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Redmen triumphant in season opener By Tariq Jeeroburkhan________ The M cGill Redmen have begun the 1998 football season exactly the way coach Baillie and the rest of the team hoped they would — with a win. By turning opposition miscues and penalties into a 24-17 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in front of 1,500 damp spectators at M olson Stadium W ednesday night, the Redmen got off to the start that they so desperately needed to make this more than just a rebuild ing season. Using a combination of solid defence, timely offence, and some outstanding individual perfor mances, the Redmen parlayed six teen Ottawa penalties into a win, in a game that, on another day, could easily have had a different result. In a game which witnessed the return of Shawn Linden, the emergence of Marc Freer as Dan Pronyk’s successor at fullback, and some two-way playing from J.P. Darche in an offensive set which coach Bailie refers to as “the ele phant form ation,” the Redmen apparently turned the heads of the Laval University and Concordia scouts in attendance. As pleased as he was with the win, coach Baillie described the game as a “confidence builder” and “the start that we needed.” He pointed out that with all the penal ties that the G ee-Gees took, Ottawa “shot themselves in the foot.” Coach Baillie was proud of his team, however, and explained that with 14 players who had never started for McGill before being thrown into action the outcome was as good as the Redmen could have wanted. McGill opened the scoring at 10:52 of the first quarter on Bentley Harris’ 32- yard field goal. For Harris, replacing regular placekicker Gord Hoogenraad who sat out the game with a concussion received upon being bear-hugged by linem an Saad Chahine last Continued on page 26

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Q u e e r S t u d ie s g a in s f o o t h o ld a t M c G ill Introduction of course in queer theory propels calls for an interdisciplinary queer studies program By Kris M ichaud The scene is familiar to most McGill students. In an overcrowd ed classroom in the Arts building, the keeners have already found their seats while hordes of unlucky stragglers vied for valuable floor space. Markedly different from most opening classes, however, was the group feeling present in this new course. The room was positively abuzz. A palpable, contagious enthusiasm brewed in the crowd, even as they trampled each other in search of sitting, kneeling and standing room. Body heat sent the room ’s tem perature rising and beads of sweat began to trickle their way down several scholarly brows. Amid the chaos, Professor Karin Cope, sm iling broadly, addressed her classroom, informal ly but with authority. A hush fell across the room.

“Normally I prefer to keep small classes, but this is a historic moment and I want this class to be as big as possible,” Cope said Wednesday. The stored energy of the room suddenly erupted into spontaneous applause of the sort usually reserved for political ral lies. Historic moments? Students passionate about learning? This, in a class called Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literary Theory? The course calendar entry for English 110-353A provides some insight. Added, as if an after thought, to the course description is the phrase “In 1998-99: Queer Theory.” A subject that would have raised eyebrow s ten or twenty years ago, perhaps, but hardly a stranger to the curriculum of a con temporary North American univer sity. At McGill, however, Cope’s course is the first of its kind . “At a certain point I simply

decided that not only is queer stud ies a legitimate field of study,” Director of English Undergraduate Studies P rofessor Peter Ohlin informed the Tribune, “but that there exists a sufficient interest in the subject here at McGill.” Ohlin’s decision comes more than five years after Professor Cope first arrived at McGill with a portfolio containing extensive work in the fields of gender studies and queer theory. Cope was, to her surprise, assigned instead to the field of postcolonial theory. Cope found McGill’s conservative cli mate especially jarring as she had previously spent time at “a series of campuses [Yale, Johns Hopkins, Brown] where lesbianism was the flavour of the month, where I knew maybe four straight people,” she joked in class last Wednesday. “I had given up,” Cope noted soberly. “I was smuggling queer elements into my classes. Then

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A s e c r e t h is t o r y of Q u e e r S t u d ie s at McGill Institutional approval, though sudden and unexpected, did not occur in isolation. Queer content incorporated into Cope’s lectures may, in fact, have helped spark a grass-roots educational movement on the part of McGill’s queer stu dent population. “I knew through the grapevine that Karin was interested in queer theory,” recalled Lisa Nevens, administrator of Queer McGill, the organization formerly known as L esbian, B isexual, Gay and Transgenders of McGill. “I hadsome friends in her Contemporary

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B u lle tin b o a rd s to re p la c e p o le s a s a d s p a c e fo r s tu d e n ts Fines of up to $2,000 to be levied by the city of Montreal for unauthorized postings By C hristine Pritchard

mer they installed a number of bul letin boards within the ghetto and A coalition of com m unity other places easily accessible to forces have launched a pilot project students. The project was centred that aims to reduce the amount of in the student area in response to litter in Montreal streets and dam the excessive amount of advertis age to public property created by ing— litter created due to students’ flyers and advertisem ents. efforts to locate roommates, apart Organizers hope that new public ments, and sell various items. bulletin boards and steep fines for Marlene Elliott, a staff mem illegal posting will help clean up ber at Tandem, hopes the new bul the student ghetto. letin boards will be used by resi The city of M ontreal has dents in the neighbourhood. “It is a pilot program right b u lle tin boards now to see if people will use them. g i v e a l o t m o r e a c c e s s If it’s successful in keeping areas such as the ghetto clean, then it will a n d v is ib ility b e c a u s e be expanded to include neighbour hoods throughout M ontreal,” y o u k n o w w h e r e to g o Elliott stated. fo r w h a t y o u n e e d a n d The bulletin boards were cre t h a t i s a l o t m o r e e f f e c ated as a service to residents, but they have also proven to be a tiv e necessity. Excessive litter and dam Marlene Elliot, age to city property prompted a Tandem Staffer recent modification of city regula tion U l, article 522, which forbids found it increasingly costly and posting on urban property without time consuming to clean the streets a perm it. The regulation now of litter as well as repaint the allows the city to levy stringent fences, telephone poles and lamp fines on individuals found posting posts dam aged by postings. announcements in unauthorized Tandem, a crime prevention group, areas. Anyone caught posting fly and Eco-Quartier, a local environ ers in an area not authorized by the mental organization, decided to city can be subject to fines of up to join forces with the city to try and $2 ,0 0 0 . rectify the situation. Over the sum The city of Montreal recog-

Bulletin boards w ill help reduce litter cre a te d by p o s te d ads. nized the need for an alternative posting area. According to JeanClaude Cayla, a city of Montreal employee in charge of authorizing city permits, the city of Montreal had to provide some space to meet that need. “We can’t completely forbid

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people from posting announce ments... The modification [to the by-law] also allows the city to put up billboards on public property and private property if the owner allows it,” Cayla explained. Concentrating the accumula tion of paper in one place helps decrease litter and the expenses previously incurred when scraping off layers of flyers from city prop erty. The team overseeing the pro ject, however, still had some wor ries about the effectiveness of the new posting locations. “One concern was putting too much information on the bulletin boards if — they get too piled up, then they won’t be effective any more,” Elliott said. “The solution would be that the city of Montreal would come around and clean them once a week.” It remains to be seen how suc cessful the project will become, but the response has been positive. People have begun to post announcements on the boards and Elliott believes that with more pro motion, the bulletin boards will

Catherine Farquharson replace the regular telephone poles, lamp posts and fences as posting locations. “Bulletin boards give a lot more access and visibility because you know where to go for what you need and that is a lot more effec tive,” Elliott said. C laire W ilkins and Nadia Alam, both McGill students in Arts Ul, can attest to the added benefit of having bulletin boards as a replacement for lamp posts. They have already used the city’s new service by posting an advertisement for a third roommate on a ghetto bulletin board. “There was a lot more visibili ty with the billboards. We were walking down Milton and we saw two, one on the comer of Durocher and another on Hutchison. They’ve been placed in very convenient locations and they attract your attention — more so than a clut tered lamp post,” Wilkins stated. “It also eases our minds knowing that we can post on the billboard free of charge and without requir ing authorization.”

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McGill debates "restricted" scholarship policy McGill professor questions awards' selection criteria, McGill's affirmative action policy By N ilima G ulrajani

According to Rigelhof, how ever, “going to court” would be an exercise in futility and a waste of energy. “Y ou’d have to consult a lawyer, but I don’t think it’s illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, or gender if you’re doing it in a w ill,” said Rigelhof. “Our major concern is getting money to

A McGill policy that once permitted scholarship donors to place gender, ethnic and religious conditions on their endowments may, in fact, be leading McGill to award less qualified students with scarce scholarships funds. Prior to 1964, McGill regular ly accepted “restricted” scholar ships— scholarships limited to cer tain students for reasons beyond their academic credentials. In 1964, an ad hoc subcom m ittee of the University Scholarships Committee reported that conditional bequests and awards that were politically sensitive could no longer be accepted unless the conditions were stated as preferences rather than absolute restrictions. “C ertain restrictio n s are acceptable, like geographic area, alumni of particular high schools, Chair o f Nilima Gulrajani academ ic d iscip lin es,” said Scholarship Committee, Professor Roger Rigelhof, chair of Roger Rigelhof the U niversity Com m ittee on Scholarships and Student Aid. students.... [Legal action] would “[H]owever, certain areas are sen be counterproductive to our mis sion to help students financially.” sitive like race, religion, sex.” McGill maintains that it “no longer accepts endowments for awards which are restrictive in cer A merit-based policy tain respects such as race, religion R igelhof m aintains that or sex.” With regards to awards conditioned prior to 1964, McGill despite the existence of 119 awards has been making efforts to contact that contain some type of prefer donors or their descendants in ence or restriction, McGill’s schol order to encourage them to alter the arship selection procedure contin terms of their awards, either by ues to be entirely merit-based. “We administer stating them as scholarships blind a preference or removing the L L d o n ' t b u y t h a t w e to these re stric said condition alto f i r s t s e l e c t s t u d e n t s tio n s,” Rigelhof. “After we gether. a n d t h e n w e t r y a n d have a list of people “ W e always try for f i t t h e m i n t o t h e s e we want to select, we then go through the broadest b i z a r r e c a t e g o r i e s . the list of scholar possible terms we can. I t’s Professor Samuel Noumoff, ships. We don’t better to have university senator aw ard [scholar ships] in a positive things open to action kind of way. e v e r y o n e ... We decide on our Often though, award winners and then try and do people are not willing to change the matching. When faced with two [the terms],” stated Rigelhof. equally qualified people, then you give it to the person who best fits the stated preference.” A question of Despite this claim, Noumoff remains unconvinced. “I don’t buy semantics that we first select students and Samuel Noumoff, professor then we try and fit them into these of political science and a member bizarre categories,” he said. The McGill Alumnae Society, of the Senate, the university gov erning body dealing with acade the women’s branch of the McGill mics, believes that changing the Alumni Association, is one schol word “restricted” to “preference” arship donor that continues to may m erely be a question of restrict awards on the basis of gen semantics. However, there is no der. According to Rigelhof, the data available as to the number of Alumnae Society has repeatedly scholarships awarded outside of a been encouraged to remove this stipulated preference. Furthermore, restriction by the Scholarship Noumoff is troubled by the fact Committee. Joanne MacDonald, that McGill has never comprehen director of alumnae scholarships sively debated its, affirmative action and awards, has no recollection of policy. He has been considering anyone from scholarships having presenting a motion to Senate that suggested the change. “No one has approached me, would advocate legal action to remove restrictions and preferences but that doesn’t mean they haven’t approached the society ever,” she from awards. “The fact is, [M cGill has] stated. June Morrier, manager of never taken a clear policy stand for scholarships, does not understand or against affirmative action,” said why the Alum nae Society still Noumoff. “If we have a restricted upholds the sex-based bias. “McGill Alumnae’s motiva scholarship and are unable to get it tion to establish scholarships was reversed, we should go to court.”

to encourage women into versity,” she said. “Now we have so many women at the university that are that there isn’t any need restrictions].” There is a danger

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refusing to award scholarships with restrictions or preferences, McGill will be alienating benefactors who want to place conditions on their donations. Noumoff agrees, but believes that McGill must get its priorities straight.

“There are times when you make tough decisions,” he stated. “You have to ask yourself where do you draw the line... When deal ing with these controversial issues, we should be debating the appro priateness of our actions.”

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the University of Alberta Students’ Union, believed that the 30 per cent cap leaves too much room for The Alberta government has tuition increases over the next few recently taken key steps towards years. “There was not any consensus what they say will ensure a viable future for its students. Just as stu among student unions,” said dents were exiting from spring Murphy. “It was a matter of divide classes, the provincial government and conquer.” The U of A ratified a new law, Bill 35, placing Students’ Union opposed the bill, a cap on student contributions to arguing that it was not strong enough. post-secondary institutions. “[The University of) Calgary The new law, expected to take effect for the 99-00 fiscal year, saw they could get something leg ensures that students do not cover islated,” Murphy noted. “They lob more than 30 per cent of an institu bied for a cap — the government set it at 30 per cent.” tion’s net operating costs. The U of A Students’ Union “The bill came as a result of a lot of consultation with institutions wanted to set a lower cap, closer to and students,” said Parker Hogan, the provincial Liberal opposition public affairs officer at the Alberta party’s 20 per cent. “Tuition can climb to $5500 D epartm ent of A dvanced before it stops going up,” Murphy Education and C areer said. He added that with a small Development. Currently, Alberta universities increase in total university expen rely on student contributions rang ditures, that tuition could again rise beyond that. ing from 20 to 24 per cent. Tuition at U of A currently “There has been concern from student groups that tuitions were stands at $3,700 per year and cov increasing out of co n tro l,” ers up to 23 per cent of the univerexplained Hogan. “[The bill’s pur sity’s net costs. The tuition can pose] is to ease long-term con clim b approxim ately $250 per annum. Last year it climbed $230. cerns.” Murphy noted that the legisla- I Not all institutions agree that the legislation is adequate, howev tion provided “a light at the end of er. Sheamus Murphy, president of the tunnel” by placing an upper limit, but said that his government T h ir t y p e r c e n t , says A lberta

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current C o-coordinator of Queerline Mario Ritchie. “$tudents from various backgrounds and ori entations were eager to sign — we got 280 signatures over the course of two days. We never delivered the petition because, to our sur prise, a course was suddenly added to the fall schedule. However, sig-

