The McGill Tribune Vol. 16 Issue 8

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Although students and faculty have expressed disappointment with the poor attendance at an open forum for the proposed restructuring of the Bachelor of Arts degree, many remain opti­ mistic about the proposal’s future.

Last Thursday, an open forum was held which invited all mem­ bers of the Arts Undergraduate Society to come and express any concerns about a proposal which would significantly overhaul the present BA degree.

The new majors program would create more broad-based degrees, with 36 credits in a given department required for a major concentration, plus a mandatory minor or second major. The open forum, although well-advertised, had very poor attendance, and organisers have since expressed their concern.

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with the attendance. There were maybe 10 or 15 people there who weren’t already involved in the proposal,” said Karim Bardeesy, AUS VP academic.

Professor J. McGilvray, chair of the Work Group on Curricular Reform that put together the pro­ posal, offered an explanation for why so few people turned out.

“A lot of people most likely think that the proposed changes won’t affect them,” he said. “It is not clear that it won’t at least be an option available to them.”

Despite the small crowd at the forum, important issues were still addressed. Many students are par­ ticularly concerned about the rami­ fications of reducing the number of required courses in a major con­ centration.

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conservation areas and national parks received a lot of attention at the conference, also in response to Chrétien’s plan to establish a net­ work of marine national conserva­ tion areas and two new national parks.The “red list” also includes 148 marine fish species which have been threatened as a result of over­ fishing.

The prime minister also promised a set of 500 recommenda­ tions to reverse and limit the devel­ opment in Banff National Park, the most heavily developed park in North America. Recently, the park has experienced a decline in grizzly bear and wolf populations.

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An echo of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit was heard throughout the city of Montreal last week, as peo­ ple from around the world gathered at the Palais des Congrès to mark the largest conservation conference ever.

This was the first year that the World Conservation Union (IUCN) opened its congress to the public, allowing them to attend workshops and special events that took place between October 17 and 21.

The workshops dealt with key issues ranging from the role of eco­ nomics in conservation to the impact of climate change on nation­ al parks.

Over 2,000 participants, repre­ senting members from 73 different countries, congregated to discuss conservation issues. The mission was to encourage the global com­ munity to act collectively to “con­ serve the integrity and diversity of nature.”

the problems created by global warming and its impact on fragile environments.

“Biodiversity is severely threatened by climate change,” said Adam Markham, the director of W W F’ s Climate Campaign.

Consequently, many species became extinct as a result of the increasing temperature of the earth.

This year, IUCN published its “red list” of endangered species, which received a fair amount of attention in concordance with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’ s recent announcement of the govern­ ment’s Endangered Species Act proposal.

A major concern was expressed by many participants regarding the need for habitat pro­ tection in the Act. Habitat loss is currently the number one problem for over 80 per cent of Canada’s endangered species.

“That’ s why the US Endangered Species Act is so strong; it includes habitat protec­ tion. I don’t see what the point is if there isn’t any,” said Robin Naidoo, a masters student in biology at McGill who attended the confer­ ence.

Certain species such as the spotted owl, he explained, only inhabit and breed in old growth forests in the pacific northwest.

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October 22nd, 1996

Red Cross resumes talks New B.A. discussed for tested blood, they’ve narrowed the window period to 15 days — but SSMU and the Canadian Red what’s with the 1976 data? They Cross have started the first series of agreed they needed to change,” talks since the cancellation of the explained Carter.

SSMU Blood Drive two weeks ago.

The present concerns, however, According to Mark Feldman, do not constitute a desire to keep the SSMU VP internal affairs, the meet­ CRC away from McGill. ing between SSMU and the CRC on “We will not keep blood drives October 16 was set up to re-open off campus as a lobbying tactic,” lines of communication between the said Feldman. “Changing the ques­ two organisations. tionnaire is something we can do as “The purpose of the meeting well. The two are not mutually was to meet after the issue had set­ exclusive. We’re working to ensure tled down and show them that we’re we can do both.” serious about discussing blood drives SSMU is currently in the at McGill,” said Feldman. process of researching how to lobby The meeting, which also includ­ effectively. A letter sent to Feldman ed delegates from the science and by Paul Gully of the Bureau of engineering undergraduate societies, Infectious Diseases, Health Canada, SSMU President Chris Carter and stated that Health Canada supports Dr. Francine Decary, general manag­ the blood drive questionnaire as it er of the eastern region of the CRC, presently exists. was the first since the CRC pulled “The Federal regulator... out of the SSMU Blood Drive. approves the Canadian Red Cross The cancellation came as a donor questionnaire,” the letter result of a press release issued by states. “The Canadian Red Cross Carter on October 1. Stating that as designs the questionnaire and can an openly gay man, he would include as wide a net as they wish in attempt to donate blood, Carter was their exclusion criteria.”

All parties involved in last aware that he would be rejected based on the CRC’s policies which Wednesday’s meeting seem to agree prevent homosexual men from that the proceedings were positive, donating blood. and that the future of blood drives After last Wednesday’s meet­ for McGill looks promising.

“Discussion was frank and hon­ ing, Feldman explained the CRC’s reasons for leaving McGill. est; both sides tried to find a solu­ “[The CRC] felt that the securi­ tion,” said André Ménard, CRC pub­ ty of the blood system would be lic relations spokesperson. “Criteria compromised because of Chris must be met by McGill and we will Carter’s press release,” he said. work on that.”

“They felt we were irrational in Both Feldman and Carter feel inviting them for a blood drive and that they can devote their time even­ then ambushing them.” ly and capably to this issue. Feldman After turning down invitations hopes to remind students why SSMU to participate in council meetings continues to support the blood dri­ and open forums, the CRC met with ves.

Feldman and Carter to see if and “The purpose [of the blood when future blood drives will take drive] is for a lot of people to give place on campus. In order for any blood and save a lot of lives — that further blood drives to take place, often gets lost,” said Feldman.

The Canadian Red Cross will SSMU must first meet a set of requirements to be decided upon by present its criteria for holding blood a CRC committee. A blood drive has drives at McGill to SSMU sometime been tentatively scheduled for within the next two weeks.

February.

Despite a return to open discus­ sion between the two sides, ques­ tions still loom over the original source of the controversy: whether or not the CRC’s questionnaire will S S M U hits W W W be changed to exclude donors based on sexual activity, as opposed to sex­ As of this week, SSMU’s ual orientation. web site is finally up and run­ SSMU maintains that the ning. The site was set up to CRC’s questionnaire is insufficient. advertise and promote SSMU It also believes that screening gay events, and to make SSMU more men does not adequately protect the accessible to students. blood supply, and is in essence a dis­ “It’s relatively inexpensive criminatory practice. Furthermore, to put the information we have advocates in favour of changing the on-line, and it is very effective in questionnaire believe that the CRC is reaching a large audience,” said not protecting blood because it relies SSMU VP Internal Affairs Mark on statistics published in 1976 as the Feldman. basis of its information. “[The CRC] agreed that the The site will feature an issue was about safety. For example,

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(University o f Western Ontario) Students a n d facu lty debate the new B achelor o f Arts degree.

Continued from Page 7 tern to go on to graduate school,” McGilvray said. “I pointed out that, at least in the broad context of North American universities, acceptance to graduate school has nothing to do with the number of courses taken, but a lot to do with the way courses are chosen.”

The proposal will be brought before the Faculty of Arts on October 24, and if it passes will then be presented to Senate.

Because the smaller departments, such as languages, have expressed discontent with the proposal, and because any professor in arts can

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vote at the meeting, Bardeesy fore­ sees potential difficulty.

“I ’m guessing that what’ s going to happen is that smaller departments are going to stack the committee and vote against the proposal,” he said.

Acceptance by the Faculty of Arts is widely expected to be the most difficult stage of the propos­ al’s implementation. McGilvray has indicated that if it passes through Arts, approval from Senate should be relatively easy.

“I would be surprised if the proposal meets any resistance in Senate after the faculty of arts approves it, if it does approve it.”

B rie fs events section and links to all student groups on campus, including publications such as the Tribune. There will also be SSMU government archival information available, such as minutes of council meetings, and the SSMU constitution, by-laws, and policy manual.

Feldman said that the site is well designed, with lots of “groovy graphics.” Eventually, he hopes that clubs and students will be able to submit budgets and apply for positions through the web site.

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Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989, will begin a two-year teaching position at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University in September 1997.

Classes will reflect both the formal academic disciplines being taught and Broadbent’s political experiences. Subject material will focus on democratic theory, the nature of civil society and the issue of challenges to democracy in the context of globalised market economies.

“One of the issues that I cer­ tainly want to be dealing with is the question of the current threat now to the welfare state that’s going on in most of the developed democracies,” Broadbent stated.

Funding for Broadbent’s posi­ tion has been made available under the J.S. Woodsworth endowment, named after the founder of the political precursor to the NDP, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

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Animal rights protest at Mac Med

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A group of over 50 people protesting the use of animals in medical research marched up Peel Street to the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building last Friday.

Chanting and carrying plac­ ards and banners, the group sur­ rounded the entrance to the build­ ing and repeated their call to stop all animal testing at McGill. The protest was organised by the Concordia Animal Rights Association.

The group chose M cG ill because, according to CARA CoPresident R eb ecca Aldworth, M cG ill supports more animal research than any other institution in Montreal. As well, Aldworth stated that she was fed up with discussions she had been having with sta ff at M cG ill who are involved in animal research. She was particularly frustrated that McGill would not release figures on the number and types of animal research experiments occurring at the university.

“An attitude at McGill really stuck out — Concordia gave us the figures over the phone,” she said. “[McGill] says I don’t have the right to those statistics, and I resent that as a Canadian citizen and as an animal rights activist.”

With the expectation of vio­ lence at the rally, over seven police cars and vans arrived at the

scene. All entrances to McIntyre Medical were locked for the dura­ tion o f the protest. Part way through, a door window was bro­ ken and a dem onstrator was arrested, pending payment of a $150 fine to have the window fixed.

One of the staff from McGill who was in contact with Aldworth before the protest, and who was the focus of many of the chants and placards, was Dr. Richard H. L att, director o f the Animal Resources Centre.

Latt explained that the demonstration against him was partly misguided. As he tried to point out to Aldworth earlier, the ARC was set up to ensure the wel­ fare of animals used in research.

“If anyone cares about how animals are used, it’s the people at the Animal Resources Centre,” he said.

Latt went on to defend M cGill’s decision not to release statistics on animal testing.

“We don’t release them to CARA because the numbers will be taken out of context,” he said.

While McGill may use many anim als in experim ents, Latt explained that the university also employs more researchers than other institutions.

“We don’t use animals in any greater number proportionately than any other institution,” he said.

He also pointed out that M cGill sends its figures to the Canadian Council on Animal Care, which, while not releasing these numbers, establishes and enforces guidelines for the care and use of experimental animals.

Aldworth was still offended

by McGill’s secrecy. The top floor of McIntyre Medical, where a lot of experimental animals are kept, is completely closed off to people without proper authorisation.

“What a scary society when that stuff goes on behind grids and locks and Canadian citizens can’t see it,” said Aldworth.

Secrecy aside, Aldworth maintains that all animal research experiments are both cruel and unnecessary. She argued that alternatives do exist, such as com­ puter models and human subjects.

Latt, however, feels that the scientific community is doing its best to find other ways to conduct research.

“U nfortunately, in many cases, alternatives are not avail­ able,” he said.

He also defended the struc­ ture set up at McGill to determine who is elig ib le to perform research on animals. All applica­ tions must pass through a commit­ tee consisting of McGill and com­ munity representatives.

“You must modify proce­ dures until we are assured the ani­ mals are not suffering,” Latt said.

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SSMU VP Internal Affairs Mark Feldman has filed a motion to create a confidential discussion ses­ sion at the end of every SSMU coun­ cil meeting.

This session would be used to discuss sensitive matters and person­ al disagreements. No motions would be brought up at such a time, and it would be closed to students and the press. Feldman’s motion will be voted on at council on October 24.

In a letter attached to the notice of motion, Feldman explained that it is necessary to have a separate time to sort out sensitive and personal matters so that these topics do not come up in the course of the regular meeting. “[Last meeting] we spent sever­ al hours trying to embarrass each other in different ways. By the time it came to pass the discretionary budget at 11 p.m., many members of council were too disillusioned with previous

discussions to focus the necessary energy on the motion at hand,” he wrote.

Feldman pointed out later that council is not acting efficiently by allowing personal attacks to take place. If the speakers of council enforced every rule and regulation then they could cut off inappropriate discussion. However, this does not often happen.

“People can say things without the speaker stopping them, and it makes a hostile and unproductive environment,” Feldman said.

Others hâve voiced concern over having a period at the end of the council meeting which the public gallery cannot observe.

“I’m against closed door poli­ tics,” said Clubs Rep Steven Erdelyi.

“If any councillor feels strongly enough about an issue that they are willing to voice an opinion, they should be willing to make it public.”

SSMU President Chris Carter felt that Feldman was on the right

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“Mark has good intentions,” Carter said. “He has brought the issue up and is expressing concern with how the last meeting went.”

Yet Carter remains hesitant about holding closed meetings, and he questioned the effectiveness of the motion.

“Grandstanding is done pur­ posefully. Even if [the motion] is passed I don’t think many people will reserve heated debate.”

Feldman defended his idea, pointing out that a closed session would be healthy for councillors. He also reiterated that no motions would be brought up in the closed session, and it would only be used for discus­ sions that the public has no need to hear.

“There is no gallery present when I go and speak to Chris Carter about an issue we disagree on,” said Feldman. “[The motion] is about making the Students’ Society council focus on business.”

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October 22nd, 1996

Red ink in Solin Hall’s budget: operating revenue insufficient B y B o n n ie L e u n g

Financial woes have crippled the running of the student resi­ dences at Solin Hall.

Not only is Solin incapable of generating the revenue needed to repay the loan for its initial purchace, but the residence is also feeling the weight of a multi-mil­ lion dollar debt.

According to McGill VicePrincipal Finance and Administration Phyllis Heaphey, Solin’s finances could be a source for concern.

“I don’t want to call it a prob­ lem now, but it may be a problem,” began Heaphy in a description of the residence’s financial situation.

The latest addition to the McGill residences currently has a debt of $17.3 million. According to Heaphy’s October 2 Senate report, gross revenue at Solin for the fiscal year ending May 31 1996, amount­ ed to $1.3 million. After deducting operating expenses, Solin was left with $749,000, all of which is being drained by the interest on the $16 million principal loan. Yet this amount is not adequate to pay the interest in full.

