The McGill Tribune Vol. 13 Issue 16

T h e ]M cG i 11 T ri b u n e January 25-31,1994

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

R o b b ie B u m s h a u n ts M c G ill

It'sjanuary 25th and w e all know w hat that means... that's right, it's Scottish poet Robbie Burns's day. So screw your assignm ents, break out the bagpipes, put on your kilt, and go out and raise a cup o' kindness at your favourite tavern.

I n s id e T h is W e e k N ew s: The U niversity Residence Council deem s cyclical review unnecessary.

See page 3 Op/Ed: A US should not underm ine the SSMU constitution.

See editorial, page 6 Features: A s m any students begin their sum m er job searches, the T r ib u n e gives som e tips about w here to start.

See page 9 Entertainment: D oisneau, Lukacs and Perrault hit Montreal and The Fresh Prince hits the big screen.

See page 13 Sports: Redm en hockey squeaks by G uelph and crushes U. o fT . ___________ See page 16

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R esidences d ecid e th e y d o n ’t n e ed re v ie w

BY RAM RANDHAW A Representatives o f McGill’s residence com m unity voted d o w n a request for a cyclical review of residences at a m eeting o f the University Residence Com m ittee (URC) last Monday. The URC co n ­ sists o f the directors an d council presidents o f each hall, as w ell as the president o f th e Inter-Resi­ dence Council (IRC).

Cyclical review s are exter­ nal investigations into the o p era­ tion o f a unit o f the university.

Unlike internal reviews, how ever, which often look at specific is­ sues, cyclical reviews usually p o s­ sess a bro ad m andate an d aim for a com prehensive exam ination of the unit u n der review. Cyclical review s are perform ed by a re­ view team not con n ected to the unit u n d er investigation.

T he cyclical review request w as initiated by Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Ruth Prom islow last sum m er. Although IRC originally su p p o rted the m o­ tion for a cyclical review, the council chang ed its stance after further deliberation.

G ardner Hall President Eric H offstein elab o ra te d o n IRC’s position.

“IRC, after careful consid­ eration, decided that w ith a cou­ ple o f modifications, students

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could attem pt to solve th e p ro b ­ lem s in residence using the exist­ ing system," h e said.

The modifications p ro p o sed an d accepted at last w e e k ’s URC m eeting include a clearer account­ ing procedure an d an accurate statem ent o f th e capital reserves fund account.

T he capital reserves fu n d is u sed for m ajor repairs such as replacem ent of w indow s and w ir­

ing in residence buildings.

Students also requested sup­ port from D irector of R esidences Flo Tracy for p ro p o sed IRC m odi­ fications to the Code o f Student C onduct an d Discipline, a voice in form ulating the list o f priorities for the capital reserves fund, and investigations into the usefulness of linen service and w eek en d m eal plans at the Royal Victoria College (RVC) residence.

RVC, the only exclusively fem ale residence at McGill, cur­ rently provides linen service and w eek en d m eal plans to its cus­ tom ers, services unavailable to the oth er residences. T he feasibil­ ity o f these services w as q u es­ tioned at IRC m eetings by an RVC representative.

T racy stated that student involvem ent and co n tinued selfevaluation w ere factors already at

play in the residence com m unity.

“W e’re always looking at ourselves,” sh e said. “Students are involved in setting priorities now , but w e will m ake every effort to involve them m ore if th ey feel they should b e .”

Prom islow stated that she intended to continue to press for an external review o f residence operations.

“There certainly are other m eans to push fo r a review of residences by an external bo d y ,” she said.

A lthough both Tracy and the IRC stated that a cyclical review o f residence w as n o t necessary, Prom islow disagreed“T h ere’s a real benefit to having people take an outside perspective an d exam ine a unit as objectively as possible,” sh e ar­ gued.

H o f f s te in a g r e e d w ith Prom islow ’s evaluation, b u t ex­ plained that the p ro p o sed modifi­ cations w ould deal w ith the m ost im portant issues, an d that a cycli­ cal review w as not urgent.

“These [modifications] are the foundation w e ’re laying for future residence councils to w ork w ith,” h e explained. “I think that an external review w o u ld b e use­ ful. We decided that it w as not necessary right now , b u t in a few years, I think it w o u ld be g o o d .”

Management mirth m ore moderate despite debauchery

BY ROB C R A M PTO N T he annu al M anagem ent Jn d e rg ra d u a te Society (MUS) Vinter Carnival h ad a them e this ?ear that raised a few eyebrow s, tookie first years a n d o th er stuients o f the Faculty o f M anagen en t w ere called to festivities in d er a them e o f D ebauchery.

D espite its rath er risque hem e, carnival organizers said hat the events w ere k ep t in good aste. Carnival Com m ittee m em )er Pierre Paoloni d efen d ed the :hoice o f them es, arguing that people w h o criticized the them e were unaw are o f the m eaning of h e w o rd “d eb au ch ery ”.

P aoloni said W ed n esd ay h a t MUS h ad n o t received any queries regarding the propriety tf su ch a them e. H e also p ro ­ d d e d a dictionary definition of h e w ord.

- oh “I m ean it’s just a nam e. It n ean s ‘indulgence in the senses’, ” te explained.

P aoloni also d e n ie d that Drganizers receiv ed an y com ­ plaints d u e to sexist o r racist content. N ot ev en the allegedly sexism- a n d racism -riddled “Buns an d Bellies” contest, a p roblem area fo r MUS in the past, d rew censure according to Paoloni.

“N ope, n o com plaints. Not so far. I d o n ’t foresee any co m ­ plaints. [Buns an d Bellies] w as very clean this year,” h e stated.

H eather Smith, a U3 fem ale c a rn iv a l c o m m itte e m e m b e r, ag reed th at the con test w as k ep t clean this year.

“In n o w ay has [the carni­ val] b e e n sexist... bras w ere kep t o n ,” she said.

As evidence o f this, Smith p o in ted to the fact that students w ere enjoying them selves.

“Everyone [seem ed] to be having a g o o d tim e,” sh e argued.

H ow ever, n o t all students h a d the g o o d tim e Smith and P aoloni did. France Jolicoeur, a U2 m anagem ent student, stated that sh e d id n o t ap preciate the sexism w hich sh e said recurred often in carnival events.

Jo lic o e u r p o in te d to the “Buns an d B ellies” co n test as b e ­ ing th e m ost problem atic.

“T he first team h a d tw o w o m en — in boxers w ith lace, seethrough bras— w h o w ere o n dis­ play for th e entire sketch. An­ o th er sketch h a d o n e w o m an in a black negligee a n d p an ties w ith garters. In fact, I d o n ’t rem em ber o n e team that didn’t have a w om an in a b ra ,” sh e said.

A ccording to Jolicoeur, the

cafeteria, w h e re the “B uns an d Bellies" skits w ere show ing w as packed, an d MUS profited well selling b e e r at th e event.

The “B uns an d Bellies” c o n ­ test has com e u n d er fire from students in the past. A ccording to reports the ev en t w as far w orse last year, containing sketches in w hich students sim ulated the rape o f a w o m an an d a sketch that portrayed a m an perform ing oral sex o n a m enstruating East Asian w om an. Em erging from b etw een h er legs he beg an flossing his teeth w ith h er tam p o n a n d said “After I eat C hinese I love a g o o d fortune co o k ie.”

Jolicoeur a n d others su ch as Simon Bates, a U2 C anadian Studies student, w ere pleased with other MUS events, especially ef­ forts to aid cancer research. The MUS C ancer A uction raised over

$13,000.

“This show s w h a t d e te r­ m ined m anagem ent students can d o ,” said Bates. Jolicoeur agreed.

“If w e ’re going to b e the future m anagers o f this w o rld an d if w e [as w om en] w an t respect and equality, the b est w ay is n o t to start taking off o u r clo th es,” she said.

At least o n e m ale m an ag e­ m ent student, w h o w ishes to re­

The carnival, w hich en d e d m ain anonym ous, is an n oyed and o n Thursday, also featured events p u zzled at the reputation his fac­ such as a car rally, a card tourna­ ulty has for sexism a n d racism. m en t a n d th e p o p u la r sn o w MUS an d the Faculty o f M anage­ sculpting contest. m ent have com e u n d e r fire in recent years for its carni­ val a n d for th e c o n te n t o f its official p u b lic a tio n , Com ­ th e m erce C om ­ munique, w hich m any h av e c alled sexist.

“All o f m y f rie n d s a n d I fo u n d th e Com ­ m erce C om ­ m unique a n d e v e n ts lik e “B u n s an d Bellies” o ffen siv e. I m ean, its o n ly a few e d ito rs a n d p eo p le w h o g et o n stage that m ake the w h o le fa c ­ u lty lo o k b ad ,” he said. Sleaze and strip-tease at “Buns and Bellies’’

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Students1’ so ciety jo in s business consortium

BY PATRICK FRUCHET In an effort to improve its finan­ cial viability, the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) ratified an agreement, signed by VP External Andrew Work, to join a newly-formed business consortium.

The Canadian Campus Business Consortium (CCBC), which requires an initial contribution of $4,734 on SSMU’s part, and subsequent annual contributions to cover operating costs, is designed to be a non-political or­ ganization.

CCBC is based on the premise that it’s member organizations can save money and improve operating efficiency by participating, on a volun­ tary basis, in collective business activi­ ties such as bulk purchasing. “[CCBC] will work on a project by project, opt-in basis to maximize the buying power of its members,” explained Work.

The founding members of the CCBC, with the exception of the Dalhousie Students' Union, are not members of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), a student political advocacy group.

Dalhousie students will vote on whether to continue their membership in a referendum scheduled for March.

Many members of the Dalhousie com­ munity believe that the students will vote to withdraw their membership in the CFS. Sources who were present at meetings for the CCBC in Alberta have

indicated that cer­ tain participants in­ formally discussed the idea of form­ ing a new political organization that would have a man­ date that overlaps with the current goals of the CFS. The CCBC itself may eventu­ ally compete with the CFS StudentSaver pro­ gram which pres­ ently offers such things as dis­ counted travel rates for students through its Travel Cuts agency.

In selling the concept to the various student unions, Bill Smith, General Manager of the University of Alberta Stu­ dents' Union and a driving force behind CCBC, ex­ VP External Andrew Work - making SS M U plained why the financially viable corporate sector finds student unions segment—future high earners and fu­ appealing. ture leaders of society,” he said.

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that student unions have traditionally suffered from fiscal mismanagement.

“A pro-active student union is usually politically left-leaning [and] these types of attitudes are not condu­ ce to running a business,”Matte said.

The University of Manitoba de­ cided not to join CCBC because of a severe internal financial crisis. Jerry Weir, Finance representative for the University of Manitoba Students’ Un­ ion expressed disappointment about its inability to join.

“This would have been a good thingforus,”he explained. “Hopefully we will join next year.”

Mark Luz, President of SSMU, echoed this sentiment.

“I think this is one of the best things that has happened to SSMU in the last three years,” he said.

Student leaders believe that the CCBC has enormous financial poten­ tial, partially because of its nominally apolitical objectives. “[CCBC] has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with business,” said Michael Burns, Presi­ dent of the University Students’ Coun­ cil at University of Western Ontario.

Some expressed their fears that the student leaders might be co-opted by the business community.

“I think there’s a big potential for the student leaders to be manipu­ lated by big business,” said U3 Arts student Liz Unna.

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Teaching Assistants' union prepares for contract talks

The Financial Sub-Com m ittee o f the C oordi­ nating Com m ittee o n Student Services (CCSS) has ap p ro v ed a 3.4 p er cent increase in stu d en t service fees for next year.

T hough McGill’s S tudent Services h a d h o p e d for an 8.5 p e r cent increase, stu d en t representatives on the Financial Sub-Com m ittee su cceed ed in obtaining the com m ittee’s approval o f the 3.4 per cent increase, w h ich eq u ates to an additional $5.60 in stu d en t service fees n ex t year.

T hough co n ten t w ith stu d e n ts’ success, Stu­ d en ts’ Society P resident M ark Luz sym pathized w ith Student Services’ n e e d for funding.

“The stu d en t service b u d g e t has b e e n cut a lot, an d they n e e d a n e w bu ild in g ,” he said. “This increase is very reasonable a n d it covers the decrease in the provincial grant [to stu d en t serv­ ices].’’

Luz also ex p ressed satisfaction w ith the im ­ pro v ed stu d en t in p u t into the ratification of the stu d en t services b udget. T he b u d g etin g process has b eco m e increasingly accessible to student in p u t over the past tw o years.

“The process is so m uch b etter now . It’s far m ore o p e n th an it w as tw o years ag o ,” he en thused.

After m any long m eetings, representative; o f the T eaching Assistant (TA) U nion are p re p ared to p resen t a contract to the university anc begin negotiations. Constructing the agreem en took six m eetings, after w hich it w as p re se n te d tc m em bers o f the u n io n at three general assem blies. After th ese assem blies, the u n io n finalizec the contract it w ishes to p resen t to the university.

A ccording to U nion C oordinator Michelle Shemie, the contract consists o f three majoi com ponents. Firstly, the u n io n will ask for com pensation for the extra time a n d increased num bei o f students requiring supervision, w hich are offer d em an d ed o f TAs. The contract also asks foi changes to the application process, a n d benefit; for TAs. Shem ie no ted that a large discrepancy exist; b etw een current TA w ages, b u t stated th at the u n io n is n o t seeking to increase som e w ages at the ex p en se o f others.

“The w ages go from a co u p le h u n d re d pei sem ester to ab o u t four th o u san d p er sem ester,” she explained. “W e’re trying to establish a mini m um for the actual TA salary.”

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adm inistrators m o ve to audit co m p u ter n ew s grou p s

BY BENOIT JACQMOTTE A m ove by com puter adinistrators to begin auditing new :ws groups on McGill’s main imputer server has provoked a ong reaction from som e quar­ ts o f the university community. c G ill's a d m in is tra to rs h av e re sse d , h o w e v e r, th a t a n y ianges to the current policy for :ws group creation will be openly :bated.

In a January 19th m essage to h er co m p u ter adm inistrators, cGill Com puting Centre analyst >n Hall explained that he intided to begin auditing new ly eated news groups on the “sifon” rver, the com puter unit providg service to m ost cam pus comiter systems. Hall cited several asons for the change in policy, eluding lack of space and reurces to m anage any additional :ws groups, and the existence of any new s groups w hich w ere of uestionable” value.

Explaining to adm inistrators at while he w elcom ed input into e policy change, Hall also said ; planned to begin auditing the ;ws groups on January 24.

“If I receive n o com m ents om administrators], then I will

assum e that n o one really cares,” Hall stated in his message.

The plan n ed change in policy drew fire from sev­ eral m em bers o f the cam pus com m unity.

E ngineering U n d er­ graduate Society [EUS] Presi­ d en t William Phillipson ex­ pressed concern with the policy’s potential for cen­ sorship and abuse.

“I am w orried and untrusting o f McGill’s m o­ tives in these actions con­ cerning electronic m edia,” he said. “We [EUS] w ant to prevent the abuse of pow er that can occur and cause censorship.”

