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McGill puts a dent in $200 million worth of deferred maintenance Quebec provides shot in the arm to help fix McGill's crumbling infrastructure B y S t e p h a n ie L e v it z

Amidst the hullabaloo of Open Air Pub and general back to school chaos, McGill students will be subjected to the noise of drills and hammers as McGill works on com pleting nearly 2 0 deferred maintenance projects on campus.

Thanks in part to a $14.7 mil­ lion grant from the Quebec govern­ ment earlier this year, McGill was able to begin work on the millions of dollars of repairs that have been put off for several years because of a lack of funds. One of the condi­ tions of the provincial grant was that McGill contribute another 30 per cent. Additional donations from faculties and individuals brought the total amount of money available to approxim ately $21 million.

According to Susan Vivian, assistant to the executive director of facilities developm ent, the

The work that we will do with the $21 million is just the tip of the iceberg.

Susan Vivian, department of facilities development

money is n ’t even close to the amount that McGill really needs.

“The university right now is looking at over $ 2 0 0 million of deferred maintenance on campus,” stated Vivian. “The work that we will do with the $21 million is just the tip of the iceberg.”

The construction around cam­ pus began in April and will contin­ ue until April of next year, the deadline by which all the money must be spent. Some of the projects are almost complete, while others have just started. Thus far, there have been structural repairs to most of the buildings on campus, as well

as repairs to electrical, plumbing and ventilation system s.

Classrooms have had their floors fixed and new chairs and desks have also been added. As well, masonry on old buildings has been repaired, along with roofs and steps, and the McIntyre building will be receiving an entirely new facade.

A major construction initiative has been to examine the problems with the balconies and fire escapes around campus, which Vivian says are “of questionable integrity.” An engineering firm has been hired to do a survey of the balconies and fire escapes and to determine what critical structural problems exist that must be fixed in the near future.

The need for safer buildings on campus was made clear when Mr. Alfred E. Hirmke, the general manager of the McGill Faculty Club, fell to his death in June after stepping on a balcony that had been rendered off limits to users of that building.

Vivian stated that “it was a particularly tragic event, because he knew the risks of the building, and we thought knowledge of the problems was sufficient to keep anyone from harm.” According to Vivian, the balcony was dead bolt­ ed and blocked by a desk when Mr. Hirmke decided to step outside for a moment and fell through the loose shale flooring.

Although McGill has come a long way over the summer in terms of completing deferred m ainte­ nance projects, there is still mil­ lions of dollars of work waiting to be done. Vivian says that McGill is considering applying for a loan to put towards deferred maintenance.

“The age of the campus neces­ sitates that we start addressing some serious structural issues that Continued on page 2

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CFL’s Alouettes make McGill home

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“If you build it they will come.” Without the resources to follow that piece of very expensive advice, the Montreal Alouettes decided to do the next best thing, which was to “Move and hope they come.” And come they have.

Since their move to McGill’s own Percival Molson Stadium dur­ ing last season’s CFL playoffs, the M ontreal franchise has moved from a struggling team to one of the most talked-about entertain­ ment options in the city.

Prior to their move, horror sto­ ries of how detrimental the “Great W hite E lephant” known as the

Olympic Stadium was to the viabil­ ity of a small market franchise were nothing new. The Alouettes, upon their return to the CFL, seemed to pick up where the Expos left off in blaming the Big O for their attendance woes. Although the stadium’s lack of charm is leg­ endary and its days as a viable venue long past, few outside of the team ’s management assumed an escape from the stadium’s crum­ bling confines would solve the seri­ ous problems the Alouettes were facing in M ontreal. That being said, what has transpired on our campus so far this summer is noth­ ing short of remarkable.

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the Calgary Stampeders attracted a crowd of 17,501 spectators, repre­ senting the biggest turnout for the team since their move to Molson Stadium. Crammed into the small­ est venue in the league, the crowd’s apparent size and enthusiasm were magnified considerably.

However intangible, the bene­ fits of the change of address.were not lost on the players.

“Since we began playing here there has ju st been a different atm osphere,” explained former McGill Redman M ichael Soles.

“We just feel so close to the crowd that we seem to feed off of that Continued on page 22

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , W e d n e s d a y , 2 S eptem ber 19 98

Red Herring loses editorial autonomy to SSMU executive B y L a u r a M a c N e il

The executives of M cG ill’s Students’ Society threatened not to publish the fall issue of the Red Herring if an article they deemed inappropriate was not rewritten or removed.

Last week, the executives assumed formal editorial control of two Students’ Society publications, including the satire magazine the Red Herring, in an attempt to pre­ vent any possible lawsuits. The action, yet to be ratified by the S tudents’ Society Council, encroaches upon the Red Herring editors’ freedom to express what­ ever opinion they hold within the confines of their objectives, as written in their terms of reference with the Students’ Society.

Both the SSMU executives and the Red Herring agreed that SSMU has the right to uphold the SSMU constitution and remove any material that violates it but in the opinion of the Red Herring, the article in question fell into none of these categories. The controversial piece entitled “The Fall of McGill” gave an extremely cynical portrayal of the university. Red Herring edi­ tor Rich R etyi acknow ledged SSMU’s right to edit all unconsti-

tutional material but feared that SSMU overstepped its bounds con­ cerning this article.

“If SSMU wants to cut any­ thing that’s libellous they can go right ahead,” said Retyi, “but if they cut something because they deter­ mine it’s not funny, that’s going too far.

How can five people decide what is funny for the whole universi­ ty?”

VP Finance Lorenzo Pederzani justi­ fied the executive deci­ sion by attacking the arti­ cle’s legitimacy.

“I thought it was inap­ propriate and offensive,” said Pederzani. “I felt this article was more appropriate to another publication. The Red Herring doesn’t have an editorial section but is one compact volume that looks as though it is condoned by the SSMU.” The Red Herring’s terms of reference with SSMU currently specify that “in order to avoid any misunderstanding, the following statement shall appear in a reason­ ably prom inent place in each

issue... ‘Opinions expressed in the Red Herring do no necessarily rep­ resent those of the S tudents’ Society or M cGill

University.’”

SSMU President Duncan Reid raised another objection to the con­ troversial article, saying it was out­ side the humour magazine’s man-

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“The publication started off as an entertaining p u b licatio n ,” explained Reid. “That article was not within the mandate that we had understood them to operate by. If ["The Fall of McGill"] is indicative of the new angle of the Red Herring, then the Red Herring edi­ tors are taking students’ money and changing the magazine’s mandate,” said Reid. “I want to see students’ money spent for what it’s meant to be.”

Retyi does not deny his ambi­ tion to make the Red Herring into more than just a humour magazine.

“W e’re trying to be a more legitimate magazine now,” said Retyi. “There are certain things we want to write that are more than just funny.”

Pederzani was concerned that distributing the Red Herring might have misled freshmen about SSMU’s viewpoint on the magazine.

“Initially we felt it was inappropriate just for freshmen, but then we felt it was inappropri­ ate for the university as a whole.”

Karen Pelley, VP internal, jus­ tified the decision to censor the article on the basis that it would have damaged McGill’s reputation.

“This is not the image we wanted to present,” said Pelley.

“E specially when [the Red Herring] was going into the Frosh package.”

Pederzani raised the same con­ cern.

“These magazines are going to go into Montreal homes and the last thing [the executives] wanted to see was parents reading this arti­ cle and asking themselves ‘what the hell did we pay this money for?’ said Pederzani.

Nick Redler argued that the executive decision strips the Red Herring of its editorial autonomy.

“It reduces us to nothing as ed ito rs,” said Redler. “If they assume editorial control we basi­ cally become writers. Who are [the executives] to decide what is appropriate or funny?”

Both Retyi and Redler have plans to take the matter before the Students’ Society Council to speci­ fy and clarify the executives’ edito­ rial power before last week’s deci­ sion is ratified. Pederzani w el­ comed the editors’ initiative.

“I would be happy to review this,” said Pederzani, “and create a new set of policies concerning legal liabilities.”

F a s t F a c ts Included in the list of renovations that have taken place on campus over the summer:

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need to be fix ed .” continued Vivian.

Duncan Reid, president of the S tudents’ Society of M cGill University, couldn’t agree more.

“It’s not just that there are courses that aren’t being offered or departments being cut,” he stated.

“The survival of the campus itself is at stake.”

Both Reid and Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier are very excited about one of the most

The survival of the campus itself is at stake.

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important construction projects at M cGill in the last few years.

Despite bureaucratic hold-ups on building and construction permits during the summer, work on the new Student Services building has begun and it is still scheduled to open on time in September 1999.

“It’s a very exciting time for McGill,” said Dean Jukier. “The plans are well underway.”

Reid concurs. “This new Student Services building will show those critics of McGill who say we aren’t moving towards the future that we are prepared and we are looking ahead,” he stated.

“This building is something that everyone at McGill should take a lot of pride in.”

The groundbreaking for the new building is scheduled for September 18.

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , W e d n e s d a y , 2 S ept em b er 1998

M cGill-Chapters p artnership yield s new look and internet café B y J a s o n S ic u r d s o n

Students will be able to settle down with a café latté after doing their textbook shopping this year as a result of renovations and modifi­ cations carried out by Chapters.

The national bookstore chain entered a formal partnership with McGill earlier this year and now assumes most of the management responsibilities for the M cGill Bookstore. Physical changes to the eight year old store were carried out over the summer, including the addition of a magazine section, an internet café and a community meeting room.

Geoff Swift, director of col­ lege bookstores at Chapters’ head­ quarters in Toronto, hopes that the changes will make the bookstore more inviting and bring students into the store year-round.

“The purpose of changes like the café is to give students and fac­ ulty another com fortable space

Bitschofsky also said that the bookstore will be better able to taylor its stock to the needs of the McGill community after a new computerized inventory control system is installed.

Professor of Canadian litera­ ture Robert Lecker has been to the revamped bookstore once this year and he said the changes are notice­ able. “It seemed very good. It wasn’t like the regime that operat­ ed in the past,” he stated.

Lecker feels that the bookstore had problems responding to the needs of the academic community in past years — slow to fill out requests and largely indifferent to professors’ concerns. Even though it appears that this has changed under new management, Lecker is still planning to put his support behind independent bookstores.

“The independent bookstores are struggling in face of the major chains. Because I teach Canadian literature, it’s important to support

Starbucks hits the bookstore's second floor café that’s right on campus. They won’t have to go down to Ste. Catherines,” Swift said.

Although the terms of the con­ tract between McGill and Chapters prohibits the disclosure of financial details, Swift said that the invest­ ment “was as substantial as what a [Chapters] super-store does.” He also said that the Bookstore has made considerable additions to its inventory, including another $1 million worth of reference books on the second floor.

M cGill B ookstore General Manager Horst Bitschofsky says that these inventory additions were never possible under the universi­ ty's management.

“Chapters has much deeper pockets to invest in inventory than we had at our disposal previously — a broke McGill was not about to invest in its own store,” he stated.

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the local stores that take an interest in the subject,” Lecker stated. “I’ve never seen much interest in Canadian literature from the big chains.”

The partnership with McGill is Chapters’ first venture into the aca­ demic market, and Swift wants the McGill Bookstore to be their flag­ ship store of a national university bookstore division.

“We need at least a couple of other schools on board to be viable.

Our aim is quite simple — to land a few other contracts that are good for both the schools and our share­ holders,” Swift said.

“If you want to be coldly retail about it, we want the customer to stay — but we really hope that the store will be a fun place and serve the needs of the McGill communi­ ty,” Swift concluded.

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U n iv e rsity B y te s o p e n s on ca m p u s McGill grads to run new computer store in Shatner B y S t e p h a n ie L e v it z

McGill students will see an addition to the Shatner University Centre this week in the form of a brand new computer store that will occupy the space previously allot­ ted to CoopSSMU. After CoopSSMU left Shatner early in the summer, Students’ Society VP Finance Lorenzo Pederzani was given the task of finding a new business to fill the empty space. Since SSMU had recently been having major prob­ lems with its computer network, the logical choice for a new tenant was a computer store that would offer great deals for students as well as help SSMU redesign their system.

“SSMU is now a business,” said Pederzani, “and it needs its computers to run that way.”

Although no computer stores were officially called to tender, after a few phone calls and contract submissions the space was granted to Openface Com puting of Montreal.

“I had only heard good things about Openface,” stated Pederzani.

“It was a store that offered us the best deal in Montreal, and one that has always been student friendly.”

Openface C om puting is a company that started out of the Solin Hall residence room of a few former McGill students. Kevin Ammerman graduated with a B.Sc in Biology this year and is the new manager of the store. He says that what started as a pastime turned into full time employment.

“The first year we made maybe two computers in res,” said Ammerman. “Then it turned into ten, and then into a hundred.”

Openface feels confident about the new store. Many of the company’s employees are recent McGill graduates and they feel that

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“P lu s,” said Ammerman, “it’s kind of like com­ ing home for us, being back on campus.”

The new store, called University Bytes, will offer full computer retail service to students

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Kevin Ammerman, manager of Openface

and an on-site service centre.

