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Volume 14 Issue 18

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February 7th, 1995

Quebec day of protest

News Voting again: The Tribune takes a look at the legitimacy o f the upcoming by-election.

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•Student assembly to demonstrate Quebec “con­ sensus ” against Axworthy reforms

By M onique Shebbeare______

Focus: Black history month.

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Editorial M cGill Athletics reclas­ sification committee is hindered by lack of direction in its mandate.

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ENTERTAINMENT Drama ’n discs ’n cheese...

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SPORTS Redmen hockey hopes still alive with two wins on the weekend.

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Columnists G. G ibson................ Page 7 M. Luz......................... Page 7 P. Shah.....................Page 9 D e p a rtm e n ts Crossword..................Page 8 Observer..................... Page 8 What’s O n .............. Page 19

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Students are again being asked to protest Human Resources D evelopm ent M in ister Lloyd Axworthy’ s proposals to reform the funding of post-secondary edu­ cation. The protest, to be held today, has a d istinctly Quebec edge.

Organised by the Fédération E tudiantes U n iv ersitaires du Québec, recently also given the English name Quebec University Student Federation, the protest is designed to alert the federal gov­ ernment to what FEUQ/QUSF is callin g a consensus o f opinion against the Axworthy reforms in Quebec.

“W e’re trying to sell the mes­ sage that th e re’ s a consensus across Quebec,” said Marc André Lefebvre, co-ordinator of external a ffa irs at the Féd ération des A sso ciatio n s E tu d iantes du Campus de l ’ U n iv ersité de M ontréal. “B y having tuition increases they [the federal govern­ ment] will be limiting access to post-secondary education. It’ s a crescendo of messages that we’re trying to send to M in ister o f Finance Paul Martin.”

The focus o f the protest is a Quebec-wide student assembly to be held at the Palais des Congrès.

Speeches will be given by repre­ sentatives from Quebec’s student, labour, sc ie n tific , a rtistic, and teaching communities.

“The point of February 7 is to show consensus not only from stu­ dents but from everyone in Quebec,” said SSMU VP External Nick Benedict. “Given the political reality there is no way that Axworthy will push this plan over the heads of a united Quebec.”

McGill students will be meet­ ing at the Roddick gates at 4 p.m. and joining Université de Montréal students at H utchison and Sherbro o ke on the way to the Palais des Congrès.

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Over the past two years, the amount o f graffiti appearing on Montreal walls has increased dra­ matically. What we are witnessing may be a reflection of the changes occurring among inner-city youths.

In fact, this graffiti is the prod­ uct o f a new em erging youth co u n ter-cu ltu re, accord in g to Louise Gautier, Ph.D. candidate in sociology of art at The New School for Social Research in New York City, who is writing her doctoral thesis on graffiti in Montreal.

“Graffiti is an urban phenome­ na created initially by youth in New Y ork city in the 1960s. It spread to other major American city cen tres, like C hicago, Philadelphia, L.A. Then it went to Europe and now i t ’ s com e to Canada,” explained Gautier.

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“This is something that should have com e to M ontreal in the 1970s but at the time people were more interested in c o lle ctiv e issues,” said Gautier.

G autier started studying Montreal’s graffiti five years ago.

Her initial interest was in the way people formulated their ideas on the walls. But soon she noticed a new kind of artistic graffiti called “piecing”.

Gautier said that the graffiti we are now seeing on M ontreal walls is part of a new movement in street art which emphasises indi­ vidual recognition of the artist.

This style of graffiti is based on a “tag”, a stylised signature of the artist’s alias or nickname. Tags tend to be small and usually written in permanent marker or paint.

A nother type o f g ra ffiti is called a “throw -up” which is a large tag designed to cover a large surface. It is painted quickly using two colours of spray paint: one to do the outline and another to fill it.

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Since pieces can take several hours to finish, they have to be done in tunnels or on the walls o f aban­ doned fa cto ries where g ra ffiti artists or “w riters” as they are sometimes called, can work with­ out being caught.

An older graffiti artist who works under the alias Zëlon and graffiti artist/former mayoral candi­ date Zep are credited by Gautier as having bridged the gap between political graffiti and the current piecing. Zëlon, who exhibits his paintings in Montreal and Toronto galleries, believes that political graffiti can do things that conven­ tional paintings cannot do.

“It’s a really powerful way to express your ideas. There’s a cer­ tain energy in graffiti that cannot be found in paintings,” said Zëlon.

Part of the attraction of graffiti for Zëlon is that it is not spatially confined.

“It has to be ‘au niveau de la rue’ . A graffiti-style painting on canvas is like a bird in a cage; it’s merchandise. On the street you’re giving it to the people.”

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Students from Montreal’s four major universities will be joined at the assembly by students from sev­ eral C E G E P s, l ’ U n iv ersité du Q uébec à T ro is R iv iè re s, and l ’Université du Québec à Abitibi.

O ther events w ill be held in Sherbrooke and Quebec City.

“This is probably the largest number o f Quebec colleges and universities that have acted togeth­ er on anything,” said Benedict.

“The unity of the Quebec student movement is really going to pay dividends next Tuesday.”

The timing o f the assembly

was chosen to coincide with the reconvening of parliament yester­ day, and the presentation o f the report o f the Axworthy standing committee.

“It’s absolutely vital that we use this momentum before Paul Martin presents his budget later this month,” added Benedict.

B en e d ict w ill be trying to m obilise students at M cG ill by making announcements in classes and distributing flyers and pam­ phlets to inform students o f the event.

Student leaders at Université de Montréal will be taking an even

more active approach to get stu­ dents out to the event.

teams of five to ten students to go to each class to ask students to join us.

L e fe b v re “ Q iv e n t h e p o lit ic a l r e a lit y t h e r e expects between is n o w a y t h a t A x w o r t h y w i l l four and five thousand U ni­ p u s h th is p la n o v e r t h e h e a d s o f versité de Mon­ a u n ite d Q u e b e c tréal students to take part in the S S M U V P E x t e r n a l , event, and a total o f up to ten N ic k B e n e d ic t thousand stu­ dents to take part “W e’ve asked the administra­ in the assembly at the Palais des tion and teachers to end classes at 3 Congrès. p.m.,” said Lefebvre. “W e’ll have Benedict explained the strate­

gy behind the decision to hold an assembly at the Palais des Congrès.

“The national m edia wrote January 25 [national day o f strike and action] o ff as a failure,” he said. “One of the key things about how we’ve organised February 7 is that if people show up the media can’t portray us as a failure.”

Benedict is optimistic about the impact o f the assembly.

“Our indications are that all of our lobbying this year will pay off and that even the m em bers o f Axworthy’s committee will recom­ mend that his plan be taken off the table,” said Benedict.

Opening the health plan to scrutiny

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Defending the rights of the students in the riding by promising to fight tooth-and-nail against the Axworthy reform proposals on education.

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“Given the full range of issues that are on the table, a plebiscite is the best way for council to get stu­ dent input,” said SSM U’s insurance consultant Lev Bukhman. “The nexus of the problem is that with the referendum you’ll only be able to ask one question and this would greatly narrow student input.”

plebiscite.

“I don’t think there is a single SSM U will be holding a council in the world which would plebiscite to gauge student opinion not consider the ideals of the peo­ about the future o f the student ple,” he said. health plan.

Orfaly also expressed concern At its February 4th meeting, about holding a referendum.

SSMU Council voted to support a “The problem with having a student health plan com m ittee referendum now is that if the ques­ motion proposing that options be tion [on the can cellation o f the added to the health plan and health plan] is chosen and a p le b iscite held on its students vote the plan “ Q iv e n t h e fu ll r a n g e o f is s u e s future. down, we are stuck until U3 m edicine student September 1 with a health th a t a r e o n th e ta b le , a Roland O rfaly stated in plan that is losing money, p l e b i s c i t e is t h e b e s t w a y f o r council that a large part of and that co u n cil is not c o u n c il to g e t s t u d e n t in p u t the money collected from adding benefits to ,” said students for the health plan Orfaly. “It would be better is not being spent. to add benefits now and S S M U ’s i n s u r a n c e c o n s u l t a n t , “Out of the $43.80 stu­ then ask students whether L e v B u k h m a n they want a plan or not.” dents pay [yearly] for the health plan, only $24.80 is One o f the options A plebiscite is an opinion poll actually used,” he said. that students may be offered is vac­ This leaves $19.00 per insured while a referendum is a binding cination against Hepatitis B. Orfaly student. The only way the money decision on the part o f SSM U . is strongly in favour of including can be used within the plan is by Therefore, many questions were this in the health plan. raised as to the democratic value of adding benefits that Seaboard Life, “H epatitis B is a sexu ally holding a plebiscite which could transmitted disease and has shown the plan’s underwriter, approves of. eventually be modified by council.

Council will now be coming to be ten times more contagious Medicine Rep Kevin Katz dis­ than HIV,” he said. up with a list o f options for new benefits. The plebiscite will be held missed this concern, insisting that The plebiscite will be drafted to inquire about students’ apprecia­ council would be “strongly influ­ at the next co u n cil m eeting, tion of the new options and to ask enced” by student input following a Thursday February 16th. for suggestions for change to the health plan.

Although strongly in favour of the plebiscite, the health plan com­ mittee provided council with an alternative of holding a referendum on the future of the health plan.

The committee had phrased three possible referendum ques­ tions: one offering a $19.00 reduc­ tion in yearly health plan costs, a second proposing that extra money be allocated to vaccinations against Hepatitis B , and a third proposing cancellation of the plan.

The health plan com m ittee argued that the SSM U referendum procedure does not give students a full menu of choices as only one of the three questions could have been

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February 7th, 1995

W estm o u n t/Sain t-H en ri has the b i-e le ctio n s b lu es

By Sylvie Babarik V oters o f the W estm ount / Saint-Henri riding, which includes the area surrounding M cG ill University, must once again return to the polls on February 13. A bi­ election has been called following the resig n ation o f L ib e ral MP David Berger.

Though B erg er o ffic ia lly stepped down o f his own accord, many suggest that the MP had been pressured by his party to give up his seat to francophone Lucienne Robillard, who is regard­ ed as a greater asset in the federal­ ist referendum strategy. The Q u éb écois p o liticia n made no attempt to deny the existence of such a Liberal tactic.

“The bi-election here was ini­ tiated due to a much larger con­ text,” said Robillard. “Following the resignation of Mr. Berger, the context o f the upcoming referen­ dum means that we will once again have to decide the future of Canada and Quebec.”

Robillard described her role as that of reinforcing Prime Minister C hrétien’ s team, in light o f the L ib erals’ poor representation in Quebec. In last year’s federal elec­ tion the Liberals won a mere 19 seats in the province, few of which are occupied by francophones.

In response to c r itic s who claim that her candidacy does not reflect the priorities of the riding, Robillard suggested that her experi­ ence in p ro vin cial p o litics has given her sufficient knowledge to represent “all regions of Quebec”.

“I have been a deputy for five

years, and know quite well what is expected from a representative,” she said.

Not only is Robillard new to the concerns of the riding, but sug­ gestions that her candidacy has arisen solely out o f a desire to strengthen the ‘No’ forces in the referendum debate has put into question her commitment to the Westmount/Saint-Henri conscrip­ tion.

D esp ite such attack s, Robillard claims that she has found that many residents with whom she had spoken understood the party’s decision.

“This is not a normal year,” noted the Liberal candidate. “If this context did not exist, I do not think that the people would accept this situation.”

Bloc candidate Anne Michèle Meggs does not regard the upcom­ ing referendum as sufficient justifi­ cation for the arranging of the bielection.

“Certainly the Liberals want to make this bi-election about the ref­ erendum,” said Meggs. “My point is that there will be plenty of time to debate and there will be a vote on sovereignty. Right now the elec­ torate has to choose a new member of parliament.”

“This bi-election should not be an easy shoe-in fo r L u cien n e Robillard,” she added.

Meggs’ allegiance to the sovereignist Bloc party has surprised some in light o f her anglophone origin. Though she dates the emer­ gence of her belief in the advantage of Quebec independence as follow­ ing the fall o f the M eech Lake Accord, Meggs’ change of heart is

equally root­ ed in her dis­ appointment with the e s ta b lis h e d fed eral par­ ties.

She describes the bi-election as p r e s e n t in g those voters who share this disdain with the op­ portunity to protest some o f the C hré­ tien govern­ m ent’ s p o li­ cies.

“This is a chance for students to say what they feel about the Axworthy reforms, and that sort of thing,” said Meggs.

R eform Party candidate Gaétan Morency reiterated this crit­ icism of the traditional federal par­ ties.

“Presently we do not feel that we are in a true democracy,” said Morency. “It is a democratic dicta­ torship, where politicians do what­ ever they please while in power.”

“People have been let down by the old parties, by the status quo of Liberals and Conservatives,” he continued. “They are the reason we are in this situation of severe debt.”

Though this bi-election marks the R eform ’ s first Quebec cam ­ paign, Morency is confident that the party’ s appeal is not purely regional.

“We recognise the diversity of reg io n s,” noted M orency. “We

Rum our has it • T h e T r ib u n e ’s s n e a k p r e v ie w o n th e u p c o m in g e le c t io n s f o r th e S S M U e x e c u tiv e the R ed H erring’s quest for con­ or supporting groups judged to

By Steve Smith In many ways the Tribune is not unlike a large bucket, located underneath the SSM U o ffice with its chronic, leaky plumbing. At any given time, this bucket is full of the unfil­ tered by-products of SSMU pol­ itics. Some call them rumours, others call them facts. The fact is SSM U’s executive committee elections are just a month away and all the consequent activity has turned that slow steady trickle to a thundering flood.

From the centre of the stu­ dent political universe comes word of an executive race that promises to be anything but dull.

L ast y ear’ s presidential cliffhanger was highlighted by the last minute judicial board ruling to uphold Sevag Yeghoyan’ s skin-of-his-teeth victory. This year’s presidential challenge will feature a show­ down between campus political heavyweights Steve Ahn, presi­ dent of the S cie n ce Undergraduate S o ciety , and Helena Myers, president of the In ter-R esid en ce C ou ncil.

Rounding out the pack, it appears so far, will be third-year student Piper Jackson and Steve Goodinson, who will be fronting

trol of Students’ Society.

Ahn is perhaps betterknown as an SUS representative on SSMU Council, a position in which some say he has not shined. His propensity for noshows at the council’s bi-weekly meetings is accented by the rari­ ty of his involvement in council debates. However, if you felt Mark Luz was a good president then Ahn’ s silence at council shouldn’t deter you from voting for him.

As IRC President, Helena Myers carries the weight of the ever-influential Residence vote, commonly known as the “back­ door to SSMU”. Current SSMU President Sevag Yeghoyan rode the very same wave to victory last year. Though Myers has no prior SSM U experience, this same fa ct did not impede Yeghoyan.

Like Yeghoyan, Myers has assumed a strong, pro-InterGrfeek Letter Council stance on the question of its recognition as an interim interest group by SSM U Council. Last October, cou ncil refused to grant the IG LC this recognition on the basis o f S e ctio n 2.3 o f the SSM U Constitution which for­ bids the Society from endorsing

reco g n ise the d iversity within Quebec, the fact that we are a dis­ tinct society - just as the Maritimes are as well. The Prairies are also distinct.”

“We would give the opportu­ nity to Quebeckers to administer their difference,” he said.

Ann Elbourne, running under the NDP platform , not only described the bi-election as unnec­ essary but also suggested that it went against principles of democra­ cy.

“It”s very undemocratic,” she stated. “The people had chosen a candidate just last year.”

