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O ve r 500 post-secondary Quebec stu­ dents participated in a rally last Thursday in Montreal to protest Finance Minister Paul Martin’s proposed cuts to education.

The rally was organized by the Canadian Federation of Students, an organization which represents 400,000 Canadian students belong­ ing to 60 different student unions. C FS orga­ nized a “ W eek of A c tio n ” last week that included the rally and was intended to be the first step towards a student strike in February.

The C FS has contingents in eight provinces, which planned similar acts of protest.

M cG ill students gathered at the Roddick Gates where they joined students from the Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal and Concordia to parade through downtown to the Stock Exchange building near old Montreal.

A n n a K ru z y n s k i, a m em ber of the M c G ill A c tio n C o m m itte e , the group involved in organizing the M cG ill undergrad­ uate arm of the rally, explained the symbolic significance of the Stock Exchange.

“It is the epitome of the neo-liberal ideol­ ogy these days and it is symbolic of the way that the corporate sector is taking over educa­ tion and society in general,” she explained.

T h e ra lly was an act o f opposition against Martin’s cuts which, if implemented, will result in increased post-secondary tuition fees and further reduced government funding for education. The purpose of the rally was to draw attention to the harmful ramifications of the present education budget and to empha­ size the need to reform it. Th e protesters demanded an increase in federal transfer pay­ ments to the provincial governments, a freeze on tuition that prohibits universities from tacking on additional fees to their tuition and the issuing of federal grants to students, rather

than loans.

Students w ho attended the ra lly expressed a fear of shrinking accessibility and the eventual privatization of M cGill.

“Education should be free to anybody no matter what social class you come from," said Amanda Smith, one of the M c G ill students who attended the rally. "Loans are not the answer. H o w can you w a lk out w ith a $30,000 debt and have a good start on the world? M ost people I know who walk out with a B .A . end up with a minimum wage job and they have this $30,000 debt hanging over their head.”

Government cuts significant B e n o it Renaud, c o -o rd in a to r o f the Quebec component of the C FS, feels that the consequences of the government’ s cuts are already becoming obvious.

"For one, we have more students in each class and classes are less and less given by actual teachers, more often by teaching assis­ tants and contract teachers. There are fewer resources in libraries and labs," said Renaud.

"So, basically the lack of funding forces uni­ versities to reduce the quality of all the ser­ vices required for a university education and at the same time imposing new and higher fees to compensate for the lack of funding."

Renaud added that “the overall demands are the same” among the different compo­ nents of the federation “ but in Quebec the goal is to have a real tuition freeze.” The freeze was supposed to be implemented in 1994, but since then several miscellaneous fees have been imposed which raised tuition.

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D id you ever w onder what was at Parc and P rince A rth u r before La Cité? Imagine that inter­ section, now dom inated by the aforem entioned behemoth, sur­ rounded by the Victorian architec­ ture of Hutchison, Jeanne-Mance and Ste-Famille Streets. This, and

the controversy which surrounded the area's radical transformation, is the subject of a fascinating display of photographs, entitled Milton

Parc Avant, Pendant et Après.

In fact, the entire area La Cité now occupies was, until the 1970s, a thriving community of students, lower-middle-class workers, wel­ fare recipients and others. Th e

prosperity of the 1950s and 60s had led the city of Montreal to believe that its population might eventually top six m illion. Enfer Concordia Estates, a company which, in 1962, began to buy up property in the area around Milton and Parc. The plan was to demolish all the old houses in the block formed by des Pins to the north, M ilto n to the

south, Ste-Famille to the east and Hutchison to the west, and to erect a massive complex of buildings-. La Cité was to only be phase one; the c ity hoped that 5 0,000 people might eventually live in the new "neighbourhood."

W h at resulted instead was massive public outcry from the area's residents. Demonstrations,

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Representatives from Montreal area post-secondary institutions urged students to get on the bus last Wednesday as they held a press conference on the issue of reduced transit fares for C E G E P , college and university students.

Currently S T C U M , the munic­ ipal body in charge of the Metro and bus service in Montreal, only allows those students 18 years of age and under to purchase the $19 student m etro pass. Th e ne w ly formed Coalition étudiante pour le transport en commun ( C E T E C ) , com posed o f students from Montreal C EG EP s and universities, is lobbying the municipal govern­ ment for a universal student transit rate that would apply to C E G E P and university students as well. “ It’ s an issue that unifies all students across Montreal,” said Jeff Feiner, Students’ Society of M cG ill U n iv e rs ity V P external and M c G i l l ’ s representative on C E T E C . “Students from colleges, universities, from the anglophone and francophone sectors have banded together to try and achieve this goal.”

A t the press conference, held in an S T C U M bus and timed to coincide with the municipal elec-

S tu den ts ra lly f o r lo w e r f a r e s a r o u n d STCUM bus. tions, the C E T E C presented S T C U M with a netition signed by over 20,000 p ,s t secondary stu­ dents. The petition was intended to convey to the mayoral candidates that Montreal students do not take the issue of student transit fees lightly.

“Given the climate of munici­ pal elections in this city, it is the appropriate time for the powersthat-be to know that this is a seri­ ous concern of students — these petitions prove it,” stated Feiner.

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W e want to challenge the munici­ pal election candidates to listen to these concerns and to act on these concerns. N o m atter w ho gets elected, we hope that the winning candidate w ill take charge of this issue so that students w ill have their financial needs met.”

François Robert, the represen­ tative from Université de Québec à Montréal at the conference, and a member of C E T E C agreed. “It is time that the politicians recognize that Montreal is a student city,” he

said. “This petition puts faith in the resentment of students and they w ill have a choice of who to vote for on election day.”

Three out of the four mayoral candidates have already promised to examine the issue o f student rates, however only for those 18-25 years old. C E T E C is lobbying for a 50 per cent reduction in the regular tariff of $45, which would make the cost of a student pass $23 a month for all students, not just for those in the above 18 age category.

Marc Flynn, a U 1 political sci­ ence student w ho attended the ra lly, questioned the validity of S T C U M ’s policy to only consider those under 18 as students. “The question is not whether S T C U M ’s rates are low enough relative to other cities. It’s clear that they’ve made a commitment to those under 18. Th e question is why students above that magic age face a dou­ bling of the rate. W hy are they all of a sudden considered an adult, w hen they are s till goin g to school?”

S T C U M officials were sup­ portive of a universal student tran­ sit rate but cited the fact that limit­ ed provincial funding put a damper on plans for such a fee. “W e ’ ve already asked [the provincial gov­ ernment] for many years that they

should assume at least 25 or 30 million a year to compensate the cities,” said Yves Ryan, chair of the S T C U M council. “I think fun­ damentally that you are right. If we could do it, I ’m sure this council would do it and the consultations w ith the M U C (M ontreal Urban Community) would be carried out, but that does not do anything for our financial situation.”

V era D a n ylu k , chair o f the M U C agreed. “There is no problem with the vision, I think we all have it, but the ongoing issue in the gov­ ernment for the last 28 years has been who shares the responsibility on this vision. It has to be a shared responsibility, it cannot be one that is supported only by the S T C U M .”

Should the rally and the peti­ tions have no effect on C E T E C ’ s objectives, students are prepared to take the issue to the provin cia l level. “ G ive n the m unicipal elec­ tions, we’re focused on the munici­ pal level,” said Feiner. “Given the provincial elections this fall, this will be an issue that we will pursue.

N o w that we have the municipal bodies on board, we need to get the p ro vin cia l bodies to listen. W e won’t rest until we’ve reached our goal.”

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the rally was the first step in build­ ing this mobilization. It shows also that the coalition that we’re work­ ing with is in good shape will prob­ ably become stronger within the next few months. So, I think that basically the demonstration is good news for the student movement and bad news for the government.”

The M cG ill Action Committee w hich formed a few weeks ago specifically for this rally, was also the group responsible for organiz­ ing the tent city outside o f the James Administration building last week, in the hope that they could

Feiner, S S M U V P external affairs, explained that the extent of the S S M U ’ s involvement in the cam­ paign consisted of “ passing a motion of support in council.” He went on to say that although S S M U was not directly involved in the cam paign, its ob jective was to “ make sure that student groups supported each other.”

When asked about the impact o f T h u rs d a y ’ s ra lly , Renaud explained that “it showed clearly that there’s a will to have a strong student mobilization this year and

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attract m ore students to get involved with their fight.

"One of our ultimate goals was to spend time on campus getting M c G ill students involved in the fig h t against fu n d in g cuts and against increases in tuition fees," said Kruzynski. "And to get people angry at the fact that the govern­ ment is cutting at education at the p ro fit o f the corporate sector."

A cco rd in g to participant Daniel Mongraw, the tent city was a suc­ cess. "We got a chance to commu­ nicate with a lot of the students and we got into a lot of conversations and debates with them. W e created discussion among students and in this way we increased their aware­ ness of the issue."

Tim e w ill tell the true nature of the impact of the rally, however, Reid A lla w a y , a M c G ill partici­ pant, said that the response to the protest was positive. " U n iv e rs a lly , it was good.

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“This is a building block for m aking the student m ovem ent broader and b ig g e r so we can mobilize again in the future. It’s not just this one demonstration. If the government doesn’t listen to us today that is not going to stop us from m o b ilizin g again. T h e y ’ re going to have to listen some time dow n the lin e because people aren’t going to keep taking all of the cut backs.”

For students who were unable to participate in the rally but want to get involved in the campaign against the cuts, there w ill be a demonstration in Quebec C ity on November 18 targeting the issue of dim inishing loans and bursaries programs. CFS also plans to hold a p a n -C a n a d ia n student general strike in February.

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A n open forum on the addi­ tion of an A + / 4 .3 grade p o in t average to M c G ill’ s grading sys­ tem drew fire from students con­ cerned that the change w o u ld re s u lt in th e ir grades being deflated.

Th e purpose of the forum held last Thursday was to discuss the pro­ posed change initiated b y M c G ill's A c a d e m ic P o lic y and P la n n in g Committee.

D ean o f Students Rosalie Jukier is a major proponent of the change.

"The intention of the U n iv e r s it y in re c o m ­ m ending the A + grade was exclusively to bene­ fit students. W e w ere re c e iv in g in fo rm a tio n that the la ck o f an A + was detrim ental to stu­ dents who, for example, were applying to medical school in Ontario, where th e ir A s w ere b e in g d e va lu e d to [a 3.9 G P A ]... In addition [we thought] there should be a way to reward excep

this as a b e n e fit, and I have undertaken discussion w ith [V P o f A c a d e m ic s ] B i l l C h a n to reopen discussion at the A P P C level," said Jukier.

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Society, has very strong feelings c o n c e rn in g the change o f the G P A system. "Although it is beneficial for students in [subjects

graded on the basis of] quantita­ tive analysis, arts students are ju d g e d based on q u a lita tiv e analysis, where it is hard to get above 90 per cent. I can not see, in the near future, the professors becom ing less conservative [in __________ their grading]."

Management Undergraduate Society Representative to the Students’ Society of M cG ill University Jon Feldman, believes that the case for a 4.3 grad­ ing system is weak.

"Th e y don't seem to have a strong argu­ m ent [f o r th is ] ch a n g e ... T h e a rg u ­ ment concerning the m e d ic a l students seemed strong until a medical student came and said that it o nly concerned a few hun­ dred people. A nyo ne who is at 4.0 or 3.9 is accepted no m atter w here th e y a p p ly .

T h e re 's no school where it is so compet­ itive that the d iffe r­ ence b etw een a 4 .0 and a 3.9 w ill affect their application."

VP Lisa B ird Sam Jo h n s to n , V P university affairs fo r the S tu d e n ts' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill University, noted that the purpose of the forum "was to try to break down the myths and hear

the students' concerns." " T h is is a c o n s u lta tiv e process," said Johnston. "I'm try-

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Martha Crago, associate V P of Graduate Studies, defended the switch to an A + system, arguing that there is em pirical evidence that it w ill not hurt students. " T h e E d u c a tio n a l Te s tin g Services did a study in the United States on the effects of the intro­ duction of an A + , not necessarily a 4 .3 , w h ic h show ed that [the A + ] did not influence the other grades and d id not have an im pact on the average grades," Crago explained.

A lth o u g h there have been some concerns that M cG ill's rep­ u ta tio n c o u ld suffe r after the implementation of the new grad­ ing structure, Crago argues that it shouldn't have any impact.

"F o r in sta n ce , w hen P rin c e to n s w itc h e d to a 4.3 nobody said [Princeton's reputa­ tion was affected]...A 3.0 student is still a 3.0 after the introduction of the A + ." She also noted that the current system awards stu­ dents who receive a 95 per cent grade the same number of grade points as a student with an 85 per cent grade.

"You're not putting a ceiling on a high achieving student and you're not punishing the average student."

Th e vast majority of univer­ sities in Quebec currently operate w ith a 4.3 g ra d in g system .

Because M c G ill operates with a 4.0 scale, Crago notes, it can cre­ ate confusion on some students' transcripts.

"W e have students who [are being graded on tw o different scales] on their transcripts. W e tvant to give them a chance to have a cleaner transcript."

A notice of motion was made to S S M U council concerning the possible addition of an A+/4.3 re fe re n d u m q u e stio n w h ic h would ask students, for informa­ tional purposes, whether or not "M c G ill University should adopt a grading system that w ill award an A + grade in a 4.3 grade point average system." The motion w ill be voted on at Thursday’s council meeting.

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AUS proposes work-study referendum If passed by students, new $6.50 levy will help create employment opportunities for Arts students B y Ja m

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T h e A rts U n d e rgra d ua te Society has proposed an expansion of the current work study program, to be funded with a $6.50 charge to Arts students each semester.

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by Students’ Society of M c G ill University V P University Affairs Sam Johnston and is being devel­ oped by A U S officers, seeks to create more jobs for Arts students.

Through these jobs they can gain work experience and closer con­ tact with their professors, as well as alleviate the financial strains of attending university.

Johnston believes that work study offers students a chance to work more closely with professors and earn money to offset increases in tuition.

“We're trying to create a new niche for undergraduates to get academic experience. W e ’re also in a situation where the university is grossly underfunded, and we have a role to do something about that s itu a tio n ,” said Johnston.

“Having something like this work study program is excellent because it demonstrates that student orga­ nizations have a role in reducing student debt.”

W ork study jobs, as outlined in the C a re e r and Placem ent Service’s literature, may be subsi­ dized up to 125 hours per semes­ ter, and must be on the M c G ill campus or in McGill-rented build­ ings. Students are accepted based on financial need and academic standing. Also, priority is given to projects that provide career-related experience.

A lth o u g h C A P S does offer work study jobs for all eligible stu­ dents, only 524 out of 1,500 stu­ dents who applied in 1997-1998 were actually placed in positions.

U n d e r the new proposal, C A P S w o u ld s till o rg a n ize the w o rk study program, but with the new money from the A U S initiative, and probable matching funds from the university, more subsidized jobs would be available for Arts students.

Heather Bradfield, A U S presi­ dent, thinks that the program will be welcomed by students and pro­ fessors because it benefits both parties.

"Students are desperately in need of academically-oriented jobs that would give them some sort of experience that they can take with them after they graduate, and pro­ fessors are desperately in need of

help, so it makes sense. As long as both sides w ork together, w ork study will succeed.”

A U S C o u n c illo r W o jte k Baraniak thinks that this initiative w ill benefit not only students and faculty but also the U n iversity’ s reputation.

“In principle, council supports h o ld in g a referendum on w o rk study. It makes M cG ill look a lot better compared to universities such as the University of Ottawa that have more com prehensive work study programs... In the end, M c G il l w ill lo o k better, and a M c G ill degree w ill look better.”

Carm en M ille r, Dean of the A rts Faculty, supports the A U S initiative because it helps students get involved in academic research.

