The McGill Tribune Vol. 16 Issue 21

#

Published by th e S tu d e n ts’ S o cie ty o f M c G il l U niversity

McGill suffering major brain drain in attempt to meet budget cuts Senate report reveals that the faculty of arts is being hit with the largest net loss of professors

By Temo C halasani A report presented to the McGill Senate

by Vice Principal Finance and Administration Phyllis Heaphy states that the university has seen a net loss of 39 academic staff members in the past three and a half years.

McGill VP Academic Bill Chan explained that the recent cuts in education made by the Parti Québécois government are to blame for the high rate of departures from McGill.

“The only way to deal with the budget cut

is to decrease the number of staff,” Chan argued. “Students should know that a conse­ quence of the government’s actions is an increase in the student-professor ratio.”

According to Heaphy, most of the depar­ tures that took place at McGill in 1996 were brought on by the “Enhanced Early Retirement Program” offered by the administration to aca­ demic staff in the spring of 1996. From June 1, 1996, to November 30, 1996, McGill saw a net loss of 38 faculty members. Heaphy stated that, although the targeted number of staff have taken the retirement option, it is not yet certain if more staff will also take the option

and leave McGill.

“We are satisfied and I believe the objec­ tives of the Enhanced Early Retirement Program were largely met,” she said. “We do not know when and if there will be an end to the reductions in academic staff as long as the Quebec government insists on balancing its budget with declining revenues.”

Heaphy’s concern appears to be a com­ mon one among McGill administrators. Chan went on to suggest that more departures from McGill can be expected in the near future as long as the PQ forces McGill to search for methods of cutting back its budget.

“Sixty-two professors and 120 supporting staff accepted the early retirement plan,” Chan said. “There is a likelihood that departures will continue in the wake of continuing education cuts.”

The probability of an increasingly shrink­ ing staff is not acknowledged by all, however.

Dean of Arts Carman Miller was more opti­ mistic, stating that an end to McGill’s brain drain is in sight.

“We hope to secure more tenure track replacements and I am working on a list of Continued on Page 3

Tobacco sponsorship under fire Special events may go up in smoke

By Stuart D etsky

Martlets flying low Women suffer a stinging loss to Concordia

By Aron Tonon The Martlets basketball team’s flight to the national championship came to a crashing halt last Saturday night as they lost to the Concordia Stingers in the Quebec Student Sport Federation championship final by a

score of 59-57.

The fourth ranked Martlets lost their third consecutive game to the seventh-ranked Stingers in the electric atmosphere of the sold out gym at Loyola Campus. The rivalry between Continued on Page 24

2 CANDINE FOR

$ 4 .9 9 *

*includes two flame-broiled Whopper* sandwiches and two medium fries. Please present this coupon before ordering. Not valid with any other offer. No cash value.

Applicable taxes payable by bearer. Valid only at 2001 University, McGill Metro.

Expiry Date: April 30, 1997

A controversial bill which could benefit the health of Canadians at the expense of the economy is on its way to becom­ ing law.

Bill C-71, intended to address the crisis of increased smoking among youths and the growing proportion of deaths attributed to lung cancer, will place restrictions on tobacco companies’ sponsorship of cultur­ al events.

The bill has provoked an outcry, particularly in Quebec, on the grounds that it might deal a fatal blow to the tourism industry.

Tobacco manufacturers cur­ rently spend $60 m illion in Canada every year, half of it in Quebec alone, on the sponsorship of such events as jazz festivals, auto races, and fireworks dis­ plays, which have traditionally attracted vast numbers of tourists.

Bill C-71 would significantly reduce the visibility of tobacco prom otions at these events.

A ccording to M arie-Josée Lapointe, a spokesperson for the C anadian Tobacco Manufacturer’s Council, sponsor­ ship will cease to be lucrative for many com panies if C-71 is passed.

“If the bill is passed, the association will conduct a review of our participation in sponsor­ sh ip ,” said Lapointe. “ In my opinion, certain events will lose their sponsorship because ten per cent visibility of one’s brand name is not com m ercially

viable.”

Montreal citizens and storeowners staged a public protest against C-71 last Tuesday, but their pleas have gone virtually unnoticed in Ottawa. The bill was passed by an overw helm ing m ajority in the House of Commons last Thursday, and will now go to the Senate for final approval by mid-April.

Health M inister David Dingwall, who spearheaded C-71, has been promoting it as a health bill. This is especially relevant in light of statistics released last week by Statistics Canada which indicate that lung cancer will kill more people in Canada in 1997 than any other cancer, and will cause more fatalities among women than breast cancer.

Further data shows that 29 per cent of children aged 15 to 19 and 14 per cent of children aged 10 to 14 are smokers. These figures are an increase over previous years — a fact that proponents of tougher anti-smoking measures use to indicate the ineffectiveness of past steps taken. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien empha­ sised the problem of smoking among teenagers in expressing his support for the bill.

“My prime concern is the health of young people. Tobacco advertising heavily influences young people who start to smoke around 14 [or] 15 — it’s worse in Quebec than anyw here else,” Chrétien told Parliament.

However, Lapointe said that Chrétien and other proponents of Bill C-71 are wrongly apportion­

2 CAND IN E FOR $ 4 .9 9 * This offer valid only at:

BURGER KING 2001 University • McGill Metro i n c l u d e s tw o fla m e b ro ile d W h o p p e r * s a n d w ic h e s a n d tw o m e d iu m fries

ing blame. Tobacco advertising, she claimed, is not a means of recruiting smokers. Rather, it is targeted at people who already smoke.

“Advertising does not affect the onset of smoking. I t’s all about brand re co g n itio n ,” Lapointe explained.

O pponents of the bill, including many members of the Bloc Q uébécois, have com ­ plained that if tobacco manufac­ turers withdraw their funding of cultural events, alternative sources of funding may not be readily available.

Liberal MPs argued that other companies such as banks could take over sponsorship of events that are abandoned by the

Continued on Page 12

F&MÎJRH3llsiSDli Politics: SSMU candidates debate francophone issues.../%5 Making sense o f fashion: in preparation for Kaleidoscope, Rachel Stokoe exam ines the im pact and m eaning of fashion in today's society — a society in which Helen Gurley Brown no longer chairs the infa­ m ous C osm opolitan. ...P g.7 W orm s: Groundbreaking research into the process of aging................................. Pg. 11

1 CANDINE FOR 4*99*

includes two flame-broiled Whopper* sandwiches and two medium fries. Please present this coupon before ordering. Not valid with any other offer. No cash value.

Applicable taxes payable by bearer. Valid only at 2001 University, McGill Metro.

Expiry Date: April 30, 1997

March 11th, 1997

Page 2 N e W S

New recruiting office criticised by former dean of admissions dents — without stu­ dents we don’t have a M cGill carved a separate job.”

The new office Recruiting and Liaison Office out of the A dm issions Office last has a mandate of three month — a sudden change which years, after which it has surprised many in the universi­ will be reviewed and possibly folded back ty community.

The Recruiting and Liaison under A dm issions’ Office aims to improve recruiting jurisdiction. Roussell efforts as well as communication plans to survey McGill between current McGill students students in order to and the administration. The present create a closer relation­ director of Development and ship between students Alumni Relations Services Anne and the administration.

Roussell will now add the responsi­ Shapiro m aintained bility of running this new office to that he is w illing to her duties. A committee comprised review the o ffice’s of all faculty deans as well as stu­ level of success after a dent representatives will advise the couple of years in Liaison Office, which will then operation.

“I don’t have an report to a steering committee com­ A nne Roussell a n d the Liaison a n d Recruiting posed of Principal Bernard Shapiro, opinion — we’U learn Vice-Principal Academic Bill Chan from experience. I and VP Development and Alumni know what goals I 1994. His main criticisms of the wish to accomplish, but I’m not new Recruiting and Liaison Office Relations Derek Drummond.

Roussell em phasised the attached to the manner in which are the lack of consultation im portance of the new office’s they are accomplished,” he said. involved in the decision, the con­ Principal Shapiro’s swift cre­ flict of interest between recruiting responsibilities.

“We need to raise awareness ation of this separate office took and alumni relations, and the timing around the world that McGill is a many members of the McGill com­ of its implementation. first class institution and we need to munity by surprise. Some have dis­ “Principal Shapiro should have promote that. We can’t sit on our agreed with the need for the new consulted with the Senate, McGill’s reputation,” said Roussell. “This office as well as with the process deans, and especially the Director year’s enrolment has gone down by which it was created. Professor of Admissions Mariela Johansen, C. Abbott Conway recently pub­ who wasn’t even involved in the by...four per cent.

But even more importantly, lished a 12-page paper addressed to final decision, to my knowledge,” both the principal and I strongly the McGill community criticising said Conway. “McGill is following feel the need to listen to our stu­ Shapiro’s initiative. Conway was a trend moving away from collegial dean of admissions from 1989 to

By Laura MacN eil

A m n e sty In te rn a tio n a l M cG ill W RITE-A-THON T u e sd a y March 18th - 9 : 0 0 a .m . - 9 :0 0 p .m .

S h a tn e r

H e lp A m n e s t y In t e r n a t io n a l M c G ill r e a c h t h e g o a l o f 2 0 0 le t t e rs , b y t a k in g p a r t in t h i s y e a r 's w r it e - a - t h o n .

1 0 6

M o n e y r a is e d w ill g o t o p o sta g e and A m n e sty I n t e r n a t i o n a l 's r e l i e f f u n d .

V o lu n t e e r s w h o r a is e $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 w ill r e c e iv e a

C o m e b y S h a tn e r 1 0 6 fo r a s lo n g a s y o u c a n o n M a rc h

A m n e sty In t e r n a t io n a l T - S h ir t .

1 8 t h a n d w r it e o n A m n e s t y I n t e r n a t i o n a l 's T u r k e y C a m p a ig n . O r w r it e f o r o v e r a n h o u r a n d a h a lf a n d g e t y o u r f r ie n d s a n d fa m ily t o sp o n so r you.

F o r m o r e in fo r m a tio n a n d 0 e d g e s h e e ts d ro p b y S h a tn e r R o o m 4 3 5 to n ig h t (M a rc h I t ) fr o m 6 : 3 0 - 7 :3 0 o r R o o m 4 1 0 a n y tim e .

The McGill Tribune is published by the Students’ Society of McGill University Editorial Office: William Shatner University Centre, Rm B01 A, 3480 rue McTavish Montreal, Québec, CANADA H3A 1X9 Advertising Office: (514)398-6806 Editorial Office: (514)398-6789/3666 Fax: (514)398-7490 Letters must include author’s name, signature, identification (e.g. U2 Biology, SSMU President) and telephone number and be typed double-spaced or submitted on disk in Macintosh or IBM word processor format. Letters more than 200 words, pieces for ‘Stop The Press’ more than 500 words, or submissions judged by the Editorin-Chief to be libellous, sexist, racist or homophobic will not be published. The Tribune reserves the right to edit letters for length. Place submissions in the Tribune mail box, across from the SSMU front desk or FAX to 398-7490. Columns appearing under ‘Editorial’ heading are decided upon by the editorial board and written by a member of the editorial board. All other opinions are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The McGill Tribune, its editors or its staff. Please recycle this newspaper.

Office want to raise awareness o f McGill to centralised decision-m aking processes. My criticism goes right to the top. I think ultimate responsi­ bility is with the principal. I think this was badly handled.”

Johansen simply adm itted involvem ent in the conceptual stages of the new office.

“I did know. I was told that a new model was being created,” she said.

Shapiro views the new Recruiting and Liaison Office as an administrative process not requiring such extensive consultation.

“There is no end to consulta­ tion. When it is an administrative process, not an academic one, extensive consultation is neither appropriate nor called fo r,” ho asserted. “[Although] admissions administers academic policies, that doesn’t make it an academic mat­ ter.”

Conway disagrees with the principal’s view of the administra­ tive process.

“Shapiro has too narrow a def­ inition of administrative process,” he said. “Shapiro fails to see the extent of how the administration puts academic policies into effect.”

According to Conway, one of the greatest problems in the cre­ ation of the new office is the close relationship between Recruiting and Liaison and alumni relations.

Since alumni relations is mostly involved in fundraising efforts, he is concerned that this move could threaten McGill’s admission stan­ dards.

“I recall from my experience as dean of admissions that there are pressures of the conditions of donors to admit people who don’t meet McGill’s standards of admis­ sion.”

Roussell defended the need for a separate Recruiting and Liaison

4

E

Rebecca Catching

Office, however. Drawing from her past experience working as assis­ tant director of the Admissions Officë, she argued that the real con­ flict lies in the com bination of recruitment with the process of deciding who is accepted.

“My only bone of contention with the Admissions Office is that it never followed up on recruiting after September. With this new office we can remove ourselves from the decision-making process and focus on building, maintaining, and developing relations with stu­ dents for all 12 months. We aren’t responsible for admission,” said Roussell. “I perceive a conflict of interest when recruitment is with admissions. Separation of the two functions allows for better quality control.”

Conway’s final point of con­ tention is the timing of the new office’s implementation.

“To create such an upheaval [in the Admissions Office] at this time of the year with 15,000-20,000 applications to deal with, is a cata­ strophic event in itself,” he said.

Although slightly more reserved, Johansen echoed Conway’s sentiments.

“This time of the year is extremely busy,” she said. “We are professionals and...will make the necessary arrangements to com­ plete it all.”

Roussell, however, maintained her support for Shapiro’s initiative and added that McGill needs to expand recruiting in order to sur­ vive.

“Shapiro has a lot of courage to go out on a limb and be willing to take risks,” she stated. “He’d have to care about the students to expand their recruitment efforts while budget cuts continue.”

l e c t io n s

V O T E !

Tuesday

W ednesday

Thursday

M a r c h 11

M a rch 1 2

M a rch 1 3

N eW S

March 11th, 1997

Page 3

Candidates square off in French language debate Faculty cut No major blunders as candidates present their francophone credentials

By D arryl Levine

VP External This year’s crop of SSMU hope­ fuls addressed about 60 students last Thursday in the Alley for a discussion of issues concerning McGill’s fran­ cophone student population.

A three person panel asked the 13 candidates vying for the five exec­ utive positions a series of questions in French. The candidates were asked what kind of links each had with the francophone community in Quebec, and what they believed to be the major issues facing francophone stu­ dents at McGill. The candidates were then asked questions specific to the positions for which they are running.

President Increased communication in French among SSMU executives, more course offerings in French at the university, and full translation of SSMU documents into French were among the key issues that presiden­ tial candidate Derek Prohar cited as important for McGill francophones.

However, Prohar and other candidates failed to mention that a recent Judicial Board ruling mandated SSMU to translate all past documents into French by April 1, 1997. SSMU is responsible for ensuring that all future documents are available in both offi­ cial languages, as stated in its Constitution.

A native of California, Araya Solomon explained that he had not met any francophones before arriving at McGill. Since his arrival, Solomon said that he has had the chance to interact with many francophones in his department.

“I think it’s very important to interact with the francophone commu­ nity,” Solomon said. “I am proposing a community services plan for credit which I hope will allow students to interact more with the Montreal com­ munity.”

Tara Newell cited her experience as VP internal of the Arts Undergraduate Society and her com­ mittee work which looked into fran­ cophone issues this year as examples of her interaction with the francopho­ ne community. She said that fran­ cophone issues could be resolved if the problems of communication, information, and resources are addressed.

“First year francophones have a difficult time adjusting to the anglo­ phone community of McGill,” said Newell. “We need to do more to help them integrate into this milieu.”

The presidential candidates were asked if they would support a special seat on SSMU council reserved for a francophone representative. While none of the candidates rejected the suggestion outright, none of them were ready to commit to the idea either.

Keith Campbell explained that he understands the issues facing fran­ cophone students at McGill. He said he would like to see more French courses offered at the university for the benefit of francophones and anglophones alike. Campbell also stressed that McGill needs to make better contacts with other regional student groups, even if those groups support Quebec secession.

“McGill is very federalist. The francophone universities are mostly sovereigntist. I don't predict any change. So I don’t want to create a big debate about this. It’s very impor­ tant that we concentrate on what we have in common,” he said.

A franco-Manitoban, Lisa Phipps believes it is very important to offer services in both official lan­ guages at McGill. SSMU documents should be translated into French, said Phipps, who added that it is also important for the McGill administra­ tion to become more sensitive to fran­ cophones’ needs. In addition she hopes for better interaction between McGill students.

As to what kind of relationship SSMU should have with other student groups who support Quebec seces­ sion, Phipps said that SSMU must separate political issues from educa­ tional issues in order to have a united voice in students' lobbying efforts.

VP Finance Vancouver native Duncan Reid said he has many links with the Montreal francophone community.

He also argued that SSMU documents ought to be bilingual so that francoph­ one students will have access to them in their own language.

Also from Vancouver, Karan Manhas agreed that bilingual docu­ ments should be available at SSMU and also asserted the need for SSMU to provide bilingual services.

Adam Giambrone, originally from Toronto, said he has been involved with Quebec groups against education budget cuts and under­ stands the concerns of McGill’s fran­ cophone community.

Asked what each would do if, hypothetically, the SSMU’s health insurance company could not provide French versions of their policies, all three candidates said SSMU should pay for the translation.

“There should be greater partic­ ipation [among francophone stu­ dents], during Orientation Week...which is mostly done in English. I think this would do a lot to help bring these two groups together,” Gomery said.

Lara Leigh-Wood said one of the major issues facing francophone stu­ dents at McGill is the loss of pro­ grams and rising tuition. If elected she promised to make certain that fran­ cophone events will be publicised on a bi-weekly basis.

“I think it is essential to create an environment of equal opportunity in education for francophones. And stu­ dents who come here from outside of this province will have a chance to learn French, and in this way Canada will become a little bit more French.”

Addressing the audience in English, Tamana Kochar said she believes that it is important to provide more services to francophones in their own language.

“1 think it is extremely important to stick by the [SSMU] by-laws and translate all documents in French. The Help Line also has to be [offered] in French, and all students should be allowed to take more courses in French at McGill.”

All three candidates supported the idea of offering more courses in French at the university. Students will have their say this week when they will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum question asking whether or not SSMU should be mandated to

ANOTHER

petition the administration to intro­ duce more French courses.

VP Internal Nishi Aubin expressed concern about the lack of financial support for francophone services at McGill and suggested French ads for student activities on campus and bilingual service at the SSMU desk.

“There is a lack of respect for francophone students. They shouldn’t have to ask for things the SSMU is supposed to provide for them,” Aubin stated.

Sarvesh Srivastava agreed with Aubin that SSMU staff should have a working knowledge of French. He added that francophone students should be offered more services and support.

“We should increase francopho­ ne awareness at McGill by having more events specifically for francoph­ ones and other events where they could join the rest of the McGill com­ munity.”

Debate at Gert’s SSMU executive candidates and candidates running for the position of undergraduate representative to the Board of Governors also had a chance to present their platforms at Gert’s on March 3. Each candidate for the vari­ ous positions had 90 seconds to speak and then questions from the audience were entertained. Although there were a lot of people in the bar at the time, not many questions were asked.

appointments for the next year,” Miller said.

That Miller is making moves to stabilise the staff in his faculty can perhaps be explained by the dispro­ portionately high rate of staff leav­ ing McGill from the faculty of arts.

From June to December 1996, there were 15 departures and no new hir­ ings in the faculty. According to Miller, the staggering loss was due to an insufficient amount of time provided for the faculty to hire new staff.

“The retirement plan was not announced until April and decisions were not made until mid-May 1996.

It was too late to advertise and make tenure track appointments,” he said.

“In response to that loss we are presently making five tenure track replacements this current academic year in political science, philosophy, Hispanic studies, economics and social work.”

With the PQ government cut­ ting deep into McGill coffers, and the administration solving the prob­ lem by inviting academic staff to retire, Miller pointed out that the quality of education at McGill depends largely on the university’s ability to fill in the gaps.

“As for the question of quality, much depends on how we respond to this loss on the long-term, the number, and the quality of tenure and tenure-track replacements,” he said.

PC McGill presents

Jean C h a re s t liv e a t G e r t’s T h e

H o n . Je a n

C h a re s t

L e a d e r o f t h e P r o g r e s s iv e C o n s e r v a tiv e P a r ty o f C a n a d a W e d n e s d a y , G e r t ’s P u b

VP University Affairs

1 :3 0

Elisabeth Gomery explained that through her responsibilities as Francophone co-commissioner she was able to establish strong links with francophone students at McGill. She asserted that there should be greater interaction between anglophone and francophone students at the universi­ ty-

Continued from Page 7

C

o m e

REWARD

M a r c h

1 2

— S h a tn e r

B u ild in g

p .m .

m e e t

C

t o

a n a d a t h e

OF H I G H E R

L

'

s

t r u e

ib e r a l

n a t io n a l

a l t e r n a t iv e

g o v e r n m e n t

EDUCATION.

.

Page 4

News

March 11th, 1997

McGill University Health Centre moves on to Plan B New proposal expected to protect integrity of downtown campus and prevent fragmentation of the university

By Lucy Lowes The McGill University Health Centre has promised to minimise the effects that the new project will have on McGill’s downtown campus.

Voted into existence last September, the health centre is the amalgamation of the Montreal Children’s, Neurological, General and Royal Victoria Hospitals along with the clinical departments of the McGill faculty of medicine. The pro­ ject is to be completed by the year 2004.

Under Plan A, the entire faculty of medicine would have moved to a new site as part of the MUHC. Despite the fact that this plan would have resulted in an extremely power­ ful research environment, there were serious concerns that moving the entire faculty would fragment the uni­ versity and lead to extensive duplica­ tion in teaching and administration as well as library facilities and other ser­ vices.

