The McGill Tribune Vol. 14 Issue 6

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October 12 th, 1994

News Concern over Axw orthy proposals cause S S M U to speed process of joining national student association.

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y e * * * 1* * Hailed as the drug to solve all the w orld ’s problems, is Prozac all that it is cracked up to be?

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Editorial Th e Supreme Court of Canada created a danger­ ous grey area in the legal system last week.

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ENTERTAINMENT Sinéad as you ’ve never seen her before.

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SPORTS Redbirds come out on top in university base­ ball. Football sinking fast to the bottom.

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Columnists P. Shah................... Page 10 G . G ibson.................. Page 7 M . L u z ........................ Page 7

Departm ents Crossword................. Page 5 Observer..................... Page 5 W hat’s O n ..............Page 19

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A discussion paper released last w e ek b y fe d e ra l H u m a n R e so u rce s M in is t e r L lo y d A x w o r t h y c o u ld m ean tu itio n fees for university students w ill increase by as much as 300 per­ cent in the next three years.

Th e report, Im proving Social Se cu rity in Canada, outlines a federal governm ent proposal to replace the current educational transfer payments with a compre­ hensive system of student loans.

Federal transfer payments to the provincial ministries of education c u rre n tly stand at $2.3 b illio n annually.

A x w o rth y ’s plan calls for the government to replace the current Post-Secondary Education trans­ fe r p a y m e n t w ith a “ s u ita b ly d e s ig n e d in co m e c o n tin g e n t re p a ym e n t loans p la n [th a t] m ight provide up to four dollars in loans for every dollar of cash the federal government puts into it.”

In c o m e C o n tin g e n t R e p a ym e n t Plans re qu ire stu­ dents to repay their loans through the federal tax system based on th e ir in co m e le v e l. A student with a high-paying job would pay back their loan in a re la tive ly short period of time, while a per­ son w ith a lower income would repay the loan over a longer time period.

Th e governm ent’ s proposal suggests that access to h ig h e r education w ill not be affected by this plan, because access to the proposed loan program would not require students to prove “ need” for funding. The current provinc ia lly -b a s e d loans p ro g ra m assesses students on the basis of financial need.

A x w o rth y ’s p la n also promises that any financial assis­ tance p ro g ra m created b y the reorganisation of the social secu­ rity system in Canada w ill be in addition to the $1 billion already dedicated to student loan p ro ­ grams.

But G u y Caron, president of the C a n a d ia n F e d e ra tio n o f Students, said the m ove b y the government would restrict access to po st-se co n d a ry educational institutions. “ It has been described by M r. A x w o rth y as a progressive m easure, but we th in k, on the contrary, it ’ s a very regressive m ove,” he said.

A cco rd in g to a confidential memo leaked to the Toronto Star, officials from the federal govern­ m ent e xp e ct tu itio n fees in Canada to double in 1996-97, the first year of operation for the pro­ posed plan.

In a m em o sent b y Claude La je u n e s s e , p re sid e n t o f the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, to its mem­ bers, Lajeunesse suggests that the effects of an IC R loan program might be far greater than the gov­ ernment thinks. “ B y o u r c a lc u la tio n s ... tu itio n fee increases o f up to $ 3 ,00 0 per student have to be contemplated. T h is is based on the amount of funds being pulled from the system and an assump­ tion that the provinces would not m e re ly ab so rb the cuts but instead would react by allowing the universities to recoup these funds through tuition,” the memo said. “ W e pointed out that while it is not possible to determine the p o in t at w h ic h tu itio n fees become a deterrent to access, a $3,000 increase in fees (hence reaching $6,000 in some jurisdic­ tions) would certainly be seen as going well beyond the acceptable lim it — at the very least, students would see it as a major barrier to access.”

B ill D obie, president of the A lm a M a te r S o c ie ty at U niversity of British Colum bia, said that students across the c o u n try sh o u ld be co n ce rn e d with A x w o rth y’s proposal. “ W e ’re concerned about it — we w il l try to educate our See A x w o rth y Page 2

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The Jesus Lizard are a damn fine band. Having arisen from the remains of Austin band Scratch A c id , the Jesus L iz a rd have spawned endless im itators.

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They play rock music — not wuntoothreefore punk rock, but the heavy duty stuff, the kind of music that makes people scream out loud and drum w ith their feet really lo u d ly w h ile liste n in g to their walkman in boring lectures.

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A x w o r t h y p r o p o s a l c a u s e s c o n c e rn a m o n g stu d en ts A x w o rth y ’s plan to have tuition fees rise even higher than those at Am erican state universities is realised.”

S S M U V P E x te rn a l N ic k B enedict said that the g o ve rn ­ ment is simply passing its prob­ lems off to students. “ I t ’s obvious that you can’t pu t 2.3 b illio n d o lla rs on the backs of students without affect­ ing accessibility to education,” he said.

C a ro n agreed w ith B e n e ­ dict’s assessment. “ Debt load is a major deter­ re n t f o r students fro m lo w e r income or middle income fam i­ lies,” Caron said.

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m e m b e rs h ip about i t , ” D o b ie sa id . “ W e ’ re v e ry c o n ce rn e d about the possibility o f tuition going up 200 or 300 percent.”

D ave R uddell, the external com m issioner o f the Students’ A d m in is t r a t iv e C o u n c il at U n iversity o f Toronto, was dis­ appointed w ith the contents of the federal package. “ Th e growth in jobs is peo­ ple w ith post-secondary educa­ tion — [the Liberal government] wants to create m ore jo b s, but they’re making it harder to get a post-secondary degree,” Ruddell said. “Th a t’s what really gets us going.”

Paul Estabrooks, o b v i o u s t h a t y o u c a n ’t p re s id e n t o f the put b illio n d o lla r s o n t h e U n iv e r s ity o f N e w b a c k s o f s tu d en ts w ith o u t B ru n s w ic k Student U n ion said the deci­ a f f e c t i n g a c c e s s i b i l i t y to e d u ­ sion is bad fo r the c a tio n fu tu re o f the jo b market in Canada.

E x tern al “ It sounds great to be able to cut $2.3 N ic k B e n e d ic t billion from the bud­ “ Th e paper is looking only get, but it’s a short-term solution. at e c o n o m ic c o n s e q u e n c e s ,” Investment in higher education is C a r o n c o n tin u e d . “ It d o e s n ’ t the critical factor in the develop­ look at social and cultural values ment of a skilled work force,” he of a post-secondary education.” said in a p u b lic statem ent.

Benedict noted that students “ Eve ryon e w ill suffer if only a are the segment of the population small num ber o f privileged stu­ least able to bear the debt burden dents can afford to go to school, the government proposed. w h ic h is w h a t w il l hap p e n if

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they’re going to save.” “ Th e re ’s no reason to air the B e n e d ic t said that the “ M ayb e we should rethink student m ovem ent’s dirty laun­ A x w o r t h y p a p e r w o u ld lif t d ry in the national m edia in a our support of IC R given all the Canadian tuition levels close to extra baggage that A x w orthy has tim e o f c ris is ,” B e n ed ict said. the average A m e ric a n tu itio n tacked onto it,” said Jeff Leslie, “ For all its faults, C F S has a role level. According to the Chronicle the external V P of the University to play. I ’m not going to let petty of Higher Education, the average of Saskatchewan Students’ Am erican student pays Union.

4 ,9 8 0 d o lla rs U . S . , h a s b e e n d e s c r ib e d by U B C ’s Dobie suggest­ a p p r o x im a te ly 6 ,7 0 0 ed that the g o v e rn m e n t Canadian dollars. a s a p r o g r e s s iv e m e a ­ should think again about its “ O ne of the things s u r e , b u t w e th in k , o n th e c o n ­ actions. people take pride in as t r a r y , i t ’s a v e r y r e g r e s s i v e “ It’s ironic that people C a n a d ia n s is that we who benefited from a mas­ m o v e ,” have an accessible edu­ sively subsidised education cation system in co m ­ system are n ow tryin g to parison to that o f the Q u y C a r o n , P r e s id e n t o f th e take that away.”

U n ite d States, and C a n a d ia n F e d e r a tio n o f A x w o r t h y w i l l be A x w o rthy wants to take m a k in g a p u b lic appear­ that a w a y ,” B e n e d ic t ance at M c G i l l to d a y . said.

B e n e d ic t said that S S M U and jealousies stand in the w ay.”

B o th B e n e d ic t and C a ro n C A S A w ill be s p o n s o rin g a R u d d e ll q u e stio n e d the said that the C F S and the new lydemonstration to protest the fed­ soundness o f the g o ve rn m e n t fo rm e d C a n a d ia n A llia n c e o f eral plan. plan.

Student Associations w ill be able M c G i l l ’ s V P P lanning and “ T h e y ’re taking $2 b illio n to c o m p le m e n t each o t h e r ’ s R e s o u rce s F ra n ç o is T a v e n a s out and putting it back in loans efforts w hile lobbying the g o v­ could not be reached for c o m ­ w h ic h are v e ry h ig h ris k — ernment to amend its policy. m ent. Tavenas is acting as the they’ll have to cover all the costs C F S w ill decide on a co m ­ u n ive rs ity’s official spokesper­ o f a collection system,” he said. prehensive strategy at its next son for the A x w orthy plan. “ I r e a lly q u e stio n h o w m u c h general meeting.

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Interest in cost defrayal at M c G ill’s Com puting Centre has led to concerns am ong student users of M c G ill’ s computer sys­ tems.

D u r in g the su m m e r, the director of the computing center, A la n G reenberg, put forw ard a m o tio n to in tro d u ce fees for remote log-ons using modems.

A c cè s to M c G i l l ’ s e le ctro n ic information network has been free of charge for the past few years.

A n alternative proposal was subm itted to the Senate Committee on Computing (S C C )

by Nilesh Pattanayak, the student re p re se n tative to the S C C .

Pattanayas opposes the new fees. “ T h is is charging us for an essential part of our education” he said. “ Students are not an eternal source of funding. [Th e comput­ ing centre] should work on their own budget rather than just tack­ ing on an extra fee to university fees.”

G reenberg argued that the fees are a necessary fin a n c ia l solution to the expansion in the system. “ Look at the number of ser­ vice s we o ffe r, as w e ll as the range of classes of the services.

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ability of terminals on campus is are going to have to be made,” he another problem for students. said. “ W e ’ ve s ig n ific a n tly cut “ I f pe op le get cha rge d at expenses already, and the new hom e, they w ill ju s t log on at m oney has to come from some­ school, but there aren’t enough where - either from the faculties te rm in a ls at s c h o o l,” said or some new source.”

Pattanayak. “ The rationale is that 7,000 to Greenberg denies that system 1 0,000 students are c u rre n tly using our com puter centre on a users w ill be unwilling to pay for the services. daily basis. W e have to make it “ I f we put the charges in, a v a ila b le to a ll s tu d e n ts,” he people w o n ’t really m in d , “ he added. said “If I pay one dollar an hour Pattanayak denies the fact that students are a good source of and know I can get onto the sys­ tem without the mickey mouse of funding. repeated lo g -o n e ffo rts, there “ Engineering and computer would be very few complaints on science students w ill wind up get­ these charges.” ting charged for their use of the “ T h e re ’ s a certain class of system when it’s only for schoolresearchers and graduate students w ork,” he said. “ We have to use who are w illing to pay for a good the system for our courses. Use of s e rv ic e ,” he c o n tin u e d .“ T h e ir these facilities is not a luxury.”

Students are pushing for a research grants would cover their computer expenses. There would budgetary review of the computer be little c o m p la in t w ith th e ir centre, an auto log-off feature on charges for their heavy use.” the system to allow space on the Th e reality of the necessary network during peak use hours, as e xp a n sio n does not escape well as an active search for corpo­ Pattanayak, but he contends the rate sponsorship to minimize costs principle of the charges in terms in the system’s expansion. of students’ rights in education. “ Corporate sponsorship by “ Lo o k in g into the past and companies such as M otorola or the future and we see the role of C IB C could help pay for the cen­ computers as a playing a funda­ ter’s expansion,” said Pattanayak. mental role in a modem education “ It w ould be a good advertising at an international institution,” he source for them, with a potential said. “ B y putting a com m ercial advertising market of 30,000 daily price tag to the ve ry access o f users in a few years.” such an educational tool, we are Greenberg disagrees. infringing on the right of the stu­ “ Free nets have done this. N o universities have done this. It’s a dent to reach th e ir m a x im u m lot different because w e ’re talk-* p o te n tia l u sin g these m od e rn tools.” ing about great g ro w th , w hich The question of whether stu­ means fin d in g m ore and m ore dents w ill have to pay the fees or sponsors,” he said. “ If we could not w ill go before the senate com­ fin d c o m m e rc ia l interests it mittee on computing in the next would be great, but we had a 200 few weeks. It is almost inevitable to 300 gro w th in m odem s this that heavier users of the network calendar year - to find $1000 dol­ w ill see a price tag on what was lar levels for each modem would before-a service that was expected be impossible.” to be free.

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Canadian student movement,” he said. “ It is better to work on a united front... CFS has traditionally been that front.”

Benedict argued that C FS and C A S A can have complementary roles in the Canadian student move­ ment.

“I think it’s healthy that we’re coming to this con­ clusion [opposing the Axworthy proposal] at different angles,” he said. “There’s no question of this dividing the student movement. I ’m sure every student union in the country is opposed to the Axworthy plan.”

Benedict and other critics of C FS have charged that the organisation devotes too much energy to issues that don’t directly concern students. Frequently cited examples are abortion and world affairs issues.

M cGill students now have provisional membership in a new national student association, the Canadian A lliance of Student Associations. Last Thursday, S S M U council voted unanimously to support S S M U V P External Nick Benedict’s recommendation to join the new student alliance.

“I ’m pleased that councillors recognised the need for a strong national voice to protect student interests,” said Benedict. “With tuition fees set to at least triple it’s important that students act together.”

Benedict said that the recent release of human resources minister L lo y d A x w o rth y ’ s proposal on reforming social security in Canada affected the timing of S S M U ’ s decision. Th e A xw o rth y report proposes that the federal govern­ ment replace higher education transfer “ I t h i n k it w o u l d h a v e b e e n m u c h b e t t e r f o r payments to provinces with loans pro­ to a lig n i t s e lf w it h t h e C a n a d ia n vided directly to students.

“Axworthy accounts for a lot of the F e d e r a tio n o f S tu d en ts, n o t w ith a stu d en t u rg e n cy,” B enedict said. “ Th a t a s s o c ia tio n t r y in g t o s p l i t t h e A x w o rth y could have gotten so far C a n a d i a n s t u d e n t m ov em en t shows that student concerns haven’t been taken into account as much as they should.”

C h r is to p h S ic k in g , Joe W o n g , a Senate/Board of S e n a t e / B o a r d o f ( g o v e r n ors r e p to G ove rn ors rep to S S M U co un cil, focused on the nature of the member­ ship. “ C FS has a tendency to go beyond the mandate “ It ’s a provisional membership,” he said. “The students want to give a national student association,” agenda is dealing with Axworthy... It’s important that said Benedict. universities across Canada realise that there’s a prob­ Sicking defended the C FS record on student issues. lem.”

“People tend to form their impression of C FS by Despite the unanimous vote at council, not all going to one general meeting, but general meetings are councillors were in favour of the decision. Christoph not necessarily reflective,” said Sicking. “In looking at Sicking, a Senate/Board of Governors rep to S S M U the day to day Work done through CFS, you realise that council who was not present for the debate about C FS spends 80 percent of its time dealing with ‘tradi­ C A S A , opposes the decision. Sicking is a former deputy chair of the Canadian Federation of Students, tional’ student issues.”

“Y o u ’re looking at a very organised student asso­ the national student association that has lost some of its ciation,” he added. member schools to C A S A .

Benedict stated that C A S A is w illing to work “I think it would have been much better for SSM U cooperatively with CFS. to align itself with the Canadian Federation of Students, “W e are eager to work with C FS as long as our not with a student association that’s trying to split the interests are the sam e,” he said.

Science rep to S S M U council Steve A h n was con­ cerned about the rushed nature of the process. “ It is an important issue that deals with tuition and how universities should present them selves,” he said. “ I thought it was ridiculous that it was rushed through council.”

“People voted for it out of exhaustion,” he continued. “ I felt m ore time should have been devoted to it.”

U n iv e rs ity o f O ttaw a, U n iv e rs ity of A lb e rta , U n iv e rs ity of B ritis h Columbia, Queen’s University and Dalhousie University are among the other universities whose student unions have opted to join C A S A .

A n official founding meet­ ing for C A S A will be held in November. In the meantime, a steering committee composed of five m embers in clu d in g Benedict w ill be coordinating C A S A ’s activities.

W ong cautioned that pro­ visional membership in C A S A is not an automatic acceptance of eventual full membership in _Qj the organisation, o “ Council w ill need more oc tim e and literature about | C A S A beyond [the Axworthy] £ issue before m aking a final Uj decision.”

