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A m nesty In te rn a tio n a l m eets every Tuesday 6:30pm, Shatner 435. For all. For info: 398-1519. The D epartm ent of History Speak ers Series presents Prof. Peter Hoffman on “Stauffenberg - Questions of Biography”. 4:00pm, Thompson, 3650 McTavish. The C entre for Developing Area Studies presents Eva Lazar speaking on Canadian development aid to Philippines. 12:00pm, 3715 Peel, Seminar Rm 100. For info: 398-3507. The McGill Medical F raternity is hosting a lecture by Dr. Balfour Mount: “Holistic Medicine? The nature of whole ness in a secular age.” 7 :00pm, McIntyre, Rm 522. Free. For all. Important M arketing C lub meet ing. Free gift for all those who attend. 5:30pm, Bronf 426. McGill W .I.S.E. presents a panel discussion of “A Female Perspective on Science". 7:30pm, Lea26. In te rn a tio n a l W om en’s W eek Events (IW W E): l:00-5:00pm: Feminist Video Festival: Women and Sexuality in Lea232. IW W E: 7:00pm: Shakti presents Rebecca W alker in the St.Bio. Aud. The Faculty of Music presents the Contemporary Music Ensemble. 8:00pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info: 398-4547. W ednesday. M arch 10 McGill Im prov presents a 24-hour Improv Marathon starting at 7:45pm in Shatner 107/108. Proceeds go to the McGill Sexual Assault Centre. The McGill C hristian C haplains present a speakers series on “What consti tutes true greatness?” Tonight: Prof. Patricia Kirkpatrick. 8:00pm, Newman Centre, 3484 Peel. For info: 398-4104. The Association for B aha’i Stud ies presents Prof. William Hatcher of Laval University: “Who Is Baha’u’llah?” 2:304:00pm in Shatner 302. IW W E : Sexual Assault Centre

presents “Celebrate Being a Woman”, an experimental workshop. 11:30am-1:00pm, Shatner 310. IW W E: Mohawk traditionalist hu man rights activist Ellen Gabriel: Native women and Native issues. 7:00pm, FDA Aud. IW W E: Players’ Theatre and the Women’s Union present “Blatantly Sexual.” 9:30pm, Players’Theatre, 3rd floor Shatner. The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Jazz Ensemble H. 8:00pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info: 398-4547. T hursday. M arch 11 The B iochem istry D epartm ent presents Dr. Igor B. Roninson: “Genetic Suppressor Elements. A New Approach to the Analysis of Biological System s.” 12:00pm, McIntyre, Rm 903. The Anthropology Speakers Se ries present Prof. Charles Leslie: “Anthropology/Academic Freedom/Scientific Rac ism.” 4:30-6:00pm, Lea738. Student Health Services presents Seif C are Day 1993. 10:00am-3:00pm, Shatner 107/108. For more info: 398-6017. The C entre fo r Developing Area Studies presents a panel discussion on Women and AIDS: A Comparative Per spective on Policies and Experiences. 3:00pm, 3715 Peel, Seminar Rm 100. For info: Ania, 276-7944. IW W E : T he W om en’s U nion presents the Fem inist Video Festival: Woman Organizing for Change (Part 2). 12:00-5:00pm, Lea232. IW W E: An evening of woman-di rected films presented by the NFB. 7:0010:00pm, L eal3Z IW W E: Traditional Indian dance by Rima, then “Blatantly Sexual”. 9:30pm, Players’ Theatre. The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Chamber Winds and the Orpheus Singers. 8:00pm , Pollack H all, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info: 3984547. Friday. M arch 12

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The Yellow Door Coffee House presents a Women’s Week Concert with Trisha Sky, Kath Sur-ryan, and Lynn Chalifoux. 8:00pm, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. $2.00. For info, 398-6243. The McGill M edical Fraternity and the P & OT Students' Association are holding a party. 9:00pm, Medical Annex, 3708 Peel. Admission $3.00. For all. IW W E : The W om en’s Union presents a panel discussion on Women’s Reproductive Choices. 6:00pm, Lea232. IW W E: The McGill Film Society and the W omen’s Union present “Daugh ters of the Dust". 7:00pm, FDA Aud. IW W E: Women Making Scenes presents “Literal Madness” at Players’ Thea tre, then “Blatantly Sexual”. 9:30pm. Faculty of Music concerts: O rgan R ecital S eries: Luc Beauséjour. 12:15pm, Redpath Hall. McGill Conservatory String Orches tra, McGill Conservatory Chamber Orches tra, and the McGill Conservatory Choir. 8:00pm, Redpath Hall. For info: 398-4547. Free. Masterclass on Baroque Music: Jrap Schroder, violinist. 1:00-4:00pm, Room C201, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. For info: 3882705. Saturday. M arch 13 McGill Im prov offers free work shops every Saturday in Shatner from ll:0 0 am -l :00pm. Sign in lobby shows lo cation. The Second Annual Québec-On tario Young New Dem ocrat Conference will be held in Bronf 110 from 10:00am5 :00pm.“ Foreign Policy and Canada ’s New Democrats". For info: 938-5384. The McGill Asian Societies present Videodance. 9:00pm-l :30am, Shatner Ball room. Admission $4.00. IW W E: stand-up act by Montreal comedienne Janis Kirshner, opened by Laura Mitchell. Then “Blatantly Sexual”. 9:30 pm. Players’ Theatre. The Faculty of Music presents stu dent and graduate soloists performing pi ano and chamber music. 2:00-5:00pm,

Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For info: 398-4547. The Faculty of M usic presents Karen Kaderavek,'cellist. 8:00pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For info: 288-2573.

every Monday at 4:30pm in Shatner 435. For info: 495-1482. The Faculty of M usic presents McGill Cappella Antica. 8:00pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For info: 398-4547.

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Model Parliam ent from 8:00am5:00pm in Lea. For registration call 398 6824 or visit the Debating Union in Shatner 430 between 11:30-2:30. The Young New Dem ocrat C on ference continues today in Bronf 110, 10:00am-5:00pm. IW W E: Lament for the Crucified Woman, a contemporary workshop serv ice. 7:30pm, Presbyterian College Chapel, 3495 University. The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Brass Choir and the McGill Trampet Choir. 2:30pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For info: 398-4547. M onday. M arch 15 The C entre for Developing Area Studies presents Dr. Hal Sarf speaking on “Fukuyama: The End of History of the ThirdW orld.” 4:00pm,3715 Peel.Rm 100. For info: 398-3507. The McGill Legal Inform ation Clinic will be holding a general assembly meeting. 1:00pm, Shatner 425/426. All welcome. A Classical Music C lub is being formed. If interested call Nigel at 284-4485 or come to the meeting at 6:00pm in Strathoona C-204. The Folk M usic Society meets every Monday in the basement of the Yel low Door at 8:30pm. Check it out or call Stephanie at 933-1330 for info. The B iochem istry D epartm ent presents a special seminar in protein struc ture, featuring Dr. Mario Amzel: “Recogni tion of Peptide H orm ones.” 4:00pm, McIntyre, Rm 903. The B iochem istry D epartm ent presents a seminar by John Spencer. 12:301:30pm, McIntyre, Rm 903. The Jam es Bay Coalition meets

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Okay, everyone, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! The Red H erring must needs your funny material quickly. W e’d also Eke some more contest entries. Call 398-6816 for details or give us the goods in our mailbox by the SSMU desk OR our office in Shatner 406. Come together! The McGill Savoy Society presents “Utopia U d.” March 10($6/$10) and 11-13 ($8/$12). 8:00pm, Moyse Hall in the Arts Bldg. For info: 398-6820. Tickets for the McGill C horal So ciety/Scarlet Key benefit concert for AIDS research on sale at Sadie’s. For more info: 274-0465 or 849-8530. Richer, Usher and Vineberg is spon soring the McGill T ax Clinic. Drop off u s forms in Bronf lobby until March 15th between 10:00-6:00 to be done for free. Returned March 29-31. Persons with disabilities: Ongoing support group for McGill students, faculty and staff. All welcome. Call Peter or Donna at 398-3601 or 398-6009 for more info. Do you or someone dose to you have AIDS? Pleaso do not feel you are alone. AIDS C om m unity C are M ontreal offers the following support groups: HIV+ Men’s Group; HIV+ Heterosexual Men’s Group; HIV+ Women’s Group; Bereave ment Group; Family, Friends and Partners’ Group; Children’s Play Therapy Group. Call 939-0075. All calls confidential. McGill Film Society elections for the 1993-94 Executive will be held March 20. Deadlinefornominations is March 17th. Come to Shatner 432 or call 398-6825 for details. The McGill C ontem porary Dance Ensemble presents an evening of dance entitled “Metamorphosis”. March 10-13 at Players’ Theatre at7:30pm. Tickets $5 stu dents, $ 10 general public. Reservations 3986813.

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Executive order: candidates speak out on key issues BY MICHAEL BROADHURST

Following a Presidential de bate, other Executive candidates offered their platforms for public scrutiny during an executive candi dates speaker’s forum hosted by the Alley last Wednesday. The most interesting of the five executive races is for VP Inter nal, where five students are vying to succeed Julie Dzerowicz. Candi dates were questioned about their stance on sexual and racial harass ment on campus, as well as the role that the financially strapped SSMU Publications will play in future years. Several candidates, notably Dan Singleton and Cornell Wright, were questioned about their lack of student government experience. “I’m not going to apologize [for lack of involvement]. What you have is an operation that isn’t inno vative enough to figure out how to inform a comm unity and isn ’t inspi rational enough to inspire anyone other than its own executive,” claimed Wright. Singleton also defended his lack of experience, arguing that the VP Internal should only take action when students dictate it as neces sary. “I’m going to only be acting on the input of students that come to me and want something done,” he said. Megan Stephens argued that her experience separated her from other candidates. “If you want concrete change you need toelectsomone who knows the issues,” she claimed. Eddy Saad suggested that his track record as Clubs Rep is the one that voters should find most attrac-

five. “I am the guy who believed in change, and came in and got some thing done,” Saad asserted. The Equity slate’s Isabelle Fieschi attempted to separate her self from the experience debate, sug gesting that too many candidates felt that SS MU and the Shatner Cen tre were the only places one could gain valuable experience. “The SSMU is not the only valuable experience in the world. We have to start getting involved more in the Montreal community,” she stated. None of the candidates pro vided the audience with concrete proposals for alleviating the finan cial problems of SSMU Publica tions. Most suggested that increas ing advertising was a key to finan cial sucfcess, but no one indicated how they intended to stimulate more advertising revenue. VP External is a tightly con tested race between Alexander Boldizar and Andrew Work. Boldizar suggested that he is the best candidate for the position be cause of his understanding of how the government views McGill. “The reason we’re tradition ally underfunded is because we’re perceived of as an entirely separate entity. We’re perceived as a To ronto on the hill by the govern ment,” stated Boldizar. Both candidates rejected the suggestion that their lack of con tacts within the Quebec government and the provincial student move ment would represent a problem. “My contacts are limited to SSMU’s current VP External, and he knows everybody. I don’t think it will be a problem,” argued Work. It was unclear from audience

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reaction which of the two candi dates made a better showing. Both Work and Boldizar aptly demon strated their proficiency in French when asked to by current SSMU President Jason Prince. The race for VP University Affairs is also a two candidate con test. RuthPromislow was questioned about her relationship with the Black Students’ Network (BSN) and the Women’s Union in her capacity as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Race Relations. “My goal is tq ensure that studentconcemsareaddressed. I’ve been very involved in race relations at McGill,” stated Promislow. Deborah Gomes, a candidate running on the Equity slate, cited her experience in BSN and her com mitment to improving McGill’s

sexual and racial harassment poli cies as reasons to vote not only for her, but for the entire Equity slate. “Increasing student represen tation, or making it more effective comes from making it more repre sentative,” suggested Gomes. Three students are seeking the position of VP Finance. Ques tions primarily addressed SSMU’s debt to McGill and how it will affect the Society next year. “We’re going to have to plan for the worst, hope for the best. Next year’s VP Finance is going to have to do something with nothing,” said Paul Johnson. Tatiana Glad, one of Johnson ’s two opponents, noted that positive steps have been taken in the finance portfolio this year, and indi cated a desire to build on the track

record of current VP Finance S usan Nickerson. “This has been a very posi tive year. Sadie’s is doing well, and I think it can do even better,” she said. Equity candidate Patricia Harewood was more critical of past Council actions, citing the debt as an example of problems that should be examined. “We have to start looking at long-term planning. In the past, SSMU has had a lot of mismanage ment,” Harewood claimed. None of the VP Finance can didates forwarded concrete debt re payment plans. Students will be asked in this week's referendum to vote on a $2.50 levy per semester to help alleviate the $618,00 debt.