Because of these concerns, the MUHC has adopted Plan B: the hos­ pitals. their research institutes, and the clinical departments of the faculty of medicine will move, but the basic medical sciences departments will remain on the downtown campus.

Plan B has the apparent advan­ tage of retaining the cohesion of the university faculties and maintaining the strength of undergraduate science programs on the main campus. In fol­ lowing this plan, changes will need to be made to the infrastructure of the science departments in order that their research activities are as effec­ tive and competitive as those of the new research institute.

Possible dichotomies between the MUHC and the downtown cam­

pus remain a prominent area of con­ cern. “[The MUHC] carries the threat of division into two campuses — a first class medical campus at the hos­ pital and a second class campus at McGill,” said McGill Senator Faith Wallis.

These worries were also raised in the final report of the basic sci­ ences and university departments work group on the proposed MUHC which was presented to Senate last week.

“The move of the hospitals and their research institutes away from the downtown campus could begin a process that, in the long run, might also lead to the creation of a separate and competing campus,” the report states.

With researchers being attracted away from the downtown campus to the MUHC, the basic sciences depart­ ments are in danger of being weak­ ened. To avoid this, the report recom­

mends that ways be found to ensure that the infrastructure of the basic sci­ ences departments are improved.

“The basic sciences departments must also help provide a welcoming environment to encourage research institute faculty...to spend more time and effort on the main campus,” the report states.

The report also recommends that the university guard against moves that would duplicate administrative and service functions. Other recom­ mendations include the creation of a transportation shuttle system and an integrated computing system.

Libraries must also meet the needs of students, according to the report.

Another contentious issue raised during the Senate meeting was that the needs of the university were not being sufficiently addressed in the discussions of the MUHC. “It seems unusual we are being spoken of as being privileged to be involved in the planning process,”

Four Montreal hospitals will comprise the McG ill University Health Centre. Clockwise from top left: Montreal General, Montreal Neurological, Royal Victoria and Montreal Children's hospitals.

Photos by Leslie Kriekle

\

Période de

N O M IN A T IO N duate Society / la Faculté des A rts

For the A r t p o u rl'A s s o c ia tig

"edi le 14 m a rs

Fridau M a n f :

-

V P A c a d e m ie

V P A d m in is tr a te

Form

r le s p o s te s d e ca i r e s p é d a g o g i q u e s m â m im s tr a tio n IH Ü

Z-

-

-

aires

said SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan. “We are not being consulted to an adequate degree on this.”

Dean of the faculty of medicine Abraham Fuks responded to McGowan’s concerns, arguing that the university is sufficiently involved in the consultation process.

“One must remember that the project is a seven-year process and that consultation does not end now,” Fuks said. “Reports have been exten­ sive and well done...I think there is a need for ongoing progress with the university.”

Concern has also been raised that non-physician, university-based training programs have not been taken into account in the initial stages

of planning for the MUHC. Fuks denied this, stating that the planning process has included a broad spec­ trum of professionals.

“All health care professionals are involved,” he said. “One third are physicians and the rest are profes­ sionals from different departments.”

The changes that the MUHC proposes have been heralded as a new vision for the next century. The broad scope of the project, however, has led some to question whether or not implementation can occur on sched­ ule. But according to Fuks the largescale concept will soon be a reality.

“It will happen — the ‘may not happen’ is not in the equation,” he said.

N eW S

March 11th, 1997

Alternative federal budget attacks deficit reduction agenda Proposals call for increased spending on education and job creation B y Jesse S h ustik

The Liberal government’s fiscal policy came under fire last Wednesday evening as some 50 stu­ dents gathered at McGill to discuss the recently proposed Alternative Federal Budget.

The event’s featured speaker, Peter Bakvis of the Confédération de Syndicats Nationaux, compared the federal government’s 1997 budget with the alternative plan drawn up by a coalition of groups including stu­ dent organisations, and labour unions.

Reproaching the Liberals’ “obsession with deficit reduction,” Bakvis pro­ moted the Alternative Federal Budget and its greater emphasis on job-cre­ ation programs and social-service funding.

The Canadian Federation of Students, a national student lobby organisation, was involved in plan­ ning the alternative budget and has endorsed the final product. According to Réal Dequier, CFS national deputy chairperson, the organisation is espe­ cially concerned with questions of tuition levels for post-secondary edu­ cation and the problem of youth unemployment. CFS supports the AFB for its attempts to address these issues with proposed increases in spending for education and job-cre­ ation programs.

“For next year we’re looking at

national tuition fees of just under $3,000 on average, and at average student debt loads of $25,000 and the federal government’s budget fails to get to the root of these problems,” Dequier said. “It’s shameful for a country to have a youth unemploy­ ment rate double the general unem­ ployment rate, as well as a govern­ ment which doesn’t seem to want to do anything about it.”

Dequier allows that no further reductions in social-service funding have been introduced under the 1997 Martin budget. He claims, however, that the Liberal government has used the mantra of “no new cuts” to dis­ guise the fact that the level of social spending remains lower than that of two years ago.

The CFS also backs the alterna­ tive budget’s proposed reorganisation of the federal government’s social transfers to the provinces. Under the current system, education funds are included within a block transfer cov­

C o r r e c t i o n In the quiz given to the candidates running for the position of SSMU president last week, the answer to question 10 should read 32 voting seats on council. Tara Newell should have been given a score of 18.5/20. Derek Prohar's and Araya Solomon's scores remain the same.

In the quiz given to the candidates running for the position of SSMU VP finance, there was confusion over the question regarding the number of clubs recognised

by SSMU. Karan Manhas should have received a point for his answer. His score is then 16/20. Although their scores remain the same, Duncan Reid's letter grade should read C, and Adam Giambrone's should read C+.

1

9

9

Burnside Chancellor D ay Leacock McConnell Eng. Redpath Library RVC Shatner Stewart Biology

Tues March 11 10:00-4:00 10:00-5:00 11:30-2:30 4:30 - 7:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 11:30-2:30 4:30 - 7:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00

Concordia student president recalled Concordia Student Union President Daniel Gagnon may be ousted from his position, less than three months before the end of his term.

Last Monday, the CSU voted 13-2 to hold an emergency elec­ tion to find a new president to serve from now until May. Four counsellors have brough forth eight allegations against Gagnon — including those of lying to council, failing to suffi­ ciently post CSU job positions, and missing Board of Governors and Senate meetings. These alle­ gations come in light of an earlier accusation, which surfaced in December, that Gagnon had been misappropriating funds from the CSU. Gagnon, who also plays for the Concordia Stinger’s hockey team, is appealing the motion.

IGLC makes shift to permanent club status At last Thursday’s SSMU council meeting, the Inter-Greek Letter Council was granted full SSMU club status — a decision coming unusually quick for the organisation, which was awarded

interim status only one month ago.

After awarding interim club status to a particular group, SSMU then decides whether or not that group has a membership that is sizeable enough to warrant full status. As IGLC’s membership consists primarily of fraternities and sororities, it was decided by SSMU that the number of mem­ bers was sufficient.

Historically, recognition of IGLC by SSMU in this manner has been hotly contested, due to concern over the membership policies of the umbrella group; although both men and women have been allowed to join IGLC, gender segregation into fraterni­ ties and sororities was seen to contradict the SSMU constitution.

Interim status was awarded because the IGLC made changes to their own constitution.

While some councillors attempted to begin debate on fra­ ternities’ practices, it was quickly cut short. As the only factor determining whether or not a club should make the transition from interim to permanent status is its ability to attract members, debate was curtailed on the basis that questions on a club’s merit are to be asked only when deciding whether or not to grant interim status.

S P R I N G E L E C T IO N S A N D REFERENDUM Hours

and

W ed M ar 12 10:30-4:30 10:30-5:30 11:30-2:30 4 :3 0 -7 :0 0 10:30-5:30 10:30-5:30 10:30-5:30 10:30-5:30 10:30-8:00 11:30-2:30 4:30 - 7:00 10:30-5:30 10:30-5:30

Thur M ar 13 10:30-3:30 10:00-5:00 11:30-2:30 10:00-5:00 Closed / Fermé 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00 11:30-2:30 10:00-5:00 10:00-5:00

CATIOi

11 ssîbïssP

E x e r c is e y o u r

B r ie f s

7

P o l l L o c a t io n s Location Arts Bronfman BM H

ering all social services, which provincial govérnments are free to allocate as they see fit. The AFB calls for the creation of a separate PostSecondary Education Transfer, which, Dequier believes, would pro­ tect colleges and universities against the redistribution of transfer resources by provincial governments.

Sayla Nordin, special assistant at the federal finance minister’s office, stated that the AFB’s proposed post­ secondary education fund is a recom­ mendation which “can be looked at,” but defends the federal budget’s focus on deficit-cutting.

“The Liberal government recog­ nises that certain sacrifices have been made,” Nordin explained. “However, it also realises that Canadians as a whole are committed to the reduction of government spending, and is now trying to put the nation’s finances back in order.”

Page 5

'

r ig h t t o v o t e

Q E l e c t io n Q R eferenda

March 11th, 1997

Page 6 ♦ J— | ♦

£

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

Stop the Press

M cG IL L T R IB U N E

To build or not to build?

On March 11, 12, and 13, the student body will be presented with the following referendum question: SSMU Building Improvement Fund

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”

— John F. Kennedy Liz Lau Editor-in-chief Sara J ean Green Assistant Editor-in-chief

Rachel Stokoe Assistant Editor-in-chief

E d i t o r i a l

Coming down in favour of Bill C-71

By Anya Spethmann

It is proposed that SSMU should collect $30.00 per student from every undergraduate student for each of the next 10 semesters (not including any summer session). » It is further proposed that this $30.00 per semester should be dis­ tributed into two funds: — $20.00 per semester would go toward the costs to be incurred in the construction of a new Student Services Building, which will be fully accessible to all students; — $10.00 per semester would go toward the costs to be incurred in fu rth er com pletion o f the Athletics Complex.

Advertising is a creation of the industrial revolution. Much like many other technologies that permeate our lives — computers, the mass media, etc.—-advertising hasn’t always existed. Those bom into our society are continually bombarded by images trying to persuade us to be good consumers. No one has been able to completely gauge advertising’s effect though manufacturers bank on its power, investing billions of dollars in the industry every year.

Even with the questionable effects of advertising, tobacco adver­ tising is particularly troublesome. While most ads are concerned with persuading us to buy things we don't need, tobacco advertising is sell­ ing a product that is actually physically harmful. The health risks of smoking arc, by now, beyond question. Smoking is the leading cause of deaths in Canada, and is a tremendous drain on our medical system.

It is undoubtedly an oversimplification to make a direct correla­ tion between specific ads and smoking. Advertisement X on its own probably doesn’t cause person Y to start smoking. At the same time, it is lunacy to imagine that an aggressive profit-driven industry throws away millions of dollars every year. The simple truth is that it isn’t known how advertisements effects us, but it’s likely that they do. As a result, anything that limits tobacco advertising is likely beneficial.

A recent trend has been the proliferation of advertising in non-traditional spaces. Not content to be seen only on billboards and maga­ zines, virtually any blank surface, from hockey arenas to festival ban­ ners, has become fair game for advertisers.

Bill C-71, recently passed in the Commons, attempts to limit the exposure tobacco companies receive due to their sponsorship of cultur­ al and sporting events. This is probably a good thing. The tobacco industry’s swift and vehement response has shown that they have something to be afraid of. Tobacco companies claim that C-71 will have little effect preventing new smokers. They arc trying, we are assured, to lure smokers from other brands, not create new smokers.

They have portrayed themselves as munificent fairy godmothers, bestowing money on cultural endeavours and selling cigarettes only to educated, consenting adults who already have a desire for them.

However, like the myth that smoking isn’t really harmful, this is a complete fabrication by an industry trying to portray itself in the best possible light. By threatening to withdraw their support if logo visibili­ ty is restricted, the tobacco industry has disproven the myth that they sponsor these events to contribute to the community as well as the myth that advertising has no effect.

The advertising industry is concerned with shaping our desires to fit the needs of manufacturers. If there is one attribute that has been shown to be characteristic of the tobacco industry, it is a lack of con­ cern fo^consumers. This has been amply illustrated by the industry’s willingness to conceal information from smokers about dangers to their health. The tobacco industry has shown that they can be ruthless when protecting its interests. Why would wc expect anything less from their advertising strategy?

Entertainment Editors M a r c G i ll ia m A n y a S p e th m a n n

Features Editors

A a ro n C h ase

Advertising and Marketing Manager

R achel O ng

P a u l S ia c h t a

Photo Editors

Science Editor A le x a n d r a S tik e m a n

S a m a n th a L a p ed u s

W in n i e L a i

Ad Typesetters Sports Editors

R e u b e n Irev y

Network Editor

P aul C onner

J a m e s S e n io r

F r a n k li n R u b in s t e in

Web Page Design

News Editors

Production Managers

N o a h G itte r m a n

D a v id B u s h n e ll

B e n j i W e in s t e in

Joyce L au

An affirmative response to this question would represent a positive commitment to improve the quality of student life on campus. This question presents students with the opportunity to send a very positive message to McGill and to the out­ side community: student services, sports and physical recreation are an integral part of university life. In the difficult times that our universi­ ty is facing, we believe that it is

A dam Sennet D r u m m e r A sso c ia te s

T. Peter Pound Athletics Rep to SSMU Sevag Yeghoyan Board of Governors Rep

Letters

BEC O M E A

to the Editor

T R IB U N E

The SSMU health plan: a disgrace There are countless examples of managerial incompetence in the world, but here at McGill, the one which undoubtedly tops the list is the SSMU Health Plan. The plan change in January [that came] without prior warning (unless you count the unex­ plained sentence in the brochure mailed out in January: “Prescription drug benefits may be claimed on a ‘pay-direct’ basis at any pharmacy in Quebec by using your pay-direct cer­ tificate.”) and we still do not know when we will be able to obtain the up-front discounts at pharmacies.

Thus, more than two months into the semester, the insurance plan which we pay for is still not providing us with one of its most essential ser­ vices.

Three parties must share the blame for this mess. Liberty Health Insurance is obviously disorganised, since three phone calls to their office on Friday, March 7 led to three dif­ ferent answers as to whether the paydirect certificates had been mailed to

What’s On Coordinator

E liz a b e th W a s s e r m a n

J a s o n S ig u r d s o n

Do You Agree? YES /NO

partially the student’s responsibility to continue to bear some of the costs of non-academic services.

The reasons why we need a new student services building are many: Powell is of inadequate size, poorly located, and in a dilapidated physical state. The new building would be located adjacent to the Shatner Building, on the corner of Dr. Penfield spanning Peel to McTavish. This new facility would be more than twice the size of the current building and would be phys­ ically connected to Shatner with space reserved for the Students’ Society. Services located in this building would be health (which sees more than 18,000 students a year), financial aid (which adminis­ ters over $42 million in aid per year), counselling, career and place­ ment, mental health, international student advising, tutorials, off-campus housing, office for students with disabilities, first-year coordi­ nator, chaplaincy, and hopefully soon, daycare. The current dean of students has already raised more than half of the approximantely $8 million needed to complete the pro­ ject.

Students 15 years ago had the foresight and vision to vote to cre­ ate a fund which has resulted in sig­ nificant improvements to our athlet­ ics facilities. These improvements, most notably the Fieldhouse and

pool, have helped to accomodate the nearly 75 per cent of students which use the facility on a regular basis: casual users, the more than 700 intramural teams, the more than 50 non-credit physical education courses, and the 32 intercollegiate clubs and teams. A renewed stu­ dent commitment would allow the completion of the following: a fit­ ness centre and weight room ($250,000 worth of state-of-the-art fitness equipment donated by Weider currently sits in storage awaiting the com pletion of the building), five squash courts and two racketball courts, a combatives room, a dance studio, two multi­ purpose rooms and new men’s and wom en’s locker rooms. With renewed student support the fitness room will be open in September 1997 and the rest will be completed

by June 1, 1998.

We urge all of you to place a vote of confidence in McGill and in its future and encourage you to VOTE YES. Let’s finish up the Athletics Complex and demonstrate the vision our predecessors did and speak out that student services are a fundamental component of student life!

the Quebec Student Health Alliance: “yes,” “no,” and “I’m not sure.” As for the Quebec Student Health Alliance, it has not remained suffi­ ciently informed about the Health Insurance’s behaviour, since until I phoned them on Friday, they believed that the certificates were already on the way to their office.

Finally, SSMU must take responsi­ bility for having initiated this unpro­ fessional health insurance plan.

Had I been informed by the administrators of the McGill Health Insurance plan that I would have to pay for all of my medications up front for most of the semester and that I would have to waste time try­ ing to track down the elusive paydirect certificates, I would definitely have opted out of the plan. I only hope that SSMU has the intelligence and decency to end the contract on behalf of all students as quickly as possible. Surely, we can obtain better service elsewhere.

Dominique Nouvet U3 Economics

Staff Tanim Ahmed, Mila Aung-Thwin, Rebecca Catching, Temo Chalasani, Park Cho, Erin Davies, Stuart Detsky, Amy DiNolo, Paul Jorgensen, Marina Keller, Michael Kimmel, Kevin Koch, Leslie Kriekle, Darryl Levine, Lucy Lowes, Laura MacNeil, Alex Mathias, Dom Michaud, Kris Michaud, Dave Mizener, Dave Morris, Lee Oberiander, James Sampson, Jesse Shustik, Aron Tonon, Michael Ullyot

E D IT O R N EX T YEA R! The Tribune is receiving applications for next year’s editorial board. Positions available are: News Editor ( 1) Assistant News Editor (2) Network Editor (1) Features Editor (2) Science Editor (1) Entertainment Editor (2) Sports Editor (1) Assistant Sports Editor (2) Photo Editor (2) Production Manager (1) Production Assistant (2) Web Page Designer (1) Applicants should include a letter of intent and writing samples.

Deadline is Friday, March 14, 1997. For any information, please call Liz, Rachel, or Sara Jean at 398-6789.

Page7

March11th, 1997 A

flo u r is h o f s tu d e n t a c tiv is m

L a st m o nth, O n ta rio M in is te r o f E d u ca tio n John S n o b elen announced a policy that gives university administrators the abil­ ity to raise tuition by up to 10 p e r cent — a shrew d political move that has deflected criticism aw ay fro m the provincial gov­ ernm ent and transferred it to the university level. Students react­ ed strongly. A spontaneous m ovem ent spread across individual O ntario cam puses, co m prising m ass d em onstrations a n d the occupation o f several adm inistrative offices. The Tribune, in this special editorial feature, aim s to give a voice to O ntario students by reprinting th eir coverage o f the events that a ffected them directly. The fo llo w in g articles are excerpted from The Ontarion ( University o f Guelph) and The Queen’s Journal.

— C om piled by Jason Sigurdson

Steamed at Queen’s

Queen’s University

The Queen’s Journal

duration of occupation: 3 days number of students involved: 23

B y J a n e D a v e n p o r t ______________

“Hey Bill! Hey Mike! No more tuition hikes!”

Over a thousand students congregated outside Richardson hall [on February 27] to protest the proposed 10 per cent tuition increase at Queen’s.

“I'm so amazed — people tend to stereotype Queen’s students as con­ servative and apathetic, but this has been an amazing display of Queen’s students fighting for their rights,” said Elan Mastai, one of the protest organisers. “Everybody who’s here should be proud to be a Queen’s student right now,” he said.

Led by Alma Mater Society President-elect Maynard Plant, Graduate Students' Society President-elect Steve Kammerer and Mastai, the group marched from Richardson Hall to the Policy Studies Building, where Senate meets.

Six hundred and twenty students filed quietly through the Senate meet­ ing in silent support of a motion that Senate recommend a tuition freeze to the Board of Trustees.

The procession took 15 minutes and diverted the attention of many Senators from much of the business at hand.

Current GSS President Gareth Park said Senate was impressed by the numbers and the courtesy of the students filing through the room.

Their silent protest, however, wasn’t enough to sway Senate, which voted 20 to 14 against the motion.

The Queen’s Journal editorial: February 28, 1997

in O n ta r io in w a k e o f p r o p o s e d h ik e s

Student occupation at Guelph: a closer look from the inside The Ontarion, University of Guelph B y T o m K eefer

Equipped with iron bars, bike locks, chains, and knapsacks packed with food, we assemble at the [Central Student Association] offices at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of Thursday, February 13. Just before 8:30 a.m., soon after the doors to the administrative offices on the fourth floor of the university centre are unlocked, we march up the stairs of the south-east UC stairwell, enter the offices of administration, and proceed to peacefully escort the staff out while chain­ ing their doors shut.

Realising that the one cop with a measly pair of wire cutters couldn't do the job, [University President Mordechai Rozanski] calls in the fire department to hack down the doors in order “to protect us” in case of fire. Happily, the fire department considers this Jo be Mort’s problem and not theirs, and leaves him to his own devices.

At noon, the outside support group stages a rally and demonstration, enumerated by the Mercury [campus news­ paper] at 500 people and helps to raise further awareness of our situation.

We continue our regular “occupation updates” on CFRU, and in the evening we release some of the original occupiers to serve as liaisons and organisers on the outside.

Over the course of the day we set up our web page (http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/~gsocial/occ) to spread word of our actions. The site is built and designed on the administration’s own computers. We mirror the site on three other servers so that the administration can’t close it down. Stress levels continue to run high. These offices weren’t really built for round-the-clock habitation, and it’s impossible to avoid developing a certain siege mentality.

