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Presence of Objects offers an alternative to IKEA B y C a b b y J a k u b o v i t ? _______________

T ak in g ad v an tag e o f the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is as easy as flashing a student card. But apart from the huge abstract pain tin gs, the an cien t art from m any p arts o f the w orld and A lb erto G ia c o m e tti’ s skinny bronze figures, is an often-missed sign bearing the words “Montreal M useum o f D e co ra tiv e A r ts .” Typically, one imagines a gallery o f the decorative genre as a sort of over-glorified IKEA or an exhibit o f fine je w e lle ry . And y et the m useum 's new e x h ib it, T he P re se n ce o f O b je cts: G aetan o Pesce, consists of more than just o b jects artfu lly p resen ted in a room. T he co lle ctio n re fle cts the work of the Italian-born architect over the past ten years, and since a decade is a long time to span, the show truly is a medley of materi als, styles and, as the title suggests, objects. The many skin-like tex tures and intense colours give the objects a unique character; each is a breathing and talking creature, be it a door handle or the schematic plan for a house. The abstraction that has become the major archi tectural trend o f this century is alm ost an tag o n ized in P e s c e ’ s work. His use of recycled materials — cardboard boxes and rags — makes this tangible medium the focal point of the show. The archi tect describes this materiality as “a defining trait of a new century that will be more flexible, more sensual and, certainly, more female.” This brings up another characteristic of Pesce’s designs — their feminini ty . A lth ou gh not im m ed iately apparent, the shapes and forms represented a step away from the

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Outstanding bill leaves students without texts B y A ndrew Ro ss

B iology students were with out textbooks for weeks after a corp orate m ix-up prevented the M cGill Bookstore from ordering the required books. Nearly 5 0 of the 2 2 0 students re g is te re d in P ro fe s s o r D erek R o ffs "Evolution" course had to go w ith o u t th e ir p rim a ry te x t w hen the p u b lish er refu sed to sen d th e b o o k s to the M cG ill B ookstore. M assachusetts-based Sinauer A ssociates withheld the te x t , A P r i m e r o f P o p u l a t i o n G e n e tic s , b ecau se a n o th e r unidentified C hap ters ou tlet in Canada had not paid a bill to the publisher. Chapters took over the m a n a g e m e n t o f th e M c G ill Bookstore earlier this year. A c c o r d in g to M cG ill B o o k s to re M anager H o rst Bitschofsky, this kind of "credithold" problem is not uncommon, but the s to re o n -c a m p u s did everything it had to do. "C redit-hold problems have always existed," he said. "In this c a s e , we sen t o u r p a p e rw o rk

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through. If there is a problem, its the responsibility o f [C hapters] central accounting in Toronto." H e co n tin u e d to say th at p ro b lem s su ch as th is u su ally happen during the summer when initial textbook orders are made. T he p rob lem with the b io lo g y te x t o c c u r r e d d u rin g th e fa ll sem ester because the Bookstore was forced to reord er the book when their initial supply ran out. In this case, Bitschofsky told the T rib u n e that the problem with this text was solved the same day it was brought to the attention of the B ook store, A new shipment o f books arrived at M cG ill ten days later and is now available to s tu d e n ts . B u t stu d e n ts in the c la s s , h o w e v e r, a re n ot im pressed. Their first m id-term exam is on October 2 3 , and even though the professor did provide handouts to fill in som e o f the gaps left by the m issing book, some students feel they will still not be prepared. According to Christie Young, a U1 environmental science stu dent in the class, the Bookstore's

m anagem ent should have taken the student needs into account. "It's pretty ridiculous. It's a required textbook for a required course," she said. "No one in that class is in that class as an elec tive, especially because it is such an intensive p rogram ...T h ere is no e x cu se for the B ook store to not have it." P ro fe sso r R o ff did not see th e m issin g te x tb o o k as an extremely severe problem. On the whole, the missing book did not d ra stica lly e ffe ct his ability to teach the class. He said that stu dents could refer to other sources w ith the sam e in fo rm a tio n to keep up, as well as borrowing the textbook from their classmates. "Each student still had access to the material, through the mate rial in the handouts and the book on reserve in the library," he said. "It was a considerable in con ve nience, but it would not prevent th em fro m u n d ertak in g th e course." B ut to add insult to injury, the textbook was originally not on reserve in the library, due to a

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m iscom m unication betw een the professor and the library's reserve d esk. S in ce th en , R o ff put his ow n co p y o f the te x tb o o k on reserve, which "iron ically went missing" according to Young. Roff did not dismiss the stu dents d iff ic u ltie s , th o u g h . He does feel that the Bookstore man agement should have noticed this problem earlier and taken action to m ak e su re it did n ot ca u se problems for students. "I think it's unfortunate," he said. "This problem should have been recognized, given the length o f tim e that C hapters has been around. It might be regarded as teething problems [with the new management.]" W h e th e r or n ot sh ip p in g delays will be a recurring prob lem under the new Chapters man a g e m e n t re m a in s to be seen . B o o k s to re m an ag em en t m ain ta in s, h o w e v e r, th at w h ile the recent problem with the biology text is an isolated incident, it is not uncommon for these types of difficulties to occur.

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by the Students' Society. "T h e q u e s tio n n a ire s are [made public] only at the time of the blood drive," Bennett further explained. "The objective of that is to have good quality blood. [T h e q u e s tio n n a ire s se rv e to ] eliminate people who have a risk o f h a v in g A ID S , H IV — any major diseases." F a rz a n a N urm oham ed, one of the three blood drive coordina-

reason behind turning away pos sibly infected donors, saying "it's $ 1 0 0 to test, draw, for the whole procedure [o f handling a blood donation]." She added that sam ples testing positive for disease are given two subsequent exam i nations confirming the first test’s positive results. C o m p lic a tin g th e te s tin g process is the fact that recentlyin fe c te d H IV c a r r ie r s h a v e a

F o r the fifth year in a row , Queer McGill plans to protest the questionnaire which donors are required to fill out before giving blood at the annual SSM U Blood Drive. Individuals must answer the written questionnaire if they wish to donate blood. In past years, it has asked whether the prospective d o n o r has had m ale h om osexu al sex or if a woman has had sex with a known bisexu al man. Should potential donors a n sw e r y e s , th ey are identified as people with g re a te r risk o f h avin g HIV or AIDS and subse quently are not allowed to donate blood. Q ueer M cG ill A d m in is tra to r Ja w a d Qureshi claims the ques tionnaire is discriminato ry because it au tom ati cally denies the right of hom osexual students to give blood. He points out that this restriction exists e v en th o u g h a ll the blood is tested, regard less o f how the d on o r Lisa Bird fills ou t the q u e stio n B l o o d d r i v e c o - o r d i n a t o r s h o p e f o r 9 5 0 d o n a t i o n s naire. "W e a re g o in g to tors working for SSM U , agreed, "w indow " period in which they confront...not in a militant [man noting that "m edically, it's been can carry the virus undetected for n er]," he stated. "W e as a co m proven to be a greater risk." up to three months. Accordingly, m u n ity o f p e o p le , in clu d in g Q u e rs h i, h o w e v e r, ra is e d s a m p le s m u st be te s te d th re e straig h t p eo p le, are being d is co n cern s that the questionnaire months after they were taken. crim inated [against]. W e ’re still e n co u ra g e s d ish o n e sty , notin g Qureshi emphasized the need fighting just to donate our blood." that he has lied in the past. for greater tolerance from those Carole Bennett, Blood Clinic “ I can lie and tak e it as a who coordinate the drive. Organizing Counsellor o f Hemas tr a ig h t m an . I h av e d o n ated "A ccording to statistics, ten Q uebec, defended the rationale blood to SSM U by lying that I per cent o f McGill's population is behind the questionnaire, explain w as a s tr a ig h t m a n ," he queer," he stated. Qureshi further ing that it exists for safety pur explained. claimed that the Blood Drive was poses. Bennett urged honesty on the only hurting itself by automatical "I can't deny, in a way, [that questionnaires, placing emphasis ly eliminating queer donors. the question n aire] is a form o f on the goal of a safe event. T he p ro te s t w ill fe a tu re a d iscrim in a tio n ," she ad m itted . "If people weren't honest on petition for people who refuse to "W e have to eliminate a certain their questionnaires, there's a risk donate blood and the painting of number of donors not because of o f g iv in g tain ted b lood [to be red blood drops on the checks of who they are but for health rea tested]," she stressed. "[W e are] p rotesters. In addition, Qureshi sons." Her organization, H ém ahoping that p eople are honest. qualified the nature of the protest Québec, in existence for just over W e're going on the assum ption when he noted that "2 0 0 people a w eek after rep lacin g the Red that when people go to the blood didn't go up to give blood last Cross, has taken responsibility for drive, they're going to save lives.” y e a r.” T hose who w ere refused blood drives in western Québec, Bennett also cited the cost of put their nam es on the petition including the one being organized testing blood donations as being a instead.

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$3,600 subsidy for the creation of a new television station run by stu The Sexual Assault Centre of dents who may eventually be able to receive course credit for their M cG ill’s Student Society will be work. asking students to approve a $0.25 For now, a small closed circuit increase in student fees during the station will reside in the Shatner fall referendum period in a bid to building. A ccord in g to Andrew expand their services. Jones, technical producer of TV Since 1995, SACOMSS has McGill, the subsidy will be used to received $0.50 from every student purchase two new 27 inch televi as part of Students' Society mem sions, one o f which will be sta bership fees. The authorization to tioned at SSMU's entrance kiosque, collect this funding expired at the and the other inside G ert's. The end of the 1997-98 academic year, subsidy will also be used to pur although SO.5 0 has still been col chase a new continuous play VCR lected for the fall 1998 semester. and for cabling televisions to TV The referendum question asks stu McGill’s offices upstairs. dents to support the fee increase as In addition to the new station, well as approve SACOMSS collec Jones notes that the expansion may tion of the fall fee. not be solely limited to the Shatner "If they vote No for increased building. "As far as we know...they funding, I want to make it clear that want to have cable access to every they’re also voting for no funding at room in residence, and we want to all for S A C O M S S ," said K ate see if we can have one of the chan Ridell, SACOMSS external coordi nels available for us." nator and co -ch a ir of the "Y e s" Course credit may someday be Committee. available to students doing work SA C O M SS is the only stu with the station. Jones' efforts to dent-run and student funded sexual get course credit work put in at the assault centre on a Canadian uni station as credit stems from what he versity campus. The increase in stu sees as a lack of applied communi dent fees will increase the scope cations work at McGill. and size of their support groups, "Cultural Studies is more theo outreach programs, advocacy and ry than practical....[This program a cco m p an im en t p rogram s and would] allow students to work on intervention lines. the station while earning course The fall referendum period is credit...doing something practical." November 11, 12 and 13. The applied work for credit must still pass the approval of both TV M c G il l r e c e iv e s s u b s id y the Cultural Studies professors and the F a cu lty o f A rts b efore it The S tu d en t's S o cie ty o f becomes available to students. M cG ill U n iv ersity 's F in an cial Affairs Committee has approved a

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Q u ersh i did say , h o w ev er, th at the p ro test w on't in terfere with the drive. "W e're not against the blood drive, we're against the discrimi nation," he summarized. "I would try bringing out as many people [as possible] to donate blood." N evertheless, drive organiz ers remain enthusiastic, Bennett is aiming for approxim ately 9 5 0 half-litre units, or donations, of blood. 9 0 0 to 1,000 units of blood are used daily. "There is alw ays a need for people to give blood," said SSMU V ice P resid en t Internal A ffairs Karen Pelley. She added that peo-

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pie needing blood for transfusions "really depend on these big blood drives." B e n n e tt co n clu d e d th at despite who protests, the drive is a positive event. " I f th ey [Q u e e r M cG ill] decide to disrupt we're going to have to go with the flo w ," she replied. "[The drive] is like a tra dition here. W e always appreciate having blood drives." T h e b l o o d d r i v e w ill r u n O c t o b e r 5 - 8 f r o m 1 0 a .m . to 6 p .m . a n d fr o m 1 0 a.m . to 4 p .m . on O c t o b e r 9. P e o p le ca n a lso r e g i s t e r to d o n a te b o n e m a rro w to an international list o f waiting re c ip ie n ts on T h u rsd a y . In fo rm a tio n o n th e b lo o d d riv e will a v a ila ble at the b lo o d driv e's i n f o r m a t i o n k i o s q u e in th e U n iv e r s it y C e n t r e lo b b y . F o r m o re inform ation o r to volunteer, ca ll 3 9 8 - 6 7 7 7 .

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C h eap er ABM s to stay in Stu d en t U nion Building S t u d e n t s ' S o c i e t y o f M c G ill U n i v e r s i t y r e f u s e s t o l e v y e x p e n s i v e A T M f e e s o n s t u d e n t s

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The Students' Society of McGill University has refused two proposals to replace the current automated bank machine (ABM) in the Shatner build ing with a newer and more costly auto mated teller machine (ATM). There is big a difference between ABMs, owned and operated by banks, and the increasingly common ATMs, which can be set up by companies which are not necessarily banks. A BM s charge custom ers a $ 1 .2 5 Interac fee if they are using an ABM which is not owned by their bank — ATMs charge tw ice that amount, regardless which bank the customer deals with. “[There is] absolutely an advan tage [to using an ATM],” said Greg Mitelman, president of ATMS. “We are much more honest than any bank. At any one of the [machines] we advise students of what the charge is... Banks do not advise you.” This disclaimer Mitelman men tions warns the customers that they will be charged a $1.25 “convenience fee.” “What people don’t realize,” stat ed Lorenzo Pederzani, SSMU's VP finance, “is that they’re also getting charged a $1.25 Interac fee [on top of the convenience fee]...so the total fee you end up paying is $2.50 [per trans action].” Pederzani has been approached by two different companies since he

Interac fee.’ But to tell you the truth, [considering] the convenience [of the A TM ], people pay. I use it myself.. .As long as a fee is transpar ent, 1 think it’s alright.” “ [CSU] m ake[s] tw enty-five cents per transaction,” added Kamukama, “which all goes back to the students and I mean every dime... One of my main motivations in deal ing with [these companies] is that if I didn’t do it, the school would have signed a contract with them and the twenty-five cents would have been going to the administration.” Kamukama said he attempted to acquire a contract with Scotia Bank. “Their break-even point...was so high that it didn’t make any sense for them to do it.” Although Shatner has a good number of transactions at the ABM, Kamukama noted that the CSU is in a difficult position because the lack of pedestrian traffic near their machine means a low number of transactions, and a reluctance by banks to introduce an ABM. Tessier believes that the current bank machine in Shatner is inadequate, from the same ATM companies. and remarked that it is “old and very Unlike SSMU, however, Cusacorp has slow... and a lot of times there is a accepted one such proposal. long line-up.” Kamukama maintains that stu Pederzani stated that he is aware dents know what they're getting them of these concerns. He also admits that selves into when they use an ATM. it is not in the most convenient loca “I don’t know how it could be made any clearer... [CSU] posted a tion for students and hopes to have a new ABM in place by the end of this red marker on the machine that says school year. ‘this machine costs $1.25 plus $1.25

money...1 don’t think [ATMs are] the way to do it,” said Tessier. Emmanuel Kamukama, VP Cusacorp which is owned by the Concordia Students’ Union, was approached with similar proposals

great and [SSM U] could use the money to go back into student issues... I don’t think that, in and of itself, it could justify students paying double what they would for [normal bank machine] fees. So on those

has been in office. ATMS and Millenium Money have both tried to have their ATM machines housed in the Shatner building. Pederzani explained that the companies’ propos als generally offered SSMU a share of

grounds, I refused them.” Anne-Michelle Tessier, a U1 Arts student at McGill, is opposed to hav ing ATM machines on campus, saying that introducing an ATM instead of an ABM in Shatner would be the equiva lent of “levying taxes on students.” “Even though [an ATM] would make SSMU a lot more money, if [SSM U] needs that much more

the profits in the form of approximate ly 25 cents per transaction occurring at that machine. “ [This proposed share] would probably mean that [SSMU] could make between $15,000 to $17,000 a year for just having an ATM here, whereby at present we only get $3,000 from the current bank machine,” stated Pederzani. “As much as that would be

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PC McGill presidency changes hands after non-confidence vote B y James G rohscal

A Progressive C onservative McGill by-election propelled Kent Smith to its presidency last week in the wake of a non-confidence vote in former president Matt Liben. Smith contested the position against Liben and won the seat by a one vote margin. Liben had resigned from his position as president over the summer while he was employed in the office of a federal Liberal Cabinet minister. Liben, who won the presidency in a regular election last March, later retracted his resignation and contin ued to hold the position until he lost a vote o f non-confid ence on September 21. Although Liben was unwilling to disclose the name of the Cabinet m inister for whom he w orked, Natural R esources Canada Press S ecretary John Embury told the T rib u n e that Liben worked in the office of Natural Resources Minister Ralph Goodale. "Matt Liben was a summer stu dent who worked for Natural Resources Canada in Mr. Goodale's office," said Embury. "He offered to resign and resigned from PC McGill.

