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T he legitim acy o f last sp rin g ’s referendum on the establishm en t o f a c o -o p o rg an ic fo o d store in th e M cG ill ghetto has b een challen g ed

by M c G ill’s a d m in istra tio n , le a v ­ ing som e pro ject o rganizers q u e s­ tio n i n g th e in te g r ity o f s tu d e n t dem ocracy and its practice.

D u rin g a M a rc h referen d u m , s tu d e n ts v o te d o n a p ro p o se d $2 in c re a s e in s tu d e n t s o c ie ty fe e s w h ic h w o u ld g o t o w a r d s an “ a ffo rd a b le n o t-fo r-p ro fit org an ic food store to provide students w ith a so cial and environm ental altern a­ tiv e to c o n v e n tio n a l s u p e r m a r ­ k ets.” T he referendum passed w ith a 6 2 .3 p e r ce n t m a jo rity , b u t th is vote o f support w as only a p relim i­ nary step in gaining adm inistrative approval.

A c c o rd in g to R u s se ll U n g er, the initial co -o rd in ato r fo r M cG ill S tu d ents for O rganic Food, “ [The referendum ] essen tially asked stu­ d e n ts fo r a m a n d a te to ap p ro a c h the u niversity.”

U n g e r b e lie v e s th a t s tu d e n t approval o f the organic food store i l l u s t r a t e d th e s t u d e n t b o d y ’ s en th u siasm for its proposed estab ­ lish m en t. In th eo ry , th is m a n d ate should have prom pted the adm in is­ tration to support the organic food sto re and given the M S O F access to the fee increase requested.

A legal o v ers ig h t N e v e rth e le s s , D ean of S tudents R osalie Ju k ier w ould not a c c e p t th e M S O F as a le g itim a te body to collect funds from students because it is not an accredited stu­ dent organization. “ M c G ill a b id e s b y th e A c t R e sp ec tin g the A c c re d ita tio n and F in a n c i n g of S tu d e n t A sso ciations,” she stated. “I could n o t p u t this [referendum ] th ro u g h b e c a u s e it d id n o t m eet th e le g al and constitutional req u irem en ts.”

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T h e S t u d e n t s ’ S o c ie ty o f M cG ill U niversity has hired a new law yer to deal w ith the differential tu itio n case. Je an -G u y B ertrand, a p ro m in en t Q uebec C ity law y er best k n o w n fo r his w ork in a S u p rem e C ourt case o n unilateral succession, has b een retained by S SM U to try th e c a se b e fo re th e Q u eb e c C o u rt o f A ppeals.

In June 1997, S S M U launched a la w s u it w h ic h c h a lle n g e d th e Q u eb e c g o v e rn m e n t’s d iffe re n tia l t u i t i o n f e e s p o lic y — a p o lic y w h ic h e ffe c tiv e ly d o u b le d tu itio n fo r o u t-o f-p ro v in c e stu d e n ts w ith an a d d itio n a l $ 4 0 fe e p e r c o u rse c r e d i t . T h e S t u d e n t s ’ S o c ie ty a r g u e d t h a t Q u e b e c E d u c a tio n M i n i s t e r P a u lin e M a r o is o v e r ­ stepped her m inisterial role in cre­

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S S M U ’s legal dilem m as began in late Ju n e w hen V P E xternal Je ff F ein er m et w ith t.he S o cie ty ’s then cu rren t law yer, A ndré D urocher, to discuss the details o f ap p ealin g the c a s e . A c c o r d i n g to F e i n e r , D u ro c h e r sa id th a t th e re w e re no d ea d lin e s th a t n ee d ed to b e m e t in o rd e r fo r S S M U to p ro c e e d w ith th e case. H o w ev er, in July, F ein er d isc o v e re d th a t D u ro c h er h a d fo r­ gotten to m en tio n that there w as a d ea d lin e to su b m it th e fa c tu m fo r th e ap p e al. T h e fa c tu m is a c o m ­ p en d iu m o f all the legal argum ents

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tim e, he ag reed to take the case if M cG ill w as dropped from the law ­ suit. A ccording to Feiner, this w as not an option. “ W h e n w e w e n t b ac k to o u r corporate counsel and asked if this w as possible, they to ld us it w ould be d a n g e ro u s. If w e d ro p p e d M cG ill from the law suit, w e w ould be adm itting that w e d id n ’t hav e a case ag ain st M cG ill and the co u rt w o u ld b e lia b le to a s s e s s c o u r t costs ag ain st us, w hich w ould be a fairly hefty sum ,” F ein er said.

W ith the extended deadline for su b m ittin g th e factu m , S ep te m b er 14 f a s t a p p ro a c h in g , S S M U w as le ft w ith v e ry little tim e to fin d th em selv es a law yer. F e in e r again sought the advice o f the law facul­ ty , a n d th is tim e w as d ire c te d to B e rtra n d . “ T h e q u o te th a t I g o t

that S SM U w ould use in th e appeal — the case could not proceed w ith­ o u t it.

F r u s t r a t e d w ith D u r o c h e r , S SM U tran sferred the resp o n sib ili­ ty f o r th e c a s e to its c o r p o r a te counsel, John Feldm an. “ [Feldm an] h as b een o u r counsel fo r the last 27 y ears,” stated Feiner. “T ransferring th e c a s e to h im b o u g h t u s m o re tim e — it w ould b e silly to see the case ju s t d ie.”

S w i tc h in g c o u n s e l g r a n te d S S M U an autom atic 60 day ex ten ­ s io n , w h ic h w as e n o u g h tim e to fin d new leg al re p re se n ta tio n . O n th e ad v ice o f the M cG ill F aculty o f L aw , F e in e r so u g h t the assistan ce o f n o te d M c G ill p r o f e s s o r a n d law yer, Julius G rey. H ow ever, the f a c t th e S S M U h a d a ls o n a m e d M c G ill U n iv e rs ity in th e la w s u it c r e a te d a c o n f lic t o f in te r e s t fo r G rey. A fter stalling for q uite som e

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SSMU council forms temporary committee to deal with the Red Herring B y Jo h n Sa l l o u m

O n the heels o f a m otion m ade by C lu b s and S e r v ic e s R e p re s e n ta tiv e C h ris to p h e r M uldoon, the S tu d en ts’ S ociety o f M cG ill U n iv e rsity C o u n c il v o te d to c r e a te a c o m m itte e to re v ie w is s u e s s u r ro u n d in g th e e d ito r ia l autonom y o f the Red Herring.

T h e m o ti o n w a s m a d e a t C o uncil follow ing the co n tro v ersy re s u ltin g fro m an a rtic le e n title d “T he Fall o f M cG ill,” scheduled to a p p e a r as p a rt o f S S M U ’s fro sh packages to incom ing students.

T he Red Herring is a satirical h u m o u r m a g a z in e p u b lis h e d at least o nce a sem ester by SSM U .

T h e S e p te m b e r 2 is s u e o f th e Tribune reported that SSM U exec­ utives felt that the article in q u e s­ tio n w as in a p p ro p ria te b e c a u se it p o rtra y e d M c G ill in an unfavo urable light to both new stu­ d e n ts a n d th e i r p a r e n ts . S S M U P resident D uncan R eid argued that “ [th e] a r tic le w as n o t w ith in th e m a n d a te th a t w e h a d u n d e rsto o d

them to o perate b y .”

N ick R edler, co -ed ito r-in -ch ief o f the Herring, d isag reed w ith the ex e cu tiv es’ decision. “If they a s s u m e e d i­

torial controT w e b asica lly b ec o m e w riF ers,” he said.

A c c o rd in g to C o u n c il d o c u ­ m ents, the “ special and tem p o rary co m m ittee o f C o u n cil” is m andated “ to a d d re ss a n y a n d a ll c o n c e rn s r e g a r d i n g th e Red Herring."

A d d itio n a lly , th e c o m m itte e w ill a tte m p t to re s o lv e th e a m b ig u ity o v er the editorial au to n o m y o f the

Herring. “ T h e re is so m e o u ts ta n d in g co n flict [over] the ro le o f [the Red Herring],” s a id M u ld o o n . “ I th in k it w o u ld b e b e s t th a t th e m a tte r b e d e a lt w ith in a sm a ll r o o m w ith a ll th e a p p r o p r i a t e actors in v o lv ed .”

Herring C o -E d ito r R ich R etyi s p o k e a g a i n s t th e m o tio n a t C ouncil, exp lain in g w hy he and the o th er ed ito rs felt th at the c o m m it­ tee w o u ld not reso lv e the conflict. “ W h a t w e f e a r is w h a t h a p ­ p e n e d th is su m m e r. W e h a d o u r is s u e re a d y to g o a n d ...o n e d a y b efo re w e w ere going to the p rin t­ e r...w e w ere to ld th a t [th e a rtic le w as not] going in ,” R etyi explained to C ouncil. “W e d o n ’t w ant to get ste am ro lled ...W e d o n ’t w an t to be m uzzled for things th at a re n ’t sex­ is t, r a c is t o r h o m o p h o b ic , w e ’ll s ta y a w a y f r o m t h o s e . W e p ro m ise.”

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lors to vote fo r the m otion, arguing th a t the c o m m itte e ’s creatio n w as an h o n e s t a tte m p t to r e s o lv e th e issues. “ I th in k th e r e r e a l l y is an intention to try and figure this out fo r once and for all... [W ]e are not trying to steam roll [the Herring]," said Reid. “W e d id n ’t actually tell th e Red Herring n o t to p rin t [the a rtic le ],..w e said it w as u n a c c e p t­ ab le...[w e then spoke] on the phone and w e in fact tried to w ork things out. I think w e cam e up w ith a far b etter article.”

T he special co m m ittee’s elect­ ed voting m em bers include SSM U c o u n c i l l o r s W o jte k B r a n i a k , C h r i s t o p h e r M u ld o o n , M e lis s a P allett and Jam es W ishart, as well a s V P In te rn a l K a re n P e lle y an d the tw o C o -E ditors-in-C hief o f the Red Herring. T h e c o m m i t t e e ’ s re p o rt to C o u n c il is d ue no la te r th a n O c to b e r 19, w ell b e fo re the Herring's, m id - N o v e m b e r p rin t date.

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Hillel House holding High Holiday services Egalitarian services at McGill to be led by female rabbinical student B y St e p h a n ie L e v it z

F o r the first tim e in a n u m b e r o f y e a rs , H ille l H o u s e , h o m e to M c G ill’s J e w is h s tu d e n ts ’ u n io n , w ill b e h o ld in g w o rs h ip se rv ic e s to c o m m e m o ra te the Je w ish H igh H o lid a y s o f R o s h H a s h a n a h a n d Y o m K ip p u r . K e e p in g w ith th e H ig h H o lid a y s ’ t r a d i tio n o f re fle c tio n an d c h a n g e , H ille l h as d e c id e d to h o ld eg a lita ria n , ra th e r th an tra d itio n a l se rv ic e s, th a t w ill b e le d by a fem a le ra b b in ic a l stu ­ dent.

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M c G ill a re c o m fo rta b le in th e tra ­ m a n y J e w s h a v e b e e n le a n in g U n l i k e th e s e c u l a r N e w Y e a r , d itio n a l M o n tre a l Je w ish c o m m u ­ to w a r d s a n e g a l i t a r i a n f o rm o f R o sh H a sh a n a h is c o m m e m o ra te d nity . w o rs h ip , in w h ic h b o th m en and n o t w ith a p a rty a t m id n ig h t, b u t “ T h e re a re s tu d e n ts th a t w o m e n c a n p a r tic ip a te a n d le a d w ith tw o d a y s o f p ra y e r se rv ic e s . T h e ris in g n u m b e r o f a n d th a n k sg iv in g . Y om Je w ish stu d e n ts on ca m p u s w ho K ip p u r, th e o th e r h ig h p r a c tic e le ss tr a d itio n a l fo rm s h o lid a y o n th e J e w is h o f w o rs h ip a t h o m e w a s w h a t c a le n d a r m a rk s th e e n d le d H i l l e l to h o ld e g a l i t a r i a n o f th e J e w is h D a y s o f h o lid a y se rv ic es on ca m p u s.

A w e , a p e r io d d u r in g P erh ap s the m o st strik in g ly w h ic h Je w s a sk fo r fo r­ e g a lita ria n fea tu re o f th e se se r­ g iv e n e s s f o r th e ir sin s v ic e s w ill be the fa c t th a t th ey o f th e p a s t y e a r a n d w ill be led by a fe m a le ra b b in i­ e v a lu a te th e ir liv e s as ca l stu d e n t. In th e m o re tr a d i­ Je w s. T ra d itio n a lly , the tio n a l sects o f Ju d a ism , w o m en H ig h H o l i d a y s a r e a a re e x p r e s s ly p r o h ib ite d fro m fa m ily tim e, o n e re a so n ta k in g a n y k in d o f le a d e r s h ip w h y H ille l H o u s e h a s ro le in th e p ra y e r se rv ic e. H illel n o t h e ld s e rv ic e s on d i d n o t s e t o u t to r e c r u i t a c a m p u s in t h e l a s t f e m a le r a b b in i c a l s tu d e n t f o r n u m b e r o f y ea rs. t h e i r s e r v i c e s . A c c o r d i n g to “M o st [J e w is h ] B a u m , “it d id n ’t m a tte r if it w as Julie Fishman a m a n o r a w o m a n — w e j u s t s t u d e n t s g o h o m e f o r HiUiel o ffe rs less t h e H ig h H o l i d a y s , ” tr a d itio n a l service. w a n te d an e g a lita ria n se rv ic e .” s a id S te v e n S p o d e k , O n e o f th e c h a lle n g e s th a t e x e c u tiv e d ir e c to r o f H ille l a re n ’t all th a t re lig io u s,” sh e s ta t­ H ille l f a c e d w h e n it d e c id e d to H o u s e . “ A n d [fo r] th o s e w h o e d . “ F o r th e m , th e s e r v ic e s h o ld h o lid a y s e rv ic e s w as th a t it d o n ’t, w e try to p la c e [th em ] w ith o f fe re d a t M o n tre a l s y n a g o g u e s n e e d e d to fin d s o m e o n e to le a d fa m ilie s in th e M o n tre a l a re a .” a re n o t th e k in d o f s e rv ic e s th a t th e m . C o s t p ro h ib ite d H ille l fro m A lic e B a u m , U 3 H isto ry a n d th e y are lo o k in g fo r.” s e a r c h i n g f o r a f u lly o r d a i n e d R e lig io u s S tu d ie s a n d a s tu d e n t J u d a is m d iv id e s i t s e l f in to ra b b i, so th e n e x t o p tio n w a s to c o -o rd in a to r a t H ille l H o u se, say s v a ry in g le v e ls o f o b s e rv a n c e , c o n t a c t th e J e w i s h T h e o l o g ic a l th a t th e im p e tu s fo r h o ld in g H ig h w ith th e m o st w e ll k n o w n b e in g S e m in a ry in N ew Y o rk C ity , w h o H o lid a y s e rv ic e s c o m e s fro m th e o rth o d o x , c o n s e rv a tiv e an d c o u ld p ro v id e a s tu d e n t ra b b i to fa c t th a t n o t all Je w ish stu d e n ts at r e f o r m . I n th e l a s t f e w y e a r s , le a d th e s e r v ic e s th r o u g h th e ir p la c e m e n t se rv ic e . A lth o u g h th e n J T S h a d a li s t o f s tu d e n ts w h o i c o u ld le a d th e s e rv ic e s , S p o d e k w as h o p in g fo r a stu d e n t th a t w as i a n a tiv e o f M o n trea l. i “ It w a s a h it o r m is s s itu a i tio n ,” sa id S p o d e k . “ W e w a n te d i so m e o n e w h o w as a k n o w n q u an i tity , w h o k n ew M o n trea l an d the i in s a n d o u ts o f its Je w ish co m m u i ‘ Minimum order $10.00 n ity .” i *Not applicable on beer, wine or in-store specials T h e J T S w a s a b l e to g iv e ‘ Cold beer and wine available i th e m th e n am e o f A y e le t C o h e n , i 6 7 P rin c e A rth u r E .

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a fo rm e r M o n tr e a le r w h o w as o n ly to o g la d to b e a b le to co m e b a c k to M o n tr e a l f o r th e H ig h H o lid a y s . A c c o r d in g to C o h e n , H i l l e l ’s d e c is i o n to a c c e p t h e r s e r v ic e s f o r th e H ig h H o lid a y s w a s a g o o d ste p fo rw a rd fo r th e M o n trea l Je w ish c o m m u n ity . “ In M o n tr e a l, it w a s a v e ry b o ld ste p ,” C o h e n sta te d . “T h e re w e r e n ’t th a t m a n y o p tio n s o f p la ce s th at w o u ld a c c e p t a fem a le r a b b in i c a l s tu d e n t f o r th e h o l i ­ d a y s .”

C o h e n sa id th a t h e r d e c isio n to b e c o m e a r a b b in i c a l s tu d e n t w as “ ...in so m e w ay s, re a lly n a t­ u r a l, a n d in o th e r s a s u r p r is in g d e c is io n .” A c c o rd in g to C o h e n , h e r d e c isio n w as c e n tre d a ro u n d a d e s ir e to h a v e a m o re in tr ic a te k n o w le d g e o f h e r relig io n .

“I w a n te d to k n o w th e tra d i­ tio n a l te x ts an d la w s to u se th em in a w ay th a t w as a liv e ,” sh e sta t­ ed. “In re c e n t y ea rs, Ju d a ism h as b e c o m e c o m m itt e d to th e c o n ­ c e p ts o f tr a d itio n a n d c h a n g e . I w a n t e d to b e a p a r t o f t h a t c h a n g e .”

S p o d e k s t r e s s e d t h a t th e r e w ill b e o th e r o p tio n s a v a ila b le to stu d e n ts w h o are n o t c o m fo rta b le w ith th e id e a o f a t te n d i n g s e r ­ v ic e s le d by a fem a le. “T h e re are o th e r p la c e s f o r th e s tu d e n ts to g o ,” h e s ta te d . “ O th e r w is e , [ if y o u are n o t co m fo rta b le ] th e h o lid a y s a re n o t a f u lfillin g e x p e rie n c e .”

Students interested in attending the services should contact Hillel House at 845-9171. Rosh H ashanah is c e le b r a te d on September 21 & 22. Yom Kippur is September 29 & 30.

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O v er 150 students took ad v an ­ tage o f a new D rivesafe program in o r d e r to g e t h o m e o v e r S S M U ’s orientation w eekend.

D riv e s a fe is a n e w p ro g ra m w h ic h m ad e its d e b u t d u rin g th is y e a r ’s S S M U fro sh fe s tiv itie s . A te m p o r a r y a lte r n a tiv e to W alk safe, D rivesafe w as designed to fill the g a p fo r th e fro s h p r o ­ g r a m u n til W a lk s a f e b e g a n it s s e r v i c e s again, som etim e around th e m id d l e of S eptem ber.

“T h ere w as a con­ c e rn th a t th e r e w a s a n e e d fo r a sim ila r se r­ v ic e [to] W a lk sa fe fo r M cG ill students [living in] th e M o n tre a l area.

D riv e s a fe T h e s e s t u d e n t s a re s o m e tim e s u n a b l e to w a lk h o m e a f t e r [a l a t e n ig h t e v e n t ] ,” c o m m e n te d S S M U V P Internal K aren Pelley.

L ik e W a lk s a fe , th is s e rv ic e p ro v id e s a fre e a n d se c u re tr a n s ­ p o rta tio n a lte rn a tiv e fo r stu d e n ts, h elp in g th e m arrive hom e safely by driv in g them to vario u s m etro sta­ tio n s o r b u s s to p s a r o u n d th e island.

“W a lk sa fe ca te rs to th e c a m ­

s e r v ic e s is la n d o f M o n tre a l p u s a n d th e M c G ill G h e tto a re a , w h e re a s D riv e sa fe [p ro v id e s] fo r e v e r y o n e ,” s a id K e v in M c P h e e ,

clubs and services com m issioner.

A c c o rd in g to D riv e s a fe C o ­ o rd in ato r A nne T opolski, the three m a in re a so n s fo r th e im p le m e n ta ­ tio n o f th e D riv esafe p ro g ram w ere s a fe ty , a c c e s s ib ility a n d [to p r e ­ vent] drin k in g and driving.

“D uring F rosh, there is a n eed fo r a service to help th o se w ho are new to M ontreal g e t h o m e ,” c o m m e n te d T o p o l s k i . “ T h is g iv e s C E G E P stu d e n ts co m in g in to M c G ill a c h a n c e to p a r t i c i p a t e in a ll th e F ro sh ev en ts.”

O n its first n ig h t on A u g u st 28, approxim ately 5 0 to 6 0 people used the s e rv ic e , p u ttin g all fo u r a v a ila b le D riv e sa fe v an s into operation. “ T h is s e rv ic e w as File Photo q u i t e i m p o r t a n t a s it allo w ed m o re p eo p le to be able to p a r ti c ip a te in th e F ro s h e v e n ts , k now ing th at th ere w as an altern a­ tive to tak in g a cab, w hich can be

q u ite ex p en sive,” n o ted Jo M orrow , A U S V P in te rn a l, “e s p e c ia lly fo r th o se living farth er aw ay from the d o w n to w n area.”

D riv e s a fe w as o r ig in a lly in te n d e d to m ak e 12 stops aro u n d th e island, including the L ongueuil a n d H o n o r é - B e a u g r a n d m e tr o sto p s, w h e re stu d e n ts c o u ld catch e ith e r the m etro o r a 2 4 -h o u r bus.

S to p s in L av a l and tw o o th e rs on th e S outh S hore w ere also planned.

T h ese p lan s w ere changed, h ow ev­ er, a fte r th e stro n g re sp o n se fro m students on the first night. T he fo l­ lo w in g evening, vans beg an taking p articip an ts to any m etro stop they w ish e d . A d d itio n a lly , a sto p w as m ad e at re sid e n ce s w hen an in d i­ v id u al w as too intoxicated to other­ w ise arriv e hom e safely.

S tu d e n t r e a c tio n to th e n ew serv ice w as quite positive. “ I fe lt m u ch m o re at ea se k n o w in g th a t th e re w as a se rv ic e lik e D r iv e s a f e th a t w a s th e r e to ta k e m y fro sh h o m e s a fe ly ,” said E ric B e n ch e trit, o ne o f this y e a r’s

SSM U frosh leaders.

F unding fo r th e D rivesafe p ro ­ gram w as provided by the office o f the D ean o f S tudents, w ith co n tri­ b u tions from W alksafe and SSM U .

T h is m o n e y a llo w e d fro sh to use th e s e r v i c e a t n o c o s t a n d a ls o a llo w e d v a n s to b e ru n fro m 10 p.m . to 4 a.m . D rivesafe fundraised to m ake up the difference betw een th e c o n tr ib u tio n s a n d th e w e e k ­ e n d ’s total costs o f ap p ro x im ately $1500.

A b o u t 5 0 v o lu n te e r s f o r th e s e rv ic e w e re c h o se n fro m am o n g S SM U frosh leaders, sta ff and cur­ re n t W a lk sa fe m e m b er. T o p o lsk i e x p re s s e d m u c h a p p r e c ia tio n fo r th e su p p o rt an d h ard w o rk o f the v o lu n te e rs . “W ith o u t [th e v o lu n ­ teers], the p rogram w ould not have been nearly as successful.”

C o-ordinators feel that the trial ru n w as a su ccess, an d they hope that the program w ill be expanded fo r n e x t y e a r ’s S S M U fro sh p ro ­ gram .

Bertrand: "tenacious, efficient and crafty" M e d icin e re p re se n ta tiv e to S S M U S h ah in Z an g a n eh felt th a t a b etter fro m a c o u p le o f law p ro fe s s o rs p o litic a l c h o ic e c o u ld h a v e b e e n w a s th a t G u y B e rtra n d is ‘te n a ­ m ade. c i o u s , e f f i c i e n t , c r a f t y , a n d an “ T h is i s s u e is so e x c e l l e n t p l e a d e r , ’” s a id im p o rta n t to th e F ein er. “ If anyone can get F a c u lty o f M e d ic in e ,” the jo b done, if anyone can sa id Z an g a n eh . “W h e n w in this case fo r us, it’ll be I w as a first y ea r m e d ­ h im .” ical stu d en t, tu itio n fo r C o s t w as th e n e x t a s tu d e n t fro m o u t o f o b stacle facing S SM U . T he p ro v in c e w as s o m e ­ S o c ie ty h as a lre a d y s p e n t th i n g lik e $ 2 , 3 0 0 — n ea rly $50,000 on the court n o w i t ’ s c l o s e to c a s e , a n d a t a C o u n c il $ 8 ,0 0 0 . T h is is a v ery m e e tin g s la s t y e a r , v o te d s e rio u s is s u e fo r o u r o n ly to a p p r o v e a m u c h facu lty and fo r o u r stu ­ sm a ller sum fo r the appeal. d en ts — w e w an t to g et D e sp ite the lim ited budget, th is re so lv e d .”

