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V O L U M E 18 I S S U E 9 T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 1998

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Candlelight vigil for slain gay youth

By Laura Robitaille The scene calls to mind a church alter or shrine. Candles flicker on the cloth adorned table. A vase o f flo w ­ ers stands beside a picture o f a young man. There is a sombre feeling in the room, one o f reflection on past and present events. M ost o f all, one sens­ es that here is a community grieving the loss o f a fellow human being.

A candlelight v igil was held for Matthew Shepard on Thursday night in the Shatner B uilding. Shepherd was a W y o m in g university student beaten to death just over tw o weeks ago. Organized by Queer M cG ill, the evening accompanied similar v igils held across the U n ited States and C anada since Shepard's death on October 12.

M ario Ritchie, co-administrator o f Queer M cG ill, explained that the v ig il was a kind o f support mecha­ nism. "[T h e ] v ig il was organ ized at M c G i l l in res p o n s e to c o n cern s expressed by the queer student com ­ munity regarding this matter," said Ritchie. "People are going through a lo t o f em otions righ t n ow and w e wanted to provide them with a safe space to deal with their feelings, be they feelings o f shock, sorrow, anger, or disbelief. I think that the majority o f students are in shock right now. I know I am."

P ro fes s o r K aren C op e, in her q u e e r lite ra tu re cla ss e n title d A p p ro a c h e s to L ite r a r y T h e o r y , devoted some class time to a discus­ sion o f the M atthew Shepard in c i­ dent. In her announcements, C op e clearly agreed with the necessity to hold a v igil at M cG ill.

"G ay bashing is a form o f terror­ ism...The vigil is important because it allo w s p eop le to com e together to talk about what happened. It m iti­ gates terror to find out that you're not

P e rs e v e re n ce an d stren g th : M c G ill w o m e n ’s eig h ts p u lls a h e a d to ta k e gold , lea v in g T ren t in th e wake.

Grad seeks class action suit against education ministry Plaintiff challenges retroactive elimination of interest-free period to student loans

By James G rohscal and John Salioum

c a p ita l and in tere s t [c o s ts u n til]

c o u n s el fro m

of

o ffic e , said that numerous students

January o f the fo llo w in g year."

S tern th a l K a tz n e ls o n M o n tig n y ,

have com plained about the change. o f f i c e w ith com p la in ts about the changes in loan contracts since the

th e la w

f ir m

A court m otion has been file d

applies retroactively to all Quebec

n o tes that th ere is no issu e sur­ rounding loans contracted after the

| s e e k in g a u t h o r iz a tio n to a ct on

student loans, a llo w s the g o v e rn ­

law cam e into effect.

b e h a lf students w ith Q u eb ec g o v ­

m en t to s to p p a y in g in te r e s t as

ernm ent loans. I f accepted b y the

soon as students finish studying. It

court, the class action suit w ill sue

also directs the banks to charge the

th e p r o v in c ia l g o v e r n m e n t f o r

students d ir e c tly f o r the in terest

reim b u rse m e n t o f s ix m onths o f

instead.

A s a result, Dikranian's bank

T h e n e w r e g u la t io n , w h ic h

extra interest charged under a new

"F o r

an y

co n tra ct

th at

is

" A t le a s t 5 0 p e o p le c a l l e d ou r

n ew law was passed."

C laude Bélanger, a delegate to

s ig n e d a fte r th e la w c a m e in to

th e s a m e o f f i c e , n o te d th at th e

C £ At least 50 people Wiled our office with com­ plaints about the changes in loan contracts since the new lawwas passed.

o f f i c e is e x a m in in g th e is s u e . " T h e r e a re m a n y c o n t r o v e r s ia l clauses in the n e w law . W e have been advised [about] problem s w e

provin cial law.

T h e su it c o n c e r n s s tu d en ts

started charging him interest costs

j w ith lo a n s s ig n e d p r io r to M a y

w h a t his c o n tra ct states. "T h a t's

1998. H arry D ikranian , a M c G ill

what the contract says...and that's

Claire Gendron,

M inister o f Education about all the p o s s ib le p r o b le m s o f th is la w ,

approxim ately six months prior to

saw after this law w as passed... W e r e p r e s e n te d

o u r s e lv e s

to

the

fa c u lty o f la w graduate, file d the

w h a t I f e l t that the g o v e r n m e n t

delegate to the Quebec

| m otion after being inform ed b y his

sh o u ld h o n o u r," said D ik ra n ia n .

Ombudsman's office

| bank that the p r o v in c ia l g o v e r n ­

A n d D ik ran ian isn't the o n ly stu­

ment had changed regulations con­

d e n t a f f e c t e d as a r e s u lt o f th e

f o r c e , w e [h a v e ] n o o b je c t io n ,

c e rn in g the e x e m p tio n p e rio d fo r

change.

In a c c o rd a n c e w ith the n e w

b e c a u s e the N a tio n a l A s s e m b ly

A press release announcing the

voted on it, and i f w e don't like it,

suit notes that, "N o n e o f the affect­

law , all university students fin ish ­

w e can change the govern m ent,” he

ed students w ere in fo rm e d by the

ing their studies during the w inter

explain ed. "H o w e v e r , in ap p lyin g

g o v e r n m e n t o r b y th e fin a n c ia l

Q uebec govern m ent signed a con ­

term are n o w ch arged interest on

it to contracts that are alread y in

institutions w hich acted as interm e­

tract providin g fo r six months w ith­

th eir loa n s b e g in n in g on June 1.

fo r c e , th ey a r e ...a p p ly in g it in a

out interest after the end o f studies.

W h i l e th e g o v e r n m e n t 's g u id e

w ay that the students' rights under

diaries fo r the loan."

B é l a n g e r c o n fir m e d

" I called m y bank [at the] end

in fo rm s students ta k in g ou t n ew

those contracts are effected to [the

though "in d iv id u a l students w ere

o f July to ask them what was goin g

lo a n s th at th ere is n o lo n g e r an

govern m en t's] p reju d ice," said St.

n ot in fo rm e d ...in fo rm a tio n about

on w ith m y loan, and they said that

exem ption period, it does not state

changes in the law w as a v a ila b le

they had already started ch argin g

that the change to this exem p tion

Germain.

In an in terv ie w con du cted in

interest on June l...M y contract is

applies retroactively.

G u y St. Germ ain, Dikranian's

alone," she emphasized.

Accord in g to Ritchie, the v ig il was organized in an attempt to get

Continued on page 3

utumn

Rebecca Catching

interest on his student loan.

Prior to M a y 1998, any student w h o t o o k ou t a lo a n f r o m

th e

clear; [it] says I don't have to pay

R

nda

P erio d:

French, C la ire G endron, d eleg a te to th e p r o v in c ia l O m b u d s m a n 's

[such as] m odifications o f old con­ tracts," said B élan ger. "W e 'r e still w aiting fo r an answer."

fo r university students."

Continued on page 5

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News

T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 19 98

Physical education library likely to move west to education Rumours of merger with education library circulating for years

By A drienne Matheson__________

W

T

H

cal education

deadlines have been set.

s tu d e n ts , T en sion s are running high in th e

D ep a rtm en t

of

becau se

of

"C e r ta in ly s o o n e r than la te r w a s the im p ressio n I g o t. It w as

P h y s ic a l

the c o n sid e r­

not lik e 'In tw o years, w e 're g o in g

Education con cernin g the possible

able in co n ve­

to have to m ake this m o v e unless

c lo s in g o f the A .S . L am b R ead in g

nience w h ich

w e can d o the fo llo w in g ...'"

R o o m located in the Currie G ym .

m ay ensue.

F o r n ow , D ean G hosh w o u ld

Rum ours surrounding the c lo ­

" I re c o g ­

not announce a tim e fram e.

sure o f the ro o m have been around

n ize that con­

s in c e the e a r ly 1990s. I f c lo s e d ,

ven ien ce o f a

" U t t e r m o s t in o u r m in d s is fin d in g an op tion that is the least

the 5,300 v o lu m e and 83 p e rio d i­

lib ra ry is not

disruptive to the students," Ghosh

cal collection w ill be incorporated

s o m e th in g

assured. " W e are discussing possi­

i n t o th e c e n t r a l i z e d e d u c a t io n

th a t

s h o u ld

b le w a y s to ta c k le the p r o b le m ,

lib ra ry on M c T a v is h Street. T h e

ta k e

p rece­

becau se [th e re a d in g r o o m ] does

latest d ecision com es tw o months a ft e r n e w ly a p p o in te d D e a n o f

dence o v e r a m a jo r fin a n ­

h a ve a s p e c ia liz e d c o lle c tio n , so n a tu r a lly th e s tu d e n ts are c o n ­

E d u c a t io n R h a t n a G h o s h t o o k o ffic e .

c ia l

cerned... But w e can also see that

A c c o rd in g to M a rilyn C ohen,

i s s u e ,"

con ced ed

we

R eid , "but w e

libraries."

h ave

to

c o n s o lid a te

th e

h e a d o f th e e d u c a t io n lib r a r y ,

th in k

a

O n e p o s s ib le s o lu tio n , s u g ­

p h y sica l ed u cation was in fo rm e d b y th e D i r e c t o r o f L i b r a r i e s ,

s ig n ific a n t factor fo r our

gested b y Jennifer C avasin, presi­ dent

s tu d e n ts

Undergraduate S o ciety, at a facu l­

Frances G rou en, that "th e lib rary system could no lon ger support the rea d in g r o o m as a separate lo c a ­ tio n b e c a u s e o f b u d g e ta r y c o n ­ straints." C ohen has been asked to in v e s tig a te and rep o rt to G rou en h o w the physical education c o lle c ­ tion can b e m erged into the educa­ tion library. " T o be a b le to in te g ra te the c o lle c tio n

h e r e , " s a id C o h e n ,

w h ose report is due next m onth, "I w ill be lo o k in g at both collection s to id e n tify lo w -u s e m aterials that c o u ld b e tran sferred to s to ra g e ."

S h e e x p la in e d th a t su ch b o o k s w o u ld rem ain on the M U S E sys­ tem and b e re trie v a b le w ith in 48 hours. She also assured that such d ecisio n s w o u ld be m ade in c o n ­ sultation w ith the D ep a rtm en t o f P hysical Education.

B u t c o n s u lta tio n is e x a c t ly what G re g R e id , head o f the p h ysi­ cal education reading room , fe lt he

5,300 vo lu m e c o lle c tio n is at m os t n o rth -e t s te m p a r t o f ca m p u s has b een refused.

"W h e n

I

Rebecca Catching

w it h

th e

D irecto r o f Lib ra ries and the D ean

in

particular."

F

F a c u lt y o f E d u c a t io n a n d th e m et

it 's

o

of

th e

E d u c a t io n

ty cou n cil m eetin g, is to a c tiv e ly r

r e c r u it s p o n s o rs h ip fr o m e ith e r

department. T h is year, budget cuts

p h ysica l education students, m ost

have rendered this im possible.

c la s s h o u rs are s p en t in C u r r ie

"Th ere's a real hope there that th is can b e r e s o l v e d th a t w a y E v e r y th in g 's ju s t r e a lly te n ta tiv e

in ea rly S ep tem b er, c e rta in ly m y

A c c o r d in g to R e id , the educa­

p erception was that this was a fait

tio n lib ra ry lo s t a s t a f f m e m b e r

G y m , and m any o f those in g ym wear.

accom pli... E s s e n tia lly [G r o u e n ]

this summer, and rather than re fill

"C ertain ly in w in tertim e it's a

alumni o r the corporate sector.

[th r o u g h

s p o n s o r s h ip ]...

said 'W e h a v e to cut and this is

the p o s itio n , the in te n tio n is to

lo t e a s ie r to run up h ere [to the

h o w w e 're g o in g to d o it."'

even tu ally m o v e the supervisor o f

re a d in g r o o m ] to study b e tw e e n

C ath erin e H o g a n , V P a cad e­

R e id is c o n s id e r in g p o s s ib le

th e p h y s ic a l e d u c a tio n r e a d in g

classes than to g et changed and g o

m ic o f the E d.U .S ., rein forced the

solutions lik e student referendum s, pleas f o r alum ni funds, and e v e n

room to fill the education library's

som ew h ere e ls e," R e id explain ed.

te n ta tiv e , c o n fu s in g , and s o m e ­

vacant position.

" W e are the m o s t n o rth -e a s te rn part o f campus, so the trek is exa c­ erbating."

tim e s c o n flic t in g nature o f this issue.

C oh en w as qu ick to note the

fro m 'It's a don e d e a l’ to 'Stay on

student volunteers.

"W e 'r e tryin g to lo o k at solu­

Space concerns

tio n s , but w h en y o u 'r e to ld that you 're basically g o in g to close, it's

T h e tw o m ain con cern s w ith

not done in a spirit o f consultation

the m o v e are the num ber o f books

nor are you g iv e n the tim e to loo k

w h ich w ill have to g o into storage

at alternatives."

T h e b u d g e ta ry c o n s tra in t is

and the alread y o v e r c r o w d e d sta­ tus o f the education library.

p r im a r ily that o f o n e lib ra ria n 's

" It is an issue o f putting to o

sa la ry . In past y e a rs , the s a la ry

m a n y p e o p l e in t o t o o s m a ll a

required to s ta ff the reading room

sp ace," said R e id . E d u cation stu­

has been supplem ented by both the

dents are concerned, as are physi-

righ t n o w ," said Cavasin.

" W e ’v e b een to ld e v e ry th in g

numerous advantages that the edu­

it, because nothing's been decid ed

cation library w ill a ffo rd physical

y e t," she stated.

e d u c a t io n s tu d e n ts : in c r e a s e d lib r a r y h o u rs, m o r e P e ru s e and M id a s stations, autom ated circula­ tion, as w e ll as any tech n olog ical im p r o v e m e n t s

w h ic h

becom e

im plem ented into the m ain library systems.

R e i d a c k n o w l e d g e d th e s e advantages, "but in this case, w e b e lie v e v e ry strongly that the neg­ a tiv e aspects o u tw e ig h the p o s i­ tiv e ."

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 1998

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SSMU pledges support to APEC protesters Students' Society to collect funds towards the legal costs of arrested UBC students

By Emily Carroll The Students' Society o f M c G ill University Council passed a motion last Thursday in support o f student p ro te s te rs a rrested at the A s ia n P a c if ic E c o n o m ic C o n fe r e n c e in V an co u ver last year. Th e m otion's thrust was to establish a fund-raising campaign on campus toward the stu­ dents’ legal costs.

S S M U 's m otion was passed in response to the Canadian governmen­ t's refusal to pay the le g a l fe es o f U B C students at the R oyal Canadian M ounted P o lic e Public Com plaints C om m ission. T h e Com m ission was created to investigate allegations o f p olice brutality against protesters at the A P E C summit last Novem ber.

The students were protesting the presence o f con troversial p o litic a l figures attending the conference on th e ir cam pu s, in c lu d in g fo r m e r Indonesian President Suharto. Their p e a c e fu l protest, h o w e v e r , ended with pepper-spray and arrests by the R C M P. The S S M U motion w ill coordi­ nate a campaign to raise m oney for the le ga l costs o f the protesters as

well as draw up a petition demanding that the Solicitor-General o f Canada ap prove lega l funding fo r the stu­ dents. These activities w ill take place on Thursday and Friday o f this week.

S S M U V P External J e ff Feiner strongly encouraged the council to vote in favour o f the motion. " [ W e s h o u ld ] su p p ort the motion in the spirit o f mutual univer­ sity support. It is the students o f M cG ill's turn to help people on the other side o f Canada. W e 're rea lly counting on [M c G ill] students fo r m oney," said Feiner.

This pan-university support is not without precedent in Canada. T o show support for M cG ill's battle with Quebec's differential tuition policy, schools across the nation coordinated even ts such as the U n iv e r s ity o f Saskatchewan's "D iffe re n tia l Bake Sale" in a demonstration o f solidarity with M cG ill's differential tuition law ­ suit.

"It is in everybod y's best inter est to help other schools...cooperation is extremely important," said Feiner.

C h ris M u ld o o n , S S M U clubs and services representative and the prime m over o f the motion, is hope­

B ritis h C o lu m b ia n F e d e ra tio n o f tial to the fairness o f R C M P Public ful that M c G ill students w ill com e Labour.

Complaints Commission process." forw ard to donate m oney fo r their " T h e b u lk o f su p p ort fro m Hoffm an estimates that the total counterparts at UBC. C an ad ian u n iv e r s itie s has "It is v e ry important for been in the form o f financial everyon e to support the p ro­ contributions and especially testers. T hey are having a lot in w o rd s o f su p p ort fr o m o f d ifficu lties getting o f f the q u ite a fe w s c h o o ls ,” said ground. It's up to each student Hoffman. to contribute what they can," A lth o u g h the R C M P he stated.

C o m p la in ts C o m m is s io n The Canadian Federation itself has supported financing o f Students has already raised the protesters in an earlier rul­ $2,000 fo r the protesters and ing, the Solicitor-General has F ein er w ou ld lik e M c G ill to tw ic e d e n ie d the students surpass that amount. funded lega l representation.

Furthermore, at each col­ S o m e la w y e r s le f t th eir lection station there w ill be a clients after Ottawa decided petition fo r students to sign. not to pay their bills; tw o o f The petition, according to the the fou r la w y e rs , h o w e v er, S S M U m otion, w ill "demand have returned to their student v ia letter that the S o lic ito r clients under extensive public G e n e ra l o f C anada ap p ro ve pressure. funding for the legal expenses S h ou ld the C an ad ian o f the A P E C protesters w ith­ C h ris M u ld oo n , clubs a n d Lisa Bird go v e rn m e n t d e c id e to fund out delay." s e rvices r e p to SSM U the A P E C p ro testers' le g a l V iv ia n H o ffm a n , p re s i­ fe e s , d on ation s fro m M c G ill w ill dent o f UB C's Student Society, w e l­ fin a n c e oth er rela ted le g a l costs, b ill fo r the student's legal fees w ill comes M cG ill's support for the U B C among them the c iv il suits file d by likely exceed $200,000. So far, just students arrested in last year's much the protesters against the R C M P . o v e r $65,000 has been raised. Th e publicized protest. m on ey is under the con trol o f the "L e g a l representation is essen­

Vigil a support m echanism for students affected by beating dent," said R itchie. " W ill it take a Matthew Shepard incident at M cG ill before the administration recognizes the existen ce o f the queer student

promped S S M U Council to pass an em ergency resolution last Thursday supporting Queer M cG ill in its efforts to deal with homophobic violence. " [T h e S h eph ard

feels is lacking here on campus.

"M c G ill has a certain reputa­ tio n to m a in ta in ," e x p la in e d Ritchie. "The implications o f this reputation mean that certain peo­ p le are placed at an advantage and certain people at a disadvan­ tage. Oppression can be institu­ tionalized... I think that there are fo r m s o f o p p r e s s io n h ere at M c G ill. One exam ple o f this is the silencing o f queer students."

Jawad Qureshi, co-administrator o f Q u eer M c G ill, added that "apart from silencing queer students, choosing to ignore queer issues is another form o f oppres­ sion...It's sad that it takes a horri­ A lte r in m e m o ry o f b le in c id e n t lik e the death o f M a tth ew S h e p h a rd M atthew Shepard before people start talking about these things, but at com m unity, realizes that they face least something positive came out o f oppression, and offers them the sup­ his tragic death." port they need and deserve?"

The reality is that gay bashings N e v e r th e le s s , the death o f happen more often than people think.

Matthew Shepherd and the vigil held "T h is was not an isolated inci­

by Q u e e r M c G ill in his m em o ry

incident] was obvious­ ly something that was very close to the hearts o f p e o p le in the g ay c o m m u n ity ," said SSM U P re s id e n t D un can R e id . " W e b e lie v e d it w as SSM U's role to step in and support them in any w a y that w e could."

Continued from page 1 M c G ill to recogn ize queer students and to offer support and understand­ ing, som ethin g that Q u eer M c G ill

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"I think that people have fo c u s e d on Matthew's case because o f the horri­ ble paradox associated with it. Here's this guy who was beaten to death who h im self was interested in upholding human rights, and has now been utter­ ly deprived o f his."

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£ £ v e spent a lot o f time Wymq to convince gay peo­ ple that it's okay to be who they are," said Larivière. "I want them to feel happy with themselves. And now that this has happened I'm a fraid that people will be too scared to come out.

Bruno Larivière, Jeunesse Lambda counsellor b ru tality o f the attack cau ght the attention o f people.

"I suspect that Matthew Shepard has b e co m e such an issue in part because the attack was so extreme, so brutal, but also because he died...The Shepard case involves a clear set o f crimes. There are clear perpetrators.

T h ere is a w ay fo r the law to deal with them."

"In effect," proclaimed Ritchie, "Matthew Shepard has become a mar­ tyr for the queer cause."

Bruno L a riv iè re , a cou n sellor fr o m Jeunesse L a m b d a , a g rou p which supports young gays, lesbians and bi-sexuals, expressed his concern about the e ffects this incident w ill have on gay individuals.

"I've spent a lot o f time trying to convince gay people that it's okay to be who they are," said Larivière. "I want them to feel happy with them­ selves. A n d now that this has hap­ pened I'm afraid that people w ill be too scared to come out."

B rian D w o rk in -R o b e r ts o n , a M c G ill student and m em ber o f the queer theory class, attended the vigil and expressed his feelings in response to the tragedy.

"M y initial reaction was extreme shock and extreme sadness because no one should have to die at the hands o f p eop le w h o are against you fo r b e in g s o m e th in g th e y are not.

Matthew Shepard was murdered sim­ p ly because he was g a y ," he said.

"The sad thing is that some people are trying to say that this was a robbery, that the tw o men w ho attacked him

got carried away and didn't mean to kill him. The reality is that you don’t tie som eone up and torture them in order to steal their wallet."

D w o rk in -R o b e rts o n adm itted that he came to the v igil with a tw o­ fold purpose in mind.

