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Research community hit hard by two-day blackout B y A m y D iN o l o a n d N o a h G itter m a n

Members of M cGill’ s science community are still trying to assess damages caused by a 48-hour power failure that left the entire university in the dark on September 27 and 28.

Professors and graduate stu­ dents in several departments returned to their offices to find that important research p ro jects, representing months of work, had been damaged or ruined.

“We had some people who lost weeks, and in one case someone who lost years, o f re se a rch ,” said Professor Gerald Pollack of the biol­ ogy department. Items lost in the projects included cell cultures, chem­ icals and reagents which required refrigeration.

Early in the morning on Friday, September 27, a back-up power line was supplying electricity to McGill while exten sive work was being done on the main line. When the back-up failed, there was no other line to turn to, and power across cam pus was cut. It took H ydroQuébec over 4 8 hours to set up another power line. In a letter, the C om m ercial C om m unications Director of the south sector Johanne Dufour, attributed this to “an incredi­ ble series of bad luck.”

“W e tried to fix it, but every time we did a maneuver, there was another problem. We had at least six

SSM U P resid en t C hris C a rter takes the h ea t f o r R e d Cross a ctions

Carter under fire as Red Cross cancels blood drive B y N o a h G itter m a n

Controversy over the question­ naire used by the Canadian Red C ross to screen blood donors reached a crisis point last week, with the CRC unexp ectedly shutting down the SSMU blood drive. Some students, blaming SSMU President Chris Carter for the CRC’s actions, have since called for his removal from office.

Two weeks ago, with the approach of the annual SSMU blood drive, students began criticising the CRC blood donor questionnaire as both d iscrim inatory and unsafe.

Concern focused on a question that prevents any man who has had sex with another man from giving blood.

In response to this issue, SSM U cou ncil passed a m otion on September 26 mandating Carter to petition the CRC to change their questionnaire.

On October 1, Carter sent press releases to a number of media organ­ isations stating that, in line with the council motion, he was going to attempt donating blood as an openly gay man at the SSMU blood drive.

Carter was hoping to make the point that as a homosexual, he would be rejected as a blood donor. However, the CRC found out about Carter’ s plans the same night; after holding

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an em ergency meeting, the CRC decided to cancel the SSMU blood drive and postpone indefinitely any future drives at McGill.

Many students are extremely upset over the cancellation, and have accused Carter of abusing his power as SSM U president by trying to stage the controversial media event.

Blood drive C o-ordinator Sadeq Quraishi, speaking for a group which has organised a petition seeking Carter’ s removal, feels that Carter was out of line.

“His mandate was clearly stat­ ed,” he said. “It does not by any means give him the authority to play with the media.”

C arter, on the other hand, believes his actions are completely justifiable.

“There was no intention to affect the blood drive — it was just another form of petitioning,” he said.

R e d C ro ss p u lls o u t To the C R C , C arter’ s state­ ments amounted to a challenge of the questionnaire, and their concern was for the safety of the blood sup­ ply.

“W e cannot take any chances with people who say they are going to challenge the system,” said André Ménard, director of public relations for the eastern region of the CRC. “If you want to hold a protest, there is no problem with that, but if you challenge the system, then there’s a big problem.”

Carter was appalled with the CRC for implying that there was a ch ance that he or som eone else would lie as blood donors.

“I had already outed myself as gay [and] I had no intention to lie on the questionnaire,” he said. “I was highlighting the issue of problems with the questionnaire.”

Carter also explained that in discussions with the CRC late on the night of October 2, he offered to call off his media event in exchange for a meeting with C R C o fficials.

However, the CRC refused. Ménard explained that Carter created a con­ frontational situation where they could not guarantee that everyone would be truthful, even if Carter backed down.

“By just saying ‘now I won’t

try and give blood,’ the confidence is still lost,” Ménard said. “We have to be safe. It’s not only a game, it’s a blood drive. It’s not only blood, it will save lives.”

However, Carter accused the CRC of negligence for pulling out of McGill.

“Does anyone think the blood supply is safe when the Red Cross closes down instead of discussing the issue?” he asked.

C a r t e r ’s a c tio n s q u e s tio n e d In response to Carter’s actions, a rally calling for his removal from

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Transgender prof seeks compensation from McGill B y B enji W

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Form er M acDonald Campus professor L ee Sanford is suing McGill University for over $300,000 after allegedly being forced to resign as a result of her gender re-assign­ ment surgery. According to one fac­ ulty member, the lawsuit symbolises M cGill’ s treatment of alternative lifestyles.

On Septem ber 13, 1 9 9 5 , Professor Lee Sanford, formerly of McGill University, filed a law suit with the Quebec Superior Court seeking $377,518 in lost income and compensation. This law suit comes in addition to two previous suits: one with the Human Rights Commission and the other with the Quebec Labour Commission. The lawsuits were filed because Sanford believes that she was unfairly treated by both her department and faculty, and that the atmosphere surrounding her res­ ignation was abusive and coercive.

“The environment had been so abusive for so long that it was hard to care,” said Sanford. “I resigned in desperation, under coercion, and involuntarily. I needed peace.”

Professors R oger Buckland,

who was head o f the faculty of agricultural and environmental sci­ ences at the time o f Sanford’s resignation, and B ru ce Dow ney, who was chair of the department of animal scien ce, in which Sanford taught, both refused to comment on the cou rt cases.

Raynald M ercille, legal advisor to McGill University, did howev­ er indicate that he is content with McGill’s position in the legal proceedings, and sup­ portive of the universi­ ty’s actions.

“I feel good about the university’ s posi­ tion, and I feel that we did the right thing,” Mercille said.

Trouble between the university and Sanford started when she was recovering from gender re-assignment surgery that she underwent in January 1 9 9 1 , which changed Sanford from a man to a woman.

W hile at home reco v erin g , the department of animal science con­ tacted Sanford to inform her that she had been assigned a new course which she had not previously taught — four credits in animalian physiol­

ogy. According to Sanford, this new assignm ent prevented her from recovering successfully.

“In early February of 1991, I had my focus broken by the assign­ ment of a new course. I had under­ stood that [the schedule for] 1991-92 was already pre-approved. I hadn’t had a general physiology course in many years and this was in addition to my other assignments,” Sanford said. “Surgery went well except for a very rigorous series of dilations, which now becam e extrem ely painful. The surgeon recommended surgery as quickly as possible, and this is where the difficulties come into play.”

After her second surgery, and a series of disagreem ents with her department concerning her ability to fulfil teaching responsibilities, Sanford resigned in September 1992.

W hile Sanford and M cG ill plead their respective cases in the courts, one McGill professor feels that this dispute is only a symptom of a much larger problem: how the uni­ versity treats alternative lifestyles.

“It is very poor for one’s career to be transsexual at McGill,” said Geological Sciences Professor Olivia

Jensen, who underwent gender re­ assignment to become a woman in 1989. “Socially things go very nice­ ly. It becomes a real issue once peo­ ple play administrative roles. There is an administrative discrimination which is clear, but not a social one. It is hidden by secret ballot.”

Jensen also argued that surviv­ ing as a transgender faculty member at McGill requires a certain personal­ ity type.

“Lee hoped she would be under­ stood and respected,” Jensen said.

“My attitude is that I don’t want to give you the choice. This attitude allows me to survive.”

As of yet, no judgement has been passed on Sanford’s case — at least from the legal system. Despite her three lawsuits which seek to prove that she was treated abusively

by McGill, Sanford’s principal aim is to be reinstated as a professor at the university.

“In all of my correspondence to colleagues, friends and family about McGill, I have been nothing but kind and complimentary,” Sanford said. “I am not after financial fulfilment, but I want re-instatement.”

Students wonder whether blood drive will return Continued from Page / office was held in front o f the William Shatner University Centre on the afternoon of O ctober 3.

Am idst raucous debate between Carter’s supporters and those hold­ ing the rally, a petition for his removal was passed around. If the petition obtains two hundred signa­ tures, a vote to remove Carter will be held at the SSMU council meet­ ing on October 10.

Medicine rep to council Glenn Posner voted for the motion to peti­ tion the CRC, but speaking through a m egaphone at the rally , he expressed extreme disappointment with Carter’s behaviour.

“I feel Chris Carter betrayed me because I understood that Chris was supposed to talk directly to the Red Cross and not threaten them and chase them away,” he said.

SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan stated that although Carter did not intend to threaten the CRC, his actions were inappropriate.

“He interpreted a mandate from council to petition the Red Cross as T need to have a demonstration,’ and I think he was in c o rre c t,” McGowan said.

Clubs rep Steven Erdelyi, who introduced the original motion to petition the CRC, thinks differently.

“Carter’s intention was to con­ front the Red Cross on the issue of

“It is saying that male to male contact is not appropriate, whereas vaginal sex is, even when unprotect­ ed,” he said.

In a press release, the CRC jus­ tified the use of their questionnaire, and stated that the particular ques­ tion Carter is referring to is imposed by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

The press release states that, “the Red Cross has no choice to put this question in its health question­ naire for the safety of the receivers.”

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the questionnaire,” Erdelyi said.

“People have the right to be angry, but instead of directing it towards Chris Carter, they should be direct­ ing it at the Red Cross.”

C arter m aintains that his actions were clearly not an abuse of power, and spoke harshly of those who rallied against him.

“If they wanted a president who takes a policy position and does nothing, they could have elected that president,” he said. “They went out

of their way to organise a protest. If they were concerned about the blood drive and saving lives, why didn’t they focus their energy and encour­ age people to give blood at other blood clinics, instead of conducting a witch hunt?”

Is the Red Cross discriminatory ?

Carter believes that the contro­ versy has obscured the original issue. He contends that the CRC

questionnaire, by focusing on homo­ sexual and bisexual men as carriers of HIV and AIDS, is blatantly dis­ criminatory.

“Saying AIDS is a gay disease is linked to homophobia,” he said.

“The Red Cross above all organisa­ tions should not be propagating falsehoods.”

Dr. P ierre T ellier, m edical director of student health services, agrees with Carter. Tellier argued that the questionnaire is not only homophobic, but unsafe as well.

The concern among some stu­ dents is to ensure that the CRC will come back to McGill. Many other stu d en ts’ asso ciatio n s, besides SSMU, hold blood drives through­ out the year. Mark Feldman, SSMU VP internal, was involved with the blood drive and in contact with the CRC throughout the affair.

“The first step is to open a dia­ logue once people’s emotions have subsided, and to discuss with other student groups how we can give blood and how we can hold a blood drive event,” he said.

The CRC wants to meet with McGill students in a few weeks to discuss the issue.

“I ’ m sure when we meet we will be able to find a solution,” Ménard said.

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McGill unions unite to protest university budget cuts B y D arryl L evine

M cGill’ s three largest labour unions held a joint demonstration last week in response to budgetary cuts by the McGill administration.

Union members representing over 2,000 employees from McGill’s non-academic support staff, service staff, and teaching assistants met in front of the Faculty Club where the M cGill Senate and Board o f Governors were meeting in joint ses­ sion to protest what they call the adm inistration’ s “assault” on unionised employees.

“Principal Shapiro is under-pay­ ing and over-w orking us at the expense of McGill’s reputation and [students’] education,” said Michael Temelini, joint co-ordinator of the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill, the teaching assistants’ union.

Allan Youster, president of the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association, which repre­ sents clerical workers, lab techni­ cian s, librarians, registrars, and accountants, complained that while the administration has provided facul­ ty members with a $2 million pay increase, McGill staff workers are being forced to do more with less.

“Lab safety is being threatened, as is library instruction, which

reduces the quality of education for students,” said Youster. “The future of high quality education at McGill is at risk.”

McGill faculty were among the lowest paid of any research university in Canada in 1993-94, obtaining a mean salary of $68,399. By compari­ son faculty at the U niversity of Toronto had a mean salary of $83,515.

Y o u ster maintains that the administration should not be com­ plaining about the university’s finan­ cial crisis when the McGill adminis­ tration has among the highest salaries of public servants in Quebec, and fac­ ulty is receiving a pay increase.

“Now that $2 million has been found for faculty salary increases, the mood has turned in some areas from disbelief to growing anger,” said Youster.

The service staff employees round out the trio of labour unions upset at the administration. The Service Em ployees’ Union com ­ plained that the administration is vio­ lating many parts of their collective agreement.

“Articles in our agreement are not being respected by the adminis­ tration,” said Michael Yakobina, a representative of the SEU. “Seniority, workload, and mobility of our work­ ers are all issues not being respected

by the administration.”

Yakobina cited an article in the contract which prohibits the universi­ ty from hiring contractors which would lead to the firing o f any employees, and pointed out that this article was violated last May when the university laid o ff 17 casual workers and then replaced them. He added that the administration is mis­ managed and that “students are being denied their right to a quality envi­ ronment.”

Furthermore, Yakobina main­ tained that the service staff has gone along with the attrition over the past few years and fears that the university is stretching the staff too thin.

“There were 350 service staff in 1973, and today only 139 workers remain,” he said.

Robert Savoie, executive direc­ tor of staff relations at McGill, did not refer to any specific articles of the contract, but responded to Yakobina’s claims by citing the general atmos­ phere of change at McGill.

“The university is being reor­ ganised and changes are needed to make workers more efficient,” said Savoie.

Yakobina would like the Board of Governors and Principal Shapiro to look into the situation and speak with Savoie in order to resolve the issues and make sure that the workers are

respected. Asked about the possibility of a strike if these issues are not resolved, Yakobina said that the union members would have to decide, but “if they get fed up, they get fed up.”

The three unions stated that last week’s demonstration will be the first of many joint actions in response to the administration’s continuing cut backs.

Regina Harrison, joint co-ordi-

nator of AGSEM, said that organised labour at McGill has reached “a new level of consciousness.”

“The cutting and slashing and all the absurd inequities must stop,” said Harrison, warning that if the universi­ ty continues down this path, “Bernard Shapiro’s ‘New McGill’ may be new in ways he never imagined.”

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A referendum that was held last year to create a Financial Ethics Research Committee was declared void two weeks ago because no French translation of the referen­ dum was ever created. In light of this discovery, it was also revealed that there are no French versions of any SSMU by-laws. However, both the SSMU constitution and Quebec law obligate SSMU to publish their constitution and by-laws in both English and French.

The CRO and Elections Co­ ordinators gave SSMU until January

to comply with the law because this was consistent with other court decisions around the country.

“Courts have decided similar cases regarding the legislation of M anitoba and Q uebec. Both provinces for a long period of time had failed to pass acts in both offi­ cial languages. In both cases, the courts gave the legislatures a certain grace period in which to enact trans­ lations,” they wrote in a memoran­ dum.

