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The Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays, and Transgender Students of McGill held its Third Annual McGill Queer Pride Week. Although many of last week’s activities were active and social, LBGTM ’s underlying mes­ sage focused on general attitudes towards homosexuality.

According to the Queer Pride W eek pamphlet, “Pride W eek aim[ed] to both celebrate the experi­ ences of LBGT students on campus and to promote awareness about issues of concern to the community.

Events relatefd] to art, health, poli­ tics, partying, entertainment, educa­ tion, but always [kept] our underly­ ing goal of confronting homophobia and heterosexism in mind.”

The individuals attending Queer Pride Week events, however, were not only queer. According to organizers, much emphasis was placed on the fact that everyone was invited to participate in the week’s activities.

“We create safe spaces on cam­ pus where we take on not only an anti-homophobic and anti-heterosexist stance, but also a queer-posi­ tive stance so we ensure that every­ one feels co m fo rtable,” stated L B G T M ’s administrator Darrell Tan. As of mid-week, members of LBGTM were positive about event turnout and Queer Pride W eek’ s success in general.

“We’ve had an amazing week so far both in terms o f the scale we’re organizing [Pride Week] on this year and the success of events in terms of quality and popularity,” Tan said. “W e’ ve had bigger turnouts than w e’ ve ever had before.”

Along with activities and dis­ cussion groups that are held yearround, certain Queer Pride Week events involved issues not frequent­ ly addressed, such as a workshop on violence and same-sex relationships.

Facilitated by Marcie Gibson, a public worker at the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill’s Student Society, the workshop touched upon issues such as types of abuse in and myths about sam e-sex relationships.

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V P F in a n c e a d m its e r r o r in s ig n in g K P M G c o n tr a c t

By Nilima G ulraiani The contract between KPMG Consulting and SSM U was once again a source o f contention and confusion at last week’ s council meeting. Meanwhile, VP Finance Duncan Reid admitted he made a serious procedural error when han­ dling the $25,000 agreement.

The controversy surrounding the KPMG contract stems from a previous council meeting after it became apparent that councillors had never entertained or ratified a formal executive motion to approve the contract. Past executive commit­ tee reports, however, referred to KPMG, sparking some debate about whether inclusion in a report consti­ tuted ratification by council.

“The Chairs ruled in September that unless an executive report was challenged by council, it would stand...No one challenged the ruling of the chair and then no one chal­ lenged this [contract],” stated Reid.

“To say that the executive commit­ tee tried to sneak things through is flat out wrong.”

Nevertheless, the KPMG con­ tract is a significantly large, nonbudgeted expense; as a result the motion should have been enter­

tained by council. Speakers Cheryl Rosebush and Marc Bissell admit­ ted their September ruling violated the constitution and cited Articles 8.1 and 8.3 of the constitution as “problematic.” They ruled that a formal motion would have to be presented to council ratifying all 1997-1998 Executive Committee reports. However, Law councillor M ario Nigro was adamant that KPMG was an issue apart from all the rest. “[KPMG] is a non-budgeted, new matter that should be brought to cou n cil,” said Nigro. “[Reid] knows the constitution and the executive’ s role...He consciously and with intent violated the constitu­ tion.”

As a result, council passed a formal motion accepting all 199798 Executive Committee reports, with the exception of the KPMG issues, as legally binding. When the VP Finance broached the subject of KPMG as new business at the virtu­ al conclusion of the meeting, he sparked immediate debate about proper protocol and his intentions.

According to official council procedure, two-thirds o f council must be in favour of discussing an issue for it to be entertained as a

motion at short notice. Both the speakers and Reid were unaware of this rule until it was pointed out to them by Nigro. In the interim, heat­ ed debate over the KPMG issue ensued.

“I agree that cou ncil could have taken a more active role in this [KPM G co n tra ct],” said Carrie G oldstein, representative to the Board of Governors. “This is really not the first time [councillors have] heard of this...There’s nothing in the KPMG proposal that was shocking or surprising...[I]t is a detailed out­ line of what [the executive] wish to do according to our [council’s] stan­ dards.”

Council, however, overwhelm­ ingly voted in favour of postponing the debate concerning KPMG until a more appropriate time. Nigro pas­ sionately believes that Reid’s intro­ duction o f the motion late in the meeting and without prior notice was an attempt to preempt informed debate on the KPMG contract.

“Did anybody have notice of motion of such a critical decision tonight?” asked Nigro at the meet­ ing. “When you make decisions, you’ve got to put information in front of councillors — you’ve got to give us time to think hard, time to

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L e t t e r o f in t e n t b r in g s s tu d e n t d a y - c a r e o n e s te p c lo s e r to r e a lit y B y Elsa Arismendi Dreams of a new student day­ care became reality when McGill’s current day-care recently signed a letter of intent with SSM U’s plan­ ning committee.

Students supported the flexible part-time day-care centre geared for student needs in last fall’s refer­ endum. The new day-care planning committee began negotiating with the current program, the M cG ill Community Family Centre, imme­ diately following the referendum’s results to collaborate on the project.

Lara Leighwood, chair of the six person day-care com m ittee, said that the two groups have final­ ly decided on a plan and have signed a le tter o f intent after months o f disagreement. “It was quite a feat. It took about two months to get an ag reem en t,” Leighwood said.

The new day-care committee in itiated the first letter in September, which was rejected by the current day-care, who then sub­ mitted their own proposal. This “Initially, t h e [ M C F C ] d a y ­ c a r e h a d a b a d r e p u t a t io n o f n o t b e i n g p a r t ic u la r ly a m ic a b le tow a rd s stu ­ d e n t s , b u t t h is h a s c h a n g e d w ith in t h e l a s t t w o w e e k s .”

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lines points of negotiation between the two day-care programs, cover­ ing such issues as the hours o f operation and the structure of the administration.

Provincial licensing for the new day-care is already under way but the procedure is lengthy.

“Licensing is a very slow process,” admits Leighwood, “that could take up to two years.”

Leighwood regards this recent collaboration between the two day­ care centres as mutually beneficial.

The new d ay-care en jo ys the advantages of the M CFC’s experi­ ence in the provincial licensing process and the current program can better conform to government demands for more accommodating day-care options.

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tow ards students, but this has changed within the last two weeks.

They are welcoming us and we are w elcom ing th em ,” stated Leighwood.

Elaine Reiner, Director of the current M C ÏC program, is also receptive to the collaboration with the new day-care committee.

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W e’re very much looking forward to trading id e a s,” said R ein er.

“Everything is really tentative.

W e’re anxiously awaiting the new day-care’s architectural plans. It’s a plus for us and a plus for them.”

The flexible part-time day-care is for student parents only and will operate from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. during working days. Parents must register their children by the start o f the semester to avoid appear­ ances of being a drop-off centre. In the new system, the registration will be in the form o f two hour

Those parents wishing to p lace their children on the waiting list f o r th e d a y - c a r e , s e t to o p e n in S e p te m b e r 1 9 9 9 , ca n r e a c h Leighw ood at 514-224-5677.

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A r ts s tu d e n ts c a n e x p e c t r e - v a m p e d c o u r s e c o n c e n tr a tio n s n e x t f a l l

By C larisse Douaud T h e n e w m u ltitr a c k A r ts p r o ­ g r a m , w h ic h w ill b e c o m e a v a ila b le t o s tu d e n ts in th e 1 9 9 8 - 9 9 a c a d e m ic y e a r , w a s f i n a l i z e d l a s t w e e k in S e n a te . M c G ill s e n a to r s u n a n i­ m o u s ly g a v e a p p r o v a l to th e n e w p r o g r a m w h ic h i n c lu d e s r e -v a m p e d c o u r s e c o n c e n tr a tio n s in th e fa c u lt y o f a rts.

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T h e m u ltit r a c k A r t s p r o g r a m i s d e s ig n e d to e n a b le s tu d e n ts to b e m o r e w e ll- r o u n d e d w ith r e s p e c t to a c a d e m ic s . H o w e v e r, it h a s n o t y e t b e e n f in a l iz e d a s t o w h e th e r o r n o t s tu d e n ts w ill b e a b l e t o s tu d y u n d e r t h e t r a d itio n a l m a jo r s y s te m .

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“It offers great opportunities for students who have many levels of interests. However, for students who have specific academic focus­ es there are downfalls,” Van Chau stated. “Overall, though, it is excep­ tionally promising.”

Gomery also praised the multi­ track Arts program and explained that M cGill is the first Canadian university to im plem ent such a comprehensive program.

“M cGill is setting the prece­ dent,” Gomery enthused.

One question that inevitably entered the discourse on the multi­ track program is that of the project­ ed co sts o f the restructuring.

Gomery is assured that the financial impact will be minimal. As well, she emphasized another important change.

“There will be costs for admin­ istrative handling in the first year, but not in the long run,” stated Gomery. “But, the advising system w ill be rad ically im proved.”

Gomery explained that this is to ensure that the shift into the multi­ track program will run smoothly.

Many new minor programs will be offered in the faculty of arts next fall. In addition, most interdis­ cip linary programs have been revised despite initial concerns that this would mean substantial cuts to the number of required courses and

the overall integrity of the program.

Canadian Studies is amongst the in terd iscip lin ary programs recently revised. The department is also anticipating adding courses to the current Canadian Studies pro­ gram. Regina Skerjanec, president of the Canadian Studies A sso ciatio n o f Undergraduate Students, explained how the pro­ gram will offer more variety.

“There will be two or three rotating seminars; the same semi­ nars won’t be offered every year,” she stated.

Dean o f Arts Carman M iller asserted that the multitrack program “brings staff and students together into a common frame of reference” and hopes that the program will give flexibility to students in an organized manner that differs from the honours program.

“We have ask ourselves what we are here for,” stated Miller. “We are here to provide good education and formation. If we don’t ask what w e’ re here to do, we lose the point.”

Further academic changes may include the revision o f the Freshman Program as well as the current honours program.

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the KPMG when Reid c i t e d a l e t t e r o f i n t e n t written to K P M G d a tin g b a c k t o th e beginning o f O c t o b e r . P r e v io u s ly , the majority o f c o u n c i l l o r s h a d b e e n under the im p r e s s io n th a t th e K P M G contract h a d b e e n a n o r a l one. M usic C o u n c i l l o r a n d Financial Ethics R e s e a r c h C o m m i t t e e member-atl a r g e R i c h L a f f e r t y quickly high­ T h e te n s io n o v e r

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rotten in the state quipped at the c o u n c i l m e e t i n g . “What concerns m e i s th a t h e [ R e id ] to ld F E R C last w e e k th a t it w a s a n oral agreement w h e n in f a c t it w a s a written agree­ m e n t ...! w o u ld lik e to think that he i s o p e r a tin g in g o o d faith, but some­ th in g d o e s n ’ t s i t r ig h t anymore,” he s ta te d w h e n th e m e e tin g was over.

R e i d c o n t e n d s t h a t he made a s e r io u s m is ta k e in a s s u m in g that his l e t t e r o f in te n t d id n o t constitute a fo r m a l w ritte n c o n t r a c t . He explains this i s w h y h e never referred to the KPMG a g r e e m e n t a s a written con­ “ S o m e th in g ’ s

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blunder on my o f what a c o n t r a c t r e a l l y i s , ” h e stated. “My m is ta k e a t th e t im e w a s to think that a c o n t r a c t w a s a c e r ta in type of doc­ u m e n t. I n o w k n o w th a t a contract is “I t w a s a le g a l

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defined by its obligations and not its form. I had absolutely no intention of deceiving FERC.” R egard less, conventional jurisprudence reveals that it would not matter whether the contract was formally drafted or orally agreed upon because both forms constitute legally binding agreements. Even if councillors did not ratify the KPMG contract, SSMU would still be held liable because KPMG would have assumed that the executive pos­ sessed the authority to act on behalf of SSMU. “Isn’t it constitutionally prob­ lematic?” asked Nigro. “[SSM U] would have to pay to get out of a contract we were never supposed to be in the first place.”

Religious Studies Councillor Douglas Painter, however, contends the executive’s actions stem more out of ignorance than malice.

“They’re not hiding something — they’ re being ignorant. They need to know the constitution inside out...They need to be slapped on the wrists, not whipped,” he said.

Reid intends to formally sub­ mit a motion about the KPMG con­ tract to the next council meeting in hopes of clarifying his position and involvement. It is still unclear to what extent his role in the KPMG issue would affect a SSMU presi­ dential campaign should he decide to run.

“There are a lot of things I ’d like to see through next year like the KPMG review and the new Student Services building but I ’m a little disenchanted with politics right now,” he admitted.

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Irrespective of whether Reid acted out of malice, ignorance, or was simply m isled, there is no doubt that entering into the KPMG contract without ratification by council was unconstitutional.

“He [Reid] has realised that he has...violated the constitution and abused his executive power,” stated Nigro. “He signed a contract with KPMG without council’s approval.

Now, because of his potential aspi­ rations to run for President, he wants to clear his name. I believe his actions make that obvious.”

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Whichever option is chosen M cG ill’ s situtation w ill not be getting better any time soon. At this point, the proposals are sim­ ply plans to maintain the status quo, making sure that the quality o f a M cG ill education does not get any worse.

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H ig h lig h t in g C h in e s e N e w B y Noah G itterman McGill students and members of Montreal’s Chinese community celebrated the Chinese New Year with a lively cultural exhibition in the Shatner ballroom last Wednesday.

The exhibition was organized by the M cGill Chinese Students’ Society along with the Chinese N eighbourhood S o ciety w hich serves the greater Chinese commu­ nity in Montreal.

Beginning with a traditional dragon dance, the celebration con­ tinued as participants were invited to brow se a variety o f booths designed to accen t aspects o f Chinese culture. The booths sold food, games, and other traditional paraphernalia associated with the new year’s festival.

Prom inent mem bers o f the Chinese community in Montreal

were invited to speak at the event, most notably Jiang Y ong, the secretary o f the Canadian embassy o f the P eo p le’ s R ep u blic of China.

Reflecting on the past year, Yong noted a number o f su ccesses for the Chinese government, including the hand-over o f Hong Kong to China last July and the continu­ ing progress o f C hina’ s econom ic reform s.

Looking to the upcoming year, which according to the C hinese zodiac is the Y e ar o f the T ig e r, Yong expressed his hope that relations between China and Canada would continue to improve.

F a culty o f A rts T e a c h in g A w a r d

H. Noel Fieldhouse Award fo r D is tin g u is h e d T e a c h in g The H. Noel Fieldhouse Award For Distinguished Teaching is designed to rec­ ognize outstanding teaching in the Faculty of Arts, and is awarded each June at Convocation. All full-time academic staff who teach students in the Faculty of Arts are eligible for this award. Any student, alumnus or member of the aca­ demic staff may submit a nomination. The committee requires for each nomi­ nee at least six nominating letters, three of which should be from current or for­ mer undergraduate students.

Thoughtful and detailed letters of nomination carry greater weight in the selec­ tion process than mere numbers of nominations. All types of teaching, from very large lectures to seminars, tutorials, and thesis direction, should be taken into consideration.

P l e a s e s e n d n o m in a tio n s to : M. Deslauriers, Chair of the Committee on Teaching D ep a rtm e n t o f Philosophy, Leacock Building 8 5 5 Sherbroo ke St. W est, M ontreal, Q C , H 3A 2 T 7

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“We are happy to see links betw een the two nations being tightened,” said Yong.

A ll proceeds made from the exhibi­ tion will be donated to the Foundation for research into children’s diseases, which has had a long association with the MCSS. Last year, the M C SS raised $ 1,100 from various events it sponsored, and during the exhibition a representative of the Foundation formal­ ly thanked the Chinese soci­ ety in a presentation.

Leo Chau, VP internal of the M C SS and one o f the organizers of the celebration, explained that w hile there have been events to honour the new year in the past, this is the first year that the M CSS has

“They’ve done a really good attempted a celebration on such a large scale. The purpose o f the job,” he said. “It’s important to tell exhibition, according to Chau, was other people what kind of culture to give M cGill’s Chinese students Chinese people have.”

The C hinese New Y e a r is an opportunity to celebrate the new year, as well as to allow other based on a lunar calendar and the members of the McGill community beginning of the Year of the Tiger fell on January 28. to exp erien ce H ow ever, due to C hinese c u l­ “I t ’s t h e C h i n e s e N e w delays caused by ture. the ice storm, the “I t ’ s the Y e a r , y e a h , b u t w h o exhibition had to be C hinese New k n o w s a b o u t it ? W e a r e postponed almost a Year, yeah, but t r y in g t o f o r m a b r i d g e w eek. S till, even who knows with low atten ­ about it ? ” he b e t w e e n C h i n e s e a n d dance, Chau pro­ said. “W e are n o n - C h i n e s e p e o p l e . ” nounced the event a trying to form a — L eo C hau, su ccess and feels bridge between V P i n t e r n a l o f t h e M C S S that it could get C hinese and n o n -C h in e s e much bigger once it becomes an annual people.” celebration.

Chris L ee, a U1 econom ics “It’ s only our first year and and finance student, praised the event and echoed Chau’ s senti­ w e’re not that experienced with this sort of event,” he said. ments.

T e c h n o p h o b e s q u a s h I n t e r n e t e le c tio n s B y J ason S igurdson SSM U councillors passed up the chance to make virtual voting an option for this year’s upcoming student society election.

Under the proposal, under­ grads would have been able to access a new Internet polling sta­ tion from any computer. From the SSM U Elections web site, voters would enter their student number and MARS password. Once these were electro n ically verified by SATURN to ensure the student’s eligibility to vote, an electronic ballot would be generated.

The motion to amend SSM U electoral and referenda regulations to permit voting by Internet was defeated by a vote o f eight to 1 1 .

P rior to c o u n c il’ s vote, VP U n iversity A ffa irs E lizab eth Gomery strongly urged councillors

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“I think this is a good occa­ sion to have M cGill be ahead of the times instead of behind them like we often are,” Gomery stated.

“W e also have to think about increasing voter turn-out.”

Some councillors were con­ cerned that students would be able to vote on behalf of someone else just by getting their personal infor­ mation. Justin Chan, SSM U net­ work administrator, feels that this situation is fairly improbable.

“You cannot vote on someone else’s behalf without having their MARS password,” Chan’s report to council stated. “We strongly believe that if a MARS password is adequate authentication to protect someone’s grades, course registra­ tion , fee report, and program report, it certainly suffices as pro-

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M cG ill h as a vibran t a n d active s tu d en t body. E ach year, th e S c a rle t K ey S o c ie ty s e e k s to rec o g n ize th e a c h ie v e ­ m en ts of outstan ding le a d e rs on this c am p u s . S tu d e n ts w h o build a n d c re a te c h a n g e . S tu d e n ts w h o le a ve th eir m a rk on M cG ill long a fte r th e y h a ve left.

T h e S c a rle t K ey S o c ie ty h as b e e n aro u n d M cG ill for a lm o st 7 5 yea rs. In 1 9 7 1 , th e S c a rle t K ey A w ard w a s introduced w ith a v ie w to recognizing th e a c h ie v e m e n ts of M c G ill’s outstan d in g s tu d e n t le a d ers . S in c e th a t tim e, th e contributions of o v er 1 ,5 0 0 stu d en t le a d e rs have b e e n rec o g n ized .