[A ]s far as I know, he was never asked to resign by anyone in our office." Liben, however, asserts that the Minister's executive assistant asked him to resign from PC McGill after a co-w orker found out that he was president. "They just felt it could result in some bad press for them if it were to get out," said Liben. "I certainly wasn't happy that it had to come out. I don't think it was a real conflict of interest in the sense that I was president of PC McGill at the time. But I see where they were coming from. If it did become public knowledge, then that could become an embarrassment to their Minister. So, that's sort of unfortunate, but I think there wasn't a lot that could be done about it." After Liben resigned in July, VP Finance Paolo T orchetti becam e interim president until elections could be held. However, Torchetti himself resigned from PC McGill soon after, citing time constraints. It was then that Liben decided to reclaim the position of president. "Basically I rescinded my resig nation," said Liben. "Paolo at that point had resigned as well, and there

was sort of a vacuum there at the top o f the e x ecu tiv e, so I thought it would be appropriate for me to jump right back in." At PC McGill's first meeting this year, Wojtek Baraniak, a PC McGill member, announced to the group for the first time that Liben had resigned over the summer. Baraniak, however, declined an interview with the Tribune. "It was brought to the attention o f the executive that...Liben had resigned his position in the summer of 1998 and then reinstated himself in the position without a formal elec tio n ," read the minutes o f the September 21 meeting. V P C om m unications Kent Glowinski believes that Liben should have followed the PC McGill consti tution if he wanted to regain his pres idency. "He resigned...and then reinstat ed himself. This is unconstitutional, and I think it's just bad politics," said Glowinski. "[At the September 21 meeting], I moved that we have a vote of confidence to uphold Liben and T orch etti in their positions. Torchetti got a vote of confidence, and Liben got a vote of non-confi dence."

Many members of the PC Party and PC McGill feel that Liben's sum mer activities did not detract from his ability to run PC McGill. "I didn't really think about [Liben's position with the Liberals]. I'm not a hardline conservative, so I don’t associate with hard line party loyalties," said V P Social o f PC McGill Dave Barry. "I [could] see what the conflict was...but I thought he was doing a fantastic job." Kent Smith, the newly elected president, does not believe that Liben was wrong to take the position with the Liberal Minister's office. "I understand that he is a student and needs work throughout the sum mer. Working for a Liberal...was a good opportunity for him. I have no adverse feelings about that...I think it was why the vote of non-confidence came about, but in the reelection I really don't think that was the issue." "If one of our presidents' gets a good job as a Liberal office worker, so be it," Smith continued. "Just make it more known throughout the club that this is what he is going to do, and that he is not compromising any of his PC values. He just wants to have a job that happens to be in a Liberal office."

Jack Hughes, the PC Youth Federation campus coordinator, said that Liben's taking a position with Goodale's office did not violate any PC policies. "His job was a non-issue. We know that Matt was up front...At no time was Matt's behaviour contradic tory to the PC Party's platform or principles." Glowinski stated that the over riding con cern o f m em bers was Liben's lack of consultation with club members. "People were not upset that he worked for a L ib e ra l," said Glowinski. "I think it was the fact that he quit, and then reinstated him self. People saw that as an abuse of power..,[I]t was our first meeting of the year, and it sort of takes you by surprise when your President gets a vote of non-confidence." When asked why he thinks he lost the by-election, Liben said that his job with the Liberals was proba bly the reason. "I think that was the key factor in the race. People were still not completely satisfied that my commit ments were in the right place."

Quebec Liberal party's youth convention votes to abolish differential tuition fees B y A drienne M atheson

The Quebec L iberal P arty ’s Youth convention passed an emer gency resolution calling for the abolition o f differen tial tuition fees. The resolution, which was introduced on the final day, was p assed im m e d ia te ly with an alm ost unanimous vote of 1 ,0 0 0 Quebec youth. According to Thomas Park, a

M cG ill stu d en t and e x e c u tiv e m em b er o f the Y o u n g Q u eb ec Liberals, the resolution was passed within ten seconds of introduction and by 9 0 per cen t o f the d ele gates. Though the youth conven tion does not directly affect party policy, this resolution may hint at more profound changes to come. Park explained that youth have up to one-third of the vote in the gen eral m em bership m eetin g, held

once every few years, to decide upon the Liberal party's platform. "If something is passed in the youth convention, it will probably go on to the general membership meeting . . . [We'll] debate, vote, and if it's accepted then it must become part of the general party policy," says Park. Park noted that the issue o f differential tuition fees was not a high priority during the conven-

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tion, understandably due to the m a jo rity m em b ersh ip of Francophone youth. He suggested that the fact that 80 to 90 per cent o f the members are residents of Quebec, and are therefore unaf fected by the relatively new differ ential tuition guidelines, may also be a reason that this resolution passed so effortlessly. "McGill is a very isolated uni versity," Park continued, referring to the extremely high percentage o f ou t o f p ro v in ce stu d en ts at M cG ill. "A lot of the issues are different [compared to other uni v e r s i t i e s ] ... W e w ere h earin g things like T never heard of this problem b efore. NoXone’s co m plained about this at U Q A M '." The m ajo rity o f the d e le g a te s, unaffected and relatively unaware of the issue, were readily willing to support the resolution. Andrew W oo, another McGill student who attended the conven tion, was one of the minority who voted against the resolution. He cited reasons that coin cid e with the government's argument behind the original implementation of the o u t-o f-p ro v in ce tuition supple ment. "In a sense, it's like we're sub sidizing their education — I mean,

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In a last-d itch effort to remain in Canada, about sixty Chilean refugees have occupied an east-end church for the last two weeks in order to pressure the Quebec and Canadian gov ernments to stop forced deporta tions and grant them refugee or immigrant status. Eric Maya, spokesperson for the group and a refugee himself, believes the only reason the Canadian government refused to grant the Chileans refugee status is because of vested economic interests in Chile. "Canada has just signed a treaty of free trade, and therefore says that Chile is a democracy. [Canada] has to uphold its inter national image," said Maya. Most of the Chileans fled Chile in 1995 because of political affiliations with Communist par ties or student unions. Their des tination o f ch o ice becam e Canada, partly because a prefer ential trade policy eased visa restrictions for Chileans. The sixty or so who are occupying the church have been refused refugee status by the federal government and are now w aiting for the Quebec government’s decision on whether or not they can be grant ed independent immigrant status, to be decided on their degree of integration into Quebec society over the last three years. Nevertheless, for the Canadian government, the refugees in Jeande-la-Croix Church are violating Canadian law and are liable to be deported at any time. "Without this movement, the Quebec government would not have looked twice at us," said M aya. "I know though that I would be killed if I returned [to Chile]. There's no question about it." Already, 36 refugees have been forcibly expelled from the cou n try, one of whom has already been harassed by Chilean authorities since her arrival. The remaining 60 or so are occupying a church, an institution that for Latin Americans is historically associated as a place of refuge. About 600 Chileans are estimat ed to be illegally in the Montreal region.

public co m m en tary , should be Security should get marshal training Concordia has begun re-examining allow ed to do so. Freed o m of — to hold people back, not grab th eir p o licy reg ard in g public expression is something we believe people," said Mullarkey. "If security protests on campus. According to C anada p ortrays itse lf as a in. W e want everyone to feel safe had not done an yth in g, people Dean of Students Donald Boisvert, humanitarian nation where human here, at night or in a public protest," would have come in, spoke on the Concordia currently has no official rights are respected. Y et, about 60 asserts Emond. megaphone and left peacefully." policy on demonstrations on cam Chilean refugees have had their Because the protest regarding Despite the divide left by the pus. In consultation with Concordia lofty notions of Canada vigorously the Chilean refugees was Student Union tested in recen t weeks with the not sp earh eaded by representatives deportation of 30 of their compatri C o n co rd ia students, and some of the ots and the p ep p er-sp ray in g of Emond believes that even p ro te s te rs peaceful protesters demonstrating the clearest policy may involved in the on th eir b ehalf, in clu d in g one not be able to avoid future co n fro n ta tio n , McGill student. confrontations of this sort. B o is v e rt w ill On the afternoon of September "W e can h ave the soon be submit 24, a protest wound its way through m ost cle a r ru les in the ting a set of pol the downtown co re o f M ontreal w orld , but if som eone icy recom m en with placards asking for amnesty comes from outside, does dations to Vicefor the Chileans and chanting slo it make a difference?" he Rector Services gans "N o R a c is t D ep o rtatio n , stated. Charles Emond. Human Rights for all the Nation". N ev erth eless, stu "There's not According to Stacey Miller, one of dents are demanding that a p o licy on the protesters in the demonstration Concordia officials com protest... In the and a mem ber o f the C oncordia mit themselves to official past, even if we In tern atio n al S o c ia lis t Student ly recognizing their right had no p o licy , Association, Concordia security and to peacefully demonstrate we were able to the provincial police manhandled on campus. handle protest. the demonstrators with excessive "W e're students, we In fact, these sit force. have a right to be at the university," recent confrontation at Concordia, uations can be handled when groups "People were kicked outside said Miller. "Security should err on Em ond b eliev es that secu rity , advise us," said Boisvert. [by Concordia security] with brutal putting away their billy clubs. [I]t's administration and students (all in H o w ev er, a cco rd in g to the force. Once we were outside, we not just a couple of bad apple secu ag reem en t) that anyone in the C o n co rd ia Students' Union V P heard some glass shatter and it was rity guards that decided to get rough Concordia community should have External Mistie Mullarkey, a clear a security guard breaking a window with students. They have the confi the right to peacefully and freely policy must be spelled out to avoid in a fit of rage," said Miller. "The dence because someone or some express their views on campus in a violent confrontations of this sort in police arrived...and didn't stop to thing is telling them that they can safe and secure manner. the future. ask anyone what happened. They tell students not to do things like "W e believe that people who "What we've asked is that there took [Concordia] security's word for hand out leaflets [and] peacefully want to say something, in protest or be a set policy for demonstrations. it that we were wrong." B y N ilima G ulraiani

Protester David Lessard, who was pepper-sprayed at the demon stration, was also alarmed by the violent display by both Concordia security and police forces. "[A security guard] took off his jack et and he showed me that he wanted to fight with me, but I said no, this is a peaceful demonstra tion," said Lessard. When police arrived, they pro ceeded to arrest one of the protest ers and place him in a police car. When the crowd clamoured to his defence, the perimeter of the car was pepper-sprayed. Three people were arrested during the mêlée. "I asked [the police officer] what he was doing and he peppersprayed me in the eyes. I tried to run on my knees in the direction of the crowd then," said Lessard. As a resu lt o f the p ro test,

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EDITORIAL “A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them for a century.” — B a r o n d e M o n t e s q u ie u

The price of free speech B y Ja s o n S ic u r d s o n

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The era of globalization has made us accustomed to widespread downsizing and cutbacks. What we rarely talk about, however, is the "downsizing" of free speech. Political theorists have long accused the state of using its power to protect the interests of capital. They point to nuanced laws which reflect systemic bias favouring the moneyed class, reinforcing the well-being of our society's most privileged. With the state's increasing efforts to squelch public resistance to human rights abuses, the theory is becoming much more tangible. Students and community activists protesting the APEC summit in Vancouver last November were met with a vicious backlash from the RCMP. Peaceful protesters faced pepper spray, billy clubs, attack dogs — some even reported having guns pointed at them by Canada's revered police force. All this force, only to hush concerns that APEC's economic agenda threatens to ignore fundamental human rights abuses taking place in member nations. Recent information leaked to the media seems to indicate that Prime Minister Jean Chrétien went out of his way to protect the reputations of international despots attending the APEC summit, demanding that the RCMP do whatever necessary to hide visible dissent. The orders came from the office of the highest political figure in the nation — a nation which has prided itself on an international reputation for upholding human Students last week were treat rights. It is clear political abuse, but it touches upon something which is far ed to a rare event within the pages more unsettling: the impending triumph of economic rights over human o f the McGill T rib u n e : an article rights. appearing in the "id eas” section A PEC , the A sia-Pacific Econom ic Co-operation, has been trying written by the SSM U President, since 1989 to hammer out a new free trade agreement. APEC opponents D u n can R eid . A tre a t b e ca u s e stressed that the focus of negotiations is exclusively economic, only look rarely are the words "ideas" and ing at ways to link 18 Pacific Rim "economies" and completely by-passing student politicians uttered in the broader social concerns. It comes as little surprise that the leaders of same breath unless, of course, it is Indonesia and China want to overlook anything which threatens to come to election time and it is the student grips with their appalling human rights records. It is of great surprise, how politician uttering them. ever, that Canada would want to do the same. The protesters assembled on the University of British Columbia cam Y et, Mr. Reid, motivated per pus can t be dismissed as a ratty bunch of kids" yelling and screaming haps by som e imminent scandal about the activist flavour of the day. It was a cross-section of students, [Trouble brew ing with SSM U 's community leaders and organizers, professors, union tradespeople and finances? Or some clever deflec concerned citizens — people who have a strong vision of social justice and tion of how much (and why?) we were willing to spend months channeling their energies and concerns into are paying for Guy Bertrand’s ser raising awareness of APEC's anti-democratic agenda. All they wanted to vices?], had chosen to write about say is that there is more to the global community than just economics. If building excellence at M cG ill, a there was going to be international negotiation of an accord of such impor noble g o a l no d ou b t. A nd his tance to individual citizens, then individual citizens needed to be part of "three cle a r p rio rities," no less, the process. Ideally, Canada would be one of few places where average cit- ! will surely garner the support of izens could make their voices heard without the threat of state-sanctioned hoards o f students eager to ensure brutality. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case. the economic value of their degree The APEC brutality will likely face an official review in coming does not plum m et with the for weeks and Canadians will eventually know how and why such a violent crackdown was allowed to take place. Although the sheer scale of the I tunes of the Canadian dollar (as Mr. Reid warns us not to rest too police backlash last November has prompted national attention, Canadians comfortably on McGill's past lau can't afford to ignore smaller and less visible forms of excessive force used to combat dissent. rels). Last week, a protest against the deportation of a group of Chilean In looking closely at his arti refugees was cut short by both Concordia security and Montreal police cle, however, and following a few officers. Like the APEC protest, pepper spray and billy clubs were the rules o f interpretation, you might weapons of choice in the battle to silence citizens’ concerns. Three stu see Mr. Reid's column for the sac dents were arrested. charine-coated placebo it is. Add to this the arrests at last June's SalAMI demonstration against the R ule 1 : Mr. Reid is holding a Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the mass arrest of anti-poverty position, the precise administrative activists at the Queen Elizabeth last December, and one gets the sense that ju ris d ic tio n o f w h ich no on e, organized brutality is mounting. Something needs to change in our society. including the SSM U constitution, Politicians and policy makers need to finally acknowledge that popular is sure of. resistance isn t the real threat to peace and order. Economics overruling T h u s, M r. R e id 's g e n e ra l social justice,"however, is.

