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Genetic resistance to AIDS vims sheds new light on research Scientists may have discovered a genetic reason fo r why some people are more immune than others B y A m y D iN o l o

In the past month, scientists at the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C. have come out with groundbreaking research regarding genetic resistance to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Steve O’Brien of the NCI has been conducting a study of approximately 1,900 American men and women who have either been at high risk of contracting HIV but have not, or who have been carrying the virus for years without develop ing full-blown AIDS. Apparently, this pseudo-immunity is of a heredi tary nature. Viruses cause their damage by entering the cells of a host organism to propagate. Once the parent virus has successfully reproduced, its replicates break out of the host cell, thereby damaging or killing it.

Retroviruses, such as HIV, work by incorporating parts of their RNA into the genetic code of the host cell. In the case of the AIDS virus, these hosts are white blood cells, which provide resistance to infection and illness. However, in certain people, the virus has trouble attaching to the membrane of the cells. This is due to a defective protein in the cell membrane called CKRS. “We all carry the genetic blue print for CKRS,” noted Dr. Norbert Gilmore of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, and associate director of the McGill AIDS Centre. “If you’ve inherited the gene which codes for the defec tive protein, then you will be rela tively resistant [to HIV].” “Not only is it hard to get C ontinued on Page 13

Stomp hammers Montreal B y Rachel S t o k o e

Like a minivan full of hyper kinetic siblings deprived of their Ritalin, Stomp rode into Montreal last week to help christen the Black and Blue ceremonies with some noise. You’ ve probably seen the broom-banging troupe before. If not on the David Letterman show or the Academy Awards, then in the Coke commercial a few years back when they stomped across T.V. screens holding ice picks atop trash cans. Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, Stomp has received international critical acclaim since their premier at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, gar-

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nering more then a handful of per formance art and fringe awards. While most know Stomp from tele vised productions, nothing rivals the intensity and energy of their live per formance. The directors and performers all have long histories of creative expression. The performers’ differ ent background add a richness and creative diversity reflected in their stage show. In this cast, members’ previous experiences include puppeteering, theatrical work, modern dance, and, of course, percussionary expression. Dressed in chalk covered street clothes and sporting a belligerently playful attitude, Stomp’s one part slap-stick, five parts percussion stage show rings in your ears and quickens your heart rate whether you want it to or not. When Stomp came out in 1991, critics launched lengthy diatribes on how the group’s stage show was a commentary on the decrepitude of an Industrial world. Their popping plas tic bags and broom dances represent ed the rage and alienation of the C on tin u ed on P age 15

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Suspected beverage doping at McGill: two incidents reported at Gert’s Pub

Increasing concern over illicit substances used as ‘date rape d ru g s’ has touched on college campuses around North America. This year has seen an increase in such incidents in Montreal, and now two suspected cases at McGill. B y Jo y c e La u

Two incidents of beverage dop ing have been reported on McGill campus. The cases have been unoffi cially linked to the tranquiliser Rohypnol, a designer ‘date rape drug’ which has been gaining popularity in Montreal and other North American cities. The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill’s Students’ Society reports that at least three women were offered beers by an unidentified man between the hours of midnight and 2 a.m. on Thursday, October 3 at Gert’s Pub. Two of the women accepted the beer, and within five to ten minutes displayed symptoms of severe intoxi cation — including total memory loss, partial paralysis, and hallucina tions. After a few hours, panic attacks and convulsions set in. According to a SACOMSS report called in by a friend, one of the women was sexually harassed before she was coerced to take the drink. The incident happened when the woman was alone waiting for her friends.

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The report states that “[a] man approached [the woman] and kissed her. She pulled away and went to buy a beer. He stopped her and insisted on buying it for her. He then returned with a beer [and] handed it to her.” After a few minutes the woman began physically “falling all over.” At this point, the man “asked the woman to come home with him. She refused.” The friend, who then took the woman home, described her as being “very suddenly incoherent, disorien tated, confused, shaking and convuls ing. [She] has no recollection of the night’s events after leaving the bar.” Another report was written by a friend of another one of the victims. He had stayed with the woman through the weekend. His account was distributed around campus as a flyer titled “McGill Community Awareness Message,” which warns students against Rohypnol. The author writes, “As I took [my friend] home she insisted she was only drunk...By the time I carried her home, she had no idea who I was, or where she was, yet gave me no

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resistance. She was up for hours, tossing and turning, disoriented and frightened. The next morning, when she woke up she couldn’t even remember after drinking the beer, how she got home, that she had even been drugged.” In an interview with the Tribune, the author of the flyer said that his friend only had one other beer. “It happened so fast. We spent less than half an hour in the bar. The scary thing is that if I didn’t know C ontinued on Page 4

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October 16th, 1996

SSM U council to initiate dialogue with the Canadian Red Cross

Motion fo r impeachment o f Carter does not come before council By O

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After a series of rallies, peti tions for impeachment, and a much anticipated council meeting, some headway has been made in the con troversy surrounding the sudden cancellation of the SSMU Blood Drive. The threat of a motion for the impeachment of SSMU President Chris Carter has been looming since students held a rally outside the William Shatner University Centre on October 3, collecting hundreds of signatures on a petition calling for Carter’s removal from office. Students charged that Carter abused his power and misrepresented the student body when he issued a press release which provoked the Canadian Red Cross to cancel all blood drives at McGill. The much anticipated impeach ment motion was not put forward at last Thursday’s council session, but, because over two hundred signatures were collected, it can still be intro duced to council in the future. However, council did pass two motions pertaining to the Blood Drive controversy. The first man dates the SSMU Executive Committee to issue a press release to local media, as well as to university campus publications across the country. The purpose of this press release is to state the facts regarding

SSMU President Chris Carter addresses council. the SSMU Fall ‘96 Blood Drive and clear up any misconceptions. The second motion invites the CRC to hold another blood drive and to come to an open forum this semester to discuss the issue of the blood donor questionnaire, which SSMU council deemed discrimi natory. Commenting on the motions, SSMU VP Internal Affairs Mark Feldman conveyed the feeling that council is a cohesive group and is making progress. “Council and the executive

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Ombudsperson Estelle Hopmeyer presented the ninth annual report of her office before Senate this past Wednesday, high lighting budget constraints that she says hinder her ability to perform her job. Entering her fourth year as ombudsperson at M cGill, Hop meyer describes her job as one that puts her in a neutral position within the McGill community; she is nei ther a student advocate nor a mem ber of the administration. Rather, her official mandate, as described in the report, is “the impartial investigation and informal resolu tion of complaints by McGill stu dents who feel their rights have not been respected by some member of the McGill community.” Both at the Senate meeting and in her report, Hopmeyer stated that just like many other offices and departments at McGill, the Ombuds Office has been subjected to a bud get cut this year.

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problem. “I would say that [the impeach ment] is being used in the debate to avoid the real issue. It’s being used by individuals who don’t like to deal with the issue of discrimination,” Carter said. “I think a lot of people are afraid of the issues, and rather than talking frankly about the issues, are looking for scapegoats, are look ing for a way out.” As a result of continuing con cerns over Carter’s actions, students Nishi Aubin and Andrea Wichtler recently submitted for approval a referendum question which chal lenges Carter’s right to remain in office. This referendum question was subsequently approved by act ing Chief Returning Officer Christopher Muldoon. As of Friday, the 500 signatures required for the endorsement of the referendum question had not been submitted. Whether or not the question makes it to the ballot is now up in the air, but the concerns which it conveys are clear. “It’s more or less just getting the question out there, so that the students can decide amongst them selves,” stated Aubin. ‘They should know what’s going on in their stu dents’ society. We want to show that the [SSMU executive] is account able, and that they can be held accountable for their actions.”

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have shown its common ground; we are all in favour of blood drives, and we will focus our collective energies on changing the questionnaire,” said Feldman. “The two things are not mutually exclusive; we believe in both, and will do both.” The blood drive issue repeated ly entered council debate and became exceptionally tense when Sevag Yeghoyan, Senate/Board of Governors rep, presented over 600 signatures calling for Carter’ s removal. Yeghoyan claimed that the petition had in fact received the

endorsement of over 2,000 signa tures in total, and emphasised the need for consider able “fence mend ing” by Carter. Carter agrees that work has to be done to dissipate the factionalism that has been creat ed as a result of the cancelled blood drives. “There is a clear division on nj campus,” he said. U “It’s in the best c s interests of SSMU to bring the sides < together.” Before the council meeting, a rally was held which included Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Students of McGill and the Campus Human Rights Coalition. The rally focused on the blood drive questionnaire itself. According to Carter, the CHRC organised rally and press confer ence, at which he read a statement, were aimed at re-focusing the debate. In response to calls for his impeachment on account of misrep resentation, Carter accused his detractors of obscuring the central

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‘The publicity and travel bud get lines for example, will not presently permit the publication of my annual report in the Tribune and the Daily, or my attendance at the Annual Conferences of Canadian Ombudspersons,” the report states. “While I accept this reality, it is important to state the obvious — the student body needs to know about the Ombudsperson.” In response to these concerns, Vice-Principal Academic Bill Chan stated in Senate that since the McGill Tribune and the McGill D aily are student papers, they should provide free space for the ombudsperson’s report. SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan later criticised this logic. He found it unfortunate that the university, instead of finding the money for the ombudsperson’s report in its $100 million budget, would ask that it come out of a $90,000 student newspaper budget. “This is a report produced by the university, and it shows a degree of lip service that the uni versity says we have an ombudsper son, but then makes the ombudsper son completely incapable of doing her job.” The Ombudsperson’s report also presents a detailed statistical summary of the various complaints that were issued to the Ombuds Office from September 1995 to August 1996. When relevant, it includes data from last year’s report so that comparisons can be drawn. For example, the number of cases recorded in this year’s report was

288, a slight increase from the pre vious year’s figure of 263 cases. Hopmeyer was pleased to announce that several of the issues addressed in last year’s report have been dealt with over the course of the year. “The University has adopted a Religious Holy Days policy that is being implemented this year. Under the able leadership of Professor Ikawa-Smith, Associate V icePrinciple Academic, and with the strong participation of Lisa Grushcow, [former] SSMU VP uni versity affairs, and her fellow stu dents, McGill has found a way to accommodate the diverse student body that attends our University,” Hopmeyer’s report states. Similar to last year’s findings, graduate student cases still repre sent the most challenging area of the Ombudsperson’s work. Because grad students work closely with faculty members, the Ombuds-person’s intervention must be sensi tive. “...Boundaries between Faculty and student get crossed and person al issues interact with academic ones,” the report states. Hopmeyer concluded her report with a list of reminders for students, faculty, and staff mem bers, aimed at prevention. Under the student category, the Ombudsperson warns students to be aware of their rights and their responsibilities in order for their needs to be met, and in order for the university to run as smoothly as possible.