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Management Undergraduate Society V P Finance Lawrence W ilk has been trimming the fat lately. His own fat, that is.

In an effort to raise money for Dans la rue, an organisation which helps homeless and runaway children, W ilk has pledged to shed 25 pounds in return for sponsorship.

The 5 ’9” W ilk has already shed 15 pounds since early September and now weighs in at 175 pounds. For his efforts, W ilk has so far man­ aged to raise an estimated 100 dollars from an almost 70 sponsors who have pledged on a donation per pound scale. W ilk acknowledged, how ­ ever, that the salad days of his campaign have passed. “ It ’ s tough. It was easier at the beginning, but now its getting tough,” he said. “The hardest thing has been cutting out the beer.”

W ilk estimates that prior to September, he would drink an average of 15 beers per week.

“N o w , since school began, there’s only been 2 or 3 nights when I ’ve had 5 beers or so,” W ilk asserted.

In order to shed his excess baggage, W ilk has added regular trips to the gym to his daily routine.

“I ’ve been going to the gym and using the bikes and lifting some light weights,” he said.

W ith his resistance up, W ilk argued that he feels no guilt eating well. “ N o , I don’t feel gu ilty,” he maintained. “ A company that I ’m going to work for when I graduate took me out for lunch but I didn’ t eat dessert and I only drank water.”

W ilk ’s efforts have been monitored by his mother, Ita, who owns the official scale used in W ilk ’s charity drive. “ H e ’s doing extremely well,” she said. “ I ’m very proud of him .”

Mrs. W ilk dismissed any notions of her son being grumpy, consid­ ering all the sacrifices. “ It’s quite the opposite. H e ’s in a better mood and he’s happier with the way he looks.” -

The Walksafe Network and the Sexual A ssau lt C entre of M c G ill’s Students’ Society have been authorised by those reporting incidents to release the following in fo rm a tio n in order to raise awareness and help increase per­ sonal safety.

On Tuesday September 13 at 9:45 p.m., while two women were on a m etro go in g to L io n e lGroulx, two men began verbally harassing them in E n glish and French. The men followed them and continued to verbally harass them as they got out of the metro and proceeded toward Solin Hall.

The men were described as “East-Asian, about 30 years old”,

with “ scruffy beards” and were “rather short” .

O n F rid a y Septem ber 23 around 3:30 a.m. a women was in the lobby of her apartment build­ ing on Decarie (near Queen M ary) when a man entered and wanted to use her phone. She refused and closed the door into the building.

As she entered her apartment, she noticed that he fo llo w e d her upstairs. He again asked to use he phone, and she shut the door.

T h e man is described as “ white w ith short blond hair” , average height and build, wearing a black windbreaker. He spoke English with an accent.

A n y o n e in v o lv e d in an assault or incident is encouraged to report the in cid e n t to the M o n tre a l U rb a n C o m m u n ity police, S A C O M S S (398-2700) or the W S N (398-2498).

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T h e A rts U n d e rg ra d ua te Society has come under fire from professors for their handling of an expanded course readers project.

Th e collections of photocopied course material were intended to solve the problem of long queues at Redpath Reserves and the bur­ den of costly textbooks.

H is to ry professor Susan M o rto n was in v o lv e d w ith the A U S ’s pilot run of the course read­ ers project last year. Encouraged by their success, Morton chose to return to the A U S service this year. Morton, however, has been disappointed this year w ith the underproduction of readers for her course and a lack of communica­ tion with the A U S .

A n o th e r h istory professor, Catherine Desbarats, was also dis­ satisfied with this year’s results. “ [The A U S had] lots of good intentions that all backfired,” she said.

H orst B itsch o fsk y, general manager of the M cG ill University Bookstore, which carries the read­ ers, explained that the underpro­ duction was the result of an agree­ ment between the A U S and him ­ self, both of whom were unwilling to risk a loss on unsold material.

W hen the readers sold out, stu­ dents were p ro vid e d w ith rain checks. It was expected that these rain checks would be turned over in fo rty -e ig h t to s e v e n ty -tw o hours.

Course readers p roject encounters produ ction problem s “ It took longer than that in most cases,” he admitted.

M orton’s readers sold out on September 8, and delays kept rain checks for her course from being honoured “ for twenty days, not seventy-two hours.” Desbarats was also surprised by short supplies and long delays “ There were no instructions given to anybody as to how to kick in a new order- either to the print­ ers or to the students,” she said.

“T o top it all off there were prob­ lems with the quality of the read­ er.”

She cites instances of missing or out of order pages in every three of four pages in some readers.

The A U S expanded their pro­ je ct this year from tw o course readers during the pilot phase last year to thirty eight readers. Rick Sabone, A U S V P F in a n ce ,

explained the decision to expand the project. “ W e h yp e r-e xp a n d e d [the coverage] to make it a more seri­ ous project,” he said.

Desbarats said that good advertising boosted the faculty response, elevating the A U S ’ s responsibility for course readers to an unmanageable level.

“They [the A U S ] are the vic­ tims of their own success,” said Desbarats.

Sabone accepts that there were unforeseen hurdles with pro­ d u cin g at that m agnitude but insists that it was “ a favourable project” overall. H e takes c riti­ cisms of the project as m inority views and stresses the project’ s respect for copyright laws and its use o f vo lu n te e r la b o u r in an attempt to keep costs down.

Desbarats was surprised by

Inter-greek Letter Council seeks club status B y T i n d a S ebe

Th e Inter-Greek Letter C o un cil, the umbrella organisation for M c G ill’s fraternities and sororities, is seeking recognition as an official S S M U interest group. On September 20, S S M U V P Internal Cornell Wright received an application from IG L C ’s External V P , Natalie Frank, requesting that S S M U consider IG L C for club status.

The application includes a newly-adopted consti­ tution for IG L C . Am ong its clauses, the constitution states that “all IG L C endeavours and activities shall be undertaken with full respect for human dignity and without discrimination on the basis of, inter alia, gen­ der, age, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexu­ al orientation, physical disability, language or social class.”

This is not the first time that the umbrella group for fraternities and sororities has tried to get official recognition as a club. The issue of gender exclusivity was one of the main concerns addressed in a 1989 S S M U Judicial Board decision. S S M U council learned from IG L C representatives that “virtually all fraterni­ ties limit membership by gender; and some are bound to do so by national and international charters.”

S S M U ’s constitution specifies that gender dis­ crimination is not allowable for S S M U clubs. The Judicial Board ruled that “since [fraternities and soror­ ities] directly contravene the requirement of openness to all students,- so does the body that binds them together.” IG L C was denied club status.

Danielle Richardson, president of IG L C , argued that opposition to IG L C is emanating from a small segment of the M cG ill student body.

Wright, however, stressed that the present S S M U constitution precludes membership for groups such as IG L C .

Wright will not argue the fairness of the S S M U executive committee’s recommendation that the IG L C proposal be rejected. He believes that the issue is not whether the proposal should be acceptable but whether

it is acceptable under the current S S M U constitution.

The normative aspect of the debate for W right “ is a very different question.”

If I G L C rem ains unrecognised by S S M U , Richardson says that co-operation between fraternities and sororities and other student groups will be difficult in the future. In the past, IG L C posters and signs, often announcing philanthropic events, have been tom down or determined ineligible for display.

Richardson also said that the underlying motiva­ tion for IG L C ’s request is not financial but administra­ tive in nature. “ In fact, we wouldn’t even accept funding,” she said.

IG L C wants its telephone number and informa­ tion about fraternities and sororities to be accessible through S S M U services in the Shatner Building. She maintains that new students looking for ways to con­ tact fraternities and sororities are often turned away or told that these associations do not exist at M cG ill.

Feelings among students are mixed. Many who are not members of I G L C ’s organisations see fraterni­ ties and sororities as elitist and exclusionary.

“As long as they’re co-ed, that’s fine,’’-comment­ ed U3 Management student Chris Lugert. Lugert does not believe that either fraternities or sororities as they presently exist should be included in the official list of S S M U clubs.

Fraternity member Matt Fireman argued that there are positive aspects to having fraternities and sororities on campus. “ T h e y ’ re ju s t another social m ilie u ,” said Fireman. “A place for people to meet each other.”

He said that fraternities and sororities advance pivotal social issues and work hard to raise money for a multitude of important causes.

Richardson maintained that even if the current request is denied IG L C w ill have made progress in advancing the cause of fraternities and sororities.

T h e I G L C proposal w ill be considered at Thursday’s S S M U council meeting.

the final cost of her course readers “I had assumed that the price of a reader w ould be less great than it turned out to be,” she said.

Sabone argued that the price needed to be seen within the con­ text of the copyright laws that he wants to protect.

Bitschofsky said that off-campus co p y services, fo r w hom “ c o p y rig h t is gen e ra lly not an issue” can undercut c o p y rig h tcleared packages by as much as fifty percent.

“Th is university is based on researchers spending a lot of time p u ttin g in te lle ctu a l p rop e rty together,” he said. “ [Th e ir work] should not be pirated that easily.”

Other professors were pleased with the A U S service. Economics professor George Grantham is a supporter o f the in itia tiv e . He didn’t get the list of course materi­ als in until late August.

“The readers were still ready for classes,” he said.

Morton and Desbarats ques­

tion whether the A U S should con­ tinue to offer the course reader ser­ vice. Bitschofsky agrees. “ I think students undertaking this at the beginning of the term are really asking for problems,” he said. “ [The task is equivalent to] publishing thirty eight books.” “ [The problems] are a symp­ tom of a more general problem the university has in getting material on a suitable scale for larger sur­ vey courses,” said Desbarats.

Despite criticism both Sabone and A U S P resident Le s lie Ravestein expect “ what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” will translate into more efficient ser­ vice. Sabone optimistically consid­ ers the experience “ an in ve s t­ ment.” He is confident that in the future the A U S could offer a ser­ vice that w ould be “ second-tonone, if we choose to go that route.”

The A U S project is currently under re vie w by the academ ic council of the A U S .

S S M U bu dget passes

By M

ark

H e yc k __________________________________________

Six months of financial planning and number crunching met with overwhelming approval at last Thursday’s S S M U council meeting. S S M U V P Finance Paul Johnson and the Financial Management Committee’s 1994-95 budget for S S M U was unanimously ratified by the council.

Johnson was pleased with the complacent endorsement the budget received. .

In an effort to ensure the long-term financial stability of S SM U , the F M C put forth a budget designed to increase revenue while controlling, without cutting, spending. The view of the F M C last year was that the budgets had been trimmed to the limit and any further cuts would damage operations.

In the “Objectives” document released by the S S M U ’s department of finance and operation, it is stated that the S S M U is hoping that endeav­ ours such as Sadie’s, Sadie’s Leacock, the possibility of a Sadie’s in resi­ dence, the new E U S copy centre and the food and beverage operations through Marriott foods will help counteract the trend of mounting expen­ ditures. That approach to budgeting earned S S M U an operating surplus of $170,000 last year.

S S M U still owes M c G ill U n ive rs ity $310,000 of the original $360,000 loan granted to S S M U in the summer of 1993. The loan is due

by October 1996. S S M U ’s goal is to repay the loan out of the operating budget, leaving the $360,000 intact as a reserve. Johnson is cautiously optimistic about the S S M U ’s repayment plan.

This year’s budget was for the first time divided into two sections, operating and discretionary budgets. The operating budget covers the bare bone needs of the S S M U ’s groups while the discretionary segment is available for expansion of existing services or for offering new services.

Johnson expects this change in budgeting style to further the S S M U ’s ambition to ensure fiscal stability.

Th e o n ly m a jor questioning at co u n c il came fro m H o w a rd Markowitz, former co-president of the S S M U Transit Network, who was sitting in on the meeting. Markowitz questioned some substantial cuts in the area of office administration.

“I can’t believe we’re being faulted for cutting the budget,” Johnson replied.

Unanimous approval f o r VP F in an ce P au l Jo h n s o n ’s budget

October 12th, 1994

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hurt lots of times by these sorts of encounters. Keep your hobby-sex on a delete switch, the monkey on your back is laughing at you as the days drift by.

B y DJ A r r o w r o o t " sm ell t h e SPECIAL COFFEE, IT'S TIM E !" W lLK IN S AN D R a d i o T el A v iv K elley B o o t s STINKING STYLES M U M M Y____________

A R IES (M A R 21- APR 19) Is it fermented yet? Y o u r Mother quietly slips some codeine into your spacesuit just before you bolt the helmet on. Those engineer­ ing freaks are going to love you.

Y o u r teachers are going to drink strawberry m ilk and lick the ham­ burger meat off your face when you explain w hy you skipped class.

Sleep now — you are naked and floating away for keeps.

T A U R U S (A P R 20- M A Y 20) Th e mental bodybag zips closed. You are alone, biting a citrus fruit or a large unattractive cousin named Grünewald. Spiralling beefy monkeys orbit around your psyche, a large melon can help you get in tune with your inner child. Ride your broom to Hell, this month is yours Valkrie.

G E M IN I (M A Y 21- JU N E 20) Uncle, when we get to America can we have ice-cream? Hush now child, you let your loins get a hold of you. Too much excitement spoils the Baked Alaska. You like? Forget it.

T V V C R repair, Coca-Cola, boiled eggs, football; the big Queen’ sM cG ill game, dominos, Radio Uno Pirate Transmissions, pig latin... those science people are soooo proud. Hug yourself quietly.

C A N C E R (JU N E 21- J U L Y 22) M y feet tremble as I spew this script. Your future is good, restrict breathing. Velveeta boils in blood, the common squirrel is no longer friendly. Run, Run! Can’t you see the end is com bining w ith your charming good looks? Flail lightly in the breeze of your childhood, Macbeth never tasted so good.

L E O (J U L Y 23- A U G 22) The grass was green, the sky was blue, the wind was breezy. You sat grinning like an idiot on the soc­ cer field, picking for ants. Th a t’s fine, but keep it casual. Y o u ’ve been

V IR G O (A U G 23- SEP 22) T R U T H P A S T E . The truth will set you free. Fact is you don’t have to be born a freak to be one so remember, little one, it’s never too late to start. Yes you, get off your fat fanny, here is your chance. This, my dear Virgo, is the theme of your near future. A big caloused ass I see on the horizon. You are the cosmic fav’ fla v ’ in the weirdest of the 17” waist cosmos. W o rship : Y O U ROCK. L IB R A (S E P T 23- O C T 22) M icronauts have started an expedition in your navel. The pain persists for a few days but then the joy sets in. “ B LIS S! B L IS S !” you scream, “ I have micronauts in my belly!” Then the shame begins, as do the embarrassments in the latrine.

Bloodletting is no hobby for the chef of Rollmops, a fine German restau­ rant. Yogurt, ceramic, and grass, a fine recipe for the confounded, L IB R A my darling.

SCOR PIO (O C T 23- N O V 21) You went to the facilities and won the spelling bee. ‘Phuc’, you w ill never forget that word. N ow

numerological factors at play?

W ell, the faculty’s crack numero­ logical team, working day and night for alm ost fifteen m inutes, has recently resolved the mystery. Take A lex Usher the last two digits of each of the dates: (i.e. 18, 23, 38 and 89). What we find is that ( 2 x 1 8 ) - 23 + ( 2 x 38 ) = 89, mean­ ing that 2 Revolutions, minus a Putsch, plus two Kristallnachts equals the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I have no idea what this means. But it’s cool.

Other notes from here and there: ° In the Disney Movie Alice in Wonderland , the voice of the King of Hearts is credited to a gentleman by the name of “Dink Trout” . ° Winnie-the-Pooh is named after a bear in the London Zoo which was donated by a Canadian soldier just after W W I. The bear’s name was Winnipeg. ° Randy “ Short People” Newman is working on a new concept album. It’s a remake of Faust, with Elton John in the lead role. Said Newman recently, “ it’s Goethe with all the intelligence removed.” ° A village in central Ghana has come up with a new w ay to combat teen pregnancies. M en who impregnate women under the age of 18 must now pay a fine to the chief of $50, a sheep and three bottles of gin. The impregnated women must pay a $25 fine. ° Everyone seems to be mounting expeditions to scale Everest these days. This month, it’s the turn of the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition. Next month, it will be the turn of an expedition comprised e n tire ly o f m em bers o f tfie classic 8 0 ’ s bands Loverboy, WhiteSnake and Menudo (O K , I ’m kidding about that one - but boy, what a mental im age!).

Anyway, this recent proliferation of Everest climbers has left the roof of the world with some serious solid waste problems these. The British Medical Expedition is therefore bringing along its own stainless steel toilet, which will be installed at the base camp at 20,000 feet above sea level for the use of future expeditions. One can only hope that they had the poetic foresight to bring along tapes of the Sound of Music soundtrack to pipe into what will soon be the world’s highest shitter.

