ham m er to sit on the h all’ s selection com m it­ tee for flo o r fello w s.

T r a c y is su p p o rtive o f C A R E S ’ s mandate, but stressed the problems the group is trying to combat are reflective o f the attitudes persistent in society at large, and not specific to M c G ill residences. “ T h ere’ s no b ig ger problem than anyw here else,” insisted Tracy. “ But w e have a responsi­ bility to counter it in our en vi­

A cco rd in g to U1 Arts stu­ dent and C A R E S co-founder M a y a H am m er, the support group was established to deal w ith attitudes o f in toleran ce which permeate dorm itory life. “ Th e environm ent in resi­ d e n c e is s e x is t, ra c is t and hom ophobic. W e want to try and make it a m ore en joyable place to liv e ,” explained Hammer.

Th e primary goal o f the group is to elim inate discrim i­ nation on the basis o f gender, race and sexual orientation from

Leaders o f C A R E S make it clear that their function as a

uncom fortable,” stressed H am ­ mer.

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the residence atmosphere.

Molson residents join to addressconcerns of intolerance.

C A R E S m em ber and U1 Arts student Barbara Callaghan admitted she becam e aware o f w id esp rea d in to leran ce after h a v in g liv e d o n e m onth at M o lso n Hall. “ It ’ s especially a problem in residence because some things

residence it ’ s a very h om ogene­ ous group.”

In addition, m em bers also want to prom ote education to prevent the recurrence o f har­ assment incidents in the future.

Presently, C A R E S is im ­ plem enting these ideas b y dis­

nation. These pamphlets w ould be included in a n ew student’ s acceptance package to M c G ill residences, pending approval by D irector o f R es id en ces F lo Tracy.

A s w e ll, the members want a clear p o licy and a strict code o f

encountered negative incidents, but have been fearful to seek advice or take action. “ W e ’ ll be the body that people can speak to, because, w e ’ re here to speak out. I ’ m hoping w e ’ ll be a strength fo r anyone w ho is victim ized or is

ronment, and to educate people w ho com e here.”

Tracy said she intends to h old m eetin gs w ith C A R E S members about plans fo r resi­ dence education.

This is in addition to Dean o f Students Irw in G o p n ik ’ s prom ise to assist in the r e v i­ sion o f M c G ill’ s Sexual Harassment P o licy as found in the Student Rights and R e­ sponsibilities Handbook to better reflect residence condi­ tions. G opnik made the p rom ­ ise at a U niversity R esidence Council m eeting N o vem b er 30.

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News

MARS wages war on some students’ sanity

BY GENEVIEVE BEAUCH EMIN

“ A hotline is a novel con­ cept. This has not been publicized.

In a survey completed last fall, a majority o f first year stu­ dents indicated that M c G ill’ s A u ­ tom ated R egistra tion System

I have no clue about the M A R S hotline and how it works,” re­ marked a surprised Gural.

This was echoed by Stu­ dents’ Society (S S M U ) V P E x ter­

(M A R S ) is efficient and easy to use. H owever, this semester some students have encountered prob­ lems in their attempts to use the system.

In some instances, pass­ words given by professors for course registration were not ac­ cepted by M A R S . In other cases, students were allowed to register for courses which were later dis­

nal Jeff Percival. “ I trust the Registrar’ s office a lot,” he stated. “ The whole idea o f M A R S seems to be w ell liked among students. What is perhaps needed is better publicity for such

covered not to exist.

According to the Registrar’ s office, which oversees the M A R S system, these problems result from the o ffic e ’ s slow communication process with professors and their departments. “ W e certainly wish w e could do more to eradicate these kinds o f inconveniences to the student, and we are currently working to improve M A R S ,” stated R egis­

cess to the service. “ In my first year at M cG ill, it was the B. M . era, meaning Before M A R S era. And then sud­ den ly, in m y second year, I couldn’ t do anything without a touchtone phone. The A . M „ Anno M A R S , era had begun. I had to change from a rotary telephone to a m ore expen sive touchtone.

W hat’ s the deal between B ell Canada and M cG ill?” asked Gural.

This was not the first se­ mester Gural experienced d iffi­ culties with M A R S . Last fall, he mistyped a course number, and was registered fo r the w rong course. A s this course was in the same department as the course in which he wanted to register, the error went unnoticed until the end

trar J. P. Schuller.

U3 Arts student John-Paul Gural made several attempts to add courses to his record. He complained that M A R S hung up on him, forcing him to call repeat­ edly. “ M A R S is a machine, so I had no real input,” he explained. “ I was totally powerless. The ma­ chine would hang up on me, and then I couldn’ t get through again.

I had to hit the redial button a m illion times.”

There is a “ time’ s up” func­ tion o f M A R S so that i f students exceed 15 minutes, the system is instructed to terminate the call.

This has caused some frustration among students like Gural. H o w ­ ever, the Registrar’ s o ffice be­ lieves the feature to be essential. “ W e are trying to serve as many people as possible. I f a stu­ dent is experiencing difficulties, w e can’ t let that go on forever.

The student can contact the M A R S hotline to figure out what is going wrong,” explained Schuller.

M ost students appear una­ ware o f the hotline’ s existence.

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things as the hotline.”

Gural also explained he had to install a more costly touchtone telephone after the advent o f M A R S in order to have easy ac­

o f the semester. “ A s a result, I have had to go through a lot o f bureaucracy, pay for the two courses, one o f which I did not take, get a zero added on to my G P A and pay a $25 admin­ istration fee,” explained Gural.

Th e Registrar’ s o ffic e is working to improve the system so that the occurrence o f these prob­ lems can be minimized. A survey was compiled in the fall to obtain student input on ways to improve the system. “ Some comments had us baffled,” explained Schuller. “ The majority o f students were entirely enthusiastic about the system while some others made negative comments. I must confess that at times, the responses led us to think that the students were dealing with

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T h e M cG ill Journal o f Political Studies is n ow accepting papers for inclusion in its 1993 edition, to be published in March.

Submissions may be o f any length (n ot o ver 50 pages), in English o r French, graduate or undergraduate, concerning any aspect o f political studies. Essays w ill be judged solely on the basis o f academ ic excellence. Papers should include author's name & phone number, and can be submitted to the Journal, c/o P S S A box, Political Science office, 4th floor, Leacock Building.

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two different systems.”

Some o f the weak points o f M A R S highlighted in the survey were the need for longer service hours and an increase in the number o f lines.

A factor which may free lines is the proper termination o f M A R S use. The system does not recognize when a caller has hung up and continues the automated process. Schuller explained that a lot o f air time is wasted in this manner.

Schuller also explained 24 hour service is not feasible in light o f maintenance concerns.

Next Monday w ill mark the beginning o f a Sexual Assault Awareness W eek, organized by the M cG ill Sexual Assault Centre (M S A C ) Special Events Coordinator Nicole Calinoiu.

A series o f discussions, films and workshops are scheduled for the week, to raise awareness about sexual assault and the issues that surround it. W om en’ s sexuality, sexual assault policies in universities, legal implications o f sexual assault, violence in lesbian relationships and what men can do about sexual assault are just some o f the topics to be featured. “ I ’ m hoping that people who attend w ill learn a little more about the issues o f sexual assault and become more interested in learning about it on their own,” commented Calinoiu. “ Right now our best chance o f dealing with the problems we see around M cG ill is dealing with the issues.”

Calinoiu is hoping the week w ill be better attended by both men and women than last year’ s week, which was scheduled after the reading break.

P illar editors take offense to D aily criticism

BY BENOIT JACQMOTTE Several Pillar contributors were angered by the personal na­ ture o f a comment which appeared

displayed misogynist tendencies in their piece. “ There seems to be an im ­ plied level o f female-bashing in the article,” stated Serrano. “ I find it strange that things they attacked

whelm ingly white, upper-middle class, heterosexist offerings.” “ I f they are going to write so-called politically correct arti­ cles, they should look at their own staff,” Morris stated. “ Three white

in last Thursday’ s M cG ill Daily Culture, claim ing the piece failed to engage in constructive criti­ cism w hile serving to vent bitter

were by females.”

W h ile contending that the latest issue o f the Pillar lacks quality production and content,

men wrote this piece.”

Morris and Onstad are also Tribune staff members.

MacDonald expressed re­

frustration against individuals.

The Pillar is the literary journal

Forbes conceded the nature o f the criticism launched against the Pillar should have been presented

gret that the comment had such a harsh tone, claiming that none o f the authors had complete control

ety.

in another forum rather than a

“ Unfortunately, i f you write because you think you should, or because it’ s cool, you risk pro­ ducing the type o f literary abor­

comment in the Daily. “ It was a flippant little vent that in hindsight shouldn’ t have

o f the comment’ s final content.

Harris stressed he and his fello w authors had no intention o f attacking any individual at the

been printed,” said Forbes. “ It

journal.

tion that graces the most forgetta­ ble pages o f this latest serving o f the Pillar,” asserted authors James Forbes, Glen Harris, and Doug

should have been a letter sent to the Pillar."

Forbes argued there were valid points o f criticism behind the comment’ s attacks, claiming Pillar editors should drastically overhaul their criteria forjudging the quality o f poetry and other submissions. “ I f I were a responsible per­ son, which I ’ m not, I would prob­ ably try to run for editor [in chief]

“ It definitely wasn’ t writ­ ten to attack anyone personally,” he said.

Serrano also expressed her shock and disdain for the graphic accompanying the comment. The graphic is a collage o f phrases placed next to a Greek statue’ s head. The phrases are all taken from the journal issue and in­ clude the phrase, “ M y anus is a widening gyre...” “ I think the collage is ex­ tremely offensive and unprofes­ sion al,” com m ented Serrano. ‘ “ M y anus is a widening gyre...’ is not the most productive criti­ cism.”

