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In last week's elections, students determined the future direction of Students' Society. The SSMU Presi dency went to the current Arts Presi dent, Mark Luz, whilethe Equity slate, led by incum bent President Jason Prince, was shut out of Execu tive positions. S ee p age 3
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Organizations listed below must register nam e, address and the phone number of their delegate to this election meeting by completing the official delegate registration form at the Students' Society General Office, 3 4 80 McTavish Street, Room 105, N O L A T E R T H A N 4:00 P.M ., M A R C H 24, 1993. Completed forms must be signed by the president or chief officer of each respective organization and must be submitted to Kathy Bowman, at the Students' Society G eneral Office.
O R G A N I Z A T I O N S E L IG IB L E T O S E N D DELEGATES AIESECMcGill Amateur RadioClub AmnestyInternational ArabStudents'Society ArmenianStudents' Association Associationfor Baha'i Studies BalticSociety BlackStudents'Network OpenRoad CaribbeanStudents' Network ChineseChristian Fellowship ChineseStudents' Society Choral Society ChristianFellowship DebatingUnion ECO Entrepreneur'sClub RimSociety RnanceClub FolkMusicSociety FosterParents Association GamersGuild LBGM HellenicAssociation Hillel Students' Society Hindu ReligionAssoc, of McGill IndiaCanadaStudents' Association IndianProgressive
International Relations Society InternationalSocialists IranianStudents' Society IslamicCultureNetwork IslamicSociety ItalianStudents' Society JamesBayCoalition KenyaStudents' Society KoreanStudents' Society LatinAmerican AwarenessGroup LebaneseStudents' Society Liberal McGill LiteracyCouncil MatureStudents Association McGill Associationof International Students (MAI.S.) McGill fortheEthical Treatment ofAnimals (M.E.TA) McGill Quebec Pugwash NDPMcGill NewmanStudents' Society OldMcGill Outingdub PakistanStudents' Association PalestinianStudents' Association PhotographicSociety Player'sTheatre
Students' Society Programming Network ProgressiveConservalive ProgressiveZionist Caucus QuebecPublicInterest ResearchGroup RussianStudents' SavetheChildren SavoySociety Sexual AssaultCentre South-EastAsianStudents' Association SouthernAfrica Committee Spanish&Latin AmericanStudents' Association Students' Society Handbook Travel Club McGillTribune UkranianStudents' Association VietnameseStudents' Association Volunteer Bureau Walk-SafeNetwork World UniversityServiceof Canada(W.U.S.C) Women'sUnion ZoroastrianStudents' Society
Please Be Reminded••• 1. Quorum for this meeting if fifty (50%) of the total number of organizations registered by 4:00 p.m. March 24, 1993. 2. Organizations eligible are only those DIRECTLY recognised by the S.S.M .U . Students' Council and fall under the headings of Functional Groups, Activities and Interest Groups.
3. All delegates must have been active members of their respective clubs for at least two months prior to the meeting.
4. All delegates must be members of the Students' Society (i.e. any
Tuesday. March 16 Amnesty International meets every Tuesday at 6:30 pm in Shatner 435. All are welcome. For info call 3981519. The Progressive Zionist Cau cus presents "Jews With a Difference: Gay and Lesbian Jewry”. 4:30 pm, Hillel, 3460 Stanley. The Centre for Developing Area Studies presents Rishma Peera speaking on Women’s Education in Tanzania. 12:00 pm, 3715 Peel, Semi nar Room 100. For info call 398-3507.
group must be approved as the official delegate by the organization he or she is representing.
6. Only registered delegates may be nominated as dub representa tives.
7. Only registered delegates may vote for club representation. 8. Organizations NOT listed above which ARE eligible to send a delegate should contact Kathy Bowman at the Students' Society General Office a s soon a s possible.
9. Organizations not registered by the deadline will NOT be permitted to take part in the meeting.
10. Organizations recognized by one of the fourteen (14) faculty and NOT
school societies or through the Students' Athletics Coundl are eligible to be represented.
The McGill Irish Society and the Saint Patrick’s Society present Padraig O’Snaidaigh speaking on “His torical Revisionism in Ireland Today.” 7:30 pm, Arts Council Room 160, Arts Bldg. For info call 499-1252.
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Wednesday. March 17
The Yellow Door Coffee House presents live music by The Gar den Bards with Martine Wiseman. $2.00. 8:00 pm, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For info call 398-6243.
McGill Improvperforms every Wednesday in the Alley at 7:30 pm. Free.
Deadline for nominations for executive positions of the International Relations Society is today.
The BSN meets today at 6:00 pmin theMulticultural Lounge, Shatner 425.
Lawyers for Social Responsi bility are holding a conference on hu man rights in Northern Ireland. Begins today at 6:30 pm at the Moot Court at McGill’s Law Faculty.
The Latin America Aware ness Group presents “Une Terre Au Coeur”, a Filmabout Guatemalan refu gees in Mexico. 12:30 and 1:30 pm in Shatner 310. Interfaith Discussion Group: exchange views andexperiences of sea sonal fasts and holidays. All welcome. 12:30 pm, Birks Bldg. rm. 104. The McGill Outing Club is having elections! All positions will be open and free; donuts will be served (yum!). 7:30 pm in Leacock 26.
McGill student except those registered in Continuing Education.)
5. A delegate who is not the president or chief officer of a particular
Tonight: Patricia Renee Ewing, Jim Olwell, and David Ranger. $2.00. 8:00 pm, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For info call 398-6243.
The Aboriginal Law Associa tion of McGill invites the public to hear and learn about the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. 1:00-3:00 pm. Moot Court at the Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel. For more info call Anne Drost at 281 -8343 or Margo Siminovitch at9373102. The Women’s Medical Soci ety of McGill and Women and the Law present“CanYou Trust Your Doctor?”, a discussion of sexual abuse of patients by doctors. 7:30 pm, Charles Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Medical Bldg.
The Faculty of Music presents Jeff Jubenville, organist. 12:15 pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 3984547. Saturday. March 20 McGill Itnprov offers free workshops every Saturday from 11:00 am-l:00 pm in the Shatner Bldg. See sign in lobby for location. Conferenceon Human Rights in Northern Ireland continues today at McGill’s Faculty of Law. The Caribbean Students’ So ciety presents its annual Cultural Show “All KindaTing”. 6:30pm, Royal Vale Elementary, 5851 Somerled (comer Draper). Tickets $7 in advance, $8 at the door. For more info call 931 -6904 or 285-2178. The McGill Film Society is holding elections for the 1993-94 Ex ecutive. Come to Shatner 432 or call 398-6825 for details. Sunday. March 21
Thursday. March 18
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The Yellow Door Coffee House presents Literature Live, a pro gram of readings by Montreal writers.
Symposium on “Women in Judaism, Women in Israel.” Lecture topics include “Conjugal Violence”, ‘The Role of Women in Israeli Society:
Myth and Reality” and "Women in Ritual Action”. All welcome. $3.00 donation suggested to cover cost of lunch. 1l:00am-4:30pm, Hillel House, 3460 Stanley. Monday. March 22 Executive elections for the In ternational Relations Society held at 6:00 pm in Leacock 232. Be on time, please. The Biochemistry Depart ment presents a seminar by Maureen O'Connor on “Structure-Function Stud ies on the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor” and “Identification of New Types and Subtypes of Transforming Growth Factor - beta receptors”. 12:301:30 pm, McIntyre Med, room 903. The James Bay Coalition meets every Monday at 4:30 pm in Shatner 435. For info call 495-1482. The Folk Music Society meets every Monday in the basement of the Yellow Doorat8:30pm. Come check it out or call Stephanie at 933-1330 for info. Ongoing... National Physiotherapy Week, March 14-20. Info-booths around campus, Monday to Friday, 10:00 am3:00 pm. Tickets for the McGill Choral Society/Scarlet Key benefit concert for AIDS research on sale at Sadie’s. For more info call 274-0465 or 849-8530. Persons with disabilities: On going support group for McGill stu dents, faculty and staff. All welcome. Call Peter or Donna at398-3601 or3986009 for more info. Peanut Butter and Jelly sand wich contest. Bring your funniest PB&J to the Red Herring office. Rm. 406 Shatner, or 398-6816. Do you or someone close to you have AIDS? Please do not feel you are alone. AIDS Community Care Montreal offers the following support groups: HIV+ Men’s Group; HIV+ Het erosexual Men’s Group; HIV+ Wom en’s Group; Bereavement Group; Fam ily, Friends and Partners’ Group; Chil dren’s Play Therapy Group. Call 9390075. All calls confidential.
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n e w s S tu d e n t v o te d e te r m in e s k e y S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty p o s itio n s a n d is s u e s BY TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF With heavy turnout in lastweek’s Students’ Society (SSMU) election and referendumperiod, students sent astrong message to their leaders about the soci ety’s future direction. ‘Equity’ slate can didates, headed by incumbent President Jason Prince, were soundly defeated in their bids for executive positions. Celia Moore, who ran for Arts Rep. to SSMU, was the only Equity candidate out of six to win. Instead, many students cast their votes in favour of most members of the unofficial slate led by Mark Luz, who, along with Paul Johnson, Ruth Promislow, and Megan Stevens cam paigned under the slogan, “The future is fading” and endorsed each other’s candi dacies. All but Stevens managed to gain office. 3419 SSMU members cast their votes in the election, representing a rela tively high turnout of just over 20 per cent, according to the Chief Returning Officers William Stee and Regina Yang. Students also determined that while Walk-Safe Network and the Legal Information Clinic would be receiving additional student fees, a plan to repay SSMU’s debt would not. Key Arts, Sci ence, Engineering and Management po sitions were filled, the got a new Publications Board of Directors, and it won the right to distribute its news paper at off-campus sites. International student fees were also separated to en sure they would no longer need to pay for unnecessary membershipin the society’s accident and prescription plan.
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of the debt and repayment referendum question, Luz outlined his position. "It’s going to make things a lot more difficult,” he said. “It’s now a mat ter of completely overhauling the finan cial status of SSMU.” Luz expressed full confidence in his fellow executive members and their ability to work with council to initiate change. “I’mthrilled with the people who are on the executive,” he stated. “We are going to need hardworkers tokeepSSMU afloat and really change SSMU, to make it not just a status quo body but a really active student association.” Ridley explained she was disap pointed with the results but felt confident next year’s executive would be more successful thanthis year’s. “Ithinkthings turned out for the best,” she said. Prince felt he and his fellow Eq uity slate members had set the tone for the campaign. “We tried to address the central issues that are concerning students now,” he said. “That students didn’t vote us in shows that McGill students aren’t quite ready for real change.” Prince theorizedLuz would take a “moderate approach” with the university next year. “I don’t expect any radical proposals for student services or for changes in the university,”he said. Prince urged Luz to hold open executive meet ings and to give a “fair share" of SSMU resources to clubs. Luz acknowledged the value of the Equity slate’s platform. “I want to make sure all the issues they campaigned for are at the forefront of the SSMU [agenda],” he said.
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In a hotly contested five person race for SSMU President, current Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) President MarkLuz was victorious with 1268 votes, a healthy 43 per cent. He replaced incum bent candidate Jason Prince, who came in a distant second with 678 votes. Amy Ridley placed thirdwith 509 votes, while neither Belinda Grondin nor Dan Lazaratos garnered the necessary 10 per cent of votes to obtain SSMU funding for their expenses. Both will be paying for their campaigns out of theirown pockets. Many in thecrowd assembledFri day evening outside Gert's Pub to hear the results cheered Luz’ victory. “The Prince is dead, long live the Luz!” shouted Arts U3 student John “Bog” McNab as the results were an nounced. Luz appeared content and satis fied with his victory. “I’m really happy,” he said. “It was a tough campaign.” He explained he intended to mo bilize support immediately for key issues facing the society. Addressing the defeat
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U1 Arts student Cornell Wright was elected VP Internal by winning 986 votes, 33 percentofthe votes cast. Wright will succeed current VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz. Wright, who defeated four other students in a tightly contested race, was pleased by the news that he had won the executive portfolio. “I think tonight is a good night. It sends a powerful message to McGill. It shows that first year people can get in volved,” he claimed. Megan Stephens, who finished a close second with 26 percent of the vote, was disappointed by the results. “I wish Cornell the best of luck. He’s got a lot to deal with; there’s a lot more to do than communication,” she stated in reference to Wright’s main plat form goal. SSMU Clubs Rep Eddy Saad was also upset by the lackof voter support for his candidacy. “I’m disappointed. Clubs should have stood behind me. I’m the guy who
stood behind them this year, and got things done for them,” he claimed. Isabelle Fieschi, the Equity slate candidate who finished third and gar nered just over 20 per cent of the vote, equated her loss to a rejection of the slate’s progressive plans. “What it says about McGill stu dents, and their politics, or lack thereof, makes me wonder about the future of McGill as a place where consciousness is raised about social issues,” she stated. Wright was encouraged by the improved voter turnout this year, and expressed a desire to get an early start with his new programs. “Enough students came out and voted to say that they’re interested in what goes on at McGill,” he said. Dzerowicz was not as impressed as others around the ShatnerCentre at the news, expressing concern about Wright’s lack of experience; and the fact that she’s never met him. “I’d love to meet him, and I hope it’s before I leave for the summer,” she noted.