S c a rle t K ey A w ards a re only given to g rad u atin g s tu ­ dents. T h e S c a rle t K ey S o c ie ty is not affiliated w ith the S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty of M cG ill University.

T h e application p ro c ed u re is sim p le. P ick up an application p a c k a g e at th e S S M U front d e sk . G e t tw o letters of re fe re n c e from yo u r p e e rs or a n y o n e th a t you feel is a p p ro p ria te ; list yo u r m ain contribution to M cG ill a n d tell us how you d e m o n s tra te d le a d e rs h ip in the M cG ill com m unity.

B e t te r y et, p ick up a p a c k a g e a n d n o m in a te a frien d o r a p e e r w h o you p e r c e iv e a s a le a d e r a t M cG ill.

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tection for the SSMU elections.”

Y as Etessam , elections co ­ ordinator, is also a U2 computer science student. She knows that the proposed SSM U system was designed by some of the most qual­ ified technicians at M cG ill and stated that it is considered to be far more secure than an Internet voting system being used at the University of Western Ontario. Despite assur­ ances about the system’s security, councillors still showed a general fear of technology.

“I thought some of the techni­ cal questions about us being able to manipulate the data were unfound­ ed, but some o f the com m ents about the MARS password [being shared] were pretty valid,” Etessam said. “That’s the crux of the securi­ ty system.”

C ou n cillo rs lik e Jam es Wishart, science rep, were worried that the private and secure environ­ ment of the voting booth would be lost at a home computer.

“What about a [SSMU] candi­ date who invites people over to th eir hom e?” W ishart asked.

“C ou ld n ’ t they end up putting undue pressure on someone?”

G len L ind er, SSM U c h ie f returning officer, acknowledges that the Internet can be seen as a new frontier when it comes to elec­ tions.

“I respect the concerns that council had — I understand that Internet voting entails more risks than usual,” he stated.

Even if students will not be able to vote from their home com­ puter on M arch 10, 11 and 12, Linder is making efforts to try to increase voter turn-out.

“We have standardized polling hours in every one of our 1 2 loca­ tions. W e’re also going to be solic­ iting people as they go past polling stations,” Linder explained. “I ’ve generally found that M cGill stu­ dents need a personal invitation to vote.”

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Management Carnival cleaiis up Touted as the “cleanest and le a st o ffe n s iv e M anagem ent Carnival in its 20-year history,” this year’ s Carnival still man­ aged to make a mess.

M aintenance crew s in the Bronfman building discovered m anagement students ranging from 40 to 200 in number sleep­ ing and talking amidst beer bot­ tles in the early hours o f W ednesday January 28. M ike Holland, both a carnival orga­ nizer and V P internal for the M an agem en t U nd ergrad u ate Society, made light of the situa­ tion.

“The B ronfm an ca fe te ria g ets m essy every ca rn iv a l w eek,” said Hol l and.

“T h e r e ’ s a lot o f stu ff we have to talk about w ith the a d m in istra­ tion — I d o n ’ t think the m essy c a fe te r ia will make us or break us.”

E n och Lee, a recep­ tio n is t fo r M U S , a d m itte d that a num­ ber o f stu ­ C arnival o rg a n izer d ents went M ike H olland in to the Bronfm an cafeteria between 6 and 7 a.m. on that Wednesday morning after the all night party at Gert’s.

“People came to crash out in the cafeteria before breakfast at the Peel Pub,” explained Lee. “Maybe at one point people con­ sidered ca n c e llin g the w hole thing but it was resolved pretty quickly. I think the whole thing

was overblown.”

The management adminis­ tration, however, was not upset at the mess left behind by its stu­ dents, but were upset that they were inside the building without supervision.

“Obviously the administra­ tion is concerned that students were in the building without any o th er s ta ff aro u n d ,” stated D ianna D utton, D ire c to r o f Administration. “Measures will be taken for next year, but there is no talk o f cancelling Carnival next year or any other year.”

Day of Action endorsed by Senate and SSMU M c G ill’ s S e n a te has decided to sup­ port students who w ill be d e m o n stra tin g fo r a c c e s s ib le ed u catio n on February 1 I and denouncing the g o v e rn m e n t’ s cutbacks to edu­ cation budget».

“In support­ ing this motion, I believe that the Senate i» send­ ing a clear mes­ sage to both lev­ e ls o f g o v e rn ­ m e n t,” said Anna Kruzynski, Stephanie Hight u n iv ersity and academic affairs co-ordinator for the P o st-G rad u ate S tu d e n ts ’ Society. „ At th eir m e etin g , S S M U council also voted in support of student p a rticip a tio n in the action.

“Senate has never passed a motion like this in the history of M cGill — this is the first time th e y ’ ve supported student protest. We would look silly if

we didn't join in,” said SSM U VP U n iv e rsity A ffa irs E liz a b e th Gomery.

The federal Liberal govern­ ment has cut over $ 2 .2 9 billion from post-secondary education since 1993. In 1997-98, M cG ill experienced an $11.5 million cut­ back and more cuts are anticipated in the future. M att B erg b u sch , ex ecu tiv e ch a ir o f P G S S , w el­ com es Sen ate’ s endorsement o f student protest.

“W ith Senate on board, the M cGill community joins a grow­ ing consensus united and vocal in its o p p o sitio n to gov ern m en t underfunding o f post-secondary education and to the spiralling stu­ dent debt loads that are mortgag­ ing our future,” he stated.

Students w ill gather at the co rn e r o f M ackay and de M aisonneuve at 1 2 :3 0 p.m. on February 11. The demonstration will also include a march through the downtown business core.

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A number o f recent articles featured in the M cGill Daily and the Tribune have discussed an SSM U reorganization project being developed with KPMG, an external consultant. The mandate o f the Committee of Financial Affairs includes advising and assisting the V ice President Finance o f the Students' Society in the discharge o f his duties. A need was assessed for students to be informed as to why this project is being undertaken and hence the publication of this report. .

Last year, your students' society took in revenues o f $2.6 million and spent $2.4 million on your behalf. Despite the much-hyped price-tag of $25,000 for the project, this represents an allocation of less than one dollar per student of the society fees which accompany your tuition. The question thus becomes "what are you getting for your one dollar?"

Our Students' Society has a unique structure and history. Few organizations are as diverse as SSM U, whose services range from providing a comprehensive student health plan to running the annual Frosh program. Management o f these various operations is de-centralized and is complicated by the annual turnover o f our elected and appointed officials. The organic growth o f the Student's Society of M cGill University, since it was formally recognized by the school in 1978, has created a dynamic institution with many worthwhile services for its members, but one which leaves signifi­ cant room for improvement.

As part o f this project, KPM G will assist us in reviewing our current operational structure, individ­ ual roles, and responsibilities. A key component will be an assessment o f how we can improve accountability within the society office, among our subsidiary operations, and to the society mem­ bers. KPM G offers us an expertise in helping organizations apply 'big picture’ vision to^their day-today operations. They have guided numerous organizations in this type o f tranistion and we are con­ fident in their ability to so successfully with us.

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The committee is confident in endorsing the contracting o f KPM G and the benefits o f this project to the members of the society. In allocating this one dollar o f your fees, SSM U is ensuring that each dollar that you contribute in the future will be better spent.

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B y S tephanie Levitz Speculation surrounding the presence of the drug Rohypnol in Canada has increased following an incident at McMaster University.

More commonly known as the date rape drug, it is believed that a student at McMaster was sexually assaulted after consuming a drink in which the drug was dissolved.

S in ce the in cid en t, which occurred in O ctober, Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police have received six more reports of sexual assaults where it is believed the drug Rohypnol was used.

C h aracteristics linking the cases are the victims’ inability to remember details about the event the next day as well as feelings of extreme intoxication and halluci­ nations. Because the only test that can be perform ed to determ ine w hether or not R ohypnol is involved must be adm inistered within 24 hours o f the assault, there is no proof that the drug was

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Jen Stahlke, a third-year stu­ dent at the uni­ versity, says that she and her friends are con­ cerned about the issu e, but it is hard to know what to do b ecau se “the university really is n ’t telling us Rohypnol: last reported at McGill in 1996. anything — we aren’t getting any names or any issue that [they] are greatly con­ cerned with.” Although Hoffmanreal facts.”

L a R oche have no intention o f m arketing the drug in Canada, they are making efforts to change R o h y p n o l ’s o r i g i n Rohypnol is manufactured by its chemical composition in order for it to be more easily detected if Sw iss p h arm aceu tical giant placed in someone's drink.

Hoffman-La Roche in Mexico. It “As o f now we have devel­ is a part of a large group of drugs oped a new type o f R ohypnol known as benzodiaepines, which which turns blue when dissolved also include V alium and other sedatives. Considered a safe and in any liquid substance,” Metson effective medicine, it has been pre­ explained.

Despite these efforts, howev­ scribed for severe and debilitating er, an experiment done on a recent Oprah W infrey show demonstrated that when the new form of this pill is dissolved in a dark liqu id , the ch an ge in colour is barely n otice­ able.

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M anufactured in Mexico, Rohypnol is colourless, odourless a n d tasteless. actually involved in the incident.

McMaster University has not commented on, nor released any specific details about the incident.

Investigator Dave Bowen o f the H am ilton-W entw orth R egional P o lic e said in a M cM aster Silhouette interview that “we were told it was Rohypnol, but don’t know what drug was used.” He refused to comment any further on the investigation.

M cM aster students are wary about the truth of these allegations.

Lindsay Day, a first-year student at M cM aster, said that students received notices about the incident and are cautioned against accept­ ing drinks from strangers. She said, however, a general feeling of scepticism marks the issue.

“If it is true, then I would be concerned; but as far as we know, nothing has been proven — the bar manager knows nothing about it,” she said.

sleep disorders since 1975 and is w idely used in M ex ico and Europe.

Also known as Roofies when mixed with alcohol, the drug, in its pill form, dissolves quickly and is odourless, colourless and tasteless; as well, its power as a sedative and its adverse side e ffe c ts are enhanced. W ith all b en z o d i­ aepines, the possibility of amnesia is present; however, when mixed with alcohol, it is often inevitable and leaves the individual who has ingested it defenceless and prone to attack.

According to Cathy Metson, p u blic relatio n s a ssista n t for Hoffman-La Roche, Rohypnol is not for sale in Canada or the United States because of the wide range of similar drugs available on the market. She says that “the mis­ use o f what is otherwise a safe and effective medicine is certainly an

in v o lv e m e n t Leo V ailian t, ch ie f drug an aly st with the RCMP, says that there is no solid evidence that the drug is actually present in Canada.

“W e hear o f co m ­ p lain ts bein g made to m u nicipal p o lice departm ents about incidents where the victim wakes up with no recollection of the previous night, but they are usually made a fter the fa c t — when it is too late to obtain any concrete proof,” he said. “[W]e are only left with suspicions.”

The R C M P is not activ ely involved in investigating the pres­ en ce o f Rohypnol in Canada because, according to V ailiant, “there is just not a large enough quantity o f it around.” However, in co-operation with H offm anL aR o ch e and m unicipal p olice agencies, effort has been made to make the public, especially univer­ sity campuses where the majority of cases occur, more aware of the drug itself.

One o f the firs t suspected incidents involving Rohypnol on a Canadian university campus took place in 1996 at M cG ill. About h a lf an hour a fter arriv in g at

G ert’ s, a fem ale student began stumbling and slurring her words while talking about “seeing neon daisies as big as traffic lights.” By the time she made it out of Gert’s, she could not speak or move, but remained still conscious. The next morning she remembered nothing o f the incident — two days later, she believed she had fallen victim to a drink spiked with Rohypnol.

Kim Payne, currently a don at R o y a l Victoria College, r e m e m b e rs h ea r in g about the episode when she was in re s i­ dence h er­ self.

“This incident was the first time many McGill students had even heard o f the drug and they were im m e­ diately noti­ fied and cau­ tioned against taking drinks from strangers or leaving their drinks alone for even a few minutes,” she recounted.

“W e h e a r o f c o m p l a i n t s b e in g m a d e to m u n ic ip a l p o lic e d ep a rtm en ts a b o u t in c id e n ts w h e r e t h e v i c t i m w a k e s u p w ith n o r e c o lle c tio n o f th e p r e v i o u s n ig h t , b u t t h e y a r e u s u a lly m a d e a ft e r t h e f a c t — w h e n it i s t o o la t e to o b ta in a n y c o n ­ c r e t e p r o o f,” h e s a id . “[ W ] e a r e o n l y l e f t w it h s u s p ic io n s .”

— L e o V a ilia n t, c h ie f d ru g a n a ly s t w ith t h e R C M P Christina Gravely, external co-ordinator of the Sexual Assault C en tre o f M c G ill’ s Student S o c ie ty , says that R o h y p n o l’ s potential presence on campus is always a concern, but there has not been a specific public education effort. She stresses that the use of R ohypnol by sexu al predators needs to be seen in its larger con­ text.

“We haven’t taken Rohypnol

to issue in and of itself. All issues of sexual harassment are equally im portant,” she stated. “It only makes sense in the continuums of sexual violence.”

Gravely points out that while the drug has not made any report­ ed appearances at M cG ill since 1996, “it doesn’t mean it isn’t hap­ pening.”

O th e r C a n a d ia n re p o rts Across Canada, there are 20 cases in British Columbia under investigation and cases in dozens of other cities including Windsor, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto.

So far, one man has been charged in a sexual assault where it is strongly su spected that Rohypnol was used. The accused placed a personal ad in both o f Burnaby’s daily papers and a 20 year-old woman arranged to meet him. At their m eeting, she was given a glass of water and subse­ quently blacked out. Later, she remembered nothing of what hap­ pened to her. At the urging o f friends, she saw a doctor who told her that she had been sexually assaulted. Police in Burnaby sus­ pect that he may be the perpetrator o f other sexual assaults allegedly involving the drug.

In addition, a University o f Toronto student approached police last M arch having experienced symptoms m atching those pro­ duced by Rohypnol. University of Toron to and B ro ck U niv ersity campus police departments are the only two in the country with Rohypnol campaigns in place.

— w ith f i l e s fr o m th e McMaster Silhouette and the Peak

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p ro g ram The Indigenous B la ck and Mi'kmaq program at the Dalhousie Law School, which, until recently was known by the acronym IBM , has to find itself another nickname.

International B usiness M achines C orporation, better known by its registered trademark name o f IBM, has asked Dalhousie U niversity not to use the same acronym for its law program because it causes confusion.

The program was established in 1989 in order to increase the number of Nova Scotia AfricanCanadians and Mi'kmaqs involved in the legal profession. Since its formation, the program has devel­ oped a national profile among law schools, and also picked up the nickname of IBM. Eventually, the nickname was informally adopted and began appearing on brochures and stationary.

Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, acting director of the program, says aside from a few minor changes on letter­ heads, dropping the acronym is not a large inconvenience. There are no hard feelings between Dalhousie and the company; in fact, the uni­ versity is flattered that it managed to gain their attention at all.

— with files from the Varsity

C oke The U niversity of Saskatchewan has signed a ten-year contract with the Coca-Cola com­ pany, making it the only provider of cold beverages on campus.

The adm inistration and Students’ Union say that students will benefit most from this deal, as all money received will be targeted towards student centred projects and programs, including athletics, scholarships and library acquisi­ tions.

The terms o f the agreement cannot be made public due to a con­ fidentiality form signed by the uni­ versity and C oke; however VP Finance and Administration Tony Whitworth informed students that the figure was well over one mil­ lion dollars for ten years. with files from the Sheaf

result of a successful referendum granting a student fee to fund the paper. The paper was to be funded directly from student fees and pub­ lished through a newly established communications board.

However, according to the Quill, the board became incorpo­ rated without their knowledge. As well, the Quill only has one vote on the board, whereas the Brandon U niversity Students’ Union (BUSU) has two.

The board is responsible for distributing the money to the paper, and some feel this has made financing the Quill problematic.

The Quill was supposed to become financially independent with its autonomy, but now rests $ 6 ,0 0 0 in debt. The paper recently fell $77 short of its printing costs and the issue could not be printed. The communications board reserves the right to close down the Quill if it falls into debt.

This year's student fee money is going towards the paper’s deficit and will not be used to pay for the Q ui IT st operations. The Q u ill remains optimistic that they will be able to publish next year, but the BU SU disagrees. According to B U SU V ice-P resid en t Jo e V ercaig n e, the paper’s debt is much higher and since it has been absorbed by the student union, it would have to be repaid later — something the Quill just does not have the money to do.

The Quill has been publishing out o f Brandon for over eighty years.

—with file s from the Manitoban

B r a n d o n U t o lo s e stu d e n t p a p e r M anitoba’ s Brandon University might soon be without its student paper. The Quill, if the relationship between the paper and the students’ union does not improve soon.

The Quill was previously run by the students’ union and was to have become autonomous last year.

The right to autonomy was the

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d is c u s s io n management in particular.

“Concerns o f Management’s attitude towards queer issues moti­ vated me to organize a Queer KissIn in the Bronfman building. People who [came] to the Kiss-In [did] not necessarily have to kiss,” he contin­ ued. “They [could] just show up and support diversity. My only intention

Gibson believes that the topic of violence and same-sex relationships is extremely important. “[Violence and same-sex rela­ tionships] is a topic that is not open­ ly discussed in the queer communi­ ty. This lack of discussion not only perpetuates myths about [violence] not happening, but also prevents people from taking action on a per­ sonal and a political level,” Gibson stated. “It’ s a no bigger problem in the queer community than the straight community, but the lack of resources and understanding means that queer survivors are doubly disempowered.”

Céline Heinbecker Queer Pride Week was Queer week filled With not only a week of fun and cultural events learning but also a week of active participation and of voicing with the Queer-Kiss-In [was] that it beliefs. Other events included the help to promote a more conducive Queer Kiss-In that was organized by and coherent working and social U3 management student Jawad environment in the faculty of man­ Qureshi. agement.”

“This [was] partly an informa­ LBG TM is already planning tion booth for Queer Pride Week’s more events for the near future activities petition signing for QSA including a political involvement [Queer Straight Alliance] about drive later this month, Dyke Days incorporating queer studies/courses and a wine and cheese. As always, in M cG ill’s curriculum, etc.,” he invitations are extended to all stated.

McGill students. Tan welcomes par­ Qureshi explained that the ticipation at any level. event that took place in the “It’s been encouraging to see Bronfman building was “geared to what we can accomplish and the be a political statement which aimed kind of reception we can get,” Tan to celebrate diversity at McGill and said.

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M c G IL L T R IB U N E “Show me a person who has never made a mis­ take and I’ll show you somebody who has never achieved much.”

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P a v in g th e ro a d to h e ll B y Jason S igurpson

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VP Finance Duncan Reid made a big mistake.

He signed a letter committing the students’ society to a $25,000 con­ tract with KPMG consulting without First getting formal approval from council. This is a legally binding contract which will be a liability for SSMU if council docs not endorse it, and Reid knows that he will ultimate­ ly be held accountable for it.