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complaints about poor communi cation with students, the neglect of clubs and services, and the lack of accessibility and safety within and around the Shatner Building, in addition to the need for student representation within the universi ty coupled with student involve ment in the U niversity's revival are indeed real problems. You must ask yourself, how ever (better yet, ask M r. R eid), what authority and power he has to e ffe ct change in these areas. Read the SSM U constitution and ask former presidents how easy it was simply to form committees in council, let alone secure greater re p re s e n ta tio n w ithin the University government. If SSMU w asn 't ab le to p re v e n t the University from taking away the President's vote at the B oard of Governors in 1 9 9 6 , what makes Mr. Reid confident he can secure extra representation now? The lesson to be learned: Students politicians will pro pose a host of ideas that are either constitutionally impossible or sub ject to a vote they will lose. R ule 2 : Student politicians put forward proposals that are sure to win general support since 1) they are p hrased in such a gen eral manner that any reasonable human being would agree with them or 2) they are proposals so filled with convoluted, incomprehensible jar gon as to make the very compre

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hension of them a painful ordeal (thankfully, Mr. Reid has avoided the latter). For example, who would dis agree with the proposal that: "it is time to further develop the part nership between McGill students, the community, and the universi ty?” Better yet, try to find a stu dent that disagrees with that state ment that "we must demand equi table treatment and more involve m ent in decision m aking in the university." R u le 3 : there is a lexicon of words and phrases that are typical ly used to hide one or more of the following: • the self-contradictions and/or inconsistencies with their pre vious statements; • the in co n sisten cies with the SSMU constitution; • the fact that the official has never read the constitution; • th e fa c t th at the o ffic ia l is unaware of the inner inconsis tencies of the constitution; • the fact that the official will becom e an unwilling or will in g p a rticip a n t in the inner inconsistencies of the constitu tion. T h u s, M r. R eid cla im s his e x e c u tiv e , w hich "re co g n iz e s" these problems, will be "address in g ou r w e a k n e sse s" th rou gh "u p co m in g p ro p o s a ls ." How C o n tin u e d o n p a g e 7

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Letters to the Editor

Defending F reedom

SSMU'S HUMOUR POLICE

This letter is in response to a previous criticism levied against "Freed om o f the P ress," a tw opage section in your newspaper. I am the fool who culls the weekly ideas for this section and as such I will reply to M s. Erin M acL eod and Mr. M icah Knapp and their contention that although my “mastubation” should not be im p ed ed , it should n ot run an entire page. Duly noted. In the fu tu re, I will keep my colu m n “Public Enemy Number 1 " around 7 0 0 words and attempt to live up to the unattainably high b ench mark set by none other than Mr. K n ap p ’s d isco n tin u e d co lu m n "The Low Talker." This pair’s sec ond suggestion was to bring back 'T ve Got the Conch," a forum in which prospective writers in the M cGill comm unity can get their feet wet. Due to many problems last year with gamering adequate su b m issio n s fo r "I'v e G ot the C onch," the format was up for a little retoolin g. One asp ect was not erased, however, "Freedom of the Press” still sports a forum for w rite rs to p r a c tic e th e ir c r a f t appropriately titled "C olu m n ist fo r a D a y ." S u b m issio n s h ave been accepted since the beginning o f the sem ester for this section, though response has been typical ly slow. Just last week I got my first p iece from som eone other than a roomate or a burnt out ex editor of the R e d H e rrin g . If you, Mr. Knapp or Ms. M acLeod, wish to c o n trib u te to m y s e c tio n , I would be greatly honoured. Keep on reading!

The tempest that has descend ed upon us this semester is unlike anything Rich, Nick, Jam , or any one else associated with the R ed H e r r in g has ever had to contend with. W e were screwed over the summer for taking initiative and a tte m p tin g to m ak e the R e d H e r r in g something Duncan Reid and the rest o f the SSM U execu tiv e fou n d in v io la tio n o f o u r mandate. The crux of the matter is that they felt we were not funny. This is the basis for the censorship o f the infamous article, the first usage o f the SSM U confidential session and the formation o f the R e d H e r r i n g H u m o u r P o lic e . T h ese are our tro u b les and we m ust face them . F o rtu n ately , it appears as if others at this institu tion have the same sensiblilities as we do. Judging by the number of letters to the ed itor that appear w e e k ly d e fe n d in g the R e d H e r rin g or the principles involved in this idiocy, some people actual ly uph old c o m m o n se n se . On behalf of the entire R e d H e r r in g staff and associates, we thank you for your support and look forward to p ro v id in g you w ith q u ality entertainment for years to come.

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L arge vision not "dumb" I w as read in g th rou gh last issue's article by David Reevely with candid interest until he chose to m ake the b latan tly ign oran t remark, "CFS is wildly left-wing, with an awful lot of dumb ideas about everything from economics to East Tim or." As a member of

Local 7 9 of the C FS, I fail to see the stupidity in having a policy that condemns the act o f genocide and w hich acts on m aking this opinion known. Students do not and should not live in a cultural vacuum. Sometimes, these "dumb id e a s" are a re su lt o f students from places like East Timor ask ing for our help. Other times, they are a result o f an internal initiative b ro u g h t fo rw a rd fro m an o th er mem ber. W hatever the case, the CFS sees the need to act not only on a federal level, but also on a global scale — the C FS is over 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 voices strong. W e recog nize the potential in that strength to e n g a g e o u rs e lv e s in o th e r important and relevant issues. W e a re n o t so n a rro w -m in d e d to believe that the changes we can and should effect are only related to tuition and government fund ing. So take a walk on the wild(ly left-wing) side. It's not as bad as you think. B ryan C h u n g E xecu tiv e C h a irp erso n Post G ra d u a te Students' Society (L o ca l 79, C anadian F ed era tio n o f Students)

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equivocal can one be! M oreover, Mr. Reid has provided no leader ship on any of the issues he has addressed. H e cites the w illingness o f students to contribute to M cGill: yet the majority of these initiatives were passed before he was elected

to office! While student politicians usu ally only bombard us with their z e a lo u s n e s s , s e lf -im p o rta n c e , informed strong opinions or unin form ed strong opinions (as the case may be), and their self-right eousness during election time, we should at le a st c a ll th eir b lu ff when they a ttem p t to p a s s -o ff

D am ion Stodola Student, Faculty o f Law

(QUEEN'S JOURNAL — 2 October) On the Queen's campus of the future, Security may use personal transmitters and sophisticated software to track individual students w ho need emergency assistance. But at what cost? Campus Security's idea to equip students with keychain-sized per sonal alarm systems is impractical, and the money would be better spent on other safety initiatives. A less expensive solution would be for a group of student volunteers to patrol our ow n neighbourhoods nightly. If sig nificant sums of money are to be spent, however, we would be better off extending the boundaries of Security's patrols, installing m ore blue lights, and im proving lighting everywhere Queen's students live, and not just on campus. While the idea of giving each student the choice of using such a sys tem seems fair, it could also have a de trim e nta l effect on the w ay Campus Security operates. Rather than focusing on improving our safety through a preventative approach, the new system could lead to Security relying too much on reactive measures. The personal alarms could also instill a false sense of security am ong students w h o m igh t otherwise make more prudent choices about their personal safety.

Did you say something? (CALGARY G A U N TL E T — 24 September) The topic of today's editorial is apathy. Let's just get this thing over with so I can go hang out with my buddies in the Den and swill beer. I fount out that tuition costs are going up every year, something like 10 per cent a year. Is that a lot? It seems like it is, but how would I know? I don't ask, and nobody tells me nothing. We'll pay anyway. As long as they don't raise the price of a pack of cigarettes anymore. Hey man, like m y dad always says, the government's just going to screw you anyway, so you might as well take it lying dow n. I know some crazy German students protested their governm ent cutting back on edu cation costs last year and they got tear-gassed. W ho needs that? I can't afford to get tear-gassed. I have to go to paintball next weekend. The governm ent doesn't listen and I can't be bothered to t r y . Not in Alberta anyw ay. In V a ncou ve r last year, a couple of crazy students demonstrated at the Asian Pacific Econom ic Cooperation sum mit and they got arrested by the RCMP. It goes to show you that... hey, check it out — Bo and Luke are getting chased by Roscoe again. Th e m crazy Duke boys... Enough of this. You and I can't do anything about anything. That's the way it is, man. Nobody likes a whiner. Take it like a man. Anyway, I have to go. See you in class... that's a joke by the way. E va n O sen to n , A c a d e m ic P ro b a tio n E d ito r

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I really have to go to the bathroom I n s p i r e d b y a m u c h - b a l ly h o o e d c o n t e s t r e c e n t l y h e l d in Toronto, in which contestants w ere given three days to write an entire novel, o u r intrepid colum nist m ade a b ra v e attem pt at sim ilarly o u t p e rfo rm in g all existing stand a rd s o f production. H e fea rlessly threv: o ff the shackles o f convention a n d dow ned two p itch ers o f ice water, th ree cups o f espresso, a bottle o f b e e r a n d o n e sm all mimosa b efo re sittin g d ow n to h a m m e r o u t h is c o lu m n o n ly f o r t y - f i v e m in u te s b e fo r e the d e a d lin e ! H e r e , in its u n a b rid g e d fo r m , is the asto n ish ing result:

So, like, what’s the deal with that MARS lady? I hear she works somewhere in the registrar’s office p a rt-tim e . One o f my frien d s claimed to be in a class with her, once. I’d really like to meet her. She’ s always been so nice to me on the phone. Quite unlike that com puterized bitch at the 1 -9 0 0 O S A P lin e. I g o t ch a rg e d tw o bucks to be told, in halting pidgin English: "Your [pause] 1998-1999

[p au se] O S A P loan has been assessed at [pause] ZERO [pause] dollars and [pause] ZERO [pause] c e n ts." T h a t’ s not funny. W hat gives? You know, I really need to use the can.

ch est and w aited for him to go away. Speaking of the Arts steps, w h at’ s the deal with the people who hang out there? Those people are so full of themselves. Man alive! This is really start ing to get uncom fortable. I wish Ian would hurry up and finish with the b ath room. T his uni v ersity sure is m ired in red tape. I managed to really screw up my registration for courses — it had a whole lot to do with that 1 -9 0 0 O SAP phone call and I tell ya, that’s not some thing I want to do again. I must have stood in hour-long lineups at least a dozen times. It wasn’t any thing like that scene in T he F u ll M onty when they’re all queued up at the dole and they start dancing with their erotic pelvic thrusts and so forth. No, sir. It’s just a whole lot of listless people with baleful expressions on their faces. Go back

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That Brian the food-not-alcohol guy sure is a piece of work. I was sitting on the Arts steps the other day, happily enjoying my brown-bagged repast of a banana, an apple, an orange and a bagel when he m oseyed on up like he owned the p lace, mind you and named the contents o f my lunch like he was a FLQ terrorist with a lis t o f dem ands o r so m eth in g . Somewhat frightened by this dis play o f p sy ch ic leg erd em ain , I clutched my lunch bag close to my

to Russia, I say. Man oh man oh man I’m in a lot of pain. I’m really happy with the job Paul Martin’s done on the budget d e fic it. S p eak in g o f w h ich , it reminds me of the time my folks came up from Chatham for a visit. W e went to watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade, and sure enough, there was Paul Martin, grinning stupidly and marching in the procession. Ju s t as he w alked by, m y dad yelled, ‘H EY , P A U L !’ and flashed a c a m e ra in his d ire ctio n . M r. Martin’s startled expression in the photograph was too m uch! Too bad that big wad of dough he took ou t o f th e w in d fall fo r the Millenium Fund won’t do me any good. Instead, I ’ ll be graduating just in time to be ejected into this jittery, recessionary economic cli mate I ’ ve been hearing so much about. And speaking of economic climates, these differential tuition fees are really getting me down. Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one? I can ’t believe

I’m paying more to go to McGill than some dudes from France. Last time I checked, they owed us a big favour, dammit! Jesus Mary Holy Saint Joseph this is excruciating. What the hell is Ian doing in th ere? H e’ s not going to m ake any friends that way, spending an hour locked in the bathroom. They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows, but it’s just as interesting to look at who isn’t clim b in g into bed w ith w hom . Take our Students’ S ociety, for example. I don’t know very much about what th ose jo k e rs in the SSMU executive do, but I kind of like it how they aren’ t affiliated with either the Inter-Greek Letter Council or the McGill Daily. I’m not into m aking frat-b o y jo k es about goats and rubber tubing and paddles and stuff, so I’ll spare you the misery. But man, those clowns at the Daily, with their olive drab outfits Hey! The bathroom’s free! F lu sh !

Nothing sacred — the ravages of global downsizing On this date twenty years ago, Pope John Paul I died o f a heart attack only thirty-four days after assuming his office. It’ s events like these that make you suspect that God is a little less atten tiv e to details than we’d like to believe. If ever there was a position where you’d figure that the grace of God would co-mingle with job security, that would be it. As it turned out, however, Pope John Paul didn’t even last long enough to qualify for the Vatican’s dental plan. For too long God has deliv ered the so rt o f lack a d a isica l 9 :0 0 -3 :0 0 effort that would have most employees cleaning out their desks after a week. L et’s face it, if God answ ered only 1 /1 0 o f my prayers I’d have five World Series rings and a wife that could suck the chrome off of a fender, instead of being routinely turned down by prostitutes with ‘headaches’. Aside from the ob viou s b lem ishes o f plague and war, there exists a num ber of other blots on his record that would make looking for alternate employment a daunting task. A ll o f th ese fa c to rs rested

h eav ily upon my mind as God came into my office at Burger Land last week demanding a job. The following is a verbatim account of the interview that followed. M urf: Gee, you really don’ t have a lot of job experience here do you? God: Not true, I created the entire world you see before you.

I’d be claiming credit for that quite so publicly. A t last I heard, we were on the verge of a third world war, we still get knocked out by a common cold, and nearly half of the world’s population has nipples that serve no purpose except to be a meeting place for hair. L et’s face it, if you really knew what you were doing you wouldn’t have created a prototypical man that cou ld seek cover under ju s t a fig leaf. G od: H m m m ...I suppose I never really thought of it quite like that. M urf: W ell listen God, I ’ m going to level with you. I checked up on your references and no one was especially complimentary. It says here that while working in Egypt you caused a plague and a drought, your negligence caused a massive flood in the Middle East and you completely obliterated two entire towns. Here at Burger Land we can’t allow accidents like that

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Murf: Oh, and that turned out well didn’t it? W e’ve got an ozone like a sieve, we have pollutants that could choke a horse, and if some one so m uch as sn eezes, California’s going to slip right into the P a cific. Look, did you even bother to read the instructions, or did you ju s t th row e v e ry th in g together haphazardly? God: Well, let’s not forget that I did create man. Murf: You know, I’m not sure

to happen. Time is money and our customers expect quality. God: Really, you can count on me. Murf: Can I? I hope so. L et’s talk about re sp o n sib ility fo r a moment. It’s one thing to forget to pick your son up from soccer prac tice, but it’s quite another to leave him nailed to a cross for an entire week-end. God: That wasn’t good was it? Murf: Not exactly father of the year type of credentials. But look, I’m going to take a chance on you, because I think you mean well at heart. Your base salary is $5.25 an hour and any screw -u p s com e directly out of your pay, no ques tions asked. And no coffee breaks — you’ve got to work your way up the ladder first. Hop to it God, it’s a

dog eat dog world, and you’re at the bottom of the food chain. God: Oh thank you so much, you won’t regret it at all. M urf: And another thing, I don’t want to hear about you turn ing any of your co-workers into pil lars of salt. W e’ve got a name for that down here on Earth. It’s called 5-to-10. Think about that. So, in the end, I gave the guy a chance. I felt badly for him I guess. H e’ s been at the wheel an awful long time, certain boo boos were bound to happen on his watch. But you know what? It blew up right in my face. He never showed up on his first day or any day after that for that matter. Nietzsche called up to explain: apparently God is dead.

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Vampires, Jell-0 and handcuffs They come in all different vari eties: artists, musicians, athletes, SSMU politicians — don't assume it's simply a football or hockey fad just because they do it in groups. I believe even Picasso was known to be one, hell, even accountants have an angle. Players — we love them, yet hate to admit it and probably shouldn't. They appear into our lives from nowhere like vampires from the night. They turn us into Jell-0 and disappear before we've had a chance to set, leaving behind a big, goopy mess. The good ones ¥ keep us dreaming for months, maintaining a strange following in every setting they grace. The others move from bar to bar, branded but still able to feed on the naïve. Do not suppose for a moment that because you know how a player works that you can spot one coming or if you did that you are safe. We should never blind ourselves to our weaknesses. We love them. Usually we love them because they are good at something but mostly because they love us. Everyone who knows what I'm talking about also knows the embarrassment of having been played. Don't be embarrassed, rav ish their natural resource. They love you for one night (two if you forgot to undo the handcuffs) and the next night they are loving someone else. Herein lies the problem as it goes

against the grain of our egocentric nature, which was so well pampered during those oh so shameless inter ludes. They loved you genuinely — they didn't love you for your brain or your ability to score a three point er and if you're not careful they'll suck the romantic soul right out of you, but they did love you and they

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will come. So don't run and hide after a night you once would have rather forgotten and don’t be hasty to forget, but relish in your glow and feel powerful for having enjoyed and not regretted your choice, a choice you made as a self-respect ing, preferably not too drunk, indi vidual. F o r the true romantics, fear not, even play ers have hearts and have been known to fall for one person — for a while — but don't hold your breath because if you're hoping, chances are it won't be you. There is something to be said for hard to get, even in our aggressive world. True masters love the challenge and revel slightly in rejection. For all the arm chair psycholo gists in the audience, who would like to argue that a male player is overcompensating for their under sized member and a female player has a low self-image, I beg to differ. Possibly you should be using your armchairs for something else.