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supporters. “The platform was success ful in so much as it made people think about the issue of equity,” she said. Harewood explained she believes that people’s misconceptions of her con tributed to her defeat. “As a person of colour and a member of Equity, the peo ple that voted got this idea that I had a persecution complex, that I was repre senting my own interests and not theirs.” V P U N IV E R SIT Y A F F A IR S
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The position of VP Finance also fell to the unofficial MarkLuz slate, with Paul Johnson winning thepost with1,146 votes. Patricia Harewood from the Eq uity slate got 803 votes, while Tatiana Glad came in third with 739 votes. Unfortunately for Johnson, how ever, the failure of the debt repayment plan means that SSMU will be operating onashoe-string budget nextyear. Johnson insisted that the failure of the plan does not affect his agenda. “I was hoping it would pass, but I was planning on it failing,” explained Johnson. “I think that if we can show we [SSMU] deal responsibly with their money this year, students will be more willing to give use the money we need.” Without the funding for this year, however, Johnson must seek out alterna tive sources of revenue. “The primary expansions on revenue will come from the new Sadie’s in Leacock and the new Copy Center in the Union,” he told the
Ruth Promislow, running on the unofficial Mark Luz slate, defeated Deborah Gomes fromthe Equity slate for the position of VP University Affairs by a convincing margin of 550 votes. Promislow was enthusiastic about her victory, but confessed that she had ex pected a tougher fight. “I had anticipated a lot closer race. Debbie ran a good campaign.” Promislow praised current VP University Affairs Monique Shebbeare’s performance, and pledged to continue her efforts in shaping the University’s policies on sexual harassment and cam pus safety. When asked about the effect of SSMU’s severe budgetary constraints on her future position, Promislow replied: “It will cut into certain projects. In oth ers, success doesn’t depend on budget, it depends on hard work.” Gomes was unavailable for com ment. V P EX TER N A L A F F A IR S
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When asked about his immediate focus, Johnson replied: “The top priority right nowis making sure that SSMU gets through the summer. That will be a big problem.” Runner-up Patricia Harewood suggested that the elections were based more on popularity than on issues. “I think it comes to be how many people you know. Those people have a lot of connections Idon’thave,”she explained. Explaining she in no way regret ted her association with the Equity plat form, Harewood hoped that the failure of the platform would not discourage its
Worksaid he was "prettypleased” with the lineupof the newexecutive, and said he thought they would “be able todo a lot of good work together.” The new VP External explained his first act will be to sign acontract with SSMU stating that any amount he over spends fromhis External Affairs budget is to be taken out of his stipend. “That’s something concrete that I can do this Monday,” Work said. Work also said he intends to get off to a quick start on dealing with the issue of campus safety. He said he hopes to talk to varioys police officials regard ing patrols in the McGill area in the near future.
The most tightly fought contest of the elections was for the position of VP External, where Andrew Work narrowly defeated Alexander Boldizar. In this bat tle of two SSMU-neophytes, Work squeezed out his rival by a mere 95 votes. Voter apathy took its toll in this race; only 2492 students decided to vote in this contest compared to an average of 2816 for the other races.
Walk-Safe Network’s future looks to be in good shape following a successful referendum vote last week. The proposal todonate50centsasemester per student to the walk home service received 86.4 per cent of votes cast. “Lmreally happy we hadso much support, it means a lot of people think Walk-Safe is important and that WalkSafe should continue to function to the best of its abilities in the coming years,” enthused Walk-Safe spokesperson Fiona Deller. Deller noted the referendumvote will result in positive changes for WalkSafe, including stipends for coordina tors. “It means we can put a lot more energy into operating the serviceinstead of fundraising. It means we have secu rity,” Deller remarked. SSM U D E B T REFERENDUM Q U E ST IO N
Students soundly rejected the SSMU referendum question for a debt repayment plan. SSMU had asked stu dents to pay an additional $2.50 per semester inorder tolower their$618,000 debt to the university. More than 58 per cent of voters cast a “No” vote in the referendum, compared to 33 per cent in favour. SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson was dismayed by the news, suggesting thatcouncil really needed the $2.50 per termlevy in order to alleviate its debt problems. “I’m sad that it didn’t pass, but if that’s what students want, then that’s the way it should be,” she said in an inter view from her home in Yarmouth, N.S. VP Finance-elect Paul Johnson, who won the position in the same ballot ing, expressed concern about the future of SSMU finances. “My main focus from now until May is working with Susan to make sure SSMU makes it through the summer,” he stated. L E G A L A ID REFERENDUM Q U E ST IO N
Complainants and accused re joice! 68.3 per cent of students voted in favour of paying 50 cents per semester per student to help defray the increases of the Legal Aid Clinic’s incurred costs.
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T h e M c G ill d e f ic it s a g a BY GENEVIEVE BEAUCHEMIN
The continuing saga of McGill ’s budgetary dilemma was dis cussed at last Wednesday’s Senate meeting after VP Administration and Finance John Armour presented the final expected deficit for 1993-1994. Armour announced that in stead of the S3.3 million surplus ex pected in order to comply with the Accumulated Deficit Repayment Plan initiated by the Board of Gover nors, a $2 million deficit is now ex pected. “It has been decided that a 1993-1994 non-base cut of one per cent should be applied to all areas of the University whose budgets are charged to a general operating fund,” Armour explained in a documentpresented at last Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Student representatives were at a loss to explain the exact meaning of this proposal. Clarification of this statementcouldnotbeobtained from Armour, who is presently on a twoweek vacation. Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Monique Shebbeare could only say that the Budget Planning Group is reviewing the situation and is expected to pro pose further action. Athletics Rep. to SSMU James Stewart commented at last Thurs day’s SSMU Council meeting that the deficit “is a serious problem and students may feel the brunt of it.”
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However, Shebbeare refused to comment on the effects the deficit may have on students at this time. “Until we have a sense of the measures that will be proposed to remedy this problem, we won’t know how students will be affected,” she remarked. “The tone of the announce ment that was made at Senate was a clear indication to me that things were serious and that serious measures would be taken.” Stewart also raised questions about whether students would be con sulted in making decisions concern ing where the cuts will be made. “The Budget Planning Group of the university has no students on it,” responded Shebbeare. “All com mittees that are very powerful have no students on them. But the deci sions have to go through the proper channels, so students will have a voice.” Armour has made it clear that the university cannot return to incur ring annual deficits. “Already too much of our re sources have to be diverted each year topaying the interest costsof borrow ing,” he stated Several items, including a pro vincial government grant reduction, modifications to tuition fee increases and staff benefits, have changed the surplus into an expected deficit. Stewart was surprised that tui tion fees figured in the reasons for the expected deficit. “It will be very interested in obtaining documentation to indicate
where reduction in grant and tuition fees figure. I am very surprised that tuition breakdown is part of the prob lem,” he stated. The provincial government had indicated at the time of McGill’s budget planning that tuition fees would be raised to the Canadian aver age, which represented an increase of six per cent. However, the university has now be informed that the increase will be only 1.9 per cent. Armour reported last January that provincial funding for McGill’s operating budget for the year 19931994 was cut by $2.9 million. This constituted a significant alteration to the expected deficit. Some feel that the reduction is the result of mis placed government priorities. “The provincial government’s explanation is that they have received less money from the federal govern ment. However, there is a feeling that the government is making university funding a lower priority in relation to other public spending,” explained Shebbeare. Such drastic steps as the clos ing of the Faculty of Dentistry were proposed as part of the original Accu mulated Deficit Repayment Plan two years ago. This option was abandoned in September after months of discus sion, fundraising and planning. However, after the announce ment that the provincial grant would be reduced, Armour commented that “we can’t keep chopping faculties and bringing them back nine months N e w b u d g e t n u m b e r s e o u ld le a d to " se r io u s m e a s u r e s ”, later ”
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After a long struggle, students won the right to an extra representa tive in Senate last Wednesday when the body voted to raise the number of student members from 19 to 20. The changed structure of stu dent membership represents a con sensus among student associations regarding how it can best address student needs. The change reduces the number of undergraduate sena tors by one, adds one Graduate and Fellows position, and assigns one representative to medical residents. The motion also grants another elected seat to the Faculty of Medi cine, maintaining the majority that academic and library members must constitute. While most student senators were pleased with the final outcome, the motion was opposed by several academic senators, who argued that Senate, already too large to operate
effectively, hardly needed two more members. VP Administration Roger Buckland, Science Dean T. H. Chan, and Associate Dean of Arts Harold Waller voiced doubts concerning the creation of additional Senate seats. “I am concerned about the implications for the size of Senate,” stated Waller. “I would urge the Nominating Committee to consider shrinking Senate to a more manage able size.” Chan urged Senate to recon sider its role and priorities before agreeing to increase its membership. “I think we have to come to grips with a real problem,” he elabo rated. “We have to decide what Sen ate is for.” But Microbiology and Immu nology professor Michael DuBow disagreed with Chan. “I’m not sure this body is too large or [not] doing what it’s sup posed to do effectively,” he said, explaining that senators dissemi
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nated important information to their peers and brought their concerns back to the body. Arts Senator Lev Buhkman urged the senators debating Senate size not to stray from the motion before Senate, which addressed stu dent representation. “I don’t think we can ad-hoc discuss the issue of shrinking Sen ate’s size,” he said. “The real issue is student representation.” Pritchard then called attention to the distribution of Senate seats among student associations, claim ing that undergraduates were statis tically over-represented in compari son with other students. Arts Senator John Sparks dis missed the notion that some student associations felt unsatisfied with the distribution of seats as outlined in the motion. “Students have gone through much trauma over the past few months negotiating this,” he stated.
is s u e fin a lly re s o lv e d In an attempt to maintain the current size of Senate and eliminate the biggest point of contention in the debate, Biology professor and Sena tor Graham Bell proposed an amend ment to eliminate the residents ’sena tor, arguing the residents could be adequately represented by the Gradu ate and Fellows senators. Several senators, including VP Planning and Resources François Tavenas, reacted strongly against the amendment, ar guing that the specific concerns of residents demanded they be repre sented by their own senator. “We would be making a state ment we don’t care about them,” Tavenas said. Political Science Professor Sam Noumoffreminded senators that the Nominating Committee, which had deliberated at length over the motion, had voted unanimously in its favour. He urged senators not to dismiss this consensus. After senators voted to reject
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Due to its current status as a non-profit corporation, McGill’s Students’ Society (SSMU) will be forced to pay approximately $40,000 in Goods and Service Taxes (GST) this year. This has prompted SSMU to consider changing its status to that of a charitable organization in an effort to partly avoid future GST pay ments. The Society’s VP Finance, Susan Nickerson, explained SSMU’s current status. “Currently, Student’s Society has an incorporated body, the Stu dent Centre of McGill University Incorporated, which includes all our servicoopérations which are forprofit and which fund Students' Society ac tivities,” she stated. She described the problems this presents for tax purposes. “The problem with the current status is that if the government looks at our incorporated body in isolation, it could interpret it to be a profit business organization, which it is not,” she explained.
