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Jesus an d J a m e s w it h th e Jays on J e o p a rd y ! Jesus is coming, the Jays won the series, Halloween's on the way, Canada's future swings by a thread - and McGill might be sending a representative to Jeopardy! No wonder James McGill is out of his grave and looking to get in on the action.

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The McGill Tribune, Oct 27-Nov 2,1992

What's On

Tuesday. Octoher 27 Scrivener Magazine reading se ries presents readings by Chilean poet Elias Letelier-Ruz and Montreal writer Robert Mazjels The event will take place today at 8:00 pm at Thomson House, 3650 McTavish. Free. Am nesty International meets every Tuesday at 6:30 pm in Shatner435. For more info, call 286-0502. M cG ill Students fo r Literacy general meeting. 8:00 pm, Shatner 232. M ovie, wine and cheese. Help prepare the agenda for the SSM U General Assembly on Novem ber 4th. There will be three open meet ings in the Shatner Building today: W orkshop One (Student Rights) from 3:30-5:00 pm in room B09; W orkshop T w o (Q u a lity o f E du cation ) from 5:00-7:00 pm in room 104; and W o rk shop T hree (External A ffairs) from 4:00-6:00 pm in room 435. A ll welcome. The Faculty o f Music presents GEM S (Group o f Electronic Music Stu dio) performing at 8:00pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free admission. For more info, call 398-4547. The Faculty o f Music presents an open class o f Early Music Ensembles. 8:00 pm, Clara Lichtenstein Recital Hall (C209), 555 Sherbrooke SL W. Free ad mission. For more info, call 398-4547. The M arketing Club is having a general meeting. Bronfman basement, M US Lounge, 5:15 pm. Free meal at Peel Pub for all members. A ll faculties wel come, recruiting new members. Tickets will be on sale in advance for Marketing Luncheon Nov. 6, $15.00 for members, $20.00 nonmembers. The luncheon's topic is Global vs. Regional Marketing, and features members o f the Interna tional Advertising Association (IA A ) and

the International Herald Tribune. Tickets will also be sold in Bronfman, Leacock, and the Union. M cG ill Young Alumni presents Ingrid Bekhor speaking on “ Nature’ s Medicine” (Homeopathy). 6:00-7:00pm, Leacock 232. Everyone welcome, free admission. For info call 398-4534. Wednesday. October 28 The Association fo r B aha’ i Studies is sponsoring UNICEF Aware ness Week. The former president o f UNICEF-Canada, Bob Pletch, talks on “ UNICEF and its Role in International Development” 12:30 pm, Shatner 301. Help prepare the agenda for the SSM U General Assembly on Novem ber 4th. There will be an open meeting o f Workshop One (Student Rights) today from 3:00-5:00 pm in Shatner 302. A ll welcome. S A L S A , the Spanish and Latinamerican Students’ Association, is holding a bake sale in the Shatner Lobby today starting at 10:00 am. Thursday. October 29 The Department o f Anthropol ogy, as part o f the Speaker Seminar Se ries, presents Professor Roger Keesing speaking on “ Radical Cultural Differ ence: Anthropology’ s Myth?” 4:30-6:00 pm, Leacock 738. M edia Watch will be giving a presentation on women in the media to day at 7:00 pm in Leacock 232. Discus sion to follow. Presented by the Wom en’ s Union and QPIRG. Inter Amicus and the Faculty o f L aw present the fourth annual Raoul Wallenberg Forum on Human Rights. Guest lecturers will be the Honourable

P er Ahlm ark, former Deputy Prime Minister o f Sweden, and award recipient Glenda Simms, President o f the Cana dian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. 8:00 pm in the Moot Court of the Faculty o f Law. N D P-M cG ill is having a special meeting on women’s issues. 4:00 pm, Shatner 425. The CBC/McGill Series Benefit Concert for the Faculty o f Music Schol arship Fund presents an evening with Maureen Forrester. Works by Haendel, Brahms, Mahler, Spohr and Beckwith will be performed. 7:30 pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Tickets $20.00, $12.00 students and seniors, on sale at Pollack Hall Box O ffice from 12:00-5:00 pm. For info, call 398-4547. Calling all M cGill students: The D ep artm en t o f English Students’ Asociation (D E S A ) is organizing a Hal loween Party today at 9:00 pm at Pool Pub, 40 Pine W. (comer o f Clark and Pine). Prizes for best costumes. Admis sion is $1.00, with cheap shooters and 2 for 1 beers. Proceeds go to charity. For information, call 844-8899. The Department o f English, in cooperation with the Canada Council, presents Canadian novelist Nino Ricci reading from his works. 4:00 pm, Arts Council room (160) in the Arts Building. For more info, call 398-6558. Friday. Octoher 30 The Y ello w D oor Coffee House presents live music every Friday night at 8:00 pm. After sets by two or more fea tured performers, there will be an open stage. Tonight: Benoit LeBlanc with Jeremy Sivak and Bryan Thorbum. Ad mission $2.00. 3625- Aylmer, between Pine and Prince Arthur. For more info

call 398-6243. TheFacultyofMusicpresentsthe McGill Percussion Ensemble at 8:00 pm. Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free admission. For more info, call 398-4547. The F acuity o f Music presents an organ recital by Monika Tkaczewski. 12:15 pm, Redpath Hall, free admission. For more info call 398-4547. The Faculty o f Music presents Hank Knox, harpsichordist. 8:00 pm, Redpath Hall, free admission for staff or guests. For more info, call 398-4547. S A L S A , the Spanish and Latinamerican Students ’ Association, and the Caribbean Students’ Society invite you to a Halloween Masquerade Party. Tonight, 9:00 pm, Shatner B09/10. Free entrance for members. The M cGill and Concordia C hi nese Students’ Society (C S S ) and S E A S A present a Halloween Party at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 2nd floor ball room, 900 René-Levesque W. $6.00 in advance, $7.00 at the door. Call 499-0394 for more info.

Monday. November 2 The Faculty o f Music presents Winston Purdy, baritone, and Teresa Turgeon, piano. 8:00 pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free admission for staff and guests. For more info, call 398-4547. The Faculty o f Music presents Evan Champion, trumpet, and Eugenie Ngai, piano. 8:00 pm, Redpath Hall. Free admission. For more info, call 398-4547. The Department o f Anthropol ogy presents M r. Francis Allard, Ph.D student at the University o f Pittsburgh, speaking on “ Settlement Patterns during the Neolithic Period and Early Bronze A ge o f China.” 12:30-2:00 pm, Leacock 720. The M cG ill Accounting Club presents “ C M A - Why the ‘ M ’ Makes all the Difference,” C M A Professional Pro gram topics presented by C M As and stu dents currently in the Professional Pro gram. N o w ’s the time to ask them ques tions! 4:00-5:30 pm, Bronfman 301. The Biochemistry Department presents Dr. John Hanrahan speaking on “ Recent studies o f the CFTR chloride channel.” 12:30 pm, McIntyre Medical Studies Building, room 903.

Saturday. October 31 D ouglas H all presents Whetherman G roove Tube at the an nual Douglas Hall Halloween Party. Wear a costume and see the Groove Tube for $4.00.9:00 pm, Douglas Hall, 3851 Uni versity Sl Sunday. November 1 The W om en’ s Project presents the film “ Half the Kingdom,” followed by a discussion on women and Judaism. Everyone is welcome. 7:30 pm, Hillel House, 3460 Stanley.

Ongoing... Waaahooo! ! ! The pressure is on! The Red H erring’s November 9 dead line is getting closer than any o f us would like to admit. Now is the time to prove your worth (humour) to the world. Or at least McGill. So bring submissions for the mag orentries for the H orrible Haiku Contest to our office, Shatner406, or our mailbox by the Smeeew desk. W e’ll love yaforit! You can call us too, at 398-6816, simply so we can prove that we deserve a phone. Bread herring... M ontage, the M cG ill English Department magazine, is now accepting submissions. New and old material is accepted for poetry, literature, fiction, theatre, drama, and film/communi cations. Submissions will not be returned soplease make copies. They can be brought (with your name and phone number) to the DESA mailbox in the Arts Building por ters office, or to the DESA office in Arts 305. Call for editors: the M cG ill Un dergraduate Journal o f History is looking for editorial staff for the 1992/93 edition. I f interested, please leave name and phone number in the History Depart ment Office, Leacock 625. Persons with disabilities. On going support group for M cGill students, faculty, and staff. A ll welcome. Call PeterorDonnaat398-3601 or 398-6009 for more information.

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News

The McGill Tribune, Oct27-Nov 2,1992

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Student sexual harassment report of little concern to assessors BY JA N E WHITE Unsuccessful attempts to table a student report on the agenda

support. Only one councillor ab

“W hen you file acomplaint,

but plays no part in the judgment

having a formal review [at M cG ill]

stained during the vote. M an y students are con cerned over the fact that the report

the assessor is both the counsellor and adjudicator for your case. W e are the only school that does it like this,” explained Ridley. “W e think

o f the case. M cG ill sexual harassment

along the lines o f what was done at Western?” Shebbeare asked. Although both W ells and

assessor Pat W ells sees no advan

Harassment (Regulations C o m

confidentiality in our procedure,”

Stymest claim that reviewing and discussing M c G ill’s policy is de sirable, they remain cautious about including Deller’s report in the

mittee) have left students con

defended W ells. “The more peo

Regulations Committee meeting.

cerned and frustrated.

ple involved in the process, the less degree o f confidentiality.” Judy Stym est, another sexual harassmentassessor, is also satisfied with the procedure at

Shebbeare is worried that by not tabling D eller’s report, stu dents’ views regarding M c G ill’ s sexual harassment policy are not

for next month’s meeting o f the Committee on the Regulations Concerning Complaints o f Sexual

has yet to be included on the agenda

tage to Western’s policy, and is satisfied with M c G ill’s process “There is a high degree of

The report, which details eight pages o f proposed amend ments to M c G ill’s existing Sexual Harassment Policy and Proce

M cG ill, and admitted that accept ing recommendations from Deller to separate the roles o f counsellor and adjudicator would radically

dures, was written by Fiona Deller, a W alk-Safe Coordinator and stu dent representative on the Regula tions Committee. It addresses perceived weaknesses in several key areas o f the policy. “There are a lot o f people o f the report and the idea o f the report, extrem ely im portant,” stated Deller. “W e ’ve worked a long time at this and w e w on’t let it die just

sault. A s it now stands, there is no special training required [fop floor

been authorized by the survivors

fellow s].” “Education has to be im

fo llo w in g inform ation, in order to

Walk-Safe Coordinator Fiona Deller presents her sexual harassment report to student council.

D eller’s report have been obtained

annual meeting. M c G ill Coalition

[be] separated.” Unlike M cG ill, complain

week’s Students’ Society (S S M U ) meeting, almost every councillor voted to give D eller’s report full

Against Sexual Assault (M C A S A ) head member A m y Ridley is par ticularly dissatisfied with the as sessment process o f M c G ill’ s

ants at Western are counselled, given their options and provided with an advocate who knows uni

sexual harassment cases.

versity pol icy and procedures well,

W a lk -S a fe N e tw o rk and the

► s proved,

it’s important that these two roles

tively silenced?”

