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Sports psychology: think ing and visualising suc cess in sports. Page 17

Features K ristallanacht cerem onies com m em orate pre-w ar violence. Page 9

Entertainment L iving in O blivion from Flam ing L ips to Céleste. Page 12

Sports W om en’s and m en’s soccer com e hom e em pty-handed from N ationals. Page 16 & 18

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T he a ssassin atio n o f Isra eli Prim e M inister Y itzhak Rabin has brought up a num ber o f questions c o n c e r n in g th e f u tu r e o f th e M iddle East peace process. After dealing with the shock o f R abin’s d eath , a nu m b er o f M c G ill s tu d e n ts a n d p r o fe s s o r s b e g a n to speculate on R abin’s legacy.

P o litic a l u n c e rta in ty I s r a e l ’s f u tu r e lie s in th e h a n d s o f a n u m b e r o f f a c to rs , according to M cGill political sci en ce p ro fe sso rs. P ro fe sso r M ichael B recher believes that it is too soon after the assassination to see w hat may come. “On the short term , this will probably slow dow n th e pace o f change in Israel. P erez p robably w o n ’t deviate from the term s o f the accord signed in W ashington as he is even m ore com m itted to th e p e a c e p r o c e s s th a n R a b in w as,” stated Brecher. Brecher believes that Perez’s strength lies in his ability to pull in a few r e lig io u s g r o u p s th a t R a b in ’s g o v e rn m e n t c o u ld n o t win over. R abin’s pow er base was always lim ited, he said, and there fore the peace process alw ays pre carious. “ R a b in ’s g o v e rn m e n t ru led by a m ajority o f 61-59. T h at’s ju st o n e v o te th a t h a s to s w in g in order to stall everything. R abin’s p ea ce p ro c e ss w as a ra z o r th in m a jo r ity ,” he c o n tin u e d . “T h e c o n jec tu re has it th a t P erez can create a m ore stable m ajority.” A c c o rd in g to B rec h er, R a b in ’s assassin atio n cam e at a tim e o f c h a n g e in th e p e a c e process, B recher said. The assas sination is therefore no surprise. “I am not surprised it cam e now , b ec au se Isra e l w as at a th r e s h o ld o f c h a n g e . T h e Continued on Page 2 »

Black Watch regiment marches in remembrance by

Samantha Lapedus

F ifty y e a rs a g o , th e B la c k W atch Royal H ighland R egim ent o f C a n a d a m a rc h e d th ro u g h Europe, emerging from the Second W orld W ar with victory and nine te e n b a ttle h o n o u rs . O n th is R e m e m b ra n c e D ay , th e B la c k W atch soldiers m arched with both pride and melancholy to the ceno tap h at P lac e du C an ad a, w here they stood in a moment o f silence to rem em ber the sufferings o f the w orld wars, and to com m em orate those who sacrificed their lives. T he B lac k W atch , a m ilitia r e g im e n t in C a n a d a ’s A rm e d Forces Reserves, traces its roots to th e B la c k W a tc h o f S c o tla n d , w hich was established in 1725 to keep peace in the Highlands. The Canadian Black Watch was formed 133 y e a rs a g o , in 1 862. T h e R e g im e n t is th e o n ly ro y a l H ig h la n d R e g im e n t in C a n a d a ,

p r e s id e d o v e r by th e Q u ee n Mother. T h e B la c k W a tc h R o y a l Highlanders Regiment has a strong S co ttish h eritag e. B ag p ip es p er v ad e th e a rm o u ry . T h e fam o u s B la c k W a tc h ’s b a n d a tte n d s parades and m em orials all around the world. One player owns a total of eighty bagpipes. Those who serve the Regiment are d ed icated to m ain tain in g the standards and traditions established b e f o r e th e m . T h e R e g im e n ta l A rc h iv e s te ll th e s to rie s o f th e R egim ent’s past soldiers and their feats, and the arm oury’s m useum proudly displays uniforms and met als. Y o u n g r e c r u its are o fte n enticed by the prospect of bettering their lives through leadership and m anagem ent training, and becom ing more physically fit. O ff ic e r C a d e t A rm s tro n g W h itw o rth , a U2 C o n tem p o rary

G erm a n ic S tu d ie s an d P o litic a l S c ie n c e s tu d e n t at M c G ill, explained the value in serving the army. “As officers, w e’re trained to have the entire responsibility for a g ro u p o f 30 [ s o ld ie rs ] . W e ’re train ed to deal w ith social p ro b lem s, to look after psychological problem s, legal problem s, and to k e e p tra c k o f f in a n c ia l s ta tu s . W e’re also trained to write person al evaluation reports, and letters of recommendation,” said ArmstrongWhitworth. T h is R e m e m b ra n c e D ay is especially meaningful to those who serve the Black W atch Regiment as it is the 50th anniversary of the end of W orld W a rll. “ I t ’s all v ery re m o te . M y grandfather fought in W orld W ar II, and I suppose i t ’s rem o te for him too. I think it’s im portant we don’t forget that it was a very dark Continued on Page 10 »

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Manitoba Professors end three week strike By M elissa Radler

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bankruptcy.” N a q v i h o w e v e r, s ta te d th e After a three week strike at the need for a change in the Collective University of Manitoba, professors Agreement. She expressed concern have laid dow n their picket signs w ith th e p r o f e s s o r s ’ s y s te m o f and gone back to work. tenure. T he strik e , w h ich ra n fro m “ [Tenure] protects the profes O ctober 18 to N ovem ber 9, ce n sors’ academic freedom and incom tered around U of M ’s increasingly petence,” she said. b le a k f in a n c ia l S trik e rs also situation. “M any s tu d e n ts called for a change to U o f M has a r tic le 28 o f th e quit all of their faced bankruptcy for several years c o u r s e s an d tr a n s C ollective Agreem ent. A rticle 28 sta te s th at due to increased ferred to th e the university m ust be fe d e ra l g o v e r n b a n k ru p t fo r a m in i U niversity of m e n t c u ts. By m um o f th re e y e a rs law, the universi W in n ip eg .” before cuts are made to ty is not allow ed p r o fe s s o r s ’ w ag es or to run a deficit or departments. borrow money for operation. T he u n iv e rs ity p re v io u s ly responded to financial difficulties A n d the stu d en ts? by raising fees and cutting services. For the students, the strike was As a result, tuition has doubled in an a c a d e m ic n ig h tm a re . T h e the past five y ears and teach in g Faculties o f Arts and o f Sciences assistants have declined in number. Currently, enrolment is down by 7 held only 30 per cent of their regu la r c o u rs e s d u rin g th e s trik e . per cent for first year students and 4 C urren tly , lectu res for can celled per cent overall. c la s s e s h a v e b e e n e x te n d e d to D ecem ber 20 an d exam s w ill be W hy it a ll began held in January. David Gratzer, President o f the T he r e c e n t s tr ik e c e n te re d around changing the u n iv e rsity ’s UMSU said that student anxiety ran rampant throughout the strike. ‘C o lle c tiv e A g re e m e n t’ . T h is “Many students quit all o f their agreement has been the university’s response to federal budget cuts over c o u rs e s an d tr a n s f e rr e d to th e the last three years and involved the U niversity o f W innipeg. Students felt they had had a moral contract slashing o f funds by faculty rather w ith their professors,” he said. “I than by in d iv id u al d ep a rtm en ts. think the vast majority [of students] W hile this system posed no real w ere pissed off that they couldn’t threat to larger departments such as English and Psychology, it threat get an education even though they had paid for it,” Gratzer said. en ed the futu re o f m any sm aller Throughout the strike, students departments. rallied, formed letter w riting cam Strikers demanded a change in paigns and w ent to daily inform a policy according to which savings co u ld be m ade in la rg e r d e p a rt tional sessions w hich were organ m ents w ithout having adverse, if ised by U M SU . On O cto b e r 18, o v e r 2 ,0 0 0 c o n c e rn e d s tu d e n ts not destructive effects on smaller, gathered in the Union Centre for a more vulnerable departments, such fo ru m c o n c e rn in g th e iss u e s at as Icelandic Studies. “W e do n ’t w ant to becom e a hand. T h ere w ere tw o ag reem en ts b a s ic F a c u lty o f A r ts ,” sa id Sakeena Naqvi, UM SU Director of b ro u g h t a b o u t by th e s trik e . Prim arily professors will take pay Communications. cuts of 1.5 to 3.5 per cent each year Tenured professors faced with cuts based on departm ental num over the next 3 years. Budget cuts bers rather than individual academ are still exacted by faculty. Strikers also signed an agreem ent calling ic perform ance were am ong those for a shorter tim e lapse betw een on strike. T hey protested against policy changes upon the universi policy changes, among them, wage ty ’s bankruptcy . P olicy changes, cutbacks. h o w e v e r, m ay in c lu d e tu itio n U M SU P o litic al R e sea rch er increases. D o u g a ld L a m o n t e x p la in e d the “I ’m uncertain the resolution concerns of the professors. was a good one for students in the “T hey w ere strik in g ag a in st the possibility that they w ould be end,” said Lam ont. “Tuition may be raised and programs may be lim laid o ff individually in the event ited,” he said. that the university would be faced

Rabin... [September] accord was a qualita tive leap in the transfer o f Israeli co n tro l to P ale stin ian co n tro l in the region.” In a r e c e n t tr ip to I s r a e l, B re c h e r sa id he o b se rv e d a c li m a te o f a n im o s ity to w a rd s th e peace process by Jew ish hardlin

o u ra b le ,” he arg u e d . “T h e o nly h ope is th a t th e d y n am ic o f the n eg o tiatio n s w o u ld m ake th in g s possible on both sides.”

P a le s tin ia n d is c o n te n t R am i S hubbak, p resid e n t o f

turned against itself. “T h e [Israelis] u sed to keep up the im age th at the A rabs and th e P a le s tin ia n s w ere te rro ris ts w h o w e re h e a v ily a rm e d . T h e w hole tim e th ey ’re collecting the arms and building the facilities to u s e th e m ,” S h u b b a k c la im e d . “T h e P ale stin ian s n e v e r c o lle c te d this kind o f pow er b u t th e p u b lic th in k s th e y h a v e it. It’s ab o u t tim e som eone k ep t one e y e o p e n o n th e Israelis.”

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ers. “Rabin was depicted as a trai to r o r as a N a z i a t r ig h t w in g dem onstrations. The intensity and the h o stility o f v erb al d isco u rse h ad rise n d ra stic a lly d u rin g the spring and the sum m er. I cannot say I d id n ’t expect som ething to happen.” Professor o f political science Paul N oble agreed w ith B recher’s assessm ent. “I am d ism a y e d by th e c li m a te o f q u a s i- c iv il w a r in th e region,” he said. “The num ber of people saying R abin was bad for his country and th at he got w hat h e d e s e r v e d is d is c o n c e r tin g . T h at’s heady stuff.” L ik e B r e c h e r , N o b le w as unable to foresee future changes. “R ab in ’s paper thin m ajority w as alw ay s c h a lle n g ed . B ut the situation doesn’t depend on Rabin b e in g M r. S e c u r ity a n y m o re . N ow , the q u estio n is, ‘C an an y thing else go forw ard before they h a v e th e e le c tio n s [ s c h e d u le d before N ovem ber 1996]?’ ” N o b le c o n s id e r s th e P alestinian question to be essen tial in the peace process. W ithout P a le s tin ia n c o n s e n t, no p e a c e w ould be attainable, he said. “ I ’m scep tical ab o u t w hat a new governm ent would be w illing to settle for in term s of a final settlement. I su sp e c t it w o u ld fa ll sh o rt o f w hat Palestinians w ould call hon

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the Arab Students’ A ssociation at M cGill, agrees w ith Noble. “ I f o n e sid e sta n d s up an d say s ‘th e re ’s a p e a c e ’, w ell the o th e r sid e h a s to s ta n d up an d agree as w ell.” B u t S h u b b a k re m a in s p es-

“You h a v e to b e optim istic a b o u t it. If you think it c a n ’t b e, it w o n ’t b e. H o p e is th e only w a y to c o m e tow ard s unifi cation an d p e a c e .” s im istic a b o u t th e p ro s p e c ts o f peace in the region. “W h a te v e r th e p e a c e tu rn s out to be, w e’re going to be in a s itu a tio n w h e re w e w a n t m o re peace and the [Israelis] will have ju st w hat they w ant,” he said. Shubbak believes Israeli vio lence tow ards Palestinians created an a tm o sp h e re o f h o s tility th a t

S ara T ath am , p r e s id e n t of M c G ill H ille l, ag re ed w ith S hubbak th at v io le n c e is n o t an answ er to the situ a tio n . H o w e v e r, sh e d o e s n o t see the p eace p ro cess failin g because o f J e w is h v io le n c e tow ards Palestinians. “O bviously not all Jew s agree w ith the peace process. W e need to w o rk to g e th e r to s to p th is k illin g w hich all say is w ro n g ,” she stated. Tatham sees the failure o f the peace process as com ing from the decisions w ithin the Jew ish popu lation. “T he fact that it was another Jew that assassinated Rabin is the h a r d e s t p a r t to ta lk a b o u t ,” T a th a m c o n c lu d e d . “ W h a t’s becom e o f us, have we jo in ed the ranks o f absurdity? I am asham ed th is co u ld h ap p e n to a p eo p le I always considered holy.” Tatham stresses the need for o p tim ism in th e p e a c e p ro c e ss. W ithout optim ism , she said, peace can never exist in the region. “Looking at it pessim istically ca u se s g rea t g rie f to m e an d to Jew ish people in general,” Tatham stated. “Y ou have to be optim istic about it. If you think it can ’t be, it w on’t be. H ope is the only way to c o m e to w a r d s u n if ic a tio n a n d peace,” Tatham concluded.

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CASA club expands: St. Thomas and Waterloo newest members By Robert C rampton S t.T h o m a s U n iv e r s it y in Fredericton and the U niversity o f W aterloo w ere officially accepted as m e m b e r s o f th e C a n a d ia n A lliance o f Student A ssociations at a recent national conference in Saskatoon on O ctober 29. S tudent council m em bers o f the tw o universities cited sim ilar

All C A SA p o licie s m u st b e p a s s e d by th e stu d en t c o u n c ils of th e m e m b er uni v e rsitie s.

reasons for jo in in g the relatively new national student association. S t. T h o m a s V ic e P r e s id e n t o f E x te rn a l A ffairs, C a rrie R ick e r, spoke highly o f C A S A ’s practice o f consulting each o f its m em ber students’ councils before and dur ing policy creation. R icker, w ho is also St. T h o m a s ’ d e le g a te to C A S A , stated th a t she ap proved o f the positive thinking and active nature o f the association. “W e ap p reciate the w illin g n ess [on th e p a rt o f C A S A ] to operate proactively as opposed to

re a c tiv e ly , a c tiv e ly re se a rc h in g possible solutions to issues facing students today,” explained Ricker. The P r e s id e n t o f th e F e d e r a tio n o f S tu d e n ts a t th e U niversity o f W aterloo, Jane Pak, w as also very en th u sia stic about the relatively new alliance am ong students’ associations. “CA SA is w orking fo r re a listic and p ra g m a tic a l te r n a t iv e s to p ro b lem s such as s tu dent loans and funding for post-secondary edu cation. A nd w ith regard to p o lic ie s, p eo p le [at CASA] w ork tow ards a c o n s e n s u s a m o n g th e m e m b e r s in s t e a d o f g o in g s tra ig h t to b a l lot,” Pak stated. SSM U VP E x te rn a l A ffa irs N ick B e n e d ic t, a c k n o w l edged C A S A ’s p h ilo s ophy o f active problem so lv in g . F u rth e rm o re , he sta te d th a t c o n s e n su s a n d u n ity a m o n g m em bers was a definite g o a l e s ta b l is h e d by M cGill and other m em ber univer sities o f CASA. “W e are one o f the founding m em bers o f an o rg an isatio n that is resp o n siv e to stu d e n ts’ needs.

A ll C A S A p o lic ie s m u s t b e passed by the student councils of th e m e m b e r u n iv e r s itie s ,” sa id Benedict. H e e x p la in e d th a t th is is a practice w hich dem onstrates more accountability to the students than is p re s e n t in th e o th e r n a tio n a l

executives only,” Benedict said. U n d er the CFS schem e it is possible for the V P E xternal o f a students’ association to forw ard a m o tio n , as a CFS d eleg a te, th at h is o r h e r o w n stu d e n t c o u n c il d o es n o t su p p o rt. R ic k e r sta te d that this was one o f the problem s

s tu d e n t o r g a n is a tio n , th e C anadian Federation o f Students. “In the CFS policy is created and decided upon by the delegate

she saw w ith CFS. “The w ishes o f its executives p rev ailed o ver the w ishes o f the m e m b e r u n i v e r s i t i e s ’ s tu d e n t

councils,” she said. St. T hom as U n iv ersity ’s stu d en t council voted to leave CFS b efo re ap p ly in g fo r m em b ersh ip to CA SA this year. Students at the U niversity o f W aterloo voted in a referendum to w ith d ra w fro m C FS fo r sim ila r reasons in 1992. CFS, h o w e v e r, r e f u s e d to re c o g n is e th e re s u lts o f the referendum and c o n tin u e s to lis t W aterloo as a m em ber university. A p p a r e n tly tw o o th e r u n iv e r s i tie s , M ount R oyal C o lleg e in C algary and A cadia U n iv e r s ity a re a ls o c o n s id e rin g m e m b e r ship with CASA. R icker is extrem e ly happy thus far with C A S A ’s operations. “T h e n ew n e ss o f the organisation m eans that there will be kinks to w ork out but we are very excited about the u p c o m in g CASA n a tio n a l c o n fe re n c e ,” said Ricker. T he C A S A n atio n al sy m p o siu m w ill be h eld in St. J o h n ’s N ew B runsw ick this M arch.