Com puting Centre Director Alan G reenberg, responding to a . statem ent posted on McGill’s com ­ puterized new s service b y Electri­ cal Engineering Professor David Jones, posted a m essage o n sifon’s new s group dated January 20 to clarify the procedure for im ple­ m enting a new policy.

“Things at McGill aren’t quite as draconian as Dr. Jones implies," G reenberg said in response to Jo n es’s claims that the initial policy change w as a “d one deal.”

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vere space limitations necessitated a reduction in the num ber of news groups being can ied on the server.

Stressing his openness to com ­ ments and suggestions, Greenberg stated in the m essage that the deadline for im plem entation of the policy change had been pushed back tw o w eeks. In light of con­ troversy, final responsibility for the policy’s im plem entation and structure, according to G reenberg’s statem ent, will rest with the Sen­ ate C om m ittee o n Com puting

(SCC).

“If, based o n feedback, it

appears that the initial triage to reduce the num ber o f groups is controversial, w e will defer im ple­ m entation and discuss this triage at [an upcom ing] SCC m eeting as w ell,” G reenberg said.

Hall did not post a notice on McGill’s general new s service in­ form ing the university com m unity of his intentions to begin auditing new new s groups until at least several hours after he sent his m essage to com puter adm inistra­ tors. Both G reenberg and Hall stressed, how ever, that they fully intended to solicit recom m enda­

tions and input on the proposed changes from the university com ­ munity.

“W e are not going to m ake radical changes w ithout people know ing w hat w e are doing," G re e n b e rg to ld th e T ribune.

“Given the current attitude o f cen­ sorship on cam pus, w e aren ’t go­ ing to do anything unilaterally.”

“It w as never m y intent to say I w as sole auditor,” concurred Hall.

G reenberg argued that the severe space limitations faced on the Sifon server w as the driving force behind the n eed for quick action o n the policy changes.

“O ne can attribute ulterior motives [to us],” he said. “We have space problem right now....W e are looking for a process to reduce the num ber o f groups w e carry.”

Jones attributed the adm in­ istrators’ revisions in im plem ent­ ing the policy changes to the strong reaction from across cam pus.

“There h as b een significant b ack p edaling a n d apologizing because of the response,” he said.

“It w as naive o f them to think there w o u ld n ’t be a public outcry.

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EDITORIAL

AUS notwithstanding, Red Cross discriminates

S p u m e d in to actio n b y m e m b e rs o f L esbians, B isex u ­ als, a n d G ays o f McGill, Stu­ d e n ts ’ S ociety (SSMU) C ouncil v o te d N o v e m b e r 11th to w ith ­ d ra w its s p o n s o rs h ip o f an a n n u a l C a n a d ia n R ed C ross (CRC) b lo o d drive. At issu e w a s th e q u e stio n n a ire th e CRC u se s to s c re e n p o te n tia l d o ­ n o rs. W hile th e R ed C ross s h o u ld b e sc re e n in g d o n o rs o n th e b asis o f se x u a l a n d d ru g -u se p ractices, th e q u e s ­ tio n n a ire m a k e s it cle a r th a t th e b lo o d o f h e te ro se x u a ls w h o e n g a g e in u n sa fe se x is w e lc o m e , w h ile th e b lo o d o f g ay m e n , w h o m a y h a v e al­ w a y s p ra c tis e d safe sex , is n o t. In o th e r w o rd s, g a y m en, for th e sim p le re a so n th a t th ey a re gay, n e e d n o t ap p ly .

T h u s sm a c k in g o f b la ­ ta n t d iscrim in atio n , th e q u e s ­ tio n n a ire ra n h e a d first in to A rticle 2.3 o f th e SSMU C onsti­ tu tio n , w h ic h p ro h ib its “Soci­ ety e n d e a v o rs ” from d iscrim i­ n a tin g o n th e b asis of, a m o n g o th e r things, se x u a l o rie n ta ­ tion. C o u n cillors w e re c o n ­ fro n te d w ith th e n e c e ssity o f h a v in g to act forcefully: th e so c ie ty w a s co n stitu tio n a lly

b a rre d fro m b a c k in g a n in h e r­ en tly d iscrim inatory b lo o d drive.

S o m e co u n cillo rs, w h ile claim in g to su p p o rt a c o n d e m ­ n a tio n o f th e CRC’s d iscrim in a­ to ry p o licies, b a lk e d at th e n o ­ tio n o f w ith d ra w in g SSMU fu n d ­ in g for a b lo o d drive a n d at­ te m p te d to se p a ra te th e tw o issues. T h e b lo o d d riv e c o u ld still b e s p o n s o re d a n d fu n d e d if th e CRC w a s stro n g ly u rg e d to m e n d its faulty w ays. T h e R ed C ross m ig h t e v e n b e g iv en a y e a r’s g ra c e p e rio d to d o so b e fo re s u p p o rt w a s cu t off.

In th e e n d , co u n cil h a d th e c o u ra g e to ta k e a h ig h ly u n ­ p o p u la r stand: th e y p e titio n e d th e CRC to a m e n d its q u e s tio n ­ n a ire in o rd e r to p re v e n t d is­ crim in atio n , a n d w ith d re w So­ ciety s u p p o rt for th e b lo o d drive in th e interim . As ex p e c te d , th e re so lu tio n s d re w e x tre m e criti­ cism from a c o m m u n ity u n a b le a n d u n w illin g to lo o k clearly at a n in s titu tio n d e e m e d ir r e ­ p ro ach ab le. T h e R ed C ross saves lives, after all, p ro v id in g b lo o d p ro d u c ts to th o u sa n d s o f C ana­ d ia n s facing life-th reaten in g in ­ juries a n d c o n d itio n s ev ery year.

SSMU w as d e lib erately a n d m a ­ liciously d ep riv in g th e CRC o f

a p p ro x im a te ly 2,000 p in ts o f b lo o d , e n o u g h to su p p ly all o f C a n a d a for a c o u p le o f days.

P ro d d e d o n b y th e se a n d sim ilar sen tim en ts, th e Arts U n­ d erg ra d u a te Society (AUS) co u n ­ cil v o te d o n J a n u a ry 12th to s u p p o rt a s tu d e n t in itiated ref­ e re n d u m o n th e q u e stio n o f w h e th e r SSMU s h o u ld cease sp o n so rin g b lo o d drives if th e CRC d o e s n o t c h a n g e its p o li­ cies. By circulating a p e titio n for th e q u e s tio n ’s in clu sio n in this s p r in g ’s re f e r e n d u m p e rio d , councillors are tram pling all over c o n s titu tio n a l p ro c e d u re . As m e m b e rs o f SSMU, u n d e rg ra d u ­ ate asso ciatio n s a re su b ject to th e sp irit o f th e SSMU co n stitu ­ tion, a n d asso ciatio n co u n cil­ lors s h o u ld k n o w b e tte r th a n to ask s tu d e n ts to su p p o rt a refer­ e n d u m q u e stio n th at contradicts b a sic c o n stitu tio n al ten ets a n d p ro c e d u re s.

Effectively, AUS co uncil­ lors are a sk in g stu d e n ts to e n ­ d o rs e a re fe re n d u m q u estio n in v o k in g a n o tw ith s ta n d in g c lau se fo r b lo o d drives, a clause w h ic h d o e s n o t p re se n tly exist.

T h is lo g ic a l c o n tra d ic tio n is m a d e a m p ly clear in th e p eti­ tion: SSMU’s c o n stitu tio n d o es

n o t p e rm it d iscrim ination o n th e b asis o f sex u al orientation; reco g n izin g th at its m em b ers are a lso m em b ers o f SSMU, AUS is b o u n d to u p h o ld th e spirit o f th e SSMU co n stitu tio n ; a n d yet th e asso ciatio n is asking stu ­ d e n ts to s u p p o rt a refe re n d u m fo r th e sp o n so rsh ip o f a b lo o d d rive any w ay . If su ch a refe re n ­ d u m w e re to p ass at th e SSMU level, it w o u ld u n d o u b te d ly get sh o t d o w n b y SSMU’s Judicial B oard, th e b o d y w ith final say in th e so ciety ’s judicial m atters.

If sp o n so rin g a b lo o d drive is tru ly th e AUS’s sa c re d cow , o r if th e so c ie ty ’s co u n cil w an ts to give c o n c e rn e d stu d e n ts a vo ice in c h a n g in g SSMU’s stan ce o n th e issue, th e n b latan t disreg ard o f th e c o n stitu tio n is n o t a viable o p tio n . S tu d en ts a n d co u n cil­ lors alik e m u st u n d e rsta n d that SSMU b lo o d drive sp o n so rsh ip n e c e s s ita te s a c o n stitu tio n a l a m e n d m e n t perm itting discrim i­ n a tio n o n th e b asis o f sexual o rien tatio n , at least fo r th e p u r­ p o se s o f sp o n so rin g a b lo o d drive. A n d n o o n e can fail to re c o g n iz e th e d isastro u s c o n se ­ q u e n c e s o f creatin g a n o tw ith ­ sta n d in g c lau se for d eterm in in g w h a t co n stitu tes discrim ination.

C ontrary to th e p e rc e p ­ tio n s o f m any, th e re is a b s o ­ lu tely n o th in g sa c re d a b o u t th e R ed C ross. O u r so ciety view s th e o rg an izatio n as a w ell-m ean in g b o d y g e a re d to ­ w a rd sav in g lives a n d o th e r h u m a n ita ria n activities. W hile this h o ld s tru e fo r th e m o st part, th e R ed C ross h a s d o n e little to re s p o n d to th e w ellin te n tio n e d critics w h o h a v e p o in te d o u t th e d a n g e ro u s d efects in h e re n t in th e cu rre n t q u estio n n aire. A fter all, irre­ sp ectiv e o f th e d iscrim in atio n issue, n o o n e s h o u ld lo se sight o f this q u e stio n n a ire ’s in ab il­ ity to accurately screen straight p e o p le w h o e n g a g e in d an - ' g e ro u s se x practices.

S tu d en ts truly w o rrie d a b o u t m aintaining a safe b lo o d su p p ly s h o u ld p ra ise th e ef­ forts o f SSMU’s co u n cil to ta k e a sta n d o n th e CRC’s discrim i­ n ato ry p ractices. E qually im ­ p o rtan t, h o w e v e r, is fo r stu ­ d e n ts to re c o g n iz e th e p e rils ; o f signing th e ir n a m e s to a p etitio n th at ru n s ag ain st e v e ­ ry th in g th e co n stitu tio n al antidiscrim ination clauses u p h o ld .

B E N O IT JA C Q M O T T E

The cult o f punctuality: deadlines all around me VEDA MINUTE

BY JO N A T H A N S. "I’ve seen the fu tu re , a n d i t ’s ju s t like the present, o nly longer. " — Kehlog Albran "Time keeps on slipping into the fu tu re . " — Steve Miller As the deadline for the sub­ mission o f my colum n this w eek draw s n earer (as seem s to be the case w ith every deadline I’ve en ­ countered recently), I’ve becom e increasingly conscious of the passage o f time. Tw o w eeks ago, there w as a w ide gulf sep a­ rating m e from the critical m o­ ment. Later, that gulf w as re­ duced to just a num ber o f days.

Now, just a handful o f hours rem ains before the m om ent w hen I shall have to produce a w o rk of quality an d depth, relinquishing it to the keen scrutiny o f the editorial staff.

This pressure gets m e to thinking: “W hat does it all m ean anyway?” “D oes it really cosmically m atter if I d o n ’t h a n d this colum n in o n time?” This tactic has b een quite effective in so o th ­

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ing m y conscience through times of temporal-academic coincidence, but the Tribune staff does not ap p ear to be cosmically inclined these days, and subm it a colum n I must.

As I look at my little clock to see just h o w few hours and m in­ utes I’ve got left, I’m rem inded of a passage I once read concerning Lewis M umford’s views on clocks an d their im pact o n the popular conception o f time. “The clock,” according to Mumford, “is a piece o f m achinery w hose ‘product’ is seconds and m inutes.” Before the clock, he claims, the p o p u lar con­ ception of time w as of eternity, o r p erh ap s a sequential passage of events m ap ped out according to the calendar. With the advent of the clock, how ever, the notion of time as “an independent w orld of m athem atically m easurable se­ q u en ces” cam e into being, and w ith it the idea o f m om ent to m om ent. “The clock made-us into tim e-keepers, and then time-sav­ ers, an d now tim e-servers.” Min­ utes an d seconds cam e to be the focal poin t o f o u r tem poral exist­ ence, an d “eternity ceased to serve as the m easure and focus o f hu­ m an events.”

As you go about your day, it might be interesting to becom e

m ore aw are of ho w m any people you encounter w h o have this little m echanism strapped to theirwrists.

This tiny m achine, w hich not so long ago didn’t even exist, is now deem ed so indispensable that it m ust be close by at all times, attached to o n e ’s very person, even while asleep. .

Becom ing acutely aw are of my deadline approaching, like a train harbouring unw elcom e visi­ tors, I’m rem inded of other trains and their influence on our co n ­ ceptions o f time; namely, advance­ m ents in the sp eed o f transm is­ sion of information. As Niel Post­ m an once pointed out, before the invention o f the telegraph by Samuel Morse in the 1800s, “infor­ m ation could m ove only as fast as a hum an being could carry it; to be precise, only as fast as a train could travel, w hich, to be even m ore precise, m eant about thirtyfive miles an hour.” With the in­ vention o f the telegraph and su b ­ sequent advances in o u r m ethods o f inform ation conveyance, our transmission and reception o f vari­ ous inform ation has becom e glo­ bal and instantaneous. O ur trans­ mission o f inform ation has b e­ come faster and faster, and it seem s that w e ’re tagging along behind, trying to k eep up. An indication o f

how m uch these technologies have transformed our perception of time and h o w depen d en t on them we have becom e can be found in the extrem e im pact o n our evolved lifestyles o f the two little satellites w hich have chosen to beam their earthly m essages to the bem used reception of distant life-forms on Alpha Centauri.

Well, I'm done. I’m n o t sure w h eth er o r not I’ve satisfied the m andate o f quality, but at least the quantity is about right. The min­

utes and seconds have relent­ lessly m arched on, bringing me ever closer to that mathematically identifiable point after w hich my failure to produce a colum n w ould lead to my earthly demise, broug lit about by the understandably p u ­ gilistic editorial staff o f the Trib­ une. So, now it’s time for me to subm it this and take part in one of the greatest rituals o f w hat The Perennial Dictionary o f World /<eligions has labelled “the cult of punctuality.”

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Fhe Mourning After, leafness, privilege ind sexual assault S om eone b o th e re d to ask, fifteen p erc e n t o f Q u eb ecers sp o n d ed that “ye s ”. m asturtio n m ak es y o u d e a f or “y e s”, ey w e re n ’t quite sure.

H aving te le p h o n e d 1,000 aebec residents, th e Léger & g e r p o llin g c o m p a n y an>unced this an d u p -te e n oth e r lu ab le tid-bits last T uesday. fact, w h a t T h e G a z e tte ■med “th e m ost exh au stiv e x surv ey ev er d o n e in th e o v in ce” isn ’t really so titillatg. P erh ap s the Légers have entified a deg re e o f collective norance a b o u t sexual prac:es. U nfortunately this ignonce m anifested itself as a facr in a recen t im b alan ced judiil eq u atio n .

