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V e te r a n s R e f le c t Veterans discuss the significance of Novem ber 11th for a genera tion far removed from the First World War. They encourage youth not to forget the sacri fice, but acknowledge that war should not be glorified either—stu dents at McGill sup port this view. See page 11
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'Ihe Biodiem istry Department presents a seminar on “Sequencing the Yeast Genome” by Dr. Howard Bussey. 11:30 AM, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 903.
The ScaredWeirdLillieGuys, a hilarious, highly-acdaimed muscal-oomedy duo from Melbourne, Australia, wffl be appearing tonight in Gat's at 8 PM Tickets $4 McGifl, $5 general. Dont miss out!
SAOOM offers a “Friends and Family of Survivors of Sexual Abuse” facilitated mutual aid support group. 6308:30 PM, private room at McGiD. Càfl 3982700.
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QPIRG’s Global Cooperation Network, a group working on issues related to the environmental, social, and political effects of food and food produc tion, meets at 5 PM in Shatner 435.
Opera McGill presents Opera Scenes. 7:30 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke SLW. Free. For more info call 3984547/8101. Friday. November 12
TheFaadtyofM edidne presents the 16th Osier Lecture given by Dr. Donald C Johanson, paleoanthropologist, on “Searching for Our Oldest Ancestors.” 6 PM, Leacock 132. Free.
McGill Fashion Show tryouts end today. 5-7 PM, Shatner Cafeteria. McGill Young Akimni presents “Have You Ever Wondered1...', a speech by Professor Joseph Schwartz. Entertain ing answers to puzzling questions. 6-7 PM, Otto Maass Bldg., Room 10. Everyone welcome. Free For more info call 398 4534. Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays ofMcGill (LBGM) has a weekly Bi-Group discussion, meeting at 5:30 PM on the 5th floor of the Eaton Bldg. Friendy atmos phere, aD welcome. McGillImprov performs for free in the Alley every Wednesday at 830 PM
McGUlOutingCkibmeets every Wednesday at 7:30 PM, Leacock 26 or 132 SAOOMoffers two facilitated mu tual aid support groups: “Women Survi vors of Domestic Violence" and “Men Survivors of Sexual Abuse.' 6:30-8:30 PM, private rooms at McGJL Call 398-2700.
An Abortion Support Group meets every seoond Wednesday evening in a comfortable living room, for women who wish to share their experiences. We also provide a dinic escort service. For more info contact the McGll Women’s Union at 3986823 or Maija at 286-8075-
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Association(MTSA)brings you two great Chinese movies, “Pushing Hands” and “Ming Ghost,” with English and Chinese subtitles. $3 members, $4 public 6:30 PM, Leacock 132. Call 4990109 for further info. Hk-McGIHInvitational Baskethall Tournament opens with McGil against New Brunswick. 8 PM, Currie Gym. $3 students, $5 general.
TheYeflowDoorCofifeeHouse presents live music by the Garden Bards, with Tariq. Followed by an open stage. $2 8 PM, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For more info call 3986243.
LBGM offers two discussion groups: a Coming CXt Group at 5:30 PM, and a General Discussion Group at 7 PM. Both are in the basement of the United Theological College, 3521 University. Friendly atmosphere, afl weloome. The McGillCurlingChib wifl be holding free curling dinics every Friday from 4-5 PM at Montreal Thisde CG, 1420 du Fort No experience neoessary. We provide everything.
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McGill’s InvitationalBasketball Tournament comes to a dose at 2 PM
TheTamilAssodatfoaafMcGill Universityishavingan inauguration meet ing & pot luck. 5 PM, Thompson House, 3650McTavish. For infocaD Ketha/Anselm (287-3283), Nah(284-6l 23), Srikurrw6352060), or Nesan (MacDonald College, 4576531). The Faculty of Music presents the “Ladies’ Morning Musical Club” with the Beaver/Parker Duo. 3:30 PM, Pollack HaD, 555 Sherbrooke SL W. Tickets $20/ $15. For info call 932-6796/487-2822
Monday November IS The ClassicalMusic Club meets tonight at 630 PM in Room C-204 of the Strathoona Music Bldg AD welcome.
TheBkxhemistxyDepartment presents a seminar on “Regulation organi zation and structure of the lux genes and proteins in luminescent bacteria” by Dr. Ted Meighen. 12:30-1:30 PM, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 903-
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McGill memory symposium sparks controversy BY MICHAEL BROADHURST AND MONIQUE SHEBBEARE
about the credibility o f wom en claiming child sexual abuse which will have a “chilling” effect on those working with survivors of abuse. Community activists have w r itte n le tte rs to G e ra ld Douville, Director of the Mon treal General Hospital w here the symposium will b e held, McGill’s Dean o f Medicine Richard Cruess, and Chair of Psychiatry Gerald Pinard re questing that the lecture and symposium either be expanded to a debate involving both sides o f the issue or be cancelled. Pierre Rousseau of RACOR en Santé Mentale, a coalition of Montreal mental health com munity organizations, told the Tribune RACOR is opposed to the symposium as it stands. “The least that w e ask is that the two sides b e repre sented,” he said. “Groups rep resenting survivors should be at the least consulted if not in vited.” Dr. Judith Herman, pro fessor of Psychiatry at Harvard U n iv e rsity a n d a u th o r of Traum a a n d Recovery ques
tioned the False Memory Syn drome. “It’s not even a scientific term,” she said. Dr. Pinard defended the choice of Lief, arguing that Lief had not been chosen because of his connection to the FMSF. “W e’re not inviting an or ganization that has a set agenda,” he said. “W e’re inviting a re now ned professor.” “Dr. Lief is professor emeri tus at the University of Pennsyl vania and has been editor of several scientific journals," he added. “I have no know ledge of [the FMSF] at all.” Lisa Addario, Interim Di rector of Legislation and, Law Reform for the National Asso ciation of W omen and the Law, asserted that the departm ent of psychiatry’s decision to hold the lecture and symposium is irresponsible. “My overwhelming reac tion is that a publicly funded le-iming institution has a re sponsibility to ensure that po tentially damaging issues re ceive a balan ced airing of views,” she said. “I am disap
pointed and perturbed at the decision to hold a symposium to give a platform to the views of an organization whose raison d ’être is to challenge people w ho claim they have been abused.” “Historically, people w ho have been abused have not been encouraged by society to com e forward,” she explained. “These people deserve our com passion so they can get on with their lives.” Sonia Goswami, External Coordinator o f the Sexual As sault Centre of McGill (SACOM), stated that the organization is opposed to the symposium. “SACOM is against the symposium on False Memory Syndrome without the other side represented,” she said. “It is part of a backlash in which society doesn’t want to admit the reality o f child sexual abuse. The departm ent of psychiatry is giving the message that False Memory Syndrome is a legiti mate phenom enon.” Dr. Lief said that he w ould not participate in a debate at McGill.
“I don’t w ant to have a debate because the people that claim that sexual abuse that has taken place can be rem em bered twenty, thirty, even forty years later have had their say. They’ve had a tremendous audience over the past six or seven years,” he said. “T h e y ’ve m a d e th e ir point,” he added. “They don’t need another forum.” Cynthia Benjamin o f the McG ill W omen’s Union believes that the lecture ignores the po sition of victims of abuse. “T he victim is g etting pushed aside,” she said. “The whole title is a statement, a slant. It is not posing a ques tion; it is blatant denial.” Douville denied the Mon treal General Hospital’s involve m ent in the symposium. “The symposium is being organized by the university,” he said. “This is an issue of aca demic freedom .” W hen the Tribune con tacted Cruess’s office, a staff m em ber said that th e Dean w ould not accept calls regard ing the conference.
Equity report reveals difficulties
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A symposium and public lecture sponsored by McGill’s Department o f Psychiatry has p ro m p te d com plaints from McGill and Montreal commu nity organizations. The public lecture, scheduled for this Thurs day, is titled “Accusations of childhood sexual abuse: legal and ethical implications of the False Memory Syndrome”. Dr. Harold Lief, a profes sor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, will be the fea tured speaker at the public lec ture and symposium. Lief is a m em ber of the board of advi sors of the False Memory Syn drom e F oundation (FMSF). FMSF is a non-profit organiza tion that charges that accusa tions of child sexual abuse based on decade-delayed memories of adult survivors are created by misguided therapists. Those opposing the FMSF argue that the organization is forwarding an illegitimate theory
BY STEVE SMITH
A re p o rt re le a s e d by McGill's Employment Equity Ofice last W ednesday has raised juestions concerning the diection of the federal govemnent’s employment equity pro gram. The report also em pha sized discrepancies in the iniversity’s hiring and recruitnent of women, aboriginals, risible minorities and persons vith disabilities in numerous ireas. The report, titled the Fed eral Contractors Program (FCP) Compliance Report, is part of McGill’s ongoing commitment o the pursuit of a fair and repesentative workforce. As an >rganization that employs over 00 persons and wishes to bid >n federal contracts over >200,000, McGill is required to :ommit itself to the implementaion of employment equity. McGill has been commited to the FCP since 1987. The employment Equity Office’s Compliance Review report is re t i r e d as a part of this commitnent. The FCP Compliance Re new Report outlines the steps hat McGill is taking to achieve he eleven criteria identified by he federal government for the iesign and implementation of
an employment equity program. In order to assess the state of employment equity at McGill, the FCP requires McGill to com pare its internal representation of the designated groups in ques tion with the num ber of quali fied members of these groups available within the provincial, national, or local area labour force. Data relevant to the or ganizational planning of em ployment equity initiatives are provided by the Canadian Em ployment and Immigration Com mission (CEIC) in conjunction with Statistics Canada. The comparisons indicate that wom en and visible minori ties are well represented in McGill’s workforce in relation to local, provincial, and national labour forces, while aboriginal peoples and persons with dis abilities remain under-repre sented. McGill’s Director of Eq uity , H o n o ra S h a u g n e ssy , stressed that the comparisons required by the FCP are prob lematic and do not lend them selves to an accurate interpreta tion of the state of employment equity at the university. “The federal government requires us to compare McGill’s 1992 census data with informa tion from a 1986 national census - labour figures that are now out
of date,” she explained. Shaugnessy also noted the job classifications in use at McGill do not match up to the occupa tional groups provided for in the data from Census Canada. “We don’t consider this data valid for academic use,” she said. “Statistics Canada has not collected comparative data for women in an academic envi ronment.” Despite the difficulty of meeting the criteria of the FCP, the report m anaged to address various areas of concern regard ing employment equity at McGill. Specifically, the report detailed the average salary data for full time employees. This data was broken down into occupational c a te g o rie s a n d d e s ig n a te d groups. According to the report, “the salary data reveal that, on the average, salaries of visible minorities are often lower than the average salary of males; There are too few aboriginals to make any valid comparisons on salary data; in all but one of the occupational categories where data was reported, the average salary paid to females is less than the average salary paid to males." McGill Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs, Ruth Promislow, was satisfied
with the depth of the report and the issues it covered. “The report’s real strength was that it didn’t only identify goals, but specifically set out how to achieve them,” she noted. As part of the FCP’s crite ria, the report contains a section which outlines the goals for the hiring, training, and promotion of designated group employees. SSMU President Mark Luz felt that though the report raised valuable questions, it catered to government officials. ‘Technically, it’s what the government wants to see. It was a lot of figures, “promises, and projections, which is a start. It indicated a lot of problems at McGill that have to be ad dressed,” he said. Shaugnessy felt that the report was valuable in that it addressed the equity problems facing each designated group while also addressing the prob lems inherent in the nature of the university’s em ploym ent policy and practices. “The thrust of equity should be on qualitative changes to employment policy and prac tices free of discrimination,” she said. “This report assures that the difficulties facing not only wom en but all under-repre sented groups are addressed.”
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awareness <md help larsonal s a f e t y * p On November 2nd at 4:45PM, ait the McGill Co op store on the comer of Metcalfe and Sherbrooke streets, a woman was ap proached by a man asking her for money. When she declined to give him am£ he became verbally abu the sales clerk’s counter. The desk clerk notified se curity and, the m an was escorted out of the store. The man is described as approximately 70 years old, 5 8“with blue eyes and grey hair". At the time of the incident, be wore a long black coat and a hat and he spoke "clear English". Anyone Involved In an assault or incident Is encouraged to report the incident to the Montreal police, SACOM (39^2700) and the WSN (39S-2498)
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SSMU President votes against fraternity motion BY MICHAEL BROADHURST Students’ Society (SSMU) President Mark Luz surprised stu dent members of senate last W ednesday by opposing an SSMU-sponsored resolution re garding fraternity fundraising. The resolution, brought to senate by SSMU VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow, asked the university to cease any form of fundraising for fraternities. Martlet House, the principal fundraising body at McGill, had received donations for fraterni ties as recently as 1987. SSMU Council passed a resolution at its October 14th meeting requiring Promislow to introduce this motion to senate. Two councillors voted against the SSMU motion, with the rest of the votes cast in support. Luz abstained in the council vote. Student senators were una ware that Luz would vote against the senate motion. The Senate/ Board Caucus, composed of the student representatives to senate and McGill’s Board of Gover nors, meets prior to every senate meeting to discuss relevant is sues and to determine the posi
of the students in sen tion they will take on key ate, especially since he issues. Luz did not voice was mandated in coun any objection to the mo cil to vote in favour of tion at last w eek’s caucus the motion,” he said. meeting. In an interview on “Mark never raised Friday, Luz confessed his concerns [about the that he regrets his ac motion] prior to senate,” tion. Promislow said. “In retrospect, I re Arts Senator Rich alize now that I shouldn’t Latour said that Luz’s vote have [voted against the conveyed a poor mes resolution] because it sage in the senate cham was a mandate from ber. Council," he said. “It’s totally inappro “As for the motion priate for the President to itself, I certainly wasn’t vote against the VP Uni against the spirit The versity Affairs in Senate,” university should not be he said. “It makes stu fundraising for fratemidents look divided. If he c ties,” Luz added. was against the motion « Promislow, though he should have brought g disappointed that Luz it up in Senate/Board cau voted against the mocus.” © tion, suggested that he P ro m islo w b e O was not bound by the lieved that Luz’s action SSMU resolution. would not send a nega “Nothing in the tive message to the uni council motion stated versity community. Luz pulls presidential support for S S M U motion that all senators were “I guess the mes required to vote in favour of this Latour d isa g re ed w ith sage he sent, the message that motion,” she remarked. Promislow, suggesting that Luz’s was received, was that students Luz explained that his op actions were totally unsuitable. aren’t united on every issue,” she position to the motion was due “He should know as Presi said. “But we’re not required to to th e future of university dent not to vote against the rest be.”