Remember kids, ephemerology’s not just a pro­ fession; it’s a collection of non-sequiturs which can stop conversations at dinner parties in a jarringly irri­ tating manner, too.

The Faculty of Ephemera Many people have asked me why on earth anyone would ever embark upon a career in ephemerology.

There are several possible answers to such a question, although being an intellectual jackrabbit w ith an obsessive compulsive personality is the most common.

In m y own case, it dates back many years ago to a childhood meeting with the gentleman who is now the editor of this fine newspaper. “ A le x ,” he said to me as I brushed dust from Mount Saint Helens from the soles of m y Moon Boots (remember them?), “ why is it that you drive on a park­ way but park on a driveway?”

M y brain hurt for days trying to figure that one out. It forced me into a life of collecting ephemera, in a seemingly vain search for the answer to this madden­ ing puzzle. Th e n , last week, I found the answer.

Ready? Here goes: The word “parkway” used to refer exclusively to roads that went through parks. “Driveways” , at the time the word was coined, were circular, and allowed one to “drive by” a house.

There! It’s off my chest. N ow on to this week’s somewhat incoherent ephemera: Ephemerologists working in Germany have found the world’s worst piece of interior decorating at a cas­ tle just outside Nuremburg. The castle was constructed

by Baron Faber Castell in the latter half of the nine­ teenth century. Baron Castell’s fortune was entirely due to the foresight of an ancestor to take advantage of a local lead mine to get into the then-burgeoning pen­ cil industry. The castle’s main hall is decorated with a mosaic depicting medieval knights in combat. Which is all well and good, except that instead of carrying lances, these knights are armed with very long pencils.

Speaking of things Germ an (segue alert!): for years, people have wondered why exactly it was that Germans sim ply went bonkers every so often on N ove m b er 9. Consider: the revolution o f 1918, H itle r’s Beerhall Putsch in 1923, the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938 and the “fall” of the Berlin W all in 1989 all occurred on the 9th of November (wags will also note that Charles De Gaulle died on this date in 1970, too). Is it just chance or are there deeper, darker

Alex Usher has just finished a chapter o f his thesis and is damn pleased with himself

your friends call you bambino and take you to Rod Stewart concerts at Maple Leaf Gardens. Your hair is fleecen, your face is soft, and you are sooo proud of the Klingon flag that’ s sewed to your back-pack.

Keep Moving.

S A G IT T A R IU S (N O V 22- D E C 21)

So you find yourself going to a few pro-hem p rallies, oh yeah, you’re cool. Then all of a sudden smokin’ blunts ain’t so cool. None of y o u r friends do it anym ore, they’ve hit the harder stuff. Yup. Now they’ve started huffing sponge­ cake, oooh the pressure. Should you? Shouldn’t you? Y o u try it.

Next morning, lying in a gutter filled with O .J. Simpson pocket protec­ tors, you are naked and whining.

You spill your guts to the parental units and boom , y o u ’re back in Sarnia playing with Fifi.

C A P R IC O R N (D E C 22- J A N 19)

That Salvadore Dali moustache your chemistry prof is sporting is pretty erotic. T r y to stop thinking about it and you weep for hours on end. You take off to Lachine on a tricycle you stole from the Portugese C o m m u n ity Centre, and then it occurs to you: Y O U A R E N O T S E L F -A C T U A L IS E D ! ! ! Everything goes to pieces, your mate seems to smile too much, and the weekly call

from the parents has become mean­ ingful, in a painterly way. You smell like Saint Antony’s loincloth.

A Q U A R IU S (JA N 20- FEB 18) The statue of Liberty sticks its fragmented head just slightly above the sand on the beaches of your ignorance. That eccentric poet-guy you met in Sarnia is an Ape. That interesting sports-girl you met in Dorval is an Ape. They were both your lovers in a sense. And they were both Apes. How does it feel?

Good? Oh, if it all could be so easy.

If the truth just wasn’t so difficult to swallow... W E A R E T H E A P ES !

SUCH A N A D V EN TU R E ! W H A T A L IF E ! A N D W H A T A N A P E Y O U ARE! PISCES (FE B 19- M A R 20) Pisces played with Aquarius’ ducky but it was really hairy, and frankly, it wasn’t all that exciting.

So we here at the Tribune suggest an air-pum p possibility committee.

When you’re done you can get on the hooter or maybe write a letter to Aunt Bartha... but don’t tell her exactly what y o u ’ve done. O n ly allude to it. Afterwards, meet your­ self for coffee and have a little gig­ gle. We give more than you ever dreamed of. More. No more makebelieve. You like them boiled. Sleep tight, Pisces.

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Published by the Students’ Society of M cGill University

M c G IL L T R I B U N E

L e t te r s ... ...to the editor T r ib u n e c a v a lc a d e m i s s e d t h e p o in t

“Why s h o u ld n ’t truth be stranger than fiction?

Fiction, after all, has to make sense.”

- M ark Tw a in M

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Editorial

Alcohol no excuse for assault

By M

ic h a e l

B r o a p h u r s t ______________________________________

Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a man, 72-yearsold, should be granted a new trial in his sexual assault of a senior citizen in a wheelchair. He had argued that his inebriation blinded him to what he was doing, and therefore he could not be held responsible for his actions.

The court said that drunkenness at least entitled him to a new trial.

Federal justice minister Allan Rock suggested Friday that the federal government would consider passing legislation that would create a new criminal offence — committing a crime while drunk. Congratulations are due to the government for reacting swiftly in the matter, and attempting to ensure that persons committing sexual assault will not be able to utilise inebriation as a defence.

The Canadian Bar Association jumped into the fray, suggesting that the sentence for committing a crime while drunk should be half the maxi­ mum for the offence if committed while sober. That would set an extremely dangerous precedent, one that Rock would be wise to ignore.

Although the Supreme Court suggested that the burden of proof remains with the accused in sexual assault trials, the window of opportu­ nity now exists. Get drunk, commit a crime, and serve half the time, or perhaps none at all.

According to Canadian Press, some legal scholars suggest that this ruling will only apply to a narrow range of cases. The Supreme Court did not expect a flood of cases involving a drunkenness defence.

Flood or no flood, the existence of such a loophole in the legal sys­ tem is disturbing. Effectively the judicial system has told all Canadians that excessive drinking and complete intoxication may absolve you of blame for committing crimes, particularly heinous crimes such as sexual assault and rape.

It is likely that the court is correct, and that very few defendants will successfully utilise this defence. But what happens after one person does?

Perhaps that person had a dozen drinks and a jury or judge will find that a sufficient level of intoxication to justify violating another human in the most intrusive and offensive manner. Perhaps later the courts will decide that ten drinks is enough. And then seven. And then four. Eventually sex­ ual assault might not be a crime at all.

This is a doomsday scenario; it is more likely that the defence will never be used, at least not with any degree of success. Still, the opportuni­ ty exists, and that may prompt an increase in sexual assault and harass­ ment. Nobody, particularly the Supreme Court, should condone or endorse that. T o borrow Oliver Wendell Holmes’s famous phrase, that places Canada on a slippery slope that is very difficult to climb back up.

The problem is not within the legal system. It reflects a societal igno­ rance to the prevalence of sexual assault and all its implications. Perhaps Rock, Jean Chrétien and the federal government would be served better by educating the men and women of Canada about issues of harassment and misconduct — that is where the true social reform lies.

Instead, the government creates stop-gap solutions — albeit neces­ sary steps given the myopia of the Supreme Court’s decision. Just further proof that lawyers may know the law, but often do not understand the society in which it works. Canadians should demand more of their gov­ ernment. The victims of these crimes deserve much more; sexual assault, harassment, and rape are crimes, pure and simple. Law is about issues of black and white, right and wrong, the Supreme Court has created a dan­ gerous grey area.

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I am disappointed that the

Tribune has caved in and given space to the W W F generation (“Professional wrestling: not just a game,” October 4) to express their heresies.

The core of the article focuses on the “ small package debate,” wherein the authors conclude that the small package is akin to cheat­ ing and should not be used to set­ tle a championship match. W hat they ignore is that the small pack­ age is the tool of the smaller and more agile wrestler who must use his/her wits and dexterity to defeat stronger and larger opponents.

W ould the authors take the sling aw ay from D a v id ? Indeed, the authors appear to be in awe of the generic and brainless steroid enhanced W W F wrestlers to the extent that they likely would bar the canny W hipper B illy Watson from the squared circle if he were to lace up his tights again.

W hat threatens wrestling is not the sm all package. W h a t threatens wrestling is the W W F vision of steroid monsters who gain character by taking on per­ sonalities that pander to the racist and xen o p h o b ic sentim ents in N o rth A m e ric a n society. N D P candidate P aul “ the B u tc h e r” V a c h o n , Jos L e d u c , the late T a rz a n “ la b o ttin e ” T y l e r and Gilles “ the Fish” Poisson toiled for years to develop their person­ alities in the debased form of bal­ let that is w restling. M r. F u ji’ s W W F villainy, on the other hand lies solely in his impersonation of an old racist stereotype that sadly still has mass purchase in our soci­ ety.

Peter Graefe U 3 Arts

R i s in g tu itio n f e e s w ill h u rt s tu d e n ts Seems like the Liberals take us for granted. W ell let me remind Prime Minister Chrétien to think twice if he wants to do the same with our parents.

I ’m sure you know b y now that the Liberal Chrétien govern­ ment made public a discussion paper detailing federal social poli­ cy options. Except for programs pertaining to senior citizens and retirement plans, the publication touches base on every facet of social programs. A nything from child tax benefits to welfare and social services, from guaranteed national income to unemployment insurance. Then there is the option on post-secondary education.

A c c o rd in g to R o b e rt P ritc h a rd , president o f the University of Toronto, the Liberal government proposes to give less federal support for universities and colleges. F o r the fiscal year of 1996-97 finance m in iste r Paul M a rtin wants to cut fe d e ra lp ro vin cia l equalisation transfer payments for post-secondary edu­ cation, currently at $2.6 billion.

Instead $2 billion w ill be directly administered to Canadian students in the form of loans, repayable on an in co m e -co n tin ge n t scheme.

Because provinces w ill no longer receive m oney from the federal government, they could not possi­ bly subsidise universities and col­ leges. As a result, all these institu­ tions w ill have massive deficits in their operating budgets. A ll in all, funding has to come from some­ w here else, i.e . us students.

Translation: tuition fees w ill go up! H u m an resources m in iste r L lo y d A x w o r t h y ’ s discussion paper states an expectation of dou­ bling in tuition fees. But Claude Lajeunesse, president o f the Association of Universities and C o lle g e s o f C an a d a , predicts tuition jumping to 5,000 dollars a year and increasing every year after 1996-97.

Personally between m y par­ ents and myself, we can probably come up with enough money to cover higher tuition and other liv­ ing costs for studying away from home. Not everyone is as lucky as I am. H ow w ill you cope?

Arnold Kw ok U 3 Science W h o c a re s a b o u t C h r é t i e n ’s p e r s o n a l v i e w ?

I ’d like to know w hy Arnold Kw ok thinks it is so important that the prime minister state his views on homosexual rights. M r. Kw ok applauds Roseanne Skoke and T o m Wappel for having “guts to speak their m inds” immediately after assuring readers that he is heterosexual and practises hetero­ sexual sex. First, M r. Kw ok, if you are so concerned about gay rights and so liberal-minded that homo­ sexuality is concomitant to any other protected right then w hy do you insist on trumpeting your own sexuality? A little insecure per­ haps? I call it homophobia — deal with it.

The fact that you practise het­ erosexual sex is irrelavent to judg­ ing hatefulness. If something is hateful, it’s hateful. Y o u r intelli­ gence — I assume you have some because yo u ’re in university but after reading your letter I have my doubts — should allow you to see that.

A l l that is secondary. T h e point is that the government, under the leadership o f C hré tie n and Allan Rock, is attempting to cor­ rect an injustice in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

W hat matters is the government policy, not personal opinion. Not Jean Chrétien’s, not Allan Rock’s, and definitely not Arnold K w o k ’s.

Borden Rhodes

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Q u e e r s p a c e , m y s p a c e , b u ild in g a s e n s e o f p la c e

The other night I went for cof­ fee with friends at a restaurant in W e stm ou n t. O n e frie n d and I decided to walk back to absorb the city at a slow scale. Reaching a com m on crossroads ( M c G il l C o lle g e and S h e rb ro o k e ), I realised how strangely not at home I felt there, despite it’s daily pres­ ence in m y life. There is a small marble sculpture on the south-east comer — the logo for a company called Cascades. G o and take a look if you h a ve n ’ t noticed it.

D e cid in g it resembled a chaise lounge, we clambered on and took a pause. Sitting there, noting the world from this new vantage point, several connections began to form in my mind that have grown in the days since. This is bound to be a

two-installment column at least.

Earlier the same evening, my friend and I had been discussing a two-part series (Sept 21 and Oct 1) Globe and M ail visual arts critic Jo hn B e n tle y M a y s w rote on Queer Space — a new concept in understanding urban forms and patterns. V a n c o u v e r planner Gordon Brent Ingram defines it as, “terrain strategically crucial for the maintenance, cohesion and sur­ vival of urban homosexual com­ munities.” Mays notes that, while interesting on its own, Queer space is merely the tip of the iceberg — a clue to two bigger issues. The first is the discrepancy between planned use and real use. The sec­ ond is how “the non-rich, the nonpowerful, the sexually or socially

m a rg in a lize d ” are in v a ria b ly denied voices in “the process of city-creation” — the very cities they must live in. In fact, in a large m etropolis such as M ontreal, a very small percentage of the popu­ lation has any sort of input into the nature of their local environment at all.

So, sitting on our little slab of marble, m y friend and I realised that we were doing just that: sitting on our marble. W e were claiming space. A n d this fact was actually much more important than appears at first glance. Y o u ’re probably laughing right now, thinking that we claim space every time we sit down in a class, or walk along the street. True, but there is a differ­ ence. The significance of sitting on the statue was that we were not using it for its intended purpose.

W hat seemed like a little prank was working on many intellectual levels.

In deciding to use the statue as a seat, we were having our input into the urban planning our city.

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W atching the 24-hour a day coverage of Sadaam Hussein’s lat­ est exploits on C N N this weekend brought back vivid memories from 1990. The same cries of “Finish him off!” and “It’s all about o il!” have been expounded all weekend and w ill continue for the foresee­ able future. N o one likes military actions, and people always seek to link the most nefarious motives to any military action, especially if the United States is involved.

Both protests are equally cal­ low. Those who are still upset that the U N did not continue on into Baghdad and oust Sadaam Hussein himself underestimated the impor­ tance of maintaining the integrity o f the U N mandate to s im p ly remove the Iraqi from the territory of the sovereign state of Kuwait.

T o try to forcibly topple him today would also be a foolish act: Iraq does not have a pathetic army and a relatively welcom ing population like in Haiti. It would be a formi­ dable military task, and most of the Iraqi citizens (from what the Iraqi governm ent tells us) blame the United States, not Sadaam Hussein, for their suffering.

T o those who considered the actions of the United States against Iraq in 1991 as motivated solely by oil need to open their-eyes to a wider reality. Surely, oil was a major factor in the G ulf War: eco­ nomic interests are always factors in military actions (it was for Iraq too). However, the long-term secu­ rity interests for the region demanded strong action by the

M ark Luz

international community, and pro­ vided an unique opportunity for the U N to fulfill its mandate of pre­ venting unjustified aggression by one state against another.

Strong action against Iraq is as necessary today as it was three years ago, and President Clinton so far seems to be acting in a decisive and responsible m anner. Once again, Hussein has taken a huge gamble that is likely to backfire: Iraq was secretly flaunting its NonProliferation Treaty obligations by d e ve lo p in g a nuclear weapons capability, and blew his cover with an invasion of Kuwait. He did not think anyone significant, especially a U N military coalition including some of the regions Arab powers, would respond so decisively to his invasion of Kuwait. He played a trump card by sending Scud mis­ siles into Israel in an attempt to draw them into the war and gal­ vanise Arab support around him instead of the United States and its allies. This string of failures should have taught him a lesson that many a dictator has learned in the past decade: you can do what you want so long as you do not step on American toes, and as long as C N N is not there to film you doing it.

Mohammar Khadafi is living proof of that — what has he been up to lately?

C N N is back in Iraq, and this time, Hussein is hoping to use the international attention to his advan­ tage. He is hoping that the suffer­ ing of innocent Iraqi citizens will evoke sympathy in the internation­

al community and bring the lifting of sanctions to the bargaining table before Iraq has fully complied with U N resolutions. He is hoping that the fortitude of the United States, occupied in Haiti and scarred from Somalia, Bosnia and Rwanda, is low enough to take advantage of.