E xe cu tive cam paign tainted by “m udslinging” BY BENOIT JACQMOTTE

With students casting their votes this week for key Students’ Society (SSMU) positions, candi dates for the Executive Committee claim the campaign has become tainted with dirty and hostile tactics. Several candidates and their support ers have filed complaints to the SSMU Chief Returning Officers (CROs) over allegations of slander and ille gal removal of campaign posters. Co-CROs Regina Yang and William Stee, in charge of the gen eral conduct of the election period, have not taken action on most of these claims due to lack of evidence. “Nothing has been substanti ated that would require any action on the part of the CRO,” said Stee. Yang explained that while the role of the CROs is to ensure a fair campaign, some candidates and their supporters appear to be pushing the limits of acceptable behavior. “Some people ’s

attitudes have been, ‘Let’s see how far we can go before we get caught’,” she said. Almost all candidates agree that this year’s campaign has re gressed to an unusually sordid level. Predictably, most also claim they have been on the receiving end of hostile tactics. “This has been a brutal cam paign,” stated presidential candidate Mark Luz. “My posters have been ripped down all over the university. There has been personal mudsling ing, and it goes deeper than the cam paign.” Presidential candidate Amy Ridley suggested some candidates may be adopting illicit tactics due to their belief that they cannot win in a fair campaign. “It seems certain can didates are afraid of a level playing field and discussing issues head to head,” she said. Ridley also claimed her post ers have been targeted for illegal re

moval. U4 Arts student Fiona Deller, a Ridley supporter, explained that she and Ridley postered the McConnell and MacDonald Engi neering buildings last Friday morn ing. When Deller returned to the buildings one hour later, she noticed all of Ridley’s and Luz’s posters had been removed. SSMU Clubs Rep Olga Patrizi claimed she put up posters for candi dates Eddy Saad, Megan Stevens, Paul Johnson, and Ruth Promislow last Monday in the Education Build ing, but she returned a day later to discover the posters had been taken down. “I went back Tuesday, the posters were gone, and I saw Equity slate posters all over, in the place of the posters I had put up,” Patrizi said, referring to the slate of candidates running on an equity platform. Incumbent President Jason Prince, presidential candidate on the slate, defended his slate’s tactics. “I would be willing to bet my shoes that

no one involved directly with Equity has taken down any posters,” he said, claiming that he and his fellow candi dates were being careful to poster only in accordance with campaign and building rules. VP University Affairs candi date Deborah Gomes, an Equity slate member, explained posters of slate members had also been targeted for removal. “We are not claiming it is the other candidates,” she said. “It could be anyone.” In another controversial inci dent, VP Finance candidate Paul Johnson criticized fellow Finance candidateTatianaGlad for her finan cial record at the McGill Film Soci ety (MFS) in front of a classroom last week. Citing past MFS financial fig ures, Johnson claimed Glad had lost money for the past two years as MFS President, thereby demonstrating she was not the best candidate for the position. In fact, Glad has only been MFS President for one year.

“I was wrong asssociating those figures with Tatiana,” Johnson admitted. “In my opinion that’s bad campaigning.” “Ican’tbelievehehad thenerve to do that,” Glad countered, explain ing she is “shocked” by the overall negative tone of this year’s campaign. “I think it’s been a tough campaign,” she continued. “I just can’t believe people can be so vindictive.” Gomes theorized that this hos tile tone stems in large part from the division of many candidates into two groups, the official Equity slate and one ‘unofficial’ slate. “Everyone is extremely tense, especially with the divisions,” she said. Asked if this year’s election has been particularly hostile, Stee explained he has witnessed many negative incidents in four years of working for SSMU elections. “Nothing really surprises me anymore,” he said.

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The L a st SSM U P resid en tial Race at the A lle y B Y M IC H A E L BRO ADH URST S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie t y (S S M U ) ex ecu tive candidates participated in an uneventful speakers forum in the A lley last W ednesday afternoon. A ll seventeen execu tive hopefuls used the opportunity to out line their platform s to the au d ience in an effort to w o o v o t ers for this w e e k ’s election. The highlight o f the fo rum was the Presidential can didate debates. Four o f the fiv e candidates w ere present to d iscuss their plans for next year’s council. Dan Lazaratos, an E ngineering student run ning for the position, ch ose not to appear at the A lley fo rum. John Saunders, a m em ber o f the Equity slate, asked candidates to clarify their po sition on the creation o f a p o sition o f V P Equity, a pro p osal endorsed by his slate. A m y R idley suggested that th e current e x e c u tiv e structure places a trem endous burden on its m em bers, and p rop osed that a better ap

proach to the problem m ay be to elim inate the p osition s o f V P Internal and V P External, replacing them with six new com m ission ership s. “ T hat w a y , c o m m is sioners w ill be able to con cen trate on one issue, and only one issue, and th ey ’ll be able to do a better job than the execu tive can n o w ,” she said. Jason Prince, the leader o f the Equity slate, strongly supported the creation o f the new V P Equity execu tive p o sition, and restated his sla te’s com m itm ent to reducing e x ecutive stipends to defray the co sts o f the n ew p o sitio n . S S M U e x e c u tiv e m em bers n o w earn a p p r o x im a te ly $ 10 ,000 . Prince also doubted the viability o f R id le y ’s ideas, suggestin g that the creation o f new positions in the S SM U o ffice w ould sim ply add to confusion to p eo p le’s roles. “Ijust ca n ’t get m y mind around these ideas. I d on ’t re ally b elieve that they w ould be an adequate solution ,” he stated. A U S President Mark Luz

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disagreed with both Prince and R id ley, arguing that SSM U already has the structure n ec essary to tackle equity issues. “W hat needs to be done w ith S S M U can be d one within the existin g structure. The V P Equity position is just not cost effectiv e,” Luz as serted. B e lin d a G ron d in , the fourth candidate present at the forum , was noticeably quiet, and left many questions re garding her cam paign unan swered. Grondin stressed that she w ould be able to accom p lish h er g o a ls as S S M U President, but repeatedly de clined to address k ey presi dential issu es such as the VP Equity position and executive stipends. P r in c e d e fe n d e d h is record this year, arguing that he has m ade som e significant changes in the w ay council functions, despite the appar ent failure o f his major p oli cies like the G eneral A ssem bly. “ It’s very d ifficu lt to build con sen su s around an idea, and I m et with a lot o f

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opposition this year,” Prince explained. Luz, R idley, and Prince, the m ost vocal candidates in th e fo ru m , argued b riefly about changing execu tive sti pends. Prince, w ho advocates low ering stipends by as much as $ 2 ,000 , suggested that e x ecutives could live on less than they are currently receiving. “W hat w e have to do is

find out, from the Student Aid O ffice, what a livin g w age is, and link the executive stipends to that. I think that’s so m e w here around $ 8 ,5 0 0 ,” he noted. Luz and R idley both feel that execu tive stipends should remain at their current level. SSM U executives are the lo w est paid o f any university students’ council in Canada.

McGill carpooling network in the works BY BRIAN KEYES

Two McGill students are seeking to establish a carpool net work to provide service to students based in Laval, the West Island, the South Shore, and the East End. U 1 Management students Howard Markowitz and Lome Dai Lehman have decided to start up the Transit Netwoik after several frustrating years o f using STCUM, the Mon treal public transit system they con sider inefficient and costly. “Students living out o f the downtown area don’t have a serv ice for their safety and commuting needs,’’explained Daitehman. “Our goal is to provide service for less than the price o f a bus pass.” Daitehman explained the coordi nators hope to attract enough interested drivers and riders to begin service next fall. The Transit Network will function by having its members pay monthly fees in accordance with their use o f the services. Members driving more often will pay lower membership fees, while those who wish to use the service withoutoverdriving will be charged 43 dollars per month, equivalent to the current price of a bus pass. “We are giving students [driving] a free parking spot,” ex plained Daitehman. “We are split ting up the cost amongst a group of

people to make parking and com muting more affordable.” He indi cated drivers will also receive a gas subsidy applicable towards vehicle costs. In a survey o f McGill subur banites taken by the coordinators, some 40 per cent expressed interest in the idea of the network. The coordinators hope for 500 initial users, but they claim that even if initial numbers fall short of this mark, sufficient interest from stu dents based in any one suburban area will enable the service to com mence. If the club gains full mem bership from the SSMU, the serv ice will go into effect next October. While she supports atransportation service for students, SSMU VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz expressed some reservations about the plaa “It’s a good idea but I think we have to look at it carefully,” she stated. “From what I’ve heard alot ofotheruniversitieshavehad prob lems [with similar services], espe cially with the issues of liabilities.” Daitehman acknowledged that while liability was a major concern, obtaining student input was more important at this time. “Before we worry about liability, we want to gauge student interest,’’ he said, explaining that issues of CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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M BAs Host Enivironm ental Business Conference B Y M ARK C O H E N A N D AM Y M C B R ID E MBA students at McGill are concerned with more than just the bottom line, according to organiz ers o f the Greening Business Con ference. The MBA-run conference, which dealt with the environmental challenges facingbusiness, was held last week at theRitz Carleton Hotel. Speakers at the conference adressed topics ranging from pro tection of the environment to the new developmental challenges fac ing industry following the Rio Summit. Over 100 MBA students from around the world attended the keynote lectures and workshops. Deputy Chiefo f the Crée Na tion Diom Romeo Saganash fo cused on several of the difficulties his people face in lieu o f recent Quebec industry developments. “[TheJamesBay difficulties] have threatened who we are, what we do, our way o f life and, ulti mately, our survival. We have been subjected toenvinonmental racism,” Saganash asserted Saganash supports coopera tive development between industry and and the people they affect. “The Cree Peoples are not

opposed todevelopment but feel we must be included in these decisions and that they should be of a modest scale,” explained Saganash, who frequently referred to the example o f Hydro-Québec’s “megaproject” situated at James Bay. Like Saganash, Deputy Di rector of the World Bank’s Envi ronment Department Andre w Steer stressed the importance of sensitiv ity towards cultural heritage of in digenous peoples. “Participation of native peo ples is viewed as more important now than ten years ago,” he noted. Steer also recommended educational steps that future world development should take ideas which stem from the Rio Summit “The single most important direction for long term development requires theeducation o f girls,’’ stressed Steer. “In many develop ing nations women are the major natural resource managers. It has also been proven that countries with high female education rates have done the best in teams of economic growth.” Environmentally active McGill Law School professorPierre Marc Johnson moderated Friday’s presentatioa He outlined recom

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liability would be addressed in the contract students sign whenjoining the service. In an effort to provide a costefficient service, the coordinators arc negotiating with gas companies to obtain credit catds and discounts on fuel. Markowitz and Daitchman are currently working to gain ac cess to parking spaces on campus currently held by the SSMU and the administration, but private lots around McGill will likely be util ized as well. The coordinators stressed the environm ental benefits o f carpooling. “We hope to help re

duce downtown traffic, pollution, and that the use our service sets an example for the Montreal commu nity,” Daitchman said. SSMU Clubs RepEddy Saad

mendations which address the immi nent environmental challenges today’s industries face. “ B u s in e s s and industry should equip themselves adequately to face change and adjust themselves instead of trying to fight new legislation,” he em phasized, advising businesses to look to new markets. “Companies should look to develop new markets which emanate from the new [environmen hypothesize, creating an enviroplumbing pilot project. tal] legislation.” One panel discussion sizing co-operation over conflict. stressed. matched the President of the Cana The focus of their discussion cen ButManoLson was concerned dian Chemical Producers Associa tred on who controls the environ about what he perceives to be the tion, Jean Belanger, with Michael mental agenda. control industry has, and stressed Manolson, former President of Bel angerdefended industries’ that all interest groups do not have Greenpeace Canada and current environmental role, arguing that equal power. Chairman of the U.S. Board of business is only one player among “That’s the rhetoric,” coun Greenpeace. several who are interested in the tered Manolson. “Industry has had Conference organizers had environment. a comer on the market for a very expected the discussion to be highly “No group in our society, be long time. [But] asking business to adversarial, but both speakers were it government, business, or special take a leadership role is like asking surprisingly conciliatory, empha interest, has all the answers,” he the fox to guard the chicken coop.” expressed enthusiasm and support for the network. “I feel they should get club status if they can come up with enough people that arc inter ested in the service.” Citing what he considered SSMU “neglect” for the needs of Montreal-based students, Saad ex

plained SSMU support for the project would help refocus atten tion to suburban students’ needs. Saad is running for the office of SSMU VP Internal in this week’s electioa Daitchman and Saad also ex plained that carpooling will pro

