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Amnesty International meets every Tuesday at 6:30 pm in the Shatner Building,room435. Formorcinfo,call 2860502. The McGill Literacy Council is having its first general meeting in the Shatner Building, room 302, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. All interested are welcome. Help prepare the agenda for the SSMU General Assembly on October 8th. There will be an open meeting of Workshop One (Student Rights) today at 5:00 pm in room 310 of the Shainer Building. An open meeting of Workshop Three (University Governance) will also be held at 6:00 pm in room 110 of the Arts Building. All welcome. Wednesday. September 30 Quebec PIRG’s group VISION organizes around the issue of violence against women. Our aims are to promote personal growth and to stimulate discussion and ac tion around women’s issues. Ourmeeting is today, at 12:30 pm, in the Multicultural Lounge (4th floor of the Shatner Building). If you can’t make it, or want more info, please call Fem at 844-2650. The McGill Volunteer Bureau hosts its bi-annual symposium today from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the ballroom of the Shatner Building. Local hospitals, soup kitchens, charities, senior community cen tres and other volunteer organizations will be recruiting and infonning. Thursday. October 1 In cooperation with the British Council, the Department of English is pre senting a workshop and discussion with Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay entitled “Translating Michel Tremblay into Scots.” 2:00 to 5:00 pm in the Morricc Hall Theatre.
Irish Studies at McGill presents a group discussion on Irish Literature, with emphasis on worldwide interest in Irish Studies, entitled “International Irish Stud ies; A Forum.” Arts Building, room W215, 8:00 pm. The Faculty of Music presents Thomas Annand, organist, as part of the CBC/McGill Radio Concert Series. Redpath Hall, 7:30 pm Free admission. For more info, call 398-4547. The Faculty of Music presents Jan Jarczyk, Gordon Foote, and John Nugentplaying origi nal jazz at 8:00 pm in Pollack Hall. Free admission. For more info, call 398-4547. James Bay Coalition-Comejoin us for free munchies! The JBC will be meeting today at4:00 pm in Shatner 435. For info, call 495-1482. The McGill Film Society presents “ Ihc Untouchables" at 7:30 pm in Leacock 132. Admission is $3.50, or $ 1.00 for mem bers, children, and seniors. The Yellow Door Coffee House presents Literature Live, a program of read ings by local writers followed by an “open stage,” on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Tonight: Viviane Boucher and Carole TcnBrink. 8:00 pm at the Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer St. Admission: S2.00. For info, call 398-6243.
Friday. Qi PjIht 2 Attention all fish lovers! The Red Herring presents its first General Meeting today at 2:30 pm, in room B09/10 of the
Shatner Building. Anyone who is interested in Montreal’s only English-language hu mour and satire magazine is feverishly en couraged to attend. We need writers, artists, and general funny people. Meet the Herring! The McGill Caribbean Students Society is having a general meeting at 6:30 pm in Shatner 425/426. Come out and sup port the club and be entertained in the proc
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FDA Auditorium. Admission is $3.50 for non-members, $1.00 for members, children and seniors. As part of Culture Fest ‘92 and McGill Open House 1992, there will be an outdoor multicultural concert on lower campus at 8:00 pm. Ska/rcggac, Latin American, and Celtic music will be per formed. Free admission. Saturday. October 3 'Die McGill Film Society presents “Black Robe” at 7:30 pm in the FDA Audi torium. Admission is $3.50 for non-mem bers, SI.00 for members, children and sen iors. AsparlofMcGillOpen House 1992, the Faculty of Music will provide guided tours of iheSlrathcona Music Building (555 Sherbrooke St. West), leaving from the East Lounge every half hour between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. Sunday. October 4
ess. After the meeting there will be an expe dition of Montreal By Night The Yellow Door Coffee House presents live music every Friday night at 8:00 pm. After sets by two or more featured performers, there will be an “open stage.” Tonight: Bradley Doucet with Ricky Nadel. Admossion $2.00. For info, call 398-6243. AspartofMcGillOpen House 1992, The McGill Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8:00 pm at Pollack Hall. The concert will be repealed on Saturday and Sunday nights. Passes for the concerts will be available at the Pollack Hall box office from September 28th, weekdays from 12 noon to 5:00 pm. For more info, call 3984547. The McGill Film Society presents “A Fish Called Wanda” at 7:30 pm in the
As part of McGill Open I louse 1992, The McGill F’ilrn Society presents Family Day-“Cartoonfcst” in Leacock 132 at 10:30 am. Kids from 1-85 are welcome. Admission
$1.00. Take a stand! Come to a student rally at 2:00pm in front of the German con sulate, 3455 de la Montagne, to condemn the rise of neo-naziism, xenophobia, and anti semitism in Germany : don’t allow history to repeal itself! Monday. October 5 Attention all the rest of you fish lovers! The Red Herring is holding another general meeting for anybody who couldn’t make Friday’s meeting. No new material will be covered, you will not be tested again. Funny people of all kinds, ensure your pres
ence in room 310 of the Shatner Building and 5:00 pm for all the fishy info you need Herring Schmerring.. VISION presents a film and dis cussion at 7:30 pm in Burnside room 426. “That’s Entertainment" is a hard-hitting col lage of violent clips from popularfilms. Free coffee and munchies. For more info, call Fem at 844-2650. There will be a seminar on “Con ducting a Successful Job Interview,” con ducted by Samson Bclair Deloitte and Touche, today from 4:00 to 5:00 pm in room 301 of the Bronfman Building. Come and find out what today’s companies are looking for. Le Département de langue et littérature françaises de l’Université McGill organise le Vie Colloque interna tional sur Le Moyen Français: “La Grande Rhétorique" qui se tiend ra a Montréal les 5 et 6 octobre. Débat sur la langue et la littérature françaises des XlVe et XVe siècles. Pavillon Peterson, 3460 rue McTavish. Renseignements et inscriptions: Prof. G. Di Stefano, 398-6892.
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N e w s BY JANE WHITE Students’Society (SSMU) coun cillors and executives passed a motion of non-confidence in SSMU President Jason Prince last Thursday, to indicate their disapproval with his handling of room allocations and the proposed Oct 8th General Assembly in recent weeks. Fourteen councillors, including three vice-presidents, voted in favour of the motion, while four voted against it. There were four abstentions. Engineering Rep Kevin Brodt proposed the motion of non-confidence and was careful to explain its meaning. ‘This is strictly a symbolic ges ture, strictly for process,” explained Brodt to council. ‘This is a symbolic motion that requests in the future he [Prince] respect the constitution.” Brodt and other councillors claimed Princchad unduly delayed room allocations in the Shatner building, which are usually handled by the VP Internal. Councillors also felt that Prince had circumvented their authority and breached the constitution by collecting signatures for the Oct. 8th assembly and attempting to use SSMU money to pay for advertising without council’s ap proval. SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson refused to sign the purchase order Prince submitted to pay for the
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advertising. Council set up an ad-hoc com mittee to organize a council-initiated assembly instead of approving Prince’s proposed Oct. 8th assembly. SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson, a member of Prince’s execu tive, supported the motion. “The president’s role is to reflect our interests and the executive commit tee would like him to respect that,” stated an emphatic Nickerson to coun cil. Two other executives, VP Exter nal Jeff Percival and VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz also voted in favour of the non-confidence motion. VP University Affairs Monique Shebbeare was absent for the vote, but had told council the reasons why the executive had supported Prince in the summer. “We went on the basis of execu tive having respect for other executive ’s projects,” she explained. “But the [gen eral assembly] mandate given by the executive committee was manipulated [by Prince].” Prince insisted that he had done nothing wrong “I feel that I’ve been following the proper procedures in council,” he told councillors. “I believe that I’ve been acting in good faith in regard to the constitution."
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BY ALICE RUEE Since the referendum vote last spring which divided the Arts and Sci ence Undergraduate Society, the newly formed faculty societies continue to op erate in a state of legal limbo. Neither the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) nor the Science Under graduate Society (SUS) has yet to be formally and legally recognized by the university administration. Although bo-’ societies had their constitutions passed by students with the referen dum vote, these constitutions have yet to be ratified by McGill’s Board of Governors. Since AUS and SUS have yet to sign letters of agreement with adminis tration officials and have not achieved incorporated status, executive officers of the societies could be held personally liable in case of litigation. Addressing the possibility of personal liability for officers, AUS President Mark Luz argued that the university was legally responsible for society executives until letters of agree ment had been ratified. “As I understand it, we [execufives] cannot be held personally liable,” claimed Luz. “This is why the univer sity wants us to incorporate. After in corporation McGill no longer has legal responsibility for AUS actions.” But SUS VP Administration Allyson Davey was unsure about the potential liability she and the rest of the SUS executive may hold. “It [personal liability] is a pretty frightening concept if it is the case,” Davey stated. “We don’t really know the details of the liability issue. We are still checking this out.” SUS VP Internal Amy Pressman expressed concern with SUS’s present situation. “I think that it is a very danger
ous position we are in right now,” ex plained Pressman. However, she added that she felt the activities SUS engaged in did not pose a significant risk of legal liability. Luz was confident that AUS’s questionable legal status posed no im mediate problems and would be re solved shortly. “We [AUS] have already re ceived a ten thousand dollar advance [from McGill] which means that the university docs recognize us,” elabo rated Lutz. ‘These are just formalities we face. We are just in limbo between the paperwork.” According to Luz, the signing of AUS’s letter of agreement with the ad ministration is scheduled for October 19th. But Luz warned that he was not ready to compromise the negotiations to meet this deadline. Luz cited several advantages for AUS as a result of incorporation and the negotiation of the letter of agreement. “Incorporation will make us more conscious and diligent in our service to arts students,” he noted. Stressing that the new AUS phone list and handbook would help create a sense of identity for Arts stu dents, Luz also noted that the university could no longer claim any responsibil ity or control over AUS publications, thereby granting a greater degree of artistic freedom to student periodicals. SUS VP Academic Michelle Wise appeared uncertain whether soci ety by-laws had been drawn up. But Wise indicated that the executive are active in planning for the year and had already co-sponsored several events during Students’ Society Welcome Week. “We need to increase awareness of the SUS because a lot of students don’t know who we are, or that a split occurred last year,” explained Wise.
