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“ T h e re is o n ly on e w inner th is e v e n in g , the w in n e rs are the p e o p le ...W e h av e show n the outside world our toler a n c e , o p e n - m in d e d n e s s an d r e s p e c t ” d e c la r e d P rim e M in is te r Je an Chrétien. For the second time in fifteen years, Q uebeckers v o te d N O to s e p a r a t in g from the rest o f C an ad a. T h rou gh ou t the cou n try , Canadians anxiously w ait ed a s the r e s u lts o f la s t night’ s referendum slow ly tr ic k le d in fro m a c r o s s Quebec. During the referendum c a m p a ig n , the Y E S and N O sid es were extrem ely close. Although the feder a l i s t s w on by a s m a ll m ajo rity o f 0 .6 per cent, the federalist and seperatist Quebec stays: federalist emotions run high as N O supporters rejoice in a unified Canada. cam paigns were separated heightened at the Y E S headquar Jo h n s o n sta te d th at he w as has aw akened the sleeping giant by 4 0 ,0 0 0 to 5 0 ,0 0 0 v o te s . ters as leaders acknow ledged the a d d r e s s in g a ll Q u e b e c k e r s , and f i ll e d him w ith a te r r ib le A p p ro x im a te ly 8 5 ,0 0 0 b a llo ts l o s s . A lth o u g h both B o u c h a rd including those absent Y E S sup resolve to build a better country,” were rejected. porters. an d P re m ie r J a c q u e s P a riz e a u said Manning. “ The changes must With 92 per cent o f all eligi “ They feel sadness. They feel asked Y E S supporters to remain be real and not cosm etic.” ble Quebeckers casting ballots in d isa p p o in tm e n t,” he co n ce d e d . c la im , a C a n a d ia n f l a g w as Senior Liberal policy advisor the referendum, it w as not appar torched outside for the referendum, Eric M aldoff, “ And we can under ent that the N O sid e w ould be o f the h e a d attributed much o f the Y E S side’ s stand... What I want a b le to d e c la re a v ic to ry until q u a r te r s . T h e support to the influence o f B loc to say to them now “Gardons l’espoir car 9 6 .7 p er cent o f the p o lls had an ger in Q u é b é c o is le a d e r L u c ie n to g iv e up. la prochaine fois sera Tiso gnot been tabulated. Parizeau’s Bouchard. e th e r , we can With a Y E S vote o f 49.4 per la bonne.” speech seem ed “ The in tro d u c tio n of continue.” c e n t, P a rti Q u é b é c o is V ic e to e c h o the B o u c h a r d an d h is e m o tio n a l H o w e v e r, a s Lucien Bouchard President M onique Sim ard stated se n tim e n ts o f ap p e al, h is attem pt to aro u se a Johnson hoped that Bloc Québécois the d e c is io n “ w ill that the referendum re su lts are the f la g sense o f grievance over historical not to be ignored. Leader be ac c e p te d by all torchers. w o e s [an d ] ta lk o f a F re n c h “ It’ s not a b lu ff, not friv o nation were factors that aroused Q u e b e c k e r s w ith “ I t ’ s tru e lous...Q uebec society has m oved we w ere b e a t powerful em otions,” he said calm , seren ity and forw ard to be serious about fun with dignity” , riot police m oved en in the en d . B y w h a t? B y Howard Chom ey, a professor damental change, and no one can at 11:45 in order to keep Y E S and m oney and by the ethnic vo te,” o f political economy at Concordia be triumphant,” Sim ard said. s ta te d P a r iz e a u . “ W e w an t a N O forces apart at the com er o f University concurred. “ In such a pluralistic Quebec country. And we will have it,” he “ It is because o f Bouchard — S t- L a u r e n t and S t- C a th e r in e where there are so many national streets. he com pletely changed the cam said time and time again. ities, a near 50 per cent Y E S vote In the wake o f this NO victo “ N ext time, instead o f being paign. It is also because o f urgent sends a strong m e ssa g e ,” stated ry, Bouchard’ s statements will be 60 or 61 per cent o f us [French u n e m p lo y m e n t in Q u e b e c and A ction D ém ocratiqu e o rg an ise r disgust with the [federal] govern Q uebeckers] there w ill be 63 or hard to forget. Daniel Rivet. “ Q uebec will have “ L e s ‘ o u i’ n ’ ont ja m a is été 6 4 p e r c e n t o f u s ,” sta te d ment,” said C hom ey. “ Bouchard exp ressed its feelin g o f urgency P arizeau . “ U ntil fin ally we w ill p la y e d the e th n ic c a r d and p lu s n o m b re u x q u e se s o ir . for change.” gain our reven ge. We w ill reap d ru dged up a lot o f old history Gardons l’ espoir car la prochaine R e fo rm le a d e r P re sto n and nation al sentim en t. He got our reven ge when we g iv e our f o i s s e r a la b o n n e — et c e tte Manning agreed that any constitu selves our own country.” prochaine fois pourrais venir plus aw ay with a lot m ore than any tional negotiations with Q uebec other politician.” vite que l ’ on ne le p en se,” con A t the N O h e a d q u a r te r s , must challenge the status quo. Provincial Liberal L eader Daniel E m o tio n s w e re fu rth e r cluded Bouchard. “ The c lo se vote in Q uebec
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October 31st, 1995
Students vote in favour of changes to health plan By M elissa Radler In th e r e fe r e n d u r h h e ld on O c to b e r 23 th rou gh 25, students
$ 6 0 ,0 0 0 . L o s s e s in 1 9 9 5 -9 6 are
v o te d to raise prem ium s a further
of
C a la r it is
passed, the cost o f the health plan
p rojected to be b etw een $200,000
$6 per year to include partial c o v e r
exp ressed con cern
in th e lo w
is $ 62.04 per student p er y ea r, a
and $400,000.
a g e f o r the H e p a titis B v a c c in e .
m a jo r ity that fa v o u r e d th e v a c
rise o f $18.2^1. Th e number o f stu
T h e vaccine does not exist in other
c i n e ’ s im p le m e n t a t io n in t o th e
dents w h o use the plan is expected to increase.
“ W e are m a k in g ch a n ges so
th e
r e fe r e n d u m ,
vo te d in o v e rw h e lm in g support o f
that future gen eration s
health plan. Calaritis stated that in a
the proposed changes to M c G ill’ s
o f M c G ill students w ill
p leb iscite con du cted last year, 75
In r e s p o n s e to th e r e f e r e n
health plan. A record 22 per cent
e n jo y th e sam e b e n e
per cent o f students exp ressed an
d u m ’ s f i n a l q u e s t io n , s tu d e n ts
turnout w as re c o rd e d and 81 p er
fits ,”
C h r is t o s
in tere s t in in c lu d in g the v a c c in e
authorised the S S M U to raise pre
cent o f students cast votes in favour
C a la r it is , th e M c G i l l
w h ile the referendum ’ s 52 per cent
miums up to a m axim um o f 10 per
o f the continuation o f the plan. A ll
health com m issioner.
m a jo r it y s e e m e d to r e p r e s e n t a
c e n t o f the a p p ro v e d c o s t o f the
m otions w e re passed w ith a clear
s a id
plan. T h is amounts to $6.20. T h e
w aning interest.
In o r d e r to m a in
“ C o n s id e r in g h o w s e x u a lly
ta in c u rre n t l e v e ls o f
majority.
proposal was included so that small
Changes approved in the refer
serv ic e , 68 p er cent o f
a c tiv e w e are, e s p e c ia lly in re s i
adjustments in the near future may
endum include a rise in the cost o f
students v o te d to raise
dence,
b e m ad e w ith o u t the e x p e n s e o f
an d
c o n s id e r in g
th at
another referendum.
premiums fo r covera ge o f prescrip
premiums to $56.04 per
Hepatitis B is a sexually transmit
tion drugs, oral contraceptives, and
s tu d e n t p e r y e a r , an
ted disease, students did n’ t vote as
the Hepatitis B vaccine. D uring the
increase o f $12.24. This
much as I hoped they w ou ld ,” said
Finance, b e liev e s that an increase
p ast fo u r y e a rs , p re m iu m s h a v e
w ill c o v e r 80 per cent o f
Calaritis.
in prem ium s is un likely in the next
rem ained at $43.80 per studeat per
the cost o f prescription
Lev
year.
d ru gs and ora l con tra
health insurance broker, com m en t
fe w years. “ I ’ m h o p in g this w ill plateau
B uhkm an,
M c G ill’ s
K e lly
R e m a i,
SSM U
VP
T h e considerable profits made
c e p t iv e s . M a in t a in in g
ed on s om e o f the health p la n ’ s
ou t and w i l l b e s ta b le f o r m an y
b y Seaboard L ife , the underwriter
the lo w e r p re m iu m o f
problem s. H e stated that the plan’ s
years,” said Rem ai.
fo r the plan, led to the introduction
$43.80 w ould have c o v
adm inistrative and technical qu ali
Calaritis expressed satisfaction
o f new benefits w hich w ere im ple
ered on ly 65 per cent o f
ties tend to isola te it fro m p ublic
that students, rather than cou n cil,
m ented last year. A pay-direct pro
the cost o f prescriptions
interest.
m ade the d ecisio n to increase the
gram was adopted w h ere students
in 1996-97.
“ W e are a lw a y s f ig h t in g an
health plan b en efits. H e is c o n fi
u p h ill b a t t le to m a k e s tu d e n ts
dent that the increased cost o f the
aware o f h ow to use the plan and
plan w ill be surpassed by the bene
its benefits,” Buhkman said.
fits provided.
cou ld use their M c G ill id e n tific a
“ H a v in g a s lig h t
tion in order to receive im m ediate
in c r e a s e fr o m $ 4 3 to
benefits instead o f filin g a claim fo r
$56 is not m uch, con sid e rin g the
health insurance packages because
reim bursem ent at a later date. A s a
in c r e a s e
th e
o f its status as a preventative m ea
A p p ro x im a te ly 25 per cent o f
“ I t ’ s the b est in v e s tm e n t an
resu lt, c la im s in c re a s e d 300 p e r
increase in the cost o f prescription
sure. It is th erefore unique to the
students utilise the benefits o f the
undergraduate student w ill m ake in
cent
drugs,” Calaritis said.
M c G ill health plan.
h e a lth p lan . T h e a v e r a g e y e a r ly
his u n d e rg ra d u a te c a r e e r ,” said
c la im is $100. W it h the ch an ges
Calaritis.
fa c e d
in 1 9 9 4 -9 5 , and S e a b o a rd an
im m e d ia t e
lo s s
of
in
in f la t io n
Students approve o fR e m a i’s new plan.
and
F ifty -tw o per cent o f students
W h ile pleased w ith the results
Students support CASA’s “Real Choices” campaign By Noah G itterman
cy, and outlines m ajor reform s to the funding o f higher education. It
In last w e e k ’ s S S M U referen
proposes to redirect the w h ole edu
dum, M c G ill students voted in sup p ort o f the C anadian A llia n c e o f S tu d e n t A s s o c i a t i o n s ’ “ R e a l
cational system through rationalisa
C hoices” p o lic y on post-secondary
better links b e tw e e n sch oo ls and
education o v e r the approach p ro
b u s in e s s e s .
posed b y the federal govern m ent.
C h oices cam paign was to encou r
O v e r 64 per cent o f students voted in favou r o f C A S A ’ s p olicy w h ile
age C A S A m em ber universities to ask th e ir stu dents w h e th e r th ey support C A S A ’ s document.
15.5 per cent voted against it. The
tio n o f u n iv e rs ity ad m in istration and p ro g ra m s w h ile d e v e lo p in g
SSM U
rem aining 19.8 per cent o f the bal la u n c h e d
VP
of
th e
R eal
E x te r n a l
and
C A S A ’ s Quebec R egio n al D irector
lots w ere spoilt. CASA
P art
its
R eal
C h o ic e s cam p a ign on S ep tem b er 21 o f this year. T h e centre p iece o f
N ic k
B e n e d ic t e x p la in e d
that
regardless o f the results, the cam
"M a k in g H igh er Education W o rk ” .
paign was a success because it fos tered student debate about issues in higher education.
T h e paper is a response to the fe d
“ O n e o f the p u rposes o f the
the cam paign is a docum ent titled
eral g overn m en t’ s education p o li
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Motion to cut D aily funds passed by small margin in referendum By B enji W einstein T h e student referen du m held
C A SA ... back to last year, when a number o f
Y E S C o m m itte e w as pleased w ith
h o y a n s u g g e s t s th a t B o G w i l l m o s t lik e ly b e the fin a l r e s tin g
p ress
place fo r this issue.
h e ld
la s t
to d e te r m in e th e p o s s i b ilit y o f
Thursday, H ay announced that the
“ R ig h t n ow , w ith such a slim
fu n d in g
Y E S C o m m it t e e had b e e n d is
m ajority, there isn ’ t m uch chance
Pub lication s S o c ie ty resulted in a
s o lv e d
o f [th e m o tio n ] p a s s in g th rou gh
sm a ll m a jo r ity in support o f the
C o m m itte e w as no lo n g e r n eces
q u estio n . B e c a u s e the Y E S sid e
s a r y as th e m o t io n
w o n b y a s m a ll m a r g in , s o m e
passed.
c u ts
to
th e
D a ily
and
s ta te d
th a t
th e
had b een
b e l i e v e it is u n l i k e l y th a t th e
“ T h e res u lt o f the v o te is a
B oard o f G ov e rn o rs w ill v ie w the
cle a r nu m eric in d ic a to r o f w h ere
refe ren d u m results as a m andate
student support stands,” said H ay.
fro m undergraduate students.
“ W e w o n a m oral v ic to r y ...W e ’ re
In to ta l, 3 ,6 7 2 b a llo ts w e r e
g o in g to im press upon the B oard
cast, w ith 1,745 b a llo ts o r 47.5
o f G ov e rn o rs the inherent con tra
per cent o f studénts- in support o f
d ic t io n in th e w a y th e D P S is
th e q u e s tio n . T h o s e w h o v o t e d
funded. H o p e fu lly , the B oard w ill
a g a in s t th e p r o p o s a l to c e a s e
listen to us,” he said.
fu n d in g fo r the Daily constituted
A c c o r d in g
to
between Benedict and Targett goes
Continued from Page 2
the results o f the referendum . In a c o n fe r e n c e
Page 3
The votes cast as No Opinion presented themselves as a brand new arena for dis agreement among the YES and NO sides.
stu d en ts’ A s s o c ia tio n s , in c lu d in g S S M U , c h o s e to le a v e C F S and
referendum is to have g o o d discus sion about [ C A S A ’ s] docu m en t,”
form their ow n association, C A S A .
Benedict said. A lth ou gh the referendum was
T argett m aintains that C A S A was
a clear success fo r C A S A , Benedict stated that the p o lic y w ill have to
fo rm e d because certain groups in C F S fe lt threatened by an increase in support fo r a m ore liberal agen
undergo m ore revisions. H e point e d ou t that C A S A w i l l h a v e to
da. Instead o f en gagin g in debate,
rethink som e o f its proposals, such
th ese p e o p le o p te d to fo r m th eir
as the graduate surtax, w h ich is a
ow n national association. “ These are p eop le w h o are not
proposal to place a tax on the earn ings o f all university graduates. H o w e v e r , som e m em b ers o f the M c G ill com m unity do not fe e l th a t th e r e fe r e n d u m q u e s tio n
used to h a vin g to fig h t ,” T a rg e tt said. T a r g e tt a ls o v o ic e d c o n ce rn that M c G ill students w e r e n e v e r
a llo w ed students to participate in a
g iv e n a ch an ce to d e c id e i f th ey
w id e ran gin g discussion. Stephen
w a n te d th e S S M U to b e c o m e a
T a r g e tt, p resid en t o f the M c G ill
m em ber o f C A S A .
P os t G raduate Studen ts’ S o c iety , w hich is a m em ber o f the Canadian
“ I a d v o c a t e d r e w r i t i n g the question to read ‘ D o I want to be a m em ber o f C A S A ? ’ ,” Targett said.
Sevag
th e B o a r d o f G o v e r n o r s , ” s a id
F e d e r a tio n o f S tu d en ts and n ot
1607 b a llo ts o r 4 3 .6 p er cen t o f
Y e g h o y a n , student rep resen tative
Y e g h o y a n . “ A n d i f it d o e s n ’ t pass
C A S A , e x p la in ed that a question
Th e debate on M c G ill campus
th e v o t e . T h e r e w e r e 2 6 6 N o
to the B o a r d o f G o v e r n o r s , the
th ro u gh the fir s t tim e , w h a t are
a s k in g w h e th e r stu d e n ts p r e fe r
continues, as C F S and C A S A are
C A S A ’ s or the govern m en t’ s p o li
taking very different approaches to
c y does not leave room fo r people w h o support neither.
r e fo r m in g
O p in io n b a llo ts and the r e m a in in g
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c o u n t in g
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O p in io n votes, the Y E S
D a ily
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“ T o ask a question w ith out a r e a l c h o ic e is e m b a r r a s s in g ,”
h ig h e r
e d u c a tio n .
C A S A ’ s m ost c o n tro v e r s ia l p ro posals are in the area o f alternative fu n d in g fo r u n iversities, w h ere it wants to com bine a graduate surtax
T argett said. M an y p eop le seem ed to agree
and in c o m e - c o n tin g e n t lo a n s to
in v o k e d .
w ith T a r g e tt’ s p o s itio n as alm ost
students in o rd e r to im p r o v e the
S p e c ific a lly , he fe e ls that the s u b m is s io n g i v e n b y th e
20 p e r c e n t o f th e b a llo t s w e r e s p o ilt - s u b s ta n tia lly m o re than
q u a lity o f u n iv e r s ity e d u c a tio n . T a r g e t t d is a g r e e s w it h th e s e reform s.
has
D a ily at th e J u d ic ia l B o a r d
w ere spoilt fo r either o f the other
h e a r in g w it h r e g a r d t o th e
tw o S S M U referendum questions.
q u e s t io n ’ s c o n s t it u t io n a lit y
B e n e d ic t’ s resp on se to T a rg e tt’ s criticism points out that
e n s u re a c c e s s ib ilit y . A l l “ R e a l
“ I was sym pathetic to the
th e r e fe r e n d u m w a s a f i r s t f o r
C h oices” proposes is to slow down
D a ily at c o u n c il [w h e r e the
C A S A , and the problem s encoun
the rising o f tuition fe es ,” Targett
first phase o f the m otion was
said.
passed], but after the Judicial
te re d w e re a ll part o f a le a rn in g experience.
B oard hearing, I cou ld n ’ t help
“ W e sh ou ld h a ve had a ‘ N o
Saskatoon on the w eekend, C A S A
but be upset,” he said. “ It was
O p in ion ’ [option on the ballot] fo r
p lan s to use w h at it has le a rn e d
a slap in the fa c e to d em o cra
sure, th at’ s on e o f the th ings w e
fro m the referendum cam paign to
c y , and to the en tire p ro cess
learned from this,” B enedict said.
lo b b y against the fed era l g o v e r n m ent’ s p o lic y on higher education.
M uch
o f S S M U referen d a. I cannot
of
th e
c o n tro v e rs y
“ T h e y ’ re n o t in t e r e s t e d in notions o f zero tuition in order to
A fte r a national conference in
ju s tify that at a ll.”
This referendum is about die politics of free speech.
No
Yegh oyan
was suspicious.
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n e x t s te p
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s e e m in g ly e n d le s s saga w ill
YES side victorious - sort of.
b e the D a ily 's a p p e a l to the
side a c h ie v e d the sim ple m a jo rity it n eed ed , w h ich o th e r
Y E S w in is binding, and the ques
w is e it w o u ld not have had.
tion w ill n o w b e passed into the
successful, the Daily w ill presum
hands o f B o G . A Y E S w in m an
a b ly b e le ft to its o w n d esign . I f
a p p e a l to th e J u d ic ia l B o a r d to
d a te s S S M U
B oG
the ap p ea l is o v e rtu rn e d , S S M U
c o n t e s t th e r u l i n g
a n n u a lly , u n til s u c c e s s f u l, to
w i l l p r o c e e d t o p e t it io n B o G ,
c e a s e c o l l e c t i n g fu n d s f o r th e
w h ic h as Y e g h o y a n s u g gests, is
M c G i l l D a ily . H o w e v e r , Y e g -
alm ost bound to fail.
T h e D a ily is p r e p a r in g an o n th e N o
O p in io n votes. “ W e w e r e in fo r m e d b y the
to p e t i t i o n
J u d ic ia l B o a rd . I f the a p p e a l is
C R O s that the N o O p in io n ballots w e r e ru le d to b e o f n o w o r t h ,” s a id D a ily C o o r d in a t in g e d ito r , M -J M illo y . “ It is unconscionable that the C R O s cou ld th row out 10
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T A L
C A R E
w ith
Ç E N T L E N E S S 20% off to M cG ill Students
per cent o f the v o te s .” A d d this m ost recent con tro v e rs y to the list o f disagreem ents b e tw e e n
p a r t ie s
in c l u d e s
th e
w h ic h
M c G ill
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S S M U , the J u d ic ia l B o a rd , and
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Federalists gather to show support for a unified Canada By C raig Lockwood A p p ro x im a te ly 150,000 “ N o ”
numerous k ey speakers w h o d e liv
Q u e b e c k e r s a lik e . T h e c r o w d
Q u e b e c L i b e r a l L e a d e r D a n ie l
slashed prices. V ia o ffe r e d a d is
e r e d im p a s s io n e d m e s s a g e s o f
s h o u te d s u p p o rt as P r o g r e s s iv e
Johnson and P rim e M in is te r Jean
count o f 50 per cent and both air
u n ity
C on s e rva tiv e L e a d e r Jean Charest,
C hrétien p lead ed w ith the p e o p le
lin es o ffe r e d seat sales at 10 per
to
C a n a d ia n s
an d
s u p p o rte rs fr o m a ll across
of
r e m a in
c e n t o f t h e ir r e g u l a r a ir fa r e .
th e c o u n t r y g a t h e r e d in P la c e du Canada last F riday to sh o w th eir support f o r a
w ith in C anada and v o te
F u r t h e r m o r e , b u ses f i l l e d w ith
“ N o ” in the referendum . C h rétien to ld the c ro w d
s u p p o r te r s w e r e r u n n in g f r o m m a jo r c i t i e s w it h in C a n a d a to
united Canada.
