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c o n tin u e s L ittle h o p e in s ig h t f o r s o lu tio n to TA c o m p la in ts

An archetypal stand-off between workers and administration is well under way at McGill. On May 6, 1994, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill submitted a proposal to their employers which entailed demands for sig nificant changes in the current relationship between teaching assistants and the university. This call for change has come from a union of TAs that considers I the present employment structure unacceptable. Some of the main targets of scrutiny included in the submission involve TA salaries, hours worked, and the number of students TAs are responsible for. Primarily, there is a reported 300 per cent discrepan cy in salaries between TAs in different departments. Further, many TAs complain of having to work unpaid for hours in excess of the 12-hour weekly maximum. Moreover, some TAs are responsible for up to eighty students. According to AGSEM mem ber Hugh Potter, the current arrangement is unac ceptable. “Graduate students are damaging their own ability to finish their theses,” Potter said. “The quali ty of teaching is suffering as a result of overworked TAs.” In addition, Potter pointed to the inadequacy of current salaries. “There has been no salary increase since the mid-80s, and the cost of living since then has gone Not exactly the ceiling o f the Sistine chapel, b u t close enough. up 30 per cent,” he said. McGill launches 175 celebrations with the opening o f the Snow P antheon. Page 2 While complaints about TA working conditions are plenty, there is also an external source of cha grin. Principal Bernard Shapiro’s report, “Towards a New McGill” is perceived by members of AGSEM to suggest a lack of sincerity on behalf of the admin istration. In an open letter to the Principal from AGSEM, questions were raised as to how a plan that involves eliminating the role of TAs can be submit ted in the midst of contract negotiations. tude and prestige. The athletes participating By A rjun T aneja “AGSEM is extremely disturbed...that the pro in this competition had high praise for both posals in your report ‘Towards a New M cG ill’ Saturday, January 27 saw track and field the facility and organisation of the event. would abolish the role of the teaching assistant,” the First-year Colgate student Josh Banks teams from universities in the U.S. as well as letter stated. “In light of your comments to the press Canada descend on the Fieldhouse, as McGill was both impressed with the facility and the and the slow pace of negotiations, we find ourselves played host to an international track and field organisation. questioning whether McGill is truly negotiating ‘in “This facility is as good as any I’ve ever competition. good faith’ with the TA union.” American teams from Syracuse, Colgate, seen and so far everything is running smooth Principal Shapiro responded to the open letter, and Plattsburgh State joined Canadian squads ly,” he enthused. stating that it is unlikely that TA positions will ever in M ontreal to participate in the annual Banks was also impressed with the level cease to exist at McGill and that the university is, in McGill Invitational Track Meet. of competition present at the event. Colgate fact, negotiating in good faith. The recent opening of the state-of-the- competes at the Division 1 level in track and art Fieldhouse has made it possible for Continued on Page 2 » Continued on Page 20 McGill to easily host events of this magni

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could participate,” he said. E vents at the c e le b ratio n The McGill 175 Celebration were numerous. A human sculp officially began last Friday. It ture forming ‘175’ was organised, was kicked off with the opening with the media taking pictures on o f the snow p an th eon — the the ro o f o f the M cC lennan larg e st ice dom e in N orth library. Events took place until 4:30 on the low er field , and America. At noon on Friday, down in in clu d ed such novel ideas as the lower field, the red carpet was kayaking and crazy carpet dog b ro u g h t out and prom inent sled races. The M cGill Outing C lub had m em M cG ill alum ni bers climbing the could be spotted “The turnout at noon face o f the ice enjoying the fes ca stle , and the tiv ities. It was a was good. It’s nice M cG ill Im prov d iffe re n t crow d to see a lot of spirit team also put on a than what students and a lot of bodies.” show. are used to; there Other events w ere young and took place old, staff and stu d en ts, in v ite d g u ests and throughout the evening. A jazz Montrealers from off the street. concert was held at Pollack Hall SSMU President Helena Myers and the Four Floors Party took cu t the red rib b o n across the over the Shatner building. Sevag Yeghoyan, student rep Pantheon entrance, leading to a to the Board of Governors and frozen café inside. The theme of the 175 cele co-ch airm an o f the W inter bration — McGill in Quebec — Carnival said he was pleased with was re p eated ly h ig h lig h ted . the celebration. “The turnout at noon was P rin cip al B ernard S hapiro good. It’s nice to see a lot of spir explained the theme. “We w anted a celebration it and a lot of bodies. There is a where as many people as possible stereotype that McGill students

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don’t have spirit but you can see th at they have bundles. I t ’s a great sign for the rest of the activ ities to come,” said Yeghoyan. Architecture Professor Peter Sijpkes, who built the pantheon with students as an academic pro ject, was also present, fielding q u estio n s. S ijpkes who has w orked w ith snow and ice throughout his career explained that although six inches of the wall had melted, they were four feet thick and the structure was perfectly safe. He predicts that the pantheon will survive six or seven more weeks. T here are m any events planned for the rest of the year. These include Charter Month in March, when Prime Minister Jean Chrétien will be invited to speak, and a garden party in June when the statue of James McGill will be erected at the Roddick Gates. From S eptem ber 20 to 22 there will be a 3-day open house

with medieval-style tents set up on the main street to display the different faculties at McGill. There is some controversy surrounding the celebration with regard to its $35,000 budget in a time of financial crisis at the uni versity. Yeghoyan commented on this. “I’d be the first to speak out if I thought this money was being spent on useless fluff, but with McGill 175 that’s not the case,” he said. A cco rd in g to Y eghoyan, M cG ill’s T w enty-first century fund is $15 million short and had exhausted all its funds from its sponsors. This new winter carni val ap p ro ach is b rin g in g in money that would not otherwise be offered. “The entire anniversary cele bration is being provided for by sponsors who would not other w ise d o n ate any m oney to McGill,” Yeghoyan said.

Major sponsors are the Royal B ank o f C an ad a, M olson O ’Keefe and Pepsi Cola. A press co n fere n ce, held Thursday m orning, introduced som e o f the m em bers on the activities committee and unveiled a replica model of the life-sized statue of James McGill in a jaun ty pose, tipping his hat to the world. M o n treal M ayor P ie rre Bourque also attended the confer ence and expressed pride at the celebrations. “I am proud to see m any Canadians here. It would be nice [for McGill] to teach this sense of [the] universal to other franco phone universities because you are the leader.” Bourque also announced that in the spring, M cTavish Street would be turned into a pedestrian mall with enlarged streets and more trees.

from the negotiations. Apparently, the lengthy 21 months of contract negotiations have created a mood that is far from optimistic. When asked if he could see a light at the

The Post Graduate Students’ Society at McGill maintains com plete support for AGSEM’s cause. PGSS President Stephen Targett also offered some renewed cyni

A G S E M ... Continued from Page 1 “What is easier to imagine [than a removal of the TA system] but not necessarily a positive developm ent is few er teaching assistan ts than is already the case,” Shapiro’s response stated. “ [The TA position] how ever, might well take on a dramatically

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different shape as we attempt to cope with both the academic chal lenges and the fiscal constraints with which we must deal.” This attempt to console dis gruntled graduate students has done little for their expectations

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end of the tunnel, P o tter’s re sponse was negative. “It’s incredibly frustrating,” he said. “W e’ve filed for concilia tion with the labour board. This has improved things, but it’s still going very, very slowly. There is still neither a salary proposal nor a workload proposal. W e’re very pessimistic overall.”

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The SSMU council voted last Thursday to endorse the February 7 National Day of Action against the federal gov ern m ent’s pro posed cuts to education funding. The decision followed rec ommendations from the SSMU External Planning Committee of Council to support the event, out lining how SSM U ’s past co n cerns have been addressed by the PCOC and how involvement will en h an ce re la tio n s w ith o ther Montreal universities. In itia lly , the C anadian Federation of Students and Le Mouvement pour le droit à l’édu cation planned the National Day of Action. Coalition 96, original ly comprised of the four Montreal u n iv e rsitie s and a n um ber o f CEGEPs, were going to hold a counter-protest for the same day. SSMU VP External Andrea Stairs informed council that the two dem onstrations have since been joined into one, eliminating

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the confusion surrounding which group the SSMU w ould align itself with. The corporate taxation issue addressed by CFS and MDE will not be an explicit focus of the demonstration, which was a key concern of the SSMU. Stairs also inform ed council that the speakers list has been confirmed; seven of the eight speakers will be students. “I think the student message will definitely be out there. Don’t get that confused,” stated Stairs. The allegedly deteriorating q u ality o f re la tio n s betw een SSMU and other Montreal uni versities was brought to council’s attention by Stairs in her report to council. She cited the events of the January 17 city-wide organi sational meeting for the National Day of Action as having caused this deterioration. “I was inform ed last Monday...that SSMU had voted at the January 17 meeting...1 had p re v io u sly to ld the o th er Montreal universities that SSMU

would not vote on m otions as council had not yet decided to support the dem onstration. Mr. C a rte r...v o te d several tim es, using the SSMU voting card,” her document stated. Stairs explained to council the perceived ram ifications of Carter’s action. “This has caused a tremen dous amount of confusion. I have essentially been doing damage co n tro l all w eek. O ur voting appeared inconsistent with the position previously expressed,” said Stairs. Her report further stated that relations with other universities had been harmed because Carter voted at the January 17 meeting. “Mr. C arter’s actions have put the SSM U in a very bad light... The Montreal universities have taken g reat o ffen ce at SSMU’s unprofessionalism and our relations with these schools has been jeopardised,” her report

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McGill undergraduates may be asked whether they want SSMU to be a member of either, neither or both national student organisations. Chris Carter, SSMU clubs rep, has drafted a notice of motion which, if adopted by council, would compel SSMU to seek a mandate from students for continu ing involvement in the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations. In a separate question, students would be able to choose member ship in the Canadian Federation of Students. Both questions would be posed during the March referen dum period. The SSMU became a founding member of CASA last winter when council voted to join. SSMU paid a total of $13,000 in membership fees to CASA for 1995-96. Carter is concerned that SSMU’s decision to enter CASA was done without the consent of its constituents. “Before we said, ‘yes, we are a member,’ and before we allocat ed students’ fees, there should have been a referendum,” Carter said. “The future of our education sys-

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Questions were raised in last Thursday’s SSMU council meet ing regarding confusion over the SSMU’s student health plan and a similar plan pursued by the Post Graduate Students’ Society. The question pertained to com plications with the health plan’s pay direct system, which allows undergraduate students to use their McGill ID cards at phar m acies to make an im m ediate insuarance claim on pre scription drug purchases. The system appeared to be functioning smoothly until this month, when sev eral complaints were made to the SSMU that some pharmacists had begun to refuse this mode of pay ment. The problem seems to have arisin following the introduction of a new PGSS health plan this year, which promised the same pay direct system to it’s subscribers. However, both SSMU and PGSS were using two different insurance com panies which in turn were dealing with two different pharma ceutical companies as pay direct servers. Subsequently, the B ukhm an trying to sort out the payA ssociation of Quebec direct confusion P harm aceutical C om p anies refused to allow both to use the M cGill ID as a pay subscribers, not only is the prob lem unsolved, the brochures left direct card. “It’s like two credit card com on display in the front hall of panies both trying to use the same Thompson House continue to mis card,” explained SSMU insurance inform prospective subscribers. “Your student card will serve broker Lev Bukhman. “It would as your pay direct health plan create all kinds of problems. A brief sparring match broke card,” states the brochure. “Simply out at the m eeting betw een present your card when buying Bukhman and PGSS representa your prescription.”

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dum about a crim e and what FitzPatrick is alleged to have done and not about the great organisa tion we’ve created.” Usher shares Stairs’ concern that students could m isread F itzP atrick ’s firing and Nick B enedict’s resignation last Novem ber from the offices of SSMU VP external and CASA Quebec regional director. It was under Benedict’s insistence that SSMU proceeded with CASA membership. “The loss of funds puts a crimp in the next three or four months but it will have no long term effect on CASA’s ability to effectively lobby the government,” Usher stated. He hopes that potential detrac tors of CASA will recognise that bad things do happen to good peo ple. “Lightning strikes, and fairminded people will ask how a good organisation handles that,” Usher said. “We ordered an immediate investigation into [FitzPatrick’s alleged activities] within 36 hours

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a s k e d to d e c id e m e m b e rs h ip tern may be determ ined by the organisation we belong to.” CASA National Director Alex Usher explained that many stu d en ts’ associations joined the organisation on the basis of council votes only to accelerate CASA’s start-up process. “I suspect that every member school will eventually hold a refer endum on this issue,” Usher stated. “But I would be wary of creating a situation where students could potentially seek both CASA and CFS membership, which CFS regu lations won’t permit.” The timing of Carter’s motion worries Andrea Stairs, SSMU VP external affairs and CASA Quebec regional director. On January 9, Patrick FitzPatrick, former interim national director of CASA, was dismissed for the alleged fraud, embezzlement and misappropria tion of CASA funds. In the afterm ath, the national conference CASA was planning for this March in St. John’s, New Brunswick, has been postponed indefinitely. “I would hope that the motion is defeated [in council],” Stairs said. “It could turn into a referen-

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A draft for a university policy concerning the accommodation of holy days will be submitted to the Committee on Time-Tabling and Student Records on February 14. If approved, it will be brought before Senate for ratification. The plan attempts to ensure fair treatment of McGill students of all faiths. It is based on existing procedures and delineates accom modations which the university is to provide. Presently, M cGill does not have a policy concerning holy days. Because this has caused prob lems and confusion in the past, Estelle Hopmeyer recommended in her Ombudsperson’s Report “that McGill develop a policy and proce dure concerning religious holy days and include it in its academic calen dars.” Hopmeyer commends C on

cordia University’s draft policy as an excellent model to consider. Its holy day policy is designed to accommodate students as much as possible. C oncordia O m buds person, Beatrice Pearson, stated that the university tries to avoid scheduling exam inations and assignm ents on holy days. Furthermore, replacement days are set aside for all students. When a supplemental date is not feasible, the student can seek accommoda tion through the registrar’s office. “There are no cases where accommodation is not made,” said Pearson. The draft for McGill’s propos al states that as policy, students should not be required to attend classes, write examinations, or be otherwise evaluated on their reli gious holy days. Furthermore, dates of academ ic im port should be scheduled so as not to conflict with the religious observances of the

McGill community. The draft also proposes that the registrar will be responsible for developing and distributing a multi-faith calendar to all depart ments and professors for the acade mic year along with a copy of the policy. Students who encounter a conflict will be responsible for informing their instructors within the first three weeks of term in order to schedule an alternative evaluation. When conflicts concern the final examination period, stu dents will be responsible for appris ing the faculty office within two weeks after the announcement of the tentative exam schedule. In the case of a disagreement between a professor and student regarding the application of this policy, the departmental chair can be appealed to for a decision. Lisa Grushcow, SSMU VP university affairs, said that this pol icy will provide a grounding and

resource for student accommoda tion. She described it as being largely a preventative measure, so the accommodation of the student will not be left to the discretion of professors. “The next step is to make prac tices more consistent with the prin ciples. If there’s an agreement on principles we can move on from there,” Grushcow said. “This is the base foundation of what a McGill student can expect.” While Grushcow emphasised the preventative aspect of the pro posed draft, Hopmeyer stressed the

intrinsic right of students for accommodation. “This is not a special privi lege,” she stated. “This is so peo ple can exercise their rights.” Both Grushcow and Hopmeyer maintained that even if only a small number of students are affected by this plan, this policy is important because it will promote an atmos phere of goodwill. Sara Mayo, a student representative to the CSTR, conveyed the essence of the policy. “Students should not have to sacrifice academics for religion or religion for academics,” she said.

