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25 November 1997

QPIRG targets consumerism with annual Buy Nothing Day

By C laire A ddey-Jibb_____________

M cG ill’s Quebec Public Interest Research Group hopes that students will show true spending power by refusing to use it for one day.

QPIRG McGill has combined efforts with the Concordia chapter to participate in the International Buy Nothing Day. Both university groups are appealing to students to respect the “24 hour moratori­ um on consumer spending in response to Western greed and over-consumption” which will occur on November 28.

According to QPIRG’s joint press release, November 28 was inten­ tionally chosen since it is “the first day of holiday shopping after American Thanksgiving [and is] traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year.”

The campaign is international in scope and last year, universities and social groups from most

Western countries participated, Nothing Day is not an antiincluding the United States, Christmas or anti-present cam­ Australia, Belgium and Japan. paign. We want people to think The Media Foundation, an activist about consumption and to recog­ organization based in Vancouver, is the largest Canadian proponent of Buy Nothing Day. Organizers claim that November 28 will be “a celebration of simplicity [and will make people reflect on] our shop-’til-you-drop lifestyle on a dying planet. It’s about getting our runaway consumer culture back on a sustainable path.”

Sara Mayo, co-ordinator of QPIRG, explained that Buy Nothing Day is meant to height­ en social awareness regarding over-consumption in the indus­ trialized world without denouncing Christmas.

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event. CCWM member Mike Watson hopes that people will be encouraged to participate in the campaign by either not buying or by donating food and clothing to the M cGill V olunteer Bureau collection agency.

“People can give some­ thing away rather than con­ sume. By reducing consump­ tion we are reducing waste,” said Watson.

Samantha McGavin of the Public Research on Business Ethics group sees the energy swap as something that will encourage the trad­ ing of skills and labour to help people avoid “buying into a cash market for one day.” McGavin stated that the downtown location will hope­ fully attract people from lower-income brackets so that they can be made aware of Paolo D'Agnillo public services and programs available to them. world consumes 80 per cent of the In the business sector, there world’s resources. There is defi­ are mixed feelings about the actu­ nitely an over-consumption prob­ al effects of International Buy lem in the West and we want peo­ Nothing Day on the local econo­ ple to recognize this.” my. Chapters Bookstore Manager Mike Barkey, a member of Chris Houston, for instance, stat­ QPIRG Concordia, echoed ed it is unlikely that his sales will Mayo’s convictions. He asserted be affected by the Buy Nothing that the day is not about “the pro­ Day protest since most of the motion of guilt about spending” Chapters’ market is not student but instead is meant to “elevate based.

“W hile students think of peoples consciousness about con­ sumption.”

Chapters as a ‘cool place to hang Events include an energy out’, students tend to be suspi­ swap at St. George’s Anglican cious of chains like ours,” he stat Church where people can ed. “I would like to increase stu­ exchange clothes, books and food dent consumption here — [if stu­ in an old-fashioned style of bar­ dents were bigger buyers] the tering. Other activities include campaign might have a bigger street theatre and skits in down­ impact on sales.”

Scott Wentworth, manager of town malls as well as socially responsible choral renditions of a HMV on St. Catherine Street, also claimed that International Buy few Christmas favourites.

Many of QPIRG’s working Nothing Day would have no groups such as the Campus and impact on record and disc sales Community Waste Management group will also participate in the C o n tin u e d o n page 3 nize the inequalities of consump­ tion in the world today,” she said.

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25 November 1997

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Motion of non-confidence squashed at the eleventh hour

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A motion of non-confidence against SSMU President Tara Newell never made it to the table even though it was supposed to be brought up at last Thursday’s council meeting.

The T r ib u n e was leaked a copy of the motion last Tuesday with the understanding that it would soon be made public — the motion was supposed to be a council document disseminated to all SSMU representatives. Signed by all four vice-president execu­ tives, the motion was a move to “condemn the standards set by” the SSMU President and to state a lack of confidence in the way she has conducted herself.

None of the executives, including the president, or fhe T rib u n e 's sources within SSMU agreed to speak on the record. Off the record however, SSMU sources stated that the decision to shelve the motion was a pragmatic one and does not reflect the other executives’ approval of the presi­ dent.

With last year’s executive as a telling reminder, it appears that this year’s SSMU executive has agreed to disagree so as not to jeopardize their ability to carry out projects in the interest of students.

Former SSMU President Chris Carter was often criticized for his confrontational leadership style and was known to directly

attack fellow executives in the media and in SSMU council itself.

For his part though, Carter — per­ haps a better activist than he was a politician — was often viciously attacked, especially over the Canadian Red Cross blood drive fiasco. The split in executive ranks seriously impeded the running of council, particularly in the winter semester when exec in-fighting reduced council sessions to com­ plete absurdity.

For instance, form er VP University Affairs Don McGowan walked out of a January council meeting when he accused Carter of misleading council over letter of agreement negotiations with the university. Another point of con­ tention was SSMU’s failure to ensure that all by-laws — particu­ larly ones that created new com­ mittees of council — were drafted in both official languages. Carter accused McGowan of attempting “to frustrate the democratic process” in trying to shut down the new committees through pro­ cedural manoeuvres and McGowan left council and said he would not return until Carter issued him a formal apology. But McGowan returned anyway after a Judicial Board ruling upheld the validity of the SSMU by-laws pending translation into French.

Former VP Finance Jon Chomski also butted heads with Carter on a number of occasions, and Carter even accused Chomski of rifling through his trash.

Shouting matches in council meet­ ings became commonplace and relations between execs went from chilly to deep freeze.

It looks like this year’s execu­ tive is trying to be a little more

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since he believes that students will buy products at any point during the year.

“What do they hope to achieve with this?” Wentworth asked. “I don’t see this affecting sales at all. Young people are media driven, they want what is popular and HMV carries that.”

Student response to the one day freeze on commercial con­ sum ption was also mixed.

Mikhaël Langis, a first year Arts student, said that he doesn’t feel cultural pressure to buy the biggest and most expensive gift.

“One day would not make much of a difference,” Langis said. “Even though it’s nice to receive presents at Christmas, the whole point is to spend time with your friends and family.”

At the other end of the scale, two McGill students, who asked that their names not be used, see the whole campaign as irrelevant.

“W ithout capitalism the world stops,” claimed one eco­

nomics student.

The other, a science gradu­ ate, proudly displayed her Versace and Birks catalogues and stated that she loved to shop and would “not stop as a protest for anything.”

Although the ideal goal of “zero profits for a day” may not become an economic reality, Mayo is satisfied that Buy Nothing Day will help raise awareness about responsible con­ sumerism.

“We are not intent on stop­ ping the economy for a day,” said Mayo, “but want to encourage people to think about making fair consumption choices.”

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mature about their dealings, but VP External Lisa Phipps was not scratch below the surface and informed about the organization of there are some serious concerns. Plan G, the blockade of a Quebec Some of the problems may be City government building earlier linked to the fact that each execu­ this month. Although Phipps cer­ tive is elected independently and tainly should have been able to there is no guarantee that the exec­ educate herself as befits her port­ utive committee will be politically folio, Newell knew about the compatible or that they will even action and was explicitly negligent get along. Furthermore, the role of by keeping Phipps uninformed.

SSMU president has drastically SSMU council inevitably suffered changed in the last five years — since the debate over whether or the president used to be little more not the students’ society should than a figure-head with the vice endorse the plan lacked informed presidents carrying out specific discussion.

Another issue of contention mandates and projects.

Now, however, the president within the executive is Newell’s seems to have her finger in just decision to take full responsibility about every pie. Take for instance for SSMU’s legal action against the Quebec gov­ the whole day­ care referendum. W ith la s t y e a r ’s e x e c u ­ ernment over In the lead-up to tive a s a te llin g rem inder, d i f f e r e n t i a l tuition fees. Last the successful campaign to it a p p e a rs th a t this y e a r ’s year, it was VP establish a flexi­ S S M U e xe cu tive has University ble facility for a g re e d to disa g re e so as Affairs Don McGowan (a student-parents, law student) who Newell claimed n o t to je o p a rd iz e th e ir that she was a b ility to c a rry o u t p ro ­ initiated the case but this year, the elected on her je c ts in the in te re s t o f day-care platform president took students. and was acting on over as official spokesperson. It her mandate. But according to the March 5 issue of is all kind of baffling — the case the Tribune, in her bid for SSMU started out in the UA portfolio and President, Newell advocated “a switched to the President’s even fax service and photocopy ser­ though by definition it should be a vice” at the Shatner kiosk while it VP External responsibility.

Although the four VP execs was VP University Affairs candi­ date Lara Leigh-Wood who actu­ can be commended for not wanti­ ally brought the issue of day-care ng to air their dirty laundry, the fact that the motion was made and to the political arena.

Newell also seems to suffer then not presented to council pre­ from an apparent inability to des­ vented the whole of SSMU from ignate responsibility and she can dealing with the issues that moti­ be criticized for leaving her execu­ vated a vote of non-confidence in tives out of the loop. For example, the first place. On the other hand,

this year’s bunch of SSMU coun­ cillors.— with a few bright excep­ tions — are not exactly savvy when it comes to making tough decisions. In the interest of real leadership though, councillors should be expected to treat serious issues seriously.

The five executives are for­ mally the top branch of govern­ ment for an entire student body and SSMU council is meant to ensure broader representation of student interests. If those interests are what execs and councillors purport to uphold, then it is impor­ tant that students are fully informed about the actions of their government.' If students are expected to actively participate in the running of their government, it is imperative that council as a whole is given the chance to thoughtfully debate policy and determine its own course of action.

Unfortunately, separate inci­ dences of disagreement between executives culminated in this vague motion of non-confidence.

It appears that a number of legiti­ mate concerns were never resolved and have built up over the course of the fall term.

Although all five executives seem to share a common vision of the students’ society, the method and direction taken by the president has strained the cohesion of the group. By shelving their motion of non-confidence, the four VP execs are graciously giving Newell another chance. Time will only tell whether or not she takes their invi­ tation to become a team player.

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25 November 1997

Loan reforms and differential tuition keep students protesting

By D avid H orlock

University and CEGEP stu­ dents protested through the halls of the Université du Québec à Montréal last Wednesday against reforms to Quebec’s student aid program as well as provincial poli­ cies that students say threaten accessible education.

Protesters demanded an alter­ native to differential tuition fees for international and out-of­ province students, an overall tuition freeze and reforms to the province’s financial aid program.

Andrew Harrison, engineering rep to SSMU, explained that the pur­ pose of the rally was to remind the government that it cannot break

promises made in election cam­ paigns and education policy announcements.

“We are fighting for govern­ ment commitment to financial aid and fees,” said Harrison. “This is a reminder to the government to keep election promises as the next elections are just around the cor­ ner.”

According to Caroline Reoux, president of UQAM’s Science and Communications Students’ Society, Quebec’s changes to the student loan program make it more difficult for some students to access financial aid, which makes post-secondary education as a whole less accessible.

“The new system considers things like parental contributions,”

stated Reoux, “but in reality many parents can’t afford to make the contributions expected.”

SSMU VP External Lisa Phipps agreed that many aspects of the student loan program do not reach those who are really in need. “[Quebec Education Minister Pauline] Marois has targeted some groups and cut back financial aid for them,” Phipps commented.

“For example, it’s presumed that people in the medical program come from wealthier backgrounds or that they will be better able to pay a debt after they graduate. As well, students who are in a pro­ gram that requires more than 90 credits are entitled to less fund­ ing.”

Although representatives from

La Fédération d’étudiants univer­ sitaires du Québec were nol pre­ sent at the rally, President Nikolas Ducharme explained in a recent press release that FEUQ is fighting the same issues that students addressed at the rally.

“Marois has broken promises to us. In 1994 she said that she wouldn’t increase tuition fees, but last year she tried to implement a tuition hike,” he stated. “Now, after saying that changes concern­ ing loan repayment, debt remission and student contributions wouldn’t come into vigour until 1999-2000, she is implementing those changes.”

Ducharme outlined his con­ cerns, which include changes to the interest free period given on

student loans after graduation and a differential loan calculation sys­ tem.

“We plan to put the same energy into fighting these new changes as we did when we orga­ nized the student strike against the tuition increases last year,” Durchame said.

Although turn-out was lower than anticipated, organizers assert­ ed that overall, results were posi­ tive.

“There were less people there than we expected, but I think we got our message across,” Reoux stated.

Quebec Education Minister Pauline Marois was not available for comment.

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The McGill V olunteer Bureau is co-ordinating a campus-wide food drive this holiday season to provide needy families in the Montreal area with food items and a'little Christmas cheer.

A significant drop in food donations throughout the year, however, has meant that food banks often face a struggle to sat­ isfy growing demand. During the holiday season though, food banks generally get a helping hand from a number of outside organizations.

M cG ill’s food drive has grown into a successful annual event and this year, many clubs and associations have organized individual events to solicit food donations. In addition, the Volunteer Bureau has strategical­ ly placed large cardboard boxes in the Leacock, Bronfman, Shatner, Adams and McConnell buildings and students can donate

non-perishable food items from November 17 to December 5.

The Volunteer Bureau is encouraging everyone to donate at least one food item.

“If every student would give a little, it would amount to a lot...[M]any students com­ plain they can’t afford to feed them selves, but one or two cans is not going to put a big dent in their budgets,” said Food Drive Co-ordinator Liz Fast.