Q u ebec
to
th a t a u n ite d C a n a d a
M o n tre a l fo r the r a lly . T h e r a lly
of
w o u ld fa c e a p o s it iv e
brought Canadians fro m K ingston ,
im p e n d in g r a in c o u ld n o t
future. “ C an ad a w ill m o v e
E ven
th e
th r e a t
H a lif a x , C a lg a r y , T o r o n t o , and
into the tw en ty-first cen
e v en V an cou ver. H o w e v e r, these reduced fares
F r e n c h s u p p o r t e r s o f th e
tury u n ited fr o m sea to
fo r travellers raised som e concern
s tru g g lin g fe d e ra lis ts in the
s e a , p r o u d o f its t w o
am ong
Q u e b e c r e fe r e n d u m . T h e
o f f i c i a l la n g u a g e s ,” he
cla im ed that the D irecteu r G énéral
s tre e ts ,
said
des E lection s has c a lle d the p rice
d if fu s e th e c h e e rs c o m in g fro m b o th E n g lis h and
w h ic h
r e m a in e d
B e h in d th e s e o f f i
o p e n to t r a f f ic , e v e n tu a lly
Som e
cuts illega l. O v e r a ll,
r a lly
w as
a
b y b u s e s th at h ad a r r iv e d f r o m v a r io u s p r o v in c e s .
fr o m va riou s p ro v in c e s , .u
in c l u d i n g
M a n y M on trea l area schools
^5
K en n a and C ly d e W e lls . In an attem pt to get
national anthem. T h e o n ly source
■q
as m a n y s u p p o r te rs to
o f tension resulted fro m attem pts
~o
the rally as possible, V ia
o f sovereigntists to put up banners
l'~
R a i l , A i r C a n a d a an d
across the park at the b egin n in g o f
C a n a d ia n
the event.
a
nu m ber
of
m u n ic ip a l
e m p lo y e e s in O tta w a w e r e g iv e n the day o ff. T h e e v e n t a ttra c te d
„
,
_
,
,
Canadians show Quebec they care.
p r e m ie r s
th e
b eca m e en tirely b lo c k e d o f f
c ia ls
w e re c losed fo r the day and
s to o d
s o v e r e ig n tis ts .
F ra n k
M c-
A ir lin e s
p e a c efu l e v en t e n d in g w ith thou sands o f a n g lo p h o n e s and fr a n c o p h o n e s s in g in g th e C a n a d ia n
SSM U contributed to FEU Q sovereignist report B y D'A rcy D oran SSM U F é d é r a tio n
c o n tr ib u te d É t u d ia n t e
s o c ia tin g it s e lf fr o m F E U Q and
g o in g to take a chance and no one
w o u ld
the report on Q u eb ec sovereig n ty .
w ill e v e r k n o w ’ ,” R e b e llo to ld the
Q uebec
Tribune.
op p ortu n ity fo r an gloph on es, and
a
A c c o r d in g to the minutes o f a
U n iv
c o u n c il m e e tin g last M a rch , f o r
to
N ew s
R e b e llo
s a id
th a t
FEUQ
lik e to see a sep a ra te th a t
p r o v id e s
equ al
tuition agreem ents w ith O ntario.
M cG ill Ghetto Safety Audit: a fo o t in the door
Sevag
in ten d ed to g iv e the re p o rt v e ry
Patrick H o w e , F A E C U M V P
s ta te d th a t h e f e l t
lim it e d e x p o s u r e . H e a ls o s a id
E x t e r n a l s ta te d th a t B e n e d i c t
a d ocu m en t rec e n tly ob ta in ed by
S S M U had b een cheated. H e said
that S S M U p ro b a b ly w o u ld have
k n e w th e r e p o r t w o u ld b e p ro -
G h e tto
the Tribune.
that th ere m ust h a v e b e en s om e
n e v e r le a rn e d o f th e re p o rt i f it
sovereign ist.
m ade
e r s ita ir e du Q u é b e c r e p o r t p r o
m er
m otin g s o v e re ig n ty , a c c o rd in g to
Yegh oyan
S S M U is listed on the second p a g e o f a rep o rt presented to the C o m m is s io n
su r
l ’ a v e n ir
tributing m em b er associations. T h e fin d in g s o f the c o m m is sion s u b seq u en tly c on trib u ted to th e
s o v e r e ig n t y
a g reem en t
P r e s id e n t
w a y that S S M U c o u ld h a ve p re
had not b een lea k ed a c c id en ta lly
ven ted the incident.
to the Daily.
SSM U
du
Q u é b e c , a lo n g w ith o t h e r c o n
SSM U
VP
it
s u r fa c e d
a t th e
Daily.
M a r io D u m o n t. Y e s te rd a y , Q u eb eck ers w ere asked to
B e n e d ic t w as a w a re o f the purpose o f the
ap p ro ve the June 12 agreem en t in
paper fro m the start.
W h e n the in itia l re p o rt w as
h ave
o f the report.
e x e c u tiv e s said that
the Q u eb ec referendum .
s h o u ld
e ig n ty re p o rt b e fo r e
P a r iz e a u , L u c ie n B o u c h a rd and
12 b y
B e n e d ic t
nothin g o f the so v e r
H ow ever, F E U Q
June
th a t
in fo r m e d S S M U
Jacqu es
rea ch ed
H o w e v e r , R e b e llo c o n c e d e d
E x te rn a l N ic k
B en e d ic t respon ded that he kn ew
FEUQ executives said that Benedict was aware of the purpose of the paper from the start.
S a fe ty its
has
in t o
th e
w ay
M o n tre a l
M c G ill’ s
A u d it
P u b lic
W o rk s
D e p a rtm e n t.
R iv iè r e s m eetin g and in clu ded in
E x te rn a l
the report,” he stated.
B en e d ic t rec e n tly r e c e iv e d a
T h e le tte r , t it le d “ C o m m
SSM U
A ffa ir s
VP N ic k
te le p h o n e c a ll fr o m th e departm ent, stating that they
m ade a
s ig n e d b y B e n e d ic t . T h e le t t e r
w o u ld be happy to b egin d is
by
not
does not m ention that S S M U does
c u s s in g issu es r a is e d in the
t e l l i n g h is c o u n
n o t su p p ort s o v e r e ig n ty . A n d
r e p o r t. T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f
c il,” R e b e llo said.
although “ w e ” is used throughout
P u b lic W o rk s addresses c o n
w a s p rep ared at a
the letter, B en ed ict did not consult the S S M U e x e c u tiv e o r c o u n c il,
cerns such as sid ew a lk m ain tenance and im p ro v e d acc e s
c o n fe r e n c e
nor d id he in fo rm c o u n c il about
s ib ility f o r the h a n d icap ped .
his contribution.
B e n e d ic t s ta te d th at he f e l t
“ He m is t a k e
The
rep o rt in
Yegh oyan
F e b r u a r y 25 an d
R e b e llo
It seem s that
m itted and a p p ro v ed at the T ro is
ission sur l ’ aven ir du Q u éb ec,” is
T r o is R iv iè r e s on
F E U Q P resid en t F r a n ç o is
“ S S M U ’ s p o in ts w e r e s u b
B r ie f s
s a id
th a t
if
obtained b y the Daily last M arch ,
s a id th a t h is o r g a n is a t io n w a s
26. S S M U d id n ot send a rep re
B en ed ict k n ew the p ro -s o v e re ig n
S S M U ’ s a l l e g e d c o n t r ib u t io n
c o m p le te ly honest w ith B en edict,
s e n ta tiv e to the c o n fe r e n c e , but
ty rep o rt w as c o m in g , he should have brought it b e fo re coun cil.
very
p o s it iv e
about
th is
response. “ I t ’ s an en cou ragin g first step and it’ s g o o d to see part
and assu red h im that the re p o rt
B e n e d ic t d id sen d a le tte r w ith
S S M U c o u n c il v o te d to p u ll
w o u ld be its o n ly p ro -s o v e re ig n -
t w o s u g g e s t io n s r e la t in g w h a t
“ I d o n ’ t th in k it w o u ld b e
o f the c ity bureaucracy acting
out o f F E U Q shortly after the d is
tist action. H e said B e n e d ic t d id
S S M U w o u ld a lle g e d ly lik e to see
c o n s id e r e d v e r y r e s p o n s ib le fo r
on som e o f the recom m en d a
in a s o v e re ig n Q uebec.
o n e o f the e x e c u tiv e s to k e e p it
tio n s ,” he said . “ B u t th is is
rep ort because he d id not w ant to
T h e letter, ob ta in ed fro m L a
hush hush and n ot share it w ith
still on ly the b e gin n in g ” .
strain S S M U ’ s rela tio n s h ip w ith
F éd ération des associations étudi
c o u n c il, w h o are the rep resen ta
FEUQ. ‘N ic k [B e n e d ic t] said , ‘ I ’ m
ants du cam pus de l ’ U n ive rs ité de
tiv e s o f o u r c o n s titu e n ts ,” said
M o n tr é a l,
Y e g h o y a n . “ T h is is s o m e th in g
an gered M c G ill students.
c o v e ry o f the report, and im m e d i ately put out a press release disas
n o t d is a g r e e
w it h
th e F E U Q
s ta te d
th a t
SSM U
4 th A n n u a l B u r s a r y P re se n ta tio n b y the A m e r ic a n W o m e n ’s C l u b o f M on treal
%
that is pretty drastic.” F orm er
A rts
S e n a to r Joe
W o n g said that the le tte r should
V ic e P rin cipal A c a d e m ic B ill
w h en it was w ritten in February.
C h a n s u g g e s ts r e v is in g th e
“ T h e s e are d e ta ils that n eed
g r a d in g s y s te m a t M c G i l l .
to b e k n o w n . A l l F E U Q d o c u
T h e C o m m itte e o f A s s o c ia te
how
c o u n c il
know
t o M c G i l l N o r t h A m e r i c a n S t u d ie s s t u d e n t K a t e
“ N ic k [B e n e d ic t] should b e s e ri
12 RACHEL WEST
a n a w a r d t o t h e t o p s t u d e n t in t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n
1 STEP OVER FROM ST-LAURENT
S t u d ie s p r o g r a m . D u r i n g its 81 y e a rs , t h e A m e r i c a n
M O N T R E A L * 2 8 4 -2 8 0 4
W o m e n ’s C l u b o f M o n t r e a l h a s s e r v e d as a c e n t e r f o r
5PM ■7PM
w ill
w h a t’ s g o in g o n ? ” ask ed W o n g .
A m e r i c a n W o m e n ’s C l u b b e g a n t h is b u r s a ry i n 1 9 9 1 as
HAPPYHOUR
e ls e
o f M o n t r e a l p r e s e n t e d a b u r s a ry in t h e a m o u n t o f $ 1 5 0 0
K r o e g e r . K r o e g e r is t h e fir s t f e m a l e r e c i p i e n t s in c e t h e
o f s u p p o r t in g c i v i c a n d p h i l a n t h r o p i c p r o je c t s f o r t h e
?
. y\
lb
“ th e
the grade o f A + in [ M c G i ll ’ s] g r a d in g s y s te m on stu dents w ith re s p e c t to a d m is s io n s ,
sake he has a v e ry g o o d reason.”
graduate studies and p r o fe s
w as
s io n a l p r o g r a m s ..., f e l l o w ships and jo b s .” T h e d ra ft is
w o rk in g on the sov e re ig n ty paper,
p ro p o s in g to in clu d e a le tte r
and says that F E U Q is not te llin g
g r a d e o f A + w ith a r e v is e d
the truth.
4.3 grade point. T h e proposal
“ They
o b v i o u s l y h a v e an
w ill
be
p re s e n te d
in te r e s t in d e fe n d in g th e ir c o n
A c a d e m ic
duct,” B e n e d ic t said. “ I hon estly
P r io r it ie s
can ’ t w a it until the current c ro w d
Senate fo r
of FEUQ leaders go.” t
c o n c e r n in g
im plication s o f the absence o f
a c tio n s . I c e r ta in ly h o p e f o r his
d id n o t k n o w th a t F E U Q
A m e r i c a n w o m e n i n M o n t r e a l w i t h t h e m is s io n o f p r o
D eans has held num erous d is c u s s io n s
o u s ly q u e s tio n e d r e g a r d in g his
B e n e d ic t m a in ta in s th at he
m o t i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l f r ie n d s h ip a n d u n d e r s t a n d in g , a n d
A re c e n t d ra ft p ro p o s a l c ir c u la t e d b y th e o f f i c e o f
h a v e b e e n b r o u g h t to c o u n c i l
m en ts s h o u ld g o to c o u n c il, o r O n S e p t e m b e r 2 7 , 1 9 9 5 , t h e A m e r i c a n W o m e n ’s C l u b
A or A + : That is the question
mb .bic !t:i:»nGPr'i ittg biuow odw
v .t .v
T i.ii;
to
P la n n in g C o m m itte e
th e and of
discussion.
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T r ib u n e A O b s e r v e r
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October 31 st, 1995
Not the diary of a McGill security guard By Jennifer Budcell AND RAKHI RUPARELIA
in to a C h e e t o - in fe s t e d R ip V a n
I t ’ s that m o m e n t that e v e r y y o u ’ re h a p p ily tu ck ed a w a y at a (g r a d s tu d e n t’ s ) ca rrel in M cLen n an L ibrary, when suddenly
8:15 P M :
Security front.
th ir d
flo o r ,
u n d is tu rb e d .
leges...)
3:05 P M : B reak time. H ead to
9 :0 6 P M :
S p o t d is tr e s s e d
frosh leavin g library. Set o f f book
o f m onitoring ro w d y lunch-eaters. 5:15 P M : W o k en up by sound
alarm, just fo r a gag.
the e n e m y ’ s b o o ts h e a d in g y o u r w ay. A lth ou gh you attempt to hide
o f em ergen cy siren ringing in secu
D o w n to s e c u r ity o f f i c e to sort
the eviden ce (in this case a bag o f
rity o ffic e . Infra-red fo o d detector
through d a ily lo o t o f c o n fis c a te d
C h e e t o s ), th e c r u m p lin g o f the
food.
damn bag makes you all the m ore
has located fem ale student drinking water on south side o f fourth floor.
conspicuous.
Slip pistol into holster and head up.
B efo re you know it, the glare o f th e
s h in y
b la c k
b o o ts
has
reached you r peripheral vision; you
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lo o k up, m eetin g a pair o f accusing
u n sa fe sex on s ix th flo o r . O f f e r
eyes. R elu c ta n tly, you hand o v e r you r lunch, m uttering an a p o lo g y
c h o ic e o f c o n d o m s a c c o r d in g to
th r o u g h
a
sp ra y
of
ora n ge
34 o f M c G i ll S ecu rity Handbook. T h e y p ick blue.
A r tic le
7:33 P M : “ S atisfied” w ith yet
processed powder. Just h o w d o these com m a n d ing purveyors o f ju stice w h o strut through our lib ra ry scop e out the e v il d eed s o f students? S lip p in g
9 :3 0 P M : F e e l i n g h u n g ry .
9:45 P M : L e a v e o ffic e , brush ing processed cheese p ow d er from lips. 10:40 P M : T im e to play with the b ell! T im e to play w ith the bell! 10:43 P M :
C an ’ t stop! C an 't
stop! (T h e perks o f the jo b ...) 1 0 :4 5 -1 0 :5 0 P M : S m ile and nod as punky kids leave the library. 10:55 P M : A n oth er lon g day
another jo b w e ll don e. L e a v e the
com es to an end. Curl up in sleep
scene. 8:05 P M :
See student p o liti
cian slip p in g head secu rity guard
in g bag in secu rity o ffic e , w ith a “ g o o d b oo k ” and a free hand.
Wanna write for O b s e r v e r ? Stop by the T r i b u n e , buy Lizzie a coffee...and then maybe...just maybe...
SSM U buttheads do it again h o w the U .S . does it, rig h t? T h e
[ C o lu m n
funn y part is, to g e t these things a c c o m p lish e d all he needs is the approval o f the other old guys on
T r o u b le a n d D e s ir e D a v id B u s h n e l l
the B oard o f G overnors. H a ha. I t ’ s c u rio u s th at a g u y w h o h a te s s tu d e n ts so m u ch has so much influence on them and espe c ia lly on their politics. That genius
D a ily r e fe r e n d u m q u e s tio n w as
A fe w weeks ago, I was in vit
R a th e r , I p r e f e r th e d e f in it io n
ed to sit at a table in the A lle y w ith
in L a ro u s s e ’s E n g lis h French Dictionary — fasc ism : n fascisme.]
call the M anagem ent/IG LC M afia.
dinating editor o f the Daily. It was
F ir s t o f f , w e h a v e o u r f a ir
This is not a v e il to k ill the Daily,
at that fateful m eeting that w e (the
p rin cip a l, B ern ie “ B u rn in ’ L o v e ” S h a p iro . T h o u g h he m a y b e the m a k e - o u t k in g o f th e J a m es
A n n e d e F o n t e n a y ? W h y n o t? A ccord in g to Jeannette O ’ C onnell, “ M o s t o f the p e o p le ... fro m frats
S y lv ie Babarik, E d ito r-in -C h ie f o f the Tribune, and M -J M illo y , c oo r
m ed ia ) fin a lly brought to fru ition our a g e s-o ld plan o f m aking ou r
fo u n d
drawn up by fou r S S M U cou n cil lors w h o are part o f what I lik e to
selves gods and the populace foo ls
Adm in istration B u ild in g, he g ive s
and sororities h ave had prob lem s
in the eyes o f posterity.
o f f a certain air o f b e in g ... h o w
w it h
Y u p , w e d r e w up M c G i l l ’ s “ W h a t’ s H ot, W h a t’ s N o t” list fo r the M acLean’s u n iversity ranking
should I put this? ... a bastard. H is name, lik e all the M c G ill
M an agem en t students to death....” T h e horror, the horror! Particularly
p rin c ip a ls b e fo r e h im , is on the
c o n s id e r in g the fa c t that I c a n ’ t
issue.
w a ll in the lobby o f the Arts build
rem em ber one article e v er appear
it . . ..
th e
D a ily
m ocks
ing. Since last year, “ Bernard” was
in g abou t M a n a g e m e n t students,
th e-s e a t o f-th e ir -p a n ts s ty le s o f
m is s in g a “ D ” . T h is e v e n t u a lly
especially a m ocking article. D o n ’ t
t h e ir
n ew sp a p ers,
cam e to the notice o f the jou rnalis
flatter yourself; even the Daily has
Babarik and M illo y w e ren ’ t much
tic g e n iu s e s o v e r at th e M c G ill
better things to print. L ik e blank
into having irresponsible fun. Just
Reporter, w h o m ade it a front page
space.
take a loo k at m y suggestions that
photo. T a lk about a black e y e fo r
got shot dow n !
A p p r o x im a t e ly h o w m a n y non-Management/Frat p eople w ere
What ’s Hot:
B e r n ie ! S o p r e d ic t a b ly , a “ D ” ap p ea red less than a w e e k later.
G roup Sex
Q uestion: w h y d id n ’ t B ernie h im
question cam e to be? $6.70 is too
D eflow erin gs
s e lf notice that his name was a let
much to pay fo r one p u blication ?
What’s Not:
ter short? W o u ld n ’ t he have spot
H o w about $12,000 fo r one coun
Human S acrifice Pretentious F oreign C o ffe e
ted it during one o f his many strolls through the buildings o f the institu
c illo r ? C an I op t ou t o f K e lly R e m a i’ s stipend? W h y am I paying
A lr ig h t,
la te ,
tio n that P A Y H I M A S I X - F I G
th is g u y to cu t th e fu n d in g o f
m ea n in g the p eren n ial fa v o u rite s
U R E S A L A R Y ? I guess he was too
M c G ill Students fo r Litera cy? Is it
(H o t : A p a th y ; N o t: T h in k in g fo r
preoccupied e y e in g students’ w a l
true that you have to stand at least
Y o u r s e lf) w e re already taken, but
lets to notice.
fiv e fe et from him at his com m ittee
D e s p ite the am using, fly - b y r e s p e c tiv e
I d id a r r iv e
if
(SS M U ...m em b ersh ip has its p rivi
M cLen n an cafeteria under pretense
you hear the authoritative c lic k o f
d e fc > (-
See student p o liti
cian eatin g f iv e course dinner on
o ffic e .
Ly-
AfA b ifio rt'S '
o u r to u r o f d u ty o n th e M c G i l l 3 :00 P M : Punch in at security
B’A b .y ŸklKArlexA
tw enty d ollar bill.
W in k le-esqu e reverie, w e im agined
M c G ill student dreads and fears:
TeAC M q
w as
m eetings, and that you can’ t speak
to
probably busy w ith thoughts fo r his M c G ill o f the future. I person ally
unless he lets you? I hope it’ s true. I t ’ ll p ro v e e v e r y th in g , in c lu d in g
should that have m eant that there w e r e n ’ t o th e r v a lid w a y s describe the student body?
con su lted b e fo re this referen d u m
M ore
lik e ly ,
S h a p ir o
R e a l l y , o f a ll m y “ w a c k y ”
th ink that m any o f his id eas are
the fa c t that a ll th ese p e o p le , all
ideas I thought “ F ascism ” had an
brilliant and deserve consideration.
th e s e “ p o l i t i c i a n s ” an d p e o p le
outside chance at m aking the list.
Y e s , the undergraduate population
“ ru n n in g th in g s ” , a re ju s t lit t le
B u t n o -o o o , B a b a rik and M illo y
should be equal in num ber to the
kids, starved fo r fun and attention
w e re m ore in terested in b ic y c le s
post-graduate population; isn’ t that
and a fe e lin g o f w orth, no m atter
h o w m o s t u n iv e r s it ie s are run?
the cost.
and Star Trek and e-m a il p riv a c y than in tellin g the truth.
Y e s , tuition should be astron om i
[A uthor’ s note: When I say, “ F ascism ,” I don’ t mean it in the “ trains running on tim e” sen se.
c a lly h igh , w ith w e a lth y students
picking up the slack for the rest, who would get financial aid; that’ s
G ro w up.
Dave Bushnell has learned well from the Tribune.