“I welcome this very imagina­ tive initiative,” M iller said. “I see it as an opportunity to assist the Arts Faculty and also to help inte­ grate students more into the acade­ mic teaching research mission of the faculty.”

E lis a b e th G id e n g il, A rts Associate Dean Academ ic and a professor in the political science department, said that although an expanded w o rk study program would be important to the univer­ sity com m unity, professors must

be careful to distinguish between undergraduate assistants and grad­ uate students. “ [Work study] should not cre­ ate a situation where graduate stu­ dents and undergraduates compete.

Their roles should be complemen­ tary. It is more expensive to hire graduate students, so... it may hap­ pen when funds are running low that professors m ay fin d w ork study students useful...to handle correspondence, keep track of propositions, and read proposals sent to professors.”

A c c o rd in g to John ston , M c G ill has not yet re ceive d provincial funding, but she hopes that by the year 2000, Quebec will begin financing work study. “ W o rk study has existed in the U .S. for several decades as part of the government-funded finan­ cial aid program,” said Johnston. “ In Canada, o n ly O n ta rio and British Columbia have a provincefunded w o rk study p ro gra m .

Concordia and M cG ill are the only two schools in Quebec to establish institutionally-funded work study programs.”

The idea for an Arts referen­ dum on work study was prompted b y the Science Und e rgra d ua te S o c ie ty’ s proposal of a sim ilar

program. The SUS measure, which was passed in a referendum in 1994, subsidizes 100 per cent of students' salaries with a $17.50 per year charge to students and match­ in g funds from the U n iv e rs ity .

D eepa Y o g a n a th a n , current President of SUS, believes that the student organizations play a vital role in promoting work study jobs.

"B ecause C A P S doesn't actively recruit jobs, we think that the faculty student organizations should take a more active role," said Yoganathan. "Th e problem with work study is that it is a very passive way to get a jo b . A ls o , m any science professors d o n ’ t even know about the program."

The Arts initiative w ill most lik e ly be voted on in the N o v e m b e r referendum period.

Jenn Le p p , A U S V P academic, thinks that the work study program should be publicized to increase support for the measure.

“We're going to form a ‘Yes Committee’ and have information sessions to present the measure to the students. If we get the publici­ ty out, I think we'll succeed. The demand is there for w ork study jobs — we just have to stimulate it.”

co u n c il exe cu tive m em ber, as w e ll as the c re a tio n o f the appointed position o f Treasurer.

Th e additional exec w ill also be stipended the re g u la r $ 1 5,0 0 0 fo r the te rm o f s e rv ic e . T h e Treasurer's stipend has yet to be determ ined, but is expected to be approxim ately one third the amount that executives recieve.

O n the w hole, councillors were pleased with the new docu­ ment. “ I ’ m a c tu a lly v e ry h appy with the changes. T h is consitutio n is m o re re a d a b le and a p p r o a c h a b le ,” said D a n ie l A rtenosi, V P external o f A U S . “ It addresses the vision and pur­ pose o f student leaders.”

Th e new constitution cannot

be put in to effect unless it is accepted by the general student body during the N ovem ber ref­ erendum period. O ther changes recommended by K P M G w ill be im p le m e n te d in to the p olicie s and b y-la w s o f S S M U over the course of this year.

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T h e ir first duty as the new executive, after taking office on Monday October 5, was to inter­ view for the appointed positions of V P Academ ic, Publicity C o O rd in a to r, tw o E ve n ts C o Ordinators and three Note Taking C lu b C o -O rd in a to rs . Th e new executive will also trying to intro­ duce a Communications Director position, but the change must be ra tifie d th rou gh the Science Undergraduate Society council before it can be implmented.

NEWS briefs N e w S S M U C o n s t it u t io n G A IN S A PP RO VAL O F C O U N C IL

T h e S tu d e n ts ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill Univerisity council gave a stamp of approval to the new Society constitution presented at its last meeting.

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Few students and fewer promises NETWORKbrief Majority of important decisions may take place at local level, but interest in November 1 municipal elections seems limited at best

the Montreal community. There are 28 other municipalities not under their jurisdiction that are involved in A sparse turnout of students wel­ modifying the transit rates. comed three municipal politicians Students were also concerned running for the Montreal mayoral about taxes and asked candidates position and council seats at the Meet the Candidates Series held at McGill --what they proposed to do about relieving the Montreal tax burden. over the past week.

Prescott stressed the necessity of hav­ Students’ Society of M c G ill ing a fiscal pact with the Quebec gov­ University VP External Jeff Feiner believes students do not realize the ernment and also attacked Doré's rep­ utation for having plunged impact municipal Montreal's finances into a politics have in mess. their lives and are “Doré is a person who therefore luke­ spends too much. The only warm about get­ way to change this identity ting involved. is to promote tax cuts,” “ Studies Prescott responded. show that 90 per Doré alluded to his cent of important prior financial mishaps as decisions that Montreal mayor in his open­ affect our lives are ing statement. decided at the P r e s c o tt o f MCM. “ I ’ m committed to municipal level. It change and to getting things done. is very alarming when voter turnout is We all make mistakes and we learn so low,” Feiner commented. “This from these mistakes. We cannot be all includes decisions about snow things to all people,” Doré admitted. removal, garbage collection, and pub­ D uring the Prescott/ lic transportation.”

Rosengarten forum, the majority of In order to increase awareness students who presented questions about the importance of getting were concerned about fostering a informed and becoming involved, SSM U and the Quebec Public Interest community spirit in Montreal^ for example, with more community cen­ Research Group extended an invita­ tion to the four political parties to ters and parks.

Doré addressed the issue of speak at student forums held at Gert’s squeegee-kids soliciting motorists for Pub. Montreal Citizens Movement money. He supported looking at the candidate for mayor Michel Prescott, underlying issue of dependent drug M C M ’ s council representative for use and called on the city to offer Peter-McGill, Shawn Rosengarten, alternative opportunities for squeegee and Team Montreal candidate for kids to support themselves. mayor Jean Doré all decided to Prescott, Rosengarten, and Doré attend, albeit at two separate forums.

Feiner believes that the fact that all proposed solutions to issues two of the parties decided to represent raised, however they did not often offer realistic financial means of themselves at these forums shows achieving them. In an effort to avoid that political candidates are realizing the importance of students in the throwing glorious but impossible solutions out to the audience, Prescott political process. repeatedly stressed that “we can’t “ I ’ m glad that they came. make wild promises”.

[Bourque and Duchesneau] will suf­ Doré was quick to criticize cur­ fer the consequences — they won’t rent mayor Pierre Bourque for 250 enjoy that coverage,” Feiner com­ counts of electoral wrong-doing and mented. the poor quality of municipal ser­ After brief introductions in vices. which the candidates had the opportu­ “Montreal has been going to hell nity to disclose their platforms and in a hand basket,” Doré bluntly stat­ appeal to the student audience, the ed. floor was opened to questions. In B y C h r is t in e P r ic h a r d

both forums, the issue of transit rates was the first to be raised by students.

Prescott, Rosengarten, and Doré all acknowledged that a university stu­ dent fare would be beneficial. While Doré claimed that transit rates were one of his campaign priorities, Prescott and Rosengarten stressed that this issue is not solely limited to

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ing the volume of traffic,” said U3 Arts student Jonah Engle. “It was a defeatist attitude. Not much in the way of possibilities, but rather how many problems it causes.

[Prescott/Rosengarten] say they can’t promise anything. It makes you won­ der what they can actually do.”

Engle welcomed S S M U ’ s and the politicians’ efforts to stimulate student involvement, however, he believes it will only be students’ own initiative that will keep them abreast of the issues.

“They have to reach their hands out to us and we have to do the same,” Engle believes.

U2 Arts student David DaSilva isn't suprised that the local race isn’t attracting a lot of attention from McGill students.

“Not many people think much of municipal politics. If you’re going to live in the ghetto for a year, why should you care?” DaSilva surmised.

Patrick Primeau, a U3 Arts stu­ dent, attended both Meet the Candidates Series forums. Athough he didn't see a huge difference between the candidates, he was more pleased with the Prescott/ Rosengarten forum. “ I was more impressed with Prescott. He seemed natural, he seemed to be himself. He didn’t seem like a politician,” Primeau stated.

“They pretty much have the same stance on the issues. Municipal candi­ dates can’t take a stand too far from thp nthprs ”

U S L a b o u r c h ie f u r g e s SCH O O LS TO B O Y C O TT S W E A TS H O P C L O TH IN G

U S S e c re ta ry o f L a b o u r Alexis Herm an last week urged c o lle g e s and u n iv e rs itie s to im plem ent policies prohibiting them from doing business w ith clothing manufacturers that use sweatshop labour.

In a con fe re n ce c a ll w ith reporters from co lle ge papers across the United States, Herman said that establishing a code of conduct for the clothing m anu­ facturers w ith w h ic h colleges license their apparel is a m ajor part of a broader international effort to crack dow n on sweat­ shops.

"College sweatshirts should not be m ade in sw e a tsh o p s," Herman said of the $2.5 billion U .S . college apparel industry. "I believe all o f you are proud of your school's name and wouldn't want it seen on a T -s h irt made under oppressive conditions."

H e rm a n w ent on to praise universities such as D uk e and B ro w n that force companies to stipulate that their products are not made in sweatshops before they can produce college m e r­ chandise.

Princeton U n iv e rs ity Store president Jim Sykes said yester­ day, how ever, that they has no

plans to institute that k in d of code of conduct policy.

Sykes said the problem with anti-sweatshop policies is that enforcement is, at the moment, impossible because he said there is no independent agency w illing to monitor the companies' facto­ ries.

Sykes said that though the three major companies that pro­ duce m ost o f the U n iv e rs ity 's m erchandise all have p o licie s against using sweatshop labour, u n til a m o n ito rin g a g e n cy is established, there is no w ay of k n o w in g w h e th e r C h a m p io n , Russell and Gear really fo llo w their own rules.

L a rry C a rr, director o f the bookstore at B ro w n U n iversity, acknowledged that enforcement o f his s ch o o l's new p o lic y against contracting with compa­ nies that use sweatshop labour is difficult. How ever, he explained that the policy does help in that it could lead to the creation of an enforcement agency.

"It's sort of a chicken or the egg scenario. If enough universi­ ties get behind it, something w ill surface," Carr said.

—G riff Witte, Daily Princetonian

Student reaction Student responses to both the Doré and Prescott/Rosengarten forums were generally lukewarm.

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EDITORIAL “I could prove God statistically.”

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A ll the talk of crashing financial markets, fiscal turmoil and loom­ ing crises is enough to challenge your faith in the state of our econo­ m y. Strangely, that’ s all it seems to be — a question o f faith.

There is very little in our economic system that we can label scien­ tific in any real sense of the word. It’s more like a church —

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built up a grand system of faith, its high priests ordained with econom­ ic degrees, its congregation following the scriptures conveyed daily in our mainstream media. Ignore the high church, and you w ill face cer­ tain damnation, a fiscal hell of abject poverty. A purgatory of mediocre living if you’re lucky.

H o w m any times have we been to ld, fo r exam ple, that “ the Quebec question” is driving down the value of the Canadian dollar,

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W e ’ve come to take for granted a direct causal relationship between the political system and the state of our national currency. Last week, a

Defending the DTF lawsuit

In an unfortunate letter to the e d ito r p u b lis h e d O c to b e r 14, victory w ill prompt the Canadian dollar to take a further slide. She was Jeffrey Kurzon of sociology made likely one of many commentators dishing out a similar message across three a lle g a tio n s re g a rd in g Differential Tu itio n Fees ( D T F ) the country — completely unsubstantiated economic “ logic,” but so and, more generally, the quality of deeply entrenched in our psyche that it didn’t seem to call for an expla­ education, that are in dire need of nation. When we leave this idea unchallenged, it means that we accept rebuke. that the democratic will of Quebecers could be perceived as an eco­ H e charges that S S M U ’ s court case challenging the practice nomic sin that should face immediate punishment. W e leave a bit of of charging out-of-province stu­ our destiny in the hands of investors and big capital. dents twice as much in tuition as Speculators look for any sign that w ill help them ascribe meaning Quebec students is misguided and to their actions. Buying and selling has little to do with economic per­ dangerous because 1) Quebec resi­ dents subsidize o u t-o f province formance. It’s all about confidence and perception — in a word, faith. students; 2) Th e quality of post­ Nothing illustrates the point more than a short article that appeared last | secondary education in Canada is week in the G lobe and M ail’s Report on Business. It briefly recounted far m ore im p o rta n t than petty how the value of a French ten-year bond future took a nosedive after a complaints from pampered out-of­ province students, and; 3) such London bank trader “accidentally and repeatedly hit the ‘Instant Sell’ complaints detract from the real button” on his keyboard. Th e screw-up sent the price of the stock problem — the crisis o f inade­ plummeting on computer screens. Like sheep, other traders took their quate funding. cues from the “virtual flock” that was apparently headed straight for If ignorance is as blissful as they say, then I apologize for hav­ the edge of the cliff and followed along. ing to cut his honeymoon short.

O ur collective obsession with the economy isn’t just dogmatic or W h ile the first two charges are vaguely theological — it’ s fundamentally inhumane. It forgets that an sim ply m yopic, the third charge economy exists to distribute resources in a society and meet needs. W e about inadequate funding at least can’t afford to let the economy become a structure unto itself with its J points in the right direction but fails miserably in seeing the con­ own logic and its own needs. If we do, we end up abdicating our basic [ nection between our funding crisis civic responsibilities to “ market forces” of supernatural proportions. and D T F .

We lose our ability to set priorities as a society — the economy ends Th e fact that B .C . has out­ w a rd ly expressed its intent to up oppressing instead of liberating. introduce D T F and that Alberta Some might say that when it comes to economic theology, I ’m not and the M aritime provinces have a believer. Th a t’s not true, however. It’ s just that I like to think that a at least alluded to them suggests to vision of the economy should have a spirit and a soul. us that the crisis is grandeur than we think, and that the problem Halifax financial reporter announced that a Parti Québécois electoral

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runs deeper than provincial lin ­ guistic tiffs. W e have D T F for two interrelated reasons: 1) the Quebec government did not want to spend any more on education and 2) in order to find extra funding, they b ille d the o n ly taxpayers w ho co uld not actually vote in this p ro v in c e b y d e n yin g them the ability to get residence. The point that escaped M r. K u rzon is that the fiscal crisis that M c G ill and other Universities find themselves in and the injustice of D T F are inseparable: D T F are a result of im proper funding and a lack of national standards.

N o administrator or professor would disagree that M c G ill’s outof-province and international stu­ dents contribute immeasurably to the quality and diversity of educa­ tion at M cG ill. T o such a point, in fact, that it is the very core of our sales pitch to prospective students and the very source of our over­ rated reputation. (M c G ill boasts that it "takes great pride in the rich diversity of its student body, its faculty and its alumni.") Would a university full of spoilt Montreal anglophones and their friends be terribly exciting? W o u ld it still have, as M r. K u rzon put it, "an excellent reputation throughout the w o rld as C anada’ s prem ier university?" W hen talking about the "quality of education" we must not only speak of the state of the b u ild in g s bu t also those w ho

inhabit them.

The third charge that Quebec taxpayers are unfairly burdened by o u t-o f-p ro v in c e students co m ­ pletely misses the mark. Firstly, the federal governm ent funds a significant percentage of the cost o f post-secondary education in Quebec through block transfer payments.

Secondly, the Quebec govern­ ment actually spends less on outo f-p ro vin c e students than they bring in. A report released by M cG ill last winter showed that we generate $600 m illio n in the Quebec economy a year, (maybe to be fair to the Quebec taxpayers, we should be refunded the differ­ ence...)

Finally, and most importantly, as Canadians, we have made a commitment to such principles as e q u a lity and m o b ility . In real terms, this means that the province of Quebec receives more in equal­ ization payments from the federal g o ve rn m e n t than O n ta rio , fo r example, despite having about fif­ teen per cent less of the Canadian population. One could ask M r.