fundraising efforts. “By the end of it, the me tion could be overly restrictive ii terms of accepting an unsolicite gift,” he said. “If in the futur there happened to be a ver worthy cause that no one woul disagree with, [we wouldn’t b able to] accept an unsolicite gift." Arts S e n a to r Jen n ife Shapiro argued that Luz shoul be commended for his action. “Although I might not agre with [Luz's] decision, I’m happ that he made it,” Shapiro said .1 think a person’s integrity is in portant and he should be cor gratulated for maintaining i rather than chastised.” SSMU Science Rep Jen niff Small noted that council did giv the senators a mandate to suj port the motion. “In council w e voted a most unanimously in favour < the [SSMU] motion, so I guess would be surprising that !Lu voted against it,” she noted Latour suggested that coui cil should receive an apok>£ from Luz at Thursday’s meetin “Even if it is a relative minor issue, the principle of ‘sü dent unity1was broken,” he sail
N ew s Briefs E ffects o f N A F T A on M e x ic o d isc u ssed Mario Rojas, former Opposition member of the Mexican congress, spoke to students about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Human Rights in Mexico last Wednesday. Rojas, a political refugee, noted that the 1988 elections in Mexico were fixed. He explained that after 59% of the ballots in the election had been counted, the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) had a substantial lead. However, the elections office claimed a computer failure, and the ruling party emerged as the winner after counting the remaining 41% of the ballots. “Mexico is not a real republic, but a new edition of the old monarchical sys tem - the perfect d ic ta to r s h ip ,” Rojas argued. Rojas noted that the debate concerning NAFTA has fo cused uniquely on the economic aspects of the pact, not the social or politi cal consequences of the agree ment. He claimed that a large per centage of the in flux of capital into Mexico will go to .5 huge factories, (h large-scale agrie cu ltu ral e n terx prises, and giant * commercial mo nopolies. Rojas p re dicted that two , ,... to three million Rojas discusses Human Right and NAFTA
Mexicans would lose their jobs, increasing social tensions within Mexico and immigration problems for its neighbours to the north. Rojas has written a book entitled Las M anos Sucios (The Dirty Hands) outlining the human rights situation in Mexico. He is planning to donate a copy to the McLennan Library.
M c G ill stu d e n t ex p elled fro m F orum Last Saturday, McGill student Chris Peake was removed from the Montreal Canadiens game at the Forum for bad behaviour. With accomplice Brian Harrington, Peake made posters which were deemed potentially offensive to another hockey fan present that night, former prime minister Brian Mulroney. “Doug Henning for a Perfect Government," read one such poster. Sitting only a few seats behind Mr. Mulroney, Peake displayed his posters in an attempt to get on camera. “When I saw Mulroney there, I felt it had been preordained by God that I made the signs," Peake said. No charges have been laid, but both men are still Natural Law Party supporters.
C h ré tie n s in a n d th e h elicopters a r e out Last Thursday Canada’s 20th Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, was sworn in along with a cabinet of 22 ministers and 8 Secretaries of State. The ceremony took place at Ottawa’s Rideau Hall in front of a select crowd of family, friends, dignitaries and former prime minis ters. With his reduced Cabinet, Chrétien followed up on his promise to create what he believes will be a more effective and efficient executive. “To have an effective Cabinet..you cannot be 30 around the table all the time,” Chrétien said. Chrétien’s cabinet reforms are expected to save 10 mil on dollars per year. The Secretaries of State have portfolios but are not members of cabinet. However, with only 7 women in these two political bodies they will have to strive to ensure that women’s issues remain a priority in Canada. Chrétien’s moment of glory, however, was short-lived Thurs day as he gave the controversial go-ahead to the cancellation of the EH-101 helicopter deal.
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The McGill T ribune, N ovem ber 9-15,1993
BY TYLA BERCHTOLD AND JENNIFER LAMBERT A panel discussion on “Ethnicity and Racism in Mon treal” m arked the opening day of Culturefest ’93 on M onday, N ovem ber 1st. Speakers in cluded Robert Vachon, founder an d form er Director of Re search at the Intercultural In stitute of M ontreal, an d Jack Jedw ab, a McGill Sociology p ro fesso r a n d D irector for Com m unity Relations at the Canadian Jew ish Congress. A third speaker, Fo Niemi, Ex ecutive Director of the Centre for Research Action on Race Relations, w as unable to at tend. Although the event w as well planned and advertised, atten d an ce w as low. Paola S c a ro n e , C h a ir p e r s o n o f Culturefest ’93, attributed the small turnout of eight students to b ad w eather and p oor tim ing. “At first w e w o n d ered w hy the McGill com m unity w a s n ’t i n t e r e s t e d ,” s a id
Scarone. “Now, I d o n ’t think it w as a lack of interest. It w as p ro b a b ly d u e to th e b a d w eather a n d that m any McGill cultural g ro u p s h o ld th eir m onthly m eetings on M onday night.” As a result of the small turnout, the presentation w as m oved from a formal panel in Leacock 132 to an informal discussion g roup in the Alley. The informal nature of the discussion seem ed benefi cial, allow ing the students to voice their opinions o n the issues. The main concerns w ere the effect of the present eco nom ic situation on race rela tions, and the tensions b e tw e e n fra n c o p h o n e , an g lo p h o n e an d a llo p h o n e com m unities within M ontreal. T he tw o sp e ak e rs a p proached the topic from dif ferent perspectives. Jedw ab focused m ainly on the effects of population shifts in the Montreal com m u nity. “The rise in tensions is due to the quick changes in dem ographics,” he said. “These
[dem ographic changes] are mainly grow th in the allophone population d u e to an increased immigration an d a higher birth rate." Jed w ab also n o ted the effect o f a m odernized system o f beliefs. “B eliefs o n c e fo c u se d largely o n religion as the m ain id e n tific a tio n fo r s o c ie ta l groupings,” h e noted. “The m ain focus is n o w language.” V achon c r itic iz e d Jed w ab ’s use o f statistics and em braced a m ore radical a p proach. “Statistics directly contrib ute to the idea o f a n im per sonal collective,” h e argued. V achon decried the capi talist nature o f ou r society and stressed th at p e o p le “only speak in regard to the na tion-state,” and n o longer to the personal. “O ur biggest obstacle is ou r new religion o f develop m ent,” he said. J e d w a b c o u n te re d by questioning the practicality and realism o f V achon’s opinions. T h e s tu d e n ts p re s e n t
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w ere satisfied w ith the discus sion. Tatiana Glad, Program C oordinator o f Culturefest ’93, found V achon to be thought provoking, and agreed with his opinion o f the n e e d to find o n e ’s ow n culture. “Mr. V achon introduced an interesting dim ension. I re ally liked his ideas o f getting dow n to the basic elem ents in order to solve cultural p ro b lem s evident today,” she said. Chantz Strong, a U2 Sci ence student, concurred but thought that the speakers only tou ch ed on the basic issues. “[The speakers] h ad tw o very different view points, [and] they lacked su b stan ce,” he stated.
SSMU VP E x te rn a l A ndrew W ork enjoyed the di versity o f opinions. “It w as interesting to have tw o p eo p le concerned w ith the sam e issue b ut com ing from different fram ew orks o f reference,” he said. “Their ideas w eren ’t really conflicting, they w ere just different.” Considering the w eather an d the lack o f a large audi ence, Culturefest ’93 organiz ers felt the event w as reason ably successful. “It w as an interesting talk. There w as not a great turnout and w e w anted m ore debate but considering the situation, th in g s w e n t p re tty w e ll,” Scarone noted.
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The future funding of Surface, a Queen’s University student newspaper, is being debated by the Q ueen’s Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS). The paper was created with a mandate to give a voice to minority views and concerns on the Q ueen’s campus, but has been criticized recently for publishing controversial articles and poems. A referendum proposing that Surface hand ing continue was defeated by the students with almost 56 per cent voting against. The question now confronting ASUS is whether or not the referendum result ought to be binding. Some ASUS members expressed regret about the imminent doom of Surface. “The paper has sparked a lot of constructive debate about what minority issues are and how they are expressed,” said ASUS president Jen Steeves. “We asked the students if they would pay to support a paper that supports minority views. Maybe [students] don’t want to pay for it, maybe they don’t support it,” Steeves added. Some Surface supporters have allegedly resorted to violence. Heath Grant, ASUS Vice-President, claims to have received what he considers to be threatening phone calls from Surface supporters. Grant received two calls, both of which were left on his answering machine. The messages left involved the sounds of machine guns, psychotic laughter, and demands to “bring Surface back” in distorted voices. The threats were taken seriously, and ASUS has requested improved security for the ASUS offices. The ASUS executive said they have no plans to introduce a new paper in its current term.
Many McMaster University professors are using Courseware computer disks to provide their students with the texts and notes required for their classes. The professors are able, with the permis sion of the various publishers, to provide the pertinent sections of textbooks that would other wise have been purchased in their entirety from the university bookstore. The Courseware can be made available to students within 48 hours of a request The system also cuts down on students returning used books to the bookstore, thus creating expensive sur pluses. The Courseware is not returnable, which has some students concerned about the cost Publishers are reported to be very cautious about the new system, concerned with copyright infringements which could become more wide spread once a book is available electronically.
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McMaster University students are attempt ing to take matters into their own hands. Last month, a petition boasting 5,000 names, and a considerable contingent of protesters showed up at a senate meeting to protest the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) proposals for fee reform. A motion presented by student representa tives to the senate was referred to the senate executive. The motion required the senate to condemn the COU proposals on the grounds that the proposal was poorly researched and failed to involve McMaster students and faculty in its design. source: files from the McMaster Silhouette
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O p /E J EDITORIAL Remember their valour and the horror Rem ember w h en Re m em brance Day m eant a day off school? At least that’s the way it was perceived by many students. In fact, this percep tion was so w idespread that Ontario school boards can celled the Remembrance Day holiday in the late 1970s. These school boards rea soned that their students were not aware o f the significance o f this day or worse, didn’t seem to care enough to par ticipate in ceremonies in their communities. This apathy w hich has com e to characterize our selfcentered generation contin ues to b e in m arked contrast to the sacrifices of our grand parents’generation. As McGill students, these sacrifices are difficult to ignore. They mani
fest themselves in the num er ous memorials around campus which most of us have contem plated at one time or another. To m ost students, however, these memorials are dedications to past generations from their contemporaries, our connection to which seem s abstract at best. To believe that there is no connection is tragically false. O ne needs only to read over the nam es engraved on the m e morial in the Arts Building lobby to appreciate our link to McGill’s w ar dead. These young m en once sat in the classrooms which w e still use, and chances are once occupied the apartments which many of us currently call hom e. Perhaps the only differ ence betw een our generation and theirs is that w e will com plete our degrees, have families
and careers, and hopefully die at a ripe old age. These m en, and the many other McGill students o f both sexes w ho fought and died for their beliefs during the num er ous conflicts of this century, shared our enthusiasm for the ideals o f freedom and peace. Yet their generation faced a testing of these ideals that ours has thankfully not had to en dure. These memorials bear wit ness to their decisions. As is the fashion of today, questions have been raised con cerning the m ethods em ployed in the defence o f these ideals. As a result, veterans now find themselves having to defend the decisions they m ade. The questions raised by docum en taries such as the CBC’s “Tbe Valour a n d the Horror", which
exam ined Canada’s participa tion in the Second World War, are valid and must be consid ered. However, critics of mili tary strategy and m ethod must b e careful in their condem na tions. Much of the outrage of the veterans stemmed from what they perceived as accusations o f m urder. Particularly the mur der of German civilians in the massive Allied bom bing cam paigns allegedly aim ed at civil ian targets in an effort to bring a rapid halt to the war. Though Tbe Valour a n d The Horror did not intend to implicate the aver age soldier in its condem na tions, it seem s difficult to sepa rate the two. Today, students have the privilege o f asking these questions from their ivory tow ers of academia, a privilege that these men and wom en sac
rificed their lives to protect They cannot defend their ac tions, nor should they have to. The names on the Arts Building memorial and on memorials across the nation are the names of m en and w om en w ho w ent to w ar in the defence of the ideals of freedom and peace. They d en ied the apathy w hich weighs dow n so m any of us today and gave their lives for these ideals. On Novembei 11th, take a second to con sider the students these m e morials commemorate. Theirs is a model which should be ad m ired , re s p e c te d , a n d above all, rem embered. STEVE SMITH RAM RANDHAWA
EDITORIAL McGill Athletics 1, Women’s Teams 0(F?) McGill has much to be proud of when it comes to women athletes. Two outstand ing examples are runner Linda Thyer and the McGill Martlets soccer team. Thyer, a member of both the cross country and trade and field teams, is the first McGill athlete to earn All-Ca nadian status in two sports in the same year. She placed 2nd in the 1991 Canadian Inter u n iv ersity A thletic U nion (CLAL!) cross country champi onships and repeated the feat this year. At the 1993 CIAU trade and fidd championships she w on both gold and silver medals. The women’s soccer team has an equally im pressive record. The Martlets have been the best McGill intercollegiate team for the past four years, and McGill’s Team of the Year for ???? years. For the last 2 years they have been CIAU runners-up and they will be partidpating once again in the CIAU playoffs starting this Thursday. Unfortunately, this suc cess has not been reflected in the priority wom en’s athletics have been given for funding at
McGill. In 1992-93, wom en’s inter collegiate teams received 67% of the funding received by m en’s teams. And, while Athletics offidals may contend that change is slow and they are working to wards equity, thel993-94 budget proposals indicate that funding for intercollegiate women’s teams will decrease further to 58% of the funding that m en’s teams reedve. And these figures don’t include funding for full-time coaches. Indeed, only two of six full-time coaches are for wom en’s teams. This treatment reflects the bias that wom en’s athletics are not as “serious" as men's. When the time comes for budget cuts, funding assodated with wom en’s sports is the first to be cut. Director of Athletics Robert Dubeau recommended to Stu dent Services offidals in a De cember 1992 memo that the budget cuts necessary for the 1993-94 academic year be di rected at wom en’s teams. The only team-specific recommen dations included cutting the wom en’s ice hockey program and not hiring a full-time wom en’s basketball coach or wom en's intercollegiate coordinator.