Forbes acknowledged the graphic was “ particularly vicious” but felt the incident had been blown out o f proportion. “ I f someone wrote a letter like that to me, I would lo ve it, I would probably send them flo w ­ ers,” urged Forbes, explaining that the humorous facet o f such criti­ cism had to be taken into consid­ eration. “ I tend to think that peo­ ple on the w hole tend to take themselves too seriously all the

o f the Arts Undergraduate Soci­

MacDonald in the comment. “ It was a personal attack,” stressed Pillar assistant editor Katrina Onstad, claim in g the Daily authors’ insinuation that Pillar editors’ w ork had been given priority fo r publication, lacked any factual basis for this assertion. “ It’ s like they didn’ t get any background information [fo r their criticism s],” Onstad added.

Pillar editor-in-chief Ana Serrano argued the Daily writers

to change the journal.... I don’ t have the time,” added Forbes.

Pillar contributor Catrin Morris also took offense with the Daily writers’ argument that the Pillar was fille d w ith “ over-

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News

Fast cars, solar chips, southern skies Ra Power goes for gold

BY R A N R A N D H A W A Thanks to the hard work o f several students in the Mechani­ cal Engineering program, M cG ill w ill be one o f only four Canadian universities with a solar powered car racing in Sunrayce 1993 this June in Dallas, Texas.

First envisioned in the fall

o f 1990 as a one-year project for an u ndergradu ate d e s ig n in g course, the vehicle, designed by students Joey M ennito, M ik e M a s tr o g ia c o m o and P e d ro G regorio, has been accepted to compete in Sunrayce, a bi-an­ nual, 1,600 kilom eter race for solar-powered cars.

Realizin g that completing

the car w ould take more than the tw o semesters allotted to them by their third-year mechanical engi­ neering design course, the three students requested permission to carry the project through. “ W e worked on it through the summer, and then the next year [1991/92] w e took some ad­ vanced design courses and incor­

More powerful than a hairdryer, stronger than a bullet-proof vest, McGill's solar car attempts to leap the American Midwest in a single bound.

porated [ideas from ] them into the car,” explained M ennito. “ T h at’ s when it really took o ff.”

In the end, nearly 40 stu­ dents together invested more than 13,000 hours in the project.

Th e car, worth approxi­ mately $125,000, is powered by 741 solar cells and can reach a m axim um speed o f 100km/h.

M ade from Kevlar, N om ex, and aluminum, it weighs only 215 kilograms. It is the car’ s light w eight and aerodynamic shape that hold the key to how it can reach such high speed using no more pow er than a standard hair­ dryer.

H aving originally planned to enter the car in a race last summer, the designers received notice that the Sunrayce, o rigi­ nally held in the summer o f 1990, before the project began, would be repeated in 1993. A fte r a gruelling selection process in which half o f the applicants were rejected, they managed to get a spot in the race. “ W e had to submit a 30page document outlining our budget, our management struc­ ture, and so on,” Mennito ex­ plained.

The team, Ra Pow er, was chosen as one o f only 36 in North America.

“ W e were quite honoured,” said Mennito. “ M any o f the other universities participating in the race w ill be doing it fo r the sec­ ond time, and a G .M . repre­ sentative said that ours was the best proposal submitted by a first time university.”

Mennito and G regorio were invited to Kansas C ity last se­ mester, where they w ere pre­ sented with a cheque fo r $4,000 from the Department o f Energy and where they met the other participants, in clu ding repre­ sentatives from Queen’ s, W ater­ loo, and the University o f Ottawa. “ W e made several friends with our fe llo w Canadians when w e were in Kansas C ity,” said Mennito. “ W e discussed racing strategies and tactics... w e ’ ll all be carrying the Canadian flag to­ gether.”

Strategies are important in an event like the Sunrayce, as one must be wary o f draining the car’ s battery under cloudy conditions or on hilly terrain. Th e car w ill be driven by Mastrogiacom o in the race, which starts on June 20, and stretch es fr o m D a lla s to Minneapolis.

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Op/Ed Try a little tenderness This is an Op/Ed 1T'S CR IIIM L page, not a soapbox Editorial Once words are pi aced within the framework o f an editorial, those words gain authority regardless o f their quality. Those who take on the responsibility o f writing editorials should be aware o f this, and should recognize that by using that space, they are exercising a definite and restricted power.

N ot everyone has access to the space on the Op/Ed page o f campus publications. Students can, o f course, write letters to the editor, but letters are not greeted with the same assumptions as are editorials or comments. Usually, one expects the writer o f an editorial or a com­ ment to have specific knowledge related to the subject o f the piece.

When that expectation is not met, then the writer o f the piece has mis­ used his or her authority.

The question becomes more complex when one decides to deal with controversial issues in this restricted space. O f course issues such as racism , sexism , or homophobia need to be addressed, but not without an accompanying understanding o f the power rela­ tionships involved. When writers presume to speak on behalf o f oth­ ers, they should remember that their ability to do so is itself a privilege that carries responsibility. For ex­ ample, white people who want to identify themselves as spokesper­ sons for native rights, and who set themselves up as primary authori­ ties, are participating in the same power imbalance they are criticiz­ ing.

H ow then do editorial writ­ ers balance their desire to discuss complex issues with the fact that having access to the space to do so is a power privilege?

When heterosexism or sex­ ism or racism is perceived, it should

be pointed out. But unless writers are willing to explain why they are using those words, their opinions w ill not affect any change. W hile criticism can be humourous or ex­ aggerated and still be effective, i f it is not supported by knowledge or research, it is a waste o f space.

Especially considering the physi­ cal limitations o f the Op/Ed page, such a waste seems self-indulgent and irresponsible.

A comment appeared in the January 13 issue o f the M cG ill Daily, entitled "Shut up and sit

down", that successfully balanced the tensions in question. The writ­ ers o f this comment, D am ion Stodola and Dave Ley, discussed the way the Régie Intermunicipale de Gestion et de Déchets sur l'Ile de Montréal had dismissed the con­ cerns o f residents about a proposed garbage incinerator. Stodola and Ley obviously knew what they were talking about, had done their re­ search, and were justifiably criti­ cizing authorities who had not done theirs.

What happened in the com­ ment section o f the Daily on Janu­ ary 14 was not so praiseworthy.

The authors o f "English Lit 101", James Forbes, Glen Harris and Doug MacDonald, took simplistic pot shots at the latest issue o f the

No doubt about it— this is a tough time. Winter begins to take its toll on most people around this time in the new year. Some say it’ s sunlight depriva­ tion; others claim the blistering cold is to blame. However, it is more probable that in the aftermath o f all the fast-paced “jo y” o f the holiday season naturally we all feel a little anti-climatic.

Just when you felt you made it through exams suddenlyyou're handed the mid term schedule and it is not far away. For freshmen it’s another semes­ ter o f demanding course work com­ pounded by the fact that the conception o f a degree remains a complete abstrac­ tion.

For those who are graduating there is more: M C A T S , G M A TS , LS ATS- Cat-in-the-Hat tests more than one can get their head around. Gradua­ tion, with all its future prospects, is not only too staggering to consider, it is obstructed by mountainous paper work.

Let’s face it...réintroduction to society after a substantial hiatus is enough to scare the pants o ff anyone.

All those students who are not freshies or potential graduates begin, at this time in the year, to secretly contem­ plate that the degree they pursue is a chimera; that the stacks o f readings and numerous exams, midterms and papers couldn’ t be completed in all o f seven lifetimes.

Nor is school the single factor o f the winter months that grates on the sensibilities. There are projects unfin­ ished from lastyear (certainly bills from last year) and all o f the goals that were not fully realized. Not to mention all the new beginnings that one imagines for oneself in the new year; New Year's resolutions like exercise, diets, marks, relationships, intellectual projects, san­

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The international climate o f the new year is bleak to say the least; news o f fresh disasters blast o ff the televi­ sion screen; Anti-semitic violence, ter­ rorist bombings-initated by the West­ ern world, and the AIDS battle which reports no breakthroughs but only the increasing numbers claimed.

So when you snap at your mother when she says you are not eating right or you break into tears when your best friend tells you your hair is looking shabby; or when you threaten to stran­ gle the guy at the local dépanneur be­ cause he wants to charge you tax on a postage stamp— reconsider.

The instability and insecurity that may be only minimal and com­ pletely under control during the rest o f the year joins forces with the harsh post-holiday condition and gathers speed. Tensions heighten and toler­ ances disappear as we are thrust into yet another semester and we watch the winter and the world rage on around us.

In this madness you can begin to lose an understanding o f what is im­ portant to you. These conditions, pre­ cipitated by the dark winter climate, distract you from considering others who are afflicted with these mid-winter blues and particularly those who have non-seasonal pressures on their prob­ lems.

So stop. Think about it. Reflect on your own mental state and try a little tenderness.

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Pillar. It does not seem that these writers considered the implication o f placing such criticism on the Op/Ed page, nor did they reflect on the meaningbehind or the accuracy o f the terms they were using.

Those o f us at the Tribune, the Daily, or any publication for that matter, who have editorial au­ thority, should pay attention to these examples o f both the appro­ priate use o f authority and its abuse.

Op/Ed space is best utilized when it deals with the use and abuse o f power, even when (as in the case o f this editorial) the power is our own.

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Com m ent Last week's Tribune article enti­ tled "On the the Rhodes to Oxford" was at the very least an insensitive article which failed to convey just who Cecil Rhodes was and what he represents to southern Africans.

In the article, Cecil Rhodes was described as a British empire builder.

This description hardly conveys the true nature o f the man who ravaged much o f southern Africa and raped its resources.

In the late eighteenth century Rhodes became one o f the richest men in the world by literally stealing South Africa's diamonds and gold. It was Rhodes' diamond company. De Beers, that provided the financial impetus for South Africa’s industrial development in the late 19th/early 20th century. This industrial development allowed for the purchasing o f military arms which were used to brutally squash African resist­ ance to British and Dutch imperialism in South Africa.

Concomitant with South Afri­ ca's industrial development was the de­ liberate destruction o f the South Afri­ cans' way o f life . In K im berly, Griqualand, thousands o f Africans were displaced from their homelands so that the area could be mined for diamonds.