B ertran d agreed to take the Z a n g a n e h s tre s se d c a se fo r $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 . T h is fee th e fac t th a t th e F acu lty c o v ers all costs in cu rred by o f M e d ic in e h a s n o th e a p p e a l a s w e ll as d o u b ts about B e rtra n d ’s salary. B ertran d B e rtra n d ’s q u a lific a ­ also to ld F ein e r th a t he has tio n s , b u t e x p re s s e d tie s to s e v e r a l p r o m in e n t co n c ern th a t his p o liti­ fu n d -ra ise rs w h o w ill h elp c a l v ie w s m ig h t ta in t s u b s id iz e th is c a s e all the p u b lic se n tim e n t. “ W e w ay to the S uprem e C ourt, k n o w t h a t h e is a n if n ecessary. e x c e l l e n t l a w y e r , an F e in e r w as v ery p o s i­ e x c e lle n t c o n s titu tio n ­ tiv e ab o u t S S M U ’s d ecision a l i s t , b u t h e is c o n ­ to r e ta in B e rtra n d . “H e is te n tio u s and o u tsp o k en v e r y , v e r y , v e r y g o o d at a b o u t h is p o l i t i c a l w h a t h e d o e s ,” s ta te d v iew s. W e are w o rrie d F einer. “A little unorthodox C_______ _____________________________________ « H H fc . I t h a t t h i s m i g h t tu r n G uy B ertran d, ° nawa c,tizen a n d h e h a s so m e u n o r th o ­ p u b lic o p in io n a g a in st SSMU’s n ew la w yer. d o x p o litic a l o p in io n s . th is c a se .”

W e ’re not alig n in g ou rselv es w ith N o w th a t S S M U h a d re ta in e d fact th a t S S M U w as n o t n e c e ssa ri­ his p o litical opinions. W h at w e are B e rtra n d , th e n e x t ste p w as to b e ly in ag re em e n t w ith B ertran d o v er d o in g is re a liz in g th a t this d iffe r­ g ra n te d th e e x te n sio n fo r su b m it­ his p o litic a l stan d p o in t, F acu lty o f

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en tial tu itio n p o licy is tak in g eig h t m illio n d o lla rs o u t o f th e p o ck e ts o f o u r stu d e n ts.”

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tin g th e factum . S S M U ’s co rp o rate c o u n s e l h a d a d v is e d F e in e r th a t th e ir ch a n ce s w ere 50/50.

H o w e v e r , in c o u r t o n th e m o rn in g o f S ep te m b er 14, S SM U w a s g r a n te d an e x te n s io n o f 30 d a y s to h a n d in th e f a c tu m .

B e rtra n d sa id th a t h e fe e ls p riv i­ le g e d th a t he w ill b e ab le to take the case. “ A ll m y life I ’v e fo u g h t fo r th e r i g h t s a n d f r e e d o m s o f th e in d iv id u a l,” h e sa id . “T h e s e s tu ­ d en ts h av e a case to put in co u rt, an d [w ill] h ave a d ecisio n to p u t in th e S u p rem e C o u rt if n ecessary .”

S S M U p resid e n t D u n can R eid w a s p o sitiv e a b o u t th e n ew leg al re p re se n ta tio n a n d th e ca se o v e r­ all. “ F in a lly ,” he stated, “stu d en ts c a n k n o w th a t th e ir m o n e y a n d ex e cu tiv e tim e are being used in a w ay th a t w ill tru ly b e n e fit th em .

T h is is a real ac h ie v em e n t on the p a r t o f th e V P E x t e r n a l a n d it c o u ld be th e key th a t w ill unlock th e d o o r to v icto ry .”

In F e in e r’s eyes, th is case has farth er rea ch in g im p licatio n s. “T he b en e fit o f a co u rt case is to declare th is p rac tice [o f assessin g d ifferen ­ tia l tu itio n fees] u n c o n s titu tio n a l — it w o n ’t be a p o litical decision, it w ill be a d ecision co n cern in g the r i g h t s o f th e i n d i v i d u a l . G u y B e r tr a n d w o n ’t b e w in n in g th is ju s t fo r M cG ill, he w ill b e w in n in g it fo r stu d en ts across C a n ad a .”

Thanks very much to everyone who came out to the News meeting on Saturday We're really looking forward to working with you this year.

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O n e m a n n e q u in w a s p o s e d w ith its h e a d o v e r a to il e t b o w l w h ile a n o th e r sat u p rig h t, p a s se d out and co v ered in its ow n vom it.

T w o o th e r m an n eq u in s on th e left o f th e d is p l a y w e re e n g a g e d in above-th e-clothing foreplay.

T - s h ir t s b o a s tin g “ Q u e e n ’s K ic k s A s s ” h u n g in th e b a c k ­ ground.

S te p h a n ie P r io r , o n e o f th e e m p lo y e e s w ho h elp ed c re a te the display, said she never in ten d ed to send a m essage condonin g alcohol ab u se and sex u al ab u se — it w as i n t e n d e d a s a to n g u e - i n - c h e e k reflection o f university life.

P rio r and h er co-w orkers w ere not prepared for the barrage o f pub­ licity in response to the display, she said. K in g sto n ’s local new s station, C K W S , f i r s t a d d r e s s e d th e p ro v o c a tiv e w in d o w d is p la y in a n ew scast last W ednesday , p ro m p t­ ing articles in The Kingston WhigStandard, the Globe and Mail and th e Montreal Gazette ; th e fo rm e r tw o are tap ed to the front w indow . “ I th in k a lo t o f p e o p le a re u p tight,” said Prior, w ho w as in ter­ v iew ed on C B C R adio T o ro n to last M o n d a y a lo n g w ith W illy s sto re

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betw een th e u niversity and the city, said the disp lay w as disappointing.

“C e rta in ly i t ’s n o t a p o sitiv e im a g e o f stu d e n ts,” M c N e ill said. “ I d o n ’t know w h y a sto re w o u ld

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• As p a rt o f “ O CR ’, over 6 0 o rg an iz atio n s w ill be giving p re se n ta tio n s to stu d e n ts o v er th e n ex t tw o m o n th s . I t ’s y o u r chance to fin d o u t w h a t co m p an ie s y o u ’d like to w o rk for. All th e p re se n ta tio n s are o n o u r w eb site u n d e r “ C u rre n ts E v en ts” .

• W o rk sh o p s o n Jo b S earch S trateg ies in F re n ch a n d E n g lish have sta rted . See C A PS b o ard s a n d o u r w eb site fo r sch ed u les u n d e r “C u rre n t E v en ts” .

• M E C C - th e M cG ill E n g in e e rin g C a re e r C e n tre - is available in F D A 2 0 for all E n g in e e rin g a n d C o m p u te r Science stu d e n ts. Y ou can also fin d o u t a b o u t th e IYES In te rn s h ip P ro g ra m there.

• L o o k in g for a p a rt-tim e jo b to h elp fin an ce y o u r edu catio n ?

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do it.”

P rio r, a Q u e e n ’s stu d e n t fin ­ ish in g h e r fin a l y e a r o f a F re n c h d e g r e e , d e n ie s th a t s tu d e n ts a re m is re p re s e n te d b y th e a c tio n s d ep icted in the store front. S he said W illy s’ entire sta ff is co m p o sed o f Q u e e n ’s students an d alum ni.

“T h e fact th a t Q u ee n ’s people p arty and these th in g s h ap p en is a fact,” said Prior. “Y ou c a n ’t sw eep it u n d er th e rug.

tu n a te c h o ic e on th e ir p a rt to put th a t d i s p l a y o n , ” s a id D e a n o f S tu d e n t A f f a i r s B o b C r a w f o r d .

“W e ’re a w a re th a t stu d e n ts d rin k to o m uch.”

C raw fo rd w as co n c ern ed that W i lly s is s e n d in g s tu d e n ts a n d oth er m em bers o f the public a m es­ sage th at overindulgent drinking is n o rm al. “I f y o u ’re m ark etin g w ith th at m essage, is that a safe drinking m e s s a g e ? ” P r io r s a id W i lly s

received m ost o f the criticism from people w ho did not understand that a con tro v ersial m essag e w as co m ­ p l e t e l y u n in te n d e d . “ W e n e v e r m a d e it o u t to b e o k a y to ta k e advantage o f som eone,” she in sist­ ed.

“I think the thing that upset us th e m o st w as th e [m isin terp reted ] d a te r a p e s c e n a r i o ,” s a id P rio r .

O r i g in a l ly , o n e m a n n e q u in w a s p o sitio n e d w ith a h an d in sid e the o p en je a n s o f a n o th e r p a s se d out m a n n e q u in . P r io r s a id a f te r th e com plaints and n eg ativ e p u b licity, W illy s sta ff affix ed a sig n on the m a le r e a d in g , “ I c o n s e n t.” “ M e too,” read the fem ale m an n eq u in ’s sig n . O n S u n d a y , s ta f f m e m b e rs re p la c e d th e sig n s w ith w a rn in g s taped to the w indow , one o f w hich read : “A tte n tio n : A ll m a n n e q u in s a re o v e r th e a g e o f 21 a n d fu lly c o n s e n t to th e e v e n ts d e p i c te d here.”

P rio r sa id th a t b e c a u s e sa les n o rm ally im p ro v e w ith th e retu rn o f students in S eptem ber, it’s hard to d e te rm in e w h e th e r sa le s h a v e in creased due to th e m edia c o v e r­ age. “T he ty p e o f p eo p le w ho are o ffen d ed w o u ld n ’t shop h ere an y ­ w ay,” she noted.

E m p lo y e e J o h n G i a n n i o t i s s a id a lo c a l w o m e n ’s g ro u p to ld th e m th a t i f th e d is p la y w a s n o t c h a n g e d b y T u e s d a y , th e g ro u p w o u ld sta g e a p ro te s t o u tsid e th e sto re w ith p e titio n s b u t R o b in so n said the group did not show . P rior noted that W illys changes the front display on a w eekly basis, a cycle that w as not disrupted by the recent publicity.

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The Students' Society of McGill University Clubs, Services, Activities, Events and Publications TO ELECT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO SSMU COUNCIL October 1st, 1998 at 6:00p.m . William Shatner University Centre Room 302.

Eligible groups must register the name, address, and phone number of their delegate to this election m eeting by com pleting the official registration form found in club boxes a t the Students' Society General Office, 3 4 8 0 McTavish St. First Floor. NO LATER THAN SEP­ TEMBER 2 8 th , 1 9 9 8 . Completed forms must be signed by the President/C oordinator of each repective organization and should be subm itted to the Students' Society General Office by the deadline noted above.

For more information please contact the following: KAREN PELLEY VP Internal Affairs SSMU Tel: 398-6799, Fax 398-7490 email: internal@ssmu.mcgill.ca

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R o u tin e health services can absorb hundreds o f dollars per year, and if accident or illness strike, your health care costs can reach thousands o f dollars. T h a t’s w h y S S M U members voted to create a plan to protect you and to ensure equal access for all students.

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NEWSbriefs M c G ill marks 10 th ANNIVERSARY WITH TERRY Fox RUN T h e S c a r l e t K e y S o c ie ty invites students to pledge th eir sup­ p o rt to the annual T erry F o x R un fo r ca n c e r rese arch on S e p te m b e r 20.

T h is y e a r ’ s r u n m a r k s th e t e n th a n n i v e r s a r y o f M c G i l l ’s in v o lv em en t w ith the cause an d the seco n d y e a r in a row th a t M c G ill has had its ow n route.

“O v e r th e y e a rs, th e ru n h as becom e a rallying po in t fo r M cG ill s tu d e n ts ,” s a id L ev B u k h m a n , a m em ber o f the S carlet K ey Society. “ M c G ill is a m a jo r r e c ip ie n t o f funding dollars generated from the run. H aving o u r ow n ro u te m akes s tu d e n ts fee l lik e th e y a re re a lly m aking a d ifference.”

M c G ill's 5 km route begins at the M olson Stadium and tak es jo g ­ g e rs a n d w a lk e rs p a s t th e b o n g o p a r k o n M o u n t R o y a l a n d th e n b ack to the stadium . A cco rd in g to B u k h m an , the resp o n se to th e run co n tin u es to be po sitiv e y ea r after year. “It is am azing how m any p e o ­ p le are e n th u s ia s tic a b o u t it,” he stated . “ A t o u r tab le on ac tiv itie s night w e had people telling us that th e y ran th e ru n in B e ijin g o r in V ancouver. P eople have a real lo y ­ a l ty to th e c a u s e a n d it is j u s t g reat.”

R egistration fo r the run begins

at 10 a.m . a t M o lso n S ta d iu m on S u n d a y , S e p te m b e r 2 0 . M c G ill P rin c ip a l B e rn a rd S h ap iro w ill be the official starter o f the run at 10 a.m ., b u t stu d e n ts w ill b e a b le to jo in in at various tim es throughout the m orning.

P le d g e fo rm s fo r th e ru n are av ailab le at the S S M U fro n t desk, M cG ill resid en ces and faculty asso ­ ciations.

on S e p te m b e r 17 a n d w ill s h o w ­ c a s e c o m m u n ity g r o u p s in th e M ontreal area. T h e ob jectiv e o f this to u r is to raise aw areness o f p o v e r­ ty and oth er social p roblem s in the city . O n e o f th e sto p s on th e to u r w ill b e th e o ld A n g u s R e id ra ilyard, now h om e to co n d o m in iu m s and hou sin g projects.

S tu d e n ts in te re s te d in ta k in g any o f th e tours can catch th e bus at 1 pm on the day o f the to u r at the R o d d ic k g ates, at th e in te rse c tio n o f S herbrooke and M cG ill C ollege.

Q P R IG suggests that students m ake rese rv a tio n s b efo reh an d by callin g 398-7432. Each to u r costs $6.

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T h e M c G i ll b r a n c h o f th e Q u e b e c P u b lic In te re s t R e se a rc h G ro u p w ill be ru n n in g a lte rn a tiv e b u s t o u r s o f M o n tr e a l fro m S eptem ber 15 to 17. T he tours will h ig h lig h t a re a s o f M o n tre a l th a t have, in the past, g one u n ex p lo red by both local and o u t-o f-to w n stu­ dents.

O n S e p te m b e r 15, s tu d e n ts w ill be able to take an en v iro n m en ­ ta l to u r o f M o n tre a l. O n e o f th e sto p s on the to u r w ill be th e m an ­ m ade island o f N o tre D am e — the excess dirt from the island has been c a u sin g flo w p ro b le m s in th e St. L aw ren ce R iver.

T h e s e c o n d to u r o f f e r e d by Q P IR G ta k es p a rtic ip a n ts th ro u g h stre e ts, b u ild in g s an d m o n u m e n ts th a t a r e d e d i c a t e d to f a m o u s w om en.

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S tudents ’ S ociety hosts LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

T h e S t u d e n t s ’ S o c ie ty o f M cG ill U n iv ersity w ill be h o ld in g a l e a d e r s h i p c o n f e r e n c e on S ep tem b er 18 and 19. T h e co n fer­ e n c e w ill b e h e ld in th e S h a tn e r build in g and is desig n ed for M cG ill stu d e n ts in v o lv e d w ith clu b s, ser­ vices an d o th er o rg an iz atio n s w ho w ish to set goals fo r the upcom ing y ear and find w ays to realize them .

S e m in a rs w ill b e c o n d u c te d th ro u g h o u t the w ee k en d on issues su c h as v o lu n te e r r e c ru itm e n t, fu n d -raisin g and ru n n in g an effec­ tiv e event. R e g istra tio n w ill begin

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at 5 pm on the S eptem ber 18 in the S h a tn e r B a llro o m . In te re s te d stu ­ dents should contact the conference c o - o r d in a t o r , A n n e T o p o ls k i at 3 9 8 -6 7 7 7 o r b y e - m a il a t ato p o l@ p o -b o x .m cg ill.ca.

C alls to campus security FREE — USE ANY PAY PHONE S tudents needing M cG ill secu­ rity can now p ick up any cam p u s pay p h one and dial 398-3000 w ith­ o u t inserting a quarter. A ll 280 pay p h o n es on M c G ill’s m ain cam p u s h a v e n o w b e e n p r o g r a m m e d to allow free calls straight to M c G ill’s security hotline.

“It w as a jo in t effo rt betw een B e ll C a n a d a and M c G ill an d [the project] signals a new healthy rela­ tio n s h ip b etw e en the [tw o ],” said G ary B e rn stein , a sso cia te d irec to r o f telecom m unications.

B e ll C a n a d a to o k c a r e o f r e p r o g r a m m i n g a ll o f th e p a y ph o n es around m ain cam pus during the su m m er session.

“T h ey d id th is as a g o o d w ill g estu re tow ards M cG ill in conjunc­ tio n w ith [the T elecom m unications O ffice],” said B ernstein.

W h ile a ll o f M c G i ll’s m a in cam p u s pay p h o n es have been re p ro g ra m m e d , not a ll of M a c D o n a ld c a m p u s ’ p ay p h o n e s are o f the new program m able kind, an d h av e not been lin k e d in to the s e c u rity sy ste m . B e rn s te in n o te d th a t M a c D o n a ld c a m p u s p h o n e s w o u ld s o o n b e u p g r a d e d to th e new er m odels.

B e rn s te in a d d e d th a t M c G ill h as also been usin g an e-911 se r­ vice fo r som e tim e now . T he tech ­ n o lo g y lin k s an y M c G ill ca m p u s 911 ca lle r to both M cG ill security and 911 o p erato rs in a con feren ce c a ll. T h e c a l l e r ’ s l o c a t i o n a n d e x te n s io n p o p up on a c o m p u te r screen so that M cG ill security can d ire c t e m e rg e n c y s e rv ic e s to the c a lle r’s exact location.

F o r m e r P rim e M in i s te r a n d P C -leadership candidate, Joe C lark, is s c h e d u le d to v is it M c G ill on W ednesday, S eptem ber 16. He w ill b e a d d r e s s i n g th e P r o g r e s s i v e C o n serv ativ es o f M cG ill at 4 p.m . in S hatner 107 an d all are w elcom e to attend.

P aul M artin, F ederal M in ister o f Finance, w ill also be on cam pus S e p te m b e r 25 to p a r tic ip a te in a question and answ er session hosted b y th e L ib e ra l M c G ill. H e ’ll b e s p e a k i n g o n th e o t h e r s id e o f M cT avish in M oyse H all at 1 p.m.

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an d C o n c o rd ia s tu d e n t S a ra h M iller. T he classes w ill b e directed a t w o m e n w h o h a v e a d e s ir e to learn religious Jew ish studies.

A c c o r d in g to L ie b m a n , th e “m in i-sch o o l” is not ju s t for ortho­ d o x w o m en b u t an y w o m an w ho w ants to im prove th e ir k n ow ledge o f Jew ish texts. “M o st g irls d o n ’t h a v e th e tim e o r o p p o r tu n ity to stu d y lik e th is ,” sh e sa id . “N ow , in ste a d o f d o in g it on th e ir ow n, th e y ’ll hav e the su p p o rt o f rabbis and o f H illel.”

M ille r say s th a t th e p ro g ra m w a s b o r n o u t o f a f e e l i n g th a t w om en w ho co m e in to u n iv e rsity fro m Je w ish D ay sch o o ls o r even secu lar en v iro n m en ts can feel lost o n c e th e y a r e o u t o f t h e i r o w n Je w ish co m m u n ities. “T h ese g irls com e back and d o n ’t know how to pick up a book by th em selv es,” she s ta te d . “W e a re g iv in g th e m th e place, the tim e and the resources to learn.”

S tudents interested in the ses­ sions sh ould co n tac t S h ira at 8459 17 1. T here w ill be a $15 cost for th e y e a r, w ith c la s s e s b e in g h eld tw ic e on M o n d a y s , a n d o n c e on T uesday and W ednesday.

T h e m ad ru sh to r e g is te r fo r S S M U M in i-co u rses on A ctivities N ig h t resulted in one person fain t­ ing from the crow ds and an am b u ­ lan ce being sum m oned. “ I d i d n ’t h a v e to c a l l an am bulance at the last 4 Floors but I d id h av e to call o ne la st n ig h t [at th e S S M U M in i-C o u rs e r e g is tra ­ t i o n , ] ” s a id V P I n t e r n a l K a re n Pelley.

P elley rep o rted that the student has reco v ered from the incident.

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Legitimacy of referendum uncertain Continued from page only legally be co llected by a nona c c red ited stu d e n t o rg an iz a tio n in e x t r e m e s i t u a t i o n s a n d w ith a p p r o v a l o f th e B o a rd o f G o vernors. T he ad m inistratio n is, t h e r e f o r e , p e r m i tte d to r e je c t a m a n d a te t h a t a s k s f o r a f e e increase, even in the face o f strong stu dent support.

M ik e W a ts o n , a m e m b e r o f M S O F, voiced his frustratio n w ith w hat he sees as a legal run-around.

“T h e u n iv e rsity is s to n e w a llin g a new in itiativ e on cam pus.”

M a rk U n g er, y o u n g er b ro th e r to R ussell U nger and a M cG ill stu ­ dent, has been follow ing the project s in c e R u s s e ll’s g r a d u a tio n fro m M cG ill. H e expressed his d isb e lie f at the adm in istratio n ’s position.

“It is m ind bog g lin g th a t they could, or w ould, say no [to a p ro ­ j e c t s u p p o r t e d b y th e s tu d e n t b o dy].”

Other options M S O F still hopes to be able to c o lle c t th e fu n d s fo r th e o rg a n ic food store as an independent group.

If not, they w ould have to establish th e m s e lv e s u n d e r an a lre a d y accredited organization like S SM U o r Q PIR G but constitutional o b sta­ cles seem to be a m ajo r stu m b lin g block im peding a m erge w ith eith er group. “ [S S M U P re s id e n t] D u n c a n R e id c o rre c tly p o in te d o u t th a t it

/ w ould be against S S M U ’s co n stitu ­ tio n fo r M c G ill to c o lle c t th e fee through S SM U b ecau se the S SM U con stitu tio n allo w s ch an g es in fees only in th e case o f co u n cil-in itiated re fe re n d a an d th is w as a stu d e n tin itiated referen d u m ,” J u k i e r w r o t e in a m e m o ran d u m to R ussell U nger.

M SOF c o u ld c h a n n e l th e ir e ffo rts th ro u g h S S M U c o u n ­ c il a n d b rin g f o rth a cou n cil-in itiated refer­ e n d u m , ra th e r th a n a student-initiated refer­ endum , to th e ad m in ­ istra tio n . T h is w o u ld g ran t SSM U th e a u t h o r i t y to c o l l e c t fe e s on b e h a lf o f M S O F in a legitim ate m an n er, alth o u g h this w ill re q u ire s tu d e n ts to g o to th e p o lls again.

S i m i l a r l y , Q P IR G ’s co n stitu tio n a ls o h in d e rs p la c in g the o rganic food store u n d er th eir jurisdiction.

T hey could only co llect the fees fo r M S O F if an o th er refer­ en dum w as presen ted to the student body. “ Q P I R G ’s c o n s titu tio n i s n ’t b ro ad e n o u g h to stick [the c o lle c ­ tio n o f a fe e in c re a se ] o n th e m ,” stated R u ssell U nger. “ [A lso] they d id n ’t w ant to seem like an o rg an i­

zation th at is taking a lot o f student fees.”

A lth o u g h th ere is the o p tio n o f affiliation, M S O F m aintains th at it w a n ts to b e c o m e an in d e p e n d e n t accred ited organization. F aced w ith

an unco m p ro m isin g adm inistration, R u sse ll U n g e r is c e rta in th a t they w ill be fo rced to have an o th er ref­ erendum .

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In d e a l i n g w ith S S M U , R ussell U n g er w as u nim pressed by the SSM U ex ecu tiv es’ half-hearted handling o f the issue.

“E v en if it w as go in g to b e a lo sin g b a ttle , [R eid ] sh o u ld h av e g o n e to b a t a n d s a id ‘s t u d e n t s clearly w ant th is,” ’ he stated.

W a ts o n c o n c u r s . “ S tu d e n ts h av e g iv en u s th e ir su p p o rt. N ow w e need SSM U support. If S SM U supports us, then the university has to.”

W hile M S O F b eliev e s S SM U h a s h e ld b a c k f r o m v o lu n ta r ily pressuring the adm inistration to lis­ ten to the stu d en ts’ w ishes, R eid is adam ant that he has show n all the su p p o rt he is le g ally p e rm itte d to do. “ I w e n t a n d s p o k e to D e a n Ju k ie r and I sa id c le a rly th a t stu ­ d e n ts h a d s u p p o r te d th e o rg a n ic fo o d sto re an d h ad d em o cratically endorsed this initiative. A nd at the sam e tim e I show ed her o u r co n sti­ tution and she agreed, as a law yer herself, that our position w as right and she said w e co u ld n ’t co llect the fe e ,” h e ex p lain e d . “M y re sp o n si­ b ility is to tell the a d m in istra tio n th a t M c G ill stu d e n ts w a n te d th is, procedurally rightly o r procedurally w ro n g ly . I ’v e b e e n v e ry c le a r w ith the D ean o f S tudents that this represents the d em ocratic o p inion.”

W a ts o n a n d M a rk U n g e r , h o w e v e r, are w illin g to p u sh th e issue w ith S SM U and the adm inis­ tra tio n in th e a t t e m p t to a v o id an o th er referendum .

T h ey are co n cern ed a b o u t th e m e s s a g e th a t a se co n d re fe r­ en d u m w ill se n d to th e M c G ill s tu d e n t body. “ [A second ref­ e re n d u m ] is r e d u n ­ d a n t. T h e s tu d e n ts h a v e a lre a d y v o te d y e s ,” W a ts o n sa id .

