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2 December 1097

Protesters fight APEC B y Ja s o n S i g u r d s o n ______________

Police used pepper spray on human rights activists demonstrat­ ing against the neo-liberal agenda of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co­ operation summit held last week in Vancouver.

Over 2,000 people, many of them students, assem bled on the U niversity o f B ritish C olum bia campus while the Leader’s Summit w as tak in g p la c e . T he RCM P brought out the dogs and the pep­ per spray in a futile attempt to dis­ perse crowds and reduce the visibile resistance to APEC. Vancouver is the fifth host of the APEC leaders summit since the organization was formed in 1989.

APEC is composed of 18 Pacific Rim economies that have a com­ bined gross national product of o v er $13 trillio n U .S. and are responsible for 46 per cent of the world’s merchandise trade. Certain members of the group are pushing to establish a Pacific free trade zone by the year 2020.

It is p re c ise ly th is ty p e o f focus on numbers that raised the a tten tio n o f p eo p le like D avid Robinson, BC office research co­ ordinator at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He is con­ cerned th at A PEC leaders w ill overlook all policy considerations th at are not p urely fin an cial in nature.

“Under the general auspices of APEC, the focus is strictly eco­ nomic. In fact, the countries there a re n ’t even c a lle d c o u n trie s, th e y ’re c a lle d eco n o m ie s.

C o u n tries have c itiz e n s — economies don’t,” Robinson stat­ ed.

The CCPA helped organize the People’s Summit, an alterna­ tiv e forum ru n n in g p a ra lle l to APEC which would include dis­ cussions on human rights and envi­ ronmental issues — topics which are explicitly m issing from the APEC agenda.

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‘Tis the season to dish out a w hack o f cash: the most lucrative tim e o f year, retailers will be ho-ho-hoing all the w ay to the bank.

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SSMU fighting differential tuition in court Case seeks injunction to prevent McGill from collecting higher tuition from out-of-province students B y R enée D

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S S M U ’s day in c o u rt has arrived. Although student repre­ sentatives fight for the removal of differential tuition fees at the hear­ ing today with impeccable prepa­ ration, publicity at home seems to be limited at best.

Paul Ruel, a U2 political sci­ ence student and the case’s plain­ tiff, explained that SSM U’s case against the provincial government is “three pronged.”

“W e w ant th e d ecisio n [to implement differential fees] to be declared illegal,” said Ruel, “we want to get an injunction against McGill prohibiting them from col­ le c tin g d iffe re n tia l fees next s e m e ste r and we w ant o u t-o fprovince students given refunds for the differential fees that they have paid.”

Publicity around the lawsuit, h o w e v e r, seem s to have been hastily organized. McGill filed the su it la st w in te r but SSM U VP External Lisa Phipps only spoke to

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M o tio n s to p e titio n the Quebec government were passed by all m em ber u n iv e rs itie s o f CASA including McGill, but the m obilization of student support here has co n sisted m ainly o f a double-sided bulletin board placed in the lobby of the Shatner build­ ing. One short week before the hearing, P resident Tara New ell still had a pile of documents sit­ ting on her desk — information to be sent to various Canadian uni­ versities and federal members of parliament.

P u b licity an d ou treach Newell recently had her first meeting with a representative from

the office of Lucienne Robillard, the M em ber o f P a rlia m e n t for M c G ill’s rid in g , W e stm o u n t-V ille -M a rie. Y ves L e m ire , R o b illa rd ’s M o n treal office special assistant, stated that the students’ society has a lot of work to do before the minister can even think of bringing the issue of differential tuition or a national education act to the Liberal cabi­ net.

“I asked [Newell] if her col­ leagues in other provinces have approached their provincial [edu­ cation] m inisters to see if they would support a national act — it’s important to know where the p ro v in c ia l m in iste rs s ta n d ,” Lemire stated.

Lemire also pointed out that there needs to be a broad agree­ ment between student leaders as to whether or not a national educa­ tion act would be feasible or even desirable. Lem ire m aintains that N ew ell needs to fin d out w hat their various positions are before arranging a second meeting.

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Brutal suppression of APEC opposition: B y Pa u l G

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When I was up in my history prof’s office, I noticed two heli­ copters flying over the anthropology/sociology buildings, the site of tomorrow’s APEC leaders confer­ ence. So I went down to take a c lo se r look — w hat I found shocked me.

I was going to take a look at the site from th e ro se garden, w hich is q u ite aw ay from the buildings them selves, but good

enough for an adequate view. 1 fou n d , h ow ever, ten foot high fencing with three foot cem ent reinforcements all around the flag­ pole at the end of the main mall — I couldn’t even get dose to where I wanted to be. These barricades went from right outside the Arts building, where all of my classes are, right down to the International House, where our International R elations A ssociation m eetings are held (about the equivalent of two blocks). Our IRSA meeting

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tomorrow is cancelled because the venue is part of the “secure zone.”

There were cops everywhere, from RCM P w ith dogs to city p o lic e on m ountain bikes patrolling the perimeter when the APEC dem onstrators arrived. I still c a n ’t b eliev e my tim ing.

There were about thirty or forty demonstrators walking down Main Mall bearing placards and shout­ ing chants, heading towards the “secure zone” as I was arriving myself. There were already a few people inside the zone by the flag­ pole and I inadvertently walked in, carrying on with my intent to go to the rose garden. A cop told me to get out, which I did, and ended up watching the demonstrators pour in through the last rem ain in g opening in the barricade — watch­ ing from the outside.

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up the flagpole. The group was c irc le d around hi m. T he co p s apparently didn’t like this; they shoved through the crowd and tore the guy from the pole with the help o f a few dogs. Not pretty.

When he was on the ground with his face in the dirt and a few cops on his back, another fellow tried to help him and got mace sprayed in his face. They were both thrown in the back of a van.

Up until now, I didn’t really have a problem with this whole APEC thing. I don't live in East Timor. I don’t have a brother that died in Tiananmen Square. Hell, I don’t even drive, so the road clo­ sures dow ntow n d id n ’t even directly affect me. But when I see my u n iv ersity , any u n iv ersity , being closed down and barricaded w ith ten -fo o t c h a in -lin k and German shepherds, RCMP with guns and mace — barricaded from

protest, even though police pres­ ence was heavy.

At one point during the day, the RCMP formed a human chain to separate p ro testers from the security zone. As an act of civil disobedience, protesters attempted to cross the line and allowed them­ selves to be arrested.

“W e organized a group that would go in to break the police line. There were probably between 20 and 40 arrested. There was one point where police said that they

ronmental groups — raise our flag, bring our voices to the table and say ‘w e’re still here,’” Robinson explained.

While some groups aimed to expand debate, other groups, like APEC Alert, focused on denounc­ ing APEC’s process. A grassroots o rg a n iz a tio n set up to oppose APEC at UBC, APEC Alert was form ed right after form er UBC President David Strangway offered the use of the campus for the sum­ mit. Robinson points out that for APEC Alert, “even to engage in the [People’s Summit] process would be too much [of an endorse­ ment of APEC].”

UBC student Shehnaz Karim, a member of APEC Alert, is concerned that citi­ zens consistently get left out of negotiations. “ W e are o p p o sed to APEC and the undemocrat­ ic n atu re o f the APEC process. Deals like APEC [and] the [M u ltila te ra l A g r e e m e n t on In v e s tm e n t] ...r o u tin e ly UBC students organized a peaceful assemm ake d ecisio n s w hich bly in protest against the APEC summit deeply affect the lives of all would not be ‘accepting’ any more o f us, alth o u g h we are never arrests,” Fuller said. allowed a place in the discussion,” Not all interactions with the Karim stated in a press release. police, however, went as smoothly.

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personal reflection from a UBC student the very public that attends and supports this institution — it really m akes me think long and hard about the purpose. And I d o n ’t think promoting trade in the cor­ porate interest is good enough.

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T here are m ore ra llie s planned for tomorrow starting at nine. I overheard this one guy say that the police are ready to use tear gas to disperse any crowds that get too close to the secure zone. You can be sure I’m going to be there with my camera bright and early to see if Canada will stoop to the levels of Jiang or Suharto in their efforts to stop a few students.

Paul Gedye is a second-year Arts student at the University o f British Columbia.

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“There were some [protesters] going to give support to another group not far away. The people kinda got trapped in a ‘no-go’ zone — the motorcade was coming out, and at that point they were told to get out and they had guns pointed at their heads,” Fuller said.

W ith p eo p le lik e C h in ese leader Jiang Zemin present at the APEC summit — a man connected with the Tiananmen Square mas­ sacre — Robinson is convinced there is a link between some of the APEC m em bers’ human rig h ts reco rd s and the h arsh actio n s o f the RCMP. “I think Chrétien and the g o v ern m en t have been taking th e ir cues from the leaders in some of the Asian nations that don’t exactly have a good record on human rights,” he said.

W hile R obinson is concerned with the way police suppressed protest­ ers’ freedom of expres­ sion, he also w o rries about the implications for Paul GeclYe Canada’s own reputation.

“There are a lot of in tern atio n al people here and I think they are getting a distasteful view of Canada,” he concluded.

The Vancouver RCMP did not respond to the Tribune’s calls by press time.

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With the release of Principal Shapiro's document Change at McGill: Academic/Fiscal Options, the debate on the future of our university has reopened.

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2 December 1997

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Space M oose, a com ic that contains humour described by one student as “w onderfully warped and delightfully irreverent,” has garnered a lot of attention since a recent strip was refused publication by the University of Alberta’s stu­ den t n ew sp ap er, the G atew ay.

Instead, the editorial staff provided a U RL re fe re n c e to the Space Moose homepage.

The 12-panel strip which was refused publication depicted an armed moose — the title character in Space Moose — killing women participating in a Take Back the Night rally. Take Back the Night rallies are annual demonstrations against violence tow ard women.

The strip provoked controversy among U of A students, administra­ tion and faculty as letters flooded the Gateway and the U of A ’s Dean of Students.

Space M oose creator Adam T h rash er d isa g re e d w ith the G atew ay’s d ecision to hold his com ic. He said that his right to freedom of expression was sup­ pressed.

“The Gateway has been grant­ ed editorial autonomy to give stu­ dents an open forum w here all ideas, controversial or otherwise, can be expressed. The Gateway is the only place left where U of A students can express them selves freely, at least in th e o ry ,” said Thrasher.

Gateway Editor-in-Chief Rose Yewchuk said the staff is surprised by the negative reaction toward the Gateway since the Take Back the Night strip.

“It did have two panels that g ra p h ic a lly d e p ic ted v io len ce tow ard w om en,” said Y ewchuk, explaining why the strip was not printed.

“We did run the address so fans could look it up,” she added.

T he G atew ay has received over 50 letters about the strip or their decision to p rin t th e URL re fe re n ce .

According to Yewchuk most of the letters supported the strip.

“We were surprised by the reaction,” said Yewchuk, “but we didn’t think it would be directed at the Gateway.”

Because of the uproar, U of A administration has held two meetings to decide how to handle complaints. According to A cting Dean of Students Burton Smith, it was deter­ mined that the Space Moose comic strip was not a proper use of university property. The uni­ versity’s web page, said Smith, is considered university property.

The deadline for Thrasher to remove his strip from the U of A page was October 29. Smith said that Thrasher complied with this requirement and moved to a com­ mercial server.

The U of A Students’ Union has been watching the events care­ fully because the Gateway is not

autonom ous from the SU and is subject to their review and discipli­ nary action.

“W e’re dealing with the issue of whether we should have printed the web site address,” said U of A SU President Stephen Curran.

One student who is particular­ ly angered by the incident is fourth-

w ith a SU body c a lle d the D isc ip lin a ry In te rp re ta tio n E n fo rcem en t B oard, o th erw ise known as the DIE board. Sampert would like Thrasher’s strip to be p e rm an en tly rem o v ed from Gateway pages, and she would like Yewchuk to be fired.

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y ear p o litic a l scien ce m ajor Shannon Sampert.

“As far as I’m concerned the editorial board [of the Gateway] acted irresponsibly and has violated the Student Code of Conduct,” said Sampert, who was offended by the comic strip in question.

“It’s offensive. It’s promotion o f h atred , p ro m o tin g v io len ce toward women,” she added.

Sampert will be filing a claim

Canada has been clear that there are certain rights that supersede the freed o m o f e x p re s s io n ,” said Sampert. “My right to live freely in this society supersedes anyone’s right to freedom of expression.”

Thrasher is not unfamiliar with criticism.

“I welcome feedback to my cartoons, both positive and nega­ tive. However, when people try to silence and punish me because I

have offended them, it is an igno­ rant overreaction that threatens in te lle c tu a l fre e d o m ,” said Thrasher. He also disagrees that his cartoon strip is misogynistic. “ Space M oose is a m isa n ­ thropist], He hates all m ankind, regardless of gender. In his past ad v e n tu re s, Space M oose has affronted a great variety of differ­ ent social groups. It is telling that there is so m uch uproar when women are the victims, but none whatsoever when men befall the moose’s wrath,” said Thrasher.

The Space Moose controver­ sy has caused many hard feelings on the U of A campus. Political science professor Linda Trimble file d a c o m p lain t u n d er the Student Code of Conduct.

“W om en on cam pus deal with something like low radia­ tion. It’s nothing debilitation, but you think about it,” said Trimble.

Trimble received a threat on her dry-erase board mounted on her office door after she filed the complaint.

“I’m quite frightened about that,” she said. “This contributes to what some people would call a hostile learning environment.

Any disciplinary action as a re su lt o f a S tu d en t C ode o f Conduct violation will be investi­ gated by U of A Campus Security.

“If the u n iv ersity does not respond to a complaint to the Code of Student Conduct that behaviour doesn’t send a very clear message,” said Trimble.

SSMU to argue Education Minister overstepped her role wait and see,” Lemire stated.

Continued from page 1 “The other [priority] for sure is the position of her colleagues at o th e r stu d e n t s o c ie tie s a cro ss Q uebec. If we w ant the federal government to look at the dossier, we need a consensus of all parties — there’s a feedback we need to check befo re going a h e a d ,” he explained.

R o b illa rd k now s w h at th e im plications of federal involve­ ment in education are; she was the Q u ebec E d u c a tio n M in is te r b etw een 1990 and 1994 w h ile h o lding the p ro v in c ia l seat for Chambly. Even though Robillard know s the prov in cial education portfolio, Lemire sees difficulty in shoring up support for a national education act.

“There would be a lot of work to put together a national platform on education. It’s not just a matter o f Quebec [opposition] — it ’s a question of ten different provinces and systems. Each province runs their own portfolio,” Lemire said.

Because the issue is pending a legal decision, Robillard — like any politician — is unable to com­ ment on SSMU’s bid to eliminate differential tuition. “ [N ew ell and I] d isc u sse d tuition fees across Canada, but we h av en ’t taken a position on the [d iffe re n tia l tu itio n ] case. I t ’s before the courts, so we have to

L egal asp ects SSMU VP University Affairs Elizabeth Gomery explained the legal side o f the law suit from a M cG ill student’s point of view.

She has been in to u ch w ith SSMU’s lawyer, André DuRocher, on a d a ily b a sis to w ork on SSMU’s arguments in the case.

“W e are p la n n in g to steer clear of Canadian constitutional arguments and go for the role of the Education M inister,” she stat­ ed. “Politically, this is easier to do than fight residency issues.”

Gomery also encouraged stu­ dent su p p o rt at the cou rth o u se since a packed court will show stu­ d ent co n c e rn and in te re st.