C A S A /C F S ... » Continued from Page 3 and cleared the air. People should judge us by that yardstick.” However, Carter thinks the involvement of McGill undergrad uates in deciding who represents their interests in Ottawa has been skirted long enough. “As far as I’m concerned, the sooner we have a referendum, the better,” Carter said. “I had no idea about [FitzPatrick’s firing] before I noticed the motion but if it had happened in CFS, it would have been used heavily against them.” Carter expects a referendum would end bickering over the rela tive merits of CASA and CFS. “We’ve been wholeheartedly

attacking CFS at council and there’s no point to that,” he said. “There is a lack of information about what these organisations stand for and what they do. Having two questions forces people to campaign and let students know. We’ve been delaying it for a year and a half and the time has come,” Carter concluded. Although 65 per cent of McGill undergraduates preferred CASA’s “Real Choices” policy on post-secondary education over the federal government’s measures in last fall’s October referendum, the question has been challenged for not including a “neither” option and for not being a direct question

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on SSMU’s membership in CASA. The Post-Graduate Students’ Society is a CFS member. Stephen Targett, PGSS president, criticised how CASA membership has been handled by the SSMU. “It is appalling that a student government can claim to be repre senting its constituents when it never consulted with them ,” Targett said. “I’d like to see an open discussion on campus. If that were the case, I don’t think stu dents would choose to be involved with CASA,” he stated. Carter is confident that his motion will get a fair hearing from the same decision-making body that bypassed student approval last year. “I ’ve had some favourable responses,” Carter stated. “I’m pretty sure that this will go through council.” The motion will be debated at the next SSMU council meeting on February 8.

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D a y o f p r o t e s t... » Continued from Page 3 continued. N ikolas Ducharm e, co-VP external at Université du Québec à M ontréal, expressed concern w ith M c G ill’s actio n s at the meeting. “They [McGill] came to the m eeting and then they voted totally differently than what we had decided on during the previ ous m eeting. We felt cheated. Chris [Carter] didn’t join onto the c o -o rd in a tio n c o m m itte e ,” Ducharme said. “We will always be ready to jo in fo rces w ith SSM U. It goes w ell w ith the e ffo rt to unify th ese stu d en t m ovem en ts. W ith A ndrea [Stairs], we had a great contact, but when Chris came to the meet ing, we thought this new guy was the executive, but he was voting totally differently,” he stated. C hris C arter, clubs rep to council, defended his actions on the basis that he was representing the M cGill A ction C om m ittee and inferred that the lack of an executive presence at organising m eeting s was the cause of strained relations. “I am the only one from M cG ill [attending these m eet ings]. Isn’t it true that the person who has m ade all the dam age control blunders is Stairs?” he

asked during the council meeting. Carter stated that by taking an active role in the discussions, he was able to voice the concerns of McGill’s undergraduate popu lation. “M cGill looked really bad [because] we kept abstaining. The whole concept o f damage control confused me. We had been doing damage control over the whole thing due to McGill’s lack o f co m m itm e n t,” said Carter. “Our relations have been im p ro v ed w ith u n iv e rsitie s, M o n treal C E G E Ps, and the Canadian Federation of Students. E ndorsem ent [of the N ational Day of Action] last night was the key damage control.” Ducharm e and C arter both believe that relations between M ontreal’s post-secondary insti tutions have been strengthened through w ork on the N ational Day of Action. Ducharme stated that the french-english language problem between the universities has been overcome. “With the [Quebec] referen dum there was som ew hat o f a rupture, but we wanted to join forces with the other anglophone universities in Montreal, and this was the issue to do it o n ,” he said.

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U n d e rfu n d in g o f lib ra rie s r a is e s s e rio u s c o n c e r n f o r s tu d e n ts By Melissa Radler In recognition of the need to better fund M cGill’s libraries, a SSMU Library Improvement Fund was recently proposed. If the motion to create the fund passes, undergraduate students will be asked in the spring referendum whether they agree to contribute $10.00 a semester per full-time stu dent, and $5.00 per part time stu dent. Since the 1986-87 academic year, library funding has fallen from 5.5 per cent of McGill’s total operating budget to 4.8 per cent in 1994-95. Of this amount, 26 per cent is used towards acquisitions of collections, com pared with a national average of 31.2 per cent. The remainder is used for the pay ment of salaries, travel and operat ing expenses. Steven Erdelyi, senate/board rep to council, devised the Library Im provem ent Fund in order to address what he sees as imbalances in funding: although in both 198687 and 1990-91 there was a 35 per cent growth in the university’s total operating budget, there was only a 21 per cent increase in the library budget during the same time peri od. “The libraries have been con sistently underfunded throughout

UQAM w ash ro o m sT h e p la c e to g o ? Reports of homosexual activi ty, voyeurism and ‘gross indecency’ have security on the lookout in the Management Sciences building’s men’s washrooms at the Université du Québec à Montréal. “We received com plaints which claimed some sexual activity that was disturbing the peace was occurring in the toilets,” explained Alain Dubois, technical supporter for the UQAM Prevention and Security Service. To dissuade visitors from engaging in any sexual activity, security increased their visits to the area and removed every other toilet door. “Each year, we target areas like this one here, we carry out the same type of operation, and it moves somewhere else,” Dubois continued. “It’s not really an increase that occurred in the autumn. It’s more the problem moved.” UQAM’s men’s toilets have

the 80s and early 90s, and it has only become apparent recently just how bad the problem is,” said Erdelyi. “I feel that students should vote in favour of this fund in order to send a message to the university that the libraries are a great concern to a large portion of the students,” he stated. Along with the thousands of dollars that would be generated by such a fund, Erdelyi outlined his intention to find private spon sors to match funds generated by students. Concern with the state of McGill’s libraries intensified with the November publication of Maclean’s rating of Canadian uni versities in which McGill rated sev enth out of eleven m edical/doctoral schools in total library holdings, ninth in holdings per student and

been known for some time to be a different sort of bathroom. In 1980, UQAM newspaper M ontréal Campus reported on the situation. In 1984, Montreal Police arrested 42 people over two months who were not UQAM students. Also, in Le Guide gai du Québec, UQAM’s toi lets are listed as “the most reputed in the downtown core for pickingup.” An anonymous source said the problem would be difficult to remove from campus. “You learn where the new ‘spot’ is by follow ing someone, by recognising a known face,” he said. “Mainly it’s a place to meet, because there’s a lot of come-and-go. If you want to have any sexual contact, you go else where, like in some of the stairwells where there’s no traffic.” André Dubois explained that most of those apprehended for such activities are not UQAM students. “There are married men,” he said. “And sometimes we see guys who leave the bathrooms and go rejoin their girlfriends.” Benoit Frégeau, with the Crime

last place in acquisitions and expenses. A ccording to A ssociate D irector of L ibraries, Frances Groen, McGill’s poor library rat ings in the Maclean’s survey may have a negative impact on students’

university choices in the future. Groen attributed a last place ranking in acquisitions, which is the proportion of the library’s total budget used for updating collec tions, to McGill’s large number of libraries and long serving staff. ‘We have 16 libraries, and when you have many dif ferent service points, you have a more labour inten sive o p eratio n ,” said Groen. “In our planning process w e’re trying to rationalise, to merge ser vice points.” Groen expressed con fidence that m erging libraries would guarantee longer hours, larger collec tions and increased seating. Furthermore, a reduction in staff would increase the funds available for collec tions and new technology such as S elf C harging Machines to relieve line ups and Scholar Work Stations with access to Muse, Peruse, World Wide Web and CD ROM. “We have to look more critically at how we can manage with fewer and fewer people,” said Groen. Steps towards increased funding were

made at Senate on January 18, when the Academic Planning and Priorities Committee recommended that the library receive first priority in the allocation of M cGill’s $5 million discretionary budget. “It seemed like an obvious statement to most, but many pro fessors and deans argued the validi ty of the recommendation,” Erdelyi said. He attributed the opposition to the plight of all faculties in the face of cutbacks. McGill’s Twenty-first Century Fund is another source of library revenue. The library section of the fund, however, has only reached half of its May 1996 goal of $20 million, while many other funding areas have reached and even sur passed the set goals. Groen expressed concern that the necessity of libraries in an edu cational institution is being over looked. She also pointed out the necessity of continual library fund ing throughout the life of a univer sity, in order to build up consistent and diverse collections. Currently, the library is look ing to increase access to other col lections in the Montreal area. “A book not bought or a data base not accessible is lost,” stated Groen. “Opportunities tend to be lost.”

Prevention Group at the Montreal Gay and Lesbian Community Centre, hopes that the school can attack the base of the problem. “Intelligent solutions are what’s needed, without violence or chases,” he said. “You can’t just have Police descending on the area: 50 per cent would be innocent! Meanwhile, you can eliminate the problem with prevention and educa tion, by explaining to homosexuals that they risk attack or judicial trou bles by going to this kind of place. Also, you could bring safer and legal places to their attention like the saunas for this kind of an encounter,” Frégeau concluded.

early retirement, including nearly half of the civil engineering depart ment. As well, a large portion of the school’s senior administrators will be leaving in September. To deal with the decrease in available staff, the school will be implementing programs in each fac ulty to streamline the shift in ser vices. However, ensuring continuity in the senior administration will be handled with caution. Combining jobs and restructuring the adminis tration are two possibilities the school is examining. VP Academic and Provost

James Kalbfleisch noted that the hiring of new staff would probably include outside recruitment. “We have a lot of talent inter nally,” he said. “The answer depends a lot on the structure we decide on.” The university’s budget has not been decided upon yet, as the Board of Governors will pass the school budget during April. But Kalfbleisch warned that “[Waterloo] will be last in Canada in funding, and way below the national average.”

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E d it o r ia l T re e s an d flo w e rs By S ylvie Babarik

Though the academic thinkers of McGill may have asked that McTavish be blocked off to traffic, it is surprising that city planners have accepted such a grossly impractical idea. (Not to suggest that Montreal urban ‘planners’- responsible for such strokes of genius as the Olympic Stadium and Mirabel airport - have ever been blessed with practical rea son.) At a ‘McGill 175’ press conference on January 25, Mayor Pierre Bourque announced that, over the summer months, McTavish would be turned into a pedestrian mall, full of trees and flowers. As much as I appreciate ‘trees and flowers,' this project does not evoke images of sprite-like students frolicking to class. A small-scale urban planning nightmare comes to mind instead. Perhaps students, professors and non-academic McGill employees will prefer the "trees and flowers’ to parking, once they are deprived of McTavish - the only free, non-reserve parking area in downtown Montreal. As for those who simply use it as stopping area to drop-off post-assignment stacks of books, or the assignments themselves (in the minutes before their due-times), they can simply stop on Sherbrooke, Peel, Dr. Penfield or University. After all, these streets are probably only in the top ten most busy streets in the downtown core. People will proba bly be able to stop for a good 30 seconds before their cars are towed away. On the positive side, cars do pollute a lot, and they certainly con tribute to downtown traffic congestion. By further complicating road trav el, people may simply choose to get rid of their cars, and find other ways to get to McGill. Maybe businesses will follow suit and ask that the streets around their buildings be blocked off also, so that they too can have trees and flowers... Then again, maybe not. One reason given for the closing off of McTavish is that students will no longer be threatened by cars and delivery trucks (except on Sherbrooke, Peel and every other surrounding street). The one or two peo ple who have not fallen down while trying to negotiate the McTavish skat ing rink, are surely convinced of the city’s concern for the well-being of students. Still, if university students are not able to use their faculties of reason to aid them in crossing the road, perhaps they should return to kindergarten for some basic survival techniques, for the problem may go far beyond McTavish alone. Finally, about those nasty delivery trucks: how, pray tell, will food and beverages reach the Shatner building? How will the bookstore be sup plied? Will all buildings around McTavish be supplied by way of the alley behind Bronfman? Surely it can fit at least one truck at a time. Or by way of Peel and University? Both are hospitable enough streets to stop on, aside from the fact that they are two of the steepest streets in the city. And nobody ever speeds along Dr. Penfield. And the city never does construc tion on Sherbrooke. "1 guess they’ll just air-lift all the stuff. They’ll send crates of books and food in by parachute once a month, and Maria Keenan and all the SSMU employees will have to run into the street with crow-bars and pry open the crates,” said one student. In the end, the city will presumably save on the cost of street mainte nance. Perhaps it will choose to donate the money to Macdonald College for the development of unique McGill trees and flowers! Of course, if the city has to do anymore underground repairs on McTavish, like those seen during the past two years (or is it three?), its vehicles will have joined the line of other trucks waiting to access the Bronfman alley.

I would like to correct some misinformation that was communi cated in the articles “SSMU indeci sive about February 7 protest against tuition hikes”, and “Protest facts for February 7 National Day of Action” (Jan. 23, 1996). First, the February 7 protest is not against tuition hikes, per se, as the title of the first article suggests. Rather, students are protesting the Canada Health and Social Transfer (Bill C76) which will merge and cut federal payments to the provinces for health care, social assistance, and post-secondary education. Ad mittedly, these cuts will cause tuition fees to increase dramatically; but the protest is far more than tuition fees.

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In your article you stated; “Carter was mandated by SSMU Council to abstain on each vote...” That is factually incorrect. Council, as highlighted by Ms. Stairs later in the article, was confused, and lacked information. The only instructions I received from council was to gather more information. There were nei ther elections, nor nominations of anyone as SSMU’s official delegate to the February 7th Coalition meet ings. Furthermore, Ms. Stairs was incorrect in her perceptions. She stated, “I am not pleased with the fact that Chris [Carter] eventually voted. Council defeated the motion to support his...” this is also factual ly incorrect. Council initially defeat ed the motion, (the majority abstained). Then, due to a lack of information, Council voted to re consider the motion. Finally, Council tabled the motion to January 25th. Ms. Stairs further added that this “may be construed that we are giving support to the

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Students will be protesting the fact that the government claims that cut ting social spending is the only answer, while billions of dollars in taxes remain owing in deferred cor porate tax. Second, I would like to respond to the recommendation given to SSMU council on January 10 (actu ally, it was the 11th), that SSMU not endorse the protest “because it was not in existence yet.” In fact, this pan-Canadian event was called by the Canadian Federation of Students in May, and has been in the works since then. Further, at the first city wide meeting in Montreal, on January 12, it was unanimously decided to have one demonstration (not two) which would protest the cuts, with a route that would pass by protests which we have not been given a mandate to do.” This too is factually incorrect. McGill was orig inally nominated to the co-ordinat ing committee. We declined, and I personally emphasised the fact that McGill has not made its decision, and will not until January 25th. In addition, Ms. Stairs and the SSMU President have attended Coalition 96 meetings and have freely voted on issues, without even presenting any form of a motion to council. Ms. Stairs was briefly in attendance at the first coalition meeting and voted with myself, as well as the coalition, to support the compromise protest as voted at the January 12th meeting. The decisions which I voted on at the meeting that was mentioned in your article were based on this compromise. In the article Ms. Stairs pointed to confusion, alternative protests and other issues. These issues are NON-EXISTENT. All individuals and organisations originally involved in Coalition ‘96 are now working together with the CFS and MDE. There will be only one protest on February 7th. I assumed Ms. Stairs knew this, as she herself

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S n o w P a n th e o n , P a r t II To David Bushnell on The Ephemeral Nature of the World, Why bother creating snow sculptures if they’re just going to melt? Good point. For that matter, why bother building snowmen? Why bother painting? Why bother creating any work of art of literature? What’s the point? They serve no useful pur pose. While we’re at it, we should call

Shakespeare-in-the-Park and ask them why they bother building a stage in a park of a play that will

corporations that are not paying taxes. Finally, there are three small facts to be corrected. One, a repre sentative of the Quebec Teachers’ Union will not be speaking, a motion to this effect was defeated in favour of a motion to have a speaker from Comité des sans emplois. Two, not only will the FEUQ Press Attaché be working “to ensure strong media coverage,” but also a Concordia stu dent, and a member of the Mouvement pour le droit à 1’educa tion. Three, last year, the press cov erage was far better than “page B7 in La Presse”, as stated by LouisMathieu Loiselle. Last year, the demonstration made the front page of Le Devoir, and the lead story on prime time news, not to mention lead stories in the Globe and Mail, and newspapers across the country. Sincerely, Erin Runions VP External, PGSS voted in favour of this united action at the January 12th meeting. To conclude, SSMU Council has neither mandated myself nor Andrea Stairs to take any position, including one of abstention for February 7th. It was council’s choice, despite my pleads, to wait until January 25th to decide this. The only m andate that I have received, or any other SSMU coun cillor for that matter, is from my constituents and from the McGill Action Committee (overlapping membership). My primary goal is to represent my constituents, not Andrea Stairs. There is no confusion for February 7th. There will be one protest, a route has been determined, speakers have been arranged and organisations have been assigned to duties such as security and media relations. The bottom line is that the confusion is fictitious, and is merely a ploy to stall the Quebec Student Movement. McGill cannot afford to stall any further if we wish to have any leverage in politics outside of our campus. Chris Carter, Clubs Rep to Council only last three days? What a waste of time and energy! Then they have to take it down and put it up again across town. Why bother putting on plays at all? They certainly don’t last long, and look at all the work that had to go into the preparation. And they just get paid in tips, too! Here’s Continued on Page 7 I I

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The letter in last week's issue entitled "Against life insurance’ contained false information. The author said that the previous SSMU general manager had allegedly embezzled funds. To begin with, Mr. Brisebois is the first per son to occupy the position of ‘general manager’, and secondly, the person previously responsible for that portfolio was never suspected, or in any way connected to embezzlement of any form. If we had verified the information properly, the letter would never have been printed. We sincerely regret the error.