“Y ou have a p o w er­ fu l u n iv e rs ity b o d y th a t ca n e s s e n tia lly d e c id e w h e th e r o r n o t to a llo w th e d e m o c ra tic p ro c e ss on ca m p u s to fu n c ­ tion.”

R e id , h o w ev e r, d o e s n o t b e lie v e h a v in g a n o th e r re f ­ ere n d u m c h a l­ le n g e s th e n o tio n o f dem o cracy at M cG ill. “ I th in k th e s t u d e n t s h a v e e x p re sse d th e ir o p in io n o n ce, b u t u n fo rtu n a te ly it w as d o n e in [an in c o rr e c t p r o c e d u ra l m a n n e r]. It says a lo t less about the dem ocratic p r o c e s s th a n p r o p e r p r o c e d u r e ,” R e id asserted.

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"Madam Speaker, 1 move to suspend the rules, to amend the agenda for the purposes of having a confidential session, now. " A t the first SSM U C ouncil m eeting o f the year, after a lengthy and vague debate over the creation o f a special com m ittee on the Red Herring, a SSM U councillor m oved to have the entire gallery rem oved from the m eet­ ing in order to have a confidential session.

The debate leading up to the m ove w as m arked by a lack o f inform ation and a clear sense that a few SSM U councillors knew m ore than they were telling, w hile the rest appeared to be in the dark. For the first council m eet­ ing o f the year, this apparen t lack o f com m unication and in fo rm atio n at council w as disturbing. O ne w ould expect that the executive w ould have at the very least briefed all o f the incom ing councillors on the problem s and hot gossip facing them , if for no other reason than to save them selves the em barassm ent that resulted from the calling o f the session. A lthough all of council did not seem clear on the need for confidentiality, the m otion carried and the gallery w as dism issed. The disgruntled public adjourned to the hall­ way, questioning the validity o f a m otion that appeared to have been m ade w ithout due cause.

Council can hold confidential sessions when it w ishes to discuss m at­ ters that it feels are inappropriate for the student body to hear. The session can be placed on the agenda, or called by any councillor during the m eeting if they feel it is w arranted. If the session is planned beforehand, a confiden­ tial agenda and the supporting docum ents m ust be handed out once the pub­ lic leaves, and collected before they are allow ed to return. In either case, councillors are prohibited from divulging any o f the inform ation discussed.

The provision allow ing for confidential sessions can be easily under­ stood. There are m atters w hich the entire student body should not be privy to u n til th e rig h t tim e has c o m e — su ch as la w su its o r s e n sitiv e h u m a n resources inform ation. But such a session should not be used haphazardly, w henever council w ishes to sim ply evade the public eye.

A t T h u rsd ay 's m eetin g , the m ove to create the co n fid e n tia l session occurred im m ediately after a close vote with a significant num ber o f absten­ tions for the creation o f the Herring com m ittee. The session was not on the O rder o f Business for council nor w as an agenda handed out. In fact, m ost councillors w ere nonplussed w hen the session w as called.

T his confidential session w as im prom ptu because a councillor thought the real story behind the issues at the Herring should be told — w ithout the public present.

C onfidential sessions should not be called sim ply because a m eeting gets a little aw kw ard for a couple o f councillors. A w kw ard situations are part o f the jo b that they are elected to fill.

SSM U council m eetings are open to the public for a reason. Students are allow ed and invited to attend th em and have speaking rights. S SM U council m eetings can and should be a tim e for every M cGill student to be able to w atch, and if necessary, have a say in how the Society represents them . A ccountability is fundam ental to representative dem ocracy.

T hursday's m eeting m arked the first tim e that council w as allow ed to call a secret session. The fact that councillors called one at the first possible opportunity sets a daunting precedent for council m eetings to com e. W hat is going to prevent council from calling a session at every m eeting, m aking a m ockery o f both the session and council itself?

If Thursday's session was truly a legitim ate use o f the confidential ses­ sion clause, it w ould have been listed on the agenda. Furtherm ore, if there really w ere m atters needing discussion w ithout the presence o f the student body, instead o f disrupting the m eeting m ore than h alf way through, council co u ld have sim ply m et b efo reh a n d and d isc u sse d th e situ atio n — afte r w hich they could have called a public council m eeting. As it stands now , the session w as pulled out o f now here in the m iddle o f the m eeting, forcing the gallery to stand idly in the hall for tw enty m inutes w hile council figured itself out.

A note to councillors: use the confidential session appropriately, and stop w asting our time.

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in filtra tio n o f p o litic s in to e v e ry ­

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th e y d id n o t u n d e rs ta n d M c G ill.

u n d e rg ra d u a te stu d ie s. S h e a sk ed

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n e e d to f in d w a y s to m a k e th e

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a b o u t th e e x tra y e a r th a t o u t- o f ­

to m a k in g su re th a t stu d e n ts a n d

g o v e r n m e n t a n d th e c o m m u n ity

p r o v i d e u s w ith th e f i n a n c i a l

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You H u rt S o m eo n e A m a z in g ly , m o st o f th e g u y s w h o I h a v e d a te d r e c e n tly m u s t h a v e b ee n ab se n t th e d ay th is le s­ so n w a s ta u g h t. I t ’s re m a rk a b le r e a l l y h o w o n e l i t t l e w o rd c a n m e a n th e d iffe re n c e b e tw e e n c lo ­ su re an d an ex w ith issues. S ay in g s o r r y c a n m e a n th e d i f f e r e n c e b e tw e e n a g re a t n ig h t o f m a k in g up a n d sle ep in g alo n e. If y o u fin d y o u r s e lf in th is situ a tio n , e v e n if y o u d o n ’t m e an it, say th e S w ord.

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3. C lean Up Your O w n Mess T h e r e is n o t h i n g m o r e u n p le a s a n t th a n a m e s s y r o o m ­ m a te w h o le av e s h e r a ssig n m e n ts all o v e r th e d in n e r ta b le a n d h e r c r u s ty d is h e s in th e s in k . Y o u m a d e th e K ra ft d in n e r, y o u scrub th e o r a n g e c r u d o f f th e p o t. I f y o u r b a th ro o m m a g ic a lly c le a n s itself, tru st m e, it’s n o t th e b a th ­ ro o m fairy g o d m o th er. M o re th an lik e ly , it’s th e w o rk o f y o u r m o th ­ e r o r y o u r fe m a le ro o m m a te . S o

g r a b th e M r. C le a n a n d k n o c k y o u rse lf out. C lean in g , w h en used w ith th e co rre c t tim in g , m ay also b e s u b s titu te d n o w a n d th e n fo r th e sa y in g so rry rule.

4 . D o n 't T a ke T h in g s T h a t A re n 't Yours T h is a p p lies to an y th in g from th e ch e m istry fin al you g o t fro m a frie n d to y o u r b e s t f r ie n d ’s g ir l­ frie n d . E ith e r w a y y o u s ta n d to lose. In th e firs t case, y o u g e t the b ig F in c h e m istry ; in the second, m o re th a n lik e ly a b r o k e n n o s e a n d a v a c a n c y in th e b e s t frie n d d ep a rtm en t.

5. W h e n You A re O u t In Th e W orld, W atch O u t For Traffic, H old H ands, a n d Stick T o g e th e r

m e, ch ick s d ig this. A t th e m o v ies o r in th e hall on th e w ay to class, h o ld in g h a n d s s c o re s b ig p o in ts w ith th e h o n ey s. F in ally , stick in g to g e th e r g iv es y o u p o w er in n u m ­ bers. W h e th e r it’s to co m p lain to a P ro f ab o u t a lo u sy ex a m , o r to w a lk h o m e in th e g h etto at night, sta y in g in a g ro u p is alw a y s a b e t­ te r c h o ic e th a n c a r r y in g a c o n ­ c e a le d w eap o n .

Y o u m a y th in k th a t y o u are le a r n in g a ll th e re is to k n o w in y o u r q u a n tu m p h y s ic s o r y o u r S h a k e s p e a re c la s s , b u t a d m it it, th e b a sic lesso n s you learn ed w ay b a c k w h e n s c h o o l c o n s is te d o f f ie l d tr ip s to th e b a th r o o m a n d r e c e s s j u s t m a y h a v e b e e n m o re im p o rta n t th a n y o u th o u g h t. J u s t th in k , if it h a d n ’t b ee n fo r k in d e r­ garten , how w o u ld y o u e v e r know th a t th e b o y w h o p u sh e d y o u o f f th e sw in g , o r th e g irl w h o p u lle d y o u r h a ir really ju s t lik ed y ou?

W h e n it c o m e s to tr a f f ic in M o n trea l, k e e p in m ind, b u se s are b ig , so are m an y bus d riv ers. S tay o u t o f th e ir w ay. N ex t, h o ld hands as m u c h as p o ssib le. T ak e it from

Creeping crypto-facist control freaksat SSMUCouncil It's n o t th a t S S M U c o u n c il­ lo rs are evil. In d iv id u ally , m o st o f th e m a r e d e c e n t — n o d u m b e r, n a s tie r, o r u g lie r th a n y o u r a v e ra g e M c G ill student.

W e ll, m a y b e a l i t t l e .

B u t n o t to th e p o i n t th a t y o u 'd b e a b le to p ic k o n e o u t o f a c ro w d o f r e g u la r fo lk s. It’s w h en you g e t a b u n c h o f th e m to g e th e r th a t y o u g e t tr o u ­ ble.

T o s to p th in g s f ro m g e ttin g to o f a r o u t o f c o n t r o l in a r e a l g o v ern m e n t, m o st le g isla tiv e sy s­ te m s are set up so th a t th e re 's o n e factio n in p o w er an d an o th e r fa c ­ tio n w h o se re s p o n s ib ility it is to p o in t o u t w h a t a b u n c h o f lu n k h ead s th e first factio n is.

F re q u en tly , a fac tio n o b lig e d to b e a g a i n s t e v e r y t h i n g w ill o p p o se so m e w o rth y ca u se s. T h e th e o ry is th a t b a d id e a s w ill g e t s q u a s h e d , w h ile g o o d id e a s w ill b e te m p ered by the fire an d co m e o u t ev e n b etter than they w e re to b e g in w ith.

H e r e 's th e p r o b le m : S S M U h a s n o e ffe c tiv e o p p o s itio n . T h e c o u n c ill o r s g e t to o f r ie n d ly fo r an y to dev elo p .

A l i t t l e c a m a r a d e r i e in a n o r g a n iz a tio n m a k e s it e a s ie r fo r th e v ario u s m e m b ers ca n c o -o p e r­ a te e n o u g h to g e t th in g s d o n e .

T o o m u c h , th o u g h , a llo w s an o rg an iz atio n to careen o u t o f c o n ­ tro l, w ith n o b o d y w illing to m ak e a fu ss w h en it d o es so m e th in g stu ­ pid.

T h e c o u n c illo rs sp e n d an aw fu l lo t o f tim e m ak in g frien d s.

T h e e x e cu tiv es h av e a w h o le su m ­ m e r to w o rk to g e th e r in p riv a te ,

w ith o u t ta k in g a n y p u b lic sta n d s o n a n y th in g o r b e in g c o n fro n te d

th e S S M U a n d E U S e s t a b l i s h ­ m e n ts. S S M U tr ie s to m a k e th e T ribune's e d i t o r - i n ­ c h ie fta in sh ip an an n u al b a ttle g ro u n d o v e r e d i­ to r ia l d ir e c tio n . M o s t a l a r m i n g , i f o n ly f o r t h e p e r v e r s i t y o f th e m i n d s e t t h a t w o u ld m a k e it h a p p e n , e v e n o n a n y m is ta k e s th e y m a k e . A ll th e Red Herring's ed ito ria l a u to n ­ the c o u n c illo rs tra d itio n a lly g o on o m y is th rea ten e d . a re tre a t w ith in th e first c o u p le o f A n d n o w , u n h a p p y w ith th e w e e k s o f c la sse s. K n o ts o f th e m le s s - th a n - to ta l s u c c e s s o f its m a k e p u b lic p la n s to g o o u t to a ttem p ts to m u z zle its c ritics, the d in n e r afte r m e etin g s.

S S M U h a s g iv e n its e lf th e o p tio n T h e y b e c o m e , in s h o r t , a o f sh u ttin g th e m out. p r e tty in s u la r A new SSM U ru le o f o rd e r m a k es p la to o n o f co n - Ù £ H isto ric a lly , th e a c l o s e d p e r i o d in fo rm is ts . T h e re h a n d fu l o f p e o p l e w h o 'v e e v e ry m e e tin g s ta n ­ b u t p r e c i o u s o f f e r e d o p p p o s i t i o n t o th e d a r d p r o c e d u r e . In th e m i d d l e o f th e f e w d o m in a n t fe e lin g a t SSM U H isto ric ally , th e c o u m c /7 h a v e a c q u ir e d r e p u m e e tin g , th e y k ic k h an d fu l o f p eo - . . . , , , o u t th e g a lle ry th a t p ie w h o v e t a tlo n s 05 m a lo d ju s te d h a s g a t h e r e d to o ffe re d o p p o si- p r o b le m c a s e s . T h e y d o n 't w a tc h th e p r o c e e d ­ in g s . T h e r e 's b e e n tio n to th e do m g e t i n v ite d fo r s u s h i a f te r in a n t fe e lin g a t /. . __ ,. o n e m e e tin g th is S S M U c o u n c il C o u n a l m e e y e a r a n d th e y d id it. h a v e a c q u ire d The s ta te d re p u ta tio n s a s m a la d ju s te d p ro b ­ in te n t is to a llo w c o u n c illo rs to lem ca se s. T h ey d o n 't g e t in v ite d sp eak th e ir m in d s o n co n tro v e rsial fo r su sh i a fte r C o u n c il m e e tin g s. i s s u e s w i th o u t w o r r y in g a b o u t A n d w h e n s o m e o n e 's d e v o t in g th e ir im a g es in the c a m p u s m edia. h o u rs a d ay to an o rg an iz atio n , it's P u t a n o th e r w ay , it allo w s th e m to d i f f i c u l t to ta k e o s tr a c is m lik e sa y m a lic io u s , w h in y , n itw itte d , that. a n d o th e rw is e d is h o n o u ra b le W ith o u t an e ffe c tiv e o p p o s i­ th in g s w ith o u t a n y b o d y f in d in g tio n a t C o u n c il, th e c a m p u s o u t — b e c a u s e i t 's a g a i n s t th e p a p e rs h a v e ta k e n o n th e ro le. S ee ru les fo r a c o u n c illo r to tell a n y ­ h o w fa r t h a t’s g o tte n th e m . T h e one w hat happened w hen n o n ­ D aily f a c e s a n n u a l c a lls f o r its c o u n c illo rs w e re b a rre d fro m th e d e stru c tio n . T h e Faucet h as m a n ­ m eetin g . a g e d to stu m b le h e ro ic a lly o n in C o u n c illo rs , w h e n th e y 're in th e fac e o f fie rc e o p p o sitio n fro m m e e tin g s, sh o u ld h a v e th e b ra in s

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n o t to sa y a n y th in g th e s tu d e n ts th e y re p re se n t w o u ld n 't w an t them to say. G o in g b eh in d c lo se d doors re m o v e s th e la s t v e s tig e s o f a c c o u n t a b il ity to w h ic h S S M U C o u n c il is subject.

U n d o u b t e d l y , m o s t o f th e s tu ff th a t co m es up in clo sed se s­ sio n s is in n o cu o u s. U n fo rtu n ately , n o b o d y k n o w s fo r su re e x c e p t the c o u n c illo rs. It's a se c re t th a t you a n d I a r e n o t a llo w e d to s h a re .

T h e y d o n 't tru s t u s to u n d e rsta n d w h a t th e y 're d o in g and w hy.

T h a t's in su ltin g , p a tro n iz in g , a rro g a n t and o ffen siv e.

T h is isn 't a p riv ate c o n v e rsa ­ t i o n . T h is is a m e e t i n g w h e r e th e y 're c a rry in g o u t y o u r an d m y b u s in e s s . C lo s e d s e s s io n s h a v e th e ir u se s: a h a ra ssm e n t in c id e n t th a t's b e in g d is c u s s e d a t C o u n c il fo r so m e rea so n , o r a la b o u r d is­ p u te w ith an S S M U em p lo y ee , to n a m e so m e ex a m p le s. B u t m ak in g c lo s e d s e s s io n s s ta n d a r d , r a th e r th a n th e e x c e p tio n , is w ro n g and stu p id . It fo rc e s e v e ry o n e on the o u tsid e o f th e d o o rs — an d there are th o u sa n d s and th o u sa n d s o f us — to a s su m e th a t the c o u n c illo rs a re u p to no good.

S S M U C o u n c il, w ith its cozy w a y o f m a k i n g d e c i s i o n s , its s o p h is tic a te d m e c h a n is m s fo r c ru sh in g in te rn al d issen t, its h o s­ tility to fa ir criticism fro m o u tsid e a n d its g r o w i n g w illi n g n e s s to k ee p its p ro ce ed in g s a m y stery , is g e ttin g d a n g e r o u s ly o u t o f c o n ­ trol. W h a t th ey m ig h t n o t realize, m o st im p o rtan tly , is th a t it w orks b o th w ay s. T h ey d o n 't tru st us. So w e c a n 't tru st them .

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The Essence of Grade 3 Cool How we're content with the same old same old D uring the first real F o u r F loors o f th e 9 8 -9 9 c a m p a ig n it h it u s.

S om ew here in betw een “L et Y our B ackbone S lide” by M aestro Fresh W e s a n d th e B e a s tie B o y s ’ “ N o S leep T ill B ro o k ly n ” , the song to d e f i n e th e c a l a m i t y a r o u n d u s p ip e d in. A t th a t in sta n t th e new additions to M cG ill a n d t h e i r f e a r le s s le a d e rs b o p p e d up a n d d o w n o n th e dance floor, p lastic c u p s o f b e e r in h a n d an d ta n k to p s tra p s an d h e a v ily gelled bangs sw aying in the bassinduced w ind.

a n d n e w h ip h o p a n d ra p in th e b a llr o o m . T h a t le f t th e s e c o n d floor, th e c a fete ria flo o r, w ith the ill f a te o f b e in g th e 8 0 's f lo o r.

W ith all the m usical sty les in the w o rld to choose from , w h at place d o es th is m usic h av e in o u r lives today? T h e guilty pleasure o f lis­ tening to "Welcome to the Jungle”

W h atev er benefits o f faux n ostal­ gia are to be had from shim m ying aw ay in such a fashion, th e q u es­ tio n o f "h o w lo n g m u st w e sin g th is song" also raise s so m e in te r­ esting m etap h y si­ cal q u e s tio n s a b o u t w h a t it is w e 're d o in g h ere a n d w h y i t so o fte n se e m s th a t th e re i s n 't a w hole lot to "do" w hen h o m ew o rk and oth er resp o n ­ s ib ilitie s su b sid e . W h y is it th a t w e're co n ten t to rely on k itsch for o u r en tertain m en t- to p rete n d th at w e 're m a k in g fu n o f so n g s w h en w e d a n c e to th e m o v e r a n d o v e r again, and then can't think o f any­ thing else to do w hen the songs are o ver? (" Closing time. Last chance to...") In w h at is su p p o se d to be one o f th e fin est un iv ersities in the w o rld , d o w e r e a lly s u ffe r fro m such a poverty o f the im agination th a t w e ca n 't co n stru ct any honest diversions th at aren't p lain ly im be­ cile? W e speak here, o f course, o f the relativ ely en lig h ten ed students at M c G ill, w h ic h is to sa y th o se th a t are n o t on the fo o tb all team .

T hey h ad a high tim e o f it at G ert's o n F r id a y n ig h t, d r e s s in g u p in d r a g a n d p e r f o r m in g m o c k s tr ip te a s e s in o r d e r to f in d o u t

Public E nem y N um ber 1 Rich Retyi

"How long, how long must we sing this song. How lonnnnnnng."

o n a W a lk m a n o n th e w a y to sc h o o l is o n e th in g , b u t d a n c in g th e h ip p y h ip p y sh a k e to it w ith s e v e n ty o t h e r p e o p l e is q u ite another.

H o w lo n g in d e e d ? T h e y o u n g m en an d w om en around us couldm't h av e b ee n any o ld e r th a n 20, s o m e e n c r o a c h in g o n 2 2 . Y e t, th e s e " c la s s ic s " (a n d w e d o u se this term lightly) h ad fou n d a new h o m e a m id th e w e ll- s u p e r v is e d alcoholic depravity o f you r typical S e p t e m b e r F o u r F l o o r s p a r ty .

B e in g e d u c a tio n an d h isto ry stu ­ d e n ts re s p e c tiv e ly , w e k n o w th e valu e o f hav in g a g o o d tim e, and su b se q u e n tly re a liz e th at ea ch o f the fo u r floors m ust sport slightly differing them es. T here w as te c h ­ no pop / P u ff D addy in th e A lley, ra n d o m to p 4 0 in G e rt’s a n d o ld

C o n trary to the in itial to n e o f this article, F o u r F loors is n o t to blam e for the 2002 class dan cin g to "Bust a M ove". T his phen o m en o n traces fu rth er back than the S SP N squad.

T hey are guilty o f perp etratin g the sickness, n o t creating it. It is you and w e, the teen s an d p o st-teen s o f the w orld th at draw this fate upon u s . W e a llo w o u r s e lv e s to g e t e x c ite d ab o u t so n g s w e o n c e lis ­ te n e d to as k id s b a c k in g ra d e 3 w h en all co o l m u sic ca m e o u t on cassette and the first so und on side A w as alw ays th a t ascending high p itch ed screech. W h y is it th at w e a re lis te n in g to th e sa m e m u sic

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A lthough they seem ed to be enjoy­ ing th em selves profusely, the o th ­ e r w is e e m p ty b a r s e r v e d as an e n c o u r a g in g s u g g e s tio n th a t at le a st so m e p e o p le h e re m ig h t be i n t e r e s t e d in s o m e th in g m o re rew arding.

W h a t m ig h t th a t s o m e th in g b e?

Surely w e don't know , else w e cer­ ta in ly w o u ld n ft h a v e s to p p e d by G e r t 's o n a F r id a y n ig h t.

U ltim a te ly w h at o n e c h o o s e s fo r en tertain m ent depends on the indi­ vidual, but in such a th eo retically d iv erse and interesting place to be it se e m s o d d to u s th a t so m any stu d e n ts are co n ten t to p iss aw ay th e ir fre e tim e on th e "sam e o ld sam e old".

A n g e ls , C a fé C a m p u s, G e rt's, M adhatter's and m ost oth er places in M ontreal are slight variations on the sam e th e m e. T h e o w n ers o f th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in q u e s tio n a r e n 't s tu p id . T h e m a n a g e rs o f G ert's aren't stupid. T he S SPN and SSM U partym ongers aren't stupid.

If w e'll dan ce the hu rley burly to th e o u t d a t e d c r a p t h a t D a v id G e ffe n a n d C a p ito l R e c o rd s ch u rn ed o u t nearly a d ecad e ago, t h e y ’ ll k e e p th r o w in g th e sa m e recycled hash at us until w e die in r e m i n is c e n t e c s ta s y . U n til w e dem and new entertainm ent outlets an d q u it living in th e past, it w ill b e o ld s o n g s fro m g ra d e s c h o o l d an c es fo r ev e ry o n e. T h e call it retro. W e call it cop-out.

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H ours su ited to y o u r sch ed u le ? A co m fortable, relaxed w ork en v iro n ­ m e n t? “ L ily ,” h e re at M c G ill, a th ir d - y e a r p h ilo s o p h y s tu d e n t, claim s to have found all these q u al­ ities in a field left unconsidered by m ost: sex w ork.

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O p p o r tu n it y knocks L ily ’s jo b w as no spur-of-them o m e n t d e c is io n . “ I ’v e a lw a y s been infatuated w ith sex w o rk and th e history o f p rostitution in g en er­ a l. I ’d b e e n t h i n k i n g s e r io u s ly ab out doing erotic m assage fo r sev­ eral years.” T w o m onths ago, w hen an o p p o r tu n ity m a n if e s te d its e lf th rough a “frien d o f a friend” in the b u siness, “I ju s t called and set the w hole th in g up. It w as that ea sy .”

T h e jo b im m e d ia te ly a g re e d w ith L ily. “ I w en t fo r a w alk a fte r m y first cu sto m er so I could co llect m y thoughts. T he only thing th at tro u ­ b le d m e w as th at it d id n ’t tro u b le m e at all, th a t I w as ab le to d o it w ith such p erfect ease.” S oon L ily

able in her niche o f the sex indus­ try , b u t the jo b is n o t w ith o u t its p e r i l s . A t l e a s t tw o m e n h a v e attem pted to get aw ay w ithout p ay­ ing fo r all services rendered, one o f th e m s u c c e s s fu lly . L ik e m a n y in h e r situ atio n , L ily b la m ed herself.

“I felt like a big dope. I guess I ju st h a d n ’t b u ilt up th e rig h t in stin c ts yet.”