Early in Ja n u a ry Ju d g e lym onde V erreault re n d e re d e d ecision to re d u c e th e sugste d sen ten ce o f a m an w h o id rep eated ly so d o m iz e d his :p-daughter. A pp aren tly the acks b e g a n w h e n sh e w as lly n in e y e a rs-o ld . J u d g e irreault articulated h e r tw o insiderations w h ich en ab led :r to se n te n c e th e sex ofid e r to 23 m on th s in stead of e reco m m e n d e d 4 years. It ipears th at V erreault v alu ed e o ffen d er’s arg u m en t that he ared th e child’s virginity an d w a rd e d his self-restraint. She o scrib ed a re d u c e d p unishe n t w h ich assu m es th e arlaic c o n cep tio n th at if physiI virginity is n o t d isru p ted a d o m ized child retains their n o c e n c e . In a d v e rta n tly , ;rreault is distinguishing bem e n d e v ia n t a s s a u lt— fo r nich o n e receives a re d u c e d n te n ce, an d sex u al assault— rich c o u ld cost an o ffen d er ) to fo u r years in prison. It is fficult to recon cile h e r judiil intention, particularly as e p erceiv es d eg rees o f sexual « tact.

Shortly after th e se proedings, o n Jan u a ry 19, 1994, y m o n d e V erreault w as sw orn as ch ief ju d g e o f M ontreal’s jn id p a l Court. V erreault’s re­ n t p ro m o tio n h a s n o t g o n e (challenged. T h e Q u e b e c Jud a l B oard has d e m a n d e d an quiry. N o n etheless sh e obviisly h as judicial su p p o rt that h e r ov erlo o k s o r c o n d o n e s :r inexcusable behaviour. This II raise a n u m b e r o f quesins c o n cern in g th e safety o f am en a n d m en a n d children this city for w e e k s to com e.

I fear that so m e o n e o f ;r r e a u lt’s s c h o la rs h ip a n d is u n a b le to w ield

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BABBLEO P

BY KATE GIBBS h e r p o w e r in d e fe n c e o f o th ers less fo rtunate. A rem ark ab le s e lfis h n e s s a c c o m p a n ie s V erreault’s p erso n al d ecision n o t to re n d e r ju d g em en ts in th ree sex u al assault cases b e ­ fore sh e left Q u e b e c C ourt.

T h ese cases rem ain o p e n , p ro ­ longing th e m isery o f sexual assu alt cases.

It a p p e a rs that d en y in g th e existen ce o f w h a t fem inist N aom i W olf {T he B e a u ty M yth, Fire w ith Fire) refers to as th e “cu rren t ra p e e p id e m ic ” is o n e h o t to p ic a m o n g so m e w o m e n o f ad v an tag e. M ost n otably, Katie R oiphe is th e cam p u s p o s te r girl for “n o ra p e is d ate ra p e ”. R o ip h e’s n o w im fa m o u s b o o k The M o rn in g After: Sex, F ear a n d F e m in ism o n C a m ­ p u s m a d e h e r w o m a n o f the w e e k , at least w ith th e Paglia Posse. R o ip h e’s m o st re cen t hissy fit w as sp a rk e d o v er th e re c e n t “d o n ’t ask, d o n ’t to u c h ” p olicy a t A ntioch College.

W ith o u t q u e s tio n A n tio c h ’s a d o p tio n o f a “d o n ’t ask, d o n ’t to u c h ” policy is clearly an ex ­ trem e. N e v e rth e le ss R o ip h e d isco u n ts th e social reaso n s for su ch a policy. In stead sh e arg u es that d e m a n d in g p e o p le talk a b o u t assault an d STDs a n d effectively ratio n alize th eir intim ate co n tact is taking all th e fu n o u t o f in tim acy .

R o ip h e’s ca re e r as a co n sp iracy th eo rist sh o u ld b e as easily d ism isssed as O liver S to n e’s, b u t it isn ’t. Right n o w sh e is h ap p ily w o rk in g o n h e r Ph.D at H arvard, a h o t b e d o f liber­ alism. W hen ask ed b y C harlie R ose to co n sid e r th e figures su rro u n d in g cam p u s d ate rap es in th e U nited States, R oiphe re s p o n d e d , “T h e re a re lies, th e re are d am n lies, a n d th en th ere are statistics.” W ith a tal­ en t for substituting jingoism for rationality, R oiphe a p p e a rs m o re d a n g e ro u s th an a th o u ­ sa n d p o in ts o f light. B eside, Léger & Léger p ro m ise a 3.1% accu racy rate (for all o f y o u in m athem atics th a t’s 19 tim es out o f 20).

It a p p e a rs th at R aym onde V erreau lt a n d K atie R io p h e sh o u ld b e lo ck ed u p in th eir ivory tow ers. But let’s n o t th row aw ay the key. T heir judgem ents are to o d a n g e ro u s to b e ig­ n o re d . A nd it's n o t likely th e y ’ll g o deaf.

COMMENT Christmas is dead In d e e d , its .relative lo n ­ gevity is a n o ta b le tribute to W estern e su rie n c e a n d th e su s­ taining capability o f m aterial­ ism: th at ec o n o m ic life su p p o rt for religious holidays.

C hristm as d ied th e day th e Finklesteins d e c o ra te d th eir tree. It d ie d th e n ight th e Singhs cam e carolling. C hristm as is dead , lo n g live Xm as. (A w itty G en eratio n X q u ip w o u ld h av e b e e n in serted in this sp a c e if that gelding h a d n ’t already b e e n flogged to an early g rav e). Xm as is a trib u te to m ulticulturalism , inviting all faiths to celeb rate this o n c e m o st high o f C hris­ tian h o ly days. X m as is truly a non-credo-specific holiday. N ot su rp risin g ly , th is tra n sitio n , from C hristm as to Xm as, has m et w ith little o p p o sitio n from the fragm entary a n d self-ab­ so rb e d C hristians. T h ey p ro b ­ ably h a v e n ’t noticed.

In th e spirit o f th e 90s, the last rem n an ts o f religious rel­ evance have b e e n strip p ed from C hristm as a n d in its p la c e the m arketers h av e launchedX m as: “C hristm as w ith o u t h aving to go to C h u rch ”. F or X m as, trees (live o r cut) are a no -g o . B io d e­ g rad ab le h em p -fib re faux Fir trees are p referred . A lso ac­ cep ta b le is th e culturally c o n ­ sc io u s c a c tu s (a trib u te to NAFTA).

G reed is o p e n ly fro w n e d u p o n in th e recessio n -w eary

X m as seaso n , b u t is n e v e rth e ­ less silently en co u rag ed . This p re se n ts an id eal situation to the c o n su m e r w h o is e x c u se d D o l­ lar Store gifts to o th ers an d , at th e sa m e tim e, is thus ab le to sav e m o n e y to s p e n d on him - o r herself. W h o know s? W ith fu n d s d e p le te d , p e rh a p s p e o p le will th in k tw ice b efo re p u rch asin g gifts. T his w o u ld significantly re d u c e th e argyle so c k s/w o o l tie categ o ry o f unsolicited, u n ­ w a n te d p resen ts.

F or th o se truly m o v e d by the X m as spirit, the ultim ate d em ­ o n stratio n o f X m as goodw ill is to v o lu n te e r so m e precio u s tim e off to h e lp at a so u p kitchen.

This is also an u n b e a ta b le w ay to g e t aw ay from th o se u n a v o id ­ ab le relatives for an afternoon: th ey c a n ’t p ro test a n d th ey w o n ’t w a n t to co m e along. T w o ch ar­ ity tips: 1) M ake certain th at yo u are serv in g th e u n e m p lo y e d a n d n o t th e hom eless (a su b tle differ­ e n c e b u t th e n o se know s); a n d 2) Try to v o lu n te e r at th e sam e tim e as a celebrity d o in g c o m ­ m u n ity service o r trying to im ­ p ro v e his o r h e r p u b lic im age— y o u sh o u ld b e ab le to a d d an a u to g ra p h to y o u r b ra t-p a c k collection.

X m as parties are a p erfect forum for p u b lic displays o f PC IQ. Leave G ran n y ’s furs at h o m e b u t d o n ’t w orry, th e y ’ll b e in v o g u e again d u ring th e PC b a c k ­ lash n e x t seaso n . In co n v ersa­

tion, c o m m o n se n se m u st p re ­ vail at all tim es (actually inof­ fensive platitudes a n d co m p lete id eo logical c o m p ro m ise m u st prevail, b u t to d a y this is co m ­ m o n sen se). Safe to p ics in­ clu d e th e w e a th e r (th e g re e n ­ h o u se effect is a n cien t history, try th e d ev astatin g atm o sp h eric im plications o f sp ray -on-hair); the en v iro n m en t (lo o k sk y w ard a n d w rin g y o u r h an d s, if y o u are C atholic y o u m ay cross yourself); an d m usic (rave a b o u t a n e w o c e a n /w a terfa ll y o u ’v e b e e n listening to a n d th e im m i­ n e n t release o f th e E nya & Y anni U n p lu g g ed disc). By all m ean s feel free to pick le y o u r tonsils w ith Mr. W alk er’s finest as at a C hristm as party, just tell ev ery o n e th at yo u p la n to go d ry as a N ew Y ear’s reso lu tio n .

D rin k in g a n d driving is, o f course, still totally a c c e p tab le as lo n g as n o b o d y finds o u t a n d y o u r n av ig ato r is fairly s o ­ ber.

So w h ile it m ay b e to o late for 1993, re m e m b e r that, u n lik e C hristm as, X m as is n o t just o n e d ay o f th e y e a r b u t a state o f m ind. G o d h e lp us.

Long Live C hristm as.

N alw i D a n g h o r

C O R R E C T IO N In the editorial titled "Censorship threatens valuable debate" (Tribune , Jan. 18-24, 1994) we re­ ferred to Ezra Lebant. The correct spelling of the name was "Levant". The Tribune regrets the error.

C O R R E C T IO N Due to technical er­ ror, a headline in the Sports section of last week’s Tribune (Jan. 1824,1994) read as fol lows: "M cG ill scores four hard on Lady Gai­ ters stun Concordia 54"

The headline should have read "Martlets score four quick goals to stun Concordia 5-4" The Tribune regrets the error.

IN T E R N A T IO N A L If y o u need H E L P w o rk in g th ro u g h the In te rn a tio n a l S tu d e n t E x ch a n g e a p p lic a tio n s , need a d v ic e o n schools o r still w is h to g e t in v o lv e d b e fo re the

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Senate decides to ditch D ean o f Adm issions

BY MICHAEL BROADHURST

he co ncurred w ith that recom ­ m endation based o n his experi­ ence w ith the Adm issions Office.

M cGill’s se n a te v o te d to Conway, in a n interview Fri­ elim inate th e position o f D ean of day, expressed w holehearted su p ­ A dm issions at its m eeting last port for the senate decision.

W ednesday. T he decision takes “T he job that the position effect w h e n th e term o f the cur­ h ad b e e n set u p to d o h ad b een r e n t d e a n , P ro fe s s o r A b b o tt com p leted ,” C onw ay said. “T he Conw ay, concludes May 31st. feeling I got w as that the [Admis­ T he m o­ sions] Office had tion to allow g o t to th e p o in t the position to that it could run la p s e w as itself.” brought to se n ­ Some m em ­ ate b y V icebers o f the McGill Principal (Aca­ c o m m u n ity e x ­ dem ic) William p re sse d co n cern L e g g e tt, a n d a b o u t rem o v in g sec o n d e d by the only academ ic C o n w a y . staff m em ber from L e g g e tt s u g ­ A d m is s io n s . gested at the W ay n e L app, a m e e tin g th a t professor in the the office o f the d e p a rtm e n t o f d e a n h a d suc­ physiology and a ceeded in representative to a c h ie v in g its senate, argued that original objec­ the decision w as tives, a n d that VP Academic Leggett: Dean of inadvisable. th e p o s i t i o n admissions position no longer “Admissions w as n o longer required is in h eren tly an n e c e s s a r y in academ ic p ro c e ­ the adm issions process. d u re ,” he told senate. “I d o n ’t In a letter to senate, Leggett think it’s as sim ple as adding marks together.” n o te d that the decision w as based o n the recom m endation o f the Leggett cautioned senators Cyclical Review o f Student Cus­ n o t to be to o co n cern ed ab o u t the tom er Services. Leggett said that lack of an academ ic presence in

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“Any stu d en t that falls in a grey area [for admission] is sen t to faculty representatives for consul­ tation,” Leggett said.

Student leaders w ere n o t concerned w ith the elim ination o f C onw ay’s position.

S tudents’ Society (SSMU) President M ark Luz said the new arrangem ent, in w hich the u n i­ versity’s Vice-Principal (Academic) is directly responsible for Admis­ sions w ould still allow for aca­ dem ic input in the process.

“I think it’s im portant to have an academ ic in the A dm issions Office,” Luz said. “If the VP (Aca­ dem ic) is able to play a larger role then I think that sh o u ld b e fine.”

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sh o u ld b e void o f an academ ic,” Luz added.

SSMU VP University Affairs Ruth Prom islow felt that the VP (Academic) could handle the new responsibilities.

“I d o believe that the as­ pects o f the adm issions unit w hich require input from a m em ber o f the academ ic com m unity can be addressed by the VP (Academic), ” she said.

Lapp disagreed, suggesting that th e adm issions process re­ qu ired academ ic in p u t “I think it’s im portant at least to im press u p o n students that apply that their acceptance or denial is m ade by an academ ic,” Lapp said. “That im pression is n o t there now . [The decision] is

m ade by adm issions officers, w are really just glorified secret ies.”

Lapp also disagreed w Leggett reg arding “g rey are cases. H e cited conversations w A s s o c ia te D e a n o f S c ie n Nicholas De Takaczy regardi the num ber o f cases that are ael ally referred to the faculties.

“The truth o f the m atter that only a few very proble cases are referred to the [Asso ate D ean],” Lapp said.

C o n w ay d is a g re e d wi Lapp.

“T he academ ic presence there,” h e said. “A tn o point whe an academ ic decision is m ade i; do n e w ithout an academ ic b e i consulted.”

N etw ork Briefs Waterloo students to pay for ancillary services next fall Starting n e x t fall, U niversity o f W aterloo stu dents will b e req u ired to p ay u p to 100 dollars for stu d en t services d e e m e d ancillary to the u n i­ versity’s prim ary m an d ate o f ed u catio n a n d re­ search. Services likely to b e d e e m e d ancillary include cam pus recreation a n d the English lan­ g u age proficiency program , as w ell as career and counselling services.

C atherine C olem an, P resident o f W aterloo’s Federation o f Students, w as o n e o f the stu d en t representatives on the Ancillary Fee Com m ittee w hich m ade the decision. C olem an m aintains that the ancillary service fees w ere inevitable.

“W e [the students] d id n ’t have m uch choice.

If w e d id n ’t [join the com m ittee] th en the decision w o u ld have b e e n m ade w ith o u t u s,” C olem an said.

The philosophy b eh in d the decision to charge the n ew fee follow s the co m m ittee’s b elief that if an activity d o es n o t p ro v id e a n essential academ ic service, th en the costs sh o u ld b e co vered by the students.