When they rebelled against this incur­ sion on their land they were brutally massacred by the British whom Rhodes represented in South Africa. Those that survived were eventually relocated and coerced into w orking for white farmownersor in the mines, for next to nothing.

As prime minister o f the Cape Colony, Rhodes instituted laws which even further diminished the rights of

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South Africans in their own land and ensured that there would be a steady supply o f cheap African labour for work in the the unhealthy, deplorable condi­ tions o f the mines, allowing De Beers and other mining companies to make enormous profits at the lowest financial cost.

Rhodes was not satisfied with the wealth that he generated from the mines and by the sweat and blood o f millions o f Africans. He transported what can only be described as barbaric tactics in South Africa, north o f the Transvaal province's gold mines, to present-day Zimbabwe, naming the re­ gion after himself. Here again,he bru­ tally murdered thousands o f Africans; the Shona and Mdebele peoples as he appropriated their land in his search for new sources o f mineral wealth and more cheap labour.

Rhodes was an unscrupulous, greedy, unrelenting imperialist who was responsible, both directly and indirectly, for the murder o f millions o f Africans.

These are details that can hardly be overlooked in discussing his legacy.

Both he and the scholarship that bears his name symbolize the suffering that southern Africans have faced at the hands o f Europeans, not only in south em Africa, but in most o f the continent.

Colonialism brought nothing but hard ship, misery and horror for Africans and the Rhodes scholarship is nothing more than a perverse attempt to sanctify a man who, to Africans, was little more than a plunderer and murderer.

David Austin U2 Arts

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F e a tu re s Smoke gets in your eyes— why not quit?

BY ANGELA CAMPBELL Most people who regularly smoke cigarettes have tried to quit at least once. Generally, smokers per­ ceive the idea o f kicking the habit as a sort o f double-edged sword: on the one hand, health warnings, nicotine breath and the rising cost o f cigarettes are reasons enough for quitting, but, at the same time, to completely forego cigarettes can be difficult .

In one popular method o f qui t ting, the smokers reduce their weekly intake until cravings are non-exist­ ent However, as many smokers can attest, this is not as easy as it sounds.

U1 Arts student Aaron Anable was smoking about three packs o f ciga­ rettes each week before attempting to cut back. “ I did it more for financial rea­ sons than for health reasons,"admitted Anable, who had, for a time, reduced his smoking to one pack a week. “ Cutting back lasted for a couple o f months or so,” he said. “ Then exams hit last December and I was back up to around three packs again.”

The ‘Life-Sign’ computer and nicotine patches are two other meth­ ods used by smokers to help them quit ‘Life-Sign’ is a small computer on which smokers must register each time they light up. The computer then tells them when to smoke, which gradually limits cigarette intake. This system runs the hacker $80-90.

Nicotine patches, however, are applied to the inside o f the arm and inject nicotine directly into the smok­ er’ s bloodstream. These cost $60 for a two-week supply.

A lec Brown, a 48-year-old tel­ ecommunications supervisor, has tried both ‘ Life-Sign’ and nicotine patches in his attempts to quit smok­ ing. He claims that neither method helped him cut out cigarettes alto­ gether. “ The nicotine patch had minor side effects. N o matter which arm I put it on, it felt like someone had hit my elbows,” Brown said. “ The nico­ tine patch didn’ t last more than one week, and with 'Life-S ign ’ I didn’t

get past the two-hour level.”

Other methods used to help quit smoking are quite effective, although somewhat more costly.

Dr. M . Lee, an acupuncturist at the Montreal Center o f Oriental Acu­ puncture, helps some o f his clients kick the habit “ Acupuncture is a very effective way to help you quit smok­ ing,” Lee said. Each session o f needle treatment lasts approximately 30 min­ utes. The number o f sessions varies, depending on the amount the client smokes, and Lee likened any discom­ fort a patient might feel to that o f a mosquito bite.

Hypnotherapy has also been used to treat smoke addiction. Psy­ chotherapist Bryan Knight uses it to tap into the subconscious o f the smoker. Said Knight: “ W echangethe messages running through the minds o f smokers which say ‘ Smoking re­ laxes me, I like the taste, ’ to messages which say T am free from smoke, I have no need to smoke.’ ” Clients usually spend two, onehour sessions with Knight. The first half-hour is free, but each additional hour w ill set smokers back $95.

Knight also sells a more cost-effec­ tive booklet ($7) on how to hypnotize yourself.

Hypnotherapist Rubin Pecarve claims that his success rate is between 85-90 per cent with smokers. How­ ever, like Knight, Pecarve maintains that smokers must truly want to quit in order for treatments to be effective. “ Treatment has a positive ef­ fect only for the individual who ear­ nestly wants to give up smoking.”

Smokers would spend between one and four one-hour sessions with Pecarve. Each one costs $95. The hypnotherapist also offers group therapy seminars at $59 per person.

Elspeth Greer, 47, a college teacher and registered nurse, is con­ vinced that hypnotherapy helped cure her addiction to smoking. “ I remember them saying, 'when you were a child, you didn’ t have to smoke,’ and 'your body is cleansing itself.’ That reinforced my desire to quit and made it easier.”

STREETER

BY LIZZIE SAUNDERSON

W hat do McGill Students think about race relations?

PHOTOGRAPHER: JACK SULLIVAN

On January 18, North Americans commemorated the birthday o f civil rights activist and visionary Martin Luther King Jr. The Tribune asked students about their feelings on the current state o f race relations, 25 years after K in g’ s assassination.

Q U ESTIO N : Do you think the doctrine of Martin Luther King remains applicable today? H ow do you perceive current race rela­ tions in North America? Has society progressed?

Meagan Pa vey, U2 Science.

Véronique Waites, U2 Arts I believe that race relations As an American I should be have progressed because people more familar with King than I am. I have become much more aware o f know that he advocated a non-vio­ their rights. In general, I think that lent approach towards racial equal­ the population is a lot more liberality. I think race relations have pro­ minded and as a result has allowed gressed a lot since the assassination race relations to progress. In light o f King; however, in considering o f Spike L e e ’ s latest release, the white suburban area in which I Malcolm X seems to be the fad at live in Washington D. C., there are the moment. H e’ s started to take a lot o f strong opinions.There maybe o ff in the last five or six years and more antagonism today than there he’ ll probably fade back again and was before but in general we seem be replaced by another historical to be progressing. figure.

Bobby Kim, U2 Arts If you look at it from a to­ tally rational v ie w , he made a valid point that human beings are human beings and they should be able to interact as such. There are also, however, socio-historic factors; for example, blacks are the traditional underclass o f the American sys­ tem. The black American experi­ ence is radically different from the white American experience. It’ s almost as if two different nations are operating within the same coun­ try.

Elaina Bhattacharya U3 Arts I think that King was a vi­ sionary and that things have changed somewhat since he died— but he really didn’t get to live to an era where any o f that came into fruition.

I think that with every step forward you also have to look at the back­ slide. Let’ s face it, if a white man and a black man are walking down the street and a store has been robbed, they’re going to pick up the black man first.

Daniel Romano, U1 Law K in g’ s doctrine applies all the time. He is very important as an intellectual black hero. Just knowl­ edge that he exists is the first step to learning about what he said.

King stated the ideal and the best that we can do is strive towards that ideal. If the ideal is violent, striv­ ing to meet it will only lead to something violent. I f the ideal is something peaceful, we may not actually reach it but at least we may work on a more peaceful revolu­ tion. By stating it, by glorifying it, by making people believe in it, he took the first step. I think w e’ ve progressed tremendously but that doesn’ t mean that w e ’ve even reached the halfway point o f where we need to

Ted Runcie, U2 Music The policy o f non-violence and peaceful change is always ap­ plicable. Recent events such as the Los Angeles beating o f Rodney King and the killing o f Trevor Kelly here in Montreal make me wonder how long w e’ ll be able to success­ fully apply policies o f non-vio­ lence. I believe King said some­ thing to the effect o f injustice any­ where is a blow to justice every­ where. I believe that this is true.

The world in 25 years has made very little movement. It seems to be that the people who are the most oppressed are making the most strides.

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Struggling to keep tradition alive: Celebrating the Chinese New Year

BY CHERYL DEVOE Those who have failed to keep their N ew Year’ s resolutions can give them another try, i f they recognize the Chinese N ew Year, which w ill be celebrated this year on January 23.

Y et Lee, o f the Montreal Chi­ nese Community United Centre, recounted some o f the tradition behind the Chinese calendar. There is a twelve-year cycle, and each year is associated with an animal.

This year, which is the year o f the rooster, is said to be a good time to expand a business and to have ba­ bies. The Chinese traditionally fo l­ low this cycle in planning their business activity. “ In a good year, people buy more and businesses sell more. Men make the business cycle,” said Lee. Lee also described a game o f hideand-go-seek between debtors and creditors. “ If you owe money at the end o f the year, you go and hide.” said Lee. “ I f [the creditor] doesn’ t find you before the N ew Year, you don’ t have to pay.” L ee added that this ‘ tradition’ is today just a joke among the Chinese.

The new year’ s timing cor­ responds to the Chinese harvest, while its related rituals were devel­ oped in the countryside. The cel­ ebration starts about a month ahead o f the actual N ew Y ear’ s Day. “ The celebration was really an occasion to eat,” said Fu Haiyan, who teaches in M cG ill’ s East Asian Studies Department. “ After the har­ vest, food was abundant. Women would cook food for the whole month, and the pigs would be

slaughtered.”

Fu recounted one tradition surrounding the “ stove god” . “ The god o f your stove is supposed to have a very dark face, because you cook with coal. On December 23, he was supposed to go back to the heavens to report on your family. Tradition held that you ate this sweet sticky candy, cooked on the stove. The theory was that the candy would stick his mouth so he couldn’ treportbadly.”