He also desperately needs to occu­ py his army and Iraqi citizens to focus their attention on a military threat against Iraq rather than on his leadership. The numerous coup attempts in recent months is an indication that his power base is eroding quickly. Most of all, he is praying that a Jim m y Carter will show up in Baghdad. He knows that the existing U N resolutions are strict and decisive and that they can not be negotiated. He is hoping to cause enough of a crisis to force a diplo m a tic settlement that w ill essentially undermine the condi­ tions imposed on Iraq as a result of the G u lf War settlement.

Unfortunately for him, he was once again too impatient and very foolish. He was right about one thing: the United States does not want the sanctions lifted until Iraq is so devastated that civil unrest or a coup attempt f in a lly ousts Hussein from power. However, if Iraq really has complied with U N reso lutio ns, the U n ite d States would deserve the blame for reneg­ ing on their commitment to lift the embargo once conditions has been fulfilled, with or without Sadaam Hussein in power. If he had contin­ ued to lobby Russia, France, China and a few other strategic actors, the issue of lifting the sanctions would have come up soon enough, and the U N w ould have had to relent if compliance with the appropriate resolutions had been fu lfille d .

There were even rumours that Iraq would seek a peace agreement with

For ten minutes, our little voices were more important than the pow­ erful voice of Cascades, surely a persuasive one to city ears. If I tried to build a sculpture in m y front yard, the aesthetics police would be all over me in a matter of hours.

Being on a conspicuous cor­ ner, we had a constant stream of witnesses expressing a variety of opinions. This is the risk you run when claiming space. In society, we liv e w ith in a certain set of social norms, and making a place for yourself often falls outside the acceptable boundaries. This is par­ ticularly true if you are a margin­ alised group because you find yourself in the double bind of not having a voice in planning (thus needing to claim space) and not having a voice in social norms (but needing to break them to claim space). T h is phenom enon was quite apparent in the in flu x of appalled letters regarding M ays’ article.

Mays is smart to note that “no

urban space has one meaning”, and that all spaces are in constant flux of meaning, be that over ten years or, in a park used for nocturnal gay encounters, “the cycle from ungen­ dered recreational space to queer space and back again {is } just 24 hours.” Most of the letters of dis­ gust, if not purely homophobic, contained arguments along the lines of, “ all tax payers pay for this land, and it is unfair for one group to claim it.” Certainly the appro­ priation of areas must not be to the exclusion of others, such as hap­ pens with gangs and their territo­ ries. Claim ing space must be fair and civilised. But we didn’t want to set up house on the statue, just to stay a while. N o harm done.

In two weeks I ’ll talk more on why claiming space and building a sense of place is important. Until then, unless y o u ’re stepping on someone’s toes, try using the city in your own way.

Israel if the Israelis would put in a good word for them. Patience has ne ve r been Sadaam H u s s e in ’ s strong point, and any sympathy he could have evoked from the inter­ national c o m m u n ity has been squandered.

I certainly hope that this crisis w ill end without bloodshed and that the sanctions against Iraq will be lifted in due course. Even more importantly, I hope Iraq w ill join

the wave of peace in the M iddle East to benefit itself and the entire region. However, the U N cannot allow the sanctions to be lifted until Iraq fully cooperates. Once that happens, Iraq should not be treated as an outcast, but treated with respect and with the aim to establish peace between form er enemies.

G e o ff Gibson is keeping his eyes open.

Mark Luz is geopolitically aware.

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T h e H a p p y P ill? years,” said Jobin. “W ithin a few weeks of m y putting her on Prozac, her m ood had already begun to W h y are comic strips, Tim e improve. Her husband even called magazine, and the medical commu­ me to ask what I had given her nity all referring to the same issue? w h ic h had so im p ro ve d her The anti-depressant Prozac is being humour.” joked about, talked about and swal­ “ A fte r six months o f treat­ lowed by all sectors of our society. ment, just as the holidays were Is it just another m edication or approaching, she claimed to feel so could there truly be a moral ques­ good that she wished to stop taking tion behind the use o f this new the drug. T h is was a year ago. drug?

Th o u g h stopping the medication Prozac, or fluoxetine, is a drug has left her a little less cheerful referred to as a “ selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor” . Serotonin is a than she had been w hile taking Prozac, she has to this day not fall­ neurotransmitter produced by the en back into depression.” nervous system which allows for The Tribune spoke with a 23co m m u n ica tio n to take place y e a r-o ld M ontreal student who between nerve cells. W ith medica­ started taking Prozac last year after tion such as P ro za c, serotonin breaking up w ith her boyfriend. becomes m ore available to the Fo llo w in g the break-up, “ A lic e ” receiving cell and has prolonged became severely depressed. She effects. Tests have shown that high serotonin levels have effects as had lost her appetite, began suffer­ ing from insomnia, and was prone wide-ranging as relief from depres­ sion and compulsive behaviour to to fits of tears. The symptoms soon became so crippling that she could enhancing ambition and mood ele­ not attend classes.

T h o u g h she had ne ve r used a n ti­ “ l h a v e h e a r d o f n o s c ie n tific depressant drugs before, when her e v id e n c e t h a t n o r m a l p e o p le fa m ily physician fe e l b etter on th e dru g . F or suggested Prozac, n o w i t ’s a l l a n e c d o t e s . ” Alice agreed to try the m edication.

She was also D r. J o e l P a r is o f t h e M c Q ill advised to see a M e n t a l H e a lt h C lin ic p sych o lo g ist in order to address the root of the depression. vation. On the other side, low lev­ “ I would not have been able to els of the chemical in the nervous get through it on m y ow n,” said system can be linked to depression Alice. “M y thoughts had become and lack o f m otivation. Th o u g h so dark. I kept thinking T m going this is nothing new to the psychi­ atric community, drugs used in the to die’.”

W ith in tw o weeks, A lic e past have often been accompanied began to feel the effects o f the by harsh side effects and can be medication. Suddenly, she regained toxic in higher doses. her w ill to leave her room. She Given that the drug is only six returned to school, took up dance years old, eleven m illio n people class again, and re-established con­ have already tried Prozac. W hat makes the drug popular within the tact with her friends. Not only does she attribute her mood change to medical field is its apparent lack of the drug, but she also claims that it side effects. Insomnia, nausea and has improved her organisational poor appetite are not uncommon in skills, and left her feeling more the first two weeks of use, yet the motivated than she had been even rumoured number of patients dri­ before the breakdown. ven to suicide by Prozac has appar­ Following a nine month treat­ ently been repudiated. One sup­ ment Alice felt that she had recov­ posed effect of Prozac w hich is ered from her depression and asked being studied is whether it does to be taken off Prozac. Though her reduce libido and inhibit orgasm. experience with the drug helped Th e Food and D rug A d m in ­ her to escape her desperate state, istration approved Prozac in 1988 for the purpose of treating cases of she does not regard it as the single depression. D r. Maurice Jobin, a cure.

“Prozac does not make prob­ Montreal general practitioner, has lems disappear, it just covers them had success with the drug. From up,” stated Alice. “However, with­ the start he concedes that Prozac out Prozac I would not have had does not help all patients suffering from depression. He has found that the strength to deal with them.”

Despite the high regard Alice one in four does not react to the has for the medication, her experi­ drug and that those who experience ence was not without its glitches. chronic melancholy have the great­ Like many, she had little reserva­ est success with the medication. tion about occasional use of illegal M any of the people for whom he drugs or alcohol when out celebrat­ has prescribed Prozac are patients ing. She recounted her New Year’s who have already tried other med­ eve of 1993 when she decided to ications for their depression with­ use ecstasy while on Prozac. She out success. “ I treated one lady who had been depressed fo r tw e n ty six

C S I S : m o r e b a r k th a n b ite

B y S ylvie B a b a r ik

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By D a w n W

estley

A recent c o n tro ve rs y has brought a formerly unnoticed fed­ eral intelligence organisation into the p u b lic eye. T h e C anadian Security Intelligence Service has a much lower profile than its coun­ terpart in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Recently C B C reported that Brian Bristow , a founde'r of the w hite suprem acist g ro u p the Heritage Front, was on the C S IS payroll. The story has neither been confirmed nor denied by C SIS, but has placed the organisation under media scrutiny that it has never

known before. Allegations were made that the organisation was act­ ing too independently and in an excessively secretive manner. Prior to recent events, few Canadians had ever heard of C SIS and even fewer were aware of the organisa­ tion’s function. The nature of the activities that CSIS is involved in may justify the publicity vacuum that surrounds it. A ltho u gh the Bristow affair has brought the lat­ ter concern to the fore, few ques­ tions have been answered.

CSIS was initiated in 1984 in response to a review of certain ille­ gal R C M P activities in the area of national security. The report con­

cluded that law enforcement was distinct from national security, and that a civilian organisation should be formed to deal with issues of national se cu rity. A n e q u a lly im portant recomm endation was that such an organisation should be answerable to Parliament.

The mandate of C SIS, as out­ lined in the CSIS Act, includes its main objectives and the system of accountability that CSIS must fol­ lo w . Th e m ain objective of the body is to analyse activities sus­ pected of constituting threats to national security. What constitutes a threat to national security is left

See CSIS Page 9

A r c a d e r e v o lu t io n to a rc a n e e v o lu t io n

By A

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L epine

“ At first you’re grossed out by all the blood and stuff— but you get used to it.” • Statements like this are not uncommon among avid video-game players. That most video games on the market are violent is not a matter of dispute. Walk into any arcade and your ears w ill be assailed with machine gun fire and grunts of wounded video heroes.

While the issues surrounding violence in media have been subject to extensive research, the effects of video game violence is an area that is just starting to be explored. “ T h a t ’ s w h a t’ s so d is tu rb in g ,” said Robert Bachkhangi, a student at Dawson College who has been studying the game Mortal Kombat II since it came out this spring. Bachkhangi began researching the game because he wanted to be aware of the reasons he got “hooked”. “ Mortal Kombat II is the game of the decade. It’s the latest step in the growing pattern of arcade games.

This isn’t just violence. It’s extreme violence — split­ ting people in half, blades through the stomach — it’s not enough just to kill your opponent any more. You have to kill him in an interesting way. You want peo­ ple watching to say ‘W ow ! D id you see the way he killed him?’ The deaths have to be stylish,” explained Bachkhangi.

“The trends in Quebec are almost the same as those in the States,” said Irv in g Dorfm ann from Bibematic, Inc., a Montreal arcade game distribution company. “ I don’t like it, but what can I do? There’s no doubt that the violent [video games] make the most money. If I didn’t buy them, my competitors would take over the market.”

A great deal of attention has been focused on vio­ lence in the media in recent years, particularly on tele­ vision aimed at ch il­ dren. A study conduct­ ed by W o o d , W o n g and Chachere in 1991 offers support for the conclusion that “expo­ sure to media violence can contribute, along with many other fac­ tors, to the occurrence of aggressive behav­ iour.”

V id e o games, strangely enough, have received far less attention than other visual m edia. H o w ­ ever, these games may have an even more profound influence on young minds. Rather than passively observ­

ing the violence put before them, the players actively participate in the action.

“Y o u ’re the director,” observed Bachkhangi.

Speculation over the effect of these games is strong. D o these games really increase aggression, or are they simply harmless ways of passing the time or releasing stress?

Bachkhangi replied, “You come out shaking, and if you lose you’re really mad, but I ’ve never felt like doing anything violent after playing.”

Annette W erk is an associate professor in the school of social work at M cG ill who also runs a clinic on domestic violence within M cG ill. “You cannot say there is a cause-effect relationship between playing video games and committing acts of violence,” she believes. “But because the video games are so popular and accepted in society, it becomes another factor that leads to the desensitisation to violence.”

Werk believes that society condones this type of violence by ignoring it. “What it says to young people is that ‘violence is O .K .,” stated Werk.

Bachkhangi believes the new age of video games is smart, visually stimulating and targeted to draw in players and keep them hooked. “Just to give you some indication of how far video games have advanced,” Bachkhangi offered, “the creators of Mortal Kombat are the same people who designed Pac Man.”

V irtual v io len ce o n St. C a th erin es

Research Associates, a group operating out of Danya, Florida, publishes lists of the top selling arcade games in the U .S . e ve ry m onth.

September’s winners are as follows: 1. Revolution X 2. Mortal Kombat II 3. Virtual Fighter 4. N B A Jam II 5. Lethal Gunfighters II

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U s in g g e n e t ic s to u n d e rs ta n d c a n c e r by

S h y a m Ra n g a r t n a m

Last Wednesday, an audience comprised mostly of students and faculty gathered at the M cIntyre M edical build in g for a seminar entitled “ Cancer and M isplaced Oncogenes” . This latest talk in the Foundation of M edical Science Lectures series was presented by renowned scientist Dr. Phil Leder, the chairm an of the H a rv a rd M ed ical School Departm ent of Genetics.

Leder’s impressive contribu­ tions to science includes the eluci­ dation of the genetic code in 1963, a breakthrough in our understand­ ing of cell and molecular biology.

He also helped establish important concepts in gene structure, im m une responses, and cancer genetics.

Cancer is a widely used term for what is more appropriately called neoplasia, literally the “new growth” of abnormally proliferat­ ing cells. These growths are often categorised as either benign or malignant. Unlike benign tumours, m alignant neoplasms (correctly referred to as cancers) invade sur­ rounding tissue and may spread through the bloodstream to other organs, giving rise to new tumours.

Th e e v o lu tio n of cells to malignancy is a multi-step and ran­ dom process, as suggested by the late age of onset and increased risk w ith age of most cancers.

Nevertheless, tumours are thought to arise from a single progenitor

c e ll-th e first ce ll fro m w h ic h the tu m o u r w ill be form ed-w hich und­ ergoes a “transform­ ing event” and beg­ ins to divide abnor­ mally. It is the ulti­ mate betrayal: a per­ so n ’ s ow n cells ignore their regular p ro g ra m m in g and e vo lve into life threatening growths.

It is now known that several genes play important roles in the progression of cancer.

C erta in genes called onco­ genes are found to be aberrantly active in tumours, whereas others (the tum our suppressors) show reduced or u nde­ tectable function.

S im p ly put, oncogenes promote the growth of cells.

T h e y are norm ally active in the early fetus. T h e y direct cells to m u ltip ly thereby causing the enlargement of the body. Later in development, this rapid growth is brought under control. Most cells stop dividing and change form and function according to their roles in the “mature” body. These changes are brought about by strict instruc­

P ro zac: m o d e m d ay so m a Continued from Page 8 described her evening as frightful.

N ot only did she sink back into depression, but she was haunted by terrifying nightmares for the two following evenings. Just as in her pre-Prozac period, she found her­ self in tears when she woke.

Her initial hesitance to take an anti-depressant led Alice to seek additional information on Prozac.

She came across stories of people who were treating the drug as a way of life. Some had chosen to take the drug in order to become more ambitious and happy, rather than treat any o u tright case of depression. She notes that she too enjoyed the uplifting effects of Prozac, but she rejects such casual usage of the medication.

“It’s normal to have highs and low s. W e are not meant to be automatons,” said Alice. “I myself noticed that I reacted to things with less enthusiasm.”

This type of concern has been echoed in media coverage of the Prozac issue. D r. Peter Kram er, author of the book Listening to P rozac, is a psychiatrist who is regarded as one o f the leading experts on the dmg. In his analysis he coined the term “cosmetic psy­ ch o p h a rm a c o lo g y” . T h e idea entails the creation of new person­ alities through the use of drugs.

People w ho w ere not in itia lly cheery and out-going could now take a pill which would transform them.

D r Joel Paris of the M c G ill M ental Health C lin ic dismisses Kramer’s claims of altering person­ alities through the use of Prozac.

Paris considers the drug to be a breakthrough in psychiatric treat­ ment, but does not believe that it possesses the “happiness-inducing qualities” which it is reported to have. “ I have heard of no scientific evidence that normal people feel better on the d ru g ,” rem arked Paris. “For now it’s all anecdotes.”

In the United States, many sto­ ries circulate about people who have been cured of their depres­ sion, yet are unwilling to stop tak­ ing Prozac. There is no evidence to date that the drug is addictive and no long-term effects have been documented. Since the medication is still new, many w orry that its harms may appear in the future.

Paris does not see any reason for the moment to deprive people of the comfort they find in Prozac.

“You couldn’t tell an asthmat­ ic to stop using a ventalin puffer,” he notes.

Prozac is about to be approved by the F D A for treatment of obses­ sive-compulsive behaviour. Other drugs such as Zoloft and Paxil that function much in the same way as Prozac have entered the market recently. Mood-altering drugs have established their place in the mar­ ket. Th e question remains how these medications will be used and what their long term effects w ill be.

tions carried out by the so-called anti-oncogenes, or tum our suppressers.

M utatio n s w h ic h activate oncogenes or eliminate anti-onco­

genes can lead to deregulated cell growth and tum our progression. These D N A alterations can arise spontaneously in cells, or through the mutagenic effects of certain e n viro n ­ mental agents such as cigarette smoke and ultraviolet light.

