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Volume 12 Issue 19

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Men's hockey surprises UQTR, women's basketball conquers Manitoba, synchro stacks all-star team, and volleyball maintains the status quo. See pages 16-19

Inside This W eek N ew s: This year's first appeal to the Students' Society (SSMU) Judicial Board has been launched... and, does SSMU re a lly have a debt??? See p ag e 3 O p/Ed: The small bunch of students who have noticed that SSMU President Jason Prince is running again and who are complaining vociferously about that fact should be silent. See e d ito rial, p age 6 F e a tu r e s : Are women ignored and dismissed by the medical commu nity? Some say yes, and show how a simple visit to the doctor can become a trial by jury. See p ag e 9 E n te rta in m e n t: On campus theatre begins a full Spring season: S h ift from Player’s Theatre to the English Depart ment's The Tempest and right back again. See p age 12 S p o rts: McGill synchro nized swimming team finishes second in OWIAA championships and places five swim mers on the league allstar team. S e e p a g e 17

M cGill and U Q TR bumped heads and other body parts last Friday night as the Redmen defeated divisional rivals les Patriotes 3-2.

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Amnesty International meets every Tuesday at 6:30 pm in Shatner 435. All welcome. For info call 398-1519. The History Department Speakers Series presents Canr.an Miller speaking on “Canada and the South Afri can War 1899-1902.” 4:00 pm, Thomson House, 3650 McTavish.

Chancellor Day Hall, rm. 202.

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The Amateur Radio Club of McGill University meets at 6:00 pm in McConnell Engineering rm. 437. Free Morse Code classes start Thursday. For info call Andrew at 481-1582 or e-mail silvet@ee470.ee.McGill.ca.

The Yellow Door Coffee House presents live music by Lynn Chalifoux with Debbie Ryan. Admission $2.00. 8:00 pm. Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For info call 398-6243.

Thursday. February 18

The McGill Newman Centre is holding its last-chance meeting for the pil grimage to Denver at 7:30 pm, Newman Centre (3484 Peel). Please join us, or call 398-4106 for more info. Don’t forget your $50 deposit!

LBGSC: The Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies Collective v "l meet at 7:30 pm on the 3rd floor of Thomson House, 3650 McTavish. All those interested inresearch and issues pertaining to “gay studies" are invited to attend.

As part of the 1992-93 Mental Health Lecture Series, the AMI Ad vancement Fund presents Dr. Allan Field ing speaking on “Dealing withthe Stress of Unemployment." 7:30 pm. South Seminar Room of the Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine W. Free and open to the public.

McGill W.I.S.E. presents Anne-Marie Kubanek and MargaretWallerspeakingon“Why Do Women Leave Science?”, a discussion on research pertaining to women in science. 7:30 pm, Shatner 425.

The Faculty of Music presents a Master's Recital by Laura Loewen, piano. 8:00 pm. Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St W. Free. For info call 398-4547.

The Yellow Door Coffee House presents Literature Live, featuring Mary Ann Lipscombe, Sonja Skarstedt, andAnn Diamond reading fromtheir works. 8:00 pm, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. $2.00. For info call 398-6243.

Wednesday. February 17 McGill Improv performs in the Alley every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm. Interfaith Discussion Group meets to discuss personal meanings of reli gion over lunch. 12:30 pm,Birks Bldg.,rm. 104.

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The Department of English presents Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, Feb. 17-20. 8:00 pm, Moyse Hall in the Arts Bldg. Tickets $10.00/56.00 students, available at Sadie’s, Paragraphe, and at the door. For info call 398-6070 or 398-6558. Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre presents an evening of Moliere: “L’Amour Médecin” and “Le Médecin Malgré Lui” will be performed in French from Feb. lb20. 8:00 pm, Morrice Hall. Tickets $6.00/ $4.00 students. Reservations andinfo: 3986600.

The Folk Mu sic Society meets every Monday at 8:30 pm in the Yellow Door basement. Come check it out or call Stephanie at 933-1330. for more info.

Persons with disabilities: Ongoing support group for McGill students, faculty and staff. Call Peter or Donna at 398-3601 or 398-6009 for more info.

The Faculty of Music presents Peter Sullivan and Whitney Crockett. 8:00pm, Redpath Hall. Free. Forinfo call 3984547.

Do you or someone you know have AIDS? Please don’tfeel you are alone. AIDS Community Care Montreal offers the following support groups: HIV+Men’s Group; HIV+ Heterosexual Men’s Group; HIV+ Women’s Group; Bereavement Group; Family, Friends and PartnersGroup; Children’s Play Therapy Group. Call 9390075. All calls confidential.

Saturday. February 20 Oncoinp— McGill Improv offers free woikshops every Saturday from 11:00 am-1:00 pm in the Shatner Bldg. See signs in lobby for room number. Monday. February 22 The McGill University Cricket Club is holding indoor soft-ball cricket practices during the break at the Currie Gym, courts 3 and 4. Today, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 am -2:00 pm.

The Spanish and Latinamerican Students’ Association (S.A.L-S.A.) invites you to an evening of fun and frolics in the The Biochemistry Department tropics at their great beach party. Free. Everyone welcome. 7:00 pm, Shatner B09/ presents Alan Peterson speaking on

McGill studentlookingfor females to form rock band. Call 844-8158.

The James Bay Coalition meets every Monday at 4:30 pm in Shatner435. Forinfocall 495-1482.

As part of the CBC-McGill Ra dio Concert Series, the Faculty of Music presents Robert Verebes and Dale Bartlett. 7:30 pm. Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info call 398-4547.

mailbox by the SSMUdesk, or the office at Shatner 406. Call 398-6816 for details and whatnot.

The Biochemistry Department presents a special seminar in protein struc ture (DNA Interactions) by Dr. Dietrich Suck of EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany. 4:00 pm, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 903.

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Friday. February 19 The McGill Aboriginal Law As sociation presentstwo speakersdiscussing “Land Claims Treaties: A Constitutional Meeting of the Minds or Unconditional Surrender?” in the context of the James Bay Northern Quebec agreement. 1:00 pm,

The Faculty of Music presents a Master’s Recital by Sandra Murray, piano. 8:00 pm. Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info call 398-4547.

“Tracking and manipulating the developingnervous systemwith transgcnes.” 12:301:30 pm, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 903.

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Submissions are still being ac cepted for Montage magazine. Bring any essays, interviews or reviews concerning any aspect of English (with your name and phone number) to the mailbox in the Arts Bldg. Porter’s Office, or to the DESA of fice. Deadline: March 1. Ahoy! The Red Herring is breathlessly awaiting that funny stuff we know you’re capable of! Become a printed part of the funniest magazine in Quebec, endorsed by Victor Kiam. Submissions and contest entries due in by March 15 at the

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McGill-Québec lance son 2ème Concours Littéraire. Prix à gagner dans 2 catégories: Nouvelle et Poésie. Date d’échéance: 1er mars. Pour formalités, contacter Laurence au733-7328 ou Yannick au 744-4480.

McGill Feminist Theater Collec tive invitesyoutotwoperformances: March 8, 7:30 Womens Union, March 11, 8:00 Thompson House.

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The University Senate, the major governing body at McGill, is responsible for the formulation o f University policy. Much o f its work is conducted through com m ittees covering a range of issues significant to students.

At McGill, departments are reviewed approxim ately every seven years. These com prehensive reviews look at all aspects of a departm ent and recom m end changes that should be m ade to m ake sure the departm ent is working at its best level.

You as a student, can m ake a difference...G et involved! Committees give students their greatest voice in the affairs of the University. Strong student representation is crucial w hen decisions are being made. The following are the areas students can apply to w ork in:

Cyclical reviews are conducted by teams, each of which has one undergraduate student member. The University Affairs Nominating Committee is currently looking for student members for reviews o f the following departments:

A c a d e m ic a n d P la n n in g Is s u e s T im e ta b lin g a n d S tu d e n t R e c o r d s A d m is s io n s a n d S c h o la r s h ip s L ib r a r ie s E q u ity S tu d e n t S e r v ic e s S tu d e n t R ig h ts a n d D is c ip lin e T e c h n o lo g y a n d C a m p u s D e v e lo p m e n t

Please note, students may not participate in the review of their ow n department.

This year, the University Affairs Nominating Com m ittee will be looking for a co re group o f 10-15 students to work in com mittees in the University. The com m ittees that are not filled by these students will then be filled by students wishing to sit o n a single com mittee. We encourage applications from students with a range o f experience.

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STATUTORY C O M M ITTE E TO N O M IN A T E A PRINCIPAL Principal David Johnston's third term will expire on August 31, 1994. As a result the Board o f Governors has established a com m ittee to review the pricipalship. O ne undergraduate student m em ber is needed for this committee. Due to the important nature o f this com mittee, the process for nomination has been altered. Students must submit a regualr University Affairs Nomination form, which will be reviewed by the com mittee. The com m ittee will then submit a list o f names to Students' Council w ho will vote directly for the student member.

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C R O d e c is io n l e a d s to J u d i c i a l B o a r d a p p e a l B Y R IC H L A T O U R

A decision made last week by the Stud ents’ S o c ie ty ’s (SSM U ) co-C hief Returning Officers to permit a presidential candidate to enter the race after nominations closed has sparked an appeal to the society’s Judi cial Board. Chief Returning Officers William Stee and Regina Yang agreed to accept Amy Ridley’s nomination form with the re quired 100 signatures on it last Thursday- one day after nomi nations for the position had closed. Stee said Ridley had cited “personal reasons” for her tardi ness and would not go into fur ther detail. But Corey Cook, a U2 Arts student and VP Finance of the

Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) launched the appeal be cause he felt Ridley had misled the CROs in explaining the rea son for her late submission. “The basis of this appeal has nothing to do with the con duct of the CROs, rather, I be lieve Ms. Ridley presented misleading information which gave the CROs reasonable grounds for accepting the nomination after the deadline had passed,” Cook wrote in his submission to the board. Cook said Ridley circu lated her nomination form around The Alley for signa tures on Thursday morning, and had told him and others that she was entering the presidential race because she was not satis fied with the declared candi

dates. “The reasons she told William were not the reasons she went around collecting sig natures,” said Cook. “I appealed it so the rules and regulations can be applied equally to all the candidates.” But Ridley insisted her reasons for not being on time were justified. “He [Cook] wasn’t at the meeting I had with the CROs, so it’s pure speculation on his be half,” defended Ridley. “There were many reasons why I joined the race and there were a few reasons why I was late. They are not necessarily the same rea sons.” Ridley questioned Cook’s tactics, and said she felt students should be able to decide whether

she was a viable candidate. She added that a decision to prevent her candidacy would hinder the democratic process. “The fact that Corey Cook is involved is telling- he is the campaign manager for [presi dential candidate] Mark Luz,” said Ridley. “If they are so afraid o f democracy and letting stu dents decide who is best to be come President, then I feel sorry for them.” Cook argued the matter was not about democracy, but about regulations governing SSM U ’s electoral process. “She is taking democracy into her own hands. She should be susceptible to the same rules as everybody else,” said Cook, who added he.had appealed the decision as a student and was not

acting in any official capacity with Luz’s campaign. Stee explained he was not aware o f what Ridley may have told Cook, and said the fact that the case is being appealed will not change his decision. “All I know is what she told me. We decided to accept it as a reason sufficient enough to give extra leeway in this case. The manner in which it is being approached will not affect the decision o f the CROs, ” he em phasized. The Judicial Board, con sisting o f five law students who act as final interpreters o f SSM U ’s constitution and poli cies, should hear the case later this week, according to SSM U VP Internal Ju lie Dzerowicz.