Face à Face, an outreach group in the downtown area, will receive the bulk of the food that is donated by the M cGill community. Face à Face expects to offer its ser­ vices to over 800 families this year and some of the food col­ lected in the holiday drive will be cooked and served for a Christm as supper while other families will receive gift baskets.

“We believe it is important to foster a sense of belonging and

Christmas spirit for these people,” said Grace Fontes, co-director of Face à Face.

Although all kinds of nonperishable food stuffs are wel­

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come, Fast adds that the Volunteer Bureau hopes to send off a wide variety of good-quality items since “people don’t always want chick peas.”

She went on to say that McGill, a long-time lagger com­ pared with other universities in providing services for Native and Inuit students, should work to attract more Aboriginal students.

“I’m sure it’s a huge bureau­ cracy just like the government — but 1 have ways to go through it,” she joked.

Diabo is hoping that First Nations and Inuit students will drop by to say hello even with the fall semester drawing to a close.

Located at 3505 Peel St., the First Peoples House at McGill is open Monday to Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Big plans for UN club in new year The United Nations Students Association recently hosted 200 high school students from Quebec and Ontario at the Secondary School United Nations Symposium — a rehearsal for an

Christmas goodwill always generates an increase in food donations but the actual volume is inconsistent throughout the year — food banks often have emptyshelves and are forced to turn needy families away.

“There is a tendency to focus on Christmas, but poverty is a year long thing,” said Fontes.

M ontreal’s status as the poverty capital of Canada has meant that even during the holi­ day season, demand often exceeds supply. But food-drive co-ordina­ tors remain optimistic that McGill students will pitch in to help feed the city’s poor.

“I think there’s a lot of enthu­ siasm for the food drive,” said Lorraine Law of the Volunteer Bureau. “I hope it will be as suc­ cessful this year as it has been in previous years.”

even larger event to be held in the new year.

The model symposium, held the weekend of November 7-9, was organized by the UNSA of McGill. Suzy Davidkhanian, sec­ retary-general of the SSUNS, was impressed with the turnout of over 200 students. “ [We] expected even less participants than that due to the Ontario teachers' strike," Davidkhanian stated.

In addition to this event, the UNSA of McGill will host a sec­ ond model conference, this time inviting university students for the last weekend of January. The reg­ istration list has increased dramat­ ically from 400 participants to 600.

The club will be organizing a series of events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year. The celebration starts on December 10 and will continue throughout the year, including a symposium and guest speakers at the university conference in January.

— reporting b y Sonia Brault

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Students gain options through international development day Salvation Army, Amnesty International and QPIRG — were on hand to explain what they do, International Development and how students can take part.

Day was an opportunity for Approximately 1,000 people McGill students to learn about turned out for the information international aid organisations forum but attendance at the and how to get involved. evening lectures was much small­ The event was organized and er. The packed Ballroom con­ put together tributed to one student’s through the mixed review of the event. efforts of the “There was a lot of M c G i l l good information there, Students’ but I found that it was too In te rn a tio n a l crowded, and that the line D evelopm ent ups at the various booths Initiative. Their were too long,” said U1 goal was to Economics student Flora inform the stu­ Monsaingeon. “I think it dents of McGill would have been more about the vari­ effective if the information ous opportuni­ had been better displayed.” ties that are Other students criti­ available for cized the content of the volunteering in symposium itself. developing “As much as I thought countries, as it was interesting, I guess I well as raising expected m ore,” stated awareness M auricio Delfin, a U1 about what var­ international student. “I ious organiza­ didn’t feel that there that tions do. James many choices to choose Downar, presi­ from.” dent of MSIDI But Downar, who vol­ and co-ordinaunteered in Kenya a cou­ tor of the ple of years ago, explained In te rn a tio n a l that volunteering abroad D evelopm ent can have a significant Day, explained im pact on one’s world that MSIDI was view and he hopes that formed three more people can have years ago with access to the experience. the intent of SamcerFarooq “Having done it promoting the Dr. B ria n W a rd le c tu re s a fte r th e sy m p o siu m [myself]... it gives you a awareness of Kristin Norget from the anthro­ whole new perspective on life.... international development. pology department and Dr. Brian It gets people thinking realistical­ “There are three aims of MSIDI: awareness and education Ware from the faculty of medi­ ly about what they want to do.” to inform the people of the oppor­ cine in the evening. Students tunities that are out there; fund­ browsed through inform ation raising to help volunteers finan­ pamphlets offered at each booth cially for when they go abroad; and representatives from 20 dif­ and helping volunteers with the ferent groups — including The

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proper procedures before they go abroad,” he said. Downar stated that the “conference also brings potential volunteers to the organi­ sations.”

Held last Wednesday, the day consisted of an information forum in the Shatner Ballroom and was capped off by two lectures by

Carleton chokes admissions to lowenrollment programs

Athletes set to face drug testing at Mount A

Carleton University has closed its doors to students applying for German and Spanish master pro­ grams as well as the comparative literary studies PhD program.

Admissions have been frozen following the Steps Towards Renewal report passed by the uni­ versity senate which calls for dras­ tic measures to improve Carleton's financial and image problems.

Last year, there were eight full- and part-time students enrolled in the German program, and only six in the Spanish pro­ gram. An earlier proposal from the graduate departments looked at combining small master’s pro­ grams, such as the German and Spanish programs into one degree, but this suggestion was rejected by the university. Roger Blockely, dean of graduate studies and research, was asked to freeze admissions.

Students currently studying in the programs concerned will not be affected, but they are concerned that the university freeze will reflect on the quality of the pro­ grams in the eyes of potential employers. The university senate will vote to either extend or lift the ban on admissions at its December meeting.

— with files from The Charlatan

Mount Allison University has introduced its own drug testing program for athletes, making it the only Canadian university to have an independent testing program.

All varsity athletes at Mount A can now expect to be tested for performance enhancing drugs at least once a year. The athletic department decided to implement its own program because the one used by the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) tests only a small percent­ age of athletes. The Mount A pro­ gram is not designed to interfere with the CIAU testing, but rather to complement it to ensure that all of its athletes are drug free.

Athletes at Mount Allison who test positive or refuse to be tested will be given a four year ban from competition, the same punishment given out by the CIAU. However, unlike the CIAU, Mount A will not release the names of athletes who test positive for performance enhancing drugs. Consequently, an athlete who tests positive at Mount A will be able to go and play for another university, and no one will ever know about it.

In the mid-eighties, the University of Calgary ran a similar program which was scrapped because of its expense.

— with files from The Picaro

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engineering. The pressure is on to publish and the students come sec­ ond. I hope that the students speak­ ing up will ensure that the profes­ sors will change,” said Chrostowski.

Regardless of the pressure to publish, Rumin pointed out that increased class sizes and limited resources have forced professors to change exam formats and try to give individual attention to students during office hours. However, stu­ dents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the level of instruc­ tion.

“The class went from about 30 students to 80 students. That puts a lot of pressure on the professor and it makes the students feel like num­ bers. The department currently has about 800 students in it, all of which have to take this first year course,” stated Rumin.

Rumin maintains that resources in the department are becoming scarce and as a result, even this small department has become de­ personalized.

“Resources that were promised

to us we never got, and so we had to accommodate the large number of students entering the department with very few resources — that meant making the classes larger,” exclaimed Rumin.

Though enrolment is growing, the students’ society is taking steps to ensure that all students have the opportunity to express their opin­ ions and have now each engineering course has a class representative.

Further, the EUS maintains that they will do whatever they can to ensure that Students are heard.

“I feel that the rest of engineer­ ing students are supporting students that want and need to make changes,” said Tomlinson.

Chrostowski, who sits on the EUS Senate, maintains that things will only get done if students want them to get done.

“Drastic measures need to be taken within the department. There is a miscommunication between the faculty and the students and it has to addressed.”

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Students want priority treatment handled effectively and believes that students need to be made more aware of problems within the department.

“I think a formal apology was needed, and now the department must pay more attention to the stu­ dents complaints,” he stated.

Rumin maintains that students were consulted about the complaint last semester and that his findings concluded that there was no wrong doing.

“I interviewed the professor and he was quite surprised about the accusations. I spoke with the class representative and two other stu­ dents and the results of the investi­ gation proved nothing was wrong,” he stated.

But Chrostowski still believes that the professor did change his attitude towards students after course evaluations were handed in and seems to think that the situation is indicative of professors’ mis­ placed priorities.

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By Paul Futhey

‘Tis the season to strike, ladies and gentlemen. CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) now has a n o th e r strike to be proud of, while a lot of Canadians watch in disbelief and anger.

What’s at issue this time, though blocked by a news blackout, appears to be the same old story — wages, work rules, job creation and job security.

The timing of this walk-out is ideal for the union. After all, with the holiday season fast approaching, what could possibly make a bet­ ter bargaining chip? It’s a shame and a disgrace, however, that union members have agreed to resort to such infantile tactics. With so many strikes, it’s becoming obvious that the union is merely holding other groups hostage while attempting to attain their precious demands.

A postal worker’s base pay is $17.41 an hour, not including ben­ efits. That’s an awful lot of money for work which in most cases doesn’t even require a high school diploma. Apparently one of the union’s demands includes a pay raise over the next two years — an average of more than twice the average pay raise in the private sector.

Add to this the fact that the Canada Post corporation has been instructed by the federal government to cut over $200 million from its current budget over the next five years. Now unless irretrievable stupidity reigns, you know you can't get more out of less.

The union claims it suffers every day it is not on the job. Cry me a river. What about the small businesses and the charities that can’t afford alternative services and basically can’t do anything to combat this blatant show of greed? How about those who receive their pay by post? It gives more meaning to the maxim “the cheque’s in the mail.”

Many others are out of work and would gladly be employed for half of what a current worker makes.

Note to the CUPW: this is the ’90s. This is the age of downsiz­ ing, of fiscal responsibility. The CUPW cannot claim immunity from this trend. The union will get no sympathy from anyone who has to work weekends or statuatory holidays, especially when the service Canada Post workers provide is viewed as third-rate in many circles.

In an age where other modes of communication are increasing at an amazing rate, it is only a matter of time before the death knell for Canada Post wilHoll. Groups adversely affected by repeated strikes will remember the indifference to their respective plights and will justifiably turn their backs on Canada Post and its bloated union membership. One can only take so much of so-so service. The indif­ ferent clerks and surly union members who, in reality don’t have it that bad, will have to find other work. But no, finding other work for themselves isn't an option. If they tried, maybe they'd see the true picture of employment opportunity in Canada. Canada Post’s union of 45,000 strong is refusing to wake up and face facts. This denial of reality will result in tougher negotiations for other unions since the labour movement is becoming increasingly tarnished in the public eye.

When that time does come, hopefully the union will realize how it has shot itself in the foot by demanding more pie after it has already gobbled all the crumbs. It’s not too late, but the CUPW will go the way of the dodo if it doesn't gain a greater perspective — one that goes beyond its own desires.

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As a colleague from the D aily pointed out at the last SSMU coun­ cil meeting, watching the show put on by the good folks from the Quebec Student Health Alliance evokes images of The Godfather.

The presentation to council appeared to be little more than an exercise in shameless manoeuvering, bringing out the corporate top guns to woo a group of impression­ able councillors into rubber-stamp­ ing the contract for the single largest service that SSMU provides to students — the health plan.

Vague ramblings about part­ nership, leadership, providing ser­ vice and a heartfelt love for McGill came from the wise corporate sage from the QSHA — it might be kinda nice, but it’s not the stuff that truly informs sound decisions.

SSMU execs have been known in the past to refer to the students’ society as a rational economic actor, and one should expect from it nothing less than sound deci­

P ark C ho P au l F u th ey

Tandem takes charge I am writing in regards to the article entitled “Rise in number of sexual assaults prompt MUC meet­ ing” on page 2 of the November 11th issue of the M c G ill Tribune.

This article leads readers to believe that the meeting was organized by the MUC Police and that its sole purpose was to inform people of the recent sexual assaults in the area near Concordia University, when, in fact, this is not exactly true.

The meeting was an initiative of the Shaughnessy Village Association — a group of local res­ idents — who, upon hearing of the sexual assaults, commented on their local foot patrol police offi­ cers that they would like to orga­ nize a meeting that would provide

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people with information on the incidents and give citizens ways to make themselves feel safer. It was thus that Tandem Montreal — the city’s crime prevention program — was asked by the police to plan an activity in the community.

Tandem Montreal and the Shaughnessy Village Association, along with the generous support of the Foubourg Ste. Catherine, invit­ ed the Police and the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre to speak along with Tandem Montreal, about the details of the assaults, the myths and realities or rape, and to give tips that might help them from becoming a victim.

The above mentioned details that were not included in the arti­ cle, are essential because they

demonstrate that when citizens and organizations (community and commercial) work together, they are able to plan activities that better meet the needs of the population, have a greater impact and bring about positive change.

In closing, we feel a more appropriate title for the article would have been “Rise in sexual assaults prompt citizens to organize meeting” and that the content of the article should have reflected the participation of the different groups mentioned in this letter.

—Liz Broes Tandem M ontreal

Letters to the Editor

SACOMSS aids carnival The Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students’ Society would like to correct comments made in the article written by Catherine McLean on the issue of the Management Winter Carnival.