CASA to hold national symposium in New Brunswick By Ro n Levy A nation-w ide discussion on the fu n d in g and restru c tu rin g o f C an ad ian p o st-se co n d a ry e d u c a tion is imminent. T h e C a n a d ia n A llia n c e o f S tudents’ A ssociations is inviting students, big businesses, and gov ernm ent and labour representatives to convene in N ew B runsw ick this s p rin g . P la n n e d fo r M a rc h , the conference will be the first o f its kind since 1987. Pat FitzPatrick, VP external of the U niversity o f New Brunswick Student Union and organiser o f the co n feren ce, feels that the CA SA symposium will be very beneficial to education. “I believe the m eeting could y ie ld a s tra te g y a n d a re n e w e d m ission for Canadian higher edu catio n ,” she said. “G iven the cli m ate o f cutbacks that w e’re seeing now , w e ’re g o in g to n eed to sit down and talk about w hat we want o u t o f th e s y s te m , a n d h o w to restru ctu re and o rien t it so as to

m inim ise the im pact o f the federal m ation release, in clu d es the d is governm ent’s cutbacks.” cussion o f a possible “re-orientaA pproxim ately 500 delegates tio n ” o f ed u c a tio n . O ne re c o m m e n d atio n asks a re e x p e c te d to a tte n d th e c o n f e r that the focus of T h e fo c u s of e d u c a ence. SSM U VP e d u c a tio n be tion b e sh ifted — to s h if te d — to E xternal A ffairs and CA SA Q uebec make a universi m a k e a university R e g io n a l D ir e c to r ty d e g re e m o re d e g r e e m ore attrac N ick B e n e d ic t w ill a t tr a c t iv e to tive to e m p lo y e r s. be in a tte n d a n c e . e m p lo y e r s . A B enedict is positive b a la n c e , sta te s a b o u t th e c o n f e r the CASA docu ence. m ent, m ust at the sam e tim e be “I am c o n f id e n t th a t achieved so that such changes will [C A SA ’s] goals w ill be m et,” he not sacrifice the basic m ission of stated. academics. A m ong the conference spon The conference is also expect so rs w ill be the g o v e rn m e n t o f ed to ta c k le such issu es as how N ew B r u n s w ic k , w h ic h h as best to re-structure education, and d ev e lo p “c o lla b o ra tiv e re la tio n p le d g e d fin a n c ia l a s sista n c e , as sh ip s” b etw een g o v ern m e n t and well as the use of its ow n facilities, h ig h e r e d u c atio n . D ele g ates are from office furniture to translators. “The province has been sup f u r th e r e x p e c te d to d e b a te th e portive o f C A S A ’s efforts and has is s u e o f f u n d in g f o r p o s t- s e c ondary education. been very g enerous,” F itzP atrick O v e r a ll, C A S A m e m b e rs stressed. T h e m is sio n o f th e c o n f e r appear resigned to accept the cuts ence, as stated in a C A SA in fo r p ro p o sed by the fed eral g o v ern

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ment. Their concerns lie mostly in ho w b e s t to im p le m e n t th e inevitable changes with relatively little erosion o f quality in higher ed u catio n . Ideas p ro p o sed at the conference will ultim ately be pre sented to the federal government.

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Gert’s and The Alley: before and after R e n o v a tio n s to G e r t ’s a n d The A lle y th o u g h t to en su re lo n g -tim e s u c c e ss Rem ai, SSM U V P Finance. R e m a i s ta te d th a t G e r t ’ s transform ation generated sales o f N ig h t lif e in th e W illia m $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 in th e f i r s t w e e k o f Shatner B uilding has undergone a school. Since then, sales have set c h a n g e fo r th e b e tte r th is y e a r tle d at a b o u t $ 7 ,0 0 0 p e r w eek . th a n k s to re n o v a tio n s a n d new Rem ai predicts a year end total of m a n a g e m e n t at G e r t’s a n d T he $400,000 in sales. T his fig u re is Alley. double that o f 1994-95. L ast year, G ert’s pink, black T he partn er and steel m esh interi s h ip b e tw e e n o r c o n tr ib u te d to a S SM U an d P eel c la u s tr o p h o b ic an d “I think w e had P ub w ill co n tin p r is o n - lik e a t m o s ue for a five year p h ere . L im ite d b ee r a real problem trial period. Each s e le c tio n s , p la s tic with G e rt’s year, 50 per cent c u p s , a n d an illo f profits w ill be designed layout were reputation in r e in v e s te d b ac k indicative o f the b ar’s in to G e r t ’s to lack o f appeal to stu the past.” p a y f o r f u tu r e dents. In an a tte m p t to d ra w s tu renovations. “ I th in k w e h a d a p ro b le m d e n ts back to th e ca m p u s n ig h t w ith G e r t ’ s r e p u ta tio n in th e life, SSM U , in p a rtn e rsh ip w ith past,” said Patrick E nfield, G ert’s Peel Pub, gave G ert’s a $150,000 new general manager. face-lift. P e e l P u b o w n e r F ra n k A new so und and light sy s W eshler agreed w ith E nfield and te m , c o m p le te w ith a D J b o o th said that future renovations are the a n d 2 4 te le v i s io n s e ts , w as key to G e rt’s success. H e called in stalled , and the w indow s w ere for an increase in student support uncovered to let the sunshine in. to p r o v id e f u n d s f o r c h a n g e . A huge selection o f beer is now W eshler plans to install com puter served in chilled mugs. screens w ith in tern et access, and “G ert’s is a lit up place rather N T N , an in te ractiv e v ideo gam e than a dark dungeon,” said Kelly system. “I w ant students to be able to u se it [ G e rt’s] as a p la c e to do By M elissa Radler

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work, to play, ju st to have a good tim e. I w ant to see G ert’s becom e a-hom e for M cG ill students,” said W eshler. L a s t y e a r, G e r t’s s ig n e d a fo o d c o n t r a c t w ith S e r v ic e s A lim e n ta ire s M ira v a l In c . T h e n e w s e le c tio n o f f o o d , w h ic h in clu d es p iz za and fresh ly m ade

A i n ’t n o b o d y here b u t us em ployees... sandw iches, hasn’t draw n the day tim e c ro w d th a t w as e x p e c te d . This is because o f M irav al’s larg e r lu n c h - tim e s e le c tio n in th e upstairs cafeteria. S S M U V P I n te r n a l J e n H arding stated that changes in the menu are being discussed to give G e r t ’s its o w n u n iq u e fo o d . Currently, the Subw ay franchise is b e in g c o n s id e r e d as a p o s s ib le option. B e n e a th G e r t ’ s lie s T h e A lle y , a r e fu g e fo r th e c o f f e e drinking, cigarette-sm oking intel lectual crow d. Last spring, SSM U n e g o tia te d a fiv e y e a r fo o d and b e v e ra g e c o n tra c t w ith M irav a l after plans for a student run co-op café fell through. M u rie l F o rg e t, T h e A lle y ’s

The McGilla n Institute for the Study of Canada n o u n c e s its t e n t h s e m i n a r Alan Cairns Professor E m eritus o f P o litic a l S cience, U n iv e rs ity o f B ritish C o lu m b ia , and a u th o r o f R eco n fig u ra tio n s: C a n a d ia n C itiz e n sh ip a n d C o n stitu tio n a l C h a n g e

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After October 30th: What Happens Next? A fte r the R e feren d um , w hat? W h a t w ill the O u e b e c and C a n a d ia n g o ve rn m e n ts d o next? Has th e R e feren d um ch a n g e d m in d s o u ts id e Q ue b ec? Y o u a r e c o r d ia lly i n v i t e d to c o m e , lis te n a n d p a r ti c ip a t e . It's y o u r c o u n t r y to o . W h e r e - R o o m 2 1 9 , L e a c o c k B u ild in g W h e n

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new m anager, has introduced deli c a c ie s to th e re g u la r lu n ch -tim e m enu in c lu d in g fo ccaccia bread, v e g e ta ria n c u is in e an d c h e e s e c a k e . F o rg e t h a s a lso p la c e d a strong em phasis on cleanliness. “It’s the third m onth and I see m o re a n d m o re p e o p le c o m in g every day,” said Forget.

A t night, T he A lley, in con j u n c t i o n w ith th e F a c u lty o f M usic, is transform ed into a jazz bar. S tu d en t bands play M onday through T hursday and profession al b a n d s p e rfo rm on th e w e e k e n d s . O n W e d n e s d a y n ig h ts , M cG ill Im prov takes centre stage. A c c o r d in g to M ir a v a l P r e s id e n t M a u ric e C o re y , T h e

n ig h t-clu b th an a d ay tim e h a n g o u t. C o re y e s tim a te d a lo s s o f $ 1 ,2 0 0 f o r th e m o n th o f Septem ber. H e expressed concern that live jazz bands do not attract the m asses that flock to the G ert’s T op 40 en v iro n m en t. H e fu rth e r stated that night-tim e A lley goers drink 7-Up, coffee or beer, w hich does not generate the sam e p ro fits as large quantities o f alcohol. “W e have good fo o d an d w e k ee p it c l e a n ,” s a id C o re y . “ W e ’d j u s t lik e to h av e m o re p eo p le at T he A lley.” R em ai supported th e n e e d to d e v e lo p T h e A l l e y ’ s n ig h t m arket. H e stated that p r o b le m s s te m m e d f ro m T h e A l l e y ’ s d elay ed o p en in g this year w hich m eant that f i r s t y e a r s tu d e n ts w ere not exposed to it d u r in g f ro s h w e e k . R em ai p lan s to have the January frosh brought to The A lley. H e stated that p rom otions and specials are key to its future success. “ I th in k b o th o p e r a tio n s [G e rt’s an d T he A lley] are very cap ab le in th e long term o f sus taining them selves and giving the SSM U revenues,” said Remai.

W e n e e d c r a z y s p o r t s w r i t e r s a lm o s t a s m u c h a s w e n e e d p r o d u c tio n a s s i s t a n t s . P e r k s : F r e e a d m is s io n to t h e M cG ill a t h le t ic e v e n t o f y o u r e d it o r ’s c h o i c e .

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November 14th, 1995

UQAM President resigns after anti-sovereigntist comments After comments that federalists must not only win the referendum, but “crush” the sovereigntists, the administration at UQAM has called for the suspension o f the school’s administrative president. On October 11th, approximate ly 60 U Q A M stu d e n ts p ro te ste d G a r c ia ’s c o m m e n ts o u tsid e th e school’s Sherbrooke Street entrance. Initially, the school’s adm inis tration made no comment, request ing administrative officials decide on whether Garcia should be sanctioned for his statement or not. On October 16th, the adminis tra tiv e c o u n c il fo rm a lly “d is a p proved and regretted” the president’s comments and requested the assem bly of a committee to “evaluate the d e fin itiv e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f th e events.” Enrico Carontoni, UQAM pro fessor and m em ber of the council, stated that “according to me, when one says ‘definitive consequences’, th at seem s definitive...Y ou know what I mean!” Garcia’s suspension will contin ue until the investigative committee makes a final decision on G arcia’s status. -source: M ontréal Campus

Professors’ strike fizzles at Mount Allison University A strik e by M o u n t A lliso n U n iv e rsity p ro fe s s o rs h as b een

avoided in the last few weeks. The threat to strike was the result of a salary dispute betw een professors and the university administration. Professors dem anded a salary increase, claiming wages at Mount A llison w ere too low w hen co m pared with national averages. Professors have insisted that the university has significant operating surpluses to cover their demand for a 22% salary increase over the next three years. Dave Stewart, chief negotiator for the university adm inistration, claim ed the salary dem ands w ere im p o ssib le to m eet as u n iv e rsity finances w ere already strained by budget restrictions and reductions in federal transfer payments. An a g re e m e n t w as re a c h e d b e tw e e n the p ro fe s s o rs and the adm inistration during last m inute negotiations on O ctober 25th. The agreem ent prom ised a 7.5% salary in c re ase over th ree y ea rs and an inquiry into salaries at the university. Hans VanderLeest, representa tive for the professor’s faculty asso ciation, said that the negotiations were successful, while some minor details still needed to be resolved. The university plans to finalise the agreement over the next few weeks. -source: Argossy

meant as satire. Page three of the October 17th edition of Golden Words featured an article o f two Jewish men contem plating world domination. The two authors of the article, both of whom are Jewish, claimed they intended to satirise racist stereotyping o f the Jewish people. E la n M a sta i, c o -e d ito r o f Golden Words and an author of the cartoon, said that, “Humour has his

torically been used to address social issues. We feel that stereotyping can be evoked to help disprove myths.” L ocal H illel re p re se n ta tiv e s co n d e m n e d th e p u b lic a tio n ’s humour. “They didn’t make clear what was satire and w hat w asn’t,” said Hillel co-president Jana Bookman. “W e’re not trying to say that they tried to promote hatred, but that an article like this can,” she contin

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M cG IL L T R I B U N E “Hell is filled with reporters who didn’t hand in the tough stuff for fear it would be rejected.” - Allan Fotheringham S ylvie Babarik E d ito r -in -c h ie f Joyce Lau A ssista n t E d ito r -in -c h ie f

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Rabin’s assassination raises troublesome questions of Israeli religious pluralism By Kurt N ewman_______________________________________________ The news o f Y itzhak R abin’s assassination hit many nerves. It served as a definitive com m a in the crawl to M iddle Eastern peace, as a resonating shock to the w orld’s citizens, and, as final evidence in a particularly apocalyptic new s year, o f fin de siècle hysteria. The reaction that registered most, personally, w as g rief at the loss o f one o f the only legitim ate heroes in an age o f cynicism , narcissism , and corruption. T hat R abin’s assassin, Yigal Am ir, w as spurred on by a cabal o f rabbis w ho invoked H alachic and T alm udic law, as S un d ay ’s N ew York Tim es revealed, adds only to the despair o f those w ith hopes o f religious pluralism succeeding in Israel. T he tragic irony o f Rabin holding the lyrics to "T he Song O f P eace” at the m om ent o f his death is extrem ely sobering — the left ist anthem of peace has now been transform ed to a song o f futility and naivete. It is em blem atic o f the necessary shift in political d is course from division o f “haw ks” and "doves” to rifts that cut through to the m ost dire issues o f faith, piety and religion. Rabin, Israel’s first native-born prim e m inister, was a product o f one o f the m ost profound shifts in ideology that m odern Zionism w rought — the belief in labour and self-defence as Jew ish values necessary for the erection and m aintenance o f a Jew ish home. G ershom Scholem , the fam ous historian o f Jew ish m essianism . traced this dream back to the Babylonian exile o f the sixth century B.C.E. He asserted that even the m ost destructive attem pts to fulfill a m essianic prom ise (such as the false m essiahs S ab b atai Zvi and Jacob Frank) were evidence o f a yearning for a national homeland. The unspeakable action that has so profoundly altered the future o f this hom eland w as apparently done at the proddin g o f Z v i’s and Frank’s contem porary equivalents. T he m ost terrifying o f these was the late Rabbi M eir K ahane, w hose influence still loom s large over the enem ies o f peace. Yigal Amir, R abin’s assassin, was a m em ber o f a K ahane-inspired radical group. K ahane’s perversion o f the Z ionist ideals o f self-defence and nationalism now stands as a nightm arish m irror o f the values that propelled Rabin tow ards his work for decency and peace. W hile The G lobe a nd M ail urges the sw ift and com plete return o f the W est Bank and the G olan H eights as the only im perative in the w ake o f R abin’s assassination, it is first crucial that som e m edi um betw een the fanatically religious and the ideologically secular is reached. The exilic Psalm 126 expresses the m anifest hopes o f tw o m il lenia o f diaspora Jewry: “W hen w e w ere returned to Zion/ w e were like dream ers.” T he assassination has m ade necessary the resolution o f differences betw een violently opposed dream s. A great leap o f faith w as required to proceed w ith the peace p ro cess in th e first place; an even more significant one will be necessary for this crucial com prom ise o f Jew ish factions. In th e c h illin g w o rd s o f Israeli R abbi B en N un: “ If th is te rri b le th in g is not ro o ted o u t...it is d o u b tfu l th e re w ill b e a Je w ish sta te .”

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Stop the Press Trouble with CROs O n th e e v e n in g o f O c to b e r 25th, G e rt's w as filled w ith u nfa m iliar faces, eagerly aw aiting the verdict in the M cG ill D aily refer endum . E veryone knew w hat the re s u lts w e re , b u t n o t h o w th e y w ould be interpreted. W h e n th e C h ie f R e tu rn in g O f f ic e r s (C R O s ) f ir s t e n te r e d G ert’s, they w ere m ade aw are o f a r t i c l e 1 0 .2 o f th e S S M U C onstitution, w hich states; “refer enda shall be passed by a sim ple m a jo rity .” A s su ch , th o u g h the Y es had won the m ost votes, the m otion proposed by SSM U to cut u n d e r g r a d u a te f u n d in g fo r th e D a ily w o u ld n o t have been c a r ried because it had n o t achieved a sim ple m ajority o f 50% +1. T h e r e u p o n p a n ic s p r e a d a m o n g s t v a r io u s m e m b e r s o f c o u n c il: H e le n a M y e rs ( P r e s i d e n t) , Je n H a r d in g (V P In te rn a l) a n d K elly R em ai (V P F in a n c e ) , w h o im m e d ia te ly r e tr e a te d w ith th e C R O s fo r a brainstorm ing session. T he CR O s c a lle d th is p ro c e s s “ c o n s u ltin g w ith p e rso n s k n o w le d g e a b le o f the co nstitution.” T h e C R O s la te r em erg ed to announce that “N o O pinion” b al lo ts w e r e n o t to b e c o u n te d , resulting in a carried Y es m otion. On that night, they gave no valid reasons for this decision. T h e C R O s’ o ra l in te rp re ta tion o f the m atter that nig h t d if fers rad ic ally fro m th e ir w ritten in terp retatio n , subm itted the fo l lo w in g d a y . A fte r p o rin g o v e r S S M U ’s electo ral b y -law s, they lo c ate d on e artic le w h ich co u ld b e in te r p r e te d in th e ir fa v o u r. A rticle 13.2 states th at “a b allot is to b e r e je c te d if th e re is no clear indication o f preference for a sin g le re fe re n d u m q u e s tio n .” N o m e n tio n o f th is a rtic le w as m ade on W ednesday night, and I w o u ld be su rp rised if they even knew o f its ex istence at th at tim e. I n d e e d , it s e e m s th e y a ls o b e l ie v e d th a t S S M U b y - la w s re q u ire d “ N o O p in io n ” to be a choice offered on the ballot. T hat p articu lar by-law is fo u n d in the D PS c o n s titu tio n , n o t S S M U ’s. T h e C R O s w ere clearly seeking to ju stify th eir d ecision after the fact. T he C R O s have m anaged to d e m o n s tr a te a to ta l la c k o f k n o w le d g e o f th e c o n s titu tio n u n d er w hich they o p erate. T hey struggled to ju stify th eir decision in a h ig h ly in c o n siste n t m an n er an d th ey c o n su lte d w ith p arties w h o h a d a v e s te d in te r e s t in a Y es result. A t the very least, they

ca n b e c h a r a c te r is e d as u tte rly in c o m p eten t in th e p erfo rm an ce o f th eir duties, w ithout in sin u at ing th a t th e y h av e v io la te d the p rin cip les o f im p artiality , in te n tio n a lly n e g le c tin g to c o n d u c t th is r e f e r e n d u m in a f re e an d dem ocratic m anner [sic]. In light o f these happenings, they should resign. Furtherm ore, the P resident and the V P Internal o w e th e s tu d e n t b o d y a p u b lic explanation as to why they felt it w as necessary to discuss the co n s titu tio n a l in te rp re ta tio n o f the vote w ith the C R O s. Such ab er rant practices are unacceptable in a dem ocracy. —T hom as W hite U2 A rts

