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January 21st, 1997

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Martlets win two more W om en’s basketball win­ ning streak draws largest crow d o f the season B y R a n d y L e v it t

The M cG ill Martlets basket­ ball squad continue their top status into 1997 after winning their first nine regu la r season gam es by defeating both York and Ryerson over the weekend.

T h e tw o w ins, 87-62 o v e r ninth-ranked York and 56-48 over Ryerson, increase the Martlets win­ ning streak to 20 games, dating back to last March.

Friday night’ s game against the York Yeowom en was dominat­ ed by the Martlets, as M cG ill took a 26-13 lead at the mid-point o f the first half.

A significant portion o f the Martlets’ game plan was dedicated to stopping Y o rk leading scorer, fo rw a rd K aren Jackson. She entered the gam e a vera gin g an incredible 25.3 points per game.

M c G ill took the b all to Jackson, and forcing her to pick up three critical personal fouls early in the first half. This benched Jackson and disrupted Y o r k ’ s o ffe n s iv e rhythm.

M c G ill fo rw a rd s V ic k y T e s s ie r and A n n e G ilden h u ys amassed 16 points each in the first half. Point guard Jennifer Stacey ran the offence to perfection, and M c G ill’ s tough defence gave the Yeowomen no chance to penetrate.

Yeowom en coach Bill Pangos expressed anger at the referees for allowing M cG ill to get away with many physical plays on the defen­ sive end, and cost himself a techni­ cal foul at 4:50 before half-time.

M cG ill led 47-24 at the break.

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After a successful 8-day race through the Australian outback this fall, the M cG ill solar-powered car continued to turn heads at the 29th M ontreal Auto Show last week. Researched and constructed by a team o f M cG ill engineering undergraduates, the car is expected to contribute much to the rapidly growing fie ld o f environmentally-friendly vehicles.

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The bright side of Tricky revealed in interview B ris to l h ip -h o p a rtist talks a b ou t ‘tr ip -h o p ’ fa m e, drugs, and the burden o f success in the gh etto B y S a m u e l L a p a l m e - R e m is

As the hotel elevator travels up to the room where Tricky is holding a sm all press c o n fe re n c e , one reporter cracks a jok e about “ pre­ interview tension.” It ’ s a play on the title o f T rick y’ s latest album, the a ccla im ed P re -M ille n n iu m

Tension.

T ric k y doesn’ t have a great reputation in the media — various stories about his arrogance circulate with good reason. He has claimed to be one o f the best lyric writers in music today, and his side-project is sham elessly named N ea rly God. A lso daunting for music writers is his alleged moodiness. Listening to any o f his recordings easily corrob­ orates a jo u rn a lis t’ s fe a r o f the man’ s yo-yoing emotional state.

The tension pops like a balloon the moment Tricky enters the room.

Amiable, polite, and generous with his answ ers, he in stan tly puts everyone at ease. Arrogant? Not in the least. “ As a musician, I know we all think w e’ re the shit but really w e’ re not doing anything good. W e ’ re not cu rin g any d iseases. W e m igh t touch a few souls, but at the end o f the day, m y la b e l is Fourth &

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Broadway, which is Island, which is Polygram. Polygram is Philips.

So I ’ m m aking m oney to make m oney to make m oney to make guns and some bombs. So I ’ m part o f the problem.”

First em erging on the public scene in 1991 as a collaborator on M a s s iv e A tta c k ’ s Blue Lines, Trick y achieved fu ll-blow n fame w ith the 1995 s o lo album , Maxinquaye. He was immediately labelled creator o f the Bristol ‘triphop’ sound — a label he rejects. “ Being called the Godfather o f trip-hop is good fo r the ego, and w e ’ ve all got ego. They say I ’ ve invented it...but I know I didn’ t,” he says. “ I f you look at hip hop, black kids rapping, it’ s the most alterna­ tive music around. It’ s always been strange and it’ s always been weird.

A fe w English kids lik e me put singers on it and we claim we creat­ ed something like trip-hop. It’ s a lie. W e ain’ t created nothing. It’ s been done b efo re us, b e fo re the whole Bristol scene. It’ s all a falla­ cy. W e took from the Am ericans and we gave something back, but we can’ t be calling it trip-hop.”

A lth ou gh the trip-hop label stuck to Maxinquaye, it lost its adhesiveness with T r ic k y ’ s next

project, N early God. A departure from the beat-oriented style o f its predecessor, the self-titled Nearly God release was a transition to PreM illennium Tension, which f o l ­ lowed only a few months later. Just as they had with Maxinquaye, crit­ ics did not hesitate to call Tricky’ s most recent recording a w ork o f genius. Remarkably, Tricky warily refuses to accept critics’ accolades. “ N ext year they’ ll be calling me crap, or rubbish, or whatever.

It’ ll all be over in a couple o f years.

It’ s just a little fad, a little phase.

You can’ t take it too seriously.”

Tricky admits questioning his success at every level. He hesitates to take to heart the waves o f new fans who appear at his concerts. “ I think every artist wonders if their audience is attracted by hype or if they’ re really into the music. A lot o f gigs are the ‘in’ gigs to go to and people just clap because they’ re sheep.”

H is sober v ie w o f the w ay music scenes — like B ristol’ s — operate is iro n ic. H e and other musicians producing the B ristol sound rely h e a v ily on drug use.

And while he readily separates the poseurs from the hard-core scenesters, his muse and his pot are inseparable.

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“ I ’ ve never made a piece o f music without [marijuana]. It’ s an addiction, unfortunately. I don ’ t know how my music would be dif­ ferent without it. I don’ t know if it’ s important to the music I make.

I ’ d hope to think it’ s not important, because i f I g a v e up sm okin g tom orrow , h op efu lly I ’ d still be able to make music, but I d on ’ t know.”

Whatever the reasons behind his success, Tricky admits that it has changed his life enormously.

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January 21st, 1997

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McGill Computing Centre makes multi-million dollar sale

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M c G ill Systems Inc. sold its newest software product by former student Pierre G oyette to Hummingbird Communications for $8.5 million.

The program , known as TCP3270, allows users o f personal computers to connect to larger, more pow erfu l m ainfram e computers through the Internet. O rigin a lly developed for use within the universi­ ty, a system o f backbone wires runs underground and connects terminals from across campus to the mainframe in the basement o f Burnside Hall.

Internet access now enables personal computers to connect to mainframes worldwide. “ McGill has always pushed the technology available,” said Alan Greenberg, director o f the M cG ill Computing Centre. “ W e have been involved in software development and communications to rem otely hooked-up computers.”

Apart from this newest program, McGill has been extensively involved in the development o f other computer programs and projects. In 1967, the centre d evelop ed the M usic Operating System and marketed it to other institutions in the early 1970s.

At the time, the system was particu­ larly advanced.

Pierre Goyette, the main devel­ oper o f TCP3270 and former McGill student who “ wrote 99 per cent o f the code,” began to formulate some o f his ideas in an undergraduate assignment in 1984 — laying the foundation for a lifelong specialisation.

TCP3270 creator Pierre Goyette and M cG ill Computing Centre D irector Alan Greenberg

The original backbone network across the campus was completed in 1986. In 1989, this network evolved into the N E T3270, and in 1993 became the TCP3270 — otherwise known as the ‘host explorer’ — a program fo r p rotocol over the Internet. Between the university and commercial organisations, approxi­ mately 600,000 copies o f the program have been sold.

Apart from the technology itself, marketing techniques have been elab­ orated over the years. McGill entered into co-ownership o f the software w ith an independent com pany,

PolarSoft Inc., last May. Despite this private venture, McGill still regulates sales.

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Sales have increased with the addition o f professional staff. In the first year after the hiring o f Ron Grimes to supervise marketing for the project, sales climbed from $200,000 to $1 million. In 1996, sales increased again to almost $4 million. In the last four months, McGill has hired more sales and documentation personnel,

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The company that bought TCP3270 — Hummingbird Commu­ nications — currently does over $100 million in business worldwide, selling term inal em ulation products for access to desktops and mainframes. “ In September, [Hummingbird] decided that we had the best program to expand its company and business.

The sales have been in discussion since October and were completed on January 14,” said Goyette.

With their product, Goyette and his co-workers have been competing with the heavy-hitters o f the comput­ er industry. Inder Duggal, chief finan­ cial officer and chief controller o f Hummingbird, saw unique advan­ tages in the product from McGill.

“There are other companies such as IBM and Attachmate that offer the same program, but these have added features or functionalities,” Duggal said. “The McGill program enhances the capability o f our own product line. Without a new infrastructure, our product is much more advanced.

W e can integrate [TCP3270] into our product and sell it through the same channel.”

The investment o f new revenues and the distribution o f profits between M cGill and PolarSoft have yet to be decided, although the

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the letter o f agreement has been dis­ closed, McGill has given some hints that lend credence to M cG ow an ’ s suspicions. The administration, how­ ever, has not yet announced who will be on their negotiating team. “ Because o f the u n iversity’ s financial plight, the administration is asking for everyone to contribute,” said Wes Cross, financial officer at the Dean o f Students’ office. “ The agreement is five years old, so cer­ tain parts w ill have to be revisited.

There might be financial issues, because a fair sharing o f costs is the general focus o f the administration right now.”

Should M c G ill demand that S S M U contribute to b u ildin g expenses, student leaders will not be eager to com ply. W ith an already confrontational situation between the university and the students over the issue o f student fees, SS M U President Chris Carter has indicated that S S M U is u n w illin g to g iv e something for nothing in return, “ Students are being treated as cash cows. Time and time again the university seems to have this mental­ ity that they overspent, so they can get the students to pay for it. It has to stop,” Carter said. “ I f we could get additional services, that could be an entirely different situation.”

Although the expiration date o f the present agreement is only three months away, the two sides have yet to meet at the negotiating table. In the past, M c G ill’ s lega l counsel Raynald Marcille represented them at negotiations. Marcille is no longer, employed by McGill, and the univer­ sity must seek out a replacement before negotiations can begin.

A motion will be put forward at the next council m eeting fo r the acceptance o f S S M U ’ s letter o f

agreement negotiating team, to con­ sist o f SSMU General Manager Guy Brisebois, Carter, McGowan, and a member o f council to be chosen at the meeting.

A separate problem within the S S M U ex ecu tive, h o w ever, has called into question the effectiveness o f this team. A t present, McGowan is refusing to attend SSMU council meetings. A t issue are statements made by Carter claiming that he had an informal meeting with Brisebois last semeseter regarding the letter o f agreem ent. M cG ow an fe e ls that because last semester Carter told cou n cil he was m eetin g with Brisebois, he mislead council. “ In my opinion, meetings about the letter o f agreement and a little in form al chat are not the same thing,” McGowan said. “ In my opin­ ion, it is symptomatic o f disrespect for council.”

McGowan is refusing to attend another council meeting until Carter issues an a p o lo g y . F or his part, Carter has denied any wrong-doing, and has ignored McGowan’ s actions, denouncing them as a personal attack. “ I would like to believe that it is the responsibility o f all VPs and the president to attend council. This is not about any issue, it is about [M cG ow an ] getting publicity fo r himself,” Carter said. “ By concen­ trating on the letter o f agreement and doing my job, it’ s ending this prob­ lem sooner.”

W ith the expiration date fast approaching, and the potential o f a tremendous financial burden being p laced on S S M U , C arter and McGowan will have to put their dif­ ferences aside before they face the administration’ s negotiating team.

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McGill’s solar car shifts into high gear at Montreal Auto Show

From the rugged Australian out­ back to the bright lights o f the Olympic Stadium, a team o f McGill engineering students has received high praise for its environmentally friendly, solar powered car.

The M cG ill team, in its third year and on its second veh icle,

designs and builds cars to take part in competitions, both in Canada and around the world. The team has suc­ cessfully competed against other uni­ versities and corporate sponsored groups to bring home several awards.

Now carrying the torch for the team is second year mechanical engi­ neering student Nick Drouin. “ It has always been a student-run project, from design to the race,” said Drouin. “ W e built the last vehicle from the bottom up, from research to its construction.”

The M cGill team w ill compete

this spring against other North American university teams in a race between London and Ottawa, passing through Montreal. Improvements to the vehicle are already being planned for the future. “ W e will be improving the elec­ tronics o f the vehicle to gain efficien­ cy,” said Drouin. “ W e will also try and reduce weight by re-doing parts o f the car with composite materials and paints.”

Drouin hopes that in the future the team will out-perform itself, with help from new volunteers from differ­

ent faculties. “ Overall, it’ s a great learning experience,” said Drouin. “ With real world problems, you get to apply what you learn in school.”

Turning heads at the Auto Show Fascination with environmental­ ly friendly technology was part o f the attraction for the public who viewed the McGill car at the 29th Montreal International Auto Show last week. “ People seem to be drawn to it like a magnet,” said Jeremy Drake.

“W e ’re asked when it’ s going to be coming out, about the technology involved in powering it, how it was made. In general, the public seems very receptive to it.”

With the December release o f General M otor’ s EV1 in California and Arizona, it appears that environmentally-friendly or Zero Emission Vehicles are finally penetrating mar­ kets. Although costly and only avail­ able to lease, the EV1 will be capable o f a 79-mile range, clocking its top

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UVic student newspaper may face lawsuit over editorial N o to rio u s defender o f H o lo c a u s t deniers takes offen ce to com m ents, ca lls p ro m o tio n o f hatred ch a rge defam atory B y Ja s o n S i g u r d s o n

Victoria lawyer Doug Christie is dem anding that U n iversity o f V ic to ria student newspaper The M artlel print a retraction o f com ­ ments made in a recent editorial.

The editorial links his free speech organisation to the prom otion o f hatred, and refers to the group as a collection o f “ extremist thugs.”

Christie is well known for his defence o f Holocaust denier Jim Keegstra and accused war criminal Imre Finta. Christie also defended Ernst Zundel, publisher o f Did Six Million Really Die?, a book which claims the Holocaust is a Jewish hoax. He is also the founder and head o f the Canadian Free Speech League, a group which some have labelled racist and on the extreme right o f the political spectrum.