It is important to note that contrary to what is suggested in this article,

organizers of the carnival have been receptive to SACOMSS’ involvement. The degree to which SACOMSS will be involved, and in what capacity, is yet to be finalised. We are both pleased at the prospect of being involved, and at the interest organizers have

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brokers who are vying for the McGill undergraduate health plan contract. But there’s an explicit dif­ ference between being open to lob­ bying from other insurance providers and getting the sealed bids that would provide the basis of a well-made decision.

Some might argue that the pre­ sentation made to SSMU council was a reflection of a company that cares enough to send its CEO, along with his son, Lev Bukhman (who happens to have been the 1991-92 SSMU VP finance).

Signing with the QSHA means a tie to McGill and the benefit of conti­ nuity — subjective benefits, but benefits nonetheless. The QSHA has also provided employment for McGill students — or at least some notable former SSMU executives.

To be fair, there are numerous reasons to stick with the QSHA as SSMU’s health care provider.

Going to a tendering process, how­ ever, can only serve to make those reasons even more apparent.

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VP Finance Duncan Reid con­ tended in a September 23 Tribune Stop the Press that SSMU is “a cor­ poration with 16,000 shareholders who deserve and expect the absolute maximum value for their highly stretched dollars.” If that is indeed the case, we’re clearly miss­ ing the standard procedure that is carried out when treating contracts of the magnitude of the health plan — a call for tenders.

A call for tenders would require SSMU to formally solicit bids from insurance companies who want to underwrite the student health plan. It would create a com­ petitive environment and allow a review committee to see exactly what’s on the table in terms of both cost and coverage. SSMU, howev­ er, does not presently put the health plan to tender.

Mario Nigro, law rep to coun­ cil, called Reid on this point during Thursday’s meeting. Reid replied that he regularly meets with repre­ sentatives from various insurance

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Making a case for a revitalized McGill Daily FACT

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• The M c G ill D a ily and asso­ ciated publications used to be published by the Students’ Society of McGill University.

• In 1981, the D a ily splin­ tered from SSMU and the Daily Publications Society (DPS) was formed and became the Daily publisher.

• All McGill students — graduates and undergraduates — are members of the DPS. • Each member of the DPS pays a fee of $6.70 per semester.

This fee provides just under half the funding for the DPS. • Last m eeting, SSMU Council tabled (put on hold) a motion from Clubs Reps Michael Kotler and Sam Kramer. The con­ tract between the DPS and the Board of Governors is up for review; Kotler and K ram er’s motion would have SSMU “rec­ ommend to the Board of G overnors...that the contract between McGill University and the Daily Publications Society shall cease” unless (A) a clause is inserted allowing students to opt out of the $6.70 fee, or (B) the DPS radically changes its internal voting procedures to “make itself more accountable to its member­ ship.”

The DPS constitution says that its mandate is to give a voice to the voiceless and provide an alternative perspective on events and issues. A cursory look at any recent D a ily will show you that while it may be doing that, its connection to McGill, which isn’t spelled out in the constitution because it shouldn’t have to be, has become questionable at best. Thousands of the three D a ilie s go unread every week because most students don’t think that what’s in the D a ily really has much rele­ vance to their lives.

On October 27, the D a i l y N e w s ’s front-page story was on SSMU’s opposition to the “Plan G” protest against the government in Quebec City, which was the D a ily ’s first SSMU-related head­ line in ages. The story was shamelessly biased, calling the decision “alarming” in the first column, and was accompanied by a sarcastic sidebar of out-of-context quotes from the debate — the writer was forced to admit that she didn’t know who said three of them. I agree that SSMU blew it on this issue, but that’s for an edi­ torial or a smart-assed columnist to say, not someone masquerading

as a reporter.

Members of the D a ily editor­ ial board argue that anyone is eli­ gible to become a voting staff member and then an editor. To get the right to vote, the DPS by­ laws say you have to get six arti­ cles or photographs published or work on six production nights.

The D a ily isn’t so much democra­ tic as oligarchic: you have to be

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an insider to have an impact. The voting staff have approved every­ thing, but to stick it out long enough to become voting staff, you have to pretty much agree with what the D a i l y ’ s already doing. The staff are effectively self-selecting, so the system is self-perpetuating. The D a ily isn’t anywhere near as democratic as its editorial board would have you believe.

All that said, McGill needs the D a ily . It’s the only campus publication that can seriously hope to scoop the T rib u n e , and that competition keeps the T rib on its toes. The D a ily has a history of incisive reporting, and it would be

a shame to throw that away because it’s been a rag for a few years. At least the tradition is there, even if the D a ily ’s not liv­ ing up to it; it would be much, much easier to return the D a ily to respectability than to start from scratch.

It’s been argued that inserting an opt-out clause in the DPS con­ tract will only leave it up to stu­ dents to decide whether they, personally, want to support the D a i l y , but th at’s trash. It would set a dangerous precedent of giving SSMU authority over the DPS, and besides, if you opt out of the health plan, you can’t use it — if you opt out of the DPS, there’s nothing to stop you from grabbing a free paper.

The second condition, of recasting the DPS voting proce­ dures, is a false option — it sets quorum for staff meetings at 50 per cent+1 of all voting staff members with a minimum of 11, which is unrealistically high, and for general m eetings at 200.

CKUT is facing a court challenge of all its decisions in the past sev­ eral years, on the grounds that they haven’t been able to get quo­ rum in all that time. The DPS would be crippled if the changes

were implemented, and Kotler and Kramer know it.

If the D a ily is ever going to return to the status it once held as a leader in the McGill communi­ ty, change has to come from with­ in. The D a ily is often so starved for content that it pretty much has to print whatever writers submit — meaning that its editorial con­ tent is essentially determined by writers, rather than editors. A seachange in the way the D a i l y works is what’s called for; Kotler and Kramer have given the D a ily a chance by tabling their motion.

It would take courage, but it wouldn’t be that hard to improve the D a ily. A public announcement of a plan to renew its focus on issues directly related to McGill and to moderate its editorial poli­ cy, without sacrificing its .funda­ mental principles, accompanied by a call for new contributors, would be a good start — the last couple of issues of the D a i l y News suggest that maybe this kind of change is in the offing.

I hope the D a ily staff, editors, and Board of Directors are up to the challenge. If they aren’t, the D a ily won’t last — it will grow increasingly irrelevant, its readership will continue to drop, and it will die with nobody mourning its passing. That would be a shame.

Tales from the bowels of McLennan I’ve begun stealing books from the library.

I urge you to hesitate before condemning me. It was never my intention to sabotage your term paper. This habit started as an innocent mistake.

One afternoon in September, I thoughtlessly walked through the security towers with an unchecked book in my bag. The alarm did nothing to betray my illegal act. In fact, it was only upon returning home that I discovered the booty.

Assuming that the book was not properly magnetised, I tested this hypothesis the next day by attempting to escape with a different undeclared tome. The result? Another free title.

Figuring that my bag had some magical properties that immunised the electronic reaction, I tried smuggling out yet another electronically protected text in my briefcase. Still no reaction from the alarm.

What was the solution to this mystery? Do I have some special demagnetisation aura? Does my penchant for 18th century philoso­ phy make me immune to the alarm system? (I imagine that the library does not bother to encode suffi­ ciently esoteric titles and therefore, none of my choices have regis­ tered.)

It has been only through months of keen observation from my perch by the E-mail terminals on the aloha deck that I have been

able to form a definitive explana­ tion.

None of the books in the library are magnetised. Students filing through the alarm gates are selected at random (about one in every fifty) by a monitor that keeps track of the number of people mov­ ing through the system.

How does this strategy work?

Well, like much of the machina­ tions of the McGill administration, it’s quite convoluted and a bit totalitarian.

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Most library users conform to the honour system anyway, and will be responsible enough to check their books out. The occa­ sional student through the gates who does get stopped suffers suffi­ cient embarrassment to act as a deterrent for potential deviants.

The fact that most of the time they’re innocent actually reinforces the mortification process of ran­ dom social control.

There are other things I’ve discovered during my endless hours of research gathering in the library.

The small rooms at each cor­ ner of the McLennan stacks (the ones from which staff seem to appear out of nowhere) are used to stash the books that MUSE reports

as missing or lost.

Eating and drinking is not per­ mitted in the fourth floor “smoker” because it would wreck the ambi­ ence. After all, who wants some­ body eating while you’re trying to smoke?

Initiation into the culture of library science and archival studies is not for the weak-willed. Hazing rituals involve systematically being ignored by other members, attempting countless futile search­ es on PERUSE, and unreportable acts from ceremonies involv­ ing fiche.

An example of the hardship and discipline?

Some librarians have wait§F ed years for their own per­ sonal collections of trivial memorabilia to be displayed in the corridor outside the copy room, only to have the project nixed at the last minute for actually being timely or interesting.

I’m sure the library is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of social control measures here at McGill, so be sure to always keep your eyes open. As for me, I’ll be in the cafeteria, checking to see what kind new street drugs are making it into the muffins.

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Drinkin’: It’s where it’s at!

After a long day of dealing Take away ten or fifteen because with the chaotic void of your life; of liver damage, I’m still going to after trying to believe her when live a long time. Why not take she says, “It’s not you, it’s me;” advantage early on, and do the after sucking back the indignity of things now that would lose me my a prof telling you to rewrite a job and spouse later on? What do paper because it’s “totally unac­ I have to lose at this point in my ceptable;” after taking shit from life? So I flunk a couple of your dad about not having a classes now; big deal!

Y ou’re saying, future and watching your sister go through a box of ding-dongs dur­ “That’s all well and ing that cultural atrocity The X- good, but what if you Files, you need to take control. get into an accident You need to turn the tables and while drunk and make the lives of others as hell­ you end up para­ lyzed for the rest ishly unpredictable as your own.

You need a stiff drink. And of your life?” another. And another. And you’re Hell, drink at going to tear up the town, burn it home until you’re to the ground, and dump salt in a good enough the earth so that nothing can ever drunk that you grow again. Just like fuckin’ know not to wan­ der into construc­ Carthage, man.

You’re saying, “Problem tion sites when drinker.” You’re saying, “All you’re under the influ­ your problems are attributable to ence. And if you do happen to get drunk and drink.”

I say, “All things in modera­ then get your legs severed by a speeding train, well, it’s your tion, including moderation.”

I’m young. Even if I screw own damn fault, so don’t expect a everything up, I can still expect to second’s sympathy from anyone.

Because th a t’s ju st it: we live fifty or sixty more years.

drunks are fundamentally alone.

Nobody wants to be us, and nobody wants to be around us.

Even together we don’t get along.

Sure, there’s the cliché of “I

luv you, man! Yer my best bud in the world!” but the truth is much more delightfully bleak. The truth is throwing shot glasses into the corner, giving some pretty girl a foot massage, then waking up in your own vomit.

And by gum, why not?!

The world is a vicious combination of the mun­ dane and the bizarre (how else to explain the success of Friends?). Drinking merely removes the mundane and gives the bizarre free reign.

Way back when, my room­ mate and I would hit the bottle in a big way. W e’d wake up with (sur­ prise) hangovers, but that we could handle.

Hey, it was even fun to laze about the house and bellyache.

The true pain began after the hangover. The true pain began with the meta-hangover, that peri­

od of time when our heads and stomachs felt better and we could concentrate on the more readily visible effects of a night of cock­ tails. Sprained wrists, random cuts, bite marks (!), and of course some bruises would appear. Yet the pain from the injuries was never as bad as the intrinsic mys­ tery: what the hell happened?!

Why do we have the SSMU chicken suit and a massive bowl of macaroni salad in our living room? As Kim Deal said, “Where’s the waitress? Where’s my other shoe?”

Yes, there was shame, but the sabbatical from reality was pleas­ antly extended. Not remembering portions of an evening — hell, not remembering a weekend, but liv­ ing to embellish the tale: this is the stuff of which true nostalgia is made.

It ain’t the shining path of righteousness, kids, but it sure as hell is fun.

— David Bushnell

Surviving with the help of fertility drugs and more It’s time I came clean about my tragic past. I have tried to run from my roots; to establish a new and better life away from the hor­ ror of my childhood. I can’t. I must tell the world my story.

The sad truth is my mother was a fertility drug addict.

That’s right, I’m a septuplet. I have hidden my past from even my closest friends, hoping that moving to Montreal might save me from my multiple birth. But watching the news this week, seeing the joy in the McCaughey fam ily’s eyes, has been too much for me. People are calling the birth of three girls and four boys to Bobbi McCaughey a miracle. I call it the work of the devil.

My mother was much like Mrs. McCaughey. She too used fertility drugs. She started at six­ teen when she discovered the Pill

no longer delivered her fix. Mom was drawn to new hormonal phar­ m aceuticals like a raver to Ecstacy. Soon she couldn’t stop, sucking back fertility drugs by the mmm&.

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that feeling — even selling the triplets to the circus to pay for her habit.

I suppose my mother’s habit would have been acceptable had she been a good mother. She wasn’t. Mom was so hopped up on clomiphene to care about us.

We were a joke to her. She named us after the seven dwarfs (my real name is Sleepy) and forced us all to wear pointy hats. My first words were “Heigh-ho.” My sister Happy was killed when she was two. The Postman hit her with his truck but left her to die, thinking she was just a garden gnome. It was no way for a child to growup.

Where was my father? Dead, another victim of my mother’s sick habit. He worked two jobs, barely finding enough money to pay for his wife’s hyper-fertility.

One day he came home, tired and

anxious for hugs from his chil­ dren. We were anxious to, and trying to hug him all at once, we trampled him to death.