In some cases, can­ cer is seen to run in fa m ilie s. T h is is often due to the inheritance of a mutation responsible for a predisposition to a certain tumour.

Full-blow n can­ cer is d iffic u lt to treat. Surgery does not remove any cir­ culating ce lls, and other therapies often have h arm fu l side effects. B y studying the genetic basis of cancer, researchers such as Leder hope to develop remedies for this complicated set of diseases. “ G enetics is absolutely inescapable,” asserted Leder. “It is the engine that drives new knowledge in medicine.”

Leder is currently studying the role of oncogenes in cancer

through the introduction of genetic sequences into the cells of labora­ tory mice, a technique which he pioneered in the 80s. He is particu­ larly interested in the “paradigm of breast cancer” , and uses these transgenic mice (mice that contain the inserted genetic sequences) in an effort to understand and treat this disorder in humans.

Leder focused on lactation and the effect of ea rly p regnancy.

W o m e n w ho becom e pregnant before the age of 20 show a marked reduction in risk for breast cancer. He also described the tar­ geting of tumours through utilisa­ tion of the immune system of mice.

T h e m o le cu la r m echanism s of these phenomena m ight soon be exploited in an effort to protect all women.

Research on this disease has become a m ajor w om en’ s issue.

B reast cancer w ill k ill 5,400 women in Canada in 1994, with 17,000 new cases reported. Th is w e e k ’ s issue of the jo u rn a l Science, reports the discovery of B R C A 1 , a gene responsible for inherited predisposition to breast and ovarian tumours. A lthou gh B R C A 1 may only affect 1-2% of all breast cancer patients, most individuals who carry the defective gene develop tumours. It is hoped that discoveries of this kind, and further research into treatment of the disease, w ill lead to an effec­ tive cure for breast cancer.

CSIS CSIS CSIS CSIS Continued from Page 5 up to the organisation to determine.

“Our operation’s primary focus is on counter ter­ rorism. It used to be intelligence security during the Cold W ar but the world has changed and Canadian security has new dem ands,” commented Y urga n Krugar of the communications department of CSIS headquarters in Ottawa.

In the annual reports CSIS releases, the priority of counter-terrorism is apparent. The 1991 CSIS pub­ lic report outlined sources of global security concerns as being ethnic nationalism (being the primary moti­ vator of terrorist activity), and religious extremism in Central Asia, India and the Middle East.

The priority of terrorism and the ethno-religious focus CSIS adheres to is the cause for the anxiety sur­ rounding the Bristow Affair. However, the relation­ ship between Bristow and CSIS is unconfirmed.

“The C B C seems to be independently pursuing this investigation. Despite the fact that CSIS has pub­ licly denied investigating the Postal U nion or the Reform party, C B C does not seem to take heed. As for Bristow we cannot publicly confirm or deny the allegations because it is within the mandate that we not disclose any information concerning our sources,” stated Kruger.

H ow ever dangerous the possible relationship between the Heritage Front and C SIS may appear, a look into the C SIS mandate shows powerful institu­ tional checks upon its activities. In the 1991 Solicitor General’s public report “O n Course” , it was clearly stated that the operational methods must be within “full respect for the law.”

Among the more salient points included were: • “The investigative means must be proportionate to the gravity of the threat proposed.”

• “The need to use various investigative techniques must be weighed against possible damage to civil lib­ erties.”

• “ Except in emergency circumstances, the least intrusive techniques must be used.”

• “The more intrusive the technique, the higher the authority required to approve it’s use.”

But all of this is meaningless if it is left up to CSIS to determine these parameters. Fortunately this

is not the case.

C S IS is analysed, evaluated, assessed and cri­ tiqued by a myriad of government offices and com­ mittees. First, C SIS has an official watch-dog group k n o w n as the S e c u rity In te llig e n c e R e vie w Commission. The commission is authorised within the CSIS Act to completely evaluate C SIS annually and whenever it deems necessary to do so. CSIS is respon­ sible to the Solicitor General’ s office and is also assigned a minister to whom all activities must be reported. A t any time the Solicitor General can com­ mission the Inspector General to conduct an investiga­ tion and CSIS must make all its documents available to him. Under circumstances where the investigative techniques go beyond open published information, CSIS must get approval from the Solicitor General, a federal court judge, an independent counsel from the department of justice and the Target Approval And Review Committee that was created for the job. This system of analysis and approval did not occur by acci­ dent. CSIS was formed in response to R C M P abuses that the government wanted to eradicate. “ It can be an impediment to our work. Other intelligence security offices such as the F B I, and the M I-5 in Britain, are not as subject to review as the CSIS but the Canadian government has given priority to the protection of c iv il liberties and individual rights,” confirmed Kruger.

So what has the agency done for Canada, and what can they do? Th e organisation’s greatest pre­ occupation is w ith investigation of c iv il servants being hired by the governm ent, and background checks of immigrants. They are information gatherers.

W hen it is time for action the jo b is done by the R C M P . There are no cloak-and-dagger tales of espi­ onage, crooked officials or third world subversions.

This is not to say that CSIS doesn’t take itself serious­ ly. Their annual reports outline graphically their com­ mitment to national security in a rapidly changing world. “ Since the end of the Cold War [C SIS has] faced reduced manpower and increased demands. W e no longer live in a world with one monolithic enemy.

Th e new world order is one in which Canada has many enemies but they are not obvious. W e must always have our eyes open,” Kruger said.

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S c a m s a n d s c a n d a ls in s c ie n c e : d ir t y ra ts in b i o - m e d r e s e a r c h B y Steph a n Patten

Last week, Dr. Patricia W oolf of Princeton University spoke at M c G ill about the presence of scams in biomedical research in a lecture e ntitled “ Scam s and Scoundrels in S cie n ce ” . T o an audience of over a hundred she spoke about w hy con artists are attracted to scientific research and what has been and is being done to minimise their prevalence.

W oolf presented one research scam that took place in 1975. A researcher attempting to duplicate a p re vio u s ly “ successful” skin graft fro m a b la ck to a w hite mouse, painted a black spot on the white mouse with a felt tip pen. He tried to pass his painted mouse off as proof of the continuing promise of his efforts. He hoped to contin­ ue to re ceive fu n d in g fo r his research. His misconduct was dis­ covered when the black spot was removed by alcohol.

Part of the motivation behind fabricating research lies in the sig­ nificant advantages — m oney, fame, international travel — that can be acquired. Con artists focus their attention on areas that are pragmatic or valuable to society. A forger, for example, w ill duplicate A m e ric a n d o lla rs or E n g lis h pounds but not Russian rubles. “ Public acclaim can be said to foster forge ry. It is arguably a mark of the success of research in

general, and biomedical research in particular, that it has become the target of shoddy pfactitioners,” said Woolf.

The possibility of significant personal gain is not the only rea­ son that con artists target science.

“The practice of medicine has been susceptible to cheap imita­ tio n s, not o n ly fo r fin a n cia l rewards, but because of the com­ p le x ity o f problem s it m ust address and the uncertainty about the definition of successful treat­ ment... there is also the esteem in w h ich responsible m edicine is held.”

T o delineate between respon­ sible medicine and questionable research practices, a definition of “research misconduct” was neces­ sary. T h e d e fin itio n began to evolve in the early 80s. It included the notions of fabrication, falsifi­ cation, plagiarism and “other prac­ tices that seriously deviate from accepted standards.” * W oolf pointed out that arriv­ ing at a reasonable definition was not an easy task. “Th e scientific community has had a difficult time figuring out just what to codify and how to do it in a way that would not obliterate creative sci­ ence in a fog of regulations.”

There was some objection to the last part of the d e fin itio n because it was viewed as being too vague and potentially damag­ ing to the creative process. Other

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people argued that it may be the only way to include such practices as the sabotage of other peoples’ experiments, the harassment of whistle blowers, and unresponsive­ ness to allegations of misconduct.

Th e definition o f scientific misconduct was expanded. It now includes practices such as multiple (undisclosed) publications of the same data, failure to report contra­ dictory evidence, sloppy (o r no) record keeping, selective “under” reporting of research, data dredg­ ing and more. “ [Data dredging is]... where you do work on 200 subjects, find an interesting trend in 100 of them and then report the research as though the trend in the 100 was what you were looking at all the time, and never mention the other hundred.”

W o o lf presented some prob­ lems that faced the scientific com­ munity while attempting to draw the line that would separate mis­ conduct from propriety. Part of the problem lies in how research is conducted.

“ Scientists have shown them­ selves to be unaware of the extent to which other enterprises go to assure that their operations are sound and reliable.”

T h e issue o f intent often comes up in discussions about the definition of scientific misconduct. “ Th e inclusion of intention means that very few allegations are likely to result in sanctions.

Accused scientists almost always argue that their actions were inad­ vertent, not planned, and therefore not intentional,” W oolf said.

The degree of negligence that should be tolerated before further funding is withheld is also an issue surrounding the definition of sci­ entific misconduct.

W o o lf em phasised that researchers most often commit sci­ entific misconduct when research standards are unclear, the chances of detection are low, and when a good benefit to risk ratio exists.

T h e s cie n tific c o m m u n ity , according to Woolf, has begun to implement measures to reduce the occurrence of scientific m iscon-

T h e F o u fo u n ic O r d e r Spit it out Paromita Shah M y career as a political sci­ ence student has been blessed with one constant theme: the search for the perfect paradigm-a model that explains international comings and goings with some degree of accura­ cy. Th e o rists and philosophers have spent millennia researching this elusive concept. And they have all come to one conclusion: that no one thing can explain everything.

M y own self-motivated search has been restricted to a certain set of control sites: bars. And while the Copacabana will always remain m y one and o n ly true lo v e , I believe w ith all m y intellectual soul that Foufounes contains the fruit of all knowledge. Foufounes has transcended the status of mere bar into a forum where the most subtle and slick diplomacies are tried and tested.

To the untrained eye, Foufounes has always appeared a place where people in black play out their semi-heathen and savage urges to their fullest. Th e dance flo o r seems to w arp into one seething, churning mass of flesh.

Debauchery incarnate.

M y first revelation came from atop the raised platform w hile watching dedicated Foufounites do their best. (Being of sound mind and small body, I had no desire to be sliced, dice d , smashed, or mashed into a sm aller mass of flesh than I am now .) M y friend Michael was sitting beside me try­ ing to indoctrinate me into the art of bouncer watching. After a while, I too began to distinguish the trees from the forest. I understand that bouncers are there to monitor the crowd and guard against any fren­ zied outbursts; but this was going beyond mere supervision.

M ik e named them “ Th e W a ll” , “ Spaz” , and “Th e Puppetmaster”- the facilitators of the sen­ sitive negotiations in progress that night.

Th e W a ll, true to his name, would stand like a rock with his huge paunch thrust out in front of him like some b o x in g bag.

Thrashers would literally bounce o ff him . T h e ones w ho got too friendy were given this careless push that would land the unfortu­ nate outside the confines of the dance floor.

Spaz d id n ’ t even bother to assess the situation; he would just flail his arms and damage people no matter what the mood of the song was. Spaz epitomized one of the prime principles of physics: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. He was a human natural disaster.

Th e Puppet-m aster master­ minded every single action on the dance floor. Not only did he con­ trol over-zealous Foufounites but the actions of bouncers as well.

Endowed with an insiduously gen­ tle touch, his m anipulations showed a p o litica l finesse that m atched Z h irin o v s k y . H e had assembled a new language of head movements that relayed to Spaz and the W a ll when to m ove in, when to take people out, and when to sit still. This is not to say that he did not hit anyone; he was just more calculatingly restrained.

The bouncers weren’t the only freaks. Le t’s not forget the crowd they had to deal with. First, there were the “ slammers” who would m in d le ssly crash into people regardless of size, breadth, or weight. Then there were the “peo­ ple in their own w orld” ; dancers

duct. Education of the standards for scientific research is now being conducted at many academic insti­ tutions.

Detection mechanisms for sci­ entific misconduct are improving.

These include the implementation of systems for dealing with mis­ conduct allegations and increased attention to the possibility of dis­ honesty.

Progress in a lte rin g the risk/reward ratio to make miscon­ duct less desirable is also under­ way.

“The success of these endeav­ ours may not be noticed for some time, but these tactics are at least underway.”

The focus to ensure responsi­ ble research is e x tra o rd in a rily important because of the signifi­ cant place occupied by scientific, and e s pe cially b io m e d ic a l, research.

“More than money, more than art, more than politics or transient ca vorts, science is too vita l a human enterprise to allow it to be ruined by knaves or fools.”

who just writhed in their own per­ sonal space without moving from their spot. However, because they could transform in sta n tly into “ slammers” , they were left alone for the most p a rt. The “tramplers” just liked to step on people and cause pain. “ Moaners” would just h o w l to a song in one spot and sway in slow-motion. They offered no real presence on the dance floor and were generally abused by the slammers.

T h e m ost num erous of all types (I being one of them) were the ones who generally drifted around the outskirts called the “ fringies” . We would observe the whole melee from the bar above, the platform, or just at eye level; but we never committed ourselves to dancing.

Occasionally, pockets of resis­ tance would form. For example, a whole group of short people would form their own mosh pit that was completely autonomous from other Foufounites. Th e y would literally fend off offensive tall moshers. But eventually, the manufactured unit broke down. A n d I thought: I t ’s incredibly difficult to stand alone amongst the combined pressure of bouncer and Foufounite norms, especially when you’re being ostra­ cized by the more standard moshing forms around you.

Foufounes is not re a lly an indication of a new world order, just a representation of the absolute moronic chaos that masquerades as order. W e all struggle m adly to make a permanent impression (i.e. immortal and invincible) under the watchful eyes of something bigger than we are. (After all, the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause hell-raising tornadoes on the other side of the globe.) So, they say if not a bouncer then there must be a Big Brother; and I say that perfect paradigms are doomed inevitably to the fate of the Puppet-master.

After the show, he had no strings on which to hang.

P arom ita Sha h is a w annabe puppetm aster.

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ENTERTAINMENT

C e n t a u r w e lc o m e s H a ll o w e ’e n w it h a S a t a n ic b a ll time of Stalin to the death of Jesus.

The tale is multi-layered with multifarious interconnecting storylines and metaphors sati­ M ikhail Bulgakov’ s classic T h e M a ster rizin g bureaucracy, re ligio n , and S ta lin ’s a n d M a rg a rita comes to life at the Centaur Russia. The story unfolds and mesmerizes. stage. It’s based on a novel that sent shockT h e M a ster a n d M a rg a rita ’s impressive waves through the literary w o rld and has performances include Gary Reineke’s personi­ become a cult classic. It is a refreshing look for fication of Satan, which is both farcical and theatre, as director Alexander “ Sasha” Marin witty. Maurice Podbrey effectively portrays Pontius Pilot as a pensive and remorseful man. There are even T h e t a l e is m u l t i - l a y e r e d w i t h i n t e r c o n n e c t i n g s t o r y l i n e s suprising appearances of C O D C O ’s Greg Malone, playing Jesus and the a n d m e t h a p h o r s s a tir iz in g b u r e a u Master. But the most memorable c r a c y , r e l i g i o n a n d S t a l i n ’s performance was given by Micheal M cMurtry, who plays Satan’s assis­ R u s s i a T h e s to r y u n fo ld s a n d tant, adding a fantastic and hilarious m e s m e r iz e s dimension to the play.

No one needs to be a priest to enjoy this play. Everyone w ill be able to get something out from it. Bulgakov’s interweaves sophisticated art video projec­ wit dancing from scene to scene, fantastic spe­ tions, a forboding set, and explosive characters cial effects of lights and video transforms the into a complex plot. play into a feast for the eyes.

Satan (W oland), in the guise of a black magician, plays havoc upon the citizens of T h e M a ster a n d M a rg a rita , d ir e c te d by Moscow as he prepares to hold his annual ball.

A lex a n d er M a rin , is show ing at the C en ta u r Most of the story is introduced from the per­ (4 5 3 S t-Francois X avier St.) until O ctober 2 3. spective of two inmates from a lunatic asylum, Student specials available. taking the audience back and forth from the B y R a y P in t o

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A t a lk w it h th e J e s u s L i z a r d Continued from Page 1 T h e Tribune spoke with the J e s u s L iza rd 's vocalist D avid Yow about the trials a n d tribulations o f ro ck su p rem a cy p r io r to th eir O cto b er 5th show at C a fé Campus.

T r i b : How do you feel about your

new album, Down ?

Yow: I like it. It took me months to like it, but it always takes me a long time to like our records right after they’re recorded. I think it’s a good record. It’s got more space in it than the previous one. It’s more varied.

T r i b : D o you feel the band has made any effort to consciously change direction?

Yow : I don’t really think w e ’ve changed directions - I ’m not even sure we ever had a direction. We just write the songs that come out.