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Editorial So here we go again. Another round of Students Society (SSMU) voting, and we all get our chance to make five lucky undergraduate students about $10 000 richer, while a whole bunch of runners-up will be entitiled to the privilege of having a pretty-little title attached to their name should they be fortunate enough to be mentioned in the Tribune. But for the rest of us, is it really worth it to spend ten minutes at the ballot box in order to help these wayward souls along the way to poltical fame and fortune? Probably not. Looking at the important issues that have been bandied about over the past two election campaigns, one just might begin to doubt the sincerity of some candidates. Last year, nine of twelve SSMU executive candidates addressed the need for change and action regarding women's safety, student safety, or sexual assault. Certainly, it is excellent to see awareness of such crucial issues during a campaign, but what is the elected result? SSMU executive action on this front has not

“How bad are they?” : Movies for the cinematically impaired" (Feb. 16) was an amusing and valuable addition to the Tribune and hopefully not the last contri bution in this vein by E. McCormack and S. Thorgeirsson. Indeed, their recognition o f H e rc u les in N ew Y o rk is to be commended, even if space prevented them from mentioning other salient features like the character of Pretzy, the escaped gorilla and the sounds of trucks changing gears in the background of the Mount Olympus scenes. However, while the choice of Hercules shows a conoisseur’s knowledge o f cheesy films, the selection of Who' sThot Girl is more problematic. Indeed, it is rather like a Dudley Moore film insofar as the viewer experiences pain in watching, rather than achieving the intense pleasure of laughing at the film. A trip to the video store could turn up armloads of fairly mun dane cheesy films superior to Who’s That Girl, Desert Kickboxer being a recently released title that springs to mind. When one begins talking about all time bests, then you really have to consider Angel Town (given half a star by the Ottawa Citizen), They Live (featuring Rowdy Roddy Piper in his acting debut) or Thrashin' (to skateboarding what B reakin was to breakdancing). The real bad movie gour met, however, probably has to reach back to the 1970s and Black Belt Jones, which fuses horrendous stereotypes, cheesy dia logue, bell bottoms and fight scenes set to disco music. Despite my disagreement with the authors’ decision vis-a-vis WTioV/Tio/Gir/, I’m comforted by the fact that I ’m not alone in the perverse pleasure I take from viewing these disastrous movie projects. Hopefully the authors will take up this subject again to enlighten us with regard to what the great artistic minds of this century didn't create. Peter Graefe U2 Arts

Equity... W ith regards to the article in last w eek’s Tribune concerning the EQUITY slate, I would like to respond to the claim that members of this slate are lacking in experience in dealing with equity issues. First of all, what does it mean to have this kind of experience? In terms of the EQ UITY slate, we are talking about a group w hich c o lle c tiv e ly in c lu d e s: a co-ordinating committee member of the B lac k S tu d e n ts’ N etw ork (D eborah Gomes); an active member of the Shakti W omanist Collective for women of col our, and the BSN (Patricia Hare wood); a

W h y you o nly need to ca st one w rig h t vote in the S S M U elections been tremendous. On the other hand, the work done by such groups as the Walk-Safe Network, the McGill Sexual Assault Centre, and the McGill Coalition Against Sexual Assault has been and continues to be outstanding. Strangely, none of the leaders of these groups needed a $ 10 000 salary from students to accomplish this. This year the big issues is equity. There is the official Equity slate, led by Jason Prince. Then there is the unofficial slate, led by Mark Luz, who wish to assure us that when it comes to equity they are the real deal. Then there is Amy Ridley, not on any slate, but who asserts that she is just as equitable as the rest. Once again, we have our token issue for the campaign. But this time, no one is really interested—thank God. First of all, equity is virtually irrelevant to the everyday life of the average student, as compared to the importance of last years focus on sexual assault. Secondly, it is unlikely that the average student has any idea what any of the candidates mean by equity. Thirdly, it is

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co ordinator of LBG studies committee (Isabelle Fieschi); the founder of the Stu dent Empowerment Fund (Jason Prince); the co-ordinator of the SSMU sponsored awareness and education events in com munity and international issues (John Saunders); and a co-ordinator of the W om e n 's Union (Celia Moore). I have a hard time understanding why these activists, who work directly within groups repre senting the very students whom policies on equity would most affect, are consid ered inexperienced. How dare Usher and Jacqmotte suggest that members of “the other slate” such as Ruth Promislow, hav ing sat on committees, one of which dis tributed a survey on race relations, have more experience in issues such as racial equity than EQUITY slate members such as Deborah Gomes and Pat Hare wood, who are both active members of the BSN. In terms of a policy for dealing with racial harassment, is it so hard to see that some one who has actually experienced inequal ity based on race would be more likely to affect change in policy more effectively than someone who has only heard about it? As well, this slate's candidates are the only ones who have explicitly addressed the issues of Africana studies and of equity for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. Change in policies on equity is in order, why not vote for the people who can most directly work to this end. Anna Greenberg U2 Arts

Demagoguery... It is rather annoying that several candidates for V P Internal (“Internally yours - the race to run Shatner”) seem to feel that petty demagoguery, as opposed to a carefully thought-out platform, is the key to success. In particular, two candidates seem to think that getting rid of the Red Herring as we know it would be a good idea. Both Megan Stephens and Isabelle Fieschi agree that ‘Trom a cost-cutting perspective”, the idea oUheHerring “being an insert in the Tribune" is an attractive idea. From a “cost-cutting perspective”, shutting down the Shatner Building is an attractive idea. It is time for candidates for Execu tive positions to do some actual research into the needs, wants and nature of their constituents, instead of offering ill -advised platitudes to be gobbled up like so much Aspartame™. The R ed Herring publishes 10 000 copies of each issue. The Fall 1992 issue disappeared from newsstands within three days, and the Herring gave away half of its re s e rv e c o p ie s to a humour-and-satire-hungry public. Just who do Stephens and Fieschi think reads the Herring? You aren’t campaigning in a

even more unlikely that most students have any idea what the various candidiates plan to do about equity. We have heard how the Prince slate would like to create a VP Equity, how the Luz almost-slate wouldn't like to create a VP Equity, and how slateless Ridley would like to get rid of the current structure of the executive, reducing it to three members and then hiring a lot of commisioners. Perhaps these masters of political strategy would first like to consider that most students don't even know who their current VPs are. As a result, manipulating the upper echelons of the SSMU is unlikely to interest students. And students are demonstrating this, although most candidates don't care to listen. VP Internal candidate Cornell Wright, a first year student with no SSMU experience is sparking interest across campus and getting standing ovations when he makes speeches. Standing ovations? Unheard of in the generally uninteresting atmosphere of vacuum, guys. I would ask that all students who care about the future of the Herring in particular, and the future of SSMU publi cations in general, demand that the candi dates for VP Internal clarify their position on this issue before the election. Frustratedly yours, Andrew Potter Editor-in-Chief The Red Herring

Fascism... In an article on the PSC’s recent hunger strike in the Shatner Building (March 3), Howard Leibman stated that “these 415 deportees are members of groups causing terrorist violence in the Middle East.” How does Mr. Liebman know this? How does the Israeli govern ment know that these people are the “cause” of violence? And if they are sure enough to deport thse people, why not prosecute them? T hat’s what we do in a democracy, we determine, through due process, the guilt of criminal offenders. Only then do

SSMU. Meanwhile, other candidates whine and complain about Wright's lack of experience. So he has no experience in boring students. So he has no experience in the ivory tower of SSMU politics which is located in a fantastic realm that has been so far irrevocably divorced from the reality of student life. So what should students make of this? We should realize that perhaps Wright is the only available candidate who will transform SSMU into a dynamic and relevant organization which might be of interest to students. To be blunt, that deserves our vote. And furthermore, just to get the point across that we don't care about the rest of candidates and their bureaucratic doings, we shouldn’t vote for anybody else. Because frankly, its not like the other winners are going to do anything to help you remember their names a year from now. CHRIS N. ALAM we punish them. If unproven suspicions of involve ment in terrorist activities constitute a jus tification for deportation, then democracy is indeed giving way to fascism. These deportations are both illegal and immoral, they are blatant violations of human rights. How far are we willing to go to preserve “peace of order”? Are we willing to accept governments who decide for themselves who has the right to live in the country? Are summary executions with out trial or evidence to be next? W hat i s the difference between the terrorists and the police, when neither follows the rules set up to preserve a fair and just society? I hope that I never find myself in a country where I can be deported or impris oned on such feeble grounds as govern ment suspicion that I am involved in illegal activities. R.M. Bennett U3 Arts Rick Jones: Your letteris too long. Please come to the Tribune and speak to Chris or Ben.

Comment On politics I am quite happy that I was disqualified from the V P External race. W ell, to be honest, the candidates available scare me: a young Tory with an agenda, and a guy who doesn’t know w hat SSM U is [but his heart is in the right place]. Oh well... The reason 1 am content is this: never in all m y years at this school have I seen such slimy, underhanded politics in an election. Sure, there is always a little back-stabbing, perhaps talking behind your opponent’s back — but this year som ething snapped. Did people w atch the U.S. presidential elections and consider it a model for fair politics? I support one particular presiden tial candidate for a sim ple reason: I respect her. She chose to enter the race because o f her vision for SSMU, which happens to correspond with my own. Yet, I can honestly say that I respect tw o o f the other candidates because o f who they are and w hat they have accom plished in the past. They are good people. How ever, I am not voting for them because their vision o f SSM U is not like mine. It is not because I hate them, o r think that they are stupid — I sim ply disagree with them. People are taking their elections too seriously. SSM U positions are not

worth discrediting yourself over. Furtherm ore, they are not who you are as a person. If som eone agrees or disagrees with your platform then defend the platform . Ad hom inem attacks are not a propos in any context. You discredit yourself more than the person you are attacking. If anything, it truly dem onstrates how scared, and unprepared the candidate is. Person ally, I am not voting for anyone, (no m atter how ‘sorry they felt afterw ards’ who 1 have heard, seen or experienced unduly attacking their opponents. Unfortunately, that means that the eligible candidature is small. SSM U is SSMU. And people at this school frankly do not care enough for the candidates to become as callous as they are. This com m ent is being written because alm ost every candidate running has “ratted” on an opponent, directly attacked another, or forgot cam paign etiquette. If you spend any time at all within the Shatner Centre, it affects you. But the candidates seem to forget this. I encourage the winners to forget this method of politicking in their future endeavours in office. M oreover, I hope the runners-up realize that bad politics m ay have cost them m uch credibility. M ARY-M A RGARET JONES BA U3

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Incinerator project fires up hot debate BY MICHELE DUPONT AND ANGELINA YOUNG A panel discussion organized by the Student's Society (SSM U ) Environ mental Committee was held last W ednes day as a forum for debate on the proposed construction o f an incinerator in M on treal's East End. A s part o f Environmental Aw are ness W eek, the panel o f six included three representatives from each side o f the de bate. Defending the project were G uy Racine, General Manager o f W aste M an agement for the Régie intermunicipale de gestion des dechets (the Régie); Roger Laro ch e, o f the Confédération des syndicats nationaux; and Laurie Dietz, Senior Environmental Engineer for Fos ter-W heeler, the company slated to build the incinerator. Participants opposing the incinerator were Jacqueline M aynard, M ichel Seguin, and Hugh Potter of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (Q P IR G ). The Régie plans to build a $196 m illion incinerator facility, projected for 1996. Jocelyn Z w icker, chair o f the SSM U Environmental Committee, be lieves the incinerator is a topical issue.