Students will be able to purchase specially selected components for their system or choose from a wide range of package deals, including both PC and Mac clones. Servicing will be available for all computer systems, even those not purchased on-site. As well, University Bytes will offer a line of Internet access services, as an alternative to the McGill Dial-up Access System, a variety of connection methods, from ISDN to dial up access and free web based e-mail that will also be Post Office Protocol (POP) accessible.

The real benefits of the store however, will be reaped by SSMU and the clubs and services that cur­ rently have space in Shatner.

SSMU will be able to buy 25 work­ stations or laptops at cost per year, plus one major server. Provisions will be made for all clubs and ser­ vices to be able to buy their com­ puters at cost as well. In addition to the $20,000 in rent that SSMU will collect from the store, it has also been guaranteed $7,000 worth of advertising, with $2,000 being allo­ cated to ads during Frosh week and the rem ainder for publications.

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Finally, SSMU will receive 1.25 per cent of all sales generated by the store. In total, Pederzani pre­ dicts that SSMU will make over $45,000 from University Bytes, almost double than what it was receiving from CoopSSMU. SSMU is also considering hiring Openface as the Network administrator for their computer system. This would provide SSMU with an on-site computer technician to fix the myr­ iad computer problems that arise on any given day.

“The growing importance of computers in today’s life make pro­ fessionals like Openface neces­ sary,” said Pederzani. “SSMU was having at least one major computer problem a day, resulting in lost productivity for the office staff, which was just plain inefficient.”

The McGill Computer Store, the only other location on campus for computer service and sales, was not shocked at the news that a new computer store would be replacing CoopSSMU. “We were waiting for some­ thing to fill that space,” said Alan Greenberg, director of computing and telecommunications at McGill.

“If there is going to be competition on campus, we’ll face up to it. We are a not-for-profit store that oper­ ates in the best interests of students and various student groups, and we’ll just see how it goes.”

U niversity Bytes will be staffed by both McGill students and trained computer professionals.

The service centre will be open five days a week and all products in-store will be sold at a five per cent discount. As an added bonus for students, the store will not be allowed to apply more than a 15 per cent mark up on any product it sells. Says Pederzani, “it is just SSMU servicing students as best we can.”

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , W e d n e s d a y , 2 S ept em b er 1998

Reorganizing SSMU's structure tops presidential priorities External continues lobbying for inter-provincial education mobility rights, Finance tackles food services B y S t e p h a n ie L e v it z

Undergraduates can expect to vote on a new structure for the Student’s Society in a November referendum. The proposed changes will come largely out of a report by consulting firm KPMG that will be delivered later in the month.

KPMG was hired by the S tudents’ Society of M cGill University last year to assess the effectiveness of the organization.

The final report will be suggesting changes to the executive, SSMU council and the adm inistrative structure in hopes of making the society more accessible and effec­ tive. Expected changes included the am algam ation of executive positions and the creation of paid SSMU “commissioners” to take some of the work off of the council itself. Because changes to the coun­ cil are constitutional reforms, they must be put to the student body in a

referendum . SSMU President Duncan Reid has been focusing on the long-term direction for SSMU for some time, looking at revamp­ ing the many SSMU procedures and regulations that have become outdated. “Is SSMU going in a direction that serves students best?

There are ways to do things better,” he stated.

Reid spent most of his summer working on what he referred to as “one big project wheel, with lots of spokes coming out.” Aside from working closely with the Concordia S tudents’ Union to organize a series of speakers and lectures for the com ing year, Reid was involved in renegotiating SSMU’s Letter of Agreement with McGill, a contract that had expired some time ago.

Reid’s primary goal for the year is to im prove the safety, accessibility and utility of Shatner.

“It’s astounding that we are in the

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1990s and our student centre is not accessible,” stated Reid. “In terms of accessibility, we as students should act as leaders.”

the first page of McGill’s site.

“Our site has to be relevant and accessible to students,” Pelley

Creating choices Lorenzo Pederzani, VP Finance, wants to see more food and beverage choices on campus by the end of the year, as well as improved accessibility to existing services such as the health plan and on-campus banking. He would like to see SSMU work with food and beverage consultants to make the most out of food services on cam­ pus.

“SSMU does not have the expertise or know-how in the food or beverage business to make these deals o urselves,” he said.

“Renegotiating a lot of these con­ tracts will bring in extra revenue for SSMU and, in turn, more ser­ vices that can be provided to stu­ dents.”

Pederzani has also made resources available for his two favourite areas — computers and clubs and services. A new comput­ er store will open in Shatner during the first week of classes, and a clubs and services commissioner has been appointed to help clubs and services avoid the bureaucratic run around that Pederzani says “is so common in SSMU.” Pederzani explained that the commissioner will hold budgeting seminars for clubs, as well as distribute pam­ phlets on the procedural steps clubs must take to receive money or to hold an event. The commissioner will be the liaison between clubs and services, Pederzani and VP Internal Karen Pelley.

Diversifing McGill events Pelley, perhaps the SSMU exec with the most visible portfo­ lio, says her main goal is “to keep up with the old traditions, but start some new ones as well.” She spent most of her summer preparing for Frosh Week and Welcome Week.

She says that her goals for the year centre around making activities and events at McGill more accessible and diverse for the student body.

Pelley believes that SSMU has to do a better job of communicating with its members. She is hoping to reconstruct the SSMU Web site, and has spoken to McGill’s Vice Principal of Information Systems and Technology Bruce Pennycook about linking the SSMU page to

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da. She would like to make Gert’s more welcoming to all students and perhaps become “the place to be”

this year’s Frosh, Pelley is commit­ ted to working on Frosh program­ ming all year long in the hopes of reducing some of the overlap between faculty frosh and SSMU frosh. “They get two shirts, two hats,” said Pelley. “There must be a way to make it less confusing.”

The VP Internal has organized a student leadership conference at McGill for September 18 -19. The conference is designed to help members of various student groups acquire skills in volunteer recruit­ ment, fundraising and community involvement.

Student voices needed for municipal elections VP External Jeff Feiner spent his summer learning about and integrating himself into the Quebec student movement, going so far as to meet with La Fédération Etudiante Universitaire du Québec on several occasions to discuss how the universities in Montreal could work together on issues such as reduced student transit rates and mobilizing students for the upcom­ ing municipal and provincial elec­ tions. As well, he met with commu­ nity leaders in the McGill ghetto area in the hopes of sparking inter­ est in a ghetto residents association.

“There is no [political] body that merchants in the area can inter­ act with at the university except for SSMU,” said Feiner. “And what right do we have to represent a clearly residential area.”

Feiner’s initiatives in commu­ nity work began early in the sum­ mer with an organized community clean-up that he hopes to repeat again later this fall when there are more students around to help out.

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The VP External attended sev­ eral student conferences around the country during the summer, dis­ cussing the lawsuit which SSMU launched against the Quebec gov­ ernment last year. Although SSMU lost the case, Feiner is still trying to mobilize support for inter-provin­ cial education mobility rights. He considers the support SSMU received from the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations to be extrem ely im portant to the Continued on page 5

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cause.

“The right to mobility for the purpose of education has become a

provincial levels, he’s hoping for a high level of direct student involve­ ment in the upcoming municipal elections. He believes a strong stu­ dent turn-out at the polls will be benificial for the McGill communi­ ty as a whole.

“Out of 17,000 students, someone must be interested in something political,” he said.

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big deal for CASA,” he stated.

Feiner, along w ith the rest of SSMU council, are currently in search of a new lawyer that will challenge the Quebec govern­ ment’s differential tuition fees poli­ cy in the Federal Court of Appeal.

Although Feiner is handling most of the work at the federal and

106-200A Introduction to the study of C anada (3 credits) (3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour) An overview of approaches to the study of Canada, including economic, political, historical and cultural dimen­ sions. Professor Mary MacKinnon 106-202B C anadian cultures : C ontext and issues (3 credits ) A survey course which traces the history of Canadian cultures from the middle of the 19th century to the present through literature, drama, art, m ass media.

The course features guest lecturers. Some course material will be in French; ability to read French is required. Mr. David McKnight 106-300A T opics in C anadian S tudies I; Nationalisms in C anada (3 credits) A study of theories and experience of ethnic socio-political, economic and cut tural nationalism in Canada and its impact on the shaping and evoltuion of Confederation. Professor Desmond Morton

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more inexpensive graduate school preparation courses for the GRE, LSAT, and MCAT exams. She is currently working with the Princeton Review to obtain study materials at cost for these tests.

Effective September 1, 1998, the num ber of free hours on McGill’s Dial-up Access Service (DAS) which students receive increases from eight to twelve hours, while the price students pay beyond their free hours decreases from 45 to 40 cents per hour.

“We do get subsidized money from stu d en ts,” said Glen Matthews, associate director of communications and systems. This accounts for why students receive more free time than the staff, who receive only four hours per month.

Other DAS related changes include the addition of approxi­ mately 100 new modem lines, to bring the service’s total to about 600 lines.

106-303B Topics in C anadian S tudies III (3 credits) Topic for 1998-99 English Canadian Conservatism. A study of the English Canadian Conservatism through political, philosophical and literary texts. This course see ks to differentiate English -Canadian from British and American Conservatism Dr. George E. Clarke (Seagram Visiting Chair) 106-401B C anadian S tudies S eminar I: (3 credits) Topic for 1998-99: Issues in Canadian Justice. An interdisciplinary analysis of major justice issu es confronting Canadian Society: the nature of justice, young offenders, assisted suicide and euthanasia, aboriginal peoples and the crimi­ nal justice system, social justice and law reform.

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Although faster modems like the new 56K standard have not been added to the system over the summer, new modems that were added over the past year are easily upgradable once the modem tech­ nology is considered stable by the C om puting C entre. M atthews hopes that the new 56K standard modems will be available some­ time this term.

M atthews noted that some users of 56K modems have been experiencing problems using the normal access lines. In response to this difficulty, a temporary phone number, 398-8811, has been added for those users.

“It’s a smaller modem pool, so they’ll get more busy signals, but it’s direct access to the [compati­ ble] m odem s,” said M atthew s.

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Beyond the Classroom Sam Johnston, VP University A ffairs, spent her summer researching how to reach her goal of developing the university beyond the academ ic realm .

Johnston is working to have more courses offer community service for credit and is interested in expanding the work/study program at McGill.

“Students need to look beyond the confines of the classroom for their education,” she stated. “If fac­ ulty associations start subsidizing work/study programs, then there is

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modem difficulties, and want access to the entire modem pool.

N e w P ay D ir e c t S y s t e m fo r H e a lth P la n McGill students will soon be mailed a SSMU Health and Dental plan card that will make filling out claim forms a thing of the past.

Under this pay direct system, phar­ m acists w ill be able to bill McGill’s health insurance provider, the Quebec Student Health Alliance, directly. The pay direct system , how ever, will only be applicable to prescription drugs and can only be used by out-ofprovince McGill students.

The pay direct procedure will be effective after the SSMU Health and Dental plan opt-out deadline of September 23.

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Professor Desmond Morton 110-411B S tudies in C anadian Fiction: African-Canadian Literature (3 credits) Like its African American counterpart, African -Canadian Literature began with the slave trade and arose in a colonial milieu. Yet, the mixed Caribbean, British, French and African-American heritages of this "old-new" diasporic litera­ ture make it unique, a notion explored in the signal writers of the current "African-Canadian Renaissance” Dr. George E. Clarke (Seagram Visiting Chair) 157-300B Études sur le Québec (3 credits) A pluridisciplinary course on the history, politcsm sociology, culture, economics ands geography pf Québec. Instructor TBA 157-440A Aspects

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“There is no doubt that journalism is hasty, incomplete, sometimes inaccurate, occasionally misleading, and frequently flawed. It’s an imperfect necessity.”

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Some people mistakenly describe print journalism as a one-way flow of information, implying that the fifth estate is merely a pulpit or a soapbox where one can expound an agenda or a personal rant.

That type of newspaper can’t survive. It quickly loses its readers, and shortly after, its advertisers go away too. Not only is it fiscally impossible to operate a newspaper that’s out of touch, but it’s funda­ mentally disrespectful to the reader. It ignores every single principle of good journalism.

You can read our terms of reference with the Students’ Society to get a basic idea of what we’re all about: an editorially autonomous publication that is responsible for communicating “in a fair and accu­ rate manner the actions taken by and activities of members and orga­ nizations of the Society.” Talk to an editor if you want to cut through the policy manual jargon. The Tribune is about McGill students, oncampus and off, and the things that are important to us.

The Tribune aims to be as diverse as the McGill community we cover. We want to be there in the bleachers, in front of the stage, at the head of the protest. A newspaper is the record of the life of a community, but it can also be an active part of the community. How does a newspaper do that? It has to put its readers in the paper by asking the questions that they want answered, or literally putting them in the paper.

Media scholars warn about the bias towards official sources — a type of coverage that only reports the voices of the “opinion leaders” and experts in our society. It’s the type of election coverage that focuses on the candidate instead of the voter. The Tribune overhauled its election coverage last spring during the Students’ Society election.