"P a r t o f m e c a m e to m ourn Matthew, and part o f me came to try to stop this kind o f thing from hap­ pening in the future. I f w e can prevent one m ore death it's worth it. M aybe w e can s a v e the l i f e o f an oth er Matthew Shepard."

Queer McGill is located in room 429 o f the Shatner building. The sup­ p ort service is confidential and anonymous. Queer Line (398-6822) runs Monday to Friday, 8 - 11pm.

M atthew Shepard, 21, died in hospital on October 12, 1998 o f injuries follo w in g an alleged bru­ tal g a y b a s h in g in c id e n t in Laramie, W yom ing. A t the time, he was a political science student at the University o f W yom ing.

T w o m en , A a r o n Jam es M c K in n e y , 22, and R u s s e ll Arthur Henderson, 21, are out o f j a i l on a $ 1 00 ,0 0 0 cash bon d, charged with first degree murder, robbery, and kidnapping. T h e ir girlfriends, Kristin L eA n n Price, 18, and Chastity Vera Pasley, 20, have also being charged as acces­ sories to the crime.

A l l e g e d l y , th ere w as an e x c h a n g e b e tw e e n S h ep a rd , M c K in n e y , and Henderson at a local bar. A fte r leavin g the bar, the attackers drove Shepard out­ side o f town, tied him to a fence and p is to l- w h ip p e d him .

R eportedly, he was left hanging on a fe n c e f o r a p p r o x im a te ly eigh teen hours in n ear-freezin g temperatures w ith a badly frac­ tured skull. Found by a passing mountain biker, Shepard was in a coma for fiv e days before passing away.

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 2 7 O c t o b e r 19 98

Language departm ents to say adieu to Bronfman Growing managem ent faculty to occupy sixth floor, languages to relocate to 680 Sherbrooke

By Julie T satsaronis

fo r

room s w ill not p ro v id e su fficien t

T ea c h in g E n glish and French as a

S h erb rook e.

The

C e n tre

ro o m fo r all o f M c G ill's language departments.

S tu d en ts and fa c u lt y in the

S e c o n d L a n g u a g e , as w e ll as the

G e r m a n , H is p a n ic , I t a lia n an d

C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n p ro g r a m ,

" T h e r e is lim it e d s p a c e , so

R u s s ia n -S la v ic d ep a rtm en ts w ill

w ill enter the b u ilding. P re v iou sly ,

ro o m s m ay h a ve to b e shared in

b e f o r c e d to m o v e ou t o f th e ir

both o f them o c c u p ie d the upper

the n e w b u ild in g ," said P re d e lli.

h o m e o n th e s ix th f l o o r o f th e

flo o rs o f 550 Sherbrooke.

B ro n fm a n

b u ild in g

to

680

"T h e re w ill be no room s availab le

T h e m o v e is e x p e c te d to b e

fo r special purposes, such as sem i­

S h e r b r o o k e in e a r ly D e c e m b e r .

slow . T h e transportation o f books,

n a r s , as t h e r e w e r e b e f o r e in

T h e m o v e is b ein g necessitated b y

fu rnitu re and com p u ters is b ein g

B ro n fm a n . I h o p e th is d o e s n o t

the g ro w in g s ize o f the F acu lty o f

d o n e s o le ly b y d e p a rtm e n t stu ­

lead to classes h a vin g to be taken

M anagem en t.

dents and sta ff. It w ill also b e a c o s tly venture fo r M c G ill.

outside the b u ild in g."

T h e lan guage departm ent was in fo rm e d o f their location change

T h e fa c u lty o f m a n a g e m e n t

" T h is p r o je c t o f b u y in g the

d efen d ed its p osition on the m atter

in the e a r ly s p rin g o f th is y ea r.

n e w b u ild in g , f i x i n g it up and

and e xp lain ed that the process had

O r i g in a l l y , th e y w e r e a s k e d to

m o v in g the d epartm en t w i l l cost

b e en in it it it e d lo n g b e fo r e last

m o v e out b y O c to b e r 12, but the

M c G i l l U n iv e r s it y r o u g h ly $25

spring.

g e n e r a l c o n s e n s u s a m o n g th e

m illio n ," estim a ted C huck A ld e r,

departm ents w as that they w o u ld

d ir e c to r

of

th e

U n iv e r s ity

not b e ready to m o v e b y this date.

P la n n i n g

O ffic e .

" A l m o s t a ll

A m a jo r c o n c e r n in th e d e p a rt­

[r e n o v a tio n s a re ] b e in g d o n e by

Dutton. "T h e M an a gem en t facu lty

m en ts w a s an y d is ru p tio n s this

o u ts id e la b o u r con tra cto rs w h ile

can no lon ger function in the cur­

relocation w o u ld cause in the cur­

o n ly a fe w m em b ers o f s ta ff and

rent space p ro v id e d ."

riculum o f the a ffe cted classes. A req u e st f o r a p o s tp o n e m e n t w as a c c e p ted

by

th e

F a c u lt y

F re n c h as a se con d la n g u a g e to m ove dow n th e s tree t

Laura MacNeil

are h elp in g out."

th e

m a t t e r ,"

s a id

D e s p ite the n e g a tiv e aspects

f o r m a n a g e m e n t. T h e e x p a n d e d

c o n c e r n e d th at the s p a c e in the

op tim istic that there w ill be b en e­ fits to their n e w location.

la n g u a g e

F acu lty o f M an a gem en t w ill soon

n ew b u ild in g is not up to par w ith

o f D e c e m b e r. P r o fe s s o r P e te r

departm ents m ay b e unhappy w ith

o c c u p y the 6th flo o r , in ad d ition

their past location.

D a ly , head o f the G erm an Studies

the m o v e , the facu lty o f m an age­

to its current spot on the 4th and

"T h e n ew location segregates

m e d ia e q u ip m e n t such as o v e r ­

d e p a rtm e n t w a s s k e p tic a l ab ou t

m en t has b e en h o p in g to r e c e iv e

5th f lo o r s —

g iv in g th em m o re

la n g u a g e and literatu re fro m the

head and slide p rojectors, a V C R ,

the ch o ice o f date.

m ore space fo r som e tim e.

ro o m to ca rry ou t th eir p ro g ra m

c e n t e r o f th e u n i v e r s i t y , " s a id

a c o m p u ter e tc ," she said. "E ach

a c t iv it ie s

D aly.

r e g u la r s t a f f m e m b e r w i l l h a v e

has been set back to the first w e e k

A lth o u g h

o n th is

o f th e m o v e , P r e d e l l i r e m a in s

L a n g u a g e d e p a r tm e n ts are pen."

v e r s ity

students fro m various departm ents

of

M an agem en t, and the m o v in g date

"F o r years, w e have repeated­ ly m ade the p oin t to push the uni­

" A t least that m uch w is d o m

"T h e facu lty has been in des­

m ore

e ffe c tiv e ly .

has p re v a ile d [the ch o ice to p ost­

perate need fo r m ore space due to

R e n o v a tio n s to the flo o rs w ill be

p o n e at a ll] but G o d o n ly k n o w s

the g r o w in g n u m b er o f students

funded b y the faculty.

w h e n the actual m o v e w i l l h ap ­

and s t a f f i n v o lv e d , " said D ia n a

L a n gu a ges w o n 't be the on ly

Dutton, director o f adm inistration

d e p a r t m e n t s m o v i n g in t o 6 8 0

ueen 's

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ried that the n ew o ffic e s and class­

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emic

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 1998

Concordia student attempts to beat old hands in municipal election district — students, merchants and

C it iz e n s M o v e m e n t's p o lic y on

m unicipalities to g o along w ith it.

residents— fo r m ore than a year, I

youth favours a reduction in transit

Their support on this issue is need­

Shawn Rosengarten, a twenty-

fe e l that I can p ro p e rly represent

fares fo r those J 8-25 years o f age.

ed. T o what d e gre e the reduction

one year old Concordia political sci­ ence student running fo r a city coun­

their interests in C ity Hall.

T rib u n e : A s a student, h o w

A s w e ll, p art o f the g o a l is to increase student participation in p ol­

the problem is that M ontreal needs a

cil position in the P eter-M cG ill dis­

does your platform d iffe r from the

itics, because one-quarter o f the rent

p r o p e r f is c a l p a c k a g e fr o m the

trict, has the p o litic a l am bition to

other candidates in the area?

that a student in the ghetto pays goes

province. T h e econom ic state o f the

By Le'N ise Brothers

w ill be, needs to be studied. Part o f

suit someone tw ice his age.

A s the youngest candidate run­

Rosengarten : I wanted som e­

to m u n ic ip a l s e r v ic e s , such as

c it y is v e r y p o o r . W e n e e d an

thing that was original, so I began to

garbage, street cleanin g and r e c y ­

a d m in is tr a tio n that w i l l g e t the

n in g in a r id in g fu ll o f p o lit ic a l

focus on the three players that make

c lin g . T h is m eans that a student

basics from the Quebec government

insiders, R osen garten has a tough

up the district, students, merchants

should be provided with proper ser­

on a larger scale.

b a ttle to f ig h t . H is o p p o n e n ts include Gerry W einer, a form er fed ­

and residents. Thirty-eight per cent o f the district is from ages 20 to 34,

vices, as a part o f their rent m oney is

Tribune: W h a t m eans w o u ld you use in order to implement some

eral cabinet minister and candidate

w ith students m a k in g up a hu ge

going towards this.

For people living in this district,

fo r V ision M ontreal; Lou ise Boyne,

chunk o f this figure. Students are a

the major issue is lack o f basic com ­

creating green spaces and preserving

c a n d id a te f o r the N e w M o n tre a l

huge socio-econ om ic group within

m u nity and rec re a tio n a l s e rv ic e s

historical sites in the P ete r-M c G ill

Party and Jean Lam arre; candidate fo r T eam M ontreal. H o w ever, as a

the district and their concerns have

dow ntow n. T w en ty eigh t thousand

district?

candidate fo r the M ontreal Citizens

never been addressed. I have com e up with challenges which are up for

p eop le liv e d ow n tow n and are not being provided with services. There

potential to use what is already pre­

M ovem ent, Rosengarten has a solid

debate, but are important fo r the dis­

are no parks fo r children, no L ittle

sent in such a p ositive w ay. There

platform and is passionate about the

trict.

Leagu e teams, no com m unity cen­

are too many exam ples o f the city

tres. E veryon e has a right to these

not u tiliz in g space. I fe e l that the

T rib u n e.

issues involved.

H ow

w o u ld

you

o f your campaign promises such as

R os en g a rten : W e h a v e the

T h e Tribune snagged an inter­

respond to the issue o f student apa­

basic services. A n oth er significant

c it y has a s o c ia l r e s p o n s ib ilit y

v ie w with the student-cum-politician

thy and h o w it a p p lies to student

matter is the issue o f there being no

towards its heritage and by not fo l­

elections?

library downtown.

W h en 1 was nine years old , I

low in g its master plan fo r develop ­

w h o is in his first political bid fo r

Lisa Bird

Things to know about voting in the municipal elections

ment in terms o f heritage issues, the city is not reinforcing the notion that

• M unicipal elections w ill take place on N ov e m b e r 1 from 9 am

heritage is important.

There needs to be co-operation

to 7 pm..

M c G ill m etro station. O n e o f the

dates w ho are under 30 participating

issues on m y p la tfo rm is co n ve rt

fro m d iffe re n t sectors to preserve

• be 18 years or over

v a lu e s and in te re s ts . I c o n s id e r

in the elections. I think it's a very

S tation 25 at St. M a th ieu and de

our culture. Such exam ples o f her­

• be a Canadian citizen

m ys e lf very fortunate in this sense.

promising situation. It's our duty to

Maisonneuve into some sort o f com ­

itage sites that are b eing neglected

• have lived in M ontreal for

A b ou t a year ago, I decided to run

re in fo r c e the n otion that students

are the Y o r k and S e v ille Theatres

fo r city council after speaking with a

and young people are very important

munity centre or library.

Tribune : Speaking last week in

and the Chateau V e rs a ille s at the

at least one year • I f you are e lig ib le to v o te ,

frie n d 's fa th e r w h o s e had a v e ry

downtown. The M C M has a perma­

a debate at M c G ill, you mentioned

c o r n e r o f C o t e - d e s - N e ig e s and

y o u s h o u ld h a v e r e c i e v e d a

stron g in flu e n c e in m y lif e . A n d

nent youth com m issioner, and it is

that the fight for student transit rates

Sherbrooke.

r e m in d e r s o m e tim e last w e e k

because I g re w up in d ow n tow n, I

our wish to reinforce ties with com ­

involves 28 other municipalities not

Tribune: D o you feel that your

indicating your electoral district,

fe e l rather strongly about the area,

in the M on treal ju risdiction . H o w

youth adds a different perspective to

and chose to run in the Peter-M cG ill

munity organizations w ho work with youth in d iffic u lty . T h ere are o v e r

y o u r ca m p a ign and i f e le c te d , to

p ollin g station, votin g place and names o f the candidates in your

district.

4,000 hom eless youth in M on treal

would you bring these jurisdictions together to make the student transit

and it's our duty to show them they

rate a reality?

Rosengarten : A c tu a lly , there

office.

has b een a s ig n ific a n t am ount o f youth in v o lv e m e n t in these elec-,

remember wanting to use the public

Rosengarten: I grew up in the

tions. A ls o , there are m any candi­

d ow n tow n area, w h ich shaped m y

Tribune-. W h at m otivated you to run fo r a position in city council?

T rib u n e . W h a t m ak es y o u qualified to hold a position on city council?

Rosengarten-. A s a b ilin g u a l youth with bureaucratic experience working with the three groups in the

M c G il l s t u d e n t s l o w -r is k I n s u r a n c e 101 S S M U , in a s s o c ia tio n w ith

D ir e c tP r o te c t,

has

o ffic ia lly

lau n ch ed a h o m e and car in su r­ a n c e in it ia t iv e that w i l l e n a b le M c G ill students to ob tain insur­ ance fo r their veh icles and person­ al b elon g in g s at a reduced rate.

F o r $7.99 a m onth and w ith a $ 5 0 0 d e d u c t i b l e , s tu d e n ts c a n ob ta in c o v e r a g e o f up to $ 5 ,0 0 0 w it h

th e

p ro gra m ,

c a lle d

Insurance 101. T h is red u ced rate is p ossib le through the b u lk -b u y­ in g

pow er

of

th e

C a n a d ia n

Cam pus Business C onsortiu m , o f w h ich M c G ill is a m em ber.

your position?

Rosengarten: I don't think it's a

• In order to vote you must :

riding • I f you wish to check i f your

Rosengarten: Firstly, I am not

matter o f m y age, but the fact that

nam e is on the voter's list, call

Tribune: W h at issues sp ecific

going to make w ild promises about

to students do you plan on address­

student transit rates. W e have made a com mitment to reduced fares and

m y priority has been to make sure the interests o f the constituents are

toll-free 1-800-461-0422 • F or any other questions con ­

heard at City Hall.

c e rn in g the e le c tio n s , c a ll the

are important as well.

ing, i f elected?

R osengarten : T h e M o n tre a l

it is a matter o f lobbying the other

Elections Bureau at 872-5130.

Students weren't informed of change

NEWSbrief fo r

library and the only one was in the

Continued from page

7

risk fo r insurers. T h is p ro m p te d

" I f the governm ent was capa­

the C C B C to in vestigate the pos­

b le o f [evaluating] each individual

s i b i l i t y o f u s in g t h e ir c lo u t to

case, w h y wouldn't they be capable

ob ta in an in suran ce c o n tra ct fo r

o f sending m e notice in advance?"

students at a lo w e r rate.

asks D ik ra n ia n . C u rren t M c G ill

" I t w a s d i s c o v e r e d th a t a p o s t-s e c o n d a ry student w h o had auto-insurance is less lik e ly to get

students fe el much the same w ay.

P a t r ic ia

Kam ,

a

U3

P sych o log y student w ith a Quebec

into car accident than a |non-post-

student loan, was surprised to hear

s e c o n d a r y ] s t u d e n t ," s a id V P

o f the change. "N o , n ob od y n o ti­

Finan ce L o r e n z o P ederzan i.

fie d m e ,” said K am . " I'm d isap ­

"Students fe e l lik e th ey ’ll be

pointed...I am responsible to pay it

lau gh ed ou t o f a la rg e insurance

back, but it w ou ld have been nice

o ffic e . T h is [p ro g ra m l is centred

to have been notified."

fo r students."

T h e m otion fo r authorization

A lth o u g h the plan is optional, S S M U w i l l b e t a k in g h o m e a

com es b efo re the Quebec Superior Court on N ovem b er 16.

sm all p ercen tage o f the prem ium fo r e v e ry plan sold.

[A c c o r d in g to actuaries, uni­ v e r s ity ] students p osed less o f a

D ik ra n ia n , a M c G ill law g r a d seeks re im b u rs em en t

j uiie Fishman

Serving McGill N ICK and his sta fP Students since o in vite McGil 7 1964. stu d en ts to th e new B r e a k fa s t a n d m o re . B u rg e r s , S a n d w ic h e s , exp an d ed R estau rant k S t e a k s a n d o t h e r m e n u s e le c t io n s a v a i l a b l e . r 224 M ilton Open: Place M ilton. Stop by, M on 7 a.m . - 5 p.m . pick up yo u r breakfast' 514) 285 - 0011 T u es - Fri 7 a.m . - 7 p.m. card and say m i Sat- Sun 8 a.m . 5 p.m .

Restaurant Place Milton

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EDI TORI AL "W hat is editorial content? T he stuff you separate the ads with."

-Roy Thomson, Canadian press lord

Credibility of the press B y R enée D unk T h e p re m ie re o f the H o llin g e r 's N ational Post m a y h eigh ten the d ebate o f m ed ia m o n o p o ly in C anada. It c o u ld also, h o w e v e r , sw e e p current m ed ia c o n tro l p ro b lem s fu rth er under the rug.

T h e C anadian press has b e en h is to ric a lly p o s itio n e d as the cou n ­ try's fou rth estate, its interests b e in g the a c tiv e pursuit o f in fo rm a tio n in the nam e o f the p u b lic g o o d . T h e n e w s m e d ia c la im s to o f f e r fa c ­ tual and accu rate rep resen tatio n s o f the s o c ia l and p o litic a l w o rld s and has e n jo y e d c o n s id e ra b le c r e d ib ility as w e ll as access to m ass audiences.

H o w e v e r , recen t transactions in p rin t jo u rn a lis m h a v e resu lted in H o llin g e r ’ s ch a irp erson C o n ra d B la c k c o n tr o llin g w e ll o v e r 50 p er ce n t o f C an ad ian n ew sp ap ers. T h e o b je c t iv it y o f jo u rn a lis m , w h ic h re lie s on a p lu ra lity o f v o ic e s , cann ot h e lp but be th ro w n in to qu es­ tion.

C u rre n tly , m e d ia c o n g lo m e r a te s such as B la c k ’ s H o llin g e r are Michael Bezuhly

ch a n gin g the fa c e o f C an ad ian jo u rn a lis m . T h e fr e e f l o w o f in fo rm a ­ tio n essen tial to a d e m o cra tic s o c ie ty is in c re a s in g ly b e in g p la c e d in

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h a v e g o o d r e a s o n to d is c o u r a g e in -d e p th in v e s t ig a t iv e r e p o r tin g w h ic h m ay result in n e g a tiv e e x p o s é s o f s im ila r corp o ra tio n s as w e ll J as current and p oten tia l ad vertisers. O n the H o llin g e r w e b s ite . B la c k ch am p ion s his p u b lica tion s on b e in g p rim a r ily p ro fit-g e n e ra tin g . H e om its c o m p le te ly , h o w e v e r , the p rin c ip le s o f a ccu ra cy and o b je c t iv i­

ty-

D a v id R e e v e l y ’ s s u g g e s tio n

for.

and fu n d a m e n ta lly r e o r ie n t the

B la c k has b een k n o w n to stick his fin g e r in to the e d ito ria l p ie o f

th a t a ll S S M U n e e d s is m o r e

M r . R e e v e l y ’ s c la im

th a t

S o c ie ty tow ards its p rio rity: se rv ­

his p u b lica tion s in o rd e r to fu rth er his p erson a l and p o litic a l agenda.

op enn ess, a c c e s s ib ility , c o o p e r a ­

S S M U has an a ttitu d e p r o b le m

in g th e stu d e n ts to w h o m it is a c c o u n ta b le and f r o m w h o m it

Ju d gin g b y past trends, the e d ito r ia l con ten t o f the National Post m ay

tio n w ith “ a v e ra g e students,” and

c e r t a in ly has m e rit.

b e at stake. F o r e x a m p le , on O c to b e r 26, 1996, B la c k p u b lish ed an

“ fre e d o m o f in fo rm a tio n ,” is d is ­

c o lu m n s h e h a s, q u it e s im p ly ,

c o lle c ts m o n e y .

e d ito ria l in a ll his C an ad ian p u b lic a tio n s r e fu tin g a c la im b y the C B C

| a p p o in tin g ly n a iv e fr o m such an

equated the p ro p er fu n ctio n in g o f

ju s t w a n t o p e n m e e t in g s , th e y

that H o llin g e r ’ s exp a n d ed o w n e rs h ip w o u ld h a v e a n e g a tiv e im p a ct

e x p e rie n ce d participant in student l i f e . H is r e c o m m e n d a t io n th a t

C o u n c il— o n ly on e com p on en t o f

w ant real results: e ffe c tiv e , inter­

S S M U ’ s in tern a l m a n a g em en t—

e s tin g and p rosperou s clu bs and

rank” and p u b lish ed an a rtic le in a ll o f his p apers e n d o rs in g a n e w j K aren P e lle y undertake a m a ssive B ria n M u lr o n e y b io g ra p h y . T h e b o o k r e v ie w w a s lit t le m o re than e f fo r t to put C o u n c il d ocu m en ts a d v o c a c y jo u r n a lis m f ig h t in g f o r th e c a u s e o f m o n e y and p o w e r . on -lin e is ju s t plain dumb.

w ith the p ro p er fu n ctio n in g o f the

s e r v ic e s ; b e tte r p u b lic a tio n s ;

Students’ S o c ie ty as a w h o le . A s

m o r e artd t i m e l y i n f o r m a t i o n ;

M r. R e e v e ly w e ll kn ow s, the pre­

u sefu l op era tion s; rep resen tation

B la c k is an o w n e r — not a p u b lish er, and h a rd ly an ed itor. H e has no

s e n t c o n s t it u t io n a l a m e n d m e n t

e ffo rts that focu s on their needs.

on C an ad ian n ew sp ap ers. In the sam e v e in , B la c k re c e n tly “ p u lle d

business c a r v in g out a space f o r h im s e lf b y sheer virtu e o f his fin a n ­ c ia l clou t.