Elbourne also dismissed the connection to the upcoming refer­ endum as a sufficient basis for a return to the polls.

“There are other more impor­ tant issu es w hich should be addressed,” stated Elbourne. “I per­ sonally am concerned about the

enlarging gap in society.”

Progressive Conservative can­ didate Jay Gould may well be the most arduous critic of the bi-election’s legitimacy. As did many oth­ ers, he pointed to the inconsistency within the Liberal policy which, on the one hand, is billed as budgetcut sen sitiv e and on the other includes expensive tactics such as this bi-election, the cost of which has been estimated at $750,000. He also attacked the “parachuting in” o f Robillard, suggesting that the current political system has been used by parties to pursue their own interests rather than those of the electorate.

“Here you have a p erfect exam ple o f that,” noted Gould.

“The Liberal presence in Quebec is very weak at the cabinet and espe­ cially at the caucus level. They have no credible Liberal spokes­ person here.”

Dalhousie student shoots her roommate on campus

Dalhousie campus was the site of a be discriminatory. Potato, potà- shooting incident involving two female to? students on Friday, January 13.

With no prior experience in Just before noon, while walking the realm of student politics, the down a street w here many facu lty only thing people are saying buildings are located, 26-year-old Lisa about Piper Jackson is how cool Corra pulled a shotgun from her guitar his name is. However, don’t case and randomly fired shots at her write him off too soon: current roommate, Nusya Campbell. Corra then SSM U VP Internal C ornell aimed her 12-gauge shotgun at a gradu­ Wright won his first term at the ate student of the English department. end o f his first year with no C am p bell su ffered from two prior experience. wounds: one to the face and the other to Steve G oodinson is the the arm. She was immediately taken to E d ito r-in -C h ie f o f the R e d hospital and in a press statement given Herring. He’s leading a slate of candidates running under the the following day, police spokesperson slogan “The M asses Need a Gary Martin said that her injuries were Strong Leader”. If elected, the not considered to be life-threatening.

Since the incident occurred at mid­ slate has promised to surrender full-control of all five executive day, there were numerous witnesses. positions to Goodinson in the Immediately following the shooting, creation o f an “enlightened Corra ran to the next block where she was apprehended without resistance. despot”.

Alongside the president, VP The p o lice then cord oned o ff two university affairs by nature tends blocks of the campus and a counselor to be the most public position from Dalhousie’s counselling and psy­ and is responsible for co-ordi­ chological services arrived on the scene nating and lobbying student to give assistance. interests at the University level.

The roommates had been placed Three candidates will do battle together by the off-cam pus housing for university affairs — current o ffice in Septem ber, but apparently SSMU Arts Rep Lisa Grushcow, I Campbell had been planning to move m anagem ent student Peter out in February due to ongoing disputes Mazoff and R ed Herring candi­ between herself and Corra. The final date and “leather and lace” edi- incident, allegedly the cause o f the See Rumours Page 5

shooting, involved the disappearance of Corra’ s cat over the Christmas holi­ days.

On the Monday following the inci­ dent, Judge Joseph Kennedy remanded Lisa Corra to the Provincial Forensic P sych iatrist and told reporters that Corra had been under a doctor’s care for five years for manic depression.

D a lh o u sie ’ s ad m in istration responded qu ickly to the incid ent.

V ic e -P re sid e n t E x tern a l Henry Eberhardt and Martin spoke at a press conference held outside of the history department within hours o f the inci­ dent.

“W e very much regret that this incident happened on the Dalhousie campus, and we are co-operating fully with the Halifax police department,” stated Eberhardt.

“W e have been very concerned about cam pus secu rity , esp e c ia lly because of several incidents across the country,” he added. “We have gone out of our way to try to make sure that we have a safe campus here at Dalhousie.”

Counselling and psychological ser­ vices at the university provided special sessions the week following the shoot­ ing for persons who had been affected by the incident.

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tor Elizabeth Elmwood.

Grushcow has proven to be an active member of SSM U Council.

Aside from her duties as Arts Rep and m em ber o f various SSM U com m ittees, Grushcow has also served as a co-ordinator for Group Action, a campus organisation con­ cerned with the promotion of equity at McGill.

Mazoff is currently a represen­ tative on the Food and Beverages Com m ittee to the M anagem ent Undergraduate Society and SSMU. M azoff is expected to come out hard against the current state of faculty/student relations and Student Services. A friend with MUS VP Finance Lawrence Wilk (see Stop the Press!), you can expect a ProIG LC stand on that ever thorny issue.

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Internal is one o f the less glamorous positions on the execu­ tive. The VP Internal is responsible for all that goes on underneath the ro o f o f the Shatner B uild in g.

Events such as Welcome Week are also a part of the Internal portfolio.

Vying for the cluttered office cur­ rently occupied by Cornell Wright are Tanim Ahmed, editor of the Old M c G ill yearbook, and C ornell underling Jen Harding, who has served as an editor of the Student Leaders Organisational Bulletin and has helped to co-ordinate Welcome Week and the ever-popular Four Floors evening at Shatner.

The R e d H e r r in g ’s Bryant Johnson also acknowledged his intent to run for Internal, a position o f which he knows little but “is willing to learn”. Johnson is in clas­ sic studies, a discipline which he feels has taught him the ways of “good-time politics” and philoso­ pher kings.

Under the direction o f Nick Benedict, the office of VP External has been awakened from the state o f slumbering uselessness it had attained in recent years — except­ ing last y ea r’ s Francophone C om m ission. For better or for worse, Benedict has sparked an External renaissance through his attempts to ally McGill with FEUQ and CASA, the new national stu­ dent organisation, and his involve­ ment in the fight against the Axworthy reforms. Benedict has,

however, raised more than a few hackles — notably those o f the M cG ill D aily and current SSM U Clubs Rep Chris Carter, who is challenging Benedict’s bid for reelection. Sources at SSM U have hinted that Carter’s challenge has been unofficially endorsed by the Daily, which has made a habit of taking Benedict and his initiatives on C FS and the student strike to task.

The R e d H e r r in g ’s David Bushnell will challenge Benedict and Carter. Bushnell is a Drama student whose sources have indicat­ ed is “good at fooling people”.

VP Finance Paul Johnson has announced his retirem ent from SSMU politics, effective as of May. The potential candidates for what is traditionally SSM U’s most unpopu­ lar executive position should make for an interesting race. Among the candidates are current Engineering Undergraduate Society VP Finance Tracey Strong, editor of the SSMU Journal and former Walksafe exec­ utive Sara Grose, and Kelly Remai, a management student who is cur­ rently a clubs rep to SSMU council.

What will make this race one to watch is the block votes each candi­ date could potentially win in their respective faculties.

The R ed Herring is running a potential ringer in the race for VP Finance. His name is Russell P. Kissoon. He’s even an economics student.

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University moves to withdraw recognition of M U N A S A

By N oah G itterman The executive committee o f M cG ill’s Board of Governors has recently voted to withdraw recog­ nition o f the M cG ill University Non-Academic Staff Association (MUNASA). The resolution will go into effect April 9.

M U N A SA was form ed in 1972 and has, until recently, been

made as a result o f the formation of MUNACA, a new union which now represents a large portion of MUNASA’s old membership.

“The situation is now totally different than at the time of recog­ nition [o f M U N A S A ],” said Tavenas.

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M U N A S A P r e s id e n t T rev o r G a r la n d ^ the sole representative o f nonunionised, non-academic staff at McGill.

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were not able to join the new union.

M cG ill has indi­ cated that these rem aining m em bers must show their sup­ port for MUNASA by April 9 in order to pre­ vent the d ecision to withdraw recognition from taking e ffe c t.

Garland is concerned, though, that the U n iv ersity has not expressed what form th is support should take.

“M U N A SA has not seen any co n fir­ mation o f what form MUNASA p re sid en t Trevor G a rla n d or quantity [o f sup­ MUNASA as their legitimate rep­ port] would be enough to show resentative. that non-unionised, non-academic Even if evidence of support is staff want MUNASA to represent not available

by April 9, Tavenas them,” Garland said.

MUNASA has started distrib­ dismissed fears that managers and uting a petition for members to executives would be left without any protection, as they will still be sign. Members also unanimously protected under the Labour Code. voted at M U N A S A ’ s gen eral “Som e say they [m anagers m eeting on January 31 to keep

and ex e cu tiv es] would be le ft hanging in a vacuum. That ju st isn’t true,” he said.

G arland pointed out that because of the upcoming budget, April will be a particularly vulner­ able time for staff, especially ones without an association to represent them.

Adopting an effective drug policy for M cG ill athletes

By C hristopher Rigney___________ _ After almost a year o f reworking, the Athletics Board presented its new anti-dop­ ing drug policy to Senate last week, at which time the new measures were approved unan­ imously.

The policy, which spells out the rules and procedures on the student use of perfor­ mance-enhancing drugs, was updated as part of a national movement to standardise antidoping regulations across Canada.

In addition to the minor adjustments made in the policy’s wording, the principle differences between the policy adopted in January 1990 and the current document exist in a number of key areas.

The 1990 policy did not specify which of the athletic team tiers it applied to, where­ as the new document clearly states that anti-doping regula­ tions apply only to Level one and two team s. Level three sports clubs, which include such sports as rowing, rugby, track and alpine skiing, are not su bject to guidelines o f the updated policy.

The new policy, reworked by such ind ivid u als as A th le tics d irecto r R obert D ubeau, D ean o f Students Irwin Gopnik, and Board of G overnors chairman/ Inter­ national Olympic Committee m em ber D ick Pound, also increases the potential penalty imposed upon a student-athlete who test positive for drug use.

W hereas M c G ill’ s past policy called for a one calen­ dar year suspension, the new policy has sent a stronger mes­ sage, upping the ineligibility penalty to four years. The updated version’ s increased suspension makes it all but im possible for a guilty stu­ dent-athlete to regain eligibili­ ty at M cG ill.

The most critical differ­ ence, however, appears to lie

in the area o f student c o n fid e n tia lity .

According to the old policy, the university could, in theory, require student-athletes to test for drug use, but refrained from doing so due to the Canadian accredited laboratories’ official policy o f announcing publicly the athlete’s identity and results. Making such information public directly conflicted with the policy o f confidentiality. In the last few months, student-athletic committees such as the M cG ill Intercollegiate Sports Council have agreed to waive the student confiden­ tiality clause, and allow the university to begin testing as needed.

In te rc o lle g ia te C oo rd in ato r Ken Schildroth, who played an integral role in the creation o f the new policy, believes that the student confidentiality clause was hold­ ing the university back from possessing an

effective anti-doping mechanism.

“Because the labs had to announce the results, and because we had to keep student confidentiality, we could not get anyone tested,” said Schildroth. “There was no use having a system which could not do what it was set out to do. This new policy, however, fits in with the way that things are being done all across Canada.”

The importance of having an acceptable testing method at McGill was made clear in Septem ber 1993 when Redmen lineman John Pevec tested positive for use o f the banned substance Stanozolol. The question of student confidentiality was not an issue in the Pevec case, as he was randomly selected for testing by the CIAU, a body independent of M cGill’s testing regulations.

While Schildroth denied that the Pevec

saga had influenced the new policy, Dubeau believed that it did play some role in the overhaul.

“While much o f the document was in place before Pevec last year, that situation definitely made the changes that much more important. It also helped to speed up the whole process because it added a sense of urgency,” added Dubeau.

W hile the effectiv en ess o f the new mechanism has yet to be seen, the new poli­ cy does succeed in bringing Canadian uni­ versities one step closer to having a uniform anti-doping policy.

“These changes are a natural progres­ sion for our drug policy,” said Schildroth.

“These changes are one more step in adopt­ ing a strong national stance.”

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Reinforcing injustice

By C hristopher Rigney As the McGill athletic community awaits the impending decisions of the reclassification committee, the group created to decide most importantly which teams receive financial backing from the university and which do not, the criteria on which the committee bases its recom­ mendations has become the object of much criticism. The process which Ken Schildroth, Intercollegiate coordinator and head coach of the men’s basketball team, called “an excellent and exciting chance to biannually examine sport at McGill,” has been anything but exciting and excellent for teams such as track, which was demoted in an earlier reclassification period. In addition, the process remains equally unpop­ ular with such sports clubs as rowing and rugby, which have seen their legitimate bids for “team” status, which carries with it financial back­ ing, categrorically denied on the basis that such sports clubs fail to meet the department’s criteria.

The root o f the problem, however, lies not with the members selected to conduct the reclassification, many of whom are student-ath­ letes themselves, but rather in the criteria itself.

Athletics director Bob Dubeau, in a recent interview, explained that, “in a perfect world, all teams and clubs would get funding.” With full understanding of the cash-strapped position of both the athletics department and McGill as a whole, it is unrealistic to expect the uni­ versity to be able to financially endorse its almost 30 teams and sports clubs. What is not unrealistic is to expect that Athletics would possess a fair and equitable auditing mechanism, by which there could be both upward and downward mobility for deserving teams and sports clubs.

As it stands now, the reclassification system is very friendly to teams that have practice facilities on campus, earn revenue for the uni­ versity, and feature Canadian university championships for which they compete. That leaves out a sports club such as rowing, which continaully fails to improve its status, given the fact that it fails to meet the criteria. As for on-campus facilities, the chances that a rowing basin will appear to campus sometime soon are minimal. The same goes with a ski hill for the alpine skiing team, or an adequate diamond for the baseball club. While a club such as rowing does not raise any rev­ enue for the school, its contributions to the McGill athletics name have been unparalleled, as former red and white rowers such as Greg Stevenson, Brad Crombie and Rachel Starr have moved on to compete with success in the Olympics and World Championships. With all the success and fame that rowing has brought to McGill, the teams will most likely not amass enough reclassification points for promotion, and rowers will continue to pay 310 dollars each for the right to com­ pete each fall for McGill.

On the other hand, why should other teams be rewarded because they’re lucky enough to have an on-campus facility, or because they can draw a few hundred ticket-buying fans, and some meager local advertising? And what good is it if there is a national championship in their sport, if their performance is such that they will never reach it?

The current system is set up to keep things the way that they are, which makes it awfully hard for established teams to ever be demoted or deserving groups to move up in status, providing student-athletes with some or all of the money they need to compete. It does not matter how democratic the reclassification committee is in its actions; as long as the criteria laid out for it stays the same, the committee will be per­ forming a biannual injustice.

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I used to have the utmost respect for the McGill Tribune and the objective point of view it present­ ed to McGill students every week, that is until I had the displeasure of meeting the editor-in-chief, Michael Broadhurst, and reading his editorial, “Fraternal display offensive” in the January 31 issue.

You would think that the editorin -ch ief attending a M cG ill University event would have the decency to write an objective article about the function rather than to shield himself in a pathetic editorial column in order to express his cloud­ ed, factless and uninformed point of view. Once again, it is painfully obvious that those opposed to frater­ nities and sororities are not interested in our opinions because they seem to already know what they are or that they do not matter. Therefore, arti­ cles are printed totally out of context and without full understanding of exactly what is taking place.

The skits that Broadhurst refers to in his report were not offensive, sexist, homophobic or discriminato­ ry. In fact, they were simply a satiri­

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O nly you understood us, Joe W ong As the editors o f the R ed Herring, we wish to sincerely apolo­ gise for our Axworthy anti-protest, which you viewed as a “disruption”.

Though it was not our intention to be a disruption, we were, and boy do we feel awful bad about that one.