“Israel, welcome to the middle east!” T h e a s s a s s in a tio n o f P rim e M inister Y itzhak Rabin last w eek h a s le f t m a n y I s r a e l i s a s k in g questions. H ow could a Jew take th e life o f a n o th e r Je w sim p ly because he o r she disagreed on a p o litic a l is s u e ? A fte r a ll, in a dem ocratic state, d o esn ’t political ch a n g e flo w fro m p o w e r o f the ballot and not the barrel o f a gun? T h e id e a o f d e m o c r a c y h a d b e c o m e s o m e w h a t b l u r r e d in Israel. I s ra e lis , w ho h a v e b ee n evenly divided on the question of ‘la n d f o r p e a c e ’ w ith th e P a l e s t i n i a n s , h a v e g e n e r a lly b e l ie v e d th a t th e r a d ic a l o r extrem ist opposition to the peace process has only been lim ited to a sm all portion o f the Israeli p o p u lation. T he m urder o f R abin has forever altered the Israeli p ercep tion o f them selves, as w ell as the w o rld m ed ia p o rtray al o f Israeli life in the M iddle E ast. G one is th e in n o c e n t n o tio n th a t o n ly th eir A rab neig h b o u rs engage in violent opposition to affect po liti cal ch an g e. T he w orld has been m ade aw are o f the re a litie s and c o n s e q u e n c e o f liv i n g in th e M iddle East. F or som e Israelis, peace w ith P a le s tin i a n s m e a n s an e n d to th eir w ay o f life. W ith the revela tion o f a conspiracy to m urder the P rim e M in is te r an d o th e r o f f i c ia ls , I s ra e lis th e m s e lv e s h av e b e c o m e m o re c o n s c io u s o f th e se rio u s id e o lo g ic a l s p lit w ith in their society. I s r a e l i P o lic e M in i s te r M oshe Shahal has confirm ed that th e a s s a s s in , Y ig a l A m ir, h a d c o n s p ir e d to k ill th e P rim e M inister w ith several other m em b e r s o f an I s r a e l i r i g h t w in g

o r g a n is a tio n . P o lic e h a v e a lso in v e s tig a te d a lle g a tio n s th a t a g r o u p o f h a r d lin e r a b b is h a d s a n c tio n e d th e u se o f m u rd e r, u n d e r J e w is h la w , “ in s e lf defence situations” . C learly , som e m ilita n t Jew s believ e that their lives are in dan ger, and have d ecided to take up arm s. It is a p o sitio n w hich has ta k e n a fo rm n o t to o d if f e r e n t form those o f som e o f their A rab n e ig h b o u rs. R ig h t w in g A ra b s, lik e th e ir I s r a e li c o u n te r p a r ts , genuinely believe that th eir lives are at stake. A rab o rg an isa tio n s h a v e b ee n e n g a g e d in fre e d o m f ig h t i n g w h e th e r th a t m e a n s killing A rab leaders w ho dare to conceive o f peace w ith Israel, or Is ra e lis w h o d a ily in h ib it th e ir survival. Subsequently, groups such as H a m a s, u n d e r th e tu to r s h ip o f M uslim clerics, take up the strug gle to free th eir peo p le fro m the Israeli m ortal threat. Call it m ur der, terrorism , p olitical violence, o r fundam entalism , it all am ounts to the sam e thing — d isb elief and sh o ck as to the le n g th s fan a tics will go to uphold their view s, on eith er side o f the fence. A lthough m ost o f the w orld, along w ith several A rab leaders, h as jo in e d in th e c o n d e m n a tio n o f R a b i n ’s a s s a s s i n a t i o n , n o t m u c h h a s b e e n s a id a b o u t th e A ra b p o p u la r r e s p o n s e to th e assassination. In a sense, if one could accu rately articulate the A rab reaction to R a b in ’s a s s a s s in a ti o n , o n e m ig h t h e a r : “ W e lc o m e to th e M id d le E a s t, I s r a e l ” . I s r a e l is m u s t n o w s h a re th e b u r d e n o f e x tre m is m in th e M id d le E a s t w hich relieve som e A rab ‘terro r is t’ ste re o ty p e s. It is a se n se o f relief fo r A rabs to be freed from th e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f a c tio n s w h ic h h a v e b e e n ty p ic a l ly labelled to them . M any A rabs feel vindicated, in a w ay . S im p ly to k n o w th a t w o rld atten tio n w o u ld no w turn to th e I s r a e l i f u n d a m e n t a l i s t th r e a t. A th r e a t th a t d i r e c t l y e n d a n g e r s th e s e c u r ity o f P a le s tin ia n s in th e W e s t B a n k and the peace process as a w hole. P erhaps som e u nderstanding w ill c o m e f ro m th is tr a g e d y . W hile Jew s m ourn the passing o f R a b in , p e r h a p s th e y c a n n o w identify w ith th eir A rab cou n ter p arts w ho h av e been h elp less to disassociate them selves from the actions o f a sm all num ber o f fu n d a m e n ta lists. Je w s ca n jo in th e A rab c o m m u n ity in h a ilin g on e o f its fallen so ld iers as a m arty r fo r p ea ce , sn u ffe d o u t by m a d men. — M ich a el A tallah, B. Sc. U3 P olitical Science

Staff J o r d a n n a Berger, A n d r e w B o o n , A n d r e w Cappell, D e a n C astronovo, P a u l C onner, R o b C ra m p to n , K a te G ibson, M a rc G illian, D a v id G resham , J a n e H u tto n , S a m a n th a L apedus, R o n Levy, H a rris N e w m a n , R a c h e l O ng, R a c h e l P ulffer, M elissa R adier, A n th o n y R adier, C a t R ic h a rd so n , M a tt Roy, J a c k S u lliva n , M a rlisa T ie d e m a n n , J.S. T rzcien ski, T o d d Z w illic h .

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H T hose o f us in academ ia le a d s tr a n g e liv e s . W e d r in k c h a m p a g n e a t N ew Y e a r ’s b u t m ak e re s o lu tio n s in N o v em b e r. E v e r y y e a r , th e sa m e r e f r a in s echo across cam pus: “I m ust w ork h a r d e r ... I s h o u ld r e a lly g o to class... I’m going to start sleeping at hom e.” N ovem ber is w hen I resolve to c h e c k m y b a n k b a la n c e . In S e p te m b e r a n d O c to b e r , i t ’ s tedious to w ait fo r the autom atic te lle r to sp it o u t m y sta te m e n t. T h e f a s te r th e s tu p id r e c e ip t com es out, the sooner I can get on my way. By N ovem ber, how ever, m y m o o d ch a n g es to re fle c t th e p o verty borne o f extravagance. I m a k e w ith d r a w a ls c a u tio u s ly , w o n d erin g w h eth e r accum u lated G S T re b a te c h e q u e s w ill c o v e r A p ril’s rent. E veryone does a stock-taking

in N ovem ber. M id-term s are fin ished, so w e now know w h eth er w e’re passing or failing, progress ing or stagnating. E ither w e laugh or cry, or we laugh and then cry. T h e s e a re o u r r e a c t i o n s , w h e th e r o u r m a rk s a r e in th e fifties or in the nineties. F or our a v e ra g e m u st g o e v e r u p w a rd . T hat, afte r all, is o u r m issio n at university, w hich is w hy w e line up fo r d a y s o u tsid e p r o fe s s o r s ’ offices, prepared to sacrifice our firs t-b o rn ch ild in e x c h a n g e fo r tw o extra m arks on question 5(b). T he prevailing econom ic cli m ate convinces us that w ithout a 4.0, our jo b prospects are nil. O ne student recently tried to convince me that it is im possible to get into Law school w ithout a 3.9. If this is tr u e , th e R e g i s t r a r ’s O ff ic e in fo rm s m e th a t a p p ro x im a te ly n in e ty -se v e n p e rc e n t o f M cG ill

u n d ergraduates n ee d n ’t b o th er to apply. G o figure. T hat kind o f thinking reflects a w orrisom e tendency to equate a high G PA w ith a good quality o f life . O n ly a fo o l w o u ld su g g e st that a G PA is unim portant, for too m uch o f w hat we co nsider desir able in education and em ploym ent depends on grades as indicators of academ ic m erit. W hat I find m ost unsettling, how ever, is that people increasingly use the G PA not only to m e a su re ac a d e m ic m e rit, b u t also to d eterm in e w hat is w o rth while. T alk to students around cam pus if you need proof. T oo many o f us leave bedside reading for the sum m er, focusing exclusively on textbooks during the year. U nless y o u ’re in E n g lish , n o v e ls a re a w aste o f v alu ab le tim e. M o st o f us forego ex tra -c u rric u lar p artic ip a tio n a f te r T h a n k s g i v in g in o rder to devote our full attention to “ r e a l ” w o rk . E x c e p t d u r in g crises o f national unity, w e d o n ’t have tim e for the new s or a new s paper. G ood, sustained conversa tio n w ith f r ie n d s is , in m a n y c a se s, p o stp o n e d u n til Ja n u a ry ,

w h e n w e r e la x f o r tw o w e e k s b e fo re stic k in g o u r h e a d s b a c k in to th e san d in p re p a ra tio n fo r finals. W h a t do w e g et o u t o f th is practice o f self-seclusion? Do we em erge from M cG ill after three or f o u r y e a r s w ith th e m in d o f a genius? The ideas o f an en trep re neur? The convictions o f a social ac tiv ist? T he p ro fitab le in tu itio n o f a corporate ex ecu tiv e? D o we le av e ev en w ith the in fo rm atio n w e f r a n t i c a l l y m e m o r iz e d fo r e x a m s firm ly e m b e d d e d in o u r brain? I w ould arg u e th at w e leave o u r u n d e r g r a d u a te y e a r s w ith m o re e x p e rie n c e th an ex p e rtise . T o m y k n o w le d g e , no o n e h as w o n a N o b e l p r iz e f o r h a v in g ta k en “ A rt o f L is te n in g .” B ut I d o n ’t w ant to trivialize the acade m ic content o f our undergraduate p r o g r a m . I s im p ly w o n d e r w hether we undervalue the social content o f our total undergraduate experience. P e o p le w h o w o rk in th e S e x u a l A s s a u lt C e n tre , M c G ill S tu d en ts fo r L ite ra c y , o r in any n u m b er o f cam pus gro u p s, leave

M c G ill w ith k n o w le d g e a n d in sig h t th at those w ho bear a lle g ian ce to co u rse c u rricu la alone c a n n o t p o s s ib ly a c q u ir e . S u c h g ro u p s ex p o se stu d e n ts to o th er p e o p le ’s p lig h ts, e n g a g in g them as agents o f social change, deep ening their b elief in public p artic ipation, w hile m aking our cam pus and our com m unity m ore hum ane and fertile places to study, w ork an d liv e . In sh o rt, su ch g ro u p s h e lp s tu d e n ts to b e c o m e b e tte r p e o p le , w h ic h , in m y m in d , is w h a t u n d e r g r a d u a te e d u c a tio n should be all about. T hat is not to say that people w h o p a rtic ip a te in su ch g ro u p s d o n ’t c a re a b o u t th e ir G P A . In re a lity , m an y o f th e m u se th e ir academ ic program to com plem ent th eir public w ork. They are con c e r n e d w ith t h e ir a c a d e m ic progress, but not p reoccupied by th e ir G P A . T h e s e s tu d e n ts are m ore concerned w ith pursuing an e d u c a tio n th a n w ith b a r te r in g their integrity to gain a few more p o in ts on a quiz. I th in k th e y ’re am ong M cG ill’s best professors. C o r n e ll W r ig h t h a s n e v e r

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Block C offee S u sa n P eters W h e n I g r a d u a te , I ’ll set up my office on the street w ith a sign: “W ill think for food.” The g rim N o v e m b e r g lo o m d r iv e s h o m e th e fa c ts. O n ce w e le a v e u n iv e rs ity , w e w o n ’t fin d jo b s ; w e ’ll ju s t sta rv e an d sh riv e l up and die. I used to think I could get a jo b . T hen everybody else started te llin g m e I co u ld n ’t. T his sum m er I very happily received a let ter telling m e I’d w on a scholar ship. I felt quite happy until I re read the letter, and noticed a p as sage w hich said: “W e hope this m oney w ill help to ease the finan cial burden brought forth by your s e le c te d f ie ld o f e d u c a tio n .” I translate this as, “Y ou poor thing, y o u ’re in A rts? W e’re so sorry.” T h e ra te o f u n e m p lo y m e n t for people our age stands at about 25 p e r c e n t. H o t jo b p ro s p e c ts u p o n g r a d u a tio n in c lu d e t r e e p la n tin g , w a itr e s s in g , p a r k in g cars, or b ecom ing a flig h t atten d a n t. M y f a v o u r ite p ie c e o f ad v ic e fro m c a re e r “e x p e rts” is th at w e should start our ow n busi n e s s e s . S u re . B a n k s d e lig h t in lending large sum s o f cash to 21year-olds w ith no experience and a $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 stu d e n t lo a n . N o tic e w hat kind o f people tell us about

o u r fu tu re jo b p ro sp e c ts: ca re e r counsellors, civil servants at g o v ernm ent em ploym ent centres, soc a lle d jo u rn a lis ts w ith m a d e-u p stats. A s a frie n d o f m in e p o in ts o u t, w h y w o u ld a n y o n e ta k e c a r e e r a d v ic e f r o m s o m e o n e w o rk in g as a g u id a n ce c o u n s e l lor? T his seem s as logical as ta k ing investm ent advice on how to becom e a m illio n a ire fro m infom ercialites w ho haw k th eir books at 4:00 in the m orning on my TV s e t. M y r e s p o n s e to g u id a n c e counsellors is, if y o u ’re so sm art, how com e you a re n ’t rich? In the six years since I start ed w o rk in g it h as n e v e r b een a g o o d tim e to f in d a j o b . “ T h e e c o n o m y is d o w n th is y e a r , ” co u g h th e e c o n o m is ts. “ I t ’s th e recession. I t’s free trade. It’s the referendum . W ait until n ex t year, and th in g s w ill im p ro v e .” A fter a ll th o s e y e a r s o f b e i n g to ld th in g s w ill get b e tte r n e x t y ear, I ’v e c o n c lu d e d e v e r y b o d y ’ s lying. Jobs d on’t exist. I c a n ’t see them , I c a n ’t to u c h th em , and I sure ca n ’t get them . A s a sceptic, I fin d no e v id e n c e to p ro v e th e ontological existence o f jo b s. D o n ’t tell m e about know ing m y sk ills, u p g ra d in g m y sk ills,

w riting m y CV , revising my CV, p u ttin g m y C V on th e in te rn e t, w ritin g a co v e r letter, accessin g th e h id d e n jo b m a rk e t, p ic k in g th e r ig h t in te r v ie w o u tf it, research in g com panies, n etw o rk in g , a n d g e t tin g e x p e r ie n c e th ro u g h v o lu n te e r w o rk . I d o n ’t need som eone to tell m e how to apply for jo b s; I need som eone to te ll m e, w h a t jo b s ? W h e re ? If th ere are no jo b s, th en th ere are no jo b s, and w hether I form at my C V in chronological or functional style w o n ’t m ake any difference. M y situ atio n ap p ears b leak , as I ’m the archetypal A rts student w ith no m arketable skills. I ’m in philosophy and E nglish. Short of c o n v in cin g P ric e W a te rh o u se or Bell or D uP ont that they need a full-tim e professional philosopher on staff, philosophy w ill probably not g et m e a jo b . Ironically, this m ean s E n g lish is th e m o st m a r k e ta b le p a rt o f m y d eg ree. Sad, isn ’t it? I a d m it it, lik e m a n y A rts students I suffer from C alculatorEnvy. S ecretly, I ’ve alw ays w an t ed to be an engineer. O r a b io lo gist. O r a chem ist. A nything that w ill get m e a jo b after I graduate, r a th e r th a n d o o m in g m e to th e u n e m p lo y m e n t lin e w ith e v e ry b o d y e lse w h o ch o se to stu d y a “fu n ” su b je c t. A b io -m e d e n g i neering friend o f m ine is w orking right now dow n in a sm all village in E l S a lv a d o r. H e w o rk s in a c lin ic . H is g irlfrie n d w rite s m e that locals m istake him for a d oc to r. I fe e l je a lo u s ; n o b o d y w ill e v e r m is ta k e m e f o r a d o c to r.

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feet long and ends w ith a ball o f y a r n a n d a ta s s le . B u t f o r th e record, I do not sm oke, I do not like coffee and I H A V E N EV ER , EVER, DONE THAT TW OCH E E K K ISS-K ISS TH IN G . I am so m e th in g o f a b la c k sheep in the D ram a departm ent. I have thought about this and basi cally it com es dow n to one sim ple fact: I detest student dram a. This v iew p o in t has slow ly but surely m atured from a m ild dislike to an in c u ra b le loath in g , h elp ed in no sm all part by a few too m any stu d e n t p r o d u c ti o n s . T h e r e w a s T a r tu ffe , w h ic h su c k e d . T h e re w as Ten L ost Years, w hich really sucked and m ore clo sely rese m bled T hree Lost H ours. T here was T h e S e r v a n t o f T w o M a s te r s , w hich w as to suck w hat people in G ert’s are to hygienic. T here was W o lfb o y , f o r w h ic h I g o t in to tr o u b le b e c a u s e I w ro te in th e T ribune th a t it su ck ed b ig tim e, w h erea s in tru th it w as ju s t not very interesting. Sorry. Y o u c a n im a g in e m y jo y , then, w hen I have to earn credits to w a rd s m y d e g re e by w o rk in g backstage for King Lear. N ot only do I have to endure the terrifying sounds o f actors w arm ing up and th e te rrify in g c o n d e sc e n sio n o f h o lie r-th a n -th o u a c to rs an d th e terrifyingly bad acting itself, but I also have to live in fear because the directo r o f W olfboy is in the cast. Yikes. B e lie v e m e, I h av e trie d to bond w ith my acting brethren, but I h av e alw a y s fa lle n sh o rt. I ’ve been to the E n g lish D ep artm en t lo u n g e fo r a h o t ch o co late. I ’ve had café au lait at the Second Cup at tw o on a T u esd ay m o rn in g . I even tried acting w hen I w as in an acting class last year. B ut alas, all

th is w as to no a v a il an d now I could care less. I t a ll r e m in d s m e o f m y s h o r t- liv e d d e s ire to b e on th e M ontreal an g lophone poetry cir cu it. S o m eh o w o r o th e r I m a n ag e d to g e t to a p o e try re a d in g h eld at so m e o n e ’s stu d io a p a rt ment, but unfortunately the entire cro w d w as th e A rts S teps: F iv e Y e a rs L a te r . B e c a u s e I d o n 't “ m i n g l e ” b y c h o ic e , I f o u n d m y s e lf s w in g in g b y m y k n e e s from the h o st’s trapeze and being re p rim a n d ed fo r it. L ater, I w as re p r im a n d e d fo r m a k in g jo k e s a b o u t th e s tu f f th a t p a s s e d fo r poetry that evening. Oh, OK, go a h e a d a n d r e a d th r e e f if t e e n m in u te p o em s a b o u t how m uch y o u h a te y o u r e x - b o y f r i e n d , T H EN go on and read a one-page p o e m a b o u t y o u r m o m h a v in g cancer. M akes perfect sense. Just lik e th e sen se th a t th a t ev e n in g w as p ro m o tin g an a n th o lo g y o f “M o n tre a l p o e try ” e v e n th o u g h n o n e o f th e p o e m s to u c h e d on a n y th in g rem o tely h av in g to do w ith M o n tre a l. N o p o u tin e , no bikers, no French. Sure. G o a h e a d , m a k e y o u r ow n r u le s . J u s t le t m e g e t to c la s s w ith o u t y o u r s tu p id , m in d le s s stares. These are the D a ves I know, I kn o w , th e s e a r e th e D a v e s I know.