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“A nything can be a degrading activ ity ,” says Lily, a dark-haired, b e s p e c ta c le d y o u n g w o m a n w h o w o u ld n ’t look out o f place at an art g a lle ry o p e n in g . “ I ’v e fe lt m o re d e g r a d e d m o p p in g up a k itc h e n th a n ja c k in g o f f a s tr a n g e r w ith w h o m I ’m g e ttin g a lo n g , w h o ’s p aying m e w ell fo r it... E very other j o b I ’v e h a d h a s m a d e m e fe e l u n d e rp a id , u n d e r - u tiliz e d an d underappreciated.” L ily has alw ays w o rk e d f u ll- tim e in th e s u m m e r a n d p a r t- tim e d u rin g th e s c h o o l y e a r in o rd e r to c o v e r h e r tu itio n an d liv in g ex p e n se s. “M y p are n ts h elp m e out, but on e-th ird o f it is up to m e... I used to ju s t scrape by w ith m inim um -w age jo b s, b u t now m y s ta n d a r d o f liv i n g is p r e tt y h ig h .”

a b o u t.” L ily r e f u s e s th e la b e l o f prostitute, preferring to be called an “ e r o tic m a s s e u s e .” T h e lif e s ty le th a t sh e an d h e r c o w o rk e rs sh a re w o u ld s e e m to d e f y c o m m o n stereo ty p es o f sex w orkers as w ell. “ I ’ve n ev e r com e into co n tact w ith w om en w ho are so gutsy, bold and s u rv iv a l-o rie n te d . I re a lly re sp e c t m y c o w o r k e r s . N o n e o f u s a re w eak, b ro k en girls ju s t trying to get by. W e ’re all pretty tough.”

A le s s e r -e x p lo r e d s id e o f stu d e n t em p lo ym en t p la c e so u n d s m o re lik e th a t o f a typical stu d e n t’s dream apartm ent. “ I t ’ s tu c k e d a w a y in a d is c r e e t a lle y w a y in O ld M o n tr e a l. Y o u w alk in the door and th e re ’s a sm ell o f incense m ix ed in w ith the m a s­ sage oils. T h e re ’s a big front room , a n ic e w o o d e n l o f t w ith s to n e w alls, a fireplace in the c o m e r and a nice couch. T h ere are tw o sm all room s, one in the fro n t and one in th e b a c k , e a c h o f w h ic h h a s a futon. T h e re ’s a bathroom , kitchen, w a sh e r a n d d ry e r. I t ’s v ery q u ie t and cozy. S om etim es I ’ll spend an afternoon curled up w ith m y books w hen it’s a slow day an d I ’m ju s t answ ering p h o n es.”

S tu d e n t e n tre p re n e u rs T h e loft is ren ted by tw o en ter­ prising C o n co rd ia students (one o f w hom h as since g rad u ated b u t co n ­ tin u e s to w o rk ) w h o fo u n d e d th e b u s in e s s a y e a r a n d a h a l f a g o .

B oth L ily and a fourth cow orker, a F re n ch e x p a tria te w h o d o e s so m e p u b lic re la tio n s w o rk o n th e side, pay th e fo u n d ers $ 2 0 o u t o f every tr a n s a c tio n th e y m a k e . F o r L ily ,

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every step o f th e w ay th e re ’s also a b u s i n e s s t r a n s a c t i o n t h a t ta k e s place. W e m ak e it c le a r th at there a r e s o m e s t r i c t lin e s w e w o n ’t c ro s s .” S u c h a s? “ N o o ra l se x or p e n e tr a tio n . W e m ig h t ta k e o u r clo th es off, o r th ey co u ld to u ch us, k iss us on various parts o f o ur b o d ­ ies. M yself, I w o n ’t let a cu stom er touch m e betw een the leg s.”

B e s id e s th e g r e a t p a y a n d co m fo rta b le w orking environm ent, th ere is an o ther facto r k eeping Lily in th e b u sin e ss: “ I t ’s s a tis fy in g ,” s h e s a y s . “ H o n e s t l y . ” L ily d e s c rib e d a v isit fro m a stressed o u t business trav eler w ho m ade his a p p o in tm e n t by e a rp h o n e an d d ro p p ed in fo r a ten m inute quickie b e fo re d e p a rtin g fo r D o rv a l. “A t th at m om ent, I felt that I ’d done a g reat service to hum anity. A guy in his car on the w ay to the airport has this sudden urge and d o esn ’t know w hat to do. I ju s t left him feeling a little m o re relaxed and pleased.”

In addition to providing p h y si­ c a l r e l e a s e , L ily ta k e s p r id e in r e li e v in g m e n ta l s tr e s s a s w e ll. “ V e r y o f t e n , p e o p l e c o m e in b e c a u s e t h e y ’r e f e e l i n g a l i t t l e lonely. T h ey w ant som e affection, th ey w an t to b e to u ch ed and talked to. I th in k the reason m ost o f them co m e is to lose that sense o f inh ib i­ tio n a n d n e rv o u s n e s s th e y m ig h t feel w ith w om en they m eet at bars o r w h atev er. S o m etim es it g ets to be a th e r a p y s e s s io n .

C o m m u n ic a tio n s k ills . I ’ll w rite th a t o n m y resu m é,” she adds w ith a laugh. “ I think I ’m good at w hat I do. I m ake people feel really co m ­ f o rta b le a n d I g iv e a g r e a t m a s-

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A sk ed i f she considers h erse lf a fem in ist, L ily a n sw e rs e m p h a ti­ ca lly . “ S ure! In th a t ro o m , I ’m in control o f w h at I do, fo r w hom and f o r h o w m u c h . I ’m c o m fo r ta b le w ith m y w o rk a n d I d o n ’t f e e l d em ea n ed b y th e cu sto m ers a t all.

I t ’s e n tire ly o n m y te rm s.” L ily ’s w o rk in g e n v iro n m e n t is , sh e agrees, h ard ly rep resen tativ e o f the a v e r a g e s e x w o r k e r ’s , so o f te n stuck in the trap o f ex p lo itatio n by a pim p . ‘T h e r e ’s so m eth in g about w o r k i n g w ith w o m e n a n d f o r w o m en as o p p o se d to a m an w h o d o e s n ’t h a v e a n y th in g to d o w ith th e actu al ca rry in g o u t o f th e jo b , w h o d o e s n ’t k n o w w h a t i t ’s a ll

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T h e f o r m u l a s e e m s to b e w orking, as L ily notes that at least ten m en h av e b ec o m e re p e a t c u s­ to m e rs. M o st are b u sin e ssm e n in th e ir forties, but “there really is no typical guy. W e ’ve got them ran g ­ in g f ro m 18 to 8 0 , a ll d if f e r e n t shapes, colours and sizes.” H as she e v e r b e e n to t a l l y tu r n e d o f f by so m e o n e’s appearance? “Sure. B ut y o u ’ve got to do it anyw ay. It’s not th eir fau lt,” she laughs.

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"Lily" w om en w orking at any given tim e, so i f th e r e ’s an y n o is e , th e o th e r girl w ould know rig h t aw ay. If I ’m d e m e a n e d b y th e m to th e p o in t w h e re it b o th e rs m e e m o tio n a lly , th e n I ’d g iv e th e m th e ir m o n e y b ac k an d say ‘g et the hell o u t o f here, I d o n ’t feel like dealing w ith y o u .’ ” L ily adm its, how ever, that h er m ethods o f c o n flict reso lu tio n have y et to be tested. “W e ’ve never had any trouble.” F orced to co n sid ­ er the possibility o f such an occur­ rence, L ily declared her intention to contact Stella, a local group o f sex w o rk er activists, “ so I’ll know b et­ ter how to deal w ith certain situ a­ tio n s.”

A n u n ce rta in fu tu re L ike a grow ing n um ber e f stu ­ dents, L ily is engaged in a delicate b alan c in g act b etw e en sch o o l and w o rk . H e r n e w h o u r s ( 1 1 a m to m id n i g h t , th r e e d a y s a w e e k ) necessitate stacking all five o f her c la s s e s on T u esd ay s and T h u r s d a y s . A s id e f r o m L i l y ’ s g r e a te r s a la ry a n d d if f e r e n t o u t­ lo o k , w h at sep arates h e r fro m the ty p ic a l stu d e n t m o o n lig h tin g as a S econd C up clerk is th eir status in th e e y e s o f th e la w . L ily is w e ll a w a re o f th e f a c t th a t sh e c a n ’t w rite “sex w orker” on h er resum é.

“T he one th in g I ’m w o rried about is c o m in g o u t o f th is w ith o u t th e p roper skills for a ‘leg itim ate’ jo b .

T hen I ’d have to go b ack to m in i­ m um w age w ork at a coffee shop,” a pro p o sitio n as distasteful to L ily as h er chosen field m ig h t appear to th e av e ra g e stu d e n t. “ I ’m h o p in g that during this y ear I can com e up w ith a b ack-up p lan for m y future.”

Stella can be reached at 285-8889 Mon/Wed 2-7pm and Thurs 5-10pm.

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KeepingupwiththeJones' Two brothers at McGill find profit in the Party scene B y L ib b y L e n k in s k i

T h e M o n tre a l clu b a n d p a rty scen e is a cu rio u s p h en o m e n o n to m a n y M c G ill s tu d e n ts . W h e n h a n g in g a ro u n d ca m p u s w e o fte n se e k id s c la d in b a g g y p a n ts an d p la tfo rm s n e a k e rs d is c u s s in g w h ic h D J is sp in n in g w h e re a n d w h o ’s g o in g to w h at p artie s. E v en aw ay fro m ca m p u s, o n St. L a u re n t f o r e x a m p le , it is im p o s s ib le to w a lk o n e b lo c k w i th o u t s e e in g fly ers fo r p arties o r sp ecial n ig h ts at special clubs.

F o r an o u tsid er, th is all seem s stran g e and ev en cultish. T h e truth is th a t m an y M cG ill stu d e n ts g o to p arties o r clu b s b u t few are a c tu a l­ ly in v o lv e d in it as a b u sin e ss. A co m m o n m isco n c ep tio n is th a t th e o n ly w a y to m a k e m o n e y in th e r a v e s c e n e is b y D J -in g o r d ru g d ealin g . H o w ev er, a few M c G ill stu d e n ts h a v e p ro v e n th e s e a c c u ­ s a tio n s fa ls e b y tu rn in g p a rty in g in to a jo b an d an in v estm e n t.

U pon first glan ce, M itch and R y a n J o n e s lo o k lik e a v e r a g e M c G i ll a t h l e t e s a n d s ta n d o u t m a in ly b e c a u se th ey are id e n tic al tw in s . T h e y a r e n o t, h o w e v e r , ty p ic al stu d en ts. T he Jo n e s b ro th ­ ers ru n a g rap h ic d esign co m p an y th at they h av e o w n ed fo r o v e r fo u r y e a rs. T h e c o m p a n y w a s le ft to th e m b y t h e i r f a th e r , w h o d ie d w h e n th e y w ere in g ra d e e le v e n .

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T h e s u m m e r a fte r th e ir firs t y e a r a t M c G ill, th e J o n e s ’ w e n t to th e ir firs t ra v e a n d w e re in c re a s ­ in g ly im m e rse d in th e p arty scene.

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A to u g h scene to e n te r B o th M o n tre a l’s and T o ro n to ’s ra v e sc e n e s a re m o n o p ­ o liz e d b y an u m b re lla p ro d u c tio n c o m p a n y c a l l e d “ P r o f i l e . ” In T o ro n to , “ L ife fo rc e ” d o m in a te s th e p a rtie s w ith R e n e g a d e , D o se a n d B e tte rd a y s w o rk in g u n d e r th e m .

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A t th e e n d o f la st y ea r, M itch a n d R y a n m e t S c o tt G ra h am w h o i n tr o d u c e d th e m to A r g e n t a n d R o n o f D a y b re a k s P ro d u c tio n C o m p a n y . T h e y b e c a m e p a rtn e rs a n d b e g a n w o r k in g to o r g a n iz e a n d p r o m o te th e ir f ir s t p a r ty in T o ro n to . T h is is w h e n th e “ ra v e p o litic s” b eg a n to c o m e in to play.

T h e J o n e s ’ sp e n t a lo t o f tim e a n d e n e rg y p r o m o tin g th e ir firs t p arty . T h e y p rin te d 2 4 ,0 0 0 fly ers, R y a n “ s h m o o z e d h i s w a y in to FLY a n d Tribe m a g a z in e s ” (tw o o f th e m o s t p o p u la r c lu b m a g a ­ z in e s in C a n a d a ) a n d w ith so m e h elp fro m th e ir o ld e r b ro th e r T ro y in V a n c o u v e r, th ey g o t a sp o n so r­ sh ip fro m L a b a tt Ice. “ W e w e r e o u t a l l th e tim e h a n d in g o u t f ly e r s ,” s a id M itc h Jo n e s. “ Y o u ’v e g o t to m a k e su re

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L a st A u g u st 8, 2 3 0 0 p eo p le k n e w a b o u t it a n d s h o w e d u p , m a k in g th e J o n e s ’ f i r s t p a r ty a su c ce ss an d o u tn u m b e rin g a c o m ­ p e tin g R e n eg a d e party. “ It w as a b allsy th in g that w e d id ,” s a id M itc h . “ W e to o k o u t h a lf o f th e m o n e y w e h a d sa v ed u p to th ro w th is p a rty . I f p e o p le h a d n ’t sh o w n up w e w o u ld h av e b een o u t $ 4 5 ,0 0 0 d o lla rs.”

A s far as the fu tu re p lan s fo r th e ir c o m p a n y , M itc h a n d R y a n a re lo o k in g in to s ta rtin g a sm all p ro m o tio n team that w ill o rg an ize “ s m a lle r p a rtie s w ith D Js p e o p le w a n t to h e a r. T h e s e c o m m e rc ia l p a rtie s are rid icu lo u s. I d o n ’t ev en k n o w h a lf th e D Js on th o se lists,” M itc h sa id in re feren c e to p arties lik e C re a m . W h e n p la n n in g th e ir o w n p a rtie s, M itc h a n d R y a n are le s s in te r e s te d in a h u g e s e t lis t a n d m o re in te reste d in q u ality . A s M itc h say s, “h e a v y on th e so u n d

and h eav y on the p erfo rm ers.”

S e ttin g su c h a m b itio u s g o als f o r q u a lity e v e n ts c o m e s w ith a sm all price. “T h e stress th e d ay o f th e p a r ty w h e n y o u lo s e y o u r v en u e o r a D J d o e s n ’t sh o w u p is th e o n ly b ad p a rt,” h e added. “I t’s w ick e d the d ay afte r an d a n ig h t­ m are th e d ay before. W e ju s t w ant to m a k e p e o p le h a p p y a n d w o rk w ith g o o d p e o p le .”

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Real m e n d o n 't eat q u ich e A cco rd in g to a rec en t fea tu re article in B rita in ’s

Cosmopolitan, the “ seven secrets m en really w ant you to k n o w ” are: • T he only droopy butto ck s m en w orry about are th e ir ow n • H ow m en really feel ab o u t being single • W hy y o u ’ll n ev er get him to go shopping • W hy m en c a n ’t tell w om en everything • W h at m en really w ant for th eir birthday • W hy m en c a n ’t co n d em n a friend w h o ’s unfaithful • W hy h e ’d love you to w atch p o m w ith him .

In resp o n se to this article, F eatures con d u cted our ow n survey on w hat it m eans to be a m an. A pparently, w e d o n ’t know any.

A d is t u r b in g r e m e d y f o r la r g e c l a s s s iz e s in C o lo ra d o has b een fo u n d — a rec en t a rticle in Time m agazine tells the story o f T om L andauer, the instruc­ t o r o f a n i n t r o d u c t o r y p s y c h o lo g y c l a s s a t th e U niversity o f C olorado, w ho w anted his 4 0 0 students to do m o re e s sa y w ritin g . B u t w ith su ch a la rg e class, L an d au er thought m ultiple choice exam s m ight b e the o n ly o p tio n . N ow he h as a b e tte r so lu tio n . S tu d en ts su b m it 3 0 0 w o rd essay s ele c tro n ic a lly an d L an d a u er le ts a p ro g ra m h e d e v e lo p e d , th e In te llig e n t E ssa y A ssesso r, do the grading. T he p ro g ram uses artificial in te llig e n c e to a sse ss th e w o rd s an d p h ra se s u se d in each paper. W hile L andauer still reads each essay, he says th e co m p u ter system ex cels at quality control and spotting plagiarism .

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A r e c e n t th e r a p e u ti c b r e a k th r o u g h in c a n c e r research has left the P acific yew tree Taxus brevifolia in a sta te o f n e a r e x tin c tio n , a c c o rd in g to an a rtic le pu b lish ed in the Utne Reader. T axol, a drug show n to be effective against several form s o f ad vanced cancer, is co m p rised m ainly from yew bark. Six yew s had to be h arv e sted in o rd e r to tre a t o n e p a tie n t — cau sin g m any en v iro n m en tal g ro u p s to react. F o rtu n ately , the p h a rm a c e u tic a l in d u s try d is c o v e re d th a t th e a c tiv e in g red ien t in T axol co u ld be ex tracted from the y e w ’s needles an d now p h arm a ce u tic al yew g ard en s can be found scattered across the P acific N orthw est. and depression.

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Jump into the Realm of job satisfaction and be fashionable too

By K enneth C h u n g

S tudents w ho w ant to nourish th e ir e n tre p re n e u ria l a p p e tite can now netw ork the country v ia a n e w q u a r t e r l y C anadian m agazine called

Realm .

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d e s c rib e s its e lf as “the first national c a re e r a n d e n tre p re n e u rs h ip m a g a z in e and w ebzine targ eted at C anad ian s aged 18-29.” “C reating w ork you w ant,” th e m a g az in e’s subtitle, u n d erlin es its g o a l to in fo rm y o u n g p e o p le

about the jo b m arket and to en c o u r­ a g e th e m to ta k e c h a rg e o f th e ir c a r e e r s . Realm is b o th g e a r e d tow ard and staffed by young adults.

E lisa H endricks, e d i­ to r o f Realm, em p h asized th at the m ag azin e is not a “ m a g ic la m p ” a n d th a t s t u d e n t s h a v e to m a k e co n tin u ed efforts co n cern ­ in g t h e i r o w n c a r e e r choices. A p ro activ e rea d ­ e r , s h e e x p l a i n e d , w o u ld ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th e m a n y r e s o u r c e l i s t i n g s f o r y o u th e m p lo y m e n t ac ro ss C an ad a. Realm also p rin ts

p ro files o f young p eo p le w ho h av e m ade sig n ifican t effo rts concerning th e ir o w n e n tre p re n e u ria l g ro w th , in ten d ed to inspire readers.

Realm trie s to id e n tify w ith youth po p u lar cu ltu re by in tertw in ­ ing stories about m ainstream trends w ith c a re e rs , w o rk a n d e n tre p re ­ n e u rs h ip . P a rt o f th e m a g a z in e ’s fo cu s in v o lv es articles ab o u t fa sh ­ io n , m u s ic a n d s ty le . A lth o u g h fash io n m ay no t be key to finding a jo b , H endricks d efen d ed the m ag a­ zine by stating th at style is im p o r­ tan t to y o u n g adults. “ Y o u n g p eo p le n eed to know

w h e re th e y sta n d ; fa sh io n , m u sic an d sty le h elp th e m d e fin e th e m ­ selves,” she stated.

T h e m a g a z in e ’s m o s t re c e n t issue in cluded an article w ritten by H en d ric k s e n title d “L iv in g in the R e a r v ie w M i r r o r ,” w h ic h d e a lt w ith personal im age and its relation to em ploym ent. “ [W ] e c a n c h o o s e f r o m an e n d less p alette o f styles, th o u g h ts and attitudes to create the im age we w a n t to p o r t r a y n o w ...a n d th e fu tu re w e w an t to liv e in to m o r­ ro w ,” w rote H endricks.

T h e m a g a z in e trie s to c o v e r

issu es re la tin g to yo u th in a light tone. O ther articles in the m agazine included, “H ow not to be like those bitter tw isted p eople w ho hate their j o b s ” a n d “ W h a t do y o u m e a n I c a n ’t w rite m y b u sin ess p lan on a n ap k in ?” In short, Realm is about providing an optim istic view o f the future to people entering the w ork­ force.

The R e a lm w ebzine can be fo u n d on the In tern et at h ttp ://realm .n et.

Development on whose terms?

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International dev elo p m e n t is a lu c ra tiv e f ie ld if y o u ’re w o rk in g fo r the W o rld B ank — tax free US d o lla r s a la rie s p lu s p e rk s , e x o tic tra v e l a n d im m e n s e p re s tig e , a ll u n d er a g u ise o f altruism an d c h a r­ ity .

M ost In te rn a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t S tu d ie s m a jo rs and m in o rs p ro b ab ly know th is alread y an d are eith er po w erfu lly m o tiv at­ e d by th ese p o te n tia l fu tu re b e n e ­ fits o r e lse , d e e p ly tu rn e d o f f b y th e m . T h o s e w h o f it th e fo rm e r categ o ry m ay see th e ir nam es o n a W o rld B a n k e m p lo y e e ro s te r o n e day, b u t m o re w o rth w h ile o rg a n i­ z a tio n s lik e U t ta r a k h a n d S e w a N idhi in the H im alayas o f no rth ern In d ia w o u ld n ’t g ive them th e tim e o f day.

D r. R. P a n d e , an M IT e n g i­ n e e r in g g r a d u a te w h o le ft a p r o m is in g c a r e e r in th e U n ite d S ta te s to r e tu rn to h is m o u n ta in roots, fo u n d ed U S N in an attem p t to m ake sm all im p ro v em en ts in the lives o f th e H im alayan people. H is success stories include co n v in cin g villages in th e area o f the m erits o f a “d ro p -lo o ” [o uthouse], fo u n d in g

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a s e r ie s o f p r e - p r i m a r y c e n te r s ta in ab le, in te g rate d , lo cal-sp ecific. w here w o m en farm w orkers co u ld P a n d e d e s c r ib e s d e v e lo p m e n t, le a v e t h e i r y o u n g c h i l d r e n a n d h o w ev er, in a m uch m ore elo q u en t lau n ch in g an en v iro n m en tal a w a re­ an d p e rh a p s, a c c u ra te w ay. n e s s c a m p a ig n in lo c a l s c h o o ls .

F ro m h is p e rso n a l e x p e r i e n c e w ith in te rn s , he sa y s th a t W e s te rn s tu ­ d e n ts e d u c a te d in in te rn a tio n a l d e v e lo p m e n t a re “ o u t o f tu n e w ith rea lity .”

D oes th i s m e a n th a t y o u r ID S d e g r e e h a s f a i l e d to p r o v id e you w ith th e k n o w le d g e and e x p e rtis e r e q u ire d to p rac tice in yo u r fie ld ? H av e y ou b een c h e a te d o f y o u r $ 2 5 0 0 0 in tu itio n and related u n iv e r s i ty c o s ts , O u tr e a c h p r o j e c t s m a y n o t b e Nilima Culrajani th in k in g th a t three th e a n s w e r f o r locals. o f fo u r y e a rs at u n iv ersity co u ld actu ally m ak e you “ D ev elo p m en t is w h en w ords stop em p lo y a b le ? O r m o re sad ly , h av e a n d a c tio n s b e g in . It is an a c t o f y o u b e e n m is le d b y a r o m a n tic love th at o ccu rs w hen the interests n o tio n o f in te r n a tio n a l d e v e lo p ­ o f d e v e lo p m e n t w o rk e rs a n d th e m ent? needs o f the p eo p le c o in c id e .”

It is c o m m o n k n o w le d g e in T h e q u e s tio n s ti ll r e m a in s , th e se p o litica lly c o rrec t tim es th a t h o w e v e r: W h a t d o e s th e W o r ld d ev e lo p m e n t is n o t ab o u t civ ilizin g B a n k a c tu a lly d o to h e lp In d ia ? sa v a g e s b u t a b o u t m u tu a l re sp e c t W h en th ey la u n ch e d th e ir D istrict an d partn ersh ip . ID S literatu re uses P r im a r y E d u c a tio n P r o g r a m to c a t c h y j a r g o n to q u a l i f y g o o d im p ro v e the q u ality o f b asic ed u c a­ d ev e lo p m e n t — p articip ato ry , su s­ tio n in so u th e rn In d ia, th ey th rew

so m uch m oney into the en d eav o r th a t te a c h e rs v o lu n te e rin g w ith a lo c a l e d u c a tio n a l in itia tiv e w e re h ija ck e d into ju m p in g ship.

Iro n ic a lly , o th e r In d ia n n o n ­ g o v e r n m e n t o r g a n iz a ti o n s h a v e b een en co u rag ed to essen tially fal­ sify th e s c a le a n d s c o p e o f th e ir p ro je c t p ro p o sals in o rd er to cater to the co n d itio n s sp ecified by fo r­ eig n d o n o rs. In te rn a tio n a l o rg a n i­ zatio n s are certainly being spurred in to action, b u t they d o n o t seem to b e ta k in g in to a c c o u n t th e n ee d s a n d th e b e st in te rests o f th e lo cal co m m u n ities they are targeting.

A s a result, failure in d ev elo p ­ m e n t is w id e s p re a d d e s p ite th e b e s t- o f in te n tio n s . T h e p ro b le m , h o w ev er, seem s to lie w ith d ev e l­ o p m e n t in s titu tio n s a n d w o rk e rs alike. O rg anizations like the W orld B a n k a re le v ia th a n s to o re m o te fro m lo c a l r e a litie s to d e a l w ith m icro -level issues (like the lack o f a to ile t in a rem o te m o u n tain v il­ la g e ) e f f ic ie n tly a n d e ffe c tiv e ly .