Debt repayment— should students pay more to SSMU? N ew s A n aly sis A L E X U S H E R AND C H R IS A LAM

With a referendum ques tion to be introduced this spring, Students’ Society (SSM U ) Council has decided to ask stu dents to pay an extra five dollars a year to help repay its $618,000 debt to the university. This refer endum question will be proposed despite the fact that SSMU is prohibited from running a defi cit and council has never ap proved anything buta balanced budget. The present debt was built up between 1989 and 1992, be fore last year’s Letter of Agree ment separated SSMU’s accounts from McGill’s. During that time, SSMU covered its overdrafts by taking interest-free loans from the university. In fact, SSMU even made money on the deal by tak ing some of the interest-free money and reinvesting it. But when addressing this situation, SSMU executives of different administrations give contradictory viewpoints. When VP Finance Susan Nickerson asked council to sup port the fee hike, she noted that the Society’s new status as an autonomous organization re quires that current debts be paid and reserves be maintained for financial stability. Yet last year’s VP Finance, Lev Bukhman, insisted that the $618,000 is not a debt. Rather, he said the money is simply a liabil ity and that SSMU has sufficient cash assets to cover it. “Certainly we owe the university money. But the Students’ Society as a

whole is not a net debtor,” he explained. LETTER OF D IS A G R E E M E N T

Last winter, there was a bitter fight on council over the new McGill-SSMU Letter of Agreement. One concern among councillors was the possibility of in creased costs associated with the agreement. Bukhman and other ex ecutives denied that possibility at the time. But Nickerson ex plained that it is partly the Letter of Agreement, signed last April, that is forcing the fee hike. “It was nice to have McGill as a banker- they had a sort of parenting role when it came to money- but those days are over. The last auditor’s re port says we now need a liquid Capital Expenditure Reserve Fund (CERF) of $250,000, plus a flow of at least $150,000 in order to tide us through the sum mer months. Right now, there’s no summer flow and our liquidity in CERF, once you take out what’s due to McGill, is about $50,000.” B ukhman denied that debtrepaymentisahiddencostof the Letter of Agreement, explain ing that the money would have to be returned eventually in any case. “To say that paying off the debt sooner than later is a cost is a very dubious assumption,” he said.

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The issue is clearly a com plex one; so complex that the Tribune had difficulty finding a councillor who had a solid grasp of the facts at hand. Bukhman insisted that ignorance is not his responsibility. ‘That [councillors are una ware of the issues] is not my fault—that is the fault of who ever did not inform council [this year],” he said. Still, he admitted that he only presented council with the net amount in the CERF, rather than gross accounts pay able and receivable. Nickerson says this prac tice misled councillors and helped to hide the debt. “I think that councillors in past years may have had a false sense of

security because of [the balance in] CERF. But CERF isn’t there to fuel deficit spending. It’s there for capital expenditures on rainy days.” T H E U N D IS C O V E R E D COUN TRY

Bukhman saw arguments both for and against students contributing to a debt repayment plan. In describing what he calls “two schools of thought” regard ing the matter, he noted that SSMU can either keep a reserve fund for special projects, or ask students whether they wish to fund special projects on an indi vidual basis through referenda. A reserve fund, he added, may also be useful in emergency situations which require financial expendi tures.

However, Bukhman con ceded that using a referendum to cover a debt may set a precedent for similar fee hikes in the future, should SSMU continue to ex ceed its budget. “It could be [that a prec edent will be set],” he admitted. “That has to be weighed off against the benefits of having a reserve fund... It is also a valid argument that the Students’ So ciety can operate without a re serve fund.” But Nickerson denied that fee hikes would occur for the same reason in the future. “We won’t [raise fees] be cause we will have a CERF. We will cut expenditures. We will not go over [our budget]. We will cut programs when the time comes to maintain our bottom line,” she warned.

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Student coalition demands review of tuition increase effect B Y RA N RANDHAW A A N D S T E V E S N IT H

M cGill’s Students’ Soci ety (SSMU) has joined hands with three other universities’ student associations to protest tuition hikes proposed by the Quebec government. The coalition, made up of McGill, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM ), and Laval, is de manding a freeze on tuition fees until a study is undertaken to determine the effects on students o f the 180 per cent increase in tuition over the last three years. The coalition was origi nally intended to include Concordia University Students’ Association (CUS A) but the lack o f a consensus within the asso ciation forced the coalition to move ahead without Concordia. CUS A co-President Phil Toone expressed disagreement with the coalition and its goal. “It’s an elitist intervention into the student movement. I don’t see why it should be the four biggest universities dictating the student movement to CEGEPs and other universities,” Toone argued. The primary goal of the group is to establish the social and economic effects this tui tion fee increase has had on uni versity students. SSMU VP Ex ternal Affairs Jeff Percival ex plained there has not been a fair assessment o f other options to

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tuition increases. “W e’re looking for the government to properly and ob jectively evaluate alternatives, although we’re not saying we want absolutely free universi ties,” he said. A policy o f free tuition for Quebec universities is a corner stone of Assemblée Nationale des Etudiants et Etudiantes du Québec (ANEEQ). Quebec’s other major university coalition, the Fédération des Etudiant(e)s U niversitaires du Q uébec (FEUQ), does not support the current govermental increase proposal, although it has not ruled out tuition fee increases. “We absolutely do not accept the tuition fee increases now, because the government will not follow the increase [with appro priate measures],” explained FEU Q President Serge Charlebois. Q u eb ec’ s M inister o f Higher Education and Science Lucienne Robillard has proposed a hike o f 1.9 per cent, which matches the Consumer Price In dex and is the lowest increase in Canada. Yet the Ministry o f F i nance has recommended an in crease of 50 per cent, which would match Quebec’s average annual tuition fees to that of the Canadian average o f $2,250. Ministry official Yves Le Muir emphasized that the 50 per cent increase is unofficial and has yet to be debated in provincial par liament.

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The new coalition is a short term endeavour intended to pro voke an immediate government review. The various student as sociations represented in the coalition, known as the G4, were able to overcome political dif ferences and focus on the com mon and immediate goal of a tuition freeze. “We knew already what was going to separate us so we found common ground,” as serted Association Générale des Etudiant(e)s d’UQAM VP Ex ternal Affairs Claude Rioux. “We want the government to consider education as an invest ment, not a cost.” CUSA’s Toone, however, was not impressed with the path of the coalition. “What they’re doing is too unclear. To declare a moratorium after a raise has been announced is terribly re dundant.” In a press release earlier this month, the coalition stated: “the option o f mortgaging Que bec’s future by reducing acces sibility to post-secondary edu cation is strongly contested by the members of these associa tions.” Percival agreed with the assessment that the Quebec government is undermining the province’s future.”It’s true that education is the key to having a successful society, and if the government’s going to pay lip service to it, then say you’re paying lip service to it,” he said.

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Hunger strike elicits mixed response B Y N IC H E L E D U PO N T A N D A N G E L IN A YOUNG

The Palestinian Solidar ity Committee (PSC) staged a 48 -hou r hunger strike last week in the Shatner University Cen tre to protest Israel’s expulsion o f 415 Palestinians from the West Bank Gaza Strip to a zone between Israel and Lebanon’s southern border. Hunger strikers and sup porters gathered at the Israeli Consulate at 5 pm last Tues day, bearing flags, placards and candles. They then proceeded to the Shatner Building where they read a communiqué con taining their demands. Protesters want the Cana dian government to push for the implementation of UN draft resolution 799, condemning Israel’s actions; tosupporteco nomic sanctions against Israel until the resolution is imple mented; to monitor human rights violations; and to recall Canada’s ambassador from Tel Aviv. “On both a humanitarian and a leg al le v e l, these deportations were a violation o f human rights»!’ stated Youssef Arafat, president of the PSC. “The action was rash, disorganized, and arbitrary. [Israel’s] offer to send back 100 of the deportees just shows how

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arbitrary the whole process is.” Four women and 16 men of Palestinian, Canadian, and Lebanese backgrounds partici pated in the event. Members o f the Hillel Students’ Society set up an in formation table across from the Shatner Building room in which strikers gathered. Hillel mem bers stressed that they did not distribute information with any political motivations. Michael Lipman, former vice-president of the Concordia Jew ish Student Union and present Hillel volunteer, ex pressed hope that students will educate themselves on both sides o f the deportation issue. “The message we’re try ing to get across is ‘View glo bal events in their proper con t e x t’ , becau se som etim es, through extenuating circum stances, certain measures are taken, which in themselves may look bad, but when viewed against what other governments do when faced with similar problems, they pale in com parison,” he explained. Referring to the support expressed for the strike by the Arab Students’ Society, the Black Students Network, the South Africa Committee, the Pakistan Students’ Society and S E E H U N G ER S T R IK E , PAG E 8

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SSMU A ctiv ities N igh t C h a ir is responsible for: 1) organising the semi-annual Activities Night that takes place at the beginning of September and again at the beginning of January; 2) The Chair coordinates all SSMU accredited groups in order that they may m eet and recruit new m embers while letting the McGill student community know what their group is about. SSMU F r o s h C h a ir is responsible for: 1) organising two frosh programs, one to take place at the beginning of September and the other in early January; 2) Frosh Chair must be in Montreal for most of the summer; 3) Frosh Chair is also responsible for all interviews of Frosh Group Leaders which should be done before the winter sem ester is over. SSMU W e lco m e W eek C h a ir is responsible for: 1) organising and planning the annual two w eek Welcome Week held in early September; 2) Responsible for all the day to day operations of Welcome Week; 3) Chair must be here during the summer months, and a stipend for the sum m er months will be given. W in te r C a rn iv a l C h a ir is responsible for: 1) organising and planning the Winter Carnival; 2) must be able to oversee a large group of volunteers. SSMU B lo o d D rive C h a ir is responsible for: 1) organising and supervising the five day Blood Drive in cooperation with the Canadian Red Cross in September. SSMU C u ltu refest C h a ir is responsible for: 1) coordinating and planning the annual SSMU international cultural celebration that will take place in early October. S tu d en t's S o ciety P r o g ra m m in g O ffice M a n a g e r will be responsible mainly for: 1) the smooth running of the SSMU Programming office; 2) record keeper and helps with communication.

Pick up general applicationforms at the Student's Societyfront counter (398-6800). For more information, callJulie, V.P. Internal, at 398-6799. D E A D L IN E :

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In the Students’ Society’s (SSM U) ongoing efforts to reduce its deficit, the Red Herring , Que bec’s only English-language hu mour magazine, may be targeted for cutbacks. According to Herring Editor Andrew Potter, who met recently with VP Finance Susan Nickerson to discuss the magazine’s future, the magazine’s format may be changed by SSMU to reduce costs. Potter claimed that due to the pro posed changes, the Herring may cease to exist as an independent magazine and may instead appear in tabloid form in the last issue of the Tribune each semester. The Herring is published by SSM U and currently appears at the end of each term as a 30-40 page newsprint magazine. In the event of a merger with the Tribune, Potter viewed the maintenance of an independent edi torial board as essential. “Whatever the plan is, the autonomy of the magazine is ex tremely important,” Potter stressed. Nickerson refused to provide specific details concerning changes to the Herring. However, she indi cated that it would indeed be com ing under scrutiny. “It’s really too early for me to

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comment, but we are re-prioritizing our budget,” stated Nickerson. “W e’ll look at the Red Herring just like we’ll look at everything in our budget to decide if it is a financial priority for us.” H erring A ssistant Editor Jennifer Ralston was concerned that the magazine might be cancelled altogether if the tabloid alternative is found unacceptable.

“I ’m definitely worried,” Ralston admitted. “Unless we can prove that students like it, they may tell us that we’re not a viable finan cial option.” With an operating budget of approximately $5500 per issue, The Herring receives close to $4000 from SSM U and secures the rest of its budget through advertising rev enues.

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Potter acknowledged that the money generated by advertising is low compared to the funding pro vided by SSMU. He explained that the magazine’s publication date, very close to the end of semester, coincides with the departure of many students from Montreal. According to Potter, this may explain the diffi culty the Herring has in attracting advertisers.

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“Advertisers want something to come out more regularly, or they want something to appear once and students to keep it, like the [SSMU] Handbook,” Potter stated. He speculated that most Herring read ers probably throw the magazine away soon after reading it. W hile sym pathetic to SSM U ’s need to reduce costs, Pot ter explained this is not the first time the Herring has been sub jected to cutbacks. Potter claimed he was told when he became editor last fall that circulation would be reduced from 14,000 to 10,000 copies. “It’s a lot of money and I can see where they’re coming from, but we ’re taking all these steps back... it seems like they might be fatal steps,” stated a frustrated Potter. Ralston maintained that the Herring does have an audience at McGill and expressed hope that a compromise would be reached. “I get the general feeling that people are waiting for it to come out each term,” she explained. “We need to convince the [S$M UJ executive that we are providing a valuable service that people would miss if it disappeared.” A final decision on the fate of the Red Herring will be made next month after a proposal is brought to SSM U Council.

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Editorial Enough of your little whining The most exciting news to come out of the Shatner Building last week was that current Students’ Society (SSMU) President Jason Prince will make a bid for reelection as Chief Paper Pusher. Strangely enough, this announcement seemed to generate more interest than any of the work that SSMU councillors and executives have done all year. Then again, maybe that’s not so strange. People scrambled to react to the news— most of them condemning it. Executives murmured disapproval of their leader and whispered misapprehension filtered through the air in the SSMU offices whenever Prince stepped out to the bathroom. Even people who usually take no notice of SSMU- that is to say, the undergraduate population of McGill- were apparently aghast at this turn of events. Then action was taken.