We adopted the spirit of “public journalism” — putting the reader first by getting away from an analysis of the horse race and instead focusing on what students are talking about.

The principles of public journalism can reach beyond election coverage. W e’ve expanded our op/ed section this year to allow more room to print your letters and Stop the Presses. We are also adding an ideas page to op/ed. M cGill is a diverse campus, and there are numerous perspectives that come from personal experience and acad­ emic research. The Tribune will be a way to share some of those ideas.

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A rm s race issue b ig g e r th a n th e b o m b its elf Follow ing the now five nuclear explosions, Indians are jubilant and my Canadian friends can’t understand why. It is, by all rational standards, an act that defies common sense. For Canadians and citizens of other developed countries, m aking a nuclear weapon means reversing all the progress that the world has made in achieving peace among nations.

If the people of two countries are so eager to engage in a race that only leads to destruction of human life, they must be crazy. Being a Pakistani, I would like to believe that it is not the case. Yet I have to explain this absurd situation to myself (and to my friends). Why is it that the common person in India is celebrating this apparently asi­ nine move, and in Pakistan people are ready to topple the government if it doesn’t explode a bomb of its own? The situation becomes much clearer if one considers the context in which these events have unfold­ ed.

India has been involved in a few wars with two of its neigh­ bours over the last fifty years, and that has instilled a sense of insecu­ rity in its people. The two countries continue to fight an on-and-off war on the highest battleground in the world, Siachin, a mammoth glacier in the H im alayas, where more casualties occur from the severe weather conditions than from the fighting. Apart from that, there is armed struggle in the Indian part of Kashmir where Pakistan is alleged­ ly fighting a proxy war through the Kashmiri freedom fighters. New Delhi has always maintained that the aggravation of the problems in Punjab was a result of Pakistani interference. Similarly, Pakistani government has alleged that India

in India. From a tenuous position it has suddenly catapulted into the limelight as the only party truly representing the public sentiment.

As a result of this move, India has become stronger not only militarily but also politically much to the dis­ may of many powerful forces in the world.

The Indians are not psychos out to develop weapons of mass destruction. In fact the making of the bomb is not what they are cele­ brating at all. What they are really celebrating is their government’s resolve to establish India as a major force in the “New World Order”.

While there is reason to cele­ brate the independence of Indian stand in the world arena, there are of course a number of negative repercussions from the tests. One major result has been the return of prestige and power to the military in Pakistan. Over the fifty years of Pakistan’s history, the military has earned a bad name for itself through constant interference in politics. The top brass of the army has constantly siphoned off funds from the defence budget and many officers have been involved in cor­ ruption during various martial law regimes in the country. By some estimates, 60-70% of the develop­ ment budget every year goes towards military expenditure at the cost of education, basic health care and infrastructure. These astound­ ing expenses have been justified in the name of the perpetual threat that Pakistan faces from its larger and more powerful neighbour.

Generally, people do not buy this argument, but the latest Indian move has suddenly changed all that. Democratic institutions and

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is to blame for many of the politi­ cal problems in the province of Sindh.

This historic anim osity betw een the two countries has resulted in strong pressures on their respective governments to display their superiority in any form, be it the cricket field or the arms race.

India has displayed its technologi­ cal superiority to Pakistan in sever­ al ways over the last many years, but at no time has the difference between the two countries looked as stark. The possession of nuclear capability puts India out of the ranks of third world countries. By one bold stroke, India has greatly increased the visible symbolic gap between the two countries.

In the context of PakistanIndia politics, the bomb serves one purpose: it is an affirm ation of Indian superiority in technical achievement; if there were any other definitive symbol of global supremacy, that would give Indians the same pleasure. In the context of third world politics, and the histori­ cally slanted and exploitative rela­ tionships between developed coun­ tries and developing ones, the Indian euphoria is quite under­ standable. When any third world country stands up to the all power­ ful and often imperialist coalitions and institutions of industrialized countries, the whole developing world rejoices. [India] is the envy of all other developing nations, which are under dictatorships too weak to take any stance against imperialist forces in the world.

The Indian act of defiance has resonated throughout the develop­ ing world and has actually led to restoration of some lost pride there.

Of course, the move has worked really well for the nationalist, though fundamentalist, government

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H e a d li n e s in th e E n g l i s h C a n a d ia n p r e s s o fte n t r u m p e t e d th e S u p r e m e C o u r t r e fe r e n c e o n Q u e b e c s o v e r e ig n ty a s th e b ig s tic k to f i g h t th e b r e a k u p o f C a n a d a . C o n s i s t e n t l y u n d e r s t a t e d h o w e v e r , i s E n g l i s h C a n a d a ’s o b lig a tio n to n e g o tia te w ith B y Ja s o n S ic u r d s o n

any E nglish-speaking Canadians breathed a sigh of relief when they read that the highest court in Canada stated that Quebec cannot separate unilaterally. They believed that the court made a ruling on the legiti­ macy of the sovereignty move­ ment, that someone finally stood up to “those separatists.”

M ore strongly put, many believed that the Supreme Court decision could be the type of legal colonialism that they were looking for. It was seen as a way to attack the sovereignist movement, to “put those separatists in their place,” and to move towards a national sta­ bility based on something similar to the American principle of “one nation indivisible.” This brand of federalist, however, is blind to the fact that the A m erican myth doesn’t work here.

Canada has never truly been one nation indivisible. A 22 year old from Victoria who attended the unity rally in Montreal prior to the 1995 referendum was recently quoted in the V ictoria Times Colonist as saying that he is frus­ trated with a national unity debate that “is as old as he is.” He’s not the only one who carries a sense of historical myopia. There seems to

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Continued on page 8 political processes were gaining some ground in Pakistan, and some minor but symbolic budget cuts had been instituted for the military.

However, now for the first time in many years, people are actually looking up to the military to pro­ tect Pakistan and enhance the image of the country. The govern­ ment is actually encouraging the military to increase its budget to prove Pakistani superiority to the Indians. In this way, the Pakistani government is trying to emulate the Indian government’s experi­ ence, which has capitalized on the wave of nationalist sentiment that has swept India since the nuclear tests. The one great loser in this situation is the Pakistani taxpayer and citizen who will have to finance this emerging arms race in the region. Taxes and inflation in this country have already reached unbearable levels. The present cri­ sis will only heighten that, and the common man will be forced to make even greater sacrifices.

Mercifully, for the Pakistani gov­ ernment and the military, this time they won’t be held responsible for it!

—Kamal Munir Ph.D student in Policy Faculty o f Management

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be a popular misconception that the source of our national insecurity was elected to the N ational Assembly in 1976, that the Parti Québécois’ formal political expres­ sion of an independence movement is the only thing which challenges the idea of Canada as it exists today. It ignores the fact that “national unity” has essentially been contested since the settlement

Many believed that the Supreme Court decision could be the type of legal colonialism that they were looking for. It was seen as a way to attack the sover­ eignist movement, to "put those separatists in their place." of North America by Europeans.

Recent coverage of the Supreme Court reference in the English Canadian media has not done much to build an understand­ ing of where the ruling fits into our national history. It exists in an ahistorical vacuum. History alone isn’t going to save a nation, but it’s essential if we want to acknowl­ edge the relationship between

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English- and French-speaking Canada.

A good dose of history might help English Canada drop its colo­ nial attitude towards Quebec. Many fail to accept that Quebec is a mature, pluralist democracy and that the processes that unfold here — even within the sovereignist movement — are democratic. If English Canada can come to accept this, then it might be able to accept the full recommendations of the Suprem e Court: C anada must negotiate in good faith with a Quebec which dem ocratically expresses its desire for a renewed partnership.

This last recommendation was completely buried in English media coverage. It’s part of a larger prob­ lem, however. English media gets fed most of its Quebec stories by a Quebec media that is pumping out little more than advocacy journal­ ism. The Gazette gears most of its coverage to the “angry-phone” population of M ontreal. When English Canadian media pick up every yip, yelp and cry of extremist anglophone interest group Alliance Quebec just because it made the Gazette’s headlines, it only makes a national understanding more dif­ ficult to achieve.

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Supreme Court decision opens up two possibilities: we realize that we have a legal and moral obliga­ tion to discuss and develop the Canadian federation, or we use the ruling as a stick to fight off the “threat of Quebec separation.”

Hopefully all Canadians can see that constitutional negotiations — either pre- or post-”yes vote” — are not a threat to the foundations

of federalism. It should, in fact, create an opening for a strength­ ened federalism, based on a rela­ tionship between two linguistically based societies that are confident in their relation with the other. It’s time to drop all hopes of appropri­ ating the myth of “one nation indi­ v isib le” and create som ething which reflects the Canadian com­ plexity.

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Hoisting the black flag: taking down the SSMU executive For most of the first part of this century, Henry Louis Mencken was the leading commentator on current events in the United States.

He produced viciously iconoclastic columns for a series of publications that reads like a list of the most influential organs of the early twentieth century, and specialized in skewering self-important politi­ cians who put their own interests ahead of the public’s.

He wasn’t always right. H.L. Mencken’s greatest failings were his misogyny and anti-Semitism.

T h at’s the danger in expressing strong opin­ ions unapologetically and without reserve — you’ll certainly be wrong some of the time, and you might turn out to be horribly, monstrously so.

But neither of these severe flaws of reason and charac­ ter can obscure Mencken’s vast contribution to politics in the United States.

Mencken’s wit is legendary, and any competent collection of quotations has pages of his lines.

But one line in particular concerns me just now: “Every normal man must be tem pted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” He pub­ lished that in his first volume of collected w ritings, called

“Prejudices”, in 1919.

This is one of those times. I’ve been tem pted for too long. My sleeves are rolled up and my penknife is drawn. I ’m no Mencken, but hey, ya gotta dream.

So let’s slash at the SSMU executives. Just playfully though, because it’s still kind of summer and we’ve got to ease into this.

Duncan Reid, President, and former VP-Finance. His greatest strength is his experience.

Amazingly, all the months he’s spent in the Shatner B uilding

haven’t rendered him a grasping SSMU drone. His motives seem genuinely pure, and he doesn’t treat the whole dog-and-pony show of doing students’ business as an annoying obstacle to the demon­ stration of his own greatness. His greatest flaw, as he’s aware, is his habit of taking everything, but everything, personally. The SSMU president is a lightning rod for a staggering amount of generalized blame for the state of this school.

Duncan wasn’t any good last year at handling strikes, and he was rel­

atively insulated then. If he hasn’t gotten any better at it, he’ll one day get hit, spark, and explode in spec­ tacular fashion.

Jeff Feiner, VP-External. In the interests of full disclosure, you should know that he and I were floormates in McConnell Hall in first year. So I’m likely to bend over backw ards to avoid any appearance of favouritism. (Sorry, Jeff. Just business, you know?) To his advantage is the fact that no V P-External in recent memory made a blip on the screen after September. They always got entangled in the swamp that was whichever inter-univer­ sity student association SSMU belonged to that year. If Jeff does anything of any consequence at all, he’ll have succeeded where his predecessors have failed.

Jeff s greatest strength is that he’s a gifted talker, which is extremely valuable in his position: important things, like tuition levels, depend, in part, on what emerges from his mouth. That also means he has to learn to control his greatest weak­ ness, which is that he so often tries to display his gift even when he has nothing to say.

Sam Johnston, VP-University Affairs. Sam won her position in a photo-finish election with Andrew Kovacs that was followed by a gru­ elling week of psychological tor­

ture — a week of recounts and stuff without being tainted by the backstabbing. If anybody knows bad. Unlike him, she’s also hum­ how rough it can get, she does. bler than she is talented—which, in Sam knows the McGill bureaucra­ her case, means som ething. If cy like a C EGEP-er knows there’s a superstar in the bunch, it’s Angel’s, which will be to every­ Karen. Of course, she does have one’s benefit. Her greatest strength one worrisome similarity to her is that she’s devastatingly smart. predecessor: he got off to a good Her greatest weakness, unfortu­ start, too. nately, is that she so obviously Last year, I wrote a column in knows it. That’s easily fixed...she this space called “Wanker Watch”. just has to do it.