L o cal skills and reso u rces m u st be en tru sted w ith the ta sk o f im p ro v ­ in g the status quo. W h en such p e o ­ p le o r facilities do not exist, d ev el­ o p m e n t w o rk ers should be assess­ in g lo c al n eed s and th en w o rk in g in c o n j u n c ti o n w ith th e p e o p l e d esirin g them , the final g oal being a p ro je c t th at fu n ctio n s lo n g after the d ep a rtu re o f foreign co llab o ra­ tors.

D e v e lo p m e n t u n d o u b te d ly req u ires love an d self-sacrifice and it is p ro b a b ly fo r th is re a so n th at fo r m a n y y ea rs, m is sio n a rie s an d

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Nilima Gulrajani spent two months in India coming to terms with her feelings about ‘develop­ ment’ on a six-credit developmen­ tal studies course sponsored by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Canadian International Development Agency.

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Jello Biafra lectures, inspires and indulges at Concordia B y Sa m u e l L a p a l m e -R emis

E v e n th o u g h th e D e a d K en n ed y s are no longer, ex -fro n tm an Je llo B iafra still shines in the spotlight.

A s p a r t o f th e C o n c o r d i a U n iv e rs ity s p e a k e r se rie s, B ia fra g a v e a fre e s p o k e n -w o rd p e r f o r ­ m a n c e la s t F rid a y . T h e a u d ito r i­ u m , w h ic h se a ts s e v e n h u n d re d , w as p ac k ed an d m any d isa p p o in t­ e d fan s w ere le ft w a itin g o u tsid e to w atc h th e ev e n t o n a liv e -w ire te lev isio n b roadcast. A ssem b led to see B iafra w as an eclectic g ro u p o f p u n k s, stu d en ts an d jo u rn a lists, all c l e a r l y in a v ib r a n t m o o d . T h e se rio u s n e ss o f th e e v e n in g ’s to p ­ i c s , h o w e v e r , n e v e r s e e m e d to s h o w o n th e a u d i e n c e s f a c e s .

T h ro u g h o u t B ia fra ’s d iscu ssio n o f t h e c o r p o r a t e t a k e - o v e r o f th e w orld, en v iro n m en tal d isaste rs and c e n s o rs h ip , th e a u d ie n c e sm ile d , la u g h e d an d c h e e re d . O f c o u rs e , B ia fra ’s tra d e m a rk n ec ro tic se n se o f h u m o u r p la y e d a la rg e ro le in th is reaction. B y th e tim e the fo u r an d a h a lf h o u r p e rfo rm a n c e w as o v e r , th e r e m a i n i n g l i s t e n e r s ap p eared tired b u t few w ere bored.

I t w a s, as h e re m a rk e d a f te r th e show , “in fo ta in m en t” at its best.

B i a f r a , n o w p u s h in g f o r ty , g rew up d u rin g th e 1960s re v o lu ­ tio n in a lib eral A m eric an h o u s e ­ hold. B y th e tim e h e cam e o f age, h o w e v e r, a n ti-e s ta b lis h m e n t a tti­ tu d e s h a d b e c o m e n e a r ly as u n fa s h io n a b le as th e y a re to d a y .

S ick e n ed by th e id eas aro u n d him b u t w ith o u t an o u tle t to e x p re s s th e m , B ia fra sp e n t w h a t h e c a lls th e “ so b e r, s tu p id , b o rin g S ev en ties” u n h ap p y . H e to o k p le a ­ s u r e in th e o c c a s io n a l b o u ts o f le ft-w in g fe v e r th a t h it A m e ric a d u rin g h is te e n a g e y e a rs.

“W a te rg a te ,” h e to ld th e cro w n on F rid a y , “w as a h ell o f a lo t m o re l l

L o w e r th e v o tin g a g e t o fiv e . You w ill s e e y o u t h a p a t h y s u d d e n ly d is ­ a p p e a r . L e t th e m v o t e fo r th e ir te a c h e r s . L e t w o r k e r s v o t e f o r th e ir b o s s e s . " L ow er th e v o tin g a g e t o fiv e . You w ill s e e y o u t h a p a t h y s u d ­ d e n l y d is a p p e a r . L e t th e m v o t e f o r th e ir te a c h e r s . L e t w o r k e r s v o t e fo r th e ir b o s s e s ."

Jello Biafra, artist & guitarist

f u n t h a n M o n i c a ’ s M a g ic a l O rifice: N ix o n w as g o in g d o w n !”

T h e c re a tio n o f p u n k ro ck in E n g la n d f in a lly p r o v id e d B ia f ra w ith th e so cially c o n scio u s m o v e ­ m e n t h e n e e d e d to e x p re s s h im ­ se lf. H e a d o p te d h is p s e u d o n y m

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p a s te th e ir c o r p o r a te s p o n s o r s ’ lo g o s all o v e r th e ir su its.” B ia fra en d ed his o ratio n w ith a call fo r all rad ic als to u n ite d esp ite th e ir d is­ ag re em e n ts, claim in g th a t a re v o ­ lution, p erh a p s v io len t and perhaps n o t, w o u ld lik e ly h a p p e n in h is lifetim e.

In a n a g e w h e n e c o n o m i c g row th is h ailed as the new G od to w h ich jo b s an d h u m a n h a p p in e ss m u s t b e s a c r i f i c e d to , J e l l o B i a f r a ’ s a n t i - g r o w t h d o g m a is refresh in g . Y et, w h eth e r it is an y ­ th in g o th e r th a n e n te rta in m e n t is q u e s tio n a b le . A f te r th e p e r f o r ­ m a n c e , a la r g e c r o w d g a t h e r e d aro u n d B ia fra to sp e ak w ith him .

P e r s o n a f te r p e r s o n in s i s te d o n te llin g h im th e ir sto ry an d a b o u t h o w h e h ad ch a n g ed th e ir w ay o f th inking. B ia fra ’s p ain ed sm ile did n o t m ask w h at he m ust hav e been feelin g th at to m o st o f th o se stan d ­ ing befo re him , rev o lu tio n ary th e­ o ry w as o ne am o n g m an y p ro d u cts d esig n ed to m ak e the u se r feel b et­ te r ab o u t h im o r h er self. W h eth er the p ro d u ct is an y m ore d angerous to th e e s ta b lis h m e n t th a n C o c a C o la rem ain s o pen to question.

O ther gu ests in the Concordia speaker series oinclude: Howard Lyman (Sept. 14), Linda McQuaig (Sept. 15), Capt. Paul W atson (Sept. 16), and M aude Barlow (Sept. 17).

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A lth o u g h he has been in v o lv ed in n u m e ro u s m u s ic a l s id e - p r o je c ts sin ce the b reak -u p , B ia fra ’s p rin ci­ p a l m is s io n h a s b e e n to g e t h is ra d ic a l m e ssa g e a c ro ss as a s p o ­ k en -w o rd artist.

It w as as p art o f this m ission t h a t B i a f r a l e c t u r e d to th e M o n tr e a l c ro w d la s t F rid a y .

B ia f ra ’s p o litic s are a n y th in g b u t m o d e ra te , o f c o u rse . H is v iew o f th e w o rld is o ne in w hich m u ltin a­ tio n a l c o rp o ra tio n s are g ra d u a lly ta k in g o v er, lim itin g the p o w er o f th e p eo p le. It is o ne in w h ich the C IA a re d r u g -p e d d lin g , r e g im e to p p li n g m u r d e r e r s a n d G e o r g e B u s h , as th e ir fo rm e r H e a d , is a N azi. T h e c u rren t p o w er stru ctu re in the U n ited S tates, as he p u t it, is o n e o f “g o v ern m e n t o f the people, b y th e c o rp o ratio n s, for the c o rp o ­ r a t i o n s . ” . In s h o r t, it is la rg e ly N o am C h o m sk y sim plified, am p li­ fied and d eliv ered w ith acerb ic w it to a n a u d i e n c e n o t n e c e s s a r i l y fam iliar w ith le ftist ideas.

D esp ite his b leak view o f the w o rld , B iafra, ab o u n d s w ith so lu ­ tio n s w h ic h a re o r ig in a l, a l b e it o ften im p ractical. “L o w er th e v o t­ in g age to five. Y ou w ill see youth a p a th y s u d d e n ly d is a p p e a r . L e t th e m v o te fo r th e ir te a c h e rs. L e t w o rk e rs v o te f o r th e ir b o s s e s .” .

L ater, “ C u t the m ilitary b u d g et to z e r o .” . A n o th e r o f B i a f r a ’s s u g ­ g e s tio n s , th is o n e p e r h a p s m o re r e a l i s t i c , is “ p o l i t i c i a n s s h o u ld

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In 1980, D ead K en n e d y s rele ase d Fresh Fruit for R otten V eg eta b les a n d B i a f r a e stab lish ed h im s e lf as p u n k ro c k ’s m o st b rillian t lyricist. In a d e lib e r­ ate a tte m p t to sh a tte r th e p re v a il­ in g ap a th y , B ia fra g ra fte d v io le n t im a g e r y o n to s o c ia l c o n s c i o u s ­ ness. T h e D ead K en n e d y s becam e in fa m o u s f o r s u c h s o n g s as “ H o lid a y In C a m b o d ia ”, “K ill T h e P o o r” an d “ C a lifo rn ia U b er A ile s” .

B iafra an d h is b an d freq u en tly clash ed w ith th e law , as au th o rities a ttem p ted to b an h is m usic. A fter b e in g d o g g e d b y c e n s o r s h ip - in ­ m u s ic a d v o c a te T ip p e r G o re fo r y ears, B ia fra w as tried in 1986 fo r d istrib u tio n o f “h arm fu l m a tte r” to m in o r s . T h e tr ia l e n d e d w ith a h u n g ju r y . H ead p ro s e c u to r M ic h ae l G u a rin o h as sin ce a p o lo ­ g iz ed fo r his ro le in th e case, sa y ­ in g “ a b o u t h a lfw a y th r o u g h th e trial, w e rea lize d th a t th e ly rics o f th e a l b u m w e r e in m a n y w a y s s o c ia lly r e s p o n s i b le , v e r y a n t i ­ d rug an d p ro -in d iv id u al.”

T h e c a s e to o k its to ll on B i a f r a a n d th e D e a d K e n n e d y s b ro k e u p sh o rtly a fte r th e trial. It w as a n e c e ssa ry ste p sin c e B iafra w as o b v io u sly la ck in g in m u sical in sp ira tio n . T h e D ea d K e n n e d y s ’ la s t a lb u m , B edtim e f o r Democracy, w as little m o re th a n B i a f r a ’s p o lit ic a l r a n ti n g s w ith r e p e titiv e r a p id - f ire d ru m s fo r a b a c k d ro p . It w as c le a r th a t so cial

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Watching the grass grow: de-seeding America's lawn culture

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"The A m erican L aw n: S urface o f E v ery d ay L ife" is th e fifth and fin a l e x h ib itio n in a se rie s a t th e C a n a d ia n C e n tre fo r A rc h ite c tu re on w h at h as b een , in th e C e n tre 's v ie w , th e " A m e ric a n c e n tu ry " in the field. S om ew hat satirically, the e x h i b itio n d is p la y s a v a r ie ty o f a d m itte d ly m u n d a n e o b je c ts thro ugh various m edia fo r the p ur­ p o se o f d eseed in g A m eric a’s law n culture.

T he initial im pulse m ight be to b em usedly dism iss an architectural ex h ibition p urporting to unravel the sig n ific a n c e o f "the a ll-im p o rta n t A m erican in stitu tio n o f the law n;" bu t the series o f displays, arranged b y th e N e w Y o rk a r c h ite c tu r a l f irm D ille r + S c o f id io , m a k e s a g o o d case for view ing the uniquely A m erican space o f the front yard as an outgrow th o f a national m e n tali­ ty tinged w ith fro n tier spirit and a s e ttle r’s n ee d to u p ro o t an d p la n t a n e w . T h e r e p la c e m e n t o f w ild p lan ts fo u n d by A m eric an se ttlers w ith n e a tly trim m e d , " c iv iliz e d " la n d s c a p e s se e m s in so m e v a g u e w a y to h a v e g iv e n A m e r ic a n s a se n se o f p e rm a n e n c e in th e la n d

w h ic h th e y w e re lite ra lly c a rv in g ou t fo r them selves.

T h e m o st im p o rta n t item s on disp lay at th e C entre, ec o lo g ic ally

grass co v er m ore lan d o n the co n ti­ n en t than any oth er crop — w heat, corn, and to b acco (rath er d istantly) rou n d in g out the top four.

The g r a s s is a lw a y s g r e e n e r on th e o th e r sid e o f th e fe n c e

speaking, are hardly th e m o st cap ti­ vating. E le v en o f th e m o st pop u lar varieties o f d o m esticated g rass are d isp lay ed w ith ex ten siv e co m m en ­ tary as to th eir suitability to various r e g io n a l c lim a te s in th e U n ite d States. C u ltiv ated in suburbs across N o rth A m e r ic a , th e s e ty p e s o f

I n f r a r e d a e r ia l p h o to s o f A m erican cities and tow ns d em o n ­ strate w ith G o o d y ear B lim p clarity th e d e fin in g c h a ra c te ris tic o f th e A m eric an lan d scap e: m e tic u lo u sly m a in ta in e d , lu sc io u s g re e n g rass.

F rom B everly H ills to central N ew J e r s e y — y e s , m i d - J e r s e y , th e

G a rd e n S ta te — “ all o f A m e ric a lo o k s strik in g ly sim ila r” fro m the air, o n e patch o f m anicured zyosia grass b o rd ering on another, and all m a in ta in e d at g re a t e x p e n se fo r p rin c ip a lly aesthetic ends.

T h is is n o t to sa y that A m erican law ns are n o t " f u n c tio n a l" in th e a rc h ite c tu ra l se n se; b u t th eir form certainly does n o t s t r i c t l y a d h e r e to w hatever it is A m ericans "do" there. In fac t, one in te r e s tin g p o in t to b e ta k e n fro m th e e x h ib i­ tio n is th a t th e th e o re ti­ cally p ublic space o f the A m erican fro n t law n, at le a st as c o n tra ste d w ith th e e n c l o s e d , p r i v a t e g ard e n s o f E u ro p e , in a sense lim its th e activities th a t ta k e p la c e th e r e .

A m erican s often play in the fenced in b ac k y ard and k eep up th e front y ard m u ch m ore fo r the proverbial Jo n e se s th an fo r th e m se lv e s. Y et, j u d g i n g b y th e d is p l a y o f p h o ­ to g r a p h s ta k e n as p a r t o f n e ig h b o u r - a g a in s t- n e ig h b o u r la w s u its o v er slack upkeep, if seem s that the

Warriors of Ronin battle summer spy-tech schlock B y P a u l S h e r id a n

Tom orrow N ever D ies a n d The Avengers. Im agine: an en tire action

M o v ie lovers, rejoice! T h e big d u m b s u m m e r a c tio n m o v ie h as g o n e b a c k in to h ib e r n a tio n . N o m o re g ia n t p re g n a n t liz a rd /a s te ro id /b u d d y flic s fo r a t le a s t e ig h t m onths. N o film b etter signals this change o f season b et­ te r th a n Jo h n F ra n k en h eim er’s new r e l e a s e R onin, a sm a rt, e n g a g in g spy m ovie.

F or tho se o f you u n fa m ilia r w ith Japanese w a rrio r c o d e s , a R o n in is a m a s te r le s s S a m u r a i w ho w anders the land a s a m e r c e n a r y . In F ra n k e n h e im e r’ s film , R o b e rt D eN iro a n d J e a n R e n o a re m o d e rn d a y R o n in , aging cold w arriors now at the ser­ vice o f the highest bidder. T h e term R o n in is a l s o a p p r o p r i a t e is d e s c r ib in g th e to n e o f th e film , w hich is sim ilar to that o f Japanese d ire c to r T a n o K ita c h i’s g a n g s te r m o v ie Sonatine. L ik e K i t a c h i ’s Y a k u z a , D e N ir o a n d R e n o a re m o re g r u n t w o rk e rs th a n a c tio n h e ro e s. T h ey do n ot kn o w w ho th e y w o rk fo r and c o u ld n o t ca re less. T hey d istrust th e ir em p lo y ers a n d th in k a lm o s t e x c lu s iv e ly o f m o n ey and th e ir ow n safety . T h is bleak, realistic w orld is a refreshing c h a n g e fro m re c e n t sp y -tra sh lik e

m o v ie w ith o u t “h u m o r o u s ” o n e liners.

T h e ce n tral p lo t o f th e m o v ie p iv o ts aro u n d th e a c q u isitio n o f a m y sterio u s silv er case. O ne co v ert organization has it and a variety o f

o th e r c o v e rt o rg a n iz a tio n s (Irish , R u s s i a n , w h a t e v e r ) w a n t it.

F ra n k e n h e im e r w ise ly a v o id s th e s ti c k y d e t a i l s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l intrigue by shooting the film en tire­ ly f ro m g r u n t w o r k e r D e N i r o ’s p o in t o f view . H is on ly in te rest in the co n ten ts o f th e case is w hether th e y are h e a v y o r e x p lo s iv e , an d th u s h a r d e r to s te a l. A s th e c a se c h a n g e s h an d s fro m o n e g ro u p to another, D eN iro slogs on, in d iffer­ e n t to th e g lo b a l ra m ific a tio n s o f h is a c tio n s . T h e s ilv e r c a s e u lti­ m ately beco m es m ean in g less as our p ro tag o n ists’ concerns sh ift to w ard

re v e n g e an d th e fu lfilm e n t o f th e w arrio r’s code. Spy m ovies usually beco m e co n v o lu ted to the p o in t o f i n c o m p r e h e n s i b i l i t y ( M issio n : Impossible, an y o n e ?), b u t R o n in ’s focus on ch aracter o v er plo t allow s an escap e from this co m m o n trap.

D e N iro ’s p e rfo rm a n c e is p a r­ tic u la rly stro n g . H is ro le here as Sam is p erh ap s n o t as in ter­ e stin g as h is Ja k e L a M o tta in Raging Bull, b u t it still c o m ­ m an d s atten tio n . “ S am ” is th e so rt o f c h a ra c te r w e se e r o u ­ tin e ly d e stro y e d b y th e d o p ey s to ic is m o f B r u c e W illis o r S y lv ester S tallone. D eN iro , in c o n t r a s t , ta k e s a c h a r a c t e r w ith o u t a past w ho speaks only o f th e m is s io n a n d f ills h im w ith lo n elin ess, determ in atio n , and, m o st im p re s s iv e ly , h u m a n ity . T h e o w n e r s o f P la n e t H o lly w o o d w o u ld d o w e ll to b r in g p e n c i l s a n d n o t e p a d s to R o n i n ’ s p r e m i e r e .

D ean D e v li n and R o la n d E m m erich, the m akers o f G odzilla, sho u ld co m e sim ilarly eq u ip p ed as p u n i s h m e n t f o r th e c o u n t l e s s F ren ch stereotypes they fo rce Jean R e n o to n a v ig a te in th a t film . In Ronin, R e n o g e ts to p la y a re a l F re n ch ag en t, and th e ch a n g e is a re v e la tio n . T h e o th e r m e m b e rs o f th e c a st a lso d e liv e r so lid p e rfo r­ m a n c e s, e x c e p t p e rh a p s Jo n a th a n P ric e, w h o se ro g u e IR A o p era tiv e rem inds m e a little to o m uch o f the “ L u c k y C h a r m s ” g u y in Austin

Powers.

D o n ’t let all this w riting about p lo t a n d a c tin g le a d y o u to th in k th a t Ronin is not re a lly an actio n m o v ie . N o t o n ly a r e th e r e c o o l s h o o ti n g sequences, th o s e s e q u e n c e s a c tu a lly m a k e s e n s e .

T h e m a in c h a racters n o t o n ly can b e sh o t, b u t (w o n d e r o f w o n d ers) are h u rt w hen shot. E v en better are th e ca r chases, particularly the high sp eed run through the sam e under­ g ro u n d P arisian tu nnels that killed P rincess D iana. It contains som e o f th e b e s t stu n t d riv in g I h av e ev er se e n . B e tte r still a re th e a c to r s ’ reactio n s to the chase. R ather than d riv in g w ith sm a rm y to u g h -g u y ness, th ey ro ar into oncom ing traf­ fic w ith ex pressions o f sheer terror.

Ju st to qualify all this praise, it m u s t b e s a id th a t Ronin is n o t a p e r f e c t film . T h e film m a k e rs go w a y to o f a r in th e ir a tte m p ts to s h o w th e b a d n e s s o f o n e o f th e “ e v i l” a g e n ts as w e ll as in th e ir attem pts to show D eN iro ’s strength o f w ill. A lso, the m o v ie’s pacing is a b it slow at p o ints and w o u ld be g re a tly im p ro v e d if te n to fifte e n m in u tes o f m orose d ialogue reg a rd ­ in g “th e m ission” w ere shaved off.

S till, after suffering th o u g h co u n t­ less em pty sum m er m ovies, w e can a ll e n j o y R o n i n ’ s to n e d - d o w n , h u m a n fe e l. L e t’s h o p e th a t th e re st o f this seaso n s’ m ovies are this good.

Ronin opens a ll o ver on September 25th.

suburban law n, so long a sym bol o f th e b iz a r r e A m e r ic a n n o tio n o f d em o cratic co n fo rm ity , is b ec o m ­ ing m ore and m ore a source o f d is­ cord.

B ey o n d a! point, h ow ever, the e x h i b i t i o n 's a t t e m p t to a s c r ib e m ean in g to the y ard b eco m es less com pelling intellectually and m ore in te re s tin g as s a tire . P a rtic u la rly c le v e r is the p rese n tatio n o f law n m ow ers through the ages on ro tat­ in g p la tfo rm s , r e m in is c e n t o f an a u to s h o w . T h e o r g a n iz e r s a ls o describe a helm et to be w orn w hile using a leaf blow er, in all serious­ n ess, as " p ro te c tiv e h e a d g e a r fo r la w n c u ltiv a tio n ." A n d , d e s p ite a su b u rb an up b rin g in g , this rep o rter had never before seen pink flam in­ gos pro tected beh in d glass casing.

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Nantha's new kitchen: curry and Diet Coke on Duluth by

C h r is S elley

N antha's K itchen, long housed in th e sm oky recesses of C o p a c a b a n a , h a s r e lo c a te d to its o w n d ig s a t 9 D u lu th E a s t. T h e p r e m i s e , h o w e v e r , r e m a in s th e sa m e ; e c le c tic , T h a i-In d o n e s ia n In d ia n in flu e n c e d fo o d s e rv e d in the friendliest o f surroundings by a g u y w h o se e m s to k n o w h a lf his clientele.

T o w it: the M alaysian chicken c u rry w a s b lis te r in g ly h o t w h ile retain in g com p lex flavou rs. It is a sign o f a good ch e f that he does not let his spices o v erp o w er his food.

I n d e e d , d e s p ite th e t e a r j e r k i n g com bination o f spices, the chicken its e lf fairly m elts o ff the b one and th e accom panying rice is eno u g h to

m ake this dish w orthw hile for anytre a c h e ro u s w a te rs o f M o n tre a l's o n e w ith a n o u n c e o f courage.

T he M ee G oreng n o o ­ d le s c a m e p ile d in an im p o s s ib ly h u g e s e rv in g and like the curry featured a w o n d e rfu l c o m b in a tio n o f f la v o u rs a n d te x tu r e s , fro m c h ic k e n a n d sh rim p to b e a n s p r o u ts , m u s ta rd greens and C hinese chives.

N a n th a serv es the no o d les m ild , m e d iu m o r h o t; fo r this review er, m edium w as ju s t a b o u t p e rfe c t, th o u g h th e r e w e r e o c c a s i o n a l <*oodf o o d a n d g reetin g s: p o c k e ts o f f i r e s p r e a d N a n th a a t h is n ew digs. thro u g h the serving.

T h in g s w ill re a lly p ic k up at liquor licensing process. D o not be N a n th a 's o n c e th e y n a v ig a te th e f o o le d b y th e B e c k 's ta p s a t th e

d o w n sta irs bar: they ru n dry. T he c lo s e s t th in g to b o o z e on th e p r e m i s e s is th e ic e w ater, serv ed in w in e b o t­ tles. It’s a sham e, too, since a n ic e w e t p in t w o u ld b e th e id e a l to n i c f o r y o u r e x h a u s te d ta s te b u d s f o l­ lo w in g o n e o f N a n t h a ’ s m o re s a d is tic d o se s o f spice.

T he service is, natural­ ly, as ch u m m y an d carin g a s y o u r o w n m o t h e r ’ s.

N a n th a w a n d e rs th r o u g h h is p a tro n s , a s s u rin g th at ex lng th e fe w h e d o e s n ’t k n o w p e r s o n a l l y a r e e n j o y in g t h e i r m e a ls . W h e n th is p la c e g e ts up to full sp eed , th e re w ill be few to m atch it in term s o f

an excellent, friendly m eal.

T h e d e c o r la c k s th e k its c h y friendliness o f C opa, but the restau­ rant looks to b e a w ork in progress.

