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Cashing in on the rave

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t's about a rush. It's about peo­ ple wanting to go to the pulse.

But now it's also about money.

Electronic music — rave, techno, drum'n'bass, ambient, house — has cashed in. You know what we're talking about because you've already heard d&b in the car ads and seen Big Bird spinning records in K-Mart commercials. But where does this crazy mass marketing leave the rave scene, and more importantly, the music?

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The Club Scene Montreal's scene today has shifted from raves to clubs. Once you pay the cover charge, you enter a world based upon clothes, accessories and sometimes, the music being played. A lot of kids go to raves without any idea of who they're listening to. Mega-par­ ties fill up stadiums and conven­ tion centres instead of abandoned warehouses while DJs appeal to the largest common denominator instead of exploring the electronic medium. Stacy Osbaum, editor of the hip hop and electronic music magazine URB, admitted that the rave movement "isn't on its best cycle right now.”

Tiga, part owner of the afterhours club Sona, explained that the fundamental changes in the rave scene are due to the simple rules of capitalism.

"Sona was a microcosmic example of what happened to the scene in general — a bit of the death of idealism and wake up to reality," he said. "The bottom line is, you have to fill the club every night. You have to, at a certain point, go to the common denomi­ nator and compromise."

The result is high cover charges for uninspiring music.

Tiga commented that although it is easy to deplore the current state of Montreal's rave scene, commer­ cialization also brings international artists to this town.

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Creatures o f the G o d d e ss march through M ontreal in Take Back the N ight p a r a d e — s e e sto ry p a g e 2

Currie Gym fire forces evacu ation o f stu d en ts Spectacular blaze results in no injuries and limited damage B y Jo h n Sa l l o u m

Seventy-five firefighters in twenty-three firetrucks converged on a fire burning atop the roof of the Currie Gym last Wednesday night. The cause of the three-alarm blaze, reported to 911 emergency services at 9:30pm by neighbours, is still unknown.

“The alarm went on at ...9:30pm. At first, people thought it was more like a practice, then the people working [at the gym] told us to get out and started screaming ‘Get out! Get out! Get out! It’s an actual fire!’ so people started hur­ rying up,” said Paul Robichaud, a U3 Arts student. “By the time I got out, all the firetrucks were already here...it was instantaneous. Either the bell was late, or they were real­ ly quick — the whole [roof] was in flames.”

Facilities and Equipment Manager A1 Grazys confirmed that the fire alarms in the gym did not sound until after the firefighters had arrived. “Because there was no fire in the building, the fire alarms did not go off automatically. The

[firefighters]...broke the glass and pulled an alarm manually... The fire was reported by some neigh­ bours that saw the fire on the roof.”

According io Grazys, internal reports indicate that it took five minutes to evacuate the building.

“That’s normal... When we have fire drills, the best we’ve done is four minutes.” Eyewitness reports indicate however, that evac­ uation of the building may have taken longer.

“It took us about fifteen min­ utes to get out... I didn’t hear the alarms...someone came through and said [that the alarm was on and that] there was a fire,” said Ben Storey, a biology Masters student who was playing squash when the fire broke out. “We had to go up these stairs and we were under­ neath the building and it wasn’t clear where the exit was... Then we couldn’t open the door, and then we were standing around and it was pitch black and we couldn’t see where the door was.”

Welson Miu, an Arts student, said his class did not believe it was a real alarm at first. “I was in the

activities room doing Tai-Kwando...and then people came in and said [that there was] a fire alarm on. We thought it was a false alarm at first... We took our time getting out — everyone did. As soon as we stepped out, we saw the fire, we took off as quickly as we could.”

Miu also noted that he “heard a ...‘ding’, but it was very faint because it’s all soundproofed, I guess, in the activities room...but I could barely hear it.”

Robichaud recalled the scene as people hastily exited from the gym. “[M]ost of us are stranded tonight... There were people com­ ing out in little bathing suits...no shoes, nothing.”

While the exact time of the start of the fire remains unknown, eyewitness reports describe explo­ sions and tall flames during the course of the fire. “When I got out­ side, there were a couple of trucks.

I stopped [to watch] and then [firetrucks] started coming in mass­ es...and then I looked up on the roof and sparks [flew] up and there was smoke, and all of a sudden...an explosion,” said Lyle Goldsmith, a

McGill Walksafe patroller on-duty that evening. “Then flames started shooting up, and [firefighters] start­ ed gathering around and it started getting serious...Then there was another explosion, and the flames [shot] straight up again.”

Director of Athletics Bob Dubeau indicated that the explo­ sions may have been a result of some roofing construction being performed on the building. “The roofers have been up there...and they had propane tanks and heaters and other equipment.”

Despite the explosions and tall flames, the damage was limited.

“Our roof got pretty burned, but there is no interior damage. There is some damage, but it was damage created by the fire department who had to go up and check that there was no [structural] damage through the false [ceiling],” said Dubeau.

Michael Staniforth, a contrac­ tor McGill has hired to oversee the Athletic Centre building project, said that damage from the fire was estimated at between $10,000 and Continued on Page 2

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S tu d e n t s u p p o r t m a k e s Take Back t h e N ig h t a su c c e s s B y E l a in e O ' C

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For one night last week, women in Montreal walked the streets without watching their backs.

Several hundred women gath­ ered last Thursday night at the Roddick Gates for the Take Back the Night march, an annual event which takes place in most major North American cities.

The aim of the march is to remind the world of the fear and violence that women are forced to live with every day. For 19 years, the Montreal march has served as a symbolic reminder of widespread violence against women and chil­ dren. According to recent numbers from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 84 per cent of sexual violence is directed towards women. The march on Thursday was intended to address the fact that many women are unable to walk the streets at night without feeling afraid.

Nathalie Léveillé, an organizer speaking on behalf of the Take Back the Night Coalition, empha­ sized the fact that the support of local students was integral to the event.

“It is always a struggle to organize,” she stated. “We start way back in April, but we lose a lot of people over the summer. It’s mainly students that help to orga­ nize it and women who have an

interest in ending violence against women and children. It usually ends up being organized by willing students who have lots of energy and time. It’s exausting, but it’s worthwhile.”

The diversity of the crowd attested to the broad-based support for these women’s issues in Montreal. Although the marchers were predominantly young women from the city’s major universities, the parade included women of all ages and backgrounds — from elderly francophone women, to mothers with children in strollers.

Despite the serious aim of the march, the mood of this political event was festive. The area was flooded with female students, orga­ nizers and press, as parade mar­ shalls handed out placards, peti­ tions and flyers, and volunteers painted faces, distributed masks and symbolic wings to participants.

Léveillé also remarked on the inclusion of costumes, masks and dance in this year’s parade.

“Women wanted it to be a more festive tone this year, and more entertaining, and not just marching and chanting,” she explained.

“We have a lot of really talent­ ed artists in the student community that we are involved with. We thought that [including artistic ele­ ments] would be another way of delivering the same message.”

Other changes to this year’s

parade included a bigger role for men in the event, once strictly a women-only affair. Léveillé told the Tribune that the Coalition has “really gotten men’s support in a big way this year. There is a group called Montreal Men Against Sexism,” she said, “that [has put up posters] for us and donated money... we encourage men to help with childcare, and come to the cabaret.”

The marchers’ opinions on men’s role in feminist events were varied. One university student named Sasha insisted, “I actually don’t think it is important that it is a women-only event. I totally sup­ port the decision that they made to have it that way but I think it would be really amazing to include those j men who are interested in being part of it.”

Other students, however, dis­ agreed.

“I think it should be a women- I only event,” voiced one marcher. “I j think that men should be protesting j violence against women and all forms of violence, but I think that this is just one night of the year that women get together to show that | they’re fed up and that they want to feel safe in the streets, and I don’t j think that it’s necessary to include men in that.”

“I think it makes a strong j statement when hundreds of ! women walk together unchaper- j oned by men and say that we feel

safe, we’re strong enough and we disagree with the violence that’s happening in this society.”

The march was lively and loud as it wound along the route from Roddick Gates along Ontario towards St. Denis and down to Place D'Armes, where the march culminated at Isart with a musical cabaret of local women’s talent.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the Take Back the Night parade was the reaction it provoked

amongst bystanders. Along the route, pedestrians stopped and stared and were generally unre­ sponsive. The need for events like Take Back the Night to increase public awareness of feminist issues was demonstrated, however, in the attitudes displayed by a small group of men along the route.

“Calmez-vous,” they shouted, ”Silence !” — proving that women still need to struggle for their voic­ es to be heard.

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$20,000. “The cause is unknown — someone may have been up there as late as 5:00pm...[but] the fire was reported at 9:00pm.”

Additionally, Staniforth noted that the boiler stored on the roof by the construction workers was adjacent to the fire, but remained undam­ aged by it. He also pointed out that because so little damage resulted, repairs from the fire will be com­ plete by this weekend. Damage was contained to the area above the administration wing of the build­

ing, an area which has a fire­ proofed, steel reinforced, concrete roof.

“There [were] a lot of kids...who were out for a couple of hours... They were out in their shorts, so we let some of them back in so they could get some clothes,” said Dubeau. He noted that the building will not be closing at all as a result of the fire.

“We were very fortunate,” said Dubeau. “We cleared the building very quickly, nobody’s hurt and the damage is quite mini­ mal.”

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Biology and Psychology stu­ dents will no longer have to hike down to Shatner to visit Sadies for their sugar fix. On Thursday after­ noon, a new Sadies is set to host its official grand opening in the Stewart Biology Building.

The ribbon cutting, however, will be somewhat clouded by pre­ viously unsuccessful Sadies' expansion ventures. Within the last year, two Sadies have been closed — one in the Law Faculty and the other in the Leacock building.

There is general optimism about the success of the new location despite these previous setbacks.

"The Law Building was a very poor location. It was in the base­ ment of the building in the back comer which was a very low traf­ fic area and with a very small fac­ ulty," said Students' Society of McGill University VP Finance Lorenzo Pederzani.

A contract is currently being negotiated between the Students' Society of McGill University and the Stewart Biology Building, and Sadies co­ rn a n a g e r Daniel BarDayan believes a long-term contract is likely.

"We want to get a long­ term contract so that we can pay rent and get locked in for a couple of years," said U pper cam pus Bar-Dayan.

Moreover, as of yet there is no financial agreement between Sadies and any faculty association.

"Another issue we're looking into is who, if any, SSMU should

give commission to," said Pederzani. "Everyone uses [Stewart Biology space] from Arts

issue now is finding who wants a piece of the pie."

Students can expect this new Sadies to cater to all their conve­ nience store needs, providing every­ thing from quick caffeine jolts to b e tw e e n - c la s s sugar rushes.

Managers hope that students will par­ take in the revelry and free food at the grand opening.

Profits unlikely to g e t tabagie

students to Science students. [I] have no issues with sharing a per­ centage of the bottom line with the other faculty associations. The

Sharing a percentage of the profits, however, will only happen if there is a profit to work with.

Pederzani conceded that though Sadies in Shatner has not lost any money over the past three years,

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the return has not been consider­ able.

"We are far from any point of profit [with the new store].

Obviously we've incurred a consid­ erable amount of expenditure to get the store up and running so we're not even close. We won't be looking at profits for quite a while," he stated.

Nevertheless, both Pederzani and Bar-Dayan believe that because Sadies is a service, it should be more student-focused rather than revenue-based.

"We have completely created, designed and opened a business.

We're not doing this for the money, it's the experience," said Bar-Dayan.

"Most things that the Student Union does is a service — it does­ n't have to be profitable," stated Pederzani. "Obviously, a surplus is a good sign of a well-run ship."

Profit, however, is crucial in calculating bonus pay for the man­ agers of Sadies. The managers' bonus is based on the amount of surplus Sadies makes in any given year. This year there will be a yetto-be determined cap on the maxi­ mum amount of commission that the Sadies managers can earn. "[A bonus] is an incentive to manage the store efficiently," exclaimed Pederzani.

Last year, commission bonus­ es were not capped. According to the agreement reached between Sadies managers and SSMU, man­ agers were to receive a $2,000 bonus, to be divided between them, if the store lost less than $1,500. Furthermore, managers were to receive 25 per cent of Sadies' profits over $1,500. At year end, Sadies net profit was about $7,400 and Sadies' managers received about $4,200 of that sur­ plus.

While the uncapped bonuses represent a significant portion of the profits, former VP Finance and current SSMU President Duncan Reid said that it was not an over­ sight.

"If [last year’s managers] real­ ly had been profitable and they really had made a lot of money, I would have no problem with them receiving that reward because they were faced with an incredibly dif­ ficult year whereby they came in, and due to the actions of my prede­ cessor, were left with one real store where before they'd had two stores. So trying to make any sense out of the operation required a lot of work. They did better than I expected they would considering the circumstances," said Reid.

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SSMU a c c u se d o f p artisan p o litics

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The Students' Society of McGill University has been accused of blatantly trumpeting Liberal colours after co-sponsoring Finance Minister Paul Martin's visit to McGill.

Organised by Liberal McGill in association with SSMU, the question and answer period with Martin last Friday drew heavy criti­ cism from PC McGill Interim President Kent Glowinski, who felt that SSMU’s endorsement of the event hinted at partisan politics.

“Paul Martin wasn't invited to speak as Canada's M inister of Finance, but as a Liberal Minister.

This event will be used as a parti­ san membership drive for the Liberal party, and SSMU is paying the bill,” wrote Glowinski in a press release.

President Duncan Reid dis­ missed outright Glowinski's accu­ sation, justifying SSMU's involve­ ment in the event as a means to draw a larger crowd to a rare exchange with an influential public figure.

“In no way were we putting on this event to support Liberal caus­ es. [W]e were putting it on to allow students to express their views.

[W]hen Harvard invites Nelson Mandela to speak, they're not endorsing the policies of the ANC,” said Reid.

According to Liberal McGill President Brett Carter, the interac­

tion with Martin had originally been planned without the help or endorsement of SSMU. Only when SSMU got wind of Martin's visit did they volunteer to make the event more accessible to students and larger in scale. As a result, the first half an hour of Martin's visit was an exclusive discussion with Liberal McGill members, whereas the subsequent question and answer period was open for all to attend.

"At the first event, he is com­ ing as a guest of Liberal McGill but for the larger event, he is coming for the students, to speak to the stu­ dents," insisted Carr. "The idea that SSMU and Liberal McGill have an official relationship is ridiculous."