Any by-law which does not exist in both official languages by the first council meeting o f 1997 will be considered invalid.

S S M U m a s c o t s t o le n f r o m G ert's The head belonging to SSM U’s mascot was stolen from Gert's pub on September 21.

The mascot, which is meant to resemble a martlet but is commonly referred to as a chicken, was on dis­ play in Gert's after the Shrine Bowl game two weeks ago. During the night, someone at the bar made off with the head.

U3 modem languages student Tanim Ahmed dresses up as the martlet for many SSMU events, and was upset over the loss. “ I don’t feel like the chicken anym ore. It destroys the image completely when people see your real head,” he said.

Due to the high cost of pur­ chasing another costume, a new one cannot be easily obtained. However, SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan thinks a SSMU mascot would be sorely missed.. “ It serves a very important sym bolic purpose,” he said. “ McGill is notorious for apathy ...when somebody was out there sweating and losing eight pounds an hour in a chicken suit, you knew someone cared."

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All ‘four’ one: the McGill University Health Centre B y Jo d i C

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The McGill University Health Centre was unanimously voted into existence on September 13, with the m erg er o f the M o n treal Children’s, Neurological, General, and R o y al V ic to ria H o sp ita ls, along with the McGill University faculty of medicine, to take place by the year 2004.

However, the creation of one institution from four has raised concern regarding the effects that such a merger will have on future levels of care, the impact on hospi­ tal jobs, and the ramifications for McGill’s medical school.

The plan for this “super-hospi­ tal” began to take shape in 1992 when m em bers o f the m ed ical community noticed a large overlap of services provided by the four hospitals. It was also realised that trad ition al health ca re system s were quickly becoming obsolete.

Elizabeth Hirst, director of MUHC communications, explained that a committee was formed to examine how medical capabilities could be advanced into the next century. “[The com m ittee’s] goal was to find ways to provide 21st centu­ ry health care in a new, efficient, and caring environment [that will adapt] to the changing needs of patients in the future,” Hirst said.

The outcome of this commit­ te e ’ s w ork w as the M U H C . In 1994, the Quebec government allo­ ca te d 6 m illion d ollars to the MUHC to be spent on a detailed plan with a tentative date for com­ pletion in the fall of 1 9 9 7 . This plan is intended to include site evaluation, network development, facility assessment, and the plan­ ning of services.

T o be le g a lly ra tifie d , the merger of the hospitals must obtain approval from the Quebec Ministry of Health and the Regional Health B oard . O nce ap proved, M UH C lawyers will then proceed to draw-

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The MUHC hopes the legal proce­ dures of the merger will be com ­ pleted by the end of 1996.

A particular area o f concern for the project’s organisers is the integration of services for patients.

Because of many overlapping ser­ vices between all four hospitals, the MUHC wants to be as effective as possible in amalgamating them in the future. “ No se rv ice s will be lo s t,” Hirst noted. “They will simply be co m b in ed in o rd er to se rv ic e patients more effectively.”

When presented with patient and student an xieties regarding reduction of space, fewer hospital beds, and the merging of depart­

ments, Hirst noted that the merger should not be seen as a loss, but rather as a major gain.

“As medicine makes its way into the 2 1 s t century, the entire face of the medical system will be changing,” she said. “As the sys­ tem becom es m ore efficien t we will see a great rise in ambulatory care and out-patient services.”

Although many groups have voiced concern regarding the quali­ ty of care and the availability of hospital beds, orchestrators of the MUHC are confident that stability will persevere.

“There are no secrets regard­ ing this merger. It is reasonable for people to be somewhat anxious, for ch ange alw ays brings a certain

amount of an xiety ,” said V ictor Swoboda, director of communica­ tions at the Montreal Neurological Hospital. “W e intend to maintain integrity and reason throughout this m erger, and will [go about] the process as peacefully as possible.”

Dean of the McGill University faculty of medicine Abraham Fuks feels that students will gain enor­ mously from having such an insti­ tution at their fingertips, and that M c G ill’ s m ed ical sch o o l w ill remain a pioneer in medical break­ throughs.

“Students will be able to study and learn in a brand new institution containing up-to-date equipment and technology. They will have a broad exposure to all types of med­

ical techniques, theories and princi­ ples,” Fuks said. “Students will be able to see in this institution the entire range of medical care, from paediatrics to geriatrics.”

The massive scale of the new merger is expected to offer medical students a broader training base than is typically offered elsewhere in Canada. According to Hirst, this places McGill at the forefront of medical institutions.

“This prototype is being close­ ly watched by medical profession­ als w orld -w id e. E ven tu ally the MUHC hopes to become a model for other health care institutions around the world,” she said.

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A new m andatory in stru c­ tion al ev alu atio n system that makes evaluation results available to stu d en ts, prop osed by the University o f Calgary Students’ Union, has met opposition from The U of C Faculty Association.

Under the SU plan, students would be req u ired to identify themselves on the evaluation form in hopes of ensuring accountabili­ ty. Despite this measure, TUCFA is still w orried that evaluation results will not be meaningful enough to provide students with substantive information.

“W e ’ re concerned with the interpretation of results. W e know that our own facu lty m em bers have trouble interpreting statistics, stu d en ts m ight to o ,” said P at Grassick, executive policy advisor for TUCFA. Dr. Anton C olijn , T U C F A president, acknowledges that eval­ uations are important in determin­ ing professors’ performance, but he feels that publicised results are not appropriate.

“Humiliation is not an effec­ tive tool to motivate anyone... The Students’ Union’s main articulat­ ed interest is to provide additional information to students to help with cou rse selectio n ... I don’ t think making ratings available to the public would be a better basis for choosing instructors,” Colijn commented.

Currently, the SU is consult­ ing the university community to address TUCFA objections. They will be seeking broad student sup­ port on this issue in a plebiscite this fall, and will proceed to take the p rop osal to the G en eral Faculties Council and the Board of Governors.

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McGill waits on black out reimbursement Continued from Page 7 teams working round the clock to fix these problems,” the letter stated.

Not only research suffered from the power failure. SSM U ’ s Sadie’s tabagies lost a few hundred dollars worth of frozen food, and Miraval, the company supplying all SSMU cafeterias incurred a $6,000 loss. President of Miraval Maurice Corey did not expect to recover any damages.

“What can we do about it? I am a small company against HydroQuébec,” he said.

While preliminary surveys of various science departments estimat­ ed damages to be approximately $100,000 in total, the reality was far more grave. Some single depart­ ments reported losses close to or exceeding this figure. Biological sci­ ences, due to the live nature of many of their experiments, seemed to be the hardest hit.

“Our first and very conserva­ tive estimate is $125,000, actually well over that, in terms of chemicals and reagents [destroyed],” noted Pollack.

H ow ever, the departm ents located in the M cIntyre Medical Building were collectively the most severely affected. Pharmacology, biochemistry, physiology, and the McCill Cancer Centre all had set­ backs in projects as a result of the hydro failure.

“W e estimated, in biochem ­ istry, the ballpark loss to be about

$100,000 in our department alone,” said Dr. Phil Branton, biochemistry chairman.

Roy D alebozik, execu tiv e director of the department of facili­ ties development, explained that many critical areas of the univeristy were covered by back-up generators, and other buildings were protected by temporary generators.

“McGill’s response was excel­ lent in maintaining minimum ser­ vice. Hydro was not able to supply minimum service, and this was not satisfactory,” he wrote in a letter.

This response, however, was obviously not enough to protect all research. Many cell and tissue cul­

tures were damaged or lost when the back-up generator which had been supplying power for freezers in the Stew art B iology building broke down.

Not ju st departm ental bank accounts, but people, were affected by the blackout. Graduate students in particular had a lot at stake, since their degrees depend on the success­ ful completion of their research pro­ jects.

“A lot of the research [in our department] was conducted by grad­ uate students, so they had a lot to lose,” said Branton. “One student lost a couple of cell cultures she had made, so that represented about

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Currently, the entire amount of money, time and research lost in this accid en t is still being totalled.

McGill will present a package to Hydro within the next few weeks in order to discuss reimbursement.

However, Hydro maintains that the power failure was not something that they could have foreseen.

“This outage — one o f the longest, if not the longest, in our records — was exceptional. The technical difficulties ecountered cannot be attributed either to the age of the circuits or to maintenance,” a Hydro-Québec press release stated.

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Robert Bourassa, controversial former premier of Quebec, died last Wednesday at the age o f 63 after a six-year battle with malignant melanoma. A state funeral was held for him on Monday at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal.

A graduate o f Université de M ontréal, Oxford and Harvard, Bourassa became Quebec’s youngest ever Premier in 1970 at the age of 36, and went on to spend a total of 11 years — nearly four terms — in that office until his illness forced him to resign in January 1994. The accomplishments of his administration during his first two consecutive terms in office include the launching of the multi-billion dollar James Bay hydro-electric project, and the establishment of medicare as well as Quebec’s social-service and legal-aid systems.

Bourassa will be remembered mostly as an enigmatic figure whose attempts to conciliate both federalists and francophone nationalists resulted often in inconsistent policies. His active support of French lan­ guage legislation, culminating in his enactment of the controversial Bill 178 in 1988, enraged and alienated his anglophone constituents and cabinet members. His pragmatic, dispassionate attitude toward Quebec Canadian relations, which centered on the economic arguments against separation, was a source of great frustration to idealistic Québécois nationalists.

Quebec journalist Jean V. Dufresne once called him “a walking ambiguity," and in a sense, this characteristic made him the most fitting representative of Quebec politics o f the past quarter century. As Conservative leader Jean Charest commented, “ [Bourassa was] the incarnation of modem Quebec, a reflection of our ambivalences.”

Bourassa explained his political philosophy in a 1979 interview with the Montreal Gazette.

“I've been a student of politics,” he said, “and I’ve found that the pendulum always swings back to its starting point.”

In the memory of Bourassa’s career, disasters such as the October and Oka crises and the failed Victoria, Meech and Charlottetown consti­ tutional accords tend to overshadow his achievements. But he will be appreciated for his constant dedication to his province in spite of several shattering disappointments, and for his composure and gentlemanly conduct amidst the turbulent and often hostile waters of Quebec poli­ tics.

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A case of discrimination B y L iz La u ____________________________________________________

The Canadian Red Cross' cancellation of the blood drive was the talk of the campus last week. More feathers will undoubtedly get ruffled this week as council convenes on Thursday, and various students seek the impeachment of SSMU President Chris Carter.

Seldom have students been so riled up over an issue. While some may be impressed that the McGill student body has finally risen out of its apathy, it is sad to see that out of the fury and frustration of losing the blood drive, many have neglected the question that started the whole scandal: what should be the SSMU's course o f action in the face of the CRC’s discriminatory blood-screening policy?

The Red Cross rejects blood donations from sexually active gay men regardless of sexual practice, and makes no such parallel demands on het­ erosexuals. Its reasons for doing this arc unclear, as homosexuals and het­ erosexuals are both at risk o f contracting HIV through unsafe sexual practice. If the CRC is indeed interested in collecting uncontaminated blood, it should focus on its donors’ sexual practices rather than their ori­ entation. By refusing to do so, the CRC is using a blood screening policy that is unfair as well as unsafe. W hat’s more, it is perpetuating myths about homosexuality that are completely unfounded. The double standard goes something like this: heterosexuals, regardless of how many partners they have had, may donate blood as long as they declare that they prac­ tice safe sex. Gay men, however, may not do so even if they have had anal intercourse only once since 1977. Whether or not they have taken precautions during sex is not a consideration. While it is necessary fo the CRC to be discriminating in its blood screening policy, it need not be dis­ criminatory.

Since the SSMU constitution stipulates that it cannot promote or participate in activities which discriminate on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation, the CRC ’s policy disqualifies it from running blood drives out of SSMU in the first place. Three years ago at McGill, a refer­ endum was held that asked students whether they found the questionnaire discriminatory. Students feared that in voting ‘yes’ , they would bring about the cancellation of the blood drive; as a result, an overwhelming 80 per cent of the voters voted against the motion. It was a heavy blow for those who believed that living without discrimination was a fundamental right. Apparently, some causes, such as the blood drive, are important enough that they justify sacrificing the rights of others.

Now, the debate has begun anew. This time, however, the real issue has been clouded by a mishandling of the situation on the part of both Carter and the CRC. Although he had the support of council, Carter’s choice of action in petitioning the CRC was confrontational and irrespon­ sible. As a student representative, he should not have chosen to voice his concerns to the Red Cross by staging a media circus. On these grounds may students demand his impeachment as SSMU president. However, it should be noted that Carter’s intention to fight the CRC’s discriminatory policy was genuine.

The CRC cannot cleanse itself of this situation without receiving its share of blame. After having its tainted blood scandal become headline news across the nation in the past year, they are understandably hoping to avoid further negative press coverage. Yet, its quick retreat from McGill has produced no winners. The blood banks are dwindling in their supply and what is usually a convenient set-up for blood collection between the CRC and McGill students has now been dismantled. Needless to say, when all is said and done, the real losers are those who need blood trans­ fusions.

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utive. In that respect, I have written a letter to the Red C ross which, after being approved by my fellow executives, will be sent to them.

The text of that letter will be avail­ able at the n ext SSM U cou n cil m eeting. I also understand that many o f you do not think that I should be staging media events to p rom ote issu es, re g a rd le ss o f whether I was given a mandate to promote a particular viewpoint or policy. Moreover, I understand that many members of the student body felt that I had not told them that I was planning a media event, and felt surprised when it became clear that I did. I will therefore promise you that I will not hold any more media events this year without first having received the clear support of SSMU council.

I sin cerely hope that these prom ises to.you will be enough that I will regain your confidence.

And on ce I have regained your confidence, I know that you will stand behind me when I petition the Red Cross to change the word­ ing of its questionnaire. It is truly u n fortu n ate th at the m ean s by which I chose to press our concern have masked our concern: that the Red Cross distributes a question­ naire which discriminates in how it chooses blood donors. The events which occurred were wrong. What I wanted to do is something about which we all agree. W e want to end d iscrim in atio n by the Red Cross. Let’s work together to do it.

C hris M. C arter President, SSM U

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Students respond to blood drive issue: As concerned students we take this opportunity to clarify some of the events surrounding the cancellation of the Red Cross blood drive last week.

The Students’ Society of McGill University is mandated in its constitu­ tion to “protect and promote [the] welfare and interests of its members” (s e c .2 .1 ). Likew ise, “ All society endeavours shall be undertaken with full respect for human dignity and without discrimination on the basis o f...g en d er, age, ra ce , ethnic, or national origin, religion, sexual orien­ tation...” (sec 2.3).