But AthleticsRep James Stewart disagreed with the president’s explana tion, and found his motives duplicitous. “The president willingly ma nipulated this council for his own ben efit," he stated. “It is his responsibility to know the principles of the constitu tion.” Not all councillors voted in fa vour of the motion. “I think real mistakes were made in the last two weeks by our president,” said Law Rep Christoph Sicldng. “[But] a motion of non-confidence is just that and I speak against it. I have confidence in the president but wish to talk to him personally to tell him that he made a grave mistake.” Prince refused to apologize to council. “I’m not going to apologize for any procedural error,” he insisted. General Assembly Workshop coordinators present at last week’s council meeting lent Prince their sup port in what became hostile council at mosphere. “A student-initiated referendum is called because there is no confidence in SSMU,” stated workshop coordina tor Kelly MacCready, expressing her contempt for council proceedings. “It is a vote of non-confidence in you. I don’t feel you [councillors] represent me.” Workshop coordinator John
Saunders agreed and questioned council’s motives. “I think there was a man date to humiliate or put Jason in his place,” com plained Saunders. “I think there was an attempt made by council to reassert control over the General Assembly process and stu dent politics in general. Any grass roots spirit of de mocracy that had been growing on campus has basi cally been smoth ered.” But Arts Undergraduate Society President Mark Luz insisted that Prince was ultimately responsible to his council T h u m b s up o r d o w n fo r 1‘re s u lo n t P r in e c ? “His role is to unite council [and See, What is a General Assembly?, is] supposed to represent council de- below spite his political convictions or Also see. General Assembly, below agenda,” said Luz. See editorial, p. 6
C o u n c i l s t y m ie s P r i n c e ’s a s s e m b ly BY JANE WHITE AND BENOIT JACQMOTTE Students’ Society (SSMU) councillors blocked President Jason Prince’s proposed Oct. 8th General As sembly in a marathon, five-hour coun cil meeting last Thursday, and created an ad-hoc committee to set up a coun cil-initiated assembly for later in the term. Councillors were overwhelm ingly in favour of the concept of a general assembly, but had problems with Prince’s role in the process. Councillors complained that Prince had placed a general assembly ad with a SSMU logo in an issue of last week’s Daily before the assembly had been addressed in council. SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson confirmed that a purchase order had not been approved for the ad before it appeared and many council lors believed the ad was surreptitiously placed by Prince. “I amdisheartened,” commented Arts Rep. Jon Ablett to council. “If it [the general assembly] was supported by council we would have made a full page ad in the paper instead of hiding an announcement on the second to last page.” According to the SSMU consti tution, the president does not have the authority to spend money without the approval of council. Several council lors requested that council not pay for his oversight, an estimated $200. “I assumed that money would come out of the 20% [General Assem bly] budget,” explained Prince. “If it didn’t, I guess we will have to have a bake sale.” Athletics Rep. JamesStewartwas dismayed at Prince’s dismissive atti tude. “You would expect an answer that would convey the seriousness of the error. Saying we’ll have a bake sale doesn’t do that,” said Stewart. “I won der if the whole issue is not just a case of ignorance, that Prince just doesn’t know what’s going on.” Senate Board Rep Rob Valdmanis pointed out the seriousness
of Prince’s action and the ramifications it could entail. “It is clearly a misappropriation of funds which is grounds for impeach ment,” explained Valdmanis, who later stressed that impeachment was not in the best interests of SSMU. Councillors were also upset that Prince had circulated the petition call ing for the assembly without council’s approval. Prince told councillors he felt the assembly would go ahead with or without council’s support. “Even if council does not go ahead I think it [the general assembly] should go ahead,” Prince told council. "The general assembly is as good as called.” Arts Rep. Corey Cook felt the petition was a means to force their sup port. “As councillors we should be working together,” he complained. “JThe petition] is hanging over our heads. If we do pass this motion [for a General Assembly], it will just be a rubber stamp.” Architecture Rep. Greg Shron suggested that the very nature of the petition was problematic and ques tioned, “Do 200 signatures on a petition outweigh the [SSMU] Council, which represents the entire student body?” The scheduling of the workshops, which havc not been well attended, also upset councillors. The second work shop was scheduled at the same time as last week’s council meeting, which convinced Arts Rep. Jonathan Ablett that councillors were being prevented from giving imput to the process. “We can’t participate,” stressed Ablett. “And the second workshop [ on abortion and Quebec sovereignty] is the most provocativeof all the workshops.” Science Rep. Aubrey Kassirer , along with many councillors, fell that a general assembly should not debate political, divisive and non-student is sues. “We are here to get an education, or a degree, or both, but we are not here to be united on a political ideology,” he stated.
An embattled Prince regretted that thcGcneral Assemblyhad faltered and continued to ask for councillors, and executive support. “The reality is, it’s always hard to get people interested in these things. The workshops have been hobbling along - as some councillors know,” noted Prince. The ad-hoc committee will be comprised of Prince, Nickerson, Ablett, Stewart and speaker of council, Sadeka Hedaraly.They will present a date, timeline, budget and topics to be dis cussed at the council-initiated general assembly at Thursday’s 6:30 pm coun cil meeting in the Engineering common room.
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M c G ill lib r a r ie s r a n k BY ANGELINA YOUNG
Among North American univer sities, McGill libraries arc ranked 41st, according to the 1990-1991 Associationof Research Librairies index (ARL). McGill improved its rank from number 56 six years ago and number 42 last year. Members of the ARL consist of 107 major North American university libraries thatreceivc index scores based on measurements of total number of volumes held, total expenditure, and other quantitative criteria. Harvard boasts the number one position, while University of Toronto checks in highest among Canadian universities at number five. Western places in at 53, Laval at 56, and Queen’s finds itself in 83rd position. McGill Director of Libraries Eric Ormsby stressed that there was no direct relationship between school status and the ARL ranking. “The ARL is just a useful measurement of where we stand in re lation to other university libraries,” Ormsby claimed. ‘The ARL is always changing and docs not draw any con
clusion about the school itself.” Ormsby urged that library budget increases and development projects are not aimed at competing for top posi tions in the ARL. Enhancement of collections and increased automation have helped maintain and improve McGill’s librar ies, but if leading ARL members fall behind, this moves McGill’s rank up as well. “We have a long way to go,” admitted Orsmby, explaining that li braries have not kept up with other McGill departments due to a lack of budget priority. “The cost of library materials has tripled since 1979,” continued Ormsby. “I have appealed to the uni versity to increase our base budget for acquisitions by $1.5 million.” Stressing that the university recognizes the need to maintain the quality of collections, Ormsby noted that the university has made a commit ment to improve the libraries. Nonetheless, the Faculty of Law library stands at a modest 130th place in the North American Law Libraries’ ranking.
C o n g ra tu la tio n s ! Y ou h a v e w o n t h e R e d H e r r i n g ’s A c t i v i t i e s N i g h t E n t e r n ’ W in c o n t e s t Chi Nguyen Jude Handelman Carols Rippell Danielle Wahl Ian Christensen AdamLazareck Christine Desmarais Daniel Morrison Lianne Panett KellyWong Sarah AttwoodAnthonyEna Keith McLarrenShari Coles KirstenGreen Jonathan Wasserman John GZayas IggyKosnyHarriet Druker Jason Hirst Naomi Glick Tom Halinski Adam Bradley Sadique Lalji Harry ? Joanna Piercy Sarah Scarfe Kirsten Hatto ElizabethElmwood Jon Miller Caroline Lyais Bruoe Tupper A.FreudAnitaCotic Irene Huang Sandie Yew Phil At» Jacob AbellaPriyaChughEllen Lackman Aaron J.Windsor Me(CarloPapa) Brod Hotra Andrew Frederiksen Darren BegleyValerie Leggett FinlayMacNab Ed Russel DeborahChowSamBuggeinNicki Kousinioris Indira Kumar S.Roder K.Miltimore Kirsten Myers TarynGunter Lara Namas Chris Robertson JennHutner HenryLipshetz Vitas Sipelis DavidRobuckRobert Parker TraceyStenen Beasley Dori Hadar DianaHeather MacNeil Jane AnnaChapman Matt Webster Fancois NaburanguEli Sagorlll
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“People have tried very hard to make improvements [in the law library], such as the expansion of the library’s interior design, serials budget, andjour nals and subscriptions,” explained Stephen Toope, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research in the Faculty of Law. While acknowledging that the library budget had increased in the past three years, Toope revealed a future fundraising campaign intended to build a new law libraryjust north of the present site. Taking place over the next four to five years, the campaign will raise money from individuals, corporations, and from the university itself.