K u rz o n : w ho is s u b s id izin g whom? But that is not the issue, it is one of our values and principles — even when we have to pay for them.

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SSMU's attitude problem new constitution isn't the answer One of Karen Pelley’ s pet pro­ jects is the redesign of the S S M U web page. If her first priority isn’t to make the Society’s inner work­ ings more accessible by including on lin e m eeting schedules and copies of every Council document — in spite of the labour investment this w ill require — she’s doing it wrong.

Last T h u rs d a y , SSM U Council spent three hours agreeing to send a new Students' Society Constitution to a referendum in mid-November. A few councillors asked for clarification on a few points ("W hy isn't the president of the F irs t Year Students' Association included on the list of councillors?", "W hy will there still be three representatives from clubs and services, when there w ill also be a whole new vice-presidency concerned with that stuff?") There was an agonizing discussion of the merits of changing an "and" to an "or" in Article 28, which has to do with the Judicial Board — sort of the S S M U 's Suprem e C o u rt.

Mostly, though, twenty-odd coun­ cillors congratulated each other on a job very well done.

It's a good thing that ER was on that night, or the meeting might still be going on. When politicians get to discussing their own fabu­ lousness, there's often no stopping

cation is a good idea. But the real them. problems are with the SSM U's cul­ The new constitution is firmly ture, not with the way its hierarchy based on the old one, though the is laid out. vario us com m ittees that have It's very peculiar for an orga­ processed its drafts have made nization so totally dependent on some fairly substantial changes to v o lu n ta ry p a rtic ip a tio n — and the way the S S M U executive is indeed on volunteer workers— to structured. (It's not unlike that scrap-metal planet in the Tra n s fo rm e rs m o v ie , w here they th ro w all D a v id Reevely the spare parts into a molten pit and brand- shin­ be so hostile to people expressing ing-new Decepticons come out.) interest in what it's doing. S S M U For one thing, the V P Internal's Council meetings, which are nomi­ job is being split in two, so that one nally open to the p u blic, aren't executive will deal with administer­ publicize d . (Th e y 're held every ing clubs and services and another other Thursday, almost invariably will deal with "communication and in Shatner 107/108, and there's one events." The V P Finance's job is to on October 22.) be eviscerated, with virtually all of A l l the vario us docum ents its curre n t fun ctio n s b eing produced for each meeting — like d e v o lv e d to new p a id -s ta ff Treasurer. What functions are left printed copies of the various exec­ utives' reports — are supposed to will be melded with some cast-offs be available to all students, but the from the V P Internal’s portfolio to campus press covering the meet­ make a V P Operations. ings have a hard enough time get­ Got all that? N o? It doesn't ting their hands on them. Yo u can, matter, though, because S S M U 's h o w e ve r, ask fo r copies at the problems aren't structural.

S S M U desk in the Shatner build­ A different organization chart ing. They get a bit tetchy if you do, won't hurt anything and having a because they have to track down vice-president w ho has specific the originals from somewhere in titled responsibility for communi­

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Caution: reading Men's Health can cause permanent hair loss Way back in the good old days — the early nineties, at least — it was easy for us men-folk to maintain a smug sense of superiority over women, if only because our maga­ zines were better. The salacious dreck found in laughable chick-mags like Cosmopolitan and Mademoiselle really couldn’t hold a candle to the more refined fare of GQ and Esquire.

Sure, you can point to Swank, Cheeks and other such “Tijuana bibles” as proof that men read crap just like wom en, but at least we had the decency to keep the two genres sepa­ rate.

Then all the detritus of British lad culture — Loaded, Maxim, and their ilk — came washing up on our shores, though not to the same fan­ fare as that four-piece pop combo from Liverpool, whose name escapes me. These magazines knocked a few points off the collective intelligence quotient of men’s-mag discourse, but, to their credit, articles about quaffing twelve cans of Boddington’ s and fighting and shagging are at least interesting. O ut of sheer morbid curiosity, I recently leafed through a cheap Canadian knock-off of these magazines called UMM. This Loaded for the hoser set is riddled with typos and in dire need of a trained layout editor, but it generally sticks to the manly precedent set by its British counterparts: insipid prose, short how-to articles, and a healthy dose of T & A throughout.

What’s so funny about Cosmo and its competitors (believe me, I’ve read a lot of them) is how they have a repertoire of about a dozen articles, tops, plus those damn quizzes. Every issue features the same articles, only

stories — I ’m gonna blast my abs, master my ass, and bust my bed with aplomb.

Reading Men’s Health is a dan­ gerous thing. It lulls the reader into the Cosmo realm of superficial selfexamination, and the effects can be devastating.

Ta k e me, for example.

A while ago I read an alarming w ith Sean C . Jordan

slightly retooled and with a different byline. To wit, here’s a compendium of stop-the-presses stories that scream from the cover of this m onth’ s Cosmopolitan (which, incidentally, I found lying around the office of the Tribune — “Summer Sex Talk: W hy

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Moaning, Groaning and Talking in Bed Our Wav Makes Men Happier, Hotter, and W ild ly Uninhibited” ; “Couples Quiz: Are You the Perfect Pair or a Doomed Mismatch?” ; and “Cosmo’s Man Menu: Please Do Not Settle Until You’ve Sampled These 7 Guy Types." Or, take these trenchant chin-strokers from the cover of the “ special” Lo ve Issue of M adem oiselle : “Bring H im to His Knees: How to Be a Sex Goddess (or just act like one)” , and “ M en & Seduction: W h at Sex W ith Y o u Means to Him” . There seems to be a trend here.

Enter, stage left, the cultural abomination that is M en’s Health.

This month’s issue astounds the eager male reader with such zingers as “Bed-Busting S E X ” ; ‘T r im 2 Inches O ff Your Waist” ; “ 12 Foods W ith S U P E R P O W E R ” ; and “W om en Confess Their Sneakiest Tricks.” So much for m y supercilious huffing about the superiority of male readership. The disturbingly popular Men’s Health is, by all measures, Cosmo with dangling genitalia. T o hell with GQ’s engrossing features and short

H ealth

article about baldness, and all the various treatments available for that terrible curse. Suddenly I was going bald. Offhand comments that otherwise would have gone unno­ ticed (“Sean, my boy — are you thin­ ning up there?” and “Hey — I didn’t know you had a mole on your fore­ head!”) now rang the death knell for my luxurious mane, and by connec­ tion, my popularity and future suc­ cess.

“Does this dress make me look fat?” becomes “Does it look like I’m losing my hair?” in the emasculated world of the M en’s Health reader.

Even m y balding roommates have started to pile on the neuroses. Things have gone so far that, at my insis­ tence, one of m y Am erican pals smuggled some extra-strength Rogaine into Canada for me. Turns out I didn’t read the Rogaine instruc­ tions closely enough, because I was applying the stuff with my hands for the longest time. M y mother always admonished me through a locked bathroom door that I’d wind up with hair on my palms. I guess this is what she was talking about.

Blame it on Men’s Health.

the sacred precincts of the S S M U office and make a special copy. I don't know what happens if the guardian of the report you're after isn’t in the office at that particular moment. The documents are espe­ cially problematic because the peo­ ple w ho producte them are famously bad at getting them sub­ mitted on time, so the things tend to be handed out late even to coun­ cillors. And that means that your elected representatives are often forced to make decisions on stuff they've b a re ly had a chance to read, let alone research.

If a regular old student even just asks a question at a Council meeting, as is his or her right, the co u n c illo rs get a b it confused.

First, they’re baffled that anyone would be interested at all. Then, they express their contempt at the fact that someone wouldn't have anything better to do. A n d then they get suspicious and start to wonder what the questioner is up to. They figure he or she is either some sort o f m u ck ra k e r or an apprentice politician.

There is some justification for that. V P Internal Karen Pelley and Clubs Rep Tam ana Kocharor, as the official clubs handbook has it, "Te rm a n a K o c h e r" — both telegraphed their electoral plans by being keenly attentive at several Council meetings long before they em barked on th e ir respective marches down that long road of

bones.

If this generation of M c G ill student politicians is serious about fix in g S S M U 's problem s, they w on 't believe for a second that they've accomplished anything of any significance in laying out a new constitution. The rift between the politically "in ” and everyone else has p ro b a b ly never been greater. The "two-way communi­ cation" between S S M U and stu­ dents that the tw e n ty-five -th o usand-dollar report on SSM U's defi­ ciencies vaunts is based on a wor­ risome philosophy — that S S M U and "students” are two separate groups. Th e notion that publicity campaigns are the solution to per­ ceived student apathy is equally feeble, in that it im p lie s that S S M U is something that has to be sold to its members, rather than merely an expression of their will.

Openness. Accessibility. C o ­ operation with average students.

Freedom of information. These are the things that will make the differ­ ence for S S M U , but they’ll require a sea-change in the politicians’ attitudes. Fiddling with the seman­ tics of the Constitution might have had to be done, but it isn’t nearly as big a part of the solution as they keep saying it is.

Letter to the Editor pay thousands of dollars every year

“ S i s t e r h o o d ” l ik e a f r a t

so that she can enjoy the benefits of T o be fair, I would like to offer

the Women’s Union. The Women’s

a response to the comments made

Union is recognized as a “club” by

by Women's Union staffers Margo

S S M U , which means that they get

Berrill and M aggie Smith, in the

free funding, free space as needed,

October 14 article, entitled “It's all

as well as one of the nicer and larg­

G reek to me: going beyond the

er offices in Shatner, at the expense

everyday m yths.” I was stunned

of M cG ill students. Greek societies,

that the authors of the article had to

while they offer important social

go to W om en’s U n io n staffers in

services to students, do not have

order to find viewpoints to reinforce

this luxury. Services cost money;

the myths that perpetuate taboos on

Greek societies pay for their own,

the Greek system. Berrill was quot­

while Women's Union services are

ed as saying that joining a Greek

paid for u n w ittin g ly by most

society is “ like paying for your

M cG ill students, only one gender of

friends.” Ironically, m y understand­

whom have exclusive rights to their

ing of the Women's Union is that

services, an extreme m inority of

one of its major social thrusts is to

whom

dispel the close-minded myths and

Incidentally, no one is ever rejected

stereotypes that lead to indiscrimi­

fro m Pi L a m b d a Phi fraternity

nate perpetuation of discrimination.

because they can’t pay dues.

actu ally

Maggie Smith was quoted as saying

use

them.

—Oren Katz U3 Arts

that she didn’t “want to pay hun­ dreds of dollars to be in a sister­ hood.” Ironically, M cG ill students

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Dishing it out: hot eats and cool treats at the U.N. W hile on an overseas diplo­ matic m ission in 1991, George Bush vomited in the lap of Japan's Prime Minister, creating a public relations disaster and an easy head­

line for the press. Under different circumstances, or during a different era, such a cavalier stunt could have produced cataclysmic results, the reaction was in fact nothing

short of benign. That's because it occurred at the magical, mystical realm of the dinner table, during a comfortable, casual meal.

Th e meal space really does

inhabit a w o rld unto itself. F o r successful franchise.

A rth u r and his K n ig h ts, it was Moreover, while fat guys get steeped in ceremony and ritual. The their own Big and Ta ll Stores, skin­ table its e lf is governed by an ny guys have to settle for Osh entirely separate set of rules and Kosh. Naturally, fat guys also have etiquette foreign to affairs beyond great role models. They have Dom its realm. Where else would it be Deliuise, the late John Candy and permissi­ ble to unbutton y o u pants in Ryan M u rp h y the com ­ pany of others?

Certainly not at work, unless of Chris Farley. Skinny guys, mean­ course you clock in at the O val w hile have Jose, the crack head Office. And while vomiting at the who eats out of your garbage can. table may only be appreciated by So, what have we learned? We gymnasts, it is at least understand­ love food and it puts us at ease, and able and easily forgiven. You see, the table is a mystical space where all tables and restaurants are diplomatic snafus are discretely equipped for such potential ironed out. Therefore, the solution mishaps. Napkins, for instance, are to our current world strife rumbles open-admissions that mistakes will off louder than a hungry stomach. invariably happen. Sneeze guards The U .N ., a site of disdainful dis­ around salad bars and buffets, cordant despots for decades should meanwhile, clearly communicate be transformed into a food court. that it's okay if you can't control It already has all the important your bodily functions around food. prerequisites. Th e ambassador to And you know what? That's okay.

Lebanon could operate the falafel Nobody expects too much of you stand, the delegate from Italy could when you eat. Conversations are dish out spaghetti and the allowed to be slowed down as the E th io p ia n stand... w e ll, maybe hectic pace of the day gives way to Ethiopia could just bring the nap­ relaxed indulgence. Dinner time is kins. A t any rate, after getting to "me" time. sample each other's dishes, the last For families, the meal space is thing they'll want to do is argue and a gathering place where decisions blow things up. They'll just want to are made and plans are constructed. un-button their pants, pull up a The virtue of sharing is promoted stool and relax. When you're wellthrough the passing of vegetables fed, you're satisfied. It's that sim­ and meat dirigibles, and it is the ple. Bohemian artists? Very rarely only place in any home where com­ happy. Santa? More fun than a bar­ pliments, and hence conversation, rel of monkeys. And why shouldn't are likely to flow freely. It is quite fat guys be happy? Everyone loves simply, a place where we can let them. T h e y make w om en feel down our guards and give way to secure about their body image and our most carnal controlling pas­ provide much needed ballast on sion; appetite. ocean liners. About the only people W e live, after all, in a culture who don't like fat guys are buffet that places great emphasis on eat­ owners, and that's mostly out of ing. Everyone knows the im por­ self interest. tance of a good meal. It's the last Once the cooking improves p rivile g e on earth a prisoner is we'll open the U .N . to regular traf­ given before his execution, and a fic, and before you know it, their timely t-bone can transform even three billion dollar deficit turns into the nastiest junk yard dog into a a tidy profit. It's that simple. World passive pup. It's both an elixir and Peace hasn't generated this much an aphrodisiac, and its the one money since "We Are the World." thing standing between Pac M an M aybe in the end, we can't and level four. The virtues of food teach the world to sing, but we can are also littered about our literature. at least get them to appreciate cui­ Th e re 's the story of the sine. And in sampling new cuisine, Cornucopia, the Last Supper and barriers w ill be broken and preju­ Custer's last stand. Given our love dices w ill slink away. The scintil­ for food, one can't help but feel that lating taste of world peace will be if Custer's last stand had been of on the very tips of our tongues. the Spicy Jamaican Patty variety, it could have been his first stand in a

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The solution lies not only in addi­ tional and alternative funding but also in n a tion a lly agreed upon standards of education. O n ly in working towards such goals, such as S S M U is in this case, can we truly "ensure the future strength of M cG ill University."

A n d w hile M r. K urzon may dismissively label me a "publicity hound" for m y involvem ent, at

c o n tin u e d least I had the courage to actively challenge what I think is wrong. I wonder, M r. Kurzon, if you could say the same? A t the very least, c h a lle n g in g D T F has b ro u ght more attention to the issues of funding and standards in educa­ tion, and more lik e ly than not, S S M U ’ s la w su it m ay a ctu a lly make a difference.

—Paul Ruel U3 poltical science and international development studies

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L u c k y S h a ll S u c c e e d

How the fates have screwed you over once more Ail of you who are reading this article right now are probably affil­ iated with M cG ill in one way or another. More likely than not, you are a M cG ill student who has been lucky enough to be accepted to this institution of higher learning. Was it because you worked harder than your fellow class­ mates, or showed a greater interest in learning than another student?

This description may apply to you, but you were probably accepted to this university because you were smarter than your fellow classmates who may have worked harder than you. Your ability to do this is determined by your luck in life.

Our entire future is determined by luck and chance. Being in the right place at the right time with the right face can earn you more than any advanced or graduate degree could through years of hard work.