W ith new age m u sic flo o d in g the prem ises, dow nstairs patrons sitting on the flo o r to eat and som e strange go b lin hung beh in d the inoperative upstairs b ar (to w hich sm okers are banished), the place already has an otherw orldly feel. W ith a few m ore d e c o r a tio n s ( a n d th e a f o r e m e n tioned liq u o r license) N an th a’s new kitchen could really be a gem .

Loose ethics and outright lies in television boardrooms by

C hr is S elley

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T e l e v i s i o n p r o m o tio n , lik e an y b ra n c h o f a d v e rtis in g , has n ev er been a totally h o nest pursuit.

N etw o rk s are co n stan tly fo rc ed to p u t th e b e s t fo o t f o rw a rd f o r an asso rtm en t o f m ed io cre an d d o w n ­ r i g h t t e r r i b l e s h o w s . R e c e n tly , h o w e v e r, w h e th e r b ro u g h t on by in c re a s in g m o ra l d e c r e p itu d e in m a rk e tin g d e p a rtm e n ts o r an u n usually bad cro p o f new show s, a d istu rb in g tren d has em erg ed in telev isio n land. It is called “ly in g .”

T h e ea sie st ex am p le co n cern s F o x ’s ab o m in ab le n ew sit- "com " That Seventies Show, a h a lf-h o u r o f telev isio n so d istressin g ly aw ful th a t o n e m ig h t g en u in ely fe a r fo r t h e f u t u r e o f th e m e d iu m .

A c c o r d i n g to e v e r y o n e a t F o x , h o w e v e r — fro m th e ir b a s e b a ll c o m m e n ta to r s r ig h t o n d o w n to th e ir fo o tb a ll c o m m e n ta to rs — it is a “sm ash h it.”

In w h at w ay is That Seventies Show a “ s m a s h h i t ? ” A v e r y u n s c i e n t i f i c a n a l y s i s w o u ld g o so m e th in g lik e this: That Seventies Show im m e d ia te ly f o llo w s The Simpsons. A ssu m in g th a t 9 8 % o f th o s e w a tc h in g That S even ties Show a re o n ly d o in g so b e c a u s e th e y a r e to o la z y to c h a n g e th e c h a n n el an d assu m in g fu rth e rm o re th a t at le a st 9 0 % o f th o se p e o p le w ill fin d th a t e n e rg y d u r in g th e firs t h o rrib le se c o n d s o f th e p ro ­ g ram , then th e re is little ju s tific a ­ tio n to ca ll th is sh o w an y th in g b u t "b a d an d u n s u c c e s s fu l.” T h a t asid e, tw o ep iso d es is h ard ly ad e­

q u ate basis fo r an y sta te m en ts o f a sh o w ’s w orth.

F o x w as g u ilty o f ev en m o re b la ta n t tru th -stre tc h in g d u rin g th e l a s t s e a s o n o f The X -F iles.

A d v e rtis e m e n ts ru n n in g th ro u g h th e w e e k w o u ld b o a s t o f “ an all n e w X -F iles," a n d in d e e d it /T

o m is s io n .” It is no le ss u n eth ica l fo r this m in o r d istin ctio n . It is sim p ly a n a tte m p t on F o x ’s p a rt to gain v ie w ersh ip u n d er totally false preten ces.

The G lo b a l T e le v is io n N e tw o r k , h o w e v e r , w a s a n d is guilty o f lying in its p u rest form . D uring

w a s an a ll n e w 7 7 j o f S e v e n t i e s th e p a s t s u m m e r b e i n g __ th e y ran d a i ly p r o m o t e d ; 5 / 1 0 IV , Q h a l f - h O U T O r a d v e r tis e m e n t s fo r

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u n f o r t u n a t e l y , t e l e v i s i o n S O d i s t r e s s - " a n a ll n e w South th e a ll n e w A j n g l y a w f u l t h a t O n e ' o r k . " Files w as n o t to . , .

U n fo rtu n ately , there ru n th e c o m in g m i g h t g e n u i n e l y f e a r a r e o n l y a b o u t a

S u n d a y , a n d in f o r t h e f u t u r e o f t h e d o z e n e p i s o d e s o f o n e c a s e n o t m e c / / U fn > South P ark, a n d e v e n th e next anyone even S u n d a y . T h is re m o te ly f a m ilia r to o is n o t ex actly ly in g ; it is w hat w ith th e sh o w (o r w ith telev isio n l e g a l i s t s w o u ld c a l l “ ly i n g b y in g e n e r a l) w o u ld h a v e fo u n d it e x t r e m e l y d o u b t f u l th a t a n e w e p i s o d e o f a n y t h i n g w o u ld b e co m in g o u t in July. R e g ard le ss o f w h at — if any — ju s tific a tio n G lo b a l’s b o ard ro o m had fo r m ak ­ in g this statem ent, it rem a in s a lie.

G lo b al is a netw o rk so th o ro u g h ly fe 'M K jld to- y o u tu f th e £ tu d e n h ' S o c ie ty , a jM c Q d l ttn u L e A d iiy ( S S M ld ) m ire d in th e b u sh le a g u e s , m in d y o u , th a t it is q u ite p o ssib le th at & th e G cm co o A ia ê tu d e o u U ' t/tm o n th is ad v e rtisem en t w as the pro d u ct o f l a z i n e s s , i g n o r a n c e a n d th e u n w illi n g n e s s to f ir e o f f a n e w p ro m o than any m alicio u s attem pt to d ec eiv e the public.

A t issu e h ere is th e n atu re o f th e te le v isio n au d ien ce: n etw o rk s

a p p e a r to b e re c o g n iz in g th a t the m a jo r ity o f th e i r v ie w e r s h ip is essen tially ad d icted . I f F o x , then, c a n g e t p e o p l e to t h e i r s e ts o n S unday nig h t at nine ex p ectin g an all n e w X-Files, it w o n ’t m a tte r th at it is n ’t an all new X-Files. Fox is b an k in g th a t p eo p le w ill w atch it a n y w a y . S im ila r ly , i f G lo b a l g a in s e v e n o n e v ie w e r fo r its in cessan t re-ru n s o f South Park — su rely the q u ic k e st sy n d icatio n in h is to ry — th ro u g h its c la im th a t they are “all n ew ,” it w ill b e guilty o f a h ig h ly un eth ical p ractice.

T h e c a s e o f That Seventies Show h ig h lig h ts an o th er d istu rb in g tr e n d ; te le v is io n n e tw o rk s are tellin g th e ir v iew ers w hat is good a n d w h a t is b a d . T h e y a r e , in e s se n c e , a b s o rb in g the jo b o f the critic. T h e n etw o rk s are lead in g us d o w n th e g a r d e n p a th in e v e r y sense; they hav e realized th at they hav e a cap tiv e au dience, and they are m ak in g the m ost o f it.

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The satirical strategy of The Tetherballs of Bougainville p sy c h o tic se x -an d -d ru g sp ree w ith th e w a r d e n . I f s o , r e a d i n g Tetherballs sh o u ld p ro v e to b e a In his new novel, M ark L ey n er r e m a r k a b ly s im ila r e x p e r ie n c e . m a k es a sp a ce “fo r a 1 3 -y ea r-o ld S ty listic a lly , Tetherballs is a fre ­ b o y to do the basic things that a 13n etic p o -m o p o p -a rt m o n ta g e , the y e a r-o ld -b o y d o e s — ta lk on th e lite r a r y e q u iv a le n t to h a llu c in o ­ p h one, su rf the net, get high, w atch g e n s . L e y n e r w r i n g s h is te x t T V , lis te n to m u sic , an d m a s tu r ­ through a slew o f differen t form ats: b ate.” O nly this p articu la r ad o le s­ d re a m se q u e n c e s, c e n t a n ti-h e ro a lso in fo -m e rc ia ls , w rite s books, d u e ts, in te rv ie w s, in c l u d i n g th e o n e m o v ie r e v ie w s , you are reading. in te rn e t s ite s , A t le a s t th a t is • • • • • • • a video gam es and a th e p re m ise o f The O THE TETHERBALLS H | s c r e e n p la y c o m ­ T eth erballs of H | OF BOUGAINVILLE | j | plete w ith detailed B o u g a in ville, a c a m e ra w o rk a n d re c e n t re le a se fro m d i r e c t o r ’ s n o te s , V i n t a g e ultim ately arriving B o o k s /R a n d o m a t w h a t a p p r o x i­ H ouse. In it, L eyner m a te s th e s t r u c ­ a d o p ts a p s e u d o tu r e o f th e 1 3 a u to b io g ra p h ic a l year-o ld brain. to n e , c a s tin g h im ­ MARK LEYNER F ro m th is s e lf as th e te e n a g e "love Urttr.i comporftrf to U y W * rftfcn# i m p o s s i b l e M a rk L e y n e r, an m elange, L ey n er brillian tly crafts a o v e r - in te lle c tu a l s p rite w h o se la u g h -o u t-lo u d fu n n y n o v el, ru th ­ father, Joel, faces the death penalty. le s s in it s c u l t u r a l c r i t i q u e , T h is is w h ere the lin ear, co h e siv e s u p re m e ly s n id e a n d v e n o m o u s , p lo t su m m ary ends. W h at fo llo w s and p erh ap s m o st im p ressiv ely — is a bizarre onslaught o f events that sm art. h av e to b e read to be believed.

C l e a r ly , L e y n e r is f a m i lia r W e begin w hile M ark w atches w ith m o re than one n o v el o f T om b lith ely as his P C P -a d d led fath er, R o b b in s an d o w n s a n im p re ssiv e h a v in g m a im e d a s e c u r ity g u a rd co llectio n o f Spin b ack issues. H is w ith th e c u is in a rt a n d ic e -c re a m e n c y c l o p e d ic k n o w le d g e o f th e sc o o p h e w as c a u g h t s te a lin g , is tr iv ia liti e s o f p o p u la r c u ltu r e is sen tenced to lethal injection, w hich b o th a s to u n d in g a n d d e e p ly d is ­ h e su rv iv es as a resu lt o f h is p h e ­ turbing. In Tetherballs, there are no n o m e n a l d ru g to le r a n c e . J o e l is sacred cow s. L e y n e r’s cu ttin g sar­ s u b se q u e n tly e n liste d in th e N ew c a s m r u n s r a m p a n t , c a r v in g Je rse y S ta te D is c re tio n a ry s w a t h e s th r o u g h E x e c u t i o n A m eric an p o litica l (N JS D E ) p ro ­ £ £ D id y o u e v e r l o o k a t p o lic y , m u ltin a ­ g r a m , w h ic h tio n a l c o rp o ra­ D e K o o n in g 's A lz h e im e r b a s ic a lly e n t i ­ t i o n s , th e m e d ia tle s th e state to p a in tin g s o n g lu e ? a n d m o d e rn ic o n s b lo w him aw ay — Tetherballs a s d i s p a r a t e a s w h en h e le a s t D u ra n D u ra n , e x p e c ts it.

D ap h n e Z u n ig a, H ugh D o w n s and M a rk is le ft to re c o v e r fro m th is K athie Lee. trau m a in the arm s o f a thirty-sixY e t w h ile L e y n e r m o c k s a y e a r - o ld fe m a le p r is o n w a rd e n . g en eratio n o f fifteen m in u te m edia B u ffe te d b y o b s c e n e a m o u n ts o f d a r l i n g s a n d w r i t e r s i n c lu d in g co n fiscated n arcotics, the tw o d is­ D o u g la s C o u p l a n d a n d J e f f r e y cuss M a rk ’s obsession w ith P apua E u g e n id e s , h e is u n q u e s tio n a b ly N e w G u in e a n te th e r b a ll p la y e r s o n e o f th e m ... a n d h e k n o w s it, w h ile M ark w orries about how he w h ic h is w h a t m a k e s The w ill w rite a sc re e n p la y fo r w h ic h Tetherballs of Bougainville such a he h as already w on an aw ard. h y ste ric a l rea d . L e y n e r sla sh e s at A nd th a t’s ju s t b o o k one. all th e c o n v e n tio n s o f c o n te m p o ­ “ D id y o u e v e r lo o k a t D e rary cu ltu re using th ese sam e c o n ­ K o o n in g ’s A lzh eim er p aintin g s on ventions, and thus he im p ales him g lu e?” asks M ark in the m idst o f a B y El a in e O ' C

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ev e ry th in g fro m a p in a ta alien (to d r a m a t i s e th e u n ity o f c a u s e b e tw e e n ille g a l a lie n s a n d a lie n s fro m o u te r sp a c e ) to a tro u p e o f e n t h u s ia s tic E lv e tte s . A ll in all th e re w e re o v e r tw e lv e c o s tu m e ch an g es ranging from A ztec chic to B lue S uede Shoes cool. N eed less to say, V elcro w as an essen tial p art o f the show .

E l V ez, real nam e R obert, had a lo n g h i s t o r y in r o c k a n d r o ll before he fo und his true calling as a L atin o Elvis im personator. H e first cu t his teeth in the 1970s as a m em ­ b er o f the sem in al p u n k b an d The Z eros. A fter a short interlude from p e r f o rm in g m u s ic in th e 1 9 8 0 s, w o r k i n g a s a L o s A n g e le s a r t g a lle ry c u ra to r, th e so o n -to -b e El V e z s tu m b le d a c r o s s s o m e o ld K araoke Elvis P resley tapes during a ro u tin e pilg rim ag e to G raceland.

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W h e n P h il O c h s m a d e th is quip in 1970 he w as m ore ex p re ss­ in g h is c o m p le te d is illu s io n m e n t w ith th e A m e r ic a n s y s te m th a n m a k in g a s e rio u s s u g g e s tio n fo r others to follow . L ittle did he know th a t o n e d a y h is d re a m (e v e n i f m a d e in c y n i c a l j e s t ) w o u ld b e c o m e a r e a lity in th e n in e tie s w ith E l V ez. F o r those n o t "in the k n o w ," E l V e z is th e C h i c a n o E lv is , th e le ftis t re v o lu tio n a r y /g o s p e l p r e a c h e r in g o ld lam é p a n ts w h o ste a m ro lle d th r o u g h th e C a b aret la s t W ednesday to a packed house.

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ing w as n o t trying sell art to s o a p o p e r a s t a r s , b u t to b e c o m e a n in t e r n a t i o n a l s u p e r s t a r , to b r in g E lv is b a c k to th e p e o p l e ... th e M exican people.

T h e sta g e sh o w s h av e alw ay s b een elab o rate, and fo llo w in g a c o n c e p t. T h e m o st p o p u la r, "T he R e v o l u t i o n S h o w ," w a s p e rfo rm e d o v e r 3 5 0 tim e s a ro u n d th e w o rld , a p p e a r­ in g o n te lev isio n in M exico a n d th e U n ite d S ta te s , in c lu d in g one v ery stran g e e v e n i n g w ith J a y L e n o .

"T h e G o sp el S h o w " is the m o s t e l a b o r a t e th u s f a r , d o u b l i n g th e n u m b e r o f E l v e t t e s a n d c o s tu m e changes. M uch o f the show is m o c k e r y a g a i n s t th e R e l i g i o u s R i g h t ( it w a s o rig in a lly c o n c e iv e d o f to

f o llo w th e P r o m i s e K e e p e r s fro m c ity to c ity ), b u t th e re is also a d eep er m essage o f spiritu­ a lity a n d r e b e llio n p r e s e n t — th e re w ere r e fe re n c e s to m any r e l i g i o u s le a d e r s w h o h a v e fo u g h t fo r le ftis t c a u s e s , fro m B ishop R o m ero to O ur Lady o f G uadeloupe.

In K ansas C ity, El V ez w as criticised by a group o f M exican n ationals fo r m ak in g references to the V irgin M ary in his show .

H e re s p o n d e d th a t in M e x ic o , religious icons can be found on e v e r y t h i n g f r o m c l o c k s to gearshift knobs. T he m essage o f the "G ospel Show " is that "G od can be at y o u r level."

E l v i s 's o n l y G r a m m y 's cam e from h is G o sp el reco rd s.

El V ez has yet to receive one at a ll. S o m e w h e re in th e re is an injustice.

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tiful w ife M ary (A m y B rennem an) cannot satisfy him : he adm its to his best friends C ary (Jason P atrie) and Jerry (B en Stiller) that the best sex

w e h a v e no b u s in e s s p ry in g in to th eir lives.

N eil L a B utte is a director w ho puts the attention on the actors and d ia lo g u e . H e k e e p s the c a m ­ e ra s till an d fo c u s e d on the s c e n e s at h a n d a n d t h e r e is v ery little m u s i c d u r in g th e f ilm . A ls o r e m a r k a b l e is t h a t th e r e a r e no e x te rio r scenes. The act­ in g is so g o o d t h a t y o u w ill n ev er notice the la c k o f c i n e ­ m a tic f la i r .

T h e s e a c to r s h a v e th o ro u g h ­ p re p a re d a n d n eigh bou rs ly th e m s e l v e s f o r th e ir to u g h , u n g r a tify in g r o le s a n d a re c o m ­ pletely b elievable. T he strength o f th e film lie s in th e w ay it d raw s you in and m akes you think you are w atching real life; the situations are tru e to life an d th e ch a racters are real, no m atter how w eak they are.

Your Friends and Neighbors is a film th a t w ill m a k e y o u lau g h , cringe and think. It w ill change the w a y th a t y o u se e p e o p le a ro u n d you. L a B utte has a b leak view o f the hum an co n d itio n , one that can be unsettling to share b u t w hich is h a rd to d en y . “W e h u m a n s are a fairly barbarous bunch, and I d o n ’t think w e ’ve changed m uch over the m illen n ia,” says L a B u tte him self.

It m a k es y o u w o n d e r w h at c o u ld have happened to L a B utte for him to h a v e s u c h a c y n i c a l v ie w o f hum ans. I t’s alm o st sad in a w ay; intriguing as hell, though.

N e il L a B u t t e ’s la te s t f ilm , e n title d Your F riends and Neighbors, sh o w s u s th e d ark underbelly o f relationships. It is about the p o w er o f sex and the p a in o f d e c e it, m u c h lik e L a B u tte 's p r e v io u s f ilm , In the Company o f Men. T h o se w h o s a w t h a t e a r l i e r f ilm w ill rem e m b er it as a n asty p iece o f w o rk , b u t at th e sa m e tim e a fasc in atin g an d u n se ttlin g one.

T h is w as due m ainly to the p er­ f o r m a n c e o f A a r o n E c k h a rt, w ho w as d ecep tiv ely charm ing in his m iso g y n ist w ays. H e w as a villain you h ated to love.

In Your F riends and N eighbors th e re a re n o su c h ch aracters. E ach p erso n in this sordid little tale is as loathsom e as the next in one w ay or anoth­ er. H u s b a n d s c h e a t o n w iv e s ; B eer a n d loath in g w ith y o u r fr ie n d s w iv e s c h e a t o n h u s b a n d s . N o one is innocent. It is an interesting h e ’s e v e r h ad has been w ith h im ­ e ffe c t b e c a u se o n e c a n ’t p o ssib ly self. side w ith any ch a racter o v er an o th ­ M a ry c a n n o t fin d h a p p in e s s er. T his is used as a m ean s o f d is­ w ith B arry either; she w ants som e­ tancing the audience; it is as if the th in g m o re in life, but is not sure f ilm m a k e r is t r y in g to k e e p us w hat. M eanw hile, Jerry is also hav­ aw a y fro m th e w o rld th a t w e are in g p ro b le m s w ith h is g ir lf rie n d o b se rv in g . Y et th e film is no less T erri (C atherine K eener). It seem s intrig u in g fo r the lack o f any lik e­ th a t T e rri th in k s J e rr y ta lk s to o able characters. m u c h d u r in g s e x .

It te lls a fe h u m a n s a r e a E rg o , J e rry h as an r a t h e r s im p le a f f a i r w ith M a ry story o f a group F a ir ly b a r b a r o u s w h ile T erri h as an o f s ix p e o p l e b u n c h , a n d I d o n 't a ffa ir w ith an w ho cannot a r ti s t’s a s s is ta n t attain happiness t h i n k w e ' v e c h a n g e d n am ed (can you n o m a tte r h o w m u c h o v e r t h e m i l l e n ­ g u e s s it? ) C h e r i hard they try to (N atassja K inski). m a k e b e l ie v e n i a , L a s tly , C a ry , e v e r y t h i n g is Neil La Butte, the m eanest ch arac­ f in e .

A aro n director of Y o ur Friends t e r to g r a c e th e E ck h art returns, and N eighbors s c r e e n in a lo n g b u t B a r r y , h is tim e, uses sex as a character, is the tool o f evil, fo r p o w er an d revenge. po lar opposite o f the th at w hich he N o n e o f the ch a racters’ nam es are p lay ed in In the Company of Men; Your Friends and Neighbours e v e r m e n tio n e d d u rin g the m o v ie fo r th is ro le h e g ain ed about thirty is playing at the Egyptian. n o r is th e c ity in w h ic h th e film p o u n d s a n d h is f a c e is h id d e n takes place. T his serves to enforce b eh in d a large m ustache. H is b eau ­ th is sense o f anonym ity; it is as if

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B u t w h a t , b esides big nam e headliners, really m akes a rave successful? T o begin w ith there has to be plenty o f park ­ ing sp ace and q u ick lin e-u p s. B ig ro o m s, m u ltip le bath ro o m s, w ater fo u n ta in s a n d c h illin g sp a c e a re som e o f the o th er essential co m p o ­ nents. All o f these w ere co n sp icu ­ ously lacking from last y ea r’s rave: C re a m ‘97. O n ce the sc en e is set the m u sic and lig h t show have to b e p u m p in g in o r d e r to g e t th e c r o w d u n ite d in to o n e m a s s iv e body o f fluent m otion. O ther added effects, such as fire blow ers stan d ­ ing in the rafters, definitely add to th e m o m e n tu m b u t if th e rh y th m isn 't original, the w ave d o esn ’t trav ­ el far. O f course this quick g eneral­ ization o f w hat m akes a good rave do esn 't do ju stic e to the co m p lex i­ ty , v a ria tio n s, an d p o ssib ilitie s o f far-out raves and hip-hop parties.

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M aria S im pso n T h e r ea so n I w a n ted to w rite

th is c o lu m n w a s n ot ju s t to brave creep y p laces for the am u sem en t o f others. I a lso w an ted to ex p erien ce a d v en tu re, g la m o u r , ro m a n c e and high drama. A lth o u g h I c a n ’t claim th is for ev ery bar I r ev iew , I foun d all th ese th in gs at Salsath eq ue.

S a ls a th e q u e is (a s th e n a m e s u g g e s t s ) a sa lsa dan cin g bar lo ca t­ ed at 1 2 2 0 P e e l Street.

O ne e v en in g m y s e lf and four other girls d ecid ed to g iv e sa lsa d a n cin g a tr y . T h e b e s t c u r e fo r o u r la c k o f d a n c in g sk ills se e m e d to be a lco h o l — and lo ts o f it. W e trotted o f f to C arlos and P ep e's to g e t w arm ed up w ith h u g e m a r g a rita s an d a b u c k e t o f b e e r , th e n m a d e o u r w a y to S a ls a th e q u e . N o t e v e n th e la r g e

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te en y m en . M irrors o n e v er y w a ll e x a g g e r a t e d t h e e f f e c t o f th e tw irlin g n eon d isc o b alls, fake palm trees and hordes o f dancers to o v er­ p o w erin g proportions. M ak in g our w a y to the d an ce flo o r w a s a slo w

p rocess w hat w ith all the o ffers o f drinks and/or m arriage. A t first m y s e n s it i v e e g o w a s str o k e d to the poin t that I d ecid ed I really sh ould h a v e b e e n m y h ig h sc h o o l's prom q u een, but so o n I realized that m y d o g c o u l d h a v e a p p e a r e d in a b lo n d e w ig and e lo p e d to M e x ic o by the en d o f the night.

O v e r w h e lm e d and s lig h tly in tim id a te d , I fo u n d a s e a t n e x t to th e d a n c e f l o o r . I c o u ld se e that this w asn't lik e a Four F loors Party w ith p e o ­ p l e s w a y i n g in a s w e a t y , arrhythm ic m ass. T h ese m en c o u l d d a n c e . H a r d ly a m o m e n t after I d e c id e d that d a n c in g w a s o v erra ted a n y ­ w a y s and I w o u ld sp en d m y night p arked at th e bar, so m e o n e ask ed m e to dan ce. B attin g m y e y e s ner­ v o u s ly I sa id , "but I d o n ’t k n o w h o w to d an ce... h ee, h ee, hee."

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g r o w le d so ftly , "then I w ill teach you , beautiful w om an." A n d o f f w e w e n t to jo in the w h irlin g crow d s.

S o o n all m y friend s and I w ere stu m b lin g our w a y through salsas, rhum bas and the lik e. O ne partner w o u ld e x it and another w o u ld m ag­ i c a l l y a p p e a r . I d is tr ib u te d fa k e n a m e s to e v e r y o n e , f e e l i n g e x c e e d in g ly c le v e r after the e x c e s ­ s i v e a m o u n t o f g i r l i e d r in k s at C a r lo s and P e p e s. P retty so o n all fiv e o f u s w ere m ak in g up nam es a n d fa k e i d e n t i t ie s b u t c o u ld n 't k e e p str a ig h t w h a t n am e w e to ld w h o . A fte r te llin g a sm a ll c o n v e ­ n ie n c e store o w n e r m y n am e w a s b oth B eth and L o u is e , I d e c id ed I better take a breather from dan cin g a n d r e g r o u p . I w e n t to fin d m y friend Carrie, w h o w a s m y sterio u s­ ly absent from the dan ce floor.

