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Dying in dancing shoes may be some people’s dream. Dying from an HIV-contaminated pin prick on a crow ded dance floor is probably even the m ost devoted clubber’s worst nightmare. Over these last few weeks, however, this fear has escalated to new heights.

According to Don Taylor, professor of psycholo­ gy, a sado-masochist inflicting an innocent bystander with an incurable disease, who then maliciously slaps his victim with a sticker congratulating them on their entry into the “HIV club,” is a case book example of an urban myth.

“How [one] gets a collection of people believing something when there’s no evidence...that’s interesting stuff,” he stated. “I suspect they have to be plausible, frightening and a lot of people m ust feel personally vulnerable.”

A city setting also lends itself well to the propaga­ tion o f urban myths.

“In an urban environment, we have got, if any­ thing, information overload...[0]ur institutions are so complex that it is rare that we get firsthand informa­ tion,” Taylor asserted.

According to Sam Khullar and Ilker Kilic of Sam and Ilker Entertainment, a Montreal promotions com­ pany, the first time they heard of contracting AIDS on a dance floor w as tw o w eeks ago from a personal friend. After investigating the lead, they claim es to have unearthed the source of the rumour - an ethnic community they refused to disclose. “[Inflicting HIV] is murder...It would be all over the news if it was true,” Kilic stated.

W hen Kokino club ow ner Eric L apierre heard about the story from some customers, his first reaction was “Oh, not again.” According to Lapierre, the tale has made the rounds of the city more than once.

“It’s been around for ten years...It’s only someone who wants to cause shit,” said Lapierre bitterly.

Khullar believes that the m m our is being propa­ gated around town because the idea of an innocuous H IV -contam inated pin prick lends itself strongly to rumour-mongering.

“It’s a myth, an urban legend. People like preach­ ing controversy...[I]t’s a juicy story and very intrigu­ ing,” asserted Khullar. “People keep talking about it [because] it’s an easy m mour to spread.”

D e sp ite th e se r e a s s u ra n c e s , S am a n d Ilk e r Entertainment has experienced a slight drop in busi­ ness these first few weeks, although they admit that this may be due to nothing more than midterm season.

N evertheless, according to Kilic, the fear o f losing lucrative business as people stay away from the club scene has lead to the formation o f an informal alliance

Volunteers raise nearly $900 to help fund UBC students'legal fees a t the RCMP Complaints Commission in Vancouver.

Catherine Farquharson

M a r t le t s t h r a s h B is h o p 's in s o c c e r p la y o f f s e m i- f in a l a t M o ls o n S t a d iu m McGill sets sights on conference cham pionship following 4-0 victory over Gaiters

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T he M cG ill w o m en 's so c ce r team a d v a n c e d to th e Q u e b e c U n iv e r s ity Soccer League finals last Friday with a 40 win over the Bishop's Gaiters at Molson Stadium . The sixth-ranked M artlets will now travel to Quebec City next weekend to face Laval in the conference finals.

T he score, w hile lo p sid ed , did not truly reflect the dom inance the M artlets had on this night. The M artlets put on an im p re ssiv e d isp lay o f ball co n tro l and crisp passing in soundly defeating a com ­ petitive Bishop's team.

"I w as very satisfied w ith the way they play ed ," said M cG ill co ach M arc M o u n ic o t. "T h ey re s p e c te d th e g am e strategy. The movement, the support, the mobility was there, and they showed a lot o f creativity. It's the way they'll have to keep going."

M c G ill to o k th e le a d in th e 9 th minute, when striker Eva M elam ed broke past the defence and fired the ball just to th e le f t o f B is h o p 's k e e p e r A lis o n M acD ougall. They extended the lead to tw o g o a ls w h e n m id f ie ld e r S o p h ie

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Labrom found the upper-left com er o f the net in the 19th minute.

T he goals w ere the resu lt o f a first half com pletely controlled by M cGill. In moving the ball in the Bishop's half with p in p o in t p rec isio n , th ey set the G aiter d e fe n c e on th e ir h e e ls fo r a lm o st th e en tire 45 m in u tes. T h e M a rtlets co u ld h av e e a sily sc o re d a h a lf-d o z e n m ore goals, if not for three shots off the cross­ b a r an d so m e to u g h sa v e s by MacDougall.

T he gam e highlight may have hap ­ pen ed w ith 30 m in u tes le ft in the first half, w hen M cG ill sw eep er Sue B elair fired a high pass from the M artlet zone th a t fo u n d M e lam ed in th e m id -fie ld .

A fter w eaving through a pair o f startled defenders, M elam ed whistled a shot o f the crossbar.

"W e r e a lly p la y e d to g e th e r as a te a m ," c o m m e n te d th r e e -g o a l s c o re r M elam ed. "It took us a w hile to get set­ tled, but we got the ball on the ground like w e w anted. W e put together som e nice strings o f passes near the end. " After a conservative start to the sec­ ond half and with M cGill looking to pre­

serve the lead, M ounicot sent in fresh legs for the first tim e with 20 minutes rem ain­ ing. The move paid off as the substitutes gave the visitors trouble in the Bishop's area. As a result, M elam ed finished off her hat-trick in the 83rd and 88th minutes o f the gam e on a couple o f point-blank shots.