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Hyperactive houseflies are running the Shatner show Most governments never forget anything. That can be a good thing— when they have to be held to promises, for instance, or when a particularly lame-brained scheme is up for discussion and someone points out that the same thing was tried in 1978 and it didn't work— but can be a really bad thing, too. Government programs, for instance, take on a life of their own. Money keeps being pitched into the same holes and the initiatives them selves turn into mindless, immortal behemoths that can't be eliminated because people have come to depend on them. In the United States, for instance, Franklin Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Initiative was just switched off a few years ago, long after every backwoods shack in the country was gifted with a power line of its own. If the problem with most gov ernments is that they never forget, the problem with SSMU is that it has the memory and attention span of an amphetamined gnat. All hell breaks loose over issues that get

forgotten within a week. Nobody remembers the promises that got each generation of executives elect ed. Nobody has a handle on the recurrent issues except the people

who have been in the system for years. Years, in this context, means, like, five. Don McGowan was VPUniversity Affairs a few years ago. He was in Law and had been kick ing around campus for longer than anybody could remember. He turned out to be a sort of dark-sideof-the-Force executive, and was able to run rings around anybody he came up against, just because he knew how all the parts of the sys tem fit together and nobody else did. The same advantage, on a smaller scale, obtains with SSMU

not your typical company. In the very near future, you're going to hear a lot of compa nies saying many of the same things. They'll claim they're

councillors and functionaries who have more than one year's experi ence when they come up against people who don't. For at least the first couple of months of the year, they're the only ones who have any sense of how the system works, and therefore the only ones who can get anything done. The experienced members of this year's Council are Duncan Reid, Sam Johnston, James Wishart, Douglas Painter, Chris Muldoon, Brock Macdonald, and Melissa Pallett. (Lorenzo Pederzani and Jeff Feiner know about Council but are still sorting out their new portfolios.) They lead the way while everyone else is sorting out what all the acronyms mean. They are, by the way, more or less equal between good and evil, making the general moral direction o f this year's SSMU neutral. (Not, I hasten to add, that their n um bers are split between good and evil. More of them are good than are otherwise. But if you put them all on a big moral balance, they'd come out even.) The SSMU's General Manager, the sainted Guy Brisebois, is sup posed to provide continuity through the years by taking charge of the nuts and bolts of running the stu dents' society while the politicians sort out policy and direction. He's the marshal of the SSMU's wee

civil service and he's good at it, but teaching all the new kids the ropes is much more than one man can do in the time he has to work with. The result of this lack of conti nuity — which is endemic in stu dent organizations from residence councils to faculty associations, not restricted to SSMU — means that many of the same battles have to be fought out year after year. There are reasons why things are the way they are. The reasons might not be very good ones, they might appeal only to a certain set of values held by student politicians, but they don’t change. Council might do wrong things, but the councillors aren't actually stupid. Mostly. The real problem in starting from scratch after every election cycle, though, is that it's impossible to identify patterns — positive and negative — in SSMU's behaviour. Three years ago, Helena Myers went under the gun for her handling of the resignation of VP-External Nick Benedict, which occurred amid a volley of weird and unsub stantiated allegations about every thing from misappropriated funds to drug dealing and happened in such a way that those allegations couldn't be investigated. Two years ago, efforts were afoot to impeach openly gay President Chris Carter for actively trying to undermine the SSMU blood drive by giving blood in spite of the Red Cross's HIVinspired refusal to accept donations from homosexuals. Last year, Tara Newell came under fire for general ly acting like an autocrat and shov

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ing her oar into places where it did n't belong. What's the lesson? SSMU presidents have to be team players, and remember that the team in question has people on it besides them and their friends. Do they learn from their predecessors' mis takes? Rarely. That's just one exam ple. Safety in the ghetto. Something called "educational equity". The accessibility of the Shatner building to people for whom stairs are an obstacle. Some sort of coherent system for tracking student evaluations of courses and professors. How many times have these things been promised? They're all important, but apparent ly nobody cares enough about any of them to do anything more than pay them lip service. During the election campaigns last year, Duncan Reid promised a student lounge in the Shatner build ing, and an SSMU-sponsored speakers' series. Sam Johnston promised to integrate work-study programs into regular curricula. Jeff Feiner, in fine political style, promised to "look into" lowering transit fares. Lorenzo Pederzani promised a food court in the Shatner building and a Sadie's in upper Rez. Karen Pelley promised...very little, actually, but did mention an outdoor Walksafe phone box outside the Shatner building, and to use SSMU to create jobs for students. Let's make sure they know we haven't forgotten.

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in te re s tin g w a lk — b e s id e s , the T h e Tribune b r in g s y o u p a r t e x h ib it is tw o o f B e y o n d th e G h e tto : a co m p le te ly f e a t u r e i n t e n d e d to h e l p y o u free. b r a n c h o u t o f y o u r u su a l ro u tin e If you a n d s e e a ll the stuff, q u irk y a n d sp end a day o th erw ise, that M o n tre a l h a s to at th e o ffe r. B i o d ô m e you can L a s t w eek ’ s exp lo rin g left c o u n t on a me both aw e-struck and curious w id e s e l e c to venture further. So, reluctant tio n fo r to leave my ignorance redeemed lunch or din only h alfw ay , I set ou t to d is ner: a cafete cover m ore o f our home city. r ia , a b is tro F i r s t s to p th is w e e k w as and the more m etro P ie -IX , on the green line. sophisticated A fte r w ind in g m y w ay ou t o f restaurant Le the labyrinth o f an exit, I cam e M ousson are face to face with the m am m oth a ll on th e Olym pic Stadium. m a in le v e l . The com plex's inside boasts I f I h ad the th e tr a d i tio n a l t o u r i s t tr a p s , extra m oney, overpriced snack bars and ca fe I would eat at t e r i a s , as w ell as a s o u v e n ir L e M ou sso n shop. The main attraction is the ju s t f o r th e cab le-car ride up the outside o f earthy am bi th e to w e r ; i n c i d e n t a l l y , th e e n ce : huge la r g e s t in c lin e d to w e r in th e banana trees w orld . C ab le ca rs le a v e e v e ry in decorative ten m in u tes and o n c e on to p , planters, y o u ca n s ta y as lo n g as you p a lm -tre e like C r i s p a u t u m n d a y s in P a r c L a F o n t a i n e w ish . U n f o r tu n a t e ly , la c k o f p la n ts s c a t tim e prevented me from taking Surprisingly, an in sect museum tered everyw here, and the glass th e $ 9 rid e m y s e l f , b u t I isn ’ t as dry as it sounds. Signs c e ilin g w h ich le ts su n lig h t in ap proached several to u rists on e v e ry w h e re n e a rly d em an d ed during the day. th e ir w ay ou t w ho th o ro u g h ly v i s i t o r s to v o te f o r th e new The B o tan ical Gardens and enjoyed the view s — said to be in s e c t e m b le m o f Q u e b e c . I the Insectarium were next on the som e o f the best you can get o f thought the fleur-de-lys already list. A free shuttle bus se rv ice the whole city — as well as the looked kind o f like an insect but from the stadium /Biodom e area atm osphere at the restaurant. A I v o te d a n y w a y . F ro m am o n g takes you up the road to the gar tourist agent advised visiting at th e s ix c h o ic e s th a t in clu d e d dens and Insectarium . It’ s only a night, when the city is illuminat su ch p re te n tio u s title s as the ten-m inute w alk, so I took the ed . I f i t ’ s a sp e cia l o c c a s io n , eb o n y je w e lw in g , I c h o s e the hike m yself. Admission for both you can m ake reserv atio n s for 12-spotted ladybug. the gardens and the insectarium dinner at the tow er-to p re sta u My other favourite exhibits w as $ 6 .7 5 w ith a stu d en t ID , rant. included an h onest-to-goodn ess and since they stamp your hand, T h e B io d ô m e is b a s ic a lly beehive, where the bees produce y o u c a n c o m e b a c k an y tim e n e x t d o o r to th e stad iu m and h o n e y r ig h t b e fo re h ouses fou r sep a your eyes. If rate ecosystem s, you’ ve ever w on c o m p le t e w ith dered if the “busy an u n d e rw a te r as a bee” exp res ob servatory and sion is true, trust e stu a ry . A selfme, it is. g u id e d to u r A fter fleeing through the four the Insectarium , I e c o s y s t e m s is s tr o lle d a ro u n d $ 7 .0 0 fo r s tu th e B o ta n ic a l d e n ts , b u t be G ard en s. I c a n ’ t su re to a llo t at do ju stice to their least a couple of s p le n d o u r, but I hours to make it can try. w o rth th e E v e ry th in g fro m b o u rb o n m oney. In addi tio n to th e ro se s and s c o u r B iodôm e tour, a ing rush to lotus sm all-scale photo p la n ts and lily Rebecca Catching N ig h t - t im e s p l e n d o u r a t exhibit adorns the pads bloom along th e B o ta n ic a l G a r d e n s w a ll near th e th e g r a v e l w a lk entrance. The dis w a y s o f th e g a r d e n s , w h ic h th at day even a fter ex itin g the p la y con tain s photos o f people w in d in and o u t o f th e tin y gardens. and p laces from fou r d ifferen t stream s and lakes. M y favourite Being terrified of bugs, the a re a s: the A m azo n , C o lo m b ia, spot was the Japanese pavilion, I n s e c ta r iu m w a s n ’ t e x a c tl y a the P a c ific and the C arib b ean. on the east side o f the park. The natural stop, but in the name o f The pictures exem plify the dis p av ilio n is built around a Zen a d v e n tu re and f e a r le s s n e s s , I tinct culture and natural habitats g a rd e n , w h ic h c o n ta in s san d w ent to ta k e a lo o k . o f each p lace and m ake for an B y M e c h a n a S hah

im p o rte d fro m K y o to , Ja p a n . T h e p a v ilio n a ls o h o u s e s a library, with books about every thing from bonsai plants to Zen B ud d h ist p ra ctice s. H op efu lly, even this b rie f in trod u ction to the g a rd en s has sp ark ed y o u r interest. E ven on the relatively frigid day I visited them, walk-

I h a d th e e x tra money, I would eat a t Le M ousson ju s t fo r the earthy ambience: huge banana trees in d eco ra tive p la n te rs, palm -tree like plants scattered everywhere, and the glass ceiling which lets sunlight in during the day. ing around was a pleasure. All the variety and vastness o f the g ard en s tra n sla te d into food would give you Jean Talon m arket. N estled in the heart of L ittle Italy, a few blocks west of Je a n T a lo n m e t r o , th e Je a n T a lo n m a r k e t is an o u td o o r exp losion o f fruits and v eg eta bles, ordinary and extraordinary (ever seen a 2 0 pound lettu ce?). W h at im p ressed m e m o st w as th e m ass q u an tity o f the fa re . But the milling crow ds, even on a w eekday afternoon, indicated that sales a re n ’ t really a p rob le m , and h a g g lin g is ro u tin e . A lo n g w ith th e tin y I t a lia n

m o m -an d -p o p re sta u ra n ts and d elis, I spotted a T hai g ro cery sto re , a m id d le-eastern co rn e r store and a few Chinese restau ra n ts . C o m p le te w ith th e odd ju x ta p o s itio n o f C o p p e l i a and L o l i t a p o s te r s , th is e c c e n tr i c p a rt o f M o n tr e a l is s u re ly a must-see. My last venture o f the day turned out to be relaxing one. I h o p p e d on th e 2 4 b u s a lo n g S h erb ro o k e to v is it P arc L afon tain e (betw een St-H ubert and P a p in e a u ). E v e n w ith the w in d in m y f a c e , I e n jo y e d walking along the w ater’ s edge. Besides an occasional ambitious jogger and a few dogs and their o w n e r s , th e p a rk w as p re tty em pty. W ith the changing of the le a v e s and the e a rly su n set, I didn’t want to leave. Even with white knuckles and while shiv ering under the thin cover of my leather jack et, I sat down at the b ench es to reco rd my d e scrip tions, too copious to cite here. I fe lt, m o m e n ta rily , like a bud ding Thoreau. So, as I got o ff the bus and tru d g ed b ack up to m y a p a rt ment that evening, I noticed that for once that b leary-eyed,' endof-th e day, feelin g had evaded me. Day two o f adventure seek in g h ad b e e n a s u c c e s s , and hopefully wouldn’t be the last.

Places of Interest: O ly m p ic S ta d iu m 2 5 2 - 8 6 8 7 B o ta n ic a l G a r d e n s 8 7 2 - 1 4 0 0 In s e c ta riu m 8 6 8 - 3 0 5 6

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Cosm opolitan readers swear by these five low-cost ways to spruce up your apartment. First, try to fill a blank wall with framed photos. For Montrealers, frames can be p u rchased at any lo ca l D o llaram a for little dough. "Bamboozle your boudoir" [read: bedroom] with bamboo blinds and paper lamp shades, available at Ikea. "Fake a fireplace" with a flea market mantle and add a touch a class with a framed mirror on the all. Use tinfoil to cover those nasty kitchen table stains and add that Fifth E lem ent sci-fi effect at the same time. Lastly, tuck some fabric around your bathroom sink to cover those ugly exposed pipes.

I t 's a b e a u t i f u l d a y in t h e n e ig h b o u rh o o d A recent article in M e n ’s H ealth tells of a study that might explain why Mr. Rogers, that obnoxiously cheery TV personality never had a sick day. A recent study of 50 first year law students at UCLA showed that having a pos itive outlook might increase the number of disease fight ing t-cells in your system. At the beginning of the semes ter, researchers gave students a blood test and psychologi cal exam. By mid-semester, the 25 students who were most pessimistic had lost about three per cent of their tcells, but the optimists had gained by about 13 per cent. “Your attitude may affect one or more levels of defence in the immune system," says Suzanne Segerstrom, PhD, lead researcher from the University of Kentucky. But faking won’t help. You probably have to be truly happy to produce any changes, she warns.

T h e w a y o f th e In fo rm a tio n H ig h w a y According to recent research done by Shift magazine on the Internet: • It took four years for the Internet to build a 50 million person audience while it took television 14 and radio 38. • The number of worldwide Internet users as of last summer is anywhere from between 69 and 147 million. • 71 per cent of all users reside in North America while 16 per cent come from Asia and Africa combined. • The percentages of male and female users are 61 and 39 respectively. • The cost of a "virtual plot" in an on-line cemetery is $50. • The percentage of American companies that report their employees visit sexually explicit Web sites during work hours is 68, and •the number of hits that respond to the key word "god" is 2, 530, 234.