M c G ill Sexual Assault Center have

o «

for die Regulation Committee’s

from six student safety and w om en’s groups on campus, and, at last

ken,” insisted Shebbeare. “What is the point o f having student rep resentation when we are effec

need floor fellows who are in

for

support

tion with which all parties agree. It

e formed about issues pertaining to « ► IX sexual harassment and sexual as

Policy has only been amended twice. This distinguishes it from other university policies, like

extensive review. Letters o f

ciety, it would be an indication to me that our representation is to

residence,” insisted Ridley. “W e

M c G i l l ’s S exu al H arassm ent

Western’s, which have recently undergone serious and

a report endorsed by many w om en’s groups and the Students’ So

For your safety information

because [the] present administra tion refuses to recognize our right to table it [at the meeting] as valid,” she continued. Im p lem en ted in 1986.

from presenting their concerns in

alter the present structure. There is one recommenda relates to the need for more educa tion about sexual harassment on campus, particularly in residences. “There should be an effort directed at increasing awareness o f the sexual harassment policy and its applicability to people in

that find this report, the contents

being given serious consideration. “If students are prevented

no question,” admitted

o f recent assaults to release the raise awareness and help increase personal safety. O n O ctober 17 at 3:30 am, a

W ells. Students’ Society V P U n i

w om an reported that a man had

versity

b e en w a tc h in g h e r b u ild in g .

A ffa irs

M o n iq u e

Shebbeare, who also sits as a stu dent representative on the Regula tions Committee, charged that as sessors are reluctant to subject M cG ill policy to a rigorous re view. “W hat is there to fear about

T w e n ty minutes after she had been dropped o f f b y a friend, a man rang her buzzer. T h in k in g her friend had com e back, she let the man into her building. W h en he g ot to her apart ment, he called her by name and insisted on being let in, even though

Council unanimously ratifies Society’s budget BY RICH LATOUR S p ecial and S o c ia l A w a re

she did not recogn ize him. W h en she called a friend to com e and get her, the man le ft quietly.

c ia l P ro jects d o w n to $7,000, and

should total just under $1.1 m illio n .

“ [ S A C ’ s] budget w as cut in

S o c ia l

R e v e n u e -g e n e r a tin g sources in

h a lf last year,” Prin ce to ld the Trib-

clude p rofits fro m Sadies’ , adver

une. “ T h is figu re is m ore o f a rea l istic refle c tio n o f what it should be

O n O c to b e r 17 b etw een

A w a ren ess

P r o je c t s

$3,000.

H e is described as “ a tall white m an in a black leather jacket w h o spoke French.”

ness Pro jects w ere this y ea r’ s hard-

Other m in or decreases from

tising, student fe es , the fo o d and

esth it victim s in the Students’ S o c i

last year cam e in the areas o f subsi

b evera g e contract w ith M arriott (in

getting. I d o n ’ t think it w o u ld be

9:15-9:30 pm, tw o differen t p e o

e ty (S S M U ) bu.dget, w h ich was

d ies fo r the Shatner B u ild in g, coun

clu ding $ 10,000 from G e rt’ s pinball

g o o d fo r com m ittees o f coun cil to

ple reported a man peeping into

unanim ously ratified b y council last

c il services, operations and s erv

and v id e o gam e revenu e).

do their o w n fundraising.”

grou n d flo o r w in d o w s in the

Thursday.

ices, and the am ount w h ich S S M U

N ick e rso n w as hardly ques

F M C m em ber and L a w R ep

M c G ill student ghetto. O ne wom en

w ill put a w a y into the C apital E x

tion ed on the budget. But E n gin eer

Christoph S ick in g hinted to coun

reported him to the p o lic e after

penditure R e s e rv e Fund (C E R F ),

in g R e p L e s lie Parchom chuk and

cillors it m igh t b e tim e fo r a re v ie w

seeing him peering into her w in

ditures f o r its fisca l year, w h ich

w h ich w ill b e just under $14,000,

C lubs R e p Patrick Perreault w o n

regarding the groups and services

dow.

ends A p r il 30. It is based on rec o m

d o w n fro m $45,000 last year.

dered w h y the Southern A fr ic a C om

S S M U chooses to subsidize.

T h e budget reflects the S o c i e ty ’ s exp ected revenues and exp en

m endations m ade b y S S M U ’ s F i

B y contrast, the largest in

n ancial M a n a gem en t C o m m itte e

crease was in the area o f society

(F M C ), and was presented b y V P

activities, fu n d in g fo r w h ich in

Finan ce Susan N ick e rso n to coun

creased by o v e r $18,000.

m ittee ’ s bu d get had m ore than dou b led, fro m $2,180 to $4,500. “ A ll interest groups and func

“ S om e o f the things w e d o are

T h e man is described as “ a white m ale in his late 20’ s, 5 ’ 9 ”

based on what [past] councils have

w ith black hair, w earing black

d e cid e d to d o ,”

pants and a black leather jack et.”

stated S ic k in g .

“ T h in gs just cam e up [at F M C ].

O n O ctober 15 at 6:30 pm, a

o w n ,” Perrault stated to council.

T h e p o lic y question is n ever rea lly

w om an reported that a man tried

an e x tr a

“ I ’ m w o n d erin g i f an y suggestions

addressed.”

than w e have in the past,” N ick erso n

$15,000, alm ost $9,000 o f w h ich

cou ld b e m ade fo r them to d o their

to ld cou n cil, n o tin g that S S M U w ill

w ill g o to the Sexual A ssau lt C enter

o w n fundraising.”

r e c e iv e alm ost $100,000 less from

and W a lk -S a fe N e tw o r k , w h ich

N ick erso n , w h o w as hesitant

M a rrio tt’ s fo o d contract than it did

w ere g iv e n functional group status

to talk about S A C w ithout a repre

fo r the first tim e this year.

sentative b ein g present at council,

“ I d o n ’ t think it [a r e v ie w ] is

o ffe r e d to suggest it to the C o m m it

a bad thing, but it w o u ld have to be

tee.

done w ith fu ll respect o f the p o s i

Functional Groups w ill re

cillors. “ W e are rec e iv in g less m on ey

from S cott’ s F ood Services last year.

tional groups m ake m o n e y on their

c e iv e

a p p r o x im a t e ly

L a s t year, Special P rojects

“ W e have been expanding the

and So c ia l A w a ren ess Projects had

services w e o ffe r t o students [w h ile ]

a com b in ed budget o f $30,000, a

ou r

reduction o f $10,000 from the p re

sm aller,” noted N ick erson .

v iou s year. T h is year, F M C cut S p e

reso u rces

are

b e c o m in g

S S M U ’ s ex p e c te d reven u e

But S S M U President Jason Prin ce, w h o sits on F M C , fe lt S A C ’ s b u d get was ju stified .

P rin ce said he concurred w ith S ic k in g ’ s statement but was con cerned about the process such a r e v ie w w o u ld entail.

to talk to her in the L a C ité Plaza. W h en he w ould not leave her alone, she w alked into a dépanneur to avoid him but he w aited fo r her outside. She evaded him b y asking a fem ale passerby to w alk with her. T h e man is described as “ black w ith a thin face and short

tions o f the groups in question,”

hair, wearing a b eige jacket, and

P rin ce com m ented.

speaking with a Jamaican accent.”

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The McGill Tribune, Oct 27-Nov 2,1992

news

Awareness Week pushed Fraternity forum confronts date back amid confusion rape in front of cameras BY RAN RANDHAWA Students’ S o ciety's (S S M U ) Alcoh ol Awareness W eek, originally planned for the third week in October, was pushed back one month amidst some confusion, a lack o f preparation, and 500 unexpected Pepsi squeeze bottles. Originally planned to coincide with the October 19th to 23rd North Am erican A lcoh ol Awareness W eek, S S M U ’ s program was rescheduled for the week o f N ovem ber 23rd. Chris Alam, Alcohol Awareness W e e k C oordinator, explain ed the change. “ [The week] was pushed back a month because we are completely un prepared as a result o f delays that are not entirely our fault,” Alam explained. “ W e were waiting for information to arrive from other universities. That in formation has now arrived and we are beginning to make some headway.” S S M U V P In te rn a l Julie D zerow icz stressed the importance o f a comprehensive event. “ W ecou ldhave thrown together an alcohol awareness program towards the end o f October, but we wanted to make sure that i f we ran a program, it would be a good one,” she stressed. According to D zerow icz, A lc o hol Awareness W eek was envisioned to encourage responsible drinking and to raise money for Bacchus Canada, the only Canadian association with re sponsible drinking programs. “ I want to make people think about why they drink,” elaborated Dzerowicz. In an effort to convey this mes sage and minimize the alcohol abuse that occurs on campus, the results o f a survey asking students about their

drinking habits and exploring student attitudes towards alcohol w ill be re leased during the N ovem ber event. A promotional campaign encouraging sensible drinking is also planned. T o support this cam paign, B acchus Canada, which sponsors many similar programs, sent D zerow icz a collection o f promotional materials. Am ong posters, t-shirts, and pamphlets were 500 bottles with the slogan “ Feel great, think straight.” U n fo rtu n a tely , in lig h t o f SSMU's contract with Coca Cola Corp., the distribution o f bottles inscribed with the Pepsi insignia poses problems for Awareness W eek organizers. D zerow icz explained that the bottles were sent to her unexpectedly when she accepted Bacchus Canada’s invitation to participate in the North American alcohol awareness program last week. Alam added that Coca-Cola has said they may be able to provide the same services and more. “ Should they do that, those bot tles would have to be returned,” he remarked. “ Otherwise, the V P Internal would be in danger o f upsetting Coke.” W h en con fron ted w ith this problem, D zerow icz said that some o f the bottles have gone missing. Asked if the remaining ones would be returned, she responded that she wasn’ t entirely sure what would be done. In spite o f the confusion and delays, Alam observed that prepara tions were now w ell under way. Opti mistic that the event would be success ful, Alam reaffirmed the dedication o f those involved. “ I can assure you that Julie D zerow icz is extremely dedicated to this endeavour and has been working around the clock,” he said.

Is this the fate of the Students' Society General Assembly?