1 fou n d C arrie at a sm a ll V IP t a b l e w i t h s o m e m e n s h e la t e r s w o r e w e r e in th e M a fia . T h e s e

m e n w e r e a ls o sm a ll an d L a tin o and kep t us flattered by te llin g us h o w b eautiful w e w ere and b u yin g u s r o se s. T h e y a lso had an a m a z ­ in g, n ever-en d in g tab that w e co u ld order drinks on in d efin itely as w e ll as a la rg e b o ttle o f rum that th ey poured straight into large tum blers fo r u s . W e f e l t lik e c e l e b r i t i e s , o sc illa tin g b etw een the dan ce floor a n d s i t t i n g w it h t h e M a f ia .

S u p r isin g ly e n o u g h , w e m ad e our e x it w ith no h a ssles or ta g -a -lo n g s, d esp ite our w e b o f lies.

If y o u fe e l up to a Salsath eq ue adventure I h ave o n ly tw o p ie c e s o f a d v ice— on e, I can o n ly vou ch for the fe m a le e x p erien ce but I e x p e ct m en w o u ld h ave a hard tim e alone.

T w o , o n ly the very, very brave can g o there sober. O ther than that, it's w orth the trip. I f on ly H ea v en w ere fille d w ith sm all L atino m en, salsa m u sic and d a n c in g — I c o u ld sa y I've liv e d lon g en ou gh .

Black in the U.S.A. - The Pixies' Frank Black is back B y Jim Z a v o d n y D aily N ebraskan , U niversity of N ebraska _______ (U -W IR E ) L IN C O L N , N eb . — A s the frontm an for the sem in a l in d ie ban d o f the m odern rock a g e , the P ix ie s, Frank B la ck a lm o st sin g le h an d ed ly sh aped the co u rse o f the ‘9 0 s pop-punk scene.

N o w , w ith m ore than a d ecade o f guitar rock ex p erien ce under his c o n sid era b le b elt. B la ck returns to d o m e s t ic a u d ie n c e s w ith “F ran k B la c k an d th e C a t h o lic s ,” w h ic h r e c e n t ly d e b u t e d in th e U n it e d S tates. T h e record w as r elea sed in m o st territories around the w orld on M ay 4.

T h e C ath olics, B la c k ’s band o f the last four years, have b een tour­ in g w ith B la ck sin c e 1996 and are n o w o ffic ia lly a part o f his legend .

T h e C a th o lic s’ lin e-u p for the new album c o n sists o f bass player D avid M a c C a ffr e y , drum m er S c o tt B o u t i e r ( b o t h f o r m e r ly o f th e P r o v i d e n c e , R .I . b a n d M ir a c le L e g io n ). S an F ra n cisc o fr e e -la n c e g u ita r is t L y le W o r k m a n f in is h e d th e a lb u m , b u t h a s s i n c e b e e n r e p la c e d b y R ic h G ilb e r t, fo rm er m em b er of H um an Sexual R esp on se.

O n June 1 6 , 1 had the opportu­ n ity to in te r v ie w B la c k , w h o w a s appearing at O m aha’s R anch B o w l in support o f his yet-to-b e-released a lb u m . C a llin g fro m h is h o m e in L o s A n g ele s, B la ck com m en ted on th e r e le a s e o f h is a lb u m , and h is intim ate ex p erien ces.

D a ily N e b r a s k a n : W h a t do y o u th in k a b o u t th is n e w a lb u m com pared to the w ork y o u ’v e done in the past as a so lo artist and w ith the P ixies?

F r a n k B la c k : I t ’ s th e o n ly record that I’v e ever recorded live.

It probably has m ore so n g s o f a uni­ v ersa l and/or p erson al nature than usual, and it’s g o t a fe w m ore uni­ v ersal kin d o f so n g s, I think , ly ri­ c a lly than usual. O ther than that, I m e a n , i t ’ s a n o th e r c o l l e c t i o n o f rock son gs by Frank B lack.

D N : Y o u se e m a lo t m o re r e fle c tiv e o n th is albu m than your past so lo efforts. A re y o u sa tisfied w ith th e d ir e c t io n y o u c a r e e r is heading?

F B : W e ll, I d o n ’t k n o w w hat direction that is. I f y o u ’re g o in g to b a s e it s t r ic t ly o n n u m b e r s , i t ’ s headed now here.

DN: N o , not based on the num ­ b e r s, b a sed on w h eth er or n ot y o u ’re satisfied. N o t w hat the label

a se n se y o u ’re right, d e fin itely the Europeans w ere a lo t quicker to get a c o n tr a ct and r e le a s e the record , but it to o k m e so m e tim e to get out o f m y A m e ric a n R e c o r d in g s c o n ­ tract. S o that d elayed m e probably six m onths.

D N : S o w h a t h a p p e n e d w ith A m erican R ecordin gs (B la c k ’s for­ m er label)?

F B : N o b o d y k n o w s, they d is­ ap p ea red . T h e y ’re ru m o r ed to b e r etu rn in g to th e s c e n e b y w a y o f C olum b ia R ecords.

DN: Y o u grew up in L .A ., so h o w did y o u end up g o in g to sch o o l

thinks.

F B : Y e a h , I lik e th e g u y s I play w ith. T h e n ext album is g oin g to have a different guitar player, so it’s g o in g to be a slig h tly different sound. But, I d o n ’t k n o w w here it’s h e a d e d , I ju s t d o it. I do it e v e r y year, I put out a record. I try a n y ­ w a y , th ou gh I d id n ’t g e t a record o u t la s t y e a r . B u t I w r ite so n g s, I m ak e record s and I g o p la y g ig s w ith m y band.

A n d y o u k n o w , th e r e ’ s n o t r ea lly an y k in d o f v isio n or anything behind it, it’s ju st a d e sir e to p lay rock m u sic , I su pp ose.

D N : I h eard y o u had t r o u b le r e l e a s in g th e n e w a lb u m w ith th e C a t h o li c s b e c a u s e th e r e c o r d la b e l th o u g h t it w a s n ’t “c o m m e r ­ c ia l” e n o u g h . D o y o u k n ow w h a t t h e ir r e a s o n i n g w a s Surfin 'USA: F rank Black d eb u ts in th e behind sayin g that? in M assach u setts and h ow did you F B : B ig d iffe r e n c e b e tw e e n h ook up w ith the P ixies? rocking out and sou nd in g com m er­ F B : I w e n t to M a ssa c h u se tts c ia l, or, y o u k n o w , so u n d in g lik e for c o lle g e . M y sen ior year o f high it’s g o in g to g e t on the radio. sc h o o l and the tw o years o f c o lle g e DN: B e n M arts (B la c k ’s tour that I to o k w ere in M assach u setts. m a n a g e r at th e tim e o f th e in te r ­ A n d Joey and I started a band and v ie w ) said that y o u w ere extrem ely w e m o v e d to th e c ity , to B o s to n . popular in Europe com pared to the A n d y o u k n o w , w e lo o k e d around U .S . D o you have any id ea w h y that for a c o u p le oth er m u s ic ia n s, and is? w e fo u n d th em . S o it w a s n ’t a n y ­ F B : I s u p p o s e r o c k ‘n ’ ro ll thing really dramatic. m usic in Europe is a lot m ore o f an D N : Y o u ’ v e s a id th a t th e e x p o r t fr o m A m e r ic a , c u ltu r a lly P ix ie s b r o k e up b e c a u s e y o u g o t sp ea k in g , as o p p o se d to here. It’s bored w ith them , yet y o u continued w ay m ore part o f our culture. S o, in to play w ith Joey (S an tiago, form er other w ords, in Europe it’s m ore o f P ix ie s g u ita rist) o n y o u r first tw o lik e a “W o w , A m erican s w h o play s o l o a lb u m s . W e r e y o u t w o th e rock m u sic, the real th in g. A ll the c lo s e s t out o f the four in the band? w ay from A m erica, there they are.”

F B : A b s o lu t e ly , y e a h . W e ’ d T hey kind o f w orsh ip rock m u sic a b e e n frien d s sin c e b efore w e w ere lo t m ore than th ey d o here. H ere, p eo p le ju st listen to it b ecau se they lik e it. O ver there, it’s w a y m ore o f an institution or som ething.

DN: D o e s the band s e ll a lo t m ore records in E urope, and is that w h y you d ecid ed to release the new album over there first?

F B : A bit m ore, I su pp ose. In

in the P ix ies.

D N: D o y o u still han g out w ith Joey and play w ith him ?

F B : S u r e , I s e e h im a ll th e tim e.

DN: H ow about D a v id (L overin g, form er P ix ies drum m er) o r K im ( D e a l , fo r m e r P i x i e s

b assist), d o y o u se e them anym ore?

FB: N o.

DN: D o you w ant to?

F B : (la u g h s ) N o , I g u e s s I d o n ’t i f I d o n ’t. I m ean . I’ m sure I’ll se e them . Y o u ’re kind o f tw ist­ ing m y arm to say som eth in g n ega­ tiv e here.

DN: I k n ow y o u probably get ask ed this all the tim e, but I’v e ju st g o t to k n ow - w ill there ev er be a reunion tour?

F B : (lau gh s) N o , it’s not really m y style, and it never has been.

DN: S o y o u never m iss playing w ith your o ld m ates at all?

F B : N o , p l a y i n g is p la y in g , y o u k n o w w h at I m ean. S o I d o n ’t k n ow that I m iss any particu lar c o n ­ fig u r a tio n or w h a te v e r . I k n o w w h a t th at w a s lik e , a n d I d id it a lo t , d id it plenty.

DN: D o you like hav­ in g th e c r e a tiv e fr e e d o m that you n o w h ave as a so lo artist?

F B : W e ll, I d o n ’t k n ow that I have any m ore c r e a t iv e f r e e d o m th a n S tates w h en I w a s w ith the P ix ies.

I ’v e a lw a y s b e e n a s in g e r /s o n g w r ite r or fr o n tm a n fo r w h a te v e r o u tfit th at I ’v e b e e n in , and I ’v e a lw a y s had c r e a tiv e fr e e d o m and c o n tr o l o v e r e v e r y th in g that I’v e participated in. S o in a sen se, noth­ ing has really ch an ged for m e.

D N : D o y o u h a v e a fa v o r ite era o f rock m u sic that y o u listen to the m ost?

F B : G o o d q u estio n . P rob ab ly the ‘6 0 s, I su pp ose.

D N : W h e r e is y o u r fa v o r ite p lace to do a sh ow in the w orld?

F B : I d o n ’t k n ow i f w e really h ave a favorite. W e like playin g in France, but to be fair, w e like play­ ing everyw h ere, ev en the p laces w e d o n ’t really like b ein g in, w e like to play. S o I d o n ’t k n o w that I have a f a v o r it e , b e c a u s e t h e y ’re a ll m y favorite, they really are. W e en joy p layin g e v ery w h ere, and w e enjoy p la y in g in th e W e st and e v e n the P la i n s , I c o n s i d e r th a t p a r t o f N e b r a s k a . Y o u k n o w , th e G re a t W e st, b e c a u se th e d riv in g is a lo t m ore p lea sa n t, g o o d sc e n e ry , n ic e b ig , long roads. S o w e lik e that, and

w e lik e it better than touring, say, on the E ast C oast, w h ich is ju st lik e a snarl o f traffic, p oth oles and d e c i­ sion s to m ake every 10 secon d s. It’s m ore e x h a u stin g . I lik e th e G reat W est.

DN: D o you g e t tired o f p eo p le ask in g you w h at it w a s lik e b ein g on the fo refa th ers o f the “alterna­ tiv e ” m u sic scene?

F B : N o , no. N o t at all. I g u ess it’s a part o f m y status or w hatever.

DN: For the sake o f argum ent, say the P ix ies w ere o n e o f the m ore in flu e n tia l b a n d s d u rin g th e la te ‘8 0 s and e a r ly ‘9 0 s . W h a t o th e r b an d s d o y o u think h e lp e d p la y a part in fo r m in g th e g e n r e c a lle d “alternative” rock?

F B : T h e V io le n t F em m e s, H usk er D , and the R e p la c em e n ts.

T h ose are, I’d say, a big three.

DN: W hen you b eca m e a m u s ic ia n , w h y d id y o u d e c id e to w ork under an alias instead o f ju st b e in g know n as C h a r le s T hom p son ?

FB: It’s part o f sh ow -b iz.

"Dogboy" poet, D a v id M c G im p s e y

will be perform ing in th e Café Friday Sept 18,5pm.

C o ffe e a n d c a k e w ill b e s e rv e d .

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C afé C am pus.

Thursday

W ed 10/07 Sugar Ray Norcia at

G eo rg e W in ston , th e le g e n d a r y ja z z (and m isc ella n e o u s) pianist, is at C lub Soda.

C afé C am pus.

Friday T h e H ieroglyphics tour, a hip -h op e x tr a v a g a n z a , fe a tu r e s S o u ls o f

M is c h ie f, D E L T he F u n k y H o m o s a p ie n , C a s u a l a n d T he Prose, at the Cabaret, $ 15.

W e d 1 0 /2 2 C a r a m e l at C a f é C a m p u s. L ess Than J a k e at th e M ed ley.

C h e r r y P o p p in ’ D a d d ie s j o i n P ie ta s te r s a n d Ozomatli at M etrop olis.

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T h e g r ea t s a x o p h o n is t M a ceo Parker, w ith P arkside Jones and F u n W ith F lo u n d e r , at T h e

F ri 12/05 Holly Cole at P lace des

M ed ley .

Arts.

For th ose in search o f a d ecid ed ly m ainstream thrill there is the in im ­ itab le Eric Clapton, w ith the very i m i t a b l e B o n n ie R a itt, at th e M o ls o n C e n tr e fo r a w h o p p in g $ 6 5 .5 0 , $ 4 5 .5 0 or $ 3 9 .5 0 .

V E N U E IN F O R M A T IO N

Saturday T h e in stan tly forgettab le Tripping D aisy, w h o se se lf-in d u lg e n t latest album has b een a dream c o m e true for critics w ith b o n es to p ick , w ith som eth in g c a lled Bradford R eed & H is A m a z in g P e n c ilin a ( g r e a t n a m e t h o u g h , B r a d ) at C a f é C am p us, $ 1 3 .5 0 .

Watchmen at the Spectrum .

C a b a r e t i s at 2 1 1 1 S t-L a u r e n t, 8 4 5 - 2 0 1 4 . C afé Cam pus is at 5 7 P rin c e A rthur E, 8 4 4 - 1 0 1 0 . Club Soda is at 5 2 4 0 du Parc, 7 9 0 -2 4 6 3 .

The M edley is at 1 1 7 0 S t-D e n is , 8 4 2 -6 5 5 7 . M etropolis is at 5 9 SteC a t h e r i n e E , 2 7 3 - 2 7 3 9 . T he M o lso n C en tre is at 1 2 6 0 d e la G a u c h e t iè r e W , 7 9 0 - 1 2 4 5 . The Spectrum is at 3 1 8 S te-C a th erin e W , 8 6 1 -5 8 5 1 .

N E W L IS T IN G S

M on 09/22 Pete Droge is backin g up M a rc y P la y g r o u n d a t th e Spectrum .

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Eagle Eye Cherry at

C lub Soda.

F r i 0 9 /2 6 b lin k -1 8 2 , V an dals, Link 80 and A ssorted Jellybeans at the U n iversity o f M ontreal.

F ri 10/02 S tabbing W estward is o p e n in g fo r E con olin e C rush at

Fridayat the Medley

Virginia Tech grad writes ecstasy book B y C olleen Ku enzig T he C ollegiate T imes, V irginia T ech

p h a r m a c e u tic a l c o m p a n y , E. M erck , m an u factu rers o f e c s ta s y , b e lie v e d th at it c o u ld b e u s e d in p s y c h o -th e r a p y , or as an a p p etite

(U -W IR E ) B L A C K S B U R G , V A “I ’m not here to tell p e o p le to do the drug, and I ’m n ot h ere to tell p e o p le n o t to d o th e d ru g. B u t I th in k p e o p l e s h o u l d b e a b le to m ake an inform ed d e c isio n regard­ in g w h eth er or not they w ant to get

su p p ressan t. H o w e v e r , n o stu d ies w ere d o c u m e n te d until the 1 9 5 0 s, w h e n th e U .S . A r m y s u p p o r te d te stin g on an im als. It d isap p eared again soon after.

E c s t a s y r e - e m e r g e d in th e 1 9 7 0 s in the o ffic e s o f p sych o-th er­

th e m se lv e s in v o lv e d w ith e c sta sy ,” said R ichard C oh en , V irgin ia T ech graduate, and author o f the recen tly p u b lish e d b o o k , T h e L o v e D rug: M arching to the B eat o f E cstasy.

a p ists. “P sy c h o -th e r a p ists u se d to g iv e e c s ta s y to their p atien ts w ith th e h o p e o f e s ta b lis h in g a b etter rapport, and h e lp in g th e c lie n t to d ecrease in h ib itio n s,” C oh en said.

C o h e n b e g a n r e s e a r c h in g A c c o r d i n g t o C o h e n , th e y e csta sy w h ile earning h is bachelors a ls o b e lie v e d e c s ta s y w o u ld h e lp d egree in p s y c h o lo g y as an under­ c lie n ts rec a ll rep re sse d c h ild h o o d graduate at V irgin ia T ech. m e m o r ies. “T h e a d m in istration o f “I had g o n e to clu b s and w it­ e c s ta s y w a s not sc ie n tific a lly per­ n e s s e d u ser s, and had n e v e r se e n fo r m e d ,” C o h e n sa id . “T h e D E A p e o p le so hap py, en th u siastic, and in te r v e n e d and i m m e d ia t e ly w ith ou t the s e lf c o n sc io u s b ehavior banned the su b stan ce.” a s s o c ia te d w ith d a n c in g ,” C o h en So why d id th e D rug said.

E n fo r c e m e n t A d m in is tr a tio n ban D e s c r ib e d t h i s d r u g th a t as a h a llu c in o ­ b r in g s su ch I h a d g o n e to c lu b s g e n i c a m p h e ta ­ e n th u s ia s m and m in e , e c s ta s y is a n d w i t n e s s e d u s e r s , “h a p p in ess” to its a s t i m u l a n t . It users? h e ig h te n s th e a n d h a d n e v e r s e e n “T a k in g th is s e n s e s , le a v in g p e o p le so h a p p y ; drug is lik e p la y ­ its u ser s fe e lin g in g R u ssia n e u p h o r ic , e n e r ­ e n t h u s i a s t i c , a n d w i t h ­ R o u le tte ,” C o h en g e tic , and o u t t h e s e l f c o n s c i o u s s a id . “ T h e s id e extrem ely se n su ­ e ffe c ts are not al. T h e a v e r a g e b e h a v i o r a s s o c i a t e d d o se dep en d en t.” “trip” la sts a n y ­ The s id e w ith d a n c in g w h e r e fr o m 6 -8 e ffe c ts o f e cs ta s y R ichard C o h e n , hours. range fr o m a u th o r o f T h e L ove D rug: d e p r e s s i o n C o h e n to M a rch in g t o t h e B ea t o f death, and there is began h is research by E cstasy n o w a y to d e te r ­ p a s s in g out m in e w h o w i l l q u e s t io n n a ir e s at l o c a l c lu b s in B la ck sb u rg and in te r v ie w in g p e o ­ p le w h o h a d e x p e r im e n t e d w ith ecsta sy . H e b egan gatherin g infor­ m a tio n a n d w r itin g a r t ic le s th at w ere even tu a lly pu b lish ed in sc ie n ­ tific journals. From there, h is w ork has o n ly culm inated.

In his b ook , C oh en e x p la in s in g r e a t e r d e t a i l t h e h i s t o r y an d e ffe c ts o f ecsta sy . T h ou gh rela tiv e­ ly n e w as a “r e c r e a tio n a l d r u g ,” e c s ta s y h a s b een arou n d s in c e 1914.

e x p erien ce them .

O n e “trip ” ca n b e e n o u g h to sen d o n e person into a com a, w h ile a n o th e r p e r s o n m ig h t a b u s e th e su bstance and never su ffer any sid e e f f e c t s . In T h e L o v e D r u g : M a rch in g to th e B ea t o f E c sta sy , C o h e n in fo r m s h is rea d ers o f all the risks in v o lv ed w ith exp erim en t­ ing w ith e csta sy .

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e sd a y , 1 5 S eptember 1 9 9 8

Soccer Martlets gearing up for the '98 season opener R ookie players a n d n e w coach M arc M o u n ic o t e n th u siastic h e a d in g in to o p e n e r a g a in s t C oncordia Stingers B y Jeremy Ku z m a r o v _____________ T h e M artlets, provin cial fin a l­ ists and participants in the national to u r n a m e n t la s t s e a s o n , w i l l b e cou n tin g on so m e n e w fa c e s to lead th e w a y in 1 9 9 8 . G o n e is strik er O d ile D e s b o is , la st y e a r ’s w in n er o f th e C h a n ta l N a v e r t M e m o r ia l award as the outstand in g player in C a n a d ia n s o c c e r , a s w e l l o th e r sta n d o u ts fr o m th e ‘9 7 c a m p a ig n in c lu d in g A l y s o n W a lk e r , S arah P entland and M egan M cG rath.

In their p lace rests a group o f h ig h ly t a le n t e d r o o k i e s sta r tin g w ith striker E v a M ela m ed , o n e o f the top high sc h o o l players co m in g o u t o f O n ta r io . J o i n i n g h e r are striker C laud ia D eP a o la , m id field ­ er S o p h ie L a b ro m (s is te r o f R edm en M arc), and d efen d er Julia Scrase.

A t th e h e lm o f th e M a r tle ts this season w ill be form er R edm en s o c c e r star M arc M o u n ic o t, w h o em barks on his first sea so n as head c o a c h . M o u n ic o t is c o m in g o f f a glo rio u s sen ior sea so n in w h ich he captained the R ed m en to their first n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip in f ifte e n y e a r s , a s e a s o n in w h ic h h e a ls o

took h o m e the Stuart F orb es trophy as M c G ill’s athlete o f the year. In h is n e w r o le a s a c o a c h , h e is e agerly anticip atin g the c h a lle n g e s he w ill face this se a so n .“T h e tim e I

d e v e lo p in g a strong se n se o f team unity and g e ttin g h is p layers u sed to a n e w sy s te m o f p la y . B u t the hardest part o f the c o a c h ’s jo b has b een don e as he trim m ed his roster

p layed here, we w on a lo t . I w a s proud to p la y fo r M c G ill and fe lt a great p art o f its tr a d itio n o f e x c e lle n c e ,” s a i M o u n ic o t r e fle c tin g o n h is d a y s as a p layer.

“A s a coach , w ant p l a y e r s to fe el th e sa m e w ay ab ou t p la y ­ ing for M cG ill, and h ave a se n se o f that tr ad ition . I w a n t u s to be an e x citin g team to w atch .”

S in c e tra in in g c a m p o p e n e d , M o u n ic o t h a s b e e n f o c u s e d on

to tw e n ty fiv e from the forty fiv e w h o started cam p.

T h e final roster o f tw en ty fiv e is b olstered by the p resen ce o f cap ­ tain A m a n d a S h a w and a ss sita n t

captains Tanaquil Chantrill and Sue B elair. T h is trio w ill n o doubt help M o u n ic o t and th e M a rtlets attain their lo n g term g o a ls for the p ro­ gram . T h e y w ill b e lo o k e d to for le a d e r s h ip both on and o f f the field .

S h a w a n d B e la i r w e r e Q u e b e c U n v e r s ity S o c c e r L e a g u e a ll sta r s la st year at m idfie ld and d e f e n c e r esp e ctiv ely .

T h e ir e x p e ­ r ie n c e an d t a l e n t s h o u ld h e lp anchor a c o m p e t it iv e M a r t l e t t e a m , w h i l e C h a n t r ill w i l l a d d s p e e d and q u ic k n e s s to th e m id fie ld . C o a ch M o u n ic o t r e c o g n iz e s th e t a le n t th e M a r t le t s p o s s e s s d e f e n s i v e ly b u t l o o k s to c h a n g e

their sty le o f play in 1998.

“O ur stren gth starts fro m the back, but w e ’re g o in g to try to play m ore o f an o ffe n siv e sty le. O verall, I t h in k w e ’ re p r e t ty s o l i d . W e e x p e c t to c h a lle n g e L aval (the top te a m in th e le a g u e fr o m la st yea r) this season .”

S o fa r , th e M a r t l e t s h a v e lo o k e d im p ressive in the ex h ib ition s e a s o n , n o tc h in g a 3 -2 -1 r ec o rd , w h ic h i n c l u d e s a v i c t o r y o v e r Q u e e n ’ s in th e O ld F o u r to u r n a ­ m ent in Toronto.