Unlike the innumerable “days of action/protest” that we’re all so familiar with, our results will be judged by our success in using this action as a call to awaken students to continuing action in the face of administration’s consistent complicity with government cuts.

The Ontarion,

University of Guelph

University of Guelph editorial: February 25, 1997

duration of occupation: 7 days number of students involved: 17 (surrendered under threat of expulsion)

B y D r e w Ed w a r d s

While some students at the University of Guelph spent their Reading Week at home, several dedicated souls spent most of their Reading Week cooped up in the president’s office fighting for accessible education and against a probable 10 per cent tuition hike.

For those occupiers and their equally unshowered support staff, the seven days spent on the fourth floor of the UC were definitely productive.

First and foremost, this occupation brought a lot of attention to the plight of students. It received local and national media coverage. When the tuition increases were announced by Education Minister John Snobelen, they did not receive front-page attention. The protest did.

The occupation also mobilised a hell of a lot of people. And not just the usual placard-toting suspects. There were people who had never protested anything before pitching in, offering support, getting involved. Thirty-five hundred University of Guelph students signed a petition of support in two days. The occupation unified the student voice and provided the initial charge in a rapidly building student movement here at U of G and across the province. Occupations at York, Toronto and Carleton, as well as impending ones at several other Ontario universities are testament to the power of collective student action.

This could be a major step in a swelling student movement. Or it could be just one good protest. A group of ele­ mentary school kids walked through the UC Courtyard as a support rally was about to get going, marvelling at the ban­ ners and the signs about accessible education. I hope, for their sake, that this occupation is the start of something bigger.

Being a student at Queen’s these days is like working in the mail-room of a company where all your bosses are running the place into the ground.

Every year or so, one of your bosses says you better start stuffing more W h e n th e tu itio n envelopes or you’ll lose your job. And so you stuff more envelopes. Each day a few more of your friends drop out of work. You’re frustrated, you’re in c r e a s e s w e re angry, but you don’t know how to stick up for yourself. announced by • Education Minister John Snobelen cuts funding to universities and then E d u c a tio n M in is te r tries to dump blame on university administrations by letting them raise tuition 10 per cent.

J o h n S n o b e le n , th e y Then comes Queen’s Principal Bill Leggett. Leggett could have stood d id n o t r e c e i v e up to the Tories. He could have taken a stand beside Queen’s students who need his support. Instead, Leggett hopes to raise tuition the allotted 10 per f r o n t- p a g e a tte n tio n . cent, and he’s pushing the provincial government for full tuition deregula­ T h e p r o t e s t did. tion.

Finally we have our student government. The Alma Mater Society exec­ — D rew E d w a rd s utive are like the top dogs of the mail room who are gunning for promotions.

They say they’re on your side, but they only show it when they don’t think the boss will get angry.

Take the invasion of Principal Leggett’s office on Wednesday morn­ ing. Here was an opportunity for our student leaders to stand up for a cause Established in 1971 students believe in and show some real leadership in the fight against Toronto Montessori Institute is now accepting applications tuition hikes. for the 1 9 9 7 -1 9 9 8 Teacher-Training Course.

But no. While students were storming Richardson Hall, AMS This course leads to a Diploma to teach 3 to 6 and 6 to 1 2 President Greg Frankson was sitting year old children, applying Montessori educational theory in his office. “Someone has to run the and methodology. government,” he said.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree.

Someone has to lead it too.

Course duration: August 5, 19 9 7 - June 26, 1998.

The current executive still clings to the belief that good will and concil­ Enrolment is limited. For further information, iation towards the administration will please call Pam Debbo, Registrar, at (905) 8 8 9 -9 20 1. accomplish something. It hasn’t. And Course is accredited by the Montessori Accreditation it won’t.

The time has come for students Council for Teacher Education (MACTE). and student leaders to change. Asking TORONTO MONTESSORI INSTITUTE 8569 Bayview Avenue, softly has gotten us nowhere.

Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3M7

m E L E C T IO N S

V O Tuesday M arch

1 1

T E !

W ednesday M arch

1 .2

Thursday M arch

1 3

F a r U

n i v e r s i t

G r a d s Mohawk College offers opportunities for University Graduates in the following programs:

T e l e v is i o n B r o a d c a s t i n g 3-YEAR DIPLOMA PROGRAM

I year of credit / 2 years to complete / 7-week prep course required / Degree in any discipline

L aw & S e c u r ity A d m in is tr a tio n 2-YEAR DIPLOMA PROGRAM

I year of credit / I year to complete / Degree in Social Sciences / Others considered on an individual basis

I n s t r u c t o r f o r B lin d & V i s u a l l y I m p a i r e d - R e h a b i l i t a t i o n O r i e n t a t i o n & M o b ility I-YEAR POST-DEGREE PROGRAM

Preferred degree in arts, health or education

For more information, please contact___ MOHAWK COLLEGE/ADM ISSIONS OFFICE

(905) 575-2000

Mohawk LC o lleg e

Opinion

Page8

March 11th, 1997

Hast thou ne’er seen the comet’s flaming flight?

As great scientists go, I am somewhat unassuming — more like Tycho Brahe than Steven Jay Gould. I’m a throwback, really, to a time when scientists didn’t really have to specialise in a certain field, or possess any real sk ills, but rather could just observe things and M ila come up with bizarre theories about celestial spheres and write them down and people w ould read them and be awestruck. Contemporary people, though, are much harder to impress.

No matter. The reason I am a great scientist is because I discov­ ered a comet last weekend. I think I’ll name it Comet Aung-Thwin,

which sounds correct because com ets seem to alw ays have hyphenated names, like gymnasts.

Furthermore, Comet Mila doesn’t sound right because it sounds too much like a superhero or an abra­

[italics mine] A u n g - T h w in

sive cleanser, or perhaps an abra­ sive superhero.

Comet Aung-Thwin w asn’t very difficult to locate. It was very bright, like a star, except there was a hazy tail around it, and I stared at it for a few minutes and decided it was a comet. I got my brother’s telescope and stared at it for a while, then I stared at the moon

for a while. Science is really that easy, or at least it once was.

You may have heard of Comet Aung-Thwin by another name in the news recently, but this is a mistake, as far as I’m con­ cerned. You know how misleading the media tends to be. When I saw the comet on March 3, I had no previous knowledge of its exis­ tance. It makes no difference, then, that Alan Hale and Tom Bopp discovered it in July 1995.

First of all, they had the two of them working on the discovery, and they probably have spent years looking for a comet, whereas I just went outside one night and there it was. The prestige belongs to me.

If you are hoping to make a scientific discovery of your own, take note: you won’t be able to see the comet in the city. We have our

own lights here, brighter and more consistent than comets, and as a result, Montreal is amber enough so that you can read outside at night but you can’t see the stars.

This is good, because too much stargazing makes people strange: for exam ple, Tycho Brahe, who had an artificial nose made of gold, lived in a palatial island observatory where he had legendary drinking parties with his entourage of dwarves. My point is that scientists of the past really knew how to live it up, and still had the time to make paradigmshifting discoveries. But what would be the point of a gold nose, really? M erely to im press the dwarves?

I suppose Hale and Bopp could have the comet this time around, but I definitely want it named after me when it comes

back (sometime around the year 4000; I haven’t made the precise calculations yet). That seems only fair, seeing as how scientific dis­ coveries are getting harder to come by. There has to be a limit to the time period for which one can hold the title of discoverer, such as the laws that apply to patents. No, not quite that, more like the laws that apply to street signs, which can be renamed whenever no one is paying attention.

Still, I don’t understand these grandiose yearnings. Isn’t it sim­ ply the fact that we have the chance to observe the starry mes­ sengers that sometimes visit us enough to satisfy our yearning for a touch with eternal greatness? Or must we also have dwarves?

Unfortuneately, Comet AungThwin 's flaming flight will end in four weeks.

The fear of democracy or reading between the lines Who will you be voting for?

The w inning team of course.

That’s why it’s a good idea to join them soon. And not be a loser.

How sad you must be. And so much information we’ve learned about you. And about your friends.

You should’ve been more careful, love. Undeleted E-mail is such a pleasure to read. We have names. We have phone num­ bers. Maybe we will contact you. But contact with your friends is another matter. How stupid your friends must be. I wonder if we should call. That would be fun. And they won’t even know why. Or of course you could always quit.

That is just a taste of the kind

N

o t i c e

of “gifts” that presidential candi­ date Tara Newell has received through her E-mail in the past few weeks. Other such gifts have included pornography, unlawful entry into her E-mail account, and grotesque messages for all of her friends. Welcome to campaign ‘97.

I witness A m in K a s s a m

I never thought I would see the day when harassment would become part and parcel of the sac­ rifices that come with running for a position on SSMU. Many students

have simply dismissed these inci­ dents as the pathetic work of one deluded and sick individual (or group of individuals). They cite the fact that he or she is probably looking for attention and should accordingly be ignored. “They’re ju st playing mind gam es,” one such student stated.

“Let it rest. It’s not | that big of a deal.”

I t’s much easier to think that way because the alternative is far more disturbing. No one wants to believe that the harassment that Ms. Newell has received is indica­ tive of the depths to which we as a students’ society have sunk. No

<33$

:

I n t e r n a t io n a l

that Ms. Newell has been subjugat­ ed to can also be seen as the next natural step in the “sandbox poli­ tics” that have characterised SSMU this year. Student leaders have been unprecedented in their levels of antagonism and disrespect towards one another. It had mani­ fested itself in benign things such as name calling but quickly pro­ gressed into things like hit lists; which specified the names of stu­ dents that certain leaders wanted to discredit. The question is of course how much farther are we willing to take this.

There is no question that this is the work of a few individuals in need of some serious therapy.

However, let’s not dismiss it as such and ignore the fact that it is indicative of something deeper that goes to the very heart our society of students.

Mr. Kassam is glad he is graduating this year.

S t u d e n t s

covered by the “Blue Cross” International Health Insurance have not been charged the SSMU Dental Plan fee and are N O T covered for the dental benefits of the SSMU Health Plan F o r in f o r m a t io n p u r p o s e s o n l y :

A referendum question clarifying the status of international students covered by the Blue Cross International Student Health Insurance under the SSMU Dental Plan is included in this referendum period.

m

one wants to believe that intimida­ tion has replaced voting as the tac­ tic of choice for some who no longer believe in the democratic process. No one wants to believe that we too as a community reap what we sow.

But that is exactly what has happened. Many people no longer trust the democratic process and perhaps understandably so. Look at what it produced this year — a largely egotistical, ineffective, and bickering student council. Hence, it comes as no surprise that some stu­ dents may go outside of the institu­ tions in place in order to have their say as to who will lead the McGill student body. Indeed, this year’s council may have also very well ‘scared o ff any decent candidates resulting in one of the most under­ qualified, ignorant, and incompe­ tent group of nominees this univer­ sity has ever seen.

In many ways the harassment

H ealth and D ental P lan

F o r f a r t h e r in fo r m a t io n , p le a s e c o n ta c t A S E Q a t ( 5 1 4 ) 8 4 4 - 4 4 2 3

Tlw Post Diploma Tcotpurism Management programfocuses on research education and conservation to bring environmentally and ciilturitily sensitive travel !o natural areas of the world.

Fleming's Haliburton campus, home of the 8-month Ecotourism program, is located in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands region of central Ontario. Students have the opportunity to live and study in an outdoor learning environment.

If your background is in Tourism, Hospitality, Business Management, Geography, Geology, Forestry, Biology or Environmental Science, this could be your chance to take what you've learned and apply it in this fascinating, growing field.

For more information, contact: Allen MacPherson, Program Coordinator, (705) 457-1680

ore-mail: am acpher@ flem ingC .on.ca M ailin g a d d re ss:

Sir Sandfprd Fleming College Norman A. Sisco Centre P.O.Box 839 Haliburton, ON K0M1S0

FLEMING RSAkOrOKDflEMINGCOLLEGE j>—

Page9

March11th, 1997

Forty-third annual Tribbie Awards Awarding excellence in the SSMU election process since forty-three years ago

By Tribbie Staff Product placement award: P resid en tial candidate Tara Newell, who placed one of her fliers in the dispensing part of a Pepsi m achine in the Arts B uilding. It m akes one think, “This fizzy sugar water has been brought to me by Tara Newell.

Who can imagine what else she can bring me were she SSMU president?”

At least vaguely sincere poster award: Presidential candi­ date Araya Solomon, who looks genuinely happy on his posters.

One random student found outside G ert’s remarked, “Araya looks like he’s tickling himself. He can do that, you know.”

While we’re at it...

Supernatural, Mr. Spocklike insight award: Presidential candidate Derek Prohar at the w om en’s issues debate, who somehow divined that “women’s issues are on the back burner, especially in the McGill context.”

Man, we should get this guy to work on that cold fusion thing!

Too many m agazines at home award: VP External candi­ date Lisa Phipps, whose posters 16. Latin “I”.

17. Sometimes I’d be watching The Brady Bunch with my sister. [17 across] was the first name of the actress who played the mid­ dle daughter.

18. Jonathan Swift was good at it.

Except [18 across] is plural. I wouldn’t use [18 across] in coonversation. It just sounds stilted.

DOWN

ACROSS I. People fall in love. Or maybe they don’t. Maybe they find someone they tolerate, and when they realise that growing old alone means never turning on the lights in the house, they decide to take part in that glorious tradition of monogamy called marriage. Then they get all the benefits of filing joint income tax returns.

7. I remember watching All My Children with my sisters when I was but a lad. One of the characters was named [7 Across], (Sure, he got kidded about it, but parents can be cruel in that way sometimes.) Sometimes we’d be eating soup. (That sounds made up, but it’s true. My grandmother, who cooked for us sometimes, would refuse to let a meal go by without soup. She was the Ukrainian Emily Post.) “Do you want any more?” “Umm ... just a bit, just a [7 Across].” Of course, we would have said it in Ukrainian.

8. The Mesozoic was one. Reagan’s years in office were named one.

Reagan was as old as a brontosaurus fossil, and almost as smart, though far be it from me to say anything negative about the Great Satan America.

9. —some.

10. This always bugged me: If electric­ ity conducts water, and an electric eel is really electric, wouldn’t everyone in the ocean get electrocuted? Me stupid Arts student.

II. Design by hand is out. Computeraided design, aka [11 across] is in. Go figure.

14. Robertson, Donnelly, Schroeder.

feature Tina T urner, David Duchovny, the cast of Friends, and a slew of Calvin Klein models.

1. One of the com­ plaints against the heroes of Iron Monkey was that they used too many [1 down].

2. You used to get good luck from a monkey’s [2 down]. That’s not the case anymore. I repeat, go figure.

3. You’d write this on a Grecian urn, if you were Keats.

4. Caspian [4 down], if you spelled it with 2 e’s.

5. Before, if you were Shakespeare.

6. The seaman [6 down] the captain, then curses the bastard behind his back.

12. Baby to mother: “G[12 down].”

13. Over the summer I asked my room­ mate if I had cancer on my face. She said, “That’s not a tumour; it’s a [13 down].”

14. This crossword would have been better but I’ve had a nightmarish week.

I’ve had like three nightmares [14 down] night.

15. Madison [15 down] Maria Created by Timmy, the man who lives in my eyebrow.

Solution to last week’s puzzle

W ants to be Lisa Phipps award: VP finance candidate Karan Manhas, whose posters fea­ ture some crazy, cheesy-enoughto -b e -p ro f es si on a lly -th o u g h badly-designed logo with a “K” and an “M” on a shaded sphere.

Most naively idealistic cam­ paign slogan/ completely vague promise award: VP university affairs candidate Elisabeth Gomery, who states on her poster, “I w ill m ake M cG ill a better place.”

Jedi mind trick award: Board of Governors rep. candidate Zahoor Kareem, whose posters rem ind us that Zahoor is “The name you know!”

Best groundbreaking work in the field of copyright infringe­ ment award: BoG rep. candidate Zahoor K areem , who has two posters featuring the McGill crest.

Thanks for com ing out award: VP internal candidate Nishi Aubin, who thinks the co­ ordinating editor of the Daily is “Idella something.”

Thanks for coming out, part 2, award: The people who put together the Tribune's election quiz, who thought Idella’s title is “editor-in-chief.”

Most perverse poster, hands down, award: VP internal candi­ date Sarvesh Srivastava, whose photo on the poster has the candi­ date holding his hands, fingers intertwined, right above his crotch.

It’s bad enough, but then there’s his slogan underneath: “Bringing students together.” Ick. T hree d ifferen t photos, three d ifferen t p oses, same forced , u ncom fortable sm ile award: BoG rep. candidate Carrie Goldstein. And hey, are those pho­ tos printed on recycled paper?

Just doesn’t get it award: VP finance candidate Adam Giambrone, who has no website and w hose posters lack catchy/pointless slogans, con­ tributing only information. Maybe he can talk to Karan Manhas, his opponent. Manhas offers “ 100% pure dedication.” I have no clue what M anhas stands for, and I have no clue what “ 100% pure dedication” means, but man it sure sounds cool !

Whichcurrent SSMUexec is heated inthis pilel Thefirst person totell theTriune gets acookieon us.

Yourre welcome.

Matching political motivation to argyle socks The McGill Tribune wanted to find out just how well this year’s candi­ dates for the executive positions of SSMU represent their potential constituents.

After a long, hard brainstorming session and a pitcher of beer, we determined that nothing shows a greater likeness of mind than a person’s attitude towards argyle socks, earrings and blow dryers. The results show a troop of candidates surprisingly in touch with the student body, or at least that part of the student body which tends to spend their Friday evenings in Gerts...

Probability of owning a pair of argyle socks: •McGill students: 60% *SSMU candidates: 67% Percentage of those surveyed who owned a blow dryer: •McGill students: 70% »SSMU candidates: 75% Average number of earrings worn by: •A McGill student: 1.7 *an SSMU candidate: 1.67 Probability of owning a blow dryer and at least one earring: •McGill students: 50% «SSMU candidates: 56% Based on a sampling of 9 out of 13 candidates for SSMU executive positions and a random sampling of 10 McGill students in Gerts.

E

l e c t io n s

V O

T E !

Tuesday M arch

W ednesday

1 1

M arch

1 2

Thursday M arch

1 3

1 143 OUEST DE MAISONNEUVE • MONTREAL, QUÉBEC H3A 3B7 TÉLÉPHONE: (514) 288-5275

r PIAΠMILTON R

E

S

T A

U

R

A

N

" \

T

Z e r v ù iS i T J lc G itt s tu d e n ts fb r o v e r 3 0 y e a r s

_

R E J S I

8 a m M o n -S u n L u n c h /D in n e r

S a n d w ic h e s ♦

T e rra c e

n o w

B u rg e rs ♦

S te a k s

220 Milton «(5141285-0011

M

c G i l l ’s

L ib r a r ie s

a n d

McGILL UNIVERSITY: After a technical SNAFU with the wording of the referendum question, which required a trip to the SSMU Judicial Board for clarification, the studentcreated SSMU Library Improvement Fund Committee is set to have its first meeting to discuss how this new fund should go toward augmenting the quality of McGill’s libraries.

The SSMU Library Improvement Fund Committee, consisting of ten students, SSMU General Manager Guy Brisebois, and three members of the library staff, is chaired by VP A n d

y o u

t h in k

y o u r

S t u d e n t

C o n t r ib u t io n s : T h e

University Affairs Don McGowan. Its first meeting will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 25, in Room 310 of the Shatner Building.

McGowan is hoping that turnout for the meeting will be high. “We’ve received a couple of interesting proposals, including one from the Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Progressive Zionist Caucus to set up a joint Arab-Israel collection, which I hope will be created right away,” McGowan said. “But I’m hoping that students will help out with the brainstorming session.” c o m m u t e

is

t o u g h ?

S S M

U

L ib r a r y

However, there are darker days on the horizon for McGill’s libraries.

Documents recently received from McGill libraries working groups indicate a proposed cut to the acquisitions budget of McLennan Library of almost $1,000,000, and a cut to the Law Library of approximately $425,000. That money would be transferred to subsidize McGill professors’ needs in the Life Sciences and Engineering. “I’m all in favor of more funding for these disciplines,” McGowan said when confronted with these developments,

R e n t in g

a n

a p a r t m

Im

p r o v e m e n t

F u n d

“But not at the risk of our other libraries. If the administrators think that students will pay money so that professors can have more journals to take out of the libraries all semester, they’ve got another thing coming. ” It does seem somewhat curious that, just as students’ own money is about to go toward improving the libraries, the University would think to put its resources somewhere else. Only time will tell whether the SSMU Library Improvement Fund will enhance the quality of our libraries, or just cover for cuts. e n t ?

R e a d

t h is

f ir s t

MONTREAL: As spring approaches, and the snow starts to melt, the minds of young McGill students turn to one series of events: getting out of their apartment, getting away from their crazy roommate, and finding a new place to live.

However, in their zest to get away from that roommate who seems a little too fond of Seinfeld and a little too averse to doing the dishes, many students end up making decisions they live to regret. So here’s a list of things to remember when looking for your new place: W H E N LO O K IN G AT T H E A PA RTM EN T: b®3Ask

who pays the heat: you or the landlord? How about the hot water?

BS’Check the water pressure (and color!). Turn on all the taps that you can. escAsk the current tenants what their Hydro bill was in February.

•‘S ’Will the landlord install new locks when you move in? b®"Ask

Even though just getting to school can be arduous these days, when spring comes you’ll have a whole different set of problems. See stories on this page.

A f t e r

In t e r n a t io n a l W h a v e

w e

McGILL UNIVERSITY: Now that International Women’s Week is over, the question remains: what has McGill learned? Raising consciousness is always good but without concrete steps to put words into action, all of these pious hopes will never become anything more.