There are other examples of differential treatment which don’t show u p in the budget for a p a rtic u la r te a m . W hile M cConnell W inter A rena is h eated for Redm en hockey games, it is not for Martlet games. Food vendors only w ork at Redmen games. The reason d ted for these discrepandes is that there are fewer fans at Martlet games... but why are there less fans? Unfortunately, the Martlet’s don’t have the help of two paid marketing employees to boost th d r attendance. Defenders of the status quo often d te the three-tiered system of categorization of teams as a reason for differences in fund ing. The criteria that determines these categories must surely be put into question if a team as successful as w om en’s soccer is categorized as a levd-tw o team when it comes to funding. In addition, women represent less than a third of the athletes on teams categorized at the highest funding level. Lade of funding for Athlet ics cannot be blam ed for the situation. Priorities in decision making are implicated. When budget cuts come, one is forced
to d ed d e which items are more or less important. A d e a r mes sage is being sent to women athletes that they are less impor tant at McGill. According to McGill’s Char ter of Student's Rights, every student has the right to equal treatment by the university. It shouldn’t take an offidal man date for this situation to be ad dressed and remedied. Students’ Sodety is calling fo ra cydical review of Athletics.
Such a cydical review would allow a committee external to the department to look at all aspects of the operation. This is a matter of course for all departments at McGill and a recognized way of improving a departm ent w hether or not there are spedfic concerns at the outset. The Department if Athletics is challenged to take its turn. MONIQUE SHEBBEA> E
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Home Alone: lost in contemplation In The Power o f Myth, Joseph Campbell expresses an interesting idea. “You can tell what’s informing a society,” he says, “by the tallest building in the place. When you approach a Medieval town, the cathe dral’s the tallest thing in the place. When you approach a seventeenth century dty, it’s the political palace... and when you approach a modem city, it’s office buildings and dwell ings that are the tallest things in the place.” As well, if we look at the modem city, we’ll see that at the top of these build ings one finds radio towers, television transmitters and sat ellite dishes. The tallest buildingin the world, the CN Tower, itself culminates in a massive radio antenna, a testament to the great god of mass commu nication. This idea seems to me to parallel the historical focal points of human dwellings. In ancient India, it was the family shrine or sacrificial altar which was the focus of the home. In medieval society, it was the large fireplace, the source of heat and food preparation. Now, in the modem world, if you walk into many average homes, the focal point of the communal living space will be the television. All chairs and couches are arranged in such a way as to provide an unob structed view of the TV. This is what is informing our society. TV is, in the mod em woiid, one of the most central sources of our informa tion. It has an immense impact on our ideas and views in all areas. Television tells us what’s important: It’s important to have lots of money, a nice car and to look beautiful. Noam Chomsky, in an interview with Alternative Ra dio (parts of which were sub sequently shown in M anufac turing Consent), explained that he sees one of the central roles of m ass m edia to be the marginalization of the mem bers of society. “By mass me dia I mean the tabloids... and the sitcoms and all that kind of stuff. They just have to divert people. Just get them to be isolated, separated land to] ac cept the basic values of the society - greed and personal gain... not caring about other people, that kind of thing.” In Food o f the Gods, Terence McKenna suggests (not for the first time) that television is a drug. This powerful, widely
VEDA MINUTE BY JONATHAN S. accepted medium “induces a trance state in the viewer” and has potentially addictive prop erties. While quoting another author, he writes that “the worries and anxieties of real ity are as effectively deferred by becoming absorbed in a television program as by go ing on a ‘trip’induced by drugs or alcohol. And just as alco holics are only vaguely aware of their addiction, feeling that they control their drinking more than they really do... people similarly overestimate their control over television watching.” In Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh argues that the Western world’s fast paced, ‘time is money’ ethic does not provide any avenues for re laxation and critical self-reflec tion. “Even when we have some leisure time, ”Nhat Hanh claims, “we don’t know how to use it to get back in tquch with our selves. We have millions of ways to lose this precious time - we turn on the TV or pick up the telephone... We are not used to being with ourselves, and we act as if we don’t like ourselves and are trying to es cape from ourselves.” The so ciety we live in is constructed in such a way as to discourage solitude and self-reflection. An environment has been created in which we are afraid to be alone. In an effort to test this theory, I decided to take a small poll. I went around cam pus and asked various indi viduals what they did when they came home and found themselves alone. After satisfy ing the immediate urge to uri nate and the obligatory retrieval of phone messages, people either sat down to watch TV, turned on their computers, put on some music and got some thing to eat, or some other very similar variation. Not one per son however just sat down in silence to reflect. It’s as if w e’re running a marathon and we don’t have any time to stop and rest. Society doesn’t seem to offer or encourage any escape from this constant din of dis traction. Evidence would seem to indicate that we are unable to live without continual exter nal input. Is Thich Nhat Hanh right, are we afraid to be alone?
L etters to the E ditor C o m m u n iq u e - t in g ..
I write this letter as a con cerned Commerce student with regard to the Commerce Com m unique. Having followed cov erage on the controversy sur rounding the publication in the general cam pus press, I feel it is time students of both sexes from the Faculty o f M anagem ent speak out. I must open by safeguard ing the fundamental rights of those w ho put together the C.C. to self-expression and freedom of speech. We live in an open society and must be willing to encounter multiple forms of ex pression, and not censor those w hose views don’t neatly match ours. However, there are limits even to the m ost basic of freedoms. Calls to violence, in citement, slander, racism and sexism should have no place in our papers, literature, or other popular media. Being a student in the fac ulty that sponsors the C.C., I feel it necessary to rem ind McGill students that the views propagated in that publication are those of the editors alone. I w ould further ask my fellow Commerce students, and elected MUS leadership w hether this paper deserves the continued support of the Faculty. Does this paper represent us? Is this what w e’re all about? Does the denigration of wom en amuse us? Is this a responsible contri bution on behalf of McGill Com merce to the rest of the univer sity? If your answ er to the last question is yes, I think you should leave the basem ent of the Bronfman Building and con sult some other students, in cluding som e wom en. We are not alone on this campus, or in this world. We must abide by certain laws and norms whether or not they are convenient for us. We should know this from our studies (yes, we should leave here having learned something). Managing entails dealing with people, not shutting our eyes to the existence of others. I would also suggest that we have a deep problem on our hands as hum an beings if this is how responsible university students choose to invest their talents. Finally, I w ould be en couraged to see that I wasn’t the only one troubled enough by this m atter to speak out. I guess the real challenge will be today w hen this letter is printed, to see if any others, particularly Commerce students, rose to do the right thing. Howard Liebman U3 Commerce
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I have never written a pub lic letter before. Due to the fact that no other McGill Commerce student has come forth to pro test the latest blatantly sexist and offensive issue of the Com merce C om m unique I will. I have been waiting for a Com merce student to assert that the views of the C.C. have nothing to do with the views of Com merce students. Unfortunately, it seem s the majority of Man agement students are working to stay on top of their courses and do not have time to dabble in such nonsense. The issue of the C.C. was casually thrown together by a handful of guys in one room of the Bronfman Building. The comments made are their own, and for that they should bear no reflection on the Management faculty. It concerns me that de spite this isolating fact, these individuals have m anaged to disgrace our Faculty in the eyes of McGill. Moreover, the opin ions of the rest of the McGill student body seem to be of little consequence. The bizarre no tion of “us against them" is apparently alive and kicking in the minds of some Commerce students, which acts in this case only to reinforce the stereotype of the ignorant and narrow m inded Management student. Knowing ourselves, I can confi dently state that this is not an accurate depiction. Unfortu nately, due to imprudent money pit expenditures on glossy pro ductions such as the C.C., no one else shall ever realize this fact. We must assume responsi bility for matters which repre sent the Management faculty, even if w e consider them to be frivolous. Any one publication could be the sole exposure that other McGill students have of us and the C.C. does not paint a very appealing picture. One of the goals of any university is to permit the stand ards and concepts of equality to flourish as much as they ideally can. If we allow this kind of unnecessary attack to under mine our efforts w e have im plicitly defeated the higher goals of this institution. To my classmates w ho chose to blow hundreds of dol lars on a tasteless inside jo k e — couldn’t you have written your friends a letter? At least then, sadly enough, it might have been appreciated. Lyza Oulton U4 Commerce
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In resp o n d in g to T.K. Banerjee’s Comment (free ad v e rtise m en t? ) (H are-R am aKrishna: sempiternal religion, Tribune, Nov. 2-8), I shall at tem pt to address his points in less florid, but more accurate language. H in d u ism d a te s from about 1500 B.C., and the crosscultural fertilization resulting from the Aryan conquest of the declining Indus Valley culture. The International Society for K rish n a C o n s c io u s n e s s (ISKCON), or as it is m ore popu la rly k n o w n , th e “H are Krishnas”, dates from the mid dle part of our century, and its extreme control m ethods and aggressive North American proselytism separate it from m ain stream Hinduism. ISKCON is also distinct from the parlour exoticism which arose earlier this century as a reaction against European culture. W hether or not ISKCON’s favoured mantras has been re spected in different contexts in the past, it is used by them primarily as a control instru ment. Such continuous chant ing weakens the individual’s will and creative faculties, ren dering him or her more suscep tible to suggestion. The ma nipulation of diet, personal ap pearance and living conditions, along with the various trap pings of asceticism, reinforces this further. It was to such abuses that Kleine objected, as I b e lieve any other person would. A more responsible Hindu sect w ould have garnered no criti cism whatever, except insofar as that sect was considered too reactionary. Jason MacLellan U3 Arts O n e - s i d e d s t o r y . ..
I believe that McGill Uni versity has made a major mis take, albeit one that can still be corrected. Your Psychiatry Depart ment, and that of the Montreal General Hospital have organ ized what they call a “sympo sium” on “True and False Accusa tions of C h ildhood Sexual Abuse”, to be held at the MGH on November 12th and 13th. Sym posium ? T he only speaker invited is Dr. Harold Lief, co-founder of the “False Memory Syndrome Foundation”, an interest group whose mem bership comprises men accused of child sexual abuse and their support network (wives, law-
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Sensationalism in Solomon and Gomorrah BABBLE ON BY KATE GIBBS Just last month, Dr. Neil Solomon’s advice column was innocuously sandwiched be tween “Ask Your Vet” and Ann Landers in section F of The Ga zette- — just as it had been since 1976. Dr. Solomon issued ghost written diagnoses in his interna tionally syndicated column and dispensed medical advice in his private practice. Until that is, numerous charges of sexual mis conduct and accom panying counts of malpractice were laid against him last month. In his private practice Solomon abused the trust of female patients and in public his persona falsely jus tified his medical authority. Dr. Solomon may not have directly serviced members of the immediate McGill community. We are priviledged to have (rela tively trouble-Tree) access to ac countable medical doctors. How
ever, Neil Solomon’s public per sona represented, ostensibly, the most accessible doctor with whom most North Americans were familiar. Although he re served personal contact with him for the rich and lonely, and receiving answers to mail or dered questions was difficult, his various diagnoses were more accessible jhan than those of any other legitimate doctor employed by the media. Considering the extent to which print media is filtered, it is unlikely that Solomon harmed any of his mail or femail clients. Nonetheless, his position as in ternational advice-giver ensured him of a position of authority; a doctor in demand. Women un fortunate enough to afford his private fees may have found his approach unorthodox, however, one can only speculate as to the nature of the trust Solomon in spired in his patients. The nature of his public-private deceit puts th e hy p o cracy in to the Hypocratic oath. His connection
A Bloc misconception?