Along with many o f the other interesting traditions related to Chi­ nese N ew Year celebrations, the tradition o f the stove god is becom­ ing just a story. Fu pointed to grow ­ ing urbanization as one reason for the fall o f holiday rituals from popu­ larity. “ The holiday was really a rural tradition, tied to the harvest.” she noted, adding that after the Chinese Revolution, any activity tied to tradition was punished. Fu suggested that traditions might be revived to an extent as a symbol o f affluence, particularly since one N ew Year’ s custom was to give gifts o f money.

Andy W ong, o f the Chinese Students’ Society (CSS) atM cG ill, disagreed with Fu’s assessment. “ The most talked about [cus­ tom] is the giving o f money,” he said. ‘T h a t’ s why it’ s dying. It’ s not a tradition, it’ sjust about money now. [The holiday’ s] lost its spirit.”

W ong added that there are other difficulties in keeping the tradition alive in the city o f M on­ treal. Visiting friends and families is an integral part o f the N ew Year festivities, but in a city like M on­ treal, where the Chinese commu­

T Io n f nations ara now being cal led for the Scarlet Key: Award which distinguishes those students who deserve recognition for their contributions for McGill aside from academic acheivement. Excellence in leadership, effort and ability to motivate and involve others will be especially considered. Any student exhibiting such qualities while maintaining academic commitments maybe nominated for the receipt of I this honor. ^ludenls or persons wishing to nominate a ; student may pick up application Kits at Students' Society General Office, 3480 McTavish Street, Room f-:i0 5 ' Upon completion, applications tr^ y be returned to the Scarlet Key Committee through Interna! Mail at the Students’ Society information desk, if you require additional information, please inqire at the Students' Society information desk or please call: 398-3556 or 3Ss-4534 (The Graduates' Society) The Selection Committee will review applications

on a regular basis and win announce award recipients lo r invite applicants for an interview as appropriate.,

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nity is quite spread out, it is a difficult practice to maintain. “ Here it’ s much harder,” he pointed out. “ It ’ s cold at N ew Y ear.

You have to drive to visit family.”

Th is represents an important change for a holiday which thrives on the existence o f crowds for at­ mosphere.

W ong added that the need for crowds is also hindered by the small Chinese community relative to those o f Toronto and Vancou­ ver.

Despite the problems with maintaining cultural traditions in a Western society, groups such as the CSS, and the Montreal Chinese Community United Centre are working to keep the tradition alive.

The theme for the Chinese Students’ Society’ s annual variety show on January 30 is the Chinese N ew Year. It w ill feature children’ s groups, singers and short plays, among other things. Tickets are $8 in advance from the CSS, $9 at the door o f the Chinese Catholic Church.

The United Centre w ill be holding their annual celebrations in the United Building, 1001 St Dominique,. It w ill feature a free lunch, lion dance, Chinese music, Community groups try to revitalize Chinese Mew Year. and the Cantonese Opera.

Can television violence be controlled?

BY ALEX USHER

“ I used tobe a Schwarzenegger fan,” said Virginie Larivière, “ but after what happened to m y sister, I had to start questioning what I was being shown.”

T w o years ago, L a rivière’s younger sister was sexually assaulted and m urdered near her hom e.

Larivière , a 14-year o ld fro m Polycarpe, Quebec, decided to chan­ nel her grief into action. She made national news last Novem ber when she presented Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with a petition protesting excessive violence on television. The petition was signed by more than 1.2 million Canadians.

In private interview s with Mulroney, then-JusticeMinisterKim Campbell, and three other senior cabi­ net ministers, Larivière reiterated her demand for a law restricting v io ­ lence on television. Larivière said she found the politicians encourag­ ing but non-committal. “ A ll o f them said that he would put pressure on broadcasters tomake sure they reduce the number o f v io ­ lent programs that they show ,” Larivière recalled in an interview with the Tribune last week. “ I said ‘ thank you very much, but I think a |law would be more effective’ . They they tried to explain how difficult thatwouldbe. But then again, they’re Members o f Parliament, and I guess it’s their job to be like that.”

The Canadian Radio-televi­ sion and Telecommunication Com ­ mission (C R T C ), the federal body which regulates television broadcast­ ers, has already acknowledged that there is a direct, though weak, link between T V violence and aggressive

behaviour. In a study commissioned by the C R T C in the wake o f the D ecem ber 6, 1989 massacre at L ’Ecole Polytechnique, the C R T C concluded that “ television...is among the risk factors involved” in ‘ aggres­ sive’ and ‘ anti-social ’ behaviour, and that there “ is a positive, though weak, relation between exposure to televi­ sion violence and aggressive behav­ iour” .

Larivière ’sisnottheonly voice being raised against T V violence.

Last summer, the Federal Panel on Violence held cross-country hearings in 139 communities on the same subject. Panel spokesperson Pat Marshall, said the panel’s findings were unequivocal. “ There is a strong level o f con­ cern throughout the country about violence and about the normaliza­ tion o f violen ce on television,” Marshall said. “ What the panel heard was a plea for the government to stop looking at violence in isolation from images presented in the media.”

W hile there may be a broad consensus on the desirability o f con­ trolling violent images on T V , there seem to be few workable solutions to the problem. Faced with possible legislation regarding controls on pro­ gram content, broadcasters immedi­ ately invoke their right to freedom o f expression as guaranteed by the Char­ ter o f Rights and Freedoms.

Bill Reyfoss, president o f the Canadian Rights and Liberties Foundation, said that any law which restricts broadcast content is vulnerable to a challenge under the Charter. “ The problem with any such legislation is the question o f who

w ill be deciding what constitutes vio lence,” Reyfoss said. “ Our organiza tion would oppose any legislatioi that left such decisions up to some bureaucrat I f people are concerner about violence, they have an on-of: switch cm their televisions that the) can use.”

But Marshall rejected this view as simplistic, and maintained that th< government must adopt a zero-toler ance policy on television violence. “ Statute reform and policy ini­ tiatives must be clearly grounded ir public safety; women and childrer especially because o f their victim i­ zation in society,” she stated.

Another possible avenue foi controlling violence on televisior would be through administrative means. For example, the C R T C coulc require broadcasters to develop i rating system for T V violence anc preface every program with the rat­ ing, as is done in m ovie theatres C R T C officials said that i f such e system were developed, compliance with its provisions would become i factor in broadcast licence renewal hearings. Broadcasters who did noi comply could be taken o ff the air.

Reyfoss thought this would be a more acceptable approach from i civil libertarian point o f view. “ We wouldn’t oppose the C R T C issuing guidelines like that,” Reyfoss said “ In fact, the more such informatior available to viewers, the better.”

E ven V ir g in ie Larivière agreed that putting a law in place is not the complete solution to ending violence on television. “ The real challenge is to re­ duce the demand for violent T V . ] just hope that one day, violence will seem uncool.”

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The bird course: fact or fiction?

BY AMREEN OMAR AND HEIDI RUBIN M c G ill’ s hardworking and ambitious students have forever been in search o f the “ bird” course. W e ’ve all heard rumours about easy courses with no grades (justhugs), but some­ times the reputation disguises a darker reality. These courses actu­ ally turn out to be hard. But the question remains: does the ‘ bird’ course really exist?

A recent M cG ill Senate deci­ sion should result in the publication o f a student course evaluations hand­ book by next year. In the meantime, \hcTribune offers a brief insight into the mysterious “ easy-A ” course.

Kudos to those lucky- or notso luckyfew who have signed up; and to those who missed the boat, think o f this article next September.

260-375B R eligion and So­ ciety. This course lacks a textbook.

The readings consist o f 100 pages o f lecture summaries that free the busy student from attending classes. Required are a two-page paper, a twelve-page paper and a final exam. Professor Gregory Baum explains that a student “ could pass without attending lectures.” This course is ideal for those students with a busy schedule or a tight book budget.

166-217B Canadian Mass Communications. “ There is a mis­ conception about 217 being easy,” claims the course’s instructor, Janusz Kaczorowski. Many students are misled by the title o f the course and think that because they know how to turn on a television they w ill ace the course. Watch out television view ­ ers! You are evaluated with a quiz, a

midterm, a take-home project, and a final exam. Y ou may even have to invest in cable.

210-21 IB T h e A r t o f Listen ­ ing. Also known as “ clapping for credits,” this class is rumored to be enjoyable. One former student said, “ T o get an A , you must do the work.” The obstacles to agood grade are taxing listening tests and stress­ ful concert attending and reporting.

Late nights in the library you w ill not experience. Lovers o f Pavarotti this is your calling. Polish your ears and get to work!

425-20IB E ffective W ritten Com m unication. M ore commonly known as E W C , this is a required course for Management students. Its main goal is to teach students how to write in a clear and concise manner.

Those taking this course, however, are not burdened with a midterm or

final. Their mark depends on partici­ pation, journals, a group project and an individual assignment. I f you’re burdened with a course load from hell and your thoughts flo w freely through your pen then E W C is for you.

198-204B Planets, Stars and Galaxies. Lovin gly known to gen­ erations o f M c G ill students as “ Moons fo r Goons,” this is one o f those courses that is notas easy as it looks. Students with a limited science background may find some o f the concepts too difficult to grasp immediately. Professor Ken Regan is aware o f the reputation of this course and has verbally vow ed to change misguided per­ ceptions.

210-202B Basic M aterials o f W estern M usic. One o f the music courses often taken by students in

other faculties, B M W M can truly restore one’ s faith in the concept o f the bird course. Evaluation includes such imposing tasks as “ clapping to the beat,” “ singing a song in class” and a few brief assignments. For those o f you out there who catch yourselves singing in the shower or tapping your toes to old Sinatra tunes in the elevator, you have the perfect opportunity to combine your talents and academics with this 200-level elective.

As for bird courses in gen­ eral, while some o f you may have missed the boat, others may find themselves up the river without a paddle. An elective is never as easy as it looks. K eep those feet tapping, those eyes on the sky and tune in to Roseanne occasionally. I f you smile and fo llo w the beat, maybe you’ll get an A.