Reid repeatedly maintains that his intentions were good despite breaching council protocol — he didn’t know he was entering a contract, he was just trying to do what was best for SSMU, he didn’t know council procedure. These claims are pretty hard to believe when one considers that Reid started his job as VP Finance with a solid understanding of SSMU operations — built up while he was council speaker in 1996-97. More importantly, however, is the fact that the talk of "good intentions” avoids dealing with the root of the problem.

Not approaching council when making a major financial decision is a clear error. This isn’t something that Reid can talk his way out of — he cannot expect to be able to make excuses for it or paper over it with all of his good intentions. Last Thursday’s attempt to bring a hasty motion of endorsement for the KPMG contract to the table is an insult to council. It would only replace the absence of debate with a severely uninformed dis­ cussion. Council needs to be both trusted and developed as a decisionmaking authority. Reid could have started,by giving councillors enough time and background information to engage in an informed debate.

There’s no doubt that Reid believed that entering a partnership with KPMG would be best for the students’ society. Not going to council, how­ ever, meant that Reid missed an opportunity to find a strategy for review­ ing the student society’s operations that was better than seeking out a pri­ vate consulting firm. Perhaps one councillor would have raised the possi­ bility that $25,000 could provide a few stipends for management students performing a review. Perhaps another would have said it is an outright waste of money.

Reid needs to acknowledge that talking about good intentions isn't good enough, especially in the context of a possible SSMU presidential race. “Good intentions” do count for something, but they cannot be manip­ ulated to serve as a blanket excuse for an error with a $25,000 price tag. It is little surprise that the cliché ‘‘good intentions pave the road to hell" has stuck around so long. You can sometimes get away with a lot when you can convince someone that your intentions were good. They still fail to address action and outcomes.

Reid needs to be forthright with council about his actions. At Thursday’s meeting he fumbled for a way out of the situation he got him­ self into, pounding his fist on the table while making comments about per­ sonal attacks. It was sad to watch considering that Reid is one of the better executives SSMU has seen in the past few years. A formal apology, cou­ pled with details of the KPMG contract, would show that Reid has learnt something about leadership. Although he tends to take politics personally, he still has to be able to exhibit the type of leadership that can embrace failure when necessary. Such a move would clear the way for council to discuss the merits of the KPMG contract instead of merely discussing Reid’s mismanagement of the situation.

“Good intention” is largely irrelevant to discussing what has hap­ pened, but it does have a role. Gtxxi intentions mean that you can say “ 1 failed and I’m sorry” and it will still mean something to the people receiv­ ing the apology. It ideally shows some form of sincere commitment to change — conveying that something has actually been learned through failure. Ostensibly, Reid exhibits good intentions in political life. Now it is time for him to follow through with an apology, and for council to accept it and get on with business.

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By Paul Futhey Karla Faye Tucker became the 437th person since 1977 — and the first woman since the Civil War — to be executed in the United States.

Her death by lethal injection last Tuesday has inspired more vitriol in the ongoing battle concerning capital punishment.

The arguments against it are many. There are some who view the action as hypocritical, consider­ ing it occurs in a country purport­ ing to be a bastion for human rights. Noting that Tucker had, by definition, shown signs of rehabili­ tation, it seems the execution of the pick-axe murderer was based on the human desire for revenge.

Rather than rehabilitate the crimi­ nal (isn't that the purpose of the penal system?), the powers that be decided that taking Tucker's life would serve as a warning to others.

Add to all these inconsistencies strong hints of racism and one has a policy that doesn't make sense.

The bottom line, however, is that capital punishment is a failure because it doesn’t fulfill its primary purpose: to discourage violent crime. Trends strongly contradict

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this theory of deterrence and render it practically impotent. For exam­ ple, the state of Texas (the site of one-third of all executions) also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country.

In Canada, meanwhile, there hasn’t been an execution for more than 35 years. If the death penalty still existed, it is quite possible that at least three innocent men — David Milgaard, Donald Marshall and Guy Paul Morin— would have been wrongfully executed. This alone proves that there is no justifi­ cation for capital punishment — especially if we can’t even catch the right criminals.

W hile Canada should be proud it doesn’t indulge in these actions, by no means should it be satisfied with the state of its own justice system. Those who argue that it looks better when compared to the American system are taking the easy way out, especially con­ sidering the dissimilitude of the two. Our neighbours to the south outnumber us almost tenfold and have a greater population density.

There, gun control is a four-letter word.

Canada arguably has a better

idea about how to treat criminals than the States, but that doesn’t say anything about our much-maligned justice department. Canadian jus­ tice has many faults. Our parole system, again and again, has been shown to be riddled with incompe­ tence and unjustified leniency.

Instead o f resting on our imagined laurels, we should should take a serious look at our justice system — specifically how it deals with violent crime. Merely compar­ ing our system to that of a country that has a job considerably more different than ours is blatantly irre­ sponsible and doesn’t accomplish anything.

The solution to the problem of violent crime prevention is elusive and it’s quite clear that capital pun­ ishment is not the answer. But if the U.S. is too harsh, then we are too lenient. Does that mean the answer lies somewhere inbetween? Both societies are obsessed with finding a punish­ ment to fit the crime, which could be the stumbling block. After all, stopping the problem before it starts would be much more palat­ able to all.

L e tte r s to the Editor O p e n le t t e r to P r in c ip a l S h a p ir o I am writing this letter in response to the following comment, taken from an interview with you published in the Daily.

“The business o f students at university is to study. The business o f faculty is to teach and do research. I don’t think that under the name of democracy, you can useful­ ly meet and sensibly say that the business of students is to create the budget.”

This comment not only utterly astounds me, but demonstrates the true autocratic, solipsistic, anti-intel­ lectual and politically unrefined stance of your administration.

First autocracy. As you well know, you have responded to stu­ dent and faculty concerns on a num­ ber of occasions with requests for plausible suggestions. Now that you outright reject the well thought out and well-researched suggestions of the McGill Alternative Budget group (a group that has been working since last spring, using VP Finance Phyllis Heaphy’s office as a primary source) it is clear that your request was noth­ ing more than a stalling action, a way of tying up resistant energy so

that it wouldn’t get in the way of your steam roll through one of Canada’ s finest publicly funded institutions.

Second, solipsism and antiintellectualism . When you say democracy, I honestly do not know what you mean. Does democracy for you mean monological dictation?

Does it mean making decisions in isolation from the rest of the com­ munity? Perhaps you are labouring under older understandings of democracy, where only male proper­ ty owners had a voice. Certainly you do not seem to be aware of current political theory from the likes of Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe and others who have for the last ten years been working out a concept of radical democracy which acknowl­ edges, and builds on, the intersection of multiple and contradictory subject positions. To put it simply, students are not ju st students, staff are not just staff, and faculty are not just fac­ ulty — they have other political and social identifications (perhaps con­ tradictory to your own) which make them invaluable to such “democratic procedures” such as budgeting.

Finally, as to political savvy, 1 wonder if you realize that you are sending a clear and simple message to students, staff and faculty alike

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which says, “Mobilize, mobilize, mobilize; take matters into your own hands, for we the administration are unwilling to listen to a word you have' to say; the time for calm dis­ cussion is past, the time for radical action is at hand.” At least if you were determined to destroy a fine institution, you could be a little more subtle about it.

Taking all these points into con­ sideration, I am left to believe that you are unfit to be playing the role you do. You ought never have been re-appointed (in the undemocratic procedure that it was!). I invite stu­ dents, staff and faculty alike to join me in demanding your resignation.

Sincerely, — Erin Runions PhD 5 Religious Studies

M U N A CA c la r ific a tio n In the January 2 7, 1998 Tribune, the article on MUNACA first contract negotiations with the university, now at the arbitration stage, described the support staff represented by the union as “includ­ ing librarians, secretaries and custo­ dians.” To be clear, the MUNACA bargaining unit, representing more than 1 ,300 non-teaching staff, includes clerical staff, library assis­ tants (not librarians, who are consid­ ered academic staff by M cG ill), technicians, and the custodial and clerical staff in the Shatner Building.

— Allan Youster MUNACA P resident

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10 February 1998

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It’ s a day o f passion, roses, and Laura S e co rd . A day o f rom antic potentials. A day that can be traced back to one o f three roots: the ancient Roman festival L u p erca lia , w here young men w hipped young w om en to increase their fertility, or one o f two different Christian martyrs named Valentine.

Hmmmmn. Can you say hazy? Can you say Hallmark con­ spiracy?

Whatever.

Remember those days back in elementary school when all the kids stu ffed cu te little heart shaped cards inside each other’s Michael Jackson schoolbags? The “I love you Berry much” cut out strawberry? And you sent one to every one in the class? Well...not everyone...you never did send one

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to the boy in the front row who hid under his desk to pick his nose. Or the very dirty girl who sat behind you. Oh don’t worry, I’m sure watching all the OTHER kids counting their valentines had nothing to do with his assault conviction or her attem pted su i­ cid e. Y ah, you had nothing to do with that at a ll.

Unfortunately my ele­ mentary school, being a Jew ish day sc h o o l, banned all Valentine’s celebrations because of the well, whole Saint thing and all.

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The S-Files Sarah M lynow ski your seven very best friends, and your s c ie n c e te a ch e r M r.

Pumford. Just kidding. There was no science teacher. Noooooo sci­ ence teacher at all. I never even um...took science. L et’s just for­ get about it.

This Valentines Day contin­ ues; as M arx would have it, to divide the haves and the have

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It has often been said that American president. Well, we did, you can recognize the British by but that was last week’s news and C lin to n has found h im s e lf an their teeth. The citizens o f the e x c e lle n t war to d riv e his U .K., stereotype has it, have the approval rating into the stratos­ w orst dental w ork in the first phere. Just the same, between his world.

W h ile th is may be true, I enorm ous melon and his en or­ think the true test o f a Brit is in mous libido, America has found a their ears. If Prince Charles lends presid ent with m ore ch a ra cter you an ear, you can use it as a than Bush and Reagan put togeth­ tent. The same is true o f K e i t h R ic h a r d s , M arg aret T h a tch e r, Jamie C ow an and Sporty Spice. This occurred to me watch­ er. As we approach the fringes of ing Tony Blair, a Dumbo in his westernrpower, the eccentricity goes through the roof. While Blair own right, meet with Bill Clinton on CNN. Tony B lair has perfect and Clinton have formed a Baby teeth,, but ears that Jodie Foster Boom coalition to take down Iraq, still not dead Borris Yeltsin has could use to make contact.

I know i t ’ s s u p e rfic ia l to been redu ced to the ro le o f prophet of the Apocalypse. Sure, dwell on the size o f any world leader’ s facial features. Just the he’s been working night and day same, as I ’ve watched the media to avert another Rum ble in the G ulf, but the only time he gets hype surrounding Desert Storm II, m edia co v e ra g e is when he the issue itself was overwhelmed by the leaders talking about it. I declares that if there is another was far more interested to hear war in the Gulf it will be “World about the personal friendship of War III.” This isn’t the first time Yeltsin has engaged in hyperbole B la ir and C lin to n then about and it probably won’t be the last.

Ir a q ’ s s to c k p ile o f ch e m ic a l Yeltsin needs his outrageous weapons. This is confusing, since the men them selves aren’t that statements to keep himself in the news. Between his country’s frag­ remarkable. ile economy and his own vodka A side from his ears, Tony soaked internal organs, Y eltsin Blair is a fairly boring individual. has lost his power on the world He tends to dress in black Hugh stage. He’s like your drunk uncle, Grant meets the Blu es Brothers willing to say anything at a party suits. Just the same, while Clinton delivered a ten page speech to the just to get your attention.

And where is our own master press, Blair spoke off-the-cuff and apparently with only one page of o f the malapropism, the right hon­ ourable Jean Chrétien? I have no notes. I suspect there’s a tabloid fan lu rking under M r. B la i r ’ s idea. W hile every other world leader has used the escalating ten­ London Times façade. This suspi­ cion is confirm ed by the over­ sions in the gulf to get their face on CNN, dear Mr. Chrétien has w helm ing support he received been strangely silent. I ’m starting from the Spice G irls during his to suspect that Team Canada left election campaign. him in Brazil. He better say some­ W e need not dw ell on the thing soon. p e rso n a lity qu irk s o f the

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nots. The haves have to buy pre­ sents. You consider candy. Maybe flowers. Even jewellery. Perhaps a pair o f earrings. Perhaps a pair o f diamond earrings. Perhaps a two carrot brilliant cut pair o f dia­ mond earrings in an 18 carrot gold se ttin g . P erh ap s.

Perhaps not.

U su ally w ithin the haves there is one person who ca res about V a le n tin e ’ s day, say for example, her, and one who does not, say for example, him. Have number one is enthralled by the holiday, because, alas, it is a time to express her em otions and to w itn ess the u n v eilin g o f her lover’s usually repressed feelings, thereby bringing their relationship to a deeper level o f intimacy. The lover on the other hand, about the

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s w e e th e a rt tu g g in ’ 12th of February, declares that he is a conscientious objector to the crass commercialism propelled by the greeting card industry.

Cheapskate.

Then there are the have nots.

The single woman buys herself a box o f th o se good old Laura Secord chocolates, sits in front of the television, alone or with other bitter single friends, proclaiming the merits o f single life. As for the single guy, well, he just can’t fig u re out why S l e e p l e s s in Seattle is on every channel.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all.

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S e c u la r m u s in g s Death. We don’t like to talk about it. I don’t know why. I t ’s inevitable, as we all know. Are we just afraid?

As a kid, I remember realizing that one day my parents would die and not be there anymore. I ’m not reli­ gious. I was never given any r e li­ gious exp lan a­ tion o f death (any explanation of death related to God, that is).

My parents had never really d is­ cussed death with me.

Unlike my friend Sam, who’s parents told her that a little wizard from the clouds swept down to the earth, fetched the souls o f the dead and watched over them for the rest of time, my parents had given me no handydandy, peaches ‘n’ cream answer for death.

So, somehow, my young mind was even­ tually forced to expunge these morbid thoughts on death from itself...I don’t know how it did that exactly. Most probably these thoughts became diluted in other thoughts, more important ones, like whether I was going to have raspberry chocolate or chocolate almond truffle ice cream for dessert and whether or not Eric Schwartz was making fun of me when he said during snacktime that I had a head like a toad. Ah, I long for those days when everything was simple.

So these ugly thoughts sunk down into my head and stored themselves in the base­ ment of my mind and started to collect dust.

They’ve been there awhile now. But now, I ’m happy to say that I’ve dusted them off and am looking at them again. Death. It can’t possibly be as bad as we seem to make it out to be.

In a recent issue of The New York Times, I read an article on scientific research being done on how to extend the life span. But why?

Why do we want to live longer? Why do we want to prolong the inevitable? Nobody knows what, if anything, follows death. It could be a paradise...or it could be a hell.

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I mean...look at it this way. Imagine if we could live forever. Yes, forever.

For all time. Imagine that there was'no death. Picture an eternal future. We could spend 2 0 years in university. Hey, make it 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . W e’ ve got time.

We could read every book ever w ritten. We could watch television all day and go to the movies every night. We could trav­ el the world and see everything. Some might feel that they now have moresexual free­ dom...sleep with whomever, whenever. Could you really stay with one person for all of eter­ nity?

M aybe we would all abandon monogamy, if we hadn’t already. We could have lots of kids and give birth to more beings who would never die.

But, wait. Then wouldn’t we run out of room? Where would all these people go?

Earth couldn’t possibly expand with the expo­ nentially growing population.

And that brings me to my point. It couldn’t ever be. It wouldn’t make any sense.

Life would cease to have a point. Really, what could it possibly mean? W hat would we mean? Where would be going?

Exactly — we wouldn’t be going any­ where. There would be no purpose.

This is the only way that I can accept death. I can accept it because living forever just doesn’t make any sense. We must have an end. So death fits in perfectly. It not only fits, it is essential.

We need it because it gives each of our lives a purpose, a meaning. Now, just what exactly that purpose is...only you can know that; wish I could help you on that one.

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It was then that it struck us. All those years o f counterintelligence training at L a sa lle C o lleg e had been for naught.

Armani tuxes and bootleg R olexes not withstanding, our conspicuous lack o f beepers raised the ire o f visiting members of the Detroit Blazers indoor soccer team.

With our backs against the wall of the lav­ ishly appointed martini room, Nick and I held hands and wondered how we ended up in this madcap situation.

From street level, Le Temple appears to be an opera house or at least some kind o f upscale strip club. Actually the building was once a funeral home, now extensively renovated excep t for the discotheque which was merely repainted. Upon enter­ ing the spacious interior we were quite amazed at the sheer size o f this erection.

This mortuary-tumed-mobile-dance-party — Kimberly Huie. contains no less than fifteen specialized U0 Engineering rooms. A martini room, cigar lounge, hip hop room, mezzanine and the previously mentioned d isco th èq u e; all fu lly stocked and ready fo r action. Future plans for Le Temple include the open­ ing o f their dining rooms, cartin g in loads o f pool VERMONT'SFINEST*] ECREAM&FROZENYOGURT ta b les and opening the enormous front terrace fac­ 4 ing de la Montagne. Once € our tour had been complet­ ed, we staked out a comer 4 o f the hip hop room and awaited the arrival o f the 4 patrons.

The night passed slow­ ly with people trick lin g 4 through the large double doors of the club. Nick had already begun staking a 4 no taxes cla im to the cok ed -ou t w aitress and I was busy 4 bathing m yself in a solu­ R e s e r v e to d a y ! tion of gin and tonic.

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the nearby DJ. Actually their movements could be described better as random shuf­ fling from leg to leg than actual pre-fabricated dance maneuvers.

The clientele appeared to be com ­ posed mainly o f upper class Westmount C E G E P kid s, out spending daddy’ s money. From my intoxicated state I identi­ fied no less than seven members o f the Shanghai Triad, two C EG EP girls with whom I would wind up in bed and a lot of high stakes pickup action. One scrawny kid from the University of Montreal came up to me and called me money. I punched him in the throat. Nick was still at the bar with the waitress. I ’m not sure if he was wearing pants. Kicking myself free from the pile of empty plastic cups that had cov­ ered me all evening, I tugged on N ick’s wallet chain and led him into the martini room.

We took a seat and Nick overheard a British fellow order a martini-shaken not stirred . T he qu ick w it o f the patron impressed Nick so much he fled the room in tears. I was forced to carry on a conver­ sation about M an ch ester U nited and Elizabeth Hurley until such time as Nick returned with his trusty blackjack and res­ cued me from my discom fort. We had proved ourselves as men and thus were destined to complete our journey - to enter the discotheque.

The combination of strobe lights, dry ice and pulsing beats put the both of us in a state of epileptic attack. Moments later we awoke in our corner o f the hip hop room, a dance trophy clutched tightly in Nick’s white knuckles.

That’s when the indoor soccer team showed up.

A fter a sound b ea tin g , we were thrown into a snow bank in front o f Le Temple and survived only by comman­ deering a snow panzer which had stopped because it ran over a four year old girl on the sidewalk.

Y ou lik e C rescen t S tre e t? Go to Temple and tear it up, otherwise go to Bar des Pins or Annie’s.

The Tribune den ies any responsibility f o r the smut and bile on this page.

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By Rachel O nc Q: H ow d o you let y ou r boyfrien d know that you ’ve h a d an orgasm ?