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Assistant Music Librarian David Curtis described tire current perform ance of McGill’s Music Library. “We have strength in some areas and not in others,” stressed Curtis. “The budget is relatively small when com pared to somewhere like the U of T Music Library, which has a good budget.” According to Curtis, the library lacks extensive materials on popular music and on subject matter not taught by the faculty. In music collection size, McGill ranks 8th among 22 on a list of Cana dian university libraries. McGill contains about one half of what Laval and Western possess in
sound recordings. “The library budget has been consistently inadequate for books, scores and sound recordings,” com mented Music Library Head Cynthia Leive. She projected significant im provements once funds are raised. “If we can establish a collection endowment for scores and sound re cordings, it will go a long way in helping our situation,” she stressed. Ormsby remained optimistic in his assessment of McGill libraries’ performance and ability to improve. “1 think the libraries are in a position to improve themselves,” he declared. “The library is one of the top priorities of the university.”
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operating costs. Students’ Society (SSMU) President Jason Prince was disappointed with the decision to fund CAPS with student fees. “Presidents’ Council wanted Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik to find alternate funding for tire Career and Placement Service,” insisted Prince. Senate plans for funding include a gradual increase in student fees from $1.07 per student this year to 57.88 per student by the 1994-95 school year. These fees are expected to help offset CAPS operating costs.
Funding controversy has resulted from the opening of the new Career and Placement Service (CAPS) on campus. The new service is McGill’s solution to last spring’s decision by the federal government to close the Canada Em ployment Centre atMcGill, which used to be on the third floor of the Powell Student Services Building. Senate voted last May to main tain the employment centre and to raise student fees in an effort to help cover its
CAPS student funding has begged the question of student involve ment in the centre. “Because the majority of fund ing will still come from student services fee increases,” stated Prince,“students should have involvement and represen tation in the centre.” “CAPS, like the other services within student services, will have an advisory board,” reassured CAPS di rector Robert Conyers. There is speculation that some SEE PLACEMENT. PAGE 5
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B r ie f s she argued. “The issue of restricting Senate’s size is less important than ensuring fair student representation.”
L e t y o u r lin g e r s d o t h e w a l k i n g After a long struggle with the Student’s Society (SSMU), the WalkSafe Network (WSN) telephone is finally operative. The number, which had been placed on reserve by Northern Telecom Corp. since June, was hooked up last Friday, to the delight of WSN co-ordinator Fiona Dcllcr. “We’re ecstatic!” exclaimed Dcller. “Finally we arc able to function maximally.” Her feelings were shared by many, including SSMU Administrative Assistant Maria Keenan who had been pleading with Telecom to rush the installment since the reception of an informal approval from SSMU three weeks ago. “I wanted to go up on the roof and announce that the phones were installed!” enthused Keenan. “This will make possible the full operation of a service which is so essential." WSN is now providing full service. Seven teams will patrol the campus every evening from Monday to Saturday. The service can be reached at 398-2498.
U n d e rg ra d r e p s e a ts th r e a te n e d b y S e n a te m o tio n s McGill Senate will debate a motion September 30 that could radically alter the nature of its student representation. The Senate’s Nominating Committee has recommended a restruc turing of student representation that will take three seats away from under graduates. The proposal comes in light of a request by the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) to be granted a seat on Senate. Undergraduate student leaders plan to submit a counter-proposal designed to grant PGSS a Senate seat while maintaining undergraduate representation. “Our proposal maintains the principle of universality that there is at least one seat for every' faculty,” explained Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Monique Shebbcarc. “At the same time the proposal reflects the fact that there are broader groupings of students for which exofficios [designated seats] arc necessary.” Academics and librarians must constitute a majority of Senate, and the Senate task force recommended student representation be altered rather than granting two extra seats, one to PGSS and one to an academic to maintain the majority. Shebbeare contested the Nominating Committee requirement that seats could not be added to increase the size of Senate. “I don’t think adding extra scats to Senate will reduce its efficiency,”
H a n d b o o k m is c o n d u c t a lle g e d b y c o n tr ib u to r In a September 18 letter addressed to Students’ Society (SSMU) President Jason Prince, graduate research assistant Charles Weijer charged that this year’s Student Handbook neither obtained his permission nor credited him with his work when his article “Playing it Safe” was printed in the handbook. Weijer claimed that the article was cut fom a longer article on I 11V and safe sex that appeared in last year’s handbook, and that the article had been so cut down in length that the original thesis had been “totally obfuscated” in the handbook article. Citing the seriousness of thematter in light of copyright laws, Weijer asked Prince to inquire into the situation personally. “I would request that you look into the matter with a mind both to determining how this happened and to preventing similar events,” staled Weijer in his letter. Weijer also requested that his authorship be acknowledged in some manner, even if he could no longer be properly credited in the handbook. Neither Prince nor Weijer could be reached for comment.
CONTINUED FROM PA G E 4 non-student funding will be provided by corporations using the service. According to VP Special Projects of the International Association for Students interested in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) Chris Rankin, non-student funding may be coming from companies posting at CAPS. Rankin believes that at least 12 account ing firms will be charged $1500 to post jobs at McGill. Although accounting Firms are known to be very aggressive in their university recruitment, Rankin worried that firms with smaller recruitment budgets will not be willing to pay fees to post job openings with CAPS. This would mean less jobs would be available to students using the new service. However, Conyers denied any fee will be charged to user companies. “All companies can recruit on campus at no charge whatso ever to the company,” maintained Conyers. Prince, however, remained unconvinced that CAPS was the best solution for McGill students. “The mistake was establishing our own career placement service,” insisted Prince. “With several downtown universities, a jointly run employment centre would have been more feasible.”
C e le b r ity s p e a k e r s c o m i n g t o M c G ill An impressive line-up of celebrity speakers have been scheduled to speak at McGill this year. Sponsored by the Beatty Foundation, the ‘Beatty Lectures’ series kicks off on October 15 with First Nations spokesman Ovide Mercredi. Mercredi will share his views on the reconciliation of the contents of the referendum. McGill will also host two other internationally recognized figures who are confirmed to speak later in the year. On December 7th, American tennis star Arthur Ashe will be discussing the subject of AIDS. AsheS. presentation is co-sponsored by the McGill AIDS Centre. The third distinguished speaker, expected in March, is former General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev. “Gorbachev hasn’t stated what subjects he’ll be adressing," ex plained Students’ Society (SSMU) VP External Affairs Jeff Percival. “Gorbachev will be speaking in Montreal that week and we [SSMU] were lucky to have him agree to give a second speech on campus.” Unconfirmed rumours have also been circulating that U2 producer Brian Eno is entertaining the idea of coming to McGill to discuss “the creative process."
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claims that this was a vntr» oouinef vote against ‘democracy’ are inane propaganda. If saying ‘yes’ to democracy means having the disrespect that Prince has shown for the presidency, council and the SSMU constitution, then council should have nothing to do with saying 'yes' to it in such a perverted manner. Prince defended himself by claiming he had acted on a mandate from the people who voted him into power last March. Prince said he was also acting on a mandate given to him by the rest of his execuitve committee over the summer. This vote should serve as an important lesson for those thinking of running for a SSMU executive position in the spring: the realization of one’s electoral promises and of executive decisions are entirely contingent upon the approval of council. This is not unique to SSMU; it works this way at the national level in most non-dictatorial countries. Call it democracy, checks and balances, whatever; Prince must learn that he too, is accountable. He is mandated to work with council and tire executive, not around them. In this case, Prince is obviously a president who attempted to use council as a tool for advancing his own personal, political agenda. He tried to manipulate council, holding tile petition over its head, telling councillors they might as well pass his motion because the general assembly would take place with or
Let’s be clear about one thing regarding last Thursday’s over whelming council vote of non confidence in Students’ Society (SSMU) President Jason Prince. The 14-4-4 vote demonstrating council's lack of confidence in its president—mostly because of his handling of his proposed Oct. 8lh general assembly—was not a vote against the assembly, its purpose, or democracy. In fact, most councillors who voted for the motion of non confidence in Prince openly supported the idea of a general assembly. This is reflected by the fact that council has set up an adhoc committee and charged it to organize an assembly for later this term. Prince’s circulation of a petition calling for a general assembly, and his purchase of advertising for the assembly with a SSMU logo on it was repugnant and reprehensible. He knew full well council had many questions about the assembly. He also knew council had not ratified executive decisions made over the summer regarding the assembly. This is precisely why councillors voted against the assembly; they objected to the process, not the principle. Prince and his supporters’
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Prince’s actions lead one to ask whether he uses the presidency to serve the Society...or himself alone.