It always seems that the smartest stu­ dent in your class is the one who is asleep during class and who never does the homework, while the stu­ dent next to you who studies the subject for four hours a day and diligently takes notes during class gets a mediocre grade despite his/her efforts. These differences are due mainly to different inherent abilities to think and take in infor­ mation.

Management students spend up to four years, and sometimes more, studying the art of business with hopes of somebody getting a nicely paid banker job if they are so lucky, while somebody like Richard Branson drops out of high school and later becomes the owner of a multi-billion dollar company.

Comedy actors may spend their entire lifetime honing on their act, while Eddie Murphy becomes one of Saturday Night Live ’s best cast

members, without any prior theatre training. These people did not work harder than anybody else in achiev­ ing their success, they were just lucky to have the talent necessary to do so.

given above as a total lack of effort will probably yield you success anyway. For those of you who aren’t lucky or naturally intelligent, you already know your eventual outcome in life and you can’t do anything to change it. A ll efforts you put into making _____ your self a success will just be time taken away from fun activities that you will end up doing anyway once you fail in life, so why bother?

Just sit back and enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Columnist For a Day D a v id S c h a n z le So what is a struggling university student to do? Absolutely nothing.

If you are stupid and you will know if you are, then don’t try to do any­ thing about it — hard work won’t make you any smarter. Instead, if you haven’t already done so, trans­ fer to the faculty of Physical Education or to Concordia and enjoy you new life of mediocrity and stupidity. Now you can be free to do whatever you want to do. If you find a class too difficult for you, fail it or just drop out because there is no point in you wasting your energies on such a futile effort.

If you have an assignment that you find too difficult, just copy it from somebody else, because in the end, it doesn't matter.

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Advertised in colour on the back o f this very publication, the first tw o o f D uncan R e id ’s open forum for discussion on the future of the Student’s Society drew 8 peo­ ple - total. T h a t’s excluding D unky.

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You may think that you have the potential to be a great athlete, schol­ ar or simply be happy in life.

However, there are thousands of people who you can bet have more potential than you do in this field, and all your hard work will simply be wasted effort. Some people are luckier than others, and there is nothing that you can do about it.

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Close-to-home hope for needy students on Decelles Street through a student outreach centre called the organization and for the students them, and that they don’t need help.

Food for Thought — a peer-led emer­ This is not at all true." who rely on its services. gency food support system for McGill The food bank is also in dire need t's three o'clock in the morning and students. Wells stresses the importance of volunteers.

P la n s f o r t h e f u t u r e your stomach is growling. You're of avoiding the term "food bank" in "Volunteers are essential to our Ideally, Bakary would like to see trying to study for a big exam but organization. We need people to donate the food bank ran year round. But for order to avoid student dependency on you just can't concentrate because such a program. their time in order to make this project this year Bakary said that he must forgo you're so hungry. Most of us would "Food for Thought is for students work," stresses Bakary. this idea and "concentrate on the 1998 head to the kitchen for a bite to eat, but who need immediate support, those Within the next couple of weeks Christmas baskets instead. for some disadvantaged students, a who are in a critical emergency situa­ Bakary plans to tour the uni­ "People have been calling me, midnight snack is a luxury that tion, and not for the long term," versity campuses in person asking for food and it's difficult but I has no place in their budget. explained Wells. "I'm here because Tm in order to recruit volunteers have to tell them, Tm sorry but I can't responding to needs presented to me by for the foodbank. help you.' I don’t want to create false students and I have researched the best According to Bakary, hope in students." ways to meet these needs."

The Metropolitan Montreal the foodbank has encoun­ Bakary is optimistic that in the Student Food Bank is there to tered opposition in unex­ near future it will be possible to revamp help out in situations such as this. pected places. the food bank's entire system.

It is the only food bank in "Other food banks, Mike, an McGill engineering stu­ "We are open to the idea of part­ Montreal designed specifically to such as Sun Youth, want us nership. In general, we need volunteers. dent participating in last week’s Days help university students in tempo­ to refer students to them."

We also need to establish a permanent of Action, shared tips on how he saves rary financial need. It is founded Some university program money. He says that he takes a reduced council board to take care of adminis­ and run by Diallo Bakary who directors have been cautious trative affairs so that the rest of us can course load in order to pay for books, a believes in the cause so strongly in embracing the food bank. concentrate on the important task of trick that many students have learned. that he gave up writing his sociol­ Director of M cG ill "I also work under the table during actually helping students. We need to ogy thesis at the University of Financial Services Judy the summer so that I can get the maxi­ develop a transportation system Montreal in order to open the Stymest stresses that the mum provincial loan possible and it still between the grocery stores and the food food bank and help his fellow stu­ food bank should only be a bank," he said. "But what we really isn't enough."

G w en Lee Sou dents.

F o o d b a n k a im s to h elp used as a last resort.

Catherine, a fellow protester, had need to make all this happen is money.”

A food bank designed d is a d v a n ta g e d "What students need," a helpful hint for fellow students in Students in need must be recom­ specifically for students may she explained, "is a more need. mended to the food bank by university appear somewhat exclusive at a first long term solution to their financial dif­ "McGill doesn’t exactly volunteer ion. student services, such as the M cGill glance; Bakary disagrees. ficulty. [At Financial Services], we use Chaplaincy. To be eligible for aid, one this information but I found out that "Provigo never gives us the really "Student fees have increased, a more preventative approach. We pro­ you can get your McGill loan converted good food," Bakary laments. "They need only be a university student. while jobs and family support have vide the student with the resources to to a bursary [which doesn't need to be donate to bigger and more widely Students are asked to present a valid ID decreased," he said. "This is the reality locate funding. Unfortunately, it is the card, and to explain what extenuating paid back], provided that you are in known organizations like Sun Youth. I of the new generation of students.” students with dependants who usually good academic standing. You also have think that they do this to improve thencircumstances led them to seek help.

Bakary believes that Quebec stu­ need our help the most." to arrange this before graduation image, and not because they're interest­ The MMSFB doesn't ask for a financial dents are more disadvantaged than in Others, Bakary added, are in because McGill won't give you your ed in helping people." portfolio or budget of any kind. They, other provinces. opposition to the idea of a student food diploma until all outstanding amounts do however, keep a brief record of stu­ "Many enterprises left Quebec bank. have been paid." dents' visits. because of the highly charged political "The new dean of students at the In the end, however, Wells stress­ Bakary’s frustrations are not environment here. They took a great H E C — a French Business School es the need for a well-cooked meal. many jobs with them. There are less helped by the fact that both Provigos associated with the University of "I firmly believe that no student have refused to deliver the goods to the Montreal — has accused the foodbank opportunities now for students in should go home hungry." food bank. This has created a major Quebec." of creating a dependency of students on The MMSFB is located at 5255 Gwenda Wells, director of the The foodbank began operations in dilemma for the foodbank. It has no the M M SFB," said Bakary. "He says McGill Chaplaincy, is also helping stu­ Decelles Street, Room #2025-A. Reach means of transporting large quantities that they are young, they have job December 1997 by handing out Diallo Bakary by phone at 340-6777. dents in temporary financial need of food, thereby causing a problem for opportunities, their families support Christmas food baskets in conjunction B y La u r a R o b ita ille

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Bumps in the road

Other services for those in need

Student Christian Movement battlesthe 'C-word' dilemma With a diverse membership and a queer-positive stance, SCM are not your stereotypical bible thumpers justice issues, this group sounds a lot like Q P IR G — the fairly wellhe K oran is read aloud at known "grass roots" organization known for its active involvement in meetings, the group is queer­ student causes, environmental issues positive and has included and social justice issues of all kinds. members whose backgrounds range But this group is different. The word from Buddhist to Roman Catholic.

Christian is in its name for a reason.

Th is probably doesn't sound like "We like to call it the 'C-word' what you'd expect from an organiza­ dilemma," stated Mario DeGigliotion called the Student Christian Bellemare, a member of the group Movement. But then again, the SCM for seven years and an M .A . in isn't your average group.

Theology, referring to the aversion A t present, the Student Christian Movement at M cG ill is a some students might have to getting involved in the movement. small but strong organization com­ "M ost people in the 'First mitted to social justice causes. They World’ do not know about the radi­ are concerned with issues ranging cal call to justice that is found in the from environmental justice, anti­ bible and in Christain history," racism, global justice and solidarity DeGiglio-Bellemare said, explaining to gay/lesbian/bi and feminist issues. a misconception people have about A typical meeting is held in the the 'C-word', or religious affiliation cozy sitting room at the M c G ill Chaplaincy on Peel. (Meetings are in general.

"You can't separate a Martin held here, but the SCM's headquar­ Luther K ing Jr. from his radical ters are at the Y e llo w D o o r on Christian discipleship or a Malcom Aylmer.) At the most recent gather­ ing, about eight members listened to X from his commitment to Islam or Gandhi from Hinduism," he said. a presentation about domestic work­ He continued by stating that ers and the injustices that they are members are of a varied background currently facing, including no over­ and that they need not be Christian time pay, less-than-professional to join the group. With all the confu­ respect and inadequate working con­ sion and apprehension surrounding ditions. the group's name, D e G ig lio With its commitment to social

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Gw enda W e lls, Ecum enical Chaplain for the M cGill Chaplaincy Service, responded a bit differently to the "C-word" question, emphasiz­ ing that it is the spirituality compo­ nent combined with the sense of social justice that makes the S C M what it is.

"No group needs to be fearful of expressing distinctness," she pro­ claimed. "What we do is in the spirit of this young man called Jesus."

DeGiglio-Bellem are admitted that the club's Christian platform stemmed from the work of Jesus.

"Jesus worked with the poor and the oppressed," he noted. "That's what we are aiming to do." Explaining the clubs contoversial queer-positive stance, DeGiglio-Bellemare stated "Jesus worked to heal systems that marginalize and stigmatize individu­ als. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people continue to face societal stigmas and hatred."

W ells claims the S C M "is a way for a lot of students to find a voice." She further explained that the SCM has helped students devel­ op leadership skills over the years since staff, for the most part, have stayed out of the way. D e G ig lio -

Bellemare also emphasized that the SC M is, and always has been, com­ pletely student-run.

O rig in a lly rooted in the Protestant Social Gospel Movement, the SC M established itself in 1921 as one of the first militant student groups across Canadian campuses.

During the Second World War, many of the S C M e rs in Europe helped save the lives of the German intellects. During the Japanese inter­ ment in Canada, S C M made its mark by forging relations with the afflicted. The S C M also played a part in aiding the American refugees who spilled into Canada during the Vietnam War. It was between the 30s and 50s that the S C M was its strongest at M cG ill. In the 60s, the group was swept up in the Civil Rights move­ ment, and the 70s brought feminism.

Sexuality and gender issues surfaced in the 80s and the SCM became an overtly queer-positive group. As other social-justice groups, and groups with seemingly similar plat­ forms (without the religious affilia­ tion) continue to spring up, the SCM is facing quieter times.

"Our work isn’t known much anymore at M c G ill," admits DeGiglio-Bellemare.

But even with a tiny member­ ship of about a dozen, the SCM does manage to accomplish its goals. Last year, DeGiglio-Bellemare organized a group trip to the Philippines. The group connected with SCMers there to work with oppressed civilians as well as establish better international contacts. This year's other projects include the Jubilee 2000 campaign, which aims to cancel the debt of the poorest Third-World countries.

The S C M has been a binding force in the lives of many of its members, former and current. Wells explained its effects when she spoke of the need for a space for students to "express their ideas and spirituali­ ty-" Neither the traditional grass­ roots activist nor the down-home fundamentalist group, SCM profess­ es open-mindedness and a strong work ethic. While its membership may be in decline, the group still endeavours to help those in need and provide a refreshing alternative to the prevalent apathy among the stu­ dent body.

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The Tribune brings you Part 2 o f F r a t s : G o in g b e y o n d the Myths. This w eek we discuss haz­ ing in frats, hom ophobia, the p os­ sibilities f o r fem inism in so ro ri­ ties, and the Canadian system ver­ sus th&American one.

M ik e says the allure of the fraternity faded when he saw what was really going on.

"There always seems to be a secrecy factor to fraternities, but there is nothing crazy going on.

Just a bunch of guys drinking beer and playing ping pong."

Katherine Cornett, president of Kappa A lp h a Theta sorority, pointed out that while fraternities no longer haze, and do have strict anti-hazing rules, “ many sports teams at M c G il l su b m it th e ir members to really weird degrad­ ing stuff, and everyone turns a blind eye. If we ever did that we would get in huge trouble. There’ s a double standard.”

Cornett laughingly added that “ A lot o f the w o m e n that jo in K a p pa A lp h a Th e ta are re a lly independent and headstrong. They w o u ld have w a lk e d out o f the room if we tried to haze them. I know I would have.”

of gay men.”

Q u re s h i stressed, however, that the stereo­ type works both ways.

“W e need to get rid of our stereotypes of [frats].

W e need to shatter both our stereotypes.”

Qureshi has also been invited to speak to a frater­ nity on some of issues sur­ rounding stereotypes.

“Th ey think there may be some gay members and they w a n t to make sure that they are comfortable with it,” he said.

Rory Hochman, mem­ ber of A lp h a Ep silo n Pi, resents stereotypes about brothers and homophobia and calls them unfair. " H o m o p h o b ia has nothing to do with whether or not you are in a frat. I don’ t know , question, or care about the sexual ori­ entation o f any o f m y brothers.”

K e n M asters, p re si­ dent o f L a m b d a A lp h a C h i, thinks the idea that frat boys are homophobic is “bullshit." " T h e men in the Iams Narun Greek system are the most T h e f r a t h o u s e — sy m b o l o f o p p r e s s io n a n d con form ity ? open on cam pus. I once they have such a small presence. that the girls who join — the ones made an off-colour joke to one of It’ s no big deal here, whereas it who can take all the teasing and the guys in m y chapter who has was inescapable where I went to comments, the ones whose friends two gay brothers. He got offend­ college in America.” m ade fun o f them are re a lly ed. I ’ ve ne ve r said a n y th in g Despite a small presence on strong, tough in d ivid u a ls," she since.”

M c G ill campus, the stereotypes said. " T h e y constantly have to about the G re e k system d o n ’ t defend it. Y o u ’ve got to be kind of seem to be d y in g aw ay. G ross b ra ve to jo in so m e th in g that continues to be distressed about everyone looks down on.” stereotypes M c G ill students have If frats are w orking towards about the Greek system. dropping their macho, intolerant “I do get upset about it. But image, one has to wonder about all we can do is go to activities their female counterparts. night, and get the w ord out that D r. Peta Tancred, professor Sarah Gullo, a U 3 humanistic there is another side to the Greek of sociology at M cG ill, says that studies m ajor and staffer at the system — that w e ’ re not all sororities are “potentially very W om en’s Union, left a college in drinkers and partiers.” feminist organizations.”

Pennsylvania mainly because she Masters laments the idea that “ Th e w ay they are set up, d id n ’ t want to be a part of the students think of frats as "drinking the fact that they are accountable Greek scene there. clubs." to each other, the caring environ­ “The social life there was all "W e are so much more; we m e n t...th in g s have changed," about frats and sororities. There have rituals and tradition.” said Tancred. "Thirty years ago, was no cultural life, nothing to do Masters claims that most stu­ I w o u ld n ’ t have said this, but in to w n ," she said. "Y o u could dents are still unaware of what life sororities today do seem to be feel the G reek presence e ve ry­ in a frat is really like. based on fe m in ist p rin ciples. where. It was all part of the social “ I met a girl in m y Chinese They are caring, egalitarian, and system, and if you didn’t join, you class once who found out I was in they work as a web, not a strict were cut off from the party scene.

Management and in a fraternity. hierarchy.”

It was really scary.