Although cheering will be frowned upon during the hearing, Gomery feels that the more students that come to show support, the better.

As well, SSMU hopes to gain the support of the French media and d isp e l th e m y th th a t o u t-o f­ province students are a burden to provincial taxpayers.

“We want the media and the judge to know that w e’re listen­ in g ...w e ’re w a tc h in g ...w e ’re angry...and [asking] what are they going to do about it,” she added.

Ruel, however, hastens to add that SSMU’s day in court is strict­ ly a legal m atter, not a political one.

“It won’t help [us] to have a

packed court room,” stated Ruel.

“It will be boring, it will be in F rench and it w ill d istra c t the lawyers ability to present a fluid case.”

Ruel explained that the main legal argument will be based on administrative law — SSMU con­ tends that the implementation of differential tuition fees may lie o u tsid e o f Q uebec E d u c a tio n Minister Pauline Marois’ power.

“I think that we have a pretty good chance [of winning] with the administrative law argument,” said Ruel, “[however], the charter argu­ ment may be harder to prove.”

The charter argument is based on showing that differential tuition fees are discriminatory under both the Quebec and Canadian constitu­ tions. The provincial government, however, will argue in court that it has the rig h t to d isc rim in a te against certain groups of people under certain circumstances within charter rights.

SSM U is ho p in g v ic to ry com es on three levels: the first w ould have the court decide in favour of an injunction, followed by a ruling that differential tuition fees are illegal. Thirdly, SSMU would like to see the federal gov­ ern m en t c o n tin u e fu n d in g the provinces for education but with specific standards that rule out the possibility of differential fees. In case of a decision made in favour of the government, SSMU is tak­

kitty and provinces receive federal transfers for education.

“If we’re able to put forth all this inform ation and let people know that [differential tuition fees] aren’t right,” said Ruel, “at least people have been educated.”

SSM U hopes to have an injunction by December 3 to stop McGill from collecting differential tuition fees next semester.

ing preparatory steps to appeal the decision. The reverse situation, however, is unlikely.

“I ’m not convinced that the province [of Quebec] will appeal if they lose,” stated Ruel. “In fact, they hav en ’t stated their ob jec­ tives.”

R uel w ent on to say th a t, regardless of the outcome of the trial, aw areness has been raised about Quebec’s unilateral imposi­ tion o f differential fees that run c o u n te r to n o tio n s o f panCanadian education funding — all taxpayers contribute to the same

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s first semester winds down, the SSMU executive has survived basic training but on the front line, its offensive is still in the development stage. Although this is the Tribune's Holiday Issue, the military analogies were just too good to pass up. In all seriousness though, the past semester has proved that SSMU not only lacks grace under fire but also cohesive leadership. Since we can't give out dishonourable discharges, the Tribune has resorted to academic evaluations and has given each exec a grade based on their individual track records.

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SSMU president: one-woman army low on ammo

"should take more time so that council could be part .of it [the dedsion making and debating process], but I only have 12 months in my term," said SSMU President Tara Newell.

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SSMU presidential duties include the role of "spokesperson for the Society in a manner not inconsistent w ith the policies set out by Council." Looking back on her first semester in office, Newell expressed that she has been able to look at the "big picture" in a "long term way," unlike her political counterparts who have more specific mandates.

This sem ester, Newell has spearhead­ ed many important issues related to students and university life. Although last month's day­ care referendum passed by an overw helm ing 84 per cent, Newell maintains that it will con­ tinue to be her number one prior­ ity. Newell's other on-going pro­

jects include lobbying for more student representation on the Board of Governors as well as continuing to inform students about the present differential tu ition law suit against the provincial government.

Newell explained that her next major project will be the integration of the new student services building, scheduled to open in September 1999. She has been meeting with contractors and architects to help lay the groundw ork for more student offices and meeting rooms in the complex. Newell plans to focus m uch of her attention on the restructuring of Shatner, which she hopes will ultimately be con­ nected to the new building. She commented that McGill's student union is in need of restructuring since little has been done since Shatner's construction in 1965.

"We need a facelift, we need to resurge our energy...we need something new and refreshing," enthused Newell.

Although Newell's accom­ plishm ents to date are quite impressive, there seems to be a lack of teamwork on her part. As president, she is m andated to speak on behalf of all SSMU councillors, but often it appears that she seems unwilling to give other executive m em bers a chance to w ork on their own portfolios without dipping into the issues herself — "learning together," as she puts it. The restructuring of Shatner lies in the VP internal portfolio, yet the current VP internal plays no apparent role in the plans.

Newell is confident that once the plans have been completely formulated, what goes on under Shatner's roof will be returned to its rightful portfolio. Furthermore, even though Walksafe in con­ junction w ith the VP external have taken on the job of ghetto and cam pus safety, New ell insists that as this issue was in her election platform and she was the one who "made sure that it

got to that point [of implementa­ tion]".

Newell admits that she may have taken on more projects by herself than have most past presi­ dents, but explained that this is largely because this year's coun­ cillors are all relatively new to the political game.

"Council is a different ani­ mal every year. This year, they have less background and éxperience than in previous years," she said.

How ever, if New ell truly believes that SSMU can "work together as a team to look ahead," she could try delegating responsibility instead of "chang­ ing m andates." Otherwise she may realize too late that student government is not a one-woman job, and find herself w ith a mouthful she just can't chew.

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VP external: communication lines down e need closer ties to the provincial gov­ ernm ent but it's hard to sit down at the table and negotiate w ith someone when you're suing them," stated Lisa Phipps, SSMU VP external affairs.

As VP external, Phipps is the link between the outside world and the students' society — she represents SSMU to other univer­ sities and both the federal and provincial governments.

Phipps was prim arily responsible for gaining external support of SSMU's differential tuition lawsuit against Quebec, but now shares that task with President Tara Newell while VP U niversity Affairs Elizabeth Gom ery handles the judicial level.

"I'm supposed to take care of the national level," said Phipps.

"But we all are working togeth­ er."

Most support for the differ­ ential tuition lawsuit due in court December 2 seems hastily assem­ bled. McGill filed the suit last winter but Phipps only spoke to the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations in late October, and only 'several' universities in the Canadian Federation of Students have joined in support of SSMU's efforts. The national director of

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CASA, Hoops Harrison, is orga­ nizing a Parliamentary debate of the law suit for national and provincial press coverage while SSMU has put up double-sided bulletin boards in the lobby of the Shatner building.

The plaintiff in the case, Paul Ruel, holds the task of raising student awareness and providing publicity for the SSMU lawsuit.

Phipps does admit, however, that spreading inform ation to stu ­ dents is difficult and recom ­ mends that the next VP external establish a committee.

A nother project Phipps is working on, in partnership with Walksafe, is the re-administering of a safety audit for the McGill campus and ghetto which will end with an awareness campaign next semester.

"In January there will be a huge campaign to inform stu­ dents about the safety of the ghetto and campus, telling them what areas to avoid, and the safe routes to follow," said Phipps.

"This audit will have been done on a long-term basis and re­ assessed each year because things change, and contacts with the MUC police and McGill security need to be maintained."

In order to avoid the fate of 1994's safety audit — proposals went largely unnoticed and few

were ever im plem ented — Phipps delegated the audit's rec­ ommendations to smaller groups responsible for their implementa­ tion.

With first semester coming to a close, Phipps defended both her decision not to support Plan G and the strength of her com­ munication network around the city.

"I guess [it was] because nobody really supported it. In terms of university contacts it was never an issue that was brought up," said Phipps. "I was clearly opposed to Plan G any­ way... you have to have the prop­ er time for civil disobedience — that was my call as VP external.

To have grievances is not enough."

Phipps was elected on her platform to improve the intern­ ship program for the Faculty of Arts and has yet to show any results for her efforts.

After an embarrassing Arts Undergraduate Society meeting in which AUS VP External Jeff Feiner denied that Phipps ever communicated with AUS about internship programs, Phipps now asserts that communication had been completely restored.

"I want to see an internship program set up for this summer," announced Phipps. "I w ant to

help AUS w ith resources and govern­ ment contacts."

Feiner and the new AUS internship co-ordinator Leslie Littman are creating contacts w ith b u si­ ness by organizing next sem ester's Career Fair while Phipps is trying to use the internship resources of Career Edge, a government initiated internship program working in conjunction with the Royal Bank.

Phipps, as VP external, has m ade several questionable 'judgement calls' in this past semester. The first was her assertion that "there are different tactics you need at specific times" in deciding that the November Plan G demonstration wasn't the "proper time" for civil disobedi­ ence. Phipps' second bad judge­ ment call was her failure to dis­ tribute copies of CASA's new policies to SSMU councillors at council — she m aintains that councillors already had the chance to go by her office and read the policies them selves.

Funny that communication is not

the strong point of SSMU's link to the outside world.

Grade: K — Incom plete — grade to be announced upon commencement of mandate

Portfolio passivity: internal executive missing in action

“ T guess I'm the most busy I at the beginning and end X o f the sem ester," said SSMU VP Internal Sarvesh Srivastava. "During midterms, I kind of disappear."

The VP internal is responsi­ ble to "manage relations between the society and its activities, clubs and functional groups," as well as oversee the management

of the Shatner building, all SSMU events and p ro g ram ­ ming. Srivastava began work­ ing on his mandate in May at the beginning of his term in office to prepare for events such as Frosh and Welcome Week.

Since then, Srivastava has ful­ filled a good part of his man­ date, by helping to co-ordinate other events like Financial A w areness W eek and the C anadian Red Cross Blood Drive.

Srivastava summed up this semester by commenting on the patterns of success that have formed within his term.

"The trend of this year is that everything we've done, we have done better than before," he stated.

This sem ester, Srivastava has returned SSMU's previously outsourced web page to the internal portfolio. At the end of

the first sem ester, how ever, SSMU's page is not entirely up and running. Srivastava defends his position by stating that web page management is "a big pro­ ject." Clubs are? required to sub­ mit applications for a link to the SSMU page and are encouraged to design their own sites. "[The web page] will be cen­ tred around students' needs and wants," said Srivastava. "If you had asked me how the web page was going next week, I'd be able to say that it was done."

Under the internal portfolio, Srivastava helped co-ordinate the First Year S tudents' Association elections and the day-care referendum by setting up the various polling stations.

Although groups like FYSA fall under his portfolio, Srivastava has taken a step back to let President Tara Newell take the reins. As well, although contrac­

tors and architects are planning for club space allocations in the new student services building, Srivastava has given little input.

"That is mainly Tara's little baby," he stated. "I guess that [clubs who will use the space] will eventually be transferred into the internal portfolio."

Srivastava m aintains that even though SSMU's executive council may not always see eye to eye on issues such as the num­ ber of polling stations during ref­ erendum, council as a whole is functioning much better than in previous years.

"When you run for a posi­ tion...it's all about 'you, you, you,"' he said. "If working as a team is what you expect, you are setting yourself up for a disaster.

But, we are able to work together and get things done. It's not about hearing your [own] voice, but pushing to be heard."

This area is precisely where Srivastava is lacking — is he really a behind-the-scene type of guy? After the initial whirlwind weeks of the semester, Srivastava seems to have generally dropped off the face of the earth. Major issues that should fall under his portfolio, such as FYSA, have been taken over by other execu­ tives. Srivastava believes, how­ ever, that once FYSA has been solidified by Newell, the associa­ tion will be placed back in his portfolio so that he can "mold them." The same seems applies to the new stu d e n t services building. Once the legwork is done, Srivastava seem s to be quite happy to take control.

G ra d e : C+ — What have you done for me lately?

No threat of insubordination: VP university affairs tows line “Tk J T aybe students are l \ / I disinterested, or -L V -l-m a y b e they just don't know about the magnitude of my portfolio," said SSMU VP U niversity Affairs Elizabeth Gomery. Status quo seems to characterize this year's UA exec­ utive.

G om ery's duties as VP University Affairs include being the official liaison between SSMU and the university administration as well as representing students at Senate. H ighlights of her semester include increased col­ laboration with academic groups on cam pus as well as w ith Concordia University.

"I guess the thing...with this position is that it is not very fast moving,"- said Gomery. "My pre­ decessors were concerned with academic issues. I concentrate more on equity — establishing good relations."

One of Gomery's first semes-

ter successes includes the Sexual Harassm ent Policy which was passed unanimously by Senate earlier this year. A lthough Gomery admits that she cannot take credit for the passed amend­ ments to this policy, she consid­ ers it to be a "personal accom­ plishment." Other successes in the academic realm include the Academic Planning and Policy Committee's initiative to imple­ ment the exam bank system and the allocation of $750,000 from the library improvement fund to purchase computer stations and a book collection for the libraries.

The issue that has taken up most of Gomery's time, however, is the differential tuition law suit against the provincial govern­ ment. She has played an integral part of the legal process, speak­ ing w ith SSMU's law yer on a daily basis and helping to pre­ pare SSMU's case.

"We've managed to get a lot of media attention and political

support," she said. "The case is well underway, therefore, mak­ ing it very hard to ignore our demands."

Overall, Gomery feels that this year's councillors have main­ tained good relations with one another and are a group of very dedicated people. Some prob­ lems have arisen, however, with the blurring of exec portfolio lines.

"There are two sides to this.

It is advantageous in a situation like the differential tuition fee case. The case has to be so big and it ended up stretching into the portfolios of both [VP External] Lisa [Phipps] and [President] Tara [Newell]," she stated. "But, often [processes] are hindered because our law yer needs to know who to talk to — someone has to be a spokesper­ son."

Gomery is satisfied that the executive council has a common vision for SSMU and she stressed

the importance of team-work in realizing that vision.

"When you are p art of a team, it is often difficult because you all do different things," she said. "But w hen yo u 're not, there is distrust."

Next sem ester, Gomery hopes to participate in commit­ tees that will be discussing adjustments to McGill's grading scheme as well as sitting in on a subcommittee dealing with the accessibility of McGill buildings to students with disabilities.

"I want to dispel myths of SSMU's inaccessibility," she stat­ ed.

Gomery's success, however, is hindered by a fundam ental weakness. Although she sits on many committees as the voice of the student body, it seems that she has no concrete goals of her own driving her forward to set an example for her successors.

Her other second-semester goals include re-establishing relations

with various campus groups that have been neglected in the past.

In short, Gomery seems to take a defensive approach to university politics: while she hasn't dropped the ball in term s of her basic duties she h asn 't attem pted a drive to the basket.

G ra d e : B— Status quo, go, go, go!

More than a numbers game: VP finance lauches offence

“ Tk KToney is everyl \ / I thing," announced JL Y X SSM U VP Finance Duncan Reid while summing up the first half of his mandate. "In this position, it's really easy to do a lot but have no one see."

Reid has expanded his pri­ mary job by facilitating the pro­ jects of others while extending

his portfolio beyond the num­ bers.

The VP Finance proved this semester that he takes the facili­ tator role seriously when he emerged with SSMU's budget that gave priority to student clubs, p roviding them w ith unprecedented funding while still breaking even. Even though it rem ains u n d e te r­ mined whether or not Sadie's will break even at the end of this year, Reid is satisfied with its sales so far, especially com­ pared to last year's numbers.

"If Sadie's does break even, which may be difficult, it would be a huge step up from its per­ form ance last year. But smooshies from the new slushy machine are successful in pro­ viding revenue and smiles," said Reid with typical aplomb.