T h is am oun t o f m ed ia p o w e r in the hands o f o n e p erson threat­

T h e fa c t is, S S M U a lr e a d y has a f r e e d o m

o f in f o r m a t i o n

c la u s e in its C o n s titu tio n .

Any

stu d en t, in d e e d a n y m e m b e r o f

B u t in his

process has p ostp on ed all discus­ s io n o f C o u n c i l r e f o r m

Studen ts d o n ’ t

I c a n n o t at a ll a c c e p t M r .

u n til

R e e v e l y ’ s statem en t that, i f “ [ I ]

January.

am serious about fix in g S S M U ’ s

ens to create a lim ite d v ie w o f the w o rld . E v e n p u b lic m ed ia o r g a n i­

th e

a ll

L e t ’ s com p are the am ount o f

prob lem s, f l ] w o n ’ t b e lie v e fo r a second that [I ] h a ve accom p lish ed

p u b lic ,

can

c o n s u lt

zation s lik e the C B C are b e in g fo r c e d to assim ila te a c c o rd in g to the

C o u n c il m inu tes and d ocu m en ts

resou rces d e d ic a ted to the w o r k ­

ru les o f the c o rp o ra te m ark et. A s id e fr o m a f e w a d v o c a c y gro u p s,

b y g o i n g t o th e S S M U

F ro n t

ings o f C o u n c il— about 90 w ork -

anything o f s ig n ifica n c e in la y in g

th ere h a sn 't e x a c t ly b e e n a m ass m o b iliz a t io n a g a in s t B la c k and

D esk during business hours. W h at

hours and 3 hours o f p aid secre­

ou t a n e w c o n s titu tio n .” I h a v e

frie n d s . In a sense, w e g e t the m e d ia that w e d e se rv e.

p u rpose w o u ld sca n n in g in o v e r

tarial w o rk e v e r y tw o w eek s, w ith

p a r t ic ip a t e d in s tu d e n t l i f e f o r

1000 p ages o f text p er y ea r serve?

the am ount o f resources d edicated

fo u r years n o w , and this n ew c o n ­

can p la y an a c tiv e r o le in statin g w h a t is and is n o t a c c e p ta b le b y

T o m a k e it s l i g h t l y e a s ie r f o r

to the w o rk in g s o f the E x e c u tiv e

s titu t io n is th e g r e a t e s t s in g le

C anad ian standards, and in the p ro cess, r e v e r s e current trends w h ich

Tribune s ta ffe r s to lo o k up o ld

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a c h iv e m e n t b y students f o r stu­

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facts?

C h a n ge d oes not e n tir e ly e lu d e the C an ad ian m ed ia . A u d ie n c e s j

T h e f a c t is , m o s t s tu d e n ts

tiv e v ie w p o in ts , but c itize n s are g o in g to h a v e to m a k e th eir p re fe r- j

an num , and a b o u t 5 00 w o rk -

dents I have e v e r seen at M c G ill.

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m onth-lon g process.

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 19 98

Letters to the Editor

Improved Brotherhood needs to be scrapped communication the key T h is p erta in s to th e a rtic le s

fr a ts h o ld m o n t h ly d r in k - fe s t s

fr e e s in ce w e a ll p a y f o r it in ou r

b y G ilm o u r an d H a m e r on th e

(o n e fra t m e m b e r w a s q u o te d in

S tu d e n t S o c ie t y f e e s ) , thus not r e c o g n iz in g the r ig h t o f w o m e n

D a v id

th e m o s t im p o r t a n t t h in g s th at

Throats o f

S S M U d oes. M o r e o v e r , students

cu ltu res o f s o ro ritie s and fra te r­

th e f i r s t a r t ic le as s a y in g th a t

c a n s e e th e m d ir e c t l y an d can

n itie s and on the res p o n s e p u b ­

“ K a p p a A lp h a T h e ta w e n t d ry

to h a v e fr e e access to a w o m a n -

stated that a new S S M U constitu­

therefore b enefit d irectly fro m the

lis h e d in last w e e k ’ s Tribune.

f o r in s u ra n ce p u r p o s e s .” G e e , I

o n ly space. I t w as s e x is t in that

tio n w o u l d n ’ t s o l v e a ll o f th e

Society.

T h e p ro b lem is that students

w o n d e r w h y fra ts are b e in g cut

it i m p l i e d th a t a w o m e n - o n l y

sin ce I h a v e p erson al e x p e rie n c e

o f f f r o m in s u ra n c e —

um ent is not aim ed at fix in g the

don’ t alw ays realize it. S im p ly stat­

w ith m e m b e rs o f some fra te rn i­

t io n o f p r o p e r t y in a d r u n k e n

d e n ts ’

le e r in g p r o b le m s o f the S S M U

ed, g e ttin g the w o rd ou t th ere is

tie s ... N o m a tte r w h a t th e m is ­

state p erh ap s? O r m a y b e lia b ility

W o m e n ’ s U n io n is a s p a c e to

“ c u ltu re ” n o r d o e s it p reten d to

what S S M U has to do. W h a t stu­ dents care about is w h at services

sion o f a p a rticu la r fra t m ay b e;

fo r

g a th e r ir re s p e c tiv e o f class, race,

n o m a tte r w h a t “ s e r v i c e s ” th e

b re a k in g a le g ? )? T h e r e is s o m e ­

sexu al

are p rovid ed , what clubs they can

fr a t m a y p r o v id e its m e m b e r s ;

th in g

W om en

It is, h o w e v e r , a b ig p art o f the

join , and what parties they can g o

n o m a tter w h a t c h a rita b le fu n d ­

b r e e d s t h e s e k in d s o f b e h a v ­

o p p re s s e d in a p a tria rch a l s o c i­

s o lu t io n . Y o u can w h in e a b ou t

to. S S M U has not g iv e n the issue

in g d r iv e s th e fr a t m a y e n g a g e

io u r s . . . W e a l l h a v e d i f f e r e n t

e ty ... and u n til this has ch an ged ,

“ S S M U ’ s c u ltu re ” a ll you w ant,

its needed attention. T h e proposed

in... it is im p o s s ib le to d e n y that

th eo rie s abou t w h a t that “ s o m e ­

th is k in d o f s p a c e is n e c e s s a ry

but this constitution addresses the

con stitution a llo w s fo r an e x e c u ­

fr a t s som etim es ( w h i c h is t o o

th in g ” m ay be, but w h a t is c le a r

on a U n iv e r s ity cam pu s.

raison d ’être and the main problem

tiv e to be e x c lu s iv e ly c o n ce rn e d

j o fte n in m y o p in io n ), s o m e h o w ,

is th at its resu lts are s e x is t and

o f our Society: the lack o f com m u­

with com m unicating w ith students

In

resp on se

R e e v e l y ’ s S littin g

to

O ctober 20, he had it right when he

S o c iety ’ s problem s. This n ew d oc­

m agically create an interested stu­ dent body. A l l in due tim e, D avid !

I am g o in g to fo c u s on frats,

r e s u lt in th in g s lik e g a n g ra p e ,

fa llin g

dow n

d e s tr u c ­

s ta ir s

and

a b ou t fr a te r n itie s

th a t

sp ace w a s a drain on M c G i l l stu-

It

p o c k e tb o o k s .

o r ie n ta tio n ,

is

c o n tin u e

t im e

to

or to

scra p

The

age. be

th e

a n cien t fo r m o f b ro th e rh o o d that

abhorrent.

T h e res p o n s e to th e a r tic le ,

is the fra t... In w r itin g this, I am

b y a p ro p o n e n t o f frats, e n title d

r e m in d e d o f a s lo g a n that used

W a s it n o t a f e w y ea rs a g o

“ S is te rh o o d lik e a fra t,” actu a lly

to be ch an ted b y M c G ill students w a y b a c k w h en : “ A t M c G i l l the

H o w e v e r , the c o n stitu tio n is n o t

at M c G ill that m em b e rs o f a fra t j g a n g - r a p e d a w o m a n ? Is it n o t

p r o v e s m y p o in t. T h e r e s p o n s e w as se x is t in that it c la im e d that

b l o o d runs b lu e r ... A t M c G i l l ,

adapts it to the rea lity o f S S M U ; nam ely, splitting the internal port­

the final solution, but it is the nec­

th e c a s e th a t some fra ts , w h e n

“ M c G i l l students p a y thousan ds

the g ir ls are fa irer... A t M c G i l l. ”

essary first step. T h e rest is up to

th e y “ rush” students in the fa ll,

o f d o lla rs e v e r y y e a r so that she

T im e s h a v e ch an ged . L e t ’ s m o v e

fo lio into a V P Clubs and Services

the future students o f S S M U . W e

o r g a n iz e e v en ts such as treasure

(a W o m e n ’ s U n io n s t a ffe r ) can

on...

and a V P C o m m u n ic a tio n s and

have to use this constitution to its

hunts that in v o lv e b rin g in g back

e n jo y

Events, and rem ovin g the financial

fu ll p o te n tia l. Y o u m ig h t c a ll it “ fid d lin g w ith semantics” but I call

p a n tie s o f f a w o m a n ? Is it n o t | th e c a s e th a t som e fr a t s f o r c e

nication b e tw e e n the S o c iety and

T h e p r o b le m o f th e S o c ie t y

the student body. This lack o f com ­

and its m anagem ent structure are

m unication and understanding in

in terrela ted . Y o u h a v e to f ix the

la rg e part c o n trib u tes to student

engine in order fo r the car to start.

apathy. R ew ork in g the constitution

aspect out o f V P Operations. Our S o c ie t y can n o w fo c u s m o re on

h a z in g and d e stru c tio n o f p ro p ­ erty.

it trying to make a differen ce.

“ p l e d g e s ” t o h u m ilia t e t h e m ­

d o in g the things that w e d o best, indeed, our goal as w ell. P rovidin g

- Wojtek A. Baraniak

support fo r various clubs, 4-floors

Arts Councillor Chair-Y2 SSMU

p a r tie s , and p r o v id in g s e r v ic e s

th e

b e n e fits

of

th e

Anna Kruzynski U3, Social Work

W o m e n ’ s U n io n ” w ith o u t r e c o g ­ n iz in g that 5 0 p e r ce n t o f M c G ill students are w o m e n . It w a s s e x ­

s e lv e s in o rd e r to b e c o n s id e re d

ist in that it bash ed the fa c t that

m em b ers b y the fra t (h a u n tin g ly

th e W o m e n ’ s U n io n has a c c e ss

s im ila r t o h a z in g in th e m i l i ­

to “ f r e e ”

ta r y )? Is it not the case that some

(w h ic h , in c id e n ta lly , is n o t r e a lly

s p a c e an d fu n d in g

such as S A C O M S S , are som e o f

Good citizens w ho do not vote T h e t e n t a t i v e p la n , w h ic h

th e S t r a t h c o n a M u s ic b u ild in g

q u e s tio n ch eats. In th e u n lik e ly

t r y in g to g e t e d u c a tio n s , o r f o r

e v e n t that the r e fe r e n d u m q u e s ­

h elp in g v ic tim s o f sexual assault?

m ig h t

S o said G e o rg e Jean Nathan, e d i­

tion fa ile d , S A C O M S S ’ s fu n d in g

T h e y m ig h t b e w o r t h y e n d e a v ­

R etu rning O ffic e r D re w C orm ack ,

“ O n ly about thirty o f us v o te ,” she

tor, w ith H .L . M en ck en , o f Smart

w o u ld be cut o f f altogeth er, w h ich

ours, but the cause o f d em o cracy

and ou ght to be, calls fo r stations

e x p la in e d

Set m a g a zin e in the 1920s. (H is

is nuts. W e each p ay a pittance fo r

is b e s t s e r v e d w h e n e v e n ju s t

in S h a tn e r , S o l i n H a l l , B M H ,

T h u r s d a y ’ s m e e tin g .

o t h e r fa m o u s r e m a r k , “ I o n ly

its e xtrem ely va lu ­

RVC,

Leacock,

m o re w o u ld cast b a llo ts i f th ey

drink to m ake other p e o p le seem

able and im portant

Frank D a w so n A d a m s, B urnside,

d id n ’ t have to g o tw o b lock s aw ay

in te re s tin g ,” also seem s re le v a n t

s e r v ic e s — but

to 1990s M c G ill culture.)

F rom N o v e m b e r 10 to 12, the

fo r c in g

r e g u la r f a l l r e fe r e n d u m w i l l b e

increasing the le v y

held. W e undergraduates w ill be

a n d d o in g

asked

w it h

“ B ad o ffic ia ls are e le cted b y g o o d c itiz e n s w h o d o not v o t e .”

w h eth er

we

w ant

to

ch oose

us

changed

by

B ro n fm a n ,

I C h a n c e llo r

D ay,

C h ie f

M a c -M ed ,

to

causes must p ro v e th em selves so.

at

la s t

P erh a p s

to d o it. Z o e L a n g h e r s e lf is n ’ t a b o u t p e o p l e e x e r c i s i n g t h e ir

I N u r s in g is a ls o s u p p o s e d to

dem ocratic rights as S S M U m em ­

p o llin g

s t a t io n

R e lig io u s

b e r s . A l s o at la s t T h u r s d a y ’ s

Studies and S o c ia l W o rk . T h e re

m eetin g, she had to be fo r c e d onto

cover

Sexual

fe e b ly

in

The

aw ay

d oesn ’t n e e d a p o l l i n g s ta tio n .

r e a lly in a p o s itio n to b e ta lk in g

E ducation, and N ursing.

b e tw e e n

th e

be

is

no

s tu d e n ts in s t a t io n

in

M cLen nan -

an External A ffa ir s com m ittee — C o u n c il d is c o v e r e d that she w as

A s s a u lt

A s s a u lt C e n tr e a lt o g e t h e r is a

C e n tr e ’ s le v y fr o m f i f t y cen ts a sem ester to s e v e n ty -fiv e , w hether

cheap p o litic a l stunt.

I t ’ s a ls o u n fo r t u n a t e th a t

T h e rea l issue, th ou g h — and

R e d p a t h — a p l a c e th a t a h u g e

the p o in t to w h ic h G e o r g e Jean

nu m ber o f students pass th rou gh

shirking her duties as a cou n cillor

w e want to adopt the n ew S S M U

there w o n ’ t b e a N o c om m ittee to

N ath a n ’ s com m en tary applies— is

w h e n , u n lik e w it h m o s t o f th e

b y n o t s i t t i n g o n a n y t h in g , in

c o n s titu tio n , and w h a t w e th ink

c h a lle n g e

in c r e a s e .

- w ith th e d is tr ib u tio n o f p o llin g

o t h e r s ta tio n s , p o t e n t ia l v o t e r s

patent v io la tio n o f the rules. H er

aren’ t rushing to class. T h e re is no

reco rd suggests that she’ s not the

in c r e a s e

th e

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th e

le v y

about the id ea o f adding a form a l

H ik in g the le v y to a pittance and a

station s. I t ’ s not a n e w issu e; it

A + to the M c G ill grades, w ith our

h a lf

c o m e s up y e a r in and y e a r out.

s ta tio n in e it h e r M c C o n n e l l o r

id ea l person to c o n v e y the im p o r­

G P A scale g o in g up to 4.3 instead

S A C O M S S can u n d o u b te d ly be

P o l l i n g s ta tio n s are e x p e n s iv e .

M a c d o n a ld E n g in eerin g. T h e re is

tant issues in cam pu s p o litic s to

trusted to d o the righ t thing. S till,

P e o p le h a v e to b e p a id to m an

no station in the M u s ic b u ild in g ,

her constituents.

m any o f w h ose students m igh t not

R e fe re n d a are, after the m id ­

in g on the S S M U , whereas the A +

it’ s a shame that the m erits o f the m o v e w o n ’ t e v e n b e d is c u s s e d ,

them at all hours, there have to be telephon es and com puters and all

pass other stations in the course o f

w in te r election s, the m ost im p o r­

q u e s tio n is ju s t a p l e b i s c it e to

ev en i f on ly to g iv e iron clad e v i­

sorts o f things to equ ip them , and

gau ge op in ion b e fo re serious dis­

dence o f its le g itim a c y . T h e same

a regu lar day.

T h e r e are to o m a n y p o llin g

tant interaction S S M U p olitician s

so forth. T h e u n d erlyin g p rob lem

c u s s io n g e t s u n d e r w a y in th e

thing happened last y e a r w ith the

is that i f the p o lls w ere to b e read­

stations in R esid en ce. G e ttin g out

h ave to be structured e x a c tly right

Senate.

T h e r e is a s e r ie s o f l i t t l e

re fe r e n d u m

th e

il y a c c e s s ib le to a ll u n d ergrad s,

th e fir s t- y e a r v o t e is im p o rta n t,

i f th e y ’ re g o in g to s e rve the pur­

S S M U day-care. W h o wants to be

there w o u ld be sixteen stations on

because the fa ll referen d u m m igh t

p o s e f o r w h ich th e y ’ re intended:

p roblem s w ith all o f this.

the o g r e w h o stands up to qu es­

ca m p u s. T h e r e ’ s o n ly e n o u g h

be. m a n y f r e s h m e n ’ s f i r s t r e a l

com m u nicatin g students’ thoughts

m o n e y in the b u dget fo r tw e lv e .

e x p o s u re to M c G i l l p o litic s . I t ’ s

and w ishes to their e le cted repre­

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sen tatives in a w a y that c a n ’ t be

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u n se rv ed — e s p e c ia lly w h e n p e o ­

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and are p e rfe c tly ca p a b le o f v o t­

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Duran Duran, Alex P. Keaton and friends W a rn in g : F in d in g the f o l ­ lowing even remotely funny offi­ cially means that you are old.

D o y o u s e c r e t ly s t ill l o v e

m o re than ju s t a c o lo u r, it w as a

w h ile

life s t y le c h o ice .

C a lif o r n ia , in M o n t r e a l ’ s c o ld

fa s h io n

g e n iu s

in

im a g e s

o f T iffa n y

y o u had

F ro m S ta r W ars to F o o tlo o s e , th e E i g h t i e s w i l l a lw a y s b e re m e m b e re d as b e in g

m ay

h a u n t y o u , a d m it it,

s till

I lo v e d the E ig h tie s . It w as

c lim a te , w a s m o r e lik e fa s h io n

s om e s p e c ia l m a k e ou t m em o rie s

the o n ly p e rio d in h is to ry w h en

lu n acy. T h e E ig h tie s b ro u gh t us

to “ L o v e B i t e s ” o r “ C r a z y F o r

th e d e c a d e f o r m o v i e s . W h o

your

MC

Y o u .”

h a sn ’ t w a tch e d Top Gun at least

s o c ia l

p o p u la r it y

w as

H am m er

d ia p e r

p a n ts,

R em em b er,

“ M r.

D uran D u ran ? D o y o u k n o w all

d ir e c tly p ro p o r tio n a l to the s ize

G o u m i b ra celets, turned up c o l­

R o b o to ,”

the w o rd s to “ B ea t It,” o r d o you

o f y o u h a ir . A l t h o u g h

I lo o k

la rs , an d le g w a r m e r s . I c o u ld

C h u n g ,” and “ H u n g r y L i k e the

o w n a c o p y o f The B reak fast

b ack w ith fon d n e ss on the era o f

n e v e r r e a lly understand the c o n ­

C lu b l H a v e y o u s e e n , a n d d o

my

you

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to

w o n d e r h o w E .T . g o t the b ik e to

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u n d e rs ta n d

B anan aram a, M r. M is te r o r L is a

f l y in fro n t o f the m o o n ? T h a t,

H ig h ? A t an y p o in t in y o u r lif e

w h at w e w ere

L is a and C u lt Jam. I ’ ll te ll you ,

m y frie n d , is te c h n o lo g y .

d id y o u h a v e a cru sh on M o l l y

th in k in g w h e n

not a day g o es b y w h en I d o n ’ t

I k n o w , I k n o w , e v e n tu a lly I

R in g w a ld ?

it c a m e to o u r

w o n d e r w h a t h a p p e n e d to th e

w i l l h a v e to le t the m e m o rie s g o .

h a ir .