When turning words into action, McGill University does not have the most eye-catching record. While McGill does offer a major degree in Women’s Studies (implemented in the 1996-97 academic year), the course offerings are scant, and students still have to pick and choose between very limited offerings.

Moreover, in a recent issue of McGill News, discussing the “big players” on Peel St., McGill neglected to draw attention to its own Centre for Research and Teaching on Women.

Certainly, the University is taking steps toward bringing women into non-traditional academic paths. For example, the Senate Sub-Committee on Educational Equity is discussing ways to try to bring women into such Faculties as Engineering (and, also, to dispel the image that Faculties such as Education and Nursing teach “women’s work”). However, this Sub-Committee is focusing only on recruiting students into McGill, without a concern for more broad curriculum issues.

“It is difficult to talk about attracting students into non-traditional academic pathways without giving

o m e n ’s

W

e e k , w h a t

le a r n e d ?

them a reason to be attracted,” said Don McGowan, SSMU Vice President University Affairs. “Perhaps McGill would find it easier to recruit a more diverse student body if more students could look at course offerings and find something which they feel speaks to their interests. But that will never happen until some people change their priorities and think of the University as a place of learning, not a profit center. ” In a time of budget cuts, some say that McGill cannot put its emphasis on supposedly “interdisciplinary” concentrations like Women’s Studies.

McGowan is not convinced. “It is exactly when every single hire counts that we should be especially careful to ensure that we hire people who can not only teach Political Theory, but also feminist critiques of Political Theory. This strategy would allow us effectively to hire two professors at once.”

It is too soon after International Women’s Week to tell whether this week-long campaign of awareness will end up as more than just another button with just another slogan. It will be in the coming months when we learn if McGill plans to put its money where its mouth is. But McGill could go a long way toward showing that it is concerned with women’s issues by doing more than talking the talk about them; it could hire the people it will take to make these words into a reality.

who owns the fridge and stove. If the landlord owns them, then make sure they come with the apartment (unless you own your own). If the tenants own them, they probably won’t come with the apartment. But don’t offer to buy them from the old tenants; chances are, they just want to unload them, and will leave them in the apartment at the end of the lease. (If not, used appliance dealers will probably give you a better deal, and a warranty.)

B®Will you need insurance? Ask your parents if you’re covered under theirs.

(Remember: those 50 CDs you have are worth $1000 - do you want to have to pay to replace them?)

W H E N SIG N IN G T H E L E A S E : ‘Sr'Don’t say “I’ll take it” or you’re stuck with the apartment. Oral leases are binding in Quebec. »®Tf you want anything to be done to the apartment, get the landlord to write that in the lease.

B®The landlord can only ask you for the first month’s rent. Not the last month’s rent. No damage deposits. No key deposits. b® a 11terms

and conditions have to be brought to your attention at the time of signing. If there is a separate sheet of conditions, make sure you see it. Don’t let your landlord use this one: “There’s nothing special; I’ll show it to you tomorrow. ” Tomorrow is too late.

B®If the sheet of terms and conditions is in French and you can’t understand it, tell the landlord and ask for an English copy. If they tell you that no English copy exists, then ask for time to have someone who does speak French look at the sheet. (You can find such people at the McGill Legal Information Clinic in the Shatner basement, 398-6792.) b®D o any of the terms and conditions seem questionable? The only reason anyone can refuse you an apartment is if you can’t prove you can pay. No landlord can refuse to rent to students, of parents with children, or minorities.

B®Make your roommates sign the lease too. Whoever signs the lease can be held responsible for paying the rent; if you signed but >our roommate didn’t, then the landlord can’t force your roommate to pay.

A N D T H IN G S TO R E M E M B E R W H E N M O V IN G O U T °®You have to give 3 months’ notice to get ou t of your lease. If your lease ends on June 30, you have to tell your landlord that you don’t want to take the place next year by March 31. If your lease ends on August 31, you have until M ay 31 to tell your landlord. O therwise y o u ’re stu ck w ith the p la ce for another year. b®77us

notice to your landlord has to be in writing. Send it by registered mail if you don’t trust your landlord.

B®There is no grace period for moving out. If your lease ends on July 1, you have to be gone on June 30 at 11:59 pm. After that, it’s up to the new tenants (or the landlord, if no one rented your old place) to let you in to get your stuff.

1 The text on this page is a paid advertisement written by ()on McGowan, SSMdJ V‘P 'Gniversityr/lffairs. Contact 398-6797 or email to ua@ stiisoc.rnegill.cafor more information.

March11th, 1997

F

' E

/

\

T

U

F

v

E

S

Page11

State cracks the whip on S & M: Montreal dominatrix on trial

By A lex Mathias The Montreal court proceed­ ings of Sylvia Wahl may set a precedent on what Canadians can and cannot do in the privacy of their own homes. After this case, sadomasochism, even when con­ sensual, could be considered a criminal act.

Wahl is a German-born domi­ natrix who faces three charges of running a common bawdy house.

On the first day of her trial, which happened to be Valentine’s Day, she arrived dressed in full fetish gear lamenting the prudish nature of the Canadian legal system.

Julius Grey, dean of law at M cG ill and W ah l’s defense lawyer, believes that there is “a new type of puritanism in our society,” and interprets W ahl’s case as an important issue.

“The question is whether or not criminal law should be inter­ preted in the narrow way it has been up to now,” said Grey.

The Law C om m ission Consultation Paper number 134, entitled Criminal Law: Consent and Offenses Against the Person, claims that it is not enough to rely simply on the right of self-deter­ mination of the victim to do what he/she likes with h is/her own body.

“The courts must draw the line between what is acceptable in a civilised society and what is n o t,” w rote Judge Rant in the paper.

The fam ous 1990 Spanner Affair involved three men charged at a private sado-masochist party.

The participants were all consent­ ing, and the court papers reported that the activities — beatings, brandings and “maltreatment of the g e n ita lia ” — although extreme, did not lead to “perma­

The sex shop: “Victoria’s Secretfor a different taste?” nent injury or the need for medical attention.”

According to Grey, the pro­ ceedings around the Wahl case are attempting to determine whether sadomasochism is sexual. Then, if it is consensual sex, whether it is abuse. Allegedly, there was no sexual intercourse at W ahl’s bawdy house.

Grey does not believe that consent in a master-slave relation­ ship is problem atic. “They use code words. A slave can always terminate a session.” Grey added, “There is a sense in which a pro­ found psychological act prevents one from making an autonomous decision, but that doesn’t make it non-consensual.”

According to Pierre Assalian, sexologist at the Montreal General Hospital, psychological problems are at the root of sadomasochistic acts.

“They are im m ature peo­ ple...Sex is a service they need to possess from a psychological point

of view,” said Assalian. “It is a way of turning tragedy into tri­ umph.”

Assalian does not believe that sadomasochism should be made illegal, but that it should be made public.

“They should not legislate [against sadomasochism], but we should alert the population that these are not normal sexual rela­ tions,” he said.

A ssalian is also careful to look at the severity of the act. “We should talk about degrees.

Sometimes there is only a slap or a bit of a scratch. This is different than being tortured, beaten or shit upon. There are degrees of sexual pathology.”

George Giaouris, owner of Northbound Leather in Toronto, does not think there should be any state intervention.

“It’s a private act. It’s not for the government to dictate morality br ethics considering their hypocrisy. I get out of joint about

Rachel O ng

this because some of them come through my doors.”

In his second-generation fam­ ily-run business, Giaouris sells what he calls “extreme clothing” to a wide socio-economic sector.

Ten years ago, his store started selling black leather clothing and then branched into accessories which include cuffs and restraints in leather and metal, hoods, gags and whips.

“I don’t see myself as a sex shop. I don’t see it as being lewd.

It’s like Victoria’s Secret for a dif­ ferent taste,” said Giaouris.

Giaouris sees a distinction between the public and private sphere. “So long as it’s private it should be left alone.” Giaouris added, “[Sylvia W ahlj’s only a small minuscule percentile of peo­ ple playing this game.”

Patricia Marsh’s organisation, however, is publicly accessible and is at least as extreme as the Wahl case.

The Patricia Marsh House of

Domination and Fantasy is a web­ site on the Internet dedicated to dominant/submissive, bondage/dom ination and sadomasochist relationships. Described as “a fantasy space that would address most needs and engage all senses; where one’s heart would be captured and where o n e’s imagination could be courted,” it links the brow ser to M arsh ’s Toronto-based services.

G raphically advanced and with many Internet links, people can look at dozens of explicit pho­ tographs, order services and prod­ ucts, and send application forms to be slaves.

Equipm ent designed to be “heavy-duty, inescapable, and multi-faceted” are also detailed.

Such equipm ent includes The Torture Wheel (subject is spreadeagled and fastened to a fully rotating w heel), The Bondage C hair (w ith a set of nails as optional attachm ents), St. A ndrew ’s Cross, straitjackets, stretching equipment and elec­ trodevices.

Marsh’s opinion of consent is laxer than average. “Any concept of ‘slavery’ which appeals to you is legitimate if you have a con­ senting partner. The term, in this context, is inherently subjective because ‘true slavery’ is totally oppressive and has no limits,” said Marsh. “Sometimes only by going ‘too far’ do we find our limits.”

Sylvia W ahl’s case should come to a close this June. At that time, the Quebec courts will make a decision that might very well set a precedent for the future of sado­ m asochistic acts. According to Wahl and Grey, it might also be symbolic of the open-mindedness, or lack thereof, of the Canadian justice system.

Worms breaking ground in science research community

By Paul Jorcensen Have you ever w ondered what the maximum life span of a small worm is? As trivial as this question may seem, ground break­ ing research at McGill on micro­ scopic worms is shedding new lig h t on q u estio n s of hum an aging.

A M cG ill research team , headed by Dr. Siegfried Hekimi of the biology department, pub­ lished a paper in the February 14 issue of Science that has made the results of their last publication even more convincing.

The February article is a fol­ low up on research that Hekimi published in last May’s issue of Science, that received national atten tio n . In th at paper, he

described a set of four “clock genes” in the worm C. elegans which when mutated, can more than double a worm’s maximum life span. The best understood of these four genes is clk-1 which has been shown to regulate energy metabolism, thus setting the rate at which worms grow and die.

U pon the release of this groundbreaking discovery, many people were sold on the idea that researchers had finally found an answer to why organism s age.

Suddenly, Hekimi’s results were being extrapolated to humans.

However, although increased life spans may be occurring in worms, it is difficult to say whether or not similar results could be achieved in humans.

Nonetheless, with the release of the February article, Hekimi has now shown that organisms from yeast to humans all have genes homologous to elk-1.

In C. elegans, the clk-1 muta­ tion appears to work by bogging down the internal pacem aker within the cells of the worm. Clk1 mutants grow, eat, swim and generally have slower m etabo­ lism s than norm al worm s.

Although the precise mechanism underlying these changes is not yet understood, Hekimi has found that the clk-1 homologue in yeast cells also regulates energy metab­ olism.

“The clk-1 homologues pos­ sibly all function in the same way,” said Hekimi. At the same time, he doubts whether it would be possible to extend human life by simply m utating the human clk-1 gene.

However, Hekimi’s team is just one of many different teams working around the clock looking for possible clues as to why organisms age. Currently, there are two m ajor theories which

Discovering longevity explain why organisms grow old.

For example, Hekimi’s evi­ dence fits nicely into the so-called “wear and tear” theory of aging.

This theory claims that we get older because we accum ulate

dam age w ithin our cells.

However, the second theory, the “genetic program” theory, asserts that changes associated with aging have to do more with an intrinsic genetic mechanism.

“The results indicate that [a person] ages because [their] cells age,” said Hekimi. He suggests that when mutant “clock genes” slow down cell metabolism, cell dam age is also slow ed down.

Although cell damage is caused by environmental factors like cos­ mic rays and chemicals, the main source of cellu lar dam age are attacks by free radicals.

Free radicals are produced “accidentally” by the mitochon­ dria, the cell’s powerhouse, dur­ ing regular energy metabolism.

For exam ple, scien tists have found that feeding rats low calorie diets can significantly extend their maximum life span. Indeed this C o n t in u e d o n P a g e 14

March11th, 1997

Page12 Features

Gender-based trends: the study of women scientists their weekly lab meetings, and fol­ lowed all aspects of the research process. The number of times a scien­ tist agreed, debated, or contradicted someone was recorded and analyzed for possible gender differences.

“Overall, we have found few dif­ ferences between women and men scientists,” stated Dunbar. “We find that women challenge [issues] just as men do.”

Dunbar also investigated several factors that play a key role in scientif­ ic research. For example, he looked at how scientists drew analogies between prior work and current research and how adeptly they analysed unexpected results.

According to Dunbar’s tentative find­ ings, the female scientists drew the same analogies as the males and were just as critical of other’s work.

One interesting difference between the men and the women, however, was found in their contrast­ ing approaches to dealing with unex­ pected findings. Whereas the men would more quickly assume that they knew the reasons for surprising results, the women would question possible explanations until, in a few cases, they led to new breakthroughs.

Nonetheless, in light of the over­ whelming similarities found between the sexes, “this [difference] was not statistically significant,” said Dunbar.

B y M arina Keller

For years, through countless sur­ veys and endless interviews, people have tried to gauge the different ways male and female scientists conduct scientific research.

Many will be suprised by the upcoming release of Professor Kevin Dunbar's findings. Dunbar is the first researcher to directly observe female scientists in action — an approach which differs markedly from previous study methods in which scientists were simply asked how they personal­ ly evaluated their own research tech­ niques.

“People’s recollections of how they think and reason are grossly inaccurate,” Dunbar said, explaining the reasons for his approach.

Over the course of a year, he fol­ lowed the work of four molecular biology labs at a prominent American university. The labs selected were all run by men, a choice made by Dunbar to accurately represent the predomi­ nance of male-run lab settings. In total, his sample consisted of 10 female and 10 male scientists.

Throughout the study, Dunbar interviewed the researchers, taped

Although these results diverge way of justifying gender stereotypes.

“I think that the original template from the general preconception that women and men differ in the way that for research was laid down by men,” they think scientifically, it remains to said Amanda Vincent, professor in be seen if such results can be applied the department of biology at McGill, to other areas of science. Because about her prior experience in behav­ Dunbar’s study was limited to the ioural ecology. “But women are start­ field of molecular biology, it is possible that gender differences in other scientific fields do exist.

For instance, women have been the chief pioneers in the field of behavioural ecology, speaking out against past ways of interpre­ tating animal behavior. Many female scientists are challenging the traditional evolutionary psy­ chology theory in which women are believed to have evolved psy­ chological precepts concerning a man’s ability to acquire resources and provide protection for off­ spring. It also assumes that men tend to focus on how fertile a female is and how successfully he will be at passing his genes on to future generations. This theory has been used extensively, mostly by men, to explain mating behaviours Psychologyprofessor Aaron chase among different animals.

Kevin Dunbar Many female scientists fear that, because it was developed by ing to change that.”

She explained that, in the past, men, the model reflects socially influ­ enced sexual discrimination, thus when most of the supervisor and men­ biasing animal behaviour interpreta­ tor roles in her field were filled by tion. Furthermore, many see it as a men, female scientists were hesitant

to address different issues and raise questions challenging the traditional discipline. Now, as they move into professorial positions in larger num­ bers, women might be changing the kinds of topics that are studied while using the same scientific techniques.

“I might ask different questions [than the male scientists],” said Vincent. “But I do the same science.”

As many scientists have pointed out, it can be very difficult to find general gender-based trends in the behaviour of scientists.

“There are lots of different styles in science,” said Evelyn Fox Keller, professor of history and philosophy of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and prominent femi­ nist scientist. “I doubt that one would find general sex differences averaged over the scientific population.”

As Dunbar’s preliminary results illustrate, the individual seems to be responsible for disparities in approaches to scientific research, while sex differences might not always exist, depending on the area of study. Even though further research will be needed to determine the gen­ eral application of these results, the findings will certainly change the way people view the various contributions women can make to the field of sci­ ence.

Tobacco manufacturers’ threats: just a smokescreen? magnets now threatened by the bill.

It will be up to individual banks to decide whether or not to alter this general policy.

The loss of threatened events, especially the Formula 1 auto races, would result in countless lost dol­ lars for hotels, restaurants, and stores, especially in Montreal where nearly all summer festivities rely on tobacco sponsorship. Although leg­ islators have indicated that the bill would not come into effect until October 1998, which would allow event organisers two summers to

Continued from Page 7

tobacco companies in the wake of C-71 — an argument which banks themselves have been unwilling to confirm.

On the contrary, bank repre­ sentatives have stated that they already contribute substantially to charities even though they are the most highly taxed companies in Canada. Further, banks have gener­ ally given priority to the sponsor­ ship of amateur sporting events, rather than the lucrative tourist -S .

V

,

The McGill Program in

Canadian Ethnic Studies in association w ith the M c G ill Institute for the Study of C a n a d a

presents

C u ltu ra l S e n sitiv ity a n d P ro fe ssio n a l T ra in in g: A P anel D is c u s s io n

Room 201,3463 Peel St., 2:00 - 4:00 pm March 11 (Tue.) If you are interested in further graduate and professional training, or employment in fields such as health, social services, education, law, law enforcement, business, management, human resources and personnel, you are invited to attend this panel discussion. Learn how cultural sensitivity plays a role in professional training and practice.

Moderator: Prof. Morton Weinfeld Chair in Canadian Ethnic Studies, McGill University The Panel Members: Prof. S.K. Bandyopadhyay Faculty of Management, McGill University Ms. Heather Clarke Co-ordinator ofMulticulturalism Program, Montreal Children's Hospital Prof. Shauna Van Praagh Faculty of Law, McGill University Prof. Bilkis Vissandjée Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal & Academic Co-director, Center of Excellencefor Women's Health, Consortium Université de Montréal

companies, not the other way around.

It is a well-known strategy that tobac­ co m anufacturers cry out loud about any legislation,” he added.

Event organis­ ers have so far refused to comment on the prospects of securing alternate who’s advertising fo r whom?

A a ro n Chase sponsorship.

A more trou­ blesome issue is the effect of the bill on television coverage of tobac­ co-sponsored sporting events.

Television executives have indicat­ D O Y O U STAY A W A K E A T N I G H T ed that the application of Bill C71’s more serious restrictions may T H IN K IN G A B O U T Y O U R make it impossible to broadcast F-l races in Canada. Practically all F-l racers are sponsored by tobacco manufacturers and logos are abun­ dantly displayed on cars and uni­ forms.

According to Dingwall, how­ ever, “before and after October 1, 1998, the legislation will not pro­ T O G ET A J U M P ST A R T ( A N D A G O O D hibit the broadcasting of sporting N IG H T 'S REST), V IS IT T H E M c G IL L events originating in Canada and other countries, including the Grand C A R E E R A N D P L A C E M E N T S E R V IC E Prix races.”

Many issues are bound up in (C A P S ). the controversy over Bill C-71, but it all comes down to the question of W E OFFER: whether the bill will affect the • career advising smoking patterns of young Canadians.

According to • job postings Damphousse, the vehemence of • career resource library tobacco companies’ objections to the bill is, in itself, an indication of • career development workshops the bill’s value.

• corporate documentation “Anything which restricts the ability of tobacco companies to ... A N D M U C H M U C H M ORE! advertise will have positive results,” said Damphousse. “The visit us at: fact that they are putting up such a Powell Bldg - 3637 Peel St., Rm. 308 (downtown) fight indicates that it will affect their ability to sell their product.”

O R at Rowles House (Macdonald campus)

secure other sponsors, fears have not been allayed.

According to François Damphousse of the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association, the tobacco companies are the only ones who have to face financial fears.

“France went ahead with the absolute banning of tobacco adver­ tising, and the federation which runs F-l racing threatened to pull the race out of France. This has not happened and the race continues to run,” said Damphousse. “We are now in the situation where the F-l races are supporting the tobacco

^

W

CAREER?

______

W-

O R in the CAPS section on infomcgill (look in the index)

Features page13

March11th, 1997

The rabbi’s three questions and the prayer for Canadian unity Bob Rae accuses Canadian leaders of ‘constitutional sleepwalking ’ B y L iz L au

Former Ontario Premier Bob Rae subjected Canadian federalism to the rabbi’s three questions last Thursday when he gave a lecture at McGill. Rae’s speech served as the James R. Mallory Annual Lecture, one of the most prestigious events organised by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.

Rabbi H illel’s three questions are: “If I am not for myself, then who is for me? If I am only for myself, then who am I? If not now, w hen?” Rae explained that these ques­ tions are an aphorism for the sovereignty debate that is being waged between Quebec and the rest of Canada.

by law, circumstance and by the rights of human nature, “and these sovereignties are not absolute.”

He finds the idea of partner­ ship promoted by Quebec sover­ eigntists “ironic, because I believe what Canadian history shows is that it is the drive for partnership and association which produced federal­

For generations, Quebeckers have been asked what they want and they have clearly expressed their desire to have Quebec’s dis­ tinctiveness recognised, as in the Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional talks.

“Now it seems to me,” said Rae, “they are entitled to say to

The pursuit of self -interest - 1

“We see in what we call the era of the politics of identity literally hundreds, thousands, of individuals...feeling the need to advocate their self interests as part of the group,” Rae stated. “One of the essential messages of the Canadian experience is that there’s nothing wrong or unnatural [about selfinterest] and that in fact it is essential,” he continued.