Reid, how ever, rem ains unsure regarding the future of the empty, dusty copy centre in the basement of Shatner, which is still unused after over a year.

Some of the copiers have become obsolete while SSMU continues to pay the leases on them. Reid wants the copy centre operating next semester, but can't seem to decide on the method.

"The copy centre is the hard­ est thing on my mandate," Reid declared. "I've had to learn- all the complexities involved in run­ ning a copy centre and the reality is that it's very difficult to com­ pete in the copy business because it's already so competi­ tive in the downtown area. It's im portant to provide the best service for students, but within our realistic opportunities and constraints."

Now that the McGill book­ sto re 's outsourcing is on the verge of being finalized, Reid proudly proclaims himself to be a driving force behind its privati­ zation from the outset. In fact, he's a member of the committee responsible for review ing the contract before it goes to the Board of Governors to be rubber-

stamped.

"I look forward to improv­ ing the bookstore services for students," said Reid. "We all know the Board of Governors is going to support the contract. I could see C hapter's take over management of the bookstore in the middle of next semester."

Reid defends the executive's decision to hire the management consulting firm KPMG to help reorganize SSMU and improve its efficiency.

"The $25,000 we paid for this consulting firm is a good investment," Reid insists. "We got rid of our office manager this summer whose salary is $30,000 and we haven't noticed the dif­ ference. By improving the way this office works, we can easily save that and more."

Reid counts Frosh Week as a big financial success over the past semester, giving credit to the organizers, but pointing out that his direct responsibility over the cash flow m ade the m ost

im pact on the final revenue count.

"Four Floors smashed rev­ enue records by thousands of dollars this year," said Reid, "and Shatner w asn't even that crowded. We collected $5,000 to $10,000 more this year just by minimizing the number of peo­ ple in contact with the money."

From regular meetings with Miravel to improve food service on campus to informing students of their extended health and den­ tal coverage, Reid has ensured his work will not go unseen.

"I have m oved my job beyond the VP finance portfo­ lio," said Reid. "I saw things that needed to be done and so I'm doing them . It's half way through the year and I'm much more than half way done."

G ra d e : B+ — Good job. Way to go tiger.

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York reorganizes Women’s studies program The largest women’s studies school in the world is set to open at York U niversity som etim e next summer, combining a num ber of existing program s, faculties and libraries which are currently spread through its campus.

Students will be able to choose from a wide selection of courses, ranging from business to the fine arts. The school will also furnish better access to research, vocational co u n sellin g and co n feren ces.

Conceived during an undergraduate program review at York in 1994, the idea for the school met with approval from the university admin­ istra tio n and staff. In the past, Y ork’s W om en’s studies depart­ ment has been criticized for its lack of coordination between the under­ graduate program s o ffered at York’s three campuses.

T he am alg am atio n of W om en’s studies program s, libraries and faculties is also the result of recent budget cuts by the O n tario g o vernm ent. S ince the C o n serv ativ es rise to pow er in 1995, York has seen its budget slashed by tens of millions of dol­ lars.

York began offering Women’s studies to students in 1972, and

AUS scrambles to fill Bardeesy void The p resident o f the A rts Undergraduate Society resigned from his position on November 26, leaving AUS council w ith the responsibility of choosing a new executive.

Karim Bardeesy notified his

started awarding degrees in the sub­ ject in 1983. York’s graduate pro­ gram in Women’s studies what the first in Canada to offer a PhD in the field.

— with files from The Excalibur

Macs becoming obsolete at Western The University Committee on In fo rm atio n System s and Technology at Waterloo university has drafted a plan designed to phase out all Macintosh computers in use at the university over the next sev­ eral years.

If allow ed to co n tinue, the phasing out will occur as support services for the Macintosh are elim­ inated gradually until early in the year 2000. The move to eliminate Macintoshes is an attempt to reduce the complexity of Waterloo’s com­ puting environment.

This plan has met with adverse reactions from staff members, who as a whole, were not consulted by the administration or the committee.

There are also concerns that this ini­ tiative may negatively impact pro­ grams at Waterloo. Decreasing the diversity of the computer environ­ ment is believed to be harmful to the educational experience. As well.

executive council two weeks in advance that he would no longer be AUS president because of personal reasons unrelated to the AUS. As a result, the VP Academic Melissa Sawyer moved to fulfil presidential responsibilities and in-house byelections were called for the VP academic position. Sawyer admitted

faculty members are concerned about the high cost of installing and maintaining personal computers.

The Committee will reconsider several of their recommendations based on the negative responses to the draft.

— with files from the Western Gazette

discourage the association from printing material.

Lecky plans on attending the next meeting of the ESA to discuss the issue and the necessity of train­ ing teachers to cope with gay, les­ bian and bisexual co-workers and students.

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UVic education newsletter deems homosexuality "controversial"

U of T Varsity prints anti-semitic ad in error

A newsletter produced by the Education Students Association at the U niversity of V ictoria have denied an undergrad student the right to submit articles on being homosexual.

Duane Lecky, a high school teacher on leave while pursuing a degree at the UVic, sent an e-mail to the association, proposing arti­ cles on his experiences as a gay teacher and about gay, lesbian and bisexual students and student asso­ ciations. In response to his inquiry, the asso ciatio n stated that its newsletter was not a medium for controversial issues, and suggested he subm it his articles to the U niversity o f V ictoria student newspaper, the Martlet.

M embers o f the association have since met with UVic Dean of Education Bruce Howe to discuss I.ecky and the newsletter. The dean is optimistic that the issue will be clarified, however, he maintains that it is not his role to encourage or she. along with the rest of the AUS executive, was shocked by Bardeesy’s decision.

“His absence is going to hit us hard,” said Sawyer. “We really respect him and we know it was a real personal sacrifice for him to give up AUS.” In a council vote held last Wednesday, Chris Watson, presi­ dent of East Asian Studies, was elected as the new VP academic, defeating Michelle Simpson, presi­ dent of Industrial Relations.

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In the majority of cases, the publication of the ad received com plaints and sparked debate not on Holocaust denial but on the issue • t free speech; Sm ith’s views we taken as illegitimate and unfounded Most schools issued apologies the Jewish Students on their respe live cam puses, and notified the Jewish organizations which they though would be offended by the ad. However, the student newspaper at the University of South Carolina ran the ad w ithout sparking any com m unity reactio n and have received no complaints. They s< e no reason why the ad is an issue.

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“We killed 268,921 seals last year. One seal at a time.

“Unofficially, we may have killed half a million. We caved in their skulls. Hooked their flesh. Blasted them with bullets. Even skinned them alive. The equivalent of twice the human population of P.E.I. Peeled for pelts. Most of the animals only days or weeks old.

Many of the adults we left on the ice to rot. All subsidized by Canada. By us.”

A vivid image. Canadians Against the Commercial Seal Hunt, the group responsible for the above quote, is an International Fund for Animat Welfare project condemning the Canadian commercial seal hunt and claiming that hunters are in blatant contravention of hunting regulations set out by the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans.

Over the past two months they have saturated the media with their ad campaign. The campaign, comprised of television and print advertisements, has been gaining steam for the season of giving.

Though they are not soliciting donations, they are asking you to join a prestigious group o f Canadian celebrities (M ichael Ondaatje, William Shatner, Timothy Findley and many others) and thousands of other Canadians in the fight against the inhumane killing of seals.

The television ads depict white, icy landscapes in Northern Labrador stained with the blood of dead seals. The bloody visuals are cut with empathetic close-ups o f baby seals with sad eyes beg­ ging for your help. The newspaper ads show a pick and a hook, both dripping with blood.

The CATCSH cam paign is rife with blatant sentim entality.

Watching the television commercial, one finds it difficult not to side with the seals. These aesthetically beautiful animals beg you to sup­ port CATCSH’s cause, even though you have probably never seen a seal, know anything about the sealing industry or even understand the cause.

CATCSH is not trying to put an end to the industry universally known for clubbing its victims. They are asking you to ensure that every kill will be “hum ane.” On their website (w w w .ifaw .org), IFAW enumerates nineteen regulations that they are lobbying the government to enforce. In the end. the seal will still be dead.

But that is not the impression one gets from the commercials.

You probably think that it is possible to save the seals — to stop the exploitation of Canadian seal populations that are butchered to feed the Asian market where the genitalia of male seals are sold as aphro­ disiacs. You probably think that by donating your time and money to the cause, the world-wide demand for pelts will be quelled with political correctness. Not likely.

The industry, a very lucrative one at that, is not going to be stopped — well, at least not until the entire seal population is wiped out (still haven't learned anything from the Atlantic cod lesson) or legislation is enacted to stop the seal hunt. Yet the CATCSH cam ­ paign doesn't mention this; instead, they want to pull heart strings by focusing on the inhumane treatment of cute, fuzzy mammals. But those cute, fuzzy animals are still going to be killed despite your support — perhaps CATCSH is simply trying to make themselves feel better about it.

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M.U.S.: racist homophobes?

With all the controversy sur­ rounding the Management Winter Carnival, the nature and purpose of the event has become greatly distort­ ed.

Carnival is 400 people partic­ ipating in 35 events spanning six days. Teams of 50 com pete at broomball, pub-crawls, ice sculpting, lip-synch, scavenger hunts, skits, cheers and more. Anticipation of Carnival is illustrated by a poster on the wall of the Bronfman Cafeteria, updated every m orning, reading “Number of Days to Carnival.” It started at 75 days.

The Tribune article of November 18 described allegations of homophobia and ethnicity [sic] in the selection of m em bers to the Carnival Planning Committee. These allegations are so unfounded and absurd that the wasting of the ink needed to print this line is to give them undue legitimacy. However, since in-depth research and responsi­ ble reporting is not always a prereq­ uisite for writing an article, I will attempt to clarify any misconcep­ tions.

You are probably aware of the fact that SACOMSS wrote a letter to the Trib correcting an earlier com­ ment, stating that Management had

in fact been receptive to the idea of working with SACOMSS. You prob­ ably know as well that Mr. Qureshi was “concerned that [his] rebuff was due to his application as a homosex­ ual.” What Mr. Qureshi should have worried about was the fact that on his application for Carnival Committee — which he subm itted after the deadline — he indicated that he was a U2 student and never explicitly specified otherwise. Due to the over­ whelming numbers, only U3 appli­ cants who had participated in Carnival before were considered. If Mr. Qureshi was still “concerned” maybe he should have shown up to his meeting with the co-chairs of the committee, arranged only to discuss his concerns.

Many aspects of Carnival week in years past were offensive and inappropriate. This y ear’s MUS made a firm commitment to remove all racism, sexism and homophobia from C arnival and other Management programs. In August, MUS executives and Frosh Committee chairs attended a sensi­ tivity training session with a private consultant to explore issues of diver­ sity.

The MUS constitution is being amended to remove exclusionary

language and the new MUS Poster Policy ensures that nothing can be hung in Bronfman w ithout prior MUS approval.

Specific to Carnival, committee members and captains will partic­ ipate in sensitivity training before C arnival begins at the end of January. Buns and Bellies, an event that almost encouraged offensive­ ness, will be replaced with an event promoting creativity, not vulgarity.

Specific guidelines and rules are in the process of being drawn up for­ mally and will be strictly adhered to.

I cannot guarantee the complete success of the revamping of Carnival or the erosion of century old stereo­ types. I only urge critics, activists and journalists to attend all 35 events before passing judgement.

Finally, the MUS is not a horde of queer bashing racists. Since it is w orking for the effectuation of change, I hope that future concerns and criticisms will not be brought in cowardice to the Tribune but to the MUS where they can be turned into action.

—Jeff Anders U2 Commerce MUS rep to SSMU

Health plan competitive I am glad that students, SSMU Council, and the media are taking the time to inform themselves on the SSMU Health and Dental Plan, and on the management issues behind it.

With this new level of information, how ever, there is an increased responsibility on my part to ensure that the facts at large are correct.

Your editorial of November 25 (“Don’t Go Against the Family”) expressed concern that the SSMU has not been putting the Health Plan to tender for competitive bidding.

As I would have explained to the SSMU Council — had the debate not been cut short on November 20 — this is simply not true.

As the VP Finance o f the

SSMU, and as an economics student, I agree with the editor that only a competitive process will ensure that students receive maximum value for their highly stretched dollars. When the Health Plan was renewed for January 1997, less than a year ago, we formally solicited bids from three different insurance underwriters.

Furthermore, after the Dental Plan was overwhelmingly approved by student referendum in the fall of 1996, it was bid upon in sealed offers from four underwriters. From these bids, the best offer was chosen and brought to Council last year. When these insurance agreements expire in August of 1998, an assessment of the insurance company’s services to date

will be performed, and a request for sealed bids w ill be made.

Furthermore, in February and March of the upcoming year, a complete review of the Health Plan will be done by Council — as has always been done in the spring.

Ultimately, the “competitive environment” that the Editor sup­ ports already exists. Students, as well as councillors, should be reas­ sured that the SSMU will continue to offer one the highest-value, highestquality health plans in Canada.

— Duncan J. Reid SSMU VP Finance and Operations

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It all began on October 30 with a naïve approach o f filling out request forms to have transcripts sent out. The attendants in the transcripts office assured me that they would be processed and sent out within the week. However, having been a stu­ dent of McGill for six years, I felt the need to prevent any foreseeable com­

plications. I arranged a meeting with the person in charge o f student accounts at the cashier’s office and then with the student aid office to negotiate payment arrangements on an outstanding loan. Once again I was assured that everything would be okay.

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office to send out my transcripts by courier service. They informed me that they would be sent out that same day or the next day at the very latest.

Five days later, I foud out that they had not arrived. I called the office only learn that due to complications with loan payments, the transcripts were not sent out.

On November 24, I went to the Administration Office (trip #3) and discovered that my transcripts were still sitting there. I am very fortunate that the deadline for the transcripts was not until N ovem ber 28.

Nevertheless, I realize that until I receive receipt of their arrival, I am not yet out of the woods.

The sad and inexcusable fact about this situation is that I was at no time contacted during this fiasco.

Had I blindly put my faith in my university, in the services which we pay for, my applications would have and still would be disqualified. It is obvious from my experience and the experiences of friends who I have spoken to that M cG ill feels no responsibility w hatsoever for upholding a service that is crucial in determining the future of its stuC ontin ued on page 10

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Rants and...no, just rants: stockings full of coal for everyone In the spirit of the season (kind o f), a sto ck in g fu l o f little w ee skewerings.

Y o u ’ve h eard by now th at M cG ill’s ch ap ter o f Phi Delta Theta has agreed to ban all alcoholic bev­ erag es from its frat house, in exchange for S I0,000 from its parent o rg anization. In related news, an Idiot, Geek, and Loser Council study has shown that dur­ ing a M o n tre a l w in ter, a fro n t porch is as effe c tiv e a ch illin g device as a General Electric refrig­ erator. Bundle up, boys!

• Not long ago, I needed a copy of my transcript. The R egistrar’s Office will sell you an unofficial photocopy for five dollars. Five bucks for a photocopy is ludicrous enough in itself, but the kicker is that they w o n ’t take cash. You

have to pay a buck of Interac fee for a five-dollar purchase, which you co u ld alm o st pay for w ith pocket change. A substantial num­ ber o f M c G ill’s G o v ernors are

wanker watch D a v id R e e v e ly

bankers. Coincidence?