An interview with M.P. Gilles Duceppe

BY ARNOLD KWOK This is the first part of an ongoing series of interviews with local Members of Parliament. This week, the Tribune talks to Gilles Duceppe, Bloc Québécois M.P. In 1990, 46-year-old Gilles Duceppe was elected as the first B loc Québécois Member o f Par­ liament by an overwhelming majority in the Montreal riding o f Laurier— Ste. Marie.

His main goal, along with his colleagues, is to achieve Quebec sovereignty, a v i­ sion which entails having less fed­ eral say and control in Quebec affairs, and ultimately, Quebec independence.

L egally speaking, the B loc Québécois is a political party; but as Duceppe said, “ w e are not a tradi­ tional party— w e are not running for government.” The Bloc does not want to remain in the federal scene too long. Once Quebec independ­ ence is achieved, the Bloc intends to disband.

W hen the Bloc releases its platform for the next federal elec­ tion, which must occur by this fall, Duceppe explained that it w ill ex­ plain why sovereignty is the best option fo r Quebec, and w ill provide solutions for Quebec in the current federal context. Duceppe revealed that the platform w ill concentrate on four major components: interna­ tional affairs, culture, the economy, and social programs. When asked which component was the most im­ portant, Duceppe replied that they are all inter-related. The economy and distinct society are related to social programs, and international affairs, such as free trade with M exico and the United States, also have to figure in the picture.

In L a u rie r— S te -M a rie , Duceppe believes unemployment and housing are the major issues. “ T h is is the poorest rid in g in Canada,” said Duceppe. The riding is the third poorest in Quebec and seventh poorest in Canada, with an average fam ily income o f $25,971.

O fficially the unemployment rate is close to 20 per cent in the riding; Duceppe thinks it is in fact closer to 40 per cent. “ [In this riding] 30 per cent o f

the people have no education above Grade 9, and 25 per cent o f the people have university degrees,” ex­ plained Duceppe. “ The middle class lives in the suburbs because they cannot afford houses in Montreal.

The result is a lot o f abandoned housing while the poor are living in substandard locations.”

D u cep p e b e lie v e s the anglophone minority does not need any more protection. “ The English are the richer in Quebec,” stated Duceppe. “ They have English newspa­ pers, T V stations, U.S. T V stations, English theatres... The English have their own CEGEPS and three uni­ versities. There is no comparison with francophones outside Quebec.” “ The language issue is not un­ der federal jurisdiction,” continued the M.P.. “ It w ill not be on the Bloc platform.”

Duceppe admitted, however,

that Bill 101 could be amended. He feels a provision o f the bill which requires the working language o f businesses with less than 50 em ­ ployees may be too severe, as these businesses are usually owned by im ­ migrants who are not francophones.

However, he held the view that Bill 178 (which allows French only out­ door signs for businesses) should not be changed right now.

Duceppe feels anglophones in

riding office], the peo­ ple can tell you fiv e Quebec soaps, five Que­ bec authors, and fiv e Quebec singers.”

D uceppe wants the Quebec government to preserve and promote the French language and culture. H e also recog­ nizes aboriginal peoples as nations.

Quebec who are concerned about their minority-status culture should recognize that the threat is coming from another direction. “ The main problem is not B ill 178— thereal‘ enem y’ is CBS, A B C and N B C . In Quebec there are French soaps; fo r the English there are A m e ric a n soaps. I ask m y anglophone friends to name fiv e Canadian soaps, fiv e Canadian au­ thors, and five Canadian singers. N o one could do it. Y ou go outside [my

“ T h e Levesqu e government in March, 1985, was the first g o v ­ ernment in Canada to recognize the right to self-determination by n a tive p eo p le s ,” as­ serted Duceppe.

Duceppe w ill be one o f 75 Bloc candi­ dates expected to run in this year’ s federal elec­ tion.

MJ*. Gilles Duceppe

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The following deadlines w ill be observed: - referen d u m questions: January 20 - n om inations fo r the PGSS positions: February 5 N o m in a tio n form s, instructions fo r the candidates and gu id elin es fo r subm ission o f the referen d u m questions can b e o b ta in e d at T h o m p s o n H ou se, 3650 M cTavish, in the PGSS o ffic e (4th flo o r ) o r at the front desk. T h e y h a ve to b e returned to the C h ie f Returning O ffic e r (PG SS o ffic e ) b y the s p e c ifie d d ead lin e.

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Entertainment Fatal Rocking of a Basic Bawdy unattractive

BY LAURA WILLIAMSON AND KATRINA ONSTAD D o you hate women? D o you think all cops/lawyers/men are bit­ ter, chain-smoking fast talkers? D o you think all overly-aerobicized blonde women with any sexual incli­ nations tie their lovers to the bedpost and murder them? Does the idea o f homosexuality fill you with fear and loathing? W ell, all yourmisogynistic, patriarchal, violent, homophobic, scatological, rape fantasies come true in The Fatal Body o f Basic Instinct,

Rocking the Cradle o f Evidence, alias Body o f Evidence..

Yes, Body o f Evidence is as horrible as the trailer would indicate.

In this mean-spirited cinematic cess­ pool, art-gallery owner Rebecca C a rlson is p la y e d by K im Basinger...oh, sorry, Madonna. This evil blonde is accused o f murdering her conveniently weak-hearted m il­ lionaire lover, literally, as a 12 year old boy so eloquently puts it on screen, by screwing him to death.

(B y the way, has anyone no­ ticed that art-gallery owner seems to have replaced nurse and homemaker as the only acceptable vocation for women in H ollyw ood films?)

H er happily-married (to a, surprise, brunette) lawyer, portrayed flaccidly by Michael Douglas...oh, sorry W illem Dafoe, wonders did she do it? H ey, why doesn't he yam her and find out? Perry Mason was never so lucky.

I f one can get past the intrinsi­ cally offensive subject matter, and

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BY KATE GIBBS

we'd shudder to meet the person who could, the film is an artistic night­ mare. The dialogue gives birth to a myriad o f clichés. A cop flippantly pronounces "the corpse is bagged and tagged, Frank," to which Frank cheerfully replies, "better him than me.

And in the courtroom world o f Body o f Instinct, every statement by the lawyers, witnesses, security guards, gardeners, and everyone else within a 500-yard radius is met with an indignant cry o f "objection", which is responded to by a sound "over­ ruled", which is follow ed by an "ob­ jection", causing an emphatic "sus­ tained, no, overruled, n o ...."

I f only someone had cried "objection" to the creative geniuses who decided to film their spiteful wet dreams and share them with the waking world.

What is most disturbing about this m ovie is its underlying message, one we've seen far too often in popu­ lar films o f late. The body as murder weapon plot twist adds little to Fatal Evidences originality, but instead acts to v illify female sexuality and authority.

The highly anticipated sex scenes are sinister and foreboding, not because the female initiator is a murder suspect yamming her law­ yer, not because they include candle wax pour lui and nipple clips pour elle, but because Carlson is a woman who dares to define and enjoy sex on her own terms, no matter how kinky.

And despite its utter lack o f "Erotica content", Basic Attraction scores

Ondaatje's previous novel, In the Skin o f a Lion. T h e tw o m isplaced

which shared last year's Booker Prize were, as the ineffable Don Cherry might quip, "not just strad­ dling the fence, but two feet over. " That the prize was shared at all is as confusing as Cherry's verbi­ age.

Anyone who has read both M icheal Ondaatje's The English Patient and Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger will concede that the committee selected a winner and a wiener.

Four characters drawn to­ gether in Tuscany at the close o f the Second W orld W ar is the premise o f Ondaatje's sublime achievement. In the shell o f a v illa laced with unexploded bombs is Hana— a Canadian nurse caring for her last patient.

Her tenacity attracts Caravaggio the thief, as her fragility does Kirpal "K ip " Singh, the Indian bomb disposal expert. Burned beyond recognition, the body o f

Torontonians find themselves de­ scribing the colour o f the Danforth to Kip- whose similarity in name and situation to Kipling's Kim is ac­

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ple do thaf!" erotically-challenged film critics.

This hateful theme is most shockingly evident when D afoe re­ claim s his ph allic p riv ile g e by throwing his client on the floor and forcing her into sexual submission.

But the blatant image o f rape dis­ solves into a chilling I-wanted-it-allalong smile from the handcuffed Madonna.

And, in the words o f Ritchie Valens, "oh, [Majdonna". Her per­ formance is , let's just say we never thought Sharon Stone could appear such a tower o f thespian greatness.

It is obvious that Madonna was not chosen for her acting ability.

Casting the most pow erfu l and unapologetically sexual woman in the universe as a man-eating crimi­ nal eerily underscores the films mes­ sage, which seems to be: you bitches get what you deserve.

Early in The Body o f Basic Cradle Rocking, Joe Mantegna (and what's this usually respectable actor doing in this film anyway, besides keeping the equally anachronistic Dafoe company?) states: "by the end o f this trial [or m ovie] you w ill see Rebecca Carlson no differently than you would a knife or a gun." N ice sentiment boys.

Such a blatant and dangerous objectification o f women can only elicit one verdict: guilty. Guilty o f hate-mongering, abominable taste, and bad filmmaking.

Body o f Evidence does not rate.

The omnipresent Amy Fisher as art dealer Kebeeca Carlson In Body of Evidence.

A Booker Prize: Winner and Wiener

Those who spent their recent holidays reading the two books

the English patient imbues a soul o f history and mystery into a layered love story.

C a ra v a g g io and Hana

high on the Kinky Meter, particu­ larly for these two slack-jawed "peo­

knowledged.

The petaled plot reveals itself as gracefully as an opening flower.

Although the construction hinges on interaction and subsequent memory

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The English Patient is not a drama o f talking heads. Forced together under remarkable circumstances, the characters are compelling and credible. Despite a similar scaf­ folding, the novel bears little re­ semblance to H em in gw ay's A Farewell to Arms. The devastat­ ing conclusion hinges not on con­ trived tragedy but Western his­ tory.

Ondaatje's style and tight construction is utterly seductive, evident inpassages such as: "She unskins the plum with her teeth, withdraws the stone and passes the flesh o f the fruit into his mouth. " But for the meat o f the plot, The English Patient teeters on the brink o f poetry.

