The McGill Tribune Vol. 17 Issue 11

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Montreal bids to host Gay Games

By D eborah N etburn__________

Last Saturday, Director of the Montreal Gay Games 2002 Board Nicolas Pomerleau flew to Denver, Colorado to convince the Federation of Gay Games that the 2002 contest should be held in Montreal. If Pomerleau and his board are successful, Montreal will be host to the largest sporting event in the world. Even bigger than the O ly m p ics, the Gay Games are estimated to bring to the city over $200 million in rev­ enue.

Denver’s presentation is the final stage of a bid process which began tw o years ago. “In November ‘95, a few of us got together to see if we could bid — just to find out if Montreal had enough resou rces to hold the Games,” Pomerleau said.

The Gay Games were first held in San Francisco in 1982.

S in ce then, N ew York and V ancouver have been h osts.

Amsterdam is getting set to hold the 1998 Gay Games.

The bidding process began whe'h the Montreal committee’s letter of intent was accepted. The group was subsequently asked to submit a bidding document which would outline exactly why the Gay Games should be held in M ontreal. The “B id B o o k ” included such specifics as what type of opening parade the board intends to have, what transporta­ tion will be available to specta­ tors and participants, and what kinds o f d isa b ility se r v ic e s Montreal will offer, among other things.

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Referendum to decide fate of day-care

By Finola M oore

The future of student parents at M cG ill w ill be decided in this week’s referendum, in which stu­ dents will vote on whether to pay three dollars per semester to imple­ ment a proposed new day-care cen­ tre. The new program, intended to supplement rather than replace the current day-care, would provide flexible, part-time services to stu­ dents with children.

A questionnaire compiled by the Education Equity Committee for incom ing students included inquiries about student parents. It was discovered that 15 per cent of incoming McGill students last year had children, most of whom were young enough to require day-care.

As a result, a preliminary recom­ mendation for the construction of an additional day-care was made.

Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier explained the nature of the recom­ mendations.

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“The non-final recommenda­ tions included strategies for expanding access to day-care places,” stated Jukier.

The current McGill day-care provides full-time care for 106 chil­ dren. Waiting lists exist for many age groups. An additional service was proposed in order to accommo­ date students who only want parttime day-care. Sky Jondahl, a mem­ ber o f the Day-care Yes Committee, stressed that the goal was “accessible day-care.”

The philosophy o f the pro­ posed day-care was explained in a letter o f intent sent by the Yes Committee to the current day-care.

The letter, a legal but non-binding contract, details that the schedules of the new facility will be flexible and that it will be geared primarily toward providing services for stu­ dents. The service’s schedule will be divided into two-hour blocks.

Also, the current McGill day­ care will assist in the hiring of staff

but w ill not be under the same direct management. Lara LeighW ood, chairperson o f the Y es Committee explained how the two groups intend to co-operate while remaining distinct.

“The present day-care has kindly offered to supply educators but they [the two day-cares] are separate en tities,” said LeighWood.

Elaine Reiner, director of the current day-care, found it difficult to answer any specific questions as the letter of intent had not yet been signed. She mentioned only that the implementation of a part-time sys­ tem within the current day-care had not previously been discussed. “[It’s] not a consideration that we’ve spoken about,” she said.

According to the Yes commit­ tee, the services provided by the current and the proposed new day­ cares will not overlap. The demand

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11 November 1997

Rise in num ber o f sexual assaults prom pt M UC m eeting

By Shaun Rein

The Montreal Urban Community Police held a public safety meeting on November 5 in response to a growing number of sexual assaults committed in the Concordia student ghetto over the last few months.

In the first three weeks of September, six sexual assaults were comm itted — two within a 45 minute span in two separate apart­ ment buildings. All the assaults have taken place in the area between Guy, Sherbrooke, Atwater, and RenéLévesque streets.

According to Sylvie Lussier, Community Policing Officer for the area, the public safety meeting was held to warn people, particularly women, of the threat of attack and to teach preventive measures. A com­ posite sketch of the assailant was released to the media last Thursday.

Stephen Banfi from the MUC’s public relations office confirmed reports that police suspect that one white male is perpetrating the

crimes and explained that all of the attacks follow the same pattern.

“Most of the attacks are taking place in laundry rooms or elevator shafts,” said Banfi. Moreover, the

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police said the assailant chooses apartment buildings where visitors have to be buzzed in but no security

guards are present. Assaults have occurred in elevators and around laundry rooms, which are generally located on the top floors of build­ ings. In one instance a woman was dragged from the elevator to a laun­ dry room where she was attacked.

The man usually escapes by running down the emergency stair well. The suspect is described as a white male, 1.86 m tall and weighing approxi­ mately 95 kgs. During attacks, the assailant usually wears a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.

Some confusion, however, exists between various Montreal police stations concerning this case.

Lussier of Station 20, for instance, claims that there are two assailants, and not just one as Banfi believes.

“We think there might be two attackers. The methods of attack are the same, taking place near elevators and in laundry rooms. Since there are sim ilarities, we believe the attackers might be cohorts,” Lussier explained. “Last year’s attacker, though, was described as being a white male with a facial scar. The

most recent attacks, however, were all done by a man with beautiful dark skin — like an Italian’s. During one of the attacks, even though it was a cold day, the man was wear­ ing shorts. We therefore think he might be a tenant in one o f the buildings.”

On the same night as the MUC’s meeting, a group of twenty or thirty McGill students held a safety audit meeting in order to address several key issues including security on the McGill campus and communication between McGill security, Montreal police, and stu­ dents.

Lack of communication and collaboration between security divi­ sions is an endemic problem within the downtown Montreal area. For instance, Supervisor o f McGill Security Michael Hubbard was con­ tacted by the T rib u n e for comments on the assaults but stated “this is the first I have heard of them.” * Similarly, Sergeant Colutier of Station 19, which is responsible for the security of the McGill ghetto,

also had no knowledge o f the attacks. In fact, he sent a cruiser to pick up last w eek’s issue o f the M c G ill T r ib u n e to learn the latest information. Colutier complained that one problem is that Station 19 gives information to McGill security but he asserts that information flow is not reciprocated.

“Station 19 always tells M cG ill’s security forces about recent events. M cG ill’s security never tells Station 19 about suspi­ cious individuals and recent events,” he said.

The Sexual Aggression Section of the MUC supervises cases such as the one in the Concordia ghetto but apparently does not pass infor­ mation on to the rest of the force.

Constables from Stations 19 and 20 as well as McGill security officials all said that they are each responsi­ ble for a sp ecific section of Montreal and do not inform them­ selves of events in other jurisdic­ tions.

Quebec Studies department to benefit from gift of credit union

By Jennifer M intz _______________

Movement Desjardins recently announced that their credit union plans to donate $300,000 over the next five years to McGill's Quebec Studies Department. This major contribution was made public after President Claude Beland’s recent visit to the university campus.

The Quebec Studies Department was surprised but extremely excited to receive the funds, as this sort of donation is unprecedented in the department.

“This is a major commitment from Movement Desjardins,” said Alain Gagnon, director o f the Quebec Studies Department. “This

is a premier event at McGill.”

Although the Quebec Studies Department will remain relatively small, Gagnon hopes that the allo­ cated funds will help build the pro­ gram and attract new students. “[Quebec Studies] is an active program, the money is needed and will go to a lot of new things within the department, like activity plan­ ning and aid to smaller publica­ tions,” explained Gagnon.

Some other anticipated addi­ tions to the program include the hir­ ing of new professors and the cre­ ation o f new courses. The most important addition to the program, however, will be the introduction of new prizes and scholarships for stu-

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dents who excel in areas both in and outside of the faculty. As well, the creation of a Desjardins prize will recognize high achievement by stu­ dents in both undergraduate and graduate programs in Quebec Studies.

The Quebec Studies depart­ ment is an interdisciplinary program offering both major and minor degree options, with a wide range of courses in many different depart­ ments. The donated funds will hope­ fully eradicate many organizational and administrative problems within the faculty. Gagnon explained that the program’s organizers aim to accomodate a wide variety of stu­ dent interests.

“Usually the students enter our program in their second year of uni­ versity,” Gagnon explained. “We offer a very diverse program with courses in practically every depart­ ment, from anthropology to sociolo­ gy, to language and literature.”

Although the department has

been in existence since 1963, it is hoped that the contribution of the Movement Desjardins will build momentum and growth within the department. Both Principal Bernard Shapiro and Dean of Arts Carman Miller are excited about the opportu­ nities this donation brings. In a recent press release, both Miller and Shapiro declared their enthusiasm.

“This donation gives the department a chance to study our society in all its rich complexity and diversity,” stated Shapiro.

Miller echoed his excitement for the contribution o f the Movement Desjardins to McGill.

“This university is very well positioned to explore the plurality of Quebec and to communicate a better understanding of our past, present and our future,” Miller said.

In the same press release, Beland expressed the pride felt by members o f the Mouvement Desjardins in supporting McGill.

“McGill is a great Quebec uni­

versity,” stated Beland. He contin­ ued to explain how the donation would ensure the continuation of an academic program “that contributes to advancing knowledge about our society.”

The ways that the funds will be used will be left to the discretion of the program’s co-ordinators.

Gagnon expressed gratitude for the trust that the donors have placed in the coordinators’ judgement.

“There are no strings attached to the deal, so we feel very lucky to have this money,” he said.

Ultimately, Gagnon hopes that the contribution will permit the pro­ gram to work on a more internation­ al level and that McGill will be linked to an international market with regard to Quebec Studies.

“Quebec Studies is continuous­ ly growing and the more we can offer the students, the better the pro­ gram will be.”

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“This is not a competition for business,” said Jondahl. “There is so much demand and [we] will help try to alleviate the demand. Both services have valid philosophies.

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However, because many stu­ dents have had to make alternative arrangements to the current day­ care system, the actual number of clients who will use the new service is as yet unknown.

Tara Newell, SSMU president, explained that “a lot of parents have told me that they’d love to have day-care on campus. They may have made other arrangements, and the numbers might be lower. As service becomes available, we will have more [kids].”

Members of the Yes commit­ tee hope that the start-up costs of the day-care will be funded by the government and that the operational costs will be covered by the pro­ posed $3 per semester student levy.

Student parents will have to pay additional user fees which will vary according to usage.

If students vote to support the new day-care, the facility will be located on the ground floor of the new student services building

which w ill open in September, 1999. While no contracts have been signed, the architects of the new student services building have been mandated to allow space for the day-care. Within government regu­ lations, the day-care can service up to 50 or 60 children at a time but, because of the block bookings, will be able to service over 100 chil­ dren.

The Yes committee is confi­ dent that, if student support is obtained, the operation will run smoothly.

“We are confident that it won’t be a problem to get licensing. [For] the final contract, [we] are hoping no later than April 30, 1998,” Newell concluded.

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First year students will go to the polls to elect own association B y B ra d ley T h o m pso n

A new layer of representation is about to be added to the SSMU. This coming fall will see the first elec­ tions for the First Year Students’ Association executive.

The FYSA is intended to pro­ vide representation for first-year stu­ dents who, for the most part, were not involved in electing representa­ tives to SSMU. SSMU President Tara Newell initiated the motion to establish the FYSA. She asserted that, with the exception of students in a few faculties, first-year students have limited representation.

“They [first-year students] come in their first year, they are excited about McGill, they are excit­ ed about getting involved, and they come here and there aren’t a lot of things for them to get involved in,” Newell explained. “If they want to get involved in curriculum or politics or the clubs and services, it is very difficult to get involved. This [the FYSA] just creates a different body by which students can get involved.”

SSMU council ratified the motion to create the FYSA in October and since that time,

ble to vote.

The definition of “first-year student” has been received with mixed feelings by candidates hoping to become involved in the FYSA. Presidential candidate Xavier Van Chau expressed his concern that since Law and Medicine A c c la im e d VP K a m h a n i Catherine Farquharson first-year students fall within the definition, inter­ Elections McGill has been planning ests may become fragmented within executive elections to be held during the FYSA. “It worries me in terms of what the fall referendum period.

The FYSA constitution defines the aims and the goals of the FYSA a first year student as anyone should be because Law students enrolled in their first year in an have their own interests and their undergraduate academic program own problems, very specific to “including, but not limited to, both them,” said Van Chau. “How can you associate such a large first-year UO and U 1 students.”

Glen Linder, SSMU chief class with that minority?”

Candidates Michael Shenkman returning officer, is responsible for interpreting this definition. When and Daniel Artenosi have also polls open, “first-year student” will expressed similar concerns but both be defined to include first-year stu­ appear confident that the issue can dents fresh from high-school or be resolved once the first FYSA CEGEP, as well as first-year med executive is elected.

The fourth presidential candi­ students who have completed pre­ medical studies at institutions other date, Howie Krongold, simply said than McGill. The CRO has deter­ that the issue should not be taken too mined that 3,850 students are eligi­

Plan G impact limited by small reaction Both the Parti-Québécois and the Quebec government chose to focus on the method of Plan G and The Quebec government overlooked much of the content of responded with inaction to the sever­ the action. Michel Leveille, repre­ al hundred protesters who demon­ senting the communication service strated and blocked entrances to one of the PQ, ignored the principles of of Quebec City’s largest government Plan G. buildings, preventing 4,000 bureau­ “We don’t carry value judge­ crats from going to work on ments on the type or manner of the November 3. protest,” said Leveille. “In this soci­ Protesters blocked the doors of ety we have the right to demonstrate Complex G, forcing government — this isn’t the first and it won’t be workers to assemble on the lawn the last.” facing the building until their man­ The Quebec government had no agement dismissed them for the day. official statement concerning Plan Despite all the training and prepara­ G, but unofficially responded to tion for police intervention, the many of the complaints of the pro­ Sûreté de Québec remained aloof testers. waiting for a decision from the man“It’s necessary to go agment of Complex G. ahead with the cuts until we Busloads . of reach a zero deficit,” said a Montreal protesters came bureaucrat who wished to to join the province-wide remain anonymous. “We demonstration which know that many people in accompanied the non-vio­ society are put in a bad posi­ lent civil disobedience tion — it’s a reality. But we against the Quebec gov­ don’t have a choice. It’s a ernment. Patrick Borden, question of responsibility to a member of Canevas future generations so that which was one of the they will not have our debt.” organizing groups of Plan Borden viewed the lack G, summarized many of of police intervention and the the feelings of Plan G government’s inaction as the leaders. l*son Sigurdson result of the PQ’s vested “W e’re all pretty P la n G protesters le a d c h a n ts interest in keeping its image happy,” admitted Borden. as a left-wing party.

“But there were some people disap­ l’argent (people before money).

“The PQ tried to limit its losses.

Paul Pelletier, a representative pointed that there were no arrests.

An arrest would have sparked imme­ of Syndicat de la fonction publique It couldn’t bring in police on the diate discourse with the govern­ du Québec, the union responsible for demonstraters and still claim to be at least 75 per cent of the bureau­ more to the left than [Ontario ment.”