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Sucre Bleu! a sw eet su ccess on St. D en is B u d d in g M c G ill e n t r e p r e n e u r s c r e a t e t h e i r o w n c a n d y la n d B y La u r a R obitaille

unique in the sense that it is a hang out, not just a store. It is a whirl of bright colours, brightly painted walls, grooving music and wall to

cash that adds that special touch. "Even thirty and forty years olds act At first glance, Sucre Bleu! like big kids when they come in the appears to be a kiddie fantasy with store,” noted Tischler. its brightly coloured According to Tischler walls and hoards of and Devitt, out of the 120 candy. As child-like as it varieties of candies sold in may be, Sucre Bleu! is bulk, the 20 flavours of jelly the product of hard work beans, the packaged candy, and enthusiasm — stem the chocolate bars and the ming not just from the fudge, PEZ is actually their Faculty of Management number one seller. Devitt but from Arts as well. claims that a growing num Candymen Andrew ber of people are now col Tischler and Mark lecting PEZ dispensers Devitt did it last sum which have been around mer. They realized their since the 1950s. Since its childhood dream of opening in July, customers never-ending candy from as far as the States have when they opened up visited Sucre Bleu! in search Sucré Bleu!, located at of PEZ dispensers that are 1701 Saint-Denis. difficult to obtain except Tischler, 22, is a U3 through special order over Political Science student the Internet or from maga at McGill. Devitt, also zines. 22, is finishing up his "This is the best thing BA with a major in I've bought in Montreal and English Literature. I've been here three years," Besides studying full one customer remarked after time, the duo estimates purchasing a rare Yoda PEZ that they put in about 25 dispenser. hours a week at the Devitt himself is infatu store, which is open ated with collecting PEZ dis everyday. However, in pensers. Apart from an entire spite of it all or perhaps wall of the store devoted because of it all, they’re entirely to PEZ, composed having fun doing it. of about 25-30 different PEZ Tischler explained how S w eet g o o d n e s s o n St. D en is Suchot Sunday characters including those he concentrates on tak from Star Wars and Looney ing life day by day. “I work to live, I wall candy. The atmosphere seems Tunes, Devitt has set up a display don’t live to work,” he enthused. to draw people in and even invites case of his own personal collection. Unlike other candy stores such them to dance. Or, it could be the He sold one dispenser from his pri as the Sweet Factory, Sucre Bleu! is complementary PEZ candy at the vate collection to a tourist from

France for double the original price. When asked how they had turned a childhood enthusiasm for candy into a profit-making business Devitt replied, "I was sick of people asking me what I was going to do with my English degree.” His partner added, "We just wanted to make something happen.” Devitt and Tischler have known each other since their high school days at Upper Canada College in Toronto. But it was their mutual friend, Berkeley Hynes, who initially got the two of them to sit down and talk business. Hynes also directed them to McGill Economics professor Robin Eley, who helped out with the financial side of the business. Devitt pointed out the importance of a strong support system when under taking such projects. "We really couldn't have done this without our friends helping us out," he said. "They were really sup portive." Although neither partner had any formal business training, Tischler has some previous job expe rience in accounting which has come in handy for dealing with the finan cial end of running his own business. “We both like different aspects of the business,” he stated. “We complement each other.” The task of opening the store was a speedy process, from its con ception last April to the store’s grand opening on July 21, but success did not come without meticulous plan ning. The biggest hurdle for the co owners was getting sufficient finan cial backing. This involved in-depth

research into such areas as marketing strategies and market projections for their new business. Devitt and Tischler presented a 60 page busi ness plan to the City of Montreal in order to get a "young entrepreneurs" grant for people between the ages of 18-25. So far, Sucre Bleu! has made a profit over the projected amount and has made its owners very proud. But money aside, they really seem to be having fun, especially meeting new people. They are encouraged by the warm welcome they've received from their varied clientele, from business men and women on their lunch break, to the students who drop by, to the general public traffic of busy Saint-Denis street with its myriad bars, restaurants and cine mas. Tischler and Devitt have made no definite plans for the distant future; however, they agree to con tinue store operations as long as business is good and they're still enjoying themselves. In the near future, however, they do plan on expanding the jelly bean section to 50 gourmet flavours, as well as pro viding customers with the option of buying gift baskets. Also, they hope to develop an Internet site devoted to the store. But that’s not all. By this time next year, these adventurous guys hope to expand in the Montreal area. Perhaps Tischler summer up the business philosophy best when he quipped, "Life is sweet, there's no doubt!"

Fetish fashion offers look into 'darker side' of sexuality B y Elissa S trauss

(U-WIRE) Badger Herald Madison, Wi. — Anyone who no

longer finds the local bar scene sexual ly enticing might want to explore the bondage and fetish scene. Amber Davis, owner of the fetish clothing and

accessories store The Cat's Meow in Madison, Wisconson, said there is an increasing interest in bondage and fetish in Madison.

"It explores the darker side of life," she said. "I think a lot of people like to get dressed up and let go of their inhibitions." Davis said bondage includes sadomasochism, in which receiving or afflicting pain is pleasurable. She said fetish is more about dressing up and sexual pleasure. "Everyone wears black. And fish nets, sheer fabrics and velvets are all very popular," she said. "We also sell a lot of restraints, collars, bracelets, handcuffs, and leg irons." While the store offers a variety of accessories, she said handcuffs contin ue to be the most popular. "The floggers and whips are for more serious people," she said, "More normal people are into restraints." Davis did mention, however, there is not a stereotypical customer who buys these type of items. "[Customers are] really across the board," she said. "We get a lot of busi nessmen, a lot of gays and lesbians, married couples, all sorts of people." Davis also said many local stu dents from the University of Wisconsin shop in her store. The clothing and accessories sold at the Cat's Meow will be featured in a fashion show at the Inferno [a local bar] on Halloween, Davis said. Live music will accompany the bondage show. Apollo Marquez, manager of the Inferno, said the club has hosted bondage nights in the past, where peo ple come dressed to participate in an interactive bondage show. Usually, the club hires two females and one male to be the submissive persons on a bondage night, he said. The night starts with a 20 minute show and then members of the audience are free to participate.

Audience members, after receiv ing permission from the submissive dancers, can discomfort them in vari ous ways. Marquez said the audience members can shock, flog, whip, pour melted wax upon or pull the hair of their partner. "It all depends on what the person wants," Marquez said. "It is not a painful thing, they love to do it in front of people." Marquez said there are many stu dents attending these types of nights because sexual curiosity attracts new comers. "Many people have come and seen this happen for the first time in their lives," he said. He explained, however, that nudi ty and bleeding are not permitted in their bondage shows. "It is not a big orgy like some people think," he said. "It is purely entertainment. The bondage nights attract around 200 people, Marquez said, the majority of whom are dressed up. He said females wear a variety of attire, including gothic gowns and vinyl mini-skirts. "A lot of girls wear full vinyl suits," he said. "One girl who comes in wears a white vinyl bikini and she is one of the least dressed up." Men usually wear platform shoes, tight shirts and suede, rubber or vinyl pants, he said. "Some people dress really fetish with handcuffs, collars, and whips," he said. "Then you get some people who just came to watch." Explore Montreal's darker side with clothes from II Bolero, located at 6842 St. Hubert. Then check out Goth night at the Loft located at 1405 S t. Laurent.

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NASA finds ice on the poles of the moon B y D a n S o u d e r _______________

The Pitt News (U-WIRE) Pittsburgh, Penn. — NASA has found over a billion tons o f frozen w ater at the moon's poles, according to data from a lunar spacecraft. This dis covery could greatly change NASA's view of its future space exploration. Bruce Hapke, a University of Pittsburgh professor of geolo gy and planetary sciences, said that he is excited about the dis covery but that people should not expect any deep space explo ration yet. "T h e whole thing would look something like the movie 2001: A S pace Odyssey, but it’s definitely not feasible by 2001," he said. " I t ’s still strictly a dream." Last week, Hapke took part in a conference regarding the new discoveries at the NASA headquarters in Houston, where N A SA o ffic ia ls and various other experts on the subject dis cussed how to proceed with the newly acquired knowledge. S in ce Jan u ary , when the Lunar Prospector project was launched, NASA has kept a close eye on the moon and its surface. And while the discovery of water on the moon is virtually mean in g less in the d iscu ssion o f whether there is extraterrestrial life, it does mark a major break through for future NASA endeavours. Scientists don't know exactly how much water is on the moon because the craft can only mea sure up to a few feet below the m oon's su rface. H ow ever, researchers believe that as much as ten billion tons of water may be frozen in huge g lacier-like forms of ice below. Alan B in d er, head o f the Lunar R esearch In stitu te in G ilro y , C a lifo rn ia , said the Prospector was designed strictly to find out if water was on the moon but cannot accurately give an amount of water. "These are educated guesses on our part because we do not know if the ice is mixed in with the moon's soil or how deep it is," he said. "It could possibly be even more than that." Bin d er was also quick to note that an accurate assessment of the amount of water will not be available until probably the year 2002, when a land rover is expected to land on the moon for

exploration. The water could serve as a focal point for building a longtalked-about lunar colony. The presence of water on the moon is crucial because it eliminates the need to transport water to the colony from Earth. Binder said that although the possibility of having a space sta tion on the moon has always existed, the recent discoveries just makes things simpler. Sin ce water can be easily broken down to its elements — hydrogen and oxygen — to make rocket fu el, sp a cecraft could cruise even farther into space using the lunar colony as a base. Hapke explained that the possibility of a lunar-based space station is now more likely than any other type of structure, partly because the discovery of water makes it a cheaper venture. All of the moon's water, however, is at the poles — most of it at the north pole — and it's frozen. Temperatures there are constant ly about minus 2 5 0 degrees Fahrenheit and the water would need to be thawed somehow before it could ever be put to use. "It costs approxim ately $ 1 1 ,0 0 0 a pound to put some thing into orbit," he said. "With a major component necessary to have a station and launch other spacecrafts farther into space already in existence and readily available to them, it just makes it that much easier and less costly." E ffectiv e m oney-m anage ment has been something that the U.S. government and taxpayers have been emphasizing to NASA over the past few years. Last year's landing of a craft on Mars was one of the biggest break throughs in NASA's history but was not nearly as costly as other missions. So far, N ASA's plan is to implement machinery that can withstand the extreme tempera ture, break up the ice and use solar re fle c to rs to thaw it, according to Binder. "These aspects are relatively straightforw ard en gineering problems and the overwhelming p ositiv e com ponents far out weigh any negative," he said. Because of this, Hapke, who has worked with B in d er for years, hopes to take even bigger steps with NASA in the future. "At the moment, Carnegie Mellon University is active in its attempts for funding from NASA to build robots for future NASA

projects and we would like to be a part of that." Hapke said he hopes that Pitt and CMU can make a joint effort in N ASA's future, but he was

quick to point out that it's prema ture to say anything for sure. "Everything is ju st in the kicking-around stages," he said. But according to Binder, CMU

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McGill professor aims to turn the tide on seahorse extinction By

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Follow in g in the path o f many other avant-garde scien tists at McGill, biology profes sor Amanda Vincent has under taken m ajor research in the

study of seahorses. V in cen t’ s com m itm ent to seahorses began in 1986 while resea rch in g her PhD on the question of the sex role reversal of seahorses — only male sea horses b ecom e pregnant.

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ation of P ro ject Seahorse, an integrated program o f global initiatives aiming to conserve and manage sea horses. The pro je c t w orks to ensure long term persistence of wild seahorse p o p u la tio n s w hile still r e s p e c tin g human needs and aspirations. H eading this p r o g r a m , V in cen t is attem pting to turn the tide of substantial sea horse population Aww.. decline. “I had an interest in conservation but was never sure how it would mani fe st u ntil [I d isco v ered ] the problem with seahorses,” she said. The reason for population decline is that most seahorses practice monogamy. If her part ner should die, it takes time for a widowed seah o rse to pair again, creatin g a lag tim e in reproduction within a genera tion. Also, they inhabit temper ate and tropical seas of shallow depths and reproduce only 5 to 1 ,5 0 0 young per pregnancy depending on size and latitude. Fu rth erm o re, with recen t increases in the demand for sea horses in the market, popula tions continue to dwindle as liv ing in shallow depths make it easy to catch seahorses. The econom ic importance of seahorses has risen to become an important source of income fo r su b sisten ce fish e rs. Annually, a conservative esti mate of 20 m illion dried sea horses with several hundred thousand more live seahorses are involved in trade. Now a valuable commodity, seahorses sell for up to US $ 1 ,2 0 0 per kilo. W ith the supply o f sea horses dw indling and the demand increasing, the situation of the seahorse worsens. V in cen t hopes to reverse this trend, conserving and man aging threatened marine species by doing habitat research and halting the population decline. “Our habitat research seeks to explore the effects o f both exploitation and habitat damage on the seahorse population," she explained. "W e’re working to stabilize the healthy population as soon as p ossible...it has an

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important role in the ecosy s tem.” One resu lt o f P ro je c t Seah o rse is the establish ment o f a seahorse con servation and management p ro ject in H andum on vill age, G e ta fe. The main goals of the p ro ject are to evalu ate co a sta l reso u rces, e s ta b lis h m a r i n e reserv es, educate the communities, facilitate enforcement and for m ulation law s, and develop alternative livelihoods for the farmers that rely mainly on sea horses for subsistence. Vincent feels that one of the key aspects of this project is the community involvement. "By the end of 1998, seven new sanctuaries will be estab lished along with the first sanc tuary in Handumon village," she said. "We now have [an] active People's Organization [granting us le g a l re c o g n itio n ]. The People's Organization are v il lagers who work together to do reso u rce m anagem ent and develop alternative livelihood activities and education. "In fa ct, we help to fund nine high school scholars, who are village children who could n’t afford high sch o o l. They come to work every weekend as conservation apprentices." For all the positive aspects o f her re se a rch , how ever, Vincent has also had her share of problems. "T h e b ig g est problem s [happen] when well meaning people make conservation mis takes," she said. "These initia tives are worrisome since they take wild animals and food out of their habitat, and effluents can cause damage if they con tain antibiotics or escaped ani mals or fecal matter or sewage." The research that Vincent perform s now with P ro ject Seahorse works to prevent sea horses from having to be placed upon the endangered species list. According to her research assistant Marie-Annick Moreau, "I like Dr. Vincent's practical view of how conservation can be applied in the real world."

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Not just beautiful pictures: Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert including elaborate funeral cus toms, initiation rites and the com munal painting of works such as those displayed in this collection, renew the Aborigines’ ties with Tjukurrpa. Because Tjukurrpa embodies each artist’s inherited ideas and lived experiences, to view these paintings as aesthetic objects in a cultural vacuum would constitute a missed opportunity for cultural enrichment. Students of the visual arts, cul tural studies, anthropology, history and anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of Aboriginal soci ety should certainly take advantage of the only scheduled Canadian mounting of this fascinating exhib it.

vases flat on the desert floor and demystify the genre, Danzker create images as if they were paint stressed that the works should be ing directly on the sand, as they did viewed as contemporary art and not Since Southeast Asian settlers in the past. This process, rendered as anthropological artifacts. first reached the Western Desert of in thousands of acrylic dots in Nonetheless, the majority of her Australia forty thousand years ago, organic tones, creates the over lecture explored the historical, cul the Aboriginal people of Australia whelming impression that the tural, and religious ideas which have been recording their stories, works depict aerial views of the motivate the artists. This expert’s own difficulty in separating the songs and relationships on stones, varied outback landscape. roles these paintings play as both Although the paintings display sand and bark. It is only recently, however, that these same artistic kaleidoscopic imagery and are exe commercial art objects and ethno traditions have been accepted as a cuted in boldly contrasting colours graphic material highlights one of legitimate form of aesthetic expres- and mesmerizing geometric pat the problems which arises when terns, Galarrwuy Yunupingu, a any art is presented outside of its sio n by n o n -A b o r ig in e s . Dreamings: Australian Aboriginal contemporary Aboriginal artist traditional cultural setting. Perhaps Art from the Western D esert, an writes of the exhibition, “I ask that the best possible way of resolving exhibit currently being presented at you recognize that the paintings are this situation is to approach the the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the not just beautiful pictures. They are exhibit fully prepared to embrace Arts, has its origins in a small also about Aboriginal law, the significance of the art on both group of Aboriginal artists in the Aboriginal life. They are also about levels. The exhibit will challenge the remote outback village of Papunya our resistance over the past 200 uninitiated viewer. Interpretation who began, in 1971, to express years and our refusal to forget the can be complicated because the land of our ancestors. They are their indigenous arts in the Western about cultural, social, and political artists have intentionally obscured medium of acrylic on canvas. sacred and secret information con Today, painting is a popular survival.” tained in the paintings. This is due This sentiment, however, is social activity in several remote Australian communities, including not wholly compatible with the to the fact that the paintings are Papunya, Yuendumu and Pintupi ideas expressed by Jo-Anne Bimie expressions of each artist’s person — the settlements from which most Danzker, Chief Curator of this itin al Tjukurrpa (CHO-kor-pah) some of the works in this collection were erant exhibit since 1994. In a spe times translated into English as acquired. The artists lay their can cial lecture given last Thursday to “Dreamings.” Religious rituals,

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D r e a m in g s : A u s tr a lia n A b o r ig in a l A rt fr o m th e Western D esert is on display at the Saidye Bronfm an Centre fo r the Arts until O ctober 11.