Last week in council, your stu­ dent representatives unanimously passed a motion mandating the presi­ dent of the Students’ Society to peti­

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organise a meeting for a later date, and guaranteed that I would not attend the blood drive. The Red Cross declined to meet, and can­ celled the blood drive.

I believed that, by having been given a mandate to petition the Red Cross to change its questionnaire, I had been given a m an d ate to choose whatever means I wanted to petition them. I should have known that, by choosing to stage a media event, I made it possible that the Red Cross might choose to cancel its blood drive. I tell you honestly that I did not intend them to cancel it. In fact, I had hoped that they would not; it did not promote dis­ cu ssion o f the q uestionnaire to have the Red Cross leave campus. I re c o g n ise th at m any students believe that I should not have used my title or SSMU letterhead to pro­ mote a personal protest against the Red Cross. 1 believed that I was within my mandate from council; I now know that many of you did not. I promise that, from now on, I will not sign “SSM U President” w ith out first en surin g th at the SSMU stands behind me.

I now understand that my press release was able to be taken in several ways, and to be interpret­ ed as saying something that it did not. It has been an informal custom among this year’s SSMU executive that we would show each other our press releases before we sent them out; I will now assure you that I will not send out a press release until I have shown it to my fellow executives, and will not release that sta te m en t until it has been approved by a quorum of the exec-

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For the past few days, a lot of things have been said by a lot of d ifferen t people. M ost o f them have been about me. Many of them have not been good. I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight, and to apologise to those students for the events which follow which have caused them to question whether I should remain the president of the SSMU. First, the facts. Before giving blood, a person m ust fill out a questionnaire. That questionnaire contains a question which asks, “if m ale, h avin g se x w ith an oth er male, even once.” SSM U council agrees with me that the question is needlessly discriminatory, and that its purpose (to exclude potentially HIV-positive people from giving blood) would be better served by asking something like, “have you had unsafe sex, anal or vaginal, within the last 6 months.” Having been given a mandate by SSM U council to petition the Red Cross to change the wording of its question­ naire, I distributed a press release to announce this mandate, in which I announced that “C hris C arter, SSM U President, and other co n ­ cerned individuals will do their bit for the community and try to give blood on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.”

Once the Red Cross received this press re le a s e , it d ecid ed that I would lie on the forms and give blood without revealing that I am a gay man, and therefore the Red C ro ss, feelin g that it could not ensure the “purity” o f the blood supply c o lle c te d from M cG ill, chose to cancel the blood drive.

Upon hearing this, I attempted to

tion the Canadian Red Cross to “amend their questionnaire to address specific sexual behavior regardless of sexual orientation.” We all supported the blood drive and continue to do so; nobody wanted to have it cancelled.

The Red Cross made an autonomous decision to pull out of the blood drive, an unfortunate and unexpected result of the petitioning process.

Chris Carter, president of SSMU and an openly gay man, announced in a press release that he would attempt to donate blood during the blood drive at McGill. His intention was that he be turned away by the Red Cross, bringing to public attnetion their discriminatory and unsafe sys­ tem of donor screening. There was never the intent to lie on the question­ naire, threaten the Red Cross, nor have them removed from campus.

We, like most McGill students,

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agree that the cancellation of the blood drive is a tragedy. Students have a right to be angry. But in order to make an informed decision, stu­ dents should first have all the facts.

We invite you to attend our next council meeting, Thursday, October 10, 6 p.m. in Shatner 107/08.

Steven Erdelyi, Clubs Rep. Mark Feldman, VP Internal Adam Giambrone, Clubs Rep. M eg Grecchi, Residents Rep. Rich Lafferty, Music Rep. Mathew Lederman, Arts Rep. Don McGowan, VP University Affairs Valerie Panet-Raymond, Science Rep. Shuah Roskies, Senate/BoG Rep. D arrell Tan, Science Rep. M era Thompson, Arts Rep.

W hile the Science Undergraduate Society executives are disappointed that the Canadian Red Cross cancelled its blood drive, we are also concerned about the safety of the current blood supply. The ques­ tionnaire used to screen donors asks, “The following put you at risk for AIDS: if m ale, having sex with another male, even once...Since 1977, have you participated in any of the above activities?” We would like to see the question changed to address unprotected vaginal and anal sex, thus targeting high risk activity rather than sexual orientation. The current

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Opinion

October 8th, 1996

Two reasons why I can no longer be surprised It’s sort of upsetting to me, but as I grow older I find that very few things surprise me. When I hear crazy stories about people I know, or thought I knew, I no longer reel back in surprise or horror.

W hen I heard that my old neighbour Jimmy was arrested for manslaughter I shrugged my shoul­ ders and said, “too bad for Jimmy,” and when I was told that my child­ hood friend Chris had just changed his name to Christina because of a recent a sex change all I said was “cool.” Instead of getting worked up and concerned over these bizarre happenings my most common reac­ tion is to have no reaction at all. I don’t know if this jaded outlook is the approach that I want to take to

been w itnessed by, me or my friends during the last year in Montreal.

Rearview mirror Daniel Farb life but it doesn’t seem that I have a choice — I can’t help how I react.

Through watching the news and hearing hundreds of crazy stories about friends, acquaintances and family members, I have successfully been innoculated against shock or surprise.

Granted, the examples above are extreme and somewhat exagger­ ated to make a point but the follow­ ing two stories are completely true and have either happened to, or have

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Last week at LaCité, a health club situated in the deepest recesses of the McGill ghet­ to, my friend, who will rem ain nameless, was sitting alone in the sauna after his workout when this dude walked into the sauna, fired off his towel and proceeded to stare at my friend while sucking on his own fingers and stroking himself with his free hand. Needless to say, my friend felt very uncomfortable as a result of this unwanted attention and bolted from the sauna with the speed of an inmate fleeing prison. This story nei­

ther shocked or surprised me, but it did make me laugh.

Story 2

This story actually happened to me and while it pissed me off more than you can imagine it didn’t sur­ prise me at all. Last year I used to park my car on the street in the McGill ghetto. I had one of those zone permits on my car in order to avoid getting tickets but it always seemed that the MUC police, and their friends in the little red cars would always find ways to give me nice $35 presents whenever they got the chance. (I ’m sure that it had nothing to do with my O ntario p lates.) A nyw ay, one morning I awoke to find a particularly innova­ tive ticket in my car. Yes, the ticket was placed in my car because in this

wonderful province it is against the law not to lock your car doors. So, what the nice police officer did was break into my car and place the tick­ et on the front seat to illustrate the fact that my doors were unlocked. (If you didn’t already know, police in Quebec have a very dry sense of humour.) I appreciated the fact that the officer who was so vigilant in noticing that my car door was unlocked neglected to lock the car door after breaking into my car.

Lucky for me no one stole the ticket.

Next time a policem an bothers Mr. Farb, h e ’s in f o r a surprise.

Mila Aung-Thwin’s column has been moved to page 9 for this week.

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P r e s i d e n t s h o u l d a p o lo g is e In agreement with past SSMU legis­ lation (November 1993) and Carter cam­ paign objectives, it was resolved at a recent SSMU council meeting that the SSMU president would petition on behalf of SSMU council to the Canadian Red Cross regarding the homophobic content of the CRC questionnaire. Fair enough.

The corresponding press release was for­ warded to the Gazette, though not to the C RC . Oops. It states: “Chris C arter ...[will]... attempt to give blood...”

Carter will attempt to give blood.

Depending on how flexible your defini­ tion of ‘petition’ is, the fact that Carter could only expect rejection implies that, intentional or not, his actions were con­ frontational. The CRC, given its highly blemished record, has reason well enough to avoid any confrontation. The vague­ ness of the press release also justifies the CRC interpretation that protesters might not give truthful answers to the question­ naire and thus jeapordise the blood sup­ ply. The fact that Carter is the head repre­ sentative of the student body at McGill only compounds the threat that the CRC may have felt. Carter was elected with faith that he would be prudent in his deci­ sion-making and wise in wielding his considerable political power. Despite his intentions, the blood drive was stopped because o f his personal action s — because of his abuse of power.

In addition to this, Carter’s actions not only ruined the blood drive and the efforts of organising the blood drive, he also undermined the LBG TM ’ s aware­ ness campaign surrounding the homopho­ bic nature of the questionnaire. Through a self-interpreted definition of petition, Chris Carter inadvertantly shot himself in the foot.

Despite the fact that students can donate blood at other locations, acessibility to blood donation has been vastly reduced and the bottom line remains that less blood will be given and fewer lives will be saved.

Inevitably, a question of impeach­ ment will be raised at the next SSMU council meeting. Do I personally believe that C arter should be im peached as SSMU president? That remains to be seen. We all make mistakes, and in this particular case the intentions of Carter were betrayed by his actions. At mini­ mum, the present SSMU president must admit his mistakes, reassert the validity of council and consent before acting, and

publicly attempt to make amends with the CRC on behalf of McGill University stu­ dents. If actions such as these are not taken, I personally pledge (if that has any meaning) to urge every member on coun­ cil, including the SSMU president, to pos­ itively vote for the impeachement of Chris Carter.

I signed the petition, Mr. Carter, but it’s not too late to save face. In my sincere belief that other McGill students are not a raving mob in search of blood (they'd rather donate, I suspect), your political fate lies in your decision to accept respon­ sibility and to show it. Please do.

David Moon U3 History

R is in g a b o v e th e fr a y One week ago on this page, writers were justifiably criticising the administra­ tion for pitting “students against students” at the 175 demonstration. One week later, however, we have students pitted against students yet again — only this time, the “barbarian” crusades are no doubt being watched by an amused administration, the media and a G azette-brainw ashed Montreal community, while the Canadian Red Cross sneaks out the back door.

For me, the crumbling of student sol­ idarity began on Wednesday morning as I walked into the Union building, shocked after reading Mark Feldman’s quotations on page two of that day’s Tribune. The SSMU VP internal denounced students interested in disseminating information about discrimination and unsafe blood as “people...using the blood drive for politi­ cal purposes.” Perhaps giving too much blood imposed a sudden bout of amnesia on Mr. Feldman, but he has clearly for­ gotten that it was he himself who gra­ ciously invited LBGTM and other con­ cerned individuals to set up a table inside the ballroom before he was even asked.

Further, Mr. Feldman argued that the CRC is not discriminatory simply because it gives blood to anybody in need, despite the fact that he, along with the rest of SSMU council, voted to petition the CRC to change its questionnaire due to its dis­ criminatory nature on September 26.

Just over 24 hours later, conflict began anew as the steps of Shatner turned into a battleground for a demonstration ripe with false accusations and mud-sling­ ing arguments. Students were engaged in head-on confrontation amidst ear-splitting megaphone feedback and far-fetched calls for impeachment. The CRC’s decision to

cancel the blood drive had galvanised a reactionary campaign based on knowing­ ly misleading and maniputlative informa­ tion.

Misdirected anger and victim-blame are among the most damaging forces humans can invoke. Frustration over the blood drive is to be expected, but let’s not forget the original issue — that the CRC’s policies are indisputably unsafe and dis­ crim in ato ry . SSM U P resident Chris Carter wanted to try to give blood, and his press release was written to publicise the flaws in the CRC questionnaire. Then what happened? The Red Cross decided it didn’t want to play. Had the Red Cross truly believed in its policy, it would have stayed, and none of us would be lunging at throats.

Perhaps we’ re inheriting a legacy from the past — after all, the blood drive question on the 1993-94 SSMU referen­ dum unfairly pit proponents of blood dri­ ves against students fighting homophobia and unsafe blood. But that same referen­ dum question, flawed as it was, revealed an important statistic: 8 0 per cent of McGill students were in favour of blood drives. Today, I would argue, that number should be even higher because the poor phrasing of the referendum question and polarised context of opinions in which it arose skewed its results. Nobody opposes blood drives, and nobody wanted the CRC to pack its bags early.

Like Mr. Feldman, I too believe that “the people who lose out are the people who need blood” — but it’s because of the CRC’s failure to ask the right ques­ tions. So let’s address the real issues here and find alternative ways to give blood at local Montreal donor stations and hospi­ tals. Let’s go through with suggestions to hold a public forum to discuss the ques­ tionnaire with the Red Cross. Let’s hope for future SUS/EUS and medical facutly blood drives while supporting LBGTM information and lobbying campaigns. But above all, let us rise above the fray together’and end this brutal trend in petty student bickering before CRC ignorance regresses any further into prehistory.

D arrell Tan LBG TM Political Co-ordinator B e ca u se o f sp a ce restrictio n s and because o f the large num ber o f responses pertaining to the blood drive,the Tribune co u ld not p rin t all letters a n d stop the p resses submitted this week.

Continued from Page 6 questionnaire allows those who have engaged in unprotected sex to donate blood while excluding blood donations from many members of the gay community who practice safe sex.

Therefore, the SUS Executive Council supports the September 26, 1996 motion (now Policy 5.17) passed unani­ mously by SSMU council. This policy mandates the president of SSMU to “...petition the CRC, on behalf of SSMU council, to amend their questionnaire to address specific sexual behav­ ior regardless of sexual orientation.” As well, the SUS execu­ tives support the overall actions of Chris Carter, SSMU presi­ dent.

Finally, we urge students to become well-informed before signing any petitions.

SUS Executive Council

On Thursday, October 3, we attended the pro-blood drive rally held at the Shatner Building. The politics of the issue have doubtlessly been addressed at length in this paper, but we must discuss a most astonishing and disturbing statement made by a woman who indicated she was a member of the SSMU council. Unfortunately, we do not know her name; however, she was among those present defending Mr. Carter’s reckless and questionable actions.

When the petition to remove Chris Carter from his presi­ dency was being “discussed,” this council member stated that “There’s no point...you would have to get it through council and that would never happen.” When asked why this was, she responded: “Because I have spoken to council members, and it will never happen.”

The sheer arrogance and self-righteousness of this state­ ment is appalling. To suggest that members of the student body cannot bring a legal, student-initiated motion before the council which “represents” them is disgusting. Her attempt to convince us to stop our legitimate actions because she “has spoken to members of council, and it will not pass” seems to say that SSMU is autocratic and inaccessible to students at large. Though her statement is probably not in line with the views of those for whom she claimed to speak, it is nonethe­ less unacceptable.

Nick Barnes U1 Earth & Planetary Science Andrew Eddy U1 History

Correction In last week’s article about the Nightline, the T rib u n e wrote that it is “M on treal’ s only student-run phone lin e.” It has been brought to our attention that the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society also offers a referral and support service weekdays from 10 a.m . to 12 p.m . at 3 9 8 -8 5 0 0 . F o r m ore inform ation, please con tact SA C O M SS at 3 9 8 -2 7 0 0 . As well, the N ightline’ s hours should have read 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. seven days a week. The T r ib u n e ap ologises for the errors and any inconvenience they may have caused.