C RO SSW O RD by THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Attila’s group 5 —fide 9 City on Honshu 11 “Gigi” star 12 Eye part 13 Hot crime 14 Disgust 15 Ruth nickname 17 Make interesting 19 Opposi tion vote 20 Derisive sound 21 Cargo unit 22 Shoplifted 24 Wager 26 Fountain orders 29 Actor Voight 30 Beauty contest 32 Lively, musically 34 Hurt 35 Silver bar 36 Chicago airport 38 Long autos 39 Frasier’s brother 40 Roger's 007 prede cessor 41 Pigsty qualify DOWN
1 Rain
dancers 2 Seizes 3 Diner’s accessory 4 Enjoy the slopes 5 Nasty comment 6 “Twelfth Night” duke 7 Reagan speechwriter Peggy 8 Bother 10 Actor Finney 11 Summer home, for some 16 Coin-op
L a s t w e e k ’s a n s w e r s
eatery 18 Price tag info 21 Beginning for vision or type 23 Atoll feature 24 Clyde’s partner 25 Puzzle
27 Sonora snack 28 Catches 29 Cala booses 30 Tender touches 31 Lock 33 Apollo goal 37 Yon fellow
October 31st, 1995
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T * H * IE
people are conservatives and under
Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University
Stop the Press
McGILL TRIBUNE “ W h a t m a n w a n ts is s im p ly in d e p e n d e n t c h o ic e ,
What is the deal with such anti-conservatism ?
w h a t e v e r th a t m a y c o s t a n d w h e r e v e r it m a y le a d .” - F y o d o r D o s to y e v s k y
Sylvie Babarik E d ito r-in -c h ie f
Iqyce Lau
Liz Saunderson
Assistant E d ito r-in -c h ie f
Assistant E d ito r-in -ch ie f
T o help illustrate m y point, I ’ d like to use a slight variation o f an old Buddhist story (y o u know , one o f those with a lesson to be taught): Three blind guys w ere roaming stories about all the strange animals
Free press on campus By Sylvie Babarik
they had run into. One o f them said that in the next villa g e to the south (A m e ric a ) that they w ere g o in g to have the reputation fo r being home to the strangest animal on earth, the elephant (the c o n se rv a tiv e ). Since none o f them had ever com e across
G
oodbye slanderous statements. G ood bye ugly fliers. H ello post-refer endum debates. V otin g in the referendum is on ly the beginning. N o w w e get to see
an elephant before, they w ould agree to g o their separate ways, and search the village fo r the pachyderm. W hen night fell, the blind guys
how each side w ill use numbers to push fo r their particular goals. (These statements may apply both to the Quebec and the S S M U ref
gathered at their appointed place and
erendum. H ow ever, because the deadline fo r this editorial precedes that
each related their exp erien ce. One
o f the Quebec vote, let's talk Daily.) For those w h o sympathise with the Daily's need to defend its exis
guy had touched the ear and said the
tence, perhaps all means are justified. H ow ever, fo r those w h o also value the right o f students, at the very least, to express their opinions, the Daily should be reprimanded for its behaviour during the last week.
disagreed, “ N o, no; the elephant is lik e a colum n: a strong foundation
the country together and swapping
Editorial
“ O nly very tough.” The second guy, w h o had fe lt up the elephant’ s leg,
(fo r A m erica).” The third guy, who had walked into and his head stuck up the elephant’ s ass [sic] unfortu nately, yells, “ Y o u ’ re both w ron g! This elephant is pure shit!” W ell, which blind guy is right? T h e moral o f the story is they’ re all correct. It depends on how you look at things. T h e problem is that the last g u y ’ s op in ion dom inates o v e r the other two. This is the case at M cG ill. Sometimes I read an editorial in
Daily or the Tribune where someone d e c id e s to take a shot at c o n s e r vatism . C om m ents like, “ W e must not allow the neoconservative m ove ment to expand” or “ W e must not be lik e ou r c o n s e r v a t iv e A m e r ic a n cousins” , are rampant and I ’ m left s c ra tc h in g
my
h ead
th in k in g ,
“ And?” Th ey label people as conser
standing the possible virtues o f con servatism, these writers have spent too much time up the elephant’ s ass. O f course, th ey are g o in g to fin d shit. W hen they finally get their head out, their vision is so clouded with crap that they m ay s im p ly m isattribute con servatism to ignoran ce and v ie w any v irtu e in v o lv e d as being malignant. I don’ t see any articles pointing out the evils o f liberals. Then again I wouldn’ t want to stick m y head up a d o n k e y ’ s (A m e ric a n sym b ol fo r a lib eral) ass and be at the receivin g end o f a kickback. It’ s real easy to ridicule a line o f thinking when it’ s in the minority. I find it humorous when people are threatened by the fact that there m a y b e m o re c o n s e r v a t iv e s ou t there. A w w w w , d o they fe e l their p o w e r threatened e s p e c ia lly when the conservative m ovem ent actually organises itself? In this w orld d iffer ent people think differently and once one criticises another it becom es a grudge match.
Vinh Nguyen U2 Psychology
elephant was lik e a flap p in g w in g,
vatives as i f it were an insult. R ath er than fo c u s in g on w h y
Nasrin views misleading
them. The third category o f problems
an educational agenda and id eologi cal value system that is basically at
lies in N asrin ’ s confusion between
odds with the M uslim majority pop
ca u ses
u la tio n .
W e are the only free press on campus, repeated the Daily tim e and tim e again. But, what exactly does this mean? “ Free press is the ability o f a community to have a variety o f opin
T h e p r o b le m s e m b e d d e d in
ions within a discourse,” said Coordinating Editor M -J M alloy. “ W e are the on ly com pletely autonomous paper on campus,” he added.
T aslim a N asrin ’ s “ personal ren d i tion” o f truth, as she presents it to an
B a n g la d e s h , lik e o th e r fo r m e r ly colonised M uslim societies, has an
on going program o f enforced secu larisation that has fostered the condi
Luckily, M a llo y did not include sources o f financing in his defini
o verflo w in g Concordia audience on
undereducated M uslim population,
tions fo r a “ fundam entalist” back
tion. I f he had, the Daily’s battle to prevent the S S M U referendum from including the question about students’ w illingness to continue to fund the
September 19, are com plex and easi
lash and Nasrin’ s remedy, education,
ly deceiving. The first type o f prob
the m ajority o f w hich are wom en. T h e r e fo r e , a c c o r d in g to N a s rin ,
paper w ould have been even m ore unsound. A fte r all, as ridiculous as the
lem — her failu re to d iffe re n tia te M uslim cultural attitudes and prac
Is la m m u st b e r e s p o n s ib le f o r w o m e n ’ s la c k o f e d u c a tio n in
tices from religious principles — is
M uslim society. W hat Nasrin omits
understandable, as Nasrin appears to be unfam iliar with Islam ic sources
is a m ore d e ta ile d h is to ry o f the growth o f the m odem education sys
cause o f the problem itself. F ew M uslims would claim that the p resen t c o n d itio n o f M u s lim
as basic as the Quran.
tem under foreign , colonial rule; a
w o m e n is id e a l. Y e t the issue at
question its e lf m igh t have sounded, it essen tially has the e ffe c t o f a plebiscite or an opinion poll. E ven i f the ‘ Y E S ' side had w on with a deci sive m ajority, at best, S S M U has lobbying power. It should, therefore, be no surprise so many claim that because the Daily opposed the referendum it was rejecting the opinion o f its constituents.
and
con sequ en ces.
It is th is e la b o r a te and
by w hich she means the increased im portation o f W estern secularism — far from a solution — is a central
T h e on ly body w ith the p ow er to cut funding to the Daily is the
T h e second category o f p rob
history w hich includes: the routine
stake here is whether M uslim soci
Board o f G overnors. T h e o l’ boys club w ill not casually risk being sued by the Daily. M oreover, it w ill likely feel uneasy when it is depicted as
lems arises from N asrin’ s failure to consider the specific principles per
p r a c t ic e o f b y p a s s in g e x is t in g
eties w ill be allow ed to im plem ent
threatening the existence o f a student publication. W ith only a 22.4 per
taining to wom en (w hich are proper-
M u s lim c e n tre s o f le a r n in g and establishing rival institutions, rather
reform s consistent w ith their basic beliefs and values or i f Western and
cent turnout, the 47.5 per cent in favour o f cutting the Daily's funding
ly “ I s la m ic ” ) w ith in an o v e r a ll Islamic perspective. Instead she fo l lo w s th e p re d o m in a n t m e d ia
than im plem enting positive change within indigenous structures; the use
Western-backed forces w ill continue
approach to Islam, isolating sensa
could be waved aside i f B oG is feelin g cautious. (N o n e o f this w ould surprise the Daily. Perhaps that is why they ignored the ‘ Y E S ’ side threat until the Judicial Board declared the ques tion valid.) A s tem pting as it is to question the m otives o f the ‘ Y E S ’ side, at least they played by the referendum rules. T h e Daily knew that by staging its October 24 demonstration, during the referendum period, that it could forfeit the w hole thing. N ot on ly did they g o ahead, they also chose to include attacks on the character o f ‘ Y E S ’ member lan Hay. For those w h o appreciate the existence o f the Daily , the most unfor tunate aspect o f its referendum behaviour is that the paper did not defend itself fo r what it is: a publication with an editorial slant. It seeks to p rivi lege the point o f v ie w o f traditionally under-representative groups. Som e w ill agree with this goal, others not. H ow ever, i f Daily editors are not w illin g to defend this aspect o f their paper, one wonders how deeply they believe in their apparent ideals. Fight fo r what you believe, not fo r what
c a l to o l s p e c if ic a lly in te n d e d to
to impose their ow n versions o f free dom and developm ent using “ fre e dom o f speech” and “ the oppression
tionalised pieces o f inform ation out
w eaken re lig io s ity and traditional
o f wom en” as new cam ouflage fo r a
o f c o n te x t. A s th e c o n c e p t o f w om en’ s rights has over a thousandyear history in M uslim society, the rea l issu e in c o n te n tio n b e tw e e n
authority structures; the practice o f t a r g e t in g r e lig io u s m in o r itie s through education, with the intent o f training non-Muslims for influential
much older message o f intolerance. It is a poor reflection on Concordia U n ive rs ity that it has p ro vid ed an academ ic forum fo r N asrin’ s e m o
“ fundam entalists” and fem inists is
positions in government and society;
tionally charged, yet factually m is
n ot
to
the creation o f a secularised intellec
leading, presentation on w om en in
ack n o w led g e w o m e n ’ s righ ts” but
Islam.
w h y the m a jo r ity o f M u s lim s — fem ale and male — refuse to accept
tual elite within the M uslim commu n ity w h ich , e v e n after a p h y sica l w ith d ra w a l o f fo r e ig n o c c u p y in g
the present fe m in ist d e fin itio n o f
powers, has continued to implement
M u s lim s
r e fu s e
Barbara Lois Helms M.A Islamic Studies
• S S M U ig n o r e d s tu d e n ts ’
you think w ill appease others. Though the Tribune as a w hole prides itself on being as impartial as possible, many am ongst us support the Daily's struggle fo r survival. Therefore when the latter’ s editors forget that w e too are editorially inde pendent, and that w e too b e lie v e in the need to be critica l o f public
“ why
o f secular education as an id eologi
m
L e tte rs
c o n ce rn s ab ou t c re a tin g a P e p s i
.to the Editor
m o n o p o ly ( Trib u n e , S e p t 19th, Daily Français, O c t 3rd, Culture, O c t 12-18th) • S S M U ig n o r e d p r o p o s a ls
affairs, som e o f us are left w onderin g just how legitim ate their other
W h en historians lo o k back at
tan t to s tu d e n t p o lit ic ia n s than
claims are. B oth the Daily and the Tribune are fu n d ed b y students. T h e y through B oG , w e through S S M U . Presumably, the ability o f a plurality o f ideas to access our pages keeps us accountable. It may be time the Daily
the S tu d en ts ’ S o c ie t y o f M c G ill
honest con cern fo r students’ w e l
c a fe te r ia in the A l l e y ( Tribune ,
U n iv e r s ity ’ s (S S M U )
1 9 9 5 -6
fare. A t the v e ry least, that is what
year, th e y ’ re g o in g to assum e that
th ey c o u ld assum e fro m the f o l
Sept 6th, Daily, Sept 7th) • S S M U s p e n t $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 to
b e in g v a cu ou s w a s m o re im p o r
lo w in g facts:
accept some accountability as w ell.
Continued on Page 7 »
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Staff Sonia Caltredt, B a rry Cam pbell, Andrew Capped, R o b Cohen, N oah G itterm an, A nne Grayson, D a n ie l H acked, G abe Levine, C ra ig Lockw ood, R ob in Neinstein, Jessica Olshen, R a ch e l O ng, R a ch e l Pulfer, M elissa Radier, M a tt Roy, L a u ra Stein, E ric a Sturzenberger, Jack Sullivan, J effT o rk in , B e n ji Weinstein, P e te r Yates, N an cy Zabaneh, Todd Z w illich
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Referendum Diary Part One: Working for a NO UJ
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and f la g - w a v in g . W h e n th e P M
rumple paper rather than attempt a
in d ic a te d that the c h o ic e fa c in g
coup.
Q u eb eck ers was “ de rester ou de
D
séparer,” lik e sheep fo llo w in g our
fid
s h e p h e r d , w e c h a n te d “ r e s te r , rester, rester...”
C h a t t e r b o x
CC
C ornell W right
H porters w ou ld not have w orried me,
S a tu rd a y , O c to b e r 21: w as
w ere it not fo r m y precarious posi
already abuzz with activity at nine-
tio n a to p an e i g h t - f o o t la d d e r .
t h ir t y th is m o r n in g . C a m p a ig n w orkers answ ered telephone calls,
M an y m iddle-aged men, w hom m y mother w ou ld describe as uncouth,
drank stale c o ffe e and studied maps
fe lt com p elled to o ffe r a on e-fin ger
o f the r id in g . Im p o rta n t p e o p le ,
salute or to hurl a stew o f in vective
m ostly older m en too important to
in
d o “ grun ge” w ork , ate donuts and e x p la in e d “ the fa c ts ” o f p o litic a l
F ortu n a tely fo r m e, th ey all kept th eir d is ta n c e , perh ap s r e a lis in g
c a m p a ig n in g to a n y o n e p o lit e
that m y important w ork in signage
enough to listen. I had m ore s ign ifi
w ou ld make me a pow erfu l martyr
cant things to do. I was on the sign
fo r m y cause.
The
lo c a l N O
O ffic e
my
gen era l
d ir e c t io n .
tionally reserved fo r Canada D ay; it
p u r p o s e fu lly th rou gh the M c G ill
w as h e a rtfe lt and h eart-w arm in g.
M é tro as I attem pted to distribute
D an iel Johnson thankfully le ft his
f ly e r s p u b lic is in g the P la c e du
charts and statistics at hom e w h ile
C a n ad a r a lly to m o rr o w . I r a re ly
Jean C h a r e s t d e m o n s tr a te d his
accept flyers m yself, so m y assign m ent w as d iffic u lt, at least until I
u su al e n e r g e t ic e lo q u e n c e . T h e o th e r Jean w as a ls o at his best,
d e v e lo p e d a strategy. T im in g was
g reetin g Canadians w h o had trav
everyth in g. H o ld in g a fly e r in m y
elled to M ontreal b y “ planes, trains
o u ts tre tc h ed hand, I w o u ld lo o k
and c a rs .” C an ad a, he e x h o rte d ,
pedestrians right in the eyes. T hey
w ill b e un ited “ fr o m sea to sea”
w ou ld in evitably glance at m y N O
w e ll into the next century. H e was
b a d g e a n d th en p r o c la im th e ir
p a s s io n a te in his d e l i v e r y f o r a
d eligh t or disgust b y either reach
c h a n g e , w h ic h s u g g e s ts that he
in g f o r a f ly e r o r tu rn in g a w a y .
w rote the speech him self.
T h e line-up outside the Verdun
Canadian.
L e v è s q u e B o u le v a r d w ith th ree
aud itoriu m w as frie n d ly . D r iz z le
o n ce. D r iv e r s braked to eva lu a te m y w o rk . N O supporters ch eered and w aved ; one was kind enough to
W h o w o u ld n ’ t be touched by such an ou tp ou rin g o f g o o d w ill?
In tw o hours, on ly one person
L u c ie n B ouchard was scornful. It
p ro v id e d o n g o in g fo o d fo r Sm all
hurt m y f e e lin g s . T h e q u a ck in
talk w ith anonym ous com patriots.
qu estion ap p roached m e, reach ed
w as fin e fo r Canadians to express con cern w h en he w as ill, but it ’ s
In s id e , o r g a n is e r s d ir e c te d “ le s âgés” to the stands and “ les jeunes”
fo r a fly e r and w alk ed o v e r to the
re v o ltin g fo r them to d o so when
g a r b a g e c a n . H e th en fu r io u s ly
C an ad a is ill. B ou ch a rd c a lle d it
to the flo o r. W e , ob e d ie n t youth,
c ru m p le d the f l y e r and th re w it
a n o th e r
let m e k n ow that I was hanging a
understood our mandate: punctuate
away. In Canada, when radicals are
“ E n g lis h C an ad a to o p p res s the
sign upside down. V o c a l Y E S sup
the speeches with cheers, whistling
ready to burst w ith frustration, they
French.” H e claim ed that the event
Tweed-jacket profs skip class
o ffe n s iv e
a tte m p t
by
charisma or Johnson’ s charm, but it stretches the im agination to b elieve that either messiah could arrange f o r tens o f th ou san ds o f p e o p le fro m all o v e r the coun try to c on v e rg e in M on treal on a m om en t’ s notice. S m a lle r d e m o n s tr a tio n s are p o p p in g
up
across
C anada.
Federalists in Quebec are realising that “ Canada” is not a pejorative. In the last three days, I ’ v e r e c e iv e d an xiou s c a lls fro m frie n d s in six provinces. Ironically, Canada’ s best m oments have arisen spontaneous ly from a m om ent o f national crisis. P e o p le p r e v io u s ly in c a p a b le o f p a trio tis m n o w shed tears at the prospect o f national disintegration and international d isgrace. I f that d o e s n ’ t c o n v in c e Q u e b e c k e rs to vote N O , I don’ t know what could. Quebec w ill vote N O , because p eo ple d on ’ t turn their back on fam ily.
Cornell wants to be one o f the important people, eat donuts, and explain “the facts” o f the political campaign to anyone polite enough to listen.
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alw ays to pedestrians caught under
IC o lu m n
B la c k
C o f f e e Susan P eters
the wheels. A s with the baseball strike last
I I Continued from Page 6
year, it’ s uncertain how long negoti
r e n o v a te G e r t ’ s and s o u g h t to
‘ A b u s e ’ is an a p p ro p ria te
ations w ill drag on before the league
in crease health plan fe e s w h ile
w o rd , e v e n though in this case,
calls the season a w r ite -o ff. M o s t
in itia tin g cost cu ttin g m easures
as in all others p re v io u sly m en
likely, administration w ill extend the
a f f e c t i n g s e v e r a l c lu b s ; th is
tioned, none o f S S M U ’ s actions
semester rather than cancelling it. I
under the guise o f ‘ fis ca l respon
v io la te d th eir o w n con stitution.
find the strike funny, mostly because
s ib ility ’ ( Tribune , Sept 26th, O ct
H o w c o n v e n ie n t . T h a t s o m e
w h ic h w e are a ll f a m i l ia r , to show the id io c y o f this situation.
School being cancelled used to
T h e im a g e o f p ro fs s k ip p in g
i t ’ s n o t m e w h o c a n ’ t p la n f o r
3rd, 11th, D aily Français Sept
b e a c e n tr a l d a y d r e a m o f m in e .
class fo r weeks contrasts with one o f
Christmas vacation because I don’ t
th in g f o l l o w s le g a l p r o c e d u r e
19th, O c t 3 rd , 17th and D aily
G row in g up on the prairies, w e lost a
m y p rofs here at M c G ill, w h o fe lt
know when I ’ ll have exams, or who
d o e s n o t b a n is h it f r o m
Sept 25th, O c t 2nd and 16th)
couple o f days o f school each year to
d e te r m in e d
on
doesn’ t know from day to day i f my
realm o f the m o ra lly reprehensi
• S S M U jo in e d the Canadian
blizzards, unfortunately never on test
R eferen d u m day, although classes
class w ill be cancelled. (A d m ittedly
A llia n c e o f Student A ssociatio n s
or e x a m days as I a lw a y s hoped.
w ere o ffic ia lly cancelled. O n ly the
I still d on’ t make it to class e v ery
( C A S A ) w ith ou t c on su ltin g the
This student’ s fantasy is being enact e d n o w at th e U n iv e r s it y o f M a n ito b a , w h ere p ro fes s o rs have
spectre o f security guards knocking on the classroom door, in a Gestapotyp e p urge o f in tellectu a l a c tiv ity
day, but at least I have the satisfac tion o f know ing it goes on without
m ere ly d efin es its op erating p ro
student b od y. T h e y subsequently
cedures and does nothin g to p ro
h e ld a R id ic u lo u s R e fe r e n d u m
m e all the sam e.) Just lik e getting
te c t the student b o d y fr o m the
a s k in g
b een on strik e s in ce O c to b e r 18.
deterred her. (Is this the same line o f
tim e o f f fo r blizzards, these breaks
o v e r z e a l o u s a c t io n s o f a f e w
C A S A ’ s ap p ro a c h to p o s t-s e c
Profs and administration are squab
thought as law s about closin g bars
are to o u n p red ictab le to b e v a c a
ondary fundin g w ith ou t ensuring
b lin g ab ou t a c a d e m ic fr e e d o m ,
on election day, no strong drink or
tions. “ Sucks to be you,” is all I can
F o r fun and gam es, try fin d
th at stu dents f u l l y u n d e rs to o d
m oney, tenure, how to decide w h o gets laid o f f first, and whether or not
N ietzsche allow ed?) A strike like that wouldn’ t hap
say to m y friends at U o f Manitoba. L ik e any other student w h o has
in g h o w m an y tim e s th e w o r d
to
h o ld
c la s s
W in n ip e g .
pen at M cG ill. Profs and students at
e n te re d th e d u n g e o n o f D a w s o n
A d m in is t r a t io n has put ou t tw o
the University o f W in nipeg drop by
Hall, o f course I side with the profs,
in fo rm a tio n b o o k le ts to a llay stu
the picket line at lunch hour to show
w ho have every right and reason to
the
Jets
stay
in
d e n ts ’ fe a rs , students a p p a ren tly
solidarity. I f M c G ill went on strike,
strike. But both administration and
b e in g
C o n c o r d ia
a n n o u n c e an
p rofessors are h yp ocrites in using
aggressive new continuing-ed pro gra m , “ A n E v e n in g w ith M c G ill
students as a pawn in the bargaining.
M a n y c la s s es are c a n c e lle d ,
L ec tu rers .” S trik in g M c G ill p ro fs
to exp ress h o w d e e p ly con cern ed
w h ile about 30 per cent continue,
w ould congregate on the Arts steps
they feel about they fact they’ re dis
m a in ly
con cern ed
ab ou t
w h e th e r o r n o t t h e y ’ ll g e t th e ir tuition back i f the strike continues.
w o u ld
Both sides make loud sucking noises
taught by non-un ion ised teachers,
fo r a protest and smoke break, then
rupting the semester fo r 23,000 stu
deans, and p rofs w h o d on ’ t g iv e a
p ic k e t R o d d ic k G ates, d is p la c in g
dents, while they bicker over whose
damn what an yb od y says: th ey ’ ve
any errant bake-sales. In W in n ip eg, city bus drivers,
jo b gets axed first. I f educating students were real
been g ivin g that same lecture from
(
lo v e fo r Canada. T h e ra lly d id n ’ t
Q u e b e c ’ s 9 -to-5 class strode
Standing in the m iddle o f René
anticipated sudden death m ore than
N e v e r h a v e I seen so m an y p e o p le c o n v e n e to e x p re s s th eir feature the clichéd patriotism tradi
H o w p o lite . H o w c iv ilis e d . H o w
lan es o f t r a ffic on e ith e r s id e , I
forces. N o t that I doubt C hretien’ s
F rid a y , O c to b e r 27:
T h u rs d a y , O c to b e r 26:
T u e s d a y, O c to b e r 24:
crew.
w asn’ t spontaneous at all, but that it was “ organised” by the federalist
s tu d e n ts
to
en d orse
ble. The SSM U
C o n s tit u tio n
cou n cillors.
C A S A ’ s approach ( Tribune O ct
‘ n o t’ appears in the C onstitution.