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A t t e m p t s to r e c o g n iz e M c G ill g r a d u a t e le a v e c o m m u n ity le a d e r fr u s tr a te d BY T R A C Y W ILK INSO N
McGill Chancellor Gretta Chambers intends to meet with members of Montreal ’s black com munity and McGill administrators to discuss plans to dedicate a trib ute to Dr. Charles Drew, a McGill graduate. Robert White, Director of the Westend Youth & Adult Centre, approached McGill Admin istration officials in January when he discovered that McGill has yet to acknowledge the medical con tributions of Drew, an AfricanAmerican who received a medical degree from McGill in 1933. Bom in 1904, Drew was an American surgeon who developed techniques for the storage and processing of plasma for use in blood transfusions. Drew is com memorated on a U.S. postage stamp, yet there is no tribute to him at McGill. White contacted the univer sity in January to discuss the possi bility of commemorating Drew’s achievements on the McGill cam pus. The timing of White’s request to the university coincided with last month’s Black History Month, which he felt that would have been a good opportunity for McGill to promote awareness on its campus and within Montreal. The University Relations Office advised White in a letter
that there was no existing tribute to Drew, most likely because he had been a student at the university rather than a professor. White was advised to call the Black Students’ Network and the Osier Library, which possesses material on Drew’s achievements. White explained he was not satisfied with the explanation he received. “It’s really because [Drew] was black, not because he didn’t teach,” he alleged. “Dr. Drew’s discoveries saved lives and con tinue to today. William Shatner never taught at McGill, and he has
an entire building named after him,” he continued, alluding to last year’s student referendum which voted to change the University Centre’s name to the William Shatner Uni versity Centre. White asked his lawyer, Allan Katz, to write a letter to Chambers, hoping she would re spond to a request from a law firm. Katz sent two copies of a letter to Chambers on February 1, one to her McGill office and the second to her office at The Mon treal Gazette. When con tac ted by The Trib une. Chambers claimed she had
received neither copy. On March 8, after obtaining a photocopy of the letter addressed to her and the letter White received from the University Relations Of ficer, Chambers was prepared to discuss the subject. “Itisaterrifically worthwhile project and everyone I’ve spoken to thinks it is a great idea, but the university doesn’t move on a dime,” she claimed. On March 17, Chambers will meet with Oliver Jones, the promi nent jazz musician who has a per sonal interest in commemorating Drew at McGill, to gamer his in
put After their meeting, she plans to meet with university adminis trators to advise them on the situa tion. Both White and Katz ex plained that they remain apprehen sive, wondering why it has taken so long for McGill to action. “I am not assigning any blame, she [Chambers] is getting something done but only after the press got involved,” Katz argued. “It’s really easy to forget promi nent blacks. McGill’s first response should have been [determining] how large should the monument be.”
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So ‘the future is fading.’ That according to the election posters of the unofficial slate of Students’ Society (SSMU) President-elect Mark Luz, VP Finance-elect Paul Johnson, and VP University Affairs-elect Ruth Promislow. A rather pessimistic outlook for an incoming executive which basically represent the status quo. Despite the election of candidates who bear a remark able political resemblance to former executives Scott Mitic, Lev Bukhman, and Rosalind Ward-Smith (or perhaps Promislow seems more remi niscent of Alex Johnston) the voters also indicated, thank fully, that they wanted a little more. Students made an excellent choice in electing first year student Cornell Wright to the position of VP Internal. He’s the one that current VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz is worried about because he lacks experi ence. And just think of all the exciting things that she’s done with her experience. Remember the enthralling COCA confer
ence which she dedicated herself to last semester? Oh that’s right...average students weren’t invited. Wright represents a heretofore undeveloped movement towards getting involved in student government. He is not interested, or so we cautiously hope, in following the standard SSMU executive role of burying his head in bureaucracy that students unaware of and uninterested in. Rather he wants to expand student involvement in SSMU—an achievement that should have been accomplished by SSMU executives long ago. And there is evidence that Wright has appeared at the right time. Despite the common and fairly accurate understanding that students are not interested in SSMU politics, they can and will be if they believe that those politics are relevant to them. Although this sounds much like the agenda of departing President Jason Prince, one should remember that Prince brought with him a specific set of political ideals to which he wished to convert students. Wright appears willing to listen
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le s s e x p e n s iv e f u tu r e first. And students showed that they want to be listened to, as Friday's results revealed an overwhelming rejection of a $2.50 per semester increase in their SSMU fees. The increase was designed to aid in the repayment of funds owing to the university while maintaining a capital reserves. Notwithstanding the fact that no one spoke openly against this idea, students thought for themselves and decided that providing SSMU with more money was not in their best interests. The lackadaisical campaign run by those in favour of this referendum passing (such as current VPs Nickerson, Dzerowicz, and Shebbeare) seemed only to send the message that SSMU leaders expect students to accept their ideas and adhere to them without question. The clear message in the rejection of the fee increase is that students no longer trust the far removed world of the SSMU government. They are not willing to take the word of executives as gospel truth. Furthermore, students do not believe that the return they get on their SSMU
fees is fair. And last but not least, students have shown that they are not willing to accept financial responsibility for bad fiscal management that they were not responsible for formu lating. The SSMU hierarchy is thus paying the financial price for not having kept in touch with its constituents. And they should have known that this was coming—the failure to get quorum at last term’s General Assembly could not have been a bigger warning sign. This is where Wright fits in. If he follows his campaign platform, then he has assumed the responsibility of restoring trust in SSMU by reaching out to students. A difficult task, but one that could be crucial to the future of SSMU. Thanks to the rejection of the fee increase—which forces SSMU leaders to connect with students, and the election of Wright—who may be the man to make that connection, the future may not be fading.
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This is a column. It’s a column about columns. It’s a column about columns about columns. Pretty clever, eh? Yes, self-reflexivity is the bane of the 20th century, and its getting more baneful by the minute. One of the most popular current TV comedies stars à man (Jerry Seinfeld) playing himself (Jerry Seinfeld) on an NBC sitcom (Seinfeld), the plot of which revolves around him (Jerry Seinfeld) selling a sitcom (Seinfeld) to NBC, which will be about himself (Jerry Seinfeld). And I like Seinfeld. (I could, however, do without people everywhere concluding their most banal, uninteresting conversations with “Hey, this is just like Seinfeld !”) We have long been a narcissistic society; now we expect our TV shows to be the same way. Take, for example, The Larry Sanders Show (starring Garry Shandling, former star of The Garry Shandling Show and 1993 recipient of the Jerry Orbach Cruelty Thy Name is Gravity Award) or The Jackie Thomas Show (in which the talentless, spoiled, connection-grubbing Tom Arnold plays the talentless, spoiled, connection-grubbing Jackie Thomas—or vice versa), which, incidentally, Roseanne Arnold insists on shamelessly plugging on her own show, entitled Roseanne. OrThe Player, a big Hollywood movie with lots of stars which mocks big Hollywood movies with lots of stars. (“Look! Bruce Willis! Sure, he’s irritating, but at least he knows it!”) TV, of course, is only hopping on a bandwagon which has been rolling through the other arts for years. Somewhere along the way (post-Picasso, pre-Warhol) artists in all fields became obsessed with pushing the limits of what constitutes Art. The medium became the message long before TV or MacLuhan or, yes, even Seinfeld. Art for art’s sake became TV for TV’s sake became Tom Arnold—and pretty much all of it stopped mattering.
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With too many artists’ gazes planted firmly in their navels, we are stuck passing on a “Look! a toilet-bowl-Look! three-minutes-of-silence-Look ! a 22-minute-home-videoslowed-down-to-six-hoursLook! Blue-man-group” artistic legacy to future generations. Postmodern artists raised the question “What is Art?” Now postmodern TV asks “What is a Sitcom? Maybe we should stop asking “What is art?” and start asking “Why is art?” If we can also answer “Why is a sitcom, and furthermore, Why is Tom Arnold?” that would be gravy. * * * WHY LIFE SUCKS, PART I: By now you know who the Students’ Society (SSMU) executive and assorted toadies will be for the coming year. I don’t care; I’ll be gone. I wasn’t pulling for any particular candidates; I’m just glad that my classes will no longer be interrupted by those “Hi! My name’s Perky Annoyance, and for the next ten minutes I’m going to bore you with my C.V. and a few clichés!” speeches. Recently, Prince (the singer, not the current president) agreed to do a rare interview with Rolling Stone, on one condition: they can’t print it for 200 years. Perhaps a similar condition should be placed on potential SSMU candidates—your position can’t be listed on your resumé until 2193. Somehow, I think the field would thin out substantially. WHY LIFE SUCKS, PART II: Condolences to Montreal’s On The Spot TheatreSports Troupe, whose bid to win the Second Annual Just For Laughs Improv Tournament was thwarted by an embittered ex member and some fishy officiat ing. Better luck next year to a deserving troupe.
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Last week Andrew Potter, Ed-in-Chief of the RedHerring, appealed to the VP Internal candidates to wake up and smell the fish - he asks that the recognize the value of the Herring... and support it! Ha! Wake up Potter! If the Herring is to be saved more drastic measures must be pursued. Honestly, what’s the chance that any SSMU candidate ever recognize the will of their consituents? The fact that anyone ever thought of screwing with the Herring demonstrates how completely out of touch the SSMU is with the people they are supposed to repre sent. There is only one course of action; the Tribune must martyr itself. For the first time in its meaningless, self serving, peurile, snivelling, holier than though (sic), painfully dull existence, the Trib would serve students- and the greater Good. Alexander Pless U2 Arts Hypocrite... Where does Mary-Margaret Jones get off being such a hypocrite? I find it appalling that she starts off her letter (“On Politics”, March 9-15) by insulting both candidates for SSMU VP External, Andrew Work and Alex Boldizar, describing the latter as “someone who doesn’t know what the SSMU is,” and then proceeds to bemoan ad hominem attacks and negative campaign ing! Ms. Jones professes to be “quite happy” that she was disqualified from the campaign because “almost every candidate has ‘ratted’ on an opponent, directly forgot another, or forgot campaign etiquette”. If she had actually followed this race, she would have noticed that both candidates conducted themselves at all times with extreme professionalism and nothing but good will to each other. As Andrew Work’s campaign man ager, I can assure Ms. Jones that we had no reports of negative campaigning or posters being covered up. On one occasion, Mr. Boldizar even asked me if I wouldn’t mind taking some Andrew Work posters down from a crowded billboard so that he could have a chance to display some of his own posters beside Andrew’s; a request with which I was happy to comply. Hardly “slimy, underhanded politics”, in my opinion. I also understand that Messrs. Work and Boldizar have met several times in the past weeks and have become friends in the process. Perhaps Ms. Jones meant to criticize the behav iour of candidates running for other positions. If so, she should not have begun her letter by slandering a can didate in the aforementioned race. It only reduces her credibility, and makes one wonder how she would have conducted herself in a campaign. Nick Benedict Campaign manager for Andrew Work U2 Arts Apologetic.... Permit me to apologize. In the Tribune last week, I wrote what was in some ways a rather heavy-handed and self-serving letter defending the RedHerring againstwhatlperceived to be foolish and unwarranted attacks. In particular, I criticized SSMU VP Internal candidates Megan Stephens and Isabelle Fieschi for comments they made regarding the fiscal expe dience of making the Herring a part of the Tribune. In a conversation I later had with Ms. Stephens, it be came apparent that she had been quoted almost entirely out of context by the Tribune reporter, Michael Broadhurst. It seems Ms. Stephens had prefaced her quoted remarks with an unreported statement that radi cally altered the gist of her com ments.
I would like to apologize profusely to Ms. Stephens for not having consulted her before writing the letter, and I regret any harm my letter may have caused her. I fully support her in her candidacy, and wish her the best of luck. With a healthy dose of humility, Andrew Potter Editor-in-Chief The Red Herring Ed. Note. The Tribune stands by Mr. Broadhurst's accurate reporting, and suggests that Mr. Potter consult with us as well before writing letters about our content.
Response... This letter is in response to the Hyde Park which appeared in the Daily on Monday March 8th. Cherie Payne misrepresented the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Race Relations with which I have been very active. Contrary to Payne’s statement, the committee has not failed in its attempt to bring to the university’s attention the need for a Race Relations policy. As my campaign has outlined, the committee has been most successful so far. We have collected a considerable number of sur veys which will be used to compile the report to the Joint Senate/Board Committee on Equity. This report will be instrumental in forcing the administration to address the issue of Race Relations on campus. I recommend to Payne, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee, that she wait until we have finished our work before she passes judg ment. This Hyde Park is not only an attack on myself but on all the volunteers who contributed to the work of the committee. Payne doubts my understanding of the issues concerning race relations. She questions why I have not consulted people of color and their perspectives. The very existence of the committee was to serve that purpose. If Payne had taken the time to speak to me, she would have seen that my participation on this committee reflects one of my many concerns surrounding issues of equality. I strongly believe the VP University Affairs must address not only race relations,, but also the current sexual harassment policy, accessibility to persons with disabilities, adequate daycare for students with children, and academic issues as well. I write this letter for two reasons. The first is as a candidate whose platform has been misrepresented by Cherie Payne. The second is to speak on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee and the progress that has been achieved. I echo Ms. Payne’s strong concerns that real change come about next year, but I also believe that this change must be made on the basis of an informed opinion. Ruth Promislow U3 Arts
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Coinciding with last week’s International W omen’s Week, the Faculty of Law invited Jus tice Rosalie Abella of the On tario Court o f Appeal to speak at McGill. In a speech filled with quotations and anecdotes. Jus tice Abella presented her ideas on feminism and equality.