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October 8th, 1996

Wok me to the end of class, I’m too full to dance Like most buffets, it’ s more sp orting ev en t than restau ran t, and the only ob stacle requiring restraint is the Please W ait to be S e a te d sig n . A f te r th a t, th e re aren’ t really any rules. Y ou can lose your plate, your table, and all y o u r u te n sils and y o u ’ re s till allowed to eat.

The actual name of the estab­ lishment is vaguely “Café Jardin de Ja d e P o o n - K a i.” V a g u e ly , b ecause the name is w ritten on different signs, on various places on the storefront, as if new parts were added to the name as more dishes w ere added to the menu, and as more rooms were added to the restau ran t. I had to m ake a special trip to find out its given nam e (p erh ap s the only actu al research ever to be conducted for this colum n), because I ’ ve only e v e r know n it as T he C h in ese Buffet.

If you sit within eyeshot of the food, then you can time it so that you can get the stir-fried veg­

e ta b le s b e fo re th e y ’ re w ilted by the hostile (yet ultimately indispensable) heat lam p s.

Mila Aung-Thwin There’ s no chili sauce on the tables, but there’ s a P erh ap s I saw to o m any H ong bottle at the grill near the door. I Kong action movies this summer, think it’ s the only bottle in the but I always expect either a driverestaurant, yet it’ s always full: it’s by shooting or some sort of chore­ enchanted chili sauce. ographed martial arts fight scene Try to sit near the window. I to tumble through the window and sat near the window for the first onto my dumplings. No, don’t sit time last week, and it was won­ next to the window. derful, like I wasn’t in a buffet at T h ere are se v e ra l ty p es o f all. There’ s nothing more distaste­ dessert, including twenty-one dif­ ful than the people who frequent a ferent kinds o f cak e, or, rather, buffet: they w ear tank tops and twenty-one different incarnations have hockey haircuts and yell at o f the sam e yellow cake. Some their kids and have bad posture has brown icing, some has white and are fat. Looking out a win­ icing, some is rolled with yellow dow, at people who are not eatcu sta rd y fillin g , but the sam e in g -a ll-th e y -ca n , is much m ore essential yellow cakeness perme­ pleasant, if not healthier. ates throughout. B ut it’ s irrele­ On the o th er hand, I n ever vant, because it’ s dessert in name really feel safe sitting next to a o n ly , used only to p rovid e the window in a Chinese restaurant. diner with a sense of closure: if

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October 8th, 1996

A call for peaceful co-existence: Edward Said

Renowned Palestinian-American writer speaks on the peace process and the latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East

By M

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Radler

As tensions in the Middle East continue to rise to the boiling point, Edward Said’s visit to the McGill campus on October 2 and 3 brought hundreds of students to g eth er, inspiring awareness and some con­ troversy in the McGill community.

F o r both students and fa cu lty , Said’s presence provided an oppor­ tunity to explore the meaning of the recent violence that flared up after the reopening of East Jerusalem’ s 2,000-year-old Hasmonean Tunnel alongside Jewish and Islamic holy sites.

Born in Jerusalem in 1 9 3 5 , Said witnessed the transformation of Palestine under British mandate, to an essentially Jewish homeland before he moved to America at the age of 12. Said went on to pursue studies at Harvard and Princeton and is cu rren tly a p ro fe sso r of English and comparative literature at C olum bia U n iv ersity and a renowned Palestinian-A m erican writer.

In his Tuesday night lecture, Said called for the abolition of cul­ tural definitions which tend to place east and west in opposition, and to reduce eastern cultures and reli­ gions, including Islam, to stereo­ types formed in the imperialist era.

Citing Marlowe’s journey in H eart o f D arkness as a warning against the pro-western, anti-eastern colo­ nialism that was played out in the 19th century, Said stressed that the key to understanding the world’s cu ltu ral d iversity is in m utual appreciation of different races and religions.

“Cultures are most naturally themselves when they enter into partnerships with other cultures,” said Said. ‘Today’s world is in fact a world of mixtures, of migrations, of crossings-over. No culture in society is purely one thing.”

On Wednesday, Said addressed the plight of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and Yasser Arafat’s leadership of the PLO. Critical of

both Arafat and Israeli Prime M in ister B enjam in Netanyahu, Said argued that the current peace process, signed in Oslo in 1993, is an assertion of Israeli power rath er than an attem pt to draw up a real and lasting peace between the two par­ ties.

“The peace process was built callously, in my opin­ ion, upon the sufferings of a people whose society had been destroyed in 1948 by an incoming Jewish population, by a people claim in g B ib lica l rights or a tta c h ­ ments in Palestine,” he said Said likened the current Palestinian situation to the Native American model of subjugation, South African apartheid, and the African colonial model of employing local authority for rubber stamp policy. Although the au dience ch uckled at his assertion that “Arafat is the late-twentieth century equiv­ alent of the African chief,” Said em phasised that Palestinians face a dismal future in the occupied terri­ tories. Criticising A rafat’ s “corrupt, dictatorial” leader­ ship, he called upon the PLO leader to stand up for his people against what he claims is current Israeli power politics.

“My hope is that Arafat will at long last turn to his suffering people and tell them the bitter truth which is that Israel has need now only of a cosmetic peace,” said Said.

Professor R ex Brynen of the political science department dis­ agreed with Said’s analysis of Oslo and stated that the current discon­ tent is the result o f Netanyahu’ s Likud government which is a coali­ tion spanning from m oderate to ultra-orthodox parties. “ The lev el o f co n tro l is astou n din g. P eo p le c a n ’ t m ove between towns, can ’t go to their offices, can’t drive from Ramallah

to G aza,” said Brynen. “Up until May, Palestinians were willing to put up with th ese co n d ition s because they thought that peace was in the future.”

Calling for an end to the cur­ rent violence and a continuation to the peace process, Said seemed to advocate the eventual creation of a binational state using the m ove toward cross-cultural appreciation as a stepping stone which he described the previous evening.

“Israel and Palestine are too intertwined with each other in histo­ ry, experience, and lived actuality to separate, even though each pro­ claims the need for separate state­ hood,” said Said. “The challenge for the future in the very long run,”

he concluded, “is to find a peaceful way in which to co -exist, not as w arring Jew s, M uslim s and Christians, but as equal citizens in the same land.”

Said urged students in the audi­ ence to take a direct role in the establishment of a Palestinian state by going to the territories to do vol­ unteer w ork, to p articip ate, for exam ple, in the building of civil institutions such as hospitals and schools. He further advocated the model that the Israelis have provid­ ed for building a thriving, indepen­ dent state.

Philippe el Harar of the Canada Israel C om m ittee stated that Palestinian em ulation of Israeli institutions, including civil law,

would be beneficial to both sides.

‘T he Israeli example is a great exam ple of d em o cracy ,” said el Harar. “If [the Palestinians] can promote themselves and behave in a democratic frame, it will help them a lot.”

Dan Goldstein, a U2 student in M iddle E astern studies, further applauded Said’ s call to overlook the current cultural boundaries in the Middle East.

“Israel is a very su ccessfu l model in terms of state building. It is commendable to be able to look at your rivals and draw out the positive asp ects o f what they are doing.”

After the lecture, groups of stu­ dents all over campus debated well into the afternoon on issues such as Oslo, binational statehood, and the role of Palestinian youth in North America. The presence of at least one anti-Israel militant group was an unpleasant reminder of the Arab and Jew ish extrem ism that have hindered the peace process.

A ly a A zar, U 3 geograp h y, commended Said for his emphasis on resolution and for his critique of both the PLO and Israel.

“He was fair,” Azar comment­ ed. “ U su ally , when you have Palestinian writers, they just bash Israeli occupation.”

Zaid Qadoumi, president of the Palestine Solidarity C om m ittee, agreed whole-heartedly with Said’s denunciation of Oslo. As the leader of M cG ill’ s P alestinian student community, Qadoumi held that it is the duty of all Palestinians living outside their homeland to promote the causes and rights of their sup­ pressed co u n terp arts. Qadoumi hopes to increase student awareness with a lecture on the effects of Oslo to be held on November 21.

“W e signed away our chance for independence and self-determi­ nation. The major duty of every sin­ gle Palestinian is to get everyone aware of the truth of the Palestinian cause, the truth o f the so-called peace process.”

The looming crisis in Quebec’s higher education Will frozen tuition fees lead to a meltdown in quality?

B y S a m a n t h a La p e d u s a n d J u z a r

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With recent government cut­ backs to education in Quebec, and tuition fees frozen by law, students may soon be fo rced to ch o o se between quality and accessibility at McGill.

Last year alone, the govern­ ment cut back on its grants to all Quebec universities to the tune of $ 1 0 0 million. M cGill has had to adjust its own budget by $14.2 mil­ lion, all without touching tuition fees.

McGill has three main revenue sources: government grants admin­ istered by Quebec, alumni support

and other fund raising, and tuition fees. Other income only makes up ten per cent of McGill’s operating revenues, while grants come in at over 7 0 per cent.

According to Frederick Lowy, re cto r o f C oncordia U niversity, in evitable cuts in p u b lic-secto r spending will force Canadian uni­ versities to adjust accordingly.

“For a very short time they can maintain both quality and accessi­ bility by further belt-tightening and restructuring — a process that has enabled them thus far to meet the cuts while respecting contracts with facu lty and s ta ff u n io n s,” he explained.

So what has M cGill done to

balance its budget? In 1 9 9 4 -9 5 , McGill reduced the effect of gov­ ernment cutbacks by $5.1 million by increasing student enrolment.

However, to aggravate further the problem o f in creasin g studentteacher ratios, many professors at McGill have chosen to opt for early retirem ent. L ast year, under the V oluntary W orkload R eduction Plan, 63 professors retired early, and most have not been replaced.

A cco rd in g to C h a n ce llo r G retta C ham b ers, the M cG ill administration has no choice but to raise tuition fees. “ [Fees would not rise] all at once, but would be phased in and up to the Canadian average. It’ s

inevitable — there’s no other way to finance quality,” she said.

Lowy believes that if quality is to be m aintained, a form ula for change is required that would per­ mit a reduction in student numbers to compensate for the decrease in staff.

However, according to Sevag Yeghoyan, undergraduate represen­ ta tiv e to M cG ill’ s B o ard o f G overnors, in creased class size does not necessarily mean inferior quality.

“For me, the size of the class­ room does not make a big differ­ ence. If you have a great professor, he can really cap tivate you,” he said.

P ro fe sso r W .W a tso n of M cG ill’ s econ om ics department understands this view as an individ­ ual preference, but points out the obvious disadvantages.

“With large classes you don’t assign papers, you have multiple choice exam s. Studies show that you get the same distribution of marks but the quality of education is likely diminished. The professor will never read a paper you’ve writ­ ten,” he said.

So what can be done?

According to Lowy, the gov­ ernment could com m it to stable grants to the university sector for at

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October 8th, 1996

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The “abortion pill” targeting North American markets The FDA’s future approval of the “abortion pill” raises many questions and concerns among Canadians.

The “abortion pill,” currently illegal in North A m erica, is on the verg e o f a c ce p ta n c e in the United States. The consequences of its approval and legalisation by th e Food and D ru g Administration may help to open the door for its future introduc­ tion into Canada, sparking much controversy and debate.

The so called “abortion pill” is better known as R U -486, or by the generic name of mifepristone.

In c o n tra s t w ith the cu rre n tly available surgical abortion, R U 4 8 6 provides an opportunity for earlier termination of pregnancy, and is reported to be 9 6 per cent effective.

U sed in F ra n c e and C hina since the m id -1 9 8 0 s, the p ro ce­ dure consists of an oral dosage of a com p lex o f pills given within the first five to seven weeks o f p re g n a n c y . It is a d m in iste re d under the close supervision o f a p h ysician , and follow -u p takes place within a day or two o f the oral dosage. Reported side effects caused by its use are sim ilar to those o f a spontaneous m isca r­ riage, and include heavy bleed­ in g , n a u s e a , c ra m p in g and fatigue.

T h e C a n a d ia n A b o rtio n R ig h ts A c tio n L e a g u e , a p ro ch o ice organ isation , is activ ely lobbying for the legalisation o f R U -486 in Canada.

“Given that the drug [R U 4 8 6 ] has been tested and used in sev eral co u n trie s, it p rovid es w om en with an o th er o p tio n ,” said M arcia Gilbert, the execu ­ tiv e d ire cto r o f C A R A L . She claims that the abortion pill can be a v iab le and m ore p riv ate alternative for pregnant women, as opposed to surgical abortion.

How ever, other pro-choice o rg a n isa tio n s within Q u eb ec, in c lu d in g L a F é d é ra tio n du Q u éb ec pour la P lan nin g des N a issa n ce s and L e C en tre de Santé des Fem m es, are hesitant about the leg alisatio n o f R U 4 8 6 . Anne St-Cerny, a co-ordin a to r f o r L a F é d é ra tio n du Q u éb ec pour la Plan nin g des N aissances sees R U -4 8 6 as an “easy solution” for medical ser­ vices. With so many cutbacks in h e a lth s e r v i c e s , S t-C e rn y is a fra id th a t if R U - 4 8 6 w ere legalised in Canada, the estab­ lish ed s u rg ica l ab o rtio n m ay b e c o m e h e a v ily ta r g e te d by these cutbacks. According to StC em y, R U -4 8 6 cannot be seen as a rep la ce m e n t fo r su rgical abortions.

“M any women do not find out about pregnancy until after seven weeks,” she said.

Cutbacks to surgical abor­ tions is not the only worry StC ern y and m an y o th e rs have about R U -486. Since R U -486 is relatively new, its full impact is still uncertain. “ W e m u st h a v e all o f the information o f what’ s the risk of one m ethod, w h at’ s the risk o f an o th er, not only the p h y sical risk, but also the m ental risk ,”

cla im e d S t-C e rn y . She is c o n ­ cerned about the effect that this drug will have on a woman’ s sex­ ual life, work and health.

Chem ically, R U -4 8 6 acts to b lo c k p ro g e s te r o n e re c e p to r s found in the lining o f the uterus.

Progesterone, a steroid hormone, is essential for the maintenance of p re g n an cy . W ith the re ce p to rs barricaded, progesterone cannot fulfil its function, and the embryo becomes dislodged from the uter­ ine w a ll. N o r m a lly , p r o s ta ­

glandin, in the form o f a vaginal suppository, follows a day or two after the oral dosage o f R U -486.