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Mixed reviews for proposal to create broad-based arts degree By M

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Proposed changes to the majors program in the faculty of arts have received mixed reviews. Although both students and faculty have emphasised the value of a broad-based, liberal arts educa tion, certain departments contend that their degree requirements can not be met by the proposal. The current majors program requires students to complete between 36 and 54 credits in a given department in order to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree; six addi tional credits are needed for an hon ours degree. The new degree pro gram would be a 90 credit “multitrack system” composed of 36 cred it majors, 18 credit minors, elec tives and distribution, or mandatory interdisciplinary courses. Degree requirements could be fulfilled in one of three ways: a major and a minor, two majors or a major and two minors. The proposal was drafted by the faculty of arts Work Group on Curricular Reform, and is based on a comparative study of majors pro grams in different departments from both Canadian and American universities. Accepted by the Curriculum Committee last February, the proposal is now set to go to the Faculty of Arts for approval on October 24. If passed, Senate will review the motion for implementation. Professor D. McGilvray, chair of the work group, argued that the proposed m ulti-track degree reflects the fact that most under graduate degrees do not lead to careers in the same field of study. “It’s very difficult for any arts student with a B.A . degree to expect to use their degree in any professional way,” said McGilvray. “It’s important that students have as many options open as possible and develop as wide a range of interests as possible.” In conjunction with the pro posal, McGilvray stated that first year and honours programs will be reconsidered, and the introduction of “specialisation” programs will be brought under review. In September, opposition to the proposal was raised by the fac ulty of science as well as depart ments that are in both arts and sci ence such as psychology, computer science, and mathematics and sta tistics. Professor G. Schmidt, chair of

mathematics and statistics, expressed concern that the depart mental course load is dependant on a “subject hierarchy” that may not be fulfilled by a 36 credit major. “[The proposal] not only opens doors, it also closes doors,” said Schmidt. “It not only says that you can do these things, it says you have to do these things.” Director of Computer Science Professor Luc Devroye, agreed that the nature of the course load may warrant a system of prerequisites. “We have a very technologi cally advanced subject, a bit like medicine; you have to take courses in sequences,” said Devroye. “We have several layers and we have a hard time figuring out how people can get a degree in 36 credits.” Further questions concerning credit requirements were raised by Chair of Psychology Dr. Anthony Marley. Although a major in psy chology requires 54 credits, science also offers a faculty program that is similar to the proposed 36 credit major. Furthermore, Marley stated that 36 credits may not provide the necessary basis for graduate school. “Our current program allows students to do exactly what is in the proposal. The only difference is that our current program doesn’t require a minor in another depart ment,” said Marley. “I suggested that our department have both pro grams available and let the students decide what’s appropriate for them. I’d be happy to have it available as an option.” Language departments are also wary of the 36 credit scheme. Chair of German Studies Professor P.M. Daly stated that a major concern will be to balance language with lit erature and culture requirements in fewer credits than the current sys tem calls for. “Do students get out of the new system as rigorous an educa tional training as they do the old?” Daly asked. “In German, I would say they don’t.” However, both Daly and McGilvray agreed that amendments may be necessary to maintain the integrity of certain programs. McGilvray proposed the establish ment of separate majors for lan guage and literature as an option to be discussed. Student opinion will ultimately be a key factor in determining the effect of the proposal. Ken Murata, C on tin u ed on P age 6

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CFS and PGSS plan week of action to lobby for more accessible education By R u th M

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Students across Canada are planning to mobilise and protest next week against the federal and provincial governments, citing the threat to the future of acces sible education. The protest, which is being organised by the Canadian Federation o f Students, is to begin on Monday, October 21 and continue until the following Friday. Each day of the week has been assigned to a d ifferen t region of the country. Thursday, October 24 is the scheduled day for students in Quebec to protest. Undergraduate students at M cG ill do not belong to C FS, but the S S MU is a founding m em ber o f the Canadian A llian ce of Stu d en ts’ Associations. The two organisa tions d iffer structurally: CFS exists on local, provincial, and national levels, while CASA is solely a national body. At M cG ill, how ever, the Post Graduate Students’ Society is a member o f CFS. Erin Runions, PGSS VP external affairs, stress es that national affiliation is not important. “It’s not a matter of which group you are associated with,”

she said. “In the past all McGill students have participated in CFS events.” Chantal DaSilva, SSMU VP external affairs and CASA repre sentative, also expressed the view that the two organisations are lobbying for similar issues. “I think [the week of action] is great. I think we are fighting for the same issues and we just go about it differently,” she said. “If PGSS is taking part, I salute them.” The issues that are being addressed next week are of con cern to all students in Quebec. CFS fears that Quebec’s plans to reduce the d eficit within two years will result in devastating cuts to social programs. . “Instead of proposing solu tions that will take away from the rich, as usual they propose solutions that will hurt the poor,” Runions said. The provincial government’s socio-economic summit is taking place at the end of October and the protest is meant to influence this conference. “The point is to put pressure on the provincial government before the economic summit and make sp e cific demands with regard to education,” explained

Runions. There are two major events planned for October 24: a march and a political action tourna ment. The march begins at 2 p.m. and heads east on St. Catherine Street, ending at Berri Square. The tournament, which is a game meant to strategically disrupt government or business operations in a way that high lights cuts to social spending and accessib le education, will be occurring simultaneously. Brad Lavigne, national chair of C FS, says that Quebec is a very special case. “It has the farthest to fall if the government adopts the same policies as governments in other provinces,” he said. U niversity enrolm ent has always been high in Quebec and Lavigne fears this will not last if tuition hikes are instituted. “In a very d ecen tralised way, the students can highlight how the cuts have affected them in their areas,” he said. Some other events across the country during the same week include a poster campaign in Manitoba, a campus walk-out in Halifax, and student participa tion in a general work stoppage planned for Toronto.

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‘Date rape drugs’: protecting oneself from aggressive behaviour C ontinued from Page /

Timmins agrees that the solution to sexual assault-related problems lies in altering the everyday behaviour of students. “I would hope that anyone here at McGill who sees a friend doing this would challenge this person and report that person as necessary,” Timmins said. Tellier also stressed that although neither women reported being raped, they were still assaulted and taken advantage of. “One of the women at Gert’s was alone and felt that there was no other recourse but to drink the beer. Something was done to her without her consent. Even without the drug, when a man goes up to a woman and insists that she drink something, this is in part akin to ‘Date rape drugs ’ what is called sexual assault. It is Gert’s : Be warned that recent beverage doping incidents are not isolated to campus. Christiane Khouzan is a psy emotionally demeaning, and can chologist working at the Rape Crisis “Remember that it is certainly not,” Tellier explained. “Street drugs administration, SSMU has recently be as detrimental to a woman as Centre at the Hôtel Dieu Hospital on not just McGill,” Tellier cautioned. are often cut. If someone is drugged begun an awareness campaign, physical assault,” Tellier said. St. Urbain St., the only hospital-based “[Beverage doping] probably hap with something that is illegal, fre including a motion to display large The student who authored the rape trauma centre in the city. pens on St. Laurent, in the Gay quently the drug is not made out to warning signs about Rohypnol. Rohypnol warning agreed that even Khouzan expressed grief when Village, even in some small towns.” what it’s supposed to be. And differ Gert’s manager Patrick Enfield though his friend was not raped, she she was told about the cases at Khouzan confirmed that this ent people react differently to differ has also worked with SACOMSS to was humiliated and frightened. McGill, but did not seem surprised. past summer alone, Hôtel Dieu ent drugs.” inform all of his security about the “After she drank the beer, but “Currently, many women in received between six and ten suspect “We get all sorts of drugs in incident. They were also given a before she got totally drugged, she Montreal have been experiencing the ed beverage doping cases which these cases,” Khouzan added, physical description of the assailant. remembers a bunch of guys looking same thing,” she stated. “Many involved women aged 23 or younger. “although some symptoms, like the “We’re happy with the descrip at her and laughing,” the author said. women arrive with drugs in their sys However, presented with the loss of memory, are common.” tion we got [from SACOMSS], “They literally thought that this was tem that seem to have been dropped McGill cases, neither Khouzan, This memory loss, explained the We’re watching out. And we don’t a joke. Someone got amusement out into their drinks. It is happening a lot. Tellier, nor any of three doctors inter McGill student who authored the think he’ll be here again,” Enfield of this.” Actually, it is happening more and viewed at the Royal Victoria Hospital warning pamphlet, is particularly stated. “I just want to make sure that In light of the recent events, more.” agreed that Rohypnol, specifically, problematic. people should feel safe here.” Tellier advises women to be more Dr. Pierre Tellier, medical direc should be linked to these incidents — “This happens to women who SSMU VP Internal Affairs cautious than usual, and to stand up tor of McGill student health services, especially without proof from blood get raped, but can’t say T got raped.’ Mark Feldman added that the prob to peer pressure. emphasised that the Gert’s incident is or urine samples. And rapes that occur under the influ lem is not indicative of social activity “Although it is difficult, a not isolated. “It could be Rohvpnol, or maybe ence of this drug must be the least on campus. woman must be secure enough to say reported, because most women would “I feel that Gert’s is still one of no. Women especially have to watch not even remember exactly what hap the safest environments to be in as out constantly from being assaulted. pened,” he said. far as bars go because there’s a lot of Make sure you are not alone. You McGill students who go there,” he never know what can happen, or if R E S T A U R A N T ML Students respond Serving- TTlcG ittstudents fo r oven 3 0 geesTS Barbara Timmins, SACOMSS said. “We don’t want to alarm peo you can even remember it.” Tellier also cautions against external co-ordinator, expressed ple, we just want people to be safe.” what he calls the ‘sleazy, old man’ anger and frustration over the recent Social pressures stereotype. occurrences. 8 But despite claims of safety on “This kind of aggression is not “It’s a real shame,” Timmins campus, Tellier links these incidents L u n c h /D in n e r San d w iches ♦ Burgers ♦ Steak s based on looks, sex, sexual orienta stated, “but it has hit our campus.” with social drinking patterns he has tion or physical appearances. You In the two weeks following the seen over his years at the university. T r y N i c k s [1 0 S & 7 s l i c e d f r e n c h f r i e s can have a young, educated, good incidents, SACOMSS, Gert’s staff, “This kind of hoard mentality SSMU council, and individual stu is...a big part of university culture. I looking person who is insecure, very V dents have begun to work on inform can almost bet.you that all gang aggressive and has lost control ing the public about the use of ‘date rapes on any campus in North because of alcohol,” he said. Because o f the sensitive nature rape drugs’ and are taking steps to America happened under the influ o f this issue, certain names have prevent such incidents from happen ence of alcohol,” he stated. been omittedfrom the article. ing again. And while services such as onMcGill's Oldest Literary Tradition is seeking an While there has still been no campus counselling do help women, action or response from university her, I would have thought that she was just really drunk,” he said. “She was totally awake, but her face was blank.” “She was lucky I was there. But how many other people were drugged that night? Who knows if he actually took someone home? This is what I was afraid of. That’s why I put that article out so quickly.” The two other reports were not called into SACOMSS until after the flyer was circulated. Two SACOMSS reports stated that the assailant was a blond man in his twenties. Another report described him as a 5’ 10” francophone man with sandy-blond hair and blue eyes.

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When the original warning flyer was distributed last Monday, it erro neously stated that a woman described the assailant as someone who identified himself as McGill speedskater, Marc Gameau. In an interview held at a later date with the Tribune, the author of the flyer stated the assailant did not say he was Marc Gameau, but that he merely knew that ‘Gameau’ was in the bar. “What happened was that some one offered [my friend] a beer and said ‘Marc Garneau is buying this beer. Do you want to meet him?’ and pointed to a table across Gert’s,” he explained. However, a second woman who had called in to SACOMSS to report an independent incident also men tioned Marc Gameau’s name. This issue of the alleged mistak en identity was originally brought up when a student filed a complaint at

the SSMU desk the day after the dis tribution of the flyer. Steve Gough, a McGill student and Olympic speed skater, is a friend of Marc Gagnon, another speed skater who goes to a CÉGEP in Montreal. Gough and Gagnon, both relatively well-known Montreal ath letes, were at Gert’s the night of the incidents. Gough explained the situation. “There were 14 of us as a group that night, and we ordered three boxes of two-fours, one at a time,” he stated. “The bartender would take off all the caps and put the whole flat on the table. Anyone could have taken one or dropped something in.” “Something terrible happened to these women, but something else also went terribly wrong. We must remember that it wasn’t actually someone who called himself ‘Marc Gagnon’, but some who said ‘Marc

Gameau is paying for this beer and sitting over there’,” Gough continued. As for the author of the flyer, Gough commented that, “I think his intentions are good, but he was obvi ously not thinking rationally.” In response, the author of the flyer excused himself by saying that he had written the pamphlet in great haste. He had stayed with his friend Thursday night, drove her home to Ottawa that weekend, and then researched the drug. The flyer was released Monday morning. “I was really pissed off, that’s why I wrote this, and I shouldn't have put his name. It was not my point to single him out,” he said. The author has since collected his flyers, and has asked the media, SSMU and Gert’s security to erase the name from any publications. “I’m not accusing anyone of anything,” he stated. — Joyce Lau