The entrances of Complex G crats of Plan G, empathized with Premier Mike] Harris,” said Borden.

Despite the weak reaction to were blocked by at least 10 groups protesters.

“We too are a little bit sick of Plan G, the action fulfilled its objec­ each composed of 20 people who protested against the Quebec gov­ the cuts,” said Pelletier. “But we tives and left with solidarity and ernment’s “neo-liberal” policy of have to respect the collective agree­ budding plans for future acts of civil cutting social services. Université de ment we made with the government. disobedience. Borden outlined spe­ Montréal, Université du Québec à The media is saying that the govern­ cific plans.

“Now we’ll have to continue Montréal, McGill, Concordia and ment lost $500,000 because of this Université de Laval were among the demonstration due to all the lost our efforts — we’re thinking of the universities which organized affinity work, but half the bureaucrats took a stock exchange or the Hydro build­ groups for the civil disobedience vacation so that figure is cut drasti­ ing — not many people know that cally,” he said. “Anyway, the gov­ the Premier’s Montreal offices are aspect of Plan G. UQAM's Pierre André ernment takes one and a half days of on the top floor.” explained why members of his affin­ our salaries to help cut the deficit ity group marched in plastic garbage each year.”

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"The government considers us numbers rather than as humans,” said André. “When we’re no longer good, they throw us out. We are con­ sidered human resources to be exploited.”

Demonstrators circled around the Complex G behind a banner pro­ claiming an end to “inertia” and a car equipped with a microphone, which served to lead cheers and articulate the principles of the demonstration. Protesters chanted “So-so-so-solidarité” and raised ban­ ners announcing, “On veut étudier, pas s’endetter” (we want to study, not get in debt) and “Les gens avant

seriously, particularly in view of the relatively minor role that the organi­ zation will play in SSMU decisionmaiking.

“I don’t think it’s really going to matter. The sense that I get is that these people don’t do much anyway.

I just might bring a little more enter­ tainment to SSMU,” Krongold said.

All four candidates for FYSA President seem to agree that the essential purpose of the association

is to represent students who are experiencing university for their first time. This consensus is reflected in their campaigns, which focus largely on university residences.

Newell said that the FYSA con­ stitution was left open-ended so that once an executive and council are elected, the constitution — including the definition of “first-year student” — can be changed to best meet firstyear students’ needs.

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Walksafe implements McGill students to support class action safety measures in ghetto suit against local mining company

By D av id H orlock

McGill Walksafe in conjunc­ tion with SSM U held a public meeting last week, giving students a chance to voice concerns about safety issues on campus and in the McGill ghetto. The meeting was an effort to follow-up the safety audit held in 1994.

Recom m endations made in the 1994 safety audit specified the need for increased police presence in the ghetto and higher overall awareness of safety issues.

M em bers o f the team that helped ex ecu te the previous audit’s recommendations, howev­ er, admitted that it has been an incomplete process.

“Some of the smaller recom­ m endations such as im proved lighting were not properly imple­ mented,” stated former SSMU VP External Chantal DaSilva.

This appeared to be a concern for members of the McGill com­ munity as they discussed ways to further improve ghetto safety at the meeting.

“We plan to have safety audits once a year now to make sure that the recom m endations made get done and don’t just fade aw a y ,” stated Ann T op olsk i, external co-ordinator of Walksafe.

In fact, many recommenda­ tions that were mentioned in the previous audit such as the need for better lighting on campus and in the ghetto, the effectiven ess of McGill security and the number of

emergency phones on campus still concern students.

SSM U VP External L isa Phipps supported the idea that safety audits should be done on a yearly basis as student safety is an on-going issue. . “[Safety audits] have to be an on going event,” she said. “Last time, many things didn’t get done so we have to see that they are done this time.”

Phipps was pleased with the level of student participation at the meeting, feeling that the students' concerns led to many new ideas.

“I thought it was really encouraging to see how much par­ ticipation and support there was for this. There were a lot of con­ cerns that should be met,” stated Phipps.

The recommendations made at the meeting included increasing after-hours traffic on cam pus, installing more McGill security stations around campus and near residence halls, communicating the nature o f all incidents that occur on campus to the student body through the student papers and creating designated “Safe Zones” on campus that are con­ stantly monitored.

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By Renée D unk

Members of McGill’s QuebecPublic Interest and Research Group and the McGill Law school are supporting a class action lawsuit filed by local non-profit organiz a t io n R echerches Internationales Québec on behalf of the 23,000 residents of Guyana.

The lawsuit was filed earlier this year against Montreal mining com­ pany Cambior, owner of the Omai gold mine in Guyana.

On August 19, 1995, Cambior* s tailings pond, which held waste water containing cyanide and heavy metal, broke — approximately three billion litres of contaminated water was released into the Omai river. This freshwa­ ter river flows into the Essequibo river, the main source of potable water for Guyana residents.

Operations at the Omai mine were suspended indefinitely and the company launched an immediate clean-up campaign and investiga­ tion. Five days later, the waste water flow was stopped and Cambior resumed production in February 1996 after a new tailing pond was created.

In a press release issued short­ ly after the accident, Cambior stat­ ed that “measures to contain the flow of cyanide wastes from the tailing pond o f the Omai Gold M ines have been su ccessfu l... health threat[s] to human and aquatic life from this poison do not exist any longer.”

Director o f RIQ Dermond Travis, however, maintains that Cambior “must put matters right.”

RIQ is contesting that the environ­ mental strain put on Guyana’s trop­ ical ecosystem runs deeper than Cambior would like to admit.

“This sort o f accident is unprecedented,” said Travis. “Fish and riverways were wiped out; ...countries banned exported fish from Guyana;...[and] the tropical rainforest ecosystem was disrupted.

The [Essequibo] river is the lifeblood of the local people. For some Amerindians, the river has spiritual meaning,” Travis stated.

G eoffery King, director of com m unications at Cambior, explained that the mining company is willing to take responsability for the accident. He went on to say that Cambior will admit that the acci­ dent could have been serious but asserted that the company went “full stop” to rectify the situation.

“Most of the damage was kept within the confines o f the Omai creek. The cyanide level in the actual river was a ratio o f 1 to

500,” King explained. “Cyanide detoxifies when it is exposed to sunlight and air. Within days of the accident, the water was back to Canadian lev el drinking stan­ dards.”

But Travis maintains that no preliminary efforts were made by Cambior to prevent this sort of accident. According to Guyana’s Dam R eview Com m ittee “the

Although King admits that ini­ tial samples were provided to the investigative teams for testing, companies were encouraged to take their own sam ples o f the river water.

“People did go on to take their own sam p les,” King stated.

“However, by the time that they did, the cyanide had washed out to sea.”

Omai tailings dam as designed and constructed was bound to fail, its filter design was flawed and its construction deficient from the start.”

King admitted that there were problems with the original design of the dam. However, he stated that “a new dam was being planned before the accident” occurred.

Cambior issued a public apol­ ogy to the residents o f Guyana immediately after the accident.

Although Guyana president Cheddi Jagen deemed that the accident was “an environmental disaster,” King maintains that relations with the government are still strong.

“Of course this is the worst industrial accident that Guyana has experienced,” he said. “The coun­ try has no industry. Cambior alone brings in 20 to 25 per cent of the national GNP. In fact, the govern­ ment of Guyana is very happy with Cambior. They want us to start two new mining projects.”

But the main concerns of RIQ lie with Cambior’s attitude. Travis maintains that Cambior’s immedi­ ate reaction to the incident was unsatisfactory.

“The real issue is that there was no independent environmental audit of the river and [surrounding] region ,” he explained. “The released data was not complete.

Furthermore, an [outside] observer would not be interested in evidence that was bought and paid for by the company.”

Travis hopes that the case will be brought to court by March of next year. Sara Mayo, co-ordinator of QPIRG, explained that if the case actually makes it to court, it will likely set a precedent.

“This case is the first o f its kind in Canada, even if a settle­ ment is reached,” Mayo explained.

“This case could possibly change the way mining companies do busi­ ness.”

Mayo elaborated on QPIRG’s involvement in the case by explain­ ing that QPIRG has donated money to the Guyana Legal Defense Fund out of its discretionary budget and students have been following the case since its inception. McGill law students like Loris Mirella have also becom e involved with the class action suit.

“A couple o f students have volunteered to help out with the legal research. Law students have been helping out with this case since its beginning,” Mirella stated.

Travis explained how the law­ suit is the last in many efforts to encourage Cambior to “clean up their act.”

“We sent warnings to the com­ pany prior to filing this lawsuit.

Since they refused to discuss out­ standing interests, we are request­ ing that it be taken to the Quebec court,” said Travis. “It’s a question of accountability. Cambior must put matters right.”

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Montreal General opens research facility for drug testing

By Sara Jean G reen

Research into the efficacy of new pharmaceutical drugs got a boost when the McGill University Health Centre opened Quebec’s first university-based C linical Research Centre at the Montreal General Hospital on Monday.

The impetus behind the cen­ tre is to provide patients already receiving care at the Montreal General with access to the newest drugs as part of their regular treat­ ment. Dr. Phil Gold, the Clinical R esearch C entre’s ex ecu tiv e director, explained that drugs undergo a series o f trials before hitting pharmacy shelves. After clinical tests on animals, there are generally four phases of testing before a drug is released on the market.

The first phase — drug safety tests — are usually conducted on healthy human subjects to deter­ mine toxicity levels. These studies are not conducted at the CRC but instead by independent clinical research organizations or by phar­ maceutical companies themselves.

Gold admitted that this part o f research is “not particularly savoury” since “people are paid to take the drugs.” There are some excep tion s: drugs to com bat AIDS, for example, would be test­ ed on AIDS patients in a hospital environment.

The second and third phases of study will be the areas of con­ centration for the MUHC’s new clinical research centre. Although clin ica l research has been on ­

goin g at both the M ontreal General and the Royal Victoria H ospital for many years now , increased efficiency and standard­ ized operating procedures at the CRC w ill ensure more accurate

test results.

When a drug company applies to the CRC for testing, the centre’s Institutional Review Board exam­ ines the company’s protocol of its own clin ica l trials. The IR B ’s ethics committee can now accept or reject a drug for trial within two to three weeks. Prior to the open­ ing of the centre, it could take up to six months for a project to be considered.

In response to concerns about p o ssib le c o n flicts o f interest between drug companies and clini­ cal researchers, Gold joked that “there are more ethics committees than you can shake a stick at.” He went on to explain that the CRC tests are com pletely indepen­ dent from the pharmaceutical company holding the patent for any particular drug, “For every test being done, the cost is very clear to both the drug company and the investi­ gators...[Pharmaceutical compa­ nies] are not financing the clin­ ic, they finance their trial.

W e’ve never asked them to do anything for us. They only pay for the things we do for them,” Gold said.

In order to ensure indepen­ dence in clinical trials, the sec­ ond and third phases of human drug testing are done in strict accordance to the CRC’s stan­ dardized procedures. In phase two, a small group o f people with a particular condition are random ly divided into two groups; half the people get the new drug added to their regular treatm ent and the other half receive a placebo. Most tests are double blind trials which means that only the research co-ordinator, and not the doctors giving treat­ ment, is aware which patients are receiving the trial drug. At the end of the trial, the efficacy of a drug is determined — if it is found to contribute no benefit, the test is over. If the drug “appears to have e ffic a c y ,” testing continues to

First Best Buddies chapter at McGill

By Elsa A rismendi

Best Buddies Canada, a pro­ gram that links students to develop m en tally d isab led adults, launched a new chapter at McGill this year.

The o rg a n iza tio n ’s first appearance in Canada w as at York University in 1993. It has since spread to university and col­ le g e cam p u ses throughout Ontario. This fall, Best Buddies started chapters across the Maritimes as well as in Quebec as part of its dream 2000 plan, which aims to create active branches on every u n iv ersity cam pus in Canada.

The debut o f the M cG ill chapter at this year’s activities night marked the program’s debut in the province o f Quebec. The program’s goal is to give students the opportunity to develop rela­ tionships with people who have developmental disabilities.

The McGill Best Buddies co­ ordinators, A lv en Chan and Navdeep Dulay, recruited their initial volunteers on activities night. Students who signed up were interview ed and asked to subm it referen ces in order to ensure that they were suitable candidates. Once selected, student volunteers were matched with their adult buddy according to com patibility and closen ess in age. Chan says that other chapters

have even gone as far as running police checks on potential volun­ teers to promote a high level of responsibility among their student buddies.

“Best Buddies Canada really strives to maintain good standards in the student buddies. We really stress the com m itm ent that is needed by the volunteers,” stated Chan.

She went on to say that she became interested in starting a chapter at McGill when she came across an advertisem ent at her summer camp.

“It’s a unique program in Canada. It builds awareness in the community and shows the person­ al side of the disabled,” she com­ mented.

W hen pairs are m atched, activities between buddies can range from watching movies, hav­ ing coffee, going out dancing in clubs or even just talking on the telephone.

“You do whatever you would do when you go out with your friends,” says Chan. A lso, there are group outings held tw ice a semester for everyone involved as well as bi-semester “rap sessions” in which only the student buddies get together to discuss problems or ideas and to hold information sessions.

The first m eeting betw een McGill students and their buddies was held on October 29 at Miriam

Home, the program’s host site.

Miriam Home is an agency that provides the intellectually dis­ abled with a variety of services, including group homes where the adult participants o f the B est Buddy program live.

Rosemary Caplan, co-ordina­ tor o f volu n teer serv ices at Miriam Home, was enthusiastic about becoming involved in the program when she was contacted by the McGill student co-ordina­ tors and is pleased with the results so far.

“W e’re happy to be a part of it. It’s a wonderful opportunity for our clients to have friends,” said Caplan. “They’re very, very ex cited — it ’s reverberating throughout the agency.”

Caplan continued by praising the M cGill B uddies’ efforts to implement the program.

“The commitment is incredi­ ble — the students have been great,” she said.

Although the McGill Buddies have already been chosen for this year, th ose w anting to get involved can still become associ­ ate m em bers to help out with organizational aspects of the pro­ gram and attend group outings.

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determine “how efficacious it is,” Gold explained.

Phase three of a clinical test is called a multi-centre double blind­ ed randomized trial. Each patient is given a number and only after test completion is the code broken.

Again, doctors do not know which patient is receiving the test drug or a placebo.

“People on trial get greater attention, closer care than the average p atien t,” said Gold.

“Therefore, we have to be careful o f placebo effect so the doctors can’t know who is on it.”

The placebo effect, explained Gold, can occur if a doctor uncon­ sciously treats or interacts with patients differently because he or she knows who is receiving the test drug. As an additional means to prevent doctors knowledge of who is receiving drugs or place­ bos, only the centre’s pharmacist is allowed to dispense m edica­ tions.