The fee will affect b o th full- an d part-tim e u n d erg rad u ate a n d graduate students, a n d will be b a se d o n an an n u al assessm ent o f ex p en ses rep o rte d in the previous fiscal year.

T h o u g h every university charges som e d e­ gree o f ancillary fees, only the U niversity of T oronto, the University o f W estern O ntario, and n o w W aterloo charge th ese levels. T oronto and W estern charge stu d en ts b etw e e n 150 to 200 dollars p e r term for services co n sid ered ancillary.

In reaction to this trend, the University o f G u elp h has signed an ag reem ent w ith its student governm ents th at n o n e w ancillary fees w ould b e im p lem en ted for five years w ithout the approval o f a stu d e n t referendum .

-w ith files from the University o f W aterloo’s Im p rin t

And you thought that sucked...

O n tario ’s NDP go v ern m en t has p ro p o se d a 14 p e r cent tuition increase for th e n ex t tw o years.

Ideally, according to W aterloo’s I m p r in t, tuition sh o u ld increase at the sam e rate as infla­ tion. Y et over the past four years, tuition has increased b y roughly sev en p e r cent w hile the rise in inflation has b e e n lim ited to only tw o o r three p e r cent.

T he proposal w as m et w ith op p o sitio n fron the Liberal P arty’s critic for colleges an d universi ties, D alton McGuinty.

“This is n o t just an o th er tuition fee increase .. i com es at a tim e w h en th ere are n o jobs, n o part tim e jobs a n d n o [governm ent] grants," h e argued “This tuition increase [will] have grave accum ula five im pacts, restricting m any from a higher ed u ca tio n .”

- w ith files from the Im p rin

Man wins Womens Issues officer appointment at U of T

The ap p o in tm en t o f a m an to the position o!

W om en’s Issues Officer for the Student’s A dm inis­ trative Council (SAC) at the University o f Toronto has b e e n m et w ith reservation by fem ale students.

David Ruddell d efeated Ruth G oba, the SAC director for Physical an d H ealth Education, in an election for the position. Ruddell adm its th at h e is aw are o f co n cern regarding his ability to relate to w o m e n ’s issues, b u t m aintains that his p o st ex tends b e y o n d this definition.

“Certainly I’m w eak in term s o f drafting policy, b u t I have great deal o f ex p erien ce w ith policy initiation. T hat’s w h at I in tend to concentrate o n ,” he said.

Vinita Srivastava, C oordinator for th e univer­ sity’s W om en’s Centre, h a d m ixed feelings about Ruddell’s a p p o in tm e n t “Historically, it has n ev er b e e n an im portant position, b u t I n o w think th at it could b e totally com prom ised. A lthough, D avid is in a u n iq u e position. I m ean, h e co u ld possibly have access to ed u cate a n u m b er o f m en o n w o m e n ’s issues that a w o m a n w h o h eld the job w o u ld n ’t norm ally have access to ,” sh e said.

Um a Sarkar, P resident o f the Arts a n d Science Students’ U nion, argued that Ruddell’s a p p o in t­ m ent lacked foresight.

“My m ost im portant co n cern is that h e u n d e r­ m ines th e p o sitio n ’s role. H o w app ro ach ab le will h e b e if a w o m an has to copte to him w ith & problem ?” she asked.

Ruddell, how ever, m aintains th at counselling is n o t his m andate.

“The constitution states that the w o m e n ’s issues officer is m ean t to p la n policy a n d prom ote the status o f w o m en on cam p u s.”

-w ith files from th e U niversity o f T oronto

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Planning and research essential in “job-hunt”

BY MIKE SA V A T O V SK Y U n iv e rsity s tu d e n ts a re m o st o fte n th o u g h t to h a v e sex , p arty in g , a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t o n th e ir m in d s, a n d u su ally in th a t o rd e r. W h ile th e first tw o a p p e a r p o s s ib le to c o m e by , th e latte r c o n tin u e s to e lu d e m a n y in th e s e to u g h e c o n o m ic tim es. It isn ’t sim p ly th a t th e re a re n ’t a n y jo b s av ailab le, b u t ra th e r th a t s tu d e n ts d o n ’t k n o w w h e re a n d h o w to lo o k for th em .

T h e jo b m a rk e t c o n ta in s m a n y h id d e n o p p o rtu n itie s . A s tu d e n t c a n ’t e x p e c t to sk im th e classified se c tio n a n d s tu m b le o n to th e jo b o f h is o r h e r d re a m s. P la n n in g a n d re se a rc h a re tw o o f th e m o st e ssen tial c o m p o n e n ts n e c e ssa ry fo r fruit­ ful jo b -h u n tin g .

C hris S ch o n , o n e o f se v ­ eral jo b co u n sello rs o f th e McGill C areer a n d P la c e m e n t Service (CAPS), e x p la in e d th e tw o w a y s in w h ic h th e u n iv e rsity ’s p r o ­ g ra m can p re p a re s tu d e n ts for th e jo b m ark et.

First, CAPS assists stu d e n ts in p re p a rin g th e b e s t p o ssib le c u rric u lu m v ita e (CV), g e a rin g th e list o f skills a n d a c c o m ­ p lish m e n ts to w a rd s th e p r o ­ g ra m m o st s u ite d to th e s tu ­ d e n t’s in terests. S ec o n d , b u t m o st im p o rta n t, th e c o u n s e l­ lors h e lp th e s tu d e n ts re s e a rc h th e h id d e n jo b -m ark et.

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Finding hidden jobs a matter of research “If y o u d o n ’t fin d im m e d i­ ately a jo b in y o u r c h o s e n field, re e v a lu a te y o u r tra n s fe ra b le skills a n d ta k e a n y th in g th at c a n b e a s te p p in g sto n e to b e tte r th in g s ,” S ch o n said.

S tu d en ts w h o p o sse ss se v ­ eral skills w ill fin d it e a s ie r to g e t a job. In c o n ju n c tio n w ith th e M cGill C o u n se llin g Service, CAPS h a s sk ill-e v a lu atin g tests availab le b y a p p o in tm e n t, avail­ a b le at e ith e r d e p a rtm e n t.

W o rk in g w ith p ro v in cial g o v e rn m e n ts , th e fe d e ra l g o v ­

e rn m e n t h a s c re a te d th e C areer O rie n te d S u m m e r E m p lo y m en t P ro g ra m (CO SEP), a serv ice w h ic h aim s at p la c in g stu d e n ts in th e ir re sp e c tiv e fields an d giv in g th e m h a n d s -o n e x p e ri­ e n c e a n d tra in in g fo r fu ture jobs.

McGill itself offers a W o rk / S tudy P ro g ra m in w h ic h stu ­ d e n ts c a n w o rk p art-tim e w h ile g e ttin g a d e g re e . S p ace is lim ­ ited in b o th th e W o rk /S tu d y a n d COSEP p ro g ra m s. T h o se in terested s h o u ld a p p ly at CAPS.

S o m e e th n ic co m m u n itie s in th e M ontreal a re a h a v e also sta rte d to ta k e in te re st in so lv ­ ing th e u n e m p lo y m e n t p r o b ­ lem s o f th e ir y o u th . T h e J e w ish co m m u n ity for ex am p le, in c o n ­ ju n c tio n w ith th e c o m b in e d ef­ fort o f th e Je w is h V o catio n al S ervices (JVS) a n d th e F e d e ra ­ tio n C o m b in e d J e w ish A p p eal (FCJA), h a v e e sta b lis h e d a n u m b re lla o rg a n iz a tio n sp ecifi­ cally co m m issio n ed to h e lp theny o u th in establishing them selves in th e w o rk force.

CONTACT PRO M O N TREAL, a n o th e r M o n treal-b ased p ro g ra m , d irectly p la c e s th e m a x im u m n u m b e r o f g ra d u ­ a te s p o ssib le in to jo b s in th e city. As w ell, th e p ro g ra m is d e s ig n e d to assist g ra d u a te s in p re p a rin g th e m se lv e s as jo b c a n d id a te s, b y p ro v id in g th e m w ith e m p lo y m e n t c o u n se llin g a n d a ssista n c e w ith jo b s e a rc h strateg ies in o rd e r to m ax im ize se lf-d ire c ted p la c e m e n t.

The CONTACT PRO M O N TREA L c a m p a ig n w o rk s v ig o ro u sly to c re a te a p o sitiv e e n v iro n m e n t fo r h irin g g ra d u a te s w h ile trying to instill a g re a te r feelin g o f o p tim ism in th e m , th e ir e m p lo y e rs a n d th e c o m m u n ity at larg e. P ro g ra m m a n a g e r Lois Selick e x p la in e d th a t s o m e o th e r e th n ic c o m m u ­ n ities a re b e g in n in g to utilize th e sa m e k in d o f p ro g ra m for th e ir y o u th .

M ontreal th e ra p ist M ona K lein d e a ls w ith y o u n g u n iv e r­ sity stu d e n ts ev ery d ay w h o h av e su ffe re d th ro u g h “jo b -h u n tin g ” d e p re ssio n .

A sse rtin g th a t p h y s ic a l h e a lth is intrinsically lin k e d to em o tio n a l h e a lth , K lein ad v ised all s tu d e n ts p a rta k in g in “th e h u n t” to ta k e tim e o u t fo r th e m ­ selv es o n a re g u la r b asis a n d to k e e p in m in d th a t h a p p in e s s is lin k e d to su ccess.

P e rh a p s in d u lg in g in y o u r first tw o m o st fre q u e n t th o u g h ts m ig h t h elp .

Concordia AIDS course a first in North America

BY C H R IS B E N D E R In S ep tem b er, C oncordia U niversity w ill b e c o m e th e first sch o o l in N orth A m erica to offer a co u rse d ealin g w ith th e so c io ­ logical asp e c ts o f AIDS. T h e c o u rse is in terd iscip lin ary a n d will b e cross-listed in b o th th e Faculty o f Arts a n d Science a n d th e Faculty o f Fine Arts.

T h e c o u rse w ill focus o n th e social, e c o n o m ic a n d p o liti­ cal im p acts o f th e AIDS e p i­ dem ic. In teractio n w ith M on­ treal co m m u n ity m e m b e rs in ­ f e c te d w ith H IV , th e v iru s th o u g h t to c a u se AIDS, will also p lay a k ey ro le in th e course.

Em ily P arad is o f C o n c o rd ia ’s AIDS/HIV A dvisory C om m ittee e x p la in e d th at s p e a k e rs from o u tsid e th e university will b e “a fu n d am en tal asp ect o f th e course stru c tu re....G u e st lectu rers w ill b e from th e w h o le sp ectru m [of areas re sp o n d in g to AIDS].”

P aradis in d ic a te d th at lec­ tu rers will in c lu d e lo bbyists for

p h arm aceu tical firms, lead ers o f AIDS service o rg an izations, as w ell as co m m u n ity activists.

“C ultural asp ects a n d re ­ sp o n s e s [to th e epidem ic] will b e a d d re sse d b y stu d y in g films, literature, visual arts a n d th e m a s s m e d ia ," s h e added.

P arad is claim ed th at th e in tro d u ctio n o f su c h a c o u rse d o e s n o t truly re ­ flect so ciety ’s re a d in ess to a c c e p t th e sc o p e o f th e ep id em ic. As an e x a m p le o f th is re lu c ta n c e , sh e p o in te d to th e difficulty faced in o b tain in g fu n d in g for th e co u rse. In o rd e r to p r e p a r e a lte rn a tiv e a v ­ e n u e s o f funding, P aradis a n d T om W augh, also o f th e A ID S/H IV A d v isory C om m ittee, are cu rrently re se a rc h in g o p tio n s.

“T h e m o st tan g ib le form o f acc e p tan c e , th e m o n ey , is lack­ ing. T h e c o u rse is v ie w e d as a luxury— n o t n e c e ssa ry to b e in ­

clu d e d in [any d ep artm en t’s] cur­ ric u lu m ,” sa id P aradis. “N o d e ­ p a rtm e n t w a n te d to list th e c o u rse [b ecau se o f m o n etary co n strain ts].”

M elissa K iegher, co-coor-

"AIDS demands cross-disciplinary study, [so that it may foster] broad-based analysis."

-Emily Paradis, of Concordia's A ID S / HIV Advisory Committee

d in a to r o f SSMU AIDS A w are­ n e ss W eek v ie w e d th e class’s in tro d u c tio n as a po sitiv e step fo r th e re c o g n itio n o f th e e p i­

d e m ic o u tsid e o f th e gay c o m ­ m unity.

“A lot o f p e o p le are ‘clos­ e tin g ’ th e issu e .. .[they] d o n ’t pay a tte n tio n until s o m e o n e th ey k n o w con tracts th e HIV virus o r d ies fro m AIDS, sh e said.

She a ls o com ­ m e n d e d th e c o u rse for n o t m e re ly a d d r e s s in g th e m edical a sp e c ts o f th e dis­ ease.

Dr. A llan C o ch ran e o f M cGill’s D e p a rtm e n t o f Im m u n o lo g y a n d M icro­ b io lo g y d eals w ith th e vi­ ru s in a m o re em pirical w ay. C o ch ran e p re se n ts se v e n lectu res in F u n d a ­ m en tal V irology, o f w h ic h ap p ro x im a te ly tw o deal specifically w ith AIDS. His o th e r lectu res deal w ith re tro v iru s e s in g e n e ra l, w h ic h in c lu d e HIV. T h e discu ssio n s, th erefo re, ca n b e v ie w e d as p ro v id in g in fo rm a­ tio n useful to u n d e rsta n d in g asp e c ts o f th e d isease. F u rth er­

m ore, th e d e p a rtm e n t offers a o n e h o u r le c tu re o n AIDS re ­ search .

A lth o u g h C o n co rd ia is th e first university to offer a b ro a d b a se d interdisciplinary a p p ro a c h in th e stu d y o f AIDS, co u rses th at ex a m in e th e d ise a se in s p e ­ cific co n tex ts alread y exist. At McGill, th e Faculty o f Law offers a c o u rse o n AIDS a n d th e Law. At o th e r universities, AIDS is stu d ie d w ith e m p h a sis o n disci­ p lin e s su c h as h isto ry a n d c o m ­ m u n icatio n s.

“AIDS d e m a n d s cro ss-d is­ cip lin ary study, [so th at it m ay fo ste r] b r o a d - b a s e d c ritic a l analysis [that] is im p o rta n t fo r th e le a d e rs a n d p o licy m ak ers o f th e fu tu re ,” P arad is re ­ m ark ed .

W hile M cGill a p p e a rs u n ­ likely to offer a sim ilar c o u rse in th e im m ed iate future, stu d e n ts in te re ste d in ta k in g th e c o u rse at C o n co rd ia will h av e to o b ta in p e rm issio n from th e A ssociate D e a n o f Arts.

Features G u n c o n t r o l s t i l l a p r o b le m

BY C A T R IN MORRIS

law s, d riv e-b y sh o o tin g s a n d ra n d o m g u n m assacres. E sp e­ cially w h e n th e re are 2.5 tim es as m a n y h a n d g u n s in A m erica as th e re are C anucks in C anada.