Imagine, if you will, our dismay at learning we had disrupted the march. It seems that the march would have run much more smoothly had we not been there to sway the multitudes. We deeply regret that the five of us disrupted a mass of 12,000 who would have cut classes and blocked off traffic much more effi­ ciently had the Red Herring not been there to stir up a pot of trouble with a capital “T”.

Your comment in the Tribune that our counter-protest was “very high school” was perceptive indeed, as that was our goal. By being “very high school”, we hoped to show oth­ ers what people would be like if their education had to end at grade 12 because they could not afford the

cal display of the stereotypical views that many students have of fraterni­ ties and sororities. I also seemed to have noticed women, blacks, Jews, Italians, Indians and many other minorities participating in the talent show. M aybe Broadhurst wants McGill students to think that fraterni­ ties and sororities are exclusive to white, heterosexual, upper-middle class students, when it is clearly evi­ dent that this is not the case.

As for Broadhurst’s mention of the Inter-Greek Letter Council not being allowed to use Gert’s since it is run by SSMU and they do not recog­ nise the IGLC; I think this says a lot about the IGLC and the personalities of all its members. On a night that Gert’s would not ordinarily remain open, a group of students that is con­ tinually and unjustly denounced, harassed, insulted, and slandered by the McGill press is, nevertheless, willing to hold an event in a place where it is not welcome in order to help ensure its survival. I find it quite ironic that a newspaper that is sub­ sidised by SSMU funds, a significant portion of which is received from high university tuitions promised by the Axworthy plan. Unfortunately, only one person present picked up on our subtle malediction. Fortunately, that person was you, and you told the student body by telling it to the Tribune. Unfortunately, your words must have been cut short by the edi­ tors and staff of the Tribune, making your quote seem less like a sharp Jacques Derrida-like analysis and more like a vicious personal attack.

Please know, Joe, that from now on the messages of the Red Herring will be of paramount importance and will be made clearer, so that con­ cerned students like yourself need not be misquoted in the Tribune ever again. j Viva el Présidente!

Steve Goodinson David Bushnell Shari Coles Elizabeth Elmwood Bryant Johnson Editors, The Red Herring

Without prejudice Your article published on January 24 ( “The M ystery o f F.A.C.E. and MIND), concerning our school is totally inappropriate,

cafeteria and bar operations, would criticise the hand that feeds it. Gert’s is a bar, not a political arena.

The last matter that I would like to address is Broadhurst’ s demand for apologies from Nick Benedict, Sevag Yeghoyan, and the IGLC. Concerning Benedict and Yeghoyan, I would be ashamed if they ever apologised to their council for judging a M cG ill University group’s talent show. Both men actu­ ally do the jobs they were elected to do — better student life — yet they receive bad press for giving time out of their busy schedules to help a stu­ dent group with over 400 members.

On top of this, as Yeghoyan stepped off stage after doing a shot of liquor, Broadhurst called him an idiot and claimed that he had fully consented to the act. And what if he did? As a fellow student council executive, I have never met an individual more dedicated to the true interests of stu­ dents that I could not be prouder to call my colleague. Broadhurst, you are in no position to pass judgement on Yeghoyan nor do you have the right to demand an apology from him, As for the IGLC, any apologies being made should be from you to all of its members. I suggest you think twice before you print biased, false and discriminatory columns again.

Lawrence Wilk U3 Management unfounded, senseless and demeaning to the character, reputation and dis­ tinction of our student population and the educational program offered at F.A.C.E..

You refer to situations solely based on misinformation and mind­ less, indifferent comments from peo­ ple that are shallow and ignorant of what F.A.C.E. offers as a sound and proven pedagogy. Over the last 20 years, F.A.C.E. has gained interna­ tional reputation for the excellent fine arts program that our students enjoy from kindergarten to secondary 5. Our academic standings are among that best within the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal and the Island of Montreal (combining both the private and public sectors).

1 urge you to retract immediate­ ly the article concerning F.A.C.E. and demand a reprinting of the arti­ cle. Our community is available at any time to provide accurate infor­ mation concerning the Fine Arts Core Education program offered at F.A.C.E. School.

N. Primiano Principal, F.A.C.E. Editor’s Note: The Tribune stands by Ms. Porter’s story.

See Letters Page 8

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February 7, 1995

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Opinion

Two artists: working the realm of memory

Sitting down at the computer again (two weeks pass so fast), my present is foggy with only three hours o f sleep, dusty sun­ light in the room. I am involved in memory again, but this time not so much consciously or out of choice, but because it is easier to grasp than the tem p o ral present/presence in front o f me.

M y m em o ries are crisp e r than this because they are plucked from two o f the crispest sources: a new book, spine complaining with every turning page, and an art g allery, expansive, golden, w ell-sw ept wooden floors with many well-presented patrons glid­ ing through.

The gallery first. I went to see the Michael Snow exhibit at P la c e des A rts on W ednesday night (free from 6 -9 ). Galleries are not always so crisp, but when you move out o f the commercial realm , and the show has ju s t opened (the exp lan atory pam ­ p h lets on the co n te m p la tiv e benches not yet dog-eared) there is a certain air to the air. Snow is the kind o f artist that will not let me liv e w ith my ow n (o v e r­ wrought?) deconstructive conclu­ sions. His art speaks volumes — sings actually. That is the phrase I kept whispering to myself, excit­ ed with every new piece the show revealed. ‘This really sings!’ And

though I would never say that I know the artist/his personality (rea d in g w ill n ev e r be that direct), I have a feeling o f what he’s saying, and more than that, o f his progression through his 30 year (and ongoing) career. And watching the expressions o f those around me at the show, I was not alone. Again I will not claim a one-to-one ratio; will not say that we had id e n tica l re a ctio n s to identical pieces. However, I felt the p re se n c e o f a com m on ground. Snow is an artist about modulating our reactions/emotions/perceptions. H e’ll tell us w hat to see (in an o b sce n e ly didactic way) and laugh with us when we don’t see it. Laughter is one o f many ‘accep table’ reac­ tions to his work. And in a gallery setting, that is refreshing; particu­ larly because it isn ’ t a cyn ical ‘look how stupid modern art is’ laugh, but a more humane, earthy laugh.

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N A TO S e cre ta ry -G e n e ra l Willy Claes is the latest Western leader to muse about the rise in Islam ic fundamentalism and its potential threat to the W est. He feels that Islamic extremists pose a rising security threat to the West, and that the threat should not be taken lightly. He may be talking about sp ecific terrorists groups operating out o f Algeria or Iran, but his com m ents allude to a g reater fea r am ong W estern nations o f the rise o f Islamic fun­ damentalist states.

Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington wrote a controversial article in F o reig n A ffa irs in the summer o f 1993 called “The Clash o f Civilizations” which predicts that the next pattern of internation­ al conflict would be based on the highest cultural groupings of peo­ ple and on fundamental divisions o f cultures and religions: one of them being M uslim s versus Westerners. The article raised a lot of eyebrows and contributed to the debate as to who will be the next enemy of the West.

It seem s that the W est is almost looking for a new enemy and wants to find it in Islam. The debate over wearing the hijab in sch o o ls here in M o n treal is a m icrocosm o f the fundam ental fear that many in the West have of Muslims. The images given by the media only fuels that ignorance of Islam: “fundamentalist” terrorists

vowing to die in a holy war in the name o f A llah , fem ale gen ital mutilation, cutting off your hands if you steal a piece of bread. These are all the images Westerns have o f M uslim s, sim ilar in spirit to those o f communists during the Cold War, propagated out o f fear and misunderstanding. From that fundamental fear o f the unknown culture and religion, the link is being made between the religion of millions of people and the state that they live in. The result is an unsettling fear that all Muslims want the “Arab bomb”, to blow up planes or try to underm ine W estern lib e ra l trad itio n s in favou r o f fu n d am en talist law based on the Koran.

The link between Islam and international security is preposter­ ous. True, there are rogue states like Iraq and Iran who are from time to time disturbers of the inter­ national peace, but that has essen­ tially nothing to do with the reli­ gion and culture o f the people.

P o ten tia l c o n flic ts betw een Western states and Muslim states will be based on strategic or eco­ nomic issues, not one o f cultural clash.

It is true that Western nations may never feel fully comfortable with states based politically and economically on Islamic law, just as Islamic states may have a hard time accepting the individualistic liberalism upon which W estern

states are organised. However, domestic differences should not be automatically translated to foreign policy by regarding each other as fanatical and evil enem ies. We may not like many o f the cultural practices in many Islamic states, but these dom estic d ifferen ces must not be allowed to translate into violent confrontations. The West may never become powerful frien d s and a llie s w ith some Islamic states, but we do not have to follow the predictions of many that Islam will become the arch­ enemy o f the West.

U n fo rtu n a tely , the link betw een a foreign religion and cu ltu re and state secu rity is inevitably going to be made in the face o f emerging conflicts. That is why W estern and Islam ic states must work tirelessly to combat the degeneration o f relations between them because o f cultural fear and m isunderstanding. T here is no fundamental reason why “liberal democratic” states can not cooper­ ate with states whose laws and tra­ ditions are based on the Koran.

Religion and history can not be a reason for warfare any more as they were during the Crusades: the challenge is to figure out a way to establish norms o f behaviour and cooperation with Islam ic states that will facilitate peaceful rela­ tions. T h is w ill require adjust­ ments on the part of Islamic states to deal with the West on a neutral rather than religious basis, and it will also require the West to drop the terrorist image o f Islam and not create another enemy.

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There is one piece o f his that illustrated this well. It consists of a m irror and fiv e photos. Four photos are placed two by two in the centre of the mirror, and one tucked up in the corner like an afterthought. The first image is of Snow taking a photo of himself in the m irror. T he secon d o f the same, but with the first image in place, blocking part o f his reflec­ tion. The others follow this pat­ tern, and the fifth, in the corner has Snow ’s face totally blocked by p ictu res ( o f h is fa c e ) , and shows ju st some o f his body in the remaining mirror around the photos. This is funny and clever, but it works on one additional level. And this makes it sing (and me laugh an earthy laugh). The viewer suddenly realizes that s/he can see them selves now in the mirror still showing. They move around to try to see their face, and (for me at least) feel involved in the harmless self-absorption o f the art. In m any w ays, Snow addresses notions of memory and tim e in h is w ork, such as the compression o f time (like we do in memory) in the above piece.

The other dustless memory is o f a book o f essays by Jay Cantor called On G iving B irth to O n e’s Own M other. In an essay by the same name, Cantor talks about Ashile Gorky, an Armenian artist who emigrated to the U .S. Gorky illustrates the other, darker side of memory, contrasting in my mind to Snow ’ s playful, but poignant take on it. At the age o f fifteen, Gorky’s mother died in his arms.

For most o f his life, Gorky was obsessed with reproducing a por­ trait-shop photo o f his mother and him in his youth, and though he tried again and again, he could n ev er fin is h any attem p t. He equated finishing a painting with death. He is a clearer case o f a fact relevant to all o f us and pre­ sent in psychoanalysis. We are all dealing with the loss o f our par­ en ts (p a rtic u la rly m o th e rs), whether as dramatically as Gorky,

or simply by growing up. And in many ways, to lose something is also to internalize it — carve it in stone in sid e, in m em ory, as a safeguard against the loss.

O ur m em o ries can be weights we need to drag with us, or volumes o f creativity we are lucky enough to always have with us. It is all in how we approach it.

G e o f f G ib s o n k n o w s h is n am e is Simon, an d the things he draw s co m e true.

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Editorial offensive, Part II I am writing in response to the Tuesday, January 31, editorial entitled “Fraternal Display Offensive”. Allow me to explain what I think is offen­ sive. Offensive is the obvious preju­ dice and ignorance of your editor-inchief, Michael Broadhurst. Offensive is the manner in which fraternity members were stereotyped with com­ plete disregard for the diversity of race, religion, colour and sexual ori­ entation in the groups. Most offen­ sive, however, is the audacity with which Broadhurst claimed that Sevag Yeghoyan and Nick Benedict owed their council an apology for taking part in an event that encouraged school spirit, support for the dying campus pub, and good, clean fun.

Yes. Good, clean fun. And I challenge anyone to compare any IGLC event to any Carnival activity, varsity initia­ tion, residence party,etc. Perhaps Broadhurst is unfamiliar with these McGill endorsed activities since he seems to feel that the SSMU President having a shot of liquor in the campus bar is particularly disturbing.

February 7, 1995

My final statement on offensive­ ness: hypocrisy is offensive. If anyone holds contempt for a group that likes to enjoy one another’s company while having a few beers than I suggest you address your complaints to a universi­ ty community which desperately wants to keep Gert’s open and to a society that turns bars into the gather­ ing places for young adults. Besides, respectable, moral people have been know to drink a beer or two. Examine yourselves.

Natalie Frank IGLC VP External

Editorial offensive, Part III Your editorial concerning the IGLC talent show event has, needless to say, aroused a great deal of anger and indignation amongst members of McGill’s fraternities and sororities.

There were some (those unfortu­ nate enough to be sitting near the table of Trib staffers that night) who were upset about your conduct during the show, and the fact that you made your obvious bias clear from the onset, through your loud snickering and derogatory comments during the event. No doubt, you had a right to be there. No doubt, you had a right to

your opinion. However, as you were acting in your capacity as a journalist, you had an obligation to conduct yourself in a professional manner, and to attempt at least some semblance of objectivity, or at the very least, have an open mind. Speaking as a student who had previously held your publi­ cation in high regard, I was disap­ pointed.

IGLC’s bi-annual talent night is an event by and for IGLC members, where often the humour is derived from satirizing ourselves and the stereotype with which we feel we are labeled. Perhaps you would have real­ ized this had you had seen fit to remain for the entire show. At the very least you would have seen the winning act, which raised 200 dollars to benefit a Montreal women’s shel­ ter.

You were correct in noting that fraternity members often feel as though we are singled out for persecu­ tion. You yourself proved this very point, by taking five minutes from one ■ particular skit involving only several participants, and using it as the basis for both your editorial and a sweeping judgement of a large and diverse group, which does, in fact, consist of individuals from different cultures,

The flagship of this new fleet was the Vasa. It was a proud ship with three decks and 64 guns — one o f the T h e F a c u lty o f E p h e m e ra largest of the day. It was, however, A lex U sher somewhat short on ballast. Two min­ utes into its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbour, as the crew were The world is always beset with disasters. Since time waving to the King, a violent gust of wind tilted the ship immemorial, humans have had to deal with diverse natur­ so violently that it began taking on water through the gun al catastrophes such as those we have recently seen in ports in the third deck. It sank within minutes and 50 Japan and Europe. In addition, humans have managed to people were killed. complicate things by creating new types of disasters, like When disasters strike, everyone naturally starts rail and air crashes, wars, and university budgets. looking for other people to scapegoat. Take for instance (Why, I ask you, is David Johnston so universally- last fall’s outbreak of pneumonic plague in India. Some loved around here? The man ran the school into a $70 conspiracy-minded doctors in the region are now claim­ million hole, for God’s sake. Call him on that and he gets ing that there was never any plague at all, and that a few this slightly wounded look and points to government cases of influenza and bronchitis were blown up into a underfunding. Yet at the same time that cuts were hap­ plague scare by American doctors working through the pening and debt was mounting, Davey-boy decided it World Health Organization. The reason? The American would be a good idea to go out and hire another 200 full­ government wanted to kill India’s tourism industry in time academic staff and give them tenure! To me, this is order to harm its current-account balance, make it more the fiscal equivalent of having a drunk at the helm of a dependent upon the International Monetary Fund, and super-tanker.) thus India would be forced into changing its economy We should begin this discussion with one of the into a more open market. While amusing, this is hardly most bizarre disasters of all time: the Great Boston unprecedented. Even in the Fourteenth Century, European Molasses Disaster of 1919. At the top of Commercial port cities quarantined by the central government due to Street in Boston, there used to stand a holding tank for plague fears would often claim that it was a politicallymolasses, 50 feet in diameter, owned by the Purity motivated conspiracy to deny them their trading income.