Comment Two weeks ago, SSMU Council defeated a motion asking for a referendum question on a proposed increase in Students’ Society fees of S0.50 per semester per student for student clubs (interest groups). SSMU has unfortunately demonstrated its inability to support one of the more active and involved segments of the student body. Around 30 interest groups representing more than 1,000 students currently receive subsidies amounting to 1.1 per cent of the SSMU

Serious SSMU action. Amy Hargan Ridley, Tribune columnist and co coordinator of the McGill Coalition Against Sexual Assault, stepped into the breach and announced her bid for the presidency— a bid that could potentially put an M.A. degree on hold. Her reason for enter ing? Stop Prince at any cost. Unfortunately her entrance into the race came a little late, and she was forced to ask coChief Returning Officers (CRO) William Stee and Regina Yang for approval. But Ridley is not through the qualifying rounds yet. Rumour has it that Corey Cook, who may or may not have some affiliation with the SSMUpresidential campaign of current Arts Undergraduate Society President Mark Luz, is appealing Ridley’s late entry into the race to the SSMU Judicial Board (the Society’s equivalent of a Supreme Court), on the grounds that she misled the CROs.

Please. What is it that makes all these people take themselves so seriously? What we’re talking about here is the presidency of SSMU. So frankly, who cares? Besides which, these people have no right to speak of Mr. Prince in the disparaging and malevolent terms which were bandied about so freely last week. It is not as though they did anything of stupendous and magnificent proportions this year which would give them the right to be pompous. Like COCA conferences, irritating health care plans, and as-yetunseen course evaluations are anything to write home about (VP External Jeff Percival is still off to a slow start...). Furthermore, the furor caused by Mr. Prince’s conduct over last semester’s General Assembly, his treatment of Walk-Safe, and club funding last term was met by SSMU council with all the fortitude of a slightly damp and smelly

sponge. If these guardians of the sacred SSMU trust were really so concerned about the dangers of Mr. Prince, they should have impeached him long ago. Of course they didn’t, which just goes to show that they are just as inefficient and useless as they claim Mr. Prince is. Until such a time as would-be presidents, overpaid executives, and silly little councillors who pretend to represent their faculty despite the fact that no one knows their names actually do: a) something of use to students, and b) something of interest to students, they should cease their pitiful whining. People who spend a year padding their résumés at the expense of 15,000 people have no right to complain. Only I can do that.

and Latin-American Students’ Association or the Palestine Solidarity Committee demon strate that students do want to get involved. Why not invest SSMU money in those clubs which are really active and make an attempt to reach the McGill community? The present club funding structure has its flaws and some clubs are not as active as they could be. Still, this was no reason for council to refuse clubs the possibility of getting more badly needed funds; money SSMU might be incapa

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ble of supplying due to its outrageous deficit. It is with such decisions that SSMU alienates part of the student body, even its most involved and dedicated segments. However, the positive consequence of this decision will be to force SSMU to change its outdated policy regarding the way interest groups are funded.

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SSM U Council leaves its clubs in th e dark budget expenses. If one in cludes the special projects funding, this figure rises only to 1.7 per cent. Since political and religious groups will finally be eligible to receive funding next year, one can only fear that clubs might face chronic underfunding unless budget priorities are seriously recon sidered. It is difficult, however, to expect such seriousness from an organization which managed to run a $600,000 deficit in the last few years. Groups such as the Black Students’ Network, the Spanish

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N e g a t in g A I D S 1T’S CRIMIIMiL

Early in February, there was a New York Times article that shocked and appalled me. Not a single letter to The Times has offered a critique to the danger ous and misguided message of this “news” piece. So I will. The article was a report of the findings of the National Research Council regarding the AIDS epidemic and the assessment of its impact on American society. The claim was made, as the headline read, that AIDS would have little effect on the U.S. According to the National Research Council, it's not that the AIDS epidemic will not grow and continue to claim thousands more for its own; but rather that it will not matter due to the fact that those with AIDS are concen trated in “socially marginalized groups.” The report claims AIDS only affects the “socially invisible”; homosexuals, drug abusers, the poor and undereducated have no political, economic or social power. Like influenza, reads The Times , it will be a “forgotten epidemic” due to the fact that AIDS is “beyond sight and attention of the majority popula tion.” What is “socially invisible” about being any of these things? It was the focal point of the Reagan administration for kids to “just say no” to drugs; and what are socialized heath and welfare but a federal national attempt to deal with the very visible prob lem of poverty in the Western world. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I fail to see the connection between an individual’s sexual preference and the social strata that they occupy. Kings, Sena tors, leaders in all walks of life, have openly admitted living homosexual lifestyles. The argument claiming people who get AIDS are somehow unimportant and beyond the concern of society harkens back to WWII politics. The article goes on to state that the National Research Council believes no mark will be left on the “social institutions and practices of our time” by AIDS. Health care, public health, clinical research, and voluntary organizations are deemed by this

and degraded into physically and verbally relinquishing ownership of her sexuality to a man with whom she Concerning Alex Usher’s article about Hour: instantly falls in love. Is this the “fun” or “serious play” Why don’t you like to see the establishment of I’m supposed to hope to replicate on my Valentine’s Day? a new, alternative, independent paper in town? Spare you? No, spare me, Mses. Morris and Onstad. This was the question that appealed to me after I— I can, after all, only represent my own opinions— I read Alex Usher’s article about Hour. Hour is a new would much prefer to watch the automaton sex of a Body paper that started publication in Montreal on February o f Evidence, than to have to sit through such an articula 1. It is really difficult to judge this paper yet, but gee, tion of “a complete lack of humanity and love” as can be shouldn’t we all celebrate a fresh breath in this town found in She’s Gotta Have It and agonize over why I again? Shouldn’t we all be happy to find out that there wasn’t ready to jump the nearest passerby. are still some, people who have faith in the future of

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report to be barometers of change to social structures— and will remain unchanged accord ing to their findings. Besides the very fact that the condition of “socially invisible” groups (sic) created these very social structures which they claim will remain unchanged, I’d like to take issue with another point. The fact is that an entire creative generation has been lost due to this spreading infection: people from theatre, art, archi tecture, design, music, sports.The list is endless. The argument that the people whom AIDS affects are somehow unimportant and their deaths will cease to be noticed is as absurd as it is untrue. Artists of all sorts command the highest respect in our technological society. The media carries their stories out to the hearts and minds of the population of North America. The authors of this study must live in an air tight bubble if they actually believe that AIDS will “disappear” without a cure into an expendable portion of society. The Times last week had an article detailing how India has the fastest growing ratio of people with AIDS than any other nation in the world-is it possible, according to The Times, that an entire nation can be socially marginalized? The message of AIDS awareness, as the National Research Council has obviously missed is that every person in the United States, indeed in the world, is at risk. Millions of dollars, public office, a Ph.D, or an editorial position at The New York Times will not make anyone immune to AIDS. The effect societally has already been felt with the death of so many individuals— many of whom contributed greatly to their communities locally or at the national level. It is scary to see this kind of sentiment in print; where it is evident that the disrespect for all human life is so blatant and vile.

Montreal? There are people who think that our city deserves more, who believe that the artists, musicians, actors and directors of Montreal have to be taken seriously, and who are aware of the cultural needs of the shrinking multicultural population of this town. I want to ask Mr. Usher another question. Aren’t you supposed to encourage the new trends in town instead of discouraging them by calling them disin genuous and predicting a tough battle between the two alternative papers Hour and M irror! I don’t think you can call this a battle. I should correct you by saying that this will be a competition between these two alternatives. This competition creates value and gives more life to English media in Montreal. I think people like you, who have the power to write for a university crowd every week, should be more optimistic and not call this whole trend a scrap. It doesn ’t have to be only one paper that “comes out alive.” You are basically encouraging the monopoly of the English media system in Montreal. At the end I also strongly disagree with your opinion about Albert Nerenberg. I think he is the best choice for Hour. He is a young enthusiasm artist, a journalist and columnist who cares about the future of Montreal. I finish my letter by quoting this from the first Hour. “We believe a new newspaper can increase the awareness of our city and bring citizens closer to gether.”

Maryam Soltani U1 Arts U n titilla te d .. . I would like to thank Ms. Onstad and Ms. Morris for informing me precisely what is “sexy.” Silly me, I keep forgetting there are universal standards for these things. And it’s not that I’m challenging your authority in dictating what films and music I should find arousing as opposed to misogynist, you under stand, but I do require some clarification of the lesson plan. I’m not sure if I’ve got this straight: She’s Gotta Have It is supposed to “put [me] in the mood”? I admit my memory is hardly fabulous at the best of times, but I don’trecall the masturbation scene. What I do recall is an ugly rape scene in which a woman is brutalized

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The Palestine Solidarity Committee has asked the Students’ Society to take a position on the deportation of 417 Palestinians from Israel. The Executive Committee discussed the matter, and, although all present expressed a clear concern for the violation of human rights in this case, because of the potential for controversy it was decided to refer the matter to the full Students’ Council for consideration. In the meantime, I have been approached by a number of students for clarification of the SSMU posi tion. At present, the Society has no position. I participated in the fast because of my personal opposition to the deportations. I oppose the deportations for the following reasons: (1) I believe that any such deportations are a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law. (2) The deportations were carried out without anything even remotely approaching appropriate due legal process. (The Emergency Regulations inherited from the British which are invoked to justify the deportations were then, and are now, illegitimate and a nightmarish violation of human rights.) (3) It is completely unacceptable that any nation should feel free to deport alleged or convicted criminals onto the soil of another nation. Would we expect the government of the United States to accept Canadian criminals just because Ottawa wanted to deport them? Finally, I would like to make two additional points. First, the policies, goals and actions of Hamas are notand must never be allowed to become- the issue. If any of these men are accused of crimes, let them stand fair trial in Israel. Second, it must never be forgotten that opposition to the deportations is also strong among a number of local Jewish students. Many of them have told me that that they are horrified to see Jews committing the same crimes against others.

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p o rte e s is to g iv e th e m a fair tria l.”

S tu d e n ts ’

P rin ce did n ot an ticip ate

S o c ie ty , S tep h en S p od ek o f the H illel S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty c h a l len g ed th ese g ro u p s to co n sid e r

sig n ifica n t p ro b le m s fro m o p p osin g g ro u p s d uring the strik e. In the stu d e n ts’ co u n cil

th e I n d ia -C a n a d a

o th e r fa c to rs in th e ir d e cisio n

m e e tin g

to su p p o rt the strik e. “ M an y o th e r grou p s a rc

T h u rsd a y , P rin c e w ill p ro p o se a m o tio n that S S M U o fficia lly

s c h e d u le d f o r th is

su p p ortin g the h u n ger strik e,

re c o g n iz e the strik e.

but they aren ’t look in g into their

“ I t ’ s a p p ro p ria te fo r S S M U to take a stan d o n the

o w n c o u n tr i e s ’ a b u s e s ,” he cla im e d . Ja m il M a n so u r, p resid en t

issu e o f b a sic h u m an rig h ts,”

o f the G e n e ra l U n ion o f P a le s

re q u e st fro m the P S C on the

tin e S tu d e n ts ( G U P S ) , e x p la in e d th a t a lth o u g h m a n y stu d en ts d ropp ed in to o ffe r

b asis o f the v io la tio n o f h u m an righ ts and the G e n e v a C o n v e n tio n .”

su p p o rt fo r the strik e, so m e

Jo n a th a n G lick , c h a ir o f

c o n flic t did o c c u r w ith p ro -Z i

the M c G ill P ro g re s s iv e Z io n ist

on ist stu d en ts. S e v e ra l students e n g a g e d in h eated d eb ate o v e r

C a u cu s, b eliev ed the so lu tio n to the d ep o rtatio n p ro b le m w as

th e issu e on T h u rsd a y a fte r

b ey o n d the s c o p e o f the h u n g er

n o o n , but this did n ot sig n ifi

strik e. H e e m p h a siz e d the n eed

c a n tly disru p t the strike.

to p ro m o te in d ivid u al d is c u s

SSM U

P re sid e n t Ja s o n

he c la im e d . “ I ’ ll su p p o rt the

sion b etw een Je w s and A ra b s.

P rin c e jo in e d the P S C ’s ca u s e

“ I think that th ese a cts

as a stu d en t p articip an t. “ T h e d ep o rtees w ere n ot g iv e n due p r o c e s s ,” h e said . “ In

m ig h t h a v e a g o o d c a u s e , but th ey m iss the p o in t,” h e said. “ W e h a v e to sto p loo k in g p ast

an y co u n try , in an y sta te on the

e a c h o th er and sta rt loo k in g at

S tu d e n t s p r o t e s t in 4 8 h o u r S h a t n e r b u ild in g h u n g e r s t r i k e .