“ o th e r” g u y in W h a m .

know

e p is o d e

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by

of

h e a rt,

I f “ g a g m e w ith a

ever

c o n s t itu te d

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im p o rta n t p art o f y o u r v o c a b u ­

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seem s so sm all

la ry , o r y o u spen d hours p la y in g

n o w . F rien d s r e a lly sh o u ld n ’ t let frie n d s h a v e b ig hair. I lo o k b ack

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a

th o u s a n d

tim e s

or

re n te d

W o l f ? ” T h e E ig h tie s ju s t fu ll o f

Flashdance ju s t f o r o ld tim e s sake? O k a y , so Titanic had a f e w

m u s ic a l g e n i u s ? D o y o u e v e r

s p e c ia l e f f e c t s , d o n ’ t y o u s till

N ow

D onkey K o n g o n y o u r C o l e c o

“ E veryb od y

w hat

I

lik e

happened

F rie n d s a n d

S o m e d a y I w i l l put m y C u ltu re C lu b re c o rd s b a c k o n the s h e lf,

P a rty o f F iv e as m u c h as th e

and perhaps at s om e p oin t, I w ill

c e p t o f le g w arm ers. I had a p a ir

n e x t p erson , but le t ’ s fa c e it, T V

r e lu c ta n tly a d m it, that b lu e e y e

V is io n , y o u m a y ju s t b e an d

at h ig h s c h o o l p ic t u r e s a n d I

a n d th o u g h t th a t I w a s p r e t t y

ju s t h a sn ’ t b e en the sam e sin ce

s h a d o w is n e v e r an a t t r a c t i v e

E ig h tie s - O ’ -H o lic .

m a rv e l at the g ra v ita tio n a l la w s

c o o l b eca u se o f them , but I m ust

the C o s b y k id s g r e w up, and the

m a k e up o p t io n ; b u t n o m a tte r

D o n ’ t b e a la rm e d . Y o u are

w h ic h I c h a lle n g e d on a d a ily

adm it, in the last d e ca d e m y le g s

D i f f ’rent Strokes k id s w e n t to

w h a t th e y e a r , n o m a tte r w h a t

a m o n g m an y w h o, w h en n o one

basis. I c o u ld n e v e r q u ite g e t a

h a v e r e a lly b e en s u ffic ie n t ly

ja il. T o m e, G e o r g e C lo o n e y w ill

the d eca d e, w h en a tea ch er calls

is around, s in g the w o rd s alo u d

g r a s p on h ig h s c h o o l p h y s ic s ,

w arm w ith ou t them .

fin d the

an d y e t , e v e r y d a y I w o u ld put

P e r h a p s fa s h io n m a y h a v e

a lw a y s b e the g u y on the Facts o f L ife a n d M i c h a e l J. F o x ,

th e r o l l in c la s s a n d n o b o d y

to “ C a rib b e a n Q u e e n ,”

m o v ie Heathers h y s te ric a l, and

N e w t o n ’ s la w s o f g r a v ity to the

im p r o v e d s lig h tly in the last f e w

alth ou g h h e ’ s s till p la y in g essen ­

th e b a c k o f th e r o o m

f e e l y o u h a v e a s p e c ia l b o n d

test, r e ly in g on a v irtu a l

fo u n ­

y ea rs , but y o u s till c a n ’ t k n o ck

t i a l l y th e s a m e c h a r a c te r , w i l l

B u e lle r ? B u e lle r ? and still fin d ­

a lw a y s b e A l e x P . K ea ton .

in g it fu nn y.

w ith F e r r is B u e lle r . T h e r e m a y

ta in o f h a ir s p r a y to a lt e r th e

th e d e c a d e w h ic h b r o u g h t us

h a v e b e e n s o m e q u e s t io n a b le

g ra v ita tio n a l fo r c e s on earth and

C y n d i L a u p e r , St. E lm o ’s F ire

fa s h io n trends, but on the w h o le ,

k e ep m y c o if in p lace.

th e E ig h t ie s w e r e a d o w n r ig h t g o o d tim e.

had a fe w

ups and

fr o m the N in e tie s ju s t is n ’ t the sam e. M y

life

d o e s n ’ t need,

A l l o w m e to tak e y o u back

d ow n s. R e m e m b e r the M a d o n n a

“ S p ic in g u p ,” and fr o m w h a t I

o n a m a g ic a l v o y a g e o f re a d in g

“ L i k e a V i r g i n ” l o o k o f tu b e

c a n r e m e m b e r , “ E v e r y B r e a th

p le a s u r e , to a tim e w h e n le g

s k irts and th e o f f - t h e - s h o u ld e r

Y o u T a k e ,” w a s n o t w r itte n b y

w a rm ers w e r e n o t o n ly fu n c tio n ­

fis h net shirts?

P u ff D a d d y . R e m e m b e r w h en

al, but a ls o a s ta g g e rin g fa sh io n

M e n w e r e s om e w h at lu c k i­

statem ent, G e o r g e M ic h a e l w a s a sex

G o w a n o n ly had o n e n a m e and

er, h a v in g the M iam i Vice p astel

y o u w e r e “ lik e S O ou t o f it” i f

a

sex

shirts and cream pants to ad m ire

y o u d id n ’ t k n o w all the w o rd s to

o f f e n d e r , a n d tu r q u o is e

w as

a n d m im ic . T h e n o - s o c k r u le ,

“ K a r m a C h a m e le o n ” ? A lth o u g h

s y m b o l,

and

not

s a y in g ,

and F rid a y N ig h t V id e o s . M u s ic

A d m it t e d ly , fa s h io n in th e E ig h tie s

an sw ers, y o u w i l l s till h ear m e in

M cG ill D epartm ent o f Atm ospheric a n d Oceanic Sciences presents

C la u d e L o r iu s Glaciology and Environmental Geophysics Laboratory, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France

Climatic change: a view from polar ice cores Monday, November 2, 1998 6:00 p.m.

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A look at the ups and downs of the past week

a corp oration mass exodu s lik e non e other, e v e r w o n d e r w h y its p e o ­ p le lo o k so dam n g o o d ? C a ll it jo ie de vivre, call it fla ir; on e th in g ’ s fo r sure, M on trealers g e t stares.

T a k in g cues fro m other cosm op olita n cities m arkin g th eir ow n

H is b ox in g license reissued

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territory on the fashion m ap, the c olo u r that m ost often fd ls our chic b oulevards is black. L o o s e -fit c a rg o pants, slender h igh h e e le d b oots and d esign er bags, all in black. Sm art peacoats, sleek overco ats, lycra c lin g and h e a v y b lack rims. T h e w e ll dressed shu ffle and sip and snack in black.

N o w to p ro p erly situate this rather b o ld c la im o f M o n tre a l as C an ad a’ s fash ion headquarters, it’ s best to c la r ify that the bein gs o f

M IKE TY S O N

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It should b e m en tion ed that this is b y no m eans a recent c on clu ­ sion, in fa ct it has b een under scrutiny b y yours truly fo r m ore than

carried out the study and com p ared the stats w ith those o f other hubs, the hypoth eses h ave been con firm ed . S e lf p ro c la im e d hipsters and

aspiring thespians, the arts steps is now undergoing a

financial advisor,

face lift. A ll the years o f

M uham m ed A li shaking

tobacco smoke and tar are

uncontrollably in his

being painstakingly blasted

d efen ce and written p ro o f

o f f it’s face. T h e old g ir l’ s

that h e’s not a psycho.

W h at a d ifferen ce a w eek

TH E A R TS S TE P S

P ro B o w l appearances, 50

never look ed better. But where w ill all the drama students sit and sm oke in

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A politician ’ s worst night­ mare w ill henceforth be an

cardboard b ox company,

invitation to speak in

and a v ic to ry oyer Bam

G ert’s. M ic h e l Prescott

Bam B ig e lo w in

and Jean D oré both made

W restlem ania X I. N o w

several seasons.

T o test this c la im y o u rself, take a rid e on the m etro system and tion, n o w think b ack to other cities y o u ’ v e visited. R e fle c t. H a v in g

tinpot revolutionaries and

M a g ic Johnson as his

per cent ownership in a

c it y ’ s b o y s and g irls are lo o k in g fine.

N o tic e the skills o f co-o rd in a tion and s e lec ­

O nce the m eeting place for

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fash ion inn ovators and pion eers, the truth rem ains on the w h o le the

ob s e rv e the occupants.

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the meantim e?

pushes M o n tre a l ahead o f the fash ion pack is the fact that its residents m etro p o lis, lik e m any others, c o u ld use m ore than a fe w addition al

14.95

A th letic Com m ission,

makes.

the distribution o f beauty and brains is o f regu lar p roportion s. W h a t have a superior sense w h en it com e s to matters o f attire. G ranted, this

by the N evad a State

another arrest (L T ’s sec­

LAWRENCE

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was set up. W h at a d iffe r­

cocaine and he claim s he

g e rt's

appearances within our campus bar and now Prescott is in 4th place and

G E R TS

D oré is threatening to quit after a p oor show ing in the polls. B lam e Feiner!

ence fiv e years make.

resisters are n ot the o n ly ones under con sideration , the ev ery d a y M o n tre a le r has g o t it g o in g on.

A n d that includes not o n ly the M on trea l native but also the

Back with Black

M on trea l transplant. T h e th eory extends to all o f us w h o ’ v e c om e

By T im oth y 5. Fitzsim m ons

fro m near and fa r and n o w rec lin e in the autumn tw ilig h t o f g o o d fash­ ion sense. A lth o u g h our ow n ind ivid u al fla re w as alw a ys there, I still cred it the fo rc es o f this c ity fo r b rin gin g it to the foregrou n d .

But, the true p u zzle rem ains in h ow such displays o f fin e ry m an­ a g e to su rvive w ith in a landscape o f p o litic a l uncertainty and e c o ­ n o m ic slouch. In m y am ateu r-alb eit-investigative d iagn osis o f the cur­ rent state o f affairs, I o ffe r up this scenario. I suggest that am on gst the p o litic a l quakes and an xieties our city rem ains a flo a t resting m ainly on its entertainm ent industry stacked p la tform heels.

A n d b y entertainm ent I ’ m referrin g to all things that d e ligh t the m ind, b o d y and soul. T h e c a fes and bistros, the boutiques, the fe s ti­ vals, the theatre, the clubs, the lou nges, the bars and the red lig h t d is­ tricts. A ll things p leasin g to the touch, the palate, the sight, the ear and sensation.

B y the in tercon nected w e b th ey w e a v e , this g o o d tim es safety net m anages to k eep M o n tre a l in the m inds o f those on the lo o k o u t fo r the g o o d life . In the interest o f sta b ilizin g our ec o n o m ic con dition , I urge ev ery o n e , both native and transplant, to take up their resp on sib ility as c itize n and frequ en t th eir favou rite clubs, cinem as and c o ffe e houses.

B e relia ble, in d u lge stead ily and regularly, and d o n ’ t fo r g e t to dress to im press.

Today Conrad Black and his chain of Southam papers launches a new daily called the National Post. Judge the paper for what you will, it will undoubtably prove to be an interesting and unpredictable addition to the news scene in Canada. In a related story, the Trib managed to secure a copy of the top ten rejected slogans for the new Post. Here they are: 10. All the news that's RIGHT to print.

9. Bringing you the news, the RIGHT way.

8.The RIGHT news, RIGHT now.

7. Setting the record RIGHT. 6. RIGHTLY so.

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T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 27 O ctober 1998

T h e B la ck sta te o f th e

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C a n a d ia n m ed ia nu m ber

By Sarah D owd and Renée D unk

of

0FF THE PRESS

p u b lis h e r s

in

the

Canadian m edia m arket w ill lim it the flo w o f diverse inform ation.

M

as

C oncerns exist that a con cen­

C on rad B lack , o w n e r o f

tration o f inform ation at the hands

e d ia

m o g u ls

su ch

c o n g lo m e r a te H o llin g e r

o f m e d ia m o g u ls has c r e a t e d a

In c ., h a v e c o m e u n d e r f i r e and

social environm ent that makes the

been accused o f lim itin g d iversity

p ro te c tio n o f d iv e r s e a sp ects o f

o f p o l i t i c a l d e b a te in C a n a d a .

U n der B lack ’ s reign, h ow ever, the

Canadian m edia difficu lt.

N e ill addressed these issues in

newspaper industry is thriving. It is

reg a rd s

a clear paradox, and whether or not

National Post w ill just be another

m ed ia ow n ersh ip con cen tration is

m o u t h p ie c e f o r th e H o l l i n g e r

p ositive or negative has b eco m e a

em pire. “ In o rd e r to g a in rea dersh ip

hotly debated issue.

to

th e

fe a r s

x m iC

th a t th e

,£

C A N A D A

Hitting the stands today, the National Post will try to give the Globe and Mail a run for its money

f r o m The G lo b e and M a il, th e National Post w ill have to refle c t

The empire

IN G

the attitudes o f its readers," he said.

H o llin g e r is on e o f fou r m ajor

"C onrad B lack has m ade no secret

m ed ia publish ers w ith in C anada,

that the National Post w ill have a

com p etin g against the Sun M e d ia

righ t-w in g slant that w ill advocate

express concern regarding the cur­

G roup and T hom p son Corporation,

leaner governm ent, b igg e r business

ren t state o f m ed ia m o n o p o ly in

and holding 69.2 per cent o f shares

and em phasize entrepreneurialism .

in Southam, Inc. C om bined, these m ogul corp o­

The Globe and M ail has a conserv­

r a tio n s o w n v ir t u a lly a ll o f th e

a t iv e e d it o r ia l s ta n c e an d th e National Post w ill b e c o m p e tin g

C an ad ian n e w s p a p e r c irc u la tio n ;

w ith that.”

the on ly problem ."

P eter B a ile y , publisher o f the

Financial Post w e r e le t g o a fte r

V ic to ria Times-Colonist — one o f

e d it o r - in - c h ie f, M a r y M c N a llis ,

the m ore recent papers to be taken o v e r by B la c k ’ s Southam, and pre­

in clu d ed . I t ’ s unfortunate but w e

explained that the concentration o f

v io u s ly o w n e d b y T h o m p s o m —

pen,” said N e ill.

N o t all o f the issues surround­

Canada.

John U rqu h art, c o m m u n ic a ­ tio n s

o ffic e r

w it h

th e

COC,

Southam took over, m y s e lf and the.

h a ve to a ccept that it m igh t hap­

the Canadian m edia in the hands o f

b e lie v e s that the issu e o f m e d ia

H o llin g e r a lo n e retain s a p p r o x i­

N e v ille N a n k ivell, current e d i­

H o llin g e r 's c h a ir p e rs o n C o n r a d

m o n o p o ly is n o t a p r o b le m f o r

in g the National Post's debut are

m ately 43 per cent.

Put in m ore discernible terms,

t o r - a t - la r g e in O t t a w a f o r th e

B lack is detrim ental to the d iversi­

Financial Post and soon to be the N a tional P o s t’s n a tio n a l a ffa ir s

ty and o b j e c t i v i t y o f C a n a d ia n

Canadians. “ Y o u have to have m ore faith

n egative, h o w e v er. John G o d fre y , form er editor o f the Financial Post

n e w s . U r q u h a r t f e e l s th a t as a

in human disorganization,” he stat­

an d n o w a T o r o n t o M e m b e r o f

editor, reiterated the notion that the

th es e c o m p a n ie s c o n tr o l a lm o s t e v ery m ajor newspaper across the country.

It is d iffic u lt to keep track o f h o w much o f the Canadian new s­

r e s u lt o f th e a m o u n t o f m e d ia

ed. “ I t ’ s hard to h a v e 70 p e o p le

Parliam ent, sees the Southam take­

N a tio n a l P os t w i l l b e c r e a t in g

pow er

th e

thinking in the same w ay. It’ s hard

o v e r as a d d in g s tr e n g t h to th e

c o m p e t it io n and im p r o v in g the

C a n ad ian p o lit ic a l sp ectru m has

to m o u ld a v i e w p o i n t a c r o s s a

Financial Post rather than w rin g ­

q u a lit y

taken a sw in g to the right. " T h e r ig h t - w in g p o l i t i c a l

country.”

B e y o n d the issue o f p o litic a l

o f n ew sp a p ers

a cross

th a t

B la c k

h o ld s ,

in g the P o s t in to a b ro k e n -d o w n business section. “ T h e H o l l i n g e r d o m in a t io n

trols. A re c e n t cou n t p la c e d h im

Canada. “ I d o n ’ t see The G lobe and

debate [printed in B lack's publica­

bend,

w ith 33 dailies and 58 w eek lies.

T h e la te s t b i g H o l l i n g e r

M a il d is a p p e a r in g . In fa c t , the National Post is g iv in g it a s t if f

tio n s ] m o v e s in to o th e r areas o f m ed ia, f o r exam p le, T V O n tario.

can be seen in a p ositive sense. In

tak eover was the successful aquisi-

and n e c e s s a ry d o s e o f c o m p e t i­

T h e m ed ia lo v e s to p ick up other

National Post w ill aim to be m ore " n a t io n a l ” th an The G lo b e and M ail — a publication that he feels

tio n o f Sun M e d ia 's and Pearson

tion,” he stated.

m e d ia

p r o v id e

is “ T o ro n to ’ s paper.” H e hopes that

H o llin g e r is adding m u scle to the

in fo r m e d c o m m e n ta ry but s in c e

the Post w ill serve as “ the glu e that

righ t-w ing v ie w s have b ecom e part

binds [Canadians] together.”

Fina n cia l Post to c o m p e te w ith The Globe and M ail.”

paper industry B lack actually con ­

P L C 's shares in the Toronto-based

Financial Post. M o r e recen tly, it w as announced that the Post w ill be

in c o r p o r a t e d

in t o

C on rad

B la c k 's n e w e s t p u b lic a tio n , th e

Right wing shift

as

e x p erts

to

o f the p olitical clim ate in Canada, In

1996,

th e

C o u n c il

of

C a n a d ia n s , an a d v o c a c y g r o u p

the focus is on righ t-w in g issues,"

B a ile y

hoped

th a t

th e

A merger of cultures

he stated.

A

m a jo r

is s u e

w h ic h

N ational Post, w h ic h p re m ie re s

"T a k e , f o r e x a m p le ,

to d a y. H o w e v e r , e v e n b e fo r e the

the q u e llin g o f separatist

in evitab ly arises fro m m edia m erg­

ad ven t o f the n ew national d a ily ,

divergences, the idea that

ers is re s o u rc e m a n a g e m e n t. A s

accolades and criticism s have been

a sm a ll c e n tra liz e d g o v ­

new spapers m erge, c o n flic ts arise

flo w in g fre e ly about the e ffects o f

ernment is better. B lack's

an d

the n ew Post. M a n y question the

s ta n ce s on th e s e is su es

A c c o r d in g to N e i l l , th e m e r g e r

im pact o f m edia concentration on

in h ib its p o litic a l d ebate,

b etw een tw o new spapers is lik e a

the newspaper m arket in Canada.

d ep rives and reduces the

jo in in g o f t w o d iffe r e n t cu ltu res

c o v e ra g e o f the p oo r, o f o f la b o u r

and is bound to be m essy. “ O f t e n th e s e t w o c u ltu r e s

beats. A righ t-w in g agen­

clash,” he said. “ E xecu tives either

Enter National Post

w om en

and

p e o p le

a re

fo r c e d

ou t.

U p until its incorporation into

da becom es the presumed

le a v e voluntarily or are terminated

the National Post, Financial Post

k n o w le d g e o f p o l i t i c a l

because there’ s no room fo r extra

p u b lis h e r W i l l i a m N e i l l s p o k e

discussion."

about the pros and cons o f a new

A lth o u g h it is d i f f i ­

m anagement.”

B a ile y cla im s that n o b o d y is

national paper. “ T h e National Post has forced

cult to com p letely extract

e v e r fire d on the spot and that the

B lack from the debate on

nature o f such v olu n tary resign a­

all the other newspapers in Canada

m e d ia

m o n o p o ly ,

tio n is that the u m b rella co rp o ra ­

to im p r o v e . The Globe and M a il

Urquhart feels that not all

tion puts out a retirem ent package

has had to com e up w ith a livelier,

fa u lt can b e p la c e d on

and w h o e v er wants it, takes it.

m ore in n o v a tiv e ap p roach w h ich in clu d es g re a te r use o f c o lo u r, a

Black.

"W e

p la c e

c o s t s ] th e o ld w a y , ” he s ta te d .

reva m p ed sports section and arti­

blam e en tirely on B lack,

“ [C o s t savings] often m akes fo r a

cles on health in order to com m u­

there are three righ t-w ing

stronger operation.”

nicate the needs o f the constituen­ cy.

"In

th e

s h o rt

te r m ,

th e

A ll Canadians a ffe c te d by e m p ire

Mike CoId we 11

“ W e ’ re d o in g it [r e d u c in g c a n 't

in

T h e op era tive w ord s in m any

C anada. Plus, the N e w

new sroom shakeups, h o w e v er, are

D e m o c r a t ic

is

res ig n a tio n and term in a tion . T h e

p o litic a l

p a r tie s P a r ty

lo o k in g at a s h ift to the rig h t in

prospect o f an ill w in d through the

readership and b enefit the newspa­

o p p o s e d to in frin g e m e n ts on the

order to em brace sm all and m ed i­

n e w s ro o m d oo r, as happens w ith

per industry b y m aking all newspa­

C h a r te r o f H u m a n R ig h t s and

u m -sized com panies, and w e also

corporate m ergers, has m any pas­

pers m ore com p etitive,” said N e ill.

F r e e d o m s , s ta u n c h ly c o u n te re d

have the B lo c Québécois. T h e m id­

sengers on these flagsh ip new spa­

H o llin g e r 's S o u th a m ta k e -o v e r .

dle o f the road has been shifted to

Today,

the righ t...M e d ia m o n o p o ly is not

pers ju m p in g fo r safety. “ S ix s e n io r e x e c u t i v e s

N a tio n a l P os t w i l l a ttr a c t n e w

W h at still remains to be seen, h o w e v e r , is w h eth e r the red u ced

m em b ers

c o n t in u e

to

at

th e c a s e o f th e F in a n cia l Post, instead o f b eing a con trolling arm,

Looking towards the future T h e coun try w i l l not h a ve to h o ld th e ir b re a th m u ch lo n g e r .

T o d a y ’ s debut o f the National Post w i l l r e s o lv e any rem ain in g qu es­ tions as to whether the tw o national d a ilie s w i l l c r e a t e a b e n e f i c i a l r iv a lr y o r s im p ly a q u a g m ire o f u n profitable, m ed io cre readership squabbles.

H o w e v e r , i f th e t w o d a ilie s fin d the com petition too strenuous, w ith p r o fit s lo s t on b o th s id e s , C a n a d a m a y e n d u p w it h t w o u n p ro fita b le n a tion als con ten t to cut length as w e ll as quality.