No Fixed Address starts the literary season off with a bang TRIB picks

By T im o th y S. F itzsim m o n s

troupe’s abilities with those of local and national talents. The series kicked o ff on Wednesday, September 23, when

Having shaken off our beach towels and dusted the sand out of the tomes we ploughed through this summer, fall beckons us to turn our attention to the annual onslaught of new books, literary festivals and reading series. Thankfully, we are not doing so in Toronto, where the spoken word is associated mostly with stand-up com edians and not poets. This fall has yielded a very healthy crop of opportunities to get out and see your favourite author, or maybe even to check out a few you’ve never heard of. Whether you want to hear erotic poetry, presentations of new work, music/word fusion, or maybe just spend a quiet after noon with the kids at the local mega-librairie, Montreal is the R o b e r t s o n r e a d s Julie Fishman place to be. And returning once th e ir o n ic e p ic again with a strong fall reading series are the Montreal scribes collectively known as No F ixed Bistro 4 became ground zero for the boundary-blurring work that Address. Don’t let the moniker throw makes No F ix e d A d d ress so you though, for these cats defi watchable. On an evening that nitely know where it’ s at. The was also the 100th anniversary of quartet o f Lezer Lederhendler, poet Fed erico G arcia L o rca ’ s Robert Majzels, Erin Mouré and birthday, Vancouver poet Lisa Gail Scott are back and this time Robertson opened the series, read they’re accompanied by a formi ing from her latest work D ebbie: dable gang o f rhapsodists. An E p ic (New Star B ook s). Seeking to explore language “as a During her introductory remarks thing that changes as we change,” NFAer Gail Scott characterized the group can always be expected Robertson’s work as irreverent to be fresh and innovative. The and noted that Robertson is one of investigative attitude will serve the rising stars o f the North NFA well and the ‘98 reading American poetry scene. Living up series will see the blending of the to such auspicious compliments,

Robertson didn’t disappoint. Through the smoky red light of the cafe, Robertson’ s words were anything but distorted as she led her audience through a 45 minute rendering of her poems. And although afterward Robertson would say that she doesn't strive for irreverence, it is definitely a quality that makes its way into her poetry. “I prefer to use irony, parody, and humour to critique; people are much more open to it,” Robertson explained. Indeed, Robertson’s D ebbie: An Epic isn’t difficult to interpret ironically, for the combination of classical epic form with contempo rary imagery, diction and a hint of modernist critique, leaves no doubt as to Robertson’s address. And as if Homer and V irg il were not enough, Robertson also men tioned the influence of Freud, Stein, Barnes and H.D. After this ambitious reworking of the clas sics, is there a follow-up in mind? “I ’m not launching into another p ro je ct,” Robertson laughed. “You know, one epic is enough. I’m working on light verse now.” In the upcoming readings NFA will welcome a number of other poets to push literary limits. Next week’s reading, on October 15, features Acadians Frances Daigle and Fredric Gary Comeau, and NFAe.r Robert M ajzels. Following that, Montreal scenester Gerry Shikatani is slated to hold court on October 29. And in the final planned date, November 18, Calgarian Nicole Markotic will take the stage, introduced by

Erin Mouré. There will be a lot of verse in the air in the next little while, with venues such as B istro 4 , Le D élire, Hotel Europa, and Chapters (not to mention the McGill Bookstore) playing host to international scribes as well as fam iliar locals like M ordecai Richler. But whereas the major festivals such as Paragraphe’ s B ooks and B reakfast series will have names like Richler, Carrier and Callaghan to sell seats, it is NFA’s commitment to pushing the bounds of written expression that makes it a must see on your fall calendar. And for all it’s worth, unless you buy your books at Paragraphe, the Breakfast series won’t let you get them signed. (The Tribune asked about this pol icy, to which the clerk crinkled her face and dismissively uttered, “I have no idea, it’s not my poli cy. Ask a m anager.” Thanks.) W e’re willing to bet, however, that the NFAers will probably sign most anything, including that beer coaster you’ve been jotting your metaphysical conceits on all night.

While som e festivals may be larger, more hyped, and definitely m ore expensive, you know where to fin d inquisitive, engaging read in g s: t h e y ’re a t No Fixed Address.a? B istro 4, 4 0 4 0 StLaurent, 844-6246.

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Stop crashing film classes! Take an eight buck trip through Humbert’s head. Word on the street has this remake (Kubrick’s adaptation is a masterpiece) as a bit of a mess, but still. Irons as a pedophile shouldn't be missed. The Egyptian, and in French at Quartier Latin M a c H om er We just had to let you know about this. This is Macbeth, no joke, interpreted through the characters from The Simpsons. It's way the heck out in the Townships, but if you're in the mood for a road trip it might be a good bet. T h éâ tre L acB ro m e in Knowl t o n. 2 4 2 2270 for info.

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Undersold for Oakenfold at Groove Society By C

arol

Pio vesan

Imagine a place where the spirit of an island engulfs you with a sense of freedom, where white sandy beaches are buffered between clear blue water and roof less clubs are open 24 hours a day. The kids are wild and the DJs wilder. Sounds out of this world? Well, look on the map, because you’ll find this paradise in Spain. Ibiza, Spain is the world’s party center. Ryan and Mitch Jones of Jonez Bros, promotions brought the party home last Tuesday night to Groove Society where Paul Oakenfold, the mastermind behind Ibiza, hit the decks for the first time in Montreal. For those of you who don’t recognize the name, Paul Oakenfold has spent fifteen years developing his legendary status as a DJ in the British club scene. Dave Ralph, the opening act, is also a veteran of twenty-one years in the music industry. So considering the credentials these musical giants __________

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possess, it was shocking that the event was not better attended. At the beginning of Ralph’s set the dancefloor was virtually empty with only a few people sit ting around its periphery involved in conversation. The room filled up slightly later on with a few individ uals grooving on the dance floor, but in all, there were no more than 150 people present. For a first-time appearance of two well-known British DJs, this kind of turnout was definitely not to be expected. Did Ralph and Oakenfold find the small turnout to be a disappoint ment? Not really. These high-spir ited gents were able to look upon this situation with both positivity and optimism. “One thing I’ve noticed about the people who are here,” exclaimed Ralph, “is that they’ve come to listen to the music, which is really encouraging.” Even Oakenfold, who is used to playing in stadiums ram-packed with cheer ing kids insisted, “I thought tonight was good. I really enjoyed it. I

thought the people who were here evening. Finally, everyone was on were really into it.” Did this affect the dance floor moving to the the energy from the crowd? music (including the bartenders). Perhaps a bit. Still, our two British Oakenfold’s music masterfully friends were able to keep the party toyed with us by oscillating going until three in the morning. between heart-pumping vibrations Ralph started o ff the night and airy, whimsical trance. with a combination of house beats mixed with trance over tones. “I like melody,” said Ralph, quickly puffing on his cigarette, “I like melodies but I also like energy. I’d say that I play trance music that has a melody with a lot of elements of house in there as well. I don’t like to categorize though. I don’t like to say that I play this and I play that because I play every thing.” As far as the audience was concerned, Ralph’s music was the perfect preface for what was about to come. O a k e n fo ld s p in s f o r d o z e n s Paul Oakenfold raged onto the scene mixing hard house beats “My sound developed from with dark, dreamy trance. His style melodic house to uplifting trance demanded a high level of energy and it ’s gotten stronger and from the crowd which was main stronger to the point that I’ve actu tained throughout the course of---the ally «developed my sound, «-> ------------------—— V >v i u j / v u III J Uown YY1I O U U 11U,

said Oakenfold after his set. The reaction to his music was far from unanimous. Some said they absolutely loved it because it got them moving while others passed it off as being commercial or simply “hands-in-the-air” music. Unfortunately, both Ralph and Oakenfold were only here for that one night, yet they promised to come back to Montreal, bringing, “the spirit and energy back from Ibiza.” In the mean time, what direction can we expect Oakenfold’s music to take? “Good question, I Carol Piovesan don’t know. I ’m quite into break beats for the moment so I’ve been playing quite a few break beat trances but there’s no overall direc tion. I do what I want to do.”

Imago Theatre's Snapshot captures a creative montage rui Qrlnm -»Asi*»*-» ^ --- ------ i _c You adore “Thoofro “Theatre,”” T I < adore theatre and so, for nall my partners ences o f„ each actor, S n ap sh ot This is a creative piece and the honesty and intensely intimate “Theatre,” we all adore “Theatre.” in crime holed up in class or the fully captures the challenges of subject is challenging.... I had to nature,’’it’s a play, not a drama Ah yes, but what do you know Alley, I hope to explore Montreal contending with unfamiliar cul let it go, I had no choice.” Perhaps therapy session,” Spurles states. about it? Frankly, all I know is theatre, in all its many variations, ture and language, particularly but the most striking aspect o f Absolutely. Snapshot is entertain that it makes my toes curl and my with you in tow. not exclusively from an anglo Snapshot is the sheer courage of ing and involving, as well as head fill with wild euphoric If the question “Parlez-vous phone perspective. ______ p r o v o c a tiv e . thoughts. Strictly from one “Arts Français?” makes you quake in Imago Theatre has its L e e ’ s song of steps” junkie to another: I am not your Airwalks, Imago Theatre’s origins in New Brunswick hardship and a theatre critic but and has been producing Brown’s narraI do a remarkable shows for twelve years. I tive of the cru p s e u d o -c ritic S n a p sh o t, the current elty she impersination. offering, is far from your endured when Every so Anna Mattiuzzo average cut-and-dried the first living in often, I am going atre production. It has an M ontreal, do to rant and rave informal, yet professional not resonate about a particular quality to it. The show with a “woe is theatrical production that I stum innovative workshop production, includes taped video ses me” sentiment. bled across in Montreal. I might Snapshot, lends perspective to the sions that lend the show an Spurles intend prance around the technical jargon “I feel so alienated in Montreal” air o f inform ality. Yet, ed to make the a bit, and dilly-dally in one partic em otion. A rtistic D irector of when Lee and Brown re piece an “enter ular aspect of the theatrical pro Imago Theatre, Ron Spurles, col enact a scene from taining, dramat duction but by the last line or so laborates with actors Tamara Brow n ’ s interview in ic, compelling I’ll get around to saying, “loved it, Brown, Atif Siddiqi, Aimee Lee which she explains the dif and forward loved it, loved it!” or not as effu and Matt Holland to create an ficulty of being black in a m o v e m e n t .” sively, “ I liked it, but....”. This is unflinchingly personal theatre predominantly white Snapshot made not going to be a sadistic, slash it production. By drawing upon the Montreal neighbourhood, goose bumps to smithereens column. I enjoy individual cultures and life experi- the professionalism of the parade up and actors is apparent. down this pair In order to provide of pallid arms: the “raw material” for the M i s s i o n production, Spurles sepa Accomplished. rately interviewed each actor on videotape in a Sn ap sho t location of their choice. runs Oct. 1 to The W o r k S t u d y P r o g r a m continues in 1998-99 with From these interview s, Oct 11th, 1998 S j l l additional funds from the University to increase work opportunities personal folk tales, and Thurs-Sat. at 8 ■®«Hor students during the fall, winter and summer terms. In addition, the childhood memories, vari pm at the Science Undergraduate Society continues their contribution to create ous them es began to F o u n d S tu dio positions in the Faculty of Science for science students. unravel as the framework H o l l a n d a n d L e e p o s e f o r I m a g o bou l. Jean Francois Majeau 5 3 8 9 What is Work Study? within which Snapshot T h e a tr e ’s “S n a p s h o t” Saint-Laurent, would develop. L e e ’ s The program provides p a r t- t im e , o n - c a m p u s employment to fu ll S u ite 402. folk tale addresses the theme of a the undertaking and of the actors Admission by membership: $5.00tim e d e g r e e students who demonstrate f in a n c ia l n e e d . Eligible couple enduring separation, involved. I have yet to meet one 7.00 employers benefit from subsidized labour costs when W o r k S t u d y Siddiqi’s folktale focus’ on a cou person who doesn’t bat an eyelash students are hired. ple who is reunited after enduring at having their personal histories How do I apply? considerable hardship and Matt dissected — for an audience, no Program information and student applications are available at the Holland presents a history of less. The actors reveal themselves S tu d e n t A id O ffic e on both campuses. Applications must be returned Quebec. Through this process, the and their lives in precisely this to the Student Aid Office by F r i d a y , O c to b e r 9 , 1 9 9 8 various internal themes of com way, creating an intim acy to be considered for fall, winter and summer term hiring opportunities. munity, personal and political between audience and cast that issues such as the referendum are remains unbroken until the show explored. When asked how it felt ends. After all, as Brown points O ffic e o f S tu d e n t A id & In t e r n a t io n a l S tu d e n t A d v is e r to undertake such an intimate pro out, “if you want to know a per Powell Building, 3637 Peel Street, Room 200 ject, Lee responded, “ It felt like son, ask their stories.” being naked. I still feel nervous. Y et despite its unabashed

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Fate, romance and Enduring Love B y K a m a L eier

The idea that every single moment in our life counts and that everything can change because of one split second is a complex and frightening thought. Living with this sort o f mental awareness means constantly second guessing every minute detail, from which corner to cross the street at to which pair of underwear you choose to wear in the morning. Ian M cEw an’ s latest novel, Enduring Love, takes this notion and expands it into a psychologi cally twisted love story and heart racing thriller. The author dives right into the story in the first chapter, leav ing the reader little choice but to immediately become involved in the unlikely events. A romantic picnic lunch between a husband and wife, who have recently been reunited after a business trip, is the setting for a bizarre episode involving a hot air balloon. A tragic accident occurs which leads to a relationship between two men who have nothing in common except for fate, placing them at the same time and the same place. McEwan’s use of colourful and descriptive wording allows the story to flow, even as he jumps from present to past tense, and paints a vivid picture of the sce nario. The isolated and random events soon lead to a seriously

disturbing and increasingly threat ening series of encounters. An obsession is born and soon the lines o f sanity and insanity become blurred and even the read er is forced to second guess the narrator’s sense of reality. (For all of you who believe that the mail man is really on a top-secret mis sion to log your daily activities for the CIA, FBI, or 1RS, this may be a story you can easily relate to.) Is a psychotic lunatic really stalking

the narrator, or does the truth lie with his wife, who believes this mania is a downward spiral to m e n ta l in c o m p e te n c e s ? McEwan’s story unfolds in such a way that little emotional attach ment is felt towards the main characters. The fact that sympathy is hard to conjure up for the hus band leaves room for the seed of doubt to be planted in the reader’s mind. The story does not answer the pressing question of delusion versus reality until much later in

the plot when the situation explodes into a fury of panic and madness. The story also takes on another subject, as the title Enduring L ove may suggest. After seven years of a peaceful and mundane life, the husband and wife are forced into a world where their faith and love for each other are put to the ultim ate test. Communication between the two parties shuts down, and each sub merges into the depths of their own private terror. Suspicion begins to rise and the couple finds themselves in a battle with each other when they should be focusing on more imminent dangers. Enduring L ove's illustration of how precious trust and truth are to a relationship only helps to build upon the scary power a human obsession can wield. All in all, Ian McEwan com bines fear and love into a dramatic piece of literature. The passion between the characters eclipses that of any Harlequin romance even without the steamy sex scenes, and the suspense keeps the pages of the book flipping at a burning pace. Enduring Love pro vides a nice and sometimes muchneeded escape from the “boring predictable class at 10:00” day most students live by. Give it a shot; if nothing else you will learn of a cool, little-known mental dis order with which you can diag nose your baffled friends.

Growing Up Too Stupid, period

His narration is choppy, a swarm of mini-stories that each invoke an Austin Clarke has received effect that is an absolute contrast considerable praise for his mem to the preceding pages. His charac ters seem to metaj oir, Growing Up Stupid morphosize before Under the Union Ja c k j one’s eyes; his moth (Vintage Canada, [ er turning from a $17.95). The author has determined labourer been titled “the grandtrying to provide for daddy of Africanher son into a cocky Canadian literature” by nun, and back again. the Toronto Star and his This is not to say autobiographical book that Clarke’s attempt has won the Casa de las is an absolute literary Literary j Americas disaster. There is Prize. sunlight between the Why then, as I read j the pretty breezy 189 page book, branches, as in Clarke’s account of his own personal strife to educate j did I find it... well... stupid? In a world that adores stories of politi himself and become a “learning cal correctness, this tale of a black fool.” And there are lessons to be man from Barbados struggling to learned amid the chaos, if one has the patience to pluck them out. j become educated in a BritishAs an introduction to Clarke’s influenced school immediately j shows signs o f promise. work, Growing Up Stupid is quite disappointing. Considering the j Unfortunately, Clarke’s somewhat interesting life is delivered in a critical acclaim Clarke receives, however, his straight fiction might j narrative that tries to be more than be a more appropriate entrance to it is. It is hard to pinpoint the emo his work. tions Clarke attempts to deliver.