Carob in place o f choco­ late; exposure to Ondaatje's taut style and innovative construction is sure to ruin Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger for any expectant reader.

Ostensibly the fifteen year chronicle o f the conflicting for­ tunes o f cousins, Sacred Hunger is an attempt to expound the meta­ phor for greed.

Erasmus Kemp, son o f a Lancashire merchant is as eager to

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The novel is divided into un­ even sections. The first part covers the voyage o f the Liverpool M er­ chant, a slaver from England up until an impending mutiny o ff the N ew World. The second half concerns

Kemp'smanhuntfor Paris who he believes is responsible for the loss o f the ship. Any intel­ ligent reader has lost all re­ spect for the novel by the time Unsworth suggests that the crew and their brutalized cargo established a community in Florida, not unlike Pitcairn Is­ land.

Unsworth's attempt at authentic eighteenth speech is positively hokey. Frankly that descriptions o f the calibre o f "her porceline composure" lit­ ter the novel is an embarrass­ ment.

T h e id en tity o f the Booker committee is as mys­ terious as Salman's hideaway.

However, after investing con­ siderable energy to finish Unsworth's novel, the identity o f those who voted to celebrate 630 pages o f sheer tedium becomes more clear. Those who champion Sacred Hunger are certainly those same folks who applaud when the plane lands. Turbulence at 35,000 feet sounds more attractive.

A v a ila b le everyw h ere in hardback only The English Patient is $26.99. Sacred Hunger in pa­ perback is $16.95.

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Entertainment

Another Brique in the wall: M ontreal’s failing music scene

BY CATKIN NORRIS A s o f January 12, live mu­ sic venue La Brique has reopened as a rave-techno dance hall (like w e really wanted another one).

M o n tr e a l is n o w e v e n less band-friendly than before.

La Brique had been an ideal m iddle ground between the larger venues (the Spectrum, B ig O, and Forum ) and the smaller, more obscure venues (Station 10, Hell's Kitchen). It catered to bands on the rise from anonymity but not quite on The Bodyguard Sound­ track. La Brique also showcased a fe w p e rfo rm a n c e s o f the "Lillipu t Com pilation", made up

pointed to the recession as the culprit; times are tight; people aren't going to see just any band out there.

From now on, Foufounes w ill only produce w ell-know n performers. I f you are a little bowl-haired Concordia student band you rent out the room and take the loss i f no one shows. See ya' So. A fter glancing at The Mirror's listing o f concert ven­ u es, any cu ltu re-h u n g ry Montrealer can't help but feel ir­ ritated. A ll dressed up and no­ where to go. Hmm. There's al­

ways Carlo's and Pepe's. Or, what about the infamous Char-B-Que Restaurant? D idn't A x l R ose strum his first chord there? W hat about Gert's? T h ey used to have Alternative W ednesday but all they have now is hot nuts.

M ore disturbing, how ever, is the fate o f the music scene. Can w e really blame it all on the re­ cession? Perhaps w e are livin g in a city which fails to tap its musi­ cal resources. Or, maybe out o f town bands, discouraged by any lack o f scene, steer clear o f M o n ­ treal altogether.

For a small band to achieve

vis ib ility it is crucial that it be provided with a breeding ground.

M e M om and Morgentaler thrived in such an environment. N o w , Th e W h o had to pack their psych­ edelic sacks and head back to W h oville because the B ig O didn't sell out. ‘ Is it live or is it M em orex?’ takes on new meaning in M o n ­

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treal today. Take advantage o f all those funky high tech stereo systems. Because, unless Phil Collins or the Gardner Hall C o f­ fee Houses pump you up, you have to tour on your own. O r you could always jum p on the M agic Bus to Knickerbocker Stadium in Albany to see Jerry "Cherry” Garcia.

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o f small unknown bands.

Then, o f course, they played host to those strangely-successful cover bands lik e the trib u te -to -K is s band A l i v e .

Well-established performing art­ ists like Concrete Blonde, Ic e-T and A lic e In Chains could also be seen. According to a press re­ lease by Shaun Pilot, the club has been sold to a Montreal-based party and w ill retire from its live-venue status.

W hat are the implications o f such a loss? It seems consist­ ent with a broader trend in M o n ­ treal. First, the Term inal termi­ n ated and n o w F o u fo u n es Electrique has been forced to make some unfortunate com pro­ mises. Once the major venue for both unknown alternative bands and m o re v is ib le bands, Foufounes was a haven for Doc Martin moshing and angst-ridden

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U n fo rtu n a te ly , the un­ known bands proved a financial lia b ilit y .

A c c o r d in g to ex-m an ager E ddie Friedm an, such bands were a loss-they just did not always fill the room. H e

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Entertainment Beyond the Final Frontier; Better “B” Movies

BY ELIZABETH MCCORMACK AND SIF THORGEIRSSON Space beauties, crazy sci­

in g shag-carpeted spaceship and a fabulous wardrobe, Barbarella makes her w a y through the uni­

m u lti-fa ceted c o n flic t w h ich confronts the dichotom ies per­

quirky story, so densely packed w ith allusions that it allow s one

v a d in g the extern a l, natural

to watch it repeatedly and al­

Brazil isabrillian tlym ade film in te llig e n tly co m b in in g h u m o u r and h o rro r. T e r r y

verse conquering e v il and all

w orld and the internal w orld o f

w ays find som ething n ew . It

G illia m o ffers his “ retellin g” o f

the m en in h er path.

the individual.

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G eorge O rw e ll’ s 1984 and gives

ca s t

Buckaroo and his nem esis the

the view ers a visual feast. Th is

and genetic engineering. Th ese

amusing to watch. It guarantees

breathes life into a w id e array o f

scientist Dr. E m ilio L iz a rd o

film o ffers a disturbing visio n

m ovies available on hom e vid eo

a sm ile i f not an outright cackle.

characters w h o are subsumed

w hose b od y is bein g inhabited

o f the future that in vo lv es e x ­

fu lly c o v e r the sci-fi spectrum,

Furthermore, i f F o n d a ’ s then

b y a bleak and m orose setting.

b y an e v il creature from the

tensive bureaucracy, in vasive

and prove that the futuristic does

husband, R o g e r V a d im hadn’ t

D aryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer

parallel dim ension.

not h ave to be lik e Star Trek.

m ade this space age m aster­

d e liv e r esp ecia lly strong per­

piece, what w ou ld Duran Duran

form ances as rebel replicants.

BARBARELLA, 1967

h ave done fo r a band name?

director: R o g e r V adim

BLADE RUNNER, 1982

starring: Jane Fonda, John P h illip L a w

director: R id le y Scott

TH E AD VEN TU RE S OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8TH DIMEN­ SION, 1984

d is tin g u is h in g fea tu re:

starring: H arrison Ford,

“ W h at kind o f g irl are you,

R u tger Hauer, D a ryl Hannah,

director: W .D . R ich ter

Barbarella?”

Sean Y o u n g

sta rrin g: P e t e r W e lle r ,

B a rb a re lla e v e r y t h in g

e m b o d ie s

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thrusts the v ie w e r 26 years into

ien Rastafarians floatin g above

bad hair, chintzy music, w hite

the future to L o s A n g eles, 2019

N e w Jersey

lipstick, sw oon ing, and the ech­

in this beautifully crafted sci-fi

oes o f a soundstage. Jane Fonda,

thriller. A t the center o f the story

A s a neurosurgeon, je t car

in h er first m ajor role, plays

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designer, particle physicist, and

B arbarella, the scantily-clad,

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B anzai is the Renaissance man

R ep u b lic o f Earth. Equipped w ith a high-tech, flo o r to c e il­

hum an-like robots k n ow n as “ replicants.” W hat ensues is a

o f the future. T h e film that chronicles his adventures is a

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governm ent, increased stratifi­ of

cation o f the social classes, and

Buckaroo Banzai can result in

heightened terrorism. T h e story

sensory overload, but neverthe­ less it is an excellen t film . John

fo llo w s the life o f Sam L o w r y , a c iv il servant/paper pusher,

L ith g o w is superb as the d e­

w h o gets h im self in trouble b y

ranged Dr. L iza rd o and giv e s a

fo llo w in g his heart rather than

great perform ance.

his head.

Brazil contains excellen t

BRAZIL, 1985 director: T e rry G illia m starring: Jonathan Pryce,

perform ances b y the entire cast.

Jonathan P ry ce is con vin cin g as the dream ing Sam L o w r y ,

R obert D e N iro , B o b Hoskins,

and R obert D e N ir o is com ical

M ich a el Palin

as a renegade electrician. A

distinguishing feature: a distasteful facial

klu tzy space n avigator from the

of

The

thought-provoking film to be seen.

I smell a WASP W ell pierce my nipple and scar m y flesh, did you read last Thursday’ s comment in the M cG ill Daily Culture ? O f co u rse you d id , h ow characteristically upper middle class o f you.

The personal attack o f the contributing editors o f the Pillar

by James Forbes, Glen Harris, and Doug MacDonald was so unsavory, I could just taste the fear hormones. And rightly so; any three M cG ill men ballsy enough to label the content o f any one student publication, from the safety o f their own e d ito ria l p a g e , a “ lite ra ry abortion” had better recant least they be labelled misogynist.

Indeed, all o f the Pillar’s editorial board eats low on the food chain, the majority are female and several o f these are visib le m inorities. T o boot, Catrin Morris is the whitest, trashiest girl I know.

It is a dangerous trio o f liberal second-hand turncoats who feel comfortable enough to su gg est another m a n ’ s “ aversion to feminism” after r e v e a lin g such m a lig n a n t attitu des th e m selv es. T h e weight o f this irresponsibility is not a stone’ s throw from “ K ick her in the teeth.”

In the interim, let the slap-dash manner in which their comment was excreted squelch for itself. It can only suggest a lack o f respect for editorial privilege.