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“Feminism, for most femi nists, means being open. It means reducing disadvantage and re ducing inequality, not conferring benefits. It means making the com petition fairer,” asserted Abella. “What is so scary about getting rid of discrimination?” . A b ella exp lain ed that equality could only be realized with the eradication of inequal
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That’s what feminism means.” “That is not something peo ple should be shy about calling themselves. Or be labeled a bi ased radical for. Whatever we call it, the philosophy of femi nism represents the opposite of intolerances,” continued Abella. Abella lauded the many ac complishments achieved on laws regarding child custody, spousal support, and property division in cases of divorce. She also cited progressive efforts by thousands of women in law, government, broadcasting, academia, arts, and business, to bring issues like sexual abuse and orientation to the forefront. “But for every woman in the thousands whose glass ceil ing has been melted, shattered or raised, there are women in the millions who think a glass ceil ing is just one more household object to polish,” she lamented. “Too many women are struggling in the shadows casted by the public’s fixation with the creditialized successful women, trying to get some help, and des perate to understand how so few at the top can take so much atten tion and interest away from so many nearer the economic bot tom,” she added. Abella explained that those women, and especially minority women, are still waiting for equality, and also for equality from successful women. “They expect, and I think they are right to, that those who have been lucky enough to learn how to speak and live equally will use those strengths to articu late and generate the same equal-' ity for others,” said Abella. In answering the question, “How will we know if w e’ve created the tolerance, fairness, and equality?", Abella replied: “When we stop hearing com ments like, ‘What do they want’, or ‘If I made it, anyone can with a little hard work.1”
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N e w s B rie fs The fate ofShatner’s Samosa Men Marriott’s management concerns about the safety of foods sold in the Shatner lobby prompted one of several changes in the Student’s Society (SSMU) policy manual passed at last week’s Council meeting. The change addressed worries about the quality of foods sold by clubs and groups in the Shatner Building. “Marriott’s was very concerned with this problem,” stated VP Finance Susan Nickerson. “If someone bought a [bad] samosa and then went up to Marriott’s and ate something and got sick, they would for sure throw a lawsuit at Marriott’s before they went after the Samosa Man.” Referring specifically to the ever-popular samosas which allegedly need to be kept at a certain temperature, VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz explained the society’s position. “There arecertainhealth standards that have to be followed and certain liabilities that we should be concerned with,” she said. “A couple of students came up to us, and they were scared. Essentially [samosas] are sold in this big cardboard box, and we don’t know where they really come from.” Healthy debate on the safety and definition of baked goods compared to other foods prompted an amendment to the original motion which would have allowed bake sales to continue without scrutiny, while other foods Such as samosas would be excluded. "Would not samosas be considered baked?” hypothesized known samosa lover VP External Jeff Percival. “This stinks,” President Jason Prince added, who almost had his own bake sale last fall. “I don’t think people can differen tiate between a bake sale and a non-bake sale.” All clubs selling food in the Shatner lobby will soon need the approval of the rooms booking coordinator, who will have a ‘safe’ foods list. Samosa lovers beware.
Reporter, an administrative newsletter, during the student study Council scrums over Athletics motion A seemingly innocent motion brought to Students’ Society (SSMU) Council by Athletics Rep. James Stewart became the focus of a potentially divisive debate at last week’s council meeting. If passed, the motion was intended to be a show of support by SSMU council for a continued full Athletics program at McGill. Recently proposed cuts to the University of Toronto Athletics program, which would eliminate the Varsity Blues football team, was highlighted as a concern in the motion. But councillors engaged in a lengthy debate about the prior ity of funding for different Athletics activities. “If a few varsity teams are getting the lion's share, perhaps we should look at this...maybe that’s not fair,” stated President Jason Prince. “Elite varsity teams get an awful lot of funding.” Stewart argued that funding priority had been dealt with extensively in the last two years and that students have input in three ways: the Student Athletic Council, the McGill Intercollegiate Sports Council, and the McGill Athletics Board. Assuring council lors that all teams received their funding based on an extensive list of criteria, Stewart resisted amending the motion. “It really is not our mandate to be meddling in the affairs of the Department of Athletics,” insisted Stewart. "The funding prob lem is the lack of money for the entire program.” After continued debate, the motion was amended and Stewart was mandated to work with President Jason Prince to prepare a document for council outlining the Athletics budget and funding priorities. Stewart was obviously disappointed with the outcome of the motion. “We are clearly muddling the issue here. This motion, which I thought would be dealt with expediently, has fallen victim to the fine tooth comb often brought out at council,” he lamented.
Zen and the Southern Africa Committee Intent on changing the Southern Africa Committee (SAC) from astanding Students’ Society (SSMU) committee to aregular club, Architecture Rep. Greg Schron brought his notice of motion to Council last week. Unsure about whether a referendum would be needed to dissolve SAC as a standing committee or whether it could be dissolved through council, Schron had to amend his motion slightly. Affirming that areferendum would be necessary to change SAC’s status, Speaker Adam Atlas clarified the situation for councillors. “The South Africa Committee cannot dissolve itself, but it can contemplate its own existence,” he noted.
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Arts executives have a Ball Several students are critical of a recent decision by the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Students’ Council to give its executive members free tickets to the Dean’s Ball, the AUS graduation ball to be held March 20th. “Only four of the five executive are going, and their dates have to pay,” Arts Rep. to Students’ Society (SSMU) Jonathan Ablett explained, noting the tickets were aperk for theexecutives’ good work over the year. Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) Rep to SSMU Aubrey Kassirer was critical of AUS’s decision. “Unless the AUS executive members are responsible for the preparations for their graduation ball, it is ludicrous that they go for free,” stated Kassirer. "The SUS may be giving free tickets to the eight people on our grad committee, but as for the executive getting a free pass, we did not feel this action to be fair or responsible.” When questioned about the ball free-for-all, Arts Rep. and SSMU President-elect Mark Luz explained he missed that meet ing.
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Have McGill staff smiled at you lately? Customer service questionnaires are now available for students' input at the kiosk in the Shatner Building. The question naires arepart of aneffort by a committee implemented in January to review customer service at McGill. “I really hope students will take the opportunity to do the questionnaires,” stated Students’ Society VP University Affairs Monique Shebbeare, who sits on the committee. “This is probably the only time students will be able to give input about administra tive offices that will result in changes.” Shebbeare has high hopes for the questionnaire results, and a noble vision of what customer service for students could be. “In your ideal world, you’d have one big student service building with one floor where they could tell you everything,” she remarked._____________________________ ___________
break. Tickets had been expected to be available the following week, but quickly ran out. ‘Tickets weren’t advertised to the students, which [they] should have been. I don’tknow if I will ever have the opportunity to hear these important political figures again,” said U3 Science student Lisa Romalis. “I don’t know who reads the ! It is definitely not a popular student newspaper,” she added. SSMU VP External Jeff Percival concurred. “I’m not convinced that this was the right way to do it,” Percival remarked. “I don’t know how this decision was made, but the ad appeared in the and then the tickets were all gone. It was rather fast.” Public Relations Officer Anne-Marie Bourdhouxhe ex plained that she did not expect that tickets would be so popular and had hoped to advertise in other McGill newspapers after students returned from the study break. Bourdhouxhe also added that almost two-thirds of the tickets were given to students, calming speculations that administrative staff had been unfairly advantaged by the publicity.
Students don’t get no Gorby Questions surrounding the publicity and distribution of tickets for the March 29 live broadcast appearance of a panel including former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev were raised at last Thursday’s Students’ Council (SSMU) meeting. Several students expressed dissatisfaction with McGill Uni versity Relations’ decision to advertise exclusively in the
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U2 Science student Jennifer Small has been elected to Students’ Society (SSMU) as a Science Rep despite her intention to withdraw her name from the race. Small received 265 votes in last week’s SSMU elections. “I had gone up to [the CRO] on Thursday [March 4] and asked to have my name taken off the ballot,” she said. “He [CRO William Stee] took my name off the ballot, and he said I would have to bring [the request] in writing. Honestly, I forgot to,” she continued. Co-CROs Stee and Regina Yang offered no apology for the inclusion of Small’s name on the ballot. “She didn’t submit anything, so we went ahead with putting her name on the ballot,” said Yang. Stee was unsure of how the problem would be resolved, but noted that Small is now the Science Rep-elect for next year’s SSMU. “She won. The only thing I can say as far as the rules are concerned is that she’s in the position now. She’s in the position now, and if she wants to resign, council can replace her,” he argued. Small has not decided if she will fulfill the obligations of the position.
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F eatu res D e b u n k i n g t h e B e a u t y ’s m y t h : I n sea rch
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BY JA S O N BECK AND JA N E T MURPHY
It’s no coincidence that break fasts are often arranged in the form of a happy face, with egg-yolks as eyes and bacon for a smile. Your plate functions as a mirror— if you stare at your breakfast long enough, it stares back at you, smiling. The Tribune went searching for Montreal’s best happy face spe cial: eggs, coffee, toast n’ taters. There is no shortage of greasy spoons in the McGill area. Our challenge was to separate the mediocre from the cholesterrific. Beauty’s: (Mont Royal and St. Urbain). This restaurant con sciously tries to look like a diner instead of just being one. The food is too-chi-chi and the prices too high for this to fit the Mel’s mold. Fea turing what could be the best coffee and OJ duo in Montreal, and excel lent bagel-lox-and-onion special ($6.95), this place is best attended when your sugar daddy/momma is in town for the weekend. Be prepared to line up for a long time, however. Beauty’s is a favorite "of the cellularphone set who may decide to go “slumming” to adiner. Beauty’srates 6 out of 10. Dusty’s: (Mont Royal and Parc) Most of the clientele at Dusty ’s probably saw the line-up at Beauty’s and decided to form another one here. The good newsisthatitisfar cheaper than Beauty’s and has a phenomenal French Toast, made with Chalah bread ($5.25 with bacon). The eggs, toast and bacon special ($3.75) is disappointing: no potatoes whatso ever. There are literally huge gaps of visible porcelain between food items on the plate. Also, don’t be surprised if you feel rushed by the staff to eat and run: there are few tables, and only one that seats more than four. Dusty’s rates 7 out of 10, with spe cial mention to the Chalah. Peel Pub: (Peel and SteCatherine’s) Those purists who still breakfast in the morning must go to “Old Peel”. The “showbar” on DeMaisonneuve caters exclusively to the hangover crowd, opening at the crack o’ noon. At Old Peel, de scending the stairs and crossing the river Lethe of stale beer and the piss of drunkards makes this the least aesthetic choice. Breakfast comes fast— suspiciously fast. Standardfare is soggy toast, adequate eggs, coffee, bacon and potatoes. Peel’s potatoes are worth special note: while flavored with a tantalizing hint of green pep per, their texture can only be likened to wet sand. The price is right at $2.49, but for quality, caveat emptor. Peel rates 4 out of 10. 5th Avenue: ($herbrooke and Parc) You know it for its perpetual “Festival D’Homard”, but this res taurant provides a well-rounded
breakfast experience. Be prepared for linen tablecloths, bottomless coffee and tropical rainforest ambi ance supplied by the 10,643 plants. Two words spring to mind: “family restaurant”. Breakfast includes two eggs, bacon cooked to a light crisp, toast and enticing lemony potatoes. The only thing missing from 5th Av enue’s special is the orange juice. But at $3.75, who’s complaining? 5 th Avenue rates 8 out of 10. L’Habitant: (Parc and Prince Arthur) Don’t let the on-campus ac cessibility fool you: this restaurant’s food doesn’t cut it. The House Super Special (eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes, coffee for $2.95) has some quirks. For one, there is no orange juice. If you decide to shell out the extra buck, get ready for that Tang-tastic taste. And beware— McCain frozen Superfries have been known to appear instead of actual homefries (which are no great shakes themselves). And if you go to “L’ Hab” after 11 AM , you’re slapped with a 60 cent sur charge. There is never a line-up, however. Maybe everybody is across the street at Metro buying Superfries. L’Habitant rates 5 out of 10. Ya-Ya’s: (Milton and Lome). Arborite tables and tile floors may not contribute to that country-inn feeling and piped-in soft rock may not make you feel at home. But YaYa’s triumphs on content alone. Their breakfast special includes a generous freshly-squeezed OJ, a coffee refill, two eggs, bacon and a sparse potion
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of spicy potatoes. And for people watching, the big window lets you mock the hungry and cold masses as they trudge to class. The sassy waitress never lets you forget that this ain’t no Four Seasons. Ya-Ya’s rates 8.5 out of 10. Pines Pizza: (Mont Royal and Parc) The breakfast of champions. First of all, it’s not just a pizza joint. Pines is the best-kept secret of Montreal breakfasts. There are free
refills of delicious coffee, all-day breakfast with no surcharge, ever, and no line-ups, ever. The breakfast special ($3.75) is listed as two eggs, potatoes, coffee, OJ, toast, and your choiceofmeat. The real story is: they always give you three eggs (for no apparent reason, they just do); the godlike potatoes are spiced with pa prika and another mystery ingredi ent; the orange juice is freshlysqueezed, and is comparable to
Beauty’s. Your choice of toast in cludes Fairmount bagels, as well as the usual white and dark toast. No one is ever rushed out of Pines, al though the strains of the waitressaccompanied “Hotel California” may send you on your way. And the happy coda of any Pines visit is simply leaving your five-spot on the table ($3.75, plus tax, which works out to $4.33, plus tip). Pines Pines, Pines— we pine for thee. 10 out of 10.