The name came from a short-lived Lorenzo Pederzani, VP- revolt that some of my friends and Finance. Lorenzo was elected from I raised a while ago, undertaking to what might have been the weakest run a slate of candidates in the field of candidates in any student SSMU elections — on the slogan, election ever; his winning didn’t “W e’re not another bunch of constitute any particular vote of fuckin’ wankers.” Midterms, unfor­ confidence, just an acknowledge­ tunately, interfered, and the plan ment that he was the least of the finally died when there was a scary available evils. He’ll have to watch blizzard the night of the poster run. that he doesn’t outgrow his baggy (But keep your membership cards britches and start thinking that he handy, fellow founding members has a mandate for anything but of the M cGill A nti-W anker basic competence. The VP-Finance Association. There might be spotposition is as apolitical and nuts- checks.) and-bolts as you get at that level; if The philosophy rem ains he avoids that one hazard, Lorenzo unchanged — the name of the col­ has all the skills necessary to do a umn is different only because I got bang-up job. tired of explaining where it came And, finally, Karen Pelley, from. In fact, even people who got VP-Internal. Karen’s the only one used to Wanker Watch might want who doesn’t have any obvious to buckle up. Graduation is loom­ flaws in her makeup or pits in her ing. I have no next year to risk, and path. She has a solid background in an awful lot of fear to vent. her portfolio, and just enough expe­ I’m still watching. But this rience with last y ear’s sullen, time, I’m not taking prisoners. nakedly opportunistic VP-Internal that she’s picked up some good

Welcome to your three-year sentence at McGill Congratulations. You’ve made it to McGill. After sweating for an entire sum m er before McGill decided to acknowledge your appli­ cation, you’re ready. However, there is more to know than what

your welcome package or your smiling frosh leaders told you. Call it practical information, or call it survival tips. I call it “Everything you needed to know but were afraid to ask about McGill.”

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So, your parents dropped you from your workout for the rest of off in the final week of August at your life just for having made it the Roddick gates and you began home alive everyday after the your sentence at McGill for a mini­ climb. Remember that these resi­ mum of three years without parole dences weren’t built next to the (or until you receive your degree). Royal Victoria Hospital for noth­ As you walked away, despite their ing. It’s actually a running joke tearful good-byes, your parents between the ER doctors. “Hey look secretly sighed with relief and sang Dr. Green, another McGill student a little victory cheer. Some even with a coronary.” “You’re right, threw each other a high-five when we’d better page Benton.” you were out of sight. And it began, life on the inside.

In order to make your stay C atherine H ogan here as comfortable as possible, allow me to indulge you in the secrets of the place which I Thirdly, uniform. Anytime, have picked up as a lifer (better regardless of snow, if it is sunny known as “career student”) at and there are students on the Arts McGill. steps, you must wear shorts. I know First and foremost, yes girls, it sounds insane, but trust me, I’ve you are allowed boys at R.V.C. been there. You must wear the Second, regardless of what anyone shorts. A T-shirt on top of it pretty else has told you, simply walking well guarantees popularity. Finally, up to the athletic center is a work­ to finish off your McGill fashion out in itself. There aren’t really any ensemble, the bag. The new overworkout facilities at all, ju st a the-shoulder briefcase type bags in friendly sign saying, “congratula­ black, red or blue are quickly tak­ tions for making it up here, you are ing the place of the once indispens­ officially exempt from your work­ able backpack. out today.” Special note: If you live Finally, and perhaps the most in Molson hall, you are exempt important information you’ll need

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to ensure your survival: the best pick-up places. Leading the pack by far, M cLennan-R edpath Library. Scholastic types are such a turn on. Coming in a close second, Shatner Caf. Every good student needs to eat right? Now I suppose you could toss Gerts on a Thursday night onto this list, but just a word of caution, you may be picking up a daring CEGEP student with big sister’s ID. There is also the line­ up factor involved with this one.

However, time spent, and strate­ gic positioning in line can be very productive.

Some final advice from an old inmate: Don’t feel like you have to write home every week (your parents are celebrating remember?). Avoid summer cours­ es at all costs. If you thought a class was boring once a week in winter, try it everyday during July!

Don’t take Analytical Chemistry or “The Great Philosophers.” Stick to the Art of Listening or Planets Stars and Galaxies. Finally, call me institutionalized, but I’ve grown to love the place. In fact, I can’t imag­ ine what life on the outside would be like anym ore. D on’t worry you’ll fit in too...as long as you wear shorts on the first sunny day in March.

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TheGood, the Bad and the Ugly F or the first time in my life I spent the sum m er months away from the homestead, holed up on DeMaisonneuve Ouest in the heart of little M arseilles.

Many things have happened ovef the course of these months that you may not have been privy to.

Fear not. To assist you in the acclimatization process, here is a brief synopsis of the good, the bad and the ugly of a sum m er in Montreal, the 1998 version.

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The campus hotspot, Gert’s Pub, obtained two new arcade games to attract the m asses as well as investing in a big screen television especially for after-hours monitoring of the Spice channel.

Meanwhile on the con­ cert scene, Aerosmith’s June show at the Molson Centre was canceled due to health problems within the band.

The Bad Th e Good Twenty-two million dollars of campus wide construction began in early May and is still going strong.

To the casual summer interloper it appeared as if McGill was com­ prised of huge, misshapen slabs ofconcrete and overweight, heavily tattooed men sitting on coolers eat­ ing sandwiches.

On the heels of Smooshie mad­ ness, a second Sadie’s Tabagie wheeled and dealed its way into the Stewart Biology building.

The M ontreal Fringe Festival based itself almost exclusively out of M cGill venues, allow ing comics, performers and the aver­ age ham a chance at pseudo-fame

Though millions got poured into the campus to bring it up to code, the Faculty Club’s balconies were regrettably left off the agenda. It took the accidental death of the head of the Faculty Club’s general manager to shed some light on the glaring safety issues surrounding our crumbling campus.

World Cup fever gripped the city as citizens of Montreal consulted the far reaches of their family trees in vain attempts to declare some form of allegiance to a band of footballers. The loudest factions on rue Ste-C atherine were the Italian and Brazilian flag wavers and chest thumpers, but nary a proud Scot could be found in the

bunch, singing the praises of the Erskine of Mar and eulogizing William Wallace.

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tions turned violent when the MUC forced revelers off Mount Royal and into the St. Laurent retail district where a mini-riot ensued. Metal no-parking signs made great battering rams and pro­ jectiles. The Baptiste dust-up also marked the grand unveiling of the M UC’s new police helicopter which routinely patrols our skies at night, giving the McGill ghetto a little taste of what it’s like to live in Watts.

T h e U g ly Despite the economic hell this city is experiencing, the moneybags in suits decided to resuscitate Place Montreal Trust, gutting the once decrepit eyesore and replacing it with glitzy consumer madness.

The first jewel in the crown, Le

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Monde des Athlètes, hosted their grand opening on McGill College featuring basketball, BMX stunt kids and w orld’s fastest man, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey.

Just down the road, Bruny Surin, B ailey ’s countrym an and co l­ league, wound up with a much less noble gig: competing in a foot race against a car down Crescent Street.

No word as of yet if the car in ques­ tion was a Camaro.

On the heels of the A thlete’s W orld gala came the birth of our own Planet Hollywood franchise. Hot pink zebra striped exterior and flashing neon drew hordes of tourists and locals alike during the first few weeks of oper­ ation. This was before the big Planet Hollywood bash marked the official christening of the new franchise. The stars shone bright­ est on McGill College once again as one after another, celebs from all social rankings took a long walk down the red carpet before rocking out with Bruce Willis and his band the Accelerators who set up shop at the base of the proceed­ ings. Luminaries Mitsou, Carmen Electra-Rodman, Dennis Rodman, Cindy Craw ford, Sylvester Stallone and of course Mr. Willis brought the city to a standstill with their sheer greatness. Over 20,000

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people were in attendance to wit­ ness Hollywood star power at its most triumphant. The tabloids had a field day with a rumoured tryst between jilted Bruce and the Spice girl with the worst teeth, Sporty, while the “Entertainment Tonigh”t crew added a dash of the much needed fine journalism with hard hitting investigative reporting.

Preceding the Planet Hollywood chaos, ex-child star Fred Savage hosted the closing ceremonies of the most successful Montreal “Just For L aughs” Comedy Festival ever. While the WWF Superstars once again slipped into something more comfortable and partied like it was 1999 at Le Dome after their bouts in the Molson Centre.

Hopefully this brief summary of the summer should catch you up to date on the events of the past few months. Maybe next year you will stay awhile, partaking in the pomp and plentitude of a sup-zero Montreal.

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Freedom of the Press Needs You D o y o u h a v e a n o p in io n th a t n e e d s to b e e x p r e s s e d ?

D o y o u h a v e a u n iq u e in s ig h t in to s o m e th in g th a t m u s t b e u n c o v e r e d a n d e x p lo r e d in p r in t?

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lizabeth Bromstein, writing in the Gazette after the Vans™ W arped Tour hit Montreal last July, declared that punk rock is finally gaining a hardwon acceptance in m ainstream North American culture.

In her unique and inimitable prose style she declared, once and for all, that punk is here to stay, and fur­ thermore, that “it’s all good.” What could be more reassuring?

Ms. B rom stein has solved a dilemma for all of us, and even gone to the trouble of wrap­ ping the solution in a safe and easi­ ly repeatable phrase entirely devoid of meaning. Dude!

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A more serious consideration of the re-birth of punk, should it ever be necessary, would offer con­ clusions slightly more alarming than those offered by the estimable Ms. Bromstein. She makes the all too common error of confusing MTV-style “punk lite” with the real scenes and people that make

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the music and the culture an inter­ esting thing to be a part of, and in doing so manages to misunderstand any real significance that the W arped Tour may have had.

Simply put, nobody that actually cares about punk rock takes the Warped Tour seriously. The main­

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stream acceptance of punk (a cul­ ture that supposedly rejects main­ stream values) makes for an inter­ esting academic question, but it doesn't much matter to the people who are actually involved in the music. The popularity of bands like Goldfinger, 88 Fingers Louie, Lagwagon and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones is as much of a media hallucination as the popularity of Pearl Jam, Guns n’ Roses, Winger or Foghat, and in no way does it reflect the judgement of people that actually believe in the values that

The term of Mrs. Gretta Chambers' apppointment as Chancellor of McGill University will end on 30 April, 1999.

A Committee to Advise on the Nomination of a Chancellor will be struck.

I write on behalf of the Committee to invite your advice and opinion in this matter.

Victoria Lees Secretary-General McGill University Room 608, James Administration Building 845 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, QC H3A 2T5 Tel: (514) 398-3948 Fax: (514) 398-4758 Replies will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Yours taithtully, Richard W. Pound Chair of the Board of Governors and Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on the Nomination of a Chancellor

are supposed to lurk behind all the new fangled eyebrow piercings and skateboarding shoes.

Beyond the fact that it gave Montreal kids a look at one or two good bands, the Warped Tour was mostly insignificant for the scene here. That scene has been pretty weak for a few years now (Warzone, Ignite, Sick of it All, Strife, Sheer Terror and Avail have all played here, but spread out over the course of three years), but for some odd reason it seems to be making its own kind of comeback. Local bands like the D elta 6 6 6 and Banlieue Rouge are out playing good music now, and more “big name” shows are starting to make Montreal a stop on their tours. For all the punk rockers and hardcore kids that are just coming to school here (I think there may be one of you out there), enjoy the upcoming shows and don’t take them for granted. If anybody else is inter­ ested in what the music is all about, forget about Elizabeth Bromstein and go see one of the following shows: New York Hardcore quasi­ legends in the making Madball played the Rainbow September 1, as the opening act for the decidedly less impressive H2 O. I f you missed it, sorry chumps. Jello Biafra, exDead Kennedys singer and general loudmouth offers a free spoken word show at C oncordia on September 11, and with any luck the A gnostic Front/D ropkick Murphys/US Bombs “Unity Tour” will make a stop up here in early November. Call me for a ride to Burlington shows.

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By Renée D unk With the deregulation of the long-distance communication indus­ try in Canada, Bell Canada has lost its monopoly on the long distance market. Considering the arrival of numerous smaller companies offer­ ing competitive rates, it’s difficult to distinguish which one is best, or perhaps, which one is best for you. The Tribune has gone undercover, ■posing as the average consumer in order to bring you the complete low-down on every plan available to you. So here it is:

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Prose!XCons With the First Rate plan, Bell charges no minimum; if you talk for less than 2 0 dollars worth of time, you pay by the minute.

Although a leader in com­ m unication services, Bell is always the last telephone compa­ ny to lower their long-distance rates. If you want to stay on the cutting edge of long-distance prices, go with another company.

The Sprint CSR felt that since Sprint’s unlimited long dis­ tance plan appeared on the mar­ ket before the rest, you should be with them.

Sprint’s business hour rates are more expensive than Bell’s so if you plan to skip class and talk on the phone instead, stay away from any of Sprint’s long­ distance plans.

ACC deserves your business simply because they have a long­ distance plan to suit every need.

Suzanne never specified why you should be with ACC, she just kept talking about the travel card, the retro rate, and all the other perks you get with ACC.

It appears that ACC is actu­ ally a good company to be with except for the fact that they aren’t telling me exactly why I should do business with them.

In the words of one McGill stu­ dent, “I need to be romanced, man.”

Also, ACC charges you from the first ring — not when the phone is answered

With any London Telecom long-distance calling plan, you can call any time, seven days a week. The company also offers reverse calling within the core netw ork with the London Telecom access code.

With the arrival of all the other long distance plans, London T elecom ’s rates no longer seem as spectacular.

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Santropol Roulant links young and old

By Renée D unk As if delivering over 80 meals a day wasn’t enough, many people choose to do it for free. Santropol Roulant is a non-profit, communi­ ty-oriented volunteer organization.