Although the other M cGill residences are not paying for Solin’s debt, some of McGill’s real estate operations, such as graduate housing, contributed all of their $530,0 0 0 revenue towards the interest payments on Solin’s loan which has an annual interest of $1.3 million. Last year, even the aggregate contribution left a

Students living a t Solin Hall p a y rent f o r 11 1/2 months, while McGill students at all other residences p a y f o r only 8. $14,000 deficit on the interest.

Because of the enormity of its debt, McGill is considering placing Solin in its operating budget — a move that is expected to adversely affect the university.

“If we make projections and find we can realistically never make enough to pay for the princi­ pal, we may have to put [Solin] in the operating budget,” Heaphy explained. “In fact, we are already paying through the operating bud­ get because the revenue from our other real estate operations, which

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would otherwise be put in the oper­ ating budget, is paying the loan.”

Another alternative, Heaphy conceded, is to raise students’ rent.

The university administration, however, is currently not consider­ ing such an option. Sentiments at Solin seem to indicate that this would not be an acceptable reme­ dy.

“It is unreasonable for stu­ dents to pay that kind of money when they can find apartments in the Ghetto or east side of campus,” said Earl Mark, a former Solin resi­

dent. “Nobody would want to stay there.”

To a certain degree, Solin resi­ dents are already subsidising the building’s debt by paying for a 11 1/2 month lease. Students in McGill’s other residences pay for only 8 months. Director of Residences Florence Tracy admit­ ted that the prolonged lease is due to the high costs of Solin. “[A longer lease] was the only way McGill could finance the pro­ ject,” Tracy explained. “Certainly, if we didn’t need the income, we

would have an 8 month lease.”

The Solin contract differs from other McGill residence leas­ es in that a special clause dictates that “the lease cannot be can­ celled after September 1.” This clause thus binds the students to paying rent for all 11 1/2 months.

Tracy argued that this practice is necessary, due to the need to keep the building full. Empty rooms would result in a loss of income.

“We don’t want people to withdraw randomly, because other students will be disadvan­ taged,” said Tracy.

While Solin residents have historically expressed disgruntlement with this clause in their lease, Danhoé Reddy-Girard of the McGill Legal Information Clinic finds it fully legitimate.

“What you do with the con­ tract, you are bound by it unless there is a clause in the law that tells the contrary, notwithstanding anything in the contract,” he explained.

Although the clause in the Solin contract appears to prohibit the cancellation of a lease, Quebec law stipulates that it is not possible to forfeit one’s right to cancel a lease with sufficient reason. In either case, it seems that this spe­ cial clause is not a matter of con­ cern for Solin students.

“I think of Solin as an apart­ ment rather than a residence, and apartments lease for 1 year,” said Genevieve Chen, a current Solin tenant. “I didn’t really think much about it.”

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McGill undergraduate students are currently covered by the SSMU HEALTH PLAN. The SSMU HEALTH PLAN does not cover dental care benefits except in the event of an accident (Example: Breaking teeth while playing sports).

This referendum question is a proposal to add dental health care benefits to the SSMU HEALTH PLAN as outlined in the table below.

You would be able to access benefits through a network initially comprised of at least 10 dentists in Montreal (see table: Preferred Network). You can also use the dental health care benefits at any dentist in Canada (you would receive benefits as listed in Table: NonNetwork Dentist).

If your personal dentist is not a member of the network, your den­ tist will be invited to join free of charge (anywhere in Canada). This will allow you to utilize the increased benefits of the Preferred Network with your own personal dentist.

You would be covered by the dental care benefits starting January 1,1997.

You can use these benefits in combination with any other dental care coverage that you may already have in order to increase overall coverage.

If you have other dental health coverage you will be able to opt. out and receive a full refund of Dental Plan fees.

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October 22nd, 1996

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Muldoon comes under fire for assuming role of CRO B y M a r isa M u s t o

Questions arose at the last SSMU council meeting concerning the position of the SSMU Chief Returning Officer.

The debate at council revolved around two main issues: the legiti­ macy of the position of Elections ffo-ordinator and the validity of Christopher Muldoon’s position as acting CRO following the resigna­ tion of former CRO, Angie Wan. The Chief Returning Officer has several responsibilities relating to the management of SSMU elec­ tions. Formally, the CRO handles all tasks involved with regulating elec­ tions and referenda, with the help of a Deputy Returning Officer.

Last April, a motion was pre­ sented to council calling for a change in the structure of the office of CRO. The motion called for the splitting up of the administrative and political tasks of the CRO and pro­

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The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, in con­ junction with the Faculté St. lean at the University of Alberta, will be offering two business programs tailored to meet the needs of bilin­ gual companies and organisations.

Administration des affaires is a two-year program which offers four specialisation areas: finance, accounting, management and mar­ keting. Gioia Saiiustio-Jarvis, pro­ gram co-ordinator of Administration des affaires et ges­ tion de bureau, explained that this program will give students valu­ able practical and academic expe­ rience in bilingual environments.

“This program is the first of its kind in western Canada. Sixty per cent of our courses are either French or bilingual. As this is a co-op program, students will also complete a 12 to 16 week practicum,” she explained. "There will be a number of opportunities at the larger corporations that do business across the country, multi­ nationals that work in Frenchspeaking Europe, the Federal Business Development Bank, French immersion schools, and the Alberta Chamber of Commerce.”

The majority of funding for the program will come from the government of Alberta, but the program has also received help from the Quebec government through a fund that supports French post-secondary institutions outside of the province.

Sallustio-Jarvis commented that the emergence of this program is timely, citing the growing need for bilingual employees in Alberta.

"The number of people doing business in French in Calgary has quadrupled in the past few years." she emphasised. "Our program will be reviewed for its effective­ ness — student performance... completion rate, ability to satisfy the demands of the market, ability to find employment, satisfaction of employers and cost effectiveness.”

—with files from The Nugget (Northern Alberta Institute o f Technology)

posed the creation of a new Elections Co-ordinator position.

Flowever, lack of quorum at April’s council meeting prevented this motion from passing.

Nevertheless, two people were selected to fill the position of Elections Co-ordinator: Andrea Wichtler and Christopher Muldoon.

They, along with Wan, proceeded to establish a working structure which was to be in effect until the proper adjustments were made to the SSMU by-laws.

Wichtler resigned from her post as joint Elections Co-ordinator, and on October 7, Wan resigned from her post as CRO, leaving Muldoon as the sole official handling elec­ tions issues. He subsequently assumed the role of acting CRO. The next day, a referendum question regarding the impeachment of SSMU President Chris Carter was submitted to the elections committee for approval. Muldoon approved the

question, and thus sparked a debate at that week’ s council meeting, whereby his authority to make such decisions was questioned.

“The position of electoral co­ ordinator didn’t actually exist,” said arts rep to SSMU council Mera Thompson, refering to the fact that the motion to create the position of EC had not yet been approved.

“Councillors were upset to note that Muldoon’ s legitimacy was not established, yet he was making important decisions.”

Muldoon maintained that the responsibility of making official his position as Elections Co-ordinator was in the hands of SSMU. “I trusted SSMU a bit too much,” said Muldoon. “They told me that they would, take care of the procedural aspect, yet each time something came up.”

Mark Feldman, SSMU VP internal affairs, responded to these concerns by stating that the failure

to create the position of EC was partly the result of administrative delays.

“When a motion is brought before council, it needs to be in both official languages. It ended up tak­ ing longer than we thought to trans­ late it,” explained Feldman.

The second issue of concern to councillors was Muldoon’s automat­ ic assumption of the title of acting CRO. Muldoon argued that he was justified in assuming the role.

“Since I was the only elections official left, I felt I was the natural person to take over for the CRO and that I had the support of the SSMU executives,” said Muldoon. “I did, however, issue a council document which stated that I believed the Executive Committee of SSMU should convene to deal with Wan’s resignation.”

Thompson did not agree with Muldoon’s actions and felt that he should not have automatically taken

over the role of CRO. “I assumed Mark Feldman would ask someone to assume the role. He did not appoint Muldoon to the position yet Muldoon assumed it nevertheless,” said Thompson. “I believe Mark Feldman should have taken a more active role in the situa­ tion.”

Feldman countered this criti­ cism by stating that this was just a temporary measure which was quickly rectified.

“There was no official proce­ dure to be followed. There is noth­ ing prescribed in the SSMU consti­ tution on what to do if there is no CRO in place,” said Feldman. “I worked quickly to find someone to replace Angie Wan and had a new CRO in place by Friday.”

The position of Elections Co­ ordinator was made official at the last council meeting and a new CRO, Jordana Sanft, was appointed.

U of C to evaluate staff?

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In a recent plebiscite, University of Calgary students gave considerable support to a proposed published teaching evaluation sys­ tem that has come under fire from the university’s Faculty Association.

The proposal received 1,491 votes in favour, which constituted 78 per cent of all votes cast. Student leaders have also indicated that the plebiscite drew an above-average voter turnout.

“I know this was the largest byelection in a long time. There were twice the number of voters com­ pared to last year,” said Students’ Union President Sarath Samarasekera.

Paul Galbraith, SU VP academ­ ic, feels that the results confirm that the SU has strong support from the student body.

“I don’t feel that [the result] will change the negotiations — we remain committed to the proposal — but what it does is it sends a clear message to the University of Calgary, and to some extent nation­ wide, I suppose, that these evalua­ tions are important to students,” he said.

Some faculty members have raised the concern that published evaluation results may influence course content as instructors will change their curriculum to improve their ratings.

“Publishing doesn’t do the teachers any good and I’m not sure it does the students any good,” said Dr. E.G. Enns, department head of mathematics and statistics, in an interview with the University of Calgary Gauntlet. “Would you care if your grade was on the teacher’s wall [with your name]? It’s the same thing.”

Currently, the U of C Faculty Association has indicated that they will not support any proposal that involves the publication of results.

Galbraith has extended another invi­ tation to TUCFA to negotiate, and is confident that the environment is hospitable.

“I think by making the proposal more ‘faculty friendly,’ [as we have done], the faculty association is a lot more optimistic in entering negotia­

tions again,” he stated.

Despite changes, faculty mem­ bers continue to challenge students’ accountability in the evaluation process.

“Some students aren’t taking [the evaluations] very seriously and the results can have serious conse­ quences for the instructor...teachers might be afraid to innovate,” JoAnne Andre, sessional instructor and General Studies sessional represen­ tative to TUCFA, said to the Gauntlet. “If they know they’re going to be published, professors might tailor their classes to the eval­ uations. Sometimes the choices that make you more popular might not be pedagogically sound.”

Galbraith strongly countered this sentiment, indicating that stu­ dents can be entrusted with the responsibility of fairness in analysing the performance of their instructors.

“Student evaluations are accu­ rate and students are generally lenient in their responses,” he stated.

“We are responsible adults, and we can interpret results as well as any­ one can. Issues of student bias have largely been refuted in the literature I’ve read. I’ve looked at both sides of the issue, and there’s no way I would bring the issue forward if I thought it wasn’t beneficial to the university in general.”

Galbraith continued by reaf­ firming the commitment to serving the students as the SU’s primary objective, and he points out that the policy has been developed to acknowledge faculty concerns.

“Some profs may think the sys­ tem is out to get them, but that’s false — evaluations are meant to give the students more relevant information,” he stated. "The pro­ posal has been modified literally hundreds of times, based on positive comments, negative comments, and comments somewhere in-between.

We have dealt with the fears about the issue of bias in publication, and we have established how data will be treated.”

The proposal is scheduled to go to the General Faculties Council in December for approval.

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Like clockwork, ihe first weekend after Hallowe’en will mark the close of yet another US presidential campaign. This year’s camivale bizarre has cost an estimated $800 million US — a large collection of funds which began to nourish and excite the jabbering posse of politicos at the New Hampshire primaries over half a year ago.

This election will choose, as many have deemed him, the most power­ ful man in the free world, a man who could influence North American and world politics to an inconceivable degree. Obviously, the American people feel that this decision is of such importance and complexity that it deserves the extravagant and ritualistic campaign which surrounds it — and perhaps it does. Nonetheless, a quick look over the last few months has shown only petty debates, circumstancial news reports, and a suspicious $282 million in business donations.

For those of us accustomed to limited campaigns, a multi-party system and a moderately-powered national leader, the US election seems to be vir­ tually fixed, with two party-chosen candidates and many advisor-fabricated speeches. As our textbooks tell us, democracies are government systems which are based on the opinions of its citizens, and should be designed to avoid any dangerous concentrations of power. How can a nation, which calls itself the greatest democracy in the world, stage a national election where two age-old parties pick two figureheads in advance? And how can one of these two men become the single person who is at once Head of State, mili­ tary Commander-in-Chief, holder of the Congressional veto, and guardian of the sacred presidential pardon?

The race is undeniably stuck in an antiquated two-party system. With only the Republican and Democratic Parties running the show, political ide­ ologies can only be seen as simple dichotomies. Many Americans maintain that this election is for all or nothing: the comforting restoration of family values vs. the imminent presidential and Congressional takeover by pornog­ raphy pinkos: the Gotterdammerung of our only liberal hope vs. the begin­ ning of a miltant Christian on-slaught. However, with the advent of prochoice Republicans, and anti-welfare Democrats, one can see the splintering of the parties in the near future. Certainly, as the issues become more com­ plicated and the radicals become more radical, it is hard to sec how the cur­ rent system could hold much longer.

In a battle the US has seen before, a foxy liberal is paired against a reactionary warthog, both running around from door to door in funny hats, dressed as two happy centrists. It's obvious that Clinton is cringing, bowing to the center-right with his approval of the draconian welfare bill, his mid­ night signing of the anti-queer Defense of Marriage Act, and his proposal to deny driver’s liscenses to all kids caught with drugs. It is equally obvious that Dole is hiding the sexism, racism, and laissez.-faire attitude inherent in his party to woo back the mythical Soccer Mom. And while the mainstream media has skirted major divisive issues like abortion and affiramative action, the two candidates predictably lecture that smoking, deficits, drugs, war and crime arc all bad. Meanwhile, advisors made sure no dramatic personalities show through. Clinton’s advisors warned him not to snicker or strut; unfor­ tunately, nobody realised that asking Dole not to glower was akin to asking Hillary to go make cookies. In the end, Clinton looked ‘ presidential’, while Dole stumbled on, repeatedly comparing having his right hand ‘disability’ to being discriminated against as a black or a queer.