The November 7th editorial in The Martlet was published to com­ memorate the 58th anniversary o f Kristallnacht — a N azi attack on Jews and synagogues. The editorial draws a comparison between the activities o f Christie and his group, and those o f the Third Reich prior to the Second World War. “ C h ristie booked a m eeting room in the Victoria Public Library ostensibly in order to promote free speech. Actually, the room was a venue to spread hate being attended

by C h ristie and other extrem ist thugs. One can imagine the time before the Nazis’ rise to power — the meetings in basements and beerhalls where hate was spread in the guise o f political vision,” the editor­ ial stated.

In a letter dated December 12, C h ristie asked that The M a rtlet retract its commentary. “ I am giving you an opportuni­ ty within the next 30 days to publish a retraction o f those remarks, and an a p ology fo r any suggestion that myself and the persons in attendance on b e h a lf o f the Canadian Free Speech League were engaged in the promotion o f hatred.”

Christie’ s letter also suggests

that it “ would be wise to seek legal advice on this point.”

M a rtlet E d ito r-in -C h ie f Andrew Lupton has let the 30-day timeframe lapse, and has no inten­ tion o f com plying with Christie’ s demands. “ W e have had people come for­ ward who are willing to defend us fo r free. The M a rtle t d e fin ite ly stands behind its com m en ts,” Lupton said. “ I know we have the defence o f truth — we know what the Free Speech League is all about.

It’ s about hate, not free speech...We have a letter from a former member — signed — to prove it.”

Lupton questions the legitima­ cy o f Christie’ s adherence to the promotion o f free speech. “ He can’ t be a free speech advocate. I f he was a real advocate, he would write a nasty retort to our comments and we would print it in our editorial section,” he said.

H um an rights versus fre e d o m o f expression Victoria lawyer Gary Botting is fam iliar with Christie’ s Canadian Free Speech League. He was pre­ sented with its George Orwell Free Speech Award in 1986. “ When I got that award, it was the first public m eetin g [ o f the Canadian Free Speech League] — certainly the first award meeting. I had just written a book with my wife about G eorge O rw ell, in which I talked about his ideas about free speech,” Botting said.

Ten years after receiving the award, Botting returned it, since he felt that his ideals had been clearly p erverted by the organ isation .

During the past decade, many recipi­ ents o f the award have included Christie’ s clients, some o f whom were accused o f prom oting N azi propaganda. Botting outlined his feelings in a letter to Christie. “ The award is...a travesty, in retrospect, to my own integrity as an individual who in 1985 genuinely, if naively, fought for the right to free speech. The...award was presented

to me by y o u ...‘ fo r outstanding courage in challenging censorship and h istorica l o rth o d o x y .’ I f I showed courage, I now realise that it was misplaced and misdirected,” he wrote.

Despite his feelings towards the League, Botting gave a measured defence o f Christie’ s legal rights as w e ll as The M a rtle t's righ t to expression. “ O f course [Christie] has the right to sue. I f certain things are not true, one has the right to a remedy,” Botting asserted. “ Everyone also hasa right to an opinion. Nobody knows this better than Doug Christie — he has defended Zundel, Keegstra and others, sometimes right up to the Supreme Court. But opinions have to be based on facts. The question is ‘Has The Martlet misrepresented the facts?’ I f they haven’ t, they should stick to their guns.”

Botting, in an April 19, 1996 letter to Christie, was direct in his allegations that the Canadian Free Speech League stands for something other than what its name implies. “ It is clear to me that your Canadian Free Speech League is merely a front for an antisemitic, pro-Nazi agenda. I have little doubt, in retrospect, that this has always been the case. Your organisation is authoritarian and not in the least open to free speech.”

M oreover, Botting has ques­ tioned whether or not Christie and his organisation really know what free speech means. “ Initially the ideals were free­ dom o f expression at all costs.

That’ s fine if there are balances, but there isn’ t. It’ s a matter o f slamming anyone that doesn’t conform with a narrow, bigoted, rightist vision,” he said.

When contacted by the Tribune, Christie refused to com­ ment on either The Martlet’s editori­ al or the activities o f the Canadian Free Speech League, stating that he does not “ have anything to do with flaky student newspapers anymore.”

W ill C h ristie sue ?

Like Lupton, Botting sees con­ flict between Christie’ s defence o f free speech and his intent to stifle commentary in The Martlet. “ In this country, free speech is the core o f democracy. But can Mr.

Christie have his cake and eat it too?

It would put him in an ironic posi­ tion to be the p la in tiff in a libel suit,” Botting commented.

Lupton is still waiting to see if

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Solar car pops the clutch and tells fossil fuels to eat its dust C on tin u ed from Page 3 speed at 183 miles per hour — a land speed record for electric cars.

Other automotive corporations are also involved with developing environmentally friendly vehicles, most o f which are targeting California markets where strict environmental laws will soon come into effect.

V o lv o regional manager C liff Bari said that although there are no immediate plans for an alternative energy vehicle from Volvo, his com­ pany has been a leader in the produc­ tion o f low-emission cars.

“ Most companies are only now catching up to our low emissions,” he said. “ [P eop le] have been able to breathe our exhaust fumes for years.

In fact, in tests, our system was clean­ er than a cigarette.”

According to Honda sales con­ sultant Richard Meunier, using tech­ nological advances Honda has pro­ duced a solar powered car which will soon be ready for release,. “ The vehicle is meant to be fan­ tastic, very efficient,” said Meunier. “ Honda w ill primarily launch it in California, but I believe bv 2000 there

w ill be electric cars in production here.”

Unfortunately, a solar powered car and many other alternative power vehicles may not be suited to the cold Montreal winters, according to Pierre Ouimet, a Montreal GM superinten­ dent. “ The cold weather in Canada shortens the battery life o f electric vehicles,” he said. “Most o f the power would also be used for heating. The EV1 won’t be available in Canada for a while.”

A test drive through the Australian outback M cG ill’ s vehicle was originally built for the World Solar Challenge, held in Australia last fall. The compe­ tition involved 46 teams from around the world, split into classes according to technological differences. Queen’ s and the University o f Western Ontario were the two other Canadian universi­ ties that competed in Australia.

Placing third out o f 18 in their class, the M cG ill team — the only Canadian team to win an award — achieved a resDectable 27th place

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The vehicle itself weighs 358 kilograms — o f which the battery is 125 kilograms —- and reaches a maxi­ mum speed of more than 110 kilome­ tres per hour. Measuring six metres long, two metres wide and one-and-ahalf metres high, the car completed a distance o f 3,010 kilometres, from Darwin to Adelaide, averaging a speed of 40 kilometres per hour.

The solar cells cover most o f the upper surface of the vehicle. The cells absorb sunlight which is then convert­ ed into energy which in turn charges the battery. “ We have an innovative internal structure, all made o f graphite. The difference is that it is not made out of aluminium tubing, making it more reli­ able and stronger, while decreasing the weight,” said Drouin. “ It is also very aerodynamic — reducing air resistance which increases performance.”

After arriving in Australia, the team recruited drivers, trucks, and food sponsors to help them through the outback. The race was held every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with battery charging in the morning and evening.

McGill engineering undergrad Jeremy Drake was also involved in the project and worked 40-hour weeks toward the end o f the project’ s completion. “ In Australia, everyone was incredible,” said Drake. “ People lined all the streets, especially at the finish.

People aren’ t as aware about the com­ petition [in Canada]. In Australia, almost every university had a team.”

Although Honda’ s team was the overall winner and beat M cG ill by four days, the competition in the lower class was tight; McGill finished just four minutes behind the second place Danish team. “ Over an eight-and-a-half day race, [four minutes] is a matter o f a traffic light,” said Drouin.

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T w o v o tin g p osition s fo r students have been created on the Queen’ s University Board o f Trustees, the g o vern in g body that is responsible for financial issues and the appointment o f administrators. U p until now, student politicians at the under­ graduate and graduate le v e ls have sat as non-voting members.

C an d id ates fo r the new positions must submit their nom­ ination forms with 250 signa­ tures by January 24. I f elected, they must remain full-time stu­ dents for the duration o f their two-year term.

T w o students were elected to the Board in the past via a lo o p h o le in the regu lation s which stipulates that any person who has given $100 to the uni­ versity w ill be deemed a bene­ factor, and therefore eligible for election. A ll students who did not opt out o f the annual $45 Project Millennium fee for three years were automatically entitled to run for office.

The new student seats were created at the urging o f a 199293 Ontario governm ent report w hich exam in ed g o vern a n ce p o licies in provin cial institu­ tions.

— with files from The Queen’ s Journal

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Carter draws fire over restructuring proposal, exec battle continues

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Poor student turnout and mini­ mal discussion has plagued the first tw o o f three constitutional open forums held last week meant to facil­ itate idea exchange regarding the restructuring o f the students’ society.

Despite there being few people and little discussion at Thursday’ s meeting, and no students at all in attendance at F rid a y ’ s m eeting, SSMU President Chris Carter dis­ cussed his recommendations for the restructuring o f SSMU council and the executive positions. Carter criti­ cised the present system for exces­ sive overlap in the executive portfo­ lios which “ inevitably leads to ten­ sions betw een the president and VPs.” Carter argued that the presi­ dent’ s role is not clearly defined, which puts him in a role o f “ lame duck” in which “ the president just kind o f walks around and smiles.”

Carter asserts that the V P uni­ versity affairs p ortfolio — which covers both academic and equity issues — is too big to be managed successfully by one person. Current VP U n iv e rs ity A ffa ir s Don McGowan agrees that his workload is too much. “ I sit on 28 committees. That’ s 12 to 20 hours a week o f just com­ mittee w ork,” M cG ow an said. “ I don’ t have enough time to watch everything. Sometimes we find out about things too late to be able to do anything about them.”

Carter’ s original solution was to split the university affairs position between two people, and combine the positions o f president and V P finance. The latter suggestion pro­ voked a quick reaction from V P Finance Jonathan Chomski, whose publication “ How to Run a Students’ Society” is very critical o f Carter's ideas. In his document, Chomski speculates whether or not “ M r.

Carter’ s judgement is impaired by his personal dislike for me and the fact that it would be convenient for him

need the goal before the struc­ issue out o f the deadlines.” ture, otherwise you are putting Other than the timeliness o f his the cart before the horse.” proposal. Carter is also facing criti­ Nuno Gama, chair o f the cism o f the very idea o f restructuring.

C onstitution and P o lic y “ SSMU works in practice and R eview Com m ittee, is also not in theory. Students don’ t care cautious about rushing ahead. about the composition o f council — “ I f we are going to get the they care about issues,” said V P best changes at S S M U , an Internal Affairs Mark Feldman. “ So intensive study needs to be many great things go on at this don e,” Gama said. “ Chris school from the volunteers across Carter says this issue has been campus. When students want some­ discussed for the last ten years, thing done, they em pow er them­ but past reports have not even selves, without council. Change is been submitted to this year’ s not bad, but I don’t believe in change committee. This year’ s com­ for change’ s sake.” mittee started from scratch.”

Tara Newell, V P external o f the W h ile Carter has made Arts Undergraduate Society, supports some changes to his original Carter’ s actions and feels that change proposal, he has vehemently is needed. rejected claims that the issue o f “ If the average student does not Sarah-lane Savage Carter and Gama lead the open fo ru m on restructuring. restructuring has been rushed. know what SSM U does, then they “ I think about how the uni­ are not being adequately represent­ not to have his spending monitored.” slammed many o f Carter’ s proposals versity is changing rapidly. I f we ed,” she said.

At the start o f last Thursday’ s and he has been further criticised for don’ t start restructuring soon, we will In the face o f opposition from forum , Carter adm itted possible rushing the proposals in order for fall behind,” he said. “ I told each and his fellow executives, Carter main­ flaws in the amalgamation o f V P them to be voted on during the every one o f them about it at the ear­ tains that the present structure is bro­ finance and president. On Friday, March referendum period. liest possible time at a council meet­ ken and needs immediate repair.

Carter posed the idea o f six execu­ “ I don’ t understand what the ing in early September. Restructuring "M y priority is [for SSMU] to tives — the V P university affairs urgency is. Whether the issue goes to was an issue 1 campaigned on. We be the best lobbying organisation. At being split, and no other combina­ referendum in March or October, it have all o f the information in the the status quo, SSMU is not doing tions. The new V P position would will still only affect the elections in world right now. I wish people would that. If we don’ t start changing, it take over some o f the administrative M arch 1998,” M cG ow an said. just say ‘no I don’t want to engage in will be the end o f our effectiveness,” work o f the V P internal. As well, the “ People have a zeal to do this right this debate’ instead o f making an he said. president and the V P external would away so that they can put it on their be elected on the same slate, and C V — not to create a better SSMU. work together once elected to ensure When a corporation with the budget consensus between the two positions. the size o f SSM U’ s wants to restruc­ In addition to major changes ture its executives, they call in exter­ R E S T A U R A N T within the executive, Carter is also nal consultation. When this is not 77 30 seeking to restructure SSMU council. done, the company can be sued.” “ The present system is undemo­ Chomski agreed with McGowan cratic,” Carter said. “ The faculty o f that there is not enough time to take management has 1,700 students and the issue to referendum this year. one representative on council. The Pointing to last year’ s hiring o f a new Lu n ch /D in n er Sandwiches ♦ Burgers ♦ Steaks faculty o f religious studies has 33 office manager and the new furniture students and also one representative.” in the SSMU office, Chomski ques­ C arter's recom m endations tioned the need to act quickly. include the creation o f issues repre­ “ Look at all the restructuring sentatives, which would give repre­ this execu tive has done already. sentation on council to such organi­ These changes came out o f a twosations as L B G T M , the W om en’ s year process until they became a Union, and francophone interest reality. Let restructuring be an issue groups. in the next elections,” he said. “ What The other execu tives have is the goal o f restructuring? You

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C hristie w ill launch a lib el suit against his paper. I f he does, it would not be the first time Christie has taken legal action against those who have spoken out against him.