• Tooth and Nail was this fall’s major English department produc­ tion, and by all accounts it was bril­ lia n t. T he show (in a th eatre re d u c e d to o n e -th ird cap acity because of the staging) was sold out night after night, but they had the decency to keep a nightly wait­ ing list. Unfortunately, toward the end of the run, someone changed the policy, neglected to change the message on the ticket line suggest­

Letters to th e Ed ito r Wanker facts clarified In your article “M aking a case for a rev italized D aily ” (Tribune, 25 N ovem ber 1997) under your “Fact” column: 1. “All McGill students — graduates and undergraduates — are members [of the DPS] The real facts: All McGill Students are not DPS members.

Continuing Education stu­ dents are not members.

Students at M acD onald Campus are not members.

Students from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research who are non-resident or who are full time teaching staff, are not members.

2. “Each member of the DPS pays a fee of $6.70 per semester.”

The real facts: Each DPS m em ber pays $6.70 PER YEAR. Additional session graduate students pay $3.35 PER YEAR. A copy of our constitution and bylaws is available in the Daily Office (Shatner, room B-03) if you are interested in finding out more facts about the paper. We hope to see these corrections in your next issue.

—Sonia Verma Daily Coordinating Editor [Ed note: Mr. Reevely, the author of “Making a case for a revital­ ized M cG ill D a ily ,” and the McGill Tribune, regret the error.

The Tribune would like to further point out that David Reevely’s Wanker Watch is an opinion col­ umn, not an article, and as such, “does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the McGill Tribune, its editors or its staff.”]

ing th a t p eo p le com e an hour before the doors opened to snag tickets of people who didn’t claim their reservations, and left a lot of angry theatregoers out in the cold.

It was a stupid, bush-league mistake for what was oth­ erw ise a m ajo r-leag u e production.

• The w rong draft of my column appeared in this space last w eek. It was not my intention to damage the reputation of the McGill Daily in any way, and I apologize unreservedly to anyone who thought that wa s so.

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End-of-semester report cards!

President Tara Newell: BF u lfille d her cam paign promise on daycare and has thus far failed to declare war on any of her vice-presidents. Competent, but

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uninspired—the President is held to a higher standard.

VP U n iv ersity A ffa irs Elisabeth Gomery: B+ Good work with Senate, regu­ la r u p d ates on the co u rt case against the Quebec governm ent, p ro g re ss w ith the L ib rary Improvement Fund, and leadership in establishing a (m uch-needed) censorship policy for posters on campus.

VP External Lisa Phipps: C Suffering from the slow onset o f VP E x tern al C reep in g Invisibility Syndrome. What have you done, Lisa? Faithfully attend­ ing meetings of student groups and an u n d e rp u b lic iz e d F in an cial Awareness thingy isn’t enough.

VP In tern a l S arvesh Srivastava: D+ Most significant “accomplish­ ments” (Frosh, Four Floors parties, etc.) are mostly done by other peo­

ple. Blew several issues at Council.

Turns out he is just a pretty face.

VP Finance Duncan Reid: AGood work on the budget and the health plan. Showed good lead­ ership initiative on the Daily. All we could ask for from someone in his nuts-and-bolts, unglam orous position. Only blot on his record is an inability to handle criticisms and challenges from Council.

• Finally, a skewer to myself. I regularly run to as much as two and three tim es what I’m allowed in words, and my editors, bless their space-starved hearts, print every one. As my little gift to them, this colum n clocks in at a tidy 575 words, 25 under my limit.

• H ave a good h o lid ay . The Wankers will be getting their rest, so we’d better, too.

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I also hate cranky old bitches who serve me at A.L. Van Houtte.

I can’t stand the sight of “FoodNot-Alcohol” man — or anyone that sympathizes with him.

I hate how people in this city must jaywalk, at any cost, even when you know these people have nowhere important to go. And I espe­ cially hate it when old men do it.

Please — don’t even bother. But I also can’t stand people who walk slowly and insist on walking in the dead centre of the sidewalk.

I hate shows like Home Improvement and Grace Under Fire.

If you must run shit production, at least show reruns of T h ree’s Company. Even the tired antics of Jack Tripper on Two’s a Crowd are more palatable to watch than Brett Butler.

I hate how the McGill libraries smell. ALL of them.

I hate the fact that Entertainment Tonight pretends to be a show that “reports.” All their pro­ gramming consists of what’s Coming Up Next, what’s Later On In The Show, what’s Featured Tomorrow and Next Week’s Exclusive. I’ll let you in on a secret: they don't actual­ ly produce stories. Param ount Television, their company, has made

a fortune on 90-second interviews and flashy “Stay-Tuned-For” seg­ ments.

I hate the New and Improved Oprah. She’s become so self-centred and self-indulgent. And i t ’s not because she’s lost the weight. It’s because she thinks she’s got to kow­ tow to the “American People” like some kind of lame-ass politician. If I have to hear one more story about how she’s just like the rest of us, I’m sorry, but I will actually have to vomit.

By the way, I hate having to side-step the vomit on St-Laurent on weekends.

I hate Patty Kim, the weather girl on the CBC evening news. Her reports revolve around mind-numb­ ing, annoying, cutesy banter rather than the outlook for tomorrow. And she laughs at her own jokes way too much. Someone must tell her pro­ ducer that she is not funny.

I can’t deal with people who still insist on using the phase “don’t go there.” I thought we collectively, as a generation, had officially rele­ gated that term to our parents by now.

I hate the layout of the Faubourg. Who are these geniuses who designed it so that you have to walk all the way across the top floors to get to an exit? Did this actually

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I hate the wind tunnel that is McTavish in the winter.

I hate the service at Eaton’s.

Their stock is pathetic, and their ser­ vice people act like they would rather suffer an enema at the hands of Heinrich Himmler than ring in my purchases. All my experiences there have shown me that contrary to their ads, they really, really do not want to be my store.

I hate any and all McCain com­ mercials.

I hate syllabi that read like this: “A Synthesis in/of Diversity: Horror as a Transitional Zone of Experience and Symbolization where Socio-cultural genre, perversion, art, ethics, and primordial experience meet the paradoxical re-affirm ation and destruction of the ontology of self Horror as Liminal Self.” What the fuck is this kind o f garbage? It angers me to no end that as students, we have to impress the people who write this shit.

And I hate it when people call me bitter.

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Commemorating the Montreal Massacre ||

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W hen 1 was asked to write this article, I re a lly d id n ’t re a liz e w h at I w as g e ttin g myself into.

“This is the first time that the Tribune is com ing out in D ecem ber,” my ed ito r told me. “W e’d really like to have a com m em ora­ tive piece on the Montreal M assacre.”

A co m m e m o ra tiv e p ie c e . T he w ords echoed in my head. How can we commemo­ rate som ething that was so horrible? And, more importantly, why would we want to?

We com m em orate good things, like the ach ievem en t o f in d ependence by nations.

And coins, we have commemorative coins.

But to com m em orate a m assacre? The

R ebekah B lok, c h a irp e rso n o f PO W E (P ro m o tin g O p p o rtu n itie s fo r W o m en in Engineering), and I sat in the A rchitecture C afé fo r tw o hours la st T h u rsd ay , talk in g about the Massacre and all of the topics it nat­ urally opened up.

Blok made me realize that D ecem ber 6, unfortunately, m eshes into our society a bit too perfectly. “It fits so terribly well with our culture [and really suggests the need to] con­ centrate on prom oting the awareness o f vio­ lence against women,” she said. “ D e c e m b e r 6 ” h a s e v o lv e d in to a euphem ism for the M assacre, bringing forth issues of violence against women everywhere.

She elaborated. “W hat our culture says by silencing people, by not listening to people, the way we socialize our children, the way we portray women in the media and how we see w om en on billboards and soap operas...w e g ra n t p erm issio n to the o b je c tific a tio n o f women and violence against women. W here w om en d o n ’t h av e as m uch p o w er, i t ’s a breeding gound for hateful attitudes towards women. It gives perm ission to hateful atti­ tudes when violence erupts.”

I learned that this year’s memorial recep­ tion at McGill seeks to address these concerns as w ell as inform people on how they can actively participate in the protest against vio­ lence against women.

“W hen they leave this, we want people to

“Where women don’t have as much power, it’s a breeding gound for hateful attitudes towards women. It gives permission to hateful attitudes when violence erupts.”

— Rebekah Blok POWE Chair know w hat they can do to raise aw areness about violence against women at M cGill, in M o n treal and in all o f C a n a d a ,” a sse rte d Karen Hamilton, co-coordinator of the memo­ rial reception.

White ribbons will be distributed at vari­ ous points around campus. “It’s to show your sympathy for the women who were killed on D ecem ber 6, but also to show aw areness of violence against women and to create solidari­ ty a m o n g th e w e a re rs o f th e r ib b o n s ,” explained Anna Leventhal, co-coordinator of

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N ot being from C an ad a, I had n ev er heard o f the M ontreal M assacre. Fourteen w om en shot dead by a m ale classm ate at L 'É cole Polytechnique. It shocked me that som ething like this co u ld have happened such a short time ago. Eight years ago. I was in grade 7. That’s not such a long time ago.

Now, if it were thirty years ago, we could all say, "but that was thirty years ago...tim es have c h an g ed a lot since th e n .” And the incom prehensible horror o f it w ould have been a little easier to digest. And we would have gone on with our lives.

But only eight. W hat do we say then?

W hat’s our safety net now? W hat’s our dis­ claimer? How do we convince ourselves that

it w on’t happen again? Has o u r s o c ie ty c h a n g e d so m uch th at we w ould p re ­ vent it happening again?

It's im portant to com ­ m e m o ra te th e M o n tre a l M assacre so that we don’t forget it. So that we keep th in k in g ab o u t it. So th at we c o n tin u e to grow and change from it. So that it n e v e r h a p p e n s a g a in . So that these women would not have died in vain.

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White ribbons show awareness o f violence against w om en the memorial reception.

The memorial reception has been primari­ ly organized with the help of women from the W om en’s Union, but it’s important to realize that this is not only a women’s issue.

Darrell Tan, a U3 science student, pointed out to me that this is a m en’s issue as well.

D arrell, in co llab o ratio n w ith P eer H ealth E d u c a tio n , is tak in g a ctiv e steps tow ards involving men in the struggle against violence against women.

“Men need to be doing things about this issue,” he said. “In order to actively involve men, a commemorative table will be set up in Redpath Library which will be staffed only by men and donations will be solicited primarily from men throughout the day.

“One thing w e’ll be doing is distributing cards with powerful messages concerning vio­ lence against women. These will be given to men to present to the women in their lives,” Tan explained.

POWE, in cooperation with the W omen’s Union, will also be setting up commemorative ta b le s in th e m ain u n iv e rs ity b u ild in g s .

Fourteen candles will be set up on the tables am idst photographs o f the fourteen women and white ribbons. “It allows you to stand by the table and think quietly,” explained Taryn T o m lin so n , p re s id e n t o f the E n g in e e rin g Undergraduate Society.

Twelve of the fourteen women were engi­ neering students. Tom linson expressed her outlook on the tragedy. “It was reflective of the problems and tensions that are still evident

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in en g in eerin g today. I feel th at everyone needs to take action and be a part of the move­ ment towards creating a comfortable and safe atmosphere for women in engineering.”

Tomlinson expressed that “December 6” is a p articu larly sensitive issue w ithin the Faculty o f E ngineering at M cG ill. In early 1990, the Committee on W omen was created as a response to the tragedy and this, in turn, led to the student initiative of POWE. “PO W E provides resources and events that benefit all engineering students, male and female alike, with a special emphasis on the needs and interests of women engineering stu­ dents.

“The committee ideally acts as a basis for members to get support for their special pro­ jects as well as a forum for com m unication among people who have similar concerns.”

I’d like to leave you with the thought that Rebekah shared with me on Thursday. I asked her if I was correct in understanding that she felt that society played a role in the deaths of these women. She answered thoughtfully, “In a society where sexism didn’t exist, how could M ark Lepine have learned to hate women?”

The “D e c e m b e r 6 t h ” M e m o ria l R e c e p tio n w ill be h e ld on T h u rsd a y , D ecember 4 at 4 p.m. in Redpath Hall. All are welcome. People interested in learning m ore about PO W E should contact Rebekah Blok, chairperson o f POWE, at rblok@ pobox.mcgill.ca.

You bet we remember: It’s hard to forget something that happens everyday.

So you think I have no right to feel this way — You think it’s just words if I don’t go home to stares and swears and falling down stairs and gin beginning and blood cocktails (cock tales) and lying wide-eyed, dry-eyed, and fffear fear! sudden fear! oh stop must get out can’t get out so scared can’t noone no no no no!

I don’t go home to it But I see it in the tension sometimes Hear it the words that don’t get said See it, see it, read it, hear it You would too if you were paying attention So pay attention and don’t fight with me about this anymore We need your anger direct­ ed to remembering and seeing and changing.

— by Rebekah Blok

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Ces normes exigent que la vérification soit planifiée et exécutée de manière à fournir un degré raisonnable de certitude quant à l'absence d'inexactitudes importantes dans les états financiers. La vérification comprend le contrôle par sondages des éléments probants à l'appui des montants et des autres éléments d'information fournis dans les états financiers. Elle comprend également l'évaluation des principes comptables suivis et des estimations importantes faites par le conseil de l'Association étudiante, ainsi qu'une appréciation de la présentation d'ensemble des états financiers. À notre avis, ces états financiers présentent fidèlement, à tous égards importants, la situation financière du Centre au 31 mai 1997 ainsi que les résultats de ses activités et l’évolution de sa situation financière pour l'exercice terminé à cette date selon les principes comptables généralement

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Soustraire Amortissement des immobilisations Intérêts débiteurs Solde de clôture

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SamsonBélair Deioitte& &

Operating fund Balance sheet 1997 S

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A s s e ts Current assets Cash Short-term investments Accounts receivable Inventories Prepaid expenses Due from capita! expenditures reserve fund

Auditors' report

To the Directors o f the Student Center o f McGill University / Centre étudiant de {'Université McGill

549,333

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Students' Society Council, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation

231,122 1,083,090

268,947 744,297

64,840 221,153 322,774 3,093 313,155 51,886 976,901

70,509 81,866 317,977 46,889 69,236 586,477

106,189 1,083,090

157,820 744,297

Liabilities Current liabilities Accounts payable McGill University Student health insurance plan Other Due to awards of distinction reserve fund Due to library improvement fond Current portion of long-term debt (Note 4)

Long-term debt (Note 4) In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Center as at May 31, 1997 and the results o f its operations and the changes in its financial position for the year then ended m accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

232,635 8,300 141,520 37,599 28,025 27,271 475,350

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Capital assets (Note 3) We have audited the balance sheets of the operating fund, the capital expenditures reserve fund and awards of distinction reserve fund of the Student Center o f McGill University / Centre étudiant de l'Université McGill as at May 31, 1997 and the statements o f revenue and expenses and surplus of the operating fund, changes in the operating fund, changes in the reserve fund for capital expenditures and of changes in the reserve fund for awards of distinction for the year then ended.

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Students' Society Council Our responsibility is to express on opinion on these financial statements based on oar audit.