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Women’s Fiction class. It had an underground reputation — we “I personally find it interest nicknam ed it Lez L it,” she ing,” Nevens offered, “that the year explained, laughing. that U of T and Concordia have As Cope and other professors instated queer-related minors is the began to touch upon queer theory same year that M cGill finally in their lectures, McGill’s queer decides to have a Queer students started developing Theory course.” their own unofficial cur “C oncordia has riculum. been offering courses in “LGBTM passed a sur different departm ents vey around that asked stu since the 70s, and dents to rate courses based they’ve recently adopted on queer content and queer a minor. Every other Ivy positivity,” Nevens contin League school has ued. “ Intro to Fem inist offered Queer Studies to Theory and Philosophy, for some degree. McGill is example, got a very good trying to give itself a rating. I’m not sure if Karin face-lift, and has started knew, but she figured into acting more p ro g res [the curriculum ] pretty sively,” Quereshi added. heavily. We also started a Professor Cope and series of queer studies McGill’s queer commu potlucks. Lots of queer stu nity expressed their dents were working on pro excitement at the deci jects and papers incorporat sion but also established ing queer issues for other, their resolve to continue unrelated classes. We’d get Catherine Farquharson lobbying for change in together, exchange our Q ueer McGill's Lisa N evens the curriculum. work and discuss it in a “Peter Ohlin deserves part of group. I eventually asked Karin to natures are still being collected and lecture at Dyke Days for LGBTM. the petition will be delivered very the credit,” Cope insisted. “I’m thrilled that he decided McGill is It was really well attended — about soon.” 40 or 50 people showed up.” The Jawad Qureshi, political coor ready to join the twentieth centu initiative of McGill’s queer stu dinator of Queer McGill, expressed ry.” Speaking on behalf of QSA, dents in creating their own “gueril his organization’s support as well Ritchie echoed Cope’s statement. “We congratulate Ohlin on his ini la curriculum” may have been a as the need for further work. factor in the administration’s deci “Cope’s is the first class at tiative, and hope that he will sup sion. McGill that is entirely about queer- port us with our endeavours in the related issues. Queer McGill and future.” Ritchie also revealed that QSA are going to continue to work A continuing petition actively to get more courses Professor Cope has refused to cap offered in queer studies, which the size of her class. “The idea is to M eanw hile, Q PIR G ’s would hopefully lead to McGill’s let it flow, let it grow and let the Queer/Straight Alliance had begun evenutally offering a minor or a administration deal with it. And circulating a petition concering the major.” Meg McGinty, current co they’ll have to, because the class lack of queer content in McGill’s coordinator of QSA, envisions a room, which can hold at least 80 course offerings. program “along the lines of students, is already too sm all. “We started the petition dur Women’s Studies, where it’s inter There are no excuses now. The ing queer pride week last year and disciplinary, and you can pick future of M cGill must contain had no trouble getting signatures,” classes from several faculties.” queer studies.” says ex-QSA Co-coordinator and

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McGill has received a $1 mil lion grant from the Num ata Foundation, a Japanese Buddhist organization that will create a lec tureship in Buddhist studies to be filled by either a McGill professor or a visiting lecturer. McGill is the third Canadian university to receive a Numata grant, after the U niversities of T oronto and C algary. H arvard U niversity, the U niversity of Chicago, the University of the Netherlands and Oxford University are also among past recipients of the grant. Victor Hori, currently an assis tant professor of Japanese religions at McGill, is this year’s recipient of the Numata Grant. Hori has also been a past beneficiary o f the Numata lectureship while teaching at both Harvard University and the University of Toronto. He believes that McGill students will benefit greatly from the expertise that external lecturers will bring to the study of Buddhism. However, the grant will not be used to hire visit ing lecturers for at least another year since Hori currently holds the lectureship. “The money would be better used to bring in other resources like visiting pro fesso rs...[the

money] is not being used in the most desirable way,” stated Hori. In addition to teaching his nor mal course load of upper-year sem inars in East Asian religions, Hori runs a daily Buddhist meditation group. He does not think, however, that the lectureship will give him more time to devote to these pur-

Rev. Dr. Yehan http-y/www.slip,net/ -numata/index.shtml N um ata suits. “It will give me less time, in fact,” he stated. Hori is in the process of form ing a com pendium of all the B uddhist organizations in

Montreal. “I want to go and meet these folks,” explained Hori, “in an effort to strengthen the ties between the Faculty of Religious Studies and Montreal’s Buddhist community.” M cGill offers a relatively large number of courses in East Asian religion but only a few courses deal solely with the study of Buddhism. The 1998-99 McGill calendar describes five courses concentrating exclusively on the study of Buddhism and of the five, only two are offered this year. Although course selections are few, C om parative R eligions Professor Katherine Young does not feel that the study of Buddhism is limited at McGill. The Faculty of Religious Studies offers more than ten courses that combine Buddhism with other East Asian religions and Young believes that these courses are more than capable of giving a student a thorough education in Buddhism. “It is conceivable the faculty might like to offer more specialized courses,” conceded Young. She boasts that McGill received the Numata scholarship partly due to the university’s reputation for its program in East Asian religions and Buddhism. Many faculty hope that the Numata grant will allow students

the opportunity to further special ize in the study of Buddhism. The source of the grant is a Japanese religious organization founded in 1965 by a Hiroshima industrialist, Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata. The arm of the Foundation which adminis ters the lectureship is the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK), the Society for the Advancement of Buddhism. In their promotional literature, BDK describes its purpose as “[the transmission of] Buddhist Religion to as many people in the world as possible without expounding the doctrines of any particular sect or denom ination.” Like North A m erica’s Gideon Society, the BDK supplies The Teaching o f Buddha, a type of Buddhist bible, to hotels and telephone subscribers. Aside from lectureships and pub lishing, the Numata foundation is also responsible for countless edu cation and building projects in Japan.

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If y o u d o n 't b u ild it, th e y w ill g o By Paul Futhey_______________________________________________ Three weeks from today marks another deadline for the proposed downtown stadium in Montreal. It might be too late, though, as an already delicate situation has been handled too roughly by those in charge. This proposed baseball-only facility already has a name. It already has a tract of land on which to build. But those two possessions will mean nothing should the project not receive the requisite finances to keep it alive. By all accounts, things are looking grim. Some claim that this project was doomed from the beginning. Admittedly, coming up with the money to finance Parc Labatt is not an easy task, but by no means is it impossible. If the project fails, there are a number of reasons for its demise other than those which the naysayers have stated. From internal squabbling within the organizing committee, to that group’s failure to publicize the project positively, to the Quebec gov ernment’s unwillingness in finding a solution to the neverending prob lems that Olympic Stadium causes, it’s clear that Parc Labatt is batting with two strikes — call the last one a foul tip. Of all of these problems, potentially the most embarrassing came out when infighting amongst the organizers surfaced. A project such as this requires nothing less than a team effort, with no room for inflated egos. Pharmacy magnate Jean Coutu publicly questioned Expos’ owner Claude Brochu’s leadership and stated it would be better if the man stepped aside. Instead of trying to solve the problem internally, those involved hurt the project’s integrity irreparably by airing their dirty laundry in public. Even with the quarrelling, though, other dilemmas were already pre sent. The project has suffered in anonymity as its organizers attempted to sell seat licenses to the public and to get business sector money. Not even half of what they had hoped to raise is in their coffers. With that said, any publicity received has been of the negative vari ety, save for Labatt’s purchase of the stadium’s naming rights. “Where will the money come from?”, “Montreal is not a baseball town” and “The Expos suck” are oft-repeated phrases. Yet the potential economic benefits for the downtown core are never brought up, even though they are possi ble. The recent revitalization in Cleveland and Baltimore proves it. Also, the Quebec government recently reiterated what they had been saying all along about Parc Labatt — they would not contribute a cent. On the surface, it seems like a sensible decision — there are far more press ing economic concerns in the province. If you follow that rationale, then the government's decision to pitch another $50-70 million at the Expos’ old facility, Olympic Stadium, seems an even bigger waste. The Big O, frankly speaking, should be razed to the ground. For one, it’s in a terrible location. Two, as evidenced by many of its structural problems, its safety has been frequently questioned. Three, its primary occupants, the Alouettes and Expos, have made it clear that the Big O is not conducive to their survival in the city, and they, above anyone, should know. Since moving out, the Alouettes have enjoyed a renaissance at an older, smaller stadium. Of course, Stade Percival Molson is right in the heart of down town Montreal. For their part, the Expos know that they will be sold to the highest bidder should this project fail and they’ll likely head to Virginia at the first chance of a break. Ultimately, Parc Labatt, despite all of the obstacles, could have been a reality. The project’s leaders had their chance. They blew it.

E x is te n tia l a n g s t a n d s u p p o r t fo r in d e p e n d e n c e As is suggested by the latest political blunder of Quebec's vice premier Bernard Landry, indepen dence is rather unpopular in Quebec presently. L andry's rem ark, made on August 31, that to require an increased majority for Quebec to separate would mean giving the ethnic communities a veto, shows that the Parti Q uébécois (PQ) knows that it is far from the realisa tion of its independence goal. Why J is independence unpopular in Quebec, getting the favour of at best only half of the province's ! electorate? Independence is a response to Quebecers' existential anxiety. But it is a solution which also requires national confidence — the belief that they can get along on their own. The explanation for the cur rent low level of support for inde pendence in Quebec resides in the weak strength of the two factors responsible for Quebecers' desire for independence: their national faith and their concern for the sur vival of the French fact.

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1970s when the province's inde pendence movement soared. At the core of Quebec's sense of collective faith is the identifica tion to the nation. However, the growing ethnic heterogeneity of Quebec's population has made this national identification more diffi cult. E thnicity's im portance is shown by the results of the 1995 referendum: despite the "no victo ry” with 50.6 per cent of the vote, a majority of francophones (60 per cent) opted for sovereignty. However, the most important factor for the current low level of support for independence in Quebec is probably the fear of the risks that separation would involve. Quebecers' collective faith is shak en today — as it was in the 1970s when Quebec's national confidence was at its height — by the possible cost of independence. The appre hension that separation would pro voke a political im broglio has probably been appeased by the Supreme Court ruling on Quebec's Continued on page 7

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Re: Red Herring loses editorial autonomy to SSMU executive I understand that Rich Retyi and the Red Herring have ruffled more than a few martlet feathers during the past year. After all, that’s what good satire is all about. Unfortunately, SSMU executives do not understand this. Their deci sion to force the editors to pull “The Fall of McGill” from the lat est issue of the Red Herring was way out of line. Editors should have full con trol over the contents of their papers. This is the job that they were chosen (and volunteered) to do. The Red Herring is not allowed to print sexist, racist or homopho bic content. Everything else is fair game, even if it is cynical and paints an unfavorable picture of McGill.

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As far as I know, censorship is not part of any SSMU executive’s mandate. Neither is editing SSMU sponsored publications such as the Tribune or the Red H erring. Presumably, all of the SSMU exec utives ran for their positions because they care about this school and want to improve it. Every opin ion about McGill is a legitimate one, not just the favorable ones. In fact, the cynical, unfavourable ones are more valuable because they are the forces that drive change. If SSMU does not hear these voices, how can they say the oft repeated phrase, “SSMU is here to serve you,” with a straight face? Stripping editorial autonomy from the Red Herring is not going to make McGill a better, happier place. SSMU executives doing the jobs that they were elected to do might. Or, instead, SSMU execu tives could waste their time doing

jobs that they have already given to other people. Finally, any humour magazine needs to have a bit of an edge in order to be funny. SSMU execu tives were not elected for their sense of humour, otherwise the Red Herring slate would have won more than 10 per cent of the vote last year. Committee revisions and approval will slowly stab the Red Herring to death with a butter knife. I guess I’ll have to rely on the T ribune's SSMU council reports in order to be entertained. Margaret Antler U3 Chemistry Former Red Herring Staff ed. note: Although the author implies that the Tribune is amongst the publica tions that are “edited” by the SSMU executive, this is not the case. The Tribune maintains full editorial autono my.

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Quebecers' concern for the preservation of French is one of the two elements explaining the rise of the independence movement in Quebec. Paradoxically, this con cern has been appeased to some extent, thus lim iting indepen dence's appeal, by the PQ's hold on provincial power and the measures taken by it to protect French, such as Bill 101. Quebec's linguistic reg ulations have also had the perverse effect o f alienating some Quebecers — anglophones, allophones, and francophones — from the PQ's independence goal. Moreover, many Quebecers reject independence because they believe that constitutional amendments can be made to accommodate Quebec's unique reality, even if attempts to do so — such as the Meech and Charlottetown Accords — have always failed to materialize. Quebec's collective faith is the second element accounting for the province's independence sentiment. However, as with Quebecers' exis tential worries, Quebec's national confidence has weakened since the

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Cutbacks to so cia l spending has done m ore than ju s t reduce the quality o f health care, education and s o cia l program s By Jason Sigurdson The idea of the social contract is eroding in our society, and it doesn't seem to matter what type of government is at the helm of the ship. Citizens are no longer citi zens — they're just consumers. The Parti Québécois claims to be a progressive force in Quebec's political affairs, but like every provincial government — ranging from BC's New D em ocrats to Ontario's Conservatives— they have carried out a series of attacks on the social infrastructure of the province. At the Quebec Summit on the Economy and Employment in 1996, the PQ realized that they could no longer go on slashing away at health and social spending without at least discussing what social direction the province was headed. They decided to force a merger between Quebec’s "social economy" and the state's existing social safety net. The social economy is made up of the various charity and com munity service organizations in our society. Governments have begun to embrace the "social economy" as a way of avoiding the responsi bility of providing costly social programs. Instead of maintaining the social infrastructure necessary to help meet the needs of our soci ety, the government imposes a list of criteria to see what organiza tions are eligible for support from the state. In our current era of Déficit Zéro policies, it is little sur

S top th e Press Continued from page 6 sovereignty and its stipulation of an obligation for the rest of Canada to negotiate with Quebec [after] its secession. Nothing has come, how ever, to dissipate Quebecers' wor ries about independence's possible negative economic repercussions. As Mr. Bouchard acknowl edged himself in a recent interview with Le Devoir (August 29 and 30), Quebecers' fear of an economic backlash to separation is the biggest obstacle to this option. And the virage taken by the PQ in the middle of the 1995 referendum campaign, essentially a return to sovereignty-association, does not present any real solution since it is not clear w hether the rest of Canada would be willing to negoti ate an econom ic alliance with Quebec if it became independent. The current low level of popu larity of independence in Quebec is due to the combined weakness of the two factors accounting for Quebecers' independence senti ment. First, there is the diminishing of the concern for the survival of the French culture — m ainly thanks to the PQ's success in pro tecting it. Second, the weakening

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Born out of th e left, seized by the right At first it seems strange that conservative forces are propagat ing the idea of the social economy as a key institution in our society. The growth of the social economy was first advocated by progres-