‘T h is [debate] was organized to inform the students already involved in environmental causes about this issue, and also to generate interest among those whoarenotinvolved,”elaboratedZwicker. Citing other alternatives, opponents voiced their objections to die incinerator. They also addressed safety issues, particu larly the negative health effects w hich could result from the incinerator’s use. Racine asserted that the incinera tor was part of a larger environmental project. “It is unfortunate that opponents to the project only oppose the incinerator without talking about or mentioning that incineration is only a component of the large w aste managem ent program ,” Racine noted, adding that the Régie is also aggressively promoting composting and recycling. Maynard expressed concern about the toxicity o f em issions, the disposal of the solid residue the incinerator w ill pro duce, and the ability o f the incinerator to effectively deal with heterogeneous mate rial. She also criticized the Régie for over looking front-end solutions emphasizing the reduction o f waste. Seguin emphasized that the M on treal community had not been consulted

about the costly incinerator project, or its long-term effects. During question period following the discussion, Bruce Thomson, Presi dent o f the W estmounl Environmental Action Group, addressed Racine inregard to the $196 m illion allocated to the incin erator project, noting the funds could in stead be used for a wide-scale communi cationprroject to educate people about garbage reduction. R acine did not deny education was important for long-term results, but insisted action needs to be taken. “Y e s, it’s a good idea to educate people,” Racine ac knowledged. “B ut there are 600,000 tonnes o f waste that existtoday that need to be taken care o f now.” Hugh Potter, a M aster’s student in C iv il Engineering specializing in environmental studies, was strongly opiposed to the project “ W e have fin ite re sources and w e’re just burning them. Th e contract requires the Régietoprovide350,000 tonnes o f garbage per year with penal

ties if we don’t provide that. This is in direct competition with reduction, recy cling, and composting,” stated Potter. Following the debate, Thomson explained he was not convinced by propx>nents o f the incinerator project. T was pleased to hear both sides of the issue being presented,” he noted. “I was not convinced at all by M r. Racine. I

found the environmentalists w erefar more prersuasive and convincing.” Q P IR G organizers were surprised at the low attendance at die discussion, w hich only drew an audience o f about twenty pieoprfe. “W e were hoping for fifty or so [pieoprfe],” said Zw icker. “So we were a little disapjpointed about die turnout.”

Montreal garbage < »ald blow its stack, bat environmentalists wonder.

N e w s B r ie fs Pen p ricin g plagues President Prince Students’ Society (SSM U) President Jason Prince was confronted by several councillors at last Thursday’s council meeting concerning his disapjproval of SSM U ’s promotional bluepien campaign. V P External Jeff Percival asked Prince why he was actively apprising the distribution of piens bearing the SSM U logo in residence. Prince respxmded by defending his campiaign statements. “Inside and outside the Executive Committee meeting I was opposed,” argued Prince. “I am opposed to the very idea of promotional items.” But Percival didn’t see it that way. A t Council he asked why Prince’s alleged objections did not appear on record. “If he said he’s going to oppose incspxmsible spending like piens, how come it’s not in any minutes?” Percival demanded. V P Internal Julie Dzerowicz concurred with Percival, “I just find it rather convenient that he objects to it now when he didn’t object in executive meetings.”

Solin skit n o t so Equitable Students’ Society (SSM U) Clubs Rep Olga Patrizi asked Jason Prince to explain the recent theatrical aspirations erf the slate with which he is running for re-election. The Equity date preformed a skit at the Solin Hall Speaker's

Forum last Tuesday night which many observas felt was offensive to the

live in Montreal, they’d realize $8,000 was not enough to live on,” she

existing SSM U council. Prince apxrfogized to council for any bad feelings that might have

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been caused by the skit “If there was any misinterpretation on the p»rt o f the students that were there, thaï I absolutely want to destroy that idea.” he stressed.

Prince: w h a t’s an executive worth? SSM U President Jason Prince fielded questions from a gallery m em ba regarding his préposai to Io w a executive salaries. Prince has suggested that executive salaries, approximately $10,000 annually, should be lowered Spiecial student A lex U sh a alluded to Montreal’s pxrverty level of $12,500, and questioned w hetha cutting executive salaries would make the offices inaccessible to those in Io w a income brackets. Prince maintained the strong pxrsition that he and his Equity date have taken, arguing that members of the executive should only be provided with enough money to survive. “1 think that the stipiends should be tied to what a student needs to survive. We can find that answ a in the Student Aid Office. The pxrint here is to establish what a reasonable salary is,” he argued Other executive members were visibly uprset by the suggestion that their stipiends be lowered Julie Dzerowicz, V P Internal, criticized Prince for not considering the problems presented by low incomes. “I ’m so ipset that [the Equity slate] want to Io w a stipiends. If they sat down for two seconds and figured out what it would cost any pierson to

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V P Finance Susan Nickerson respxmded to Prince’s plan by informing council about h a own financial predicaments, citing the fact that she relied on student bursaries to make ends meet According to the StudentAid Office, moststudents are not eligible for bursaries unless they are registered as full-time students. “Most executive members cannot take four courses because erf the demands o f the job,” Nickerson claim ed

SSM U no longer lo st in space V P Internal Julie Dzerowicz presented the new SSM U Space Allocation pxrficy to council last Thursday night. Council piassed the new pxrficy after a brief but unsuccessful effort by President Jason Prince to amend the document. The highlights of the pxrficy include a guarantee o f Shatna space for grotps that are deemed to provide an essential service to M cG ill. As well, the Multicultural Lounge on the fourth floor w ill be converted into a common space for ten or twelve sm alla organizations. Dzerowicz was delighted by the new pxrficy. T think it’s great thaï we have aspiace allocation pxrficy. The Clubs Reps and the Policy Review Committee worked really hard to prit one together,” she said “W e’re going to get better use and better mileage out of the Multicultural Lounge,” said Percival.

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B Y B A R N A B Y C L U N IE The S ix ties. The term brings to m ind im ages o f march ing in the streets, rejecting the constraints o f traditional soci ety, and, o f course, Woodstock. The Eighties...the yuppie gen eration, the decade o f growth, o f m aterial a cq u isitio n , o f M eech Lake. In the nineties, do w e have nothing to protest, or to send us in to the streets? Universities are often labeled the ‘bastions o f society’s moral conscious ness. ’ Are students now merely conscious o f their degrees and the job perks those few letters after o n e’s name might pur chase? Where is the energy, the zeal, the resolve? The late sixties, at M cGill and across North America, saw the flourishing o f the student democracy movement. In 1968, McGill students elected the first progressive slate to the Student Government, which preached more student involvement in university affairs. In those days a signifi cantly larger proportion o f stu dents voted than do today. In October 1968, 10,000 students marched the streets o f Montreal for better CEGEP education. Later that year, the Political Science Association occupied the fourth floor o f the Leacock building in an attempt to gain seats on that department ’s board. These days, the only time the Political Science Students A s s o c ia tio n can o cc u p y the Leacock building is by provid ing free beer at ‘W ine and C heeses.’ Stanley Gray, a lecturer for the Political Science D e partment during the sixties, said that the university at that time c o u ld be d escrib ed as a “multiversity”. This was an in stitution that was no longer a “community o f scholars, but a breeding ground for labour to supply the government, indus try and the military.” Gray ex plained student activist behav iour in this era as “a reaction to and conditioned by the charac ter o f the multiversity [and] the nature o f society we have grown up in.” Gray also claimed that stu dents in the sixties were a “more sophisticated and expectant gen eration” than were the previous generations. T hese com m ents raise questions as to what forces drive today’s activist movements. In 1990 the Quebec gov

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ernment threatened to unfreeze tuition, which had not been raised since the sixties in order to promote a more educated Quebec population. Thousands o f students, many o f them from UQAM , marched in protest o f the fee hikes.

affect on e’s future prospects as the primary reason for the SSM U ’s lack o f action. Others cite alternate and complementary reasons for the assumed lack o f activism. S ev eral McGill activists say that activist issues have becom e

ment can do. “In the past year, [the SSM U] has tried to emphasize communication in order to get m ore M c G ill stu d en ts in v o lv e d .” said P ercival. He claimed that the size o f the school, the fact that M cGill is

According to Alex Usher, VP External when the fee hike controversy first found its way on to students ’ political agenda, the Students’ Society (SSM U) backed down when confronted by the McGill administration. Apparently, the administration threatened to expel the execu tive if they endorsed a m ove to support a proposed student strike. As a result o f the defeat, the entire Quebec student strike movement was defeated. Usher cited the “personal pressure” in volved in confronting a body with the power to drastically

more mainstream, and that you no longer need to be labeled a radical to get involved. Broader awareness on various issues are largely held responsible for this shift. Less radicalism makes for a less obvious activism, and can lead to motivation prob lems. Many say that M cG ill’s location in a large urban centre, and its relative conservatism keep activism from becoming too widespread. Jeff Percival, SSM U VP External, claimed that there is only so much a student govem-

sues have to compete with all those that present themselves in a city the size o f Montreal as reasons for McGill students’ lack o f involvement. “I would hesitate to say that M cGill students are apa thetic, the ones I have worked with have been very energetic. M cGill students have part time jobs and a heavy study load, among other activities, which take up most o f their time. They do not want to jeopardize their futures for certain causes.” Apparently, peoples’ fu tures are not the only thing on

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the line. One activist, who asked not to be identified, suggested that in the age o f Political Cor rectness, many people are afraid o f saying what they believe in, and that all the “acceptable” causes have already developed a language and directionof their own. It seems that activism has changed in several ways since the sixties. Whereas before stu dents were protesting to secure a voice in the administration o f their education, now they are trying to use that voice to fur ther more specific causes. To pick up on Gray’s argument, not only have we becom e more sophisticated, but so has the manner in which we perceive the world. This change is heavily in fluenced, as Percival suggested, by the fact that, in the modem age o f electronics, people are inundated with media images. We see starvation, war, pov erty, environmental damage, and many others, all o f which are made up o f endless sub issues. The size, scope and number o f problems we have to deal with quite understandably engender a feeling o f helpless ness. How students focus their energy today is related to the way they directed it during the sixties. By acquiring a voice in administration and government, students have become a part o f the institution they once fought. Manipulating from without by marching and occupying was relatively easy compared to the delicate game o f internal diplo macy student leaders must now play.

M ohawk sovereignty afte r M ulroney BY ETHAN SA C K S A ny ripples from Prime M inister M ulroney’s resigna tion have yet to reach the M o h a w k c o m m u n ity in Kahnawage, despite the g e o graphic proxim ity to Ottawa. In fact, there seem s to be little change in the political clim ate su rrou n d in g th e is s u e s o f M ohawk sovereignty and g o v ernment legitim acy in the three years since the O ka crisis. “There is the possibility [that M ulroney’s resignation w ill affect the dialogue], but you have to look at the system o v er a ll.” a ssessed K enneth W illiam s, w ho works for the K ahnawage M ohawk Council.

“Relations are bogged down in bureaucratic procedure, and getting our feet tangled wor rying about the Indian A ct.” Som e think a potential ch an ge-over in the federal governm ent might cause some im provem ent in the situation. “H opefully the person nel that the Liberal Party has are more enlightened,” said Gerald Alfred, w ho lectures at C o n c o r d ia and liv e s in K ahnawage h im self. “They have M embers o f Parliament are natives. It makes sense that if they cam e to pow er then one o f the native members could be made into the Minister of Indian Affairs and that would change things.”