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G re e n p e a c e h o p e d to d raw international attention to the plight o f m arine life in the ecologically fragile M agdalen Islands w hen a team o f Quebec environm entalists arrived aboard a G reenpeace ship, N ovem ber 8. T h e te a m , c o m p r is e d o f G re e n p e a c e Q uebec, le R egroupem ent M adelinot pour la p ro tec tio n du g olfe, and S ociété p o u r v a in c re la p o llu tio n h a v e u n ite d to ta k e s a m p le s o f th e waters affected by the contam inat ed Irving Whale. For the last tw enty-five years, th e b a rg e h as sa t s e v e n ty - f iv e m e tres below the su rfa ce o f the water, in the G ulf o f St. Lawrence. It has leaked significant quantities o f oil an d P C B s. It is e stim a ted

that there are 3,000 tonnes o f oil and eight tonnes o f P C B -tain ted f lu id in th e p ip e s o f th e Irv in g W hale’s heating system. O ne o f the m ost d ev astatin g e ffe c ts o f this le ak a g e has been w itnessed in the death o f beluga w hales, m ore than 500 o f w hich have w ashed up on the shores o f P .E .I . in recen t y e a rs . E nvironm entalists acknow ledged their deaths by the sym bolic lay ing o f a wreath at the site. Daniel G reen, co-president of the SPV , w as one o f m any en v i ro n m e n ta lis ts w ho h av e sp o k en out on this issue. “W e’re putting the Canadian g o v e rn m e n t on n o tic e th a t th e Irving W hale is now an in te rn a tio n a l i s s u e ,” G re e n to ld th e M ontreal Gazette. B u t D ep u ty P rim e M in iste r

Tanguay. S heila C opps has q u estio n ed his It was determ ined that pum p m o tiv e s , im p ly in g th a t G re e n ing out the PC B -contam inated oil w ants to p ro fit fin a n c ia lly from b e fo re attem p tin g the contro to li f t th e b a rg e v e rsy s u r w o u ld c a u s e th e “We’re putting the ro u n d in g the sunken Canadian government on le a s t a m o u n t o f e n v iro n m e n ta l barge. notice that the Irving d e g r a d a tio n . B u t W hat Whale is now an interna the federal govern a c t i o n m e n t c h o s e th e s h o u ld be tional issue.” le s s e x p e n s iv e , ta k e n in q u ic k e r , a n d f a r resp o n se r is k ie r o p tio n o f to . th is r a is in g th e b a rg e w ith o u t firs t to x ic le ak a g e is c u rren tly u n d er pum ping out the oil. d e b a te . A c c o rd in g to F ra n ç o is Stating that this m ight “cause T anguay, d irecto r o f G reenpeace Quebec, the two governm ent stud irre p arab le harm to the e n v iro n m ent,” the SPV obtained a tem po ies c o n d u c te d w ere ru sh ed , and not done solely out o f concern for rary injunction blocking the work last sum m er when action was first the environm ent. proposed. “[Sheila Copps] doesn’t have R ep ercu ssio n s o f raisin g the a very good approach to this,” said

b arg e are n ot co n cretely know n. T anguay explained that the belu gas are not d irectly exposed, but rather were contam inated through their diet o f fish since PCBs accu m u la te in th e fo o d c h a in . T h ese and other persistent organic pollu tants that Tanguay refers to as “the d ir ty d o z e n ” m a k e th e ir w ay through the foodchain to w hales, and eventually, human beings. W ith regards to who is liable fo r th e e n v iro n m e n ta l d is a s te r, T an g u a y fe e ls stro n g ly th a t the Irv in g s sh o u ld be h eld a c c o u n t able. “O ur line is very clear. They sh o u ld pay fo r the w hole o p era tion,” he said. H ow ever, if the Irv in g s c o l lected insurance on the boat w hen it sank in 1970, they are no longer th e le g a l o w n e rs o f th e Irv in g

Kristallnacht commemoration ceremonies at McGill remember the beginnings of the Holocaust By Joyce Lau “N ot a Jewish hom e rem ained unmolested, not a Jewish business u n p lu n d e r e d , n o t a s y n a g o g u e u n b urned... In cited to a p itc h o f insanity, the m ob vented its em o tion on defenceless people. ” — H a n s B e rn d G ise v iu s, a G e rm a n d ip lo m a t, s p e a k in g a g a in s t th e N a z i- in itia te d Kristallnacht. Rabbi D avid M erling spoke at “T he Courage to R em em ber”, one o f two K ristallnacht com m em ora tions held at M cGill last Thursday. The afternoon lecture and cerem o ny w as held in the Shatner build ing, in co n ju n ctio n w ith M cG ill H ille l, N e tw o rk , th e C a n a d ia n Jew ish Law Students Association, M c G ill C h a p la in c y a n d th e SSM U. K r i s ta l ln a c h t, m e a n in g “Crystal N ight” or “T he N ight of Broken G lass”, was a night o f pre w a r N a z i te r r o r i s t a s s a u lts th ro u g h o u t the R eich (G erm any, A ustria and the Sudeten land). The f ir s t 15 h o u r s o f s y s te m a tic destruction resulted in the devasta tio n o f 7 ,500 Jew ish b u sinesses, 177 s y n a g o g u e s , a n d v a r io u s J e w is h c e m e te r ie s , h o s p ita ls , s c h o o ls an d h o m e s. W ith in 48 hours, the num ber o f razed syna gogues ju m p ed to approxim ately 1,000. The attack w as thus nam ed after the streets laden with broken glass. A ccording to R abbi M erling, “ K ristallnacht m arked the begin ning o f the end.” F o rm al p re p a ra tio n s fo r the H olocaust began as early as 1933, with the G erm an S tate’s institution o f concentration cam ps and anti-

S em itic law s. H ow ev er, none o f the previous actions o f the T hird R e ic h h a d c o m p a r e d to th e pogrom o f N ovem ber 9, 1938 in intensity. T h e G e rm a n g o v e r n m e n t rationalised their violence by call ing K rista lln a c h t a sp o n ta n e o u s

Y ehoudi Lindem an, w ho was also present at the com m em oration, is p r e s e n tly w o rk in g o n “ L iv in g T estim onies”, a project w hich doc um ents first-person H olocaust tes tim o n ies in b oth video and w rit ing. A ccording to Lindem an, “The

outburst o f national anger over the m u r d e r o f G e rm a n E m b a s s y O f f ic ia l E rn s t v o m R a th by a Jewish youth. M c G ill E n g lis h p r o f e s s o r

N azis had been ready for this for a long time. They were ju st looking fo r an excuse; and w ith the m ur der, they had one.” In an a lle g e d re ta lia tio n to

learn is how to elim inate violence V o m R a t h ’s m u r d e r , S e c r e t and bigotry from our own lives,” Service C h ief R einhard H eydrich he continued. “O ur belief is that if c a lle d fo r th e d e s tru c tio n o f all every perso n co ncentrates on his Jew ish places o f worship. H e then laid blam e on the Jew ish com m u ow n sphere, it w ill have a ripple effect on the rest o f the w orld.” n ity fo r p ro v o k in g the v io len ce, Rabbi M erling also com m ent and fined them 1.6 billion reiched on the neccessity o f universal marks. H o lo ca u st aw aren ess an d study. H o w ev er, th e ra m ific a tio n s He stressed the need to apply the w e re f a r m o re e x te n s iv e , fo r im plications o f history to interna K r i s ta l ln a c h t’s 3 0 ,0 0 0 J e w is h arrests resulted in the expansion of tional current events. “ It is not ju st a Jew ish prob b u d d in g co n c e n tra tio n cam p s at le m . B ig o try an d D a c h a u , hatred is translated B u c h e n w a ld an d into all lan g u ag es. Sachsenhausen. “Kristallnacht This kind o f suffer “K ristalln ach t marked the ing has taken place m arked the beg in beginning of the all over the w orld,” n in g o f the g e n o he argued. c id e ,” R abbi genocide.” A s M erling continued. K ris ta lln a c h t w as M o re im p o rconsidered a w arn t a n t 1 y , K ristallnacht was a N azi scare tac in g o r f o r e s h a d o w in g to th e H o lo ca u st, M e rlin g w arn ed th at tic. society m ust look out for sim ilar A ccording to Lindem an, “The signs in current political events. so-called ‘useless’ violence before “ W ith th e r e u n if ic a tio n o f the w ar was a w ay o f telling Jews G erm any, I d o n 't think that w e’ve w h a t to e x p e c t in th e T h ird learned from our p ast,” lam ented Reich.” R a b b i M e rlin g . “ I d o n 't th in k R a b b i M e rlin g c o n c u r r e d . “T h e lesso n h ere w as w h at v io w e’ve learned our lesson.” R abbi M e r lin g se e m e d lence and bigotry can lead to in the encouraged by the renew ed inter end,” he said. est in H olocaust studies, as well as W hen Rabbi M erling spoke to th e n u m b e r o f co m m em o ra tio n s the T ribune after his lecture, he avoided dw elling on the actual his a n d c la s s e s n o w a v a ila b le . H o w e v e r, he w as a d a m a n t th a t torical facts. Instead, he stressed e d u c a tio n h ad to b e an o n g o in g th e im p o r ta n c e o f m o d e rn d ay in te rp re ta tio n an d c o m m e m o ra process. “To be optim istic, I think the tion. “O ne o f the reasons for com w orld’s becom e m ore intolerant of intolerance. B ut that doesn’t m ean m encem ent cerem onies like this is that w e have solved the problem ,” to teach a lesson,” Rabbi M erling Rabbi M erling concluded. stated. “I d o n ’t know if w e’re doing “It is a lesson o f history, but you can look up the facts fo r your any m ore, b ut I th in k th at w e ’re yelling about it a little m ore.” self. H ow ever, the first lesson to

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Black Watch...

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I I Continued from Page 1 By A ntony Robart

Clothing designer, Peter Cohen has the perfect solution fo r politicians who fa ll victim to an onslaught of egg attacks — the Teflon suit. T h is new invention by M ontreal’s Cohen has made wearing and caring fo r suits much easier. According to him,

“If you put my suit and any other suit side by side, you will not be able to tell the difference.” the new Teflon suit is a “wrin kle-free, stain-free and hasslefree piece of clothing.” Th a t’s rig h t, Te flo n , the same ingredient that is used to coat the surface of frying pans and on the outside tiles of the space shuttle is now manufac tured into the fabric of a suit to make it liquid-repellent. The suit itse lf is made of

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ordered, only ten were avail able after the firs t week,” said Malhowski. To prove that this su it is stain-repellent, Cohen does

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Cohen. The tech nology for inte grating Teflon into fabric was developed by D uPo nt, the inve ntor of T e f l o n .

Previously, the m aterial had been used only on raincoats and children’s clothing, but Cohen’s com pany decided to use it in an e n tire ly new way by apply ing it to men’s suits. A fte r a year o f devel opment, the Teflon suit was Accessorise y o u r s e lf w ith spatulas. introduced in the North American market in what he calls the “soya sauce January. The product looks like test” and sp ills sauce on the any other suit and is stain and material. The liquid lite ra lly drips o ff the surface making it wrinkle-free. “I f you put my suit and any virtually impossible fo r stains other suit side by side you w ill to form. The largest market, it not be able to te ll the d iffe r seems, fo r the Te flo n su it ence,” Cohen said. It is immensely popular would be politicians. The suit among business people. definitely would have come in Currently, the Hudson’s Bay handy fo r Federal Human Company is the su it’s largest Resources M in iste r Llo y d Canadian distributor. Bay rep Axworthy, who was pelted with resentative, Ed Malhowski said eggs during a student rally in the suit, which sells for about Ottawa last January. As far as $350 — comparable to any Cohen knows, few politicians other suit — has been a hot- have requested Teflon suits. “I think it is because they don’t seller. “The suit was almost com want to be known as the pletely sold out as soon as it ‘Te flo n p o litic ia n ,’ ” said arrived. O f the 300 su its we Cohen.

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tim e ,” s a id B la c k W a tc h Adjutant Charles Barlow. “Fifty years is a special year and a good tim e to rem em ber all the b attles and w hat they fought for. They m ade Canada w hat it is now...they made the ultimate sacri fice an d you c a n ’t help b u t feel p r o u d ,” s a id A rm s tro n g W hitworth. The veterans are an important g ro u p at the arm o u ry . T h ey are highly respected and adm ired for their courage and m ilitary accom plishments. Private Josh M osqueira, a U3 M c G ill s tu d e n t in E n g lis h L ite r a tu r e , e x p la in e d th a t it is through the veterans th at we can really understand the m eaning of war. “ B e fo re I jo in e d th e B la c k W atch I d id n ’t really u nderstand what [war] meant. By speaking to veterans...you gain a different per spective than from ju st reading the history books,” said Mosqueira. Bob Feldstein, a W orld W ar II

v e te r a n , is p r e s id e n t o f th e A s s o c ia te m e m b e rs o f th e R eg im en t, and v ic e-p re sid e n t o f the B lack W atch A ssociation for veterans. This is the busiest tim e of year for him. He has been asked to speak in numerous classes and lec tu re s on h is e x p e rie n c e s in and reflections on W orld W ar II. “I volunteered to fight for my country...I thought it was my duty. A nother reason is that I ’m Jewish a n d I f e lt I h a d to do i t , ” sa id F e ld s te in . “ W h e n w e w e re in Holland at the end o f the war, the thought o f all the soldiers was that this was going to be the end o f all w a rs ...m o re p e o p le w ere k ille d than in any other war. But much to o u r d is a p p o in tm e n t, w e w ere wrong,” said Feldstein. Remembrance Day is the time to rem em ber the agony, suffering and tyranny o f war, whether in the W orld W ars or in conflicts that are occurring now, all over the world. A nd fo r v eteran s lik e F eld stein , a n d th o s e o f th e B la c k W a tc h R eg im en t, the m em o ries liv e all year round.

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McGill researchers hope to crush the nicotine addiction By T o d d Z willich

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“Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand tim es,” w rote Mark Twain. Anyone who has tried to kick a smoking habit undoubtedly has an intimate understanding of his state m ent’s irony...and its veracity. Politicians, lobbyists, and m an ufacturers trade blow s on how to control, regulate, and otherwise dis courage the use o f tobacco prod u c ts , a ll w ith o u t v io la tin g th e Constitution.

“The focus has to remain on the fact that when you use this product as directed, it will kill you.” One of the most frequent com plaints lodged by health and anti sm o k in g ad v o c ates is th a t w hen political wrangling starts, the issue of health often becomes secondary, at best. “The [cigarette] manufacturers are most successful when they man ag e to ig n o re p e rs o n a l h e a lth is s u e s ,” said Jay H ouse, pu b lic affairs coordinator for the Canadian Council on Smoking and Health. He maintained that because the public is no longer willing to accept the argument that cigarettes are not a health hazard, manufacturers have changed their public relations strat egy. To keep business moving, they claim that the rights o f cigarette m anufacturers and their custom ers are being systematically violated. The manufacturers apply argu m ents concerning rights and free dom s w hen sm oking becom es an iss u e o f n a tio n a l p o lic y . In September, a Supreme Court ruling d eem ed re stric tio n s on c ig a re tte advertising unconstitutional. “They fram ed their argum ent as one o f ch a rter freed o m in the Supreme Court,” said House, who p o in te d o ut th a t in c o m b in a tio n w ith the cigarette tax roll-back of 1993, this strategic victory does not

soon be possible to curb a nicotine b o d e w ell fo r th e h e a lth o f ing that [cigarette] companies knew addict’s craving to smoke by going about the pharm acological effects Canadians. to the very source of the addiction. of nicotine way back in the 60s, and “W e have gone back to 1983 According to Clarke, nicotine standards as far as prices and adver k e p t it h id d e n ,” sa id E ric instantly causes some brain cells to L eG resley , leg al co u n cil fo r the tising,” stated House. r e le a s e th e n e u r o tr a n s m itte r The latest Health Canada sur Non-Smokers Rights Association. dopamine, a chemical essential for In lig h t o f th ese d ocum ents, vey on smoking shows that 31 per a n im a ls to ju d g e a s tim u lu s as House maintains that since a highly c e n t o f C a n ad ian s are cu rre n tly smokers. In 1983, 37.5 p e r ce n t o f C a n a d i a n s smoked. O n th e p e r sonal level, tobac co c o m p a n ie s m aintain that the right to sm oke is a m a tte r o f p e r so n a l c h o ic e ra th e r th a n p e r sonal health. A spokesper son from Imperial T o bacco refu sed to respond to the T r ib u n e 's q u e s tio n s . H o w ev er, T im R a lp h e , a spokesperson for The C a n a d ia n T o b a c c o M a n u f a c tu r e r ’s C o u n c il o ffe re d his comments. “M ost people p e rc e iv e a h ealth Sm o kin g cigarettes cause h ea rt disease a n d lu n g cancer. ris k in sm o k in g addictive drug such as nicotine is rewarding. Addiction is the result of and choose to do it anyway,” said the la rg e in c re ase o f rein fo rcin g c o n ta in e d in th e ir p ro d u c t, th e Ralfe. “Consum ers m ake a choice dopamine associated with the inges whether they should use the prod user’s ability to choose is negated. tion of nicotine. “ A p e rs o n is n o t m a k in g a uct. That is the right of any mature “Nicotine is proven to increase ch o ice w hen h e ’s an a d d ic t,” he adult.” dopamine levels, and that’s enough According to House, that argu stated. for an addiction contingency,” said A v e ry d ire c t a p p ro a c h to ment fails on two levels. First, sec stem m in g the rise o f sm oking is Clarke. ond-hand smoke is more toxic than A c c o rd in g ly , re m o v in g th e even the fumes that smokers them taking place at this university. Dr. n ic o tin e ’s a b ility to e x c ite Paul Clarke, professor o f pharm a selves inhale, as it does not pass d o p a m in e -p ro d u c in g b ra in c e lls cology at M cGill, said that it may through a filter. “Since this sm oke affects the health of others, it does not consti tute a personal choice on the part of the smoker,” argued House. H o w e v e r, R a lfe d o e s n ot accept this logic. “T o u se th a t arg u m e n t, you e lim in a te d ie s e l e n g in e s ,” sa id Ralfe. H o u se’s second and perhaps more striking contention w ith the manufacturers’ claims stems from a s e rie s o f d o c u m e n ts c a lle d th e Brown-W illiams Papers, published on July 18, 1995 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “These are documents indicat

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would be akin to removing the bell from P av lo v ’s fam ous saliv atin g d o g e x p e rim e n ts , re n d e rin g an addiction association impossible. This is the approach Clarke is taking to curb the nicotine addict’s craving. Preventing nicotine from b ecom ing th at essen tial stim ulus may be easy in theory, but som e what more difficult in practice. “W e’re try in g to find a drug which will block nicotine’s receptor sites in brain cells,” said Clarke. H e p o in te d o u t th a t se v eral nicotinic receptor blockers already exist as high blood pressure m ed ications, but that these drugs have a large effect on the receptors of the body, not just the ones on the brain, w hich are o f a different sub-type. The trick is to find a drug which can block n ico tin e in the central nervous system w hile leaving the peripheral receptors unchanged. So far, the search has not turned up a s u ita b le c a n d id a te fo r th e jo b . H o w ev er, C lark e rem ain s c o n fi dent. “It’s clear that nicotine is the prime motivator in cigarette addic tion. W e could come up with a cure for smoking,” he said. In light o f the apparent influ ences standing in the w ay of per sonal h ealth in C anada, C la rk e ’s research bodes well for the prospect of rendering Mark Tw ain’s humour o b so le te , and m o re im p o rta n tly , rendering obsolete the statistics that 42,000 Canadians die annually due to cigarette smoking. Until that goal is realised, H ouse’s advice may be m o st in s tru c tiv e w h en sm o k in g issu es en te r the rea lm o f p u b lic debate. “The focus has to rem ain on th e fa c t th a t w hen you u se th is product as directed, it will kill you.”