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tio n on h u m an rights and the C an ad ian C h arter o fR ig h ts and

and the co u rts are th ere to r e

F re e d o m s.

b ein g re a s o n a b le .”

sist the m a jo rity if it is n ot

“ C o n v e rs a tio n s w ith the C h ie f

“ O ne o f the th in gs that

L a m e r a sse rte d th at the

J u s t i c e ,” A n to n io L a m e r o f the

w o rrie d m e e sp e c ia lly in 1 9 8 2 ,

C h a rte r w ill be o f v alu e fo r individual C an ad ian s if applied

b a sic p ro ce d u re s th at sim p ly

e a c h o th e r to u n d erstan d the le g itim a te c o n c e rn s on b oth

h av e to be fo llo w ed . M a s s d e

s id e s.”

S u p rem e

C o u rt o f C an ad a

w hen the C h a rte r c a m e into

p o rta tio n v io la te s this p rin c i p le. I t ’s ju s t n o t rig h t. T h e

“ O n ce the h u n g e r strike is o v e r, I h op e w e ca n m o v e on

s p o k e la st W e d n e s d a y to a

f o r c e , w as th at v ery little had

in th is fa s h io n . “ M a jo r itie s

c ro w d o f 2 5 0 , m o stly stu d en ts,

b een d iscu ssed ab ou t w h eth er

d o n ’t n eed c h a r te r s ,” h e said .

p ro p e r w ay to tre a t th ese d e

to m o re m ean in g fu l d ia lo g u e .”

at th e F a c u lty o f L a w ’s M o o t

w e sh ou ld o r should n ot h a v e a

L a m e r a lso ad d ressed the

C o u rt. L a m e r g a v e a p re se n ta

C h a rte r, w h at kind o f C h arter,

d ifferen ce b etw een “ p o licen tric

an d w h e th e r w e sh o u ld be h an d in g to the co u rts su p e rv i

p ro b le m s” su ch as righ ts in clu d in g fre e d o m o f e x p re ss io n

sio n o f the co n stitu tio n ality o f

and fre e d o m o f the p ress, as

la w s ,” e x p lain ed L a m e r. S in c e 1 9 8 2 , the S u p rem e

o p p osed to “ bin ary situ a tio n s” o f ru lin g in fa v o u r o f th e p lain

C o u rt h as m ad e a se rie s o f

tif f o r d efen d an t. L a m e r c o m

lan d m ark ju d g m en ts in C h a r

p a re d

te r law in g en eral and crim in al

p u lling strin gs o u t o f a c o b

law in p articu lar.

w eb.

su rfa ce o f this p lan et, th ere are

U N IV E R S IT Y S T U D E N T S !

“ S u d d en ly [ju d g e s] are to ld [in S e c tio n 5 2 o f

1 5 % o n

3 0 %

y o u r

a u t o m o b i l e

th e w h o le co b w e b m o v e s , b u t

C h a rte r] th at you shall d e cla re

n ot all in the sa m e d ire ctio n ,”

in o p e rativ e a sectio n [o f the la w ] th at in y o u r view v io lates

ripple e ffe c t o f jo in in g on e w ay

the C h a rte r,” L a m e r exp lain ed .

o r the o th er is tre m e n d o u s. T h e C o u rt is g e ttin g into p ro b lem s

d e scrip tio n s. 1 9 8 2 w as a h is

th at are quite d ifferen t fro m u n fair trials o r u n re a so n a b le

o f the

w a s like the d is co v e ry o f p en i c i llin an d [it] c o m p le te ly re v o lu tio n ized the legal s y s te m .”

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th at h e e x p e c ts the

S u p rem e C o u rt to d eal w ith ture as m o re litig an ts g o to

m o st im p o rtan t w ord in the C h a rte r to be “ fre e ” in S e ctio n

co u rt. In a la te r d iscu ssio n p e

rio d , L a m e r c a lle d th e n o t

T h e se ctio n states that g o v

e rn m e n t ca n e n a ct law s lim it

w ith stan d in g c la u s e , w h ich a l

in g righ ts and freed o m s only in

low s a g o v e rn m e n t to o v errid e ce rta in c h a rte r rig h ts fo r a p e

fied in a free and d e m o cra tic s o c ie ty .”

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a m a n n er “d em o n strab ly ju s ti

2 1 0 ,

s e a r c h e s .”

m o re o f th ese issu es in the fu L a m e r c o n s id e r e d

DESLAU RIERS

L a m e r told his au d ien ce. “T h e

“ 1 9 8 2 ch an g ed [ju d g e s’] jo b

in tro d u ctio n o f the C h arter. It

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“ Y o u pull o n e strin g —

the

to ric a l e v e n t b e ca u se

in s u r a n c e ...

th e s e “ p r o b l e m s ” to

“ D e m o c ra cy only g u a r a n te e s

m a jo rity

r u le ,” he

riod o f up to fiv e y e a rs w ith the p ossib ility o f re -e n a ctin g the o v errid e p ro v isio n , an “ in stru m en t o f c o n tr o l.”

stre sse d . “T h e re is no point if it

“ T h e rig h t rests w ith the

is a m a jo rity w hich is n ot free.

e le cte d [w h o is a n sw erab le to

T h e m ajo rity is n ot the m ob

the e le c to r a te ],” h e added.

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Women face discrimination from medical establishment B Y P A T R IC IA B O A L

Stories of unnecessary hys terectomies andC-sections, labours induced without consent and abuse in gynecological exams have long surrounded the subject of women and their doctors. Although these horrors are the exception rather than the rule, some say they are tied to a subtler tradition of sexual dis crimination that exists within the medical community. Sarah Baker (U3 Psychol ogy) was 17 when she went to see a doctor about getting a Ventolin for her asthma. Because her regu lar female doctor was away, Baker decided to see her father’s male physician. “He didn’t seem to feel that I had a valid complaint, but I knew what the problem was,” she af firmed. At the time of the visit, Baker was taking birth control pills, so she asked her doctor if there would be any complications in using the Ventolin with contraceptives. She then urged him to keep her ques tions confidential, as her parents were unaware that she was on the pill. “After that he looked at me

like I was dirt,” noted Baker. “He was very curt with me. He seemed offended by the fact that I was sexually active and hadn’t told my parents.” Baker said what bothered her most was the physician ’s dismissal of her responsible questions about the effects of Ventolin. “Questions weren’t encour aged,” she said. “An atmosphere of openness wasn’t encouraged.” Several women (who asked to remain anonymous) have also reported having an unpleasant ex perience at their first pelvic exams. Many say they are not told what is going on under the draped sheet and that they had received com ments ranging from “relax, pre tend it’s your boyfriend ” to “you’ve been a good girl so far, don’t tense up now.” When young patients face ‘experts’ a problematic power dif ferential is created. This is exacer bated when the patient is female and the doctor male. “The doctor is notjustamedical authority but a male dealing with a female,” commented Cerise Morris, psychotherapist and ses sional lecturer with M cGill’s School of Social Work. “Because

of our reproductive functions* women are by far the greatest consumers of health services and procedures are very often inter nal.” At McGill Student Health Services, women are not automati cally assigned to female physicians. “But there are more female physicians than male at McGill Health so there are more chances of having a woman,” affirmed resi dent physician Jean MacDonell. However, as the entire medi cal profession continues to be domi nated by men, a bias often results (in both the doctor’s office and in research) against women. In Tak ing Our Bodies Back author Eliza beth Fee admitted that “the over whelming male bias of gynecology and psychiatry would be difficult to maintain if even half the practi tioners were female.” Happily, the gap may be get ting smaller. Last September, 43 per cent of the 140 students admit ted into the first year of McGill’s medical program were women. Suzanne Hooper (Ul Social Work) expressed mixed feelings about the change. “What is necessary is a gen der-sensitive medical school and

not just equal numbers of men and women in the profession,” she stated. “It’s the system that doesn’t allow for sensitivity,” added Andrea Gumpert (U3 Film and Communications). “Doctors don’t have time to spend with their pa tients and there’s little continuity of care.” Gumpert recently completed a film project on midwifery and found that the women who looked to midwives to assist their preg nancy wanted a female alternative to institutionalized medical serv ices. But can sensitivity to gender and women’s issues ever be suc cessfully integrated into the insti tutionalized medical profession? Dr. Harold Frank, Assistant Dean of undergraduate medical studies and students’ affairs said that no courses are taught on gen der sensitivity. “But there are numerous courses in which the doctor-pa tient issues are dealt with and is sues of gender fall under that,” he emphasized. “We have recently in troduced a new one-day session which students will take before doing any work in a hospital. It deals with the patient-doctor rela

tion, covering gender issues.” The biases seem difficult to overcome. A recent American study showed that 97 per cent of doctors surveyed agreed with the statement “men describe symp toms, women complain.” Wom en’s illnesses are often taken less seriously; they are dismissed as chronic complainers whose pain is ‘invalid’. They have also been told to ignore the type of pain that men don’t have, such as menstrual cramps. It is often difficult for a fe male patient to overcome feelings of helplessness when faced with a male medical authority. A social work student, who also preferred to remain unnamed, said she felt silenced when taking her son to see the pediatrician. The doctor adopted an attitude of omnipotence that hin dered her usual assertiveness. Perhaps, even with female doctors, the degree of openness and communication is simply not great enough. “Female doctors have never asked if I am a lesbian,” Baker stated. “Both male and fe male doctors need to create an open environment, especially as pertains to sexual orientation and alterna tive sexual practices.”

Does privacy take precedence over public health? B Y M IC H A E L BRO AD H URST

The spread of HIV has initi ated a new debate in the medical community regarding the ethical and legal responsibilities that physicians and other caregivers have towards their patients. Through a combination of public concern and a tendency for the medical community to be slow to respond to ethical issues, many doctor-patient relationships are plagued by suspicion and anxiety, with both parties concerned about the possible transmission and con traction of HIV. Much of the public fear sur rounds the issue of doctor-patient confidentiality; patients feel that they have a right to know if their doctor is HIV-positive. However, Dr. Pierre Tellier, director of Student Health Services at McGill, cited the case of former tennis star Arthur Ashe as an example of the need for privacy. “We should respect everybody’s confidentiality, whether they are [patients] or professionals,” he said. “Damage can occur when someone else decides what you must tell the world.” The Canadian Medical Asso ciation uses a simple guideline to govern physicians who have tested HIV-positive. Physicians are obli gated to inform the chief of staff at their hospital or clinic of their con dition, so that an independent as sessment of the risk to that physi cian’s patients can be made. “Unfortunately, physicians are not above being unethical and

putting others at risk,” Tellier af firmed. Dr. Margaret Somerville, di rector of the McGill Centre for Medi cine, Ethics and Law, expanded on the ethical questions involved. Ac cording to Somerville, the basic pre sumption regarding sero-positive status is the same as any other medi cal issue: all information should re main confidential. Somerville agreed that it is important for both patient and doc tor to maintain their privacy, but stressed that physicians have both legal and ethical responsibilities to the public. She argued that physi cians who breach confidentiality and “break the law in order to avoid a more serious harm” can avoid pros ecution by arguing their action was necessary for public health reasons. For instance, it is unlikely that a physician would be prosecuted for breach of confidentiality if they in formed a patient’s sexual partner of a positive HIV test. Dr. Tellier argued that the publ ic shouldnot be concerned about contracting HIV through contact with their physicians. The risk of transmission remains much greater to the physician than it does to the patient, and in fact there is only one documented incident (involving a Florida dentist) of a patient con tracting the HIV virus as a result of contact with a member of the medi cal community. HIV is extremely difficult to transmit through casual contact, and there is very little risk to either doctor or patient. Somerville added, however, that it is difficult to prohibit a physi

A n o n y m o u s t e s t i n g a n s w e r s s o m e d i f f ic u lt i e s in t h e d o c t o r / p a t i e n t r e l a t i o n s h i p .

cian from treating patients, as there are extremely touchy medical and ethical issues involved. “Y ouhave to show that you’re justified, that there is a real risk involved,” she said. The spread of HIV has also had important effects on the nature of the insurance industry. Claude Di Stasio, manager of insurance opera tions at the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, believes that the insurance industry is based on ‘truth and trust’. “We have to have that infor mation... to be fair to everyone,”

said Di Stasio. The insurance industry’s po sition is that people who have tested HIV positive will not be covered at any premium. For the HIV positive individual, this compounds an al ready difficult situation. Powell Student Health Serv ices offers free HIV testing, but some patients are concerned about pri vacy. One alternative for those who are apprehensive about potential disclosure of test results is the HLSC Metro clinic, which offers com pletely anonymous testing. Patients do not have to produce health insur

ance and are assigned a randomly generated number that is used for all future contact with the clinic. That number is all that appears on the blood samples sent to the testing, centre, and the patient merely offers that number in order to receive a responseof“positive”or “negative”. Though this approach does not offer the immediate counselling and therapy that a clinic like Student Health Services would, it does pre serve the anonymity of the patient. Patients are then free to deal with their test results in whatever manner they choose.