By I jvin g all social tasks to c h a r itie s a n d c o m m u n ity a g e n c ie s , g o v e r n m e n ts have outsourced their basic and fundam ental respon si b ilitie s . Th ese g ro u p s a re left with the task o f meeting the needs o f th eir "clien ts" — p e o p le who w ere p re v i o u s ly a b le to tu rn to th e sta te as citiz e n s. The g o v e rn m e n t, fre e o f p o lit ic a l and fisca l resp o n sib ility , is let o ff the hook. sives who were sick of seeing gov ernment programs that were far removed from the individuals who used them. Community and chari table organizations dem anded more control and influence in the development and delivery of social

programs since they saw them tion where it can co-opt the power selves as being best able to deter of government for its own ends. mine the needs of those they served. Demands were made in the name of autonomy and empower S o cia l e co n o m y and ment, with the overall goal of the neoliberal agenda rebuilding civil society from the Big business has managed to bottom up. Governments, however, quickly seized upon an opportunity do more than purchase the ear of to shirk their responsibilities in the government — it has also stolen the debate in our society. Michel social domain. Merging charities and govern B ernard, a professor at the ment programs can be a creative Université du Québec à Montréal way to better manage the delivery and author of L'Utopie néolibérale, of social resources, but in our cur explains how big business has cre rent context, it isn't. The social ated a new machine of persuasion economy has one major flaw — it based on "fiscal rationality". It fills fails to recognize the right to have the space previously occupied by one's needs met as a citizen. There theological dogma and supernatur is no guarantee of a basic standard al explanations during other eras. of living which respects human Today, it helps make the social dignity and human rights. By giv economy look incredibly attrac ing all social tasks to charities and tive. The social economy assumes community agencies, governments have outsourced their basic and that there can be a rational, prag fundam ental responsibilities. matic and operational framework Social agencies are left with the imposed upon society's problems. task of meeting the needs of their Needs and outcomes can be pre "clients" — individuals who were cisely measured, and government previously able to approach the can choose to support the social state as a citizen — and the gov projects which "provide the great ernment, free of political and fiscal est returns." Governments borrow classic business strategies when responsibility, is let off the hook. When governments dismantle dealing with social problem s, the relationship between the indi including a preference for short vidual and the state, they end up term gains. There's another reason why dismantling democracy to a certain extent. The issue of accountability big business loves the social econ to the electors shifts to a preoccu omy — it doesn't deal with the pation with pleasing financiers, redistribution of resources. The and in the process, big business redistribution of wealth that takes manages to win a privileged posi place when financing social pro

grams includes the assumption that there is a shared obligation in soci ety, where everyone contributes their fair share to a broader social project. Under the social economy, directors of community organiza tions become entrepreneurs who are expected to search out every nickel and dime that could possi bly help them do their job. Leaving

fÿ ^ u s in e s s loves the social econom y fo r a reason — it doesn't deal with the distri bution o f resou rces. U nder the so c ia l econom y, d ire c tors o f com m unity o rg a n i z a tio n s b ecom e e n tre p re neurs who are exp e cte d to search out every nickel and d im e th a t c o u ld p o s s ib ly help them do their jo b . social concerns solely to the free market is asking for disaster — it has never done much to respect human dignity. The social economy can't be expected to bear the weight of all of society's social infrastructure. There is a role for government action which sets long-term priori ties and also sets guarantees that certain needs, however basic, will be met. Without those basic guar antees, rights are forgotten and cit izenship evaporates.

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c o n tin u e d of Quebecers' collective faith — largely as a result of their percep tion of the possible economic cost of independence — also plays against separation. In short, inde pendence's present unpopularity, which is good news for the Liberals, is probably going to give the Péquists headaches — especial ly if they have to win an eventual

referendum on sovereignty with a clear question and an increased majority. —Michel Bolduc U3 History

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T h e s q u a re p e g sch o o l o f g e n d e r p o litics According to the Fisher Price ly the most banal of activities. To may seem less than sexually International Law of Physics, a the typical man, a move wouldn’t appealing, it does at least make small cylindrical piece of plastic be com plete unless it involved good moving sense. should not logically be able to fit swerving into on-coming traffic on Given the male prowess for into a square sized slot. Fisher Highway 203, or included bungee moving, it may come as some sur Price was clearly a woman, since cord jumping with a pair of end prise that men score poorly on the according to the fifth principle of tables. more delicately feminine art of male moving, a beaten up leather At no other time during the packing. There are a number of sofa three times the size of the year is male bravado at such a con things that women will humour same slot will. Welcome men by letting them do, to the palpitating male one is m oving and the world of moving, where other is barbecuing. Both im possibilities yield to are decidedly primal and im probabilities and require positively no deli improbabilities give way cacy of touch or attention to slipped discs. to detail. Packing, howev Who else other than er, is an art form best left to a man could have devised U-Haul’s siderable high than at moving time. the female mind and sensibility. new slogan of “Canada’s Moving Everywhere your eyes scan, previ Whereas I have trouble pack A dventure” ? A woman would ously meek men can be found quar ing more than one sock in a suit never envision moving as an terbacking your fine bone china for case, my mother could pack the adventure. Women would create tight fifty yard spirals, or making entire Vienna Boy’s Choir in a slogans like “Canada’s Reliable seasoned mountain sherpas blush carry-on. W ithout women, the Movers,” er “Watch Out, That’s as they ascend the heights of dan Exodus from Egypt could never F rag ile.” Men m ust make an gerously entw ining staircases. have happened. It just would have adventure out of even the most W hile their philosophy of “If been a lot of guys named Abe banal of activities, in fact, especial there’s a hole, we’ll make it fit” standing around saying “Well

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damn it, it just won’t close. You try sitting on it this time.” W hile the Exodus rem ains among the most famous moves in history, many people aren’t aware that it began just as an exercise in spring cleaning, until things quick ly got out of hand. With everything moved about, women started to debate where to put the coffee table. “Now Moses, he wants it up against the back wall, but of course that clashes with the goat skin chintz curtains. Too many pillars of salt in the kitchen, so that won’t do. I tell you what Rachel, let’s try the promised land, it might look nice there.” W hat makes women such superior packers is their uncanny sense of foresight. Women think of everything. Seriously now, just how many guys would even con sider packing a toothbrush, an umbrella and well...clothes, after they had tucked away their sock. It’s this hawk-like eye for even the

most minute details-like personal hygiene, for instance-that makes women such invaluable packers. Yes, I know what y o u ’re thinking, men: “Sure they can pack, but we can pee standing up!” While this is irrefutably true, it only further illustrates man’s primi tive nature. After all, as the enlight ened Sir Winston Churchill once commented, “Why stand, when you could sit?” The topic of packing reveals a darker side of the gender issue than many may at first not consider. One could continue this discourse with fascinating results, but I ’m afraid you’ll have to excuse me from the chore. I have a rather pressing issue to attend to. Now that I ’ve moved into my new house, I have to figure out which box I packed the cat in.

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" W e 'r e u t t e r l y b a m b o o z l e d / ' s a y c o n f u s e d e t h n i c s A few years back, Mordecai Richler penned an account of a brief encounter he enjoyed with Quebec’s deputy Premier Bernard Landry. Richler, leaving the RitzCarlton bar after his customary late-afternoon libations, strode into the coat check hallway where he bumped into the sweaty enfant terrible. I’m paraphrasing here, but the exchange went something like this: Landry: “I hate you! I hate you! You’re a racist!” Richler: “But Landry y o u ’re nothing but a provincial bumpkin!” Racist, indeed. Coming from a guy who, on the night of the 1995 referendum , accused an “ethnic” hotel clerk of singlehandedly scu ttlin g the sovereignist movement - she used the term “coat check” instead of its French equivalent - these words seem hollow . But the latest howler from the enthusiastic sec ond-in-com m and of the R épublique de Q uébec defies explanation. Landry, always eager to beat his gums on any subject, last week rum inated about the impossibility of raising the pro portion of a referendum vote that would be required for Quebec’s separation. You’d think that after Jacques “I unilaterally declare the ethnics are to blame” Parizeau’s famous squirmer, the Péquistes would be eager to downplay the ugly side o f F rench-C anadian nationalism. But still: “Everyone knows that if we put the bar too high, it’s like giving a veto right to our compatriots, brothers and sisters, from cultural communi ties, on our national p ro jec t,”

L andry m used. “We c a n ’t do that.” That 90 per cent of Quebec’s non-francophones are federalists isn’t exactly news. A person can engage in a civilized discussion of voting patterns and not provoke the hyper-sensitive editorial office at The Gazette into working over

p roved, w ithout arguing i t ” . T h at’s exactly what Landry is guilty of: skirting the real issue at hand. Right before he blames the “cultural com m unities” for his troubles, he calls them “compatri ots” and “brothers and sisters”. He even includes them in his “nation al project”. Whose national pro je c t? C om patriots to whom? His statement begins by lam enting their stubborn federal with Sean C. Jordan ism , then m akes an abrupt tonal shift to the assum ption that they time. What’s so disturbing about will become - nay, are - citizens Landry’s attempt at proselytizing o f the in d ep en d en t nation of the soft nationalist vote is the way Quebec. Bernard Landry has a lot in w hich he pits the m ajority of explaining to do. against the m inority through a What he isn’t doing is “rais devious tw ist o f gram m ar and ing the question”, or even “posing logic. Even he him self smugly the question”, which is the mean admits to employing some under ing people are in creasin g ly handed grammatical hijinks. “To assigning to “begging the ques show that resp ect [to the tion”. Hell, even the bingo-callers unwashed ethnic masses] I use, of on the CBC are uttering this lam course, a very careful vocabu entable solecism. It’s a sad, sad lary,” he said on September 1st. case of really dumb people doing His original argument - God help their best to sound intelligent. me if I don’t use this phrase cor (Even worse is the sad, sad case rectly - begs the question. of really hoity-toity people doing That’s right - today’s column their best to sound trendy: the is really about gram m ar! ( I ’m hacks at the Globe & Mail now supposed to be, er, raising the roof regularly use the word “d is” .) here, so I couldn’t possibly stick Well, here’s one intrepid gram to som ething as boring as marian who’s not going to take it C anadian p o litic s.) W hile the any more! re cen t fracas at the O xford In the meantime, stay tuned English D ictionary about their for more question-begging from acceptance of the dreaded split the likes of Mr. Bernard Landry. in fin itiv e may be en g ro ssin g , what’s really at stake here is the misuse of the term “beg the ques tio n ” . The OED states that it means to “assume the truth of an argum ent or proposition to be

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chummy-slap-on-the-back. I dare say I envied these men and their brotherly bond. What it must be like to know that forty-one other strapping young lads are looking out for your best interests. dubbed the "Tribune Guy" and a Forty-one friends to drive you to royal blue hat with the A I I I the airport. Forty-one people to moniker on the front and "Tribune play hide the afikom en with. Guy" stitched on the back was Eighty-two shoulders to cry on. W o u l d P u b l i c E n e m y Num ber 1 become a R ic h R e t y i fra te rn ity brother and pledge his promptly presented to me by the undying allegiance to the A I I I Grand Pogo Perlis himself. To say banner? Were this colum nists I was honoured would be an days as a mercenary-friend-forhire over? understatement.

An Afternoon on the Links with A in out of practice, I could only make out snatches of conversation which I recorded immediately into my tape machine for future transcrip tion . Their conversa tion consisted of the fol lowing:

It was not until 8:00am Labour Day morning that I considered skipping out on my invitation to join the A I I I fraternity in their first ever golf tournament classic. It may have been the two day and three night binge of kielbasa, kid ney beans and skull cracking, roar ing down the back roads of M ontreal and NDG like Cuban invaders joining a joint former USSR / Latin American takeover of every strategic street corner and distillery. Shit, who can concen trate on the complexities of a game like golf with a belly full of sausage casing and a head full of madness. But I had to slog on always upholding the code of the fine journalism. If I could wrestle gators in the Okefenokee I sure as damn could hit a little white ball into a hole in a big field with an triple alloy titanium boom stick.I I kissed the little blonde Dutch equestrienne I'd been sharing my abode with for the past two weeks and spirited off to the A I I I club house for our 9:00am meeting. The boys were primed and ready to go and dragged me into one of the awaiting Saabs outside for the high speed bum out of the city and into the wilderness beyond. I tried to keep up with the conversation but Mookie and B.D were speak ing an ancient Athenian tongue that I had not heard since my stint as a dishwasher at Caverne Greque during the summer of '83. Being

• A X n is in its 5th year under the current for mat. • A i n 's rush week has very little to do with Geddy Lee. • A i n 's rush week is a time when interested students can learn more about the fraternity and decide whether or not to pledge. • The brothers at A i n are not addicted to alcohol and genuinely enjoy charity work in the commu nity. • A i n brothers all have nick names. • Mookie had strapped a .45 to his thigh before putting on his spikes in case Captain Lou turned rowdy again. The significance of this dialogue was not lost upon me at the time, but my daily creatine milkshake was on the final leg of its journey through my system and I was in dire need of some serious athletic accomplishment. Surrounded by Pings, Big Berthas and golf shirts from Urban O utfitters in Cam bridge, M assachusetts, I was rashly

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T u n e in , t u r n o n , o p t o u t “SSMU is now a business,” last w eek’s Tribune quoted Lorenzo Pederzani, who was explaining why the Shatner build ing’s electronic network has to be fixed. “And it needs its computers to run that way.” Maybe he was quoted out of context. It doesn't really make any difference — no matter what the situa tion, that's a pretty scary thing for an SSMU exec utive to say. Especially if rp a he's the one who’s got his mitts on the money. SSMU is not a business. Not now, not ever. It's a representative organization whose primary func tion is to defend undergraduates' interests. The finances are sec ondary. Some business-like princi ples might apply, but anyone who thinks of SSMU as a business is taking a mightily wrong-headed approach. What SSMU is about, as Lorenzo is quoted as remarking later on in the story, is “servicing students as best [it] can.” Well good. But providing service and operating like a business are not totally compatible. A business’ primary objective is to make money for its stockhold ers. If that were SSMU’s purpose, it wouldn’t be arguing issues with the Senate. It wouldn’t be subsidiz ing clubs, or undertaking foolishly unprofitable Walksafe programs. It would consist of a president, a VP-finance and some investment consultants. It would do things like charge freshmen fifty dollars for a Frosh program of wildly variable quality, when they can't really make an informed choice between SSMU frosh, going hardcore into their faculty froshes, or taking part in the various alternafroshes that are available. It would trap its "cus tomers" in a health plan even if they had no intention of using it, and didn't even know how. That's exactly the kind of negative-option billing that got cable companies in

trouble when they tried it a few years ago. It would, basically, be likely to systematically abuse its status as a monopoly with directors who effectively can't be fired. All these activities are ways of m aking money in areas where SSMU really ought not to be oper ating, or ought to be operating dif

referendum question about whether they should petition the Board of Governors to charge each of us two dollars a semester to subsidize an organic food store in the ghetto. A key feature of the question we answered Yes to was that any student would have the option to opt out of paying the fee if he or she didn’t expect to benefit from the store. By that logic, anyone who didn’t shop at the store would opt out, leav ing its custom ers as the only people paying for the subsidy— something that they could do by paying an extra three cents for their chemical-free mangoes. In essence, the M cGill Students for Organic Food are not just expecting us to be too apathetic to opt out of the fee, but are actual ly relying on it. Unless those of us who won't shop there really feel strongly enough about organic food that we want to make it cheaper for other people to buy it. The SSMU health plan works on pretty much the same principle, and it costs a lot more than the pro posed organic food store levy. Information about opting out of the health plan is scarce, the opt-out period is brief, and it comes at a time when undergraduates are too busy getting our lives in order to spend September 23 finding a cub byhole office on Stanley. When the mechanics of the health plan came under attack at SSMU council last year, a number of people wanted to know why opt ing out of it was so difficult. The answer turns out to be exactly what you’d expect. It came from Lev Bukhman, the one-time SSMU VP-Finance who now makes a comfortable liv ing administering the health plan through the Quebec Student Health Alliance. It was to the effect that if it was made easy to opt out, too many people would do it. The economies of scale would disap pear and the plan could collapse.