BY AMY MCBRIDE A n open forum hosted by M cG ill Sexual Assault C en tre’ s (M S A C ) Outreach program took place at a M c G ill fraternity house last W ednes day and addressed the issue o f date rape. A C B C Citybeat camera crew recorded the forum held at the Beta Theta Pi (B T P ) fraternity house on University Street. The footage will be featured in a Citybeat program focus ing on local fraternities to be aired sometime in November. Explaining that the Outreach program seeks to facilitate discussion o f date rape for students both on- and o ff-c a m p u s , c o o rd in a to r Ruth Promislow described why the B T P fra ternity was chosen to participate in a forum addressing the issue o f date rape. “ W h en [Citybeat reporter] M ichael Kogan asked me about the program, w e arranged an open forum at Beta Theta Pi because this particular fraternity participated readily in last year’ s O u tre a c h ,” elab orated Prom islow. “ I knew this fraternity would produce a successful forum on film .” Prom islow and Outreach coun sellor Jason Atlas led the discussion group, presenting possible scenarios which fraternity members might en counter. The scenarios presented in cluded alcohol-affected sexual inter

course, both with friends and with strangers. T h e op en foru m m em bers reached the consensus that date rape is power-related rather than the result o f uncontrolled sexual desire. “ The guy who brags about how many chicks he messes around with is obviously concerned with power and has status in mind,” argued fraternity member Derrick Lengwenus. He and several other members voiced concern about the difficulty o f recognizing whether a woman wants to engage in sexual activity. “ In this society, women don’ t want to be labelled as sluts, so some times society pressures them to say ‘n o ’ when in reality they want to have sex,” explained Lengwenus. B T P member M ichael Levitt disagreed and offered advice to the participants. “ Play it smart. Take ‘n o’ at face value,” he advised. Jason Bullen, president o f the fraternity, emphasized that attitudes regarding assault are changing. “ O ur g en e ra tio n g re w up watching sitcoms like Happy Days in which girls said ‘ no’ but in the end always changed their minds,’’ explained Bullen. “ Today, men have to g ive women more credit and take their word seriously.” Outreach volunteer and M cG ill law student Landon Young fielded

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strong ideas about the types ot issues they would like to see addressed. Some Number aware o f S S M U G A ........................................... 226 (41.1%) expressed interest about issues regard Number planning to participate in the G A ....................... 32 (5.8%) ing campus safety, tuition fees, club Number undecided about participating in the G A ........... 17 (3.1% ) funding and internal fighting among S S M U e x e c u tiv e s . Students fe lt strongly that positions should not be Students’ top five issues for discussion at G A taken by SSM U regarding issues o f 1.Campus safety broad social concern, like abortion and 2.Tuition fees Quebec’ s right to self determination . 3.SSM U dissention and controversy Less serious issues ranged from 4. Exclusion o f issues o f broad social concern from General Assembly the re-naming o f Kraft dinner to the re 5. Club funding styling o f Jason Prince’ s hair. The issues to be debated at the SSM U President Jason Prince BY JANE WHITE AND General Assembly w ill be determined was pleased with the poll results, con GENEVIEVE at workshops scheduled for today and sidering the late start o f advertising. BEAUCHEMIN tomorrow. These workshops are open “ The numbers are great!” ex to all undergraduate students, and par claimed Prince, adding that he expects ticipants w ill lie asked to outline topics The results o f a Tribune poll in numbers to build. “ Publicity was slow for the assembly agenda. dicate that the majority o f M cG ill stu coming but w ill be thorough-going.” Students and organizers are re dents questioned are unaware that Stu However, Arts Rep. to Council ceptive to the idea o f direct input into dents’ Society (S S M U ) is planning a and General Assembly Coordinator SSM U policy. General Assembly (G A ), much less that Jonathan Ablett was less enthusiastic. “ It’ s good to have a student fo it is only one week away. The assembly “ I guess the numbers w ill have rum,” remarked U2 Arts student Juni was organized to allow undergraduates to change,” he stated. “That’ s what per Ridington. “ W e don’ t get much to set policies which w ill guide the w e ’ll be trying to do over the next two opportunity to voice our complaints political agenda o f the SS M U for the weeks.” with those who control us. L e t’ s take coming year. Council has planned a publicity whining to a new level.” O f the 550 students polled over blitz which w ill include posters, resi A b le tt con cu rred w ith this the last three weeks, 41 per cent indi dence talks, advertisements in M cG ill viewpoint. “ W e want people to be here cated that they had heard about the publications and a town crier to bolster to make the decisions that w ill affect SSM U General Assembly, but only 5.8 awareness among the student popula them,” he argued. “ W e take fifty to percentplannedtoparticipate. Reactions tion. sixty bucks each year, and w e think to these results were mixed. Although many students knew they should have at least some say.” H ow ever, some students see potential danger with the requirements that the General Assembly needs only two hundred students to meet quorum and thus determine SSM U policy. “ The idea o f a General Assem bly is wonderful,” explained Science Undergraduate S o c ie ty P resident Charles Boulakia. “ H ow ever, 200 3 *7ofU c& : people as quorum is not. Someone could easily find 200 friends, get drunk, come • The Enigm atic Creativity o f Emily Dickinson to one meeting and totally screw up • M ozart s Unfinished Requiem student policy.” • G len G o u ld Interprets M ozart The SSM U General Assembly w ill be held on N ovem ber 4th at 5:30 P M in Leacock 132.

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“ W e ’ve adhered to this policy for over two years now and it has been quite effective,” claimed Levitt. Prom islow expressed c o n fi dence that the forum was successful, explaining that Outreach holds three to four forums a week for both male and female groups. “ W h en Outreach speaks to groups o f women, the format is similar but the emphasis is more on the victim and less on the legal ramifications o f rape,” observed Promislow.

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News Briefs M U C Police request assistance in Brochu case M U C police are asking for assistance with their search for a man believed to be the last person to see Chantal Brochu alive on the night o f September 19th, and who may provide vital information for the investigation into her murder. The man was seen with Brochu at L e Bar Clandestin on Edouard-Montpetit. He is described as white with dark hair and bright blue eyes, French-speaking, between 19 and 22 years o f age, 5 ’ 10” to 6 ’ feet tall and approximately 170 lbs with a medium build. He was wearing a beige and blue striped sweater. Anyone with information leading to the location o f this man is requested to contact the Hom icide division at 280-2070. A ll callers are guaranteed confidentiality.

Ridley g o es back to GACC Several weeks ago, A m y Ridley, Head o f the M cG ill Coalition Against Sexual Assault, resigned from her position as a General Assembly Workshop Coordinator. R id ley’ s resignation was fueled by both frustration over the W alk-Safe N etwork’ s (W S N ) difficulty in obtaining a telephone, a crucial component to implementing their new Foot Patrol, and Students’ Society (S S M U ) Council’ s refusal to support the original

Controversial policy sent for overhaul Students’ Society (S S M U ) Council has assigned to its Policy R eview Committee the task o f clarifying the SSM U policy which refuses to recognize political and religious groups and denies them funding and o ffic e space. SSM U V P Internal Julie Dzerowicz introduced the motion in order to address the p olicy’ s ambiguity, which has adversely affected several clubs. Club funding and office space allocation in the Shatner Building fall under D ze ro w ic z’ s portfolio. “ The policies regarding political and religious groups are so vague, and there really is no definition on which to base our decisions,” admitted Dzerowicz. Y e t Senate Board Rep. to Council Robert Valdmanis argued that the issue should be addressed by S S M U ’ s Judicial Board. “ Politicians should not define what is political,” stated Valdmanis. “ It [the decision] should be put into the hands o f the Judicial Board. Their ruling is binding and they have no political axe to grind.” SSM U President Jason Prince issued an appeal that would grant temporary space to Islamic Students’ Society and the Palestinian Solidarity Committee (P S C ) until council makes a final policy determination. These two groups are currently denied space due to their religious and political

General Assembly motion. But with W S N ’s phone safely in place and SSM U officiating over a newly revised General Assembly, Ridley has resumed her

affiliations. Prince’ s motion was defeated after council determined that both clubs were legitimately denied funding and offices

position as a coordinator for Workshop One. “ I like the fact that councillors are in on the General Assem bly process and that the structure o f the workshops has been organized by the councillors,” stated Ridley, while stressing that she is still concerned about student awareness and understanding o f the

based on current policy. T h e sole supporter o f Prince’s motion, SS M U Club Rep. Patrick Perreault, stressed that groups such as the PSC, which have amended their constitution to exclude political affiliations, have already waited too long. “ W e ’re being restrained by the decisions o f past councils,” he argued. “ W e can’ t have legitimate cultural groups like the PSC waiting for the R eview Committee’s decision.”

assembly. “ The advertising is by no means sufficient,” argued Ridley. “ But hopefully in the next week people w ill become more aware o f the meetings.”

The “Looney Lin e” revives a McGill tradition Montreal Centraide and the Engineering Under graduate Society’ s Plumbers’ Philharmonic Orchestra plan to revive a historic M cG ill event. They w ill be organizing a “ Looney Line” at M cG ill as part o f a fundraising campaign for Montreal charities and social groups. The “ Looney L ine” is actually a piece o f adhesive tape that w ill extend from the Roddick Gates to James M c G ill’ s tomb. Persons on campus w ill be encouraged to attach their one-dollar coins to the tape. The coin-taping event has been organized several times before, most notably for the March o f Dimes during W orld War II. M cG ill Centraide Campus Coordinator Catherine Gerols is the creative force behind this current “ Looney L ine” campaign. “ L e t’ s repeat history!” exclaimed Gerols. “ It worked in the past, there’ s no reason it wouldn’ t today.” Education Undergraduate Society President Kevin Brodt and W illiam Phillipson o f the Plumbers’ Philhar monic Orchestra w ill be organizing the “ Looney Line,” which w ill take place from N ov. 18-30. M ost o f the campaign w ill be held inside in light o f unpredictable weather and potential security problems. Information booths and loonie boxes w ill be placed in buildings across campus from N ov. 18-27. The loonies collected w ill then be placed on the adhesive tape, which w ill be displayed on the morning o f N ov. 30 until it is filled. “ W e would like to show that it is a community event and hope for student involvement,” explained Phillipson. Gerols hopes the “ Looney L ine” w ill raise $10,000. The money raised w ill go towards groups that aid arid support women, the elderly, the homeless, the disabled, youth and families.

Canadians owe First Nations a “Yes,” Mercredi tells McGill BY MICHAEL BROADHURST AND STEVE SMITH O v id e M ercred i, the Grand C h ief o f the Assembly o f First N ations o f Canada and the most prominent representative o f Canada’ s aboriginal peoples, told a crowd assembled at M c G ill last Friday to vote Y es to the Charlottetown Accord. M ercredi, who supports the constitutional accord, spoke in front o f an audience o f over 600 people packed into Leacock 132. His speech, an im passioned plea for Canadians to vote Y es in yesterday’ s referendum, drew an appreciative reaction from most o f the audience. A t first appearing at ease and even joking with the crowd. Mercredi

turned serious when he began to ad dress the plight o f the First Nations in Canada. He cautioned the audience not to believe reports that there is serious dissent in the aboriginal community regarding the Accord, characterizing the support o f aboriginal leaders as unanimous. “ There was not a dissenting voice when [the aboriginal leaders] made the agreement,” said Mercredi, in response to political observers who have questioned the process by which the First Nations approached the Charlottetown negotiations. Emphasizing that aboriginal Canadians should support the Accord because it recognizes their inherent right to self-government, Mercredi also

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and w e can’ t solve our poverty with sovereignty,” he replied, while urging the First Nations to embrace Canada’ s generosity or be consigned to the “ sta tus quo” o f poverty. A t apress conference follow ing his speech, Mercredi warned that a N o vote in the referendum would rein force the marginal status o f Canada’ s First Nations in the eyes o f most Cana dians. Y e t Mercredi emphasized that native peoples would not accept their continued victimization under the cur

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rent form o f government. “ Just as the French people re jected the Durham Report, w e w ill continue to reject assimilation as a solution to our problem,” he claimed, stressing that a N o vote would be per ceived by most aboriginals as a Cana dian rejection o f native self-determi nation. M ercredi finished by urging Canadians to pursue “ historical recon ciliation” with the First Nations and asked that “ w e m ove forward in [the] spirit o f harmony, not antagonism.”