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The quiet whisper and strong emotions of Céleste By M arc G illiam S u ff e r in g fro m P o s tReferendum D epression? Is talk of a sim ila r p oll in the n ear fu tu re making you feel muted in spite of castin g a b allo t tw o w eeks ago? Then sit in for the quiet revolution o f fra n c o p h o n e h o u s e k e e p e rtu r n e d - W e st m o u n t- h o u s e w ife Céleste. This allegorical play (directed by M arianne Ackerman) studies the in te rse c tio n o f th e hum an sp irit with cultural identity. Constructed around a com plex set of metaphori cal symbols, the audience receives the history o f Céleste O ’Borne in flashback form. Our protagonist’s life has not been w ithout its traum a. T hrough scenes of rape, abortion, and other general impressions of female sub servience, linguistic repression, and relig io u s tokenisation , cold sym bology keep the emotional level of C éleste on an unbeliev ab ly even keel. As a result, a certain num b ness is offered, perfect for drow n ing your own worries, referendumrelated or not. M arthe T urgeon, c a st in the role o f Céleste O ’Borne, acts out her m artyrdom with keen insight. Although not monotonous, her pen siv e and su bdued reading o f the

ch a racter is like a heavy b lan k et scenes. that covers the entire show. Not far T h e s o le s c e n e - s te a le r in into the play, the audience realises Céleste , how ever, is Coral Egan. the com fort C éleste can provide, She is featured in sm aller roles as sim ilar to a self-affirm ation, or a an under-appreciated housekeeper generous dose o f prozac. and a lounge singer. For the latter, D e s p ite th e s tro n g m o o d the M o n treal m u sician sin g s the Céleste establishes, other perform ances provide more wideeyed v ie w in g . Shimon A viel’s role as D r. Isa a c H irschholm , a p sy chologist, provides th e c o m ic r e lie f . A v ie l m a k e s th e m ost o f a few onelin e rs an d c le a rly h a s fu n w ith h is d ia tr ib e s in Yiddish. Ex-McGi l l d r a m a tis t T om R a c k p la y s th e p h ilo so p h er D avid Tem ple (whose fic tio n al w ork in te n tio n a lly a p p r o p r i ates that o f another M c G ill a lu m n u s, Dr. Charles Taylor). Rack com plim ents H irsch h o lm as the s tr a ig h t- m a n in th e ir m an y sh a re d Celeste silen tly ca stin g h e r spell

a u d ie n c e ’s a tte n tio n aw ay from C éleste’s internal ache. In doing so, she is the only actor who succeeds in altering the play’s mood, if only for a fleeting moment. C redit m ust also be given to the com poser o f the play’s original w o rk s , K a re n Y o u n g , w h o se s c o re r a n g in g fro m w o rld b e a t to church music showcases remarkably varied m usi cianship. R e g a r d le s s , su c h fea tu re s are in fre q u en t d iv e rsio n s in C é le s te ’s p lo d d in g s o litu d e . “ W o rd s a n d s ile n c e ” warns the program in an a tte m p t to p re p a re the au dience for the p la y ’s stifled em otion and the protagonist’s constrained expression. W hile trying to r e f le c t th e s u b c o n s c io u s tu r m o il of C e le ste’s character, the play does n ot actu alise C eleste’s pain. Because theatre depends so heav ily o f this type o f expres sio n , th e w in d o w in to C e le s te ’s soul rem ain s closed to the audience. C é le s te 's c o m p ro mise between words and

silence results in a continuous, lit era l, w h isp er. C é le ste raises her voice above speaking level for all o f th ree w ords d u rin g the en tire p la y . T h is w h is p e r w as q u ie t enough that I overheard a spectator five rows ahead of me confide to a neighbour, “I find it so annoying when they don’t speak up.” Yet, Céleste refuses to be easi ly d ism issed . Its tim in g is eerie. Debuting Novem ber 4, in the midst o f referendum analysis and politi cal reg ro u p in g , C éleste seem s to em it an in c re d ib ly cu rren t co m mentary. As Céleste returns to her estranged anglophone husband in W estm ount after some internation al entertaining at Expo, she com m its h erself to a long-term battle for identity — a battle that doesn’t a lw a y s re a p c h a n g e o r r e v e a l im m ed ia te g ain s. A s the cu rta in c lo se s C é le ste d o e s n o t p ro te s t loudly but remains poker-faced and poised, speaking in underestimated whispers.

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Life after the Peach Pit After Dark — Transmissions from Flaming Lips bass player Michael Ivins By Kurt N ewman

“The problem with that movie is that it’s so boring,” yawns Lips bassist and real-life Chas Addams carto o n M ich ael Iv in s, sp eak in g over the phone to the Tribune from h is hom e in O k la h o m a C ity.’’T here’s nothing w rong with that opening shot, though, before

fluorescent lights. W hen you come to see us w e’re setting up a mood. So th a t you b ec o m e p a rt o f the w hole thing. So where if you don’t w ant to be involved, you have to physically leave the building.” T he num ber o f unsuspecting citizens who have had to take the

S ubversio n , the lifeblood o f rock and roll, is getting harder and h a rd e r to p u ll o ff co n v in cin g ly . The w heat can usually be separat ed from the chaff by applying the sim ple test o f discerning betw een appropriation and exe g e s is — th e m ow haw ks th a t Rancid sport are pret ty m u ch a p a th e tic g e s tu r e , w h ile th e e x h u m in g o f e v e ry last B eatles harm ony and psychedelic guitar noise is the motor that drives indie pop. T h is d is tin c tio n first becam e clea r to me during a Flam ing L ip s’ set a couple o f years ago. Tradem ark yuletide lights, smoke m achines, and Gravol c o m m e rc ia l-e s q u e film loops fram ed one o f th e lo u d e st, m o st ex u b e ran t d isp lay o f (L. to R.) Jason Priestly, L uke Perry, Lan Z iering a n d B ria n A u stin Green ro c k h e r m e n e u tic s I ’v e e v e r s e e n . O n e th o u g h t they go into Rock and Roll— it’s F la m in g L ip s c h a lle n g e h a s flashed through my head— these all dark and then ‘B oom !’. in creased g reatly in the la st few gu y s to o k th e o rg a sm -fre a k o u t “ W hen we saw Echo and the y ears. T h ere w as a tim e w hen a se c tio n fro m th e S o n g R e m a in s Bunny men, I guess about ten years ‘Hit To Death in the Future H ead’ The S am e v ersio n o f L ed Z e p ’s ago, they did a show , to o ,” Ivins T-shirt lent you instant cred; now “Dazed and Confused,” and based continues. “W e realised it doesn’t they probably sit on the rack next a band around it. all have to be punk rock, plug in, to the d isco u n t baby T ’s. A tour

w ith poseur-savants Candlebox, a A aro n S p e llin g ’s ev il b rain c h ild Lollapalooza spot, and the FM suc h osted T he F lam ing L ips as su r cess o f their o ff kilter, petroleum prise guests at The Peach Pit after jelly-inspired single have propelled Dark. them w ell in to th e p o p u la r c o n “T h e a c tu a l sc rip t had b een sciousness. w ritte n a w h ile b e fo re , w ith an The band, w hich also features R& B b a n d ,” say s Iv in s. “It w as g u ita r is ts W a y n e C o y n e an d rig h t aro u n d th e tim e th a t “ S he R o n a ld J o n e s , an d d ru m m e r D on’t Use Jelly” started taking off. Steven Drozd, has been making its T hen they started callin g around d istin c tiv e b ran d o f fru ity , fuzz for some kooky alternative song, I explosion pop since think without real 1983. Given the fact ly k n o w in g w h a t “When we did that the L ips’ brand they were getting.” o f sativa-fueled psy 90210, that was like “It w as really c h e d e lia , a n d d i s something Andy boring,” continues tin c tly a n ti-tre n d y Iv in s. “W e sa t in Warhol would have im a g e h as n e v e r th e t r a i le r f o r a been proud of.” seem ed particularly long time, and sent m a r k e ta b le , one som eone out to get wonders if the band us som e...alcohol. is ju s t pulling giant W e didn’t actually situationist pranks on the world. h ang o ut w ith an y o n e. S om eone “Not pranks, cuz that implies from W arner’s cam e over and said, that w e’re having one over on peo ‘h ey th e y k n o w y o u g u y s a re p le ,” c la rifie s Iv in s. “W e d o n ’t drunk.’ These people are portray p r e - a s s u m e th a t p e o p le a r e n ’t ing the bad elem ent of society, but g o in g to g e t it. N o t so m u c h w e en d ed up b ein g the big ro ck p ra n k s , I g u e s s , b u t d e f in ite ly a n d r o ll m a y h e m , c u z w e g o t h u m o u r. P e o p le d o n ’t see th e drunk. Then, we ju st sort of ran out humour. W e're not being sarcastic, on stage and started lip synching.” so w hen w e did 90210, that was P a rt o f th e L ip s ’ a p p e a l is their refusal to play the earnestness lik e s o m e th in g A n d y W a rh o l d r a w in g on th e w ould have been proud of, or the g a m e — cartoon/sci-fi m ythology that has Surrealists in the ‘30s.” fueled m ost o f the non “poor m e” Indie rock living rooms across songw riters o f the last 25 years. (“I the world com busted into “musées juste pour ‘huh?’” last march when Continued on Page 15

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his infam ous study o f cross d ress in g , G le n o r G le n d a , m a k e s a c le a r — i f n o t d e fe n siv e — d is C ro ss d re s s in g . E v e ry o n e tinction betw een transvestites and d o e s it o r a t le a s t w a n ts to at Dammit, w e w ant answers (well, a t least opinions)!! W hat’s up h o m o s e x u a ls . W ig s to c k u n d e r som e p o int or another. T hro u g h Drag queens don’t with the latest trend o f m ass m arketing drag queens? In hopes m ines the attem pts m ade by h et th e a n n a ls o f h is t o r y , d ra g sit well with most erosexual cro ss dressers to lib er o f an enlightened opinion, the Tribune roam ed the Alley, talking queens, or their equivalents, have ate d rag q u ee n s fro m th e h o m o to everyone and their mother. H ere’s what yo ur fellow, erudite w an d ered in and o u t o f le m ode feminists. s e x u a l s te re o ty p e . M o s t o f th e c u r r a n te . C a th e r in e th e G re a t students had to say: p erfo rm ers m ake a p o in t o f say u se d to h o st p re -V ic to ria n b alls ing th at th is w as a celeb ratio n o f W igstock ju st w ants to show that an d d en y e n tra n c e to th o se not A lo t o f it h a s to d o w ith t h e ir b e in g a w id e r in t e r e s t in th e g a y th e gay co m m u n ity . W h ile L ady dressing up is “divine.” T he fdm dressed as the opposite sex. W ith s c e n e . It’s k in d a s a d , b u t it s g o tte n tr e n d y . N o t to s p e a k fo r g a y B u n n y , th e h o s te s s , le a d in g m o n a rc h i m e n , b u t th e r e ’s a n in t e r e s t in th e g a y c o m m u n ity in la rg e r th a n sa id th a t a n ti-b re e d cal pow ers in sup life fe m a le p e r s o n a lit ie s — f o r e x a m p le , M a d o n n a . ers w ould n ot be to l port, no one should — Hannah Thresher, English, U3 e r a te d , th e r e w a s a fe a r th a t g o in g to d e f in ite , u n d e rly in g see W ig s to c k It a ll g e ts b a c k to th e d iv is io n o f th e s e x e s . W e a re a ll b u t o n e presum ption that drag m eans their sexual g e n d e r s e p a ra te d b y d iffe r e n t g e n ita lia . q ueens are all gay. A s ity is up for grabs. — Carolina Martan, C ultural Studies, U3 a r e s u lt, th e s te r e o W ig s to c k , an ty p e s a ro u n d w h at a a n n u a l fe s tiv a l in It’s b e c a u s e th e n e w e s t w a v e o f w a if m o d e l f a s h io n s a re n o t p e rso n w e a rs an d N ew Y o rk fo r the a p p ro p ria te f o r th e tr u e fe m a le fig u r e , th e y lo o k b e tte r o n m e n . h is/h er sexual p refer la st ten y ears, has — M att Roy, Underwater Basket Weaving U8 e n c e a re n o t d is f in a l ly been pelled. rec o rd e d fo r tho se I’m s u r e it ’s p a rtia lly c o n n e c te d to th e s o r t o f in c re a s e v is u a liz a W h ile th is to o a fra id to v e n tio n o f h o m o s e x u a ls . It p ro p e ls , a t le a s t in d iv id u a lly , a n d in flu sh o u ld n ’t h av e to be a tu re into the fe s ti e n c e s d ra g . b ig deal (after all, if a val site. It is a day — Sam Robinson, English, U3 film w ants to be light long celebration o f a n d flu ffy it s h o u ld d rag q u ee n s in all be allo w ed to be), for B e c a u s e th e r e a r e n ’t e n o u g h c h ic k e n s u i t s to g o a ro u n d . t h e ir g lo r y . a to p ic t h a t is so P e rfo rm a n c e s — Mr. Macpoulet, school mascot, Modern Languages u n d e re x p lo re d , m ad e and m em osp e n d in g th e b u lk o f rex ed in c lu d e : O u r c u ltu re i s b u m b lin g it ’s w a y t o w a r d s r e a liz in g th a t e v e ry o n e the screen tim e lo o k L ip s y n k a , L a d y h a s m a s c u lin e a n d fe m in in e c o m p o n e n ts w ith in th e m . ing up R u P au l’s dress B unny, L ady M iss — Phil Mitchell, who isn ’t a student, seem s a w aste. W hile K ier (no, sh e’s not but writes lots o f term papers th e re a re s u re to be a g u y , b u t she m o re H o lly w o o d g r a c e d th e s ta g e I g u e s s p e r v e r s io n s a re m o re a c c e p te d , th e y a re a lm o s t a a p p ro p ria tio n s (at anyw ay) and, n o rm . T h e w h o le s o r t o f e x p e rie n c in g t h in g s , in c lu d in g th in g s le a s t u n til “ a l te r n a e v e r y o n e ’ s lik e th a t, is a re s p e c ta b le th in g to b e d o in g . I g u e s s , j u s t to tive lifesty les” go out f a v o u r ite c a tw a lk e x p e rie n c e a s m u c h a s y o u c a n . o f style), the voice o f saché-er, RuPaul. O ne is n o t b o m a w o m a n , b u t ra th e r becom es one. — Hurundi Bakshee, Philosophy, U3 those w ith in the co m D ra g Q u e e n s m u n ity n e e d s to b e e x p r e s s e d d o n ’t sit w ell w ith m o st f e m i is a show case for drag queens to P a tr ia r c h y i s a b a d th in g . M e n b e in g a b le to re a liz e th e u ltim a te r a th e r th a n th e le n g th o f th e ir nists. T heir portrayals fall som e strut their stuff, not to reveal their p o w e r o f fe m a le s i s a g o o d th in g . M e n d r e s s in g u p a s w o m e n , heels. in n e r lives. A s such, it is p retty w h e re b e tw e e n b e in g a trib u te p a y in g tr ib u te to th e fe m in in e fo rm , s u b m is s in g to th e u ltim a te v o y e u r is tic , th e a u d ie n c e se e s and a m ockery. T h ere’s a certain p o w e r, w e ll, i t s a ll re la te d to th e a lie n a tio n fa c to r p r e s e n t in am o u n t o f v alid ity to th is arg u everything the drag q u een s w ant m o d e rn s o c ie ty . W e ’re a ll tr y in g to g e t a s e n s e o f id e n tity a n d to sh o w — a n d th a t is m o s tly m e n t — a d r a g q u e e n r a r e ly g ra s p in g a t s t r a w s to fin d s e lf- d e fin itio n . how good they look in a dress. seem s like a w om an. Instead, s/he W ig s to c k is p la y in g at — Jenninfer Porter Geology U2 T h e m o v ie m a y g e t a little is a m a le ’s in te r p r e ta tio n o f a Ciném a de Paris until Friday. dull for those w ho d o n ’t ju s t w ant w o m a n . T h is m e a n s ir r a tio n a l to w a tc h so m e g u y s in d re s s e s b itc h in e s s , an o v e rt v a n ity an d p e rfo rm M illi V a n illi- s ty le on s tile tto h e a ls . P e r fo r m e rs lik e s ta g e . T h e m in i- c o n v e r s a tio n s L ip s y n k a b a n k o n th e “ d iv a b itch ” im age. The “w om an” cre w ith p e r f o r m e r s i n t e r s p e r s e d b e tw e e n lip -sy n c p e rfo rm a n c e s a te d b e c o m e s an in s u lt r a th e r and drag queens cavorting on the than a paean. streets are by far the m ost in ter H ow ever, dw elling too m uch esting parts o f the m ovie. o n th is w o u ld u n d e r m in e th e E v e n d u r in g th e s e i n t e r im p o rtan ce o f film in g a festiv al view s, how ever, noth in g b eyond lik e W ig stock. U n lik e To W ong F oo and P risc illa , the film is a the “fabulous feeling o f dressing A s a m e m b e r o f a p r o f e s s i o n a l o r d e r , th e C h a r t e r e d A d m i n i s t r a t o r s e t s up in d r a g ” is p r o f f e r e d u p as d o c u m e n ta r y m a d e b y p e o p le explanation for the m otivations o f a c tiv e ly in v o lv e d in th e sc en e . h i m s e l f a p a r t b y a d d i n g to h is n a m e th e c r e d e n t i a l s C . A d m . H o w e v e r , T h e m o tiv es h ere a r e n ’t m o n e queens. W hile this m ay carry the h is h i g h e r s k ills , t h a t h e m a k e s a v a i l a b l e t o c u s t o m e r s a n d e m p l o y e r s , “girls ju s t w anna hav e fu n ” atti tary. R ather, the film m akers and g i v e h im a n e d g e in th e b u s in e s s w o r ld . tu d e o f th e e x t r a v a g a n z a , it p r o d u c e r s a re c o n c e r n e d w ith d o e sn ’t m ake fo r an h o u r an d a giving outsiders a peep hole into half o f captivating film footage. a s u b - c u l t u r e ’ s e x p r e s s io n o f You c a n ta k e a s te p a h e a d r ig h t n o w b y b e c o m in g a m e m b e r o f E d “a n g o ra m an ” W o o d , in itself. A t th e sam e tim e , th e p o r trayal is pretty surface. U nlike a m o v ie lik e P a r is is B u r n in g ,