95,103 67,086 51,357 89,089 851,968

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Capital expenditures reserve fund Balance sheet

Operating fund Statement of revenue and expenses and surplus

as at May 31. 1997

year ended May 31, 1997 1997 $

1996 $

Assets Current assets Investments (market value $447,589; 1996-$416,035) Capital assets (Note 3)

440,404 323,994 764,398

416,530 347,247 763,777

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27,271 5,250 120,000 152,521

675,309 764,398

611,256 763,777

Liabilities Current liabilities Due to operating fund Accrued interest Current portion of long-term debt (Note 4)

C a p i ta l Reserve fond for capital expenditures

Statement of changes in the reserve fund for capital expenditures year ended May 31, 1997_________________________________________________ 1997 $ Balance of fund, beginning of year

1996 $

611,256

479,128

23,872 162,012 797,140

28,541 218,846 726,515

118,681 3,150 121,831 675,309

103,709 11,550 115.259 611,256

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Expenses Sadie's tabagie Gert's Pub Food and beverage operations University center building operations General, office and administrative Council services Programming activities Publications Services Interest group

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1997 $

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915,991 270,227 359,168 246,297 124,734 165,857 157,552 224,721 108,256 2,572,803

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Cigars: lounging around Montreal B y E r ik a B u e c h n e r

Recently things have begun to smell a little d ifferently around Montreal. Cigar smoking has offi­ cially established itself in our city with the opening of a number of cigar lounges since July.

For those of you who do not like to venture past ghetto haunts like Annie’s, you might ask, what is a cigar lounge? They are generally softly-lit rooms filled with over­ stuffed sofas and chairs, which are invitingly welcoming to the cus­ tomer. There is usually a cabinet or a small glassed-in room that is used to display the merchandise that attracts the clientele. And the air is filled w ith the sw eet stench o f cigar smoke, cognac and cologne.

Why are people indulging themselves in these dimly-lit, fragranced locales and spending between $8 and $30 on a cigar? Rala Ajakie, an employee of the Comte de Monte Cristo cigar bar, explained why people have turned to smoking in their leisure time.

“In the 80s, people w ent to dance clubs all of the time. Now they want to just lounge around and talk. For the connoisseurs, they smoke one cigar accompanied by a good cognac,” she said.

Other smokers claim that cigar smoking is a personal statement.

Peter Blatter, owner of the cigar shop Blatter & Blatter, stated that cigar lounges “are certainly a trend.

For young people, it is a sign of

Kramer! How could you? sophistication. For young women especially, it is a sign of defiance.”

Thom as S uhadolnik of The [Internet] Smoke Shop also elaborat­ ed on the subject. “Given the relative cost in terms of dollars and increased health risks, it seems, cigars are a small price to pay to get the gratifi­ cation that comes with offending some self-righteous fascist who would like to tell you how to live.”

But cigar smoking is hardly an activist’s pastime. The general clien­ tele of cigar lounges encompass a conservative-looking bunch with steady incomes. These individuals are accustomed to a higher standard

of living and they want to show it.

Cigar smoking can be quite costly — you’ll need some decent cash to fully enjoy the lounge culture. Even at the small magazine/cigar shop La Presse Internationale, the majority of cigar buyers are business people in their thirties.

While cigar lounges may be a trend, cigar smoking is certainly not new to Montreal. Small cigar shops have supplied M o n treal’s cigar puffers for decades. These establish­ m ents norm ally benefit from American tourists, who buy the for­ bidden Cubans. Presently, the shops are experiencing a boost in sales as a result of the opening o f cigar lounges in the city, partly because their prices are considerably cheaper than buying cigars in the lounges.

As the cigar industry grows, so do the denouncers of the trend. Rob Cunningham, author of Smoke & M irrors: The Canadian Tobacco War and spokesperson fo r the Canadian Cancer Society, claimed that “the number of cigar smokers has actually decreased.”

Only about four per cent of men and one per cent of women smoke cigars. This may appear strange, considering the apparent popularity of the trend. It is a trend featured in magazines like Cigar Aficionado, which uses the mug shots of celebri­ ties to gain attention.

Retailers have tried to market cigar smoking as the “healthy way to smoke,” as cigar smoke is supposed to be tasted and not drawn into the

lungs. But Bill Van G order, o f the C anadian Lung Association, explained that this is false. “C igars are worse than cigarettes because they have no filters, which means that you are exposed to raw cancer-caus­ ing chem icals, of which there are more than 400,” he said.

Y et, as with many vices, people will sm oke cigars regardless of health concerns.

Steve Siozos, owner of the recently opened Stogies, com pared the allure of the cigar to a good wine.

“Cigars have a dis­ tinct taste, flavouring and spice, which makes them unique Cigar sm oking com pared to cig a ­ rettes.” (I can even vouch for this because he allowed me a puff of a cigarillo. It was a Cuban brand named Cafe Havana which tasted a bit like coffee.)

“The premium cigar business has become quite big because cigars are like wine; they are a natural product whose flavour is determined by how long it is been ag ed ,” explained Niki Singer, senior vice president of Cigar Aficionado.

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“The cigar lounge is a refuge, a place to relax, which explains why hardworking career people are so attracted to them. A lounge is an intim ate place to unwind after a stressful week,” said Blatter.

But for some hard-core fans, cigar smoking is more than a snooty, in-your-face trend. As Rala Ajakie put it, “for a real cigar smokers, it is not a fashion, it is a passion.”

Montreal’s potent crops of supermarijuana highly lucrative B y D a v id P e r d u e

A lthough Q ueb ec’s natural resource economies may be waning, Quebecers can rest assured that the province’s m arijuana industry is booming.

Commonly known as Quebec Gold or Hydro-Quebec, Quebecgrown pot is among the most potent in the world.

Back when your parents were sm oking pot, con cen tratio n s of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in mari­ juana plants usually averaged around one to five per cent. But according to Montreal Urban Community Police, the latest strains of genetically engi­ neered, h y droponically grown Quebec Gold marijuana plants have reached THC concentrations of up to 54 per cent, making them even more potent than their Colombian-grown cousins.

This type of hyper-potent mari­ juana results from carefully con­ trolled processes — namely the use of indoor hydroponic growing tech­ niques and genetic manipulation of plant strains. Due to organized crime gangs and relatively minor traffick­ ing penalties, Quebec’s illegal pot growing industry is huge.

“It’s biker gangs like the Hell’s Angels and the Rock Machine who control most of the marijuana culti­ vation and trafficking,” said Sargent Gagnier of the MUC Police.

Groups similar to Hell’s Angels are reaping immense profits from the cultivation of this extra-potent mari­ juana, often selling the product south of the border where the demand is much higher. U nder the current laws, apprehended cultivators of

marijuana are often not sent to jail, but are merely required to pay a fine, which for most offenders amounts to just part of the overhead of doing busi­ ness. The problem for police is that sentences for marijuana growers are extremely minor, since marijuana is currently classified as a “soft drug” — a false classification given that current potency levels hardly make today’s pot “soft” any­ more.

“Since we’ve now seized plants with THC levels of up to 54 per cent, it’s safe to say that Quebec- grown marijuana is moving into the category of a hard drag,” said Gagnier.

However, many individu­ als rem ain sceptical of the claim s made by the police about the levels o f THC in Quebec-grown p o t p rized by die hards seized marijuana. One McGill stu­ and buds which are sold. Smith dent who professes to be an expert nonetheless remained sceptical that on the subject but wishes to remain any part of the marijuana plant could anonymous explained that the claim be over 50 per cent THC, although of marijuana being a hard drug is he did acknowledge that selective “complete bullshit. This is an anoth­ plant breeding and carefully con­ er attempt being made by politicians trolled growing techniques can have and police to spread fear and intimi­ a significant effect on THC levels. date the average marijuana user.”

D espite the non-believers, McGill plant science professor home-grown Quebec pot does retain Don Smith is also sceptical of the a well-known reputation for being police reports of THC concentrations the “diggity dank” as potheads of 54 per cent. “Plants are mostly around campus will tell you. cellulose. I am highly sceptical that a A good price for one-eighth of plant could be half THC. I think it’s an ounce (3.5 grams) o f Quebec impossible, and I would be shocked. grown outdoor pot is between $20 I just don’t see how the plant could and $30, while indoor, hydroponical­ hang together structurally.” ly grown pot will cost between $35 O f course, when the average and $40 for the same am ount. user purchases marijuana for recre­ Apparently, the same pot can fetch ational use, it is usually only the leaf much higher prices in the States,

may be using their assertions that m arijuana is now a hard drug to inflict stiffer penalties on biker gang members cultivating the drug.

In light of all these facts, when asked if there was any hope for the legalization of marijuana in the near future, Sgt. G agnier quickly responded, “no way.”

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where the demand for potent mari­ juana is especially strong.

RCMP Sargent Denis Roy stat­ ed in a recent interview with the Gazette that the demand for Quebec grown m arijuana in the U.S. has boosted prices as high as $4,500 (U.S.) for a pound. With these high prices com bined with the fairly lenient penalties, some might argue that growing pot in Quebec is almost worth the risk.

Police are attempting to alter the current situation that permits gangs like the Hell’s Angels from reaping huge profits from marijuana sales. On Friday N ovem ber 21, police used the new federal anti­ gang law (C-95) to re-possess a H e ll’s A ngels clubhouse near Quebec City. In the future, police

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Making sense of the colossal Monster Truck extravaganza B y S im o n T a y l o r

As I got onto the sw am ped Metro on Saturday night, my first thought was, “My Gawd, are all these people going to the M otor Spectacular? It can’t be.” It was.

At Pie IX, the train emptied its sw ollen se lf and we jo in e d the 45,000+ people sw arm ing, in a highly energized m ass, into the Olym pic Stadium for a night of vehicular madness and destruction.

I paused for a second to reflect (a life-en d a n g erin g actio n in th at petrol-th irsty crow d) and asked myself, “W hy?” Why, indeed, do thousands o f people go m ad for ridiculous-looking, oversized tireeq u ip p ed , rip -ro a rin g M o n ster Trucks? What makes people get off so hard on seeing cars slamming each other into a stinking pile of twisted scrap?

At first I thought the answer was simple — testosterone, the dri­ ving hormone that makes men want things bigger, faster, stronger, and ■louder. “O K,” I thought. “T hat’s easy to u n d e rs ta n d .” T h at w as when I looked around and noticed that the predominant demographic of the evening was families — the two kids, yuppie m om -and-dad suburban breed. “W h at’s going on?” I asked. “This can’t ju st be about male aggression let loose.” I took my seat, confused, yet deter­ mined to discover what lay behind

this phenomenon.

As the first behem oth truck (aptly named the Equalizer) tore its craven way across a line of Ford LTDs, it struck me: it was all mere­ ly a thinly-veiled control fantasy.

The cars being d estro y ed w ere those of everyday life, the tropes of com m uter culture — the humble chariots that these poor suburban­ ites are stuck in for two hours a day, every day, making their way to and from work.

and helpless, white-knuckling the wheel? The MTs were a way for these folks to vicariously be on top for once.

The audience’s reaction to the lesser events (in which the vehicles

My suspicions w ere further co n firm ed at the o n set o f the Demolition Derby. This event was the one that drew the loudest and most frenzied, prim itive howl of the entire Roman Circus-like show.

Despite my early predic­ tions, I discovered that night that the Motor Spectacular was not sim­ ply about men compen­ sating for their under­ sized genitalia.

Suddenly it all made sense.

The Monster Trucks were fantasy vehicles — iibertrucks — unstop­ pable juggernauts that could easily crush the day-to-day vehicles that symbolize the plight of the trapped and h e lp le ss com m uter. The M onster T ruck show case was a symbolic form of empowerment, a fantasy joyride of m etal-bending destruction. This is the em bodi­ ment of every commuter’s dream — who wouldn’t want to tear down the M é tro p o lita in or D écarie expressways in a kick-ass Monster Truck instead of being gridlocked

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were more traditional automobiles) was telling. The crow d laughed heartily at the impotent efforts of said chariots to navigate a fairly sim ple o b stacle tra c k . T hese m ach in es seem ed c h ild ish and m eek in com parison to the raw virility o f the MT. One can only assume that the crow d’s nervous laughter stemmed from an adamant refusal to cheer for, and thus pro­ mote, these, the very symbols of their day-to-day entrapment.

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Once again, all the cars entered in this contest were everyday automo­ biles such as those any commuter might own. The autos proceeded to bludgeon each other into the auto n e th erw o rld , lea v in g the track strewn with steaming, broken car­ casses. This scene is every whitecollar worker’s dream; exactly the kind of punishment they’d like to enact daily upon the clotted arteries of Montreal’s freeways.

The metaphorical resistance I

observed revealed itself as u lti­ mately futile when, after the show, everyone thronged like lemmings to the parking lot to get into their cars and hit the freeway for home; a mass exodus to the bleak reality of consumer existence. Their fan­ tasies o f d e stru ctiv e lib eratio n would remain just that — dreams.

The most disturbing facet of the evening, however, was the huge number of children in attendance with their parents. The event thus served, not only as a liberatory fan­ tasy, but also as an indoctrination ritual directed toward the unsus­ pecting young’uns. The message was clear: “Hey kids, one day you too will be gridlocked for hours, day after day. But that’s OK. Just com e on out to the M otor Spectacular and release your ten­ sions so you can get back in your car and do it all over again.”

Despite my early predictions, I d isco v ered th a t n ight th at the Motor Spectacular was not simply about men compensating for their undersized genitalia. Rather;' it was a futile and im potent com m uter fantasy, one that can only end in a return to the hated freeway on the way hom e. A lso, one m ust ask (judging from the number of peo­ ple returning via the Metro): how long w ill it be before the event includes Metro car demolition der­ bies, thus fulfilling the fantasies of the other half of commuter culture?

Naughty? Nice? I’m the one with the gun, buddy Holiday films from the other side of the video store that we don’t necessarily encourage you to rent B y T yler H a rg rea v es

You’re sick to death of Miracle on 34th Street and you swore that you w ouldn’t w atch The Santa Clause until you had kids of your own. You need a fresh take on the holiday season. You need a broad selection of challenging films that defy the conventional them es of C hristm as. As alw ays, the Trih delivers.

done so long ago.

Santa with Muscles (1997)

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Elmo Saves Christmas (1997)

all over M ontreal

He did it last year for toy stores everywhere and this year he can do it for you on video. A magical wish is granted that makes Christmas hap­ pen every day of the year. Elmo and his buddy Lightning go through the wonder of never-ending Christmas w hilst singing countless songs, thankfully without massacring any classics. This is, of course, too much cheer even for a Muppet to take and, by the film’s end, Elmo manages to restore the current schedule of Christmas once a year.

Santa Conquers the Martians (1964) This one was in the “classic” section of Movieland and justifiably so. Finally on video is the legendary B-movie fantasy about M artians who kidnap Santa Claus in order to bring a little fun into the lives of their little green children. Santa turns the tables and charmingly conquers them with kindness. The idea of reindeer flying at all has always been mysterious; the same feat being per­ formed in outer space is remarkable.

I t’s inev itab le that som eone in Hollywood would eventually com­ bine the eminently bankable themes of Santa and space aliens. W hat’s surprising, however, is that it was

Corporate Giant, bent on taking over Lakeville and eliminating its strug­ gling, unprofitable orphanage. Hulk Hogan, as Santa, manages, with his aforem entioned muscles, to save both the orphanage and the entire town, just in time for Christmas.

Something Naughtier?

Hulk Hogan strikes again with yet another straight-to-video release.

Ebner Frost (played by perpetually struggling would-be actor Ed Begley Jr.) is the film ’s requisite Evil

For those of our readers who have few reasons to try and be espe­ cially good this late in the year, you will be disappointed to learn that a keen and careful search of a few

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at all times o f the day to get the real story.