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chronizing The P r e s e n c e o f Objects with the museum’s non chalance towards that distinction. The sinews and dried leaks of the sometimes translucent substance breathe life-lik e emotion into doors, metal grid figures with strong lamps for faces, and bowls of various shapes, sizes and colours. The exhibition is Montreal’s opportunity to see objects never before shown to the public, and a chance to expand a definition of art that focuses too heavily on tra ditional forms of painting and sculpture.

rigid, masculine characteristics of contemporary architecture. More noticeable is the empha sis on anthropomorphic and organ ic features. Everything from a door handle to a house is endowed with all the external organs of a human face. Even the blueprints and three dimensional models of with more fervour than many in the tion rather than just a standard reis houses appear to be teeming with sue. Their show further removed audience. On guitar, brother Ross ür lively little people, although there "Since 1997 was so full of Godfrey was the consummate blues Morcheeba from the trip hop styles of are no actual residents in sight. A depression and aggression, Skye man, in a sleeveless plaid shirt with a their first album, a departure which pair of soft armchairs, one yellow, decided the world needed some cigarette dangling from his lip. The was already evident in Big Calm. the other orange, somehow soothing and that she was gifted with trio was supported by drums, bass Playing mainly from the second become a king and queen sitting the perfect voice. As a jazz flavoured and synth, all of whom surely con album, their live sound exhibited singer with a beautiful baby boy she ducted themselves more appropriate strong rock tendencies, and included j side by side in their court. A green various other elements from bowl with irregular spikes protrud had long sought the right combination The Presence of O bjects reggae to country blues. of people to take herself to the stage ing from the rim immediately calls o p e n e d on Sept. 29 an d w ill Only a lengthy piece during and provide that special feeling an to mind a Venus fly trap — per the first encore ventured into remain at the Montreal Museum o f audience can feel when they see a haps an illusion induced by the the realm of more traditional D ecorative Arts until January 3, professional act. In spite of this, she morning’s lecture on the diversity trip hop. Even selections 1999. The gallery is open to the continued to work with Morcheeba . . of plants. from Who Can You Trust?, public Tuesday through Sunday, Many of the objects on dis like “Never An Easy Way” 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m .; and to Somebody ought to tell these play are loosely coated with and “Trigger Hippie” were 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. folks they’re famous. The liner notes expressive blobs of resin. These somewhat more upbeat than It is located at 2200, rue Crescent from their second release, Big Calm, modified articles defy the bound their original recordings. In abound in playful modesty and opti ary between design and craft, syn (at Sherbrooke). fact, a sublime rendition of mism. Don’t Morcheeba know that the jazz standard once the rest of the world takes you “Summertime” was arguably seriously, you’re supposed to take the most downtempo song in M o r c h e e b a : a D ee-lite f o r th e 9 0 ’s yourself seriously, too? their set. Still, this can perhaps be forgiv By distancing themselves from a en. Maybe Morcheeba didn’t quite ly: they appeared, they played well, fickle trend like trip hop, Morcheeba know what to make of the success of they left. Like it should be. Throughout the show, the band will likely (and hopefully) be around their debut, Who Can You Trust?, and B re a k fa st a n d m o re. B u rg ers, so they figured they could stay casual brought their studio work to a new for a long while. After all, there are some parts of the world that still need in the commentary on their follow-up level of intensity and vitality, making S a n d w ic h e s , S te a k s a n d o th e r m e n u each song into an original interpreta to be soothed. effort. s e le c tio n s a v a ila b le . But their concert last Tuesday was inexcusable. I mean, it’s been n O p e n fo r D i n n e r fro m T u e s d a y to months since Big Calm came out. i They must realize they’re getting up S a tu r d a y . F u lly lic e n s e d . A s k there by now. Yet still, they took to the stage at the Spectrum without a a b o u t ...Y o u r B ir th d a y S p e c ia l trace of cynicism, as though they still (E v e n in g s o n ly ) enjoy performing after two whole EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES TO WINE years together. Skye Edwards, their supremely talented vocalist, actually S e r v i n g M c G ill S t u d e n t s s i n c e 1 9 6 4 9T with student looked like she couldn’t believe that 'Minimum order $10.00 the audience was there to see her. Her *Not applicable on beer, wine or in-store specials 2 2 4 M ilto n ( 5 1 4 ) 2 8 5 « O O I1 restrained exuberance was matched •Cold beer and wine available TERRA CE O PEN only by Paul Godfrey on the turnta 6 7 P r in c e A rth u r E . 8 4 -5 - 5 7 5 1 bles, who boogied behind the decks

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For quite a few o f us, the word “poetry” might bring back memories of dull English classes which one was forced to endure in school. However, there is a branch of poetry which is “alternative” and less dull, and Chalice is offer ing people the chance to experi ence it. C halice is a new series of Saturday cabaret shows at Isart, presented by the Black Student’s Network, which showcases music and spoken word. Last Saturday’s show featured six poets from New York who call themselves “The Rogue Scholars” and Montreal’s own Debbie Young, fresh from the Poetry Slam Nationals (a con test where poets compete against each other) in New York. First up on the mike was Paul S k iff, rhyming in rhythm to a semi-fast drum beat. Skiff tends to rhyme about “what ..goes on between people, you know, rela tions.” This newer poetry scene has, according to him, more to

offer people than it did fifteen years ago. He m entions that around the early eighties, poetry was limited to art performances and it was highly acade mic and very elitist. In the last eight years the scene has really exploded, and continues to do so with the help of community-orien tated venues. Another of the Rogue Scholars, Meaghan Williams, hum NYU, says her words are ideally supposed to be interpreted by the listener. The poems she performed were fluid and lyri cal, with lines like: “new wave Crazes and cravings/ kind of save me from straying from/ languid language. My age aching/ sides lavishly ravished languidly rav aged/ savage.” Although these words might not mean much on

paper, one should note that this new wave of poetry is more to do with listening, since it is a flow

prim arily based on rhythm, sounds, and word play (similar to hip hop). M ississippi native Harold Bowser has hosted the Nuyorican Poet’s café. His first poem that night concerned his experiences of homophobia, a topic which chal

ird school of poetics lenged the audience (he described Loki’s poem about Amsterdam. this as a prime goal when the D ebbie Young closed the Tribune interviewed him before show with a set incorporating reg the show). gae into her poems as well as an Aileen Reyes, element of R&B but her message, winner of the covering many social issues 1996 Fresh Poet’s including racism and politics, was award from the definitely felt by the listeners. Nuyorican Poet’s The poetry stood on its own, café, had probably despite the fact that on this partic the most contem ular night there was no DJ appear porary and origi ance, and the hip hop aesthetic nal style, using was less prominent in the perfor words from the mances, even though the promo personal adver tional material promised both. The tisements that one hip hop element at Chalice, this would typically show, was reduced to between-set read in the back of beats. a pornographic magazine. C heck out Chalice, Saturday C l y d e f o r s p o k en w ord /H ip H op Johnson read out evenings at Isart (263 St. Antoine his poem, wearing sunshades, in a West). Meanwhile, ch eck out the rather monotonous tone. That’s R o g u e S c h o l a r s ’ h o m e p a g e : not to say it was bad, but rather www. erols. com/redstring. was a style of its own. His poem “My Woman Smells Nothing Like Flowers (ode to a crack whore)” definitely added a touch of humour to the evening along with

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like this could ever have been believable thing about her unfortu made. nate performance is her accent, and Permanent Midnight was dead even that wasn’t altogether good. from the start. Hollywood has an Going back to my original query of amazing ability to turn a movie why this film was ever made, it is with essentially no script (e.g. Titanic) into a success based on the strength of its special effects and the allure of its lead actors. Perm anent M idnight is an excellent example of what happens when a movie is made about a boring topic, explored through a banal script, and executed with a dis tinct paucity of effects or even inter esting cinematogra phy. Ben Stiller B en S tiller’s h e r o in c h ic takes on a rare dra matic role playing Hollywood difficult if not impossible to imag writer Jerry Stahl, a man with a ine any Hollywood producer run five thousand dollar a week job and ning excitedly into a meeting a six thousand dollar a week drug yelling, “Yes! We’ve got Elizabeth habit. Perhaps saying that there Hurley — now this film’s definite were no redeeming qualities was a ly a go!” bit strong — Stiller actually gives a It is possible that Permanent decent performance, but, that said, Midnight is a relatively realistic he was clearly not the right actor look at heroin addiction. But why for this part. Stiller is too inherent would anyone want to see that? ly funny to really pull off some of The sight of an emaciated Stiller the more intense scenes. injecting himself in all manner of Elizabeth Hurley turns in a places is not really entertainment. typically wooden performance as a Besides, the subject was broached British woman who marries masterfully by the 1995 film Stiller’s character in order to get a Trainspotting, a movie with which Green Card. The only somewhat Permanent Midnight shares several

similarities. One glaring difference between the two movies, however, is that Trainspotting is good and Permanent Midnight is not. Both films use their basic structures as metaphors for drug addiction. Like Trainspotting, Permanent Midnight tries to start out with fast paced scenes mixed with humour and music to repre sent the initial high of using drugs. W hile this part of T rainspotting was hilarious, with clever humour and an excellent sound track, the humour in Permanent Midnight is too sardonic and the music is too brooding to effective ly achieve the almost euphoric tone with which Trainspotting begins. In fact, there are very few laughs at all in this movie. I had a good chuckle at some of the well timed walk-outs by members of the audience, but that’s about it. For the most part, the audience shifted uncomfortably in their seat, and repeatedly checked watches. After initially trying to bring the audience up, both movies attempt to explore the dark side of heroin addiction. Trainspotting accomplished this task in an instant with a shocking scene that effectively brought the mood of the

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Blizzard of offence helps Alouettes put freeze on Eskimos E s k im o s d e f e n c e u n a b le t o c o n ta in p o t e n t M o n tr e a l a t t a c k B y M anny A lmela

The remedy for the Alouettes’ recent slide was found this weekend, taking the form of the visiting Edmonton Eskimos. The Als were far from gracious hosts as they vent ed their mounting frustration by defeating the Esks 34-3 and improv ing their record to 9-4-1. In dire need of a win, the Als could not have asked for a worse way to begin this CFL contest. Montreal mishandled the opening kick-off, allowing the Eskimos to recover the ball deep inside the Alouettes' territory. Even before the 16,152 in attendance could settle into their seats, Edmonton took a 3-0 lead on a 30 yard field goal by Sean Fleming. Those would prove to be the only points which Edmonton would muster on a day which saw their offence manage only a paltry 182 yards of net offence. The Als defence, spear-headed by defensive leader Elfrid Payton's seven tackles and pair of sacks, was impressive. However, penalties and a number of dropped balls did their part in dig ging the Esks the hole from which they would not escape. The Eskimos were penalized a total of ten times for 99 yards and really looked like a team in disarray throughout the game as their record dropped to 7-7.

in 3 4 - 3 s p a n k i n g a t M o ls o n S t a d i u m The Alouette offence, converse regular starter Tracy Ham still on the compete in this league," explained ly, was firing on all cylinders as they mend, Cavillo turned in a steady Cavillo. In spite of being pleased with totaled 435 yards in net offence and effort amassing 233 yards by com his performance, Cavillo was quick pleting 16 of this 23 passes with one did not seem to miss a beat despite to ensure that there was no budding having back-up quarterback touchdown pass and an interception. quarterback controversy on the way. "I've known my role on this team since they signed me,” affirmed the Montreal signal caller. "If Tracy is ready to go next week then he is our starting quarterback. I stepped in today and did my job but this really was a team effort." Indeed it was a group effort as Mike Pringle had his way with the Edmonton defence en route to rush ing for 186 yards on 28 carries including a 28-yard td run in the sec ond quarter. Having just shattered the record for consecutive 100 yard rushing games last week in Winnipeg, Pringle proceeded to break his own record by rushing for 100 in the first half alone to bring his streak to 11 games. "Sure it's always great to break a record but as I've been saying all season, the offensive line and my blockers deserve a lot of credit for me being able to continue this streak," said an excited Pringle. "We know what our offence is capable of doing and it feels good to execute the way we did today." Pringle and the Als offence E s k s u n a b le to c a t c h r e c o r d b r e a k in g P rin g le lamie Stein were not the only ones who were relieved by the team’s performance. Anthony Cavillo at the helm. With "I always knew that I could Head coach Dave Ritchie, under fire

as of late, readily admitted that this type of win was just what the team needed. "At least I can sleep this week end," said Ritchie after the win. "They played real well today and we put this team away which is some thing we've had trouble doing this year. The guys didn't let up [today] — we can't afford to give games away the way we have lately." Ritchie was also faced with questions concerning who would be the Als quarterback for the remain der of the season but the veteran coach would have no part of any quarterback crisis. "I have total confidence in what Anthony can do for this football team," Ritchie said as he towed the team line. "But if Ham is ready to play then he will play. He is this team's quarterback." Regardless of who is ready to go next week, the team will have to be ready for a battle as they play the first game of a home and home series with the Toronto Argonauts next Monday afternoon at Molson Stadium. The two teams seem des tined to jostle down to the wire in the very competitive Eastern Division. The Als will have to carry the momentum from their handling of the Eskimos into the pivotal series with Toronto in order to be success ful.

Defence collapses during Redmen 2-1 loss to UQAM M c G ill d e f e a t e d in r e - m a t c h o f l a s t y e a r 's p r o v i n c i a l s o c c e r f i n a l B y Ike O mambala

Partly due to an inept first half display and also to a last gasp win ning goal by the opposition, the McGill Redmen suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night, as they fell 2-1 to the UQAM Citadins. This was a crisp night with a biting, chilly wind blowing through Molson Stadium. Regardless of the temperature, Redmen coach Pat Raimondo was display ing the confident atti tude which made the Redmen champions last season. "We watched them play last week and we've beaten them the last two seasons," said coach Raimondo before the matchup. "With the good preparation we've done this week, we're c h a lle n g e ready for this game." The coach also revealed that going into the match he had made a tactical switch, trading his normal 3-5-2 formation for a more aggres sive 3-4-3. His intentions were clearly pointed towards a more explosive offence. The game was the first between the two teams since they fought it out for the Provincial

championship last season. The Citadins were clearly hyped for revenge, and they showed their enthusiasm right from the offset. A foul after only fifteen seconds was followed by a Citadins yellow card

after four minutes for an off-theball incident. The penalties demon strated that a major part of the visi tors' tactical plan was to play aggressively and not allow the Redmen the time or space to make plays. The Citadins' game strategy was effective in a scrappy first half in which the Redmen offered little

in the last third of the pitch. Both teams continued to weigh in with their share of strong challenges. The first action of note was a fine block-save from Redmen keep er Eddy Zuppel, who thwarted a forceful break down the right side by Citadins forward Talal Idelbi. While the save was certainly a high point, the visiting team seemed to have the edge in the midfield, where Citadin Mibemu Guibinga was seeing a lot of the ball. The Redmen rode their luck when Guibinga headed on to a post after 17 minutes. Outside of a few minor errors the Redmen defence held firm, with defender David Simon producing some great last ditch tackles. The total breakdown in defence came when the Citadins went 1-0 up in the 29th minute. A ball in from the left side was not cleared by the Redmen; it rebound ed off two players like a ping-pong ball before being forced into the net by a luckless McGill defender. The Redmen were keen to hit back quickly in front of good home sup port led by a trumpet spurting out "Glory, glory hallelujah." Even with the modern-day incarnation of Gabriel on their side, they could not carve out any clean cut opportunities. The Redmen were restricted to free-kicks, none of which they could capitalize upon. The Citadins’ defending was very canny despite home team pres sure, and this saw them safely to

the break with their lead intact. The Redmen were keen to put things right in the second half. Their midfield gradually started to take the upper hand, with Sean Shephard, the Redmen midfield general, playing a dominant role. After 58 minutes, a good skill pass by Shephard presented midfielder Andrew Eisenstark with a shooting chance. The shot was stopped on a tremendous save by the Citadin goal keeper. A few minutes later Shephard continued his strong play as he went on another driving run through the centre, then danced through the Citadin's defence. Finding himself one-on-one, he could not quite lift the ball over the advancing keeper. The Redmen equalizer came in the seventieth minute, from a right sided corner. Andrew Eisenstark rose six yards out to power a down ward header past the helpless Citadin’s keeper. McGill's forces were now rampant, and for a time it looked as tough they might over whelm the opposition. Nevertheless, going into the last ten minutes, the Redmen had nothing to show for their endeavour. With two minutes left on the clock, a free kick from by McGill from the right side was met at the far post, and the Citadin's keeper prevented what seemed like a cer tain goal with a magical save. Almost immediately the Citadins were chasing a long ball downfield. The Redmen defence

failed to clear the ball and danger ous Citadins forward, Tala Idelbi, found himself through on goal. This time, he made no mistake with a thunderous finish from the right side across the diving keeper. The Redmen camp was visibly dejected after the match. "That's the way soccer goes. Sometimes the better team doesn't win," said a visibly dejected Ehab Rashid. His Redmen teammate Andrew Eisenstark, gave a similar assessment. "I'm disappointed. They had two shots and scored twice. That says it all." Most important to the Redmen now is how they come back from this defeat in their next match. "There's nothing to panic about. It's our first defeat of the sea son, but we'll be back," promised coach Raimondo.