R ecognized authority in K ahnaw age is d iffused b e tw een the M ohawk Council, w hich was established by the Indian Act, and the traditional L onghouses. M oreover, there are philosophical differences between the four Longhouses them selves, w hich make in te r p la y b e tw e e n th e tw o spheres more difficult. W hich sphere is more representative depends on w ho you speak to. “ B a s ic a lly th e B a n d Council is supposed to be an ad m inistrative sy stem , but through e v o lu tio n t h e y ’ve evolved into a governing sy s tem within the com m unites,” stated Josephine Curotte, Pro gram D evelopm ent O fficer at

the N ative Parajudicial Serv ic e s and r e s id e n t of Kahnawage. The M ohaw k C ouncil, headed by C h ief Joe Norton, is the only governm ent body in Kahnawage recognized by the O ffice o f Indian and North ern Affairs. The C ouncil, like its counterparts on other re s e r v e s , w a s e s ta b lis h e d through the Indian A ct prima rily as an administrative chan nel for federal p olicies and funding. “The vast majority o f the people follow the Indian Act, even i f they d o n ’t necessarily approve o f it,” assessed A lCONTINUED ON PAGE 1 1

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F e a tu re s E s c a p is t T V : th e BY CATKIN NORRIS

I am pretty sure that I was not the only student to watch 90 scan dalous minutes of Michael Jackson a few Wednesdays ago. In fact, I have Neilson ratings that say I wasn’t. I am also pretty sure that I wasn’t the only one whose jawdropped upon hearing that 90210 was cancelled on that same night. And what about Melrose Place? It was on at the same time as Michael. Dilemma-central. Couldn’t I get two TVs and watch both? What to do. What to do. A common topic in student newspapers (and Cultural Studies courses) centers on our insatiable cravings for uncompromised crap. We throw around terms like “Gen X.” We exonerate our participa tion in such fatuous aspects of popculture with a wink and a chortle: “I can’t believe I actually watch this stuff!” The more stereotypical and offensive an Aaron Spelling production or a Basic Instinct (a term I’ve adopted for all those movies), the more consuming our pleasure. Beverly Hills 90210 is the paragon of pop-culture trash. Re placing our addictions of old (Love Boat, Three's Company, heroin...) it offers the celluloid bodies and quickly resolved moral dilemmas we treasure. One recent episode deal t with a bad experience at a health spa, and what a crisis it was for poor Kelly! Shelamentedoverher ‘prob lem areas’ and ‘thunder thighs’. Why not adoptTori Spelling’s diet strategy, Kelly? (Binge and purge, no doubt). The audience cringes and rails out against this endorse ment of anorexia. ‘This is horri ble,” we scream at the TV set, “I cannot believe she just said that!” We laugh at the Leave-it-toBeaverish Walsh parents who are prone to invite homeless Gulf vets over for dinner. Dylan’s unending womanizing repulses us and Jason Priestley’s acting can induce bouts of vomit from our awestruck faces. One more thing about Tori Spelling....is it me or is her headbody ratio a little distorted? But nevertheless, we tune in next time, and next time, and next time. And BH 90210 re-runs are the bane of our existence. The real question is, how ever, why do we cherish 90210, Entertainment Tonight or, on a very bad day, Cosmo? Perhaps by glanc ing back at our respective child hoods we can come up with an answer, or at least an excuse. Throughout my youth, din ner table conversations focused upon the corrupting influences of the American Mainstream. For many years, I was forbidden from watching anything but Public TV: DeGrassi Jr. High, 3-2-1 Contact and, if I was lucky, an ABC Afterschool Special. Like sugar cereals, Big Gulps and over-$3 purchases at McDonalds, network TV was a forbidden unknown. When my parents were hammered into gradual submission, I came

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back with a vengeance. I even re member episodes from such ob scure sitcoms as Double Trouble, Bosom Buddies, and The Brady Brides. Perhaps those things de nied in youth are eternally coveted. Each time I watch 90210 I find myself revelling in protest against my Masterpiece Theatre upbring ing.

Another “reason” for our cravings for the soundbite morals and rigid conventionality of the sitcom/drama/tabloid is our posi tion as students in a high and mighty academy. Let’s face it, we have been forever bombarded with im ages of anorexic women, pectoral muscle men, and over-simplified tales of romantic love.

The “enlightened” intellectualism of our academic lives is repressing these vacuous images and values. And that’s good. But, they are in us, whether or not we analyze them in a theoretical con text Watching Melrose Place is an outlet, however dehumanizing, for all the stuff we have accumulated all these years. Call it escapism,

call it denial, but it’s true. Political Correctness is hard and TV is easy. Yes, we are victims. Yes, we love to rationalize. Yes, we gain a layer of fat for every hour of TV we watch. But, like it or not, at least once a week we must channel our Americanisms somewhere. With luck, next week won’t be a re-run.

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Drug legalization,or...how to smoke your phone the hypocrisy o f a govern ment which supports the use o f tobacco and alcohol— In 1988, a national sur drugs which k ill the most vey found that an estimated people in America— and yet 24.5 per cent o f Canadians continues to prohibit hemp,” over the age o f 18 have ex said A lle n St. Pierre, a perimented with marijuana spokesperson for NORML. In his one term as Presi at least once in their lives. W hile many point to the dent, George Bush spent relative safety o f marijuana more money on the “ war on use, its proven therapeutic drugs” than all other Presi benefits and hemp’ spotential dents com bined since as an environmentally-sound Richard N ixon, reported material, the drug remains an Journal, the Addiction Re search F oundation’ s b i illic it substance. The National Organiza monthly publication. W hile tion for the Reform o f M ari Reagan spent 27.3 billion in juana Laws (NORML) is a his eight-year tenure, ^ush U.S. based group with 76 spent 45.2 billion in half that domestic-and four interna time. The result? 3.5 m illion tional-chapters. Founded in 1970, NORML has success U.S. citizens were arrested fu lly lobbied fo r the fo r drug-related offences decriminalization o f mari between 1988 and 1992, juana in 11 states, and con w hile drug-related violent tinues to work towards crimes climbed higher than legalization on a federal ever before. Many argue that taking the crime out o f druglevel. “ You have to recognize use would lead to the elim iB Y S T E P H A N IE HODNETT

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What do you mean, I never call?: The wonderful world of telepersonals BY HEIDI RUBIN If you can admit that you’ve“consumed a milk bone dog biscuit” and are interested in “exploring your deepest fan tasies”, then perhaps a tel ephone meeting service is for you. Telepersonals is one such service. With over 10,000 calls a day, the obviously popular network is “ All about sex, love, and relationships!” “Through telepersonals, you can start an exciting new relationship any time day or night!” states the ad. After receiving a free voice mailbox and a pass code, you can listen to voice mes sages or record your own mes sage. Today, meeting the right person is as easy as having a touch-tone telephone. “We’ve resorted to depersonalized methods of human interaction because there’s no time or opportuni ties to let normal relationships develop,” explained McGill Psychology professor Donald Taylor. “Telepersonals is a substitute for the screening process, a speeding up of get ting to know someone.” Telepersonals is good,

clean dating. Explicit or lan guage in bad taste , soliciting or callers under the age of eighteen are not permitted. Most of the messages are de scriptive pleas for the “right” person. “Don’t you think bilin gualism is sexy?” asks one. Although the existence of services like Telepersonals show how distanced our soci ety has become from personal contact, there are those who still long for something more intimate. “ I would much rather talk to someone face to face,” said Christine MacCormack (U1 Arts). “You can’t marry an answering machine and it shouldn’t be a substitute for a loving, satisfying relation ship,” she continued. “What do you have to lose?” countered Allan Lisbona (U1 Science). “You don’t have to see the person.” “You can’t get a proper impression of someone over the phone,” Kevin Sanders (U1 Arts) replied. It is in fact more difficult to leave a voice ad with telepersonals than it is to pick someone up in a bar, observed Dr. Taylor.

“We strive for ego pro tection and have elaborate ways of saving face in the de velopment of a relationship. Telepersonals asks people to be explicit and unnatural, which is very unsettling for an individual and results in mes sages that are unrealistic and farfetched.” Consider, if you will, the plea of one enthusiastic male: “I want a girl” he said, “to be my long-awaited psychedelic princess.” Are services like Telepersonals, Night Ex change and The Party Line popular because they are more suited to the demands of mod em life? Professor Taylor thinks so. “Due to the changes in modem urban life, normal hu man interaction has been dis rupted. Telepersonals is not a substitute for the bar but a substitute for our entire urban life. The society that cre ated the need for this has cre ated an arena where we have no chance to practise our so cial skills.” And with all the ad vances in technology, one might add, we may never need to.

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Mohawk sovereignty fred. “The legitimate govern ment in their eyes is the Band Council.” A source (who asked to remain anonymous) at the Mohawk Nation office, which is associated with one of the Longhouses, disagreed. “The legitimate government is the traditional government which is the Longhouse,” he said. As for what he termed the Council’s monopolization of dialogue with the Canadian government, he added: “We don’t recognize the Indian af fairs office anyway, because we are capable of handling our own affairs. They [Office of Indian Affairs] don’t handle the affairs of Indians, they han dle the affairs of white men in relation to the Indians. It’s a total misnomer.” “The traditional Longhouse has been a form of government within our com munity since pre contact,” ex plained Curotte, who is a mem ber of one of the other

Longhouses. “It’s more than a governing system, it’s a com bination of our religious be liefs, our governing systemand our social system.” Interaction between the Longhouses and the Council are hampered to some extent by their organizational natures, despite an incorporation policy pursued by Chief Norton. “They are diametrically opposed: the Longhouse is matrimonial and matrilocal and the Band Council is patrimonial and patrilocal [based on European values],” said Curotte. The dialogue with the Office of Indian and Northern Affairs on the question of Mohawk sovereignty is con ducted exclusively through Mohawk Council. “We recognize only the Band Council and have dis cussions with the Kahnawage band to reach an agreement on self government. As long as there is a dialogue going on,

there is cooperation,” elabo rated a representative fromthe Office of Indian and Northern Affairs. The credibility of the dia logue over the past three years is subject to debate, however. “There has been a dra matic change and it’s not just in Kahnawage or Oka or the Mohawk nation itself, but with native people across the coun try because of the Oka situa tion,” said Williams. “The cri sis drew more attention to na tive issues, and now we are taken more seriously.” “They were pretty close, about a week before the Oka crisis they started coming to an agreement for a self gov ernment arrangement special to Kahnawage, but now there is a reluctance on the part of the Canadian government to negotiate fully.”countered Al fred. “There is anelection com ing up and now policy is un sure- there is less of a dia logue.”

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En te rtain m e n t McGill Dance Ensemble stresses diversity B Y K A T IE ROBSON

Twenty- three dancers from the McGill community will be coming together at Players Theatre, to present Metamorphosis, a collection of 14 pieces. The program showcases a va riety of styles, which themselves rep resent the different backgrounds of the dancers involved. The Tribune spoke with three members of the ensemble; Alorani Martin, Carla Potts and Lisa Benjamin, about their attitudes towards choreography and performance, and about what the audience can expect to see this week. Alorani Martin is an anthro pology student, choreographing for the dance ensemble for the first time. Her piece, "Feel the beatfrom within", is an asymmetrical exploration of rhythms and their translation through the human frame. Tribune: How would you de scribe the structure of your piece, both physically and thematically? A.M: The movement starts be fore the music; the dancers begin the rhythms on their bodies. The piece involves two women and two men, though its not symmetrical in any sense. Im not a linear choreographer at all. The structure revolves around a pool of light, that forms the physical focus. Its hard for me to talk about the the matic structure of the dance, because my ideas were internal. I never really had to talk about them; I turned them in to movements, not words. Tribune: How would you de scribe that process of turning your ideas into movements? A.M.: I spend a lot of time with my music; that serves as my initial inspiration. The images are so clear in my mind, but projecting them into movements is difficult. I experiment with my dancers; they are all very

different movers, so until I see them performing my ideas I have no idea of how things will work. I design move ments so they suit my body, and they dont always suit other people. So the choreography becomes very interac tive, which I think is great—I've re ceived some really valuable feedback from my dancers. Tribune: You are dancing in your own piece. Do you think that makes it difficult to attain an objective appreciation of your dance? A.M.: I've never choreographed any other way—I'm always a part of my own choreography. That's not to say I wouldn't try to do a piece for other people. Probably that would make the whole process more objec tive. The interesting aspect of chore ography is that it's a collective activ ity; I'm saying to the other dancers I'm putting this on your body, and you can do with it what you will. Lisa Benjamin is a second year history student. This is herfirst year in the McGill Dance Ensemble, and though she is not choreographing, she is performing in three pieces. Tribune: What dance back ground are you bringing to the ensem ble? L.B.: I've done classical, jazz and tap, and I've had a chance to use everything except tap—I mean, tap wouldn't really work on the concrete floor of Players. I've also had a chance to try other styles—the three dances I'm in are very different from each other, and they let me experiment. So, especially when you consider the con tact improvisation at the opening, I'm getting a chance to try out really dif ferent roles. Tribune: From what I've heard about contactimprovisation, it's a very difficult, emotional activity. Why is that?

