The McGill Tribune Vol. 13 Issue 5

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T r ib u n e October 5-12,1993

Published b y the Students' Society of M cG ill University

M eet The Press W ith the October 25th federal election ap­ proaching fast, the Liberal and Tory can­ didates for the Saint Henri-Westmount riding are on the cam­ paign trail. The Trib­ une talks to Liberal MP David Berger and Progressive Conservative hopeful Alain Perez about student issues.

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Inside This Week News: Jean Charest discusses Canada’s future with Sun Youth Organisation.

See page 3 Op/Ed: The beginning of October signals the return of the apathy plague to campus.

See editorial, page 6 Features: McGill graduate has more than luck with Black Cat Productions.

See page 10 Entertainment: The Montreal Comedy Museum falls flat on its face.

See page 13 Sports: The Redmen and Martlets soccer squads earn seven out of a possible eight points in weekend play.

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Free. For more info call 3984547/8101.

McGill Amnesty Inter­ national meets every Tuesday Friday. October 8

at 6:30 PM in Shatner 425/35.

All welcome.

The Faculty of Music presents a 10th anniversary con­ cert by GEMS (Group of Elec­ tronic Music Studio). 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

The Department of Psy­ ch ia try p re se n ts D r. C. Benkelfat speaking on “Posi­ tron Emission Tomography: Usefulness in psychiatry and

Orchestra performing Wagner, Ravel and Beethoven. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Passes available at Pollack Hall Box Office. For more info, call 398-4547/8101.

Saturday. October 9 The Faculty of Music

it? Call us at 398-6778/9 or come

by Shatner B07. YEEEEE-HA!

WUSC (World Univer­ sity Service of Canada) has an annual internation sem inar which sends 30 university stu­ dents to a developing country.

Applications now available for this year’s seminar in Bénin (West Africa). Conducted in French. For more info and ap­ plications call 278-4301 or 2860714, or leave a message in our Union mailbox.

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Tribune Edtor-ln-Chief Benoit Jacqmotte

■ Assistant Michael Broadhurst Edtors-in-Chief Micol Zarb News Edtors Ram Randhawa

Steve Smith Features Editors Cheryl Devoe

Cherie Payne

The Walksafe Network will NOT be operating from Fri. Oct. 9 to Mon. Oct. 11 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Serv­ ice will resume as usual on Tues., Oct. 12. Walksafe apologizes for any inconven­ ience.

Wednesday. October 6 McGill Improv performs in the Alley every Wednesday at 8:30 PM. Free.

Canoeing, hiking, horse­ back riding, cycling, mountain biking, climbing and more.

Check out the Outing Club meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 PM in Leacock 26.

Are you creatively in­ clined? Want to read poetry?

Want to help edit, layout or advertise for a publication? Join the Pillar! Call 282-6348 or drop any submissions in our box under “T ” for The Pillar, 1st floor Shatner.

T h e SSMU Environ­ mental Committee has its first general meeting today at 4:30 PM in Shatner 310. Open to all students. Come help work for greater environmental respon­ sibility on campus.

McGill Nightline is a confidential telephone listen­ ing, information, and referral service open from 9 PM to 3 AM. Give us a call! 398-6246.

The SSMU Transit Net­ work is collecting schedules for November. Come fill out a form in Shatner 408 or call 3982902.

Thursday. October 7 Sunera Thobani, presi­

The Faculty of Music presents the Mike Allen Jazz Group as part of the McGill Alumni Series. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W.

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Charles Thomas Network Editors Bamaby Clume

Monique Shebbeare Photo Edtors Geoff Gibson

Jack Sullivan Production Managers Jonathan Wasserman

Tiffany Welch Advertising Liaison Sanchari Chakravarty

■ Production Assistants

The Faculty of Music presents Guylaine Flamand, pi­ anist, as part of the McGill Alumni Series. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free. For more info call 3984547/8101.

dent of the National Action Com­ mittee on the Staus o f Women, will be speaking today at 7:30 PM in Leacock 132. Free admis­ sion for McGill and Montreal community. Donations wel­ come.

Entertainment Editors Catrin Morris

psychopharmacology research.”

12:30 to 1:30 PM, 1033 Pine, Rm. 138.

presents the McGill Symphony Orchestra. 8 PM, Pollack Hall.

For more info, call 398-4547/ 8101.

The Yellow Door Cof­ fee House presents an open stage night o f live music. $2.00.

Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For more info call 398-6243.

Rem em ber those Red Herring contests! Deadline Oct.

The Faculty of Music presents the McGill Symphony

22 for Haikus, Itchy & Scratchy, and Conspiracy theories. Nov. 5 for everything else. Don’t get

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ews C h a re s t a d d re sse s y o u th issu e s a t M o n tre a l m e e tin g B Y S T E V E SM ITH As part of a campaign stop inMontreal last Wednesday Jea n Charest, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, met with Sun Youth Organisation executives to dis­ cuss the Progressive Conserva­ tive (PC) Party’s youth platform.

Sun Youth has been a popular attraction during the federal election campaign for candidates eager to address the problems confronting today’s youth. Since 1954, Sun Youth has been providing relief serv­ ices for Montreal’s poor as well as activit ies and programs for the young and old.

A ccord ing to Jo an n a Fidanoglou, a crime prevention officer at the Sun Youth centre, the organisation has already at­ tracted the leaders of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québécois.

“Audrey McLaughlin and Lucien Bouchard were already here,” she said. “Charest’s not the first and he won’t be the last.”

Upon his arrival, the Deputy Prime Minister was given a tour of Sun Youth’s facilities.

The tour was followed by a question and answer period in which members of the Sun Youth executive confronted Charest

with their concerns about the future of today’s youth.

Tommy Kulczyk, an assist­ ant to Sun Youth’s Vice-Presi­ dent and Director of Emergency Services, asked Charest what message he would like the ex­ ecutives to convey to the youth that make use of the organisa­ tion’s services.

“What message can we give out to the disillusioned youth of today?" he enquired. “What hope can we give them?”

Charest responded by re­ examining the state of today’s youth. He argued that young Canadians are partially respon­ sible for the problems that con­ front them.

“W e’re in a period o f change. The cynicism in today’s youth is like saying ‘I give up, I’ve abandoned hope’,” he said.

“There is no lost generation.”

Charest noted the value of an education in today’s society and maintained that the federal government is doing what it can to encourage Canada’s youth to stay in school.

“We do know the more education you have, the more chance you have of getting a job,” he observed. “Anything [the federal government does] should be set to get us closer to our common objectives and values,

of which education is upmost.”

Rosa Macri, as­ sistant to the director of emergency services, asked about the fed­ eral government’s po­ sition on national daycare and providing incentives and assist­ ance for women.

“There is a prob­ lem h ere. Many women with children wouldn’t stay at home if they had adequate daycare,” she noted.

Charest claimed that the federal gov­ ernment has made an effort to encourage women with children to enter the work force or con­ tinue their education but, admit­ ted that financial difficulties have impeded progress on this issue.

“We’ve provided tax cred­ its and have transferred money to develop programs on this is­ sue but we don’t have the money to do more. We’re being stran­ gled by the deficit,” he explained.

Peter Villani, a member of Sun Youth’s Board of Governors and a graduate of McGill’s Fac­ ulty of Law, questioned the fed­ eral government’s policies on incentives for teachers. Charest

admitted that teachers have been unfairly blamed for discourag­ ing youth from staying in school and reminded Villani that pro­ grams have been established to rectify this problem.

“Hope will come when people put more value in teach­ ers. We have to encourage ex­ cellence among our teachers be­ cause teachers are who we trust our kids with,”Charest explained.

After his discussion with the Sun Youth executives, Charest entertained questions from the press. When asked what

message he would like to con­ vey to McGill students, Charest responded that his government is doing what it can to improve accessibility to post-secondary education despite financial re­ straints.

“Times are changing. We recognize the importance of higher education and have im­ proved the student loan system.

We just hope that students real­ ize they have the responsibility to give back to the country what we give to them ,” Charest said.

A lle g a tio n s o f d i s c r i m i n a t i o n t a i n t b lo o d d r iv e

BY DANIEL BRANDES Several student groups have questioned the allegedly prejudi­ cial practices used by the Cana­ dian Red Cross Society to regulate the Red Cross Blood Drive held in the Shatner Building two weeks ago. Students criticised the ques­ tionnaire used by the organisation to screen potential donors. The Blood Drive was co-sponsored by Students’ Society (SSMU).

The drive is an annual event organised by students in conjunc­ tion with the Red Cross. Dona­ tions this year were lower than in

previous years. Students and Red Cross officials expressed concerns over the low turnout and allega­ tions of discriminatory screening practices.

The questionnaire used in the screening process requires potential donors to list their sexual orientation and behaviour, as well as their country of origin.

The Red Cross classifies men who have engaged in homosexual sex and individuals from Central Africa and Haiti as members of “high-risk” groups for HIV, the vims which causes AIDS. Those individuals are not permitted to

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Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Gays of McGill (LBGM) Political Co-Coordinator Mary-Margaret Jones discussed her concerns at the use of such policies with SSMU VP Internal Cornell Wright and VP Finance Paul Johnson.

According to Jones, the Red Cross is targeting homosexual and bisexual men with their question­ naire.

“They should worry about safe sex, not sexuality,” claimed Jones.

Jones argued that awareness concerning the transmission of HIV is extremely high in the gay com­ munity. She also noted that the Red Cross' targeting of specific groups is an outdated practice.

“You can’t really target any one group anymore. It’s very dif­ ficult to designate which group has the highest rate [of transmis­ sion],” said Jones.

Dr. Gilles Delage, Acting Deputy Medical Director of Blood Services, Montreal Centre, of the Canadian Red Cross Society, justi­ fied the controversial question­ naire.

“The goal of the Canadian Red Cross is to supply the Cana­ dian public with appropriate quan­ tities of safe blood,” he said.

Delage defended the Red Cross's position, saying that the

society does not focus on distin­ guishing between groups, but on identifying high risk activities.

“Even recently, cases of AIDS are most predominant in men who have had sex with men,” argued Delage. “We also have questions where we exclude people who have engaged in high risk hetero­ sexual activities, such as prostitu­ tion.”

Delage stressed that the Red Cross is not targeting homosexu­ als in general. He explained that sexually active gay men are ex­ cluded because they have engaged in what is considered a high risk activity, not because they are ho­ mosexual. Since sex between women is not deemed “high risk”, sexually active lesbians may be allowed to give blood.

He explained that a “silent period" exists when someone is infected with HIV. During this period, infected blood carries HIV but lacks anti-bodies, and there­ fore can not be detected by mod­ ern testing techniques. The fear of having “silent” blood in the sup­ ply is what prompted the contro­ versial questions.

Delage also noted that the Red Cross would remove question number 13, the question that requires potential donors to indi­ cate their country of origin. The question was included before

the Red Cross had the ability to screen for HIV 2, a virus pre­ dominant in certain areas of Af­ rica. ’The question should be re­ moved by early next year,” com­ mented Delage.

The controversy surround­ ing the Red Cross’ methods of screening and the subsequent drop in donations from the McGill com­ munity has become an important issue for both the Canadian Red Cross and the organisers of the event.

Fayez Nathoo, one of the student organisers of the blood drive, disagreed with the nature of Jones’ complaints.

“If you don’t know your partner’s background, if you’re a hemophiliac, even if you have had a cold in the last week, you’re not allowed to give blood. Any one of those groups could pro­ test,” argued Nathoo.

Nathoo also questioned Jones’s motives for protesting the questionnaire.

“There's a problem when being politically correct takes the place of saving lives,”said Nathoo.

Jones responded to Nathoo’s remarks by saying that he did not understand the position of the ho­ mosexual community.

“He’s straight, he doesn’t feel the discrimination.”

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N e w p o l i t i c a l p a r t y s t r i v e s t o e m p o w e r s tu d e n ts

BY IR EN E BLOEMRAAD Last W e dnesday the con­ stitution of the M c G ill branch of the C an a d ia n R e n e w a l Party (C R P ) w as u n a n im o u s ly a p ­ p ro ve d , a few short w eeks after the Renew al Party’s fo unding con ve n tion in O ttaw a.

T h e CRP claims that it is not a party that is seeking pow er.

Its p rim a ry goal is to “e m p o w e r the people so that they can exer­ cise control over their lives.”

A r n o ld A u g u s t, in te rim president o f the M cG ill branch, explained the C R P ’s position.

“T h e Renewal Party is not a political party in the strictest sense; it’s m ore o f an associa­ tion," he asserted.

A cco rd in g to the club ’s vice p r e s id e n t , S e b a s tia n Augustyniak, the goal of the M cG ill g ro u p is to get students in vo lve d in the political process.

“W e w a n t to prom ote p o ­ litical awareness and e m p o w e r­ m e n t o f students, e spe cially youths," he stated.

T h e doze n m em bers at the g ro u p ’s opening meeting actively discussed all details o f the p ro ­ posed constitution.

Despite the c lu b ’s stress on

political participation, the CRP claims thirty p e r cent o f its 100plus m em bership can neither vote nor run for any of th e _____ g r o u p ’s e x e c u ­ tiv e p o s it io n s because o f Stu­ d e n ts ' S o c ie ty (S S M U ) re g u la ­ tions. A u g ust b e ­ lieved that SSM U club regulations w o u l d p e r m it o n ly u n d e r­ g ra d u a te s tu ­ dents to v o te , w h ile graduate students, faculty a n d u n iv e r s it y staff were limited to the status of non-votin g members.

SSM U club po licy and a let­ ter of agreement b e tw e e n SSM U a n d the P o s t G r a d u a te S tu ­ d e n ts ' S o c ie ty (P G S S ) perm it graduate students full privileges in any SSM U or­ ganization or activity. O th e r stu­ dents have com plained that the SSM U-PGSS letter is not d e a r as

to the role of graduate students in cam pus activités.