She asked me in all seriousness Cornett stresses one of the "It was all about strength in how many girls I had raped since I reason she loves Kappa A lp h a numbers. It’ s easy to feel secure had been here.

Th e ta so m u ch is that it is a when you’re in a group.” T o not "It’ s really ironic — we are women's organization. join “was to be a freak.” slam m ed fo r be in g e litis t and "I think it is a feminist orga­ Gullo believes, however, that h o m o p h o b ic and yet eve ryon e nization in some ways. A n d it’ s M cG ill is very different. jumps to stereotype me when they a great organization for women “Here, there’ s no pressure at find out I ’m in a fraternity.” to be involved in.” all. Y o u have to search for them, Sam antha G ro s s , R ush C h a ir for Kappa A lp h a Theta, and vice president finance for O R S H IP R E F L E C T IO N the Inter-Greek Letter Council, W N DOW N emphasizes the supportive nature

*azrng a dubious process that involves subm itting „each “ pledge” to a series of tests — has a notorious history.

U s u a lly brutal and hum iliating, h a ^ftg ^fl-tts -tfa d itio n a lly cruel form seems to have given way to a more gentle initiation.

Danalee Burrows, member of K a p p a K a p pa G a m m a so ro rity and president of the Pan Hellenic council, claims the M c G ill Greek scene is d iffe re n t fro m the American one.

“M any people don’t acknowl­ edge that the M c G ill system is v e ry d iffe re n t fro m the U S in terms of violence and discrimina­ tion," said B urrow s. "Th e InterHazing may have gone out of Greek Letter Council, an organi­ style , but fo r student a c tiv is t zation devoted to the promotion Jaw ad Q ureshi, the image frats and welfare of the fraternities, has have is still not that welcoming. strict anti-hazing laws and M c G ill Qureshi, a U 3 Management has power in terms of expulsion if student and A d m in is tra to r of they find out about hazing.”

Queer M c G ill, resents the image "It really wasn't such a big that fraternities have. deal at all," said one student who “ Fraternities are d efinitely wished to remain anonymous. alienating towards gay men. They "M ik e ," a U 2 student from show o ff a m a sc u lin e , m acho Montreal, pledged for a fraternity image which is very intimidating in his first year but dropped out for queer men. I don’t know any­ before the end of the pledge peri­ one w ho w ould want to jo in — od. the w h o le scene — d rin k in g , Because M ik e ended up not wom anizing, it just isn’t appeal­ joining the fraternity, he agreed to ing.” talk about the initiation procedure, Qureshi pointed out, though, w h ic h is u s u a lly impossible to pene­ trate.

"Once you join, yo u ju s t d o n 't talk about the pledging.

There has to be this mystique," he noted. "[Th e idea is to] m ake the pledges n e rvo u s and freak them out. Y o u have to m em orize a pas­ sage and th ey c a ll you in and it's dark and weird. Then they ask you questions, and no matter what you say they yell at y o u and g iv e you shit."

M ike insists that there was no v i o ­ lence involved.

"T h e y don't do anything really vio ­ lent, just try to freak yo u out. It's ju s t a power trip."

M ike chose not to f o llo w th ro u gh w ith the procedure B r o t h e r s f o r e v e r —t h e b o n d s o f fr a t e r n it y in but said that it was­ n't a matter of poor th e G r e e k tr a d itio n treatment.

"It was too time consuming that he has “a lot of friends in fra­ and demanding. If it's really what ternities and they’re great. I just you want to do...it can be a bond­ think there is a lot of ignorance — ing experience but I didn't see the they d o n ’ t k n o w about queer end p ro d u c t as re w a rd in g issues or queer people. They need enough." to drop the stereotypes they have

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“I felt comfortable with all the girls. I felt I could tell them anything and it would be confi­ dential and non-judgmental.”

C o rn e tt stresses that the membership attracts and breeds strength. " T h e fact that there are so many bad stereotypes often means

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Ear to the Ground A brief look at current patterns, trends and developments Costanzas of the world unite Search for a job on the net - but do it right Good news for men, young and old, who fear hair loss. For the last 25 years, the Bald Headed Men of America, consisting of more than 30,000 members, has held an annual conference which aims to inspire bald men.

According to Life magazine, the conference tries to push a bald-is-beautiful agenda." Conference events include the Most Kissable Bald Head contest as well as the inevitable sport of toupee tossing. Granted, humour takes a front line but it is all for the sake of elevating self-esteem: one joke overheard was "Hey I used to have a crew cut but the crew bailed out."

And guys, fear not. Eileen Killebrew, wife of baldman Sammy claims that "bald men are just more positive and outgoing than other men."

In the era of digital technology the Net as a job resource is sorely underused. One reason to use the Web for job searches is that scanning a database is fast. A recent article in Self Magazine offers some tips on how to keep it simple.

•Take advantage of free search agents and e-mail bul­ letins that alert you to jobs that match your goals. With electronic notification, you won't have to keep logging on to check your favourite job-search sites: you'll know when a new job has been listed.

•Build an on-line resume. If you're not sure whether your current resume is appropriate, you can build one step by step using T r ip o d ’s Resume B u ild e r (www.tripod.com/jobs_career/resume). This site provides more hand-holding and prompts for more details than most others. Answer eight questions and the builder will choose from six formats: then fill in the blanks and watch how your resume takes shape. When you're finished, you can copy and paste it onto the resume builders of other job-search sites.

Typography - the new frontier of editorial design Media hoaxes in the UK "The fine art of digital duplicity” is the latest trend in the British media according to Focus magazine. Apparently "faking photos has never been so easy, so fast or so diffi­ cult to detect."

W ith the newest in sophisticated digital equipment, journalists can mix-and-match, transpose and completely rearrange any given photo. Picture, for example, David Beckham's head on Madonna's body.

Watch it though, mainstream newspapers in Britain have been caught for pulling such stunts. The Sun was caught for publishing a picture with the late Princess of Wales romping with Captain James Hewitt. Although the blonde in the blurry photo appeared to be Diana with a new beau, it was actually a couple of students sharing jokes.

Similarly, journalists at Today published some doc­ tored photos of Gloria Estefan. After hearing that she was on a new diet, the magazine printed two side-by-sides pho­ tos, fat and post-fat. The spread was such a hit that The Sunday People even bought the pic­ tures for re-publication the next day.

A recent article in Wallpaper magazine chronicles a new trend in editorial design: and it's not about layout. It's about fonts, believe it or not. In the past, typesetting required lumps of metal and some fairly heavy engineering, and designing a new font was a laborious and expensive business. But these days, all you need is a cheap scanner, a decent PC — and plenty of free talent.

N ew Y o rk typographer du jo u r Jonathan Hoefler ( www.typography.com) is the rising star of contemporary typography. Hoefler, 28 this year, has designed typefaces for, among others, Apple computers, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, though his best known font is probably the gorgeous, classic, superm odel-narrow font made famous at Harper's Bazaar.

Hoefler works, like all creative types, on a Power Mac G 3 , and develops his designs using software called RoboFog (www.petr.nl/robofog). It is a familiarity with computers that has liberated typography, the article claims.

Hoefler and his companions are young, but their work still inclines towards the old-fashioned view that the best typog­ raphy, like the best writing and the best editing, should be discreet to the point of disappear­ ance. As Ian Price, partner in leading London graphic designers Price Watkins, says, "A good typeface should be invisible: it's only when something is not quite right that you begin to notice it."

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F a ils to re fle c t f e m in is t o r m inority perspectives. Has any­ one else had enough of this?

U n til recent years, the stan­ dard bodies o f w ork studied in the A rts disciplin e s often pre­ sented a very one-sided perspec­ tive of history and literature. The stories they told collectively pre­ sented a w o rld vie w that often fa ile d to g iv e a v o ic e to the experiences of certain groups of people. A s a result, women, First N a tio n s , and oth e rs cam e to insist — and rightfully so — that th e ir u n iq u e p e rs p e c tiv e s be reflected in the curriculum .

I w o u ld a rg u e that th e ir struggle to achieve this has been a success. Therefore, perhaps it is tim e to devote less focus to these issu e s, and in ste a d to devote our energies to re-estab­ lishing a place for the arts and hum anities in a society that is obsessed with business and con­ sumption.

Take a look at the syllabus from one o f y o u r arts courses.

Be it history, literature or politi­

cal science, it is lik e ly that a considerable portion is devoted to the s tu d y o f t r a d it io n a lly underrepresented groups such as w o m e n and a b o r ig in a ls . T h e same goes for textbooks — they are sure to include docum ents that re fle ct m in o rity persp e c­ tives. Furthermore, in addition to a substantial w o m e n 's studies p ro g r a m , M c G i l l n o w o ffe rs queer studies courses. Perhaps it is time for some to consider that the battle m a y be w o n as the notion o f equality and the legiti­ macy of “other” perspectives has become mainstream.

D e sp ite the presence o f a revised, inclusive curriculum , it is rare for a conference or dis­ c u s s io n g ro u p a b o u t a dead w h ite m ale to go b y w ith o u t someone denouncing the subject as sexist or racist. It is not diffi­ cult, however, to discover racists in eras that were, from our cur­ re n t p e rs p e c tiv e , in h e re n tly ra c is t. B u t p e rh a p s w e are m ature enough to re a lize that s tu d y in g these eras and th e ir prom inent figures, regardless of th e ir race o r sex, can p ro v id e im p o rta n t in s ig h ts f o r a ll o f

h u m a n ity ; that the m ention o f T h o m a s Je ffe rs o n o r E rn e s t H e m m in g w a y no lo n g e r auto­ matically requires a polemic dis­ cussion on oppression and patri­ archy.

Such a point o f view is not intended to be reactionary. I am not a w hite m ale frustrated or em asculated b y the decline o f m y dominant position in society.

Rather, I am writing out of con­ cern for the state o f the arts at

Ù ^ P e r h a p s it is tim e f o r s o m e to c o n s id e r th a t the b a ttle m a y be w o n as th e n o t io n o f e q u a lity a n d the le g it­ im a c y o f " o t h e r " p e r ­ sp ectives has b e co m e m a instrea m .

M c G ill and across the country.

Respect and funding for the arts has declined drastically in recent years, partly as a result of criticism that declares the study of the arts to be frivolous or eso­ teric. T o com bat this ignorant

perspective, we need a genera­ tion of students that can demon­ strate the universal relevance of Shakespeare, the p o w e r to be gained from knowledge of histo­ ry, the need for compassion and humanism. Th is list could go on for pages.

U n fo rtu n a te ly , the current trend in arts — in c lu d in g the obsession w ith race and gender — is not doing much to combat the public's misinformed percep­ tion.

W e need talents d ire c te d towards p ro d u cin g scholarship that is both general and in c lu ­ sive. W e don't need more selfrig h te o u s d e c o n s tru c tio n and denunciation argued from a selfdeclared m oral h ig h -g ro u n d . I hope some people cu rre n tly in arts can begin to come out of the safe ideological niches that they currently occupy and recognize that their specific interests are just part of a broader picture.

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“Last night was rough,” Chan Marshall drawls over the phone from Seattle. “ M y ovaries have been hurting. The show was pretty good, but I was in a lot of pain.”

She sounds it. But pain is a not unfamiliar emotion for Chan, the tw enty-four year old indie-siren behind the band Cat Power. Th e band is a vehicle for Chan’s own brand of understated agony. W ith the help of former band mates T im Foljahn and Steve Shelley (Sonic Y o u t h ’ s d ru m m e r), the Atlanta native made What W ould the Community Think? in 1996, an album that upped her indie-cred in the m usic co m m u n ity and sent scenesters scrambling for earlier releases: the M yra L e e L P and D ea r Cat P o w er S ir, a 1994 import.

Her new Matador disc, Moon Pix, is similarly stunning.

Th e eleven new songs, half way between lullabies and laments, articulate a delicate depression; paired with sparse guitar and bluesbar vocals they make her Am erica’s answer to Julie Dorion (of Eric’s Trip).

“I don’t premediate m y songs, they just come out the way they are,” Chan insists, and you almost believe it, no matter how spacey it sounds. Moon Pix was recorded

during a two and a half month trek to Australia where “the people are leks neurotic,” which undoubtedly influenced its bluesy, out-back feel.

The single, “Cross Bones Style” is a sad and spooky torch song, and an even stranger video. Minimalist

in the extreme, the band plays in front of a white back drop with the only real action in camera angles, and yet the intense close-ups are so compelling, they’d make you think cjnan s baring oaring her ner soul. soui. Just ju s i not nui to Chan’s

this interviewer.

True to the D .I.Y . indie credo, Chan had a hand in the video. O r tried to. “ I was going to direct it myself,” she says. “I ’d never done it before, but I had the whole set­ up: cameramen, lighting, choreography, all that shit, but it got ruined. They told me to slow down.” So she co-directed w ith a more experienced friend. Still, C han w a sn ’ t e n tire ly happy.

“I didn’t come out the way I wanted it. A ll my ideas are there but not my (Matador) specific visions.”

Misery loves company. And Cat P ow er are a good C D . Something to play ploughing through their repeatedly while muttering about first major tour, in support how yo u ’ ve been done wrong. of Moon Pix, Chan with “Misery loves Moon Pix.” new band, M ic k Tu rn e r “I ’ve spent all my money on and Jim W h ite of D irty whiskey and beer,” Chan sings in Three, in tow. Four weeks a cover of the traditional ballad into the North Am erican “ M o o n s h in e r,” show in g her leg of the tour, and Chan Southern side. sounds tired already. She’s Chan makes the shift from booked into a hotel rather than stay with friends in Seattle lo o k in g for the one and he came along to tour “ silence of objects, no manage. W e were in this hotel in people.”

Tucson and had this big blow out, And yet the only glitch she’ s screaming in the halls.” encountered so far has been a nasty Okay, well, so much for amus­ relationship battle, sure to scare up ing tour anecdotes. Still, with tour more than a few song lyrics. dates covering several major U .S. “I i was bgoing ^'^b out with some- ___ __________ _____ ___

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Th is is due largely to the many “heads” who have been showing up loyally for the last two years w ith the k n o w le d g e that they would hear the heaviest drum and bass this city has to offer. In addi­ tio n to fiv e resident D J s , The S ession has also played host to some of the U K ’s heaviest, such as Jumping Jack Frost and Brian G. The Tribune caught up with three

makers Marco and Mauro Lavilla, is p ro o f o f the e ve r-in cre a sin g popularity of D Js and the music they make. As Montrealers, we are privileged to live in a city in which this multi-faceted genre of music has made a meteoric rise. In a city dominated by house m usic, the D Js w ho run The Session have spent the better part of the last two years establishing them­ selves as the lead­ ers of M o n tre a l’ s growing drum and bass scene. Begun

by D J Jordan Dare in January of 1997, Th e Session remains Montreal’ s o n ly 1 0 0 % D & B night.

From its start APlfls in the “ fu c k in g ____ MKtm m m . h o rro r” that was : % ■ Ju n g le P ub, The S essio n operated o f the fiv e resident D Js last out of Purple Haze before taking Wednesday at the Jai. W e found a up residency last M a rc h in the group of passionate promoters of cozy confines of Jai bar. The move this heavy (at least 170 bpm), and fro m Th u rs d a y nights to flourishing genre. D J Jordan Dare, Wednesdays, sometimes tragic in

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who has been spinning since the early age o f 10, sum m ed it up b lu n tly . “ W e are com m itted to bringing you the newest, heaviest hard-core out there.”

Tribune: How and where did drum & bass develop?

Jordan Dare: It all started in the U K . It developed out of acid house into d&b in around 1989.

Adam L : It is guys like Grooverider and Fabio that have re a lly made d& b into what it is today.

Tribune: W hat can you expect to hear if you come out on a Wednesday?

Ronin: C u ttin g edge, in y o u r face, uncompromis­ in g m u sic.