Distilling Company. On January 15, 1919, the tank was If conspiracy theories about disasters should be full-to-overflowing. Many people later claimed that the taken with a grain of salt, then tales of disasters them­ tank was overfilled in anticipation of prohibition, which selves should also be viewed with suspicion. The death would soon become law. At 12:30 that day, one of the toll of the “massacre” at Timisoara in 1989, which led to tank’s side panels gave out, and 2.3 million gallons of the overthrow of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, boiling molasses poured down Commercial at about 40 was at the time set at anything up to 60,000 , but later km/h in a huge 30-foot wave. Trolley-cars were smashed discovered to have been no more than 60. Lists of great and people caught in the molasses were cooked to death. disasters often include the “great” earthquake of Calcutta, After five minutes, the wave had subsided, but dozens of which allegedly killed 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 people in 1737. horses were still stuck knee-deep in the congealing goo.

Geologists have always thought this was crap since Over 100 horses — trapped like flies in amber — had to C alcutta is nowhere near a significant fault-line. be shot that day. The death toll for humans, meanwhile, Historians pooh-poohed it as well, since the city was only was 21. Residents of Little Italy maintained that molasses founded in 1689 and was known to have had only 40,000 could still be seen seeping out from sidewalk cracks for a inhabitants in the 1750s. No one is quite sure where the full 30 years after the event. story started, but the balance of evidence does seem to One o f the great military disasters o f all time show that it never happened. belongs to the Swedes — which is probably fitting, given But of course, we can always look on the bright side their known warlike traits which have been documented of things. In the face of the adversity which disaster at length by such learned men as Don Cherry. Suffice to brings, we can always draw lessons for the future. I am say that back in the first half of the Seventeenth Century, reminded here of Edward Kennedy’s response when he Swedes were indeed keen to “grind it out in the comers” was asked: “did you learn anything from your experience if the future of Protestantism was at stake. In the late at Chappaquiddiq?”. He said: “Yes. The lesson is: don’t 1620s, as the Swedes prepared to “jump the boards” to drive across narrow bridges when you’re pissed out of help their German Lutheran comrades from getting your mind.” Or something like that. smacked silly by the Catholic Habsburgs, King Gustavus Adolphus ordered the construction of a new war fleet.

Alex Usher’s filing system is a disaster

backgrounds and sexual orientations... virtually all walks of life at McGill.

I was in the audience and heard the same words you did. And contrary to what you implied, I wasn’t laugh­ ing. Perhaps if you had made any attempt to accurately gauge audience reaction, or given anyone involved a chance to make a statement, you would have been able to write a fair editorial.

You are quick to demand apolo­ gies for conduct that night... I feel you owe an apology to every McGill stu­ dent that pays fees to your publica­ tion, expecting unbiased reporting and professionalism from your staff.

Kerry Patterson U2 Political Science.

Editorial offensive, Part IV I am writing this letter in response to the extremely inaccurate and offensive editorial of January 31 of this year. It seems as if Broadhurst has forgotten two cardinal rules of writing for a newspaper: context and research. He begins his editorial by quoting certain statements made on stage. What he neglects to mention is that most of these comments are excerpts from films. Many of the pre­ sentations were parodies of such films as Pulp Fiction and The Jerky Boys.

They were not statements of anyone’s attitudes or beliefs, as Broadhurst would like to have readers believe. If Broadhurst would have bothered to inform himself as to the origin of these statements, he would have known.

Besides “missing the boat” on parody, Broadhurst’s knowledge of satire also seems to be non-existent.

Members of fraternities and sororities are well aware of how certain individ­ uals perceive them. The balance of the skits were simply satirical dis­ plays of these people’s views. The laughter that Broadhurst alludes to stems from the fact that people who have no contact with the Greek com­ munity at McGill, people who have little or no information about the Greek community, come to stereotype members of fraternities and sororities as Broadhurst has. That is, as “white, heterosexual, upper-middle class, beer-drinking, party-loving skirt chasers.” I wonder what empirical evidence Broadhurst has collected to allow him to justifiably (in his own mind) brand 346 members o f the IGLC as such.

You want to talk about discrimi­ nation? It is quite obvious by his col­ umn that it is Broadhurst who has dis­ criminated. He clearly did not bother to research the facts. In addition, to perpetuate his views, he felt it unnec­ essary to relate the proper context of the events transpired. The purpose of an editorial is for a seemingly “enlightened, intelligent, and sensi­ tive” individual to express an informed opinion. Evidently this was not Broadhurst’s intention. Instead, he used his position as editor-in-chief as an opportunity to slander an organiza­ tion comprising 346 members, who collectively raise tens of thousands of dollars per year for various charities.

Shawn Wolfson

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Graffiti artists don’t pay for their advertising Continued from Page 1 Z ëlo n see s g r a ffiti as the highest exem plification o f free­ dom o f speech; it cannot be cen­ sored.

“It will be seen by everyone, it doesn’t matter if you’re ten or eighty years old.”

Z ë lo n fe e ls th at g r a ffiti forces people to reflect on things, no m atter how unpleasant they may be. He cited two slogans that he has re c e n tly seen on S tLaurent Boulevard. One reads: “If voting could change som e­ thing it would be illegal” ; another says: “Silence — on tue” .

“R ig h t away it m akes you think o f the violence in Bosnia,” Zëlon commented. “I ’m surprised that there isn’t more graffiti out th ere c o n sid e rin g the cu rren t p o litica l situ ation. B a ck when they were passing B ill 101, there wasn’ t a bus shelter in the city that was safe.”

Barry Martin Tarasofsky is a fou rth -y ear C on co rd ia student and an independent film m aker who is ju st finishing production on W ritin g S k ills , a m ovie he film e d la s t su m m er abou t M o n tre a l g r a ffiti a rtis ts . He claimed there are several reasons why people create graffiti.

“There’s the outlaw element, the fame element, an opportunity to e x p re ss th e m se lv e s, and a chance to ride the wave o f being the best at what they are doing,” said Tarasofsky.

“Y o u do it fo r fam e. Y ou don’t get recognised as a regular artist,” said the Montreal graffiti artist known only as “Flow. ” Fame appears to be the buzz­ word o f the entire Montreal graf­ fiti com m unity. H ow ever, it is not fam e in the co n v e n tio n a l sense o f the word. Seeing the tag

in five-foot-tall letters all over the home in that kind o f place,” said graffiti artists in Montreal, who c a ll th e m se lv e s “ c re w s ” . city makes it become larger than Lepine.

Currently, there are two crews in G a u tie r said th at blam in g life; a name like Flow can take on a life o f its own. But most artists g ra ffiti fo r urban d ecay is an Montreal who have dubbed them­ selves THC and DTC. do not have any delusions that oversimplification.

“THC and DTC will hit any­ “G raffiti is not the cause of painting their nicknames through­ urban decay, it’ s a symptom. It th in g w ith no d iffe re n tia tio n out the c ity w ill m ake them wouldn’t happen if young people between time and space. They’re famous. in te re s te d in the v an d alism “Flow is more interested in had more positive reinforcement. fame within a limited circle in the S o m e you ng p eo p le h ave n ot aspect,” explained Gautier.

M a in k , a m em b er o f the counter-culture,” elaborates Gau­ been able to develop their inter­ ests and skills. They have no out­ THC crew, confirmed this. tier.

“I want to see graffiti every­ G raffiti artists hope that by let for expressing these sk ills,” where, in the m etro, on all the said Gautier. giving their names as much expo­ walls and on every post.” Maink “W e ’ ve been aw are o f the sure as possible it will somehow is currently on probation and worm its way in to the has been forced temporarily city’s collective conscious­ into retirement. ness. “ Q r a f f i t i i s n o t t h e c a u s e o f On the other hand, there W riters choose their are a rtists lik e F lo w who u r b a n d e c a y , i t ’s a s y m p t o m . ” tags based on nicknames, seem to have set rules about w ords they lik e , or ju s t what is and is not acceptable words or letters that are — L o u i s e Q a u t i e r , in graffiti art. visually pleasing. But tags e x p e r t o n g r a ffit i in M o n t r e a l “ I d o n ’ t do m uch on are more than ju st names. buildings that are clean. I try Although tags alone seem to stick to abandoned build­ to be pure vandalism, they ings and around M ont R o y a l,” are trying to create a new persona prog ress g r a ffiti is m aking in Montreal. W e’ve been investigat­ explained Flow. In addition, he and redefine themselves.

“Now young people are say­ ing groups that are tagging,” said believes that graffiti has no place on Montreal’s older buildings. ing, ‘we’ve been told who we are Lepine.

Gautier said Flow is dedicat­ The penalty for graffiti is a but we don’t really know who we are’ ,” said Gautier. “Tags don’t fine (fines start at $50) plus the ed to g r a ffiti as an art form because he has invested signifi­ have much value as art, but they c o s t o f cle a n in g the g r a ffiti. serve more as a way o f under­ According to Lepine, in order to cant amounts o f time and money into his work. Unlike most graffi­ lay charges, police have to “catch standing their new identity.” the writer in the act” . Only one ti artists, he claims he buys all his D e te c tiv e -c a p ta in Yvon Lepine, the coordinator for graffi­ graffiti artist, who called himself own paint and estim ates he has spent over $2,000 in the past two P sych , was sentenced to serve ti investigations for M UC said years. He will spend between five time in jail. the C ity o f M o n tre a l spends G a u tie r cau tio n ed a g ain st to e ig h t hours w o rkin g on a $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 a y ear to re p a ir the dismissing graffiti as simple van­ piece. damage caused by graffiti.

“Flow is developing a philos­ “I don’t know why they do dalism.

“T h ey have thought about ophy, it’s not just writing on the it, it ’ s ju st damaging. It makes wall,” said Gautier. people insecure when they walk th ese th in g s, so m etim es what F lo w started h is g r a ffiti down a street where there’s a lot they will do is make piece books, with sketches, notes on size and career two years ago in Montreal o f graffiti,” said Lepine. a fte r v is itin g New Y o rk C ity L ep in e b e lie v es there is a colour structures,” said Gautier. where he was amazed with both link between urban decay and the “The youth are creating their own the quality and the quantity o f the landmarks.” frequency o f graffiti. g raffiti there. There were legal There are groups o f young “You will not want to rent a

walls in parking lots where artists had put up huge murals. In con­ tra st, a req u est to a M o n treal p ark in g lo t ow n er to p a in t a mural on one o f his w alls was refused because the owner said that people would be afraid to park their cars there.

Gautier suggested that insti­ tutionalising graffiti will enable certain people to use their skills to becom e legitim ate artists or designers. “ B y p ro v id in g law s and encouraging youths to develop th eir ta le n ts, we w ould allow them to be recognised in a legiti­ mate way. They want reco g n i­ tion,” said Gautier.

Indeed, a few Montreal graf­ fiti artists have been able to make money doing commissioned art­ w ork. F o r exam p le, Flow was h ired by the prod u cers o f the American police drama Sirens to design and paint a graffiti back­ ground.

In addition, Zëlon was con­ tra cted to p ain t a m ural fo r a night club in Tokyo and he paint­ ed the poster for the thirteenth L es re n d e z -v o u s du cin é m a q u éb é co is film fe s tiv a l w hich started last Thursday.

According to Gautier, graffiti artists feel the need to represent th e m se lv e s in p u b lic sp a ce because they feel that they are not represented. She believes we are seeing the development o f a youth counter-culture that tran­ scends a lot o f the divisions that exist in Quebec society.

“T h e g ra ffiti cu ltu re goes beyond trad ition al boundaries rather than em phasise cultural b a ck g ro u n d , h isto ry and skin colou r, they are going beyond differences that many are trying to maintain,” stated Gautier.

The hype of race treason: not a question of loyalty S p it I t ■ In my opinion, the articles in the Utne R ead er are generally of a higher calibre than the tripe one finds in Time and N ew sw eek. It’s like M o th er J o n e s wrapped in slightly more respectable journalis­ tic packaging.

It was in jThe Blast! (contro­ versy g alo re) sectio n o f the December issue that I came across an interview with Noel Ignatiev, co-editor o f R a ce T raitor maga­ zine. My hackles were raised for what I thought was going to be a shock-value laden, shallow, riduculous philosophy on how to cure racial tension and save the world at the same time.

But Ignatiev did not offer the means to salvation (whew!). And his supposedly radical suggestions

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to ease “black/white” conflict were not... well, that radical.

The argum ent rests on the prem ise that the em phasis on “race” is misplaced because the idea o f race is not a co n crete notion. In other words, we should recognise that our identification of skin co lo u r — b la ck , yello w , brown, red, or white — is a result o f culture and conscious choice rather than simple matter of biolo­ gy. In fact, the idea of race has its roots in the 1600s when EuropeanAmericans used it as a means to keep African Americans in slav­ ery.

So where does that take us?

According to Ignatiev, most of the responsibility has to be delegated to white people to re je c t their

“whiteness”: they have to become “race traitors”.

“A traitor to the white race is someone who is nominally classi­ fied as white, but who defies the rules of whiteness so flagrantly as to jeopardize his or her ability to draw upon the privileges o f the white skin.” For Ignatiev, whites have certain social responsibilities that they are capable of fulfilling due to the social stigmas attached to their skin colour. A large minor­ ity of white race-traitors has to be created to undercut the assumption that all whites are loyal to a system of racial oppression.

By doing that, Ign atiev claims, you recognise that ‘black’ and ‘white’ are political categories, separate from cultural ones. There is no black race or white race, just the human race.

Once one decides to abolish the “white race”, then movements against “racism” have a chance of su cceed in g . The rep ressio n o f “white suprem acy”, (hip. \yQ(4s)

will be removed giving the cu l­ tures o f African-A m ericans and other peoples of colour the option to flourish.

The whole scheme of reason­ ing sounds fairly attractive; unfor­ tunately, I don’t think it is that simple.

He suggests to respond to an a n ti-b la ck slur w ith, “Oh, you probably said that because you think I’m white. That’s a mistake people often make because I look white.” While I don’t think gun­ ning down racists is acceptable, this little retort doesn’t sit comfort­ ably in my stomach either.

In addition, Ignatiev’s argu­ ment is based on humanism, an idea that has been lying around for about 2,500 years. It says: “Except fo r som e h isto ric a l m isde­ meanours, w e’d all be the same.

W e’re all human, so why can’t we all get along?”

W hile I ’ ve always believed that harmony on some lev el is plausible. I’m a little sceptical of

universalistic approaches because they incorporate an idea that one should assim ilate to something.

For Ignatiev, it means one has to buy in to his division between the political and the cultural.

Ignatiev’ s interview doesn’t really answer the question of cul­ tural assimilation. He does address a phenomenon in which he equates “refusing to be white” with “black assimilation”. But, instead of look­ ing at the parameters around the assimilation takes place, he says that it can either be a good thing or a bad thing. F urth erm ore, his analysis is short-sighted because it only examines, in a shallow man­ ner, historical repression, not the psychological implications o f his propositions.

While I applaud him for not putting blacks and whites into victim/persecutor boxes and for see­ ing racism as an institutional prob­ lem , race treason as a theory doesn’t move beyond other “black and white” categories.

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"... when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys."