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SSMU allocates $10,000 to improve clubs’ computers For the second time in two years, $10,000 has been set aside in the SSMU budget for a clubs computer lab. This deci sion was made as a result of the dilapidated condition of the current lab, and the fact that last year’s SSMU executive used money meant for clubs computers to buy new com puters for themselves. In early summer of 1995, at the initia tive of former Clubs Rep Chris Carter, a fund was created in order to buy computers for all clubs to use — a decision the Financial Committee supported. But, as Carter points out, the executive proceeded to unilaterally appropriate the $10,000 fund for its own computers. “Over the summer, the executive acts on behalf of the council. [Last year’s] exec utive discussed the issue on their own and decided to use the money. It was thoroughly inappropriate,” said Carter. “Clubs such as the Sexual Assault Centre really do need computers. It’s quite disgusting.” The five computers that the executive purchased are Power Mac 7200s, equipped with Illustrator, the layout program Pagemaker, and Adobe Photoshop. However, they are not compatible with the remaining IBMs that are hooked up to the SSMU server. Any information that was on the old IBMs is now inaccessible and the new computers are prone to freezing up as a result of being on an IBM network. At the beginning of this year, the clubs computer lab was set up with the execu tives’ old computers. In addition to the

problems with the new computers for the executives, Clubs Rep Steven Erdelyi point ed to the decrepit condition of the comput ers that the clubs lab received. “There are six computers in the lab, four of which do not function [and] the other two are sub-par,” he said. “The clubs need computers that work for advertising [and] they also need to advertise their web sites.” SSMU VP Finance Jon Chomski felt that Erdelyi was exaggerating the condition of the clubs lab. “When the computers were given to the clubs, they were all fully functional, with spreadsheets and WordPerfect 5.1,” he said. “There were difficulties in initial implemen tation, but that’s not unusual.” Referring to a January 1996 Tribune article, Erdelyi also questioned the logic by which last year’s executive — former SSMU VP Finance Kelly Remai in particu lar — decided that while not good enough for executive functions, the computers were adequate for clubs to use. “On one page he says the computers suck, and on the next page he says they’re not bad,” Erdelyi said. SSMU VP Internal Affairs Mark Feldman is sympathetic to the concerns voiced by Carter and Erdelyi. “There are a lot of issues involved with the computer lab. The fact is that the clubs deserve better computers; it’s unfortunate that they don’t have them. It is simply a matter of clubs getting lost in the bureaucra cy.” In commenting on last year’s ineffi

ciency, Feldman also pointed to the fact that new computers were purchased twice last year for the executives’ use. “The executive got new computers two times last year because the SSMU is a bureaucracy, and last year’s executive did not understand what the word ‘austerity’ means. They sometimes forget that it is students’ money they’re dealing with and that there is a certain responsibility that comes with handling $2.4 million. The executive needs to be reminded of this,” Feldman remarked. Chomski, however, defended the decision to buy the new Macintosh com puters for the executive. “Basically, you have to train people and make adjustments. Sometimes the user isn’t familiar with the computer and they tend to blame the computer rather than themselves,” he said. “There were some problems, but they have been worked out.” The person largely responsible for choosing the Macs was former SSMU Political Researcher Damion Stodola. When asked about the decision, he refused to comment. Erdelyi, meanwhile, who introduced the motion to amend this year’s SSMU budget to include another $10,000 dollars for clubs computers, remains optimistic that the computer lab will improve. “I have faith in this year’s executive that the $10,000 will actually be allocated for new computers for clubs, as opposed to last year’s executive which spent the money on new computers for themselves,” he said.

CASA to lobby federal government B y N o a h G itterman a n d B enji W einstein

A conference of the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations held October 4 to 6 established con crete proposals on the future of post secondary education, but was haunted by continued unease with the slow progress of an investigation of a for mer CASA national director. CASA is the national student organisation to which SSMU belongs and the conference was meant to solidify CASA’s policies and objec tives. SSMU VP External Affairs Chantal DaSilva explained that it was especially successful for SSMU since its two proposed motions were endorsed by CASA. “We tackled some issues that needed to be discussed and addressed,” she said. “For a long time CASA didn’t have a policy on tuition fees — now they do and McGill led the way.” The two motions proposed by SSMU relate to the accessibility of university education. CASA will now lobby the federal government to fund academic institutions at levels which ensure that no qualified student will be denied a post-secondary education for financial reasons. In response to a Quebec govern ment initiative that limits out-ofprovince student loans, CASA will also lobby for the right of students to study at any institution once they obtain a loan. DaSilva pointed out that the fact that both SSMU motions were passed indicates that CASA is very member ship oriented. “The conference made me see that if we want to break new ground as a student association, we can,” she said. “It proved to me that CASA really is a grassroots organisation.”

Fitzpatrick investigation continues The enthusiasm over the confer ence was somewhat overshadowed by the frustration many felt over the slow progress of an investigation into the actions of Pat Fitzpatrick, who was acting national director two summers ago. Last January, information sur faced that money was missing and unaccounted for in a number of CASA accounts. In particular, over $8,000 was missing from an account that was supposed to be managed by Fitzpatrick. Further, he allegedly cashed cheques and withdrew money without authorisation. Fiztpatrick promptly left the organisation when allegations sur faced in January 1996. CASA then laid charges with the Ottawa police, who handed the case over to the Fredericton, New Brunswick police, where most of the fraud and theft took place. However, after more than eight months, no charges have been laid. Matt Hough, national director of CASA, shares the concerns of many students over why it has taken so long. “Because it involves students, they are not taking it as seriously as other cases,” he said. “They respond ed to media pressure almost instantly. It’s an unfortunate way to have to get a response. The case is well known, and it doesn’t only do damage to CASA, but to students as well.” The controversy over the fraud spilled over into SSMU last week. SSMU president Chris Carter was quoted in the University of Toronto Varsity questioning the safety of CASA’s accounting procedures. “It’s quite surprising nobody picked up on it. Didn’t they have any checks?” Carter said in the Varsity. “I’m still concerned about where our money is going and if it’s looked

after.” In SSMU council last Thursday, DaSilva voiced her disappointment over Carter’s comments. “I was appalled and embarrassed to get to the conference and hear what the president was saying,” she said. “It was a total lack of respect, and shows that he does not have confi dence in me.” Carter felt that DaSilva was being unfair, but remained optimistic about future relations. “There is clearly a political divi sion among the executives, but I never bring personal issues into poli tics,” he said. “I never wanted the sol idarity of the executive to break down [and] I still believe there are a lot of things we can work on together.”

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The University of Toronto has recently received criticism for accepting $350,000 from Imperial Tobacco’ s parent company for building and equipment upgrades. Dr. Robert Phillips, U of T pro fessor and the director of cancer research at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, feels that this dona tion compromises the school’s repu tation. The donation arrives at the same time the medical department is conducting research on the topic of smoking prevention and smoking addiction.

“We are sending an indirect message to the community,” Phillips said. “By accepting [the corporation’s] money we are saying that they are not a bad company because they are doing stuff in the community.” U of T President Robert Prichard argues that Imasco, the donor, has a number of holdings other than Imperial Tobacco and he believes that this diversity will impede its ability to pressure the university to compromise academic integrity. “The critical issue for us...is that we are free from the pressure of censure from any source. That has been and continues to be the com

mitment of U of T. When we pre serve that commitment, we preserve our integrity.” Despite the broad portfolio, Phillips contends that the policies of the holding company and its sub sidiary are indistinguishable. He cited Imasco-controlled Shopper’s Drug Mart’s opposition to a recent Ontario law that would end tobacco sales in pharmacies. Imasco Vice-President of Communications and Investor Relations Peter McBride, claims that there is no hidden agenda behind his company’s annual dona tions of nearly $9 million to various organisations. “We give a portion of our earn ings back to the community,” said McBride. “We figure it is part of our responsibility as a corporation to support the community.”

Phillips contends that the uni versity should be concerned, espe cially if tobacco companies are giv ing donations in order to associate their names with the academic world as a means to repair damaged reputations. “There are times when integri ty and responsibility are more important than money,” he conclud ed. —with files from The Charlatan (Carleton University) U V ic e n v iro n m e n ta lis ts sta rt c a m p u s g a r d e n

The University of Victoria’s Environmental Studies Students’ Association plans to transform part of their campus into a co-operative organic garden run by students.

Vickey Brown, student repre sentative for the environmental studies program, feels their mandate is both environmental and social. “With diminishing green space on the campus, it will help recon nect people to the potential of the soil and to the potential of human interaction with the soil,” Brown said. “Hopefully it will break some of the barriers between different groups and departments on campus. It will be a place for people to gath er that does not have some sort of exclusive environment.” The ESSA has received some start-up money from the Graduate Student Society, but Brown hopes that the garden will be self-sustain ing in the future, relying on dona tions and revenue from sales. — with files from The Martlet (University o f Victoria)

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Helicopters buzzed overhead. Armed men took their positions. The Loblaws store, the post office and the clock tower provided the best vantage points. Civilian traffic was cut off with tanks and armoured personnel carriers blocking key intersections to the down town core. Fatigue green clashed with grey stone and red brick. * It was just another training exercise. Growing up in a small Ontario town, sandwiched between Canadian Forces Base Borden and CFB Meaford, this was not an uncommon experience. These war games were meant to prepare them for real Field operations. However, it was difficult to believe that these soldiers, driving around in their dilapidated WW 11 tanks, would be able to “defend and protect” in the event of a real military conflict. For so many years, the Canadian Forces were the nice guys. Without the cash to be considered a military power, Canada relied upon its squeaky clean image as humanitarians and defenders of democracy. In the past three years, the image has crumbled like a whited sepulchre under heavy mortar attack. First, the media was leaked video footage of sadistic hazing rituals. The latest incident to come to the public’s attention involves Canadian Peacekeepers, sent to Kuwait as part of the U.N. mission after the Gulf War, photographed with various human body parts. Of course, the biggest blemish on the mili tary’s butt is the entire Somalia affair. After the ouster of dictator Mhamed Siad Barre in January 1991, Somalia became a battle ground as rival war lords and clans fought for territorial control. Civil war and famine prompted international aid missions. In late 1992, the United Nations authorised large-scale military intervention to stop banditry that was preventing relief sup plies from getting to their targeted destinations. It was in March 1993 that two Somalians were shot by Canadian soldiers guarding a supply compound after their commanding officer changed the rules of engagement. At the apex of the Somalia affair is the torture and mur der of a teenage boy by Canadian paratroopers. Back in Canada, an inquiry was set up. Witnesses were ques tioned, documents were tampered, fingers were pointed and a lot of people got Fired. In the past two weeks, both the Minister of National Defense David Collenette and Chief of Defense Staff General Jean Boyle tendered their resignations. However Collenette, who appoint ed and defended Boyle during the inquiry, apparently resigned because he violated cabinet ethics by signing a letter to the Immigration and Refugee Board on behalf of a constituent. Prime Minister Jean Chretien accepted the resignation for this minor infrac tion, claiming Collenette was a man of integrity and honour. General Boyle, who blamed his subordinates for the infamous document-tam pering scheme, was left holding the proverbial bag. But Canadians need not lose faith just yet. Sensitivity training and focus groups are being employed in order to bring military and civilian personnel together to discuss solutions to the problems plagu ing the Canadian Forces. Morale is improving, thanks to art therapy techniques. And since the government is cutting the defense budget, they won’t be able to buy any more guns.

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Grad Students — what about ‘em? Have you ever noticed that there’s never anything about grad students? Don’t you think that’s strange, considering that there are 6,000 of them on campus? And especially since we also pay fees to SSMU; man, do we! In fact, each and every full-time grad student downtown pays $9.90 to the SSMU (grad students pay $23.25 at MacDonald campus to the MacSSMU) — wow, that’s $64,000 out of our pockets and into the SSMU’s! And what do we get for that money? Representation? Uhuh, we do that ourselves. Use of facilities? Well, we pay additionally for student services, so that’s not it — unless we consider the privilege of visiting the illustrious Shatner building. That certainly must be worth the $64,000. Hmmm, doesn’t seem right — I just can’t figure it out. I guess we get this great paper! So that brings me back to my origi nal point: Why isn’t there ever any thing in here about grad students? Did you know that the PGSS runs its own Graduate Student Centre? Surely, you’ve heard of Thompson House? What, no??