11th, S to p the P re s s O c t 17th,
T r y fin d in g w h ic h c la u s e s are
Daily Français O c t 17th, Daily Sept 7th, 25th, Culture , O ct 19-
w o rd e d to m ake em p ty referen ce
25th)
to the B y - L a w s , w h ic h con tain the bulk o f the rules and can be
• S S M U initiated a referen
chan ged at c o u n c il’ s w h im . T r y
dum on the D a ily’s funding, sus
fin d in g an y g u a ra n te e s . T h e
p en d in g several o f th eir op erat
o n es w h ic h y o u w i l l fin d h a ve
in g procedures in the rush to get
already been violated .
the qu estio n to b a llo t ( Tribune
T h e C o n s tit u tio n m u st b e
O c t 3 rd , 11th, 17th, 2 4 th and
c h a n g e d , to b e tte r p r o te c t the
D a ily F ra n ça is O c t 3 rd , and
interests o f the student b od y, as
numerous letters to both papers)
p e r a r tic le 2 o f th e v e r y sam e
A constitution serves to p ro
C o n s t i t u t i o n , a n d to p r e v e n t
te c t the in terests o f the p e o p le
F isch er P rice p olitics. T h ere are
w h o f a l l u n d e r it. It d o e s n o t
o n ly t w o m o r a lly r e s p o n s ib le
licen se govern m en tal action, but
ch o ices le ft fo r this y e a r ’ s cou n
re g u la te s it. C o n s titu tio n s p ro
c il: w o r k a c t iv e ly to w a r d s the
the sam e lectu re notes fo r tw en ty
w h o are union m em bers, in itia lly
ly a prime consideration on the agen
years, and they are goin g to g iv e that
hesitated about crossing the picket
da f o r a d m in is tra tio n and p ro fs ,
lecture today. Ironically, labour law
lines and driving onto the university
there’ d be no strike. Students at the
classes keep going. D o the teamsters
campus as usual. Som e d ro ve their
U o f M anitoba are being used as a
know about this? Rumours o f substi
buses to the line, descended from the
p h o to - o p w h ile b oth s id e s c r y ,
v id e fo r their o w n change, not in
r a t ific a t io n
tute teachers turn out to be fa ls e ,
buses, and waited while an adminis
“ W hat
the interests o f govern m ents, but
C onstitution or...resign.
a las. I t am u sed m e to th in k o f
tration-type drove them across. The
M eanwhile, the poor bus drivers just
administration rounding up barflies
bus drivers then w alked across the
seem confused.
to teach philosophy, or eye-witness
picket line and resumed drivin g. I f
es from the old folks home to teach
that w ere M ontreal, the bus drivers
h is to ry . E d S c h re y e r c o u ld h a ve
w ouldn’ t even have paused as they
filled in with R eligious Studies.
p lo w e d into strike lin e s , b lin d as
a b ou t
th e
c h ild r e n .”
fo r the p e o p le they affect. In
th e
of
u sed and abused to r e c t ify the p e r c e iv e d f l a w s o f a n o th e r. I need not cite an o ld adage, w ith
th e
p re s e n t
Constitutions are not toys
D a ily v s . S S M U
d e b a c le , o n e c o n s titu tio n w a s
Susan Peters skipped a week o f classes to attend a Teamsters meet ing.
th e
Thomas White U2 Arts
Student think tank: reshaping the university for the future.
at
th e
U n iv e r s it y
T h e y ’ re
w ay
S tu d e n ts
can
on c e r e m o n ie s in
o f B on
ah ead ta k e
Souti
B a k e ’ s S h a k e s p e a re
c o u rs e
1996
b e n o n e o th e r than fo r m e r
of
p r e s id e n t on
“ Our
to p
cam e
V Ps, up
w ith
th e
T h eod o re
e v e lt.
S k o o te r
The next great poet. by Larry Tate.
r. R o o s e v e lt w a s p re s id e n t
v id e o tap e. B r illia n t! D r. B a k e ’ s
C h ip ,
s till a su ccess e v e n th o u g h h e ’ s
n a m e and it ’ s r e a lly g re a t. W e
new
o f th e U n ite d States fr o m
1901
H e ’ s a g o o d b a s e b a ll p la y er.
m o v e d o n to th e b ig c a m p u s in
k n e w th o s e g u y s w o u ld c o m e up
to 1909. H e b e c a m e g o v e r n o r o f
H e ’ s a g re a t f o o t b a ll p la y e r. A n d
th e sky. N o w th a t’ s p r o g r e s s iv e
w ith s o m e th in g g r e a t o n a c c o u n t
N ew
by
Y o r k in
1899, s o o n
a fte r
a ll
a c c o u n ts
h e ’ s an
even
g re a te r p o e t. I t w a s a n n ou n c e d y e s te r d a y th at n e x t w e e k ’ s f e a
By Philippe McCrackin. '
tu red p o e t at th e E n g lis h fa c u l
A th e
w e e k lo n g
‘ th in k ta n k ’ on
t y ’ s p o e tr y s e rie s is th e D a lla s
fu tu r e
our
C o w b o y s ’. ’ D e io n
ended
of
y e s te rd a y .
u n iv e r s it y
It w a s
N ew
seven
F ra n k C a n n o n fo d d e r c a lls D e io n
d a y s lo n g . T h e ‘ th in k ta n k ’ , the la te s t b ra in c h ild o f th e S tu d e n t’ s A s s o c ia t io n S tu d en ts
fo r
th e
U n io n ,
U n io n
gave
of
‘ th in k ta n k ’ p ro d u c e d a
re p o rt, T h e T h in k T a n k R e p o rt, w h ic h w i l l b e p re s e n te d to the of
D ir e c to r s
at
th e
up
Saturday at 8:00. Don't miss the excitem ent!
c o m in g B o a r d o f D ir e c to r s m e e t in g
w h ic h is up c o m in g . C h e t
B iffe r s b y , a v e te ra n stu d en t o f
16 y ea rs , s a y s ||| th e
r ig h t
re p o rt,
we
hkj
th e r ig h t d ir D ir e c t o r !
w e ’ ll b e ] m ea n , w e ’ T h e mails and
H a s h e ta k en th e r e ig n s f r o m the lik e s o f W a lt W h itp e r s o n , E z r a Pound
of
F le s h
F r o s t e d f la k e ?
an d
R o b ert
he
s in g le -
W ill
h a n d e d ly ta k e A m e r ic a n
lite r a
ture to n e w h e ig h ts ? D o n ’ t m iss n e x t w e e k s ’ re a d in g s . W it h s p e
Faculty of Science researchers announce breakthrough.
“ T h in k T a n k j
of
Is D e io n S a n d ers th e n e w d r i v in g f o r c e in A m e r ic a n p o e tr y ?
c ia l g u e s t re a d e r C h ris N ila n .
— One-on-one Scrabble American rules Time-Clock and Challenges.
the u n d e rg ra d p rg in
------------ g e n iu s .”
THE FALL SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT!
students
th e re s h a p in g o f th e s c h o o l.
B oard
“ p o e tr y in m o tio n . T h e m a n ’ s a
p r e s e n t s ...
an o p p o r tu n ity to c o n trib u te to The
S a n d ers. T h e
Y o r k T i m e ’ s p o e tr y c ritic
th ere .
s ize s th at
the
becom e C h a d w iq th e
Ur
m it t e e j
he;
Rouffli
read w il
ves
F lin t
o f th e rei
t
can
e d ic in e real e v id e n c e
fe e s . W e
itial c on -
t y - fiv e g o in g
n gs, and
leges,;
&
o f an
We
do
h a ve
;d this w a s d iffe re n t tain d iffe r e n t h o ld s little
b e s id e
fo o d ,
w e ’ ll b e
sk eletal
a v e the h ig h est
at the p u b .’ C h ip E x e te r, a 1
research
to the ‘ T h in k T a n k ’ ,
jfer h elp s distribute
stu d e n ts ’ p o s itio n . “ T h is r e p o r t.
is
a
It’s
com m on
a ll
abou t
S u re
f'the b od y , it trans
sense
crits
f is c a l
re s p o n s ib ility . W e ’ re a d v o c a tin g p r iv a tiz a tio n .
tu itio n
fe e s
w i l l g o up, b u t w e h a v e id e a s on h o w to cu t c o s ts to o . G r e a t id e a s .
Union changes name.
a ll le c tu res . T h e n w e s im p ly la y
tle d b y th e fa c t that n o b o d y tak es
o f f th e p ro fe s s o r s and p la y th eir
it
v id e o tap es th e f o l l o w i n g y ea rs .
n am e.
M o s t o f o u r p r o fe s s o r s d e liv e r
W e s tm o u n t, it w a s the o n ly l o g i
th e
c a l c o u rs e o f a c tio n .
fo r
w o r d , y e a r a fte r y ea r, so w h a t
s e r io u s ly ,
“W e
has
chan ged
A c c o r d in g
to
its
C h a s tity
th o u g h t w e ’ d lik e g i v e
d iffe r e n c e d o e s it m a k e ? T h e y
o u r s e lv e s a f a c e lif t b e ca u s e lik e
w e a r th e s a m e c lo th e s y e a r a fte r
n o b o d y p a y s a n y a tten tio n to us
y ea r, re a d fr o m
w h a ts o e v e r.
th e sam e y e l
lo w e d
n o te
paper
year
y ea r...
m ost
stu dents
m an. T h o s e
L'hich c h e m ic a l reaction s frost im portan tly, w e h a ve
rem em b er,
s c ie n tific p r o o f —
a ft e r
w o u ld n ’ t
e v e n n o tic e . “ L o o k at V ic t o r ia P r e p s c h o o l
O b v io u s ly
Theodore Roosevelt this year’s Commencement speaker.
it ’ s our
n a m e. I t ’ s s o o o o o la m e ! “ S o lik e w h a t w e ’ v e d o n e is
by Darren Stevens T h o s e w h o a re g ra d u a tin g this
w e ’ v e c h a n g e d it to g i v e us m o r e
s p rin g
re s p e c t, y o u k n o w w h a t I m ea n ?
S p e c ia l
a re
in
gu est
fo r
a re a l treat!
speaker
at
th e
that’ s n o t all. W o r k in g in
v a lia n tly f o r the lrnDT:
Tction
R e g r e s s iv e M o v e m e n t. H is
that
aenches thirst,
a s s o c ia t e » .
T h e S tu d en ts ’ U n io n , d is g r u n
body
ju s t
By Missy Choate
“ W e s tr o n g ly a d v o c a te that w e
w o rd
h o rm on es
it is a ls o the v ita l m ed i-
th e m ,” h e said.
v id e o tap e, f o r o n e s c h o o l y ea r,
le c tu r e s ,
and
and b e tw e e n
T a k e this o n e f o r in sta n ce:
sam e
also
a c c o m p lish m e n ts
in clu d e
w ith
the
k id n e ys ,
w a te r a ls o h elp s d ilu te to x ic sub
the b re a k in g up o f la rg e g a m e s o f
stances and ab sorb w a s te p ro d
M o n o p o ly so h e c o u ld g e t in on
ucts.
th e a ctio n , and the N o b e l P r iz e
research,
fo r
peace
in
1906.
R o o s e v e lt
s u m m a rize d his fo r e ig n p o lic y as “ sp ea k s o ftly and c a rry a h u g e
We
c o n c lu d e
fr o m
u n eq u iv o c a lly ,
ou r
that to
stay in g o o d health, it is im p o r tant f o r adults to d rin k w ater.” W it h w a te r “ ou t o f the w a y ,”
g u n .” H e d id n o t s e ek r e -e le c tio n
Dr.
in
step has to b e fo o d . “ I h a v e this
1908, but ran u n su cc e s s fu lly
I .C .A .
G ran t says his
n ex t
f o r th e p re s id e n c y in 1912 as the
s n eak in g su sp icio n that f o o d
c a n d id a te o f the R e g r e s s iv e Party.
en ergy . I c a n ’ t say an yth in g fu r
is
M r. R o o s e v e lt d ie d in 1924.
ther, but that’ s w h e r e I ’ m head-
Natives are determined to reject Quebec sovereignty By Liz Lau
-
Quebec referendum from the native
R eferenda organised by d iffe r
standpoint in a lecture at M c G ill on
ent native peoples last w eek echoed
A c c o rd in g to Canadian consti
m ents in his sp eech , p o in tin g to
province.
.
C oon C om e revealed the senti
L a s t w e e k , d a y s b e fo r e the
O ctober 23. H e explained that sep
R o u n d p o in t’ s statem en ts. In the
t u t io n a l an d in t e r n a t io n a l la w ,
O k a and the 1977 im p o s itio n o f
Q uebec referen dum ,'th ree a b o rig i nal n a tio n s o f th is p r o v ic e h e ld th eir o w n referen d a to d eterm in e
aratists m ust r e c o g n is e n a tiv e s ’ right to their land.
James B ay C ree com m unities, 96.3
Q u eb ec separation m ay o n ly take
language-law s as past exam ples o f
p e r c e n t v o te d a g a in s t jo in in g a sovereign Quebec in the case o f a
place i f the secessionists undertake a unilateral declaration o f indepen
Q u e b e c ’ s use o f v io le n c e against aboriginals.
th eir p o s itio n on the s o v e re ig n ty
“ T h e a b o r ig in a l p e o p le s in Canada are the original inhabitants,
Y E S v o t e . T h e In n u a ls o v o t e d
dence fo llo w in g a Y E S vote. T h ey
“ T h e g overn m en t o f a s o v e r
debate.
o w n e rs and g o v e rn m e n ts o f this
h ig h ly in f a v o u r o f s t a y in g in
must then exercise e ffe c tiv e control
e ign Q uebec could resort to fo rc e
M a n y n a tiv e s f e e l that th eir
land. M y p eop le have lived , hunt
Canada, w ith 95 per
o v e r the territory in
to guarantee the integrity o f its ter
righ t to their land and s e lf-g o v e r
ed, fished, trapped and buried our
c e n t a g r e e in g that
ord er
r e c e iv e
r ito r y and e s tab lish its au th ority
nance had been n eglected by both
dead on the lands... fo r m ore than
Q u eb ec should not
international re c o g
w it h in its b o r d e r s , p a r t ic u la r y
the fe d e r a l and Q u e b e c g o v e r n ments.
5,000
nition. A l e x R o s lin , new s e d ito r o f The
against aboriginal p eop le,” he said. C oon C om e said that although
G o r d o n P e te r s , V i c e C o u n
“ It is clear to [the C réés] that i f Q u e b e c k e rs can v a lid ly c la im
b e c o m e s o v e re ig n . The M o n t a g n a is referendum resulted
the natives w ou ld not respond with
c i l l o r f o r the A s s e m b ly o f F irs t
they have the right to self-determ i
in an overw h elm in g
Nation, a C ree co m
violen ce, they w ou ld bring it to the
N a tio n s in O n tario , b e lie v e s that
nation, then this is a right that w e
99 per cent against
m u n ity n e w p a p e r
attention o f the international co m
th e C a n a d ia n
g o v e r n m e n t has
m ost certainly have, and it cannot
the fo r c ib le in c lu
c a n n o t f o r e s e e an
m u n ity ,
sh irk ed its re s p o n s ib ilitie s to the natives o f Quebec. “ T h e fe d e r a l g o v e rn m e n t
be taken from us,” he added. R u s s e ll R o u n d p o in t , g ra n d c h i e f o f th e M o h a w k s at A w -
sion into Quebec. H o w e v e r , th e
in d e p e n d e n t Q u e b e c r e lin q u is h in g
Q u e b e c ’ s hopes o f g a in in g g lo b a l recognition.
resource-rich north plays a b ig role
should say that the land belongs to
kwasasne, expressed that his p e o
in Q uebec’ s econom y. In 1975, fo l
th e n o rth e rn t e r r i t o r i e s to th e natives.
tal change w ould be unconstitution
th e a b o r ig in a ls . H o w e v e r , th e y
p le d o not w ish to separate fro m
lo w in g the James B ay Agreem en t,
“ There is $20 billion o f hydro
al without our consent, and without
h ave been to ta lly fo rgo tte n in the process,” he stated.
Canada.
la r g e areas o f la n d w e r e s ig n e d
e le c t r ic c o m p le x e s in the north.
the consent o f the federal g o v e rn
“ Our relationship fro m a his
o v e r to the g o v e rn m e n t in return
Q u eb ec’ s econ o m ic future is there
T h e re are 50,000 ab orig in a ls in Q uebec w h o com e fro m 11 d if
torical perspective is w ith the fe d
f o r lu m p sum s o f m o n e y . M a n y
— they can’ t g iv e it away. W ithout
ment. It w ou ld constitute a funda mental breach o f our treaty, and a
era l c ro w n . W e h a ve n o tre a tie s
repudiation o f all its terms,” C oon
w ith p r o v in c ia l a u th o r itie s ,” he said. “ T h ey have been covettin g us,
natives b e liev e that the governm ent to o k a d v a n ta ge o f them , le a v in g
this land, Q u eb ec is re a lly o n ly a
fe re n t nations. C o lle c t iv e ly , th ey have land claim s to m ore than tw o-
s tr ip a lo n g th e St. R iv e r,” he explained.
L aw ren ce
C o m e stated. “ W e m ay not h a ve
thirds o f the p ro v in c ia l te rrito ry ,
try in g to persuade us that c o n d i
F o llo w in g this agreem ent, a num
F o r R o s lin , th is ra is e d c o n
b een m ade a w a re that our righ ts w e re b e in g in fr in g e d in 1670, in
most o f it in northern Quebec. M a tth ew C o o n C o m e , G rand C h ie f o f the C re e , d iscu ssed the
years,” he said.
“The government of a sovereign Quebec could resort to force... particulary against aboriginal people.”
th em v ir t u a lly n o a lt e r n a t iv e s .
to
th e r e b y
t h r e a te n in g
“ W e insist that this fundamen
tions under a new Quebec w ou ld be
b e r o f h y d r o -e le c tr ic dam s w e re
cerns that Q uebec m ay attempt to
1870, in 1898, in 1912. Th is tim e
the same, but w e w ill not form part
built in the area. These dams gen er
e x e r c is e e f f e c t i v e c o n t r o l o v e r
how ever, w e know our rights.”
o f their territorial integrity.”
a te s u b s ta n tia l r e v e n u e f o r the
native land by force.
Quebec separation challenges Canadian Constitution
NO rally a display of Canadian patriotism
By A nne G rayson
B y Peter Y ates and Jessica O lshen
A n independent Q u eb ec can not
r e ly
on
th e
C a n a d ia n
C on stitu tion to guarantee its cur
northern tw o -th ird s o f Q u eb ec is
A c c o r d in g to S cott, any d is
inhabited p rim arily b y native p e o
cussion o f Q uebec partition “ p ro
ples w h o have virtually no histori
v o k e s ta n tru m s f r o m
cal or cultural ties to their French-
nationalist politician s and m edia.”
Canadian neighbours in the south. In 1898, the A b itib i region o f
Professor Stephen Scott o ffered his
C a n a d a w a s d is t r ib u t e d to th e
b ord ers.
M c G ill
v ie w s on what w o u ld happen in a
p r o v in c e
sovereign debate.
Canadian G overnm ent, as was the
of
Q uebec
by
th e
“ C a n a d ia n p r o v in c e s
in
th e
n o rth e rn
p a rts
of
th e
In h is n a tio n a l T V a d d re s s
in g
im p lo r e d
Canada-Russia series.
C a n a d a w ith th e r e s t o f s u ffe r im m e n s e lo s s e s in
C a n a d ia n s
revenue. W h e n a s k e d w h y he
state’ s con stitu
refe rre d to the partition o f
Thousands o f Canadians from e v ery p rovin ce and territory, cam e
Q uebec
and
replied that Quebec depends
B y n oon , P la c e
b o u n d a rie s and
o n th e m in e ra l re s o u rc e s
du Canada was fille d
d e fin e d
pow
and h y d ro -electric dam s in
and
c ro w d s
w ere
ers,” Scott w rote
the north f o r its e c o n o m ic
o v e r flo w in g
in t o
prognosis.
P e e l an d M e t c a l f e
f o r e ig n g o v e r n m e n t s and
cast
ing a line on the
th e r e fo r e
O r g a n is e r s
ground does not,
obligations. F or this reason,
on any accepted
the north must be a part o f a
m ate 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 w e r e
le g a l p r in c ip le ,
at the rally.
has
f in a n c ia l
MUC
an d
p o lic e
e s ti
e n t it le
p e o p le
w it h in
th e
S c o tt c o m m e n te d fu r
added extra em otion
b o u n d a ry to d o
ther b y saying that Q uebec
to the even t as thou
w h a t e v e r th e y
must operate at an econom ic le v e l adequate to the bulk o f
C a n a d ia n
its population.
f la p p e d
H ig h
w in d s
sands o f Q uebec and fla g s over
th e
A lth ou gh p eop le seem to
c r o w d . F la g s fr o m
be w illin g to m ake standard-of-liv-
p ro v in c e s and oth er
a
in g sacrifices, the im plications may
countries interm ixed
Constitution, are im m utable based
n a tio n a l tr e a ty , th e s e r e g io n s ,
b e s e v e r e f o r the less fo rtu n a te
a m o n g s t th e sea o f
on this legal defin ition . T h e ques
w h ich com prise m ore than 50 per
mem bers o f society.
m a p le
tio n r a is e d by th is s ta te m e n t is
cent o f Quebec, have been le ga lly
whether a province, w hose current prim ary goal is to. secede from the
deem ed the land o f native peoples such as the C ree and the Inuit. Th e
Canadian Constitution, can rely on
issue is whether the natives have as
it to protect its current borders.
much a right td self-determ ination
Q u eb ec is d iv is ib le . I f Q u eb ec is
as the’pretinee-'ofQ'ù'ebee:'
fndivisibte: soisGanada-3’
U ngava
L a b r a d o r in
th e
''• "“ S<?ott''pr)i n ted » »
C a n a d ia n
àt -*fha<‘-th e
d is t r ic t
in
1 9 12
and
1 9 27 . T h r o u g h
S c o tt
u rges
C a n a d ia n s
to
defend their constitution and there fore, protect the unity o f the nation. “If
Canada
Q u eb ec’ s to o,” said Jackson.
s k ie s .
s e p a r a te Q u e b e c , ” S c o tt explained.
in
Canadian fla g - n ow I ’ m carrying
S tre e ts u n der o v e r
“ Quebec is indebted to
“ M e r e ly d ra w
d e fin e d
exp erien ce - this matches it. That
care.
Gazette a rtic le .
o u t th at Q u e b e c ’ s b o r d e r s , as
1 9 72
th e
w it h
Land claims constitue 50 percent o f Quebec territory
th e
w o rld that Canadians
“ w o r s t n ig h t m a r e ” , S c o tt
e ig n tis ts p o in te d
to
an d tr a in to s h o w
Q u e b e c as the sep a ratists’
The sover
r a lly
w a s th e la s t tim e I c a r r ie d the
they d elivered.
s u b d iv is io n s
w ish.”
at th e
“ It .was su ch an e m o t io n a l
F r id a y at P la c e du C a n ad a,
tio n . T h e y are
in an O ctober 16
show
b y c a r , b u s, p la n e
s o v e r e ig n
d e fin e d
to
Q uebeckers that they care.
p rovince. I f natives do not secede fr o m
at the rally. H e com pared the fe e l
W e d n e s d a y n ig h t Jean C h ré tie n
Quebec, the provin ce w ou ld
are
the creatures o f a
in revenue from the rich resources
C anada 1972. H e cam e fro m his hom e in Port D over, O ntario to be
Q u ebec-
Q uebec d erives b illion s o f dollars
Law
ren t
e lle d to M o s c o w to play fo r T eam
is
d iv is ib le , ' * *-
le a v e s
Quebec know how they feel
an d T erry
fleur-de-lys. E v ery o n e in the c ro w d spoke p a s s io n a t e ly
of
Q u ebec
and
Canada. In 1972, H ad ley Jackson trav
P r in c e
D a v is f l e w
E d w a rd
I s la n d
in fr o m F r id a y
m orning; he said it was w e ll worth the $200 plane ticket.