You w on’t hear it a n y ­ where else in Mont r eal because other people sim ply don’t have it yet. Both Jordan and I work in record shops (D N A and Ta b o u ) and as soon as the new releases come out, we bring them to you.

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T ribune: H o w w o u ld you rank Montreal’ s d&b scene world­ wide?

Adam L: Outside of the U K , C an a d a has p ro b a b ly the best scene in the world. Th e Montreal scene m ay not be as b ig as Toronto, but it is as tight, and at least equally as cutting edge.

Jordan Dare: I think outside of Europe w ould be a safer bet.

Y o u never know, Berlin could be taking off right now . M ontreal, however, is a great place for visit­ in g D Js . T h e y lo ve it here.

Ju m p in g Jack Frost came over from England in August and just flipped about the scene.

Tribune: Where do you see the Montreal scene going?

Ronin: It is growing steadily.

Jordan and his partner J Stress have started “440 R ecordings,” M o n tre a l’ s o n ly d ru m & bass record label. Th e ir first release is entitled “Suspects.”

Adam L: The D & B scene is exploding worldwide. W hen you have guys like Grooverider sign­ ing with Sony, this kind of music w il l o n ly g ro w . T h e M o n tre a l scene w ill be part of that evolu­ tion.

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give up. I f y o u ’re lookin g f o r something easy you might as well give it up.” Still, its not all gloom and heartbreak. The more up-beat “ Y o u M a y K n o w H im ” and “ Am erican Flag” round out the album, which is worth buying on the strength of “ Cross Bones Style” alone.

N o matter what the subject matter, Chan’s voice and careful instrumentation make Moon Pix captivating and unearthly.

cities, V ancouver, Toron to, and Montreal, not to mention Europe, Japan, A u s tra lia and South A m e ric a , the g i r l’ s got time to work on giving good quote.

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At the Spectrum. Thursday, Oct. 22.

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Ecstasy comes cheap in the bread-basket of Montreal Th is column is about eating b u rn in g o ven in the heart o f tioned chaps with a few dollars to and drinking. A t somewhat regular Atwater Market for the past four spare. intervals it w ill be our pleasure to years. Although they take pains to W e ordered croissants, a bring you reviews of interesting stress that they are a bakery above baguette and, succumbing to more places in Montreal which cater to all, their glass shelves filled with p rim itive urges, a tartelette de these activities. As students our­ pastries, cakes, pates, sausages, luxe. Th e croissants were flaky, selves we appreciate that one of preserves, and pasta dishes testify not too light and satisfyingly but­ your most important con­ te ry and the siderations when eating out baguette’s substan­ is good value fo r y o u r tial crust provided money. However, we also an appropriate recognize that value is rel­ challenge before ative and that quality rarely g iv in g w a y to a com es cheap. O u r goal, moist but airy inte­ therefore, is to introduce rior. The real star, you to those e sta b lish ­ however, proved to be the ments w h ic h we have tartelette. T h is v is u a lly found to satisfy our palates sho w y n u m ber offered a without violating our bank subtle balance between the accounts. tastes and textures o f its As this is our first col­ lightly glazed fruit, custard um n we thought that we cream, and pastry crust— a would start with the basics. steal at o n ly $2 .50 .

Indeed, some foods are so Thinking that after this stop basic that they are taken we had found the ultimate for granted and are, as a in M o n tre a l b a k in g , we result, almost never done could hardly have anticiptwell. A t the top of this list: ed the wonders that awaited bread. Fortunately for per­ us at our next destination.

M an n a f r o m H e a v e n M ik e C o ld w e ll manent and seasonal resi­ L e P asse-P arto ut, a dents of Montreal, our city small enterprise in N .D .G . can boast some of the finest loaves to their staff s impressive range of com bining a bakery and a tradi­ in the world. This was recognized c u lin a ry talents. T h e o v e ra ll tional French restaurant, has been in a recent edition of F o o d an d impression is one of incredible hailed by critics at the G lobe and Wine magazine when they singled freshness. Berries glisten on tarts Mail, the New York Times, and all out several local bakeries for spe­ under a thin glaze, loaves of bread M ontreal papers as a true land­ cial praise. are piled high on wooden shelves, mark on the North American gas­ O ne o f these, B o u la ng erie cakes sit in precise rows under the tronom ic map. O n this trip, we PremiPre Moisson has been oper­ polished glass. T ru ly a dangerous confined ourselves to the bakery ating its immense, brick, w ood­ place for two generously propor­ which is both the lifeblood of the

establishment and the showcase for C hef James M acG u ire ’ s pas­ sion for bread. W h ile it may be difficult to imagine someone hav­ ing a passion for bread, just listen­ ing to this man talk about “the two pillars of great bread: unbleached

dough, made from M a c G u ire ’ s five-year old starter, stood out as a sh a rp ly pu ng en t treasure.

Likewise, not enough good things can be said of the raisin-w alnut loaf. When we read that the N ew Y o r k restaurant c ritic R e gin a S c h ra m b lin g w o u ld co n sid e r f ly in g to Montreal sim ply for a loa f o f this bread we realized that a fifteenH o w a rd A n g lin and M icha e l H o o p e r minute bus ride was a trifling inconvenience for ecstasy. flour and long, cool fermentation” was akin to a religious experience.

B o u la n g e r ie P rem iP re W e were privileged to witness M oisson is lo c a te d at 3025 St. the fruits of M acGuire’ s devotion A m broise (Atw ater M arket n ear to his art during our lengthy visit Lionel-Groulx Metro station) and when obvious regular came in at various other locations around for his daily fix. A fte r an apple M on trea l. C ro issa n t ($ 0 .9 5 ) pastry was handed to h im he Baguette ($J.50-$2.00) Tartelette retreated from the counter with a ($2.50) look of pure ecstasy on his face and, shaking visibly, raised it to Le Passe-Partout is located at his eager mouth. This behaviour, 3857 D ecarie Blvd. (at av. Notrecommonplace at Le Passe-Partout, Dame-de-Grace). Take No. 24 bus would seem to justify all the hype. directly from McGill o r a 5 min.

A fte r the chef h im se lf had walk from Villa-Maria Metro sta­ generously provided us with a lec­ tion. C ro issa n t ($ 1 .2 0 ) T arte ture on the nature and history of ($2.50-$3.77) Bread ($6.00-$8.00) bread-making he selected from his own shelves some representative samples of his loaves and pastries.

W hile the breads were uniformly spectacular (not surprising as the New York Times considers them better than any available in either N e w Y o r k or P a ris ), the sour­

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clean, sober and bor­ ing as cream of wheat. A t the Molson Centre, with one-hit won­ ders Fuel.

Wednesday Air is from Paris. Air writes cho­ ruses with no verses. Air is playing a “ ve ry rare” live show at the Spectrum, with April March. A ir w ill cost you $15 and applicable taxes.

drum & bass benefit for Santropol Roulant, featuring DJs Blast, Puppa Sacha and Storm, is at Blizzart. $5, all of which goes to the charity.

Whale, which one can only assume is metal, is at Foufounes.

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Daddies, with The Pietasters and Spring Heeled Jack, at Metropolis.

Colin James, the venerably mediocre Canuck whose current incarnation is (surprise!) swing, is at Cabaret w ith the Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra. This is sold out, if you can believe it.

Gypsy Sol (that’s Sol, not Soul) is at Jailhouse Rock.

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Fri, Nov 6 — Depeche Mode, at the Molson Centre.

Sat, Nov 7 — Afghan Whigs, at Cabaret. $15.50.

Mon, Nov 9 — Reel Big Fish, with Pluto, at the Spectrum.

Fri, Nov 13 — Jim Cuddy, with Adam (son of Leonard) Cohen, at Cabaret. $20.

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"The kids are all right": Pluto and the art of rock band interviews n e w -g u y quagm ire. Th e rise to tle bit more laid back in record­ "W o rd of mouth, that's basi­ the precious record deal comes ing.

In this new record we did a c a lly h o w we do it," said Ian w ith expectations of success both lot of the tracks live and o ve r­ Jo n e s , g u ita ris t and c o -s o n g ­ A fte r hearing the E M I Rep w r it e r o f P lu to , w h o apologize for the third time, the o p ened fo r B ig S u g a r handful of hacks and bloodsuck­ here in Montreal in m id ers hounding for sound-snippets September. Th e band has around the St. Catherine restau­ set out on countless tours ra n t sighed and s h u ffle d tape to support its record and recorders and notes collectively. b u ild a nam e in the "Th e band's running late," they Canadian music industry. were told. "Problems w ith sound check. It's been an awful week,” W ith the constant touring and tra v e l o f a f u l ly the rep said. T h e h acks and booked show list span­ bloodthirsties agreed. Th is hack n in g b o th coasts and needed alcohol. Th e rep offered shows in the States, the soft drinks and food fro m the band m em bers face the restaurant. I thanked the rep and e x h a u s tio n w ith g o o d d e c id e d that m y p e rso n a l h u m o u r. A life on the expense a c c o u n t c o u ld be road can drain anyone. expanded to cover his tab in such Jones re m a rk e d w ith dire conditions. enthusiasm on the group's A college-radio bloodthirsty upcoming break. "W e get ro lle d her eyes and m u tte re d p ro b a b ly a c o u p le o f som ething about the band not weeks break at the end of P o i n t i n g t h e w a y t o m o d e r a t e s u c c e s s being worth the wait. Th is hack September. Som e turkey ignored her. She has other issues, in re c o rd sales and c r it ic a l dubbed the vocals.” he thought. So what if Pluto's a fo r th a n k sg iv in g , w o rk on m y praise. "W e're better at songwrit­ Th e Pluto set focused on the car, a '65 Pontiac I'm restoring. bit late? They're just a band try­ ing now, not the same old power ra w e nergy o f the c ro w d w ith T h e n w e go b a ck o u t a g a in . ing to break out. W h at did they chords. There's always pressure their known songs and a compe­ W e've been back and forth across do to her? Dang, they’re just late. on any band. Releasing, getting a tent set fro m the new a lb u m . the country and in the States ten She’ll probably burn effigies of g ig , h o p in g y o u r re cord sells, " L o ts o f sw eat w he n we p la y times." them on her show. Th e y'd settle getting airplay on college and the liv e ," Jones w a rn ed .

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A Th e band's tour schedule did for a kind word, or a w ord at all b ig stations." Pressure indeed. sloppy rock show." not drain the energy of the live about th e ir new a lb u m , S h a k e Opening for B ig Sugar and M uch P lu to G u ita r is t R o lf H an d s With th e F u tu r e , the show at the Spectrum. "Pluto is M u s ic d a rlin g s T h e M a tth e w Hetherington addressed the pre­ very different live," Jones added. b a n d ’s second release o ff the Good Band requires a strong set. carious position of the u p -a n d " L i v e it's a to ta lly e n e rg e tic V i r g i n E M I C a n a d a L a b e l.

Despite the band's constant coming-band, and how Pluto find show. In the studio we concen­ Pluto's sound is promising, solid to u rin g , Pluto made time for a themselves in the m iddle of the trate more on the sound. It's a lit­ pop and a good live set.

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Th e bulk of the exhibit fea­ tures colour photographs taken last sum m er. T h e y are h ig h ly a rtis tic and an excellent chroni­ cle o f w ha t is now a genuinely beautiful c o lle c ­ tion of homes — homes which had, when run down in the 1970s, been c a lle d "second rate V ic t o ria n architecture." Yet the most interest­ in g photographs are u n d oub te d ly those of the buildings that no lo nger exist, the protests, and the face of the neigh­ b o u rh o o d as it was over twenty T h e L a C ité M years ago.

F o r those f a m ilia r w ith B ra ss e rie des P in s , one o f Montreal's true gems, it w ill be a p o ig n a n t e x p e rie n c e to v ie w Alain Laforest's photograph of its interior, whose p lyw o o d chairs and drab decor has not changed one iota since a mug of draught cost f if t y cents. O n e c o u ld believe that the barflies hunched o ve r the bar and on the tables hadn't moved since 1971.

Th e photos of the interiors are an hom a ge to h a rd w o o d

floors, exposed b rick , w in d in g staircases, narrow hallways and sketchy bathrooms, both in their ru n -d o w n and th e ir renovated states. Those of exteriors show, in the 1960s and 70s, a thriving c o m m u n ity , and in the 1990s,

textbook Montreal architecture in showroom condition. B uildings such às the Gonee apartments, located on the north-east corner o f J e a n n e -M a n c e and P rin c e A rth u r, are photographed from num erous angles and perspec­ tives, shedding new lig h t on a magnificent structure.

D avid M iller, one of the fea­ tured photographers and a former re sid e n t o f the area w h ile at M c G i l l , calls the M ilt o n -P a r c u p ris in g the firs t true p u b lic re sista n ce to d e v e lo p m e n t in N o r th A m e r ic a . H e p o in ts to other areas of the city such as Little Burgundy, where residents have been e ffo rtle ssly pushed

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Th e buildings in the M iltonParc area are now co-ops, p ro­ tected by heritage laws from fur­ ther threat. Th e unfortunate La Cité is, thankfully, only an anom­ a ly on the c ity s c a p e ; fu rth e r developm ent was prevented by the protests and by the economic gloom that followed the October Crisis. Though some of the com­

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Sure, they were an hour late for the interview. But Pluto play their hearts out and try the best they can, even doing the good things that most bands wouldn't bother with. So give them a lis­ ten next tim e th e y com e in to town. Besides, they paid for this h a c k ’s b a r tab. T h e y m ust be decent lads.

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Against (Attic) A n x io u s Sepultura fans wondering what the departure of founder and lead singer Max Cavalera would mean can put their (musically related) fears at rest.

The music is as terrifying as ever: the bludgeoning guitar coupled with exotic Brazilian instrumentation is still able to create an emotional depth and intensity unrivaled in most genres of music.

Never before has this combination worked as effectively and sounded as ferocious. American lead singer Derrick Green manages to channel the band’s rage without ever having witnessed a Sao Paolo death squad at work. He brings a slightly less painful vocal attack but still shares Cavalera’ s Cookie Monster aspirations. While generally unpalatable to most, those who can han­ dle it will be rewarded with one of the heaviest albums since early Black Sabbath. Tracks like “Tribus,” “Old Earth” and “Unconscious” are sure to keep you up late fearing for your life and loving it.

—Ryan Deane Various Artists

Permanent Midnight (Geffen) The connec­ tion between the

Permanent Midnight sound­ track and intoxi­ cation is evident, even if you haven’t seen the movie. The film stars Ben Stiller playing a writer slash heroin addict. The tracks on the album make an attempt to portray the life of a junkie. With its vigorous highs and its sober moments of meditation, the disc does quite well.

The more progressive side of the album offers electronica. The title song to the movie by Free Radical is potent drum and bass. Prodigy makes an appearance with the outré “Smack My Bitch Up.” The Crystal Method pro­ vides “Now is the Time,” Black Lab gives us “Horses,” and Moby “Honey.”

The B side’s alternative. Everclear fans find Art Alexakis with his solo debut “Overwhelming.” Lael Alderman’ s “Cigarette” is a sweet song for the softer side of heroin chic. The Permanent Midnight soundtrack definitely captures the spirit of the film. The disc not only parallels the movie, but it also offers up a substantial variety of music that’s worth checking out.

—Aaron Izenberg Flat Duo Jets

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Rod Baby”). Playing stripped-down 50s rockabilly, with a strange hint of coun­ try and punk, these two Southern boys have found a unique sound unlikely to be emulated any time soon. They’ve had 7 previous albums for people to catch on, but this higher-profile release might make their sound accessible beyond eccentric computer program­ mers living in their mothers’ basements.

Songs titled “ Boogie Boogie” and “Hustle ‘n Bustle” are unlikely to con­ vert a die-hard Portishead fan, but the album is pure geeky fun and could easi­ ly go unchallenged at any house party.