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— The E conom ist T h re e d ecad es in to the women’s movement, a woman’ s right to satisfying sexual stimula­ tion should be a given. But views are still mixed over the so-called feminization o f masturbation.

“Fem ale m asturbation is a d iffic u lt thing to ta lk about because there’s been a 2 ,0 0 0 year silence on the subject from within the Jud eo-C hristian trad itio n ,” explained Mark Shields, profes­ sor o f sexual ethics in M cG ill’s Religious Studies faculty. Shields attributed many o f our presentday attitudes regarding fem ale masturbation to influences from Western religious ideals.

“M a le m astu rb atio n and sodomy were grave concerns for Je w s , as th ese a c tio n s w ere thought to lead to the ‘spilling’ [and consequent wasting] o f seed.

“In the C hristian tradition, male homosexual behaviour and male masturbation were depar­ tures from the ‘natural law ’ o f heterosexual married sex for procreative purposes,” Shields stat­ ed. “Women did not quite fit into either o f these taboos because sex was in co n ceiv ab le w ithout the in v o lv em en t o f the penis and ‘seed.’”

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— S e x t h e r a p i s t they sta rt to It w as not u ntil the 1 9 7 0 s D r. S u e M c G a r v i e play with them­ selves. that Shere Hite, a “H o w ev er, i f p aren ts see revolutionary researcher, was the their baby daughter rubbing her­ first to re je ct Freud’ s theories. self against a teddy bear, they’ll Hite explicitly challenged Freud fre a k o u t,” M cG a rv ie said . in her research, which effectively “When girls are constantly condi­ proved the necessity o f clitoral tioned to think that masturbation stim ulation for fem ale orgasm.

For the first time, someone had is w ron g, th ey b eco m e rig id actually come out and revealed to about their own sexuality. It hap­ the world that sex for women is pens m ore o fte n than p eop le not just about penile penetration. think.”

D esp ite the p re ssu res to S h ie ld s h y p oth esized that reject masturbation, sexual satis­ any taboos already surrounding female masturbation were intensi­ faction is n onetheless activ ely sought by w om en o f all ages. fied in a backlash to Hite’s work.

“Some scholars suggest that Larry Gaines, co-owner o f Lady clitoral stimulation is a threat to Calston, a manufacturer of female sex products, noted that “most the male model, especially since p eo p le d o n ’ t see our p aren ts o v er the la st th ree d eca d es, there’s been an increasing insecu­ doing this sort o f thing, but a U.S. rity about the man’s role in sex,” con su m er’ s report which cam e out in the ‘80s proved otherwise.

Shields noted.

“A researcher named Edward It’ s about men asking them­ B re c h e r took a p o ll o f 4 ,0 0 0 selves, ‘If she doesn’t need me, women between the ages o f 50 to then what am I here for, ju st to

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B u t G ain es acknow led ged that despite the reco gn itio n o f female masturbation, women are s till h esita n t to talk abou t it.

“Society as a unit perceives it as being inappropriate. In reality, it is in a p p ro p ria te to b e lie v e that w om en don’t need to mastur­ bate. There is a huge p re co n d itio n in g by society.”

A lth o u g h a n ti­ quated views o f female s e x u a lity are s till deeply rooted in this s o c ie ty , th ere is an in c re a s in g trend tow ard s e lf-s tim u la ­ tio n .

M cG a rv ie claimed that “vibrators are ju st like any other applian ce — in fa ct, they’re sold more than toasters.”

Gaines agreed. “Right now, society’s morals are relaxing a bit and people are more open to sex­ ual pleasure. Lady Calston sells ♦successful, innovative products lik e tic k lin g p an ties and ‘the tongue’ [a device used for direct clitoral stimulation]. W e really go out o f our way.”

For women, masturbation is m ore than a m eans o f tak in g charge o f their own sexu ality .

McGarvie advocates female mas­ turbation for two main reasons: to help women with low sex drives who can ’ t reach orgasm and to promote healthy self-awareness.

She explained that masturbation “increases endorphin levels there­

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fore decreasing pain; it keeps the blood flowing so it prevents clog­ ging [and] it lowers blood pres­ sure; it familiarizes women with their bodies so that if a woman contracts a venereal disease or a genital wart, she’ll be able to feel it. Most importantly, it helps with general well-being.”

Though the market for prod­ ucts geared to sexual satisfaction is in c re a s in g , S h ie ld s w arns against women perceiving male stand ard s o f se x u a lity as the ideal. “There’s a potential danger o f women incorporat­ ing the male model of sexuality and transfer­ ring it to them selves.

T h ere is more to sex than just orgasm, there is also b on d in g and intimacy involved.

“The male ideal of sex is very p h y sica l and oriented around the p e n ile th ru st. F o r so long, this was the pre­ vailing view. The idea o f intimacy was never a strong point in male sexuality,” he said.

G aines, how ever, re ite ra te d the im p o rta n ce o f achieving orgasm and noted that women’s partners are increasing­ ly willing to play a role in female satisfaction. “Statistics show that 50 per cent o f the time, manual stimulation is introduced during intercourse because it becom es necessary for women to achieve orgasm.”

But in a society still fixated on controlling fem ale sexuality, even among women an affirm a­ tive answer to the Do you? ques­ tion can still elicit elusive or star­ tled re sp o n se s. N o n e th e le s s , women continue to fight for their own sexual satisfaction which has eluded them for so long.

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I realize that Canada has never been a hot bed o f nationalist senti­ ment, but (and I ’ll be the first to say it) our country is experiencing a full-blown, pre-teen identity cri­ sis.

Go ahead, ask anyone what it means to be Canadian. You’ll get the same answer over and over: “Uhhhhh...I dunno...but it’s like not being American.”

Believe it or not, there once was a time when answers to this question would have been a little easier and a little more tangible.

Being Canadian used to involve b ilin g u al­ ism , some form o f socialist econom ic inter­ vention, cold weather, universal health insurance, high taxes, hock­ ey, a ffo rd ab le ed u cation, and beer...things we could be proud of.

In the late ‘90s it’s basically down to cold weather, beer, and the 1051 per cent tax we pay to buy it.

H ockey, once the m ost Canadian o f any o f these things, doesn’t even have much to do with Canada anym ore. In the great Canadian prostitution (uhh, export­ ing) tradition, we’ve packaged it and sold it to our southern neigh­ bours — or at least we’ve tried.

T h is is what the Nagano Olympics are all about. The NHL has scratched a couple o f weeks off its schedule in order to send its best players to the O lym pics, where, according to “The Plan,” they’ ll com pete brilliantly in a high-profile competition that will be so excitin g to m idd le-class, southern, A m erican men that they’ll drop their Troy Aikman action figures into the toilet and run to the American TV networks begging them to please show more of that amazing, exotic (and homo­ erotic) sport. (And who is that

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Yzerman guy, anyway? He’s sooo cute).

Okay, maybe this isn’t exactly what the NHL has in mind, but it’s pretty close.

The point is, the NHL has told us that their participation in the Nagano games is about showcas­ ing hockey as the “coolest game on earth,” a truly “w orld-class” sport worthy of everybody’s atten­ tion — and we’ve believed them.

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When the NHL suggested replac­ ing 75-year old division names with generic, NBA-style geograph­ ica l in d icato rs, why d id n ’ t Canadians riot in the streets? Why didn’t we threaten to torch the NHL head office when we heard they were considering dividing the gam e into four qu arters? Why don’t we stop buying tickets? Why do we sit idly by and do nothing while our game is mangled and taken from us?

The answer is that this — any o f this — goes against the true spirit o f being Canadian: the feel­ ing that we are somehow inferior to the United States and that we can only be vali­ dated by American approval. This is what it means to be Canadian in the 9 0 ’s; this is why we’ve stood by and allow ed the gruesom e inbreeding o f our favourite game, and why we’ll continue to watch as the NHL tries to make it look even sexier to any TV -ow ningsla ck -j a w ed-huckleberry-yokel from M acon , G eo rg ia or A rkad elph ia, A rkansas or Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

I c a n ’ t explain why, but I know that somewhere in most of our frozen brains a little neurotic sign is flashing: “If Americans like it, it must be good...It’s okay for me to like it if they like it...I’m a Canadian and I’m no good...I’m a Canadian and I ’m no good...I’m a Canadian and I’m no good.”

1 know it’s a difficult thing for all o f us to hear, but hockey, too, was once Canadian and it is well on its way to becoming no good.

W atch the Nagano G am es for highlights.

The Low Talker Micah Knapp but we’ve taken their idea one step further: the Olympics, most of us expect, w ill be a show case for Canada. The World will see our amazing, exotic game and collapse in awe: “Wowwwww. This sport comes from Ca-na-da? It must be an amazing place.)

What nobody seems to have noticed in all o f this is that the NHL has very little interest in The World and even less in Canada.

They did not shut the league down in m id-season so that L atvian housew ives could “oohhh” and “ahhh” at the thrills and chills of our great game, or because they wanted to give C anadians the opportunity to feel better about them selves. The O lym pics, like most of the recent (and proposed) changes to hockey — from geo­ graphical division names to glow­ ing pucks on TV to four 12-minute periods — have been designed to cultivate American interest and American dollars. The NHL today is hockey for Americans.

And everybody know s it.

Everybody’s known it for years, but nobody’s done anything. Why?

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Two years o f working behind the glass as a bank teller made Kevin Makra decide that his place in the w o rk fo rce was ju s t not good enough.

A fte r grad uating w ith a degree in eco n o m ics from the U niversity o f Toronto in 1992, Makra found he was hard pressed to find a jo b relevant to his field; he took the bank teller position to get a foot in the door but found that his university education was not being put to use.

“I ju s t d id n ’ t lik e it, so I looked elsewhere. As well as the usual routes one takes, the only other areas o f help I could find were ‘how to ’ books on writing resumes,” Makra said. “There was no practical company information anywhere.”

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tations and the necessary skills for researching different companies securing a job. to apply to for a job. Once friends But as a result o f his conver­ and acquaintances began to bor­ satio n s w ith Human R eso u rce row his inform ation in order to aid their own employment search­ o fficials at many o f these busi­ n e s s e s , M akra es, Makra began realized that edu­ co m p ilin g a “E m p l o y e r s a r e n ’t g o i n g cation is only the guide for student t o a s k f o r y o u r m a r k s first step into the employment. f r o m c o l l e g e o r u n i v e r s i­ working world.

“I was writ­ ty, b u t t h e y a r e g o i n g to “I t ’ s an ing to co m p a ­ nies for my own a s k a b o u t y o u r q u a l i f i c a ­ uphill battle if an applicant has no jo b search and t i o n s a n d e x p e r i e n c e . ” higher education found that if you beyon d high requested infor­ mation about the — K e v i n M a k r a , a u t h o r o f s c h o o l but it T h e C a n a d a S t u d e n t doesn’t mean that company itself, w on’t they w ere only E m p l o y m e n t G u i d e p la ce s em ploy them . too happy to B u sin esses look give it to you. It showed them that this was a real fo r ap p lica n ts th at em ph asize their areas of expertise, skills and in te re st and they w ere m ore re sp o n siv e as a r e s u lt,” he qualities,” Makra maintained. “In m any c a s e s , s k ills are m ore explained.

The fir s t Stu d en t im p o rtan t than an ed u ca tio n .

Employment Guide Employers aren’t going to ask for fo r O n tario w as your marks from college or uni­ versity but they are going to ask published in 1996 and so much inter­ about your q u a lific a tio n s and experience.” e st was gen erated Since the first publication of by peop le outsid e the province that a the guide, M akra has receiv ed national guide soon substantial feedback. Companies are eager to be profiled in the followed. The 1998 handbook because it gives new ed itio n c la s s ifie s over 8 0 0 d ifferen t applicants easy access to informa­ tion about the ex p ecta tio n s o f co m p a n ies a cro ss Canada by m arket their businesses. Graduates have also the Student Em ploym ent s p e c ia liz a tio n , recruitm ent exp ec­ Guide since many have used it to fin d sa tis fy in g e n try -le v e l jo b s .

T h e 1 9 9 8 e d itio n Makra, stressing the c la s s ifie s o v er 8 0 0 im portance o f stu­ d if f e r e n t c o m p a n i e s dents in the w ork­ a c r o s s C a n a d a by fo r c e , pointed out that youth does not m a rk e t s p e c ia liz a tio n , h ave to be an r e c r u itm e n t e x p e c t a t io n s adverse factor in the a n d t h e n e c e s s a r y s k il ls jo b hunt. f o r s e c u r i n g a jo b .

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y o u r sid e . I d o n ’t w a n t to d re a m

s u n , y o u r f a c e i s s m a l l b u t th a t

a n y m o r e . I ’ ll b r in g t h e a lc o h o l,

P e te r an d J o n : Y o u g u y s a r e th e

d o n ’ t b o t h e r m e , w h e n y o u w a lk

y o u b r in g th e V a s e lin e . - D o m

b e s t! L o n g liv e th e s e a sh a n ty s in g -a -lo n g .

in d e p re s s in g th o u g h ts f r o m m in d

Love, J.

d o f le e . J a m e s

10 K r is t in e

an d R e g in a : Y o u tw o

m a k e th e a p a rtm e n t a h a p p y

m o r e th an s h o u ld b e re a s o n a b ly e x p e c te d o f a n y h u m a n , b e c a u s e y o u d o m y ir o n i n g ,

10

G o d th a t’ s o v e r , R a c h e l

th e T r ib u n e p h o to g ra p h e rs - y o u m a k e

10 Y a s ,

J a m e s : b e c a u s e y o u lis te n to m e w ay

f o r g e t w a lk s a f e , I ’ d f l y

H e a th e r a n d L e s lie .

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b r o w n k ilts a n d D r. S e u s s ...T h a n k

10 10 T o

K id d o (o n ly b e c a u s e y o u h a te i t ) : I ’ ll b e

- S o m e d a y , th e y ’ ll b e a S t.

n a m e a g a in is M r. P lo w . — L e s l ie

h o r iz o n lo v in g y o u y o u a lw a y s e v e r l o v e L ia .

10 A ro n

F u c k e d w i t h F a g a n . H e r e ’ s to

c o w b o y .” Y o u r S u p e rs ta r

10 H a p p y

V -d a y .

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lu s t, I ’ l l w o rk y o u in to s u c h a f te n z y , y o u r

10

H ap p y p o em fo r b u m m ed o u t R e n é e ,

R o w e r s a re n ic e a n d fra g ra n t a n d th e su n is

10

L e s l i e . S h o t to th e h e a r t a n d

s p a c e . I lik e th a t a lo t. H a p p y V -

y o u ’ re to b la m e . T h a t w a s a ly ric

d a y !J a s o n

u n k n o w in g ly

n ic e ly w a rm , u n ic o r n s a n d e lv e n n y p h s in

fr o m r o c k s i n g e r J o n B o n J o v i .

d ig p r o g r o c k , b e c a u s e y o u p r a c t i c e w ith

th is p la c e a r e th e n o r m , th e f o r e s t ’ s n a m e is

W e ’ ll b e d o in g a b io g r a p h y o n

10 to

y o g u r t c o n t a in e r s , b e c a u s e y o u m a k e m e

H a p p y la n d a n d its w h e r e th e fu n d o e s flo w ,

h im in t h e p a r k i n g l o t a f t e r t h e

a n a m e , U r b a n p o e tr y an a u th o r,

la u g h o n u g ly m o r n in g s , I lo v e y o u . L e s lie

a n d w h e r e I ’ d lik e to t a k e y o u w h e n y o u ’ re

s h o w . L o v e : y o u r c lo s e t p ro g , ro c k e r .

p e n c ils a g a in , b e c a u s e y o u

fe e lin g k in d o f lo w . J a m e s

10

10

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b u s y w ith b e tte r th in g s ...H a p p y V a le n tin e s

o u t...I h o p e . M is s y o u m u c h , R a c h e l

10 o f th e s lip p e r y b la c k h a ir ....I w a it

C a p e lla . I s tr ik e f e a r in to y o u r h e a rt.

H a p p y V a le n t in e ’ s D a y . L o v e , E l N in o .

f o r y o u h e r e in th e 2 n d C u p , p in in g a w a y .

W h e r e h a s t th o u flo w n , lit t le g ra s s h o p p e r?

10 F r e d r ic k s o n ,

g ir l, m is s y o u m u c h ly . T a k e

M i s s i n ’ y a , c h a m p . L o v e b lo n d e n e r v o u s

c a r e o ’ th e e y e s , O K ? Y o u , m e a n d th e f o r ­

m o c c h a -m a k e r .

e ig n b it c h

10 J e r e m y

w ill c o f f e e

t o g e th e r a g a in . A n y a .

M y L o v e , M y g r e e n e y e s w a tc h

F o r e ig n b itc h , O K , so S a m ’ s g o n e , I ’ m

y o u r h e a v in g h a ir y c h e s t . A s d a w n b r e a k s , I

g o n e , w h a t th e h e l l ’ s l e f t to s t i c k a ro u n d

th in k

o f t im e s y o u g iv e m e tr e a ts . I l o v e

th e w a y y o u h o ld m e . - L o v e S h a d o w

f o r ? C o m e o n , y o u k n o w y o u lo v e m y p h o ­ b ia s , m a n ia s , c o m p le x e s , fix a tio n s an d o th e r a s s o r te d n e u r o s is . D o e s c o f f e e w ith ­

10 P h y llis

& M a t t, F r o m c o n s t r u c tio n p a p e r

you

b o th . -

S te p h a n ie V

K R IS T E N , L A U R A , H E A T H E R A N D

T H A ÏS

10

T o th e o n e an d o n ly T e e m s te r . F o r g e t

K a r e e m - A n a lc o h o lic is s o m e o n e w h o

g o e s a ro u n d d r in k in g th e re m e n a n ts o f o th e r p e o p le ’ s b e e r -a lth o u g h I g u e ss i t ’ s b e tte r th a n le t tin g it g o to w a s te . A n d re w

10 L a u r a ,

m y P la n G b u d . H o p e y o u ’ re th e re

w ith m e t o r e p o r t th e r e v o l u t i o n w h e n it co m e s. H ap p y V -d a y ! L o v e , Ja so n . «

C R A C K R A T IA N S O F T H E W O R L D

10 L e e -

Y o u d id a n o u ts ta n d in g j o b w ith th e

s e c t i o n t h is y e a r . K e e p i n g m e g r o u n d e d ,

(a n d p a r tn e r in v a rio u s c r im e s .) Y o u ’ r e th e

h a n d lin g th e n e b u lo u s w o rld o f h ig h c u ltu re

b e s t in t h e w o rld a n d t h e r e ’ s n o o n e l ik e

a n d ta k in g th e b r u n t o f th e p a p e rw o rk an d s t u f f .. T h e y k n e w w h a t t h e y w e r e d o in g

y o u . L o v e y o u a lw a y s . A n y a .

w h e n th e y p a ire d u s u p. G o o d lu c k in th e

10

A y s e , s is t e r , w h e r e a r e y o u ?

A ll w o r k

a n d n o p la y ...C a ll m e o r s o m e th in g , w e ’ ll, I

c o m p a n y . A n d th e b ir d ’ s o k a y to o . H a p p y

d o n ’ t k n o w , stu d y . A n y a .

fu tu re . L o v e , s c a tte rb ra in K r is .