B ut sin c e th e m assacre at the E cole P o ly tech n iq u e, a n d the s h o o tin g sp re e at C oncordia, h o w d o w e a c c o u n t for th e fact th a t w h ile a v ast m ajority o f C an ad ian s fav our strict g u n c o n ­ trol, th e y d o little to fight C ana­ d a ’s N ational Firearm s A ssocia­

T h e g u n control d e b a te resem b le s a g a n g w ar: b o th sides h av e m o n e y a n d p o w e r at stake, a n d lots o f p e o p le die. A variety o f so cietal ills in clu d in g te e n a g e p re g n a n c y , p o v e rty a n d racism co n trib u te to A m erican violence.

So, are g u n s m erely a sy m p to m o f p re-ex istin g problem s?

T h e h ig h p ro file a n d finan­ cially p o w e rfu l N ational Rifle A s s o c ia tio n (N R A ) say s: “G u n s d o n ’t kill p e o p le . P e o p le k ill p e o p l e . ” T h is a t t i t u d e s e e m s to a s ­ su m e th a t su c h p e o p le are d e ­ v ia n t crim in als to b e g in w ith.

H ow ev er, it m ay b e th at th e ac­ c e ssib ility a n d g lo rific a tio n o f th e s e i n s t a n t ­ killing to o ls fa­ cilitates a n d p e r­ p e tu a te s th e dis­ “Anatomy of death” tion? in teg ratio n o f society.

A c c o r d in g to W e n d y Studies, g ra p h s a n d statis­ C ukier, p re s id e n t o f th e Coali­ tics p ro v id e a m p le am m u n itio n tion for G u n C ontrol in T o ro n to , fo r g u n -c o n tro l lobbyists: g u n th e re is “a se n se o f c o m p lacen cy re la te d h o m ic id e s far e x c e e d in C an ad a.” g u n -re la te d self-d efen ce. M any “H a n d g u n s h e re are rela­ ask, “If g u n s are to o ls for safety a n d p r o t e c t i o n , w h y i s n ’t tively strictly c o n tro lle d h ere.

Y et th e re is n o restriction o n th e A m erica th e safest p la c e on n u m b e r o f g u n s o n e can p u r­ earth?” ch ase, n o re c o rd k e p t o f g u n In th e s h a d o w o f th e m e ­ dia circus s u rro u n d in g g u n vio­ o w n e rs h ip . T h e g o v e rn m e n t d o e s n ’t track o r ch eck u p o n lence d o w n South, C anada seem s g u n o w n e rs ,” sh e said. like a jo y o u s safety zo n e. It is W hile g u n -to tin g A m eri­ easy fo r C an ad ian s to sit b ack c a n s a p p e a l to th e S e c o n d s m u g ly a n d d e n o u n c e th e ir A m e n d m e n t a n d self-d efen ce to n e ig h b o u rs for th e ir lax g u n

s u p p o rt th eir stan ce, th e C harter o f Rights a n d F reed o m s d o es n o t a c k n o w le d g e th e right to b e a r arm s. C u k ier asserted that w h ile C linton h a s to convince th e H o u se o f R epresentatives a n d Senate to p ass e v en the m o st b a sic B rady Bill, sh e ar­ g u e s th at “if C hrétien w an ts gun co n tro l, h e can p ro b a b ly g et it.”

M ost N orth A m ericans dis­ tin g u ish b e tw e e n “g o o d g u y s” w ith g u n s (h u n te rs) a n d “b a d g u y s” w h o have g u n s (violent u r­ b an , a n d usually non-w hite, stran­ gers). H ow ever, only 21 p e r cent o f g u n re la te d d e a th s are felo­ n i e s , a n d fo r ev ery tim e a citi­ zen u ses a gun for self-defence, 118 i n n o c e n t lives are lost in g u n v io le n c e elsew h ere.

W hile it is im possible to d e ­ term in e w ho will m isu se a g un, it m ay b e m o re useful to a c k n o w le d g e th at guns are n e v e r in th e “right h a n d s” in N orth A m erica b e c a u se nei­ th e r co u n try h a s strict en o u g h law s g o v ern in g registration re­ n e w a l a n d su p erv isio n . Study after stu d y p ro v e s th at o w n in g a g u n m ak es it eig h t tim es m o re likely th at o n e will die by its b u llets. If th e rest o f the w o rld c o n tin u e s to m o v e in the A m erican d irectio n o f violence, g u n s w ill o n ly s p e e d u p this d ecline. It m ay b e to o late in the US, b u t C an ad a still has tim e to e n su re p rev en tativ e m easures.

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F is h e r p e r s o n f a l l s i n p e r s o n h o le “It’s n o t w h at y o u say, b u t h o w y o u say it.” I’ve h eard m yself saying th at a th o u san d tim es, th at extra-body experi­ ence, quite sim ilar to th e feel­ ing y o u g et w h en you can hear yourself sp eak in g yo u r m oth­ e r’s w ords, in your m o th er’s to n e o f voice— a su re sign y o u ’re either getting old, getting annoying, or both.

T hat old adage has, o f course, p erv ad ed the university vo­ cabulary. B eing th e outw ardly politically correct university that McGill is, n u m ero u s d e ­ partm ents have obviously gone to lengthy en d s to ed u cate their lecturers in PC v o cab u ­ lary. I w as a little stu n n e d in seco n d year w h en I h eard this burly, w o o d sy professor o f g e­ o g ra p h y re fe rrin g to “fish erp eo p le” from th e Arctic region. At first I th o u g h t it w as a joke, b u t th en n o n e o f the m ore ex p erien ced geog rap h y stu d en ts lau g h ed — n o t even cracked a smile.

T hese sort o f references have g o n e on th ro u g h alm ost every c o u rse I’ve tak en at McGill. Professors ch o k e out th o se PC w ords, dutifully re­ place every “m an ” w ith “p e r­ s o n ”. Last w eek , m y eco n o m ­ ics professor, w h o se first lan­ g u ag e is n o t English, yet has incredibly m astered th e lan­ g u a g e ’s nonsensical nuances, sh o w ed u s his solution to the “h is/h e r” dilem m a. C reate n ew w ords: h eis or hier, in rep lace­ m en t o f his/h er, for exam ple.

S ound stupid? It’s ab o u t as stu­ pid as fisherperson.

T he argum ent for PC lan­ guage is that, in order to change sexist assum ptions in o u r soci­ ety, w e m ust start by changing the vocabulary w hich is “g en ­ der exclusive.” T hus chairm en can n o lo n g e r b e w o m en ; w o m e n are ch airw o m en or chairpersons, w o m en are ac­ tresses, b u t n o t actors. Why? Because changing the language will ch an g e th e attitudes. O r will it? A lthough th e m ajority o f McGill’s professors have d u ­ tifully ch an g ed their vo cab u ­ lary in their lectures, fearful of the “fem inist w rath ”, in m any cases a ro u n d cam p u s, this forced political correctness has p ro v o k ed contem pt. T he old te n u re d p ro fe sso r refers to “sp o k e sp e rso n s”, b u t spits out the “p e rso n s” part o f the w o rd w ith all th e spite an d co ntem pt h e can m uster. Certainly ap ­ p a re n t h o w effective that “re­ ed u c a tio n ” attem pt has been.

T here have b e e n in n u ­ m erab le argum ents a b o u t the rig h t a n d w ro n g w a y s to achieve equality o f the sexes, to b reak d o w n the barriers, to

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BY CH ERYL DEVOE create th e clichéd “level play­ ing field.” M ost believe that changing the vocabulary p e o ­ p le u se will, if n o th in g else, m ake p e o p le think tw ice about th e bias built into o u r society, b y forcing th em to stum ble over their w ords. T h e aw k­ w ardness o f the n e w language em phasizes the im b ed d ed n a­ ture o f o u r sexist attitudes. O r d o es it? Are any attitudes bein g ch an g ed by forcing p e o p le to say a n d read this n e w and im proved language? T he an ­ sw er is a big, echoing “n o ”.

T he attitudes w hich can b e ch an g ed will b e by ob serv ­ ing the changing actions and attitudes o f p eo p le. Y ou can only pull strings, p e o p le — you can ’t p u sh them . This forcible ch ange o f vocabulary, aside from creating ridiculous w ords, is causing m o re co n tem p t than good. T h ere is n o th in g to b e g ain ed w h e n p e o p le ch an g e their language b ecau se they are forced to, o r d o so w ithout thinking. A n y o n e w h o h a d b e e n thinking w o u ld have said “fish e r” o r “a n g le r” b e fo re so m e th in g as lu d ic ro u s as fisherperson.

W e d o n ’t n e e d to go back to w h e re w e cam e from and obliterate w o rd s that p e o p le have becom e com fortable w ith over tim e, su ch as sp o k e sp e r­ son. It is co u n terproductive, how ever, to im pose n ew w ords o n peo p le. T here is so m ething a little defensive a n d w h in y in arguing th at any w o rd w ith the w o rd “m a n ” w ithin it is sexist an d sh o u ld b e changed. I h ave n ev er se e n th e English lan­ g u ag e rule b o o k w h e re it says that “m an ” only refers to th o se w h o h av e penises. T h o se w h o p rotest are excluding them ­ se lv e s fro m th e d e fin itio n , w h e th e r or n o t th e au th o r had m entally inclu d ed b o th sexes.

It a p p ears that language has taken on th e face o f ab so lu te liability— guilty, w ithout expla­ nation, u n less yo u can p rove yourself innocent, w hich is, o f course, im possible until so m e ­ o n e invents reco rd ers for yo u r u n sp o k e n thoughts.

If p e o p le w an t to effect change, they sh o u ld start at the root, n o t th e result. T he p ro b ­ lem th ese days is n o t w h a t’s b ein g said, b u t th e intention b e h in d it. T hat is the problem w hich m ust b e dealt with. D o n ’t create a m ockery o u t o f sexism b y m isallocating efforts for change. A nd please, d o n ’t ever say "p erso n h o le”.

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Student rights regarding burst pipes B Y JE F F G A U L IN Frozen w ater p ip e s are a lu m b er’s dream , b u t a N ew f e a r ’s nightm are for students.

Those w h o lo w ered their heat Tver the holidays to save m oney 'etu rn ed to find dry taps, b ro k en Dipes, o r even co llap sed ceilngs.

“It w as a s h o c k ,” said Alana Zanbilowicz, a U3 an th ro p o lo g y student w h o retu rn ed from vacaio n to find h e r b ath ro o m dishev­ elled b y plum bers.

“I cam e b a c k e x p ectin g >eace a n d q u ie t,” sh e rem arked.

Instead, I fou n d three b urly guys n u ck in g aro u n d m y b a th ro o m .”

B efore Z anbilow icz left for h e holiday perio d , sh e re d u c e d h e h eating in h e r ap artm en t to a v e m o n ey o n h e r electric bill.

While aw ay, th e cold sn a p in Montreal caused h er w ater pipes o burst, creating four days’w orth f w ork for plum bers.

“Four days w ith o u t a toilet s pretty rough, ” sh e com m ented.

Such inco n v en ien ce, h o w ­ ever, m a y b e th e le a s t o f anbilow icz’s problem s. A ccordn g to the gu id elin es issu ed by h e Régie d u Logem ent, th e pro•incial office responsible for overeein g te n a n t/la n d lo rd issues,

Z anbilow icz m ay b e h eld ac­ co u n tab le to h e r lan d lord for all d am ages a n d repairs to h e r an d o th e r apartm ents.

T he Régie reco m m ends an average interior ap artm en t tem ­ p e ra tu re o f 21 d eg rees Celcius d uring th e w inter. If a landlord controls th e heating, it is his or h er responsibility to m aintain this “com fort z o n e ”. If this is n o t d o n e, th e ten an t m ust d em an d th at th e lan d lo rd im m ediately com ply w ith th e re c o m m en d a­ tion. B oth th e ten an t an d lan d ­ lord have a legal obligation to m in im ize d a m a g e s th a t th ey m ight cau se each other.

C onsequently, if th e ten an t controls th e heating, it is his or h e r responsibility to k e e p the ap artm en t at 21 d eg rees Celcius.

Failure to com ply w ith this reg u ­ lation, th ro u g h delay or igno­ ran ce o f it, constitutes negligence in th e eyes o f th e Régie. Al­ th o u g h n o t a com pulsory provi­ sio n of a lease, it is th e law. Som e landlords m ention it; o thers d o n ’t.

Legally, a lan d lo rd h as n o obliga­ tion to inform th e te n an t o f this “h id d e n ” law. Ig n o rance o f it, h ow ever, is n o excuse.

“It’s com m on se n se to leave th e h eat o n ,” said Rolland Poirer o f the Régie. “This is Q u eb ec. It

gets co ld h e re .”

W hile so m e stu d en ts have b e e n in c o n v e n ie n c e d , o th e rs h av e suffered serio u s dam age.

T he b e d ro o m ceiling o f Chris McKay, a U3 English student, collap sed w h e n h e also low ered his h e a t to save m o n ey w hile aw ay for th e holidays. Fortu­ nately, his lan d lo rd assum ed full responsibility. A lthough McKay m ay h av e b e e n found legally n eg ligent in light o f the Régie’s rule, his lan d lo rd co n ced ed that p o o r insulation, n o t the apart­ m e n t’s low tem perature, w as re ­ sponsible.

O n c e disaster occurs, it is im p o rtan t th at stu d en ts k n o w h o w to react.

An ap artm en t is ren d ered u n in h ab itab le if it lacks heating a n d h o t w ater an d a ten an t has the right to tem porarily m ove out until th e lan d lo rd com pletes the necessary repairs. T he Régie req u ires th at th e ten an t inform th e landlord im m ediately, b y reg­ istered m ail, o f the d am ages in­ cu rred a n d give the lan d lo rd a tim e limit in w h ich to finish all o f th e repairs. T he ten a n t m ust also inform the lan d lo rd o f an ad ­ dress w h e re h e o r sh e can b e reached.

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Doisneau, Lukacs and Perrault: Together again??

BY JOYCE LA U

stretches w ith his subject m atter, from the classical to surreal, from Robert Doisneau, quirky to dryly hum orous.

Canadian Premiere D oisneau n ev er delves into Restrospective the violent o r obscene, an d this gap limits his portrayal o f hum an W e’ve all se e n The Kiss, the nature. His w orks m ay seem cloy­ black an d w hite sn ap sh o t o f the ing to the cynic, cy berpunk, o r c o u p le k is s in g . m in im a lis t th o u g h D oisneau’s w orks are m ost o f his w orks are the standard in ro ­ at least d etach ed and A hypnotic m antic pop-im ages, experience that honest. joining G uess jeans Fact is, peo p le happens as you will leave this exhibit an d Monty P ython in sit in your own w ith im ages lingering their St. D enis p o st­ c a rd / residence room little audience in their m inds— and w all popularity. that’s w h at m akes an box.

T he D o isn eau exhibit w orth seeing. exhibit is far m ore ex ­ tensive— a great choice for the Attila Richard Lukacs, average view er. It is im pressive, Workers Series quality, em otional w ork. It is also surprisingly accessible for its en o r­ “I p ain t w h at turns m e o n ”. m ous 250-piece, 53-year range, Lukacs’ one-track ap p ro ach to art com plete w ith biographical d o cu ­ lends com pelling vitality to his six m ents an d contact sh eets for the giant murals. serious viewer.