One councillor admitted having gone to a few coordinating workshops on the general assembly only to see about four or five of the same people at each one. This group, most of whom worked on Prince's campaign team, is Prince’s oligarchy that wanted SSMU to take positions on Quebec’s right to self-determination, abortion and the Nationair dispute. These few people, in addition to at least 200 at the general assembly, would set SSMU policies on these issues for its 15,000 legitimate and paying members. This in turn brings up the whole question of ‘openess’ so often preached by Prince. Kelly MacCready, a workshop coordinator, told council she liked Prince because of his openess and approachability. As a student politician, she said, Prince went out to seek her views. She didn’t have to come to him. Don’t let MacCready’s comments fool you: it it doubtfril that Prince would have been so open as to have invited the Newman Centre or McGill Christian Fellowship to participate in
< • . „ __St the workshop process for SSMU to take a pro-life stand. Yes Prince is open, but only to those who happen to share his views. By acting in a manner inconsistent with policies set out by council. Prince violated the constitu tion and the terms of his job descrip tion as president. For that, he was lucky to get away with a symbolic, slap-on-the-wrist, non-confidence motion despite acting in a manner that constitutes grounds for his impeach ment. All that remains now is to address the issue of the obvious paralysis at the top. Prince has failed to unify his executive. If this stale mate and stagnation goes on much longer, one of two things must happen: either the four vice-presi dents should resign, or the president should go. Council has already shown an overwhelming lack of confidence in President Prince. The onus is clearly on him to shape up and respect the system within which he operates, or ship out and do whatever he wants as a student. Anything less would be a great disservice to the members of the Society to whom Prince is ultimately responsible. RICH LATOUR CHRIS ALAM ALEX USHER
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L e t t e r s T h in k -N o t h in g This is a decade obsessed with time. Maybe it’s because we can’t wait for that glorious morning seven years, three months and two days from now, when we can, for a brief 24 hour span, date our cheques “01/01/00.” Imagine the celebration as we, like Buck Rogers (the space-age TV character, not the baseball manager/ bus crash statistic) pass into the 21st century. Reams of paper, whole hectares of rainfor est will be dedicated to scientifi cally determined lists of the Best and Worst Dressed of the Millenium. And on that fateful New Year’s Eve, as we witness this century pass its torch to the next, we’ll know, deep in our collective heart, that somewhere Prince is making a boatload of residuals. (“Hey kids - tonight we really are going to party like it’s 19991”) And so we rush about, obsessed with each passing tick of the clock. We even have machines which can tell us to the minute how long the wait will be for the next available bank teller. These marvels would probably be better utilized to indicate the wait for Instant Tellers; although I guess it’s still impossible for any computer to know whether that person in front of you is going to stew so long as to raise suspicions among those waiting that he/shc might be trying to break into the Pentagon data bank for a quick game of Tic-Tac-Toe. The irony is that everyone’s in a rush but no one has anywhere to go. If we were to assign each tenyear span a swimming stroke, the 90’s would definitely be the decade of treading water. The 80’s seem best characterized by that herky-jerky, greedy, gulping butterfly stroke: the one that looks like someone just threw a toaster into the pool. We of the 90’s have painted ourselves into an ideological comer. The idealism of the 60’s
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(iROUNDZEiU BY ADAM STERNBERGH seems too quaint in retrospect, and the materialism of the 80’s is simply repugnant. So we’ve adopted a mish mash stance of vocal indignation best characterized by the slogan “Speak loudly and carry a big stick.” Thrown in for good measure is the only remnant of the 70’s we’ve been able to salvage: nonsensical and maso chistic fashion choices. Witness the return of clogs. The recent non-event on September 24 known as “Buy Nothing Day” is typical of the ineffectual cage-rattling which now passes for social protest. (“Allright, you military-industrial complex! We’re going to show you who’s boss! We’re not going to buy any Snickers bars until tomorrow !”) In the absence of any sense of self, we are content to mock our own past, as evidenced by the average student’s gleeful willing ness to dust off their best John Travolta impersonation the moment the Gert’s DJ spins “Staying Alive.” Apparently these students have forgotten, or are simply unaware that the music of the 70’s was, by and large, about one thousand times funkier than the homogenous drone of Air Supply and For eigner which undoubtedly makes up the soundtrack of their cherished pubescent memories. Of course, not everyone mocks the past. Some mock the present, to beat the rush. So check your watches, and check your heads at the door. There’s only 2650 days until the new millenium. Get your non shopping in early, but remember: that’s an awfully long time to try and keep our heads above water.
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I write with some concern about the editorial flavorofPage 3 News of last week’s Trib. The three articles that comprise the page are a monument to irre sponsible journalism. A visit to the Trib office confirmed my suspicion that the third article on the page - by-lined “Tribune Staff’ - was in fact authored by Chris Alarm Alam is the author of the other two articles on the page. If you wonder why I would check the authorship of the arti cle you have only to read the page. The articles are related in three important ways. First, they are all on the same subject: the Walk Safe Network’s unfortu nate lack of a telephone and of fice. Second, they are all written by Alam. Finally, they are all really about distorting facts to make SSMU President Jason Prince look bad. Anyone who doubts this has only to ask why the editor would change the by-line, or they could simply read the page. Alexander Pless U2 Arts
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It is standard fo r three articles relating to the same issue to be written by one reporter, if that reporter com piled all the imformation and research involved in writing them.. The Tribune does not be lieve that there was any distor tion of thefacts and stands by its stories.
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The first element affecting all Canadians is the Distinct So ciety clause. Whileatfirstglance this section seems benign, its legal implications are still un known. Perhaps Ushcret al. have I am sure the author meant seen a legal interpretation that well by their piece. I am also has managed to evade all Cana sure that the compassion they dians, politicians and judges feel is real. That said, it is impor alike. tant to realize that one can be Quebec’s guarantee of empathie, but one can’t share 25% of the House of Commons the horror, and the pain of AIDS in perpetuity, regardless of fu fully without living it. The piece ture population trends, is an ab reeks of the same drippy pity erration to the democratic sys that mars coverage of develop tem as we know it in Canada. ing nations’ famines. It docs We, as opposed to the “Yes” nothing to change altitudes, or forces, are not prepared to sacri behavior. fice our democratic system for Instead of worrying about any one province or group. getting AIDS from a paper cup, The election of senators in the tragedy of death, and the Canada would be a giant step in plight of AIDS patients, concen the right direction. However,our trate rather on the horror and leaders and the “Yes” forces tragedy of government misman seem to feel that Quebecers are agement of the crisis. Talk about incapable of taking on this rethe unavailability of good drugs, sponsibility. The appointment rat poison like AZT, and the of Quebec senators by the Na cruelly of pharmaceutical com tional Assembly is an undemo panies like Burroughs- cratic slap in the face to all Wcllcomc. That, Hargan, is what Quebecers. While we would love to is truly criminal. support a deal that would put an James Forbes end to the constitutional hagU2 Arts gling that has been going on in the country for years, the only thing that this deal would put to O p p o s e d ... an end is Canada as we know it This letter is in reference and love it. to the OP-ED column in thcSept. For those who believe it 22-28 Tribune in which Usherct necessary to vote “Yes” in order al. attempt to defend the to keep Quebec a member of the Charlottetown Agreement by Canadian family, one wonders addressing the arguments pre why Quebec would want to re sented by the N.A.C. Even if main in the “new” undemocratic one were to reluctantly accept Canada that the Charlottetown Usher’s argument, there still re Agreement will create. main elements within the pro posal that arc detrimental to each Irving Gold, U3 Arts. and every Canadian, man and Kate Berry, U2 Arts woman alike. If Usher and oth ers like him wish to extol the virtues of the Constitutional Accord, let them do so by ad dressing it in its entirety. met Karl I realized that wearc all in fact HIV positive” betray the knee-jerk liberalism and stere otyping that characterize so many responses by the unaware to the AIDS crisis.
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BY CATHERINE PO RTER . BARNABY CLUNIE AND JA C K IE GARROW Selling off old compact discs, books and clothing can be a way for a student to find a little extra money and clear out unnecessary clutter. In order to help the student body in the process of belt-tightening, the Tribune scoured the city for the scoop on second-hand stores. Compact Discs M ontreal is home to a plethora of second-hand CD stores which both buy and sell old discs. Cheap Thrills is willing to fork out six dollars for the likes of Metallica’s ...And Justice for Alll, five for T. Rex’s Electric Warrior, and four for Borodin’s Symphony No. 2, but it draws the line at the Original Broadway Cast Record ing o f Hair, and Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes. L’Echange will pay seven dollars foreach Metallica, Hairand T. Rex, but lowers its rate to five for Tori Amos, and nosedives even lower for Borodin.