Without Dad we entered dark days. My older brothers Tweedledum and Tweedledee tried to be father figures to us, but they couldn’t get work in their matching beanies and carnival barker jackets.

We were dirt poor, and any money we did have went towards mom’s drugs. I’ll never forget the night that we had to eat Dopey.

And now the world rejoices at the birth of the McCaughey septuplets. Bill Clinton called them and the people of Iowa are building them a house. Do they not realize the horrors involved in multiple births? Just wait until it becomes a contest to see how many kids any one woman can have at a time. It will give new

meaning to the phrase “Block Parent” when all the kids on the block have the same parent. Why not have a game show, the Wheel of Fertility?

There are a few nay-sayers out there. A few scientists stating that multiple births are catastro­ phes, not miracles. I hope the pub­ lic listens to these wise people.

These drugs produce children that are premature and physically or mentally challenged; children who only feel safe in a crowded room; children who a receive one-sev­ enth of a tea set for their birthday; children who know the true hor­ rors of fertility drug addiction.

M r. C o w a n h a s taken n e p o ­ tism to a bran d n ew level.

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Canadian investments buy human rights horror in East Timor E n v i r o n m e n t a l a n d c u l t u r a l d e s t r u c t i o n a b y - p r o d u c t o f th e n e e d f o r c r u d e o i l in th e P a c i f i c

cepts. Briere recalls being unable to find a single hotel in East Timor at Violent crimes such as rape the time.

Despite its status as a colony, and murder were virtually unknown in the Portuguese colony East Timor was relatively free from of East Timor before 1975, report­ Portuguese interference. Early in ed Elaine Briere in her film B itter 1975, political turmoil in Portugal led to the East Timorese declara­ P a r a d is e : T he S e ll- o u t o f E a s t tion of independence.

T im o r . All that changed on East Timor’s innocence was December 7, 1975, when Indonesia carried out a brutal air, naval and overshadowed by its large, offshore overland assault on the remote oil reserves. Australia openly island off the north-west coast of favoured Indonesia’s take-over of Australia. Since then, East Timor East Timor in order to facilitate has been plagued by military occu­ exploitation of the crude oil.

Shortly pation, forced ster­ after East Timor ilization and attained its indenumerous human “T h a t w e a r e p a r t i c ­ pendence, rights abuses. i p a t i n g in t h i s a t r o c i t y I ndones i a’s B i t t e r President P a ra d ise : The S ell­ i s s h o c k i n g , a n d i t S u h a r t o o u t o f E a st T im or w o u l d s h o c k declared his was screened at intention to Concordia on C a n a d i a n s i f t h e y annex the island November 14 by w e r e w e l l a w a r e o f with the use of the regional chap­ military force. ter of the East i t . ’’ Ma r i a Timor Alert — N o a m C h o m s k y Solana Soares, Network (ETAN). an East Briere, a Canadian photographer, went to East Timor Timorese refugee in Portugal since in 1974 because she had heard that 1989, spoke after the film. She was it was relatively unaffected by the bom in 1966 in the East Timorese outside world. Many anthropolo­ capital, Dili, and remembers being gists, she claims, went to East awoken at dawn on December 7, Timor to study its cultures, which 1975 by the sound of bombs falling on her city. were considered to be intact.

“My father warned us about “It was full of delightful little villages, surrounded by gardens what was going on. We were not and jungle. It was idyllic, and the allowed to go out, because the mili­ people showed a great respect for tary was everywhere. To protect the natural environment. They were ourselves from gunfire, we were gracious and dignified, kind and ordered to hide under the table...There was nowhere else to hospitable to strangers.”

Indeed, pre-invasion footage hide.”

Immediately following the included in Briere’s fdm displays a radiant, self-sufficient people. The attack, the United Nations held an society included small agrarian emergency vote to condemn the communities of 20 to 25 families invasion — a vote from which linked by a market. Families lived Canada abstained. Nonetheless, the simply in elevated straw huts. UN has never recognized Tourism, industrial development Indonesia’s claim to East Timor.

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“Like many Canadians, I wasn’t aware of the close connec­ tions between the Suharto regime and Canada.”

Suharto came to Canada six months before the invasion of East Timor to hold meetings with Pierre Trudeau. “They [the federal gov­ ernment] knew what was going to happen, and they did nothing. They sold out the principles that Canada holds as an international peacemak­ er,” Briere commented.

Noam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at MIT and a political activist is interviewed in the film.

He states that oil was the issue that grow food has been severely under­ mined, resulting in the gradual sparked the invasion.

The film also features disturb­ death of their culture. In addition, ing scenes in which federal govern­ the Suharto regime attempts to ment ministers, including former keep East Timor completely cut off Prime Minister Joe Clark, side-step from the outside world.

But the Timorese are persis­ the issue of the continued occupa­ tion of East Timor in favour of pro­ tent, and have refused to give in to moting greater Canadian invest­ Indonesian rule. In Dili, peaceful demonstrations are staged when ment in Indonesia.

Chomsky affirms that “the foreign journalists are present, but they are almost idea that we are always met by participating in this T o t a l C a n a d i a n gunfire. Earlier atrocity is shock­ this year, ing, and it would i n v e s t m e n t i n E a s t shock Canadians if T i m o r i s e s t i m a t e d t o P r e s i d e n t Suharto told the they were well b e $ 3 b illio n UN’s special aware of it.” envoy Jamsheed When asked why Canadians are not informed Marker that “East Timor’s status as about East Timor’s predicament, he Indonesia’s 27th province is nonadded, “The press is not in the negotiable.”

Briere questions the motives business of letting people know how power works, and it would be of Canadian businesses operating utterly crazy to expect them to. in Indonesia while East Timor’s They’re part of our [corporate] sys­ misery remains unaddressed.

Spokesmen from most companies tem.”

Meanwhile, reports of interviewed, however, generally Timorese rape, torture, and murder knew little about East Timor. One flow in regularly from human representative admitted that there rights watchdogs. President are a complex array of Canadian Suharto’s agenda in East Timor has government services available for also included the sterilization of corporations wanting to invest or indigenous Timorese and the mass sell their products in Indonesia, but emigration of native Indonesians to no information on the situation in East Timor.

Timor.

Total Canadian investment in “Women were sexually abused, burnt with cigarettes, and Indonesia is estimated at $3 billion. given electric shocks,” said Soares. Canada’s most prominent represen­ “Some of them had been forced to tation in East Timor comes from INCO Ltd. of Toronto, which has have Indonesian soldiers’ babies.”

Soares added that “before the developed a large mining and invasion, we were several hundred smelting complex in Sulawesi. thousand people [as a] population. Another Toronto-based company, Now there are only 40,000 Bata Shoes, has opened a retail store in Dili. Just what the Timorese.”

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Kaplan and Princeton Review preparation services, the two com­ panies most widely-advertised on the McGill campus, offer extensive training for the MCAT, the LSAT, the GRE, and the GMAT. Their popular test prep services cost between $800 and $1,000 per course. Representatives of both companies insist that their courses

are well worth the money, empha­ sizing the wealth of resources at their disposal and the sophistication of their tools.

Steve Lorber, director of Kaplan in Montreal, praised the benefits of his course. “The course is distinguished both by a well-qual­ ified, rigorously-trained teaching staff and by its elaborate teaching materials, including training facili­ ties with thousands of preparatory questions and the highest-quality computer technology for preparato­ ry tests. Kaplan invests millions of dollars a year in research and devel­ opment to allow students to maxi­ mize their scores.”

In addition to similar com­ ments about personnel and volume of teaching matter, Ted Wallace, Montreal director of Princeton Review, highlighted some of the subtler advantages afforded by his course.

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The number of ethnic minori­ ties applying to medical school has fallen by 17 per cent in several states in the wake of their recent repeal of affirmative action. The statistic seems to indicate that affirmative action serves not only to to help minorities get in to the schools of their choice, but also as the very incentive for some of them to apply.

Affirmative action is practiced widely across the U.S. by both medical and law schools.

Subscription to the policy means that schools are allowed to consid­ er gender and ethnicity as factors in a student’s application.

Canadian universities do not have these types of regulations. The mandate across the U.S. up until now has been to make any and all efforts to achieve cultural diversity in professional schools. This ideal­ ism was overturned last year, how­ ever, when four states opted out of affirmative action.

In the case of Hopwood vs.

University of Texas Law School, a group of white students sued the school on the grounds that they were victims of reverse discrimina­ tion, as they were denied admis­ sion in favour of minority students.

Their claim was that the standards for admitting minority students were lower than those which applied to non-minority applicants.

Hopwood won the case and the federal ju d g e’s decision to override the affirm ative action policies was followed by similiar actions in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. California also held a popular referendum on whether issues such as ethnicity, socio-eco­ nomic background and gender should be taken into account in admissions and hiring processes.

The majority voted against consid­ eration of these factors, which

the benefits offered by their courses, criteria in the evaluation of lawboth spokespeople cited studies con­ school candidates, Geller said, ducted by such major firms as Price- “there are people who are sceptical Waterhouse, Roper-Starch, and about the value of these courses; I Deloitte-Touche pointing to “sub­ have heard mixed reviews among stantial” improvements in their stu­ the students.”

For Marnie Sugarman, a dents’ scores.

In spite of these apparent bene­ fourth-year undergraduate student in fits, the restrictive costs of the large- North American Studies currently company courses have led many preparing for her GRE, the Kaplan students to seek other alternatives course fell short of expectations.

“We were given a new, and which will either offer better value or which will satisfy their needs at a vastly inferior, instructor halfway through the course, and I lost quite a slightly lower price.

Sharon Johnston, a Cambridge bit of self-confidence with the law graduate who for the past year change,” Sugarman explained. “I been instructing an LSAT prepara­ took it for granted that the course tory course through the Students’ would be good for me, and thought Society of McGill University, says it would motivate me to do better.”

By contrast, Angie Dalfen, a that her course, which costs approx­ imately $50, was enrolled to capaci­ McGill philosophy graduate who took a Kaplan course for her ty last year.

Johnston, who herself managed upcoming LSAT, felt that the course a 95th-percentile score on her LSAT was a worthwhile investment over­ without having done a large-compa­ all.

“If you’re the sort of person ny course, believes that for many students the Kaplan and Princeton .who lacks self-discipline, it gives Review courses are not prerequisites you a structured study plan and an environment conducive to study,” for success.

“Not everybody can afford a Dalfen said. “If I were just to take $1000 class,” she said. “These ser­ out a host of materials in the library, vices might offer more extensive I would probably have been unable materials, but most people with to focus.” decent work habits can get by with just a little guidance, and with somepreparation of a more general nature,” she added.

Wallace, of the Princeton Review, conceded that the $1000 investment may not be necessary for c h o l a s t ic everyone. “Whether a student should take the course is dependent r im e r both upon how much they need to improve and for this each person must do research into the scores W ith th e w h o le Y e a r 2 0 0 0 th in g c o m in g u p , they need and examine their study skills. For some, these courses y o u 'd th in k th a t jo b s w o u ld b e e a s y to g e t. might not be necessary.”

S o m e o n e h a s to p u t up th e p o s te r s a n d d e c o r a ­ Lorber, however, ever ready to tio n s a n d f e s to o n y w h a tn o t, a n d th e m s o m e o n e push his $1000 course, suggested that a strong work ethic alone might e ls e h a s to ta k e th e m d o w n a g a in . B u t w h e re a re not suffice the prospective testth e s e j o b s ? T h e y a re n o t a d v e r tis e d in a n y p a p e r. writer, and that the Kaplan course would still be worthwhile for a selfI t's a ll a b o u t c o n n e c tio n s . T h e o ld s a y in g , " It's sufficient and motivated student. n o t w h a t y o u k n o w , it's w h o y o u k n o w ," s till m a y Highlighting the importance of preparation materials in his course, h o ld tru e . S o w h a t d o e s th e y o u n g g r a d u a te o f Lorber commented, “Discipline is to d a y 's u n iv e r s ity h a v e to lo o k f o r w a r d to ? not necessarily a key issue. There is T w o w o rd s : G r a d s c h o o l. a limit to what one can do on his T w o m o re : G o o d lu c k . own.”

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applicants to med school e action cuts resulted in California passing Proposition 209 — legislation that prevents schools and employers from considering ethnicity and gender because they are discrimi­ natory.

Many people are have expressed concerned over the 17 per cent decline in minority med­ ical school applicants. “This data suggests that in states with affir­ mative action rollbacks, minority pre-med students are abandoning their medical school aspirations.

“It shows how critical it is for us to provide tools that enable them to meet admissions stan­ dards, and educate them about out-of-state med school options,” said Rochelle Rothstein, MD, vice president of health sciences for Kaplan Educational Centers.

Rothstein feels that minority stu­ dents may not be as well equipped if they have not had access to ade­ quate educational resources.

“Kaplan has developed com­ munity outreach programs for stu­ dents who can not afford test prep courses,” explained Trent Anderson, national director of law school programmes. They have established the Legal Scholars Program in both California and Texas in order to help level the playing field for financially disad­ vantaged students who have shown academic promise.

In Canada, the University of Saskatchewan has developed a similar program for aboriginals interested in law. These prospec­ tive applicants can attend sessions which will help supply them with the tools to succeed and facilitate the development of their skills.

M cGill law school engages in a holistic admis­ sions process whereby the committee takes into consid­ eration a wide range of fac­ tors. Robin Geller, Assistant Dean of Admissions Placem ent and Alumni Relations said, “We encour­ age applicants to include in their personal statements experiences pertaining to social disadvantages, dis­ crimination, illness or hard­ ship which have impacted them or had direct influ­ ences on their academic career.”