The p rostaglan d in a cts to help expel the embryo from the body.

C u rre n tly , no r e s e a r c h on R U -4 8 6 is being carried ou t in Canada, nor have any requests for the legalisation o f R U -4 8 6 been made as hesitant drug companies within C anada have not sought government approval.

“W e w ork under F o o d and Drug regulations and we cannot ask under these regu lation s for subm issions. Sponsors must put fo rth s u b m is s io n s ” sa id P au l Roufail, chief o f endocrine, meta­ bolic and allergy drugs at Health and W elfare Canada.

Som e of the hesitations for the sponsoring o f R U -486 within Canada are due to its novelty and possible confrontation with pro­ life groups.

“T he p ro -life m ovem ent is dead set against it,” said Ed King, president o f M ontreal P ro -L ife.

King feels that many o f the side effects of R U -4 8 6 have not been discovered yet. “ I t ’ s ju s t a n o th e r fo rm o f chemical warfare that is going to hurt women,” said King.

R egard less o f the differing stan ces on R U -4 8 6 , unless the Canadian Government or private drug companies push for its legal­ is a tio n , the a b o rtio n p ill w ill remain unavailable to women in Canada. Although R U -486 seems to be safe and e ffe c tiv e , m any people are still sceptical.

“Now is the time of waiting,” said S t-C erny. A s for how long the wait will be, nobody knows.

More fossils from our past — the nature of our universe B y M arin a K eller

“W h at does the rest o f the universe look like?” asked Dr. J. E . Peebles. The Albert Einstein professor of science at Princeton U niversity attem pted to answ er this question last Thursday dur­ ing a le c tu re he g a v e en title d “The L arge-S cale Nature o f our Universe — W hat is Known and W h at is N ot K now n.” T he talk was part o f the Anna M cPherson le c tu r e s e r ie s , h o ste d by th e M cGill physics department.

D r. P eeb les illu stra te d his lectu re with m any m ag n ificen t images o f celestial bodies found in our universe. Pictures depict­ ing the neighbourhood o f Earth within 17 light years showed 6 0 bright stars grouped together in pairs. Peebles went on to explain how the galaxies surrounding the Milky W ay are observed to clus­ ter in a swirly shape like that o f a galaxy itself, resembling a galaxy of galaxies. A map displaying all the galaxies that their equipment

can detect was presented “ Y o u d o n ’ t see a n y th in g ,” said Dr. P eeb les as he pointed ou t the h om ogen ou s spread o f galaxies. In other words, on this e n o rm o u s s c a l e , th e re a re no longer any patterns, just an even distribution o f matter.

S im ila r ly , as D r. P e e b le s explained, there is a progression in the density o f matter observed in the universe. Our bodies are much denser than our surround­ ing g a la x y , w hereas the M ilky W ay is much denser than most o f the universe. The universe in turn is apparently greatly com posed o f empty space. In fact, on aver­ age, the universe has a density of one proton per cubic meter. “ T he rule o f nature is that there is level upon level of struc­ tu re u n t i l ...i t all s to p s ,” said Peebles.

D o th e s e p a tte rn s o f the nature o f the different scales tell us anything about the history of the universe? Can they describe a p rogression o f events that once occurred? According to the theo­ ry th at the u n iv e rse e x p an d ed from a highly dense stage, we are living in a system that continues to grow in all d irectio n s m uch

lik e a b a llo o n th a t is b e in g pumped up.

P eeb les d escrib ed how the universe grow s, carry in g along all that it contains, ju st like the su rface o f a balloon expanding evenly in all directions. The uni­ verse as such has no edge.

Scientists contend that, if the universe started out dense and hot, there must have been ther­ mal radiation released from the in ten sely hot m ass that should s till be h a n g in g a ro u n d . F o r many years, scientists searched for this background radiation and finally, in the ‘60s, it was detect­ ed.

G iven a te m p e ra tu re , c o s m o lo g is ts c o u ld p re d ic t w h at in te n sity th e ra d ia tio n should have in order to support their the­ ory. Fifteen years after these pre­

dictions were made and present­ ed by D r. P e e b le s h im s e lf in 1 9 6 5 , s a te llite re a d in g s w ere o b ta in e d th at fu lly su p p o rted them. These radio waves that are d etected are like fo ssils o f the past history o f the universe.

W hen a star 17 light years away is observed, the star is seen as it was 17 years ago when the light first left it. B y exam ining distant galaxies appearing to us now as th ey w ould h av e been many, many years ago, scientists hope to study the universe’ s past.

Peebles affirm ed that there a re as y e t m an y u n e x p lo re d a v e n u e s th a t w ou ld h elp to improve our understanding of our u n iv e rse’ s p ast. H ow ever, will the new ly retriev ed im ag es o f distant galaxies reveal what these galaxies were like in their im ma­

tu rity? A ll o f this in form ation, according to Peebles should shed new light on our own d evelop ­ ment.

“W e are not flailing about in the dark,” said Dr. Peebles. “W e have evidence that we are piecing together.”

The A nna M cP h erso n L e c tu re S e rie s sp o n so rs an a n n u ­ a l le c t u re by a p ro m in e n t s c ie n ­ tist. D r . M c P h e r s o n c o m p l e t e d h e r B S c, in h o n o u rs p h y s ic s a n d m a t h e m a t i c s a t M c G i l l in th e tw enties, a tim e w hen fe w w om en p u r s u e d su c h a c o u r s e o f study.

S h e w ent on to r e c e iv e h e r P hD . with the w ell-know n p h y sicist D r.

M ich elso n , a n d la te r s e r v e d a s a p r o f e s s o r in th e M c G ill p h y s ic s d e p a r t m e n t b e t w e e n th e y e a r s 1 9 4 0 a n d 1 9 7 0 . D r. M c P h e r s o n p a s s e d aw ay in 1 9 7 9 .

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Sex workers seek protection within law Tuition continued....

QPIRG holds forum on prostitutes’ rights B y E r ik a S t u r z e n b e r c e r

“Prostitutes don’t have rights, because sex work is not consid­ ered a valid occupation. If some­ one doesn’t pay for services, you c a n ’ t c h a rg e him w ith th e ft, because you implicate yourself in the p rocess. And in the case of rape, it’ s pretty much the sam e thing.”

The situation which Ian, a sex w orker and M cG ill student, describes is the frustrating Catch2 2 which results from so cie ty ’ s current attitudes toward and deal­ ings with the sex trade.

W h ile p rostitu tion is itse lf legal in Canada, a complex tangle o f crim in al b y -law s en cu m b er o p eratio n s, m aking it, as som e say, “effectively illegal.”

Giving police particular lee­ way, notes Vancouver prostitute Raigan D., is the fact that “society looks at prostitutes as almost sub­ human.”

“When I started working this job 18 years ago, the police used to pick us up and take us to the outskirts o f tow n, shoot us with rock salt, throw us in pig shit, and then make us hitchhike home.”

R a ig a n a s s e rts th a t w h ile police treatment of prostitutes has im proved sin ce those d ays, the o v e ra ll w o rk in g c o n d itio n s remain problematic.

The public continues to be uninformed, while another round o f crim in al co d e refo rm s have m ade w orking con dition s m ore restrictive and more dangerous.

In an attem pt to rescu e the issues related to prostitution from their m arginal position, Quebec Public Interest R esearch Group organised “When Sex W orks...an In te rn a tio n a l C o n f e re n c e on P ro s titu tio n and O th e r S e x W o r k ,” w h ich to o k p la c e at UQAM on September 27-2 9 .

The primary objective, notes co-ordinator Mini Alakkatusery, w as “to cre a te a forum for sex workers to voice their needs and th eir view s, and to exp lo re the existing regulations and possible reforms.”

People from both sides o f the industry — legislators, prosecu­ tors and sex workers — convened for the discussion.

Both adult and minor prosti­ tute’s attacked legislators for the law ’ s failure to ack now led ge a person’s right to control his or her body.

“1 really see it as a form o f h arrassm en t fo r p o lice to take away my right to control my own body, and make money with it as I see fit,” remarked Ian. A n oth er m ajor point under attack was Bill C -4 9 , which was in stated in 1 9 8 5 . T he b ill w as designed to make both prostitutes and their customers legally culpa­ ble, by making it illegal both to solicit customers and to proposi­ tion a prostitute.

B y n a tu re , A la k k a tu s e ry n o te s , th is law d is c rim in a te s again st w om en, b ecause “there

advantage is that it’s thought to be fair that those people who get a payoff from their education should pay, while those people who don’t get a payoff do not,” he explained.

One thing achieved by loans is that the money is placed in the hands of the student, rather than going directly to the school. In the present schem e, the bulk of the funds that the govern m en t sets aside for education go directly to the institutions and only a small fraction goes directly to the student in the form of bursaries and grants. “ Y o u have to d istinguish between how the education is pro­ duced an d who pays for it. W e could have a complete open market for education and provide accessi­ bility by giving m ore generous loans and grants to deserving stu­ dents who don’t have the money,” explained Watson.

The Canadian Federation of Students, of which PGSS is a mem­ ber, ad v o cates the abolition of tuition fees altogeth er with full government subsidisation of educa­ tion.

“It’ s a theoretical position,” stated Carlson. “Countries such as Germany and Sweden don’t charge tuition fees at all.”

According to Lowy, the loom­ ing crisis in higher education is potentially avoidable.

“These problems can be man­ aged provided the universities, the government and the private sector confront the problems and do what needs to be done.”

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St. C a th e rin e St.: th e h u b o f M o n tr e a l’s s e x tra d e

just are not as many female police officers to go undercover to catch men requesting the services o f a prostitute as there are male police officers to catch prostitutes solic­ iting.”

Another result has been a dis­ persion of the industry, often into residential areas.

“It used to be that we would all stay together and watch after each oth er, but sin ce C -4 9 , we have had to separate ourselves, making it a lot easier to get hurt,” remarked Raigan.

T h e o p p o rtu n ity to v o ic e these frustrations cam e as a great

relief to many, and benefits o f the discussions are proving to extend beyond the conference itself.

“I really found the network­ ing to be the most helpful part,” said Raigan, “because I am new to the area and don’t really have a sense of where trouble lies.”

“I hope it will open a lot o f doors in the future,” Raigan fur­ ther commented. “Just in the few days since I have returned from the con feren ce, I have received calls from the justice department and other organisations. Finally we might be getting somewhere.”

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“This would permit multi-year planning and universities could continue to restructure with the least possible disruption of academ­ ic programs,” he explained.

Alternatively, tuition fees in Quebec could rise to the Canadian average. However, such an increase would undoubtedly make university much less accessible to a lot of peo­ ple.

A cco rd in g to Y eg h o y an , M asters students, who receive a higher quality education, should con trib u te m ore in the form of higher fees. “ T h a t’ s c r a z y ,” responded Lin da C arlson, president of the P o st-G rad u ate S tu d en ts’ Association. “By the time you get a master’s or Ph.D. you’re going to owe $100,000. It’s a high price. It’s much easier to go out and get a job.”

W ith proposed in creases to tuition, many students wonder if they would ever be able to repay the costs of their education.

New Zealand and A ustralia have solved this problem through income-contingent loans, a system by which the amount of repayment is based on the individual’s salary after graduation.

Professor Watson is a propo­ nent of loans in general.

“W e’re not that different from New Zealand or Australia in the way our tax system is set up. The

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Revolution in the classroom

University professors are finding innovative ways to incorporate technology into teaching strategies by

Carrying the politics o f the M cG ill backpack

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O v er the p ast few y e a rs, com puter system s such as the Internet have becom e in creas­ ingly com m on com ponents in teaching and research methods.

S o m e p io n e e rin g e d u c a to rs have gone further in implement­ ing new technologies, and the result has been the em ergence o f r a d ic a lly new c la s s r o o m environments.

E -m a il is a w e ll-u s e d method for students to contact professors and teaching assis­ tants, and at M cG ill, a course in fo rm atio n sy stem has also been im plemented. W eb sites, “distance” classrooms and com ­ puter simulation are starting to provide students with opportu­ nities not available in the tradi­ tional lecture halls.

E c o n o m ic s P ro fe sso r M y ro n F ra n k m a n is one o f M cG ill’ s trailblazers in the use o f c o m p u te r te c h n o lo g y in te a c h in g . T w o y e a rs a g o , Frankman designed a course list Web page for his students with direct links to M USIC, M U SE, and P E R U S E . F o r some of his c l a s s e s , su ch as E c o n o m ic D ev elo p m en t, F ran k m an has put reading lists on-line.

“In its original conception it was really a way o f navigating on a on e-stop b asis; one-stop sh o p p in g if y ou w i ll,” s a y s Frankman.

One of the hindrances to the te c h n o lo g ic a l re v o lu tio n at M cGill is a lack of funding. The Royal Bank Fund, designated to improve university teaching, has eased the financial burden some­ w hat. T his fund has been split into four sub-funds, the largest being the T each in g Innovation Fund which receiv es $ 6 0 ,0 0 0 a year. McGill professors can sub­ mit proposals and 15 to 2 0 grants are awarded each year.

A c c o r d in g to C y n th ia W eston, associate dean o f the fac­ ulty of education at M cGill, pro­ je cts com peting for the fund are b e co m in g m ore s o p h is tic a te d .

W eston cites the example of com ­ puter simulation programs which allow the student to “ see things [on co m p u ter] in v isib le to the human eye.” Components of light and atoms have been deconstruct­ ed on the Internet for McGill stu­ dents.

“Professors are not just pre­ senting existing course materials but finding p a rticu la r learning goals,” said W eston. “There is a

Portraits might be done of student-and-backpack in the same style as Madonna-and-child paint­ ings. One o f the epic sights of hum anity is a b ackpack full of books hanging o ff a stu d en t’ s shoulders. The student — keen, cu rio u s, quick mind e a g e r to devour the accumulated wisdom of hum anity, the m any pounds of b ooks piled on her back. The b ack p ack — trusty co m p a n i o n th ro u g h o u t years of school­ in g, h alf best friend, half extra body part.

A full b ack p ack pulls the shoulders back, forcing the student to walk tall and dignified. A great weight burdens our back, the per­ fect metaphor for the burdens we undertake as we move from child­ hood to ad u lth ood . W e are no longer devil-may-care high school students, with backpacks so light they can swing loosely from one shoulder. Instead, our weightier concerns must be supported firmly by both straps hanging over our two strong shoulders. I go so far as to theorise backpacks were the first piece of luggage developed by ca v e m en . (In fa c t, perhaps it would not be untoward to specu­ late that backpacks caused evolu­ tion, and our ancestors came down out of the trees so that their back­ p ack s w ou ld n ’ t keep gettin g caught on branches.)