Christie was awarded $30,000 in damages in 1984 follow ing the publication o f a column by John Geiger in the Edmonton Sun. Geiger referred to Christie and his Western Canada Concept Party as part o f a “ lunatic fr in g e ” that was an

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ment o f more ‘ virtual meetings’ — interaction between professors and students on the web. “ M y hope is that a fair chunk [of the sales] will be invested so that a large part o f the revenue will go to providing the services we provide now,” Greenberg said. “ W e would like to fund operational aspects, to develop technology in innovative ways, and we would like to change construction and teaching. There is virtually no administrative service [on campus] that does not use the system.

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well. They are core services not discretionary services.”

Goyette himself will be going to work for Hummingbird to install and further develop the program. “ I am a part o f the deal, because I am the chief architect,” he said. “I have done a lot at McGill for the last 13 years. It is time to break new ground. It is time to do something dif­ ferent, with the same software, but with different rules. With the market­ ing power o f Hummingbird, we can truly be a world leader for product development.”_____________________

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The follow ing year, however, Christie lost a lib el suit against V a n cou ver radio host Gary Bannerman. On an open-line show, Bannerman said that “ Doug Christie has aligned himself so many times with these perverted monsters that he has to be viewed as one himself, in my view.”

A lth ou gh d efam atory, Bannerman's words were deemed to fall under fair comment.

Botting feels that Christie has d iffic u lty b ein g subjected to a process that is similar to the one practised and promoted by the peo­ ple he defends. “ H e’ s wincing that his name is being dragged though the mud, but some o f his clients have done just that — dragging the Jews holus bolus through the mud in re-exam­ ining the holocaust. It’ s a revisionist shit trip,” Botting concluded.

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Prostituting free speech B y Ia s o n S i g u r d s o n ______________________________________________________________

Much o f public discussion on the topic o f editorial freedom has revolved around the issue o f systemic biases acting as an unconscious censor.

W e look at ownership patterns in the media, and then we look to see if or how it affects content. Is the media an inclusive institution reflective o f society as a whole? In this analysis, hidden, systemic problems are the focus. It is comparatively rare to find a deliberate attempt to silence a voice.

The University o f Victoria Martlet has been asked to silence itself.

They were given 30 days to retract comments that linked an individual to the promotion o f hatred. What makes this case interesting, however, is the individual who raised the objection.

Victoria lawyer Doug Christie, who built his professional life on the premise o f defending free speech, founded an organisation named the Canadian Free Speech League. Despite this, he was quick to use a legal tool against the U V ic paper to try to stomp out comments that were criti­ cal o f him and his organisation — comments he considers unfounded. T o understand this situation, the standard debate about the balance between human rights and freedom o f expression cannot ignore Christie’ s career.

Christie’ s list o f clients has included Holocaust denier Ernst Zundcl — publisher o f the book Did Six Million Die? When one considers that Christie will argue in court for one’ s right to present the Holocaust as a Jewish conspiracy, it is puzzling to think that he could possibly become offended by any form o f opinion whatsoever. It is even more puzzling that he can feel comfortable making a legal challenge.

By d efin ition , the pursuit o f free speech includes the liberal exchange o f divergent ideas. I f Christie truly lives in a world o f fluid facts, where histories are constantly defining themselves as they are writ­ ten and can withstand glaring and even tragic evidence to the contrary, then he should not find The Martlet's comments distressing — the editor­ ial can be considered part o f a public and democratic discourse mecha­ nism.

Christie has been known to launch libel suits in the past when he has come under personal attack. Combine this tendency with the system o f beliefs he claims to ascribe to, the resulting inconsistency seems to make it reasonable to assume that Christie may not actually be defending free speech in court, but instead is standing up for his clients’ personal beliefs. O f course, this cannot be ascertained. When asked, Christie refuses to comment on individual cases, or on the ideals and activities o f his organisation.

Yes, it is true that people have die right to a legal remedy when they have been misrepresented, but one would think that someone like Christie, who has linked his name so closely with the notion o f free speech, would be the first to participate in and facilitate a public dis­ course.

The Martlet may not be subjected to a direct censor, but it would seem that Christie is employing “ libel chill” as a systemic form o f book burning. I f he truly considers himself a proponent o f free speech, then he has failed to acknowledge that his actions do nothing to encourage a lib­ eral exchange o f ideas.

One could expect that a self-proclaimed free speech defender would be eager to observe The Martlet's right to be vigilant against forces they view as involved in the promotion o f hatred. I f that eagerness is lacking, one is left to wonder if “ free speech” is prostituted — serving as a front

M o r a lly a u th orita tive ?

A fter reading the editorial by Benji Weinstein in the Jan. 14 issue, I began to wonder just who exactly “ w ie ld s a dangerous amount o f moral authority.” I finished reading the column believing that it is not a S S M U c o u n c illo r, but B en ji Weinstein and the Tribune editorial board that are morally patronising.

M r. W e in s te in com m ends those who follow the sections o f the constitution that he deems valid. At the same time, he condemns those councillors who attempt to uphold “ a constitutional formality” (a “ for­ mality” that over 79 per cent o f stu­ dents voters supported in last year’ s referendum).

T h e e d ito ria l contends that SSM U council has been split into opposin g camps. M r. W einstein suggests that council put an end to party politics. Meanwhile, he con­ tinues to perpetuate the problem by classifying actions o f councillors along party lines. He criticises only those who lie along one specific

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to the Editor C o u n c i l p r o b le m s g o beyond party line divisions R e: E ditorial entitled “ Party time at SSM U ” by Benji Weinstein (Jan 14, 1997).

The events which occured at the last S S M U cou n cil m eetin g were unfortunate and inexcusable to say the least. What should now be occu rin g is a healthy debate about the nature, structure, and pur­ pose o f student g o v e rn m e n t at M cG ill. Instead, w e are mired in the continual debate over political factionalism and alignment.

I was disappointed to see Tribune buying into the over-sim ­ plified and petty left-right divisions that are thoroughly irrelevent to the issues at hand. There is not, as Mr. Weinstein seems to suggest, a “ fac­ tio n ” bent on u n d erm in in g the workings o f council — be it over the blood drive issue or the ques­ tion o f the F in a n cia l E thics Research Committee. Every single S SM U executive has someting to answer for in the way o f the current mess. I fail to understand how Mr. W e in s te in can m ake s w e e p in g judgements about what composes a constitutional ‘formality’ and what is a serious violation — and who is guilty o f which.

The entire student government deserves condem nation (n ot just particular political factions on any side) and a serious discussion as to

remedying the situation. Everyone is to blame, and 1 was surprised and disappointed to see the Tribune per­ petuate the same old futile argu­ ments. The elected representatives o f this student government should not be crying for pity, insulting and swearing at one another, walking out, and generally behaving child­ ishly — especially as they are col­ lectively paid $75,000 by under­ graduate students. I was hoping that the Tribune could point that out.

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a p p rop ria te R e: A r tic le entitled “ Sim on Fraser ‘ p o rn o g a te ’ ...” by Jason Sigurdson (Jan 14, 1997).

First o f all, because I am a rep­ resentative o f the [Sim on Fraser University] W om en’ s Centre, it is important that I clarify that though the W om en’ s Centre collective has agreed that the impeachment o f the tw o [S im o n Fraser S tu den ts’ Society] members was appropriate, it does not mean that we have a col­ le c tiv e understanding or overa ll feeling towards or against pornog­ raphy.

Regarding the attitudes o f the two SFSS members impeached, it has been expressed by many indi­ viduals, both men and women, that

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their actions and attitudes after the incident w ere both irresponsible and lack ed seriou sn ess. T h is includes jokes o f a sexual nature b ein g m ade at the tim e o f their apologies to the student body. This raises another point which is that the fact that pornography has less to do with sex and more to do with power inequalities. This is another issue which was not addressed by either the impeached persons or the m edia. T h e seriou sness o f the issues ten ded to g e t lost in the media exposure on and o ff campus.

Finally, about the special gen­ eral meeting. Many were originally sceptical about having to reach quo­ rum, as it has not been reached here at S F U fo r o v e r ten years.

H ow ever, it has been speculated that it was not only the pornogra­ phy issue which drew the crowd, but also the way in which the two impeached SFSS members acted after the files had been found (i.e. refusing to resign, lacking serious­ ness when commenting publicly on the allegations, and not acknowl­ ed gin g the im plications o f what they had don e). A s w e ll, issues have arisen over the use o f univer­ sity com puters and student fees (and taxpayers dollars) as resources fo r d o w n lo a d in g p o rn ogra p h y.

Overall, the turnout at the special general m eeting was surprising!

The result o f the vote did show that this is an issue which should be given future consideration for dia­ logue.

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pad their CVs, protect their egos, or engage in petty name-calling.

Finally, Benji Weinstein wrote both an editorial and an “ objective” article concerning SSM U infighting.

This raises the issue o f whether he is following normal journalistic pro­ tocol.

I would like to state my disap­ pointment in the Tribune for failing to write an article on the antics in SSM U council when it began. What is the responsibility o f a quality campus newspaper? Is it not to keep the student governm ent account­ able? How can a campus newspa­ per keep its student council in check i f it isn’ t being accountable to its readers? I hope that Mr. Weinstein and the Tribune editorial board will stop trying to be the moral authority and concentrate on serving the stu­ dents w ho are m em bers o f the SSMU.

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line. Don’ t editors still have a duty to be equally critical o f all regard­ less o f their political leanings?

This editorial has shown me that Mr. Weinstein doesn’ t under­ stand SSMU council very well. The problem which manifested itself at council this year is not due to the right-left rift, but the fact that sever­ al councillors are a llo w in g their egos to get the better o f them. Every year, most councillors enter their positions with predetermined politi­ cal ideologies. Still, council is able to function smoothly. This year, the personal attacks have grown colder and the lack o f respect fo r one another has escalated.

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Weinstein might have known this had he asked me if I wanted “ to say anything at all.”

The student voters elect coun­ cillors to ensure that their interests are represented. C o u n c illo r s ’ responsibilities consist o f serving their constituents to the best o f their abilities. Their purposes are not to

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P G S S P re s voices su pport f o r A G S E M 1 would like to clarify my posi­ tion as stated in the article entitled “ T A ’ s vote against strike” by Jason Young (Jan 14, 1997).

I think it’ s unfortunate that the

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So, you are at McGill but don’t know why...

D on ’ t panic. First, you must understand how the university real­ ly works. Universities are based on secluding people from normal soci­ ety and educating them in very spe­ c ific w ays so that they becom e individuals who no longer fit into normal society, like hobos, angels and assassins.

It’ s helpful to use the city o f Las V e g a s as a p a ra d ig m . Las V egas runs on the principle that gambling creates a lot o f revenue out o f com p u lsive a c tiv ity . T h e main thing is to get people to be in an area where gambling is likely to occur. Similarly, M cG ill University operates as, uh, well, rather it uh, ...this is where the argument breaks down. M cG ill doesn’ t seem to fit that paradigm very well. It’ s ju st that I ju s t read about Las Vegas in National Geographic and I recently learned what “ paradigm” means so I thought I should quick­ ly co m e up w ith ex p la n a tio n s before this know ledge leaves my brain.

Let me try anyway. M cG ill is

made up o f thousands o f people who have jobs, like professors and librarians and porters. A n d then there are students, who don’ t have

T h u s ly , M c G ill fo llo w s Freud’ s Oedipal model o f develop­ ment. As students, w e are in love with all o f our female professors,

[italics mine] M ila Aung-Tbwin jobs, or who don’ t neccesarily have jo b s , but w ho plan to som eday have jobs.

A s you can see. M c G ill fo l­ lows M arx’ s paradigm o f the stuggle between the proletariat (the stu­ dents) and those who control the means o f production (all those peo­ ple with jobs: professors, librari­ ans, porters...) because the studentproletariat want the means o f pro­ duction for themselves. The means o f production o f what? I dunno.

Nothing! They (w e) just want to be in charge, and in order to do this w e must, metaphorically, kill our fathers.

take their jobs, and flirt with the female professors dur­ ing staff meetings (please note: this does not apply to female students.

This applies only to me).

For the squeamish or religious who don’ t want to murder, there is another way to initiate a transition from student to authority figure.

That is by becom in g a teaching assistant. Becom ing a T A is easy: when a professor comes into class on the first day, sim ply help the professor with whatever he/she is carrying and say “ Hell-o, I ’ m your teaching assistant” and sit in the front row. You don’ t actually have to know anything about the particu­

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C hom ski cla rifie s D e n ta l P la n R e: Student opinion column entitled “ Dental plan leaves a bad taste in m y m ou th” by P e te r Wortsman (Jan 14, 1997).

Although I was pleased to see a “ Stop the Press” about the Dental Plan in last w eek’ s Tribune, I was d isa p p o in ted about the factu al

become a little fuzzier on the dis­ tinction between Las Vegas and McGill.

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dates o f B enito M ussolini, Sally Struthers and Jesus. You w ill hear the M A R S la d y sin g “ Z ig g y Stardust” a capella and this means y o u ’ ve entered M A R S ’ s “ secret room.” You have 30 seconds in this ro o m , in w h ich e v e r y num ber pressed gets you that amount cred­ ited to your account. However, you must hurry, because M A R S curren­ cy is based on the Russian Ruble, so it takes a while. I f you manage to enter enough money, you auto­ matically become a member o f the SSM U executive council, which is a lot like being on an ocean cruise with celebrities, albeit a cruise with very dull celebrities who bicker.

I hope you now understand why you are at M cG ill and not in Las Vegas. I certainly don’ t, but I believe that is only because I am using the word “ paradigm” incor­ rectly.

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Letters strike vote failed, from the perspec­ tive that the T A s may now have to wait longer for an agreement that may not be as beneficial to them as hoped. I did not state that the strike action its e lf was too drastic, but that some T A s who voted against the motion to strike may have felt that it was.