10

10

M e d u s a lo v e s R u s s ia n g y m n a s t.

10

S H I R K ! I D L A D Y - B e c a u s e m y fu tu re

H a p p y V -d a y . th e “ o th e r” R e b e c c a

o k a y , I ’ m n o t b itte r. H ap p y V a le n tin e ’ s

l ie s in w r it in g c h e e s y ji n g l e s , I w ill w rite

D a y . L e s lie

y o u a V a le n tin e p o -e m .

T a k e a b o y to th e

S e c o n d C u p , a n d a ll y o u w a n t is f o r h im to

10

to ta k e o u t th e tr a s h !” - K r i s

G ir o u x h a s th e s to ry . — M u ts u m i T .

sh u t u p ...p e r h a p s h e ’ l l a s k y o u to w a tc h a

y o u d o n ’ t h a te m e f o r p u ttin g m y f o o t in

f l i c , j u s t t e l l h im t o ( f i g u r e o u t a r h y m e

g re a t, f o r m e its n o t th e s a m e , I s p e n d m y

m y m o u th . L o v e , J .

y o u r s e l f ) ...o r p e r h a p s th e y w i l l c o m e a n d

e v e n in g s w ith lo ts o f b e e r a n d a c o m p u te r

sta y a ll d a y , f in a lly I m ig h t g e t s o m e p la y ,

H a p p y f u s t V - d a y , B u tte r c u p

b e c a u s e I d e s e r v e it o r s o I s a y , b e c a u s e o f

10

P . F u t h e y : Y o u b r in g s u n s h in e t o m y

d a y s . Y o u r ra d ia n t s m ile , y o u r tig h t lit t le I lo o k fo r w a rd t o s c a r in g y o u w ith

m o r e o f m y im p re s s io n s . L e s lie

a s s ( I ’d lik e to p in c h it, ju s t o n c e ) an d y o u r m u s c le s m a k e m e q u iv e r. A s s u m e th e p o s i­ tio n . F r o m D ir k D ig g le r.

V K a th le e n F r e d r ic k s o n , I m is s y o u ! L o v e , R a c h e l & A lle g r o

10 D e a r e s t

S t o k o e , S t ill th in k in g a b o u t y o u

an d o u r c o m p le m e n ta r y d a te s . O n G V

L e s l ie - D o n ’ t w o rry , y o u ’ ll g e t th a t a rti­

c l e s o m e d a y s o o n , a f t e r I ’ v e g iv e n i t a s e v e r e c l e a n s i n g . D o n ’ t d r in k a t S e c o n d

10

J a m e s : I lo v e y o u e v e n th o u g h y o u a re

an a c q u ire d h o m o s e x u a l, lu sh

C u p a n d k e e p u p th e c o n s u m e r a d v o c a t e th in g . F ig h t th e M a n ! - K r is

10

L i l i B e t y o u n e v e r th o u g h t th a t y o u

w o u ld g e t a v a le n tin e fr o m o n e o f

10 Ode to S.J.

E n e r g y is y o u r w e a p o n and

people

the fancy

k e e p up y o u r c o n ta g io u s s m ile and

b a c k p a c k s a re y o u r fr ie n d s , “ O K G u y s ” is

y o u r c r e a tiv e s ty le . L o v e B e c k y ( T h is is n ’ t

y o u r f a v o r it e p h r a s e , e s p e c ia lly o n w e e k ­

b a it to g e t y o u to ta k e m o r e h e a d sh o ts .)

e n d s . C i g s an d p o t a r e a lw a y s n e a r w h e n S . J . c o m e s a ro u n d , b r o w n v e lv e t sh irts and r ip p e d u p j e a n s a n d N a tiv e p r e s s a b o u n d .

10

S J - I s t ill h a v e n ’ t f o r g o t t e n a b o u t o u r

p la n s w ith D y la n an d M a r y J a n e . L e t ’ s s e t

A lth o u g h I m o c k , i t h a s b e e n g r e a t w ith y o u

up a tim e an d a p la c e . T h a t w a y w e c a n sit

t h is le n g th y y e a r , p e r h a p s s o m e d a y w e ’ U

b a c k a n d d is c u s s m y c o m p l e t e a n d u t te r

m e e t u p a g a in a n d d r i n k a k e g o f b e e r .

la c k o f jo u r n a lis t ic e t h ic s in th e rig h t m in d -

Ja m e s

fr a m e . - K M

10 T o

m y T A : r e m e m b e r th e o f f i c e h o u rs o f

b lis s . T h a n k s f o r th e A -.

10

10

R a c h e l. P ic tu r e it. H a w a ii, th e y e a r 2 0 0 7 ,

y o u r u n n in g a r o u n d t h e s t e a m in g r im o f

T o “ B ig g u n ” R h o n d a , O h b a b y ! H o w I

r o c k s to g e t to y o u . R in g in h a n d an d q u e s ­

m is s s u ffo c a tin m y s e lf in y o u r h u g e tr a c ts

t io n in m in d I s h o u t o u t y o u r n a m e . Y o u

o f la n d ! L e t m e so w m y s e e d s o f lo v e !

tu rn to s e e y o u r lo n g lo s t lo v e p a r tn e r

Y o u r B u f f L o v e M a c h in e w ith a b ig c o c k .

a c r o s s th e p a s s io n a te la v a , b u t a la s th e

N e s s m a n . T h e T V S c r e e n s to y o u a re

C h ris tin e , m y fa v o u rite co m ra d . H o p e

P o o k ie - I c a n ’ t w a it to s m a c k y o u u p !

H arry - w h at w o n d ers n e v e r c e a s e .

R ach el

M a u n a L o a . M e s c r a m b lin g a c r o s s th e h o t P a u l- T h a n k s f o r p u ttin g u p w ith m y la s t-

m in u te m a s s iv e A & E o v e rh a u ls . “ I t ’ s tim e

10

10

m a d s e x u a l s e s s i o n w it h y o u . S t é p h a n e

L e e : I f y o u r e a lly lo v e d m e , y o u ’d h a v e

l e t m e d o t h e M i a in t e r v i e w . B u t t h a t ’ s

10

J a m e s O liv e r S e n io r : T o n ig h t , o u r to p

s to r y is m e le a v in g D e n n is T r u d e a u f o r a

L a u r a , o s p it- f ir e o f n e w s . I w o u ld n o m i­

n a te y o u a s th e 9 th w o n d e r o f th e w o rld .

V -d a y , J .

10

10

e v e r y th in g e ls e , y o u r e a lly a re m y s is te r

z e ls . B u t I d o e n jo y m y tim e th e r e a n d y o u r

10

10

10 R e n é e :

U N IT E

I h a v e to c o n f e s s : I ’ m o n ly u s in g y o u f o r y o u r t e le v is io n a n d y o u r 4 - l b . b a g o f p re t­

Ja m e s

o u t b itc h in g ta s te a s s w e e t ? A n y a .

r o s e s t o th e c o n g r e s s c e n t r e -H a p p y o n e y e a r a n n iv e r s a r y . I lo v e

o f b r i c k f o r it s h a ll sto p d r a fts . I t s h a ll b e k n o w n as p a n e -o f-g la s s -b e tw e e n -b r ic k ” .

th e w o rld h a s a s a v io u r . E S t E B A N

T h a n k s f o r c le a r in g u p th a t d r e a d fu l n a m e .

D a y - L o v e , S te p h

10 R a c h e l

M a t t. A g r e a t m a n o n c e s a id “ l e t th e r e b e

a la rg e p a n e o f g la s s w ith in th is th ic k w a ll

M a r c u s la M o t h e : S t y le h a s

q u e s t f o r th e b e s t p h o to o v e r ta k e s an d lik e a

10

S te p h a n ie : I ju s t w a n t y o u to k n o w , th a t

i f I d o n ’ t c a ll, i t ’ s n o t m y fa u lt. R a c h e l

g a m e . C in e m a n ia b r o u g h t, b y h o o k o r c r o o k , o u r s im ilia r m in d s to g e th e r , th e I c e

th e o t h e r d y s f u n c t io n a l id i o t ’ s w a y ...T H E

S to r m k e p t u s p la y in g S c r a b b le b e c a u s e o f

E N D - H a p p y V a le n tin e s D a y !

th e b a d w e a th e r. T h e T r ib is w h e r e w e b o th

s w a n y o u d iv e i n t o t h e r u m b lin g c r a t e r .

T o r t u r e d a r t is t b e g e t s u n r e q u it a b le lo v e .

Ja m e s

10

R e n é e : h e y su p e rsta r, I ’ m g la d w e w o rk

to g e th e r ! H a p p y V - d a y ! L o v e , J a s o n .

10

R e n é e , b u m .b o t t o m .a s s .p o s t e r io r .b u t -

to c k c h e e k .a r s e . H a p p y f e t is h is t V a le n t in e s

s u c h a t e r r ific frie n d th is y e a r , a n d f o r

q u ic k m y n a iv e y o u n g c h ic k ,

a l l th e f a n t a s t i c a r t i c l e s . Y o u r p r o ­

w h a t y o u m e a n is th a t y o u p e r c e iv e a

H a rry : th e u n frie n d ly se tu p in th e

c r a s tin a tio n s k ills m a k e y o u a n e x c e l ­

v a le n t in e h e r e .

o f f i c e m a k e s m e w a n t to t e ll y o u to

le n t c a n d id a te fo r m y s o o n - to - b e

g o o d w a n k in ’ o n V a le n tin e s d ay

♦ S a r a J e a n - C o ffe e ? C ig a r e tte s ?

S H U T U P fro m th e b o tto m o f m y

v a c a n t p o st. B y th e w a y , y o u ’ re w e l­

L ov e B eck y .

S lu s h ie ?

h e a r t. L o v e , L e s .

c o m e f o r s e ttin g y o u u p w ith th a t b o y .

D a y fro m y o u r a n a l s ta g e frie n d , p o o . ♦

H a llo w e e n w ith m y o u tra g e o u s d a n c e m tw e s. Y o u ’ re n o t re a d y f o r th a t k in d

♦

R O N G : N e v e r f o r g e t : I ’ m d o in g

m y d iv a o f s p o r ts .

about

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a r c h y o f s p o r ts p h o t o g r a p h y .

s h a ll a rra n g e a re u n io n s o o n ...

Love

I b a r a & N a ta s h a / C h r is t in e ...I

R ebecca

th e m a s tu r b a tin g f o r y o u . lu sh

♦ G d M ir a c l e y o d o n e s n a g g e d m e S m a m e s : Y o u h a d m e f r o m th e

♦

T o m y s a lt-s e d u c e d frie n d R -d o g :

♦

I n e e d a D iv a f o r m y b e a ts . - K r i s

m in u te y o u p u t o n B i l l i e . ( M a y b e

le t ’ s h a te s o c ie ty to g e th e r .

b e fo r e th e n .)

y o u b r in g th e d ip . le s

♦ C r i s - In te n s ity tru ly c o lo u r s y o u r

♦ T o m y s u rro g a te fa m ily th a t is th e

M y p la c e ,

w it y o V I C E T M g r ip . e v a h in y o c r ib .

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I put yo nam e on a

b lim p i f n I c o u ld . I w re c k o n I ju s as

R e u b e n . “L o v e so m e b o d y e ls e ” .

w e ll ta g F r itz .

F o e v a h y o b e e a tc h .

L o v e R ebecca.

lif e . A n d n o , i f y o u ’ re n o t c a llin g

e d b o a rd : I lo v e y o u a ll. I w o u ld d rin k

♦ C a t h e r i n e y o u r s w e e t p h o to s b rin g

a b o u t p h o to g ra p h y , y o u c a n ’ t le a v e a

m y u r in e f o r y o u . ( D o m ... d o n ’ t s a y

♦

m u c h h a p p in e s s to m e a s I p r o g re s ss

m essag e

it ....) B u t th a t’ s w h e r e I d ra w th e lin e .

a g e d m e s o . I c a n n o t su p p o rt y o u v io ­

th ro u g h d iffe r e n t s ta g e s o f in s a n ity in

* Q u a a a a a c k * T h e E x is t e n t ia lis t D u c k

th e d a r k r o o m .

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♦

♦ D u c k i e - y o u w e re rig h t a b o u t

y o u r b le a c h e d b lo n d l o c k s m a k e m e

m u c h s u g a r in y o u r s y s t e m . M a y

ra n d y . D M

V a le n t in e ’ s d a y b r in g y o u lo ts o ’

e n d u r e a n o t h e r 8 i s s u e s o f t r a c k in g

c h o c o la t e s , R a c h e l

d o w n th o s e e lu s iv e ss m u e x e c s . T h r e e

♦ v l i c a h . S o o n w e w ill b e d e e m e d th e of

la y o u t.

H appy

V -d a y .

la te s y o u p r o m is e d m e la s t y e a r ? I ’ m

a

'E u h l & K o n s t a n t i n e : O p o e ts o f th e

th e b a in o f m y e x is t e n c e . R a c h e l

V a le n tin e m e s s a g e , s o h e re g o e s : I

s c r ib e , y o u w rite , y o u la u g h a n d m o s t

h o p e y o u r F e b 1 4 t h i s f i l l e d w it h

im p o r ta n tly , y o u d r in k lo ts o f e v il

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QPIRG o p p o r t u n it ie s -----A lt e r n a t iv e F r o s h

In conjunction with SSMU again this year, QPIRG will be organizing the Alternative Frosh program designed to introduce new McGill students to social and environmental activism on campus and in the Montreal community. We are seeking 1 or more coordi­ nators to organize and run the program. D e a d lin e : M on d ay M a rch 3 rd S u m m e r S t ip e n d s

Every year QPIRG offers 2 to 4 stipends o f $2000 each for students who want to carry out a concrete action-oriented project over the course o f the summer. D e a d lin e : M on ­ d a y M a rch 3 N e w W o r k in g G r o u p s

Working groups are the core of QPIRG. They are groups o f volunteers working on particular issues with a plan o f action and a budget (from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand). If there’s an issue that you feel strongly about, consider making your idea a reality by starting a QPIRG working group. D e a d lin e : M o n d a y M a rch 1 0 th T o t io n s .

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It’s February. Month of midterms, Seasonal Affective Disorder, mammoth heating bills, nauseating holidays and general malaise. Broke, depressed, or brokenhearted, the only way to feel better about your life this month is by finding someone to blame it on. Not that this practice makes things any eas­ ier with your roommate, mother, lover, cat, but hey, it’s not your fault your life sucks right?

Right.

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F e n g

S h u i th o s e

Chi, area six is Heaven and helpful friends, area seven, Lake and creativi­ ty, area eight Mountain and contempla­ tion, and area nine is symbolized by Fire and illumination or fame.

3. Feng Shui for Dummies.

Ideally, you would immerse your­ self in the I Ching and related texts and find a deep internal harmony before attempting to put a spiritual band-aid on your life with a quick-fix feng shui guide. But that’s the holistic route. The rest o f us heathens can purchase a little how-to h arm on y.

W illia m Spear’s F en g Shui M ade E a s y : D e s ig n in g y o u r L ife with the A ncient Art o f P lacem en t is essential­ ly a Coles Notes to good k arm a, and as su ch, m akes for an ex cellen t n v estm en t.

Buy it instead o f a textbook.

4. T h e S p iritu a l B and Aid.

1. I t ’s your ap artm ent’s fault.

F en g S h u i, (p ro n o u n ced fung shway), is a system o f placement based on the p rin cip les o f the I C h in g . It holds that areas o f your personal life are represented in areas o f your living environment; if certain areas are out o f balance, your life will correspondingly suck, damning you to a perpetual state o f February. Y e s, feng shui is iiber trendy right now, but it is also a time honoured practice, so don’ t let your roommate laugh at you.

2. M ay the Chi be with you.

The theory advocates balancing chi, or invisible energy in eight differ­ ent areas o f your environment, known as the eight trigrams. Each trigram is associated both with a natural element and an aspect o f your private life. Area one stands for Water and the life jour­ ney, area two represents Earth and rela­ tionships, area three is Thunder and your connection to your elders, area four, Wind and fortunate blessings, or money, area five is at the center o f the trigram, the focus o f unity or the Tai

The key to intuitive F en g Shui is know ing w hat you need to fix .

“E v ery th in g ” is not an appropriate answer here.

T h in k about the areas that the eigh t trigram s represent and rate your life in these areas on a s c a le o f one to fo u r, where one is managable and four is out o f co n ­ trol. Areas with a three or four rating are those areas in your en viron m en t that need h elp. N ext, write lists o f all the positive changes you w ant to e f f e c t in th ese a reas.

Visualize them. Try not to feel like an extra in a Tom Vu infomercial.

5. Begin with the Bagua.

F e b ru a ry

the list you have to fix.

6. “I t ’s a good thing.”

b lu e s

a w a y

renew al and re-grow th. P lace cures carefully: the object is not to have your appartment look like a hippie com ­ m une, as too m any cu res can also imbalance chi.

Placing feng shui cures is a lot like playing Martha Stewart. -Basically, you 8. Um m , have you considered mov­ want to go around to each area you are ing? concerned about and clean up, then redecorate. Clutter disperses positive There are some things feng shui ch i en e rg y . H aving tro u b le w ith ca n ’t com pletely cure. I f your bath­ m o n ey ? D o n ’ t le t your lau n d ry, garbage or papers accumulate in your room is in the Wind section, you are Wind section, and never store bills in effectiv ely flushing your money and good luck away. If your house plan W ind . G oin g now here in your jo b hunt? Clean up the shoes sitting in the o m its sp a ces tw o and eig h t o f the front hall, section one, which repre­ bagua, a woman will never feel com­ fortable in your house, because it lacks sents the journ ey. P lacing sym bolic y in g e n e rg y , if o b je c ts also four and six are plays an im por­ missing, the hous­ tant part in r e ­ es o f yang energy o rd erin g your are absent and a h o u se. H aving man won’t feel at trouble in relahom e. T here are tionships? also some general Remove^ pictures feng shui don’ts. of your old N ev er p la c e a b o y frie n d or mirror so that you p a in tin g s p o r­ can see y ou rself traying solitary w h ile ly in g in figures, replace bed: it will dissi­ them with those pate your energy of co u p le s. and disrupt your Beware the soli­ FRONT DOOR sleep. Don’t place tary candlestick. furniture so that H aving trou ble Divide your room into nine quadrants it connects at a focusing on pro­ forty-five degree jects? Get rid of the expressionist art above your desk - angle with other objects. This place­ abstract art will keep you from com ­ ment causes “cutting chi,” a blocking o f energy that creates discomfort in a pleting work. room.

7. Rx. % 9. T he Testim onial.

A number o f traditional “cures” Yeah, okay, it’s flaky, but does it can help increase the flow o f chi in your house. M irrors, cry stals, wind w ork? W e ll, y es, and su rp risin g ly chim es, fountains, plants, lights, and quickly. I spent an evening feng shuiing my apartment, which, like my life, beautiful objects with reflectiv e sur­ wasn’t a complete disaster, but could faces can all be used to address diffi­ culties. If you are missing sections of use a little work. I focused on the areas that corresponded to fortunate bless­ the bagua, placing mirrors on the walls ings, the journey, relationships and cre­ where the room juts in can eliminate a tiv ity . I m oved a co u p le p o ste rs, the effect o f missing an area. Placing cleaned a few closets, placeed candle­ lamps or objects that attract light in sticks, and put a picture o f a sun in a areas you are having problem s with comer o f my room that had a doubled will improve your situation by bringing Wind bagua. The very next day I got a positive energies to that aspect. Wind raise at work. I swear to God. So now ch im es can be hung over each new bagua’s doorway to ease the flow o f I ’ m thinking o f buying some lottery tickets... energy between rooms. Plants moved to areas that need attention will foster W illiam S p e a r ’s b ook, “F en g Shui M ad e Easy, ” is a v a ila b le at C hapters f o r $24.00.