Continued on Page 11. I I
Page io F e a tu re s
October 31st, 1995
Redesigning reality: the evolution of film special effects B y D a n ie l H a c k e t t
m a d e w it h c o m p u te r g e n e r a t e d
ago, m any o f these e ffe c ts w o u ld
are taking place in the industry at
fo r c e d to b e o b v io u s ,” R a y m o n d
special effects.
h ave
th e m o m e n t. D is c r e t e L o g i c ’ s
s a id . “ N o w e f fe c t s can b e u sed
c lie n t s in c lu d e s p e c ia l e f f e c t s
without b eing seen. T h e y serve the
A lth ou g h the process o f creat
been
im p o s s i b l e
o r to o
exp en sive to create.
in g e ffe c ts is s till e x p e n s iv e and
R o d d y M cM a n u s, a producer
te a m s f o r F o rre s t Gum p, True
scenario, and are not sim ply effects
Lies, Apollo 13 and Judge Dredd.
f o r the e ffe c ts . T h e re w ill b e no
A s c o m p u t e r s in c r e a s e in
c o m p l i c a t e d , it is n o w a lm o s t
f o r the M o n tre a l based com p a n y
p o w e r and decrease in price, m ore
c o m m o n p la c e to see a f ilm w ith
D iscrete L o g ic , is in v o lv e d w ith a
“ U sin g S ilic o n G raphics c o m
lim it on the scenario fo r writers, as
film s than e v e r b e fo r e are b e in g
m any special effects. A fe w years
n e w w a v e o f sp ec ia l e ffe c ts that
puters, w e m arry im ages togeth er
c o m p u te r g r a p h ic s can a c h ie v e
b y scanning the im ages, m anipu-
alm ost anything.” A c c o r d in g to M c M a n u s , one
“Actors will interact with the synthetic world... and interact with virtual objects.”
o f the original astronauts from the
Apollo 13 m ission approached one o f the d irecto rs and asked w h ere s om e o f the fo o ta g e f o r the film had c o m e fro m . In r e a lity it was ju s t m o d e ls s h o t a g a in s t a b lu e screen.
la t in g th e m , and th en s c a n n in g
T h e re are still lim its to w hat
them back out onto the stock film .
can be don e on com puters, and it
Jurassic Park a llo w e d p e o p le to
m ay b e som e tim e b e fo re w e see
incorporate realistic 3-D animation
h ig h te c h g ra p h ic s a p p e a rin g in
into a film , using softw a re d e v e l
e v ery film . “ W e are still not able to gener
op ed here in M on treal,” he said. A n oth er com pany in v o lv e d in
ate graph ics o f anim als w ith hair
the advancem ent o f special effects
and skin — they continue to lo o k
is H y b r id T e c h n o lo g ie s . It w a s
u n rea listic,” R a y m o n d said. “ W e
B re a k th ro u g h ,
are a c o u p le o f years a w a y fro m
Highlander 3, and the u p c o m in g H a b ita t. P r e s id e n t P ie r r e
b ein g able to rep lace anim als and
R aym o n d b e liev e s that through the
w ith ou t p e o p le n o tic in g that they
use o f im a g e p ro c es s in g , instead
are not real.”
in v o lv e d
in
hum ans w ith c o m p u te r g ra p h ics
o f the m ore traditional blue-screen
W ith the u pcom ing re-release
e ffe c ts , th ere are fe w e r lim its to
o f Star Wars, Industrial L ig h t and M a g ic w ere lo o k in g fo r a w a y to
what can be done. “ U s in g im age p rocessing and
revam p the original without chang
3 -D graphics, e ffe c ts such as those and the Abyss
ing it. “ I L M w ill b e re -d o in g e v e r y
a r e p o s s i b l e , ” s a id R a y m o n d .
special e ffe c t in the film to bring it
“ Im a g e p r o c e s s in g a llo w s us to
m ore up to date,” M cM a n u s said.
com p ose other graphics on top o f
“ In stea d o f p u ttin g the actors in
other im ages, and fo r m ix in g and
matte paintings that w ere overlaid,
erasing. F o r exam ple, w e can erase
com p u ter grap h ics w ill p la c e the
m e c h a n is m s
p eop le in a 3-D w orld .”
in T erm inator 2
used
d u r in g
th e
s h o o tin g o r used to c re a te oth er
M ile s P e rk in s , a p u b lic is t at I L M , w as unable to c om m en t on
e ffe c ts .” T h e cinem a industry has now
the n ew version o f Star Wars, as
reached a p oin t w h ere it is p ossi
production o f the film is being kept
b le to include graphics and special
v e ry quiet.
e ffe c ts w ith ou t the audience even realising that any are being used. “ It represents a new gen re o f s p e c ia l e f fe c t s , ” said M c M a n u s .
“ A l l I can say is that there w ill be new special effects fo r the 1997 re-release,” Perkins said. As
te c h n o lo g y
advances,
“ T h e other e x trem e is The Mask,
im provem en ts w ill continue to be
w h ere you want p eop le to lo o k at
m ade in this e x p e n s iv e and high-
the e ffects and see another w orld . au d ien ce d o e s n ’ t
tech business. “ In th e fu tu r e , r a th e r than
e v e n r e a lis e th e y are s e e in g the
shooting on a flat 2-D blue screen
T h e A p ollo 13
effects. It allow s the director to do
and com positing p eop le on, w e w ill
just about anything.”
use a 3 -D s e t,” s a id M c M a n u s .
T h e ability to erase parts o f the
“ A cto rs w ill interact w ith the syn
film fo o ta g e w as res p o n s ib le fo r
th etic w o rld b y lo o k in g at m o n i
the loss o f G a ry S in is e ’ s le g s in
to r s , an d in t e r a c t w it h
Forrest Gump.
objects.”
“ E ffe c ts
v ir t u a l
in th e p a s t w e r e
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For vampires the masquerade does not end on October 31 B y E r ik a S t u r z e n b e r g e r
“ Thou shall not reveal thy true nature to those not o f the Blood. D o in g such shall renounce thy claims o f Blood...” T h u s b e g in s th e lis t w h ic h rules the va m p ire’ s ‘ routine’ e x is tence.
T o obtain a vam p ire identity,
nesses, fascinations and aversions,
players choose fro m a greater vari
as w e ll as a life history that m ay
ety o f social clans than your aver
span several centuries, and p rovide
a g e fro s h . T h e street punks, the
them w ith wealth and p o w e r w ith
tr e e
h u gg e rs ,
th e s e e m in g ly d era n ged ,
th e
m a g ic ia n s , and
Sou n d s lik e a lin e fr o m the
th e a r is to c r a ts
la s t A n n e R i c e n o v e l to y o u ?
a re th e id e n t i
...D o n ’ t k id y o u rself. T h e s e c rea
ties o f the seven
tures o f the night are a bit m ore o f
main fam ilies.
a rea lity. In fa ct, th ey h a ve b een
munity.
Aside from the every day affairs based on treachery and deceit, there is the occa sional gala.
th e
s e w e r rats, the a r tis ts ,
P la y e r s a c q u ire their identities in one o f tw o ways. “ S o m e jo in
as
h u m an b e in g s w h o ...and get [figu ra tive ly ] bitten, thus m ak
F rom these fa m ily iden tities,
in g th e m
th e p r o g e n y o f [th e
as w e l l as th e c h a r a c t e r is t ic s
b iter’ s] clan ...Som e com e in with
rock, paper, scissors battles on the U Q A M campus.
assigned to individuals, a full char
a fu ll ch aracter a lre a d y in m ind,
acter sketch is d e ve lo p e d fo r each
and jo in w ith the situation under
M e etin g e v e ry F riday night at
player. W ith in each character there
their control,” K earn ey explained.
th e
sanctuary, o r ‘ e ly s iu m ’ , in UQAM
exist fictitious strengths and w eak
U s in g an o ffic ia l gam ebook, a
cam pu s
p anel o f story w riters w o rk
c a f é , th e m e m b e rs o f th e M a s q u e r a d e v a m
to c r e a t e a b a s ic p lo t w ith in w h ich the char
pire gam e have en jo yed
acters interact.
s t ir r in g
up
a
A t M c G ill, w e are often told that this institution is o f “ w orld class” character. A n d yet, e v e r y on ce in a w h ile, som e g larin g d eficien cies show up. U n lik e O x fo rd , or even the U n iversity o f Toron to, M c G ill has n o resident ghost, except perhaps that o f good architectural taste.
d is c o v e r the culture
r e c e n tly s p o tte d w a g in g v ic io u s
th eir
No ghosts at M cG ill?
in the vam p ire c o m
fe w
A t present the administration has no plan w hatsoever to rem e dy this problem . It is extrem ely d ifficu lt to resolve — fo r w e can not just appeal to the Bronfmans to buy us one, nor w ill the g o v ernment provide one in these tim es o f fiscal restraint. “ It’ s really too bad, a ghost w ould really liven up the spirit o f som e o f those old buildings,” said Lisa Grisham, a U1 science stu dent. In addition, the Student’ s Society has refrained from d evoting any resources to fund a fact-finding com m ittee to seek a solution. T h is inadequacy w ill plague the U n iversity until it is resolved, and w ill be yet another m ilestone around our proverbial necks.
Anyone interested in providing a ghost f o r the university should contact the office o f the Vice-Principal (Advancement).
H o w e v e r , th e d i
rumours.
r e c t io n o f th e s t o r y
“ Th e w om an w ho
te llin g
te a m
is
runs the c a fé has been
alw ays necessary. M in d
great, she gets in v o lve d
c o n tro l, ch aracter d es
in the gam e h erself and
truction, and torture are
c o m p le t e ly d e n ie s our
w hat the v a m p ire does
e x is te n c e w h en p e o p le
best.
ask her about it the rest
- Barry Campbell
not
“ T h e g a m e centers
cult, and w e d o not drink b loo d ,” said Piskopos
la c e g o w n s , ” s a id p a r t ic ip a n t A n drea Corbin.
In fa c t, th ere is an ab s olu te
Sh e a ls o e x p la in e d that the
n o n - v io le n c e r u le w h ic h is th e
clan ’ s c o lle c tiv e personality has an
o f the w e e k ,” com m en t
a r o u n d th is p e r s o n a l
ed gam e master Brenda
fo u n d a t io n o f th e g a m e . L i k e
tra g ed y o f b e c o m in g a
influ en ce on the style o f its m em
Kearney.
Dungeons and D ragons, characters
v a m p ir e . T h r o u g h the
bers. V ic to re a n w ear, g y p s y c o s
S o w h at is a ll this
lo s s o f h u m a n ity , on e
advance the p lot either b y exp lain
tu m es, bu sin ess suits, and punk
ing their next m o v e to w h om ever it
fashion are id e n tify in g factors fo r
d ire c tly affects, or through actual
various groups.
about gam e masters and
b e c o m e s c a llo u s , and
p o w e r s tru g g le s ? D e r
learn s to m ak e p e o p le
iv e d from the infam ous
r o le p la y in g . B u t w h e n c o n flic t
s u ffer,” said enthusiast
arises...
Dungeons and D ragons,
lan D iM ic h e le through
th e M a s q u e r a d e
a m aniacal smile.
is a
“ W e use ‘ ro c k , p a p e r, s c is sors,’ ” assured K earney.
gam e in w h ich p layers
Y e t this fanaticism
enact the roles o f d iffe r
does not in fr in g e upon
ent types and classes o f v a m p ir e s . A b o u t 130 p eop le participate in the
G regory
M o n tr e a l c o m m u n ity ,
adamantly affirm ed.
A s id e
D espite the fact that the vam pires are stripped o f their charac
fro m
th e
ters as they le a v e their ‘ e lys iu m ’ , the grou p m em b ers b eh in d th ese
everyd a y
c h a r a c te r s
m eet
and
in t e r a c t
a f f a ir s b a s e d o n tr e a c h e r y and
the ch aracter’ s co n ce p
th ro u gh ou t the w e e k . T h e m e m
deceit, there is the occasional gala
bers ran ge in a g e fro m 16 to 40,
t io n
event.
of
r e a lity ,
as
P is k o p o s
“ W h ile dressing in character is som ethin g that a lot o f p e o p le do
and in clu d e bu sinessm en, p e o p le of
g o t h ic
p e r s u a s io n ,
an d
D u n g e o n s and D ra g o n s en th u si
w ith other gam es taking
“ It is a c le a r c o n
p la c e in cities through
regu larly, p e o p le rea lly g o all out
asts. Students s e ek in g ad ven tu re
c e p t to e v e r y o n e th at
out the world.
fo r the balls w e have. P e o p le even
outside o f their lectures m ay want
this is a gam e; it is not a
w e a r m e d ie v a l- s t y le v e l v e t and
to consider the vam pire option.
NO rally: a powerful display of Canadian patriotism » Continued from Page 9
p eop le in Q uebec that p eop le out
an d le t C a n a d a k n o w h o w th e y
grated to this p rovince. T h e y said
here. W e fe e l strongly fo r Canada.
side the p ro vin ce cared and cared
fe e l.”
they fe lt a strong attachment to the
W e w o u ld lik e to stay in Canada
country that had opened it doors to
th e w a y
them.
E n d b e rg , a S w e d e w h o c a m e to
“ I t ’ s s en tim en ta l, but I lo v e
d eep ly and want Q uebec to stay in
C a n a d a and I c a n ’ t s e e C a n a d a
C a n a d a ” s a id M in d y K a u fm a n ,
expressed com passion fo r Canada, particu larly those w h o had im m i
without Q uebec. I have roots here.
w h o had travelled from V an cou ver
I really b e lie v e that i f Q uebec sep
w ith her husband to
arates, the w h o le country w ill d is
attend the rally.
M o n t r e a le r s
at
th e
r a lly
“ W e are la n d e d im m ig ra n ts
it i s , ”
s a id
T o rs te m
C anada nine years a g o and m ade M on treal his home. A f t e r the ra lly , c ro w d s w a v
s o lv e w ith in f i v e y ea rs . W h a t a
“ W e f e l t fr u s
shame fo r a country voted number
in g fla g s and c h e e r in g , f lo o d e d
tr a te d th at Q u e b e c
one in the w o rld ,” he said.
in to the s tree ts s ta r tin g s e v e r a l
fe lt th ey w e re alone
sp ontaneou s parades. A l l a g re e d
and th e r e w a s th is
fr o m B ritis h C o lu m b ia , m an y o f
the day p ro vid ed a rare and p ow e r
s eem in g in a b ility to
w h om had flo w n out togeth er tak-
ful display o f Canadian patriotism.
get
T h e re was a large con tingent
ou r
fe e lin g s
th r o u g h
“Ifs sentimental, but I love Canada and I can’t see Canada without Quebec.”
to
- w ith file s b y J e ff Tork in
th e
p ro vin ce,” said T rin a D aven p ort, w h o had tra v e lled fro m N o v a S co tia to participate in the rally. H er
hu sban d,
D o n c o n cu rre d , ad in g a d v a n ta g e “ U n ity F a r e s ” to
d in g it w as tim e fo r
s h o w th e ir s u p p ort f o r a u n ited
the p e o p le , and not
Canada.
ju s t the p o litic ia n s ,
M any
o f th e
B r it is h
C olum bians expressed a desire to le t Q u e b e c k e r s k n o w th at th e y
to get in vo lved .
w ere also concerned about the out
p o l i t i c i a n s t a lk in g
co m e o f the referendum .
fo r all this tim e and
1821 55 1996
M cG ill
“ I t ’ s b e e n th e
“ W e w e re con cerned that the
it’ s tim e fo r the peo-
m essage w a s n ’ t g e ttin g across to
p le to say som ething
W h ere’s J e a n in a l l o f th is?
MONTREAL
E n t e r t a in m e n t
P a g e 12
O c to b e r 31st, 1995
The world’s greatest songwriter that nobody’s ever heard of The music world is slowly discovering what Micheal Stipe and Bob Mould already know - the genius o f Vic Chesnutt B y K u r t N ew m a n G a b e L ev in e
and
In D o n a ld B a rth e lm e ’ s short
T h ou gh that m ay be true, the
leading the listener d ow n a fa m il
p reva ilin g sense one gets from lis
iar hallw ay, on ly to open the d oo r
tening to Chesnutt is one o f loss or
and rev e a l an en tirely unexpected
sadness. C h e s n u tt’ s fin e s t s o n g,
room . “ W h e re W e re Y o u G ir l”
O n e
m in u t e
songs” , the narrator cat
lin e
a lo g u e s the banal p e r
p la c e
s o n a l c a ta ly s ts o f his
m e n t/ c r y in g
songs — “ R ic k ’ s D o g ’ s
h u m o u s .”
song
W arn er record in g artist B ob
B lu e s ” , f o r in s ta n c e ,
“ Sad Peter Pan” fro m Is
W isem an wears a lo t o f hats — he
inspired b y the death o f
The
p la y e d k e y b o a r d f o r C a n - c o n
T rib u n e : Is that fo r a prepa
a
roots staples B lue R od eo, is active
ration (a John C a g e — p io n ee re d
p lace both m o v in g and
as a free jazz/avant-garde pianist,
m ethod o f p lacin g ob jects inside
funny. “ I ’ m just a relu c
and has w o r k e d w ith e v e r y o n e
the p ia n o strings to m ake w e ird
to e th is lin e b e t w e e n
tant rebel/ I just wanna
fr o m
noises)?
d e ta il and m in u tiae —
be A a ro n N e v ille / W ith
Siberry. H o w e v e r , his w o rk as a
see
a
my
sin g e r-s o n gw rite r has dom inated
T r i b u n e : I guess w h at I ’ m
+l" Ador
his frie n d R i c k ’ s d o g . C o n fe s s io n a l
s in -
g e r / s o n g w r ite r s o fte n
lo - fi
poet
“I
at
of
your
e m p lo y in
The
A c to r
ta k e s
Lou
w as
B o b
W is e m a n
contains the w o n d e rfu l
story “ H o w I w rite m y
w it h
th is
H appy? id e a
c ro w n
to
on
T r ib u n e : Sure.
B y K u r t N ew m a n
my
(W is e m a n rip s so m e p ap er
E d ie
B r ic k e ll
to
Jane
out o f m y n o te b o o k , and v i g o r ously tapes the pieces together).
W is e m a n : Y ep .
B a r lo w , o f S eb a d o h ,
head/And
m y d e n im
h is th r e e w e l l - r e s p e c t e d s o lo
ask in g is d o you fin d that y o u r
a ir e r o f d ir t y la u n d ry
s h ir t a ll s o a k e d w ith
r e le a s e s : Sings The Songs o f
musical tendencies con flict?
lik e
sweat.” ‘ m ost
Wrench Tuttle, Presented by Lake Michigan Soda, and City o f Wood.
ferent things. It’ s alm ost like ask
“ T h ree
t im e s
a
“I
d a y / T h re e tim e s I see
want
every
h o w p ath etic m y n eed
ItM vÙ
can be.” W h ic h m a k es the
son g
to
W is e m a n : T h e y ’ re just d i f
have
W is e m a n p la y e d at C l e o ’ s Jazz
in g s o m e o n e w h o ’ s b ilin g u a l
com ed ic punches, slaps,
Bar on Thursday night, where he
w h ic h la n g u a g e th e y p r e fe r —
h ere
had
o n ly som eone w h o spoke one lan
and
th e r e ,”
a b r i e f r u n -in
w it h
the
c a s e o f T e x a s tro u b a
explains Chesnutt.
Tribune.
g u a g e w o u ld ask that qu estio n .
d o u r V i c C h e s n u tt all
A s k e d fo r a w in d o w in t o h is w r i t i n g
T r ib u n e : H o w d o you b a l ance your w ork as a ja z z musician
(P lu n d e rp h o n ic c o m p o s e r) John O sw ald just left a m essage on my
p ro cess,
C h e s n u tt
w ith that as a p op or fo lk son g
machine jum ping up and dow n all
r e m a in e d
t y p ic a lly
writer?
o v e r the new record. Then again, I
th e m o r e r e m a r k a b le . P a r a ly s e d
fro m
th e
w aist d ow n fo llo w in g a
V IC
drunk d riv in g accident,
CH ESN U TT
pithy.
C hesnutt has m an aged
W is e m a n : I used to think I ’ d
just nominated him fo r the Glenn
“ A n y th in g g o e s as
k e e p them separate. P e o p le are
G o u ld aw ard, so he cou ld m ake $50, 000 o f f o f it. (W isem an leaves).
to p r o d u c e o n e o f th e d e c a d e ’ s richest b od y o f songs. “ I was sup
West o f Rome's “ W h ere W e r e Y o u
fa r as s o n g w r itin g . I h a v e to b e
G i r l ” is a h a rr o w in g a c c o u n t o f
a lo n e . T h a t ’ s th e o n ly th in g , to
smart enough to get it. I ’ m not a b ig artist, so w h o cares? (Pause).
posed to tell you about the point o f
self-induced crisis. It has a literary
w rite the w a y I d o.”
Can I borrow som e paper?
d epartu re/B u t w ith th e a im o f a
scope that elevates it fro m pop b al
d ru n k en archer/ I w i l l p r o b a b ly
lad into the realm o f fin e w riting,
stray,” sings Chesnutt on “ D o u b
p e rio d — an ac h ie v e m e n t shared
tin g W o m a n ” fro m 1994’ s Is The
b y a select other fe w , names lik e
Actor Happy? , the song he chose
B o b D ylan , John P rin e, and T o m
to open his W ed n esd ay night set at
W aits. “ Y e a h , w e ll, th a t’ s a h e a v y
C lub Soda. K n o w in g that the true m ark o f a p erform er is in the m ix-
and perspiration. I d id n ’ t spend too much tim e g o in g o v e r it. It was a h eavy number. I thought to m y s e lf at the tim e, ‘ this is the p erfect V ic song. I t ’ s the kind o f song I try to strive fo r — short little vign ettes.’ ” T h e song features m any o f the
in g
of
p a th o s
an d
h u m o u r,
C hesnutt m an a g ed to un derscore
Handful o f stars shine among new Contemporary A rt exhibits
duty s o n g ,” c om m en ts Chesnutt. “ It c a m e ou t o f p ure in s p ira tio n
“I’d feel really stupid singing something over and over.”
Lights, Camera, Art!
fo rm a l elem en ts ch aracteristic o f C h e s n u tt
songs.
The
c h o ru s
his physical presence (w h eelch a ir-
( “ W h e r e w e r e y o u , g irl/ W h e n I
bound, C hesnutt also has to p la y
n eed ed y o u ? ” ) is short and open-
h is g u it a r w it h a s p e c ia l p ic k -
e n d e d , an d b e c o m e s m o r e and
g lo v e ) w ith copiou s grace and wit.
m ore desperate w ith each p erfect
L a fr a m b o is e ’ s
b e a u t if u l a n d m o r b i d l y p o e t i c
“ N ic h o la s ” is the u n question able
m ed ita tio n on darkness, l i f e and
A la in
B y R o b in N e in s t e in of
star o f L ’Effet cinema. Inspired by
s ic k n e s s .
C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t la u n c h e s an
f i l m ’ s ju x t a p o s it io n o f im a g e s ,
im p ressive is the coh esiven ess o f
artistic d o u b le-h ead er this m onth
L a fr a m b o is e co n tra sts t w e lv e
the p ie c e , d e sp ite its w ild ly d is
w ith L ’Effet cinema as w e ll as a
d iv e r s e p h o to g ra p h s to c re a te a
parate com ponen ts (self-p ortraits,
The
M useum
W h a t is
e s p e c ia lly
on
illustrations fro m p re -m o d
Q u é b é c o is s c u lp to r
e m surgery texts, photos o f
r e t r o s p e c tiv e
M ih a lc e a n .