T h e M c G ill o f fe n c e p e rfo rm e d superbly — the same could be said for the M artlet defence. T he b ack field , led by veterans Belair and Krista Chin, effective­ ly s h a c k le d a f a ir ly p o te n t B is h o p 's offence that scored 24 goals in 12 regular season games.

The win also was the sixth consecu­ tiv e sh u to u t fo r th e M a rtle ts . K ee p er Dawn D ell'A gnese w orked the first half and didn't face any tough shots, except for a w ayw ard clearing pass from a M cGill defender. D ebra Keitzke cam e in for the second half and had no difficulties in the few stops she had to make.

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This year m arks the fir s t anniversary o f the First Year Students A sso c ia tio n , a g ro u p fo r m e d by the S tu d e n ts ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill University to represent the varied interests and concerns o f fir st year students. Although its executive does not have a vote on SSM U Council, FYSA is intended to serve as a voice fo r fir s t year students who have had no say in SSM U elections during the previous spring. In honour o f the FYSA elections being held Novem ber 11, 12 and 13, the Tribune hit the streets to fin d out the concerns o f first-year students. “ I ’m u n fa m ilia r w ith the w ay th in g s are at McGill as a first year. I have to pick a major some time next year and I have no idea how to go about |jj« doing that. There doesn’t seem to be anyone I can talk to for advising and deciding which courses are necessary to prepare for next year. T here d o esn ’t seem to be a lot o f support in p lan n in g for later years.”

— Janet Fuchs, Faculty o f A rts “ A ca d e m ic tra n s itio n is a p ro b le m . I th in k everybody got good grades in high school and now there are com pletely different standards. I don’t real­ ly know what I’m being asked to do. W riting clinics or something would be helpful.”

— Sarah Levitt, Faculty o f Arts

“There should be a shuttle to upper rez.”

—M oham m ed Alameer, Faculty o f Engineering

M c G ill S t u d e n t s MONEY FOR APEC PROTESTERS

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Armed with buckets and signs, M cGill volunteers canvassed cam ­ pus last week to raise money for the le g al d e fe n c e o f th o se stu d e n ts involved in the APEC protests last y ear at the U n iv ersity o f B ritish Columbia.

T h e fu n d -ra is in g d riv e w as organized by Jeff Feiner, VP exter­ n al o f th e S tu d e n ts ' S o c ie ty o f M cG ill U n iv e rsity , an d w as the p ro d u c t o f a m o tio n su p p o rtin g U BC stu d e n ts p assed at th e last SSMU council meeting.

A cco rd in g to F e in e r, p u b lic support for the campaign was over­ whelming.

"It is heartening to see the gen­ e ro sity w hich w as ex p re ssed by M cG ill stu d e n ts," he said . "The p u b lic w as re a lly su p p o rtiv e — CBC even came out to see what we were doing."

N early $900 was raised over

“I didn’t think Frosh W eek was well organized at all — there w eren ’t enough activ ities planned.

Even now, activities aren’t organized and it would be nice to have more things going on.”

— Katie M cFadden, Faculty o f Education

M c G ill p r o f Ca n a d ia n SCRABBLE CHAMPION M cG ill m usic pro fesso r Joel W a p n ic k h as m ad e a c a r e e r o f music and words, not as a singer,

but as a Scrabble virtuoso. A past North American champion and run­ ner-up in the world Scrabble finals in 1993, Wapnick won the Canadian championship a week ago by beat­ ing Albert Hahn, a truck driver from Calgary, in a war o f the words.

"It's totally irrelev an t to my career in music," he conceded.

Wapnick practices once a week at the M ontreal Scrabble club, on com puter anagram word gam es he has d esigned for him self, and by m e m o rizin g a se q u en c ed lis t o f 12,000 seven and eight-letter words.

His highest score ever was 662— 98 points short of the North American record.

When asked about memorable words he has played in his Scrabble games over the years, Wapnick was quick to highlight the emotional dis­ tance he keeps from his vocabulary.

"I've played obscene, derogato­ ry words. They're just words as far as I'm concerned.”

NETWORKbriefs UNB CHEWS ON DIFFERENTIAL TUITION

“I w ould like to get more tutorials. M y classes vary widely and they’re not very personal so I find it hard to learn. There should be more academic help.”

— Ben Slater, Faculty o f Engineering

th e tw o d a y s o f th e d riv e , and F e in e r is now C o n cen tratin g his efforts in trying to get various facul­ ty a s s o c ia tio n s to jo in S S M U 's e ffo rt an d in c o n v in c in g SSM U Council to reach the funds collected in order to match their goal of rais­ ing $2,000.

M cGill is not the only school who has been raising money for the protesters. Across the country, uni­ versities as well as various other g ro u p s h av e b an d ed to g e th e r to raise money for the students, whose le g a l fe e s w ill n ot be c o v e re d , despite repeated pleas, by the feder­ al government.