Slitting Throats David Reevely | UJai ferently. They reflect success by bureaucratic standards: size of bud get and breadth of influence. Big budgets and broad influence are not intrinsically good. They're not appropriate goals, in themselves, for an organization whose priority is serving students. In the long run, serving stu dents means keeping budgets under control. That means striving to keep expenditures from getting too high, but also to keep them from getting too low. Not turning a prof it, in other words. Som etim es organizations grossly overspend and leave mas sive debts to be recuperated by people in future years.. To pay off that debt, their successors have to use fees paid by new residents— stealing from them in order to cover the excesses of earlier resi dents. It happens all time with resi dence councils, usually in roller coaster two-year cycles. It’s wrong to let that happen. It’s exactly as wrong for such an organization to make a profit: that means stealing from the cur rent fee-payers to allow for over spending in the future. Keeping some sort of cash reserve is obvi ously a good thing, but turning a profit year after year is not. If everything has gone as planned, M cGill Students for Organic Food are pursuing a man date we undergraduates gave them in the spring. We voted Yes on a

And so, probably, would the QSHA. Now why might all those peo ple want to opt out? If they're any thing like me, it's because they've spent three years as a McGill stu dent and haven't used it for any thing yet. To stop them from getting out of the plan, information about opt ing out is freely available in February and in midsummer, when it’s really no good to anybody, and is absent in September. If you went to the SSMU desk and asked, they’d tell you, but who has time right now? So the organic food store will rely on people being too lazy to opt out of the fee. The health plan takes

advantage of those who don't know their options and aren't inclined to find out. Those are valid tactics if you're looking to empire-build. They’re wrong if you're looking to provide the services and benefits that a student association ought to. But it's what you get when the peo ple who run SSMU start thinking of it as a business. Mr. Reevely is eating well and living right, staying away from fruits and veggies soaked in pesti cides. He's young, hip and invinci ble — and he likes to think that he won't be using his health plan any time soon.

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Dateline - Three Bares Yeah, so thanks to the timetable being available only on the Web, and thanks to the bastards changing the very definition of "aca dem ic program " while I was away on sabbatical, I came to school the first day of classes with no real rea son for being there. I didn't know what my classes were, and even if I did, I wouldn't know where to go to attend them. Didn't really make a difference anyway, since I still don't have a student visa and I’m not legally allowed to attend classes. Around 11 in the morning I ran into a friend and she told me that I should just go to Open Air Pub. Sure, why not? I hadn't had my fill of T.O. clones in ages, and I was jonesing pretty badly. Thank you, God, for OAP!

Though after a few beverages I came down with a sort of depression. Why is it that the Engineering Undergraduate Society gets the monopoly on grassy lower campus real estate? And why is it that no one else thinks of challenging them? Admittedly, the EUS does have the cushy arrangem ent with Molson — did you check out the snazzy umbrellas? — but there is a whole uni verse of alcoholic beverages that aren't beer. Oh, I'm not suggesting that the Science Undergraduate Society build a still and co-opt the kiddie lawn for OAM (Open Air Moonshine), but what's stopping OAWR (Open Air Whiskey and Rye), brought to you by Seagram's?

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Taking a look at the nuts and bolts of the Supreme Court ruling on Quebec secession By Renée D unk The recent Supreme Court rul ing on the Quebec secession issue hasn’t added much clarity to the Canadian unity debate. On the con trary, it has spawned a new level of national bantering, leaving many Canadians in the dust with respect to what the ruling actually means. The case, heard before the Supreme Court by the federal gov ernment last February, was origi nally meant to be a federal scare tactic. The Liberal government hoped that the Suprem e Court would rule that it would be illegal for Quebec to unilaterally secede from Canada. The ruling, however, has ended up granting the Parti Québécois — Quebec’s governing party — a completely new level of negotiation privileges. E ssentially, the Supreme Court considered three questions when debating the secession issue, the first being w hether or not Quebec can secede unilaterally from Canada under the current constitution. The second question was whether or not the unilateral secession of Quebec from Canada would be recognized by interna tional law. The third question was in effect a combination of the first and second, asking if, in the event of a conflict between Canadian and international law, and if Quebec should separate unilaterally, which law of order would be recognized and followed. In the ruling, the answers to the above questions were made quite explicit. The Supreme Court

W e^ uestions that the fed eral governm ent p osed were futile. They touched the least likely scenario, a

number of people who voted Yes for secession in the 1995 referen dum weren’t people who wanted to necessarily separate but people who were crying out for a more decentralized government. He also maintains that the ruling is not the end of the seemingly end less Canadian unity debate but merely the beginning. He fore sees more tur bulence in the upcoming polit ical discourse and even goes as far to call it a game of “Canadian ro u lette.” He believes that the economic stability of the Canadian state over the next generation or two will defi nitely be at stake and if the two political The ruling: illegal b u t legitim ate Rebecca Catching forces cannot strike a b al of the secession issue. Scott has ance, secession is imminent. Even been very close to the ruling as he with negotiations, he feels that the represented five interveners during ruling has confused and not the course of the case. He believes improved the political debate. “It won’t become better [if a that the centralized control of Canadian power plays a large role constitutional amendment is not in the secession issue and regard made],” Scott stated. “The bottom less of secession, a constitutional line is [because of the unity amendment is needed. Although he debate,] Canadians are not effi feels that Quebec deserves the right ciently producing goods and ser to negotiate on its own terms, his vices that are consistently moving prognosis for the country’s politi up. Institutional and political sta cal debate is not positive. “The bility are central factors to this pat centrifugal forces [in Canada] have tern.” become stronger,” he stated.

of independence and be recognized by the international community. According to Stephen Scott, a constitutional law professor at McGill, the integrity, strength and resilience of Canada are at the root

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unilateral declaration o f independence. The PQ only wants to reserve the right to secede if ever negotiations failed. The court came to the rescue o f the PQ. Before this, the idea o f UDI was rarely spoken about. Louis Balthazar, professor of political science at Laval University stated that Quebec cannot secede without some sort of consent from the rest of the country; if Quebecers vote by a clear majority on a clear question in favour of secession, the rest of the country has a constitutional obligation to negotiate and should the rest of Canada refuse to negotiate, Quebec could issue a unilateral declaration

The power to negotiate Scott argued that Quebec can not be enticed to stay by allowing them the right to negotiate. “You can’t turn a tiger into a vegetarian by feeding it steak,” he said. “In the ruling there is an implied duty to negotiate, there is a general duty in any assembly to recommend changes to a constitu tion.” Although negotiation is clearly a right and not a privilege, Scott feels that the Suprem e Court “pulled a rabbit out of a hat” in the sense that this element of the ruling was not what the Liberal govern ment was expecting. “Everyone is entitled to trigger negotiations,” he said. “However, the legitimacy of the pursuit to sep arate lies in a clear [referendum] question.” Scott believes that a good

Louis Balthazar, a political science professor at Laval U niversity in Quebec City, believes that the fact that the Supreme Court wanted to answer questions on the unity debate is positive. Although he feels that the original questions were somewhat empty, he feels that the part of the ruling dedicated to negotiations was a victory for Quebec sepa ratists. “The court defines the funda mental law of the country,” Balthazar stated. “The politicians are legislators; [negotiations] are something we should submit to.” Balthazar stated that the ruling is important because in the past, the federal government has been very reluctant to negotiate with Quebec on the secession issue. Although the ruling may seem like common sense, to some people, Balthazar explained, the answ er hasn’t always been that clear.

“The questions that the federal governm ent posed were futile. They touched the least likely sce nario, a unilateral declaration of independence. The PQ only wants to reserve the right to secede if ever negotiations failed. The court came to the rescue of the PQ. Before this, the idea of UDI was rarely spoken about.” B althazar likens the Canada/Q uebec union to the European Economic Community in order to define the dichotomy that he feels exists in English Canada. In his opinion, many anglophone Canadians have a “stay or go” atti tude. In the political and economic union that he envisions, he explains how “a good German man will always want his national identity as well as the advantages of the EEC.” According to Balthazar, the Supreme Court ruling has brought the unity debate to a new level. Now instead of negotiating about negotiations, politicians can dis cuss the "meat and potatoes" of the issues — things like what would be a clear majority referendum vote. He is disappointed, however, because the Supreme Court failed to address issues such as the fact that the current Canadian constitu tion, although legally binding, has never been ratified by Quebec. He claims that Quebecers are “disen chanted” and although the issue has never been as extrem e as UDI, there is a bigger issue at stake: the constitution. Like Scott, he feels that amendments could be made to the current Canadian framework and if political demands are not met, a new political and economic structure may need to be discov ered — after UDI. Desmond Morton, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, believes that the nine justices delivered a decision that reflect the best interests of Canada as a whole. Morton believes that a judgm ent that could “please so many people on different sides [has] Solomonic virtues.” He feels, however that “what pleases all could, equally, displease all.” Morton stated that the court reminded federalists and sovereignists that the “ultimate judgment of our destiny would lie in the court of world opinion [...] Canadians and Quebecers should think about the black hole of uncer tainty that would accompany any post-Yes negotiations.” Ultimately, it is up to the indi vidual to decide whether or not the Supreme Court ruling is positive or negative. Regardless of the side of the fence on which one may sit, it is becoming increasingly clear that Canadians of all backgrounds may have a rough road ahead with respects to the unity debate.

A brief history of the unity debate 1960's Unity debate gets off the ground with the Quiet Revolution

1968 Parti Québécois founded in part by ex-Liberal René Levesque

1970 Front de Libération de Québec terrorist crisis

N o v e m b e r 5,1976 Parti Québécois elected for the first time with a promise to hold a referendum on sovereignty.

M ay 14,1980 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau promises a renewed federalism in response to the provincial referendum to be held (and defeated) one week later.

A p ril 17,1982 Canadian C onstitution is re patriated from B ritain. All provinces sign on to the new C harter of Rights except for Quebec.

A p ril 30,1987 In an attempt to return Quebec to the constitutional fold, all Canadian prem iers sign the Meech Lake accord.

J u n e 23,1990 Meech Lake collapses after fail ing to gain the support of all 10 Canadian legislatures.

N o v e m b e r 1990 Polling indicates support for Q uebec’s sovereignty at a record of 64 per cent.

A u g u st 28,1992 All prem iers sign the Charlottetown accord — the fol low-up of Meech. The accord is eventually defeated in a national referendum.

S e p te m b e r 12,1994 The PQ returns to power in Quebec.

O c to b e r 30,1995 Referendum final vote of 50.6 per cent No, 49.4 per cent Yes.

S e p te m b e r 26,1998 The federal government brings its case to the Supreme Court

F e b ru a ry 16-19,1998 The Supreme Court hears the case.

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B o d y S h o p trie s to m e ld c le a n im a g e w ith b u s in e s s Company works alongside Am nesty International and others for "profits with principles" By C harmaine C heung

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corporations should not be timid as well as the consumers. “In a about corporate activism. way, [the campaigns] are a great The Body Shop was well The Body Shop makes no m otivator for the staff because known for its corporate and envi claim to be perfect. Kennedy they’re issues we care a lot about. ronmental activism in the 1980s; in argues it just tries to do business We see ourselves as a stepping the 90s, the company claims to ethically. stone to unite communities,” she have worked towards establishing a “The big goal is to make sure said. strong social consciousness while we’re as responsible as possible “Make Your M ark with other businesses have shied away and to tell cus from public scruti th in g y o u d o , big o r fect’ not hvmg up tom ers that ny. Ti l • to expectation, or they have the ultimately, being right to ask In the 80s cor SlYIQll, nQS OH i m p a c t . Vanessa Kennedy, accused of using q u e s t i o n s , ” porate activism gained popularity Campaign head of of Social and activism as a said Kennedy. Environmental Public Awareness marketing ploy. with both com pa The Body Initiatives Vanessa nies and conShop’s philos s u m e r s . Kennedy, cam ophy is "prof C orporations sponsored social paign head of Social and its with princi causes to take advantage of popular Environmental Public Awareness ples." This trends; activism provided an excel In itiatives at the Body Shop, means that the lent m arketing opportunity for believes that companies can pro company is them. vide a proper image without being trying to Towards the end of the 80s, perfect. If a company’s social pro increase its some of the companies presenting grams are credible and co-ordina- sales by pro claims of social involvement were tors consult with experts to inform moting a good Lily ibara caught for not backing their claims themselves, Kennedy believes that image of com- K ennedy m a k es th e ca se f o r m u n i t y co rp o ra te involvem ent involvem ent. It is about making the community Human Rights” is one of the more part of the sales program . recent Body Shop social cam Kennedy’s job is to learn about paigns, running in partnership with social and environmental issues Amnesty International. It is an ini and pass them on to the public. It is tiative taken within 30 different a way of giving back to the com countries in an attempt to improve munity. Kennedy has been work human rights around the world. ing for nine years at the Body The com pany points to an Shop. She finds the campaigns to effort to free a political prisoner in be beneficial to both the company China. Nga Wang Sangdrol was