G o th ic la m p s). “ N ic h o la s ”
T h e t w o s h o w s are
is an exam p le o f a c o m p o s
w o rth a v is it — but
it e
d o not e x p e c t to o
greater than the sum o f its
m any epiphanies.
parts.
G ille s
w o rk
th a t
is
t r u ly
M ic h a e l S n o w ’ s c o y ly tit le d “ V e n e tia n B lin d ”
C h e s n u tt d o e s n ’ t m ilk his
verse. O f all the son gw ritin g fou n
L ’Effet cinema,
personal tragedy fo r audience sym
d ation s that h a ve d e te rio ra te d in
p re s e n te d in tim e ly
p a th y .
the past fe w decades o f music, the
accord w ith c e le b ra
seem s lik e a private chu ck
“ D e g e n e r a t e ” , he p la y e d up his
chorus has suffered the m ost dam
tions surrounding the
le at the exp en se o f the art
d ra w l and said, “ I f e e l lik e P e te
a g ed — tran sform ed fro m a tu g
100th anniversary o f
w o r ld - but has an e n jo y
b o a t to a b a ll- h o g , so to sp ea k ,
m o t io n p ic tu r e s , is
a b le , w h i m s i c a l e n e r g y . T h e installation consists o f a s e r ie s o f s n a p s h o ts o f
In tr o d u c in g
h is
song
S e e g er... this is a son g about the
e m e rg in g as a m indless, in fu riat
c e r t a in ly th e m o r e
a m b iv a le n c e to w a rd s s o m e tim e s
in g ly banal refrain that bludgeons
g ra tify in g o f the tw o
un com fortably intim ate songs is a
th e lis te n e r (a s I w r ite th is, the
exhibits. It is a grab-
S n ow w ith his e y e s c losed alon g the canals o f V e n ic e . T h o u g h it p r o b a b ly to o k
w o r k in g
m a n .”
D is p l a y i n g
tw in r a d io fix a t io n s o f C o o l i o ’ s
bag o f od es to ‘ film ’
m o s t im p o r t a n t s o n g w r it e r s —
“ G a n gster’ s P arad ise” and A la n is
b y v is u a l a rtis ts as
A m e r i c a n M u s ic C l u b ’ s M a r k
M o rris e tte ’ s “ Y o u Oughta K n o w ”
d iv e r s e as M ic h a e l
S n ow f i v e minutes to c o m
E itzel, L iz Phair, and P a v e m e n t’ s
com e to m ind).
Snow ,
J e a n -L u c
p l e t e th is w o r k , it is as
G od ard
and
J e ff
p la y fu l and p re c o c io u s as
W a ll. W o rk s in clu d
an A u d re y H epburn m ovie.
tic k sh ared b y m a n y o f t o d a y ’ s
“ I ’ d fe el really stupid singing
S teve M alkm us. In c o n v e r s a t io n b e fo r e the
s o m e t h in g
over
an d
o v e r ,”
Chesnutt says o f the chorus. “ [It]
ed ra n g e fro m
John
H illa r d ’ s
his s o n g s d o n o t a ll stem fr o m
has an extra energy. I d on ’ t use it
b rillia n t to the banal,
“ M o n u m e n t”
v io le n t ly
exc e s siv e self-exam ination.
ligh tly, I g o to it when I need it, g o
lending to an uneven
captures the raw e lectricity
into the shouting, great chorus. I
e x p e r ie n c e .
M any
o f the m o v in g p ic tu re, as
mean, I use the m usic as much as I
p ie c e s
g e t l o s t in
w e ll as the c olo u r saturated
C h e s n u tt, in a g e n t le , k id - lik e
can to push buttons. T h a t’ s w h y I
th e ir o w n n o v e lt y -
im a g e r y
v o ic e . “ A u t o b io g r a p h ic a l son gs,
can be so spare in the lyrical con
but a fe w stand-outs
d evelop m en t. A n o th er gem
th e ra p e u tic s o n g s , h o rn y son gs, a n g ry s o n g s . I ’ v e w r itte n e v e r y
tent. I use that m ore w ith the little
m ake the entire show
to lo o k ou t f o r in L ’Effet
details.” A n o t h e r C h e s n u tt t r ic k is
a w o rth w h ile d etou r
show , Chesnutt m ade it clear that
“ I ’ ve w ritten songs fo r e v ery c o n c e iv a b le
w a y you can.”
re a s o n ,”
says
fo r students.
th e
cinem a Tickling the optic nerves
u n iq u e t o f i l m
is
G e n e v iè v e
Continued on-Page 15 I I
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O c to b e r 31st, 1995
Halloween music special: a very short history of scaaaary rock T h e D ion ysian funfest that is
w ou ld be lik ely that the on ly prose fiction , nestled am ong seas o f note-
in the transgressive phallus o f the
casting a spell/ N o one can stop w hat’s already been done/Conjuring beasts and Lucifer's son” —
H a llo w een g iv e s us great occasion
for-note tablature, rhym in g d ic tio
e le c t r ic g u ita r— th e b astard o f f
Y n g w ie J. M alm steen , “ D is c ip le s
o f w h innying p oo d le heads, draw
to d iscu ss that w a c k ie s t o f ro c k
n a rie s , and C la ir o l c a ta lo g u e s ,
spring o f the gentle lute, co-habitat-
o f H e ll”
in g b lo o d , p ra yin g to B ee lze b u b ,
genres, h orror rock. R o c k ’ s “ dan
w ou ld bear the names o f Lovecra ft,
in g w ith the C haucerian script so
W h ile British scary rock finds
stu d yin g T alm u d . W illia m S a fire
gerous” ed ge needs constant sharp
T o lk e in and K ing.
ubiquitous on h eavy m etal album
its roots in ancient cultural sign i-
should really do a colum n exp lain
m etal m usicians w e re to open, it
B y K u r t N ew m a n
en in g, lest it be rev e a le d that the e m p e r o r tr u ly
Anglican/Pagan tensions at play in all o f E nglish culture; sym b olised
T h e f in a l c a t a ly s t o f th is
A fte r Kiss, the deluge: legions
fiers, the A m e ric a n v e r
in g w h y, fo r a b r ie f p erio d in the
has n o c lo t h e s
g e n r e is th e c o n n e c t - t h e - d o t s
s io n
m u ch
R e a g a n e ra , u m la u ts an d b o y s n am ed N ik k i te r r ifie d le g io n s o f
d ra w s
on
(though he nonetheless alw ays has
c r y p t ic c o n s p ir a t o r ia lis m that
m o re rec e n t texts as its
a cod p iece), and m ore than once it
m akes fan d om tick. T ra c in g the
sou rces:
has gotten it from the tw in razor o f
secret
b e tw e e n
books, horror film s, and
b ack w ard
the circus (also the name
d is t o r t e d
the hands o f som e very scary “ hair dressers” ).
c u b is t
g u ita r s
and
c o n n e c t io n s
A lis ta ir
C r o w le y ,
EC
c o m ic
bondage spikes. D eny it though w e
reco rd
of
o f the 1980’ s fanzine that,
m ay, our c o lle c tiv e musical im a gi nation has been shaped b y visions
R e v e la t io n s an d A1 W a x m a n makes the acne years a little m ore
I b e lie v e , s top p e d p u b l is h in g upon C .C .
o f O z z y O s b o u r n e d e c a p it a tin g
bearable, I suppose.
D e V ille ’ s departure from
tr a c k s ,
th e
B ook
P o is o n ; c o in c id e n t a lly ,
p o u ltry , G e n e S im m on s d ro o lin g H ein z, and spontaneously com bust
Rule Britannia!
th e
sam e
reason
was
c it e d b y th e e d ito r s o f
ing pentagrams.
Living Marxism upon its
“ Stonehenge/where the demons dwell/where the banshees live/and they do live well ”
Why ?!!!
c o llap se). T h e fathers o f
13-year-olds. Then again, I suppose it’ s pretty self-evident.
Where now, horror rock? “Scream fo r mercy/1 laugh as I ’m w atching you bleed/ K ille r behind you/ G od help me, what have I done?/ Ooh yeah, I ’ve done it again ” — Iron M aiden, “ K ille r ” T h e p o s t-m o d e rn in c o rp o r a
A m e r ic a n h o rro r r o c k K is s .
tio n o f h o rro r ro c k is c o m p le te :
E v e r y trad em ark o f the
n o w p e o p le lik e R o n A t h e y g e t
is
paid by the A m erican govern m ent
th e
to dress up in d rag and c a rve up
a re ,
-S p in al T ap, “ Stonehenge”
of
cou rse,
“ G od o f Thunder/And Rock and Roll/The spell you ’re under/ is slowly rotting at your virgin soul”
antecedents in 3,000 years o f bac
A m e r ic a n
— K iss, “ G od o f Thunder”
chanalia and gro w n men putting
fo u n d in th e m —
Th is obsession with horror has
animal heads atop their ow n, le t’ s p la c e its sta rtin g d ate at 1970,
o b s e s s io n w it h b o d i l y
th e ir
flu id s, the s/m gear, the
Unfortunately, it seem the tw iligh t
m u ltip le sou rces, the firs t b e in g
T h o u g h h o rror ro c k has its
v e r s io n
to rso s
w it h
c r u c ifix e s .
te c h n o lo g ic a l changes in the w a y
with the release o f Black Sabbath.
m akeup, the exp losio n s.
o f th e g e n r e is u p o n us. T r e n t
rock music is experienced: with the
G u ita ris t T o n y Io m m i in itia te d
T here was even a rumour
R e z n o r bathes in flo u r and d oes
birth o f first stadium concerts and
the trend o f designer-Satan guitars
K id s in Satan’s S ervice
th a t t h e ir n a m e
was a
really nasty things to a synthesizer.
secret acronym fo r “ K id s in Satan’ s
S ou n d gard en
S ervice” — all the m ore terrifying
Sabbath, but Chris C ornell doesn’ t
s o u n d s ju s t lik e
later m usic v id eo s cam e an unfor
(the subject, I ’ m told, o f the M usee
covers. T h e adolescent destroys the
tunate focu s on theatrics (m y first
des B eau x A r ts ’ next b ig m o n e y
I v o r y T o w e r o f the B ritis h e lite
e x p o s u r e to p r o to -m e ta l th ea tre
maker exh ibit) with tasteful upside-
through the co-opting and desecra
in light o f their fan club’ s moniker,
h a ve the guts to g r o w real m etal
guru An ton in Artaud, w h ose ‘ the
dow n crosses carved into his frets.
tion o f the pastoral, the fo lk lo r ic ,
the “ Kiss A r m y ” . T h e y pushed the
facial hair. T h e M e lvin s are essen
atre o f absolute gesture’ is uncom
H is crom agnon p o w e r chords p ro
and all o f that c o o l Dungeons and
lim its o f their horror status with the
tia lly a K is s c o v e r band w ith the
fo r ta b ly c lo s e to T w is te d S ister,
v id e d a f o i l to O z z y O s b o u rn e ’ s
D ragons druid s t u ff.
experim ental genre film Kiss Meet
fa s c in a tin g g im m ic k o f h a vin g a
the Phantom o f the Park, and with
re a lly fat sin ger w ith an afro. A s
th eir B a lly p in b a ll g a m e , w h ich ,
to d a y is th e d a y to b a s k in a ll
was through an independent study
w ails, and an ti-vegetarian p e rfo r
presentation by a denim -high tops-
mance pieces. F rom Sabbath com es
an d-h ock ey hair dude in m y high
a w h o le g e n e ra tio n o f d is tin c tly B r it is h
school English class). T h e second problem is that o f literacy: i f e v er a library fo r heavy
s p in e t in g le r s
H a w k w in d c a p it a lis in g
to
N a p a lm upon
Carny and kabuki: the glam renaissance
fr o m D e a th ,
in h e r e n t
“N o one can stop the disciples o f hell/ Father’s a priest and he's
nestled in a barbershop ca lled the
th in g s d ead and d e c a y in g , l e t ’ s
House o f Lords, circa 1985, tem pt
raise a chalice to the corpse o f hor
ed this w r ite r in to g e t tin g m ore
ror rock. H appy H allow een .
than one truly ridiculous haircut (at
The pain and severed appendages of Place des Arts’ Misery B y R o b e r t C o h en
ad a p ted f o r the s ta g e b y B ritis h
g la rin g qu estion , “ w hat is w ro n g
b e lo n g in g s . T h e a u d ien ce shares
and strangely lon g m onologues that
playw right, Sim on M oore.
w ith this production?” T h e answer
his anxiousness as he rushes back
q u ic k ly d ig r e s s to c a m p . A c t o r
W h o c o u ld fo r g e t that scary
F o r th o s e w h o h a v e n e ith e r
is, sadly, the script. It is weak. This
to
s c e n e in th e f i l m M isery w h e r e
read the book nor seen the m ovie,
p rod u ction is on par w ith neither
revealed.
K a th y B ates does her little chop-
this stage version certainly satisfies
the n ovel nor the m ovie.
ch op
Paul
the suspense quotient. It delivers all
Sheldon’ s gangrenous le g? It made audiences shiver and w on Bates an
nu m ber
on
w r it e r
A c a d e m y A w ard .
bed
b e fo r e
h is
s p y in g
is
O n stage, P a u l can n ot le a v e
Misery is com posed o f a series
his room . M o o r e com pen sates b y
y o u c a n ask f o r o f a m y s t e r y
o f episodes illum inating the tension
h a vin g A n n ie blurt out her entire
thriller.
that builds betw een A n n ie W ilk es,
lif e story in a series o f c o n triv e d
It is the story o f an innocent,
D eborah Rudder pulls o f f this feat w ith so m e d e g r e e o f c r e d ib ility , and brings life to other equally s tiff dialogues.
Continued on Page 15 I I
a psycho-disturbed nurse, and her
Y o u n o w h a ve the chan ce to
unassuming urban m ale victim ised
p a tie n t/ p r is o n e r ,
re liv e that tw isted narrative all over
by a m an ic-depressive, obsessive,
S h e ld o n . H e has ju s t s u r v iv e d a
w r it e r
Paul
a g a in . T h is tim e , h o w e v e r , it is
crazy, rural woman.
near-fatal car accident, and is con
l i v e . T h e S w e e t C i r c l e T h e a tr e
H a v in g a lr e a d y s e e n the m o v ie , th is p r o d u c tio n o f f e r e d
fined to W ilk e s ’ bed. Each vign ette
C o m p a n y is cu rren tly p resen tin g the N o r th A m e r ic a n p re m ie re o f
am ple tim e fo r m y e y e to wander
la s t b y s e v e r a l h o u rs , d a y s o r
Stephen K in g ’ s best-sellin g n ovel,
and fo r m y brain to contem plate the
A l l o c u t i o n tins É tu d ian t*-*
is separated te m p o ra lly fro m the weeks. This is perfect fo r a film — _ ^ ^ ^ ^ s n ip
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E n te rta in m e n t
October 31st, 1995 A C / D C album can — a m ust have
Six Degrees separated from the audience
Discellaneous — M att Roy
I r o n M a id e n
The X Factor B y C h r is t ia n e W Z a ba n eh
est a n d
Nan cy
(E M I)
AC/D C
shock the audience.
B i g h a ir , s p a n d e x “ m e t a l pants” , scaaary m onsters ITh ou gh
Ballbreaker
lo b o to m is e d fo r the secon d tim e
“ She m ake you hot, you spray
tio n o f John G u a re ’ s Six Degrees
on an album c o v e r, E d d y and Iron
you r lot/C om in’ in h oney, w e ’ re
M a id e n ju st refu se to g iv e u p.The
head in ’ to the to p .” N e e d I say
latest lin e -u p ch an ge w ith B la z e
m o re ? (T h e A u stralian m etal bards
B a y le y on v o c a ls (th a t’ s a ro c k
return w ith m ore exp loratio n s o f
nam e i f I e v e r heard o n e ) has The X F a ctor sou n d in g lik e a n ig h t
con tinu in g w ith th eir secret plan
m a r is h
70
to reco rd a soundtrack to
pow er
b a lla d .
le a d , g iv e s th e p la y lif t . S h e is r e fr e s h in g ly
b e lie v a b le
and
o f Separation, d ire c te d b y S im on
e f fe c t iv e in h e r p o rtra y a l o f the
W ong
a m b it io u s
m u ltifa c e te d “ O u is a .” H e r c h a r
attem pt to d eal w ith a p leth o ra o f
a c te r is d e e p ly to u c h e d b y h e r
issu es, o f w h ic h th e title is but
e n c o u n te r
one.
u n k n o w n s tree t k id w h o fo r c e s
K en,
is
an
w ith
P a u l,
th e
T h e p l a y in t r o d u c e s us to
h er to re-e x a m in e the m ea n in g o f
P au l, a b la c k street k id w h o cons
h er life . H e r ch aracter has m any
his w a y in to the hom es and liv e s
d im en sio n s and the au dience ea s
o f the w h ite u pper class o f N e w Y o r k b y p reten d in g to k n o w th eir
ily fo llo w s her e m o tio n a l e v o lu tion.
m in u t e
S c o r p io n s
Songs
about
repressed.
—M att Roy B a d B ra in s
God o f Love (M C A )
fla t in an unsuccessful attem pt to M e a g a n K e en b er, the fe m a le
P la y e r s ’ T h e a tr e ’ s p ro d u c
fo r d ie hard fans and the sexu ally
B ad B rain s return w ith a re c o rd th a t s o u n d s a t o n c e r a d i c a l l y
(W a rn e r)
adolescen t sexu ality — perchance
F ou cau lt’ s History o f Sexuality.
m o v ie s (th e y o b v io u s ly h a v e n ’ t
D e n y it though th ey m ay, an
read the b o o k s ), s lo w intros, a g o
e v e n in g spent w ith Flick O f The
n is in g b u ild -u p s and p re d ic ta b le
Switch, som e Fren ch th eory, and
ahead o f, and b ehind its tim e. T h e D .C . quartet has a lw a y s skated a w e ir d ch a sm —
b e t w e e n m e ta l
j o c k ca llis th e n ics and punk rock a u t h e n tic ity .
S in g e r
H um an
R igh ts, w h o ranks rig h t up there w it h B u ju B a n to n in th e m o s td e s e r v in g - o f - N o b e l- P e a c e - P r iz e c a te g o r y , returns fr o m his short stint as p ro fe s s io n a l h o m o p h o b e and b ra w le r to len d his ad enoidal v o c a ls to th e tra c k s . O f f e n s i v e th o u g h h e m a y b e , H R ’ s n e a r-
ch ild ren . T h e p la y its e lf is a d if
Ia n R y a n , w h o p la y s P a u l,
hasidic cro o n in g has a lw a y s been
fic u lt p ro d u ction to undertake. It
ruins the in ten ded surprise e ffe c t
the soul o f B ad Brains. S o w h ile
deals w ith m an y c o m p le x issues
b y m a k in g it o b v io u s fr o m the
God O f Love, w ith its V ig -e s q u e
in c lu d in g
w e a lth and p o v e r t y ,
o u t-s et that h e is a frau d . H e is
production , sp eed -racer six-string
fa m ily d yn am ics, h o m o sex u a lity ,
lik e an au tom aton on stage. H is
o n a n is m , and g e n e r a l m a s s iv e
race, im a g in a tio n and s e lf- r e a li
m ovem en ts are staccato and dry.
ness sounds p ecu liar to those w h o
sation. K e n d oes not fare w e ll in
H is p o r t r a y a l is m a d e a ll th e
h a ve fo llo w e d the last fe w years
ta c k lin g this im m en se task.
m o r e u n s u c c e s s fu l b y his h ig h
o f m u sic, it is a ls o e x h ila ra tin g ,
p itc h e d v o i c e w h ic h , at tim e s ,
u n den iab ly rock m u sic o f a v e ry
c o m e s c lo s e to w h in in g.
pure sort. A r e v ie w e r on ce said o f
B y th e e n d o f th e P la y e r s ’ p ro d u c tio n , the s p e c ta to r is le ft f e e l i n g o v e r w h e l m e d an d lo s t.
O n e w o u l d th in k th a t th e
B a d B rains, that i f a ja m session
o f th e P l a y e r s ’ T h e a t r e
b e tw e e n P e te r T o s h and M e ta llic a
T h e central id e a — that there are
s iz e
o n l y s ix p e o p l e w h o s e p a r a t e
w o u ld add in tim a c y to the p la y .
sounded lik e a g o o d id ea to your,
each o f us and that w e can
u lti
Instead , it le a v e s us fe e lin g that
rather than a nightm are, the grou p
m a te ly fin d c o m m o n grou nd w ith
the actors th em s e lve s c ra ve m ore
m ig h t b e up y o u r a lle y . K e e p in
everyon e —
space and distance fro m the au d i
m ind that this is not som e sort o f
is d ro w n e d out in a
s y n c re tic fu s io n . I f y o u h a v e n ’ t
ence.
sea o f oth er issues. O n th e w h o le , m e m b e rs o f
alread y d is c o v e re d B a d B rains, I
the cast are u n c o m fo rta b le w ith
Against I m ig h t b e the p la c e to
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a b ottle o f Jack D an iels, brin gs all
d o n ’ t d o nearly as m uch to inspire
o f the con nection s to lig h t.)
as d o e s th e p a in s t a k in g ly p r e
D e s p ite the qu estionab le ly ric a l
pared c o v e r art and g lit z y p a ck ag
content, this album is d ow n and
in g. E v e n the g id d y u p g a llo p in g
d irty o ld style rock ‘ n ’ ro ll m ore
S t e v e H a r ris bass lin e s and the
rem in iscen t o f the Highway to H ell and Back in Black A C / D C o f
fe w
in t e r e s tin g
in t r o s
on
“ Ju dgem en t o f H e a v e n ”
and
old . T h e Y o u n g brothers, A n gu s
“ B lo o d o n th e W o r l d ’ s H a n d s ”
and M a lc o lm , are in fin e furious
c a n ’ t res c u e the b an d fr o m this
fo rm fo r this latest release, k ic k
latest son ic atro c ity . H arris h im
in g out the sam e g o o d o F three
s e lf sums up the w a y I fe lt after
chords and p o w e r riffs . B rian
listen in g to the first 30 m inutes o f
Johnson th ank fu lly sounds less
this album : “ I ’ v e fe lt lik e suicide
lik e D o n a ld D u ck than he d id on
a
Thunderstruck, and actually sings
d ozen
t im e s
or
m o r e ” .N o
G o d / S a t a n - fe a r in g r i v e t - h e a d
in a deep g r o w l on tracks lik e
sh ou ld b e cau gh t d ead w ith this
“ T h e F u ror.” Ballbreaker rocks
disc in his o r her c o lle c tio n .
fro m start to fin ish as o n ly an
1 9 9 4 ’ s Illm a tic .