— George Orwell "Shooting an Elephant" 1936 "I had never been in my life abused by whites, but I had already become as conditioned to their existance as though I had become victim of a thousand lynchings."

— Richard Wright Black Boy, 1937 'Social responsibility', I said.

'What?'

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'Louder.' '...responsibility' 'Morel' 'Respon—' 'Repeat!'

'—sibility. ' The room filled with the uproar of laughter...

'Social...'

'What?' they yelled. '...equality —' The laughter hung smokeltke in the sudden stillness...

'Say that slowly, son!'...

'You weren't being smart, were you, boy?'...

'No, sir!' 'you sure that about 'equality' was a mistake?'

'Oh, yes, sir,' I said. 'I was swal­ lowing blood.'

— Ralph Ellison Invisible Man, 1947 "Grandma had said many times that any black man placed in authority was worse on his own people that any white man would be... black people never feeling comfortable enough to trust their own to be their political leaders...

I belted out my rendition of 'God Save Our Gracious Queen'."

— Cecil Foster No Man in the House, 1991 “...shouting LET MY PEOPLE GOI when it was necessary, whispering it during those times when whispering was wisest.

And he was heard."

Ralph Ellison Invisible Man, 1947 "As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me — although you're older —- and white — and somewhat more free."

— Langston Hughes "Theme for English B", 1959 "...our landlord hanged himself in the basement. The Daily News reported that the suicide was caused by his despondency over the fact that he finally had to rent to Negros."

— Audre Lorde Zami 1982

Shakti is a student-run collec­ tive for women of colour at McGill.

It was created under the Women's Union in the fall of 1992 in hopes of alleviating the sense of alien­ ation felt by women of minority backgrounds in the university com­ munity.

Maneesha Dhecka, a U3 anthropology/political science stu­ dent with a minor in women's stud­ ies, is one of the founding mem­ bers of Shakti. She felt that the Women's Union carried out its mandate to offer a sanctuary for women, but that its structure was geared towards the white, middleclass.

"There was hardly anything on race or class. It was basically about sexuality," she said. "There was nowhere to go to address this problem."

She claimed that Shakti func­ tions on two aspects. The first is to provide moral support to women of colour. In its first year, Shakti activi­ ties consisted primarily of informal meetings where members disclosed and shared previous experiences that were significant to them as minority women. The second was to participate in events such as Dorm Raps, International Women's Week and the December 6 Memorial Service.

Towards the en d of the winter semester of 1993, QPIRG (Quebec Public Interest Research Group), with the intention of diversifying their

Union had a dominant voice," she stated. "Now that we are more independent, it is easier to meet our own needs."

Deckha stresses, however, that Shakti is not about separation, but coalition. Many of its activities are carried out in coordination with other groups.

"We wanted to make feminism inclusive of [race and class] because it is too narrowly-defined," Deckha explained. "It is about see­ ing interconnections between social structure." Added Deckha, "If you fail to see the links, you fail to see how the system operates."

Ayesha Reckhi, a U2 political science student and Shakti mem­ ber, commented on why such a group was necessary.

"Groups on campus attempt to deal with multiple issues, but really deal only with one issue. There was a need for a space where women of colour could discuss and organise," she said.

Collectives for minority women,, however, are still rare in Canada. Deckha explained that instances and incidents of racism in the past have been better docu­ mented in the United States than in Canada, resulting in a lack of attention paid to the subject.

"It takes a lot to get out of the mindset, to recognise that racism is a problem," she said.

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approached the collective and asked that it leave the Women's Union to join them.

The possibility of greater funding appeared promis­ ing to Shakti mem­ bers who were having difficulty purchasing books and attracting speakers with the limited amount of funding available through the Women's Union. In hindsight, Deckhi considers joining QPIRG a good decision.

"When we were with the Women's Union, cooperation was not happening. The Women's

“Lesbians were probably the onfy Black and white women in New York City in the fifties who were mak­ ing any real attempt to communicate with each other."

— Audre Lorde Zami 1982 "I had now seen at dose quarters the haughty white men who made the laws... and I no longer felt bound by the laws which white and black were supposed to obey in common."

— Richard Wright Black Boy, 1937

The Montreal Women's Centre, while offering services for new immigrants, does not run any special programs geared towards women of colour.

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"It is not my show, it's wher However, the lack of request people have voices," sai does n<Jt illustrate that the problem Katezda. "If something needs to b does no! exist. Saroj Pereira of the addressed, if something needs t Quebel Committee in Support of be done, or voiced, they [Shak Visible Minority Women, an organ­ members] come to the show. " isation Hal runs a referral service, As the collective is set j: a liaison office and a political nan-hierarchical system, me-i action group, noted that women of of Shakti are not ossigned specifi colour might be simply intimidated jobs. The productivity of such a by centres for women that are pre­ organisation has. been put nt dominantly white. question.

"Sometimes, their needs are "It comes down to administre not heard, or are not a priority in tion and drudgery work," sai! women's groups," says Pereira. "At Deckha. "It ends up being the red other titles, it's not that they aren't ly committed people who are a asked or given the opportunity, the ball in terms of what's goin: they simply fee! inferior." on."

A collective like Shakti, howev­ However, as Rekhi points ou er, might not have solved the prob­ the group is too small to form an lem. Of me core members of the hierarchies or assigned positions. group, there are no latinos, native In upcoming months, Shak Canadians, or East Asians. Deckha will be concentrating their qfforl acknov\|J|jged that there might be on Internationa] Wbmen's Wee several reasons for this trend. and the Women's He rlt "One of the reasons is the Symposium. demographics -||jp: M c G illjp has a Ijrgcr Arab, South Asian and By Dawn W estlly poffttei of Alrica. It i Black comsubj«S<5f to cover in a munity , " The African studies program History of Africa f s t a t e Ip here at McGill is the only one of its twelve thouson-1 yea D ec L ha kind offered in. Canada. Although six months and as c "The nSHre other universities offer courses per­ only on West AH Shakti GOjjId tainingHoi Afric# including a com­ Astrid Jacques c also be ¥nis- prehensive Black studies'program in the prog tom anc leading as at Dalhousie, McGill offers the. : coordinator for the [ it is a Hindu only program.w'-h a specific focus Network, charged tf term refer/ on were often Euroc.entr Africa,. However, this as:sp€ ................v . ring to a shortcoming according the stu-T "W e had m female cos­ dents of the program «‘.ho ish to telling us French co good for Africa ar mic ener­ see the curriculum expanded because they built h The program presently offers' gy" To fam­ d- inter-discfiplinary major com-.; Jacques.

Apart from ne iliarise stu­ posed of courses with i ignificant dents with portion of African content or relat­ des, the student o S h a k t i , ed subjects. The African Studies been working 1 9 9 1 /1 9 9 2 year ft M c G § I I Student’s Committee, however, radio sta­ claim that the some of the courses curriculum to includf tion CKUT offered were arbitrarily pulled from people of African c broadcasts other disciplines and have tittle rel­ Diaspora. The n« evance to the study of Africa. As would be called a show cal led Jwistin.g well, the students have charged Africana studies ai T o n g u e s . that some of the courses offered 'about through a th< I lasted by are too broad or selective in what haul of the cours offered in order m| Shakti mem­ they cover.

Vanessa Cardy is the student topics into; the curric ber Rumbi representative for the African priority of the progn Ka t e z d a , Studies Program Faculty Council sure the anthropoloc the show who finds the program in many to hire an Africa ni ex a m in e s ways inadequate.

Professor Dan Aaror international fc, "I would like to see more last spring. issues from courses offered on specific coun­ "The anthropolo; the view or tries in Africa as opposed to is looking for a; new mi nor i t y attempting Jf6 offer courses like the they aren't specified. women.

The changing face

community/sector of Halifax, NS which was bulldozed down in 1966 — George Elliot Clarke "Campbell Road Church”, 1983 "No Negroes in my environment had ever thought of organising... they knew Hat the whites would have retaliated with swift brutality. So, pre­ tending to conform to the laws of the whites, grinning, bowing, they let their fingers stick to what they could touch."

— Richard Wright Black Boy, 1937 "I grew Black as Seboulisa... One

day...my sisters were talking about someone being Coloured...

'What does Colored mean?' I asked. To my amazement, neither one of my sisters was quite sure.

— Audre Lorde Zami 1982

" The intellect needs the guts and adrenaline that horrific suffering and anger, evoked by some of the pieces, catapult us into. " — Gloria Anzaldûa Haciendc Caras, Una Entrada, 1990 "I am not a revolutionary.

I don't even like political poems..

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History Month ’acial harassment: looking at the options ■•Pasomüa Shah University grievance procedures ocross mada have come under close scrutiny in sponse to the rising concerns of students ro feel that current measures inadequately :al with the problem of racial harassment, ot surprisingly, reactions by university (ministrations have been mixed, ranging >tn proposals to complete overhauls.

McGill, which has no formal racial irassment policy, resides in the former catjory. Proposed revisions to the university -xual harassment policy sent to Senate eluded a recommendation that McGill ;plore the possibility of implementing a sneral harassment policy, including racial irassment. Even though the revisions were iected, the Senate subcommittee on race lotions has decided to begin preliminary guides.

1 Those involved in recent racial harass­ ent policy initiatives believe the current poly is (iddled with problems. xOne of the big problems under the cur­

rent grievance procedures is that there is nothing to say that people have training for racial harassment. I would personally be afraid to enter a procedure that did not pro­ vide sensitivity training on issues around race," said Konrad Ng, Arts Representative and member of the self-initiated Student Work Group for the Implementation of a Racial Harassment Policy.

In addition, some students want a poli­ cy analogous to the recently revised sexual harassment policy.

"We don't have a policy. There are too many loopholes, too many flaws, too many problems. Racial harassment is an offence onto itself and should be treated as such," said Soraya Hassanali, member of the Senate subcommittee on Students with Disabilities and a member of the work group.

If McGill chooses to adopt such a poli­ cy, there are several models and recommen­ dations available at other universities that McGill can refer to.

University of Victoria has chosen a gen­

eral harassment policy that incorporates sep­ arate procedures for several types of discrim­ ination including gender, race, disability, and sexual orientation. University of British Columbia and the Canadian Federation of Students have designed similar policies.

In contrast, University of Western Ontario has adopted a specific race rela­ tions policy that has mandated an office be established to oversee all complaints con­ cerning racial harassment.

Among the universities which have undertaken reviews regarding race relations, University of Guelph's recommendations make a radical departure from most poli­ cies, according to several sources. Ouiside of establishing regular educational proce­ dures and mandating community service for race relations officers, the Task Force on Anti-Racism and Race Relations emphasises the role of institutional racism within acade­ mia.

Reports like these are what should be initiated at McGill, according to the student working group. Rising concern by this group

over McGill's lack of racial harassment poli­ cy has led them to construct a presentation for the Race Relations committee on February 10.

"We were concerned at the rate at which the official subcommittee was work­ ing. They were slow to get organised. What was coming out was alarming to us," said Hassanali. "In my opinion, McGill is adopt­ ing an ostrich attitude."

Janet Oh, SSMU representative on the Senate subcommittee of race relations, explained McGill's supposed slow reaction.

"We are taking precautions because of experiences at other Ontario universities which have been at the forefront of racial harassment policies. For example, Western's race relations centre suffered extreme back­ lash. They have again put their policy on review," said Oh. "What the committee is doing now is to review policies of other universities and meeting with students and staff to find out the needs of McGill so it doesn't happen here."

African studies A lesson in C a n a d ia n history

By Ioyce Iau an Africanist. If we do not have another professor our already nar­ Dorothy W. Williams is a Canadian row course options will be even historian specialising in Montreal studies. narrower" said Cardy.

She spoke with the Tribune about what The African studies program is she calls the Human Rights Movement. presently attempting to extend itself Tribune: What are some problems in order to offer a minor, but Professor Echenberg who is chair­ ; concerning the Human Rights Movement?

W illiam s: There are people who man of the program, does not see don't know what they want, who just yell any broad expansion of the pro­ to be yelling. Everyone has gut reactions. gram in the near future.

But if I dare speak, I must go beyond.

"We want to be able to offer rofessor We all have our biases which we have to ism was a minor in the program as well but recognise Sometimes I have to steal > people this is a difficult time for expansion.

We have to understand the finan­ dIs ," said myselt ST from my own natural reaction, cial reality — when times get bet­ Sometimes, I c rit my teeth and say qu< rua- ter maybe we will be able to 'C'mon, girl' and keep moving on throug ittee has expand," said Echenberg. the metro. W e are always fighting The program has not changed ce the against our natural, ingrained xenopho­ iaden the into Africana studies as yet and it bia. study of will probably be many years Trib: As a Canadian historian, can ;nt in the before it does. In the mean time you comment on Africville, which was on crogram the program has succeeded in the outskirts of Halifax, Nova Scotia? ick and overcoming the threats to its exis­ W illiam s: The Maritimes have the rill come tence that arose last spring and largest number of Canadian-born blacks. rjh over- appears to be revitalised with sev­ Blacks came up during the American iresently eral new goals.

Revolution, the War of 1812, and even "Since last spring when the ent these before that, which means that these fami­ . The first program was threatened by sever­ lies have been there for six or seven gen­ s to pres- al impending retirements, the erations. Unfortunately, even though the spartment Faculty of. .Arts and the relevant residents paid taxes, they were ignored replace deans have recognised that the by the city who did not repair roads or who left program should be preserved. That install plumbing. So Africville declined recognition is the result of student and the city later turned around and said epartment mobilisation and action. They were 'we can not have this blight in our city!' fessor but right, and as long as they still care Africville was bulldozed down in 1966 oking for we will be here," said Echenberg. and residents were relocated to city-hous­ ing complexes.

Many have now means to become unrecognizable, lost their Africville do not believe in the war between connections. It aces but in this country there is war." and to off those wings that before —Loma Dee Cervantes "Poem For you had allowed to go." was an old, —Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the established black The Young White Man Who Asked Earth community, which Me How I, An Intelligent, Well-Read Person, Could Believe In The War makes it different Between Races", 1981 from Montreal's "But a religion true to its nature must mostly immigrant also be concerned about man's black community. social conditions...Any religion that Finding your fellow countrymen Trib: Is there professes to be concerned w ith the ometimes means in this phase to will a Montreal equiv1 souls of men and is not concerned o be a nigger, not a nigger like all aient to Africville? wilht he slums that damn them and >ther niggers but a real nigger, a W illia m s : degro cur, just the sort of nigger that the social conditions that cripple them is a day-as-dust religion."

W e have what in he white man wants you to be.

—Martin Luther King my youth was Doing back to your own people called the West

broad a ïster. The to cover history in It focuses i Cardy. er student political Student's b courses

End, or Little Burgundy. It's between Guy and Atwater down by St. Antoine. There were beautiful, old houses built along St. Antoine, and when the upper class popu­ lation continued to move west, a black community moved in. However, in the '60s, the city started moving chunks of people to build new complexes because they thought that area had become a slum. Do you know what I mean by chunks of people? Whole square blocks were moved so that the city could tear down whole square blocks... There's now a reclaiming of land with new people. It's a safe, clean part of the city, but there is still that stereotype left over from the '60s that it is an American ghetto. Little Burgundy never was an American ghetto ana never will be.

T rib : Can you comment on the Montreal movement?

W illi a m s : Last night, I went to an incredible event to celebrate what Africa brought to the West. It gave us a chance to look at ourselves and to laugh at ourselves and to celebrate.

Obviously, there are still pockets of resistance and oppositions which have not changed until the nineteenth century. There will always be bigots in the class­ room, in the most progressive companies.