T h e CRP intends to estab­

lish a separate branch for the C ity o f M ontreal w h e n it has suffident m em bership to sup­ po rt it.

T h e club ’s imm ediate plans

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in d u d e lo b b yin g SSM U to or­ ganize a m eeting of all M cG ill students to discuss the question o f p o lit ic a l process.

“Citizens m u s t s e le c t c a n d id a te s , r a t h e r th a n parties," said August.

T h e d u b ’s constitu­ tion states that tw o per cent of the electorate dom inate the p o licy. Th e se tw o per cent a re p e o p le w h o are m em ­ bers of estab­ lished political p a rtie s , a n d w h o thus de­ cide the candi­ dates running for office.

Yet A u ­ gust him self is ru n n in g as the Marxist-Leninist candidate for the riding o f St.Henri-W estm ount, a selection m ade b y that party’s m em bership.

“This time around the M arx­ ist-Leninist candidates w ere defi­ nitely selected like other parties.

But if selection b y M cG ill stu­ dents is organized, o u r party [Marxist-Leninist] w ill not have anyone ru n ,” said August.

A u gust says that his role as a M a rx is t-L e n in is t ca nd id a te should be kept separate from his presidency o f the CRP. August did recognize, h ow ever, the role

The Walks afe Network; (WSN) and the Sexual Assault Centre of McGÜl :<SACQM) have been authorizedby those reporting incidents to release the following information in order to raise awareness and help Increase personal safety. : On September.. 27th at 7:20 PM, at the north-west comer of Park Avenue and; Prince Arthur Street, a man was reported standing m front of the La Cité apartment build- ; ing, verbally abusing passersby; and intentionally exposing his genitals. The man is described as “white, in his early 30s with brown hair and a brown beard, about 5’10”, skinny,,.,'' At the time of the incident, he was: wearing dark clothing. He ap­ pears regularly in thearea and; has previously behaved in a similar manner* He may use the name “Frank*.

On September 28th at 8:45 AM, at the com er of

o f the Marxist-Leninists in the C R P ’s creation.

“T h e M a r x is t -L e n in is ts played the most im portant role from the b e g in n in g ,” he said.

C urrently the tw o parties are jointly supporting a federal candidate in Ottaw a Centre.

T h e party’s national goals include the creation o f laws ena­ b lin g citizens to initiate legisla­ tion, recall their representatives and h old referenda o n such is­ sues as the direction o f the e conom y. T h e 12 dollar fee for m em bership in the M cG ill club goes entirely to the National C oun cil o f the CRP. Th is means that any expenses the M cG ill g ro u p incurs is an additional cost m em bers must cover, either p e r s o n a lly or th ro u g h fundraising.

A u gust predicts that the federal election w ill result in a m inority governm ent that will be defeated quickly. Should that occur, the CRP plans to ru n can­ didates in the next election.

M ichel Rochéal, a student at Université de M ontréal and a m em ber o f the A d -H o c C o m m it­ tee to F orm the M ontreal C o u n ­ cil for Renewal, hopes that in­ stead of supporting a specific ideology, people w o u ld get to­ gether to set the political agenda Augustyniak agreed w ith Rochéal’s v ie w and noted that individual m em bers m ay have to put the party’s unity before their personal ideology.

“Th e re are a lot o f issues u p o n w h ic h w e could agree.

W e ’d have to give u p som e of o u r view s so w e can even eve ry­ thing ou t,” he said.

S tan ley and Sh erb roo k e Streets, a man was reported exposing his genitals. He described as having “short brown hair, about 35 to 4( years old, skinny, and is of average height." At the time ol the incident, he wore green pants and a brown jacket. l| O n September 30th at 2:20 PM, in front of the Bedpath Library doors, a man was ask­ ing women for money to pur­ chase X>Y Jeliy so he could “have some fun with himself."

He has come to be known on campus as the “spare-changefor-food-marYand is described as being “5'10", of slight build, in his late 30s With grey, shaggy hair" and wore “dirty clothes" at the time of the incident.

Anyone involved in an assault or incident is encour­ aged to report the incident to the Montreal police^ SACOM Ü98-2700) and the WSN (3982498).

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C a n a d ia n stu d e n ts g a th e r to im p ro v e ca m p u s sa fe ty 3

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

T h e Canadian Campus Safety C on feren ce (CCSC) will bring approxim ately 90 student leaders from across Canada to McGill this Thurs­ day to Sunday to address safety issues.

S p onsored by th e Sexual Assault Centre o f M cGill Stu­ dents’ Society (SACOM), the co n fere n ce w ill attem pt to establish d ialogu e b etw een student groups in ord er to increase safety and aw are­ ness at all C anadian cam ­ puses.

“T h e en d result o f this co n fe re n ce is that not only will p eo p le b e a b le to take away inform ation, but as well form national cau cu ses to m aintain lines o f com m uni­ ca tio n ,” CCSC C o-coordina­ to r R uth P ro m islo w e x ­ plained. Prom islow is also VP U n iv e rsity A ffairs o f SSMU. Sem inars will co v er a w ide range o f topics, includ­ ing the initiation o f foot pa­ trol services, the establish ­ m ent o f sexual assault c e n ­ tres, race relations, sexual orientation phobias, and gen­ der issues.

In a g en ­ eral admission even t o rgan ­ iz e d b y th e CCSC coordi­ nators, Sunera T obani, presi­ d e n t o f th e N ational A c­ tion Com m it­ te e o n the Sta­ tus o f W om en, will address is­ sues o f racism a n d s e x is m this Thursday at 7:30 PM in L eacock 132.

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Promislow e x ­ p la in e d th at th e c o n f e r ­ en ce is geared principally to­ ward student concerns, sev­ eral n on -cam ­ pus organiza­ tions had e x ­ pressed inter­ est in partici­ pating. “ N o n -

s tu d e n ts a t­ tending are th ose w h o can co n tribu te sign ifican tly to plans fo r student activism ,” Prom islow rem arked.

In a recen t addition to the co n feren ce, Bert Y eu n g , chair o f socio lo gy and an­ thropology at Jo h n A bbott

C ollege in Ste. Anne de B ellevu e, will di­ rect a sem inar ad­ dressing sexism for m ale participants.

A c c o rd in g to Y oung, sem inar par­ ticipants will discuss the im plem entation o f anti-sexism pro­ grams at their uni­ versities and partici­ pate in several ex er­ cises already in place at Jo h n A bbott Col­ lege.

Y ou n g stressed th e im p ortan ce o f providing a forum fo r m en to exp ress th eir co n cern s, re­ lated to sexism , to o th er m en.

"If m en are hav­ ing certain doubts o r con fu sion s [regard3 ing se x ism ], th e y j m ig h t f e e l m o r e .5 com fortable to talk 1-3 about th ese issues w it h o u t w om en arou n d ,” Y ou n g e x ­ plained.

Tam m y Spears, a m em ber o f the University o f W aterloo W om yns’ C en­ tre, will lead a sem inar deal­ ing with h om o p h ob ia on

cam puses. Incorporating seg­ m ents o f plays addressing h om op h obia issues d evel­ oped at W aterloo, Spears e x ­ plained she intended to dem ­ onstrate “how to approach activism through th eatre.”

P a r tic ip a n ts w ill b e charged 75 dollars to attend the co n feren ce. Prom islow explained that the charge will co v er adm inistrative costs, three breakfasts, a dinnerand party, and a resource manual com piled after the co n fer­ ence.

According to Promislow, the manual will play a crucial function at the co n feren ce.

She explained that partici­ pants will be ab le to take all the inform ation com piled at the event and use th ese tools at their ow n universities.

CCSC C o -co o rd in a to r M ary-M argaret Jo n e s also stressed the im portance o f exchanging information and establishing strong and last­ ing co n n ectio n s am ong stu­ dent groups. “[Our goal] is to net­ w ork w ith o th e r stu d en t groups so that th ese groups can look to others across the country and know there is a support system in p lace,” she said.

M cG ill S tu d e n t P u g w a s h d e b a te s n u c l e a r e n e r g y

BY JENNIFER STONE A discussion on the ben­ efits and disadvantages o f nu­ clear energy was the focus o f McGill’s Pugwash debate last Thursday.

Nuclear waste manage­ ment, safety concerns, the econom ics o f nuclear energy, and the connection betw een nuclear power and nuclear weapons were am ong the is­ sues discussed.

Ian W ilson, Vice Presi­ dent o f Technology for the Canadian Nuclear Power As­ sociation, was present to dis­ cuss the benefits o f nuclear power. The negative aspects o f nuclear energy were pre­ sented by Gordon Edwards, the President o f the Canadian Commission for Nuclear Re­ sponsibility.

W ilson, who spoke first, pointed out that safety m eas­ ures are em ployed in all CANDU (Canadian-made) re­ actors and that the Western world has improved precau­ tionary measures since the dis­ aster at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986.

Wilson then discussed

the cost efficiency o f nuclear power, claiming that the switch from coal-fired stations to nu­ clear reactors has saved On­ tario 5.5 billion dollars. He also advocated the manageability o f nuclear waste. “ Al l th e u se d nu cle a r

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in the Canadian shield. The radiation level from these containers would drop to a level similar to natural ura­ nium deposits in about 500 years.

Wilson addressed con­ cerns about n u c l e a r

“All the used nuclear fuel in Canada would fit into one building, about the size of a medium sized church hall.”

- Ian Wilson, Vice President of Technology for the Canadian Nuclear Power Association

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waste dis­ posal has yet to be approved, radioactive waste is currently stored in temporary storage pools or concrete canisters.

Permanent nuclear waste dis­ posal could involve the place­ ment o f sealed containers deep

w eap on ry , exp la in in g that current C a n a d ia n law s p r o ­ hibit the ex­ port o f ura­ nium or nu­ clear tech­ nology for military

purposes.

E d w ards' arg u m e n t centred prim a r i 1y around the issue o f nu­

clear weaponry.

“North American coun­ tries have a double standard, in that they produce nuclear energy with an anti-weap­ onry format, and then export this energy to third world

c o u n t r i e s ,” e x p la in e d Edwards. “India and Pakistan were both developing nuclear missiles until they were dis­ covered and Canada cut them off [from nuclear technology exports].”

Edwards also expressed concern about the possibility o f accidents, several o f which have occurred in Canada, and environmental issues and dan­ gers.

U2 McGill student Jill Hanley, an anti-nuclear actvist, expressed her satisfaction with the evening’s debate.

“Ian W ilson’s comments were very interesting as he presented som e arguments I had never heard before,” said Hanley. “His information al­ most makes nuclear energy viable in my opinion, because I had thought the amount o f waste produced was much higher.”

Hanley remained uncon­ vinced, however, that nuclear fission is an appropriate en­ ergy source.

“Still, he didn’t manage to change my beliefs entirely and I still do not support nu­ clear energy,” she said.

The term Pugwash origi­ nated from a town o f the same name in northwestern Nova Scotia. In 1957, a manifesto was signed there which in­ tended to actively encourage meetings o f scientists from around the world to discuss the arms race, responsible uses o f science and technology, and the social, ethical and environmental implications o f such developments.

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The McGill Tribune, O cto b e r 5-12,1993

P age 6

O p / El a EDITORIAL

Apathy envelops McGill once again students h a ve n o idea w h a t h a p p e n s o n ca m p u s. T h is does n o t necessarily refer to w h a t is te rm e d “sch o o l sp irit”, w h ic h m ost p e o p le interpret to b e “Rah Rah, G o (fill in a n y sports te a m )”, b o o zefe sts, p a in tin g b o d ie s p u rp le o r green o r so m e o th e r d a y -g lo c o lo u r, etc.

W h ile m ost w o u ld agree that M c G ill students lack, for better o r fo r w o rs e , that k in d o f in v o lv e m e n t, it is d efinitely not all that is m issing. T h e u n iv e r­

less-defined b u t e q u a lly im p o r­ tant role: th e ir operations and a p p ro a ch e s serve as m odels for h o w th e ir societies o u g h t to be d e a lin g w ith p ro b le m s. W h a t better fo ru m in w h ic h to ad­ dress crucial issues ranging from racial a n d sexual harassm ent to re c yc lin g than at the university level?

T h e un ive rsity experience d e m a n d s that students acquire a substantial base o f k n o w l­ e dge, b u t m o re im portantly,

reality check: m id te rm s are tw o w e e k s a w a y a n d the list o f in co m p le te readings a n d assignm ents is staggering. A t this p o in t m ost M c G ill stu­

sity as an institution sits in g re y a n d h a z y relation to the rest o f society. It is claim ed that cer­ tain rules that are strictly e n ­ fo rced at the societal level are c o n s p ic u o u s ly absent at u n i­

that th e y learn to th in k and a n a lyze critically o n a w id e range o f issues.

O n e o f the m ost im p o r­ tant aspects o f that learning process is to que stio n the role

dents cut them selves free fro m a n y h o p e o f fo llo w in g th ro u g h o n their p re vio u s am bitions.

T h e rest o f the term is spent d o in g s c h o o l-re la te d w o r k ,

versities, a n d w ith g o o d rea­ so n . A ca d e m ics are gra n te d privileges such as te n u re to p e rm it secure and critical analy­ sis o n a w id e va rie ty o f issues:

a n d p e rfo rm a n c e o f the u n iv e r­ sity itself. T h is is precisely w he re m a n y M c G ill students miss the p ro ve rb ia l boat. A large n u m b e r o f students lack the ability to

procrastinating a b o u t all that w o rk , o r e x c h a n g in g w e e p y a n d h y p e rb o lic stories ab o u t all that w o r k ( “Y o u th in k y o u r e xa m sch e d u le ’s bad?! I h ave five in three days, o n e s u p p le ­ m ental, a n d the M C A T ’s next

the accepted v ie w is that u n i­ versities are g iv e n these p riv i­ leges in o rd e r to benefit the societies that s u rro u n d th em .