But the new Clinical Research Centre will also gamer profits for the MUHC. “Right now we do about three and a half million dollars in clini­ cal trials per year,” said Gold.

“We can triple that in the next three and [triple it] again in the following three to five years.”

With a current staff o f 150 research investigators and addi­ tional support personnel, profits generated from the centre w ill mean that more young researchers

can be recruited and hired.

Moreover, a diploma program has been established through the uni­ versity — the only one in Canada — to train doctors how to be clini­ cal research co-ordinators.

In regards to using humans as test subjects for pharmaceutical drugs, Dr. Margaret Sommerville, director o f M cG ill’s M edicine, E thics and Law departm ent, asserted that “eth ics must be embedded in the research, in the science.”

She went on to say that “peo­ ple who volunteer as research sub­ jects are doing an altruistic act — giving a gift to the community.

Researchers have no rights to use people in research — it is a privi­ lege to work with them.” Pointing to concerns about humans being used as guinea pigs, Sommerville stated that those “concerns would have been well-founded ten years ago but I don’t think they’re wellfounded in any o f our universi­ ties...E very researcher is very aware of the ethical aspects of this research.”

A lthough clin ical trials o f drugs are not new procedures, G old stated that the C lin ical Research Centre is looking for ways to do things better.

“Think of a Ferrari all rusted and beat up — w e’ve cleaned it up, given it a new paint job , changed the tires and now, w e’ve got a first rate vehicle.”

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Chew on this

By H eather Sokoloff and Leslie Stoisic

Whipping up lunch for 16,000 is never easy. But lately it seems that Miraval — the food and beverage company contracted to provide service to almost all of the cafeterias across campus — is not even trying.

Unless your diet consists of hamburgers and frenchjries five times a week, the prospect of finding an affordable and tasty lunch on the McGill campus can be difficult. The food prepared by Miraval tends to be greasy and unappetizing. For vegetarians and those concerned with healthy eating, prospects are especially dismal; the salad bar offers mainly starch-saturated fare, with the occasional iettuce leaf peering through the watery com, rice, and mayonnaise-drenched pasta and potatoes. Bon appétit.

But unexciting food is not Miraval’s biggest problem. Poor customer service runs rampant from the Mac Med building to the basement of Bronfman. With the exception of the Shatner cafeteria, the staff are often slow, unprofessional and rude. The employees in the Alley have refused to serve customers who speak English. The same watered-down coffee is 'priced inconsistently across campus. People frequently have to wait to pay in Bronfman and at Gert’s. The one nice employee at the Alley is famous for unabashed (and uncovered) coughing while preparing food. Aren’t these guys a little too old to be apathetic GenXers?

After two years of eating grilled cheese at Gert’s, we decided to ven­ ture up to the Shatner cafeteria to sample Chef Robert’s latest offerings. We opted for Greek Week's one selection: Souvlaki. We admit Chef Robert has outdone himself with this one — it was okay. But what if you only want the souvlaki, and not the fries or drink? Not possible, according to the Miraval staff. You have to pay the full price ($3.95 plus tax), no exceptions. This is a prime example of limited options for our frustrated student body.

But what’s the use of protesting these nutritional aberrations against Miraval? Their contract allows them to maintain a monopoly until the year 2000 over all food services in any building which they occupy, providing that they operate the smaller, less profitable food counters, like the cafeteria in the Law Faculty. Seems that the student body is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

SSMU VP Finance Duncan Reid believes he can mitigate the injus­ tice. Last week he met with the chief administrators at Miraval to discuss improving customer service and food quality. Having worked in the food services industry himself, he is confident that with a little more attention.

Miraval will live up to their contract and provide affordable food with a smile.

But while his intentions may be noble, what kind of negotiating power do we really have? Our contract with Miraval doesn’t expire until 2000, and the foreseeable future holds no promise of on-campus competition.

Reid’s only trump card is a 60-day opt-out clause, an impotent option given that SSMU would be left scrambling to find another food contractor to take over.

At Concordia’s downtown campus, there are two student-operated food service providers and a Tim Horton’s counter in addition to a Mariottrun cafeteria. Not only do students have more options, but it is precisely the wealth of options that has forced each operator to be more competitive.

Without any on-campus competition, Miraval is sitting pretty. We realize that as students with severely finite budgets, we do not have a lot of buying power. We also realize that feeding thousands of students dispersed over a campus is no easy task. But as Miraval’s largest market, we can demand more than what we have been receiving. In the meantime, break out those chopsticks for Chinese week in Shatner.

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For the past eighty-six years, the McGill D a ily has been a leader in Canadian student journalism.

With this in mind, and with the importance o f m aintaining the D a ily and L e M c G ill D a ily fr a n ç a is weighing heavily on my shoulders, I bring to your attention several issues that must be addressed by the Board of Directors.

First and foremost, the D a ily must be accountable to the people who pay for its publishing and the people who read it: McGill stu­ dents. Your constitution does not, however, support such a principle.

In Article 16.4.1, it explicitly pro­ hibits a member o f the D aily Publications Society (which includes members of the Students’ Society) from proposing a question for student referendum. Studentinitiated action, unless it is support­ ed by two members of the Board of Directors, is impossible. For exam­ ple, if M cG ill students had a motion supported by 3000 stu­ dents, you w ould be under absolutely no obligation to pay it any heed whatsoever. This is com­ pletely unacceptable. The SSMU accepts student-initiated referenda, and some very positive results have com e o f this p o licy , from the Sexual A ssault Centre and Walksafe to the Financial Ethics Research Committee. The D a ily should not be able to shut the door on student concerns, and nor should it want to.

Furthermore, as per the same article of your constitution, students-at-large are unable to bring a

motion to the floor of the Annual General M eeting (AGM) o f the Daily Publication Society. I con­ tend that this should be the very purpose of the AGM: to open the D a i l y ’s Board of Directors to its shareholders, McGill students. The statement in Article 6.2.1 that the AGM is intended to “give members of the DPS a forum within which to discuss the company” rings hollow if it is impossible for students to bring any action on the points that they raise. In short, McGill stu­ dents should have the right to par­ ticipate dem ocratically in the D a ily ’s affairs.

Secondly, I was alarmed by the requirements for your Annual General Meeting, where all perti­ nent issues are up for discussion and the following year’s Directors are elected. As per Article 17.1, quorum for the AGM is only the Board itself, the Daily Business Manager, and the elections offi­ cers. In contrast, despite the fact that the SSMU has fewer members than the D aily Publications Society, we have a quorum require­ ment of at least 200 students for our General A ssem blies. When decisions are made at AGMs with less than 0.1 per cent of the mem­ bership in attendance, what sort of legitim acy can those decisions have? And what real mandate from students do you have as Directors when you are elected by an elite group of less than twenty D a ily insiders? A democracy that is intentionally exclusive is not a democracy at all.

Finally, and most importantly,

I do not believe that your present Constitution has been approved by the students of McGill. In the fall of 1995, a question went to referen­ dum to have SSMU members stop paying D a i l y fees. More ‘y e s ’ votes were cast than ‘no’ votes, but when the ‘no opinion’ votes were added to the ‘no’ votes, they were sligh tly greater than the ‘y e s ’ votes. The argument you took to the Judicial Board at the time was to have the results annulled because the ‘y e s’ needed to be greater than the other two together.

You were successful in this action, but in doing so you established a precedent. Your present constitu­ tion, which you claim to have “passed by student referendum March 11-13 1997” received a combined vote o f 78.4 per cent against and of no opinion. By your own precedent, your current consti­ tution has not been accepted by students.

Therefore, it is now imperative that you legitimately pass a consti­ tution by the Daily Publication Society’s members. I would hope that, for the mutual benefit of the D a i l y and students, you do so responsibly by addressing the con­ cerns outlined above. Student input should be valued highly, not cen­ sored, and thus I strongly urge you to stand up as a Board of Directors and seize the opportunity that lies before you.

— D u n c a n J. R e id S S M U V P F in a n c e a n d O p e r a tio n s

Letters to the Editor

Increasing M.A. quality While I appreciate just how much fun it is for M ilitsa Krivokapich and the T r ib u n e edi­ tors to run bold headlines about “History Lowering Standards” and “Loss o f C hoice,” allow me to inject some facts into the discus­ sion about the History Department’s proposed changes to its graduate program.

First, substituting a journallength article of publishable quality for a thesis guarantees that our Master’s students will continue to produce first-rate research while improving their chances of com­ m unicating their results to the scholarly world.

Second,'by adding required

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courses in theory and methodology, the department is not only bringing our students up-to-date with the current realities of the field, but, is ACTUALLY RAISING STAN­ DARDS (How about using that for a headline?)

Third, contrary to the impres­ sion conveyed by your paper, the department is not split on this issue. In fact the department voted 17 to 2 in favour of the proposal.

Fourth, for a change, the sorry state of university finances never entered into our discussion.

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ommendation made by the depart­ ment’s cyclical review committee two summers ago; and last March, in an open meeting to which under­ graduates and graduate representa­ tives were invited, the department overw helm ingly endorsed the change.

Finally, the director o f our graduate program has explained the changes to our current graduate students. We invite all interested undergraduates to visit us on the sixth floor of Leacock to find out more about our challenging, sophisticated, and research-orient­ ed graduate program.

On a personal note, I must object in the strongest terms to the way Ms. Krivokapich distorted my words. In the initial T rib u n e article, referring to the changes, I said, “We are looking at it as a bold experiment.” In her editorial [Stop the Press subm ission to the T r ib u n e ], she had me saying “we are looking at [this restriction of students’ options] as a bold experi­ ment.” Hmmm, perhaps a method­ ology seminar might have been useful.

— G il T ro y C h a irm a n , D e p a r tm e n t o f H is to r y

Opinion

11 November 1997

Fear not Trib readers: Wankerism alive and well after all When I pitched this column to the T r ib u n e last spring, my con­ tention was that McGill politics were so fraught with egotistical, grandstanding ideologues Wankers, basically — that it was no wonder nothing ever got done, and I’d like to write about them (I’ve since forgotten why). Lately, I’ve been a bit worried about my ability to fu lfill my obligations — it’s seemed that SSMU council might kind of have its act together, which makes my job difficult.

I needn’t have worried. Last Thursday’s SSMU meeting? Almost five hours long. It’s only saving grace, as far as I’m concerned, is that I got to trade sarcastic remarks with PGSS VP University and Academic Affairs Anna Kruzynski, who spent her time shaking her head in disbe, lief when she wasn’t using her lap­ top to incite rebellion. Unlike me, she had something to do besides lis­ ten to the Wankers.

And w ow , what a Wank-fest it was.

In fairness, there were a few heavy issues under discussion.

Principal Shapiro descended from his ebony tower to address the rabble and take questions, which he fielded like the hardened politician he is — after all, you don’t get to be princi­ pal of a university without telling people what they want to hear.

Shapiro made some reassuring remarks about the state of education and his relations with the provincial government, without saying much about what he plans to d o .

Something that few students realize — I didn’t — is that Bernard

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Shapiro is a very pleasant man, which makes his terrifying agenda all the more perturbing.

People from the organization that handles the SSMU health plan spoke for a long time. They didn’t have much to say, really, except that they’re very good indeed at handling health plans.

There was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth about the polling stations for this week’s referendum.

There are fewer of them than there have been before, and VP Internal Sarvesh Srivastava said that they’d done a statistical study and zapped the less-used stations. It was shown that his own document indicated that he’d kept underperforming polling stations at the expense of more pop­ ular ones, and he couldn’t explain why. Councillors were very unhappy about this, and they eventually

decided to have more polling sta­ tions if they could find people to staff them, ignoring completely that the reason why the polls have been limited is because there a r e n ’t peo­ ple to staff them. Residence build­ ings, by the way, are overrepresent­ ed in the polling — there are stations at BMH and at RVC, and there’s a call for another one at Solin Hall. 1 have a soft spot for rez, but people who live there should vote on cam­ pus like everybody else.

In this referendum, we’re being asked to approve a fee increase for a SSMU-sponsored daycare program.

Should an association of university undergraduates be in the business of providing a child-care service? I doubt it, but I don’t want to make life harder for students with young children than it has to be. I don’t know what I think.

VP Finance Duncan Reid pre­ sented the SSMU budget. There was a surprisingly lengthy discussion of the budget, much of it by Management students making sure everybody knew th e y knew about things like depreciation. In the end, councillors agreed that they didn’t really understand much of it and it was too late to do anything about it in any case. I think Duncan’s a good guy, but if I’m wrong and he’s cor­ rupt, he’s smart enough to embezzle

so nobody could find it anyway.

VP External Lisa Phipps pre­ sented two complicated motions about CASA, the national student organization to which SSMU belongs. Essentially, she wanted council to ratify whatever it is C A SA ’s been up to. What h a s CASA been up to? Lisa’s had their policy book in her office for quite some time, and President Tara N ew ell was disappointed that nobody had read it. Councillors pointed out that if Phipps could pre­ sent her motions on paper, she prob­ ably should have put the policies and whatnot to which they referred on paper as well. She pointed out that they w e re on paper, but nobody had been by her office to see them. In the end, council more or less decided that it didn’t care what CASA had been up to and ratified whatever it was.

The First-Year Students’ Association came up again. In this incident, SSMU council demonstrat­ ed that it has n o id e a how FYSA should work or what its function is.

Having laid out a preliminary consti­ tution two meetings ago, various councillors tried, in a dizzying series of motions, to change that constitu­ tion, to revoke it and reissue it as “recommendations,” to incorporate the suggestions a bunch of first-years have made before FYSA has elected anybody. The point was made that

the FYSA people will be allowed to change it all anyway, so it doesn’t really matter. If it’s possible to swear in body language, many councillors did. Frankly, I was so bored by this point that I didn’t pay any attention to what council decided.

Five hours of this. Nothing like a good council meeting to make you decide you don’t give a damn about SSMU. * * * *

Anti-Wanker of the week: M elissa Pallett, president of the Inter-Residence Council. Besides running the IRC, she sits on Presidents’ Council and serves as the IRC’s VP External, which means she has to sit on SSMU and some of its committees. I’ve seen her at work at three SSMU meetings, where she’s been good at pointing out when other councillors are talking out of their bums. Her favourite toy is “calling the question,” which is telling the meeting that it’s time to shut up and vote. 1 don’t know for sure if she’s any good in rez, but she certainly makes SSMU meetings better.

W hen n o t s n iffin g a r o u n d S h a t n e r f o r S S M U w a n k e r s , M r.

R e e v e ly p r o v id e s e n jo ys a g o o d n u z ­ z lin g a g a in s t th e c o n c r e te s la b s o f G ardner.

The usual rock stagnation In the course o f his literary career, W.B. Yeats, arguably the first modernist poet of the English language, developed a com plex private mythology that has made much o f his work fascinating to literary critics but often impenetra­ ble for the average reader. (See “Sailing to Byzantium” for a good example.)