According to Rae, the notion of Canadian federal­ ism dates back to the Quebec Act of 1774, which acknowledged local inter­ ests as well as the desire for a strong central govern­ ment. Rae backed his argu­ ment with a quote from eighteenth century philoso­ pher Edmund Burke who stated in the House of Rebecca Latching Commons: “When I comRae: Constitution has to be a mirror o f society pare the rights of human conquest with the rights of human ism.

English Canada: ‘What do you nature, the latter are so great that I “If Canada were to break up,” want?”’ can give the former no considera­ he continued, “we would simply tion at all.” have to re-invent it again.”

Sleepwalking leaders “If Quebeckers,” Rae contin­ Rae claims that, whether we Rae saluted Jean Charest who, ued, “had not pursued that self- recognise it or not, all of us in at a partisan rally, expressed that interest with a vigour throughout Canada have been speaking the lan­ the principle of a distinct society history that is remarkable, and in guage of federalism. In the present was worth preserving, even if not my view, com m endable, crisis, however, Canadians must always politically popular in all Quebeckers might legitimately ask become more emphatic and clear parts of the country. Despite that, themselves: ‘if they are not for about the meaning and the benefits the rabbi’s third question “If not themselves, then who will [be]?’ ” of that language. W hile Rae now, when?” may be the politi­ Rae believes that such a ques­ believes that there has been misun­ cian’s least favourite question. tion might be extended to a range of derstanding and misrepresentation “It seems to me that we have in expressions of identity in contem­ of the essence of federalism in office today a government and a porary Canada, from Aboriginals Quebec, the same could be said of first minister which would clearly and minorities, to women in the the rest of Canada. prefer to lead from well behind the feminist movement and gays and “To those who argue that pack,” Rae lamented. lesbians lobbying for their rights.

Canada is made up of ten provinces Constitutionally, Senate reform “The constitution has to be as which must be treated the same in a and the question of Aboriginal selfwe express it at the time...as much kind of cookie-cutter approach...I’m government are two issues which as possible a mirror in which people here to tell you that is complete successive governm ents have could see themselves,” he said. nonsense,” he said. “It’s in com­ ignored, seemingly in the hope that plete defiance to Canadian history. they would simply disappear.

It’s in complete defiance of every As to Quebec’s sovereignty major constitutional debate and dis­ debate, Rae pointed to the govern­ The notion of cussion that has taken place in this ment’s lack of a “Plan A,” as well country, and it has nothing at all to as to the shortage of enthusiasm sovereignty Rae stressed at the same time, do with Canada.” shown except immediately before however, that sovereignty is limited

and after the referendum . Rae reminded the packed audience that issues brought up at Meech and C harlottetow n still have to be addressed.

“These issues are before us now ,” he said. “We have been sleepwalking constitutionally for the last 18 months, ignoring com­ pletely the fact that this issue will return to the centre of the agenda, as sure as anything.”

“W e’ve already paid a very high price for letting this so-called sleeping dog lie, when we discover in fact that the dog was wide awake, and ready to bark and, indeed, ready to bite,” he warned.

“I would argue that sovereign­ ty is too important to be left to the souverainistes to discuss on their own. We are all sovereigntists in Canada in our own way.”

QPIRG Summer Stipend Solicitation The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill is a non-profit, student-run association which conducts research, education and action on environmental and social justice issues in the McGill and Montreal com­ munity. QPIRG’s summer stipend is intended to provide students with an allowance of $2,000 to work over the summer doing research and preparing an action plan for the next academic year. We encourage all interested students to apply!

Successful applicants will convince the selection committee that (1) their project fits into QPIRG’s mandate to promote social and environmental change (2) that the research will be useful, and won’t just sit on a shelf when it’s done. (3) that the applicant has appropriate experience and can be reasonably expected to meet these goals. Applicants who are prepared to commit to a year long campaign with a specific action-oriented goal or set of action-oriented goals in the public interest will be favoured.

Examples of past summer stipends: • Publishing School Schmool, an activist's guide to McGill • Setting up an intership program and writing a training manual for the Networkfor Youth In Community Economics Procedure for application: • In a letter of no more than two typed pages, outline the objectives of your project, the problem it addresses and how it suits the above criteria.

• On another page, draw up a timeline spanning your summer research period as well as one for the follow-up action period.

• Include a budget of estimated expenses for the project other than the-salary provided by the stipend (i.e. long distance calls, material purchases, travel, etc.).

• Include any relevant references (names and phone numbers are enough).

• Submit your application by March 14, 1997.

Are you interested, but not sure i f your idea would be accepted?

Do you have lots o f energy to commit to a project, but you’refresh out o f ideas?

T alk to the Q P IR G coordinator, Sara Mayo, at 398-7432.

Or drop by our office: 3647 University, 3rd Floor Projects which are o f a social or environmental nature, but are not selected for a Q P IR G summer stipend, may be eligible for government grants from Heritage Canada or Hum an Resources Canada. Q P IR G , at its discretion, may apply for these grants on behalf of the applicant. Call Sara at 398-7432 for more information.

QPIRG-McGiU (The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill) 3647 University, 3rd Floor, 398-7432

%^s E

l e c t io n s

V O Tuesday M arch

1 1

T E !

W ednesday M arch

1 2

Thursday M arch

1 3

March11th, 1997

pagei4 Features

Worms: soldiers in the battle against time C o n t in u e d f r o m P a g e 11

discovery meshes well with those of Hekimi.

Currently, Dr. Judes Poirier and his asso­ ciates at the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging are researching the possibility of using special diets or drugs to extend human life.

Their general strategy is to strengthen cells’ ability to repair damage. Fortunately, human cells already have an array of enzymes to cor­ rect damage. They also have enzymes such as superoxide dismutase which act to disarm free radicals before they can cause any harm.

Consequently, there is a positive correlation between an animal’s life span and its cellular levels of superoxide dismutase. In addition, vitamins A and C also appear to be involved in

the repair process.

But don’t sell your life insurance policy just yet. The “genetic program” theory also has valuable insight on the matter. According to Poirier, the “wear and tear” theory does not explain why normal human cell cultures die after m ore than 50 cell div isio n s — not because of metabolic damages, but because of specific changes in the chromosomes.

“Let’s stay with the facts of the experi­ ment,” advised Dr. Eugenia Wang of the Lady Davis Institute in Montreal. As a researcher in human aging, Wang wonders why people are so quick to associate death with aging in these worms; moreover, why they assume that such processes exist in humans as well.

“We’re talking about longevity determina­

tion [and] it can’t necessarily be equalled to aging,” said Wang. “Is there such a thing as the post-menopausal worm?”

Wang cautioned that although studies on C. elegans may give new insight on human aging, one must not forget that worms are just models.

“You can’t study a complex human being with a simple C. elegans,” she added.

Nevertheless, Hekimi’s research team has never been busier. The crew is working not only on how “clock genes” function in C. ele­ gans, but how they are regulated and how they interact with one another. The fountain of youth may not have been discovered yet, but the research in this field remains intense.

Longevity determi­ nation can’t necessarily be equalled to aging.

Is there such a thing as the post-menopausal worm?

— Dr. Eugenia Wang, researcher in human aging

Limn re d u ce d irrita tio n .

S ta n d a r d filte r C h a rc o a l b e a d s S e m o lin a g r a n u le s (w h e a t)

S ta n d a r d filte r

P layer’s Prem iere has a unique filte r.

It incorporates the dispersion qualities o f granular sem olina, a grain product m ade from w h e a t, w ith beads o f charcoal, an e ffe c tiu e natural filterin g agent. This filte r combined w ith a prem ium blend o f P layer’s tobacco w ill giue you fu ll-fla u o u re d ta s te w ith reduced irrita tio n .* * Based on re s e a rc h w ith sm o k ers

Health Canada advises that

C ig a re tte s c a u s e s tro k e s a n d h e a rt d is e a s e

H ls o a v a i l a b l e in R e g u l a r S iz e

? AflT;]:;'

HiliiAjjHH:

.n:

H e a lth C a n a d a a d v i s e s t h a t s m o k in g is a d d i c t i v e a n d c a u s e s lu n g c a n c e r , em p h y sem a an d h e a rt d is e a s e .

Features pagei5

March11th, 1997

Xenophobic Academy endorses Oscar - boy love?

This year, Oscar excites me like never before. Is it because I’ve actually had a chance to see most of the m ultiple-nom inated flicks?

Nope. Because of the strong inde­ pendent film contingent? Uh-uh.

Because going on-line with the Academy’s Web site has entered me into an Oscar pool with a prize of a year’s supply of video rentals?

That’s just the icing. Because Easter falls early this year? Well, not exactly, but first of all I would like to thank our heavenly Father...

Oops, that’s the American Music Awards.

No really, nothing thrills me more about the Academy Awards than all the wee tykes playing star­ ring roles in nominated movies.

Shine, Jerry Maguire, Sling Blade, and Kolya all feature nice, young lads — fine Star Search graduates that they are.

Surely, no one is unfamiliar with the be-spectacled Ray of Jerry Maguire. The little punk (what’s with that spiky mohawk?) has been plastered across late-night talkshows and TV sitcoms alike. A tiny card­ board cut-out, this Sears catalogue construction sums up the kiddiness of Oscar night better than any Babe or Beauty and the Beast.

Meet Ray’s Eastern Bloc coun­ terpart, Kolya. Kolya is short for Nikola. He comes from the Soviet Union. So this little punk (talk about nihilism — he grows up without a mother or father) gives the foreign film, set during Prague’s Velvet

Revolution, its title. However, Kolya favours the au naturel look, shunning window-glass specs and

I h ave no t r ib u n a l M a r c G ill ia m

vulgar language. When Kolya is cute you don’t feel so manipulated.

Of course, this is not the only differ­ ence between Kolya and Jerry Maguire. The Czech Republic film is one of the best movies of 1996 and the Tom Cruise vehicle is repul­ sive Hollwood pap. But you don’t need me to tell you that. The Academy has clearly placed Jerry Maguire in its box office-friendly (read: intelligence-insulting) slot previously held by movies like A Few Good Men (Tom Cruise — again! — with Demi Moore) and Ghost (Demi Moore — again! — with Patrick Swayze).

Anyway, those grown-ups can easily make fools of themselves — let’s get back to child stars. There’s also a little punk in Shine’s troubled young David (Oi! he totally trashes the piano) and in Sling Blade's trou­ bled young Frank (Oi! he totally trashes Dwight Yoakum). In fact, the only kid who refuses to break the mould is that momma’s boy Scottie from Fargo.

So let’s get back to foreign films (or more properly, foreign ‘language’ films and the Canadian

H a p p y

Academy gets quickly disoriented.)

Unfortunately, this means that French contender, Ridicule, a pic­ ture of aristocratic French snobbery, is right up the Academy’s alley of shallow international stereotypes.

conundrum). Leslie Unger from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ (AMPAS) communica­ tions department sent me a fax on the rules for foreign films.

It goes like this: One non-English film may be submitted by each country for consideration. It must be pre­ dominately in the language of the country of origin and have English sub-titles. After screening, the for­ eign film committee votes secretly to create a field of five. Winner is voted upon by academy members who have seen all the nominees (which, along with documentaries and short films, is distinct from other categories for its mandatory screening of nominees).

The unwritten rule, however, was lost due to a transmission error.

Foreign films must typify their country as Americans see it. This underlying principle is seen in last year’s winner, Antonia’s Line. Since it’s from the Netherlands, a country with one of the world’s best pay equity records, Antonia’s Line, in all its feminist splendor perfectly con­ veys the American perception.

(Notably, no Asian film has ever won the Oscar, despite numerous nominations in the category’s fortyodd year history. This is probably a result of the Western world’s inabil­ ity to deal with Eastern culture.

When it comes to the orient, the

AIRPORT STANDBY FARES ONE WAY FARES -

a

to

Includes tax $18.74

FLIGHT SCHEDULE - MONTREAL (DORVAL) DEPARTURES TO VANCOUVER

MON TUES 09:35 —

TORONTO

FRI WED THURS 09:50 — —

SAT —

09:40 09:40 09:40 09:40 22:15 20:50 18:45

SUN — 22:35

—

AIRPORT STANDBY FARES: Are subject to available seats prior to departure. Passengers may register 2 1/2 hours prior to the scheduled departure of flight. Fares are subject to change without notice. Travel on any specific flight is not guaranteed. Payment (Cash or Credit Card only) must be made on departure. One way travel only.

Reliable

Affordable 4?Air Travel

r ENTERTAINMENT L ia m C a l l a g h a n J o n a th a n M o o r m a n

S

t r ic k

D a v id G o s s a g e B rendan

N o la n

v __________________________________________ y

b e

jfO

IR IS H to lo v e

^

IMPORTED Draft Beer on Tap

1

th e

•T u m PU B &

*73

Includes tax $43.02

Y ou d o n 't h a v e

TORONTO

*208

*

t . P

M O N T R E A L to :

VANCOUVER

)

S

The better movie, Kolya, is less indicative of its environment and will face staunch opposition in grab­ bing the brass thing on March 24.

G u in n e s s , H a r p , S m ith w ic k s , B a s s ,

n

T a r ta n , N e w C a s tle , D o u b le D ia m o n d , B e c k s, H e in e k e n , S tro n g

RESTA URA NT

B o w C id e r , S t. A m b r o i s e , T e tle y B itte r, K ilk e n n y , & M o l s o n

invites you to help celebrate St. Patrick's W eek-end. Friday & Saturday, M arch 14, 15, and 16th — the d ay of the St. Patrick's Parade

1 2 1 9 A

T e l e ph o n e

U n iv e rs ity

F a c in g P la c e V ille M a r ie > b a c k o t p a r k i n g l o t

ft A 1 . 4 4 4 8 W

W

I

■

■

■

W

CAUTION

F A L U N

1997

R IC E S .

n e o n

atwwawiiwww»

2 1A

P a c k a g e — 2 -d o o r /4 -d o o r 2 .0 L ,

13 2

hp

S id e im p a c t b e a m s

^

E x t e r io r m ir r o r s , d u a l m a n u a l re m o te

1 6 -v a lv e e n g in e H

C e n t r e c o n s o le

5 -S p e e d m a n u a l

w it h a r m r e s t ,

t r a n s m is s io n

d u a l c u p h o ld e r s

14 " w h e e ls E x c e lle n t fu e l e c o n o m y

D u a l a ir b a g s

►

]

T i n t e d g la s s

( 5 .4 L / 1 0 0

km )

( a ll w in d o w s )

Chrysler Dealers Advertising Association.

Physically Challenged Assistance è v Program Seeyour diealer for details.

GRADUATES G ET $ 7 5 0 O FF! Get an additional $750 Cash Rebate on the 1997 Chrysler vehicle of your —a j choice, on top of any other incentives!

Offer ends December 31,1997.

YO U R LO CAL CH R YSLER D EA LER.

CHRYSLER

A D E A L E R Y O U C A N B E L IE V E IN

* M a n u f a c t u r e r s r e b a t e i n c l u d e d . V ehicles m ay d iffe r From illu stra tio n , fr e ig h t ($ 6 3 0 ). lic e n c e , tax e s a n d in s u ra n c e extra.

P ric e b a se d o n d e s c rib e d v eh ic le . T h e s e lim ited tim e o ffers m ay n o t b e c o m b in e d w ith any o th e r o ffers e x c e p t G r a d u a te R eb ate s. S e e d e a le rs lo r d e ta ils a n d c o n d itio n s For p e rs o n a l u se only, d e a le r m ay sell for less a n d m ay have to order.

I N O linV D

Page 17

The St. Patrick's Day Celtic Festival: Ashley Maclsaac and six other C eltic bands at the Spectrum.

Tickets $ 2 5 . 8 6 1 -5 8 5 1 .

n te rta in m e n t

Step off the catwalk and into my parlour: the problem with fashion B y Ra c h e l S t o k o e

Fans who think that Cosmopolitan is the last bastion of dissent in the culturally anorexic genre of mainstream female fash­ ion magazines feared the retire­ ment of e d ito r-in -ch ief Helen Gurley Brown this month.

The magazine’s new plan of updating consists of slowly sup­ planting B row n’s im possibly Gurley ideal with one more in step with the rest of the fashion world.

Cosmo will still carry the “How I Got A Man In Three Days!” main­ stays, but their push-up pink style will be substituted with the sub­ dued hues and bound breasts of fashion-at-large.

C osm o's style has been a favoured attack site for feminists, including Gloria Steinem who has said, “[Brown] deserves credit for having introduced sexuality into women’s magazines... But then [Cosmopolitan] became the unlib­ erated woman’s survival kit.”

Fem inist issues aside, the trade-over of power has fueled the debate whether mainstream maga­ zines should use fashion to pro­ mote their own style, or allow fashion alone to dictate their pages.

Fashion: turn to the left!

The late Fred Davis described the importance of clothing as a com m unicator of our personal identity in the book, Fashion, Culture, and Identity. Our shirts and pants don’t ju st clothe our naked villainy, they work as a complex system of symbols to say who we are.

In theory, fashion magazines function first and foremost to show readers what’s hot. To greater or lesser degrees, each magazine has it’s own style (think Vogue's High Society page). W hile C osm o's might raise feminists’ hackles, it is refreshingly distinctive. Other mainstream magazines follow the ebbs and flows of fashion, using the system to validate their exis­ tance and swinging from “romanti­ cism” to “modernism” in the blink of a metallic frosted eye. In com­ parison, Cosmo exists outside of fashion; its layouts remain rela­ tively constant, regardless of the current buzz. In a business where the dollar is tied to ever-changing (and thus ever-profitting) fashion and not one-shop style, Cosmo's stance might attract fewer upscale clothing advertisers but manage to garner more readership than Mademoiselle, Vogue and Allure combined.

The fashion system ion

The distinction between fash­ and style has been

II S in g le % m L o v i n g 111 10 Reasons to Be Happy

Boredom-Proof Your Workout

Fall Coi<

U p d a te You

The News, looks, G

Sex N ew s

philosophised by arm-chair academics and Le C hateau shoppers alike.

Chandra M ikerji, a professor of popular culture at U.C. San D iego, elucidates: “Fashion is a histori­ cal phenom enon where forms are out moded and replaced constantly. Style has more of a stro n g ­ hold, existing for longer periods of tim e. The fashion system uses style, but it is not the only place where style is located. Style is only one constellation in the fashion system.”

According to A1 Fougey, who has dressed fashion mavens from the Fly Girls to Kate Moss, style is more person­ al than fashion.

“Style is natural.

W ith fashion, you have to stay on top of it. Style is when you close your eyes and reach into your closet. Stylish peo­ ple d o n ’t second guess them ­ selves.”

Somewhat dubiously, Fougey cited George Michael as an exam­ ple of someone with good style sense. “George has natural style.

He can wear a t-shirt and glasses and it looks good. Someone like Coolio doesn’t have that natural­ ly ” While Cosmo carries current fashions, it has never abandoned its own style. In a recent Globe and Mail article, Cosmo’s style was described as “refreshingly old-fashioned.” Brown herself has

COURT* JOVE’S M a jo r M a i

Wearing their loyalties on their sleeve: comparing style sense and ideologies Despite the publishers’ assurance that changes are subtle, the past edi­ tor for Flare, YM and Marie Claire, has been criticised by Cosmo insiders for smudging B row n’s signature stamp.

Et tu, MUS?

argued that Cosmo is tim eless, stating in the same article that “human beings don’t change, you don’t update jealousy or envy or insecurity.”

If Cosmo’s style is based on jealousy, envy and insecurity, then the three vices come wrapped in a cotton-candy shell of champagne highlights and stiletto heels — a larger-than-life feminity that other fashion m agazines dow nplay.

Com pared to M adem oiselle, Cosmo has never wavered, regard­ less of fashion’s whims, from its faux pearls and baby oil-enhanced cleavage.

That was, until new E-in-C Bonnie Fuller entered the picture.

Whether or not the Cosmo takeover is a good thing depends on personal taste. Content will become more rele­ vant to the ‘90s, but Cosmo’s “refreshingly old-fash­ ioned” style may be sacrificed.

All this brings us to an impor­ tant question: what makes fashion so pervasive and style so elusive?

And why do hordes embrace fashio n ’s d issem ination in public show ings? The latter question directly addresses Kaleidoscope, the upcom ing M anagem ent U ndergraduate Society fashion show, an event with a four year history and five digit revenues.

Mukerji explained the role of em ulation in human nature.

Fashion feeds our insécurités, promising us a new identity with the purchase of a wide-collar shirt.

“Dressing in fashion is a mat­

ter of imitating what we consider better. Fashion models constitute the embodiment of an ideal. With their long legs and im possible body, they are a.mark of superiori­ ty — a gender-based superiority.”

Fougey feels that the largely unchallenged appeal of fashion results from its constancy in media.

“M edia fuels fashion.

Enthusiasts follow top celebrities and want to copy their style. In Paris and England, street fashion influences the designers and sets the pace for trends. Designers translate the style and sell it for $2,000.”

From the designer’s perspec­ tive, fashion shows are more part of marketing fashion than a politi­ cal ritual. Fougey personally finds the shows a ghastly inevitability. “[Fashion shows] are boring.

They exist for buyers, who are more prone to give pieces a chance if they see it on a really beautiful person. To me, people walking up and down a runway for forty min­ utes is dull.”

However, as the MUS event has proven, fashion’s appeal can be exploited for more noble causes than furthering designers’ profits.

Last year, the MUS show raised $13,500 for AIDS research through the Farha Foundation.

Lubi Kharusi, an organiser for K aleidoscope, em phasised the appeal of the show as a large-scale McGill occasion. In additon to the catwalkers, there will be other per­ formers throughout the night as well as a post-show party.

Kharusi explained, “people go because it’s a big event. About half [of our audience] go just to go out for the night. The other half may know people in the shows, or because they’re interested in fash­ ion.”