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F e a tu re s

B o d y im a g e a n d t h e d r iv e f o r f it n e s s ; s t r u g g lin g fo r t h e p e r fe c t fo rm B Y C H É R IE PA Y N E

H o w f a r w il l p e o p l e g o t o a c h i e v e t h e p e r f e c t i m a g e ?

F o r cen tu ries women have been torturing themselves to resculpt their bodies to an ideal form. They have used sur gery, corsets, and poisonous makeup to fit whatever image o f fem in in ity so cie ty d e manded. The struggle for a per fect body continues, but today, women are using healthier methods to achieve their forms. The desire for a desirable shape is not caused solely by the media or the fashion indus try. Peta Tancred, director of M cG ill’s Centre for Research and Teaching on Women, as serted that concern over body weight is a cultural condition. “Society ’ s obsession with body image is not just a result o f the media. It also stems from interpersonal contact such as leering and lewd sexual com ments. Men and women are constantly reacting to body im ages. O f course it would help if the media didn’t focus so much on one body type.” Tancred believ es that women might be less obsessed with fitting the ideal body im age if more than one kind of body was portrayed positively in the media. She cited the movie Sugar Baby as one ex ample o f a film which success fully does this. In the movie, an actress o f heavy build was por trayed as very elegant.

“There was so much focus on her positive, amiable personal ity,” said Tancred, “that the audi ence began to associate her body with positivity.” However, Tancred lamented the fact that this type of depiction is rare. “We definitely need more positive portrayals o f women with a variety o f body shapes,” she said. “We do not have enough now.” Melanie Newton, a U1 Arts student, echoed Tancred’s con cerns. She feels women’s obses sion with their bodies is older than the media, but is reinforced by it. Newton maintained that although women seem to have made huge advances in terms o f personal freedom, they are inhibited by their pursuit o f the “perfect body”. “W hat’s worse,” said New ton “is that women are enslaving them selves by buying into the beauty industry.” In 1989, one-third o f men and women in the Western world were, clinically speaking, over weight. The problem is that twothirds o f the population sees itself as overweight. In her book Never Satisfied,

A Cultural History o f Diets, Fan tasies, and F at, Hillel Schwartz described how in the 1600s glut tons were condemned not for be ing overweight, but for their actual eating habits. Dieting programs were designed to take care o f health problems like indigestion. Today, people are more critical o f body shapes, regardless o f eating habits.

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Even the Nutrisystem program, whose name suggests concern for health, is based on pre-packaged calorie-counted meals. Schwartz wrote that whereas in the 1880s rich foods were to be avoided because they were an in vitation to indigestion and sexual excess, in the 1990s rich foods are avoided because they are an invi tation to excess fat, which turns away sexual advances. Schwartz believes women today are often sent a double mes sage by men.

“Though they might be... in sympathy with oppressed and suf fering humanity everywhere, they all seem to want a form, medium sized, well-developed, erect and plump (not gross, but full and round),” she stated. This emphasis on form and its relation to sex appeal has even extended to the work place. H arp e r ’s Bazaar advised the fashion conscious working woman that “there’s a softness about clothes this season that we haven’t seen in decades, and a sensibility.. .that is not afraid to be feminine, relaxed, approachable . . .The new suit is not about power, but rather pro portion and a whole new world o f choice.” T h e ad cham pioned the form-fitting suit, for the woman who wants to send a message with not only her outfit, but her body. Such advertisem ents seem to equate femininity with being ap proachable, and downplay power in favour o f proportion. However, many women who do spend time on their bodies chal lenge this equation, and instead assert that fitness is necessarily about power. Dayle King o f Low Impact Productions made such a claim. She uses her low impact aerobics classes to help women fight stress. “My classes, in addition to being good physical workouts, are entertaining and fun,” she empha sized. “They are designed to make the participants completely oblivi ous to outside troubles.” King declared that she has a great love and admiration for women. “Women in today’s soci ety arc meant to be either super women or completely docile,” she said. “W e’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t. Being physi cal can only be an asset to our self empowerment. No matter what occupation we are in, being physi cally fit and free o f stress can help us.” The question remains: is the recent fitness craze a positive means o f self-empowerment, or is it just a new way o f striving to achieve the ultimate body?

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F e a tu re s

Nick Auf der Maur waxes politic about life in Montreal e ra l e le c tio n ?

B Y N A T A L IE

D ra p e a u . W h ile in M o s c o w in

tio n o f M o n tre a l C ity C o u n c il.

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R A W L IN G S

1 9 7 1 , h e to a s te d A le x a n d e r

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m u n ch in g o n a c lu b sa n d w ic h

N o w w e ’v e b e c o m e a sm a ll

M u lro n e y and th o se g u y s and

kian re fo rm e rs at a C o m m u

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a fte r T u rn e r w a s p ic k e d as

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frien d o f m in e. T r ib u n e : P o litica l parties

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Discriminatory harassment policy implemented at Dalhousie people. Dalhousie Student Union President Lale Kesebi agreed with M cKee’s assessment. “People who say this im pinges on academic freedom are obviously looking at this issue in the abstract and not in a practical way at all,” Kesebi said. “This policy speaks to a harassmentfree environment. Harassment stands against everything a uni versity is about; free thinking, learning and being able to present your thoughts in your own way.” Kesebi also said that the Dalhousie Students’ Council had approved the new policy in prin ciple, and she expected it to be brought before Senate in the near future. Still, even some of those the policy is designed to protect aren’t convinced that this new policy will accomplish much. “Racism and sexism can’t be leg islated away,” said Lynne Arwell, the International Students’ Ad visor and Advisor to Students with Disabilities at Dalhousie. Arwell also said that the policy simply won’t reach peo ple who need to believe in rac ism. Withfilesfrom the Western Gazette and the D alhousie G a zette

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DalhousieUniversity is fol lowing in the steps of the Univer sity of Toronto and several American universities by intro ducing a “discriminatory harass ment” policy. The policy, unveiled last November, has drawn consider able attention. Among its more controversial recommendations are its definition of harassment as “speech or expression.. .which might be interpreted as malign ing or derogatory towards an in dividual or group of individuals on the basis of sex, race, colour, age, disability, class, socio-eco nomic condition, religion, mari tal status, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin”, and its proposal to set up a committee to monitor the policy and punish offenders. The committee will be made up of members from the Aboriginal Students Association, the Black Canadian Students’ A ssociation, the Dalhousie W om en’s co llectiv e, the Dalhousie Women’s Faculty Or ganization, the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian A ssociation of Dalhousie, and a half-dozen other administrators, faculty members and non-academic staff.

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Under the policy, punish ment for discriminatory remarks could include rehabilitation, com pensation to the victim, or the restriction of certain on-campus activities. Dalhousie philosophy pro fessor Robert Martin is one of the plan’s most vocal critics. Invok ing the need to defend academic freedom, he has claimed that the policy “would install a policy of terror and punishment” at the Uni versity,” and would make for a “faculty of self-gaggers”. Martin’s arguments seem designed to stir up concern that the new policy amounts to little more than a restrictive speech code of the type seen at some American private universities. In one case at Brown University in the fall of 1990, a student was expelled for yelling the words “kike” and “faggot” while in toxicated after a party. The report’s primary au thor, the university’s vice-presi dent of Student Services, Eric McKee, thinks Martin’s fears are overblown. “We were very care ful not to create a board of cen sors,” McKee said. “This is not about policing what is right and wrong with free speech, but rather deciding how to deal with speech that intimidates and silences other

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n ists n e v e r w en t d o w n th ere.

at th e H o n e y d e w re sta u ra n t to

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Q u e b e c s o c ie ty . T r i b u n e : D id you fig h t th e c h a n g e o f D o rc h e s te r to

and s e p a ra tist and a g ita to r and

R e n é -L é v e s q u e B o u le v a rd ?

all th a t stu ff, and th a t’s b e

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c a u s e at the tim e m y p e rc e p

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tio n w a s th at th e F re n c h w e re

c o u n c il. I v o te d a g a in st it and

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to h o n o u r his m e m o ry ; th e g u y

an d 1 7 8 d o n e an y g o o d ? N A d M : N o, th e y ’ve en

ju s t d ied and th e first th in g y o u

c o u ra g e d th e d e p a rtu re o f a

law h e c r e a te d .”

d o is v io la te th e sp irit o f th e

q u a rte r-m illio n an g lo p h o n e s.

T r ib u n e : Is y o u r p h iloso

T h a t 's c o s t us jo b s , co m p a n ie s

p h y o f life still “ d e n y e v e r y

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Entertainment S

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P la y e r 's T h e a t r e 's la t e s t o f f e r in g B Y N A T A L IE R A W L IN G S

What is the significance of language? What do words mean? Supposing you locked your self in a room without stimuli, did not speak and did not write. Even tually, would you develop a kind of aphasia, an illness characterized by the inability to transmit thoughts because the sign - the word - no longer matches the generally-accepted referent? This is the premise of Struan Sinclair’s latest play, Shift. The cast consists of three couples, six people all terribly fond of bickering with one an other. The linguistics professor, Melissa (Vanessa Rae) fails to show up at a dinner party one evening. HerhusbandPeter (Robert Palmer) tells a story in bits and pieces that is supposed to explain Melissas absence. Aspersions are cast on his credibility, though, because he seems to be fading in and out of awareness (no, not consciousness exactly). The arguments between the five set out the theme of Shift. There are moments in Shift when everyone is speaking and no one is listening. There are other moments at which words are spo ken and no understanding is reached. This occurs particularly

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Those souls brave enough to make their way through a record snowfall in search of theatrical delight were not disappointed Sat

in the communication between men and women. To suggest the mutability of meaning into nothing more than a gender issue is misleading and fac ile. Sinclair successfully avoids let ting the script degenerate into you-don ’t-understand-me-becauseyou’re-a-man/woman schlock. In stead, everyone begins to question what they are saying and how they are saying it. The irony is that everyone must use words, however flawed, to debate the merit of language. Silence does not speak. Even Melissa, who is supposedly trying to become mute in order to discover pure truth by locking herself in a tiny, dark room, communicates her thoughts to Peter through letters, read aloud by her for the benefit of the audience. Language is also used to communicate the banal. Yet even the banal has underlying meaning. Sandy (Stephanie Broschart) leaves the stage for the last time to prepare a cup of tea for Peter. Both are aware, however, that Sandy has no intention of making tea; it’s a ruse, a game they play for the sake of appearances despite the fact that there is no one but the audience left to impress. Shift relies on the audiences

urday night. The Department of English Drama and Theatre Pro gram’s production of The Tempest was greeted by an enthusiastic full house which was happily trans ported from snowy Montreal to a fantasy island.

M i r a n d a , if y o u ' r e g o in g t o p l a y c h e s s , b e s a f e .

realization that language is a ruse. Verbal communication may be a game that hides meaning, but it is all we have and occasionally, acci dentally, language provides mean ing. Sinclair’s dialogue has been dense with underlying meaning in the past. Although the dialogue is “lighter” than last year’s Passion Play, it could be difficult to deliver convincingly were it not for the force of the performances. Shift could very well have been a failed stage attempt to remake Peter's Friends and give it a point. The first production was riddled with technical miscues because it was also the dress rehearsal. Neverthe less, the actors did not misstep. The music is used sparingly and appropriately for effect. All in all, a good night out and the end ing, unlike most movies, is surpris ing. As Sinclair said, “It would be nice if more than five people came to see it.” Players’ Theatre needs support and this performance is well worth seeing. Shift continues at the Play ers’ Theatre (3rd floor Shatner building) until February 20th. The show begins at 8pm. Tickets cost $5fo r students and seniors, $10for adults. F or reservations and infor mation, call 398-6813.

S t r u a n S i n c l a i r 's d e f i n i t e S h if t i n t o h ig h g e a r .