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BY MICOL ZARB India is a diverse country, rich in culture, religion and his tory. With a population of 850 million, 14 different languages and a multitude of dialects, it remains an intriguing and complex society. Increasingly, many promi nent Indian authors and filmmak ers are receiving international ac knowledgement. One such accom plished writer is Anees Jung. Jung was invited by the Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute to give a seminar on her book Unveil ing India at McGill last Monday. “I believe you are bom with something,’’Jungcommented Jung to the Tribune. “What 1have made comes out of my own experiences, [fromjwhat I have saved out of life—my travels, my education, my friends”. Jung is not only a renowned author but a successful journalist. She is currently living in New Delhi
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per cent to 25 per cent) of the cover price, adjustments being made for condition and date of edition. Clothes Montreal’s retro-boutiques, as funky as they may be, have for the most part forgotten what retro action means. Most of the trendy Mont-Royal Avenue stores have formed a monopoly of sorts. Hatfield and McCoy’s, Di nosaur, C.I.A Federation and Twiste Encore claimed that they will not, under any circumstances, buy second-hand clothing from the public. The owner of H um ide stated that the origin of his faded Levis collection was top secret. Scandale works purely on a consignment basis: 50 per cent af ter the item is sold. They do not accept any jeans or jackets tailored for women. Some places offer cash up front for golden oldies. Best bets are Eva B’s; A la Deux, and Rétroviseur. The trade-in prices for all of the above stores are fixed at three dollars for a pair of Red Tab Levis, four dollars for a skirt of
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Between Oc tober 2 -4, McG i11 will once again open its doors to ihe public for the celebrated tradition of Open House, which has been held every three years since its in ception in 1953. Open House 92 promises to be extra special. To mark Mon treal’s 350th anniversary, it will be held in conjunction with “La fete des universités”, a celebration of Montreal’s four universities. In keeping with this year’s theme of “The Frontiers of Knowl edge,” a series of concerts, lectures, debates, displays and ath lctic events will be held at both the downtown and Macdonald campuses. Admis sion to all events is free. Open House Coordinator Helena Katz stated that this event affords a wonderful opportunity for the community to explore the uni versity and discover the teaching, research and services offered at McGill. “When people see the Roddick gates, they often get in timidated. [The gates] tend to sug gest ‘shutlingoul’,” Katz explained. “What we’re trying to show is that our gates are open. We are inviting the community to come in. We’re saying ‘come and see the
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progress; comeand see the future’.” Part of the future will include a scries of presentations highlight ing aerospace. Entitled “Space Frontiers”, these presentations will constitute McGill’s contribution to “La fete des universités”. A cornerstone of Space Fron tiers will be an audiovisual presen tation on space photography con ducted by Richard Underwood, former chief technical advisor for NAS A on space photography. There will also be presentations on space law, medicine, the interplanetary missions, and the Canadian astro naut program. Professor James Provan, As sociate Dean of Engineering and Coordinator of Space Frontiers, hoped that many francophones will attend McGill’sOpenHouseevents, particularly CEGEP and university students and their families. “It [Open House] isourgiftto Montreal,” Provan said. “We don’t want to make it essentially English. We want people from all over Mon treal to feel free to come.” The last Open House, held in 1989, was not as successful as or ganizers had originally hoped, ac cording to McGill student Jonathan Watcrbury, a volunteer in both the 1989 and this year’s Open House. Waterbury cited bad weather as a
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deterrent to participation three years ago. Nevertheless, both Water bury and Katz are confident that the extensive preparations for this year’s event and its expanded schedule will improve turnout. “We’vebeen very lucky with our corporate sponsors,” noted Katz. These sponsorships account for three-quarters of the budget for Open House, with McGill funding the balance. Open House 92 will kick off with a parade on Friday October 2 at 11:30, to be followed by open ing ceremonies in front of the Arts Building. Over the weekend, there will be presentations and displays from all faculties. Live entertainment will include McGill’s jazz band, Suzi Landolphi’s comic act “Hot, Sexy and Safer”, a music festival held in conjunction with Culture Fest 92 and much more. Student volunteers are still needed for various tasks. For more information, please call 398-8289.
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areneverpromoted, whileyoung white males are promoted within two years, A new mother has found a unique without respect to experience. [It’s] a way to continue her education at McGill: raw deal,” she emphasized. Finding daycare for children un she brings her baby to class. Suzan Porter, a mature student who der two years of age can be difficult. returned to McGill part-time in 1985 to Even when parents find an ideal continue her English Literature degree, caregiver, daycarecan be prohibitively says she has had few problems bringing expensive. This gap in available child Katherine, hcrninc-week old daughter, to care leaves Porter uncertain as to her future prospects. class. McGill has two daycare centres “I was kind of worried at first, because 1couldn’t talk to my professors for children of faculty, staff, and stu before the first day ofclass, when I showed dents, with a total of 106 spots. The up, stroller and all. [But] the reception McGill Community Infant Toddler was excellent. I have nothing but kind Centre accepts children from the age words for both students and staff,” Porter of four months. However, several factors may said. Katherine is still young enough to hamper prospective users. In order for sleep through the one-hour lecture Porter a child to be enrolled, both parents attends each day. When asked why she is must work or go to school full-time. As attending school with such a young baby, most parents cannot simultaneously handle a full courseload and raise a Porter was blunt. “Lots ofpeople putoffhaving fami child, this condition excludes many lies because they are going to school. students. In addition, parents who do not [Others] put off going to school to have receive government subsidies must pay kids. I can’t wait any longer. I’m 32.” “I’m a casualty of die work force, up to S500 a month for daycare serv at ajob where women, even with degrees, ices. According to Greg Mac-Intosh, a receptionist at the Centre, there are about 150 children on the waiting list. This translates into apossible twoyears’ delay for anxious parents. The longest wait is for the infant and toddler vacan cies, because of the general shortageof this kind of care. Porter believes that although McGill has been very helpful, most jj universities are not sufficiently acces►siblc to mothers. Many of McGill’s 3 older buildings, for example, lack JJ ramps for strollers. In order to attend a morning class in the Arts building, « Porter must make a long detour through ■■j Dawson Hall and take two elevators. There are other hurdles to life on campus with baby. Porter suggested that McGill should offer night courses, as Concordia currently does. This would allow a student to attend courses at a time when a second caregiver could be home to tend to baby. Porter added that at McGill, there are more mothers of young chil dren than is currently recognized. “Every day there’s someone else step ping forward, saying T have a baby, too’.”
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BY G EO FF GIBSON Pushing my way through the leather and too-tighl jeans waiting outside, I entered La Brique, anticipating an interesting experience, a band with a combined I Q. of naval lint, and my life to be put in constant danger (“One wrong question and you're toast”). Instead I found Mark "Barney" Greenway, a nice English guy, with a bit of a cold, Barney spoke well ,f rom the heart and the brain. Not what you’d expect from the fronunan of a Grindcore band called Napalm Death? Me neither, but everyone’s gotta do something, so why not something that you enjoy. So, here’s the word from the man... Tribune: Over the years, the band has undergone innumerable line-up changes. Considering not a single member of the current band played on Napalm Death’s first album, Scum. bow can you still call yourself Napalm Death? Barney: Well, there weren’t actually any original members except the bass player/singer who then left loo, so you can look at it that way. It started in 1981 as a three piece and then became a four, and by the time of the B-side of Scum, it was a completely new project. As far as I am concerned, I’ve been in the band three and a half years, longer than any previous members except Shane, so that gives me as much right to carry the name as anyone else. Tribune: How much of your set consists of material from the first two
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albums [which Barney didn’t sing on]? Barney: Well, it’s a mixture really of everything. Tribune: So you don’t try to push Utopia Banished? Barney: That is the album that we are touring on, but we do equal parts from all the albums. We only do four or five songs from Utopia. Tribune: Considering the line-up and musical style changes, does it sometimes feel like you’re playing covers from your first album? Barney: No, because I’ve followed the band since ‘85, so I feel as much a part of it as anyone. Tribune: So do you try to play them straight from the album or do you try to change them around? Barney: No, we play them as they were written. No point in trying to change them. Tribune: How important is commercial success for the band? For instance, if your albums were not selling, would you change your musical style? Barney: Not at all. This is what we feel natural with. It’s our thing. We’ve always been this way-really extreme. If things started not happening, rather than do anything that was considered more commercial, we’d carry on for as long as we could, and if nothing was happening, we’d just split off. Tribune: Your lyrics are very political. Do you feel your style of music reflects that? Barney: The style of music is obviously very extreme compared with 95% of music around today. The music
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The new docu-, will you, mockumentary Bob Roberts traces the senatorial campaign of a neo-fascist, right-wing, folksinger. Director Tim Robbins stars as Robert Roberts, a monstrous composite of everyone despicable in the world of American politics. Robbins answers “Is nothing sacred?” with a toothy Y-E-S. This film humourously exposes the shameless hypocrisy and ironic sactimony of incumbent politicians and all prospective candidates. It seems the mythology of contemporary America has beocme so far removed from the reality of homelessness, education, health care
and foreign policy, that one must simply say the words, “Sacrifice,” “Freedom,” “Tradition,” and “Democracy.” Roberts’ platform, like the real candidate’s seems nothing but platitudes, code words, and emotive clichés which play into the mythology of the American dream Publically, Bob targets crack, “a ghetto drug”. He hates them. He hates themenough losing about them; "Drugs slink, drugs slink! Hang’em high for a clean living land”, However, he is himself involved in covert drug operations in the Middle East. Vice President Danforih Quayle— a strong believer in family values— this week vetoed a bill which would allow
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itself is more of an entertainment medium than the lyrics, so you can’t link the two. Tribune: Which came first, the views or the music, and which controls the songwriting more? Barney: The views were already there, and the music was a natural progression. Tribune: And now? Barney: I’ve always got lyrics going around in my head. I’ll fit [them] into a song we’re working on. Tribune: Do you find playing in a French speaking atmosphere takes away from your performance? Barney: I don’treally think about it. As far as I am concerned, people are people and barriers are unnecessary. I don’t speak any French but the kids relate to me anyway. Tribune: Something I’ve always wanted to know is: do tattoos kill sweat glands? Barney: I dunno. I haven’t got any. Mitch [MitchHarris, guitarist] does though. Tribune: Does he have any trouble sweating? Barney: No, he sweats just fine. In fact he sweats a lot. Tribune: At a freak show would you prefer to be in the audience or on the stage? Barney : I’d do my best to try and entertain. I don’t think I’m really freakish though. The only thing I could really do is, well, my second-to -biggest toe turns out sort of like that. [Strange, twisted hand gesture.] Tribune: What do you think of
music coming out of the U.K. today- in particular, after working with Colin Richardson, producer of the Stone Roses? Barney: At least it isn’t as sickeningly commercial as some of the stuff that was coming out a few years ago. Tribune: What advice would you give a young band starting up today, particularly if they were into the Hardrock/Grindcore scene? Barney: Don’t stress. Don’t get an attitude about it. Do what you are. Try and be creative. Try to be original even though it’s hard. Tribune: Do you think that like Punk before them, Hardcore and Grindcore will cat themselves and eventually implode? Barney: No. The Death Metal thing may, but Punk/Hardcore is always going to be there. There arc, on a musical level, many different styles and approaches. The Death Metal thing is very one-dimensional though. Tribune: You don’t consider yourself “Death Metal”? Barney: Obviously the music is in a way, but not the lyrics, and even the music we play around with. Tribune: Does sex bore most Death rockers? Barney:Thcy arequitemaudlin, so maybe sex would actually kill themtoo much of a shock to the system . Tribune: Can you see yourself doing this in ten years? Barney: 1hope I have the health to do this. I’m totally happy witli what I’m doing, even after all this time. Tribune: Does it bother you that your audience is predominantly male? Barney: As with most music, it is predominantly male oriented. Yes it
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explains, “If you want the truth in this country, you have to seek it out.” Tim Robbins has succeeded in doing just that. Robbins collapses the labels “conservative” and “liberal.” Folksinging is no longer reserved for the non-violent, hippie activist but becomes the voice of Communist-bashing conservatism. A Dylanesque Bob sings “TheTimes they are a changin’ back.” This film pokes fun at the myth of the self-made businessman, “wink and thumbs-up” politics, and hollow idealism (read Perot, Clinton and President Bush). Not one to be forgotten, David Duke’s bedside manner rounds
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out Roberts’ offensive cult of personality. The American romanticization of assassination attempts is skillfully satirized when the Roberts campaign stages a shooting. Roberts feigns paralysis from the waist down, and subsequently enjoys a massive boost in the polls. The film concludes with a ironic close up on the statue of Thomas Jefferson, a founder of American democracy, who himself prophesized in the early 1800’s, “The tyranny of the executive power will come in it s turn, but at a more distant time.” That time has come. Bob Roberts, funny because its true,rates an 8 out of 10.