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Jews and Jesus converse about ethnic angst and love themselves fo r a telepersonals ad. Steven (Jeff Casper) strug Oren Safd ie’s J e w s & gles to provide an appropriate J e s u s , a work dealing with the description o f him se lf while relationships between Jews and subtly including the fact he’s Catholics, ro lls into Montreal Jewish. When he finally ‘suc on quite a wave o f acclaim. ceeds’, the lights dim and open Having recently completed a on a bus heading to the successful run off-Broadway, C a tsk ills, where he fin d s a young woman named Lucia (Gia Fo ra kis) sittin g alone. “Marriage is a A fter a brief courtship, which serious kind of includes countless neurotic ref thing... it might lead erences to the fact he’s Jewish, the couple decide to date. to commitment.” A t th is point the scene s h ifts to Jerusalem, where the one-act, hour-long play is in Debra (Michele Schmitt, in the town fo r ten days before it play’s best performance) is returns to New York. Featuring stopped by Nick (Greg a cast o f only four, this uneven Schaffer), a self-obsessed Jew “comedy cabaret” features dressed in traditional rabbi garb numerous costume and charac who somehow manages to ter changes, and a pace that is engage her in a conversation accentuated by off-stage rim- regarding religion. After a brief shots and piano notes which, at courtship, which includes tim es, become fre netica lly countless neurotic references to intoxicating. the fact he’s Jewish, the couple The play its e lf begins in decide to date. T h is was the eye-catching manner, as three first time I checked my watch. o f its fo u r major characters It occurred to me the whole stand before the audience under reason I wasn’t buying J e w s & the piercing scrutiny o f a spot J e s u s was that the posited rela light, and attempt to describe tionships were entirely prepos By J.S- T rzcienski

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Barkmarket markets its power bark: the Tribune listens By D ean C astronovo __________ B ark m ark et are a B ro o k ly n b a se d p o w e r trio w h o m in e the sam e em o territory as Q uicksand and H elm et, but w ith a little m ore v a r ie ty in th e g o o s e - s t e p p in g r h y th m s and s to rm tro o p e r g u ita r s . T h e ir r e c o r d Lardw agon has been w e ll rec eiv ed by the c l o s e t m e ta lh e a d s o f th e in d ie w o rld . ( E v e r n o tic e d how th a t ‘b and T - s h ir t over lo n g -s le e v e d s h irt’ lo o k effectively m im ics the three q uar ter length sleeve ‘70s m etal shirt? Ever noticed how toques are sim ply a m ethod o f surrogate hockey hair?) B arkm arket have an album c o m in g o u t e a rly n e x t y e a r on W a rn er. T h e T rib u n e sp o k e to B a rk m a rk e t d ru m m e r R ock S a v a g e la st M o n d a y , N o v .3, at th e ir sp a rse ly a tte n d e d show at Bar Lézard. Trib une: So, y o u r n am e is R ock Savage? Savage: Y e a h . S h o rt f o r R o c k e f e lle r . R o c k e f e l le r R. S av ag e III. I f you b e lie v e th a t, th ere’s a bridge I w ant to sell you. Tribune: W hat kind o f bands w ere you playing w ith back then? Savage: Back then, w e were on our ow n fo r a w hile, because w e w e re r e la tiv e ly u n k n o w n .

Probably one o f the first bands we s ta r t e d p la y in g w ith w a s C o p Shoot Cop. Spongehead is anoth er band w e ’ve know n fo r a long tim e. Early on, w e did a tour with the Pixies. T hat was lots o f fun. Trib une: A ny sto rie s from

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Savage: Uh, none that I can say. Early on, w e also did a tour w ith T a d . T h e n , s o m e r e a lly stra n g e b ills , lik e K M F D M , in Europe. Trib u n e : D id t h e ir f a n s throw things at you? Savage: No. They w ere rela tiv e ly p e a c e fu l. M a y b e 10 p e r cen t o f them actu ally seem ed to like w hat w e w ere d o ing, so w e w ere actually shocked. Trib u n e : Y o u r p r e s s k it m akes a lo t o f referen c e to you guys being a “heavy band.” Is that som ething you consciously think about? Savage: W e ll, I w o u ld say it’s not som ething we consciously think about, but it is definitely an a e s th e tic . W e d o n ’t lik e s o m e

th in g u n til w e lik e it. W e th in k about it, but w e d o n ’t take it into account. We ju st sort o f guess. W e listen to so much differ ent stuff. I like everything. I listen to all kinds o f different stuff. I lis ten to ...opera and shit...I guess we a 11 s o r t o f s u r p r is e jeach o th e r w ith how 'm uch w e like Captain B e e f h e a r t. I saw C a p ta in B e e fh e a rt w hen I w as ju st a little k id , w ith th a t g r e a t band he had w ith Zoot Horn Rollo, and stuff. Tribune: A re you e v e r c o n f u s e d w ith Rick Savage? Savage: N o, I ’ve jheard th a t n am e. I ’m Iprobably rea lly ig n o rant but I d o n ’t know w ho that is. Tribune: H e’s that guy from D ef Leppard. Savage: A lright, I knew that o n ce , b u t th e n I fo rg o t. I d o n ’t really know w h at I th in k o f D ef L ep p ard . I m ean, it ’s p o ssib le I h e a rd th e m , a n d I d id n ’t k n o w w hat it was. Tribune: D ef L eppard is not p a r t o f y o u r c o n s c io u s n e s s . Savage: No, I guess its not. W hat ca n I sa y ? I g u ess I lik e e v e ry th in g ex c e p t fo r D e f L ep p ard . I d o n ’t like them , I ca n ’t say that I like them , because I never heard them. H ey guys, I ’m sure I w ould love it if I heard it.

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Discellaneous All-4-One An All-4-One Christmas (Atlantic) This album sucks. Please don’t buy it unless you’re a loser. I should have known that this album would suck, seeing as how A IM One suck. The album cover sucks. T here’s a picture (that sucks) of All-4-One on it. I now see why they chose “A ll-4-O ne” as their sucky name: because there’s four of them. These are some ugly bas tards. They’re all chubby and they have little “I wish I had even a hint o f facial hair” moustaches and the one loser who doesn’t have a moustache looks like he does because his dumb face is so fat and they all sing like the graduates of some sexually-stunted boys’ choir and you have to figure that they formed a little group because they wanted to get ‘babes’ but someone forgot to tell them that you should at least play one instrum ent among you, or at least sing halfway decently. Even their liner notes suck. “Happy Birthday Jesus, and thank you 4 letting me be able 2 do another project.” Learn 2 spell, dumb-ass. And take Boyz II Men with you. — D avid Bushnell

scratch ed copy o f R o ck H its ‘78 (K -T el). Y ou c a re fu lly d u st the needle o f the turntable (with your fin g er) and spin th e m agic disc. W hether or not you can perform this ritual (or even own a turntable, for that matter), you can share this e x p e rie n c e w ith y o u r fa v o u rite in d ie b an d s on S u p e r F a n ta stic Mega Smash Hits! Indie gurus such as Shadow y M en O n A Shadowy Planet, Vic C hestnut, S.C.O .T.S., Red Red Meat, Uncle Tupelo, and the Fastbacks perform all the fabu lous one-hit-w onders and classic h its o f th is f o rg o tte n e ra . C o n ta in in g su c h g em s as “Popcorn”-, “Rocket M an”, “Kung Fu F ig h tin g ” , and “V en u s” ; this album goes further than mere satire of these songs and artists. It seems m ore to rec re ate the atm o sp h ere and dram a o f this dark age — an age when Casey Kasem was more than a late-nite infomercial specta cle. This delightful chiffon cake of an a lb u m is ic e d by T h e N ew Duncan Imperials and Rex D aisy’s re sp e c tiv e co v e rs o f th e th em es from classic T.V. series’ “Convoy” and “W elcom e B ack K otter” . Put on your hot pan ts, b reak out the la v a la m p s, an d d a n c e , d a n c e , dance, kiddies. — M att Roy

Genius/Gza

Ozzy Osbourne

Liquid Swords (Geffen)

Ozzmosis (Epic)

“W e form lik e V o ltro n , and the GZA happens to be the head.” So said Method M an o f the G enius’ role in the W u-T ang clan on the eight-man crew ’s debut, E nter The Wu-Tang. Since then, the RZA has come out with his own side group, the G ra v ed ig g az, and M eth, OT D irty B a s ta rd , R a e k w o n h a v e dropped solo gem s. N ow it ’s the leader of the W u’s turn. O f all the clan, the GZA has always had the m o st to get o f f h is c h e s t. On “Labels,” he manages to scream on virtually every label in the industry, his response to getting je rk e d by his o rig inal label, C old C h illin ’. Like any true MC, the GZA drops knowledge on every single track on his album. To back his flows, the RZA has laid dow n another stack of fat tracks, despite producing five alb u m s in tw o y ears. E v en after constructing in abundance of sixty b eats fo r his crew , the R Z A has m a n a g e d to d ig in h is c ra te s to com e up with ill beats for jam s like “C old W o rld ,” “ S h ad o w b o x in ’,” a n d th e d is c ’s c lim a c tic fin a le “ B .I.B .L .E . (B a s ic I n s tru c tio n s B e fo re L e a v in g E a r th ) ” w h e re Killah Priest sim ply rips. B est o f a ll, lik e any W u -T a n g alb u m , L iq u id S w o r d s j u s t g e ts b e tte r every time every tim e you listen to it. — Andrew Cappell

Various Artists Super Fantastic M ega Smash Hits! (Backyard/Pravda/Attic) Rum m aging to the very back o f the top shelf o f your ju n k stor age clo set, you fin d a dusty and

{To th e a c c o m p a n im e n t o f C arm ina B urana and m etal crowd n o is e ) K eep on s m o k in ’ 'e m !.. Sm all rodents and feathered crea tu re s bew are! ‘T he O z ’ is b ack w ith yet an o th er all star team o f m etal heroes. Just w hen you think he’s played his last ace (of spades, no d o u b t! ), W illia m (O z z y ) O s b o u rn e s te a ls a n o th e r tric k . Indeed, behind Zakk W ylde’s terri

fy in g b a rra g e o f sq u e a lin g pick h a rm o n ic s an d G .I.T . s h re d d e r licks lies the steady throb o f on s ta g e - d e m o n -c o n ju r e r an d a l l round-sw ell-guy G eezer Butler on bass. For those of you too young and/or stoned to remember, Butler was the better half o f the booming rhythm section o f Black Sabbath. B u tler’s efforts are unfortunately drowned in the overbearing sea of synth and strings ev er present on Ozzmosis. O f note are deeply mov ing so n g s o f in sp ira tio n such as “ P e rry M a s o n ” an d “ M y L ittle M an” (a lullaby com posed with the h e lp fu l h a n d o f g u ita r -m y s tic tu rn e d -g la m -ro c k e r S te v e V ai). O zz y sa y s it b e s t w ith th e lin e “Wake me when it’s over” . Thank y o u ...G o o d n ig h t...G o d b le ss you...W e love you all! — M att Roy

k.d.lang A ll You Can Eat (W arner Music) k.d. has b een lo o k in g fo r a new m u sic g en re e v e r sin c e her falling out w ith country-w estern. W hat has m ade her cornin’ out of the m id-west successful is her lan g u id and p o w erfu l v o ice. In her recent release she plays with a few musical styles. However, it is still h er b lu e s-o n -th e -ra n c h -stu ff that works best. The cover’s Rave/Jive look may give k.d. fans reason to w orry th at she has b eco m e even m o re co m m ercial. S om e o f th is c o n c e rn is n ot u n fo u n d e d . “G et some” and “A cquiesce” are loaded

w ith cheap clichés W hat w orse is they have dancy undertones. If you do not spend too much time on the “ A ” sid e y o u m ig h t e n jo y th is r e le a s e . “T h is ” an d “ W o rld o f L o v e ” n o t o n ly f e a tu r e k . d . ’s blusy/ranchy- mix, but they are fur th er stren g th en ed by som e p alat able poetics. In her finally, “I W ant it”, she adds a touch o f funk. She just barely pulls it off. Her mighty vocal cords alm ost overpow er the w hole song. C onclusion: k.d. had better find a style that works. D espite the nam e, the sexual elem ents o f A ll You Can E at are subtle... but certainly present. — Sylvie Babarik

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Cold Snap (Wea) B and or th e s tu ff th a t sto p s your basem ent from flooding in a heavy rain? I ’d opt for the latter— it’ll save you a lot o f m oney and the h assle o f m opping the floor. Cold Snap is definitely cold, and definitely not snappy. If you could p a te n t a v o c a l s ty le , S a ra h M cLaughlin would definitely have g ro u n d s fo r su in g le a d v o c a lis t Sarah H arm er’s ass on this unimag in ativ e, u n in sp irin g deb u t album for this T oronto based band. The a c c o m p a n y in g m u sic re e k s o f C o w b o y J u n k ie s , C ra s h T e s t D um m ies, and Pod-era B reeders. Sham eless rip-offs perm eate Cold Snap rig h t dow n to the e.e. Cum m in g s sty le lin e r n o te s (C A P I TA LS, PLEA SE!?). U ninteresting songw riting on cuts such as “cold snap”, “u.f.o. rosie”, and “westray” (a “C re m a tio n o f Sam M c G e e ” take on the W estray mine disaster) w ill le av e m o re th a n y o u r tile s w eeping. W ith any luck this band n ev e r le a v e s the sh a d o w o f the C.N. Tower. — M att Roy

don’t want to sound all ‘gloom and d o o m ,’ ex p lain s Iv in s, “b ecau se I’m on a big tirade against ‘gloom and doom ’ bands, especially since, look at w hat th e y ’re doing w ith their lives.”) W hat it all seems to boil dow n to is the fact th at Dr. Seuss and P hilip K. D ick sim ply got to give their stories and books groovier names. “I hate to say you could judge a book by its co v er, or its title , but...” Ivins trails off. “W e usually try to give songs cool titles. Here’s the example of why: you can look at a painting and go , ‘hm m m ,’ but w hen som eone tells you the title you can get a little more insight that you can’t without one.” The L ips’ new album, Clouds Taste M etallic has all kinds of nifty so n g n a m e s, fro m “ T h is H ere G iraffe” to “The Guy W ho Got a Headache And Accidentally Saved The W orld.” “T h a t’s ex p lain e d in a little more detail in the song,” explains Ivins o f the latter. “ Som e o f the titles will help you!” In an ag e o f th e g lo r if ie d m onosyllable, The F lam ing L ip s’ album titles stand as testaments to

the power of poetic naming— In A P r ie s t D riv e n A m b u la n c e , T ra n sm issio n F rom the S a tte lite H eart and Telepathic Surgery to name three. • “I mean with O M y Gawd!!!, I t ’s the Flaming Lips we were lit erally going ‘oh my god,’ because we had no idea what to do for an album title or album a rt,” states Ivins. “W ith the new one, we had some other name, but then W ayne said, Clouds Taste Metallic, and we thought, that’s good, that’s immedi ate.” R e v ie w s fo r C lo u d s T a ste Metallic have been generally posi tive, although Ivins and co. were clearly irked by Spin m ag azin e’s s u g g e s tio n th a t so m e o f th e album ’s songs w ere inform ed by the O klahom a bombing. The Lips a re o n e o f th e m o st v is ib le Oklahoma City bands. “That song was written before the bombing,” explains Ivins. “As a human being, sure, it definitely has an effect. As quote-unquote artists, w e’ve never gone out o f our ways to talk about tragedy. It strikes us as exploitative. I know that life’s pretty crumm y for some people, I ju st count m yself lucky that life is not a chore.”

News flash/ Lips / Silverchair / Red Hot Chili Peppers tour has been cancelled. Refunds a t point o f purchase.