He
b eca m e on e o f the firs t rappers to sign a reco rd d eal w ith ou t rec o rd in g a dem o. T h e in e v ita b le c o m p a ris o n s to N a s , w h o h e lp e d to resu rrect the East coast sound, abou nd.Pete R o c k takes a break fro m his w o rk w ith C .L . S m ooth to prod u ce tw o o f th e t ig h t e s t tr a c k s o n A Z ’ s album , “ G im m e Y o u r s ” (is that a h a rp in th e b a c k g r o u n d ? ) an d “ R a th e r U n i q u e ” . A Z a n d N a s share a s im ila r rh y m e f l o w , and both rap o v e r m o s tly s m o o th e d o u t b e a ts . B o t h l i k e t o h a v e a le a s t o n e s in is te r tra c k on th e ir album s — A Z ’ s b e in g “ W e C a n ’ t W in ” .N eith er o f these s k illed rap pers are con tent w ith sim p le bat tle rhym es. A Z takes ly ric a l shots
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at e v e r y o n e , fr o m g o l d - d i g g i n g fe m a le s on “ H o H a p p y J a c k ie ” , a ll th e w a y up to b i g w i g s l ik e R u d o lp h G i u l i a n i a n d G e o r g e P a ta k i. N a s e v e n re tu rn s A Z ’ s
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fa v o u r b y trading v e rse w ith him on “ M o M o n e y , M o M u rd e r” . A s a c o m p l e t e a lb u m , th e beats on Doe o r D ie d o not reach the lo fty heights o f Illm atic , but
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o f f a t S A D IE ’ S f o r p r o c e s s in g
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th en , v e r y f e w d o . T h is d is c is tig h t and A Z has e m e r g e d as a n e w ly ric a l fien d .
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The mighty Woody does Aphrodite
Cinema Continued...
By Rachel Stokoe I I Continued from Page 12 C a d ie u x ’ s “ I llu s io n N o . 5 ,” an in tere s tin g p la y on lig h t and the percep tion o f patterns. K u d os to the M .A .C . curator fo r b egin n in g L ’Effet cinema w ith
Underneath the gushy exte ri
q u o tid ia n o b je c ts and m ateria ls.
H ap p y d ays, happy d ays!
d id I f o r g e t to m e n tio n th e m ? )
o r , A l l e n ’ s c h a r a c t e r is t ic p e s
T h e p ie c e s , h o w e v e r , d o n o t
W o o d y A l l e n is b a c k w it h h is
w h ose jo b it is to busy th em selves
sim ism is present. H e seem s pret
e v o k e m uch. T h e show reads lik e
an n u al tr ib u te to c y n ic is m and
in A lle n ’ s affairs.
ty
a ga ra ge
tio n in the a r tis t’ s li f e th ro u g h
S h erm a n . U p o n e n tr y , th is p ie c e d em an d s v is ito r s to
im m e d ia te ly
M a x ’ s natural m o th er is the
a m b iv a le n t
abou t
h u m an
nature, flip -flo p p in g b etw een dis
s a le . I t s e e m s as i f
sen tim en ta lity. A l l e n ’ s film s are
M ih alcean does not w ant to let his
con sisten tly e x c e lle n t w h en c o m
ty p ic a l,
b lo n d e .
trusting m alism to an alm ost naive
v ie w e r s
pared to the usual c ro p products
H o w e v e r , S o rr in o ’ s p e rfo rm a n c e
faith in happy endings. In the end,
tograp h b y porno C in d y
th ropy than any elitist v iew s.
chagrin o f the G ree k chorus (oh ,
a sin gle, still p h o queen
her life . H e does this m uch to the
It is as playful and precocious as an Audrey Hepburn movie
in t o th e w o r l d s h e ’ s e x p e r ie n c e s , and so he
o f th e H o l l y w o o d
h id e s in o b s c u r it y to
Mighty Aphrodite is no exception .
and e v ery th in g turns out dandy in
Allen’s cinematogra phy leaves his con temporaries in the dust
the universe. T h e G reek C h om s is a w a ck y
D e s p it e th is, th ere
on a lig h t-h e a r te d c o m e d y k ic k
w ere se ve ra l e ffe c tiv e
( I ’ m still c o n vin c ed that the Soon -
p ie c e s : a g ia n t s t y r o
Y i thing has m ade him tone d ow n
f o a m h e a d , r a in d r o p s
his darker humour in an attempt to
h is
Amadeus), th ey start o f f as rig id
im m o rta lis e d in a p la s
w in b a c k a u d ie n c e a f f e c t i o n ) ,
p rop erties o f still
tic - r e s in p o o l, an d a te n u o u s ly
M ighty Aphrodite has an in t e lli
p h o togra p h y as op p o s e d to those
assess the unique
true lo v e flie s in in a h e lic o p te r
g r in d , a n d
A lth o u g h A lle n is c u rre n tly
preven t disclosure.
d im - w itte d
to u c h th a t v e r y f e w
d ir e c t o r s
w o u ld be able to pull o ff. L e d by F. M u rra y A b ra h a m (k n o w n fo r O scar
p e rfo r m a n c e
in
supported sculpture entitled “ p ro
gen ce that en gages. A lle n ’ s c in e
is so re a l and h ila rio u s that she
and s ty lis e d c o m m e n ta to rs , but
o f cinem a. W h a t is distinct about
f i l d e la v i e d e c o u p le ” (w h ic h
m a t o g r a p h y an d f i l m i n g t e c h
e xp els the clich és fro m the stereo
q u ic k ly digress to dancin g ch o reo
the moving im ages?
w o u ld be fa r m ore strikin g w ith
niques le a v e his con tem poraries in
type.
g r a p h e d s h o w tu n e s . C o m p le t e
out its cyn ica l title).
the dust. W h a t m akes his humour,
T h r o u g h th e m o v i e , A l l e n
w ith Cassandra p red ictin g A lle n ’ s
your
e v en w h en d e lv in g into slapstick,
balances precariou sly on the ed ge
f a t e ( “ I s e e a l a r g e , b a ld m an
o f p o l i t i c a l in c o r r e c t n e s s . H is
b re a k in g y o u r k n e e -c a p s ” ), th ey
W o r t h a v o i d i n g at L ’E ffe t
cinema is M a r k L e w i s ’ p e t p r o
If
n o t h in g
c a p tu re s
im agin ation in either o f these tw o
so s a tisfyin g is his acute attention
is im p o s s ib le to w a tc h w ith o u t
new
s h o w s , ta k e a g a n d e r at
to d eta il. N o n e o f his characters
ch a ra cter trie s to set S o rr in o up
in s e r t t h e m s e lv e s p e r i o d i c a l l y
ro llin g you r e y e s (d esp ite its aca
Instants, a con cu rren t c o lle c tio n
lack, and all o f the scenes are aes
w ith an airhead b o x e r w h o wants
th ro u gh the m o v ie , tra n s p o rtin g
d em ic aspirations).
o f p h o to g ra p h ic art at the m u se
th etically p erfected.
to start an on ion farm . T h e audi
the au d ien ce to an A m p h ith ea tre
ence is constantly in v ite d to laugh
in Italy.
je c t
“ T w o Im p o s s ib le F ilm s .” It
A f t e r m e a n d e r in g th r o u g h
um. T h e show features a fantastic
In the film , A lle n is a sports
L ’Effet cinema, on e arrives at the
tryptic b y S y lv ie R ead m an called
w r ite r m a rr ie d to an art g a lle r y
at their stupidity and pass a value ju d gem en t on the classes “ b e lo w ” the in tellig en sia . H o w e v e r , A lle n
f i l m s , M ig h ty Aphrodite still e x c e ls fa r b eyo n d
W h ile
n o t a s ta n d - o u t in
te r m s o f A l l e n
“ M a n è g e s ” in w h ic h p h o to and
o w n e r ( H e l e n a B o n h a m ). N o t
Y o u m u st tr a v e rs e o n e s h o w to
fantasy are e lo q u e n tly fused. D o
w an tin g to s acrifice a y ea r to the
g e t to the oth er, th ou gh the tw o
not m iss it i f y ou vis it the m use
b irth in g process, B on h am pushes
has a disregard fo r p e o p le in g en
any other rom antic com ed ies you
are unrelated. I c o u ld n ot d e c id e i f the curators, o r the constraints
um.
to adopt. A lle n , at first u n w illin g,
eral, and the characters are m ore
m ay see this year.
rele n ts in his usual n e u ro tic but
lik e ly a sign o f his gen eral m isan
s c u lp tu r e o f G i l l e s M ih a lc e a n .
of
C (t £ &
b enign fashion. S o enters M a x , a
\L’Effet Cinema and G illes M ih a lc e a n w ill be at the M useum o f Contem porary \Art until January 14, 1996.
c o o e d o v e r and sp oiled b y his p re
U p on enterin g The Sculpture
g ift e d and a d orab le b ab y w h o is
o f Emotion, a w a ll panel exp lain s th a t M i h a l c e a n ’ s p o s t - m o d e r n sculptures are attem pts to e v o k e a s p e c ific season, m om en t o r lo c a
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v io u s ly dink parents. S o m e w h e r e a rou n d M a x ’ s fo u rth b irth d a y and a lu ll in his m arriage, A lle n b eco m es obsessed w ith fin d in g the b o y ’ s b io lo g ic a l
Misery continued
m other. H e fin a lly does, and d is c overs that she is a prostitute and p o m star.
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Misery occurs when A n nie gets out
U n a b le to le t s le e p in g d o g s lie , A lle n g oes about tryin g to fix
her axe and primes herself fo r a lit M ic h a e l
R u d d er,
as
Paul
Sheldon, is also a persuasive force
not
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Golden Gaels and Stingers deny M cG ill post-season berth after fiv e years.
T h e first h a lf was anything but
ened the h ole fo r M c G ill m id w a y
tight end M a tt C a rly le fo r a three
m em orable as the Gaels ju m p ed to
through the third quarter. Q ueens’
ya rd to u c h d o w n pass. T h e score
“ O b v io u s ly I h a ve a lo t o f
an e a r ly le a d . A le a d th at th e y w o u ld n e v e r r e l i n quish.
p iv o t Beau H o w es connected w ith
s to o d at 2 0 -0 , w ith 23 and h a lf
em otion. A fte r a w h ile the devasta
13-yard fie ld
minutes left in the game. T h e R e d m e n d id not g o d ow n w ith ou t a
tio n w i l l s u b s id e an d th e g o o d m em ories w ill rem ain,” said B oon. T h e ground gam e, w h ich has
goal from kicker R ob
figh t. R o o k ie halfback,
been a k ey ingredient in M c G ill’ s
in K in g s to n , O n ta rio ), the G a e ls
W e ir
th e
C ra ig B o rge s o n , sliced
success this season, did not m ateri
b e a t th e R e d m e n 2 0 -7 . In the
Q u e e n ’ s to
a 3 -0
into the d e fic it as he put
alise. M c G ill netted on ly 82 yards
sequ el, not o n ly did the R e d m e n lose, but the loss elim in ated them
lead . H a lfb a c k Paul
up M c G ill’ s first points
v ia the run.
C o r r e a le e x t e n d e d
o f th e d a y la te in the
T h e p oo r running attack cou
the G a e l a d v a n ta g e
third quarter. T h e fiv e -
p led w ith the six turnovers spelled
to ten on a 2 2 -y a rd
yard touchdown left the
disaster fo r the Redm en.
to u ch d ow n run, tw o
R e d m e n t r a ilin g 20-7
A m id all the disappointm ent,
minutes into the sec
entering the fin al quar
M c G i l l d id h a v e a b r ig h t s p o t.
ond quarter. C orreale
ter.
R edm en quarterback Dana T o e rin g
B y K a s h if Z a h o o r M o s t m o v ie c ritics agree the sequel is often w orse than the o rig i nal. ‘ K i l l - M c G i i r Part I I w as no exception. In the original (tw o w eeks ago
‘In the second half, the kids came to play but it was too late.’
A
s ta k e d
M c G ill
f in is h e d th e a f t e r noon w ith 127 yards on 24 carries.
-k ick er
A n d re w B oon, w h o was
had his best gam e o f the season. He com pleted 14 o f 30 passes fo r 213
am on g the six veterans
yards.
W e ir added a 25
p layin g their last game,
T h is y e a r m a y h a v e b e e n a
M c G ill’ s p la y o ff destiny was
y a r d f i e l d g o a l, as
trim m ed the G a e l lead
building year fo r the Redm en. W ith
in their ow n hands com in g into last
M c G ill fou n d them
to eight with 2:46 left. It
T o e r in g h a vin g a y ea r o f e x p e r i
S a t u r d a y ’ s c o n t e s t a g a in s t th e
s e lv e s in 13-0 h o le
was a case o f too little,
ence under his belt, and a core o f
Q ueen’ s G old en Gaels.
after the first 30 m in
too late. T h e fie ld goal
h e a lth y ru n n in g b ack s retu rn in g
utes o f play.
p u t th e R e d m e n in a
n e x t y ea r, the R e d m e n can lo o k
from the p layoffs.
A v ic to r y or a tie against the
“ Y o u ’ v e g o t to
G old en G aels w ou ld have ensured M c G ill a p la y o ff berth. E ven w ith a
put
60
lo s s ,
to g e th e r
m in u te s
position to tie the gam e
forw ard to b igg e r and better things.
w it h
M a y b e next year w ill be the yea r
a TD
an d
tw o
we
p o in t c o n v e r t, but the
earned a spot in post-season play i f
d id n ’ t d o it t o d a y .
B o o n ’ s 1 3 -y a r d f i e l d
first place and sixth-ranked Ottawa
W e didn’ t play in the
g o a l m a rk e d th e fin a l
beat
first half. In the sec o n d h a lf, th e k id s
c h a p te r on R e d m e n s c o r in g in th e 1995 campaign.
th e R e d m e n
th e
fift h
c o u ld
p la c e
have
an d
th e
unranked C oncordia Stingers.
and
Unfortunately fo r the Redm en,
c a m e to p la y but it
not on ly did the Gaels beat M c G ill
w a s t o o la t e , ” s a id
20-12, but the C on cord ia Stingers
R ed m en head coach
c ru s h e d th e G e e - G e e s 4 2 -2 2 in
C harlie B aillie. T h e G aels d eep
Ottawa.
A n em otional B oon
A lth o u g h M c G ill rea ch ed f o r victory , it elu d ed the Redmen once again
Redbirds bow out to the ‘Rouge et O r’ as college champions University. Starter Scott Gallin took
Steffler, w ho has been very solid for
the loss, allo w in g fiv e earned runs
the ‘ Birds on the mound this year,
on f iv e hits w ith three w alk s and
in
to o k the loss. R e l i e f p itch er Dan
tw o strikeouts in 4.1 innings. M ark
M ontreal this weekend — and to the
B ro c k s c o red M c G i l l ’ s lo n e run.
D eB oer was once again an offensive
chagrin o f the hom etow n fans, the
A fte r walking, he stole second base,
f o r c e f o r th e B ir d s . H e s c o r e d
M c G ill Redbirds failed to repeat as
advanced to third on a ground-out
M c G ill’ s first run on a walk, while
c o lle g e w o r ld se rie s c h am p ion s. Although the Redbirds did not win
and scored on a double by second baseman Ronnie Bugeaud.
Yann M onnet tallied the team’ s sec ond run on an infield ground-out by
The second ever C IB A nation als w e r e h o s te d b y M c G i l l
T od d Savage.
the pennant, it w ill b e the
So
E astern D iv is io n ’ s jo b to
w h ile
the
defend it again next year as
R e d b ir d s w e r e h o m e
conference rival Laval cap tured the series by beating
rem iniscing a very suc cessful season in which
B rock U n iversity 6-5 o v e r
th ey fin is h e d w ith an
9 innings.
18-8 overall record, the
Catcher Jean-Francois
L a v a l ‘ R o u g e et O r ’
B o ld u c o f L e v is , Q u eb ec
and the B rock Badgers
hit a ninth inning R B I dou
w e re busy d u e llin g it
b le to snap a 4-4 tie, and
ou t f o r the c h a m p i
then scored the insurance
onship. There seems to
run as the ‘ R o u g e et O r ’
be little doubt that the
held on fo r a 6-5 w in over
now
B ro ck
o f S t-C a th e rin e s
Even the M cG ill fa ith fu l could not cheer the Redbirds to a second championship.
Ontario. This allow ed them
Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship on Sunday. M VP
year
o ld
league w ill continue to g ro w in popularity and talent. T h e addition o f
to c a p tu re th e C a n a d ia n
T ou rn a m en t
tw o
B o ld u c
In th e ir fir s t g a m e o f the
expansion teams, this year p roved
Nationals, grand slam home runs in
that there is a lot o f interest in colle
back-to-back innings (b y third base-
g ia t e b a s e b a ll, and th e M c G i l l
B e r tr a n d
man M ich el Carrier in the 5th, and
R e d b ir d s are s u r e ly o n e o f the
Chabot, w ho had singled and m oved
designated hitter M ark D e B o e r in
le a g u e ’ s gem s. O n e c o lle g e series
to s e c o n d on a s a c r if ic e bunt.
the 6th) propelled M c G ill to victory
c h a m p io n s h ip and o n e E a s te rn
Chabot pitched fiv e innings o f relief
o v e r a stunned D a lh o u s ie squad.
D iv is io n pennant are great results
to earn his seco n d v ic to r y o f the
L e fty Brian Titherington pitched six
fo r the Birds in their first tw o sea
d ay, and cap tu re the tou rn am en t
innings fo r the win, picking up six
sons o f baseball at M cG ill.
most valuable pitcher award.
strikeouts in the game.
d ro ve
hom e
p itc h e r
W ith a core a talented veterans
In th eir s e co n d g a m e o f the
com ing back next year the Redbirds
series, the Redbirds w ere out-hit 6-2 ed and pitched fiv e innings, leading T^vjûT5Tari~TÎ-T win o v e r M c G ill In ' ' b y e v e n tu a l'fin a lis ts T rô m B r o c k
w ill be back and ready to soar once
Earlier in the day, Chabot start
again.
h is
fe e lin g s
abou t e n d in g his f o o t b a ll c a r e e r at M c G i l l
''The O -Q IF C p la y o ff matchups fo r next week fe a ture fourth place Concordia at fir s t p lace Ottawa , and third place Bishop’s at sec ond place Queen’s.
Redmen soccer on their way to the nationals
the s e m i-fin a l gam e. Starter T o m
B y D a n a T o e r in c
v o ic e d
the V an ier Cup com es to M ontreal.
B y T r ib u n e S t a f f
B ritis h C o lu m b ia learn ed F rid a y that he had contracted tuberculosis.
F o r the first tim e since 1991
W e a rin g the number “ 8” (S in g h ’ s
the R edm en soccer team is on its
nu m ber) on th eir hands and legs,
w a y to the n ation al fin a l tourna
the R e d m e n p la y e d in s p ira tio n a l
ment to be p layed at U Q T R in tw o
s o c c e r an d r a l l i e d f r o m
w eeks time.
d e fic it w ith tw o goals in the final
a 2 -0
a g a in s t
11 minutes to earn a 2-2 tie. W ith
cro s s-to w n riv a ls C o n c o rd ia in a
th e t ie the R e d m e n m a n a g e d to
M c G ill
fa c e d
o ff
tw o gam e sem i-final that was sup
e lim in a te C o n c o r d ia due to the
posed to prove w h o was the superi
c o n t r o v e r s ia l “ m o s t r o a d g o a ls
or team. T h e Redm en went into the
rule” .
gam e w ith a 3-1-6 regu lar season
S e a n S m ith s c o r e d h is 4 th
reco rd and w e re h o p in g to add a
g o a l o f th e s e a s o n in th e 8 9 th
couple o f wins w hich seem to have
minute and K e vin M c C o n n e ll net
eluded the R edm en this season. A s
ted his 4th o f the season and the
it turned out, the R edm en and the
e q u a lis e r in th e 8 8 th m in u te .
Stingers did not res o lve w h o was
M c C o n n e ll scored both tyin g goals
the better team as the tw o squads
fo r the R edm en and w as aw arded
played to a 1-1 tie and a 2-2 tie.
w ith Q S S F and C I A U m ale athlete
In the firs t g a m e o f the tw o
o f the w e e k h o n o u rs . H is t y in g
g a m e s e m i- fin a l fre s h m a n m id
g o a l a g a in s t th e S tin g e r s sen d s
fie ld e r K e v in M c C o n n e ll op ened
M c G i l l in to the p r o v in c ia l fin a l
the scoring w ith his fourth marker
a g a in s t
o f the season in the third minute o f
N o v e m b e r 5 at 1p.m.
UQTR
next
Sunday
by
In the other sem i-final match
M c C o n n e ll p ro v e d to be the cru
up the U Q T R Patriotes sw ept the
c ia l t y in g g o a l f o r th e R e d m e n
U n iv e r s ité
w h o ’ s o ffe n c e w as s ty m ie d b y a
s c o r e s o f 3 -2 and 1-0 to earn a
f ie s t y S t in g e r d e fe n s e . M c G i l l
birth in the provincial final and the
g o a lt e n d e r
C I A U n ation al tournam ent alo n g
p la y .
T h is
e a r ly
goal
S e b a s tie n
C h arest
earned the tie in nets fo r the R ed ‘ n
de
S h erb rook e
by
w ith the Redm en. T h e tw o M c G ill ties, coupled
W h ite. the
w it h U Q T R ’ s s e r ie s w in o v e r
R edm en played their hearts out in
S h e rb ro o k e q u a lifie d M c G ill fo r
In
th e
secon d
gam e
a tribute to their teammate Roland
the C I A U national cham p ion sh ip
S in g h .
to be played at U Q T R from the 9__j
S in g h , a b io c h e m is t r y
October 31st, 1995
S p O r t S Page 17
Martlets take weekend sweep: advance to league championship B y A n d r ew B o o n
Desbois stepped up fo r the M artlets
goals are m ore valuable then hom e
d is tin c tio n o f b e in g M c G i l l ’ s all
im p r e s s iv e w a s th e p re s e n c e o f
b y s lo t t in g in t w o g o a ls , w h ile
tim e leading scorer.
oth er varsity athletes w h o turned
I f the M c G ill M a rtle ts c o u ld
Sascha M c L e o d ju m p e d on to the
goals in soccer’ s w ack y aggregate format.
O th e r M a r t le t s w h o p la y e d
o u t to s u p p o rt th e te a m . M a n y
choose a them e song ind icative o f
score sheet by adding a sin g le as
T h e R e d ‘ n W h it e m a c h in e
t h e ir la s t h o m e g a m e in c lu d e
players from the m en’ s soccer team
th e ir p e r fo r m a n c e s th us fa r , it
the M artlets took gam e one, 3-0. In
w o u ld have ju st o v e r 24 hours to
D o n n a P ra h a c s , K ir s t e n G r e e r ,
w ere present, along w ith numerous
w o u ld h a v e to b e th e B e a t le s
terms o f the defen sive, the M artlets
rest their w eary legs as they played
Sascha M c L e o d , H eid i B loom field ,
o th e rs fr o m the m e n ’ s fo o t b a ll,
“ C o m e T o g e t h e r ” . G a m e a ft e r
s e rv e d as a s train er, fis h in g ou t
their second gam e on Sunday.
and C arolyn Tang.
hockey, and baseball.
gam e, they continue to demonstrate
L a v a l forw ards w ith relative ease.
what the w ord ‘ team ’ really means. T h is
p ast
S a tu r d a y
and
T h e id e a th a t th e M a r t le t s
T h e gam e had several interest
p a r t ic u la r s ta n d o u t w a s
w ere g o in g to coast to v ictory was
ing highlights. K e itzk e earned her
Tanaquil Chantrill, w h o wound up
re in fo rc e d as M c G ill pushed f o r
A
Sunday, the M a rtle ts began th eir
seco n d shutout in as m any days, b u t had r e l a t i v e l y
B lo o m fie ld
fe lt that the high turnout does help the team. “ I t ’ s certainly nice to loo k up
l i t t l e to d o
and see friends and fam ily, as w e ll
q u est f o r a n a tio n a l title . In the
besides shout encouragem ent. T h e
as fans com e out and support us. It
le a g u e s e m i - f i n a l m a tc h , th e y
M artlet d efen sive unit put on a stel
g ives us that extra ed ge and makes
fa c e d -o ff against L aval. T h e form at
lar perform ance that le ft a plethora
us want to g o that extra m ile,” said
was one o f a hom e and aw ay match
o f L a v a l players frustrated. A per
B loom field .
up.
fe c t e x a m p le cam e w h en L a v a l’ s
H a v in g to p lay tw o gam es in
T h e first gam e was p la y ed at L a v a l, and o n c e a g a in , fe a tu re d
q u ic k s trik e r D io n a ttem p te d to
tw o d ays m ig h t b o g d o w n so m e
z ig z a g arou n d G re e r. B u t G r e e r
inspired perform ances.
was up to the task. She danced her
teams, but the M artlets demonstrat ed th eir s u p erio r fitn e s s w h en it
Last w eek, M artlet goalk eeper
w ay ov e r to D ion , tackled her in a
m a tte r e d .