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Carting a ten-foot plaster penis through the streets of Buenos Aires, talking to your mother who has been reincarnated as acow, entering the home of a friend through a giant sculpture of a vagina, and literally taking out your beating heart to give to the woman you love. Sound warped? These are just a few of the unusual scenes that abound in The Dark Side of the Heart, ( El Lado Oscuro Del Corazon), the Argentinian-Canadian film by Eliseo Subiela. This film, the winner of the 1992 World Film Festival, has already been proclaimed a masterpiece. Described by Variety as a “surrealist story of a young poet tired of sex and hungry for love echoes Ingmar Bergman’s meta physics and Luis Bunucl’s slyness and is coloured with bits of Cocteauesque fantasy and Woody Allen wit”. Such reviews have lauded The Dark Side of the Heart with heavy credentials, how ever, it is not overly artsy. This film is accessible to those not accustomed to foreign films. The movie’s plot is quite simple. Oliverio (Dario Grandinetti) is a down-and-out poet whose life is spent jumping from bed to bed. He perpetu ally seeks the love of a woman who “can fly”. His adventures lead him to a very strange cabaret in Montevideo, where he meets Ana, a prostitute (Sandra Ballesteros). The rest of the movie tracks Oliverio’s personal struggle which is based on his quest for the ethereal Ana. Director Eliseo Subiela sets the movie on the seedy streets of Buenos Aires, creating a mood of lifclessness which parallels Oliverio’s situation. The dim colours and lack of light are other effective tools utilized to project this
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atmosphere. This is not a depressing movie however. Off-the-wall humour and wit permeate even the most down cast scenes. These opposing mechanisms which create the mood are also present in the symbolism that is rampant throughout the film. The levitation of Oliverio and Ana above the bed during sex is just one example of this. If it was supposed to be serious, it was just plain corny, but the humour prevalent throughout the story made one wonder if Subiela meant this to be tongue in cheek. At two hours, The Dark Side of the Heart is a long movie. The pace slows down about halfway through and things start to drag. Just when the movie appeared to conclude, another scene would commence. More than one viewer wondered how much lower Oliverio could sink into depression. Near the actual conclusion, when he stands at the end of the harbour, we found ourselves wishing that he would just jump off, ending his misery and ours. There was not a lot of empathy for the characters. The movie was not a complete waste of time. In a world of Hollywood sequels, it was original, funny and en tertaining (until the middle). Sexism plauged the script, and the sex was graphic. Not for the modest movie-goer, The Dark Side of the Heart is for those who like either lots of love scenes or foreign films (in Spanish with English or French subtitles-don’t forget your gogs, n'oubliez pas vos lunettes). Enjoyable enough to rate a 7 out oflO.go andseeit next Tuesday ifonly for the avant garde humor. The Dark Side of the Heart (El Lado Oscuro del Corazon) is now play ing at these Cineplex theares: Le Faubourg (English subtitles) and Berri (French subtitles).
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As neccesary as a cashmere sweater, tickets to the Festival Interna tional deNouvelle Danse are amust this season. The lean and leggy are back with a vengence. The strength of the collection lies in its variation: fifty-five performances by twenty-seven compa nies Even the least arithmetical equate “dance" with “expensive” and the Fes tival proves to be no exception. Tickets range in price from $15 to $32. Those are the student reductions and tickets are selling quickly. As candles on the 350 cake are burning at both ends, the spotlight of this year’s festival falls upon Montreal choreographers. A quick preview for the inter ested and the pamphletless: Montreal, Canada. Ginnette Laurin (Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1). Mile. L’s company, O Vertigo Dance premiere La Chambre Blanche. An examination of how movement is determined by the nature of a space (the room evolves from an intimate bedroom to a mysteri ous hotel room), the piece epitomizes her frenzied Montreal style. Montreal, Canada. Daniele Desnoyers (Oct. 2,3,4,6,7) Desnoyers found aesthetic inspiration in South
American art for the latest production by Carré des Lombes. The drama and sensitivity of Frida Kahlo’s life and work is appropriately staged in the Musée d’Art Contemporain NewYork, United States.Tricia Brown Company.(Oct. 9,10) The doy enne of Po-Mo dance in New York City, Brown has worked with avant garde artists such as Laurie Anderson and John Cage. Dancing with her com pany, threcpiccs will be included on the programme: Opal Loop, ForM.G.: The Movie, and Foray Foret- a work in conjunction with contemporary painter Robert Rauchcnberg. New York, United States. Doug Elkins Dance Company (Oct. 1, 2) Rife with popular references, Elkins programme combines break dancing, flamenco, and martail arts with modern dance. The Patrooka Varia tions is an exercize for 8 dancers set to Bizet’s Carmen, Prince, flamenco and James Brown. The Village Voice has championed home-boy Elkins as “boy ishly crude and smartly flamboyant”, sounds fun. A fringe is the hallmark of any serious festival. No longer able to con tain itself either to its formal venues or media, the festival is spilling into the streets and on to cinema walls.
Free previews. Dance midi is a pair of lunch time exposés featuring recent works by Montreal companies in Complexe Desjardins (287-1423). The noon-time performances are free and promise to elevate all from the sur rounding strip mall. Photographs Edourd Locke, John A Schweitzer Gallery (289-9262) Artistic director and dancer of La, La, La Human Steps, Locke is recognized for unorthodox stage combinations such as chain mail and Doberman pinchers A contemporary collection of his black and white photography promises to be asjarring and visionary as Locke’s cho reography. Films Rosa (13 mins.) by Peter Greenaway and Ottone, Ottone (52 mins.) by Walter Verdin. (Place des Arts-Cinquieme salle, Oct. 3, 4 at 7 p.m.). Greenaway’s appetizer features a duet danced in Ghent’s Opera House A suitably Baroque counterpoint is Verdin’s two part film, "A “fresco of sixteen dancers ”. Part one will screen on Oct. 3 and will conclude the follow ing night. If bank accounts are still healthy from summer job revenue, the Festival should not be ignored. For information 525-1500.