Living in Oblivion M ovies about making m ovies always run the risk o f being self-indulgent delves into the direc tor’s unconscious (think Fellini’s 8 1/2). It is all too easy for the film to become a self-righteous justifi cation o f the director’s raison d ’être and. as such, end up constrained by its own self-reflexive psy cho-babble. Ranting aside. Tom DiCiilo succeeds in side stepping this trap. In the tradition o f T ruffault’s D ay F or Night, L iving In O blivion m anages to be a m ovie about m aking a m ovie that isn ’t ju s t the clouded m ind processes o f a d irecto r w ho tak es him /herself too seriously. If you haven't figured it out by now. the plot revolves around the making o f an indie film. The conflicts are your standard, production time stresses — pom pous acto rs, m elodram atic c in em a to g ra phers, and lotsa sexual politics. In the middle of it all is the innocent director, trying to make a movie without stepping on egos. Supposedly, the story is based on director Tom DiCillo’s own trials by celluloid. Most notably, the w o m a n isin g le a d a c to r is ta k e n d ire c tly from DiCillo’s experiences working with Brad Pitt on the set of Johnny Suede (the M irror denies this connec

tion up and down but I d o n 't buy it). The gossip fac to r certain ly adds hum our to the plot. W hile watching, it is difficult not to parallel the fictitious characters with their real-life counterparts. DiCiilo also does not take his cause too seri ously. He is able to laugh at himself, and the whole idea o f making a movie about a movie. He enm esh es reality and imagination to the point o f surrealism w h ile , at th e sam e tim e, la u g h in g at the in d ie im pulse tow ards typically heavy-handed sym bol ism. W e’re never quite sure which scene is an anxi ety dream and w hich is an actual film ing day — DiCiilo d oesn't necessarily want the viewer to be ab le to d iffe re n tia te the tw o sta te s. In stead , he makes the whole movie-making experience a melo dramatic dream ( most Cultural Studies students can relate). W hile the movie may be more poignant for anyone who has ever been indoctrinated into a film production, the hum our is not idiosyncratic to film school grads. T he film ing process is brilliant and bizarre, and com pletely non-sensical. The silliness o f it all is appropriately captured. No matter how pointless the m ovie may seem, it manages to express (in a watchable way) the chaos and ultimate cohesion of a film m aker’s experiences. — Rachel Stokoe

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M artlet soccer season comes snowing to an end By A ndrew Bo o n B ad b o u n ces, bad luck, bad Karma. Call it w hat you will, this p a s t w e e k e n d h a d it a ll, as the M a rtle ts tra v e lle d to O tta w a to com pete in the W om en’s N ational Soccer Finals. It w as the seventh co n secutive trip to the N ationals f o r th e M a r tle ts , an d w ith th e h ig h e s t s c o rin g o f fe n c e in th e c o u n t r y , m a n y b e l ie v e d th is w ould be their year. A talented and clearly superi or M cG ill side ended their three gam e stin t w ith one victory and tw o d efe ats. T he to u rn ey b egan on a positive note as the M artlets f a c e d o f f a g a in s t d e f e n d in g n a tio n a l c h a m p s , D a lh o u s ie . D em onstrating the w ill and desire that has becom e synonym ous with this band o f fighters, M cG ill won the gam e 2-1. D ow n 1-0 at h a lf-tim e , th e Red ‘n ’ W hite M achine roared out lik e L o u F e r r ig n o ’s In c re d ib le Hulk. O dile ‘O die’ D esbois evened things up by capitalising on a cor n e r k ic k . J u li a ‘T h e W i n d ’

M aughan stepped up to the h ero ’s podium by scoring a beauty o f a goal that had fans gasping for air. M aughan danced aro u n d D alhousie defenders like Travolta and slotted the w inner past a hor rified keeper. M id -field er S asch a M cL eod was nam ed gam e M VP. The win w as a superb start, especially co n sidering that they had a d ay ’s rest b efo re p la y in g Q u e e n ’s, a .te a m they had defeated 3-1 in pre-sea son. W hat transpired w as exactly w h a t M c G ill f e a r e d . Q u e e n ’ s opened the scoring w ithin 10 m in u te s - and th a t’s all she w ro te. T he M artlets pushed, passed and pow ered their w ay forw ard utterly d o m in a tin g the g am e, but th o se sheep lovers kept grazing the ball and prevented M cGill from equal ising. T h e 1-0 lo s s m e a n t th e M a rtlets n a tio n a l b id w as o v er, and they w ould be relegated to the b ro n z e m ed al g am e. S ev era l M artlets, includ in g K irsten ‘T he T a c k ie r’ G reer, D o n n a ‘T w in k le T o es’ Prahacs, gam e M V P Sascha

‘The W izard ’ M cLeod, and Heidi a snow storm raged th at riv alled ‘T h e B o o t ’ B lo o m f ie ld , w e re the infam ous B lizzard o f 77. standouts in a losing cause. M aughan opened the scoring “O ffensively they pretty well a f te r 15 m in u te s to g iv e th e M artlets a 1-0 lead, how ever UBC sh u t us d o w n , a lth o u g h w e d id quickly evened things up to m ake have our chances. It seem ed they it 1-1 at half-tim e. had tw o people on us as soon as D o n n in g e v e r y th in g b u t a we touched the ball, and w e ju st snow suit, the M artlets battled the c o u ld n ’t fin is h , b u t I w as v ery cold and ice that had the ball rico p ro u d o f how e v e ry o n e gave c h e tin g lik e a 100% a n d n e v e r g a v e p in b a ll. M id up” , said Bloom field. The Red ‘n’ f ie l d e r s J a im e H ow ever, one has to S o c h a s k y an d q u e s tio n th e ta c tic s o f White Machine A ly so n W a lk e r coach Sylvie Beliveau in roared out like c a m e o f f th e th e lo s s . W ith a lit tle Lou Ferrigno’s b e n c h to ad d a u n d e r 10 m in u te s le ft, noticeable spark a n d in d ir e n e e d o f a Incredible Hulk. to the gam e, but g o a l, M c G ill f a ile d to push forw ard and utilise M c G ill c o u ld not find the onion bag. the fresh legs on the bench. Just as it seem ed that the two “ I w o u ld n ’t s e c o n d g u e s s team s w ere destined for overtim e, S y lv ie , s h e ’s th e n a tio n a l team UBC scored the w inner in the last coach, and we have to respect her d e c is io n s . B u t l e t ’s ju s t sa y , I m in u te . M a n A liv e ! T h e w o rd f r u s t r a t i o n c a n n o t b e g in to d o n ’t th in k D a lh o u s ie w as th e describe the m ood on the M artlet b est team in o u r d iv is io n ,” said bench. team captain M aughan. M c G ill, c le a rly o n e o f th e W ith the loss, M cG ill faced best team s in the country, left the o ff ag a in st U BC fo r the bronze. e m p ty handed. The w eather played a key role as N a ti o n a ls

H ow ever, M cGill can be proud of D esb o is an d M cL eo d w h o w ere nam ed tournam ent all-stars, w hile M a u g h a n a n d D e s b o is w e re nam ed first team A ll-C anadians. T h e 2-1 lo s s w a s a ls o th e final gam e fo r a bevy o f M artlet p la y e r s . P ra h a c s, G re e r, B lo o m fie ld , D esb o is, M a u g h an , M c L e o d , T ra c e y D ic k s o n , an d C aro ly n T en g g rad u ate and now jo in the ranks o f the M cG ill soc cer alum ni. T heir hard w ork, dili gence, and com m itm ent to M cG ill soccer should be applauded. “I ’ll rem em b er the c o m p e ti tiveness, enjoym ent and the close frie n d s I ’ve m ade. E v en a fte r a loss like this, those are the things th a t w ill s ta y w ith m e ,” s a id Greer'. M id -fie ld e r D o n n a P ra h a c s added, “I ’ll alw ays look back with pride at representing the R ed ‘n ’ W h ite , e s p e c ia lly at N a tio n a ls . It’s difficult to end this w ay, but I ’m ex trem ely satisfied w ith m y four years here.” C ongratulations to the entire M artlet side on a su ccessfu l and accom plished season.

Redmen basketball cagers back in action for 93rd season By D ana T oering As the 93rd season of M cGill R e d m e n b a s k e tb a ll g e ts u n d e r w ay, it w o u ld be a p p ro p ria te to take a look back at last se aso n ’s results. The Redm en are com ing off a 8-4 se c o n d p la c e fin ish b e h in d league cham pions Concordia. A fte r w in n in g th e Q U B L se m i-fin a l 79-63 ov er B ish o p ’s, the Red ‘n ’ W hite ended the sea so n w ith a p a ir o f lo s s e s to C o n c o rd ia in th e b e s t o f th re e cham pionship series. O verall M cG ill finished with an 1 8 -1 2 r e c o r d , in c lu d in g an im p r e s s iv e 10-2 r e c o rd at th e Currie Gym, home to the Redmen and the M artlets basketball teams. C oach Schildroth is back for his 11th season along w ith assis tants Nevio M arzinotto and Bernie R osanelli. From last y e a r’s team the Redm en have really only lost two key players. Known fondly as the ‘Tw in T ow ers’, gone are sea soned veterans T odd M cD ougall and Doug M cM ahon. In M c D o u g a ll th e R e d m e n lo st a p la y e r w h o a v e ra g e d 8.5 points per gam e and 3 rebounds. M o st o f all th ey lo st an in sp ira tional leader. In th e 6 ’7 M c M a h o n , th e Redm en lost a tow ering force who averaged 13.0 points per gam e and a nifty 7 rebounds. W ithout these tw o p la y e r s , th e R e d m e n a re a changed group. However, there are m a n y y o u n g f a c e s w h o se e m poised to fill the void. In the front court the Redmen will be m issing some size but more than make up for it with speed and endurance. T he team w ill look to A ll- C a n a d ia n c a n d id a te C h a d

W ozney, a 6 ’6, 240 pound ju n io r from H a m ilto n O n ta rio . A first te a m a ll- s ta r , W o z n e y le d th e league, and was fifth in the nation in rebounds last year, pulling down an average of 9.2 boards per game. W o z n e y w as s ix th in th e

the ‘go to ’ guy this y ear fo r the R e d m e n . H is ru g g e d s ty le an d scoring touch sh o u ld once again make him a force to reckoned with in the QUBL. In the back court the Redmen have a so lid core o f v eteran s. It

R ed m en season rests o n the bro a d shoulders o f C h a d W o zn ey Q U B L sc o rin g rac e w ith a 14.8 a v e ra g e and ra n k e d 10th in th e nation am ong field goal shooters with 61.8 per cent. W ozney will be

w ill b e up to th e m to ta k e th e R e d m e n to th e h e ig h ts th e y reached last year. Returning point guard Sam m y M endolia is a 5 ’9,

In th e ir f ir s t g a m e , th e 180 pound senior who led the team Redm en lost 98-82 to host UNB. in assists last season w ith 53 and The M cGill squad trailed 46-30 at averaged 6.6 points per game. M endolia is a seasoned veter half-tim e and w eren ’t able to re group and win after the half. Ryan an, whose ability to handle the ball S c h o e n a ls led th e team w ith 18 and coach S ch ild ro th ’s offensive points and 18 rebounds. attack will make all the difference V a r is c o a n d W o z n e y c o n for the Red ‘n ’ W hite. The lack of trib u te d 15 p o in ts and 12 p o in ts size up front will have to be made up with the speed smarts and agili r e s p e c tiv e ly . W o z n e y to o k an elbow to the face during the game ty o f the back court. and suffered a b ro O th e r back co u rte rs to look out The lack of size up ken nose - leav in g the Redm en hurting for are the three ta l front will have to fo r som e p o w er up e n te d o f f- g u a r d fro n t. In a se rio u s s e n io rs . 6 ’3, 180 made up with the tu r n o f e v e n ts , po u nd R ick V arisco speed smarts and R e d m e n f o o tb a ll an d 6 ’3 185 p o u n d agility of the back p lay er Jay M cH arg C h r is E m e rg u i are cam e o ff the bench tw o three po in t spe court. an d s c o re d fo u r c i a li s ts w h o th e p oints and g rabbed Redm en will look to two rebounds. M cHarg becam e the in more than one key situation. first player since Jaim e C raw ford V arisco averaged 14.4 points in 1986 to play both varsity sports. per gam e and was 19 o f 75 from On N ovem ber 11, the Redm en three point land. E m ergui shot a consistent 40.4 per cent from three played again and lost to Laurentian point land going 19-47 although he by a score o f 82-66. V arisco led the team with 15 points and sopho was not a starter. m ore P eter F ra ser added 14. Jay T h e th ir d a m ig o o f th is M cH arg scored four points. im pressive trio is 6 ’3, 190 pound In their final game of the tour senior Ryan Schoenhals, who aver aged 7.3 points per game and fin n e y th e R e d m e n fa c e d th e U n iv ersity o f T oronto B lues and is h e d e ig h th a m o n g Q U B L despite a hard fought game, a win reb o u n d ers w ith a five per gam e w as ju s t not in the cards fo r the average. in ju ry rid d e n R ed m en th is p a st In th e ir a n n u a l R e d b ir d w e e k e n d .T h e R ed m en lo st by a C la s s ic tw o w e e k s a g o , th e R edm en’s lack of size was a factor score o f 77-67. V arisco w as once again the offensive spark fo r the as th ey d ro p p e d tw o g am es and Redm en with 22 points. Fraser was won one. not far behind with 15 points. Jay T h is p a s t w e e k e n d , th e M cH arg scored nine. R edm en travelled out east to the T he R edm en are 3-7 in p re U N B N atio n al T o u rn am en t. The season play and travel to Hogtow n Redmen failed to win a game this tim e losing to some tuff com peti th is c o m in g w e e k e n d f o r th e U n iv e r s ity o f T o ro n to M e tro tio n fro m O n ta r io an d N ew Classic. Brunswick.

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he quest for peak athletic per form ance entails fine tuning of the mind and the body. At high level com petition differences in physical capabilities become less discernible and the im portance of m e n ta l p re p a ra tio n b e c o m e s increasingly pertinent. T he p sy c h o lo g ic al asp ect o f sport involves primarily the positive v is u a lis a tio n o f th e m o tio n as involved before the event and the maintenance of concentration on the task at hand. Dr. Graham Neil is an associate professor o f sports psychology at M cG ill and counsels M cG ill ath le te s an d c o a c h e s on m e n tal approaches to enhancement of ath letic performance. “Stress is perceived, it is not a reality,” states Neil. Realising this, the athlete can learn to con tro l his stress on the field using relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and centring. After making an on-field error, ,a method known as pot stopping is used in which the athlete learns to recognise and stop other emotional re sp o n se th a t w o u ld d estro y his focus. Chad Luedtke, a co-captain of the football team stated, “You have to realise that the playing tim e is only 60 minutes and that there will be plenty of time later to watch film and mull over the mistake.” Elite athletes talk about being “in the zone”, a state in which total attention is given to the task at hand. Such a state can only be reached after overlearning an activity and th ereb y au tom ating the m otions. This leaves the mind free to antici-

pate and react to the playing situa tion. The use of a mantra is a tech nique take from transdential medita tion. By rhythm ic rep etitio n o f a word related to the performance ath letes can cue the execution of their m otions. The calm ing effect o f a mantra also serves as a distraction from pain used by co m p etito rsin endurance events. V is u a lis a tio n is a m e n tal rehearsal of an action which puts the m in d th ro u g h a n e u ra l w o rk o u t which is not unlike the real thing. This technique is increasingly being used as a method of preparation for the actual sporting event. T his approach w as used this year by the rowing team as part of their training. “Rowing is such a mental sport that you have to be concentrating before, during, and after the race,” stated Stephanie Lee, coach o f the McGill Crew. The application involved sitting in the docked boat and m entally running through the race, with the c o x s w a in m a k in g th e c a lls an d evoking all the sensatio n s o f the race. By doing this the rowers came to th e ra c e e q u ip p e d w ith th e knowledge of successful strategies and potential pitfalls. It is difficult to gauge the suc cess of psychological approaches to sport in a truly scientific manner. The only measure of success is the personal satisfaction of the athlete and the result on the scoreboard at the end of the day. Sports psychology is a growing field that looks at understanding and enhancing an athlete’s performance. A m asters program is now being offered at M cGill and a 400-level course is available to students in all faculties.

The M cGill M artlet basket ball team will have to re-evaluate their situaion after this w eekend’s dism al display at the C oncordia S ax o n C la s s ic . T h e M a rtle ts dropped two out of three games. Q u ee n ’s w as the team that broke the Martlets five game win n in g s tre a k by b e a tin g th e M a rtle ts by a sc o re o f 9 1 -8 4 . V icky T essier led the team with 31 points and 18 rebounds. Other bright spots for the M artlets were A n n e G ild e n h u y s w ho had 19 points and 7 boards, follow ed by Josée Deloretto with 13 points. In their second gam e, the M artlets

By Jordana Berger T he M cG ill R edm en p lay ed tw o b ac k to b ac k g am es on the road this weekend. The first game, against Q ueen’s on Saturday, was a rough game and a tough loss, as the Redm en gave up a com fortable 4-1 lead in the final period. The Q ueen’s offence poured it on late in the gam e, unleashing a fleu ry o f fiv e g o als in less than eleven m inutes at the start o f the th ird p e rio d . Q u e e n ’s w on 6-4. B oth th e R e d m e n ’s d efe n se and o ffen se b ro k e dow n co m p letely , allow ing Q ueen’s to dom inate the end o f the game, firing 22 shots on goalie Robert Bourbeau (3-3-0) in the third period alone. Total shots on goal were an equal 43-43, but Q ueen’s managed to com e up with a big win against M cG ill’s hockey team for only the third time since

1971. “W e w ere very disappointed w ith the loss to Q u een ’s. G iving up so many goals so quickly really

changed the momentum of the game, and we couldn’t get back into it,” explained coach, Terry Bangen. Goal scorers for the Redmen were Pierre Gendron with two goals (his sixth and seventh of the year) along with Mike Buffone (his second) and Ian Laterreau (his seventh) with one a piece. Team scoring leader Kelly Nobes also picked up three assists for the Redmen. The Redmen regrouped Sunday afternoon, defeating the Royal Military College by a score of 5-3 in a tight and fast-paced game. Shots were 38-32 in favour of the Redmen. As RMC had some great scoring chances, McGill’s rookie goaltender, Jarrod Daniel, was put to the test throughout the entire game. “We really put in a gritty effort against a much improved RMC team. The game was tough but we played hard,” said Bangen. Leading the way fo r the

Redmen was Stéphane Angers, who scored the winning goal. Nicolas Cantim, Martin Routhier, Mike Buffone and Benoit Leroux each contributed to the team’s offence with a goal apiece. The Redmen have finished their five game road trip and return home to play Ottawa on Tuesday night. McGill is 4-3 so far this sea son, but the playoff race will be a tough one. Traditionally, the divi sion has been very competitive, but this year especially, every team has the potential of making the play offs. Many of the weaker teams from last season have improved and some of the better teams of the past have not, creating a greater balance in the division. The Redmen’s strengths are goaltending and the commitment and motivation of the players to a hard play style o f hockey. However, they lack depth and will have to improve in that area if they intend on advancing to the play offs.

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tipped off against the #1 ranked M an ito b a B isons and lo st by a decisive score o f 81-65. T essier had 22 points w ith 10 rebounds w hile G ildenhuys had 22 points and 11 rebounds. In th eir th ird a n d fin a l g a m e , th e M c G ill w om en m anaged a win, beating co n fe re n ce rival B ish o p ’s by a score o f 73-60. Lesley Steveson led the team w ith 14 points and 15 boards, w hile T essier had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Jen Stacey netted 12 points and had 5 rebounds. T h e M a rtle ts p re -s e a s o n record is 6-2 and they will play th re e g a m e s d o w n s o u th th is w e e k , w ith g a m e s at S ie n a College, Columbia University and Army.