U n iv e r s it ie s a re o fte n ju d g e d in relation to the le ve l o f scholarship a n d n u m b e r o f in­

critically a n a lyze the fairly w e lld e fin e d m ic ro c o s m k n o w n as M c G ill, appreciate the institu­ tio n ’s strengths, a n d address its w eaknesses. M c G ill offers a d e g re e o f intellectual freedom , w h ile far fro m perfect, that p e r­

w e e k ...”)

T h e return o f the apathy disease m eans m ost M c G ill

n o va tio n s created b y m e m b ers o f the c a m p u s c o m m u n ity . Y e t the institutions p la y an o th e r

mits a level o f analysis rivaling alm ost all o ther institutions. Per­ fo rm in g the exercise o f analysis

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year, an o th e r

O c t o b e r a rrive s, a n d o n c e a g a in an in s id io u s p la g u e strikes M c G ill’s ca m pus. After a n e w form at fo r Activities N ig h t (th is tim e a fu ll-d a y o u t­ d o o r e v e n t), alm ost e v e ry stu­ d e n t pre se n t sig n e d u p for o n e o r m o re o f the m a n y c a m p u s club s a n d declared that this w o u ld b e the y e a r in w h i c h th e y b e c a m e th o r ­ o u g h ly in vo lve d .

As usual, the first w e e k o f O c to b e r b rin gs a s h o c k in g

at M c G ill im parts to students the intellectual resources ne c­ essary to ana lyze oth e r c o m p li­ cated structures a n d institutions that th ey w ill e n co u n te r later in life.

M ost M c G ill students are u n a w a re o f the un ive rsity’s co n ­ troversial sexual harassm ent regulations, the university’s lack o f p ro c e d u re specifically d e ­ sign e d to address racial harass­ m ent, a n d recent adm inistra­ tive attempts to gain access to students’ c o m p u te r files.

M ost are also co m p le te ly in the d a rk a b o u t w h e re their student fees g o a n d the identity a n d ro le o f their elected stu­ de nt representatives. Several years ago, Students’ Society (S S M U ) elections b a re ly m a n ­ aged to get 10 p e r cent o f the ca m p u s p o p u la tio n to vo te in its general elections. A m easly 10 p e r cent ensures q u o ru m a n d the constitutional va lid ity o f th e results. E v e n S S M U co u n c ilo rs are n o t im m u n e to the a p a th y b u g . C o u n c ilo rs m a n a ge to drag o u t m eetings into tedious a n d tim e -co n s u m ­ in g affairs, p o n tific a tin g o n

Shatner C en tre . C o n v e rs e ly ,! th e y rarely s h o w interest w h e n ! d e ve lo p m e n ts o n sexual h a r- j assm ent p ro c e d u re o r the im - \ plem entation o f student course j evaluations are p la ce d o n the agenda.

If students fail to take; interest in the operations o f ' the university, the institution! that w ill d o m in a te the course j o f their lives for several years, j th e y w ill h ave m issed a g o o d ; chance to h o n e im portant skills : crucial to effecting change. O f course, discussing student apa­ th y at M c G ill is an in h e re n tly j tenuous exercise.

H o p e f u lly th e a p a th y j b lig h t has n o t sp rea d c o m -; pletely, the contagion has not ! entered e ve ry cell o f the c o l- i lective ca m p u s b o d y . If it has, j M c G ill students w ill m ost lik e ly ! h a ve tw o reactions to these; w o rd s : th ey w ill fail to re a d , them , o r th ey w ill read th e m I a n d not care.

BENOIT JACQMOTTE

u n u s u a lly banal Issues such as the k e y p o lic y for room s at the

Daily decisions: Time and punishment 1IDIOLEC1 B Y GLENDA KOH W here does the time go?

O r, to quote that catchy tune of the lost generation, “W here have all the flowers gone?” Honestly, you blink too hard and there’s a m onth of your life gone b y and you d on’t even notice. Weeks go by in the space of a television commercial. Years go by in a day in the life of A n other W orld — I could swear it was just yesterday that Mac died.

Take a look at m y daily schedule: I sleep nine hours, go to class for three, and eat for tw o , le a v in g ten h o u rs unaccounted for. Eleven if you shop at the “25 hour” dépanneur on Park street (B o y, what time zone do they live in? More im­ portantly, h o w d o they read the schedule in their 7 V G uidé!)

An yw a y, I ’d be kidding myself and lying to you if I said I studied 10 hours a day. Were that the case, not o nly w o u ld I have no reason to suspect trade school was m y true calling, I’d also be dead b y now . But the editor forbade me from men­

tioning death this week. Perhaps it’s a touchy subject amongst the yo u n g and angst-ridden these days.

Somewhere in the midst of pondering ho w much time I waste, com plaining about h o w m uch time I waste, and chastising m y­ self for wasting so much time, I decided it was time to do some­ thing active.

Volunteer campaigning? Po­ litical activism 5No, exercise. W hat a n e w and novel idea for one whose existence just took one line to sum u p in terms of eating, sleeping, and going to class (and I’m a big enough person that I can admit I d o n ’t always go). Exer­ cise. Y e a h , keeps the b o d y healthy, the m ind alert, the cho­ lesterol d o w n . M axim um benefits for a m inim um of effort: the w ay of the 90’s.

I tried aerobics. O nce. most puked, and b y the end of that agonizing hour (okay, I’m a big enough person that I can admit I didn't last the w hole h o ur) I felt like giving that muscle-toned bundle of fun in front of me a good kick in the spandex. Y o u ’re w orried about shin splints, I’ll splint some shins, you w orship­ pers of sugar-free soft drinks.

Aerobics is certainly not the tension-relieving activity it’s made out to be. Swimm ing, though.

H o w can you go w ro n g with a sport where you d o n ’t sweat5So I hauled myself up to the Currie G ym , that 4000 square foot sauna fueled only by the heat and mois­ ture of hundreds of sweaty bod­ ies. Athlete’s foot must run like the plague in that place. I hopped into the newly-renovated, bath­ ing caps-are-mandatory pool and w as p a d d lin g m y s lo w b u t aquatically correct w ay to the other end w hen a not very gracious fellow patron said to me, “Rec sw im is for real swimmers only.”

Look pal, I’m swimming, and if the rule goes “I think, therefore I am ”, then that makes me real. Right n o w I’m thinking y o u ’re a big jerk and I bet you w ere the kind of kid w ho pushed children in the water while I other al­ they were still wearing their glasses so that they had to sw im all the w ay to the bottom of the deep end to retrieve them. I ’m a big enough person that I can tell you it wasn't funny.

N o w let’s e xam ine this w hole lifestyle overhaul from the top. I eat, sleep, eat, sleep, watch a Canucks game, eat, and sleep.

Th e n one day I realize I’m eating too much, sleeping too much, and not watching enough Na­ tional Geographic on television.

So I decide to exercise. So n o w I sleep so that I have enough en­ ergy to exercise. I exercise so that I can eat as m uch as I want. I eat so that I can exercise, and I exer­ cise so that I can live a long and healthy life, watching as many re­ runs on television as I want while still feeling virtuous.

It’s all one vicious cycle,; not unlike those never-ending,; destination-free exercise bikes; in the weight room that just keep; going and going and have beenj kn ow n to cause people nervous breakdowns. Lifestyle. It’s all amatter of priorities, and right; n o w m y very intimate and per-! sonal relationship with m y bed is taking precedence over all other character-building activi­ ties.

CO RRECTIO N In the September 21-27,1993 issue of the Tribune the 1 following appeared in the news brief titled "Welcome j Week events raise $5000 for Cystic Fibrosis": O pen A ir P u b h osted a fo u r -b a n d con cert la ter th a t even in g at\ w hich stu dents w ere en cou rag ed to con tribu te tw o d ollars to th e CCFF u pon ad m ission . The con cert, w hich fe a tu r e d lo c a l acts j Tw ilight Rituals, B a b el fish , F uriou s Styles a n d W hetherm an G roovetube, ca p p ed o f f a su ccessfu l d ay by raisin g a fu rth er $ 1 ,5 0 0 f o r th e fou n d a tion 's program s.

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Although the concert took place at Open Air Pub, it was hosted by the Arts Undergraduate Society. The Tribune regrets the error.

The McGill Tribune, O cto b er 5-12,1993

Op/Ed_______________

D e -s e n s itiv e N in e tie s g u y A recent study by the United Nations Children’s Fund found that Canada has the second highest rate o f hom icide in the 15 to 24 year-old age category. The United States, w here we [Americans] are not satis­ fied unless we com e first in everything — be it base­ ball, military expenditures or violent crime — took the gold medal.

Violence is, o f course, endem ic to nature. If you watch any of the Wild King­ dom shows aired at 2 AM, you are bound to view at least two antelopes or two dung beetles settling their disputes violently. There are few instances in the natural world, how ever, w here an antelope will kill another antelope for its hooves — that takes evo­ lution. Antelopes are fairly social animals while we, even after thousands o f years o f Aristotle and the Beatles, are becom ing in­ creasingly anti-social.

A cco rd in g to o n e study, the average child will watch close to 1500 murders on television by the time he or she reaches the age o f 12. How can we be surprised that people our age are becom ing more and more desensitized to violence? Another person’s life for many young people doesn’t have the same value it once had, dropping faster th a n th e C a n a d ia n dollar.

O f course the prob­ lem is much worse south o f the border, where there is a fixation with guns that dates back to the whole “We kicked British Ass in th e Revolutionary W ar” vibe. The National Rifle As­ sociation (everybody’s fa­ vourite collection o f armed zealots) is currently suing Phoenix, Arizona, lawmak­ ers for passing a law that m akes it illegal for minors to carry guns without writ­ ten parental consent. The law, a half-hearted attempt to curb gang-related shoot­ ings, apparently infringes on these kids’ constitutional right to bear arms.

The seemingly casual displays o f violence go well beyond the boundaries o f Phoenix or the skeet-shooting o f tourists in Florida.

Consider the fact that in

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BY ETHAN SACKS 1986 there were 1,043 firearm -related m urders o f males betw een the ages o f 15 to 19 years old in the United States. By way o f com parison, there w ere no firearm -related m urders during the same period in England, where they prefer the more civilized method o f death-by-soccer-m atchstampede.

Violence, like the ac­ cursed M cDonald’s chain, has made its way to this side o f the border, too.

Montreal is starting to re­ mind me of my native New York city, where people are thinking o f incorporating a handgun and crack vials in the city flag. The num ber of violent crimes in Q u ebec has steadily increased at an average o f 4.5 per cent each year since 1989, and sexual assault has reached stag­ gering levels. V iolence has becom e so com m on that after a burglar broke into my neighbour’s house and stole a VCR, he returned to threaten the same neigh­ bour with strangulation if he didn’t get som e m oney for video rentals. The de­ cline is not confined to Mon­ treal either, especially since T o ro n to w r e n c h e d th e crown o f murder capital of Canada from Montreal in 1991. Across Canada the hom icide rate increased by 14 per cent betw een 1990 and 1991.

T h e statistics d o n ’t shock us anymore. After all, w e are a generation spoon-fed on cops n ’ rob­ b e r s T V s h o w s an d Schw artzenegger m ovies.

W e only appear to take notice w hen a Marc Lepine, who murdered 14 wom en at the University o f Mon­ treal on D ecem ber 6, 1989, or a Valery Fabrikant, the a s s o c ia te p r o fe s s o r at C oncordia w ho gunned down several o f his col­ leagues, m akes his or her presence felt. Otherwise we just graze along like a pack o f antelopes hoping it’s som eone else in the herd who gets selected by the proverbial lion. I guess that’s just the fruits o f thousands o f years o f civilization.

P age 7

Letters to the Editor A rithm etic*.

O ne thousand d ivid ed b y fiftytw o is ap p ro xim ately tw enty. H ence, one receivin g $1000 o ve r a sp an o f fiftytw o w ee ks w ill have given to them just und er $20 p er w e e k . A s reported in the Tribune on Septem ber 28 ( “SSM U sacks student stipends’) , “...SenateR ep to C oun­ c il R ich , La to u r...” — n o w is that Latour R ich o r w hat? — bem oaned the loss o f certain stipends on the basis that his $1000 m ade last year as “Editor-in-ChieP’ o f the Tribune w o rke d out to o n ly “ five o r s ix d o llars a w e e k ”.

It m akes m e th in k that R ich Latour/ Latour R ich is perhaps a scio n o f Sh aw 's; the first o f the M ethuselah clan . A co n­ ception o f tim e altered b y h is fate. T h e first o f the sem p iternal. Not to stu ltify his claim that a ye ar contains tw o hundred w ee ks (alb eit o b liq u e ); a serious issue has been raised here. Am I to b elieve that R ich Latour/Latour R ich , being in per­ haps h is sixth o r seventh ye ar at M cG ill, m anaged som ehow to usurp the o ffice o f “Editor-in-ChieP’ o f the Tribune for alm ost fo ur years? B ein g not in U 7 , but U 2; I k n o w n o t If I have d iscovered you R ich Latour/Latour R ich , at ease, on this subject I am ven al.

S o m e w h e re b e tw e e n M a rs (B ie n ven u e a M A R S ) and Ju p ite r, orbit­ ing about the Su n, is a p article taking four earth years to com p lete each p erio d o f revolution. A student o f the p h ysical sciences m ight m ake sp eculations as to the origin o f R ich Latour/Latour R ich .

Cognoscenti o f R ich Latour/Latour R ich sp eak up!

Brad ley-Thom as Rom anck U 2 M echanical Engineering

Libellous...

I ’m w ritin g in response to the lib ello us com m ents m ade in M elanie N ew ton's letter (Erro n eo u s, S e p t 28O cL 4 ).