Maintenance of accessible education Your article, “The Looming Crisis in Quebec’s higher Education,” (October 8th, 1996), raised the question: “Will frozen tuition fees lead to a meltdown in quality?” I would like to comment on the presuppositions that this question exposes. The question suggests that qual ity is predicated upon tuition fees: no increase in fees, no continued quality. In other words, quality of education is based on the monetary input of the individual consumer. Thus, only those with money (or those brave enough to face the frightening prospect of lifetime debt) should have access to high quality post-sec ondary education. The correlation between user fees and quality omits government funding from the equation, passively accepting cuts to social programs and education. Such an attitude represents considerable indoctrination by those (e.g. Paul Martin, Lucien Bouchard, Mike Harris), who wish us to believe that national debt and the need to bal ance budgets make cutting social programs inevitable. Interestingly, this agenda supports the high interest rates which contribute enormously to the growing national debt. Apparently the “powers that be”

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prices — that alone should be enough to merit publication in this illustrious journal. Still, I think that $64,000 is just a bit too much to pay for the privi leges to which it entitles us. Perhaps now is the time to consider giving some of our money back to us, so that we can use it for purposes that actually benefit grad students. In the mean time, however, it would be great to get a call every now and then from the Tribune or the Daily, just asking what’s up, what we think — because there’ s always something up and we always have an opinion about what’s happening at McGill, and as the link between undergrads and profs, it’s often a unique and important one. Try spending some of our $64,000 on us for once.

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Well, it’s a really cool place, a con verted four storey grey stone man sion with a wood-panelled bar, comfy lounges, a restaurant, a huge antique snooker table, large-screen cable T.V., a reading room with over 40 magazine subscriptions — well, I could go on and on. We have a lot of cool stuff going on there too; free movies, Friday night happy hour and dancing, French lessons, [and] ski trips. Hell, we even have our own health and dental plans. Oh, and it’s totally funded by grad students — we certainly don’t get any transfer payments from the SSMU. And what about our Executive? I’m sure you’re familiar with Chris Carter and the gang, but what about Anna Kruzynski, our VP University Affairs who has been working her butt off in Senate and Graduate Faculty? And Erin Runions (well, you might know her by now), who is consistently fighting for accessi ble education? And our behind-thescenes people, Humeira Iqtidar, Sadaf Siddiqui, and the newly elect ed Saqib Nazir? They’re the ones responsible for our new cheap beer

stand in solidarity with big business es who profit from high interest rates, rather than with those who benefit from social programs and education. I point this out, because I fear that when too many people passively accept the dominant political agenda, we will see the complete dismantling of social programs and accessible high quality education. Rather, we should all actively participate in ensuring their maintenance.

LBGTM and the organizers of the information table, I have now learned that Mr. Feldman’ s remark had referred to some rumours he had heard before LBGTM or SSMU council had taken an official stance on the question. That being said, I reiterate my previous call for student solidarity on the issues of supporting blood dona tion and lobbying for change in the Red Cross questionnaire.

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Stop the Press clarification After speaking personally with SSMU VP Internal Affairs Mark Feldman, it has come to my attention that a note of clarification should be provided regarding my Stop the Press in last week’s Tribune. One of my comments responded to Mr. Feldman’s lament that “people were using the blood drive for politi cal purposes,” and retorted that it was Mr. Feldman himself who invited LBGTM and other concerned indi viduals to set up a table at the event. Although this quotation was present ed in the Tribune as though the indi viduals being referred to were Staff

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Screening necessary: CRC governor A number of members of the McGill community, and indeed at universities across the country, hold the view that the Red Cross Blood Donor Questionnaire is discriminato ry in that it seeks to screen out cer tain high risk groups from donating blood. I am sure that if these people sat down in a non-confrontational man ner with the Red Cross to understand why certain questions are asked, they would come to realise that the ques tions are morally, medically and legally necessary. Both the B.C. and Quebec Human Rights Commissions have already reached this conclusion. The Red Cross has only one motivation for its questions — the safety of the blood supply. I hope that McGill students will approach this issue with an open mind. The Red Cross discriminates against no person or group, but unfortunately, not all of us can give blood. Those of us who cannot give blood can serve the community in many other valu able ways and should not see them selves as the object of discrimination. Armand de Mestral Professor o f Law Governor, Canadian Red Cross Society

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Electronic equipment goes bad if not nurtured properly I wanted to upgrade my com puter, but I wouldn’t know where to start, and so it sat in its comer making obsolete gestures at me. Instead, I decided to build it a new desk, hoping this would boost the computer’s self-confidence, mak ing it ran faster, have better memo ry and grow a CD-ROM device. I had to move the computer out of the way — into my living room/bedroom, (or: the only room I have which is not a kitchen). The dislocation was only supposed to last a day or so, but that was three weeks ago and I haven’t finished building the desk yet. The comput er is still in my living room/bed room. My electronic equipment seems to be converging to the same comer of the room, like they’re loi tering or something, waiting, plan ning. Oddly, it’s in the comer fur thest from a power supply, so their contribution to the decoration of the room as crawling eggplant patch cords and wires and electron ic fruit. It’s kind of creepy but, at the same time, it’s kind of comfort able: I can now sit on my sofa and type on my computer, while watch ing TV and listening to my stereo. Sometimes my computer takes a break and watches TV with me. I can’t concentrate on all three at once, yet, but I just focus on what

ever medium is the most persistent. Why am I so concerned with all this? I guess it has something to do with David Cronenberg’s latest movie, Crash.. I haven’t seen it yet, but it doesn’t matter. All Cronenberg movies can be summed up, according to my friend Shereen, as: Flesh/Technology, Push/Pull. What I think this means is: Is my television an extension of my imaginative space? Am I running programs on my computer, or is my computer running programs on me? Is my Proctor-Silex toaster oven lonely in the kitchen? Did my computer manipulate me, like a guilt-spewing relative, into build ing it a new desk? Does my com puter talk to my TV? The other day, I think I heard this conversation: TV: “It’s Zeller’s ZELLERBRATION sale! Save NOW!” Computer: “01, 0001; 111 10 001 10 11 001?” Does my manner of thought make me a reactionary? The local press has made me somewhat apprehensive about that label. In the latest issue of the Montreal Mirror, editor Alastair Sutherland lambastes Linda Frum, because, among other things, she was the “founder of a reactionary newspa per when she went to M cG ill.”

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habits: My modem is irra tional, my CD player is over|f sensitive, my M ila Aung-Thwin television is loud, narcissistic Right on, Alistair, I thought as I and obnoxious, my VCR is lazy read his article, stick it to The and my clock-radio is stubborn. I Man! have not acquired any of the traits Or Woman. But after more of my electronic gadgets, such as thinking, though, I realised that an expanded memory or an LED Sutherland’s comments reflected display. on me: The “Reactionary Rupert Murdoch would like to Newspaper” he is referring to is get a coaxial cable into every home The McGill Tribune. So I’m being in the world. Or is it Conrad labelled a reactionary by some Black? Clint Black? Who knows. whiny, bleeding-heart, Frum-lam- Anyway, the last time I tried to basting, welfare loving, draft- help him out by hooking up my dodging, gay and transgenderedly own coaxial cable to the cable box lesbian marriage advocating pinko! outside my building, Videotron In the same issue, the M irror came to my house and cut it into named M cG ill president Chris 22 little pieces. So I don’t have Carter their “M ilitant-of-the- cable, and when I watch the XMonth”, because, I suppose, of his Files I can’t tell who’s Mulder and ability to balance his role of SSMU who’s Scully, and neither can my president with his job of writing computer. The X-Files (he promised it will be the scariest season EVER!). Mr. Aung-Thwin h a s tried David Cronenberg might be having a virtual date on the Web, onto something when he depicts but he fo u n d that his a v a ila b le the growing interaction between RAM lacks the horse-power to pick humans and technology. However, up anything more stimulating than I believe it is human beings which graphics o f hippopotamus mating are the bad influence on technolo rituals... Then again, m aybe he gy, and not vice versa. Since I’ve is n ’t cod in g in the b est w ordowned them, all my electronic search. equipment has acquired my bad

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M y dirty little secret (This week’s piece is dedicated to all o f you who complained and asked if I was ever going to write a “happy column. ”) As I approach the final stages of my education at McGill, I am constantly reminded and asked about a certain endeavour that I embarked upon in my first year. In the past I’ve tended to answer these questions as evasive ly as possible, which has served only to fuel various rumours — some true and some false. Hence, I’ve decided to use this week’s column as an opportunity to answer all the how, what, where, when, and why ques tions I’ve been asked over the years in order to clear up any misconcep tions that may be out there. To get it out in the open, I con fess, I was the one who switched rooms with a girl and moved into the all girls Royal Victoria College for a period of ten consecutive days (not an entire semester as some rumours would have you believe). The idea arose one night as I was talking to some of my friends who lived on the seventh floor of the Roscoe tower. We were all trying to figure out what life was like at the other’s dorm particularly in light of the obvious gender distribution dif ferences. Instead of resorting to speculation, however we decided to find out for ourselves by switching rooms. Though I was hesitant at first, the prospect of not having to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for a week seemed to override any concerns that I may have had. Never one to be so daring, I felt like I was embarking on my own

“mission impossible.” Much of this of course had to do with my unfounded fears of getting expelled

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was a definite plus. So toO was the absence of disgusting and smelly urinals that often greeted me in the mornings up in Gardner Hall. The various lounges and two television rooms were also a definite step up. Like all residences at McGill, RVC too is stig matised by various stereo types that have evolved over the years. However, I quickly learned that many of these aren’t even true. Those that think RVC is the “quiet dorm” have obviously not gone by in the afternoon and heard the screaming that has erupted over various soap opera studs. And those that think RVC girls are “deprived” because of their distance from the freshmen boys are sadly mistaken. Indeed, the majority of the girls on my floor actually went out and met men, real men — the likes of whom would line up in the lobby on Saturday night waiting for their respective dates (and sometimes on Sunday morning waiting for the showers). All in all, I concluded that RVC isn’t that much different from other residences at McGill. Eventually, my visit ended and it was time to take that long walk back up the hill. Though I was bitter about having to face Mount Kilimanjaro once again, I was relieved to be able to do away with all the escorts and sneaking around (no pun intended). Utlimately my stay at RVC is one that I will never forget — and one that I am constant ly reminded of. Since this “experiment”, Mr. Kassam has been trying to live down his reputation as a peeping Tom.

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or “kicked out” of residences. It was only until after my jaunt that I was informed that students can’t be thrown out of residence, so long as they adhere to all the provisions of the Quebec Housing Lease - sneak ing into the girls dorm isn’t one of them. Nevertheless, the prospect of getting caught made it all the more exciting. And so for the next 10 days from Room 706 I ventured out to discover what life was like at RVC. Of course getting in and out and moving about was no easy task. The infamous RVC force field, better known as “Charlie” (the night watchman) was difficult to pene trate. As a result I managed to arrange for different escorts at vari ous times to let me into the building. Getting into the West Wing and the cafeteria proved much easier as I discovered a hidden staircase in the back which was accessible from the second floor of the tower. Needless to say I got to know the girls on the second floor really well. From the onset, I noticed signif icant differences and benefits that most people don’t realise about the all girls dorm. The prospect of being able to roll out of bed and virtually into class (and then back into bed)

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It’s “Columbus Day”, OK? The margaritas at El Zaziumm are tiny. They looked big when we got them, and given the table salt on the rim and the various Mexican fac tory rejects loaded inside, anyone with concern for their ulcer would have had no problem waiting a life time to finish it. But before I knew it, my reflection was staring back at me from the palm-sized bottom of the glass. As with any catastrophe, it all started with the library. Menacing librarians trying to make an extra buck put a ransom on my McGill

credit rating — “$250 or we’U say the books were lost, toots,” read the note. (Disgruntled postal workers are nothing compared to a couple of librarians role-playing in the depths of the library stacks.) Somehow I did not heed the warning of this brush with theatrical ity, and sought the company of a new actor friend of mine. As I was on my way to meet him, another friend entered the scene. If only I had remembered that she had been involved in the performing arts once herself...

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For whatev er reason, dis cussion of her clarinet solos in band necessitated flourishing arm movements and vocal demonstrations, gestures with which the actor felt compelled to compete. Soon I was ducking to defend my beer as violent (but dra matic!) squawks and vamping took place that I never would have expected anywhere but the Copa. I kept on telling myself — “He’s an actor — you should have been pre pared for this...” But I don’t think that I will ever fully learn that being an actor is a full-time job. So I looked to my trip home to Vermont as a much-needed escape. Ah...New England... Ben & Jerry’s, Stephen King, tourism... AND no actors. But as my stepfather, Rusty, pulled up to my apartment driving his new electric car, I realized that I had forgotten the exception. Those of you who have seen Ed Begley cruisin’ in his electric Volkswagen Rabbit, let me tell you, it’s never so glamorous when the driver is an acupuncturist/herbalist/astrologer. I had a feeling that TV doctors were a bit more qualified for running elec tric cars than Rusty. Ben & Jerry’s was yet a long way away.