Have a g o o d break — you local adult sections turned up no adult films with Christmas themes. It seems like a ripe opportunity for some entrepreneur out there, seeing as there are countless Y uletide themes which can be twisted to suit the needs of such a production.

Maybe next year.

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RUMPUS COMIX JAM : A SOLD EXPLORATION OF T-HE ID IN ART B y E l a in e O ' C

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R e m e m b e r re a d in g th e Saturday colour comics as a kid, sprawled out on the couch in the morning, a bowl of Coco Puffs in your lap and th e L o o n ey T o o n s on T .V .? The last thing you thought you w ere d o in g was engaging in a s u b v e rs iv e d ia lo g u e w ith th e underbelly o f society through an exploration of the dark w orld o f the com ic id.

Now, of course, you know better.

Or should. Because all it takes is one cu ltu ral stu d ies class, or a quick flip through M cG ill’s own comics journal, Rumpus, (former­ ly N ewbies Eclectica) to expose one to the complex underworld of the fringe comics scene.

Sucking people into a comic netherw orld isn ’t exactly on the Rum pus agenda, but prom oting underground com ics and com ic artists is. R um pus in its form er incarnation began four years ago as th e b r a in c h ild o f Jo rd a n Raphael, and is now set to publish its sev en th issu e , th ro u g h The Graphic Cartel, with editors Sarah K e e n ly s id e , Jo sh D o lg in and Jesse Brown taking over.

Y ou’ve probably seen former

is su e s la n g u is h in g in T rib u n e the last narrative forms that goes boxes in Leacock, strewn about straight from the artist to the read­ er. The editors barely touch it.” the A lley, or on your bathroom floor. You may have even picked He explains that com ics are the one up, chuckled a bit, then d isjjJ p e rfe c t su b v e rs iv e m a te ria l b e c a u se “co m ics s till have so missed them. W hat’s really fun m uch unexplored territory” and though, is that the last iss their connection to childhood and titled N udies Erotica filled with comic port* of innocence that is “just so ripe to somewhat questionable mess with.” For example, seeing a live-action chainsaw blood orgy taste, was distributed all over campus and no ^ in a horror film is one thing but, one c o m p la in e d , n o t ' as Brown says. “If Mickey Mouse ev en ira te stu d e n t docs som ething, it's creepy and groups. This, despite the::: cute.”

Creepy anti cute is the gener­ fa c t th a t T he GraphicC artel sh ares an o ffice w ith ! al reaction to most of the comic m aterial th a t gets pro d u ced at M c G ill C h ris tia h F e llo w s h ip groups. Even better, these guerril­ com ic jam s. As Sarah describes la c o m ic s are fu lly fu n d ed by them, comic jams are a group of SSM U and the M cG ill A lum ni, comic artists sitting around in a both bastions o f campus conser­ d ru g -in d u c e d haze v. ith pens vatism. It is exactly this ability of ready in order to see what their the com ic form to coexist w ith, p sy c h e - c o u g h up. T hey pass w hile subverting, the estab lish ­ around little books and add then m ent that m akes it such a fasci­ ow n pan els to o th e rs ’ co m ics, nating medium, at least according sharing ideas, styles and stories. to c o -e d ito rs , K e e n ly sid e and This can bring forth pretty twisted results.

Brown.

A lthough Sarah em phasizes “W e’re one of the only things on cam p u s w ith o u t a p o litic a l that the jams are about “trying to ag en d a,” K eenlyside explains, get som e p e rsp e c tiv e on w hat “It’s a free medium, so the kind of w e’re doing, to go deepei into it," people who like it are into being she a d m its th a t, as th e only subversive. It gives the artists a woman in the group last year, it chance to air out their existential was often hard for her to feel a part of that community, especially laundry.”

Brown shares a sim ilar per­ w ith the p ro life ra tio n o f to ile t spective. In his view, “It’s one of hum our, Barb Wire com ics and

comic strip dick jokes.

“I mean, how do I do the next p a n e l w hen th e la s t one is a n e c ro filia fu c k -fe s t in C a m b o d ia ? ” she exclaim s, refering to a particularly grue­ som e p an el title d “ D eath F ie ld Sex Romp” (incidental­ ly, Brown’s).

The undispuited G o d fa th e r o f th is graphic, p sy ch o lo g ically disturbing com ic strip is Robert Crumb, a guru to many because he was the first to use the medium to probe the inner psyche (albeit a seriously deranged one). This has been the tre n d in u n d erg ro u n d c o m ic s fo r y e a rs now . M ost underground com ics explore the sick perversions of their creators, Freudian id-fueled sex and vio­ lence fantasies, or bizzare a lte rn a te re a litie s .

C o m ic s seem to / lend th em selv es/ to such e x p lo ­ rations because! they are outside 1 re a lity , and a s\ such are an excel-N le n t m ed iu m i n ' which to com m ent o n ' it. B ecause peo p le o ften d o n ’t take them seriously, they are not subjected to the censorious stan­ dards of the politically correct in

the same way as other art forms.

Currently, comics are one of the few artistic spaces where there are no boundaries. Anything goes: sex , d e a th , v io le n c e , social critique, obsceni­ ties, the obscure, even nonsense.

Now this is not to imply that this partic­ u la r p u b lic a tio n is d o m in ated by graphic sex and violence cartoons.

In fact, the last several issues of Newbies have shown a diversi­ ty of styles, from the classic form and lin e a r n a rra tiv e s o f F re d Dupont, to the absurdism of Josh Dolgin’s “Kosher Pig” and every­ thing in between: B row n’s text­ le ss a c id trip illu s tr a tio n s , Keenlyside and A guirre-Sacasa’s cu te a u to b io g rap h ic strip s and Bryant’s misanthropic cynicism.

Still, Keenlyside emphasized th e n eed fo r ev en g re a te r diversity, especially female com ic artists, in the u p ­ c o m in g R u m p u s issu e .

W om en h av e b eg u n to develop their own comic s u b c u ltu re , and K e e n ly sid e c ite s Ju lie D oucet’s D irty Plotte as an e x a m p le o f w o m en w ho are b reak in g into the genre, along with Jessica A bie’s A rt Girl, the C o n tin u ed on page 2 0

MASTER OF M ED IA TACKLES MUSIC, FILM AND COMIC 6ENRES You saw him in Chasing Amy and Quentin’s a big fan. So why does Mike Allred still draw funny books? by

J esse B r o w n

As an aspiring actor in his early twenties, Mike Allred was constant­ ly at the mercy of casting agents and directors. He once landed a role in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, only to be replaced by brat-pack star Anthony M ichael Hall (who was eventually bum ped by M atthew Modine). Bursting with ideas and creativity, Allred was in a position to exercise neither. Then he discovered comic books.

Today, Mike Allred is one of the hippest young cartoonists on the scene. After making his bones on the indie publishing circuit, Allred now puts out his book Madman on Dark H orse C om ics’ Legend im print.

Legend is sort of the Wu-Tang Clan of comics, a unifying banner under which a superstar cast of cartoon­ ists operate, including pioneers Frank M iller and Paul Chadwick.

While Madman continues regularly, Allred also finds time for comic side-projects, including a collaboration with Sandman scribe Neil Gaiman and Allred’s own mini­ series Red Rocket Seven, an explo­ ration of the history of pop music as seen through the eyes of an intergalactic guitar-playing alien rockstar.

Allred has also written, directed and starred in two indie m ovies (Astroesque and Eyes to Heaven), all while fronting his band The Gear.

All of this of course leaves him with loads of spare time, with which he

raises his daughter with his wife Laura, does cameos in his pal Kevin Smith’s movies and grants hour-long interviews to reporters from college papers.

Tribune: What do you think about the state of comics today?

Madman. At the same time you have this recurring theme of pop culture and rock music. At the risk of sound­ ing too much like a college student, your work seems pretty “post-mod­ em.” What particular muse are you following?

M ike Allred: I think people are waking up to co m ics’ potential, which is the most important thing.

It’s exciting, there are things hap­ pening now that really make me feel optim istic about the future of comics. And yet, the industry itself is limping. While [the mainstream] shrinks, the underground, the independents,

Trib: It shows in your work. There’s an exuberance, almost a celebration of pop culture.

Allred: Other than my family, [pop c u ltu re ’s] w hat drives me. I t’s what’s most important to me, this junk culture!

There’s a fine line I want to define here — Jack K irb y ’s best work is, in my opinion, better than [Art Spiegelman’s] Maus, which won a Pulitzer. Because it’s a super­ h e ro

s to r y doesn’t make it [a comics story] bad, w hat’s bad

seem to have a growing audience.

Trib: Your work has strong ties to the superhero tradition of comics, specifically guys like Alex Toth, Gil Kane and Jack Kirby.

Allred: Absolutely.

Trib: And yet you have an affinity for more “underground” creators like Chris Ware and Dan Clowes, whose influence shows in the humour of

Allred: Well, I think any artist has to please him or herself first. It’s dangerous to try to second-guess your audience.

That’s what’s wrong with movies today. I’d like to think of myself as the bridge between the Toths and K irbys and the W ares and the Hernandez Bros. I mean, I’m as big a fan of these guys as anybody.

is when something is just spit out, without any thought, or care, or love.

You can tell, no matter what medi­ um someone’s working in. When they love it, they have to do it. You can smell it.

Trib: Let’s shift gears a bit here.

You have a particularly clean, welldrafted style to your comics. What’s it like moving from comics, a medi­ um where you have absolute control of the aesthetics, to film, where you have to deal with actors, crews and the recording of reality, which isn’t quite so malleable?

Allred: It’s a whole different world.

I try for an “economy of line” in com ics because it lets the story breathe. So when I attacked my first movie, I tried to keep it as simple as possible. It’s like, forget the trailer and the crew s and everything; what’s important is what you get in that frame.

Trib: You put yourself in front of the camera in Astroesque. How did your return to acting work out?

Allred: I gave myself that part for one reason only; I knew I would be there every day. It wasn’t a choice of vanity, it was a choice of necessity. I eventually relaxed into it. I hope I’m not sounding immodest here [but] it’s not about “Hey, look at me, I’m great!”, it’s about “Wow! Look how easy it was for me to do this. You can do it too.” My ultimate message, I guess, is “Do it! D on’t wait for someone to tell you you can; don’t wait for permission, simply do it.” If it’s a novel, if it’s a film, if it’s comics, if it’s music, the technology is available to you. The independent movement is a powerful thing.

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Lisa Loeb’s Firecracker. Well, I thought, I’ll just write a quirky li’l “artsy g irls u n ite over b reathy vocals, lovelorn lyrics and heavy irony” kind of review. Then I lis­ tened to it. And I can’t. This album is embarassing. Complete shit. By song six I got up to do the dishes.

Yes, it’s that bad.

Though never having owned a Loeb disc, I, like every other “I’m so m isu n d e rsto o d ” teen g irl, w atched R e a lity B ites and the “Stay” video, if only because that green dress she wore was so cute. I now have a sneaking suspicion that Ethan wrote “Stay.” In this album, Lisa throws together clichéd coun­ try ballads, under-rehearsed and awkward “you-don’t-love-me-anymore” hoppers and numerous “itshould-have-never-left-your-basement, aren’t-I-so-deep” songs. The whole thing is just amateur, and not in an en d earin g w ay. The only thing Loeb has going for her now are the glasses.

So then I was going to write a “le t’s com pare the old and new sch o o l, check out this cool, unknow n ch ick , A n other G irl, women d o in ’ it for them selves” kinda review. And, sure enough, I can’t. Another Girl is an unknown alright, and she should stay that way. Her tinselly little Frentel-ish voice is laid over lame candyfloss synth-pop and “oh this is angstf ille d ” g u ita r pow er chords.

G ranted, there are some merely mediocre songs, but, on the whole, the album is just too damn timid, not to mention lyrically banal, for my taste. Another Girl just tries too hard to be that li’l girl lost.

Both of these discs sound for­ mulaic and overproduced, like they were trying to hide the fact that th ere was noth ing to produce.

Where do they find these girls and, more importantly, why do they give them record deals?

— Elaine O ’Conner Joseph Arthur Big City Secrets (Virgin)

te g é ,” this O hio n a tiv e ’s debut album is haunting, deeply personal and fatally melodic; however, the relaxed, carefully controlled pace gives it a meditative and enthralling feeling. The music is innovative and interesting, utilizing a host of electrical and acoustic instruments.

The “socially conscious” lyrics, how ever, leave som ething to be desired.

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Kinetic comix show C on tin u ed from page 18

work of Lynda Barry and Fiona Sm ith and Sarah D y er’s A ction Girl anthology o f fem ale comic artists.

Trying to incorporate these and other diverse voices into the usually insular, and traditionally m ale dom ain of com ics is what the up-coming “Rumpus 20-hour C om ix Ja m ” is a ll ab o u t. T he G ra p h ic C a rte l are h o s tin g a m a ra th o n c o m ic s ja m on D ecem ber 5 at B lizzart, a new venue up on St. Laurent. The jam will celebrate the publication of the new R u m p u s is s u e , w h ile helping to raise some m oney to p u b lish m ore issu e s th is y ear.

W ith this event, Rumpus hopes to make jam s and comic art in gen­ eral more interactive and to this end the g ro u p h a s p la n n e d a m ulti-m edia display of artwork: liv e s k e tc h in g on o v e rh e a d screens, massive comic murals, a

continuous loop o f old cartoons playing in the b ackground, hip hop and drum ’n bass DJs, and of course, copious amounts of booze to get the creative juices flowing. “ I t ’s n o t a sh o w , i t ’s a space,” Brown insists. And four dollars at the door w ill get you not only the inaugural issue of Rumpus, but a photocopied record o f the n ig h t’s im p ro v isa tio n a l comic madness. Which, of course, you are welcome to read slightly hung over on your couch the fol­ low ing m orning w ith a bow l of Coco-Puffs in your lap.

E xo rcize those dem ons: go check your head D ecem ber 5 at Blizzart (3958 St-Laurent). Freud (and your cultural studies profes­ sor) w ould be proud. Call 8419664 fo r details.

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The Musée Alphabet exhibit, which opened at the Musée d ’art co ntem porain de M ontréal last Sunday, playfully presents a col­ lection of twenty-six works from the m useum ’s perm anent collec­ tion.

W h a t’s u n iq u e a b o u t th is exhibit is that each work is asso­ ciated with a word beginning with one le tte r o f the alp h ab et. For example, “cone” is represented by Royden R ab inow itch’s “G rease Cone,” an 8-foot-high steel cone covered in thick industrial grease; a painting on plyw ood en titled “Star Traces Around Polaris” by Paterson Ew en pays hom age to “l’univers.”

T he show w as c re a te d in asso ciatio n w ith the F ondation Québécoise pour l’alphabétisation and the F éd ératio n canadienne pour l’alphabétisation en français to help raise awareness about lit­ eracy issues. At the exhibit open­

er, there w ere tons o f ch ildren

The Letter ‘B’.

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whose parents encouraged them to discuss the art — to explain the relationship between the abstract work and the word it represents.

And for those wishing to take this process home with them, a chil­

dren’s book illustrating the works alphabetically is available.

The show is very accessible to the artistically challenged. Next to each piece is a lengthy descrip­ tion, w hich gives details o f the a rtist’s life and straightforw ard explanations of some of the tech­ niques employed (What is a litho­ graph? How does one make an 8foot steel cone?).