OUA League Tournament: Martlet field Hockey vs. Carelton, 10:00 a.m., Queen's 12:00 p.m., franklyn Pierce 4:00 p.m, oil played on Saturday October 10 at Molson Stadium. Shaughnessy Cup - Redmen vs. Concordia, Saturday October, 10,1:00 p.m. at Concordia. On Global TV, cable channel 3. Martlet Soccer vs. Bishops, Friday October 9th, 6:30 pm, at Molson Stadium.

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Legendary Redmen Chahine returns to McGill C FL r o o k ie s e t t le s in to life a s a n E d m o n to n E s k im o B y M anny A lmela

ence. Being drafted did not necessar ily ensure Chahine a spot on the Eskimos as he had to continue to work to make the team.

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much in getting me prepared and J Y o u n g t e a m lo o k in g t o le a r n a n d im p r o v e this technical football knowledge Sunday's opening kickoff a f t e r lo s s t o C o n c o r d ia continues to impress me." marked more than the beginning of His Eskimos experience has J B y R ebecca D ervaitis lenge," said Blanchet. "In order to do a CFL game; it signified been the type which all first j this, the team has their work cut out how the football career of year players dream of having, j The McGill women's hockey for them. In addition to the their Samir Chahine had now Chahine's happiness in team opened their season with a 4-1 three weekly practices and whatever come full-circle. Edmonton goes even deeper loss to the defending national cham games are on the schedule, the girls The former Redmen than what happens on the pion Concordia Stingers Friday are going to begin an extensive made his return to his old field. night. It was a hard fought battle for weight training program as well." stomping grounds of "Edmonton is obsessed the women, in a game which "We want to become stronger Molson Stadium where he with this football team. revealed a lot of what the regular and better players," added Bergeron. made a name for himself as There's just so much tradition season will have in store. "This kind of program will not only one of the most dominating and you can really feel how "We came to this game know build a better physical condition, but players in Redmen history. important this team is to the ing we weren't going to win," first also a strong work ethic for the Among his long list of city. Of all of the stadiums year Martlet coach Caroline girls." achievements is being the I've been to this season, our Blanchet said following the loss. only Redmen player to ever G e t t i n g it home field (Commonwealth "We also knew we weren't going to be named a CIAU AllStadium) is the best in the give up." g o i n g f o r '9 8 Canadian three times. league." That was clear to the McGill His hard work and As smoothly as his inau supporters, as they watched the The team consists of only two devotion to the game were gural professional season has Martlets keep their spirits and enthu third year students, the rest all being rewarded this spring as gone, Chahine continues to siasm high until the final buzzer U1 and U2 players. Chahine was selected hold his fond memories of his sounded. "There is a lot to learn. We're eleventh overall in the 1998 McGill career. "You have to remember that teaching the girls different team sys CFL Entry Draft by "Coming back home to some teams, like Concordia, have tems to apply, and also how to win. Edmonton. The 6'-l ”, 280 M cGill this week brought been practicing together all summer. Right now, we're trying to improve pound offensive lineman back so many memories both In just two weeks with this team, with every game," Blanchet worked his way up way to good and bad. Even with all we've already begun to see great the starting job last week of the ups and downs I | improvement," co-coach Anny explained. "We're telling the girls to try to play a better shift than the last, against Toronto. His pro wouldn't change anything Bergeron said after the loss. The co motion to the starting offen about my time at McGill," he | coaching system is rare in hockey, and then a better period, and eventu ally a better game." sive line came just in time said. "I honestly have no but appears to be functioning well Much of the season's success for his McGill homecom regrets. When I step on those for the Martlets. will depend on the goaltending, as C h ah in e sh ow in g o f f new d u d s Jaime stein fields across Canada, I truly ing. "Whatever Anny says to the rookie Kim St. Pierre proved in stop "When I walked onto feel that I am representing all players is taken just as seriously as if ping all but four of Concordia’s the field in front of that crowd it was "Training camp was incredibly of the people and teammates that I said it. We have a co-coaching sys gaudy 55 shots on Friday. truly unbelievable," explained tough, especially mentally," recalls helped me reach this level." tem that we know will work well," "Our goaltenders are definitely Chahine. "It's tough to describe but, Chahine. "The pressure was like His future seems to be in his explained Blanchet. "The chemistry going to be a key factor this season," I felt like I was walking on air. It nothing I had ever experienced and capable and hard-working hands. J on our team is good, and the girls are admitted Blanchet, “especially as we was just a story-book way to cap off the talent level of the players on When one considers his work ethic having fun." wait to get our offence going.” my first season in the CFL." hand was unbelievably high." and dedication, his potential appears Despite the considerable work Returning to Molson Stadium Chahine readily admits that he to have no limits. C r e a tin g a c h a lle n g e which lies ahead this season for the and playing in front of friends, fami was content with having made the When asked what he recalls ly, and fans meant a great deal to team in this, his first season. Along most about his days in the McGill The mentality of other teams in club, they remain optimistic that they Chahine. with his new found starting role was red and white his response was the league in recent years has been will reach their pre-set goals. "We want to earn respect as a "Today was a big day for me quite unexpected. that a game against McGill amounts direct and genuine. and to be able to share it with my to an addition to the win column. team this year. We have a great "I'm thrilled to be starting so "One thing I know for certain is family and friends made it all the soon in my career but I have to cred that regardless of where I end up The team's main goal this year is to group of girls, and we'll see the improvement when we reach the end more special." it the fantastic coaching staff which playing or how long my career lasts, ensure that trend is stopped. As can be expected, the transi has really helped me adapt this sea I will always be a proud Redmen." "In the past, other teams have of the season," vowed Bergeron. The Martlets will host their tion from the university to profes son," said Chahine. "Coach K (head looked at McGill as an easy win. We sional ranks can be a difficult experi coach Kay Stephenson) has done so want to be able to give them a chal home opener at McConnell Winter Arena November 14 versus UQTR.

Martlet soccer team struggling to find their rhythm L a c k o f t o u c h a t t h e n e t p r o m p t s u n s p e c t a c u l a r 1 -1 t i e w i t h U Q A M B y J eremy Kuzmarov

get anything going. If we had more net. siveness, showing off some nifty shots we would have scored." UQAM had trouble with their moves in the process, they were Fresh off a disappointing loss to There were many positive counter-attack largely due to the unable to generate many quality scor top-ranked Laval, the Martlet soccer aspects to the Martlets performance, Martlets solid defence corps, which ing chances. Throughout the game, in team had to settle for a 1-1 draw even in the second-half. McGill fact, UQAM was able only to Friday against a vastly improved maintained control of the ball for amass a measly total of three UQAM squad. much of the game, and passed it shots on net. "On a good day we beat this around the perimeter with great Unfortunately for McGill, team," said Martlets assistant coach proficiency. The bottom line was, however, one of those shots Alex Da Rocha. "But we didn't do too however, that the Martlets strug went into the net. Late in the badly, especially considering that we gled in setting up plays deep in first half, mid-fielder Papineau played a man short for one third of the UQAM territory, and failed to cap burst through the McGill zone game." italize on their scoring chances. and buried the ball past bewil The Martlets were left short"We had about 15 good dered net-minder Debra handed as a result of the red card chances, and only generated about Kietzke. received by rookie striker Eva four or five good shots," said Da UQAM resorted to a Melamed early in the second half. Rocha. "We're getting our chances more defensive style after the Embroiled in a fierce battle with but we have to finish." goal, until the red card was Citadins star Annie Papineau, Shaw, a versatile mid-fielder, assessed to Melamed, when it Melamed let her emotions get the best was the only Martlet who showed pressed hard for victory. of her as she pushed the feisty mid an adept scoring touch on the Though the offence had trouble fielder a little too hard during a scuffle night, providing the lone marker generating much, it was the Patrick Fok for the ball. Without Melamed to rely for McGill. Midway through the J o a n n e H a g e r f i g h t s Citadins strong defence on, McGill struggled to generate first-half, she received a beautiful f o r th e b a ll which helped to ensure the much offence in the second-half, and pass from Sophie Labrom and pro tie, an outcome which thor was unable to break the 1-1 deadlock. ceeded to shake the hapless UQAM stood strong throughout the match. oughly satisfied both the players and "Eva's a great player, after the defender. Finishing off the dazzling While Citadins stand-outs Sandrine coaches of the team. red card we struggled," said McGill’s effort, she slipped the ball by goal Desrochers and Caroline Archambault "We're really happy, we're a captain Amanda Shaw. " We couldn't keeper Joanne Druez into the vacant played with great intensity and aggres team that's been up and down so far

this season," said assistant coach Laurence Belanger. "We were playing more of a defensive style because McGill's a top team. We played them tight, and kept them to the outside, limiting their chances." While the Martlets still sit com fortably in second place, the team appears to have taken a step back wards since its early-season success. In its last two performances, McGill has lacked polish, and failed to pro duce the overall effort that it is capa ble of. Closing in on the half-way point of the season, the Martlets are in essence a team at a cross-roads. They will have to raise their level of play in order to reach the high standards set at the beginning of the year. "We've been set back in the last little while, especially considering the loss to Laval," said Shaw. "We gave it all we had tonight and were all over them. They were lucky to come out with the tie. Still, we've got to pick it up, or else we're not going reach our goal of getting to the nationals."

T he M c G ill T ribune , T uesday , 6 O ctober 1998 take place at 8:30 p.m. in the Hall Building, Room H 420, 1455 de Maisonneuve West. Admission is

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UQTR

After a surprising loss on Friday to UQAM, the Redmen recovered nicely with a 3-0 trounc ing of UQTR on Sunday. The Redmen were buoyed from goals by Kevin M cConnell, Andrew Eisenstark, and Sean Sheppard. The defense also played strong as Jason Forsyth earned the shutout in net. With the win the Redmen off to a 2-1-1 record in league play, and a 6-2-2 overall. M a r t l e t s o c c e r t ie s a g a in The Martlets battled UQTR to a tie on Sunday following their most unimpressive tie against UQAM on Friday. The lone goal for the Martlets came from Sue Belair during the first half of action. Netminding duties were split betwen Debra Kietzke who started the first 35 minutes with shutout play, her relief. Dawn Dell’Agnes finished the game and let in the tying goal. The Martlets record now stands at 3-1-2 in league play.

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gold in her first race. McGill men also won bronze in the lightweight four, heavyweight four, and the lightweight double. On the women’s side, Genevieve Meredith won gold in the lightweight women’s single class. On the team side, the women won silver in the heavy weight four, the novice eights, and bronze in the lightweight eights and lightweight doubles. F o o t b a l l r e d m e n c o n t in u e TO SLIDE 2 1 - 5 LOSS TO b is h o p s The Redmen offense was completely made up of kickers this week, Gord Hoogenraad scored three on a field goal and one on a miss, while the fifth point came from Bentley Harris’ 39-yard punt single. Redmen linebackers continued to shine even in the loss as Olivier Lefebvre and J.P. Darche each tal lied 13 tackles on the day. The most notable event in the game was Shawn Linden’ s 77 yards on 17 carries, which has put him within 53 yards of Michael Soles school rushing record. Linden will look to break it against Concordia in this Saturday’ s Shaughnessy Cup. R E D B IR D B A S E B A L L C O N T IN UES TO

The M cG ill M en’ s Heavyweight eight and novice eight both won team gold at the regatta. The heavyweights finished atop the podium for the sixth consequtive year, and finished ten sec onds ahead of second place Brock. The novices were coxed by Prism Schneider who ended up winning

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The McGill Redbirds showed their dominant force over the weekend as they won all four games of two double headers played against Carleton and Sherbrooke on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Against Carelton, the first

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S u n d a y , O c t o b e r 11 game saw Pat Gonslaves pitch five innings in which he surrendered free. Swing Night three runs, but struck out five and “Swing it Baby” Limelight. Cost: even added a homerun to help pace the Redbirds to a 15-5 win. The $8. Free dance classes will be held at 9 pm and 10 pm. For more infor second game had Geoff Pertsch boost his record to 4-0 with an mation, contact the Montreal impressive one run seven inning Swing Dance Society at 270-7271. performance as the Redbirds U p c o m in g a n d O n g o in g cruised to a 5-3 win. Sherbrooke proved a tougher challenge for the Redbirds as they Diamonds and Pearls edged the vert et or 8-6 in the first game of the double header. Brad This exhibit, put on by photogra Pelletier got the win as he pitched phy students at Université de 2.2 relief innings and went 2-3 at Montreal, is taking place from the plate in the win. The nightcap September 29th to October 16th. It game had Craig McFadzean pitch is the first of a series taking place at the Communication Sciences seven innings of three run ball, while going 2-4 at the plate with a Department, in front of B-424 in homerun and 3 RBIs. The wins | the pavilion M arie-V ictorin at have pushed the Redbirds to a 14-2 Univeristé de Montreal. Admission is free. record in league play.

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If you are a McGill student and you B r a d P e l l e t ie r a n d S t a c e y love to ski or ride, then this is the M O R E L Y N A M E D A D ID A S deal for you. The McGill Jay Peak A TH LETES O F TH E W EEK season pass is for sale now unti Stacey Morely of Greenfield Oct. 15th, 1998. The NO restriction passes are also valid at Mt. St, Park, Quebec, was named female athlete of the week for her five tries j Sauveur, Mt. Avila, Mt. Gabriel, in the McGill women’s rugby 37-0 Morin Heights, Mt. Olympia, and La Plagne in France all for under win over Bishops. For the men, Brad Pelletier $400. Any questions, call 869-3440 was named Athlete of the Week for or e-mail Snowah@hotmail.com. his vital role in the Redbirds week World University Services end sweep of opponents. In four We are a non-profit, non-govern games he went 5-6 at the plate with four R B I’s, two doubles, and a mental organization which involves triple. On the mound he picked up Canadians in international developa win by pitching 2.2 hitless | ment in Canada and overseas. The innings of relief in the win over McGill chapter of WUSC is look Sherbooke in the first game of the ing for people to apply for a six week international seminar to held doubleheader. in mid-May and the end of June, 1999. For more information, call Myriam at 844-1585. Deadline for application submissions is October 28.

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

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

Club Bolo Club Bolo is a non-profit organiza tion created in 1994 for the gay and lesbian community and their friends. Our demonstration group performs within and outside the community, often for benefit evenings to raise funds for causes such as AIDS and violence against women. We have open dancing on Fridays and Saturdays from 9p.m. 3 a.m. and hold Tea-dances on Sundays from 4-9 p.m. W e’re located at 960 Amherst, 849-4777.

McGill Support Groups Bereavement Support Groups are being offered free of charge through the M cG ill University School of Social Work for adults, children/adolescents, young adults, early newborn loss, and family sur vivors of suicide. New groups for this year include “M otherless Daughters” and “Loss of an Adult Child” Anyone who is experienc ing any type of loss, including the death of a family member or friend, please contact Estelle at 398-7067.

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W H A TSon T uesday, O c t o b e r 6 Michel Fortier, candidate for lead ership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada will be speaking in Room 145 of the Arts Building at 4 :3 0 p.m. For more information, call Kent at 8422639. The Montreal Jazz Big Band with guest artist Miles Evans will per form at 8 p.m. in Pollack Hall. The St. James Literary Society con tinues its series of guest lectures with Stéphane Dion, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs who will

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The Hope & Cope annual lecture — “Hanging in There-then and now — will ge be given by Natalie Davis Spingarn at 7:30pm at the Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Boulevard, in the Block Amphiteatre. Admission is free.

The Concordia Irish Lecture Series continues with Dr. Hriam Morgan of the University of Cork, who will be speaking on “Renaissance Images of Ireland.” The lecture will

Converstional French courses are being offered to help prepare stu dents for the job market. Intensive evening courses will be offered on Wednesday or Thursday evenings beginning on October 6th and 7th. Time: 5:30-8:30 pm for 8 weeks. Cost: $40. Call Luni at 845-9171 for more information.

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From October 8th to October 14th, you will have an opportunity to place yourself on the voters list for the upcoming municipal elec tions. This is your chance to have your say. You can vote if you meet the following criteria: 1. You are a Canadian citizen 2. You are over 18 years of age 3. You have lived in Montreal for at least one year