A c c o r d in g to N e i l l , th ere is a lw a y s a p o s s i b i l i t y th a t b o th papers w ill be disappointm ents in the years to com e. “ T h e N a tio n a l P o s t m ig h t bleed aw ay profits fro m The Globe and M ail m aking it less p rofitable or even unprofitable. Southam and H o llin g e r executives have accepted a loss o f p rofit on the Post and, in the next fe w years, there m ight be tw o u n p ro fita b le n a tion al d a ilie s a n d I w o u l d n ’ t b e s u r p r is e d i f another m erger occurred.”

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 19 98

Small is beautiful Its quarter million people nestled in the North Atlantic, Iceland is far from having economies of scale. What it does have, however, is a host of lessons for Canada and the rest of the world. n a d r iz z ly O c to b e r day in downtown Reykjavik, a group o f about 30 people gathered near a small plyw ood platform across the street fr o m Ic e la n d 's qu ain t n ation al p arliam en t, the A lth in g .

M others, old beatniks and average citizens took their turn at the micro­ phone, pumping poetry through two speakers directed right at the elected members assembled inside. A m id ­ dle-aged man with a tattered beard and a cordouroy hat told us that the protest was against a new hydropow­ er project that is being planned in the north. I f it goes through, the activists worry that it w ill destroy a piece o f the countryside forever.

The poetry reading was a very Icelan dic w ay o f d riv in g the point home — a marriage o f the country’ s rich literary history and a parliamentry tradition w h ich stretches back over 1,000 years. The country’ s his­ to ry is a p alp ab le presence in the e v e r y d a y liv e s o f its c itiz e n s .

G eographical isolation has allow ed the Icelandic language to remain vir­ tually unchanged, which means that even today’ s high school students can read through Sagas from the eleventh cen tu ry w ith o u t much d iffic u lty .

H is to r y is a c c e s s ib le , but m ore importantly, it transcends the status o f forlore and antiquity. Even when

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protesting, citizen s m anage to use their traditions as a critical tool for change.

dent V igdis Finnbogadottir launched a tree planting campaign during her 16 year tenure as the nation’ s head o f state. Each time she left the capital, she planted a tree — and she encour­ aged other Icelanders to fo llo w suit.

It’ s estimated that the effects w ill be visible in about 20 years.

The state and the individual Icelanders take pride in a strong state, but haven’ t completely adopted a “ c r a d le - to - th e - g r a v e ” a ttitu d e to w a rd s o c ia lis m . F a m ilie s are e x p e c te d to m ak e p ro v is io n s fo r childcare and their elderly. But the fa m ily fe elin g is not lim ited to the nuclear clan. Iceland’ s small popula­ tion and geographic proximity allow for a greater consensus on important issues, from the environment to the economy. During the early eighties, when inflation rose ab ove 100 per cent, a c o lle c tiv e d ecisio n to stop spending, start saving and take con­ trol o f the econom y led to the pros­ perity that Iceland enjoys today.

T h e g o v e rn m e n t, as part o f Iceland’ s extended fam ily, is notori­ ously approachable. Icelanders boast that anyone with a good reason can get on the phone with the president, w h ose residence is structured in a way that all but invites drop-in visi­ tors — there are no guards, and no gate.

A system that works

Lessons hard-learned Environm entalists continue to remind us that Canada, even today, toys with unsustainable forestry prac­ tices and risks the loss o f old growth forever. N ob od y could have warned Iceland o f such dangers during the 900s, when N o rw e g ia n and C e ltic se ttle rs p u r p o s e fu lly w e n t about c le a rc u ttin g the h ardy-bu t-sparse forests in their quest to survive in a new island nation. N or could the set­ tlers have anticipated the ram ifica­ tions o f bringing sheep with them to the new settlement — animals which routinely attack any spurt o f growth poking out o f Iceland’ s rugged geo g­ raphy.

T h e c o u n try ’ s barren, r o llin g m ossy hills, w h ile beautiful, are a p h y s ic a l r e m in d e r o f the c o n s e ­ quences o f unchecked development.

Iceland has long since given up the w ood burning stove, having d e v e l­ oped a sophisticated heating system w h ich harnesses Ic e la n d ’ s natural geothermal energy without leaving a trace o f pollution. Meanwhile, a mix o f p olitics and c o lle c tiv e action is a tte m p tin g to lit e r a lly ch a n ge Icelan d ’ s landscape. Form er presi­

Boasting the longest work week in the Western world (as well as the longest life expectancy; both figures are second only to lapan), the people w o rk as hard as they e x p e c t th eir government to. This work ethic is not blind, however. There exists a strong labour union history in Iceland. The average w orker in the colossal alu­ m inum fa c to ry that dom inates the lava plains o f the Southwest, near the K e f la v ik NATO base, earns US$40,000 a year.

Iceland’ s fish economy employs a mere six per cent o f the population, but accounts for an astounding 80 per cent o f exports. This stable surplus has a llo w e d Ice la n d to d e v e lo p a h ig h ly ed u cated p o p u la tio n . T h e average citizen is functionally trilin­ gual (Icelandic, Danish and English) and e v e ry high school graduate is g u a ra n te e d a d m iss io n to the University o f Iceland, where tution is free. Iceland also boasts the highest literacy rate in the world, which hov­ ers at or near 100 per cent.

A d e v o tio n to en terp rise and e d u c a tio n d o e s n ’ t tran slate in to uptightness, by any means. Icelanders devote themselves to weekend festiv-

Power and beauty — (top) the south west's Blue Lagoon provides geothermal energy and a bathing spot for the region's residents; (above) Plains of Thingvellir, where Iceland's first parliament convened in 930 A.D.; (right) the colourful homes and shops of downtown Reykjavik ,ason sigurdson

By Jason Sigurdson and Kris Michaud

ities with the same zeal they apply to their 50-hour work week. Thousands flock to downtown R eykjavik for alln ig h t pub c ra w ls F r id a y and Saturday. W h ile hard liquor and wine have always been legal in Iceland, beer has only recently been decrimi­ nalized. Locals speculate that the ban had to do with Icelan d ’ s “ dow n to business” attitude — beer, it seems, just wasn’ t as efficient as the stronger beverages.

Shared past, shared future L ik e C an ad a, Ic e la n d has a painful colon ial history. W h ile we continue to cling to Com monwealth status, however, Icelanders have been in d e p e n d a n t o f D e n m a rk (w h o acquired the island from N orw ay in 1380) since 1944. In keeping with the spirit o f living history, Iceland’ s first independantly-elected president was inaugurated at the same natural rock formation that hosted the w orld’ s first

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 2 7 O c t o b e r 19 98

The m ystery of M argaret Atwood New unauthorized bio 'paves the way for future scholars' B y Maria Simpson

tants, callin g it a "labour o f lo v e ."

W h e n she b e ga n the b io g r a ­

Th is is a photograph o f me It was taken som e tim e ago A t first it seems to be

and h ig h ly s c r u t in iz e d writer.

phy, a frien d o f A tw o o d 's warned

Far fro m the clich éd

C o o k e that she had "a tiger b y the

suffering artist tableaux o f

tail." Despite A tw o o d 's aversion to

drug addiction s, adultery

a smeared print: blurred

biographical criticism and her noto­

and

lines and g re y flecks

rious reputation o f a sharp tongue,

A t w o o d 's b io g r a p h y is

blended with the paper...

-This Is a Photograph o f Me,

a tte m p ts ,

she w as, in C o o k e 's w o rd s, "su r­

stable both profession ally

prisin gly co-operative."

and personally, highlight­

D espite this claim that A tw o o d

b y M argaret A tw o o d

was helpful, her in volvem en t in the " N e v e r tru s t b i o g r a p h ie s , "

s u ic id e

in g strong ties to fa m ily and friends.

unauthorized b io g ra p h y w as v e ry

A tw o o d herself wrote

A n n e M ichaels writes in her n ovel

lim it e d —

tw o m e e tin g s and an

in a letter to frien d P eter

Fugitive Pieces. "T o o many events

exchanges o f letters and faxes over

M ille r, "L ife : I don't have

in

the three years.

a v e ry prom otable one, as

a m a n 's

life

a re i n v i s i b l e .

C o o k e explained her choice o f

am n ot in p o s s e ss io n o f

q u o te s

subject and her decision to w rite a

anything picturesque lik e

M ic h a e ls on the firs t p age o f her

b io g r a p h y on a liv in g author b y

a beard or U nem ploym ent

n e w b o o k , M arga ret Atw ood: A

n o t in g

Biography. W it h th is s o m e w h a t

Canadian author.

U nknow n to others as our dream s."

N a t h a lie

C ooke

A t w o o d 's

statu s

as

a

In s u r a n c e . H a v e n e v e r b e e n a lu m b e r ja c k o r a

c a u tio n a ry th o u g h t in m in d , she

"[Canadians] need to chronicle

janitor. H ad unfortunately

g o e l ‘ on to p ro v id e an a m a zin g ly

the life and tim es o f our writers. It is to chronicle ourselves,” she stat­

a h a p p y c h ild h o o d . A m (a la s ) ed u cated , but you

in form ative and com plete sketch o f A t w o o d 's l i f e , fr o m h er

b etter s o ft-p e d a l that as

b egin nings in the bush to heri p r e s e n t

statu s

D espite a lack o f per­

as

C an ad ian ic o n and s y m ­ bol.

sonal dem on s, A t w o o d k n e w she w ou ld b ecom e a writer. A ccord in g to h e r, at 16 " a la r g e in v i s i b l e

But does she get into the dark stu ff — the m ys­ t e r ie s

and

A tw o o d in th e 1960's: c o v e r f o r T h e C ircle G am e.

it's not fashionable."

thumb descended from the sky and p re s s e d d o w n on th e to p o f m y

"in v is ib le

head. A poem form ed."

m o m e n t s " o f A t w o o d 's life ? A lot o f p eop le w on ­ d e r a b o u t th e p e r s o n b e h in d th e b o o k s — d o

University days

the dark undercurrents and

Sin ce that m om ent, A tw o o d 's

disturbing themes running through books such as The

R o b b e r B rid e, an d A Handm aid's Tale h a v e roots in her past? C ooke's

inform ation about her w ritin g."

liv e by m y s e lf in a suitable painted attic (b lack ) and have lovers w hom

sources, C o o k e hopes readers w ill

I w o u ld d is c a r d in a p p r o p r ia t e

m ake

w a y s , th o u g h I d r e w th e lin e at

b e tw e e n te x t and con text. C o o k e

bloodshed. ( I was, after all, a nice

also sees her p lacin g o f A tw o o d 's

Canadian g irl.) I w ou ld never have

im portant w ork s w ith in the larger

children... A r t cam e first. I w ou ld n e v e r , n e v e r o w n an a u to m a tic

m ovem ent o f Canadian literature as

w a s h er-d ry e r.

region s o f A tw o o d 's p sy ­ a h ig h ly

sym p ath etic treatm ent o f A t w o o d 's a f f a i r w it h a m arried man, there is very l i t t l e d ir t in th is n o v e l.

H o w e v e r, C o o k e does som ething better: through attention

e d . “ W e are n o t o n ly t r y in g to

to detail and im pressive anecdotal

establish a Canadian literature but

e v id e n c e , she p r o v id e s es se n tia l biograph ical in fo fo r A tw o o d fans

w e're also actually ch ron iclin g the

and insights into her life that w ill

myth o f Canadian literature. T o do that w e have to chronicle our w rit­

be valuable fo r anyone w ishin g to

ers."

study her works.

The Invisible thumb

Labour of love

a c o n t r ib u t io n to a c a d e m ia . " I w a n te d to c h r o n ic le the cu ltu ral m om ent w here writers began w rit­ in g in a s p e c i f i c a l l y C a n a d ia n

an d c h ild r e n 's lit e r a t u r e ; s o m e

a n ce s , and th e s e w e r e w r ite r s I

style,” she explained.

w o rk s h a v e b e en tra n s la ted in to

m ost adm ired.".

h ig h

school

in

C o o k e says that A tw o o d w rote

A t the end o f her undergradu­

T o ro n to ,

ate career, A t w o o d published her

about Canadian places and people, m ak in g her fic tio n unprecedented

V ic to r ia

first b o o k o f poem s titled Double

in its unashamed Canadian-ness.

of

Persephone w h ich w o n the E. J.

T oron to to study English literature.

Pratt M e d a l. A tw o o d w as just 22.

" [A t w o o d 's b o o k ] The Edible Woman w a s set in T o r o n to at a

T h e environm ent was rigorous and

F iv e y ea rs la te r, in 1966, w h ile

tim e when it just wasn't done to set

h igh ly academ ic. Th ere, A tw o o d 's

d o in g graduate w o rk at H a rva rd ,

a n o v el in T oron to," C o o k e noted.

skills as a w riter flourished, as she

A t w o o d w r o te a b o o k o f p o e tr y titled The Circle Game, w hich w on

A tw o o d

w ent

C o lle g e

at

th e

on

to

U n iv e r s ity

w rote w itty and intellectual pieces fo r various student publications.

Canada's m ost p restigiou s literary

S h e a ls o r e g u la r ly re a d h er

honour — the G o v e rn o r G eneral's

poetry at the B ohem ian Embassy, a

Literary A w ard . She was 27. A fte r

s m a ll c o ffe e h o u s e n ear cam pu s.

Som e o f Canada's best poets started

th a t m o m e n t, C o o k e p o r tr a y s A tw o o d 's career as rising steadily;

out there, such as G e o r g e M ille r,

she b eca m e the fa c e o f C anadian

M i l t o n A c o r n an d G w e n d o ly n M acE w en .

fy in g private life.

literature w h ile m aintaining a satis­

three years w ork in g on this b iogra­

in the bush w ith her en to m o logist fath er and fem in ist m oth er to her

w o u ld learn to sm o k e c iga re tte s ,

phy with a team o f research assis­

life as an internationally acclaim ed

although they g a v e m e headaches

when she was in university: " I w o u ld d re s s in b la c k . I

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pher. A t w o o d an sw ered, "O h no, what w o u ld they put in ?" A tw o o d m ay n ot h a ve ch osen C o o k e , but she has n o th in g to w o r r y about.

ta r n is h

th e

r e p u t a tio n

necessary f o r any fan o r c ritic o f A tw o o d .

of

D espite the d iverse co lla g e o f

C an ad a's w riter/ icon , n o r d o e s it

in fo rm a tio n that C o o k e presents,

attempt to critique A tw o o d 's works.

h ow ever, room remains fo r further

In fact, it en gages v e ry little w ith

biographical study. C o o k e sees her­

A tw o o d 's work.

s e lf as p a v in g the w a y f o r future

H o w ev e r, in a recent in terview w ith the M c G ill Reporter, C o o k e

scholars. "T h e person w h o com es a fte r w ill h a ve a lo t o f fu n ," she

d efen ded her m ethods, saying that

stated.

"th e breakthrough insights o f this

W it h h e r b io g r a p h y , C o o k e

b oo k are scholarly and th erefore I

has created an enduring portrait o f

hope it w ill change the w a y schol­

A tw o o d and a storehouse fo r future

ars p erceive her work. It challenges

critics to r ifle through.

our critica l assumptions about her w riting."

W h en questioned further about h o w her w o rk can be "s c h o la rly " without p rovidin g any literary criti­

erary texts. This course seeks to differentiate English - Canadian from British and

c is m , C o o k e n o ted , ” 1 d o n 't buy

American Conservatism, while examining its "progressive" and re c^ o n a ry ten­

form o f criticism . I was schooled in

dencies. It also surveys liberalism, communitarianism and socialism .l^credits)

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that lite ra ry c ritic is m is the o n ly C r itic is m

(c r it ic is m

th at

ig n ores b iog ra p h ic a l in fo rm a tio n ,

McGill Institute for the Study of Cai

once

the question "w hat w ou ld they put

C ooke's book, w h ile rich in the various sources it draws on, refuses

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C o o k e has w ritten a sensitive and

In an article in Ms. M agazine,

A tw o o d 's early childhood o f liv in g

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che.

an d m a d e m e c o u g h , an d d rin k

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 27 O c t o b e r 19 98

Ear to the Ground A brief look at the latest patterns, trends and developments Stop fishing for change in your pocket

Development and aid at whose expense — criticizing infomercials g u a g e. T h e in te r v ie w b e in g c o n ­

By Samuel Lapalme-Remis

ducted in French, she noted that a

A c c o r d in g to an article in M aclean’s magazine, “ technology is revolutionizing the w ay people read their newspapers, communi­ cate with their friends, study and learn, shop

Surrounded by the stately luxu­

sponsor could fund a chjld in fran­

ry th at is y o u r a p a rtm e n t, y o u d e c id e to d e v o te y o u r Sunday to w ell-deserved self-indulgence. W ith

cophone countries such as Vietnam or Senegal. W hether these are areas w h e r e h e lp is m ost n e e d e d is a

and pay their bills.” Inevitably, the next m ove

o n e hand in a b a g o f c h ip s and

question that was not asked; the pri­

towards the virtual world is digital cash. Enter E-money — the financial equivalent to E-mail — a credit-card sized plastic card containing a powerful computer chip.

A n E-money pilot project called M ondex has been running in Guelph, Ontario fo r the past fe w yea rs. N e x t y ea r, resid en ts o f Sherbrooke, Quebec can expect to see the card

another on the rem ote control, you

ority, however, was the desire or the

tak e g re a t in te r e s t in a f o o t b a ll gam e. U n fortunately, the outcom e becomes clear before the first quar­

sponsor.

A ccording to Jackson, “ it’ s not an approach that our partners in the

gradually phase out both credit cards and cheques. Within fiv e years, such cards w ill be in wallets across Canada.

Essentially, the chip stores the cash value o f the card and consumers can fill it up from their accounts using new bank machines that contain a slot for the card. Retailers currently accepting E-money include 7-Eleven and Sears.

According to project leaders, the E-money card is simply follow ing the recent trend o f consumers using plastic. According to some Guelph residents, it sure beats the hell out o f fishing for pocket change.

Uzis for sale!!

ter ends, so w ith great frustration and a loud sigh you resort to chan­ nel surfing.

Inevitably (this is Sunday, after all), you hit one o f those in fo m er­ c ia ls — th e o n e s w ith s ta r v in g A fric a n youngsters and fly-rid d en Latin-Am erican shantytowns. Quite naturally, you are disgusted with the scenes put b efo re you. W o rs e yet, these advertisements suggest vehe­ m ently that you can do something. “ For less than a dollar a day,” they tell you, “ you can save one o f these

According to a recent article in Face mag­ azine, guns are for sale, and you don’ t need a license. M ail order companies in Manchester, England, lik e B attle Orders Ltd . — w hich boasts “ over 20 years o f selling perfectly legal, no license required, ancient and modem arms and armour” w ill supply you with anything from a modest Smith and Wesson (£105) to an im m en se 5 0 -ca lib re B ro w n in g F ie ld Gun (£2,500). The guns aren’ t in working order, but can be fixed up and used. Ordering couldn’ t be simpler — just dial its 24-hour credit card hot­ line. “ O f course I ’ m concerned about the moral issues,” insists company director Graham Barton, who also sells airguns and replica weapons. “ It is a very emotive subject.”

Although the guns themselves can be restored to working order after purchase, the specialized ammunition they require is very hard to obtain. A grenade launcher may sound desirable, but the lethal payload is nearly impossible to find. “ It’ s very difficult to get old grenades,” Barton explains. “ People throw them and they go bang.”

Scanning your way to a new wardrobe

launches the special card this month. H ow does it work? Once you have the card, you stand in a phone booth -sized 3D b od y scanner and a detailed body profile is recorded on the card’ s barcode. The card w ill cost about £2 fo r the scan and the card. Reason to lo v e it: it ignores label sizes to com e up with clothes that w ill fit you.

Reason to hate it: unless it becomes widespread, U K shoppers w ill need a smart card fo r each participating retailer. Carrying tonnes o f plastic is ____

point o f focusing on the child is that it makes us feel g o o d here,” noted Jackson. “ W e all want to know who w e are helping, how w e are helping, i f they are real. There they are on a picture. W e do k n ow that there is p r o b a b ly m o n e y sp en t on g o in g fro m com m u nity to com m unity to m ak e sure the c h ild r e n a c tu a lly write their letters back.”

A

sp o k esp erso n fo r W o r ld

org a n iza tio n is in fa c t q u ite e f f i ­

chips. A d m it it — you fe e l guilty, but also somewhat angry at them for ru in in g y o u r p le a s a n tly in d o le n t

cien t, w ith a p p ro x im a te ly 80 per cent o f donations m aking their w ay to im poverished com m unities. She also mentioned that many job s had

mood.

A lth ou gh entirely human, that

recently been elim inated to im prove

kind o f anger is m ostly selfish. But

strong emphasis on what a potential

individual child aid programs such as th ose m a in ta in ed b y S a v e the C h ild r e n and W o r ld V is io n are u n d er c r it ic is m that stem s fr o m somewhat more noble m otives. It’ s certainly not difficu lt to understand that charitable organizations m ight ob ject to such ads as those hosted by noticeably w e ll-fe d “ C hildren’ s A m b a s s a d o r” S a lly Struthers fo r the streets o f the T h ird w orld , the d re s s e d

and

m a d e-u p

Struthers puts a series o f emaciated

this number. Still, there remained a donor w ould get fo r their buck. For ten dollars a m onth, it ’ s sim p ly a contribution to im provin g the con­ d itio n o f w o m e n , p a rtic u la rly in S ou th ern A s ia . E ig h te e n d o lla rs makes a contribution to a sp ecific community and the donor gets regu­ lar pictures o f children in that com ­ munity. Finally, twenty-nine dollars gu aran tees h e lp to an in d iv id u a l child, with som e general help to its com m unity; this program gets you pictures and letters form your “ fos­

and sad-looking children on display

ter child.”

Furthermore, the W o rld V ision

— know n as “ p ornograp hy o f the

spokesperson insisted that a donor

poor” in some developm ent circles.

kind o f approach where they tell us what their needs are and they tell us about them.”