This strategy of escaping into a system of symbols seems to have become somewhat symptomatic of the mature stage in any modern lit­ erary career. Exhausted from their attempts to capture the essence of our psyche or society in sim ple or honest sentiment, bards and balladeers have receded into their own personal gestalts of reference and reification.

It seems only natural that this secret o f longevity has becom e fashionable in the one artistic class unique to our lifetim es — the aging rock star. No longer able to expound upon the universal truths of youthful rebellion, ideological idealism and raging hormones (not to mention incapable of generating the necessary credibility), bands that we have come to understand as cultural institutions have taken to the habit of serial repackaging in order to prolong their commer­ cial success.

Survey the HMV landscape.

No longer can you find the Rolling Stones in the V oodoo Lounge, now th ey ’ve em balm ed them ­ selves with in the trappings of

Babylon. Even if you managed to survive the semantic subway ride from the Zoo Station to the Zooropa, now you have to follow U2 through the Pop Mart in order to keep up with the degree of selfreferentiality and consumer con­ sciousness Bono and his buddies have attained. Even our nation’s most valuable federalist asset, The Tragically Hip, seem to have left K ingston and m ost o f Canada behind while passing from day to night and into the hen house.

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On the other hand, some of rock’s aging icons have employed the strategy less su ccessfu lly .

David B ow ie hasn’t invented a system of symbols worth investi­ gating since he tried on the trap­ pings o f the Tin M achine.

Catching up with Duran Duran, not that I am overly compelled to do so, now involves some places called “M edazzaland” (not to m ention several other lo ca les along the way in order to under­ stand how they arrived there).

There are alternatives. Pink Floyd, who have been mining the dark shafts o f Roger W ater’s world view with some success for more than a decade now, have avoided the necessity of repackag­ ing altogether by maxing out the logical possibilities of traditional

stadium rock. The W ho, who refuse to try on a post-T o m m y out­ fit, are probably doomed to never tour again. Bryan Adams is, of coursef eighteen ‘til he dies, and therefore exem pt. You get the idea...

For the fans that are willing join these cults of commercialism, each successive reinvention neces­ sitates that they buy into (in the most crass sense of the term) their band’s newest digs. And not sur­ prisingly, if challenged about their financial commitment, these same fanatics w ill gladly g iv e you a fo rty -fiv e minute rationalization for how G ordie has had to exorcise some more particu­ larly abstract demons lately or why Mick and the boys now need some ancient city on the fertile crescent to start them up.

This being said, if you are lucky enough to have less ossified ears that, like mine, need to hear some residual seventies or eighties in the guitar overtones, I urge you to focus on .the angry and articu­ late youngsters who still have som ething to say. As for those aging listeners who can’t reinvent them selves, be prepared to dig deep in your pockets to make the next trip.

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Jell-O and other conspiracies in our McGill residences The majority o f McGill stu­ dents living outside of residences may think that all is blissful up on the mountain. However, those in the know realize that there’s something rotten in the state of the M cG ill R ez system and it ain’t just the cafeteria stew.

But, to list all the grievances (petty or otherw ise) w ould far exceed space limitations. Thus, I shall highlight two problems that are indicative of residence life.

E veryon e kn ow s the food services are a constant source of com p la in t. H ow ever, in m ost cases the cafeterias are run as best they can be under the cir­ cu m sta n ces. BMH diners are exposed to pro-caf propaganda everyday as they wait to eat in the form o f Q& A p osters on the walls. (“Q: Why is the food so expensive? A: It’s not, so quit w hin in g.”) T hese explanations are generally satisfactory with the glarin g e x c e p tio n o f J ell-O .

Everyone’s favourite after-dinner treat counts as a limited dessert item, putting it on par with such e x o tic d e lic a c ie s as k iw i and orange juice. In most cases, these dessert items are obviously limit­ ed because of cost considerations.

So why is Jell-O, which costs less than 10 cents a serving, lim­ ited w h ile c e r e a ls, c o stin g upwards of five dollars a box, are unlimited? Rez students are right­

ly fed up with this arrangement, and word is that an underground movement calling itself the Front de la Liberation de Jell-O (FLJ) has formed to right this wrong.

“Vive le Jell-0 libre!” is their ral­ lying cry, and the movement is g a in in g m om entum . W ill the cafeteria finally buckle, with Jell-O for a ll, great and small? Only time will tell.

A nother problem which is even more dis­ tressin g (though it may seem hard to top the gela­ tine dessert dilem m a) is % that o f the m ysteriou s E thernet co n n ectio n .

Included in the rental agree­ ment is an innocent-looking form for Ethernet connection.

Those students who may not be able to take their computer apart and put it back together in under and hour but 'who still want to be on the information superhighway saw this form and eagerly filled it out and paid the required $50, thinking that this was what they needed to get on-line from rez.

Later on in the summer, à form from the D irect A c c e ss Service was mailed out. It was then obvious, that Internet con­ nection really only required a ten dollar CD-ROM installation disk, which could easily (but not ethi­ cally) be borrowed from a friend.

Thus, those suckers who paid a

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non-refundable $50 only to find they could receive comparable service for a fraction o f the cost were, to put it simply, hosed. To

add insult to injury, these stu­ dents received a “reminder” in the mail that they had not con­ nected to the Ethernet yet, and if they wanted to do so, they would

have to buy an interface card for up to $100 and another $230 in connection fees. The advantage o f this investment, according to those who sent good money after bad and paid the full price, is a “slightly faster” connection.

One can ju st im agine the genius who figured out this novel way to bilk unsuspect­ ing frosh. Deep in the bow­ els o f the university, shad­ ow y figures sit around a large oak table.

“G en tlem en ,” says one figure, “we sure could you use som e more money, but w e’ve already hiked fees as much as the students w ill allow . Maybe we should kidnap someone and use the ransom to give ourselves a well-deserved raise.”

“Here, here!” reply the other members of this secret cabal.

“Wait,” croaks a mysterious figure in an exceptionally deep voice. “I know how we can get some more dough without raising

fees or committing crimes!”

The others gasp in amaze ment.

“Tell us, O Fearless Leader, how can we do this?”

“It’s sim p le ,” he rep lies “W e’ll simply ask the students to give us money!” He throws his head back and laughs maniacally.

As the duped residents know, this is exactly what was done.

Of course this is only a sam­ ple o f rez life . I did not even mention the constantly malfunc tioning elevators, the silverfish, exceptionally loud refrigerators, o n e-p ly to ile t paper and long walks up the hill. Of course the porters are kind and considerate, and som etim es the heaters and drafty windows combine forces to produce a tem perature that is almost comfortable. So in retro spect, rez life isn’t that bad after all.

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Modern witches alive in M ontreal’s Wiccan Community

By Jessica M an n

Witches. The word conjures up images of old women on broom­ sticks with black dresses and point­ ed hats. Cavorting with the Devil, they would hack small children into pieces for use in ungodly ritu­ als. Or is this merely the stuff of folklore and children’s tales?

Actually, witches tend to be a practical folk. I should know; I’m a witch. And for the record, the only thing at which you would be likely to see me hacking fervently is a stubborn piece of pie or brownie with a plastic knife at the post-ritu­ al “feast.”

Okay, so “witch” is a term I only use for shock value — although many in my religious tra­ dition do try to reclaim the word from the negative connotations cur­ rently associated with it. A more correct term would be “Wiccan.”

“Wicca” is an umbrella term for the modern re-creations o f ancient pre-Christian Celtic reli­ gions. However, the word is often used interchangeably with “NeoPaganism,” a more encompassing term describing a variety of con­ temporary religious traditions, from New Age spirituality to modern versions of pre-Christian religions.

Wiccans and Neo-Pagans possess various belief systems and prac­ tices; however, they all share an emphasis on nature-centred spiritu­ ality and use “magick,” a natural energy believed to effect change.

Witchcraft is specifically the practice of magick and witches is the term for those who practice it.

W hile many W iccans choose to call themselves witches and refer to Wicca as “the Craft,” practising magick doesn’t necessarily make someone a Wiccan any more than practising yoga makes someone a Hindu.

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Moreover, the use of magick for morally dubious purposes is explicitly discouraged by the two fundamental beliefs common to all Wiccans, regardless of their specif­ ic tradition. The first is that any­ thing you give out will return to you threefold, and the second is that no harmful actions may ever be taken. Honouring and celebrat­ ing life is at the centre of Wicca’s belief system.

spontaneous, less ritualized spiritu­ ality with strong feminist elements.

According to Margot Adler in D r a w in g D o w n th e M o o n , the sem­ inal research work on North American Neo-Paganism , these books were important because for many people they are the only means of introduction to Wicca. In the face of widespread misunder­ standings about witchcraft, a small base o f practitioners and a faith which has no emphasis on wide­ spread conversion, books and quiet word-of-mouth have been primarily resp on sib le for the spreading of Wicca. Some individuals may, by luck or effort, eventually find other W iccans; others never do.

“Wicca is a religion itself; it’s not just a whole bunch of people turning other people into frogs, and it’s not a cult, and it’s nothing to do with Satan,” em phasized Kirsten McKeown, a Wiccan U2 student in biology.

Associations between witch­ craft and Satan worship are com­ mon. These misconceptions result from the attitudes o f the Church during the Reformation, which attacked folk customs and pre-Christian tra­ ditions by associating them with witchcraft and d evil w orship.

Fem ale healers, as well as single women and widows, became the victim s o f these attacks. T ragically, S e e k in g a such charges resulted c o m m u n ity in thousands of “Go to Concordia,” wom en in Europe responds McKeown. For being burned at the her, the Concordia stake, as w ell as University Pagan Society sm aller attacks on (CUPS) provides “a sense wom en in New W ic c a u se s a n c i e n t p a g a n ritu a ls Céline Heinbecker o f com m unity, which England, in what has when I was completely solitary, I come to be known as the Witch really missed.”

B o o k s a n d b e lie fs Craze or the Burning Times.

Formed in the same year as W icca’s modern renaissance The fear and prejudice M cG ill’s now -defunct Pagan began with Gerald Gardner in towards witches has been instilled in Western culture as a result of Britain, who claimed to belong to a Students’ Association, CUPS has that period. Today, people still coven which was descended direct­ flourished and now offers work­ accuse W iccans o f being Satan ly from pre-Christian times. When shops, public rituals, social events, worshippers and cultists. Such the Witchcraft Laws were repealed and even its own new sletter, inform ation is fa lse. W icca ’s in the 1950s, Gardner's published T i d i n g s . On H a llo w e’en, for emphasis on individual choice, books, which encom passed his instance, which is S a m h a in or the action and responsibility is a far beliefs and practices, were largely New Year for Wiccans, they held a cry from the blind, unquestioning responsible for the first public fair and public ritual followed by a and dangerous adherence that introduction o f W icca to North dance. For McGill students, it can marks cults. Further, W icca is America, although he has been fol­ be a welcome introduction to the Craft. based on beliefs which predate the lowed by many others.

There are other places a Perhaps the most influential of Christian conception of the Devil by thousands of years. Wicca isn’t those has been the feminist pagan Wiccan in Montreal can turn. The based on a fundamental good/evil Starhawk, whose groundbreaking Melange Magique, a metaphysical duality, let alone an essentially evil S p i r a l D a n c e popularized the and esoterica bookstore on St. beliefs and practices o f a more Catherine, offers a wide selection deity.

of books on Wicca and many other related forms o f spirituality, as well as tarot cards, music, incense and other trappings. They also offer workshops on topics from tarot to spellcraft and have a bul­ letin board with announcements and advertisements from the NeoPagan community. The store sells a number o f journals, including Montreal’s 8 S a b b a ts , which lists upcoming events and community announcements.

8 S a b b a ts is the product of the Montreal Pagan Grove, a loose networking organization of differ­ ent coven s and traditions in Montreal. It is also responsible for holding “open circles,” or rituals the public can attend for each of the eight major festivals of the W iccan year. N ext to weekend retreats, these are M ontreal’s largest public gatherings o f Wiccans and other Neo-Pagans: turnouts vary from 50 to 150 par­ ticipants.

McGill currently has no forum for Wiccans — but that was not alw ays the case. At one tim e, SSMU offered Mini-Courses in Spellcraft and Tarot. And in 1994, the Pagan Students’ Association (PSA) was founded as a SSMU club. For two years it offered a lending library, workshops on Wicca, tarot and herbalism, rituals, and networking opportunities to anyone interested in Wicca. Sadly, as most of the old members gradu­ ated or became too busy, the PSA languished. Their books were donated to the W omen’s Union library so that they could still be available to all students.

It seems that only a lack of initiative has prevented the cre­ ation of new Wiccan organizations on campus, either to combat public misconceptions or to create a space to meet and learn. I hope someone takes up the challenge.

New urbanism seeks to revolutionize suburban development

By Paul C onner

City planning is a field often guided by grandiose ideas and theo­ ries about the future of urban and suburban living. Trends sweep the industry; they are hailed, revered, copied, and then eventually dropped as the next generation finds new values to define itself.

The most recent theme to take root is a melding of traditional, small town planning with today’s car-oriented suburban development.

But is this movement, labelled new urbanism, simply another plan­ ning fad or it is a real solution to the increasingly centre-stage problems surrounding urban sprawl?

The primary objective of neotraditional development, as it is also called, is to re-create a small town atmosphere in new suburban devel­ opments.

“New urbanism is a philosophy that is largely being advocated by a series of architects, led by Peter Duany and Elizabeth PlaterZyberk,” explained M ichael

Noonan, vice president of housing and office areas and linked to a at Minto, a development firm based mass transit system, can effectively in Ottawa. “It’s basically returning re-establish a sense of community the pedestrian to the street, making that has largely been ignored for the urban d evelop ­ ment more con­ ducive to walking smaller scale, try­ ing to promote neighbourliness, and having the car assume a sec­ ondary role with­ in the communi­ ty ” New urban­ ism accepts that people want to be able to use their cars and to live in detached homes.

H ow ever, the movement advo­ cates the creation O p en sp a c e s a r e in te g r a l to th e n e w u r b a n is m c o n c e p t o f space where cars and people can viably live together. Advocates last fifty years.

“North Americans are desper­ argue that neo-traditional develop­ ments, created around small retail ate,” said Jeff Speck, director of

town planning at the firm of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. “They spend all year living in urban sprawl — shopping in super centres, driving them selves to work, dri­ ving every­ where, and then choose to spend their h o li­ days in Disney Land b e c a u s e

there are only one or two places in America where you can find a street with buildings on both sides and sid e­ Mike Bellamy walks along it.”

The problem is clear — but not everyone feels that new urbanism is the answer.

“New urbanism has sort of swept North America by storm.

People either love it or hate it,” said Noonan.

Despite the phenomenal sales records of the first few develop­ ments, planners and developers remain uncertain about the underly­ ing reasons.