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Editorial The most appalling thing about the 1992-93 (Students' Society) S SM U budget is that it was essentially a hostage to the Toronto Blue Jays. Desperate to watch G am e 5 o f the W orld Series, councillors asked few er than fifteen minutes o f questions about a piece o f legislation which affects every last aspect o f the w ay Students’ Society operates. T he B lue Jays lost. So did Students’ Society. T he budget itself is a fairly innocuous docu ment, not significantly different from budgets brought down by S SM U in any given year. But this is not just any year. T he S o cie ty ’ s needs and priorities are changing rapidly. A t the same time, decreased revenue from the new food contract and increased costs associated with incorporation, two debilitating inheritances from last year’ s executive, are preventing the Society from meeting those needs and priorities. These points are all evident in the new budget; but baseball-preoccupied councillors chose to ignore them. Students’ Society has embarked on the

SSMU Budget: lost on the basepaths commendable course o f starting vital services, such as the Sexual Assault Centre and W alk-Safe, that the U niversity has chosen to ignore. But they no longer really have the cash to pay for these services. Som e bizarre figures in the budget underline this problem. Program ming N etw ork manages, year after year, to consum e approxim ately $30,000 from the S S M U budget. W hile the N etw ork provides some valuable services, especially during W elcom e W eek, a lot o f m oney tends to get poured down the toilet on fiascos like the K im M itchell concert. That one event cost the S S M U twice what they then spent on W alk-Safe. It’ s time to stop givin g the Programming N etw ork carte blanche on spending, give it a set yearly budget, and let it discover fiscal responsibility. Some serious re-thinking also has to be done about spending by clubs and functional groups. The Special Projects, Social Aw areness and Capital Reserve funds, all essen tially representing “ surplus funds” to be disbursed, are co llectively down by $52,000, or 70 per cent. M eanwhile, functional

groups have managed to claw another $16,000 from S SM U . A $10,000 subsidy for the Debating Union is plainly unacceptable when serious social services at M cG ill are going begging. S S M U Publications such as T he M c G ill Tribune are not immune from this kind o f budgetary nonsense. Through a lack o f advertis ing revenue raised by SSM U , the Tribune, Red H erring and O ld M c G ill can co llectively lose up to $60,000 a year despite the fact that they never spend more than they pledge to at the beginning o f the year. In this area, as in so m any others, it w ould seem that S S M U should concen trate less on spending m oney, and begin to dis cover more w ays o f raising it. Y e t these budget figures actually represent on ly the tip o f the iceberg. O ffice Services, the budg e t’ s largest single item has been allotted $417,000. M ost o f this m oney is paid to em ployees who, one w ay or another, spend their time dealing with the business o f clubs and functional groups. M eanw hile, despite the election o f an avow ed ‘ activist’ President, the budgets for political repre sentation and com m unica

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tion with students have been slashed by about one-third. This brings us to S S M U ’ s central dilemma. Is it an organization which protects the rights o f students, or is it the bu reaucratic arm o f a group o f clubs w ho can only get student m oney through twisting that same limb? Unfortunately, it would appear that SSM U E xecutives are inclined to accept the latter role, and that council has decided to do very little about it. T o continue along such a course w ill only render the Society financially help less and thus functionally impotent. S S M U no longer has either the time or money for the indecisive dabbling in both roles in which it has been engaged for the last few years. Council needs to make a choice between the two. M aybe now that the W orld Series is over, th ey’ ll get around to doing it.

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Kelly Gruber. Gruber, however, is not responsible for the most crudely annoying pop-ditty in recent memory, nor the rhythmless persons stiff-jointed dance craze which it inspired. These aesthetic miscues by Atlanta, coupled with the now-infamous Inverted Flag Incident and the crass nationalism which pinnacled with the headline This Is O U R Game! after the Braves game one victory (I mean, after Mark Tewksbury took the gold, did you see headlines in

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Don’t make any plans— Christ is coming Oct. 28 BY AMREEN OMAR “ Are you ready for the Rap ture?” asks the cover page o f the white, paper-bound booklet distributed by the Mission for the Com ing Days. This group, commonly known as the M CD , was formed in Korea in 1988 by a group o f bom-again Christian believ ers. The M C D has now spread w orld wide and has 40 international centers. The common and startling be lie f o f the M C D ’ s members is that at twenty-four hundred hours, October 28,1992, the Rapture will occur, mean ing that the spirit o f Jesus Christ w ill enter the bodies o f true Christian be lievers and these bodies w ill be trans ported into the heavens. John, a schoolteacher residing in Los Angeles, is one o f the many N orth Am erican follow ers who is spending his days until October 28,

hoping and praying that he shall be carried into the sky along with his fellow believers. “ There is no doubt in m y mind that the second coming o f Christ is imminent. There have been many signs revealing to us what is about to happen. Israel is anation again, for the first time since 1948. Signs o f the end are every where: earthquakes, worldwide fam ine, thethreatofnuclear disaster, inter national terrorism, population satura tion, mysterious flying objects, hostili ties between nations and races, de struction o f the ozone layer and sexual perversion and drugs. Society is evil and they shall be punished.” Th e followers o f the Mission for the Coming Days believe that the return o f Christ to earth w ill take part in three stages, the first stage being the Rapture, the second stage being the seven years o f Tribulation, and the

third stage being the return o f Christ in flesh. “ During the seven years o f Tribulation, one half o f the w orld’s population w ill die from famine and warfare,” saidChester, aMissionmember from Boston. “ A t this time , the world will be ruled by the Anti-Christ. In the Bible, it states that the AntiChrist w ill emerge from ancient Rome. From our sources, w e have concluded that the Anti-Christ shall be the ap pointed leader o f the European Eco nomic Community (E E C ). The AntiChrist w ill use the 666 mark to obtain control over the entire world. Once this mark o f 666 has been stamped on your body or forehead, Satan w ill enter your

flesh on the Mountain o f Olives. F ol lowers o f the M C D have calculated the exact time and date o f his arrival to be eighteen hundred hours, December 6, 1999. Since this is just twenty-five days short from the first day o f the millenium, January 1,2000 A D , these twenty-five days are thought to be “ the days shortened for the elects” (Matt 24:22) or the days needed for cleaningup the mess o f the tribulational period. “ These are just themes that exist in the Books o f Revelation,” explains Douglas M cKinney, a M c G ill music student actively involved in the M cG ill Christian Fellowship. “ N o one knows when or where these themes w ill manifest themselves.

body and you w ill become like abeast.” In its literature, the Mission states that follow in g the seven years o f Tribulation, the Anti-Christ w ill be destroyed and Christ w ill appear in

It seems foolish to predict an exact time or place when they w ill occur.” It is believed by the M ission that when Christ appears on earth, he w ill divide the population into the good and

the wicked. The good shall live on earth in a Kingdom o f God, for a thou sand years, and the wicked shall be sent to the Hades, a type o f waiting room to get into Hell. The days before the twentyeighth o f October are becoming fewer, and the members o f the M ission for the Com ing Days are spending their re maining hours spreading their mes sage and praying for the salvation o f themselves and their loved ones. “ There are as many as one hun dred different groups, Christian and N ew A ge, that w e are aware o f here at the Center, who believe that the end o f humanity is approaching. These p eo ple are basically afraid o f life, and when they transfer this fear into fear o f the end, it becomes easier for them to deal with,” said M arie, an employee at the Centre for N ew Religions.

The legitimacy o f self-defence Healing with hands BY KATIE ROBSON Self-defence programs are at tracting more and more women con cerned with their personal safety. Un fortunately, theseprograms often prom ise more than they deliver, because o f unqualified staff, or because they over state the effectiveness o f the training they give. In the first segment o f a twopart article, the Tribune explores issues o f personal safety, and the careful consideration that should be given to these issues; in particular, what users want from a program, and how to evaluate whether a specific pro gram is legitimate. Experts seem to agree that the decision to take a self-de fence course is in itself a critical step. M ary-M arga ret Jones,

course taught by Steven Quiblat at Concordia. Ranacher is impressed with the results. “ I feel more confident walking down the street,” she said. “ Steven does stress that w e ’re not infallible— but it gives me confidence to realize I can deal with some situations.” “ Steven emphasizes stability and realism. He tells us o f different views o f self-defence, but also tells us not to believe them all,” Ranacher ex

sessment. “ The fact is, these pro grams bring up a lot o f issues for women. A t times, it is dur ing these classes that survi vors o f assaults begin to deal with their situation— it can lx

co-Coordinator o f the M cG ill Sexual Assault Centre, stated that “ self-defence programs are a vital part o f empowerment. W hen women come to the Cen tre, and say they are afraid or concerned about their safety, we tell them first to use W alk-Safe and second, to take a self-de fence course.” A fte r this d ecision is made comes the decision on what kind o f program to take. B efore signing up, a woman should be very clear about what she wants to gain from a self-defence course. Women take defence into thei Ton y Blauer, an interna hands. tionally known self-defence ex plained. pert, explained thepotential differences Ranacher was cautious in rec between self-defence courses. ommending self-defence courses in “ There are two levels o f psy general, noting that to be successful, chological benefits to be had from selfcourses need to be tailored to specific defence training. The first is more ob vious: people take a course and then feel empowered. But if a self-defence course only goes to that first level, I think it’ s a false panacea,” Blauer cau tioned. “ I f that’ s what you want— fine. But i f you want to be able to deal with real assaults, you should take a course that goes to a second level. B y that, I mean that [afterwards] you w ill not be confronted with a psychological or physical situation for which you can not improvise an answer.” U3 Arts student Krista Ranacher is currently enrolled in a self-defence

that this is a positive choice. “ I think there is a problem with wom en-only self-defence courses,” said Blauer. “ I ’ m not saying women shouldn’ tteach self-defence, but a good program should involve both men and women. After all, women aren’t going to be attacked by another woman.” “ I f you want to learn how to defend yourself, do you want to be confronted by a 110-pound woman or a 200-pound man? W hich situation is more likely to be a problem?” Blauer asked. Jones expressed some disagreement withBlauer’s as

needs. “ I certainly would recommend what I ’m taking.But I also think women should know the limitations o f a pro gram. Instructors should be realistic and honest about qualifications and about what the course offers— they shouldn’ t make false promises,” she stated. The instructor’ s expertise is perhaps the single most important v ariable when it comes to deciding i f a course fits a particular need. Some programs offer female in structors, though not everyone agrees

the firsttim e they’retaking the issue o f empowerment intc their ow n hands,” she noted. “ A ls o , takin g a [wom en-only] course can be positive, because it contests ^ the idea that women need to go *< to men to learn the skills necp essary for self-protection.” Jones believed the best b formula for a successful ® course usually involves both 2 male and female instructors. A ll experts agree that a course should be designed spe cifically for self-defence pur poses. “ There’ s a lie going on in the martial arts w orld ,” claim ed Blauer. “ K n ow in g about martial arts does not make you a self-defence teacher— you don’ t know anything about stress or fear manage ment. Also, things like T ae K w on Do and boxing teach you to operate within a certain range that places you apart from your attacker. M ost martial arts don’ t address close-quarter at tacks.” Jones concurred with this, add ing, “ Anyone teaching a self-defence course should demonstrate a real con cern for women, in that they should consider the needs o f wom en and should try to make the program acces sible to all women.” Part two o f this article, in next w eek’ s Tribune, w ill provide practi cal guidelines on how to evaluate a self-defence program.