I am so rry if o n e o f m y com m ents tw o w ee ks ago seem ed am biguous, but the original text I subm itted to the T rib ­ une stated, “Th e re is no O N E A frican cu ltu re,” as opposed to the "n o in clu sive” culture w h ich w as printed.

M b. N ew ton states that “people o f A frican descent have th eir o rig in in A f­ rica .” I o b vio u sly ag ree, and have n ever stated o therw ise. W hat I had w ritten w as: “Not a ll o f the b lack students o n cam pus are o f A frican o rig in .” Is it not true that m any B la ck p eo p le have th eir origins in the Caribbean o r other nations (sic)?

M oreover, sin ce M s. N ew ton is so devoted to condem ning “blatantly e rro ­ neous statem ents,” I ’ll take the tim e to correct som e o f her letter's m any fail ings.

F irstly , she co n tin u ally sp eaks o f “statem ents su ch as the one quoted ab o ve,” w h ile n o p revio us quote w as ever given. Seco n d ly, I never m ade “an analogy betw een A frican a studies and fra is.” I d id , h o w ever, cite the d iffering national and cu ltu ral o rig ins o f B la ck students. Furtherm ore, in no w a y w as I attem pting to com p are B la ck students o f a n y o rig in to an y type o f fraternity; I w as sim p ly pointing out the obvious fact that neither B la c k students n o r fraternities can b e grouped into a single d efin itio n.

T h ird ly , the professional frater­ nity to w h ich sh e refers is the M cG ill C o ­ ed M edical Fraternity (M C M F), and not sim p ly the M cG ill M edical Fraternity.

Furtherm ore, I w o u ld k in d ly request that M s. N ew ton apolo gize to M C M Fs 346 current m em bers w h o w ere shunned b y her reference to “O ffaly's professional fia t.” M CM F belongs eq u ally to a ll o f its m em bers.

Lastly, regarding m y com parison o f professional fraternities w ith other groups facing d iscrim in atio n , M s. N ew ­ ton d isp lays intolerance w ith the re­ sp onse, “G om eon n o w , get real!” C le arly, she has never consid ered the prejudiced

v ie w s w h ic h e xist concerning profes­ sio n al fraternities, n o r does sh e sh o w em pathy tow ard the effects o f these attitudes on the hum an being? w h o are m em bers o f M CM F. If o n ly M s. N ew ton co uld realize that it w as her statem ents — and not m ine — w h ich w ere p o o rly info rm ed ...

Roland O ffa ly U 2 M edicine

Ed.: The T rib u n e does not agree that all Black students do not trace their origins to Africa. All students o f African a n d Caribbean descent a re o f African origin.

Irresp o n sible _ It has been w ritten that w e are born free and everyw h ere in chains.

H isto ry has sh o w n that, in practioe, the author's prescriptio n led to a forced state o f goodness determ ined b y the head o f the proletarian dictatorship. T h is tended to exacerb ate, not rem edy, this situation.

It seem s to m e that the Tribune too w o u ld lik e to b elieve that freedom can be achieved through suppression o f personal cho ice. I d raw this conclusio n after reading tw o articles printed in the

Tribune T h e first is a gjeeful report con­ cerning the suppression o f M r. G allo u ’s freedom o f speech. Y o u m ay not b elieve w h at he says has valu e ; I ce rtain ly do n o t H o w ever, this does not ju stify gagging M r. G allo u . Th e true test o f a society's com m itm ent to freedom o f exp ressio n is h o w it deals w ith ideas that are in an unp o p ular m inority. T h e overzealous dem onstrators d id a great d isservice to C anada. T h e furthered this dam ­ age in m aking the dem onstrators and th eir actions seem h e ro ic T h e second article that I found reinfo rced this trend against freedom o f ch o ice w as the report on Cam pusFest. In it the author suggested that com panies represented w ere co nsp iring to rip o ff the students o f M cG ill through m arket research packaged along w ith sw eepstakes. I grant that m arket research w as presented in tandem w ith sw eepstakes.

H o w ever, the author m akes the conclu­ sio n that sinoe the m arket research is not bein g paid fo r in d o llars that Cam pusFest sh o uld be elim inated. I w o u ld suggest that the freedom o f M cG ill students to choose w hether to fill out sw eepstakes and thus m arket research is preferable to d ep rivin g the students o f it.

I hop e that d u ring o u r tim e at M cG ill one o f the ab ilities w e gain is the m aturity to m ake d ecisions. B y d efinition d ecisio ns re ly o n there being both choice and the freedom to choose. I hope that th is point m ight be taken in account in future articles.

N oah-John G elln e r U1 Arts

Sensationalism .* I have m ixed feeling s w h e n ever I see a p iece on the hom eless. O n one han d , m aybe people passing them on the street re a lly do not see them , and m aybe the hom eless w ill be noticed w h e n th ey sh o w u p o n T V o r in the n ew sp ap er.

B u t m ost things I see about the hom eless tend to be an invasio n o f p rivacy. I rem em ber o n e b it o n one o f the lo cal new scasts, w h e re th ey hounded a pretty “fam ous” hom eless w om an.

T h is w om an is hard ly in visib le , indeed has been in the n ew s in the past. Y e t the n ew s re p o t acted lik e th ey had sud­ d e n ly found h er, lik e it w as actu ally new .

T h e tone d id not com e across as concern fo r this w om an. I f th ey actu ally w ere w o rrie d about h er, th ey w o u ld not have been pestering her lik e th ey d id Instead o f film in g her from across the street, o r

not at a ll, th ey entered her personal sp ace and jam m ed a cam era and m icro­ phone in her face. T h e y w ere not h elp ­ ing h er, th ey w ere help ing them selves in trying to put on a sp ectacular story.

So n o w I see th is article o n the hom eless in the Septem ber 21st issue o f the Tribune I do not take issue w ith the article itself. B u t there w a s that pictu re.

T h is m an also is h ard ly in visib le.

H is cat m akes su re o f th a t Furtherm ore, he’s alread y been in a new sp ap er re­ cen tly. I th in k it w as the Gazette Is he n o w the latest hom eless star, to be trotted out w h en ever a good lead-in o r picture is needed for an article about the hom e­ less?

Y o u d id not even let him sp eak.

Y o u stole h is im age, but d id n’t give him a vo ice. In d eed , the article had no quotes from an y o f the hom eless.

Isn ’t there som e connection be­ tw een the plight o f the hom eless, and the w a y you treat them in this article and picture? People have forgotten that they have nam es. T h is m ay be w o rse than having no m oney o r hom e.

M ichael B lack

Survivors*.

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M cG ill groups lik e Sh akti co n­ front this university's “g eologically” slo w m ovem ent tow ard acad em ic eq u ality o f race and gender in term s o f enrollm ent, teaching staff and cu rricu lu m . Effo rts o f Shakti in clud e not o n ly M cG ill p o licies but global issues o f racism and sexism also . LBG M pursues goals o f co llective p raxis in elim inating p reju d icial treat­ m ent against sexu al orientations. Th ese group», p o litica lly active, a ll o ffer safe, supportive atm ospheres fo r su rvivo rs o f such aggression and oppression.

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Beig M irza’s article: "Th e Centre can o n ly help a perpetrator o r victim o f assault if he o r sh e w an ts h e lp .” I reiterate: 1. SACO M offers no support group for perpetrators; this is a strong part o f our constitution and m issio n. SACO M is a safe haven fo r su rvivo rs; perpetrators w o u ld im m ed iately be referred else­ w h e re . M cG ill’s School o f Social W o rk ru n s an excellen t group program fo r perpetrators, the M arital V io len ce C lin ic.

2. SACO M does not use the term “victim ” , referring to d ients. Th e re ’s ab un­ dant literature supporting the use o f “su rvivo r” as a transitional term for those in the process o f reco very. SACO M discontinued use o f the w o rd “victim ” years ago.

3. SACO M strives to reach su rvi­ vo rs livin g in ignorance and /o r isolation.

SACO M has O utreach and Special Project team s w h o sp read w o rd to the greater M ontreal com m unity that support and understanding are co n fid en tial, a v a il­ ab le and free at SACO M .

I com m end M s. B eig M irza for ackn o w led g ing the fact that m any m en have su rvived sexual and phys ical abuse.

SACO M is the first centre in M ontreal to offer free w e e k ly support groups for m ale su rvivo rs o f sexu al abuse in addi­ tion to ongoing groups fo r w om en su r­ vivo rs.

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N ew s B rie fs S S M U publishes student telephone directory Students’ Society (SSM U ) w ill publish a telephone directory that w ill include the names and phone numbers of students in all faculties and professional schools associated with SSMU. In previous years, the o nly resources available for student phone numbers were the Arts Undergraduate Society (A U S ) and the Engineering Undergraduate Society (E U S ) directories. Although the EUS w ill not publish a directory this year, the A U S w ill be including a phone list at the back of their student handbook. SSMU VP Internal Cornell W right maintained that an all inclusive directory is an important step in bringing the M cGill student com m unity together.

“Students in the Faculty of Science are friends with students in the Faculty of Arts, and therefore it makes sense to put all of their numbers in one directory,” said Wright.

Wright also suggested that the directory’s production costs w o u ld not represent a financial burden for SSMU. “Th e necessary funds will be covered through advertising revenue," he explained.

D o n M cGowan, a coordinator of the directory, concurred with W right regarding the value of this project. He remarked that smaller faculties w o uld be included in the SSMU directory. Th e directory will also include a comprehensive phone list of campus social and extracurricular organizations.

Th e directory should be available next week.

Students vie fo r Residence Rep Five students from McGill University Residences will face off in an election for the position of Inter Residence Council (IR C ) Rep to Students’ Society (SSM U) Council tomorrow.

Th e position was vacated earlier this month when Arnold Kw ok resigned after moving out of M cGill’s Solin Hall Residence. 15 students originally requested application forms after the vacancy was announced by IRC. IRC President Sevagh Yeghoyan was pleased with the level of interest expressed by students.

“It’s good that students are showing that they want to make a difference, that they can make a difference, and they’re getting involved,” he said.

According to Yeghoyan, several candidates withdrew due to the extensive competition.

“A lot of people were deterred when they saw how many were running,” he remarked.

“Still others backed out w hen they realized the large time commitment involved.”

Th e five candidates currently running are Stephen Douglas from Solin Hall, Charles Haigh from Molson Hall, Natasha Mitchell from Douglas Hall, Nicholas Benedict from McConnell Hall, and Karen K w ok from Royal Victoria College (R V C ).

Th e elected representative w ill attend three meetings every two weeks, including the IRC meeting, the IRC executive meeting, and the SSMU council meeting.

Yeghoyan complimented the candidates on their effort during the campaign “I’d like to wish all the candidates luck in their campaigns,” he said. “Th e y all seem very eager and promising. It’s unfortunate that only one can w in .”

Th e elections w ill be held on October 6th from 4:45 PM to 7:15 PM. Polling stations w ill be located at Solin Hall, Bishop Mountain Hall, the RVC cafeteria, and the Douglas Hall cafeteria.

Concordia professor protests harassment allegations A Concordia University professor ended his eight day hunger strike last Wednesday. Professor K.C. Dhawan, w ho teaches in Concordia’s Faculty of Com ­ merce, was protesting allegations of harassment brought against him.

Dhawan had ingested only water and salt and had been sleeping on the floor of his office during the strike. The harassment allegations were made by Mary Genova, a part-time secretary for the International Business department.

In early 1992, Dhawan allegedly discovered Genova using departmental mail accounts andfacilities to produce a newsletter unrelated to her w ork at the department.

O ne month later, Dhawan learned that Genova had accused him of harassment, including sexual harassment.

Concordia’s investigation found Genova’s complaints to be valid. Dhawan was sent an official letter of reprimand.

Concordia Dean of Commerce Christopher Ross speculated that Dhawan ended his strike because he had achieved his goal of attracting public attention.

Ross said someone from outside the department will be appointed to gather the facts in the case for both the faculty and Dhawan.

According to Ross, Dhawan’s actions have tarnished the reputation of the university and should not go unchecked.

“I certainly w ill be adamant to see that he is reprimanded,” he stated.

Neither Dhawan nor Genova were available for comment.

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Liberal MP outlines party's “old as new ” platform B Y T E D FR A N K E L AND D A V ID A B IT B O L While politicians south of the border are calling for sweep­ ing change as a solution to eco­ nomic woes, the Liberal party here in Canada is not calling for such measures. Here in SaintHenri-Westmount, the riding in which McGill is located, Liberal MP David Berger stressed that individual initiative is critical for change to occur.

The party is taking a small “1” lib era l ap p ro ach to kickstarting the economy — by trying to help the people help themselves, not focusing on handouts.

“Whether it is through pri­ vate sector initiatives, through businesses, or through commu­ nity associations — that’s what makes the glue of our economy and society,” Berger said.

One of the more pressing concerns facing students on the eve of the federal election is the ability to find gainful employ­ ment upon graduation. Berger outlined a series of measures aim ed at stim ulating the economy and improving job prospects for young people. The

first measure he proposed was directly from the party line.

“The Liberal party is pro­ posing to establish a national apprenticeship training program to help young people in particu­ lar, to make the transition from the world of education to the world of work,” said Berger.

He further outlined plans for the institution of a national volunteer service, aimed in par­ ticular at people from the ages of 18 to 22. “[Young people] would be able to spend one year working on community related projects or for the environment, social work, etc., thus gaining valu­ able work experience,” said Berger.

Finally, the MP detailed a program reminiscent of Depres­ sion Era “make work" projects.

“Our party is proposing an infrastructure program to reno­ vate municipal infrastructure, to repair roads, sewage treatment systems, water systems and things of that nature,” he re­ marked.

While these programs may not appear to apply directly to recent university graduates, Berger maintained that the long­

term gains will accommodate all concerned.