T rib : Do you feel that Quebec nationalistic tendencies affect the racial rights move­ ment?

W illiam s: Black activists have a devil of a time trying to reconcile Quebec's prevailing view of assimilation with wanti­ ng to promote black culture.

T rib : Is there a North American movement in general?

W illiam s: North America is becoming more brown, more like the rest of the world, which is mostly not white. We, North America, are going to be the Great Experiment in race rela­ tions — North America, not Europe or Africa or Asia. The experiment didn't get off to a great start with slavery and the

genocide of the American Indians, but we can always start now.

Trib: Do you feel that the movement is regressing because of US right-wing backlash?

W illiam s: I don't see it as going backwards, but I must admit that the right wing is trying awfully hard. The political Eenaulum swings back and forth, and this acklash is not specifically germane to racial issues Trib: How do you feel about opposi­ tions within the blacK community itself?

W illiam s: It keeps people honest.

[She laughs.] With racial issues, you con­ stantly have to redefine yourself.

Challenge yourself and others. If we can­ not take a white man's assumptions, why should he take ours? How do we know if that's the true story of how Africa devel-. oped? There are many truths out there.

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By Kate G ibbs Jan e, R obin and H olly are making a break with their pasts as they share a car trip across the U S o f A. E a ch has m em o ries she’d like to forget and circum ­ sta n ce s s h e ’ d lik e to ch a n g e, w hile th eir asp iratio n s, d isap ­ pointments and toenails are paint­ ed across the screen in fabulous Technicolor. B oys on the S ide is the story o f three women who discover a friendship which men can envy but never understand.

U nfortunately director H erbert Ross has created a female ensem­ ble film so emotionally irrespon­ sible, it deserves to be written o ff as a “chick” movie.

S tre e t-s m a rt sin g e r Ja n e (W h o o p ie G o ld b erg ) has had enough o f belting out cover tunes and getting no R -E -S -P -E -C -T from her ex -g irlfrie n d . J a n e ’ s looking to escape N YC for LA. Luckily, Robin is driving west, and too scared to go it alone. As Robin, Mary-Louise Parker plays th e w om an K aren C a rp en ter would have been if she had sold re a l e s ta te , but m u ch, m uch whiter. At first Jane believes that they are totally incompatible; she

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smokes in the car and T he Way We W ere makes Robin cry. But faster than you can say “Jersey Turnpike”, an unspoken under­ standing emerges.

En route to lotus land, the odd couple make a stop over in P ittsb u rg h to p ick up J a n e ’ s friend Holly (Drew Barrymore), a s e r ia l L o th a rio . S w e e t and moist, like a Twinkie with a ‘97 due date, Barrymore lights up the screen. In a scene swiped from Oliver Stone’s version o f H om e A lo n e, the threesom e duct-tape Holly’s abusive ex to a chair. The camera loves Drew so much that the calibre o f her performance is o f little importance.

It d oesn’t take long before the women are on the road, fugi­ tives from the law. Screenwriter Don Roos makes a ballsy refer­ ence to Thelm a a n d Louise. Jane explains, “I ’ m not going over a cliff for you two”. All the clichés have been recycled. T helm a an d L o u is e had guts and a convert­ ible, while B oys on the Side has a minivan and a cameo by the guy who played Long Duck Dong in Sixteen Candles.

The film ’s greatest weakness is its s c rip t. D e s p ite R o o s ’ s

attempt to tackle contemporary issues, his mixture o f matter-offactn ess and slip-on -a-ban an apeel makes for extremely uneven ch aracter portraits. Jan e tells a New York cabby to “go back to Pakistan”, and h er c h a r a c te r q u ic k ly lo se s m uch o f its c r e d ib ility .

F u rth e rm o re , the film refus­ es to v isu a lly confirm Jan e’ s sexual identity any fu rth er than the fa c t she plays back­ up k ey b o a rd for the Indigo G irls. D espite the unconven­ tional premise ( T erm s of E n d earm en t w ith a b la c k dyke) an H IV p o s itiv e h e t­ D riving them selves e ro s e x u a l in the film gets more action than she does. My suspicion: the produc­ ers flip p e d a c o in . I f o n ly Almodovar had a green card.

As the title attests, B oy s on the S ide breaks no new ground in the virginal territory o f fem ale ensemble films. Compared to the lu s c io u s te x tu re s o f P e te r Ja c k s o n ’ s H e a v e n ly C r e a t u r e s

Whereas the other two films cele­ brate the passion women can feel for each other, B oys on the Side is mired down by its own inten­ tions.

A road movie without a map,

in to the g ro u n d and G illian A rm stron g’ s L ittle W om en, B o y s on th e S id e is as sophisticated and w om an-posi­ tiv e as m ea t and p o ta to e s .

B oy s on the S ide deserved to be a much better film. It will make you laugh, cry, and stop the V C R when the phone rings.

Gwar.

Past projects aside, Kepone are in good company these days.

They had nothing but praise for th e ir re la tio n s h ip w ith th e ir record label. “They were on the top o f our lis t. T o u ch & Go/Quarterstick was the first and A lte rn a tiv e T e n ta c le s (w ith whom they released a 7” single) was a close second,” said Harriss.

“T h en it was G e ffe n , E p ic , A tlantic...” snickered Trask. The band praised the sincerity o f the label people along with the quali­ ty o f the roster. “The bands on Quarterstick are so diverse,” said B ish o p , citin g exam p les from bluegrass fiends the Bad Livers to veteran punks the Mekons. But why not follow in the footsteps o f Helmet and swing one o f those n ice, cushy $ 2 8 m illion dollar major label contracts?

“T h a t’ s so m eth in g w e ’ ve thought about fo r a long tim e, especially because even as long as a year and a half or two years ago, we’ve had majors approach­ ing us, and we decided early on that would not be the thing we wanted. W hat the m ajor labels are doing now are signing every band they see that could be the possible next Nirvana or whatev­ er, and where are 95 percent o f those bands a year from now ?

They end up getting completely screwed over by their contracts... for us, the most important thing is ju s t w riting good m usic and playing for people, so we try to k eep it th a t s im p le ,” B is h o p

explained.

“P erso n ally , I ’d rather put out a good re co rd , play good tours to the same amount o f peo­ ple than sign a major label deal, get all th is money in advance, s till s e ll the sam e am ount o f records, be frowned upon, and not have the support and friend­ ship we have at Touch and Go,” Trask continued.

The band’s name is as sinis­ ter as the music itself. “My par­ ents live in a town about 40 miles so u th e a st of R ic h m o n d ,” explained Bishop, “and there’s a plant there owned by the Allied Sign al C orporation, and in the m id -’ 7 0 s they were producing this ch e m ic a l p e sticid e ca lle d Kepone, and it was proven later that they had prior know ledge that the chem ical caused nerve damage. They were marketing it as a pesticide for home use.”

“Not only did it start screw­ ing up people that were working with it, but it got into the river and some o f the water supply,” said Harriss.

“They were taking barrels o f it and throwing it in the river, and th en th ey paid a ll th e se po o r m oro n s o v ertim e to go down there and clean the shit up with­ ou t any p r o te c tio n ,” B is h o p added.

W hile probably not quite as lethal, Kepone spits out their own unique and hypnotic brand o f pest control. Keep your eyes peeled for another Montreal show in the near future.

U gly Dancing with Kepone

By H arris N e wman R ich m o n d , V ir g in ia ’ s Kepone (key-pone) can’t possibly have a good im pression o f the Great White North. They’d spent the better part o f their last couple days dealing with a major acci­ dent on the 401 that put th eir soundman in the hospital with a fractured disc and the rest o f the band in pain and shock. B ut it evidently takes more than a nearfa ta l accid en t to keep K epone from bringing their music to the m any, as they proved at th eir February 2 show with Helmet at Café Campus.

The trio consists o f M ichael B is h o p (v o c a ls/ b a ss), T im H arriss (vocals/guitar) and Ed Trask (drums), each a veteran o f oth er b ig tim e p ro je c ts (G w ar, Burma Jam and the Holy Rollers respectively). The music, which sounds as if its been marinating in their ch em ical nam esake, is manic, busy and intense both live and on their Quarterstick records debut, Ugly D a n ce . The album lumbers along at an unwavering pace. ‘Shit T alk ’ sounds like an ep ileptic Nomeansno, rife with sludgy, syncopated guitar and b a ss. ‘E en ie M e e n ie ’ co u p les ex tra -p ro lific, bullet-train bass and spot-on guitar and drums.

‘S illy S a lly ’ bounces along at b reak n eck speed, ow ing equal dues to the Bad Brains and the Minutemen. Although the album only came out last summer, the m a te ria l was reco rd ed in

November o f 1993. “ ‘Sick River’ and ‘Lead B reath ’ are the very first songs we wrote, rehearsing in a basem ent w ithout [form er drummer] Seth,” said Bishop.

Constant touring and a new drummer have made them anx­ ious to kick out the next record.

“W e’re recording in April for a release at the end o f August. We played five o f those new songs tonight,” said Harriss.

H aving toured with many

Touch & Go related entities this p ast y e a r, in clu d in g m u sica l p eers M u le, the Je s u s L izard , A rc w e ld e r and P e g b o y , the Helmet opening slot might seem a little weird. “W e want to mix it up,” explained Bishop, who also confessed to some touring with m e ta llo id s C o rro sio n of Conformity. And the touring has been almost non-stop.

“W e had to slow down and take this big break and work in the new drum­ m e r,” said B is h o p , “but w e ’ ve b een touring steadi­ ly s in c e Ed jo in e d the b a n d .” And c o n s id e rin g the tour expe­ rie n c e the m e m b e r s h a v e, its not a ll th at su r­ p risin g that K ep o n e are e n jo y i n g th e m s e lv e s th e se d ays.

“I t ’ s lik e a p ic n ic , it’ s re a lly e a s y ,” said B is h o p , ev id en tly not overly nostal­ g ic abou t his days o f blooddrenched gigs w ith re a l-life m u p p e t s

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Al tf ififfVl*1V* February 7th, 1995

Roman Polanski’s tortured frontiers between vengeance and the letter-of-the-law begin to blur.

Doubts abound. What certainty has the audience that the crazed After his successful novel-toPaulina has taken the right prison­ movie transfer in L ittle W om en, er? And if Dr. Miranda is in fact Roman Polanski now offers D eath and the M aiden, a highly charged proven guilty, to what extrem e m ust P au lin a go to s e ttle the psycho-thriller w hose stage-toscreen transition has established a score?

M ost skillful­ new standard fo r ly, Polanski makes m arriage o f film T h e a v e n g in g it far from easy for and theatre. the jury to reach a Set fifte e n a n g e l tr a n s fo r m s v erd ict. P la cin g years after a m ili­ t h e s it u a t io n in to the d efen d an ttary d icta to rsh ip a c o u r t r o o m b a t ­ prosecutor-defence “som ew here in t le w it h o n ly o n e law y er trio , ( t r i­ Sou th A m e ric a ” , umphantly played D e a th a n d T he g o a l in m in d .

by Ben K ingsley, M a id e n exam in es the psychological shell-shock o f Weaver and Stuart W ilson) in a inescapable single-set interior, the P a u lin a E sc o b a r (S ig o u rn e y director streamlines excruciating Weaver), whose past as a political scenes o f courtroom drama. It is prisoner haunts her present state torturously. A chance encounter here, within the confines o f the with Paulina’s ‘presumed torturer’ isolated Escobar beach-house, that (played by Ben Kingsley as the Paulina attempts to suffocate Dr. deviant Dr. M iranda) lends an M iranda into a confession. The au d ience’ s judgem ents may be opportunity for confrontation. The avenging angel transforms the sit­ temporarily obscured by the figu­ uation into a courtroom battle with ra tiv e ly d im -lit truth w hich only one goal in mind: to punish Polanski artfully compounds with the guilty and satisfy herself with the electrical shortage in the area.

Mother Nature’s lightning bolts, some sort o f ju stic e . O nce the thunder and rain leaves little to no trial is underway, Polanski then leaves his juried audience with the doubt in our mind o f M iranda’s well-cloaked guilt. challenge o f deciding on a verdict.

W h ile film ad aptations o f However, as the plot advances, the

By Kristina H orwitz and Laura Bradbury_________

Summoned to T h e T r i a with whips and chains

By Rachel Stokoe If you sit on the Arts steps sometime in the next few days, you may find yourself ambushed and con v ok ed to appear fo r a trial. If the man with the mask and leather whip is any indication o f what you can expect from the play he is a d v e rtisin g , then Tuesday N ight C afé T h e a tre ’ s T rial o f Judith K. promises to be an evening in true Kafka style.

M att S m all was driven to direct Sally Clark’s adaptation o f Kafka’s The T rial because o f her “perfect synthesis” o f Kafkaesque absu rd ity and h er own iro n ic com ical commentary on gender re la tio n s . In the shadow o f C lark’ s black humour are some intriguing issues. A ccording to Small, she points out clichés and questions so cietal assum ptions “w ithou t h ittin g the au d ience over the head” with a preachy serm on on m o ra lity . In stea d , Small finds Clark’s play to be a “racy, absurd, scathingly funny affair”.

Small describes the protago­ n ist as a banker thrown into a Byzantine ju stice system which has gone out o f control. Sm all feels that Clark is raising both the issues of victimisation o f the indi­ vidual in modern bu reau cratic structures, and the treatment o f women in society. The vehicle for C lark’ s message is a wry ‘post­ modern’ wit which Small feels is

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Small promises unremitting comedy once you’ve entered the trial. Members o f the cast are to be scatted through the audience; and even during intermission, the action is far from over. All these factors add to the alter world that Small has actively tried to create.

Ideally, he believes the audience will enjoy the play as a fun-filled couple o f hours, but w ill com e away reflecting upon diametrical­ ly opposed to the issues the play’s deep sard onic d ro llery ra ises.

Small hopes that the audience’ s reactio n w ill be much lik e his own when he first read the play.

He was shocked to find him self laughing at Clark’s mean-spirited com ed y. A cco rd in g to S m a ll, Clark has m asterfully made the play flow on its “bitingly funny c y n ic ism ” . As the ad vertisin g poster itself suggests, “Resistance is futile... It’s so damn funny.”

I f you w ant to s e e this p r o ­ duction f o r fr e e , Sm all is looking f o r loud an d ob sc en e p e o p le to sit in the au dien ce an d interact with the play. C a ll TNC a t 3 9 8 -6 6 0 0 f o r m ore inform ation. F o r the rest o f you, tickets a r e $ 7 f o r adu lts a n d $ 5 f o r s t u d e n ts . It ru n s F eb ru a ry 9-11, 14-16 in M orris Hall.

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shifty-eyed glance at a first love who turns out to be as empty as the trends she follows. All in all, this is a nice little chunk of hummable songs that may not change the world but are darn good to skate to.

— Sue G lover

There is an Everclear sticker on the bottom o f my skateboard, and although I can’t for the life of me remember why, how, or when it got there, out of board loyalty I went to their Montreal show a few months ago. The threesome were loud, tight and intense, and made the blood pound happily in my ears. World o f Noise, the Portland, Oregon band’s latest, is a bit qui­ eter than their live show, unless one turns up the volum e with n eig h b o u r-alien atin g fe ro city .