COMMENT
“Juger, c'est de toute évidence ne pas comprendre” said Andre Malraux. The last electoral campaign showed the low level of comprehension of a lot of people about the goal of the Bloc Québécois. The authors of the article “BQ celebrates victory in Old Montreal” ( Tribune, Oct. 27Nov. 1) gave us another example of this lack of comprehension. In the article, they write that “No one seemed to notice the split mes sage sent by Parizeau and Bouchard. Parizeau stressed the likelihood of sovereignty by 1995, while Bouchard called for dia logue and cooperation between the Blocists and the other MPs headed for Ottawa”. The apparent contradiction they identified is typi cal of the discourse that was used to discredit the Bloc in the elec tion campaign. This kind of argu ment doesn’t resist to deeperanalysis of the sovereigntist strategy and the roles played by the Bloc and the Parti Québécois in it. The Bloc Québécois is a sovereigntist party but its role is not to bring sovereignty. The party has three goals: defend Quebec interests in the federal Parliament, establish links with English Cana dians and finally explain the sov ereignty-association project to them. The role of “breaking Canada” belongs to the Quebec population alone. The decision will be taken in a referendum in the next few years (if the Parti Québécois is elected in the next election) and then the Bloc Québécois will dissolve itself be cause it will no longer have a “raison d’être”. So the role of the Bloc is to help soften transition if there is a favourable vote on sov
ereignty by explaining to English Canada the sovereignty-association project and showing that Quebec nationalists are not the underde veloped proto-Nazis that Mordecai Richler describes in his texts. Be fore sovereignty is declared, they will work together with other MPs in order to make Canada work since what is good for Canada is very often also good for Quebec. Their presence in the House of Commons will be important now that the NDP is nearly dead be cause they are the only “social conscience” left to counterbalance the very rightist “fiscal conscience” of the Reform Party. I hope that people will begin to understand the role and goals of the Bloc Québécois. It is important to understand the rationale behind its actions in order to avoid the kind of short-sighted judgements and analysis that were expressed by both French and English Cana dians in the electoral campaign. In conclusion, I want to make clear that I’m not a member of the Bloc. I’m only writing this com ment to destroy what I feel is a sad misunderstanding that doesn’t help anyone to understand the actual political situation of Canada. The peoples of this country have to stop judging each other and begin to try to understand the views of the other communities. The task of redefining relations between these communities in a new federal link or in a confederal one in the sov ereignty-association type will ne cessitate a real dialogue based on mutual understanding. Karel Mayrand U3 Political Science
with the public is disturbing, very Dead Ringers. Solomon is pure doppelganger, a certified member of the healing profes sion whose intention was to harm. According to The Gazette (November 4, 1993), Solomon specialized in resolving disor ders in “overweight, depressed women.” It appears as though the onus to report such malprac tices lies only within the responsibilty of the media with which he was affiliated. The gen eral inattention which the Neil Solomon case has received, ex cept by media other than print, serves only to invalidate the po sition of lonely and overweight women in the media. If they are neither self-effacing or self-pos sessed, we leave them alone. The violent injustices to women’s physical and mental health performed by Solomon damage more than his abused patients and personal credibil ity. His actions undermine the honest intentions of other medi
cal professionals, in particular the trust female patients must have for male practitioners. It is easier to dismiss Hollywierd’s attempt to discredit the inten tions of male doctors on their female clientele. Malice was rotten to the core but ultimately dismissable. What remains fundamen tally disturbing is the presenta tion of the doctor’s story an over-grown erratum on the part of The Gazette. Their page long piece entitled “Perfect ‘bed side’ manners - Dr. Neil Solo mon rescued patients from the rubble of their shattered selfimages -then lured them into sex” is the lowest form of jour nalism around. Under the aus pices of explaining why Dr. Solomon will no longer produce his column, The Gazette has cheapened the situation, reduc ing the abuse of the women to thoughtless innuendo. Those re sponsible for the title and the sensational nature of the article have failed to understand that
Letters CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 yers, etc.) The American Prosecutors Research Institute reports that the FMSF recruits members with notices that read “Have you been falsely accused on the basis of recovered memories?”. The Fam ily Therapy Network magazine notes that the FMSF has no formal screening proc ess to avoid representing per petrators. T h e s o -c a lle d “F alse Memory Syndrome” is not rec ognized by professional psy chiatric and legal corporations — it is m erely a creation o f the FMSF, rejected by most of Dr. LiePs peers. The symposium will not address these issues, however, as Dr. Lief will control the con
tent, limiting it to the FMSFs conceit that most accusations of childhood sexual abuse are in duced by “overzealous" thera pists. C om m unity g ro u p s in Montreal have protested the conference. They find it hard to believe that McGill and MGH can allow the FMSF to conduct what seem s to be a unilateral training session on such a flimsy and self-interested basis, against the will of most o f the commu nity. They speak of the devas tating consequences to survi vors and to the community if the FMSF’s conceits are allowed to gain the higher ground in academia and front-line serv ices. They are calling for either a cancellation of this biased presentation or a redefinition of
the crimes committed by Solo mon had little to do with his “perfect ‘bedside’ m anners.” Solomon is entirely reprehensi ble as is The Gazette, for their use of “perfect; in this fashion is entirely incorrect. It appears as though The Gazette is unable to recognize the false intention of Solomon with the severity it de mands. (No doubt they laugh in the news room if some one says “vagina”.) Ultimately the irresponsiblity demonstrated by The Ga zette in a situation which re quired impartial judgement re duced their credibility to a level akin to Solomon’s own. It is unnecessary to employ such sen sationalist tabloid tactics. If The Gazette purports to report the news without bias they have failed in this instance. Hopefully the media attention that Dr. Neil Solomon has redeved will sub side so that the victims of this callous individual may begin to heal.
to the E d its format to allow all views and facts on this problem be ex plored in a balanced, scien fic format that silences no one. So far, several hundred calls, faxes, and letters have been ignored. I urge you to look into this matter without delay. You will find that ne facts o f the matter do not sup port the organizers’ apparent inattention so far to equity, to w om en’s and children’s rights, and to your university’s reputa tion. McGill did the right th ing w hen it asked Associate Dean of Medicine Yves Bergevin to step dow n because of sexual misconduct. It should also re design this unprofessional “sym posium ”. Martin Dufresne Montreal Men Against Sexism
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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MCGILL OMBUDSPERSON FOR STUDENTS I am pleased to present the Sixth Annual P R e p o r t ot the McGill University V tikfcy Ombudsperson for students for the re\ % k / porting period September 1st 1992 to August31st1993,inaccordancewiththe Terms of Office as approved by the Senate and the Board of Governors (copy attached). As this is my final report as Ombudsperson I would like to take this opportunity to review some of the changes and newdevelopments which have occurred over the past six years. Professor Estelle Hopmeyerhas taken upherappoint ment as of September 1, 1993 as McGill Ombudsperson for Students. She brings extensive experience to this position and I am confident that her competence, her sensitivity and her many skills will bring new success to this important task. The position of Ombudsperson was established In 1987 primarily as aresult of pressure from the McGill Student Society. It started as 1/4 time but soon be came a 1/2 time appointment Until January 1992 the office operated without a ‘‘home’ of Its own but was finally established in the basement of 3534 Uni versity Street This was a very Important step for ward, for by acquiring a permanent location the po sition also acquired a type of recognition and per manence. The Ombuds Office, still located at 3534 University St, continues to provide a safe, neutral location for students where they can be assured of confidential ity. Its one drawback Is Its lack of accessibility for physically disabled students. However, these students are seen at Wilson Hail which Is easily accessible by ramp and elevator. Despite my efforts over the past six years to make my presence known on campus, It has been pointed out that manyfacultyand students are still notaware of the existence and location of the Ombuds Office. We have tried to increase the community awareness of the service through ads In the McGill Tribune and McGill Daily and through the publication of our An nual Report In these papers as well as In the Re porter. More effort needs to be focused on this situ ationandsomecombined advertising with the McGill Students Society is being considered for the coming year. During the past year l have once again had the op portunity toworkco-operatively with several student organizations. I again participated In Macdonald Co/lege's first year orientation program. This has led to increased awareness of my availability to the “Mao’ student body and more “Mac” students did take ad vantage of the service. However, more reachout to this campus needs to be undertaken. My excellent relationship with the McGill Students Society con tinued and the Vice-President University Affairs and I were Infrequent contact I also served on the Advi sory Board of Nightline again this year and partici pated In theirvolunteer training program. The co-operative working partnership between the ombuds office andtheMcGillLegalInformation Clinic continued. I have found their expertise to be Invalu able In helping students with grievances andappeals and this has allowed me to refer students to them with confidence. Our collaboration has meant that my workload was made more manageable, while a steadily increasing number of students are able to receive the advocacy and support they require. This year the Director, Advocacy and University Af fairs, Mark Piibe and I worked particularly closely in relation to one particular graduate student and I feel Itwas because ot ourcollaboration that we wereable to finally help this student negotiate a satisfactory settlement Discussion of Cases
The number of students requesting service this year (1992-93) remained relativelystable. This can beseen in more detail in the statistical summary and tables which follow. Cases were divided Into three main categories: 1) Requests for information, referral and consulta tion 2) Complaints against a member of the University faculty, staff or an entire department, which can be handled by the student himself/herself after consultation with the Ombudsperson. 3) Complaints which require the personal interven tion of the Ombudsperson. I would like to stress however that numbers do not tell the whole story. One case can be settled in one Interview or may require weeks or months of Inten sive Intervention. This year therewas agraduatecase which required extensive work from September through June, including almost dally telephone con tact As well, marry of the cases this year reflected more serious problems than in previous years and thus more intervention was required. Once again this year I dealtwith a complaint made byan entire class. Cases Involving graduate students always seem to be more complex and more difficult to resolve. Per haps this Is due to the serious implications which mayfollow a complaint and which the complainants fear may Jeopardize their future careers. I was fortunate to have received the co-operation of most staff, faculty and academic administrators (ie. Associate Deans) whom I have contacted with stu dent problems. This co-operation is essential If we are to resolve disputes through negotiated solutions rather than adversarial actions such as grievances. I believe that there are compelling advantages to ne gotiated solutions where appropriate. They allowfor a mutually acceptable win-win situation. The 1992-93 year brought a wide complement of academic and non academic problems to my atten tion. These can be seen in the statistical summary which follows.
September 1st, 1992 to August 31, 1993 NumberofCant inSchoolYear 92A3byFamily• ProblemType
Number ol Case* In School Year 92/92 by Problem Category
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situation I faced in my six years as Ombudsperson. It made me understand even more fully the Issue of power, who has it and who doesn't I have no an swers, no recommendations, only multiple concerns and a deep and abiding sadness at what occurred. Association of Canadian College and University Ombudspersons:
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Our association continues to grow both in numbers and in strength. Our Annual Conference was held In Winnipeg in June 1993 hosted by the University of Manitoba I had the pleasure of being the program co-chalrperson for this conference, where we met together to share ideas and concerns common to all campuses. Itwasanexhilaralngthreeandahaifdays and we all came away with renewed vigour and en thusiasm. Ombudspeople from Quebec Universities remain in close contact meetingfrequently throughouttheyear to provide each other with support and energy. This can be a very lonely job but the collaboration with my colleagues, both in Quebec and elsewhere In Canada, has helped to make it a most rewarding one. Next year we will be holding a combined CanadianUS Ombuds Conference in Ottawa
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NUM BER O F CASES IN SC H O O L YEA R 92/93 BY PROBLEM TYPE Admissions
Info/Ref
Complaint
6 8 14
Required Inteivention No Intervention Intervention Required or Not
62 127 189
Other
All Problems
7 41 48
0 6 6
Conclusion:
75 182 257
NUM BER O F CASES IN SCHOOL YEAR 92/93 BY PROGRAM BY G EN D ER
Male Female Group Unknown Both Genders
Under Graduate 58 73 5 0 136
Graduate
Visiting
ContEd
23 31 5 0 59
17 9 1 0 27
Staff
1 0 0 0 1
3 8 1 0 12
Professor
Residence
0 2 0 0 2
Admissions
1 1 3 0 5
Other 0 1 0 0 1
3 4 0 0 7
Admissions
Other
Data Missing 0 0 0 7 7
Al Programs 106 129 15 7 257
NUM BER OF CASES IN SCHOOL YEAR 92/93
Admissions Complaint Info/Referral Other All Problem Types
Under Graduate 5 104 27 0 ' 136
Graduate
ContEd
7 43 9 0 59
Discussion of Selected Issues
The mandate of the McGill Ombudsperson includes the responsibility to bring to the attention of the Uni versity ‘any apparent inadequacies In existing Uni versity procedures which may jeopardize the rights and liberties of any members of the University com munity” The Ombudsperson Is also mandated tofor mulate recommendations re the above. As can be noted, several ofthe Issues tobe discussed this yearwere also raised in previous Annual Reports. Despite our best efforts, many of these problems remain unresolved. Harassment
a) Sexual - A Senate/Board Committee to look at existing policies and procedures is presently at work and I will have the opportunity to present my views to this group very shortly. However, suffice It to say that once again this year the de ficiencies In the present policy were brought to my attention by distressed students. Concerns were also raised about harassing situations which occurred in our student residences. All students should feel safe while living in a McGill residence and should be protected from harass ment by their fellow housemates. Strong edu cation programs should be included In residence orientation programs, less emphasis on having a “good time”, "partying”, less tolerance of al cohol use and abuse and zero tolerance for the ‘ boys will be boys’ theory Is needed. I again urge the University to establish an offi cial sexual harassment office. It made an enor mous difference when the Ombuds office was opened In a specific location with support staff and I feel the same would be true of the sexual harassment office. An education programfor the entire university community Is desperately needed If we are to combat this Insidious prob lem. There is a clear responsibility for the em ployer, in this case the University, to use due diligence in preventing sexual harassment and tocreate a sexual harassment free envi ronmenL b) General and RaclaI: At present the only recourse for astudentwhofeels he/she has been harassed generally or in a racially discriminatoryway is to bring a grievance. This is not avery viable alter native for most situations. It seems that some members of the McGill communily do not un derstand that it is unacceptable to scream an Insult at and/or put down students for thei r ideas. The University should bea place where students feel free to explore all Ideas including those re lating to feminist scholarship and scholarship by non-white scholars.