E lain e O ’C onn er is av a ilib le as a fe n g shui consultant f o r a nom inal fe e .

To determ ine where these areas are in your house, you must place the bagua, or the grid on which the tri­ grams appear in relation to your front door, and the doors o f each room .

Draw a map o f your apartment, then each room within it, and place each of the numbered spaces as per the dia­ gram (pictured here). What you’ll get is a lay ered bagua map o f energies in your house, or a rea­ sonable facsimile o f your geometry hom ew ork .

If your house is odd-shaped and s e c tio n s o f the bagua are om it­ ted , w ell, add those sections to or, go crazy and analyse your whole apartment.

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The following is a phone inter­ view with Our Lady Peace drum­ mer, Jeremy Taggart. He was con­ tacted on location in Denver in December, where the group opened for Everclear. Our Lady Peace’s rescheduled Montreal show is on February 11th.

Tribune: What are your feel­ ings on playing for thousands o f people in M olson Stadium as opposed to a smaller venue?

J T : W e’ve been doing shows in Denver for about eight months and w e’ve been playing smaller clubs here — like 1000 to 1700 people, and sometimes even 500 — and you get such a vibe in a small club when everybody’s completely into what you’re doing. Then you get these bigger shows that are so much larger than life. That’s the main difference — the fact that the two types of venues are very differ­ ent. But it’s still just as powerful in an arena when everyone’ s com ­ pletely involved. Our music is suit­ ed for wherever everybody feels comfortable. If everyone is seated in M olson Stadium and feeling what w e’re feeling onstage, it’ s perfect.

In a sense it’s kinda scary. I mean looking at where we’re at... are we ready to do this? But you know, I think we are.

T rib : How have you enjoyed touring behind [the new album] Clumsy ?

J T : There’s a huge difference

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W e’ve been touring Clumsy since last January [of 1996] and w e’ ve been everyw here, lik e Europe and America. The fan fol­ lowing in America is really, really good. I mean, at this point, we’re just playing clubs... places like the Spectrum in Montreal.

T r ib : With this album, you switched bassists. How has that affected the band’s music?

J T : I t ’ s funny because we switched bassists in a two week period — the time between firing Chris [Eacrett] and being back on the road was two weeks. I think we’ve improved about 400 per cent' with Duncan [Coutts] because he’s such a team player. He’s affected my relationship as a drummer with the bass player — there’s a rhythm section now whereas before there wasn’t. Duncan and I are like glue on and off-stage — we’re always together. Duncan is more open to suggestion. He plays keyboards, he

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Does your loved one live in another city? Do you have to count the w eeks, instead o f the days, until you m eet again? Do you spend your rent money on nightly marathon phone calls and burst into tears each time you hang up?

If so, you’re probably one of the many people brave (or foolish) enough to maintain a long distance relationship, or LDR. Obviously, being in an LDR isn’t easy. Doubts about yourself and your relationship, constant temptations that don’t live hun­ dreds o f m iles away — these things and many others begin to erode your mental health as the weeks roll by, until finally you snap and unleash your terrible fury on even the m ost innocent o f bystanders.

If only there were some way to ease the stress of your LDR. As luck (or a very contrived article) would have it, there is. A book by Stephen B lak e entitled L oving Y ou r L o n g -D istan ce Relationship offers a wide variety o f ways to make an L D R more w orkable and en jo y a b le. The author is him self a 27-year-old th ree-tim e(l) LD R veteran who decided to share his expertise.

His book deals with such diverse topics as long-distance sex and how to deal with repeated goodbyes. For in stan ce, B lak e believes that it’s better to say your goodbyes the night before your partner actually leaves, since air­

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sings, he plays the cello, whereas Chris was more subdued and more into himself playing the bass.

T rib : Now, in terms of your ban d ’ s nam e, I ca n ’ t help but notice that it sounds very similar to “I M other Earth.” How did you guys come up with it?

J T : I often get confused m yself. Our name came from a poem by Mark Van Horn. He was a professor at Columbia University who taught guys like A llan Ginsberg and hung out with Walt Whitman. He had a very effective, very poignant writing style and when we read this poem, we were all taken by it and said, “Why not?” because it’s very difficult to find a band name.

T rib : So, are you looking for­ ward to coming to Montreal?

J T : W e love M ontreal.

Montreal is our first home because we played Montreal probably ten tim es more than we played T oron to. A ctu ally , we played M cGill once opening up for The T e a Party. W hen w e’re in

Jeremy Taggert is the one with the scowl Montreal, we always go shopping — we’re not really bar hang-out type o f guys. W e usually flo at around the cobbleston e area o f Prince Arthur.

But we’re looking forward to coming to Montreal in January and being able to hang out, but we’re not going to go outside too long...we’ll die in the cold [a pre­

d iction o f ic e storm ‘9 8 ? ].

Actually, we’re coming a day early to go to a hockey game [subse­ quently cancelled due to the ice storm].

T rib : Do you like the Habs?

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N EED A N U M B E R .’ port goodbyes are unnecessarily stressful due to time constraints and the abundance of other parting couples. He also thinks it important to agree to an end to the long-dis­ tance aspect of the relationship, to avoid a “virtual relationship” with no foreseeable reunion. Despite all Blake’s suggestions, he concedes that it still isn’t easy.

“In the interim, you have to trust your partner. It takes a lot of strength.”

Stephen B lake will b e signing his b o o k at Chapter’s Superstore on V a le n tin e’s D ay (F e b . 14th) from 3-4 pm.

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Californian, but Bazou’s version defies the stereotypes associated with the combo, offering instead the best o f both cu isin es. You won’t find garlic butter tofu, but its co n cep tu a l o p p o site. T h e menu is a list o f meats and fish — e v e ry ­ thing from s u c c u le n t rack of l a m b , co o k ed to p erfection , to b iso n medallions.

T h e Californian influence is mainly in the sauces, which are light and fruity rather than cream and b u tte r-b a sed . M ango and strawberry cou lis top the lamb

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Bazou is the kind o f restau­ rant that you hesitate to inform a lot o f people about because part o f its charm is its quiet intimacy.

However, on the corner o f H otel dc V ille and Ontario, tucked away on the small­ er o f the stre e ts is a b o ld sign and a warm­ ly lit w in ­ dow.

T he d eco r is French bistro style, but the whole place is awash in primary colors that brighten up the otherw ise typical w h ite-p ap er-tablecloth and candle-in-a-glass look.

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Sound familiar? Besides being vital aspects of any university stu­ dent’s life, (not to mention recall­ ing visions of a compelling perfor­ mance by Brad Pitt) T he S even D eadly Sins are now available for your viewing pleasure, along with Mahagonny Songspiel, two one act plays written by Bertholt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill.

Running from February 11 - 14 & 17-21 at 8 p.m. in the Player’s Theatre, these revamped and rein­ terpreted versions o f Brecht and W eill’ s striking social commen­ taries throw new light on a timeless theme. Conceived and performed

by O liv ia Sarag o sa and Tam ar Tembeck, The Seven D eadly Sins and M ahagonny Songspiel examine the consequences of hedonism and conspicuous consumption on our society — themes which are partic­ ularly relevant as we edge towards the new millennium.

Although originally performed as classical pieces with full orches­ tration, Saragosa and Tem beck, along with music director Darcy Argue, have given the productions a whole new look, including a sixpiece jazz band and a cash bar.

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B e it “The Seven Deadly Sins” committed by protagonist Anna as she grapples with American capitalist ide­ o logy, or the “Mahagonny Songspiel” o f the Almighty as His attempted Utopia crum­ bles, the directors ensure that their evening o f Brecht and Weill will be “a total sensory experi­ ence.”

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In recent years, there has been a lot o f hype over Hong Kong action flickm eisters John W oo, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat. So much hype, in fact, that it seems as if nothing else gets produced on that far-away island.

Yet, for a long time now, one director has been doing something completely different. Wong Kar Wai, a student of the western cine­ matic tradition, has made a career out o f depicting emotional alien­ ation and the dark side of urban life through innovative cinematography and editing. He first broke into the international m arket with Chungking E xpress in 1995. Last year, Wong received prestigious international recognition when he took his latest film Happy Together to the Cannes International Film Festival and came away with a Best Director award.

Set in A rgentina, H ap p y T ogether follows the lives of Lai Yiu-Fai (Tony Leung) and Ho PoW ing (L e slie C heung), two obsessed lovers who are unwilling to give up their doomed love affair.

They have gone through numerous break-ups with each other, but it seems that every time Ho Po-Wing suggests they start over, Lai YiuFai is drawn back into the affair.

Their relationship is characterized by intimacy at one moment, and deep jealousy the next.

To W ong’s credit, the two’s hom osexual relationship is not depicted as the reason for the lovers’ tribulations; as it is in reali­ ty, power and control are destruc­

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V a le n tin e The calm before the storm, (left: Leslie Cheung, right: Tony Leung) tive to any relationship. The power struggles, the intim acy, and the solitude are visually captured by W ong’ s long-time partner, cine­ matographer Christopher Doyle.

Innovation and high production val­ ues have always been a trademark o f this partnership. In H ap p y Together, colour, freeze frames and slow-mo shots emphasize moments of intimacy or alienation, making the film a visual feast. The spirited dialogue also contributes to the mood of the film, although sadly some of the wit is lost in the incom­ plete translation.

W ong’ s quirky style and unique storylines have identified him as an ico n o cla st in Hong Kong’s commercially-driven movie industry. While he has not achieved wide-spread popularity with the audiences in the way that Woo and Chan have, he nonetheless has the

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Continued fr o m p a g e 14 J T : Sure! As Toronto people we don’t, but we’ll like them for that night. Plus they’re doing well.

I’m not really a hockey fan though — I ’m more of a baseball fan. I’m partial to the Yankees because I’m a diehard vintage fan. The Expos are a good team, I just don’t like the stadium . It seem s like i t ’ s unfinished and there’s always con­ struction going on over at left field and stuff. It’s kinda cynical look­ ing.

M ike [Turner] is n ’t a real sports fan though. Duncan and Raine [Maida] are pretty big into football... we play a lot o f it on PlayStation.

Trib: So whose idea was it to go to a hockey game?

J T : M ine! Ju st because I knew they were playing the night before. Hopefully you’ll see us on TV going, “Heeeey!” W e’re still trying to get on T V at hockey games. W e’re going to paint our­ selves in blue...even if they’re not playing, we’re going to root for Toronto.

T r ib : W h at’ s next for the band after this?

J T : Christmas at home, and

then re-tour, and then we’re back in A m erica promoting C lum sy.

After that, we’ll probably go to Europe and Australia, so w e’ re going to be busy until next fall. As for another album, probably mid to late ‘99. That’s my guess.

support and collaboration of some o f Hong Kong’s top actors. One only hopes that Wong’s growing international stature will ensure continued distribution of his films in North America.

Happy Together, in Cantonese and Mandarin with English subti­ tles, is en joyin g a short run at Centre Ville. If you want more of the Hong Kong invasion, check out Irm a Vep at Cinem a du Parc.

Starring HK film diva M aggie Cheung and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas, the film takes a few jabs at the action flick phenom­ enon and is a barrel o f laughs.

Playing until this Thursday.

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Continued fr o m P a g e 22 and a T h a i-in flu e n c e d citru s flavour wraps the salmon.

Although the p rices might seem steep — anyw here from $ 1 6 -$ 2 8 fo r a m ain co u rse — they include a salad or a soup.

The salad is pretty standard — m ixed g reen s w ith rasp b erry vinaigrette, but the soup changes daily. Salm on chow der stewed w ith ju s t the righ t m ixtu re o f spices was part o f the package on this particular day.

Even more importantly, it’ s bring-your-own-booze. Mark-ups on wine in restaurants these days are double and often times triple

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Why not take a quick trip to Jello bar, which is right around the corner, for a martini after din­ ner? Suggestion: try the Adam’s Apple (Goldschlager, vodka and apple juice). It begins to taste like cider after you’ve had a few.

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Ben Folds Five N aked Baby Photos (Caroline Records)

Belle and Sebastian I f You ’re Feeling Sinister (EMI/Enclave)

rem otely clo se. The song “Bad Idea” is also appropriately named.

Some tunes have really good piano solos in them but they aren't enough to redeem the song/album.

If you like that middle school feel­ good rock thing then buy this cheap and program your stereo to perm anently skip those middle tracks. I recommend not bothering at all.

— Laura M acNeil

Being the latest obsession of the British music rags is always a mixed blessing. Cut through the hype surrounding this new group and you’ll find a singer who has at certain points the pathos and melancholy o f M orrissey and at others the ironic and playful tone o f Serge G ainsbou rg; cab aret music with a slight rock twinge.

Anyone who likes the Tindersticks or the tender side o f Nick Cave will enjoy this album. The lyrics are quite playful and are mostly about weird relationships. B& S put out a jazzy, guitar-based sound, with the occasional trumpet call to bring it on home.

— Dimitri Giannoulaki

Ben Folds Five is actually a threesom e but B en Fold s does indeed exist (and plays the piano) w hile Darren Je s s e e takes the drums and Robert Sledge handles the bass. The album is a collection of live tunes, outakes from the first album and studio experimentation, with varying degrees of quality.

The first track of N aked Baby Photos is a happy rock number that reminds me o f junior high. The band ventures into wannabe heavy metal with girly screechy vocals and REALLY BAD music in “The Ultimate Sacrifice.” Then the three boys try to freestyle in the track “For Those o f Y a 'll Who W ear Fannie Packs.” These guys have little in the way o f funk or flow and those “shout-outs” must go.

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Son Wolfstein (Warner) Leonard Cohen ain’t the only m usical genius to com e out o f M cG ill. Our latest m ajor label export is Jason (Son) Beck, one of those Torontonians who moved to Montreal to cash in on the incredi­

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bly cheap education available here in the late 80s. An early incarnation o f S o n ’ s band used to play at Gert’s, and an orginal musical of his once graced the main stage.

Com pared to his debut, Thriller, Son’s sophomore outing finds an artist more comfortable in his own musical skin - stylistic ref­ eren ces to P rin ce and E lv is Costello are more subtle here. Son

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X-Ecutioners X -Pressions (Asphodel ) “Rap is the business/ hip-hop is the culture.” So intones guest vocalist Halex the Armageddon on track 19, “Poetry in Motion.”

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H alex, a re la tiv ely unknown female MC, posesses a sexy, silky delivery and the knowledge to back it up.

Guest rappers are a hip-hop tradition. Puffy built an empire by pinballing “special guests” like Mase and the Lox into star pro­ je c ts o f th eir own, w hile an appearance by a Wu-Tang alum­ nus is a failsafe way to move a few thousand more units. By using X -P r e s s io n s to promote underground MCs, however, the X -E cu tio n e rs dare to turn the tables (so to speak). Halex's cut co n cern s the im portan ce o f remembering hip-hop's fourfold roots; graffiti, break-dancing, rap­ ping and (as Puffy and friends seem to have forgotten) DJ'ing.

obviously still has an ear for the 60s and 70s when it comes to song­ writing, but has applied these ele­ ments stealthily to create — or at least further articulate — his own unique style.

Rumours during production indicated that Wolfstein was turn­ ing out to be dangerously experi­ m ental, and W arner expressed some concern about releasing it at all. It’s a good thing the corporate giant sanctioned some chancey musical experimentatrion here, so McGill students can proudly enjoy the originality of their native “son.”

— Josh Dolgin

The X-Ecutioners are four New York DJs taking the timehonored urban art form in bold new directions, often playing as a kind of "band." Roc Raida might handle the drums while M ista Sinista etches out a bassline. Rob Swift will throw on a few horns and Total Eclipse scratches over the whole thing, all four men mix­ ing at a furious pace. Then they switch.

X -P re ssio n s represents the slate o f the art without neglecting the roots, placing unbelievable scratch showcases side by side with tighter-than-tight songcraft, and wicked rhymes from fresh new v o ic e s. Prepare to be schooled, suckas.

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The Martlet basketball team lost a close game to the Ottawa Gee Gees Saturday night in front of about a hundred spectators, 575 2 . A fter beating the h elp less C arleto n R avens the previou s night 5 1 -4 2 , the M artlet record dropped to 6-9 with the loss to Ottawa.

W ith a strong opening, the M artlets took control from the opening tip-off and jumped to a 35-27 lead at half time. M cG ill’s Anne Gildenhuys dominated the first half hitting 11 o f 12 from the field and 2 from 3 from the free throw line, scoring 24 o f the 35 Martlet points. The M cG ill team cam e out ice cold on the other side o f the break, allow ing the Gee Gees back into the game. Ten minutes into the second half, the Gee Gees had fought back to tie the game at 48.

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G ildenhuys the ball but O ttaw a played tough defence, shutting M cG ill’s offence down for a seven minute stretch towards the end o f the second half. A 9-4 run for the Gee Gees during the dying minutes of the second half ended all hopes for the Martlets.

M cGill was outscored 3017 in the seco n d h a lf, shooting a paltry 26.9 per cent from the field.

Coach Lisen M oore, disappointed with the col­ lapse, attributed the loss to the team ’ s over-reliance on Gildenhuys.

“The other members o f the team d id n’ t take any risks; they were only feeding her the ball,” said Moore.

“We didn’t come to play in the second half; we let Ottawa back into the game, building their con­ fidence.”

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c r itic a l m a tc h Gildenhuys said. “We showed our inexperience and panicked when Ottawa started to come back,” she added.

T h e M a rtlets rem ain four points behind Bishop’s, who own the last playoff spot in the Q SSF, but now only have four games left in the regular season to catch the G a ite rs. A fter the lo ss, co ach Moore said that she continues to have high hopes for her team to not only make it, but to go deep into the playoffs.

T h e M a r t le t s n ex t p la y Q u e e n ’s a t h o m e o n F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 1 3 th b e f o r e m ee tin g cro ss town rivals C on cordia here next Tuesday.

The Quebec conference’s top scorer led the M artlets with 32 points, shooting 14 of 17 from the field. Guildenhuys explained that this loss is indicative o f inexperi­

ence for the young Martlet team.

“W hen O ttaw a double and trip le team ed m e, [our] team didn’t take advantagè and didn’t use th e ir oth er o p tio n s ,”

u n d e r a G lo b e tr o tte r Top scorer and centre Hubert Davis—now in his last season— looks back on childhood and his varsity’ basketball careei B y Ia n B ies

On a Redmen basketball team characterized by young, som e­ what inexperienced players, four year veteran Hubert Davis stands out as a leader both on the court and in the dressing room.

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as a co-captain on the squad along with good friend M att W atson.

His success with the team, how­ ever, was a long time coming.