Further, the contention in the article that the T A union is out o f touch with its members is, in my opinion, largely unfounded. A s I em p h asised to the Tribune, A G S E M has m ade a con certed effort this year to maintain contact with its m em bership by holding deparmental meetings throughout the fall semester. In fact, the gerneral meeting with the strike motion was a fu rth er in d ic a tio n o f the union’ s desire to accurately reflect the w ish es o f its con stitu en ts.

Unfortunately, the Tribune chose not to mention these facts in their largely anti-union article. I applaud A G S E M ’ s attempts to represent their constituents accurately and hope that they will arrive at a satis­ factory contract in as short a period o f time as possible.

lar subject being taught, you only have to have a wardrobe featuring the color brown.

The reason that students want to become employed is so we can stop paying tuition. Tuition is an awful lot o f money, and everytime w e pay our fees we realise that we could have fun with this money in so many other ways, such as taking ocean cruises with celebrities, so we decide to become employed by the u n iv e rs ity so that w e can.

Remember, w e no longer fit into normal society, so we must either fin d w ork in M c G ill, or becom e hobos, angels or assassins.

But there is another way to get around tuition, which takes a lot o f p ra c tic e and in v o lv e s M A R S (M c G ill’ s Automated Registration S ystem , fo r those o f you w ith rotary phones who still register the o ld -fa s h io n e d w a y , b y s im p ly keeping a personal record o f all the courses you attend to show future e m p lo y e r s ). W h en you reach M A R S , press 31, follow ed by the number sign. Then enter the birth-

errors appearing in the student’ s letter.

For example, when consider­ ing the value the plan offers stu­ dents, the author notes that “ most students can get a yearly check-up and tooth cleaning for only margina lly m ore” than the cost o f the Dental Plan. The author completely ignores that on top o f his savings, the Dental Plan covers a second check-up, as recommended by den­ tists, thus at least d ou b lin g the value suggested in the article.

The Dental Plan also provides coverage for the much more expen­ sive, and far less predictable (w e can’ t plan ahead for these things) expenses o f fillings, wisdom teeth removal, root canals, oral surgery and gum treatment, which again the author forgets to mention. Students c le a rly rec o g n is e d the inherent value o f the plan by voting 70 per cent in favour o f implementing this plan.

In addition, I wish to point out that the author errs in attributing dental insurance to Quebec’ s new B ill 33, which deals exclu sively with mandatory prescription drug insurance.

Students should also be aware that if a particular dentist is not part o f the network, he or she may join w ith ou t ch arge rega rd less o f whether they practice in or outside o f Quebec.

I hope that this may clear up any m is in fo rm a tio n about the Dental Plan. A n y students who have further questions should call the Quebec Student Health Alliance at 844-4423, w h ere they can receive service in both languages.

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Dear Dr. Smooth, Last w eek my partner and I decid ed to incorporate w hipped cream and fruit (à la 9 1/2 Weeks) into our love making regimen.

The problem is that 1 seem to have contracted some type o f vaginal infection. M y vagina has becom e red and itchy along with a viscous white discharge. Is this the food?

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Hope for a hemp nation grows with marijuana victory bonds

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Chris Clay is not a drug deal­ er, but he is promising a quarterounce o f marijuana fo r only $25.

W h ile the law prevents him from delivering the goods just yet, Clay is determined to change that.

C la y is the ow n er o f H em p N ation, a London, Ontario store s p e c ia lis in g in hem p products, marijuana grow ers’ guides, pipes and m arijuana seeds. W h en he opened the shop, all o f his m er­ chandise fell safely into the grey area o f the la w , since even the seeds have no drug content. But when the inventory was expanded

ing trial, C la y d e v is e d ‘ v ic to ry bonds.’ Sold fo r $25 each, they entitle the bearer to a quarter-ounce o f “ quality” marijuana i f redeemed within six months o f legalisation.

In the year that Clay has been selling his victory bonds, he has raised more than $8,500 with pur­ chasers worldwide. “ I ’ ve so ld a lo t o v e r the Internet,” said Clay. “ I have cus­ tom ers in L u x e m b o u rg , Greenland...even Australia.”

N o w aw aitin g trial, C la y is determined to change the current laws on marijuana consumption. “ T h e cannabis law s are unjust,” insisted C la y . “ P e o p le should have the right to make their

Buy a bond, and Clay will fill your bong ... as soon as be can change the law. to in clu d e m ariju an a plant seedlings, Clay was arrested within four hours.

T o raise funds for his upcom­

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own decisions.”

C annabis is g o v e r n e d by C anada’ s N a rco tic C on trol A c t.

First offence for possession carries

a maximum penalty o f cannabis, and th erefore a $1,000 fine and six “ the potential impact o f months’ imprisonment. the current law is substan­ Subsequent o ffe n c e s tial.” r e c e iv e a m axim u m Critics are also con­ penalty o f $2,000 and cern ed that the current 12 months’ im prison­ la w g iv e s c rim in a l m ent. I f charges are records to otherwise law tried by in d ictm en t, abiding people. possession o f cannabis According to Young, ca rries a m axim um “just because it may pose penalty o f seven years’ potential problems for 10 im p riso n m en t. T h e per cent o f users doesn’ t maximum penalty fo r mean marijuana should be im porting, exporting, a crime for the 90 per cent and traffickin g is life o f responsible people.” imprisonment.

A R F also notes that C la y ’ s la w y e r, in countries such as the O sgoode H all profes­ N e th erla n d s and sor Alan Young, plans Australia, which have rel­ to fight C lay’ s charges atively lax cannabis laws, on c o n s titu tio n a l “ the reduced emphasis on grou n ds. H is firs t c rim in a l m eans fo r argument is based on cannabis control did not the m in im a l health lea d to s ig n ific a n t risks associated with in crea ses in cannabis marijuana use. use.” “ Marijuana is rel­ It is im p o s s ib le to atively harmless,” said know whether legalisation Young. “ It is probably of m ariju an a is in the safest known psy­ C a n a d a ’ s fu tu re, but A ccording to the A ddiction Research Rachel Ong choactive substance in C lay does not plan to Foundation, 25 per cent o f adults have used cannabis. use.” g iv e up the battle. He Y o u n g ’ s secon d has r e c e iv e d trem en ­ argument is sim ilar to the legal dous support from marijuana advo­ investigated. grounds for abortion. cates and victory bond purchasers. “ The introduction o f marijua­ “ P eop le deserve the right to Clay is asking for the public’ s na p ro h ib itio n in 1922 had no make autonomous decisions with support in his battle, and in return sound basis,” said Y ou n g. “ The he promises the fruit o f their col­ respect to their b o d ily integrity. substance wasn’t even used then.”

Parliam ent has no constitutional lective labour. Perhaps C lay w ill A s the m ariju an a debate right to impose a sanction on mari­ be the one to turn over a new leaf grows, other groups are also ques­ juana use,” he explained. in Canada’ s marijuana laws. tioning the usefulness o f Canada’ s A panel o f experts w ill testify cannabis laws. on the re la tiv e harm lessness o f V icto ry bonds can be p u r ­ A c c o rd in g to the A d d ic tio n marijuana consum ption, and the chased on the In te rn e t at: Research Foundation, 25 per cent history o f cannabis laws w ill be www. hempnation. com o f C anadian adults h a ve used

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Is it c o n c e iv a b le that, on e day, w e w ill know all there is to k n o w about our natural w o rld ?

A t s o m e p o in t, w i l l w e h a v e accum ulated all the k n o w le d g e required to solve the mysteries o f the entire universe?

These are some o f the ques­ tions that John Horgan, a senior w rite r fo r S c ie n tific A m erican, w ill be addressing during his talk today. The lecture is part o f the B eatty M e m o ria l Lectu re series and w ill be based on in his recent book, The End o f Science.

In his b ook , he states that, “ the prim ordial human quest to understand the universe and our place in it ... may yield no more great revelation s o r revolu tion s but only incremental diminishing retu rn s.” C o n s e q u e n tly , “ there w ill be no great revelations in the fu tu re c o m p a r a b le to th o s e bestow ed upon us by D arw in or Einstein or W atson and C rick.”

I f this be the case, the only m a jo r prob lem s le ft in scien ce are the ones currently facin g us.

Once these problems, such as the origin o f life and the essence o f human consciousness, have been solved, there w ill be nothing left fo r scientists to do but to fill in the edges.

This does not mean that sci­ entific progress w ill cease entire­ ly; applied science w ill continue to p r o d u c e n e w w o n d e r s f o r

There will be no great revelations in the future comparable to those bestowed upon us by Darwin or Einstein or Watson and Crick.

— John Horgan, The End o f S cien ce

y e a r s to c o m e . H o w e v e r , in H o rg a n ’ s m ind, “ s cien ce at its purest and grandest” w ill reach

its limits.

H o rga n ’ s ideas have conse­ quently been the source o f much debate. “ F o r hundreds o f years sci­ e n tific p h ilo so p h ers h a ve been s a y in g th e re is n o th in g le f t to k n o w ,” said p r o ­ fessor R o lf Sattler, w h o te a c h e s the P h ilo s o p h y of B io lo g y at M c G ill. In spite o f these pred iction s, new scientific rev­ olutions have con­ tinued to occur.

F o r e x a m p le, M ax Plank, one o f the greatest physi­ cists o f this centu­ r y , w a s t o ld by one o f his p rofes­ sors not to g o into physics because it was a dying field.

S evera l y e a rs la te r , E in s te in developed his the­ ories o f relativity, and started one o f

the greatest scientific revolutions in history.

A ccordin g to Sattler, there is no lim it to scientific know ledge.

This is because no scientific the­ o r y can e v e r b e a b s o lu t e ly

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proven. “ This is one thing that most s c ie n t ific p h ilo s o p h e r s are in agreement with,” he said.

I f one accepts the idea that n o th in g can a b s o lu t e ly be proven, anything w e then realise, w ill never reach the lim it o f sci­ en tific know ledge. E ven i f there are m ore s c ie n tific revo lu tio n s awaiting us in the future, w e may be unable to attain them.

O n e argum ent that H orga n makes in his book is that the end o f science may also com e about due to the increasing cost o f sci­ entific research, and the decreas­ in g fu n d s a v a ila b le .

C o n s e q u e n tly , m any scien tists may not be able to afford the ris­ ing costs o f scien tific research, thus inhibiting future progress.

In any event, it is expected th at h is le c tu r e w i l l p r o v o k e much controversy and debate as in terested p a rticip a n ts d is p la y th eir o w n cu rio sities and a n x i­ eties about the future o f science.

John Horgan lectures today, January 21st, at 6 P M in Leacock 132.

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"W ith an a p p le I w ill astonish P a ris ."

— Paul Cézanne

A feast for the eyes: art you can really sink your teeth into Steak, ch o co la te , lard, and cook ies are a m on g the m a teria ls used by co n te m p o ra ry artists B y Je ssic a O

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“ Tell me what you eat,” said the French gourm et Jean A n th elm e Brillat-Savarin, “ and I will tell you who you are.”

A part o f every culture, food has long been a meaningful source o f inspiration and symbolism for artists.

The evolution o f artistic depictions of food throughout history is a reflection o f our ever-changing preoccupations with it.

Food imagery in art found one o f its strongest expressions in the still life paintings o f the 17th century.

These works depicted the concept o f vanitas, literally translated as “ empti­ ness,” and commented on the imper-

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manence o f worldly objects and sen­ sual pleasures.

American pop artists o f the ‘60s also took inspiration from food and food products. Andy Warhol put a commercial spin on vanitas, using the Campbell’ s soup can as an emblem o f the American lifestyle. In some o f his most famous works, like “ 100 Cans o f C a m p b ell’ s Soup” and “ Campbell’ s Soup Can, 19 cents” , Warhol used food to comment on the materialism and mass production that, he felt, characterise 20th century existence.

According to Christine Ross, a M cG ill art history professor, many contemporary artists use food to com­ ment on a current popular fixation of our society: the eating disorder. “ Many artists today are dealing with food and our relationship to it,” said Ross. “ Our relationship to food is no lon ger an easy one — it involves the denial o f the body.”

Probably the most recently cele­ brated and controversial work o f food-related art is M ontreal artist Jana Sterbak’ s meat dress. Entitled “ Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino

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“ Apollinaire,” after the French poet, it is a large armchair constructed, once again, entirely o f meat.

In this work, said G odm er, Sterbak is calling upon associations o f red meat both with pow er and wealth, as well as with excess and ill­ ness.

The M usée d ’ A rt Contemporain w ill be mounting an exhibition o f Sterbak's work in 1998.

Janine Antoni, a N ew Y ork based sculptor and perform ance artist, has been one o f the most written-about perform ance artists to emerge in the ‘ 90s. Antoni’ s work deals with gender and consumption, and her favorite materials include lard and chocolate. She made one sculpture by immersing herself in a bathtub o f lard. Her use o f food in performance art includes licking selfportrait busts made out o f chocolate, and gnawing on 600-pound cubes o f both chocolate and lard.

Naomi London is a Montreal artist whose work was featured in an exhibition about aging entitled When I'm sixty-four, mounted at the Musee d’ Art Contemporain in 1984. As part o f her contribution, she baked letter­

shaped cookies and spelled out the chorus o f the Beatles song on the wall. Focussing on the devaluation o f women as they age, the cookie mural was intended as a reference to the figure o f the grandmother. “ The grandmother is one o f the only older female models in society,” notes London. “ I used cook ies because baking has always been asso­ ciated with grandmothers.”

London is currently working on a “ dessert project.” She has request­ ed favourite recipes from friends and fa m ily , and plans to bake each dessert, make a drawing o f it, and display both next to the origin al recipe. The work w ill convey our desire for food and sweets, as well as the guilt that is bound up in their con­ sumption. London also uses food to celebrate women’ s role in society, and to communicate a sense o f com­ munity and sharing.

What is it about food that has made it such a long-standing artistic motif and, most recently, a medium o f artistic creation? Perhaps it is because, after all, we are what we eat.