Th e difference in sound on this record is due to the fact that, well, I personally feel that the two previous records, L ia r and Goat were similar in that they could’ve almost have been a double album. And we defi­ nitely didn’t want to make a triple album. W e d idn’t want to repeat ourselves and I think we all feel that it’s a better idea to take a risk by making a change rather than wal­ lowing in the happiness of our pre­ vious things, whether we like them or not. It’s a better idea to take a risk and put out something possibly shitty than to rest and stagnate.

T r i b : How did Show come about?

Yow; Last December, we played at C B G B ’s as part of the 20th anniver­ sary, and Warner Brothers was film­ ing that whole month long to make a documentary on the whole event.

So I guess Collision heard the show and asked us if w e’d like to do a live record with it, and they sent us a copy of the tape, and we decided we’d played well enough and it was a good enough representation of the band. And they said they’d give us

this much money, and we said, well, give us a little more money. And it was just a one off record, no strings attached, we don’t have anything to do with them now, they don’t have anything to do with us, we don’t have to talk to them. It was really convenient and I think it was a real­ ly good idea. I think the separation on the record is better than some of our studio records.

T r i b : H ow did Touch & G o feel about the release?

Y ow : U h , they w e re n ’ t very th rille d , but it ’ s just a o n e -o ff record, not really that big a deal.

D ow n is w ith To u c h & G o , and Show certainly can’t hurt record sales. It can only increase sales of current and previous records.

T r i b : Y o u ’re in a position where you could have yo u r choice of m ajor labels. Is there a reason you’ve stayed with Touch & Go? Yow: Th e y’ve been really good to us, and so far, no major label has been able to make an offer good enough to make us leave. Virtually every m ajor has shown interest now, but at Touch & Go we can do anything we want, at any time, any way we wanf. A major’s not going to let you do that. There are several other reasons - it’s not necessary, but i t ’ s ve ry nice to know that Touch & Go does this because they like the music and it means some­ thing to them. C o re y, who runs Touch & Go, has been doing this for 12 years because he loves music. M ajor labels don’t give a fuck what the band sounds like, it doesn’t mean anything to them. It’s about how much money they can make.

T r i b : Do you already have another album recorded?

Yow: U h , not really. W e have a bunch of songs - we probably have about 13 or 14 new songs that we’ve been recording demos of. We did two in C h ica g o , one in

B a ltim o re , one in N e w Y o rk , w e ’re going to do more in Lo n d o n , San Francisco and Los Angeles, sort of to get production ideas and find out w ho’s going to be the engi­ neer on the next record. Between December of last year and August of this year, we were pretty much off, which was the biggest amount of time I ’ve ever had off in my adult life. So that’s when we wrote these songs, and know we’re going to be touring a lot until March, so we don’t get the chance to practice much. On these tours w e ’re setting up recording days where we can just go into stu­ dios and blast out demos, 3 to 6 songs just to see what they really sound like, mess with them, sculpt them.

T r i b : Was D ow n recorded at the Chicago Recording Company with Steve Albini?

Yow: Yeah.

T r i b : Are you not sure who’s going to do the next album?

Yow: W e’re not sure. It’s not going to be w ith Steve though. W e ’re probably not going to record with Steve anymore.

T r i b : Are there any specific rea­ sons?

Yow: W ell, I feel that part of it is that i t ’ s just time to m ove on.

W e ’ ve done everything w e ’ ve recorded with Steve, and it’s sort of like I lived in Austin for 13 years, and it was just time to go. It’s too long to live anywhere. A n d also, Steve got really really disgusted with us for doing the live album with a major, but we’re still friends and all that stuff. But we won’t have him recording anything for us again.

T r i b : What is the songwriting hier­ archy within the band?

Yow: David and Duane have both

been really prolific. Th ey always write the music, and then Mac and I just do whatever we want with it. In those months between touring, they wrote a lot of songs. And I ’m really excited about it too - usually at that stage I ’m going, yeah it sounds okay, but a lot of these new ones are really good.

T r i b : On Down you seem to make more of an effort to sing more.

Yow: I ’ve been thinking about it for a while. I tried to on L ia r too, with songs like Z achariah where it had sort of singing. It’s pretty hard for me to actually sing, but I ’d like to be able to - I ’ll probably continue to try that every now and then.

T r i b : Are there any specific things that inspire your lyrics?

Yow: Not specific, no. Just general things - a whole lot of things, facts, things that have happened to me or someone else, something somebody told me, something I read, dreams, a bunch of different stuff.

T r ib : Y o u ’ ve alw ays been renowned for your incredible live shows. Are there certain elements that dictate how a show goes?

Yow: We always try to do the best we can. Sometimes it’s kind of dif­ ficult when we’re tired or sick to go all out. It helps if there’s a good audience, because then there’s that sort of reciprocation, that communi­ cation between the band and the audience. That really really helps, i t ’ s sort of like gas to a car. If there’s a good P .A . and good on­ stage sound, I think that helps a lot too. Because when you can hear

well and it sounds good, it tends to make you do better. I know it does for me at least.

T r i b : What dictates the craziness of the Jesus Lizard live show on any given night?

Y ow : I like it when things get pretty wild, that sort of increases the fun quotient for me. As far as the way I behave when we play, it just seems like the natural thing to do. I ’ve tried before as a contrast to just get a stool, a table, an ashtray and a beer and sort of do a lounge act thing, and that lasted...oh, maybe most of the first song. Th a t’s no fun. Going wild and acting like an idiot is pretty fun, especially to have people come and pay to watch you make a fool of yourself.

T r i b : D o you have an idea when the next album is going to come out?

Y o w : No, I don’t. We finish this tour around Christmas time, then we go to Japan and A u stra lia in February I think, so then I would hope that we could record either in the latter half of M arch o f the beginning of April. So if that hap­ pens, than the album would come out about four months later. Within the year of the release of D ow n I hope. Between L i a r and D o w n , there was a gap two months shy of two years, which is kind of a long time. Led Zeppelin waited longer, but that was Led Zeppelin. H ow about the new Boston record? That took 14 years to record - I bet it sounds pretty good, I can’t wait to hear it.

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October 12th, 1994

The Tragically Hip

Discellaneous

Ween

Chocolate and Cheese (Elektra) W hat can one say about a new W een record? I t ’ s dedicated to John Candy. It has sixteen songs.

A n d re w W eiss (fo rm e r R o llin s Band bassist, Ween producer and now touring band member) did a swell job assembling it. They have songs titled ‘Mister, W o uld Yo u Please H e lp M y P o n y ? ’ and ‘Candi’ (Candi / Custard and berry / C a n d i / Peaches and creme / Candi / Glazing and cherry...) and ‘Th e H I V Song’ ( A ID S / H I V ) .

This is their most boogiable release yet, and the even the musicianship is top-notch. Possibly better than Pure Guava, but probably not quite on par with GodWeenSatan, all I can tell you is, if you like Ween, y o u ’ ll like this record. A n d if y o u ’ ve never heard W een, then you ’re living the emptiest excuse for an existence in the history of civilisation. Remember kids, these are the lads that Beck ripped off, so pay tribute to the real masters of happy pop. B oognish w ill save your soul.

songs were more or less recorded in conjunction w ith the ones from their last album. The execution and p ro d u ctio n ’ s a little looser and rawer, but you know you love it that way, you wild ‘n crazy reader.

This release is yet further proof of B illy Corgan’s ingenious and pol­

Day fo r Night (M C A ) Day fo r Night is a cinematic term for shoots that take place during the day, but are worked to look like they were shot at night, a fitting term for the Tragically H ip ’s latest release. Gone is the stereotypical Hip sound, so familiar from Fully Completely and Road Apples. The only distinctive element left is Gord D o w n ie ’ s unmistakable vocals.

While Day fo r Night may surprise fans, it will surely not disappoint.

Th e new sound that emerges is

-Harris Newman Sinéad O’Connor

Universal Mother (EM I/ Ensign) Sinéad O ’Connor has finally lost her once whimsical ways — her naturally beautiful voice resonant with an electronic echo, her once elegant sense of lyric and rhythm overwrought with overly-conscious social conscience. Sinéad has final­ ly proven to be a little too deliber­ ately bohemian for her own good, with her hippie-messy cover art, children’s voices and pretentiously archaic language “I await thee now, blessed be”. She has even taken the oh-so-original leap of cross-genre songwriting that has plagued the ‘90s, only to come up with fright­ ening Sinéad-rap. There might just be enough innovative instrumenta­ tion and songwriting to justify buy­ ing this album — just fast forward past the fucking Nirvana cover.

UR (W E A ) T h is debut from V a n c o u v e r’ s Salvador Dream is clean sounding 11-track C D . Yet, one can’t help but feel that we are listening to some collaborate effort of the Stone Tem ple Pilots, Soundgarden and P rim u s. If this sounds like an appealing mix then you should real­ ly enjoy this C D (provided that “Angst-ridden” lyrics thing hasn’t already worn on you ). If y o u ’re looking for something fresh and o rig in a l sounding, let these Vancouverites stay on the store shelf.

-Jeff Butler.

Smashing Pumpkins

Pisces Iscariot (Virgin) This newest collection of fourteen B-sides and live tracks is ideal for those Pumpkinheads who love the classic Siamese Dream, but do not wish to subject their poor room ­ mates to their seven millionth listen to “ O ne” and “ Disarm ” . Th e re ’s obviously no significant change in the P u m p k in ’ s style, fo r these

-Brian Goodwill R.E.M.

Monster (Warner Bros.)

Monster is R .E .M .’s eagerly await­ ed follow-up to the virtual monster releases Out o f Time and Automatic f o r the P e o p le . B u t a standard follow -up it is not; M ichael Stipe and his cohorts have a sur­ prise in store for the fa ith fu l. G one is the introspective angst of “ Everybody Hurts” , and d e fin ite ly gone is the annoying mandolin and acoustic inclinations that started with “Losing M y R e lig io n ” . F rom the opening chords of “ W h at’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” , this album’s power chord fills rock as the band did in the Eigh tie s.

I t ’ s Peter B u c k ’ s tour de force, proving he’ s as good a rock guitarist as any.

Stipe’ s vocals return to the h alcyon days of Murmur, subdued by the music and following his muse. W e lcom e back, R .E .M ., you rock again.

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ished song w riting. T o o bad the package is encased in sappy, rambly stream-of-conscious liner notes (complete with typos and ink blots, how grunge!) pulled straight from Corgan’s sucky ass.

-Joyce Lau Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones

The Sporting Life (Mute) If Diamanda was to be in a contest with Ethel M erman to determine the most annoying female vocalist of all tim e, Ethel w o u ld lose.

G alas’ s contribution is an often cacophonous cackling (occasional­ ly in Greek) which is always out of tune. Eve n more unfortunate is Jones’s performance — his bass riffs are often too predictable to be entertaining, even fo r diehard Zeppelin fans. Buy this album only for your worst enemy, or for your­ self if incurrence of permanent neural damage happens to be your thing.

-Greg Terluk

moody and dark. W ith songs such as “ N a u tica l D isa ste r” and the already radio-friendly “Grace, too” , the boys from Kingston show a ver­ satility that has only been hinted at before. Although Day f o r Night loses a little steam at the end, it is a quite impressive must-hear.

-Haim Gorodzinsky

(Beat Factory / E M I) Th e D ream W a rrio rs (now sporting new mem­ bers) are back, and th ey’ve switched gears pretty dramatically. Gone are the tradem ark top forty tunes rife with strik­ in gly original samples.

But the more than fair tradeoff brings very California/Hieroglyphics jazz samples, hightlighted by crisp production and slick rhym es. Th e voices may not bowl you over, but the Dream Warriors have put some serious time and effort into this disc, and it shows.

Seventeen tracks, and most are real winners. If you’re into groove à la Souls of M ischief and company, this will suit your fancy and move your fanny.

-Harris Newman Pale Saints

Slow Buildings (4AD/Polydor) The Greyhound Tragedy

O h...T hose P o o r D ogs (R a g in g Postman) Despite years of buying vinyl from bassist H e n ry E n g e l when he worked at Sound Connection in Ed m o n to n , along w ith seeing singer/songwriter Steven Loree’s old band, Jr. Gone W ild, countless times, I ’ll try and be unbiased with my impressions of this release. The m em bers o f Th e G re yh o u n d Tragedy have been around for a while, and that maturity shows. If you were to take R.E.M . when they were really good (in the Murmur days) and inject a little oomph along the lines of early H ip, you

How ever, the vocals lack all the integral features — no guts, no whim sy, no intensity, no soul. If yo u ’re waiting around for a read 4 A D release, I ’d hold out the four years until the next Cocteau Twins album.

-Kevin Siu Slayer

Divine Intervention (American)

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-Joyce Lau Salvador Dream

still wouldn’t capture the sense of The Greyhound Tragedy, but you’d be close. N othing too fancy, but definitely interesting and captivat­ ing. M u ch the same w ay that Sugar’s songs seem to fold into one another, Loree’s well written pop follows with a refreshing simplicity and honesty.

The Pale Saints seem to be the poor m an’s 4 A D band. After all, why settle with the Saints when there are far more interesting bands such as the Cocteau Tw in s, the Pixies and Dead Can Dance? Th e ir new offering holds true to earlier mis­ givings. They play pleasant enough music, but where is that little slice of heaven that transforms a tune into a veritable pop song? Where is that rush of sheer beauty or choking horror that causes one to pause and just listen? That is not to say that Slow Buildings is bad. In fact, the instrumentation is better than on previous efforts and they’re show­ ing some songw riting progress.

S la ye r’ s long awaited new long player makes it very clear that the old crew know their audience - this puppy is definitely aimed at tried and true fans. If you d id n ’t like Reign in Blood or Hell Awaits, then d o n ’ t bother w ith this one.

Diehards will be quite amused — dull production coupled with a poor mix is made up for by a couple bul­ let train classics and even some Metallicaesque Ride the Lightningtype songs. Th e vocals are a bit repetitive, and the issues discussed haven’t changed a bit, but Slayer have once again spun out another pleaser - “ Straight flesh lace adorns your neck / Spilling your blood all over my flesh.” God bless ‘em.

-Harris Newman David Gray

Flesh (Capital) The guitar work isn’t frenetic, the vocals are only slightly haunting and not at all mellifluous, but any­ one w ho can convince A n d y Metcalfe (o f Soft Boys sort-offame) to play organ for him must have something going. Like Dylan Thomas, David Gray is Welsh and has a really cool accent, but the similarities pretty much end there.

His metaphysical lyrical ramblings sound pleasant when you don’t pay attention to them, which is proba­ bly the way one is supposed to hear the stuff. A n d the e vo ca tive ly atmospheric guitars don’t help to fill in the blanks. Poor Dave is in the unlucky position of being a facile songwriter with an interest­ ing voice w ith little to say. H is strings of poetic images never real­ ly amount to much. The technique is there; but there’s just not enough flesh on these songs to make this album really memorable.

-Brendan Cully Ian McNabb

H ea d L ik e A R ock (M e rc u ry / Polydor) If you’re a fan of obscure early ‘80s bands, then you probably know Ian McNabb. Remember Icicle W o rk ’s “ (Birds F ly) Whisper to a Scream”?

T h e ir bre a k-u p five years ago launched their founding member into a solo career. On this sophomoric effort, McNabb has gathered an impressive array of music biz types — p roducer John Porter (Sm ith s, B rya n F e rry ) and N e il Y o u n g ’s band C razy Horse. One would expect impressive results, especially with the first few guitar riffs opening w ith that classic Crazy Horse sound. However, the high cheese factor of M c N a b b ’s songwriting takes the air out of this release. Every song has the same general storyline — boy gets guitar, boy forms band, boy’s father dies, boy (now grown up) sets out for London (with guitar), boy falls in love, ad nauseam. With songs like “ Y o u M ust Be Prepared T o Dream”, M cN abb’s work is just a little too feel-good. G ive me an Icicle Works album anyday... I ’d wear a skinny tie to avoid having to listen to this album again.

-Jennifer Budgell

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Baltimore’s Stress Magnets have decided that the east coast, if not the world, is ready for them. Armed with a cache of sing-along noise rock anthems, the Stress Magnets are set to hit Montreal this Sunday.

Their 7” on Go Kart records is perhaps the ultimate example of lo-fi indie rock — not too punky, not too w hiny. Bouncing between memories of Steel Pole Bath Tu b , Big D rill Car and bastard children of Keith Richards, this single gives high hopes for their full length debut due out at the end of November on Go

Kart. Made up of a motley assortment of Baltimore area bandpeoples — Buttsteak, Jade, Monkeyspank, Berserk — the Stress Magnets have the experience behind them to deliver. Besides, they profess co-own­ ership of current Buttsteak drummer Rob Oswald, cited by electroshock therapy fans and purveyors of bad indie-m etal M ilkm ine as the w o rld ’ s greatest band. Take that for whatever you think it’s worth, and check out the Stress Magnets in action.