The real story here is almost one of predictability. Clinton looks for­ ward to becoming the first Democrat to be in office for a second term — ever. Democrats look forward to seeing the great liberal of 1992 push aside his campaigning mask and start ruling as he wants. And on the sidelines, those such as Gore. Kemp and Whitman wait for the game to begin again.

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HIV/AIDS and the safety of the blood supply In the past two weeks, the McGill Aids Education Initiative and the whole of the McGill stu­ dent body have been witnesses to many events: the Red Cross pulling out of McGill, complaints about its blood donor screening form, questions about tactics used by certain SSMU elected officials and rallies in support and against the key players of the past weeks.

The MAEI is first and fore­ most an information and referral service on m atters regarding HIV/AIDS. If you have any ques­ tions and/or concerns about HIV/AIDS, we encourage you to come to us for help. As a rule, we shy away from taking a stand on any issue and this is no exception.

However, as AIDS educators and interveners, our responsibility is to empower the student popula­ tion by giving them unbiased information so they can make clear and educated choices. To do so, we feel it necessary, if not im perative, to address certain issues raised during these last two weeks: Contrary to what has been said and sometimes even pub­ lished, the Canadian blood supply is very safe. In 1985, mandatory tests on the Red C ross’ blood

Stop blaming women Re: “Suspected beverage dop­ ing at M cG ill: two incidents reported at Gert’s Pub” (October 16, 1996).

I would like to challenge a number of disturbing statements made by individuals interviewed by the author.

As much as I share SSMU VP Internal Mark Feldman’s reluc­ tance to cause unnecessary panic, I must reject a claim that he makes.

He states: “I feel that Gert’s is still one of the safest environments to be in as far as bars go because there’s a lot of McGill students who go there.” I do not know how many people subscribe to this the­ ory that McGill students do not rape, but I can assure you that it is false. Contrary to what some would like to believe, rapists come from all walks of life — and that includes young, educated, seem­ ingly “normal” men.

The author also reports that Dr. Pierre Tellier warns women “to be more cautious than usual” — that they “have to watch out

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gays were the most “at risk group” to HIV infection. That is also incorrect. Though of late, infection rates among gays have been slightly on the rise, the fastest growing infection rate is among drug infection users while in real numbers, heterosexual women are the first victims of HIV, followed by men. [sic] I was asked to speak at both rallies and I did. I was amazed by the cheers and applause certain individuals got as they gave erro­ neous and sometimes inflammato­ ry inform ation. I was doubly amazed by the sight of duly-elect­ ed SSMU officials standing by those people as they spoke, there­ fore giving weight and credence to what I can only describe as, in some cases, verbal vomit. I then got up and said my piece clarify­ ing and correcting what had been said before, and got a few claps for my efforts. None of my fellow students present at the rally were, it seems, interested in accurate and informed facts. How sad.

Angelo Galletto Vice President o f McGill AIDS Education Initiative

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banks were instituted. More than one check is made along the col­ lection and supplying process and I, as an individual and as an AIDS educator, feel very secure and confident in using Canadian blood reserves. Alarmists have scared the population into believ­ ing that blood supplies are unsafe, and this at a time when blood reserves are at an all-time low, when patients awaiting elective surgery are told they must wait and suffer a bit more because irre­ sponsible citizens scared the pop­ ulation away from giving blood.

A young lady stated, during the rally held on October 10, that sex workers contracted HIV from their clients. Contrary to popular belief, that is not so. Though HIV is a fairly recent disease, sexually transmitted diseases have been around for a while and prostitutes have always taken steps to protect them selves from STD s and unwanted pregnancy. Steps that, in 1996, also protect them from HIV. Ironically, prostitutes usual­ ly contract HIV with their regular partner, the only person they trust enough not to wear a condom with.

At an earlier rally still, a brash young man proclaimed that

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constantly from being assaulted” and to “make sure [they’re] not alone.” It is outrageous to place the responsibility of preventing sexual assaults on women.

Moreover, I wonder just how far Dr. Tellier is willing to go with his line of reasoning. How much should women restrict their behav­ iour in the name of “preventing” anyone from assaulting them?

Perhaps he thinks they should sim­ ply never leave their homes...At any rate, despite the many warn­ ings that women receive in regards to “preventing” sexual assault, the control over whether or not it hap­ pens ultimately lies in the hands of the aggressor.

Furthermore, Dr. Tellier goes on to characterise a rapist as “a person who is insecure, very aggressive and has lost control because of alcohol.” This state­ ment supports some of the most harmful myths about sexual assault. First, an aggressor does not lose control, he takes control.

Rape is about exerting power over someone without their consent.

Secondly, the notion of “losing

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control” relies on the precept that a man rapes because he cannot control his sexual urges. The notion of the uncontrollable male sex drive is one that has lost all credibility in recent years. Thirdly, to state that the aggressor loses control (rapes) because of alcohol is yet another means of displacing responsibility. Alcohol consump­ tion does not cause a man to com­ mit sexual assault; he chooses to do so.

Barbara Timmins External Coordinator Sexual Assault Centre o f McGill ’.vStudents ’ Society

New Arts major Re: “Mixed Reviews for pro­ posal to create broad-based arts degree” (October 16, 1996) I would like to clarify my statement regarding the new majors proposal in the Faculty of Arts. My point was not that “the proposal prepares students for postgraduate experience far better than the current system ,” but rather that the proposed system would better prepare students for the post graduation experience — i.e. the work world. For the “post­ graduate” experience — i.e. grad­ uate school — a specialty or hon­ ours degree is still the usual route to follow for the requiste depth in a field, although grad schools in some fields are starting to look for undergraduate breadth — which the new majors would indeed pro­ vide.

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Hey, Saqib Nazir, how about some cheap beer for the boys at ICC? Last issue, the president of the Post Graduate Students’ Society, Linda Carlson, wrote the “Stop the Press” section of the Tribune to point out how grad students (“the link between undergrads and profs”) are under-represented by both the Tribune and the Daily: “Have you ever noticed there’s never anything about grad stu­ dents?” she writes. “Don’t you think that’s strange, considering there are 6,000 of them on cam­ pus?”

The article, full of sound and fury, had a snowball effect, and several of McGill’s other under­ represented groups wrote in to share their own frustrations. During the past week the Tribune has been swamped by letters by various granfalloons from all over campus who would also like to highlight their particular intolerable invisible­ ness. Here are samples of only a few: “We at Walksafe would like to

dents, except we wear uniforms and we read tabloids all day. We have to carry things all over the place for people, but we never complain — cause that’s our job! Sometimes, people bring things to us: [ i t a l i c s m i n e ] last week, a student came Mila Aung -Thwin into the office here in the Arts volunteers walked someone home, building to hand in her essay to quite safely I might add, while at Professor Livingston, but instead the same time maintaining pleasant she placed it in the box of Professor chatter over our vast walkie-talkie Lindeman! So I said to her, “Hey, network, causing general happiness that’s not the right box!” and she and safety throughout campus. looked, and she saw she had placed Alas, not one mention in your paper it in the wrong box, so she laughed, — not even in the sports section! then I laughed. Funny things like Hell, in case you missed the that happen to us all the time.”

“We, the Telecommunications Olympics, walking’s a fine sport, and we do it all the time, and safe­ department of McGill, collectively wonder why we’re never mentioned ly ” “Have you ever noticed there’s in the Tribune. We’re located on never anything about us, the the fourth floor of the Ferrier build­ porters? We’re just like you stu­ ing. We sit here in padded cubicles, feel that we provide a useful service to McGill students, free of charge, yet we are constantly ignored by your newspaper. Just last week, our

Me, learn? Whatever...

After spending over three years at this institution of enlight­ enment and higher learning, I can tell you with 100 per cent confi­ dence that my score on Jeopardy would be lower now than it would have been the day I graduated from high school.

The reason for this is not because the questions on the show have become harder or because of the billions of brain cells I have lost during my stay in Montreal. The reason I would do worse on R e a Jeopardy is simply because I now know less “stuff’ than I did when I first arrived here four years ago.

That is not to say that I haven’t learned useful things while at McGill; it’s just that the things that I have learned have in no way broadened my worldly knowledge.

For example, while at McGill I have learned how to “convince” professors into raising my grade from an 84 to an 85. I also have learned how to seek out interesting electives that are graded so that anyone taking the course will have an excellent shot of getting into grad school.

You may laugh when you read this but believe me this is no easy task. You may have heard of Intro to Computing and Art of Listening, but how many of you have heard of Studies in Communication II, and the History and Philosophy of Mathematics. (I didn’t think so.)

Another skill I have picked up over the years is finding old tests.

This is especially useful when you have a lazy professor (as shocking as this may sound), who doesn’t get a kick out of writing new ones.

In my second year I wrote an hour long multiple choice midterm in ten minutes because I had seen every question the night before on a previously given midterm.

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tant things I have learned while at McGill is not to be brushed off by irresponsible professors. During my first year I had to go see a pro­ fessor four times until he finally relented and showed me my final exam. As far as he was concerned he was doing me a big favour because “most students usually aren’t so pushy,” and many years ago he “gave up trying to satisfy everybody.” (Excluding himself of course.) It was only after my fourth visit to this particular individual that he realised I wasn’t coming to see him just because I liked the leady taste of fountain water on the fourth floor of the Bronfman Building.

In the end, my persistence proved to be worthwhile as my exam score was raised from 50 per cent to 80 per cent. It seems that 'W

vant! We’re the guys who install the winter carpet on your beloved Arts steps! Next week, we’re planti­ ng tulip bulbs — so we’d better see an editorial!”

When compared with some of these other groups, it’s clear that the grad students of McGill don’t have it so bad. They have their own hangout, Thomson House, which, according to Ms. Carlson’s letter, offers the following: a wood-pan­ elled bar, comfy lounges, French lessons, Friday night Happy Hour and ski trips. Wow! It sounds just like Three’s Company!

So next time you’re living the high life, either as an undergraduate at Gert’s, or as grad student at The Reagle Beagle, remember all the people who never, ever, ever get mentioned in the Tribune or the Daily, and be thankful that they’re not your teacher’s assistant.

The Tribune believes that Mr.

staring at our screen savers and telecommunicators. We’re like a live-action Dilbert comic strip.

How come you didn’t write about all those automatic pencils that were stolen from the supply room?”

“Hello? Hello? It’ s us, the farmers at MacDonald College. We know we might be all the way in the West Island, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have feelings. How come you never talk about us in the Tribune? We’re making agricultural breakthroughs every day, here at MacDonald College: we’re cross breeding yams with soybeans to feed to poultry. We’re milking cows — with magnets! Check us out!”

“Hey Tribune: You better get with the program with us at the Physical Plant building: We’re the guys who installed the new pan­ elling in Leacock! We’re the ones who make the bells ring at the same time every day, even on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when they’re irrele­

Aung-Thwin would make a fabulous news editor.

S u p e r c o o l e n te r ta in m e n t the professor, or more likely his TA, nodded off while grading my exam and neglected to mark a few pages. (He must have found the course material as interesting as I did.) After I discovered the error the professor was very apologetic.

He told me that in all of his years of teaching never before had an error like this been made and that was why he was initially so reluc­ tant to show me my paper. I explained to him that I completely understood because I too would never have thought that a man of his incredible knowledge and compe­ tence could ever make the error of misgrading a student’s final exam. He was quick to agree.

The reason for this piece is not to trash professors or the university but rather to convey the point that even though I feel I have learned very little in book knowledge while at McGill one thing I have learned is how to stand up for myself. After spending three years here my advocacy skills have never been better. Even though I felt that that particular professor’s course was completely useless and a waste of my time, in actuality it was extremely helpful as it taught me not to accept no for an answer when I was certain that a mistake had been made, and for that I am grateful.

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Scorpio (Oct.23-Nov.21) Your stomach is growling as your mate starts another week long, spiritual fast. Visions of Kali and plumb fairies dance in your head as you reach for the Twizzlers.

You wonder, is the sugary straw­ berry goodness a dive-bombing of Manna in your time of need or a message that the end is near?

Sagittarius (Nov.22-Dec.21) Little Willy is restless. Leave him be, I tell you, leave him be!

capricorn (Dec.22-Jan. 19) Your dreams are becoming your reality. You aren’t quite sure if that little voice telling you to use your roommate’s cheese on your Lucky Charms is the fairy behind your drapes, or your imagination.

Resolve the issue by getting your own brick at the Provi-Soir.

Dear Dr. Smooth, I have a problem with clothing, w om en ’s clothin g that is. I get uncontrollably aroused at the sight, or even the thought, o f a protruding label from any article o f an ensem­ ble. I realty hit the roof if the label is in Italian or has icons explaining how the garm ent shou ld be washed... What the hell’s wrong with me? How do I control these impuls­ es?

— T. Huer

Senior Huer, it looks as if we have a pathological fetish on our hands. A “fetish,” for those of us who do not frequent Bar Lézard, occurs when one can only achieve arousal when exposed to an inani­ mate object (of any type). Fetishes arise from dark crevices within the libido and are usually symptomatic of a polymorphously perverse per­

aries (March21April 19) The last thing you remember was taking a S. Truman cat nap on Mount Royal.

Now you’ ve woken up with aquarius (Jan.19-Feb.18) George Orwell is haunting you. wrinkly skin, ex cessiv e hair 1984 is 12 years past. You have growth, and a penchant for pumpfour years before the next sched­ kin-flavoured beer. Don’t go back uled apocalypse. Take advantage to sleep — turn yourself in to the of your off time to do your laun­ McGill biology department to fur­ dry and write to your aunt. ther the school’s possibility for research funding. pisces (Feb.l9-March20) You found a shiny religious arti­ taurus (April20-May20) fact floating in your toilet water. Fumbling through the elephant Someone is getting you back for caves has left you nearsighted and that Mapplethorpe protest you squinting in the sun. Lucky for attended in your days as a young you, you only have a month conservative. Fish your guilt out before it’s appropriate to go back into hibernation. before someone flushes.

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Besides seeking professional help, I recommend you delve deep into your subcon­ scious and attempt to dis­ cern how this all started.

Was your first Aaron Rollins sexual experi­ ence, perchance, early stage of psycho-sexual devel­ in a Le Chateau dressing booth?