A self-named “Meals on Wheels service for people living with a loss of autonom y,” Santropol Roulant enlists over 250 volunteers a year and during its four year exis­ tence has employed more than 65 people, all under the age of 30.

The Roulant project itself is one of the biggest meals on wheels projects in the province. The orga­ nization, located on Duluth Ave. West, delivers meals mainly to elderly clients, and places empha­ sis on inter-generational

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T h e service aims to link t h e young v o lu n ­ teers and the e ld e rly clients not only through the personable delivery ser­ vice but also through communi­ ty events such as a recent brunch for the entire netw ork held at Montreal’s Botanical Gardens.

Santropol R oulant charges three dollars per meal which is used to cover the base costs of food. Volunteers are given the opportunity to deliver food on foot, by bike or car to M ontreal-area clients. With the help of a recent grant from the federal government, project coordinators are now able to employ 12 salaried workers including three in the kitchen, three client managers as well as one employee to help the Project Go. Local com panies, such as the Saiyde Bronfman Center, help out the volunteer service with dona­ tions on a yearly basis.

Project Go, one of the projects housed under the Roulant organi­ zation, is a program that enlists the help of local university and CEGEP students. Each day, pre­ pared meals are dropped off on campuses city-wide and students volunteers deliver the meals on foot to areas surrounding the schools. Geneviève Gauthier, coor­ dinator of Project Go, explained how the outreach program touches not only the elderly but the volun­ teers themselves.

“The goal is to give young people and elderly people a chance to be together,” she stated. “It’s about not just about helping others but getting appreciated and getting something out of it too.”

Gauthier recounts stories of how volunteers have gone beyond

the projects’ borders to reach out to the elderly in their own ways. She recalls an incident where one Concordia volunteer helped a client move out of a near-con­ demned building on top of taking her swimming each week.

G authier believes that the young have a lot to learn from the elderly, “They have so much to give and we don’t even realize it.”

Santropol Roulant also offers young people a service called the Skills Exchange Program. Students who are living under the poverty line are urged to apply for the ser­ vice which allows them to live cheaply in apartments owned by Santropol Roulant in exchange for ten hours of service to the network.

Upcoming Santropol pro­ jects include Le Pont R o u l a n t new sletter as a> well as an in ter-g e n era­ O) tional center located at S a n tr o p o l ’ s new office located ju st south of Duluth on St. Laurent Blvd.

G a u th ie r c explained that M cGill stu­ dents have a become vital to & Project Go as o well as the R o u l a n t Program. Each year, Santropol R oulant recruits students from kiosks on campus as well as from a booth at Activities Night.

“There are a lot of dedicated students at McGill,” Gauthier com­ mented. “I look forward to hearing from them again this year.”

When prompted for an overall description of Santropol Roulant, co-founder Keith Fitzpatrick explained that the Santropol catch phrase is “the cycle of serving and learning.” He, as well, feels that it is not only what the volunteers give to the community but what the community gives to the volunteers.

“It’s a great project,” added Gauthier. “People are attracted to [Santropol] Roulant. M oney is sometimes an issue since we are not-for-profit. It’s not always easy but it won’t stop, we just couldn’t close.”

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A brief look at the latest patterns and trends Beware coffee drinkers — the black stuff may be worse than you think •According to a recent article on garbage in Shift magazine, the estimated number of years a foam coffee cup stays in a landfill before biodegrading is 500.

•The percentage of the world’s garbage produced in North America is 50 and the per­ centage of the world’s population living in North America is 8 .

•The percentage increase in the amount of paper packaging in Canada since 1988 is 11.

•The percentage of recycled garbage in Canada is 45.

•The number of pieces of junk mail deliv­ ered to Canadian households last year is 13 bil­ lion.

•The amount a fan paid an auction for a jar of Kurt Cobain’s pimple cream is $175.

Female genital mutilation in the USA — "You won't believe how good sex can be!"

In a recent Madamoiselle Q&A, laser vagi­ nal rejuvenation is the latest in good sex.

Basically, the procedure tightens the vaginal muscles that relax over time with child bearing and ageing. The procedure takes about an hour and using a laser, the doctor cuts through the vaginal mucous membrane to reach the muscles walls. He then brings the muscles together with regular sutures. David Matlock, an American MD., performs about 20 rejuvenations a month ranging in price form $2,500 to $8,000 per vagi­ na. He asserts that a woman’s sexual gratifica­ tion is directly related to the friction generated during intercourse. Clitoris, hello?

"Merging on Disaster" — The newest Canadian conglomerate Recent and potential bank mergers may spell nothing but bad news for Canadians. In a recent article published in Canadian Perspectives, the mergers, a vehicle to “greater efficiencies” and “economics of scale” will sim­ ply reduce costs by cutting jobs. In the next few years, Canadians can expect to see the closure of over 1000 branches per merger and the elimina­ tion of ten to 15 per cent of the banks combined workforce. Consequences may include limited access to depositors as well as small business loans. Executive Director of the Council of Canadians Peter Bleyer stated in the article that, “Canadians will be left to pay the price [of the mergers], whether by losing their deposits, pay­ ing for a public bailout or coping with the massive social and economic crisis that would ensue.”

According to Bleyer, conglomerates such as the mega-bank must be avoided at all costs.

“Canada’s banks have come to view their public charters as a licence for mak­ ing profits rather than as a privilege carrying clear obligations [...] The mega merg­ ers must be stopped. The public good demands it.”

Diana — One Year Later Exactly one year after Diana’s death, the media blitz continues. According to a recent cover story in People magazine, Diana’s friends and family are thriving and mourning her death in their own way.

Her sons, William and Harry, appear to be “adapting with ease” and are even frolick­ ing with Britain’s own Spice Girls. Prince Charles has moved on, making his first public appearance with Camilla Parker Bowles at her private 50th birthday party.

And Her Majesty the Queen is attemping to carry on where Diana left off, appearing for the first time in her life at a pub as well as promoting an environmentally-friendly liquified petroleum fuel. Furthermore, she has even hinted at the fact that she may stop wearing fur. Life in the uni­ verse goes on, even without the Princess of Wales.

The Tribune braved the chaos o f lower campus and Open Air Pub last Friday to speak to new stu­ dents experiencing all the fun and excitement of the SSMU frosh program Here’s what the frosh had to say about their first impressions of McGill.

Intervie w s by Renée D u n k and R ich R etyi; Photos by C a th e rin e Farq u harson

Karen Li Calgary. Alberta, U0 Management The residences are ugly. It was raining, it was midnight, I don’t know. The people here are erratic and crazy and my cab driver swore at me in French but I understood. Frosh is fun. I liked the management pub crawl. Also, I’m looking forward to [the SSMU] White Water Rafting [frosh excursion].

Katrine M alian Burlington, Ontario ,U0 Arts Michael M urray Burlington, Ontario ,U0 Management McGill is very laid back, very relaxed. I live in Solin Hall and it is not a far as everyone thinks.

Everything is gorgeous — the grounds, the building, the people. It’s like Hollywood or something. [Instead of Management Frosh], I did Arts Frosh. It was awesome. I live in Gardner, I’ve got a gorgeous room.

[McGill is] spiff, beautiful, gorgeous, right-on.

Dara Klut Toronto, Ontario ,U0 Arts I got here oh Sunday and the first thing I did was go to the bongo park. The atmosphere and the music were pretty cool. That’s summer though, I’m dreading for the winter to come. I’m not looking forward to my classes. [This week], I haven’t really been part of Frosh, I’ve sort of done my own thing. I don’t really like Frosh but I agree that they should have it. The [McGill] campus is beautiful, the people here are friendly.

Talia Liberm an Montreal, Quebec, U1 Industrial Relations Rob Blatt Montreal, Quebec, U1 Psychology Frosh is awesome! All we’ve done so far is party, it’s been great.

This school is great, [McGill is] energetic.

The social life here is awesome, everyone should do it [frosh]. It should be a year round thing. Montreal is a party town. It’s awesome!

Ken Pang Vancouver, BC, UO Arts My first impression of McGill was the hill to Gardner, it’s very steep. I was carrying five suitcases. They should finance an elevator ser­ vice and charge a dollar a trip. [Aside from that], this place looks pretty old with that green stuff on the walls. I find it weird that the McGill founder’s bones are buried on campus. Thumbs up to Gert’s. This place is confusing and bureaucratic.

Alex Gringoriev Vancouver, BC , U0 Management My first impressions were the free beer, the awesome people and the good parties. That’s pretty much it, what else is there? I’ve been to Peel Pub, Cafe Campus, Mad Hatter’s...I haven’t been to a bad place yet. I was pretty drunk, though. I’ve been pretty happy so far.

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The narcotising effect of being number one Why all the "best country in the world" hype is killing Canada e ’ve heard before that it’s Quebec’s right to seek sovereignty, mates that there were 1,480,000 lonely at the top, but nobody essentially telling Canadians and poor children in Canada in 1996 — has ever told us that it’s actually Quebecers that it would be foolish hardly a statistic that is fitting of to mess with the formula that has “the best country in the world.” dangerous.

Year after year, Canada has lead to the best country in the been ranked number one in the world. Sadly, his assertions stamp Slave to an external U nited N atio n s’ Human out any debate that would advance litmus test Developm ent Index. The index a positive reconfiguration of the uses only three criteria to So, Canada still has determine the general qual­ some work to do, but ity of life in a nation: life what’s wrong with a little expectancy, education lev­ bit of self affirmation you els and per capita income. m ight ask? A fter all, One would think that being Canada has never really top dog on the international been seen as a nation com­ stage should be a consider­ fortable with a flamboyant able achievem ent, but expression of identity. The unfortunately, statistical problem is, using the UN averages end up hiding ranking as our source of inequalities. Here’s where affirmation is relying on things get dangerous — something external to give Canada’s politicians and Heritage Minister Shiela Copps clings to a concep­ us definition. It isn’t as bad tion of Canada that is cute, fuzzy and folkloric opinion leaders keep shov­ as defining ourselves by ing our UN ranking in the what we aren’t, but it certainly fails Canadian federation. face of those who demand social We should be afraid of anyone to find som ething th a t’s both change. domestic and enduring.

Being “number one” traps us that vehemently reassures us that Our national leaders haven’t we’re number one.

They scare us in a box where we are told that we done much to build a healthy into thinking that we risk losing can’t move or change for fear that national identity. Department of it will mess something up. It also our cherished position and they lull Heritage M inister Sheila Copps us into a complacency with the sta­ delegitimizes the demands of every gave away $28 million worth of person who thinks that life can be tus quo. For example, we forget Canadian flags as a way of boost­ made better in Canada. They’re about other areas where we are a ing our national sentim ent. leader, like child poverty.

Canada merely whiners who don’t realize Anything that’s cute, fuzzy and has one of the highest rates of child how good they’ve got it. Prime folkloric passes the test for federal Minister Jean Chrétien dutifully poverty in the industrialized world, identity projects — it isn’t contro­ with just over one in five children trotted out our United Nations versial, but at the same time, it isn’t ranking when faced with the recent living below the poverty line. The effective either. It does nothing to National Council of Welfare esti­ Suprem e Court decision on

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o b s e r v a tio n Abject calls to nationalistic fervour seem to be competing head to head with our traditional eco­ nomic rationalization for all major Canadian decisions. Many policy debates have been strangled by one question: can we afford it? It’s one thing to live within our means, but it’s another thing to fool ourselves into thinking that we live in a world where we have lost the right and ability to state our priorities.

Health care is too expensive, but reduced corporate taxation isn’t.

With Finance Minister Paul Martin’s recently balanced budget, i t ’s a lot harder to argue that finances dictate our social situa­ tion. The demise of the federal fis­ cal crisis means that there needs to be a new way of keeping a leash on the public debate. Welcome to Canada, World Utopia. Poverty, inequality, media monopoly, mega­ banks, racism — “shut up,” we’re told, “because it could be a lot worse.” True, but we forget that it could be a whole lot better.

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M ontreal artists give new life to destroyed trees

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Last winter’s ice storm had a devastating effect on many sectors of Montreal. The majority of the city’s trees experienced consider­ able damage during the storm , prompting the city to donate four enormous stumps, each weighing more than a ton, to the Saidye Bronfman Centre’s School of Fine Arts. Four artists, all instructors at the School, created a collection of sculptures from these stumps, enti­ tled Schola Sculptura.

Galin Tzonov’s “Love” is a three-piece work. Wooden faces one angular, flat, almost surreal and the other rounded, more human - are scarred by the chainsaws and chisels that carved them. The resulting art gives an impression of profound injury to these faces, and to the trees themselves, whose nat­ ural grains and knots heighten the humanity of this impressive work.

Between the two faces is a kneel­ ing child wearing a red and white checkered shirt. His head is bowed, obscured, and upon closer inspec­ tion is a perfectly smooth surface whose features are dulled and

rounded.