F ein e r ex p ects to be able to present UBC with the money some­ tim e in th e se co n d w eek o f November.

T h e U n iv e rs ity o f N ew Brunswick Students' Union moved last w eek to denounce differential tuition in the province and across the country. The move com es both as a preventative m easure against the provincial governm ent and as support for the Students’ Society of M cG ill U niversity's fight against the Quebec governm ent's differen­ tial tuition policy.

"W hile New Brunswick does­ n’t have any current plans to move to a d iffe re n tia l tu itio n sy stem , Quebec's already done it. And gov­ ernment policies are like viruses — o n ce one g ets it, they all fall in lin e," said A n d rea W en h am , VP e x te r n a l o f th e U N B S tu d e n ts

Union.

"Really, the issue goes beyond what happens here at UNB. What about New Brunswick students and UNB graduates who want to go to grad schtxd or professional schools in Q uebec? W hat if this hits other provinces? W e don't have a m ed­ ical school in New Brunswick, and we don't have a veterinary m edi­ cine program , and there are other specialized programs we lack. Our s tu d e n ts s h o u ld n o t h a v e th e ir options limited," she continued.

The Students' Union moved to make their point, boiling down the issue for students.

"We had postcards for students to sign at a n u m b er o f lo catio n s around the cam pus, but the centre w as o u r d iffe re n tia l b a rb e q u e ... w h ere N ew B ru n sw ic k stu d e n ts could buy hotdogs and hamburgers

and desserts at cost, w hile out o f province students had to pay dou­ ble the price," Wenham explained.

"While we didn't really charge anyone double, the whole idea was to present this in terms that anyone could understand — it's w rong to limit people's options by charging them more tuition based on where they're from. O ut o f province stu­ dents aren't a drain on the econo­ my. They spend money here, they grow roots here, and many o f them rem ain em ployed here and m ake this place their home."

As a result o f the postcard ini­ tia tiv e , o v er 6 0 0 U N B stu d e n ts' mentions were sent to the education minister.

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R u m o u r a w o r ld w id e p h e n o m e n o n C ontinued from page l between many club owners and pro­ moters.

“It is the first time that all club owners are in touch with each other.

[Tjhey’ve put their differences aside to deal with this,” Kilic stated.

A lth o u g h so m e c la im c lu b s have united as a result of the myth, L ap ierre is alm o st c e rta in th a t a nightclub itself is responsible for the propagation of the HIV pin pricking rumour in a bid to improve business.

He admits that the logic of this act is

dubious, but typical in the cut throat nightclub industry.

“T h e re ’s n e v e r any a llia n c e between clubs, it’s a tough and com­ petitive business— they don’t really support each other,” Lapierre stated.

As of last Friday, no reports had been filed regarding HIV pin prick­ in g s w ith th e M o n tre a l U rb a n Com m unity police. Toronto police were also unable to confirm similar alleg ed in cid en ts in T o ro n to last sum m er. O ne unconfirm ed report was brought to the MUC police last week when a woman claimed some­

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“It is clear that this is an urban myth that seems to be spreading like w ild fire,” said C hristian Em ond, o f fic e r in th e P u b ic R e la tio n s Division of the MUC Police. “This te n d e n c y is p a rt o f o u r c u ltu re .

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Media moves myth along T a le s o f sta b b in g s with needles wielding the Pin-pricks: m yth or truth? )aime Stein H IV v iru s are n ot c o n ­ ta in e d s o le ly w ith in ting loose,” said T aylor jokingly.

Canada’s borders. In the October 17 “The reporter, in this complex soci­ issue o f The Econom ist, HIV p in ­ ety, has a set of standards, but [the pricks w ere reported in Pakistan.. reporter] too faces the problem o f According to the article, immodestly verifying information.” dressed women were jabbed with a In the end, Taylor believes that needle labelled “Welcome to the HTV the media is often caught in a catchclub.”

22 situation as it attempts to respon­ Taylor believes the media has a sibly report on an urban myths. s ig n ific a n t ro le in p e rp e tu a tin g “ T h e m e d ia fa c e s a m o ral and/or dispelling urban myths. He dilemma. By not knowing whether argues that the m edia is essentially i t ’s m yth or re a lity , [the m edia] cau g h t in the sam e dilem m a as a d o e s n ’t k now w h e th e r it h as an normal person when faced with the obligation to alert the public or play story o f random needle-jabbings. in to the hands o f p erp e tra to rs or “ [The] m edia is m otivated to detractors of the myth.” increase the urban myth. [Ijt’s more o f a grabber than Murphy’s cow get-

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E lig ib le r e s id e n t s le f t o f f Q u e b e c e le c t o r a l lis t tuition.

A c c o rd in g to M in istry o f a n d J o h n S a l l o u m ____________________ E d u c a tio n re g u la tio n s , stu d e n ts Kai Schofield, a M cGill char­ must have been born, or have par­ ents who were born in the province tered accounting student, wants to of Quebec in order to be considered vote in the November 30 provincial residents.