“When I started out, in first year, I hardly played at all,” he recalled . “I rem em ber games I never got to play. Even second year, I assumed I ’d get more play­ ing tim e, but we had a re a lly strong team.”

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T h at team made it to the finals against Concordia, but the past few years have been tough ones for the Redmen. After a 4-16 record last season, and a weak start to this one, Davis acknowl­ edges that the team is in a rebuild­ ing phase and that th is young squad can look forward to better things in the near future.

“W e’ve been struggling this year and last year,” said Davis. “I think that’s just a maturity thing.

This year we’ve got nine players

apparently agrees with Schildroth, naming Davis and Watson to last season’s second all-star team.

Although Davis is now one o f the top players in the league (he was third in league scoring as o f February 1), he hasn’t always been such a keen athlete.

“The first time I touched a basketball I was going into grade seven,” said Davis. “That was the first time I actually played any sp ort. [In the C anada F itn e ss Tests], other kids would get those

M a r tle t V o lle y b a ll h o s ts U n iv e r s ité d e M o n tr é a l

Saturday, 2 p.m., Currie Gym The teams [The Martlets are back on track after dcafteing the number one and four teams in the conference last weekend. Sudnday’s game expecially, a 4set victory over the then 12-1 Laval Rouge et Or, was a boost. Prior to that, McGill had been strruggling. U de M is corrently in a fight for third place with Sherbrooke, the other team Mcgill beat last weekend.

Davis says that he was supportive, but never forced him.

“He never pushed me into it.

He always said that he couldn’t get out on the court and play for me — it was up to me. He knew that if I loved it, I ’d stick with it.”

Not even a spell o f extreme awkwardness in high school (due in large part to a quick growth spurt that left Davis at 6 ’5”) could dampen his enthusiasm for the sport.

“I remember in grade 1 1 , 1 was wearing size 15 shoes and I was trip p in g a ll o v er the court...Yeah, it was pretty terrible, actually.”

Now, completely adjusted to his 6 ’7 ” frame, Davis spends his

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Friday at 6 p.m., at Currie Gym.

Key Actors Wendy Whelan remains the key player on the Mcgill side. She continues to lead the team in kills, passing ratio, and stuffed blocks. Anouk Lapointe has also been in the forefront for the Martlets o f late. L ’U de M boasts two all-star calibre players in M arianne M elançon and Stephanie Laître.

The Records M cG ill now stands at 10-4 in league play, and is now firm ly entrenched in second place in the division.Last week, M cG ill was ranked sixth in the country, while U de M was tied for tenth. U de M, with its split over the weekend, has moved into sole possension of third place with a 6-7 record in league play.

M en's Basketball vs Queens

Davis stands tall fo r the Redmen in first or second year — it’s just growing pains, I guess.”

D avis’ perform ances in the past two seasons have been one of the few positives in an otherwise difficult period for the team and head coach Ken Schildroth.

Schildroth has only praise for one o f his top players. “Hubert has really im proved over four years — he has matured into a p o sitiv e, talented p layer.” The Quebec Student Sport Federation

Friday at 8 p.m., at Currie Gym.

red and gold b ad g es, and I ’ d always get the sticker for partici­ pation, you know, ‘Thanks for coming out,’ because I was so out o f shape.”

Once Davis started playing b a s k e tb a ll, h o w ev er, he was hooked — not surprising given his family history with the game; his father, M el “T ric k ” D avis, played fo r the H arlem Globetrotters.

On the subject o f his father,

W om en's Volleyball vs U niversité de M o n tréal

Saturday at 2 p.m., at Currie Gym. vs C oncordia

Sunday at 2 p.m., at Concordia.

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M a r tle t v o lle y b a ll s e c u r e s B y G w e n Ev a n s

W ith se m i-fin a ls fast approaching, the M artlets two • w ins la st w eekend over Sherbrooke and first place Laval were a strong and steady step to what could be their best season finish ever.

After two concurrent losses just two weeks ago, the Martlets bu ilt on their m ost recen t win against Concordia, solidly beating S h e rb ro o k e ’ s V ert et O r in straight sets of 15-12, 15-11, 15-9 in a game o f swinging momen­ tum.

The M a rtle ts lau nched an early assault with solid hitting by W endy W helan, backed up by* aggressive front row blocking.

T h e p o in ts accu m u lated but Sherbrooke’s team managed some good hits, putting obvious pres­ sure on M cG ill’s defence. MarieClaude Ferland and M arie-E ve LaPointe were up for the attack, aggressively getting behind some tricky hits by Sherbrooke with 16 and 14 digs respectively, helping M cG ill m aintain their position and close out the games.

Whelan was not surprised by the outcome o f the game.

“Sherbrooke is a good team but they have th e ir ups and downs,” she said. “When they are up, they are tough, competition, but then they lose it we can mount an offen ce, get in there and do something. We play pretty consist e n t 1y .

A g a in st Sherbrooke, it is a game o f p atie n ce and then attack.”

M o r e co n siste n cy is w hat the Martlets needed and they d e liv ­ ered as they head into the fin a l w eeks of season play. It was a crucial victo­ ry fo r the squad, espe­ Martlets strike victory c ia lly c o n ­ sidering the M artlets’ previous losses to Sherbrooke and Laval.

This game was an important one to re-establish the team ’s confi­ dence and a good check o f team

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have to rely more on the speed of their attack in offensive play. As w ell, B eliv e a u has introduced some optional rotation changes which appear to be working.

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Building on the momentum gain ed from the win over Sherbrooke, the Martlets went on to d efea t L av al on Sund ay.

Beliveau held no illusions about what the game would be like. On Satu rd ay she stated “to beat L aval’s team , with t h e i r national team play­ ers, will be tough. It w ill take m ore than three sets, p r o b a b ly five.”

It only to o k the M a rtle ts four.

With an obvious g o - g e t’ em attitude and a new line­ Cheryl Fu up that had Wendy Whelan playing power in the fourth set, the M artlets fin ­ ished up the match with scores of 15-10, 15-11, 9 -1 5 , and 15-10.

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The game of 7s differs from regular 15s rugby in that there are only seven p layers from each team on the field at one time, and each half is seven minutes long in stead o f 4 0 m inu tes. W hen played competitively, 7s is often very fast paced which sometimes results in unusually high scoring gam es. In Saturday’ s context, however, 7s is...w ell, le t’ s ju st say, quite interesting.

The ankle-to-shin-deep snow was one o f the m ost obviou s obstacles in the games and made the simple act o f running difficult and extrem ely tiring. This was

s ta n d in g s k ills and provided som e solid blocking with Anouk Lapointe.

Marie-Andrée Las sard also played a solid game with 19 digs.

C urrently M c G ill’ s league record is 10-4 and the M artlets have secured a second place fin­ ish with two more regular games.

Laval has finished first every year since the 1994-1995 season, with an overall record o f 5 9-3.

M c G ill th ou gh , is the team responsible for the scratches in L aval’ s record, and with two of their three wins in this season, it appears the finals will be interest­ ing.

“The team has played Laval before and we have now beaten them twice. We demonstrated that L a v a l can be b ea ten and that M cG ill is up for the challenge.' stated a confident Believeau.

The team will p lay their host g a m e o n S a t u r d a y a g a in s t U n iv e r s ité d e M o n t r é a l a t th e Currie Gym.

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added by the fact that the players varied in their degree of drunken­ ness and for some, orientation on the field was a ch allen ge. The competition was very enjoyable and alw ays frie n d ly , and the weather conditions o f a mild and b eau tifu l sunny day could not have been better.

In terms of the results for the day, the unfortunate winners of the losers — basically the worst team o f the tournament — was the Waniol Spice team which eas­ ily took the “T o ilet B o w l” title over G inger S p ice . In the real championship match, Scary Spice found them selves against Posh Spice and it was the latter Spice who took the Sp ice B ow l hon­ ours. Both winning teams, Waniol S p ic e and P osh S p ic e , w ere awarded a case o f beer for their e ffo r ts and o n ce th ose w ere cracked open, the tournament was officially over for another year.

There will be a meeting for all sports writters, today (Feb.10) at 5:30pm in the tribune office.

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The M cG ill Redmen contin­ ued their losing skid on the week­ end with lo sses to O ttawa and Carleton. Both games were decided by more than 10 points with Carleton cruising to a 60-49 victory and Ottawa pounding the Redmen 79-54.

M cG ill fell behind early in both contests, forcing them to play aggressive catch-up ball for virtual­ ly the entire game. On both nights, the Redmen left their opponents with the foul bonus before the ten minute mark o f each frame. The early foul trouble led to M cG ill playing softer under the boards, and as a result they had trouble containing big forwards on both teams.

In the first game, Carleton’ s 6 ’ 8” Brian Leonard burned the Redmen with his twenty points; against Ottawa, their 6 ’8” leading scorer Steve Chapman lit up the Redmen for twenty-seven points.

“Mike Johnson (McGill’s 6 ’8” forward) had som ething wrong with his hand, he might have bro­

ken a knuckle, and that really hurt us,” said M cGill forward Hubert Davis, offering an explanation for the Redm en’ s trouble with big post play­ ers. “We went to a small line­ up and it w asn’ t big enough to stop them.”

Jo h n so n wasn’t the only Redmen player suffering from an inju ry.

F o r w a r d Andrew B ie r m issed both games from an earlier ailment, while a sizable conting ent o f the Redmen M cGill tries to f i n d sported braces and tape in their efforts to play through injuries.

While the injuries have been a recent setback to the basketball team, an ongoing setback has been

R e s t in It has been brought to my attention that at the spry age o f forty-two you are committed to stumbling out o f retirement and back into major league baseball.

Where I come from we have a term for your action. We call it a mid-life crisis. Get over it Dennis, avoid the embarrassment and just buy yourself a motorcycle.

In terms of uphill challenges, y o u ’ re m ounting K 2 on ro ller skates. In the history of the world, there have only been two success­ ful com ebacks: M ichael Jordan and Jesus Christ. And unlike you Dennis, both returned in the prime of their careers.

More often than not, players coming out o f retirement either deliver poor performances or are distractions to their teams. On one end o f the spectrum there is Jim Palmer, who returned to baseball only to post an ERA that read like a golf score. On the other end is M ag ic Jo h n so n , w hose fin a l W elcome Back Party resulted in teammate Nick Van Exel demand­ ing to be traded and lead-scorer Cedric Ceballos going AWOL for

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True enough, men have been known to be productive past their fortieth birthdays. My father, for instance, can be relied upon to take the trash out once a week.

Sports, however, are an entirely d ifferent issue. C ertainly there have been anom alies lik e Ja ck M o rris, D ennis E ck e rsle y and D ave Stew art, but what worked in favour o f these men was their intimidating presence and reputations.

Dennis, you look like Juan Valdez and your presence is about as imposing as a WalMart greeter.

A com eback in any profes­ sion is respectable if your motiva­ tion is good; for instance, stealing office supplies. I suspect, howev­ er, that your goal is slightly less noble. Given that you are only two games shy o f your 245th career victory, placing you ahead o f Juan Marichal as your nation’ s top win­ ner, it seems unlikely you w ill stay beyond collecting your first two wins. I state this not because I suspect you are morally flawed, but only because this tactic has in

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hole for themselves and fell 60-49 in a game where they trailed from tip-off to finish.

“We only came out to play in the second h alf. We got our­ selves in a hole the first half, and we c o u ld n ’ t find our way out,” s a i d B r a d y M u rp h y , M c G ill’ s le a d in g scorer with 13 p o i n t s Céline Heinbecker against C arleton . “W e lost this game b ecau se o f two things: m ental toughness and the fa ct that we didn’t come out ready to play in the first half.”

M c G ill’ s in ab ility to play two halves o f b ask etb all. T his was especially evident against Carleton

som e offensive p u n c h as the Redmen fell behind 33-18 at the half. The Red ‘n’ White then made it respectable in the second half as they fought to within nine, but in the end they dug too big a

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murf's turf Ryan M urphy yourself seized in paralysis when it rains? Are the lines in your face more intricate than a map of North Dakota? Do you spend more time thinking o f your prostrate than you do your pitch selection ? If you answered yes to any of these, a professional baseball comeback may not be for you.

When “take two and call me in the morning” starts referring to Advil and not cheerleaders, it’ s p ro b ab ly tim e to hang up the cleats. Dennis, don’t feel badly.

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Follow in g the lo ss to the Ravens, M cG ill continued their first h alf struggles as they fell behind 35-25 to the Ottawa GeeGees. The Redmen played physi­ cally, which led to the same prob­ lems they faced against Carleton: foul trouble, soft post defense and allow ing too many fast break opportunities. Ottawa took full advantage of the Redmen’s trou­ bles as they rolled to a 7 9 -5 4 blowout.

The games against Carleton and Ottawa exposed the general weaknesses o f M cGill basketball this season: C arleton revealed M cG ill’s inability to play well in the first h alf, w hile Ottawa unfurled M cGill’s lack of scoring, w hich has esp ecia lly hurt the Redmen since the defence general­ ly plays tough and causes a lot of turnovers.

“W e’re having trouble scor­ ing,” said Davis, after scoring 13 against Ottawa. “Our defence isn’t bad, but we’re just having a lot of trouble scoring inside and outside.”

M a r tin e z

You’ve overcome alcoholism and variou s p erson al dem ons to become one of your county’s most respected figures. You have your p erfect game and your a ll-sta r appearances.

The time now has com e to pass the torch, not to try to rekin­ dle the flame.

In attem p ting to hang on, you’re denying baseball’s youth the chance of ful­ fillin g a dream and p layin g on a b ig league roster. You’ve had that chance, sever­ al times over. The next g en eratio n d eserv es the opportunity to grace the mound.

B esid es, th ere’ s no room for a forty-two year old whose pitches travel slower than a Datsun and whose control is as erratic as his sex drive. Grey hairs are not mere coincidence, th ey ’re as much a baromètre as your 1-5 campaign last season with the Mariners.

Aside from the rookies, there are other children to consider, like those who will have to bear wit­ ness to a forty-two year old man in knee-high socks and knicker-

recen t years b ecom e a m ajor league trend. If your stay is going to be brief then it is questionable how much you will actually con­ trib u te to team ch em istry and morale.

Not co n v in ced that you should stay home? Then maybe there are a few qu estio n s you should co n sid er. Do you find

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bockers every time you take the fie ld . D en n is, you and I both know that laws of decency should prevent this from ever happening, but they don’t. Unfortunately the seventy-year olds who are usually the letter w riting advocates o f moral righteousness are also your groupies. It’s up to you to keep crack o ff our nation’s television screens and in our alley ways where it belongs.

Dennis, think o f the power you possess and then think about staying home this spring. You missed twenty years o f your chil­ dren growing up so you could be a child yourself. The tim e has come to be a man.

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S p o r t s Squash bronzed at OUA championships The Redm en and M artlet squash team s tra v elled to Hamilton for their final tourna­ ment o f the season. T he four team OUA cham pionship fe a ­ tured squads from M cM aster, Queen’s, Western and McGill.

The M artlets put out solid play to notch the bronze after a 60 win over M cM aster. Four o f the M artlets went 3 -0 in the matchups; Captain Sarah Leckie, Tara M ullins, Robyn Schm idk and Reem Hajjar. The Martlets’ third place finish slipped from a second place finish last year.

The Redmen also notched a bronze — it was a surprising fin­ ish since it was their best finish since 1989. The Redmen initially lost to Western, who went on to capture the gold. The Redmen d efeated Q u een ’ s 4 - 2 fo r the medal. Three Redmen also went 3 -0 in their matchups: Thomas

Briefs W ilso n , Ja so n F riedm an, and Argat Barua.

Redmen hockey splits on the road T he Redm en headed to Ontario last weekend to take on the Ryerson Rams and the Brock Badgers. McGill came out on top with a 4-1 victory over the Rams on Friday. Goals were scored by Mathieu Darche, his 23rd o f the season, Mathieu Boisvert, JeanFrançois Moquin and rookie Alex C h ap elain .

G o a lie Jarro d Daniel’s shutout was broken with only 15 seconds remaining in a match that saw the Redmen outshoot the Rams 48-24.

The Redmen came up short against the Brock Badgers, losing the Saturday gam e 2 -0 . They teams headed into the third 0-0.

T h e sco rin g was started by Badger Kent Nobes, brother o f former Redmen Kelly Nobes.

The split puts the Redmen at

11-7-3 for the season. They sit in second place, two points ahead o f O ttaw a. T he Redm en fa ce Ottawa on Tuesday; a win will assure second place and a loss will result in a dead heat for sec­ ond. Both teams are in pursuit of UQTR. T he Redm en fa ce a long haul this weekend, matching up against Toronto and Guelph in addition to their game against the Gee Gees.

Redmen digs come up short The Redmen volleyball team finished a disappointing 0 -1 2 season this week. They matched up a g a in st U n iv ersité de M on tréal on W ednesday and struggled 15-6, 15-8, 15-10 in their defeat. The Redmen didn’t fare any better on Suday when they went up against U o f M, who smoked them 15-3, 15-6, and 1 5 -4 . As a re su lt, the Redmen will be sittin g out o f next weekend’s playoffs.

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The newest step in the com­ pletion o f Phase 3 o f the Currie Gym renovations began early last week.

Sin ce last fall, M cG ill stu­ dents have enjoyed the first com­ p leted portion o f Phase 3-th e brand new, $1 .4 million Fitness Center, located on the lower level o f the Gym. The next set o f renovations to Currie w ill co st approxim ately $ 2.3 m illion. Five international squash cou rts, two racquetball co u rts, a gym n astics/ aero bics room , a d esp erately needed women’ s locker room and four additional team rooms will all be included in this next stage o f con­ struction. These items are expect­ ed to be completed this May.

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T h e m oney fo r the C urrie Gym improvements are funded by a multitude of sponsors, primarily M olson. Brew less M cG ill stu­ dents have also been contributing to the upgrades through the addi­ tional $10 per semesterly.

“The renovations are planned in such a way that enables us to build each item involved in Phase 3 as we receive the financing for it. We don’t have to wait until we have the total amount for the pro­ je c t to begin construction,” said B ob Dubeau, director o f M cG ill Athletics.

T o the dism ay o f many McGill students, another source of financial aid for Phase 3, begin­ ning this May, will be a member­ ship fee charged to anyone who would like to use the new fitness Center. Students will be asked to

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A lthough students may be hesitant about paying additional fees to use the new athletic center, when Phase 3 o f C urrie Gym reaches its final completion, this fee will appear nominal.

Dubeau’s master blueprint for these athletic renovations ends with a proposed $5.7 million pro­ ject. This final project will include the construction o f a dance studio, a combatives room, a golf room, two multi-purpose rooms and a climbing wall.

If all o f Dubeau’ s proposed renovations are indeed completed, the Currie Gym will unquestion­ ably be the Ritz of fitness centers.

Sports Quiz Here are the proper answers to last w eek’s quiz.

Riddle me this, riddle me that, let’s see i f you can come up with this week ’.vfacts.

Non-McGill

Non-McGill 1. The most recent Canadian to earn his PGA Tour play­ ing card is b) Mike Weir.

2. The last time the Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup was d) 1927.

3. Curling, women’s hockey, and snowboarding are all new events at this year’s winter Olympics in Nagano.

McGill 1. The next facilities to be completed at the gym are b) the squash courts.