T he lines a n d sh ap es them ­ W ith the kno w led g e that selves are b o ld and colourful and p eo p le will sim ply n ev er tire of beautiful. w atching o th er p eo p le, D oisneau The rest is black, black h u ­ p h o to g ra p h s s o ld ie rs , c irc u s m our, m ixing im ages o f m ale h o ­ freaks, Picasso, m ath geeks, lin­ m osexuality, neo-N azi skinheads gerie m odels an d his typical dancw ith godly bodies, m ythology, ing-in-the-long-lost-slums-of-Paris war, anim als, industrial age m a­ children. Technically, his style chines, death, giant phalluses, m u­

sic, slavery, rap e an d h u m an blindness. T he result is a m ad chaos th at is highly disturbing, vivid an d sensual.

W hen asked if his w ork is “politi­ cal”, “av an t-g ard e”, “p ro p ag an d a”, “anti­ fem inist”, o r “form al­ istic”, Lukacs pleads c o m p le te ra n d o m ­ ness.

"One m ay call me very naive...I’m first a n d fo rem o st concern ed w ith my painting...not politi­ cal ideology, ” he said.

L u k acs fin d s beauty, strength and passion in the m ale b o d y , a n d in th e em otions a n d irra­ tionality o f violence.

Should he be h eld responsible for p o s­ sible m isinterpreta­ tions o f his works?

By concentrat­ ing o n the aesthetic, an d o n basic hu m an need s and hatred, Lukacs ensures that his w orks will live o n long after politics have changed.

Jean-Pierre Perrault,

Choreographic Installation IInstinct

The om inous architectural sets, the carefully changing m usic an d lighting are perfectly co o rd i­ nated. Shadow s, textures a n d m oods create a m ellow back­ drop.

T h e c h o r e o g r a p h y is minimalist and unpredictable. The c2 tw o lead dancers are talented, g strong, expressive a n d controlfc led. T hey m ove in slow evolution j f w ith very little sexuality, oIt is a d iffic u lt p ie c e .

Perrault’s uses h u g e silences. I g w aited an d saw w onderfully dra£ m atic portrayals o f relationships ™ an d h um an bodies. But som e-- times, I just sat in m y little box, o\ w atching p eo p le sitting a n d pos2 ing an d rolling over. A nd som e-} times, I just sat in m y little box. g G o see this if yo u are a •| dancer, a conceptionalist, o r som eQ o n e w h o ’s q u iet a n d still an d t, sensitive— b u t only g o if y o u ’re _o really into this so rt o f thing.

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This is the m ost subtle a n d beautiful o f the three exhibits— a hypnotic experience that happens as y o u sit in yo u r o w n little audi­ en ce box.

A ll three exhibits a re show ­ in g a t th e M u s é e d 'A r t C ontem porain a t Place des Arts.

The D oisneau a n d Lukacs show u n til Apr. 24.:the P errault u n til Feb. 13, W ed 6 p m -9 p m , a n d Thurs-Sun 12-4pm . A dm ission is $4.75, o r $ 2 .7 5 f o r students.

E ric’s Trip: first M on cton , th e n th e w o r ld B Y H A R R IS NEW M AN

ste re o .

E v e ry o n e s e e m s th rilled w ith th e q u a lity a n d su c c e ss o f th e a lb u m , la b e l a n d b a n d in­ T h e sto ry o f E ric’s T rip is c lu d e d . tru ly a n In d ie R o ck fairy-tale “[Sub P o p is] so a m a z e d c o m e tru e. B o rn fo rth fro m th e th a t it’s d o n e s o w e ll. In th e first e x c ite m e n t a n d f a s t - p a c e d th re e w e e k s , it s o ld a ro u n d w o rld th a t is M o n c to n , N e w 5,000 c o p ie s in C a n a d a ” say s B ru n sw ick , E ric’s T rip f o u n d C hris T h o m p s o n , w h o sh a re s th e ir so la c e in th e la n d o f Losin g e r/g u ita ris t d u tie s. “W e ’re Fi 4-T rack a n a lo g re c o rd e rs at n u m b e r 13 o n th e c o lle g e a n d b a tte re d E lectro -H arm o n ix ch arts, a n d w e ’v e b e e n g e ttin g effect p e d a ls . T h e q u a rte t p r o ­ le tte rs fro m L.A. a n d San F ra n ­ v id e s th e ir o w n p a rtic u la r slice cisco fro m p e o p le in to th e al­ o f th e p ro v e rb ia l in d ie -ro c k b u m .” N o sm all fe a t fo r a b a n d p ie , a d ish s a v o u r e d th ro u g h ­ u s e d to w ritin g , re c o rd in g , a n d o u t th e M aritim e p ro v in c e s b y m a k in g u p th e ir o w n 7 ” sin g le s th e lik es o f Jale, H a rd s h ip P ost, in th e co m fo rt S l o a n , o f th e ir o w n B u b ia s k u ll, th e T h ru s h A home-made brew of b a s e m e n t.

Their H erm its a n d amplifiers set on P e te r E.P. o n P o tb elly .

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'decim ate’, scratchy acoustic guitar and dogs barking off in the distance

b e in g sig n e d b y W est coast b a se d Sub P o p re c o rd s, E r i c ’s T r i p h a v e s p a w n e d a n e w re c o rd , L o ve Tara. T h e ir h o m e -m a d e b r e w o f a m p lifie rs s e t o n ‘d e c i­ m a te ’, sc ra tc h y a c o u s tic g u ita r a n d d o g s b a rk in g o ff in th e d is ta n c e giv e th e liste n e rs th e im p re ssio n th a t th e b a n d is ja m m in g in th e ir b a s e m e n t ra th e r th a n s p in n in g o n th e

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r e c o r d s d id q u ite w e ll fo r th e m , fin d in g its w a y in to s to re s a ro u n d th e w o rld . T h e p o sitiv e re a c ­ tio n s to th e ir S u b P o p d e b u t h a v e o n ly b e g u n to p o u r in.

T h e ir u n iq u e c o m b in a tio n o f in te n s e ly o v e rd riv e n a n d so ft a n d s u b tle g u ita rs is c o u p le d w ith th e c o m b in e d v o cal e f­ forts o f sin g e rs T h o m p s o n a n d J u lie D o iro n .

E ric’s T rip h a s a su g a rsw e e t e d g e filled w ith e n o u g h c le v e r m e lo d ie s a n d h o o k s to m e lt e v e n th e c o ld e s t h e a rt, le a v in g th e ir a u d ie n c e s c h e e rfu lly h u m ­ m in g to th e m ­ se lv e s fo r d ay s to c o m e . T h e m u sic is n ’t al­ w ays h ap p y , a n d it c e rta in ly a i n ’t a lw a y s p re tty , b u t th e y p u t it all to g e th e r in to s o m e o f th e m o st m e m o ra ­ b le s o n g s th is s id e o f N e w ­ fo u n d la n d .

Having to u re d a c ro ss C a n a d a n u m e r­ o u s tim es, m o st n o ta b ly o n S ub P o p ’s C r o s s -

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C anada adv en ­ tu re th is p a s t s u m m e r w ith P o n d a n d Six F in g e r Satel­ lite— n o t to m e n tio n o p e n in g fo r S o n ic Y o u th ’s T o r o n to s h o w in o n e o f th e ir first a p ­ p e a ra n c e o u ts id e th e M aritim es— E ric’s T rip k n o w s

th e toils a n d trib u la tio n s o f th e ro a d . T h e y p la n o n k e e p in g th e ir s c h e d u le lig h t fo r n o w , p la y in g o n ly in M o n treal, T o ­ ro n to , a n d at a festival in W in ­ n ip e g o n this o u tin g . T o u r p la n s a re lik ely fo r th e sp rin g , in c lu d ­

in g d a te s in th e U n ite d States, a n d p e r h a p s e v e n to u rin g in s u p p o rt o f th e m ig h ty S e b a d o h .

B e s u r e to c a tc h th e ir s h o w th is T h u rsd a y, th e 2 7 th , p l a y ­ in g w ith th e N ils a n d G old fish a t C a fé C a m p u s.

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P a g e 14

Rizzo and The Fresh Prince in Six Degrees o f Excellence

BY JO H N SC A N L O N If y o u e n jo y m o v ie s w h ic h a re sim p le , lin e a r a n d easily d ig e ste d , th e n p e rh a p s F re d S ch ep isi’s n e w film S ix D egrees o f S e p a ra tio n s h o u ld n o t b e y o u r d e stin a tio n n e x t T u e s d a y n ig h t. D egrees is a su b lim e e x ­ p e rie n c e w h ic h is n o t e a sy to a n aly z e , b u t le t’s start th e e a sy w a y w ith a d e sc rip tio n o f th e cast.

S ch ep isi h a s a s s e m b le d a v a rie d a n d ta le n te d g ro u p w h ic h in c lu d e s S to c k a rd C h a n n in g (s h e w a s in Grease*. N o, seri­ o u sly, s h e w a s), th e u b iq u ito u s b u t alw ay s e n jo y a b le D o n a ld S u th e rla n d , W ill Sm ith (yes, th e “F resh P rin c e ” him self, b u t this sc rip t c o n ta in s n o cries o f "th at’s w a c k U n cle Phil!”), a n d th e “u s e d - to - b e - a - n e r d - b u t- th e n h e -b e e fe d -u p -fo r-E d w a rd S c isso r& « n < s? s-an d -n o w -h e ’so ld e r-a n d -w is e r-a n d -s o m e w h a t-s p o o k y ” A n th o n y M ichael H all, w h o s e s h o rt a p p e a ra n c e w ill w in th e lo v e o f a n y selfre s p e c tin g m e m b e r o f th e J o h n H u g h e s g e n e ra tio n .

A d e sc rip tio n o f th e m o v ­ ie ’s sto ry -lin e is m u c h m o re

p r o b le m a tic . A d a p te d fro m J o h n G u a re ’s p la y o f th e sa m e n a m e , th e film is o sten sib ly c e n tre d o n th e lives o f J. F lan­ d e r s ( “F l a n ”) a n d L o u is a ( “O u is a ”) K itteridge. P la y e d to p e rfe c tio n b y S u th e rla n d a n d C h an n in g , th is u n b e a ra b ly o b ­ n o x io u s u p p e r-c ru s t M an h at­ ta n c o u p le fin d th e ir lives d is­ r u p te d b y P aul, a y o u n g m a n w h o s h o w s u p b le e d in g a n d c o n fu s e d at th e ir d o o rste p . Still w ith m e? T h r o u g h v a r io u s m ach in atio n s a n d explanations, O u isa a n d F lan le a rn th e fol­ lo w in g facts a b o u t P aul (p o r­ tra y e d w ith re fre sh in g restrain t b y Sm ith): first, h e is a frien d o f th e K itte r id g e c h ild r e n a t H arv ard . S eco n d , h e is th e so n o f S idney P o itier a n d h as c o m e to N e w Y o rk b e c a u s e his fath er is flying in to to w n th e n e x t d ay to sta rt w o rk o n his n e x t d ire c t­ ing p ro ject, a film v e rsio n o f C ats . T h ird , h e h a s b e e n m u g g e d a n d ro b b e d d u rin g an e v e n in g , a n d th e o n ly n a m e h e k n o w s in th e Big A p p le is th at o f th e K itteridges.

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o v e rw h e lm e d , just as are the K itteridges. T h e u p s h o t o f all o f this is th at Flan a n d O u isa invite Paul to stay o v ern ig h t w ith them , a n d o v e r th e c o u rse o f th e e v e n in g a n d th e n e x t m o rn in g th e y a re v a rio u s ly p u z z le d , c h a rm e d , co m p lim e n te d , chal­

le n g e d a n d finally d e c e iv e d an d d isg u ste d b y this fascin atin g y o u n g m an . W e fin d o u t th at P aul is n o t w h o h e s e e m e d (a n d th e K itteridges a re d e v a sta te d to le a rn th a t th e y w ill n o t b e cast as ex tras in CatsX) W ith o u t flailing th ro u g h th e rest o f th e

p lo t lik e a d r u n k e n p a rty crash er, it is e n o u g h to sa y th at w h a t fo llo w s is a n e x p lo ra tio n o f id en tity a n d p u rp o s e in th e lives o f P au l a n d e v e ry o n e w ith w h o m h e co m e s in to c o n ­ tact.

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G u a re ’s p lay is incredibly d e n se a n d literary, d ra w in g allu sio n s fro m po st-im p re ssio n ist p a in t­ ing, The C a tch er in the Rye, P yg m a lio n , C hekov, B eck ett a n d o th e r so u rc e s to o n u m e r­ o u s to c o u n t. S chepisi h a n d le s th e m aterial w ith a w itty to u ch , sw itc h in g g e a rs fro m a W o o d y A llen-ish e x p lo ra tio n o f N ew Y ork to a p o s tm o d e rn m ystery sto ry to a m o v in g a n d effective stu d y o f in terpersonal re la tio a s.

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Entertainm ent

P a g e 15

Because Why kicks Hollywood’s butt

BY IA N C A R T E R It’s funny h o w C anadians can b e so nationalistic a n d antiA m erican yet never b o th e r to see a film m ade by o n e o f their ow n.

M o st re la te to A r n o ld S chw arzanegger a w h o le lot b e t­ ter. Sure h e ’s from th e U.S., b u t that b o y kno w s h o w to crush som e skulls.

Let’s face it, h e ’s co n sid ered entertaining. Besides, A m ericans can afford to kill o ff w ay m ore m ovie extras th an u s C anadians.

W hen is the last tim e y o u saw Jo h n C andy kick so m e ass (or m ake a g o o d film for th a t matter?)

W e are b o rn to b e m ild-m an­ nered.

B ut m ild -m a n n e re d c a n m ean hilarious film-making. M on­ treal b o rn Arto Paragam ian is o u t to p rove that.

His first full len g th feature entitled B ecause W hy is testim ony to th at fact. T here m ay b e n o car chases, sh o o t outs o r explosions (ex cep t during a scen e w h e n the m ain character ex tin g u ish es a cigarette in a toilet b o w l full o f hair spray w hile sitting o n it) b u t the film will k e e p y o u r attention throughout.

T he story centres aro u n d

Alex (M ichael Riley), w h o has just retu rn ed to M ontreal from travel­ ling abroad for 5 years. H e is at a loss ab o u t w h at to d o w ith his life b u t runs into an o ld friend Arto (D oru B andol) w h o is leaving for Cairo for six m onths. Alex m oves into his friend’s apartm ent w hile h e tries to find o n e for himself.

T h in g s g e t c o m p lic a te d w h e n Ayla (M artine R ochon) com es to th e ap artm ent to w ater A rto’s plants an d a com plicated series o f m atches e n su es w h e n Arto returns to Ayla a n d Alex finds A nne (H eather M athieson).

E nough w ith the “A” nam es al­ ready!

To m ake things e v en m ore com plicated a w h o le cast o f m i­ n o r characters is th ro w n in: a blind m an, a su p erin ten d en t fix­ ated w ith sm oke alarm s, tw o y o u n g kids looking for a g o o d prank, a n d an elderly m an w h o w ants to k n o w w h a t’s bigger, life o r nothingness.