BY PAUL FLICKER

both groups inflicted a wound on the back o f each rat. In the control group

T h e laying-on o f hands for

nothing was done fo r the animals,

healing purposes has been practised

w h ile the healer held the eight to ten

fo r thousands o f years. Instances o f

rats from the other group in his hands.

this p h en o m en on can b e traced

Rats from the second group

throughout the B ible and found in the

recovered from the wounds tw ice as

farthest reaches o f the world.

fast as those in the control group.

T od ay, the practice o f “ thera

In another study, the healer

peutic touch” has gained w ider ac

held water that was poured onto bar

ceptance, with o v e r 37,000 nurses in

ley seeds. T h e seeds he tended grew faster than the “ control” group w ith

68 countries em p loyin g this ancient

the same water. “ T h e properties o f

technique. “ T h e lay ing-on o f hands is both a Jewish and a Christian act,” said Dr.

the water [that the healer touched] actually changed,” said Grad.

p rofes

“ Even after he left, I continued

M c G ill’ s Faculty o f R e li

to work with other p eop le w h o m ade

gious Studies. “ Abraham laid hands

claims. For exam ple, a man cam e to

on his son; ordination o f priests is

m e and claim ed he could m um m ify

done by laying-on o f hands; and a

meats and materials.”

G e o rge Johnston, emeritus sor at

baptism is a kind o f laying-on o f the

Grad notes that the laying-on

hands.”

o f hands is illega l in most o f the

Johnston explained that heal ers pass on psychic healing gifts and

W estern world, including Canada. “ O f course, occasionally there w ill

powers. “ It requires an act o f faith

be som ebody w h o is rather [care

between healer and patient and di

less]— but they w ill find i f they do

vin e action through the healer” . There are healers even within organized religion - the An glican F el

this, they w ill be taken to court by the Corporation o f Physicians and Sur

low ship o f Saint Luke is one such

geons.” Grad says he understands the

group. H ow ever, Johnston warned

frustration o f physicians w h o encoun-

“ on e should be very careful about

tersuch healing. “ P eople work very

m aking too many claim s either fo r it or about it.”

hard and som ebody com es along out

H ealing and the phenomenon o f laying-on o f hands m ay be ac

o f the blue and says that they can lay on hands: o f course this is very star tling, very disturbing.”

cepted within the religious world, but

“ But the point is that there are

are they accepted in the purely ra tional Cartesian w orld? Dr. Bernard

som e people, som e mechanisms, that can help the body recover and there

Grad, a retired researcher from the

are people w ho spontaneously learn

A llan M em orial Institute and form er

how to do these things.”

Secretary o f Adm issions for the Fac ulty o f M edicine, claims there is proof.

Grad b e liev e s the phenom enon, w hich goes back thousands o f

A Ph.D in experim ental m or

years, is not an entirely paranormal

p h ology and a specialist in aging and

activity. “ I b e liev e there is a basic

cancer research, he also developed

ob jective process. It is something that

an interest in “ bio-energy” when, b e tween 1957-1964, he conducted a

can be studied, can be investigated by conventional means.”

series o f experim ents with a healer.

H ow ever, he did concede that

“ [W e focused] not on people, but on animals, plants and materials.

“ m ost [healers] do say there is divine

I set up groups and w e conducted

this. I d o not mean that I am goin g to

conventional studies- that is, as i f I

investigate G od, but I w ould still

was goin g to administer drugs or hor mones. I analyzed the results the same

look at it conventionally.” “ I would like to see an increase

w a y .”

in interest by the m edical profession One experim ent featured tw o

groups o f white rats. M em bers o f

influence. I w ould lik e to look into

in these phenomena rather than a shocked attitude,” Grad concluded.

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Features

J a n et M u rp h y— th e w om an w ith all th e an sw ers BY ADAM STERN BERG H N ea rly every university stu

riveen M urphy and m ost o f the others is that on N o vem b er 1st, she’ ll get a chance to prove that she really does

dent has, at one tim e or another, watched the Jeopardy! C ollegeT ou rnament and thought, ‘ G ee, I could do that...” M c G ill student Janet M urphy is n o exception. T h e d ifferen ce be-

know it all. “ I just w rote a letter to M e rv G riffin Enterprises, saying that I ’ d rea lly lik e to b e on Jeopardy! M urphy said in a recent Tribune in

terview . “ I think m y name was picked

test.

fro m som e large vat.” D espite the randomness o f the

M urphy w ill take a written exam and com pete in a m ock Jeop ardy! gam e in N e w Y ork C ity. I f she is selected fo r the tournament, she’ ll b e flo w n out to sunny Burbank fo r

selection process, M urphy seems the p erfect c o lle g e contestant. A fourthyear N orth A m erican Studies stu dent, she has been an avid Jeopardy! fan since a fateful Grade 5 trip to Florida. “ I was visiting m y g ra n d m o th er, and w e w ere watching Jeopardy/ and I rem em ber there was an answer about a queen o f Spain,” Murphy said. “ I k n e w Q u een

the taping o f the real thing, February 23rd and 24th. W h ile M urphy is confident,

‘ N e w Testam ent,’ ‘ relatives o f r o y alty ’ and ‘ semi-precious stones,’ ” M urphy said. Though confident, she has her trepidations about com peting against the best from across the continent. “ I fe e l sort o f lik e an imposter. I have a broad range o f trivial k n o w l edge, but a shallow depth. For exam

she still envisions certain nightmare scenarios.

ple, I know that D u ck y M e d w ick was a pitcher, but I d o n ’ t know when

“ U sually when I watch, I get about 70% o f the answers, but there are som e categories where I ’ v e gotten none - lik e ‘ T h u rb e r’ ,” M u rph y

or fo r w h om .” Still, dropping D ucky M e d w ic k ’ s name is pretty im pres sive on its own. W h en asked whether her stint

laughed.

That was the first tim e I

U n like m any o f the contest

at M c G ill has helped her prepare fo r the com ing challenge, M urphy p on dered fo r a mom ent. “ T o a degree (no

actually thought about being on the show .” A n d just as Queen

ants w h o appear on this toughest o f all gam e shows, M urphy is no g e netic mutant w ith a hard drive fo r a brain. She sim ply has a good m em ory fo r trivia. L ik e m ost stu dents, she’ s m ore com fortable talk

pun intended),” she replied. “ ‘ T h e history o f presidential cam paigning class’ was a b ig asset. I t ’ s T riv ia 101.” D espite the potential $25,000 p ayoff, M urphy has kept it all in

in g ab ou t M a r c ia B ra d y than M agellan. “ M y dream c a te g o ries are

perspective. M ost o f all, she has her priorities straight. “ I ’v e spent a lot o f tim e think

‘ 8 0 ’ s Sitcom s’ and ‘ 60s Am erican H is to ry ’ - m y nightmares w ould be

ing about how I ’ ll write m y nam e,” M urphy said. “ B ig J, little a-n-e-t.”

Isabella, and it was right. JS at fa « <o

fa « * »

Is a b e lla la u n c h e d Columbus on his historic travels, “ W h o is Queen

I s a b e lla ? ” la u n c h e d M urphy on an odyssey tow ards fam e, fortune and national renown - i f she passes the screen

■8

Handbags and gladrags for A ll Hallow’s Eve BY ELIZABETH GALLANT T h e tradition o f dressing up in

graphs are a fe w places you m ight

costumes. H ere, a

lik e to contact i f this idea appeals to

C atw om an get-up

you.

g o e s f o r $5 0 to

costum e fo r H a llo w een can b e traced

A t Malabar on St-Denis, this

back to the m edieval Scottish-Celtic

year’ s m ost popular rentals are Bat

“ [B u t] last

festiva l o f A l l H a llo w ’ s E ve, o b

man and Catwom an at about $100

year the rage was

served on O ctober 31st. This was the

each.

N in ja

$100.

T u r t le s , ”

said em ployee K im

day when the souls o f the dead w ere

“ There is still a demand fo r

supposed to return to their homes

p eriod costum es,” said e m p lo yee

and ghosts, witches, dem ons and

M ad elein e Leonard, w h o also cited

Those lo o k

other such sinister creatures invaded

famous politicians and StarTrek uni

ing fo r something

the land.

forms as being g o o d sellers.

Smith.

a little or a lo t out

O v e r tim e it becam e m ore o f a

G e n e v ie v e N an tel fro m Le

o f the ordinary w ill

secular holiday and m any gam es and

Costumier du Roy on M on tca lm

p ro b a b ly fin d it

custom s w e re created. In N orth

Street said that their shop still carries

here.

Am erica, these customs w ere intro

traditional H a llo w een icons such as

They

duced b y Irish im migrants in the late

witches and ghosts. But this y ea r’ s

p e r io d costu m es

19th century and have grow n into

craze?

from e v ery p ossi

quite an industry. T oday, H allo w een conjures up

h a ve

says

b le m om ent in his

Nantel. C atwom an costum es cost

tory, regional cos

$100 anigh t.

tumes fro m H o l

“ Catwoman, b ien sur!”

im ages o f jack-o-lantem s, T o o ts ie

M ost native M ontrealers how -

la n d ,

C h in a ,

H ow embarrassing! Everyone's dressed up but me!

R o lls and endless bags o f Hum pty

ever, consider Joseph Ponton Cos

M e x ic o and N aples (just to name a

makeup w hich can be applied in the

store (usually that day). Although

D um pty potato chips. But m ore im

tumes Inc. on St-Francois-X avier to

f e w ) , g o r illa s , astronauts, E lv is

store on H allo w een fo r $35.

m ost students d on ’ t plan on goin g

portantly, it is the tim e o f year to

be the place to g o when in need o f

jumpsuits, and even an impressive

Dressing up fo r H a llo w een

out b egg in g fo r candy as in the days

unleash o n e ’ s m ost bizarre fantasies.

something truly unique. A s M o n

T in -M an outfit w hich can be rented

doesn’ t have to be confined to m em o

o f yore, they shouldn ’ t deprive them

O rg a n izin g a c re a tive and

treal’ s oldest costumier, they have

fo r an even in g on the town at a m ere

ries o f trick-or-treating in som e plas

selves o f an opportunity to g o out

unique ensemble often in volves rent

been in business in O ld M ontreal

$225. T h e shop also carries accesso

tic M iss P ig g y or Darth V adar cos

and act lik e fo o ls on one o f our cul

ing a costume. In the fo llo w in g para

since 1865 and claim to carry 10,000

ries, a variety o f masks and w igs, and

tume purchased at the trusty grocery

ture’ s m ost unusual holidays.