Teenage Riot D iana Prince It was no surprise when the car ran out of electricity. And I knew that the gas attendants at the old Ford dealership would never have been too happy to see me plugging the car into the wall to recharge, but the “Ralph Nader For President” and “ Against-Abortion-Don’t-HaveOne” stickers didn’t help. They could hardly decide whether to fulfill their duty to the Natural Law Party, and bellow, “I t’s a child not a ch oice!” as they formed their makeshift assault squad, or use the chance to get their revenge on the demise of the Ford Pinto and rising prices of gasoline. But there is an advantage which comes from youthful promiscuity. Wag’s dad finally recognized me and invited me in for a beer. Seeing the familiar ‘dancing bear’ embla zoned Monte Carlo parked on the lawn was too much, though. ‘Papa’s Gone’ lilted from the tapestry-cur tained trailer window, reminding me that he yet mourned. So I simply slipped under the steps to pet old ‘One Eye’ before moving on. That night I saw another old

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paramour at a pit party, still cocky from the time years ago when we had sex in his Jetta in the student parking lot. All I could think was, “Geez, I’m losing my virginity and I’m going to remember that stupid Phish logo on your Sigma Nu hat for the rest of my life.” By the time I got to my parents’ house, I had had so much Ben & Jerry’s and micro-brewed ale that I thought I was going to die. Rusty took the opportunity to inspect my pallid aura, and noted that I had ‘bad energy’ circulating around my liver. I did my best to slam the bath room door in his face, but it’s kind of hard while crawling. My sickly ire surrounds me in clouds of puce, he noted later. So now it’s Monday night and I’m back at one of Rue Roy’s cozy altema-haunts, brightening the world with my pucey aura. Sasha the Mirror sex-columnist is at the next table repelling my gloom with the glimmer of silver satin... and like I said, that was a really tiny margarita. Ms. Prince is actively seeking contributions to help pay fo r recharging her electric car to make another trip across the border fo r m icro-brew ery b e e r and Ben & Jerry’s. She promises to bring back some, f o r anyone who gives $15 (American) or more.

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Redpath Museum: more than just another set of steps on campus B y Jo r i G

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Back in 1882, the Redpath Museum was one of the main focal points on the M cG ill campus. Today, one of the oldest museums in Canada is often overlooked. With historical artefacts rang ing from mummies to natural histo ry specimens from the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the museum holds five significant collections: palaeontology, vertebrate zoology, invertebrate zoology, and mineralo gy. Redpath also holds one of the most important non-Canadian eth nology collections in Canada. Professor Graham Bell, direc tor of the Redpath Museum, emphasised the uniqueness and importance of the museum to the staff and students at McGill. “The museum is an unusual place. It’s the only place where the faculty of arts and the faculty of science meet within the same insti tution,” he explained. Bell is pleased with the most recent exhibition which has been on display since mid-September, and runs until the last week of October. “Student Life” commem orates McGill’s 175th anniversary, and is a special exhibition devoted to the past, present and future gen erations of McGill students. The next exhibition to unfold is ‘Time Machine.” It will be pre sented by two Dutch artists and Christine Ross, a professor of art history at McGill.

A larger exhibit, “Mont SaintHilaire,” opens on November 5 and continues until April. Mont Saint-Hilaire, located about 35 kilom etres east of Montreal, is a wildlife sanctuary managed by McGill. The exhibit stresses the importance of preserv ing this critical wildlife habitat, using didactic panels, natural histo ry specimens, archival photos and pressed plants to educate visitors. As for the museum’s involve ment in academics, the staff at Redpath is striving to broaden the role of the museum in curriculum around McGill. “My object is to get as many students in the museum as possible by increasing the number of cours es taught here and by making it a more interesting place for stu dents,” said Bell. Barbara Lawson, curator of ethnology, emphasised that the Redpath Museum is an excellent teaching tool. “Society is removed from objects and things, and I think [Redpath] is a place where people can have direct contact with history and natural specimens of the world,” she explained. Several departments at McGill offer classes that incorporate the study of the museum’s collections. Courses such as “Architecture: Material Culture of Canada” and “Ancient Religions of the Near East” make regular use of Redpath’s artefacts.

Other classes, such as one found in the faculty of library sci ences, studies ancient types of writ ing from the Babylonian times, such as Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics. These methods of writing were impressed on clay tablets which date back to 600 B.C. and are preserved in the Redpath Museum. According to Lawson, the museum offers a different dimen sion to education. “I don’t think electronic infor mation fulfils all intellectual needs and experiences,” she stated. “I understand the need and desire for technology and its mass contribu tion to society, but a museum is very valuable in that it feeds the mind by connecting recorded infor mation to historical, material objects.” M ichelle Lelievre, a U2 anthropology/classical archaeology student, believes that many stu dents overlook the informal yet exceptional education readily avail able at Redpath. Professor Bell agrees. “Few students have taken the opportunity to come visit the muse um,” he said. Lelievre suggests that perhaps, if awareness increases, more peo ple will once again realise the value of Redpath Museum. “Most people sit on the steps; they don’t actually go through the doors,” she said. “It’s like a hidden treasure on campus.”

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Tales of a pretty purple flower and a hungry little beetle It i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t a p p r o x im a te ly 1 9 0 ,0 0 0 h e c ta r e s a re B y S anjay Patel

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What may appear to some as a charming purple wildflower, is in fact devastating Quebec and Ontario’s northern wetlands. Consequently, researchers at McGill and the University of Guelph are conspiring with its natural predatory beetle to try and put a stop to its spread. Otherwise known as Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), it is an exotic plant species that has been in North America for nearly 200 years, and most likely reached Canadian soils in the ballast of a European ship. “It is a major problem in wet lands and is beginning to invade pas ture land,” said Dr. Robin Stewart, a professor of Entomology at Macdonald Campus. It is estimated that approximately 190,000 hectares are lost to this European species in North America annually. “The plant is a problem because none of the local wildlife can eat it, and it out-competes the native species that feed them,” said Karen Templeton, a McGill student who will be studying under Stewart next year. In response to the increasing encroachment, its researchers at the

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Beetles m ay help to stop the sp read o f the purple loosestrife plant. University of Guelph have been using insects for the past five years to tame populations of purple loosestrife in Ontario. It is seen as an ecologically safe means of control aimed at min imising its impact on the existing wildlife. This summer, McGill initiat ed the introduction of these insects to sites in Quebec infested with purple loosestrife. “We go back to the source of the exotic species and look for its natural predators,” said Stewart. Two beetle species of the genus G allerucella were identified. “They work by eating holes in the leaves, thereby reducing the pho tosynthetic area and making the plants less vigorous,” said Stewart. “A third weevil species of the genus Hylobius targets the roots.” The

insects were found in Germany and Switzerland. In June 1992, Agriculture Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the release of the three insect species as bio-control agents for purple loosestrife. In July of the same year, Canada imported insects from the U.S. through the Biological Control Laboratory at Guelph. Since then, researchers at Guelph have been making releases every year. Environment Canada and the Habitat Conservation Group are co ordinating the release of these insects throughout Canada. Stewart now heads the efforts in Quebec with the help of Templeton. “We have introduced the two beetle species into Quebec on a pilot

project basis in collaboration with the University of Guelph and Environment Canada,” said Stewart. The weevils have not been used in the release project simply because they take two years to develop from an egg to an adult, compared to the beetles which take only 30 days. In August, Templeton released the beetles at four different locations in Quebec, all of which were on fed eral land. Permission has not official ly been granted for release on Quebec soil, yet most ecologists would agree that the beetles are likely to spread onto provincial land anyway. “There was nothing political here. The problem is that people are naturally reluctant to release [species] from a foreign habitat because there have been a lot of problems in the past,” said Stewart. Brian Husband, a plant popula tion biologist at the University of Guelph feels that not enough is known about purple loosestrife yet. “Recent publications contradict many of the claims of what purple loosestrife actually does,” said Husband. According to him, one

study indicates that a large number of organisms make use of the plant, including mammals and water fowl. Catherine Salole, a lab techni cian at the Biological Control Unit at Guelph, however, insists on the men acing biological influence that the plant has on its community. “It is quite aggressive,” said Salole. “Each plant has the potential to produce 2,000 offspring annually, and that’s a lot.” Furthermore, according to Stewart, “the plant grows under ground by spreading vegetatively, making it very difficult to control.” To date, Ontario has had some success combating purple loosestrife. “The beetles are able to survive through the winter successfully,” said Salole. “That was a big concern.” Of the 150 release sites in Ontario, the results have varied. “We can [only] say that we are controlling loosestrife in two sites so far,” claimed Salole. Although the majority of sites have shown good establishment of the insects, it may be too early to make conclusions. “We don’t really expect to see any major changes [in Quebec] for another four years,” said Stewart. The beetle populations are expected to fluctuate for quite some time in equilibrium with those of the purple loosestrife. Only time will tell whether or not this form of biological control can safely reduce the spread of this invasive wildflower.

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L’Urgence Psycho-sociale: CLSC program offers psychiatric treatment instead of jail for mentally disturbed vagrants B y D a m o n St o d d a r d

The need to maintain law and order with limited resources often results in cruel injustice, particular ly when the homeless are con cerned. Unruly behaviour on the part of vagrants is usually treated as a crime, when often the root of the problem lies in treatable mental ill ness. Yesterday, the CLSC Faubourg launched a seven-month pilot program to address this prob lem in Montreal. L’Urgence Psycho-sociale is a regional project primarily targeting the downtown area. The project will attempt to give homeless people suffering from psychiatric problems access to available health resources. Claudio Iadeluca, operations director at the Old Brewery Mission shelter for the homeless, applauds the new program, which gives the staff at the mission an alternative to calling the police when one of their visitors becomes violent. “It’s ridiculous to charge some one who simply has psychiatric problems [with a crim e],” said Iadeluca. “The police are not trained to deal with these particular prob lems,” echoed Thomas McEwen, the co-ordinator of the CLSC pro gram. “What we hope to do is humanise the services that people with mental difficulties deserve.” Presently, there is a weekly

Due to a lack o f health resources, mentally ill intinerants are often treated like criminals. rotation among hospitals in Montreal responsible for individu als picked up by the MUC police and deemed mentally unstable. In order to administer an involuntary psychiatric evaluation, however, an arrest, followed by a court order, is required. But, even if more volun tary evaluations did occur, the hos pitals involved do not possess the necessary resources to cope with the portion of the estimated 15,000 homeless in the Montreal area who require medical attention.

“Those who are not suicidal or homicidal are usually sent to the Old Brewery Mission or other shel ters in Montreal,” said Dr. Joseph Pelletier of the Jean Talon Hospital, the institution on duty in last week’s rotation. “If medication has been prescribed, the patients are only given a two-day supply and we assume they will take it.” From the point of view of the staff of these shelters, releasing patients who have stayed the night can become quite an ordeal.

“We have no means of deter mining whether this person has pills to take or if they could become vio lent during the night,” said Iadeluca. “In certain instances, the individual is sent back to the hospi tal, and is therefore rejected once again.” The Urgence Psycho-sociale will now afford police a new option in dealing with people known to be sick, who have either committed a crime or become disorderly. Upon receiving a 911 call, police can,

through a confidential number, contact the Urgence Psycho sociale, who will arrive promptly at the scene and attempt to help the individual involved. “Now the police will have an ally to cope with this prob lem ,” said McEwen. “Instead of getting peo ple caught up in the judicial system, which does not work hand in hand with the healthx care system and doesn’t £ solve the problem ^ directly, those who cq require care will now have the opportunity to ^ use this program’ s resources.” As well, shelters such as the Old Brewery Mission close at around 7 a.m., so the CLSC can provide care to those who have nowhere else to turn. But the number of people who will actively seek help is still unknown. McEwen admits that this service is no instant solution to the problems at hand. “There is no quick fix ,” McEwen said, “especially when dealing with people who have men tal difficulties. You must be patient and wait until they are lucid.”