0 25 2 0 27
Visiting
Staff 1 0 0 0 1
0 8 4 0 12
Professor
Residence
0 1 1 0 2
0 3 2 0 5
1 0 0 0 1
0 4 3 0 7
Data Missing 0 1 0 6 7
Al Programs 14 189 48 6 257
Professors should also be careful about using rarely explain clearly to new students exactly what films which stereotype specific racial groups. constitutes plagiarism, how to properly cite all Many students have been insulted and embar sources etc. Otherfaculty, instead offollowing proper rassed in this way. Academic freedom should procedures for reporting suspected plagiarism, sim not replace consideration and respect for oth ply penalize students arbitrarily, Ie. "You will lose 20 marks because I don’t believe this is really your own ers. work”. Students with Disabilities: We all agree thatstudents should not use otherschol I have had the opportunity this year to sit as a non ars’ Ideas without propercitation. However, we must voting member of the Joint Senate/Board Commit act responsibly In this area and ensure that all stu teeconcerning persons with disabilities. The discus dents understand both the seriousness of this offense sions at this committee, which deals with Issues re as well as how to avoid it lated to all disability situations on campus, gave me Ombudsperson for Staff and Faculty: greater Insight Intothese problems. The appointment, as of July 1st, 1993, of Joan Wolforth as disabilities Over the past number of years I have received re coordinator heralds a new era on this campus. Ms quests for assistance from a number of Staff and Wolforth brings with herseveral years of experience Faculty. Since my mandate only covers students I coordinating disability services at Dawson College. was only able to listen, offer advice and make sug As well, because of a government grant for this pur gestions as to who might best be able to help them. pose, many buildings at McGill were made more ac The numbers seemtobe Increasing and I once again cessible to disabled students, staff and faculty over recommend thatsome consideration be given topro the summer months. viding the services ofan impartial ombudsperson to McGill’s problems In this area were brought to my McGill staff and faculty. These are difficult times for attention by a number of student complaints. These ail of us with financial cutbacks, but this only makes ranged from disinterest to outright hostility and ig It more crucial that all members of the community norance on the part of staff and faculty in relation to have a neutral person who can help them resolve the special needs of physically disabled, blind, hear difficult issues. ing impaired and learning disabled students. We not Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty: only need upgraded physical condidons in our build ings, offices and residences but an "upgraded" sen Over my twentyyears as a member of McGill Faculty sitivity to the dilemmas faced by such students. We I never received any publication similar to the stu also needclearer rules and régulations re extensions dents’ green book outlining my rights and more im for assignments, acceptance of the use of tape re portantly my responsibilities. At the 1993 Canadian corders, special hearing devices, computer assisted Association of University and College exams, to name a few. However, above all we must Ombudsperson's Conference in Winnipeg the open educate all faculty and staff about their responsibil ing session was devoted to this Important topic. I ity to help these students succeed at McGill. We are believe It Is time for McGill toconsider such a docu nottalkingabout loweringstandards but ratherabout ment It would certainly provide at least some guid ance for many of the problemareas I have discussed equalizing the playing field. in this report Student Rights and Responsibilities:
The ‘ green booV Issued by the office of the Dean of Students outlines these rights and responsibilities in great detail. The dilemma Is how to enforce the “rights” section. If faculty break the rules, for exam ple, re course outlines, giving mark feedback during the term, being unavailable to go over exams, who makes sure that student rights are respected. I had several cases of flagrant misuse of authority by pro fessors this year in these areas. It required interven tion byAssociate Deans; but by then it was often too late; the term was over and the student was thus unfairly penalized. Having these regulations is no guarantee they will be followed. This Is a problem which urgently needs to be addressed. Plagiarism is another problem - at McGill it is con sidered an .extremely serious offence. Yet faculty
A Serious Dilemma:
This year as mentioned earlier, I spent a great many hours, together with my colleague from legal infor mation services, assisting a graduate student who was In serious difficulty with the University. Without commenting on the merits of the student’s case, I would like tomention a serious concern I had over this case. In several instances I felt the Univer sity had exceeded Its mandate and had taken actions which were In direct contradiction with the student's rights as outlined in the green book. There was no question of ill intent The University felt It was acting in the best interest of the majority, yet in so doing it stretched Its own regulations. My concern Is that I was completely powerless in protecting these rights. For me, this was the most distressing and difficult
As I come tothe end of mysix year tenure as McGill's first OmbudspersonforStudents I reflect onthe many challenges I experienced. I have met many wonder ful people both at McGill and elsewhere who have provided me with new information and new ideas. I have collaborated with others at McGill to try to create a campus climate that is fair and equitable for all members of the campus community regardless of race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual ori entation, disability or any other personal character istics or beliefs. I have received, investigated and rec ommended resolution of many complaints brought to me by McGill students at every level. I have tried to be an Interested and empathetic listener to those students who felt no one wanted to hear their sto ries. Although I always tried to guide the interested parties tomake progress toward solutions, I was not always successful. The Ombudsperson must con tinue the struggle to reconcile various parties in con flict in order toarrive at satisfactory resolutions which meet high standards of fairness. Our energy must be focused on developing new ways to resolve dis putes in order to move, whenever possible, to a non adversarial solution of conflict The office must be willing to take creative risks In order to achieve this. I feel confident that my successor will continue to uphold the values underlying the Ombuds office and that McGill will continue to progress toward a truly "just society” for the whole community, students, staff and faculty. I would like to say a special thank you to a few spe cial people. First, toJackie Fee-Owen, who has been the all important support person in the Ombuds Of fice. Her calm, unflappable competence has been greatly appreciated. She fields difficult calls from dis tressed students with sensitivity and skill. She al ways has a smile, Is always ready to help and has more than once saved the day with her expertise. Her presence In the office has made myjob manage able and I shall certainly miss her. To my colleagues In the Equity Office, who have al ways been ready to answer questions, provide sup port during difficult times and just to be there, I say a fond farewell. I would also like to thank all those who answered my requests for help in solving student problems with a co-operative spirit We didn't always agree on the solutions but we collaborated with mutual respect and that Is most important Again, I would like to say a special thank you to Monique Shebbeare, Vice-President UniversityAffairs and tohersuccessor Ruth Promislow for being such wonderful colleagues. It made my job worthwhile to have you as partners In the work. Mark Piibe, legal information services, and I worked hand in hand all year and my respect for Mark as a student advocate, afuture lawyerand as a human being Is unsurpassed. His successor, Jill Presser has already shown her skill at and devotion to student advocacy. As an Ombudsperson for Students It is only fitting that my deepest gratitude be to the McGill students who sought my help over the past six years. I have seriously tried my best to helpyou resolve your con cerns and complaints. Sometimes we were success ful, at other times less so. Yet, I leave the office with a profound respect for all of you. I recognize the of ten powerless situations you find yourselves in, but your spirit, your enthusiasm, your desire for justice will remain with me always. I salute you all. Institutions for higher education are, by neces sity, dynamic, with strong differences of opinion and a measure of controversy not only inevitable but even Indispensable. In the larger sense this will not change and should indeed be nurtured. It is in the particular area of equity to individuals that ombudsmen perform a valuable role....... ombudsmen have assisted Inthe process of mak ing colleges and universities more accountable and more responsive to their students, whose sense of well-being and fair treatment have much todowith theveryfuture ofacademic life. (Steiber, 1992, p.11)1 Respectfully submitted, Annette Werk Associate Professor Ombudsperson for Students 'Carolyn Steiber, “Resolving Campus Disputes”, The Arbitration Journal, June 1992, vol. 37, no. 2 p. 5-11
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Berkeley prof confronts the feminist backlash BY NATALIE LACIRENO Laura Nader, the first fe male professor ever hired at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke at McGill last Tuesday about devising new strategies to deal with the cur rent backlash against feminism. She advocated integrat ing the strategies of the wom en’s movements of the nine teenth century and earlier twen tieth century as a means of fighting the backlash. “I think that the women of the nineteenth century move ment thought that they could achieve w hat they w anted through altruism, and women of the twentieth century thought they could achieve what they wanted by focusing on them selves,” she explained. “It’s quite clear that w e’ve perhaps done better than the nineteenth century in docu menting our grievances, in mov ing the law in certain direc tions. We’ve certainly raised consciousness,” she continued. The professor acknowl edged that the women’s move
ment does not advance linearly, but progresses and regresses, and she encouraged women to be vigilant activists for the femi nist cause. Nader told the audience that there is still work to be done for the w o m en ’s m o v em en t in N orth America. She pointed out that despite the movement of women into academia and the business world, there are still situations in which women’s status has remained static or has de clined. “The rape rate is up, the salary gap is still there, the breast cancer rate is increasing despite new monies allocated to research on women’s health. Women are involved in double shift work, and women are still sex objects: pornography is as active as it ever was, if not more so," she asserted. Nader identified re cent concern with the oppres sion of women in other coun tries as being one aspect of the new backlash against American feminism.
“T he w ay... society controlls] women is to point out that it is worse someplace else,” she said. Nader criticized the way in which feminists have bought
“The way... society controls] women is to point out that it is worse someplace else.” Laura Nader, professor at University of California, Berkeley
into this attitude, advising Ameri can women to stop acting like nineteenth century social evo lutionists, and take a more glo bal outlook.
“American feminists are very ethnocentric, often arrogant,” she said. “[They] act as if it may be bad in the US, Canada, and West ern Europe, but it’s certainly bet ter than anywhere else.” Nader pointed in par ticular to discussions of Muslim women as examples of how US society has turned the tables against the Ameri can women’s movement. She reminded the audience that it is rare for the public to hear about the positive as pects of Muslim society. “Ninety-five per cent of what Arab women write is published in journals that they own. Ninety-five per cent of w hat American women publish is published in journals that are ninetyfive per cent owned by men, ” she remarked. Nader spoke exten■ sively about the role of women in academia. She asserted that feminist schol ars in the 1960s are often not recognized by the new genera tion of feminists as having worked hard to pave the way for all women. According to Nader,
earlier feminists were disap pointed with the ignorance of the so called second generation feminists who entered univer sity. “[Later feminists] were a different sort, they didn’t know about the women who had gone to Washington to open doors [for them]. The history was ab sent.. [There was] a discontinu ity betw een generations of women at Berkeley [and in the women’s movement in generall, she said. Nader described this dif ference in outlook as being a contribution to the feminist back lash. “There was a catechism and if you didn’t toe the line on the catechism then you were exiled,” she said. Nader condem ned this practice as censorship and mind-guarding. She instead pro moted a more general type of feminist practice, encouraging feminists to separate individual men from male dogma, to have a global view of what women have in common, and to revital ize activism on the part of both women and men.
QPIRG creates n ew options fo r socially aw are eating BY JASON HANS KLEIN E The McGill community can now buy organically grown food through a new co op started by members of the Q uebec Public Interest Re search Group (QPIRG). Food purchased through the co-op is not only healthier, but is grown in such a way that is less detrimental to the envi ronment. The food co-op w as started with the aim to make organic food more accessible and cheaper for those in uni versity. “I guess that we started it to educate the public on mak ing socially and environmen tally responsible food choices, ” said Tamara Ticktin, one of the founders of the co-op. “We wanted to expose organic food to people w ho don’t know about it, and we can buy in bulk now, reducing prices.” Organically grown food is cultivated without using synthetics and instead substi tutes cover crops in place of chemical fertilizers, predator insects instead of pesticides, and hand w eeding instead of herbicides. The result is food which does not damage the
en v iro n m en t an d w hich is mostly free of chemicals. An organically grown carrot, for example, doesn’t contain the know n carcinogens such as trifluralin, chlorothalonil, and parathion, that a non-organically grown carrot often does. According to Macdonald campus Professor Stewart Hill, an expert on the subject of or ganic food, the benefits of buy ing organically grown food ex tend past one’s health. “Scientific studies in Cali fornia have shown that organic farming saves about two-fifths of the energy input [needed for non-organically grown food]. There is a huge saving on non renew able resources,” Hill ex plained. “Essentially you’re substi tuting knowledge and skill for other inputs, that would include pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals. The consuming pub lic does not have a very good knowledge of agricultural sys tems. That is, they buy for cos metic appearances, cost, and w hether it goes crunch in the m outh,” continued Hill. “The value system of people is not really supportive for organically grown food.” Originally the organic food co-op was a private endeavour,
but recently it was opened up to include the student body. So far, the co-op has about 20 members w ho regularly order food. The food comes from two wholesalers in the Mon treal area: Terra Terre w hich distributes fruits and vegetables, and Club Organic which deals in dry goods. Most of the food comes from regional farms, which vary de pending on the season, a n d all packages are m arked specifying the p a rtic u la r farm from which the food came. Orders are placed Shopping with a conscience on Mondays at the QPIRG m axim um ordering am ount, office, and are picked up on Thursdays. One can order a people can order as much or as little as they want,” said Ticktin. variety of fruits and vegetables, “We run weekly specials that grains, nuts, beans, pasta, oils, am ong other items. The selec w e encourage people to buy, to tion is varied and there is no bring the price down even more, limit with respect to the quan and w e also encourage people to buy local produce as op tity of the order. posed to imported fruit, like Organic food is generally expensive, but jvorking in a co bananas, but it’s a personal operative situation, prices are choice.” Sarah Dalle, a buyer from m uch cheaper than what one w ould find at a health food the food co-op and a coordina store. The prices are even com tor of the On-campus Waste parable to those for non-or- Management Project, was im pressed with the management ganic food at supermarkets. “There is no minimum or of the co-op thus far and found
that it was convenient for most of her grocery shopping. She thought that students should support the co-op in order to initiate change on a larger scale. “I think it’s important to create a dem and for these prod ucts to encourage farmers to make the transition and to pres sure governments to change subsidy p ro g ra m s,” said Dalle. The co-op is run out of the QPIRG office on the fifth floor of the Eaton Building. For more information, contact the office at 398-7432. __________________________________________
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R em em b ran ce D a y 75 y e a rs after th e w a r
In memory of those who died
BY LIZZIE SAUNDERSON November 11 is Remem brance Day, a Canadian tradi tion commemorating those who fought in the First and Second World Wars, as well as the Ko rean War. Among those who fought in the First World War w as McGill Professor John McCrae. McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” immortalized the experience of those w ho died in the First World War and established the red poppy as an emblem of their sacrifice. I n F la n d e r s f i e l d s t b e p o p p ie s g r o w B e tw e e n t b e c r o s s e s , ro w o n ro w T h a t m a r k o u r p la c e ; a n d in t b e s k y T b e la r k s , s t i l l b r a v e ly s in g in g , f l y S c a r c e b e a r d a m id t b e g u n s b e lo w .
As each soldier’s experi ence is unique, so is each indi vidual Canadian’s understand ing of Remembrance Day. In an interview with the Tribune, Colonel Scantland of the Grena dier Legion revealed his inter pretation of the day. “If w e have the freedom hat w e know today,” explained scantland, “it’s because w e had Canadians that went overseas ind fought the battle on som e one else’s ground.” The colonel further deailed how the sacrifice endured sy Canadians during the World JPars affects Canadians today. “We draw strength from heir experience,” he stated. The military values that we sromote here are the values
that our predecessors had: selfconfidence, pride in their unit, self-discipline, esprit de corps and courage. We look unto the veterans as an example and a model." W e a r e tb e D e a d S h o rt d a y s a g o W e liv e d , f e l t d a w n , s a w s u n s e t g lo w , L o v e d a n d w e r e lo v e d a n d n o w w e H e, I n F la n d e r s f i e l d s .