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Recent improvements to Moyse Hall are being taken full advantage of as evidenced by Spike Lyne’s spectacular lighting design for the production. Special light ing effects were bold and welltimed, adding a new dimension to

one of Shakespeare’s classics. Lighting was consistently pleasing to the eye and successful in creat ing many different moods for the single set. Designed by Patrick Neilson, the set made excellent use of space, allowing action to take place on several levels. Visually appealing as well as functional, the set in this production becomes more than a backdrop for the action; it is a part of the action. Neilson also designed the costumes which, while aptly suggesting Shakespearian times, had a style all their own. Prospero’s robe was magnificent, as were the ensembles of the shipwrecked newcomers to the island. Performances were strong throughout with the pivotal role of Prospéra played by professional actor Anthony Pare. Nicole Zylstra sparkled as Ariel, lending humor and a lovely voice to the part. Chris Miller, turned in an amusing and bel ievable performance as the aged Gonzalo, while Chris Orange was perfeet as the wise-cracking Adrian. The antics of Trinculo (Laura Denison), Stephano (Robert Ross

Parker) and Caliban (Steve Moffitt) were both engaging and well inter preted. Samantha May pulled off the role of Prospero’s daughter Miranda with a sweetness that was the perfect foil to some of the less savoury characters on the island. Speaking of sweetness, one cannot forget the sprites played by stu dents of F. A.C.E. school who, once on stage, created a mood almost heavenly. The only problematic mo ment in the play occurred at the beginning of the first act. Though the storm scene was superbly cho reographed the sound effects tended to overwhelm the actors ’ lines. This situation was quickly remedied however, and the sound design for the remainder of the play enhanced rather than detracted from the ac tors’ performances. I f you have not yet had a chance to see McGill’s production o f The Tempest, do not despair. Performances continue from F eb ruary 17th to the 20th at 8pm in Moyse Hall and at a value-packed $6 student ticket price, this pro duction is not to be missed.

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DURAN DURAN - Duran Duran

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(Parlophone/EMI Records) In the early 1980’s, Duran Duran ruled the pop music world like few other bands ever have. After the loss o f two founding members, the remaining Duranies have struggled to adapt their sound to the changing landscape of pop. Duran Duran, their first disc in three years, sees D2 setting out to re-establish the sound they once described as a cross between the Sex Pistols and Chic. Clearly, the band has a sense of humour about its new position in the music world, as they sing in ‘T o o Much Information”: “De stroyed by MTV/I hate to bite the hand that feeds”.The Duranies prove they still have a few tricks up their sleeves, including a standard cover of the Velvet Un derground cla ssic “Fem m e Fatale.” At the very least, Duran Duran has matured and started to tackle issues other than “boy meets girl” . But lead singer Simon LeBon still has an annoying ten dency to break into a spontaneous whine, which generally detracts from the band’s sound. Besides, if all you want is “Femme Fatale”, get the original or check out

If vintage Duran Duran, sugar-coated pop is what you want, pull out your copy of Rio, throw it on your turntable, and kick back.

Duran Duran rates a 20 out o f 33 1/3.

self-righteousness and musical skill to carry the album off, but if Mary ’ s Danish hopes to stick around, the band better make sure none of those qualities goes stale.

American Standard rates a 26 out o f 33 113.

AMERICAN STANDARD - Marys Danish (MCA Records) Mary ’ s Danish is a ne w American band that plays down and dirty rock borrow ing heavily from funk and blues. Propelled by the wail ing vocals of lead singers Gretchen Seager and Julie Ritter, Mary’s Danish works through a remarkably diverse co lle ctio n o f songs on

American Standard. “Weeping Tree” is the strongest track on the album, a lonesome paean to lost ide alism (“Can’t really say whet been/Things have gone in the v* ong direction”). Despite the funk-rock base, Ritter manages to incorporate some interesting accordion “riffs”, and the whole band is held together by the stunning percussion o f James Bradley Jr. American Standard contains ju st enough b itterness, moral

OFF THE GROUND - Paul McCartney (Capitol Records) Ever since the Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney has struggled to prove that it wasn’t just John Lennon who wrote “meaningful” songs. Now that Lennon’s gone,

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McCartney has to work even harder, because Lennon’s reputation hasn’t been tarnished by the middle-aged sell-out that has plagued stars such as Rod Stewart, David Bowie and Elton John. O ff The G round is McCartney’s latest solo release, and his first studio effort since 1989’s Flowers In The Dirt. Unfortunately, this album bears none of the strength of that al bum. Every time McCartney tackles a social issue, such as on “Looking for Changes”, he ei ther botches it completely or mins a good song with an intol erable chorus. The two songs from hiscollaboration with Elvis Costello (“Mistress and Maid” and “The Lovers That Never Were”) are highlights. “I Owe It All To You” is another quality track, but with song titles like “Biker Like An Icon” and inane lyrics that appear in “Golden Earth G irl” (some drivel about “eggshell seas”?!?); OffThe Ground never seems to live up to its lofty title. And besides, McCartney still hasn’t realized what the rest o f the world has: Linda is a liability. Off The Ground should be buried six feet under it.

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ka-BLOOM - Flowerhead (ZOO/BMG Records) From the gmnge-drenched opening chords of “Acid Reign” through the dying strains of “Sunflower”, Flowerhead’s de but release ka-BLOOM is an in teresting exploration of contem porary rock music. Owing as much of a debt to the Manchester sound, Bauhaus and old Black Sabbath as to Seattle’s “scene”, Flowerhead explores every possible type of rock song available. Their skills as musicians and songwriters are not particularly remarkable, but these guys certainly know how to put a song together in the studio. Don’t misunderstand me. This band is not the newest win ner of the Def Leppard A ward for Special Achievement in Over production; it is just the creator of w ell-constructed and mixed songs. If you can get past the lyr ics (“Please don’t stop/I like it on top”), this isn’t a half-bad album.

ka-BLOOM rates a 22 2/3 out o f 33 113.

HOMEBREW - Neneh Cherry (Circa/Virgin Records) The follow-up to 1989’s Raw Like Sushi, Homebrew is another fine effort from this matured diva. What separates Neneh Cherry from her contem poraries is that even when she’s deadly serious she frames her idealism in music that is enjoy able, danceable and memorable. Even if you don’t care about her moral baggage, you can stil 1carry this music around with you and enjoy it. It seems that since R.E.M. became the hippest band in the world several years ago, it’s now obligatory for new artists to seek out vocalist Michael Stipe as a potential collaborator. Following in a fine tradition established by Indigo Girls and 10,000 Maniacs, Cherry turns in‘Trout”, a standout track about sex education from her sophomore effort, Homebrew. The song, featuring Stipe’s lyrics and vocals, borrows riffs from both Steppenwolf and Led Zep pelin, and ceaselessly amuses. Cherry also seems able to tackle subjects like sexuality and feminism without resorting to the self-parody and media-courting that other artists like Madonna feel compelled to utilize. “Move With Me” is the requisite ballad (after all, what’s an album with out a sappy love song?), and proves itself as quality, but Cherry ultimately falls short when she tries to record pure-rap songs like “Ain’t Gone Under Yet”. Still, Homebrew is a strong album that will likely stand be side the best of her career.

Homebrew rates a 28 out o f 33 113. F e b r u a r y 1 5 , 1 9 9 3 a t 5 :0 0 p m

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How bad are they?: Movies for the cinematically impaired B Y E L IZ A B E T H M C C O R M A C K AND S IF T H O R G E IR S S O N

Why is it that a simple trip to the video store to pick up The Mis sion always turns into an hour-long perusal of such classics as Edward Penishands ? While we dismiss this schlock with wild fits of giggles, we all know that deep down, we have a burning desire to watch them. Fi nally, we have a valid excuse. We are pleased to present three of the “worst” movies we’ve come across in our quest for the perfect flick.

HERCULES IN NEW YORK

(1969) director: Arthur Seidelman starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arnold Stang

distinguishing feature: Arnold like you’ve never heard him This low-budget portrayal of Hercules’ trip to the mortal world after a 2,000-year absence stretches the bounds of even the most creative imagination. The film is an attempt to reconstruct the old myths of Greece in Central Park. However, the viewer is inca pable of overlooking the mélange of inconsistencies which permeate the film. Roman and Greek names are indiscriminately interchanged:

Venus for Aphrodite, Mercury for Hermes, and Juno for Hera. While visiting the mortal world, i.e. the Big Apple, Hercules conveniently becomes the arche typal American success story. After landing penniless in New York, he quickly gets a wrestling contract, a hot babe, and fame. For the clim ax, Hercules temporarily loses his immortal strength and must be saved by Atlas and Samson, the latter conveniently joining the group at the beckoning of Zeus. The interjection of this biblical character is either an attempt to reconcile pagan and Christian myth, or, unbeknownst to the Western world, Samson and Zeus were buds. Tin-foil thunderbolts, B-A-D acting, and Arnold’s voiceover put this movie over the top. We are hoping that this movie was made without serious motives; otherwise, it is one sad piece of work. Quotable genius: Mercury: Mortal man has no more belief in the old ways. Hercules: I enjoy myself just the same. Mercury: You are living a fallacy. Hercules: It’s not hurting me. Mercury: Such overconfi dence could be ruinous. Hercules: I ’m going to take a

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COOL AS IC E (1991) director: David Kellogg starring: Vanilla Ice, Kristin Minter, Michael Gross

distinguishing feature: How does one “schling a schlong,” and why does one have to cross the street to do it? Self-proclaimed “rap techni cian” Vanilla Ice makes his film debut in this “action/romance/ thriller/comedy” which has the definite feel of a 92-minute music video. This movie is a garish display o f self-indulgent, self-obsessed egotism. As Johnny the wandering rap minstrel, Vanilla makes his way through trite, clichéd words of wisdom: “Live your life for some one else - you ain’t livin’.” This film buys into every cinematic stereotype; Vanilla is the misun derstood bad boy who falls for the beautiful, smart-talking super stu dent (she, of course, scores perfect on her SATs). Vanilla saves the day, wins the girl, the parents’ ap proval, and the hearts of th irteen -year-old girls across

America. As rap’s greatest fashion vic tim , V a n illa ’ s contrived pseudo-macho mannerisms are highly amusing, especially as he frolicks (to his own rap ballad) with his girl of choice through a con struction site, a desert, and ameadow - all within the same suburban dis trict. The only redeeming value of this film is the interesting cinema tography. It is a successful attempt to capture the colour and vibrancy of rap and pop culture. The cherry on the Vanilla Ice (cream) is the special appearance by supermodel Naomi Cam pbell posing as a back-up singer to Vanilla in the opening sequence. Quotable genius: Johnny: I don’t sweat it under pressure because I’m cool as ice.

WHO’S THAT GIRL? (1987) director: James Foley starring : Madonna, Griffin Dunne distinguishing feature: Madonna whistles for her big pussy. The question shouldn’t be “Who’s that girl?” but “Why are we inflicting this movie on ourselves?”

The film ’s director, James Foley, is a man definitely out o f work. Frag mented and aimless, Who's That Girl? follows the escapades of Nikki Fenn, a newly-paroled convict de termined to clear her name. Louden Trott, assigned the dubious task of making sure Nikki leaves town right away, gets caught up in the uncon ventional mystique. A bad cross between Some thing Wild and After Hours , the film attempts to reconcile the ordinary and mundane with the spunky and spontaneous. It fails B-A -D -L-Y. For some strange reason, the director thought it would be a good idea if Madonna adopted a whiny, baby, Queens-accented voice. It is SO annoying that one would almost prefer to li sten to a defunct car alarm for an equivalent 94 minutes. Griffin Dunne is the film’s only saving grace. His performance is, as usual, eclectic and hilarious. This movie prompts the reader to ask the eternal question: Why, why, why? Quotable genius: Nikki: You got really neat hands. Louden: Thanks, they came with the arm.