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Anglo angst: getting a jo b in Montreal sons français 2:1 ratio. “A Work-Study job is a great building block. It gets you in an office, gets you contacts and G etting a jo b is d ifficu lt information.” enough. No doubt every McGill Nicholas student is fam iliar Calamatas, job co enough with the d is ordinator at CAPS, heartening “pounding suggests not just the pavement” scenario: accepting that you days spent going from speak bad French, store to store leaving a but exploring sim trail of never-to-beple ways to glanced-at résumés. But im prove it. He the rent must be paid, so suggests renting you persevere. French movies and G etting a jo b in listening to French Montreal then, city of radio to get the ear sleek French cafés and used to the sound shops, with little to no of the language. French, can seem espe Calamatas stresses cially difficu lt. Flow that most students should a McGill student know French much with not a lot of time better than they and just a little French will adm it, and go about finding a part sim ply lack the tim e jo b ? Gregg Catharine Farquharson confidence to try Blachford, director of Anglos need jo b s too it. the C areer and “They are afraid of looking person working for them.” M cG ill, P lacem ent Service at Blachford counseled students silly,” he explained, “I have stu argues that it can be done. While he emphasizes that any job that to avoid the east of Montreal: espe dents that are very unsure of their requires sustained contact with the cially east of St. Laurent: “The fur ability in French.” In the service industry in Montreal, for example public will need some French, he ther east you go, the harder it is.” A serious option for anglo retail and restaurant work (two of added that there are certain areas in Montreal that are predominantly phone students, says Blachford, is the most common student jobs), it's English speaking and are more the Work-Study program. Work- more essential. sympathetic to English-only work Study is a program which provides Calamatas counsels students to try current students with financial their French out, no matter how ers. “It all depends on each indi assistance through part time ^ u fy a lly do need to know at M cGill. vidual business, but if the clientele em ploym ent is English, an employer is more A cceptance to the program is French, so you've sim ply got likely to hire someone with mini based on financial need; academic to jum p in there and sta rt mal French. Some of these areas standing is also considered. “R eally, for this program , swimming. are W estm ount, C ôte-St-L uc, Hampstead, Nôtre-Dame-de-Grâce your knowledge of French can be Gregg Blachford, m inim al — unless you are and the West Island.” CAPS director He is quick to note that any involved in serving students,” said employer in Quebec will expect an Blachford. There are opportunities for rusty. “What will get an employer employee to be able to speak at research jobs, administrative jobs upset is if you clearly speak a bit least enough French to answer — anything from clerical work to of French and you make no effort simple questions in the language. “You should at least be able to computer programming. Blachford to use it,” he advised. refer the person to someone who says over 600 students will be One option for the seriously does speak French,” Blachford accepted into the program and 300 French-challenged is babysitting, a said. “W ith zero French it is jobs will be posted: an excellent By Maggie G ilmour

impossible — a few sentences are absolutely essential. It looks extremely bad for business if an employer has a purely anglophone

job for which there are “plenty of postings right now.” Calamatas say babysitters require little to no French if they will be dealing with sm all children; and wages are decent. One final option is a job that requires no contact with the public at all: working in a kitchen or stock room. Josh Knelman, a U4 English literature student, got a job in the kitchen at Grano’s restaurant

on St Laurent “through friends and with no French.” Whatever your language ability, CAPS has options fo r anyone seek ing employment. Also, visit the CAPS website at www. megill. caJstuserv/caps.

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Taking care of the soul: A justification for the globe trotting student's existence In an ideal world, travel education would be covered under OSAP

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ful noisy groups on the cobblestone streets, lions in the backyard, and eight weeks, is notoriously violent it’s going to be about. At least ground. Someone would inevitably snakes in the bathtub. I also expect and unstable, but I felt completely bring out a guitar and start crooning ed there to be uninterrupted civil safe while I was there. I stayed in for me. o b serva tio n I went to Spain a few years into the night. A little store the suburbs, mind you, but ago. I was seventeen, terrified, and around the corner sold in general the descriptions had vague ideas about working at a beer for ridiculously cheap of a country you receive are on trends in volunteer work camp on a river out prices. seriously inaccurate. I rem em ber lying side of Madrid. Once I had accom People adapt to what plished this — a strange two week there in that square one ever is their reality, and that cu rren t issues session of cleaning up garbage night, surrounded with becomes normal for them. beside rivers in small Spanish voices and chatter in all In Durban, it is normal to languages. towns and building fences around different see car guards wandering vulnerable baby trees to protect There’s something about the streets at night: men and them from marauding and hungry getting away from your women hired to watch sheep — I left the camp and went context, from all the things parked cars to ensure they that are familiar to you, to Barcelona. are not stolen. It is normal B y M a g g ie G ilm o u r Now Barcelona, like any major that makes every experi that no one goes out after European city, has an impressive ence seem charged, special dark or goes near the down list of tourist sights. I dutifully somehow. We were all town core. I worked at a tramped off to all of them. I waited lying around listening to newspaper while I was in in lineups with other sweaty back music and talking. Could Durban, and the crime packers for a view of the Sagrada happen anywhere, right? reporters would have their Fam ilia, a strange and surreal But it was under a foreign hands full every night with a church with birthday candle-like sky, and that’s what made tavern shooting or stabbing. spires reaching to the sky. I went to it all the more magical. Those were normal nights. This summer I went the Dali museum and marvelled at The point is, travel enlarges the melting clocks. I bought thou to South Africa. An ex your perspective: when you sands of postcards. But the best girlfriend of my father’s elive another life as a time I had in Barcelona had nothing mailed me for a year, liked stranger in a land where a me and then took a chance to do with the sights. totally different way of life My youth hostel was located on inviting me for the is the norm, it makes you on the Plaça Real: a huge open summer. It was a brave think about — and even square with an ornate fountain in move on her part and on appreciate — all the things the middle of it, bordered with little mine. Thank God, it Bags packed, ready to go. Julie Fishman in life you take for grant shops and cafes. There were three worked. ed. Travel is very important, espe I had all the wrong hostels in the plaza and at night, all Travel does more cially for somewhat self absorbed expectations for my summer. I strife and violence. Of course I was the kids would stream out and fill than just enlarge your perspective. students like me. It gets you away the square, congregating in colour expected antelopes running in the wrong. Durban, where I stayed for It allows for profound connections from the world you take for granted to people in a way that just doesn’t and forces you to reconsider your happen at home. When you’re entire existence. This is not a deep away, the differences between you or particularly new observation, but and others are highlighted and a it needs to made. Travel must be connection seems like a real bridg justified: most people still see it as ing of a gap. One night in South a luxury. Our society needs to Africa really sticks out in my mem rethink that. It’s education for the ory. Georgina, the woman I stayed soul. If I ask my parents to go away with, had a way of attracting people again next summer, I know they s U U js ;::" ' — her house was enveloped in a will roll their eyes in dismay. 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“I tried to fill this place a long tim e ago,” quipped Rufus Wainwright between songs at his sold out show at the C abaret Tuesday night, “and nobody came.” The packed house laughed along with him, if only because it seemed so absurd that Montreal’s “next big thing,” with a self-titled debut CD lining the shelves at HMV and cover stories for hip m agazines like D etails, could ever have hunched over a guitar in a dark corner of the Phoenix cafe to play for ten peo ple. Yet it is the fact that, to some extent, Rufus is still recog nizable as a charismatic local talent that keeps his Montreal audience so completely enthralled. Certainly he hasn’t let fame go to his head. After a charming opening set by his sister Martha, who performed her bitter-sweet country-esque love songs with a

new-found assurance, Rufus snuck sheepishly onto the stage dressed in a t-shirt featuring a National Film Board logo, with a jester’s cap and a vest patterned with a suit of cards. With his inimitable style, Rufus immediately mocked his golden-boy celebrity image and

installed himself at his piano as a jack of hearts, the jester-king of the evening. He proceeded to give devastating renditions of old favourites “Danny Boy,” “Matinee Idol” and “Desdemona,” switching from his classical piano lounge show -tunes to guitar for more recent songs like “Barcelona” only

after he had completely floored the crowd with his voice. The set seemed spontaneous and varied, as Rufus introduced a new satirical num ber from his mother Kate McGarrigle’s upcom ing release, revisited an earlier tune about cafe society and announced, “Okay, this is the h it,” before run ning through his first sin gle. Although he performed m ost of the show solo, Rufus invited Martha up on stage several times to join him. Her sul try, som e tim es eerie contralto wove gently through her brother’s songs “ In Your A rm s” and “Sally Ann,” and spellbound a crowd of several hundred people (albeit not for long, as the room cheered Rufus through two encores). Always conscious of his rela tionship with his audience, Rufus’ show was part raw talent and part stand up comedy, as the court jester fumbled about the stage for a capo,

knocked over his guitar stand, seemed more comfortable on stage swigged beer and bummed smokes and in control of his own image, from the audience, stopping a few and as a result, this concert had the bars into “Barcelona” to proclaim, more intimate feel of the earlier “Sorry, I’ve got to burp.” All this Café Sarajevo and Bistro 4 shows. The Tribune had the opportu patter worked against the polished image of the young rock-star that nity to talk with Rufus about his Dreamworks, Rufus’ record label, current tour after the show had ended and a gaggle of adoring, has tried to present. In fact, the Cabaret show stood autograph-hunting young fans had in m arked contrast to R ufus’ dispersed. When asked about his appearance last April in Montreal solo outing, Rufus mentioned that at the Lion d ’Or where he per expense and inconvenience pre formed the newer song arrange vented him from including other ments from his CD with a full musicians on the tour; however, backing band. On that night he considering that his former band seemed uneasy and overwhelmed consisted of accom plished -yet by the scale of the concert, specifi experienced studio musicians, one cally the upscale venue, the flashy has to wonder if Rufus’ decision to light show and the entourage of tour alone wasn’t made more to camera and sound crews there to assert his independence from his label than to save film a pre rehearsed pop m t h e f a c t t h a t , t o them money. “I ’ve got a version of “You W ill B elieve in s o m e e x t e n t , R u f u s is new band now,” Love” for a new s t i l l r e c o g n i z a b l e a s a Rufus added with an im pish grin, v i d e o . c h a r is m a tic lo c a l t a l confirm ing all A cknow ledging the pressures of e n t t h a t k e e p s h i s suspicions and developing his M o n t r e a l a u d i e n c e s o suggesting that from now on, the talent amidst all c o m p l e t e l y e n t h r a l l e d . jester-k in g is the industry hype, pulling the Rufus introduced strings. “California” exclaiming, “This is a song about 'Hey you! Put down that Hole California where I lived for two disc. Support local talent. Rufus’ years... and got totally corrupted!” This time around Rufus lost debut self-titled CD is over there in the band and returned to pared the pop section. There, in the fifth down versions of his classics. He aisle under W. Ah, that’s better. ’

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Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky. U nless you have been sucked up by a vortex or a black hole for the last five years or so, you have heard of these acts and most likely own at least one of their albums. They are all repre sentative of the unique sound of Bristol, England and are all enjoy ing their well-deserved success and fortune. However, it is unlike ly that even the most devoted triphop fan would be familiar with the likes of Smith and Mighty. The mainstream’s ignorance of these two men is evident in light of the fact that their first album cannot be found in any of M o n treal’s dow ntow n record stores. Unlike the aforementioned threesome who have signed with major record labels or their sub sid iaries, Rob Sm ith and Ray Mighty remain true to themselves and their art as an underground, independent act. This is primarily

due to an extensive battle with a record label who did not feel they had a hit single. The duo estab lished themselves in 1988 through club hits and mixing for other artists in the dance scene. In 1995 they launched Bass is Maternal and this year they put forth their

self-titled CD on the Studio K7 label. Smith and Mighty is a seven ty-two minute continuous record ing with tw enty-four tracks of remixes and original cuts. Its raw

yet refined sound begins with a tribute to the underground UK sound in “Amid the E th e r,” a blissful blend of dub and reggae. Later tracks include “Walk on By” and “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” both Burt Bacharach covers. The CD repeatedly shifts gears from rap to skillful scratching in the everything-but-subtle track enti tled “Quite Frankly.” Track seven, “Mr. A&R Man,” is a biting com mentary on the nightmarish litiga tion they endured with their record company. Several drum n’ bass tracks incorporating breakbeats with larger-than-life vocals round out the album, a wild combination of reggae, dub, drum n ’ bass, triphop and the lyrical styling of sev eral artists. Is it possible that such a diverse number of Bristol sounds could coexist on a continuous recording? The answer: Yes! The transitions between tracks are nonabrasive. Each song simply morphs into the next, yet each stands distinctly on its own. Smith

and Mighty defy categorization and refuse to be confined to one genre. The CD is not only a com pilation of artists, but o f an impressive number of styles and sounds. Distinguishing between genres only serves the “A&R” men of track seven who require such classification to create a mar ketable product. This CD is not meant to be a “phenomenon” or a means to an end but rather an evo lution of the influences of a vari ety of sounds originating from the Bristol scene. A close look at the CD cover reveals that this duo is really a threesome. The third member of Smith and Mighty is Pete D. Rose, who was reached at his home and studio in England. This reporter scored this interview as the result o f a chance m eeting with this humble giant under dim lights and euphoric influence at Sona one Saturday not long ago. Pete D. has an extensive Continued on page 22

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Although we Montrealers live in what may justifiably be called the most “E uropean” of North American cities, we unfortunately lack one of the most important ele ments of a cultured European city:

a solid collection of European art. For those of us who do not find poutine and the Alouettes to be adequate compensation, it becomes im perative for us to go to the M ontreal Museum of Fine Arts whenever it displays a must-see exhibit. This happens about once a

year: in 1996 it was René Magritte, in 1997 Exiles and Emigres, and this year the museum hosts The Time of the Nabis. Paul S erusier founded the Nabis (“N abis” is Hebrew for “prophet” and should be pro nounced in French) in 1888 after he brought a cigar box lid back to Paris on which he painted a boldly coloured landscape under the tute lage of Paul Gauguin. This paint ing, later dubbed “The Talisman,” so impressed several of his fellow artists that they formed a school of art which lasted until 1900. Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, medieval art and folklore, as well as Gauguin and his school at Pont-Aven, the Nabis wished to break free from the conservative academicism which it felt had ster ilized the mainstream art of their time. As members of the fledgling avant-garde (nonconformism actu ally being a new thing) they devel oped a stunning style out of earlier Post-Impressionism. This would influence tw entieth century Expressionism, best exemplified by Matisse and the Fauves, a group of critically reviled painters who used vivid colours in response to Impressionism. Mystical and religious over

tones haunt many of the works found in this exhibit. Several of the artists had interests in Eastern reli gions or in ancient Christianity and wished to subtly evoke the sacred and the occult in their paintings.

contours, flat and bright planes of colour and slightly distorted spatial dimensions. This generalization may be applicable to more than one painting, but it also undermines the variety of different artists and

Félix Valotten's "Femmes nues a u x chats " Although many works have an. enigmatic feeling, none are particu larly dark and most convey a subtle optimism and faith in the human spirit. Also interesting are the ties which several of the artists had with Baudelaire’s poetry. Nabis paintings are typically described as having thick, sinuous

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works of this school. Hopefully names like Pierre Bonnard, Aristide Maillol, Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard will ring a bell for you, but if they do not, realize that each of them was quite an artist in his own right, with a style and interest all his own. For one school, the diversity of styles

and variety of subjects is impres sive; this is nothing like a collec tion of Renaissance “Madonnas and Children.” Granted, the Nabis are not the best known painters of all time, but this exhibit remains a must-see. It really seems as if there is some thing in the Nabis collection to appeal to everyone whether one prefers Nouveau Art, Symbolism, P ost-Im pressionism , straight Impressionism, or even Neo-classi cism. In addition, the exhibit offers bonuses like several Japanese woodcuts, including H okusai’s wave, and a few objects like tapes tries and lampshades reflecting the Nabis interest in decorative arts. Few specialized exhibits in this city offer such a broad and appealing selection of European art. The Nabis exhibit features over 200 works and is showing at the Museum o f Fine A rts until November 22. On a related note, the exhibit is, oddly enough, spon sored by Metro grocery stores. Go forth and ponder the deep connec tion between high art and TV din ners.