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Chatter Box Cornell W right

IIn kindergarten, I drew myself white using “skin colour” chalk pro vided by my teacher. Throughout high school, I was called “snowflake” and “Oreo.” Why, friends asked, didn’t I dress, speak or behave more “black”? When I first attempted to rent an apartment in the Ghetto, I had to fight with my landlord, who feared that I would blare reggae at all-night parties, as my people are wont to do. For me, Black History Month, which begins on Thursday, contextu alises such experiences. W.E.B. DuBois popularised the idea that blacks living and working within predominantly white milieus have to struggle with a “double self.” I, for instance, react to McGill as both a student and an AfricanCanadian. I am both content and per

plexed, an insider and an outsider. Flipping through the course cal endar, I find not a single course in African-Canadian or AfricanAmerican history or culture. A hand ful of courses include work by a black writer or musician; that’s nice, but hardly sufficient. Library resources are equally inadequate. There are only two biographies on American civil rights legend Thurgood Marshall: one book written in 1973 as a PhD thesis and an 18-page pamphlet published after his death in 1993. Both are quarantined in the Law library. I know of at least 3 other reputable full-length Marshall biographies. Alas, if I wish to study his life, I must buy rather than borrow. One of my professors argues that McGill will become more sensi

postage stamp celebrates his achievements. McGill, despite the efforts of a conscientious few, has yet to display so much as a plaque in his honour. The other day, one of my pro fessors asked how many people had heard of Richard Wright. Of eighty upper-level arts students, perhaps two or three said they had, despite the fact that Wright is one of the most influential African-American writers of all time. One of his most renowned fic tional writings explores the psychol ogy and plight of an adolescent black male who becomes ensnared in a web of racism, poverty and criminality and eventually finds him self on deathrow. The book, Native Son, powerfully illustrates how racism can pervert our liberal creed that everyone is entitled to receive equal justice under the law. The same morning that Wright’s name was raised in class, an Ontario government commission reported that the number of blacks in jail in 1994 was 204 per cent greater than in 1986, compared to a 23 per cent increase among whites during the same period. The commission

traced this glaring disparity primari ly to racist stereotypes and assump tions which influence police officers, lawyers, prosecutors, jurors and judges in the conduct of their work. I am troubled. I study alongside people who have never heard of Richard Wright and whose educa tion has included little or nothing about black people, their history and struggles, or their precarious pil grimage through Canadian society. My classmates aspire to become teachers, lawyers, judges and governors. They will one day teach African-Canadians in schools and try them in court. How, I won der, will they be effective or fair, without understanding the past or present of the people they seek to serve? Maya Angelou sounds my plea to you: Hear the tempo so compelling, hear the blood throb in my veins. Yes, my drums are beating nightly, and the rhythms never change.

for cash, I think we should scrap the idea of building the extra class rooms out of snow ,” he says. “Okay, here’s what we’ll do. Look at all those kids! What’s with the plaid shirts and ripped jeans? And every time I try to go someplace on campus they’re in my way, there’re so many of them. What’s the most expendable part of the university, the one we can most do without? Let’s cut the students. Without students, our pro fessor - student ratio will shoot way up, our library holdings per student will increase, and we can become more elitist. Every kid will want to come here, once we don’t accept any. We’ll be just like Yale!” A flunkey points out, “But sir, we need to have at least some stu dents. We can’t get rid of them all.” “O kay,” the president con cedes. “Let’s raise tuition and dou ble it, no, quadruple it. Make the kids pay until they bleed.” A keener interrupts. “We should consider other ways of decreasing the number of students. Has everyone looked at my plan?

Imagine, freshman orientation week, the kids are milling around, scared and confused, looking like they want to go back to the West Island. We give them the knives, bam, they start fighting each other. W hoever survives the day, we accept as a student. The Red Cross can hold a blood drive at the same time, and we’ll make sure every body fills out an organ donor card. Cool, eh? Social Darwinism at its finest. It’s probably the most humane process of deciding who gets into university, everybody gets a fighting chance, level playing field, all that. University entrance will be based on merit, whoever’s best at knife-fighting we accept. Otherwise, if you raise tuition that high, not everyone will have a chance to go to university. Don’t you think that’s sort of, you know, unfair? And mean?” “We’re not in business to be fair, w e’re in business to make money,” snaps the president. The flunkey returns with the muffins. “Hey, you took my seat,” he says.

“We were just talking about ways to restrict the number of stu dents at this university. What do you think?” The president asks, “What about drinking games?” The flunkey says. “Anybody who succeeds at Century Club, we’ll give a full scholarship. Or else, we can hold a lottery. Kids with winning tickets come to uni versity, the losers stay home and become ditch diggers. Or maybe base it on Air Miles points? Hey, there could be a Pepsi promotional tie in, kids who find the winning bottle caps are allowed into univer sity.” Another flunkey agrees. “That seems like roughly the best idea we have, including the, pardon me sir, ridiculous idea about quadrupling tuition. I mean, everybody knows students don’t have any money.” Outside, the rain falls and the snow melts.

and if he did die, we’d reap the bene fits,” said Kelly Remai—McGill Tribune, Jan. 16, 1996. The detective agonised over the details of the case. Earlier that morn ing, the general manager (GM) of the student government was found, face down, on the floor of his office. He had stayed late the previous night to finish his letter of resignation. There were many leads. Shady characters had been observed lurking about the scene. An argument had been overheard. A few days earlier, a lucrative life insurance policy — payable only in the event of death —

was issued for the GM, naming the student government as beneficiary. Was the motive for the misdeed financial in nature? Who stood to benefit from the GM’s untimely demise? Epilogue: the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) believes that it shall suffer indetermi nate financial loss should the GM cease to perform his functions. Thus they have taken out life insurance on the GM. This insurance, however, is not transferable and does not cover any loss that would result from the GM’s resignation.

tive to these deficiencies once it acquires a “critical mass” of black students. Yet I wonder whether this doesn’t confuse cause with conse quence. If undergraduate study is meant to teach us something about ourselves, how many black students will come to McGill, knowing that their history and culture do not even merit the dignity of a course? Moreover, McGill seems intent on perpetuating rather than correct ing this problem. Rosemary Brown, the first woman and first person of colour to run for the leadership of a national political party, attended McGill from 1950-1954. She did, finally, receive an honourary doctor ate a few years ago in recognition of her outstanding life. Everyone knows how many millions the Bronfmans have donated to McGill. How many people know that Rosemary Brown studied here? Charles Drew (1904-1950) was a famous Black physician whose research in blood plasma has been internationally acclaimed. He gradu ated from McGill Medical School in 1933 and became a pioneer in medi cine both for what he did and for who he was. In the United States, a

Say what they will Mr. Wright has rhythm and soul.

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So there’s this government. One day the government holds a meeting and says, “How can we reduce our deficit?” A minister says, “Hey, what about the Swiss bank accounts?” All the other ministers turn to glare at him, and he leaves the room to fetch more doughnuts. The ministers make a list: the homeless, the jobless, the widows, the little old grandpas in the nursing home. All of these are good people to get money from. But who else can they hit in the next budget? “Students.” “Students.” “Screw the students.” “Can’t, I’m married.” The government reaches into its sack of goodies and keeps pulling out coal. So they give the universities the coal and say, “Do what you can with this. Go ahead,

raise tuition, it’s not like we care, right?” At the university, the president and his top flunkeys sit around their conference table and say, “Geez man, look at all this coal.” They authorise research into coal, which, it turns out, won’t pay professors’ salaries or buy books for the library or even buy toilet paper for the washrooms. And one of the presi dent’s guys says, “Hey, what about the Swiss bank accounts?” Everybody turns around to glare at him and he leaves the room to fetch more of those tasty cafeteria muffins. The president looks out the window and sees the rain falling and the snow melting. “Even though we’re strapped

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pesky learning thing again!) Why bother getting up in the morning? You’ll have to go to bed later. Why bother living? You know already that you’re going to die. One last thing. Who’s volunteer ing to tell the Inuit that you’re not supposed to build stuff out of snow?

another one: why bother printing newspapers if they just get used as car mats? Or as insulation. Why bother having a party? It’s an effort to prepare, then you have to clean up — all for a few hours that served no purpose. On the other hand, why bother cleaning up if it’ll only get dirty again? What about showers? Such a waste of good, clean water! Why bother eating? You’ll only get hungry again later. Why bother studying if your marks don’t count for anything? (That

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Susan Peters was considered fo r the position o f Human Resources. In responding to criticism that the policy is inadequate because it insures the person and not the posi tion, Kelly Remai reveals a lack of forethought by arguing that the poli cy is a good investment. Mr. Remai’s maxim appears to be that investing in life insurance makes good financial sense because people cannot avoid death. I should like to wish Mr. Brisebois a long and prosperous life whether he continues to work for SSMU or not. Thomas White\ U3 Arts

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Trouble and Desire D avid Bushnell I really hated the sixth grade. I ended up m issing about forty school days because I hated it that much. The only thing that got me through the tedium was my digital watch, a bottom-ofthe-line Casio. “W ater-resistant” to 25 feet and capable of giving me regular and 24-hour time by the light of its Radio Shack reject light bulb, my watch was my lit tle plastic buddy. M ind you, I never kept it on 24-hour time and I wore it in the tub in the dark only once, but the allure of the watch was not in those features. I was pulled to this watch because it continuously displayed the seconds. Yup, I was pretty proud. My $14.95 was not mis spent. All day long I could stare at those numbers as they counted up to 59 and then had to start over. It was d o w n rig h t Sisyphean. The digits themselves started to take on personalities of their own. There was mighty 8, with more pieces than any other num ber. There was proud 1, singular, m onolithic. T here was volup tuous 6, who was always preg nant yet was always told at the last second that she could not be the first digit. Indeed, life, death, love, and hate all found their way onto my wrist. A few months later I decided that I didn’t want my existence to be quite so labour-intensive, so I learned to nap. I’ve been napping lo these ten years, so you can imagine the lifestyle change I had to undergo to work on The Gut Girls, the dram a departm ent’s upcom ing saga ab out blue c o lla r young w om en in 1890s E ng lan d .

Because there w asn’t much for me to do at the time and because some parts of the play are even more depressing than Albinoni’s Adagio, I fell asleep during one of the rehearsals. [Author’s note: I ’m going to get into tro u b le u n less I m ention th at only a selected few parts of the play are depressing. The rest of the play is quite refreshing, though not quite with the same intensity as a Juicy Fruit commercial.] As you could expect, I d id n ’t wake up until five people started staring at me and noticed the rope of saliva connecting my m outh with my sweater. The embarassment was paralleled only by what happened on my night off. Yes, I went to see Kicking and Screaming. K icking and Scream ing is the tale o f a gang o f c o lleg e friends who don’t know what to do after graduation. All the guys looked the sam e and they all spoke in clipped Woody Allenesque soundbites that made the actors look really stupid because they didn’t look that smart. Elder statesman Eric Stoltz played an annoying butthead and looked thoroughly bored with the m a te ria l he w as given. T his might have something to do with the fact that he played the same role in Singles, Bodies, Rest & M o tio n , S leep W ith M e, and Naked in New York. A friend of mine finds it disturbing that it’s not possible to m ake a m ovie these days w ithout Eric Stoltz, but I find it more troubling that he still looks fourteen. I found K ickin g and Screaming pretty entertaining for a while, but it tended to drag dur

ing the d ire c to r’s m ore selfabsorbed scenes. I could watch good-looking people lament their own mediocrity and make Josey and the Pussycats references ‘til the cows come home, but person ally, I don’t enjoy beating myself over the head with the thought that I’ve screwed up yet another relationship. So why should I enjoy w atching some w ealthy, boring snob obsess over the girl friend that left him ? D am m it, boy, eat some chili, drink some Scotch, and get over it! I d o n ’t suppose th e re ’s a w hole lot we co u ld do about these tedious twentysom ething movies. I imagine that my revul sion is akin to Hollywood stars’ revulsion to entertainment in the early ‘80s. Did Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett get bitter and cynical and disaffected because their friends and their lifestyles and their entire world was the b asis fo r crap lik e F a n ta sy Isla n d , L ove B oat, and Cannonball Run? C hris E igem an was as engaging as ever in Kicking and Screaming, but the only evidence of his work in Metropolitan and B arcelona was his use o f the w ord “ja c k a n a p e s ,” w hich I looked up because one o f my favourite w riters w rote that if you called him a “jackanapes” he would slap you. It means “con ceited and im p ertin en t young man.” Hmm ... Totally off the topic here, there seems to be some confusion as to w hat it is I do ex actly . Unfortunately, I’m not too sure myself. My days seem to involve sitting on one of the T ribune's co u ch es and re ad in g SSM U council documents and waiting for inspiration to hit me. Some days I wait longer than others. D avid Bushnell is the only tw enty-som ething person who looks younger than Eric Stoltz

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cientists have announced the discovery of a protein which tells the body to stop eating. This discovery adds another piece to the emerging puzzle of human obesi tyIn a recent edition of the scien tific journal Nature, researchers claimed that rats stopped eating when they were injected with the protein GLP-1. It is thought that this protein will likely be found in humans. This announcement comes in the wake of the discovery of the so-called ‘obesity gene’ last year. The ob gene, which yields a protein called leptin, has been found to be an important circulating hormone for the regulation of body weight. Dr. Peter Jones, an associate professor of dietetics and human nutrition at McGill, is involved in the study of the metabolic aspects of

leptin genes. However, further stud obesity. “We know that leptin levels are ies revealed that obese people actual associated with the degree of adipos ly had higher levels of leptin than lean people. ity [related to obesity],” Jones said. “When it turned out that people Fat cells are known to secrete leptin into the blood stream. Leptin were over-eating for another reason, then binds to receptors in the central it was rational to assume that there nervous system where it exerts a profound affect on appetite and body weight. It has been postulated that the binding of leptin sends a signal to the cell turning on other genes, one of which could be G LP-1. This hor mone then acts quickly to produce the feeling of satia tion. When leptin Mmm, greasy fries was discovered, it was thought that its deficiency was exists a resistance to leptin,” said Dr. the cause of obesity, as initially John Hoffer of The Lady Davis observed in mutant mice lacking the Institute For Medical Research at the

Jewish General Hospital. A recent article in the journal Cell announced the successful identi fication and cloning of a receptor for the leptin molecule. Subsequent studies will focus on identifying aberrations in the receptor and its signal transduction pathway. Dr. Katherine Gray-Donald, an associate professor of dietetics and human nutrition at McGill, spoke about where research will be *§ heading. « “None of this .o work is being done at the human .§ level,” she stated. Extrapolating the results obtained in mice to humans is the next large obstacle that researchers face. The discovery of both leptin

and GLP-1 has paved the way for drug treatment possibilities for obe sity. Drugs that mimic the effect of leptin are being sought out as are drugs that would slow the break down of GLP-1. The financial potentials for pharmaceutical companies are enor mous, with several firms already involved in multi-million dollar cam paigns to identify and explain the genetic basis of obesity. In a society obsessed with body image, the finan cial implications of a drug that could reduce weight are obvious. Although the discovery of these two proteins has been heralded as a major breakthrough in obesity research, there remains a degree of scepticism within the scientific com munity with regards to their true function. “There is really no good reason to believe that leptin is the absolute cause of obesity,” said Hoffer. “The discovery was truly a breakthrough. However, overweight patients still have a long wait.”