“We indeed anticipate that these initiatives will have some­ what of a multiplier effect,” the incumbent said. “It will serve the purpose o f getting the economy moving and stimulat­ ing demand, putting people back to work and when people are back to work, they’re spending money and they’re paying taxes, rather than being dependent on government assistance and wel­ fare.”

Berger criticizedTory plans to eliminate the deficit in part through the cutback of social welfare programs. “[This would] create un­ told harm to the very fabric of the nation and probably result in higher unemployment,” he claimed.

Berger alleged that the Tory plan contrasts sharply with the Liberal plan to reduce the deficit to three per cent of the GNP while maintaining social assist­ ance programs.

Berger and his party are proposing to create 150,000 new child care spaces over the next four years, though not planning for a universal program.

Berger had less innovative answers about how to alleviate problems of violence, especially against women, in the urban environment of the McGill ghetto.

He had no ing with mi, violence in his riding, but ad­ dressed the is­ sue at the na­ tional level.

“W e would like to see tougher gun con trol legislation for one thing, per­ haps some reg­ istration system established for handguns,” he said. “I think that what a Lib­ eral govern­ ment could do is provide sup­ port for com­ munity groups and organiza­ tions that insti­ tute programs of this nature.”

Although the L iberals’

new ideas may appear to offer little to students, it may be their hope that the prospect o f a change from Tory governments of the past is reason enough to

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PC candidate attempts to address student concerns B Y C H E R IE P A Y N E T h e Progressive C on­ servative candidate for the Saint-Henri-Westmount riding, Alain Perez, is eager to address issues concerning students. He thinks that their main concern should be eliminating the fed­ eral and provincial govern­ ments’ 700 billion dollar debt.

“I think young people should b e scream in g out [against the debt],” he asserted.

When questioned as to whether or not the Conserva­ tives’ plan for debt reduction is realistic, Perez expressed cau­ tious optimism.

“If we fail miserably, we will have failed the country,” he said. “O f course we will aim towards zero deficit.”

The T ribun e asked Perez what the Conservatives would do to create jobs for university graduates. Perez claimed that the Conservatives’ track record was proof of the party’s ability to handle this problem. He cited the privatization o f Air Canada and the expansion of the telecommunications indus­ try as examples o f areas in which graduates may find jobs in the future, seemingly oblivi­ ous to the financial difficulty Bell Canada has recently en­ countered.

The candidate em pha­ sized that despite the fact that many blue collar jobs disap­ peared during the 1970s and

1980s, they have been replaced by jobs in “high tech” fields.

“That’s good for univer­ sity graduates,” he stated. “It’s not so good for the poor and jobless, but that’s another de­ bate.”

Perez attempted to justify the loss o f blue collar jobs by pointing to the competition for­ eign countries have given Canada.

“Underdeveloped coun­ tries provide cheaper labour than Canada can, and we can’t subsidize private business for­ ever,” he said. “We have to remain competitive.”

The Conservatives plan to further help university students by increasing federal loans to both part-time and full-time stu­ dents, and by offering research grants to universities.

In light of the level of crime in the McGill student ghetto, Perez was asked if there was anything the federal gov­ ernment could do to help stop this crime, and especially vio­ lence against women.

“There is a lot the federal government can do,” he as­ serted. “All criminal laws are federal jurisdiction.”

Perez again pointed to the Conservatives’ track record to demonstrate that they would be tough on crime. He showed particular empathy for violence against women.

“Violence will not disap­ pear, but there is a difference

between male on male vio­ lence, and male on female vio­ lence,” he said. “The latter forms deeper wounds, and carries a greater stigma.”

However, Perez was opti­ mistic that the situation will improve for women.

“As soon as there are enough women in positions of power in the country — 20 to 25 per cent o f the leadership positions — there will be a real change in attitudes [of men],” h e said confid ently. “O ne woman can’t change a thing, but a critical mass o f 20 to 25 per cent can change the atmos­ phere.”

Perez feels that he is the right candidate for his riding, Saint-Henri-Westmount, and that he has much to offer his constituents due to his ability to recognize their concerns.

“Everyone thinks that the residents of Westmount are rich and happy. They’re not.

Anglophones feel excluded from the Q uebec political process. They see their chil­ dren leaving the province for Ontario and British Columbia, and they feel alienated,” he claimed.

He likened the political experience of Westmounters to the residents of Saint-Henri.

“50 per cent o f the people living in Saint-Henri are unem­ ployed or on welfare. They also feel excluded from the political process.”

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McGill graduate launches big-time career B Y A M R E E N OMAR A lth o u g h b a re ly six m onths old, Black Cat Pro­ m otions, a musical produc­ tion and developm ent com p an y founded in "People may part by a r e c e n t M c G i l l

cording to Silliphant, the jo b ’s responsibilities are multi-fac­ eted. She works not only as a promoter, but as an agent and tour manager as well.

Tw o o f Silliphant’s co ­ w orkers, W illiam s

think that working on campus and working professionally are two completely different things, but you work with the same companies [at both jobs]. I learned how to settle a show, market a show , and I established a base of contacts....”

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gained their exp erien ce by working at D o n ald K. D onald Produc­ tio n s , th e to p gun p ro m o te rs R i a l t o who will be Theatre. brin g in g Trisha Madonna to Silliphant, M ontreal w h o graduated — Trisha Silliphant, VP Operations on O ctober f r o m at Black Cat Promotions 23. fresh from M cG ill in the Los An­ 1993, is co ­ geles film scene w here she ordinating Black Cat, along acquired her own set o f co n ­ with D.J. Williams, Richard W alker and Brenda Lamb. Ac­ tacts. Silliphant explained that g ra d u a te , is already the exclu ­ siv e p ro ­ m oter for the newly re-opened

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she was able to secure her responsibilities as VP Opera­ tions and College Concert co­ ordinator at Black Cat largely due to her experience as a concert prom oter with SSMU Programming, the organiza­ tion responsible for organiz­ ing and coordinating Students’ Society-sponsored events on campus.

“People may think that working on campus and work­ ing professionally are two com pletely different things, but you work with the same co m p a n ies and the sam e agents [at both jobs],” she said.

“I learned how to settle a show , market a show, and I established a base o f contacts to build from .”

Black Cat Promotions has worked with som e o f the most promising talent Lamb is in the Cana­ dian music scene, including 54-40, Acid Test, Edgar Win­ ter and His Band, and the Waltons.

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with Black Cat because its coordinators have a reputa­ tion for being able to pro­ m ote the careers o f many of their clients. The T ea Party was virtually unknown b e­ fore signing with Williams, but has now sold 50,000 copies o f their debut album.

Similarly, Our Lady Peace and Junkhouse both re­ cently signed with Sony Mu­ sic.

In the competitive world o f c o n c e r t p r o m o tio n , Silliphant explained that Black Cat has an edge in bringing concerts to places they would not normally be able to go.

Bands that sign with Black Cat also play in Q u ebec City and the Maritimes. New bands are enthusiastic about having exposure in areas that prob­ ably wouldn’t hear their mu­ sic otherwise. The feedback from clubs in the east and from Q uebec City has been equally promising.

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“People are starting to expect things [from us]. W e’ve found our niche: the secondary mar­ kets.”

According to Silliphant, another factor contributing to the success o f Black Cat Pro m otions is the warm relation ship she and her co-w orkers develop with the bands they prom ote. Our Lady P eace camped out at Williams’ apartment/office while they were in Montreal, and at any given time, bands can be found drinking coffee and hanging out in W illiams’ living room Silliphant is pleased with the com pany’s rapport with the bands.

“W hen w e get to know a band on a personal level, we feel good if som ething great happens to them, like The T ea Party,” she explained.

“Also, having a good relation­ ship with a band keeps us, the promoters, from being at financial risk.”

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Students give AIDS support C a n a d ia n s g o B lack a n d B lu e B Y S A L IM A KA RM A LI AND C A R O L IN E B U T L E R

As part o f their field place­ ment requirement for the Bach­ elor o f Social Work degree, McGill students are getting hands-on experience through a cooperative program with AIDS Community Care Mon­ treal (ACCM). The students are working with different social

these types o f groups,” he as­ serted. “It’s going to go well."

The expansion is also beneficial to social work stu­ dents. As part o f the Social Work program at McGill, stu­ dents are required to fulfill 800 hours o f fieldwork over their course o f study. This means up to three full days per week in direct practice, and the stu­ dents welcom e the opportu­

s io n a l m en c o o rd in a te fundraising events specifically for ACCM. The Bad Boy Club will hold two main events this year.

The club is organizing the Black & Blue party on October 10th and 11th at the Bell Am­ phitheatre. On May 17th, the Bad Boy Club will be hosting a Wet and Wild “bare as you dare” dance party at Station C. ACCM is constantly striv­

Traditionally, Canadians have celebrated Thanksgiving weekend with a plump, juicy turkey. This year the turkey din­ ner must make way for an emerg­ ing Canadian tradition: the third annual Black & Blue Party.

ing to meet the demands of the increasing number o f AIDS cases in Montreal. Through successful fundraising, aware­ ness projects, and support from groups, including McGill So­ cial W ork students, ACCM hopes to continue to provide quality support services to those w hose lives have been affected by AIDS and HIV. However, the group is always looking for funding and volunteers. Those interested should contact Lynn Perkins, Fundraising Coordinator for ACCM.

BCCM Event Coordinator Robert Vezina explained the goals of the group’s founding mem­ bers.

“The group of friends who established Bad Boy Club felt that there was a lack of grassroots benefits for AIDS,” he said. “Fur­ thermore, the Montreal night life was in a rut.”

BBCM has not only suc­ ceeded in spicing up Montreal’s night life, it has succeeded in improving the image and aware­ ness of socially responsible and productive gay men in the com­ munity.

The tremendous support of the media, coupled with that of several gay-positive organizations throughout North America is testimony of BBCM’s success.

Organizers project that between 5,000 and 10,000 people will participate in the Black & Blue event. Its record number of par­ ticipants will establish Montreal as a major annual international gay destination for Thanksgiving weekend.

This year’s Black & Blue Party will be held at the Bell Amphitheatre, located at 1000 La Gauchetière Street West The cel­ ebration begins at 10 PM Sunday evening, and will continue through to 10 AM Monday morn­

Jock Newman o f A ID S Communtiy Care Montreal

groups affiliated to ACCM that deal with AIDS-related issues.

ACCM is a non-profit AIDS care group that helps more than 250 people with AIDS, or those infected with HIV, in the greater Montreal area. It also helps those whose loved ones are living with the disease.

The group was founded in 1987 in order to fill the need for AIDS support services in the anglophone community.

There are five main support groups affiliated with ACCM with which McGill students work. The groups provide sup­ port to HIV positive men and women, individuals living with AIDS, partners, families and friends o f those with AIDS, and those coping with the loss o f loved ones due to AIDS. ACCM also offers a buddy sup­ port system, one-on-one sup­ port, and medical transport volunteers.

ACCM hopes to expand in the next few months and com m ence offering a play therapy group for children whose parents have AIDS and a group for HIV positive teen­ agers. Jo ck Newman, Execu­ tive Director o f AIDS Commu­ nity Care Montreal, expressed optimism about this expan­ sion.

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nity to help with as many dif­ ferent groups as possible.

P r o fe s s o r E s te lle Hopmeyer o f the School o f Social Work has placed stu­ dents in AIDS programs for the past five years and is con­ fident that students can handle the job.

“McGill students are seen as very valuable contributors, and as an integral part of the service,” Hopmeyer asserted.

ACCM receives the ma­ jority of its funding from the Bad Boy Club in Montreal.

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Th e party is organized b y Bad B o y Club Montreal (B B C M ), a non-profit organization estab­ lished in 1991 b y a group of gay men. T h e party is the largest dance event in Canada, and its net proceeds w ill be remitted to the A ID S Com m unity Care M on­ treal (A C C M ) organization.

ing. The dress code for the event is black and/orblue, and party-goers are welcome to arrive at any time.

Advertisements for the Black & Blue party boast that it will have “the best and most powerful disco­ theque sound system in America”.

Accompanying the music will be a 10,000 square foot dance floor, a laser show and an all-night alcohol permit. Tickets will cost 20 dollars in advance and 30 dollars at the door.

Some McGill students ex­ plained that the price was steep, but worthy of the cause. Several indicated that if people could af­ ford it, they could not afford to miss iL “It’s good to raise money for AIDS awareness,” commented U2 Mathematics student Rebecca Nicholson. “When you pay that 30 dollars at the door you recognize where it’s going.”

“The party is a good forum for education and awareness,” re­ marked Bob Kim, U2 Political Sci­ ence and Middle Eastern Studies student. “It is an opportunity to meet people in a comfortable en­ vironment [This] will help to elimi­ nate social barriers”.

U l Law student Don McGowan was more reserved about the cost of the party.

“The 20 dollar cover charge will be prohibitive to students," he asserted “Students are not the tar­ get group [of the Bad Boy Club], However, McGowan main­ tained that the party was a good idea. “I would encourage people to go to the event because it sounds like a good time,”he continued “If they discover that it’s for a political cause, all the better.”

Former McGill Students’ So­ ciety VP External Karla Macdonald is currently a volunteer for Bad Boy Club Montreal. She stressed that the Black & Blue party is not exclusive to gay Montrealers.

“It’s a phenomenal event,” she said. “Come out, buy a ticket and enjoy!”

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B Y G A T R IN M O R R IS Anyone who has ven­ tured out for at least one drunken night in Montreal is familiar with the International Museum o f Humour. That’s right, it’s that doorway on St. Laurent that cackles at you as you pass by. I’m surprised no one has angrily thrown a beer bottle or a fist through the glass.

A museum o f comedy.

Hmmm...

Conceived in 1989 by the creators of the Just for Laughs Festival, it has been met with dumbfounded dismissal from the press. The very idea of encapsulating a giggle in a glass case is pretty ambitious.