Michele Lavoie’s “Passages” is a book sitting on a kind of lectern, its pages - made of rubber - open to reveal a B raille-like script which is in the form of words and sentences but which is indeci­ pherable. Facing this page is a blank picture frame. Jean-Louis Émond’s “Méridien” is an oblong block of wood, into which is carved a human-like figure with no legs; it is a puzzling figure without a clear face. A semi-circular piece of tarnished metal rises from the top of the sculpture, while on the other side there is a metal-coated cavity from which the figure might have emerged.

The three artists make very different usage of the same medi­ um. Tzonov rounds all his edges, crosses all his t ’s, even while exploring rougher and smoother surfaces. Emond, conversely, rev­ els in leaving his “Méridien” unfin­ ished. Jagged splinters of wood surround the edges of the work, and chainsaw cuts are left unsand­ ed.

The project itself, artistic merit aside, is a noble one. It is a tribute

both to Montreal’s artistic commu­ nity and to the city itself that an event like the ice storm, with somany economic consequences, could provoke an artistic response, to address, perhaps, the deeper wounds. The sculptures were, in fact, created in public. The artists worked for over a month outdoors at Montreal’s Old Port. It is, in this way, a com pletely cohesive process, from a natural disaster, to the public creation and finally the public (and free) exhibition of valuable works of art.

The Montreal corporate com­ munity’s support of the works, in the form of providing space for the exhibition, reinforces the commu­ nity nature of the exhibit, its motives and accomplishments. The exhibition first ran at Place Alexis Nihon and may “tour” downtown Montreal indefinitely if corporate and public interest persists.

The exhibit runs until October 2 in the labyrinthine lobbies of the

Centre de commerce mondial de M ontreal, on the east side o f Square Victoria, just south o f StAntoine.

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Grant Lee Buffalo belts out one for the ages

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There is nothing at all mini­ malist about Grant Lee Buffalo. In an era where good rock and roll tends to be stripped down to its bare essentials, this Los Angeles quartet belts out ear-splitting, melodious soundscapes the likes of which have rarely been heard since Bruce Springsteen parted ways with the E Street Band.

It isn’t just the noise that sets them apart; it is their ability, espe­ cially on-stage, to create living, breathing w orlds inside those sou n dscapes. In songs like “Testimony,” an exquisite track from Jubilee, their most recent release, singer Grant Lee Phillips laments his romantic inadequa­ cies: “How can I give a testimony of my time / When it’s so hard to pen a simple valentine?” The song culminates in a soaring falsetto, in which the gifted vocalist implores “I couldn’t love ya m ore.” The bond between performer and audi­ ence is absolute here, as it was for much of the show.

P h illip s ’ vocal and guitar skills, combined with the subtler touches of accordion and organ, were the driving forces behind Grant Lee Buffalo’s phenomenal th ree-en co re perfo rm ance at C abaret last T uesday night.

Bathed in carnivalesque lighting.

shrouded in fog and watched over by hovering cherubs and a string o f bare light bulbs, the band charged through over two hours of incredibly solid, sincere material.

The glory days of rock and roll, one could genuinely believe, are alive and well and living in California.

N ever before has this review er w itnessed an audi­ ence drown out the house m usic to dem and another encore, though it hardly seemed sur­ prising given that the band kept “ending” the concert with tenm inute epics laced with rollicking piano solos and P h illip s’ g u ita r - s tr a n g lin g rom ps across the stage.

R eflectin g P hillips is an in trig u in g p erso n ality ; an extrem ely self-conscious p er­ former, he rarely played to the audience, instead staring straight at his guitar or at best out into space. He did seem totally at ease joking around while battling a stubborn capo and, though diffi­ cult to describe the band’s sound as “fun-loving,” the rest of the

band, particularly drummer Joey Peters, seemed to be having a ball.

It’s amazing how much that little attitude can add to a performance, and how much complete indiffer­ ence (Radiohead, come on down)

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The Cabaret, moreover, was an ab solutely ideal venue for Grant Lee Buffalo, and its warmth and intim acy contributed ines­ timably to the concert’s success.

Most bands claim to be having the time of their life wherever they are; P h illip s probably said it W ednesday night in T oronto,

Thursday in Grant Rapids, Friday in C leveland. I t ’s not really important whether it’s true; for two incredible hours, Grant Lee Buffalo made believers of us all.

As a side note, it was truly d istressin g to see a concert like this one prom oted solely by V erm ont’s 99.9 The Buzz. If CHOM, for instance, would take even the tiniest step away from its current cock-rock format, it would find any num­ ber o f great bands playing exactly the type of music its lis­ teners would appreci­ ate, G rant Lee Buffalo among them.

It is fo rtu n ate that Montreal music fans are dedicated enough to search out good bands w ithout the b en efit o f local radio, and that bands like Grant Lee Buffalo are willing to play here to smaller, if no less enthusi­ astic crowds.

Rebecca Catching

T R IB picks M O N T R E A L W O R L D FILM F E S T IV A L

An eclectic and occasionally controversial collection from around the globe, including Roberto Benigni's much-dis­ cussed holocaust "comedy" Life is Beautiful. At the Imperial and Parisien Theatres UN TIL S E P T E M B E R 7

C R E A M '98 A T O L Y M P IC S T A D IU M Some purists seem to have a problem with the "first urban and electronic music festival." but there are some big names on the bill and what else were you going to do Sunday night?

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INDIAN CLASSIC AL M USIC If Indian music was good enough for the Beatles, then maybe we should give it a try. This Sunday, experience Bernard Matt on the sitar, at l'Église Notre-Dame-deGrâce (5323 av. NDG, metro Villa-Maria), at 7:30. 3691535 FOR INFORMATION. SU N D A Y S E P T E M B E R 6, 7:30P.M .

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Revenge on Avengers' Media Muzzle

club that bore its nam e straddles the dying days of the decadent 1970s and follows the meteoric rise and fall of a dim-wit­ ted young hunk of beefcake (Shane O’Shea, played by Ryan Phillippe) — much in the same manner as the much more im pressive Boogie Nights. That’s where the similarity

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It’s been a banner summer for over-hyped and dreadful Hollywood movies. Hot on the heels of the lam entable The Avengers comes first-timer Mark C hristo p h er’s retrocrazed exercise in bad film m aking, a p lod­ ding m orality tale about how the path of excess is fraught with all m anner of souldestroying pitfalls.

The eponym ous subject of the film is New York’s legendary •nightclub Studio 54; Christopher attempts to astound the audi­ ence by displaying its deification of all that is famous and beautiful.

All the expected clichés abound; for example, we’re sub­ M ike M yers fe e lin g a little qu easy... jected to the specta­ cle of the begging hordes clamouring to get past the ends.

A voice-over narrative magical velvet rope. Funny— it wasn’t all that hard to get past a attempts to string the disparate ele­ similar-looking velvet rope at the m ents of 54 together, but Faubourg, and when I prompted P h illip p e’s New Jersey drone the ticket-taking guy for a brief cri­ instead just highlights some truly tique of 54, he stroked his chin and laughable writing. To wit: “Mom died when I was thirteen.” [Cut to sagely observed, “It sucks.”

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Campbell and Salma Hayek, whose wooden characters are busy claw­ ing their way to the top of the glit­ terati ladder.

A heavily prosthetisized Mike Myers turns in his first “dramatic” performance as impresario Steve Rubell, the sybaritic master-of-cerem onies behind Studio 54. Myers’ performance is the only redeem ing quality behind the film and even then it is mediocre. The comic genius of the man behind Austin P o w e r s , International Man o f M ystery only serves to under­ score the banality of this serious turn.

N onetheless, i t ’s quite something to see the man who so brilliantly played Dr. Evil slur the words “I want to suck your cock,” then nonchalantly vomit on the pile of money he’s using for bedding.

The real Rubell was a moist and garrulous huckster who just wanted to “throw the best party in the world, a party that would last j forever,” and did so with originali­ ty and daring until the 1RS finally caught up with him. Originality and daring, unfortunately, are two qualities sorely lacking in the movie version.

What’s so distressing about 54 is writer-director C hristopher’s desultory pileup of cliché after cliché: strapping young stud, while peeing, discovers he’s got the clap; j famous folks snort coke and have public sex; born-again lad chucks his bong (and his old ways) out the I window of his moving car. The | movie even sneaks in a lame jab against the evil corporations who came in and Wal-Mart-ified New | York’s trendy nightclubs.

The narcissistic utopia of Studio 54 was fundamentally hol­ low, but the film unnecessarily shares that emptiness. You don’t have to be good looking or famous | to enjoy this eminently forgettable film, but being a complete idiot might help.

held The Avengers from the media prior to its release date in theaters, A N ondescript Hollyw ood thus saving the film from scathing office. media previews. Postponing a criti­ cal massacre of the film meant that “Look. W e’ve got Uma Warner could pack theaters based Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, and Sean on marketing hype before the word Connery. Yeah, he signed on. It’s a got out, an increasingly common practice among production compa­ go” “You seen the script yet?” nies that find themselves stuck Uh ... yeah. Well, some of it. I with more film product than con­ mean, it’s just like the TV show tent. right?

And film product is exactly “Hmm. Retro. Very good, what Hollywood movies like The very hip. Who are we giving it to?” Avengers are turning into, especial­ “Ah ... (shuffles papers) ly when promotional tie-ins are in Chechik. Jeremiah S. Chechik.” place before shooting begins.

“Who?” ‘See the m o v ie!’, urge the “Relax. It’s gold. We shell out advertisements, ‘Read the Bantam for the effects, throw Uma in some book! Buy the Soundtrack album catsuits... bang! Box Office Hit!" on W arner Sunset/ A tlantic Or miss.

Records! V isit our web site at w w w . t h e avengers.com!’

Not that it com es as a su r­ prise that the e n te rta in m e n t industry is out to make a buck. But m uzzling the media in order to directly market to consumers seems to be shady, if not do w n rig h trig h t unethical.

G ranted, a pre­ release of a bad film does not nec­ essarily mean a bad review. There are plenty of crit­ ics on the circuit willing to become yes-m en in exchange for a favour or two.

Uma a n d R a lp h em b o d y sty le o v e r s u b sta n c e Just notice how The Avengers is indisputably many average films become “The this summer’s box office bomb. best comedy I’ve seen all year” Lured into theaters by A-list actors around Oscar season. Still, as a in a big budget remake, audiences whole, entertainment journalism were presented with a melange of acts as a monitor of the quality and shoddy action sequences involving content of industry offerings. giant mechanical killer hornets, Elim inating the press as public life-sized technicolour Gummi- advocates means that studios get to bears, and evil-twin clones. The peddle garbage, and that we get to movie meandered through dream pay eight dollars for the privilege sequences inexplicable costume of watching it. changes, and a séries of mazes, where ultimately the plot got lost.

The Avengers is sure to be In fact, the only thing worse playing for $2.50 at the Palace in a than the film is the marketing ploy matter o f days. behind it. Warner Brothers with­ Wait for it.

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S o n ic R o o m been putting out albums for the past seventeen years might come as a surprise. Even more surpris­ ing, perhaps, is the fact that some­ one has decided that now, after DM’s demise and Gahan’s wellpublicized narcotics spree, is the time for a Depeche Mode tribute album.

The Smashing Pumpkins join Failure. The Cure. Dish walla, and Veruca Salt, among others, in reworking classics like "Enjoy the Silence,” "Master and Servant,” and “Policy of Truth.” Standout takes include M eat Beat M anifesto’s rem ake of “Everything Counts,” and Veruca ’s gender-bent “Somebody.”

The rest of the album is lacklustre at best, and sounds at times like high school bands covering the hits. It’s listenable only by virtue

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of Depeche Mode's classic synthpop songwriting. The disc fails as a tribute mainly because so few of the artists try anything different with the tracks, which leaves the listener wondering if the bands didn’t get together and record the CD just to bail DM out of an old contractual obligation.

— Flaine O 'Coiuior Lauryn Hill

The Misedueation o f Ijiuryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia) In a recent attempt to capital­ ize on the growing solo female artist market, Lauryn Hill offers the world a chance to hear the diva behind the Fugees.

Following in the footsteps of Refugee alumni Wyclef and Pras, Lauryn tries but ultimately fails to match the considerable sucess of their solo efforts. Her album is provocative at times. Hill teases

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fall/ And when you do, who you gonna call?” At the same time though, the album takes a preachy tone. In “To Zion.” a song about her son and her decision not to have an abortion, and “Forgive them Father” in which she laments the “false motives of others/ ...who pretend to be brothers,” we get the impression that Lauryn is desper­

ately trying to appear deep and meaningful.

In contrast to the uninspired lyrics, preachy tone and disjointed, alm ost chaotic harm onies, the album manages to pack some seri­ ously phat beats. Track two, “Last Ones" bursts with the same funky hip-hop rhythm found on The S co re 's “F ugee-la” and “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” and will alm ost certainly be released as a single. Although Lauryn may not stand on her own as an artist, it is impressive that she is credited with writing, pro­ ducing and arranging the entire album (along with a deceased Ché Guevara).

Ultimately, this is an album for Lauryn’s die hard fans; those who can’t handle a Wyclef-iess Lauryn would do better getting their Fugee fix by giving The Score a re-listen.