In daily life, I recommend opment.

I hypothesise that your mother repeating the following mantra to was a sloppy dresser who rarely pro­ yourself whenever confronted with a vided you with clean clothes, instead protruding tag: “I love my mother preferring to drink chianti while lis­ but she’s my daddy’ s lover, not tening to Pavarotti. Thus, you proba­ mine. Labels were created solely to bly have an unresolved oedipal com­ make the backs of our necks itch at the worse possible times, not for plex at the heart of your pathology.

You want your mother both as a sexual arousal.” Repeat this over and over to subdue any sexual eruption. bedfellow and as a maid.

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leo (July23-Aug.22) I had a vision concerning you ear­ lier today. Y ou ’re waiting for your man. $26 in your hand. Up to Lexington (125), you feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive.

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Rhymes with Macerena 15 Beam out. Lemonhead’s song, “It’s A Shame About —-” 16 Composition 18 Civil rights college organization 21 Old people.

24 An orangey-yellow colour often found in J.Crew 26 Muslim Law. Combine sun and not available 27 Flowers. Numbers not divisible 29 Wood. Wild — , movie at Cinema du Parc 30 Re-christen 32 Absorbent material fastened to a handle 34 Implements 38 Includes Ewe and Fon languages 39 Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure 40 A diagrammatic representation of the earth’s surface (or part of it) 41 Have already done 42 The compass point midway between northeast and east 43 Ultra-high frequency

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virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22) Your inner demons have pos­ sessed your inner child, and it’s puking pea soup on the angel and devil on your respective shoul­ ders. It’s getting awful crowded in there, Virgie. Take this weekend to embrace the lord god.

libra (Sept23-Oct22) The appropriate response to your best friend’s announcement of marriage is not, “Oh God! How could you? S/he’s hideous!” True love, like the revolution, comes in fits and starts. You still have time before you have to start polishing your guns and storing your urine in mason jars.

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The new breast test: screening for cancer genes Some fear that screeningfor mutant breast cancer genes may cause the emergence ofa genetic underclass B y Sa m a n th a La ped u s

This year, breast cancer will kill an estimated 5,300 women in Canada alone. Another 18,300 women will be diagnosed with m alignant tumours in their breasts. Others, undergoing the newest and most controversial screening technique to date, may find they carry the genes that pre­ dict a 90 per cent ch ance of developing the disease.

G enetic b reast screening became possible after the breast cancer genes known as BRCA1 and BRCA2 were identified, the first in 1994, the second in late 1995. Healthy normal BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are present in every human being and play a protective role, preventing cell division in breasts and ovaries during pregnancy, ovulation, and other times when hormone stimu­ lation occurs. But for reasons that researchers do not yet under­ stand, these genes can mutate and cause cancer.

Dr. Steven Narod, holder of the Canadian B rea st C ancer Foundation Chair at W omen’ s College Hospital in Toronto, and a collaborator on the internation­ al team that discovered the genes, began to offer the diagnostic ser­ vice alm ost im m ediately to women enrolled in his research program , then based at the

M ontreal G eneral Hospital. The genetic screening program is now being set up in several research cen­ tres across Quebec and Ontario.

“T h is is new ground for ev ery ­ body, everywhere,” said Narod. “So far, approxim ately 2 0 0 women in Canada have been tested for the genes, testing being lim ited to women who have a strong family history o f b reast can cer, where a mutation is more lik ely to be Women are found,” he explained.

For a carrier, the risk of developing breast cancer is high — 90 per cent according to Dr. Narod — compared with 11 per cent for women who do not have the faulty genes. The BRCA1 gene also incurs a 40 to 50 per cent chance of developing ovari­ an cancer.

According to Sharon Batt of Breast Cancer Action Montreal, early detection through screening currently offers the best chance o f reducing overall m ortality from breast cancer.

“Women typically rely on regular breast examinations and

now being offered an additional option — genetic breast screening. mammograms, hoping to detect a tumour at an early stage when it is more treatable. This could reduce the chance of dying from the disease from 25 per cent to about 5 to 10 per cent. With the new method of genetic screening, women may be able to detect susceptibility to breast cancer even b efore they get it ,” explained Batt.

Genetic screening is contro­ versial and has raised the con­ cerns o f many scie n tists, researchers, and breast cancer activists. Some claim that genetic screening can be p oten tially harmful, and that it may cause

the em ergence o f a gen etic underclass.

“Women who discover they have the breast cancer genes may find themselves discriminated against when seeking life insur­ ance, jobs, and even a marriage partner. They may also suffer from psy ch ological dam age,” claimed Batt.

H ow ever, according to Narod, with ensured privacy and anti-discrimination legislation, these threats may be eliminated.

“We ensure confidentiality and privacy in the process, other­ w ise w e’ re running a lot o f risks,” he said.

Others question the useful­ ness o f screening for the breast cancer genes.

“Once the genes are detect­ ed, there really isn’t anything that can be done. There is no cure for b reast can cer, and no good method o f prevention. Is that knowledge worth it when you c a n ’t do anything about it ? ” questioned Batt.

Dr. Abby Lippman, a geneti­ cist and professor of epidemiolo­ gy at M cG ill also has reserva­ tions about the screening pro­ gram.

“People have been led to believe that they are going to find out something that is going to make a difference in their lives.

We have a DNA variant that puts some women at higher risk than others of developing breast can­ cer — we don’t know what that means,” she said.

“Women feel it’s their right to have information — and to make choices with it,” argued Narod. “With early detection, women can undergo preventative surgery, such as removing the breasts or taking out ovaries.

T h is can make a d ifferen ce between life and death.”

And to the one in nine Canadian woman who can expect to develop breast can cer this year, genetic breast screening may just make the difference.

The history o f women in science: setting role models for today

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With a growing number of women becoming scientists, it is important to address issues fac­ ing women today. By analysing their acceptance into the scientif­ ic community in the past, women are looking to forge a path for their own future.

At her lecture October 17, Dr. Abha Sur, a women’s studies professor at Harvard University, spoke about “The Making of a Woman Scientist: A Historical and Cross Cultural Perspective.”

“We took it for granted that there was no question of having women as scientists,” said Sur, as she reflected upon her scientific education in India.

“The issue of gender did not arise,” she continued.

As scien ce can be a very individual experience, it is easy to overlook what happens to the community at large. Sur affirmed that attention must be drawn to the associated problems and ben­ efits of women in science.

Throughout the lecture, Sur introduced many female scien­ tists who were successful in mak­ ing their mark on the scientific community. One of those men­ tioned was the 18th century Italian physicist, Laura Bassi, who was commonly regarded by her contem poraries as “very learned, yet not at all masculine.”

During that period, Italy was the only European country that allowed women to attend univer­ sity. This was due in part to the church’s close liaison with the country’s universities, an uncom­ mon relationship when compared to other countries at the time.

However, women pursuing their university education tended to be the daughters of professors with­ out any sons to pamper.

Other than these few individ­ uals, there were also the affluent 18th century women who con­ tributed to the further develop­ ment o f science in their noble courts.

“Learning was a leisu re activity,” Sur said.

Much of this learning took place in Parisian salons where these upperclass women could discuss science and philosophy over tea.

It was at this tier of society that Em ily Du C h âtelet, the p h ysicist and m athem atician, found herself. She was known for giving V oltaire shelter in her chateau while she helped him with the m athem atics o f Newtonian physics. Interestingly enough, the definitive French version of N ew ton’ s M a th e m a tic a was translated by Du Châtelet.

“I would make women par­ ticip ate in all rights o f humankind and, above all, in intellect,” she wrote in support of her wish to see women reach an equal footing with men.

In addition to the necessary stature of nobility, a very sup­ portive family helped to launch many women into science as the late 19th century chemist, Marie Curie, knew well.

Curie was encouraged by her father, a physicist, and mother, a school principal. Consequently, Marie Curie enjoyed a successful scientific career that was reward­ ed with the receipt of two Nobel Prizes, one of which was award­ ed to her after the death of her husband.

As told by Sur, Marie Curie later came to the United States in

the hopes o f finding enough money to procure the radium necessary for her research but received a cold response.

Harvard University refused to support her on the pretext that she had not made any serious contributions to science after her

“These women are role mod­ els. They were in the shadow of men they were helping, but they still held on.”

—Danielle Duchsene, U1 physics

husband’s death.

F in ally a Y a le p rofessor reluctantly accepted Marie Curie.

After an interview with the first woman to have ever won two Nobel Prizes, he expressed his amazement with Curie’s interest in science.

“These women are role mod­ els,” said Danielle Duchsene, a U1 student in honours physics at McGill. “They were in the shad­ ow of the men they were helping, but they still held on.”

Can women today learn something from the experiences o f these women? As many fem ale students have trouble finding appropriate mentors, it is important that they learn about such women who might help them understand their present sit­ uation.

“I think it would be benefi­ cial if science was taught within a philosophical and historical perspective,” said Sinead Collins, a U1 student in biochemistry at McGill.

Perhaps the public should be more educated about the individ­ uals behind sc ie n tific b reak­ throughs. An appreciation o f their lives may help women in science today to make their own decisions regarding their future careers.

W om en in S c ie n c e & E n g in e e rin g is a national o rg a n i­ s a t i o n w h o s e p u r p o s e is to e n c o u ra g e w om en in th eir p u rsu it o f s c ie n c e . T h e lo c a l b r a n c h on ca m p u s holds a n u m b e r o f events g e a r e d to w a rd s this g o a l. W IS E a t M c G ill m ay b e r e a c h e d b y em a il at w is e @ p o - b o x .m c g ill.c a o r by p h o n e at 8 4 8 - 0 8 0 1 .

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The clashing colours of conservatism Tory supporters debate thefuture role ofthe Progressive Conservative Party

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“Reds, greens or blues, which direction should the PCs choose?” was the title of a dis­ cussion held last week about the future of the Conservative Party.

Should it sport the colours of Liberal red and share the mod­ erate middle? Or would Reform greens and neo-conservative policies wear well? Given the party’s dreadful showing in the 1993 federal election, some would suggest white as the most appropriate shade for the PC flag.

The Progressive Conserv­ ative Party is presently mired in an identity crisis. With a call for a federal election on the horizon, party leader Jean Charest marched his loyal paladins into Winnipeg for a conference in late August. The party’s youth wing espoused views and poli­ cies that were widely perceived

in the national press as radical, including a demand for capital punishment as a sentencing option. The party itself proceed­ ed to take a moderate stance and snubbed many o f the youths’ proposals, though Charest did capitulate on the issue of a tax cut. This move to the middle piqued some members of the youth wing, who have since joined the Reform party.

In spite of recent failure and present discord, T oron to S tar columnist and former PC presi­ dent Dalton Camp believes that the party is still alive and is like­ ly to survive. At the invitation of the McGill Institute for the Study o f Canada, Camp came to McGill last Thursday to discuss the issue with McGill economist William Watson.

Camp is a “red tory” who insists that the party must not forget its social responsibilities.

Watson could be classified as a

“small c ” conservative who advocates smaller government.

Given the differing views of the two men and the controversies within the party, one might have expected the discussion to be confrontational. Although Camp and Watson expressed differing views, those expecting a debate were disappointed.

Camp described his vision of a party that would be open to anyone wishing to jo in . He strongly believes in the ideas of collective responsibility, and deplores the neo-conservatives who insist that our social pro­ grams are no longer affordable.

“Affordability is a red her­ ring,” he declared. “[Retaining social programs] is simply a question of willpower.”

In addition, Camp wants to keep the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation strong, and fears the concentration of newspaper own­ ership in the hands of Conrad

Black, also known as the “paper tiger.”

Camp remarked that in the entire history of the party, no one has ever succeeded who was not a progressive. In response, William Watson argued that the very term “progressive” must be critically examined, especially if it refers to higher government expenditures and taxes.

According to Watson, in 1995, the average Canadian paid nearly 50 cents of every earned dollar in taxes. Some of that tax money subsidised lawn bowling and other enterprises of dubious social value. Watson explained that high taxation rates not only remove money from the hands of the individual, but are inimical to investment and employment growth. He also claimed that a society which relies too much on government direction is not a healthy democracy, and lament­ ed about the minister of health’s

involvement in a recent appoint­ ment of a hospital anaesthetist.

Watson looked back into Canada’s history and recalled the successful, and small, govern­ ment of Wilfrid Laurier.

Student reaction to the dis­ cussion was mixed. Former PC McGill President Arnold Kwok shared Watson’s hopes for small­ er government and reduced taxes. Like W atson, Kwok stressed the need to eliminate government “m icro-m anage­ ment” of local issues.

Karl Hele, a McGill Ph.D. student and research fellow at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, stood firmly on Camp’ s grounds. He admitted that he was “frightened” by the neo-conservative policy propos­ als of the PC Youth.

“The party would be better if people like Dalton [Camp] ran the show,” he said.

Sharing ideas for new sustainable development strategies Continued from Page 1 announced prior to the confer­ ence.

“Caring for the Earth” In addition to the workshops and special events, an exhibition named “Caring for the Earth” was opened last Thursday by the Honourable Sergio Marchi, min­ ister of the environment. More

than 100 exhibitors from govern­ ments and non-governmental organisations took part in the event.

The International Develop­ ment Research Centre hosted the unveiling of the M on a L is a Banana, a new hybrid developed in Honduras that has multiple disease resistance to fungi such as B lack Sifatoka. It is now being produced for export in Costa

Rica.

“It will give the smaller farmers in Central America a chance to practice sustainable development without the use of pesticides,” said Clifford Lincoln, chairman o f the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Consequently, farming can be made safer and more costeffective.

Arctic forev er, an exhibit on the northern communities in Canada, related indigenous lifestyles with current science and technology.

“I’m trying to marry the two systems — the scientific and the traditional — in order to find solutions to conserva­ tion issues,” said Ben Kovic, chairperson of the Nunavit Wildlife Management Board in Iqaluit, Baffin Island.

Present studies on marine life will help to make decisions on the development of off­ shore oil and gas exploration, pipelines and increased ship­ ping traffic.

The Nunavit Inuit have also developed a cooperative program to participate effec­ tively in research on Beluga whales. In attempting to trace different stocks of whales, researchers are monitoring populations from air and through tagging. Also, stud­ ies on the whales’ mitochon­ drial DNA is shedding light on the social behaviour of the species and how they group together.