Glowinski, however, believes that SSMU has a responsibility as a non-partisan institution to remain neutral when dealing with studentrun political associations. He sees SSMU's sponsorship of Martin as an obvious assertion of its political leanings and is concerned that this bias puts politically active student organisations who don't tote the Liberal banner at a huge disadvan­ tage. He cites the lack of SSMU sponsorship for PC leadership can­ didate Joe Clark’s visit two weeks ago as an example of a partisan politics. . “SSMU has to be careful in its relations with political associa­ tions. [I]f they're going to fund this event, does this mean that [PC McGill] will get funding?” asked Glowinski. “It's beneficial to

McGill that we have a wide range of points of view...meaning Paul Martin, leader of the PC Party, NDP, Bloc Québécois. [I] don't think that just because someone's in government that they [should] have an exclusive visit.”

Reid asserted that SSMU is not endorsing the Liberal Party or Liberal McGill by financially spon­ soring Martin's visit, nor would SSMU officially endorse any other political organization. He pointed out that funding the Joe Clark visit could have been taken as far more biased, given that Clark is in the midst of a campaign race for the PC leadership and moreover, is not an official of the federal govern­ ment.

"There are two problems with SSMU sponsoring Joe Clark. First, we would have invested money in someone who doesn't-have the power to impact the lives of McGill students...and, at this point, Joe Clark is a private citizen and in no way a representative of the Canadian government," stated Reid.

Carr believes Glowinski has purposely drawn attention to SSMU's support of Martin's visit in order to generate publicity for PC McGill. "[PC McGill's] press release is an attempt to stir up controversy in a ludicrous manner..,[I]f that’s the only way they can get attention, that's fine," stated Carr.

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McGill may have lost the bat­ tle, but it has yet to lose the war. A pan-Canadian Gallup poll conducted at the end of August reports that McGill remains the best university in Canada, despite its third place standing in Maclean's 1997 rankings of Canadian universities.

The poll interviewed 1001 Canadians, asking them to name the best university in Canada. McGill was named by 12 per cent of respondents, while second place University of Toronto received the support of 9 per cent of respondents.

Before McGill pats itself on the back however, it should be noted that 33 per cent of respondents believed that no Canadian university deserved the title of "Best University in Canada." Furthermore, the results reflect a significant regional disparity—only 5 percent of Ontario residents and 2 percent of Atlantic Canadians rated McGill as their number one choice. In Quebec, 27 percent of respondents felt McGill was the best post-secondary institution in the country; 12 per cent voted for l'Université de Montréal —with files from La Presse

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The visit of Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin last week was the target of a controversial ad cam­ paign. The headline of the advertise­ ment in question asked students to pepper spray Martin, a direct refer­ ence to the controversial RCMP pepper spraying of student protest­ ers at last November's APEC meet­ ing in Vancouver. Only after read­ ing the entire ad did its directive become clearer — to pepper spray Martin with pointed questions. Both Brett Carr, president of Liberal McGill, and Duncan Reid, president of SSMU felt that this type of poignant advertising is worthwhile if it means more students will peace­ fully turn out to the event.

"Their headlines are pretty inflammatory but if you actually read the piece, it's quite sensible...[I]f they bring more peo­ ple out, that's great," said Reid.

Despite worries by Carr of vio­ lent protest at Martin's question and answer period, the session went off without a whiff of red pepper.

While PC McGill opposes SSMU’s support of Martin's visit, Interim President Kent Glowinski asserts that it is not behind the con­ troversial advertisements. Despite suspicions that the ‘Red Pepper’ advertisement was connected with McGill’s humour magazine, the Red Herring, editors of the Herring have denied any involvement.

T he M cG ill T ribune, T uesday, 29 September 1998

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Finance Minister Paul Martin visits McGill

Martin speaks out on the issues

Martin vigorously defends M illennium Fund and Liberal record B y St e p h a n ie L e vitz

Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin visited McGill last week as a guest of Liberal McGill and the Students’ Society of McGill University.

Martin was elected as a Liberal Minister of Parliament in 1988, sworn into the position of Finance Minister in 1993 and was reappointed to the position in 1997. His visit to McGill marked the first time in three years that he has appeared on campus.

After a half-hour meeting with Liberal McGill, Martin moved on to Leacock 232, where he spoke to a large crowd of McGill stu­ dents, faculty and press on topics ranging from student debt to the future of Canada.

In his opening statements, Martin dis­ cussed what he felt were the concerns of the students in the room. “I recognize that there are a lot of things that you are going to want to talk about, conceivably stu­ dent fees, the federal role in education, you may want to talk about other provinces, far western provinces, I don’t know.”

Martin also spoke on his vision for the future of Canada in a globalizing economy. “We should understand that the great debate that is taking place in the rest of the world does not deal with the Canadian constitution, but essentially deals with how we are going to build a world consti­ tution, in fact, so when a small bank fails in Thailand, it doesn’t ultimately savage the economy of Montreal.”

After his brief opening state­ ments, Martin turned to questions from the floor where he was chal­ lenged on a variety of issues rang­ ing from differential tuition fees, the actions of the federal govern­

ment when dealing with APEC student protesters in British Columbia, and his vision of Liberalism.

“I liked the question where he was asked to define liberalism,” said Ben Aronovitch, a U1 political science student who attended the speech. “He asserted that we should continue to guarantee equality of opportunity. That was the mission that he had, and in as much as one can say that political lines are blurred, this Liberal min­ ister has a liberal vision, and that is a good thing to see.”

Heather Bradfield, president of the Arts Undergraduate Society,

was pleased with the message that McGill students got across.

“McGill students did a good job, putting forward pressing questions on the issues of cuts to education and differential tuition,” she stat­ ed. “We have given him the mes­ sage that McGill is serious about these issues and that he, and the Liberal government, have got to do something about them.”

Not all students were as enthusiastic about Martin’s pres­ ence or answers. M artin was repeatedly challenged on the Liberal government’s policies and efforts to deal with student debt and accessibility to education.

“80 per cent of students live in poverty,” stressed one speaker.

“The Millennium [Scholarship] Fund is a Millennium Fraud, it does not address the issues of stu­ dent debt. Why won’t you listen to students’ concerns, why won’t the Liberal Government take our con­ cerns seriously?”

In response, Martin repeated­ ly quoted the 1995 Federal Budget — which he has dubbed “The Education Budget” — as an attempt to defend the govern­ ment’s actions. “You’ve got to look at that entire budget. It is the most important access to educa­ tion budget that has ever been brought into this country.”

For the most part, the audi­ ence treated the ses­ sion with the Minister as an open exchange of ideas. There were stu­ dents, however, who punctuated M artin’s remarks with cries of “shame, shame” and like comments — leav­ ing some students in the room upset about the way M artin was treated.

“We were there to air our views, not to heckle,” said Donna Aronson, a U3 politi­ cal science student. “It basically turned into a rally in disguise.” Her brother Gregory, a U1 political science student, agreed. “Martin being at McGill was like Preston Manning being in the middle of an NDP rally,” he said. “He was treated with very little respect. It turned into an anti-government rally rather than a forum to express ideas. Any man, no matter what his political positions are ...deserves way more respect than he got.”

Martin closed his visit with a commentary linking globalization, opportunity and the national unity debate.

“Because I am here at McGill, I do want to say a few things on the battle for national unity.... If we measure up to the challenges

of dealing with the whole ques­ tion of student tuitions and stu­ dent debt. I think it is important to look at the Millennium Fund in context, I mean don’t forget that this is where we look at the tax credit for student debt, the grants for parents who have gone back to school, the whole question of the RESPs. Essentially, the federal government does have a responsi­ bility in terms of access to educa­ tion.” fOn the distribution of the money from the Millennium Fund] “The main criteria is need, there is a merit overlay, but that overlay is essentially to distin­ guish between students in need.”

The Tribune obtained a brief private interview with Finance M inister Paul Martin shortly before he addressed the McGill community. We present his com­ ments on:

Differential Tuition “I don’t agree with differen­ tial tuition. I think in terms of access to Canadian universities by Canadians, there should be no dis­ crimination. No country can be stronger than the ties that bind it and our universities are essentially part of those ties. McGill is one of the world's great universities and I think that somebody from Fredericton, or somebody from Medicine Hat should have the opportunity of going there. I’m not saying that the federal govern­ ment shouldn’t step in, I’m saying that the federal government has no authority to step in.”

S tu d e n t Protesters Arrested at APEC conference “Look, I saw those pictures on television, and we were all pretty concerned about what we saw. There is going to be now a commission of inquiry and I think that all the facts will come out.

The Prime Minister himself said the other day how sorry he was, and when he was asked the ques­ tion about pepper squirt spray, made a joke because he didn’t know what it was. I think we were ail very concerned about what we

Millennium Scholarship Fund “It is basically a good idea because the ultimate goal is to get money into the hands of the stu­ dents. It was not to create a new bureaucracy, it was not to build new buildings, it was to get need­ ed money to students. It was part of a many sided approach in terms

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of globalization, then there is no country in the world that is going to be able to match up to this country in terms of providing opportunity. If we provide that kind of opportunity, I can tell you, we are not going to have a nation­ al unity problem. That is ultimate­ ly what we have got to do. Now, whether you agree with the Liberal government or not, under-

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EDITORIAL C onceit is incom patible w ith understanding. ________ ___________ — L eo Tolstoy

Firearm fury B y Pa u l F u t h e y

Last Tuesday, Parliament Hill was witness to a mass protest against the government’s Gun Control law. If anything, the event was a shocking display of ignorance and self-righteousness, not a defence of civil rights.

The surly bunch of protesters made it known that they were unhappy with the Bill C-68 legislation. When implemented, the law will mandate that gun owners register all of their firearms by 2003.

A number of claims have been put forward in hopes of defeating the legislation. Gun-owners have called the bill a waste of money, suggesting that the government instead allocate the funds to such needs as breast can­ cer research. Others have tried to touch a nerve by comparing the Canadian government’s actions to those of Hitler and Stalin.

This random amalgamation of arguments reveals a glaring hole in the protesters’ philosophy. Those against the bill may say it’s a waste of money, but they don’t say why. Merely pointing out other worthwhile causes doesn t cut it. Neither do outlandish and offensive comparisons to dictatorial regimes.

Equally despicable were the actions of certain politicians — Elsie Wayne and Preston Manning among them. They scrambled to the protest­ ers’ defence, guaranteeing the bill’s abolition should they get into office.

Pandering for votes may be an integral part of politics, but in this situation it is wholly reprehensible and in extreme poor taste, considering the sensi­ tivity of this issue.

The ultimate reason that gun-owners are so upset is that they view the government’s actions as intrusive and despotic. They feel their rights are being trampled and that Bill C-68 is a step in the direction of complete eradication ot their firearms. Some even feel that once this supposed gunarmageddon takes place, the country will be prey to evil oppressors who will enslave us all.

Despite these bizarre paranoid claims, it’s even more mind-boggling when gun-owners and their parent organization, the National Firearms Association, blithely speak of “gun-rights.” Since when is owning a firearm a right in this country? To possess a firearm is a privilege which must be earned. With that privilege come responsibilities. The idea is that with these responsibilities, more care will be employed, creating a safer environment for all. Public inquests have repeatedly recommended regis­ tration of rifles and shotguns as a measure to prevent tragic events. It’s time to start listening. Nearly four-fifths of all Canadians support the leg­ islation.

Despite gun-owners’ statements to the contrary, they are not being punished. There can be responsible firearm ownership — the proposed law can facilitate its achievement. Control does not mean abolition. If gun-owners are as innocent and law-abiding as they say, then there is nothing to lose by registering a firearm.

Furthermore, this debate doesn’t concern hunting, or marksmanship, or invasion of “law abiding” civilians’ rights. What it does concern, though, is accountability and rationality — issues which, everyone would agree, are vital in this particular case. Every time someone is killed or injured by a firearm — whether suicidal or homicidal, deliberate or acci­ dental — one is compelled to question how much safety our present law provides. Statistics show tougher gun laws almost always translate into lower gun-related death rates. In comparison with our neighbours to the south, we are not at the same critical level of gun-related deaths. On a global level, however, Canada has nothing to be proud of.

A note to the protesters: you’re not crusaders, you’re not heroes. You carry on like martyrs when all you’re asked to do is say you own a gun.

When the supreme goal is a safer placé for all, there can be no argument to the contrary.

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I had honestly intended to lay low this year. Along with the intent to give Shappy a break (ha), I had decided to hide my head in the sand and pretend I was not represented by the SSMU. But I cannot sit by idly as the SSMU machine (1) hires Guy Bertrand to represent me; (2) questions the editorial autonomy of another student publication, and (3) throws “democracy and transparen­ cy” out the window.

(1) Guy Bertrand. The guy who betrayed the people of Quebec, the guy who questioned Quebec’s right to self-determination, the guy who had no qualms about denying the imperialist history behind CanadaQuebec relations. This is the guy who the SSMU hired to represent me to the Supreme Court of Canada on the issue of differential fees.

This is unacceptable. Differential fees are a problem. There is no doubt about that. However, the issue is NOT a Quebec-Canada issue. It is an issue of equal access to post-secondary education. That means that students from Quebec, B.C., South Africa, Japan should be treated equally— paying zero dol­ lars. I can only hope that the central

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issue^of access to education won’t be lost in the non-issue of “discrimi­ nation against Canadians”.

(2) Red Herring. I was aston­ ished and appalled last year when the SSMU tried to impinge on the McGill Daily’s editorial autono­ my... I am flabbergasted that it is happening again this year—with the Red Herring\ Apparently the SSMU executive felt that an article in the Red Herring entitled “The Fall of McGill University” would scare McGill students’ parents! So? Is McGill not falling? Who was really behind this move? A democratic general assembly of McGill under­ graduate students? Definitely not.

Shappy? Perhaps. And to top it all off, the SSMU has decided to form a committee mandated to “address any and all concerns regarding the Red Herring”. Sounds like SSMU playing God again. Maybe we’ll end up with a student version of the Alumni magazine, the McGill NewsV.V. (3) Democracy and transparen­ cy. Not only do Councillors lack adequate information; they take it upon themselves to eall “confiden­ tial session” when issues become

controversial... Is the SSMU Council becomiiig the BPG (Budget Planning Group — a private club of university administrators at which all decisions are kept confidential until an opportune moment) of the students? Are Councillors going to start receiving confidential sheets to be handed back at the end of the meeting? If we are to maintain any semblance of democracy, then Councillors must receive documen­ tation well in advance, students (like me) must have access to Council documents on the SSMU Web site (I tried to find these docu­ ments, to no avail), and all students must be allowed to participate at Council... If we are unable to func­ tion democratically within our own decision-making bodies, how can we hope to effect change in society?

Had I been informed, I would have been at the Council meeting... as would have many other con­ cerned students... maybe that’s what the SSMU executive is trying to avoid?!?!

Anna Kruzynski U3 Social Work

Kosher Sex m isses th e mark I believe deeply what Voltaire said about fighting for the right for people to speak and write freely, no matter how offensive their thoughts and words are. But I must admit that my blood did boil somewhat when reading the article on the

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preachings of the Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Boteach, called Kosher Sex in the 90s. An enlarged caption read “The death of enduring love is objective evaluation: the ability to look [sic] and evaluate your spouse truthfully and compare them to oth­

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McGill continues to be financially strangled by our elected officials.