L.B.: All dance in volves emotion—but when something is choreo graphed, a dancer is add ing her or his emotion to something someone else did. It becomes a question of interpretation, not crea tion. But when youre im provising, it all comes from you. At first, I found it very difficult; I'd never been ex posed to improvisation. It's so personal—I mean, your response becomes the dance. Tribune: Are you planning on choreograph ing next year? L.B.: I think so, if I T h a t p e lv ic t h r u s t w il l r e a ll y d r iv e y o u in s a n e . can find a piece of music that inspires me. If you have that, other limitations don’t really happiness and energy. One reason I Tribune: Do you think that the matter. We may not have a lot of choose to do this is that other pieces in balance of the program, the emphasis money, and we may be dancing on the show are a lot slower, or employ on diversity, is a strength—or do you cement, but we have manag 'd to put different, more serious styles, and I think it makes the dance ensemble together a really exciting, diverse pro wanted to prov ide a contrast. This year, appear less serious? C.P.: I think it's a definite gram. I think actually that's something theres an emphasis on modem, and I strength. Many people in our audience that has brought us together—having thought a lighter piece would give the to deal with difficulties. For dancers, audience a chance to take a breath. aren't used to dance; it's good to have adjusting is part of performing. Even Tribune: Your piece is really variety so that they can find something if you're covered with bruises, you tightly structured. Did you find it dif they like. Our show isn't meant as keep smiling at the audience. ficult, considering the various experi some kind of lesson in dance—it’s Carla Potts is in her second ence level of the dancers, toput it to more of a showcase or an introduction. year of political science, and in her gether? And I think there's no question about C.P.: Not at all. I wanted very our seriousness. We've been working second year of participating in and choreographing for the dance ensem intricate moves, and I admit every on this all year, we gave up our Febru ble. Her piece, done to Paul Simon's thing is very precise. But though I'm ary break, and we've all made other "Me and Julio down by the making certain technical demands. I'm sacrifices. It's interesting though—I don't think we resent these sacrifices— schoolyard", is lighthearted and en not calling for a specific technique. People just have to be able to move I think instead they've served to really ergetic—and tightly structured. Tribune: Last year you cho exactly with the counts. I should say, bring us together as a group. The McGill Dance Ensemble reographed a similar piece, in that it at times, because I'm not in my own was also humourous. Why do you piece, I'm not really in tune with the performs at Players Theatre March choose to choreograph pieces like that? energy levels of my dancers. I'll be 10-13. at 8pm. Tickets are $5.00 for C.P.: I like making the audi calling One more time and they're ready students, $10.00 for non students. Call ence smile and enjoy themselves. I to drop. But it's come together really Players Theatre for reservations. 398-6813. want my piece to emphasize youthful well.

So you say we sound like the Replacements? B Y M IC H A E L BROADHURST

Toronto band the Rheostatics played in front of a capacity crowd at Club Soda last Saturday night, their first show ever in the Montreal area. The eclectic quartet lived up to every bit of their advanced billing, and then some. Led by their energetic rhythm guitarist Dave Bidini, the band rocked through a tremendous set that lasted almost two hours. The Rheostatics proved to the audience that every critic that touts them as an up-andcoming band on the Canadian music scene are not just blowing smoke. Drawing extensively from their two major label albums, 199 l's Melville and 1992’s Whale Music, the ‘Statics ranged from a stunning acoustic rendition of “Legal Age Life At Variety Store”, which saw the band leave the stage and perform from the middle of the floor, to the rock- tinged “When Winter Comes”. Along the way, the band performed their now standard version of Gordon Lightfoot’s classic “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”, as well as

a version of Jane Siberry’s “One More Colour”, amusingly superior to the original. The Rheostatics emanate a manic energy in their live shows that makes the audience feel like they are part of the show. Whether it be Bidini leading his bandmates into the crowd to sing, or inviting eve ryone in baseball hats on stage to dance with the band (as they did Saturday), the Rheostatics respect their audience, and the admiration is returned. Part of the attraction of this band is that they all shunned the typical “frontman” role, and choose to distribute the spotlight evenly. All four members took lead vocal chores at some point or another, and drum mer Dave Clark more often than not was the one that converses with the crowd. Along with their vocal skills, the Rheostatics can play. And not just their own instruments. Bidini and bassist Tim Vesely exchanged instruments twice, and the music suffered nary a wink, particularly on “The Headless One”, a Vesely song about changing personalities. Vesely even picked up an ac

cordion for one song, “What’s Go ing On”, and lead guitarist Martin Tielli picked up the rest of the musi cal slack, bending his voice around some delightfully interesting mate rial without missing a beat. Tielli left the crowd speechless with a fantastic rendition of “Aliens (Christmas 1988)”. Bidini’s songs were the highlight of the evening; “Horses”, a song about Peter Pocklington’s meat-packing factories in Edmon ton, “Queer” and “Rock Death America” stunned the crowd, and left everyone screaming for more from a band that, despite what one of their own songs suggest, don ’t really sound all thatmuch like the Replace ments. The Rheostatics tipped their hats to their roots in two ways: they played their “Green Sprouts” singalong for the members of their fan club, the Green Sprout Music Club, and gave another band a leg up by inviting them on stage. Montreal band Local Rabbits, who cover very instruments that the Rheostatics “Record Body Count” in their own used. And they did a pretty good job shows, appeared between the set and of it, too. Watch the Rheostatics; in fact, the encore and got to play it with the

go see them as soon as you can. If they keep putting together live shows this good, you’ll be hard pressed to get tickets to see them in the future.

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The Downward Road The Pursuit o f Happiness (Mercury/Polygram Records) The only thing that separates Moe Berg and the Pursuit of Happi ness from glam/cock-rock is the bit ing wit and incisive social commen tary that characterize Berg’s songs. True, three albums into their career one could count the songs not con cerned with sex on one hand, but Berg manages to translate his musi cal vision nicely into an attractive pop-rock package that combines ba sic material with unmistakable hooks and delightful harmonies with singer/ guitarist Kris Abbott. Producer Ed Stasium replaces Todd Rundgren behind the boards, and his influence is readily apparent. Guitars are up front now, and Stasium coaxes a new life out of the chroni cally flat vocals of Berg. TPOH have benefitted tremendously from an other personnel change: goneisbassist John Sinclair and his thuddingly dull one-note parts; in steps Brad Barker, who along with drummer Dave Gilby gives TPOH a strong rhythm section that they seemed to lack before. The Downward Road contains an interesting collaboration with Jules Shear of Squeeze, “A Villa In Portugal", arguably the strongest song on the album. “Cigarette Dan gles” proves that after three years away from the recording studio, TPOH can still produce radio fodder

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Entertainment Mo’ money, Moe s funny with the best of them. Berg’s songwriting is still characterized by the sugar-coated pop of the Seven ties, and songs like “Heavy Metal Tears” and “Pressing Lips” prove his worth as its disciple. Perhaps the most attractive thing about TPOH is that they don’t try to address social issues to pander to their audience. Berg is shameless in his admission that one of the few things he understands, or at least is qualified to write about, are the trials and tribulations of the game of love. The Downward Road rates a 34 out o f 45. Million Seller The Pooh Sticks (BMG Music)

this band clearly lies in the skills of the players. Unfortunately, musical skill rarely overcomes weak material, and the Pooh Sticks are no exception to that ruleMillion Seller rates a 25 out of 45. Human Cannonball School o f Fish (Capitol Records) The music world is so inundated with new, “alternative” bands that it gets harder and harder to determine the hype from the hope. School of Fish are such a band, and with their second album Human Cannonball, they at tempt to dispel] any rumours that they are more hype than hip. Since their debut album, which featured the alter

native radio hit “Three Strange Days”, the School has been hard at work es tablishing a name for themselves. Human Cannonball is the next step down the road to success for this band. Behind the songwriting of singer/guitarists John Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward, Human Cannonball straddles the increasingly blurred line between “grunge” and mainstream pop (see Nirvana and Sloan.) “Take Me Anywhere" is as good a song as any thing released by Seattle bands (where there still exists more hypes than hopes.) Clayton-Felt delivers his vo cals with an urgent twang that forces one to sit up and listen, as evidenced by “1/2 A Believer”, a biting sonic assault that builds to a climactic fin ish. The album shifts directions to the dirgy “Fountain", and the band con

Two things spell trouble about this album. First, the band is named the Pooh Sticks. Second, the liner notes painfully describe what the in fluences of the song were and what it’s about. Please! Nothing is more annoying than self-important bands trying to tell us what influenced their oh-so-important lives. Beyond that briefdi atribe. Mil lion Seller has some interesting move ments. Owing an obvious debt to Sev enties rock like the Raspberries and Todd Rundgren. Songs such as “I Saw The Light” and “Baby Wanna Go Around With Me” owe explicit debts to the stars of the decade of disco. Lead vocalist Hue is some times interesting, but the strength of

sistently balances their different mu sical styles to produce a truly stunning album. Human Cannonball rates a 41 out of 45. Great Expectations Tasmin Archer (EMI Records) Opening with the brilliant “Sleeping Satellite”, Tasmin Arch er’s debut album deals from strength and lives up to the repuation she es tablished for herself last summer as a British dancehall diva. Archer’s tre mendous vocal skills blend well with the distinctive dance sound of hei cowriters, keyboardist John Beck and guitarist John Hughes. Great Expectations is strong from start to finish, with Archer ably handling several different types of music, from dance/hip-hop to ballads i Among the stronger points of the al-j bum are “Hero” and “Lords of thd New Church”. Archer and her sup-j porting cast possess a unique ability tel combine important social issues witW attractive pop hooks, and songs likq “Ripped Inside” become that much! more powerful because of their accès sibility. Archer is refreshing in hen approach to social issues, if only bel cause she doesn’t try to beat you oven the head like U2 used to; in any event, social conscious or not. Archer should be around for some time to come. Great Expectations was also a boon by Charles Dickens.

H ail to th e King baby: W hy Sam Raim i is th e g reatest director of all tim e B Y OW EN P A IS L E Y

This reading week, while the rest of you were in Bora bora, some friends and I went down to the local cinema 6-plex and watched Army of Darkness (The Temp was sold out). For those of you who can't talk about movies without using pretentious-sounding french words like ‘oeuvre,’ I should explain that Army o f Darkness, the sequel to Evil

Dead 2, is the latest offering from Sam Raimi, the Greatest Director of All Time. Now, many people believe this title rightfully belongs to the director of Citizen Kane, H. G. Wells, because the film contained the most memora ble one-liner in film history. Rose bud. I Find this dubious, because I have never heard Rosebud sampled in a song. You know you've achieved immortality when some obscure

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techno band samples a line from your movie. Already Evil Dead lines have been puloined in Revolting Cocks' Get Down, Foetuss While Knuckles, A Split-Second's Firewalker and LaTour's People Are StillHaving Sex. Skinny Puppy's song Whos Laughing Now? is nothing but samples from Evil Dead 2. This is why I get very dis turbed by reviews of Army of Dark ness that give it negative three stars and call for Sam Raimi's immediate beheading (luckily, no one reads The New Yorker anyway). Army ofDark ness is an epic movie, and it deserves epic treatment. It is the Jesus of Mon-

treat of demonic sword-wielding skeleton movies. Following a 4-sec ond cameo by Bridget Fonda in a flashback, the film begins with our hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell) who, after being sucked through a time vortex at the end of EvilDead2, finds himself in thelôth century, sur rounded by 16th-century people. In order to return to his own time, he must find the Necronomicon (a book filled with demonic rituals and bound in human skin wish I had one) and hand it over to the resident wizard. Unfortunately, Ash awakens the Forces of Evil, who were sitting around just waiting for something

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Entertainment New York b e tter th a n N orth York B Y C H A R L E S B O U L A K IA