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , W e d n e s d a y , 2 S eptem ber 19 98

Montreal — not just for CEGEP kids The time has come to immerse yourself in academia once again.

Although McGill is interesting, diverse, cosmopolitan, etc. it can also be the one blemish on the life of a university student.

If only going away to school didn’t involve so much...school. I realize we are here to.study as much as the next person, if you were suddenly under the impression that I was a fraternity recruiter. But for­ get the line at the Bookstore, professors don’t want to talk to you yet and heat makes the library smell even more gamey anyways. You can organize your desk later, but please, just stop the academ ic panic. Breathe. Now, it’s time to pour yourself a drink. That, my friends, is what this column is all about- places to go and things to do away from campus.

Every week I will review a bar or event in Montreal that I find par­ ticularly amusing or interesting.

Contrary to popular belief (i.e. par­ ents), getting away from the rigors of school is not self-indulgent, it’s self-preservation. For those of you who can postpone buying your textbooks for a month at least, this is the column for you.

I chose to write this column

because I am fascinated with Montreal night life, especially the unusual, cheesy and kitsch. To explain this fascination, let me first explain my background. I come from a small town in Maine where “night life” means what TV pro­ grams people watch between 7 and

8 p.m. I am not 21, so the local biker bar is not an entertainment option. After much searching I found the next best thing- the Pool Hall. It became my favorite place to go after I decided that girls who play pool are inherently sexy and that this somehow applies to me.

Some may find this amusing as I can’t hold a cue properly and sometimes resort to batting balls in the pockets with my hands. At the pool hall beer bellies, loud country music and dim wits rule supreme, and the most popular pick-up line is “how old are you?” Although I love the pool hall with all my heart, it pales in comparison to what’s going on in Montreal. My fascina­ tion perhaps stems from depriva­

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tion. All night life is equally inter­ esting to my naïve eyes.

Although this is a column about night life, let me dispel a few myths up front. Perhaps you believe that club reviewers are all divas or studs with closets full of the coolest clothes known to man.

Let me put your mind at rest- I AM NOT COOL. I can’t dance and plat­ form shoes make me fall over. The places I go to anyone could go to. That brings me to my second myth- THE PLACES I GO ARE NOT COOL. In fact, quite the opposite. They are at best, funny or at worst, horrifying.

Definitely don’t use this column to recommend places for your cool European friends to visit or worse, your parents.

I don’t have space for a fullfledged bar review but I do have a piece of advice- GO OUT NOW! It’s guilt-free and if you pass out in the street you wonft die of hypothermia. I’m looking forward to a year of adventure and hope you will join me. Until my next column and first recommendation, please don’t waste your time in that gamey library.

Next week...

In this space each week you will find a reasonably diverse but nec­ essa rily selec tiv e listin g o f upcoming musical events in the Montreal area. We hope to repre­ sent many d iffe re n t styles o f music, so input from those with a sp ec ia lized know ledge (club scene, punk, etc.) is encouraged.

THIS WEEK (September 2-81 Thursday Metalheads, unite! Slayer head­ lines a hum ourless evening of death metal, supported by Fear Factory and Kilgore, at Verdun Auditorium, for a genuinely out­ rageous $25.50 + tax. Cheaper free, in fact - is jo yd ro p with BTK at Cafe Campus.

Saturday Great Big Sea doesn’t do any­ thing that S pirit of the W est hasn’t done before, and better, but these totally egoless Newfies put on a decent show if you like that sort of thing. They headline the Big Bad Backyard BBQ Blowout, supported by Colin James, The Philosopher Kings, Lindy and red alert! - "Mix 96 favourites" The Cherry Pickers. At Bourbon Street North. There are apparently buses from campus(es): call 450229-2905.

Sunday Local ska with K in g p in s and Planet Smashers, among others, at the Spectrum, $12 in advance or $16 at the door. Cream 98, "the first urban & electronic music fes­ tival, featuring A lex G ilford of Propellerheads, Carl Cox and many others at Olympic Stadium.

Tuesday night Montreal’s answer to Frank Sinatra swung into town for a one nighter at Cabaret. Media darling Rufus Wainwright took time out from promoting his new self-titled album and gracing the covers of trendy music mags to play for a crowd that “knew him back when...”

Thu 09/11 N ick Cave & The B ad Seeds, with Freakwater at Theatre Olym pia, $22.50. The Death Across America tour, with C ryptopsy, G orguts, N ile and Oppressor at Foufounes, $7 or $ 1 0 at the door.

Fri 09/12 Big Sugar, Matthew G ood B a n d and P luto, at the Spectrum.

Mon 09/15 Massive Attack, with D J Lewis Parker at Metropolis* sold out.

Wed 09/17 George Winston at Club Soda.

Thu 09/18 Maceo Parker at the Medley. The Hieroglyphics Tour, with Souls o f Mischief, DEL The Funky Homosapien, Casual and The Prose, at Cabaret, $15.

Fri 09/19 Tripping Daisy, with Bradford Reed & His Am azing P en c ilin a , at C afe C am pus, $13.50.

Mon 09/22 Marcy Playground at Spectrum.

Wed 09/24 Cowboy Junkies at Spectrum.

Thu 09/25 Juliana Hatfield, at Café Campus, $12.50.

Mon 09/29 i, -cheeba, with the Pernice B rothers at Spectrum, $17.50.

Tue 10/14 Big Brother <& The H o ld in g Co., w ith B ern a rd Allison at Café Campus.

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Mon 10/20 Aerosmith, with Fuel at the Molson Centre.

Tue 09/09 E l Vez, at Cabaret, $12.50.

Wed 10/22 A fro -C u b a n A llStars at Spectrum.

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Alouettes corral Stampeders in battle of top CFL teams B y M anny A lmela

It took longer than m ost expected, but the Alouettes finally provided their fans a glimpse of the incredible potential they pos­ sess by defeating the C algary Stampeders 40-32 Friday night at Mol son Stadium.

The offence, which had been dormant as of late, responded with a team effort which, to the delight of the season high 17,501 in atten­ dance proved to be more than the Calgary defence could handle.

The final score on this night did not reflect how dominant the Als were on both ends of the ball.

Calgary seemed determined not to let running back Mike Pringle beat them and almost dared Montreal to pass the ball. This would prove to be a gamble they would live to regret, as quarterback Tracy Ham responded to the challenge by completing 10 of his 14 first half passes for 149 yards. H am ’s favourite target was new lyacquired slot back C hris A rm strong, who caught six of

those passes for 111 yards.

That potent aerial attack, cou­ pled with a key touchdown run by Ham and a pair of Pringle TDs, staked the Als to a 24-9 half-time lead they would never look back upon. The story of the first half was Montreal’s efficiency inside the Stampeder 20-yard line and Calgary’s own failure to capitalize on several key plays in the Alouettes’ red zone.

By repeatedly being forced to settle for field goals, the Stamps found themselves in a hole from which they would never recover.

Despite the high-scoring nature of the game, the Als defence played an im portant role and looked almost invincible at times as they repeatedly fru strated the Stampeder offence.

Calgary managed something of a comeback in the second half, but the Alouettes were not about to let this game get away and held on for the hard-fought victory to bring their season record to 7-2.

“It ju st feels good to put together a complete game and exe­

Billed as a possible Grey Cup game. In the midst of all this hype cute the way we know we can, and the fact that the attendance said Ham. “We really want­ was the highest since the Als ed this game and I think it moved to Molson Stadium, the showed out there on the home team chose a great time to field to n ig h t.” The Als make a statement to the league, quarterback ended up com­ not to mention the city. The ‘98 pleting 17 of 23 for 235 edition of the Alouettes seems yards. poised to accept their preseason Als running back Mike label as the team to beat and Pringle bounced back quite make this CFL season one to nicely from a quiet first half remember for Montreal fans. which saw him amass only This impressive victory sets 40 yards to finish up strong up a possible battle for first with 153 yards on 29 car­ place in the east on Sunday ries as he continued to put September 13 at 1 pm at Molson up MVP-type numbers.

Stadium versus the Hamilton “It feels really good to Tigercats. come up with this type of a breakthrough game since we haven’t been scoring a lot of points lately, but our defence did a great jo b tonight too,” said Pringle.

“Our offensive line Catherine Farquharson really wore them down D o m in a tio n a t tonight. By the second half M o ls o n S ta d iu m they were blow ing the defence right off the line and that preview, it was quite clear both made my jo b a lot ea sie r,” he before and after the game that this was not simply a regular season added.

New-look Redmen ready for 1998 season opener B y TJ Jeeroburkhan r*e,

the Redmen is not short on talent.

The McGill football Redmen open their 124th football season on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Molson Stadium with a game against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, a team which the fighting red & white have not managed to defeat over the last five seasons.

Head coach Charlie Baillie, preparing for his 27th year at the helm of the Redmen, enters the season as the winningest coach in McGill football history and the ninth-w inningest coach in Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union history. This season howev­ er, coach Baillie, who faces the prospect of fielding a team which has lost 14 of the 24 starters from last season, has somewhat modest expectations for his squad and has set reasonably attainable goals for the team.

“To imagine that we can finish in first place would be simply unre­ alistic,” said coach Baillie. “This season we will be aiming to finish with a record good enough to ensure us of hosting a home playoff game. This is going to be a devel­ oping season for the team, and since we have many first and sec­ ond year players we will be looking for building experience from game to game.”

To put Coach Baillie’s words into perspective, 42 of the 71 play­ ers who suited up in training camp, which began August 18th, were either first or second year players and only 10 were born before 1976.

But despite the obvious youth and rough edges coach Baillie has had to account for, he was quick to point out that this year’s edition of

At the helm The quarterback situation appears to be under control with the return of David McKinnon, who despite a small frame at 5’9” -

the job, the coaching staff will have a number of options this season at the quarterback position.

On the ground Running back Shawn Linden returns from a serious leg injury'to

offensive line. McGill’s offensive line will average 6’2” and 2731bs, but after losing four members of last year’s starting line, they are relatively young. Seniors Andrew Castellarin and Francois Dupuis figure to lead an inexperienced group into b attle this season.

Freshm an Jeff G ayton, at an impressive 6’7” and 329 lbs., will also help to reinforce the front five.

In the air

D arche (5 5 ) w ill once again be a big p a r t o f th e D

1891bs., more than held his own last season and became the first freshman to start for McGill in the last two decades. From McKinnon coach Baillie expects continued improvement over last season’s performance. Also, the emergence of freshmen Josh Sommerfeldt, T ristan Hovey, and Phillipe Couillard; can only bolster the tal­ ent level at quarterback.

Coach B aillie has been im pressed with the work of Sommerfeldt, an Alberta native, throughout the training camp, and it seems as though with three fresh­ man and one sophomore vying for

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play his fifth season, and is set to anchor the ground game. As a returning veteran, Linden, a former divisional rookie-of-the-year, is going to be heavily depended on.

For the Redmen to be successful this season, Linden must have a year which merits him considera­ tion for the Hec Creighton Trophy, as the CIAU’s most outstanding player. According to coach Baillie, Linden has been looking strong in camp and will be prepared to carry the load.

The fortunes of both Linden and the quarterbacks may rest, however, on the work done by the

The aerial attack will be solid­ ified by four-year veteran receiver Rob Posthumus. Coach Baillie will be counting on Posthumus to lead the receiving corps this season and once again provide the quarter­ backs with a reliable target which they can confidently throw the ball to. Another fourth year player, P hillipe L ebel, senior Dave Chambers, and third-year man Steve McKellar, should also con­ tribute to the success of the passing game.

The kicking game remains solid for the Redmen as both punter Bentley Harris and place-kicker Gord Hoogenraad return from last season.

On the other side of the foot­ ball, the defence appears to be solid enough, despite losing five starters from last year. With senior co-cap­ tain J.P. Darche at middle line­ backer, one-time iron-man foot­ baller Andray Wellington manning the defensive line at rush end, as well as Sal Brohi and Jerome Poulin controlling the defensive backfield, the Redmen defence will be able to keep the team in some football games this season.

Coach Baillie made it quite clear that this year’s edition of the

Redmen, with their comparatively young roster, will rely heavily on the support and enthusiasm of the McGill fans.

In an effort to increase fan attendance at Molson Stadium this year, more activities will be in place surrounding each game. For example, the US Coast Guard will be sending a band for a game this season, and for this Wednesday night’s game at the stadium, there will be a half-time show tribute to “Ice Storm ‘98” involving some 300 people.

Tickets to M cG ill Redmen football games are $9 for adults, $5 fo r students, and free for chil­ dren 12 & under. Season tickets, which include their fo u r home games, can be also be purchased at the affordable price o f $23 fo r adults and $10 for students. They can be purchased at M olson Stadium, 475 Pine St. West, on game days or at the Arthur Currie Gym anytime prior to game day.

Coming up this week Redmen Football vs. Ottawa GeeGees, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Molson Stadium. Also, at Laval University Monday, 1:30 p.m.