W h a t do s tu d e n ts th in k o f m u ltic u ltu ra lis m ? BY CHERIE PAYNE
"It remains to be seen whether the ideals of unity and diversity, that is political unity and cultural diversity, can be the foundations for modern states" - Myron Weiner 1965 Twenty-eight years later, stu dents at McGill are wondering the same thing. The idea of multiculturalism as an official government policy was initially promoted by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1971. Since then, multiculturalism has grown from a party ideal to a statu tory reality. Politicizing multiculturalism in this way has al lowed the government to initiate policies on minority issues. It has also encouraged the media to reflect minority cultures in Canada. Debate about the value of multiculturalism usually takes place at administrative levels, within gov ernment or universities. Students’ voices are rarely acknowledged, de spite the fact that many are the first generation to have lived with these policies their entire lives. “Multiculturalism means give me your egg rolls, patties, and matzo balls, and we’ll give you our gov
ernment policies, our institutions, our social history, and some parades,” said U1 Education student Marcia James. “(Canadian multiculturalism is a complete farce,” asserted Melanie Newton, a U1 Arts student “There are a lot of people here, but only one culture.” The focus of Canada’s multicultural policies in the past has been on cultural preservation and inter cultural sharing. Currently, policy seems to be more concerned with race relations. Rima Banerjee, a Freshman Arts student, expressed concern with this tactic. “Multiculturalism is not the same as anti-racism,” asserted Banerjee. “Taking our traditional ‘costumes’ and showcasing them to the public does not help in race re lations. In fact, what happens is that we get the dominant culture just ap propriating these things into.their culture. The movement becomes depoliticized, and instead of mu/ttculturalism, we get monocul turalism. ” Other students disagree with this analysis. Young JooOh,U2 Sci ence said: “Government sponsored celebrations are important because they preserve heritage. They are not
helpful in terms race relations, but they remind people of their cultural histories.” Critics of Canadian multiculturalism are not opposed to promoting heritage. Rather, they question the validity of the govern ment’s efforts. “I’m not sure that multiculturalism exists now, or even if it should.” said Dave Austin, cul tural issues chair of the Black Stu dents Network. “This ideology cre ates the illusion that different cultures are included in society. It also makes it difficult for us to criticize the government because they are giving us money. It masks the real problems by focusing on the aesthetic aspect of culture only.” “Culture is only one dimen sion of a person.” Austin continued. “Policies for multiculturalism should encompass the political and social aspects of a people as well.” In Canada, there is also the conflict between the idea of muhtculturalism, and biculturalism. Canada is a country that is officially bilingual. It has also made efforts to include Quebec in the Constitution as a distinct society. The multiculturalismpolicy could be seen as an enrichment of a bicultural
country. Banerjee feels that the idea of biculturalism is flawed from the start because Aboriginal people have been left out of the deal. “I don’t even think of myself as being a true Canadian. In my view, only the Native people are real Ca nadians,” she stressed. It is impossible to deny that a variety of cultures co-exist in Canada. But, do government policies ensure these cultures equal status in society? Many feel that the govern ment’s “celebration” of diversity actually helps to marginalize cul tural minorities. In this way, the distribution of power remains the same. “What we need to realize is that multiculturalism has no mean ing because it is not reflected in curricula, recognition of religious holidays, or political power,” said Banerjee. “It is championed in the private, but not the public sphere. It becomes more beneficial to whitesthe majority- because they have the privilege to define us. Ethnicity is always defined in terms of the white ‘race’, but they don’t include them selves in it. So what happens is that minority groups get labeled ‘differ ent’.”
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ingeditorofMs. Magazine andCo founder of "TheThirdWave Direct Action Corporation," a grassroots feministorganizationaimedatengag ingyoungwomenandmeninactivism forsocialchange.Aspartoflastweek's InternationalWomensWeek, Walker spoke at McGill on "BecomingThe ThirdWave." “But most importantly remem ber that feminism will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be dead. Ever.” So proclaimed Rebecca Walker to an auditorium full of enthusiastic women and men during International Woman’s Week. One of Walker’s best assets is her youth— she is 22 years old and a recent graduate of Yale. She does not come across as an ascetic of feminist theory, but rather as the woman sitting beside you in class. She is apeer, not an icon. In that light, the first item on Walker’s agenda was to explain the Third Wave, so that other women and men might better understand her mes sage. ‘The process of reclaiming the movement, of reclaiming feminism, is what the Third Wave is about for me,” she said. The Third Wave is a continua tion of the Second Wave of feminism, which began in the mid-1960’s. One of its goals is to revise and demystify the Women’s Movement for a new gen eration. This new ‘Wave’, said Walker, “invites us all to reclaim the past ac tivism of women who have been left out of the construction of feminism: womenof color, working class women, women who have been as active in the
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Women’s Movement internationally as any of the people who have been showcased in the media.” Walker outlined four steps that women and men must take in order to become “The Third Wave.” Step one is: “Don’t believe the hype.”This addresses the ways in which feminists have been negatively por trayed by the media. “Bra burners, men haters, women who want to go into combat, heartless, childless, hard, barren. What irony,” said Walker. “The movement which had done the most to provide women with the most options is always characterized by one-di mensional clones with myopic vision and zero sex appeal.” She continued: “Being able to deconstruct the culture we live in is tantamount to our empowerment. Re member that every single piece of pop culture is inscribed with the creator’s moral and ethical code.” With the second stepof theThird Wave, one must “assert feminist real ity by finding out what women have accomplished. Replace the myths of feminism with your own experiences.” In other words, feminism must no longer be thought of as privileged, a domain for whites alone, but as a movement which attempts to embrace women of every color and social class. “I think we must remember that feminism is not an elitist institution, it is not a fashion trend, and itreally isn’t a puritanical sect. It is the struggle for women’s empowerment, period. It is the struggle for us to have choices, options- to be able to control our lives,” she continued. Step three is reminiscent of the speaker’s mother’s (Alice Walker’s)
feminist theory. “Believe in the power of your reality and make theory out of your experience,” urged Walker. “Everything I am telling you, in all of its simplicity, is feminist theory. It is feminist theory because it envisions a way to be that is empowering— pri marily for women, but also for men and the planet as a whole.” A person’s fourth step toward becoming part of the Third Wave in volves the desire to act on one’s con victions. “Make sure that your beliefs have visible and effective life outside of yourself,” stressed Walker, who shared her own experience in organ izing “Freedom Summer ’92,” a cam paign which registered 20,000 demo cratic voters. For Walker, feminism and ac tivism do not have to mean staging protests or large-scale public acts. “It could mean looking in the mirror for ten minutes everyday and deciding that you’re going to love your body,” she said. Walker’s view for the future ol feminism is optimistic. She feels that even after the present goals of the Women’s Movement have been met, feminism will still survive. As she eloquently declared toward the close of her speech, “Feminism will not be dead, because we women will continue to love, and respect, and listen to each other— and that is the essence of feminism.”
Rebecca Walker is currently compiling ananthology offeminist works. All submissionsarewelcome. Sendto: TheThirdWaveAnthology Project/ 208E.Fifty-firstStreet.irSISl New York, N.Y. 10022USA. Dead lineisAugust1,1993.
Gloria Steinem speaks on the Revolution from W ithin As Gloria Steinem began to speak, she turned a 700-seat amphi theatre into acozy living room, a stand ing-room audience into an intimate group of confidantes. She wanted this to be an “organizing meeting,” not a lecture. In accordance with this plan, Steinem spoke for only 20 minutes at Concordia on March 8 as part of Inter national Women’s Week, but Fielded questions for over an hour. Steinem enthralled the mostly female audience with her humour and exuberance throughout the discussion. Of course, Steinem is no stranger to quotable quotes. She got her start in journalism as an undercover reporter posing as a playboy bunny, and went on to write forNew magazine and to found magazine. Her most re cent book is
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Steinem took pains to empha size she did not see a strict one-to-one correspondence between childhood and political leadership. “No I amnot a childhood determinist,” she said, adding that some times being abused as children makes people more compassionate. She then compared Reagan and Clinton as sons of alcoholic fathers. According to Steinem, Reagan never confronted his abusive childhood, kept his shame hidden, and, as a result, “became the king of denial” with re spect to pooreconomic and social con ditions in the U.S. Clinton, on the other hand, could empathize more as a child with his mother and brother, and confronted the abuse later in life. “As a result,” said Steinem, “he can see [women's] reality. He can ac tually listen.” “There are some who say that Clinton and Gore are the first post therapy leaders,” she quipped. Steinem emphasized that she was not directing herremarks on childrearing only to women. When it comes toraising children women feel respon sible, while men feel intellectually in terested, according to Steinem. “We need to have men who are as loving and nurturing toward chil dren as women are,” she explained. “We have demonstrated that women can do what men can do, but we have yet to demonstrate that men can do what women can do." As the question period began, Steinem was asked whether she de spaired or had hope for the younger
generation of women. “I have complete hope and re spect for young women especially," Steinem answered. “There are more active feminist young women [today] than ever before.” In addition, she noted, as these young women get older, they will only become stronger feminists. Men become more conservative as they age because they gain power, she argued, while women become more radical because they lose power as they proceed through life. Steinem also believes that feminism is more radical today than it was in the past, and dismissed the notion that the feminist movement has stalled. She asserted that society is more accustomed to feminist ideas, which makes gains for women seem less radical. On hiring equity Steinem said she favoured affirmative action be cause the practice raises standards, rather than lowering them. She ar gued thatby considering more women and people of colour for jobs, the talent pool is enlarged. She stipu lated, however, that only qualified candidates should be hired. Steinem ended her talk by ex horting women to take control of their lives andrealize theirdreams for them selves and for society. A feminist is someone who not only believes that women are equal, she declared, but someone who also acts on that belief. “The only alternative to being a feminist,” she said, “is being a masochist.”