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Entertainment Pop rocks at the Museum BY K ATE G IB B S

land at the Royal College o f Art in the mid 1950’s,Thecoastal schools

P op A rt is a comprehensive

o f the United States, N e w York and California in the 60’s, and the European fore and back-lashes. Montreal is fortunate to dis play Richard Hamilton’s photo col

retrospective o f a movement in spired by the symbols and materi als o f mass consumption. Founded in the fulcrum o f this century, Pop Art encouraged the viewer to rede fine art as an inviolate phenom enon. Often exhibits breach the barrier between an artist, their work, and an audience. However, after a trip to P op A rt at the Montreal M u seu m o f Fine A rt, A n d y

lage mouthfully titled “Just what is it that makes todays homes so dif ferent, so appealing”(1955). The small piece demonstrates the good humor and accesible materials uti

For a

happy and clean so the answer is best given in a sunny Annette Funicello soprano: “Why? B e cause w e like you.” Any student o f the twenti eth century will also like the list o f participants in the collection; Andy W arhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Peter B la k e , R o bert

night

Rauschenberg. Its also very nice

lized so as to comment on the popu

to have Jasper Johns back in town. V/va Am erica (196 ) is a caustic commentary on the loss

lar culture inextricably linked with contemporary lifestyles.

o f “Camelot” by MimmoRotella. Although revolutionary, Pop Art

fright... BY GR EG PAYNE

demands nothing

is not without a historical con

In keeping with the

things” is as mystifying as his un timely death. The 300 pieces in the show do not only test visual boundaries o f modem art but the longevity of

more than an open mind; a reevaluation o f contemporary aes thetics. Although the consumer design o f W arhol’s B rillo boxes (1 9 6 ) appears to be dated, intrinsi

text. The photo-collage intro duced by Hamilton ties Pop Art to the Cubist tradition o f mixed media. Unlike the work o f Ham ilton, the format has been ex

Hallow e’ en season, the T rib

an individual’s attention. In light

cally they are still active in the vocabulary o f modem art. Thirty years later, the boxes encourage the viewer to ask the same ques tion— ’’W h y is that art?”

panded to a larger, more impres

P op A rt

W arhol’s aphorism, “I like boring

o f the recent Michelangelo retro spective, any visitor to the M .M .F .A ., should be forewarned o f A .O .S . (A rt Overload Syn

The majority o f Pop Art is

drome). Expect to sign a waver. In order to main tain a visual cohesion to the history o f a movement developed by interna

sive format. The face o f John F. Kennedy has become a sub-cul tural icon resplendant in its own nostalgia for an innocent age. Rotella’s commentary is wholely certain that a return to such a time is impossi ble. The irreverent com

UMia huitt

bination o f contempo rary iconography and a title reminiscent o f a Elvis beach flick, raises

tional artists who worked autonomously. The cura tors o f P op A rt have di vided the show by geo graphical location. Such

questions o f good and bad taste. In keeping with

divisions facilitate the ap

the thematic evaluations

preciation o f individual characteristics tied to

une presents a list o f top

h o rror movies guaranteed to

arhol's B rillo Boxes (1964).

The

E x o r c is t — A l

the ninties is emphasized by the corporate sponsorship o f the show by Kellogg’sPopTarts. The “avantgarde” breakfast food was first pro duced in the same era as the art. On

political undertones over the

Saturday nights during the exhibi

and damned horrific.

tion, the Museum will be free of charge for anyone under 18 toting a Pop Tart’s proof o f purchase. W ord to the wise: A C E G E P id card coupled with too much make

though it has lost some o f its years, this classic o f the genre is still sacreligious, gruesome,

Them — A true rarity-a 1950”s B-m ovie that is excit ing, topical, and funny when it wants to be.

Cape F e a r (original)—

up, angst, and a gen eral gormlessness are definitely an as

Ig n o re

set.

wooden acting, this unneces

For the honest and/or therich, at a very reasonable $4.75 with a valid student card, the show is well-

ahead o f its time in terms o f per-minute.

place and time. The show

o f conventional taste, Pop Tarts are served to

worth seeing.

concentrates on the U.S. from 1955 to 60, the ad vent o f Pop Art in Eng

whetappetites. The con tinuum o f the mass-mar keting o f the sixties and

Pop Art at the M .M .F A . runsfro m October 23-January 24. Info 361-4595.

Botella's Viva America (1964).

give you the shakes and chills.

G re g o ry

sarily remade thriller was sexuality, violence, and jolts-

A lien — Haunted house story...but on a spaceship. ‘N u ff said.

T h e F ly

T h e C h ild r e n o f M e n P.D. James

Peck’s

(1 9 8 6

ISBN

make)— N ot as intellectual as

BY MADY VIRGONA

terrific remake/’beauty-and-

his best work, but Cronenberg still packs in the chills in this the-beast’ update.

P.D. James, the undisputed

becomes known as Year Omega.

social rights that have been subtly

Even the denouement,

A ra c h n o p h o b ia — So

queen o f the modem British de

Drugs and technology fail to un

repressed since Year Omega. It is

with its less-than-subtle rework

what if it was produced by

tective novel, tries her hand at

cover the reasons behind the global

through his involvement with this

ing o f fundamental Christian

futuristic suspense in The Chil

infertility. Humanity has suddenly

images, is kept fresh through its

dren o f Men. James’ fans need not de

become a decaying, finite species. With the inexorable approach

renegade, ragtag crew that Theo finds revenge, spiritual signifi

cry the absence o f supersleuths

o f extinction come a worldwide

Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia

sense o f ennui and a mounting so

Gray. The Children o f M en is a

cial schizophrenia. Demented,

finely crafted, brisk thriller that

maternally-frustrated women dress

interweaving with the suspense

cance, and tree love. James’ social commentary is cutting, her moral tone unmistak

race is effectively tempered by

able. England in the 21st century

faith and, ultimately, a new A l

is a bleak and barren land, popu lated by socially-indifferent au tomatons who prefer television to

pha.

plot. Resignation over the im minent extinction o f the human

Spielberg’s company and is unabashedly commercial. It still makes y ou jump, dammit.

N ight O f The

L iving

Dead — None o f the sequels, remakes, or ripoffs can top the original masterpiece by

This novel will invite the inevitable comparisons with

G eorge Rom ero (although

will haunt readers long after the

up kittens and dolls in grotesque

final page has been turned. The novel’s action is seen

parodies o f babies. G o v e r n m e n t -s p o n s o r e d

conversation and know no religious

M a rg a re t

through the diary o f Theo Faron,

mass suicides known as Quietus

or national ties. Perhaps 2021 is

history professor and W ine Sec

dispose o f the aging, fragile popu lation. Prisoners are exiled to the

Handmaid’s Tale and Colleen M cCullough’s The Third M il lennium. However, James’ in

the whole slasher genre and

retary in post-millennium O x ford, and the cousin o f evil Eng

Isle o f Man, where order has bro

not as far away as we would like to think. James infuses her characters

ventive plot, recurring use o f

ard to live upto. A lso man

lish dictator Xan Lyppiatt.

ken down entirely, leaving a canni

myth and theological symbols,

aged to typecast Anthony

Faron’s diary is a terse

balistic tribal society in its wake.

A tw o o d ’s

The

with equal parts arrogance, ambi tion and cynicism. Her protagonist

and lyrical descriptions place The

record o f a spiritually barren

Faron is just another casu

is a cranky, not particularly like

Children o f Men a cut above the

existence. He is tortured by guilt

alty o f the times until a series o f

able man whose sense o f the won

others in the genre.

over his recent divorce and acci

bizarre circumstances introduce

dental murder o f his infant

him to the Five Fishes, a reaction ary group bent on changing social

daughter. Yet his seems a typical

drous is suddenly, liltingly illumi nated by a single, simple event. The novel’s plot is crisp yet fluid. James keeps the action rac

Wom en abruptly stopped having children en masse some

conditions in England. The group wants Theo to

ing and integrates enough twists to

persuade his cousin, the Warden o f

prevent the story from becoming

time around 1995; the non-event

England, to institute religious and

overly predictable.

life in the year 2021.

A novel to be savoured.

Dawn o f the D ead

comes

close).

Psycho — K ick ed o f f set an impossibly high stand

Perkins for the rest o f his life.

D ra cu la (original)— ”1 never drink...wine.” Another severe case o f typecasting

The Children o f Men a v a ila b le

hardcover

is at

Prospéra Bookstore in Les Cours Mont-Royal. The price is $26.00.

(B ela Lugosi was even bur ied in his cape) but a success on levels that few vampire films since can touch.

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Entertainment

Spinning the light fontastic BY JENNIFER B UD G ELL A N D C LA IR E SUTTON The much anticipated SpinFontana tour spiralled through town last week featuring the British bands Ocean C olour Scene (O C S ),

Ocean C olour Scene.

articles o f clothing.

The next group to play was

“The people went wild over

The House o f L ove. Chicken

us - even though they didn’t really

necked Guy Chadwick and his

know us. It was like being The Beatles for two weeks,” Fowler reminisced, “ ...a life you can get

mates played most o f the ephem eral riffs that made them famous. A s expected, the crowd response

used to.” B oth

Guy Chadwick is probably one of the best songwriters in Britain right now,” Fowler remarked. And how did the band meet? “W e don ’ teat meat- we don ’t

Damon, who retired to bed, w e went back into L a Brique with Simon to catch the Catherine

eat meat and we don’t smoke ei ther,” replied Cradock.

Wheel. The show was brilliant- tight and refined like the album “Fer ment,” but live the guitars were more intricate and loud. The band

he and M in c h e lla

On a more serious note,

especially indulged themselves

agreed that The House o f Love should be headlining the tour ( The

Damon explained that they’d all been in bands in the Birmingham

during “ B la c k M e ta llic ” and 'Texture,’’where the layered gui

House o f Love and Catherine Wheel take alternate turns headlin

area before forming this one, but

tar effect and haunting vocals o f

laughed as they recalled how lousy

lead singer Rob Dickinson mes

roadie who directed us to Oscar Harrison, drummer for O CS. He

ing on the Spin-Fontana tour).

they were. OCS has been together

merised the crowd. After the show we met up with guitarist Brian

typical, mundane concert review,

led us outside and onto the tour

been around for a long time and

for 3 years as o f October 16th. “The name Ocean Colour

the Tribune presents a general over

bus, where we met with

Scene is really just words

check out a local cock-rock band.

view o f the entire night. It was, to

Simon Fowler (topless

that sound

and sockless) as well as guitarist Stephen

gether,” said Fowler. The band thought

A quiet, boy-next-door type, he described the tour as going well, especially since all three bands get

C rad o ck

that “colour” and “scene”

along with each other. This is

The House o f Love and Catherine Wheel. The latest in a series o f “package” type tours, Spin-Fontana greeted a crowd o f about 200 fans at L a Brique on Friday night, the fifth stop o f a seven week tour. Rather than bore our readers with a

say the least, an experience. W e arrived at the gig just as O C S was finishing their first song.

was intense to the point o f annoy ing, especially after being head butted by a 16-year old shoegazer. W e stuck around for most o f the show until we spotted a passing

and

“ The House o f Love have

bassist

go o d

Futter who was hanging around to

Catherine Wheel's third tour o f

The lanky lead singer, Simon

Damon Minchella.

went well together, but

Fowler, was in the process o f throw

O cea n

North America this year (but the

Scene was pleased with

they needed something else. Simon was at a li

the reception they re

brary one day, when he

and the audience gets better and

ceived that night and on

saw a book on ocean lin

more receptive each time, he said,

professionalism exhibited by the

the Spin-Fontana tour in

ers. The w ord ocean

especially in Canada.