“New urbanism as an idea, a concept, has prospered on criticiz­ ing existing suburbs,” said Jeanne Wolfe, chair of McGill’s School of Urban Planning. “They are popular because they come with an enor­ mous amount of hype and advertis­ ing,” she added.

Speck, however, argued that the hype has grown because of the large sales and believes that there is a real need for this type of housing.

“The only way we can avoid these places becoming meccas for architectural tourism and [having] the prices just running rampant is [to build enough developments so that] they become normal again.”

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All that glitters is not gold: the debate over new urbanism development] is all the state laws in California, where you have to be planning and architecture have been reducing the number o f cars,” carried away by sweeping ideas for explained Wolfe. improving quality of life. In many D evelop ers, planners, and cases, however, the trends not only architects all recognize that new failed to meet their objectives, but urbanism advances virtuous ele­ have proven cancerous to the city. ments, but do not agree whether all The most glaring example of of its qualities are desirable. Wolfe this was urban renewal in the explained that in Canada, a parallel 1960s. At the time, planners pre­ movement which takes only some sumed that the best way to deal of the proposed elements of new with so-called slums was to raze old urbanism titled alternative develop­ buildings and build new concrete ment standards has grown. These skyscrapers. As a result, parts of standards have been, adopted by the many North American cities, such Ontario govern­ as Boston, were ment and The problem is clear — left with m od­ embraced in vary­ ernist scars torn ing degrees by but not everyone feels through their cen­ different compa­ that new Urbanism tres. Montreal nies. is the answer. was fortunate to One o f the have avoided the key differences worst of the dam­ between the two age, not because of political wis­ is the issue of back alleyways, com­ dom, but because o f tight fiscal mon features in pre-war develop­ restraints at the peak of the move­ ments in Montreal. ment.

Noonan argued that alleyways More recently, car-dependent are both poor practice as well as suburban tracts have dominated the impractical in Canada. industry. New urbanism, in effect, “ [N eo-traditional d evelop ­ is a reaction to their poor design. ments] move [the garages] to back “The big push for neo-tradi- alleys, very much the way we see in tional and for [transit-oriented C o n tin u e d fro m pag e 9

Montreal, saying, ‘le t’s get the car right o ff the street, let’s open up these back alleys,”’ explained Noonan. “Well, we don’t like that one bit.”

He explained that back alleys are poor urban spaces due to the lack of supervision and costly because of the difficulty of snow rem oval. W olfe noted, however, that in 'many cases, alleys can provide play areas for children.

Proponents o f new urbanism argue that bringing in only certain e le ­ ments can be very prob­ lematic, though.

“We’re very weary of anything that does new urbanism half way because, for example, if you have a very intricate street network and unusu­ ally shaped intersec­ tions...but you don’t nar­ row the street, then in fact you will get the accidents H e w u r b a n is m , f i n d s a p l a c e f o r p e d e s t r i a n s Steve Ban that traffic engineers pre­ dict.”

In the end, many of the dis­

agreements focus around the glitter that has accom­ panied new urbanism.

Planners and developers do not want to fall into the same trap that has caught their profession in the past.

“There are a number of planners — la m one of them — who have said ‘hey, let’s just step back, we don’t follow the gospel according to Duany,”’ said Noonan. “So we’ve steered cleared of the hype and the me-tooism that seems to be transcending a lot of the markets in North America.”

As far as the leaders feel, Speck noted that Duany Plater-Zyberk is not seeking recognition for establishing a new trend or even inventing anything new.

“This isn’t about say­ ing that we have invented something that’s new and glamorous,” said Speck.

“Our goal is ...fo r it to become not new urbanism, but urbanism.”

A decade’s worth of revolutionizing radio with Hersay CKUT’S 10th anniversary: Feminist spoken word radio show breaking ground on the air

By Erin M ac Leod

Six people, a violin, an accor­ dion, and a guitar crowded the studio during last Wednesday evening’s visit to CKUT’s Hersay. Hersay has existed for almost ten years now and, according to former host Joe Ellen, not much has changed.

“It is an exciting atmosphere...

There is still an aura o f bubbly excitement,” she said.

The collectively run Hersay is a one hour spoken word based pro­ gram that is in a constant state of flux. Because of the many different contributors, Hersay takes on a new identity depending on the women involved in its creation.

“Hersay has regenerated itself many times,” said Katarina Soukup, host from 1991 to 1994. In its histo­ ry, the show has involved at least 25

women and has changed time slots from 2 p.m. on Fridays to Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in order to become more accessible to a larger audience.

Entering this exciting world and feeling comfortable in the stu­ dio is an exhilarating experience for the women who get their first taste of radio power. Laura Clunie, along with Nadia Bini and Aimée Comrie, recognize this potential embedded in the medium but are careful to pre­ sent a forum to accommodate as many women as possible.

“Hersay could be very exclu­ sionary. It is our three voices on the radio,” contemplated Clunie. “But we choose not to focus on our own opinions.”

Soukup agreed. “As I remem­ ber it, we were somewhat of a coun­ T h e H e r s a y h o s ts ■ Céline Heinbecker terpoint to theoretical feminism. We tried to be informed by personal experience — kitchen table talk.”

Hersay’s existence has intro­ duced programs like “Feminist Frequencies” in 1993 — an all­ female programming day organized

by Joe Ellen and Soukup. Clunie and the rest of the present Hersay crew still possess the vision and desire that might make a repeat of “Feminist Frequencies” possible.

After all, Clunie along with A.D., a member of Montreal’s Queen Size S.H .A.G ., were able to revive Hersay last spring and injected the show with new life.

“We wanted to do a spring cleaning,” Clunie recalled. “It is now a show about what women are involved in. It offers a feministrooted space without being limited to any specific ideology.”

Bini characterized her under­ standing of Hersay as “a place where we ask questions and bring different issues up. We try to get people to think. We want a wide

variety of viewpoints and we try not to be limited.”

Comments from listeners are welcome as part of a continuing dia­ logue. For Joe Ellen, “learning that it is okay to have arguments” was one of the best things about her involve­ ment with the show. With a new email address, the show hopes to increase its interactive potential.

Hersay chooses to avoid labelling itself. “We wanted to learn from different viewpoints” asserted Joe Ellen since accessibility is the key to Hersay’s mandate. Clunie maintains that “preaching is not our role.”

The next step for Hersay, according to Comrie, is to network with other Montreal women’s orga­ nizations as a means to expand the opportunity for women’s empower­ ment.

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Montreal hopes to host Gay Games were held at the C o n tin u e d fro m pag e 7 annual Black same time as other and Blue festival -petitor because Sydney offers the — the biggest gay-themed resources as w ell as the lure of gay party in events, including Australia into the Games portfolio. North America. the 25th anniver­ “The Games have already been held sary of Stonewall O t h e r in the U.S. three times,” he said. a d v a n t a g e s and the Gay Pride “The Federation wants the Games which Montreal parade.

The to grow and for them to grow they can m ayor’s office boast must appeal to a more international include federal estim ated that market. $110 million was financial support “We want the Federation to for the Games, generated from the grow internationally and appeal to low cost of liv­ Gay Games. “But people who speak other languages ing, good quali­ we know that besides E n glish ,” Pomerleau ty of life, mod­ number is lower explained. “Montreal is in the best erately temper­ than in reality,” place to serve as a gateway between ate weather in Perras said. the U.S. and Europe.”

Part o f what the summer, and H elping the Gay Games most important­ makes the Games expand internationally has been the ly, a com fort­ so profitable is not primary sales pitch of the Montreal able environ­ just that they are Gay Games board — but not every­ ment for queers. attended by a large one sees Montreal as part of the “In most T o m W a d d e l l , www.backdoor.com mass o f people, international scene. Joe Clark, a parts of the city, f a t h e r o f th e G a y g a m e s but that they are journalist who has posted his in gay couples can attended by many depth study of the Bid Books on the walk around together without being individuals who are ready to spend web, questioned the claim. “Canada bothered,” Pomerleau said. money. Perras quoted an article has already hosted the Gay Games.

François Perras, a publicist for from R e v u e C o m m e x io u s, a finance Montreal is not a nation!” he wrote. Montreal Gay Games 2002, is con­ magazine, that estimated that, on “Holding the Games in Montreal fident that Montreal w ill fare average, a regular tourist will spend cannot be considered an interna­ admirably at the m eeting in US$90 per day while a gay tourist tional expansion.”

Colorado. “We have put together a will spend US$350 per day. When Regardless of whether strong kit and Montreal has a lot of asked why gay people spend so Montreal will help the Federation friends in Denver,” he said. much more, Perras responded, “I expand internationally, there are don’t want to stereotype, but gay several other reasons why Montreal people on the whole tend to have a Why Montreal wants the Gay should expect to do well in Denver. better income than most people, First, Montreal is not new to host­ Games they don’t have kids, and they have ing world events.

Montreal a certain standard of living which Expo ‘67 and the 2002 expects they adhere to.”

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Budget: $125,000 1 9 8 6 : G a y G am e s II held in S a n F ra n c isc o , A ugust 9-17. 3,500 athletes from 258 cities, 19 countries, 17 athletic events. Budget: $350,000 19 9 0 : G ay G am es III in V ancouver, Aug. 4-11. 7,500 athletes from 39 countries, 23 events. Budget: $2.1 million. Gay G am es becomes a world event.

1 9 9 4 : G ay G am es IV in New Y o rk C ity, J u n e 18-25.

10,864 athletes, 40 countries, 2,000 cities. Budget: $6.5 million.

19 9 8 : G ay G am es V in Am sterdam , Aug. 1-8. 12,500 athletes, 2500 cultural participants (there will be an international gay choir festival held in conjunction with the Games), 5 continents, 30 sporting events.

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Madonna of Mali: Oumou Sangare is feminist funk

By Josh D olgin

True heads will be bumpin’ to kamalengonis and djembes instead o f the Technics 1200s on November 13. For the first time in Montreal, 29-year-old Oumou Sangare — from M ali’s capital, Bamako — will grace this city with her treble-charging presence, more than a year after the release of her critically-acclaimed third album, Worotan.

Bom to parents recently emi­ grated from the Wassoulou region, south of the Niger river, Oumou made her first public singing appearance at the age of six. After performing with the N ational Ensemble of Mali — an important training ground for top musicians — as w ell as with Bamba D am bele’s percussion troupe, Oumou decided to start her own “wassoulou” band.

In contrast to Mali’s dominant song tradition of “jalis,” dedicated to praising important people — usually men and their ancestors — wassoulou is more concerned with practical knowledge. This unique style based on rhythms and dances like the sogonikun, a masked har-

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vest dance, is characterized by the use of the djembe drum and the “jit­ tery yet funky” sound of a modern­ ized ritualistic harp, the kamelengoni. Oumou’s group recorded their first LP in 1989 and it quickly became a classic of modem African pop and propelled her to immediate West African renown.

Oum ou’s second album cemented her fame and garnered her an award for the European World Music Album of the Year in 1993, and her third has consistently received great reviews from the

international press and has been called “a superlative feminist song collection” by S p in magazine and named CD o f the week in the M a n c h e s te r G u a rd ia n .

Sangare is dedicated to bridg­ ing the gap between the traditional and modem, both thematically and instrumentally. She consistently challenges the status quo with her words advocating social equality.

Her lyrics are a passionate cry for women’s rights; she sings defiantly against polygam y (a common Malian practice) as a destructive

social force. Her music, too, chal­ lenges traditional wassoulou tropes.

The traditional horsehair fiddle, common to wassoulou, is replaced with a modem violin which fortifies her traditional, acoustic sound with a wise ear for international influ­ ences. Even her first album was recorded using state-of-the-art tech­ nology — a simple consideration that added to the record’s tremen­ dous success. Sangare’s third effort boasts four songs featuring James Brown’s legendary trumpet player, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis.

But it is Sangare’s pure voice — which has been compared to Aretha Franklin, Patsy Kline and Ella Fitzgerald for its husky, velvet power — that w ill be the main attraction at Thursday’s show. To those unfamiliar with Bambera, the exact meaning of Oumou’s words will be unintelligible, but the soul­ ful spirit with which the “Madonna of Mali” delivers her songs will transcend all language barriers.

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Bumpy joy riding with M ontreal’s Potholes

By C éline H einbecker

Every band has to begin some­ where. Most rock dinosaurs, like U2 and the Beatles, started out in high school dreaming of the big leagues — and one of Montreal’s youngest bands, The Potholes, are still in the early stages of their rock ‘n’ roll dreams.

Members of The Potholes, all still in CEGEP, are Eric Biunno on drums and vocals; Joshua Beitel on guitar, flute and vocals; J.-M. Cohalan on guitar, sax and vocals; and Antoine Gratton on bass and vocals. The band needs to save up some cash before they can tackle their first recording in December, but they are definitely a group worth checking out.

Three years ago they felt like playing a couple of Beatles songs for a school gig and set about learn­ ing the appropriate instruments. As J.M. put it, “That’s pretty much why everybody started to play the instruments they play now — it goes with who looked most like a particular Beatle.”

The result is stellar. Although they didn’t manage to master their instruments in time for that show in high school three years ago, The Potholes now cover The Beatles like no one else. Like the Fab Four in the early days, they’re genuinely having fun on-stage. Decked out in jazzo-slickster suits, wing-tips and black eyeliner vaguely reminiscent of the Cure’s signature look, these young men had the crowd_smiling till their faces hurt. “Sometimes

when things don’t sound as best they could, we just give each other dirty looks...but we turn them into laughs,” J.M. smiles. “Because dirty ' looks don’t look good on-stage,” Antoine adds, giving a demonstra­

What would the band say about their sound?

“We sound g o o d ,” Joshua and Eric say in unison, laughing. “That so wasn’t planned. We’re not very egotistical, really. We just said that

tion that cracks up the rest of the guys.

What about the song writing process? The band gleefuly admits that they wrote one of their latest by picking random words from a hat.

“We’re searching more for the rhythmic aspect of the words,” J.M. explains, to which the others chucklingly add, “than the meaning.”

Their original material sounds like a jazzy-funk version of The Beatles-meet-Simon-and-Garfunkel, flavoured by a touch of Jamiroquai (they were pretty flattered by that).

because we thought it would be funny.” They are funny — and articulate. “Every once in a while we’ll fuck up on-stage...oh, can you use superlatives [sic] in the paper?”

Joshua asks, putting a hand to his mouth. Sure you can. J.M. cheerful­ ly smiles, “Aw shit, we’ve been so polite.”

When the band was asked to comment on their plans following graduation from CEGEP, an A.L. Van Houtte employee shatters a glass behind the coffee bar.

“What tim ing,” Antoine remarks. Joshua muses that “it real-

ly depends on how things look in May, when you really have to decide. Are we close to maybe a record company being interested in us? Or maybe touring New York?