Toronto puritanism run wild: bar serves oxygen instead of booze what the name implies — oxygen, 99.9 per cent pure. Feeling lethargic? In a daze? Charron, and co-owner For $16, you can get a 20-minute Shamila Hunter, thought of their fix to relieve these and other condi idea after learning how oxygen therapy helped a man suffering tions. And it’s legal. The O 2 Spa Bar in Toronto from poor circulation. After devel offers its clients a refreshing dose oping gangrene, regular oxygen use of oxygen, which co-owner Lissa saved his legs, and the O2 Spa Bar Charron claims “increases energy was born. and is the best cure for a hang The beneficial effects of oxy over.” gen use have long been known. use oxygen to train, pilots O2 , which opened in March,Athletes is the first oxygen bar in the world. use it to stay alert during lohg W hile air bars in smog-ridden flights, and casino operators pump Asian cities offer clients the air we oxygen into their establishments to breathe every day (21 per cent oxy keep gamblers awake. gen), O 2 serves its patrons just Via a rubber hose and plastic By M

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Hereditary nature of HIV/AIDS under microscope C on tin u ed from P age 7 infected,” continued Gilmore, “but if you are infected, you won’t develop AIDS as quickly.” This is not the only case of a defective gene working to protect against a disease. Certain popula tions of Africans and people of African descent carry a higher pro portion of the gene which causes sickle-cell anaemia. This gene, when paired with a dominant nor mal gene, provides protection against malaria, a common disease found in tropical areas Gilmore suggested that this could very likely be the case with the CKRS gene because, while 20 per cent o f the whites in the

O’Brien study carried the gene, it was barely present in the black population. However, he cautioned that the studies were still too new to draw any definite conclusions. Chantal Landry, of the Centre for AIDS Services o f Montreal Women, agreed with Gilmore’s statement. “You have to be careful with research, because they don’t all say the same thing,” she warned. Gilmore added that there are other factors that can help people carry ing HIV prevent the onset of full blown A IDS. Proper nutrition, exercise, and lim iting alcohol intake can all improve the progno sis of an HIV patient. Until this research is further substantiated,

that would be a patient’ s best course of action. “First of all,” said Gilmore, “it’s very early research. The full implications aren’t known, and people are running around trying to make sense of this. What is exciting is the possibility of new drugs and treatment for AIDS.” Not only are the findings extremely new, but they are limit ed in that all the subjects were Americans. The North American gene pool is quite different from that of the rest o f the world because the comprising countries are relatively young and dynamic, with a high influx of immigrants. What this means for the world population at large remains to be

AIDS: Know the facts According to the Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Health Canada, it is a fact that: • In Quebec, one more person is infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, every eight hours. • 4,300 people have been diag nosed with AIDS in Quebec and more than 10,000 others are believed to be HIV positive, as of 1995...60 per cent of those AIDS patients have since died. • Quebec has 50 per cent of all AIDS cases among women in Canada • Quebec has 50 per cent of all AIDS cases among children in Canada. •Quebec has the highest number of AIDS cases transmitted through heterosexual activity in Canada.

seen. “W e’ re at that stage [of research] that is both very exciting and frustrating,” noted Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland. The pace of discovery in the last six months has been rapid, which is heartening; but this can be trying for researchers trying to fit their work into the scope of all the new results. S till, as the inform ation becomes documented and better known, doctors will be able to develop newer treatments. This discovery has opened the door for a myriad of possibilities for AIDS patients.

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McGill Student Exchange and Study Abroad program offers roads less travelled “They made me believe that if you had a CGPA of 3.0 and a good resumé, you’d get in. But that’s not Students sick of the “same-old, true. There’s pretty stiff competi same-old” at McGill and those who tion,” said Miller. cannot fathom another Montreal Further trouble awaited Miller winter have an option open to them upon her return to that they might not McGill, when she discov have considered: ered that she could not studying abroad. receive credit for a With hundreds of French writing and con host universities in versation course that she countries all over had taken at UVM. the world, the “Some of the professors M cGill Exchange were really flexible and program provides some of them weren’t,” outlets for a wide said Miller. variety of student Linda Anderson, interests. McGill Student Exchange The student Officer, acknowledged exchange service is that, although there are available to all full hundreds of potential uni time M cGill stu versities to choose from, dents who have a the choices one student minimum 3.0 grade has can be quite narrow. point average. This is particularly true in Usually, students the case of smaller pro must be in the sec grams, such as linguistics, ond year of a three and programs which are year program or taught differently in other their third year of a countries, such as four year program. France’s engineering pro However, some gram, which requires a exceptions are greater concentration on made. math. _ The M cGill U3 education student service encourages Susannah Trout, who dialogue between went to the University of students. Upon New South Wales in returning from a Sydney, Australia last Study Abroad pro year, was very enthusias gram, each student C a n ’t f a c e a n o t h e r M o n tr e a l w in ter? T he S tu d en t tic about her experience. is asked to write a E xchan ge Office will help y ou p lot a n escape. Trout said that, although one-page report on she had to do a lot of leghis or her experi ences as a reference guide for future a shift towards bilateral agreements work and research before leaving, which establish direct links between the McGill exchange office was a exchange students. Weekly information sessions McGill and various schools abroad, great help. “I think they have worked a lot for students interested in the pro and away from provincial programs gram have been scheduled on where McGill students have to com of the bugs out. It is very accessible Fridays, beginning October 18. The pete with students from all Quebec and easy to do. If you need them, sessions will feature exchange stu universities. Much more research is they’re there as a resource,” Trout dents from the U.K., Australia, done on bilateral host schools to commented. Anderson claims that exchange Scandinavia, France, Spain, Mexico ensure that they are of equal caliber programs can give students a signif and Japan, who will speak on sub and that course offerings are similar. Lyla Miller, a U3 linguistics icant edge. jects ranging from the curriculum to “How many students graduate the cost of living, weather and local student who went to the University culture at and around their home of Vermont last fall, encountered with Bachelor degrees every year?” some difficulties in organising her said Anderson. “This makes you campuses. Students should be forewarned exchange. Although Miller had a stand out a bit. It shows you have that an exchange is not something to strong grade point average, she did your life together and have tolerance be undertaken on a last-minute not get into the university of her for other countries. It shows you can live in another country and survive.” whim. Students wishing to enroll in choice. By A

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Human movement has entered the cyber age. Technology now exists which allows dance choreogra phers to manipulate the body in three-dimensional space, making dance come alive on the computer screen. Life Forms, a computer pro gram developed by a team of researchers at the Centre for Systems Science at Simon Fraser University, is bringing a global language to dance. Until now, a comprehensive language for movement has remained elusive. Dance is an “illit erate art” because the body can move with subtlety beyond the descriptors available through written and verbal communication. Imagine trying to explain the precise motions, shapes and sequence of visual events of an entire ballet in words. Dance is relat ed by showing, not by telling. “I felt there was a need for a

higher level ‘language’ for human movement,” said Dr. Thomas Calvert, director of the CSS and creator of Life Forms. Dance requires some means of notation if choreography is to be preserved. Traditional notation systems used to document choreography are extremely laborious to learn, record and relate to others. Beginning in 1985, Calvert set out to devel op a program for virtual imaging of human movement. With this technology, the integrity of even complex steps could be maintained. Exploring new b od y m otions through com puter Life Forms technology evolved had experience working with perforout of a unique fusion between the mance and visual artists before arts and sciences. Thecla Shiphorst bringing her computing expertise to came into the project as both an inde the Life Forms project. pendent choreographer and graduate “The project was a success student in computer sciences. As because there was a common ground well, Sang Mah, at the Graphics and for creative ideas,” said Mah. Both Multimedia Research Lab at SFU, the dancers and the computer pro grammers shared the same vocabu lary. The product of their combined efforts is an “intuitive interface” that

M O V IE OF T H E WEEK The Lons Kiss Goodnight Geena Davis movies are generally disappointing. With the exception of Thelma and Louise, there really isn’t a film that she starred in that was, well, good. With her latest, The Long Kiss Goodnight, her previous flop, C utthroat Island, pops to mind. Hollywood action movies with female leads are general ly terrible. Studios don’t know how to make them convincing and, consequently, audiences aren’t convinced. Remember Pamela Anderson as a gunwielding, death-dealing mega bitch? Or Goldie Hawn? It somehow just doesn’t work. The intensity required of the character, that ‘killer instinct’ the audience needs to see to, believe the character, comes out clearer with guys. Just think of Bruce Willis, Amie or even Sly. None of them can really act — but we believe that look in their eyes. As Samantha Caine, Geena Davis has that look, too. As a former CIA cold-war assassin who lost her memory during a failed mission, she ends up buying her own cover story. Living for the next eight years in a small town as a do-goodums school teacher, she can’t remember a thing. Until, that is, she hits a deer on the way back from a Christmas party. Good timing, too — her former tar get finds out she is alive and decides to terminate her. As things start to slowly come back, she takes on the bad guys and becomes a foxy Uber-babe in the

process. Starring alongside Davis is Samuel L. Jackson. A private detec tive hired to find out our school teacher’s past, he provides almost all the comic relief. Jackson takes the slick ‘90s tale of CIA-government politics and makes it into a humourous, edge-of-the-seat ride. It is pretty much because of him that the film is anything more than just a gun-blood-revenge-testosterone flick. Admittedly, there are some action-film standards that the movie can’t get away from. Both Davis and Jackson manage to take a mil lion bullets and come back from the dead (if Arnie can do it, so can Geena). Seeing Davis rabbit-punch someone and then drink his blood is enough to convince me. —Drew Cormack

animates human accessed through the Stage View movement to create, window. Here, choreographers can visualise and record visualise a movement sequence of choreography. many dancers through space. This The program feature demystifies the spatial aware features three win ness required to generate intricate dows for creating patterns when choreographing for a movement. One win group of dancers. The famous show dow, Figure Editor, girls, The Rockettes, use this feature allows the choreog to preserve a record of their trade rapher to manipulate mark high kicks. a 3-D image of a While this technology provides body made up of efficiency for movement innovation, concentric circles, computers will never provide the rather resembling the physicality and emotion that brings Michelin Man. life to dance. M e r c e Montreal choreographer and Cunningham, a teacher Brigitte Lachance is open to renowned New York the possibility that computers could choreographer and aid in the creative process. Lachance, modern dance inno however, asserts that these ideas vator, is always must translate into movements for technology looking for new ways real people. to create movement. Cunningham Lachance’s own work promotes uses the Figure Editor as a tool for discovery and expression through the movement exploration. dancer’s ‘authentic movement.’ In the Time Line window, “People sense and feel and move movements can be linked into phras their own way,” she said. es. These features allow choreogra Mah assures that this technolo phers to work with dance concepts gy does not intend to replace the efficiently, without having to call entire process, and the choreogra rehearsals or make dancers repeat a phers who use the tool accept that. phrase endlessly until perfection. What Life Forms can provide, how The complete picture is ever, is a common language for an

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Nirvana From The Muddy Banks O f The Wishkah (DGC) Nirvana’s live sound is striking. While tight and musically cohesive, the band’s sound still emits the sludge that coined the premier ‘alter native’ musical scene. These ele ments come across clearly for end less replay on the eagerly awaited plugged-in live album, From the Muddy Banks o f the Wishkah. The disc was preceded by immense hype ( W ishkah was supposed to be released in tandem with Unplugged In New York), so it merits some reflection before making a judge ment. Wishkah further solidifies the viewpoint that Nirvana was on its way to becoming the best live band of all-time. The tracks on the album are culled from performances dating back to 1989, and run the gamut of their career. The first single, “Aneurysm”, is actually from two

performances — the second being after fame and for tune’s toll on Kurt Cobain GENIUS +LPVE - Vo UTEÜG0 had begun to show (listen for the splice at about 2:13). This disc’s highlights are some of the lesser-known songs from Nirvana’s repertoire: “School,” “Scentless Apprentice,” and “Been A Son” are stand outs, while the intro to the disc will send shivers down your spine. An essential buy for those who want to remember and for those -iiU' a.,.*-' ... * * - r T?'-;.*-'... who don’t want to forget. — Stuart Detsky Hubley alternate on vocals from track to track, maintaining a nice Yo La Tengo yin-yang balance throughout the Love + Genius = Yo La Tengo double CD. From the initial feed (Matador) Yo La Tengo have been crank back of “Evanescent Psychic Pez ing out their brand of rich, textured Drop” to the 26-minute mind buzz of drone rock for the last 12 years, and the closing track, “Sunsquashed,” show no signs of letting up. Love + Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo cap Genius = Yo La Tengo is a tures the full prism of their career sprawling, 28- song compilation thus far. The album is broken into of B-sides and weird outtakes, two CDs, the first of which they call dating from 1988 to the present. the ‘vocal’ disc. It offers everything This extensive sample of the from the frantic guitar-smashing musical versatility of these punk tunes “Artificial Heart” and “children of the Velvet “Too Late,” to the catchy, rhythmUnderground” includes covers based love songs “Demons” and of everything from John Cale’s “I’m Set Free.” On the second disc, “Hanky Panky Nohow” to the Y.L.T. shows off its achievements in Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.” the instrumental realm. It features a These influences combine to full range of melody and distortion, create Y.L.T.’s arresting lulla co-existing under a cozy blanket of bies with a razor’s edge. harmony. Be prepared to be sur Guitarist Ira Kaplan and drum- prised. —Chris Colley mer/organist/wife Georgia