While M ukerji agreed with the idea that fashion shows are social events, she pointed out that they also support unhealthy attach­ ments to the dominant ideology.

She commented, “Fashion shows are a mass ritual. They are a spec­ tacle where people act out rela­ tions of power. In this case, body power.”

So when fashion shows and magazines offer you a new identity with every bony-hipped turn that unwittingly engages you in a body politic, how do you make sure yo u ’re custom -designing your identity rather than buying it prepackaged? Fougey explained, “Personally, I try to stay away from fashion. I do whatever feels right. I know that sounds strange considering I’m a designer, but I design clothes I see as timeless.”

So why a new co llection every season? A ccording to Fougey, the answer is easy.

“To make money.”

March11th, 1997

Page18Entertainment

A rollicking band of pirates invade

Taking

the

Savoy Society’s Pirates of Penzance so fast and furious, that you would be best warned to mind your eyes B y M ila A u n g - T h w i n

Perhaps the strongest reaction to the Savoy Society’s latest produc­ tion, The Pirates o f Penzance, is sur­ prise that no one got hurt.

The actors, orchestra and audi­ ence all walked away from opening night without a single flesh wound, all smiles and applause, despite all of the wonderful swashbuckling, pratfalls and goings-on.

The Pirates o f Penzance is the 33rd offering of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operatic “topsy-turvydom” from the Savoy Society. It’s bright, colourful, zany and you don’t have to be an anglophile to love it.

In fact, despite lingering English accents, this play has been modified to suit the contemporary Canadian audience member.

The curtain opens to a beautiful set — a Dr. Seuss prescription that immediately cheers up the audience and makes Moyse Hall feel quite intimate. Suddenly, pirates spill over the stage like a joyous liquid, quick-

ly supplanted by a flock of swooning damsels.

Eventually, a regiment of Canada’s finest enter in pursuit of the pirates.

The choreography interweaving these three factions is often mindboggling, and the wellcontrolled chaos is amaz­ ing to watch. Make sure to bring an alert date to show; there’s no way one set of eyes can absorb all of the action alone.

The strength of P irates’ choreography and over-all success is in the sheer mass of per­ formers. The production is weakest when few peo­ ple are onstage. There’s Set in the Maritimes, Savoy’s Pirates collectively breathes new life into G&S. no getting away from inti­ Anyone who has seen Songui The updating of the script is mate moments between lovebirds in before eagerly awaits his entrance. handled deftly by director Jonathan this type of production, so it’s prob­ Awori, who moves Penzance to the He is the most exciting character to ably best to allow them their time to coast of Nova Scotia. He feels free watch. With a remarkable gift for enhance the anticipation of the big to pepper the script with references physical comedy, Songui has a res­ numbers. to bilingualism and tabagies, and is onate voice for someone so agile.

There are several excellent per­ bold enough to inject a clever slide show in the middle of all the fun. formances, such as Paul Vanderberg The best update, though, is the grand as the Major General and Deirdre entrance of the chief of police Brown as Edith. However, the great (Kwasi Songui of The Mikado and performances are always framed by the entire cast: individuals shine Ruddigore).

T h e C o rp o ra te T a k e o v e r of th e M e d ia

Clayton Ruby

C a n a d a 's l e a d i n g

l a w y e r w h o is r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e C o u n c i l o f C a n a d i a n s in t h e i r c o u r t c h a l l e n g e t o h a v e C o n r a d B l a c k 's t a k e o v e r o f S o u t h a m

In c .

d e c la r e d in v a lid .

with L y le S t e w a r t N e w s Editor; H our M a g a zin e R u fo V a le n c ia S poken W ord Director, C K U T R adio-M cG ill M -J M illo y R egional Director, C anadian U n iversity Press

This event is made possible by the Anne & Max Bailey Centre for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity After this event, at 5 :3 0 , the o u t-g o in g B oard of D ire cto rs of Q P IR G -M c G ill w ill present their report an d fin a n c ia l statem ents

QPIRG-McGill T he Quebec Public Interest Research Group at M cG ill 3647 University, 3rd Floor, 398-7432, fax: 398-8976 email: qpirg@vub.mcgill.ca, web: www.vub.mcgill.ca/clubs/qpirg

The Pirates of Penzance runs March 13-15 and 19-21 at Moyse Hall, 8 p.m. Call 398-6826for more information.

Winter’s Tale lives up to rave reviews B y M ic h a e l U l ly o t

a d is c u s s io n fea tu rin g

because the ensemble cast shines too.

Make sure to read the synopsis of the play before it starts. The musical is often weighed down by the require­ ment of understanding what people are singing. Mabel (Alison Thorne), the female lead, has a stunning voice, but it’s so operatic that the words are hard to make out.

On the other hand, I could understand Ruth (Zoe Tarshis), the pirates’ nurse­ maid, only when she sang.

When she spoke, out came an accent that was supposed to have been bom in Quebec but seemed to have travelled through Jamaica and Romania first.

The set and action are so funny and colourful that you don’t have to understand English to enjoy the performance. The only thing you may need is an eye patch, just in case any one gets hurt with all those flying swords.

weakness. And Peter Batakliev is hilarious as the roguish Autolycus, offering comic relief in the second, lighter half of the play.

Staging The Winter’s Tale has always presented unique problems, especially with stage direction such as, “Exit, pursued by a bear.” In this production, a huge, animatronic bear suddenly appears from behind a sliding panel. Regrettably, the effect is almost laughable.

Additionally, dealing with the music Shakespeare often infuses into his drama trips up many productions, and the Centaur’s is no exception. It’s a major fault when the original music is not so original — Hamlet sound­ track, anyone?

As a whole, the staging survives Centaur special effects. The simple set employs sliding panels, which make scene transitions easy. The simplicity of the sur­ roundings — no furniture, few props — contrasts well with the complexity of the language and material.

The direction is sensitive to this complexity, as well.

At the play’s climax, actors are splayed outward from Hermione, an affect which aligns the audience’s eye towards her as the crucially central character to The Winter’s Tale. Sensitive focus like this launches the pro­ duction above and beyond the proliferating Shakespeare.

Everybody knows that William Shakespeare is Now Playing at a Cinema Near You. But, believe it or not, in this era of pop-culture overload, he’s also onstage.

The Centaur’s production of The Winter’s Tale is winding down, and you should see it. Not because it’s particularly good (it is) or because you want to see what all the hype is about (there’s a lot), but because more peo­ ple should see Shakespeare the way it ought to be seen.

The movies are fine, but they can’t compare with theatrical presentations. The story actually happens in real-time 3-D format, right in front of you. It’s not the same show other people are watching somewhere else in the world, it’s the real thing — the way Shakespeare was done for the 300 years before film was invented.

This also happens to be an exceptional production; the acting is good, and the presentation is accessible to those who only read Shakespeare because they were forced to in junior high (you can even find a plot summa­ ry in the lobby — read it for a fuller understanding).

The lead roles, Leontes and Hermione, are filled to capacity by two actors with years of stage experience; David Ferry (a teacher at the National Theatre School) and Vickie Papavs. While Ferry’s portrayal of Leontes’ The Winter’s Tale plays at the Centaur Theatre until jealousy was a little unconvincing, it may be a fault of the material and not the actor. His mastery of Shakespearean March 23. For reservations, call 288-3161. language is obvious in his performance — no phony British accents here, he’s the real thing.

Papavs is a stunningly brilliant Hermione. She delivers the trial speech, a woman’s defence of her challenged virtue, and one of the greatest speeches ever written, with incredible force. It is, beyond a doubt, the most memorable moment in the entire pro­ duction.

The rest of the cast is notable. Miles Potter’s Camillo is a wonderful pre­ sentation of a minor, yet essential, character. As the forceful and strong Paulina, Jennifer Morehouse delivers a fine performance despite occasional moments of vickie Papavs as Hermione: lasting poignancy am id a commendable cast.

Entertainm ent pagei9

March11th, 1997

1 1i e s p i c

The McGill Drama Festival

p u 1s e

M i n i r e v i e w s c h e c k u p o n t h e a c t i v i t y HAPPENING NIGHTLY IN THE P L A Y E R S ’ TH EA TR E AND OFFER COVERAGE FOR THE FESTIVAL’ S SECOND AND FINAL WEEK The Socratic Method

cise in futility.

Though trying hard to keep up a veneer of Gen-X cynicism, The Socratic Method is really a terribly earnest student play. The story of a young man coming to terms with the homosexuality of a friend attempts to question our preconceptions and hid­ den fears about gays, a worthy goal with an unsophisticated script.

There’s a solid effort all around, with both leads and supporting cast filling their roles amply. The produc­ tion falls short of greatness, however; nothing in the play can exactly be called dynamic. That is, nothing with the exception of a glitter and hotpants clad Dave Bushnell as Guy. Violently gyrating in line outside a local gay club, Guy’s sheer weirdness keeps him from falling into a stereo­ type. His manic energy provides the audience with comic relief, though perhaps is a bit much, as it overshad­ ows the rest of the play. All in all, this production is entertaining and for six bucks is worth forty-five minutes of your time.

The Last Day of Our Acquaintance

The Dogma Catastrophe McGill theatre student Nina Steiger’s entry in the Drama Festival is The Dognta Catastrophe, a surpris­ ingly fun take on pet-napping. With a touch of Dr. Seuss surrealism, Steiger and director Carrie Burriss take us through the sordid tale of a girl suffer­ ing trauma due to the loss of her pet.

The cast is strong, providing that extra oomph that makes this produc­ tion enjoyable to watch. Wellrehearsed and well-written, Dogma Catastrophe doesn’t have much of a moral, but sure is fun. This polished production is a highlight of the festi­ val, and worth going to see, just ‘cause it’s funny.

— Anya Spethmann

Resolved Kareem Fahmy’s Resolved pur­ ports to explore the nature of relation­ ships both romantic and platonic.

Less than riveting, the dialogue bab­ bles on about feelings without ever giving us any substance, or even plot.

As none of the characters have any personality beyond their shallow stereotypes (dumb blonde, bitch diva, whipped boyfriend) their self-exami­ nations go no farther than their thin veneer.

The play becomes more perplex­ ing as it descends into a raving mock­ ery of itself. While entertaining, the descent into surreal dance and fight sequences both startle and puzzle.

An upside of the play is Shiraz Rehman as Matt, a vapid football player. Unfortunately, most of his charm is derived from his tendency to appear about to burst into hysterical laughter at the slightest provocation.

It’s a good thing somebody finds the play amusing.

One thing Resolved does do is vastly confuse the nature of relation­ ships within the play. Perhaps sex leaps to mind too quickly, but the players spend most of their time fling­ ing themselves at one another. It’s clear that their unspoken problems stem from past sexual conflict. The dialogue seems to invite a deeper exploration, but to do so yields a exer­

Writer and director Simon Wong Ken writes in the director’s notes that the drama festival in The Last Day of Our Acquaintance is completely unre­ lated to the drama festival in which it appears. Nevertheless, his chronicle of personal and professional tensions between theatre people feels like step­ ping backstage and catching a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes intensity. Throughout the play, the dialogue is unfailingly realistic and instills a sense of continuity. With a few exceptions (including a deeply unbelievable pot smokin’ scene), the script is well-written and thoughtful, but uninteresting.

The acting is adequate, if unre­ markable, barring one really creative and obscure British accent. Andrew Prior, in the role of Martin, foil and lackey to the main character’s brood­ ing director, shone through his minor part. It is unfortunate his part is so small; with his commanding stage presence, each time he leaves the stage the other actors struggle to fill the empty space.

The main plot, centring around a relationship between a director and his insecure actress/girlfriend strikes a chord, if only because both of the characters are so whiny and irritating that nobody else could date either of them.

In the grand tradition of highschool drama, every play at the McGill Drama Festival seems to fea­ ture a couch at centre stage. Life does not revolve around a sofa; what makes the lives of people in theatreland so very different?

— Erin Davies

Male Apocalypse Male Apocalypse, Ted Frankel’s well-written drama about four univer­ sity men, finds its strength in dealing with the emotional ties created by “male bonding.”

The setting of the play is a diner that has been host to the meetings of the characters as they have travelled from childhood through university.

Here, they convene after a long hiatus while attending their respective schools. As the story begins, the char­ acters establish a strong foundation leading to the conflicts that often befall friendships. The production then deals with teen pregnancy, homosexuality, and divergent reli­ gious beliefs, and how they affect the four friends.

One of its more impressive aspects is its immediacy. It even goes

The Job: disparate moods and a set to match ■so far as to mock management stu­ dents and refer to the O.J. Simpson Trial.

Male Apocalypse's currency helps the realistic depiction of the bonds created between boys who grapple with the problems that face men.

The Job The Job opens with a sparkling monologue by “Boss,” who speaks highly of her job as a government worker who watches over the cells of criminals. Anne Dryburgh’s superb acting, displayed in the char­ acter’s introduction to the audience, is just a hint of what is to come.

The production plays with three crazed inmates who each have a per­ sonal story as to why they find them­ selves in confinement. The actors deliver outstanding performances as their characters meander in and out of sanity. Talia Woolridge stands out as “Man,” a woman who has killed and eaten her boyfriend.

Playwright and director Erin King has created a play that witting­ ly tackles with relationship between insane prison mates. On the surface, the subject matter is depressing.

However, it is often contrasted by physical humour. The characters sur­ prise as they evoke laughter in the most serious of situations.

Woolridge and Meghan McGinty as “Godd,” particularly excel in mixing the moods. For its alarming juxtapo­ sition alone, The Job is well worth your money and time.

— James Sampson

The cast o f The Socratic Method cuddle with crew

S

T

U

S jg w

W

k {A

D

f

S » K

E

M I

^ £ û

T

S

v > \

| i

!

-

\

T

T

: j

r

j

O

*

l \ |

1

r

O

D

A

Y

M 1

H

v

O

-1

:

t

R

R

r

t " 7

O

W

W HAT? A

t

w e

A

n d ersen

k now

C

o n s u l t in g

,

t h a t t o d a y ’s

S T U D E N T S ARE T O M O R R O W ’S LEA D ERS.

A 3 - d a y , a ll e x p e n s e s p a id c o n f e r e n c e o ff e rin g c o u r s e s in : •

C o m m u n ic a tio n s ty le s

•

P u b lic S p e a k in g

•

L e a d e r s h ip T r a in in g

•

T e a m B u ild in g

A S A LEADER IN

M A N A G E M E N T C O N S U L T IN G

W HO?

A R O U N D T H E W O R L D , W E FLAY P a rtic ip a tio n A ROLE IN P R EPA R IN G t o m o r r o w ’s

LEADERS

is o p e n

to

C o m p u te r S c ie n c e ,

E n g i n e e r i n g o r M I S / C I S s t u d e n t s g r a d u a t i n g in 1 2 / 9 7 , 5 /9 8 o r 8 /9 8 .

T H R O U G H O U R U N IQ U E St C

u d e n t

L

e a d e r s h ip

o n fer en c e

W HERE? T h e A n d e rs e n C o n s u ltin g C e n te r fo r P ro fe s s io n a l E d u c a t io n , S t. C h a r l e s , I l lin o is

Y o u r c h o ic e o f th e fo llo w in g d a te s

VVHEN?

J u n e 5 - 7 o r J u ly 1 7 -1 9 o r A u g u s t 1 4 - 1 6 ,1 9 9 7

HOW ?

MON MAR. 17 8 : 3 0 / p

m

TICKETS Sll (• txs.serv) at CLUBSODA(27078<8> LOBLIQUE&ADMISSION. Res: 790-12AS

A n dersen C o n s u l t in g

To a p p ly , p l e a s e s u b m it y o u r tr a n s c r i p t s , r e s u m e a n d c o v e r le tte r to y o u r C a m p u s C a re e r C e n tre b y M arch 1 4 ,1 9 9 7 !

E x e r c is e

y o u r

o p t i o n s .

That’s one of the biggest benefits to graduation, having options. Where to live? Where to work? What to drive?

And while the first two decisions are entirely up to you, $750 says Ford can help you with the last one. That’s what your hard earned degree or diploma will get you on any new Ford or Mercury car or light truck, including the all new 1998 Escort ZX2 that’s coming this April. We’re talking about the 1997 Ford Graduate Rebate Program and $750 over and above most retail offers at your nearest Ford or Lincoln/Mercury dealership. Give us a call (hey it’s free) for further details or better yet, swing by the website It's got everything pertaining to this great program So exercise your options and graduate into a Ford today.

1 - 8 0 0 - 3 8 7 - 5 5 3 5

w w w For lots more information.

. f o r d . c a / g r a d

N o w h e r e 's t h e leg a l s tu ff. If y o u 'r e a C a n a d ia n r e s id e n t w ith p r o o f o f g ra d u a tio n b e t w e e n M ay 1, 1 9 9 4 a n d D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 1 9 9 7 y o u m a y q u alify .

T h e m in im u m d e g r e e a w a r d e d m u s t b e a u n iv e rs ity u n d e r g r a d u a t e d e g r e e , a d ip lo m a fro m a c o m m u n ity c o lle g e 2 -y e a r p r o g r a m o r a CEGEP 3 -y e a r D .E.C. p r o g r a m . G r a d u a te s o f r e c o g n iz e d m ilitary a n d p o lic e a c a d e m ie s o r s t u d e n t s e n r o lle d full t im e in p o s t g r a d u a t e s t u d ie s a t a n a c c r e d i te d u n iv e rs ity a r e a ls o e lig ib le . B ut a c t to d a y b e c a u s e y o u m u s t ta k e d e liv e r y o f y o u r n e w v e h ic le b e f o r e D e c e m b e r 3 1 . 1 9 9 7 .

Entertainm ent page2i

March11th, 1996

H

“

Discellaneous

^ Heather McLeod Funny Thing (Independent)

Local Heather McLeod has just launched her newest release, Funny Thing. Although it touts exceptional vocals and songwriting, the music lacks individuality and innovation.

The songs are catchy — with quasi­ folk and jazz influence — yet it almost seems as if she has fit herself into the mould of “sensitive female artist” a little too well. Thoughts of Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos

<>i : \ t

• come to mind, but everybody needs a little music to be pensive and blue to. Her haunting voice and intelli­ gent lyrics could put even the most die-hard hip hop fan in a bad mood.

The heavy guitar content is appeal­ ing but the constant focus on its strum makes each song sound like the one before. McLeod has had a hard time establishing herself.

Despite it all, at her launch party at Monkey House, she was all smiles.

McLeod is wholly interested in the artistry of beautiful music, but isn’t too concerned with pushing the

bounds of voice or instrument. So when she put on a good show, wrapped in her hippie garb and a guitar on her knee, the same ques­ tion arises that lingers after Funny Thing ends. Haven’t we done this before?

Heather McLeod plays at the Yellow Door on Saturday March 22 at 9 p.m.

— Lee Oberlander Transona 5 “Nick” (Sandwich) Transona 5 is a fresh spacerock quintet from the deep South whose sparks are flying up to the bitter

chill of Montreal. Their newest seven-inch, “Nick,” is appetiser to an entrée that surely will be dandy.

Each member cleverly weaves their individual glow into their unique mix, where less is better. Inevitably, Transona 5 creates a gorgeous soundscape of slowly whirling music — a musical excursion over a misty lake which gradually mean­ ders to a shore, however half the pleasure is in the trip itself. Their influences cover the gamut of restrained music, from the welltimed melodies of Galaxie 500 to the controlled energy of Low, yet they still are their own creation. The flipside features another Texan band, Schrasj. Check out Transona 5

on their Web site: www./-spacerock/ welcome.html.

— Chris Colley

l k

D K IT A Ii C A R E Dr. Gabriel Buck

3 8 1 4 0 3 3 Dr. Sharon Messinger 1414 Drummond Street, Suite 412 5 minutes from McGill

EXAMINATIONS, X-RAYS a n d CLEANINGS $50.00 OFF FOR STUDENTS

G e ttin g a d e g r e e

YOUR DEGREE PLUS ONE YEAR WITH US WILL QUALIFY YOU FOR A JOB IN...

T h e s e in d iv id u a ls a r e s u b p o e n a e d t o a p p e a r b e f o r e t h e s t u d e n t tr ib u n a l t o r e s p o n d t o t h e f o llo w in g c h a r g e :

• Radio • Television • Advertising • Print Journalism • Photojournalism • Broadcast Journalism

With your current degree, diploma or sig­ nificant work related experience, you're almost there!

Loyalist College in Belleville offers you the Media Studies Fast Track Preparation program.

You can add to the abilities and knowl­ edge you already have and acquire the skills you need to get a job in the everexpanding media industry.

The Media Studies Fast Track Preparation program is an exclusive, intensive, sevenweek hands-on training program taken in May and June. We offer excellent indus­ try-trained faculty and state-of-the-art facilities in our Emerging Media Technology Centre. This allows you to enter the fast track of your chosen pro­ gram fully up to speed. You can get your college diploma in just one calendar year!

For more information about this special program, contact:

« N e g lig e n c e T o w a r d s t h e F u tu re »

F u n d in g c u t s to E d u c a tio n

T o e n s u r e s e a t i n g a v a ila b ility p l e a s e c a ll:

CHANTAL DA SILVA, VP external SSMU 398-6798 Location: U niversité de Montréal, 3200, rue Jean - Brillant Office of Graduate Studies Loyalist College P.O. Box 4200 Belleville, ON K8N 5B9 Tel: (613) 969-1913, ext. 200 or graduate@loyalistc.on.ca http://www.loyalistc.on.ca

Pavillon Principal Rm. K - 500, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. * B us to U niversité de Montréal a vailab le.