A fte r h unters m ade th eir woolly mammoth or paleontologist kills, they surely didn’t bring the meat home in a valise or attaché case, but used a backpack, in the sam e w ay students now ca rry home the “meat” of books.

W h a t’ s m ore, the w eig h t­ bearing exercise we do in carrying a backpack surely helps prevent ostereoperosis.

B u t a la s, even the h ero ic b ack p ack (e le g a n t! e ffic ie n t! weather-resistant!) falls into ambi­ guity when the McGill name and logo is em blazoned on it. Y our McGill backpack removes some of your guy-on-the-street anonymity.

It an nou n ces your o ccu p atio n , “Student,” which doesn’t happen to people carrying briefcases and lunchboxes. It labels you more precisely even than the army-navy surplus bag which says its owner squeegees on the weekend, or than the tiny fashion backpack/purse (books held in arms), which says its owner doesn’t have to walk too far to school.

Wearing a McGill backpack is

sort of like wearing a sign that says “I’m from Toronto, mug me.”

It makes you look like you stay home on Thursday nights to do homework. It’ s not exactly what you’d take with you to your Rock M achine initiation m eeting, or even to trendy UQAM hangouts on St. Denis, although it might help you meet friendly American tourists. It makes you look like Joe

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direct impact on learning.”

In other Canadian universi­ ties, computer technology is being implemented for study in various ways. Education Professor Trevor Owen at Y o rk U niversity advo­ cates the use o f on-line moderated con feren ce sessions for his stu­ dent teachers as a means o f pro­ viding general open access to all e d u c a tio n stu d e n ts as w ell as direct links into courses.

Owen believes that this mode o f c o m m u n ic a tio n adds new dynam ism and opportunity into the traditional classroom setting. “ If you ch an g e the a rea o f discussion, different people talk,” said O w en . H e d e s c rib e s the online environm ent as a discus­ sion forum w here “tu rn -tak in g d o e s n ’ t m a tte r.” N o t on ly can people who d on ’ t feel co m fo rt­ able speaking in public communi­ cate at greater ease, but class dis­ c u s s io n s ca n c o n tin u e o n -lin e where more reflection is needed.

The Richard Ivey School o f Business (formerly University of W e ste rn B u sin e s s S c h o o l) has in trodu ced a $1 m illion vid eoc o n fe re n c in g s y s te m in to its

Executive M BA program.

Thirty-seven students in five different cities are enrolled in this virtual classroom, and through six phone lines, h igh -tech cam eras and s p e c ia lly d e sig n e d ro o m s w ith v id e o s c re e n s and m ic r o ­ phones, the professor in London Ontario can see all o f his students and interact with them via his 3 0foot wall o f monitors. In this way, stu d e n ts fro m V a n c o u v e r, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and M o n tre a l can v irtu a lly feel as though they w ere all in a class­ room together.

P ro fe sso r T erry D eu tsch er, director o f the V ideo E xecu tiv e M BA Program, says “Our school has been long known as Canada’s leading business school. But our world is becoming quite a global v illa g e . W e ca n e ith e r p lay offense and try to compete or play defense and sit back. W e decided to be agressive. I think video-con­ ferencing is becom ing more and more promising. It’s taking down geographical barriers,” he said. “ I t ’ s w inn in g p eo p le o v e r pretty well.”

Susan Peters College, fresh off the train, ready to hit A nnie’ s for a good time.

People may ask if you’re in a fra­ ternity.

A M cG ill b ackpack makes you look just next door to Howard Galganov. Suddenly, you’re the Anglo from Hell, expected to jump up and start singing “English uber ailes” or at least “God Save the Queen.” Not entirely fair, even for anglophones, and of course many McGillers aren’t anglophones. At its worst, the McGill backpack is in some ways like a Queen’s jack­ et, school pride sliding into snob­ bishness. There is a subtle schism between the world of McGill back­ p ack ers and everyb od y e lse , a superiority that com es with the silent mantra, “I will find a real job when I graduate.” Of course, these delusions vanish soon after gradu­ ation, and the McGill backpack is quickly taken off in favour of more inconspicuous gear.

In the en d, the u nease of w earin g a M cG ill b ack p ack is an alogou s to the p osition o f M cG ill within Quebec society.

Ironically, the best place to wear your backpack is some other city.

Open House tried to claim, “Hey, we do stuff besides train snotty Ontario kids to become lawyers.”

But all the Open Houses in the world can ’t change the very odd situ ation o f a p red om in an tly English university set in a predom­ inantly French culture. Because of this, the McGill backpack, noble beast of burden that it is, just isn’t the epitome of coolness in all parts of Montreal.

Ms. Peters was inspired to write this column after walking by the doors of a Roche Voisine con­ cert and witnessing the savage attack on a student wearing a McGill backpack. She feels this attack would have been avoided if the student had a low-riding, overthe-shoulder model instead of the classic two strap.

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New sex in cinema: Crash and Bound re-route Hollywood C ra s h C r a s h begins with sex and ends with sex and, in betw een, m ig h t b e m is ta k e n f o r p o rn .

M ak e no m is ta k e , h o w e v e r , C ra s h is capital “A ” art.

In Cronenberg’ s latest flick, th e C a n a d ia n d e s tr o y s th e Hollywood convention that uses sex as a take-it-or-leave-it space filler — a little p rezzie for the audience for sitting through the serious bits. On its m ost literal level, C ra s h is every b oy’ s fanta­ sy movie. S ex and cars, cars and sex. Sex in cars. S ex on cars. Sex w ith c a r s . E v e r y c o n c e iv a b le variation of the sex/cars theme is explored in C ron enb erg’ s latest

e p ic. In C r a s h , th e se x scen es com prise the whole of the film.

C ra s h is nominally the story o f Ja m e s B a lla r d , yu p p ie film d ir e c t o r . A f te r c r a s h in g in to an oth er c a r, he is h o sp italised w ith th e o th e r s u r v iv o r , D r.

Rem ington (H olly H unter). His c r a s h u n le a sh e s a w h o le new a re a o f p rev io u sly u n e x p lo re d sexuality. Remington draws him into a strange subculture dedicat­ ed to the re-enactm ent o f famous ca r cra sh e s.

He b e c o m e s in v o lv e d w ith V au g h n (E li a s K o te a s ) and h is seed y u n d e r­ world friends, including an a cci­ dent victim played by R osanna Arquette.

M u ch lik e p o rn o g ra p h y ,

there seem s to be little co n n ec­ tion b etw een the p a rtic ip a n ts .

R a th e r than b e in g sim p ly the d ir e c t o r ’ s p e rso n a l fe tis h , the p r e v a le n c e o f r e a r -e n tr y s e x highlights the impersonal nature o f sex in this film . The ch a ra c­ te rs d o n ’ t lo o k at e a c h o th e r, there is no relating on any level other than sex. They extend the boundaries o f the human body to include the tech n o lo g y so ciety takes most for granted, the auto­ m ob ile, at the exp e n se o f c o n ­ nection with other human beings.

B y co m b in in g th e u su ally superfluous sex with the rest o f th e m o v ie , C ro n e n b e rg b rin gs s e x u a l in te r c o u r s e to a new im portan ce. R ath er than titilla­

tion or gratification for the audi­ ence, sex is the central point o f C ra sh .

C ra s h can be seen as a two

hour long excuse for explicit sex, but it can also be seen as explo­ ratio n o f the ch illin g future o f human sexuality. Not merely an e x c u s e fo r an a u d ie n c e to sit th ro u g h a lm o s t tw o h o u rs o f G erm an a rt-film d ia lo g u e , the soulless sex in C ra s h is vital to the movie.

T h o u g h it m ay lo o k lik e porn, it is im possible to reduce this film in a superficial, facile cla ssifica tio n . A lo g ical e x te n ­ sion o f c u rre n t s o c ie t y ’ s lo v e affair with cars, C r a s h shows a not-so-distant future where sex is

n o t l i f e -a f f ir m i n g , b u t li f e endangering.

— A n y a S p eth m a n n Bound B o u n d packages much o f its g ro u n d b reak in g c in e m a tic se x into a well-developed thriller.

Jennifer Tilly plays Violet, a wom an who has had enough of h e r s u g a r-d a d d y C e a s a r (J o e Pantoliano) and his connection to the C h ica g o M afia. M o re o v e r, she’ s had enough of, well, him .

When Violet meets Corky (Gina Gershon) in the elevator, sparks fly . T he d ire cto rs d o n ’ t sen sa­ tion alise the interlude betw een Violet and Corky, though. If the

two had gotten down and dirty, the movie would have fallen into the stereotypical Hollywood pitfalls, where h om osexu ality is a fre a k is h and h ig h ly in s ta n ta ­ neous type o f sexuality. Instead, the film allow s the sexu al ten ­ sion to build up and c a rry the film.

Even this early into B o u n d , the film ’ s flow is rem a rk a b le .

E x c e lle n t c in e m a to g ra p h y , art direction and editing m ake this in d ep en d en t film b e a u tifu l to behold. But more than just eyecandy is projected on the screen — the characters and stories are to be observed closely.

So while Corky spends most o f her time reworking the plumb­

ing (nice symbolism) on V iolet’ s floor o f the condo, Violet squan­ ders the day aw ay thinking o f w ays to get C ork y in the sack .

This eventually happens in a way that nearly gave B o u n d the N C17 brand.

In the sex scenes, the film is painfully unsubtle. The dialogue reeks o f clichéed forbidden lust and laughable in tim acies. B ut, lik e C r a s h , th e b r illia n c e o f B o u n d lies not in how well it can v e rb a lly e x p la in i t s e lf to th e a u d ie n c e , b u t, ra th e r , in how well it shows it.

The film intriguingly analy­ s e s re la tio n s h ip s an d g e n d e r roles as Violet and C orky’ s com ­ p a n io n sh ip h its its h ig h s and lows. W hile Gina plays Corky to be a rather consistently collected butch, the ditzy m oll ch aracter th at T illy p e rfe cte d in B u lle t s O v e r B r o a d w a y o ffe rs g re a te r depth.

A s the suspense plot kicks in, T illy really shines. V io le t’ s g o a l is to d o u b le -cro ss C ea sa r and m ake o ff with $ 2 .1 7 6 m il­ lion d ollars. A lthough C o rk y ’ s

e x p e rtise in c a t burglary helps sets the stage for the swindle, she ste p s a sid e to le t V io le t tak e over.

V io let’ s masks are dropped o n e by o n e th ro u g h o u t th e thriller as the old Vi — an anyth in g -t o -p le a s e tra m p — becom es a passionate gay lover an d a c o l d - a s - s t e e l a s s a s s in .

Credit is due to Tilly for pulling off this feat when the less-thansublime script falters in driving hom e the film ’ s statem en ts on appearance and reality.

Ju st m o re d e g r a tin g ly d e m o n ic ro le s fo r le sb ia n s in popular culture? Hardly. Unlike P u lp F ic tio n , B a s ic Instinct, and T h e S i l e n c e o f t h e L a m b s , the hom o is the hero here. Despite V iolet’ s corruptness at times, she is, undeniably, the Robin Hood o f B o u n d . A nd w h ile ste a lin g fro m th e ric h is o n ly a s ta r t, films like B o u n d push the enve­ lop e to w ard s the fo rm atio n o f H o lly w o o d ’ s first g ay M o th er Teresa.

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A lthough the blues usually evoke im ages of C hicago or the Mississippi Delta, there has never been any shortage of great blues musicians in Montreal. With the current blues revival picking up momentum over the past couple of years, more Montreal bars offer blues shows. Café Campus, one of the premier venues, has crowned its Wednesdays ‘en blues.’

Now in its fifth incarnation, the series features one band every Wednesday night. Although there is no opening act, the bands play two or three sets. It is not unusual for the shows to last until one in the morning.

The bands featu re risin g Canadian talent and veteran bluesmen from the US. Great musicians like G uitar S h orty, M ississippi H eat, L o n n ie B ro o k s and the

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Sam L ay , a singer who has played with greats such as Muddy W a te rs, w raps the series up on December 11, but another series of 13 concerts is scheduled to start in February.

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Jimmy James, a Montreal gui­ tarist and singer, was featured last week. Playing to an enthusiastic packed house, his fiery solos won him several long standing ovations.

His backup band, composed of a bassist, drummer and saxophonist, also put on a great show. Drummer Denis Courchiens in particular did an excellent job, with his rhythms often pushing Jam es’ playing to another level.

A good num ber o f original son gs and co v e rs o f re la tiv e ly unknown songs were mixed in with the o b lig ato ry nods to M uddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix. This was J a m e s ’ last show in M on treal before he em barks on a tour of Q uebec that w ill last into November. Unfortunately, he has no re le a se s av ailab le at the moment.

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Nawrocki rocks the vote for anarchy

Mutli-talented Montrealer hurls, not hones, his varied socio-political lyrics in Rebel Moon.

R ebel M oon: @ narchist Rants and Poems

By Norman Nawrocki $13.95, 102 pages, illustrated Publisher: AK Press N orm an N aw rocki — poet, musician and overall wordy guy, has put out a co lle ctio n o f his favourite literary bits, R ebel M oon: @ narchist Rants cfc Poems. This lat­ est chain of words hails the great world of discontent. The flow is stellar and the words beat past with impeccable rhythm — belonging, no doubt, to N aw rock i’ s spoken word prowess. The discontentment theme, however, has taken its fair share of beats.

Rent, national unity, blue col­ lars, sexism, over-sized cocks, the cruel dumb male, the disempowered female, you know, your usual bag of 11 o ’clock news stuff. It’ s all here and rendered fierce.

He rifles through language like it’s a weapon, capturing the lingo of the disgruntled with a coating of pop culture satire. “Me? / I’ve been / renovated / upgraded / condomised / gentrified / relocated / vacated / upscaled / displaced / remodelled / expropriated / privatised / terrorised / dispossessed / repossed / evicted / restricted / and kicked right out” the speaker explains, if not complains, in “Galvanised.” Ahh, the sweet dis­ contented voice of the angry human.

The delivery is heavy but the content disappointingly hollow. Are these anarchist whoops, manifestos

or just a rehash of tired themes?

Didn’t the Beats, the Hippies and the Pranksters have the same gripes?

Nawrocki retreads the paths of Ginsberg and Kesey, albeit with a new sole. The language is new but the motif the same, which ironically conveys anarchy’s futility.

Nawrocki gives a blunt treat­ ment to an edged issue in “Dink Think” : “Soft like ice cream fresh breath mint clean / the guy won’t fight / it’ s date rape tonight / he knows her number and he makes his move...”