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Anorexic,” the dress had been dis­ played in Montreal, Toronto, Regina, Boston, and Paris before arriving in Ottawa at the National Gallery in March, 1991. Sterbak creates the dress from 23 kilos o f lightly salted flank steak. The dress starts out red and moist, then gradually dries out into a tough leathery substance. “ The meat refers to a body deprived o f its protective layer — the flesh is exposed,” interpreted Ross.

Significantly, when the dress dries up it becomes like a protective skin. In this way, Sterbak conveys hope and redemption as well as vani­ tas and death.

According to G illes Godmer, curator at Montreal’ s Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Sterbak chose to use food in her art for reasons similar to those o f the still life painters. “ Meat is a material that, with time, spoils and becomes unusable.

The flesh dress shows the effects o f the passage o f time on nature and on us,” said Godmer.

Sterbak’ s newest creation is cur­ rently being displayed in Austria as part o f a group exhibition. Entitled

However, many believe that the long-term consum ption o f these chemicals will have drastic effects on our health. What exactly is being added to our food and how much o f a health risk does the chem ical enhancement o f food pose to us?

C lassifying ch em ica ls Nitrites are a type o f additive that are incorporated into certain commercial meats. They are used as a colour fix a tive and to inhibit the growth o f clostridium botulinum bac­ terial spores. These spores, if allowed to replicate in high enough quantities, are responsible for Botulism, a very severe form o f food poisoning that can be fatal.

H ow ever, these nitrites react with dietary amines, which can be found in many natural foods, to pro­ duce N-nitrosamine. This product is speculated to be associated with gas­ tric cancer.

Meat is also injected with many antibiotics in order to prevent spoilage. According to Mary Allen, a representative o f the A lle r g y Association, many scientists believe that the overuse o f antibiotics in meat has increased antibiotic resistance among a large percentage o f the pop­ ulation.

Organically grown meats, which have not been injected with added chemicals, are an alternative. These animals have been fed organically grown food, free from pesticides and antibiotics. Yet, the cost o f raising

these animals, and thus the cost to consumers, has hindered organic meats from becoming an economical­ ly viable alternative to conventionally raised meat.

Many food colourings are also added to a variety o f foods. There are nine food dyes that are currently per­ m itted in Canada. A n exam ple Ponceau, type SX, a red food dye.

Although studies have pointed to its carcinogenic effects, the average amounts that are consumed do not pose a health risk, according to Phibang Dancereau o f Health Canada .

Often, when a chemical causes tumors in laboratory animals, a much higher amount than an individual would normally consume would be needed to reproduce the effects in a human. “ As far as the carcinogenicity is concerned, we have tolerances,” said Dancereau.

M ono Sodium glutamate has received a lot o f media attention in the past few years. For the majority o f the population, the chemical does not pose a serious health risk.

Glutamate occurs naturally in the body and one o f its uses is as a neuro­ transmitter. However, according to Dr. Laurie Chan, a professor o f d ietetics and human nutrition at McGill University, those people who are hypersensitive to M S G could have problems with their neurologi­ cal functions, such as lack o f coordi­ nation. “ A n y toxic substance depends on the dose,” said Chan. Chinese

food has been known to have high doses o f glutamate. The problems related with MSG appear to be doserelated and not food allergy-related.

Some people simply tend to be more sensitive to it. This sensitivity can develop at any point in one’ s life.

Sulfites are used as antitoxins and, in the past, were used as anti­ brow ning agents. This branch o f chemical additives used to be found in buffets and salad bars to make the food look more fresh. These chemi­ cals are now outlawed in Canada since they have been proven to cause epileptic shock, acute asthma, or vom iting in people sensitive to it.

However, sulfites are still found in trace amounts in dried fruit and in all liqueurs and wine.

The main point to remember, according to Allen, is that most o f these problems are dose related. For allergy sufferers, the concern really lies with natural foods such as milk and peanuts. Even small doses o f these in people who are allergic to them, which usually involves being bom with a genetic predisposition to it, can have fatal consequences. “ There are a heck o f a lot o f nat­ ural things that are not good,” said Allen. “ You get people thinking that natural is good and chemical is bad.” “ I don’ t trust it,” said Jim Econom ou, an organic farm er in Maine. “W e have not lived to see the long-term impact [o f preservatives and additives] on us as a species.

Processing is a lot for cosmetics.”

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"M e n do not have to took their food: they do so for symbolit reasons to show that they are men and not beasts — Edmund Leash

Savoir fare: Plateau chefs let us into their kitchens

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The quintessential relaxed spirit and spontaneous g ro o v e o f the Montreal eating scene abounds in the low-key, high-quality eateries o f the Plateau. N antha’ s K itchen, La Chilenita and Café Santropol are all relatively small establishments that have flourished with little help from advertising. The faces behind the food give them their personable edge and unique fla ir. M eet Nantha, Michel, and Leanne.

N a n th a ’s K itch en Nantha Kumar, who believes “ eating w ell is an integral part o f being w ell,” is going to make you feel good all over. A journalist-cumchef, Nantha operates a concession stand out o f bar Copacabana on the philosophy o f quality, versility and flexibility. Malaysian-born, Nantha specializes in regional cuisine from Indonesia, M alaysia and Southern Thailand. His menu is small, but ever e v o lv in g with fresh food s from Chinatown, and ever-changing cus­ tomer requests.

Nantha’ s success has been built through w ord-of-m ou th and the g lo w in g review s he has received from local newspapers. His small operation offers perks that larger restaurants cannot stymie. “ M y racket speaks for itself. It’ s not a fancy place. I don’ t have sexy waitresses,” explained Nantha. “ For me, what I think is really nice is that I serve my own food most o f the time.”

T o sit down fo r a meal at Copacabana is to be served by Nantha himself, to be asked if you want your noodles mild, medium, or hot, and to be forewarned in case o f food allergies. Jars o f sauces are

M ic h e l L e fio : La C h i l e n it a ’s ‘e m panadero’ extraordinaire

passed between tables and the drink o f choice is a pitcher o f the bar’ s unbelievably cheap beer.

Noodle dishes and curries domi­ nate the menu. The M ee Goreng, the tamest dish on the menu, is a Malay stir-fried noodle dish with shrimp, chicken, mustard greens, napa cab­ bage, Chinese chives, bean sprouts and egg. Curries include lamb, M alaysian chicken, Green Tai Chicken and Vegetable replete with lime leaves, lemongrass and green bottle gourd.

Specials change — grilled shark may be on the menu one day, and pomfrit the next. Nantha is happy to be flexible to wants and desires. He recommends gathering a group o f friends together and making a reser­ vation. “ I f they come in groups then what I can do is prepare a Riz-Tafel (Rice Table). Then you get a sample o f everything in the house,” said Nantha.

With laid-back ease, he is open to suggestion. “ You bring a group o f ten peo­ ple or more and I'll make it for you,” he promised. However, Nantha does have a breaking point. His curry will not be compromised. “ I am not going to dilute a curry [fo r anyone],” he said.

Nantha takes pride in his strong committment to well-made, quality food. “ It has to be fresh and good. It has to be done right. Y o u can ’ t improvise everything. It has to be a good balance between vegetables, meat, rice,” said Nantha.

He also has firm ideas on how food should be enjoyed. “ It’ s about sharing, getting peo­ ple to share the food,” said Nantha who bristles at the common “ uptight, white, North American” attitude toward food.

His regulars know a good deal when they can get it, and he knows them all by name.

A fabulous meal à la Nantha costs about $ 10 a person, and a Riz Tafel is slightly more expensive. His clientele is about 50 per cent stu­ dents, but also includes M irror staff, opposition city councillors, and the odd appearance from the members o f Moist, Atomic Folk, as well as Sarah M cLach lan , according to Nantha.

Nantha’ s mantra? “ I f every restaurant owner could cook his own food and be proud o f it, then 1 would go eat there.”

Rachel Ong

3910 St. Laurent Blvd. (near Duluth) / 982-0880; open Tues-

Sat 5:30-11:30; closed Sunday and Monday (w ill open on Sundays in February); vegetarian-friendly not wheelchair accessible

L a C h ilen ita W ith its bright orange walls, soaring Latin music and piping-hot empanadas, La Chilenita is a w el­ come refuge from the winter ele­ ments. This tiny establishment with room for only three small tables it is big on heart.

The fam ily-run empanaderia holds Bemarda Lara as the matriarch and dreamer who made La Chilenita a reality. Her son Michel Lefio, who attributes everything he knows about cooking to her, speaks with pride about their eatery. “ W e put a lot o f love into the cooking. We buy the best ingredients in Montreal. We always work for the people and we like to make sure they are well served,” he explained.

It has been predicted that there w ill be a time when the empanada surpasses Montreal’ s mainstay, pou­ tine. Em panaderias continue to sprout up across the city as these tasty snacks gain in popularity.

Empanadas can be crudely explained as the Latin-Am erican equivalent o f the Italian panzerotta or the English comish pastry. However, the pocket-like construction is where the similarity ends. La Chilenita’ s empanada pastry is light and chewy.

The Chilena empanada, the original and most authentic, is a delicious mixture o f beef, onions, green olives and a slice o f egg.

La C h ilen ita make their empanadas consistently w ell and have an eye for professionalism. “ It’ s very clean, very good, and a cheap price. That’ s important,” said Lefio.

A ll the bread, pastry and fillings are made fresh from scratch every day. Low prices are combined with high quality, making their $1.90 empanada a great bargain.

La Chilenita started small and continued to expand. “ W e started with a little stove from our house.

Now we have industrial machinery.

So it has changed a lot,” explained Lefio.

Originally, production was lim­ ited to about 30 empanadas a day, now La Chilenita make about 400 a day. They also have plans to open a second store in the summertime, spe­ cializing in Chilean take-home frozen food.

Since they took o v e r La Chilenita, L efio’ s family have diver­ sified their menu. There are now 13 different varieties o f empanadas (six vegeta ria n ). The L a N apolitan a includes artichokes, green olives, tomatoes, green olives and mozzarel­ la, and there are spinach, vege-tofu, chicken, and seafood varieties as well. Also on the menu are quesadillas and Chilean-style sandwiches.

J o u r n a lis t-c u m -c h e f N a n th a K u m a r bristles a t the “uptight, white, North A m erica n ” attitude toward food.

4348 Clark ( corner o f MarieAnne) / 982-9212; open seven days a week appx 10a.m.-6p.m.; vegetarianfriendly; not wheelchair accessible

C a fé S a n trop ol Café Santropol is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and should be commended for its humanitarian approach, one-of-a kind eclecticism, and infamous too-big-to-bite sand­ w iches. Leanne D yer, mother o f three and a relatively new cook to this “ all-women” kitchen, has just the right spirit to fly in the attitude that is Santropol.

Dyer’ s approach to food is “ if you can dress it up, dress it up. You can make eating a lot more fun just by adding a few pieces o f fruit on the side.” This is the café’ s trademark: big chunks o f luscious fruit as a side to their sandwiches or speared and dropped into drinks. The fruit dis­ plays are hardly generic. “ [Everyone has] their own per­ sonal ways o f garnishing. You can kind o f tell, if you’ ve been here long enough, who’ s doing the sandwiches by how th ey’ re garnished,” said Dyer.

Santropol has managed, like few other restaurants, to make spontane­ ity a philosophy. A lthou gh their menu is fairly fixed, the decor and added touches are not. There are over 75 varieties o f tea. Their very popu­ lar soup is changed daily, and is accompanied with big slabs o f bread for $2.50. Dyer, who was making Chinese mushroom soup during her talk with the Tribune, enjoys making this dish the most. “ You can get your yayas out in the soup,” she explained.

The vegetarian pies (buckwheat and olive, tofu and spinach and feta) and cakes are not made on the premises.

Sandwiches, predominantly creamcheese-based with such additions as honey, peanut butter, nuts and raisins

Rachel Ong

(M idnight Spread); or chives and pineapple (Sisters o f Jeanne Mance), are made at Santropol. New dishes include vegetarian chili and a Killer Tomato sandwich (sundried tomato, basil, garlic, and cheeses).

Many Santropol customers, pri­ marily students and vegetarians, go there for the ambiance. The café has three adjoining rooms and a large ter­ rasse, all uniquely decorated. The sunken front room and the main room are decorated in dark, earthy colours with ornate fixtu res and mouldings. Particulary intriguing is the goldfish tank with its dangling jewels. The back room opens to the terrasse. The restaurant has an irresistable charm, with its sky-blue and clouded ceiling, hanging sun, and rather odd-looking life-size friar.

According to Garth Gilker, one o f the three owners, Santrapol’ s spontaneity is not a put-on. The reno­ vations were done by the owners and evolved in the process o f their con­ struction. “ W h a tever w e planned and whatever we thought, by the time we were finished was nothing like what we had planned or thought,” said Gilker with a laugh. Some o f the tin work and stucco you see on the walls was taken from demolished buildings in downtown Montreal and recycled.

Dyer offers another reason for Santropol’ s long-standing success. “ The restaurant is cooperatively run and it creates a real team atmos­ phere. E veryon e sees each other socially. There is a lot o f intermin­ gling here. I f you carry on a conver­ sation with the waiters you feel a part o f it too.”

3990 St. Urbain (at Duluth) / 842-3110; open seven days a week; approx. 11:30 a. m.-midnight, week­ days, noon.-2 a.m. weekends; vege­ tarian frie n d ly ; not wheelchair accessible

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Every March, you elect 5 students to be the executive of the SSMU. And every March, the candidates for the 5 positions come to your classes and tell you all the things they’ll do “for you” once they’re in office.

And then you never hear from them again.

I’ve decided that it’s time for those of us whom you vote into office to tell you what we're doing on a regular basis, and to ask for your in p u t I'm not one of those people who assumes they know what's best because their friends agree with them.

So with no further ad o ...

Marks and exams Incidences of pure cheating are down substantially over the last 5 years, and we can all be proud of that. But I think there are some of us in a grey zone who don’t know whether we’re cheating or not. Are you cheating when you get a copy of an old exam? How about when you have notes in your pencil case under your desk and never look at them?