When we graduate from There is, I believe, a willingness McGill, we take with us a degree among McGill students to make whose value is inextricably linked these tough decisions: For exam­ with the long-term success of our ple, last year undergraduates donat­ university. One often hears the ed $1.2 million to our own libraries comment these days that McGill is through the SSMU’s Library not the university it once was, that Improvement Fund. Also, over the it is but a shade of its former glory. next several years, we will con­ Although some of this criticism is tribute more than $3 million to the overstated and unfounded, there is construction of a new Student no question that the path ahead for Services Building. In doing so, we McGill now is as trying as it has are making concrete and noticeable ever been. But what are the solu­ contributions to the quality of the tions? Most importantly, how do university, and these are only two we create a McGill that we’re all of many such student-initiated, stu­ dent-financed, and student-directed proud of?

Before we can throw ourselves funds at McGill.

Not many universities have whole-heartedly into the renewal of McGill, we must look closer to such dedicated students, and it is a home and ensure that we reform strength that we must utilize in the Students’ Society. The current revitalizing McGill. There are three SSMU executive recognizes the clear priorities that we must devel­ problems, and they are significant: op: First, if we are to work produc­ communication with students is not tively with the university, we must demand equitable treatment and always what it should be, our more involvement in decision­ clubs and services are often making in the university. Second, neglected, and our opera­ we must take such representation tions don’t provide the and use it as a tool to revitalize the quality of service we academic units of the university. should all expect.

Third, we must rec­ Furthermore, ognize that all of the Shatner this discussion of Building is not academic excel­ as safe, acces­ lence is deeply s ib le , and .*> intertwined with functional as it the availability of should be. We financial resources. know what our There is just no get­ w e a k n e s se s ting around it. And are, and we are if our governments learning how continue to refuse to eliminate to appropriately t h e m . fund higher educa­ Addressing our tion, we as students weaknesses, as upcoming proposals will do, is must democratically decide what essential if we want to see real our financial contributions to the university are going to be. reform in the Students’ Society.

In the final analysis, it is time A strong and dynamic stu­ dents’ society is obviously only to further develop the partnership one component of a successful uni­ between McGill students, the com­ versity, however. McGill’s reputa­ munity, and the university. For tion is based, I believe, on our par­ ourselves, as well as for those who allel traditions of academic excel­ will follow us here at McGill, we lence and diversity within the stu­ have some difficult decisions to dent community. And despite the make this year. To make these challenges that we face, it retains decisions we need your input, an enviable reputation: a recent because as your elected representa­ Gallup poll of Canadians showed tives we are supposed to be here to that McGill is considered by he listen and to represent your views. public to be the best university in As the Students’ Society develops the country. Academic excellence our plan of action for the year, we most under fire these days as must work together as a united ■ McGill is nickled-and-dimed to community. Please contact us by death by irresponsible federal and phone or in person, and help us provincial governments, making rebuild a strong, healthy andcutbacks where increased invest­ vibrant McGill. ment is in fact required. It is not Duncan Reid is the President solely McGill’s fault that merely of the Students’ Society of McGill struggling to stay afloat consumes University.

He can be reached at much more time in the affairs of president®ssmu.mcgill.ca or 398our university than it should.

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D um ping 1 0 1 — rules an d etiq u ette for a hassle-free break-up I don’t know what it is with up. Now w ouldn’t that make September and break ups. As if things a lot neater. Think of it, no we haven’t had enough with hang-ups, no baggage and no Brandon and Kelly, Julia and skeletons in the closet! Just guiltGriffin and Ross and Rachel, from free, instant-closure, ready-toTV to reality, they just keep on move-on terminations. Hooray! coming.

Let’s face it, getting dumped All week people around me were severing ties with their significant others. Some were devastat­ ed and some were relieved, Catherine Hogan but no matter who I talked with, everyone seemed to be asking, why did he say that, what did she mean by that, or and even doing the dumping pret­ I bet th ere’s someone else. ty well sucks. Thinking about Dumping seems to be the only doing the deed? Try considering law of nature that doesn’t follow the following first: any rules. We pretty much have a The first rule to remember is, free reign to wreak havoc on other stay away from lines. We’ve all people’s feelings. Scary. It’s kind heard them before; you know of like playing a life-sized board what they are. Let’s start with the game and you’re holding the dice. line of all lines, your favourite There should be rules for this; and mine: It’s not you, it’s me. rules for acceptable dumping Let’s get something straight, you behaviour. Let’s face it, we’ve all are not George Costanza and dated someone who could have unless you dream of being short, used some lessons in sensitivity. fat and balding, you don’t want to Why can’t we all just get a little be either; therefore, you have no rule book on our thirteenth birth­ right to venture anywhere near day laying out all the dos and this line. It doesn’t even make don’ts of breaking up? I’d call it sense, because, let’s face it, when Rules and Regulations For an is it ever about us? You know and Acceptable and Guilt-Free Break­ I know, no matter what we say,

it’s always about the other person, and they know it.

I don’t have feelings for you.

Red alert, do not even think about using this line. It may be entirely true, but listen carefully, what you are actually saying is thanks for the meaningless sex. I know you may be in love with me, but hey you know what, I think of other things (i.e. other people) whén we sleep together. See what I mean? This is harsh. Depending on how long your relationship was, this line really has a way of leaving your ex feeling like dirty laundry; and university students really have enough of that already.

1 need to be alone right now.

There is no problem at all with using this line... when you actual­ ly mean it. If you need to find yourself, go crazy, enjoy your own company, but if you don’t mean it, be smart enough not to bring your new boyfriend or girl­ friend where you and your ex used to hang out. See where I’m going with this? Alone? I see. Try another one buddy.

You don't want to go out with me anyway. Don’t pass the buck.

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Your break-up, your guilt. Users of this line really just like to hear you lay out all the reasons why you do want to go out with them.

“Oh please, feed my ego a little bit more before I ditch you!”

Finally, a personal favourite, the timing’s not right. I’ve always been a little confused by this one.

Let me get this straight, you don’t like me enough to date me now, but maybe six months down the road you think you might? Got it.

Now, just because you are careful to avoid lines does not autom atically make you an acceptable dumper. Remember, timing and location are every­ thing.

Put that receiver back on the hook and get some integrity! I know, it’s easy, but phone break­ ups became out of the question when you left junior high. Other unacceptable methods include the “pink slip in the mail” break-up, the take your partner out for a fancy dinner break-up and the sur­ prise show up unexpectedly at the house break-up.

If you’re not into it anymore, perhaps you might want to show this a little. Start moving away so as to avoid any surprise reactions.

Also, depending on how distant

you become, maybe your partner will break up with you and you can avoid the whole guilt issue.

This means no more holding hands or cuddling for at least a week prior to the end, and I don’t think I have to say what else has to end. As for rules governing sex with the ex, that’s another column all together.

There are no rules when it comes to cheating. Why? Because it is never acceptable. Tempting yes, acceptable no. Monica, Brandy, WAKE UP! The boy is cheating on you! None of this “The Boy is Mine” crap. If he is cheating, as far as I’m concerned, the boy is yours! The only thing you have to know about cheating is that if someone is doing it to you, get out quickly. You don’t even have to hate the “other” per­ son, because according to theory (expressed to me by those who have experienced it), eventually your ex will cheat on them too.

Remember, it may feel pretty bad at the time, but sometime down the line maybe someone he or she really cared about will dump your ex harder even than they did to you. This is the final rule of dumping...it’s called “pay­ back”.

Sham e! G overnm ents' attitu d es tow ard ed u cation a disgrace Last week, I mentioned that although I’m a lefty, I ’m also anti-stupid. These days, i t ’s depressingly rare that the two value-sets coincide.

One place where they do, though, is in talking about gov­ ernment support for education.

Specifically, the way that govern­ ments have allowed funding to decline while fees go up. From a left-wing point of view, that’s morally corrupt; from a rightwing perspective, i t ’s merely dumb.

There’s a direct, provable link between the level of educa­ tion prevalent in a society and its prosperity. After World War II, the United States was faced with the question of what to do with the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened vet­ erans who were being demobi­ lized. They’d gone overseas to fight for their country and way of life. The U.S. was faced with the prospect of all those men, most of whom had little training in any­ thing other than battlefield tactics and technology, being turned loose on the streets with few or no prospects.

So they sent them to school.

The G.I. Bill provided the means for returning grunts to go to uni­ versity — many of them wouldn’t

have been able to afford it other­ wise. But under the terms of the G.I. Bill, the resources of a coun­ try that had so recently been com­ mitted to destruction were turned to building an educated society.

Those educated veterans began graduating in the early 1950s. The results are wellknown: prosperity on a scale never seen before.

One of the most significant features of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec was the establishment of the CEGEP sys­ tem and the U niversité de Québec. Whatever you think of the other effects of the Revolution, the money the Lesage government invested in education has paid off with a booming hightech economy and a socially aware and active population.

An educated society is happy. It’s productive. It grows.

Those advantages are for all intents and purposes impossible to measure in any way that relates them directly to the effects of education. But that doesn’t mean that they’re not real.

Economic growth is, u lti­ mately, what the neo-conservative movement (which is in con­

trol of the federal government and most of the provinces, including our own) is all about.

Neo-conservatives (who, in case you haven’t been paying attention, are currently in control of pretty much every level of government in-every major juris­ diction in the Western world)

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seem to think that it’s up to indi­ viduals to pay their own way for everything. David Frum, the boy wonder of the movement, argues that the role of government is only to protect individuals from hazards they can’t reasonably be expected to protect themselves from. That means Mongol hordes, natural catastrophes and not much else. He singles out the high cost of education as something that can be foreseen and therefore ineligible for relief by govern­ ments.

That’s just stupid.

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It’s in society’s best interest to fund education to the hilt. All across Canada, education budgets are being cut; that bodes ill for the future of our society.

Individuals are the primary bene­ ficiaries of their own education, it’s true. But the higher incomes of those who have impressive degrees are taxed more, too.

Education can’t be free. If it were, I, for one, would never stop and you can’t base an entire economy on summer jobs. But it can’t be made so expensive that only the offspring of the hyper­ elite can get one, and the lesser folk get shut out. Imagine a whole world run, in every detail,

by George Bush. He might be less affectionate toward the help than some less affluent holders of his office, but I think it’s a small price to pay.

There are two major post­ secondary students’ associations in Canada: CASA and the CFS. SSMLT is a member of CASA. CASA is right-wing, all buddybuddy with the federal Liberals.

CFS is wildly left-wing, with an awful lot of dumb ideas about everything from economics to East Timor.

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bleeding in education under con­ trol. CFS’s strategy is to rail against the wound in the first place.

CFS has the right idea. It’s too bad that SSMU has decided that CASA’s strategy of input at any cost is superior to the pursuit of principle.

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the irresponsibility SSMU Council displayed on September 10 in closing its meet­ ing to the public. Reaction was swift. Councillors weren’t happy about being accused of something resembling abuse of power and a few demanded to know my source for my claim that Council had used its power to close its meet­ ing frivolously and without justi­ fication. The only people who’d known for sure what went on behind those closed doors were councillors and there are rules calling for vague but severe pun­ ishments for those who reveal the nature of the secret proceedings.

Except that I didn’t claim that the rule was used frivolously — just that there was a danger of that happening.

Methinks the ladies and gen­ tlemen did protest too much.

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We are not sheep. We are not fools.

Unless your parents are alumni or you get corralled into stupidity the first few days, McGill students will realize that at a school this size, you are but a number. Your opinions don’t really count, you have but one vote on a nonsensical political landscape and the powers that be within the administration only want your tuition fees and maybe some donations to build new squash courts when you grad­ uate. It’s a dog eat dog world.

Most McGill students know this.

Most McGill students are smart.

In unfriendly climes, the strong learn to survive. Downed airmen forage for berries and insects after SAM batteries turn their aircraft into flaming debris.

Shipwrecked seafarers form crude governments revolving around a conch and roll unspeakably heavy boulders off cliffs onto the fattest kid’s head. McGill students recog­ nize the futility of actually caring for something at this school and become post-secondary soldiers of

fortune. I’ll repeat that: McGill students recognize the futility of actually caring for something at this school and become post-sec­ ondary soldiers of fortune.

Mercenary: 1. a. working merely for money or other reward 2. n. hired soldier in for­ eign service For the intrepid campus mercenary, the opportunities for reward and remunera­ tion are endless. From clubs and services to campus politics and publications, McGill mercenaries can rack up hefty piles of loot and graft with relative ease. All it takes is a keen sense for what people want to hear and basic knowledge of what cracks need to be filled.

Look around you and see who is in a position of prestige at this school and doesn’t cash in in some form.

Kaibash! some of you may scream with patriotic zeal while raining down holier-than-thou epistles from the “In Domino Confido” pul­ pit. Even the most innocent posi­ tions within McGill are laced with mercenary intentions. Walksafe volunteers earn contacts, resume padding and key votes come facul­ ty and executive elections, all for strolling the streets. Residence floor fellows are subsidized free

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floors 4 through SB and depositing itself in the back offices of SSMU is real. It’s real and it’s overflow­ ing. Clubs people arrange for their own free graft with budgets and membership fees while publication editors get so many free CDs, movie passes and celebrity invites that they often end up doling out a few to eager plebians on the rise.

Gert’s employees are not only paid employees, they get to schmooze with the glitterati at TNT and occa­ sionally partake in after-hours liba­ tions and SPICE with Matt, Pat, Anson and the boys. From here on in the trail gets thick with polished mercenaries on the dole. $15,000 a year. $1,250 each month. That is how much money the five Students’ Society of McGill University executives get paid to make this school a better place.

Not that I’m complaining. If they’re smart enough to snag the top spots and pocket the cash, they deserve it. But if you think for one second that money and resume highlights are not the issue, you are one of the minority of people who slipped through the cracks to get this far in life. To their credit, the

Public E nem y N um ber 1 Rich Retyi all for free compost worms and — ah, who cares! The point is, no position is untainted.

Like any good organization, the higher up you go, the more lucrative the rewards. Volunteers within faculties or for McGill events get limited free stuff and get to rub elbows with more groomed meres. Grunts in each faculty get to tag along with real movers and shakers and gain limited access to special events. Top dogs in each faculty association reap free admis­ sion to events and gratis beer upon arrival as well as climb the first few rungs to where the real rewards lie.

It all leads to McTavish. It all leads to the William Shatner building.

The mythical trough that runs smack through Shatner, snaking up McTavish, winding its way through Gert’s, shimmying up and down

executives spread the love around.