entire band was impressive. The band ran through most

general. Montreal and

struck him, and the name

“It seems to take less gigs to

complete. The band re leased a single “ Sway” in

get well known over here than it does in England.”

released self-titled debut album,

Toronto shows were the best gigs so far on the tour according to the

OceanColourScene was

including Stevie W onder’s “Do

band. Fowler told us that

1991, which immediately

Incidentally, C atherine Wheel is the first band he’s ever

Yourself a Favour,” and the ever-

the band is relatively fa mous in England, being

became a dance floor hit.

been in. W hen asked what advice

T h ey garnered much

he has for young people trying to

cert, O C S placed a greater empha

an opening band again is

press attenti on in England

start bands, Futter simply said,

sis on the guitars, though still keep

something o f a c h a n g e -

before tak ing a y ear off to work on their debut al

“Give up - get out o f it.”

ing himself about the stage like a madman. For an opening band, O C S was great- the tightness and

o f the songs from their recently

popular club tune “Sway.” In con

C o lo u r

ing with the light, danceable edge

but good in a way be

so prominent on the album. The

cause they always finish early and can do other

bum.

things. T h ey

mous, and then the year

crowd, mostly unfamiliar with OCS

(as it is their first tour o f

North America) seemed apprecia tive in the amount o f applause and screams they generated. A s the band left the stage (Simon Fowler with a stomach

“W e were quite fa

first time they ’ ve played Montreal)

Catherine Wheel, The House o f Love and Ocean C olour Scene complement each other well and provided an evening o f entertain

recently

o ff really fucked us up,”

ment that was well worth coming

wrapped up a tour o f Ja pan, which Fowler de

Fowler remarked. N o w

out for. With the amount of bands coming over the pond these days to

back on track, the band is looking to expand their

scribed as being like “L e g o la n d ” . The fans

horizon

N orth

strut their stuff in North America, its rare to find three really good,

cramp), one wondered how the headliners could match up to the

loved them, giving them

America.

tight bands together on the same

numerous gifts such as

tour.

personality and great talent o f

bouquets o f flowers and

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Sports Football m akes playoffs w ith w in over Carleton B Y C H R IS T O P H E R R IG N E Y

In their regular season fi nale at Molson Stadium on Satur day afternoon, the McGill foot ball Redmen easily defeated the winless Carleton Ravens 20-0. The McGill victory secured a third-place finish for the Redmen in the O-QIFC, and set up a firstround playoff clash against the Queen’ s Golden Gaels next Sat urday in Kingston. When examining the peaks and valleys of the Redmen sea son, it is clear to see the common key to each victory. Each Redmen triumph has seen a balanced of fensive front with the implemen tation of a solid running game. On the occasions where the ground game has been absent, the offen sive burden has shown to be too

great to place solely on the throw ing arm of either François Gauvin or Justin Raymond. Against the Ravens, 212 of McGill’ s 303 yards of total offen sive production were on the ground. Redmen fullback Delando Hawthorne continued his comeback from last season’s an kle injury by notching 92 yards on 14 first-h alf carries. Hawthorne opened the scoring after breaking through the Ravens’ defence for a 29-yard touchdown run at 6:37 of the open ing quarter. After kicker Andy Boon tacked on a 26-yard field goal to add to the Redmen advan tage, Hawthorne again powered across the goal line for his sec ond major o f the game. Hawthorne’s one-yard touch down run at 6:27 of the second quarter further extended the

Redmen lead to 17-0. With his team leading at the half, Redmen coach Charlie Baillie decided to rest Hawthorne for the remainder of the game. Both player and coach thought better then to risk the still-tender ankle o f the fullback. With Hawthorne relegated to specta tor, the ground duties were as signed to David Hinchey, a firstyear Arts student from Westmount, Que. Following the blocks of his mammoth offensive line, Hinchey rushed for 96 yards on 19 carries, and was the leading rusher for both teams. The second half saw but one score: Andy Boon’s 16-yard field goal at 2:02 of the third quar ter. Boon’s kick split the uprights, giving the Redmen a 20-0 advan tage, and capping the afternoon’s scoring. As a result of the out

standing effort turned in by the Redmen defensive corps, the McGill lead was at no time in jeopardy. Rarely allowing the Ravens past midfield, the McGill secondary picked off Carleton quarterbacks Bret Thomson and Richard Robinson five times. De fensive back Jamie Murphy came up with a pair of interceptions, while Mark Reesor, Mike Germann and Franz Wellington had one each. Standout offensive tackle Matthieu Quiviger was impressed with the effort put forth by his team.” “We came out here with a job to do and we did it,” said Quiviger. “I believe that the of fence is coming together at the right time. The defense played really well, and that was reassur ing to see,” he added.

The 3-4 Redmen must now channel all their energies toward defeating the Queen’s Gaels, a team which defeated them 27-17 less than a month ago. Coach Baillie made clear what must be done if the Redmen are to emerge victorious this week end. “I’m not worried about our offence. Our main concern is to stop Brad Elberg and the other talented Queen’ s backs,” said Baillie. “If we can contain their running game, we should be in it until the end,” he said. The showdown against the second-place Gaels takes place this Saturday at 1:30 in Kingston. In the other O-QIFC matchup, the number four Ottawa Gee Gees travel to Lennoxville to take on the top-seeded Bishop’s Gaiters.

R ed m en rock B rock bu t G uelph gets a w a y BY GO RDO N ALLEN

Redmen hockey came away with a split in weekend action, after doubling Guelph 4-2 Friday and doing some doubling of its own Saturday over Brock, 6-3. The home-opening loss to Guelph Friday night was marked by a failed comeback attempt by McGill who found themselves trailing the Gryphons 3-0 half way through the third period. Two quick goals by Martin Laquerre and Mark Shewfelt narrowed the gap to one goal and the Redmen were knocking at the door for another. Alas, with 1:17 remaining in the final frame, Guelph’s Mike Allen effectively ended McGill’s hopes for a tie with a tally past Redmen puckstopper Paulo Miguel. M cGill’ s back-up keeper was solid, turning away 40 of 44 shots while his comrades could only manage 19 at their target. The weekend action left the Redmen witha l-2regular season record. “We have started like last year by losing our first couple of games, but that is normal at McGill,” remarked second-year centre Guy Boucher. “ Coach Pronovost has a system and it’s going to take some time before we nail it down” . The coach echoed these sen timents, adding “most rookie mis takes will hopefully be eliminated

by Christmas” — a key to a team with seven first-year players. Pronovost had lamented before the weekend series that he was waiting for someone to take charge on the ice. His fears my have been assauged by a threegoal perfomance by Boucher in the victory over the Brock Badg ers on Saturday. The first period of the matinee was dominated by nobody but the referee, who or chestrated a continual procession to the sin bin, consequently elimi nating any sense of flow the game could have had. McGill did head to the dress ing room up 1-0 however, cour tesy o f Guy Boucher’s third goal of the young season. Markers by Shewfelt and Boucher had opened up a 3-0 lead when Brock finally got on the board. However, the three goal cushion was re stored by centre Robbie Clinch while the Badg ers were still con gratulating themselves on break ing goaltender Patrick Jeanson’s shutout bid. With a name like

Clinch, one might think that the Redmen’ s 4-1 lead was safe, but McGill came out fiat in the third. The result: two Brock goals that cut the lead to one. “We started to slack off, and you never do that in hockey” related Boucher. “We were disor ganized for a little while, but we knew what we had to do” . Boucher certainly knew what he had to do. Halfway into the third Boucher picked up a puck outside Brock’s blue line, blew around a defenseman and

Brock badgered McGill but to no avail.

slotted it past the goalie for his third of the match, and a 5-3 lead. Another by Marc Lustig sent the Badgers packing. Last year’s CIAU rookieof-the-year Patrick Jeanson was back between the pipes and performed adequately after sitting out Friday’s match. He was especially solid in the third when it looked like McGill might just blow it. He certainly was not to blame for Brock’ s second goal which opened the third period. A total fluke, the puck banked

off of McGill defenseman Todd Hanrahan and into the net of of a Brock pass from behind the goal. “I am hoping (back-up goalie) Paulo Miguel will putpressure on Patrick to perform well. That is what hockey is all about” stated Pronovost. Pronovost was not sure who he would designate starting goaltender for Wednesday’s home game at 7 :30 p.m. versus the Ot tawa Gee-Gees.

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Sports

Hockey Martlets scoreless

Sports Notes

off scrambles in the goal crease. Led by returnee Wendy Bain, the de fence was effective in tying up St. Laurent in the slot and held the

“It was our first game,” said Benson, the league’s third-leading scorer a year ago. “With a lot of rookies, we were a little panicky at

Amazons to one goal from the door

race at Parc de Maisonneuve were all from M cG ill, which beat

in over their heads. The smaller

first. By the third period, we had calmed down and had a few chances of our own.” “Last year we did well when

for a scoring chance 12 seconds into

McGill team was repeatedly mus

we were in good shape and played

Muldowney, Danielle Dyck, and Mary-Beth Burton secured spots

the game, St. Laurent began the slaughter. McGill played sacrificial

cled off the puck. When McGill did have scoring chances, they were

good fundamental hockey,” said an obviously frustrated coach Geoff

two through five for M cGill. Kelly Fallon and Tanya Taivassalo also qualified for the C I A U Championships, which will be hosted by

lamb to a team that looked bigger, meaner, and better than most Polish

stopped cold by veteran St. Laurent goalies. During a five-on-three

Phillips. “The level of play in the

M cG ill on November 7. M c G ill’s men placed second behind Sherbrooke, and were led

national men’s teams. A few breakaways and some fluky screen shots put St-Laurent up

power play, captain Aly son Fournier took a perfect pass from Brenda Benson, stepped around the de

4-0 after the first period, and that

fender, and went in alone. Glove

was the way it went. Final score: StLaurent 11, McGill 0. Unfortunately,

save.

BY C R A IG BERNES Sometimes the truth hurts. On Friday night, the hockey Martlets travelled to C E G E P St-Laurent for the opening game of the season and were soundly thrashed. After the Martlets broke in

those are not Roman numerals. There were bright spots for

step. Offensively, the Martlets were

At this point, the Martlets are clearly in the toddler stage when

Following her twelfth straight victory, cross-country running sensation Linda Thyer has been named Q SSF Athlete o f the W eek for the 12th time in three years. The top five finishers in the wom en’s 5K Sherbrooke, Laval and Rimouski. M élanie Choinière, M aeve

league is higher this year — w e’re better than we were at this point last year, but teams like St. Laurent are also much better.” On Sunday inTrois-Rivières,

by Jean-Nicolas Duval who finished sixth in the 10K race. On the men’s side, seven M cG ill runners qualified for the Nationals: Duval, Mark Coleman, Joshua Lull, Ron Sherman, Jean-Marc Benoit, Brad

the Martlets were forced to play with 10 skaters and went down 6O.They should expect some heavy

Martlet Basketball crushes Ottawa

the Martlets. The score could actu ally have been worse; rookie

ing to bully people around. McGill has been on the ice for about three

practices to get their skating up to snuff before this weekend’s game against John Abbott College. McGill

goaltenders Amelie Meyers and Sep

weeks; St-Laurent for about two

hosts the Islanders at 6:30 on Hal

tember Weir made some pretty saves

months.

loween night.

other teams in the league are start

Thyer’s win streak now at twelve

Young and Steve Shigeishi.