T h e idea b eh in d a negative editorial stance is to point out w eaknesses in a manner which is constructive,

BABBLE ON

BY KATE GIBBS such that the subject o f the editorial may focus upon im ­ provement. Attempting to v ic ­ timize individuals with less than trenchant w it is nothing more than a display o f self-serving virility. The peacock may look pretty, but its scream is intol­ erably harsh.

Then again, one wonders i f Forbes and C o. fear that constructive criticism would, in fact, lead to improvement, lea ving these Daily contributors with little about which to pon­ tificate.

Answering to the charges by the angry Pillar staff, Forbes pleaded “ moronic” last Friday.

A ffirm ed Forbes, “ I f I w ere a responsible person which I ’ m not.” It leads one to ponder if Glen and Doug w ill attempt the old “ dog ate m y hom ework” .

Bottom line boys, you have every right to abhor the Pillar but please do so in a constructive fashion. The flu ff o f your comment makes m y anus widen like a gyros.

T h e fo rm u la ic foru m (stories + ads = newspaper) in which these three white men presented their unimaginative material is as bourgeois as golf.

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Redmen romp over Ryerson, Queen’s REDMEN

11

RYERSON

3

REDM EN

9

QUEENS

2

BY CHRISTOPHER RIGNEY Heading into last weekend’ s league play, the Redmen hockey team looked to extend its modest three-game winning streak while gaining the much-needed co n fi­ dence to face the rigours o f the re­ maining schedule. W ith a l l - 3 v ic ­ tory over the hapless Ryerson Rams on Friday night and a 9-2 payback served to the Queen’s Golden Gael s on Saturday afternoon, the Redmen completed their weekend mission in triumphant style.

The rout over Ryerson began at M cConnell Winter Arena Friday with a rather inauspicious first pe­ riod for the Redmen. M cG ill rookie Todd Marcellus tied the game at one with a spectacular breakaway down the left wing, flipping the puck over the shoulder o f Rams’ goalie Paul Tom pkins 6:36 into the match.

W asting little time, Ryerson re­ sponded when Rams defenceman Justin Gray beat Redmen netminder Patrick Jeanson shortside at the 9:10 mark.

The Redmen headed into the dressing room trailing the 1-13 Rams by a score o f 2-1. Despite the fact that his Redmen held a 15-10 edge in shots on goal, head coach Jean Pronovost made clear exactly how

he felt about his team’ s play. “ He told us that our play was awful, saying that we were playing like peewees. That’ s the first time that he’ s yelled like that in m y three years,” explained M cG ill captain Marc Vigneault.

S op h om ore rig h t w in g e r D a vid V e cch io , w ho had been struggling through the first half o f the season, recalled that Pronovost, “ went around the room pointing out what had been done wrong.” Said Vecchio, “ I ’ ve never seen him yell like that.”

I f the Redmen are to continue their winning ways in league play, perhaps the between-periods team meeting can be looked on as a sort o f turning point. The Redmen took the passionate words o f their coach and converted them into fiv e periods o f inspired play, including the Queen’ s game.

Just over a minute into the second period, Vecchio scored on a rebound o f f defenceman Danny Bain's slapshot, evening the tally at two.

F rom that p o in t on , the Redmen shifted into a gear not seen since the glory days o f Patrice Trem blay and Martin Raymond, outscoring the Rams seven goals to one. Scoring for M cG ill were Guy B ou ch er, M ik e G ra d y , Jordy T e d fo r d , M ik e B u ffo n e , w ith Vecchio adding another three for his first four-goal performance. By the time the offensive barrage had ceased, the Redmen had outshot the Rams 59-24.

Playing in front o f 200 fans at the G len fin n a n A re n a at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, the Redmen began the

Tedford was tapped bat not tripped.

Saturday afternoon game against Queen’ s much as they had against R yerson. G a e ls ’ forw a rd M ik e Lobinowich one-timed a shot past Redmen goalie Paulo M iguel, 6:27 into the game.

W ith Queen’ s defencemen Derek M orin serving a two-minute minor for holding the stick, the sud­ denly unstoppable Vecchio scored a power-play goal at the 9:13 mark.

The rebound score, which came o ff d e fe n c e m e n L u c L a t u lip p e ’ s slapshot, gave the Redmen their second lead o f the game.

The Redmen then proceeded to take a 8-1 lead on consecutive goals by Boucher (w ho compiled

Head Hunter and the Martlets open a yawning gap M ARTLETS B IS H O P S

79 42

BY ANY WILSON Coach Chris Hunter called it a “ h o-h u m m er.” G ranted, the Martlets’ 79-42 basketball win over the Bishop’ s Gaiters was less than riveting. But uie rout was nonethe­ less a showcase o f M cG ill talent and aprecursor o f things to come for this team with just one loss.

Despite a dozy crowd and a s o m n a m b u le n t opposition, M cG ill played a (relatively) energized game, leading by as much as 40 in the second half. The full-court press was pesky, the passing was sweet, and the boards were all M cG ill.

Frankly, any further rehash would be simply gilding the lily.

The game was a total rollover.

The poor Gaiters got called while standing still, even their fast break was slow, and their frustration was evident. Bishop’ s forward A lic e Hartling, the league’ s leading scorer, was snuffed out by fifth-year M cG ill forward Jane Ross for a scoreless

first half and a mere eight-point to­ tal.

A ssista n t coa ch L in d a Macpherson called the steamroll “ a self-worth check” fo r the Martlets. “ A game like this (me is like ahockey game; we can just open the gates and get our rookies some court time, ” she said.

Skating through a lame Bish­ op’ s defence were two high scorers for M cG ill; rookie forwards Vicky Tessier and Lesley Stevenson, who garnered 21 and 13 points apiece, respectively. “ V ick y has the capabilities to make all-Canadian,” said a pleased Hunter. Macpherson added that Tessier, like the rest o f the rookie lineup was a “ quality player. It’ s hard to keep her on the bench when she’ s fresh.”

The assistant coach noted that Stevenson was equally fun to watch because the Kingston native is “ de­ ceivingly quick. She’s a good ath­ lete, and although she still gets nervous, she’ s just gotten better and better. ” Being quick during a slug­ gish gam e is no easy task, but Stevenson explained it this way:

“ W e learn from the veterans and w e have a strong bench; it’ s a w ellrounded team. So you realty have to work for your position. Y o u really have to work fo r your spot.”

F irm ly embedded in their posts are seniors Debby M orse and Ross, who scored ten points each.

Hunter mentioned he was especially happy fo r Ross that the team is leading the league; as a fifth-year player, this is her last - and best shot at a national championship. “ W e believe it,” said Coach M acp h erson , o f the M a r tle ts ’ number four ranking in Canada, and 6-0 winning streak, including last Friday’s 70-57 win over Concordia.

She’ s already looking ahead to next weekend’s matchups in Manitoba against both Brandon and firstranked W innipeg. That tournament, she predicted, “ w ill be a different kind o f challenge” than Sunday’ s sleeper.

By now, o f course, Hunter and his squad have already put the “ quiet afternoon” bashing o f Bish­ op’ s behind them. T h e y ’re packing up to take on some livelier com pe­ tition, and measure their rank against a worthier opponent.

two goals and three assists), Jim R e y n o ld s , V ig n e a u lt, S tacey M cGregor, and Marcellus. The o f­ fensive onslaught ensured a quick and painful deathforthe Gaels’ while securing a fifth consecutive victory fo r the Redmen.

T h e w eek en d ’ s play also marked the revival o f the Redmen power-play, as they scored fiv e ex ­ tra-man goals for the third consecu­ tive game. The Redmen, who were 11 for 68 during the first half o f the season, have gone 15 fo r 31 through their last three contests.

Boucher had several reasons for the team’ s new-found success with the power play.

“ W e are much more relaxed now. Before, w e weren’t attacking, but we were waiting fo r the perfect shot. N ow , w e ’ re acting instead o f reacting,” said the sophom ore sniper.

T h e R edm en w o n ’ t have much time to savor their winning streak, as they travel to Toronto to play U o f T and York this weekend.

Coach Pronovost, while acknowl­ edging that his team had defeated two inferior squads, came away from the weekend content with the victo­ ries that raised his team’ s standing to 7-5-1.

Proclaim ed the victoriou s coach, “ W e ’re on our w ay.”

Sports Notes Swim m ers N ugent and Watson top ClAU with winning times M c G ill swimmers Andrea Nugent and Paul Watson w on tw o races each at the U niversité de M ontreal’ s Invitation Speedo swim meet last Saturday. N u gent’ s time o f 1:02:88 in the 100m butterfly was the fastest time in the C IA U this year, as was her 2:08:37 first-place time in the 200m freestyle.

Paul W atson won the 100m backstroke in 56:68, which also topped all C IA U times for that event. His winning time o f 2:04:32 in the 200m back is the third fastest time in the country this year. W atson, who is in his second year with the team, has w on 23 o f his 25 races w hile representing M cG ill.

The M c G ill team placed third overall at the tournament, behind first-place L aval and U niversité de Montreal.

M cG ill Squash peaking for playoffs A t last weekend’ s Crossover Tournament held at W aterloo U n i­ versity, the M c G ill Squash team’ s focus was fo r increased consistency and an attacking length game. These objectives w ere realized by the performances o f Julian Skinner and Graem e Burt, w ho racked up three wins and tw o losses each. M oham ed A bdel-H am id and Richard W hitehead faced stiff competition and w ere relegated to 1-4 records.

Andrew Thompson, in his rookie performance, showed great promise by winning tw o and losing three matches. Coach/player D ave Behm continued his consistent play, losing only one match and winning four. “ W e still have a reasonable expectation o f sliding into third,” Behm said, although the team placed sixth out o f eleven teams. “ W e ’re goin g fo r the big bronze.” (W estern and W aterloo and/or Q ueen’ s are the teams to beat.)

The next and final competition for the Squash team w ill be the O U A A playoffs, to be held at Ryerson on the weekend o f January 29th.