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The Tragically Hip are in the midst of yet another American club tour. The band consistently sells well in New York, Boston and other large centres, but has yet to meet with any mainsteam success south of the border. Indeed, the cynic would suggest that these club dates are little more than a great place to meet C anadians. The band’s recent five-night sell-out stand at a tiny club in New York City was reportedly due almost exclusively to Canuck road trip pers. It is a strange irony that a band known for its incendiary live

shows should have trouble break ing through in the United States simply because their Canadian fans have their ears to the ground for ticket information and are willing to drive hundreds of miles to see a Hip show. In order to address these con cerns, The Hip and their promoters launched a relatively large-scale advertising cam paign for the band’s August 28 show at Sugarbush Mountain in central Verm ont. It appears to have worked; the usual legions of roadtrippers must have been shocked to see that the majority of license plates hailed from Vermont or New

York. Are the Hip actually catching reach new levels of subtlety and on in the United States? mellowness on Phantom Power, The mood in the parking lot but it appears that his range has was not dissimilar to a Canadian im proved dram atically as well. Hip show, though the Canadian This was evident during the band’s beer had fancier labels and was ferocious take on “Fire in the “imported.” The beer-addled may Hole,” a track from 1994’s Day for hem of the school bus ride to the N ight. B eginning with one of concert itself could have been any Downie’s better stream-of-cpnwhere, though the venue itself is sciousness rants, each band mem unlike any this reviewer has seen, ber then attacked their instruments in any country. Fans were herded with an uncharacteristic rage. into a funnel-shaped ski hill - Downie in particular screamed and “hill” being the operative word. The stage was perhaps fifty verti cal feet below the last rows of fans, which created excellent sightlines but more than a few heart-in-the-throat moments down in front, where renegade crowd surfers made life difficult. It was actually quite satisfying to wit ness these flag-w aving fools, struggling with the additional bur den of surfing uphill (or down), land on the rocks and stumps that make up the “floor” of this less than perfect venue. The Tragically Hip, catching on? Still, The Hip are engrossing enough that once they hit the stage, yelled and actually seemed angry, after parading up the hill in a an emotion he usually buries in Pathfinder motorcade, all was for irony and facial ticks. given. Opening with “Save the It is this attitude which has led Planet,” a fairly nondescript song some American critics to label the from Phantom Power, the band’s band as “dull”; if there was ever otherwise brilliant summer release, any truth to this, it is gone now. In the Hip delivered their usual pow fact, the band seems to have limit erhouse performance. The crowd, ed its “jamming,” which was never even while grappling with vertigo, half as spontaneous or creative as was whipped into its customary some seemed to think, to a few frenzy during “Nautical Disaster,” songs. It is somewhat less exciting “New Orleans is Sinking,” and to know that “New Orleans” or “At other traditional favourites. the H undredth M eridian” will Singer Gord Downie’s vocals always contain an “improvised”

section, but it is also a breath of fresh air to see the band just play a song straight through. It is strange that through aban doning, at least for the American tour, its constant improvisations and interludes The Tragically Hip might have become “less dull,” if only by A m erican standards. Whether or not they revert to the “old style” performance when they tour in Canada again, it is interest ing and very enjoyable to see this more straight-ahead take on a Hip show. They sound tighter than ever, Bobby Baker’s guitar parts cutting through the noise ju st as they should, but so often d o n ’t, in arena shows. Even if the set was shorter than one might expect for a “festival,” this Hip show was exciting if only because it was so different from their Canadian arena shows and their Another Roadside Attraction performances On a lo g istical note, Sugarbush has some serious prob lems they may want to address should they ever consider holding another concert. It is baffling, first off, that a resort with two nearly identical base areas, with roughly identical ski hills at each, would choose to hold their concerts at the base sporting the smaller parking lot. While this reviewer was lucky Continued on page 22

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Kyp Harness headlines upcoming show By Elaine O 'C onnor

There are two things one might have noticed over the past several years at Yawp! and all Jake Brown-related events. One, the shows have been starting increas ingly earlier and two, the difficulty in finding a seat at said events has grown exponentially. Not that these two phenomena aren’t readily explainable. Since Yawpl’s inception well over three years ago, hundreds of acts have paid their dues at the infamous “open mic” shows or gotten their first big break at a large venue playing on the Cabaret stage. Right now, Yawp! MC (and all round guru) Jake Brown has more acts than he can possibly fit into an evening, and due to his tire less postering and ingenious pro moting, he has the audience he deserves. That said, it is worth noting that Yawp! itself has evolved over the years from an excuse for the Montreal arts community to con gregate at Bistro 4, smoke Gauloises, get uproariously drunk and fawn all over their friends, into a large-scale cultural event where

important out-of-towners like John CBC. So is it Yawp! or is it some S. Hall share the spotlight with upthing in the water? Brown spells and-comers culled from cafés, col out his role in the proceedings. leges and universities. These days, the show functions as a prep-school talent pool of sorts. Brown wants to make clear that Yawp! works to get young local hopefuls into bigger ponds and he offers a list of “Star Search”-like success stories by way of proof. Both Rufus Wainwright and Lindy passed through the doors of Bistro 4 on their way to record deals. They were followed by funk band Parkside Jones, Rob C o s m i c F is h , u p r o a r io u s ly d ru n k . Lutes and the Golden Mean, all of whom snagged a cov “It’s not that my shows caused eted ten-thousand dollar Factor their success, rather that my show grant with which to produce their offered a space for exposure and debut CDs. On the literary side, recommendation for success.” Tara Martin, a local female Catherine Kidd, the fantastically folkster on the cabaret circuit and a talented spoken word artist, signed a book publishing deal with performer at the upcoming show, Summerhill Press and poetic priest concurs. She has been playing vari ess Heather O’Neill is apparently ous shows over the past year, and developing a television show for insists that it is an excellent way to

get exposure and meet contacts. Case in point, she is currently recording a demo CD with Lindy’s help. “Jake gives people a chance that might not have had a chance,” she offers, “and he has no qualms about pushing them.” With that in mind, any one of the performers in Friday’s show could be the proverbial “next big thing.” Yawp! file photo headliner is singer-song writer Kyp Harness from Toronto, here supporting his new-ish CD, “Houdini in Reverse,” an indie rock release with a poppy-blues twist and the vocal echoes of Lou Reed and Bob Dylan. He is joined by local artist Atif Siddiqi, per forming his unique brand of gender acrobatics with a piece titled “The Madonna of Montreal.”

Besides Atif and a theatre group from the Conservatoire Lasalle, Friday’s bill is dominated by bands, most of them in the development stage. Cosmic Fish, billed as a “cutting edge Francophone Drum & Bass outfit,” will likely play a set from their demo CD (which, strangely enough, is mostly in English and sounds more like a spacey funk band with beats), and Trip The Off will undoubtedly mix it up with a few chillin’ dubbed-out reggae grooves fromtheir impressive indie CD “What a Day.” Rounding out the musical roster are The Wells and Domenick Yoneh, with spoken word-music hybrids Kit Kat and Allen Lento thrown in for good measure. A s i f Jake B row n d o e s n ’t have enough dem o tapes on his hands ... se n d him yo u rs! H e ’s in the p h one book. B etter yet, a cco st him a t Cafe R en c o n tre a n d p ly him w ith p re ss kits! Y a w p ! g o e s d o w n a t 7 :3 0 (sh a rp ! as u s u a l) F r id a y , S e p te m b e r 11th a t C a b a ret (2111 St. Laurent).

How Stella Got Her Groove Back: a marketing ploy examined By G abriella G ershenson

Moviegoers at Wednesday evening’s showing of the muchhyped H o w Stella G o t H e r G ro o ve B a c k found themselves in the midst of the hoopla surrounding the World Film Festival of Montreal. A personal appearance by Angela Basset, the star of the film, only added to the hype. With the recent release of the film’s soundtrack and the opening of the movie this week, not to mention the ubiquity of Stella posters in the city landscape, Basset’s visit to the festival consummated the media love fest that is H o w S te lla G o t H e r G roove B ack.

Adapted from Terry McMillan’s novel of the same name, S te lla is loosely based on the author’s own experience. This is the story of the haute bourgeois Stella, a forty-year old AfricanAmerican divorced mom played by Angela Basset, who finds love with twenty year-old Jamaican stud Winston Shakespeare, played by Taye Diggs. A variation on the D ir ty D a n c in g -e sque “I’ve found forbidden love on vacation” theme, the cast is enhanced by the presence of Whoopi Goldberg as Bertha, the best friend who accompanies Stella on the fateful trip. The first and most noticeable disparity is between the film’s intended audience and the sound track’s target consumer. While Angela Basset and Whoopi Goldberg will undoubtedly attract a considerable middle-aged female contingent, the soundtrack roster reads like an M T V J a m s compila tion, with artists ranging from Boyz II Men to Shaggy. The gen

eration gap between these two demographics echoes the scan dalous age difference between Stella and her lover around which the whole film revolves. Whether these synonymous relationships can be attributed to the wit or merely the greed of Twentieth Century Fox, the film’s distribu tor, is up for debate. With a mar keting scheme that attempts to woo young viewers with the advanced sales of a youthful R & B/hip-hop soundtrack for a forty something chick flick, one won ders if someone isn’t spreading themselves too thin. The success or failure of a plan that tries to please all marketing niches

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remains to be seen in the numbers. Whether you catch the film before you hear the soundtrack or vice versa, both are misleading as to the content of the other. The James Brown, Bob Marley and Parliament tracks that got consid erable air-time in the flick were omitted from the soundtrack alto gether. Although Goldberg and Basset reminisced about the poly ester jumpsuits and afros of their youth, any retro vibe that was alive in the film was crushed

underfoot on its way to compact disc. The soundtrack tunes that did make it into the film served main ly to underscore the embarrassing ly cheesy sex scenes. While the older tunes made more accessible to the audience the black baby boomer’s musical frame of refer ence, songs like Mary J. Blige’s “Beautiful” quickly transformed scenes into lame R & B music videos. Judging by the frequency of this occurrence, it became painful ly clear that director Kevin Rotney Sullivan is of the Toni Braxtonmusic-video school of directing. Between Angela Basset’s constant pop diva close-ups and the shame less (albeit tasty) skin show on the island of Jamaica, it was a wonder that no one broke into song. Sullivan’s most memorable cam era work is in the first half hour of the film, after which the audience is subjected to redundant shots of Jamaica reminiscent of a Club Med advert. Sadly, the script is as unin spired as the directing and like wise, has its shining moments in the film’s first thirty minutes. This segment of the movie ranges from goofy to hysterical and—sur prise—is dominated by the reli ably funny Whoopi Goldberg. Her character Bertha affectionately refers to Winston as “jail bait hip hop,” while dubbing Stella the “troll in the kindergarten yard.” However, once the romance kicks in the humour all but disappears, leaving a script once rife with kick and ingenuity a banal and stagnant farce. This is both disappointing and surprising, seeing that Terry McMillan also co-wrote the script, which, by the end of the film,

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S o n ic R o o m the Barenaked Ladies, though too often The N ig h tlin es S essio n s drifts towards that unfortunate model. That said, perhaps this album will please die-hard fans. It’s still difficult tocomprehend why a band capable of writing some truly memorable songs would, as a final tribute to this radio show, leave only a relatively trivial and silly collection.

Monifa M o ’h ogany

(Universal)

-C hris S elley

Sinead Lohan N o M erm aids

(Grapevine/Interscope) Being a person who does not normally keep my disc collection stacked with the latest R and B releases I tried to approach this album with an open mind. By the time I reached the song “Suga Suga,” however, I realized that Monifah’s album M o ’h o g a n y was not the place to start my new col lection. Monifah has a very strong and sexy voice, but the songs seem contrived. The album appears to have been made following a formu la, leaving the listener with an uno riginal hour of music. “Monifah’s Anthem/Bad Girl,” the album’s first track, is followed up with “Monifah’s Anthem/Bad Girl II” near the end of the disc, just in case the listener has forgotten that Monifah is a very bad girl. Monifah’s smooth vocals, the sav ing grace of the album, could be put to better use than in this collec tion of cheesy self-fulfilling songs (bad girl, indeed). -K am a L eier

Rheostatics The N igh tlin es Sessions

(Trog)

Sinéad Lohan, like Monifa, has a strong voice that stands out from the music and makes you lis ten for the lyrics. Unlike Monifah, Lohan’s music is refreshing, and the songs come across as serious and original. Sinéad seems passion ate about her work, and this makes the albuman easy listen. Her new release, N o M erm a id s, is folk music with a bit of an edge; the songs are catchy and have strong beats that draw in listeners. “Whatever It Takes” is a great showcase of her vocal talent and song writing skills. (Yes, she writes all the music and lyrics on the disc!) There are definite influences from popular female singers such as Paula Cole in haunting songs like “Loose Ends,” where Sinéad slows it down and lets her voice pour smoothly over the music. Sinéad Lohan could have a promis ing career ahead of her, as she seems to follow no formula but her own. -K am a L eier

Squirrel Nut Zippers P eren n ia l F a vo rites

(Mammoth) The latest release from the prolific and unpredictable Rheostatics is a recording made during the last broadcast of Nightlines, a CBC radio show which ran for fifteen years and showcased many great Canadian bands. This could, then, be a valuable recording, a worthy slice of Canadiana and an accurate profile of a band goofing around. Unfortunately, it is also more than a little annoying. There are pre cious few actual songs, though this group includes “Majorca,” a won derful little tune that embodies everything about the Rheostatics. The band can combine blissful melodies with abject silliness better than most; better, certainly, than

tum. Even though all trends have their day and inevitably return to obscurity, there are always the plucky survivors of such a move ment. After the second death of the Cherry Drop, the Lindy Hop, the Charleston, what have you, the Squirrel Nut Zippers will still be jiving. The diversity of P e r e n n ia l F avorites, SNZ’s new retrospective CD, shows that the band has more thanjust swing on their plate. With two prior releases in their reper toire, P e re n n ia l F a v o rite s contin ues the legacy of the band’s experi mentation and improvisation. This particular CD boasts a fusion of styles ranging from New Orleans jazz toklezmer tocabaret androck abilly. Among the highlights are the absurd yet stylish lyrics (Ships were made for sinking, whiskey made for drinking/If we were made of cellophane, we’d all get stinking drunk much faster!), wonderfully raunchy horn riffs, and the Billy Holiday sound-alike crooner. This is a band that clearly enjoys what they are doing, making the experi ence infectiously joyful for the lis tener. Don’t forget to pop the disk into the CD-ROM drive - more treats are in store. -G abriella G ershenshon