I am going to encourage all professors to publish copies of their old exams, to create a level playing field. I am also going to look into the feasibility of having most final exams be open book. Think about it: are you here to memorize, or to learn?

C o p y rig h t Sheila Copps, the federal Heritage Minister, wants to remove many of the exemptions in the Copyright Act which allow for educational use. This would m ean have no more photocopiers in the libraries and no more photocopied course packs.

I will be working with the University administration to develop a response.

Sm art ID C a rd s We all know about those Bell La Puce cards, which allow you to use the phone without having cash with you. Members of the University administration have

broached the idea to me of having a similar system be created using McGill ID cards. This would allow for small sums of money to be made accessible using our ID cards, to buy lunch on campus or to pick up pens at Sadie’s, but you couldn’t spend m ore money than you’ve put on the card.

I’ve polled a num ber of random students, and am going to start the ball rolling, while keeping in m ind the concerns (like privacy and cash limits) that were raised.

D i f f e r e n t i a l t u it io n f o r in t e r p r o v in c ia l stu d e n ts As m any of you may remember from last semester, the Québec government wants to institute higher tuition fees for students from provinces other than Québec. I promised then that SSMU would sue the government, and I am working with lawyers to build a strong enough case to go to court.

W hen I know more, you’ll know more.

Men' s group a g a in s t sexism It concerns me that we don’t seem to have a group at McGill dedicated to the idea that men have a responsibility to fight sexism. So I’m going to look within the SSMU structure to see if there’s a group which already exists but hasn’t had the resources to promote this issue, and give them the resources to raise awareness. If such a group doesn’t exist, then we may have to start one ourselves.

S tu d en ts' S o cie ty Award o f D is t in c t io n Look in an upcoming issue of the Tribune for m ore information on these SSMUsponsored scholarships to reward students who have balanced strong academic accomplishment with a high level of service to the McGill community. This year, special attention will be paid to residence floor fellows, varsity athletes, and others who have not traditionally been beneficiaries of these awards.

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Because in the end, I work fo r you.

P a g e 13

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Oh, what a tale our tailed friends tell: Wegman’s pets as art

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W illia m W e g m a n ’ s F a y ’s Fairy Tales, currently on exhibit at Musée d'art comtemporain, whim­ sically stages the photographer’ s Weimaraner pointer, Fay, and her litter as characters in scenes from Cinderella and Little Red Riding

Flood.

T h e tw o series o f p h o ­ tographs, execu ted in 1992 and n ow on d is p la y in th eir fir s t Canadian showing, follow Charles Perrault’ s version o f these classic fairy tales. Y et, where Little Red Riding Hood is ominously moralis­ tic, the Cinderella series is charm­ in g ly cheeky. Both sets o f pho­ tographs are far richer than the typ­ ical greeting card kitsch that depict animals playing dress-up.

W egm an , w h o is trained in painting, began exploring photog­ raphy when his first pointer, Man R ay, becam e enam oured with a place before the camera. W egm an had the dog star in what became a bizarre parody o f mass media. Man Ray found h im self assuming the persona o f a jea n s-cla d B ro o k e Shields and a Blue period Picasso.

M o re re cen tly , the birth o f F a y’ s puppies heavily influenced W egm an’ s choice o f subject. Just

as the w o lf o f L ittle Red Riding Hood transformed into a maternal figu re within the story, Fay was transformed into a mother in real life. W egm an also drew on adop­ tion as a metaphor in Cinderella, as he fou n d h im s e lf nu rtu ring F ay’ s litter and using them as the protagonists o f his works.

Weathering the pains o f rais­ in g a fa m ily has n ot s o fte n e d W egm an’ s keen eye. Tongue still planted firm ly in cheek, he stages Cinderella in rooms wallpapered w ith d ep iction s o f classic fa iry tales. T h e accoutrem ents o f the rooms are even more telling. Over C in d erella ’ s bed hangs a photo­ graph o f three g e n e ra tio n s o f women whose loving expressions clearly contrast the bitterness o f the p r o ta g o n is t’ s o w n fa m ily .

Especially striking are the myriad o f w all paintings in which other animals fro lic in the w ild w h ile W egm an ’ s dogs assume the stiff­ ness o f the humans they imitate.

Little Red Riding Hood is at once more sombre and allegorical.

Read as a commentary on the dan­ gers o f the unruly wilderness and the relative safety o f the residential home, it makes Cinderella seem lik e c h ild ’ s p la y . T h e w o o d s directly surrounding R e d ’ s resi­

dence brim with manicured foliage w h ile the w o lf hides behind the chaotic remains o f a forest fire.

The moral o f the story unfolds in the second last photo. Under the s y m b o lic w is d o m o f an o w l ­ shaped clock lies Granny’ s bed and a view to the cottage door bolted secu rely shut against any other unwanted canine visitors.

W egm an ’ s g ift resides in his a b ility to anthropom orphise the animal to reveal sign ifican t fe a ­ tures about our own nature.

W h ile w e m ay d ism iss the morals advanced in fairy tales, the startling absurdity o f having dogs act out these renowned tales forces us to re-examine their substance.

T o that extent, W egman distributes a tou ch in g m ix o f w h im sy and warning.

Ultimately, however, he rein­ jects power and magic into fables and fairy tales, reminding mature audiences o f the time they first dis­ covered these wondrous tales as wide-eyed children.

Fay’ s Fairy Tales is on exhibit

at the Musée d'art contemporain, 182 St. C a th erin e West, u n til M a rch 16. M uséum hours are Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m .-6 p.m., and Wed. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. when admis­ sion is free.

“I lost on Jeopardy!” — McGill student relates the agony A tale o f gam e show defeat and Trebekian neuroses to ld in g rip p in g re a l-life dram a B y St u a r t D

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M y dream is to be a contestant on Jeopardy!. This dream, shared by other intellectuals (read nerds), is greater than my desire to score the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl or consummate a relationship with L iv Tyler. Amazingly, I actual­ ly have a good chance o f accom­ plishing my dream (read: there’ s no chance in hell L iv w ill answer my fan mail).

The first step to getting on the show involves being tested at the te le v is io n studio in C a lifo rn ia .

However, the show occasionally has contestant searches in various locales, even in Canada. The last search o f this kind was in 1988 so I was beginning to give up hope for an affordable method onto the show.

L u c k ily , ea rly N o v e m b e r brought the announcement o f a con­ testant search in T o ro n to in D ecem ber. Jeopardy! producers were going to test 300 random peo­ ple who correctly completed a bat­ tery o f questions. I fig u re d my chances weren’ t great — I thought about 2,000 people would send in correct entries (I found out later it was actually over 16,000). Yet inex­ plicably, I received a phone call in late November informing me I was chosen!

M y first feeling was surprise, follow ed by elation, then arousal, then release (just k id d in g!), then fear. That last feeling stuck with me

the longest. I was worried that my immense knowledge about sports, rock music, sexual techniques, and words beginning with ‘Q ’ would not be enough to o ffs e t my pathetic k n o w le d g e about architecture,

out. I sauntered into the Toronto hotel and ran righ t into the largest post-ad oles­ cent geek -fest since the 20th anniversary reunion o f the Linda Carter fan club.

Quick estimates: 95 per cent m ale; mean age: 50; mean w eig h t: 20 pounds o v e rw e ig h t; 40 per cent in bow ties; and 80 per cent in glasses.

I realised that most o f these p e o p le have probably been accu­ mulating know ledge fo r tw ice the amount o f time that I ’ ve been alive.

M y nervousness must have been noticeable since some guy w alk ed o v e r to me and told me not to stress out. H e then proceeded to explain A u stralian clim ate facts and his still-inprogress movie script.

M ichael Bezuhly I used the popular-on(k ? trains “ I am a leper” routine to get him to leave me alone. opera, morals, and words beginning Twenty minutes after I entered with ‘ W ’ . So I decided to scrap the hotel, w e were all summoned studying fo r fin a l exam s and into a large ballroom for testing to reschedu le that w h o le hour fo r commence. W e were told that the Jeopardy!. initial stage o f testing in volved a Finally — the day o f the try­

written test, which, if passed, would be followed by mock games and an in terview with the man him self: Alex Trebek. Then came the kicker: the test would be 50 answers in 50 d iffe re n t ca teg o ries, all o f the $1,000 difficulty level. W e would h ave e ig h t seconds a fter each answer to write our question. The requirement for passing was 35 cor­ rect responses. A fte r g iv in g the would-be contestants a minute or so fo r heartbeats to return, the test began.

Thirteen minutes later, the test was done, as was my opportunity for greatness. T h ere was no w ay I answered 35 questions correctly. I couldn’t even get the sports question right! However, the organisers let me and the other 299 visibly unhap­ py people mull over our failures for about half an hour as A lex Trebek entered the room and entertained us with a cornucopia o f witticisms. He droned on until the graders returned to the ballroom and announced the names o f the six people who passed.

M y name was not among those men­ tioned. M y try-out was over.

I returned to Montreal feeling a bit depressed and a bit stupid. But I realised that I could always try out again with the knowledge o f what to expect. I had a new-found respect fo r Jeopardy! contestants. And I realised that my cousin was plan­ ning to get married in California this summer, and that I was going to be there.

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Entertainm ent

January 21st, 1997

How I learned to stop worrying and use the men’s room Lately I ’ ve found it pretty diffi­ Perhaps w e ’ re part o f some cult to find anything interesting experiment orchestrated by George about this here M cG ill life. For a Romero. After conquering mall cul­ columnist, this is a bit o f a problem. ture with Dawn o f the Dead, he con­ But maybe it really isn’ t me, or that great, a llencom passing a fflic tio n c a lle d w r ite r ’ s block.

M ayb e it ’ s this damned city o f Montreal.

Diana Prince H ere are a fe w other ideas that hit me as I tried to explain away my vapidness through spired with B ern ie and P ierre quacklery: Bourque to turn a whole campus o f 1) Maybe it’ s the cold — my students into bloodthirsty zombies. brain has experienced freezer burn Or maybe, Bernard Shapiro is so many tim es i t ’ s a crystallin e really a bloodthirsty zom bie him­ mush that is the en vy o f e v e ry self! !

I would imagine that this whole M e tro p o isson ière. M ea n w h ile those fe w cuties that once graced epidemic began in the cultural stud­ M cG ill campus have now fallen to ies department, and was somehow winter’ s gloom and doom with the transmitted through use o f the word rest o f us. I ’ ve seen so many pallid, “ d ialogic.” In one day o f Film as ashen complexions that I feel like Mass Art, 12 cookies in the front I ’ m in some new-fangled morgue. row were likely felled by the epi­ demic in their efforts to catch the A n d the C u b a n -fried tra v e lle rs h a v e n ’ t h elp ed the landscape eye o f their charming prof. any...soaking in iodine would have As it spread, it began to mutate, done just as well. being transmitted throughout the

drama departm ent through fake British accents.

B y the tim e it reached the Faculty o f Management, the zombie virus was a force to be reck­ oned with, and the combi­ nation o f blood th irsty wanna-be corporate yesmen (and w om en , o f course) with a zom bie e p id e m ic .... It w ill be George’ s best flick yet.

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Or maybe I ’ m on crack like every other American.

2) Or perhaps it’ s this ‘K ’ busi­ ness that is breaking my head...but I don’ t want to think about it.

3) A friend suggested that 1 try gettin g a fe w laughs out o f that S S M U D ental Plan, but I d o n ’ t brush my teeth...so what do I know about dentistry?

4 ) P rob ab ly it ’ s the flan n el pants my aunt in Ohio sent me for Christmas. ‘T h ey are not pajamas,” she emphasised, “ you wear them like pants — all the Buckeyes do

Most importantly, it relocated him from Bristol to N ew York City. “ I fe e l fr e e r in N e w Y o rk .

T h e y think I ’ m the d e v il in England. I ’ m supposed to be weird and strange and different and mys­ terious. N o one gives a shit who you are in N ew York.” “ The problem I have in Bristol right now is...my group o f friends — they’ re villains. I f I stay there, I become a victim. You start making money and you have to be paranoid about the villains around you. Rap artists who make a lot o f m oney and stay in their environments get in trouble. Their families start get­ ting threatened. There are certain

be careful o f kids I grew up with. I went through some mad stuff over there.”

It has been argu ed that T r ic k y ’ s old environm ent is the source o f much o f the pain which is evident on Pre-Millennium Tension and as such, the album must be understood primarily through that lens. Tricky, however, insists that his music has a far more universal appeal. “ I think it’ s sad music, strug­ gling music. W e all have to strug­ gle, we all have our own little prob­ lem s. I t ’ s s u rv iv a l m usic that reflects the pressure o f just being alive. W akin g up every day is a pressure, not knowing what’ s going on, not understanding why you feel

people you can’ t trust anymore. 1 went through a period o f having to

a certain way. It’ s the problems we all share that exist in the music.”

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The dark side of Tricky The lights went down at the Spectrum at 10 p.m. sharp and six shadows w alked on-stage.

The crowd expected opening act Jeru The Damaja. Instead, the shadow s b e lo n g e d to T r ic k y , v o c a lis t M artin a, and a fourpiece band. Com m encing with lights still down, the first song, “ P o n d e ro s a ” w as sung by M a rtin a o n ly . T r ic k y , the even in g’ s master o f ceremonies — master o f this sold-out audi­ ence — hid at the back o f the stage.

T r ic k y ’ s shadow stepped fo rw a rd to m eet M a rtin a fo r “ Christiansands.” N o spotlight surrounded him. The mood had been set fo r the en tire show : Tricky and Martina switch vocal lead after each song, those not performing keep to the periphery, significantly abolishing backing vocals.

T h e lig h tin g su ggested a power failure, but was a deliber­ ate part o f the show. When a dark red s p o tlig h t shone d ow n on Tricky, it created shadows in the lines o f his face, but revealed nothing.