Musée Alphabet concludes a series begun in 1994, w hen the first four letters o f the alphabet w ere h ig h lig h te d in a sm a lle r e x h ib it. P lan s fo r a tra v e llin g e x h ib it b e g in n in g in 1999 are already underway.

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Samir Chahine finishes strong football career at McGill B y S a ) id K a r s a n

Samir Chahine, an offen­ sive lineman for the Redmen football team the p ast five years, was recen tly nam ed first-team All C anadian for the third consecutive season.

He started all nine games for the Redmen this year at left guard, a position which forces him to go face to face with the opposing team’s best defensive linemen.

L inem en usually d o n ’t get the credit they deserve.

They are the unsung heroes of the game, as their ability to spurn the o p posing te a m ’s defensive line either makes or breaks the team’s offence.

Chahine has been playing on the Redmen squad since his freshman year. This fall he com pleted his fifth season playing Candian Interuniversity Athletics Union football, making the 23-year old senior no longer elig ib le to play fo o tb all at this level. His plans for next year are still undecided; he doesn’t know what the future holds. However, his dream is to continue playing football at the pro level.

“I w ould absolutely love to play football professionally — it’s every football p la y e r’s dream ,” said Chahine. “If that doesn’t work out though, I can fall back on my

education degree.” Chahine is in the p ro c e ss o f c o m p le tin g his bachelor's in physical education.

Not only has Chahine starred in Redm en football, but he has also been an active member of the varsity track and field team. He has won the gold medal three times in the Quebec university track and field championships as a shot-put­ ter. He also finished fourth at last year's CIAU championships.

H ow ever, C h ah in e said he would trade any award he’s ever

received for a chance to play in the N ationals, the CIAU’s version of the Grey Cup. “T h a t’s ju s t the way our team is,” he said. “We would trade it all to win the Vanier Cup.” R edm en head coach C harlie B aillie will no doubt miss the former centre.

“H e’s a com bina­ tion o f a hard w orker and a naturally strong g u y ,” B a illie said.

“He’s got a good work ethic, but he’s also nat­ urally quick, so he had raw ta le n t to sta rt with.”

B a illie fe lt Chahine was ready to be moved to the posi­ tion of left guard from cen­ tre at the beginning of the season.

C hahine before m oving to left g u a rd “W ith his ability and experience,” Baillie assert­ a couple of games to get comfort­ ed, “I felt he could help more at able.” this position.” It took him a couple E v id e n tly he w as able to of games, however, to get used to adjust quite well, as Chahine spent his new position. the p a st w eek en d in T o ro n to “ It m ay seem lik e an easy accepting CIAU honours. transition, but I had to adjust quite N ot only is he a p o sitiv e a bit,” Chahine stated. “It was dif­ in flu en ce on the fie ld w ith his ficult; the footwork is different and play, but he also goes out of his you have to be more active. It took way to ensure the well-being of his

tea m -m a te s. “ H e ’s very w ell lik e d by the team , especially by the rookies,” ex pressed B aillie. “ H e’s very friendly with them.”

C h ah in e claim s th at the best influence he can bring to the team is a posi­ tive work ethic.

“I do the best that I can on the fie ld by w o rk in g hard,” he said. “I try to be the b est I can be for the Redmen football team.”

The five-year veteran had nothing but co m p li­ ments for the football pro­ gram here at McGill. He is very happy with M cGill’s attitude towards academics in the sports program.

“It [M c G ill’s sp o rts pro g ram ] allo w s you to grow as a person and as an athlete,” Chahine asserted.

“E d u c a tio n is stro n g ly looked upon. Som etim es you can re a lly use the File Photo spark from the coaches when they tell you to do better at school.”

If all goes well, Chahine may be playing in the CFL next year. If not, he will undoubtedly be posi­ tiv ely in flu e n c in g the peo p le aro u n d him no m atter w hat he does.

Warriors and socks: the best and worst in CIAU team names B y Pau l C

o n n er

A few weeks ago, I was mus­ ing through a little address book for Canadian university teams. At the top of each school listing was the school’s nickname(s) and the attached logos.

T hen it h it me — we have awful team names in Canada. A good team name should have two things associated with it: first, it should either instill fear into the com petition or have m eaning to th e c ity or sc h o o l. S e c o n d , it sh o u ld be e asy to p lay w ith .

Team s like the ‘F lam es’ can be u sed in so m any s itu a tio n s — “F lam es h eat it u p ,” “F la m e s d o u sed on the road,” etc...

Keeping those tw o m ain features in mind, let’s take a look at Canadian uni­ versity teams.

•T he B rock B a d g e r s .

Badgers?!?

S om ehow it m akes m e fe a r turf-toe more than their field hock­ ey forward unit. And how can we use it? “ B a d g e rs gnaw at Warriors?” — I don’t think so.

•U niversity College of Cape Breton Capers. It w as a g o o d try w ith th e w hole “ C a p e ” th in g , but when I think of capers, I think of ziti, not b as­ ketball.

• T h e B i s h o p ’ s G a ite rs.

N o, th e y ’re not crocs. They are B ishop’s socks.

Cool reference to the school name, but images of dirty, sweaty rugby socks brings the w rong kind of fear.

• T h e U n iv e rsity o f A lberta Pandas.

F irst o f all, the m en’s name, the G o ld en B ears, could have been u se d fo r both (n o t th a t i t ’s much better, but their logo really is e ffe c tiv e ).

Pandas make me th in k o f the W WF — neither group with that name is a sport.

•Any team nam ed after two colours, i.e. U niversité de Laval

Rouge et Or and Sherbrooke Vert et Or. No fun, no sen se. O nce I saw a good play on the first one, th o u g h — “ M a rtle ts tu rn Vert et Or noir et bleu.”

•A ny team that tries to trans­ form male names into female ones.

They’re funny, but only in a silly way. “Silly” is NOT a good thing.

F o r ex am p le: A cad ia A x ettes, Y ork Y eo w o m en , St F ra n c is X a v ie r XW o m e n .

G e n e ra lly , if you c a n ’t use the same name for both sexes, go w ith tw o totally seperate ones.

• A n y sch o o l w hich feels they have to copy anoth­ er’s name. Why do the McGill and RMC Redmen have to play each other? Not only d o es it show no c re a tiv ity , it makes headlines hard to write — “Redmen beat.... well, Redmen.”

A c tu a lly , th a t’s not so bad. Maybe I ’ll use it in January.

A t the o th e r end o f th in g s, th ere are a FEW good nam es around the co u n ­ try. They are few and far betw een, but are worth a mention: •T he St F ran cis X av ier XM en. T h at’s a nam e that m eans business. It’s not so good for the newspaper, but, it’s a small school and probably nobody reads it any­ way.

• T h e U n iv e rsity of T o ro n to V arsity Blues. Somehow, it just seems dig­ n ifie d and h is ­ toric. Eighty years ago, people prob­ ab ly th o u g h t it w as lam e, b u t today, it’s steeped in tradition. Plus, you can say that “McGill sent U of T home singin’ the Blues...” and stuff like that.

• W aterloo W arriors. T heir black football unies are big time.

And the alliteration is good too.

•Concordia S tin g e rs. I ’m not a big fan of the team, and I d o n ’t know where they got “Stingers” fro m , b u t it m akes fo r excellent head­ lines.

• U B C Thunderbirds. Cool name, except that I don’t know what it is.

T he re st o f th e team s in Canada fall somewhere in the mid­ dle. They’re not worth mentioning either way. They are acceptable and even good, but not great.

As for M cG ill, the Redmen are a good reference to Scotland and kilts, but they’re REALLY hard to play with. Same goes for the M a rtle ts. A fic tio n a l b ird alw ay s show n in flig h t m akes great literary allusions, but again, there’s little we can do with it. So as it tu rn s o ut, M c G ill’s team names fall somewhere in the mid­ dle — a lot like the actual teams.

Maybe there’s a correlation here.

A fter all, the Thunderbirds won the Vanier Cup.

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Martlet tennis and Redmen soccer teams make the grade A MARKING OF McGlLL'S FALL SPORTS TEAMS — BY PAUL CONNER AND ARON TONON

Martlet Soccer

E v e ry th in g ab o u t the Redmen’s season can be wrapped up in two words; outstanding and surprising. Many were wondering whether or not this team would be able to make the playoffs after a less than spectacular preseason in which they struggled to hold their own against both American and Canadian teams.

O nce th e seaso n sta rte d , though, they show ed that their slow start would not be indicative of things to come. Their season opening win over UQAM, a team many had picked to be the class of the QUSL, started the Redmen on

a roll that would lead them to the National title, McGill’s first in any sport since the 1987 Vanier Cup. This team was solid from the coaching through to the goaltend­ ing. M arc M o u n ico t, M arc Labrom, Peter Bryant and Jason Forsyth all received all-star recog­ nition with Forsyth also winning the goalkeepers M W award at the C IA U ch a m p io n sh ip s at Dalhousie. With three quarters of the team returning next season, you can look for the Redmen to be strong contenders again next year.

Redmen Tennis A fter an OUA silver medal last year, there were big expecta­ tions for this infant team. Led by several returning players, includ­ ing team president Mike Ghazal, the team started off well but fell a little short against improved teams from Ontario. In a critical home event versus U of T and Ottawa, they fell inches short of sweeping the day. The loss to U of T all but

Rowing The m e n ’s and w o m e n ’s rowing teams completed another successful season. Several boats from both clubs turned in top three performances at the differ­ ent regattas in which the teams competed throughout the fall.

As a team, the Redmen took fourth place at the first ever row­ ing national championships held in Victoria. The highlight perfor­ mance of the regatta came cour­ tesy of a silver medal finish by the Redmen heavyweight eights.

The Martlets finished sixth at nationals with a silver medal per­ fo rm an ce b ein g tu rn e d in by Geneviève M erideth in the light weight singles.

First off, this team DID make the playoffs. So they deserve some credit. All season long, though, the squad failed to win the key games and make the critical plays. Fans looked for this season to be even better than last, and that was part of the problem. After going 5-3 in ‘96, people around M cGill were looking to see the team go 6-2. But an injury to Shawn Linden and increasingly glaring holes all over the field brought this team back to .500.

The Redmen lost their crucial gam es against Laval, B ishop’s,

eliminated McGill from the play­ o ffs. A w eek la te r, Q u e e n ’s stamped out any hope of a repeat performance for the Redmen at the OUA c h a m p io n sh ip s. M cG ill played well all season and looked good at home, but were simply outplayed by better teams from Ontario.

S ald ah n a who w on the bronze medal at provincials and turned in 15th place finish at the Nationals in London.

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Queen’s, and Ottawa. A quarter­ back shuffle early in the season d id n ’t help the situation. A fter showing a lot of heart in a mustwin game over C oncordia, the team fell flat in the division semis in Kingston.

This was a club which could have won a lot more than it did.

The Redmen showed some spec­ tacular series, but were never able to put together four strong quar­ ters. Next year’s team will hope­ fully see both Linden and upstart ro o k ie q u a rte rb a ck D avid McKinnon leading a new charge.

Redm en|^ Rugby

Martlet Tennis The team w on its second OUA championships in as many years of existence. All year long, they outperformed strong teams from so u th -w e stern O ntario, despite having to travel long dis­ tances to all but one event, the M cG ill Open. Incidentally, the team won its firs t-e v e r hom e ev en t 4-3 o v er a p e re n n ia lly strong York Yeowomen team.

In the league team finals in L ondon, O ntario, the M artlets dusted off M cM aster 4-0 in the semis and then proceeded to do the sam e to W estern O ntario.

Against Western, four of the five matches were blowouts.

Laval received an automatic berth in the tournament as hosts.

The Martlets proved to be no match for the competition at the national level this season; they lost both round robin games to make an early exit from the tournament.

A ll was not lo st for the Martlets at the tournament howev­ er, as forward Odile Desbois was named CIAU player of the year, her second such award in five sea­ sons at M cGill. The experience gained at this tournament can only be seen as po sitiv e for a team which should contend again next year.

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Redmen Cross-Country T he m en w ere eq u a lly as dominant as the women within the weak Quebec conference; howev­ er, they were unable to win events in which teams from outside the province participated. The top per­ former for the Redmen was Paulo

M artlet soccer was another team that achieved surprising suc­ cess this fall. After losing several key v eteran s from la st y e a r’s QUSL finalist squad to gradua­ tion, many expected the Martlets to endure a season of growth and rebuilding.

H ow ever, this was not the case, as the Martlets romped to a 11-0-1 record in which they com­ pletely dominated the competition for several wins.

U nfortunately, the M artlets fell short when the big prizes were on the line. The team lo st the Quebec conference final to Laval in the second overtime period of the gam e; fo rtu n ately , the two teams travelled to the Nationals as

As a team, the women domi­ nated the Quebec conference this fall, finishing first at several meets and taking seven of the top eight spots at the provincials in St. Foy. At the CIAU championships, the

team did not fare as w ell as expected am ongst the stronger national competition. The star of th is team w as p ro v in cial gold medal winner and CIAU bronze medal winner Tambra Dunn.

Redbird Baseball This team put on an imposing face early on in the season. The pitching was strong, the hitting was explosive, and the team was win­ ning games. But as the season wore on, the Redbirds seemed to fall flat.

The squad was unable to consis­ tently beat the two teams they had to beat — Ottawa and Concordia.

They had two opportunities to beat the latter very late in the season— once to determ ine hom e field advantage and once for the right to

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compete in the division finals. But the team fell short on both occa­ sions.

In the p la y o ff gam e, the Redbirds took Concordia to extra innings before losing the heartbreaker.

There were some big high­ lights for this team, including a win over Laval pitcher Bert Chabot, who was undefeated in two seasons and was without any earned runs allowed prior to the loss to McGill.

The team went to the first ever National finals. ‘Nough said.

They played some good ball in a league where there were two dis­ tinct levels of teams. After a slim 12-11 win over Concordia in the division semi-finals, the Redmen rolled past a strong Bishop’s team 17-0. It was an upset win over a very aggressive Gaiters team.

At the Nationals, the Redmen w ere tram p led 68-6 by the University of Victoria, the even­ tual champs over UBC.

Martlet Rugby The team b attled for supremacy in the Quebec league all season long. They dominated over the weaker teams, and were competitive against the top ones.

In the division semis, however, the M artlets were outplayed by the team from M acdonald Campus and lost 27-0. In the first half, Mac dominated the play and the Martlets never recovered.

To m ake the playoffs, the M artlets had to get by a good Ottawa squad, and did so handily, 20-5. The physical win left them at a respectable 4-2-1 for the reg-

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Third and long gone: sports fan quiz Do you own at least one outfit made exclusively of astroturf? Do you consult your life-sized Michael Jordan cardboard cut-out before making any executive deci­ , -v"''' sio n s? W ell th en , you might be a sports fanatic.

The follow ing test has been d e sig n ed by the National Sports Addiction Institute to gauge the degree of your delirium.

A+ term paper by... a. H aving a few beers with your friends. b. Taking a well-deserved day

c. A giant chicken suit and a John 3:16 sign.

From the Bleachers

NHL coaches ride the merry-go-round

9. It’s inappropriate to listen to a b a seb a ll gam e d u rin g ■ v • . .. . .. church because... a. It distracts other parishioners. the result of an internal feud within B y Pa u l F u t h e y b. It is an inconsid­ the organization — way beyond his Ryan M u rp h y erate and blasphem ous realm o f control. Many Buffalo “You’re fired.” gesture.

I’d attribute the above quote to fans have rescinded their season c.

Everybody knows you get off.