T h e b u s in e s s o f h u m a n b o n d a g e Q u e stio n in g C a n a d ia n tra d e p o lic ie s : d o w e s te r n b u s in e s s in itia tiv e s h e lp o r h in d e r h u m a n rig h ts c a u s e s in d e v e lo p in g n a tio n s ? By Joyce Lau

Prime minister Jean Chrétien and Team Canada have encountered mixed reactions since returning from their trade mission to India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. During the 12-day trip, seven provincial premiers and 300 busi nesspeople struck $8.7 billion worth of overseas business agreements. While the business community has celebrated Canada’s advancement in world trade, human rights groups have criticised Team Canada for not heeding what is commonly called Ottawa’s ‘mercurial’ human rights stance. Historically, the huge and vir tually untapped commercial markets in Southeast Asia have been associ ated with controversial human

“By bringing in sophisticated indus try, we’re raising the standard of living”

rights abuses. Questionable labour practices permeate local factories, including ones which might soon be owned by Canadian businesses. Wages can be as low as $1CDN per day, especially for women and chil dren. Forced labourers are usually prison labourers. Bonded labourers, who are ‘owned’ or ‘lent’ to a cor poration for a set amount of time, are usually children. Beyond labour-specific griev ances, attention has also been called to the governments themselves, which international groups have accused of internal military action, mass genocide and rapes. There is also concern over the suppression of basic human rights,-like those of

speech, assembly, press, and free collective bargaining.

N o im m e d ia te so lu tio n It remains clear that no single country or organisation can inter vene and instantly solve human rights problems which are deeply rooted in local social, economic, political and cultural structures. However, there is great controversy over what steps Canada should take in the immediate future. On one hand, large-scale trad ing gives Canada the chance to develop a working relationship with the local government, as well as a chance to begin monitoring and modifying labour conditions. It also means gritting one’s teeth against present conditions. The alternative strategy would be to limit trade until human rights conditions improve. However, these actions could jeop ardise Canada’s place in the world economy — though some argue, with a clearer conscience. For now, Team Canada has taken the former option. Though human rights issues were brought up throughout the trade mission, Team Canada did not enact any for mal sanctions. Luciano Calenti is the presi dent of ACIC Inc., a pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor based in Brampton, Ontario. While travel ling with Team Canada, Calenti signed a joint-venture agreement with Mumbai’s Piramal Enterprises, which could generate an estimated $20 million. According to Calenti, injecting western business into a developing nation helps on two levels: it stimu lates the economy, and also allows greater cultural interaction. “By bringing in sophisticated industry, we’re raising the standard

of living,” he explained. “Also, working with Canadians broadens [the local people’s] horizons.” However, Jean-Claude Parrot, a representative of the UN-based International Labour Organization and the Canadian Labour Congress, disagreed with this logic. “People think that by investing [in developing countries] they will make things better there. However, the experiences of the past show that money alone cannot do that — that will never be enough,” he argued. While Parrot maintains that using trade limitations will force the developing nations to improve, Calenti counters that excessive activism and sanctions could be detrimental. “While Canada must be critical of what has to be changed, Canada must also be complementary to what has been changed,” Calenti stated. Calenti stressed that many developing nations have recently made great economic and social strides, and that the west should encourage them through trade. “Instead of encouraging these nations, many human rights groups are discouraging them,” Calenti continued. “Why insult [foreign nations] and say, ‘As much progress as you’ve made, you still don’t deserve to trade with us’?”

C a n a d a sta n d in g a lo n e ? Ken Epps represents Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical organ isation which addresses peace and disarmament issues. Though he acknowledges Canada’s economic needs, he agrees with Parrot that the Canadian government has not made enough concrete moves towards fighting human rights abuses------

“For one country like Canada Epps. “These only affect the upper to not trade with certain countries echelons of society. We want condi makes it very hard for Canada. The tions which deal with labour, the Canadian government views the sit environm ent, and human rights uation as one of balancing different abuses, which affect all echelons of issues — though certainly, human society.” rights is not one which they take too M e d ia w a tch seriously,” said Epps. In light of the criticism on Team Canada has operated human rig h ts,“Canada can be under a barrage of media attention, blamed for its timidity,” he added. Epps added that it might be dif meanwhile the media itself has been ficult for Canada because compet attacked for slanted coverage. Human rights activists like ing nations like the U.S., Britain, and France are even less vocal Parrot feel the need, for increased awareness about overseas human about human rights abuses. Parrot disagrees. He believes rights abuses. Conversely, business that Canada should not let trade men like Calenti are offended by the interests interfere with human rights negative press coverage Team advances. He stressed that the Canada has received. “We went out, we worked very Canadian government should put pressure on other countries, and not hard, we brought back jobs and business,” stated Calenti. “And the vice versa. “What’s wrong with Canada press decides to concentrate only on being a leader [of human rights]? the negative.” However, Parrot believes most We’re in the best position — well respected, but at the same time, not Canadians would not approve if they knew more a super-power... I details about labour don’t know why conditions in Asian [Team Canada] “Let’s talk reality nations. insists on waiting this is genocide, “Canadi ans for the U.S. and masacres, rape, a believe in education Britain.” and in human rights. Multi-lateral country killing its People are dis trade agreements own citizens.” tressed, but do not seem to be an know what to do.” ideal compromise Parrot feels that human rights among human rights groups. However, there is no way for one abuses in other countries do not hit country to predict how, why, or close enough to home for most when other countries will act — and Canadians. “These are not just stories,” such agreements often leave much stressed Parrot. “They are much to be desired. According to Epps, many of worse than OJ or Bernardo. It’s not these agreements focus on the needs just three or four people. Let’s talk reality — this is genocide, mas of the upper and business classes. “Right now, GATT [General sacres, rape, a country killing its Agreement of Tariffs and Trade] own citizens. We could do a lot better,” he includes conditions which deal with capital and investment/’ e*plamed- - -concluded.

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If I understand you correct ly, the reference I think of com mon literature of the term "black" is normally in associa tion with negative aspects. You speak of the black market, you speak of the black sheep of the family, you speak of — you know, anything which is sup posed to be baa is also consid ered to be black. -Steve Biko, at trial Thoughtful white people know they are inferior to black people. Even Eastland knows it. Anyone who has studied the qenetic phase of bioloqy knows tnat white is considered reces sive and black is considered dom inant. When you want strong coffee, you ask for black coffee. If you want it light, you want it light, you want it weak, integrated with white milk. -Malcolm X No one, to my knowledge, has ever paid repartions to trie descendants of black men; indeed, they have not yet really acknoledged the fact of the crime against humanity which was the conquest of Africa. But then - history has not been concluded either has it? -Lorraine Hansberry

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Sir, I'm going to tell you a secret: the black man is a whole lot smarter than white people think he is. The black man has survived in this coun try by fooling the white man. He's been dancing and grin ning and white men never guessed what he was thinking. -Malcolm X One of the most painful experiences I have ever faced was to see her tears when I rold her that Funtown was closed to coloured children, for I that at that moment the first dark cloud of inferiority had floated into her little mental sky, that at that moment her person ality had begun to warp with that first unconscious bitterness toward white people. It was the first time that prejudice based upon skin colour had been explained to her. -Martin Luther Kina, Jr., speaking about his daughter Whenever I tried to talk with professors about racism, they always denied any culpa bility. Often I was told "t don't even notice that you are black." -bell hooks Ever since I recognised what prejudice is, I've tried to fight it away, and the only weapon I could use was my tal ent. Away back, when I was learning the business, I had no education, no power, no influ ence; entertaining was the only way I had to change preju diced thinking. -Sammy Davis, Jr.

In n e r c ity tro u b le s : th e c r e a tio n o f th e g h e tto T h e in n e r c ity tra p is a b u zz to p ic today, b u t its c a u se s ca n b e tr a c e d to y e a r s a g o By Erika Sturzenbercer

"Stay out of the ghetto, you wouldn't under stand the ghetto. " — Ice T The "gnetto" situation to which rapper Ice T refers is not an unfamiliar concept to most North Americans. It exists as an institution in most U.S. cities, symbolising the entrapment — both physical and psychological — of millions of African-American youths. Yet, despite the familiarity of the concept, most people, as Ice T remarks, "don't under stand the ghetto." However, for millions of African-Americans, city life has existed as an inescapable vicious cycle. Yet, despite the unfortunate prevalence of this paradigm, the events which created it are not so well known.

N o th e r n m ig ra tio n The Great African-American Migration to America's northern cities began during World War I and continued through the post-World War II period, as many blacks sought better job opportunités and greater racial tolerance. During World War I, the wartime industri alisation process drew thousands from their homes on the remnants of Southern plantations to the urban settings of the North. The Great Depression was yet another cause for the move North. As part of the New Deal program, Southern landowners were paid to leave portions of their land unused, to drive up the price of cash crops. While this project provided economic gains for the farmowners, the blacks who tended to the land as sharecroppers usually found them selves evicted — with little or no local employ ment alternatives. Even the industrialisation of the South, which came with World War II, was no com battant to this, for these jobs were primarily used to remedy the white population's unem

ployment problems. Though these citizens left their roots behind in search of a more welcoming environment, they were to find a battery of other hostilities awaiting them. "There were terrible clashes with immi grants, because they were all poor, and they were all competing for the same jobs," remarked Temple University history professor, Edna Greene Medford. Stemming from this were situations of unionised discrimination, which kept black fac tory workers in the jobs of the worst conditions and often lowest pay. It was at this time that the U.S. government made one of its first moves towards equal opportunity employment. An executive order stated that "there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense indus tries or government because of race creed,

Unionised discrimination kept black factory workers in the jobs with the worst conditions and the lowest pay. colour or national origin." Despite an officially improved situation, however, government training programmmes were still strongholded against "racial inva sion." They admitted few African-American workers to their programmes, thus keeping them from higher paying jobs. "This situation is characteristic of the dis parity which has plagued the African American situation," stated Concordia history professor Fred Bode. "Poor education has left them disadvantaged in the job market." At the end of World War II, those blacks who were employed in war industries were

usually the first to be laid off.

A tta c k o n th e fa m ily u n it Adding to the stress of the relocation process from another angle was the alienation experienced as the extended family was left behind. "It is during this period that you have the first attacks on the family unit," commented Greene-Medford. "Extended families were quite an important network in the South. With the moves to various cities, they found them selves with no support groups in cases of finan cial, emotional, or moral troubles." Problems did not disappear as the post-war eriod continued. The development of suburan communities in the '50s and '60s drained cities of much of their revenue, as employed members of the middle class flocked to the lat est attempt at 'paradise'. Without the same employment opportuni ties, few blacks could afford the move, and remained in the city. "When I left the city of Baltimore in 1971," recalled McGill geography professor and urban specialist Snerry Olson, "the city was about 50 per cent African-American, while the surrounding counties were about 3 per cent. With the loss of many better-paid taxpayers, many blacks were left behind in underfunded school systems." She explained that this problem of geo graphic segregation only worsened as high ways were built to access the suburbs. "They would tear down housing that had been occupied primarily by African Americans to build the highways, and put the displaced people on waiting lists for public housing," stated Olson. "The result is an ever-increasing concentration of low-income residents, and a decrease in educational opportunities." Continued on P age 12 I I

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W h a t to d o a b o u t D r. C h a rle s D re w By Sam an th a Lapedus

Extraordinary athlete, brilliant scientist, famous surgeon and legendary teacher, Dr. Charles Drew's life was one of phenomenal achievement. As a pioneer blood plasma researcher and director of the Red Cross blood bank programme, he earned the gratitude of all humanity by saving count less lives through his vast medical effort. An African-American, Dr. Drew overcame the racial prejudice of his day to win profes sional recognition worldwide. The doctor's name has been honoured by a medical centre in California, a park in New York, the Charles Drew Blood Bank at Harlem Hospital Center and various schools across the United States. He has also been recognised on an American postage stamp. At McGill, however, Charles Drew remains an unfamiliar name. According to the McGill Archives, Dr. Charles Drew studied medicine at McGill University in the 1920s. He graduated sec ond in his class, and won first prize in anatomical sciences as well as received various scholarships. Upon graduation, Dr. Drew went to teach at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and pursued research on the properties of blood plasma at Columbia University. In 1940, he published "Banked Blood: A Study in Blood Preservation." His discov ery enabled the foundation of a blood bank

which has subsequently saved millions of lives from World W ar II to the present. Charles Drew resigned as head of the Red Cross when the organisation instated the segregation of blood. The Armed Forces issued a policy refusing offers of blood from non-Caucasians. Negro blood was termed "insulting and unscientific." Dr. Drew's death was also sadly ironic. In April 1950, Drew was involved in a seri ous car accident. He was taken to the clos est hospital in Burlington, North Carolina, where the staff of the hospital refused him the urgent blood transfusion he needed because he was black. Dr. Charles Drew was transferred to another hospital where he died. Over the years there has been discus sion at M cG ill over Dr. Drew's lack of recognition at the university. In January 1 994, one activist, Bob W h ite, accused M cG ifl o f institutional racism for failing to recognise this worldrenowned doctor as an honoured alumnus. Executive D ire cto r o f the A lum ni Association Gavin Ross claimed at the time, and reiterated now, that "Dr. Drew is an unusual case because the A lum ni Association has always dealt with living alumni, and there is no mechanism for commemorating individuals posthumously." Alumni Relations Officer, Karen Diaz, recalls the accusations made by White. "W h ite was quite aggressive w ith

Chancellor Gretta Chambers and called her a racist. But in the end it became a positive thing." The 'positive thing' was that a committee was set up to discuss the honouring of Dr. Drew. The committee included Diaz, former SSMU president Sevag Yeghoyan, former SSMU VP internal Cornell W righ t, and members from various other disciplines at McGill. However, although the committee under went extensive discussion on how to com memorate Drew, nothing concrete was ever achieved. "The problem was, in M cG ill's 21st Century cam paign, we d id n 't have the funds at the university to have a memorial or a scholarship," explained Diaz. "We also realised that we couldn't identify and say that a scholarship could only be award ed to a black student in Quebec, so we just stopped meeting, things became busy and the issue fell down on the priority list." M ark W arner, a graduate from the Faculty of Medicine wrote Ross a letter on behalf of Dr. Drew during his time at McGill. "My views on Dr. Drew have changed over the years," he said, "but I would defi nitely be interested in rekindling the issue and honouring Dr. Drew." The Alumni Association is receptive to Continued on Page

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Ismail Rashid is a PhD history student at M cG ill who, in the past three years, has taught two o f the three courses on African history currently offered by the history department. A Sierra Leonean, he has stud ied at the University o f Sierra Leone, the University o f Ghana, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier University.

In short, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice every where, for we are tied together in a garment of m utuality. W hat happens in Johan nesburg affects Birmingham, however indirectly.W e are descendants of the Africans. Our heritage is Africa. -Martin Luther King, Jr. Black women are called "the mule of the w o rld ", because we have been handed the burdens that everyone elseeveryone else-refusecf to carry. -Alice Walker 10 April 1 99 0 Blacks rebellious. Crew uneasy. Our linguist says their meaning is a prayer for death, ours and their own. some try to starve themselves. Lost three this morning leaped with crazy laughter to the waiting sharks, sang as they went under. -Robert Hayden In all the books that you have studied, you never have studied Negro history, have you? You studied about the Indians and white folks, but what did they tell you about the Negro? If you want Negro history, you will have to get it from somebody who wore the shoe, and by and by, from one to the other, you w ill get a book. -Mr. Reed, former slave I hate all race discrimina tion, and in my hatred I am sustained by the fact that the overwhelming majority of peo ple, here and abroad, hate it equally. -Nelson Mandela _____________________ ____

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backgrounds to teach specific disciplines. Trib: What are your feelings on the idea of a "Black History Month"? Rashid: I've always been uncomfortable with the idea that you need to have a month set aside for the study of a particular peo ple, either black or peoples of African

We must re-create an attractive and caring attitude in our homes and in our worlds. If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves, if we persist in self-disrespect and then ask our children to respect themselves, it is as if we break all their bones and then insist that they win Olympic gold medals for the hundred-yard dash. -Maya Angelou

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descent. The fact that you have a month set aside for recognising their history demon strates that there is a problem witn the way African history is viewed. I've always advo cated that the histories of all peoples should exist within the framework of tne general discipline of history. I know that the idea of a Black/African History Month has caught on in Sierra Leone as a result of the influ ence of the American embassy. This I find strange. With regards to black history, the use of the word "b la c k " is some thing I've always cha llenged. I don't think it's a particu la rly useful word. And I d o n 't think that the segregation of history into vari ous small areas is a favourable reflec tion of the state in which the discipline is understood. I've always said that if peoples of African descent in western countries were given th e ir due re co g n itio n , we would not need to have a Black History M onth. W h a t we have to see in the future is the histories of all these peoples reflected in a balanced way in the curricu lum. Every day should be African history day, just like every day is world history day. People live their lives everyday; they ao not live their lives in a particular compartment of time.