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K o m ic -K a z e s are an up ‘ n cornin’ comedy quartet who are taking their caravan on the road with a tour of Canadian universi­ ties and colleges.

Th e troupe’ s four members (G le n C ro ss, T e r r y M c G u r r in , Jo h n F u c ile , and A d a m R e id ) have all been ‘round the scene, to say the least. E x -Y u k Y u k c o m e d ia n F u c ile p la y e d the h e a rt-th ro b fro m teen soap D en im B lu e s . C ro s s and M c G u r r i n w o rk e d on C B C ’ s Switchback, while Reid showed in N ic k e lo d e o n ’ s You c a n ’t do

that on Television.

Th e Tribune spoke to found­ ing member Glen Cross.

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jo in e d tw o ye a rs ago. W e thought it’d be weird because the group dynam ics were so tight, but A d a m fit rig h t in ... u h , I mean, he forced himself in. W e had no choice.

T r ib u n e : H o w has y o u r brand of com edy change since you first began?

C ro ss: W e ’re funny now ...

But really, jn Ottawa, everything was about politics and bilingual­ ism. N o w that w e ’re in Toronto, th in g s h ave c h a n g e d . E v e r y ­ t h in g ’ s all w e ird and surreal.

To ro n to ’s comedy scene is huge.

T r i b : W h a t do y o u th in k ab o u t th is T o r o n t o / M o n t r e a l rivalry?

C ro ss: I d o n ’t really see a difference m yself. A p p a re n tly, T o r o n t o ’ s g o t m o n e y and M o n t r e a l’ s g o t c u ltu re , bu t I have no m o n e y, and I ’ m from Toronto.

T rib : Is that a K en doll in the back of your press photo?

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C r o s s : W e ’ re a ll clo set A B B A fa n s. A n d w e ’ re not homophobic, sexist, racist or any of those other things w e ’re not supposed to be.

K o m ic -K a z e s ’ P h ilo s o p h ie s o n L ife “ L i f e is l i k e a w a t e r m e l o n ; y o u e a t w h a t y o u c a n , s p it o u t t h e s e e d s , a n d t h e r e s t is 9 0 % w a t e r .”

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Being dazed and bedazzled is what watching this film is all about. It w ill help you to relate to the character as well.

There are warning signs, you know. The movie is Egoyan plays off of the kind of thrill a voyeur has called Exotica. It’s advertised with large, dark posters spying on the breast half-hidden by the shadows of which are at once serious, suggestive and classy. It some unsuspecting schoolgirl’s uniform. In the same looks deceivingly like it’s going to be a movie tailorlight, the fact that the characters’ personalities remain made only for pretentious artsy sex-freaks. Another more or less unexplained add that much more intrigue inaccessible monstrosity which rears its ugly head and to the film. Egoyan also does a good job of combining forces itself down the audience’s pathetic, vulnerable the gritty realism of human nature with polished exothroats. tism. The smarminess of a pregnant strip joint propri­ Thankfully, Atom Egoyan’s Exotica is only a dis­ etor is dolled up in the tant cousin of your typi­ detached refinement of cal artsy film. A t least beautifully exotic music this metaphoric jumble and the classy decor.

T h a n k f u l l y , A t o m E g o y a n ’s doesn’t exploit its many Th is Toronto-based opportunities for gratu­ is o n l y a d i s t a n t c o u s i n o f release w on the itous explicit sexuality, y o u r t y p ic a l a r ts y film . A t le a s t In te rn atio n al C r it ic s ’ pseudo-poetic babble m e t a p h o r i c j u m b l e d o e s n ’t prize at Cannes. It is a and whatnot. c ritic’ s m ovie indeed, a Exotica is a w e lle x p l o i t it s m a n y o p p e r t u n i t i e s f o r tasteful collage of con­ made tragedy whose g r a t u i t o u s e x p l i c i t s e x u a li t y , trasting sub-plots laced quirkiness draws more p s e u d o -p o e tic b a b b le a n d w h a tn o t. with beautiful cinemetogfrom life ’ s curve-ball raphy. situations than from H o w e ve r, the p ho­ blatent character devel­ to grap h y, im agery and opment. A n d the plot aethetics alone are not enough to justify the retarded and imagery are lush, almost to the point of exaggera­ pace. Th e luxury of relishing in aesthetics quickly tion, making the actors’ deadpan delivery that much turns into gross familiarity, as the same scenes show more refreshing. again and again.

The disjointed and overly drawn out exposition The last bit of the movie then rushes together in a introduces a stripper dressed as a school girl (M ia deluge of resolution. The ending is cloyingly implausi­ Kirshner), her tax auditor admirer (Bruce Greenwood), the madam of the strip joint (Arsinée Khanjian), the ble. The audience finally understands the cryptic plot, but it’s too late: the spell is broken. strip joint’s psycho emcee (Elias Koteas),and an inno­ cent pet-store owner who just loves his eggs (D on Exotica opened last Friday at Loews.

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connected on a 21-yard field goal to knot the game at three.

T h e Redm en had a golden opportunity to take the lead on the G a ite r s ’ next possession.

Linebacker Carl St. Onge forced a tu rn o v e r w ith a huge h it on a Gaiter wide receiver knocking the

Eleven. A num ber jin x ?? It may be the only w ay to explain last T h u rs d a y n ig h t ’ s 1 9 -17 R e d m e n fo o tb a ll loss to the Bishop’s Gaiters.

F o r the N e w Y o r k Rangers the jin x was 1940; for the super­ stitio u s i t ’ s n u m b e r 13; fo r M c G ill football, the hex lately has been number 11.

F o r the second stra ig h t week, the Redmen have blown an 11 point fourth quarter lead in the final minutes of the game.

T w o weeks ago the Redmen did it in a h e a rtb re a k in g loss to Ottawa, and now, most recently, they repeated the feat against the G a ite rs in fro n t o f a hom e c ro w d . T h e loss was at the hands of a B is h o p ’ s team that M c G ill cle a rly outclassed on paper. U n fo rtu n a te ly fo r the Redmen, nobody mentioned that to the Gaiters.

M c G ill came into a special p re -T h a n k s g iv in g contest on Thursday night looking to right w hat went ve ry w ro n g in the game against the G e e -G e e ’ s.

A fter three quarters o f play, it appeared the Redmen would do just that.

B ish op ’s grabbed an early 3 -0 lead 11 m inutes in to the M cGill O ffense sw arm ed by B ish op ’s game on a 17-yard field goal. b a ll in to the a ir. Te a m m a te The M c G ill special teams set the B e n o it M a jo r hauled dow n the stage for the Redmen’s first con­ recycled pass, giving M c G ill the tribution to the scoreboard five ball at the Gaiter 42. minutes later. Pum ulo Sikaneta The Redmen drive came to a blocked a B is h o p ’s punt g ivin g screeching halt at the B ish o p s’ M c G ill the ball at the Gaiter 39 nine yard line when running back yard line.

Shaw n L in d e n coughed up the M c G ill’s Andrew Boon took pigskin. advantage of a blocked punt and

M c G i l l , h o w e v e r, w o u ld score its first touchdown of the gam e a few m inutes later.

Redman Dim itri Haddad picked a Bishops’ tipped pass out of the air and ran the interception return in 15 yards to give the Redm en a 10-3 lead.

throughout the g a m e The special teams, which had e a rlie r b lo ck e d a p u n t, w o u ld return a favour to the Gaiters with a minute left in the half. There was a high snap and the ensuing punt rush tackled B o o n at the M c G i l l 24 ya rd lin e . O n the G a ite r possession, the k ic k e r, David Camaffan, kicked his sec­

R e d m e n r u g b y r o ll o v e r C o n c o r d ia

BY YVO N CARRIERE

Different conditions, same result. T w o weeks ago, the M c G ill m en’s rugby team faced off against Concordia in a match in w hich the Redmen came out on top 2 0-0 in miserable weather conditions.

Last Wednesday night, fans saw a rematch where the weather cooperated, but unfortunately for the Stingers, the Redm en did not, as M c G ill walked away with a 22-0 win.

After a slow start, the Redmen began to build m om entum on excellent offensive drives b y the M c G ill backs. Eventually succumbing to the attack, the Stinger defence cracked and allowed eight man D anny Sargosi to ramble through three Concordia defenders for a 30-yard tally.

Th e Stingers, dow n five points early, regained their composure, forcing the Redmen further and further back into their ow n end. Th e Stingers how ­ ever, continued to have their backs stymied by the crushing tackles o f Redm en centres R ich Preuss and R ich Harris. T h e duo, know n in the Quebec .U n iv e rs ity R u g b y League ( Q U R L ) as the T w in To w e rs , repeatedly stuck punishing blows to the Stingers which incited winces from the Concordia fans on the sidelines.

T h e inability to score seemed to deflate the Stingers. Th e Redmen capitalised on their frustra­ tion by blocking a kick deep in Concordia’s end.

H ooker John Ruse scooped up the ball and dove

ond field goal of the night, a 16 ya rd e r, to slice M c G i l l ’ s lead to 10-6 at half-time.

M c G ill scored its first offen­ sive to u c h d o w n late in th ird .

T a k in g over at the B is h o p ’ s 50 y a rd lin e , q u a rte rb a ck A n d y Lu c c h e tta capped a f o u r -p la y

four yards through flustered Stinger defenders to score M c G ill’s second try. J.F . Charland converted the score and added a penalty k ic k to g ive the Redmen a 15-0 halftime lead.

Th e second half was no kinder to Concordia.

T h e y managed to piece together sporadic drives into M c G ill territory but were stonewalled repeat­ edly by the Redmen tacklers. A t one point in the gam e, S tin g e r centre B u c k W heatons fo un d a potential gap between the M c G ill centres. M c G ill’s Preuss closed the opening with a thunderous wallop on W heaton and when the Stinger regained con­ sciousness, the red and w hite team had already stormed 30 yards downfield.

Th e game was sealed thirty minutes later when Redm en flanker Tris ta n Jackson set up w in g e r Jason Masotti and captain Dan Benoit on a 60-yard play. B e n o it’s try was converted by Charland to make the score 2 2 -0 fo r M c G il l , w h ic h w o u ld prove to be the final tally as time ran out.

Benoit was pleased with M c G ill’s outing. “ O u r backs dominated the game offensively and d e f e n s iv e ly . It g o t to the p o in t w h e re C oncordia’ s backs were afraid to catch the ball,” said Benoit.

Th e Redmen are now riding a three game w in ­ ning streak in which they have scored 102 points without allowing a single point to be scored against them. M c G ill w ill continue league play on Sunday in Sherbrooke. » .

drive with a six-yard T D run on the wishbone.

Th e fourth quarter, and the game as a whole, were lost due to atrocious field position. Bishop’s began all six of their drives in the fourth quarter on M c G ill’s half of the field with the average drive starting at the Redmen 4 0-yard

line. M c G ill’s offence, ironically, could not even manage to cross midfield in the final quarter.

Bishop’s second quarterback of the evening, Jeremy Tessier, in re lie f o f starter T r e v o r L o v ig , engineered the comeback for the Gaiters.

W ith just under ten minutes left, Gaiter running back Shane Th o m p s o n found a hole in the M c G ill defence and then, a cou­ ple of cutbacks and 47 yards later, he also fo u n d the e n d zon e .

B ishop’ s, hoping to cut the lead to just a field goal, went for the two-point conversion but, a lung­ ing Th o m p s o n was denied the two points by M ark Ressor after a vicious collision at the goal line to keep the score 1 7 -1 2 for M cG ill.

R e e so r’ s stand at the goal line would go in vain as Bishop’s scored the winning touchdown on a drive starting at the Redmen 26.

Tessier found a wide open Dave Butler for a 13-yard touchdown pass, g iv in g B is h o p ’ s a 19-17 advantage.

M c G ill managed o n ly nine yards of offence the rest of the game as they fell victim to defeat three weeks in a row. Th e play­ off picture, w hich seemed very lucid a few weeks ago, is begin­ n in g to lo o k m u rk y . T h e 2 -3 Redmen are in a three way tie for th ird place w ith C a rle to n and Bishop’s.

T h is w e e k ’ s game d oesn’ t get any easier as the Redmen play the 4-1 C oncordia Stingers this Saturday at Loyola campus in the annual Shrine Bow l. The Stingers crushed M c G ill 4 2 -1 0 in their first meeting earlier this year.

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The Redmen hockey team came away with a consolation final victo­ ry in a tournament held in Toronto this past weekend after losing their opening draw to Laurentian University.

The opening game was a disappointment for the M cG ill team as it saw a 3-1 third period lead go up in smoke. The M cG ill lead was van­ quished as Laurentian netted three unanswered power play goals after a controversial penalty was given to Redmen goalie Richard Boscher for freezing the puck. The loss comes hot on the heels of a disappointing weekend of play two weeks ago in Trois Rivières during which the Redmen also suffered serious damage trying to defend themselves on the power play. In Trois Rivières, M cG ill allowed the number of power play goals to reach double digits. This week, they may have kept the damage to three goals but, the goals still led to the team’s overall demise on the scoreboard. The final tally was 4-3 for Laurentian.

Scoring for the Redmen were Benoit Leroux, Ivan M urray and Stéphane Angers.

Bouncing back from the loss to Laurentian on Friday, the Redmen roared back with a 9-5 trouncing of Ryerson on Saturday in the consola­ tion final.

In a marathon that took three hours and ten minutes to play due to the vast number of penalties handed out, M cG ill outshot the Rams 57-24.

The offensive attack was led by Todd Marcellus who paced the team with the hat trick. G u y Boucher spread the wealth, accumulating five assists, while Stacey MacGregor put two goals past the Ryerson netminder.

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The M c G ill w om en’s soccer team continued its tear through the Quebec University Soccer League with their win over the Université du Quebec à Tro is-R iviè re s last Friday night. They are 6-3 overall this season but the overall num ­ bers are m isleading because all three of their losses came in exhi­ bition play at the beginning of the year when the team was still iron­ ing out its kinks.

So far in the league matches, the Martlets are undefeated and have posted shutouts in all of their encounters. As a result of their consistent p la y , they have an uncontested m o n o p o ly o f first place w ith a 5 -0 record in the QUSL. Friday night’ s game against U Q T R was an intense matchup, w ith both teams v y in g for the upper hand in league competition.

U Q T R entered M olson Stadium with three ties and a win behind them but had yet to taste defeat this season, their league record being 1-0-3. The Martlets were in a similar situation, undefeated in

their last four league games, they w ere lo o k in g to co n tin ue the streak.

It was the Martlets that would prevail in the end of an aggressive game that could have been against the Stingers in different coloured uniforms. U Q T R came out strong and the game rem ained dead­ locked in a 0-0 tie for the entire first h a lf but M c G i l l ’ s Ju lie M aughan came th ro ugh in the clutch after the halftime intermis­ sion to score the winning goal for the Martlets.

It was picture perfect for the M c G ill captain, M aughan, who was filmed by T S N throughout the day and during the game. M aug­ han, an academic all-Canadian in the faculty of education, is being honoured this week as the top female student-athlete in Quebec by the C IA U at a gala on Thursday night.

T S N has chosen to showcase Maughan for obvious reasons. Her goal against U Q T R on F rid a y night to seal the 1-0 w in is e vi­ dence as to w h y she is being awarded the provincial distinction of top student athlete. Am ong the

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Cross-country team hoisting challenge f o r Team o f the Y ea r honors

F ield hockey splits at M olson stadium

The M cG ill women’s field hockey team saw action on their home field this weekend in the fourth Ontario Women’s Interuniversity Athletics Association tournament of the year.

The Martlets posted a 1-0 victory over the Carleton Ravens on Saturday morning with the lone goal scored by Christy Love. Later that afternoon, the Martlets faced the Queen’s Golden Gaels and were shutout 4-0 by the visiting team. The squad will be off this week as they rest up for the M cG ill Researchers are looking league championships in three weeks time. for students 18-30 years old, right-handed, and who have • Toronto A rgonauts’ K ane out with another injury spoken English from birth.

Tom m y Kane is a familiar face around the Currie Gymnasium. Kane, Testing will take 20-70 minutes now on the C F L ’s Toronto Argonauts roster, suffered Achilles tendon and you m ay be asked for damage to both ankles last year and was spotted around M cG ill often further sessions. Volunteers will during his rehabilitation under the expert and watchful eye of head phys­ be compensated for their time. iotherapist Lynn Bookalam. The Montreal native is now recovered from his ankle injuries, but is sitting on the sidelines in Toronto due to a ham­ Can 398-4924 string pull.

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Maybe good things do come in small packages. Th ey may not be the Montreal Expos, they may not have 15,000 fans per game and they may not have the O lym p ic stadium overhead but they do have something that the Expos do not.

They have a pennant — and they didn’t have to sign a petition to get it.

T h e team? T h e R e d b ird s.

Better yet, the M c G ill Redbirds.