Although the admis­ sions comm ittee aims to assemble a diverse group of incoming students, there are no regulations that differen­ tiate between minority and non-minority applicants.

“Over the past six years, the ratio of men to women has hovered around 48 to 52, with the number of women frequently outnumbering the number of m en,” Geller explained. “This even split is the natural result of hav­

ing a diversified pool of appli­ cants to choose from.”

The closest thing that McGill has to affirmative action is the quota system, which plays a sig­ nificant role in McGill’s medical school admissions process. The school must abide by the quotas stipulated by the government.

They have a certain number of openings for Quebec residents, out-of-province residents, American applicants and interna­ tional students. Once the appli­ cants are all slotted into one of these sections, the criteria upon which they base their selections is consistent throughout the cate­ gories.

As for the autobiographical statement, McGill asks students to write about themselves and their experiences in relation to the medical field. It is only after the students of the new class have matriculated that statistics are compiled with respect to gender and ethnicity.

Rothstein and Anderson both maintain that it is still too early to speculate about the impact that affirmative action rollbacks will have on the rest of the U.S. “Many states are debating the issue right now, but it is too soon to prognosticate,” Rothstein stat­ ed.

One student filed a law suit against University of Michigan based on the same grounds as Hopwood, however no other states have taken action to change their policies as of yet.

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The decision to apply to gradu­ ate or professional school is often filled with anxieties. David Mumby wants to help alleviate unnecessary stress by attacking the myths sur­ rounding the entire application process, from choosing the right professors for recommendations to selecting the right faculty supervisor for your graduate studies.

Mumby, a professor of psy­ chology at Concordia, has recently penned a book with a winning title: G r a d u a te S c h o o l — W in n in g S tra teg ies F o r G ettin g In With o r Without Excellent Grades. Mumby

sets out to answer prospective appli­ cants’ questions about graduate school, and offers an array of simple suggestions on how they can make their applications stand out.

“I want stu­ dents to see their applications through the eyes of the selection committee,” he explained, out­ lining his incen­ tive for writing the book. “I saw a lack of understanding on how stu­ dents are selected and how under­ graduates should apply for gr aduat e study.” In addition to having to repeatedly answer the same ques­ tions and address the same miscon­ ceptions about the application process, he had his own questions about getting into grad school.

The largest misconception that Mumby sees in students’ anxieties over applying to grad school is an overemphasis on marks and stan­ dardized test scores.

“Most graduate schools are looking for balanced students who can think flexibly and generate new ideas. If they can demonstrate this to the selection committee, then they can offset a less-than-stellar GPA or standardised test score,” Mumby explained.

The committee, according to Mumby, “wants to see applications that indicate that the student is going beyond the minimum require­ ments of the application. A failure to do this is what kills most applica­ tions.”

Yet another of the most over­ looked parts of the application process is the role of the professor who would be the supervisor of the prospective applicant’s research. In the first place, a student can only be admitted to a school if there is a fac­ ulty member who will oversee and direct the student’s work. Mumby stresses the need to find a supervisor who not only has the expertise and prestige in his or her respective field, but also is well-matched to the student’s personality and abilities.

The supervisor is the person on whom an applicant needs to make the strongest impression, for it is

often his or her approval that will determine if a student is selected.

“I would never select a student who did not try to contact me before applying to study,” explained “I w a n t stu d e n ts to see th e ir a p p lica tio n s through the e yes o f the se le ctio n com m ittee. ” Mumby.

There are two other important ways that a prospective applicant can make himself or herself shine — in the letters of reference and the personal statement that most schools ask for.

“The applicant should look at an application like you are applying for a job. The applicant should bring attention to any involvement in cam­ pus activities or vol­ unteer organi­ sations in the letter of intent, “ said Mumby.

“The selection committee is gen­ erally looking for experience as a whole — not just work experience — but someone who has gone out and fetched opportunities.

This demonstrates initiative and good judgement that will come across as a suc­ cess in any graduate environment.”

According to the book, this is the only part of the application in which students have the opportunity to reveal such quali­ ties to the committee.

The role of undergraduate pro­ fessors is also important. “Many stu­ dents just pick two or three profes­ sors at random for letters of refer-

ence, without fully considering how these professors see them, and thus what they will write about in those letters.”

Mumby explained that students should choose professors who know them and their qualities the best.

Mumby also emphasised “the role of the professor as a source of infor­ mation” — in other words, these professors have been through the process, and often know exactly what graduate schools are looking for.

“I want students to overcome the information gap that permeates the whole process of applying for graduate school,” the author offered “A w e ak GPA can be o ff­ s e t b y a b a la n c e d p e r­ s o n a l s ta te m e n t th a t e xp re sse s fle x ib ly a n d the a b ility to g e n e ra te n e w ideas. ” as another reason for his writing the book. While stressing the impor­ tance of a healthy GPA and stan­ dardised test scores, Mumby wants students to know that even if they are not earning straight As, they can overcome this in other areas.

“Students should understand the application process — for it is that knowledge that gives you the power to plan for the other criteria.

If a student plans ahead for each and every step of the application process, then he or she is better pre­ pared than many other applicants who may have much higher marks.”

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Ethical considerations and science inpluralistic society Dr. M argaret Somerville is the F ou nding D ir e c to r o f the M c G ill C e n tre f o r M e d icin e , E th ic s a n d Law. She is a professor in both the L aw and M edicine fa c u ltie s an d a G ale P rofessor o f Law (as such, she is the first woman in Canada to hold a nam ed Chair in Law).

What sparked my ini­ tial interest in the work of Dr. Somerville was her defence of fetal rights in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that involved a pregnant, glue­ sniffing woman who appealed a lower court ruling that placed her in a drug rehabilitation centre against her wishes.

A warm, fashion-conscious and eloquent woman, Dr. Somerville set the informal tone of our interview by telling me about her beloved cats and how she used to bring one of them, Melbourne, with her into the office and let him sleep in her bot­ tom desk drawer. The cat’s name betrays Dr. Somerville’s sentiment towards her native Australia. She came to Canada twenty-three years ago and, with degrees in Pharmacy

and in Law from an Australian insti­ tution, she enrolled in a Ph.D. pro­ gram in Civil Law at McGill as a Commonwealth Scholar. After earn­ ing her doctorate in 1978, she was offered and accepted a job at the university.

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for Medicine, Ethics and Law and was the director until 1996. She’s quick to point out that the centre is not and was never meant to be a body of unanimous opinion or even the voice of consensus. Indeed, the centre’s members, whose numbers have been as high as 25 in past years and currently stand at about 5, open­ ly disagree with one another. But it is kind of the whole point since the centre recognizes that ethical prob­ lems, now and in the future, are not packaged into neat, little disciplines.

While she thinks it’s crucial to discipline one’s mind in a specific

field, Dr. Somerville emphasizes that today’s world — particularly because of technological develop­ ments — demand that we cross over into other domains and combine our knowledge in a quest to find solu­ tions to problems that transcend dis­ ciplinary boundaries.

One recent issue that has attracted a lot of attention has been the fetal rights case. Dr. Somerville makes clear her personal belief that human life is a continuum that begins at conception and ends with death. She calls the fetus a “human entity” and while she does not con­ demn early abortion, which she con­ siders a moral decision that should be made by individual women, she does question the ethics of aborting viable fetuses. In the case of fetuses that are intended to be carried to term by their mothers, Dr. Somerville feels it is unethical for women not to provide the best pos­ sible environment for the develop­ ing “human entities.” This includes taking all kinds of drugs. While emphasizing the importance of upholding the rights women have

gained in the last century, Dr. Somerville believes that societal intervention in certain cases of sub­ stance abuse by pregnant women may be justified. Such intervention includes mandatory drug withdrawal treatment in the interest of the fetus.

The issue, of course, is an extremely difficult one and Dr. Somerville’s position has encoun­ tered vigorous opposition from vari­ ous women’s groups. Who would decide what constitutes drug abuse?

Could a pregnant woman who has an occasional glass of wine be charged with poisoning her fetus?

Could abortion be made illegal if fetal protection came into effect?

Whose rights, the woman’s or the fetus’, should prevail?

Today’s pluralistic, secular society has no consensus on values and this has given rise to a number of ethical dilemmas — Dr. Somerville certainly has no shortage of work. But advances made through science don’t always help in solving ethical considerations. As an example, Dr. Somerville cites the debate surrounding xeno transplan­ tation in which human genes are inserted into animals; organs grown

by these animals are eventually transplanted back into humans. The ethics of this practice are put into question when one considers the unknown implications involved in crossing physiological and immuno­ logical barriers between species.

The recent panic caused by mad cow disease only shows how little we know about such barriers and about what happens when they’re crossed.

In the meantime, the ever ener­ getic Dr. Somerville, clearly very much in love with her work, contin­ ues criss-crossing the globe. Her work has taken her back to Australia four times in the first six months of the year and she is organizing a con­ ference to be held in Paris next May on “The University of the Future: Integrating Methodologies for Integrative Knowledge.”

Backed with funding from UNESCO, Dr. Somerville continues to promote her core philosophy by emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary approaches as a way to solve today’s ethical prob­ lems.

Small-town Ontarians discuss their future at donut summit Good things are happening in Take, for example, a couple of my hometown. friends from high school. Maureen A low-profile Ontario cornmu- Lilley, who once was the expert on nity located in the heart of the my family’s cats, is studying to Niagara fruitbelt, Grimsby is forever prospering. I sometimes fear life in . ■ . •« ■ Grimsby is getting too I I13VG flO 11*11)111131 ‘big’ for its own good.

But for now, I can only M a rc C illia m stand back with great pride at the leaps and bounds become a veterinarian. I’m sure Grimsby and its people are taking.

Since my departure in 1994, the she’ll have every success in her number of stoplights has doubled. A field, but the truth of the matter is laughable statistic perhaps, but I like she’s already hit the big time.

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a young Richmond Hill woman not only rich but, thanks to the overzealous Toronto media, quite famous too. This is also why you have never heard of the Lilleys. With the press going ga-ga over little miss megacity’s $22 mil­ lion windfall, Maureen and her parents were blessed with little to no coverage for their secondplace scoop, a sum bigger than most prizes in Canadian lotto.

In that sense, Grimsby can take comfort. It’s in the cards that the town will always maintain a low profile, no matter how big things get.

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As part of her co-op program in hotel and restaurant management, Sarah has been travelling to the United States to set up and launch new shops in places like Westerville and Grove City, Ohio; Northville and Imlay City, Michigan. Just returning from her successful open­ ing in St. Albans, West Virginia, Ms. King had more than a few sto­ ries to tell me.

Her stay in Circleville, Ohio seemed to be the most memorable.

There, the townspeople named her the King of Koffee. But what really struck her about the town was how different it was from Grimsby.

Marketing in that area was geared to lunches rather than break­ fast and take-out (she assures me that she saw no less than 30 kinds of soup). But that was just the tip of the iceberg separating our cultures.

Muffins simply don’t sell well in Ohio. Sarah speculates that they may be too healthy for the general population.

“They’re not repulsed at the idea of a donut for breakfast... No, not at all: they eat donuts any time of day,” she elaborated.

Finally, Sarah offered insight into the distinctly Canadian phe­ nomenon that is Tim Hortons.

Because it’s essentially a breakfast eatery, customers create a more per­ sonal and intimate bond with the establishment which they carry with them wherever they go.

“At Tim Hortons, Canadians feel they’re at home even when they’re not — there’s a sense of familiarity. In fact, a lot of Canadians went through Imlay and were ecstatic there was a Tim Hortons because they couldn’t get good coffee anywhere.”

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(only) characters. Though both are dealing with loneliness and unhap­ piness, the manner in which they tell their stories are completely dif­ ferent and compliment each other

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If the thought of listening to a guy talk about himself for over an hour sounds dreary, then listening to two should be twice as painful. In the case of T r a f f ic and H o u s e , this assumption is denied.

Most go to see plays in order to escape from the mundane drone of everyday life and experience the excitement of a vicarious investigation into a stranger’s life. One person on a stage with no back­ drop, no other characters physically manifested (think “M aris” from Frasier) and no flashy light show is enough to make you run for the nearest U2 extravaganza.

However, entertain­ ment doesn’t always have to be about exploding metro cars and giant plastic dinosaurs (or whales, for that matter); there are still some people left in the world with something intel­ The visa g e o f a tro u b le d m a n : ligent and interesting to say. J a m e s M c G o w a n in Traffic The compelling scripts of T r a f f ic and H o u s e , written skilfully on the double bill present­ respectively by Manchester native ly running at Players’ Theatre.

Richard Hope and Cape Breton Traffic is the bleak story of an playwright Daniel Maclvor, quick­ angry man desperately attempting ly draw the audience members into to disconnect himself from the the individual worlds of the central society he despises. Obsessed with

pornography and prostitutes, he Julius Chappie is riveting as drags himself into a depressing and the amusing and engagingly isolated existence until he meets a screwed-up character, Victor. He prostitute with whom he feels an depicts a crazed life where his unwitting connection. He compos­ father is a circus freak, his wife a es an unfounded charac­ professional dominatrix (not that ter of angelic salvation there’s anything wrong with that and doggedly searches — he just never noticed) and for her in order to recre­ instead of pulling guilt trips, his ate the only emotional mother simply invokes the devil. contact he has ever Brilliantly written and performed, experienced.