They can also qualify for election. W hile Schofield was told by a friend that he has the right to residency if they can prove that they were living in the province for the vote, many students are not aware p eriod o f one y ear in a cap acity that they too have that same right. w hich was not as a fu ll-tim e stu­ "I was just informed last week that I should go pick up a sheet and dent. A s non-residents, C anadian out-of-province students pay a high­ have them mail me something. It's er tuition than do Quebec residents. not like in Ontario. In Ontario, they Nicole Paquette, returning offi­ come by your door and ask you." ce r fo r th e r id in g o f R o b e rt T h e p ro v in c e o f Q u eb e c Baldwin, defines the term domiciled stopped door-to-door enum eration follow ing the 1995 referendum . It as "based on the French word domi­ has replaced the process with a per­ cile w hich is the place where you live. The difference is intent...[your manent electoral list where residents domicile] is where your car is regis­ are tracked through their Q uebec tered, where you file-your income h e a lth c a rd and d riv e r's lic e n s e tax. You have one address for that. inform ation. T hose residents who [Essentially] it's a basis...for judges turn eighteen in between elections to review." are se n t a fo rm fro m E le c tio n s It is clear th a t the residency Q ueb ec to co n firm that they are now elig ib le to vote. T he end of versus d o m icile d o u b le stan d ard creates confusion among students. enum eration, however, has created "If [the p ro v in c ia l v o tin g difficulties for out of province stu­ requirements are correct] then why, dents who are eligible to vote. for tuition fees are we not consid­ A cc o rd in g to Jo h n E n rig h t, media relations officer for the Chief ered residents?" asked Agnes Von der Hagen, a U1 Geography student.

Electoral Officer of Quebec, anyone "I guess that is why I am confused who is a Canadian citizen, above the about the election. I thought if we age of 18, and who have can prove had to pay differential tuition fees, that they have been domiciled in the province of Quebec for more than then we also couldn't vote."

The fact that the m ajority of six months are considered eligible to vote. The criteria for being domi­ out of province students who are ciled in the province, however, dif­ eligible voters are not on the perma­ fers from the requirements for resi­ nent voting list is merely an addi­ tio n to th e s e rie s o f p ro b le m s dency w ith respect to differential B y S t e p h a n ie L e v it z

Elections Q uebec has been faced with the list since its creation.

When the list was used for the first tim e during the recent school board elections, w idespread om is­ sions, spelling errors and other inac­ curacies resulted in people being turned away from the polls because their names were not on the list. For th e m u n ic ip a l e le c tio n h e ld on N ovem ber 1, the city o f M ontreal was asked by the C h ief E lectoral O fficer to check 30,000 nam es on the list for discrepancies that would result in people not being able to vote in those elections either.

W ith the upcom ing provincial election, the office of Liberal MNA Jacques Chagnon did a study of the electors in their riding to check for errors before voting day. According to Selena Beattie, a former McGill student who works in the campaign o ffice o f C hagnon, they found a number of problems.

"T h e re w e re a s ig n ific a n t am o u n t o f e le c to rs w ho d id n ot seem to be at the right address any more," said Beattie. "There seems to be possibly som e cases of people who [have been removed from the voters list in this riding] because they moved their provincial health care files but they still live at the same house. Doctors who may run th e ir m e d ica re file s o u t o f th e ir offices, we found them registered at the hospital on the electoral list, but when we went back to the 1995 list we found that they had been enu­ m erated at a house and th at they h av e b een m o v e d so m e tim e

between now and then.

"And for this riding especially, w e are concerned because M cGill students move so much, [they don’t end up on the list] if they don’t reg­ ister the change of address, which I suspect most o f them don't."

A c c o rd in g to B e a ttie , th is m eans that on p o llin g day, w hen these people go to vote at the station in the riding of their residence, they will not be on the voters' list. They will, instead, be listed in the riding w here their health files are regis­ tered.

T he en d o f en u m eratio n has now placed the onus on the voter, registered or unregistered, to ensure that the inform ation about them is correct. Registered voters do receive a card at the address where they are registered to vote. However, Beattie said th a t th e se card s still do not ensure that people are registered in the right riding, or registered at all.

"M aybe they d isregarded the notice they got in the mail. It is new to ask the citizens to be so vigilant, they can do it, it ju st takes getting used to."

The purpose of ending enumer­ ation in favour of a permanent list that could be updated automatically was initially supposed to save tax­ payers close to $40 m illion a year — since then, the figure has been lo w ere d to $18 m illio n betw een 1996 to 2 0 0 1 , or $ 3 .6 m illio n a year.

In the past, enum erators went door to door, inform ing people of their right to vote and registering

them to do so. Many students still expect this to happen and therefore remain unaware that they can vote and then are not placed on the list.

Paquette notes, how ever, that now th at the M o n treal m unicipal election is over, public information concerning the change will soon be made available. "Yes, there will be a c a m p a ig n th a t w ill co m e on e [w h ich w ill in c lu d e ] p u b lic ity directed to campuses."

B ut S chofield feels that en u ­ m eration is a better alternative in terms of registering students.

"H onestly I do believe [enu­ meration is] a better idea, at least in the ghetto that would be a far better idea," said Schofield.