However, the museum makes a concerted effort to transcend these seemingly insurmount­ able barriers. According to G eneral M anager Pasquale Iacobacci, “everyone passes gas and everyone laughs: This com edy is universal.”

Iacobacci himself admits that “comedy is ephemeral, a spark o f the moment which, if put in a museum, becom es

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fossilized.” So, he said, they created a “subject, not an ob­ ject- oriented museum.”

But som eh ow it just doesn’t cut the mustard.

I laughed twice during my two hour visit. Once, at some o f my fellow patrons who ran around like fools dur­ ing the court jester sequence.

And again, during an excerpt from Fawlty Towers.

The museum is divided into twelve sections about com­ edy, and personal headphones emit French or English narra­ tives corresponding to each stage that you enter. This is a masterful use o f technology which overcom es linguistic obstacles and allows each guest to peruse at his/her own pace.

After a brief but thor­ oughly terrifying encounter with a real live clown I was transported in a “time ma­ chine” to the rest o f the ex­ hibit. The clown, by the way, likes to make farting noises.

The museum’s version o f political satire consisted o f ex­ cerpts from “Spitting Im age,” and quotes from Aristophones and Co. After an asinine trib­

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The G olden worthy undertaking. But, this period in tim e.” If clow ns are G irlS Please. All I wanted was exhibit only slides over the a little Ja ck Tripper and some a source o f global glee and surface o f such a study. Yet, unity, then I just may never SCTV. O f course it is hard to neither is it just a festival of laugh again. achieve a cross-section o f com­ silliness.

Located on the site o f a edy which includes Canadian, According to Iacobacci, turn-of-the century brewery, French, and international co­ this is “a work in progress medians. Then there’s the is­ the museum is beautiful. Un­ which should be better in the fortunately, the content o f the sue o f accessibility and copy­ future with more dimensions exhibit does not m ake the rights. Still, how hard could and different exhibits.” So we most o f the rich colours and it be to get a little K id s in the will soon see if a comedy innovative design. The visi­ H all? m useum is the exp en sive tors rarely interact with the Back to this clown thing. oxym oron it appears to be. exhibits or participate in the I have never found a clown to The m u seu m is lo c a te d a t humour. be funny. In fact, clowns 2 1 1 1 St. Laurent, o n th e c o r ­ The International Mu­ conjure up images o f Polter­ n e r o f S herbrooke. Student tick­ seum o f Humour takes itself geist or bad birthday parties. ets a r e $8. too seriously. It is certainly But, according to Iacobacci,

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Not on our campus: Concordia arts magazine kicks butt MAGHAG B Y K A T R IN A O N S T A D |

T h e world o f the art magazine can be intimidating.

Flipping through them is fun, but you wouldn’t actually shell out the required fifteen bucks to buy one. You know the magazines in question: slick, expensive, painfully intellec­ tual and shaped like octagons or Rand-McNalley maps (ex­ cuse me, is that art? ) so they slip out of your hand with an embarrassing thud onto the floor o f the ever silent Le Stand.

Thankfully, Concordia’s volu te offers the best aspects o f the art magazine experi­ ence. Beautiful, yet not neces­ sarily pretentious (except for th e lo w e r-ca se title ), the Concordia Art History Under­ graduate Student Association has produced a Fine Arts maga­ zine o f the highest calibre, both in and out o f the under­ graduate world. The 100 page journal is a mixture o f written works (essays with som e crea­ tive interjections) and art rang­

ing from printm aking and sculpture to painting, drawing and photography. O ne thou­ sand o f the 1500 copies even contain a free CD from the Concordia Music Department.

As editor Christopher Kuilman told the Tribune, “It’s an ex­ ample o f what can happen if d e p a rtm e n ts d o n ’t compartmentalize themselves.

It encom passes all the arts.”

Volute is gorgeous. It has a professional look which was made possible by its big budget o f $15,000. This copi­ ous funding allowed a change o f face for the two year old publication and consisted o f a combination o f endowments and advertising. Only one or two works appear on every heavy bond page — a privi­ lege not often enjoyed by most university journals.

But if you want to actu­ ally read volute, as opposed to just basking in its beauty, you may be a little less enthused.

The articles try hard to cover a broad range o f Fine Arts, in­ cluding media and film analy­ sis as well as art specific es­ says. It’s not that the content is

bad, it’s just frequently dry and — like all academic jour­ nals— full-on boring on occa­ sion.

Som e pieces stand out, h o w e v e r, su ch as Sylvie Francois’ essay on the con­ nection betw een politics and art in “A ffiches Politiques H a ïtie n n e s .” And Rhonda Meier’s piece on Douglas Car­ dinal, the architect o f that Hull monstrosity, the Museum of Civilization, which exposes Cardinal’s genuine ambition with a clarity that makes it hard to hate the Legoland nightmare.

The focus o f the maga­ zine is the artwork. O f course, the inherent problem with any art magazine is that the full scope and effect o f the works can be lost in translation from the artist’s medium to maga­ zine format. Because it’s a black and white magazine, the silk-screens and

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Lights.. .Cameras.. .Action!

It is the time of the year when budding student film makers come out of hibernation. The next Spielberg? The next Scorsese?

Masterpieces being filmed on campus?

Well, maybe not master­ pieces. In fact, maybe not any­ thing this year.

The demise of the McGill Film Society (MFS) has left many aspiring directors in the lurch.

For the past decade, the film making department of the MFS has been providing funds for McGill students interested in try­ ing their hand at the Hollywood game. Hopeful directors submit­ ted upwards of 25 scripts each year to the film making execu­ tive, who only selected a handful of the best for production. MFS then offered funds and advice to the various projects. The com­ pleted films were then screened for the general public at a gala evening held at the end of the

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week and camcorder lighting runs Students interested in mak­ $11.50 per week. They also have ing their own video or film this editing facilities at 550 Sherbrooke year can forget taking that route, Street. The editing rooms are nor­ it’s ancient history. The McGill mally booked solid and lack ef­ Film Society ran a large deficit fects boards but cost a whopping over the past five years, scaled 15 bucks per hour. There are also back services last year, and has several shops around Montreal since shut down. that offer higher quality equip­ So, what to do? Greg Payne, ment, but only for a higher price, a U2 Arts student who was in­ of course. volved last year in the production Once neophytes have fig­ of a film through the MFS, is ured out what they need and for doing it the hard way. On his how long they need it the next own. step is getting the money to pay “I wrote another script and for it. hoped to get funds through the Well-known director Robert film society," Payne said. “But Townsend (Hollywood ShuJJle, that obviously wasn’t going to Meteor Mari) found that credit happen so I decided to organize cards did the trick when he first the production myself.” began directing. He charged ex­ Students will discover that penses to credit cards with pre­ producing their own film is a lot approved credit lines of 9,000 of work. They will need time, dollars he received by applica­ people and most of all, money. tion. When money ran out during The Instructional Communica­ filming and he couldn’t pay ac­ tions Centre (ICC) rents standard tors, he claimed he would “take video equipm ent. Colour them to fill up their cars with camcorder in a half inch VHS gas.” format can be had for $48 per Robert Rodriguez, the

upcoming Texas director, also found an inno­ vative way to fi­ nance his first film,ElM ariachi.

He checked him­ self into a hospi­ tal for a month.

He submitted his body to the rig­ ours of scientific testing and was not allowed to leave for the du­ ration. The mira­ cle of modern scie n ce gave Rodriguez the $7,000 he needed.

So pseudo -directors needn’t despair. If they really want to make a movie all they have to do is lie, cheat, beg, or steal. It’s not that hard.

They just can't make them like they used to

The Centaur brings D ancing at Lughnasa to life B Y D E IR D R E H A R R IN G T O N A N D C H R IS P E A K E

“When I cast my mind back to that summer of 1936, different memories offer them­ selves to m e,” states the narra­ tor who opens Brian Friel’s D a n cin g a t L u g h n asa. How possible is it to cast one’s mind back and what can this teach us? This strong Centaur produc­ tion clearly demonstrates both the possibility and importance of exploring the past. Through an impressive cast and an ex­ cellent set the audience jour­ neys back to 1936 Ireland. See this show. It’s both entertaining and artistically satisfying.

D a n c in g a t L u g h n a s a won a 1992 Tony for best play in the U.S., but this new Centaur production is superior. Who­ ever said English theatre in Montreal is dying has obviously never danced at Lughnasa.

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A parallel is drawn b e­ tween the power o f the Ugan­ dan dances and the arrival of the Lughnasa Festival in their county. Named after Lugh, the Celtic god responsible for the

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crops, this festival prompts an unleashing of repressed issues and tensions which have been brewing in the Mundy home.

“The play deals with a lack o f ceremony and the way this gap leads to holes in our lives. [For Friel], dancing is a symbol o f the life force,” ex­ plained cast member Kathleen Fee, who is currently pursuing an M.A in Translation at McGill.

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And the sis­ ters' debate over attend­ ing this dance illus­ trates a wish to bring back the hopeful past of their youth.

In the religious Mundy home, an oppressive constraint is often self-imposed. Kate dis­ courages all talk o f attending the Lughnasa dance with the comment, “Women o f our years, dancing?” One of the sisters voices her desire for release with the statement, “I don’t care how sweaty they [the boys] are.

I want to dance.”

The production featured strong ensemble acting. To­ g eth er, the five actresses achieved a convincing portrayal o f the family unit. Each charac­ ter’s needs and desires were subtly yet powerfully conveyed, making it difficult for the audi­ ence to distance themselves from the issues. Fee effectively

captured the inner tension of Kate, the family guardian o f Christian morality. Even during one o f the spontaneous kitchen dances, her body and face re­ mained clenched. Only when she finally let her hair down did she com e close to a release.

Moments like these showed the real depth of her acting.

Another phenomenal per­ formance was given by Jane W heeler. W hether silent or speaking, her ability to reveal the inner life o f Chris was mes­ merizing.

In actor Harry Hill’s (Fa­ ther Jack) capable hands the off-stage lives o f the Ugandans were brought vividly to life.

The audience is actually able to visualize the stories and vi­ sions o f his monologues.

The set was intelligently crafted in order to allow the actors maximum movement and utilization of the space.

The subtle juxtaposition o f Celtic, Ugandan, and contem­ porary (for 1936) music en­ hanced the thematic concerns o f the play. Unfortunately, poor lighting left a lot o f blank space on the back wall which begged to be used.

Entertaining a n d artsy?

A n y t h i n g ’s possible at Lughnasa. P.S. It’s better than Cats.

D a n c in g a t L u g h n a s a runs u ntil Oct. 2 4 a n d fr o m M on-Thurs. Students c a n se e it f o r $15.50. C all C entau r a t 2883161.

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T h e m ach o victim m yth TH EH ARTFILE B Y C A T K I N M O R R IS

S y m p a th y fo r b a d m en has b e c o m e a dis­ turbing trend.

Ted K en ned y’s alcoh o lism and w om anizin g is attributed to his b ein g a K en n ed y in th e p u blic e y e . W ashin g­ to n D.C. m ayor, M arion B arry’s crack sm ok in g and a b u se o f p o litical p o w er is e x cu s e d b e ca u se h e is a m in ority p o liticia n . B u t perhaps the m ost troubling ex a m p le o f all co n ce rn e d is M ike T y son , in carcer­ a te d fo r h a v in g ra p e d D e s ire e W a sh in g to n in 1991.

T-shirts e m b la z o n ed with “FREE MIKE TY SO N ,” a co v e r article in P en t­ h ou se, and a p ro -T y so n fan club illustrate a m ount­ ing effo rt to e x o n e ra te T y so n from a guilty ver­ dict.

Rapists are o ften por­ trayed as victim s o f th e m a ch o m yth, n o t co ld h earted a g g r e s s o r s . T h e argu m en t g o e s like this: so cietal m y th o lo gies sur­ rounding m asculinity have crea ted m on sters o u t o f m en. This line o f re a so n ­ ing led m any rep o rters o f th e T y son trial to e x p re ss pity for the b o x e r. In an article fo r T im e M agazine (F e b . 1 0 ,1 9 9 2 ), R ichard Corliss w rote, “In n o cen t o r guilty, th ou g h , T y so n is m o r e to b e p i t i e d t h a n f e a r e d - not becau se he m ay lose his fre e d o m and his livelihood, b u t b ecau se h e seem s o n e e x a m p le o f a l l th o s e s a d s tu d s w h o a r e p r is o n e r s o f m a n h o o d . ” O f co u rse b o th m en and w o m en are, to so m e d eg ree, p ro d u cts o f cu l­ tu ra lly -im p o se d g e n d e r roles. But, if ta k e n to its lo g ica l c o n c lu sio n , this argum ent b e c o m e s highly p roblem atic.

First o f all, to claim that crim inals are m erely creation s o f th eir en v iro n ­ m en t and sh o u ld th ere­ fo re b e e x cu se d fo r their a c tio n s in v ite s a risk y m o ra l relativ ity . B la m e co u ld n ev er b e cast, guilt co u ld n ev er b e assig n ed

and jails co u ld n o lo n g er fu nction. And, sure, if w e lived in a b etter w orld w hich sought reform over punishm ent this w ou ld be ju st fine. But, w e d o n ’t.

V ictim s o f rep eated d o ­ m estic v io len ce w h o kill th eir abusive h u sband s are m ore o ften th an n ot im prisoned.

T h e o th er p ro b lem w ith th e rally cry o f the T y son supp orters is the o p erativ e d o u b le stand ­ ard. O k , T y son is a “sad stu d ” w h o w a s n e v e r tau ght that his brutish ag­ g ressio n shou ld n o t go b ey o n d th e b o x in g ring.

In th e sam e w ay, h o w ­ ev er, D esiree W ashin g ­ to n is a p rod u ct o f dys­ fu n ctio n al and distorted g en d er ex p ectatio n s. She w as in a beau ty pageant.