Something big might throw off uni­ versity plans.”

“Delay them a little ,” J.M. adds. It sounds like all of them are looking at McGill, in which case their music will play on and we’ll have an excellent resident band to fill in Parkside Jones’ spot once they graduate.

The interview concluded with a question about U 2 ’s show at Olympic Stadium. Joshua didn’t seem particularly eager to jump out of a 40-foot tall lemon. J.M. said that when the day comes, his moti­ vation for playing a huge stadium will be to have “lots of fire” in the show.

“It would be cool if we played in a place like that if we were all suspended from the ce ilin g ,” Antoine jokes. “Like if we had jet packs,” adds Josh. “I’d need a float­ ing drum set...that’d be awesome,” Eric looks excited as J.M. gestures in an attempt to catch the imaginary runaway drums. “Or no,” Eric con­ tributes, “I’d be magnetized upside down!” “You’d have a big headache when we finished,” Antoine teases.

“So that’s pretty much what we’d do in a stadium like that.”

T he P o th o le s w ill b e p la y in g a t th e J a i lh o u s e R o c k ( c o r n e r o f M o u n t-R o y a l a n d C la r k ) on N o v e m b e r 2 9 a t 8 :3 0 p .m .

McGill Theatre Preview

Tooth & Nail digs deep

By A shley H all

Those of us who are used to McGill’s traditional drama scene should be prepared to be impressed. To what degree still rem ains to be seen but this w eek ’s premiere o f T o o t h a n d N a i l will be an important step out of the performance mainstream.

This show was the brainchild of The Junction Avenue Theatre Com pany, an ille g a l group o f young black and white actors in Johannesburg in the late ‘80s.

Junction Avenue set out to create w orks o f theatre as a way to rediscover the popular history of South A frica that had been oppressed through apartheid.

T o o t h a n d N a i l confronts the chaos that befell South Africa and, more sp e c ific a lly , South African artists.

In order to accurately portray this chaos, the M cG ill players knew that they would have to go beyond the conventions of tradi­ tional drama.

T o o th a n d N a i l is made up of nearly a hundred dramatic frag­ m ents, brief im ages or scenes with titles ranging from “Culture Is a W eapon” to “C atching a Fish.” The fifteen member cast use these often unrelated frag­ ments to entertain and communi­ cate. As director, Myrna Wyatt Selkirk explains that the play uses several, forms o f expression including monologues, witty ban­ ter, opera singing, puppeteering, running, sw inging, screaming, and dancing.

The actors aren’t just acting, either — they are also part of the creative force behind the perfor­ mance. They have choreographed the dancing, composed the music, and helped make the costumes.

Such a co -o p era tiv e effort is appropriate for this play, Wyatt Selkirk maintains, since T o o t h a n d N a i l was conceived in work­ shops con sistin g o f the entire Junction A venue Theatre Company, proving that even the conception o f the play was col­ laborative.

So why is a play about apartheid important for a com ­ m unity o f m ostly w hite C anadians? W yatt Selkirk responds that T o o th a n d N a i l “is not ju st about apartheid, i t ’s about in ju stice. It b ecom es important if you start to look at it C o n tin u e d on page 17

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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens manages a mixed palette B y Sarah Bunsto n

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens turns 40 this season and, in celebra­ tion of its past and hopeful future, it pays tribute to Russian ballet master Sergei Diaghilev.

D iaghilev, a pioneer o f the modern ballet and director of the influential Ballets Russes, exported Russian ballet to Western Europe with Les B allets R u sses’ 1909 Paris debut. Diaghilev’s influence, however, stretched w ell beyond European borders. Many o f the works created under Diaghilev dur­ ing the short lifetime of Les Ballets Russes remain in the repertoire of major ballet companies, including the GBC. Among the miniseries (“les grandes series”) honouring the company’s fortieth anniversary, the GBC presents an evening of “M ostly D ia g h ile v .” The four works which make up the program, L e s S y lp h id e s , T h e A fte r n o o n o f a Faun, A p o llo and G a la P e r f o r m a n c e , chronicle the brief

history of Les Ballets Russes.

Les Sylphides had been dubbed “the first neo-romantic bal­ let.” It makes a departure from the anecdotal tendencies of more tradi­ tional works by striving to set a mood rather than tell a story.

Intricacies o f movement which engage the entire body become

central and eclipse charac­ K ter, a more important fea­ ture in older ballets.

Choreographed by one o f D iagh ilev’s principal artistic associates, Michel Fokine in 1909, L es S y lp h id e s brings to life the grace o f the m ythical sylphs. The dancers revi­ talize Chopin’s waltzes and preludes, which otherwise risk sounding overly famil­ iar to a modern audience.

The ballet w as, in fact, originally titled C h o p in ia n a , but was renamed by Diaghilev in keeping with F ok in e’s notion that dance should not be a slave to music.

The short Nijinski bal­ let, T h e A f t e r n o o n o f a F a u n , recounts the events in the prologue o f a Mallarmé poem: “A Faun dreams; he is misled by a group o f nym phs.” The work is representative of the second period o f Les B allets R usses in which M o d e r n i t y a n d t h e c la s s ic t a k e f l i g h t N ijin sk i, a highly acclaimed dancer turned to chore­ Greek paintings. The ballet was ography. The subject matter is definitely new, however, in its lan­ clearly classical and the m ove­ guor of motion and the hints of ments performed in profile are sensuality in the Faun’s character. reminiscent of figures from ancient The GBC presents a reconstruction

of the original work. The ballet is staged by Ann Hutchinson Guest, who, along with Claudia Jeschke, were the first to decipher Nijinski’s nota­ tions in 1988.

A p o l l o , a wonderful Balanchine ballet, was thoroughly modern in m ovem ent, m usic and mood at the time o f its release in 1928.

Balanchine once remarked that “A p o l l o I look back on as the turning point in my life. In its discipline and restraint, in its sus­ tained oneness of feeling, the score was a revelation.

It seemed to tell me that I could dare not to use everything.”

A p o llo mixes the lyri­ cism o f classical ballet with stark fragments of modern movement. There is greater contact between dancers, though movement is not w holly synchro­ nized, as in a ballet such as L e s S y lp h id e s .

The final piece on the pro­ gram, G a la P e r fo r m a n c e , is a com­ ical Tudor ballet which pokes fun at the stereotype o f the highbrowed ballet star. The setting is a

theatre in the 1890s. Backstage, a company rehearses for a perfor­ mance in which the three guest stars flaunt their egos and compete for the spotlight.

This season’s celebration hon­ ours the late Ludmilla Chiriaeff, who founded the GBC in 1957, and attempts to reconcile traditional and modern works — a struggle which has plagued the company for many years. Though hopeful about its future, the GBC is forced to keep money matters in mind.

Marketing research reveals that m ixed palettes often have the unfortunate effect o f alienating classical fans while boring enthusi­ asts of more modern works. Few audience members, it seems, equal­ ly relish both. But the Diaghilev evening offers variety enough to suit a range of tastes while main­ taining a common thread through­ out.

U p c o m in g e v e n ts o f th is a n n iv e r s a r y s e a s o n in c lu d e p e r fo r ­ m a n c e s o f F iv e T a n g o s a n d L e S a c r e d u P r in te m p s b y th e R o y a l W in n ip e g B a l l e t ( N o v . 2 7 - 2 9 ) a s w e ll a s th e f a m o u s N u tc r a c k e r (D ec. 18-30).

Gay publication has good intentions but final product lackBy K evin Preston

There’s a new niche magazine on the Montreal market. Like the H o u r and the M i r r o r , the new monthly, the V illa g e, is aimed at a particular demographic. This time, however, it’s not just the disgrun­

tled 14 to 25 set; the V i l l a g e is aimed directly at gay men.

This is a good sign; the V illa g e is produced by the same group responsible for Montreal’s other queer publication, F u g u e s , which indicates a positive response to their first effort. The availability of

decent queer magazines is of no small importance to the community and the V ill a g e is an attractive, well-produced newspaper. Certain shortcomings, however, are appar­ ent.

Yves Lafontaine of the V illa g e reported on the publication’s vital

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But Lafontaine asserts that the V illa g e is not designed to be politi­ cal in nature but is rather meant to be a forum for news and opinions.

So what’s it like? It’s been said that sex sells and if television commercials are any indication, this is a maxim of truth. But still, it’s somewhat disappointing to see the cover o f M ontreal’s newest example of queer expression plas­ tered with beautiful men. In N e w s w e e k ’s lifestyle column, Paul Rudnick asked some very philo­ sophical questions about gay men in general. For instance, why do we never see, at least not in any visible media, ugly homosexuals?

Despite some shortcomings, there is news in the V illa g e about the gay community and lots of it.

There are reviews of films as well as interview s and colum ns.

“Between the Lines,” a column by Richard Burnett, is by far the best portion of the paper. In the most recent issue, he does an insightful examination of popular reaction to the Kevin Kline movie In a n d O u t and the contrast between its cover­ age in both the A d v o c a t e and E n te r ta in m e n t

W e e k ly .

Surprisingly, it’s E n t e r t a i n m e n t W e e k ly who comes out the winner in Burnett’s column.

The same may not be said for the opinion column “The Naked Truth.” A depressing ode to failed politics, it leaves the reader feeling angry — angry for wasting five minutes of his valuable time, that is. Strangely enough, the anecdotal

column leaves the reader without empathy for its actors, m ostly because their actions are so moron­ ic. To make a long story short, they went to Quebec City to challenge the MNAs on their failed promises to the queer community. When faced with typical political stonewalling, they turned home­ ward, tails between their legs. So what? Are we supposed to feel sorry for them, or worse yet, feel some sort of guilt that they were there and we were not?

Thankfully, the V illa g e shows promise. The concept behind the paper is progressive and valuable.

As well, it’s always nice to have a modicum of variety in one’s read­ ing material. The fact remains though, that it would be a much tighter and effective publication if the needless fillers were left out.

Entertainm ent

11 November 1997

T ooth & N ail d efies c o n v e n tio n

“Concrete poet” will give reading at McGill

By C hris Selley

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in terms o f the injustice in this w orld and how w e treat each other.” T o o th a n d N a i l provokes the au d ien ce to think about oppression itself and not simply its m anifestations. R acial and gender lines, therefore, have been blurred by casting men as women, and women as men, and, in some cases, ignoring a character’s race by casting white actors as black

characters.

Everything about the perfor­ mance is engineered to get under your skin, not just the activities of the performers. M oyse Hall has been turned com pletely insideout. No com fy M oyse seats for this audience. We will be sitting on basic wooden bleachers on the stage while the actors use all of the remaining space (aisles and overhead catwalks included).

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N ic h o lo d e o n , Darren Wershler-Henry’s latest book of poetry, is a w idely praised but extremely rare collection based on the w orks o f bp N ich o l, the Canadian poet fam ous for his often sprawling and fascinating works o f “concrete poetry” in which the poetry itself takes on the shape or form o f its subject matter.

N i c h o l o d e o n lin e , the book’s inanely titled web-based propa­ ganda farm, offers this crumb of intellectual junk food: “If this book was a b icycle, a tour-de­ force would be the winner of the Tour de France, and we would have happily waited for Godot.”

No amount o f waiting will edify that, but g iven the h igh ly favourable critical response to the work, this baffling non-sequitur is evidently not indicative o f any triviality in the poetry itself.

Wershler-Henry’s work is not widely available; McGill possess­ es but one piece. It is entitled “Ian Hamilton in a Bottle” and consists

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Sports

11 November 1997

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R edm en S o ccer — C anadian N atio n al C ham pions

By Pau l C onner

They did it. The team that few thought had a chance at the cup has landed on top of the university sport­ ing world. In a heart-stopping, fist-clenching, sweat­ dripping final against the U n iversity o f British C olum bia, the M cG ill Redmen came away with a 1-0 sudden-death shootout win to seize the title.

“It fe e ls unreal — we’re all on the top of the w orld right n o w ,” said goaltender Jason Forsyth as he stepped off the plane from H alifax. “It hasn’t sunk in yet.”

“The game itself was incredible. I’ve never seen guys play with so much h eart,” added defender Peter Bryant.

There were so many stories to this game. One of the best com es from Bryant himself, the fourth year veteran who scored the cham pionship’s w in­ B r y a n t ning goal in a sudden death shootout — his first ever marker at McGill.

The tournament began with McGill losing its opener 2-1 to

York on Thursday. To make the gold medal game, two things had to happen: first, St. Francis Xavier

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had to beat York; they did, 2-1.

Second, M cGill had to beat St. F.X. by at least two goals.

The Redmen led the X-men

1-0 going into the 89th minute off a goal from defender Jason Frenette. With less than a minute to go, rookie m idfielder Rehan AM potted what was the most crucial goal of the Redmen season to that point.

Sunday, the Redmen were pitted against the num­ ber one ranked and unde­ feated UBC Thunderbirds.

The west-coast visitors were anchored by five members o f the Canadian Olympic team. The Redm en were serious underdogs, despite their fourth place position.

To make matters worse, McGill’s Marc Labrom got red-carded four minutes into C 1 A U N a tio n a l C h a m p io n R e d m e n the game and left the Redmen a man short for the going into penalty shots; when remainder. you’re down a man, that’s pretty “Our two strikers much the only two ways to win.” forced them to the wings — The game wasn’t decided in when they tried to come up regulation play; overtime didn’t the field, they could pene­ settle anything either. D espite trate on the wings but not playing a man down, the McGill into the m iddle. Marc squad kept the strong, but increas­ Mounicot dropping back to ingly frustrated Thunderbirds at play Marc Labrom’s spot bay. really helped ou t,” noted “They lost composure after Bryant. the first half when they hadn’t “We figured that if we were scored and we were d o w n ,” going to win, it was either going Bryant said. “I could see some to be on a quick transition goal or

guys on their team complaining.”

The two teams squared off in a five round shootout after the overtimes. UBC led all the way, but were unable to stop McGill’s fifth shot, fired by team captain Marc Mounicot.

Tied again, the match went into a sudden death shootout. One shot each way — if it’s tied, they go again; if not, the scorer cele­ brates.

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Redmen rugby sinks Gaiters to capture provincial title

By D esiree L id o n

The R edm en rugby team topped o ff their season with a co n vin cin g 17-0 win over the

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The teams The Redmen suffered their first loss of the season Saturday night to a strong UQTR team. The loss is evidence that M cGill’s team is good, but not great. Guelph is back with a real contender this year and looks to be one of the best in the league again this year, having already beat UQTR.

Key Actors Mathieu Darche and David Gourde have been strong on offence for the Redmen thus far. Team captain Martin Routhier is strong game-in­ game-out. Jarrod Daniel is back for a third season to backstop McGill.

Guelph is loaded with stars. Marc Gowan, a third year goaltender, has been stellar. He made 54 stops in the Gryphons’ win over UQTR. On offence, Joe Van Bolsen is second in league scoring with two goals and a dozen assists.