—Ryan Deane Ana Voog

ANAVOOG.COM (Universal) Ana Voog is a Minneapolisbased singer/ s o n g w r it e r / musician/ perfor­ mance artist.

Her previous band. This Blue Up?, disbanded in 1995 after releasing Spool Forka Dish for Columbia records.

This solo album boasts all original tracks, minus the Yoko Ono cover “Ask the Dragon” (Yoko being Voog’s hero).

Other influences include Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Stereolab, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Bjork. You get the picture.

Voog writes humorously, but also very seriously and honestly. She clearly experimented on the album — her songs run the gamut from the jazzy “Backwards” to the rough “Please God,” in which she asks The Almighty in explicit detail for a divine lover built to her specifications. Ana exhibits the most range in “Beautiful Accident,” a track that pits spoken word against backbeat with a lyrical, melodious cho­ rus. Ana’s lyrics display an unexpected depth; the most poignant are perhaps from “Gone,” in which she sings “ ...brandishing complete control/ I throw my head into a hole/ drown my feelings in the seas...”

The unusual quality of this CD, the versatility, the sheer Ana Voog-ness of it all, is a bit much at first. But after a few listens, you’re hooked on the Voog mood.

—Jessica Conway Cypress Hill

DJ Spooky (That Subliminal Kid)

Riddim Warfare

(Asphodel/Universal) Does D J Spooky “get it?” Is electronic music’s reigning intellec­ tual simply Steve Urkel with dreads, or a hip-hop Marshall McLuhan?

The former Paul D. Miller’s indie-label debut contained nary a breakbeat, nary a scratch.

Songs from a Dead Dreamer applied the turntables instead to the territory of creepy lounge ambience pioneered by gents like Brain Eno and B ill Laswell. In so doing, Spooky gave birth to the genre known as “illbient.” II\-fated would’ve been more accurate. Nobody knew what to make of it except for the critics, who called it (as they often do) “ the future.” This did not bode well for a young man trying to make it in the present. The kiss of death came in the form of Dreamer s liner notes: they read like a Communications honours thesis (and probably were).

Spooky rounded out 1997 in the

for the legalization of weed continues.

The years of battle have left the boys with much knowledge and they gra­ ciously share their wisdom with us; songs such as “Looking Through They Eye of A Pig” help us understand The Man. On this release the songs are sped up and twisted. ‘Tequila Sunrise” mixes Mexican rhythms behind gangsta threats of violence and mutilation, creating a catchy tune of sorts. Apocalyptic warn­ ings can be found on the smooth “Clash of the Titans,” where Cypress pool their firearms and go out with a bang.

Throughout the boasts, threats and promises, we are left with an album filled with pumping bass and kicking rhymes. Selling out has never been an option and Cypress Hill are content to continue rapping about what they want and why no one should stand in thenway.

Cypress Hill IV —Kama Leier

(Ruffhouse/ Columbia)

Cypress Hill IV comes out shooting guns in a cloud of thick green smoke: These veterans of hip hop prove that they have lots of life left in them. All die-hard fans will be happy to know Sen Dog and posse have not changed: their altruistic quest

position he’d all but begged for: an eloquent spokesman often put for­ ward to justify the artform’s right to exist (see the documentary film Modulations, and his column in Paper) but rarely called upon to rock the house. Spooky took a short hia­ tus, perhaps returning to his first love, writing science fiction (no joke). 1998 finds him with a major label contract, some powerful friends, and (miracle of miracles) some freaky new moves.

As is the fashion of the day, Spooky begins Riddim Warfare by sampling himself, offering a counter­ point to his newer, jiggyier incarna­ tion. Rapper Sir Menelik (K ool Keith’s sidekick from the seminal Dr. Octagon) quickly serves up his usual sci-fi psycho-babble. In this context, however, Menelik seems to mock Spooky’s own highfallutin’ lecture style.

Kool Keith himself joins the festivities for track 3, “ Object Unknown,” delivering a high-octane diatribe over a drum ‘n bass-inflected backing track, tempered with just the right amount of old school RunD M C handclaps. “The W o rld ’ s Greatest M C ” resurfaces later on for the stellar title track. It’s great to see Keith’s twisted rapid-fire delivery backed by a producer so unafraid to match his speed. Both artists bring out each other’ s best creative instincts, making these tracks the album’s finest.

Other MCs on Riddim Warfare include Prince Poetry and Pharoah Munch from Organized Konfusion (always excellent) and the W u Tang’s Killah Priest (lacklustre). As D J Shadow’ s U N K L E project proved, it doesn’t hurt sales to bring in an alt-rock guest-star or two: rep­ resenting for New York is Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.

While the album is very much informed by hip-hop. Spooky’ s attention span is too short to dwell on the genre for very long, so Ninja Tune fans will feel right at home.

Expect acid jazz, jungle, and, yes, even illbient. Spooky even plays bass and guitar on a track or two.

Though Universal has curtailed Spooky’s in-print sermonizing, two tracks are reserved for aural elucida­ tion of turntable philosophy. “ A Conversation” playfully explores recombinant music (that’s deejaying to you and me) as a language.

Spooky and fellow DJ Ambassador Jr. here compare both turntable tech­ nique and communications theory.

“The Nerd” is a half-hearted attempt at sermonizing under the guise of humility. Grunge kids: remember when Pearl Jam atempted to “edu­ cate” their “mixed bag" fanbase with “difficult” tracks amid their pop songs, and by forcing repeated politi­ cal diatribes on their concert audi­ ence? That’s how Spooky’s intellectualization comes off: well-inten­ tioned but condescending nonethe-

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mystical sound which only left my CD player after seven straight days of non­ stop listening.

The jazz-influenced style of drum­ mer Damon Krubowski, coupled with the bass of Naomi Yang provides the perfect support for the textured, resonat­ ing reverb sound emanating from Dean Wareham's guitar. With no one claim­ ing the job of lead vocalist, all three of them contribute to their socially sting­ ing, poetic lyrics. The Portable Galaxie 500, a greatest hits album of sorts from a band that never had one, is a selection of 12 tracks from their three albums, and their five shows. As a way station on the road from the Velvet Underground to bands such as Bedhead and Luna, Galaxie 500 deserves to be known by all. This album captures the essence of a band that has undoubtedly shaped the music that many of us listen to today.

The Portable Galaxie 500 (Rykodisc) The mas­ sive emotional peaks and valleys that have been my life over the last few weeks have been tem­ pered by the sweet, ambient, drony sound that is Galaxie 500. This now disbanded Boston-based trio created a sound dur­ ing their short career that has been described by Melody Maker as "some of the starkest, most beautiful, American underground music of the past decade." In a sea of grunge that was the late 1980s and early 90s, Galaxie 500 gave us an early taste of the sounds that would make the 1990s a definitive period in the history of music.

Signing with the Rough Trade label in the UK, this band enjoyed their greatest success in Europe. Drawing on musical masters such as the Velvet Underground, and influenced by punk, they created a unique, addictive, almost

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O n a b e a u tifu l S a tu rd a y afternoon for football everything was right at M olson Stadium. A veteran made his official place in M c G ill football history, a rookie stepped up and showed what he can bring to the table, and most im p o rta n tly M c G ill kept th e ir p la y o ff hopes alive b y beating one o f th e ir new est and m ost intense rivals.

A fire d up M c G i l l squad pounded on the Laval Rouge et O r, led by veteran running back Shawn Linden and rookie quar­ terback Josh Sommerfeldt. Th e b a ck field was a picture o f the p re se n t and fu tu re o f the Redmen com bining their efforts.

Far rem oved from the 29-2 drubbing M c G ill received up in Ste. F o y earlier this year, this ga m e fin is h e d 2 6 -1 6 as the Redmen improved their record to 3-4. If not for a late Laval touch­ down and tw o-point conversion, it w ould not have even been that close.

M c G ill opened the scoring w ith a nine yard fie ld goal by B e n tle y H a rris at 10:20 o f the first quarter. L a v a l, w ho have been havin g trouble w ith their k ic k in g game all season, got a point back on a missed field goal

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Linden Breaks Rushing Record M cG ill Redmen running back Shawn Linden from Fredericton, New B ru n s w ick , entered S a tu rd a y’ s game versus Laval needing to gain only four yards to overtake current Montreal Alouette and former Redmen Michael Soles as M cG ill’s all time leading rusher.

With his parents in attend e n c e , L i n d e n broke the record with his first carry of the game at 6:14 of the opening quarter. He p r o m p t ly ran for a big 17 yard gain on that play and was then pre­ R e c o rd b r e a k in g sented the S h a w n L in d e tu ball from referee Bemie Young.

Head coach Charlie Baillie has

open up the field for the other players and spread the defence.” “ A s e ve ry o n e saw to d a y , Jo s h is a great athlete,” B a illie noted.

He d id n ’ t pass that well (7/21,132 y r d s ,lT D , 2 I N T s ) but he opens up a lot of opportuni­ ties fo r o u r offence.”

Linden e n te re d the game needing o n ly fo u r rushing yards to surpass M i c h a e l S o le s as M c G i l l ’ s a lltim e le a d in g ru s h e r.

On his first carry L in d e n , w ho e n ded the Patrick Fok game with 64 y a rd s on 13 carries, exploded for a big run of 17 yards and was presented with the ball to the applause of the s u r p r is in g ly sparse c ro w d .

L in d e n was h a p p y w ith the record but the team player in him confessed that he w o u ld have rather had his moment last week against Concordia, not because

fo r M c G i l l ’ s first aerial touch­ M c G ill defensive unit came up down this season as he connect­ big when they had to. O n third ed with Dave Chambers on a six and one fro m the M c G i l l six yard line, La va l, a fte r ta k in g a tim e o u t, got stuffed on th e ir run attempt. J.P. D a rc h e , S h a w n Koch, A n d ra ÿ W e llin g t o n and O l l ie L e f e b rv e s im u lta n e o u s ly m a u le d Laval ru n n in g b ack M a t t h i e u B rassard before he even reached the line of scrim­ mage.

Th e fired-up p la y of the defence was typi­ cal of the electric a tm o sp h e re on both the field and the b e n ch e s.

M o re im portant­ ly , the stand on th ird and one R ed m en p la y o f f h o p e s still u p in th e a i r se rve d to w ake yard touchdown catch late in the up the M c G ill offence and quar­ fourth quarter to make it 26-8 for terback Sommerfeldt in particu­ the Redmen. la r. H e to o k c h a rg e o f the “ T h a t was the m ost fun I offence and began g iv in g the ever had,” said a sunflower seed La va l defence fits as he darted spitting So m m e rfeld t after the and scrambled all over the field. game. “ I ’ m still trying to learn H e fin is h e d w ith 152 ru sh in g the reads bu t we are lu c k y to yards on 16 carries in c lu d in g have a back like Linden who can two touchdowns. H e also passed

had the pleasure of coaching both Linden and Soles and was therefore in a position to make a comparison between the two.

“They are not comparable in their running styles but they have s im ila r a b ilitie s ,” said B a illie . “ W hen Linden is healthy, he is right up there w ith Soles.”

Health has been a factor for Linden as he has been pounded this season and is currently playing through some nagging injuries.

A s for his plans following his last sea­ son with the Redmen, Lin d e n is not quite sure.

“I ’ m not planning or counting on a pro career,” he said. "Right now I ’ m just concen­ trating on school. I don't know what I ’ m Patrick Fok going to do after I graduate but if I did get drafted I would defi­ nitely have to give it a shot.” :— Jeeroburkhan

S ole s was there, b u t because M c G ill lost. “ It w ould have been big to break it last week,” said Linden. “ If I had had a better game we could have got the w in and the way the playoff picture is form ­ ing that would have been big.”

Th e win by M c G ill over the Rouge et O r is the first step in a ve ry plausible chain o f events w h ic h need to o c c u r i f the Redm en are to advance to the p la y o ffs . In fa ct, the b ig g e st upset M c G ill needed has already h a p p e n e d as the C o n c o rd ia Stingers beat the ninth ranked Bishop Gaiters 28-14 on Sunday.

“W e are going to need help to m ake the p la y o f f s ,” said Baillie, putting M c G ill’ s playoff hopes into perspective. “B ut we d on ’ t want to be depending on people, we have to focus on w in ­ ning our games.”

M c G ill has one home game le ft th is ye a r on O c to b e r 31 a g a in s t the C a rle to n R a ve n s w ho, at 1-5, can be considered average at best. T h e R e dm en w ill need to w in that game and then hope B is h o p ’ s and L a v a l lose th e ir re m a in in g games in order for the Redm en to make the playoffs.

Regular Season Rushing Comparisons Year-By-Year Michael Soles

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Martlet Hockey vs. John Abbott, Saturday October 24th, 6:30 p.m., at McConnell Winter Arena.

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Redmen Rugby vs. Concordia, Sunday October 25th, 2 :00 p.m. at Lower Campus Field.

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McGill Redmen inch closer to another conference title with 2-0 win over Sherbrooke Vert et Or Jason Forsyth and Eddy Zuppel combine in shutout effort as surging Redmen gear up for another QUSL playoff run B y Ik e O

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The M c G ill Redmen bounced back to their w in n in g w ays on Friday night and improved their record to 3 -1 -2 . Th e team over­ came a stubborn Sherbrooke side, and even after a shaky start, the Redmen were sparked by two out­ standing second half goals from Sean Sh e ph e rd and A n d r e w Eisenstark.

Both teams started off with hesitation, the two defensive units pushing up the field to limit space in the m iddle o f the park. T h is tactic produced a string of offside decisions in the first five minutes.

The first real action of note came w h e n R e d m e n keeper E d d y Zuppel fell foul of the pass-back rule, mistakenly picking up a pass fro m an un d er pressure team ­ mate. Th is presented Sherbrooke with a free kick just outside the penalty area on the right side of goal.

Fortunately for M c G ill, the Sherbrooke player got his trajec­ tory all wrong as he tried to bend the ball inside the near post.

O n 36 m in u te s , a m u scle strain o f some k in d seemed to strike R e d m e n keeper E d d y Zuppel, and Jason Forsyth then took over in goal.

As the disappointing first half drew to a close, forw ard Jam ie W atson forced his w a y through

the im p re s s iv e S h e rb ro o k e defence, only to be let down by a poor first touch. Th e ball rolled innocuously through to the keep­ er. If the Redmen were to win this match they would have to up their game considerably in the second half.

Perhaps due to some words of wisdom during the interval, the quality of soccer from both teams m p ro ve d after the b r e a k .

Sherbrooke m id f ie ld e r M i k a e l B oudehane fo rce d a great save from substi­ tute keeper J a s o n Forsyth, the la tte r t ip ­ p in g o v e r the former’s fierce shot.

T h e Redm en f i n a l l y b ro ke the d e a d lo c k with a spec­ tacular goal after 18 minutes of the second half. Th e Redmen captain, Sean Shepherd, latched on to a loose ball on the le ft c o rn e r o f the b o x and la u n ch e d a th u n d ero us d riv e , which nestled sweetly in the top rig h t hand c o rn e r o f the net.

A lm o s t in s ta n tly , S h e rb ro o k e

threatened at the other end when forward Alexandre Chretien had a close range shot that was w e ll blocked by Jason Forsyth.

E ig h t m in u te s la te r the Redmen went up 2-0. Midfielder Andrew Eisenstark rose to glance home a near post header after a perfectly flighted right sided free k ic k was d e liv e re d b y K e v in M c C o n n e ll. S h e rb ro o k e were c le a rly rattled b y the Redm en scoring spree. In the 72nd minute S h e rb ro o k e fo rw a rd Id ris Guennouni was ejected for a tack­ le from behind w hich, perhaps, warranted only a yellow card. The referee was not having the best of games. A string of dubious deci­ sions from the man-in-charge led to him being heckled by a some­ what vociferous home crowd.

T h e game seemed to fizzle out after the sending-off, with the dispirited Sherbrooke team a man down and M c G ill, content to sit on their lead, bringing on fresh legs to protect their tired players.