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Trib: W h a t emphasis should be placed on A frica n history in the context of a B.A. in his tory? Rashid: I think it would be very d iffic u lt for somebody to get an education in history without it. I think stu dents should be given the opportunity to study world histories. Trib: There's the argu ment that studying a a rticu la r culture can ;ad to the trivialisation of that society. Do you agree? Rashid: The problem with that depends on the agenda or the focus of study. I think what would trivialise African history is the kind of emphasis on the prob lems of that area by curricula. Trib: One of the criticisms of African studies programmes is that there are not enough professors of African descent actually teach ing these courses. How important do you think this is to the study of history? Rashid: I know that has been a very thorny

problem, especially in the United States. I think the argument is problematic. I am uncomfortable with the fact that the teaching of any particular discipline should be limited to the skin colour of tne person. I think that anyone who is competent, qualified, and trained to teach a particular course should be given the opportunity to do so; and I think the question of representation of groups within institutions should be separat ed from the ability of peoples of different

I must see what it is to be black - and this means being sufficiently intelligent to know how the world is moving and how the black people fare in the world. This is what it means to be black. Or an African-the same: what does Africa mean to the world? When you see an African what does it mean to a white man? -Chinua Achebe

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T w o m o r e y e a r s o f h e ll f o r th e p e o p le o f N ig e r ia , s a y s S o y in k a By M arlisa T iedemann

Wole Soyinka, the first African writer to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature, spoke to a receptive crowd of students, professors, and community members in Leacock 132 on Monday, January 22. Exhausted following a day of interviews and a workshop, the Nigerian playwright/poet/author presented his lecture, "A Deceptive Silence of the Lambs." Soyinka's captivating narrative

“ But my purpose is no t to c ro w o v e r Saro-wiwa’s corpse. I m e re ly w ish to g u a rd o v e r the future.” made some of the details of the sit uation in Nigeria that much hard er to hear. He graphically dis cussed the executions of fellow author/activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others that took place despite international pressure and protests from various human rights organisations. In discussing the tri als of these nine men, Soyinka stated that "the verdict was of course only too predictable". He also made allusions to SaroWiwa's strong public support in Nigeria. "There was no willing hang man on death row"'he said.

Soyinka harshly criticised the The Nobel Laureate chose not to dwell on Saro-Wiwa's death. Commonwealth's judgement Nor did he expand on the plight regarding this issue. "Surely, only the irredeemably of the Ogoni people, the Nigerian minority group who have been the naive would allow themselves to victims of exploitation, violence, be taken in by such a proposi and land appropriation at the tion," stated Soyinka, questioning hands of large oil companies such how the Commonwealth could as Shell. He instead focused on allow "two more years in hell" for what he feels is the need for democracy in a country cur rently run by a seemingly ruth less dictator. In 1993, five months fol lowing an annulled presi dential elec tion, General Sani Abacha seized power in Nigeria. The Globe and Mail examined Soyinka's claim that Nigeria's dete riorating econ omy can be Wole Soyinka speaks at McGill blamed on A bacha' s regime, and in his lecture, Soyinka the people of Nigeria. The Commonwealth was not made several references to Abacha's three-year plan for gov the only source of disappointment ernment restructuring. Bowing to for Soyinka. He feels the interna pressure from the Commonwealth, tional community has failed Abacha has reduced the length of Nigeria as well. "The international community time his plan requires to two years, but is unwilling to give up knew what [the deal struck between the Commonwealth and power before 1998.

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She noted that transportation also has proven to be a major problem, as public transportation is designed primarily with subur ban dwellers in mind. "There are good highways to bring people into the city, but without a car, it's hard to get out of the city. Coming to the city pro vided people with a lot of oppor tunities at first, but it quickly altered itself to become a trap,"

There are currently 19 other Nigerians under charges similar to Saro-Wiwa's who are awaiting tribunals, and Soyinka encour aged the audience to apply pres sure tactics to secure their free dom. "If the international community does not act in the very way I have outlined, they will only hear the verdict [of the tribunals] after the murders", stated Soyinka. 'Trials in absentia will become com monplace, and disappearances will become routine." As he brought his lecture to a close, Soyinka passionately urged those assembled to act, but questioned whether or not they would respond. "For you, is it already time for business as usual? If so, just let us know, and we will turn our faces homewards and tell our people that they are on their own." However, this perhaps was the one weak area of Soyinka's | speech. In other forums, Soyinka ^ has encouraged the internation al al community to freeze the assets g of Nigerian officials and to organise an oil embargo. At the lecture, however, Soyinka remained vague about what he was imprisoned along with many expected of other countries in others. Soyinka reiterated that active terms of their foreign policies change should take precedence toward Nigeria. Although those who attended over lamenting the past. "But my purpose is not to crow his lecture were outraged by the over Saro-Wiwa's corpse," contin situation in Nigeria, they felt that ued Soyinka. "I merely wish to what Soyinka expected from Canadians was unclear. guard over the future."

Abacha in May of 1995] was, but pretended that it provided a glim mer of hope," he argued. Returning to the elections of 1993, Soyinka pointed out that over 300 Nigerians were killed in defence of their choice for presi dent. Moshood Abiola, who is believed to have won the vote,

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building something in honour of Charles Drew ana is interested in reopening the issue. Warner nas agreed to write another official letter on behalf of Dr. Charles Drew to the Alumni Association, and Ross is prepared to fund a bronze

plaque through the A lum ni A ssociation Endowment Fund, to be d is played in the medical building in honour of Dr. Drew. The idea will be proposed to the Dean of Medicine within the month. "I think that there is honestly a real will to do something, and

with the coming of Black History Month, this would be the perfect time to," said Diaz. Plaque or no plaque, the outstanding strides of Dr. Drew are not just part of Black History or M c G ill h isto ry, but are achievements that have influ enced the whole of humanity.

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gether. The show challenges the dis tinction between art and entertain ment. The exhibit is decidedly aes thetic but, placed in a different context (such as Cybermind), it could easily be seen as a game. This effect is further reinforced by the program’s suggestion that this sort of display could be available for use at home within a few years. The possible effects of tech nology on art are shown by

Interactive multimedia art is often so confusing and obscure that it leaves those not familiar with the field puzzled by the sheer w eirdness of it all. Salon des om bres, an exhibit by Luc Courchesne (now at Musée d’Art C ontem porain), avoids this by carefully balancing the artist’s ideas with a lucid, intelligent and interesting display. The show is _________ exhibited in a room brightened by a spotlight focused on the centre, and the light emanating from the video screens. Four lectern-like ter minals are arranged at points around a large circle. These face each other, each featuring a video im age of a person projected onto a screen. The term i nals project com puter screens onto angled pieces of glass betw een the view er and the image. A series of questions and/or Technophobes beware: this is not a gam e answ ers that the viewer can point to by means of a touchpad are located Courchesne’s video characters. on the stand. The viewer uses this The images can be seen as por to ‘converse’ with the computer traits, transformed by the means of image, which answers the viewer’s modem technology, suggesting the inquiry and asks questions in influence that this may have on conceptions of time in art. In the return. The exhibit is rem arkably past, a portrait could seek to por easy and natural to use, unlike tray only one moment. Technology many interactiv e exhibits that has made it possible to overcome require a lot of distracting fiddling. this inherent stasis by capturing a The questions range in com series of moments, enabling artists plexity from “what is your name?” to portray a progression of ideas in to discussions of dream s. The one work. One important caveat is that images mimic human behaviour, offering varying responses accord the work is entirely in French and, ing to the viewer and losing inter as it relies heavily on speech, com est with some conversations alto prehension of the exhibit is direct

ly tied to comprehension of the language. If your French is less than perfect, however, don’t let this stop you from seeing the work, as the written questions and responses make understanding much easier. The characters, for the most part, speak clearly and not too quickly, making it under standable even for the less than fully fluent. I t’s interesting to see how quickly one begins to regard the

image as a human being, rather than a com puter. In becom ing involved in a conversation with what is essentially a computer, the line dividing what is and is not real is blurred. Interesting questions are thus raised concerning technolo gy’s effect on how and why we interact with both people and things. i oSalon des ombres is being exhibited at M usée d ’Art Contemporain from January 25 to March 3.

f o r a y in M o n t a g e ’s a u d io m a g a z in e By Stephan Ko h o u t

I have yet to set foot into any spoken word venues since the Lollapalooza poetry slam horrorshow a couple years back. It seems that all too often spo ken word forums degrade into the clichéd tirades of angry young men against society, or to preten tious coffeehouse monologues by beat poet rip-off artists. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by Montage’s first foray into the murky world of the spoken word. M ontage, the M cG ill English Department Students’ Journal, has just released an audio magazine that showcases the best of McGill students’ creative writing in an “electronic sonic environment.” The audio magazine is a tape containing about two dozen works read by their authors, a group of seasoned McGill student writers including Kirsten Benzon, Tyler D oherty, Jonathan Downer, Meredith Evans, Sean Gurd, James Laing, K elley Lew is, and Geronimo A. Madrid. Most of the selections on the compilation are works of poetry but there are some lengthier narrative and spoken word pieces. The tape was engi neered in a professional studio and the pieces were combined with music and other sound effects to enhance the power of the readings. Sean Gurd, the editor of Montage, undertook this project for a variety of reasons. His main goal was to create an accessible collection of poetry that would be, as he explains, “inviting to people who are not poetry fans, not lit fans, not spoken word fans.” The dissemination of the writ

ten word has always been a prima ry mandate of Montage. But with projects such as the upcom ing multimedia LitFest and the new audio magazine, Montage is trying to bring poetry off the page and make it ‘come alive’. And, for the most part, the audio magazine succeeds, although it’s clear that some works have been better served by this project than others. One of the more suc cessful pieces is Kelley Lew is’ “Good Night Poem.” The poem is, as Lewis explains, a “sexual lulla by” that “explores the feeling of w hat the word ‘sle e p ’ m eans” through a personification of sleep as a woman. Lewis’ sensual read ing of the poem combined with dramatic revert has a very power ful effect; the poem is curiously both soothing and exciting at once. Lewis’ poem works so well in the audio magazine format because, as the poet explains, “it allows the poet to maintain her solitary ener gy while still inviting people into the poem.” James Laing’s works also suc ceeds at coming alive and touching the listener. His poem “Illumine”, although at times anachronistic and highly formal, is engagingly mysterious and enigmatic, quali ties that are brought out by Laing’s ominous voice and the eerie back ground music. His pieces reveal themselves slowly and are better appreciated the more one listens to them. M eredith Evans also fares well with her poem, “The Trouble with Rain”. This poem is a delight ful and touching piece that is easiContinued on Page

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By C heryl G rossman

Thursday nights, people gather at Concordia’s Café X to view stu dents’ artwork, enjoy live music, and take advantage of the com pelling and relaxing atmosphere that the café provides. This gather ing is C oncordia’s weekly vernissage, and is open to anyone who enjoys the arts. C o-m anager, Patrick C hevalier, when talking to the Tribune, said that most nonConcordians have not heard of the small café. It opened seven years ago, and has been displaying week ly exhibits by art students ever since. Past exhibits have been diverse. The range has included paintings, drawings, and ceramics. Towards the end of the year, it will

present an exhibition on animation. The live music also varies. The jazz duo playing this week performs often, but new musicians are always being brought in. The co m anagers of the café look for vari ety. They even plan to include a bagpiper in their series of perfor mances. This diversity is indicative of the general mood of the displays. The relaxed atmosphere of the café seems to suggest the free dom the café hopes to inspire. The

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show without the necessary formal ity of it.” This week’s exhibit by Nancy Larocque, how ever, hardly seems amateur. Her photography shows skill, artistic ability, and profession alism. By pho tographing c o m m o n p lace sites (such as restaurants, bars, and clothing stores) in the m iddle of the night, and play ing with angles and light, she succeeds in

transforming the mundane into the magical. Places are reinvented in her mind and transferred onto film. During the day, these sites are fre quented by hordes of customers. At night, they are deserted and become motionless and silent: life less, like archaeological ruins. The tranquillity, she m ain tained while talking to the Tribune, allows her to step back and observe the sites as a trav eller would observe ruins of an ancient land. Her photographs have a documen tary style — they are extremely clear and capture small, telling details of Québécois culture. For example, a sign in front of a bar stating, “Bar Jojo Bienvenue Novembre,” reverberates with the friendly atmosphere of the small town. Continued on P age 17 I I

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Me, I just know that I love reading women’s fashion maga zines. Going to the dentist or the doctor is a joy, because if I get there early or it’s a busy time or both, I get to sit in the waiting

“Marge Simpson running through thickets”: the hot look this year. these basics, there are the sex kit room and read R edbook and tens interviews — a must of mental Ladies Home Journal. stimulation. G.Q. picked the brain The m agazines for this of super-model Tyra Banks. She assignment aimed at a more urban had an most insightful perspective m arket, but the articles were on the subject of fashion’s continual essentially the same. I don’t much moral debate “to wear fur or to wear understand how it is that fifteen fake fur.” different publishers can offer the “If we can eat it, I’ll wear it.” same variations on the same theme However, do not lose hope, and still attract enough advertisers most of these interviews are not all to make a profit, but apparently dull. As in the case of many, the the audience will devour these editors were kind enough to include magazines at an alarming pace. lots of swimsuit footage. I will adm it that these m aga

zines are somewhat intriguing, but to actually pay five bucks to take one home seems to be one of those mysteries like that cattle mutila tion thing: there’s no answer, and even thinking about it is creepy. All of these magazines pretty much looked the same. The one feature that in any way differenti ated these magazines was the gaudy flu o rescen t colour that each maga zine used as its cover text colour. I think some of the names are ‘fuschia’ and ‘c h a rtre u se ’ and ‘ebola’, but maybe not. The most innovative use of an unappealing colour was Clin D ’Oeil’s appli cation of a green fluores cent heart over a huge naked w om an’s pubic hair, which seemed oddly evocative of Serrano and early Rockwell. O f all the m aga zines, Allure was proba bly my favourite. The others leaned more heav ily on either high fashion or self-help bullshit, but Allure neatly walked on the edge. Mademoiselle had Love Q&A, Men Q&A, Sex Q&A, Friends Q&A, M oney Q&A, Work Q&A and Family Q&A, Elle had scraggly people w earing Guess clothes that conveniently exposed their nipples, and Cosmopolitan had an article titled “I got a col lege degree, so how come I can’t get a job?” But Allure had a photo spread on what celebri ties would look like if they d idn’t pluck their eyebrows and then had a fashion spreads featuring models with practically no eyebrows. B rilliant! Sw ift couldn’t have done it bet ter. The average Allure reader probably wouldn’t have picked up on the irony, however; one of the letters to the editor began “Thank you for having the guts to call Showgirls exactly what it is: pure trash, exploitation of women, and pornography.” Move over, Schindler: making a state ment like that takes real guts. P.S. “The 7 sex sins you should com m it,” according to M arie C la ire: 1) Rent erotic movies and use sex toys; 2) Have sex outside; 3) Shave each other; 4) Have sex in your office; 5) Talk Dirty; 6) Have sex with someone you’re only attracted to physical ly; 7) Book a motel room by the hour. Ouch! Hot stuff.