A lth o u g h stu d e n ts are c o n ­ cerned about differential tuition and cuts to education funding, several expressed a desire to vote because of the "Quebec question".

"I k n o w h e a lth c a re is an im p o rta n t issu e ," sa id V on D er Hagen. "It doesn't really affect me, so I guess separation would be my issue."

B ran d y Sundby, a U1 A nthropology student from N ova Scotia, h asn ’t decided w hether or not she will be voting in the provin­ cial electio n . In o rd er to v o te in Q uebec, she w ould have to relin ­ q u ish h e r v o tin g rig h ts in N ova Scotia; she notes, however, that she is motivated to vote because of the Quebec question. "The whole feder­ alism-separatism issue would be the only reaso n I w ould g iv e up my rights to vote in Nova Scotia."

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my mouth if something was going to come out, it went by quite pain­ lessly. The reaction was quite nice actually."

T h e m ay o r o f W e stm o u n t, Peter Trent, also participated, play­ ing the role of another journalist. "[Toben] first saw me when I 60th anniversary, it seem ed like a B y S t e p h a n ie L e v it z f ir s t p la y e d th e p s y c h ia tris t in perfect chance. So, I thought we'd a n d Jo h n S a l l o u m Harvey, an amateur theatre produc­ get some friends together in a living 1938 was a year marked by the room or something, but the idea just tion...I’ve always enjoyed acting..." rise of fascism in Europe, the end of grew and grew. W e chose the book­ said Trent. "People say that to be a politician, you have to be an actor store because it is one of the better the D epression in North America, — not really...I think [Toben] want­ reading spaces in Montreal." an d a rad io show w hich, on the ed to have a bit of a mix so it's not all just actors."

W hen Toben decided he was going to make the reading public, it seemed like a logical choice to have the event benefit a charity. He asked Sharon Batt, one of the organizers of Breast Cancer Action Montreal, if she would be interested in having her organization receive the pro­ ceeds from the event. BCAM is an activist group founded and directed by women who have experienced breast cancer.

"BCAM is a pro-active group," said Toben. "They aren't concerned so m uch w ith th e h a n d -h o ld in g Trent, M ayor o f Westmount, has "always enjoyed acting " Julie Fishman approach, but m ore w ith looking into the environmental causes of the The readers at F riday's show night before Hallowe'en, sent thou­ diseases and ways to cure it." were an eclectic mix of Montrealers sands of A m ericans to the streets A lth o u g h th e re w ere no set fro m the d ra m a tic and p o litic a l fearing an alien attack on Earth. ticket prices for the show, people communities.

T h is y e a r m a rk s th e 60 th were asked to make a donation of P ierre L enoir, a professional anniversary o f O rson W elles' leg­ a c to r w ho se re su m e in c lu d e s a $7 to BCAM for one person, or $11 en d a ry ra d io dram a, W ar o f the fo r tw o . R e p re s e n ta tiv e s fro m Worlds. The show was an adapta­ range of cartoon voices and parts in musical theatre, played the parts of BCAM did not provide a total for tio n o f H .G . W e lls' book o f the the am ount raised at the evening, the Minister of the Interior and one sa m e n am e. In h o n o u r o f th e but it appeared as though most peo­ o f the announcers.

A lth o u g h the a n n iv e rs a ry , lo c a l M o n tre a le rs staged a re-reading of the script last p ro d u c tio n w as e n tire ly u n r e ­ ple donated more than the suggested hearsed, he felt that it went smooth­ price. week at the McGill Bookstore.

W ar o f th e W o rld s w as an lyF or m ore in fo rm a tio n a bout "The fact that this was a cold imaginary news broadcast that fol­ read, no rehearsal and all that, and Breast Cancer Action M ontreal call low ed the beginnings o f gaseous not even knowing if when I opened 483-1846. e x p lo s io n s on M ars to an a lie n attack on earth. With the exception of the introduction and conclusion, it w as p ro d u c e d as th o u g h th e events were live, with announcers in te rru p tin g reg u la rly sched u led c la ssic a l m usic p ro g ram m in g to b rin g lis te n e rs up to the m in u te descriptions of an alien landing and subsequent take-over o f m uch of New Jersey and New York State.

Local actors played the parts of noted astronom ers, scientists, and politicians to convince the listening Un program m e m ultidisciplinaire au d ien c e th a t a lie n s had in fact L'environnement constitue un domaine complexe où est in v a d e d th e e a rth and th a t th e mis à contribution un éventail toujours grandissant de fT broadcast was not a dramatization, disciplines tels la biologie, la chimie, les communications, le but a real event. droit, l'ingénierie, la géographie, la santé, les études The ensuing chaos resulted in d'impact, la gestion des risques, la télédétection, la gestion th o u sa n d s o f ca lls to p o lic e and environnementale, etc. radio stations while hoards of peo­ Le programme de la maîtrise en environnement offre une ple jammed the roads and highways formation adaptée aux besoins du marché ainsi qu'aux out of New York and New Jersey to recommandations des employeurs et des spécialistes dans flee the impending alien take-over. ce domaine.