Bob Mould The L a st D o g a n d P o n y Show

(Granary Music/Rykodisc)

Bob Mould, ageless creator of endearingly sincere power-pop, is so self-effacing and down to earth that one really wants him to suc ceed. The L a st D og a n d P o n y Show is an album with some similarly endearing hooks a few great songs, but ultimately it just isn’t as good as one would hope. It’s odd, too, because the first two tracks, especially the powerful “Moving Trucks,” share the jangly angst which made minor sensations out of Mould’s old band Sugar and

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its “breakthrough” album C o p p e r “Skintrade,” an island in a sea of interminable guitar epics, is another great piece of rock and roll, but Mould’s inexplicable dabbling into what will for convenience’s sake be called “electronica” will send you lunging for the stop button. Apparently, this is Bob

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U.N.K.L.E. P sye n ce F iction

(Mo Wax)

As a "drummer,” DJ Shadow is instantly recognizable, though his source material is impossibly varied and obscure. His debut, E n d tro d u cin g..., was a revelation, a singluar vision culled from a plu rality of voices. The glue that holds it all together is soul, and that's what we hear, rather than a series of stitched-together samples. U.N.K.L.E. is billed as a "col laboration" with Mo Wax label head James Lavelle. Lavclic's role in the project, however, is nebulous at best. Credited as a "producer" (which can mean anything) along with Shadow, the Mo Wax impre sario recieves no songwriting cred its, his most tangible presence on the album being some pretentious heavy breathing. That’s executive priveligc for you. Between his first and second albums, onetime "man of the hour" Tricky put forth a collection of col laborations called N ea rly G o d that contained moments of divine inspi ration alongside some duds. Shadow, in Tricky's place, has made a similar move. The good stuff on P syence F iction is among Shadow's best work, but the bad stuff is truly embarassing. Alternating with some stellar new Shadow instrumentals are the long-awaited team-ups. A partial list of collaborators includes hard-

core pioneer Kool G Rap, Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) and Thom Yorke (Radiohead), rapper Mike D (Beastie Boys), and even Metallica's Jason Newstead. All these guests perform well, with one exception. Without Radiohead's wall of feedback act ing as a buffer, Yorke's voice falls flat in both senses of the word. Ashcroft, in his effort, soars. "Lonely Souls" brings back the London Symphony Orchestra to finish the job they started on "Bittersweet Symphony." More experimental than last summer's hit single, "Lonely Soul" is an aesthet ic experience of a higher order one which rewards repeated listens. Lavelle and Shadow obviously had their ear to the ground -Ashcroft and Yorke recorded their contribu tions before releasing the acclaimed U rban H y m n s and O K C om puter.

U.N.K.L.E.'s other collabora tive experiments include hardcore punk (Badly Drawn Boy’s near’y unlistenablc "Nursery Rhyme . Ninja-Tune trip-outs (the gorgeo s "Celestial Annihilation" with Wi.i Malone), trip-hop laments (Alii : Temple's "Bloodstain," which beats Massive Attack at their own game), and one unremarkable acoustic guitar ballad from Atlantique, a girl who must have some powerful friends. As the sampled voice at the end of the recording admits, U.N.K.L.E. is "a mixed bag" to tide fans over until the next solo release, while attracting completists from the Verve, Beastie Boys and Radiohead camps. Taking conventional song structure to the point at which it threatens to break down, Shadow, the music fan's music fan, has brought the form back from the brink a little stronger, a little wiser. In that, U.N.K.L.E. has served its purpose. -K ris M ichaud

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During the recent swing revival, acts like the Cherry Popping Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Lee Press On and the Nails and the Squirrel Nut Zippers have been gaining increasing momen

Mould’s last album with a full band, and he plans to tour and record with a more solo flair. It is unfortunate that he couldn’t pro duce a few more great songs to accompany his truly unique sound on this album; still, Mould is a per sonality who will no doubt endure.

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THIS WEEK (September 9-15)

NEWLISTINGS

Wednesday performing “The Gospel Show”at Cabaret, $12.50.

Fri 10/02 E co n o lin e Crush, at Café Campus. G uy Sm iley and The M isfits at theMedley.

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Saturday The first significant Saturday night concert in Montreal’s recent memory features the awesome blues-rock of B ig Sugar, fresh off another summer of motorsports-related gigs, playing for a crowd who actually appreciates them at the Spectrum. With President’s Choice Canadian Rock best-sellers M a tth e w Good B a n d and

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resumé and a list of friends and acquaintances that will blow your mind: Mushroom from Massive Attack, Nellie Hooper, Soul to Soul, and members of the original Wild Bunch to name just a few. He began his “career” in 1986 “just making music and having a good time.” In 1988 he met Smith and Mighty and members of the Wild Bunch at an underground rave in London. He hung out with both groups and attended “Wild Bunch Parties,” where the Bunch would remix records they had gathered in New York. It didn’t take long before Pete

don’t feel that there is a need for a solo album at this moment. I mix my own stuff in my Studio and Rob and I have a profound influ ence on each other.” At this time, Pete is content chilling out with his mates, making fabulous music and having a good time doing it. P ete D. R o se w ill b e creating m u sic w ith fe llo w m a tes R o b Sm ith a n d R a y M ig h ty o n S e p t. 2 2 a t S p e e d in N Y C . I f y o u g e t th e chance, ch e ck it out. You w o n ’t be d isa p p o in ted w ith th ese true in n o va to rs o f the B risto l sound.

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VENUE INFORMATION C abaret is at 2111 St-Laurent, 8452014. C afé C a m p u s is at 57 Prince Arthur E, 844-1010. F oufounes is at Pluto. 87 Ste-Catherine E, 844-5339. T he M edley is at 1170 St-Denis, 842-6557. Tuesday M assive A tta c k bring their cheerful, M etro p o lis is at 59 Ste-Catherine E, melodious pop... wait, that’s not 273-2739. M olson C entre is at 1260 right. Well, it’s sold out anyway, so de la Gauchetière W, 790-1245. The you ticketholders already know how S p ectru m is at 318 Ste-Catherine W, 861-5851. goodtheyare. At Metropolis.

became “mates with them and had a blast making music.” He collab orated with Massive Attack, writ ing songs for the group and help ing them shape their classic first album, 1990’s B lu e L in e s . Yet before they signed a record deal, Pete had a fall out with the group and missed being signed on as well. Following this, he collabo rated with Sm ith a n d M ig h ty, after they signed their own record deal So now here stands a man who helped shape both groups’ careers with no exclusive record deal of his own. Rose shared his feelings on this apparent run of bad luck. “I

enough to arrive at the concert mere seconds before the Hip took the stage, the thousand or so lag gards behind him in line at the sec ond parking lot were not as lucky. The Tragically Hip’s web site this week features a link to obtain refunds on tickets fans never even got to use. The bus situation was such that after the concert that many fans chose to walk (six miles) back to their cars. The valley’s road has a distinctly uphill tendency that was not immediately obvious on

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the drive in, but by mile four most involved in this death march had tacitly agreed never to speak of it again. Festival-goers are a hardy bunch, willing to put up with adversity, but this was more than a little ridiculous. Despite the impressive performance by The Hip in Vermont, the logistical issues and subsequent marathon are most likely to remain in the minds of those in attendance.

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Redmen soccer preparing to defend national title By Jeff G oldstein

Excitement is hovering around Redmen soccer this fall, in part from the 1998 World Cup, more so because of the 1997 National championship title hanging at McGill. The head coach of the McGill Redmen soccer team, Pat Raimondo, hopes his squad can carry that soccer excitement with them in their quest to repeat as CIAU soccer champions this fall. In 1996, the Redmen soccer team, the third highest scoring squad in the nation, looked very strong in their pursuit of a national title until a late penalty shot in the Nationals knocked them out of contention. With a half dozen grad uating seniors having scored 50 per cent of the team’s goals during the 96 season, last year was supposed to be a rebuilding season. The team began 1997 with a three win, two loss injury-plagued preseason, but was able to rebound strongly and get healthy in time to finish first in the Quebec conference with a 6-2-2 regular season record. Coach Raimondo’s team improved steadily as the season progressed; by October the team was playing by far its best soccer of the season. “The pieces of the puzzle just seemed to fall into place,” said

Raimondo. “As the playoffs were netted the first goal of his career to last year’s nationals tournament McGill to host approaching, the team was able to clinch the win 5-4 and give McGill MVP — suffered a serious eye Nationals take their play to a higher level — their first CIAU championship in injury requiring 14 stitches. The starting goaltender is expected to This year will mark the 100th be lost to the team until at least season of intercollegiate Redmen October fourth. Until he can return, soccer. To celebrate the soccer cen Eddy Zuppel of Laval, Quebec will tennial, McGill will host the CIAU start in net. The replacement net- national championships from minder showed his potential by November 11 to 14 at Molson shutting out the University of Stadium. As host of the tourna Dubai 1-0 on August 30th. ment, McGill receives an automatic Even with the losses of several berth in this year’s nationals. But starters from the1997 squad, the Coach Raimondo claims that this Redmen still remain a strong team, fact will not affect the team’s although they will be forced to rely approach for this season. heavily on the play of younger “We opened camp on August players like Rehan Ali, Jason 18. Our goals are the same as every Frenette and Zuppel. The strength other year season. We have to take of this year’s incoming freshmen it one task at a will play a large time. There is is th e p o te n tia l fo r the potential for role in determining the fate of the cur m is team to be even better this team to be rent McGill team as even better than well as the those of than last year's. last year’s” Pat Raimondo, the future. Striker With the S e a n S h e p p a r d a t M o ls o n S t a d iu m la s t s e a s o n File Photo Jamie Watson, a head coach of the McGill soccer team Redmen hosting transfer student the national from Bishop’s we just peaked at the right time,” fifteen years. championship, and a large core of University, and midfielder Marc last season’s championship team added the fifth year coach. Buan of Canada’s national program returning, the McGill Redmen look The Red ‘n’ White went into A young squad in 98 will be expected to contribute to to be a top team in the CIAU this the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union championship The championship team of the squad. Bishop’s folded their year. Even with all the personnel game as a considerable underdog to 1997 graduated many of its best men’s varsity soccer program after changes, the Redmen begin the the top-ranked UBC Thunderbirds. players, including team captain last season, leading some of their 1998 season with only one goal in The Redmen played perhaps their Marc Mounicot, Simon Raby and players totransfer elsewhere. mind— torepeat as champions. best game of the season as they Marc Labrom. Also adding to the forced the game into a penalty loss of talent, goaltender Jason shootout. Defender Peter Bryant Forsyth of Geneva, Switzerland —

Posthumus given a chance to shine in new season By Paul C onner

More often than not in sports, a team’s stars get a disproportion ate share of the attention. Multiply the focus if that person happens to play a key position — pitcher, goaltender, or quarterback. Rob Posthumus is listed as a primary receiver for the McGill Redmen football team, but he’s rarely been given the spotlight. “I’ve never done one of these before,” said a cautious Posthumus as he sat down for his first ever interview. For four years, the physiology major has played with the Redmen, on special teams, at slotback, at wide-out, as punter and as quarter back. In the past, he was used as a medium-yardage receiver and as the second punt returner. Last year, he was the Red ‘n’ White’s top receiver, catching a team-high 27 passes for 368 yards. In three years at McGill, though, he has rarely been singled out. On special teams, he was always behind the explosive Craig Borgeson. On offence, Posthumus was the primary receiver on a team which used the running game to score most of its points. This season, the veteran slotback will again be asked to be a

McGill for three full years. primary air target on On the field, his presence is a running team, and most felt on special teams - in last now steps up to Wednesday’s season opener, being the number Posthumus returned four punts one punt returner. and kickoffs for 35 yards, while “McGill’s game not making any receptions from is centred around the slotback position. running,” Posthumus Off the field, the veteran is said. “Every receiver now in a position to lead the would like to catch young squad. the ball, but when Throughout the interview, he you have someone continued to be shy talking about like Shawn Linden himself. Asked about his new in your backfield, role as teamveteran, he said only why not run the ball? that he liked the position and then Every receiver likes switched back to talking about to see the ball, but the team. we know what our Posthumus feels the 1998 position is on this Redm en will be better than peo team.” On special P o s t h u m u s a f t e r W e d n e s d a y ’s Rebecca Catching ple have expected. The squad lost 14 of its starters from last teams, Posthumus w i n o v e r O t t a w a season and were expected in the will be more in the spotlight. Last season, Borgeson one on Wednesday — the key is to pre-season to struggle for a playoff spot. A 24-17 win over Ottawa has proved to be a key element in pro catch the ball first, definitely. “Basically, it com es dow n to if helped the team’s chances. viding McGill with good field posi “The difference between this tion by running for several long everyone on special teams is doing returns. This year, the job falls pri their job, there’s only one or two year and last year is that we don’t guys we have to beat on our own. have any pressure on us,” marily to Posthumus. “Punts and kickoffs are a little Other than that, if you get past the explained Posthumus. “Right from suicidal sometimes when there are first or second guy, you have a day one, everybody’s been writing up in the paper that McGill’s lost 12 guys coming down to hit you,” chance for a goodrun.” In 1998, Posthumus has been this many players, don’t expect he said with a smile. Asked what the key to a good return was, given a new role — one of being a themto be a contender. The biggest Posthumus offered the golden rule. veteran on a very young team. He thing is just togain confidence.” McGill’s leading slotback “Catch the ball first. I dropped is among only 17 players on the 72-man roster who have been at

expects to play one more year after this season ends. At that time, the recruit whom coach Charlie Baillie lured away from Queen’s will have choices to make. “Right now, I know there’s two years left in my football career,” he said. “If there is some thing I can do to continue it (beyond that point) I’ll try for sure.”

RedmenSoccer vs. LasalleCosmos Thursday, 8:00pm. MolsonStadium Martlet Rugbyvs. CarletonUniversity Sunday, 12:00p.m. AlouetteFootball vs. Hamilton, Sunday 13th, 1:00p.m. Molson Stadium

Kill McGill WeekendinKingston McGill Redmenvs. QueensGolden Gaels. SaturdaySeptember 26, 1:00pmatQueen's University, Kingston.