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Down on the farm in Idaho

S P O R TS briefs A t h l e t ic s L a u n c h e s N e w M a g a z in e The Department of Athletics has started the year by introducing its own publication to M cGill’s campus. Entitled Athletics, the new magazine is part of a new strategy launched by the department’s mar­ keting section.

“We felt that the department needed a publication that was first of all eye-catching, and that gave all the necessary information, not only on the interc.olegiate level, but on the campus recreation level as well,” explained Denis Kotsoros, manager of marketing and promo­ tions for the department.

The magazine, to be published three times a year, will have a total circulation of 25,000 for the three issues. The first, which came out in mid-August, has the largest print­ ing at 12,000. The second, with a printing date of December 1, will have 8,000 and the Spring/Summer issue, with a targeted April print­ ing, will have 5,000.

The first issue, consisting of 48 pages, contains articles that range from useful inform ation about the department and its ser­ vices to reflections on past accom­ plishments of McGill athletes.

M o u n ic o t n a m e d W o m e n 's S occer coach

Marc Mounicot, former cap­ tain of the McGill Redmen soccer team, was named the new head coach of the McGill women’s soc­ cer team. He captained the McGill Redmen soocer team to the CIAU national soccer championship in Halifax this past November.

The im pressive run by last season’s Redmen was a great way to end his brilliant playing career at McGill. Mounicot’s personal high­ lights included his being named most valuable player in the Quebec

The appeal of minor league baseball in small town USA

University Soccer League for the last two seasons. His crowning achievement came with his taking home the D.S. Forbes Trophy as M cG ill’s athlete of the year in 1997-98.

M ounicot replaces Sylvie Beliveau, who led the Martlets to a berth at the CIAU championships in Laval last season.

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It may only be preseason, but the defending national champion Redmen are showing no signs of letting up on their intensity. They are now 3-0 in preseason play. The first of the three wins was a 1-0 win over the West Island Lakers on a goal by Justin Student. In their second m atchup, led by allCanadian Jamie Watson’s hat trick, they pummeled Royal M ilitary College 11-0. The third win came on the weekend against Dubai on a goal by rookie Mathieu Harding.

M c G ill to h o s t s o c c e r a n d t r a c k c h a m p io n s h ip s

Both bids have been accepted and McGill can now boast two major events on this this year’s busy varsity schedule. The soccer championship will take place at Percival M olson Stadium November 11-14. The CIAU track & field nationals will be held in the fieldhouse March 12 and 13.

B y Paul C onner

I’d never understood why any­ one was a fan of m inor league baseball before this summer. The sport is the same, but the caliber is obviously not at a major-league level. There’s no alma matter to root for, and chances are, you won’t see the same players two years in a row.

A summer abroad in Idaho Falls, Idaho, finally made it all clear.

Idaho Falls is a small city of 50,000 people. It is in the heart of potato coun­ try, close to Salt Lake City but closer to nature and the country. There, two dozen college-age “pro­ fessionals” make their first step towards the big leagues — in this case tow ards the San Diego Padres. They live in a hotel both at home and on the road, and travel a vintage 1978 bus to each of their road games. The clos­ est is Ogden, Utah, a three-hour trip. The farthest is Medicine Hat, Alberta, a 15-hour ride.

The team m anager, Don Werner, only found out who would play for his team the day before they arrived in mid-June. The city population knew a day later. “Brian Berryman? Who’s that?” “Oh, he’s at Michigan University. He was the Padres 7th round draft pick this year.”

“What else do you know?”

“That’s it. Oh yeah, he throws right-handed.”

So these players, ranging in age from 19 to 23, spend all sum­ mer trying not to be back the next summer. Hopefully, they’ll be on their way up to Clinton, Iowa, or

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W h a t is W ork Study?

Th e program provides part-time, o n -ca m p u s employment to full-tim e d e g re e students who demonstrate fin an cial need. Eligible employers benefit from subsidized labour costs when W ork Stu d y students are hired.

H ow do I apply?

Program information and student applications are available at the Student Aid O ffice on both cam puses. Applications must be returned to the Student Aid Office by

sonable ques­ tion.

M ost of the front office staff co u ld n ’t have answered that question in late June.

Some of these just-tumed-pro athletes are pretty rough around the edges. They make mistakes, that’s part of the reason the minors exist.

Did pitcher Ben Howard actually walk 12 batters in less than four innings one game? Did he really strike out ten in four innings five days later?

So again, why do people come out for the games — from 500 to 2,500 a game in Idaho Falls? It’s not the free t-shirts. But it could be the free t-shirts and the players standing right at the front gate for an hour signing them.

Part of what makes minorleague baseball amazing is the effort. None of the guys on the field are guaranteed of getting a chance of one day making it to the major leagues. Sure, Jose Canseco and Devon White played for Idaho

Falls, but how many others played a year or two and were dropped?

The Padres’ minor league directors say that on average, two or three players from any given team will make the big leagues. That’s 3 of 26.

At this point, it begins to make sense. People want to see these guys play hard and make it. Five years from now, someone at Farr’s Jewelers might say, “Yeah, I saw A tlanta’s second baseman Tony Graffagnino play here.”

The minor leagues have anoth­ er quality you rarely see elsewhere: the unexpected. Two weeks ago, a player from the Billings, Montana, team tried to literally blow a bunt foul. He went down on his hands and knees, took a breath, and pro­ ceeded to blow chalk dust every­ where.

In Butte, Montana, the stadi­ um measures 450 feet from home plate to centre field - at the Olympic Stadium, it’s about 405.

In late July, the Idaho Falls teams struck out an Ogden out­ fielder 6 consequetive times, a league record.

Two days later, back in Idaho, the same two team s got into a brawl so big that it made ESPN SportsCentre, the U.S. big brother to TSN’s SportsDesk.

Expect the unexpected, some­ one once said. I expected to see a minor-league park filled with 200 people, rooting only for a fast game. Instead, I found people cheering their lungs out for a 42nd round draft pick (th a t’s about 1250th overall) who came out of nowhere to bat .350 and lead the team in home runs.

Of course, he’s not guaranteed to make it to the bigs, either.

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How does a city grow attached to these players?

For starters, their heads are only as big as their salaries (which, by the way, are minimal, by any standards). After the game, kids wait outside the clubhouse door for players to come out and sign their balls, bats, caps, etc...

“Are you a player?” asks one.

“Yes, I am ,” says centrefielder Jeremy Owens.

“Who are you?” the kid asks. A rea­

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energy and their excitem ent,” added the A louettes fullback.

“There’s something incredibly spe­ cial about what’s happening here this season and we all sense it and it feels great to be a part of it.”

The mood surrounding this football club seems to be infec­ tious, as there is an undeniable buzz around the city about what’s been going on at Molson Stadium this summer. The relocation of the franchise has been rewarding to all parties involved both on and off the field, and the University itself is no exception.

“Is this a good deal for McGill? No - it’s a great deal for McGill,” affirmed team president and McGill alumnus Larry Smith.

The deal Smith is referring to is the one-year agreem ent the Alouettes signed this season - a contract which secured McGill’s

ailing stadium upwards of $400 000 in renovation costs paid for by

the team.

“All we do is play our home games here and that is all,” added Smith. “We still practice at Olympic Stadium... we step on this field ten times this year and that is the last McGill sees of us,” Smith explained.

“We are in negotiations right now to extend our contract here at the stadium, and we hope that this is only the beginning and that we continue the incredible momentum we have going here. I t ’s quite exciting,” said Smith.

The Als should have little dif­ ficulty extending their agreement with M cGill; however McGill D irector of A thletics Robert Dubeau has made it clear that addi­ tional capital investment will be expected of the Alouettes if a feasi­ ble arrangement is to be reached.

A secondary effect of the suc­

cess which the Alouettes are enjoy­ ing this season is being felt by their form er room m ates at Olym pic Stadium. The Als success could not come at a better time, as the Expos’ ownership group is in the home­ stretch for its drive for a new downtown ballpark by the year 2001.

The city of Montreal is finally getting the opportunity to experi­ ence what a sporting event can be like in a downtown, open-air loca­ tion. If the E xpos’ Labatt Park proves to be more than a pipe dream, they will owe a debt of gratitude to both the Alouettes and McGill University for pulling off this summer’s successful experi­ ment. What began as a final resort m easure to keep the A louettes afloat may prove to be much more as the rejuvenation of Montreal’s downtown area may soon follow.

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The sport of soccer in the aftermath of the World Cup In Canada, a month of action doesn't mean a sport's professional success The problem is that they don’t often work out. Professional soccer in Canada has lived a precarious W ell i t ’s happened again. life, at best. Montreal’s profession­ Canadians from across the country al soccer team is ironically named found themselves in the midst of the Impact — exactly the kind of yet another summer fling as the effect pro soccer grand old game of soccer has not had on this managed to make its way city’s sports fans. into our hearts.

The harsh The sport of soccer reality that rou­ is really in a class of its tinely awaits such own in its ability to cap­ leagues is to be tivate the four corners of relegated to hold­ the globe and attract so ing league games much worldwide atten­ for the viewing tion. Not even the ubiq­ pleasure of a small uitous plastering of the collection of Nike Swoosh could tar­ friends and family. nish the kind of impact How could this be this event has on an possible? Do the international level.

TV numbers lie?

During this period From the of post-W orld Cup overcrowded bars refraction a fam iliar GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!! and eateries forced trend is likely to resur­ to turn away customers seeking a other in hopes of tapping into this face. Entrepreneurs invariably glimpse of World Cup action to supposedly emerging demand.

The make their presence felt with the interest of bottling the excitement outcome of this type of initiative honking motorists with their vehi­ generated by the World Cup in the usually takes the form of a new cles draped in flags, the contagious nature of this sport seemed both professional soccer league. hopes of making a profit.

Individuals giddily scramble to their investors armed with a list of World Cup television ratings in one hand and amateur soccer regis­ tration rates in the other in the

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Upcoming and Ongoing The Yellow Door “Elderly Project” is in urgent need of volun­ teers to accompany seniors to and from appointments, to help them with their grocery shopping, or to “friendly visit” with them once a week. For more information, please call Leah or Hilary at 398-6243 or visit our website at http://www.yellowdoor.org.

Our first open meeting will be held at 1:00-2:00 and 5:00-6:00 p.m. in room 435 of the Shatner building. Our legal council will be present so don’t try any of that lawsuit talk.

Saturday September 12 The Writers Association for Romance and Mainstream presents “A September Seminar Spree” for writers and aspiring writers, featur­ ing w orkshops with Nancy Kilpatrick and Sandra Phillips from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Le Nouvel Hôtel, 1740 René Lévesque W. General. Admission: $15. Students

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and Seniors: $10. WARM mem­ bers: $5. Call Jeanette Paul at 450468-5410 for details.

Friday September 11

Join us during our September Welcome Events for Incoming and C ontinuing Native Students.

September 9 will see a film screen­ ing at 6:00 p.m. at the First People’s House, 3505 Peel. On September 12 and 13, we will be hosting day trips to Old Montreal for the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal Pow-Wow. There will also be a potluck on September 16, at 6:00 p.m. at the House, to be fol­ lowed by the first annual meeting of the NSA.

The M cGill Sexual Harassment Office web page is now on-line at www.mcgill.ca/harass. We can also be reached by phone at 398-4911.

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profound and undeniable. Everyone was talking about it and watching it. It seemed as though no one could get enough of soccer.

But the immense popularity and hysteria associated with the World Cup does not necessarily stem back to the game itself. It clearly was not a question of comer kicks or challenges. There was another dynam ic at work here which frequently goes undetected.

Canadians see the World Cup as a celebration, although not nec­ essarily one of soccer. We as a nation get drawn to this event by its global importance and its expres­ sion of various cultures and the sport of soccer is merely the vehi­ cle through which this message is spread.

To focus solely on the sport itself is to miss the real point con­ cerning the pageantry that is the World Cup. If one was to believe that Canadians continue to be encouraged to remain aware of, if not even embrace, their diverse cul­ tural backgrounds, then the World Cup would seem to be a perfect fit.

Simply put, the World Cup makes many people feel much closer to their respective origins for at least one month out of every four years. This rationale could explain why an old high school friend of

yours nam ed J.P. suddenly no longer minded being called JeanPierre during France’s magical run this summer. The W orld Cup seems to have a special way of bringing people together, even it if is only on a temporary basis.

When professional soccer leagues fail to prosper as expected, people cry of how unfortunate it is that soccer is not more embraced in Canada. That arguement carries no weight in light of the fact that the number of Canadian youngsters taking to the sport is continually on the rise.

Those who choose to focus on squarely on the bottom line are quick to dismiss the merits of the sport based solely its lack of poten­ tial to be a golden-egg-laying hen.

This reality only underscores both the purity and simplicity of the game of soccer in this country.

Those who play this great sport and choose to be associated with it do so for the love of the game and that unfortunately gets lost in the shuf­ fle in the world of sports which has truly become a business. In this sense, Canadian soccer is quickly deemed as an underachiever when all it has done is remain true to its sport.

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