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To Be Young, G ifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her own words Adapted by Robert Nemiroff Vintage, 1995 Paperback, $ 16.95 In any case, my mother sent me to kindergarten in white fur in the middle o f the depression; the kids beat me up; and I think it was from that moment that I became - a rebel When Lorraine Hansberry died at the age of 34, her widower Robert Nemiroff kept his promise that he would care for the writings of her young life, both finished and unfinished. The end product, released two decades later, reads more like an active oral history than the multim edia script/text that it is. Snapshots of the world Hansberry created for herself are told and retold in a script-like episodic form - snapshots which are meant to be staged and be retold further still. Running throughout and tying the strands together are long, unearthed passages of diary entries, notes, correspondence and theory. In 260 pages, Nemiroff literal ly com m em orates H ansberry through her own reflections. There are her soliloquies and dialogues, her characters frozen on stage, her proposed works, notes and visual artwork, her letters to rich white

B lo o d s u c k e r s c o m e u p d r y in F r o m D u s k T ill D a w n Ed. note disclaimer: OK, so the combined efforts o f Clooney and Tarantino made fo r a pretty wretched delve into underworld camp. WHO KNEW?! We figure its a pretty safe bet fo r Tuesday Night Movie Pic anyway — the harmonious groans o f the audi ence will make this movie a hell o f a better trip than Sense and Sensibility. Q: What will film-makers Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino soon have in common with singer Vanessa Williams? A. T h ey ’ll be stripped of their titles as kings of Hollywood hipness. The dethronement won't be for posing nude for Playboy ,

farm boys, her speeches to young Engaged in a constant dialogue black writers, as well as her letters with the reader, the narrative voice to and from admiring and hostile echoes from all angles, while the critics. In its proposed state, there language moves jarringly between are parts of this text which are academ ia’s flourished proper intended to be acted on stage, and English and Southside Chicago’s others which are intend ed to be recorded in pho tographs, aired on televi sion, shown in film, or read as academic texts. To label this vol ume an auto/biography is wrong. Instead, H ansberry is to be rem em bered as the chain-smoking, whisky drinking genius who had better things to do than resort to writing autobi ographies, or posing for biographers. Nemiroff wisely lets her works speak for themselves; for, like all good writers, Hansberry exists as an incarnation of all of her characters, their enemies, their audi ence, their god and their creator. In integrating Hansberry’s inspiration with its final products, N em iroff creates a mosaic which is both inspired and inspiring — Hard wiskey a n d raisins. by breaching active per ghetto-folk idioms. formance as well as its critical broad explanation, the text transcends Beginning with a hermit’s solilo quy, the ‘storyline’ weaves in both. The script itself is elusive. motifs of characters, passages and

but for producing the scandalous ly awful From Dusk Till Dawn. Scripted by Pulp Fiction's T arantino and directed by El M a ria ch i’s R odriguez, From Dusk Till Dawn is supposed to be a rousing roast parodying schlocky vampire romps, Michael Jackson’s zombies in Thriller, heart-ripped-with-bare-hand kung fu flicks, and films with ghouls exploding into pus or barbecued bits of flesh. Instead, it offers bland acting from the central actors, absolutely pointless violence, and a lacklus tre screenplay (a misogynist scene where a Mexican nightclub owner advertises choices of women’s snatches as if they were tortilla dip flavours is one example of Tarantino’s bout with w riter’s block). The film ends up giving the term ‘camp’ a bad rep. The story deals with the

Gecko brothers, Seth and Richard, (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, respectively), a pair of armed robbers fleeing the law. Along the way to their citadel in Mexico, they take hostage a fami ly consisting of a faithless pastor Jacob (Harvey Keitel) and his two loving kids (Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). This brigade is forced to turn into reluctant vam pire slayers when, upon arriving at a Mexican sexjoint called the Titty Twister, the club’s patrons and dancing girls turn into shriek ing nosferatus. There are rare moments when T aran tin o ’s deadpan humour pops up in the film, like when a bat-bitten Keitel describes his inevitable metamorphosis (he declares at one point, “I will no longer be Jacob but a lapdog of Satan”). But overall the combined talents of Tarantino and R odriguez are wasted on an unevenly paced, hackneyed col lage of images and gimmicks bor rowed from their previous films. A true pity. - Monica Mak

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scenes which are repeated over and over. The text’s easy flow is sur prising, for nothing is ordered in accordance to chronology or simple logic. Unlike most ‘autobiogra phies’, the plays and writings are in no way identified by name or date. One is often unsure if the dia logue is part of a published play, or a scribbled brain storm. It is this ambiguity which keeps the play wright seemingly alive. Most impor tantly, this text reveals Hansberry as a person. If there is any jus tice in the world, it will establish her as not only the young one-hit playwright responsible for A Raisin in the Sun, but as a theorist, historian, and philosopher. As her liter ary reputation stands now, Hansberry’s image is too tangled in the assumed paradigms of Creative Young Black Woman. Reading her plays, it is easy to assume that her family is poor and ignorant, when they were, in actuality, upper-middle class activists. Listening to her politics, it is easy to tag her as embittered towards whites, which is also cate gorically incorrect. Nemiroff dis pels stereotypes in the most con vincing way possible — by clash ing Hansberry’s diary and speeches

with the words of her critics. Hansberry was a scholar, well versed and far-reaching. She speaks of O’Casey, Shakespeare, and the Eichmann Trial as easily and pas sionately as her characters speak of Africa. When she evokes the Renaissance, she is not necessarily speaking of Harlem’s. She easily conjures images from Haitian, slave and Jewish pasts to demonstrate the pains and necessity of reviving his tory. Hansberry was a realist and a humanist, not a naturalist. A natu ralist portrays life as it blandly is, while a realist portrays all that can possibly happen in reality. A flyon-the-wall can see everything real but hope. As black playwright James Baldwin reminisces in his introduc tion, “the black people crowding around Lorraine, whether or not they considered her an artist, assuredly considered her a w it ness.” Hansberry saw herself and her people as living in the middle of a historical process, which they, as the human race, would alter. “I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that destiny can eventually embrace the stars,” she states. This text creates the Hansberry Universe for the reader, where a young black writer has started cre ation anew, and has allowed herself to speaks out of every character, every slave owner, critic and slave. Despite the tragedy of her writ ings and her life, Hansberry is a writer of infinite will, optimism and sympathy. Her tragedies were not complaints, they were channels of change. “Life was not a struggle,” she once said, “it was something that one did.”

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i i i 'i i i l l Admittedly, i t ’s hard to stop reeling from the sad departure o f every McGill student’s favorite den o f slack, Cinéma de Paris. While its new alias and location, Cinéma du Parc, is that much less convenient to justify skipping classes to go to the matinées, the seats are ten times more comfortable and the screens equally bigger. To help introduce those who haven’t gotten

tion m alaise, G rover (Josh Hamilton), Max (Chris Eigeman) and Otis (Carlos Jacott) sit around their home and local bar, slinging cultural references at one another like Dennis M iller on Prozac. There is a lot of angst to be dealt with here. June (Olivia d’Abo) has left Grover to head to Prague and, as a result, he spends much of his time brooding over the messages

Looking into the eyes of Grover, who shares both the looks and intensity of David Duchovny, one understands the turmoil with which he wrestles, and is anxious to learn the outcome of his sundry difficul ties. The film, alas, is not prepared to provide this information. The narrative, though creative ly constructed and filled with intel ligent banter between the leads, lolls from start to finish without answering any of the questions it deliberately raises. Having invested an interest and passion for Grover and Max and Otis, the view er deserves better than this. Though unquestionably entertaining, Kicking and Screaming is far from satisfying. — J.S. Trzcienski

In this movie, Farrow plays a simple, quirky character. At first, she seems to be a really unstable personality among normal ones, but it quickly becomes apparent that the opposite is true. Her unaf fected, kind nature is the only thing that stays constant throughout the movie. Every other (normal) player either goes murderously insane, is arrested, becomes a nun, is a game show host or is killed by a bottle of

having caused the suicide of his mother, Shi sets out to wander the w orld and to redeem him self. Accompanied by an undisciplined and comic group of rebels, Shi hides in a monastery to plot his vengeance, and to await a chance to redeem his honour. Shi finds his redemption not in aggression, but in self sacrifice and devotion to the Buddha. The view er then traces his steps through two

champagne. Mia Farrow’s role is like a shining beacon helping the audience get through the film. Reckless is a biting parody of Christmas, romance, charity, and every other fairy tale ever told. This movie might have been called Forest Gump’s True Romance and Wonderful Life with Rosemary’s Baby, but I suppose the writers were too busy keeping track of the plot to write a catchy title. W hile I enjoyed it m yself, Reckless left me so thoroughly con fused that I can’t recomend it. I think I’d have to dare you to see it. — Mila Aung-Thwin

monasteries — the first overseen by a 10 year old monk, the second by a cantankerous 100 year old abbot. Haunting Shi throughout is the im age of an enigm atic woman (Joan Chen), who appears as two parallel characters. The Princess Scarlet, whom Shi encounters in the first monastery is reincarnated as Violet, a widow who is drawn to the second monastery. Both times the woman is S h i’s foil — a defender of peace and nature when he is a warrior, a seductress when he is a monk. The film is elusive — at times confusing, at times bathetic. For when an anguished soul intently sings religious verse while drunk in a whorehouse, one does not know, as they say, whether to laugh or to cry.

R eckless lashes out at the holiday season

Reels, glorious reels over their inertia to enter yet, the Tribune has com piled a list o f upcoming attractions. Kicking and Screaming fo r a better ending Considering that they dress and talk like grad students in the midst of completing a gruelling master’s degree, it takes a certain suspension of disbelief to accept that the central protagonists of Kicking and Screaming are all 22. Ultim ately, though, the viewer buys into their rather maladjusted lives, and finds him/herself egging on a favourite grumbling hero. Suffering from post-gradua

she leaves him on his answering machine, and hops zom bie-like from one bed to the next with meaningless freshman conquests. Max is disconsolate— he ‘does nothing’, and works out crossword puzzles when he’s not inquiring whether his peers have ‘beat off’ earlier in the day. Otis simply forgets to change out of his pyjama top, and frets about his aca demic future in Milwaukee. Director Noah Baum bach’s screenplay seems at times a little long on levity and a little short on the actual contem plation of his characters’ future. To be sure, they all have fears about the real world, but not much is made of them.

This is the most single-mindedly anti-Christmas movie I ’ve ever witnessed. If Christmas were a country, Reckless would be an act of war. The characters live through festive season after festive season, each more random, insane and trag ic than the last. For whatever rea son, Mia Farrow is perfect for this role. Maybe this has something to do with some of her previous work experience — this movie gets as absurd as Woody Allen’s films, and as sinister as Roman Polanski’s. There’s no point in relaying any of the characters’ names to you. The names are, like the char acters, in a constant state of flux. They’re good for laughs, but they don’t help you keep track of any one. The only thing that aids the viewer is the fact that Mia Farrow looks like Mia Farrow the entire time.

Tempting fate in Temptation of a Monk Clara Law’s latest offering is realistic and brash in its juxtaposi tion of quick hum our, bitter tragedy, and profound irony. As a period piece, it is alive with stun ning scenic shots, coupled with characters of both sexes enrobed in extravagantly Baroque costumes and cosmetics. Temptation o f a Monk centres around a general’s epic quest for Buddhist self-awareness amidst a backdrop of debauchery during the end of the Tang dynasty. Inspired by a recent historical Chinese novella, the story is one of attaining virtue in the face of others’ betray al, both in the bedroom and on the battlefield. Avoiding the trappings of the artsy film, the production veers away from surreal imagery effects. It is only surreal in its vaguely jar ring plot, which focuses on General Shi (Wu Hsin-kuo), a much herald ed warrior of the Emperor’s army. Shi is tricked by General Huo Da (Zhang Fengyi), an evil and treach erous war-lord, into aiding a coup on the Emperor’s Palace. Having shamed his family and therefore

— Matthew Roy and Joyce Lau My D inner W ith A ndré — No nudity, no explosions, no vam pires — j u s t two guys ta lkin g about theatre My loser life being what it is, I’ve been spending a lot of time lately at the library periodicals room, leafing through weighty arti cles in The Drama Review on the relation between text and perfor mance, cross-cultural interpreta tions of kathkali break dancing, and performance analysis of the semi otics of gesture in semi-profession al bowling. How is it that after a life of being terrorised by all-inblack theatre folk randomly whip ping me with spatulas and barbecue tongs, and later protesting that they were “in character,” I have devel oped an interest in the theatres of Continued on P age 17 »

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ly accessed by the listener because it does not take itself too seriously. Unfortunately, other works do not manage to bring the listener into the audio magazine as well as these. Tyler Doherty’s works feel dormant and distant in compari son, perhaps due to the subdued reading by the poet or due to the nature of the poems themselves. O ther poem s, such as K irsten Benzon’s, have their power dimin ished and come off feeling slightly overwraught due to the overzealous use of synthesiser and sound

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effects. But on the whole, this explo ration into the spoken word is a good first effort on the part of Montage to inject life into student poetry and bring it off the page. It makes for quite enjoyable listening and is worth checking out for any one who wants to experience the potential and the future of the spo ken word. C !€■^ & Montage, the audio maga zine, can be picked up in the Arts Lobby fo r $5 until Jan. 31.

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Grotowski, Brook and Artaud? Blame it all on this little film by Louis Malle. I first saw My Dinner With André in high school, when it excited me mostly by illuminating the most dangerous principle ever learned by a young writer: “hey, you can have a movie that’s just about two guys, y ’know, sitting around, and, um, talking about stuff.” What made this principle dan gerous was my neglecting the other necessary elements of this equation — the primary one being that one of the characters has to be fat and have a lisp, and the second that the subjects have to be as intelligent, engaging, and genuinely fascinat ing as theatre director André Gregory and W allace Shawn (known also for his appearance as that fat lisping guy in The Princess Bride and as the fat lisping neigh bour on The Cosby Show). The film’s admittedly unlikely premise is the meeting over dinner of two old friends, stmggling actor and playw right Shawn and the avant-garde director Gregory. As the film unfolds, Gregory’s adven tures in finding truth are recounted in moving and often very funny monologues (a favourite moment being his description of eating sand in the Sahara desert with his Zen guru). Wallace Shawn’s disbelief (perhaps even disgust) at the inher ent narcissism of G regory’s endeavours m irrors that of the audience. When Shawn begins to speak up, conflict builds like it would in a conventional film, a reminder that the classical philo sophical dialogues which the film recalls are also, in their own way, dramatic texts. Even if you have reservations about watching two guys talk about theatre for a couple of hours, My Dinner With André confounds all expectations, surely ranking with the greatest films of the ‘80s. What is perhaps most notable about it is that it can be repeatedly revisited, almost re-read, like a great novel. If it causes you to start hanging out in the periodicals room, though, my advice is to seek professional help. — Kurt Newman

La Haine in the theatres The film opens with a news report showing French youths clashing with cops and fire-bomb ing the station. The riot occurred, said the reporter, as a reaction to the wrongful shooting of a black kid by cops. In closing the broadcast, the viewers are casually informed that one of the cops lost his gun in the debacle. The stage set, the story is woven around 24 hours in the life of three poor ethnic juveniles living in a project outside of Paris. Through the characters’ dialogue, much of which centres around their attitude towards their future, the viewer is given a hint of the prob lems of poverty and the threat of a racist environment — epitomised in their relations with the police. The first kid acts as the eyes of the film. He’s tom between wanti ng to avenge himself on the cops who shot his friend, and trying to avoid more trouble. The second has basically given into hate. What’s worse, he just so happens to be the one to find the lost gun, an object depicted as feeding hatred. The third character, a boxer, wants a way out. His goal is to avoid all confrontation and he is depicted as the voice of reason, trying to keep his pals from exploding. Although the them es are inescapably heavy, the film will sweep you away. The spastic and tense dialogue, accompanied by the constant reminder of time creates a trem endous amount of tension. Camera angles and grungy loca tions make this film visually stun ning as well as em otionally enthralling. By the end of the film, the viewer is dizzy with adrenaline, and completely stressed-out. Don’t be discouraged by the subtitles— the dialogue is so quick and confused that, to catch all the cracks, even French speakers have to read them. •— Sylvie Babarik I N A N U T S H E L L ....

Raging Bull — Some argue that this is the only film Scorsese should have bothered making.