M a n y o f the songs w ere elongated, with the final, key line

repeated ad museum. A bounc­ ing head topped T rick y’ s gyrat­ in g b o d y as he e m itte d such claustrophobic phrases as “ 1 live in the ghetto” and “ Can hardly breathe” over the infernal rumble o f Patrice Chevalier’ s guitar.

Instead o f clinging to every word, the crowd cheered when­ e v e r it fe lt the s o n g ’ s fin a l cadence approaching, as i f sig­ nalling to wrap up the im prov jam sessions. The biggest crowd response came for the cover o f “ Black S teel,” w hich featured heavy new-wave keyboards that shook the c ro w d but was cut short.

At no time did the perform­ ers give themselves to the audi­ en ce. W ith backs fre q u e n tly turned and a brief set list, Tricky displayed a lack o f effort.

T h e in ten sity sparked by M artin a and T r i c k y ’ s shared vocals last tour was non-existent on Wednesday night. Ultimately, the lack o f su pporting vo ca ls weakened the backbone o f the songs. Brilliant tracks in a lack­ lustre p erform an ce made this concert a disappointment.

— Samuel Lapalme-Remis

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The Blues Committee Volume II (Independent) O n th e e v e o f the B lu e s C o m m itte e ’ s second fu ll-len gth release, hope sprang eternal fo r these lo c a l cats. But w h e n e v e r the blues are in volved, hope can q u ic k ly slip in to d esp a ir. T h e B lu es C o m m itte e h a ve b een a M on treal talent fo r many years, re c o rd in g w h en th ey had tim e and m oney; perform ing when the big bad man w ou ld allow . A s a r e s u lt, th e y b e c a m e a v a g u e n am e on the sc e n e (w h ic h is a ctu a lly a m ira c le c o n s id e rin g the public apathy towards local talen t). T h e C o m m itte e ’ s c o m ­ m itm ent throughout their strug­ gles has left them in shambles at the c o m p le tio n o f V olu m e II. Inner conflict, bad publicity, and little respect from the media has turned their lo v e fo r perform ing and w r itin g the blu es s lig h tly sour. T h e album still in c o r p o ­ rates a ru stic sound on its 14 tracks. It shuffles from covers o f W illy D ixon and Chuck Berry to in s p irin g o r ig in a ls lik e “ L a k e M ic h ig a n B lu es” and “ W o rrie d L ife Blues II.” A tight ensemble, the Com m ittee is greater than the sum o f its p a rts. K e n ‘ S l i m ’ Pickens provides the guitar licks and m oody vocals, ‘ D o c ’ plucks the j i v e on th e u p r ig h t bass, Bharath Rajakumar plays a nasty harp and vo ca lly slips in w it and wisdom , and Spanky H orow itz is a constant on the skins.

— Chris Colley

Joan Osborne Early Recordings (B lu e G orilla/M ercury) “ W hat i f G od was one o f us” is determined not to be the endall-be-all o f Joan Osborne. A tra­ d itio n a l R & B songstress sh oe­ horned onto A O R radio last year w ith a song she d id not w rite , Osborne turns to her past to dish out some credib ility. O f course, a n yon e w h o ’ s heard h er oth er material already knows that “ One O f U s” is the most atypical track in her sou lfu l repertoire. Early

apart her sterilised im age. M ostly a com pilation o f self-penned live r e c o r d in g s , she d e m o n s tra te s vo c a l stylings ranging from the ‘ bring dow n the c e ilin g ’ to the ‘W hitney Houston my vo ice is a w e a p o n and I ’ m n ot a fra id to overuse it’ that w ere thankfully pu t in c h e c k f o r h e r e a rn e s t m a jo r la b e l d eb u t R e lis h . On most tracks she’ s all dressed up with nowhere to go. O nly on the abom inably recorded “ W hat Y ou Gonna D o ” is the grandiloquence shut down to produce a haunting capture o f faraw ay lo n gin g that w o u ld m e rit a sp ot on R elish .

S w in g in g the pendulum a little too far with her bluesy, guzziedup p om p , O s b o rn e is rea d y to start from scratch fo r her sopho­ more effort.

— M a rc Gilliam

Bjôrk Telegram (Elektra ) B jd rk strikes again a fte r a year-lon g hiatus with a product which aims to satisfy and/or per­ plex our aural sense. Telegram is a collection o f songs which have u ndergone a radical m a k e-o ver since their previous incarnations on h er la s t a lb u m P o s t.

Incorporating d ifferen t rem ixers fo r each song, B jdrk displays a collage o f her w ork w hile w iden­ in g h e r s c o p e . T h e r e m ix in g humanises her sound, as in the case when “ I M iss Y o u ” fits into a t r a d it io n a l lo u n g e sc e n e .

B jdrk’ s vocals on this album are d ra w n to p r o d u c e a m e lo d ic , m editative quality to her music.

T h is e f f e c t is w itn e s s e d in “ H y p e rb a lla d ,” w h ich loses its techno-surrealness and “ E n jo y,” w h ich enlists a c re a tiv e use o f percussion. L o y a l fans w ill find th is alb u m in te r e s tin g , w h ile th ose w h o h a v e n ’ t q u ite been converted yet may be put o f f by her experim entation. H o w ever, i f Telegram does not do the trick on you r first listen, cleanse the palate with Post and then see i f it grow s on you.

— Rachel Ong

K iw i film m a k e r Jane C am p ion has fo llo w e d her last film , The Piano, with high literary aspirations. N ic o le Kidm an joins B a rb a ra H e rs h e y , John M alk ovich , and British thespian S ir John G ie lg u d (in a ca m e o appearance) for The Portrait o f a Lady. W ith a talen ted cast and C a m p io n ’ s d ire c to ria l g ift , the film promises little less than bril­ lia n c e . U n fo rtu n a te ly , d e s p ite impressive casting and cinematog­ raphy, The Portrait o f a Lady fails to be con vin cin g enough to turn this film into the blockbuster it deserves to be.

N i c o l e K id m a n p o rtra y s Isabel A rcher, a headstrong and b o ld ly in d e p e n d e n t A m e ric a n woman who has come to England to pursue her hunger fo r w o rld experience. Isabel shocks all her English relatives when she rejects a lucrative m arriage proposal in fa v o u r o f tra vel. H er a d m irin g cousin R alph T ou ch ett (M a rtin Donovan) arranges a large inheri­ tance from his dying father that allows Isabel to pursue her costly goals.

H er freedom , how ever, does not last long. A t the suggestion o f Is a b e l’ s frie n d M ad am e M e r le (Barbara H ershey), Isabel meets the c h a rm in g and s e d u c tiv e Gilbert Osmond (John M alkovich) and spends the rest o f the film s tru g g lin g w ith th eir turbulent marriage, fin ally realising where her heart truly lies.

A ll this unfolds in a breath­ taking, visu ally stirring fashion.

The Portra it o f a Lady is true to its title , appearin g m ore lik e a painting than a m ovie. Set in late 1 9 th -cen tu ry London and F loren ce, Cam pion captures the elaborate V ictorian clothing and beautiful European landscape as if corsets and enclosures w ere high art.

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Redmen rebound from tough losses

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The McGill Redmen basketball team began their rise to respectabili­ ty this weekend by posting a com­ manding victory over the Ryerson Rams on Saturday night, improving their record to 2-8.

The weekend, however, began on a far less promising note in a 7560 defeat at the hands o f the athleti­ cally overpowering York Yeom en on Friday. York took advantage o f M c G ill’ s typically porous defence and a slow offensive start.

The Redmen appeared to be a team in transition as coach Ken Schildroth experimented with a new line-up. Sharp-shooting guard Rick Varisco was replaced by defensive stalwart Scott Gingles, while bruis­ ing sophomore Joel Baetz took over the forward position from Pat Inglis.

Lacking cohesion and o ffe n ­ sive firepower, the Redmen strug­ gled to a six-point deficit at the half.

The lone star was slashing swing man Joel Pearlman, who posted 19 o f his team’ s 30 points.

Com m enting on the line-up, Pearlm an said, “ W e ’ re trying to adjust by getting a little more size and emphasising defence.”

Unfortunately for M cGill, size is not the only factor in a basketball game, as the Yeomen broke fast and pressed their way to a 15- point lead in the second half. Frustrated, the Redmen were forced into making co stly turnovers and a litan y o f questionable fouls. “ W e can’ t afford four or five minute lapses. Not until we play 40 strong minutes o f basketball can we ex p ect to w in ,” com m en ted Pearlman who finished the game with 25 points.

The Redmen appeared to take Pearlman’ s message to task as they butted heads w ith the R yerson Rams on Saturday, winning 79-65.

The victory came as a result o f an o ffe n s iv e outburst from M att W atson , R ick V a ris c o , Hubert Davis and rookie Marc Rawas who all scored double figures — a sig­ nificant contrast to their previous game in which only fiv e Redmen appeared on the score sheet.

M cG ill played a near perfect game as they created few turnovers and showed impressive control and confidence. The Redmen were able to w ork the clock on practically every offensive set and headed into the locker room with a 35-30 advan­ tage and only three team fouls.

Rawas, whose outstanding sec­ ond-half efforts included ten points, six rebounds and a monster slam, was not surprised by M cG ill’ s exe­ cution. “ A ll we ever have to do is keep our mind in the game, because the talent and chemistry are definitely there,” he said.

Saturday night’ s game repre­ sented Rawas’ first opportunity for substantial minutes, something he has been patiently waiting fo r all season. “ It was nice to go in, step up and play my game for once.”

Behind Rawas’ inspired play and dom inant rebou n din g from Pearlm an, B aetz and D a vis, the game’ s outcome was never in doubt as Watson went on to post a gamehigh 22 points followed closely by Varisco’ s 21. For the Rams, guards M ich a el C h ish olm and Duncan Prescott posted totals o f 17 and 15 points respectively.

Should M cG ill remain injuryfree and the team adjust to the new line-up, fans have every reason to be optimistic about a second half turn-around. “ W e hope this leads us to a long trend o f wins that will take us to the playoffs,” said Rawas.

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As a sport made popular dur­ ing the Olym pics only once every fou r years, synchronised sw im ­ ming generally has trouble find­ ing exposu re and respect. T h is seem s to be no d iffe r e n t at M cG ill.

N o w in its third decade, the M c G ill synchronised sw im m ing p ro g ra m has seen its status change from fully-funded to selffunded. In the past, the club has even had to look for swimmers to participate.

H ow ever, last year’ s Ontario W om en 's Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship provid­ ed the M cG ill synchro team with newly discovered popularity. The sport has grown and M cG ill now boasts its largest team ever with 19 swimmers. “ Since it ’ s non-funded, and such a unique kind o f sport, it’ s been hard to get sw im m ers in,” said Coach Jenn Peterman. “ But with the success w e ’ ve had over the past couple o f years, and with the increased advertising, there’ s been more interest.”

T h e club includes a n o vice team, com prised o f athletes with lit t le o r no p r io r e x p e r ie n c e .

Athletes with previous club expe­ rience, including som e that have com peted in prestigiou s events, make up the senior team.

H ow ever, limited funding has prevented the team from attending competitions outside its O W IA A schedule. The conference is made up o f seven teams — M c G ill is the only club in the league from ou tside O n tario. C u rren tly, the team has three m eets scheduled this year but w ill take part in sev­ eral demonstrations.

T h e sp ort it s e l f re q u ire s swimmers to perform many d iffi­ cu lt m o ves, m ost o f w h ich are executed underwater. Swim m ers must possess great endu rance, fle x ib ility , strength, and cardio­ v a scu la r a b ility as w e ll as the commitment to train approximate­ ly 12 hours a week.

T h ere are several d iffe re n t categories fo r the com petitions.

The figures consist o f a series o f predeterm ined m oves, w h ile the routine is a choreographed pro­ gram that can go on for as long as fiv e minutes. The figures consist o f n o v ic e , in te r m e d ia te , and senior categories, while there are solo, duet, and team routines.

In this w e e k e n d ’ s R ou tin e Ranking M eet at Currie Pool, the M c G ill team fin is h e d a stron g second behind Q u een ’ s. M egan F o x le d the M a rtle ts , w in n in g both the senior figures and solo routine com petition s. She c o m ­ bined with Peterman to w in the gold in the duets.

Leanne Bourassa won the sil­

v e r in the in term ed iate fig u re s competition, while Erin O ’ Ferrall was fourth in the senior figures.

In the team ro u tin e e v e n t, the M cG ill “ A ” team lost tw o sw im ­ mers and fin ish ed fourth, w h ile the novice team finished eighth.

T h e meet was a p re v ie w o f the O W IA A S y n c h ro n is e d S w im m in g fin a ls , to be h e ld Febru ary 8 and 9 at M c M a s te r University. “ Because o f the elite athletes w e have, w e ’ ve got a lot o f top solos, duets, and team s,” c o m ­ m e n te d P e te rm a n . “ T h e r e are some other very com petitive uni­ versities, but the prospects look really good fo r this year.”

M c G ill’s synchronised swimming team appredates a new fo u n d popularity.

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January 21st, 1997

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Martlets lose heads against Ryerson but hold on for win Continued from Page 7 In the second half, an incred­ ib le o ffe n s iv e e ffo r t b y K a ren Jackson a llow ed the Y e o w o m e n to cut the d e fic it to 17 p o in ts with 11:21 to g o in the game.

Y o r k ’ s attempted com eback w as cut short w h en the coa ch r e c e iv e d his s e c o n d te c h n ic a l fo u l and was k ick ed out o f the g a m e w ith 10:13 to p la y . T h e M artlets converted on the result­ ing free throws and never looked b ack on th eir w a y to an 87-62 rout.

The technical foul halted any mom entum Y o r k had built, and stirred the largest M c G ill crow d o f the season.

L ea d in g scorers fo r M c G ill w e r e T e s s ie r and G ild e n h u y s with 28 each, and Jackson led the Y eo w o m en in scoring with 24 — 16 o f w hich w ere scored in the second half.