M r. M ontgom ery B urns o f the tickets in protest and Nolan’s name reception in a synagogue. c.

D um ping a b u ck et obetter f Sim psons, but i t ’s ju st so damn will always be one of the first men­ G atorade over your p ro fesso r’s 1. After sex, you... tioned any time a coaching vacan­ common that I can’t.

10. Baseball players who adjust a. Hold your partner in a warm head.

In the p ro fe ssio n a l sp orts cy appears. their cups... embrace and talk until dawn.

To be sure, that is a rarè exam­ world, receiving the pink slip has a. Show no consideration for 4. The killing of referees... b. Immediately fall asleep. become an ever-increasing reality ple in that the Nolan case is one a. Fortunately only occurs in their viewing audience. c. Spike the pillow. for coaches (and sometimes gener­ where the coach walked out with b. Are rude and filthy.

Columbia. al managers). Unless a team is win­ his reputation still pristine. Not so c. Hit 0.85 of a point higher b. Is a pathetic commentary on 2. By M onday m o rn in g , the ning the championship every year, fo r m any o th ers. V a n c o u v e r’s against left-handed pitchers on nat­ result of your week-end sports the cult status of sports.

Mike Keenan, for example, whose stability is a four-letter word. c. Should only be penalized ural grass on Tuesdays. viewing is...

While coaches getting the boot bizarre psychological tactics have a. Inform ative w ater cooler with a misdemeanour. are a commonplace item in profes­ earned him success, is also hated 11. Your ideal mate... talk. sional sport, hockey seems to have by many of his players. The ques­ a. Is a vibrant individual with 5. Gambling on amateur sports b. Strained eyes. the most inane workings when it tion then is, is a coach there to help a glowing personality. c. Bed sores the size of Iowa is... his team w in, or to co d d le his comes to this matter. b. Is intelligent and introvert­ a. Immoral Crop Circles.

Since February of this year, 14 superstars? Unfortunately, in order ed. b. Illegal teams have changed coaches. Not to save his job, a coach might have c. W on’t pass the salt without c. A good bet because you can 3. You recently celebrated your all of these changes were firings to do the latter. play all sorts of mind games with a first hearing a proper snap count.

P erhaps a b e tte r term for mind you (yeah, right). That figure six-year old. represents more than half of the coach m ight be ‘lightning ro d .’

Fridays in 1998 Congratulations for complet­ league’s employed commanders. When a team does well, the guy is 6. When asked who to notify in ing the quiz. Award yourself five Team not playing well? Fire the a genius. Just look at Colorado, ca se o f an em erg en cy , you points for every answer marked A, coach. Star players sulking? Fire Detroit and New Jersey. When the three points for every tim e you name... the coach. General Manager wants squad stinks up the joint, pack your responded B, and zero points for a. Your next of kin. to save his butt? Fire the coach. bags and start looking through the every C you checked off. If you b. Your guardian. want ads buddy.

Sheesh, this rack­ c. The Chicago Bears' offen­ had more then 30 points, you are a P h ila d e lp h ia ’s et’s tough.

In the bizarre world of w ell ad ju ste d and fu n c tio n in g sive line.

T erry M urray As it stands professional sports, a member of society and you’ll be was probably on now, the longest firing doesn’t have the includes:- coach ride from campus 7. News of your eventual passing bum m ing ch ange o u tsid e o f his way out any­ serv in g men at - lift ticket & all taxes R edpath in no tim e. If you had will cause... the helm with the sam e connotations that it way — his team between 20 and 30 points, don’t a. Grief among your family. same team are in does in the normal world. got spanked by C a ll 897-6327 for info b. Feelings of loss among your worry, the rem ote rash and hash D e tro it in last their fifth season. Here, getting canned marks on your backside will clear friends. y e a r’s fin al — N ot a very long doesn’t mean you’ll up with time. If you tallied up less c. Mass lay-offs in Rainbow but he cemented tim e, but if you never work again. than fifteen points, or had to con­ Wig factories.

Fridays in 1998 that speculation c o n sid e r the sult your Michael Jordan cut-out, into c e rta in ty , m any facto rs, 8. Y ou r id ea o f a p p ro p ria te quietly put down the paper and some of which are way beyond any when he suggested his team was come closer to the light. Jim here Sunday attire is... choking. so rt o f c o n tro l, th a t’s p retty a. a well cut suit and a hand­ will be glad to show you around A nother tellta le sign that a remarkable. Intense media pressure the ward. Y ou’ll like it there — some tie. (did som eone say M o n tre a l? ), coach is about to get gassed is if they’ve got cable. b. Relaxed, casual dress. unrealistic performance expecta­ the g en eral m an ag er, w ho is tions and bumbling by others in the re sp o n sib le fo r such d ealin g s, organization are all things that a com es out and gives a p u blic includes:- coach ride from campus coach has to be prepared for these endorsement of the coach’s abili­ McGILL UNIVERSITY - lift ticket & all taxes ties. Sound funny? It happens all days.

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SPORTS COMPLEX T ra n sla tio n : “As o f this canned doesn’t mean you’ll never Fridays in 1998 work again. O f the leag u e’s 26 moment we are soliciting candi­ F I T N E S S C E N T R E coaches, more than half are with at dates to fill his soon-to-be-vacant least their second team. Three of position.”

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Hey, a lot of the time it just that with the ever-changing face of means that an act wears thin and the game, many coaches are illit’s time to take it somewhere else. equipped to deal with the myriad Cases of a first-year coach doing of problems that inevitably arise. well are commonplace. Often just a All of them would agree that get­ includes:- coach ride from campus shake-up is needed. The challenge ting to the top is a hell of a lot easi­ M o n d a y t o F r i d a y - lift ticket & all taxes is to keep one’s players motivated er than staying there. These guys C all 897-6327 fo r info after you have been there for a may be strategists, or masters in 0 7 :0 0 - 2 1 :0 0 h r s psychology, but sooner or later, while.

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B u ffalo , w here the rec e n tly Somewhere down the road, I acclaimed coach of the year Ted 1 2 :0 0 - 1 7 :3 0 h r s suspect before the Olympics start N olan was offered an insulting one-year contract. Nolan, a hard­ in February, another NHL coach working and well-respected man will get the axe. Don’t be surprised N ovem ber 2 4 - D ecem b er 19, 1 9 9 7 by fans and players alike (no easy if it’s not his fault. Don’t be sur­ January 5 - May 3, 1 9 9 8 task), refused the offer and was prised if he wasn’t perfect in his promptly ditched in a three-minute duties either. Lastly, though, don’t includes:- coach ride from campus meeting in the Sault Ste. Marie air­ be surprised if he hops on another - lift ticket & all taxes horse of the coaching merry-goport.

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McGill Intramural, it’s where it’s at, baby Since there are a few of us at the Tribune who participate in M cGill’s intramural sports, we are well aware that these leagues contain the real sports action on cam pus. We know that those who are playing on varsity teams are simply doing so to protect themselves from the intensity of the everyday McGill athlete.

With this in mind the sports editors at the Tribune would like to congratulate those teams who thought up a c re a tiv e nam e, toughed in out for two months of rigorous regular season action, and survived endless sudden death playoff rounds to becomeIntram u ral S ports League Champions for their respective sport. With the title of champion thes team s also o b tain ed the most coveted of McGill awardsthe intramural BEER MUG.

Champions Basketball Men’s “A”: Men’s “B”: Women’s:

Rejects Tippy Toe Woka Woka

Flagfootball Men’s: Women’s:

Paparazzi Iron Maidens Soccer

Men’s “A”: Mission Impossible Men’s “B”: Sunrise Men’s “C”: Dragon Women’s: Tsonoquas Softball Men’s: Giant Ants Co-Rec: Wrecking Crew

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E v er sin c e th e firs t N orth A m erican strapped on a pair of skis and headed to the slopes, the w ar has ra g e d . It c re a te s rifts b e tw e e n re g io n s , p ro v in c e s, friends and families. It will likely c o n tin u e to m a n ifest its e lf for years and decad es to com e, so long as there’s snow on the hills.

The question is simple, yet deeply rooted: east vs. west — where is it better?

In th e w e ste rn c o rn e r is Kirstie, a B.C. native.

Duking it out for the east is Paul, a bom and bred Montrealer.

you are good enough, it’ll show lik e n o w h ere else. I ’ve seen “skiers” from out west try it here — they slip and slide and can’t find their way down.

Weather •K; W ho could w ant m ore than to hit the slopes in balm y B.C. weather? No hat, no bulky skiing attire, sun on your face not frostbite. ‘Nuff said!

•P: The word in the east is c o n siste n c y — you know th at when you plan to go skiing, the snow’ll be there. Out west, there might be green pastures or half the hill will be closed from too much snow. Key word here: Avalanche.

Where it’s better

Powder vs. eastern powder

Co-Rec “A”: Mr. Holland’s Choda Co-Rec “B”: The Bird

•K: OK, Paul’s getting des­ p e ra te . N eed I re m in d him o f Soudain C ou lo ir...B lack co m b ’s d eath trap , the ste e p e st run in North America. How’s that for a challenge...even I couldn’t ski it.

•P: Kirstie hasn’t skied in the e a st... she d o e s n ’t know from challenges. First, there is the ice.

It’s not just that it is slippery, it is that you have the opportunity to use beg in n ers as m obile gates.

Then there is the fog and the cold.

On my favourite days, the best you can hope to see is the differ­ ence betw een white (good) and brown (bad). Finally, in the east there is entire art to getting your tens of layers off when you have to use the facilities.

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Volleyball Men’s: Women’s: Co-Rec “A”: Co-Rec “B”:

After two years of toiling in front of sparse crowds at the cav­ ern o u s O lym pic S tad iu m , the Montreal A louettes have made the decisive m ove dow ntow n.

Starting next season, the C FL’s youngest fran ch ise w ill begin p lay in g fu ll-tim e at M cG ill’s Percival Molson Stadium.

Last Wednesday, Alouettes’ team president Larry Smith made the official announcem ent that the team had signed a one-year lease with McGill for the use of the 78-year old facility.

In effect, the Als felt that m o v in g d o w n to w n w as th e ir only viable option, having w it­ nessed declining crow ds at the

unfriendly and poorly located Olympic Stadium.

The move came on the heels of an unexpected brush of good fortune a month ago when the A ls w ere forced to play th eir playoff game at McGill because o f a scheduling conflict (a U2 c o n c e rt) at the B ig O. O v er 16,000 fans sw arm ed the Stadium, over twice the team ’s average attendance for all games at the Big O leading to that point.

The fans saw the Alouettes win in a convincing fashion over the BC Lions. The Alouettes bowed out in the next w eek, ag ainst Toronto.

•K: Is th e re a n eed to say m ore? Oh yeah, nothing b etter than a nice cold Kokanee to top off the day.

•P: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you want to test yourself, ski east. ps: I ’ve sk ie d the Coulior...twice, before I got bored.

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Closing statements

•K: I d o n ’t know if anyone fro m out h ere w ill even know what real powder is. It’s the kind o f skiing w here you are sw im ­ m ing; sunk up to your w aist in fluffy snow, one fall and you’ve lost your skis until July. It’s the kind of powder where you wake up the n ex t m orn ing unable to move your body...now that’s ski­ ing.

•P; Skiing in the east chal­ lenges the skier’s real abilities. On our hard-pack and ice, if you’re not up to snuff, it’ll show — but if

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The challenge

•K: We all know there is no contest; I’m just humouring Paul.

I don’t even know where to start: p o w d e r, sev en k ilo m e tre long runs, skiing ‘till July etc., etc.

H m m m ...could it be that British Columbia has Whistler, the num­ ber one resort in North America?

Out in B.C. we’re also dealing in MOUNTAINS, not HILLS. •P: S ure, th e y m ig h t have powder and bigger hills, but here in th e e a st, we h ave tra d itio n , ex citem en t, and m ountain life.

The Canadian Shield is the oldest mountain range in the world. The world’s best aerialists and mogul c ra sh e rs com e from here. And après-ski — there’s no contest.

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Sports Quiz Here are your answers to the h o ck ey team last season was Pierre Gendron. quiz craziness: Now some questions to stew Non-McGill 1. The Soviet Union won the about over the holidays: gold medal for hockey in the 1988 Non-McGill 1. W hat C an ad ian ten n is winter Olympics held in Calgary. player gained recognition by beat­ 2.

The E d m o n to n E skim os were the last team to win back to ing Stefan Edberg in a Davis Cup back Grey Cups (they actually match-up?

2. H ow m any C an ad ian s won five in a row).

3. The first player to win one compete in the NBA? Name them.

3. How m any days does it o f b a se b a ll’s M VP titles w hile playing on a Canadian team was tak e to co m p lete a full length George Bell of the Toronto Blue cricket game?

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McGill 4. W ho were the team cap­ McGill 1. Dennis B arrett, coach of tains of the Redmen Football team the M cG ill track and field and this season? cross country teams is Jamaican5. R uss M cC o n n ell, for born and a former member of the whom McConnell arena is named, p layed hockey and w hat other Canadian Bobsled team.

2. M cG ill’s first director of sport? athletics was James Naismith.

6. In what year was basket­ 3. T he M V P o f the m e n ’s ball first played at McGill?

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An update on the “Fearless” predictions made by our editors Overachiever

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Just over two m onths ago, Paul Futhey w rote a NHL pre­ view article and prom pted four Tribbies to join with him in mak­ ing “fearless” predictions for a variety of firsts in the league. For some, the choices have become “fearful,” for others, their choices are rig h t on track a n d g iv in g them bragging rig h ts (b u t not many). So below are four o f the o rig in a l p re d ic tio n s, w ith the updates included:

Regular Season Champ It’s not decided, obviously, but we’ll extrapolate from current standings: Paul Conner: P hiladelphia — near the top (.5) Kirstie Hudson: New Jersey — Leading the East (.5) Aron Tonon: Philly — near the top (.5) F ra n k lin R u b in ste in : Colorado — near the top (.5) Paul Futhey Dallas: — first overall (1)

So far, none of us look terri­ bly brilliant PC: Edmonton — NOPE KH: P h o e n ix — sam e as always AT: N Y Islanders — NOPE FR: N Y Islanders — NOPE PF: Los A ngeles — M aybe best o f the bunch (1)

Underachiever Tough category, because so many teams were supposed to do badly, so we tried to pick good teams who were going to stink it up.

PC : N Y R a n g e rs — Slo w start, gaining steam (.5) KH: Montreal — NOPE [ed. note: Go Habs] AT: P ittsburgh — w ithout Mario, they weren’t supposed to do as well FR: N Y Rangers — see PC (.5)

PF: C a ro lin a — p la y in g badly, but they were supposed to: disqualified

First coach fired

Bang — right on for two, a clo se second fo r another. The L eafs a re n ’t sm art eno u g h to know w hen to fire th e ir head coach.

PC: Tom R enney (Van) — second coach gone (.5) KH: Mike Murphy (Tor) — See above stupidity note about the Leafs A T: T erry C risp (T B ) — Right on! (1) FR: M ike M urphy (Tor) — s eeK H PF: Terry Crisp (TB) — Nice call! (1) Totally unbiased* ranking of entries: PF PC AT FR KH

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* It should he noted that Paul Conner is solely and com­ p le te ly r e sp o n sib le fo r th e above ‘p oin t a llo c a tio n ’ and commentary. But hey, at least he didn’t have the gall to put h im self first. W e would have had to kick his ass.

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