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Laroque explained that her works can also be described as “ultrarealism .” A realistic work would portray an image of life as the average individual sees it. Her photographs, on the other hand, use light and angles to create a new perspective. All of her works display build ings shrouded mostly in darkness. There is a minimal amount of light used to illuminate the constructions in view. Most of her works are not named, letting the pictures speak for themselves. Known equally for De N iro ’s embodiment of a single-minded boxer as for the slow-mo fight sequences, the black-and-white punches have a resonance on the big screen that your VCR just can’t capture. Friday, 4:15 B u rn t by the Sun — After garnering the best foreign film Oscar, director Nikita Mikhalkov finally got the attention he deserved. The film deals with a cmcial moment in Russia’s shakey history through a romance. Without hit-you-over-the-head morality, it succeeds in touching and haunting audiences. Thursday, 3:30 Dune — David Lynch got his standing in art-school history with this epic masterpiece (OK, maybe it had more to do with S ting’s screen presence than Lynch’s abili ties). At any rate, huge piles of sand await. Friday, 11:45 II Postino — The romantic story line, Pablo Neruda’s poetry, and a visual stimulation of the reti nas transfixed us all last summer. For those who missed Michael Redford’s workings the first time around, Cinéma de Parc is offering a first date movie worthy of a sec ond look. Friday, 6:45, Wednesday, 4:45 Atlantis — Luc Besson (also responsible for La Femme Nikitta) sets a cool and languid pace with this under-water exploration. With tranquil intensity of image and sound, the film is made for the big screen. A graceful and sensual film. Tuesday, 9:30 Crumb — People make a lot of noise about Crum b’s wacky family, but what is more interesting is the way in which the cartoonist stands as a conservative force in the maelstrom of ethnic, gender and artistic confusion of contempo rary America. Art critic Robert Hughes is the real star of the movie, droning on about Crumb l ’artiste while the little man rides around, piggyback-style, on a voluptuous dominatrix. Keep on truckin’ ! Friday, midnight Manhattan — Woody Allen’s finest tribute to the city where angels rush in and fools tread. With a sincere story and love of the metropolis, the film (as hackneyed as this sounds) captures the essence of Woody. It has a neurocy that can

In one work, she uses the light from a passing car to shed light on the photograph’s subject. The dis appearing passing car leaves a white and red strip on the road that looks more like two strips of red and white paint than actual light. In another work, she captures fluorescent lights to add a blue tint to the inside of a building, giving it an eerie atmosphere. “There’s something that fasci nates me about the n ig h t,” Larocque said. She is so intrigued by the time when all are asleep that she finds herself travelling in deserted areas at three in the morn ing, carrying her huge tripod in order to get the picture she desired. While many people do not feel safe under these conditions, Laroque said that she feels “more comfortable at night....more inti mate.”

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Her pictures express this tran quility. They display the feeling of calmness and peace that a big city lacks. The café’s curators, Eric E ntner and Patrick C hevalier, promise future exhibits will offer a wide variety of artwork, and will be just as intriguing as those of the past.

Cafe X ’s vernissages are held Thursday nights between 7:30 and 11:00 p.m., where lone can enjoy live music, sandwiches, and beer. The I artwork itself is also on disI play at the café throughout I the week between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, I and between 8 a.m. and 6 I p.m. on Friday.

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A i n ’ t n o C i r c u s in T u e s d a y N ig h t C a fé Tuesday Night Café’s exper imental, lunch-time theatre pro gramme began Monday, January 29, and runs until February 2 in M orrice Hall. The convenient matinee hours and low admission prices ($1 a ticket), make the atre-going at McGill more acces sible than ever .This is N ot a Circus, a quirky, hour-long origi nal com edy, is w ritten and directed by English masters stu dent, Iona Brindle, and centres around a group of perform ers who have run away from the cir cus to jo in S uburbia (a respectable “Anytown”, not the Bogosian play). Arthur, formerly known as Bobo the clown, has put his cir cus days behind him and is set tling into his new life as a fish monger. His former partner, Cici,

shows up in town. Her arrival follows suspiciously close on the heels of the murder of their old ringmaster, the Great Gonzago. R evolving around the reunion of two former clowns, the play featu res separated Siamese twins, an ex-lion tamer, a spurned snake charmer, and an ambitious garbage man. Doublecrosses and hidden-agendas push the play to a bizarre and poignant conclusion.

I \This is not a Circus runs \Tuesday and Thursday at \4:30 and W ednesday and Friday at 1:30 p.m. and plays in repertory with the original Imodern comedy, Tempus Fugit Carpe Diem. Call 934I 3996for details

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C u rre n t a s s e ts Cash Short-term investments Accounts receivable Inventories /"SADIfiS) Prepaid expenses Due from capital expenditures reserve fund

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T o the Directors of the Student Center of McGill University/ Centre étudiant de l’Université McGill We have audited the balance sheets of the operating fund, the capital expenditures reserve fund and aw ards of distinction reserve fund of the Student Center of McGill University / Centre étudiant de l’Université McGill a s at May 3 1 ,1 9 9 5 and the statements of revenue and expenses and surplus of the operating fund, changes in the reserve fund for capital expenditures and of changes in the reserve fund for awards of distinction for the year then ended. Th ese financial statements are the responsibility of the Students’ Society Council. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Students' Society Council, a s well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

C u r r e n t lia b ilit ie s Accounts payable McGill University Student health insurance plan Other Due to aw ards of distinction reserve fund Due to capital expenditures reserve fund Current portion of long-term debt (Note 4)

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The McGill Martlets and the Bishop’s Gaiters are two teams going in entirely different direc tions. If the people at W ebster’s needed an illu stra tio n for the word ‘m ism atch ’, they would have to look no further than last Friday night’s contest between the Q U B L ’s w orst and first place teams. The Red ‘n’ White have not lost a game in league play, while the Canadian geese-like Gaiters are going south in the standings for the winter. Com ing into last F rid a y ’s QUBL m atchup, B ish o p’s was still search in g for th eir first league victory. From M cGill’s perspective, the game was merely a formality. Show up and chalk up a victory. The term ‘O-for’ had taken on new meaning for the Gaiters, as McGill was more than happy to hand the w om en from Lennoxville their eighth consecu tive league loss this year. Anne ‘Windex’ Gildenhuys,

named QSSF athlete of the week, set a team record for rebounds. She snared 23 boards, 16 offen sive and 7 defensive (officially Gildenhuys is credited with 26 boards, but after further video tape review, the numbers are as stated), and poured in 28 points en route to the 81-47 romp over the Gaiters. Gildenhuys has become a real force to contend with in QUBL. She leads the nation in field-goal shooting p ercen tag e(7 2 .6 per cent). In the QUBL she is second in both the scoring race, averag ing 17.5 ppg, and rebounding with a 7.8 average per game. The Martlets vaulted to a 4318 lead in the first half and never looked back. The G aiters’ offence could not hit the broadside of a barn in the first half. Shooting a mere 27 per cent from the floor, Bishop’s only managed 18 points in the first twenty minutes. Vicky Tessier was the only other Martlet in double figures, with 18 points, and 12 boards. Turnovers played a large role in the game. Bishop’s coughed up

the ball 31 times. McGill made Bishop’s pay dearly for their mis

takes, scoring 36 points off Gaiter miscues. McGill, did commit their

All the Gaiters could do was watch.

share of turnovers, giving the ball away 19 times, but the Gaiters managed only 12 points off the McGill giveaways. Valerie Falls, Kim Van Vliet, and Jennifer Macpherson had 10 points each for Bishop’s. McGill’s only notable short com ing in the gam e was free throw percentage. In the first half, the Martlets only shot 25 per cent in the first half, and finished the game 15 for 37 from the charity stripe. McGill left the friendly con fines of the Currie Gym and head ed north on Sunday to face the Laval Rouge et Or. The fiesty Rouge et Or almost put the first dent in McGill’s perfect season. Contests at Laval have been tradi tio n ally b illed as a d ifficu lt assignm ent, and last S unday’s game was no exception. “We are a marked team. The rest of the QUBL is gunning for us. Laval prepared well for us and plays hard at hom e” said head coach Lisen Moore. Coach Moore welcomed the com petitive spirit of the game, Continued on Page

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When the McGill men’s bas ketball team entered last Friday n ig h t’s m atch-up against the Bishop’s Gaiters, most expected that a motivated squad would take to the floor. Although McGill sported a 4-2 league record, the Redmen were recovering from a trashing at the hands of the Concordia Stingers, and wanted to re-establish them selves as the class of the QUBL. Instead, the Gaiters was the team that used its previous losses as positive motivation. Its three consecutive losses, totalling a mere four points, incited B ishop’s to strike out and trash the Redmen. Faced with an uphill climb after tough defeats of 1,1, and 2 points, the Gaiters put themselves back in playoff contention while venting their frustrations on the Redmen. Powered by a 33-13 surge through the latter stages of the first half, Bishop’s cruised to a 90-69 victory over an uninspired McGill team. “We had our backs to the wall after our three tough losses, but we didn’t give up. I’m very proud of my boys,” said a relieved Bishop’s Coach Eddie Pomykala. Bishop’s was led by senior forward Stuart Clark, scoring 25 points and hauling down six rebounds. Clark continually con trolled the low post area, convert ing an incredible 11 of 13 field goals. He also played a key role in shutting down Chad W ozney,

M cG ill’s top inside weapon. Wozney was limited to only 12 points, and was not able to get many touches in M cGill’s half court offence. “We tried to front him

Both C lark and Coach Pomykala praised the efforts of Bishop’s point guard Ryan Thorne. He scored 15 points, but his great est contribution to the game was his eight assists. When McGill

will not score unless he plays well,” added an appreciative Clark. It was clear that the Redmen did not use the loss to Concordia as a wake-up call. The Redmen appeared to be undisciplined and

Sophomore Matt Watson brings the ball up the court fo r McGill. [Wozney] and the guards came down and swarmed him and he had to kick the ball out to the guards. I think he travelled a few times, and we tried to get him flustered. We wanted to take him out of his game,” said Clark.

defeated Bishop’s by a single point on January 13, Throne was watch ing from the bench because of a one-game suspension. “Ryan Throne was a huge dif ference. He controls the tempo and the team. Any of us, me included,

unfocused throughout much of the game, which allowed Bishop’s to build an insurmountable lead. McGill forward Joel Pearlman noted the difference between the last Bishop’s game and the one on Friday night.

“The last game[Jan. 13 con test] we had a lapse and we man aged to pull through and come back. We didn’t work too hard the whole game. They beat us in every category — rebounds, ball cuts...they beat us all this time,” said Pearlman. McGill played competitively in the opening ten minutes of the first half, and trailed by three, 1916, at the 12:11 mark of the first half. After Bishop’s returned to the floor after their first time-out, they adjusted their defence to a ‘2-3 zone’. The change was creat ed with the intention of limiting McGill’s inside game and pres suring their outside shooters. The alignment change bewil dered the Redmen, as they were unable to get open shots against the aggressive defensive system. McGill forw ard Rick Varisco, who opened with eight of McGill’s first 14 points, strug gled to find shooting space on the perimeter and finished with 17 points. Redmen players did not set the necessary screens for their shooters until the second half. By halftime, Bishop’s had assumed total control of the game and held a lead of 52-33 that was not con tested for the remainder of the game. McGill now enters a pivotal point in their season. With a few critical league games remaining, the Redmen can either re-focus in time to make post-season play, or they can pack it in, like they have in the past two games.

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On Monday January 22, the McGill men’s rugby team hosted its annual awards banquet in order to recognise individual achieve ments from a successful fall sea son, which saw the club capture both the provincial championships and the Covo Cup while boasting an overall record of 24 victories, 2 losses and 1 tie. Incidentally, one of the losses was a hard fought defeat of the second team against the touring B erm uda N ational Side. H eadcoach P rofessor Benjamin Dyson congratulated all team members before handing out the team’s Most Valuable Player Awards. Masters student Jonathan McDougall was awarded the first team MVP, with U2 engineering student Andrew Harrison named the second team MVP. Rookie of the year honours went to Ottawa native Alain Wainwright for the first team, and Crescent school product Sean Bell for the second team . The M ost In spirational Player Awards were presented to Mark Cameron on the first team, and graduating U3 management student Sean Maniaci for the sec ond team. Other awards were handed out to graduating members of the club, which included the Steve Robb Award (for dedication and

perseverance), which was given to physical education m ajor J.F. C harland. The C harles Haigh Hands Award (for great passing) was p resen ted to accounting major Patrick Ghattas. The Steve P enner M em orial C oaching Certificate was awarded to assis tant coach Johnathan Wright for his voluntary contributions to the club. The Buck Wheaton Award (best defensive player) was pre sented to U4 physical and occupa tional therapy m ajor R ichard Preuss. Norwegian Oyvind Larsen was nam ed M cG ill R u g b y ’s International Player of the Year. Finally, Club President Richard H arris was presented with the President’s Trophy for outstand ing contribution to the club. Harris capped off the evening by announcing that earlier discus sions initiated by McGill and the University of Victoria had proven fru itfu l, as plans to hold a C anadian N ational U niversity Rugby Championship were con firmed for next fall. Harris also announced that the actual blue prints from a 1995 agreem ent between the Montreal’s municipal government and McGill’s Board of Governors to build two athletic fields on the reservoir were draft ed. The fields should be ready for use in September 1996. T hese tw o developm ents could improve the rugby team ’s

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chances of being promoted to a Level II sport, and thus receiving added funding from M cG ill’s Department of Athletics during the next round of sport reclassifi cation scheduled for 1997. The team will be training for the next few weeks in preparation for their February tour as well as organis ing i t ’s annual Rugby Snow Seven’s Tournament to be held on Saturday March 2.

The team continues its fundraising drive for its tour with another traditional Rugby Bash planned fo r G e rt’s Pub, Thursday February 8.

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and downplayed the narrow brush with a loss. “We were pleased to be in a close game. We haven’t had too many of those this season. Our team responded and stepped up at key moments,” said Moore. The M artlets took a 29-21 first half lead, but the Rouge et Or had their sight set on a upset. Laval R ouge et Or d isru p ted McGill’s offensive flow by mix ing up their defensive looks. Laval took a one-point lead with just under five minutes in the contest. The game seesawed back and forth down the stretch. In the final minute, Jennifer Stacey hit the

winning shot,a jum p shot from the ‘T ’,breaking a 51-51 dead lock. Alison Schafer preserved the win with a huge defensive p lay. S ch afer p lan ted h e rse lf inbetween a driving Laval point guard and the basket, drawing a charge. M cG ill iced the game w ith tw o free th ro w s, as the Martlets hung on to a 55-51 victo ryTessier led McGill in scoring w ith 19 p o in ts. G ildenhuys clean ed the glass for ten reb o u n d s, and she added 15 points. The victories over the week end extended M cG ill’s overall w inning streak to 12. The Martlets are 19-3 overall, and 8-0 in league play.

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who finished a close second. Of the strong ten team field, McGill was competitive, finishing fourth in both the women’s and men’s events. Despite not being as success ful in the overall standings as they may have liked, there were several notable individual performances by McGill athletes. Rosie Mullins who hails from Stirling, Ontario

field, indicating a high level of competition — and while recruit ing is thought to be much more intense in the U.S., the Canadian schools were able to hold their own. Banks described the talent level at this meet to be “compara ble to many of the meets that we [Colgate] take part in the States.” Queen’s biology student Mike Ede, a rookie long-jumper, was also impressed with the facility, and was excited to face com petition from across the border. “I think i t ’s great to face the competition from the A m erican schools .because more com petition forces us to elevate the level of our own p erfo r m ance,” said the Kenora, O ntario native. After a full day of exciting events, the U niversity of Western Ontario was victorious, followed closely by Syracuse U niversity. On the women’s side of the event, York was able to fend off strong competition from a feisty Syracuse side, Aiming fo r new heights.

looked im pressive in a second place finish in the 1500m, with a time of 4:43. In addition Alex Hutchinson was impressive in the m en’s 1000m, as he edged out M ike Lander o f W estern for a close victory. However, the most exciting performance of the day was in the w om en’s 600m, thanks to the efforts of Andrea Taylor. This oft imitated but never dupli cated athlete blew away the entire field, to set a Fieldhouse record in this event. Taylor, who has been suffering from shin splints and other a il ments, was awe-inspir ing in her performance. Content to start off the race in last place, at the 300m point she turned it on and effo rtlessly passed the entire field to finish w ith a tim e of 1:36.54. This time beat the old Fieldhouse record set by Julie Dupuis of Moncton by over a second. After a strong per formance at home, the McGill track and field team travels to Syracuse University next week to take part in a meet south of the 40th parallel. The O team hopes to continue •2 improving and peak for g the Quebec cham pi onships, which McGill will host in early March.