M c G ill’s women’s basketball team travelled to Ottawa this weekend for an exhibition game and rolled over the Gee-Gees 77-58. Led by Debby M orse’s 17 points and 16 from Jane Ross, the Martlets were ahead 39-25 at the half. Also in double figures were Martina van der Vlist with 10 points and 7 rebounds, and rookie Josée Deloretto with lOpoints.

Redmen Basketball catches Q u een ’s

Notes from the Bathtub

Douglas McMahon had a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds in Kingston as M cG ill squeaked by Queen’s 80-75. Todd McDougall contributed 14pointsand5 rebounds, Bruce Bird added 13 points and 9 rebounds, and Keith Driscoll added 10 points as M cG ill came back after trailing 42-38 at the half.

vided at cost by Subway), and the frequent bouts of rain, McGill crews managed to dominate on the worldclass racecourse. The Novice W om en’s A and B boats finished first and

hard work of Hugo Miller and the Regatta Committee), but McGill crews performed almost flawlessly, providing just the boost necessary for the O U A A/O W IA A Champion

second respectively, out of a field of

ship Regatta next weekend in St.

six crews. The Novice Women’s 4+ took home another gold. The N o v

Catharines. These winning results follow

ice Men’s A and B crews, not to be outdone, likewise crushed the com petition. The McGill Varsity Heavy

directly in the wake of the Heavy Men’s 4 + ’s impressive victory at the prestigeous international Head

weight M en’s 8+ also struck gold,

of the Charles Regatta in Boston.

On Friday, Brigitte Masella potted one to give M cG ill a 1-1 tie

This crew, made up of two élite McGill alumni, and two McGill ath letes who competed for Canada in

was underway. Five rowing clubs joined McGill in competition on our be

followed closely by our own Light weights. The Varsity Heavyweight Women’s 4+ dusted their competi tion as well, in their newly-chris tened boat, the “Mike Lizee.” In equally exciting racing, the

with Sherbrooke. On Saturday, Heidi Bloomfield had two, with

Barcelona, and steered by M cGill’s Varsity Heavy 8+ coxswain crushed the competition in front of a crowd

a Bishop’s ‘own goal’ as Bishop’s tossed the ball into its own net o ff

loved Olympic Basin (a.k.a. “the Bathtub”)— one of them arch-rival

McGill Women’s single, the M en’s Lightweight 4+ and the Women’s

of literally hundreds of thousands. Needless to say, they made a good

Redmen So ccer upset by Concordia

Queen’s. But “Kill M cGill” it was not. In fact, McGil 1erews took away

Lightweight 8+ all came second. In the Women’s double, M cG ill’s nov

most of the first-time, one-of-a-kind medals. Amidst the clicks o f numer-

ice crew finished a solid third, as did our Heavy Women’s 8+. It was a

name for M cGill Crew. Here’s to the onset of day light savings time (with the chance for rowers to actually practice in

our local parental (and several more

happy day at the medal ceremony. Not only did the regatta run well and smoothly (thanks to the

BY JEN MACTAGGART It was a typical October Sat urday in Montreal— deceptively warm in the morning, but with mist leading into rain, and progressing into wind and cold by the afternoon. But while others crammed for mid terms, furiously wrote first para graphs of essays, or just plain slept in and stayed warm, there was a flurry o f activity (not snow, thank goodness) at Montreal’s Olympic Basin. The McGill University R ow ing Club’s first invitational regatta

professional) photographers, the consumption of Subway subs (pro

daylight for a week), and to an equally, if not more successful showing next weekend.

Martlet Soccer ties Sherbrooke, trounces Bishop’s M cG ill’s women’s soccer team ended its season with a firstplace finish in the Q U S L , earning a bye into the league championship final. The Martlets will play the winner o f Sherbrooke and Concordia, who square o ff this weekend.

singles from Julia Maughan, Stacey Short, and rookie Sandra Mady as M cG ill blew away Bishop’s 6-0. M cGill notched a goal courtesy o f a throw-in.

M c G ill’s men’s soccer team was beaten 3-0 at Loyola by Concordia on Saturday. The Redmen finished the regular season in third place in the Q U S L , and will meet U Q T R in the semi-finals at Trois Rivières on Sunday.

Field hockey kept off scoreboard M cG ill’s field hockey team was kept scoreless this weekend at Ottawa’s O W I A A tournament, but still qualified for next week’s playoff in Toronto this weekend. On Friday, the Martlets fell 6-0 to University o f Toronto. York beat M cGill 8-0 on Saturday, and Guelph downed the Martlets 2-0 on Sunday. The women will face either Y ork or Toronto this weekend.

Redmen Rugby sw eeps weekend The Redmen Rugby First X V advanced to the final o f the Quebec M en’s Second Division O ’Neill Cup with a hard fought win over the Chateauguay River Rats. Chris Hobson had two penalty kicks in the 6-5 victory which saw tough play from all o f M c G ill’s players. On Sunday the Second X V crushed Concordia’s First X V by a score o f 19-10. Dan Benoit led the way with two tries and John M cDougall had one. Sean Ewart added two conversions. The team was led by the strong efforts o f Mark Ridley and Pablo Martinidiot. '

Football All-Stars announced Selections for the O Q IF C all-stars have been released, featuring five M cG ill players. Offensive guard Val St. Germaine, offensive tacklc Matthicu Quiviger, inside receiver Courtenay Shrimpton, wide receiver Alex Trépanier and defensive back Doug Naudie were honoured.

Novice "B" eight eliminated sideways drift, giving the "A"s a run for their money

The McGill Tribune, Oct 27-Nov 2,1992

Sports

Page 14

Revenge is a dish best served cold beaten us before. N o w we have the

alty conversion, M cG ill decided

M c G ill’s puissance unnerved the

Martlet #8 Alison Traynor

confidence that w e can beat them;

to take charge and preceded to

Abbott players and led to the most

took it upon herself to restore or

w e just have to do it.” The A game that followed, between M cG ill and John Abbott

march down the field, following a

dramatic play o f the match, where

deep boot by fly half Jen Hall. With some quick play by scrum

Jen Hall intercepted a floating pass and fortified that with a 50-yard

der with what can only be de scribed as a Herculean try, leaving

College, was definitely a grudge match. In their last encounter,

half Shannon Levere and some locomotion by #8 Alison Traynor,

breakaway run for a try.

M acDonald campus, and the A team re-established its dominance

Abbott beat the odds as well as

the Martlets found themselves ago

m ore o f the same treatment:

M cG ill— and wasn ’ t shy about let

nizingly close to scoring until sec

M cG ill running all over Abbott.

with a 15-5 w in against John

ting people hear about it. A s in the B game, it looked

ond row Beth W y lie took matters

The lopsidedness o f the game set

into her own hands and drove the

o ff some short fuses, especially

Clearly) hooked almost all o f their balls in her first A game. Our for

as if history was fated to repeat

ball in for her first-ever M cG ill

those M cG ill players being abused

wards would keep driving over

itself as Abbott got on the board with an early try and stifled M cG ill

try.

by a certain number seven on the

the ball and A lison (T raynor)

BY DEREK D E SJA R D IN S On Sunday, both the w om en’s A and B rugby teams proved some important things to them selves. The B team surprised them se lv e s

w ith

a 5-5

tie

w ith

Abbott College. The chilly day started early with the second team facing up a gain st

c ro ssto w n

riv a ls

T hereafter, the M artlets

The second half started with

Abbott team.

dazed Abbott players in her wake. M c G i ll ou tsid e center Sharon Jefferson offered realistic assessment o f the game. “ Susie

(h o o k e r

Susan

would hold them in. W hat few balls they did win, they did noth

M acDonald College. Last time

for the next couple o f minutes,

could do no wrong with powerful

“I had a hold o f her chin and

these two teams faced each other, M cG ill couldn’t even get on the

with the help o f a lot o f penalties. After Abbott missed a pen

drives by the pack and impeccable passing and tackling by the backs.

her lip,” growled M cG ill flanker

ing with. W e countered amaz

Cindy Hendrickson.

ingly.”

board. History seemed doomed to repeat itself as the M cG ill team played sluggish rugby for most of the first half, giving up a try to M a c ’s #8 Silvia W o o d putting Abbott ahead 5-0. The tide o f the game turned in M c G ill’s favor near the end of the first period. The Martlets mounted serious pressure near the M acDonald try line but couldn’t penetrate the end zone before the whistle. Trying to erase the five-point deficit, M cG ill came out running in the second half but was stone walled for most o f itby their oppo nents. Finally, withalmostno time

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left in the game, M cG ill flanker A llegra Calder powered into the endzone for a tally. The potential last second game winning conver sion ricocheted wide from a tough angle to keep the game a well balanced 5-5. Calder was very articulate in describing her game-tying try. “I picked up the ball, ran, gottackled,andputtheball down.” M cG ill second row Sarah Hagarty talked about the impor tance o f a strong game against M acDonald. “W e really pulled together in the second half. Our team was uncertain, atfirst,because they’ve

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Sports

McGill strikes triple gold in badminton tourney B Y TRIBUNE S P O R T S STAFF

tional strength in the event with a

Laval team. D ow n 12-4 at one

one day as opposed to two in

M c G ill’s R obbyn Hermit

thrilling three game victory over

point, the M c G ill duo were able

Ontario.

age dominated the w om en’s sin

Laval in the final. After losing the

to turn it up a notch while holding

“The tournaments here defi

The M cG ill varsity badmin

gles competition, never allowing

firstgame 15-2,Filion and Gordon

the Laval team at bay on their

nitely place a greater emphasis on

serve.

endurance and fitness”, said G an

tied for fourth.

ton team took top honours in three

more than seven points in any

came back and managed to win

out o f five events in a provincial

game during the day long tourna

two close games.

tournament held at the Currie

ment. Hermitage, who recently

“A fter that first game, we

w om en’s singles title in 1991-92,

In m en’s doubles action,

Gym nasium on Saturday. The

participated in an international ex

really didn’t think w e would win.

showed her diversity in success

Dave M eijer and Bruno D ion won

M c G ill Invitational tournament,

hibition featuring Canada and

But when w e got an early lead in

fully switching to mixed for the

the silver, losing a tight match to

the first o f four Q S S F badminton

Hong Kong, now begins prepara

the second game w e gained some

tournament. Gandhi, playing his

Laval in the final. Despite the

tournaments held throughout the

tion for the A ir Canada Grand

confidence and began to play more

first tournament for M cG ill after

setback, Dion and M eijer feel they

year, w as w o n b y U niversité

Prix tournament, to be held in

aggressively,” said Gordon.

playing for Western last year,

have a good chance at knocking

Laval, with M c G ill taking second

Sherbrooke next weekend.

M c G ill also w on gold in noted that a major difference be

o ff the La val team in the upcoming

p lace o v e ra ll. U n iv e rsité de

w om en’s

d o u b le s ,

Bastien, winner o f the Q S S F

m ixed doubles, as Julie Bastien

dhi.

tween the Quebec and Ontario

tournaments.

w h ile

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