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Pick up yer trashcan, swing it around, Stomp and then fall down C on tin u ed from P age 1 modern day worker. According to this logic, their roster of percussion instruments, comprised solely of heavy metal waste (including lead pipes, plastic bags, and hubcaps) was designed to assault the audience with the bitter reality of our existence in a cloud of street dust. While this sort of reading may have some validity, Stomp is not some intellectualised propaganda machine designed to make you reflect on the misery of the world. The main point of the show is joy through release — banging out bottled tension through clanging trash-can lids and whacking brooms so hard they fall apart on stage. The show revolves around breaking inhibition, through laughter and some primordial desire to make noise. Stamp’s show releases all the energy we were taught to suppress as children. The stage is set with metal and primary colours. The percussion ists pick up and engage all the objects

your parents smacked your hands for touching. All of the taboos, concern ing noise pollution and annoying those around you, are ignored. Stomp performers sweep dust into audience members’ laps and slap around melodies from bottles and buckets. The result is sometimes dissonant, mostly melodic, and always loud. Apart from guttural grunts and faux sneezes, voic es are off-lim its. The depar ture from spoken or sung word is freeing in a completely unconventional way. Stomp communicates through frenetic, choreographed movement and sound. Their dance is extremely grounded, with each move ment carrying purposeful weight. The performers engage the world instead

of trying to break away — there is nothing fleeting or delicate in their performance.

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and more creative, resulting in cli mactic interludes of aggressive bass and rhythm. Apart from engaging each other, the performers engage the audience. For their encore, the stompers led the audience through a syncopation session, guiding those seated, through simple clapping and snap ping, to fill the the atre with an echoing and inspiring unity. At one point in the show, the stage and seating goes completely dark. The stompers turn flashlights onto the audi ence while executing a metallic -j symphony on stage. Unable to identify any of the points of sound as the performers bound and skip across the stage, you are left disoriented and hyper-aware of aural perception. When the lights finally do go on, two are hanging from bungee chords with single spotlights following their sus pended bounds from onehub cap to

Findley at Concordia Pulled from a clear, cold autumn afternoon into a friendly, crowded auditorium at Concordia University, a group of students and professors travelled back 50 years to a hot summer’s day in Ontario. Timothy Findley, reading from his newest novella, You Went A way, detailed a. poignantly traumatic day in the life of a young Canadian family. The ch arism atic author, originally from and still residing near Toronto, O ntario, has carved a successful career for himself in Canadian literature over the last 30 years. Findley’ s newest novella begins around World War I. The opening passage that Findley read at Concordia was a beauti fully worded, poetic description of a box filled with yellowed

The Wild Angels (American International) Out of control bikers on acid... a motorcycle chase... a shoot-out... a prison hospital bust... a funeral orgy ... and Nancy Sinatra!!! Sound exciting? Welcome to the world of The Wild Angels, a haven for low riders, boozin’ babes and general debauch ery. Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda) is the leader of the pack, a reckless young misfit whose misadventures make up the plot(?) of this B-movie classic. His best friend, Loser (Bruce Dem), is shot by the police while trying to steal a motorcycle. Loser winds up in a prison hospital. Blues’ gang, figuring that a bust-out would be easier from the hospital than a prison cell, concocts a tricky plan to rescue their friend. Unfortunately, Loser dies due to lack of necessary medical atten tion. An elaborate funeral is held in his memory, complete with a motor cycle procession through the town to the chapel. The eulogy is led by Blue, who rants about his right to

personal freedom, claiming that people should be able to do whatev er they want (like steal motorcycles) without any trouble from the “pigs.” On this note, the gang ties up the bewildered minister (who has wise ly remained quiet throughout the ceremony) and a wild orgy breaks out right on the altar. Amidst the confusion, Loser’ s wife (Diane Ladd) is raped in his coffin. Can you handle it? The Hell’s Angels couldn’t. They tried to col lect a cool million from director Roger Corman (Night o f the Living

Dead. Bucket o f Blood) for slander. Their efforts were to no avail. Regardless of the H ell’s Angels’ reception of the film. The Wild Angels is probably the best biker movie of all time (and one of the precious few without Jack Nicholson). A must see for BMovie addicts. Look for the movie’s two soundtracks of excel lent fuzzbox guitar material. (Capitol Records, on vintage vinyl only.) —Sarah Keenlyside

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another. At another point, the performers seem to rise out of giant plastic bar rels, proceeding to hit the barrel tops with wet rags. These bursts of cacophony are off-set by a quieter attention to detail. The stompers crawl slowly across the floor with rubber pipes, echoing rather than banging. They stand in a semi-circle in complete darkness, flipping zippos to caste momentary light and sound in a deliberate pattern. The show is wildly creative. Comprised of a handful of comedic and acoustic vignettes, the members pick up anything lying around (including the kitchen sink) to create a melody. While reeking havoc on our perceptual receptors, Stomp cap tures the inherent symphony of our world and lives. Stomp plays at Theatre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts until October 20th. Tickets range from $25-$45, and can be reserved by call ing 842-2112 or 790-1245.

Where oh where have all the hair» bands gone? To survive they’ve had to| regroup. Over the next few weeks, they perform in concert in and around town. I Here’s how to identify them: ■ The Grateful Dead Pt. II (The Black! Crowes heard there was an opening):! Theatre St. Denis, Oct. 20 Really Twisted Sister (Marilyn Manson fit! the bill): Spectrum, Oct. 23 And of course, those true originals Bjorn | Again (who defy all influences):! Spectrum, Oct. 22

photographs depicting the histo ry of his family of characters. The second passage documented a family tragedy in a detached yet heart-wrenching account of shock and grief. Fin d ley’ s beautiful and expressive speaking voice, accounted for by his youthful experience with the theatre, added immeasurably to the impact of the story, written in the same expressive style as his earlier works. By all accounts and his past achievements, how ever, this story should stand on its own as another great Timothy Findley work o f passion and intelligence. You Went Away is a v a il able in hard cover in most bo o k stores now. — Erin Davies

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Men’s soccer continues winning ways over the holidays Redmen clinch share o f regular season title: team needs only to tie one more game to finish in top spot B y D a n Sa r a g o s t i

The Redmen soccer team had a busy holiday weekend, with two league games as well as Thanksgiving festivities. They tied U niversité de Québec à Montréal 1-1 Friday night at Molson Stadium, and trav elled to L ennoxville Sunday, where they beat Bishop’s 3-1, The team has clinched a tie for first place in the regular season, and needs only a tie in one of their remaining two games to assure themselves of finishing at the top. The weekend didn’t start very auspiciously. The fourth-place Citadins from UQAM were miss ing two of their top players, but they frustrated McGill and man aged a tie that left them far happier than their hosts. According to assistant coach Salim Brahimi, the Redmen were taken out of their usual game. “UQAM plays a different style than the other teams in the league; they’re very technical and they don’t seem to work very hard but their counter-attack is danger ous. We had a tough time adjust ing to them,” said Brahimi. The Redmen were rewarded for some strong pressure midway through the first half with the game’s first goal. Sean Shepherd received a pass from Marc Mounicot ju st outside the box, moved to his left, and blasted a

shot that hit the crossbar and bounced straight out for M ounicot to head it into the empty net. But the team let down some what after their goal. UQAM mounted several dangerous counter-attacks and, with five minutes left in the half, midfield er Carlos Nue scored to tie the game. McGill dominated posses sion in the second half, but quali ty scoring chances for either team were few and far between, and there were no more goals. Defender Anthony Watine was a bright spot for McGill. He had a couple of end-to-end rushes reminiscent of another athlete who wore his number, Bobby Orr. One led to an apparent goal, but was called back for offside. The Redmen became increasingly frustrated by their opponents and the referee, and tempers flared in the second half. When Mounicot was knocked down by an elbow to the face that the ref missed, several of his Forw ard Sean Smith ap p lies the offensive pressure on a UQAM defensem an. teammates rushed to his defense; some pushing and lots of talking because it’s likely that these teams Bishop’s tied the game shortly ensued, but the disagreement did will meet in the first round of the after and, at halftime, the score not come to blows. was still 1-1. But in the second playoffs. After the game, veteran for Things went a lot more half, M cG ill drew two penalty ward Sean Smith expressed con smoothly on Sunday against the kicks, and m idfielder Gabriel cern that the team hadn’t beaten cellar-dwelling Gaiters. Mounicot Gervais connected on both. UQAM in three years and it may opened the scoring again for the Gervais has had an outstand be becoming a mental block. This Redmen, this time in the ninth ing rookie season, and with seven could turn out to be significant, minute. goals in eight games has taken the

league lead in scoring. He was named game MVP for his efforts on Sunday. The Redmen now have two games left to tune up for the play offs. As the weather gets colder, they hope to stay hot and bring regular season and playoff titles home to McGill.

Redmen football trounces Ravens 31 -6 in battle of league leaders McGill steals top spot away from Carleton: Redmen have comfortable two-point lead over Queen’s, Ottawa, and Carleton B y Pa u l C o n n er a n d F r a n k l in R u b in s t e in

The McGill Redmen charged into sole possession of first place Saturday afternoon with a con vincing 31-6 victory over the for mer nationally eighth-ranked Carleton Ravens. The victory means that the Redmen, now standing at 5-2, can control who finishes first in the Ontario-Quebec Intercolle giate Football Conference. With one game left for M cGill, they hold a two-point lead over three team s: Q ueen’ s, O ttaw a, and Carleton. If McGill beats Ottawa in two weeks’ time, they will be guaranteed their first division title since 1981. Saturday’s game, as scripted, was dom inated by Shawn Linden, who notched 252 all-pur pose yards, including 178 rush ing. His efforts gave him one touchdown and over half of the team’s total net offense. In addi tion, Linden was named O-QIFC

player of the week. Dana Toering, the up-anddown quarterback this season,

“It w a s a total te a m effort. T h e w h o le d e fe n s e c a m e th ro u g h at th e s a m e tim e . E v e r y b o d y d id th e ir re s p e c tiv e jo b s .” — J .P . D a r c h e , R e d m e n d e fe n s iv e lin e b a c k e r found his range on this day and played his best game in a McGill uniform, tossing for three TDs and no interceptions. He threw for 277 yards, and is starting to give the position a sense of sta bility. Toering started the offensive charge early in the first quarter with a 43-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Craig Borgeson to open the scoring. Rookie Gord Hoogenraad added the extra

point to bring the score to 7-0. The Red ‘n ’ W hite duo of Toering and Linden connected for the second major of the game, a 34-yard pass at 4:54 of the sec ond quarter. The Redmen padded their lead at 11:06 of the third with Toerin g’ s tenth season touch down pass, this tim e to back Chad Ludtke. W ith a 2 1 - 0 lead, the Redmen had the game squarely in hand. Carleton managed to get on the board at 7:27 into the final quarter on a 1-yard run. This run marked the only time the Ravens were able to push the ball into the end-zone in six attempts from the 1-yard line. Earlier in the game, Carleton was stopped on three consecutive downs, in part due to the tremen dous play o f lin ebackers J.P . Darche and Olivier Lafevre. On their second sequence from the one, the Redmen were able to stop the Carleton attack for two downs before they were finally

able to squeak through. “It was a total team effort. The whole defense came through at the same time. Everybody did their respective jo b s ,” said an excited Darche. The Redmen put the game away late in the fourth with a field goal by Hoogenraad and a final minute 4-yard touchdown run by Dan Pronyk. The Redm en’ s efforts can now be focused on the final regu lar season game against Ottawa. T oerin g knows he w ill once again be tested with the regular season title on the line. “They are going to come and put a lot o f pressure on us to throw the b all...I guess that is what most teams do. They know we can run the b a ll,” Toering said. A ll f a n s a r e w e lc o m e to atten d the w eekly Q u arterback Club fr e e luncheon Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Thom son H ouse. T he w e e k ’s s ta r s a n d team coach es will be in attendance to