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The McGill Tribune, March 16 - 22,1993
E n te rta in m e n t I n b la c k , it's r e d BY CH ARLES B O U L A K IA T h in k in g o f going to the g ra d u a tio n b a ll th is year? W e ll, i f y o u ’re in arts or sci ence, and are lo o kin g fo r the R ed and W h ite , stop. T h e re is no R ed and W h ite . Since the A rts and Science U n dergradu ate Society split, both coun cils deem ed it appropriate to have separate grad balls, as w e ll. O f course, students fro m any facu lty (o r even an other school) are w elcom e to go to eith er b a ll, or both, as they h a v e c o n v e n ie n t ly b e e n s c h e d u le d f o r d if f e r e n t w eek-ends. B o th faculties have cho sen new names fo r th eir grads. T h e W iz a r d ’s B a ll, fro m the Science U n dergraduate S oci ety, takes place on Saturday, M a rc h 27. T h e D e a n ’s ball, organ ized by the A rts U n d e r graduate S ociety, takes place on M a r c h 2 0 . Y e p , this w eek-end. I f you h av en ’t got
tickets yet, get them as soon as y o u ’ve fin ish e d reading this. In planning T h e D e a n ’ s B a ll, the A rts U n dergraduate Society has stayed, as close as possible, to the tim e proven fo rm at o f T h e R ed and W h ite . T he hall chosen was that o f la s t y e a r ’ s b a ll, a t th e R itz-C a rle to n . E x p ect lavish decor, a g reat d in n e r, and dancing a ll night. I f last y e a r’s celebration is any in dication , it w ill be a tim e enjoyed, and rem em bered by the 2 5 0 peo ple attending. T h e science undergradu ate society w ent a slig h tly d if ferent route fo r th eir ball. T h e ro o m , at th e R a d is s o n -G o u v e rn e u rs , is slightly larger, and S U S hopes to sell 3 0 0 to 3 2 5 tickets. T h e decor, d in n er, and dancing should be on a par w ith the R itz , and vegetarian m eals are available, i f ordered at the tim e you buy the ticket. H o w e v e r, instead o f the $ 5 0 ticket price
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people, and a slig htly less fo r m al atm osphere. T ickets fo r both balls are s till available this w eek, but are sure to go fast. B oth coun cils have convenient booths, located throughout cam pus,
and you can also get tickets fo r die W iz a rd ’s B a ll fro m your frie n d ly neighborhood council m em ber. E ith e r event w ill certain ly be w o rth going to, and, i f you c an ’t decide on one, go to both.
A u to b io g r a p h y o f a B la c k P a n th e r ‘M a m a in the kitchen, Papa in ja il, B aby ‘round the com er H o lle r in ’ “ pussy fo r sale.” ”
Far from being w hat most o f us w ould c a ll an inspira tion al piece, this rhym e fro m Elaine B ro w n ’s girlhood goes a long w ay in describing the
despair w h ich was so m uch a part o f life in the g ritty N o rth P h ilad elp h ia neighbourhood where she grew up. For B ro w n , h o w eve r, first-h an d k n o w l edge o f life in the inner city was inspirational. F ro m this know ledge grew the desire to be a catalyst fo r change.
A Taste o f Power: A BlackWomari s Story is Elaine B ro w n ’s recently released au to b io g ra p h y , d e ta ilin g the events o f her life fro m its shabby beginning to her rise to pow er w ith in the B la c k Pan ther Party. A Taste of Power pro vides an in fo rm ative history o f the em ergence o f the B lack Panther Party as a force to be reckoned w ith , yet it seeks to g lo rify neither the party its e lf nor the personalities behind it. Indeed, B ro w n is candid in revealing the internal conflicts, brutality, and illegalities w hich w ere as m uch a part o f the group as co m m unity aid pro grams and revolutionary po litic a l action. M o re than a p rim e r on the B la c k Panther P arty, A Taste of Power tells the story o f Elaine B ro w n ’s self-discov <■**
ery and personal grow th. A f ter m oving to L . A . in her early tw enties, B ro w n became in volved in several B lack activ ist g ro u p s, b u t e v e n tu a lly found her niche in the B lack Panther Party. She served the Party in various capacities be fore fhe fin a lly becam e its leader in August 1974 when H u e y N ew to n le ft the U nited States fo r exile in Cuba. Elaine B ro w n ’s exp eri ences w ith in the B lack Pan ther Party tell as m uch about her ow n m olting self-aw are ness as they do about a tim e o f upheaval in A m erica. H e r at traction to the Party was based on a desire to change life , eco n o m ic a lly and so cially, fo r m illion s o f underpriviledged Blacks. H o w e v e r, her position w ith in am ale-dom inated para m ilita ry organization forced B ro w n to consider her ow n status, not as a B lack person in A m erica, but as a w om an in the B lack Panther Party. In deed, a chorus o f internal dis sent arose and rem ained in place for the duration o f her leadership. She also struggled w ith herself to fin d a w orkable V*
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definition o f E lain e B row n as a m other. Regardless, the strength o f B ro w n ’s leadership was able to overcom e even the lack o f support by her ow n comrades and her changing v ie w o f herself. T he B lack Panther Party blossomed un der B ro w n ’ s control, raising m ore m oney, helping m ore needy people, and w elding m ore p ow er than ever be fo re. B y the tim e E la in e B row n decided to leave the Party, she had tru ly earned the rig ht to sing another o f the rhym es o f her childhood: “W e are rough! W e are tough! W e are the girls W h o d o n ’ t ta k e no stu ff!” A Taste o f Pow er: A B lack W o m a n ’s Story is only
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The McGill Tribune. March 16 - 22.1993
E n t e r t a in m
G a lle r y S to r n a w a y : A B Y A N N E M A R IE SO REN TE T h is uniq u e e x h ib itio n space is stom a w a y south o f R e n é L é v esq u e on de B le u ry . F la n k e d by a p a rk in g lo t on o ne side and a w arehouse on the o th er, it is not w h e re one w o u ld exp ect to fin d an art g a lle ry . O p en to the p u b lic since last yea r, the tw o -flo o r oasis dou bles as liv in g q u a r ters fo r its m anagers, M ir e ille C h e ry and P a tric k G u s w a y . S to rn a w a y is run w ith the assistance o f a grant fro m Jeunes V o lo n ta ire s , and w ith a lo t o f help fro m friends. T h e approach to art that lie s b e h in d the S to rn a w a y p r o je c t in v o lv e s a d e e p c o m m itm e n t to a b e lie f in e x h ib itin g the w o rk s o f “ u n d is c o v e re d ” ta le n t, and in c re a tin g a c o m fo rta b le at m o sp h ere w h ic h encourages e v e ry o n e to co m e and see w h a t is gracing the w alls. T h is sets S to rn aw ay apart fro m the m o r e p r is t in e , m a r b le flo o re d , h a lo g e n -lit galleries on S h erb ro o ke Street. W ith e x p o s e d b r ic k , h a rd w o o d f lo o r s a n d w o o d b e a m s , S to rn a w a y has a w e lc o m in g am b ia n c e , w h ic h urges you to stay a w h ile , even i f y o u ’re n o t g o in g to b u y an y th in g . S to rn a w a y builds on the standard vernissage p ro c e
d u re observed b y m ost g a l leries: the schem e o f events fo r a S to rn a w a y e x h ib itio n is fa r fro m “ sta n d a rd .” S a id C h e ry b lu n tly : “ W e d o n ’ t th in k that in a g a lle ry you should d rin k the w in e , eat the food, and go.” T h e S to m a w a y “ m e th o d ” in v o lv e s a relaxed vernissage on a T h u rs d ay, fo llo w e d by a w ild and c ra zy bash on Saturday to k ic k o f f a tw o -w e e k run o f the a rtis t’s w o rk . A Saturday nig h t p arty at S to rn a w a y is intended as a celeb ratio n o f the artist, the e x h ib it io n sp ace a n d , o f course, the art. A b lis s fu l c o m b in a tio n o f p a in tin g , m usic, dancing and d rin k puts eve ry o n e at ease, and p er suades them to stay fo r hours: a rem arkab le ach ievem ent fo r a g a lle ry . W h e n asked about the d iffic u ltie s o f liv in g in a g a lle ry , o r o f h a v in g a g a llery in o n e ’ s hom e, M ir e ille ad m itte d that som etim es, ea rly on a S unday m o rn in g , afte r the survivors o f the p revious e v e n in g have all le ft, i t ’ s hard to d eal w ith the beer in the bed ro om . In the end, though, the uniqueness o f th e ir artis tic m is s io n m a k e s it a ll w o rth w h ile . Besides, they get to hang n ew art in th e ir hom e tw ic e a m o n th , so th ey can n e v e r get bored o f the decor. P resently on d is p la y at
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“ N e h e m ia h ,” is p articu larly s trik in g in its illu m in a tio n N c h c m ia h o n di.<j)t)ay a t th o S t o r n a w a y G a lle r y . o f this them e. I t depicts an e ld e rly Jam aican m an, the p a in t in g , n e a r ly j o i n i n g 27 to April 10, and Joelle lin es o f w hose face yearn to hands, but not q u ite m a k in g C io n a from April 17 to May te ll us stories and w hose eyes it. T h e w o r k is s u p e rb ly 1. Ms. Ciona is a recent are h ig h lig h te d b y a h o rizo n cropped, and its opalescent g ra d u a te o f the M cG ill tal band o f a d iffe re n t colour, q u a lity is rem arkab le. A ll o f School o f Architecture, whose w h ic h r e p r e s e n ts , f o r the paintin gs on d isp lay are paintings and hats will be on C a m p b e ll, a filte r o f cultural o il on canvas, and are fo r sale display. Her show promises p e r c e p tio n . A n o th e r o u t at the g a lle ry . T h is show w ill to be both exciting and origi standing w o rk to w atch out run through u n til M a rc h 20. nal, like Gallery Stornaway. fo r is “ N a rra tio n ,” in w hich Other shows to watch 1069 Bleury, Tuesday to Sat tw o larg er than life arm s reach out fo r at Stornaway are urday 12-6. across th e b read th o f the P ierre D u re u le a u /ro m March
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E n t e r t a in m K is s in g h a n d s a n d
D a n c e o f th e S p a n d e x P lu m B Y N IK A B A R E K E T
s h a k in g b a b ie s My cousin Chloe cracks me up. Her only joke, Q: “Why does a car go beep, beep, beep?”, A: “Going up a tree” is always met with peals of laughter. Her sit down highchair stand-up shtick demonstrates a sense of humor as sure harden as her soft spot. If you can read this then your cranial plates are firm and you have no excuse for echoing Chloe’s Junior Dada. Nonetheless, last Friday at Gert’s was a comedy of errors so tangible, five-year old Chloe would have laughed her milk right through her nose. While Students’ Society (SSMU) candidates and support ers nervously sipped at certain tables, members of the ignoble Zeta Psi fraternity readied one unfortunate brother for their annual sanctioned blood poison ing; “the Irish Wake party”. This human zoo was indicative of the gulf between existing involve ment and rejection of campus involvement at the echelons of upper resume. The election results were as strange as shorts weather in Chicoutimi. For starters, presidential candidate Dan Lazaratos doesn’t even exist. The wryl84 who placed their votes for him made a larger statement than Jason Prince’s new wash and wear. The total campus rejection of the equity slate (except pixie Celia Moore) is the most surprising result of the election. Placing the emphasis on in creased attention to minority issues and campus clubs, the platform failed to attract much attention. In popular “too old for our years” fashion students were unusually attracted to the candidates who proffered the cheery “the Future is Fading, ading, -ing” mantra. Had anyone guessed the popularity of Paul Johnson and Ruth Promislow’s bleak slogans, one can only imagine what might have covered the walls of spaces allocated for posters. Myself I’d jump right on the “Insufficient
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Oxygen in Shatner” band wagon. ‘Gee’ Andrew Work-and that’s a command. He himself has pledged to compensate for any cost overruns in his portfolio with his own sti pend—an unfortunate incentive to follow Jeff Percival’s slow start. There is a ray of happy executive sunshine so synthetic in the air. Smells of cocoabutter, beach dances and the breezy daze of Santo Manna. President-elect Mark Luz will finish his term as the incumbent Arts Undergraduate Society president with a trip to the Dean’s Ball, the Art’s Student’s graduation dinner/ dance. His evening and those of his five elected council mem bers will be all expenses paid. As a reward for organizing various concerts and Peel Pub Packs, they voted themselves free tickets. Indeed this lack of accountability may float with those who believe that the “Future is Fading, -ading, -ing” because this instance gives adequate proof. Frankly, reckless spending is a lousy promissary note of things to come. Luckily, Cornell Wright will round off the five digits. Let’s hope he acts as a thumb, keeping the other four in tow. Of all the platforms offered, Cornell’s platform of acessibility will be the easiest and most enjoyable to fulfill. Despite the apparent gravity of the situation, it remains a SSMU situation. So if we keep our eyes shut, like the 80 per cent of students who didn’t vote, we can easily pretend that it doesn’t exist. Executives-elect will no doubt support such a stance through their actions. I believe we’ve shot ourselves in the foot, albeit with a squirt gun.