A lt h o u g h T e s s ie r and G ild e n h u y s p la y e d n o ta b le g a m e s , Jen S t a c e y , w ith h er three-point shooting and creative passing, played a pivotal role in the victory. Stacey, w ho scored 16 p o in ts in the c o n test, said, “ L a s t yea r 1 w o u ld be lo o k in g m ore fo r assists, but this year I ’ m

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The Y o rk gam e turned out to be a co n test o f en du ran ce and stren gth , w h ic h , a c c o r d in g to head coach Lisen M oore, proved

Rams full court press caused the M artlets to m ake bad decisions and errant passes. W hen the sec­ ond h a lf co m m en ced , R y erso n con tin u ed th eir p esk y d e fe n c e

no problem fo r the Martlets. “ W e have players w ho score in s id e , lik e G ild e n h u y s and Tessier, so our gam es are goin g to be physical.”

The Y e o w o m e n w ere called f o r m a n y h ard fo u ls , w h ic h M o o r e a ttrib u te d to “ g o o d , aggressive defence.” “ W e don’ t like to play physi­ cal basketball, but w e w ill i f w e need to,” said M oore.

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sloppy 56-48 victory.

A fte r the game, coach M oore attributed the M artlets’ poor per­ form ance to a lack o f good men­

the M artlets, as they w ere p lay­ in g the R y e rs o n R am s, a team w ith f e w e r w in s than the Y eow om en . Due to their out o f synch offen ce, M c G ill struggled early and often in the contest.

The M artlets’ first h alf scor­ ing was supplied by Tessier, who posted 17 o f her team 's 39 first h a lf p o in ts .

G u a rd In g r id M archand contributed w ith tw o three-point plays in the first half, but M c G ill w as unable to p u ll away, leading 39-26 at the half.

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The team completes the reg­ ular season in s eco n d p la ce behind Queen’ s and w ill travel to M c M a s te r fo r the fin a ls on February 7-9.

The M cG ill wom en's squash team q u a lifie d fo r the squash p layoff finals after finishing in a tie fo r first place in last w eek ­ end’ s tournament.

M c G ill and Q u e e n 's each fin is h e d w ith 26 p o in ts in S u n d a y ’ s M o n tre a l A m a te u r A th letics A ssociation com p eti­ tion.

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b y s ix p o in ts . T h e le a d w as increased when guard Jennifer de Leeu w came o f f the bench to nail a clu tch th re e -p o in te r. M c G ill w as able to pull out, earn in g a

tal decisions. “ T h is g a m e g o e s to sh o w you how mental the gam e is. W e didn’ t bring our heads [tod ay].”

V ic k y T es s ie r, w h o le d all scorers w ith 24 points, tried to explain her team ’ s lackadaisical play: “ W e prepared alot fo r Y o rk and forgot a bit about Ryerson.”

W h en asked i f she thought the team was fatigu ed after the

Briefs

Jen Stacey’s three-point shooting is a great asset to the Martlets’ offence. physical contest played the night before she responded, “ Probably a lit t le . B u t, i f w e g o to the

nationals, w e ’ re goin g to have to p la y three gam es in a r o w , so w e ’ re goin g to have to learn.”

place result.

The Martlets w ere paced

by K ate H u rtig’ s 11th place fin is h and L e ith M c K a y ’ s 15th place result. On Sunday, Suzanne O w en led the team with a sixth p lace result, with Hurtig skiing down the hill with the 13th quickest time.

T h e team w ill now take a couple o f weeks o f f before they have their next race in Quebec City.

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and Sunday’ s slalom co m p eti­ tion. N icolas Robichon finished 10th in both races, Brendan N a e f was 13th and 14th over the two days, and Mark Schindler placed 15th in Saturday.

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ou t on team playoffs In a disappointing weekend, the M c G ill m en’ s squash team was eliminated from team play­ o f f competition.

The team placed last in the O U A A E a s t-W e s t c r o s s -o v e r tournament, w in n in g o n ly tw o matches.

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7.

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McMaster(1)

8.

Saskatohewan(7)

2.

Victoria (2)

9.

Manitoba (9)

3.

Laurentian(4)

Men's Hockey

4.

Brandon (3)

5.

Wfestem Ontario (6)

6.

Da!housie(7)

7.

British Golim bia (5)

8.

Alberta (8)

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9.

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C a rd in a ls . T h e g a m e -w in n in g goa l was scored w ith on ly 1:12 remaining in the contest.

T h e M c G i l l g o a ls w e r e s c o re d by M a th ie u D a rch e, F ra n çois L a jeu n esse and JeanFrançois Moquin.

A lth ou gh the R edm en have lo s t th e ir last fo u r ga m es, the team has killed o f f 33 o f their last 36 p en a lties. T h e p ro b lem has been on the powerplay, where the Redmen have given up four back­ breaking short-handed markers.

M cG ill travels to Ottawa fo r their ninth consecutive road game on January 25.

Manitoba (7)

as r i January 13th

1 ft M c G l (10)

T h e M c G ill hockey team is playing some very good hockey.

Unfortunately, the Redmen have to start playing the full 60 min­ utes i f they hope to get back on the winning track.

M cG ill lost two close games to division rivals during the past w eek. On Tuesday even in g, the Redmen fell 5-3 to Concordia and dropped a tough 3-2 loss to the n u m b e r-o n e ran k ed UQTR Patriots on Friday, M c G ill’ s goals against Concordia were scored by Stéphane Angers, Luc Fornier and Benoit Leroux.

M c G ill tr a v e lle d to T r o is R ivières and gave the highly-tout­ ed U Q T R all they could handle.

M c G ill was even a fter the first tw o periods, but a short-handed goal sealed the Redm en’ s fate.

G o a lie Jarrod D an iel had a splendid game, stopping 36 o f the 38 shots he faced. His consistent play in net was the effort the team had been lacking.

D efencem en N icola s Cantin and Martin Routhier each scored in the second period o f the con­ test.

On S a tu rd a y e v e n in g , the Redmen lost 4-3 in an exhibition ga m e to the P la ttsb u rgh State

6.

Dalhousie(6)

7.

Laval (9)

8.

Victoria(NR)

9.

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With the men's and wom en’ s basketball and hockey teams on the roa d this u p c o m in g w e e k e n d , M c G ill sports enthusiasts get the pleasure o f v ie w in g some o f the u n iversity's fin est athletes. The M cG ill Invitational track and field competition is one o f the few times spectators have the opportunity to view our track stars.

A le x H utchinson, M c G ill’ s most prized runner, anchors the Redmen squad. He is com ing o ff his fo u rth -p la c e fin is h at the G re a te r B o s to n T ra c k C lub Invitational at Harvard University.

His domination o f the cross-coun­ try season is one o f M c G ill’ s most

notable sporting achievements o f the past semester.

The w om en’ s team is led by Tambra Dunn. She won the bronze m edal at the w eek en d even t in B o sto n , and q u a lifie d fo r the Canadian Inter-university Athletics U n io n ch a m p io n sh ip s.

L ik e H u tch in son , her cro ss-co u n try results were incredible as she con­ sistently placed in the medals.

The M cG ill Invitational p ro ­ vides sports fans the chance to shift their focus fro m outdoor winter sports, and into the warm confines o f tM cG ill’s new fieldhouse. It will also showcase M c G ill’s underex­ posed and extremely successful runners. The event takes place on January 25.

Athletes o f the week , Megan Fox Synchronised swimmer Fox led the Martlets to a secondplace finish at the 6-team O W IA A Routine Ranking Meet at McGill over the weekend. She won three gold medals, finishing first o f tencompetitors in the solo routine, first o f 14 pairs in the duet routine (with teammate Jen Peterman) and first of 15 competitors in senior figures.

Joel Pearlman R edm en basketball forw ard Pearlman, a physiology sophomore with the McGill basketball Redmen, had 32 points, nine rebounds and six steals in two games last weekend.

He was successful on 14-of-16 free throw attempts and posted a careerhigh 25 points in a 75-60 loss to York.

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Laval

8

2 6 523 630 4

5.

Laval (4)

M ed

7

1 6 479 595 2

6.

Alberta (8)

5 524 569 4

7.

M e d (6)

8.

Montreal (NR)

9.

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10. Gueiph(NR) Lucie Fortin makes an acrobatic stop in the Martlets’ 7-0 shut-out loss on Saturday to UQTR.

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Friday, January 24 Continued from Page 17 Javarhi won the two matches for the team.

Although the team does not have any m ore tournaments to look forward to, it is expected that M cG ill w ill have players entered in the upcoming individual finals.

M a rtlets spiked by Q u eb ec rivals W ith a national fifth ranking in th eir p o c k e t, the M c G ill M a rtle ts v o lle y b a ll team w as trou n ced by d iv is io n a l fo e s Sherbrooke and Laval.

On Saturday afternoon, the Martlets lost in three straight sets at Sherbrooke by a score o f IS ­ IS, 15-8. 15-10.

Wendy Whelan posted three kills, three stu ff blocks and ten digs in the loss. In limited playing tim e. Josianne R ozon had three kills, three digs, one ace and one stuff block.

T h e M a rtle ts tr a v e lle d to Laval and again lost in three sets.

The score was 15-8, 15-9 and 15-

7.

Once again, Whelan led the Martlets with 13 kills, eight stuff blocks and five digs.

The Martlets’ record drops to 6-4 but the team looks to recover at the D alhousie C lassic in the upcoming weekend.

First Nations House of the U niversity of Toronto and York U niversity N ative Association are coming to M cG ill for a conference.

Billets are needed from Jan. 31-Feb. 2. If interested in help­ ing, call Chanze Gam bele at

Tuesday, January 21 The M SID I (M cG ill Students’ In tern ation al D e v e lo p m e n t Initiative) meets every Tues, at 5 p.m. in the Shatner Caf. New mem­ bers welcome.

M c G ill D eb a tin g U n ion is proud to host its annual W in ter Carnival Tournament. Judges are needed to make this tournament a success (no exp. necessary). Please call Raph at 842-3491.

Meeting for L O A F members at 6p.m. at 3647 University, 3rd floor.

There w ill be a B lood D rive from Jan 20-23 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Jan 24 from 10 to 4 in the M c C o n n e ll E n gin eerin g Building.

Wednesday, January 22 On January 22, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. there w ill be a C lubs and A c t iv it ie s N ig h t in the Shatner Ballroom, 3480 McTavish. Get up and get IN V O L V E D !! Questions??

Call 398-6800.

L B G T M ’ s B isex u a l G roup meets in Shatner 423 at 5:30 p.m..

Both men and women are welcome.

Thursday, January 23 Tonite at 6:30p.m. L B G T M ’ s W om en’ s Group meets in Shatner 423.

Dr. Claret w ill be giving a lec­ ture on “ S ign al transduction through the transcription factor AP1” . Located at the Hersey Pavilion, rm. H5-38 at 12:00.

From Jan 23-25, the H on g Kong students Society will be g iv ­ ing an exhibition. It w ill be about the current and future Hong Kong during the transitional period in

A t 5:30, L B G T M ’ s C om in g out Group meets in the basement o f UTC. D on't be shy, and come out.

L B G T M will be holding a wine and cheese for all members in base­ ment o f U TC at 7 p.m. W e will be g o in g to Flu x M a g a zin e b en efit afterwards.

STANDD presents T om Legrand from U de M lecturing on “ Mortality differences between sons and daughters in the Sahel” . From 12:30 - 2 p.m.

The M c G ill C aribbean Students’ Society presents “ Big Jam ‘97” in the Shatner Building, rm.

310. Beverages are free before 10 p.m.

Jewish Student Centre: 845-9171.

L a Jungle in vites you every Friday night to attend their “ R& B V ib e s ,” smooth sounds o f soul: 4177 St. Denis.

Living with Loss: Bereavement support groups are being offered free o f charge through the M cG ill school o f social w ork fo r adults, children and adolescents. Anyone who is experiencing any type o f loss including the loss o f a family mem­ ber or friend, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

A task force is being formed to deal specifically with the organisa­ tion o f events, activist campaigns on campus and the implementation

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WATERLOO

Sunday , January 26 W alksafe offers self-defence and street-fighting courses for $25 for both men and women (it is not necessary to be a Walksafe volun­ teer to join). The times are courses are Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 from 12-5.

Register in office #415 Mon.-Fri. 5 - 7 p.m. with $15 deposit. Call: 3982498.

Storytelling at the Y ellow Door w ith D en ise M arkham , M o lly W alsh, Janice LaD uke. Tales o f trickery, devilment and changelings.

3625 Aylmer, 398-6423. $3.

o f policies regarding harassment and safety. For more info call 3986823.

Want to make a difference with only a few hours a week? Volunteer w ith the Y e llo w D o o r E ld e rly Project. Help seniors in the down­ town community with friendly vis­ its. Drop by 3625 A ylm er or call Chi at 398-6243.

F irst N a tion s H ou se o f the U n iversity o f T oron to and Y o rk University Native Association are coing to M cG ill for a conference.

Billets are needed from Jan. 31-Feb. 2. I f interested in com ing out to help, call Chanze G am bele at 1800-810-8069.

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Monday, January 27 There w ill be a general meeting for all women interested in volun­ teerin g or being a ctive w ith the M c G ill W o m e n ’ s U nion at 4:30 (Shatner 423). Call 398-6823.

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The main goal of the Big Buddies Tutoring Club is to give you, as a M cG ill student, an opportunity to volunteer as an academic tutor for a child in the Montreal community. M any students in Montreal are unable to meet the demands of the school system without a little help from Big Buddy. W hether it be providing guidance in a specific subject area, giving tips on study skills and time management, or just showing that you are interested, a Big Buddy's assistance is often invaluable in bridging the gap between a student's personal academic goals and means. By lending a hand, a Big Buddy is sure to receive valuable volunteer experience, a sense of satisfaction from helping a fellow student, and a chance to work with kids in the Montreal community.

In t e r e s t e d ? Find out more by attending our r e c r u itm e n t m e e tin g , or by calling us at 398-5280.

Shatner Cafeteria 6:00 PM, M onday, January

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