In som e cases, sp on so r p ro ­ gram s g o further and insist that a c h ild

or

fa m ily

con vert

b e r o f th e C a n a d ia n

which predictably results in

prob­

le m s and te n s io n . A c c o r d in g to Jackson, Com passion International w a s on e such o r g a n iz a t io n that incurred seriou s c ritic is m f o r its “ Christian” policy in the 1980s.

Sponsorship, then, is under fire fo r b e in g som eth in g o f a “ B andA id ” solution. A n d the prettier the B a n d - A id , the m o re it is used, regardless o f its usefulness. Still, as Jackson notes, “ it has its a d v a n ­ tages, it does raise m oney.” “ E verybody has a right to food, shelter, education, culture, all those basic human rights and w e o w e peo­ ple w ho d on ’ t have those things to g iv e it to th em ,” she co n clu d e d . “ It’ s not something that’ s out o f the goodness o f our hearts that w e are doing.”

So, you think, you can eat your c h ip s in p e a c e w ith o u t f e e l i n g guilty. N ot so, according to the crit­ ics. Those companies that advertise on television may not deserve your m oney, but som eone surely does. I f anything, these ads may lead you to b e liev e that sending disadvantaged children a cheque is doing enough.

could choose a country o f any lan­

C a t h o lic

O rganization fo r D evelop m en t and Peace, explain s that distance is at the root o f this problem. “ In the worst exam ples you just see emaciated children that at a cer­ tain point look like aliens,” she said. “ T h ey don’ t look o f this w orld and so that distances us from them.”

Such advertisem ents also p ro­ m ote a w ay o f figh tin g p overty in the d e ve lo p in g w o rld in a manner

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Sloan hits the Money City: an interview with Patrick Pentland D o you find songs like that funny?

By C hris Seuey S lo a n has c o m e a lo n g w a y

P P : It's n ot m ea n t to be a jo k e ;

the m e lo d io u s g r u n g e o f

w e're not a jo k e band. But there has

1992’ s Smeared and that albu m ’ s f i r s t s in g le , “ U n d e r w h e lm e d . ”

to be a certa in am oun t o f fun in what you're" doing. I think those are

B riefly saddled with the m oniker o f

fun songs, and I think they're also

“ the next Nirvana,” the band, n ew ly

le gitim a te ly g o o d rock songs. But

signed with D avid G effen , recorded

it's w eird, though, because to us it's

an album that could not have been

a natural thing to do, because w e

further from the Seattle sound. That

listened to that kind o f music all our

fro m

album was Twice Removed, a p o l­

liv e s , [e s p e c ia lly ] w hen w e w ere

ished, beautiful, altogether brilliant

younger. A n d now a lot o f kids w ho

c o lle c tio n o f w istfu l p op that has b e e n c a lle d “ th e b e s t C a n a d ia n

are b u y in g our m usic or g o in g to

album o f all tim e.” G e ffe n d id n ’ t

exposed to that kind o f music, so to

like it one bit.

E ver since the ensuing, much-

them it’s a dinosaur [thing], it m ight

o u r s h o w s , th e y

h a v e n 't b e en

be more o f a jo k e [to them].

pub licized battle w ith the b ig, bad A m e ric a n la b e l, S lo a n ’ s internal

T r ib : W o u ld y ou say that Sloan's

and external bickering has becom e

p ro g r e s s fr o m Smeared to Navy

a staple o f the Canadian music fan’ s

Blues has been a group evolu tion ,

d iet. It has, n everth eless, taken a

or four individual ones?

C h ris M u r p h y ’s ( r i g h t ) s m irk m ay s p a rk ren ew ed in ter-S loa n tension. records that are lik e other records;

N e v e r say never. T here are certain

get into it, it's not an easy life. An d

1 9 9 6 ’ s One C hord to Another shares w ith 1998’ s Navy

P P : I think it was a group evolution, but alm ost in d ep en d en tly o f each

w e just make records.

hard facts about b ein g signed to a

every tim e you put out a record you

label that are g o o d things, and then

question [whether] this is what you

Blues a p enchan t f o r B e a tle s q u e

o th e r a n y w a y . W e k n e w that w e

m elo d ies, rough-arou nd-the-edges

w e r e n 't g o in g to m a k e a n o th e r

T r i b : I read som e w h e re that you guys are p layin g "U n d erw h elm ed "

there a lot that are bad. W e w ou ld really need to get exactly what w e

want to do fo r another year and a half, but everybod y's getting along

production and gravelly guitars. But

record like our first record, because

liv e again.

w an t, and p ro b a b ly h a ve an easy

w e ll and w e are m a k in g in roa ds

out. But I don't think w e really need

everyw here, so right now it's fine.

back seat to tw o ja r rin g ly unique a lb u m s .

w h i l e One C h o rd ’ s u n d e r ly in g

b y the tim e w e fin ish ed m ixin g it

ethos seemed to be bubblegum pop,

w e fe lt it was dated. W e didn't want

P P : Y ea h , w e 'v e been d o in g that.

that. T h e trad e-off is, w e put out our

Navy Blues’ fir s t s in g le w as the

to make records that could be pin­

W e did that fo r the last record, too.

ow n record in A m erica, and w e hire

g le e fu lly

p oin ted to the s p e c ific tim e th ey

cam py

“ M on ey

C it y

a com pany to prom ote it, so it's not T r ib : Oh, I was under the im pres­

lik e w e 'r e on th e p h o n e [a ll the

sion that you had som e m oral ob jec­ tio n to it. I d o n 't k n o w w h e r e I

tim e ]. It's alm ost lik e b e in g on a m ajor except that i f w e really want­

picked that up.

ed to g o to In d ia to tour or som e­

M aniacs.”

B rim m in g u n ab ash ed ly w ith

w ere released.

rock clichés both musical and ly ri­

T r ib :

c a l, Navy Blues p a y s h o m a g e to

Smeared?

track is called “ Ig g y and A n gu s” ) to the Beatles. It has generated great in tere s t in the U n ite d States and

P P : Smeared and Twice Removed. I

P P : [la u g h s ] P r o b a b ly b e c a u s e

think Smeared is our m ost contem ­ p o r a r y s o u n d in g r e c o r d , f o r the

N irvana didn't want to play "Sm ells L ik e T e e n S p ir it," so e v e r y b o d y

T r ib : H a v e you e ver played a show

Japan, and Sloan, once teetering on

tim e. Twice Removed draws m ore

was lik e "that's your 'T een Spirit,'

in?

the brink o f break-up, are now tour­

from the past; that's what it's always

right?".... This tour w e're recording

Y o u 'r e

ta lk in g

a b ou t

thing, w e'd have to pay fo r it.

everyth in g fro m A C / D C (the third

su rp ris in g ly en ou gh , m ay fin a lly catapult them into the non-Canadian spotlight.

T h e Tribune spoke w ith Sloan and

g u it a r is t

w as

to

p la y

its

H a l l o w e ’ en S p e c ia l

that m ade you want to just pack it

w e ] split up, w e played EdgeFest in

B

T o ro n to ... and then the next date,

TRICKED INTO A SHITTY

e w a r e

w hich was [supposed to be] our last

n ig h t

s h o w , w a s in B u ffa lo . T h a t w as

TREATS.

:

o ut

't

d o n

. H

e r e 's

g e t

som e

O K , and th en w e k e p t g e t t in g

P a tr ic k

m o n e y o f f e r s to p la y U n iv e r s ity

Pentland from Edmonton, where the b an d

TRIBpicks

P P : M an y times. [Aroun d the time

in g in support o f an album which,

v o c a lis t

B a rrin g another break-up threat, Sloan w ill be playing the Spectrum on Sunday, November 1, with Rufus Wainwright.

th in gs. W e 'd sort o f sp lit up, but

fo u r th

none o f us had a lo t o f m oney, so

Canadian date.

w e said, "M a y b e w e should just do all these shit shows, don't talk about them ." S o w e p layed this show in

T r i b : G o in g in to r e c o r d Navy

Blues, did you guys have an overall

W in dsor w ith the Super Friendz and

id ea o f the sound you w an ted fo r

Juliana H a tfie ld ... and it w as just

the album?

pathetic. W e hadn’t practiced , w e

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Yeah, its back, are you sur­ prised? Get a garters, rice and bad hair fix at Cinem a Im perial 1430 Bleurv.

Oct. 30 and 31, S8 adv., $10 door.

P a tr ic k P en tlan d : Chris [M urphy]

hadn't been seeing each other. Chris

and I had discussed it based on hav­

was on tour w ith the Super Friendz,

D

em on

and m et up w ith us there. A n d those

E

arth

o f us w h o drink w ere pretty drunk.

W h a t happened to those artsy

"Fuck," w e said. "W e suck."

rave names like Swirl? Join

ing to play festivals the year before, b o th in A m e r ic a an d a f e w

in

C a n ad a, w h e r e b a s ic a lly p e o p le

ell

on

DJ Allen A rk in for fire­

w ere crow d surfing through e v ery ­ T r ib : S o w h at keeps you guys

thing, slow songs or whatever, and

doin g what you're doing?

[th at] can g e t fru stratin g. A n d it seem ed lik e the hard er son gs w e

P P : It is n 't th e m o n e y , b e ca u s e

played almost calm ed them dow n a

there isn't that much m oney — but

bit, because the music was p rovid ­

breathing, sitars, and mas­ sage at Musée Juste Pour Rire. Scary.

Oct. 30, 15 adv., $20 door.

there's always the promise o f m ore

ing that energy they w ere trying to expel.

We

2: H

m oney. It's just an overa ll concept

K

il l e r

F

o ufo u nes

W

Sci fi/ m ed ieval decor, cos­

eekend

at

p la y in g , f o r

hailed for, or criticized for. It was

all the shows, so w e h ave to play

instance, the r i f f to "M o n e y C ity

also just a reaction against what was

c e rta in so n gs to put o n the l i v e

o f s u c c e s s an d f a ilu r e , I th in k everyb o d y has in their ambition. It

M aniacs" just out o f the blue, dur­

g oin g on around us personally, hav­

record, songs that have to be on the

doesn't necessarily com e from any­

tu m e

ing some o f these [festivals], just as

ing signed to a label [G e ffe n ] and

record, i f on ly just to k ill them.

th in g e x c e p t th at y o u th in k that

d r in k s .

a laugh, like "this is what they real­

then w ith all the expectations they

you're g o o d and you want to show

M anson glam. H ang out with

ly want to hear."

had on us and h a vin g pressure to

T r i b : W o u ld y o u s ig n a n o th e r

th at to p e o p le . A n d a r tis tic a lly ,

make a record that was basically the

m ajor label deal?

m aking records and... playing music

had b e e n

T r i b : Y o u say you w e r e p la y in g "M o n e y C ity M aniacs" as a laugh.

is all I e v er wanted to do. It doesn't

same as our first, but better — and how do you do that? W e don't make

P P : It w o u ld depend on the deal.

m ake any sense, rea lly. O n ce you

p riz e s Go

and in

cheap

your

new

p e o p le w h o d re s s like this daily.

Oct. 30, and 31, $7, $10.

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Death, politics and fate: TNC's riveting production Death and the Maiden Turbulent. A b o v e and beyond all else, Tuesday Night Cafe's initial production o f Death and the Maiden is an e m o tio n a lly jo lt in g p ie c e o f theatre. This is intense theatre, not to be confused with sappy melodrama, and T N C could not have launched its season with a more gripping produc­ tion. And yes — it is gripping. I was sitting in m y seat thinking N o ! H e didn't do it... d on 't shoot dam nit!

Confess, confess, you fool, confess!

as the rapist. The fact that he listens to Schubert, particularly the quartet title d Death and the Maiden that played during her rape, for instance, seem s to p oin t that he is a g u ilty man. W hen a cassette o f Schubert is found in Roberto's car... well, rather incriminating, isn't it? Coincidence or clu e? It's hard to say. G erard o finds h im self in a precarious posi­ tion, between his w ife's unyielding c o n v ic t io n and his b e l i e f that

Death and the Maiden was written

the audience with various questions, predominantly: is Paulina insane or is R ob erto truly the villanous man she supposes him to be?

T h e d ire c to r, O.J. K e rr , was quick to emphasize the fact that the play is o f a highly dramatic, com plex and uncomfortable nature. Kerr has p e rfo rm e d in Oh Dad, P o o r Dad (P la y e r 's T h e a tr e ) as w e ll as Resolved ( D ir e c t o r s ’ P r o je c t at T N C ) . K e r r a ls o p ro d u c e d The Seagull last year, and has assem­ bled a group o f capable actors for her newest project.

by A r ie l D orfm a n upon his return to C hile fo llo w in g the end o f his p olitical exile from the dicta­ torship. During fas­ c is t rule, ou r p ro ­

Eyeglass Theatre A n n a M a t t iu z z o

ta g o n is t P a u lin a 's o p p o s itio n to Pinochet's regim e culminates in her rape by a man whose m em ory insidi­ o u s ly m an ifests it s e lf w ith in her m a rr ia g e to G e r a ld o E s c o b a r (A n d r e w D a v id s o n ), a successful

The tension in the play escalates rapidly as the characters battle with loyalties both personal and political, each w ith an abundant supply o f em o tion al am m unition. C lu tch in g

law yer who deals with war crimes.

Paulina is traumatized by the rape, and th e m e m o ry o f the ra p is t is incarnated in Dr. R oberto M iranda who, by coincindence, is introduced (o r perhaps reintroduced) into their lives. Immediately, Paulina pegs him

the gun w ith w ild -e ye d con viction and a dangerously tremulous voice, Paulina is the embodiment o f frustra­ tion, the type o f frustration that i f left to fester unchecked eventually mani­ fests itself into insanity. In fact, the play is com pelling because it entices

Roberto is not the rapist o f her past.

K areem Fahm y p la y s R oberto. M elan ie-N in on Gauthier is Paulina and A n d re w D avid son assum es the r o le o f G e ra rd o .

Fahmy brings the debatable inno­ cence o f R ob erto to the stage by e v o k in g a certain em pathy in the audience. H e falls to his knees, he begs, his eyes adopt that blood-shot, weary look persecuted innocence.

H e m ade m e think that m ayb e he was some poor d evil w ho just hap­ pened to be one o f those infamous "victim s o f circumstance." Gauthier infuses her character Paulina w ith in d ign an t, u n co m p rom is in g rage.

What impressed me about Gauthier's a ctin g w as her d ra m atic c o n tro l: although she restrained her anger I

got the inkling that beneath that con strain t la y a fu ry hotter than Hades. W hich is p re c is e ly w h y the part o f G erardo served as the bal­ ance between tw o characters w h o e m it such a s in g in g em otional voltage. Gerardo (D avidson) is the proverbial p e a c e-k e e p er and p rojects the appropriate weariness.

H e is tom between his per­ s on al c o d e o f e th ic s , his w i f e and h e r issu es and R o b e r t o , the g u y w h o picked him up by the side o f the ro a d and s u d d en ly became the focus o f his part­ A nd rew D a vid son as G e ra rd o Press Photo ner's zealous conviction. He and M élanie-N inot G a u th ier as Paulina, w a rra n te d m y s y m p a th y , a c to rs . Y o u w i l l be d ra in e d , hands down. absolutely, after watching Death and Paulina is pointing the gun at the M aiden. Y o u w i l l be a s k in g Dr. Roberto Miranda. She is count­ yourself, did he...or didn't he? Is she ing slo w ly to ten... her m ovements nuts...or not? I saw the preview and I b e co m e ja g g e d w ith the e ffo r t o f want to see the rest. I f it isn't already c on strain in g her rabid c o n v ic tio n blatantly clear: I loved it. Y o u w ill that this is the man and he must die. too.

M y palm s b e g in to bead up w ith D e a th and the M a id e n runs s w ea t. T h e ten sio n in this scen e Monday - Saturday at 8:00pm b e tw e e n P a u lin a and R o b e r t o is October 26-31, at M orrice Hall. potent enough to provoke this reac­ Adm ission $8, students $6. F o r tio n . K e r r d e s c r ib e s the p la y an information and reservations call "em otio n ally draining" experience, 398-6600. fo r h erself and particularly fo r the

Touch of Evil: the re-release of a m asterpiece

By Carol Piovesan

W e lle s thought should be made to the final product.

Th e 1958 version o f Touch o f

en t, s w e a ty dru n k w h ile V a r g a s uncovers m ore and m ore evid en ce proving Quinlan to be a corrupt cop.

T h is is an asto n ish in gly w e ll directed and acted film . E m ploying rapid ju m p cuts b etw een Q uinlan

Evil was not only edited by someone other than W elles (Aaron Stell), but was also polluted with extra scenes directed by Harry K eller which were intended to clarify the plot. In 1976, U n iv e r s a l d is c o v e r e d a d d itio n a l fo o ta g e in th eir a rc h iv e s and rereleased the fdm with 15 minutes o f

T h e r e w as n o th in g ad d ed or taken away from the film and only subtle changes were made. The more obvious changes appeared im m edi­ ately in the much-talked-about open­ ing scene, film e d in a nearly fourm inute-long take. T h e film begins with a close up shot o f a bomb which is subsequently placed in the trunk o f a rich A m e ric a n 's car. A s the car crosses the U S -M ex ico border (actu­ ally Venice, C alifornia) a crane shot follo w s it into US territory where it

and V argas, bizarre cam era angles and claustrophobic close ups, W elles uses a variety o f cinem atographic techniques to engage the audience in a tw is te d ta le . In a d d itio n , his sharply d efin ed contrasts betw een light and dark create an eerie three-

A small thin lady draped in a black jacket stands in the distance o f f to the le f t o f th e sc re e n . In response to a bid goodnight she turns her pale white face into the darkness and in a d e e p fo r e ig n v o ic e she declares, "A d ios." The credits role.

It has taken 40 years fo r the d irector's cut o f Touch o f Evil to m ake its w ay into the theatre, but now it's here and it's definitely worth seein g. Orson W e lle s transform ed the script (based on Paul Monash's Badge o f E v il), fr o m a ty p ic a l H o lly w o o d d e te c tiv e story in to a c o m p le x t h r ille r o f m u rd er and police corruption.

The excitement surrounding the re-release o f Touch o f Evil is ground­ ed in the fa c t that p ro d u cer R ic k Schmidlin and editor W alter Murch based their re-editing on a passionate 58-page letter written by W elles to

m o r a lity and ju s tic e . It c e n tre s around a p o w e r stru gg le b etw een A m erican d e te ctive Hank Quinlan (O r s o n W e lle s ) and M e x ic a n

the head o f production at Universal (Edward M uhl), suggesting changes

M inister o f Justice Ram on M igu el "M ik e " Vargas (C harlton H eston).

never-before-seen material. C oined as "the complete uncut restored ver­ sion ," the rev is io n o f this m aster­ piece was never presented to W elles for approval before being distributed on video. It has taken until 1998 for

exp lod es, leavin g behind a trail o f m y s te ry and su sp icio n . I n itia lly , U n iv e r s a l in sisted on h a vin g the credits played during this fundamen­ tal scene, but they have n ow been

the m ovie to be made according to the director's vision.

Touch o f Evil is an intricate tale w h ic h d e a ls w ith the th em es o f This tension is fueled by Quinlan's determination to bring a criminal to justice and Vargas's strict adherence to the la w . T h ro u g h o u t the film , Quinlan, who is revered by his c o l­ leagues, degenerates into an incoher­

p la c e d at the en d o f the m o v ie .

Furthermore, the opening scene is no lo n g e r set to the m usic o f H e n ry Mancini but is enhanced by the over­

dimensional reality. This is o f course without even mentioning the im pec­ cable choreography which smoothly Connects each action.

W h eth er this fin a l re v is io n is exactly how W elles had intended it to be w ill never be known, yet to say this film is anything other than mag­ n ificen t w ou ld be a touch o f non­ sense.

T ou ch o f E v il is playing this month at Cinema du Parc. Go, i f only fo r that opening long take; stay, if only because it's Orson Welles.

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Entertainment

Philip Rubinoff pushes boundaries w ith digital video art B y Ha I

h ave

L e ier

a

GALERIE SCHORER

fin a l

is fie s R u b in o ff’s

m

Im agin e sitting in a tastefully

a

p rod u ct that sat­ critical eye.

decorated room w ith priceless art­

D ig ita l

w o r k h a n g in g on a ll w a lls f o r

art

you r v ie w in g p r iv ile g e and e n jo y ­

has

becom e

m e n t. T h e c a tc h is th a t th e s e

fast g ro w in g and

a

p ie c e s o f " a r t" are n ot w h a t w e

res p e c ta b le fo rm

norm ally con sid er w a ll décor, but

in the art w o rld ,

ra th er tr a n s fo r m in g im a g e s that

and the departure

are c o n sta n tly tw is tin g in to n ew

fr o m tr a d itio n a l

c o n c e p t s an d d e s ig n s , a ll d i s ­

form ats lea ves us

p la y e d on f la t , s t a t e - o f- t h e - a r t

w ith a fre s h and

m onitors. T h is futuristic id ea m ay

in n o v a tiv e n ew

n o t b e fa r o f f , as an in n o v a tiv e

m e d i u m .