C a ro ly n T a n g w as suspended fo r
fe r o c io u s m an n er, c o lle c t e d the
M c L e o d was elated w ith the team ’ s
an in g a m e fo u l. H e r b a c k up,
ball, and pushed it up field.
perform ance.
M id - fie ld
w iz a r d
D ebra K eitzk e was g ive n the start,
T h e defen sive e ffo rt also came
“ C onditionin g was defin itely a
and since then has put on a clin ic in
fro m the forw ards, as players lik e
factor, but I ’ m quite pleased w ith
goaltending. K e itzk e was lik e a spi
M au gh an , L u c ia n a C ifa r e lli, and
the e ffo r t w e g a v e and h o p e fu lly
der casting her w eb from g oal post
Chantrill hustled around lik e a pack
w e can parlay that into this w e e k
to goal post. She made several key
o f rabid dogs.
end,” M c L e o d stressed.
saves that k ep t the M a rtle ts in a
The Martlet defender dares the opposition to come near.
T h e 1-0 s c o r e s h o u ld h a v e
position to win.
M c G ill
w ill n ow
fa c e o f f
been m ore d ecisive as the M artlets
against Sherbrooke, the team w h o
dom inated all aspects o f the game.
finished first in regular season play, just above the M artlets.
‘The
w ith the dubious task o f m arking
T a c k ie r ’ G reer assessed K e itz k e ’ s perform ance bluntly.
L a v a l s p e e d s te r M a r ie C la u d e
Julia M aughan, w h o was play
D io n . C h a n trill w as a ll o v e r h er
ing her fin al hom e gam e at M olson
B lo o m fie ld ran to m eet a cross, and
“ S h e s a v e d o u r a s s ” , s a id Greer.
lik e a fat kid on a Sm artie as she
Stadium, scored her seventh gam e
h ead ed the b a ll to w a rd s the net.
lite ra lly shut d ow n L a v a l’ s zip p y
w in n in g g o a l this season b y stab
Unfortunately, her e ffo rt rattled o f f
Martlets play Sherbrooke in
striker.
b in g in a re b o u n d o f f a sh o t b y
the cross bar and M c G ill had to set
1 ^ 1 the league championship this
tle fo r the one goal victory.
D e fe n d e r
K ir s t e n
W h i l e K e i t z k e w a s s a v in g
ward to a con vin cin g 1-0 victory.
everyth in g, the rest o f the M artlet
T h e w in aw ay fro m hom e was
O d ile D e s b o is . T h e p r o lific g o a l
team g o t d o w n to business. O d ile
im portant, c o n s id e rin g that a w a y
scorer graduates this year w ith the
top-ran ked team nation ally. In
th e
fifth
p la c e
h o s te d
by
B o o t’
V V Sunday
at
1
p.m .
a ls o p r o v e d to h a v e o n e o f the
\go on to play the follow ing weekend in Ottawa f o r the nationals.
turn
o u ts
fo r
th e
M a rtle ts this season. P a rticu la rly
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the g a m e w in n er. T o this, K a tie gam e
P illa r and B an h am ad d ed insur
T h e
th e
U n iv e r s it y o f T o r o n t o , th e b a ttlin g
M c G ill
p la c e d f if t h
f u t u r e
M a r tle ts
a n d f a i l e d to
earn a spot at the nation als. O n l y th e t o p - t h r e e ra n k e d te a m s
fro m
th e
is
O W IA A
w e re aw a rd ed that honour.
in
your
K r is te n B a n h a m , w h o has been a strong scorer and le a d e r f o r the M a rtle ts , w as n a m e d to th e O W I A A fir s t
h a n d s
a ll-s ta r team . T e a m c a p ta in N a ta s c h a earn ed
a
van
B o e tz e la e r
b e rth
on
th e
Are you:
O W I A A secon d team . In th e f i n a l g a m e
on
O c to b e r 27, M c G ill lost b y a score
of
3 -0
to
G u e lp h
against Q u e e n ’ s U n iv e r s ity , V a n B o e tz e la e r scored her fourth g o a l
B anham
M a rtle ts tw ic e this y ea r and is a
o f the y e a r w h ic h p r o v e d to b e
M c G ill’ s gam e
ance m arkers. w as
m a tc h , a d d in g
nam ed
M VP to
in
th is
h er lis t o f
awards.
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The field hockey goalie’s name is Georgie AquirreSacasa, not ‘Jeorgie’ Aquirre-Sacasa as published in the Oct. 10 issue.
K e e p e r G illa in R o p e r r e c o v ered s u ffic ie n tly fro m a m id-season back in ju ry to earn a shutout in her fin a l C I A U gam e. T h e M a rtle ts c lo s e d a fa ir ly s u c c e s s fu l
season
w ith
a
res p e c ta b le 8-9-1 re c o rd o v e r a ll,
The scores for the games against Carleton and Queen’s were 3-0 McGill over Carleton, and 3-2 McGill over Queen’s. The goal scorers in the Queen’s game were Kristen Butterworth and Katy Pillar. The Tribune apologises for the errors.
in clu d in g a 7-8-1 fifth p la c e m ark in regu lar season p lay. The
M a r tle ts
w ill
b id
f a r e w e l l to g r a d u a tin g p la y e r s R o p e r and L o v e , but the c o re o f a m u ch im p r o v e d te a m back
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w ill be
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in
■ —I Sherbrooke. The winner will
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U Q TR blank M cG ill 6-0, and Redmen head home for Halloween without candy
Sp o rt s
Martlet basketball wins weekend game The
Bv A dam G a n d A le x C
r o ssm a n
3 ’ s in th e
h u r c h il l
p e r i o d ) had D a n ie l
secon d
s c r a m b lin g to k e e p th e
L ast F rid a y n ig h t’ s v is it to
squad
in
th e
gam e.
T r o is - R iv iè r e s le ft M c G ill’ s
h ave
to
o n th e d o o r s te p . H a v in g p e r
con vert on those sort
f o r m e d th e ir tr ic k , th e y w e r e
o f c h a n c e s ,” s tated
sent hom e w ithout a treat.
D aniel. On
T h e R e d m e n c a m e ou t o f
a p o s it iv e
tr a ilin g l- 0 .
note, D a n iel o ffe r e d
H a v in g p layed , in the w o rd s o f
h e a rty c o n g r a tu la
head
B angen,
tion s to his d im in u
“ [T h e ir ] best p e rio d o f h o c k e y
tiv e (5 ’ 10” , 172 lbs.)
th e
fir s t
p e r io d
coach
T erry
this season,” the bottom fe ll out
a s s is ta n t
o f the R edm en attack in the sec
M a r tin R o u th ie r on
ond and third p eriods. T h is le ft
his ra th e r g h o u lis h
M c G ill w ith a 6-0 loss and a bag
H a llo w e e n g r e e tin g
fu ll o f m ea ly apples.
e x te n d e d d u rin g the
c a p ta in
s e c o n d to a U Q T R
R e c o v e r i n g f r o m th e 6 -3 lo s s h a n d e d to th e m
p la y e r
b y th e
who
s h a ll
rem ain nameless.
R edm en just tw o w eek s ago, L e s
The
P atriotes w e re p o is e d fro m the o n s e t to sm ash th e R e d m e n ’ s
The Patriotes got their revenge as M cG ill cou ld n ’t seem to get o ff the ice. j a c k o ’ la n te r n . A c c o r d i n g to
H E L P L IN E 3 9 8 -8 5 0 0 7
d a ys a w e e k
C oach B angen, U Q T R “ cam e out fo r re v e n g e .” U n fortu n ately fo r ro o k ie netm in d er Jarrod D an iel, the w e ig h t o f this re v e n g e fe ll squarely on his shoulders in the form o f fifty plus Patriote rounds fired in his d irec tion. D a n iel refu sed to la y blam e on the M c G ill d e fe n c e . H e said th e
secon d
th ir d
A
“ shootin g g a lle ry ” he fa c e d w a s the result o f a superla t iv e U Q T R e ffo r t in
th e
n eu tra l
zone. “ W it h n e w r u le s ,
th e de
s ig n e d
cut
to
d o w n on c lu tc h a n d -g ra b
s t y le
d e fe n c e ,
ou r
the U Q T R attack and it g ot us into
L IS T E N IN G
h ockey uniform s in the P atriotes’ household this w eeken d. Saturday afternoon saw a surprising turn o f
third,” said Daniel. P enalty trouble o f a d ifferen t ou t th e g a m e in the fo r m o f an
G R O U P S
M s
In fo rm a tio n lin e 3 9 8 - 2 7 0 0
M o n -F r i 9 : 3 0 am - 5 : 3 0 pm Room 4 3 0 S h a tn e r B u ild in g
handed
th e
Q ueen’ s
U n ive rs ity G old en G aels a 91h ig h ly
to u te d
M artlets took a 46-12 half-tim e lead and ended up w in n in g by 45 points. A n n e G ildenhuys led the team w ith 20 points and 7 rebounds. O ther scorers fo r the M a r tle ts w e r e V i c k y T e s s ie r w ith 14 points and 7 rebounds, D e b b y M o r s e w ith 11 p o in ts an d 5 r e b o u n d s an d L e s l e y Stevenson w h o had 9 points and 4 rebounds. T h e M a rtlets next g a m e s w i l l b e p la y e d at the M c G ill
R e d b ir d
C la s s ic
(N o v e m b e r 3-5) when they w ill host O ttawa on Friday at 7p.m., U B C on Saturday at 9p.m. and
M en ’s cagers heating up in pre-season action
v ic to ry launched O ttaw a into a 5-0 record and sole possession o f first
T h e R e d m e n b a s k e t b a ll
place in the division . Team
C a p t a in
te a m t r a v e l l e d to
K in g s t o n
,O ntario this w eeken d to d o bat t le at th e F ra n k T i n d a l l
Todd
M e m o ria l Tournament. In a 94-
com
79 w in at Q u een’ s, the Redm en
th e
took a 47-36 halftim e lead and
M a r c e llu s on
G e e G e e s ’ w in .
never
“ T h e y ’ re a finesse
V a ris co scored a career high 33
te a m
p o in t s , i n c lu d in g
and I w as
lo o k e d
back.
R ic k
a M c G ill
s u r p r is e d to s e e
record o f nine 3-point shots as
th e m
th e
he was g o o d on 9-11 attem pts
P a tr io te s at th eir
fr o m L a r r y B ir d lan d . O th e r
beat
scorers fo r M c G ill w ere C onn or
ow n gam e. “ O tta w a is a d iffe r e n t
te a m
G lyn n w h o had 14 points and 7 r e b o u n d s and C h a d W o z n e y
fro m last yea r and
who
i t ’ s b e e n a lo n g
b oard s.
tim e fo r them out
c h a m p io n s h ip g a m e , M c G i l l
in
lo s t
th e
c o ld .
T h e y ’ re due,” added Bangen. W ith O tta w a h ead in g up the
had
10 In
to
p o in ts
th e
and
9
to u rn a m e n t
c o n fe r e n c e
r iv a l
B ish op ’ s w h o led 36-29 at half t im e
an d
ou t
re-b o u n d e d
p ack , M c G i l l (n o w 2 -2 -0 , 4 -6 -0
M c G ill 50-31. V a ris c o led the
o v e r a ll) has its w o rk cut out fo r it.
team w ith 14 p o in ts and w as nam ed to the A l l T ou rn a m en t T e a m . H e c o m p ile d 47 poin ts
\Ca £ *
w ith 4 rebounds, and w en t 12-
On Saturday night M c G ill I will face the Gee Gees fo r the I f ir s t tim e this season in 1 Ottawa.
18 from 3-point territory.
tim e and ended up losin g to the
• Black-out period is now over! • Black-out period is now over! • Black-out period is now over! •
b y a sc o re o f 89 -70 . W o z n e y led the R edm en w ith 21 points
i n e f f e c t i v e p o w e r p la y . The R e d m e n p la y e d w ith o u t in ju re d
S U P P O R T
th e y
b la s te d the P a tr io te s 11-4. T h is
sort p lagu ed the R edm en through
R E FE R R A LS
reco rd to 2-0 this w e e k en d as
events w h en the O ttaw a G e e G ees
Daniel offered hearty congratula tions to assistant captain Routhier on his rather ghoulish Halloween greeting extended to a name less UQTR player.
penalty trouble in the second and
M a r t le t s p re-sea so n
C on cord ia on Sunday at 5p.m..
w e r e n o t th e o n ly
m e n te d
d efen cem en had trouble handling
t h e ir
R edm en
k id s d r e s s e d up in
and
p e r io d
M c G ill
im p r o v e d
4 8 lo s s . T h e
’’ Y o u
R e d m e n h o c k e y team stan din g
B r ie fs
sniper P ierre G endron. T h e strug g lin g p o w e r p lay, (a n an aem ic 0 fo r 16, w h ich in clu d ed tw o 5 on
B ack
at
M c G ill,
th e
R ed m en tra iled 55 -36 at h a lf U n ive rs ity o f W estern O n tario
and grabbed 6 rebounds at the sam e
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tim e .
M ik e
J o h n s to n
added 10 points and 6 rebounds o f his o w n in th e R e d m e n ’ s cause. T h e R ed m en are 2-2 in pre-season play and they w ill be hosting the first annual M c G ill R edbird Classic N o v e m b e r 3-5. They
w ill
h ost
O tta w a
on
F rid a y at 9 p .m ., W a t e r lo o on Saturday at 7p.m. and Y o r k on Sunday at 3p.m..
Both men’s and women’s Rugby move on to final On O ctob er 29 the M c G ill
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ru gb y
te a m
beat
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October 31st, 1995 N a t io n :
Tuesday, O ctober 31
G ay
L e s b ia n v o lu n t e e r s
fo r
U p c o m in g and
1-2 hours. H e lp w ith the spare
G E R T ’ s PU B Thursday. N o vem b er 2
Discussion Group meets at 5:30 in
T h e Groupe de Recherche sur le Cancer w ill hold a presentation
Shatner423. E veryone invited.
to d a y at 6 :3 0 in th e M c I n t y r e
B is e x u a l
B u ild in g ,
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L iv in g W ith L o s s : b e re a v e m en t su p p ort g ro u p s f o r fa m ily m e m b e rs and fr ie n d s . O f f e r e d
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M c G ill Dram a Festival. Proposals a c c e p te d u n til D e c . l . F o r m ore
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info, contact L o ri @ 288-8676.
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M c G ill
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s c o r in g f o r th e R e d m e n . T h e R e d m e n are 9 -1 -1 o v e r a l l and h a v e a d v a n c e d to th e Q U R L c h a m p io n s h ip g a m e ve rs u s the Gaiters from B ish op ’ s w hich w ill at
Leber
P ark
in
P o in t e
St.
Charles. M ean w h ile the M artlet rugby team was doin g just as w ell. Th e firs t p la c e w o m e n fro m M c G i l l m o v e d on to the Q U R L c h a m p i onship gam e w ith a pair o f wins C o n c o rd ia on O c to b e r 25, som e 13 differen t players figu red in the s c o r in g . J ill F l o r e n c e
le d a ll
M a r tle t sco rers w ith th ree tries and Patricia M acD on ald had a try and fo u r c o n v e rs io n s . M a r t le t s
p la y e d
N e x t the
a s e m i- fin a l
from M acdonald C o lle g e and w on handily by a score o f 15-0. K im Iv a n k o
scored
tw o
tr ie s
and
D e s ir é e L id o n ran in th e oth er. cham pionship gam e in first place w ith an undefeated record o f 8-0 ov e ra ll. T h e Q U R L cham pioship g a m e w ill b e p la y e d on Sunday N o v e m b e r 5 at L e b e r P a r k in P o in t e
S t.
C h a r le s .
Congratulations and g o o d luck to
(c o n fid e n t ia lly )
Five M cG ill football players named to O Q IFC A ll Star Team
R esea rch
th e ir
The
1995 O Q I F C A l l S tar
T e a m featu red o n ly f iv e M c G ill
s to r ie s .
R edm en this year. Third year cen
Please call Carla @ 856-4636. Run
tre S a m ir C h ah in e w as the o n ly
(3 5 2 1 U n iv e r s it y ) at 5 :3 0 p .m .,
by the School o f Social W ork.
M c G ill o ffe n s iv e p layer to m ake the team . A n d r e w B o o n m ade a
7 p .m ..
K in g L e a r is a lm o s t h e r e !
return to the all-star team as a spe
F o llo w in g the latter w ill be a film
O p e n in g n ig h t w i l l b e N o v 15.
c ia lit y team s p la y e r . B o o n w as
or trip to the V illa g e.
W ill you have your tickets? C all
v o t e d as the c o n fe r e n c e ’ s b est
3 9 8 -6 0 7 0
f i e l d g o a l k ic k e r and n a r r o w ly
G rou p
at
Saturday, N ovem b er 4
fo r
d e ta ils
on
this
M c G ill presentation.
m issed punting honours. O n the d efen sive side o f the ball, captain
A lu m n i
The P illa r is n ow accep tin g
Ryan Urzada was named a con fer
A s s o c ia tio n presents “ D ate W ith
submissions fo r its spring edition.
ence all-star on the d efen sive line,
O u ter S p a c e ,” a presen tation on
D e a d lin e February. Pass in your
w h i l e s e c o n d - y e a r l in e b a c k e r
space and Cosm odom e, an interac
fiction and poetry to the Pillar box
J ean -P h illipe D arche w as nam ed
next to the S S M U desk, Shatner.
a ll c o n fe r e n c e lin e b a c k e r. W e s
The
l l
M c G ill
PG 25
PTS
t i v e s p a c e c a m p f o r c h ild r e n .
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T ickets $9 adults, children $6. For
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info, please call 398-5000.
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W h ite . A lla n W a in w r ig h t added three conversions to round out the
m e e ts in the b a s e m e n t o f U T C
D is c u s s io n
PG
A s s a u lt
im m e d ia te ly b e fo r e the G e n e ra l
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PF
SL
Sexual
Project requires contributions. This M c G ill inquiry needs people to tell
L B G T M ’ s C om ing Out Group
captain J.F. Charland and L e ig h
U n iv e r s it y
Photographic Society is now o ffe r ing photo classes. D rop by Shatner
“ T h e F e m a le B o d y in the
b y M a rc Prusseau, James Stairs,
M c G ill’ s on ly undefeated team!
tonight in the Shatner C afeteria at 7p.m .. C o m e and jo in ! F o r m ore
th e
T h e talented M artlets g o into the
y-clinched division title x-clinced p la y o ff berth
and
in
match against cross campus rivals
tiative. Friday. N ovem b er 3
f in a l
last w e e k . In a 7 5 -0 w in o v e r
C o m m u n ity E n tre p re n e u rs w i l l “ E c o n o m ic s
W
th ro u g h th e M c G i l l S c h o o l o f
in the M in d ’ s E ye.” Starts tonight
N etw o rk
th e
be played on Sunday N o v e m b e r 5
Research and Teaching on W om en
The
l I»z > 11
C o n ta c t
tonight at 6:30 p.m..
holds a series o f conferences today on the theme: “ T h e Fem ale B od y
o
la r g e .
Discussion G roup in Shatner 423
The
o
r e q u e s t is t o o
o n to
Q U R L . M c G ill tries w ere scored
3450. W ednesday. N ovem b er 1
Sherbrooke b y a score o f 26-5 and m oved
O ngoing
c h a n ge d r iv e ! P le a s e c a ll 288-
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B r ie f s
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H a llo w e ’ en cam pa ign ; it ’ s on ly
LBG TM ’s
Sp o rts
F estival.”
H a llo w e ’ en T od a y ! U N IC E F r e q u ir e s
and F ilm
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B a rb o u r
who
m is s e d
th e
D is c o v e r M c D o n a ld Campus
R ed m en ’ s last gam e o f the season
— the other side o f M c G ill. There
d u e to a k id n e y in ju r y w a s an
T h e fir s t o f L B G T M ’ s film even in gs begin s tonight at 5p.m.,
are so m any reason s to v is it, i f o n ly to see the other part o f the
unanim ous c h o ic e as an a ll-c o n feren ce d efen sive halfback fo r the
at the N ational F ilm Board (1564
university. C all 398-7925 to find
second year in a row.
St. D e n is ), in th e “ Im a g e and
out about programs and tours.
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T H E W E E K 'S E V E N T S W IL L IN C L U D E : C A L A N IC H T O F C U LT U R E , FO O D A N D D A N C E (N O V . 9 T H 5 H A T N E R B A L L R O O M ) C U L T U R A L E X H IB IT IO N S (N O V . 6 & 7, 1 0 A M - 4 P M . S H A T N E R B A L L R O O M ) F IL M F E S T IV A L A T C I N E M A D E P A R IS • SPEAKERS •JA Z Z N IC H T A T C ER T S NOV. 8T H D A N C E C R A W L (D A N C E W O R K S H O P ) N O V 6 & 8 , 1 - 5 P M . R M 1 0 7 St 1 0 8 IO N S H O W N O V 7
FOR M ORE INFO CONTACT: S H E L L Y A T Z 8 4 - 6 3 9 0 O R H A B IB A T 9 5 6 - 8 4 8 4 O R L E A V E A M E S S A C E IN T H E SSM U P R O C R A M M IN C M A IL B O X
Q U E S T IO N Yes: No: No opinion: Spoiled: TOTAL
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#1: Q U E S T IO N # 2 : 2,944 Yes: 2,488 486 No: 916 170 No opinion: 201 ___ 46 48 Spoiled: 3,639 TOTAL 3,653
c G IL L
D A IL Y
Q U E S T IO N Yes: No: No opinion: Spoiled: TOTAL
#3: 1,904 1,405 48 3,639
Q U E S T IO N Yes: No: No opinion: Spoiled: TOTAL
#4: 1,628 1,421 519 ___ 60 3,628
C A S A “R E A L C H O I C E S ” P L E B E S C I T E
Yes: 1,745 No: 1,607 Canadian Alliance of Student Associations: 2,099 No opinion: 266 Federal Government: 503 Spoiled:______________________ 54 Spoiled:__________________________________________ 643 TOTAL 3,672 TOTAL 3,245
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are pleased to announce that we had the b e s t EVER VOTER TURNOUT: 7 8 Mc G il l stu d en ts voted - that ’s 2 2 .0 % o f a ll elig ib le vo ters ! C o n g r a t u la t io n s , an d t h a n k s f o r co m in g o u t ! J
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