Whatever became of the Solid Gold dancers? This burn ing question has been on my mind ever since they went off the air, and I would be forever indebted to anyone who could supply me with even the slightest of infor mation on there whereabouts. One thing is for certain, the Solid Gold legacy lives on. From March 10-13 the M cGill Contemporary Dance Ensemble (M CDE) a group of 23 mostly-McGill student dancers performed 15 short dance pieces altogether known as M etam or phosis. They performed to a full house each night. Keep in mind though that the cramped Player’s Theatre has a capacity of about a hundred spectators. That is to say, about four to ftve friends per performer each night, provided there is no overlapping. I attended the show on opening night. According to one of the more experienced dancers, many of the performers were be ginners and were extremely nerv ous about dancing in front of an audience for the first time. If such were the ca se, they did a marvelous job, at least in the case of the women. Most of the fe males are competent dancers, even though their areas of exper tise vary. The men however looked a little awkward (albeit attractive in their skin-tight leg gings). Being female myself, I can not fully criticize them though. I’ll never be able to get the full experience of doing the splits with a three-piece suite. All I can say is that they are a far cry from LaLaLa Human Steps, Alvin A iley and Les Grandes Ballets Jazzes. If the troupe built
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up its confidence and paid more attention to detail the dancers would be much improved. B efore d iscu ssin g the pieces themselves, I must explain that I have a distaste for formula dancing (read: Tiny TalentTime). As everyone else, I am a sucker for symmetry. I will admit to having a fascination for the Rockettes. However, I do like to be challenged by a work of art, be it a painting, a movie, an album, or a show put on by the McGill Contemporary Dance Ensemble. I find that modem dance in the style of Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan offers more in tellectual stimulation than that of F am e's Debbie Allen. With that said, much of Metamorphosis did not tickle my fancy. But it is really a matter of personal taste. One piece though must be mentioned. Feel the Beat From W ith in , w hich was ch oreo graphed by Alorani Martin was truly wonderful. Both colourful and fresh, it really put a spell on me, as I’m sure was her inten tion. The two men and two women complemented each other nicely, and they all looked very much in v o lv ed in an other-worldly experience. Their apparent enjoyment of the piece was enhanced by the innovative choreography. I would love to see Martin put together her own show one day. It was a wonder to behold. Other notable pieces in clude one called Miseria, after the Peter Gabriel composition it is set to. Like Feel the Beat it had afull-fledgedmodem appeal. An other, Triad, grouped together three women to an Enya song. Although Enya is unbearably dull
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to listen to, it worked really well with the mirror-style dance they used it for. The closing number was perform ed to the ever-haunting Mike Oldfield’s Metamorphosis. It was impres sive how they managed to fit all 23 dancers on the tiny concrete stage all at once and without casu alty. B esides the aforem en tioned pieces there was little else for a modern enthusiast. Too much spandex is an automatic turn-off (for me at least), and it was spandex-aplenty. What is it about spandex that makes people feel like they are on Solid Gold? No matter how good the dancing may be, spandex and Tori Amos are poor choices for the discrimi nating university student of to day. In the Tori Amos number the dancers wore ripped 501 ’s and crisp-white tank tops à la Tori (Am os or Spelling-you pick). Another minor problem with Metamorphosis, although purely technical, involves the breaks in between each number. The audience sat in complete darkness for unusually long peri ods of time wondering whether or not anyone will notice them adjusting their bra strap. When all is said and done though, contemporary dance is hard to come by, and is always worth watching. The MCDE did a fine job considering their limi tations— a non-conducive con crete floor, the difference in both skill and background of the danc ers, and the fifteen-hours of lec tures each week. Hopefully next year they will be offered a more suitable theatre in which to per form, and will wear less spandex.
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The McGill Tribune, March 16 - 22.1993
E n t e r t a in m S u rp ris e ! B Y C L A IR E SU T T O N A N D J E N N IF E R BUDGELL O n e o f the u n k n o w n w onders o f M o n tre a l is the M c C o rd M useum o f C ana d ia n H is to ry located across fr o m th e R o d d ic k G a te s . H a v in g seen the c o lo u rfu l banners ad vertisin g various e x h ib itio n s , w e decided to fin a lly sam ple a p iece o f C a n ad ian heritage. O p e n e d in 1 9 1 9 , the m u seu m holds a c o llectio n o f o v e r 8 0 , 0 0 0 objects and 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 h is to ric a l p h o to graphs. E n v is io n e d b y D a v id Ross M c C o rd , a successful M o n tre a l m e rc h a n t d e s c e n d e d fr o m Ir is h m e r chants, the m useu m e n c o m passes aspects o f F re n c h , E n g lis h and A b o rig in a l c u l tures. W ith a special e m p h a
C a n a d ia n sis on Q u e b e c ’ s uniq u e his to ry , the firs t flo o r is d e d i cated to the M c C o r d fa m ily ’ s m e m o ro b ilia as w e ll as D a v id R oss M c C o r d ’ s c o llectio n o f In u it artifacts. T h ro u g h the fa m ily , one can trace the d e v e lo p m en t o f M o n tre a l fro m its fa rm in g days to the urban in d u stria l centre it is t o d a y . E a r l y m a p s , d e e d s to land, as w e ll as la y o u t p la n s fo r c h u rc h e s and houses accom pany a rtis t’ s dep ictions o f con tributors to M o n tre a l’ s d e v e l opm en t. A lth o u g h this m a y seem blase to som e, the elegan t la yo u t o f the g a lle ry as w e ll as the lo cal fe e l to the e x h ib i
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tio n m a k e fo r a tru ly interest in g v o y a g e in to this c ity ’ s past. A d d to this the striking contrast o f the In u it artifacts
C lim b in g the stairs to the second flo o r o f the g allery, one is im m e d ia te ly struck by a to w e rin g w h ite cross. P art o f a 1 9 4 0 ’ s trend
rest o f the flo o r takes on a m o re lig h th e arted tone, d is p la y in g fu rn itu re , ch in a and textiles. D e ta ils o f e v e ry d a y life are show n here, such as a p r e v a l e n t V a le n tin e ’ s D a y card c o lle c througho ut Q u e tion fro m the nineteenth cen bec, the cross is tury. W h ile the first flo o r is one o f m any centred around the e a rly set e r e c te d by tlem en t o f C anada, the sec C a th o lic farm ers ond shifts focus to its s o lid i too busy to attend fic a tio n as as an independent a real church. A t nation. the tim e , it was In te re s tin g ly , a d ia ry in poo r taste to en try o f D a v id Ross M c C o rd d e p ic t Jesus in states his b e lie f that C a n a d i hum an fo rm . ans w o u ld e v o lv e in to supe T h u s , u n iq u e ly rio r people and e v e n tu a lly Q uébécois sym assum e the leadership o f the bols o f Jesus’ s E m p ire . A lth o u g h the “ E m s a c rific e a d o rn p ire id e a ” is o b v io u s ly o u t the cross. dated, the b e lie f that C anada T h is sets the them e o f has the a b ility to be an im the first room , devoted to 20th po rtan t co u n try in its o w n C en tu ry C anadian history and rig h t is one that fe w C a n a d i the increasing differences be ans ho ld dear. T h e re fo re the tw een fo u n d in g nations. T h e m useum liv e s up to M c C o r d ’ s visio n ; it shows that C an ad ian a does not have to be boring. F o r those o f you w h o slept through yo u r m andatory high school C an ad ian history course a v is it to the M c C o rd M u s e u m is a true refresher. W ith a lo catio n so close to cam pus and a great student p rice o f $ 2 ,th e re ’ s re a lly no excuse fo r passing it up.
For those of you who slept through your mandatory high school Canadian history course a visit to the McCord Museum is a true refresher.
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and the vast d ifferen c es can be seen betw een the o verin d u lg e n t E u ro p ean settlers and the tra d itio n s o f C a n a d a ’ s F irs t Peoples.
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C h o in iè re a n d T h y e r m e d a l; M a r tle ts fifth in c o u n try B Y T R IB U N E S P O R T S STA FF Despite being one o f the smallest teams at last w eek’s CIAU track and field champi onships at the Skydome in T o ronto, the Martlets managed to capture a stunning fifth place in the country; the best finish in the team's history. T he team w as led by rookie extraordinaire Mélanie Choinière who won the 600m race in a M cG ill record o f 1:32.59 and took fourth in the 1000m in 2 :4 9 .8 3 — also a M cGill record— and by Linda Thyer who took home two sil ver medals, a 4:30.6 1500m and a 9:34.41 3000m , both M cGill records. Choinière’s 600m was ar guably the most exciting race o f the two day meet. Inexperienced at running the distance at such a level, she was quickly left be hind by the pack, and was al ready 15 metres back at the 100m point.
“ I w ou ld n ev er h ave thought that they would have co m e ou t so fa s t,” said Choiniere. “I was in lane five at the start and by the time I came around the com er all those in side o f me had already past me,” she added. With about 350 m left in the race, she made her move and slowly gained on the lead ers, finally chasing down Wind sor’s Kelly Dinsmore with a kick that got even usually calm coach Dennis Barrett to come to his feet. With both runners leaning at the wire in an apparent tie, it took 15 minutes for Choinière to be declared the winner by one hundreth o f a second. “I knew I ran a good time, I was happy even though I thought I was second,” said Choinière afterwards. “When I learned I won I wasn’t expect ing it at all,” she said. Forty-five minutes after her gold medal performance, her legs still heavy from the
effort, Choinière again donned her spikes; this time for the 1000m race. “I really didn’t even get enough time to cool down [ from the 600m ],” she said. The first year psychology student refused to speculate whether a longer rest would have enabled her to medal. For her part, Thyer keeps rolling through her best season ever. H aving returned just a week earlier from the World Ekiden (marathon relay) Cham pionships in Japan, where she was a member o f the Canadian team, she worried that her busy schedule might be taking its toll. “I didn’t know what I could do because I haven’t been on the track for about three weeks,” she said afterthe 1500m race. Her worries proved un founded, however. Thyer fin ished even stronger than she had anticipated. “I never knew I had a
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B Y C R A IG B E R N E S The Martlets came. They saw. They lost and went back home. A spectacular season came to an end last weekend as the Martlets, M cG ill’s last surviv ing CI AU team, tied for seventh at the National Tournament. M cGill drew a tough firstround opponent in number-two ranked Laurentian University. Playing in their fourth consecu tive tournament, the Voyageurs had a sizeable height advantage over McGill, but it was not the inside game that won it. ‘‘The same thing happened to us that happened against Win nipeg [in February],” said coach Chris Hunter. “We handled their man-to-man press well in the first half. When they went to a zone with the press out front, they pushed us away from the b a s k e t.” G uards Sandra Veillette and Mélanie Gagné
w ere in tou gh again st the Laurentian guards, who in cluded a fifth-year All-Cana dian. M c G ill stu ck w ith Laurentian until late in the half, when the zone began to take its toft. Compounding the prob lem was the Voyageurs’ defen sive setup, which keyed on cov ering Vicky Tessier. The CIAU awards banquet the night be fore had seen Tessier earn AllRookie and CIAU Rookie o f the Year awards as w ell as a second-team All-Canadian spot. She has some great years com ing up as the Tessier Era contin ues at McGiU, but Friday she was held to four points. With Tessier shut down, the team captains stepped up. Debby Morse had 17 points and Jane Ross, M cG ill’s Player o f the Game, came to the fore with a team-high 18 points. The fifthyear veteran is leaving this sea son, but at least she got to play at the Nationals before she re tired. “Basically, the better team won today,” said Ross. “They had the height and the experi ence advantage, and they just outclassed us.” Saturday’s con solation
kick,” she said, commenting on her burst o f speed at the end o f the race. The 3000m race was a two-woman battle from the start with Olympian Lisa Harvey, from Calgary, managing to dis tance Thyer in only the final two laps. Completing the scoring for the M artlets w ere M aeve M uldowney with a sixth place in the 1500m race and Kristen Fry who took the sixth position in both the long jump and the shot put. The three other McGill competitors at the meet were K elly Fallon, in the 3000m and Brenda Welsh and Kelly Miller, who ran the 4x400m relay along with Choinière andMuldowney. With a 19th place finish in the overall standings, the men were obviously hampered by a lack o f depth, but the Redmen managed record setting per formances in the few events in which they were entered. Jean-Nicolas Duval turned
in a 2:28.85 seventh place in the 1000m that was good enough to crush the Quebec junior record in the event. Two M cGill all-time team records also fell. In the 4x400m relay, the team o f Jimson Lee, T arik R a m ou ch , F ra n ço is Léonard (who competed in the 600m, but did not make the fi nal) and Charles Thomas fin ished eighth in 3:21.2, beating the record they had set a week earlier. In the 4x800m relay, G erry Z a v o rsk y , C hristian Murray, Thomas and Léonard teamed up for an eighth place McGill record o f 7 :48.14, beat ing the existing record by over five seconds. C om pleting the m e n ’s team were Allen Tissenbaum and Jamie Cohen, both o f whom teamed up with Lee and Thom as for the 4x200m relay. The University o f Wind sor took both the w om en’s and m en’s overall titles.