C a n a d ia n artis t is n o w p u s h in g

R u b in o ff's w orks

the lim its o f traditional art w ith a

h ave

n ew form k n o w n as d igita l v id e o

h im th e r e p u t a ­

art. P h ilip R u b in o ff has b een on

t io n

the cutting e d g e o f this n ew tech­

international f i g ­

n o l o g y a n d h is e f f o r t s c a n b e

ure in th is r e la ­

Perhaps it all started with Hugh

m anifested its e lf repeatedly in the

v i e w e d at G a l e r i e S c h o r e r in

t iv e ly n e w f i e l d

M acL en n a n ’ s “ H a lifa x E xplosion,

past few years, with film s like Atom

o f w o rk ; current­

1917,” our answer to Titanic north

E g o y a n ’ s The Sweet H ereafter,

ly

h is

o f the border. A ship carrying 3,000

John

sh ow s is tou rin g

tons o f exp losives b low s up in the

in E n g la n d . T h e

H a lifa x port, le v e lin g the city and

w ay

d e fin e

k illin g thousands, and w h at hap­

and v ie w art has

pens? It becom es canonical litera­

NDG. R u b in o ff s w o rk takes on four d iffe re n t and unique form s o f p re ­

DOOR TO THE 21st

sentation. H e b egin s b y selectin g

À rrw G rk ô

a m o v in g im a g e on v id e o tap e,

PHILIP RUBINOFF DVA

d iffe r in g fro m his con tem poraries

Last Night perform s rites

g a rn ered as

one

we

of

an

By Elaine O'C onnor

filmmakers is no different. O u r'collective obsession with calamity has

G r e y s o n ’ s The Hanging Garden, Lynne Stopow ich’ s Kissed, and B ruce M a c D o n a ld ’ s Highway 61 paving the w ay fo r a new renais­ sance in the moribund.

T h e most recent celluloid cata­ strophe, Last Night, ups the ante. In his directorial debut, C an-con god

in th a t h e l i k e s t o u s e a c tu a l film e d fo o ta g e in contrast to c o m ­

placed in fron t o f a lig h t box. T h e b r ig h t n e s s an d th e c o n t r a s t o f

b e e n s lo w ly c h a n g in g o v e r the cen tu ry, and d ig ita l art p ro m ises

puter gen erated im ages. F ro m this

colou rs m ake this fo rm a particu­

to b e th e n e x t b ig th in g f o r a ll

ture. Sin ce then, C anadian artists have been obsessed with represent­ in g d e a th and d is a s te r. T h e r e

v id e o , h e s e le c ts a fr a m e and

la r f a v o r it e . T h e p rin ts s e em to

interested in com b in in g tech n olo­

appears to be som ething distinctly

D on M c K e lla r goes w h ole hog and

ta k e on a l i f e o f th e ir o w n and lig h t up the w h o le room sim ilar to

g y a n d b e a u ty in t o a s tu n n in g

Canadian about having things b low

brings the A p o c a ly p s e to T o ro n to

v a r ia t io n o f th e c u s to m p h o t o ­

th e w a y s ta in e d g la s s w in d o w s

up in you r fa c e and w a llo w in g in self-pity afterwards. W hether it’ s an

(som ething many a M ontrealer may

graph.

b e g in s to c re a te a d y n a m ic and orig in a l p iece. " W h i l e w o r k in g w ith th es e im a g e s o n s c r e e n , as th e v i d e o

s h im m e r in th e sun's ra y s . T h e

r o l l s fo r w a r d , I

fin a l fo r m is a

w ill see an im age

v id e o - g r a p h ic

th a t

p h o to

v ir t u a lly

s h o u ts

essentially

out

'F r e e z e ! ' A t th is

p u t t in g

p o in t,

im a g e

I

p r in t,

fra m e

th e on

to

have wished for).

Last Night explores the bizarre

national scale or just a self-fu lfilling

r itu a ls o f d y in g in a t y p i c a l l y

v ic t im - p o s it io n

à la

Canadian fashion. T h e film calm ly

M a rg a re t A t w o o d ’ s Survival, our

documents the intersecting lives o f

arts and culture all point to this sim ­

characters as they liv e out their last

ple fact: Canadians like death.

T h e current pack o f Canadian

C ontinued on page 20

p ro p h e c y

paper.

g ra b the p ic tu re and b egin to d ig ­

R u b i n o f f 's

it iz e and/or alter

art is sim ila r to

th e p ic t u r e in a

tak in g a p h o to ­ grap h and c o n ­

m u lt it u d e

D o o r T o T h e 21st, the work o f Philip Rubinoff, is showing at Galerie Schorer, 5685 Monkland Ave., until November 3.

inborn tendency to m orbidity on a

of

t o r t in g

it

to

w a y s u s in g m y v id e o palette until it b eco m es the

r e fle c t a d rea m se q u e n c e . T h e

c r e a t iv e c o m p o s it io n th at I am

contrast b etw een rea lity and artis­

strivin g fo r ," explain s R u b in o ff.

t ic c r e a t io n is b lu r r e d a n d th e

F ro m these fr e e z e fram es he

com b in ation produces rich, o r ig i­

d e ve lo p s a picture on to a 35m m

nal im a ges splashed w ith colou r.

slid e, w h ere it is transform ed into o n e o f th re e s ta tic p re s e n ta tio n

T h e p ieces can range fro m texture p h o to g ra p h y to in t e r p r e t i v e

fo r m s . T h e f ir s t fo r m in v o lv e s

e x p r e s s io n is m . " T h e y m a y b e

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Sw eeny fronts fresh folk at the Folie B y T yler H argreaves

M ik e

v io lin ,

M ontreal. H e cites B ob D ylan and

released tw o inde­

S teven L e w is on le a d gu itar, and

W o o d s w o rth

R ob ert Johnson as the single great­

pendent C D s that

Leon ard C oh en w as lo o busy to resp on d to A n d r e w S w e e n y 's

M ega n Backner singing harmonies.

e s t in f lu e n c e s on h is o r ig in a l

circulate through­

music, but traces o f blues, ja z z and

out M on trea l and

invitation to his last show, but M r.

s tr e n g th s to o u r g r o u p ,"

says

o ld c o u n t r y s w in g a re e v id e n t

is on the brink o f

C o h e n b e w a re , y o u 'v e g o t som e

S w een y, d escrib in g his ensem ble.

throughout his playing. T h e in flu ­

rele a s in g a third.

"E a c h

on

b r in g s

d iffe r e n t

p o te n tia lly s e rio u s c o m p e titio n .

H e n otes W o o d s w o r th 's S u zu k i-

ence o f his M c G ill education on his

N o t bad fo r a boy

Th is tw enty-seven year old singer-

tr a in e d v i o l i n p la y in g , L e w i s 's

songs is eviden t in the strong role

fr o m s m a ll-to w n

songw riter has spent the last couple o f years m ak ing his w a y through

g i v e n to e v o c a t i v e p o e t r y and im a g e - la d e n ly r ic s . F o r h im , "Literature and poetry are as much

Ontario.

Sitting in the

the lo c a l m usic scene. H is latest

experien ce as a N ew fo u n d lan d fo lk s in g e r , an d B a c k n e r 's s o o t h in g v o ic e . A f t e r p la y in g a six m onth

m u s ic a l in c a r n a tio n (n o lo n g e r

g ig at C a fé S a r a je v o e a r lie r this

a part o f m y son gw ritin g as m usic."

S lo w M o s e s ) is a folkish group o f

y e a r w ith W o o d s w o r t h , S w e e n y

H is jou rn ey through M ontreal

in g him p erform ,

fo u r, le a d b y his ac o u stic g u itar

has taken on a d ifferen t con figu ra­

perform an ces has seen him b ille d

on e is ca lm ed by

playing. This yet-untitled c o lle c tiv e is beginning to play w eek ly g igs at

tion and m oved next door.

w ith E n g lis h

W a in w righ t, K ate M c G a rrig le and

the F o lie Sarajevo, right next door

Literature at M c G ill, and since his

M a c k M a c k en zie and g o t him on ­

his confident man­ F o lk e d u p at th e f o l i e Unis Narun ner and distinctive o f the chords at your feet. Sw eeny's v o ic e . T h e c o ld , sm ok y b ar-room

to the C a fé S a ra je v o on T u esd a y

tim e at M c G ill he has b een v e ry

s ta g e w it h f o r m e r D o o r s k e y ­

m e lt s a w a y w h e n f a c e d b y th e

nights. T h e y also have occasion al

a c tiv e in the cabaret and Y A W P !

b o a rd is t R a y M a n z a re k and San

w arm shining triads he coaxes out

s in g b r ig h t ly . L is t e n in g to h im

g igs c plann ed around to w n at T h e

scene in M o n tre a l. P la y in g at the

F r a n c is c o B e a t le g e n d M ic h a e l

his the guitar. T h e b ou n ce o f his

p la y in g , it is d iffic u lt to w o n d e r

Y e llo w D oo r, R e gg ie 's , T h e A lle y

Y A W P ! shows a llo w e d S w een y to

M cC lu re. H e has perform ed liv e on

w r is t a c ro s s the g u ita r 's b r id g e

w h y he's n o t o n -s ta g e w ith B o b

and Brutopia.

d evelo p a unique style and exposed

C K U T and g ets som e a irp la y on

soothes the c o ld steel strings and

D y la n , o r e v e n L e o n a r d C o h e n .

h is

l o c a l c o l l e g e s ta tio n s . H e has

ensures the gen tle lapping rhythm

G iv e him a couple years.

T h is n e w g ro u p c o n s is ts o f

S w een y

t a le n t to

s tu d ie d

m any

p e o p le

in

R u fu s

an d

M a r th a

musty confines o f the F o lie w a tc h ­

grace w ith a guitar makes the w o o d

The end of the world, writ Canadian vaguely cosm ological. There are no

in the film , Patrick is held hostage at

all o f his strange sexual fantasies,

partying in the streets. Out o f this

scenes o f governm ent aides scram­

his p aren ts’ suburban hom e fo r a

hours on earth. Pitch a H o lly w o o d

sleeping with everything that m oves

chaos M c K e lla r pulls both laughter

b lin g arou n d tr y in g to a v e r t the

Last Supper cum (albeit aseasonal)

execu tive the same idea and y o u ’ ll

(o r

and p o ig n a n t e p ip h a n ie s w h ic h

in evitab le. T h e p rem ise is sim ple.

Christmas dinner. M c K e lla r ’ s w rit­

end up with a script remarkably like

Duncan, the gas company executive

serve as secular last rites, d ign ifyin g

in g is s u b tle but sharp, and his

ID 4: hero fights fo r life, hero saves

Y o u are goin g to die. W hat do you do?

(D a v id C ronenberg) thanks each o f

the hum an e x p e r ie n c e o f d y in g .

m ovie documents the last six hours

humanity, hero averts disaster at last

his customers before he terminates

Shot in the eerie y e llo w ligh t o f a

W hat M c K e lla r does is w e a v e

o f civilization with w it and sensitiv­

possible mom ent, everyon e cheers,

s e r v ic e , b e c o m in g th e v o i c e o f

presum ably pre-n ova sun, the film

togeth er a frig h ten in g and p recise

ity. In their last hours, people reveal

r o le

c r e d it,

m o ra l a u th o rity in the film . H is

is surreal, otherw orldly, and at the

y e t s u r p r is in g ly h u m o u ro u s and

themselves as they truly are. His sis­

M c K e lla r’ s end-of-the-world epic is about as anti-sensational as you can

w ife, a stranded Sandra (Sandra O h)

to u c h in g f ilm . B o th w r it e r and

te r J e n n ife r (a t y p ic a lly in s ip id

races across the city trying to reach

same tim e com pletely normal. K ind o f like the Canadian psyche.

director, he also stars in the film as

Sarah P o lle y ) is, surprise, back with

get. In fact, the film works prim arily

him, yet ends up at Patrick’ s apart­

P a tr ic k

y o u r t y p ic a l

h er e x - b o y f r ie n d b e fo r e the b ig

because M c K e lla r refuses to mar it

ment spoiling (and saving) his final

Toronto G en -X loner, w h o wants to

b an g. H is b e st fr ie n d C r a ig (th e

with sci-fi schlock. The cause o f the

plans.

face the end alone. It’ s not to be. In

s c e n e - s t e a lin g

K e it h

a p oca ly p se is om itted : som eth in g

S u ic id e , m u rd e r, m a d n e s s ,

what are perhaps the funniest scenes

Rennie) makes a mad dash to fulfill

drunkenness, violence, anarchy, and

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M a rtle t so cce r on a te a r a s th e y p a ste P a trio te s 5-0 . .

■ •________________________ K A n n H n h v n f f n ^ m P a o ^ i n s t B i s h o o ' s McGill rides six game winning streak into first round playoff game against Bishop s b een d iffic u lt , t xt ___ i i_lV/fi/-If;alAor MQritrd\h p f i< i e= l*d T e rah Srn om p h ie h L.P a.n b r(o m C heryl L e e . N aya r scored her sec­ R iv iè r e s g o a lk e e p e r f o r the firs t

By T he M inh L uong

g o a l. T h e M a rtle ts in c re a s ed the s o c c e r te a m is h e a d in g in to the

le a d to 2 -0 t w e l v e m in u te s la te r , w h e n

p la y o ffs on a roll. T h e y hammered

J u lia S c ra s e c a p p e d

the visiting T ro is-R ivières Patriotes

o f f a play set up by a

5 -0 on F r id a y , and c ru s h e d the U Q A M Citadins 6-0 last Thursday

beautiful curving pass

T h e streaking M c G ill M artlets

to finish the season in second place in the Q u eb ec U n iv e r s ity S o c c e r Leagu e w ith a 9-1-2 record.

U Q T R had given M c G ill prob­

fin is h in g ,”

Patriotes p ro ved to be a total m is­

p ro v e d to b e as o n e ­

m a tc h . T h e M a r tle ts s e e m e d to

sided as the first, with

h a v e p o s s e s s io n o f th e b a ll f o r

alm ost all o f the play

e v e r y m in u te a fte r th e o p e n in g

con sis tin g o f M c G ill p o s s e s s io n in th e UQ TR

h a lf o f

w in yesterday,” said M c G ill coach

fie ld .

M a r c M o u n ic o t. “ T h e o p p o s in g

b a c k fie ld ,

through a tough stretch in the m id ­

The

th e

M a r t le t le d

N a ya r,

by

team w as w e a k , so the in te n s ity

Shaw ,

le v e l w as a b it lo w , but the g irls

J u lie L a u r in e a s ily

played extrem ely w e ll.”

M c G i l l to o k the le a d in the

c o n t a in e d

less lo o k in g shot fr o z e the T ro is -

s ix g a m e s in a r o w a fte r g o in g

the M a rtle ts , e x te n d in g th eir opponent’ s goal-less streak to

nice to see that w e ’ re startin g to fin is h o f f

ranked M artlets and cellar-d w ellin g

D efen der Kiran N a ya r’ s harm­

com posed o f rookies, has now w on

U n iversity, got the shutout fo r

c a p ta in

our plays w e ll.”

T h e s e co n d h a lf

2nd minute and never loo k ed back.

transfer student from Q ueen’ s

s a id

A m a n d a S h aw . “ I t ’ s

whistle. “ W e w ere com in g o f f a strong

be a problem fo r the M artlets. The

but w e ’ v e had trouble

played to a draw in their previous e n c o u n te r in T r o i s - R i v i è r e s .

M o ls o n Stadium b etw een the 7th-

g oalie had no chance to stop.

D aw n D e ll’ A gn ese, a

con trolling the games,

M a r t le t

matchup at

b eca u se w e ’ re s p en d in g m ost o f

from E va M elam ed. “ W e ’ ve been

lem s earlier in the season, as they

H o w e v e r , the second

ond goal o f the gam e a minute later

an d

M ela m ed p o w e rs M c G ill to v ic to ry

our tim e attacking.”

C on fid en ce no lon ger seems to team , m ore than h a lf o f w h ich is

fiv e games. She w asn’ t tested

dle o f the season. “ T h e w h o le te a m is g e ttin g

o fte n , but w as sharp on the

alon g and co m in g togeth er W ell,”

f e w shots the P a trio te s w e re

said Shaw. “ I f w e keep p layin g the

able to put on net.

D e ll’ A g n e s e and veteran

w ay w e are right now , w e ’ ve g ot a

D eb ra K e itz k e h a ve sp lit the

N ation als. W e ’ v e just g o t to stay

goalkeepin g duties this season, but the latter w ill get the nod

focused.”

T h e M a r t le t s w i l l p la y the

f o r th e p l a y o f f s d u e to h er

B i s h o p ’ s G a ite r s th is F r id a y at

experience.

M c G i l l d o m in a t e d th is

M o ls o n S ta d iu m in the Q u e b e c

gam e, but they w o n ’ t have so

both gam es during the regular sea­

e a s y a tim e in the p l a y o f f s

s o n , b u t B i s h o p ’ s is a m u c h -

w h e n th e y w i l l f a c e m u c h to u g h e r o p p o s it io n .

im proved team.

A successful run in the p la y ­

N everth eless, w ith ev ery b o d y healthy and accustom ed to the

o ffs w ill h ave M c G ill lo o k in g to upset tw o -tim e d efen d in g Q uebec

league, the team is loo k in g its

Cham pions L a v a l and to return to

Patrick Fok

anem ic offence.

M e la m e d , th e g a m e ’ s M V P

on a long, high shot from m idfield,

strongest at this point. “ T h e y ’ re n o w p la y in g l i k e I w a n t th e m t o , ’ s ta te d

scored M c G ill’ s third g o a l in the 52nd m inute on a n ifty pass fro m

g iv in g M c G ill a com m anding 4-0 lead.

M o u n ic o t. “ W e ’ re not c o n ce d in g goals lik e w e did earlier on. W e ve

UQTR’s

to d eal w ith la te ly

capped o f f the scoring in the 83rd minute w ith a scorching blast f r o m 20 y a rd s ou t th a t th e

g o o d c h a n c e t o m a k e it t d th e

s e m ifin a ls . T h e M a r tle ts s w e p t

the N ation al Championships.

McGill flat against Gee-Gees in '98 hockey season opener Capital effort by Ottawa seals Redmen's doom in 5-2 victory at McConnell Winter Arena

By Jeremy K uzmarov_____________ T h e R e d m e n d re s s in g r o o m

the w ay was the dynam ic G ee-G ees

it doesn’ t mean much since w e lost.

defen sive corps, w h ich demonstrat­

It’ s a real dow ner.”

M c G ill can take som e solace

ed its o ffe n s iv e fla ir on the pow er-

w as f ille d w ith g lo o m y e y e s and

p la y .

d e je c t e d

a ft e r th e te a m

Tapanja and veteran Richard

dropped its hom e opener b y a 5-2

V a l l e e t o o k tu rn s b e a t in g

m argin to the O ttawa G ee-G ees last

R e d m e n g o a lte n d e r Jarro d

W e d n e s d a y . F o llo w in g a p a ir o f

D an iel w ith a pair o f b o o m ­

tie s o v e r the w e e k e n d , the team

in g s h o ts fr o m th e p o in t.

P la y m a k in g fo r w a r d D arrin

fa c e s

n ow stands at 0-1-2.

C om in g into the gam e, M c G ill

R o o k ie

opening day disappointm ent behind

fo r their first v ictory o f the season

F o u r n ie r

back,

th e

when they host the R yerson Ram s Friday.

Coming up this week W omen's Soccer Q SSF Playoff Martlets vs. Bishop's, Friday October 30th, 6 :3 0 pm

N em e c ek was another stand­ out, and ta llie d three assists

fro m its strong pre-season show ing

on the night.

T h e lone bright spot fo r

the right track.

That scenario didn’ t play out.

T h e R edm en cam e out lacking

4 ties.

T h e y w ill continue their quest

W it h

R ic h a r d

was hoping to carry the m om entum and start o f f the regular season on

R edm en w ill be hoping to put their

th e R e d m e n w a s fre s h m e n L e n n y - J o G o u d r e a u fr o m L o r r a in e ,

Q u eb ec,

who

the intensity and spark w ith w hich

s c o r e d b o th o f th e t e a m ’ s

they are capable o f p layin g. A s a

goals. Late in the first period,

r e s u lt o f t h e ir s u b -p a r e f f o r t s ,

G o u d rea u r o o fe d a lo o s e

M c G i l l w a s m a n h a n d le d b y the

p u ck in th e s lo t p ast s w ift

G ee-G ees all ov e r the ice. “ T h ey out hit us, outskated us,

O t t a w a n e t - m in d e r P a o lo D e lla B ella , w h o p la y ed fo r

outhustled us, and g e n e ra lly ou t­

S w it z e r la n d in th e W o r l d

p l a y e d us in a ll a s p e c ts o f th e

Ju n ior C h a m p io n s h ip s last

gam e,” said R edm en assistant cap­

in the fact that w ere m issing team

them, and raise their le v e l o f play

ta in M a tth ie u D a r c h e , “ I d o n ’ t

winter.

Goudreau’ s second e ffo rt was

m ean to sound o v e rco n fid e n t, but

what m any h o ck ey p layers w o u ld

c ap tain L u c F o u rn ie r. T h e fifth -

th ere’ s no w a y w e should lo s e to

ch aracterize as a g ift. H a n d lin g a

yea r stalw art fro m L e v is , Q u eb ec

in upcom ing games.

T h e c o n fid e n c e l e v e l o f the

that team. W e just d idn’ t show up

dum p-in fro m behind the net, the n o r m a lly f l a w l e s s D e l l a B e lla

u p set last Su nday at the M c G i l l

tonight. S om e guys had exam s to

was serving the second o f his threegam e suspension incurred in a hit­

b lin d ly cleared the puck on to the

Invitational o f the U Q T R Patriotes,

w o r r y a b o u t, b u t th a t’ s ju s t n o

ting from -behind call against R M C

forech eckin g Goudreau’ s stick. N o t

in last Saturday’ s pre-season tour­

th e s e c o n d r a n k e d te a m in th e

excu se. T h e O tta w a p la y ers h a ve school to w orry about too.”

T h e k ey to victory fo r the G ee-

o n e to lo o k a g i f t p u c k in th e mouth, the M c G ill rook ie took the

nament. “ I ’ m v e r y d is a p p o in te d that

nation.

T h e R e d m e n h a d a g o ld e n

puck and easily flip p e d it into the

the r e f called that a match penalty,

oppotunity to bounce back o v e r the

G ees was their ability to cash in on

em pty net. “ Y o u d on ’ t get m any lik e that

w eek en d as they carried 3-1 leads

th e c h ip p y p la y o f th e R e d m e n .

it r e a lly w as not w e ll d e s e rv e d ,” said R e d m e n h ead co a c h M a rtin

three p ow er play goals.