M ost peo p le found out they had b e e n d u p e d on ly w hen a CB S Une form ule souple et accessible announcer restated that the preced­ Le programme s'adresse à toute personne possédant un ing show had been a dramatization. diplôme universitaire de 1er cycle. Il offre le choix de B y ro n T o b e n , a M o n tre a l deux cheminements : une maîtrise de type «cours», avec la w y e r and the o rg a n iz e r o f the possibilité de stage rémunéré en entreprise, et une maîtrise reading, explained why this show de type «recherche». caused such a furor in the U.S. on the night it was read.

"The same night, [the compet­ Renseignem ents ing radio station which] always did Maîtrise en environnement m uch b etter than the [station on Pavillon Marie-Victorin which this program aired] was high­ Université de Sherbrooke lighting a new singer that nobody Sherbrooke (Québec) J1 K 2 R 1 liked. So, a lot of people switched Téléphone : (819) 821-7933 stations in the middle of the broad­ Télécopieur : (819) 821-6909 cast and never heard the part at the 1-800-265-U d e S beginning that said it was a dramati­ maitrise.environnement@courrier.usherb.ca zation."

T his 60th anniversary recita­ http://www.usherb.ca tio n w as p ro m p te d by T o b e n 's desire to restage the show w ith a p m U N IV E R S IT É D E bunch of friends.

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Capturing 44.3 per cent of the popular vote in M ontreal's munici­ p al e le c tio n s , in c u m b e n t P ie rre B ourque w as re-elected as m ayor o f Montreal Sunday night.

Along with receiving 141,682 votes, almost double the number of votes won by second place candi­ date, form er police ch ief Jacques Duchesneau, 39 of Bourque’s can­ didates won seats on city council, g iv in g th e new m ay o r a h ealth y num ber of councilors from his tick­ et. In clu d ed in th ese councilors w as h is c a n d id a te in th e P e te rM cGill riding— one of the two rid­ in g s e n c o m p a s s in g M c G ill— Gerry Weiner.

Bourque's win had been pre­ dicted by pollsters in the last few w eek s o f th e c a m p a ig n , b u t the poor fourth place showing o f for­ m er m ayor Jean D ore cam e as a surprise. D ore cap tu red only ten p e r c e n t o f th e v o te , w h ile th e M o n trea l C itiz e n s ’ M o v e m e n t’s Michel Prescott garnered 14.4 per cent. Since Prescott's co-listed can­ didate L ucia K ow aluk won in the riding o f Jeanne M ance, Prescott w ill assum e the title o f leader of the opposition, forming a coalition w ith D uchesneau's elected candi­ dates.

A c c o rd in g to M ic h a e li Cantero at M ayor Bourque's office, Bourque is com m itted to "making M ontreal a model city."

"The econom ic developm ent is on,” she said. "It's been moving a lo n g fo r so m e tim e , a n d n o w everyone can work together to con­ tinue it."

She continued on to say that Bourque is very proud o f his party and candidates and extends a con­ g ratulations to all those w ho ran and won against them.

T h e b re a k d o w n o f se a ts on m u n ic ip a l c o u n c il no w h as th e V ision M ontreal party holding 39 seats, including the mayor, M CM has four seats, N ew M ontreal has three, Team M ontreal has two, the D em ocratic Coalition has one and independents hold two seats. Voter turnout for the electio n w as 50.8 per cent, just around the same level as the past 30 years.

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EDITORIAL “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”

— George Bernard Shaw

F r e e d o m o f p r iv a c y B y Pa u l F u t h e y

With the recent shooting death of Dr. Barnett Slepian, considerable fuel has been added to the fire o f the abortion debate. W hat has resulted from this renewed debate is that those acting under the pro-life banner have crossed the line, making any o f their arguments illegitimate.

For the past week, much rhetoric has been spewed back and forth from both pro-lifers and pro-choicers, each w ith their own take on the issue. Pro-life organizations, to their credit have, for the m ost part, con­ dem ned the dirty deed. Disturbingly, though, some have rem ained mute— even defiant— in the w ake o f S lep ian ’s death. Som e have term ed the action “m orally ju stifiab le”, w hile others, like the director o f P ro-life Virginia, have gone further, calling the shooter a hero.

A s authorities searched for answers, it was revealed that a website m ight provide som e clues. T his site lists the nam es o f doctors, clinic workers, judges and politicians— all of whom at some point have been identifed as enemies o f the pro-life movement. For some o f those listed, other details pertaining to their life— d riv er’s license num bers, social security numbers, home addresses and phone numbers, nam es o f children and friends— are also available.

Pleas to send m ore nam es and acccom pying inform ation or p h o ­ tographs frequently dot the web docum ent as does a really tasteless graph­ ic w ith assorted hum an lim bs dripping blood. W hile the site m ay not specifically call for the deaths o f abortion providers, it certainly leaves a horrific impression on anyone who visits it. A virtual murder sanction, the site comes as close to a hit list without actually calling it one.

O f all these disturbing features, perhaps the m ost unsettling is the legend at the top explaining the classification o f each name. M ost o f them are in a black font (working) and some a greyed-out font (wounded). If a name has a line throught it, it represents a “fatality.” Hours after his death, Slepian’s name was struck through.