H o u se describes the isolation of James McGowan life, while appre­ portrays his bitter char­ ciating its bizarre acter well, but his true substance. strength lies in the abili­ Players’ ty to vary the telling of Theatre is an ideal his story. The script is venue for the pro­ peppered with his remi- duction of these niscenses of various two one-man scraps of conversation shows. The inti­ and he manages not only macy in the close to evoke the impression proximity of the of different characters, stage detracts but also to simultaneous­ from the lack of ly display his contempt scenery and action for them. in order to give H ou se is also about the audience a lonely man, but the something even story unfolds in a com­ more tangible to pletely unique manner. look at — the press Photo Instead of an autobio­ actors’ faces. graphical narrative, a H ou se and man reads to us from a T r a f f ic move play he has written, occasionally quickly and in an breaking off to rant about various intelligent man­ characters in his life. Closely ner, permitting no resembling a stand-up comedy rou­ time at all to miss tine, the story manages to progress all the pyrotech­ beautifully. nics and dance

numbers that litter our usual enter­ tainment.

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70 minutes of narcotic bliss, administered aurally.

After the demise of U.K. drone specialists Spaceman 3 at the turn of the decade, co-writers Sonic Boom and Jason Spaceman parted ways to pursue their respective musical callings. Spaceman 3 alumnus Sonic Boom has gone forth to form the band Electronic Audio Research with My Bloody Valentine mastermind Kevin Shields and has taken his work into the unknown of electronic experi­ mentation.

Meanwhile, S p a cem a n 3 co­ writer Jason Pierce (a.k.a. Jason Spaceman) has gone on to brave the realm of pop music by assem­ bling Spiritualized. His ties to the drug induced, and inspired, influ­ ence of Spaceman 3 are obvious in

Spiritualized. The drone is still an integral component of Spiritualized music, as are the allusions to drugs (“Medication”), but gone are the marathon tracks typical of Spacem an 3. Their first two releas­ es, L a z e r G u id e d M e lo d ie s and Pure P hase are laced with acoustic mind-altering techniques. Their lat­ est release has far more pop appeal.

Flanked by Kate Radley (key­ boards), Sean Cook (bass) and Damon Reece (percussion), Pierce (guitar and vocals) composes his brand of space rock, which rides heavily on feedback manipulation and repetition.

An instant hit in the U.K., Spiritualized’s success in North America has been growing gradual­ ly with the release of each new album. Their latest release, L adies a n d G e n tle m e n , was hearalded from sea to sea when it hit the stands in July. With the success of “Electricity” and “I Think I’m in Love,” Spiritualized is poised to hit Montreal with a somatic experi­ ence. Spiritualized’s return to Montreal is part of their second North American tour. Montreal fans first witnessed their spectacle at Café Campus two years ago.

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marketed as a prescription drug and, through the liner notes, users are warned about the possible, and at times persistent side-effects. Due to the sedative nature of the drug, users are warned not to operate heavy machinery while under the influence.

At times, their obsession with the euphoric seems overdone, but there seem to be no signs of letting up. In the U.K., a special limited edition of L a d ie s a n d G en tlem en was sold in pharmaceutical pack­ aging. Each of the twelve tracks was presented on an individual disc, all conveniently encapuslated in a pop-out pill form. Included in their press package is a pill bottle of Spiritualized, with a warning that it may cause nervousness, ver­ tigo, impared concentration and loss of memory. Spiritualized junkies.

Get your Spiritualized fix this Saturday at Foufounes Electriques (with openning band Acetone). The contra-indications warn that the effects of Spiritualized are likely to be intensified with the use of alco­ hol or recreational drugs.

Spiritualized is not recommended for the elderly.

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A n A coustic Sin Erase the Sky

(Independent)

An Acoustic Sin’s first release is a fairly straightforward collection of songs. There are some original sequences with strong Eastern influ­ ences, but most of the album is unre­ markable. It sounds like a cross of Guns ‘n’ Roses, The Hip and Pearl Jam all at once. The lyrics are strong but most of the music is overly sim­ ple. Nothing screams for attention on this album — it just drifts along until listening to it slips into tire­ some endurance.

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bass. The raw lead vocals of Stephens and the pepped-up, splashcymbal-happy rhythms of Agetees remind us of the unpolished garageday sound of the Lemonheads. This noise is made by only two guys and four tracks of layered guitar, drums and other random noises. An ambi­ tious 18 tracks make up their first disc — a lot for any album, let alone a debut. Quantity and content being two different things, N o le s s S o r d id ’s less than 50 minutes of music begin to wane after the 12th track. In the end, despite the filler, stunners like “These Last 15 Days” and the instrumental finish “Rideout” assure Montreal’s Fearless Freep of listeners.

— Bradley Thompson M ouse O n M ars Audiotracker L aika Sound o f the Satellites

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Fearless Freep No Less Sordid

(Mag wheel records) ' With only a guitar, some drums and unidentifiable noises, Montrealers Rob Stephens and George Agetees muster the sound of a four-piece band on their debut album. Though you would never notice, the liner notes proudly point out that this sound is created without

Mouse On Mars’ Audiotracker is a world filled with a multitude of tiny electronic noises. The result is

something cute, quirky and slightly melodic. Although the album makes for an enjoyable listen, there’s some­ thing missing. It’s as if the group decided to limit itself to being unas­ suming, resisting “big sound” at any cost. The problem with such a for­ mula is that the resulting music will always find itself relegated to the background.

Which in itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We all know “studying music” and Mouse On Mars fits that description. There’s nothing on Audioditacker that will distract your mind from what you are doing if you keep the volume low. Turn it up too loud, though, and you’ll notice a glaring lack of colour.

Along with an “animal in space” band name, Laika shares a kind of saturated minimalism with Mouse On Mars. Although they both use simple and soft noises, the bands fill their soundscapes with as many of them as possible. Where Mouse On Mars use electronic blips, Laika fill the air with strange new-age key­ boards, organic, tribal percussion, hushed female vocals and a variety of other instruments. And where Mouse On Mars is tiny, Laika is huge, begging to be turned up as loud as you can bear it. Sound o f the Satellites is anything but colourless.

In this post-Oasis, cool-to-sellout world, it’s refreshing to hear a band actually trying to push the bar­ riers of sound. Even more unique, Laika’s experimentation isn’t direct­ ed at the mind, but at the soul. Those eerie keyboards are meant to haunt you. That mysterious sound will take you away to the outer space within.

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Nothing sums up late twen­ tieth century alienation better than the indie rock 45. Each disc is a leap of faith — a humble, self-contained attempt at com­ munication with a world outside the studio or the bedroom; a world that may or may not exist.

Halifax duo the Inbreds (actually a vehicle for singer/songwriter/ m ulti-instrum entalist Mike

O’Neill) have made two such leaps this month and both discs offer respectable pop tunes.

“Moustache” features doubletracked self-harmony as a supreme gesture (conscious or otherwise) of loneliness, while “Yverton Hill” is anchored by faux-funky fuzz bass that would surely be a rousing crowd-pleaser for an imagined arena full of teenage fans, but assumes, on the lowly 45, a certain lo-fi melan­ choly.

In the “golden age” of pop music, O’Neill would have, no doubt, been employed as one of countless songwriters in the Brill Building, churning out hit after hit for assorted teen idols to deliver to the masses. Today’s musical environment allows folks like O'Neill the freedom to record their own pieces at home on the four track, resulting in poignant B-sides like the acoustic do-wop standard “Cathy’s Clown.” The imperfec­ tion of O'Neill’s voice assumes a certain beauty as he repeatedly pushes it, frustrated, beyond its upper register. “Reason” con­ tains a touching moment in which O’Neill attempts a hesi­ tant falsetto before thinking bet­ ter of it. Yesterday's music industry wouldn’t have allowed him the luxury and that’s why indie rock is still important.

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We’ve all seen the advertise­ ments and heard the mixed reviews from friends, but, as always, the Trib is here to set the record straight. Starsh ip T roopers is a neither a good fdm nor a bad film; rather, it’s the type of cine­ matic experience for which the word “sketchy” was created.

For the sake of those who have yet to see this new mega­ budget sci-fi flick, we won’t divulge any meaningful plot ele­ ments. Not that it would matter.

From the first scene to the last, the

very closely.

The screenwriters were obvi­ ously not true fans of the genre, having failed to incorporate even a few of the ideas and concepts that make for a decent sci-fi flick.

The plot failed to delve into any detail concerning how the human race got to where it was, the soci­ ological changes that had occurred, or, most importantly, advances in science and technolo­ gy. We weren’t even told how far in the future the story was set.

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Colores Peregrinos (Vagabond Colours) is a mixed-media exhibit of works celebrating a co-operative enterprise and a shared spirit.

The exhibit, at the Bibliothèque Mile-End, is orga­ nized by El Jacal, a Montreal-based collective of individual artists. On view are forty works by artists from Quebec, Chicago, Nicaragua and Mexico. These artists belong to art collectives in their home coun­ tries and all, except the Québécois group, are composed solely of Latin Americans.

The idea that Québécois artists should find kindred spirits among their Latin American counterparts is not surprising. The experience of both groups is marked by a certain métissage as American influences permeate each of their cultures.

What these artists share most of all is a rejection of the conception of the artist qua lone hero. Thus, in contrast to the individualistic framework operative in the States, these collectives have joined forces to exchange ideas and collaborate on works.

A previous joint project, A las d e P a p e l (Wings of Paper)

involved works by the Québécois, Chicago and Mexican artists which were disassembled in order to be transported to their Nicaraguan exhibition site and then reassem­ bled by the artists there. A future project involves collaborative drawings begun by one member of the collective and then passed along and continued by the others.

In this way, it is not only the expe­ riences of the artists that are shared. The work itself belongs equally to all.

Despite the collaborative spirit underlying this exhibit, the works displayed vary tremendously with respect to their media and colours.

Claude Villeneuve, a member of El Jacal, speculates that it is this diversity that lends charm to the exhibit. There is no one style, aes­ thetic stream or ideology that uni­ fies all of the works exhibited.

Nonetheless, this diversity does not give rise to a chaotic ensemble. The art is thoughtfully displayed as works with likecolours are placed near one another to avoid a violent assault on the eyes. The Bibliothèque, a convert­ ed Protestant church with its pews and rose windows still intact, is especially well-suited to displaying

art. Like the M aisons de la Culture (affiliated exhibition houses), it attracts a widespread audience because of its unpretentious atmos­ phere. As Ms. Villeneuve states, a popular venue ensures that others, aside from the gallery-hopping “culture vultures,” see the art.

The Bibliothèque presents an added advantage because it allows artists almost immediate exposure.

Artists who apply to have their works exhibited at a Maison de la Culture, on the other hand, must sometimes wait two years or more before the exhibition space becomes available to them.

It is rare that a venue success­ fully harmonizes with the concepts of the art that it houses. In this case, however, the collaborative spirit to which the works owe their production is extended to the com­ munity at large.

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audience is bombarded with little else besides a string of 1940’sstyle propaganda shorts.

Although the film’s plot may be predictable, the retro-futurist propaganda style does, at the very least, allow for an interesting interpretation of the script.

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Book W hy I H ate C anadians Will Ferguson

Why I H ate C an adian s is a refreshing examination of our nation in its 130th year. Will Ferguson was a participant in three Canadian youth projects of the early 80’s. The accompanying disappointment with these endeavours pushed him to travel abroad and this book is written in the context of him returning from a five year stay in Japan. The title is misleading, at best. This is real­ ly a book about how and why Canada and its people are remarkable. Over the course of this work, Ferguson examines the major themes and powers that sculpt Canadian life.

The brief historical sketch of our land offers the reader a start­ ing point for Ferguson’s careful analysis of Canada today. What makes this book so fresh, though, is its willingness to kick over the sacred cows that are milked by so many other contemporary Canadian writers. He attacks the well intentioned, but poor deliv­ ery of the youth programs. He describes our southern neighbour as a “clumsy young man knock­ ing over furniture and hurting people and then awkwardly apol­ ogising.” Ferguson is not afraid ssTtr While so many other writers opt for the Canadian approach of “niceness”(also attacked vociferously), Ferguson examines the heart of Canada and is not afraid of picking out the cancer for the sake of saving the whole. This is not an attack on Canadians, but rather a clear and concise look at what works in this nation and why it will continue to work as . long as we recognise the good and bad for what they are.

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They even added a few gratuitous nudity scenes to please the male members of the audience. To all the aspiring Hollywood directors, producers and writers out there; please give your audience some credit.

If, after all this, you still have a burning desire to see S ta rsh ip T roopers, the Trib offers one final warning: beware of extreme vio­ lence! (This reporter has never been so disgusted and freaked out in his entire life.) The action sequences are riddled with dis­ memberment and decapitation.

Totally unprepared for the amount of carnage on screen, I was forced to suffer the consequences — a sore leg from pinching it for two hours straight.

S ta r s h ip T r o o p e r s is not a date movie, nor is it a family movie. The latest piece of Hollywood celluloid is only worth the cheaper matinée price and this is assuming that you’ve arrived at the theatre properly prepared (read: stoned). So get a group of friends together, twist up a fatty and go see Starship Troopers — it’s like M ystery Scien ce T heatre 3 0 0 0 was never cancelled.