Jacqui Brinkan, a mas­ ters student in biology at McGill worked with Naidoo at the Vanishing Amphibians display, currently adminis­ tered by Professor David Green of the McGill biology department in conjunction with the Smithsonian

Museum of Natural History.

Brinkman complained that most of the exhibits focused on larger animals, and less attention

“Biodiversity is severely threatened by climate change.”

— Adam Markham, director of W W F’s Climate Campaign was given to species lower down on the food chain. According to Naidoo, “amphibians are better monitors of the environment because they breathe through their skin, they live in the water and on land, and their eggs are shell-less.”

However, because “scientific research is becoming more prof­ it-oriented,” Brinkman fears that studies on small crucial species may slip through the cracks.

Scratching the surface of science...

Although the conference’s main mission was to bring con­ servation issues to a global level, much of the hard science under­ lying environmental issues was thought to be neglected.

“I t ’ s all about PR and tourism,” said Brinkman.

Many of the displays focused on advertising their organisation’ s sound conserva­ tion practices at the expense of educating viewers on the strong biological component.

“If you want specifics on sci­ entific research, this is not the place to be,” said Scot Nichols, a Ph.D. student in geography at McGill.

Nonetheless, people from all over the world were able to share their own experiences with others and learn how to deal with press­ ing issues such as desertification, improving farming techniques and involving the community in sustainable development strate­ gies.

Although it may not have been the place for scientists to congregate, Brinkman explained that “it’s good for the public in that it makes them aware of beautiful areas in countries that need to be protected for future generations.”

Conferences such as these are aimed at building awareness among politicians, environmental lobbyists and members of the general public who do not neces­ sarily have a strong background in science. Once you have that awareness among the policy and decision-makers, then you can teach them about the science.

Next week:

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October 22nd, 1996

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Half-bilinguals read Batman’s condo and disposable couches One is not born an anglo­ phone, but b ecom es one.

E n g lish -sp ea k ers only become anglophones when they move to Q u ebec. If you’ re from a place where people don’t play politics with language, then terms like “anglo­ phone” and “francophone” lack relevance. Thinking about your­ self as an English-speaker only m akes sense when this is n ’ t taken for granted.

I ’ m envious o f native M o n trealers, born babbling equally well in both French and E n g lish .

The b a sics of M ontrealness are qu ickly acquired: poutine, fear o f bus drivers, and crucial vocab like metro, dep, and microbrewery.

Achieving true bilingualdom is more difficult, especially if you can’t even pronounce what you claim to be: b ilin g u e . I consider m y self a h a lf-b ilin g u a l.

T e ch n ica lly , a h alf-b ilin g u al should be a dem ilingu al or maybe a monolingual, but you know what I mean — the kind of person with a good knowledge of either English or French, and a passing knowledge of the other language. “Passing” refers to the grade I got in my high school

Black Coffee Susan Peters Basic French class. It also stems from being asked to “pass over” into English if I try to explain anything too com p licated in French.

Montreal is a tough city to practise your French in, especial­ ly if you try this in the wrong part o f town. I took a French course this summer with a group of very enthusiastic anglophones from outside this province, all apple-cheeked and eager to expe­ rien ce French culture at its finest. Unfortunately Brett tried to do this on the W est Island.

Ready to tackle Molière, Brett asked the Westmount bookstore owner if he had any books in French. “Possibly, in the foreign language s e c tio n ,” the man responded.

But half-bilingualism has its secret advantages when it comes to reading F ren ch sign s.

W henever I read a sign in French, I instinctively translate it as the English word it looks clos­

est to, even though the meanings may be quite different.

So when I see an “à vendre” sign for “Condo + Cave”, I immediately picture Batman climbing down the duplex to his bat cave. One morning in N.D.G. I stopped and stared at the store selling dispos­ able couches. Or couches dispos­ ables, if you will. Some of the best mis-readings come in book­ stores, where genre sections have their names in both languages.

Café Paragraphe dubs their sci­ ence fictio n sectio n “Anticipation.” How optimistic.

M aybe the truly bizarre thing about moving to Quebec as an anglophone is that Quebec politicians all sound like linguis­ tics majors, constantly fussing and cu ssin g about language.

Even ordinary people have become accustomed to language laws so complex that by compar­ ison, figuring out what’s kosher is easy. (Hint: b roccoli isn ’ t.

W rite French larger than E n g lish .) N ative M ontrealer friends of mine once had an ani­ mated discussion about a Mafiarun café, which was the front for

Will pay equity make female employees richer... or less hireable? companies were so confused by which favour male-dominated the system that they hired consul­ jobs. Under the new arrangement, The Parti Québécois govern­ tants to help them figure out how the economic value of work as ment is set to push through a pay- to apply it, or how to avoid the well as the effort that it requires would be taken into considera­ equity bill which is intended to law altogether.

Morley Gunderson, director tion. narrow the 30 per cent gap “If you fold that into the of the Centre for Industrial between m en’ s and wom en’ s Relations at the University of equation, it’ s quite possible to wages.

The idea behind the bill is Toronto, is sceptical about the compare jobs,” said Nichols.

Rakhi Ruparelia, a M cGill whole notion of comparing jobs. that fem ale-dom inated jo b s student of social work, felt that “It essentially means going should be paid the same as “work of equal value” in male-dominat­ around with a clipboard and the b ill’s opponents were using ed jobs. If the bill becomes law, awarding points,” said Gunder­ the Ontario failure as an excuse to ignore the issue, rather than seek­ many women across the province son.

When asked how the bill will ing a better solution. will be receiving significant rais­ “It is important to try to find com pare to O ntario’ s, Harel es. the reasoning behind people’ s For months, Quebec Labour insisted that the process compa­ resista n ce ,” Ruparelia said. nies will have to follow will be Minister Louise Harel has been “Instead o f looking at [the fighting for Bill 35 to the delight made as simple as possible.

“The companies won’t have Ontario system] as a model for of women’s groups and Quebec to go to consultants for every­ improvement, they’re using it as a unions, and to the chagrin of the business com m unity. H arel’ s thing,” said Harel’s press agent, tool to maintain the status quo.”

McGill economics professor, principal opponent has been Pierre Beraby.

“Ontario said the same Anton Deutsch, said that the bill Finance Minister Bernard Landry, who sides with business. The thing,” Gunderson countered. was based on “lousy economics,” scales tipped in her favour earlier “They were going to be proactive because it does not take into this month when Premier Lucien and legalistic. Yet that didn’t hap­ account the distinction between Bouchard expressed support for pen. The tribunal was flooded and price and value.

“In the real world, people the b ill, and the N ational cases were set back for months.”

W om en’ s equity groups compete for jobs,” he said. “[Pay Assembly is expected to adopt it believe that women’s work has equity legislation] doesn’t do before Christmas.

A similar pay-equity law was been chronically undervalued, women any good. It will be hard­ passed in Ontario in 1988. It has and that legislation of this sort is er for women to find jobs. With had its successes, mainly in the long overdue. McGill social work an increase in costs, there is an public sector and among highly professor, Barbara Nichols, con­ increase in unemployment.”

Deutsch presented an analo­ educated career women, but it has ceded that the system would need gy to explain. a “break-in period,” but disagreed also had its drawbacks. The rating “If you can get someone to system for job comparison was with the argument that it is clean your house for $50, you’ll complicated, often defying logic. impractical. do it. If there’s some law against She explained that tradition­ Cafeteria managers and switch­ board operators were equated ally, work value has been you doing that, you’ll clean your with janitors, registered nursing assessed according to standards of own house, you’ll live in a dirty assistants with electricians. Many skill, effort and responsibility house, or you’ll break the law.”

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an undercover gambling opera­ tion. “They must have paid off the p o lic e ,” one friend said.

“Even more, they must have paid off the language police,” another said. “Did you see that big English sign out in front?” I find this extremely weird.

The unwritten language laws are subtler, but as Miss Manners might remind us, good etiquette is all about making other people feel comfortable, which general­ ly means you should speak the other person’ s preferred lan ­ guage until he or she indicates otherwise. Half-bilingual anglo­ phones find it hard to practise French in Montreal because store clerks assume you’d rather speak

E n g lish . But the custom er is always right, and if you really want to speak French they’ll suf­ fe r through your effo rts. Tip well.

Until I can pronounce the street I live on, I ’ll have to settle for the subversive pleasures of reading across the grain. Half­ bilingualism can lead to thoughtprovoking misreadings, like my fav ou rite sign, the M cG ill B o o k sto re ’ s sh e lf o f books labeled, “Gender Relations: le Sexe.” If only it were so...

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SAFE HAÜJL6WEEM Safe Hallowe’en is a charity event hosted by the radio station CJAD for the children of the Montreal area. It will be held at the Molson Centre on Wednesday October 30th from 1 1 :00a.m. to 8:00p.m., where there will be booths set up for children to go trick or treating in a safe and accessible way. The Education Undergraduate Society has undertaken the task of organizing volunteers to be present at this event, and we need your help. The volunteers will be giving out candy to the youngsters, entertaining them or helping out with set up and take down. Everyone who volunteers during a meal time will get a F R E E meal, and candy is always available for those of us are too old to go trick or treating! If that isn’t enough incentive, you will also get your name pub­ lished in the Gazette. It’s a lot of fun, and you will be helping a good cause, so come on out and help!

To find out more information or sign up, come by the Education Undergraduate Society in the Education building, Roam B_185, or call us at 398-7048

T h e M a g r it t e e x h ib it a t th e M u s é e d e s B e a u x A r t s c lo s e s t h is S u n d a y , w h i l e th e G r o u p o f S e v e n g o e s s tro n g u n t il D e c e m b e r 1 st.

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Israeli songwriter and peacemaker David Broza B y St u a r t D etsky

With all the turbulence Israel is currently going through, one of the most important figures for peace is singer-songwriter David Broza. Two days before his performance at Café Campus in Montreal, Broza will be playing his most famous song “Yihye Tov” (Things Will Be Better) at an Israeli national ceremo­ ny to mark the one-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination.

“The peace process is more important than my own career,” Broza explains. Actually, it’s difficult to separate the two elements. Broza is the grandson of the founder of Neve Shalom, the model community in Israel where Jews and Arabs live together in harmo­ ny, and Broza’s music has been linked with peace since his career began. Broza’s most memorable con­ cert performance was not opening for such interna­ tional stars as Paul Simon or Bob Dylan, but before an audience of President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menchem Begin at the Camp David Accords in 1979. Broza’s song “Together” has been adopted as the official song of UNICEF, an honour which Broza describes as “com­ ing out of left field, since they usually pick a pop star like Michael Jackson.”

The current state of affairs in Israel is quite dis­ concerting for Broza. “We’re literally between heav­ en and hell. Every day is important here, every hour.”

His worries do not prevent him from continuing his touring which has been going strong for almost four-and-a-half years. Besides the unending perfor­

mances, Broza has released six albums over the last three years, including some recent English-language albums.

Broza’s career began in the mid-’70s. He began to play guitar ballads with flamenco rhythms, influ­ enced by his youth spent in Spain. His music incorpo­ rates many influences, from Charlie Parker to Tom Waits to Bruce Springsteen. His music has made him a superstar in Israel where he has sold over 500,000 albums to become the most popular artist in the coun­ try.

The appeal of Broza’s work lies in his poetic lyrics. In fact, Broza’s few English albums are inter­ pretations of poets such as Walt Whitman and Anne Sexton. “Poetry is the truest cultural reflector of a place,” Broza explains. His love of the art has provid­ ed him with the means to understand and appreciate the intricacies of the various locales he has lived in and visited.

David Broza’s poetry and music will be in full evidence in Montreal this weekend. He promises a show primarily of his Hebrew songs, which are his finest works. “I’ve had fantastic turnouts previously in Canada, but I’m hoping to build my audiences this tour since I’m not just playing the big cities.”

In this important period for the Mid-East and for peace worldwide, David Broza is an essential voice that needs to be heard.

David Broza plays Café Campus Saturday, October 26 In addition to Admission outlets, tickets are available at Kotel Bookstore, or by calling Ruth at 848-1034.

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In the beginning there were heavy rhythms and angry lyrics.

When that made its natural shift into popularity, there came secure sexu­ ality, homoerotica, and needletracked limbs.

In his endless campaign to challenge and awaken, Perry Farrell has now chosen sweet melodies, pacific horn sections, and soft-spo­ kenness as his new means of artistic expression.

There are many who looked confused and disappointed by the mellow nature of Porno for Pyro’s concert in Burlington, Vermont on October 11, wondering when they would be granted the coveted oppor­ tunity to mosh and express their 90 minutes of angst. This night, howev­ er, was marked by Farrell’s dedica­ tion to creating new forms of alter­ native musical expression and his endless live energy.

While the rest of the band sported functional casual wear and H om oerotica a n d needle tracks: Perry Farrell a n d Porno f o r Pyros looked well-groomed, Farrell pranced onto the stage wearing a members remained fixed in their angrily, the crowd watched Farrell derby and pajama bottoms, carrying respective places on stage, while with awe; this is he who preaches a bottle of wine and a bouquet of their frontman did his bit. Farrell the benefits of drug use. It is he who flowers for himself. As the band switched from jumping around the will destroy something just as it played the gothic “Orgasm” off their stage in a frenzy to the heavy guitar becomes popular. It is he who extols self-titled first release, Farrell and drones of “Tahitian Moon,” to the virtues of being rich, yet Porno for Pyros began a night of standing perfectly still at other deplores the vices of being in power. aesthetic ecstasy, replete with ama­ moments, save for consistent pelvic Indeed Farrell moves, speaks and teur light show and an eerie trio of thrusts to the slow and mellow sings like an altemaitve deity.

‘Alternative’ has become a portly female dancers. Throughout “Black Girlfriend.”

While Porno for Pyros has wretched and ugly word in relation the set, the audience was treated to pieces from the band’s first album much to boast from their two to popular music. What was once an and their latest project, Good G od’s albums to date, it was clearly original form of musical expression Urge. Also included were two songs Farrell’s show, and clearly there is for a disenchanted generation of from Jane’s Addiction — the semi­ much more to Farrell than Porno for angry youngsters has grown into a Pyros. Although hoping for the calculated and specified genre. As nal band Farrell founded. chance to bang into each other long as there is a status quo, howev­ Throughout the night the band

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er, there will always be a small group that pushes music fans to broaden their perspectives on what it is that they relate to, and what it is that defines good music. Enter Perry Farrell.