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Sports

Redmen are 50% from the court in weekend action C O N C O R D IA

94

REDM EN

64

REDM EN

68

B IS H O P S

64

BY RICK EVANS The M cG ill Redmen came out o f last weekend’ s action with a split o f twoQuebec University Basketball League matches. Friday night the Redmen came up short against the third-ranked Concordia Stingers, losing 94-64. They came back Sun­ day, however, to hold o ff a stubborn Bishop’ s squad 68-64.

Concordia surged to a number three ranking in this w eek’ s C IA U standings, up from sixth spot last week. Concordia is without much argument the cream o f the crop in the Quebec league. Friday night’s game went much as expected.

A t the half M cG ill was only losing by seven (45-38), but a 30-10 run by Concordia in the first 13 minutes o f the second half buried the Redmen.

The Redmen were led in scor­ ing by Keith Driscoll with 17 points, w h ile R ic k V a risco and T o d d McDoug all each had seven rebounds.

M c G ill head coach K en Schildroth remained positive about the game, seeing in it some signs o f

improvement. “ W e went all out against Concordia. Even though it was the same result, we had a better perform­ ance than the first time [a 107-83 drubbing] ” “ W e ’re definitely improving, and We’re working for everything w e g e t,” Schildroth continued. “ W e ’ ve got seven rookies, and they’re only going to get better and better.”

Schildroth colou rfu lly d e­ scribed Sunday’ s gam e against Bishop’ s as a “ classic u gly-off.”

The phrase is fairly accurate in summing up the game played at the Currie Gym. It was a match charac­ terized by several mad scrambles for loose balls, forced and errant passes, and (at least for the coaches) ulcerinducing errors.

However, as Schildroth noted, there was no lack o f effort and hustle. “ Both teams played very hard, and really hung in there.”

U nfortunately, as he also pointed out, “ each team took turns shooting itself in thefoot.” Schildroth cited the intensity o f Friday’ s game against Concordia and seven straight days o f playing or practicing as a major source o f fatigue: “ [The fa­ tigue] was a distraction there...it was hard for us to re-focus.”

The game began with a see­ sawing first half, which saw M cG ill take a one-point lead into halftime.

The pace was very up-tempo, and at times seemed almost frenetic. This

was apparently both the cause and the effect o f several turnovers by each team.

The same back-and-forth style o f play continued into the second half, so that M cG ill le d only 62-60 with three minutes remaining in the game. Then rookie Rick Varisco put up an arcing trey to put M cG ill up by a score o f 65-60, a basket which would wind up being the winning score.

Bishop’s had pulled to within one (65-64), when M c G ill’s Ryan Schoenhals skied to block a shot under the basket with 49 seconds left on the clock . On the ensuing inbounds, the pass was deflected, and M cG ill senior forward Bruce Bird led a break back down the floor, where he was fouled.

With Bird converting one o f two, Bishop’s had another chance to go into the lead, but once again M cG ill came up with a steal, this time thanks to the hustle o f senior guard Keith Driscoll. W ith only 33 seconds to go Bishop’ s commenced with desperation fouls. At that point M cG ill finally closed out the game.

Varisco lead all scorers with 21 points, and Bird had 15.

M cG ill is now 4-2 in league play, and is already well up on the last year’ s record o f only two wins.

They are facing a tough road trip to Manitoba next weekend, to play at Brandon and Manitoba universities.

The next local game is 8:30 pm on February 2 at Concordia.

Ski team storms into seventy-fifth season

BY CRAIG BERNES The M cG ill ski team’s 75th year has arrived, and it began in fine fashion. Last w eekend, M c G ill hosted the first race o f the year at V al St-Come. W hile the men’ s results were promising, the women’s were downright impressive.

W ith slalom races on two different courses (one Saturday and one Sunday), the racers had double

the pleasure but not necessarily dou­ ble the fun. M c G ill’s women placed seven skiers in the top 15 on Satur­ day and five o f the top 15inSunday’ s race. Sunday, in fact, saw M cG ill finish 2-3 behind L aval’s Isabelle Dupont, whose runs totalled 1:45.43.

T eam coach and racer Sophie Marcoux was second in 1:47.47, while Julia Hogan came third in 1:50.62. The women won the team competition each day.

The men began their climb to the top with a couple o f 11 th-place finishes. On Saturday, rookie Jerry Royter placed 11th and Eric Bedard did likewise on Sunday. With their team totals, the men finished in the m iddle o f a pack that included Université Laval, Concordia Uni­ versity, Université de Montréal, and the University o f Ottawa. “ W e have a number o f very good rookies,” said captain Sean

Sofin, who finished 17th overall af­ ter two days. "The results w ill be evident a few races into the season." “ On Sunday, I was talking with other coaches,” added Marcoux, “ and they were telling me that we have a lot o f good rookies.” As if she hasn’ t known all along. “ I didn’t know what to ex­ pect,” she said,“ but I ’m really proud o f both our teams. The women es­ p ecially are really strong.” The

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women’ s team, which won the Que­ bec title last season, has lost no key p layers. W ith the ad d ition o f Marcoux (a former Provincial and then National team skier) as coach, the team has the benefit o f years o f competitive racing. “ Coaching comes first,” she said, “ and I race on the side because I can earn points to help the team.”

Indeed. Marcoux is the team’s only sponsored racer. That may change with the arrival o f a new show this year on Réseau des Sports (R D S ) featuring university ski races. The ski team was supporting itself (with, among other things, its annual ski sale) years before other teams Tost’ funding with reclassification.

M cG ill sent 22 skiers last weekend, culled from themuch larger number o f casual skiers that attend the bi-weekly practice sessions. “ Basically, w e always have the same core group o f about 15 racers,” said Marcoux. “ The others switch around each race. W e have some people out every year who have never skied, but heard that it was fun and wanted to come out.”

A fter dryland training four days a week through the fall, the team held its annual training camp at Sugarloaf during the first week o f the year. Since the beginning o f the n ew year, the team has been p ra cticin g tw ic e a w e e k at Chanteclerc, and has largely focused on slalom racing. “ W em ust focus on giant slalom in the two weeks before the GS at Mt. Orford,” said Sofin The courses alternate between slalom and GS until the Provincial Finals at Stoneham March 13 and 14, where racers w ill compete in both.

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Sports

Martlets shoot but John Abbott scores JOHN ABBOTT

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MARTLETS

2

BY CH AR LES THOMAS

B row n o f f a fa c e - o ff in the John

the second period and then w ere

as successful as she w ou ld have

T h e M artlets ’ season is far

A b b o tt end.

sunk lik e a bar o f bad soap with

hoped, captain A ly s o n Fournier

from o v e r w ith fiv e gam es le ft

T ra ilin g tw o to one, John

o n ly 2:37 le ft in the gam e after

thinks the players h ave gotten

in the regular leagu e schedule

A b b o tt seem ed to crum ble un­

le a v in g tw o L a d y Islan ders

o v e r the initial disappointm ent

as w e ll as a tou rnam ent at

der the M c G ill attack, o n ly to

alone in front o f go a lie A m e lie

and n o w concentrate o n im ­

C o n co rd ia , a tou rnam ent in

h ave th e ir sharp g o a lte n d e r

M eyers.

p ro vin g the team as a w h o le and

M idd lebu ry, V t., and an e x h i­

passing on experience to rook ­

bition gam e at Dartmouth C o l­

ies.

le g e in N e w Hampshire.

hockey

com e up w ith the biscuit e ve ry

Ph illip s attributed part o f

M artlets kept load in g up last

time, despite b ein g peppered

the team ’ s w oes to lack o f e x ­

F riday n ight in a hard fought

w ith shots.

perience.

The

M c G ill

W ith the M artlets busy

contest against the John A b b o tt

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som e

“ I ’v e been trying to pass

T h e team still b elie ves in

what k n ow led ge I have and a

its abilities. “ W e can still pull

L a d y Islanders, but they con ­

co ok in g in the o ffe n s iv e zone,

problem s; rebuilding after lo s­

go o d attitude,” she said. “ I try

o f f a cou ple o f w ins,” claim ed

tinuously fired blanks. D espite

John A b b o tt took advantage o f

in g 13 veterans [fro m last year’ s

to teach them what place they

Phillips.

h avin g outpassed and outshot

M c G ill mistakes to stir up the

team that challenged Concordia

can h ave on the team. W h en

Fou rnier best expressed

their W estlsla n d opponents, the

soup in the M artlet end o f the

fo r

y o u ’ re rebuilding, you have to

M c G ill’ s attitude fo r the rest o f

M artlets w ere g iv e n the cold

rink.

is not done

try to im p ro ve each player as an

the season.

shoulder in a disappointing 3-2

T h e M artlets g o t burned

the leagu e cham pionship]

w hile one p la yer short at 9:20 o f

loss.

in one year,” he

said.

individu al as w e ll as the team as A lth ou gh the team is not

a w h o le.”

“ W in n in g is a question o f pride,” she said confiden tly.

W ith this latest defeat in what has been a v e r y frustrating season, the 1-7 M artlets are fo r all practical purposes eliminated from post-season play. W ith o n ly the top fou r teams o f the six-team W o m e n ’ s In te rc o l­ legiate H o ck ey L ea gu e m aking the p la y o ffs , the fifth p la ce M artlets w ou ld need a small m i racle according to head coach G e o f f Phillips. “ [T h is] pretty much wraps up the season— w ithin all rea­ son, w e ’ re out. W e must w in against U Q T R and St. Laurent [the M artlets’ next tw o o p p o ­

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nents]. W e must beat teams w e ’ v e been losin g to regularly,” he said.

T h e M a r t le t s ’ g r e a te s t sh ortcom in g this season has been their in ab ility to finish plays w hen in the other team ’ s end, a disappointed Phillips said after the gam e. “ O ur b iggest problem is that w e can’ t score. W e g e t some g o o d opportunities but d o n ’ t take our time. T h e y g iv e us room to shoot but w e get too greed y,” explained Phillips.

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M c G ill pressure paid o f f again4:5 8 into the second period as rook ie defen ce Kirsten G reer scored on a p o w erfu l shot from the point after go o d passing from Christine Desm arais and Beth

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