Also associated with the festi­ val was a very impressive art exhibit entitled Montréart. For all the readings, plays and panel dis­ cussions, any attempt at a true “culture of human rights” must surely meddle in the subconscious of the audience. The works pre­ sented accomplished this to perfec­ tion. Standouts included Glenna Matoush’s “Chief Yellowhead: My Great-Grandfather who is Buried Under McDonald’s on Yonge St. in Toronto,” in which depictions of man and bird are awash in ominous strips of multicoloured plastic bags, furious slashes of paint, newsprint and cipher. Themes of cultural appropriation and corrup­ tion are echoed in Star Horn’s “ untitled (man in hat),” in which an Indian in full head-dress gradually morphs into a relatively nonde­

script man in a suit, tie and hat.

The most trenchant insight of the night, however, came from Glen Hilke, who runs a program called Open City, in which artists are placed within marginalized communities such as those of HIV victims or battered women. He noted that Article 27 of the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights guarantees the right to “consume art”, yet his program has been denied federal funding because “art is not an essential ser­ vice for'the poor.”

Fundamentally, art is a vital component of culture, but today culture itself is viewed as marginal, “non-essential” in governmentspeak. Any “culture of human rights” is going to have to hope for a general enlightenment; either that, or it will have to do it itself.

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Redmen hockey’s late game heroics tie Concordia Stingers B y Ia n B ies

On paper, it didn’t look to be much of a contest as the McGill Redmen, ranked 9th in the nation, took on cross-town rival Concordia Wednesday night at the McConnell Winter Arena.

At 1-6-0, the Stingers had a firm hold on last place in the Ontario University Athletics Far East Division, while the 6-1-0 Redmen sat atop the Division after key wins against Toronto and third ranked Guelph.

On this night, however, the best McGill could manage was a 44 tie — and they were lucky to pull it off. After coming out flat and being outplayed by the Stingers for much of the game, McGill needed late game heroics to escape with the single point.

“We’re really disappointed with the way we started,” explained Redmen head coach Martin Raymond. “It didn’t look like we were up for the game...we know that Concordia’s better than their record indicates, and [they] showed it tonight.”

The opening frame was characterized by odd-man rushes against McGill, as the Redmen had trouble defending against the Concordia breakout which effec­ tively utilized what Raymond

referred as a “stretch man” in the into the third as a Concordia winger on the part of the Redmen, put the neutral zone. flew down the left side and beat Stingers up 4-2 with eight minutes “There were way too many goaltender Jarrod Daniel with a to play, and the game seemed to be [odd man rushes] and that’s out of reach for McGill. because we weren’t pre­ pared to play properly,” R edm en com e alive Raymond said after the However, with four min­ game. utes and change remaining on Concordia took advan­ the clock, second year player tage of McGill’s poor start Carl Charland managed to pick to take a 2-1 lead into the up a long lead pass from David first intermission.

Butler and was able to break in “I thought we played alone on the Concordia goalie. soft,” said forward Dan Charland made no mistake, McClean of the team ’s going to the top shelf and effort in the first period. pulling the Redmen back to “We weren’t hitting, we within one. weren’t skating, and I The last four minutes thought [Concordia] played were dominated by McGill, but well. They were ready for they couldn’t find the net. the game.”

Then, with the extra attacker Things didn’t look on and time winding down, the much better for the Red ‘n team’s top scorer, Mathieu White in the second period Darche centred to Rajotte, until just past the midway whose second goal of the point when Benoit Rajotte, night, with only 8.4 seconds a second year player from left on the clock, sent the game St. Hyacinthe, scored the into overtime and brought the only goal of the period from crowd to its feet. in close. This goal fired up Darche, who played line­ the McGill side and they backer with the football team pressed hard for the remain­ last season, had a strong game Paul Norbo der of the period, but failed R e d m e n p u t o n la te p re ssu r e with two assists on the night, to score again. giving him 13 points in eight However, any momentum that shot to the far side. Another regular season games. He was dis­ Rajotte’s goal may have afforded Concordia goal, after what can only appointed with the team’s showing the team was lost less than a minute be described as a defensive collapse in the early going but felt that the

comeback said a lot about the char­ acter of the team: “It was 4-2 with five minutes left and nobody quit — it showed the strength of our team. We started off slow, but kept on working and came back.”

Coach Raymond echoed Darche’s sentiment and acknowl­ edged that his team’s effort in the early going almost lost them the game. “At least we battled back, and we’re happy about that...But we played with fire, and we can’t afford to do that.”

The Redmen proceeded to travel to the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières and were subse­ quently trounced 8-1. UQTR scored on four of the first seven shots fired at Daniel and never looked back.

After a 20-4 shot barrage in the second period, Daniel was replaced

by Matt Humes, who only allowed one goal.

This was the second shellack­ ing administered by the Patriotes in the past three weeks.

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The teams The Redmen are holding their own in the division, but went on a bit of a slide last week. Wednesday, they tied Concordia 4-4, a team they’d handled easi­ ly before. Friday, they were manhandled by the same UQTR team, 8-1. UQTR is strong again this year and has been improving since the pre-season.

Key Actors The Redmen must look for third year goalie Jarrod Daniel to have a great game. Last year, he was critical in the team’s two wins over the perennialy strong Patriotes. UQTR's goalie, Luc Belanger, is leading the country with a 1.48 GAA after a shutout over Ottawa and the onegoal performance over McGill. Daniel Paradis is the Patriotes' leading scorer with 20 points in 10 games. Christian Caron and JF Brunei le are names to watch. For McGill, Mathieu Darche leads the Redmen with 13 points in nine games.

The records After their winless week, McGill now stands at 6-2-1, while UQTR is 7-1-2. The Patriotes have owned the Redmen so far this year in their two regular season meetings. The Redmen are looking for revenge as the two teams meet for the second time in eight days and the third time in less than a month

tion around campus has been, ‘How long will it be before a team, boasting six rookies, can get back to that point?’ The answer that seems to be coming from the Martlets' camp is, ‘not long — we’re young but we’re good ... really good.’

The departure of such stars as Jen Stacey, Leslie Stevenson, Ingrid Marchand, and superstar Vicky Tessier has marked the beginning of a new era for Martlet Basketball. It has opened up a number of spots that had been unavailable for the past three years. One of those spots has been filled by rookie Colette Anderes, and early indications show that this new talent is more than capable of picking up where the others left off.

One major effect the transfer has had on Anderes’s life was in the staggering demands of McGill ath­ letics. Playing the dual role of physi­ cal education student and basketball player was no simple juggling act.

“We practice every night and the weekends are filled too, so you’re lucky if you get Sunday and sometimes Monday off,” she said.

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Life in Canada and life on the team For Anderes, the path that led to McGill and the Martlets has been much different than for most. Her family only moved to Canada from their native Switzerland last July after her father accepted a job pro­ motion. After having spent a year at university in Switzerland, Anderes had to choose a new school in a new country.

“I liked the setting of the school,” said Anderes when asked why she picked McGill. “I liked the gymnasium as well. The other place I went to look at was Concordia. I also got accepted at l’Université de Montréal but I wanted to do my studies in English for a change, and they also don’t have basketball there. Between Concordia and McGill, this looked like the place to be — the atmosphere is much nicer.”

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The McGill hockey Martlets had another rough week in league play, losing two home games to division rivals. They fell 6-0 to the powerhouse Concordia Stingers on Wednesday and 5-2 to Les Patriotes de L ’Université du Québec à Trois Rivières last Friday at McConnell Arena.

We d n e s d a y night, the Martlets were completely controlled during the play and were outshot 32-1. The Marlets looked to rebound in a game two nights later.

Friday evening, les Patriotes domi­ nated play early on, scoring 37 seconds into the game on a breakaway. After another UQTR goal five minutes later, winger Dana Rittmaster redirect­ M a rtle ts o n ic e ed a pass in the slot to put the Martlets on the board.

Trois Rivières restored the two goal lead in the final minute of the period.

McGill had spurts of strong play in the second and third peri­ ods, ending up with 24 shots on goal; however, they simply could not match the Patriotes’ touch around the net. Martlet goalie Lucie Fortin was solid, making some difficult stops to keep the Martlets in the game.

“We looked to generate more offensive opportunities, but we couldn’t capitalize on most of them,” said McGill coach Alyson

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the playoff hunt. Two of the three Quebec university teams in the sixteam division will go to the nation­ al finals. With Concordia being the heavy favourite to finish in first place, the second spot will be decided in a sudden-death playoff game in February. McGill will have to find a way to solve UQTR, who they’ve lost to three times this season.

“It’s so frus­ trating because we’ve been get­ ting more chances every game,” commented O’Reilly. “We can beat this team [UQTR], but we’ve got to get the offence going if we’re going to make the Nationals.”

Over the weekend, the team d e m o n s tr a te d some of its strength, win­ Cheryl Fu ning 4-3 over Caroline Proulx led the Queen’s and tying York in the Patriotes with two goals and an Queen’s Cross-Border hockey tour­ assist, while O’Reilly and nament. In the first game, Julie Rittmaster both had a goal and an Hornsby netted a hat trick and assist for McGill. Rittmaster is one Johanne Beaudoin added another in of the rookies on the young and the victory. Amy Doyle backstopped the Martlets, saving 17 rebuilding Martlet squad.

“We’re on a four-year pro­ shots against. In the second game, gram, hoping that next year is Megan Hewings scored a goal in going to be our payoff year,” stated the last minute of the third period Fournier. “The team is solid com­ to give McGill the tie. O’Reilly pared to last year and we’re look­ scored one goal before leaving the game with a concussion. Hornsby ing to build on that.”

The two losses drop McGill’s rounded out the scoring. record to 1-6-1 in league play.

Despite falling further back in the standings, the Martlets are still in

Fournier. “We also got into some penalty trouble and it hurt us.”

After UQTR pushed the score to 5-1 with two third period goals, Kathleen O’Reilly deflected a shot from the point on the power-play with four minutes left for McGill’s second goal. The goal came as a result of some tight forechecking the Martlets applied in the UQTR zone at the end of the game.

The Martlets once again started their weekend match-up less than one hundred per cent. Not only did they begin the contest with power hitter and defensive specialist Marie Anne Lassard out due to injury, but the Martlets suffered another blow in the first set when starting middle Anne Mullin suffered a sprained ankle. While the sprain was not severe and she will play in next week’s matches, Mullin was unable to participate in the Concordia match.

The injuries allowed some of the Martlet reserve players to prove that they were more than capable of filling in. One of the individuals who took full advantage of this opportunity was Jessica Ellis, who replaced Mullin in the first set. An exchange student from the University of British Columbia, Ellis used and abused the Concordia block at many key points in the game. With both herself and Wendy Whelan hitting and blocking effec­ tively, it made it difficult for Concordia to mount any reasonable offence at all.

Making the transition to McGill was not easy for Ellis. The style of volleyball played in the west is radically different from what is played in eastern Canada.

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Ellis is not alone in her feelings toward the top women’s volleyball coach in the CIAU. A veteran coach and former setter for the women’s national volleyball team, Beliveau made a name for herself on the international circuit. It is evident from the way the Martlets interact with Beliveau that they have trust in her ability as a coach. Beliveau does not say much during the games, but when she does, all the players listen.

Still, Beliveau is not totally pleased with the way the season has started off.

“Sure we are 4-1 to start the season, and that’s not all that bad.

But it is not just winning for us any­ more; we should be controlling matches,” said Beliveau. “I am not looking for the girls to play perfect — they know that I don’t expect perfection. What I do expect is the best play the girls are capable of...and I have not seen that yet.

“Concordia gave us a good game, and made us really work dur­ ing this match. The win was good but I want to see the girls control the match much better than they have been doing.”

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2) Who was the last team to win back to back Grey Cups before the Argonauts did this year?

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2) Who was McGill’s very first director of Athletics? (Hint: The year was 1890, a year before the rules for Basketball were invented.)

3) Who was the MVP of the men’s hockey team last sea­ son?

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Simon brings racism to forefront B y M a n n y A lmela

As a child, I recall constantly being reminded that what others said about me was not important as long as I knew who I really was. Something to the effect of “sticks and stones” comes to mind. This simple outlook on life unfortunately does not apply to issues of race in North America.

No one argues that this prob­ lem, which has plagued our soci­ ety for too long, still exists. But people like to believe that great strides have made and that the racial clim ate is improving.

Although racism may not be as blatant as it once was, incidents such as the one involving NHL forward Chris Simon signify that we still have room for improve­ ment.

It began as a simple alterca­ tion between Chris Simon, an Ojibway Indian from WaWa Ontario, and Mike Grier, an African American, as the two par­ ties exchang the usual pleas­ antries. The situation took an ugly turn, though, as Simon saw fit to make some racial rem arks in order to better get his point across. As can be expected, Grier was not impressed and the skir­ mish escalated. Both benches cleared but thankfully the situa­ tion did not go any further.

Simon did both personally and publicly apologize to Grier in the following days, but the NHL

nonetheless suspended the rugged forward for three games. A noticeably dejected and remorse­ ful Simon addressed the media and expressed his embarrassment and humiliation over the entire ordeal. An interesting footnote to this story is Simon’s ethnic back­ ground. He has willingly taken it upon himself to play an active role in his community — a com­ munity in need of positive figures.

It makes me wonder how many Caucasian players bite their lips when someone who has endured similar prejudice is able to do what Simon did. Racism does and probably always will exist. We rarely speak of it despite the fact that we all know that it’s out there.