Planning a trip to New York City? Expecting or anticipating an incredibly exciting and different time? Well, it’ll probably be exciting — after all, it is New York. How ever, it may not be all that different. The first thing to do is look for accomodations. Believe it or not, cheap accomodations in NYC are not that difficult to find, if you know what you’re doing. If you’re lucky, you ’ve got a friend in the NYU dorms that you can crash with. You’ll have to make sure the person is there when you arrive, though, as signing in guests is mandatory, with a maxi mum of two guests per resident. The security guard will take your student I.D. while you stay there. Other highly recommended places to stay include the Manhattan Hostel, at 145 east 23d Street. At $22.50 a night, and close to the Empire State Building, Soho, and Greenwich Village, it’s ideal. But bring your passport, and checkin before midnight. Special note: the check in is on the thrid floor. Reservations are recommendended and you can call them now at (212) 979-8043. O.K. Now you’ve got a place to stay. What to do? Y our best bet is a quick perusal of The Village Voice, Greenwich Village equivalent to The Mirror. You may be surprised at the

amount of familiar names playing the Big Apple. Most of the concert life is much the same as Montreal. A quick peek revealed that, the week end we were there, Blue Rodeo was playing NYU, and both Grim Skunk, a Montreal band, and Goober and the Peas, notorious since their ballroom show, were also playing in town. If you’re in the mood for a musical, expect to pay a lot, even if you get the special half-price tickets that are available at Times Square on the day of the show. During the day, you might want to check out some of the finest museums in North America. Avoid the Museum of Modem Art for the next month or so, as it is almost completely closed for renovations. If you’ve never been there, though, it may be worth the half-price admis sion during renovations to check out their fantastic sculpture garden. While you’re in a museum frame of mind, check out the (original) Guggenheim. The building architec ture alone is almost worth the admis sion. And, of course, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest museum in New York, is an essential part of any visit to NYC. It’s got everything from 20th century painting and sculp ture wings, to a really cool medieval wing, full of armor and swords and stuff. The French rooms are the largestcollection of Frenchgentilhomme

through Norwalk, check out Stu finery outside of Europe. Yes, they York tourist things to do, such as actually took full rooms out of a walking through Times Square, vis Leonard’s. It’s a grocery and pro duce store designed by a former ex French Hotel Particulier (pro iting NBC studios (write in advance ecutive of Disney. Their dairy prod nounced like the english word CAS for SNL tickets, although Donahue TLE), stone by stone, and trans tickets are relatively easy to get for ucts are made on the premises, and, planted into New York. It’s breath the same week), or going up the on your way through the store, make sure to push all of the buttons with taking. Empire State Building. Some the ‘press me’ sign on them. Watch I would recommend at least a non-traditional, but equally exciting the giant chicken lay an egg in the couple of hours of daylight reserved areas of town include the Diamond egg carton section, and the giant cow for wandering around Greenwich district (42nd Street and 5th), for Village, especially if you’re there on diamonds, delis and amazing book sing a song in the milk section. It’s lots of fun, and a great place to go for a week-end. If you wander long stores. enough, you may find a few flea And on your way back, if conversation and excellent Malteesers and cookies for your markets, in parking lots, where you’ll you’re kind of hungry, and looking eight-hour drive home. find cool clothing, CDs, and more, for some excitement while driving both new and used, at really cheap prices. And if you ’re still in the moôd for cheap shopping after that, check out the stores on Canal Street for the best prices on consumer electronics, and fake Rolex and Mont Blancs. Oh, and yes, y ou can bargain with the storeowners. Avoid Ca nal Street after dark, though. Oh, and also in Greenwich Village, the ‘dealers’ in Washington Park had the longest list of pharmacuticals I’ve ever heard outside of a drug store. Well, there are also the traditional New ^ y w|* m a k r i t a n y w h e r e , m a k e it t h e r e .

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Sp o rts M artlets head to N ationals flying high PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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It was five years in the off ing, but the McGill Martlets have made it back to the CIAU National Tournament. Last Saturday at the Currie Gym, McGill defeated Laval in the QUBL final, earning a berth in the Nationals and their first league title since 1988. It was also the last game at McGill for co-captains Debby Morse and Jane Ross, who both graduate this year. “I had to wait for the final buzzer,” Ross said, “but when it finally went, it was such a great feeling. It was really the culmina tion of five years [of playing for McGill].” Both teams began the game at a torrid pace before defence took over. McGill jumped out to an 1810 lead about seven minutes into the game, a lead they would never relinquish. Morse was the key for the Martlets’ early run, consist ently taking it to the hole. “I knew that Sandra [point guard Veillette] would need help with Sophie Morin all over her, so I just kept taking it in,” she said. While McGill led 32-24 at the half, Laval’s excellent threepoint shooting usually makes or

breaks the Rouge et Or. As it turned out, it was a Martlet who hit all the key treys. R ookie forw ard Josée Deloretto held the hot hand in the second hal f. Just when Laval would begin to come back, Deloretto would hit a three-pointer to deflate their balloon. She had 14 of her game-high 19 points in the second half. “It was my first game back from an injury,” mused Deloretto. “I had a lot of shooting practice while I was hurt, and I hadn’t shot in a game for a couple of weeks. Maybe it all built up.” If she didn’t get it all out of her system, the Martlets will need her clutch shoot ing next week in Victoria. The game saw the usual tough defence from both teams. Laval point guard Sophie Morin may be the quickest player in the league, and she caused a few turno vers that led to Laval buckets. It was McGill’s consistency on de fence which paid off, however. In the paint, the Martlets asked for no quarter and gave none, and almost all of the Rouge et Or had trouble in the second half. Chantale Cantin was the exception for Laval with all of her 18 points in the second frame, but she had little help from her overmatched teammates. Ross was robbed of any dig nity in her final home game when she fouled out on calls that were questionable at best. With her on

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the bench for most of the game, there seemed to be a passing of the torch into the very capable hands of rookie Vicky Tessier. Tessier wound up with 14 points and 14 rebounds while playing all but six minutes of the game. Along with fellow all-star Martina Van der Vlist, she gave McGill an undeni able presence inside. Martlet head coach Chris Hunter was thanking his lucky stars for such a deep team.

“Things got a little tight,” he said, “but we saw some great play from rookies like Deloretto and Lesley Stevenson, who did a great job filling in for Jane. These play ers hadn’t really been in the spot light all year.” The Martlets head to Victo ria this Wednesday for the big show. “The key for us will be prov ing that we can play against big players,” said Hunter. “Teams like Winnipeg and Laurentian have

some very big players, and we haven’t seen much of that in this league.” Ranked seventh in Canada with an overall record of 24-4, the Martlets will be long shots at a tournament that will feature only a few teams they have seen before. If they are to do well, they will need the cliché total team effort. With this year’s edition of the McGill Martlets, that has rarely been in doubt.

Bishop’s levels Redm en cagers in first round of playoffs B IS H O P S

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Last Friday night at the Currie Gym spectators saw a stun ning finish to a very promising season for the Redmen Basketball

squad. The Bishop's team against whom they had gone 5-0 in the regular season came to town, and came to play. The opening tipoff perhaps set the stage, as 6 ’8" David Fisher controlled the tip against 6 ’11” Doug McMahon, and sent it to the lead Bishop’s guard for an easy lay-up to open the scoring. Bish op's inten sity was immediately

apparent, just as McGill’s inten sity wouldn’t appear until late in the second half. However, despite severe of fensive ineptitude, McGill’s de fence was j ust good enough to keep the score to only a six-point Bish op's margin by half-time. Surely Coach Ken Schildroth could come up with some great and inspira tional speech during the break.

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on the Bishop’s players’ faces. Surely ourbelovedRedmen, whose Would they choke on one of the only regular season losses had come infamous Currie Gym hairballs? against Concordia, would break out Will Lauren kill Sheila? (Stay tuned of their slumber and put this upstart to Y&R.) Bishop’s team in its place. Desperately needing a pos Surely I must have been session, McGill players fouled the dreaming. first opponent available. Unfortu Finally at the six minute mark nately, it was the hot-shooting Tim of the second half the game began Johnston who stepped to the line to get interesting. Lo and Behold! for Bishop’s. He promptly sank the Redmen had pulled within three both free throws, setting the stage points. for a 6 of 6 Bishop's finale at the Excitement was temporarily line (and making those yelling extinguished by a Bishop’s rally, “Airball!” look like complete idi but a couple of Rick Varisco threeots). point long bombs put McGill back D esperately struggling in the running. McGill shooters against the lid of the coffin that caught fire. But so, unfortunately, Bishop's was so deftly nai ling down did the Bishop’s shooters. on top of them, the Redmen finally Up and down the court the came up short under the barrage of players raced, as the tension free throws. mounted. Even the crowd got into After the buzzer sounded, it, yelling at the refs and raising several of the McGill players stood loud bellow ing cries o f or sat at various places on the court “AAAAAAIIIIIIR-BAAALL!” with stunned and empty expres whenever Bishop’s got to the foul sions on their faces as Bishop’s line. celebrated their upset win. As small as five points, as Despite 31 points from the large as ten points, the Bishop's lead seemed insurmountable. Sud- combination of McMahon and sen ior Todd McDougall, the 38 total denly, however, Doug McMahon, points from Fisher and Johnston with only 41 seconds remaining in stole the show, particularly in the the game, converted a basket to bring his team within three again. The tension began to show C O N T IN U E D O N P A G E 1 9

Sports McGill’s hockey teams skating on thin ice

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Both of M cGill’s varsity hockey teams are facing less than optimal conditions these days as the women struggle to retain university funding and the men wonder whether there’ll be a league for them next season as they may well be booted out of the OUAA. An appraisal of the hockey Martlets comprised the bulk of the interim report of the Performance Review Committee, presented on March 5 to the McGill Athletics Board. The document says the team “should remain a level II team on a probationary basis, to be re-evaluated early in 1994”. The report cited two main fac tors as contributing to the Commit tee’s misgivings: “the precarious po sition of the league in which the wom en’s ice hockey team plays,” and the fact that “the team was particularly weak in the area of recruiting”. “All teams are rated on the supply of quality athletes. Women’s hockey didn’t get a point [there],” said Commi ttee Chair Jâmes Stewart. “It’s because of the lack of women’s hockey programs in the area. Wom en’s hockey does not have a large

supply of athletes feeding the Que bec system,” Stewart added. However, Martlets head coach Geoff Phillips maintained that as a part time coach, recruiting was not expected of him. Phillips mentioned that he has, however, done some recruiting on his own time and at his own expense, including scouting at the recent Un der-18 national championships. The state of the QWIHL is also of concern to many. The league was created to include the best talent pos sible, which resulted in what Phillips called a “free-for-all”. Two CEGEP teams—St. Laurent and John Abbott—play in the league, which also features McGill, Concordia, UQTR and Bishop’s. “It’s a bit of a mess, that league,” said Stewart. “I guess it would look better if it was an all university league.” Phillips con curred: “The league is not that sta ble,” he said. “Teams that should be feeding us are competing with us,” Phillips explained. “For example, girls on CEGEP teams should be feeding Concordia or McGill teams. There is no incentive for these players to leave CEGEP St. Laurent and go to McGill.

There’sno pressure onUofM to start teams if someone else pays for it. Their athletes are happy playing on St. Laurent’s team.” “Despite the fact that CEGEP St. Laurent and John Abbott are good teams, the performance Committee didn’t feel that was acceptable in calling our league a well-established league. Teams in our league are do ing very well against the best teams in the U.S. and Canada and that should speak for itself,” he stated. For example, two QWIHL teams, Concordia and CEGEP St. Laurent, met in the final at the Theresa Humes tournament at Concordia af ter beating teams from the northeast ern U.S. Thereis alsononational cham pionship for women’s hockey. “It needs to become unified with what’s going on in the country,” Phillips said. “We all need to work on it together with Ontario,” he added. Ontario is the only other province with an interuniversity league. The report concludes that it “will be difficult to justify maintain ing a women’s hockey team if there is no league to play in.” However, it may well be the Redmen who could suffer from lack of a league.

With only three men's univer sity hockey teams in Quebec— McGill, Concordia, UQTR—there are not enough teams to form a Que bec league. Since 1988, Quebec teams have been allowed to play in the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso ciation hockey league (OUAA). But the OUAA wants them out. The two reasons the OUAA offers in support of its bid to eject Quebec teams are travelling and costs. “We pay a fee to play in the league, plus we pay them mileage to come down [here],” explained head coach Jean Pronovost. The agreement this year was that the three Quebec teams would be allowed to play one more year in the OUAA—the1993-94 season—only if a fourth Quebec team would materi alize in time for the 1994-95 season, thus creating a Quebec University hockey league. Université du Quebec à Mon treal was to have iced a team but they have been unable to come up with the funds in time. “We’ve sent a letter stating that the condition was not met by the March 1st deadline and that we have a firm interest in participating in the OUAA,” said Bob Dubeau, McGill

Director of Athletics. “We have to await their decision on how our ap plication lies.” “Whether we have to go to a three-team [Quebec] league or an in dependent hockey team, hockey will be here,” said Pronovost. “There have been 117 years of hockey at McGill. Think of the tradition alone,” he said. “What baffles me is that the three Maritime provinces get along. Out west they get along. Ontario and Quebec for some reason, we don’t get along,” stated Pronovost. Pronovost noted that one ad vantage of creating a Quebec league would be a berth in the national tour nament. Only one of the 16 teams in the OUAA (8 each in East and West divisions) goes to the CIAU champi onships. If there were a league in this province—composed of four teams—the chances of a Quebec team reaching the nationals would quadru ple. Pronovost’s preference would be for things to remain as they are. “To go a year at a time makes it hard. All I know is I hope I’m in a league,” he said. “Unfortunately our fate is not under our control at this particular time,” said Dubeau.