Ryan Bowman is coming off a big five-point night in a win over Brock last week.

The records McGill is now 4-1 after trouncing Concordia 8-2 and losing 6-0 to UQTR. Guelph is 4-1-1 after a loss to York and an 11-1 drubbing of Brock last-week. The teams met twice last year; each team won its home game.

ditions at Leber Park, which con­ tributed to the suspense o f the match.

McGill and Bishop’s had met twice during the regular season with each team w in ­ ning one g a m e apiece.

A ccording to M cG ill captain R e i d McDougall, the team ’s strategy for the gam e was to “com e out hard in the first h alf, for sure.

The last tim e we pl a y e d [B ish o p ’s] they got us in the first half, so we knew we M u d d y R u g b y C o m e s would have c h a m p i o n s h i p w i n to beat them then.” This was precisely what the Redm en did and it resulted in some excellent rugby and the win.

Within the opening minutes of the game McGill was plagued

w ith num erous p en a lties, but Simon Ellison.

Only ten minutes later, anoth­ Bishop’s was unable to capitalize er spectacular try was scored by upon the opportunities. Instead, the G aiters’ backs managed to McGill. After McDougall blocked co n tin u a lly fum ble the ball a Bishop’s kick at midfield and he sub seq u en tly scoop ed up the between loose ball which finally found its passes, way into the hands of fly half Dan a l l o wi n g Benoit, who made a dramatic dive t h e Redmen to into the en dzone for the fiv e use this to points.

The last try-of the half and t h e i r advantage.

C o n tin u e d o n Page 21 Follow ing o n e Coming up this week B i s h o p ’s dropped b a l l , Marlet basketball: Friday vs. U McGill of T 6 p.m., Saturday vs. back Tim Ryerson 6 p.m. at the Currie Di ckson Gym. proceeded to kick the Men's basketball: Friday vs. U b a l l of^ T 8 p.m., Saturday vs. toward the Ryerson 8 p.m., at the Currie Gai t ers ’ Gym. end and this initiat­ Marlet volleyball: Saturday vs. ed a su s­ Laval 1 p.m., Sunday vs. p e n se fu l Sherbrooke 12 p.m., at the c h a s e c l e a n w ith Cheryl Fa dow n the Currie Gym. f i e l d .

Men's hockey: Saturday vs. U of Dickson successfully recovered T 3:30 p.m., Sunday vs. Guelph the ball and passed it off to sup­ 2:30 p.m., McConnell Arena. porting w inger Duncan Jacks, who scored the first try. This was soon followed by a beautiful con­ vert from the sideline by fullback

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M artlets v o lley b all split m atches Ice Martlets lose two able to gain the upper hand for long. A questionable call against McGill by the lines judge, howev­ er, shifted the momentum U de M’s way, and they were able to take the set 15-11.

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By Sanjeet Sin g h Saluja

The Martlets’ major downfall, however, was their unusually poor After a successful pre-season, blocking in the set. While Wendy the M cGill w om en’s volleyball Whelan and Anouk Lapointe had team opened the 1997-98 season their moments, the U de M team this w eekend with tw o tough was able to hit seemingly at will. matches. The Martlets played host These mistakes by the Martlets left to Université de Montréal them behind early and on Friday evening and to caused them to spend the Concordia Stingers on the majority of the set Saturday afternoon. playing catch up. Down The M artlets were 12- 6 at one point in the hurt by som e ill-tim ed match, the Martlets injuries to some o f their show ed tremendous impact players. First, start­ character, clawing their ing setter M arie-Eve way back into the game.

Bergeron was fighting off In the end, McGill came a bad cold which made it up short, losing 15-13. hard for her to play.

Aggressive block­ Second, ou tsid e hitter ing by team captain Michelle Van Houtte, who Whelan, and offensive plays a fundamental role in contributions from the Martlets game plan, Lapointe, Anne Mullin, was also unable to play and M arie-Claude due to injury. W hile Ferland made the fourth B ergeron'w as out sick, set another see-saw bat­ Van Houtte was sadly tle. sidelined for the weekend.

Still, the aforemen­ It was obvious that McGill tioned deficiencies con­ was not coming into these tinued to plague the matches at full strength.

Martlets, causing them In Friday’s game, the to lose the fourth and Martlets were able to carry final set again by a score som e o f the momentum of 15-13. from the pre-season into “We know that we their first set against did not play at our best, Université de Montréal. and we are disappointed McGill started off with 2 with that,” said setter k ills by Wendy Whelan Marie-Eve Bergeron. “I M c G ill b u m p s C o n c o r d ia Diana Anderson and had a near flaw less know it was just one performance in the first set. loss, but our league is so The McGill blocking was so effec­ poor execu tion on the part o f tight that there is not much room tive that they were able to get a McGill. While the Martlets rarely for losses like this.” hand on practically every U de M shanked the ball, their service The next afternoon, the spike. Their strong play made the reception was not as precise as it M artlets hosted the Concordia should have been. first set an easy 15-7.

Stingers. The Martlets came out a In addition, when the Martlets little better than the night before.

McGill started the second set with the same intensity, and took were spiking they were making While the reception was still a little the first four points. The U de M contact with the ball behind their rough, McGill’s hitting and block­ team fought back and turned the heads rather than in front. This ing was im proved. Lapointe set into a tight battle by tying the took some power off of their hit­ crushed the ball through the score at 6-6. From then on, it was a ting, and severely hindered their Concordia block and Whelan pun­ see-saw battle with neither team offence. ished the Concordia squad with her hitting and impenetrable blocking.

With their strong play, the Martlets were able to dispose of the Concordia squad 15-4, 17-15, and 15-1. Even though McGill did not do all that bad statistically, the Martlets are not happy with their play.

“We did not play bad, but then again, we did not play great 3 6 0 1 either,” said Rachele Beliveau.

“Our passing was off, and our (corner Prince A rth u r) hitting was a little better in the sec­ T el: 2 S 5-0009 ond match, but still not up to par.

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The Martlets dropped a pair of games over the weekend, a 4-2 decision to the St. Laurent Patriotes Friday night and a 5-2 loss in Trois Rivieres on Sunday.

Friday night’s loss to the CEGEP squad was tough to swal­ low for the Martlets, who after this weekends outings now stand third in the three team university confer­ ence.

Friday night’s game looked as if it was going to be low scoring with the goalies on both teams coming up with big saves early on, resulting in a scoreless first period.

St. Laurent managed to kick-start the scoring in the second; it was a frame that saw the Martlets strug­ gling with the puck. McGill evened the score at one only to see the Patriotes re-establish their lead just a minute later.

O ’R eilly scored both of McGill's goals, the second on a power play with minutes remaining in the game.

“I’ve been in a bit of a slump, so it really feels good to get the

goal,” she said.

The goal was the reward of improved play late in the game, esp ecially on the power play.

Coach Gary Owen looked at the team’s strong play in the third as a building block for an important divisional game two days later against UQTR. “[We have to] continue where we left off in the third,” explained Owen.

Sunday afternoon, the Martlets were overwhelm ed by a strong UQTR team. The 5-2 loss drops McGill even further behind Trois Rivières and Concordia in the chase for the playoffs. The season is still young but the Martlets will need every win they can get in trying to defeat two schools with longer his­ tories and better funding.

The Martlets are hopeful that they will improve as the season progresses. Once again they are in the process of rebuilding the team.

With only five veteran players and a dozen rookies, there is room for progress as the team strives to come together as a unit.

Redmen iced by UQTR a com pletely different team on Saturday night as M cG ill got The Redmen hockey team went slaughtered by the UQTR Patriotes. down in defeat for the first time this The Patriotes, who were season, losing to the Université du responsible for elim inating the Québec à Trois Rivières 6-0 on Redmen during last year’s playoffs, Saturday, leaving the Redmen with controlled the play of the game from an overall record of 4-1. the start.

The week-end began on a McGill took many undisci­ promising note for the Redmen as plined penalties which hurt them they dominated the Concordia early on with two power play goals Stingers and won the match-up 8-2 against them in the first period. on Friday night.

Disadvantaged from the start, the During Friday night’s game, Redmen could just never get back hosted by on their skates.

Concordia, the The Patriotes R e d m e n continued to played an all­ demoralize the round solid Redmen, dom­ game, moving inating the the puck o n e -o n -o n e extremely well battles in the in the neutral corners and zone, hitting slamming c o n siste n tly D aniel with and forcing four more turnovers goals, two in which led to each period. numerous UQTR scoring oppor­ sent the tunities.

Redmen play­ The entire ers home with M c G i l l their heads o f f e n c e down. appeared to be “What we on fire and need to do is took full catch them off advantage of guard.

We scoring oppor­ M c G ill s t i c k h a n d l e s to w e e k e n d s p lit need our entire tunities. There Paul Norbo team to come were strong together — we performances from Dave Gourd, just played soft on Saturday,” stated Matthew Darche and Dan McClean McClean, rookie right-winger, when who each managed to beat the piti­ asked what McGill needs to do in ful Concordia defence with at least order to finally conquer the one goal and assist throughout the Patriotes. game.

The Redmen are again faced It would have been a much with tough competition this week­ closer match for McGill without end as they face off against the goalkeeper Jarrod Daniel who had a University of Toronto and Guelph at top-notch game; many of Daniel’s home in the Molson arena. key saves robbed the Stingers of any opportunity to catch the Redmen.

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the game was set up by a perfect­ ly placed chip kick by Dickson which was followed by a McGill lineout on Bishop’s ’ three yard line. The throw-in was received

by M cG ill flanker, M ike Bogecho, who powerfully dove through B ish o p ’s d efen ce to score.

In the second half, Bishop’s came back hard and dominated the play by forcing McGill deep into their own end for a majority of the half. The Redmen respond­ ed to the attack by provid in g

superb defence which denied the Gaiters any chances of scoring.

“We capitalized w ell in the first half on Bishop’s’ mistakes,” commented M cDougall. “There was fantastic support and good defense in the second half.”

McGill coach Jeff Stromgren added “we stuck to the game plan which was to kick the ball down field and not give it away by kick­ ing it out. The defence was stellar and they kept up enough intensity to win the game.”

Overall, kicking was a key element of the game for McGill as it got them out of many tense situ­

ations. Boots were skilfully pro­ vided by Ellison, Dickson, scrum half Allan Wainwright, and back Ben Williams. Both the forwards and the backs fought hard; their com bined play as a tight unit show ed why they are the best team in the province.

M c G ill’s sk ills w ill be severely tested this w eek when the Redmen head west to Victoria to compete against the rest of the country’s best in the national championships.

Sports Q uiz Kevin McConnell, Peter Bryant, and Jason Forsyth, were all named to the QSSF all star team.

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A n d f o r th is w e e k , w e h a v e so m e th in g very special:

1) Tim Duncan (San Antonio) was the first player taken in this year’s NBA draft.

2) Players who have starred in two pro sports include any of: Deion Sanders (fb, baseball), Bo Jackson (fb, baseball), Michael Jordan (bball, baseball n o te : m a y b e n o t s ta r r e d !), Danny Ainge (baseball, bball), Tom Glavine (baseball, hockey), etc...

3) Jean-Luc Brassard is looking to repeat as Olympic gold medalist in moguls skiing.

Non M cG ill 1) Name three teams in the NCAA with the nickname ‘Tigers.”

2) Name one team in the CIAU with the nickname ‘Tigers.”

3) Name the Kellogg’s cereal that features a “tiger” as its mascot.

Show ‘em you’re a tiger!

M cG ill 4) How many CIAU national cham pionships has the Redmen soccer team won?

5) When was the last time the Redmen basketball team won a provincial championship?

6) How old is McConnell Winter Arena?

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The Martlet soccer team had a tough time at nationals last weekend lo sin g tw o straight games in the round-robin to make an early exit from the tournament.

In their first game, McGill went up against a stacked University of Alberta team which boasted several national team players. Propelled'by their efforts, the Pandas romped to a 6-0 win over the Martlets. The Pandas went on to win the tournament with a 1-0 win over the Ottawa Gee Gees.

In their second game, the Martlets turned in a stronger effort but unfortunately it wasn’t enough as they lost to the McMaster Marauders by a score of 3-1. McGill’s only goal of the tournament was scored by Odile Desbois.

The news wasn't all bad for the Martlets — forward Odile Desbois was recognized for her outstanding play this season and was named C1AU player o f the year. The announcem ent was made last Friday night in Quebec City, just days after she had been named the Quebec conference MVP. Desbois, a fifth year striker from Sherbrooke, tallied eight goals this season to collect her second Chantal Navert Memorial Award in three seasons.

The Martlets’ overall results were somewhat surprising, if not for their early exits then for the magnitude o f their defeats. The losses, however, show testimony to the relative weakness of the Quebec division this year.

The M cG ill row ing team travelled to British Columbia to take part in the first ever CIAU national rowing championship.

The regatta was held at the University of Victoria; the home team show ed prow ess on the water and won both the men’s and women’s team titles.

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McGill men show ed that they belong among the nation’s best as they fell just short o f the podium to take a close fourth place finish behind bronze medal winner, Western. The silver was won by Queen’s.

The R edm en’s finish was fuelled by the heavy weight eight which won silver in the 2 km race. They finished with a time of 5.30, three seconds behind the gold medal winners from UVic. Boat members were Paul Sturgess in the bow, second Doug Vandor, third Paul C am pbell, fourth Andrew Tess, fifth Kevin Penny, sixth John Muir, seventh Ben Storey, eighth Scott Pritchard, and cox Josselyn Rimel.

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4) Before last week’s playoff game, the last CFL game played at Molson Stadium was in 1972.

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The Redmen and Martlet cross country teams headed to the Thames Valley G olf Course in London, Ontario for the CIAU cham pionships this w eekend.

After coming off a strong sea­ son, with both teams capturing gold at the Q SSF cham pi­ onships, the squads had the potential to put out a strong showing at Nationals.

The end of the season wore on both the Redmen and Martlets, as they were only able to pull out 14th and 9th place finishes in the overall team standings respective­ ly. The men’s title over the 10km course was captured by the U niversity o f V ictoria V ikes, while the women’s 5km title was won by the Guelph Gryphons.

The lone shining star for the McGill team came in the form of Tambra Dunn. Dunn placed 3rd out o f 109 athletes and was named first team all-Canadian for her efforts. She was edged out by O ttaw a’s N athalie Cote and Guelph’s Meegan Larsen. Dunn finished the 5km course in a time of 18:05, 39 seconds behind the leader.

The top Redmen was Paulo Saldahna who placed 15th out of 129 athletes. Saldahna completed the 10km course in a time o f 33:09.