Art “Popeye” Mauchan is one of the beloved veterans. “I was in the Korean War,” con fided M auchan;"... the forgot ten war, as they call it. I was in the Navy.” Mauchan spoke of the tremendous camaraderie cel ebrated between himself and his fello w v e te ra n s . An anglophone, Mauchan com mented that many of his vet eran friends were French. “We have no problem whatsoever,” said Mauchan. “We are able to be ourselves, w e’re a family.” This Remembrance Day, Mauchan will be in the good company of four other Korean War veterans in Montreal. Reu nited, they will pay tribute to those who have served. For Mauchan, the soldier’s legacy is extensive. He will remem ber his grandfather w ho fought in the First World War, his father w ho served in the Sec ond and perhaps be in contact with his nephew who recently served in the Gulf War. According to Mauchan, the people of Montreal have been incredibly supportive of the veterans. “The Montreal support
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Dalhousie sponsors Black Studies B. Comm accountable BY CHERIE PA Y N E
reliance? H ow can the Chair dism antle system atic barriers? And h o w can the Chair serve C anadians o f all races,” she
Last Tuesday, N ovem ber 2, Dr. G lenda Simms, Presi d e n t of the C anadian Ad visory Council on the Sta tus o f W om en, sp o k e to a sm all, predom inantly non student audience about the recent introduction o f the Chair in Black Stud ies at D alhousie Univer sity. T he Chair w as es tablished w ith the mainly philanthropic donation of 2.5 m illion d o lla rs to D alhousie. It will support a black studies program to b e h ead ed by rotating black scholars, and it will be econom ically self-sus taining. Simms stressed the relevance of the academ ic program to the general black C anadian experi ence by addressing five m ain questions. “W hat is the symbolism of the Chair? H ow d o w e m ove beyond m ere symbolism? W hat are the possibilities for the Chair to reclaim black history, black pride, and black self-
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Society has finally learned how to deal with sexual har assment and sexism, accord ing to the media. But with the evidence presented last week in the Gazette, and here in the Tribune, it is clear that there is still a frighteningly long way to go. I suppose this has been clear to anybody w ho is di rectly active in the w om en’s movement, but I must admit, I was truly shocked by some of the things that I saw last week. First consider the fiasco with Chris Haroun and the C om m erce C o m m u n iq u e . (Yes, Chris, I’m publishing your name too.) It was bad enough that he was the “editor” of a publication which contained such thinly veiled sexism and blatantly degrading “articles”. Haroun, however, made things worse, much worse, by the way that he dealt with the entire situation. It is common for people to write and say things th at are offensive, though not intended as such that simply reflects how deeply prejudice is ingrained in our society. Though I don’t be lieve that Haroun was oblivi ous to the offensive nature of the content of his magazine, even if he had been, he should have accepted the fact the magazine was offensive and subsequently apologized. End of question. Haroun, however, did not apologize, he “ex plained” - explained that his management faculty didn’t find it offensive, so therefore it was acceptable. Viewers of por nography don’t find pornog raphy offensive either, Mr. Haroun. Further, w hen Haroun was asked by the Tribune who was responsible for the writ ing of the individual articles, he refused to name names. How noble. He takes the fall for everybody - perhaps they’re also applying to graduate stud ies at M cG ill. H o w e v er, H aroun’s refusal indicates one of two things - either he was responsible for som e o f the offending and offensive arti cles, or he did not feel that the “writers” should be held ac countable for their words. The other revealing ex am ple o f this lack of account ability was with the circum stances surrounding the resig n a tio n o f A ssociate D ean Bergevin of the Faculty of Medi cine, w ho pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a fe male patient. While the ac tions of Bergevin are obvi ously reprehensible, w hat I found even more disconcert ing was the way in which the issue was dealt with. First there
PRIVATECOWS BY C H E R Y L D E V O E was the request by Bergevin’s lawyer, Paul Leblanc, and the agreem ent of the disciplinary committee of the Q uebec Cor poration o f Physicians to not report the committee’s deci sion. Why? A ccording to Leblanc, for the protection of the identity of the plaintiff a n d th e d e fe n d a n t. B ergevin should be held accountable to the public for his actions, no matter how upstanding a citi zen he is. This “cover-up" by the disciplinary comm ittee was condoned by the Faculty of Medicine in its decision to not inform the McGill community of the removal of Bergevin from his teaching position. Dean o f M edicine Richard Cruess reasoned that since the incident had nothing to do with the university, then there was no reason for us to know. But if there was no reason for us to know, then why was he removed? Sadly, the worst partici pant in the affair was the Gazette. Any writer knows that people tend to rem em ber the last idea that was discussed in an article, even i f one is trying to be objective. The final para graph by the G azette writer contained the remarks made by Bergevin’s psychiatrist, stat ing th a t a t th e tim e o f Bergevin’s “indiscretion”, he was having marital problems, suffering from depression, and had a stressful job. By saving those comm ents for the end o f the article, the Ga zette writer essentially said, “It’s okay, Mr. Bergevin, w e know you were having a rough day.” Although w e have been told that society is getting much better collectively at recogniz ing and dealing with sexism and sexual harassment, there is still a pervasive unwilling ness to hold people account able for their actions. W e’re willing to say that something bad happened, but w e’re not ready to hold individual p eo ple accountable. All too often this is because w e don’t want to ruin their reputation. Unfor tunately, until people realize that their reputations will be ruined for actions such as those of Haroun, his anonym ous writers and Bergevin, nothing will change. It is public judge ment that has the pow er to change social attitudes. Noth ing will change if w e agree to not publish names.
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in f e rf a m m e n t Latest Tartuffe m akes the m ost out o f M o liè re of Enigma—a decidedly 90’s dance tune complete with Gregorian In striking contrast to last chant. This exquisite blend of season’s forgettable production voices both contemporary and of The Castle, the current offering archaic nicely foreshadows the from McGill’s Drama and Theatre timelessness of Tartuffe. “There is a lot going on in Program, Tartuffe, is a romp. From the elegant set and splendid cos the household, both moral and tumes to fine performances from immoral, veiled and transparent, its principals, Molière’s contro and we wanted to make that clear versial play on hypocrisy and from the start, ”said director Thew. “Tartuffe is not fraudulent piety is the only one try done justice by diing to hide rector Coral Thew and the outstandH y p O C fisy a n d itS things.” “We had mg cast e v il r e lig io u s u s e s a r e thrown around Tartuffe is a just as prevalent various ideas as comedy that examiries the conse today as in Molière’s to how we could remind the audi quences of hypoc day...” ence that hypocrisy existing in risy and its evil company with guireligious uses are libility and pride. Appropriately, then, veneers and just as prevalent today as in appearances are given special at Molière’s day,” Thew explained. tention by director Thew and her “Things like staging the play in technical crew of Jill Thomson, the compound at Waco, Texas, and having Tartuffe modelled af Spike Lyne and H ow ard ter David Koresh. That idea was Mendelsohn. Tartuffe opens typically discarded—burning the place enough, with the masked cast down at the end of the play would have been a great technical chal mouthing a baroque-sounding tune (a recording by This Mortal lenge—but we found ways in Coil, according to one ill-placed which to modernize the play, I source). But the play quickly think, without compromising its transforms into a kinky dance original messagé.” The English Department’s orgy accompanied by the music B Y M A T T F IS H E R
production more than fulfilled grace to the play’s calmer mo ently loosened at intermission, for Thew’s intention. The version se ments. Commanded by her father these problems were overcome by the second acL) lected, a recent one by ac to marry the cheat Tartuffe, Tartuffeis a successon many claimed British translator Ranjit Broschart’s Mariane steals the Bolt, is combined with an indus show with one prolonged, pite levels. Although clearly a student trial-nightmare backdrop judi ously speechless expression of production—some of the mes ciously exposed on occasion by a beauti ful pastel scrim. The casting also consistently rose to the occasion. Seth Abramovitch, in the ti tle role, is deliciously evil and hilariously m elodram atic, yet manages to retain con trol over a role that might easily be ren dered farcical. David H aydn-Jones as Orgon, the foolish pa triarch, and Cécile Lasserre as the proto feminist foil, Dorine, are equally entertain ing. The ever-energetic Lasserre, a vet eran of many McGill Seth Abramovitch shows his tendonitis to Danielle Younge productions, shines brighter than damnation. sengers struggle with projection previously in the role of the David Laing as crotchety in the large hall—the show is tenacious, sharp-tongued confi spinster, Madame Pernelle, is entertaining and well-worth sup dante. delightful when comprehensi porting. Danielle Younge as Elmire, ble; perhaps his performance is Tartuffe continues its run the object of Tartuffe’s lust, plays hampered by both an affected November 10-13 at 8 PM in Moyse the victim with convincing de accent and an extremely tight Hall, Arts Building. Tickets are $6 spair, but more memorably, lends corset. (The strings were appar students and sen io rs/$10 others.
Spirit o f the West isn ’t just fo r folkie types anym ore B Y ST E V E SM ITH If you’re a big fan of Spirit of the West’s earlier music, chances are you're trying to figure out what the hell’s going on with their latest release, Faithlifl. Spirit of the West is a band trying to redefine itself. Their first three releases were a unique brand of traditional Celtic music infused
with gentler strands of rock. This combination won a faithful fol lowing in Canada and Great Brit ain, where they recently played at the prestigious Glastonbury Festi val. Despite this, their third album, Save This House, showed signs that the band was beginning to experiment with a harsher, drum driven sound. The turning point came with the release of Go Figure
Spirit of the West begrudgingly bears their celtic cross
in 1991. The Tribune discussed SOTWs transition with two of its founders, singer/guitarist John Mann and the multi-talented flau tist Geoffrey Kelly in October. “With Go Figure we had taken the celtic-folk thing as far as we could. We were getting bored with it,” Mann said. “We began to completely hate seeing Celtic folkies
in print. [Our Celtic material] was like a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe that won’t come off.” With Go Figure, SOTW re leased the musical influences they had kept bottled up. “It was really bothering us. We wanted to get away from the folk thing and acknowledge the different types of music we listen to. Geoff and I are big fans of bands like the Flaming Lips and Afghan Wigs and wanted to bring this into our music,” Mann ex plained. “For years we really denied that there was music we could have been writing. Like the Smiths were the coolest thing but we thought, ‘No, we have to do what we do’,” added Kelly. Though fans of their more traditional music may not agree, Mann and Kelly are convinced it was a long-awaited change. “I can’t even listen to the first three albums. It was terrible. I don’t know who the fuck I was trying to sound like, but it wasn’t myself,” stated a frustrated Mann. Kelly tempered Mann’s tone, suggesting that there was merit in the early work of SOTW. “There’s still something great about some of those albums that we look at with a lot of fondness. There was a genuine excitement then. We were just thrilled to be
making records. In the beginning if we could get free beer, that would be one of the greatest things on earth and it still is.” Faitblift continues to build on the innovations of Go Figure— wandering electric guitar solos work with skillfully sculpted and thought-provoking tales of self doubt, Canadian history, and so cial protest to separate SOTW from their Canadian contemporaries. Faithlifl tries to reconcile SOTWs 'going electric’ with their unique lyrics and instruments. “We’ve proven we can go electric and we wanted to con tinue in that vein. But we do have a flute and an accordian, and there are songs on this album that are more gentle, a return to Save This House or Labour Day,” he said. “People like it and acknowl edge it as an interesting part of us. I love playing it but I don’t if it doesn’t seem right," Kelly said. Somehow it doesn’t seem right hearing SOTW giving the flute a backseat to electric guitars and brass sections. La plus ça change, la plus ça reste la même? Definitiely not, so you should check out Spirit of the West with their most excellent friend Andrew Cash. Spirit o f the West and A ndrew Cash play at Club Soda, November 18th, 5240 Parc, $17.50.
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Velvet Underground comes up for air Lean and sexy thighs in just 6 minutes a day DISCELLANEOUS M AGHAG The Velvet Underground: Live MCMXCIII (Sire) It’s no exaggeration to say that the Velvet Underground is the most influential American band ever. Lou Reed’s literate lyrics about lone liness, addiction, and sadomaso chism, and John Cale’s shriekingly abrasive viola experimentations have been invoked by generations of musicians from punk to pop to grunge. Live MCMXCIII, recorded in Paris during a brief reunion tour last summer, is a two-album set of sloppy brilliance. Who else but the Velvets would play "I’m Sticking With You”, a quirky ballad, and follow it with “The Black Angel’s Death Song”, an existentialist sonic death rattle? Who else but the Velvets would jam on “Hey Mr. Rain” for fifteen minutes, transcending self-indulgence and achieving sheer genius? Buy Live MCMXCIII and discover the band who morbidly celebrated the dark side of the I960’s.-Luke Tromly W illiam s. Burroughs: Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales (Island Red Label) It may be hard to imagine William S. Burroughs noddiri and swayin’ to the cool hip-hop groove of Disposible Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Isn’t this decrepit eighty-ish geezer too old for this? Nah, this is Uncle Bill. He can do anything! As the
tunes get nice 'n' stinky, Burroughs recites excerpts from some of his earlier works such as Interzone, Naked Lunch and Exterminator in his trademark lethargic drone. That fon-kee groove that DHH provides makes up for his annoying mono tone. Whether you think that Uncle Bill’s blasphemic tirades reveal pro found truths about the dark side of God and hu manity, or that he has the men tality of an anally-fixated ten-year-old doesn’t really matter, Smoke a big fat dube feel your brain turn to mush, and give Span Ass Annie a spin. The tenyear-old in you will think it’s kinda funny. God, “that asshole whc doesn’t know what buttons to push or what happens when you push them,” probably won’t. - Brendon Yorke Frank Sinatra: duets (Capitol) Very Old Blue Eyes has parked his walker next to some of the biggest stars and Hollywood is ablaze—literally. The best tracks in this anthol ogy of thirteen revamped crooning
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Kate Bush: The R ed Shoes (EMI) After being postponed a month, Kate Bush fans will be wildly excited about her latest release. The Red Shoes departs somewhat from the lofty nature of her tremendously successful Sensual World album, adding more driving beats and a quicker pace. Consequently, Shoes is reminiscent of Kate Bush’s earlier albums such as 1985’s Hounds of Love. Her poignant lyrics —“It’s al right I’ll come ‘round when you’re not in/And I’ll pick up my things/ Everything I have I bought with you/But that’s alright too”—are pep pered with witty lines like “Don’t want your bullshit, yeah/Just want your sexuality”. It all rides smoothly upon her distinctly clear, melodi ous voice. A musically brilliant twelve track CD, you don’t have to be a seasoned Kate listener to appreci ate the spectacular sound. With special appearances by Eric Clapton, Prince and a few oth ers, The Red Shoes promises to take North America and indeed the en tire music industry by storm. Vanessa Hawthorn I t 's
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I BY GATRIN MORRIS | Welcome to the world of The Woman’s Magazine. And what a lucrative world it is. Apart from the occasional hormonally-charged young boy, it’s women who actually read these things. Why? The Beauty Myth made public a critique of the ultra-thin and ultra destructive nature of fashion maga zines. But while feminists publicly denounce them, many do read them in private shame. So, what’s it all about7 The Woman’s Mag can be di vided into three loosely defined cat egories: The backlash bonanza mag Cosmo: COVER CAPTIONS: “Roseanne Down to Fighting Weight but Bigger than Ever”, “Stop Chasing So He Can Chase You”. TARGETS: Soap Opera watchers, anorexichopefuls and anyone in for a good laugh: check out the dubious guides on getting a man (“spill drink across your blouse”). Cosmo is
are embar- 0 rassed. Like Selling Uke crazy Cosmo, this mag provides trivial “in formation” on dry scalps, eyeliner application and hotel mini-bars (“Don’t be lured by those cute little... bite-sized packages!”)Glam our’s attempt to approach real is sues like rape and healthcare is organized into cutesy little soundbite “tidbits". Mademoiselle. COVER CAPTIONS: “Cool Clothes from K-Mart”, “Is Your Break fast Making You Fat?“. TARGETS: a more “hip”urban woman who wishes she was a waif. This is basically a less suburbanite Glamour. Amongst the photos of malnourished women and
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thing. Mirabella has sponsored fo rums on women’s health issues and has features on people like Anna Quindlen and Adrienne Rich. Lots of art and literature, too. But, like with Bazaar; these editors are in the grip of the evil advertising moguls who depend upon the perpetuation of female self-hatred to make mont The lingering image is, of course, visual: the way women look is really darn important. The ad-less mag o f enlight enment: Ms.: When Ms. went ad-free in the late eighties it lost a lot of readership. The reason? The cost. Ms. has voiced a rejection of the toneddown mandate of its 80s days. Now, multiculturalism, feminism, politics and the arts merge into a compre hensive and impressive publication. But, those who dish out the many bucks to buy this mag are likely feminists already, not potential con verts. And there lies the dilemma. Ultimately, though, Ms. reveals the power of the advertiser: without them and their mass culture market, women can actually speak for them selves.