N eed I say m ore? If w e co m p ly w ith the T y son fan clu b th eory o f cu l­ tural d e te rm in a tio n , W a s h in g to n is ju s t as m u ch o f a “victim .”

T h e im portant dis­ tin ctio n h ere, h ow ev er, is the act o f rape itself. Tyson m ay n o t have d eserv ed to have b e e n fed false and d a n g e ro u s v a lu e s, b u t W ashin gton certainly did n o t d eserve to b e raped.

R a p e a n d b o x in g b o th re p re se n t p erv er­ sio n s o f the brutality fo s­ tered b y th e m a ch o m yth.

B o x in g is a very leg al and very lucrative form o f vio­ le n ce . R ape is an illegal bu t n o t u n co m m o n form o f v io len ce.

In ap p ro ach in g the M ike T y son rape case, th en , it is im portant that w e struggle w ith th ese issues. T y so n an d W ash ­ in g ton illustrate, in differ­ e n t w ays, the w arp ed id e­ als o f a racist and sexist society . A nd crim inals do n o t live in a vacu u m but are testim on y to the in e q ­ uities and co n stru cts o f th eir en viron m en t. But, m ore importantly, D esiree W a s h in g to n w a s n o t granted th e right to say “n o ” to Tyson, and in these ca ses o f the m ach o m yth, w e m ust n o t allo w the w o m en to b e releg ated to a silen t abstraction.

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lithography prints are most successfully conveyed. It’s odd, then, that photography is the most derivative o f the sec­ tions. But unfortunately, even the written sidebar which ac­ com panies Tony F.Kiendl’s installation, A u rorab o r e a lp h a b e t , can’t salvage his potentially intriguing mixed media piece. The goal o f the apparatus may be “a tool for a witness at the intersection of language, knowledge and the environment (the viewer)”, but on paper it looks a lot like a bunch o f bottles on a shelf.

Perhaps the most impor­ tant thing about volu te is that it’s an undergraduate maga­ zine. Did you know McGill’s

Art History Department has an undergraduate magazine? No? That’s because it doesn’t. We don’t even have a Fine Arts Department. For the reputed best university in Canada, that’s an embarrassment.

Som e may deride the content o f volu te for occa­ sionally straying toward the amateur, but that should be the purpose o f an undergradu­ ate magazine: a training Field for young artists. And volute, for a relatively inexpensive $6.50, is a com pletely painless exploration o f Montreal’s up and coming artists. If you’re a McGill student, you should buy this magazine and sup­ port your peers. After all, it’s time you stopped thumbing through those fancy-shmancy art magazines and bought one,

you poseur.

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Ultra crisp guitars, machine-gun drumming and in-your-face, politically sharp vocals com­ bine with catchy hooks to cap­ ture the listener’s attention. Once snared, there’s no escape.

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Bad Religion are playing with Green Day and Seattle’s Seaweed on October 5th at Me­ tropolis. Tickets are $15. All ages.

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Redmen and Martlet soccer come up big this weekend B Y J A M IE D E A N

The women’s soccer team dominated both their oppo­ nents in league play this w eek­ end. On Saturday, playing on a rain-soaked Trois-Rivières field, the Martlets crushed their hosts 5-0. The following day, McGill hosted Sherbrooke and convincingly defeated the Vert et Or, 2-0.

Playing conditions on Sat­ urday were far from ideal as the rain poured down, turning Trois-Rivières’ (UQTR’s) field into a mud bowl. Despite hav­ ing difficulty controlling and moving the ball effectively, the Martlets were able to domi­ nate the young UQTR squad.

Gayle Noble described the nasty con d ition s with which both teams were forced to contend.

“It was really difficult playing on the field. The rain and preceding men’s game made the field very muddy,” said Noble. “It was very diffi­ cult to get a good first touch

on the ball.”

The hosts scored an early goal, but it was negated b e­ cause o f an offside call. Hav­ ing been jolted out o f their sleep, McGill cam e back with five unanswered goals. Ju lie Maughan (2), Odile Desbois, Luciana Cifarelli and Allison Walker scored for the Martlets.

Assistant Coach Abbas Elgazzar was impressed by the Martlet’s effort. ’’The players played a smart, aggressive game. They made the smart passes and worked very well together as a team: nobody was selfish,” said Elgazzar.

Sunday’s game against Sherbrooke was rescheduled from October 9th due to play­ ers’ commitments to their club teams. The game was crucial for the Martlets, having lost to Sherbrooke earlier in the sea­ son.

Head Coach Tony Iachetta offered his assessment o f the Sunday contest.

“Compared to our first

game with Sherbrooke, we played with a great deal o f authority and aggressiveness.

The whole team played extrem ely w ell,” said Iachetta.

The Martlets dominated the Vert et Or throughout the game. They won the balls in the air, made intelligent passes and had several great indi­ vidual runs. The forwards and midfield dominated, leaving the fullbacks little to do ex­ c e p t m o p up t h e few Sherbrooke advances. Carolyn Teng recorded the shut-out for McGill.

“Ju lie Maughan had her best game so far this season and Tracey Dixon cam e off the bench and played a very strong game in the backfield,” com m ented Iachetta.

The score probably would have been much higher if som e o f the several crossbar shots had found their mark or if the referee had found his whistle. During one scramble in front o f the Sherbrooke net,

an obvious hand-ball and goal which hit the inner post were not called.

The Redmen played first on Saturday, and at least had to deal with a little less mud.

The Redmen went ahead on a goal by Cameron Hogg and controlled the game. But with only twenty seconds remain­ ing, a Trois-Rivières com er kick was mishandled by the McGill keeper, giving the Patriotes the equalizing goal which held up for a 1-1 final score.

Redm en H ead Coach Valerio Gazzola was hardly impressed with UQTR’s score.

“Trois Rivières’ goal was an accident, a fluke,” said Gazzola. “Because o f the bad game conditions, it was very hard for the goalies to control the ball.

Showing a great deal of character in their ability to put the set-back behind them, the Redmen traveled to Sherbrooke on Sunday and cam e up with a big 1-0 win against the Vert et Or.

Captain Chris Drysdale was very pleased with the two games.

“It was a good weekend.

Games against Sherbrooke are always games o f desire. To­ day’s game was physical, but we just never let them play w ell,” said Drysdale.

Tam ir Bar-O n ech o ed Drysdale.

“Brian Rae came up big for us today in net. This was a big win for us,” said Bar-On. Coach Gazzola praised his team and their perform­ ance this weekend against two o f the top teams in the league “I’m very pleased with our weekend, having taken three out o f four points. We have a really good team here The players have a very pro­ fessional attitude both on and o ff the field,” said co ach Gazzola.

The Martlets’ next game is at Molson Stadium on Sun­ day at 1 PM. The Redmen host l'Université du Q uébec à Montréal on Friday at 9 PM.

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B Y K A S H IF Z A H O O R

It w a s n ’t pretty. The winless Ottawa Gee-Gees came to rainy Molson Stadium last Saturday still searching for their first victory o f the season. A loss by the Gee-Gees would have eliminated them from any playoff contention. The McGill Redmen on the other hand, still a bit emotionally drained from their disappointing loss against Bishop’s last week, were look­ ing to get back on the winning track. The G ee-G ees, also known as the plankton of the O-QIFC, moved up in the food chain as well as the conference standings by upsetting sixthranked McGill 18-10 before a crowd of 1,301.

Fifth-year standout Steve Papp, who has been accus­ tomed to 200-plus yard games in recent weeks, was essen­ tially shut down by Ottawa’s special teams. He managed only 64 yards on 10 punt and three kickoff returns.

It was highly possible the Redmen came into the game

against Ottawa thinking it would be a cakewalk. Papp disa­ greed.

“I don’t think we came in underestimating Ottawa. They lost close games. Their defence is the best in the conference.

We knew we had a tough game ahead o f us, but we just didn’t prepare properly,” commented Papp.

McGill opened the game with a missed opportunity. Ot­ tawa fumbled away its posses­ sion deep in its own territory.

McGill failed to capitalize on that mistake, with Chad Leudtke letting a perfect Justin Raymond toss slip through his hands in the end zone. The Redmen turned the ball over on the next play via the interception.

Ottawa opened the scor­ ing 12:39 into the first quarter on 25-yard field goal by backup kicker Ben Reed.

Andrew B o on, w hose name has becom e synonymous with “El Présidente” in the Mon­ treal area, had another impres­ sive kicking game. The top kicker in the nation punted 11 times for 481 yards including a 71-yard blast in the third quar­ ter. His lone field goal o f the day tied the game at 3-3 mid­ way through the second quar­ ter.

Boon’s second field goal attempt set the table for McGill’s second score of the day in a strange manner. Chad Leudtke outran the whole Gee-Gee team and recovered the loose foot­ ball at the Ottawa one-yard line after the Gee-Gees partially blocked Boon’s kick. Raymond converted the Ottawa miscue into six points on a quarterback sneak two plays later, giving McGill a 9-4 lead.

“Christmas came early for them," griped Ottawa wideout Sean Ralph in reference to Leudtke’s fumble recovery.

Coach Baillie opted to go for the 2-point conversion fol­ lowing the TD hoping to give McGill a seven-point cushion.

T h e c o n v e r s i o n failed as Raymond threw incomplete.

Boon gave the Redmen a 104 lead on the ensuing kickoff.

His booming kick sailed 80 yards into the end zone for a kickoff single.

Ottawa reclaimed the lead for good early in the fourth quarter. Ottawa punt returner Chris Banton ran back a punt 53 yards to move the ball into Redmen territory. Banton would have gone all the way had it not been for a great open-field touchdown-saving tackle by Boon.

But Boon’s efforts were in vain, as Ottawa eventually ended up in the promised land following a three-yard TD run by running back Phil Bolline.

The score gave Ottawa an 1110 edge.

McGill attempted to re­ gain the lead late in the fourth quarter, but Boon’s 40-yard field goal attempt sailed wide to the right. Ottawa appeared to have shot themselves in the foot again af­ ter they fum­ bled the ball in front o f three Redmen at the eight-yard line on the failed field goal re­ turn. The ball

yard drive with a 6-yard run to give the G ee-G ee’s an 18-10 advantage.

The loss drops McGill into a second-place tie with the C on c o r d i a Stingers. T h e Redmen (2-2) face the Stingers (2-2) next weekend in the 25th annual Shaughnessy Cup. Concordia defeated Queen's 1916 Saturday in Kingston. A lastsecond blocked field goal pre­ served the win for the Stingers.

s o m e h o w

ended up in the hands of Ottawa follow­ ing a mad scram ble for the pigskin.

Ottawa t hen p ro ­ ceeded to put the game out of reach.

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quarterback Steve Clarke capped a 75-

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Sports A first person look at the 1993 Montreal Expos B Y K EN

SC O TT

Ken Scott, fro m Ea st Fam ham , Québec, a firs t y e a r E n g lish stu d e n t at M cG ill, was in the M ontreal Expos clubhouse fo r most o f their home games this season.

H is father, Terry Scott, covers the Exposfo r Canadian Press (CP).

The Montreal Expos may not have won the National League East pennant this year, but they showed a lot o f char­ acter in coming back from 14 1/2 games out on August 20th to finish within three gam es o f the division cham pion Phila­ delphia Phillies.

The highlight o f the sea­ son was the three gam e show ­ down against the Phillies in late Septem ber that packed the stands and had the players pumped up to perform at their best.

Even w hen they were five games back with 10 to play, the players still believed they could catch Philadelphia, and never really lost hope until they w ere mathemati­ cally eliminated.

The feeling in the club­ house is that the group is just starting to learn to play to­ gether and the team chem is­ try is at a very high level; a level that will keep the team going strong into 1994.

T h e only m ajor roleplayer w ho m ost likely will not be back in ‘94 is Dennis Martinez, the ace o f the pitch­ ing staff for the last few years.

Though he had his share o f problem s over the course o f the season, the fans stayed behind him the w hole way, and a big hole in the pitching rotation will be left by his absence next year.

You could tell he was not the same Dennis Martinez that he had been in previous years. He was clearly both­ ered by his poor pitching per­ form ances at the beginning o f the year, and at one point during the season he stopped talking to journalists for a short time.

However, it was Martinez vetoing a trade to the Atlanta Braves that started the Expos a m a z i n g S e p t e m b e r run.

Martinez show ed the younger players that if he was commit­ ted to the team, then they should be com m itted too.

They realized that he was som eone they could look up to and they were grateful that he was there to lead the pitch­ ing staff.

There w ere, o f course, the characteristic perform ­

ances from the core o f the team. Marquis (Grip) Grissom led Montreal’s offensive out­ put in establishing him self as one o f the best all-around players in the game. Grip also em erged as the team leader, at tim es carrying the club all by himself.

Rightfielder Larry W a l k e r had another typical year, once again putting up im­ pressive power n u m b e r s . He w as, how ever, c r i t i c i z e d by som e people for taking too much time o ff after his wife had a baby and it seem ed as if som e o f his team mates lost respect for him because he was not there to help the team in their chase.

D elino D eShields was outstanding offensively and defensively, hitting over .290 and continuing to be the cata­ lyst w hen it cam e to getting a big inning started.

DeShields was quiet most o f the time, never showing

very much em otion but when the pennant race really started to heat up you could tell that the excitem ent was beginning to get to him as his leadership qualities really began to show.

the Montreal fans. The injury also brought on a show o f em otion from his father, who generally takes everything in stride, but from the way that h e talks about his son in the clubhouse, you can tell that he c a r e s fo r Moises and has a lot o f respect for him as a man and a b aseb all player.

These four play­ ers m a k e up the core o f the team and it is th ey w ho b e l i e v e

that the aura o f the team is s t r o n g e n o u g h

Moises Alou becam e a fan favourite, while making big improvements at the plate and in the field. His great season ended when he went down with a gut-wrenching ankle injury that brought on an outpouring o f support from

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t ha t t h e y will be able to chal­ lenge for the pennant next year. They know each other’s strengths and w eaknesses so well that they expect that if one o f them d oesn’t do the job, there will be som eone to take up the slack.