To overstate the obvious, this com pilation is gross. The sheer insensi­ tivity of those who operate the site and support these actions is disgrace­ ful. In defending the site, one o f its operators had the gall to call it free speech, claiming newspapers and other forms of media do the same thing.

Wrong. The operators are merely taking advantage o f the paucity o f rules that govern the web in order to design their outrageous and incredibly sick display.

A list o f nam es is one thing. B ut the accom panying inform ation serves no purpose to enlighten the masses. W hat the inform ation does provide, how ever, is easy access for those w ho w ish to in flict harm.

Ultimately, calling this stalkers’ supermarket “freedom o f speech” makes a m ockery o f w hat freedom o f speech stands for.

It’s truly incredible what the past two weeks have seen: the killer’s actions, so obviously saturated in hypocrisy and those who support the actions, so steeped in ignorance. Slepian is now just another name, a sta­ tistic. It’s disappointing that he will be rem em bered as “an abortionist” when he perform ed all sorts o f other services as a doctor. Instead, h e’s a m artyr for some, a pariah for others.

Repercussions will no doubt be felt; some doctors have quit, others paper their windows in order to avoid sniper attacks while others still try varying their routines in order to avoid those cretins who act as vigilantes.

Instead of moving forward in the area o f birth control, we seem to be tak­ ing a step back.

Everyone has a right to freedom of speech. It’s just so upsetting to see something masquerading as it, destroying the rights and freedoms of others.

Michael Bezuhly

Stop the P re s s 4.3 grading system has its merits A number of issues have been raised in the, campus debate on a 4.3 grading system that pertain to gradu­ ate studies. There are also some mis­ a p p re h e n sio n s th a t h av e been expressed that can be informed by a graduate perspective.

From th e p e rsp e c tiv e o f the F acu lty o f G rad u ate S tu d ies and Research, there are two primary rea­ sons for introducing a 4.3 system at McGill.

S tu d ies re p o rte d by the E ducational T esting Service have demonstrated that the introduction of A+ (not necessarily a 4.3 since there are some 4.0 systems with an A+) does not change average grades. It sim ply allow s stu d en ts w ith “A ” grades to have a range o f p erfo r­ mance that is not possible in a sys­ tem w ith o u t an “A + .” In o th e r w o rd s, th e o n ly c h a n g e on the numerical scale is between the 4.0 and the 4.3. This is demonstrated on the following adaptation of a CREPUQ chart shown above.

This chart makes it clear that a 3.0 average is a 3.0 average regard­ less of whether there is an A+ or a 4.3 grade. For admissions purposes in graduate school grades are not converted into ratios. A student with a 3 .0 /4 .3 is co n sid ered to be the sam e as a student w ith a 3.0/4.0.

T h is e q u iv a le n c y is c h a rte d in admission reference books that are used by adm issions officers when making admission decisions. On the other hand, a 4.3 demonstrates truly outstanding perform ance in a way that is camouflaged in a 4.0 (A) sys­ tem.

Undergraduates at McGill will make themselves more competitive for admission to graduate school and medical school by having the lid lift­

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G ra d u a te S tu d ie s O ffic e has to The second reason to introduce remind the granting councils of the the 4.3 system is so that McGill can fact that McGill has no A+ and is on have a compatible grading systems a 4.0 grading system so that our stu­ w ith o th e r Q uebec u n iv e rsitie s. dents are not at a disadvantage.

Being compatible with is not to be Som e undergraduate students mistaken with being comparable to. have been worried that the students These two ideas have been confused in science will be at a greater advan­ in the debates on the 4.3 system. The tage with a 4.3 system than the stu­ reason to have the same grading sys­ dents in arts disciplines. The belief is tem as another university is not to that arts professors never give grades compare ourselves to that university high enough for an A+ because they but because we are in a position to mark qualitative rather than quantita­ sh are re so u rc e s w ith them . tive work where a student can pre­ Increasingly, there are joint graduate sumably score a 100 on an exam. If programs (there are already 6 such th e re a re su ch d e s c re p a n c ie s in programs). There are also students marking, they exist already and a 4.3 taking couses, at all levels, using the system will not change them. It is interuniversity transfer system that is important to remember that political in place within the Quebec system. science students do not compete with Having different grading systems is ch e m istry stu d e n ts fo r p la ce s in extremely cumbersome for students g rad u a te sch o o l or g en erally for taking advantage of joint programs jobs. Political science students com­ and transfer courses. McGill is now pete with other political science stu­ the only Quebec university that is dents for entry into a graduate pro­ not on the 4.3 grading system. gram in political science. Graduate program s in political science p re­ - Martha Crago, sum ably understand the nature o f Associate Vice-Principal grading and work in their discipline.

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W h e n s tu d e n ts v o te in th e upcom ing referendum period, they w ill b e a s k e d w h e th e r M c G ill s h o u ld “ c h a n g e to a 4 .3 G ra d e Point system with an A+ (percent­ age eq u iv a le n t h as not yet been assig n ed ) as th e h ig h e st grade a student could o btain... an A grade rem aining as a 4.0 on a 4.3 scale.”