Everything com es to a ten­ tative conclusion d uring a cam p­ ing trip w h ere everyone from the building is relaxing.

Yes, the story line is so m e­ w hat com plicated but Paragam ian m oves at a leisurely pace allow ­ ing the audience to take in every­

thing. T he p lo t never becom es confusing b u t gets increasingly hilarious. H e avoids using the m ile-a-m inute cam era w ork that m any y o u n g directors brandish to m ove things along. H ere is a director w ith self-confidence w ho d o esn ’t n eed techno-m usic and hip dialogue a la True R o m a n ce to keep his audience entertained.

Crucial to the film’s success is the acting. Michael Riley is the epitom e o f d e a d p a n b u t it com ­ pletely w orks for his very co n ­ fused character. H e m akes Jim Jarm usch’s characters lo o k like Robin Williams. Martine Rochon, H eath er M athieson a n d D oru Bandol play things fairly straight but are convincing.

But it is the tw o kids that steal the movie. T hey are shitdisturbers extraordinaire. Just like any kids, they ap p e a r norm al b u t are intensely curious.

B ecause W hy m ay n o t be hilarious every seco n d b u t it will keep a smile o n your face through­ out, m ore th an I can say fo r m ost movies. G o su p p o rt a very tal­ en ted film m aker a n d I guarantee yo u ’ll leave the theatre feeling g o o d ab o u t life w ithout that sugar sw eet H ollyw ood taste in your m outh.

Brothers, toasters and a typewriter

BY E M M A N U E L L E LATRAVERSE W hat d o b ro th ers, toasters a n d a typew riter h av e in co m ­ m on? Surprisingly, th e y consti­ tute th e vehicle o f th e m essage b e h in d Sam S h ep ard ’s True West.

T h e search for th e lo st A m erican dream is disillusioning. True West exploits classical A m erican m yths to focus o n th e h a u n tin g p a ra ­ d o x o f the h u m a n ex p erien ce w ithin the con tex t o f a b ro k e n family.

O b sessed b y th e dynam ics o f love an d h ate w ith in families, S hepard in tro d u ces tw o differ­ en t brothers: Lee, a b u m ( Roy D upuis from “Les Filles d e C aleb”) a n d A ustin (N o rm an H elm s), a screen p lay w riter k n o ck in g at th e d o o r o f th e A m erican D ream .

T hey m eet, fight an d sw itch roles.

T he b u m attem p ts to tell his story, the w riter to sh o w his revolt b y stealing... toasters.

True West s sym bols a n d th em es leave th e sp e c ta to r a w e ­ struck. O n e is p lu n g e d into the u n iverse o f com plex b lo o d rela­ tions. Tw o h u m an b ein g s are to rn b e tw e e n a n alcoholic fa­ ther, a n ab sen t m other; th ey n e e d a n d com plem en t, y e t d esp ise e a c h other. W ho is Cain? W ho is Abel? W hy a re love a n d h a te so interconnected?

U n fo rtu n ately , S h e p a rd ’s pow erful th em es are o v ersh ad ­ o w e d b y w eak dialogue. O n e m ay e x p ec t a w riter to m ak e lan g u ag e realistic, b u t th ere are

limits to realism . R epetitive an d shallow , it n ev er tra n scen d s an ­ g er an d scream s.

O n th e o th e r h an d , o n e m ust ack n o w led g e th e actors’ an d director’s (Brigitte H aentjens, d i r e c t o r o f t h e N o u v e lle C om p ag n ie T heatrale) w o n d e r­ ful efforts. By polarizing th e char­ acters o n th e stage th e, director cap tu res th e estran g em ent w hich th e w o rd s fail to convey. Roy D u p u is fills th e sc e n e w ith a violent p resen ce, cap tu rin g Lee’s excessive em otions. This is p ro b ­ ably w h e re his su ccess lies: “il a u n e belle g u e u le ”, b u t h e lacks any eco n o m y o f em otions. H e

d o e s n ’t act, h e feels. Such excess is c o u n terb alan ced b y th e re ­ p re sse d a n d controlled Austin w h o , facing his m ediocrity, ex­ p lo d e s in a crescen d o o f tension.

T his em o tio n a l v io len ce a n d an g er m ay sh o ck so m e an d se d u c e others. H aentjens p u shes h e r “m ise e n sc e n e ” to th e limit.

T h u s Sam S h ep ard ’s realism is c a p tu re d in th e em o tio n s co n ­ v ey ed o n stage, n o t in th e em pty lan g u ag e o f th e script.

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p o n ts R ed m en h o c k e y ro lls o v e r O n tario squads

BY J A M IE D E A N T h e M c G ill R e d m e n h o c k e y te a m k e p t its p lay o ff h o p e s alive w ith a p a ir o f w in s this p a s t w e e k e n d . Last Friday, th e R e d m e n h o s te d G u e lp h , d o w n in g th e G ry p h o n s 5-4, a n d last S atu rd ay th e y d e fe a te d th e U niv ersity o f T o ro n to B lues 50 .

G o in g in to F rid ay ’s g am e, G u e lp h w a s First in th e OUAA (O n ta rio U niversity A thletic As­ s o c ia tio n ) M id-E ast d iv isio n , w ith a 10-6-1 r e c o r d . T h e R ed m en , d e s p ite a re sp e c ta b le 8-5-0 re c o rd , re m a in e d in last p la c e in th e Far-E ast division.

T he R edm en have had tro u b le w ith th e c o n siste n c y o f th e ir p o w e r p la y th ro u g h o u t th e se a so n . B ut o n F riday n o su c h p ro b le m s w e re a p p a re n t, as all R e d m e n g o als w e re sc o re d w ith th e m a n a d v a n ta g e .

D e s p ite o u ts h o o tin g th e G ry p h o n s 21-9 in th e first p e ­ riod, th e R e d m e n h e a d e d into th e d re ssin g ro o m tie d w ith G u e lp h at tw o . D av id V ecch io a n d G u y B o u c h e r s c o re d for McGill.

G u e lp h re g a in e d th e l e a d in th e s e c o n d p e rio d on a p o w erplay g o a l at 3:23, and w e re a b le to k e e p M cGill o ff th e b o a r d until 12:17, w h e n

g a m e o n Sat­ u rd a y . H o w ­ ever, th e B lues came out strong and kept the R e d m e n w in to a clo ser 5-0 score.

T h e first period was v ery ev en , as McGill w as k e p t to o n ly o n e goal. CoC aptain D avid H uck d rilled a sh o t from th e b lu e line p ast th e s t u n n e d

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n o t c h e d h is s e c o n d goal o f th e night.

T h e R ed­ m en finally w o n th e sc o r­ ing d u e l in th e ™ „ , ,r , . , I he R ed m en won both home contests to help their playoffprospects T o r o n t o th ird p e rio d .

P ro n o v o st c re d ite d th e w in to goalie, a n d in to th e to p c o m e r S tacey M cG regor p u t th e R ed M cG ill’s ability to e x e c u te th eir o f th e net. a n d W hite a h e a d at 3:41, b u t g a m e p lan .

M cG ill’s d o m in a n c e b e ­ th e G ry p h o n s a n s w e re d w ith “O u r p o w e r p la y w a s re ­ cam e m o re a p p a re n t in th e se c ­ th e ir o w n g o al just tw o m in u te s ally stro n g . W e w o rk e d h a rd in later. M artin L aq u erre s c o re d o n d p e r io d , as th e s tr o n g practice a n d w e re a b le to ex ­ R ed m en d e fe n c e d id n o t allow th e w in n e r at 7:05 w h e n his e c u te o u r sy stem in th e g a m e ,” a sin g le T o ro n to sh o t o n net. s h o t w e n t o v e r th e sp ra w lin g said P ro n o v o st.

T h e offence, h o w ev er, w as ab le G u e l p h k e e p e r . N e tm in d e r A fter a 13-0 tro u n c in g o f to slip o n ly o n e o f its six teen P a tric k J e a n s o n m a in ta in e d th e U niversity o f T o ro n to B lues shots p a sse d the T o ro n to keeper.

M cG ill’s le a d , m a k in g sev eral earlier in th e seaso n , th e R edm en B e n o it L e ro u x c o n v e r te d a k e y s to p s fo r th e w in. m ay h a v e e x p e c te d a n easy McGill p o w e r play at 16:47, for F le a d coach Jean

his tw elfth o f th e seaso n .

T o ro n to fell a p a rt in th th ird p e rio d , allo w in g g o als b B o u c h e r, Luc L a tu lip p e a n H uck.

C o ach P ro n o v o st crédité T o ro n to fo r its stro n g e r play, bt w ish e d his o w n te a m h a d sco re a little m o re often.

“W e h a d m a n y o p p o rtu n ties a n d p la y e d h ard , b u t w e jui c o u ld n ’t capitalize o n so m e <j our o p p o r t u n i t i e s , ” sai P ro n o v o st.

T h e p a ir o f w in s w a s c n cial fo r th e R edm en. O n Satu day, b o th C o n co rd ia a n d Troi: Rivières lo st th e ir g am es again: O n tario team s. T h e Far-East d vision is n o w th e clo sest o f a OUAA divisions, w ith o n ly foi p o in ts se p a ra tin g first a n d fourt p lace. M cGill rem ain s in fo u rt w ith 20 p o in ts, b u t is o n ly sin g le p o in t fro m th ird -p lac C o n co rd ia a n d tw o a w a y frot O ttaw a, w ith tw o g am es in h a n o n b o th .

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St-Laurent and Concordia down Martlet Hockey

BY Y V O N C A R R IÈ R E T he Martlets h ockey squad took their sh o w o n the ro ad last w eek as they faced off against CEGEP St. L aurentandC oncordia.

D espite sho w in g definite signs of im p ro v em en t they a d d e d tw o m ore notch es in the loss colum n.

O n W ednesday, they fell at the hands of St. Laurent by a score o f 6-0. A ccording to h ead coach G eoff Phillips, the Martlets had their opp o rtu n ities to score.

“W e m ay have h a d a few less shots, b u t the quality o f o u r shots w as certainly im pro v ed ,” stated Phillips.

T he Martlets kep t pace w ith their foes but, true to form they panick ed o n ce St. Laurent scored their first goal. T he host team took full advantage o f th e let­ d o w n an d ad d e d tw o m ore tallies before the e n d of the first period.

McGill reg ro u p ed and cam e out storm ing as they totally dom i­ nated the initial five m inutes of the seco n d session. U nfortu­ nately th ey d id not m anage a single goal.

T he Martlets stayed in the gam e for the rem ainder o f the contest, but gave u p three m ore goals in w h at p ro v e d to be an en d to e n d battle.

McGill’s sched u le d id not get any easier as they faced off with an obviously m ore talented, and m ore ex p erien ced C oncordia team o n Sunday afternoon. The

m ood before the gam e am ong the players seem ed positive yet realistic.

Forward Heidi Bloomfield sum m ed u p the team ’s goal.

“W e just w an t to give them a g o o d gam e, sh o w them that w e have som e p rid e,” com m ented Bloomfield.

The Martlets started w ith a strong first shift, creating an e x ­ cellent scoring opportunity on w hich they failed to convert.

C oncordia quickly took control of the gam e scoring o n their first sh o t of the gam e. McGill got into their panic m ode and struggled against an overpow ering Stinger squad, surrendering three m ore goals before the e n d o f the first period.

H eading into the second p erio d d o w n 4-0, the Martlets got m ore involved in the gam e, tak­ ing num ero us penalties. A clearly su p erio r C oncordia team control­ led the p ace o f the gam e, firing 45 shots o n McGill netm inder Annette Van d er Linde.

T h e Stingers a d d e d five m ore goals before Martlet rookie forw ard Jodi Zack sh o w ed great anticipation by intercepting a pass an d delivering the lone McGill goal half w ay th ro u g h the third session.

T he Red an d W hite played som ew h at un in sp ired hockey for the rem ainder o f the gam e, w hich en d e d in a 9-1 loss. O nce again the Martlets could not create m uch

Two losses keep the Martlets in the division cellar o f an offensive threat. Rookie forw ard Claire Sharpe, w h o has b een selected for the leag u e’s AllStar gam e, ex p lain ed the p ro b ­ lems.

“We n e e d to take m ore shots. Everyone w an ted the puck but got caught o u t o f position a lot; basically w e g o t aw ay from the gam e p lan ,” she com m ented.

D espite the lopsided score, Van d e r Linde played a strong gam e, m aking several quality saves. As hard as it m ay be to

believe, their penalty killing units also played well, allow ing only one pow erplay goal. In fact, they played better d o w n by a player th an at e v e n strength. Coach Phillips saw signs that things are looking better for his troops.

"There certainly was no lack o f effort from anybody. I see m ost o f the team playing u p to their potential,” com m ented Phillips.

“The basics n eed a lot o f w ork, how ever. If the structured sys­ tem s w e have b een w orking on

all year sh o w ed u p today against such a strong team, the ladies m ust b e d o ing it w ell,” he added.

F irst-y e a r fo rw ard Cindi M ikrom astoris will join Claire Sharpe in the All-Star gam e on W ednesday, January 26th, at 7:30 PM at CEGEP St-Laurent. The Martlets host the MIX 96 AllStars o n W ednesday, January 26th at 7 PM a n d they look for their first season w in as they host C oncordia on Saturday, January 29th at 6:30 PM.

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Martlets: too little too late Martlets w in weekend showdowns

BY BILLY KHOURY

BY CRAIG BERNES

avail. Concordia won its third straight set. 15-13,17-15, 15-10. Good night, Martlets.

The volleyball Martlets have Béliveau was frustrated but not shown incredible improvement in angry after the match. “We didn’t the last two weeks. Last weekend play that bad; but our team needs to saw them split home-and-home block. [Saturday] we had 26 blocks; matches with Concordia. today we had six or seven.”

Saturday at Loyola Campus, “Since we have a big team, the Martlets broke a 34-game league that’s where we have to be produc­ losing streak when they defeated tive, but I thought we played pretty Concordia in five sets, 11-15, 15-12, 15-11, 10-15, and 19-17. The team good defence considering that our blocking wasn’t working.” With both svas able to use its great blocking of McGill’s tall­ ability to stifle est players in the C o n c o rd ia ’s lineup, including trong power last week’s allfitting. star Sylvie Naud, Sunday, the blocking was n the return in full effect. match at After such vlcGill’s Currie a one-sided loss, ym, the one w onders Martlets went why McGill was lown in three able to manhan­ traight sets. dle Concordia in 3ach game their own gym vent back and the day before. 'orth and could Béliveau ex­ nave been won plained. iy either team.

"They In the [Concordia] were ong first set, probably sur­ VlcGill fought prised by the ard, but a lineup we had; quick dose of lo w er gave One up and one down for Martlets that was the first loncordia the win, 15-13- The sec­ time we’ve used this lineup against them,” said Béliveau. “[On Saturday], ond game saw the Martlets trail hroughout, only to come back vi- they reacted by trying to hit hard, but [Sunday], they were trying to go liously. With Concordia on game around us.” The Stingers obviously loint at 14-9, McGill rallied to tie the score at 14. The Martlets were leading met with more success the second time around.