Overall, the season can’t

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_____________________ Sports____________________ Redmen rugby ruck and roll over Stingers B Y Y V O N C A R R IÈ R E

Despite chilly tempera­ tures on the Loyola campus last Wednesday, the Redmen rugby club heated up the scoreboard as they trounced the Concordia Stingers 35-0.

After a slow start, the Redmen appeared to thaw and gradually gained control of the game, allowing Concordia rare entries into their half of the pitch. Spectacular runs by the backs, especially Rob Buffam, really got the team going.

Head Coach Steve Penner gave his assessment of the game.

“We are still carrying ap­ proximately 50 players on the club,” he commented. “It’s dif­ ficult for the guys to gel well together when they don’t play together all that much. When they do gel however, they are unstoppable.”

T h e Redmen s ho wed C on c o r d i a just how unstoppable they can be.

Spy Getsios gave McGill the lead with a penalty kick half way through the first half. He would add another one later to give his team a 6-0 lead.

McGill continued to domi-. nate the game, taking full ad­

vantage o f mistakes in the Concordia backfield.

Star rookie Alex Hristovski set up a perfect ruck, which began a beautiful rush across the pitch, resulting in McGill’s first try o f the game. Sean Ewart ran the ball in off a beautiful set up by Dave Laurie. The convert was not completed, and the Redmen took an 11-point lead into the second half.

The ball remained on Concordia’s side of the pitch for a great majority o f the sec­ ond session. The Redmen con­ tinued to play stronger and stronger as the game pro­ gressed. Laurie was impressed that his squad was able to step up the intensity.

“We got off to a slow start but I thought we showed fit­ ness and character in the sec­ ond half,” noted Laurie.

The Redmen did not waste any time as they notched a try off another great ruck. Dave Fortier capped off a great over­ lap to put another five points on the board. Ewart added the two-point convert which made the score 18-0 for McGill. Ewart’s conversion following a fivepoint play by Sam Lupton raised the Redmen lead to 25 points.

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The Redmen added two more tries which were not con­ verted later in the half. Lupton capped off a great push up field with a score off a number eight pickup from scrum. Ewart fol­ lowed with the closing score as he ran in for the try off a great pass from Steve Reynolds. Ewart finished the game with 14 points, giving him a total o f 26 in his last two games.

Ewart offered his read on the game.

“We look better every week. We do start our games slowly, but hopefully we can get going early and put some points on the board,” stated Ewart.

D espite the win, the Redmen suffered two injuries, both in the second half. Star back Rob Buffam separated a shoulder, and Spy Getsios pulled a hamstring. With the club’s depth however, these losses may not be as bad as they appear.

Penner was impressed with his squad’s victory.

‘Tonight’s second half per­ formance showed just how well we can play when the guys gel together,” commented Penner.

“We showed just how deep our

team is. There are no standouts on this team, so it’s always a complete team effort.”

The next game for the

Redmen is on Wednesday at 7:30 PM, when the club plays host to Concordia.

Ia m not an animal, I am a human being

Women’s rugby team stomp Bishop’s in Gaiter country B Y

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U S A T IS

It was a game that will be rem em bered not for its flashy play but rather for the down and dirty, smash-mouthed tone that was set early on. When the dust had settled the McGill w o m en ’s rugby team had emerged with a hard fought 14-5 victory over the Bishop’s Gaiters, on Sunday. The win improved their record to 2-1, one game back o f league leader Concordia.

Plagued with injuries to several starters the team had to shake up its alignment, with a lot o f forwards starting at dif­ ferent positions.

“We had to switch it up a bit due to all the injuries” said forward Chandy Davis. “It made it much harder to get in sync.”

Ironically, the forwards were responsible for all o f the Martlets scoring.

Despite being inside the Bishops 22 yard mark several times in the game, McGill was held scoreless until mid-way through the second half when an ‘eight-man pick up’ sparked a 15 yard rumble into the end zone by Davis, who also scored

the second try, capping off an Alison Traynor line out from 20 yards.

Both scores w ere fol­ lowed by successful Charlotte Daughney conversions, the second o f which put McGill up 14-0 with only 20 minutes re­ maining Considering the Martlets dominating play, the victory seem ed readily at hand, but an injury to Traynor put McGill one player short for the clos­ ing 20 minutes o f the game.

The team re-grouped and slugged it out, however, al­ lowing only one unconverted try in the closing minutes “[The injury] definitely brought us closer as a team and focused us on the game m ore,” beam ed Davis. “Before

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that it seem ed there was not as much drive and intensity. Eve­ ryone was pretty hurting, but they had a lot o f heart and saw their way through it.”

Davis w as displeased with Bishop’s style o f play.

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W e knew what we were faced with.”

W hen asked o f the kind o f effect that type o f play had on the team, Davis was quick to point out their focus and determination.

“We had a lotta heart to look by all the garbage they were giving us. The girls kept

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“It motivated us. It got us pissed off enough to do som e­ thing,” added forward Beth Wylie.

T h e cra ss b e h a v i o u r spread to the crow d and reached perverse, sadistic lev­ els when Traynor was forced to leave the field after a head injury.

“When Alison went down they cheered big time,” said a disturbed Davis. “They thought that was great.”

The team has this w eek­

end off before heading into a collision course with nemesis Concordia on October 13th. A victory would place them in a tie for first place with the 3-0 Stingers, a team McGill lost to 5-0 in their only previous en­ counter.

According to Davis this will be a pivotal game in set­ ting the tone for the upcoming playoffs.

“W e’re definitely a better team... more skilled, and w e have to prove that by putting points on the board,” she stated.

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Sports Notes W o m en 's a n d m e n s c r o s s c o u n tr y t e a m s to p s a t S h e r b r o o k e T h e Martlets cross co untry team sw ept the to p five spots and the R edm en placed five runners in the top ten to take first place at the Sherbrooke Invitational Cross C o u n try Meet, last Saturday.

Rosie M ullins led the w a y, taking the w o m e n ’s 4km contest in 15:05. W ith four other Martlets in to w , M cG ill was out to paint the finish line red. K e lly Fallon follow e d in 15:14, then came Ashley H a h n , in 15:20, M elanie Bassett, in 15:22, and ro u n d in g out the first five, Kate Leslie, in 15:38.

T h e Martlets pu t o n a clinic, and sim p ly o ve rw h e lm e d second-place Sherbrooke and third- place Laval. Despite the absence o f all-Canadian Linda T h y e r w h o is in Calgary for a m onth as part o f her studies in m edicine, H e a d Coach D ennis Barrett’s team has too m u ch depth and talent to be threatened for the Q u é b e c title.

“T h e w o m e n have been strong, other program s have not caught u p yet," he com ­ m ented. “T h e y w e re able to finish 1-2-3-4-5, even if Linda w a sn ’t there. [Th e seventh ranked Martlets] should m o ve u p in the [national] standings."

In the m e n ’s race, the Redm en took first place and are n o w in great position to take the provincial title.

T h e Q u é b e c w in n e r is determ ined b y the cum ulative p oint total o f all league races and the provincial final. Barrett was inter­ ested in the predicam ent o f defending na­ tional cha m p ion Sheit>rooke.

“As it stands, Sherbrooke could be in trouble, because Laval w o n the M cG ill meet and w e w o n at Sherbrooke,” said Barrett.

“W e are on equal footing w ith Laval [atop] the standings. [W e] played o u r cards w e ll.”

Sherbrooke’s Eric Jo b in w o n the 8km race in 25:38, w ith M c G ill’s Jean-Nicolas D u va l taking second in 26:09, in front o f Sherbrooke’s D a v id Lemaire w h o got third in 26:24.

O th e r R edm en in the top ten included Brad Y o u n g in fifth place, A le x H utchinson in sixth, D o u g Penick seventh and Joshua Lall was tenth.

“It’s the best I’ve seen them ru n ,” said Barrett. “Laval and Sherbrooke d id not ex­ p e a D u va l to be there; he made the differ­ ence.

“It w ill be a d o g fight in the next couple o f meets,[but] the guys are pretty high right n o w ,” added Barrett.

M cG ill’s next race w ill be the Laval Invitational, in Québec, o n O ctober 16th.

S a ile r s ta k e fo u r th a n d fift h a t N e w H a m p s h ir e reg a tta A quartet from the M cG ill sailing team w ent d o w n to M en d u m ’s Pond, N e w Hampshire, last weekend to compete in the third-leg o f the T ru e North series of sailing regattas.

G a vin Sinclair, Suzanna Fuller, novice Johnathan Slivka, and Christine M inkiewicz, com bined for a fifth-place finish in Saturday’s race and im proved to fourth in Sunday’s contest, despite unpredictable w in d conditions.

Te a m representative Anthony Staples was a bit ambivalent regarding the results.

“T h e y had a great weekend, but the [placings] w ere not as go o d as I expected,” said Staples.

M inkiew icz acknowledged the limitations of having a yo u n g team.

“We are just su itin g u p the team,” she commented. “Considering w e ’re going u p against established teams, w e did quite w e ll.”

T o u g h f i g h t f o r s w im m in g 's R e d a n d W h ite T h e M cG ill Swim m ing team held their annual intrasquad meet this w eekend at the Currie Pool. Th e competition gave head coach François Laurin a chance to test the pool's n e w eletronic timing system, but more importantly, it gave him the opportunity to find out h o w competitive his team w ill be this season.

“W e ’re looking good for this year — a few people just missed the Canadian Inter-university Athletic U n io n (C IA U ) standards after just three weeks of training,” said Laurin.

Leo G re p in and Anna Leong impressed the head coach. G re p in took the 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle, w hile Leong came w ithin nine-tenths of a second of the C IA U standard in the 100m butterfly.

T h e meet was a good tune-up for the very competitive Québec league, but Laurin still w o u ld not speculate h o w his team w ill fare.

“W e ’ve got a good chance for eight girls to make it to the C IA U ’s, but for the men, it w ill be a bit tougher,” he claimed. “W e ’ll find out w h o our competition is after [our first meet].”

T h e team starts its season o n O ctober 16th at the Laval Rouge et O r Invitational, in Québec.

U n d e fe a te d o v e r th e w e e k e n d , M a r tle ts F ie ld H o c k ey p ic k s up stea m In Ontario W o m e n ’s Intercollegi­ ate Athletic Association (O W IA A ) play last weekend, the M cG ill Martlets Field H ockey team tied tenth-ranked Q u e e n ’s 0-0 and gave the boot to Carleton 2-1.

In Kingston, on Saturday, the Martlets played w ell enough to satisfy head coach Alex Phillipi, but he be­ lieves the team could have w o n the game outright.

“W e w ere pretty happy w ith the result, but w e should have beat them, really — w e had one goal disallowed,” claimed Phillipi.

Goalie Gillian Roper got the shutouL In Ottawa, o n Sunday, the Martlets dealt w ith Carleton handily, taking their second w in of the season.

Phillipi has seen an im provem ent in his team’s self-assurance since last w e ek ’s 3-0 drubbing of Trent.

“Confidence carried over from the Tre n t gam e,” he stated. “[Th e Martlets] were playing like a team, using the w hole field.”

Stephanie W o llin and Louise G loutney scored for the Martlets.

M cG ill’s next games w ill be on O ctober 8th and 9th in Ottawa, against Carleton and Q u e e n ’s.

S n e a k p r e v i e w o f t h e M c G ill R e d m e n h o c k e y t e a m o f'9 3 -'9 4 W ith the start o f the O n ta rio University Athletic Association ( O U A A ) h o ck e y season q u ic k ly approaching, com petition for spots on the M cG ill Redm en h o ck e y team is fierce. Players are w o rk in g hard to keep fit and to stay o n top o f their gam e. M c G ill’s h o ck e y coach, Jean Pronovost, says that is because the team carries 28 players, o n ly 20 o f w h o m are allow ed to play in each gam e.

T h is pressures the players to p lay their best h ock e y every time they go out on the ice.

“T h e chem istry [of the team] is g o o d ,” said Pronovost. “W e pla y in a ve ry to ug h division against O ttaw a, Trois-R ivières and Concordia, so the players must be v e ry self-m otivated if they intend to pla y com petitively.”

Som e rookies to watch for are injured, such as centrem en Chris Varga and B enoit Leroux; other favourable rookies include Stéphane Angers and Ke lle y N obes.

Som e returning forwards are G u y Boucher, last year’s w in n e r o f the G u y Lafleur T r o p h y , aw arded to the top Q u é b e c university player and T o d d M arcellus, the team ’s leading goal scorer and w in n e r o f the Redm an ro o k ie-o fthe-year honours. A lso returning to the team are defencem en Luc Latulippe and M artin Laquerre, and veteran goaltender Patrick Jeanson.

“W e have a g o o d team and a great goaltender,” said team captain M arc Vigneault, “w e ’re in one of the better divisions if not the best one, so it is goin g to be a challenging season.”

T h e R edm en are getting set for the River C ity Shootout tournam ent in Fredericton, N e w B ru nsw ick on O cto b e r 7th and 8th and the U Q T R tournam ent o n O cto b e r 15th through the 17th. T h e ir first regular season hom e gam e is scheduled for O cto b e r 22nd against Q u e e n ’s.

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NOMINATION PERIOD FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: 1) FACULTY OF MEDICINE SENATOR {1 ) POSITION 2) FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES SENATOR (1 ) POSITION and REFERENDA SUBMISSIONS

NOMINATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SSMU DESK STARTING THIS WEEK FROM TUESDAY SEPT. 28 TO OCT. 1 2 , 1 9 9 3 .

Inquiries can be made to the Chief Returning Officer: Room 415, Shatner Building

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