H ic M cGll Tribune. N ovem ber 9-15.1993
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BY JO H N SC A N L O N A recent formula for cin ematic success seem s to be to take a “serious” piece of litera ture and m ake it into a film which “everyone can enjoy!" W itness o fferin g s su c h as O rlando, The Joy Luck Club a n d th e u p c o m in g E ven Cowgirls Get The Blues. The production team of Ismail Mer chant andjam es Ivory, the flag ship o f this appropriation move ment, has built its reputation on screen adaptations o f E.M. Forster novels. Films such as A Room with a View and Howards E nd are characterized by lav ish attention to period detail, orn ate cinem atography and superb acting. Now this literary dynamic duo have struck again, reuniting Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thom pson in their ver sion of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Re m ains o f the Day. R em ains tells the story of Stephens, the aging butler at Darlington Hall, an immense estate house in rural England. The time is 1956 and Stephens em barks on a long-deserved vacation. The film is framed by
lies in the casting. As Stephens, his leisurely drive through Eng Anthony Hopkins provides a land’s West Country to visit Miss Kenton, the housekeeper restrained and harrow ing por trayal o f a m an utterly commit w ho w orked With him twenty ted to his job, even in the face years previously. The o f tra g e d y a n d h e a rta c h e . film con sists large ly of S tephens’ m em ories o f life dur ing Miss K e n to n ’s tenure at Darlington Hall. The r e c o lle c tions deal w ith th e two most im portant people in S tephens’ past (Miss Kenton Hannibal Lecter became a butler, didn'tya know? and Lord Stephens believes that the es Darlington) and his inability to connect with them in any m ean sential quality o f a good butler is dignity, and Hopkins dem in g fu l w a y . As th e film onstrates w hat a suffocating progresses he is forced to ex am ine how his notion o f “duty” quality that can b e. T he strang has contributed to his life o f est casting in the film is the inaction. choice o f th e far-from-dowdy The strength o f this film Emma Thom pson to play the
housekeeper, Miss Kenton. This unusual casting w orks because Thom pson doesn’t try to con form to the bounds o f the char acter, but rather puts her ow n spirit into the role. The result is a portrayal w h ic h is perhaps un e x p e c te d but still true to th e novel. P ro b lem s stem fro m th e difficulty of tra n sla tin g The R em ainsoftbe D a y fro m page to s c r e e n .
I s h ig u r o ’s novel is in credibly in te n s e a n d controlled. It is rendered from Stephens’ point o f view; he never reveals him self to any one and that is the source o f his tragic character. As it is difficult for an actor to convey com plex em otional states solely through physical expression, the film
changes scenes from the novel to allow the audience to under stand Stephens’ feelings and motivations. At times the tech nique is forced and obvious, but thankfully w e are spared the intervention of an overrid ing narrative. O ther changes seem to have been m ade with no par ticular function than to give the film som e artificial sense o f closure, but ultimately do not grossly affect the quality o f the film. Ivory, the director, has m anaged to k eep the subtlety o f the original text largely in tact. The R em ains o f the D ay functions on tw o levels. The first is as a personal journey, the questioning o f o n e’s ow n life and the realization o f past mistakes. The second is a study o f a society struggling into the m odem age — the conflict of an older grandeur and nobility with the harsh political realities o f the twentieth century. Re m ains is the most difficult text that Merchant and Ivory have tackled so far, and while it may not have the magic quality o f A Room w ith a View, it is still a strong and rew arding film.
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" p o r is Thyer takes second at CIAU X-country Championships BY CH A R LES THOM AS Linda Thyer concluded her marvellous cross country running career at McGill by taking second place at the Canadian Inter-uni versity Athletic Union (CIAU) Championships, last Saturday in Halifax and leading the Martlets to seventh-place in the country. In the men’s race, Jean-Nicolas Duval earned second-team AllCanadian status by taking tenthplace and helping the Redmen to a sixth-place finish. In the four years she has donned McGill’s red and white, good things have become ex pected of Thyer. She has never lost a Quebec Student Sport Fed eration (QSSF) race, she has been named All-Canadian three times and was on the Canadian team for the 1993 World Cross Country Championships. Yet when she exploded out of the start to take a lead that she would hold for more than half the race last Saturday, the typical seemed exceptional. Faced with a 95 hour work week in a medical school intern ship and recovering from a b ally h o o e d bout w ith mononucleosis, Thyer should not have been expected to come out so hard, but indeed she did.
“It was an aggres sive kind of run on my part,” said Thyer. “I felt I had to put as much dis tance as I could between me and [eventual win ner] Lisa Harvey.” The University of Calgary’s Harvey, last year’s winner, a slow starter renowned for her come from behind wins, eventually caught up to Thyer and then pulled away on the last hill to take the 5km race in 16:52, with Thyer plac ing second in 17:06. The University of Toronto’s (U of T) Sarah Hunter was third in 17:13- Thyer earned All-Canadian sta tus in cross country for the fourth straight year. Completing McGill’s roster were Rosie Mullins in 20th, Kelly Fallon in 26th, Ashley Hahn in 31st, Melanie Déja-vu, Thyer is number two Bassett in 44th and Kate Seventh-place was a bit of a Leslie in 45th place. The team results saw Calgary disappointment for Head Coach take the winning banner, with the Dennis Barrett. His Martlets, fifth University of British Columbia in last year, were hurt by injuries and second, followed by U of T, the absences of Danielle Dyck Dalhousie, Queen’s, the Univer and A ll-C anadian M élanie sity of Western Ontario andMcGill. Choinière due to school related
M artlet soccer w in s provincials B Y JA M IE D E A N For the fifth straight season the McGill Martlets captured the Quebec University Soccer League (QUSL) championship, with a convincing 5-1 victory over Sherbrooke. McGill went ahead early in the game with two quick goals by Julie Maughan. A controversial penalty shot by Sherbrooke kept the score close, but McGill contin ued to dominate. Maughan added a second pair of goals before half time to secure the win for McGill. Heidi Bloomfield rounded out McGill's scoring in the second half with a well-placed header. Head coach Tony Iachetta, concerned about potential inju ries, and wanting to get other players into the game, pulled some of the starters in the second half, including Maughan. “We had to be really con cerned about injuries. Sherbrooke had nothing to lose by playing a chippy and physical second half," said Iachetta. “It gave some of our other players a chance to play. We will be really counting on a strong bench next weekend in the na tionals, and this was a great op portunity to play in a big game.” Going into the game, the Martlets were worried about Sherbrooke’s grass field, which could have been slick and muddy.
But the field was in good shape, and the Martlets were determined to win. “We were a bit nervous about playing on the grass, but we played really well. Julie got four goals, Carolyn [Teng] had a great game in net and the defence held them off,” said Bloomfield. McGill was con fid en t throughout the game. Even the controversial penalty shot early in the game could not dissuade the Martlets. “Even though the penalty was called against me, I didn’t feel bad because we were playing so well,” said defender Gayle Noble. Looking ahead to next week end’s national championships, Iachetta sees a strong field. “[Wilfrid] Laurier and British Columbia have good individual players. McMaster is a big physical team with strong set plays. Dalhousie has strong technical players, and I’m not at all sur prised that they finally made it to the nationals," com m ented Iachetta, who has obviously done his homework. “I predicted this line-up [of teams in the national championship] a month ago.” Neither Iachetta nor any of the players wanted to make any further predictions about the na tionals, but all agreed that the Martlets have a very good shot at gold if they play well.
“We have a good team, with as much of a chance as any other team. Hopefully the home field will help, but our experience at previous nationals will probably help us the most,” said Noble. Having been to the nation als for the past four years, and placing second in the past two championships, the Martlets have a very good shot at the top spot. CIAU W om en's Soccer Championships (Molson Stadium ) Thursday Nov. H A 11:00 WLU vs. Dalhousie B 13:30 Sherbrooke vs. UBC Friday Nov. 12 A 11:00McMaster vs. WLU B 13:30 McGill vs. Sherbrooke Saturday nqv. 13 A 11:00 Dalhousie vs. McMaster B 13:30 UBC vs. McGill Sunday November 14 11:00 Bronze Medal Game (#2 Pool A vs. *2 Pool B) 13:30 Gold Medal Game (#1 Pool A vs. #1 Pool B)
commitments. “There were strong women out there run ning, itwasnoeasyrace,” added Thyer, explaining McGill’s difficult task. The Redmen, for their part are only now starting to reap the ben efits of a long term re building program. An eighth-place team at last year’s CIAU champion ships, the runners this year moved up to 6th, behind Duval’s strong tenth-place in 31:54. 2 “I have improved X compared to last [year’s u 31st place], so I’m really •£ happy,” said Duval. u Barrett appreciated § the team’s gain, but saw some lost opportunities. H “It was a big im provement from last year, but I was hoping for a little bit higher finish, above Queen’s or Wind sor, ”explained the coach. Duval agreed with Barrett “We were ranked fourth and we had the talent to get that,” he said.
Barrett was pleased, how ever, and alluded that his young team’s inexperience played a part in the long run. “They might have started a bit too fast, but they definitely tried. I give them full marks for trying to get the job done,” he concluded. Besides Duval, McGill’s fin ishers were Alex Hutchinson, in 31st, Brad Young in 34th, Mark Coleman in 4lst, Gerry Zavorsky in 45th, Joshua Lall in 49th and Doug Penick in 53rd place. U of T’s Brendan Matthias won the 10km race in 30:21, fol lowed by UBC’s Jeff Shiebler in 30:28, and Graham Fell, last year’s winner, in 30:56. The overall title went to UBC, then came U of T, UWO, Windsor, Queen’s, McGill and Dalhousie. Of the six Redmen finishers, only Coleman will not return to what should turn out to be a very strong team next year. “Our big year will be next year,” said Duval. “My goal for the team is to get to the podium [top three team finish]. I think it is realistic, the guys are very moti vated.”
Martlets come up empty vs. UQTM B Y D A V ID B E Z M O Z G IS T he struggling McGill hockey Martlets were in action th is w e e k e n d ag a in st th e Université du Québec à TroisRivières (UQTR), who rolled into McConnell Winter Stadium last Saturday evening to start the teams’ home and home series. Trois-Rivières looked to be the more dominant team from the beginning, and quickly notched two goals to secure a lead that they were not to relin quish. A power play goal by Fiona Balkenende at 5:33 of the first period cut UQTR’s lead to 2-1. Her wraparound also proved to be the only offence mustered by the Martlets on a night when their play was described by their coach, Geoff Phillips, as being “unbelievably flat.” Annette VanDerLinde got the start in goal for McGill and did her best to repel the barrage of UQTR shots, unfortunately her stand-up style could not with stand all of the pressure. UQTR controlled the tempo of the game, and especially excelled on spe cial teams. “We had months less ice time than the other teams in the
league and have had no time for practising our special teams. Some of these teams have had ice since September the 1st,” remarked Phillips. The game ended 13- in favour of UQTR. Sunday’s game was a com pletely different story. The Martlets were edged 5-1, bui played a much stronger game. “Night and day,” explained Phillips. “We came out and used our heads.” VanDerLinde, who was re placed by September Weir in the third period of Saturday’s game got the call again on Sunday. Hei performance this time, if it was ir question in the previous game was very solid. UQTR managec to beat her five times, but most 01 th e g o als cam e on UQTF powerplays on penalties tha Phillips considered shoddy a best. “Basically itw asa 1-1 game except for the penalties,” re marked Phillips who was unable to conceal his frustration. Allison Fournier notchec the lone Martlet goal in a contes that could have gone either wa) were it not for some question able officiating. McGill will visit CEGEP St Laurent this Friday at 7:15 PM.
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N o tes & Q u otes M a r tle ts b a sk e tb a ll 2-1 a t N I T Martlets basketball took second place at the University of Toronto’s National Invitation Tournament (NIT) last weekend. In round robin play, the Martlets were beaten 90-81 by the University of Western Ontario in the first encounter, despite Vicky Tessier’s 24 points and 16 rebounds. Martina van der Vlist with 22 points and Josée Deloretto, with 17, provided the other hot hands for McGill. The Martlets rebounded in Saturday’s game to edge the host team U of T 77-68, behind Delorctto’s team high 21 points. In their lone Sunday game, McGill crushed league rival Laval 75-66 in the wake of Vicky Tessier’s 23 point performance. Martina van der Vlist and Josée Deloretto added to the tally, with 21 and 14 points respectively. The Martlets will be at the Concordia Tournament from November 12-14.
the OWIAA title it won two years ago, however, the retirement of long-time coach Gerry Dubrule, this summer, makes an already difficult task that much more trying. The team will likely be taken over in January by a prominent Montreal area coach. In the meantime, team leadership has fallen on the shoulders of captain Sarah Stone, with the help of some alumni. The team’s first league meet will be on November 20th at Trent University.