15-14 when their set-point serve went The loss on Sunday effectively ong. Concordia came right back to win 17-15, and the possible “TSN ended the Martlets’ playoff hopes. In order to make the post-season now, Turning Point" was engraved in the McGill must win three of four matches minds of the McGill players and fans. against local powerhouses Université McGill came out to play the third set with a vengeance, grabbing de Montréal and Université de a 4-0 lead off its first serve. Unfortu­ Sherbrooke. Though not impossible, nately, they ran into trouble receiving that will be difficult in the extreme; McGill plays in probably the strong­ serve, and Concordia eventually took the lead at 8-7. The Stingers’ power est conference in Canada.

The Martlets travel to the hitters began to pour it on and Université de Montréal for a match Concordia began to extend its lead.

McGill coach Rachèle Béliveau called this Sunday afternoon. timeouts and made substitutions in i attempt to stem the flow of Concordia points, but it was to no

The McGill w om en’s bas­ ketball team showed signs of men­ tal fatigue in both of its games this w eekend, barely slipping by Concordia and Laval to remain undefeated in divisional play.

Last Friday night, the Sting­ ers (2-3) came into the Currie Gym trying to snap an eight-game los­ ing skid in league play at the hands of the Martlets.

The Concordia squad is one of the most unorthodox teams in the league. It really doesn’t seem like they have a game plan: their shots come from anywhere and at any time. However, they do pos­ sess a great deal of individual talent and team speed that com­ bine to produce a lot of scoring.

The problem with their shot selection, which led to at least ten air-balls in the first half, is that it’s hard to defend against. The Martlets’ defensive plan was clearly disrupted leading to numerous second chance opportu nities and seventeen Stinger offensive rebounds in the first half alone.

Concordia’s disorganization rubbed off on the Martlets who were extremely impatient putting up untimely shots throughout the opening period. The Stingers have the best offence in the division averaging 69 points per game and by playing the same wide open game as their opponents, McGill i was giving Concordia a good shot at pulling away.

The score was a generous 40-34 for the Stingers at the half.

The Martlets (6-0) were ranked sixth in the country coming into the game and really could not afford to lose any divisional match­ ups.

They came out in the sec­ ond half understanding that they

had to dictate the tempo and play the patient and wise game that makes them successful.

Vicky Tessier, a second year forward from Chateauguay, was unfazed by the deficit and literally

Martlets roll over Stingers took the game into her own hands.

She led a 12-2 run to begin the second session which was enough to give the Martlets the lead for good on the way to a 66-56 win.

Tessier finished with 19 points while second year guard Josée Deloretto finished with 14.

On Sunday, the Martlets were at Laval to cap off the weekend.

McGill put on a clinic in the first half, at times humiliating the host­ ing Rouge et Or. Forward Lesley Stevenson led the opening onslaught with 11 points and the score was 32-23 at the half.

The second period could very well have represented the ugliest display by McGill so far this season. The Martlets must have immense faith in their defence because they waited until the ten

minute mark of the period before scoring their first points. Fortu­ nately, Laval did not manage too many opportunities either, but did tie the game during this span.

McGill shot a grim 6 for 24 from the floor, mirroring a total team collapse.

Vicky Tessier, though she finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, shot only 3 of 12 from the field while Stevenson was held pointless in the second.

Coach Hunter commented on his squad’s collapse.

“I d o n ’t u n d erstan d the breakdown. We certainly weren’t fo c u s e d . C learly , w e w e re diasppointed,” he said.

The fans were thankful for the events for it set up an extraor­ dinary finish.

There were numerous lead changes in the final ten minutes, but it was all tied up at 44-44 with only fifty-five ticks left on the clock.

After Laval took a three point edge, Tessier reduced the deficit to one with twenty seconds re­ maining. Laval guard Sophie Morin was then fouled with sixteen sec­ onds left, but only managed to knock down the front end of the one-and-one.

McGill then took control on an ensuing jump ball and ran a designed play to forward Jennifer Stacey. Stacey received a pass from Tessier with two seconds left and released a three-pointer. The ball went in with 0.8 seconds left. Final score: McGill 49, Laval 48.

For her efforts, Tessier won the Quebec Student Sports Fed­ eration (QSSF) athlete-of-the-week award.

The Martlets play their next home game on Saturday, Febru­ ary 5th at 6 PM against Bishop’s University.

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N otes & Q uotes Figure skating team surprises field to take sixth at Guelph

event.

David Currie, Dominic Bradford and Steve Gentles also made the trip, but their results In the first competitive meet of its history, the McGill Figure Skating team took sixth place were unavailable. in the precision skating event of last weekend's Guelph Invitational Figure Skating competition.

Precision skating is in its inaugurative year at McGill, but has been taking place in the Field hockey team captures Quebec Indoor Cup Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association (OWIAA) for several years. The event is somewhat akin to the team event in synchronized swimming, with nine team members involved McGill fielded two teams from its regular outdoor squad to compete at last weekends in coordinated movement.

Quebec Indoor Cup Field Hockey Tournament in St-Leonard. McGill “1” pulled out all the stops The performance impressed no one more than the members of to beat the Quebec Senior Provincial Team in the final game by a 6-4 score.

McGill’s team themselves.

On its way to the final game, McGill “1” dropped McGill “2” 5-1 in the "We were so surprised, we didn’t finish up our routine until last semi-final of the seven-team tournament.

Thursday and we only got a coach last November,” commented team VP Nilu Singh, a standout with McGill’s outdoor team, was chosen the Precision Sara-Jane Samuel. tournament’s outstanding player.

Jillian Baker, the most experienced precision skater of the group, led Goalie Jillian Roper picked up two shutouts on the way to the the team in its routine. championship game.

Because McGill is not an official member of the OWIAA Figure Skating League, the Guelph competition is the only one McGill will take part Redmen cagers split weekend games in this year.

A perennial sport club at McGill for more than a decade, the team has The Redmen basketball team took on the Concordia Stingers and the yet to obtain official intercollegiate club status from McGill’s Department of Université Laval Rouge et Or in two league games last weekend. On Friday Athletics. However, Samuel indicated that team president Claire Serdula is night, McGill hosted the league-leading undefeated Stingers at the Currie taking the necessary steps to reach that level by next year. The team will hold Gym. its fifteenth annual skating show in March.

Concordia came out firing, taking a 45-35 half-time lead on the way to an 85-70 win. Frederic Arsenault led the Stingers with 25 points, while Nordic Skier May takes fourth at Nakkertok Ryan Schoenhals was the best Redman with 15. Jon Campbell added 11 for McGill.

In a meet that was rescheduled from January 15th because of cold It took the Redmen until the second half of Sunday’s game against weather, four members of McGill’s Nordic Ski team travelled to Gatineau Laval to rebound from the loss. The decidedly weaker Rouge et Or managed Park in the Ottawa region to take part in the Nakkertok Invitational Cross Redmen forward Chad to hold the Redmen to a 47-47 tie at halftime, despite being dominated on Wozney leans in Country Ski Meet. the boards—the Redmen held Laval to only two offensive rebounds in the Andrew May, a former member of the Newfoundland Cross Country Ski team, was the whole game. In the second half, however, McGill pulled away to a 91-76 victory. Todd best Redman with a second place in his 20-29 age category and fourth place overall.

McDougall and Sammy Mendolia notched 16 each. Ryan Schoenhals completed a strong Team president Chris Sumner was cautiously pleased with May’s effort. weekend performance with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

“Obviously he’s that kind of calibre when he's in shape, but [his high standing] is partly With the split, McGill retains second place in the Quebec University Basketball League an indication that some really good skiers were [absent],” he stated.

(QUBL) with a 4-2 record. The Redmen play their next home game on Saturday, February 5th Many competitors, including most of McGill’s team ,were unable to make the rescheduled at 8 PM.

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BY CHARLES THOMAS At the Ryerson University Crossover Round Robin squash tournam ent last w eekend in To­ ronto, McGill’s fourth seed, Chris Peake, broke the University of W estern O ntario’s dom inance

over the Redmen by defeating the Mustangs’ fourth seed by a 3-2 score. It was the first McGill win over a Western opponent in two years. McGill tied Q ueen’s for fourth-place in the eight-team tournament. Western w on the event, with Waterloo second and

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Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Dean of Continuing Education. The appointment, effective September 1, 1994, is normally for a five-year term and may be renewed.

The Dean of Continuing Education is responsible to the Vice-Principal (Academic) for the supervision and administration of the academic programs, budgets, and all activities o f the Centre. Candidates should have appropriate scholarly and administrative experience; facility in both English and French is desirable. McGill University is committed to equity in employment.

Nominations and applications will be most useful if accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and the names of three referees, and should be submitted by February 25, 1994 to: Dr. W.C. Leggett, Vice-Principal (Academic), James Administration Building 845 Sherbrookes St. W. Montréal, PQ H3A 2T5

McMaster third.

T eam C ap tain A n d re w Thom pson em phasized the im­ portance o f Peake’s performance for the team.

“It was a huge win because it was such a morale lifter—n o­ body beats W estern,” he said.

“That win was significant because it helped us secure fifth spot in the standings.”

The better seeding will be an advantage for McGill w hen they get to the championship round of the Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUAA).

McGill’s sixth-seed, rookie Qasim Khan also impressed spec­ tators with his 4-1 record. Andrew Ross, the sixth-seed, had a 2-3 ‘ record, while third seed Mark Lau was 1-4. Lau only recendy m oved ; up to the third seed and was unaccustom ed to the higher level ’ of competition. Thom pson sug­ gested that this accounted for some of his difficulties.

Second seed Andrew Burt , and Thompson, the first seed, both finished with 2-3 records.

With the OUAA team finals ’ less than two w eeks away (Feb­ ruary 5th at Western) and the 1 OUAA individual finals the fol lo w in g w e e k at G u e lp h , Thom pson believes the team is i peaking at the right moment.

“This team has really im proved over the course of the season— more than last year’s team [which finished seventh}," he comm ented. “I’m looking at fifth or better.”

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McGill badminton p layoff bound McGill track team

BY D A V ID BEZMOZGIS impresses at Plattsburgh The McGill badminton team, after playing its penultim ate league tournament this weekend, has secured a playoff berth. Placng third in a field of five competiors that included Laval, TroisRivières, Université de Montréal U de M) and Sherbrooke, proved ufficient in catapulting the McGill squad into post-season play.

VIcGill, posting five points, found tself in a tie for third position ivith Trois-Rivières which also imassed an equivalent num ber of points. A tie-breaker count was equired to vault the McGill side nto sole possession of third place, .aval retained its undefeated

standing by winning all of its matches over the w eekend and collecting twelve points, while U de M placed ahead of McGill, amassing eight points.

The success of the McGill squad can be attributed to the performances of the m en’s sin­ gles, doubles and the mixed dou­ b les c o m b in a tio n s. D o u g all Molson was undefeated in his matches against Sherbrooke, U de M and Trois-Rivières. The mixed tandem of Bruno Dion and Maryse Filion, w ho have yet to lose in league play this season, dispatched with all of their oppo­ nents in a m anner which has become quite characteristic of the duo.

The playoff implications of the results from this w eekend’s action were sum m ed up by McGill coach Frank McCarthy as such: third-place McGill will play sec­ ond-place U de M for the right to play the w inner of the first-place Laval versus fourth-place TroisRivières match-up.

The playoffs will be hosted

by McGill on the 19th and 20th of February. McCarthy believes that his team should fare favourably against U de M in team competi­ tion, and excel in m en’s singles, doubles, and especially mixed doubles categories to the extent w here McCarthy foresees gold medal possibilities.

BY D A N TE PASCALI Last Saturday, the McGill track and field team travelled to Plattsburgh to take on Plattsburgh State University (P.S.U.), St. Law­ rence, Delhi and Middlebury.

McGill fared very well, placing first in both the m en’s and w om ­ e n ’s overall team results.

The Martlets clearly outper­ formed the com petition obtain­ ing 73 points with P.S.U. finish­ ing a distant second with 46 points. Notable finishers were Leanne Johnson, first in the 55 metre dash, Carolyn Healey and Meredith Mottley, finishing onetwo in the 500 metre race, Rosie Mullins, first in the 1000 metre race. Brenda Welsh was first in the 200 metre race. Linda Thyer, Melanie Bassett and Kelly Fallon finishing one, two, three in the 1500 m etre race. Thyer was posi­ tive about the team ’s perform ­ ance.

“Although the competition was not quite as strong as what we had hoped for, we placed at the top of m ost races,” she said.

In addition, the McGill w om en finished first in the one and two mile relay races.

O n the m en’s side, the Redmen outpointed St. Lawrence 54.5 to 46. Standouts on the team were Fred Bélanger, first in the pole vault, Doug Penick, third in the 1500 m etre race, Dave Rothman and Andrew Bloom fin­ ishing first and third in the 500 metre race. Peter M adden was third in the 1000 metre race while Max Oates took second in the

McGill swimmers sink Sherbrooke

BY CHRISTOPHER RIGNEY

performance.

“Last week was a very tired week, as many team members were simply drained from the training After what team members schedule,” said Grepin. 'But we did :alled a “weak and uninspired” som ehow pull it together for perform ance at the six-team Sherbrooke."

Jniversité de Montréal (U The Martlets' domi­ le M) invitational swim nation of Sherbrooke was neet two weekends ago, due in part to the superior he McGill swim team reperformances turned in by urned to the Currie pool Carol Chiang. Chiangscored vith authority on Saturgold in the 50m freestyle, iay afternoon. While the 200m freestyle, 100m but­ tedmen were edged by terfly and the 800m free­ heir Sherbrooke counter­ style medley. parts 87-92, the Martlets Next up for the swim ensured the McGill vicsquad is a two-part tri-meet ;ory with a 108-73 romp against both Laurentian pver the Vert et Or. University and the the U de The Redmen were McGill was quick off the blocks to shake Sherbrooke M. The first segment of the lead by Eric Potier, who Athletic Union (CIAU) champion­ meet takes place at 2:30 PM on :ame up with the Gold Medal in the 30m breaststroke in a time of 31.6 ships in Victoria in March, was im­ Friday at the U de M, while McGill pressed with the team’s effort fol­ hosts the second half at 8:00 AM on seconds. Other McGill men who Saturday at the Currie Pool. lowing the previous week’s sub-par merged victorious from their races were Craig Perfect in the 50m free­ style and Léo Grepin in the 200m individual medley.

Grepin, one of the McGill swimmers who has already quali­ fied for the Canadian Intemniversity

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Rothman, a rookie on the team, was pleased with the final results.

“It was a great race to raise confidence, a fun meet. It’s a sign of more to com e,” he said confi­ dently.

The m en’s two mile relay team finished second, b u t the one mile relay team finished a disappointing third after one of McGill’s runners was tripped u p by a com petitor—no official wit­ nessed the infraction.

Despite this incident, head coach Dennis Barrett was pleased with the team ’s performance.

“It was a ‘racing training m eet’ w here the intention was to learn and improve from mistakes.

It allowed rookies to overcom e the fear of competition. Overall, it was a good meet, the team perform ed well,” said Barrett.

McGill’s next m eet is on Saturday, February 5th, at the University of Toronto.

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