Men’s volleyball in limbo; All other teams remain as they were B Y A L IS O N K O R N

The Performance Review Committee presented an interim re port to the McGill Athletics Board on March 5. The report was in tended to review the “reclassifica tion” of intercollegiate sports that occurred two years ago. While syn chronized swimming, field hockey, women’s ice hockey, badminton and men’s volleyball “merited extra con sideration”, the committee recom mended that all other teams main tain their current status. The teams were evaluated ac cording to the criteria developed by the 1991 Classification Committee. Among the most important criteria are: the availability of quality ath letes in Quebec to be recruited; hav ing arecognized Quebec league and a national league; the existence of training facilities on campus; and teams’ revenue potential through fundraising, gate receipts, or alumni donations. “There were several teams that required further investigation,” explained Committee Chair James Stewart. “They required extra atten tion because of their points [in these areas]. We needed a little extra re

search on them. We were fairly lib eral about giving teams a second look,” he said. Field hockey was given a sec ond look because McGill has a fa cility for the team. However, it has has no Quebec league, and few athletes in Quebec to recruit from, according to Stewart. The decision regarding men’s volleyball has not yet been made. It is quite possible that the team could receive more funding. “We wanted to get more in formation from the Quebec Volley ball Federation about the future of Quebec volleyball—is it going to be a prioritized sport for the Quebec Federation? We need more time to look at this team,” said Stewart. Points in favour of the syn chronized swimming team were its outstanding seasonandthenewpool, expected to open within this semes ter. “The team fell down in the areas of the Quebec league and availabil ity of athletes,” Stewart remarked. “There is no synchronized swim ming east of here,” he said. There may be good news in the future for track athletes, who saw their funding removed two years ago—certainly not due to meagre

performances. Lack of a facility (an indoor track) was track’s fatal flaw. “Once we get the new facility you should see track funded again,” hinted Stewart. The new Fieldhouse stadium is hoped to be finished in 1995. Badminton almost saw a big ger budget. “Badminton will stay as Level II,” said Stewart. “We were looking to make it Level I but it doesn’t have a national league.” “The committee would like to point out the tremendous effort and success of the McGill rowing team in spite of the fact that they cannot be elevated at this time,” the document stated. Stewart elaborated: “There is no Quebec league and no Canadian

league. Those are two big reasons right there. It’s difficult to have any team if there’s no Quebec teams. Part of the philosophy for athletics at McGill is to share athletic experi ences with other Quebec athletes.” Stewart was unaware that the McGill University Rowing Club had hosted its first ever regatta this sea son, at the Olympic basin, compet ing against crews from Ontario. Stewart commented on the lack of rowing in Quebec and the large nov ice program at McGill. “There’s no novice volley ball program [for example],” he said. “It’s a make-program for rowers.” However, given the factthatno small number of McGill students have gone on to Olympic competition

after starting the sport at McGill, novice rowing is hardly comparable to a leam-to-swim program offered by the swim team. A final mark against the club is the fact that the McGill campus does not boast a rowing facility. This is a criterion that worked against both rugby teams two years ago; there is no field for the teams to call home. Women’s hockey was placed on a one year “probation” due to the team’s weakness in the area of re cruiting as well as the peculiar Que bec league which includes two CEGEP teams. It is recommended that the team remain level II for now and it will be re-evaluated early in 1994.

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BY CHARLES THOM AS

On M arch 28th, McGill Crosscountry team member JeanNicolas Duval will compete in the World Cross Country Champion ships in Amorietta-Etxamo in the Basques region o f Spain. Duval qualified for the Canadian team at the Canadian trials in Victoria, B.C. in January, when thel8 year old won the junior m en’s race. So where does the power come from to see the race to its end? From within. (Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire) On the surface of it, these words sound overly poetic. After all, running is one of those sports that is much more physical than m ental— the winner, it would seem, is the fastest, strongest, fittest athlete on race day. What Liddell alludes to, however, is that this is often not enough. Winning, he seems to argue, is something that comes from a sort of inner drive not only to train, but perhaps more importantly to be able to drum up the confidence, the con viction that you will end up the winner. M ost successful athletes have such an inner drive, but what makes Liddell’s quote so appro priate for M cGill’s Jean-Nicolas Duval is the important part this inner drive played in making the freshman mechanical engineering student Canada’s best under-20year-old cross country runner.

Following his eighth place finish at the 1992 Canadian cross country trials where he had ex pected to be chosen as one o f the Canadian representatives (only the top six made the team for the world championships), the disap pointed Duval realized that he had to reevaluate his attitude toward racing. “I used to worry a lot about the other runners,” he said. “I couldn’t see myself beating certain athletes and would settle for less than first,” added Duval. After that bitter defeat at the Canadian selection meet, Duval learned to use focusing techniques and began to visualize running the perfect race, literally seeing the race to its end, to paraphrase Liddell. He credits much of his im proved attitude to his coach Pierre Léveillé. “He has a lot of experience [Léveillé was a member of the Canadian team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1985 C om m onw ealth G am es], he shows me a l o t ,” said Duval. “I really learned to psych, myself up and began to see m yself as a winner. I don’t worry about any body else anymore,” added Duval. The pay-off for these efforts came this January at the Canadian cross country team trials where he confidently came away with the gold. “I would have accepted nothing less than first at the trials,” he said afterwards.

If Duval had to develop a will to win, the will to train is something that he always found within himself. From the age of 13, the Repentigny, Québec native would get up at 6:00 a.m. to run four or five kilometers all out before go ing to school. But he knew that he would need more structured surroundings in order to develop to his full potential. With more confidence than experience, Duval phoned the Corsaire-Chaparral club in Montreal in the hope that he could train with its ath letes. The c lu b ’s head coach, Carole Crevier, was at first reluc tant to take on an inexperienced runner, but when the persevering Duval mentioned his perform ances at some school level races, she was impressed and took him under her wing. Those first two years with the club were not easy. The team’s training facilities were a half hour drive from his home— a trip that his father made with him every day. “I really owe a lot to my dad because he made that trip every day with me, [running] was like a challenge that we’d thrown to each other,” says Duval proudly. Having been the best in his age group in Québec at various distances since 1989, and now the top Canadian at the Junior level, he stil 1has a lot to be thankful for.

“I have a very supportive environm ent: my parents and friends try to help me financially, and, since 1991, I have a full

equipment sponsorship from Nike worth about $2500,” says Duval. “It’s fun to get support when you perform.”

N ugent and Watson make waves at CIAU Championships BY PAM ELA TRAVERS

Both Andrea Nugent and Paul Watson managed medal fin ishes in all their individual events at this past weekend’s CIAU Na tional Championships meet in To ronto. Nugent destroyed the exist ing 50m CIAU butterfly record by

almost one and a half seconds, win ning in a time of 27.66 and also broke the 100m freestyle record. Aside from these astounding feats, she also procured a gold medal in the 50m freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100m fly. “This was her best meet yet this year,” commented head coach

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Perfect whose 50m freestyle fin ishes placed them in the top fifteen in Canada. All told, McGill men’s team finished eighth and the women’s team, eleventh, for a combined fin ish of eleventh in Canada. Although just missing the top ten for the second year in a row, Laurin and the McGill Swim Team remain optimistic that next year will prove to be even more successful. “We’ll only be losing a cou ple of swimmers this year so we’ll still have a great base for next season and if we get the same number of talented rookies as last year I can only see us improving,” Laurin said.

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A lp in e ski team slips to second; M cG ill w om en keep top s p o t The alpine ski team competed in the giant slalom in good conditions at Mt. Ste. Marie last weekend. On Saturday, McGill placed five women in the top fifteen: Sophie Marcoux was 5th; Julia Hogan 8th; Martha McDougall 9th; Sandra Cole 11th; and Erica Panet 13th. Eric Bedard was M cGill’s top male finisher in 14th place; Jonathan Poiter placed 25th. On Sunday, Julia Hogan placed 6th; Sophie Marcoux 7th; Martha McDougall 10th; Sandra Cole 11th; and Erica Panet 15th. On the m en’s side, Kevin Cox placed 12th; Jason Ring 20th and Jon Stone 22nd. After eight races over four weekends, the team has slipped a notch in the overall standings from first to second place behind Laval. M cGill’s women retain first place, while the men remain in fifth spot. McGill women are prominent in the individual standings: Sophie Marcoux is 5th; Julia Hogan 6th; Martha McDougall 8th; Sandra Cole 11th; Erica Panet 13th; and Aimee Belec 15th. John Roiter is

M cGill’s top male competitor with a 15th place ranking. This weekend, some members of the team will compete at Georgian Peaks in Collingwood in the Ontario circuit, which will not count for team standings.

Synchro to m ake a splash fo r cash McGill Synchronized Swimming will be hosting its 42nd annual water show Saturday March 13 at 7:00pm. The event will be held at Marionopolis College, 3880 Cote des Neiges. Tickets are $3.00 for students and $5.00 for adults and are available at the door or at W eston Pool.

N o rdic s k iin g ’s Louis H e lb ig places second in 50km race Last Sunday, members of the Nordic Ski team competed in the 50km Viking loppet just outside of Montreal. M cG ill’s Louis Helbig placed 2nd in 3 hours, 28 minutes and was first in his age category (24-29). Andrew May was 4th in 3 hours, 35 minutes and was second in his age

category (20-23). On February 21, the team covered a total of 5 1 1km in the Gatineau 55 W orld loppet, which had to be cut down to 45km because o f the cold. Andrew May turned in M cGill’s best time, with 2:14.21. His 35th place finish was among 1000 of the w orld’s best skiers. The team ’s next race, its last of the season, will be the 65km Mont Ste. Anne loppet.

W heelchair basketball a t M c G ill fo r N ational Physio Week In honour of National Physiotherapy week from M arch 14 to 20, the faculty of physiotherapy will host a wheelchair basketball game on Thursday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:00pm at the Currie Gym. The Gladiators, national wheelchair basketball champions, will play a team made up o f McGill students and m em bers o f the M artlet basketball team. Admission is $1.00 or a donation to Cystic Fybrosis. All are welcome to watch and participate.

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faster paced second half. Bishop's Fisher spoke can didly after the game. “We ex pected what we saw. You play a team five times and you’re not going to see anything new. We had no pressure...we just came out and did our best. Any time you go 2-10 in the regular season and make it to the finals it’s a sur prise.” He may have been speak ing as much about McGill’s feel ings in losing to a team they had beaten five straight times, as be ing dumped unceremoniously in the first round of the playoffs. Certainly surprise would be the mildest description. However, next season will come around in September, and McGill’s current crop of promis ing rookies and sophomores will start to show their stuff. When the playoffs roll around again, per haps the Redmen will meet with a different result.

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Last year the SSMU became a partly incorporated body shortly after it signed a Letter of Agreement with McGill University. This meant a new financial relationship between the University and ourselves. Over the past three years, the SSMU has incurred a debt of $ 6 1 8 ,0 0 0 .0 0 with the University primarily because of large budget overruns in 1 9 8 9 / 9 0 and 1 9 9 0 /9 1 . This debt is now being called in. W h at makes this situation confusing isthat the SSMU has approximately this amount accumulated in a Capital Reserves Fund. One would naturally ask - Why doesn't SSMU simply put the reserves towards the debt? While some of this money will be placed against what we owe (approx. $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 ), we cannot give up the entire amount. An organization of SSMU's size that offers the amount of servies and activities that we do needs a reserve fund.

W h a t a re re s e rv e s ? W h y do w e n ee d r e s e r v e s w h e n w e h a v e a d e b t to p a y ? Our reserves are used primarily for unexpected maintenance problems, emergency equipment purchases and cash flow. For example, the equipment in our cafeterias is becoming increasingly run down and large pieces may need to be replaced in the near future. This equipment represents large costs ($ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 ), and is essential to the services we provide. Cash flow is a new problem for the Society as in the past we were provided for bytthe University. Now, the SSMU must maintain itself for months over the summer and fall before we receive out first allotment of student fees. Therefore, the society needs a reserve of funds to alleviate the strain and maintain a financial balance. If SSMU put all of the reserves towards the debt, we would be certainly "flying by the seat of our pants". All the services and activities currently provided by the society from the Secual Assault Centre to the McGill Tribune, from Sadies to the SSMU cafeterias would be constantly at risk. In addition, SSMU provides essential political representation for students within the McGill academic environment on issues such as sexual and racial harassment, curriculum decisions and priorities in out educaiton. Consider...Who forced McGill to review its sexual harassmet policy? Students. Who is woring to convince the University to adopt pass/fail courses as part of the curriculum? Students. Who stopped the Dentistry Faculty from being cut by McGill last year? Students. Student organizaitons make a difference. SSMU makes a difference.

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