Jane’s Addiction was a talent­ ed and innovative band that com­ bined Dave Navarro’s frantic gui­ tar riffs with Farrell’s simple and creepy lyrics. Farrell disbanded Jane’s Addiction citing a populari­ ty level that was too high to ensure a genuine relationship between artist and listener. Lollapalooza was founded by Farrell as a travel­ ling summer musical sideshow.

Last summer, Farrell arranged for his legal separation from this project, citing the festival’s evolu­ tion into the mainstream. These actions suggest that Farrell just might be a true-to-life punk, refus­ ing his destiny as a rock star, instead putting out albums and music festivals in the name of iconoclasm.

All these qualities set the stage for tremendous disappoint­ ment on the eve of a Porno for Pyros concert — can it be as good as expected? With a masterly selection of songs from his repertoire, his whiny rants at the audience — “My mood is determined by what kind of wine I ’m drinking at the time” — and his wellspring of energy, Farrell and whoever he is playing with do not disappoint. Had he played “One Hundred Ways,” the delightful bal­ lad whose trumpet section proves Farrell’s dedication to creative exploration, the earth might have stopped that night in Burlington.

Nobody’s perfect.

The recent arrival of Smallmouth’s CD debut, All Ports in Frequent Seas, sets a dangerous precedent. Dangerous for the band in that it immediately raises the stakes for their live performances, and eter­ nally damning for any band that thinks an indie release can now get away with mediocrity.

A musical journey in the truest sense, the disc bounces between edgy droning rock and stripped-down sparse pop, all strung along a chain of tape loops, samples and produc­ tion tricks. Comparisons to the American indie aristocracy is both justified and deserved in terms of direction and calibre. Faint hints of Codeine, Polvo, The For Carnation and Nomeansno all bubble to the sur­ face at times, but Smallmouth have a knack of safely ingesting and inter­ polating their influences instead of simply rehashing clichés.

It’s tempting to give all the credit to their studio savvy, but in fact Smallmouth occasionally brings the noise to their live show through sampler/tape contorter, uh, Uncle Hennypenny. The rest of the group, dmmmer Chris L’Heureux, guitarist John Macdonald and bassist Ron Kelly (the latter two sharing the few and far between vocal duties), can play power-trio rock with the best of them, but more importantly have mastered the art of depth-by-subtlety.

Their album has an odd ‘less equals more equals less’ quality to it; their barren arrangements continually feel as if they’re about to explode into a wall of guitar, but more often than not dribble into an anticlimactic reso­ lution. Listening to the whole album through is not easy but always rewarding.

Pecola, their label mates on Skull Geek records, pick up on the more dissonant, angular moments Smallmouth occasionally toys with, and expands them into a higher octane blend of angry rock and roll.

More volume and BPM give them a caustic, jarring edge occasionally reminiscent of Truman’s Water, Drive Like Jehu and Big Black. A 7inch packaged with Tony Walsh’s (Ratboy) Planet of Ugly comic gives a good indication of what can be expected on their upcoming fulllength.

The CD is at Cheap Thrills and L ’Oblique. Or write to Skull Geek central fo r the Skull Geek Bible line at ‘Fill Klygo, ’ 658 Crawford St., 3rd fl., Toronto M6G 3K2. Smallmouth, Pecola, New Sweet Breath & Tricky Woo play October 24 at Cabaret. $6.

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October 22nd, 1996

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W arm and honest and funny as hell: Sex Tips for M odem Girls plays at M cG ill B y D a v id B u s h n e ll

Nina Steiger is running around the tiny Motrice Hall theatre. She’s setting up the lighting board. She’s putting on a CD. She’s getting the keyboard and guitars in place because the musicians haven’t arrived yet.

Intermittently during her manic activity she will look over at me and say, “What else?” Is she asking me to continue the interview or is she trying to remember what else needs to be done before the rehearsal begins? I can’t tell because of the nervous intensity in the air.

Someone is sitting next to me, meticulously gluing condoms onto a green derby. Actors are ... well, they’re just sort of hanging out, but nonetheless: Tuesday Night Café Theatre’s first production of the sea­ son is slowly taking shape in this small performing space. It’s four days before the opening of Sex Tips fo r Modem Girls, and Steiger, the director, is refreshingly nonplussed.

Why this confidence? Simply put, Sex Tips fo r Modern Girls can’t fail. It’s a comedy/drama, with kitschy songs interrupting scenes for the extra surreal touch. The act­ ing is right on, the music is terrific, and the singing is ... entertaining.

Sex Tips f o r Modern Girls is not a play for hack student drama. There is no stage direction in the text. There are lyrics for songs, but no score.

There are gaps in the plot that have to be filled in by the director.

According to Steiger, the text is “an acting script, not literature.”

What the audience will see on stage is the result of collective dis­ cussion by the cast and director. Themes were explored, objectionable lines excised. “We did Sara Mack, it a service by cutting it,” says Steiger of this production’s personalisation of the play.

However, the title, Sex Tips fo r Modern Girls begs the question — is this just another attempt to draw in the young crowd with the lure of sex?

Watching the rehearsal, the answer becomes clear. The truth is that Sex Tips fo r Modern Girls is basically what its title implies.

There are indeed sex tips, but the play isn’t about sex so much as it is about how three different women

cast gets together for what can best be called a weirdass hootenanny about female genitalia.

Explains Steiger, “I read Sex Tips fo r Girls by Cynthia Heimel and loved it, and I thought the play Sex Tips fo r Modern Girls was based on that. It wasn’t.”

All was not lost-though, because Sex Tips f o r Modern Girls proved to be “honest and funny as hell,” in Steiger’s words. See for yourself.

Stanleigh Byrne, a n d Lindsay Mathers (l to r): Sex Tips’ M od Squad deal with the topic. Fortunately, the issues are treated in such a way that they are not oppressively saccharine sweet. “We didn’t want to have barf bins for the audience,” jokes Steiger.

Sex Tips is a discussion of per­ sonal views about sex and men. The women illustrate their points with the malleable anonymous male with creativity and humour. When one woman is with the man, he can see and hear only the woman in front of him, while she can see, hear, and

speak to the other women. What results is a dizzyingly hilarious romp. At times it seems the lines between sanity and insanity are completely blurred.

If this wasn’t enough to give Sex Tips a healthy dose of oddness, occasional scenes are punctuated with song and dance numbers that are goofy and enjoyable. At one point the male resigns himself to this status and sings “Penis envoy, one night joy toy, yours to employ for every fantasy.” Another time the

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Théâtre D euxièm e Réalité has the b illet to an international stage B y H e a t h e r R it c h

On the cultural frontier of the­ atre stands Théâtre Deuxième Réalité. It opened last year as Montreal’s first multilingual reper­ tory theatre company. Théâtre Deuxième R éalité already has worldwide recognition for their ability to employ the stage as a medium of social thought.

Composed o f actors from Russia, Bulgaria, France and Canada, the company possesses a truly international flavour.

Producing plays in both English and French, this unique theatre company is also skilled to entertain in Russian with their rare profi­ ciency in a third language.

“At first the media claimed it was a travesty for theatre to go bilingual,” Deuxième Réalité pro­ ducer Brenda Lamb notes. Now with the company’s success, both the English and French press are left eating their words.

Théâtre Deuxième Réalité arouses a fresh excitement for the­ atre. Their new venue, in a recently renovated theatre on the second floor of the Rialto, has high ceil­ ings, antique windows and Baroque lushness, bolstering the experience of good drama.

In the European tradition of repertory houses, the company produces three plays per season, each running for two weeks, then again in rotation after Christmas.

The first show of the series is enti­ tled Nous Autres, which will be followed by The Swan and The E m igran t, plays performed in English.

Sex Tips for Modern Girls runs every night at 8 p.m. until O ctober 26 at M orrice H all, 3485 McTavish. Call fo r reservations at 398-6600. Tickets are $8; students pay $5.

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An accomplished actor and founding father of Come to our Quebec theatre, Roux com­ mitted to Nous Autres before his appointment. “His work is enjoyed and appreciated We can help YOU make as he is an individual who is your budget and true to his art, working for give you hints the love of his craft,” Lamb on how to save comments. She urges that money. “audiences soak in the opportunity of experiencing the wonderful theatre we are Budget Sem inars lucky to have here in Montreal.” !?®wrt3 iiiim ® What is it about Montreal that fosters such 113? !?®©C I te s S exciting theatre? According to Lamb it is the unique biTuesday cultural audiences that make October 29 for “by far the most interest­ 10:30 - 12:00 ing and sophisticated place 1:30 - 3:00 to put on theatre.”

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Based on the classic Russian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Nous Autres was first banned because it depicted a futuristic Utopian soci­ ety which runs against communist ideas. Too avant garde for its time, Zamyatin’s book later became a paradigm for authors like Orwell and Huxley.

For its world premiere on stage, Nous Autres has been adapt­ ed and translated into French by Théâtre Deuxième Réalité’s high­ ly-regarded director Alexander Marine. Already the buzz in international theatre circles, the theatre group has been requested to travel to Moscow and perform

Nous Autres in June, 1997.

Marine’s impressive creden­ tials is a great asset to the compa­ ny. Currently teaching theatre at Harvard, as well as Montreal’ s National Theatre School, Marine has also worked in places such as Finland, Japan, and the famous C arnegie-M ellon school in Pittsburgh.

N ous A utres is wrapped in political intrigue. Not only is Théâtre Deuxième Réalité one of the few bilingual companies in M ontreal, Q uebec’ s new Lieutenant-Governor Jean-Louis Roux stars in the upcoming pro­ duction of Nous Autres. Actor-

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The desire for revenge fulfils itself years later when grown-up hoods John and Tommy (Ron Eldard and Billy Crudup) come Sleepers delves into some serious face to face with Nokes in a Hell’s S le e p e r s issues but fails in the resolution of Kitchen bar. After gunning him The latest “controversial best its tensions. down, the two are brought up on The ethnically diverse Central murder charges. Lorenzo (Jason seller” to be turned into a superhyped Hollywood glamour flick is Castings of the late ‘60s is a Patrie), now a newspaper reporter, Lorenzo Carcaterra’s self-pro- “place of innocence ruled by cor­ corroborates with assistant district claimed non-fiction memoir, ruption,” where four boyhood attorney Michael (Brad Pitt) in a Sleepers. Boasting a fantastic cast friends double as altar boys for daring scheme. Risking his career of contemporary movie legends as street-wise priest Father Bobby and more importantly his reputa­ well as the best of the brat pack, (Robert DeNiro) and runners for tion in the Kitchen, Michael takes debonair local Don, King Benny the case to prosecute John and (Vittorio Gassman). Domestic Tommy with the sole intent of los­ violence, poverty and crime back­ ing.

L.A.B. Pharmacological M Æ Ê drop the code of honour strictly Dustin Hoffman, who plays Research International observed in Hell’s Kitchen. the alcoholic, washed-up defence conducts clinical ™ “This is a story about friend­ attorney Danny Snyder, is bril­ research for the pharmaceutical industry ships that run deeper than blood,” liant; he steals every scene he’s in worldwide. the grown up voice of Lorenzo with some intelligent comic relief.

We are presently contends at the beginning of the seeking volunteers to However, the high courtroom film. He proceeds to tell how he, drama falls flat, even with out­ participate in one of our studies.

John, Michael and Tommy spent standing performances from their boyhood days in the Kitchen, Hoffman, DeNiro and Terry following criteria: wreaking havoc on its inhabitants Kinney who plays a Wilkinson - male (smoker or Ip <■ with all their pubescent pranks. guard turned Sunday school Their “boys-will-be-boys” brava­ teacher. non-smoker) do is shattered when a prank - between 18 and Although the four are able to 45 years of age involving a hot dog vendor results avenge themselves on their - in good health in a grisly accident. abusers, the film ends anti-climac- not taking medicaThe four are sent off to the tically; instead of building up to a tion on a regular Wilkinson Home for Boys where breaking point, tension just kind basis they encounter the sadistic guard of fizzles out and dies. As the Sean Nokes (chillingly played by boys gather one last time and R e m u n e ra tio n Kevin Bacon). The four child playfully sing to Carol (Minnie o f f e r e d heroes are powerless against Driver, who is incidentally the For further details about this Nokes and three other guards who only female character in the entire study, call us at: torture and rape the boys in the ill- film), the viewer is left question­ lit bowels of the reform institu­ ing all the unexplained coinci­ (5 1 4 ) 4 8 5 -2 8 8 4 (M on treal) o r tion. Forced into silence by shame dences that the film fails to 1 -8 0 0 -2 9 8 -2 8 8 4 and fear, the four never reveal the resolve.

Monday to Friday constant sexual and physical 8 :3 0 - 1 6 :3 0 — Sara Jean Green abuse experienced behind the walls of the ivy-league façade.

culture trying to survive today, and a character study of the four band members.

Director Bruce McDonald’s The solid cast provides a real­ latest film follows in the footsteps of his previous road movies, istic vérité-style portrait of a band Roadkill and Highway 61. A pseu­ on the road. Doing a final reunion do-documentary of fictional tour to raise money for their Vancouver punk rock legends maimed punk idol, Bucky Haight, we see the HCL myth inflate and Hard Core Logo, then explode. the movie works What Hard on many levels.

Core Logo seems The most to be most of all, obvious is the however, is a film’s blurring of love story, albeit fiction and reali­ a largely platonic ty. The promoters one. The rela­ of H a rd C ore tionship between L ogo, the movie, Joe Dick have deliberately (Headstones lead created an exis­ singer Hugh tence and history Dillon) and Billy for Hard Core Tallent (Callum Logo, the band.

Keith Rennie) is More than a gim­ developed and mick, this mar­ explored with keting ploy serves painful honesty. to highlight the The two come transient nature of across as starreality and the crossed, and the lack of absolute violent and tragic truth in the world. final outcome is The filmmaker’s foreshadow ed on-camera refer­ throughout the ences to himself film. mess with the The nihilism audience’s head of punk music equally as much as the movie’s acid-inspired ritual parallels the ultimate anarchic violence of this movie. The effect sacrifice of a goat.

There is so much going on, is intense and disturbing. It is, it’s difficult to keep it all straight. however, brilliant. A review can’t Along the way, there is explo­ do it justice. Go see it. ration of the Canadian landscape —Anya Spethmann and psyche, a chronicle of punk H ard C ore L og o

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The McGill men’s hockey team opened their OUAA regular season with a decisive 9-3 win over the RMC Redmen at home on Friday.