*7/te Value of fCnmaledye

G

e

Athabasca University Learning W ithout Limits

t

A t h a b a s c a U n iv e r s it y e n a b le s y o u to g e t t h e c o u r s e y o u w a n t w h e n

t h

e

y o u n e e d it. N e v e r fu ll, n o w a it in g , n o h a s s le .

W e o ffe r h u n d r e d s o f h o m e - s t u d y c o u r s e s in a lm o s t e v e r y d is c ip lin e

C

o

u

r s e

a t all le v e ls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fro m p r e p a r a t o r y to ju n io r to se n io r.

C o u r s e s s t a r t a t t h e b e g in n in g of e a c h m o n t h , e v e r y m o n t h , y e a r-

Y

o

ro u n d . Y o u g e t a t e le p h o n e t u t o r

u

fo r e a c h c o u r s e y o u r e g is t e r in.

Y o u s t u d y w h e n it's c o n v e n ie n t fo r y o u s o t h e r e a re n o t im e t a b le

W

a

n

t

c o n f lic t s . A n d y o u r r e g is t r a t io n fe e in c lu d e s a ll o f t h e t e x t b o o k s a n d o t h e r le a rn in g m a t e r ia ls y o u n e e d to c o m p le t e t h e c o u r s e .

W

h

e

n

R e g is te r T o d ay !

F o r m o r e in f o r m a t io n , c a ll

Y

o

u

A th a b a sc a

U n iv e r s ity

N o rth A m e r ic a - w id e : 1-800-788-9041

N

e

e

d

F a x : (403) 6 7 5 -6 1 4 5 E -m a il: a u in f o @ a d m in .a t h a b a s c a u .c a In te rn e t: h t t p :/ / w w w .a t h a b a s c a u .c a

S ports

March11th, 1997

Page23

Martlets drop Concordia game, fail to make final eight of effort against the Stingers in order to win.

“The key against the Stingers is to control the boards by boxing out, which will take a big effort because they are bigger than us, and to stop their transition game by running for 40 minutes.”

The Martlets did just that in the first half of the QSSF final, as the play was close with never more than four points separating the two teams. But with five min­ utes remaining, the Martlets start­ ed to pull away by converting several easy baskets off forced turnovers. The Martlets finished the half up by 11, leaving McGill fans in a festive mood; however, the festiv ities did not last for long.

“It’s frustrating because we start off so strong. Then we go into the team room and mentally we’re still there, but we come out and three or four bad things hap­ pen,” said a disappointed Stacey.

“And then we ju s t seem ed to break down.”

The Martlets were outscored 25-4 by the Stingers during the first 12 m inutes of the second half to swing the 10-point lead in fav o u r of C oncordia. The Martlets hit a long string of bad luck; the ball caught rims and just would not sink for them.

The Martlets did not give up and played strong defence to bat­ tle back to within two points of a tie with four seconds remaining, and had an inbound under the Concordia basket.

The Stingers stole the ball off the inbound, however, and ran out the clock to win the QSSF ch am p io n sh ip , b reak in g the

C o n t in u e d f r o m P a g e 1

the two teams had been growing since they squared off in the final of the pre-season Redbird Classic Basketball Tournament which the Martlets won back in October.

“This was a tough loss for us to take,” said Martlet coach Lisen Moore after the game: “We had really high hopes for this season and it’s so disappointing to come up short.”

The Martlets started the sea­ son on a run that saw them go unbeaten for their first 12 league games, lasting from November through January. The team suf­ fered their first loss in league to the Varsity Blues in Toronto on February 2. From there, the team went into a tail spin as they lost four of their final eight games, including two to Concordia. The losses dropped McGill from first to second place in the division, and forced them to play a semi­ fin al gam e ag ain st Laval last Wednesday.

The Martlets took charge of the Laval game with a strong sec­ ond half, and promptly disposed of them with a convincing 76-59 victory in front of the onlooking Concordia team. High scorers in the game were Anne Gildenhuys with 21, Vicky Tessier with 20, and Jen Stacey with 15.

“In the game against Laval, we got things together in the sec­ ond half,” said Moore. “Our tran­ sitio n gam e was strong, we moved the ball a lot better than in recent games, and we played for 40 minutes.”

C oach M oore po inted out that it would take the same kind

h earts o f the Martlets and their fans. “ In the sec­ ond h a lf o f the ball gam e we stopped running, especially on the inbounds, which had given us some easy bu ck ets in the first h a lf,” said M oore.

“W hen we stopped running ag ain st them , it made it easier for them to get back on defence, simul­ tan eo u sly sto p ­ ping us from get­ ting any m ore easy baskets. That made the d iffe r­ ence between the first and second half.”

The M artlets are thus eliminat­ ed from the nationals, with the U n iv ersity of W estern O ntario grabbing the one Gildenhuys a n d Tessier guard the goal wild-card spot.

“I t ’s too bad was named coach of the year, and because this was the year to win,” for her fifth and final year at said S tacey afte r the gam e.

McGill, Tessier was named MVP “Unfortunately we didn’t step up of the QSSF. and it’s just frustrating for every­ “My five years at M cG ill one right now.” have been the best of my basket­ On a more positive note, the ball career. It’s just too bad it had QSSF all-star teams were named to end on such a sour note,” said afte r the gam e and M c G ill’s an emotional Tessier after com­ Stacey and Tessier received first pleting the final game of an out­ team honours, while Gildenhuys standing career as a Martlet. “I’m made the second team . M oore

happy I m ade the decision to come to McGill. It has been a lot o f fun and I ’m leaving with a lot of memories.”

The Martlets’ alltime leading scorer is unsure w hether she will continue to play b ask etb all after McGill, but says that Europe is a possibili­ tyO ther fiv e-y ear veterans leaving the team include L eslie Stevenson and Ingrid M arch an d , w hose lead e rsh ip , upbeat a ttitu d e and h u stle was an exam ple for those who will carry on in their places next year.

For now, howev­ er, the Martlets have a long o ff-seaso n to th in k ab out w hat could have been this season, and w hat could be next season.

“We have to stand back rig h t Tanim A h m e d now, refocus, and learn from this experience,” said coach Moore.

“I’ve said it before, I think win­ ning is a lot like learning how to walk; you have to fall down a couple of times before you learn how to do it properly, and we’ve fallen a few times, so we’re look­ ing to come back next year and learn how to do it right.”

Redmen basketball end season in style McGill presses Concordia in season-ending loss B y D a v id M

From the tip-off to the final buzzer, it was clear that neither team would give an inch. Although Concordia jumped out to an early lead, they could never deliver the knock-out punch to the Redmen, thanks in large part to the play of point guard Matt Watson. Watson paced the Redmen in the first half with 13 points, nine of which came from behind the three-point arc.

The Stingers had their own first-h a lf saviour in Daniel Furlong, who matched W atson’s performance from downtown and finished with 11 first-half points.

iz en er

Within Montreal’s university athletics’ sphere, one of the great­ est rivalries is that of the McGill and Concordia basketball pro­ grams. Last Thursday, the men’s team s faced each other in the Quebec Universities’ Basketball League sudden-death semi-final.

It was a fast-paced, high inten­ sity, emotionally charged game, with neither team holding back.

The Stingers halted the underdog Redmen’s hopes for an upset with a scintillating 75-72 victory.

A

t

h

l

e

t

e

s

O

f

T

h

e

W

e

e

k

Ma x O a te s

V ic k y T e s s ie r

T ra ck a n d F ie ld

M artlet B a sketb a ll

O a te s led M cG ill at th e n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s , w in n in g a s ilv e r m e d a l in th e trip le ju m p a n d be in g n a m e d to th e a ll-C a n a d ia n te a m .

H is ju m p o f 1 4 .9m w a s .22m sh o rt o f th e g o ld m ed a l

T e s s ie r w a s o n ce a g a in th e te a m ’s u n q u e s tio n a b le le a d e r, sco rin g a p o w e rfu l 29 p o in ts in th e te a m ’s d iv is io n a l fin a l g a m e a t C o n co rd ia .

D e sp ite th e p e rfo rm a n ce , th e M a rtle ts lo st th e g a m e a n d b ro u g h t to an e n d T e s s ie r’s M cG ill ca re e r.

Even though the Stingers were able to establish an eight-point lead over the Redmen, their aggressive style led to foul trouble, putting McGill into a bonus situation and allowing them to narrow the gap to one-point with six minutes to play.

By half-time, the Stingers had once again pulled away tc\ a 41 -37 lead, taking advantage of backdoor cuts, where McGill defenders were caught looking the other way on three separate occasions.

With a first-half which was both physically and mentally drain­ ing, it appeared unlikely that both teams would be able to sustain the pace for another 20 m inutes.

However, both teams came out fly­ ing in the second half. Two min­ utes in, McGill had tied the game at 41 points and later extended it to a slim one-point lead.

For the remainder of the con­ test, the momentum would swing back and forth, as the Stingers and Redmen exchanged the lead. With neither team mustering enough offence to pull away and seal the

victory, this game was destined to come down to the final possession.

In the second frame, Watson would share the offensive burden with Marc Rawas, who had 10 sec­ ond-half points, Rick Varisco who added eight and Joel Pearlman who chipped in another seven, which kept the Redmen at Concordia’s heels.

M att W atson’s thfee-point play mid-way through the half gave M cGill a tw o-point lead, which would eventually extend to 63-59.

As the gam e’s momentum began shifting in favour of the Redmen, an intentional foul called against Watson gave the Stingers two free throws and possession of the ball, allowing Concordia to erase the lead and take a one-point advantage.

Unlike the previous game where Concordia’s scoring was led by forward J.P. Reimer, the Stinger effort this time was marked by the performance of Johnny Yotis. He would score nine points in the sec­

ond half, including an improbable shot to give Concordia a 73-70 lead with under two minutes to play.

With only nine seconds remaining and Concordia up 74-72, Yotis somehow called time-out while having questionable posses­ sion of the ball.

This controversial call by the officials forced McGill to foul and send Yotis to the line. Hitting only 1 of 2 from the charity stripe, Concordia then led 75-72.

McGill had seven seconds to hit a three and send the game into overtime. With a poorly organised play, the Redmen’s last attempt failed and Concordia advanced to the next round.

For a season which may have been a disappointm ent for the Redmen, the outstanding play of last Thursday night is certainly something to build upon for next season. With many key McGill players returning, the future appears to be bright for the men’s basketball team.

Page24SpOrtS

March11th, 1997 P a st a n d p r e s e n t M c G ill fo o tb a ll te a m s c e le b r a t e t e n -y e a r V a n ie r C u p a n n iv e r s a r y

By P a u l C o n n e r

Track and Field National Championships C IA U Team C ham pionships:

Men— 53.5 pts 1. Sherbrooke 2. Windsor 46 pts 36 pts 3. Western (UWO) 33 pts 4. Manitoba 30.5 pts 5. UBC 22 pts 6. Toronto 7. York 21.5 pts 19 pts 8. McGill 16 pts 9. Calgary 13 pts 10. Alberta 10 pts 11. Queen's 8 pts 12. Victoria 13. Sask. & Concordia (tie) 7 pts 3 pts 15. Dalhousie 2.5 pts 16. Waterloo

W om en60 pts 1. Toronto 2. Windsor 45 pts 38 pts 3. Waterloo 32 pts 4. Western (UWO) 27 pts 5. Manitoba 6. Sherbrooke and York (tie) 22 pts 8. Saskatchewan 20 pts 9. Ottawa 14 pts 10. McGill 13 pts 11. UBC and Alberta (tie) 10 pts 13. Dalhousie 7 pts 14. Queen's and Calgary (tie) 4 pts 16. Laval 1 pt Results w ith M c G ill Finalists W om en's 600m 1 . K. Farr UWO 1:33.15 2. P. Posein Alberta 1:34.81 3. ). Mallon Toronto 1:34.96 4. J. Alexander Calgary 1:36.19 5. S. Welsh McGill 1-36.79 W om en's 1500m 1 . N. Cote Ottawa 2. S. Dillabaiigh Waterloo 3. ). Leroy Waterloo 4. S. Binne Manitoba 5. T. Dunn McGill 6. ]. Koelbl Alberta

5. j. Wardle 6. R. Trenhaile

UWO 3:53.69 Windsor 3:56.15

W om en's 4 x4 0 0 m Relay 1. Toronto Blues 3:47.32 2. Saskat'wan Huskies 3:54.17 3. Waterloo Athenas 3:54.49 4. McGill Martlets 355.87 5. Manitoba Bisons 3:56.88 3:58.74 6. Calgary Dinos M en's Trip le Jump 1. M. Zoranovic Sask 2. Max Oates McGill 3. J. Younker UWO 4. C. Long Toronto 5. G. Stoddard UWO 6. S. Ivancevic Toronto

15.12m 14.90m 14.73m 14.46m 14.38m 14.38m

M ens 1000m 1. B. Goodwin Manitoba 2. K. Olson Alberta 3.A. Hutchinson McGill 4. R. Moody UBC 5. J. Wardle UWO 6. O. Hafez Windsor

2:25.77 2:26.07 2:26.16 2:26.23 2:27.53 2:29.54

W om ens 3000m 1. N. Cote Ottawa Waterloo 2. J. Leroy 3. M. McCleary Windsor 4. T. Dunn McGill 5 .J. Koelbl Alberta 6. W. Chrusch Sask.

9:30.45 9:34.84 9:40.79 9:47.81 9:57.66 9:59.51

M ens 3000m 1. ). Deere Calgary 8:20.02 2.G. Cocksedge Victoria 8:31.12 3. O. Utting UBC 8:34.83 4. M. Coley 8:39.97 UBC 5. D. Penick McGill 8:43.62 6. M. Kitely Windsor 8:45.02

M ens Shot Put 1.M. Codrington Windsor 16.38 2. N. Pauletto Manitoba 16.32 3. M. Nolan Windsor 15.08 4. S. Chahine McGill 14.89 4:19.13 5. P. Drogaris McGill 14.82 4:20.95 6. N. Purves Queens 14.38 4:26.73 4:28.90 W om ens 4 x80 0 m Relay 4:31.80 1. Waterloo Athenas 9:04.22 4:32.70 2. U.B.C. T'Birds 9:09.24

3. Queen's Gaels 9:12.99 M en's 1500m 4. McGill Martlets I 9:13.83 1 . R. Moody UBC 3:51.53 5. Western Mustangs 9:15.14 2. |. Deere Calgary 3:51.72 6. Toronto Blues 9:18.21 3. A. Hutchinson McGill 3:52.00 4. G. Cocksedge Victoria 3:52.30

McGill’s past and present foot­ ball stars came together for the team’s annual awards banquet at the Ritz Carleton hotel last Saturday.

This year’s celebration took on another function as well in marking the tenth anniversary of McGill’s last national title.

All evening long, players, coaches, and supporters talked and reminisced about the championship team which came from nowhere to top three serious contenders in the 1987 playoffs.

Ten years ago, McGill had a team with strong, but underrated offensive and defensive lines and a very powerful running game. The team had a strong regular season, finishing with a 5-2 record.

Entering the playoffs, the Redmen were not expected to get any further than the divisional finals. The Redmen had an auspi­ cious start to their drive, falling behind 24-7 to Queen’s mid-way through the divisional semi-final game.

A week later the Redmen were up against a Bishop’s team which was slated to go all the way.

“The night before the game, at our hotel in an off-the-record inter­ view, Michael Lansberg [from TSN] was talking to Brian Fuller and Mike Soles and he said, ‘you really don’t think you’re going to beat these guys, do you?” ’ recalled a member of the ‘87 team among a slew of speeches. The Redmen pro­ ceeded to do just that.

The following week, McGill travelled to Halifax to take on St. Mary’s in the Atlantic Bowl, only one step away from the national championship game. Down at half­ time, the Redmen charged back in the second half. Brian Fuller, the quarterback, led a last-minute drive down field, throwing a touchdown pass to receiver Courtney Shrimpton. Chuck Petitpas capped off the game with a 42-yard field goal.

At the Vanier Cup, McGill faced off against a heavily favoured University of British Columbia team at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.

Entering the game as 21-point favourites, the Thunderbirds were shocked early and often by the underdog McGill team. A cold, damp day in Toronto proved to help the Redmen, as they trounced UBC

Sports Strong showing for volleyball team The McGill Martlets made a successful debut at the national vol­ leyball championships in Alberta last weekend. The team dropped the consolation final, and finished sixth in the tournament.

The tournament was captured

by Alberta, who did not disappoint their home fans with an exciting 3-2 championship victory over the University of British Columbia.

The Martlets, the seventh seed in the tournament, faced the No.2 UBC Thunderbirds in the first round. UBC overwhelmed the Martlets from the outset, sweeping McGill 3-0. The scores were 15-3, 15-7 and 15-13.

McGill’s player of the game was Anie de la Fontaine, who post­ ed 9 kills, 3 digs, 1 stuffed block and 1 ace. Wendy Whelan also played well, scoring 10 kills, 12 digs and 4 stuffed blocks.

With the loss, the Martlets were pushed to the consolation por­ tion of the draw, and faced off against the sixth-ranked York Yeowomen. Playing their best game

47-11 for the national title. Soles, a running back now in the Canadian Football League with Montreal, set a McGill record for yards rushing with 203 in that game. The mark stood until this year when Shawn Linden, with Soles on hand to see the game, ran for an incredible 226 yards against Queen’s.

Although this Vanier Cup anniversary was significant, the cer­ emonies also honoured this year’s team and its accomplishments. All but one trophy, the Redmen MVP, were handed out on this night.

Running back Shawn Linden took home the Molson Cup most out­ standing offensive player award, while linebacker Olivier Lefebvre was named Molson Cup defensive player of the year.

Randy Chevrier, a defensive lineman from St. Leonard, won the Fred Dupré rookie of the year hon­ ours. Other winners included: Jay Naphin who took home the Lois Obeck most improved player award; Matt Nichol received the most valu­ able lineman and the Willie Lambert most dedicated player trophy, and Mike Robb was honoured as the best team player.

B r ie f s

of the season, the Martlets cruised to an easy 15-5,15-12, 15-8 victory.

“I’m proud of the team — they were ready to play today. It was probably one of the best matches that we have ever played,” said McGill Coach Rachele Beliveau.

De la Fontaine was once again named McGill’s player of the game with 15 kills, 9 digs, 1 stuffed block and 1 ace. Anouk Lapointe also had a big game, accumulating 13 kills, 11 digs, 2 stuffed blocks and 2 aces.

The Martlets rounded out their season with a loss against the fifthranked Saskatchewan Huskies, 1416, 15-6, 15-6 and 15-8.

McGill’s player of the game Wendy Whelan had an incredible 30 kills, 21 digs, 2 stuffed blocks and 1 ace in the defeat. MarieClaude Ferland also made a large contribution with 7 kills, 26 digs and 1 stuffed block.

The Martlets also received the news that Beliveau was named the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Association’s coach of the year.

Beliveau, the six-year coach, has transformed a team who was 1-31 in league play during her first three years on the bench, to a team that won 11 regular season contests this

season.

Women's hockey falls in final game of season McGill’s Martlet hockey team finished out their 96-97 season Saturday night at the McConnell Winter Arena with a tough 5-4 loss to the Scarborough Sharks in exhi­ bition play.

McGill led midway through the first 3-2, but the Sharks came back to tie the game in the second, and eventually score the winning goal in the third.

Head coach Dan Madden was pleased with his team ’s perfor­ mance, despite the loss.

“Considering we hadn’t played a game in almost a month and prac­ tised only twice since returning from spring break, 1 thought our girls gave everything they had," said Madden. “We didn’t have the legs in the third, we were exhaust­ ed,” he concluded.

A last-minute flurry of shots by the Martlets came up short, as the team fell to 7-8-2 in exhibition play.

3 4 6 1 PARK AVE. • 8 4 4 . 3 3 1 3

F

March11th, 1997

S p O rtS

Page25

M a r c h M e a n s M a d n e ss I s I n T h e A ir A look at the upcoming NCAA tournament

By M ichael Kimmel and Franklin Rubinstein With the NCAA basketball tournam ent set to begin this Thursday, basketball fans across North America are scrambling to p red ict a national champion.

Without a clear-cut favourite head­ ing into the tournament, there are many intriguing features that you should keep in mind.

Make sure you are not in class for this one: Louisville vs. UMass.

In January the C ardinals cracked the top 10, but their early season overtime success has been replaced by a late season losing streak. UMass’ killer early season schedule — which included the likes of Georgetown, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Boston College, Maryland and the always tough Atlantic 10 competition — has left the team tournament tough.

Lowest seed most likely to pull a first-round upset: Long Island vs. Villanova In the Big East’s down year, pre-season favourite ‘Nova failed to fulfill their once lofty expecta­ tions. Against the NCAA’s highest scoring team, the Cats’ inability to hit the three-point shot will finally end their disappointing season.

Most lopsided first round contest: Kentucky vs. Montana The Wildcats’ explosive per­ formance in the SEC tournament demonstrated why the team is still feared by many in the tournament.

A team with NBA calibre players sitting on the bench should man­ handle the Grizzlies of Montana.

Toughest road for a No. 1 seed: Minnesota Golden Gophers Once they cast aside SW Texas State, the Minnesota Golden Gophers face the ominous task of dealing with Temple’s match-up zone or a tough Ole Miss squad. If they survive these match-ups, the Big 10 cham pion could face a strong Clemson team or Sweet 16 perennial Tulsa. Moreover, the Big 10’s two year inability to crack the Sweet 16 speaks volumes about the conference’s mediocrity.