Incidents like this one and the sitiation involving Tiger Woods earlier this year serve a very important purpose in our society.

The ability to make people broach a touchy subject like racism is both significant and powerful. As painful and regrettable as these instances may be, they force us to engage in an introspection of sorts and to look deep into our souls at realities we all too often choose to overlook.

The only way out of this vicious circle is to talk about it.

To claim to be tolerant and then proceed to sweep the problem under a rug of denial is not the way to deal with racism.

Whether we choose to admit

it or not, sport is a microcosm of our society. It has the capability of reaching a vast audience while providing a vehicle for discussion.

The sporting community reflects the problems that effect us all.

In lieu of commending Mike Grier for all he must have gone through to simply reach the NHL, Chris Simon chose to remind him of the Herculean mountain he climbs each day. Ask yourself how often Grier must have felt like an outcast while continually being singled out and scrutinized based on the colour of his skin.

One would hope that such experiences serve to make these courageous individuals stronger, but how can we know for sure?

What if the Griers, the Arthur Ashes, and the Jackie Robinsons had decided that it just was not worth the pain and frustration?

There are no clear-cut answers to these questions, but they are at the root of the problem.

Instead of patting ourselves on the back for how far we have come, we should consider the full length of the journey. The Chris Simon incident crashes us back down to earth and lets us know that there is still a long road ahead on the way to ending racism.

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on the weekend, so I had more time.

I could do homework in the after­ noon or work on certain days and have practice on the other days and still go out on the weekend. Here I find it hard because I’ve got practice and then you’re so tired that you want to go to bed, and thfen you might have to stay up all night to do homework, so it can be tough.”

Adjusting to North American oasketball Anderes started playing basket­ ball at the age of fourteen, for a club team in her home town in Switzerland.

“It was just a little village type of thing,” she explained. “More for fun than anything else.”

After two years, Anderes gained more confident and became more serious about the game. She joined a team in the neighbouring town, the team was in the top Swiss league, and she had a tough time at first.

“In my first year I didn’t play at all,” she recalled.

Since joining the Martlets, Anderes has found that the observa­ tions she had made while watching NCAA games, hold true for the CIAU as well.

“The difference in play lies in the intensity,” said Anderes. “Like in the games I watched on T.V., teams fought until the end and never gave up, whereas in Switzerland if a team was down by ten with five minutes left to go they would often

just give up. The play is also more physical here, the importance of the weight-training wasn’t present at home.”

Unfortunately for Anderes and the Martlets, the one thing that has not changed since coming to McGill is the amount to fan support the team gets in the stands.

“I didn’t know what to expect when I came here. I didn’t know if it was going to be like in America and the games I saw on T.V. with thou­ sands of people watching,” com­ mented Anderes. “There was a big craze for basketball in Switzerland after the Olympics and the Dream Team; that’s when everybody start­ ed talking about basketball and we knew names like Pippen and Jordan. But even with this craze we didn’t get many people to come watch our games. The men would get close to three hundred (people) but the women were lucky to get fifty.”

With the continuing improve­ ment of the Martlets thanks to play­ ers like Anderes, it is hoped that someday this team might get the opportunity to play in front of a well-deserved packed house.

Goals and aspirations After easing into the Martlets system of play during the pre-season, Anderes found herself accom­ plishing one of her personal goals much sooner than she had expected: her name was announced over the loud speaker as part of the starting five in her first two regular season

games in the CIAU. “I never expected to start as a rookie coming from somewhere else,” said Anderes. “I had no idea how it worked here. People from home were telling me that it’s much tougher, more physical, and that I shouldn’t expect to play in my first year. So it was a really nice surprise to be starting in the two opening games of the season.”

The growing comfort level which Anderes is developing with her new teammates has helped make all the transitions she has had to go through a lot easier.

“I’ve really enjoyed playing with the team so far; its been a lot of fun,” said Anderes. “Meeting so many people and different personal­ ities has been really interesting and we’re having more fun as we get to know each other — you can already feel a bond.”

When asked what the team is aiming for this year, without hesita­ tion Anderes immediately respond­ ed, “we want to win a national championship.”

With the Martlets boasting players like Anderes, who exempli­ fies the Martlets’ drive and dedica­ tion, one can’t help but believe that this team is not that far from getting back to where they were a year ago.

They may be young, but they are proving, with their 3-1 record thus far, that they are strong. There is a good chance that Anderes and the Martlets will leave a mark they can call their own at the end of this sea­ son.

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The only bright spot for McGill was a superb perfor­ mance by veteran Hubert Davis. Davis went nine for nine from the floor for 18 points. Rookie Brady Murphy chipped in with eight points.

Their next game went much better, blowing by a weak Carleton team 89-70. By half-time, they had surpassed their previous match's total with 46 points.

Davis led the romp with 22 points and eight boards, while Murphy and Andrew Bier both had 17 points.

Ari Hunter rounded out the foursome of Redmen in double digits with 12. After a winless preseason, the Redmen are now 3-1 in league play and will travel to Kingston next weekend with the Martlets.

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In the first game, the Martlets edged out the Ravens Gee-Gees 62-57 despite being down by four at the half. Anne Gildenhuys led the charge with 25 points and a dozen rebounds. Alison Shaffer added 11 points, while rookie Cynthia Santamaria had 10 points and was 3 for 3 from three point range.

Sunday, the team squashed Carleton 71-49.

Karen Shaw led the team with 17 points, while Gildenhuys had 16 and Caroline Malo punched in a dozen. The wins move the Martlets to 3-1 for the reg­ ular season and they will travel to Kingston this com­ ing weekend to take on the Golden Gaels.

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32 points, seven ahead of second place Queen’s University. In the senior category, Melanie Gooday took gold, while Erin O’Ferrall finished third of 25. In the intermedi­ ate category, Victoria Rowsell won silver and Jennifer Clarke finished fourth. In the novice divi­ sion, Sandra Bernier finished first out of 22 competi­ tors.

The Martlet synchro swim team took gold in the first of three events this year, the Figures Ranking Meet at Western last weekend. McGill finished with

Men’s volleyball woes continue in Guelph The Redmen volleyball team arrived back from the Guelph Invitational winless in three matches. In the preliminary rounds, McGill lost to Guelph and South Hampton, both in straight sets, 15-5, 15-3, 157 and 15-9, 15-5, 15-5 respectively. In Saturday’s consolation round, the Redmen showed a measure of improvement, taking one set from Wilfred Laurier.

After losing the first two sets 15-10 and 15-8, McGill took the third 16-14 before dropping the fourth 1512.

Toronto, McMaster topple McGill in swimming In a somewhat surprising turn, the Martlet swim team finished third at the OUA invitational meet at the University of Toronto, while the men were fourth. After beating U of T in a dual meet two weeks ago, the women appeared to be in good stead for this event, but were outmanoeuvred by McMaster and U of T. Guelph and Queen’s rounded out the top five spots, though far behind the top three teams. On the men’s side, U of T, Laurentian, and McMaster were the class of the meet, with McGill finishing fourth ahead of Guelph.

Leckie takes silver at squash OUA champs McGill’s Sarah Leckie took second place in the women’s OUA individual squash championships last Saturday in Toronto. After making the A-division gold-medal game, she lost 3-0 to Queen’s. Also in the A-division, Tara Mullins finished fourth after a bronze-medal game loss. In the B-division, Alex Jordan took fifth place. As a team, the Martlets stand in first place and will look to keep their overall stand­ ing in the new year.

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Rene-Levesque W.). Tickets are $ 6 for students and $ 8 for non-stu­ dents. They can be purchased in advance at Gert’s, Sadie’s or call 398-6814.

Tuesday, N ovem ber 25

The Progressive Conservative McGill Club will be hosting a policy discussion regarding “What’s Right?

The State of Progressive Conservative Politics”, at 5:30 p.m., Frank Dawson Adams, rm. 349. All welcome for this lively and open dis­ cussion.

The McGill String and Mixed Ensembles will be performing tonight at 8 p.m. in the Clara Lichtenstein Recital Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. West, rm. C209).

Admission is free.

W ednesday, N ovem ber 26

The Progressive Conservative McGill Club will be hosting a Pub Night in Carlos and Pepe’s bar, 1420 Peel from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. All parties and ideologies welcome for social discussion.

The Faculty of Music presents the CBC/McGill Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Pollack Hall. Works by Monteverdi and Handel. Admission $ 12/$ 8 for students and seniors.

Post Abortion Support Group — come to talk, listen or for support.

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Shatner 423.

LBGTM’s Bisexual Group meet in the Women’s Union (Shatner 423) at 5:30 p.m. Both men and women alike are invited to join the friendly discussion.

McGill String and Mixed Ensembles perform at 8 p.m. in Redpath Hall, free admission.

Fauna Art Montreal is an exhib­ it of the work of wildlife artists from Quebec and the rest of Canada pre­ sented from Wed. Nov., 26 to Sat. Nov., 29 at 1’Amphitheatre Bell, mezzanine level, 1000 de la Gauchetiere West.

T hursday, N ovem ber 27

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.

Friday, N ovem ber 28

Noon Hour Organ Recital Series, today at 12:15 p.m. in Redpath Hall, free admission.

At 5:30 p.m., LBGTM’s Coming Out Group meets in the basement of UTC (3521 University, comer Milton). Don’t be shy to come 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 University, comer Milton) at 7:00 p.m.

McGill Choral Society will be presenting Handel’s Messiah at 8 p.m. in St.Patrick’s Basilica (460

Opera McGill and the McGill Early Music Department Present G.F. Ha n d e LGi u l i o Cesare with the McGill Baroque Orchestra. Tickets are $ 12, $ 10 for students and seniors.

Today is International Buy Nothing Day! This is a 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending, It is a response to Western greed and overconsumption. Don’t buy any­ thing, give something away, etc. For more info, call Mike or Craig at QPIRG (398-7432).

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Mr. Bob White (Dept, of Anthropology, McGill University) will be giving a talk on “La Passion Moderniste: Popular Music and the Will to be Modem in Congo-Zaire,” on Monday, Dec. 1 at 4:30 p.m. in Leacock 738. Coffee and cookies will be served before the lecture.

The Women’s Union will be having a dessert potluck tonight at 7 p.m. in Shatner 310 - All welcome to attend!

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Condom Sale! November is STD awareness month. Using latex barriers for oral, anal or vaginal con­ tact can protect you from contracting STDs including HIV/AIDS. This month all of our barriers are on sale!

Lifestyles: 8 for $1. Sheik, Beyond Seven, Ramses: 4 for $1. Dental Dams: $0.25, female condoms: $3 and a free package of lubricant with each purchase. Ask for them at the reception desk at Student Health Services, 3637 Peel, rm. 100. For info, call 398-6017.

Every Wednesday: McGill Improv. performs live improvisational comedy in the Alley Cats Bar (basement of Shatner building) 8:30 p.m., free admission.

Every Saturday: Free improvisational workshops with McGill Improv. Come and play games for 2 hours! Meet at noon by the kiosk in the Shatner lobby.

A FREE support group for women who are involved, or have been involved in a violent relation­ ship (dating or marriage). Meetings are informal and confidential. The place is safe and secure. Individual counselling services are also avail­ able for women and their children.

For info, please contact Melissa Goldband at McGill Domestic Violence Clinic - 398-2686.

Montage is now accepting sub­ missions for its 1997-98 issue.

Submissions can be placed in the Montage box in the Arts Porter’s office until Jan., 13, 1998. We encourage all those interested to attend our regular meetings every 2nd Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Arts 235. See the blackboard in the Arts building for details.

The McGill Debating Union meets twice weekly, Monday at 6

p.m. in Shatner rm. 312 and on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Leacock rm.

15. Come to watch and/or participate in exciting debates on a variety of issues and events.

The McGill Domestic Violence Clinic offers a treatment group for men who abuse their partners. The group meets weekly on Tuesday evenings from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.. There is a small fee. For info, please con­ tact Keith Hecker or Beverly Sabourin at 398-2686.

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

Admission is $5. Seminars to take place at 2070 Peel St. For more info, call 528-8659.

The Accompaniment Programme of 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).

An illustrated lecture at the McCord Museum! In conjunction with the exhibition Les Paradis du Monde, guest curator Pascale Galipeau will discuss the three uniquely different collections that make up this presentation.

Admission (includes museum visit) $7. Limited seating, reservations required, 398-7100 ext. 234.

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 4845033.

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 “Motherless 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, Agnostic, 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.

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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.

assault, Fire With Water.

Submissions from the wider commu­ nity as well as from survivors are welcome, French and English, anonymity respected. Deadline is Feb. 1st, 1998. For info, call 3982700/8500.

The McGill Eating Disorder Unit is a multi-disciplinary unit that includes: individual/group coun­ selling, medical assessment, nutrition consultation, psycho-educational groups and support groups. Call 3983601 for info about fees and appoint­ ments. Support groups are free of charge to McGill and non-McGill students. Call 398-1050.

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 Maison de Jeunes de la Côte-des-Neiges is seeking volun­ teers to help youth between the ages of 11 and 18 with their homework (French, English, chemistry, biology, history and especially math). This will be a good opportunity for future teachers and social workers to gain experience. For more information, call Sandra at 342-5235

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 support groups for partners and friends of individuals with an eating disorder.

For more information, please call Jessica Schwarz at 398-1050.

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.

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.

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 soci­ ety. For more information, please call 489-1007.

Call for submissions! The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society is accepting prose, poetry and visual art for our annual journal for survivors of sexual

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