B a r e p a r a n o ia a n d c o r p o r e a l p u n is h m e n t Historically the attitude toward bodies and bloodlines on campus are irrefutably archaic. In favor of a corporeal annecdote, I will, this time, refrain from Frat bashing. (To clarify, I would call a bugler a bug, a diplomat a dip, and an assaulter an ass.) The Three Bares had leaves strategically placed over their thingies from the start. Commis sioned by Miss Ellen Ballon in 1930 as, in her own words, the marble fountain was “a Friendship gift to McGill University by American Admirers of Canada”. The sculptress was heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, one of Miss Ballon’s best friends and an established patron of the arts. Right from the begining there were problems. The McGill Daily printed the first of a war of letters debating the potentially inappropriate nature of the statue. “Arts ’ll" wrote, in a letter to the editor printed October 13,1930: “As it is I can not see that three naked male figures typify anything but obscenity or arouse other than lewd thought in the mind.” Long is our history of paranoia. Thus it is no surprise that last week at the blood drive Puritanism gently raised its ugly head. The official Red Cross mandate, adopted by the blood drive, refuses the blood of men who
admit to a history of homosexual sex. The prejudice in the Shatner Ball room was as pervasive as the free orange slices and soda. Determined to make up for those refused, 1 vowed to over come my Fear of the Needle. Nothing like a life-size Mr. Droplet (Drop-a-lot?) to get earnest students patiently waiting with the fervor of a
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U2 ticket camp-out for a free van ride up the hill. Yet as much as I wanted to, I just could not do it. Perhaps my fear of being forgotten by the nurse and quickly raisined alone behind a hospital screen got the better of me . Perhaps it was my fear of needles and blood. And yet, and more importantly, now
more than ever is blood needed. Considering the Red Cross policy excluding homosexuals, they must not know their elbows from their asses. Sadly, the most sedate missionary session can pass on the virus as effectively as Kim Basingeresque raunch. The exclusion of homosexual men reinforces the popular mind set which refuses to focus on hetero sexual men and women and AIDS. Two weeks ago Kate Dunn, a journalist from the Montreal Gazette, revealed that a doctor at a Montreal hospital resigned as a result of testing HIV positive. The paranoia accompanying this revelation was but a magnification of that displayed by the blood drive. Despite the possiblity that no one was adversely affected, panic followed the doctor’s resignation. Despite the possiblity that no potential homosexual blood donor would have been HIV positive, they were banned. Sixty two years ago the gift of the statue, was marred by closed minds. Last week the gift of blood was marred by prejudice.
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D ry d e n on T h e Series - 20 years later BY A LEX U SH E R
As a bit player in the Cold War, Canada had never had its own showdown with “the other side”. The United Stales had the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Mis sile crisis. Great Britain and France had the Suez crisis. Fi nally, in 1972, Canada had its chance. The Series. Former Montreal Cana dians goalie and present-day au thor and lawyer Ken Dryden was in net in both the traumatic 7-3 first game loss and the tri umphant 6-5 eighth game vic tory, which took place 20 years ago this week. A contemplative Dryden spoke to the Tribune about the most famous international se ries in hockey history. “We weren’t afraid enough [of the Soviets]”, Dryden said when recalling Game 1. “The Soviets played a different kind of hockey. We had played longer, we had always been the best, and therefore our way was the right way of doing it. No matter how intellectually ready we could have been, emotion ally we were not.” That first night in the Fo rum was a revelation to Canadi ans. Instead of the easy cruise to victory most had expected, the Soviets poured goal after goal into the Canadian net and wound up winning by a score of 7-3. One senses true pain in Dryden's voice when he recalls his performance that evening. “At the time, 1felt less a sense of responsibility for what was go ing on than a deep and pervasive sickness. You feel sick to your stomach, and the feeling spreads. Things had gone all wrong, I could feel them go wrong, and I couldn’t seem to make them go
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right. That was the pain of it. I just felt it slipping all away.” The next three games pro vided little comfort for Team Canada. A win in Toronto, a tie in Winnipeg, and finally, hu miliatingly, another loss in Vancouver. Fans across Canada were shocked into silence. Then, in Vancouver, they began to boo. In an emotional outburst on national television, Phil Esposito began to berate Cana dian fans for not sticking with the team. Dazed and bewildered, Esposito spoke of how hard the team was trying, of how much they loved Canada and how daunting an opponent the sorecenlly underestimated Sovi ets really were. “To see and hear Esposito that night,” Dryden said, “his eyes, the sweat on his face, the sallow complexion and his words - up to then it was hard for a fan not to feel disappointment but also anger towards the play ers that caused that disappoint ment. This was supposed to be everybody’s celebration. The fans got angry - it was natural. They felt that the players must not be trying, that they must not care, that they were a group of overweight, highly-paid profes sionals.” “Then all of a sudden, they saw this guy [Esposito] come onto their television screens who obviously cared with the pas sion of everything that was in him. The effect was to bring the country behind the team again. You could only have gotten that effect if you weren’t trying to cheerlead, but if you were com pletely natural.” The team travel led to Mos cow in what was possibly the biggest road trip in history. It didn’t start well. Canada blew a
3-0 lead in game 5 and suddenly the series was 3-1 with three games remaining. The team and the country were transfixed. They couldn’t lose this series. It was our game, not theirs. The team struggled back and won games 6 and 7. The final, deciding game began at 8:00 pm Moscow time, on the 28th of September. In Canada it was early afternoon or late morn ing. Stores shut down, schools brought TVs into the classroom, and the entire nation stopped to watch the game. It was the mostwatched event in Canadian tel evision history. “It’s very hard toexplain,” Dryden admitted when asked to describe the intense interest in the game. “You wouldn’t find that in a one game showdown. It had to be the whole process, the whole sequence, the final show down out of a tied series. And when you get to the end of it yeah, you bring the TV in the school room. What else would you do? You watch it through to the end.” It was truly a defining mo ment in Canadian sports his tory. Even those too young to remember the series know about Paul Henderson’s goal with 34 seconds remaining in the final game. Dryden doesn’t believe that the intensity of The Series can ever be equalled. "Look at the 1987 Canada Cup. It has everything that any one could ask. The closeness of the games, the quality of play all of it was superb - and Mario Lemieux's goal provided the perfect punch line. But there wasn't a story to it. You have to have a story." And there will never be a story like 1972 again.
S p o rts B rie fs Field Hockey on the road again The Martlet field hockey team participated in the second of five league tournaments this weekend. This one, held at Queen’s, saw the women tie their hostsl-1. Rookie Louise Gloutency scored for McGill. The Martlets, who will travel to U ofT for next weekend’s tournament, later lost to Laurentian by a score of 1-0. McGill’s turn to host a field hockey tournament will be the weekend of October 17 and 18.
Martlet Soccer continues to roll On Friday evening, at Concordia’s Loyola field, theMcGill Martlet soccer team contiunucd their winning season, downing the Stingers 1-0. The lone goal of the game was scored midway through the first half by Julie Maughanoff a free kick; Carolyn Teng recorded the shut out in goal. After the game, head coachTony Iachetta was happy with the win, but was disturbed by the Martlet’s second half performance. “We played well in the first half, but in the second half, we let up. We must work on playing for the full ninety minutes,” said Iachetta. The Martlets will travel to Sherbrooke this weekend for a tournament.
Redmen Soccer suffer stalemate with UQTR The Redmen soccer team travelled to Trois Rivieres Sunday and battled les Patriotes to a 0-0 tie. “They gave us a good game,” said head coach Claudio Sandrin. “UQTR is usually the weak sister of the league. That’s not the case anymore. Neither team had very many shots on goal, with most of the game being played in the midfield. McGill will meet UQTR again this Friday at Molson Stadium, where they will vie for first place in the QUSL. "We’ll try to open up the forward line this time,” said Sandrin.
Seeking student/sailors... A competitive group of sailors at McGill are presently trying to organize a club to represent McGill at various U.S. collegiate regattas. If you have any racing experience on small or large boats, call Caroline Brisebois at 733-5947 or Anthony Staples at 286-7550.
Football Redmen stymied by Bishop’s McGill’s Football team travelled to Bishop’s Saturday and fell to the Gaiters 31-7. McGill’s paltry points came at3:41of the third quarter from a Justin Raymond pass to Courtenay Shrimpton. McGill will host Queen’s litis Saturday at Molson Stadium at 1:30p.m. for the annual “Kill McGill” challenge. Queen’s has reserved enough tickets for 60 busloads of fans. Fortunately, McGill’s Men’s and Women’s Rugby teams have agreed to protect the goalposts from the expected 3,000 Queen’s supporters, who traditionally rush the field in an attempt to steal them. Rugby brawn, and some grease on the goalposts, should help keep the posts anchored to McGill’s turf.
Thyer named athlete o f the week...again McGill women’s cross-country leader Linda Thyer has been named QSSF female athlete of the week for the second week in a row. This marks the ninth time in three years that she has won this honor. Thyer has won her past nine races.
McGill women pull win from the toilet BY D ER EK D E S JA R D IN S
It was an unmotivated Martlet Rugby team that trav elled to Lennoxvillc this Sunday to meet an opponent they deci mated last week and it was an unmotivated learn that once again soundly thrashed Bishop’s 27-0. Bishop’s strategy was clear to coach Stephen Kaplan early on in the game. “They’rejust trying to keep the score as low as possible, they have no interest in offense,” com mented Kaplan. This newly found obsession
with defense couldn’t stop inside center Stacey Rubin, outside center Sharon Jefferson, fly-half and back’s captain Nancy Cox, Hanker Karine Morin, and number eight Alison Traynor from scor ing a try apiece. Despite the lopsided score, it was a physical game on the rain-soaked pitch, according to second row Allisa Maynard. “They were looking for payback so they tackled much harder than last week.” Prop Deb Gomes agreed with Maynard and even said that the McGill team had to fight off Bishop’s pressure.