Most Underrated Team: South Carolina Gamecocks The Gamecocks’ stellar backcourt of Larry Davis, M elvin Watson and BJ McKie is reminis­ cent of another incredible trio, — Georgia Tech’s Lethal Weapon 3 (Kenny Anderson, Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver) that enjoyed tournament success. Their two vic­ tories over Kentucky indicated that this team has arrived.

Most Overated Team: California Golden Bears With the loss of leading scorer Ed Gray, the Golden Bears are an inflated No. 5 seed, with no chance of defeating the disciplined Princeton Tigers.

1st Round* 2nd Round* Regionals Semifinals Marelt 13-14 lla r e M S -lS

N A T IO N A L C H A M P IO N S H IP M A R C H 31

Semifinals

Regional* 2nd Round* 1st Round* March 1 H 6 March 13-14

!

Kentucky

North Carolina

I^

M ontana

Fairfield

x

tons

Indiana

* 5

V irg in ia

Colorado

Boston CoS.

, , Valparaiso

4 Si- Joe's u . Pacific Stanford

California

5

Princeton

tî

Vtfianova

<<*Oi****’

4

Long Island t%

Syracuse. NY March 21-23

San Jose, CA March 20-22

Louisville

*

I lUacfi

O klahom a r

II

-I*

W ake Forest H S t M ary’s ? N.C.-Charlotte i ^ Q eorqetonn

Indianapolis

Utah

Indiana M a rd i 31

2 ■ 15

Navy

Minnesota

Indianapolis. IN March 2ft

t * S W Texas Sth

S. Carolina , Coppin St. , t

1997 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPION

Indianapolis. IN M u c h 29

Kansas

l

-jJackson St I t Purdue

* ,

T errée

"h h o d e island*

<

Tulsa

M aryland

12

Iowa St. tt

Arizona

"Is. Alabam a

Birmingham, ALA March 21-23

San Antonio. TX March 20-22

-Southern C a | t

Illinois St.

Georgia

2 CihQhnati

^

-jT e n n .C h a t. tJ

147 ■

5

- } Charleston n

Boston U. Clem aon

t i Miami (O H )

1

Xavier P ro v id e n c e ^

| f Vanderbilt

Duke

U C LA ^ Charleston h r

Big-time Busts: Michigan and Syracuse M ichigan and Syracuse were selected as pre-season No. 9 and No. 12 respectively, and despite loaded rosters with a surplus of tal­ ent, they never lived up to their potential. Do you recall the last time a NCAA finalist failed to qualify in the following year...we don’t.

Tournament Terrors (high seed­ ed teams who won’t disappoint): North Carolina’s Dean Smith’s penchant for Sweet 16 success will continue. Wake Forest will ride the shoulders of Tim Duncan in his final NCAA tournament appear­ ance, as he proves he is ready for the NBA. Kansas’ dismantling of the Big 12 is an accurate gauge of their consistency.

They’re scary: The Princeton Tigers: just ask UCLA, who left their back door open. Temple’s defence is second to none. Brevin Knight’s knack for big game perform ances gives Stanford a chance every night out.

Cincinnati is a team that is capable of going to the Final Four, or losing in the first round; hopefully, the underachieving Bearcats will get their act together.

*

Murray S t

Big Ten team most likely to crack Sweet 16: Sorry, but for the third con­ secutive year, it isn’t going to hap­ pen.

Coaching could make a differ­ ence for these teams: Georgia’s Tubby Smith always has his players primed for the tour­ nament. His past successes with less talented teams makes Georgia a bona fide Sweet 16 threat.

Although Iowa drew a tough assignm ent with V irginia, Hawkeyes coach Tom Davis is 9-0 in tournament first-rounders.

Can you see the similarity: In 1989, Steve Fisher took over the M ichigan W olverines amid the controversy of Bill F reid er’s sudden resignation.

Fisher subsequently led the team to the NCAA title. This year, a talent­ laden team from Westwood lost coach Jim Harrick during the pre­ season. Can untested UCLA coach Steve Lavin repeat history?

How to pick a successful team: A team must meet these four requirements to make it through the tournament: strong point guard play, few turnovers, senior leader­ ship and solid free throw shooting.

Prime-time players: Wake’s Duncan, the obvious

No. 1 selection in the NBA draft, can dominate at both ends of the floor. Stanford’s Knight dazzled the likes of John Stockton and Charles Barkley in pre-Olympic action, so look for him to shine bright again. North C aro lin a’s Antawn Jamison has dominated the ACC in recent weeks and looks to continue his inspired play. South Carolina’s success can be traced to the performance of their splendid guard trio.

Best player you’ve never heard of: Boston U n iv ersity ’s Tunji Awojobi. The America East’s MVP plays big-time division I basketball for a small school.

Best tournament nickname: The S alu k i’s of Southern Illinois. For those who are curious, a saluki is a dog of a swift, tall,

4

E

M arch

1 1

slender, M iddle Eastern breed, which is used for hunting gazelles.

Most over-analysed fact likely to be documented: “Not only is Jacque Vaughn a star on the court, but a star in the classroom as well, as indicated by his 3.72 G.P.A. in business admin­ istration.”

Best nickname: Duke’s Trajan Langdon, the sharp-shooting three-point special­ ist, who will be commonly referred to as the ‘Alaskan Assassin.’

You can take this one to Vegas: Minnesota will not win the national championship.

Mike’s champion: Kentucky over Kansas Frank’s champion: Kansas over UCLA

lec tio n s

V O Tuesday

15

T E !

W ednesday M arch

1 2

Thursday M arch

1 3

March11th, 1997

Page26 S p O f t S

Sports

th e 1997

Arts & Science

Respectable showing for track and field

CED & WHITE fo rm a l g r a d u a tio n b a ll

tickets on sale March 10th to 14th in the ARTS LOBBY from 10 AM to 3 PM general information: date:

|

D in n e r T ic k e ts

A fte r D in n e r T ic k e ts

$45

$20

M arch 2 2 n d , 1997 where:

in c lu d e s :

in c lu d e s :

n44ifm

< zA !\o n i

*

o n S h e r b r o o k e a c r o s s from * t h e B ro n fm an b u ild in g . time: c o c k ta ils ( c a s h b a r ): 6 DM d in n e r: 7 DM ball: 9 DM buy your McGill Grad baseball cap at the same time for only $10!

a c c e s s t o t h e b a ll

d in n e r a c c e s s t o t h e b a ll

%

tw e n ty c h i p s t o p la y

w ine p e r t a b l e o f

th e b la c k ja c k ta b le s

e ig h t o n e f r e e d rin k

Ü.

tw e n ty c h ip s t o

for more information p le a s e c o n tac t you U ndergraduate

“Writing for sports is like a blow to the head (if you get too close to the playing area).”

Get more tips about sportswriting at

S o ciety office:

F r a n k a n d P a u l ’s

p la y t h e b la c k ja c k t a b l e s

Alex Hutchinson also had a very strong showing as he took a bronze in the men’s 1500m — only half a second behind gold medalist Randy Moody from UBC. Hutchinson placed third in the 1000m.

Strong showings came from Doug Penick, fourth in the 3000m, and the tandem of Samir Chahine and Paul Drogaris, who took fourth and fifth place in the shot put.

On the women’s side, McGill finished out of the medals, but had a number of fourth- and fifth-place performances. Distance runner Tambra Dunn led the team with a fourth and fifth place showing in the 3000m and 1500m respectively.

The Martlets’ relays also placed well, taking fourth in both the 4x400m and 4x800m events.

Stephanie Welsh was a fifth place finisher in the women’s 600m.

o n e f r e e d rin k

tw o b o t t l e s o f

&

The McGill track and field team travelled to Windsor for the C1AU championships. Both the men and women performed well, with the men placing eighth and the women finishing tenth out of the 16 competing universities.

The men’s team accumulated 19 points, which was well short of the Sherbrooke champion’s total, 53.5. The women’s team finished with 13 points, and never chal­ lenged the champions, the University of Toronto.

The m en's star was triple jumper Max Oates, who landed a 14.9m jump to finish second in his competition. With that high placing, Oates was named to the AllCanadian team.

B rie f

Arts S cien ce

3 9 8 -19 9 3 3 9 8 -6 9 7 9

S p o r t s w r it in g M e e t in g .

Wednesday, March 12, at 4 p.m.

And bring a hammer.

BRING THIS EXPLOSION FOR A FREE LASAGNA BETWEEN 7PM AND 8PM MARCH 12TH

FUN AND EXCITEMENT FOR MtGILL STUDENTS BY/7 fîflG ® O bli @u® ® [ j !GSÏÏ@ This Wednesday: Tricycle races at 8 p.m. Register now at 284-7661.

Pre-Easter egg hunt. $4.99 pitchers. Live band. Live DJ. Games, prizes, draws and giveaways all night.

,M A IS O N N E U V ï W e s t

corner peel

WEst

1

W hat’s On Page27

March11th, 1997 W Tuesday, March 11 McGill Alumni Series presents Evan Jones on cello. Pollack Hall, 8 p.m.

The M cG ill Dept, of History presents a guest lecture by Dr. Yitzchak Kerem, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He will be speaking on "Greek Jewry in the Holocaust". Lecture will be held at Thomson House, Blue Boardroom, 3rd floor. 4 p.m.

The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan will be present­ ed by the Savoy Society of McGill.

Shows are March 6-8, 13-15, and 19-21 at 8 p.m. It will be shown in Moyse Hall. Tickets: general admis­ sion: $12, students/seniors ($8/10).

The Red Herring needs you to be funny! Come to our meeting on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Shatner 303, or call 398-6825. Accepting almost any idea for a story or draw­ ing or whatever.

Wednesday, March 12 The Chuck Dot as Big Band, performing King Porter Stomp: Roots and Evolution. Pollack H all at 8 p.m.

There will be a theatrical pre­ sentation of the life of Jesus, per­ formed by the actors from Saint Rita's Parish. 655 Sauriol at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10. For more info, call Veronica Loffreda at 3842100 or Maria DiCarlo at 382-9788.

McGill Student Health Services presents its annual N U TR ITIO N DAY in the Leacock bldg, rm 232, from 10 a.m . to 3 p.m . Pick up recipes, nutritions tips, free food samples and pamphlets. For more info, call 398-2915.

LBGTM's Bisexual Group meets in Shatner 423 at 5:30 p.m. Both men and women are welcome.

LBGTM Coordinating meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Shatner 432.

Thursday, March 13 The Master's Recital, featuring Sandra M urray and Christopher Smythe. Works by Brahms. Pollack Hall, 8 p.m.

Opera McGill presents "Opera in the Black Box" with works by P u ccin i and M ascagni. Held in Theatre P, 3449 ruelle Aylmer. 7:30 p.m.

LB G TM 's W om en's Group meets in Shatner 423.

Friday, March 14 Opera M cG ill presents Ibert and Doolittle: "Charlie the Chicken" and "4-Note Opera." Held in the theatre P at 3449 Aylmer. 7:30 p.m.

UQAM will be hosting a series of lectures Mar. 14 and 15 entitled, "Reforme judiciaire et renforcement de l'ordre démocratique en Haiti."

Tickets cost $20. For more info, call Perard Joseph at 523-2434.

At the Unicom , the Bards of Blabbermouth will be hosting "Skitz Night." Located at 3901 St. Laurent.

Starts at 9 p.m. Admission is $5.

At 5:30, LBGTM's Coming out Group meets in the basement of UTC. Don't be shy, and come out.

Saturday, March 15 The M artlet Synchronized Swim Team is holding a Watershow fundraiser at 3:30 p.m. at the Currie Pool. Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for non-students. Come enjoy the show put on by the 1997 O.W .I.SA.A. silver medalists!

Monday, March 17 There w ill be a talk with the Honorable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Intergovernm ental A ffairs.

Everyone is invited. Leacock 26 from 5 - 6 p.m. For more info, call

Sheriff Abdou.

Tuesday, March 18 The M cG ill Students for Literacy present their SPELLIN G BEE! Teams of 3 are encouraged to demonstrate their spelling prowess.

Spectators are welcome to cheer and carouse. C all 398-5100 for more information.

Ongoing and Upcoming ...

A IESEC M c G ill is holding Canada-Asia Business Luncheon and Seminars. This will be held on March 21, at the Holiday Inn Select (in Chinatown), 99 avenue Viger West. Free seminars from 9 a.m.12 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Business Luncheon will be from 122:30 p.m. for $22, with Mr. Duarte M iranda, VP Int'l Trade for the Royal Bank. For ticket info, call 398-6821.

Fashion Show by M cG ill Physical and Occupational Therapy Students. Held Thurs. Mar. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Shatner Ballroom.

Tickets will be available at the door.

Students $7, adults $10. For more info, call Debbie Ryan, 526-1940.

Roman Szporluk w ill be guest lecturing on "N ationalism after Communism: Reflections on Russia, Ukraine and Poland". Lecture will be held in Stephan Leacock Building on March 24, rm 219, at 6 p.m.

Volunteers needed for McGill Queer Pride week during March 1014! Sign up with LBGTM (rm 432, Box Y2) Volunteers needed — The First Year Coordinator is seeking volun­ teers, both students and staff, to par­ ticip ate in a phone-athon.

Individuals offered admission will be encouraged to accept them and attend McGill. If you are interested, please contact Trish Duff by phone at 398-6913.

h

a

t

’ s

o n

W ould you like to act as a mentor to a first-year student? Help them become accustomed to univer­ sity life. Please contact Trish Duff by phone at 398-6913.

Class Action, a street organiza­ tion that has given $1.2 million to M cG ill from graduating students since 1990, is sponsoring the Class of '97 Streetfest on April 16. All graduating students are invited to attend. Contact Cynthia Somma at 398-4309.

Post-Abortion Informal Peer facilitated Support Group. No coun­ selors present. Time to be arranged based on interest. Contact Terri at M cG ill Womens's Union at 3986823.

The Journal of North American studies is accepting submissions on any N. American topic or issue.

Please submit paper and saved ver­ sion on diskette to Prof. Riggs' mail­ box. This is in the History office, 6th floor Leacock. Please include name and number. Deadline is March 15th.

Sign up for HEBREW. Beginner and advanced levels a v a ila b le .

Mondays or Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.

Eight week session costs $65. For info, call Luni at the Hillel Jewish Student Centre: 845-9171.

Tired of having religion shoved down your throat? The Atheist Agnostic, and Secular Humanist Society meets at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday in rm 435, Shatner.

Living with Loss: Bereavement support groups are being offered free of charge through the McGill school of social work for adults, children and adolescents. Anyone who is experiencing any type of loss including the loss of a family mem­ ber or friend, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

Want to help out with an SSMU taskforce? More members for the

NASCIMENT0 et BRITO E v e r y th in g fr o m W

1 0 %

g r o c e r ie s to w in e

D I S C O U N T w ith s tu d e n t I D

• M in im u m o r d e r $ 1 0 . 0 0 • • N o t a p p lic a b le o n b e e r , w in e o r in - s t o r e s p e c ia ls •

6 7 Prince Arthur E.

8 4 5 -5 7 5 1

4

E

Skilled workers Self employ Entrepreneurs Investors

Tel.: (514) 878-3940, Fax: (514) 878-3938 1255, University Street, Suite 430, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3B6

Tuesday M arch

http://www.imtnigration-prisma.ca email: webmaster (^immigration-prisma.ca

P

h y s ic a l

ill

* O c c u p a t io n a l T

h era py

T

1 •

W ednesday

Thursday

11

M arch

H o m e f o r S a le (by owners)

Asking Price $122,000 Contact: 694-0223 Excellent condition 115 Spartan Cres.

Pointe Claire, Quebec Located between Sources & St. Jean and Hwy 20 & 40

1 2

M arch

1 3

• 1957Magil split with garage • Readyto move in; bright, clean, excellent starter home • Brick/Aluminiumexterior on 6100 sq. ft. lot • Attractive wooden 6’x8’storage building in backyard • Fencedbackyardwith large garden • 3 Bedrooms, 1& 1/2 bathrooms • Livingroom 11.6’xl 1.6’; Dining room12’xl 1.4’; Kitchen 11’xlO’, Familyroom26’x8’; master bedroom I4.6’xl0.6’; Bedroom13.6’x9’; 2nd Bedroom ll’x8’; Overall -1300 sq.ft, of finished rooms • Modern double aluminiumslidingwindows • 5yr old large cedar deck • 5yr old landscaping in front yard • Modern front interlocking brick entrance and walkway • Finished hardwood floors (-800 sq.ft) • Valued at $116,800 for taxassessment • Mun. tax =$1588.48; School tax =$251.77

C l a s s if ie d s / C a r e e r s W o rd

P r o c e s s in q

S U C C E S S TO A LL S T U D E N T S . W ordperfect 5 .1 .

Term papers, resum es, applications, transcription of m icro -cassettes. Editing of gramm ar. 2 8 years experience. $ 1 . 7 5 D .S .P . 7 days/w eek.

C am p u s/P e e l/S h e rb ro o k e .

Paulette/Roxanne 2 8 8 -9 6 3 8 /2 8 8 -0 0 1 6 T r a n s la t io n s W O R D P R O C E S S IN G , T R A N S L A T IO N S : English, R u ssia n , Polish, Italian, Sw edish.

C h e a p & fast. C all 8 4 4 -8 7 2 9 F u r n it u r e

F IL E S • F IL E S •F IL E S U se d and new office furniture.

A s k for yo ur sp e cia l student price. B U R O -P L U S 7 6 7 -6 7 2 0

A r t is t s

n e e d e d

P ro f. J G r o p e n of the Dept, of P sy ch o lo g y at M cGill is looking for volunteer artists to create pictures to be u se d for lan g u a g e stu dies. E x p e rie n ce with com puter g ra p h ics softw are is an a sse t.

C a ll S o n ia 3 9 8 -7 6 8 6 T ra v e l

T o ro n to at

E a s te r C re tu rn J o n lu x u r y c o a c h C a ll Z A H O O R

9 9 0 -4 8 5 8

S u m m e r E m p lo y m e n t O p p o r t u n it ie s

M o n e y

c G

:i

S U M M E R C A M P J O B S in the e astern part of the U .S . W ork with kids n e ar N ew Y o rk and Boston: a great sports environm ent. C a m p W in ad u for b o ys is looking for sports co u n se lo rs in all land an d w ater sports including b a se b a ll, b a s ­ ketball, ho ckey, la c ro sse , so cce r, tennis, sailing, w aterski and m any others. Staff m e m bers re ce ive sa lary, room, board, trav­ el e x p e n se and a U .S . V IS A ! Starting sa la ry at least $ 1 2 0 0 .0 0 3 . C a ll (8 0 0 )4 9 4 -6 2 3 8

Call for afree consultation / evaluation

M

lec tio n s

V O

O f f ic e

Prism a Im m igration Services Ltd. A Visa to new life in Canada...

w ith the Y e llo w Door Eld erly Project. Help seniors in the down­ town community with friendly visits.

Drop by 3625 Aylmer or call Chi at 398-6243.

access i b I i I i ty, L B G T M , visib le minority and religious accomoda­ tion taskforces are wanted. Leave a message for Darren at 982-9170 or at SSMU. Want to make a difference with only a few hours a week? Volunteer

D e a d l in e

M ARCH 3 1 ,1 9 9 7 fo r McGill stu d e n ts w ish in g to a p p ly to tr a n sfe r into Physical T h era p y or O ccu p ation al T h erap y p r o g r a m s a t th e Sch ool of Physical & O ccu p a tio n a l T herap y.

A p p lica tio n form s a r e n ow a v a ila b le at D a v is H o u se ■, 3 6 5 4 D r u m m o n d .

P le a s e contact: M a r g a ret M cK innon, U n d e r g r a d u a te S tu d en t A ffairs O fficer, 3 9 8 - 4 5 0 0

M a k in q

O p p o r t u n it ie s

9 0 8 C -P 8 8 # 9 !P P 3 p a ip x e ||b q ujej) ll!M 9 M ■ suoissjLuiuoo Apjae/w U! oot7*( $ - 00 (7$ V ^ H UJB0 pue (0 1 - 9 ) SJnOLJ 6UIU9A9 V ° h A 'UB 0 qquBO e q j ç e p u o u o i suoqeoeA y n H V e sjm o ©louiojd d| 0 q o j sjeie>|JBU je|e)/sdej S 0 |BS ojuieuAp 6 u|>j00 s si Aueduioo | 0a b j j _ j o ) Ajjunpoddo 00 s isn u i b 106 0a , 0m u oqi ‘o s j| /,noA jo p e jjn b e j j o p 0 )O0 dx 0 sj UBqi J 0 q 6 jq s |b o 6 jnoA 10 s noA o q iju e n js e j $ Oj}SB!snqju 0 noA 0 j \ / ^opnijUB OAjusod b © a b l j noA o q S Ü 3 A 3 IH O V i 1

ECI ALGUEST

CHARLOTTETOWN, MYRONS CABARET. MARCH 2 b • f RL OE RICT ON, UNI VE RSITY OF N EW BRUNSWICK, MARCH 2 6 • MONCTON. UNI VERSI TY Of MONCTON. MARCH 2 7 » SAI NI JOHN. NB. ROCK N ROLL WAREHOUSE. MARCH 28 • HALI f AX. DALHOUSIL UNIVERSI TY. MARCH 2 9 • • QUEBEC CITY. CAPI TOLE. APRI L 3

ANT 160NI SH. ST. FRANCI S XAVIER. APRI L 1

• CHICOUTIMI. SAGUENEENNE. A P R I L *

• SHERBROOKE. GRANAOA, APRI L 5 • MONTREAL. SPECTRUM. APRI L 6

'. v s - s i

a m p

■■s