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The men rebounded on The Redmen Volleyball team Saturday to come second out of dropped a couple of home games tw elve team s in the Can-Am last weekend as the young team Challenge in Sherebrooke. The continues to struggle. Some Redmen were backed by the improvement was shown, however, efforts o f Seb Paddington and as the team won its first set on Pichette, who took the gold in the Friday night in a 15-7, 15-3, 8-15.

200m free-style and the 200m 15-4 loss to the tough l’Université backstroke respectively. de Montréal team.

T h e Martlets showed once again that they wi l l be a force to reckon with this season as the team won the Can-Am in convincing fash­ ion. M ultiple gold medal per­ formances were turned in by Holly McComb who won the 200m and 400m free-sty le, the 200m butterfly, G r e e n fie ld P a r k p a c k e r s m a k e th e g r a d e i n th e 6 - 9 and the 200m y e a r o ld p r o v i n c i a l f o o t b a l l c h a m p io n s h ip s S a tu r d a y and 400m indi­ vidual medleys.

Virgini won the 50m, 100m, and On Sunday, the team suffered 200m backstrokes, and Chiang another defeat, losing in straight won the 50m and 100m sets to (’Université de Sherbrooke. freestyles. A ll three athletes The game was played under where named to the meet’s allprotest; McGill was upset by the star team with Chiang taking fact that a Sherebrooke player was overall Athlete of the Meet hon­ not ejected from the game after ours as well. assaulting a Redmen player who

The swim team continued its strong performance this season at the McGill versus the University of Toronto dual meet and then at the Université de Sherebrooke Can-Am Challenge.

The dual meet was held at the Currie pool Friday afternoon.

The head-to-head challenge pitted two of the nation’s best against each other as the Blues and the Red ‘n’ White battled in eleven different events with points tal­ lied for individual finishing posi­ tions that contributing to the team total.

The Martlets took control of the meet from the opening event by coming first and third in the 200m medley relay. First place finishes where turned in by Holly McComb in the 200m individual medley, Lisa Virgini in the 200m backstroke and Carol Chiang in the 100m freestyle. The Martlets won the event over the Blues by a score of 117 to 109.

The Redmen did not fair as well, losing the meet by a score o f 91.5, 45 points behind first.

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The Martlets, who have been improving slowly during the pre­ season, suffered a set back in their N i s i game of the tournament, los ing 81-66 to Lakehead University.

The loss put the Martlets in the tournam ent's consolation bracket where they took on Acadia in the semi-final. The game proved to be a breakthrough for the young McGill squad, whose six rookies got their first taste of victory with a 71-61 win over the Axettes.

In the final, the Martlets took on the much improved Bishop’s Gaiters. Although McGill battled hard they fell just short of a win, losing 63-55 to finish sixth out of eight teams in the tournament.

The Martlets open their regu­ lar season with a home game against the top ten-ranked U niversity o f Toronto Varsity Blues this Friday night starting at 7:00 at the G. Donald Love Competition Hall (Currie Gym).

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In their first game of the tour­ nament, the Redmen dropped the win in a close 68-66 deci­ sion to the Ottawa Gee Rebecca Catching Gees. The loss relegated the Redmen to the consolation bracket where they took on the Manitoba Bisons. This game also proved slippery for the Redmen as the Bisons stampeded to a 53-49 victory.

In their final gam e, the Redmen completed a hat trick of close finishes loosing 65-62 to the

Martlets basketball shows life at Concordia Classic

“The work eth ic, the class that the boys showed was u n b eliev a b le,” said R aim ondo. “Their tanks were com pletely empty — they worked until m uscle failure, and it paid off.”

The season progressed in usual fashion. After going a paltry 0-3-2 for the pre­ season, the Redmen had to provejihemselves the entire season. But the Redmen say that arriving at the national finals was never a question in their minds. But after two consecutive years of reach­ ing the finals and coming up flat, could this team push it to the next level?

“We expected to win nationals from two months ago,” said Forsyth, who first retracted the statement then M a r c M o u n i c o t vs. Y o rk said it with greater force.

“We were sick of just getting to We knew we could do it — we the nationals, we wanted to win it. weren’t intimidated anymore.”

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a couple of do-or-die shots in nets, stopped the UBC shot. Next up on the McGill side was Bryant; each player on a team must take a shot before someone may repeat.

The rest is history. Bryant scored the goal, giving McGill its first CIAU men’s soccer title in fifteen years.

“We couldn’t write a better script, the home-town player to hit the winner for M cG ill,” said Raimondo.

“At the b egin n in g o f the shootout I was nervous, and then [after] shot four I was not nervous all at, I zoned out,” said Forsyth, still flying from the victory. “I knew I had to save it, I got into a zone; I knew I was going to save it before he shot it.”

There are no words to describe the expressions the play­ ers had on their faces. They all agreed that they’d never been that high.

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What's on Tuesday, November 11 Biggest Media event of the sea­ son! Television McGill will be tap­ ing L a te N i g h t M c G ill L iv e from Gert’s Pub with special guests: Dennis Trudeau for CBC News and Sasha, the saucy sex columnist for the M ir r o r . Musical guest: Tulip.

Tonight at 7:30 pm. Don’t miss this one!

The Concordia Irish Lecture Series presents Dr.Neil Sammells of Bath Spa University College, giving a lecture on “James Joyce and Contemporary Irish Studies,” tonight at 8:30 pm in the Hall Building, rm. H 415 (1455 deMaisonneuve West). Admission is free. For info, call Donna at 8482435.

Wednesday, November 12 If you are interested in debating about international issues such as world peace or social/humanitarian conflicts, join the United Nations Students Association of McGill. We are hosting an in-house tournament tonight at 6:30 pm in Leacock 232.

All are welcome.

LBGTM’s Bisexual Group meets this evening in the Women’s Union (Shatner 423) at 5:30 p.m.

Both men and women alike are invited to join the friendly discus­ sion.

The McGill University Centre for Developing Area Studies pre­ sents a Brown Bag Seminar Series on “Globalization, Resistance and D evelopm ent,” on W ednesdays from 12:30 - 2 p.m. in the Seminar room, 3715 Peel.

The English Speaking Catholic Council is sponsoring the Thirteenth Catholic Community Rally. It will be held in the Ballroom o f the Sheraton Centre Hotel on Wed., Nov. 12 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Theme is Celebrating What We Are About!

For further info, call ESCC at 9372301, ext. 252.

Thursday, November 13 Tonight at 6:30 p.m., LBGTM’s Womyn’s Group meets in the Women’s Union (Shatner 423). Drop by, say what’s on your mind, etc.

The McGill Cancer Centre pre­ sents Dr. Steven Albelda from the University of Pennsylvania, giving a lecture on “PECAM-1 (CD31): A Vascular Cell M olecule with Adhesive and Signalling Functions” at 11:30 a.m. in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, room 903. The Centre also presents Dr.Hamid Band giving a lecture on”The CBL Proto-Oncogene Product: A Negative Regulator of Tyrosine K inases,” N ov. 20, at 11:30 a.m. in the same location.

Friday, November 14 The Faculty of Music presents the Noon Hour Organ Series today at 12:15 pm in Redpath Hall, free adm ission. A lso, the M cGill Chamber Singers and Cappella Nuova tonight at 8 pm at Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke W est).

Admission is $5. For info, call 3984547 or 398-5145.

At 5:30 p.m., LBGTM’s Coming Out Group meets in the basement of UTC (3521 University, corner Milton). D on’t be shy to come to this group as everyone is in the same situation as you and the group is very friendly.

LBGTM’s Men’s Discussion Group meets in the basement of UTC (3521 U niversity, corner Milton) at 7:00 p.m.

JHUST w ill host an Oneg Shabbat on Fri., Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at 4077 Decarie Blvd. for a report by Irwin Block and Barbara Moser. Bring a dish and a question on the real history of the Jews. Non members $3. Call 484-5033 for info.

Saturday, November 15 Tonight and tomorrow night, the Faculty of Music presents the McGill Concerto Competition Finals at 7 pm in Pollack Hall. Free admis­ sion.

Sunday, November 16 The McCord Museum presents a lecture on “The Case o f the M issing Ball Gowns: Historical D etective Work in M agnificent Entertainments”, at 2 pm today at 690 Sherbrooke St. West. Limited seating, reservations required.

Admission (including museum visit) is $ 7 plus tax.

Monday, November 17 Prof. Marie-Nathalie LeBlanc (Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University) will be giving a talk, “Fashion and the Politics of Identity: Versioning Womanhood and Muslimhood in the face of Tradition and Modernity,” (Ivory Coast) on Mon. N ov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Leacock, room 738. Coffee and cookies will be served beforehand.

The Woman’s Canadian Club o f Montreal presents Charles R. Scriver giving a lecture on “Human Genetics - Voyage of Discovery for Every Citizen,” today at 1:30 pm at the Montreal Citadel (2085 Drummond St.). Admission for non­ members is ($ 5) Coffee at 12:15 pm.

The M cGill Early Music Ensembles will perform tonight at 8 pm in the Clara Lichtenstein Recital Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. West, rm.

C209), free admission.

Upcoming and Ongoing Erika Ritter will be reading from her book, T h e H id d e n L ife o f H u m a n s , on Nov. 20th at 7 pm in the Redpath Museum Auditorium.

Tickets are $2 available at the McGill University Bookstore or at the door. For info, call 398-8352.

M cGill String and Mixed Ensembles will perform Tuesday Nov. 18th at 5 pm and 8 pm in Pollack Hall, free admission.

Toastmasters International’s Moderator Club presents, every Tuesday at 6:15 pm, a chance for you to learn and practice techniques o f effective public speaking.

Admission is $5. Seminars to take

place at 2070 Peel St. For more info call 528-8659.

The Elder Abuse Info-Line, sponsored by the CLSC ReneCassin University Institute of Social Gerontology of Quebec, is recruiting bilingual volunteers to operate a lis­ tening, information and referral tele­ phone service for seniors who are victims of abuse or neglect-. Free specialized training is offered.

Contact Katherine MacnaughtonOsler at 488-9163, ext. 360.

The Accompaniment Programme the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society can provide information, support and accompaniment services to members of the McGill community who have been sexually harassed or assaulted in a McGill context. For more info, please call 398-2700 (daytime) or 398-8500 (evenings).

GAY LINE: Information and help for lesbians and gay men.

Confidential and free. We can help with a personal crisis or simply help find a bar. 7 - 1 1 p.m., 365 days a year. (514) 866-5090 in Montreal or call us toll free at 1-888-505-1010.

JHUST (Jews for a Humanist Secular Tradition) invites children ages 4-9 to participate in our HAVERIM (friends) program every second Sunday at Centre Greene from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Your child will have fun learning about Jewish holidays and traditions from a secular perspective. Songs, arts & crafts, Hebrew, holiday celebration, stories, games, Israeli dancing, snacks. $10 per child. Upcoming dates: Nov. 16th, and 30th. Call 484-5033.

FREE McGill Bereavement Support Groups are being offered through the McGill School of Social Work for adults, children/adolescents, young adults, and family sur­ vivors of suicide. New groups for 1997 include “M otherless Daughters” and “Loss of an Adult Child.” Anyone who is experiencing any type of loss including the loss of a family member or friends, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 3987067.

Going for an HIV test? Peer Health Education is looking for indi­ viduals for an audio broadcast pro­ ject that would be comfortable shar­ ing their experience. Please call Darrell at 398-6017.

The Atheist, A gnostic, and Secular Humanist Society meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Shatner, rm. 435. Come and discuss issues such as church-state separa­ tion and non-religious ethics in a relaxed and open atmosphere.

LBGTM (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Students of McGill) are seeking volunteers to facilitate our Womyn’s and Bisexual discussion groups. If you are inter­ ested, please call the LBGTM office at 398-6822 or stop by Shatner 429 in person.

The McGill Eating Disorder support groups are available to both McGill and non-McGill students, FREE OF CHARGE. We offer a

variety of support groups for stu­ dents with eating disorders as well as body image groups for those who wish to learn about and improve their body image. We also offer sup­ port groups for partners and friends of individuals with an eating disor­ der. For more information, please call Jessica Schwarz at 398-1050.

The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society offers a number of free, facilitated support groups open to McGill students and the wider Montreal Community.

Infoline 398-2700, Mon. - Fri. 10:00 - 5:30. Helpline 398-8500, every night 6 :00 - midnight. All calls are confidential. SACOMSS also offers a number of support groups. Call for info.

Call for support group facilita­ tors. The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society needs men and women interested in facilitating any of the following support groups: men survivors of sexual assault; partners, family and friends of sur­ vivors; women survivors of sexual assaults as adults; women survivors of sexual assault as children. Please call 398-2700 or 398-8500 ASAP. Non-students welcome.

Free support groups for adults living with loss. A confidential bimonthly opportunity to meet with others who have experienced loss of relationships, career, health, finances, etc. Please call Estelle or Sandy at 398-7067 The Y ellow Door “Elderly Project” has been helping seniors in the downtown area for the past 25 years. We are in urgent need of vol­ unteers to accompany seniors to and from appointments, to help them with their shopping or to have a “friendly visit” once a week. For more information, call Leah or Danielle at 398-6243.

The Maison de Jeunes de la Côte-des-Nèiges is seeking volun­ teers to help youth between the ages of 11 and 18 with their homework (French, English, chemistry, biolo­ gy, history and especially math).

This will be a good opportunity for future teachers and social workers to gain experience. For more informa­ tion, call Sandra at 342-5235

sents Dr. Hamid Band giving a lec­ ture on “The Cbl Proto-Oncogene Product: A Negative Regulator of Tyrosine Kinases” on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 11:30 am in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, rm. 903, 3655 Drummond St. Come to the McGill Christian Fellowship. We believe in building meaningful relationships, having fun and having honest and open discus­ sion. Every Friday at Shatner Cafeteria. 7:00 p.m. Please call Josh at 484-3480 for more information.

Questioning your sexuality?

Looking for info on LBGT issues?

Queer line is a confidential, nonjudgmental peer support and referral phone line which runs MondayFriday 8:00 P.M. - 11:00 p.m. Give us a call at 398-6822. We are here to listen to you.

Compeer Montreal is presently recruiting volunteers 18 years and over interested in working in the mental health field. We are-a non­ profit community-based organiza­ tion. We provide support services to those suffering from mental illness providing them with a volunteer to facilitate their reintegration into society. For more information, please call 489-1007.

Canada World Youth launches its recruitment campaign. Seven month exchanges are offered to women and men (17-20 years old, students, workers or unemployed) wishing to live an intense and rewarding cross-cultural experience both in Canada and abroad. The deadline for applying is November 14, 1997. Programs begin next July, August and September. For more information, please call Canada World Youth at 931-3933.

The Siamsa School o f Irish Music is sponsoring an Irish Ceili Dance on Sat. Nov. 22 at 8 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall (Addington & de Maisonneuve, NDG- metro Vendôme) Music by Montreal Ceili Band. Admission is $ 5 in advance, $ 8 at the door. For info, call 483-4064.

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