The game was marred by penalties from start to finish, which resulted from undisciplined play by both teams. RMC was roughed up in the process and McGill controlled the win chiefly as a result of their size, speed, and ability.

The game opened with RMC scoring on a power play 3:20 into the first period. McGill came back a minute later, as Pierre Gendron walked in and slipped McGill’s first goal under the net minder.

Gendron, who scored a hat trick in this match-up, was named QSSF athlete-of-the-week.

On this night, he scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season, which already ties the McGill record for a season.

McGill ended the first period with a pair of goals; one coming off the point, put in by Dave Gourd, and the other banged in off a rebound by Derek Prohar.

The McGill men opened the second period strongly with a short-handed goal put in by assis­ tant captain Kelly Nobes at 4:24. The deep penal­ ty trouble for McGill began soon after. They were two men down more than a few times, and had to do some serious penalty killing to keep RMC at bay. Despite the defensive efforts, RMC was able to score twice late in the period, putting them right back into the game at 4-3 going into the third.

McGill scrambled to put it all together in the third and scored five of their nine goals, leaving RMC shut out for the period. As Nobes com­ mented, “We capitalised on our chances in the third, this is why we won the game.”

The third period saw Gourde’s and Nobes’ second goals of the evening. Gendron buried a penalty shot which resulted from a RMC defend­ er smothering the puck in the crease, to give him his second goal of the night.

Gendron’s hat trick was completed at 11:38 to produce his fourteenth goal of the year, having marked eleven scores in the pre-season. McGill’s third period scoring spree ended with Benoit Leroux walking in to score in the final minutes of play.

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The Saturday Night special at the McConnell Winter Arena pitted the Redmen against the Queen’s Golden Gaels. This game, however, was over even before it began, ending in a 14-0 Redmen blowout.

Personable McGill coach Martin Raymond mused after the game, “it seems they came here expecting to lose.”

Nowhere was that more evident than on the ice as the Redmen scored early and repeatedly, taking a five goal lead into the dressing room after one period of play. For all intents and purposes, the game was already over, but both sides acquiesced to continue play. This allowed the Redmen to pad their stats on route to their 14-0 slaughter of Queen’s, defeating them for the third time in as many weeks.

Pierre Gendron was up to his usual tricks, con­ tributing 2 goals and 6 assists for an eight-point night.

Another notable performance was recorded by Nicolas Cantin. The Ste. Foy native tied a McGill record for defensemen with 7 points, 5 goals and 2 assists.

Veterans Kelly Nobes and Stéphane Angers both put in exceptional performances with 5 and 4 points respec­ tively.

Solid in net was Edmonton native Jarrod Daniel, who recorded the shutout.

A fter the game, Coach Raymond remarked, “Queen’s is a better team than they showed tonight.

However, the game did provide us with an opportunity to work on our passing and power-play,” he continued.

Coach Raymond hoped that the pair of victories this weekend would help prepare McGill for tougher opponents such as the University of Ottawa and UQTR, who will both be facing off against McGill in the near future.

Raymond was also pleased with the discipline that his team showed in preventing their tempers from flar­ ing as Queen’s frustrations mounted. In the dying moments of the game, Q ueen’ s captain Sco tt Richardson took exception to a Cantin foray into the crease and with a slash earned himself and a Queen’s coach ejections from the game. That was the only ugly incident that resulted from the slaughter.

If McGill is able to perform at a similar level in its upcoming games, Raymond’s inaugural season as head coach will be a success. Raymond took over from Terry Bangen, who took a job with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks this season.

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The visitors countered with lefty Bertrand Chabot, who had defeated McGill a week earlier in clinching the regular season title for Laval.

The early stages of the match lived up to its billing, with each side failing to get a hit in the first inning. Carson started to show some control problems in the sec­ ond when he loaded the bases after retiring the first pair.

“He was having problems get­ ting his curveball working,” explained manager Ernie D’Alessandro. “That’s a pitch that he relies on to be successful.”

He got out of that jam, but the problems continued in the third.

With one out, he walked JeanFrancois Bolduc and allowed a sin­ gle to Yves Louchard. A possible inning-ending double play ball was hit to first baseman Tyler Levine, but his rushed throw to second went into centre field, allowing Bolduc to score. Jean-Sebastien Landry then loaded the bases with a bloop single. Laval scored its second run when Patrice Plante’s perfect squeeze bunt was thrown wide of first.

The Redbirds got out of the inning on a botched attempt at another squeeze play, but the dam­ age had already been done. Chabot continuously got his first pitches over for strikes, and sat the McGill batters down with his combination of fastballs and breaking pitches hitting the corners. Fred Fafard’s single in the third was the only offense McGill was able to muster through the first six innings.

The Redbirds gave the home crowd some hope in the seventh.

Yann Monnet’s leadoff single and an error on Mark DeBoer’s fly ball brought the tying run to the plate with one out. Chabot once again bore down. A weak ground out and a strike out later, Chabot had clinched the division title for Laval. He allowed just two hits and walked two while striking out eight.

“We had a couple of plays that didn’t go our way and that changed the whole gam e,” continued D’Alessandro. “Today, Chabot was overpowering and we didn’t put many guys on. Laval may not be a better team, but they had a better

pitcher today.”

Things were a lot different Saturday, when McGill eliminated the Carleton Ravens in the semifi­ nals with 8-0 and 12-1 victories.

In the first game, the Redbirds got on the board early with two runs in the first inning and never looked back. Starter Jason Egbuna pitched a three-hitter while not walking anybody, and the offense pounded out 12 hits. Shortstop Shiraz Rehman and catcher Yann Monnet each had three hits for McGill.

The second game started off uneventfully, with three quick, scoreless innings. After Carleton got one run off of McGill starter John Boadway to start the fourth inning, the vaunted Redbird offense took advantage of some shaky pitching and defense from the Ravens to put the game away.

Todd Savage keyed McGill’s three-run fourth inning with a tie breaking two-run single, after Rehman had tied the game up with an infield hit. Carleton extended the inning with a couple of walks and some shoddy infield defense.

McGill sent the visitors pack­ ing with nine runs in the fifth inning, all scored with two out as 13 Redbird batters went to the plate. The game ended after the sixth due to the mercy rule, with Boadway getting the complete game victory.

W hile the result of the Redbirds’ third season was disap­ pointing, D’Alessandro believes that he has a promising team for next year.

“W e’ve got a lot of guys returning; most of our pitchers will be back. [The young players] knew that there was a lot of stuff they needed to learn and they were happy to learn them,” he said.

“The guys gave it all this weekend. The season was a little too short and we didn’ t get to where we wanted, but there’s no regrets with this team.”

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October 22nd, 1996

Martlets historic hockey team enters new stage of development B y A ro n T o n o n

The McGill women’s hockey team is getting ready to start a new season with new goals and expecta­ tions.

The women’s hockey program at McGill is the oldest in the world, but, unfortunately, having a rich his­ torical background has not helped the Martlets in recent years. The Martlets finished in last place last season with an 0-12 record leaving them no where to go but up.

This season the Martlets pro­ gram is taking a new approach and coach Dan Madden and assistant coach Alyson Fournier are excited about the changes.

“We are rebuilding the hockey club,” said Madden. “It used to be that teams would take whoever

showed up [to the try-outs]. When the sport gained popularity, teams started to recruit players. McGill got a late start [recruiting] and we are now in the process of catching up.”

The Martlets started their recruiting process last year as they attended women’s hockey tourna­ ments all over the island of Montreal, as well as tournaments in the US, Ottawa, Mississauga, and a huge international affair in Brampton.

“The team needs to recruit to rebuild and get lucky with girls that we didn’t know were coming,” com­ mented Madden. “This year we have had a few surprises as well as one genuine recruit from Ottawa named Harmony Church.”

The Martlets play in a very tough Quebec division which has

Martlets hockey team works out at McConnell Winter Arena three other teams: Concordia, UQTR, and St. Laurent (CEGEP).

“The Quebec league is so strong that we have had to be realistic in setting out goals this year,” said Fournier. “We look to be competi­ tive in every game and surprise a few teams. Our goal is also to win a lot of exhibition games against teams from Ontario and the US like Ottawa and Yale.”

“The women are much better prepared this year,” said Madden.

“We have already played six exhibi­

tion games and we did well against some top midget teams from Ottawa and Cornwall.”

The Martlets are also making an effort to get involved with the com­ munity this year.

“We are trying to build the team off the ice by starting an Alumni Club,” explained Fournier. “We are also looking for sponsorship and support through joint promotions with groups like Big Brothers and Big Sisters.”

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son last Friday night. They lost 5-0 to a tough Concordia team that was preparing for an international tourna­ ment in Russia this week. The team’s second game was played Sunday at UQTR and they lost the well-played match by a score of 3-1.

The M artlets p lay one m ore game on the road before their home opener at McConnell Winter Arena on N ovem ber 1 again st the Concordia Stingers. The following evening they play an exhibition game against Yale.

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If M cGill wins, they take first; if they lose, they bow to Ottawa and take silver.

Either way, the Red ‘n’ White are in the playoffs, but a win would give them home field advantage in the first two rounds.

The playoff format works as follows: the top four teams in the O-QIFC face off (1 vs 4, 2 vs 3), and the eventual winner faces the winner of the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association. From there, the winner advances to the Vanier Cup at Skyd< me, and the loser goes back to school and gets to watch the game on TSN. The march starts this week as the eighth-ranked Redmen take on the sixth-ranked Gee G ee’ s at Molson Stadium. The match-up will be a tight one, with McGill’s strong defense and excellent run­ ning game facing o ff against Ottawa’s fearsome air attack.

On the Redmen’s side, watch for the potent attack combo of quarterback Dana Toering and run­ ning back Shawn Linden. As of last week’s game, Linden led the OQIFC in rushing and was ranked third in the country with 754 yards on 112 carries. Linden is also ranked second in the division and sixth in the country in scoring with 42 points off seven touchdowns.

Toering, for his part, is ranked third for passing yardage nationally with 1,179 yards, and is coming off the best game of his McGill career two weeks ago against Carleton. He made 15 of 25 attempts for 275 yards in the game. On defense, the big story for the Redmen has been Sal Brohi, who leads the CI AU in inter­ ceptions with seven.

McGill’s main weakness is in passing. While Toering is in the top five nationally in passing, his 41.3 per cent completion rate is nowhere near the other top quarterbacks in the CIAU, whose ratios are in the mid-to-high 50s.

For the Gee Gees, there are a number of top players. Coming off a 45-1 trouncing of Carleton over the weekend, their numbers are impressive. In seven games, they

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offense comes from Chris Evraire, who is in the top five nationally in punt returns, kickoff returns, receiving yardage, and scoring.

Ottawa also boasts quarterback Terry Tsimitkis, who is the most recent O-QIFC Player of the Week.

Against Carleton, he was 12 for 25 for 294 yards and added a touch­ down pass.

Redmen rush v s . Gee Gee air attack Look for an exciting match up of ground versus air on the week­ end, with the Gee Gees putting big pressure on the McGill defense and stretching the comer backs to their limits. McGill, in turn, will try to do what few teams have done against Ottawa — score points, any way they can.

Look for a mix of passing and rushing, with the latter being more successful. And don’t be surprised if a few “interesting” plays are thrown in on offense to confuse the visi­ tor’s coverage. But, McGill will be hard-pressed to stop the Gee Gees Saturday at 1:30 pm.

Prediction: McGill loses to Ottawa 27-17.

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October 22nd, 1996

Revenge on the rugby field

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Playing their only home game on the schedule, the McGill Martlet field hockey team wanted to show their fans the fabulous product they have been producing all season long — they did not disappoint anyone.

In a hotly contested match-up, the Martlets played the Carleton Ravens to a 0-0 tie. The final score, however, was not indicative of the fast-paced action the athletes pro­ vided for the spectators at Percival Molson Stadium. Fans were treated to an excellent battle between the two rival schools in a game which featured excellent goaltending and a bevy of missed opportunities.

The Martlets were able to dic­ tate much of the play throughout the game, but could not capitalise on any of their scoring opportunities.

“We were able to control the ball and get into their zone, but we couldn’t get any good shots away,” remarked frustrated McGill forward Kristen Banham.

Georgiana Aguirre-Sacasa was a stable force in the Martlet goal, stopping all the shots she faced. The goalie was not severely tested, but was up to every challenge the Ravens presented her.

Neither team saw a serious scoring opportunity until the Martlets got the first penalty comer of the game. McGill was unable to take advantage of their good fortune and could not produce a quality shot.

This was a problem which would manifest itself throughout the entire game. Most of the Martlet penalty corners failed due to M cG ill’s reccurring inability to steady the entrance pass for shooter Jodi Wilson. Wilson never had the opportunity to unleash her slapshot because she did not receive a steady ball.

In the twenty-third minute of the first half, Martlet midfielder Katherine Wood and forward Banham proceeded to make consec­ utive sparkling rushes through the Raven defense. Banham’s dash was especially spectacular, as she sped through the right of the field, cut in the center, and made a strong attempt at a turn-around slap shot; unfortunately, her shot was a weak one and was easily stopped by the Raven goalie.

Niki Ow played a solid game

on defense, including many clutch break-ups of Carleton lead passes in the first half.

The last good offensive chance in the half was Kataline Piller’s fancy stick work in the Carleton zone; once again, the Martlets were unable to get a quality shot on net.

McGill’s first real second half scoring opportunity revealed itself in another failed penalty comer.

The eleventh minute was marked by an excellent crossing pass to Wood, who was stationed at the side of the Raven goal; unfortu­ nately, the feed was bouncing quickly, and she was unable to con­ trol the ball.

Later, the Martlet forwards were a part of a scramble in front of the Carleton net, in which for five tense seconds, neither team was able control the ball. The play fin­ ished with the Raven defense finally clearing the ball out of the congest­ ed area.

Carleton’s best chance to score came from Amy Ward. The Carleton forward was the Ravens’ best player on the field, and mid­ way through the second half, she broke through the McGill defense and got a hard low shot on the Martlet net; once again, her shot was met by goalie Aguirre-Sacasa.

The Martlets now enter the final weekend of their season.

Banham understands what the team has to do. “We have got to improve our scoring and finishing if we are going to win.”