M c G ill has d o n e all it can in th e p r e s e a s o n a n d n o w l o o k s tow ards the n ext step in the season w h ic h w i l l c o m e in th e s e a s o n op en er against C on cord ia on Friday nigh t at M o lso n Stadium . In term s o f str a teg y , M o u n ic o t is adam an t that h is team w ill stick to the gam e plan they have been p erfectin g all w e e k in practice. “ I d o n ’t c a r e a b o u t h o w th e other team p la y s, I care abou t m y team ,” said M o u n ic o t. “T h e o p p o ­ s it io n s h o u ld a d ju st to o u r s ty le b e c a u se w e ’re n ot g o in g to adjust to th em .”

Coming up this week

Ticats maul Alouettes in dash of CFL titans Als h u m b le d a t 3 0 - 9 b e fo re record crow d o f 1 8 ,2 6 2 a t M cG ill's M olson S tad iu m

Mortlett soccer vs. Concordia Friday September 18,6:30 p.m. at Molson

B y M a n n y A lmela D e a d lo c k e d a to p th e C F L ’ s E a ste r n D i v i s i o n w ith id e n t ic a l records o f 8-2 , both the A ls and the T icats m ust have k n ow n w hat w as at stake w h en th ey stepp ed on to the fie ld on Sunday afternoon.

U n fo r tu n a te ly fo r the 1 8 ,2 6 2 fans in attendance, o n ly o n e o f the team s ca m e ready to play.

D e s p i t e h a v i n g s c o r e d th e g a m e ’s first to u c h d o w n and o w n ­ in g an 8 - 3 a d v a n t a g e a fte r o n e q u a r te r o f p l a y , th e A l o u e t t e s ’ a d v a n ta g e in th is g a m e w o u ld be

p le a s e d w ith h is t e a m ’ s p e r fo r ­ m a n ce but w arned a gain st an yon e m a k in g p r e m a tu r e p la n s f o r a T ic a ts’ G rey C up parade th is se a ­ son.

“T h is w as a g o o d gam e for us, e sp e c ia lly on the road, but there is still a lo t o f fo o tb a ll to be p la y e d

th e e n d o f t h e s e a s o n ” , a d d e d Lancaster.

T h e A lo u e t t e s tr u ly s e e m e d o v e r w h e lm e d b y th e T ig e r -C a ts d e fe n c e , w h ic h h e ld th em to o n ly 2 7 7 yards. T h e n orm ally p oten t A ls o ffe n c e n ever really got g o in g and e v e n turned the b all over an abnor­

short lived .

T h e H a m ilto n T ig er -C a ts put o n an im p r e s s i v e d is p la y w h il e cap italizin g on c o stly errors by the A lo u e ttes.a n d d e fe a tin g their d iv i­ sio n a l riv a ls b y the fin a l sc o r e o f 3 0 - 9 and im p r o v in g th e ir le a g u e lead in g record to 9 -2 . T h is h eavily anticipated m atch -up had the m ak­ in g s o f a b a ttle w h ic h w o u ld g o d o w n to th e w i r e , h o w e v e r th e H am ilton o ffe n c e , led by quarter­ b a c k D a n n y M c M a n u s h ad o th e r plans.

M c M a n u s w e n t o n to c o m ­ p lete 21 o f 3 7 p a sse s for a total o f 361 yards w ith a to u c h d o w n p ass an d n o in t e r c e p t io n s . T i g e r c a t s ’ r ec eiv e r M ik e M orreale p roved to be M cM an u s’s favorite target as he am assed 139 yards on se v e n catch ­ e s , f o llo w e d c lo s e ly by D arren F lu tie w h o caught se v e n p a sse s for 9 6 yards o f h is ow n .

H a m il t o n h e a d c o a c h R o n L a n c a s t e r w a s u n d e r s t a n d a b ly

this se a so n ,” he said.

H avin g w a tch ed h is team fall b ehin d early in the gam e, Lancaster w a s im p r esse d w ith h o w h is team rem ained patient and m ou n ted their com eb ack .

“O n ce w e started to w ear them d ow n in the se c o n d half, w e really took control o f the gam e. But this e a ste r n d iv is io n r a c e is far fr o m o ver and I e x p e c t u s to battle w ith M o n tr ea l and T o r o n to rig h t u n til

m a lly high fiv e tim es. H avin g o n ly c o m p lete d 6 o f 17 p a sses in clu d in g a pair o f intercep tion s, A ls quarter­ b ack T racy H am sh o u ld ered m o st o f the resp on sib ility for his tea m ’s poor sh o w in g .

“T heir d e fe n c e did a great jo b o f th row in g m e o f f o f m y rhythm a n d y o u h a v e to g i v e H a m ilto n c r e d i t , t h e y c a m e o u t to p la y tod ay,” said Ham. W ith l e s s th a n f i v e m in u te s

r e m a in in g in t h e f i n a l q u a r te r , b a c k u p q u a rte r b a c k A n th o n y C a lv illo to o k o v e r fo r th e str u g ­ g lin g H am in tim e to serve up tw o in tercep tion s o f h is o w n and c o m ­ p le te three o f h is se v e n p a sse s for 3 4 yards. “ I’ve b een in this lea g u e lon g e n ou gh to kn ow that this is a lon g s e a s o n a n d a ll w e h a v e to d o is k eep our fo c u s” , c o n c lu d e d H am .

A s p o o r o f a p e r fo rm a n c e as the A ls d e liv e r ed , there is no rea­ s o n to p a n i c . W ith a r e m a tc h a g a in s t th e T ig e r -C a ts s la te d fo r n e x t w e e k e n d in H a m ilt o n a n d s e v e n r e g u la r s e a s o n g a m e s r e m a in in g o n th e 1 9 9 8 s c h e d u le , the A lo u e ttes w ill h ave an opportu­ nity to red eem th e m se lv es.

“W e can play a lo t better than w e sh o w e d h ere to d a y ” , affirm ed A ls head co a ch D a v e R itch ie. “W e ju s t d id n ’t g e t it d o n e to d a y , th is c o u ld have b een our w orst ga m e o f th e s e a s o n b u t h o p e f u lly w e can b o u n c e b a c k n e x t w e e k in H am ilton .”

T h is y e a r ’ s e d i t i o n o f th e A lo u e ttes is c o m p o se d prim arily o f v e t e r a n p l a y e r s a n d th a t c o u l d prove to be a pivotal poin t in h ow th e team r ec o v er s from th is o b v i­ o u s se tb a c k . I f th e y are g o in g to rebound from this cru shing lo ss, it is g o in g to h a v e to b e a g a in s t a d e t e r m in e d H a m ilt o n c lu b th a t s e e m s p o is e d to p r o v id e th e A ls w it h a ll t h e y c a n h a n d le f o r rem ainder o f the ‘98 season .

Stadium Redmen soccer vs. Concordia Friday September 18,8:30 p.m. at Molson Stadium.

McGill Men's Tennis vs. Toronto Saturday September 19,9:00 a.m. at Ottawa McGill Women's Tennis vs. Waterloo Saturday September 19,9:00 a.m.

Mortlett fieldhockey vs. Trent Saturday September 19,11:00 a.m.

Martlett and Redmen rowing Western Open Regatta Sunday September 2 0 ,8 :3 0 a.m.

Redmen football vs. Concordia Shrine Bowl and Homecoming Saturday September 19,1:30 p.m.

Martlett rugby at Sherbrooke Sunday September 2 0 ,1 :0 0 p.m.

Redmen rugby at Sherbrooke Sunday September 2 0 ,3 :0 0 p.m.

Martlett hockey vs. Brebeuf Sunday September 2 0 ,7 :0 0 p.m. at Sam Moscovitch Arena.

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The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 15 September 1998

Welcome to McGill Intramurals B y C hristian La n d e r A s w ith m ost th in gs at un iver­ sity, intram ural sports can be quite in tim id atin g to first year stu dents.

T h e r e a ls o lie s a c e r ta in l e v e l o f p e r c e iv e d c u t th ro a t c o m p e titio n a sso cia ted w ith sports that m ay sh y p r o s p e c t i v e a t h le t e s a w a y fr o m su ch a ctivities.

Intramurals are not fille d w ith a n g r y g o o n s d e s p e r a te to w in at any c o st, nor are th ey fille d entirely o f p e o p le w h o c o n sid e r p articip a­ tion as m uch fun as w in n in g. There e x is t s a h a p p y m e d iu m in w h ic h stu d e n ts fin d in tra m u ra ls to b e a fun w a y to e x er cise and jo in a team a tm o sp h e r e , w ith lit t le p r e ssu r e .

C o n s e q u e n tly , in tr a m u r a ls are a h u g e part o f M c G ill a th le tic l if e and are ju s t starting to g e t un der­ w a y for the 1 9 9 8 -1 9 9 9 sch o o l year.

“O ne o f the b ig g e st b en efits o f g ettin g in v o lv ed w ith intram urals is that it p rovid es an opp ortu nity for students in a b ig facu lty lik e arts or s c i e n c e to g e t to k n o w p e o p l e ,” s a id c a m p u s r e c r e a tio n d ir e c to r P eter Sm ith. “B y p layin g on a team y o u g e t to m eet p e o p le w h o share a sim ilar interest, and y o u fin d you r­ s e l f c h e e r in g fo r s o m e o n e , th a t u n d e r o th e r c ir c u m s t a n c e s y o u

w o u ld h ave never k n o w n .”

For th ose interested in p layin g intram ural sports, the first step is to register for a c h o se n sport. T he a c tu a l p r o c e s s o f r e g is te r in g in v o lv e s se n d in g th e team captain to o ffic e G -35 at 4 7 5 P in e to r eg is­ ter the team and pay the team entry fe e .'T h e o n ly real c a v e a t h e r e is that the captain register b efore the deadline.

T h e registration period for ball h o c k e y , b a s k e t b a ll, i c e h o c k e y , v o lle y b a ll, and c o -r e c v o lle y b a ll e n d s o n S e p te m b e r 15 at 1 7 :0 0 h .

F la g fo o tb a ll, so ccer, so ftb all, ten­ nis and ultim ate d isc h ave c o n c lu d ­ ed their registration period for the fa ll term . R e m em b er, m issin g the fa ll d e a d lin e is n o t th e e n d o f a p rom isin g intramural career, r eg is­ tration for the w inter term starts in ea rly D e c e m b e r and runs through the first part o f January.

W ith r e g is tr a tio n o u t o f th e w a y , th e g a m e s b e g in . W h ile a ll in tr a m u r a l a t h le t e s s h o u ld m a k e th e m se lv e s fam iliar w ith the rules o f t h e ir r e s p e c t i v e s p o r t , t h e y s h o u ld a ls o b e a w a r e o f M c G ill in tr a m u r a l p o l i c y . F ir s t l y , th e y s h o u ld b e c o m e fa m ilia r w ith th e rules regarding defau lts, w h ich are d e fin e d as a te a m fa ilin g to h a v e

th e r e q u ir e d n u m b e r o f p la y e r s w ith in fiv e m in u te s o f the sc h e d ­ u le d start o f th e g a m e . A d e fa u lt w ill r e s u lt in a te a m ’s e x p u ls io n from the le a g u e , but the team can buy their w a y back into the leagu e b y p a y i n g a d e f a u l t f e e w h ic h ran ges from $ 2 5 -4 0 d ep en d in g on the sport.

I f a team can for se e a p o ten ­ tial d e fa u lt th en th e y are e n c o u r ­ a g e d to r e s c h e d u l e t h e ir g a m e w h ic h m ust be don e so v ia a w rit­ te n r e q u e st at th e c a m p u s r e c r e ­ atio n o f f ic e three d a y s b e fo r e the sc h e d u le d g a m e , this carries a ten d ollar fee.

P la y in g in intram urals can be q u ite rew a rd in g , a lo n g w ith team p r iz e s , su c h as th e e lu s iv e in tr a ­ m ural M c G ill m u g, for w in n in g a s p o r t s r e s p e c t i v e d i v i s i o n , th e T r ib u n e w ill fe a tu r e a m a le and f e m a le in tr a m u r a l a th le te o f th e w e e k . S o a lo n g w ith g lo r y c o m e s fam e and m ayb e e v e n m ore. “ A fe w yea rs a g o , a real top n otch b ask etb all p la y er w a s p la y ­ in g in th e b a s k e tb a ll le a g u e , and the c o a ch saw him p lay and ask ed h im to c o m e out for the team ,” said S m ith . “B u t, ou r in tram u ral p ro ­ gram is n ’t a stepp in g ston e for var­ sity ath letics.”

Shrine Bowl gam e eagerly aw aited B y T a r iq Jeeoburkhan T h e 12th annual Sh rin e B o w l footb all gam e, b etw een the M cG ill R edm en a n d th e C o n c o r d ia S t i n g e r s , i s a ll s e t to g o t h is Saturday at 1:30 PM from M c G ill’s M o lso n Stadium , and by the lo o k s and so u n d s o f th in g s , both te a m s are prepared for battle.

T he Shrine B o w l is a fundrais­ in g fo o t b a ll g a m e h o s te d b y th e T em p le o f Karnak Shriners in c o n ­ j u n c t i o n w it h th e u n i v e r s i t i e s in v o lv ed in the gam e. M on ey raised fr o m th e g a m e g o e s to w a r d s th e M o n tr e a l S h r in e r s ’ H o s p ita l and over the previou s e le v e n stagin gs o f

"Dogboy" poet, D a v id M c G im p s e y

will be perform ing in th e Café Friday Sept 18,5pm.

C o ffe e a n d c a k e w ill b e s e rv e d .

$ McGill B O O K S T O R E 3420 McTavish • 398-7444

this even t; o ver $ 1 8 2 ,3 0 0 has been c o lle cte d in the nam e o f this worthy c a u s e . “ S tr o n g l e g s run s o th a t w ea k le g s m ay w a lk ” is the m otto o f th e S h rin e B o w l; o n Satu rd ay, th e S h rin er s w ill lo o k to su rp a ss $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 in donations.

On the field , M cG ill is look in g to b ou n ce b ack from a disap p oin t­ in g lo ss at L aval last M onday, and fa cin g cro ss-to w n rivals C on cordia in M o lso n Stadium sh ou ld provide the R edm en w ith a natural lift. T his is a b ig g a m e fo r th e R e d m e n as they have to sh o w that they have a r elia b le o ffe n c e . T h e aerial attack h as to b e e sta b lis h e d as th e team has y e t to c o m p lete m ore than ten p a sses in a gam e. S o far this season the ground gam e has been carrying the o ffe n siv e load, and w h en it fa l­ ters, as it did in L aval, it b e c o m es i n c r e a s i n g l y d i f f i c u l t fo r th e R edm en to put poin ts on the board.

T h e R e d m e n are e n j o y in g a fu ll tw e lv e day rest sin c e th ey last p l a y e d a n d m o s t o f th e M c G ill p la y e r s a n d c o a c h in g s t a f f to o k a d v a n t a g e o f th e b r e a k in th e ir sch ed u le to ch eck out C on cordia in gam e-action on Saturday afternoon a s th e S t i n g e r s o u t l a s t e d th e C arleton R avens 19-7 at the L oyola C am pus in front o f 1100 fans.

T h e Stingers, w h o entered the gam e as the seventh ranked team in the country, look ed average at best a g a in st a w e a k e n e d R a v e n sq u a d w h ich w as forced to resort to their third-string quarterback early in the g a m e . C o n c o r d ia ’s o f f e n c e sp u t­ tered at tim es w h ich resulted in four tu r n o v e r s to g o a lo n g w ith e ig h t punts.

“W e certain ly d id n ’t look like a se v e n th -r a n k e d fo o tb a ll t e a m ,” s a id C o n c o r d ia h e a d c o a c h P a t S h ea h a n . “W e w e r e n 't e x a c tly d om inatin g tod ay.”

N o n e th e le s s , se v e r a l S tin g e r s had so m e strong ind ivid u al perfor­

m a n c e s . W id e - o u t D a v e S p e n c e c a u g h t f i v e p a s s e s fo r 1 2 4 ya rd s and run n in g b ack S c o tt A sh w o rth rush ed for 88 yards on se v e n car­ ries.

A lth o u g h the g e n e ra l attitude o f som e C oncordia players after the C a r le to n g a m e w a s th a t p la y in g M cG ill w o u ld b e an ea sy m atchup, C oach Sheahan told a very different story.

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Pat S h ea n a n , C on cord ia C oach “W e h a v e n ’t beaten M cG ill in three years and both team s sh ou ld b e hungry on Saturday. M cG ill is a great team and the on ly prediction I can g iv e is that it w ill be a g o o d and entertaining ga m e for the fans w h o c o m e o u t t o w a t c h fr o m b o th sid e s.”

A ll p re-gam e tact and dip lom a­ c y a sid e , Sh eah an w a s right about b o th te a m s b e in g hungry.

C o n c o r d ia -M c G ill fo o tb a ll g a m e s a lw a y s s e e m to draw s o m e th in g extra out o f the players on the field.

A natural and healthy rivalry is per­ p e tu a lly e x is te n t b e tw e e n the tw o sc h o o ls, and for on e afternoon, the rivalry g e ts settled on the gridiron and bragging rights are earned.

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I d o n 't k n o w e n o u g h I w a n t to p la y b u t I'm p e o p le to p u t to g e th ­ a fra id o f n o t b e in g ta le n te d e n o u g h e r a fu ll te a m B a ll h o c k e y , b a s k e tb a ll, and ten n is all have A and B d iv isio n s for m en. T he “A ” d iv isio n is g e n ­ erally reserved for th ose w h o have p layed the sport at so m e advan ced l e v e l , b u t th e “ B ” d i v i s i o n is d e sig n e d m ain ly for beginn ers and in term ed iates w h o h a v en 't p la y e d th ese sports at a c o m p e titiv e lev e l.

M e n 's ice h ock ey and so c c er have “ A ”, “ B ”, and “C ” d iv is io n s , and e v e n a “ D ” d iv is io n fo r h o c k e y .

T h e “C ” a n d “ D ” l e v e l s are for b e g in n e r s a n d c o m p e t i t o r s c a n ex p ect no intim idation, w h ich d oes not translate in to n o c o m p e titio n .

For w o m e n , o n ly h ock ey and s o c ­ cer feature “ A ” and “B ” d iv isio n s.

If you c a n ’t put togeth er a full te a m , th en y o u c a n s t ill p la y by sig n in g up a s a free a g e n t. A fte r sig n in g up y o u w ill be required to g o to a m eetin g to be p laced on a team for the u p co m in g se a so n . If e n o u g h p e o p le sig n u p , a fr e e a gen t team w ill be c rea ted rather than p lacin g each person on a d if­ ferent team .

W ill I b e an o u ts id e r as a fre e agent? “ C a p ta in s are u s u a lly k e e n and eager to g e t free agen ts to fill o u t th e ir t e a m ,” a ss u r e d S m ith .

M ost free agen ts can e x p e c t to be w e lc o m e d as te a m m a te s s in c e w ith o u t th em , so m e team s w o u ld be unable to com p ete.

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O n Saturday S ep tem b er 12th, M c G ill’s c r o s s c o u n tr y te a m s lo o k e d im p ressive at the Plattsburg S t a t e C r o s s - C o u n t r y C a r d in a l C la ssic . T he R ed m en fin ish ed se c ­ o n d o u t o f f iv e te a m s b e h in d the P lattsburgh State at the e v e n t and w e r e le d b y P a u lo S a ld a h n a w h o record ed a tim e o f 2 6 :4 4 enroute to w in n in g th e 8k race. T h e fie ld o f 6 2 p a r tic ip a n ts M c G ill n o ta b le s i n c lu d e d a 7 th p l a c e f i n i s h fo r S té p h a n e B r o d e u r , a 1 0 th p la c e tim e fo r C y r il A n d e r s o n , and an 1 1th b est tim e for Jam es R ou n d ell.

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Familiar faces return to Molson Stadium F o rm er R edm en P ro n yk a n d St. G e rm a in m ak e m a rk w ith CFL Ticats B y M a n n y A lmela C F L draft day cam e and w ent fo r fu llb a c k D an P ron y k w ith o u t rec eiv in g a sin g le ph one call from a n y o f th e l e a g u e ’s e ig h t te a m s .

T h e v e r s a tile a n d m u lti-ta le n te d P ronyk, h o w ev er, m ade en o u g h o f an im p ression at the C F L pre-draft e v a lu a tio n cam p la st M arch to be n o t i c e d b y th e H a m ilto n T ig e r C a ts , w h o s i g n e d h im a s a f r e e agen t in M ay.

T h e n a t i v e o f W i n n ip e g , M anitoba not o n ly m ade the team , but has rapidly em erged as an in te­ g r a l p a r t o f H a m il t o n ’ s s p e c i a l team s unit. T he nine sp ecial team s tack les he had g o in g into S u n d a y ’s g a m e w ere the se c o n d h ig h e st on the team ; on Su nd ay, he prom ptly add ed three m ore to that total. H e a ls o c a r r ie d th e b a ll t w ic e fo r a total o f eigh t rushing yards.

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d a y s w ith th e R e d m e n f i l l e d in w h erever he w as need ed . Last se a ­ s o n w ith M c G ill, h e s h o w e d h is a d a p tiv e natu re b y s h o u ld e r in g a b ig g e r ro le on the team fo llo w in g the lo ss o f star running back Sh aw n L in d e n to a s e a s o n e n d i n g l e g injury. It is this integral part o f his gam e that has h elp ed him fit in so w e ll in the p ro fessio n a l ranks. “ H o w s m o o th ly th in g s h a v e g o n e this year w a s really u n ex p ect­ ed but I ’m r ea lly h ap p y abou t the w ay things are turning ou t”, adm it­ te d P r o n y k . “T h e c o a c h in g s t a f f has b een great in h elp in g m e along.

It has ju s t b e e n a p erfect learning p rocess for m e and I really c o u ld n ’t ask for a better situation as a rookie in this lea g u e.”

D e s p ite th e o b v io u s g r o w in g p a in s w h ic h c a n b e e x p e c t e d in m a k in g th e le a p fr o m v a r s ity to p r o fe ssio n a l sport, P ronyk se e m e d to b e v e r y c o m fo r t a b le w ith h is n ew team .

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“T h e atm osp here on this team is an a d d ed b o n u s ,” sa id P ron yk .

“It’s ju s t a great group o f p layers w e h a v e a n d th e fa c t th at w e ’re p la y in g so w e ll is probably b ecau se o f h o w g o o d th e c h e m is tr y is on our team ” T ic a t t e a m m a t e a n d f e l l o w R e d m e n V a l S t. G er m a in , in h is fifth C F L se a so n , a ls o n o te s h o w w e l l t h i s y e a r ’ s e d i t i o n o f th e T ig e r -C a ts h a s c o m e to g e th e r so far this season . “ I r ea lly s e e a d iffe r e n c e th is sea so n e sp e c ia lly co n sid erin g h o w things w en t last year (2 -1 6 ). There is so m e th in g s p e c ia l a b o u t our team this year” , said the 6 ’4 ” 305 pou nd o ffe n siv e guard.

St. G erm ain and the rem ainder o f H a m i l t o n ’ s o f f e n s i v e l in e d eserv e m u ch o f the credit for pro­ v id in g q u a rte r b a c k D anny M c M a n u s w it h t h e p r o t e c t i o n w h ich m ade their a ccu m u lation o f 5 1 6 yards o f net o ffe n c e p o s sib le v e r s u s th e A lo u e t t e s o n S u n d a y afternoon.

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G erm ain afterw ards. “T h e fa c t w e to o k th e c r o w d o u t o f th e g a m e today m ade our jo b that m uch e a si­ er.”

P r o n y k had h is o w n im p r e s ­ s i o n o f th e c r o w d o f 1 8 ,2 6 2 in attendance. “ T h e c r o w d j u s t s e e m e d so c lo s e to the fie ld ,” said an e x cited P ronyk. “It w a s lik e n oth in g I had e v e r e x p e r i e n c e d d u r in g m y R ed m en p layin g d a y s.”

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Satu rd ay 19 S e p te m b e r, 10 am to 1 2 :30 pm (French), 2:30 pm to 5 pm (English): Renowned Canadian and international writers and critics will explore the subjects of exile, diaspora and cultural global­ ization in a series of readings from their works. Featuring Nino Ricci (Canada), Reza Baraheni (Iran), Vassily Aksyonov (Russia), Austin Clarke

D ro p b y o u r General M eeting, W e d n e s d a y , S e p te m b e r 16 a t 5 :0 0 p .m a t o u r o ffic e in th e b a s e m e n t o f S hatner, ro o m B-01 A.

(Barbados), Alberto Kurapel (Chile), Zulfikar G hose (Pakistan), Naim Rattan (Iran), Assia Djebar (Algeria) and Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe).

In the Auditorium. Free admission.

Saturday 5:30 pm A book-signing and reception will follow at the T h e Y e l l o w D o o r “ E ld e r ly P roject” is in u rgen t n e e d o f v o l­ u n tee r s to a c c o m p a n y s e n io r s to a n d fr o m a p p o in tm e n ts , to h e lp th em w ith th eir g ro ce ry sh o p p in g , o r to “ f r ie n d ly v i s i t ” w ith th e m o n c e a w e e k . F o r m o r e in fo r m a ­ tio n , p le a se c a ll L e a h or H ilary at 3 9 8 - 6 2 4 3 o r v is it o u r w e b s ite at h ttp ://w w w .y e llo w d o o r .o r g .

Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, 419 S u ssex Drive (across from the Gallery).

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