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Hockey. Canada. Hockey Night in Canada. These are terms we as Canadians consider to be syn onymous with a birthright, a legacy handed down to us from generation to generation. In big cities and small towns across this land, par ents show their children how to skate, how to stick-handle and to ‘play the man’ — not the puck. A couple of Saturday’s ago, the NHL all-star game was played at the ultra high-tech, luxury-boxed Fleet Centre, in Boston Massachusetts (a hockey town if there ever was one). As all-star games go, it was passable.The teams played defence and hustled. A home-teamer tallied the winning marker and every one at the game went home happy. However, the big story of the weekend was not the game, the skills, the competition, the oldtimers game or the trade rumours, swirling around the greatest hockey player to ever throw on a pair of blades. None of these aspects regis tered in the media-machine to our south. Instead, it was the Nintendolike Fox-Trak (Trax? Trac? Traq?) puck system that caused the biggest splash during the all-star weekend festivities. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last week, the Fox-Traque system is a TV gizmo dreamed up by those inventive TV-types over at Fox, to

allow the uninitiated to follow the flight of the puck. As I understand, it works like this: the puck is a rebounding target for infra-red sensors placed around the rink to track it The sensor infor mation is then fed into computers (in the Fox “puck-truck” no less...or is it pux-truq?) which result in a blue aura around the puck, and a red “comet” tail behind it when it exceeds 75 miles an hour. This apparition is then seen by all fans out there in TV land. According to NHL commis sioner Gary Bettman, this puck is designed to make the game more friendly to U.S. TV viewers, an idea which I am in complete sup port of. Canadian heritage aside, we would be a selfish people were we to keep the glory of this game, this living and breathing embodiment of ourselves to ourselves. Hockey should be enjoyed by as many peo ple as possible — so long as the nature of the game is not tampered with. This Fox Trach gizmo seems to meet both these criterion... As long as the CBC doesn’t decide to include this gizmo on Canadian games. But I digress. With all this attention centred around this puck, you’d think some body with a sense of humour over at the NHL and/or Fox would realise that this puck doesn’t look like the “comet,” as they all say. And just to add sex to the gore, machismo, and commercialisation of the game, in my mind, it looks

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like a very determined, very angry sperm atozoid winding it’s way through spermicidal agents in a furious quest to fertilise the tantalisingly agape ova (net). Our national game already has the drugs (John Kordic, Bob Probert, Grant Fuhr) and the vio lence (Don Brashear and the like). So, why not, with this new gizmo, incorporate sex as well? With a little imagination (and perhaps a few courses in psycho analysis) it is quite easy to see. Big forwards along the lines of Eric Lindros or Dave Andrechuck grasp their huge and obviously quite phal lic slabs of bent hickory and fire this furious little demon with great force at a heavily guarded target. At

“Now boys, that man is holding a stick, that’s just like your little thingy.” which point, a highly skilled defenceman such as Paul Coffey or Chris Chelios attempts to play the role of the spoiler, the spermicide, the M onoxydil 9. Oh yes, all defencemen should now wear the number nine, as a nod of the head, not to Gordie Howe, but rather to their new interruptal role in the game. Should they fail in their mis sion, the little sucker speeds right along to face the high-tech hockey version of the IUD or sponge, the goalie. This heavily padded individ ual (say John Van Beesbrook or the IUD him self Pat Roy) sprawls, dives and generally does everything he can to stop this little intruder from entering the inner sanctum of the egg... I mean net. Should the goalie fail, red lights erupt, bringing the crowd to life. They go bonkers, like 16,000 new grandparents. As for the play ers, they dance around high-fiving, chest thumping and celebrating the goal and their all-around manliness

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Nearing the end of regular sea son play, coach Rachel Belliveau and her volleyball players find themselves in comfortable stand ings with a third place ranking behind Laval and l’Université de Montréal. Last Wednesday, McGill suf fered a loss at the hands of l’Université de Montréal to extend their record to five and seven. The Martlets held their ground in the first game, losing only 12-15 and they went on to challenge M ontréal, w inning the second game 15-7. However, M ontréal came out on top, taking the next two games 15-12 and 15-6. While the final score denotes a loss, the Martlets were playing to win. Teammates Britta Weise and Wendy Whelan executed 17 and 16 kills respectively, while both man aging to stuff their opponents with

five blocks each. Anie de la Fontaine added another block, 15 kills and 29 digs to help the Martlets maintain their third place status. W hile satisfied with their standings, the Martlets are looking to improve their record before the playoffs which begin in a couple of weeks Their first chance to do so will

and virility. This wonderful little contraption may lead to hockey becoming more than just a game. It will become a lesson about the birds and the bees... for the kiddies too. As the NHL is trying to appeal to Americans, hockey could now be the official sport of the Moral Majority. The home team’s goals would be analogous to sex within wedlock, for the purposes of pro creation while the visiting team’s tallies could be pre-marital sex. The mood of the crowd will reflect these handy analogies. Of course in the case of the Moral Majority, or what may be left of it, hockey is a for eign sport and thus un-American. Indeed, there are a hundred ways to market hockey with this new technology without generating even the slightest interest in the sport south of the border. The impotent could watch Fox Traxx (Traxxx?) hockey to find out more about conditions such as low sperm count. Watch the shots on goal at an Ottawa Senators game and you’ll get the picture. A couple of

unplanned pregnancies? Watch a Pittsburgh power play. Sex educa tion in grade school would become so much less awkward. “Now boys, that man is hold ing a stick, that’s just like your little thingy. When he crosses the blue line his stick feels the same way your thingy does when your dog rubs up and down your leg,” the teacher would say. The possibilities are endless. Who needs Joyce Brothers or Dr. Ruth? Thanks to Dr. Gary Bettman and Fox, Americans now have a wonderful new high-tech, $400 U.S. a shot, sex-ed. tool. Oh, and a few of them may want to watch a hockey game as well.

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We sat down, across the table from one another in the physical education library. Right away, I knew why Jennifer Stacey is so invaluable to the Martlets basket ball team. A rare enthusiasm for the game, for life, and for school seemed to hang over everything she said. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for why the Martlets are leading the QUBL and are poised to return to the national champi onships again this year. On a team with many stars, V icky T essier and Anne Gildenhuys just to name a pair, Stacey is still able to leave a gen uine im pression on the league. R anked fifth in scoring in the QUBL, but only third on her team, one might be prone to overlook her abilities on and off the court. Numbers, as they say, do not usually tell the entire story of a person. While her numbers, first in QUBL free throw percentage and eighth in rebounding, are impres sive, they only complement her personal qualities. Jen Stacey is a member of one of the younger teams in the divi sion, a change from the veteran squad which took the floor last season. “We [the U1 & U2s] were basically the rookies last year, we’re a younger team compared to

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the rest of Q uebec this y ear,” many other varsity athletes, she is explained Stacey. studying for a bachelor’s in physi This big change from last year cal education, which she plans to does not appear to have phased complete this year. either Stacey or the team though. “I’m graduating this year, but After last year’s fifth place I’m not graduating from McGill. finish at the nationals, she seems I ’m going to do a b a c h elo r’s confident that the team can return degree in [human populations] to the championships. geography,” she stated. “I definitely think we have an Her plans are oriented opportunity to go all the way this tow ards a profession in highyear,” she announced with more of school education, where she could the enthusiasm which struck me use both the physical education right from the start. and geography for The key, she teaching and explained, was to After last year’s fifth coaching. keep up the momen place finish at the According to tum which has them nationals, [Stacey] Stacey, “If I can running away with teach phys-ed and the QUBL title thus seems confidant geography, it that the team can far. allow s me [to The team ’s return to the have] more doors strong play has been to open, more even more im pres championships. opportunities.” sive, given the sev Opportunities e ra l injuries they which we, as stu have sustained thus far this year. dents, know are clearly limited in M ost notably, veterans Debby all fields. Morse and Josee Deloretto have To qualify as a teacher in been out for a long time, but they geography, Stacey would only have persevered beyond the set have to complete one year in the backs to become an even stronger subject, but her plans extend team. beyond just having the teaching “Our main competition is just degree. to stay healthy right now,” contin “I don’t know if I’m ready to ued Stacey. graduate entirely, I was thinking Away from the game of bas of even doing a masters in physi ketball, Stacey continues to be cal education,” she pondered. deeply involved in athletics. Like Either way, she made it clear that she would like to take advan-

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tage of all five years of her basket ball eligibility at McGill. Stacey continues to concentrate on bas ketball. She has played in one form or another for the last few summers, although before that she was a big soccer enthusiast. Asked why she chose basketball over soccer, she cited the growing pop ularity of basketball in Canada. “W e’re getting much more exposure than we’ve ever had in the past, so it makes the game even m ore in te re stin g ,” she explained, in a tone which implied that for her, basketball could not really get any better than it already is. I brought up the issue of try ing to make a professional team in Europe, where women’s basket ball already has strong roots. Stacey expressed that this was indeed a dream of sorts. “I don’t know if I have the capability to play professionally, but I’d like to see if I can,” she said. “I think a lot of my team mates as well are interested in playing professionally.” However, her thoughts are for now firm ly focused on the Martlets’ current season. There is a lot to be said about a team which can handle a wrath of young players and which has had some of its strongest veterans hurt, yet can still be the class of the conference, and perhaps the league.

Briefs travelled to Trois-Rivières where they met the m ighty UQTR Patriotes. In a very close game, the Redmen lost by a score of 4-3. Alain Vogin scored his first goal of the year on a breakaway with 40 seconds remaining in the sec ond. It gave the Patriotes the 4-3 lead over the Redmen and turned out to be the last score of the game. McGill got goals from cap tain Todd Marcellus, Kelly Nobes and rookie David Butler. UQTR, at 13-4-0, is in sole possession of first place. At 10-7-2 the Redmen went into Ottawa determined to place themselves back in the hunt for a piece of the lead. The 11 -6-2 GeeGee’s found out quickly that the Redm en were serious about requiring a share of second place. Trailing 2-1 after the first period, a flurry of five goals in the second period gave McGill the spark they needed to whip the Gee-Gee’s. Spearheaded by Pierre Gendron’s four point effort (2 goals, 2 assists) the Redmen ended up winning by a score of 9-4. The other McGill goals were scored by M ichael Javornik, Francois Lajeunesse, Benoit Leroux, Luc F ournier, Kelly Nobes, Todd Marcellus and Stéphane Angers. The victory gave the Redmen a share of second place in the Far

S p o rts C '2 < z C e t t c C < z % Wednesday, January 31 • M artlet V olleyball at Sherbrooke • Redmen V olleyball at Sherbrooke F rid a y, F e b r u a r y 2 • R edm en H ockey vs. Queen’s, 7pm • M a rtle t V olleyball vs. Concordia, 7pm • Redmen Volleyball, Laval i n v i ta t i o n a l ( c o n t i n u e s through the 4th) Saturday, F ebruary 3 • R edm en H ockey vs. RMC, 7pm • Redmen B asketball at Bishop’s • M artlet Track & Field, Syracuse Invitational M o n d a y, F e b r u a r y 5 • Martlet Hockey vs Dorval Not:e: McGill home games are in boldface All hockey home games are played M cConnell W inter Arena B asketball and volleyball home games are played at the Currie Gym

East division. After 20 games the Redmen and the Gee-Gee’s have identical 11-7-2 records. McGill holds the advantage of having scored more goals than the GeeG ee’s with 92 to O ttaw a’s 80. Speaking of goal scoring. Pierre Gendron continues his torrid pace with a five point week. The Redmen sniper leads the OUAA in scoring w ith an 18-27-45 record in 20 games.

W o r l d ’s f i r s t h o c k e y te a m c e l e b r a te s 1 1 9 th b irth d a y The McGill University hock ey team will celebrate its 119th birthday on January 31. McGill students, instrumental in the origins of hockey, founded the world’s first organized hockey club and played its first game on Jan. 31, 1877. The contest was a challenge game played between M cGill students and an am al gamation of Montreal Lacrosse Club, the Montreal Football Club and members of Montreal’s old Victoria Skating Rink. The game, which ended in a 2-1 victory for M cG ill, was played at Victoria Rink, bordered by Drum m od St.. De M aisonneuve and D orchester St.(now Rene Levesque). The Tilden Rent-a-car garage is cur rently located in that location.

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January 30th, 1996 Tuesday. January 30 •the School of Social Work presents Annette Werk, M.S.W., in a seminar discussing the use of small groups to help adolescents learn about vio len ce. W endy Patrick Room, Wilson Hall, 12:30 until 13:30.

•the Debating Union holds the w eekly practice rounds in Leacock 15 at 5:30. A1 are wel come to attend. •LBGTM hold their Coming Out group at 17:30, followed by the General Discussion at 19:00. Both in the UTC basement (3521

•the n ew ly -created “A ltern ativ es in E d ucation Interest Group” will be hosting a discussion on the future possibili ties o f ed u catio n at M cG ill. Burnside 426 at 16:30. Call 8453258 for more information. •Red H erring wants to eat your tender metacarpals! Shatner B01-B at 16:30— d o n ’t forget your favourite BBQ sauce. Wednesday. January 31 •the P ro g ressiv e C o n serv ativ es of M cG ill announce the General Meeting in Shatner 107 at 18:00. A Policy Session will follow. All invited to attend. Contact Rajesh at 2889037 for details. •the Future of Law Reform in Canada, a seminar presented by the McGill Legal Activist Society, will be held betw een 9:00 and 17:00 today in the M oot Courtroom. Contact the Society for details on sch ed u ling and admission. •LBGTM holds its Bisexual D iscu ssio n group at 17:30 in Shatner 423. Thursday. February 1 •LBGTM holds the Women’s D iscussion G roup at 18:00 in Shatner 423.

Saturday. February 3 •Yellow Door presents Ken W hitley, a m aster of the roots music he calls “acoustic eclectic.” Call 276-5605 for more informa tion. Monday. February 4 • Beverly Hills 90210 is on at 8 pm., channel 12. Kelly contin ues her walk on the wild side in a crazy drug-infested love triangle. The magical world of Spelling w ill never be the sam e. Stay tuned.

•the R ed H erring m eets today! 16:30 in the Yicky Crypt (Shatner B01-B) Secret surprises for those in costume! •D r. Paul P ieh ler o f the Eng.Dept, will hold a seminar on “Re-Thinking the University” at 19:30 in the Jack Cram Memorial Auditorium, 3700 McTavish. •the next presentation of the G roup for R esearch on Immigration is at 12:00 in Arts 160. Dr. Sherry Olson of the Geography Dept, will address the subject “Are there lessons from history? 19th Century immigrant populations in Montreal.” •the Debating Union holds its w eekly M onday m eeting and Show Debate in room 1175, 550 Sherbrooke, at 18:00. •the C B C /M cG ill L ecture Series continues with W illiam B enjam in, U.BC, lecturing on music theory during and after the Cold War. Room C209 of Pollack Hall, 16:00; free admission. O ther Listings

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University). •the TNC Theatre continues its lunch time theatre in Morrice Hall. Tempus Fugit Carpe Diem and This is not the Circus run daily until Feb.2. M/W/F at 13:30 and 16:30, T/Th at 14:00 and 16:00. Call the TNC Theatre at 398-6600 for more information.

• Dead Man Walking is play ing in theatres as we speak. It’s rumored that the film is so good that some audience members have left after half an hour in tears (of course, they were drama majors, so we aren’t sure how moving it really is).

Hopmeyer at 398-7067. •Andrzej Zybertowicz of the Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland, will hold a lecture, Feb.7. at 16:00, on “Communist Elites and the T ran sitio n to M arket Economy in Poland.”

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Here are the facts: • according to Statistics Canada, social programs account for only 6% of the federal debt; corporate tax deferrals and high interest rates account for the rest; • Canada has the lowest cor porate tax rate among the G-7 countries; • if the federal government charged corporations reason

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able interest on their deferred taxes (e.g. prime plus 2% ) it would result in over $4 billion in additional revenues each year • the government refuses to collect the $40 billion in out standing deferred corporate taxes. L e t th e g o v e r n m e n t k n o w th a t c u ttin g f u n d i n g zoill do n o th in g to b r in g d o w n th e debt!

For More Information Contact: Chris Carter, McGill Action Committee 398-6800 or Erin Runions, Local 79 Canadian Federation of Students 398-3756