The Students’ Society Programming Network (SSPN), an offshoot of the VP Internal portfo­ lio, is gifted with $65.00 bowling shirts and unlimited beer and spirits for organizing Four Floors and like-minded events within SSMU. Last year’s VP University Affairs helped to make Paul Ruel a house­ hold name. Friends of Duncan Reid are privy to sushi luncheon after sushi luncheon. But it doesn’t stop there.

Even after your university career is over you can still ride your mercenary horse straight into the grown-up world. Ever checked out some of the companies SSMU does business with? Cross-reference a list of their uppermost employees with that of a list of SSMU execu­ tives of the past. You’ll see some interesting patterns. Coincidence?

Probably. Lawsuits? Pending. But take it from me. Getting paid $750.00 to write the handbook and a still undisclosed amount to be a frosh coordinator for a month was­ n’t easy. It took time, it took effort and it took complete repression of all the virtues that I hold sacred and true. But in a mercenary world, there is no such thing as selling out.

Consider it survival. Welcome to McGill.

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Continued from page 7 ing our minds. His rhetoric relies on the tired philosophy of subjec­ date for too long before marriage, K. Haccn tive versus objective, and body ver­ not get to know each other well sus mind. In truth I think he has col­ before marrying, avoid viewing lapsed them in a fashion reminis­ their partner naked, jockey for ACROSS 21 Not against cent of many past sermons I've power by manipulating their part­ 22 Some villains heard: "don't listen to your body or 1 Stop 26 More of the ner through jealousy and insecurity, mind, they only lead to trouble and 5 Conjunction remark and after marriage continue these sin. Listen to me."

8 "Who's Eating 31 "Islands in the practices.

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But wait, then we are told that I don't have room to tackle all we should think in order to "main­ (1991 movie) 32 An anaesthetic, 13 Bread spread once of the problems, but here are two of tain a bit of insecurity and jealousy 33 Soon them: thinking is bad, and a rela­ even in the most secure of mar­ 14 Court 15 41-Across and 34 Sis's sib tionship is a political manoeuvre. others 35 Bellow riages.” So thought, for Boteach, I take as primary that humans should be for political aims: trick 16 Seat of the 36 Many cameras, Bavarian dukes, abbr. should think freely. About any­ your partner into staying with you 1204-1503 37 Slowpoke thing. While we should not, by some juvenile game or another.

Meanie 39 Bank statement arguably, act on all of our thoughts, Isn't marriage supposed to end all 18 19 Start of a abbr.

Boteach sets up our intellectual fac­ these games? Boteach tells us that remark by 40 "W ait___ ulties as a disease. Evaluating one’s Anton Chekhov 41 Senator's centre security and comfort are bad: they spouse "truthfully" and "objective­ lead to boredom. I think that they ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE ly" is, for Boteach, the cause of a might lead to trust, which for lack J AB B A HA L F o G E E "lack of passion" in relationships. It of a better word, is love.

A L A R M u R AL ARAL seems to me quite the opposite: that Boteach, in my view, is a M A R I A s A D O T E R M no close relationship is of value symptom of the disease that he is unless there is a desire to experi­ trying to cure. He preaches for S I N G L E s B A R F A T E F 1 L S ED I T OR ence and understand your partner in thought only in manipulation, T A U Rl 1 N E I N E E an unlimited way. We make deci­ E s CA LA T E acceptance without comparison, A P P O sions every day. If you wake up one and relationships without trust. In D O U B L E E N T E N D R E s morning and decide that you still doing so, he has contradicted every A P p E A L T10 EE N s R Y EIS c UTR AT E agree with yesterday's thoughts, one of the sensibilities that 1 cher­ T H A T S A Ip O R E then live by them with pride! ish.

H E R S T R I P L E P L AY Boteach would have us dumb and ER G O I O N S T EL L A blind rather than take the chance of — Steve Cohen T O O N C UT E EN D ER listening to our thoughts and chang­ A N T S

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The fall o f th e university With so much loose talk con­ cerning the "Fall of McGill," the Tribune has decided to present, for a little perspective, some of the disasters, scandals, and SNAFUs cur­

rently plaguing several prestigious and non-prestigious universities south of the border. With files from U-Wire.

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• At the University of Pennsylvania, African-American graduate student Kali Gross filed racial discrimination charges against first-year history Professor Margaret Jacob after recieving a B+ in History 700.

After eight months, a resolution stripping Jacob of the blame while striking the grade and class from Gross' record was unanimously accepted. Several departm ent Professors speaking anonymously in the student press expressed the belief that Jacob recieved preferential treatm ent in order to keep her partner Lynn Hunt, a more

42 Some cops, abbr.

44 More o f the remark 46 Nerds, often 48 Wheel of Fortune request 49 End o f the remark 55 ____Boxes, Warhol work 58 Infiltrates, in a way 59 They may be Southern 60 45° from a Hitchcock classic?

61 Yemeni port 62 Some bars 63 Turkmenistan, once (abbr.)

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prom inent History professor, from leaving Penn. Both profes­ sors plan to leave U. Penn for UCLA in the near future. Gross is currently on a two-year sabbati­ cal in California.

• The University of Southern Florida closed down its campus at 6:30 a.m. Friday due to the impending strike of Hurricane Georges. Tom Kane, director for Residence Services, was quick to adm onished students against holding any hurricane keggers.

"In a hurricane situtation, the last thing people want to be is intoxicated. If we find parties,

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26 Town between Zaragosa and Barcelona 27 Pays for, in a way 28 "_____ do?" (bored question) 29 Painter Kandinski 30 Fjord, e g.

37 Slights 38 O f some public figures?

40 Things to remember, in Texas 43 Herb of the lily family

45 Irritating speaker 47 Lik e Robinson Crusoe 50 Rocky and Smoky, for short 51 Writer Fleming et al.

52 Prefix with thermic 53 11 -Down, here 54 "____ and Lovers" 55 Bluesman King et al.

56 "The Crying Game" co-star 57 Not well

we're going to be busting them up." Kane did, however, make allowances for "board games or card games."

• At the University of Dayton, Ohio, a female sopho­ more was seriously injured after leaping 30 feet from her resi­ dence window in order to escape a write-up. Students in her suite had been warned earli­ er that evening they were being too loud and had been remind­ ed of the alcohol policy.The RA's returned to the noisy room around 11:15 p.m. and were con­ fronted by a male non-UD stu­ dent who became hostile. Public Safety officials were called in, causing the partygoers to flee in various directions. The afore­ mentioned female student land­ ed in an ivy patch, suffering two broken legs, a broken back and possible head trauma. A local official discovered the student in a diminished level of conscious­ ness and with a diminished level of function in her feet. He also noted the smell of alcohol on the woman, who was initially reluctant to speak for fear of administrative reprisal.

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T he M on treal m u n icip al e le c tio n s: e v e r y th in g y o u n e e d t o k n o w impossible for a less prominent switch is a total reversal of Doré’s candidate to have any< success.” ideological position. Elected as the Montreal’s municipal government The party system can also make it MCM’s free-spending social demo­ is unique in Canada, with its more difficult for one councillor to cratic leader, he left city finances a reliance on party divisions to stand out. A candidate who repre­ mess — Bourque accuses him of decide who gets to govern. In most sents a district with a unique popu­ running the city into a $100 million cities, city councillors sit as inde­ lation demographic does so as one debt. Doré’s response, “C’est de la pendents, with only informal coali­ member of a party, not as an indi­ merde," is straightforward, but Doré has called for a ten per cent tions that dissolve and coalesce vidual. tax cut. He declares, “Chaque dol­ The issue of Quebec sover­ around particular issues. In Montreal, the distinctions between eignty is virtually irrelevant to lar dépensé par la ville doit être councillors are rigid, just as they municipal politics in Montreal, analysé sous l ’angle de son lien are at the federal and provincial even though both Bourque and can­ direct avec la qualité des services levels. Party discipline isn’t as didate Jean Doré have long-buried offerts à la population. ” Strict harsh, but you can usually count on backgrounds in the nationalist spending controls are directly at movement. Doré was briefly press odds with his earlier approach to councillors toeing the party line. secretary to René Lévesque in government — tempered, he 1970-71, just after Lévesque claims, by his recent experience in The History founded the PQ. Bourque was pres­ the private sector as director of a ident of the PQ riding association consortium working to promote the Party politics here emerged in L’Assomption in 1976, but has use of “smart-card” technology. around 1960. Jean Drapeau, who been aggressively neutral on the Bourque and Duchesneau are scep­ was embarking on thirty years of issue for years. tical of Doré’s promise to cut taxes, almost-uninterrupted rule as mayor, and have declared that if he were re-elect­ declared it ed, he would require the support impossible to of a majority of the city council. realize.

The only way to ensure that was The most for the people to vote for his slate important thing of candidates in the Civic Action about municipal League, and that’s what he politics in demanded.

Montreal is that Drapeau’s math turned out to they are far be bad — Montrealers voted for more accessible his councillors, but didn’t vote to the average for him. Drapeau spent three person than fed­ years out of power, and then eral or provin­ returned for twenty-six years as cial politics are. mayor in the following election.

They deal with The precedent was set. The issues that mayor is elected separately from a f f e c t the councillors — so that the Montrealers on mayor could theoretically be a daily basis: elected even though none of the things like safe­ elected councillors are members ty and police of his party. In every election coverage, pub­ since, though, the man who has lic transit, and won election as mayor has been the maintenance less important than the number of of city infra­ councillors who have won coun­ structure like cil seats under his banner. roads.

Incumbent mayor Pierre With the Bourque’s administration has November 1 been devastated by defections, so Montreal elec­ that his once majority has been tion coming up cut to a minority on council. fast, the four major municipal parties are gearing up their campaigns, working harder The Impact and harder to increase their visibili­ The Race ty and support. The party that SSMU VP External Jeff comes out on top will emerge with Feiner, who plans an intense effort In the coming election, there the right to the mayor’s chair and, to promote student involvement in are four major parties running can­ the municipal election, argued that didates: Mayor Bourque’s Vision probably, dominance on City the party system has both advan­ Montreal, former mayor Jean Council for the next four years. tages and disadvantages for the Doré’s Team Montreal, former Montreal residents can expect public. police chief Jacques Duchesneau’s to get electoral notices in their “The system of tying council­ New Montreal, and Michel lors to parties does force them to be Prescott’s Montreal C itizens’ mailboxes soon, listing the names accountable," said Feiner. "If coun­ Movement. A key development is o f the legal voters in their resi­ cillors sit as individuals, they can’t Doré’s political comeback. He was dences. Anyone who is over 18, a be held to task. But with a party mayor of Montreal from 1986 to citizen of Canada, and will have system, they have to stay true to the 1994, when he lost the job to been living in Montreal for more principles that got them elected, or Bourque. As mayor, Doré was than a year on October 1 (that is, face isolation.” On the other hand, leader of the Montreal Citizens’ has had a valid Montreal lease for Feiner points out, the system can Movement. Now, he leads Team a year or more — Residence leases stand in the way of change. He Montreal and is running against the count) is eligible to vote. If you explains, “if a candidate for mayor party he championed for so many aren’t on the list of electors you receive, you will be able to register has to run council candidates in years. between October 9 and 14. every district, it can be almost The major reason for the B y D a v i d R eevely

Name: Vision Montreal Mayoral Candidate: Pierre Bourque Ghetto representative: Tariq Mihoubi

What they stand for: Vision Montreal states on its website that it will build a model city based on community relations and social harmony. “Green space,” like the new park at Guy and de Maisonneuve, appears to be high on its agenda. Bourque, a former director of the Montreal Botanical Gardens — is vehemently opposed to urban decay and supports spending for the beautifica­ tion of Montreal. Vision Montreal promises to hold the line on

taxes.

Name: Team Montreal Mayoral Candidate: Jean Doré Ghetto representative: Carole Piché-Burton

What they stand for: Piché-Burton says that municipal poli­

tics are really about practical problems such as snow removal and safe neighborhoods. Piché-Burton explains that much of the mayoral race is based on the local politicians’ charisma — and that they all want to help you and your neighbours. This party seems to hit the center-right of the political spectrum — platform ideas include a municipal tax cut.

Name: New Montreal Mayoral Candidate: Jacques Duchesneau Ghetto representative: Nelson Santos

What they stand for: Order of Canada recipient Duchesnau pledges to work with business leaders to bring investment to Montreal in order to combat poverty. He claims that his back­ ground running the police department has given him a litetime of experience in management that the other candidates for mayor lack.

Duchesnau defends the Montreal police and argues that many quality-of-life issues in Montreal — like problems with skinheads and squeegee kids — have to do with law and order. Duchesneau was hit with a pie when he declared his candidacy for mayor in May.

Name: Montreal Citizens Movement Candidate: Michel Prescott Ghetto representatives: André Cardinal (district 25) and Shawn Rosengarten (a 21-year-old Concordia student running in district 26)

What they stand for: Perhaps the most left-leaning of all the municipal parties, the MCM focuses on the average citizen, pledg­ ing to reduce the municipal tax load and improve the standard of living in each of Montreal’s neighbourhoods. The MCM also fights against urban poverty and urban decay.

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B eyond th e g h etto : a whirlwind beginner's g u id e to M ontreal One student makes a first venture beyond the eight-block world

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So you’re on your way out to the Second Cup, again. It seems over­ done, but there really isn’t anything better to do — at least that you know of anyway. Sure, there is some cozi­ ness in this all-too-familiar ritual, but even tradition demands change at some point.

When people back home ask me about my life in Montreal, they speak of gardens and stadiums and operas and the most cosmopolitan city in the world. When I tell them about my life in Montreal, I inevitably mention cof­ fee shops and little else beyond the eight-street radius that has likely become the norm for the McGill pop­ ulation. I needed to branch out.

Taking matters into my own hands, I stuffed my backpack, bought enough subway tickets to cover my mistakes, and took off on some trekking of my own.

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shops, along with the cleanest and most spacious Dollarama I have seen in Montreal. The aisles are twice as wide, the merchandise is well-stocked and kept, and the McGill students vying for merchandise were nowhere to be found. I a l s o noticed a little shop, Jeanex, claiming it sold cheap designer jeans, so I went in for a look.

Guess jeans, norm a 11y close to $65 or $70 at Eaton’s or the Bay, were $45, first quality. Levis were also available for $37. Not a bad deal if you need your designers.

As an ignorant McGill student * and an American from suburbia, I Teas and tarts By that time, my exploring had really had little clue where to start. I was decidedly reluctant about visiting me famished. Out of curiosity, I the standard attractions, though I had never been to many of them. I wanted to discover Montreal for a student, certainly not rewrite the Fodors guide.

I jumped on the metro with no real direction, deciding to trust my intuition. I got off when I felt like it, which turned out to be at the Lasalle metro stop.

Surrounded on every side by res­ idential neighbourhoods, I began to fret. Maybe ignorance was bliss. I didn’t know the first thing about dis­ covering. What was I doing in this pindrop-silent part of Montreal trying to find interesting places to report to my fellow students?