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this scandal? As can be expected, the answer is not that simple. There seems to be ethical, legal and health questions to be considered in this case. Legally, no one can fault him based on the undeniable fact that he has not broken any of the rules that govern his sport. From a health standpoint, experts who share Dr. Montgomery’s view would con tend that this is the most important aspect of this debate. The risks taken by those using any steroidbased substance would, in their eyes, provide the necessary evi dence to end all of the confusion and hearsay. The ethical component of this debate is what will directly effect McGwire this sea son and beyond. Once he decided to take androstenedione he left himself open to be seen as a player needing assistance to break a record. Just because what Mark McGwire is doing happens to be legal does not make it right. The repercussions of the media frenzy surrounding both the homerun chase and the subsequent controversy are both profound and far-reaching. At this point, the damage seems to be already done. Regardless of whether MLB decides to ban the substance next season, the product will continue to be readily available across the U.S. The situation will truly become an example of pick-your-poison, in that the one guaranteed residual effect of McGwire’s chase is that it has been a marketing coup of mon umental proportions for the androstenedione industry. Having it banned from baseball would be a moot point. Banning it could be interpret ed by young athletes as tangible proof that the little barrel-shaped pill that they can easily obtain at a health food store is the reason why McGwire has become the modernday incarnation of Babe Ruth. Such an association could lead to astronomical increases in the con sumption of andro. The lethal consequences of a high profile athlete and weightlifter, such as McGwire, being open about his use of this substance cannot be ignored. When so many fans, young and old alike, potentially look to McGwire as their model of perfection, the incredible scope and power of this issue begin tocrystallize. The ironic twist to all that Mark McGwire will be credited with this season as the man who saved baseball is how he may have inadvertently done equally as much damage through his lineage to androstenedione.

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McGill adds seven new squash courts S P O R T S b riefs which has been rectified in the new onships later this year.

By Manny A lmela

Improvements to the Currie Pool, the basketball/volleyball centre court, and the addition of a new exercise room were completed before the squash courts were begun. The addition of these squash courts, which are avail able for student use at a 75 cents per person court fee, is certain to have McGill students rummaging through closets at home to find their parents old squash rackets. To reserve a squash court call 398-7001 at least 24 hours in advance. “Introduction to Squash” and “Squash Intermediate” classes are avail able to students for $25 — for dates and times consult M cG ill A th le tic s Magazine or register between Tuesday September 8 until September 18th from 8:30 am - 6:30pm in office G35 of the Sports Complex. Private instruction is also available with a 45 minutes lesson cost Catharine Farquharson ing $17. To schedule an appointment, call 398-7011.

venue. Two of the new courts will also have an interesting added fea ture. With the retraction of a mov able glass wall, they can easily be transformed into racquetball or

This past summer McGill unveiled the addition of seven new squash courts to its already impres sive sports centre. Thanks in large part to a $440 000 donation by alumnus Lome Webster and the Webster Foundation, McGill was able to further improve the facilities available to athletes and students alike. The centre now boasts a total of 17 squash courts and has the capability to host major national and international competitions. The new courts were great news for the McGill squash club who will no longer have to resort to purchas ing expensive member ships at off-campus loca tions. The seven new courts, located below the 200m track in the T r y i n g o u t t h e n e w c o u r t s Fieldhouse, will accompa ny ten previously existing courts in handball courts. The Webster courts mark the the Currie Gym. The problem with the older courts was the existence completion of another stage in the of several structural beams across McGill athletics improvement pro the ceiling of several courts. The gram. In 1994, 14 years of student beams came into play relatively payment culminated in the building frequently, especially with lob of the McGill Fieldhouse, a multi shots. In addition, the Currie courts purpose indoor track & field venue were poorly ventilated, a problem which will host the CIAU champi

Reality quickly set in for the upstart Redmen as they were crashed back down to earth follow ing a 29-2 loss at the hands of the Rouge et Or of Laval on Monday afternoon. Running back Mathieu Brassard led the way with a pair of first half touchdowns and ended up with 59 yards on five carries much to the delight of the 7379 in attendence. One of the few highlights for McGill in this day was defensive standout J.P. Darche’s 12 tackles. The McGill offence never really got started and usual workhorse Shawn Linden was held to only 11 yards on 9 carries. Rookie quarterback Josh Sommerfeldt even saw his first action of the season completing 4 of his 16 pass attempts for 26 yards after having replaced starter Dan McKinnon who had completed 3 of 8 passes for 44 yards.

F ormer Mc G ill star RETURNS TO THE NHL

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim have hired former McGill hockey star George Burnett as an assistant coach. Burnett’s career at McGill spanned from 1982 to 1984 in which he was an All-Canadian as a freshman and still holds the single season McGill record for assists with 60. His coaching career start ed at Selwyn House School in Westmount, from there he went on to be twice named OHL coach of the year while with the Niagara Falls Thunder. His NHL coaching Ex R edmen P ronyk and S t. career began with the Edmonton Oilers in 1994-1995 but was fired G ermain return to Mc G ill following a public dispute with star Shayne Corson. His hiring in On this upcoming Sunday the Anahiem follows a two year stint CFL match-up between the with the AHL’s Binghamton Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats Rangers. will feature former Redmen Dan

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Fast Facts Thefollowingis acompilationof themostrecent changesandreno vationstoMcGill’sAthletic Facilities. Thelistgoesasfollows: thenameofthefacility, its opening date, andtheapproximatecoast involved. C u rrie Pool, D ec 1992, $ 5 7 6 ,0 0 0 Seagram Sport Science C entre, Sept. 1993, $6 0 0 ,0 0 0 W eider V arsity W eight Room , N ov. 19 93 , $1 5 0 ,0 0 0 M cG ill Fieldhouse, N ovem ber, 1994 $ 1 7 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 M cG ill Sport M edicine C lin ic , jan 19 95 , $3 5 0 ,0 0 0 Bob W insor V arsity C lin ic , A p ril 19 95 , $1 50 ,0 00 R ichard Tom linson H a ll, M ay . 1995, $ 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Cleghorn H yperb aric O 2 Lab, Sep 1997, $3 2 5 ,0 0 0 D onald Love Com petition H a ll, Sept. 1997, $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 M cG ill Fitness C entre, Sept 1997, $ 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 W ebster Squash C ourts, June 1998, $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0

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Linden drives Redmen past Gee-Gees 10-7 when they got a single point out of another McNeice missed week on campus, it was his first field this one from 30 yards field goal since 1996. McGill then away.goal, McNeice finally hit one, extended its lead to 10-0 on a one-yard touchdown plunge by starting quarterback David McKinnon on the first play of the second quarter. This touch down was set up by the work done of Shawn Linden, particu larly on a third-and-one gamble at the Ottawa 8 yard line. The Gee-Gees finally answered back at 4:34 of the second quarter when quarter back Phil Côté hit wide receiver Ibrahim Tounkara with a 35yard touchdown pass setup, only moments before, by a 70yard punt return by the electric Tounkara. Only a valiant effort by Louis Duchesne, running down Tounkara from behind, prevented a touchdown on the punt return itself. Ottawa failed to convert the touchdown and was only able to cut the lead to four with the score at 10-6. Both teams missed oppor M a r t i n D e n e a u l t c e l e b r a t e s w i n tunities late in the first half 13 yards out, to tie the game when Ottawa kicker Darren from at ten on the last play of the third McNiece, who was shaky at best quarter. throughout the game, missed a 26With less then six minutes yard field goal. The wasted oppor remaining in the game and McGill tunity for McGill came when driving deep in Ottawa territory, a receiver Nelson Piche dropped Dave McKinnon interception was what would have been a sure wiped out by an Ottawa holding touchdown pass from McKinnon. penalty. The drive continued, and Ottawa cut the McGill lead to C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 7

at 10:43 of the forth quarter Linden drove behind a J.P. Darche block and scored from three yards out what the Redmen hope will be the first of many touchdowns this season. While coach Baillie does not believe that any game has a ‘turning point,’ he had to agree that the wiped-out interception was a key play. Ottawa went two and out on their next posses sion, punctu ated by a John MacDonald sack of Côté on second and eight. McGil l added anoth Rebecca Catching er major, this time it was Linden from one yard out, and Ottawa closed the scoring against a prevent-style Redmen defence on a sixteen yard'touch down pass from Côté to Chris Evraire, who had 11 receptions for 146 yards. Statistically, Ottawa outplayed McGill for much of the game —

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compare Phil Côté’s 24/41 for 297 yards to McKinnon’s 7/17 for 104 yards. It was the failure of the Ottawa offence to take advantage of their opportunities at the critical moments which allowed McGill to stave off the Gee-Gees’ attack. “Undisciplined” is how the Ottawa coaching staff described their team’s play, but much credit has to be given to the Redmen defense for their success in limiting the GeeGee offence to only eleven points in four trips inside the McGill 30yard line. It is the sign of a mature defence when the unit as a whole can step up and play tightest in the critical situations. Particular stand outs on the defensive side of the ball were linemen John MacDonald and Andray Wellington, as well as linebackers Ollie Lefebvre and, of course, Darche. The Redmen victory in their home opener answered questions and put to rest the fears about how this team, comprised mainly of first and second year players, would perform in game situations. This is a definite step in the right direction and hopefully an indication of what lies ahead for the 98 season for the McGill football Redmen.

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W H ATSon Wednesday, September 9 Native Students' Association/ First People's House

Join us during our September Welcome Events for Incoming and Continuing Native Students. September 9 will see a film screen ing at 6:00 pm 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 pm at the House, to be fol lowed by the first annual meeting of the NSA. Thursday, September 10 Faculty of Music

Starting at 8:00 pm at Pollack Hall, a Master’s Recital featuring soprano Jennifer Kethley with pianist Dominique Roy. Works by Mozart, Donizetti, Liszt, Pasatieri, Thomas. Free Admission. Friday, September 11 Earth Save

Earth Save is having their annual Ethical Shopping Fair from 11am to 3pm at the Three Bares (lower campus). Come by to get great vegetarian food, discount cards, cookbooks and information. Alliance Quebec M o n tr e a l E t h n i c i t é ,

a play organized by Alliance Quebec, will be perfomed at the Sacred Heart School at 7:30p.m. Proceeds from the production will go towards Aids Community Care Montreal, a non-profit organization which offers support for people living with HIV/Aids as well as their partners, families and friends. Call 875-2771 for ticket sales. Red Herring

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

involvement by bringing the meals to the Shatner Building. In pairs and by foot, students visit and Debating Union The McGill Debating Union deliver food to people living in the will hold its first meeting of the community around McGill. If inter year at 6pm in Shatner 302. ested call Geneviève at 282-0245. Absolutely no experience neces Club Bolo sary! Please call 398-6824 if you Club Bolo is a non-profit orga have any questions. nization created in 1994 for the gay and lesbian community and their Developm ent B. S. Baviskar, a sociology friends. Our demonstration group professor of the Univeristy of performs within and outside the Dehli, will be giving a talk entitled community, often for benefit “Challenges to Survival: evenings to raise funds for causes Environment and Development in such as AIDS and violence against coastal Gujarat.” The event will be women. We have open dancing on Fridays and Saturdays from 9pm held in Leacock 738 at 12:30 pm. Prof. Baviskar is known 3am and hold Tea-dances on internationally for his work on Sundays from 4-9pm, 960 rural development and cooperatives Amherst, 849-4777. in Western India and has published McGill Support Groups several books on these topics, Bereavement Support Groups including “The Politics of Development” and “The Political are being offered free of charge Economy of Cooperation in Rural through the McGill University India” (co-authored with D.W. School of Social Work for adults, Attwood). His is also co-editor of children/adolescents, young adults, a series of readers in Indian early newborn loss, and family sur vivors of suicide. New groups for Sociology. this year include “Motherless Daughters” and “Loss of an Adult Upcoming and Ongoing Child.” Anyone who is experienc ing any type of loss, including the death of a family member or friend, Yellow Door The Yellow Door “Elderly please contact Estelle at 398-7067. Project” is in urgent need of volun Best Buddies teers to accompany seniors to and Want to get involved? from appointments, to help them with their grocery shopping, or to Volunteer to be a best buddy! Best “friendly visit” with them once a buddies creates friendships week. For more information, please between people with developmen call Leah or Hilary at 398-6243 or tal disabilities and college students. visit our website at http://www.yel- If you would like to be a student best buddy, visit us on Activities lowdoor.org. Night Sept. 9, or come to our info session on Monday Sept. 21 in Santropol Roulant We are a volunteer “meals-on- Shatner Room 310 at 6 pm Any wheels” service for people living further questions should be direct with a loss of autonomy. With pro ed to 695-0876. ject GO, we facilitate student

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The Writers Association for Romance and Mainstream presents “A September Seminar Spree” for writers and aspiring writers, featur ing workshops with Nancy Kilpatrick and Sandra Phillips from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 René Lévesque W. General Admission: $15. Students and Seniors: $10. WARM members: $5. Call Jeanette Paul at 450-468-5410 for details. Monday, September 14

wcc The Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal proudly opens its 1998/99 Speaker’s Series present ing the Honourable Gilbert Parent, speaker of the House of Commons at 12:30pm. Our address is 2050 Stanley Street. There is a $5 charge

M c G ill Student H ealth S e rv ice in v ite s yo u to m arch w ith us as part o f a M c G ill group! W e w ill be m eetin g a t S h e rb ro o k e M e tro S ta tio n a t 9 :0 0 A M Registration forms are available at Student Health Service or can be obtained from the Farha Foundation. T h e first 4 M c G ill students tu raise $100 w ill w in a free t-sh from H ealth S e rv ice . C all Jocelyne @ 398-2915 for more information!

The offensive player of the week for the McGill Redmen was slotback Dave Chambers of Peterborough, Ont. who pulled in two receptions for 28 yards as he helped the offense put up 24 points against the Gee Gee’s. On the defensive side of the ball, Olivier Lefebvre from St. Bruno, Que. was honored for sparking the Redmen defense with twelve tackles includ ing one for a loss, one knockdown, and even played a little ironman football with a few snaps on offence.

The Redmen return home from the Old Four tournament in Toronto having swept their way to victory. They began by defeating the university of Toronto 2-1 with rookie Deryk Stec scoring the game winner. They capped off their success ful weekend with a 1-0 victory over Western on a goal by Jamie Watson. The Redmen are now 5-0 in preseason action. The Martlets defeated Queen’s 3-0 on the strength of a pair of goals by Tanaquil Quantril with Eva Melamed adding the other. They improved their preseason record to 3-2-1.

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