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O TTAW A RED M EN B Y C H R ISTO PH ER RIGNEY After thoroughly outplaying the Trois Rivières Patriotes for the first two periods, the Redmen allowed the game to become uncomfortably close before finally defeating their Quebec rivals for a key 3-2 divisional victory at McConnell Arena last Friday night. Les Patriotes set the tone for the game early on as they exercised their noticeable size advantage, resulting in many uneven exchanges. Despite being out-hit, however, the Redmen exhibited a collective team hustle, which paid dividends on the opening score. Fifth-year forward Mike Grady stepped up to intercept a UQTR breakout pass, forcing a two on one situation. Holding the puck long enough to pull the defencemen out of the play, Grady deftly slipped the puck to a trailing Mike Buffone, who gave McGill a 10 edge, 4:35 into the first period. Time and time again, the more experienced Patriotes attempted to in timidate the younger Redmen, until some pushing and shoving in front of the Trois Rivières net led to the assess ment of five minor penalties. The pe nalized Redmen included Todd Hanrahan, Guy Boucher, and Stacey McGregor. " When asked if his team was in timidated by the grueling physical play of les Patriotes, McGill head coach Jean Pronovost did not see his squad as

backing down. ‘They hit us because we carried the puck so much. You’re going to get hit if you dominate the puck,” said Pronovost. “It’s as simple as that.” Shortly after the penalties had expired, Redmen captain Marc Vigneault added to the McGill lead with a nifty breakaway sequence that brought the 350 fans in attendance to their feet. Cutting right to left in front of UQTR goalie Ghislain Lefebvre, Vigneault was stoned on his initial at tempt. The rebound bounced off Ghislain’s pad back onto Vigneault’s stick, whereupon the Redmen captain scored through the netminder’s fivehole, giving McGill a 2-0 lead 14:24 into the game. After a second period tally by defenceman Luc Latulippe, the Redmen entered the final period with what seemed like an insurmountable threegoal lead. Looming large, however, was the mystique of Redmen futility against les Patriotes. Sure enough, 2:13 into the final session, UQTR forward Richard Hamelin picked up a rebound off a slapshot by defencemen Christian Ratthe as he beatRedmen goalie Patrick Jeanson to make it a 3-1 score. Nearly five minutes later, Hamelin once again beat Jeanson, this time one a wellplaced slapshot from the right faceoff circle, at the 12:20 mark. A deafening silence came over the season’s largest crowd, as the game seemed to be rap idly slipping away from the suddenly hapless Redmen. McGill centre Boucher admit ted that the Redmen may have become too content with their domination of Trois Rivières through the first two periods. ‘The first two periods we took it

H a v e l l u c k ( 1 4 ) a d d s t h e f i n is h in g t o u c h e s .

to them, but then suddenly we were letting them take it to us,” recalled Boucher. For the Redmen, the last 12:20 of the game must have seemed to last an eternity after Latulippe was assessed a ten minute misconduct penalty. With the defensive corps weakened by the loss, les Patriotes applied constant pressure, outshooting McGill 16-3 in the period. The frenzied offensive at tack culminated with a final shot by Trois Rivières center Eric Girard with a mere 16 ticks left on the scoreboard clock. With Jeanson screened by the numerous scrambling players in front of him, Girard’s shot clanged off the right goal post, the sound of which resonated off the metallic walls of

McConnell Winter Arena. As time expired, the Redmen and their fans breathed a collective sigh of relief, re alizing how close their victory had come to evaporation. Jeanson, who made many key saves to preserve the victory while earning the game’s first star, admitted that a bit of luck may have been in volved during the match’s final se quence. “With everyone in front, I couldn’t see the puck coming. I could see him [Girard] wind up, so I went butterfly and hoped for the best,” re called the goalie. Added Jeanson: “I guess that I got a bit of good luck too.” Coach Pronovost, visibly satis fied with his team’s triumph over a key

Quebec rival, seemed unwilling to attribute the preserved Redmen vic tory to luck. “After all,” declared the confi dent yet relieved coach, “the posts are part of the goalie’s equipment.” Following a 6-4 loss in Ottawa to the Gee Gees on S unday, the Redmen will travel to Toronto this weekend to play their final regular season game against Ryerson.________________

M cG ill’s T h re e S ta rs

1) Patrick Jeanson 2) Marc Vigneault 3) Mark Shewfelt

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Never mind the score. Pay no attention to the fact that the Martlets lost to the number-one ranked Winni peg Lady Wesmen 88-66 on Saturday; this was great basketball. McGill led from the jump, play ing the game the way it should be played, and demonstrating why the Martlets are first in QUBL league play. Rookie forward Vicky Tessier has an uncanny Bird-like ability to pass right to the open woman. She dumped, threaded and handed off to the low post inside, where forwards Martina van der Vlist (14 points) and Jane Ross (16) kept laying it up. It was poetic basketball, right up unti 1the halftime buzzer when W innipeg pulled even, 38-all. Even into the third quarter, a wobbly Wesmen de fence. çquRJij’.t fi&qr? opt Jt>? .MçGill

offensive strategy; the bounces all went the other way, and poor #10 couldn’t shake the shooting hex brought down upon her by some of the Martlet fans. Only with 13:20 remaining did Winnipeg get ahead for the first time and find some momentum, beginning to find a consistency that was lacking in the first 30 minutes. McGill, mean while, was looking tired and ragged. The Martlets somehow developed a penchant for passing through the key, which got the ball picked off, and the turnovers eventually killed them. But the score doesn’t do justice to a stellar first-half performance by the Martlets, who demonstrated their mettle and number-seven rank in Canada. “It’s too bad the game wasn’t just the firsthalf,’’noted assistant coach Linda Macpherson. ‘Talent-wise we can play, but we were beaten by amuch more spirited team. Winnipeg played the 40th minute as hard as the first.” “Our youthfulness showed to night,” conceded head coach Chris Hunter, referring to a mostly rookie bench. “I’m happy about some things, but we need a little more maturity at guard.” Point guards Sandra Veillette and Mélanie Gagné switched back and

forth, trying to orchestrate a consistent McGill offence. But Tessier, who is usually a high scorer, had to take over the passing game, and was only able to contribute six points to the Martlet total. “Winnipeg extended their de fence, and took our game outside the three-point line. We needed Vicky outside to pass, and it took her away form scoring,” said Hunter. “Our wheels just came off in the last 15 minutes.” Neither Hunter nor Macpherson, however, are dwelling on the outcome. They are up in a grudge rematch this week against Laval, who dealt McGill its only league loss— by two points— in the last contest. “We’ll have to see how we bounce back,” said Macpherson. “We just need a day or two to lick our wounds, then it’s back to business as usual.” In another game last Wednes day, the Martlets ran roughshod over number-nine ranked Manitoba 86-46. Jane Ross led McGill with 23 points and nine rebounds. The Martlets will be taking care of business Friday at 6:30 pm at Laval. Their next home game is Friday, Feb ruary 26; 6:30 pm against Concordia.

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The McGill Tribune, Februaiy 16 - Match 2,1992

S p o rts

M cG ill p r o d u c e s h a lf o f O W IA A S y n c h r o a ll- s t a r s B Y T R IB U N E S P O R T S

S c h w a r t z e n h a u e r , M e l in d a W arren ,

STA FF

W endy

P o lla rd ,

Y v o n n e S c h u t, K a re n W h it M cG ill S y n c h ro fin ish ed s e c o n d to th e U n iv e rs ity o f

in g , J a c in t h e B r o s s e a u

an d

N a th a lie A u d e t, p la c e d se c o n d

T o ro n to at the O W I A A c h a m

ah ead o f Q u e e n ’ s b y a m a rg in

p io n sh ip s h eld at U o f T last

o f 0 . 0 7 o f a p o in t w ith a s c o r e

w e e k e n d , an d p ro v e d th e ir

o f 7 3 . 3 3 3 3 . T o ro n to to o k first

o v e r a ll s tre n g th a m o n g th e

w ith 7 8 . 0 0 0 0 p o in ts.

O W I A A a ll-s ta rs , w h e re th ey

“ A lth o u g h w e h ad h o p e d

m a d e up h a lf o f th e te a m o f ten

to w in th e te a m an d I d o n ’t

sw im m e rs ch o se n fro m a m o n g

thin k th at T o ro n to d e se rv e d

the 6 5 sw im m e rs w h o c o m

su ch h igh m a rk s fo r a ro u tin e

p e ted .

th at w a s n ’t m o re d iffic u lt th an

“ M c G ill h a s n ’t h ad su ch

o u r s , w e ’ re h a p p y to h a v e

a stro n g sy n ch ro n iz e d s w im

m a in ta in e d o u r ra n k in g m e e t

m in g te a m in at le a st ten y e a rs .

fin ish to c o m e h o m e w ith the

I ’m re a lly p rou d o f the g ir ls ,”

s ilv e r m e d a l,” sta te d S p e n c e .

c o m m e n te d h ead c o a c h G e rry

C o m p e titio n c o n tin u e d S u n d a y w ith d u ets b eg in n in g

D u b ru le. C o m p e titio n g o t u n d e r

b righ t and e a rly at 8 :1 5 a m .

w ay

on S a tu rd a y w ith the

A g a in

s o lo

and

m e d a l w ith a s c o r e o f 7 6 . 3 3 3 3 ,

c lo s e c o m p e titio n . T o r o n to ’ s S y n c h r o n i z e d s m ile s a l l r o u n d a f t e r a n n o u n c e m e n t o f a l l - s t a r t e a m . fo u r n a tio n a l te a m s w im w a s e v id e n c e d b y th e m a rk s . h a lf o f th e a ll-s ta r te a m . N o T h e se n io r fig u re s o n c e m e rs to o k first and s e c o n d , O u r s c o r e im p ro v e d b y at le a st o th e r te a m a t the co m p e titio n a g a in p ro v e d a d ifficu lt c a t and B ro sseau a n d s e v e n p o in ts f r o m th e la s t e g o r y w ith co m p e titio n fro m h ad th a t kind o f an a ll-a ro u n d

d e sp ite a sh o u ld e r in ju ry in

S ch w a rtz e n h a u e r

cu rre d d u rin g m o rn in g p r a c

fo u rth by ju s t 0 . 8 , lo s in g th e ir

tic e . C y n d y S c h w a rtz e n h a u e r

te a m

e v e n ts.

M c G ill’ s Je rrilin

S p en ce

sw am

her

w a y to a silv e r

M c G ill e n c o u n te re d

p la c e d

te a m

p e rfo rm a n c e , so I thin k our

f ig u r e s th e

s w im m e rs . S p e n c e m o v e d up

h ard w o rk re a lly p aid o f f in

th ird -p la ce ran k in g to Q u een ’ s .

M a rtle ts s h o w e d th e ir stren g th

to fo u rth fro m a p re v io u s six th

m a k in g th is y e a r a v e ry s u c

fin ish ed s ix th , less then tw o

W h itin g and S c h u t, h o w e v e r,

w h en B r o s s e a u , W a r r e n and

p la c e ra n k in g , w h ile W h itin g

c e s s f u l o n e ,” sta te d a ssista n t

p o in ts

im p ro v e d th e ir s e v e n th -p la c e

S a ra h S to n e e a s ily to o k first,

p la c e d se v en th .

c o a c h J a n e t G illis.

finish fro m th eir la st c o m p e ti

se c o n d and th ird re s p e c tiv e ly

“ W e m a y n o t h a v e w on

M c G ill fan s w ill g e t a

tio n by m o v in g up to six th .

in th e field o f 1 8 . In in te rm e d i

the b a n n e r th is y e a r , but w e

c h a n c e to v ie w th e M a r tle ts ’

a te f ig u r e s , P o lla r d

p ro w e s s in M a rc h w h en the

b e h in d h e r Q u e e n ’ s

c o m p e tito r . Q u e e n ’ s a lso p ro v e d to

T o ro n to ’s

m e e t,” sa id W h itin g . In N o v i c e

n a tio n a l

b e to u g h c o m p e titio n in the

“ O u r s y n c h r o n iz a t i o n ,

p la c e d

h ad a v e ry stro n g te a m , e v i

te a m e v e n t, w h ere the M a rtle ts,

w h ich is u su ally to u g h fo r u s,

fo u rth an d S c h u t c a m e in fifth ,

d e n c e d by th e f a c t th at fiv e

w om en

m a d e up o f sw im m e rs S p e n c e ,

w a s righ t o n , w h ich I thin k

w h ile A u d e t fin ish ed e ig h th .