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time splurge. The bakery also carries imported candies, cookies and teas, as well as gourmet meats and cheeses. I took my splurge at Gaumond’s as a cue to leave the Verdun/Lasalle area, and hopped on to the orange line.

A broke student's par­ adise One of the best stops on the orange line is Namur. At first, it seemed just as disappointing as my previous stop — at first glance out of the metro stop, it appears rather deserted. But just a few blocks west of the metro station is ValueVillage, a used merchandise store with every­ thing you would ever want to buy. I can attest to the prices — a friend bought a $3 coffee-maker. The furni­ ture and housewares part of the store is very useful if you are furnishing your place on a budget. Even televi­ sions are about $20-40, depending on the size, and there is a test outlet to try all appliances. Keep in mind that they don’t deliver, so if you make big purchases, you might want to take into account cab fare, or be sure you have a car at your disposal.

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My intentions were only to look, but the pastries looked too mouth-water­ ing to pass up. I ordered a little straw­ berry and mousse tart, and was not disappointed. This is definitely not an alternative to Second Cup (the palm­ sized tart set me back about three bucks) but its definitely worth a one­

Depot, another warehouse McGill students with apartments might find useful. When I went to look for my apartment furniture, the man there explained that it was a family-run business and he was very willing to negotiate. I ended up getting four very decent chairs for $20. They also buy furniture here, so if you are leav­ ing or moving, you might consider

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lished in National Geographic maga­ zine during the referendum — Atwater’s claim to fame.

I discovered a few more disap­ O p e n a ir d e lig h ts at pointing spots a little closer to home.

Atwater Market I spent an afternoon at the Old Port After all the bargain-hunting, I and was not very impressed. At this needed something a little mellow, and time of year, it is a pleasant place to Atwater Market was next on the list. stroll, with its tiny shops and cafes, Unless you live at Solin, you proba­ but there is little appealing or afford­ bly don't frequent any places near the able, especially to students. The Lionel-Groulx metro, but this is well Basilique Notre Dame, currently worth the trouble. Located about four undergoing renovations and repairs, blocks southeast is a disappointing of the metro mess of green station on tarp and wire Atwater barricades on avenue, near the outside. the Lachine Nevertheless, Canal, there are mass­ Atwater es held daily, Market is an and the inside open-air is breathtaking bonanza of whenever you fresh fruit go. To the right and veg­ of the basilica etable stands are a few little from local shops I found e x h ib it < t i R ebecca C a tc h in g farmers, as well C a r t i e r E m p h e r e ; worth a few min­ as a cozy utes. Noel Etemel, o n e o f th e m a n y s u r p r is e s to b e indoor enclave a year-round with a bakery, f o u n d i n O l d M o n t r e a l Christmas shop butchers, and nearby, was true to spice and gourmet food stores. its name. With Christmas carols play­ The outdoor market stays open ing and everything from mistletoe until about mid to late November, so and holly to toy train sets surrounding be sure to stop by and take a look. me, I felt infused with the holiday The other half of Atwater is the spirit, though only for a few minutes. indoor shopping. Among the shops is So if you’re feeling festive, take a a bakery called Premiere Moisson, look. The Papetrie Casse-Noisette is where I decided to grab lunch. I opted practically next door. Unique art deco for the “DeLuxe Sandwich," made cards and creatively made photo with olive bread, and filled with let­ albums and diaries, not to mention tuce, tomatoes, and cheese so fancy I unique wrapping and tissue paper. don’t remember its name. It has got to Besides these few places, I was not be the best sandwich I have had in impressed with much else in the Montreal. Of course, it came at a tidy vicinity. As the area is mostly intend­ cost. The sandwich alone costs about ed for tourists, your best activity for $6, so lunch at the market can get a the old port is probably for a long little pricey. But you can also choose walk or rollerblading. The horseto buy a baguette and cheese from drawn carriages are definitely a styl­ one of the other local shops for a ish and alluring way to travel, but more reasonable meal. only if you can stomach the price. It’s Once leaving Atwater Market, $30 for a half hour ride and $50 for straight ahead is the Lachine Canal. an hour. The carriages usually fit There is a small bridge passing over it about four or five people so if you go and the other side houses a picnic with some friends, it might be worth area. The area is unusually peaceful the money. If you’re lucky, maybe and serene. On the afternoon I was you’ll catch some film shooting, as I there, it was quiet enough to sit at the did on my afternoon there, while they tables, relax, and finish my sandwich. were shooting Anne of Green Gables.

I was tempted to stay there longer. One of the workmen remarked that Except for the graffiti-laden wall of a there was going to be another film nearby building, the area is naturally shot there soon too, so keep your eyes beautiful and would be a good site to open. relax and have a picnic, although both After an exhilarating day of the picnic areas by the canal and the newness and adventure, I'm con­ market remain busy on the weekends. vinced that Montreal beyond the Ghetto is not as scary as I thought. In fact, I felt kind of fearless. The men­ Just say "O u i" Speaking of graffiti, there is one tion of commuter trains and transfer piece not far from the canal that you points no longer makes me nervous. might want to see. On the brick apart­ There is life beyond the Ghetto, ment buildings almost directly across apparently, if you're willing to go out the street from Atwater Market, there and find it. is a very prominent “oui” done thick­ Points of Interest ly in white chalk on the side of the * Chez Gaumond Bakery building. A photograph of a little boy 3725 Wellington, metro standing next to it was actually pubLasalle 768-2564 * Jeanex Need 2 Succeed?

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Ear to the Ground A brief look at the latest patterns, trends and developments A do -it yourself-guide to keeping your Voyeurism taken to a whole new level boys afloat

Although “the practice of monitoring sexual activity is age-old,” according to FHM magazine for men, fledgling peeping Toms have no idea just how great this nasty habit can be with recent technological advances. Heatwatch, a system of electronic transmitters which instantly picks up signs of physi­ cal union in cows, allows bovine farmers to monitor when members of their herds are engaged in sexual activity.

Designed by an American company located in Denver, Heatwatch aims to help farmers control the timing of new bovine births. Since this device detects when penetration occurs, it helps farmers stop the male partner’s climax.

Furthermore, it allows the farmer to know exactly when the best time for artificial insemination may be as cows follow the same heat” patterns similar to dogs. One farmer suggested that Heatwatch is “like having a hired hand who never sleeps' plus, Tom gets his kicks in a crazy new way. *

The world’s sperm count appears to be spiralling towards an all-time low, claims Maxim magazine. In order to put an end to this trend, Maxim offers advice to men in order to keep their sperm in tip-top shape. According to the article, heat is the number one killer of sperm, so stay out of that hot-tub.

Marijuana apparently causes abnormally shaped sperm; a fever, the mumps and STDs don’t help much either. Avoid getting kicked in the genital area and avoid radiation like the plague. Furthermore, if you need to get a cardio-vascular workout, avoid the bike and hit the Stairmaster but don’t take any steroids on the way to the gym. Getting x-rays is perfectly safe but make sure to ask the lab technicians to turn off the Kenny G. Finally, new research proves that briefs are just as safe as boxers. Don’t throw those ‘tighty-whities’ away just yet.

This little guy really is "blind as a bat' For scientists, seeing was believing. A recent article in Life magazine tells of a bizarre development in the animal world: After a two-year search through the deserts of central Australia, three zoologists have unearthed the Notoryctes caurinus, a rare marsupial mole. One of the country’s least known species, the creamy puffball in this case a male weighs 36 grams, is ten centimetres long (about the size of a computer mouse) and, the most bizarre feature, is the only mammal known to lack eyes. “Evolution doesn’t make mistakes,” says the University of Western Australia’s Phil Withers, one of the zoologists. “Living underground reduces the need for eyes, so they are [eliminated] to free up room in the brain for other functions.” Unfortunately, his quest for food might prove dif­ ficult. With an appetite for ant eggs, beetle larvae, centipedes and small lizards, he “doesn’t seem to have any sense of direction. He digs through soil in an apparently aimless fashion,” says Withers. And though he pummels prey, once found, with stunning ferocity, the eyeless wonder is still press-shy. “He doesn’t respond to light, such as camera flashes,” he says. “All he ever wants to do is burrow underground when handled.”

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For the blind, talking computers and keyboards in Braille have been around for a few years. A recent article in Maclean's says that navigating the icon-rich environment of Windows or the Internet demands the equivalent of an elec­ tronic seeing-eye dog. Enter the Virtual Reality Mouse, the brainchild of research associate Kevin Krauel and PhD stu­ dent Dan Madill at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

Together they have created an electronic mouse that conveys to the handler the sensation of a bump where the boundaries C oping w ith in i id* of a Windows’ screen he; at other times, the mouse is sucked like gravity into the nearest icon. A click of the mouse and the computer speaks the name of the icon. A double click and the program is opened up and it is off to cyberspace. One of the five finalists in the SAP/Stevie Wonder Award in New York City last month, the VRM is being marketed world-wide by Betacom Corp. of Inglewood, Ont. Without the computer-voice software, the device sells for $1,200. In Ontario, the provincial government is currently absorbing up to 75 per cent of the tab for the visually impaired. For the blind and perhaps the growing number of ageing Canadians who have trouble reading a computer screen this mouse might be just the ticket to the Internet.

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Gone Commercial These commercial forces co­ opting underground movements are nothing new. The same thing hap­ pened to punk, hip hop, disco and about any other innovative phe­ nomenon in the twentieth century.

If rave culture began as "anti-estab­ lishment," as Douglas Rushkoff proclaims in his book Cyberia, it has just been assimilated by the mainstream it originally rebelled against. The pattern is easily recog­ nized: a large record label takes advantage of an underground DJ movement by choosing an artist to produce a watered-down conven­ tional version of that sound. The "machine" then steps in with a hun­ dred thousand dollars worth of pro­ motion. Record sales will follow.

Gordon Field, the general manager of the Montreal-based Interchill Records, which produces experi­ mental electronic music, was cyni­ cal about the entire mass marketing process.

"Commercialization is one aspect that tends to dictate the qual­ ity. The big labels know that as soon as you get head space you sell records. It depends on the promot­ ers," said Field. "Whatever Jheir primary motivation is for doing the party — then that's the way the music is going to go."

The rising cost of parties, drugs, clothes and club cover

charges indicates that primary motivation for most involved in the scene is money — not the music.

Promoting is now a profession, and its bureaucracy has grown to include the agents and managers of DJs as well as the promoters them­ selves.

cal instruments needed to create the sound are huge capital investments.

DJs are willing to spend most of their salaries buying new tracks each week in order to stay on top of the music scene. Furthermore, if ravers are willing to "donate" $30 in order to feel really good, just

K e e p in g it real, or sellin g it out ?

"Those people aren’t the most innovative and creative or else they probably wouldn't be doing their jobs—[they'd] be the artists them­ selves," rationalized Tiga.

Inherently capitalistic Rave culture is inherently pre­ disposed to commercialization as the sound systems and technologi­

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imagine the commercial prospects of selling them the clothes and accessories to look good. Osbaum noted that practically all the musi­ cians the magazine profiled were grateful for the exposure.

"Everybody likes attention," she simply stated. Perhaps the artists are more appreciative of the large possibility of a future contract with the big labels that look to URB for an indication of the next big things.

U n d e rg ro u n d vs. the big leagues While the giants of the record industry promote conventionality over innovation, independent record stores and labels find their niche in service of a specialized clientele. Field stated that big com­ panies wouldn't have the manpow­ er or knowledge to compete with Interchill. Tiga, having just formed his own new record label, claimed that, if anything, their interest helps the label. Small record stores are forced to keep searching for the newest underground movement before the big stores find them and sell them for less. The underground scene of electronic music has become something of a disputed zone — both a launching pad for major label careers and a sanctuary for creative development. Nancy Warren, a U3 psychology major noticed that "all the music is going through the underground so fast that it now comes out [to the main­ stream] immediately."

Experienced ravers complain that their music is now public prop­ erty and they mourn the loss of the "good ol' days" when raves were raves, people weren't wannabes and the scene still exciting.

"People have this nostalgic tinge to the old days but it isn't a question of the scene being good or bad," said Tiga. "It’s just different.

The whole business thing is not necessarily a bad thing. I still get a kick out of those commercials — if people weren't so full of shit they'd step back and realize it's still cool."

Still breathing The electronic music scene isn't dead. Most people will admit, though, that it has hit a low point and no one is really sure where it’s going, especially with rapid tech­ nological advancements — such as CD burners and internet distribu­ tion — which threaten to blow apart the music industry as it now stands.

"It’s morphing," said Field.

"The rave as we knew it five years ago is gone."

Warren pulled out her room­ mate's dictionary and started read­ ing out the words used to define "rave."

"Rave is still 'wildness and delirium,' but the euphoria is prob­ ably less and less likely to happen as more and more of it goes to clubs. But I think the commercial­ ization has a lot further to go before we have to start worrying about the end — it's still in its hey day. Raving is a way of life — you can't just walk away from it."

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T he S a lles d u G esii o p e n church d o o r s t o local art B y G a b b y Ja k u b o v it s ______________

When an artsy friend tells you that there is a nice little exhibition that might be worth just under an hour of your time, you automati­ cally embark on a journey to one of the many big and small galleries scattered around downtown Montreal, right? But there are other, less obvious niches that can provide the same relief for your art-thirst: try a church.

The Centre de Créativité des Salles du Gesù has just opened its doors to the sixth annual exhibition of three solo artists (actually four).

The show is not exactly of Louvre proportions, but it is-an interesting and diverse collection — diverse in media if not in names.

The first to catch your eye will be the eight large paintings glaring from the walls of the main hall.

What you are witnessing is the exhibit entitled L'Enclave/Paysage, the work of Marie-Claude Pendleton. At first glance the earth-toned, nearly monochromatic acrylics on canvas may appear like yet another remnant of the Abstract Expressionist era, with their large fields of colour and non-representative content. But they are, in fact, a sort of invisible juxtaposition of photography and painting. Each of the enclaves (the titles of the paintings are “La pre­

mière enclave,” “La deuxième enclave,” ...“La huitième enclave”) is like a view of the landscape through a camera lens that some­

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The next exhibit first intro­ duces itself as random and unex­ pected surprises along a narrow hallway, leading to a room which is a piece of art in itself. The com­ plete duo — room and hallway — constitutes the installation that is Jardin: libre et asservi. Although the individual pieces may appear as individual pieces, none bears a unique title and there is a clear

brooms just beneath the canvas which is painted loosely and nonrepresentatively while it fuses with the objects and shows their con­ tours.

This philosophical approach to the representation of objects in art first came about in collage Cubism, more specifically in Georges Braque's still lifes. The room at the end of the path is a lively composition of tiny abstract paintings floating on the walls and

of tree branches and other threedimensional objects deliberately placed as barriers that the curious visitor must bypass in order to get a closer glimpse of the colourful wall "decor."