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round saw the Martlets facing a University o f Western Ontario team that had lost respectably to host Victoria in the first round. A win for posterity would have been nice. “ W e ll, the [W estern ] coaches were all at our game the day before. They watched Laurentian run at our guards with some success, and they just did the same thing,” Hunter said. “We have some great play ers, but zone defences negate
great players.” The Martlets had trouble against Western from the start o f the game. Tessier floundered the least, scoring 22 points. “W e thought w e could win,” said Ross. “We could have beaten them if we played the way we ’ve been play ing all year, but w e just cam e out flat.” McGill trailed all the way, and its loss ended the season. Ross was upbeat despite the weekend’s disappointment.
“I thought it was a great year. We won two tournaments, finished third at another, and we were ranked all the way. It was my best year so far.” With Morse and Ross gone next season, the team will take on a different look. With an other yearofexperience at guard and the continued rise o f league all-star Martina Van der Vlist, one can only wait and see where Tessier will lead them.
T h e M a r tle ts in h a p p ie r tim es* a f t e r w in n in g th e M a r tle t I n v it a t io n a l t o u r n a m e n t in January. ........................ ............................
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S p o rts Football team w o u ld like its ba nn er back The football team is making a general appeal to the public for the return o f its banner which was used in the first term to remind students o f Saturday football games at home. “It went missing before the Bishop’s game in October,” said head coach Charlie Baillie. The 12x6 vinyl banner, worth $550, says “Football on Saturday at M olson Stadium” and has a Royal Bank logo on it. It used to be displayed on the roof o f the Shatner Building. W hoever has the banner is asked to bring it to the
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Currie Gym or to let the team know where it is. “We would forgive anyone who took it,” assured Baillie.
S u p p o rt w heelcha ir basketball at M cG ill M cG ill’s faculty o f 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, w ill play a team made up o f McGill students and members o f the Martlet basketball team. Admission is $1.00 or a dona tion to Cystic Fybrosis. All are welcom e to watch and participate.
N o rd ic Skiing e n d s sea so n on e v e o f b ig g e st snow fall The Nordic Ski team closed out its season last Saturday with a competition at Mt. Ste. Anne. In the 65km classic loppet, M cG ill’s Louis Helbig finished eighth in a field o f 250+ racers. H elbig’s time o f four hours, 17 minutes was relatively close to Pierre Harvey’s winning time o f 3:58.30. M cG ill’s Dave Currie and Chris Kinsley also competed in the race, but their results were unavailable. Three other McGill students participated in the 15km race at Mt. Ste. Anne: Marvin Perez (37th), Rob Carlin (39th) and Chris Sumner (results unavailable).
Two gold, two silver for bird-bashers from McGill in provincial final B Y T R IB U N E S P O R T S STAFF T h e M c G ill B a d m in to n te a m fin is h e d the y ea r w ith a
bang at the P ro v in c ia l B a d m in to n C h a m p io n sh ip to u r n am en t at M c G ill on S a tu r day. T h e red and w h ite cap tured go ld in tw o events and
s ilv e r in tw o m o re and f in ished the season a close sec ond beh in d c h a m p io n L a v a l w h o took three g o ld and tw o s ilv er at the ch am p io n sh ip . M c G i l l ’ s T e r m in a to r , R o bbyn H e rm ita g e continued h er im p re s s iv e u n d e fe a te d s tr e a k in i n t e r c o lle g ia t e c o m p e titio n as she lost n ary a p o in t on h er w a y to the title . T h e T e rm in a to r, w h o has not lost in h er three years at M c G ill, e x h ib ite d e x q u i site fo rm in d e m o lis h in g the opposition one afte r the other. A fte r the to u rn am en t, she had o n ly these com m ents, “ I t w as a good tim e .” T h e m ix e d doubles tan d e m o f S a n ja y G a n d h i and Julie B astien faced a s tiffe r ch allen g e in the m ix e d event, w h ic h w a s p e r h a p s th e strongest eve n t in the to u r ney. The te a m b a t t le d through three m atches that w en t d o w n to a tie -b re a k third
g am e and ra llie d fro m a 1 3 -6 d e fic it in the se m i-fin a ls be fo re d e s tro y in g a rc h -r iv a l L a v a l tw o straight in the f i nals. I t w as a sw eet v ic to ry fo r the p a ir and represents the fin a l v a rs ity c o m p e titio n f o r B a s tie n , w h o w il l be g rad u atin g in p h y sio th erap y this year. G a n d h i had the fo llo w in g po st-to u rn ey com m ents w h ile h ud dled on the flo o r in pain: “ W e w o n ! P arty o n !” . I t w as also th e fin a l in te rc o lle g ia te eve n t fo r v e t eran R e d m an D a v e M e ije r. In m e n ’ s d o u b le s a c tio n , M e ije r , alo n g w ith partner B ru n o D io n , lost a h ea rtw re n c h in g m atch to L a v a l in the fin a ls to fin is h w ith a sil v e r m e d a l fo r M c G ill. M e ije r w ill be gradu at in g fro m T e a c h e r’ s C o lle g e in A p r il and, lik e B astien, leaves a v o id that w ill have to be fille d by the team next
M cG ill T h e r e ’s p rob ab ly a n in te r c ity b u s g o i n g w h e r e y o u ’r e g o i n g t h i s Sum m er, and T o u rP a ss m ak es s u r e y o u r rid e is g r e a t valu e! J u s t $ 1 S 9 (p lu s t a x ) g e ts y o u 1 4 d a y s o f u n lim ite d tr a v e l in Québec an d O ntario. D es v a c a n c e s à la carte à p rix fixe! T o u r P a s s e s t v o tr e p a sse -p a r to u t p o u r e x p lo r e r le Q u éb ec e t l ’O ntario e n a u to c a r ... 1 4 jo u r s de lib e rté p o u r v o y a g e r à v o tr e gré; se u le m e n t 1 5 9 $ (t a x e s e n su s).
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year. T h e w o m e n ’ s doubles team o f M e lis s a G o rd o n and M a ry s e “ S k ip p y ” F ilio n , as per usual, sw ept past all team s except fo r L a v a l. T h e fin a l, m arred in part by c o n tro ve rs ial lin e calls, w as a gutsy p e rfo rm an ce by the M c G ill p a ir w h o ev e n tu a lly lost in three close gam es. F o r G o rd o n , it w as also her last g am e and she w ill be grad u atin g in A p ril. M a n n y G a v a lo s , p la y ing in the m en ’ s singles event, fin is h e d a strong th ird fo r M c G ill, the best sh o w in g fo r the season in this event. H e v a n q u is h e d M o n treal in this e v e n t and f o l lo w e d that up w ith a d efeat o f S h erbrooke. In the s e m i-fin a ls , he fa c e d e v e n tu a l c h a m p io n P a trice Is a b e lle o f L a v a l and w as defeated in a h o tly co n tested m atch but show ed great p o ten tial fo r the next year. T h e team w as q u ic k to c re d it m uch o f the success they had this y e a r to the e f f o r ts o f c o a c h F r a n k M c C a rth y . M c G ill had by fa r its best sho w ing in in te rc o lle g i ate b ad m in to n c o m p e titio n and its p erfo rm an ce w as a fa r c ry fro m the fo u rth p lace f in ishes o f fo u r years ago. N e w fo rm a t proposals are in the w o rk s fo r n ext y ea r to m a k e the sport m o re e x c it in g and to re fle c t the in creased strength o f a ll the co m p e tin g team s. M c G ill is lo o k in g to rid e this y e a r’ s success to a c h a m p io n s h ip season in 1 9 9 3 1994.
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T h e P e o p l e ’s C h o i c e :
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A fte r a o n e -y e a r hiatus, the Tribune has re v iv e d its M a le and F e m a le A th le te o f the Y e a r aw ards. It is the o n ly athletic aw a rd that is v o te d on s o le ly b y students and, h o p e fu lly , untainted by p o litics.
Vicky Tessier, Basketball forward C IA U Rookie o f the Year, Q U B L Most V a lu able Player (first time in C IA U Basketball history that a rookie has won leag u e M V P ) , Q U B L Rookie o f the Year, named to the C IA U A ll-R ookie team, C IA U All-Canadian second team (the first rookie in Canadian uni versity basketball history to be an All-Canadian).
Linda Thyer, Track and Cross-Country W on silver medals in both the 1500m and 3000m at the C IA U Track Nationals. All-Canadian in Cross-Country and Track for two consecutive years; the first M c G ill athlete ever to be a two-tim e A llCanadian. Undefeated in three years at Quebec U n iv e rs ity cro ss -co u n try meets, Thyer is a C IA U Academic All-Canadian.
R o b b y n Hermitage, Badminton Undefeated for the past three years in Q SSF competition, Herm itage w ill represent Canada at the W orlds in England this M a y . Plays on the National Circuit (A ir Canada Grand Prix) and in 1992-93 has won two Gold, two Silver and one Bronze in Ladies Doubles with partner M . Cloutier.
P a rtic ip a te in d em o c ra cy and choose y o u r can d id ate fo r M c G ill s top m a le an d fe m a le athlete. D ro p y o u r b a llo t in the b ox at the entrance to C u rrie g y m o r b rin g it to the Tribune o ffic e in S h atn er B - 0 1 A (basem en t).
M é I a n i e C h o in iè r e , T r a c k a n d C ro s s -C o u n try
W on G o ld m edal in 600m at C IA U Track N a tionals, fourth place in lOOOm. A ll-C a n a d ia n in b o th Track and C rossCountry. Sixth in 5km C IA U cross country cham pion ships.
A n d re a N u g e n t, S w im m in g A t th e C I A U C h a m p io n s h ip s , N u g e n t w o n g o ld m e d a ls a n d b r o k e n a tio n a l re c o rd s in 5 0 m b u tte r fly an d 1 0 0 m f r e e s t y le . S h e a ls o c a p tu r e d g o ld in th e 5 0 m fr e e s ty le a n d b r o n z e in 1 0 0 m f ly . A ls o an A ll- C a n a d ia n .
G a y le N o b le , S o ccer d e fe n d e r QUSL Most V a lu a b le P layer, Q U S L F ir s t T e a m A l l - S t a r , C I A U F ir s tT e a m A ll- C a n a d ia n . A t th e C I A U g o ld m e d a l g a m e , N o b le w a s n a m e d t o th e N a t io n a l T o u r n a m e n t a ll- s t a r te a m a n d w a s a ls o g a m e M V P .
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B ruce B ird , B a s k e t b a ll f o r w a r d L e d Q U B L in r e b o u n d in g w it h an a v e r a g e o f 7 .6 b o a rd s per gam e. T ea m cap ta in (s e c o n d c o n s e c u t iv e y e a r ) . J a n u a r y M o ls o n C u p p la y e r o f th e m o n th . T e a m M V P la s t y e a r (th is y e a r’s not yet an n o u n c e d ).
C o u rte n a y S h r im p t o n , F o o tb a ll in s id e r e c e iv e r O Q IF C A ll-S ta r . L e d co n feren ce in re ceptions and recep tion y a r d a g e . W o n th e N o rth e rn Telecom C h a rlie B ai Hie a w a rd fo r best te a m p la y e r. T e a m cap tain. S e p te m ber M o ls o n C u p p la y e r o f the m onth.
Doug Naudie, Football linebacker O Q I F C A ll-s t a r , one o f six unanim ous choices fo r all-star sta tus. C I A U A c a d e m ic A ll-C a n a d ia n fo r the second straight year. L ed team w ith 4 0 tackles in 9 gam es. O Q IF C nom inee fo r the Russ Jackson tro phy, aw arded fo r athlet ics, academ ics and c o m m u n ity service.
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