Either way, I liked this album: it puts a tw ist on the three-chord punk sound we’ve all had dinned

M TV T he U n p lu g g ed C o lle c t io n Volume 1 (Warner Brothers) As fresh fodder for m ain­ stream music junkies devouring the current wave o f compilation albums saturating the market, this first volume o f selected tracks from M T V ’ s ‘Unplugged’ show hits the ground running. And you know what? A lot of these versions actual­ ly sound better than their plugged-in origi­ n als. B y stripping down the music to its bare e ss e n tia ls , at times adding seeming­ ly u ncon v en tion al a c c o m p a n im e n t (organ , v io lin ) for good measure, these sixteen songs (many o f them classics) are redefined — not nec­ essa rily into so m e­ thing better, but cer­ tainly into something d iffere n t, unique. I hardly recognised the m ellow -yellow ver­ sion of Soul Asylum’s ‘Somebody to Shove’, notable for its original and effective string arrangement.

A similar reaction was garnered upon listening to Lenny Kravitz’s slick, southern-inspired hold-thephone-drop-everything-get-downand-grind rendition o f ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’. Neil Young’s ‘L ik e a H u rrica n e’ and A nnie L e n n o x ’ s ‘W h y ’ deserve h on ­ ourable mentions as well. Best of all, however, is Paul McCartney’s botched intro to the Beatles’ ‘We Can W ork It Out’ ; “I t ’ s been a long time” Paul assures us in that endearing, honest voice o f his.

These are real people behind the m ike. If you can coax you rself beyond the flagrant commercial­ ism behind such an enterprise,

into our heads lately by adding feedback and a sort of backwoods feel to the vocals. O K, so that sounds like grunge, but I don’t care what you call it, W orld o f N oise is a well-intentioned release, with some brilliant lyrics sand­ wiched in between the usual angstfilled themes of our age. For exam­ ple, ‘Pennsylvania Is...’ is a nasty little ja b at that state’ s recently imposed restrictions on a woman’s choice to have an abortion. The line, “She feels just like a hostage in her home” sticks in one’s head and echoes with the meaning that Pearl Jam strives so hard to con­ vey. ‘S ick & T ired ’ could be a generational anthem, full o f selfloathing and blaming the grown­ ups, while ‘Sparkle’ is a bitter,

Keith M urray The M ost B eau tifu llest Thing In This World (Jive/BMG) It seems Jive records has an endless roster of, uh ‘talent’ at its disposal these days. One o f the more promising releases to come out of a string of recent mediocrity is Keith Murray. Perhaps it’s the ample help he received from for­ mer E P M D er E ric k Serm on, Redm an and a host o f others.

Perhaps it’s the ease with which the hip-hop nation has zoned in on the first single and album’s name­ sake. More likely it’s because of the straight up, phat and funky tracks like ‘Take it to the Streetz’ and ‘E scap ism ’ . Murray is still holding onto expired flavas-of-themonth via a barrage o f pot refer­ ences ( ‘Herb is Pum pin’ ’ , ‘Get Lifted’), and the album is rife with those damn annoying filler bits.

Murray’s high voice gets a little whiny at times and fails to proper­ ly seduce, but his flow never fails, and it sounds like him and Sermon have been studying up on their Low End Theory. Check the rhyme kids, Murray is more than just a one hit wonder.

— H arris Newman R u sty S/T (Handsomeboy) Formed from than remnants of longtime angry young T o ro n to n ian s One Free Fall, Rusty have thrown this debut EP into the public sphere and the jaws of many a rabid record execu­ tiv e. G ranted, the attention is deserved.

R usty k ick out 20 minutes o f raunchy, hot-rodded ra ceca r rock and dirty power pop. The styles jump around from song to song, but think along the lin es o f a good G reen Day w ithout the p seu d o -E n g lish a ccen t, or perhaps B l e a c h - e r a N irvana. G rit and grime guitars, throaty vocals remi­ n iscent o f Sam iam w ithout the emo-approved broken hearts, each track tells its own story. ‘Wake

M e’ has a touch of candy coated angst à la Smashing Pumpkins, ‘M iso g y n y ’ is one o f the best power anthems Neil Young never wrote, and ‘Billy Boy’ ends the EP on a frantic note. Add a poetic anthem to the queen o f Canadian country, ‘k.d. lang’, and it’s clear that Rusty are ready to blow the Canadian pop punk scene (sic) wide open. Check out the EP or hold out for the full length; the major labels aren’t going to let this one slip through their fingers.

— H arris Newman

Change of Heart Tummysuckle (Lunamoth / Virgin) It only took thirteen years of gigging and albums for Toronto alternative radio station CFNY to re co g n ise C hange o f H eart as T o ro n to ’ s best ‘new ’ unsigned band. Well. With countless mem­ bers and tours behind them, Ian Blurton and company have certain­ ly paid their dues, so it’s fitting that the cards finally seem to be com ing up in th eir favour.

C urrently out on tour with the Tragically Hip and awaiting the remixed rerelease of their original­ ly independent album Tum mysuckle, it looks as if the rest of the world will finally get to find out something Canadians have known for years: Change o f Heart rock.

This is big thick power pop music which draws on everyone from the B eatles to B lack Sabbath, com ­ plete with giant guitars, keyboards, samples and Blurton’s always con­ sistent vocals COH have managed

here to put a pretty decent piece of their hearts onto 2 ” tape. Some tracks are a little overly drenched in studio e ffe c ts to pass along C O H ’ s pants down, bare bones

live performance, but the material still maintains its edge. Staying firmly on the outskirts of any dis­ posable pop music trend, Change o f Heart have on their hands yet another slab o f timeless rock ‘n’ roll music. Unlikely to offend even the stau n ch est liste n er, this is hand-clapping, bic-waving, warm and sincere music for the masses.

— H arris Newman

J e f f Smallwood W elcome to the World (Star) J e f f Sm allw ood ’s com e far since his days o f jam m ing with Offenback buddy John McCale in slimy bars that look like som e­ one’s basement. Amidst his grow­ ing success as a hired gun with Richard Seglin and Roch Voisin, Smallwood’s put out his first CD, W elcom e to th e W orld. W ith an Eagles meets Blue Rodeo sound, Sm allw ood w eaves his way through 12 acoustic tracks. His s ty le ’ s sim ple and co n sisten t.

Tunes lik e ‘Cindy & J im ’ and ‘Red & B lu e’ have an appealing story -tellin g quality backed by familiar guitar playing. The I’veheard-this-before music and com­ mon ly rica l them es make the album a little dry. But it’s good mood music, and you can sleep to it.

— Dave M orris

Van Halen B alan ce (Warner Brothers) E d d ie, now Edward Van Halen, is 40. Tempus fugit and all that, but the boys from Amsterdam still know how to rock. Long gone are days of glitz under the leader­ ship and pipes of David Lee Roth, and here is a new work ethic. Van Halen are not the kings o f rock, but they are the Prince Regents.

Balance reflects the evolution of the band, and it w orks... som e­ times. Many of the songs are out­ standing. Some o f them are not, such as the oddity ‘Amsterdam,’ in w hich the V an H a len ’ s guitar rocks, but Sammy Hagar’s lyrics leave a lot to be desired. Ah well, the vagaries of teamwork. The bal­ lads swing more à la Bon Jovi than is perhaps strictly necessary, but hey, these boys are just having fun, hanging loose, and they’ve put out a solid , i f not earth -sh attering album. Point made.

— Nick Roy

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sionné par ses amours tumultueuses avec George Sand, il crée le personnage de Fortunio à son image.

Si la pièce avait provoqué tout un scandale au siècle dernier, elle fait doré­ navant sourire et émeut le public. Denise Filliatrault s’aventure pour la première fois au-delà de ses habituelles comédies pour offrir un classique sobre et sincère.

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au cours de la tournée provinciale qui s’ensuivra. Nathalie Coupai, dans le rôle de la briseuse de coeur (Jacqueline) est charmante tandis que son amant Y van B e n o ît (G lav aroch e) soutient son rôle avec brio. Pour sa part, Gabriel Sabourin a plongé dans sa pre­ mière interprétation profession­ nelle comme Fortunio dans ses amours, avec toute la passion de ses 25 ans.

Gabriel a tout de suite adopté le personnage de Fortunio comme le sien. Grand romantique, sincère et toujours d’une franchise désar­ mante, Fortunio s ’ enflam me au m oindre geste de la b elle Jacqueline. Gabriel défend néan­ moins l ’excessivité de son alter ego qui, selon lui, demeure plus naïf que niaiseux alors que l’amour l’aveugle. “Fortunio est en amour donc le regard des autres n’a plus aucune importance pour lui. Avec Fortunio, je suis un peu dans le vide. Il n’a pas de comportement; il aime et c ’est tout ”, soutient-il.

Curieusement, l’interprète de Fortunio n’était pas trop nerveux le soir de la première. A l ’aise sur scène, il confie que “ça prend de

l ’ in co n scien ce pour se lancer comme cela devant tout le monde”.

Après huit semaines de répétition, le comédien ressentait le besoin de se produire devant un public. “Les gens ont réagi à des phrases que j ’avais oubliées et qui sont de toute beauté. C ’est comme si cela avait fleuri et tout-à-coup, il y a plein de phrases qui devenaient magiques”, ajoute-t-il.

Finissant de la dernière cuvée de l’École Nationale, Gabriel avait déjà travaillé la pièce de Musset, en particulier la scène de la décla­ ration d’ amour. Heureusement, puisque cette scène demeure pour lui la plus difficile à traduire sur les planches. “Quand je suis seul chez moi, je ressens l ’émotion .

Mais quand tu veux commencer à le dire devant une salle de quatre cent personnes, ça ne marche plus!

Au théâtre, il faut que ça éclabousse”, déclare-t-il.

La transition entre l’école et le milieu professionnel s ’est effec­ tuée très rapidement pour Gabriel.

Un peu de chance, beaucoup de talent et une audition devant Denise Filiatrault lui ont permis de concrétiser son rêve. La grande dame du théâtre a été d’ une

ce qui résume bien le personnage selon les dires de celu i qui lui donne vie. Pour Gabriel, Fortunio demeure l’un des plus beaux rôles du théâtre classique français. Le seul défaut de Fortunio, c ’est qu’il aim e trop. Pou rtant, G ab riel Sabourin ne pourrait reprocher à son personnage d’ être ex a lté puisque ce même romantisme sem­ ble avoir envahi sa vie personnelle.

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patience et d’une honnêteté toute sp é cia le en lui la issa n t quand même une certaine liberté avec le personnage. “J ’ai une vision moins cla ssiq u e des cla ssiq u e s que Denise. Moi, je me disais pendant tout l ’été que ce gars-là était un bum. Cette image m’a servie même s’il elle a été mise de côté par la suite,” avoue-t-il.

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Redmen notch

By D ickie D unn ___________ In a pair o f matchups against some o f the weaker opponents that the league has to o ffe r, the Redmen earned four points last weekend by defeating the Ryerson R am s 6 -2 on Saturday night, b efo re sending the Laurentian U n iv ersity V oyageu rs back to Sudbury as 12-3 losers on Sunday aftern oo n . T he two v icto rie s allowed the Redmen to keep pace with Concordia for the last divi­ sion al p la y o ff berth , as the Stingers also defeated both Ontario squads over the weekend.

Heading into Saturday night’s game against the Rams, tradition­ ally a speedbag for the Far East division teams such as McGill and Concordia, the Redmen received word that veteran goaltender Richard Boscher would be return­ ing to action. Boscher, who had been suffering from stomach ail­ ments in the previous games, took over from rookie Robert Bourbeau, who perform ed adm irably in Boscher’s absence.

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romp against the Rams, it certainly took some time to develop. While M cG ill was outshot 10-6 in the first period, they did manage to draw first blood. Rugged forward Mark Shewfelt, who appeared to have an excellent scoring opportu­ nity earlier in the play, decided to circle to the top of the left circle.

The Ram s’ defence appeared to take too long to co lla p se on Shewfelt, who quickly made them pay for their mistake, putting a low, hard shot along the milky white ice past Ryerson backstop Andrew Escott.

Instead o f collapsing under the physical pressure which the Redmen easily applied to the more dim inutive R yerson squad, the Rams continued to keep the game clo se . T h eir firs t period work habits finally paid dividends, as the Rams pulled even at the 18:15 mark o f the opening frame. With the Redm en k illin g o ff Ivan M u rray ’ s tripping penalty, Ryerson sophomore forward Dany Blais threw the puck in front o f Boscher’s net, where it hit McGill captain Guy Boucher’s skate and

slid behind Boscher.

As the Redm en took the ice for the second session, it was clear that the squad was determ ined to erase all rumours that the team was m oving to Florida, as well as R y e rso n ’ s.

With the R ed­ men show cas­ ing their power play on a five on three advan­ tage 1:45 into the period, d e fe n c e m a n R y erson & L a u r e n tia n : N ot th e b es t th e le a g u e h a s to o ffe r Luc L a tu llip e blasted a slapshot, picking the left goal lead. Redman L ee A lbert, The Redmen, who jumped out comer o f Escott’s net. who played with the St. Lawrence to a 5-0 lead in the opening period, F ifty -n in e second s later University Saints hockey team as finished with a 12-3 victory. The Latullipe fired yet another long an undergraduate, added to the game, an excellent opportunity to shot. This time, the shot missed the M cG ill lead with an impressive flex some offensive muscle while net, but rebounded to Boucher in unassisted goal at the 11:26 mark padding individual statistics, saw front for an easy marker and a twoof the second session.

A lb ert, K e lly N obes, B en o it While the Rams were able to Leroux and Martin Routhier each pull within one goal 12 minutes notch two goals. Assistant captain into the third period, the Redmen Todd M arcellus scored a single quickly responded with two goals while notching five helpers in the to seal the 6-2 victory.

12-goal onslaught.

The fo llo w in g day, the The Redmen take to the ice Redmen readied them selves to next when they travel to ConU to square off against an equally hap­ face o ff against the Stingers, in less opponent in Laurentian, a what will most likely be their most and Plattsburgh making appearances in the competi­ game which becam e even more important game of the year. The tion. o n e-sid ed a fte r the V oyageu r matchup against Concordia is the “ This week I’m hoping to qualify in the 1000m coach suspended six of his players annual Corey Cup game, and will race,” said Mullins, “Linda might help me by pacing it after they missed curfew the night take place next Tuesday night at for me and then dropping out.” before.

7:30 p.m. at Loyola Arena.

The McGill invitational event, slated for 11:00 a.m. at the new fieldhouse, will likely provide an early glimpse of the provincial final contenders.

All eyes, however, may fall upon the women’s 4 x 200m relay event. In Toronto, the heavily favoured Martlet quartet met with disaster when a hand-off was

By A llana H enderson sickness and health. mishandled and qualifying hopes for some runners Some male players grow goa­ were temporarily dashed.

There were a few eyebrows tees, some don’t shower for the Barrett expects to see a few more McGill athletes raised and curious glances thrown duration o f p layoff competition qualify this weekend.

by Currie gym passers-by and any­ (this is the truth and yes, everyone ‘ ‘A great deal of time and effort from both coach­ one who caught a glimpse of the is all that much happier when the es and athletes alike has come to fruition this season. w om en’ s v olleyball team last team makes an early exit from post­ It’s not necessarily just that the new facilities have Thursday night. season play), some squads have been a help, but also that we now have a lot of people The players were all sporting team dinners (and fail to inform who have improved and developed over the years,” he pigtails for practice last week in those who have chosen the rugged, said. what looked like “Throwback to the unhygenic approach). The McGill “ I think that the story right now is that eleven 70s” night in Gym Three.

Martlet volleyball team practices in people have qualified for the nationals,” he continued.

New trend? Latest fashion in pigtails. “ Last year we didn’t have any at this time.” women’ s sports? Was it Rookie I t ’ s called “bonding” and The nationals are set for March 10-11, and will be night all over again? Or had the sometimes it works. held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

Martlets all gone wack en masse?