The hues that domi­ nate the collection are ones that a garden pro­ duces throughout the seasons. The journey through Gravel's installation is an excit­ ing and intimate trek, during which the objects and paintings seem to communicate with the observer as much as they do with each other in their argument between the real and the illusory.

Perhaps the most interesting comment on the theme of dual­ ity, which serves as the common thread uniting the three exhibits into one, is Jean-Pierre Gaudreau and Monique Juteau's De l'appuilivres à l'appui-rèves. The pieces unite two art forms that may seem as unlikely candidates for symbio­ sis: visual arts and poetry. The exhibit is comprised of various materials, from paintings and draw­ ings to sculpture, encyclopedias, National Geographic magazines and painted briefcases. The poem is

C ube: e x iste n tia list sci-fi a t its w o r st B y P a u l S h e r id a n

In his existentialist play Huit Clos, Jean-Paul Sartre presents a unique vision of Hell: three charac­ ters are locked together in a draw­ ing room with Second French Empire furnishings forever. The three characters' permanently incompatible desires doom them to eternal suffering. The closing line of Huit Clos is "l'enfer, c'est les autres," or "Hell is other people.”

Sartre was wrong. "L'enfer, c'est le cube.”

Roughly translated, Hell is watching the ridiculously bad new Canadian film Cube. In Cube, six hyper-stereotypical characters find themselves in a futuristic looking metal room. None of them know how they got there. The room has six doors, one on each wall, each of which connects to identical metal rooms with six doors. We follow the stereotypes as they wander from room to room. Sounds excit­ ing, right? But wait... some of the rooms have traps: fire, lasers, acid sprayers, razor wire, basically every death trap that Batman and Robin ever escaped from. The stereotypes struggle to discover the cube's secrets, the secrets they must uncover to escape the cube... alive.

Sadly, watching the characters die is the movie's only real fun.

Cube peaks with a brilliant Jinsu scene where a man is cut up into, yes, hundreds of tiny little cubes!

The other 98 per cent of thg film is painful: trite, pseudo-intellectual dialogue ("I don't have time for nihilism"), slow pacing and bad acting. The cinematog­ raphy, which uses a variety of clichés ranging from extreme close-ups of eyes to "saved" characters van­ ishing into heavenly white light, sucks. Cube is a movie begging for a remix by the good people at Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Still, perhaps the film just goes right over my head. The film-makers are obviously proud of Cube's existentialist sub-text. The characters repeatedly ask each other: "Why are we here? What is our purpose?

Why do we keep going?"

Ooooh... deep. It reminds S l i c i n ’ me of another shallow movie loaded with metaphors, The Truman Show. The best thing I have ever read about that particular Jim Carrey vehicle was in New York magazine, which wrote that "The Truman Show is a deep move for people who don't like to think."

Cube fits this description perfectly.

Anyone who walks out of this film saying "but guys, the people in the cube... they're like us" deserves some time inside the cube, like maybe the acid sprayer room.

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film, but for a good reason. You see, the film not only has stereotyp­ ical characters like the cynical, witty young man and the bitter, strident middle-aged woman; it also has, as hard as this may be to believe, racial stereotypes. The sin­ gle "minority" character in the film,

Quentin, is portrayed an a savage beast which society alone holds in check. Once placed in the cube, Quentin attempts to (a) control the group by force, (b) rape a young white girl, and (c) pointlessly mur­ der a middle-aged white woman.

Only through heroic efforts do the white characters manage to free themselves from Quentin.

That's right, Quentin is a black male. I'm not even going to go into the scene where Quentin, grunting and covered in blood, kills another white girl by pene­ trating a very phallic-looking steel rod upward through her chest. And it's a subsidised Canadian movie, or, to put it bluntly, your tax dollars at work.

I don't know how this movie won best first feature at the Toronto film festival. Perhaps it was the only first feature there.

What seems more likely, though, is that the voting audiences, com­ posed of people who have only read the cheat notes for L ’Etranger and Waiting fo r Godot, bought into the film’s deep philosophical underpinnings. Don't be conned. Cube is Huit Clos watered down to nothing and mixed with disturbing racial mes­ sages. Here's an easy way to escape the Cube: don't go see it.

either incorporated into the paint­ ing, engraved in the actual form of the sculpture, or is the basis of the whole work. Books and knowledge are the recurring topics of the con­ versation between the two media, and cooperation between them sug­ gests a close understanding between the collaborating artists, Gareau the sculptor and painter, and Juteau the poet. Here’s a hint: if you have no working knowledge of French, bring a translator: poems tend to lose some impact when you don't understand the language they use.

The questions invoked by this small but poignant exhibition are of great significance in everyday philosophy, an important exercise of the mind for some students. The quiet, intimate setting provides an ideal environment for closely examining the work of the four local artists and appreciating the meaning of each piece of art with­ out the distraction of other, com­ pletely different themes under the same roof.

The three exhibitions will remain at the Centre de Créativité des Salles du Gesù until October 17. The hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 6. The Salles du Gesù are located at 1200 Bleury, just south of Ste-Catherine.

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Woody Allen: the director, the writer, the actor or the jazzman? This is the subject of two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple's latest documentary, Wild Man Blues, in which she follows Woody Allen and his jazz band as they tour Europe in the spring of 1996. Considering that both Harlan County, USA and American Dream, Kopple’s two previous films, were about violent strikes in the American heart­ land, Kopple's choice of Woody Allen as subject matter comes as a bit of a shock. She was reportedly given free access to Allen's life while on tour, yet she has not, unfortu­ nately, provided us with any new revelations that we have not seen in Allen's own films. In fact, the movie almost seems like Woody Allen's latest movie, Deconstructing Harry, with Allen

playing the part of a neurotic clar­ inet player. This does not mean that the movie isn’t entertaining; it just is not particularly probing and revealing, as a good documentary should be.

It won't surprise Allen's fans that he is as neurotic and obsessive as any of his char­ acters in his films.

Wh a t mi ght surprise them is t h e nature of his rela­ tionship to SoonY i P re v i n .

A lm o s t everyone knows that Soon-Yi was Allen's and Mia Farrow's adopted daughter who Allen eventually married, much to the disapproval of the American public. Yet the film shows a rather poignant relationship between the

two; Allen appears quite depen­ He is absolutely passionate about "If I'm not good, these people will dent on So'on-Yi; she understands the blues and is frustrated that hate me in their own language." him well and knows how to calm people see his jazz playing as only A very funny scene comes at his neuroses. She almost seems to a hobby. Allen on playing; the end when Allen visits his par­ fulfill a maternal role for Allen. "There's nothing between you and ents in New York after the tour The best scenes in. the film come the pure feeling of playing. There's has completed. As you can proba­ when these two are reacting to no cerebral part to it." It is the bly guess, Allen's parents are just each other. We find out, for exam­ only time when Allen can forget as obsessive as he is. His mother ple, that Soon-Yi's favorite Woody about all his obsessing and worry­ still wishes he had settled down Allen film was Manhattan (where ing and just have a good time, with a "nice Jewish girl" (she says Allen's character this while Soon-Yi is fell in love with a present) and his father teenager played always wanted Woody by Mariel to become a druggist.

Hemingway) and Seeing his parents, it is that she has never easy to see where seen Annie Hall.

Allen's own insecuri­ Allen is quite ties came from. It is an a competent clar­ •< unscripted scene that inet player and *£ feels as though it could there are numer­ have only come from a ous scenes of the I Woody Allen film. In band performing. the end, that's really All of his eccen­ * how the whole movie tricities seem to feels, and considering melt away while the resources Kopple he is working was given access to, under the hot ^ it’s a shame that's the stage lights; he is N e u r o t i c A l l e n f i n d s s o l a c e o n s t a g e way it turned out. determined, focused and profes­ even though he goes right back to sional. Allen himself says that he complaining after the show. On Wild Man Blues is playing at is a musician first and foremost. why he fears playing in London: the Cinema Du Parc.

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Near the end of Pecker. John Waters' latest excursion into the grotesque, a New York artsy type stands up in a Maryland bar full of fellow artsy types, strippers of all sexes and orientations and sundry other suburban trash, and proposes a toast: "Here's to Pecker!" he shouts. "And to the end of irony!"

This line, itself fairly dripping with irony, both exemplifies and defines John Waters' unique brand of humour, one as carefully crafted if not as universally appreciated as S S M U

Mel Brooks' or even Monty Python's. It also embodies the soul of this wonderfully awful movie.

Pecker, played by Edward Furlong, is a kid from suburban Baltimore who obsessively pho­ tographs everything he sees, using a dilapitaded auto-focus camera and black-and-white film he steals from various local estab­ lishments. His family, Waters characters to their very cores, owns two businesses. His mother (Mary Kay Place) runs a thrift shop in which she outfits vagrants in garish clothing, and his father

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roach-infested diner where he works, an art dealer from New York City sees them and decides that Pecker is "the real thing."

Until this point, the film could be seen as a poorly brought-off but by no means orig­ inal portrait of a charming idiotsavant adrift in a sea of white trash hideousness. Soon, howev­ er, it becomes apparent that Waters' targets are far more var­ ied. His portrayal of the selfimportant New York art snobs fawning over Pecker and his work is not exactly flattering, but neither is that of the Baltimorians fawning over the big city hors d'oeuvres, champagne and high fashion.

D eclaring no allegiances w h a ts o e v e r , Waters turns Pecker into some kind of demented fairy tale. Pecker, suddenly the toast of the American art community, is vilified back in Maryland. His subjects start c o m p la in in g about model releases, and his buddy Matt's (Brendan Sexton III) shoplifting career is ruined by the now famous photographs of his exploits. People start coming into Shelley's laundromat and humping the dryers. Nobody wants anything to do with poor Pecker, so he fran­ tically tries to disengage himself • from the world of which he has unwittingly become part.

Like Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Waters' satire in Pecker starts narrow and ends

broad, culminating with the afore­ mentioned bacchanal in the Baltimore tavern.

Unlike Strangelove, however, the targets of Waters'-satire are everywhere.

Rorey (Lili Taylor), Pecker’s erst­ while art dealer, arrives at the party with what she claims to be the world's first blind photographer: "I feel the portraits," he says, "and I smell the landscapes." The end of this film is wonderful, wonderful stuff. Each community that was so ruthlessly savaged in the movie assembles in a bar and eventually loses its individual inhibitions, dancing and drinking in a breath­ lessly insincere moment of beauty.

Pecker is a great film not because it is succinct or particularly wellscripted, but because it represents a true genius at work.

Waters has a little of Frank Cappra's fairy tale-ism, a dash of Tim Burton's sense for demented settings, a sprinkle of Russ Meyer's bodily obsessfveness and a healthy dose of Harmony Korine’s pornographic disregard for the feel­ ings of the lowermiddle class. But has John Waters eliminated irony from the face of cinema? It's entirely possible; when a director allows no access into his own intentions or allegiances, when every single thing in a movie is totally ironic, then maybe irony really is dead. If so, it’s no great loss: Waters, for one, will be danc­ ing on its grave.

Pecker is playing at the Faubourg.

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Parkside Jones: Maceo, w hite funk and tw o years in th e biz

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This sextet has spent the better part of the last two years dishing out their own unique sound that, for some reason, people just can't stop dancing to. Trumpet player/vocalist Rhyna Thompson states simply, "We are a dancing band. It's not funk, it is just funky."

Mostly ex-McGill students, these hardworking musicians are in Montreal for one reason: they love the music that they make. In addi­ tion to opening the Maceo gig, Parkside have ju st completed recording an album and are gear­ ing up for their two-year anniver­ sary show at the Cabaret next week.

The Tribune caught up with four of the band members at their drummer's house last Wednesday night. The Maceo show, other than being the early highlight of a bright musical career, also held a special significance for the band.

after the show. My boss called me up and fired me for no reason. That guy doesn't know who I am. He is in big trouble. I laid a curse on him. A Greek curse. I would like to urge every musician out there to ban this place. (At which point the light beside him starts flickering, and continues to whenever he opens his mouth for the rest of the inter­ view).

Rhyna: Wait a second, I work there right now!

(Ensjuing verbal banter) Tribune: There is some guy out there whose Press P h o to name is Josh, and he put up these posters that say FUNK. He is looking for some horns to start a funk band. What words of advice do you have for him?

Yossi: Tell him to listen to every Canadian white funk band, and not be like that.

Peter X: Just tell him to go to

T rib u n e: So tell us about actually played when Spanky (the percussionist) showed up at band Maceo... How did it happen?

Matt Lederman: Well I have practice the next day with the chicken from to preface it. Three years ago when smoked Maceo came, Mike came to see the backstage.That was tangible proof show from Hamilton. He fell in that I was there, because it was love with the city and told me, "Matt, I am moving here next year and we are going to start a band." That is how it all started.

Rhyna: We have kind of gone full cir­ cle.

Tribune: How did you get the show, though? Who is your agent?

Matt: Well I saw that Maceo was com­ ing, tracked down the promoter, sent him P a r s i d e J o n e s ’ p o s t - M a c e o a f t e r g l o w our tape, and then did not tell anyone in the band. really just such a dream. I mean Because the last time I thought we playing for 1200 people who are had a great gig, opening for into it. There ain't no feeling like George Clinton, he didn't show up. that.

Tribune: Other than playing Peter X: I only heard about it when I read it in the paper, and I music, what do you guys do for was still quite skeptical. I didn’t work?

Peter X: I used to work in a even believe it while I was play­ ing. I only believed that we had cinema, but I got fired the Monday

the conservatory and put up signs there. Horn players will do any­ thing for money.

Matt: If you want to be in a band that is going somewhere, don't get stuck in a genre. That is why I don't consider us a funk band, because there are just too many different musical influences going on in what we do.

Yossi: Don't do what has been done, because it has been done a lot better before.

Tribune:H ow would you classify your audience?

Matt: It’s people that like to dance. It's the younger Dave Mathews college crowd. It's the adult contemporary crowd.

Yossi: It’s the people that really get into elevator music.

X: Yeah, people that are hav­ ing lots of sex. Good sex though.

Tribune: So the sexually tal­ ented adult contemporary dancing crowd. Sounds good to me.

Parkside Jones will be getting it on with The Golden Mean and Pigeon Hole at the Cabaret Thursday, October 1for 6$.

D e stin a tio n P la n et H o lly w o o d : Playground of the Young and Famous While walking down St. in our wicked minds. We needed a Catherine Street one of our first days way to sweeten the poison. After back in Montreal, my roommate mulling over several ideas (and ask­ Paul said, "I will never go to Planet ing some searching questions like, is H o lly w o o d .

Ever."

And who could blame him?