2. The last time the Redmen hockey team beat Les Patriotes of UQTR was game one of last year’s division­ al playoff finals.

3. Redmen baseball is not a tier one varsity sport.

1. Which Canadian city is currently preparing to bid for the 2008 summer Olympics? a) Vancouver b) Ottawa c) Toronto 2. When was the last time Canada won the gold in men’s Olympic hockey? What was the name of the team? a) 1952 b) 1924 c) 1960 / a) Montreal Maroons b) Edmonton Mercuries c) Toronto St. Patricks 3. Canada has a history of being the bride’s maid in the men’s figure skating competition, name the last three skaters to win a silver?

McGill 1. What varsity sport has a brother-sister combination (one playing on the men’s team and one the women’s)?

Can you name them? a) Volleyball b) Hockey c) Soccer 2. Who is the last winter Olympian from McGill?

3. Which McGill athlete is currently a scoring leader for their respective league? a) Hubert Davis b)Anne Guildenhuys c) Mathieu Darche

Sports Quiz

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Men’s Basketball

sum m ers b a ck hom e in V an co u v er, helping out at his father’ s basketball clinics. In his spare time, he’s also been known to whip up a mean burrito at a local restaurant.

Between working at the clin­ ics and preparing quality Mexican cuisine, he finds time to volunteer in the community. “ I w orked w ith trou bled teens at a community centre in North Vancouver. It’ s a drop-in c lin ic fo r teen s at r is k ,” says D avis. “That was what I m ost enjoyed during the summer.”

A recent team excursion to ’Cuba (where the Redmen played and lost two games to the under22 team) struck a sim ilar chord with Davis.

“They ju st didn’t have any­ thing. They had old shoes and shorts and stuff like that, so after our second game, we gave them whatever we could: shoes, shorts, whatever.

“We saw where they were at, and we all felt, it’ s not even so much how poor they were, it ’ s

a h e a d ju st that the availability o f the stuff [is so limited]. It’s impossi­ ble [for them] to get some of the shoes that we have — Cuba was a good experience.”

At the completion o f this sea­ son, Davis says he’ll likely call it quits. Although playing profes­ sionally is a faint possibility, he says he’ll probably just try to find a place in the workforce.

“I c a n ’ t im agin e anything better than playing basketball and getting paid for it, but w e’ll see —- it’s a pretty tough route.”

Whether or not this season is D av is’ last, h e’ll certainly take with him fond m em ories. “I t ’ s been good. I ’ve always enjoyed playing with the team because of the guys. We always have a good group o f guys who get along well,” he says. “Overall it’s defi­ n itely been a p o sitiv e e x p e ri­ ence.”

A th le te s o f th e W e e k Wendy Whelan

Thomas Wilson

M artlet Volleyball

Redmen Squash

W endy W helan, a M artlet middle hitter, played a key role in the M c G ill v ic to rie s over S h e rb ro o k e and th ird -ran k ed L a v a l. O ver the co u rse o f the w eekend’ s m atch-ups, W helan notched 47 kills, 14 digs, 12 stuff blocks, 2 aces and a 2.14 passing ratio out. o f 3.0. In the 3-1 upset over Laval, she was responsible for 28 o f the teams 56 kills.

Captain Thomas Wilson led the Redmen to their best finish at the OUA team cham pionships since 1 989. The Redmen trav­ elled to M cM a ster to p ick up their bronze médal finish. Wilson w ent 3 -0 a g a in st Q u e en ’ s to notch a 4-2 victory that ensured the medal for McGill.

10 February 1998

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With the inclusion of profes­ sional hockey players for the first tim e in the W inter O lym pics, men’s ice-hockey figures to be the most oft-w atched event among Canadians.

20 per cent o f the National Hockey League’s players are par­ ticipating and the quality of play w ill reach p reviou sly unseen heights. Unlike the debacle that ensued with men’s basketball in the Summer Olympics, competi­ tion will actually exist. In fact, six teams have a legitimate shot at the gold medal. Since the tournament is short, anything can happen.

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— l— Ice surface: The Olympic ice sur­ face is fifteen feet wider than all regulation NHL rinks. This should give the better-skating teams more room to pass and stick-handle.

Advantage: Sweden, Finland.

U N IT E D STATES R U S S IA Strengths: A solid, well-rounded roster should have the Russians well-prepared for these Games.

W eaknesses: Internal bickering has led to some notable absentees from the team, as players such as Larionov and Fetisov are still angry about the old regime. Goaltending is questionable.

Outlook: Mother Russia will have a hell of time beat­ ing other teams when it’s too busy beating itself. Too bad.

Strengths: An incredibly talented squad through and through.

W eaknesses: Defence is questionable. A number of key players, including Brian Leetch and Mike Richter, are hav­ ing sub-par seasons, though that means very little now that the pressure is really on.

O utlook: Not that the U.S. fooled anybody last time around in the World Cup, but every other team will be gun­ ning for them. If they had the advantage of surprise, they don’t have it anymore. The fact that the Americans have practically the same line-up from the 1996 World Cup could be a problem, though if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Tournament length: Short, which means team depth is not as much of a factor. With single elimination games in the final round, it means that teams can ill-afford to have a n ig h t-o ff. A dvantage: C zech Republic.

Goaltending: These international tournaments always seem to turn into a goaltending clinic. Look for some netminders to steal games their teams have no business being in. Advantage: Czech Republic, Canada.

— 4— Leadership: Many of the players from the NHL have dealt with extreme pressure situations before.

Whether people want to admit this or not, those players who have Stanley Cup rings will be better prepared for the pressure.

Advantage: Canada, USA

C Z E C H R E P U B L IC Strengths: The world’s best goalie in Dominik Hasek who can win games by himself, and Jaromir Jagr, one of the best forwards in the game.

W eaknesses: Lack of depth could hurt this team.

Outlook: A medal possibility. In a tournament as short as this, one player can make a difference. Pity the team that runs into a hot Hasek.

SW EDEN Strengths: An astounding 1-2 punch at centre with Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin has some picking the Swedes for the gold. They will play a smart team game.

W eaknesses: Goaltending. Tommy Salo may have been the man for Sweden’s gold medal performance four years ago in Lillehamer, but the quality of competition has gone way up. Salo is prone to inconsistency, which in a tourna­ ment such as this, is either a blessing or a curse. There is no middle ground.

O utlook: With everyone gunning for the States and Canada, Sweden has a golden opportunity (pun intended), to slip in between the two.

F e a rle s s P r e d ic tio n s G o ld C a n a d a — goaltending too strong. Too much to lose.

Silver Sw eden — an excellent game plan will have this team ready to play. They’ll fall short because of goaltending.

Bronze Czech Republic — I ’d have the US here, but nothing goes as it should.

CANADA Strengths: The team with the most depth. The problem will be to find playing time for all the talent. Defence is markedly improved from the 1996 World Cup with the additions of Bourque and Pronger. Goaltending is outstand­ ing.

W eaknesses: Controversy surrounding the team selec­ tion process could prove to be a distraction. The fact that Canada (in some circles) is considered an underdog might also prove to be detrimental to team confidence.

Outlook: No team is under more pressure. No team has been more highly scrutinized. Anything less than gold will be deemed an utter failure, whether such a judgment is fair or not. Canada has an excellent shot at Olympic gold, but c ’mon, they aren’t going to run away with it.

F IN L A N D Strengths: A strong-skating squad that should thrive on the Olympic-size ice. Defence looks strong.

W eakn esses: Too many questions at key positions.

Goaltending could be a serious problem, while there doesn’t look to be anybody to ease the scoring load off of Selanne and Koivu.

Outlook: A likely candidate to finish out of the medals.

10 February 1998

Page 30 W h a t ’ s o n women who are involved, or have been involved in a violent rela­ tio n sh ip (dating or m arriag e).

Meetings are informal and confi­ d en tial. T he p la ce is safe and secure. Individual counselling ser­ vices are also available for women and their children. For info, please co n ta ct M e lissa G oldband at M cGill Domestic Violence Clinic - 398-2686.

Wednesday, February 11 The Native Friendhip Centre o f M ontreal is co n d u ctin g an Aboriginal Health Survey and we need you! One o f the groups from which we would like to have more participation from are students like you who are attending university.

It is confidential. Survey takes 304 5 m inutes. E ach p articip an t receives $10 worth o f movie pass­ es. Referrals may result in an addi­ tional $5. First People house, 3505 Peel. 10:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. Contact either Nathalie Lloyd or Kahaiwi Jacobs at 499-1854.

Sun Y ou th in au gu rates a S e n io r’ s W ish P ro je ct! People aged 6 0 or over, regard less o f income who are interested in bene­ fiting from their program, or per­ sons who know a senior who can, are invited to write them a brief letter including the person and a brief description of their wish (ie. meet a particular star who might be in Mtl., see a professional ath­ letic event from a good seat, spend the day in a relatively close city...)

Send le tters to Sun Y ou th Organization, 4251 St.Urbain St. M tl., Quebec, H2W 1V6, atten­ tion: “A Senior’s Wish Project.”

M s. Sri M ulyat, P h.D .

Candidate speaks about “Islamic M y sticim in In d o n esia: the Challenge and the Future.” 3715 Peel, Seminar room, 12:30-2:00.

Monday, February 16 Sp eak er P aule D oré, P reseid en t, B oard o f Trade o f Metropolitan Montreal, talks about “The Building o f a Community from W ith in .” 1 :3 0 p.m . at M ontreal C ita d e l, 2085 Drummond St.

The M cGill Debating Union meets twice weekly, Monday at 6 p.m. in Shatner rm. 312 and on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Leacock rm.

15. Come to watch and/or partici­ pate in exciting debates on a vari­ ety of issues and events.

Upcoming and Ongoing

T he M cG ill D om estic Violence Clinic offers a treatment group for men who abuse their partners. The group meets weekly on Tuesday evenings from 6 p.m. 8 p.m.. There is a small fee. For info, please contact Keith Hecker or Beverly Sabourin at 398-2686.

M cG ill P lay ers’ Theatre is proud to present a double bill o f “T he Seven D eadly S in s ” and “M ahagonny S o n g sp ie l.” T h is original and engaging cabaret per­ formance combines opera, dance, mime and more. The production runs from February 10 to 14, and February 17 to 21. Admission by donation. In fo rm atio n at 3 9 8 6813.

Toastmasters International’s M oderator Club presents, every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. a chance for you to learn and practice tech ­ niques o f effective public speak­ ing. Admission is $ 5. Seminars to take place at 2 0 7 0 Peel St. For more info, call 528-8659.

E very W ednesday: M cG ill Improv. performs live improvisational comedy in the A lley Cats Bar (basement o f Shatner build­ ing) 8:30 p.m., free admission.

The Elder Abuse Info-Line, sponsored by the C L SC R en eC assin U n iv ersity In stitu te o f Social Gerontology o f Quebec, is recruiting bilingual volunteers to operate a listening, information and referral telephone service for seniors who are victims o f abuse

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

A F R E E support group for

C la s s ifie d s W o rd P r o c e s s i n g S u c c e s s to all students. Papers, résumés, applications, transcription, editing. 29 years experience. $1.50 D.S.P. C am pu s Paulette 288-9638

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Language E xch an ge Language Exchange Program. Leam a new language; improve your communica­ tion skills. Eng / French / Spanish / Japanese / Chinese etc. Call Universal Students Services. 865-0898

T r a v e l-T e a c h Travel-teach English: 5 day / 40 hr. (Feb. 25 - Mar 1) T E S O L teacher certificate course (or by correspondence). 1,000’s of jobs available NOW. F R E E information package, toll free 1-888-270-2941.

S a le s R ep s I Toll-Free: 1-800871-1819

A u d itio n s A ctors needed for Concorde video productions. Males and females of ail ages. Call Angie @ 648-3555.

Motivated, energetic team players to add to a relaxed and comfortable office atmosphere. Great bonus and incen­ tives. Experience an asset but not required. Full time from 8:30 - 3:30 and part time from 3:30 - 7:30. Limited spaces available call 845-0099

or neglect. Free specialized train­ ing is offered. Contact Katherine Macnaughton-Osler at 488-9163, ext. 360.

up. Just show up Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Newman Centre, 3 4 8 4 Peel St. For more information, please call 398-1050.

T he A ccom pan im en t Programme o f the Sexual Assault C en tre o f M cG ill S tu d en ts’ Society can provide information, support and accompaniment ser­ vices to members o f the M cG ill community who have been sexual­ ly harassed or assau lted in a M cG ill context. For more info, please call 398-2700 (daytime) or 398-8500 (evenings).

The M cGill Eating Disorder support groups are available to both M cGill and non-McGill stu­ dents, F R E E OF CH ARGE. We offer a variety o f support groups for students with eating disorders as well as body image groups for those who wish to learn about and im prove their body im age. We also offer support groups for part­ ners and friends o f individuals with an eating disorder. For more inform ation, please call Jessica Schwarz at 398-1050.

An illustrated lecture at the McCord Museum! In conjunction with the exhibition Les Paradis du M onde, guest cu rator P a sca le Galipeau w ill discuss the three uniquely different collections that m ake up th is p resen tation .

A d m ission (in clu d es museum visit) $7. Limited seating, reserva­ tions required, 398-7100 ext. 234.

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

Confidential and free. We can help with a personal crisis or simply help find a bar. 7 - 1 1 p.m., 365 days a year. (5 1 4 ) 8 6 6 -5 0 9 0 in Montreal or call us toll free at 1888-505-1010.

F R E E M cG ill Bereavem ent Support Groups are being offered through the M cG ill S ch o o l o f S o c ia l W ork fo r adults, ch ild ren / ad olescen ts, young adults, and family survivors of sui­ cide. New groups for 1997 include “Motherless Daughters” and “Loss of an Adult Child.” Anyone who is ex p e rie n cin g any type o f lo ss in clu d in g the lo ss o f a fam ily member or friends, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

Going for an HIV test? Peer Health Education is looking for individuals for an audio broadcast project that would be comfortable sharing their experience. Please call Darrell at 398-6017.

The A theist, A gnostic, and Secular Humanist Society meets every Thursday at 7 :3 0 p.m. in Shatner, rm. 435. Come and dis­ cuss issues such as church-state separation and non-religious ethics in a relaxed and open atmosphere.

LBG TM (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Students of McGill) are seeking volunteers to fa c ilita te our W om yn ’ s and Bisexual discussion groups. If you are in terested , p lease c a ll the L B G T M o ffic e at 3 9 8 -6 8 2 2 or stop by Shatner 429 in person.

The M cG ill Eating Disorder Unit is a multi-disciplinary unit that includes: individual/group counselling, medical assessment, nutrition consultation, psycho-edu­ ca tio n a l groups and support groups. C all 3 9 8 -3 6 0 1 for info about fees and appointm ents.

Support groups are free of charge to M cG ill and n on-M cG ill stu­ dents. Call 398-1050.

The M cG ill Eating Disorder Support Group open to all students 18 years and up in M o n treal.

There is no fee and no need to sign

The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society offers a number o f free, facilitated support groups open to M cG ill students and the w ider M ontreal Community. Infoline 3 9 8 -2 7 0 0 , Mon. - Fri. 10:00 - 5:30. Helpline 398-8500, every night 6:00 - mid­ night. All calls are confidential.

SACO M SS also offers a number o f support groups. Call for info.

Free support groups for adults living with loss. A confidential bim onthly opportunity to meet with others who have experienced lo ss o f re la tio n sh ip s, ca reer, health, finances, etc. Please call Estelle or Sandy at 398-7067 B ig Red H erring clambake/meeting every Monday at 5 :00 p.m. in the Shatner com­ pound. All invited. Meeting room number will be posted outside of room B01-A or call 932-8448 for more information. Bring stuff.

The Y ello w D oor “Elderly Project” has been helping seniors in the downtown area for the past 25 years. We are in urgent need of volunteers to accompany seniors to and from appointments, to help them with their shopping or to have a “frien d ly v is it” on ce a week. For more information, call Leah or Danielle at 398-6243.

The Maison de Jeunes de la Côte-des-Neiges is seeking volun­ teers to help youth between the ages o f 11 and 18 with their home­ work (French, English, chemistry, biology, history and esp ecially math). This will be a good oppor­ tunity fo r future te a ch e rs and social workers to gain experience.

For more information, call Sandra at 342-5235 Come to the McGill Christian Fellowship. We believe in build­ ing meaningful relationships, hav­ ing fun and having honest and open discussion. Every Friday at S h a tn er C a fe te ria . 7 :0 0 p.m .

Please call Josh at 4 8 4 -3 4 8 0 for more information.

Questioning your sexuality?

Looking for info on LBG T issues?

Queer line is a confidential, nonjudgmental peer support and refer­ ral phone lin e w hich runs Monday-Friday 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Give us a call at 398-6822.

We are here to listen to you.

Compeer Montreal is present­ ly recruiting volunteers 18 years

and over interested in working in the mental health field. We are a non-profit community-based orga­ nization. We provide support ser­ vices to those suffering from men­ tal illness providing them with a volunteer to facilitate their reinte­ gration into so ciety . F or more information, please call 489-1007.

Santropol roulant, a commu­ nity organization, needs volunteers to deliver meals to people in need.

Join a dynamic and active team in your community. Call 284-9335 or come by 111 Duluth ave. W. B en e fit for M cG ill A frican Studies Programme. Full night of liv e p e rfo rm a n ces, dance and music: Reggae, Hip-hop, Dub and Funk. At Isart, 263 St. Antoine, 7:30 p.m.. $7/ $5 for students. Call 393-1758 for information.

The McGill Choral Society is looking for new members. M CS will be presenting the Chichester Palms by Leonard Bernstein this semester. No experience required just a commitment and the desire to sin g ! R eh e e a rsa ls are on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m., rm. C304 in the Strathcona Music Building.

STD s are not sexy!! M cGill Student Health Services sells con­ doms, dental dams, female con­ doms, lubricant (in funky pack­ ages) and contraceptive gel at real­ ly cheap prices. They can be pur­ chased at the H ealth S e rv ic e reception desk, 3673 Peel St., rm.

100. Call 398-6017 for informa­ tion.

The M cGill Debating Union meets, every Monday at 6:00 p.m. in Shatner 232 and Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Leacock 15. If you’d like to leam how to debate a variety of interesting topics, or if you just want to watch a stimulating dis­ cussion, come to one o f our meet­ ings. For information, call Saeed Teebi @ 485-3359.

T he M od erator C lu b, the world’s leading non-profit educa­ tional organization devoted to the improvement and development of individual com m unication and leadership skills, offers training in tech n iqu es o f e ffe c tiv e pu blic speaking. Sessio n s are held on Tuesdays at 6 :1 5 p.m ., at 2 0 7 0 Peel St.. Cost is $5. For informa­ tion, call 528-8659.

Are you originally from the H au te-Y am ask a (B rom o n t, Granby, Waterloo areas)? Would you like to leam more about jo b and entrepreneurial opportunities a v a ila b le in the reg io n ?

T o w n sh ip p ers’ A s s o c ia tio n ’ s Youth Project will be offering an Our Region, Our Future project over a period o f 3 w eekends beginning at the end o f January.

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