I t ’s official: W e id e r v a r s ity w e ig h t room is open
Weight training guru Ben Weider headed an impres sive guest list last Thursday as McGill Athletics officially opened their new varsity weight room. Dick Pound, Chairman of the McGill Athletic Board and Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, was also present and commented on the importance of such a facility. “A weight room of this nature is something we lacked here at McGill. It will be a big help to our varsity teams,” commented Pound. Athletics Director Robert R ed m en b a sk e tb a ll com e d o w n h a r d on Dubeau explained just how the equipment was acquired. P la ttsb u rg “We went to the Weider family, they asked us what we wanted, and we sent our strength coaches to pick out The Redmen basketball team went south of the the equipment,” stated Dubeau. “It is institutional strength border, last Saturday, to take on mightless Plattsburgh State and will last a long, long time. This is certainly a big in an exhibition game. Strong shooting from Doug McMahon donation; we could not have purchased equipment of this and Sammy Mendolia, who got 17 points each, assured quality,” he added. McGill of the 83-73 victory. McGill hosts the Redmen As a sign of their appreciation to the Weider family, Invitational November 12 to November 14 at the Currie the Athletics department named the new facility after Ben Gym. and Joe Weider, and unveiled a commemorative plaque at the ceremony. Dubeau is certainly pleased with the new facility. S yn ch ro -sw im tea m fig u re s w e ll in “We are delighted and excited, this is a tremen season -open er dously positive asset for our intercollegiate program,” he stated. “This new room, unlike the older one, allows The Marlinettes synchronized-swimming team held coaches to set up specific training programs for each of its intrasquad club figures meet last Saturday at the Currie their players. Computerized programs will be imple Pool. The meet served as preparation for the st^rt of the mented once we get the computers into the room, and Ontario W omen’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association Director o f Athletics Dubeau exchanged gifts when we do, we will have one of the better weight training (OWIAA) season. with fitness guru Ben Weider facilities in the country," added Dubeau. In the novice category, Naomi Wyman dominated, Hockey coach Jean Pronovost believes that such a taking the top spot with a score of 63 9825. She was facility is essential for a strong intercollegiate program. followed by Tanya Handa (62.405), Sarah Fells (59.2775), Karen Milligan (52.6925) and “We have come to a point in time where if we want our athletes to perform Andrea Bunn (50.925). McGill’s women have won the OWIAA novice figures for the at a higher level and want our teams committed to excellence, we need this type past five years. of facility," commented Pronovost. At the intermediate level, Yvonne Schut was first with 60.8825 points, while Ben Weider summed it up quite nicely. Wendy Pollard placed second with 59.845, then came Sarah Stone (57.2925) and “Aristotle once said, ‘Sound mind, sound body’. McGill, a fine institution of Melinda Warren (56.420). higher education, provides for a sound mind. Weider can now provide for a sound In the seniors, Karen Whiting (75.615) edged Annie Mailloux (73 2175). body." After a second-place finish at last year’s championships, McGill is poised to regain
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Ivy league schools poison for Redmen hockey BY CHRISTOPHER RIGNEY With fifty-three years passed since they last played host to Princeton, the Redmen hockey team saw last Friday’s exhibition game as a chance to leave a lasting impression on the Tigers. Unfortunately, the game will not be remembered for the stellar play of either squad, but rather, for another reason. Due to an administrative oversight, no referees showed up to officiate the game at the McConnell Winter Arena, neces sitating the use of intramural offi cials. After a thirty-minute delay before the opening face off, a well-composed Princeton squad thoroughly outplayed the Redmen for the first two periods, before McGill decided to show up for the final session. It was too little too late, however, as the Tigers boarded the bus back to New Jersey with a 4-1 season-opening victory. Approximately twenty-five minutes prior to the scheduled game time, it became apparent that no officials had been called to work the game. Bernie Gagnon, the man responsible for the hir
ing of referees for Que long, w h e re as the bec University hockey Princeton players never games, agreed to act as held it for more than a replacement. Intramural few seconds, at most,” referees John Clarke and commented Pronovost. Dave Petty served as “They were a lot quicker linesmen. at trapping with the quick When the hard-hit pass.” ting game finally began, W ith P rinceton it took the Tigers only adding two second pe 5:04 to draw first blood. riod goals to double their With a mad scramble in lead while maintaining a front of the net, Redmen 28-9 shots on goal ad n e tm in d e r P atrick vantage, the Redmen Jeanson was able to stepped out onto the ice make one nifty save for the third period with before Princeton centre nothing to lose. Ian Sharp found the back Taking advantage of the net, giving his of the stand-in official’s team a 1-0 advantage. | reluctance to call penal The Tigers took ly ties through the first two advantage of McGill’s H periods, the Redmen bad position play. With 2 played their most physia number of players con .% cal period of hockey this verged around the puck ^ season. The game came by the right face off cir dangerously close to get cle, Tiger defenceman ting out of hand when Sean O ’Brien slid a pass frustrations and tempers to teammate Miro Pasic, Redmen goalie Patrick Jeanson had to play “follow led to a minor brawl in the bouncing puck” in two weekend losses who found himself all the opening minutes of alone in front of Jeanson. Pasic Redmen head coach Jean the period. extended Jeanson before depos The Redmen created a hand Pronovost did not believe that his iting the puck past the fallen team lacked the necessary skill ful of scoring chances by opening against the Tigers, but rather fell up lanes through their physical goalie, giving the Tigers a 2-0 play, before rugged Redmen for short in the execution. lead which they took into the first intermission. “We held on to the puck too ward Stacey McGregor Finally put
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BY CHARLES THOMAS Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but hey, in a dual swim meet, you can do both at the same time. Last Satur day, at the brand spankin’ new Currie Pool, McGill swimmers did just that, splitting their sec ond meet of the season with the Université Laval. The Rouge et Or men, winners of the last 11 provincial championships, just squeaked passed the Redmen 97-82, while the Martlets came out way ahead 115-60 in the w om en’s races. Carol Chiang was especially impressive, leading the Martlets * with a triple gold-medal per formance. She won the 50m butterfly, the 100m freestyle, and was a member of the Martlets winning 200m freestyle relay team. But Chiang was not the only bee in Head Coach François
L a u rin ’s b o n n e t. D an a McClimont’s 1:18.13 time in the 100m breaststroke and Anna Leong’s 2:26.52 200m individual medley both were under the Canadian Inter-university Ath letic Union (CLAU) standard. The achievements assure them both a place in the CIAU champion ships. “Anna and Dana should be able to make the finals at CLALTs,” commented Laurin. “We should have more qualifiers in the next few weeks, a lot missed the standard by just a fraction of a second.” Eric Potier shone for the men by winning the 50m breast stroke, while Leo Grepin took the 200m freestyle. Laurin believes the m en’s strong performance against per ennial champion Laval will give the team greater confidence. “In every race, we were with them. It was really a good boost for the team,” he ex plained. McGill will have a busy schedule this week. First, the team will be at the New HavenYale Dual Meet on Friday. On Saturday, the red and white will be at the Sherbrooke Can-Am Challenge and on Sunday, they will host McMaster at 11 AM at the Currie Pool.
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BY KEN SCOTT A long weekend for the McGill women’s volleyball team came to an end on Sunday with a 3-1 league loss to the Université de Montréal Carabines. After losing to U de M a few weeks ago, the McGill squad was better prepared for this second encounter with their league ri vals. U nfortunately for the Martlets, so were the Carabines. The Martlets kept it close, but eventually came up on the losing end of the match. After winning the first set 17-16, the McGill women lost three tough ones 8-15, 2-15, and 10-15. How ever coach Rachèle Béliveau be lieved that her team had im proved since the last battle with U de M. “This match was a much better match for both teams and
U de M is the best team,” com mented Béliveau. Jillian King, who played well in defeat, agreed with her coach. “It’s definitely more com petitive, ” she said. “Point for point we’re as strong as they are. By no way are they that much stronger than us.” The loss to U de M in league play came a day after the Martlets took part in the ten-team Mon treal Omnium Senior tournament that included teams from New York and Quebec City, as well as several Montreal teams. After beating MARC, a non university, Montreal-based team, in the first round, the Martlets lost to the Merici team from Quebec City 2-1. Coach Béliveau again discussed the improvement of the McGill women. “Last year when we played [Mericil we got beat 15-4, 15-4, and this year we got beat in three sets, so it was very good,” she commented. King believed the tourna ment loss would only help the team down the road. “It was a good learning experience. We learned what a lot of our weaknesses were and what we needed to improve on,” she said. McGill will visit Concordia this Wednesday at 7 PM and will host the University of Ottawa on Thursday at 6:30 PM.
McGill on the scoreboard. Picking up a rebound in the slot off a slapshot from Redmen rea rg u a rd M artin R outhier, McGregor deftly put the pu: k past the Tiger goalie. Despite continued dominat ing play by the Redmen, who outshot the Tigers 12-3 in the last session, the comeback fell short, as the 4-1 score held up as the final. David Vecchio, a third-year R edm en forw ard, gave his thoughts on the game. “You have to play 60 min utes of hockey, there’s no two ways about it. It took us almost 40 minutes before we got going. Sure we won the third period but that’s not enough,” he said. The following day, the Redmen travelled to New Haven, Connecticut to face off against the Yale Elis. Up 3-1 with just over 11 nÿnutes remaining, McGill crumbled as Yale rallied for three late goals to edge the Redmen 43. Scoring for McGill were Mike Buffone, Frederic Brais, and Vecchio. The Redmen resume their regular season schedule when they visit the Guelph Gryphons on Friday, before taking on the U of T Blues the following day.
M o m 's I m p e r ia l C h ic k e n 1 4to5poundchfckencutup 2 cups fine cky breadcrumbs 3/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup chopped paisley 1-2 cloves garlc, crushed 2tspsatt 1/8 Isp. pepper 1/2 cup melted butter •Mix breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper -Dip each piece of chicken into butter, then crumbs -Arrange In shallow roasting pan -Pour remaining butter over chicken -Bake for 1 hr in 350° oven -Do not turn chicken, but baste frequently with drippings -Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs
The McGill Tribune. N ovem ber 9-15.1993
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Redmen rugby defeat Sherbrooke before bowing to Bishop’s B Y C H R IST O P H E R R IG N E Y On the weekend culminat ing their conference play this sea son, the Redmen Rugby “A” side defeated the Sherbrooke Vert et Or 15-7 in the Quebec University Rugby League (QURL) semi-finals on Saturday before falling to the Bishop’s Gaiters in the champion ship match by a 9-5 score. The loss in the finals was the third this season for the Redmen, and all have come at the hands of the Gaiters. On Saturday’s semi-final at Lieber Park, in Point St-Charles, the Redmen thoroughly dominated Sherbrooke, despite the fact that they did not convert a single try on the afternoon. Accounting for the 15 McGill points were Fullback Sean “Krusty” Ewart’s five penalty kicks. The final score, however, was not reflective of the match, as the Redmen controlled the ball and dominated play against the overmatched Sherbrooke side. Sunday’s cham pionship game, which was also played at the Redmen home field at Lieber Park, matched up the two heavy weights of the conference. The much anticipated final featured a clean, hard-fought contest, unlike
the cheap-shot battle which the two team s shared earlier this season. M c G ill
scrum half Dan Benoit opened the scoring by notching a try, which gave the Redmen a 5-0 lead after the failed convert. o The score was g set up by a great W run from inside centre Rob _o Buffam which put the Redmen in position for Benoit’s run. The 5-0 Guys, guys! Let's not fight, we 're all in this together... score held up for the remainder of the first half and land for another try. During the “When you’re playing a top well into the second session. Ap course of the afternoon, the team like Bishop’s, you just can’t proximately midway through the Redmen were awarded four pen miss four penalty kicks,” explained second half, however, the Gaiters alty kicks which i they failed to Lupton. “It was the blown oppor were awarded a penalty kick after convert. tunities which killed us.” a Redmen infraction. Bishop’s con The missed penalty kicks A superior effort was turned verted the penalty kick as well as more than made up the difference in by the Redmen forwards, as the two others which were awarded in the final four point differential. they consistently outworked the to them the rest of the way. Forw ards Captain Sam Bishop’s pack. Most notably, Despite continued hard- Lupton believed that the team had flanker Tristan Jackson played a fought play by the Redmen, they simply wasted some valuable scor strong game, making a handful of were unable to find the promised ing chances. key tackles.
After the game, the confer ence all-star team was announced by the QURL. The Redmen had the following players selected: prop Alex Hjrivack, second row Steve Robb, Lupton, outside centre Dave Laurie and wing Dave Fortier. In addition, Jackson and Benoit were selected as substitute members, if for some reason, the others cannot fulfil their duties. The Redmen and the Gaiters ran away with the number of players selected to the t eam
Lupton tried to describe his team’s reaction to the loss. “Although we were all terribly disappointed by the loss, we were proud that they were unable to score a try on us,” explained Lupton. “Personally, I’m proud of the way that this team played and we can definitely walk away from the loss with our heads held high.”
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our defense, as we were tackling high and losing many of the scrums.” “We just weren’t reacting quick enough," Shouldice added. The following day, the “A” side Martlets travelled to Loyola Campus to take on Concordia in the league’s version of the super bowl. With a swirling wind above
side, as flanker Laura Morrison fell on a blocked kick in the end zone. The Martlets did not allow In a disappointing week a sustained drive for a try all end of play for the Martlet Wom afternoon long, while they man en’s Rugby Club, the Under-19 aged to keep the ball in the s q u a d fell 5-0 to CEGEP Concordia half for long periods. Marianapolis at Saturday’s pro M cGill’s lone try was vincial college semifinals, while notched by Co-Captain Alison the “A” squad also suffered a Traynor, but the Martlets failed to hard-fought convert the en loss, 12-5, at the suing two-point hands of the attempL Concordia Lady Co-CapStingers in the tain and scrum Q uebec Uni half Chandy versity Rugby Davis offered League (QURL) her view on the cham pionship te a m ’s tough match. loss. The Un“Yes, the der-19 Martlets team was disap were unable to pointed, but eve generate any rybo dy took offence in their heart in the fact season-ending that we played a loss at Lieber solid game that Park, in Point we can all be -m * St-Charles. De proud of,” pro spite the defeat, Try as they might, the Martlets are still second to Concordia claimed the vet the Martlets put eran. forth a competitive effort in a and rock-hard frozen ground Davis admitted, however, game which featured much high below, conditions for the match that there were some Martlets kicking by Marianapolis, and were not conducive to a success who took the loss harder than hence, much running by the ful offensive attack by either side. others. Martlets. The Lady Stingers recorded “Almost all the forwards are Martlet Kym Shouldice gave their first try when they scored graduating, many never having her view of the cleanly-played off a rucker maul from about two won a championship,”said Davis. match. yards out. The other Concordia “They were the ones who were “We were really upset with try was also a bit on the fluky most upset.”
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