Planet Maria Simpson H o lly w o o d ’s blatant commer­ cialism and tackiness make it a stand out, even on St. Catherine this a present for Paul or us?), fellow Street. The pink and green zebra — roommate Trevor hit on the perfect striped awnings, the cheery red and plan: we would rent a stretch limou­ blue logo in neon, and windows full sine and arrive at Planet Hollywood of caps, tee-shirts and other useless like celebrities. All of us agreed, a merchandise are even enough to phone call was made, and before we make fans of the Hard Rock Café knew it; we were speeding down St. wretch. Planet Hollywood is revolt­ Catherine Street towards our desti­ ing. Thus, being terrible, torturous nation.

Arriving at Planet Hollywood people, my other roommates and I thought it the logical destination for was bliss. Even though not a single star would darken those doors after Paul’s twenty-second birthday.

At first the idea was called too its splashy opening, people on St. cruel, but it stuck and began to grow Catherine Street openly stared, try-

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ing to discern just what sort of celebrities we were. Paul, being blind-folded to heighten the "sur­ prise," caused considerable atten­ tion. Was he our pet? Whipping boy? Perhaps a retarded sibling taken out on a special evening?

Laughing, we skipped by the mer­ chandise store and mounted the escalator to the dining room on the top floor. Paul became con­ fused and frightened by the escalator. "Guys, are we at a bar? Are we in the Eaton Center? Where are you tak­ ing me?"

When the blindfold was finally removed Paul was assaulted with movie screens, large posters and cut-outs of celebrities, glass cases of obscure parapher­ nalia from obscure movies and loud Top 40 hits. He A r r i v i n started laughing in a rather hysterical way, perhaps from a excess of birthday drinks, perhaps from raw fear. We basked in the

cheesiness and our new celebrity status. Paul pronounced it "the best birthday ever."

The rest of the evening is a blur for me. I realize now that a limou­ sine is more than a big car, it imparts a certain attitude in its pas­ sengers. I can only describe this as "asshole syndrome." For the rest of the night we were generally obnox­

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Driving down Crescent Street was perhaps the most satisfying — yelling "my dad's a rock star!" and blowing kisses out the window. Our night of limo riding ended at Laser Quest, getting the asshole-ness out of our systems by running through a maze shooting each other. This review is definitely not an endorse­ ment of Planet Hollywood unless you have a birthday coming up for someone you really want to torture.

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Godsmack Godsmack Republic/ Universal Na mi ng your debut album after an Alice in Chains song would generally signal one ol two things: 1) The band is composed of several post-rehab Alice in Chain band members, and their more tech­ nically proficient roadies, or 2) their sound is as close to Alice in Chains as Nana Mouskouri’s, thus leaving them with no idea of the resulting word association.

Although the group maintains the name means "instant karma," the band sounds like disgruntled former members of Alice in Chains, STP and Metailica scraping up bus change to get back in the studio and replicate the glory days.The songs sound like out-takes from an early 90's Seattle supergroup benefit album. How did this band get a record deal? Must have been the bull market...

While the band has been getting generous college radio airtime, this undoubtedly has more to do with their Boston home base than this indistinguishable collection of fuzzed-out tunes. An old man whistling show tunes can get airtime in Boston as long as he has a valid MIT student card. The songs you might have heard on the Buzz or CHOM during a daring bout of CANCON infringement are "Get Up, Get Out," "Moon Baby,” and "Whatever." Whatever.

—Ryan Deane Rubén Gonzalez

Introducing... Rubén Gonzalez World Circuit Despite the U.S. embargo, the rich Cuban musical tradi­ tion has suc­ cessfully per­ meated North America, both in its traditional form and as the popular Afro-Cuban jazz. Coupling complex, passionate poly-rhythmic percussion with delicate melodies, the music has maintained its fan base since the early crossover per­ formances of Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria and Perez Prado.

Recently, a new breed of Cuban musicians has gained exposure with groups like the "Afro-Cuban All>tars" and the "Buena Vista Social v.lub."

Enter pianist Rubén Gonzalez,

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It's been two years, a Bible belt boy­ cott and a nasty Mr. Belvedere rumor since Manson's last album, AntiChrist Superstar. And in the meantime, America’s biggest critic of fame has become, well, famous.

Judging by the 14 offerings on Mechanical Animals, Manson does­ n't object to this new celebrity sta­ tus. Seducing star-maker Michael Beinhom to produce was one thing, but the music itself embraces the pop world with open arms.

Not to suggest the tunes have changed that much. Songs like "New Model #15" and "Rock is Dead" still have enough guitar gusto to knock the mascara right off your thirteen — Sandon Shogileb year-old brother's face, and Manson's notorious screech careens Junior Brown over nearly every track. In fact, this Long Walk Back seems to be Manson's approach. He BM1 simply lays his old tricks over a number of genres, with limited suc­ ; BSSWft After near­ cess. ly ten years of Witness the Depeche Mode Garth Brooks synth on "Posthuman," and the New Arena-Country Order treatment as "The Last Day on oppression, it’s Earth" dies out. It’s one thing to refreshing to cover the Eurythmies ( 1995's hear someone "Sweet Dreams") and another to who remembers what country music write your album entirely in their used to sound like. Junior Brown decade. Worse, wrap "I Want to comes from the school of Hank Disappear" and "I Don't Like the "Tear in my Beer” Williams, not Drugs (But the Drugs like Me)" in that of Hank “All my Rowdy pink lycra and douse with hairspray Friends are here on Monday Night” and you've got Poison's Greatest Williams Jr.. When Brown sings of Hits.

Not that all is wrong. "Great whisky-soaked loss and pain on tracks like "Just a Little Love” and Big White World" and “The Dope “Read’em and Weep,” you really Show” take you on a powerful, meandering trip through Manson's feel for the man.

That said, your enjoyment of world. The problem is that Manson Long Walk Back will register far makes this a formula: the riff-ready below zero without a genuine appre­ intro soon to be usurped by a chaotic ciation of twangy guitars and loving refrain.

The lyrics, on the whole., are tributes (“Freedom Machine”) to a boy’s first car. Montreal is not the same scare-by-numbers tactics Saskatoon, and without some back­ that have been Manson's forte since ground in Country, you may have his debut. Maybe if America's most trouble distinguishing Brown’s work prominent culture critic would listen from the shlock produced by Brooks to his own music he would realize it is just as empty. and Dunn or Travis Tritt.

—Marc Flynn Still, what better place to start?

Brown’s album isn’t all lovesick blues. These is also the rockin’ Hank Hunter instrumental “Peelin’ Taters,” and the Jerry Lee Lewis inspired “Keepin’ up With You.” Brown also experiments with the links between Blues and Country in THIS WEEK (September 29“Long Walk Back to San Antone” October 5) and “Stupid Blues.” This album may not be for everyone, but you kids Today from the sticks will like it whether Unclassifiable Brits Morcheeba you care to admit it or not. offer a strange brew of traditionalsounding songs combined with all —Par I Sheridan the requisite end-of-the-century electronic accoutrements. Opening _ — , are the Pernice Brothers, reformed Country boys whose debut album, Overcome by Happiness, is a unique, wistful, folksy adventure.

At the Spectrum. Something called The Real McKenzies at Foufs. an enduring Cuban national'treasure.

In his debut album, Gonzalez demonstrates his versatility with songs ranging from the whimsical "La Enganadora" cha cha cha, to the subtly romantic "Très Lindas Cubanas" danzon and the fiery "Cumbanchero" guaracha. Backed by his band, Gonzalez's playing is gently fluid and structurally daz­ zling. Perhaps guitarist Ry Cooder articulates this best, describing Gonzalez as a "Cuban cross between Thelonious Monk and Felix the Cat." The album was recorded "live” with no overdubs in a two day ses­ sion in Havana, a testament to the spontaneity and inspired musicality of the recording. See Gonzalez with other latin giants at the Spectrum on October 22. Until then. Viva la müsica Cubana!

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Harvey brings her collection cf modern day Ophelias and Mary Magdalenes to life with haunting narrative and piano on “Angelene.”

No longer and on the understated “Catherine. ' just an angry in which she softly sings: “til the girl with a gui­ light shines on me/ I damn to hell tar screeching every second you breathe.” It is this “You leave me new control that demonstrates dry,” Harvey Harvey’s musical maturity. Her has left off trademark blazing guitar and boom­ singing about biblical women and ing voice are still at work on “My become a singer of biblical propor­ Beautiful Leah,” “Joy,” and "No tions.

Girl So Sweet,” but over all the 1995’s “To Bring You My songs echo with a terrible prophetic Love,” saw her split with Steve quiet, as in “The River.” As a result Albini, producer of her earlier the album is probably her most works, “Rid of Me,” and “Dry.” accessible. Harvey experiments Harvey’s last album was produced with beats on the divine “The with Flood and marked the begin­ Garden,” and Finds the groove on ning of a richer more mature sound, “A Perfect Day Elise.” and “The layered with organ and strings. Yet Wind,” without compromising her on the whole, it was disappointingly dangerous, intelligent lyrics. heavy and drowned in distortion.

“Is this desire,” she asks on the In her new album Polly Jean title track. "Enough enough/ To lift continues her collaboration with us higher/ To lift above?” With this, Flood, but has pared down the dis­ easily her best album, Harvey tran­ tortion, switched off the reverb, and scends desire, and becomes oracle, created an album of frighteningly calmly noting her apocalyptic understated emotion. Their focus on visions: “And there was trouble tak­ terse arrangement and minimalism ing place...” has been rewarded: Is This Desire? is a powerful, disturbing work.

—-Elaine O’Connor P J Harvey

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First family 4 Life It's been four years since the Mash Out Posse blessed us with their hip hop anthem "How About Some Hardcore."

Since then Lili Fame and Billy Danze produced the blazin' album Firing Squadin 1996. Their new LP First Family 4 Life continues to please hip-hop heads with it's raw beats and rhymes.

Contributions from artists like Naughty by Nature's Treach ("Brooklyn/Jersey Get Wild") and Gangstarr (Salute Part 2) make this a slammin' album.Tracks like "4 Alarm Blaze", (which samples "Eye of the Tiger") and features Jay-Z, and the appearance of DJ Premier

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(check the scratching on “Downtown Swinga ‘98”) give the album that special spice lacking from more commercial artists.

Although the rhyming and beats are on point, M.O.P have a tendency towards dark content.

Their main concern seems to be guns and violence rather than posi­ tive topics which could help change hardcore rapper stereotypes.

Despite this, the album will still satisfy hip hop heads sick of hearing R&B laced dance joints M.O.P respect the art form and take hip hop back to its roots.

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Thursday Parkside Jones, see article on page 17, with Gypsy Soul, at Cabaret.

Monday The funny-name tour rolls into town with Man or Astroman? and Clone Project Gamma. Bomboras is pre­ sumably going on first because their name isn’t funny at all, at Jailhouse Rock. Nana M ouskouri, about whom there is very little else to say, at Place des Arts.

Friday Anonymity reigns with Econoline Crush and Stabbing Westward at Café Campus. See if you can tell them apart! First class punk action with The Misfits and Guy Smiley, at the Medley. As if that weren’t enough, Garth Brooks will be breakin’ hearts at the Molson Centre.

Saturday Good grief! Garth Brooks again!

NEW LISTINGS Wed 10/22 Less Than Jake and Snuff at Metropolis.

Fri 10/31 54-40 at Cabaret.

Sun 11/01 Sloan at the Spectrum.

Sunday The insufferable Rankins have escaped from Rita MacNeil’s studio

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In a rematch of last year’s provincial final, the McGill Martlets failed to defeat the Laval Rouge et Or at Molson Stadium Sunday afternoon. McGill had its three game winning streak snapped in a sloppy match which saw Laval win 2-1 on a muggy afternoon.

The loss came as a suprise to a M artlet team which came in with high expectations and confi­ dence from a 4-0 win in Sherbrooke Friday night.

However, they ran into a veteran Laval team which managed to make fewer mistakes in preserv­ ing their victory.

“Laval didn’t play well, McGill played worse, we made some individual mistakes,” said a disappointed coach Marc M ounicot, feeling that the Martlets didn’t play up to their abilities. “Against the stronger teams, you have to raise your level of play.”

Laval’s Lisa Nolet opened the scoring in the 12th minute of play due to a defensive lapse by McGill.

The Rouge et Or capitalized when the Martlets failed to clear the zone and a Laval forward hit Nolet with a pass directly in front of the goal. Nolet snuck the ball behind m idfielder Tanaquil Chantrill and fired a low shot in the right corner of the net behind goalkeeper Debra Keitzke.

The Martlets bounced back within ten minutes when rookie Eva Melamed fired a shot from the left side past Rouge et Or goalie Mélisande Blais. The goal was set up by a free kick from defender Kiran Nayar who shot the ball which deflected off a Laval leg right to Melamed in front of the net.

The teams battled for the rest of the first half with each team coming up with scoring chances but unable to take advantage.

Laval took the lead for good in the 63rd minute courtesy of a play by m idfielder M arie-Andrée Lefevbre who won a footrace to the net and sneaked the ball past Keitzke.

Laval, backed by veterans Brigitte Chandonnet and Canadian national team defender MarieClaude Dion, were able to protect

their lead despite some good play from McGill. It was Melamed again who used her speed to sprint towards the net and create a scor­

ing opportunity with twelve min­ utes left. Laval played patiently for the last portion of the game and denied all of M cG ill’s

chances to tie it.

“We didn’t perform ,” said Mounicot after the game. “In the first half we controlled the game but in the second half we didn’t; some players did not understand their role in the midfield.” An obviously disenchanted Martlet team did not want to share their reactions on a game in which they had high hopes for.

The very young M artlet squad came out fighting but their inexperience showed in the latter stages of the game. They were quite upbeat before the start and felt that they had the talent to match last year’s provincial cham­ pions. Both teams had three shots apiece but it was ultimately Laval who capitalized on Martlet mis­ takes to steal the game and main­ tain their undefeated record. The Martlets will look to regroup and try to put this uncharacteristic style of play behind them before their match-versus UQAM this Friday night at Molson Stadium.

Q u e e n ' s G o l d e n G a e ls t r o u n c e R e d m e n 3 6 - 0 on the spot too many times in this one and ended up giving up The McGill football Redmen too many big plays. M cGill got into K ingston on Friday seemed to be outplayed in every afternoon, had a light practice, a aspect of the game and nowhere great night’s sleep and then pro­ was that more evident than on ceeded to get blown away 36-0 the offensive front. Gael’s quar­ by the Queen’s Golden Gaels the terback Beau Howes (15-19, 312 next day at Richardson Stadium yds, 2 tds) had him self a big afternoon, doing everything he before 12,000 rabid fans.