“D om estic W ork ers’ B lu es” hits the reader in the face with point of view. “Seventy hour week / just work and sleep / no tim e o ff / what’s a holiday? / scrub and shine / washing floors all the time / slaves had chains / we get the key / can let ourselves in and out / we’re still not free.”

W hile som e o f N aw ro ck i’ s charm lies in his ability to address issues with frank realism, he often teeters on being needlessly blatant and predictable.

Anarchist? Rebel? I guess. His rebellious pursuits are often given in satirical barbs, a satire that often disservices the issues he highlights.

Still, the lines flow and link in musi­ cal patterns that come alive when read aloud. And, if occasionally obvious, it can be written off as the nature of Nawrocki’s beast — loud, over-the-top and heard.

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There are also several varieties of cocoas, iced coffees and cold or hot alcohol-based coffees. The café Normand is a light, sweet coffee on calvados with whipped cream top­ ping for $ 5 .9 5 . There are also Diabolos (Perrier and fruit juice), teas and tisanes.

The inarguable highlight of Aux Deux Marie is the Opéra (witness the napkin-wrapped, beer stein-like shape of the Opéra on every table).

Café %eviezv Café Aux Deux Marie 4 3 2 9 - 4 3 3 1 A St. Denis (at Marie-Anne).

An attractive waiter wearing a vest made from a burlap coffee sack serves a tattooed trio chatting over cappuccino. At the bar upstairs, a middle-aged man peruses a newspa­ per.

Typical scenes from Aux Deux Marie, which opened early this sum­ mer. The two-floored café has out­ door patios perfect for people- and fashion-watching along St. Denis.

The art inside is local, ranging from ‘art primitif imitators to less representational pieces. The paint­ ings have much the same colour scheme as the café: the walls and chairs are a rich, mahogany red and the floor, a blonde wood.

Aux Deux Marie’s atmosphere is chic and discreet and suits the multi-generational crowd, which is mostly French. Service is well-pro­ vided by bilingual waiters eager to translate the menu into English.

For the beans buyer, there is-a massive selection of coffee, either from the coffee bean bar or from the huge sacs of beans flanking the cop­ per roaster at the front of the café.

If coffee can be compared to academia, Aux Deux Marie is an interdisciplinary faculty: the restobar roasting house is also a store.

Coffee apparati ranges from serving dishes (esp resso /café-au lait/saucered and unsaucered mugs) to coffee makers to aromatic and coloured sugar in wax-stoppered jars.

If you’re in the gift-buying mood you can make your own gift baske out of Aux Deux Marie’s wares.

U p stairs, there are enouf a tables to seat about 60 people. Wh ie crowded at lunch time, there are u .ually only a dozen customers in the evening — ideal for planting ' our buttocks down for a prolonged homework session. C o ffee and desserts are served both upstairs and downstairs.

The music in the café is quiet but not boring: T racy Chapman, Crowded House, and French-Latin jazz provide a backdrop for conver­ sation.

In terms of liquid fare, the sim­ ple café Giotto, one of their specialty

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They are mixtures of ice cream and esp resso. The Opéra menthe et chocolat combines mint chocolate ice cream with espresso and is topped with milk foam for $3.75.

The Opéra Noisettes (vanilla ice cream and hazelnut) comes highly recommended.

Accompany your Opéra with the Fruits des Champs, a hexagonal raspberry mousse framed by brown and white sponge cake, topped with raspberry jelly, whipped cream and a square of brown and white chocolate, all set in a plate of light pudding ($3.45).

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J o n S p e n c e r B lu es E xp lo sio n Now I Got Worry

said explosions were supposed to be pretty. They’re supposed to make a helluva racket.

(Matador / Capitol) The JS B E ’ s latest is one part old, one part new, three parts bor­ rowed and a teaspoon of blues. The old is the return to the ‘someone turn on the ghetto-blaster, I hear a song coming on’ aesthetic that pervaded the Pussy Galore catalog and the first couple Blues Explosion records.

Their latest has plenty of standard JSB E big-riff stompers like “Wail” and “2 K indsa L o v e .”

As long as you ’ re comfortable listen­ ing to a bunch of Yankees reinterpret­ ing the Stones rein­ terpretin g the old blues masters, then neither you nor Jon Spen cer have a thing to worry about. N ow / G o t W orry might be predictable, but it rocks mightily. Old-school blues buddy, R.L. Burnside drops by to try and lend som e cred ib ility on “Chicken Dog,” but its not enough to cou nter the lost auth enticity points for sounding a little close to white-trash kings Ween. Then again, trash is what the Blues Explosion is all about — we’re not talking about d riftw ood floatin g down the Mississippi, but greasy, rat-infested, New York City back-alley, monthold trash bags. Pawnshop guitars, fried Radio Shack microphones, cracked speakers — no one ever

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The Blues Explosion and Speedball B a b y p la y N o v e m b e r 1 at the Cabaret.

— H arris Newman

It only takes a few seconds until Fiona Apple’ s voice pierces through the initial drum beat and grabs you by your coch lea. You guess from the power and grace of her voice that this is a musician who has logged many years singing in dingy lounges. In reali­ ty, she is an 18-year old neophyte who was signed to a record deal after her tape fell into a producer’s lap, long b efore she ever per­ formed live. Her appeal is apparent very quickly: past the aesthetics of a beautiful, young chanteuse, there is a songwriter who crafts equally beautiful and compelling music with the vocal chops to back it up.

These ten tracks are the first songs she has ev er w ritten and per­ formed, and they show a sophisti­ cation that far outweighs her inex­ perience. While she has not yet reached Sarah MacLachlan-levels of technical vocal p roficien cy, she packs just as much emotion and lyri­ cal beauty into every verse. Look for Fiona Apple as the ‘next big female’ in pop music.

— Stuart Detsky

B illy B ra g g William Bloke

(Cooking Vinyl) Stripped of the Red S tars, Billy gets back to basics on his sev­ enth album.

Touting no big nam es, W illiam Bloke puts Bragg back on the soap box. The album progresses from toned down guitar and v o ca ls to so cia list rants, like the opening track, “From Red to Blue,” to “The Fourth of July,” a cello - and piano-infused ballad, where he recalls meeting his love.

Not as musically complex as his pre­ vious album D o n ’t T ry T h is at H om e, Bragg’s current release has a big band vibe on several tracks.

Horns and organ co m p ete with B ra g g ’ s d istin ctiv e v o ca ls on “Sugardaddy” and “Goalhanger.”

William Bloke takes the listener on a mellow thought-provoking journey that offers a wonderful survey of the dynamic ability of a true craftsman.

B illy B r a g g p la y s w ith R o b y n

Suede Coming Up

(Nude/Sony) When guitarist and co-son g­ writer Bernard Butler left Suede after the band’s sophomore release,

D o g M an Star, conventional wis­

dom held that the band was in trou­ ble. When he was rep laced by Richard Oakes, a 17-year old lad who had written fan mail to Butler, it was widely accep ted that the British band was finished as a cre­ ative force. What everyone appar­ ently forgot was that frontman Brett Anderson is a brilliant singer, whose unique voice and vocal melodies

stamp his identity over everything he does. Suede was his vehicle more than it was Butler’s. Coming Up, the band’s first release since Butler’s departure, proves it. It’s ultra-Suede; so Suede that it almost falls into self-p aro d y , with titles like “F ilm sta r” and “The B eautifu l Ones.” The opening track and first single, “Trash,” is gorgeous, marred only by the use of the word ‘kooki­ ness.’ The rest of the album is pure pop; catchy, dirty, pretentious, and contrived in the best way. If you hated Suede before, you’ll hate them even more now. More importantly

though, if you loved Suede before, your reasons have now solidified.

— Sam uel Lapalme-Remis

R u sh Test f o r E cho

(Anthem) Ironically, Rush has managed to stay current by returning to the earlier epochs of its own career. Test f o r E cho is a testi­ mony to this trend.

Abandoned are most of the synths and processed guitars that made up the melodic core of the Rush of the ‘80s, and returning are the heavy stops and starts and the jarrin g tempo changes of the Rush of the ‘7 0s. H ow ever, slicker production makes the punch and grind much less obvious.

Lyricist Neil Peart has contin­ ued over the past 20 years to gradually add a human face to his m acro-h um anistic per­ sp ectiv e. A lthough “The Battles of Cygnus” are gone, the intersection between technology and sociology provide strong meta­ narratives for the ‘9 0s Rush. As always, they’ve meticulously pieced together a collection of innovative, ridiculously tight, thought-provok­ ing rock songs. But, the combination of overly smooth production and possibly one too many socially con­ scious songs performed in major keys makes it hard to relate to parts of Test f o r E ch o . Rush’s latest lies somewhere between not bad and not essential.

— E ric Craven

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William Shatn er University Building, Room 302 The organizations listed below must register the name address and the phone number of their delegate to this election meeting by completing the official delegate registration form at the Students Society General Office, 3480 McTavish Street, Room 105

No Later Than 5:00 p.m. Friday October 18,1996 Completed forms must be signed by the President / Coordinator or chief returning officer of each respective organization and should be submitted to Chris Muldoon at the Students Society General Office by the deadline noted above.

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African Student’s Society Aids Education, McGill Students for Amateur Radio Club Amnesty International Arab Student’s Society Armenian Student’s Club Association des francophones et des fran­ cophiles Baha’i Studies, Association for Big Buddies tutoring club Breast Cancer Research, the funding of Caribbean Student’s Society Chess Club, McGill University Student’s Chinese Christian Fellowship Choral Society Christian Fellowship Church of J esus Christ of the Latter-day Saints Student’s Assoc..

Classical Music Club Communications, McGill Student’s Society (MaSS) Current Affairs Exchange Program Debating Union Entrepreneurs Club

O R G A N I Z A T I O N S E L IG IB L E T O S E N D D E L E G A T E S : Esperanto - Klubo de McGill University Pugwash Flux Mad Carollers Guild Renewal of the Political Process, McGill Folk Music Club Management Consulting Assoc, of McGill Students’ for the Foster Parents Students Romanian Students Gamers GuildGraphic Cartel, The Mature &Re-Entry Students’ Association Rotaract Students’ Club of McGill Group Action Mauritian Club, The McGill Students’ University Hellenic Association Montreal Youth Organization for Save the Children Hillel Student’s Canadian &American Asians Savoy Society Hong Kong Dragon Student’s, McGill McGill Association for International Ski Club T V M (FORMERLY ILLTV ) Students (MAIS) Spanish and Latin American Students’ Image Ensemble McGill Students for the Ethical Association (SALSA) India Canada Treatment of Animals (META) South-East Asian Students’ Association Indian Progressive Study Group New Democratic Party of McGill (SEASA) Iranian Student's Association Newman Students' Soceity Student Electronic Communication Islamic Cultural Network Outing Club Collective Islamic Student's Society Pakistan Students’ Society Student Organization for Alumni Ismaili Student’s Association, McGill Palestine Solidarity Committee Relations (SOAR) Japan Awareness Club Peer Health Education Taiwanese Students Association, McGill Korean Christian Fellowship Pentecostal Fellowship, McGill Students’ Tamil SangamStudents Association Korean Student’s Society Photography Soceity Theatre de la Grenouville Latin American Awareness Group Polish Students' Association Turkish Students’ Society of McGill Lebanese Students’ Society Professional Fraternity Council of Ukranian Students’ Association Liberal McGill McGill Students’ United Nations Students’ Assoc, of McGill L’association Rochambeau Progressive Conservative McGill UnitedZionist Council L’chaimStudents’ Soceity, The McGill Progressive Zionist Caucus Vietnamese Students’ Society

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1. Quorum for this meeting is two-thirds(2/3) of the total number of organizations registered by 5:00p.m. October 18, 1996.

2. Organizations eligible are only those DIRECTLY recognized by the SSMU Students’ Council.

3. All delegates must have been active members of their respective clubs for at least two months prior to the meeting.

4. All delegates must be members of the Students Society (i.e. any McGill student except those registered in Graduate Studies, Continuing Education, or at MacDonald Campus).

5. A delegate who is not the Chief Officer / Coordinator of a particular group must be approved as the official delegate by the official delegate by the organization he or she is representing.

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6. Only registered delegates may be nominated as club representatives.

7. Only registered delegates may vote for club representation.

8. Organizations NOT listed above which ARE eligible to send a delegate should contact Chris Muldoon at 398-8222 as soon as possible.

9. Organizations NOT registered by the deadline will NOT be permitted to take part in the meeting.

10. Organizations which are recognized by one of the fourteen(14) faculty and school societies or through the Student’s Athletics Council are NOT eligible to be represented.

11. Residence has its own representatives to Student’s Council and is, therefore, NOT eligible to send a delegate to this meeting.

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Down to the wire: Redmen edge Stingers

Men’s soccer heads for playoffs

B y P a u l F uthey

Fans could only wonder which McGill Redmen football team they w ere going to see against the Concordia Stingers in their meet last Saturday afternoon. Would they see the team that had beaten Queen’ s two weeks ago with a .vicious run­ ning game, or would they see the squad that was humbled by previ­ ously winless Laval last Sunday?

While the Redmen didn’t blow away the S tin gers, they showed enough promising signs in a see-saw 2 8 -2 7 victory at Concordia in the annual Shaughnessy Cup game.

With just under ten minutes to go in the final quarter, M cG ill seemed to have the game in hand, leading 22-10. Five minutes, and 17 Concordia points later, the Redmen were faced with the distinct possibil­ ity of a second straight loss.

Unfortunately for Concordia, a win was not in the cards as Redmen quarterback Dana Toering marched the team down the field in a drive that culminated with running back Shawn Linden’s second touchdown of the game with 2:27 left on the clock. Despite a failed two-point convert attempt, the Redmen defense regained the composure they had lost earlier in the quarter and smoth­ ered any hopes Concordia had, deal­ ing a serious blow to the Stingers’ playoff chances.

“We showed a lot of character in com ing b ack ,” said defensive tackle Matt Nichol, who had three of McGill’s six quarterback sacks.

While the Redmen did win the game by scoring when they had to, they don’ t want to have to do it every game.

“It was way too clo se , way closer than it should have been,” commented Craig Borgeson, whose 139 all-purpose yards marked the fourth time in six gam es he has attained more than 100.

With the excep tion of their fourth quarter lapse, the defense had a strong game, forcing Concordia quarterback Dominik Goulet to the sideline with a concussion after con­ stant pressure and some big hits.

Defensive back Sal Brohi continued his outstanding season with his sev­ enth interception, tying the O-QIFC record held by two other players. He ran back this particular pick fifty-

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Rouge et Or was to challenge for first place in the conference; inci­ dentally, the game ended in a 1-1 draw keeping the QUSL standings the same.