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CIAU championship a success for McGill cross-country By T ribune Staff In the w ords o f M cGill cross c o u n try and tra c k co ach D en n is B a rre tt, “ Y ou c a n ’t w in all th e races all the tim e.” T hat’s true D ennis, but p la c ing your team s 7 and 8 respective ly in the country ain ’t too shabby either. D en n is’ boys and girls trav elled to the U niversity o f W estern O n tario th is w ee k en d an d cam e aw ay w ith som e very im pressive results. T h e w o m e n ’s te a m w h ic h o w n e d th e Q u e b e c c ir c u it th is y e a r , o n c e a g a in s h o w e d th e s tr e n g t h o f c r o s s - c o u n t r y a t M cGill. The w om en w ent into the c h a m p io n sh ip ran k e d 9th in th e c o u n tr y a n d c a m e o u t th e 7 th place finisher out o f 14 team s. The big story w as once again ro o k ie se n sa tio n T am b ra D unn. S he to re u p th e Q u e b e c c irc u it this year and at the nationals fin ished 7 out o f 99 runners in a tim e o f 19:00. D unn b ecam e the first M cGill rookie to becom e a CIA U first team A ll-C anadian. C om paratively, L in d a T hyer finished 8th at the nationals in her f ir s t a tte m p t an d w on th e title only in her last year. Dunn looks

poised to surpass T hyer as the top pio n sh ip , fo llo w ed by U B C w ho fem ale runner the school has ever won the bronze. seen. T h e R e d m e n c r o s s - c o u n try T e a m m a te R o s ie M u llin s team also p ro v ed th a t th ey w ere m ade the CIA U second team with am ong the best in the nation this a 12th place finish, running the 5 past w eekend. T he R edm en w ent km course in 19:22. M ullins and in to th e ra c e ran k e d 10th in the Dunn have carried the M c G ill w o m e n th is y ear as the team w as rid d le d w ith in ju rie s a n d th e lo s s o f th e great Thyer. “W e did re a lly w ell c o n s id e r in g th e c o n d itio n o f o u r te a m . T h r e e o f our top girls w ere out w ith injuries and I ’m s u r e w e c o u ld h a v e c r a c k e d th e to p fiv e w ith these girls co m peting. E verybody ran w ell and I com m end e d th e m o n a g r e a t season,” B arrett said. M c G i l l ’ s o th e r c o m p e ti to r s w e re C a ro lin e W y b a r w ho f in is h e d 4 5 th , C h r is t in e B e r g e r o n R u n Forest! R u n ! 6 4 th , J e n M u rp h y 8 3 rd , S u e G risé 9 3 rd an d E d ie country and finished in 8th place B axter 96th. o u t o f 14 te a m s . T h e R e d m e n W in d so r edg ed o ut W estern w ere led by A lex H utchinson w ho by one point for the C IA U cham q u a l if ie d f o r th e C IA U A ll-

Martlets swim team “soaking” up victories by

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Swim or be swam over is the attitu d e the M a rtlets sw im team seems to have taken this year. The M artlets have been on a te a r as o f late and did not slow down this w eekend. The M artlets com peted in a triple dual m eet on N ovem ber 10 and they won six of 10 events.

Go Carol, Go Carol, Go! Go! A g a in s t S h e r b ro o k e th e M artlets won by a score o f 87-56, against UNB they won 102-29 and against M cM aster they lost 51-91. C arol C hiang led the M artlets to victory by w inning both the 50m butterfly in a tim e o f 0:29.55 and th e 100m b u tte rfly in a tim e o f 1:05.88 in C IA U stan d ard tim es an d w as a p a r t o f th e 2 0 0 m freestyle team that won in 1:53.91. Chiang has solidly instated herself as one o f the best sprinters in the country as the gold medals contin ue to roll in fo r M c G ill’s sw im m ing star. T he other m em bers o f the 200m team w ere A nna Leong, M a u re en M cK en n a and P a tric ia

H u tch in so n . M cK en n a also w on th e 4 00m fre e sty le in a tim e o f 4:39.2 and Hutchinson met CIAU s ta n d a rd s in tw o ra c e v ic to rie s (200m individual m edley in 2:26.9 a n d th e 2 0 0 m b a c k s tr o k e in 2:27.58). A t the C anA m C h allen g e in S h e r b ro o k e on N o v e m b e r 11 M c M a s te r f in is h e d f ir s t o f 12 team s with 936 points follow ed by M cG ill w ho fin ish e d w ith 533 p o in ts . M cG ill had th ree a ll stars nam e at the meet and they w ere C hiang as a s p r in te r , H uthcinson for butter fly an d L eo n g in th e in d iv id u a l m e d le y . C h ia n g w o n th r e e races for the M artlets. She won the 50m but te r f ly in a tim e o f 0 :2 9 .5 , th e 50m freestyle in 0:27.0 and the 100m fre e s ty le in 0 :5 8 .0 . H u tc h in so n also won three events, gaining the g o ld in the 400m fre e s ty le , the 100m butterfly and the 200m but terfly. M cGill also won two relays at the meet. The M artlets swam to victory in the 400m freestyle relay and the 400 m edley relay. Chiang, K arine Ligneau , H utchinson and M c K e n n a m a d e u p th e 4 0 0 m freestyle team, w hile H utchinson, A n d re a B a c sfa lu sia , L eo n g an d C h ia n g sw am to v ic to ry in th e 400m medley. N ext on the schedule are the W inter N ationals at Calgary from N ovem ber 16-18.

C anadian second team w ith a 12th place finish in 33:58. H utchinson has been the leader o f the m en ’s te a m a ll y e a r . O n O c to b e r 7 , H utch iso n w as nam ed the C IA U m ale ath lete o f the w eek fo r his f ir s t p la c e p e r f o rm a n c e at th e

S herbrooke Invitational. H utchinson has at least three m ore years left w ith the Redmen. I t is lik e ly th a t f ir s t te a m A ll-

C anadian honours w ill be given to him before the end o f his career. M c G ill’s o th e r c o m p e tito rs w e re B ra d Y o u n g w h o p la c e d 4 1 st o u t o f 94 ru n n ers, Jo ach im O b e r s t 5 1 s t, M a tt O ’H a llo ra n 5 4 th , M ich ael T h o m as 59th and D oug Penick 72nd. T h e R e d m e n w ere u n f o rtu nate this year because o f the small w alk-on turnout at th eir try-outs. The fact that four eligible runners w ho all com peted for the Redm en at the nationals last year opted out o f m nning cross-country this year for M cG ill has also hurt the team. Loses like last years 7th place fin isher J.N. D uvall is a prim e exam ple. “I thought w e could have fin ished higher. W e cam e up good, b e t te r th a n o u r r a n k in g , b u t I think w e could have nudged into the top fiv e,” said coach B arrett. “ U n d er th e c o n d itio n s th is y ear the team did really well. W e cam e back after losing a lot o f our team an d ra n re a lly w ell. I ’m h ap p y w ith the w ay the guys w orked and p e rfo rm e d th r o u g h o u t th e s e a son.” T h e U n iv e rs ity o f V ic to ria won the CIA U cham pionship with 46 points follow ed by U BC with 53 and W indsor w ith 111 points.

Covo Cup returns to McGill as Redmen smoke Havard 30-7 by

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was the first international sporting event o f any kind to be played in N orth A m erica. The rest is history as the great gam e o f football was thus developed and rugby football w ould carve it’s ow n course and e x ists to d a y as on e o f th e m ost popular sports in the world. Just how football w ould have d e v e lo p e d on th is c o n tin e n t if

It w as in the sp rin g o f 1874 th a t D a v id R o g e r , F o o tb a ll C aptain at M cG ill, m ade a m ove that was to have a profound effect on th e d ev e lo p m e n t o f th e g rea t g a m e o f f o o tb a l l o n th e n o r th A m e r ic a n c o n t in e n t : h e c h a l le n g e d H a r v a r d to a g a m e . H arv ard w e l c o m e d th e c h a l le n g e . C a p ta in H e n ry G ra n t accepted because the different rules o f o th e r co lleg es m eant th a t H arv ard had few te a m s to p la y against. T w o gam es w e re p la y e d in th e s p r in g o f 1874 at C am bridge and a third in the fall at M o n tr e a l.. T h e H arv ard te a m w as p erm itted to v is it M o n tr e a l. T h e g a m e w as 1 9 9 5 R ed m e n a fte r th eir Covo C up victory significant M cGill h ad n ’t challenged Harvard because it m arked the first appear to a gam e in 1874, or if H arvard ance o f an A m erican college team h ad n ’t accepted the challenge, is on foreign soil. T he gam e played an y o n e’s guess, but the tradition on th e g ro u n d s o f th e M o n tréa l still lives on today in the form of C ricket C lub on O ctober 23, was the C ovo Cup. The cup was donat an u n q u alified success, attracting ed by a M c G ill a lu m n i b y th e a c r o w d o f 1 5 0 0 e n t h u s ia s ts . nam e o f D avid C ovo in 1971. Mr. H arvard w on, three touchdow ns to none. Covo was form ally a professor in th e s c h o o l o f A r c h ite c tu r e at T h e M c G ill/H a rv a rd m a tch

M cG ill and cu rren tly resid e s on the M cG ill A lum ni A ssociation’s Board o f Directors. This years gam e was played o n ce ag ain in M o n trea l and the R edm en w ere able to reg ain the cup w hich they last won in 1992. Joe Kiervin led the charge for the R e d m e n sc o rin g tw o trie s. T h e o th e r m a jo r s w e re s c o re d by

Sim on Ellison who had two tries, M ark P ru sse a u an d K im D ix o n w h o h a d o n e a p ie c e . The Redm en are 11-1-1 overall on the season, but even if they had had a lo s in g s e a s o n th e v ic to ry o v e r H arvard is one that means a w hole lo t m o re . T h e f in a l s c o re w as M cG ill 30-H arvard 7. The tradition continues.

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November 14th, 1995 L B G T M ’s D is c u s s io n G ro u p S h a tn e r 423 at 5 :3 0 . and w om en are invited friendly talk.

TU ESD A Y . N O V E M B E R 14 T he Black Student’s N etw ork h o ld s a m ovie n ight, fea tu rin g / L ike I t L ike That, the first black w o m a n - d ir e c te d f ilm in H o lly w o o d , a n d L o o k in g F o r Langston, a film about black, gay author Langston H ughes. L eacock 26 at 7 p.m . $2 donation goes to fu n d B la c k H isto ry m o n th . A ll w elcom e! For info, call 398-6815.

B is e x u a l m e e ts in B o th m en to jo in the

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work! M cG ill C h ristian F ellow ship is h o ld in g a p r a y e r m e e tin g to n ig h t at 7 p.m . in th e S h atn er caf. F or m ore info, co n tact Jean @ 848-1720.

16 Q P P IR G m e e tin g to p la n a c t i v i s t w e e k . D ro p b y 3 6 4 7 U niversity, 3rd floor, at 4 p.m. K ing L ea r con tin u es to n ig h t w ith a T W O -fo r-O N E s p e c ia l. S ee the trag e d y ; ch e ck N ov. 15 for details.

The L a tin A m e r ic a n A w areness G roup m eets at 6 p.m. in S h a tn e r 107/8 to d isc u ss the P r o je c t A c c o m p a n im e n t Inform ation Night.

L B G T M ’s C o m in g O u t G roup m eets in the b asem en t o f U T C (3521 U n iv e rsity ) at 5 :3 0 p .m ., f o llo w e d b y a G e n e ra l D iscussion at 7 p.m.. The Q ueen’s L B G g ro u p w ill be v isitin g and w e w ill b e g o in g o u t to g e th e r afterw ards. SAT.. N O V EM B ER 19

“ ( Is T h e r e ? ) L if e A f te r a S ociology D egree,” presen ted by the sociology departm ent., will be held in Arts W 125 from 5-7 p.m.

A p o s t- a b o r ti o n s u p p o r t g ro u p m e e ts in S h a tn e r 4 2 3 at 5:15. All are w elcom e; for m ore in f o p le a s e c a ll 398-6823.

D iscover M cG ill V ietnam ese Student A ssociation. Contact us at 256-0745.

P h o to c la s s e s n o w b e in g o f f e r e d b y M .U .P .S . ( M c G ill U niversity Photographic Society). S to p b y S h a tn e r B 0 6 fo r m o re info.

T h e S c r iv e n e r , a c r e a tiv e rev iew o f C an ad ian literary and visual art, w elcom es your co n tri b u tio n s its M a rc h iss u e . L e a v e y o u r p o e try , fic tio n , a rt a n d /o r photography in the P o rter’s O ffice o f th e A rts B u ild in g . D e a d lin e January 15.

T he A lley m ounts ja zz bands M o n -T h u rs, 8 p.m ., pro fessio n al b a n d s F ri- S a t, 9 :3 0 p .m . 3 4 8 0 M cTavish, w ith a side entrance. P lay ers T h eatre still a c ce p t ing one-act student w ritten plays

K in g L e a r s h o w s a g a in tonight; see Nov 15 for details.

Internal Portfolio Com m ittee o f Council will be discussing pol icy c h a n g e s an d se c u rity in the Shatner building at 5 p.m. P .R .O .B .E . (Public R esearch on B usiness E thics) is a Q -PIRG w ork group w hose aim is to pro m o te c o n s c io u s c o n s u m e r is m . There is a m eeting every M onday at 6 p.m . in the Q -P IR G o ffice. A ll w elcome.

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w ith a v a rie ty o f sp e a k e rs. F or m ore info, contact Jennifer @5258445. L B G T M ’s W o m en ’s D iscussion G roup will be at 6:30 in S h a tn e r 4 2 3 . D ro p b y , socialise, etc.

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Dr. O livia Sam son, M D. and M ic h e lle M in e ( M c G ill M ed S tu d en t) w ill ho ld a se m in a r on M ed School/private practices at 6 p.m . in T h o m so n H o u se (3 6 5 0 M cT avish); refreshm ents p ro v id ed, all welcome!

M c G ill S t u d e n t ’s I n te r n a t io n a l D e v e lo p m e n t In itia tiv e m e e tin g fo r o u tre a c h group at 6 p.m. in Shatner cafete ria. U N SA M holds a m eeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Shatner Cafeteria. M em b ers new and o ld alik e are w elcom e.

L ib e ra l M c G ill is h a v in g a g en e ral m eetin g at 4 :3 0 p.m . in room B -09 S hatner. E very o n e is w elcome.

K in g L e a r o p en s to n ig h t in M o y se H all, A rts B u ild in g , at 8 p .m ., c o n tin u in g u n til N o v 18, re su m in g N ov 22-25. C o st $12, s e n io r s /s tu d e n ts $ 6 . F o r m o re info, contact 398-6558.

FRID A Y . N O V E M B E R 17 K ing L ear continues running today in M oyse Hall. See Nov. 15 for details.

L a u r a A s s m u th , f ro m th e U niversity o f H elsinki, presents a le ctu re (4 :3 0 -6 p.m . in L eaco ck 7 3 8 ) o n th e c h a n g in g liv e s o f w om en in highland Sardinia. Free attendance. T he A lum ni A ssociation pre se n ts M a ria R. B a tta g lia , B C L , LL B , d iscu ssin g the legal issues o f adoption, in a sem inar entitled “T he A d o p tio n O p tio n .” $5 per p e r s o n (w ith r e f r e s h m e n ts ) at M a r tle t H o u s e (3 6 0 5 d e la M o n ta g n e ). F o r m ore in fo , call 398-5000.

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K in g L e a r b e g in s its la s t w eek (Nov 22-25)! D o n ’t hesitate to se e it; c h e c k N o v . 15 fo r details. S e x u a l A s s a u lt R e s e a r c h P ro je c t n e e d s c o n fid e n tia l c o n

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Student think tank: reshaping the university for the future.

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tion ceremonies in 1996 w ill be none other than former U .S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt was president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He became governor of New York in 1899, soon after

By P hilippe M cC rackin.

A week long ‘think tank’ on the future of our university ended yesterday. It was seven days long. The ‘think tank’, the latest brainchild of the Student’s Association for the Union of Students Union, gave students an opportunity to contribute to the reshaping of the school. The ‘think tank’ produced a report, The Think Tank Report, which w ill be presented to the Board of Directors at the up coming Board of Directors meet ing which is up coming. Chet Biffersby, a veteran student of the undergrad pnj 16 years, says tha m the right report, we iiki “Think Tank the right dire of Directors, we’ll be re mean, weT The mai and there sizes that th become Chadwii th e

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The next great poet. by L arry Tate.

He’s a good baseball player. He’s a great football player. And by all accounts he’s an even greater poet. It was announced yesterday that next week’s fea tured poet at the English facul ty’s poetry series is the Dallas Cowboys’ Deion Sanders. The New York Tim e’s poetry critic Frank Cannonfodder calls Deion “poetry in motion. The man’s a -------- genius.” Is Deion Sanders the new dri ving force in American poetry? Has he taken the reigns from the likes of Walt Whitperson, Ezra Pound of Flesh and Robert Frostedflake? W ill he singlehandedly take American litera ture to new heights? Don’t miss next weeks’ readings. W ith spe cial guest reader Chris Nilan.

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we’ll be at the pub.’ Chip Exeter, a ; to the ‘Think Tank’, ou? students’ position. “Th is is a common sense report. It ’s all about fiscal responsibility. We’re advocating privatization. Sure tuition fees w ill go up, but we have ideas on how to cut costs too. Great ideas. Take this one for instance: “We strongly advocate that we video tape, for one school year, all lectures. Then we simply lay o ff the professors and play their video tapes the following years. Most of our professors deliver the same lectures, word for word, year after year, so what difference does it make? They wear the same clothes year after year, read from the same yel lowed note paper year after year... most students wouldn’t even notice. “Look at Victoria Prepschool

Union changes name. By M issy C hoate

The Students’ Union, disgrun tled by the fact that nobody takes it seriously, has changed its name. According to Chastity Westmount, it was the only logi cal course of action. “We thought we’d like give ourselves a facelift because like nobody pays any attention to us whatsoever. Obviously it ’s our name. It’s sooooo lame! “So like what we’ve done is we’\^:hanged it to give us more respect, you know what I mean?

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Theodore Roosevelt this year’s Commencement speaker. by D arren Stevens

Those who are graduating this spring are in for a real treat! Special guest speaker at the

associate», valiantly for the Regressive Movement. His accomplishments include the breaking up of large games of Monopoly so he could get in on the action, and the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906. Roosevelt summarized his foreign policy as “speak softly and carry a huge gun.” He did not seek re-election in 1908, but ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1912 as the candidate of the Regressive Party. Mr. Roosevelt died in 1924.

research also (fer helps distribute body, it trans mits and hormones and between body it is also the vital medifhich chemical reactions [lost importantly, we have scientific proof — that iienches thirst, that’s not all. Working in conjunction with the kidneys, water also helps dilute toxic sub stances and absorb waste prod ucts. We conclude from our research, unequivocally, that to stay in good health, it is impor tant for adults to drink water.” W ith water “out of the way,” Dr. I.C.A. Grant says his next step has to be food. “I have this sneaking suspicion that food is energy. I can’t say anything fur ther, but that’s where I ’m head-