W it h n o in d iv id u a l stars to

at this le v e l," said Goudreau after

R aym on d after the infraction took

in to the third p e rio d against both the Lauentian V oyageu rs and Y o rk

the gam e. “ Sure, I w as excited to

place. “ It hurts to have our captain

Y eom en .

have scored tw o goa ls in m y first

M c G ill squad c o lla p s e d and and

rely on, O ttaw a’ s production cam e

out o f the line-up. W e ’ re counting

regular season gam e at M c G ill, but

on him to show som e leadership.”

w ere forced to settle fo r a pair o f 4-

from a variety o f sources. L ead in g

O ttaw a was able to score a total o f

B o is v e rt heads u p ic e in season o p e n e r

lanis Narun

Redbird Basketball Tournament All Gam es at Currie Gym Redmen vs. UBC, Friday October 30th, 7:00 p.m., Redmen vs.

Acadia, Saturday October 31 st, 3 :0 0 p.m., Redmen vs. Guelph, Sunday November 1st, 3:00 p.m.

Martlets vs. Brock, Friday October 30th, 5 :0 0 p.m., Martlets vs. UNB Saturday October 31 st, 5 :0 0 p.m., Martlets vs. Concordia, Sunday November 1st, 5 :0 0 p.m.

Semi-Final Playoff - Redmen Rugby vs. Concordia, Sunday November 1st, 2 :0 0 pm at Rutherford Parc

squad is still v e ry high as the near­

The

in e x p e r ie n c e d

Swimming meet : Tri-meet October 30th, 3:30-7:30 at the Currie Gymnasium Pool. McGill, Montreal, and Brock will com­ pete.

Football Redmen vs. Carleton, Saturday, October 31 st, 1:30 p.m. at Molson Stadium.

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Soccer Redm en blanked again B y Ike O mambala

r a n g e , w h ic h w a s f r a n t i c a l l y cleared o f f the line. T h e clearance

o p p o r t u n it y

to

score.

McGill wins regatta

T h e M c G ill R e d m e n handed

was co lle c te d by R edm en d efen der

in th e ir se co n d s u c c e s s iv e g o a l­

D a v id S im o n w h o v o l l e y e d the

the k eeper, cou ld o n ly shoot into

le s s p e r fo r m a n c e at th e M o ls o n

ball just o v e r the bar.

the side netting. S ix m inutes later,

Stadium on F riday night, fa ilin g to

th e U Q T R

fo r w a r d

sent

team in a disappointing draw.

G a s p a rrin i, w h o in sta n tly

c r a s h in g

T h e la s t ten m in u te s saw crosses fro m the hom e

a d o p t c la s s ic a w a y - f r o m - h o m e

te a m

r a in in g

in

on

U Q T R p e n a lt y a re a , but

a llo w e d M c G ill to h old possession

they w ere dealt w ith c o m ­

outside the last third o f the pitch;

f o r t a b l y b y th e v is it o r s .

gaps le ft in the hom e defen ce.

The R ed m en s ta rt a n o th e r d rive on th e ir way to a 0-0 tie

PatFok

Then, a m inute fro m tim e, the righ t caused m ayhem in

T h e p r e s e n c e o f th e lo n e

T h e U Q T R fo r w a r d , A n in y ,

th e U Q T R g o a lm o u t h , th e b a ll

U Q T R f o r w a r d , H a t im A n in y ,

alone upfront, continued to cause

b e in g c le a r e d o f f the lin e th ree

w h o had b o th s k ill and p a c e in

p roblem s fo r the R edm en d efen d ­

abundance, m eant that w h ile tr y ­

ers because o f his electric pace. In

had m anaged to com e aw ay w ith a

in g % fin d the k e y to u n lock the

the 28th minute, his run was p re­

creditable p oin t aw ay from home.

U Q 'T R

d e fe n c e ,

th e

R edm en

m a tu r e ly e n d e d b y S im o n w h o re c e iv e d a caution fo r his m isd e­

disconsolate after the gam e. C oach

back.

meanor.

Pat R aim on d o was not at all happy

T h e R e d m e n w e r e s e e in g p le n ty o f the b a ll, but c o u ld not

T o w a rd s the end o f the half, the R edm en began to throw m ore

produce any scoring opportunities

m en

w ith the perform ance. “ I ’ m d is a p p o in te d w ith the p erform an ce e s p e c ia lly since that

or decent service from the flanks.

d e fe n s iv e unit d e a lt c o m fo r ta b ly

m akes tw o gam es that w e h a ven ’ t

The U Q TR

w ith th e pressu re. T w o m in u tes

s c o r e d ,” s a id R a im o n d o . “ T h is

b e fo r e th e b re a k , a p u ll on the

res u lt m ean s w e ’ re s tr u g g lin g a

d e fe n c e

com pact dow n

w as v e ry

th e m id d le .

It

seem ed clear that the R ed m en had to u t i l iz e th e f u l l w id th o f th e pitch and g et around the Patriotes to put in crosses from the by-line.

b u t th e

s h ir t o f R e h a n A l i as he w e n t th rou gh on g o a l p ro d u c ed a fre e k ick fo r the R edm en.

L in e d

up

by

K e v in

T h e firs t corn er o f the gam e

M c C o n n e l l , th e s h o t w a s w e l l

cam e in the 23rd m inute fo r the

struck fro m 30 yards out, but right at the U Q T R keeper.

R e d m e n , p ro d u c in g the firs t rea l g o a lm o u th a c tio n . R e d m e n f o r ­

T h e second h a lf w as m ore o f

w ard Jam ie W a ts o n m et the b a ll

the sam e and w ith 15 minutes le ft

w ith a h e a d e r fr o m p o in t-b la n k

on the clock , the Patriotes had an

D ic e y w a te r c o n d itio n s a s id e , a

ly fu e lle d b y a p rep on d eran ce o f

b e a u t ifu l f a l l d a y p r o v i d e d an

national team row ers, should make

e x c e lle n t b ackdrop fo r w hat was,

the fin al race o f the season at E lk

lig h tw e ig h t scu ller G en M eredith.

A s ilv e r m e d a lis t in V ic t o r ia in

m e d a ls , w h ile the s e c o n d - p la c e

1 9 9 7 , M e r e d it h is e x p e c t e d to

team fie ld e d by the U n ive rs ity o f

bring hom e the g o ld at this y ea r’ s

Toron to-M ississau ga Campus gar­ nered four.

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Invitational, the turnout was tw ice

T o d d C arson, B rad Sasnuk, Paul

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the s ize o f the sp raw lin g array o f trailers and boats at the Basin.

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In a sim ilar vein, certain race entries. “ N in e t e e n n o v ic e w o m e n ’ s b o a ts is a h u g e f i e l d , ” n o te d Sturgess. “ E s p ecially fo r a regatta o f this size.”

T h o se numbers, cou p led w ith

G o o d r ic h ,

a gusting cross/tailwind that played

C a ro lin e A n th ia n , H annah H o a g ,

h a v o c w ith c re w s at the starting

and A ly s o n Byrd.

T h e same team

gates (necessitating a fe w botched

also captured the lightw eight eight.

Other mem bers w ou ld g o on to w in

“ flo a t in g ” starts), had o rg a n izers

| the lig h tw e ig h t w o m e n ’ s four, the

sm oothly w ith a schedule that ran,

J lig h t w e ig h t w o m e n ’ s s in g le , the

at times, a fu ll hour behind.

o p e n w o m e n ’ s s in g le , an d the heavy m en ’ s four.

struggling to keep the races goin g

N onetheless, fo r the 5 a.m. set w h ose seasons ended Saturday, it

M e n ’ s h e a v y e ig h t p o w e r ­

was a fin e conclusion to tw o grind­

house Ben Storey, a P hD student in

in g m o n th s o f h a rd w o r k and c h illy early m orning rows.

b io lo g y and m em b er o f C anada’ s t r a v e llin g fu r th e r w e s t than his

Q u e e n ’ s v a r s it y lig h tw e ig h t w o m e n ’ s coach R . J. W . W atson,

n a tiv e W h ite h o rs e in tw o w e e k s

w h o s e c r e w p la c e d s e c o n d on

| tim e as M c G ill sends its top crew s

Saturday,- was e ffu siv e about being

to V ic to ria , B .C . fo r the N ation a l

invited to M ontreal fo r the regatta.

C h a m p io n s h ip s . F e l l o w m e n ’ s e ig h t p o w e r h o u s e P au l S tu rgess

“ T h e e v e n t is fab u lou s e v e n th o u g h th e w e a t h e r c o n d it io n s

w a s o p tim is tic abou t the c r e w ’ s

today w ere a d efin ite factor fo r the

ch a n c es at th e N a tio n a ls , g iv e n

com p etitors,’’ said W atson. “ But it

their perform ance Saturday.

still was a great day fo r row in g.”

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T h e team features Paul Sturgess,

h e a v y w o m e n ’ s e ig h t. T h e m a r­ qu ee e ig h t team w as m ad e up o f

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W it h c o m p e t in g

u n d e fe a te d h e a v y m e n ’ s e ig h t.

A ls o

The Redmen start their play­ o ff run against UQ AM on the road next week.

A ls o c ro s sin g the fin is h lin e first at the M c G ill Invitational was

staged by M c G ill, saw M artlet and

M c G i l l c r e w s c o m p e t in g in the

bit, but w e should be able to m ake a run in the p la y o ffs .”

L ak e an excitin g one.

R e d m e n c r e w s c a p tu re s ix g o ld

the continued success o f M c G ill’ s

T h e R e d m e n p la y e rs lo o k e d

UQTR

fo r w a r d ,

H o w e v e r , th e U n iv e r s it y o f V ic to ria crew , which is traditional­

T h e b ig story o f the day was

tim es in qu ick succession. U Q T R

w o u ld have to stay on alert at the

to be best in the country.”

O ly m p ic B asin last Saturday fo r the M c G i l l In v ita tio n a l R e g a tta .

T h e regatta, the la rge s t e v e r

a R e d m e n f r e e k ic k fr o m

this up w e should be in the running

h igh w in d s and w h iteca p s at the

by all measures, a hu gely success| fu l event.

th e

tactics. B y d efen din g deep, U Q T R

the v is ito r s w o u ld try to e x p lo it

Som e 400 com petitors braved

rec e iv e d a y e llo w card.

the U Q T R head coach ch oosin g to

“ W e did a great jo b out there today,” said Sturgess. “ I f w e keep

by

e s ta b lis h e d fr o m the o ffs e t w ith

as the R e d m e n m o v e d ou tw ard s,

B y S ean Jo r d a n

w as

b eat a s o m e w h a t p a s s iv e U Q T R T h e pattern o f the gam e w as

Rowers place first at the '98 McGill Invitational

A n in y

chased d ow n a short back-pass but rea ch in g the b all d ir e c tly b e fo re

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M artlets crushed by Carabins in three sets

By C hristian Lander T h e M c G i l l M a r t le t s w e r e

N a t a lie H a r tle n an d C a th e r in e

Carabin domination.

M ic h a u d ,

an older, m ore e x p e ri­

but

it

was not enough as

enced

U n iv e r s ity o f M o n tre a l C ara bin s

M o n t r e a l c r u is e d

coach

f o r the s e c o n d tim e in as m an y weeks.

lo o k i n g to a v o i d l o s i n g t o th e

T h e ir first m eetin g cam e at the

ritory.

“We

“ T h e Carabins are t e a m ,”

s a id

h ave

th e h e ig h t an d

strength,” said B éliveau w h o seems to

h ave

b o th

p e r s o n ifie d

in

R a c h è le

Lap oin te. “ U n fortunately, We lack

to a 15-8 w in in the

B é liv e a u . “ T h e ir c o n ­

the agility and experien ce to really

first set.

The

s is te n c y and m atu rity

co m p ete

r e a lly s h o w e d against us.”

M ontreal.”

- F or the rem ainder o f the third set, M on treal really show ed the dis­ parity betw een the tw o teams. T h e

secon d

w it h

a

te a m

l ik e

M c G i l l in v i t a t i o n a l la s t w e e k w h e re the M a rtle ts lo s s k n o ck e d

set w as w o n 15-7 b y th e C a r a b in s ,

them out o f con tention fo r a g o ld

b u t th e M a r t le t s

The th ir d set lo o k e d p r o m is in g as

m edal game.

s h o w e d im p r o v e ­

M c G i l l to o k the fir s t

C ara bin s d id n ’ t le t a b a ll hit the

m en t d e s p it e th e

point and the on ly lead

ground, excep t i f it w as g o in g out

M o n tre a l g o t out to an ea rly start after they qu ick ly to ok possession

score. T h e y w e re

th e y w o u ld h a v e a ll

o f bounds. T h e ir b all con trol was

a b le

fo r c e

d a y . F r o m th e r e th e

fa r s u p e rio r to M c G i l l and th e y

aw ay from M c G ill then scored on a

M o n tre a l to m ake

Carabins rattled o f f ten

M a r t l e t e r r o r . F r o m th e r e , th e

p o s it io n in g

sucessive points before

w ere able to put the set aw ay 15-6, and the match aw ay 3-0.

Carabins ro lle d out six points in a

h it t in g e r r o r s b y

r o w b e fo re M c G ill cou ld m anage

sp read in g the b all

to score.

all o v e r the court.

In the firs t set last Saturday,

to

an d

a M o n tre a l M a r t le t s s t r u g g le w it h C a r a b in s f r o n t lin e

M ontreal m ixed a com bination o f s o lid b lo c k in g and d evastating spikes to push the lead to 12-3. T h e

play set in fo r the M artlets as they f in a lly m a d e b ig b lo c k s a g a in s t

M artlets m ounted a m odest co m e ­

M on treal’ s im posing front line.

N a ta lie H a rtle n s h o w e d her

SPO R TS briefs DASHED

“ W e need to w ork on ball con­

M c G ill

trol m ore than anything else,”p$aid B éliveau after the gam e. “ W e m ade

T h e h igh ligh t o f the set cam e

a lo t o f m is ta k e s ou t th ere , but

e d a s p ik e w it h th e s c o r e 3 -1 .

U n fortunately, the second set was

on the th ird p o in t f o r M c G i l l as

w e ’ re a youn g team, that’ s expect­

th ir d

m ainly m ade up o f a fe w b ig plays

L a p o in te to o k a s o ft v o l l e y and

ed. T o beat a team lik e M o n tre a l w e need to play a g o o d consistent

fro m

spiked it dow n hard in Carabin ter­

gam e o f v o lle y b a ll, and w e d idn’ t

M c G ill,

and

c o n tin u e d

t e c h n iq u e

Anouk

Sharon H ow ard scored the double

to score a sin gle point all season.

M c G i l l s w im s it s w a y t o

N ex t Sunday the first place M c G ill

tw o t it l e s

12 p o in ts an d

10

te a m w i l l h o s t a p l a y o f f g a m e

rebounds.

T h e M a r tle ts b o u n c e d rig h t b lo w o u t 62-42 w in o v e r G uelph.

is h e d th ird in a f ie ld o f fo u r at

T h e team was led behind the scor­

a g a in s t O tta w a at

In Saturday’ s m eet at U Q T R

1 p. m . on b o th

M acdonald Campus.

th e m e n ’ s an d w o m e n ’ s

M c G ill teams cam e up w ith vic to ­

H o c k e y R ed m en t ie t w ic e , M a r t l e t s s p l it g a m e s

ries.

T h e men tallied 187 points,

M ik e

in g o f C y n th ia S a n ta m a ria and

Preston w ou ld co m e a w a y w ith a

M a r g o H e s s in g -L e w is w h o each

n e e d e d a g r e a t d e a l o f h e lp to

2-1 record with all o f his matches

scored nine points. A lis o n Schafer

T h e R e d m e n le d 3-1 g o in g

A lla rd on all o f his events and was

m a k e th e O - Q I F C p l a y o f f s th is

g o in g the full fiv e gam es.

A s the

and Sharon H ow ard controlled the

in t o th e th ird a g a in s t Y o r k on

named m ale sw im m er o f the meet.

season and they did not get it this

f i f t h s e e d o n th e M c G i l l te a m ,

boards as th ey each g ra b b ed six

Saturday when they collap sed and

H e won g o ld in the 200 m eter indi­

p a s t w e e k e n d . L o n g - t i m e r iv a l

Preston’ s record was a high point

rebounds.

had to settle fo r a 4-4 tie.

A n dre

v id u a l m e d le y , th e 2 0 0 m e t e r

Q u e e n ’ s G o ld e n G a e ls fa ile d to

fo r the team. A ls o , first seed Jason

P lo u r d ,

D a v id

breast stroke, the 200 m eter butter­

d e fe a t the L a v a l R o u g e et O r on

F r e id m a n h e lp e d

Sunday and subsequently elim in at­

c a u s e w it h a 2-1 r e c o r d .

T h e M c G i l l F o o t b a ll te a m

In d iv id u a lly ,

year

d o u b le w ith

ment o f the year, the R edm en fin ­ T o ro n to .

m is ta k e

g iv e

ow n aggressive play as she rocket­

back from the loss with Saturday ‘ s

R ed m en p l a y o f f h o p es

w o u ld

their second point.

A m o r e a g g r e s s iv e s ty le o f

back, w ith som e great serves from

Inime stein

th e R e d m e n

T h e S u n d a y g a m e a g a in s t

w ith

secon d

p la c e

g o in g

to

M ontreal w h o on ly had 76. D avid

D a v id G r e n ie r ,

B r o c k w o u ld g i v e th e M a r tle ts

B u tle r , and C a r l C h a r la n d a ll

fly , and a g o ld fo r his part in the

The

th eir secon d d e fe a t o f th eir road

scored fo r M c G ill.

rela y team.

ed the R edm en from the post-sea-

squash team ’ s next action com es

trip, as they fe ll 72-62. Jennifer de

D aniel made 27 saves.

son.

on N o vem b er 13th at the W a terlo o

L e e u w helped g iv e the M artlets a

On Sunday, M c G ill was also

breast stroke w ere g o o d enough to

tournament.

different high scorer in each o f the

le a d in g 3-1 g o in g in to the fin a l

q u a lify him fo r the nationals, and

gam es as she led the team w ith 13

p e r io d a g a in s t L a u r e n tia n and

was also g o o d enough to earn him

points.

again had to settle fo r a 4-4 tie. In

M c G ill-A d id a s M a le A th lete o f the

the tie R o b e r t S tastn y , M a th ie u

W eek .

D arch e,

m ed a l r e la y team w e r e M a th e w

M c G i l l ’ s p l a y o f f h o p es d id

In net, Jarrod

H is tim es in the 200

m e t e r m e d le y , an d 2 0 0 m e t e r

not g o q u ie tly as the g a m e w en t

T h e W o m e n ’ s to u rn a m e n t,

dow n to the w ire with L a va l scor­

held the w eek prior to the m en’ s at

in g the w in ning touchdown in the

T oron to saw the M artlets finish an im pressive second in a fie ld o f six,

Ma r t l e t s r u m b l e , R ed m en

final score 13-10.

M c G ill needed a L a va l loss as

behind first place W estern.

CRUMBLE IN RUGBY ACTION

#1 s e e d T a r a M u llin s , and #3

tim e D aniel made an im pressive 38

C h r is T o p h a m .

part o f th eir c o m p lic a te d p la y o ff

Bernadette Bradbury both finished

saves against the Laurentian bar­

A l l a r d , P a d d in g to n , A le x a n d r e

e q u a t io n . W it h th e r e s u lt , the

5-0, w ith #2 Tara N ew m an and #4

d ro p p ed

rage.

P ic h e tte , and w e re nam ed to the

R edm en’ s last gam e o f the season

R eem

C o n c o r d ia o n S u n d a y .

versus C a rle to n w ill n o w be the

last m in u te o f p la y to m ak e the

Team

H a jja r g o i n g 4 -1 .

The

T h e R e d m e n R u g b y squ ad a c lo s e 7 -3

g a m e to

B e n o it

R a jo t t e ,

and

M athieu B oisvert all scored.

This

His teammates on the gold

W alker, Sebastien Paddington and A l s o o f n o te ,

B e r n ie

T h e M artlets p layed B re b e u f

w o m e n a re n e x t in a c tio n t w o

M c M u lle n scored the o n ly points

on W ednesday and cam e up with a

m eet’ s all star team.

T h e w o m e n ’ s team also cap ­

last chance to see such M c G ill ve t­

w e e k s fro m n o w in the W e s te rn

o f the gam e fo r M c G ill.

b ig 6-1 v ic to r y .

M c G i l l ’ s Julie

tured the m eet by racking up 186,

erans as Sh aw n L in d e n and J.P.

Ontario tournament.

means the team finishes with a 4-2

H ornsby netted the hat trick, with

w ith L a v a l fin ish in g second w ith

Ma r tlet B a s k et b a ll co m es

record and a second p lace stand­

te a m m a te s K a t h le e n O ’ R e i l l y ,

103.

AWAY WITH a WIN ON THREE GAME EXHIBITION TOUR

ing.

Sarah Lom as, and Sophie Acheson

o f the team as she w o n a ll fo u r

each netting a goal in the win.

events she com peted in.

Darche in the R ed n' W hite.

M c G i l l S q u a s h f in i s h e s a n d 2n d a t U o f T O U A A L e a g u e T o u rn a m en t

3r d

N ex t Sunday at 2 p. m. they

play C on co rd ia in a sudden death sem i-final here at M c G ill.

O n F rid a y , the M a rtle ts lost In their second league tourna­

T h e loss

62-40 at M cM a ster.

F o r M c G ill,

H o lly M c C o m b w as the star She w on

From the heights o f victory to

the 200 m eter ind ivid u al m ed ley,

T h e M a rtle ts con tin u e to be

the agony o f defeat, on Sunday the

th e 2 0 0 m e te r b u tte r fly , the 50

the c re a m o f the le a g u e as th ey r o lle d o v e r O tta w a 3 7 -0 on

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