In the fin a l m in u te , h o w e v e r, Redm en keeper Jason F o rs yth p ro d u ce d another o u tsta n d in g save as he leapt to tip over a close range header to deny Sherbrooke any consolation.

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“It was a gutsy performance and I ’m pleased,” said the coach.

“A ll the credit goes to the players who pulled it out of the bag when needed. P la ye rs lik e Sean Shepherd and Peter Bryant have played four years and we’ ve won three championships. N o w w e’re top o f the league and w e ’ ll be champions again if we can win on Thursday.”

Sean Shepherd, scorer of the dream first goal, said, “I ’m happy with the goal. I feel that the sea­ son is starting to come along after a slow start. After dropping points last F rid a y it was an im portant win for us.”

A re lie v e d A n d re w Eisenstark, scorer of the second goal confessed, “I was pleased to score, especially since I d id n ’ t think I played very well up until that goal.”

Th e Redmen showed a quali­ ty in this match which champions at all levels o f soccer possess.

Th a t is the a b ility to grind out results when they are not on top of their game. Th e y might need it once again if they are to w in on T h u rs d a y w h e n they v is it the U Q A M Citadins and retain their league championship crown.

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McGill cruises to victory over Sherbrooke Vert et Or Mounicot's Martlets come away with impressive 3-0 win at Molson Stadium

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The Martlet soccer team had a solid Friday night game against Sherbrooke, who struggled to play at M c G ill’s level of intensity. The team was in good shape, and added another w in to their impressive record.

Th e Martlets dominated the game, with Sherbooke only gaining two or three shots on net. M cG ill, on the other hand, kept control and forced Sherbooke to pla y the majority of the game in their end.

In fact, if had not been for the out­ standing play of Sherbrooke goal­ keeper Sophie D ub e , the score could have been much higher than 3-0.

From the start it was obvious that Sherbrooke was going to have some difficulty with M cG ill. The Martlets were able to have full con­ trol of the game, and were given

plenty of time to set up appropriate plays. A fte r several shots and enough pressure on the Sherbrooke net, M c G ill was rewarded w ith their first goal, scored by Cheryl Lee who recieved a beautiful pass from Jen Hunter.

However, later inthe first-half, Hunter left with a hip injury and was replaced by E v a M elam ed, who had several good attempts on net and scored M c G il l ’ s second goal m id-way through the second half. Th e team’ s physiotherapist, Caroline Lavoie, confirmed that Jen would be fine and back to com­ pete in M cG ill’s next game.

M c G ill moved the ball w ell throughout the entire game. The defence, led by veteran defender Suzanne Belair, managed to make solid passes to the forwards, who generated a num ber o f scoring opportunities. Sherbrooke had a tough time producing offensive

chances, and w hen they did, M c G ill’s defence managed to shut down any attempts.

In fact, it was a fairly uninter­ esting game for M c G ill’s two goal keepers, Dawn D e ll’ Agnese who started the game and Debra Keitze w ho finished it. T h e y rarely encountered the ball, and when they did it was just a matter of booting it to their forwards down the field. The final goal was scored at 8:25 in the second half, again by C h e ryl Lee. H e r hard w o rk and persistence during the game really paid off, as she was able to take a nice shot from in front of the net that sailed over the goalkeepers head.

This game allowed M cG ill to work on some necessary skills and play making, which is essential to beat stronger teams like Laval, who have proved to be difficult oppo­ nents for the Martlets. It was clear

that Sherbrooke was simply not up to M c G ill’ s stan­ dards on F rid a y , and were not able to compete with an aggressive Martlet squad.

“W e are very happy w ith the ga m e ,” noted assistant coach G a y le N o b le .

“W e ’ve been play­ ing a lot and dominating, but we haven’t been able to put the ball in the net. Tonigh t we scored from three passes.”

If anything, the game was a confidence booster, and showed the Martlets that with persistence and strong team playing they are capa­ ble of putting the ball in the net.

They constantly applied pressure to a Sherbrooke team who could not

contain M cG ill’s offence.

M cG ill still has some fine tun­ ing to add to the game, such as working on their player-to-player coverage, but it appeared that play­ ing a slightly weaker team allowed for more game coaching and skill practice. The team was confident and ready to play as they moved one step closer in the quest to attend the Nationals.

Martlet volleyball captures bronze in McGill Invitational

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T h is weekend, the Martlets hosted th e ir 8th annual Invitational W om en’ s Volleyball T o u rn a m e n t. T h e M o n tre a l Carabins, Queen’ s Golden Gaels, S h e rb ro o k e V e rt et O r , Jo h n A b b o tt C olle ge L a d y Islanders and University of N ew Brunswick Varsity Reds made up the field of teams at the event.

The to u rn a m e n t began S a tu rd a y m o rn in g , w ith the Martlets only needing three sets to defeat the U N B Varsity Reds by the scores of 15-1, 16-14, 15-10.

In their second match of the day, M c G ill took on the Sherbrooke Vert et O r, in what was expected to be have been a Martlet victory.

T h e M a rtle ts w ere a clear favourite going in to the match, and judging by their 15-4 triumph in the first set, it appeared as though the Marlets would cruise to victory. But Sherbrooke man­ aged to spike and dig their way back from a 14-9 deficit and out­ last M c G ill 16-14. T h e teams split the next two sets with M cG ill taking the third set 15-7 and drop­ ping the fourth 15-8, sending the match to a decisive fifth set. The relentless Vert et O r made their comeback complete by claim ing the fifth set 15-13. “ It was a tough loss for us” , admitted Coach Rachel Beliveau. ’’W e ’re a young team made up of m a n y rook ies and w e ’ re s till learning and I think we’re lacking some maturity on the court.”

T h e loss to Sherbrooke on Saturday afternoon proved costly as the Martlets were then forced to take on the m ig h ty M o n tre a l Carabins on Sunday m orning in the semifinal.

“Montreal could be the best in team in C an a d a this y e a r,” Beliveau explained.

Th e last thing the Martlets, who need another win to advance to the finals, expected was to face the Carabins so soon in the tour­ nament.

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Th e Martlets were defeated in three stra ight sets by M o n tre a l 1 5 -9 , 1 5 -4 , and 15- 11. T h e h u m ­ bling loss, however, was not seen negatively by the Martlet team.

It was tough on the M artle ts but it d id n ’ t com e w ith o u t a d v a n ­ tages fo r the yo u n g team. “ W e d o n ’ t m in d p la y in g teams like M o n tre a l, w here the game is a faster pace,” said B e liv e a u . “ T h e more experience we get p la yin g against teams like M ontreal, the bet­ ter. It w ill only help us improve.” “ E v e n though we lost, we had o u r best team cohesion in against M o n tr e a l,” said Michaud after the game. “Playing

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Th e loss meant the Martlets w o u ld p la y the b ro n ze m edal gam e against S h e rb ro o k e , the same team w h o handed the Martlets their first loss the day before. W hile the previous match was characterized by an under­ a c h ie v in g M c G i l l squad, this match saw the Martlets dominate thier opponents.

“W e got our second chance to play Sherbrooke and we got our revenge,” boasted Michaud.

M c G ill easily w on the first set 15-4, battled back from a 9-4 deficit to w in the second 15-9, and finally secured their bronze medal w ith another 15-9 w in in the final set.

“It was a mentally good way to end the tournament and w e ’ ll carry that feeling to start the sea­

s o n ,” e x p la in e d a satisfied Beliveau. “W e have an inexperi­ enced'team, with only three veter­ ans on the court. W ith all the height the new players added to the team, we have to get used to a different kind of game.”

Th e team also has to get used to the loss of veteran players like current N a tio n a l team m em ber Wendy Whelan. Coach Beliveau expects returning players like cap­ tain M a rie -C la u d e Ferland, and assistant captain Anouk Lapointe, to assume a leadership role. “ W e ’ ll be c o un tin g on the older players to be consistent,” said coach B e liv e a u lo o k in g towards the rest of the season..

“W ith their experience and con­ trol, they’ll be able to have a good intensity that the younger players w ill follow throughout this sea­ son.”

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Redmen hockey team gears up for regular season Strong performance at McGill Hockey Invitational Tournament has team confident heading into opener “ Yo u never like to lose, but A late goal scored against them, and failure in the post-overtime shoot-out everybody’s happy with the way we played,” said Assistant Captain cost M cGill the upset over the peren­ If this past weekend is any indi­ Matthieu Darche who had a great nial powerhouse. cation, M cG ill hockey fans should tournament, and earned a selection to The Redmen led the game for be in for a very exciting season. the all-star team. “We came into the most of the way, until Patriotes cap­ Though the host Redmen fin­ ished with a less than spectacular 1-2 tain Daniel Laflamme cashed in on a game really wanting to show them that we’ re going to be right with wrist shot from the slot with 46 sec­ record at the M c G ill Invitational them all season.” hockey tournament, they proved that onds left on the clock. After a fiveminute scoreless overtime period, they are right on par with the top goaltender Jarrod teams in the conference.

D aniel was beaten M c G ill looked impressive in twice in a shoot out, defeating the inexperienced R M C squad 6-4, and narrowly losing to both to the glove side.

Concordia 3-2 and U Q T R 3-1 in a M cGill rookies David Burgess and Andrew shoot-out. The Redmen’s solid mix Reid were both stoned of savvy veterans and flashy new­ on their attempts by comers is indeed a very promising stalwart Patriotes group, one which should supply both goaltender Lu c a great deal of entertainment and Belanger. success at the McConnell arena this W h ile disap­ winter. pointed to lose in such a devastating manner, N o t J u s t A n o t h e r P r e -S e a s o n the Redmen took T o u rn a m e n t solace in their stellar Unlike their N H L counterparts all-around play. who take the pre-season very lightly, Starting in net, Daniel the Redmen were very focused com­ played spectacularly, ing into the M cG ill tourney. They stopping 32 of the 33 looked at the weekend series of shots he faced. games as an ideal way of preparing D e f e n s iv e ly , R e d m e n c a r v e o u t a v i c t o r y o v e r R M C o n S a for the regular season, and as a great M cGill was equally as opportunity to compare themselves N e w Faces A d d Spark to L in e -U p sound, limiting the chances of the with their conference rivals.

Perhaps the most exciting facet “ W e ’re proud that M c G ill is potent Patriotes attack to a m ini­ of the M cGill team is the strength of mum.

Assistant Captain Matthieu able to host a tournament like this,” its freshmen class. This was clearly Boisvert and veteran Francois Pilon said Redmen Head Coach Martin evident throughout the weekend, were especially strong on the backRaymond, “Even though it’s only when all the youngster got a chance line. the pre-season, it’ s a great way to to showcase their talents.

M c G ill’ s penalty-killing units have a look at the other teams and First year rearguard M arco were also very effective, stifling the see how we match-up.”

Cimon - who played last season for dangerous Patriotes power-play unit Rouyn-Noranda of the Q M J H L w hich was a dismal 0-1 2.

S h o o t -o u t Loss to T o u r n a m e n t was one of the rookies who really Offensively, the Redmen were jumpC h a m p io n U Q TR took advantage of his opportunities.

The strongest performance of started by the game’ s first star, S o lid ify in g the sound Redmen fourth year veteran David Butler, the Redmen during the weekend defensive corps, Cimon played spec­ who banged home a beautiful onecame on Sunday, in the deciding tacularly throughout the three games, timer 2:34 into the second period. game of the tourney against U Q TR .

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is the second time this season that Darche has been named O -Q F IC defensive player of the week.

Redmen quarterback Josh Sommerfeldt was named male athlete of the week for his role in win over Laval. The freshman quarterback rushed for 152 yards on 16 carries, and completed seven of twenty one passes for 132 yards. Sommerfeldt scored touchdowns on two of his car­ ries and threw a touchdown pass.

Julia Scrase, a soccer Martlet defender was named female athlete of the week for her performance in two victories last week. The physical edu­ cation freshman scored two goals in two games. The first, against Sherbrooke, put the Martlets ahead 30. The second, this time against Laval, also put the Martlets ahead 3-0.

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J.P. Darche, the Redmen captain, was named O -Q F IC defensive player of the week for his performance against Laval on Saturday. His 12.5 tackles, including five solo tackles, were the most on the M cG ill team.

He also had an interception return for 41 yards and a near touchdown. This

A t the invitational meet in Kingston, the McGill women’s team finished first in a field of eight in the 5k. Their top runner was Genevieve Shurtlleff, who finished 11th with a time of 19:21.

The men finished second out of eight in the 10k run, with Paulo Saldahna finishing an impressive 2nd overall with a time of 33:19.

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In the Queen’ s Cross-Border Challenge, the Martlets finished up with a 1-1 record. In the first game they lost 2-1 to Queen’s, with Dana Rittmaster scoring the lone goal for M cG ill. For their only win in the tournament they defeated York by a score of 3-2. Rittmaster scored her second goal of the tournament, goals also coming from Fannie Roberge and Michelle Chang.

After winning 3-0 over Sherbrooke on Friday, the Martlets traveled to Laval on Sunday to crush the Rouge et Or 3-0. The goals were scored by Kiran Nayar, Amada and Julia Scarse. In net Debra Kietzdki earned the shutout as the Martlets win a huge game over the number one team. They also avenge their loss to Laval on September 27th. M cG ill improves to a 7-1-2 record.

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Lenny Jo Gaudreau, defenceman earning a second all-star mention in David Bahl, and goaltender Benoit the victory over R M C on Saturday, and tournament all-star honours at Menard also made their presences felt throughout the tournament. The the conclusion of the game on group should all help contribute to Sunday.

“It was a good tournament for M c G ill’ s success throughout the us as a team,” said Cimon. “ For me upcoming season, as well as in the ones down the road. personally I ’ m really excited. I “A lot of guys impressed me,” haven’ t been selected a star or said Darche who will be counted on named to a tournament all-star in at to provide some much needed veter­ least five an leadership,” These new guys real­ years!” ly give us a lot of depth, something A n o th e r which we may have lacked last sea­ freshmen who son.” stood out over the week-end P o s itiv e O u t lo o k H e a d in g In to was lightening-fast center O p e n e r W ith the strong rookie class D a v i d helping to bolster the line-up com­ Burgess, who posed of many returning veterans began his M cG ill career including team captain Luc Fournier, and ex-Canadien’s farmhand David in grand style Grenier - the M cGill line-up is look­ last weekend, ing strong heading into the regular earning ath­ season. With their performance over lete of the the weekend proving competitive­ week honours ness with the highly favoured U Q T R for his six Patriotes, the confidence level of the point output Redmen is high. in two games H ow ever, Coach M artin at O ttaw a’ s Raymond is there to continuously tu rd a y l^ nice Narun National Bank remind his squad of the hard-work to urn a m e n t.

Though he only scored one goal this that w ill be needed for M cG ill to week-end, Burgess made his impact reach its lofty objectives. “ As a team w e ’ ve got our felt all over the ice. His incredible strengths. W e ’ve got some skilled stick-handling ability, and intelli­ gence in the offensive zone led to the players, “ said Raymond. “But let’s not kid ourselves. We can’t rely on creation of countless scoring oppor­ just one individual. W e ’ ve got to tunities.

“I feel really comfortable on the work hard and play well as a team in order to be succesful.” ice, it’s a lot easier to be productive when you have good wingers to play with,” said Burgess after the tourna­ ment. “I ’ m enjoying playing for M cGill very much so far.”

Some of the more unheralded rookies like forwards Reid and the opening rounds and advanced to the finals against Laval. In the three game series against Laval the Redbirds lost the first game 5-1 at home. They rallied from a 6-1 deficit to post a 9-7 come from behind victo­ ry at Laval. In the third and final game the Redbirds lost a heartbreaker 5-4 in the bottom ninth as the Redbirds 14-2 season came to end very prematurely.

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