Amid a tremendous atmos­ needed to do, as he led a potent phere, Queen’s treated its home­ offence up and down the field. coming crowd, which consisted David McKinnon (9-18, 80 yds, mainly of alumni, mixed in with 1 int) started for the Redmen and purple-dyed and bonnie-wearing despite his best efforts the students, to a well-engineered offence could not move the ball through the air or on the ground. pasting of arch-rival McGill.

“It was a total collapse, " McGill running back Shawn admitted linebacker and team Linden was held to 65 hardco-captain J.P. D arche. “ We earned yards on 16 carries and sucked on offence and we sucked had to fight for every inch. After on defence.” The reality was not the game, quarterback McKinnon gave Queen's the credit for a far from Darche’s perspective.

From the start of the after­ game well-played: “They played a good game noon when M cG ill’s slutting line-up was booed mercilessly of hard-nosed football and they one by one, the Redmen seemed just wanted it more then we did. uncom fortable, although not It was tough but we better come back next week,” in tim id a te d . said M cKinnon That uneasi­ alluding to next, ness transferred w as a to ta l collapse. week’s duel with itself onto the We su c k e d on o ffe n c e a n d the B ishop’s field.

The G aiters which offence could w e su c k e d o n defen ce. now becomes a get nothing more im portant J.P. Darche, going or even Redmen linebacker game for the 2 started and 2 Redmen. w hile the Queen’s opened the scoring defence held early, they were put B y T a r iq Je e r o b u r k h a n __________

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with the only tally of the first quarter coming on a single point from the foot of John Taylor as he pulled a 29-yard field goal wide left. In the second quarter, Queen’s, behind their increasing­ ly boisterous fans, slowly began to establish themselves as the better team. Only 57 seconds into the quarter, game MVP Paul Corrcale took the ball into the McGill endzone from 8 yards out. Correale, who had just a huge day (17 carries and 3 recep­ tions for 156 total yards and 3 tds), was pleased after the game.

“If you could just bottle up this feeling and be able to take it out on another day that would be great,” said the Gaels running back. “We always have had a great rivalry with McGill because they always have great players like Linden, Darche, and Lefebvre.”

The Gaels got back into the endzone at 12:55 of the second quarter as Howes, the son of Q ueen’s coach Bob Howes, hooked up with James MacLean on a 34 yard touchdown pass. In the third quarter, Queen’s blew the game open by scoring three touchdowns and taking a 36-0 lead which they refused to sit on, still throwing deep passes well into the fourth quarter.

M cGill linebacker Ollie Lefebvre had his most active

Next week McGill faces a game of the season so far. He finished with 15 tackles, stand­ tough challenge in the Bishop’s ing out as a bright spot on a Gaiters, who before losing to defense which, to its credit, Ottawa on Saturday afternoon never gave up even as Queen’s were the second-ranked team in tried to run up the score late in the country. McGill has to get back on track for this one and all the game.

Backup quarterback Josh signs from Baillie and his play­ Sommcrfeldt saw some action ers is that they will be ready. As late in the game, driving the rush end Andray Wellington put offence the length of the field it as he went storming into the before finally being stopped at lockerroom after the game: “I the Gaels three yard line. hate losing.”

Although Sommcrfeldt was able to move the ball, coach Baillie made it abundantly clear who his starter is. “ Dave M cKinnon is the starting quarterback. Josh has great potential, but we are bring­ Comingupthis week ing him along slowly. For now he is doing his job as a solid backup."

Redbirds Baseball vs. Concordia at Baillie downplayed the role Centennial Fieldin Cote-St-Luc, the crowd played in the game.

Wednesday September 30th, 7:30 p.m.

He refused to make excuses for the Redmen, but gave Queen’s Martlet Soccer vs. UQAMat Molson credit instead.

Stadium, Friday Odober 2,6:30 p.m.

“W henever there is a big crowd you should be able to turn Redmen Soccer vs. UQAMat Molson that into a positive thing. We Stadium, Friday Odober 2,8:30 p.m. didn’t play that well on offence, defence, or special teams and Martlet Field Hockey vs Guelph at Q ueen’s was a better football Mobon Stadium, Saturday Odober 3, team than we were today. You 10:15 a.m., and vs. Waterloo at 12:30 c a n ’t start pointing fingers, p.m. though. This is a team game and now we must pull together as a team.”

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L ong road le a d s Marc M o u n ico t t o M artlets Form er Redm en sta r looks to continue his w inning ways

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Despite ultimately opting for asked about his fondest memory of education over soccer, he in no way McGill soccer. “It was a great feel­ Marc Mounicot has come full gave up his passion for the game. ing, I just felt so much unity and I had circle with McGill soccer, moving While at university, he played divi­ a great relationship with the team. We from team MVP and national cham­ sion three soccer and laced up for the should have won the nationals but we pion as a player to head coach of the French National college team. didn’t, but it was probably my women’s team, one of the top in the Following his graduation in 1985, he favourite team." country. His lifelong devotion to soc­ came to l'Université de Sherbrooke While the 1996 Redmen were cer has taken him from the profes­ and played there for a year before his favourite, it was the 1997 sional ranks in France to the coaching moving on to the professional ranks Redmen who were best. The team ranks of McGill. with the Montreal Supra of the that won the national title was again He brings experience and leader­ American Professional Soccer captained by Mounicot. He was an ship to the table as coach, but more League in 1987.. From there he All-Canadian and QUSL player of importantly he brings an absolute would return to France to play profes­ the year, led the league in scoring passion for the game that can only sional soccer and coach, leading up to and won the D.S. Forbes Trophy as make the Martlets a better and more his return to Quebec and McGill in McGill’s male athlete of the Year. exciting team.

1995.

But his real value to the team was At the age of six in the streets of “When I first got to McGill, I measured when he scored in the Cenon, France, Mounicot began his felt a big change considering that the national championship playoff lifelong devotion to soccer. By age universities in France work much dif­ shootout to tie it 4-4 and put McGill nine he had moved onto his first club; ferently,” said Mounicot. “But most­ in the position to win 5-4. by 17 he was good enough to be ly I was amazed the sense of tradition “I never realized the magnitude drafted by a division one team. and pride that students and faculty of winning the national title,” said M Faced with the decision to either play have in the university.”

Mounicot of McGill’s first national professional soccer at the highest In Mounicot’s first year with championship in any CIAU sport level France had to offer or continue McGill, he would score four goals in since 1987. “There was so much his education, Mounicot made the fourteen games and find himself emotion and tension that I was in my decision to pursue his studies. He named a second team Quebec cocoon and didn’t realize how big the turned down the offer to play elite University Soccer League all star. It game was until afterwards." league soccer in order to earn his was 1996 when Mounicot broke out With the Forbes Trophy and a bachelor of science at the University as one of the best soccer players in National title in his possession, of Bordeaux in France.

Redmen history. He lived up to Mounicot ended his Redmen career “I have no regrets,” said expectations as captain and first team in the best possible fashion. With Mounicot, “Well, just one, that I All-Canadian, QUSL player of the most endings come a beginning, and could have been a good professional year, and finished second in the divi­ for Mounicot, the end of the Redmen player and I never played in front of sion scoring race. He would also career marked the onset a Martlet 70,000 people, I’ve played in big guide the Redmen to a provincial career as head coach of the women’s empty stadiums. Watching the World title. soccer team.

“In my second year, we had an For some athletes, a transition Cup this summer really made me wish I had played in front of a huge excellent team when we won the from playing to coaching can be a crowd.” provincials,” said Mounicot when slow and difficult process.

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Fortunately for Mounicot, he has been coaching throughout his playing days and has been prepared for such a career move.

“It was smooth shift from player

soccer, there is not the amount of cul­ ture when speaking about tactics and strategies. Soccer is very naïve in North America — here they try too hard to play only with physical skills, in Europe they try to play with more technical skill than raw abili­ ty. With women’s soccer it’s really only technical skills and resources.

I mean, the US is the best in the world because of their resources.”

One of the best resources the Martlets had the past few seasons was coach Sylvie Beliveau. She had guided the Martlets to an 11-1 record and a first place finish in the QUSL in 1997. She was the coach of the year last season, and over her three year career, the Martlets were an incredible 40-13-6. She has resigned this past spring in order to spend more time with her family.

P a tric k Fok She’s left some big shoes to fill, but o u n ic o t a s c o a c h Mounicot is not feeling pressure. to coach, I’ve been coaching since I “Sylvie Beliveau made a great was 22,” said Mounicot. “Since I program here,” said Mounicot. “I turned 30, I’ve put more emphasis on think she did well for McGill, but I coaching. I mean, I coached kids, don’t feel any pressure to succeed McGill athletes, even clubs in France her. I have different objectives out­ where I was a player-coach. The tran­ side of winning. I want girls to play a sition was not very difficult.” nice game, and to play a game that One of Mounicot’s goals this people like to watch.” season is to bring more technical With his combination of experi­ expertise to the Martlets. Asked about ence and leadership it looks like the differences which exist between Mounicot is destined for nothing but soccer in North America and in success at the helm of the Martlets.

Europe, he pointed to a level of He will undoubtedly enjoy his work refinement which is only beginning at McGill and achieve his goal of giv­ ing Martlet soccer a mass appeal. to appear in Canada and the US. “The technical level is greater in Europe,” said Mounicot. “With men’s

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Drew MacAulay of the University of Windsor took the race with a time of 32:15. For the Redmen, James Roundell finished 40th with a time of 34:56, best on the McGill squad.

Also on Friday, the Martlets ran to a sixth place finish in the five kilom etre race at the University of Western Ontario.

The race was won by Sarah Schmidt of Syracuse, with Gretchen DuMoulin finished first among M artlets and twentieth overall with a time of 19:30.

M ar tlet ho c k e y w in le s s in THREE GAMES LAST WEEK The Martlets, still playing exhibition games and finalizing their roster, lost two and tied one last week. On September 23, the M artlets lost 3-1 to Collège Brébeuf, with the lone Martlet goal coming from Cailee Heggestad.

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Amy Doyle and Kim St. Pierre split time in net.

The Martlets dropped their last game of the week to JOFA 3-0 on Sunday.

M e n ’ s rug by c o n tin u e s to ROLL AGAINST SHERBROOKE The Redmen rugby squad continue to produce impressive victories as crushed Sherbrooke 42-3 on Sunday. Erik Vu, Dave Phillips, Alex Nemeroff, Ben Lee,

Mark Hamilton and Peter McDougall all scored tries for the Redmen, while Ben Williams went 3-4 on converts and even scored three on a drop kick. With the win the Redmen improve to 2-0 in the league and hit the road against Bishop's on October 2.

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With the eyes of the baseball world focused on the exploits of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, the McGill Redbirds have been concentrating on their own brand of exciting baseball. After this Saturday’s sweep of Carleton, they stand first in the Quebec Baseball League with a 10-2 record.

This year’s edition is looking to improve on last year’s rookie­ laden team that was eliminated in the conference semi-finals. While that team was competitive, it was not expected to contend and this year’s club is facing higher expec­ tations.

“They’ve come a long way confidence-wise,” said third-year coach Ernie D’Alessandro of the progress of his sophomore play­ ers. “They’ve shown that they can play at this level.”

Pitching depth, a traditional strength of the team, has been tested to some degree due to injuries to key starters Dave Carson and Jason Egbuna in the first couple of games.

This development has forced last year’s closer, the hard-throwing Pat Gonsalves, into a promi­ nent role in the starting rotation.

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1-1 record and a 2.80 ERA, while continuing to relieve.

Geoff Pertsch (3-0, 1.47) has emerged as one of the top pitchers in the league and last season’s MVP Craig M cFadzean (1-1,

country. Their gaudy offensive stats are somewhat padded due to blowout wins against some of the weaker teams in the league.

“The team has a very bal­ anced offence,” commented

2.45) has also helped in picking up the slack left by the wounded arms.

“The injuries have been tough,” said veteran catcher J.P. Fozo. “However, I feel that the staff could still be one of the best out there.”

The team ’s real strength might be in its rock-solid defence that may be one of the best in the

D’Alessandro. “There’s no real big player that is relied on. However, I’d like to see some more produc­ tion from the lineup.”

Catchers Fozo and Cam Davies have continued to gun down opposing baserunners at an impressive rate, while providing guidance to the budding pitching staff. Davies leads the team with 11 runs batted in.

When not on the mound, McFadzean and Gonsalves have anchored the infield. McFadzean (.440, 1 HR, 10 RBIs), is a fear­ some hitter in the middle of the lineup, while Gonsalves (.300 BA) has been a defensive wizard at shortstop.

Second baseman Danny Stover (.393) and Gonsalves form a stellar double-play combination to go along with their dangerous bats. Veteran third-basem an Shiraz Rehman provides leader­ ship and a steady bat, while utilitymen Brad Pelletier and Mike Consul have filled in very well whenever called upon.

“The infield has been the backbone of the club,” comment­ ed D’Alessandro. “The solid play of the infield has kept the team in a lot of games and helped the pitching staff.”

Strong-armed outfielder Ryan Avey is among the league leaders in hitting with a whopping .444 average and has provided the team with several clutch-hits. Egbuna has used his tremendous speed as an asset in centre field, while Pertsch (.357), Eric Chantilla (.286) and rookie Jason Lipoff (.385) have also contributed.

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“It looks right now like a three-team race between McGill, Laval and Sherbrooke,” stated D ’Alessandro. “We haven’t played Sherbrooke yet, but there are a lot of strong players from that area.”

The quality of the club com­ pared to other clubs was shown this weekend as they blew out the visiting Carleton Ravens by 17-0 and 15-7 scores. The solid mix of rookies and veterans has provided the team with the chemistry and confidence needed in its quest to return as champions.

As Fozo points out about his last season, “Following last year’s heart-breaking loss in the Semi­ finals, anything less than a Quebec Conference championship is unacceptable.”

The Redbirds play next on Thursday night against Concordia at T.M.R. Park, and return next Saturday to Centennial Park in Cote St. Luc.

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The McGill University Chamber Orchestra with E. Plawutsky conducting will per­ form at Pollack Hall at 8:00 p.m.

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Kol Nidre. Tomorrow, services will be held held at 9:30 a.m., Neilah at 5:40.

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CBC McGill Series continues with Les Violins du Roy, featuring Raffi Armenian as conductor and Karina Gauvin as soprano.

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St. James Literary Society opens its 101 &t session with a presidential address from L. Greenshields entitled “Inflation, Socialism and Free Enterprise”. A reception with cash bar will be held prior to the event at 7:30 p.m.

Concordia Irish Lecture Series continues with Dr. Jerry Pocius of Memorial University of Newfoundland, who will speak on “Fairies, Colcannon and

Faculty of Religious Studies presents guest lecturer Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, an American-born Buddhist nun “Organizing Buddhist Women: Traditional Institutions as Vehicles of Empowerment." Birks bldg.

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M aster’s Recital featuring pianist Hye-Rim Song to be per­ formed at 8 p.m at Pollack Hall.

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