Y o u know , that “ new ” baseball team. W e ll, that “ new ” team in that “ n e w ” C an a d ia n In te r­ university Baseball Association league is not so new anym ore.

T h e y ’ve been around the bases a few times in the past couple of months and as the leaves fall on the end of the season, the Redbirds find themselves flying south for the winter with a divisional title in tow.

M c G ill finished the season last weekend as strongly as it start­ ed. The Redbirds posted three wins in three games to solidify their first place standing with a 10-2 overall record. Th e club was undefeated on the road (4 -0 ) and had a 6-2 w in -lo s s re cord on their home field.

Last weekend in Oshawa, they showed w hy they finished on top as the R e d b ird s beat D u rh a m College by a score of 4-2 in the opening game of the series and then pumm elled M cM aster 13-5 the following day, before shutting out Guelph 2-0 in the closing game of the weekend.

T h is weekend, M c G ill w ill face Guelph, 1-10 in league play, in the C IB A semi-final. The win­ ner of the semi-final will go on to play either D urh am C ollege or M cM a ste r in the league’ s first championship game Sunday at 3 p.m.

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splitting time in net all season.

Th e Martlets continue league p la y this weekend against Sherbrooke and U Q T R .

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Word has it that the M cG ill cross-country running team is challenging women’s soccer for Team of the Year when the distinction is made at the annual Athletics banquet in April, 1995. The team has been in contention for the award in past years but has always been edged out by the soccer Martlets in the final round of bidding. Well, the cross-country runners have decided to make a “go” of it this year as they look forward to a strong season both on the provincial and national fronts. It should be a heck of a race to the Team of the Year finish line and one well worth watching if any other teams decide to mount a challenge as well. Good luck to cross-country! ♦

Th e shutout against U Q T R was attributed to solid goaltending b y both D e b ra K ie tz k e and C a ro ly n T e n g w ho have been

Th e C a n a d ia n In t e r ­ un ive rsity Ath letics U n io n has announced plans to offer finan­ cial assistance to student-athletes attending Canadian universities on the basis of athletic achieve­ m ent as opposed to academ ic record.

P re s e n tly , athletes in the C I A U are not p e rm itte d to receive financial bursaries for any reasons other than academic standing, except with regards to loans w hich are granted accord­ ing to need. Th e C I A U , and the athletics, co m m unity in Canada

as a whole, feel that they are los­ ing talented athletes to Am erican universities because they cannot compete w ith the scholarships offered to Canadian players in order to attract them to institu­ tions south of the border.

D e ta ils abou t h o w the m oney w ill be awarded or dis­ tributed among the schools and the individual athletes were not released, but the C I A U wants to recognise that there is a “ drain” problem and that it is prepared to take measures to counterbalance the m agnetism of the U .S . col­ lege system and the N a tio n a l Collegiate Athletic Association.

T h e c u rre n t proposal o u t­ lines a system whereby the stu­ dent w o u ld be responsible fo r approaching the national union, as opposed to individual institu­ tions offering grants to the ath­ lete. T h e specifics o f the plan have yet to be publicised but the program w ill prevent some play­ ers from leaving the country — p la y e rs w h o o th e rw ise m ig h t because of the lure of a scolarship.

T h e C I A U w i l l h o st a fu n d ra is in g d in n e r to m o rro w night for corporate sponsors in To ro n to in hopes of getting the project off the ground.

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T h e Redm en soccer squad returned to M o lso n Stadium on F r id a y e v e n in g , h o s tin g U n iv e rs ité de Q u é b e c à T r o is Rivières and hoping to get back on track after tw o rather disap­ pointing road games last week­ end. Prior to this weekend, they settled for a scoreless tie against Sherbrooke and were surprised by a 2 -0 loss against the p re v iously-winless B ishop’s Gaiters, a team they w ould usually defeat easily. Friday night’ s match was pivotal to the Redmen season, as it w o u ld show w he th e r o r not they w o u ld be able to re co ver and pu t m e d iocre p la y behind them.

Th e Redmen had only a few good scoring opportunities in the first half. A t one point, fullback Cameron Hogg stole a pass in the m id fie ld , pushed the b a ll b y a couple of U Q T R fullbacks, and gave a good lead pass to m id ­ fielder D id ie r Serrera, w ho was outrunning a U Q T R player on the left side of the field. Serrera got control of the ball and centred it perfectly in front of the goal but no Redmen were able to reach it to direct it into the net.

M c G i l l ’ s la c k o f s c o rin g opportunities was related to the intense p h y s ic a l nature o f the matchup. M uch to the surprise of the o n lo o k e rs , the tw o team s proved to be a volatile combina-

their m ini-slum p as well, giving them hope that th e ir loss to B is h o p ’ s was just an aberration in an otherwise fine season. Yes, that one goal did all of that.

Shortly thereafter, halfback Kadim a L o n ji broke away down the right side of the field, faked out a defender, and placed a per­ fe ct pass to team m ate B ria n V in c z e , w ho shot and sank the ball into the back of the net to give M c G ill the final 2-0 score.

Th e Redmen walked to the locker room s as a w in n in g team once again.

Th e y w ill host the defending N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s , S h e r­ brooke, at M olson Stadium this F rid a y night and w ill travel to Trois Rivières on Sunday. Th e ir re cord is n ow 3 -1 -2 in league play.

tio n , k n o c k in g each o th e r down at every opportunity.

Th e few minutes im m edi­ ately before halftime proved to be the most intense for M c G ill.

There was constant activity in front of the Redmen goal, with three v e ry clo se shots b y U Q T R . Th e last shot struck the crossbar, shot straight dow n, and was c a u g h t on its firs t b o u n ce b y n e tm in d e r B ria n Rae, w ho managed to bring a scoreless tie with him into the Redm en locker room at half­ time.

T h e second h alf featured the same k n o c k -d o w n , slideta ck lin g , e lb o w s-to -th e -h e a d type of play which was appar­ ent in the first h a lf, but the intensity was increased. T h e referees had no choice but to respond with yellow cards.

N e a rin g the end o f the gam e, ju st as the c ro w d was convinced that the game would end in a messy 0 -0 tie, team captain C h ris D rysd a le m an­ aged to get his head on a cor­ ner k ic k and k n o c k the b a ll past U Q T R ’s goalie. Th e goal was u n e x p e cte d and o u t o f p la ce in the u g ly , p h y s ic a l game that had been fought pre­ d o m in a n tly around the m id ­ field.

It w as the firs t g o a l M c G i l l had sco red in three games and was w elcom ed by the Redmen. Perhaps it ended

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Rounding out the scoring bar­ rage for M cG ill were Ivan Murray, w ho scored a goal and three assists, and D erek Prohar, Lu c Fournier and Frederik Brais who all netted singles for the Redmen.

The Redmen are warming up for their season opener when they host the C oncordia Stingers on October 21st at 7:30 p.m.

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Tuesday. October 11 M c G ill C a re e r & P la cem e n t S e rvice recruitment p re s e n ta tio n A n dersen C on su ltin g fo r B .C o m . B .S c ., B . E n g . s tu d e n ts . 4 -7 p .m ., Facu lty C lu b B a llroom .

O ctober 12, 6 p .m ., Th o m p so n House, backroom.

T h e F a c u lty o f M u s ic p re s e n ts M c G ill F a c u lt y M e m b e r s in C o n c e r t . T h e

S e c u la r W o rld o f P a le s t r in a : Italia n M usic c. 1560. 8 p .m ., Redpath H all.

M c G ill C a re e r & P la c e m e n t S e rv ic e T e a c h e r s ’ C a r e e r D ay . 10 a .m .-3 p .m ., F a c u lt y C lu b M a in D i n i n g R oom .

M c G ill C a re e r & P lacem ent Se rvice recruitment presentation B a in & C om pan y fo r a ll degrees. 1 1 :3 0 a .m .-2 p .m ., Faculty C lu b M a in D in in g R oo m .

T h e C h e s s C l u b w il l meet for casual games. A ll w e l­ come. 7 p.m ., Shatner Cafeteria.

Th e M c G ill Hong K o n g D ra g o n S tu d e n ts in tro ­ d uces a C an to n e se L a n g u a g e Course to teach you how to p ro ­ n o u n ce w o rd s and to read in Cantonese. E v e ry Tue sda y from O c t o b e r 11 to N o v e m b e r 29.

F o r m ore info call V incent L a w at 288-1387.

T h e L a t i n A m e r ic a n A w a re n e s s G ro u p m eets to n igh t. A l l w e lco m e ! 5 p .m ., Shatner B09/10.

Th e F a c u lty o f L a w presents H o n . M itc h e ll Sharp, personal a d viso r to the P rim e M in is te r on matters o f ethics, speaking about E thics in p u blic l i f e . 4 p .m ., M o o t C o u r t , Facu lty of L a w , 3644 Peel St. Is la m ic C u ltu ra l N e tw o rk and A m n e s ty In te rn a tio n a l ( S S M U ) present “ W om an and w a r: Th e S itu a tio n o f B o s n ia n w o m a n to d a y” , a lecture b y D r. F a iza M u s to v ic fro m Z a g re b . 7 p m , Leacock 232.

P C M c G i l l w il l h o ld its first Policy Com m ittee meet­ ing. T h e topic is the overhaul of federal social program s. 6 p.m ., 5 5 0 S h e rb ro o k e W . , W e s t T o w e r , R o o m 1150. W a rre n invites you.

T h e A s s o c ia tio n o f Y o g a a n d M e d ita t io n is n o w o fferin g sessions. Please dress com fortably and be on time. 121 p .m ., Shatner 425.

W ednesday. O ctober 12 M c G ill C a re e r & P lacem ent S e rvice recruitment presentation M cK in sey & C o. f o r a ll d e gre e s. 4 :3 0 -6 p .m ., Faculty C lu b T B A .

A c a ll f o r e d it o r ia l assistants and anyone interested in j o i n i n g the G r a d u a t e J o u r n a l o f In t e r d is c ip li n a r y S tu d ie s . M e e tin g W e d n e s d a y

M c G ill Im p r o v p e r­ forms in the A lle y at 8:30 p.m .

Free com edy for everyone.

L i b e r a l M c G i l l and F o ru m N ational are pleased to present M r . L lo y d A x w o r t h y , M in iste r o f H u m an Resources, speaking about R ecen t reform s

T h e F a c u lty o f M u s ic p re s e n ts the M c G i l l W i n d E n s e m b le , w o rk s b y T a l l i s , Ja c o b , D a lb y and R e e d . Free admission. 8 p .m ., Pollack H all.

T a m il Sangam , a g r o u p fo r m e d to p ro m o te frie n d sh ip am o n g all those o f T a m il origin, w o uld like to w e l­ c o m e a ll s tu d e n ts , s ta ff and tam il lovers to their annual G e n e ra l M eeting and Pot L u c k . 6 p .m ., 5 5 0

to C a n a d a ’ s s o c i a l p o l i c y .

S c r iv e n e r presents M c G i l l stu ­ dents re a d in g th e ir ow n poetry and fic­ tio n .

8 p .m ., Th o m p so n House, M c Ta v is h .

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T h e A s s o c ia tio n o f Y o g a a n d M e d ita t io n is n o w offering sessions. Please dress c o m fo rta b ly and be on tim e .

12:30-1 p .m ., Shatner 425.

Th ursd a y. October 13 T h e I s la m ic C u l t u r e N e t w o r k in v it e s y o u to an Islam ic awareness day. F in d out m o re about: w o m e n in Is la m , Q uran, science, arts, crafts and Isla m ic resurgence. 12-6 p .m ., Shatner B allroom .

M c G ill S tu d e n ts fo r R e n e w a l p re s e n ts H a r d ia l B a in s , le a d e r o f C P C ( M L ) s p e a k in g a b o u t Is t h e r e an

altern ative to “status qu o f e d e r ­ a lis m a n d s e p a r a t is m " ? 6 :3 0 p .m ., S h a tn e r 4 2 5 . F o r m o re info call 398-2106.

V o lu n te e rs needed for S a fe H a l l o w e ’ en ( O c t . 3 1 , M ontreal F o ru m ). Please attend m andatory info m eeting. 7:3 0 p .m ., Education B ld g . F o r more info contact K im at 982-6743.

Sherbrooke W . R oom 1170. F o r m ore info call Rakulan at 8464047.

Saturday, October 15 Th e D e p a rtm e n t of H i s t o r y in vite s yo u to attend the In t e r n a t io n a l Second Q u e b e c C o n fe re n c e . 8 a .m .-6 p .m ., Saturday O ct. 15/9 a .m .12 noon, Sunday O ct. 16 at the C h a te a u F ro n te n a c , Q u é b e c .

F o r registration form call A n n e M arie Bourdouxhe at 398-6754.

M c G ill’s S c ie n c e S tu d y G r o u p presents a M e d S c h o o l A p p lic a t io n s e m in a r.

D r . F e rd in a n d , a utho r o f T h e G o ld S ta n d a rd -M C A T dem ysti­ fies the admission process. $39 registration fee includes course m a te r ia ls . 9 a . m .-4 p .m ., B ronfm an B ld g . 301.

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M o n d ay, O ctober 17

The R oyal A s t r o n o m i c a l S o c ie t y of C a n a d a presents D r . H a lto n A rp s p e a k in g on M a tte r

M c G ill C a re e r & P lacem ent S e rvice recruitment presentation Bunting W arburg In c. fo r B .C o m ., M B A , B A E c o n . students. 1 1 :3 0 a .m .-2 p.m ., Bronfm an 426.

T h e C h e s s C l u b w il l be m e e tin g fo r casual gam es.

A l l w e lc o m e . 6 p . m . , 5 5 0 Sherbrooke, R oo m 1145.

T h e M c G i l l D e b a tin g U n io n presents a debate B e It

O nce again, it’s time to s u b m it to T h e R e d H e r r i n g , M c G i l l ’ s o n ly in t e n t io n a lly fu n n y p u b lica tio n . In addition to the a n n ua l H o rrib le H a ik u c o n te s t, w e h a ve the S te v e n Segal m ovie title contest (three w o rd s o r le ss, m u s t in c lu d e “ k i l l ” , e.g. K illa d e lp h ia ), and the re lig io u s ic o n lo o k -a lik e photo contest. T h e deadline is N o v. 4th. D ro p your stuff off in our box across from the S S M U desk or come see us in the for­ m er Sa d ie ’ s at lunchtim e or at ou r w e e k ly m eetings at 4 P M on Wednesdays.

R e s o lv e d T hat: M cG ill s h o u ld im p lem en t a p o lic y reg a rd in g s e x u a l c o n d u c t in its stu d en t co d e. 6 p .m ., Shatner 302.

A tte n tio n P C M c G i l l : the H o n . Jean C harest w ill be the guest speaker at the annual g e n e ra l m e e tin g f o r the S t H e n ri/ W e s tm o u n t P rogressive Conservative Association. 7:30 p .m ., M o un t Stephen C lu b , 1440 D rum m ond.

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M c G i l l I m p r o v hosts fre e c o m e d y w o rk s h o p s e ve ry Sa tu rd a y. M eet in the Shatner lobby at noon.

T h e S e x u a l A s s a u lt C e n t r e o f M c G i l l ’ s S tu d e n t Society is n ow open. F o r infor­ m a tio n a n d re f e rra ls o f f ic e h o u rs are 9 :3 0 a .m . to 5 :3 0 p .m ., M o n -F r i ., S h a tn e r 4 3 0 .

N e w this year, an evening crisis lin e : S u n d a y to T h u r s d a y , 6 p .m . to m id n ig h t.; F rid a y and Saturday 6 p.m . to 3 a.m. 3982700.

Com e out to the L e s b ia n , B is e x u a l a n d G a y S t u d e n t s d is c u s s io n g ro u p s .

E v e r y W e d n e s d a y : B i-g r o u p , 5 :3 0 p .m ., S h a tn e r 4 2 3 ; W o m e n ’s, 7 p .m ., Shatner 423.

E v e ry Frid a y: C o m in g -o u t, 5:30 p .m ., 3521 U n i v e r s i t y , U T C b a s e m e n t; G e n e r a l, 7 p .m .,

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T h e A s s o c ia tio n o f Y o g a a n d M e d ita t io n is n o w offering sessions. Please dress com fortably and be on time. 121 p .m ., Shatner 425.

H a rrin g to n B ld g ., A u d ito riu m G10.

3521 U n i v e r s i t y , U T C b a se ­ ment. F o r info call 398-6822.

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Q - P I R G invites you to discover the other M ontréal by bus. 3 hour tour organized with guides from L ’A u tre M ontréal on s o c ia l and e n v iro n m e n ta l issues that h ave a ffected o u r city from the turn o f the century to the present day. Tick e ts $5, purchase from Eaton B ld g . 505 before Friday 14th. Bus departs at 1 :3 0 p .m . f ro m R o d d ic k Gates.

C r e a t io n , R ed sh ifts and C osm ology. 8 p.m ., M acD o n a ld

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