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Martlets cruise to first place and play-off spot with weekend victories B y T he M inh Lu o n g

The M cGill Martlet soccer team posted two solid wins over the week end against a couple of the weaker teams in the league. Th e women first defeated Université de Québec à Montréal 5-1 at home Friday, and then travelled to Lennoxville to shut out Bishop’s 2-0. The victories allowed the team to move into first place in the Québec University Soccer League with only a week left in the regular season. Halloween came three weeks early Friday for the Martlets, as the U Q A M Citadines put a scare into the heavily favoured home team. The two sides ended the first half dead locked in a 1-1 tie on a cold night at Molson Stadium. McGill defender Sarah Pentland started things off with her first goal of the game in the seventh minute. The Martlets clearly dominated play in the early part of the game, but failed to put the finishing touches on numerous scoring opportunities. The momentum shifted late in the first half when a midfield colli sion resulted in M cG ill’s Sue Belair

It was just a matter of getting our minds on the game and having some confidence. After those two quick goals, the pace of the game stepped up a lot and we got tougher.” From then on, M c G ill’ s defense took over and didn’t allow the visitors any more scoring chances. After a sloppy first half, defenders Belair, Pentland, Heather Cracower and Krista Chin slammed the door on the U Q A M attack. The play also was quite intense, with yellow cards being hand ed out for contact that you’d expect to see at M cConnell The M artlets press fo r a g o a l again st the C itadines. Arena. By the time Pentland and Tw o days later, M cG ill faced regular season. A possible preview of Moran scored their second goals of winless Bishop’s and scored an easy the playoffs will be this upcoming the game in the 70th and 75th min weekend, when the Martlets will face 2-0 victory allow ing goaltender utes respectively, McGill had already two top contenders, Sherbrooke and Debra Keitzke to record her third put the game in the bag. U Q TR . shutout of the season. Sue Belair got “We should have never played “U Q T R is the only team we’ve the winning goal in the 18th minute, the way we played [in the first half]. lost to so far this year, so we’re going while Luciana Cifarelli added her Defensively, I think we were a bit to have to really concentrate on that 11th tally of the year in the 55th lazy,” commented Belair. “But in the minute. game,” said Moran. “ But I think second half we tightened it up and we’re right on track and that we’ve Th e two wins assured the they really didn’t get any good shots M cG ill Martlets of a playoff spot got the potential to do really well in on net.” going into the last two games of the the play-offs.”

getting a yellow card. The play sud denly moved from the U Q A M half to the McGill end of the field, with the ball either just missing the Martlet net or ending up in the hands of goal keeper Debra Keitzke. Groans could be heard from the partisan M cG ill crowd and coach Sylvie Beliveau as the Citadines out-hustled the home team. U Q A M ’ s Caroline Archa m bault sent the visitors’ bench into a frenzy when her header deadlocked the game with a few minutes to go in the half. The Martlets improved their play as the half ended, but as they headed into their locker room, they were left bewildered by the unexpect ed struggle. The M cGill team came out fir ing in the second half, and took the lead when rookie Jane Moran, who had just come into the game, scored her fifth goal of the season in the 56th minute. Tw o minutes later, Luciana Cifarelli got some insurance with her tenth marker of the year. "They were just beating us to the ball in the first half and really out playing us,” said Moran. “We played more aggressively in the second half.

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T h is weekend, the L a v a l Rouge et O r solidified their hold on first place in the division by sweep ing the two-game set on Saturday. Going into the games, Laval held a slim half-game lead over the Redbirds. After the trouncing, the Rouge et O r had staked their claim on the division title. They defeated a luckless M cG ill squad 18-3 and 3-2 in an emotionally charged twin bill. Errors and lapses in concentra tion were indicative of M c G ill’ s p la y in the first game, as an unprecedented six unearned runs were surrendered to open the f in n in g . L a v a l pitcher Bertrand Cabot was impressive in the win, confusing M c G ill batters with a sparkling array of change-ups and curves. “Quite frankly, I’d rather for get about it ,” M anager E rn ie D ’Alessandro commented of the game afterwards. “ Th e y pushed and we bent. You have to expect this once in a while — the last time we played them we won 17-3.” U n lik e in the first game, M c G ill was never far rem oved from the action in the second, due mostly to a solid pitching effort by John Boadway, who went the dis tance, surrendering seven hits and three earned runs while striking out two. Boadway was touched early in the match, givin g up a soft R B I single to centre and a mighty home run blast to deep left in the first two innings, but settled down soon afterwards. M cG ill responded by scoring two runs in the fourth inning off a deep double to right field by first baseman T y le r Levine. Boadway managed to hold off the Rouge et O r for two additional innings with the help of strong defense by catch

and got shortstop Shiraz Rehman to hit into a force at second, placing the runners at first and third with two outs. Using his fastball as his hammer, Plante then drove the final spike into the heart of the Redbirds, causing Yann Monnet to hit a harmless fly ball to shallow right field. A v is ib ly dejected M c G ill squad hurried off the field with their hopes of a division title in question. “Right now our guys are a lit tle down,” commented D ’Alessan dro. “ O ur job is to pick them up and try to crank up the intensity for our final games.”

er Yann Monnet and second baseman Ron B ugeaud, but fin a lly allowed the decisive blow in the top of the seventh off a shallow blooper to right by Laval outfielder Michel Louchard. M cG ill mounted an impressive ra lly in the seventh and final inning, with a lead off single by right fielder Jason Egbuna, fo l lowed by a walk to pinch hitter B ria n T ith e rin g to n . H o w e v e r, Laval responded well to the threat, bringing in relief pitcher Patrice Plante to close the door. With the rain beating down on the field and the fans on their feet, Plante struck out Ron Bugeaud,

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October 16 th, 1996

Redmen spiked in weekend volleyball losses to Laval B y Pa u l C o n n e r

The Redmen volleyball squad opened their season in less-than-glorious fashion this weekend, losing a pair of match-ups against a strong

Université de Laval team. The two teams squared off for best-of-five game matches Friday and Saturday night, with the Laval Rouge et O r handily taking both. Friday night, the Redmen were

easily managed 15-2, 15-8, 15-2 in their first match of the season. Saturday night, they came out to prove they match up with Laval. The story of the first game was Laval’ s Francis M orin, one of the best setters in Canada last season. He kept the Redmen off their game from the start and continued to do so for the entire time he played. Trailing 4-8, the Redmen were unable to capitalise on a number of well played side-outs. Instead, they ended up giving the serve right back to the taller, stronger Laval team. A couple of w ell placed serves by Joseph Friesen brought M cG ill to within two, but Laval’s experience proved too much in the first game. This became evident when, at 6-13, a Redmen set was left in the air w ith no immediate takers. Th e Rouge et O r closed out the first off a Red ‘n’ White net violation at 7-14. Play began in the second game as a stand-off between two w ellmatched teams. Seven straight sideouts were recorded before Laval was able to push a spike past the M cGill blockers. Tied at 4-4, the Redmen clearly started to press. M c G ill served four balls out of the court in a row, turning the ball right back to Laval. “I want them to be able to serve aggressively,” explained a positive head coach Norm and Bouchard. “W e ’ re not serving aggressively enough right now.” The Redmen defenders were all caught on the left side of the court as a partially-blocked spike floated

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towards the right and landed in for the score. The M cGill defense’s dis play of poor communication allowed Laval to take the lead once again. A t 8-12, the Redmen appeared out of the second game. The defense was covering poorly, and the offence was m isfiring on all counts. Suddenly, M cGill was able to string together a few points in a row and bring the score to w ithin a pair, again. A fte r a single by La va l, M cGill took charge of the game and won 15-13 on a nicely set up spike down the line. The key to winning this second game was keeping Laval’s attack at bay. “We started blocking the ball,” explained Friesen. “If we can block the ball against these guys, every thing becomes a lot easier ” Th e home team carried their momentum into the third game. With the games tied at one apiece, this third round would prove deci sive in who would win the match. M c G ill opened up a 8-4 lead on Laval, but were unable to hold it. Before long, the score was knotted at 9-9, and soon after, the Rouge et Or had cruised by the Redmen to a 15-9 win. “ [Laval] came back, but they came back slowly,” said Bouchard. “It wasn’t a big come-back like four or five points in a row.” Points were lost after a number of side-outs on both sides, with Laval grabbing one while M cG ill could not. “ W hat happened is that we

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were not able, during that time, to block or dig the ball,” explained Bouchard. “That is one of our big problems against a team [like Laval]. W e have little players; we don’ t have a lot of experience.” The final game was no more than a form a lity. L ik e in many sports, when a hard fought struggle is lost, the rest is all downhill. Laval jumped to a 4-1 lead in fast time. Coach Bouchard called time-out, and tried to rally his team back into the game. Jamie Mitchell responded quickly, serving up a nice ball which put Laval off and gave M cGill a rare chance to put the ball away cleanly. Mitchell served up a second cross court serve, but was unable to handle a hard-hit return to his feet. A t 2-13, Laval summed up its great play with a beautiful short-set by M orin which fooled the entire M cGill defense and all but sealed the victory for the visitors. The match ended on a missed spike by M cGill at 3-14. The Redmen now look ahead to a tough match against Université de Montréal, next Friday in what will be an even tougher match to win. E a rlie r in the day Saturday, the Laval squad was trounced 3-0 by U de M. Said Friesen, “ M ontreal is much improved this year. Th e y’ve got a couple of international team players...But if we can get a better game from our middles, we can give Montreal a good run.”

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H o c k ey R ed m en ca p tu re p r e -s e a s o n tou rn am en t Th e M c G ill Redmen dominated the Ryerson pre-season hockey tournament by cruising past Queen’s 8-2, and defeating Ryerson 7-4 in the cham pionship game. The Redmen’s dismantling of Queen’s was led by David Butler, who scored 2 goals and added an assist. M c G ill’s other goals were scored by LouisSimon Ferland, Nicolas Cantin, K elly Nobes, Luc Fournier, Benoit Leroux and Derrick Prohar. The Redmen dominated the play, outshooting the Golden Gaels by a 47-29 margin. Goaltender Jerrod Daniel made 27 stops in backstopping the team to victory. The championship game victory over the host R yerson squad was headed by fo rw ard Pierre Gendren. He contributed 3 goals and 2 assists, including his fourth short-handed goal of the year. Gendren helped improve his 5 game preseason points total to 18, which includes an incredible 11 goals. O th e r tallies w ere made by rookie D a v id Gourde, Stéphane Angers and a short-handed effort by Louis-Simon Ferland. The Redmen outshot the Rams 36-25. Rookie David Simonetti started the game in net

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for M cG ill, and stopped 19 of 23 shots in 48 minutes of play. Jerrod Daniel finished the contest in goal, stopping the 2 shots he faced in the final 12 minutes. The Redmen begin their regular season with 2 home games this weekend. M cG ill faces off against R M C on Friday night and Queen’ s on Saturday night, with the games beginning at 7:00p.m. at the McConnell Winter Arena.

S o lid p e r fo r m a n c e b y s k u lle r s On Saturday, the M cG ill rowing teams travelled to St. Catherines for the Brock invitational regatta. Both teams were significant factors in all races, and posted excellent results. The women’s team experienced success in the regatta. The team’s achievements were highlighted by lightweight’s eights and fours victory in their races. The heavyweight eights placed 3rd out of 6, while the heavyweight fours finished 4th out of 6. The men’s team also received favourable results, with their heavyweight eights placing 3rd out of 6, the lightweight eights finishing 4th out of 6 and the heavyweight fours placing 4th out of 7. This weekend M cG ill hosts its only regatta of the year, the M cGill Invitational. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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