M c G ill s w im m e rs m a d e up

fu n d ra isin g w a te r sh o w .

p la n

h ost

S h e r b r o o k e s t y m ie s R e d m e n v o lle y b a ll c h a ra c te riz e d b y la st d itch h e

tra te d S h e rb ro o k e sid e. W ith

SH ER BR O O K E

r o ic s a v e s , w a s in sh a rp c o n

th e m o m e n tu m

RED M EN

tra st to S h e rb ro o k e ’s e ffe c tiv e

M c G i ll w e n t u p

p a s s in g

d e fe a t 1 5 - 7 .

o n its sid e, 1 2 -8

an d

p la y e d in an o p en to u rn a m e n t

T h e R e d m e n w e re n e v e r

A g a in s t s tro n g c o m p e titio n ,

s e e m e d d e stin e d to ta k e the

S h e rb ro o k e , but th e y did n o t

th e y a d v a n c e d to th e p la y o ff

S h e rb ro o k e s e e m e d to d o m i

g a m e . B u t a la ck o f se rv in g

c o n s is te n tly

ro u n d .

n ate th e R e d m e n in all a re a s ,

c o n s is te n c y a llo w e d a r e v ita l

S h e rb ro o k e ’ s le v e l eith e r. T h e

but e s p e c ia lly in b lo ck in g and

iz e d S h e rb ro o k e sid e to figh t

s e c o n d g a m e w as an e x a m p le

a g a in st s o m e v e ry g o o d te a m s

g a m e a g a in st th e S h e rb ro o k e

c o v e rin g .

b a c k an d w in 1 6 - 1 4 .

o f w h a t c o u ld be p o ssib le if

and m a d e it to th e q u a rte r fi

V e rt et O r, th e M cG ill R e d m e n

co n tin u a lly fa c e d s tro n g d o u

“ W e lo s t th e m a tc h in the

the te a m is g iv e n a fa ir a llo t

n a ls ,” said L lo y d .

v o lle y b a ll te a m

h ig h

ble b lo c k s , w h ile th e V e rt et

se c o n d g a m e ,” said a frustrated

m e n t o f p r a c tic e tim e and su p

h o p e s. A w in w ou ld h a v e v ir

O r u su a lly fa c e d a stra in in g

h e a d c o a c h Ian Jo rd a n . “ It w as

p o rt.

tu a lly assu red th e m o f a th ird -

M c G ill line. S h e rb ro o k e w e n t

a h e ll o f a g a m e , but th o se

p la c e fin ish in th e le a g u e and

ahead

m is s e d s e r v e s re a lly sh o w ed

m o re , but b e ca u s e o f o u r la ck

w in , th e y w ill a d v a n c e to the

th e

th a t

c lo s e d o u t the g a m e 1 5 - 5 . B u t

o u r in e x p e r ie n c e .”

p la y o f f s an d w ill tr a v e l to

S h e rb ro o k e w as w ith in th eir

the R e d m e n n e v e r g a v e up,

D e fe a t w a s a lre a d y in the

fiv e

Q u e b e c C ity on S a tu rd a y to

g ra sp . In a p re v io u s m a tc h , the

and th eir initial m ista k e s b egan

a ir as M c G ill d e je c te d ly e n

tim e s p e r w e e k ; w e are lu ck y

p la y p e r e n n ia l p o w e r h o u s e

R e d m e n h ad tak en the V e rt et

to be c o rre c te d .

te re d th e th ird g a m e . N o t ev en

to g e t in tw o . W e h a v e n o th in g

L a v a l.

T h e R e d m e n w e n t in to

a v e rb a l th ra sh in g by c o a c h

to be a sh a m e d o f by this resu lt.

c u m b in g . B u t M c G ill’ s lack

the se c o n d g a m e d e te rm in e d

Jo rd a n a fte r th e s e c o n d g a m e

W e w o rk e d h ard and h a v e a

o f e x p e r ie n c e p ro v e d fa ta l as

to turn th in gs a ro u n d . T h e y

d id m u c h to in v ig o ra te the

g o o d b u n ch o f g u y s ,” said J o r

th e y w e re d e fe a te d 3 - 0 .

b egan to read the S h e rb ro o k e

te a m . T h e y tra ile d 8 - 4 , then

d an .

o ffen ce

1 2 - 5 , an d fin a lly w e n t d o w n to

B Y JA M IE D EA N G o in g

in to

R edm en

S u n d ay’s

had

knew

O r to fiv e g a m e s b e fo re s u c

“ It w as a h e a rtb re a k e r,”

7 -1

c o n tro l.

M c G i l l ’ s h it t e r s

and

e v e n tu a lly

an d d e f e n c e m u c h

said ca p ta in S te v e L lo y d . “ W e

b e tte r, p u ttin g a w a y f a r m o re

h ad a lo t on th e lin e, but w e

w in n e rs and fru s tra tin g th e

c o u ld n ’t c o m e th ro u g h w ith a

o p p o sin g h itters. A c o m p la in t

w in .”

lo d g e d A s in p ast m a tc h e s , the

p la y

s h o u ld

fu n d in g

S h erb ro o k e

p ra ctice c a n ’ t.

p ra c tic e s

h a n d li n g

g re a tly in flu e n ce th e re fe re e .

c a lls

seem ed

In th e first g a m e , M c G i ll ’ s

H e m a d e s e v e ra l c lo s e ca lls

d is a s te r-c o n tro l

a g a in st an in c re a s in g ly fru s

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M A N IT O B A RED M EN

8 9 7 3

B Y C R A IG B E R N E S

M c G ill's M c M a h o n r e t u r n s t o t h e f r a y in f in e f o r m .

Last week saw the McGill basketball Redmen take a new measure o f themselves. Saturday night the team played host to the Winnipeg Wesmen, who are with good reason C the number-one team in the country. £ Following a tight win over secondX ranked Concordia on Friday night, ®*the Wesmen came to the Currie g Gym possibly looking for a respite. S They did not find one. • McGill ran with Winnipeg ^through the first ten minutes, when «j the score was tied at 15. Then, with J g 6 ’ H " Doug M cM ahon on the Redmen bench, Winnipeg storks Norm Froemel and Je ff Foreman

o u t

f o r

temporarily took over the paint. The Wesmen outscored McGill 14-4 over the next four minutes, which proved to be the difference. Trailing 42-31 at the half, McGill came out strong in the sec ond and took the game to Winni peg. Although the Wesmen were forced to foul more than they would have liked, they kept pace, and the two teams traded baskets the rest of the game. It was just that Winnipeg traded a little more often. The Redmen were not with out their chances. With 14 minutes left in the game, Todd McDougall made it a 55-45 deficit on two free throws. The preceding foul was Froemel’s fourth; he would sit down for the next eight minutes. If the Redmen were to come back, that was the time. Trouble with their shot selection, however, meant that the Redmen gained no ground. “They didn’t make any mis takes,” said McDougall, who wound up with 14 points. “When we stopped giving it inside, they came right back. If we could have knocked their big guys out, it might have been a different game.” Still, the Redmen did not dis grace themselves against a team that was completely under control for 40 minutes. Jon Campbell again im pressed for McGill as he tied his

n u m

b e r

o n e

career high o f 21 points. Fifteen of those came in the second half, and in all Campbell played 22 minutes. While some o f those points came after the game was out of reach, coach Ken Schildroth can hardly fail to notice the performance. “T hey’re the number one team, and I was looking forward to playing them all week, ” said Campbell. With McGill playing more aggressively in the second half, Campbell was able to play his style o f game and was repeatedly sent to the foul line. “I thought we did a really good job against a very experienced team,” said Schildroth. “We went through a few lapses, but overall, it was a real positive game for us.” On Wednesday, the Redmen lost to Manitoba 89-73 despite Ryan Schoenals’ 24 points and five threepoint baskets. Most of those points were scored on a sprained ankle that kept Schoenals out of most o f Sat urday’s game. The Redmen actu ally led Manitoba for much o f the first half before tiring in the second. The two losses last week will not count in league standings. McGill is still 6-3 and will host either Bishop’s or Laval in the league semi-final after the break. The Redmen next play at home against Concordia February 26 at 6:30 pm.

Political Research and Information Officer In a n e f f o r t to s tre n g th e n its p o litic a l r e p r e s e n ta tio n f o r s tu d e n ts b o th w ith in th e U n i v e r s it y a n d e x t e r n a ll y to th e U n iv e r s ity , th e S tu d e n ts' S o c i e t y o f M c G i ll U n i v e r s it y is lo o k in g f o r a P o l i ti c a l R e s e a r c h a n d I n f o r m a tio n O f f ic e r . T h e f o c u s o f th e j o b is tw o f o ld . F i r s t , to a c t a s a p o litic a l r e s o u r c e p e r s o n f o r th e S o c ie t y , in c lu d in g a v a ila b ility to the s tu d e n t e x e c u t i v e a n d o th e r s f o r in f o r m a tio n an d r e s e a r c h p u r p o s e s a n d m a in ta in in g a g e n e r a l r e s o u r c e c e n t r e w ith lib ra ry a n d g e n e r a l a c c e s s file s w ith a c o m p u te r f ilin g s y s te m . S e c o n d ly , to c o n d u c t p o litic a l r e s e a r c h o n is s u e s im p o r ta n t to s tu d e n ts , in c lu d in g s e e k in g p r o je c t fu n d in g f r o m th e g o v e r n m e n t a n d o th e r s o u r c e s .

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B Y ANDREW R O S S Last Sunday afternoon the Martlets volleyball squad hosted pow erhouse Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or on the court at Currie Gym and lost by a score of three games to none. In the first set the visitors from the Eastern Townships seemed taken aback by the Martlets' initial surge. While the Martlets were accurately lay ing their spikes on the Vert et Or side of the court, the visitors were committing unforced errors in their transition game that allowed the Martlets to flutter out front by five points. Then McGill stalled. Down 8-13, Sherbrooke took a time out and returned with resolve. The Martlets' blocking wilted under a Sherbrooke barrage and when the smoke had cleared, the Vert et Or had stolen the set with seven con secutive points, 15-13. Out for blood, the Martlets struck back 4-0 to begin the second set, but then watched as the Sherbrooke artil lery re-awoke. The Vert et Or marched to another set victory, allowing McGill only two more points. In the third round Sherbrooke perfected their intimidating combina tion of suffocating blocking and shud dering power-hitting, led by their mo bile cannon, Nicole Desmarais. They led 12-1 before the Martlets ruffled their feathers and took a stand. Showing that they could meet Sherbrooke’s calibre of play, the Martlets fought back to make it 12-9 before they let the Vert et Or slip to set and match victories— 15-13, 15-6, 15-

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overconfidence and get the team back on track. “They weren’t taking the game very seriously,” Morin explained, “so I talked to them in the first set. After that...” M artlets’ coach Rachèle Béliveau recognized that the two teams have different goals. Sherbrooke is looking to win the provincial finals, while McGill seeks smaller measures of team success, like keeping to their game plan. Béliveau attributed the Martlets’ first set dominance to her team’s adherence to its pre-game strat egy, which included keeping Nicole Desmarais away from the net. “We had a good game plan and the team stuck to it [in the first set]. We wanted to work on blocking and keep it away from number nine [Desmarais],” she detailed. “But Sherbrooke adjusted in the second set and we came back a bit too late. If we can follow the game plan for the whole game, then we’ll be stronger.” Martlet captain Maryam Moayeri also felt that Sherbrooke was allowed to unduly dictate the flow of the game, while the Martlets failed to cohere as a team. “They [Sherbrooke] played a slow game, so we played slow as well,” she observed. We played well indi vidually, but not together or with very much enthusiasm.” The Martlets gear up for the provincial championships in Cowansville March 27 with a club tournament in Montreal on March 6.

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Many members of the McGill track team were rejected by the organizers of the Corsaire Chaparal invitational meet held at Montreal’s Centre Claude Robillard last Saturday because they were not mem bers of private track clubs. As a result, only athletes affiliated with clubs participated, which left quite a few university students on the sidelines. Coach Dennis Barrett is incensed. “When kids run only three affiliated events a year, it’s ludicrous to pay $50 to join a club,” he said. “I ’m in the process of writing a letter right now.” Despite its depleted ranks, McGill managed to secure quite a few first-place finishes. Mélanie Choinière won the women’s 600m in 1:34.98, which is the fastest electronic time clocked in the CIAU this year. Maeve Muldowney was second in 1:37.23. Charles Thomas took the men’s 600m in 1:23.16. LindaThyerplaced first in the women’s 3000m in 9:50.09, and Jean-Nicolas Duval won the men’s 3000m in 8:29.08. The lone entry in the men’s 4x800m relay was McGill’s team composed of Thomas, Pat Merrin, Christian Murray and Francois Léonard, which nar rowly missed the qualifying time for the CIAU Nationals. The team’s next competition will be the Provincial Championships on February 26-27 in Sherbrooke.

The women’s hockey team spentmuch of last weekend on a bus as the Martlets travelled on Friday to Hanover, New Hampshire, to play against Dartmouth College, then contin ued on to a weekend tournament hosted by Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. Against Dartmouth, the Martlets were shut out 13-0. The following day, the shell-shocked squad narrowly lost to Colby College 3-1, with Alyson Fournier scoring for McGill. The Martlets’ fortunes turned on Sunday as they de feated Middlebury 9-6, with five goals and an assist from Brenda Benson. “She was possessed out there,” said head coach Geoff Phillips. Alyson Fournier had one goal and four assists, while Monica Cermignani scored once and added three assists. Other goals came from Jocelyne Barrett and Mélanie Bourque. September Weir was between the posts for McGill during all three games. The Martlets’ next game will be this Friday, February 19 at John Abbott College at 6:30pm. On Saturday the 20th they host Bishop’s at 6:30 for what will be their final appear ance this season.

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