First-year Martlet all-star Anie “ The bigger the team the better,” said veteran None of the above, it appears. de la Fontaine came up with the distance runner Thyer. “ There are some runners who It could have been termed pigtail idea for the volleyball squad haven’t qualified yet who are well capable of doing so, “Pigtails for Playoffs” but there was as they prepare for the end of their especially those who were sick last weekend.” method behind the madness and the season. M cG ill has not had any “ I ’m up to run the 1500m, but I don’t think that overall purpose of the exercise was tournament play in recent weeks the com petition w ill be as strong this weekend performance, in terms of team unity and suffered the loss of a couple of because some universities had planned their events and a little added spirit. starting players during the before our’s was scheduled,” she continued. “ But I Come p la y o ff time in any Christmas break. They had to do plan to go out and run a good race.” sport, often the place to be is not something to pull the team together. front row-centre at game time, but After this weekend, McGill competes only once De la Fontaine is the product of peeking into closed doors during a successful CEGEP volleyball pro­ again at Laval before the provincials. practices instead. “Crunch-time” gram where her squad was named “Sherbrooke is especially strong over the shorter brings out the best and the worst, Team o f the Y ear in 19 9 3 -9 4 . distance sprints,” said Thyer. “But from the women’s depending on how you look at it, of According to fourth-year co-captain side I really don’t think that we are looking at too most teams. much competition.”

Maryam Maoyeri, de la Fontaine T-ogether E-veryone A-chieves has led by example all season and Mullins ended on a positive note as well.

M-ore. United — for better or for has brought valuable experience “ W e’ve got a tough couple of weeks ahead but worse, for richer or for poorer, in the team looks really good.”

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More national standards met by M cG ill runners

By Paul C oleman A fter a successful meet at the University o f Toronto Classic last Saturday, McGill’s track team is set to field the largest team at the national champi­ onships since 1987 if they continue at their present pace. In that year, 16 runners from McGill made the national standard.

Head coach Dennis Barrett reflected on the suc­ cess of the season and the outlook going into the com­ petition last weekend, cautioning that the team does not want to get caught counting their chickens before they hatch down the stretch. “ We were going in with very high expectations when a couple o f our runners came down with the flu, so at this point it [the team attitude] is more like guard­ ed optimism,” said Barrett before the event. “ It’s a scoring tournament so we’ll just have to see what happens,” he continued.

What happened was nothing but positive.

The U o f T Classic featured both varsity athletes and regional club competitors from 21 men’s and 16 w om en’ s team s, notably Y o rk , W aterloo and Dalhousie.

McGill placed second on the women’s side and fourth on the men’s side in team scoring while several McGill athletes met the national standard and estab­ lished personal bests.

On the women’s side, Sterling, Ontario native Rosie Mullins qualified individually in the 1500m and as a member o f the 4 x 800m relay foursome, along­ side Caroline Healey, Andrea Taylor and Melanie Basset. Linda Thyer dominated the long hauls, win­ ning the 3000m, and placing third in the 1000m.

The men’s team was paced by Pumulo Sikaneta and Charles Thomas who finished one-two over the 600 m event. The pair qualified yet again as members o f the 4 x 400m relay squad rounded out by Ravind Grewal and Jean-Nicholas Duval. Duval also qualified in the 1500m at the inaugural McGill event this season. “ It was a very positive m eet,” said B arrett. “ Some people just ran their hearts out.”

The McGill track team plays host this weekend to varsity squads primarily from Quebec, with Queen’s

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February 7th, 1995

M en’s basketball gives Bishop’s boys the brush-off

By Paul M c Keown and Ioshua Colle_______ The M en’s basketball team is heading full stride into the final stretch of their regular season. The Redm en sent the boys from Bishop’s packing with an 88-75 loss in tow on Friday night at the Currie gymnasium in a match-up featuring the Quebec University Basketball League’s second- and third-place teams. The Redmen win gave the squad a four-point edge over Bishop’s in the battle for second place.

The Redmen were paced by the stellar play o f sophomore forward Chad Wozney.

Wooz led the attack with 20 points, 12 in the first half, garnering him yet another Tip Top MVP of the game honour. Wozney muscled his way through an uninspired Gaiter club while racking up a team high 11 rebounds.

Redman guard Ricky Varisco, who never saw a three-point shot he didn’t like, also

contributed a standout effort. Varisco tallied 17 points and eight rebounds. The ju n ior guard was all over the court, showing playofflevel intensity throughout the game.

Coach Ken Schildroth had to be happy with the R ed m en ’ s team e ffo r t. Todd M cD ougall, Sammy M endolia, and Ryan “Archie” Schoenals also turned in solid per­ form ances, connecting for 16, 12, and 11 points respectively.

“It was a good team effort and everyone contributed,” reckoned co-captain Mendolia.

“We had good bench support tonight and the team seems to be getting better with every game we play,” Wozney added.

If the Redmen hope to continue improv­ ing every game then they will have to put in a full 40 minute effort. Although M cG ill was never in danger of losing its lead, the Redmen allowed Bishop’s to get back into the game in the second half.

“It’s hard to keep up one hundred percent

intensity when you build such big leads,” W ozney said in response to the Redm en allowing the Gaiters to come to within ten midway through the second half.

T h e im p o rtan ce o f the win fo r the Redmen cannot be overlooked, however. Not only did the victory give McGill a cushion in the standings and their fifth win in six games, it also bolstered the team’ s confidence for their rematch against Bishop’s and their upand-coming showdown with Concordia in three weeks time.

The Redmen hoopsters’ next tilt is at home against the lowly Laval Rouge et Or this Friday at 6:00 p.m. when the men hand over th e ir prim e tim e gam e slo t to the Martlets who will also play Laval (at 8 p.m.) in an all-out battle for first place. Although the Laval men are in last place, McGill can’t afford to overlook the team who would love nothing more than to post a Redmen upset in the first half of an exciting double bill

C h a d W ooz w oos the crowd.

Synchro swimmers sink competitors

By A lyson Slater___________ M cG ill’s synchronised swim­ m ers found th e m selv es pitted against the highest calibre of com­ petition they have ever faced at the O n tario W o m en ’ s In te rc o lle g ia te A th le tic Association ranking meet at the University of Toronto two weeks ago. Although Toronto played the impolite hosts and won the com­ petition with an overall 84 point total, M cGill easily outswam the University o f W estern O ntario, and Queen’s, McMaster and Trent u n iv ersities to cap tu re second place in the standings with 60 points.

Stu d en t co a c h Is a b e lle McCann led her team to victory, not only as a m o tiv ato r and

teacher, but also by example. She captured bronze in the solo event, and teamed up with Desta Klemm for a gold medal performancce in the duet. Klem m also finished fourth in the solo event. M cG ill’s Karen Whiting and Jen Peterman followed up with a fifth-place fin­ ish in the highly competitive duet event.

Naomi Wyman recieved the bronze medal for a fine perfor­ mance in the novice figures. In the interm ediate figures Tonya Handa fin ish e d 11th and E rin Ferrall notched a respectible sev­ enth place in the senior figures.

The hardworking novice ‘B ’ team finished in 6th place overall, under co a ch M ic h e le H ebert.

They have aspirations o f a topfive finish at the next meet.

Team president Wyman was happy w ith the tea m ’ s p e rfo r­ mance. In terms o f gearing up for the O W IA A leag u e ch a m p i­ onships on Feb 17 at Q ueen ’ s, Wyman noted.

“There is a big gap between Toronto and McGill (14 points) to overcome but I think we can do it,” she said.

Wyman added that the rank­ ing meet enabled M cGill to get a glimpse o f the competition, and they will take the next few weeks to improve and adjust their perfor­ m an ces in order to go fo r the championship gold.

Y o u can ca tch the M cG ill synchro team live at the M cG ill Synchro Watershow on March 19 at the new A th le tic s Sp orts Complex pool.

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over from her CEGEP experience.

Considering that this is the best season that the Martlet volleyball team has ever had, there is specula­ tion that the “team unity” philoso­ phy and tactics will result in some success and recognition o ff the court as well. Perhaps, to rekindle the debate, there might be a new contender for McGill’s Team of the Year when nominations are fielded in March.

Maoyeri, who has struggled with the team at the best and worst of times, liked the sounds of being nominated for the honour, b u t' voiced caution in taking it too seri­ ously without winning a trip to the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union championships.

“Being nominated for Team of the Year would definitely depend on us winning [the playoffs] or not,” she said. “If it didn’t depend solely on winning, we might have already secured a nomination, but we know that is what it is based on.”

“If we go to the C IA U ’ s, I think that for sure, we have a chance,” she continued.

Britta W eise, a second-year 6 ’5” native of Pointe-Claire and graduate of John Abbott College, underlined some of the fundamen­ tals that have contributed to the

would make the fairy tale complete team’s success thus far.

“Our team is made up of good if the Martlets could upset Laval in athletes and solid coaching,” she the playoffs and win a berth in the said. “It just works. Everyone is CIAU championships. Considering willing to work hard and the attitude the progress that the entire program has made this year and the improve­ is different from years past.” ment that they have shown, it would W ith regards to the pigtail at least seem fair that in the face of episode, W eise offered, “It was something that we could all do to a p la y o ff lo ss, the M artlets be unite the team. Even though we all entered on the prestigious list of looked ridiculous, it was something Team of the Year nominees. After that made us all look alike. When all, what other squad has shown as we get to the playoffs, our success much ingenuity, and courage, in will depend on giving it all that we preparing for playoffs as sporting can, all together and all at the same pigtails for performance?

3T time.”

L ’U niversité Laval is in first place in the league stand­ ings with McGill in second place and Sherbrooke a close third.

The Martlets have beaten Laval only once this year in their open­ ing tournament in the F a ll.

Although in subsequent league games, Laval has come out on top, McGill is certain that they can peak for the championships if they take the right approach.

After all, their success thus far has not been a mere stroke of luck.

“I knew that we had it in us,” Weise said. “But, more than surprised, I’m glad that we could pull it all together.”

A t 6 ’5 ”, Weise stan ds a t the centre In true Cinderella fashion, it o f the M artlets ’ success.

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February 7th, 1995

Martlet hoops tied for first place in Q U B L

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It is quite difficult to deter­ mine exactly where the M cG ill Martlets basketball team stands in the Quebec University Basketball League. Third-place Concordia has managed to beat first-place Laval and second-place McGill, but have found a way to lose to the Bishop’s

Lady G aiters who dwell in the league-standings basement. Last week, McGill was firmly ahead of C oncord ia in the Q uebec University Basketball League, but lagged behind the Stin g ers in Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union rankings (McGill was No. 10; Concordia No. 8). Friday night the Martlets helped to sort through

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the confusion by overwhelming Resuming play in the second Bishop’s 58-30. While not really half, the Martlets were somewhat helping to so lv e the L av alless aggressive, having lowered Concordia-McGill controversy, it their intensity level a notch. is now certain that the M artlets “W e respected their players, belong way, way ahead of the Lady and we took the pressure off in the Gaiters. second half,” explained head coach McGill guard Jennifer Stacey Lisen M oore. “We played well started the scoring game off with a enough to win the game.” sweet 12-foot jumper. Soon after, If the Lady Gaiters had wanted forw ard V ick y T e ssie r added to make a serious attem pt at a another point on a free throw. For comeback, they should have tried most of the first half, it looked like to em ulate M c G ill’ s d efensive that m ight actu ally be all the style. Throughout the first half, the offense that the M artlets would Martlets, led by M élanie Gagné, need to come up with a win. It were constantly applying pressure, wasn’t until there was only 5:45 forcing the ballhandlers into mak­ left in the half that the Lady Gaiters ing bad passes to players who were found the bottom o f the net for forced to make poor shots. The their second basket of the contest. defence performed well because of By that time, the Martlets had a 28a strong all around team effort, and 4 lead and enough momentum to their performance remained con­ carry them for the rest of the evening.

T e ssie r was happy with her team’s performance.

“We were able to do what w e’ d wanted, which was to run a lo t,” she said. “We were try­ ing to execute, and we did that w ell, too.”

R ig h t b efo re h alftim e, Sta cey staged a c lin ic on fastbreak basketball for the appreciative crow d, as the M artlets stole the ball three times in a row, and Stacey scored six points in the span of a minute.

It appeared as though she could continue the performance all evening, but the half­ tim e buzzer ended the run and the Lady G a ite rs’ obvious misery.

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stant throughout the first half main­ ly due to the fact that fresh players were constantly coming o ff the bench and energy levels remained high (the Martlets were switching their entire lines at once like in a hockey game, and one half expect­ ed the players to begin jumping on and off o f the court in the middle of play to make their substitutions ).

The Lady Gaiters defence, on the other hand, was static and slow, and lacked the resources to stop the drives and the perimeter shooting o f the Martlets’ attack. On a few o cca sio n s the Lady G aiters attempted a pressure defense (at one point, in a scene straight out of W illiam G o ld in g ’ s L o r d o f th e F lies, the Bishop’s players yelled “Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit!” and swarmed menacingly around M cG ill’s ball carrier). But the Gaiter squad lacked the depth and stamina to maintain any constant aggressive defense, and always fell back into th eir rather complacent zone.

In beating the Lady Gaiters decisively, the Martlets did their part to establish some order in the Q U B L standings.

The Concordia Stingers, how ever, muddied up the waters considerably by upsetting first-place L av al on the same evening. Regardless of the standings, the M artlets w ill have a chance to mess up the standings them selves this Friday, when they host Laval in their final home game o f the sea­ son. Tip off is at 8 p.m. for the McGill women’s team as the M artlets swop time slots with the Redmen for their first place battle against the Rouge et Or.

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McGill’s Carol Chiang, a sec­ ond-year anatomy student from The Pas, Manitoba, has made her mark in Montreal. In a dual swim meet against Université de Sherbrooke, Chiang led the Martlets with wins in four different competitions en route to a decisive 128-46 pum­ m elling o f Sherbrooke by the M cGill female contingent. In the men’s lane, the Redmen squeaked by the Sherbrooke Vert et Or by a final tally o f 1 0 0 -9 7 , in what appeared to be some pretty heated competition.

The Martlets swept all 12 of the events in the meet and asserted their place among the top fiv e ranked team s in the nation.

N in eteen -year-old Chiang led M cG ill by stealin g the 100m freestyle and 200m IM, as well as leading o ff the first-place 200m freestyle relay team and anchoring the 400m medley relay squad. In the freestyle relay, her lead-off 50m time qualified her for the CIAU championships as did her 100m free time of 58.8 seconds. Following the meet, Chiang was named McGill’s nominee for QSSF Female Athlete of the Week for her performance.

Other notable placings were posted by Anna Leong who came in first in the 200m freesty le, the 200m butterfly and the 200m backstroke. Patricia Hutchinson won gold in the 400m free and 100m fly.

Both Leong and Hutchinson were mem bers o f the winning 400m

m edley relay team along with Chiang.

The Redmen faced stronger currents than the Martlets but still managed to come out of the water as bright as the colours in a wash of unbleachables. The highlight of the meet on the m en’s side was the 200m freestyle relay. McGill’s Leo Grepin, Luc Paddington, Jeff Lloyd and Craig Hutchison set a McGill record time of 1:35:05 in the event, w inning gold in the process.

Hutchison also was at the head of the pack in the 100m and 50m free swims.

Following this weekend’s suc­ cess, the Redmen and the Martlets look ahead to the upcoming QSSF provincial cham pionships in Quebec City.

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W om en’s Discussion Group. All women welcome. 6 p.m., Shatner 423.

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