Townsend said after the game that the second half was the best the team has played in a long time.

“They really picked up their inten­ sity, especially the forwards, and Dave Shields in particular played a great game”.

The team started slowly, los­ ing battles in loose play, and Bishop’s got on the scoreboard first with a penalty twenty minutes into the game.

McGill started to play better late in the first half and continued to pick it up despite losing star eight man Bern ie M cM ullen.

McMullen was ejected from the game along with a B ish o p ’ s winger, even though the latter was trying to climb McMullen’s back when the two were separated.

McGill spent the last ten min­ utes of the first half in the Gaiters’ end, but couldn’t score and trailed 3-0 at halftime.

The Redmen picked up where they left o ff to start the second half, applying pressure that kept Bishop’s hemmed in their own end. They were soon rewarded when, from a scrum from about 20 yards out, centre Graham Withers took a gap and passed o ff to Simon Ellison, who scored in the

McGill’s rugby teams played like they had something to prove Sunday at Leiber Park in Verdun.

Both avenged losses to Bishop’s earlier this season, the women winning 36-20, and the men by the score of 10-8.

The women’s victory was the bigger upset of the two and one of the most surprising results in Quebec university rugby this year.

They entered the game with a record o f 1-4, while B ish o p ’s stood unbeaten and alone in first place.

The Martlets started the sea­ son with inexperienced forwards, and they were pushed around in some earlier games; but things came together for the Martlets in this game, especially in the second half when M cG ill was able to break the game open with four tries.

The Martlets were paced by outside centre Kathy Morrison, who continued her fine play with three tries. Kim Kirkland, Samantha Morency, and Joanna Gurtin scored single tries, and Colleen McDermott made three conversions to round out the scor­ ing.

McGill is still well out of first place, but their prospects for the rest of the season have significantly brightened. The league is divided into “A” and “B ” divisions, and since the Martlets are in the top division, the team is assured of making the play-offs.

The men’s team was closer to Bishop’s in the standings, and wanted to make up for a shocking loss earlier in the sea­ son in Lennoxville. BU took an early lead, but McGill woke up late in the first half, pulled ahead shortly after halftime, and held on for the victory.

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comer. Ellison made the conver­ sion from a tough angle to make the score 7-3.

Ellison booted a penalty from 40 yards out to put M cG ill up seven points 15 minutes into the half as the heavy rain began to make the game less wide open.

Bishop’s scored their try in the waning minutes of the game.

They ran a couple of penalties near McGill’s goal-line and were stopped both times; the Redmen were twice called for offsides.

Given a third chance, the Gaiters spun the ball wide, where Neal Breddin went in for the score.

That made the score 10-8 for M cG ill. The Gaiter conversion was makeable, but it was shanked.

Bishop’s got one more chance to go ahead, but they kicked the ball away and the final whistle was blown.

Standouts for McGill includ­ ed Shields, Ellison, hooker Marky Mark Cameron, and fly half Tim Shrively. Not only does the win give the team a much-needed lift before Wednesday’s game against first-place Concordia, but also the opportunity to enjoy some sweet, sweet revenge.

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October 22nd, 1996

Martlets battle to scoreless tie B y R ya n M u r p h y R ic h a r d R etyi

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On a windswept Friday night in the chilly confines of Molson Stadium, the McGill women’s soccer team tied a lethar­ gic Sherbrooke squad 0-0.

McGill took the first game against Sherbrooke earlier in the season, but they expected a more spirited showing from a dangerous Vert et Or squad on this partic­ ular night.

It was not to be, though, due to a punishing barrage of shots fired at the Sherbrooke keeper, as well as the rock solid defense of the Martlets, anchored by Sue Belair, that allowed only four shots on goal all night. This gave goaltender Debra Keitzke her fourth shutout of the season.

“We expected a stronger game from them,” midfielder Amy Walsh commented after the game. “They had a few players missing the first time out. Their play tonight really surprised us.”

Walsh and Luciana Cifarelli led the Martlet attack, setting up precise passes, harassing Sherbrooke defenders, and blasting shots at the Sherbrooke goal all evening. However, the Martlets never got the lucky break they needed to notch a goal in this game mainly because of the stellar play of Sherbrooke’s goalkeeper, Sophie Bernier. With the playoffs looming on the horizon, how does this scoreless tie affect McGill’s momentum on their quest for a national championship?

“We had this game,” Cifarelli said about her final regular season home game in a Martlet uniform. “Our defensive game plan was so strong and we used the space beautifully in the middle. We had a little bit of hard luck but we have no wor­ ries. We played very aggressively and that’s where we want to be.”

When asked about the upcoming playoffs, Cifarelli seemed very eager without displaying any of the post-season jitters that most players face.

“I want it so bad,” Cifarelli said in reference to the national championship.

“Even though a lot of them have three or four more years, I know the whole team wants it just as bad as me.”

B rie fs Sherbrooke, Concordia and Laval in Saturday’ s competi­ tion.

The women’s team was led

by M elanie Choiniere, who placed first overall in her 4.3 km race with a time of 14:42.

Tambra Dunn finished second, while Robyn Hurley secured the bronze. M c G ill’s Christin Bergeron and Jessica Ament placed fifth and sixth respec­ tively.

The men’s team swept the positions o f second through sixth in the 6.3 km race. Alex Hutchinson lead the Red ‘n’ White with the second place time of 19:18, only four seconds behind the competition’s win­ ner. Rounding out spots three through six were Gerry Zavorsky, Doug Penick, Matt O’Halloran and Chris Barrett.

M cGill’s women’s volley­ ball team took a hard-fought second place at this weekend's McGill Invitational tournament.

The women played four matches on Saturday, winning three and losing the fourth by two points in the final set.

The Martlets lost a five-set, gruelling match against the Université de Montréal in Sunday’s gold medal match, 153, 6-15, 15-10, 10-15, 10-15.

This turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment for the Red ‘n’ White, who had defeated Montreal the day before in the preliminary rounds.

The only team to defeat the Martlets, the Carleton Ravens, did not finish in the top four.

M cG ill middle blockers V alerie Bender and Wendy Whalen were rewarded for their excellent play in the tourna­ ment; the former was named to the all-tournament team, the lat­ ter was awarded tournament MVP.

McGill tennis set for playoffs T h e M artlets s p ik e d th e ir w a y to 3 w ins o n S a tu rd a y .

Toronto, Ryerson, and Western, and losing only one game to McMaster.

The Martlets will have one week to rest and practice at home before heading off to the University of Western Ontario for their second tournament of the year November 2 and 3.

Women s squash team crushes Ontario opponents The Martlet squash team travelled to Ryerson with revenge on their minds as they battled five teams from Southern Ontario over the week­ end. McGill came away with a convincing win, losing only three of thirty matches.

The most stunning upset came at the hands of Queen’s, who lost for the first time in four years, 4-2.

The Martlets cruised by the rest of the field, shutting out

Redmen soccer team ends season on winning note McGill’s men’s soccer team swept their two weekend games, beating Sherbrooke 4-2 at home, and blanking UQTR 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.

The Redmen were powered

by their All-Canadian candi­ dates this weekend. Marc Mounicot and Gabriel Gervais each scored two goals on Friday night. Mounicot’s goals were his sixth and seventh of the season.

At T ro is-R iv ieres, the Redmen got goals from Sean Smith and Gervais. Smith scored his fourth goal of the sea­ son, while the rookie Gervais notched his eighth.

McGill dominates at cross-country meet The Laval Open cross­ country meet was controlled by the McGill team, as it defeated all of their opponents in the four team event.

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Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams tuned up for their respective playoffs this past weekend. The women blasted the University of Toronto 9-0 in Toronto. The teams must now prepare for their weekend playoff encoun­ ters at McMaster.

The men’s team split their matches this weekend, losing a tight 4-3 match to U of T and defeated Waterloo 5-2 in its sec­ ond match. Adam Fisher, M ichael Gazai and Ben Zigelstein won all of the match­ es they played, while Julien Lange and Jason Fabro won their second matches. The team finished in a tie for second place in the regular season, and has its playoff tournament next week­ end.

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Ocotber 22nd, 1996 Tuesday, October 22 Molecular Oncology Group presents lecture by Marni Kelman, “The role of mammalian cut proteins as tumour suppressors.” 12 p.m., Hersey Pavilion, Room H5.38, Royal Victoria Hospital LBGTM Coordinating meeting @ 18:00 in Shatner 432

Wednesday, October 23 LBGTM ’s Bisexual Group meets this evening in the Women’s Union (Shatner 423) @ 5:30. Both men and women alike are invited to join the friendly discussion.

Sign up for Bartending Workshop at Hillel Jewish Student Centre, 3460 Stanley St. at 10:45 a.m. For more info call McGill Hillel at 845-9171.

McGill Chaplaincy presents “Setting the Conditions of this Universe” by speaker Prof. Mark Doughty @ 4 p.m. Newman Centre 3484 Peel. For info, call 398-4106.

Thursday, October 24 University Vice Principal Administration and Finance Phyllis Heaphy speaks at SSMU council meeting, 6:00 p.m. Shatner 107/108.

All welcome.

Tonight at 6:30 p.m. LBGTM’s Women’s group meets in Shatner 423. Feel free to drop by and say what’s on your mind.

McGill Women’ s Union is holding a feminist open mike night.

All men and women are invited to share or listen to music, poetry, or stories. All interested in performing are encouraged to sign up in Shatner 423. This feminist event will take place in basement of Thompson House. For more info call 398-6823.

Women in Science and Engineering will be organising a Graduate School Information Night for undergraduates with questions about graduate school. 7:00 p.m. in Thompson House Café (3650 McTavish).

The Sociology Students’ Association will be holding a wine and cheese between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Leacock 738. For more info e-mail bkel@musicb.mcgill.ca Dr. Matlashewski will be giving a lecture on “Human papilloma virus induced cell transformation” and Dr. Franco will be giving a lecture on “Human papilloma virus, the merg­ ing of molecular biology.” Both will begin @ 18:30 in room 705 of M cG ill’s Cancer Centre, 3655 Drummond.

A lecture entitled “Nationalism and Print Capitalism” by guest speaker Aijaz Ahmad will be given at the Hall Building H435 @ 8p.m., Concordia University. For info: 848-2095

Friday, October 25 LBGTM’s Men’s discussion group meets in the basement of UTC (3521 University) @,7 p.m. We usu­ ally go out for food and drinks after­ ward.

Saturday, October 26

LBGTM Hallowe’en Dance at Gert’s Pub. Dress up in your scari­ est costume and come out for a frighteningly fabulous night.

Tuesday, October 29 Dr. Coimbatore Srikant will be guest speaking on “Subtype selec­ tive differential regualtion of growth-arrest and apoptosis by human somatostatin receptors.”

12:00, Hersey Pavilion Rm H5-38.

Ongoing and Upcoming...

The McGill Debating Union has a show on Monday mights in Shatner 302 @ 6:00p.m. Practice rounds (i.e. option to debate) are held on Friday nights in Leacock 15 @ 5:30 p.m. All are welcome. No experience necessary.

Montreal MED-CH1 Society presents a public information forum: “Dealing with breast cancer,” with guest speaker Dr. David Fleiszer. 6 p.m. at Howard Palmer Auditorium, 6th floor, McIntyre Medical Building 3655 Drummond St. For info contact Maggie Gawler at 9334801.

Want to make a difference?

Volunteer with the Yellow Door Elderly Project! Help seniors in the downtown community with friendly visits, etc. 3625 Aylmer (near the Currie Gym) or call Chi or Joanna at 398-6243.

Storytelling at the Yellow Door.

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Welcome tellers and listen­ ers. 3625 Aylmer St. 8 p.m. $3 admission. For info call 849-2657.

crazy escape from any place on cam­ pus for our Escape contest. Submit entries by Oct. 31 to Shatner 303.

Prizes for the winners.

helping high school students, one hour per week with math, English, French, science, etc. For more info call Marc at 481-0277.

The Gamers’ Guild is running its own Chess League. We supply space, materials. $5 registration fee.

Info: Shatner office 401, 398-6814.

Living With Loss: afternoon and evening bereavement support and self-help groups are being offered free of charge through the McGill School of Social Work for adults, children and parents, adoles­ cents, young adults, peri-natal and family survivors of suicide. For any­ one who has suffered the loss of a family member or friend, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 3987067.

Network of Hope: Brain tumour support groups. 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Groups available in English and French, patients and family groups are seperate. The Montreal Neurologincal Hospital, 3801 University St. For info call Saroj Gupta 398-1916.

Heridan. McGill's Women’s Literary Journal is looking for vol­ unteers for typing, proofreading, lay­ out, and good ideas. Submissions are also being accepted: prose, poetry, graphic art, etc. Deadline Nov. 20 Contact the Women’s Union, rrr 423, Student Union Bldg.

Santropol Roulant is looking for community-minded, energetic volunteers to help out with our non­ profit Meals-on-Wheels organisa­ tion. For info about our volunteer gatherings, contact Kelly at 2849335.

Tel-Aide, a 24 hour, free of charge listening service is looking for volunteers to help Montrealers in distress. For more info, call 9351105.

Red Herring contests: enter our Horrible Haiku contest or write a

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If you wish to opt out of donat­ ing 25 cents for the fall semester to the McGill Nightline, come to the SSMU desk and fill out a form.

Every Tuesday, The Red Herring, McGill’s humour maga­ zine, holds its brainstorming session.

Come to Shatner 303 at 2:30.

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La Maison de Jeunes de la Cote des Neiges is looking for volunteers to help with its Mentor Program for youths 12-18 years old. The program runs Monday to Thursday from 3:30 - 5:30. Call Sandra at 342-5235.

The Canadian Studies Graduate Students’ Association announces a Call for Papers for the Third Annual Canadian Studies Conference.

Submissions welcomed from gradu­ ate students in all fields who are interested in the study of Canada.

Deadline for abstracts: Fri., Dec. 2.

For more info call 398-2974.

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The McGill Computer Store is a not-for-profit organization. The knowledgeable staff are all university employees and do not work on commission, so you can be sure you won’t be pres­ sured into buying something you don’t need. Whether you’re looking for advice or after-sale support, the staff of the McGill Computer Store is here to help. For more information give us a call at 398-5025, or come in and visit us in Room 112 of Burnside Hall. You can also find us on the World Wide Web at http://www.mcgill.ca/mcs.

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