H ow ever, the gam e against Concordia acted as the ideal plat­ form to test the women’s team per­ formance before meeting stronger teams again in the second half of the season. As Coach Beliveau stated, “W e have to be consistent whether

The McGill Redmen desper­ ately wanted to clinch a Quebec league playoff spot with a win on Friday night; who better to do it a g a in s t than the C o n c o rd ia S tin gers, a team w hich em b ar­ rassed the Redmen 4-1 at home last year.

On a brisk fall evening, the fourth ranked Redmen secured a soccer playoff berth against their nemeses, the Concordia Stingers, with a tight 1-0 victory.

The g a m e ’ s only goal was scored on a beautiful header by m id fie ld e r G a b rie l G e rv a is .

Kevin McConnell streaked down the left side of the field and sent a c ro s s in g p ass to w a rd the C oncordia goal, where G ervais beat his man and smartly headed the ball into the net.

It w as M c C o n n e ll’ s firs t game this year for the Redmen.

Ham pered by ‘tu rf to e ,’ he has had to take the past months off to let the condition heal itself. The Redm en were clearly bolstered by the return of the Quebec first team all-star.

“Kev has worked hard on the bike to keep in shape,” said stop­ per P eter B ryan t. “I t’ s good to see he was rewarded and that he had an im pact on his first game back.”

M cG ill and C oncordia both got o ff to slow starts, with the first significant scoring chance co m in g on Sean S m ith ’ s blast from the top of the circle during the 17th minute.

T he g a m e ’ s flow p ro g re s­ siv e ly q u ick e n e d , and the Redmen and Stingers entrenched themselves in a feisty battle. The re m a in d e r o f the g am e w as marked by the aggressiveness of b oth sid e s, and the freq u en t appearance of yellow cards.

G o alk eep er Jaso n F o rsy th was seldom tested, but made the big stops when Concordia applied the pressure. He made a diving save at the 3 0th m inute o f the first half to preserve the shutout.

In the second half, the physi­ cal play of both teams intensified, and the first serious goal scoring opportunity presented itself to the Stingers during the 79th minute of the match. Concordia mounted significant pressure, which result­ ed in a q u ality sh o t w h ich glanced wide of the McGill goal.

Most of the Stinger bench rose in

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three yards into the end-zone to give the Redmen an 8-7 lead with 3:27 to go in the fist half. Following that, L in d en ’ s first touchdow n and a Concordia field goal left McGill with a 15-10 half-time advantage.

The M cG ill running gam e kicked into gear in the third quarter when Toering ran for a thirteen yard major to give the Redmen a twelve point lead. The Pointe-Claire native had 82 yards on 6 carries. The scor­ ing then ceased until Concordia’ s fourth quarter onslaught.

Whether this narrow victory is a turning point in the season or not remains to be seen. It seems, though, that the players are focused and will­ ing to commit to the game plan, as their comeback demonstrated.

Toering called the victory “a really good team w in.” As well, Brohi played down the hubbub sur­ rounding his record-tying intercep­ tion, stressing that the win was more important.

“If I wouldn’ t have had any­ thing today. I’d still be happy with the big win — the team comes first,” Brohi replied when asked about his achievement.

The victory leaves the Redmen with a 4 -2 record, which has them tied for first with Q ueen’ s and C arleto n , who both won on Saturday. Both Queen’s and McGill have played one more game than Carleton.

While putting themselves in a good position in the standings, this

victory makes last Sunday’ s disap­ pointing loss to L aval a distant memory.

“It was a mys­ tery as to what hap­ pened down there,” said coach Charlie B aillie about the Laval game. “Our kids didn’t respond, didn’t get out and make things hap­ pen. Today though, we made some things happen and we won.”

The Redmen hope to carry some m om entum from this win into their final two gam es.

They travel to the nation’ s capital to play Carleton next Saturday, and then close out the season with a home game against Ottawa on the 26th. With both of these opponents very much in con­ tention for first place, the Redmen know they must be at the top of their game if they hope to emerge victorious.

“Two of our hardest games this year are coming up,” said Toering.

“W e’re going to have to have a cou­

ple of good weeks of practice.”

Brohi had the last word, expressing the team’s optimism.

“It’s anyone’s game, but hope­ fully it’ll be ours."

Martlet soccer dominates against Concordia Stingers...again B y K irstie H u d s o n

The Martlet Soccer team came out on top, yet again, with a decisive 6-1 v icto ry over the C oncordia Stingers on a chilly Friday evening at Molson Stadium. This was the second meeting of the two teams; the M cGill women took the first game in a triumphant 10-1 style on September 14.

This weekend’s match served to usher in the second half of the

QUSL season. The first half of the season ended with the Martlets in close second behind the Université de Laval in the con feren ce. The McGill women are aiming to secure their top -three position in the Quebec League to guarantee a berth in the CIAU championships held at the end of the season.

The Friday night trouncing of Concordia acted as preparation for the Martlets’ showdown with Laval on Sunday. The match-up with the

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Tempers flare as Redbirds sweep double-header B y Ra n d y Levitt

It was a cold Saturday afternoon when the Ottawa Gee-Gees and McGill Redbirds took the field to play a double-header on October 5. Ignited tempers made for five very intense hours of baseball.

The Redbirds were looking to improve their 6-3 record. Riding a five game winning streak, the Redbirds took to the field at Centennial Park where the first pitch was tossed out by McGill pitcher Jason Egbuna.

McGill got on the board early, scoring two runs in the second inning

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Egbuna pitched an outstanding game, striking out seven and allowing only three hits and one earned run.

The 18-run barrage was headed by Dan Jarosz, with three hits and five RBIs. The second game of the doubleheader was a little closer, and a lot more intense. McGill broke a 1-1 tie

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in the third inning when Yann Monnet knocked in Michael Consul from second for a 2-1 lead.

The Gee-Gees took over a 3-2 lead in the follow­ ing inning due to some walks thrown by McGill pitcher Owen Terreau.

This set the stage for some late inning ten­ sion. E arlier in the game, home plate umpire Vince Amato would not allow a McGill hitter to warm up by swinging his bat in the bullpen. This minor technicality out­ raged the McGill dugout as there was no where else to warm up.

In the sixth inning, after M cGill had tied the game, Ottawa’s coach exploited the technicali­ ty. While McGill was R ed bird s h e a d e d f o r p la y o ffs a fte r w ins o v er Ottawa. trying to take the lead, some players were warming up jogging pants. The incident was clear­ Play calmed down in the bottom behind their dug-out. The Ottawa ly out of hand as Amato ordered the half of the seventh. McGill second coach notified Amato and the players player to take off his over-pants to basemen Ronnie Bugeaud led off the were ordered back to the dug-out. reveal his uniform. inning with a rocket to left-centre for With the game tied at four at the end As all this was going on offa double. The next batter, Consul, had of the inning, the angered Redbird field, Ottawa had a rally going on in two strikes against him when the third coaches went to argue Amato’s ruling. an attempt to take the lead. With run­ strike skidded past the glove of the In the top of the seventh, McGill ners at first and second, the Ottawa Ottawa catcher. Although Consul was coach Ernie D’Alessandro notified batter tried a sacrifice bunt. The div­ called out at first, Bugeaud was able Amato that there were players in the ing Redbird catcher was unable to to advance to third. The next batter, Ottawa dug-out not in uniform. retrieve a loopy pop in front of the Monnet, reached base on an infield Because the rules forbid un-uniformed plate. single. The stage was set for Todd players from sitting in the dug-out, It appeared that all runners were Savage who lined his first pitch up the Amato ordered a player, who hap­ safe, but the base umpire ruled that middle for a game winning single. pened to have an injured foot, to go sit the batter was out of the batter’s box By sweeping the double-header in the stands. The Ottawa coaches when he bunted. The runners were with Ottawa, the Redbirds, now with were outraged but D ’ Alessandro ordered back to their bases and the a record of 9-4, extended their win­ replied, “I didn’t start this.” batter was called out. The call pro­ ning streak to seven games. With It turned out that the player sent voked cursing by the batter and his three make-up games left in the regu­ to the stands was not the player teammates. McGill escaped a poten­ lar season, McGill has secured a spot D’ Alessandro was referring to, as tial scare by getting out of the inning in next week’ s first round of the another Ottawa player was wearing with the game still tied at four. league playoffs.

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Continued from Page 17 it’s a weaker or stronger team.”

Concordia did appear to mount more of a challenge to the Martlets than in their previous meeting. This was due to some weaker defensive play and loss of momentum on the McGill squad more than anything else. As captain Luciana Cifarelli reflected, “W e were a little more choppy, sloppy in the defense — there was not as much control as in the first game.”

Scoring started early in the first half with rookie Amy Walsh getting a clear run off a free kick from the half at four minutes into the game.

Most of the first half saw struc­ tured and controlled attacks from the midfield by the Martlet squad. There was con stan t pressure on the Stingers defense and McGill defi­

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M idfielder Joanne H ager had a strong half creating many opportuni­ ties with solid crosses to forward Walsh.

Nearing the end of the first half, the Martlets fell into a defensive lull; they lost the pace of the game and stopped pressing forward. However, Cifarelli came to the rescue to score twice in the 33rd and 43rd minutes of the half. The first goal came off a controlling and dominating run from the midfield; the second came off a poorly defended comer, an opportu­ nity Cifarelli was able to capitalise upon.

In the second half, the Martlets cam e out attacking. As C ifarelli explained, “We were playing wide, the midfielders carrying the ball up and then crossing.”

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the Martlets fourth goal of the night in the 36th minute of play in the sec­ ond half. It came off of muddled defense and weak goaltending.

Luciana Cifarelli completed her hat trick of the night after a good cross from forward Jane Moran.

After several attempts, Cifarelli was finally able to sweep in the loose ball and pound it to the back of the net.

A fter a few shots on goal, C oncordia was able to put the McGill defense on its toes for the first time in the game. They scored with seven minutes left to play, denying the M artlets the shutout they were looking for.

H ow ever, the M cG ill squad retorted with a final blow from Jen Goodfellow who scored in the final minutes of the game, thus sealing Concordia’s fate.

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B r ie f s G e n d r o n le a d s R e d m e n h o c k e y to th ird p l a c e in D u t c h C u p to u rn a m e n t P ierre G en d ron , who led McGill in scoring last season, put his name in the history books at Queen’ s over the weekend. After a goal in the season opener against Ottawa last Tuesday and an oth er in the first gam e of Queen’ s annual Dutch Cup tour­ nament, Gendron caught fire and potted six goals and two assists on the way to an 8 -4 drubbing o f Queen’s University in the conso­ lation final.

The scoring barrage places Gendron third on the all time game record — Gendron is the first addition to the record since the end of WW II. The Redmen lost their first gam e of the tournament 4 -3 in overtime against Windsor. Along with Gendron, Luc Fournier and rookie Mathieu Boisvert knotted goals in the losing cau se. The game was marked by penalties, with the Redmen putting men in the box 19 times. Windsor took advantage of M cG ill’ s undisci­ plined play, getting eight 5 on 3 opportunities and launching 55 shots on the Redmen goal.

Lange dominated both Brock and Y o rk U n iv e rsitie s in sin gles action, winning 6 -1 ,6 -2 over the former and 6-2,7-6 over the latter.

Jason Fabro also won both his m atches, rolling 6 -2 , 6-1 over Brock and 6 -3 , 6 -4 over York.

The wins put McGill past Brock 7-0, and provided the only wins in a 5 -2 o v erall loss to Y o rk University.

Both teams have a week off before travelling to Toronto for their next competition.

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W o m e n ’s te n n is tea m sw eep s w eek en d The w om en’ s tennis team arrived back in M ontreal, after winning against both York and W ilfred Laurier Universities on the weekend. The win over York was somewhat of an upset, since the Toronto team placed first in the league last year.

Notable performances were put forth by a pair of doubles team s. The groupings of Beth D ickson/K arine M autrivez and Irene Pamlov/Nancy Saiboch both came out of the tournament with four wins, with the latter pair hav­ ing clinched the 5-4 victory over York.

On the m en’ s sid e, Julian

to c r o s s c o u n try v ic to ry The M cG ill cro ss country team travelled to Sherbrooke this weekend, and came back with a secure first place finish. Both the men’s and women’s teams outran the field, with the women grab­ bing six of the top seven positions and the men taking five.

A lex H utchinson led the men’s team, with a 20:57 perfor­ m ance in the sev en -k ilo m etre ra ce . This win gives him four strong finishes in a row . L ast week, at the McGill Open, he took a c lo s e second p lace behind S herb rook e.

T his week, Hutchinson led the team to first place overall, well ahead of Laval and Sherbrooke.

Melanie Choiniere, who fin­ ished third last week, took first p lace in the five kilom etre women’s race in a time o f 17:56.

Tambra Dunn of McGill finished a close second, just eight seconds behind Choiniere.

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anticipation of the goal, only to realise the ball rested on the side of the net and not inside of it.

W ith less than ten m inutes left, G ervais scored his header.

McGill was able to control much o f the rem aining p lay, and left P e r c iv a l M o lso n S tad iu m unscathed.

The Redmen were paced by the solid efforts o f striker Sean

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Talk on “Abortion Activists-finding common ground,” 4:3 0 -6 :3 0 p.m.

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Oktoberfest ‘96. Beer and authen­ tic German sausages, sauerkraut and apple strudels. G ert’ s at 5 :3 0 p.m.

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H ernan B a rrio s and G lo ria Escom el, Bronfman 678 (poetry and prose in Spanish) 4:00 p.m.

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F irs t m eeting o f the Je w ish W om en’ s C ircle at 6 :0 0 p.m. in the Women’s Union. All women interest­ ed in Judaism are invited to attend.

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Monday, O ctober 14 Loaf Organic Food Co-op orders bulk dried goods on Mondays 2:306 :30 pm. at Q PIRG 3647 University.

R e b e cca F re n ch or M elanie Fearon

Last Thursday evening, U1 pitcher/outfielder David Carson tossed a five-inning no-hitter en route to a 1 5 -0 tro u n cin g of Carlton U niversity. The gam e, incidentially, was called after five innings as the league mercy-scor­ ing rule was invoked.

S m ith and m id fie ld e r M a rc M ounicot. Their speed and drib­ bling skills allow ed M cG ill to control the play for much of the game.

The Redmen hope to improve their ranking against UQAM next weekend, a team which beat the R edm en e a rlie r this y e a r. The M cGill soccer team will look to continue their stingy defense in order to ride their momentum into the playoffs.

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