“Even though we were win ning, I felt that we were on the defensive often.” Flanker Karine Morin saw something else in Bishop’s strat egy. “They were trying to disor ganize our teamby playing agame that was more hectic, more out of control,” said Morin. Though the showers worked against McGill’s speed game, the large, lush field benefitted the team. Most analyses of the game referred to lack of command among the backs, mostly due to the slippery ball and lack of foot
ing. Inside centre Stacey Rubin thought that the backs “supported really well but the game was very difficult with the wetconditions.” The win capped what had been a rough week for the McGill Women’s Rugby team. First, it was learned that second row Jodi Jones will be out for the season with an injured shoul der. Perhaps even more disturbing was the rash of infections that players on both the women’s and men’s teams were coming up with. While some players believe that there has been something wrong with, the-grasslcss pitch
known as Forbes Field for at least three years, this week Pestilence appeared in full force. The rea son? Raw sewage from the resi dences, especially McConnell Hall, has allegedly made its way to the field. On Sunday, McGill faces their toughest challenge so far this year. Last year, alter an em barrassing semi-final loss to the weaker John Abbott team,the McGill women didn’t get to face the eventual provincial champi ons, Concordia. Sunday will be their chance, at Loyola Campus, to show Concordia that it may not be so easy this lime around.
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If the cross-country season were to be analogized as one long race, last weekend would have seen McGill’s team stopped at the side of the road drinking Gatoradc. At Saturday’s McGill Invitational meet on Mount Royal, McGill’s women placed second and the men came fourth of five teams. Ranked tenth in Canada head ing into the weekend, McGill was able to maintain its momentum de spite a rash of absences. Competing without stalwart Maeve Muldowney and rookie sensation Jen Rosman, the Martlets finished behind Western. Not to be outdone by Thycr’s brilliance,
the Lady Mustangs captured spots two through six and won the meet with 20 points compared to McGill’s 49. Christine Bergeron and Tanya Taivassalo again placed for McGill. Kelly Miller and Kelly Fallon rounded out the scorers as the Martlets had five runners in the top 15. Despite injuries to several of McGill’s top runners, the meet was not without its bright spots. McGill’s Linda Thyer continued her crusade toward the CIAUs by winning the 5K-plus race in 20:07, a full 40 sec onds ahead of Western’s Krissy Lockyer. Modest to a fault, leading ques tions provoked only a “things are
Jean-Marc Benoit rounded out McGill’s scoring five, all in the top 20. The Rcdmen wound up fourth while Sherbrooke won the meet with five of the top seven finishers. Teams from UN B and Western placed second and third respectively, but according to McGill coach Dennis Barrett, their placings are deceiving, given McGill’s injuries. “If we had had Mark and Jerry this weekend I think we would have beaten both teams,” he noted. That leaves only Sherbrooke, ranked in the CIAU’s top three and the host of this Saturday’s meet. It is only three weeks into the season, but consistency must be a question for the Redmcn. While inju
going well, I guess.” In her third year, Thyer has become the standard by which Martlet runners are measured. Or should be. The cross-country picture was less rosy on the men’s side. Mark Coleman and Jerry Zavorsky, McGill’s top two finishers in Plattsburgh the previous week, both missed Saturday’s meet with sprained ankles. Only Coleman is expected back for this Saturday’s race in Sherbrooke. Rookie Jean-Nicolas Duval was ninth in 27:33, two minutes be hind winner Rorri Currie of Univer sity of New Brunswick. Ron Sherman and Paul McCabe came through a second apart; Steve Shigeishi and
ries have made things difficult, McGill has j ust two meets in which to bounce back before the Provincial Champi onships at Halloween. In the spirit of the day, McGill cross-country has masqueraded in the guise of a much weaker team than they actually are. Thyer and Muldowney are frightening by them selves. They have finished one-two so many times, you wonder if they are joined at the hip. “We both have great respect for each other,” said Thyer. “We want each other to run well.” This Saturday’s race in Sherbrooke should mean a return to form for the Rcdmen and a probable victory for the Martlets.
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BY ALEX USHER Dermis Martinez is die ultimate Expo. Montreal signed him back in 1987 when no one else in the major leagues would even look at him. Since then, he’s been the most consistent pitcher on the squad. Consistency then turned to excel lence on a blazingly hot July afternoon in Los Angeles last year, when the Nicaraguan-bom Martinez did what only four teen others, all of them American, had done in a whole century of professional baseball. He pitched a perfect game. He went back to Nicaragua that week where tens of thousands of people lined the streets from the Airport to the centre of the capital, Managua. In a country battered and impoverished by years of civil war, Martinez is a symbol of greatness on a par with Gretzky or Maradona. In a country in need of he roes, he is a man who shows that Nicara guans can take on the Yanquis and win. Martinez recognizes that along with adulation comes responsibility. So when a tidal wave slammed into the country’s west coast this summer, kill ing 113 people and leaving over 100 000 homeless, Martinez responded by do nating over SI 00 000 of his own money to the relief effort. He also began work
on a nation-wide campaign to raise money for llte disaster victims. LastTuesday,he brought his fundraising effort to Gcrt’s, where a baseball memorabilia auction sponsored by the Spanish and Latin American Student’s Association (SALSA) helped to raise over S1200 for the Relief Fund.Mardnez spoke to the Tribune about die relief effort in Nicaragaua, die social responsi bility of athletes, and playing in Mon treal. Trib: Do you feel that you have a responsibility, as an athlete and a role model, to promote certain causes? Martinez: Definitely. As an ath lete, I have the power to raise awareness about certain issues, and I feel responsibilty to do something for my people in Nicaragua. In this case, the tidal wave that we had, as a Nicaraguan and as a human being I am happy to raise whatever [money] I can to help the situ ation. Trib: The Expos were in Los Angeles when die riots broke out in Los Angeles last May. Do you dunk that enough adrletcs arc contributing to their communities? Martinez: I think players always figure into the solution. Baseball play ers, football players, basketball players, they need to come out and do something
R o w in g ra c e s a n d r e v e lr y in T r e n t BY ALISON KORN
The McGill University Rowing Club participated in the Head of the Trent regatta this Saturday. While the varsity crews performed fairly flaw lessly, the novice crews produced ea gerly-awaited calamities, to the de light of the drunken crowd. The Trent race is the first com petition of this school year for rowers on the university circuit. It is also the most difficult, with a one-lane canal and a sharp turn around a concrete wall—which spelled disaster for many a novice boat this weekend. “From a quantity standpoint, it was the best I’vc ever seen,” said men’s heavyweight coach Andrew Tecs of the novice mishaps. “This year’s crop was just outstanding!” he said. The highlight had to be the two Trent boats that collided at right an gles at full speed. The coxswain of the boat that received the brunt of the collision let out a bloodcurdling scream, and the rower in six-scat nar rowly missed doing a Silken Laumann as she leapt in to the lap of five-scat behind her. Her former sitting-place was reduced to shards of wood. McGill’s novices did not let the crowd down, either. One of the men’s eights crashed head-on to a buoy, which startled both rowers and coxie alike. One of the women’s eights dealt with shaky scats, and nearly lost sevenscat Jackie Thompson to the turbulent waters. “Basically my oar had a mind of its own,” she observed. “It just took me with it.” Despite such difficulties, McGill’s novices, most of whom have been on the water for just two weeks now, finished the race—a feat in it self—and, indeed, placed well. The men’s eights came third and fourth, behind Trent and Queen’s. The wom en’s eights came in third and fifth, behind two suspiciously powerful Queen’s crews. Rumour has it that Queen’s is using experienced rowers fresh out of high school and calling them “novices”. If this is deemed to be illegal, McGill’snovices appear poised
because so many people look up to them. We don’t like to be called role models, but we are role models. I pitched a per fect game last year and now lots of kids in Nicaragua want to pitch a perfect game. I think more of us have to be involved in our communities than we have been and start a real movement. Trib: It’s been over 15 years since you left Nicaragua to play baseball .How has the country changed since then? Is it better equipped to deal with disasters like this than it used to be? Martinez: There’s no doubt in my mind that it could be in a lot better shape than it is. But we’ve had ten years of war, and now a change in govern ments - it’s really hard to re-establish itself after all the damage that has been done. So we need a lot of help right now. Trib: How has the fund-raising effort gone so far? Martinez: It’s going really well. That’s what I really like about this coun try. People get behind you on and off the field. They have good hearts, they know what’s going on and there have been lots of donations. Trib: How about Montreal as a city to play ball in? Martinez: This is a beautiful country and abeautiful city. If the winter was the way the summer is, I would live here. It’s a great city, when you win. If we keep winning we’ll bring the fans in, just like everywhere else. For more information on the Nicaraguan ReliefFund, contactSALSA at398-7387 or Roberto Sandino at 9346042.
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to repeat last year’s OUAA gold-medal performance. The varsity rowers competed earlier in the day, leaving them free to carouse and to cheer on the hapless novices, whose event was conveniently scheduled last. McGill’s varsity lightweight women placed third in a very competi tive field, with only eight seconds separating McGill from the winners in the 4.8 km race. The heavyweight women placed fourth in a field of eight, while McGill’s lightweight women’s double came third. The lightweight men also rowed to a third place finish, and the heavy weight men placed fourth. Men’s lightweight coach Tony Tremaine’s crew was a minute back from first place Western. He has decided to sub mit his rowers to ten practices a week. “We have a lot of technical work to do,” he admitted. After upcoming races in Rochester and Saint Catherines, the McGill Rowing Club will host a re gatta at the Olympic Basin on October 24th.
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