It is im portant that everyone who votes take tim e to co n sid er both sid es o f the issu e, an d ex a m in e w hether or not a change w ould be beneficial.

T h e m ain re su lt o f th e p ro ­ posed change is that it w ould pro­ v id e u n ifo rm ity am o n g M cG ill a n d o th e r 4 .3 - b a s e d Q u e b e c s c h o o ls in o r d e r to e a se g ra d e tran sfers. A t th e sam e tim e, this ch an g e w ould m ake M cG ill less c o m p a tib le w ith m o s t o th e r C anadian and A m erican universi­ ties. C urrently, it is possible that som e M cGill applicants to O ntario m ed ical sch o o ls m ay h av e th e ir G P A s c a le d d o w n b y 0 .1 % .

H ow ever, it is im portant to note th a t th e U n iv e rsity o f T o ro n to , w h ich h as th e la rg e s t C a n ad ian m e d ic a l s c h o o l, j u s t r e c e n tly sw itched back from a 4.3 to a 4.0 system.

Proponents o f the new system arg u e th a t an A + w ould rew ard those students w ho do exception­ a lly w e ll in th e ir c o u r s e s . An A/85% at M cGill is an exceptional grade. It is probable that the pro­ posed A + w ould require a student to ach ieve 90% or greater. O ne m ust con sid er how the proposed change will affect the average stu­ d e n t a t M c G ill.

A s U1 M a n a g e m e n t s tu d e n t D a rry l Kaim an puts it, “It’s hard enough to get an A, let alone an A +” T here are also concerns that the added pressure o f requiring a higher grade to achieve a perfect GPA, under the proposed 4.3 sys­ te m , m ay ta k e tim e aw a y fro m extra-curricular activities or parttim e jobs.

A t th e s tu d e n t in fo rm a tio n forum last month, student opinion on the 4.3 issue w as overw helm ­ ingly negative. The m ain concern o f students was grade devaluation u nder the proposed system . T his w o u ld o c c u r b e c a u s e a s tu d e n t who has a 3.0 GPA on the current 4 .0 s c a le w ill lo o k m o re favourable, in relative term s, than one who has the same 3.0 grade on th e p ro p o s e d 4 .3 sc a le . O n th e other hand, supposing professors w e re to a s s ig n h ig h e r a v e ra g e grades under the 4.3 system , the re s u ltin g g ra d e in f la tio n co u ld possibly threaten M cG ill’s reputa­ tion as a university w ith high stan­ dards o f excellence.

M any students are concerned ab o u t how th e p ro p o sed change w o u ld a f f e c t th e ir C u m u la tiv e G rad e P o in t A verag e. T h e m ost lik ely m eans o f im p lem e n ta tio n w o u ld in v o lv e a lin e ac ro ss the transcript separating the two GPA sc h em e s; h o w ev e r, th is w o rries m any students who are afraid that a dual CG PA will cause confusion am o n g p o te n tia l em p lo y e rs and G rad Schools.

T he p le b isc ite w ill ev a lu a te students support or dissent for the proposed 4.3/A + . I f stu d en ts are overw helm ingly ag a in st th e p ro ­ posed change then it will not go to Senate for approval. O n N ovem ber 10-12, you have the opportunity to voice your opinio n co n cern in g a m a tte r th a t w o u ld a f f e c t y o u directly, so m ake sure you vote.

- Jon Feldm an U l M anagem ent Sharon Telem U3 Science D aniel A rtenosi U l A rts F ir s t , P a r iz e a u ’ s Q u é b e c .

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T h is le tte r is in re sp o n se to the letter subm itted to the Tribune o f 20 O ctober by Mr. Paul Ruel.

M r. R uel saw it as im p o rta n t to r e p s o n d to a f e llo w s t u d e n t ’ s reservations about the D TF w hich se em s a p p ro p ria te in th a t h e is fu n d e d by a n d r e p r e s e n ts th e S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e rsity . T h e m a jo rity o f th e letter failed to answ er any reserva­ tions 1 m yself m ight have had. In fact it w as quite unsettling.

M r. R u e l r h e to r ic a lly a s k s w hether Mr. K urzon, or p resu m ­ a b ly a n y s tu d e n t, w o u ld f in d M cGill interesting if it was popu­ la te d b y a b u n c h o f “ s p o ile d anglophone M ontrealers and their frien d s.” T he assu m p tio n s w hich M r. R uel m ak es to s u b sta n tia te this question are deeply disturbing.

F irstly, how w ould d iffe ren ­ tial fees betw een provinces relate to the incom e class w hich M cGill s tu d e n ts fo rm w ith in Q u e b e c w ould com e from ? It does not nec­ essarily hold that d ifferen tial fee argum ent with the debate over pri­ vatization. This is a disturbing sit­ uation in light o f the fact that Mr. Ruel has been funded to represent M cG ill on one o f th ese issu es in federal court.

S e c o n d ly , i f w e u s e M r.

R u e l’s a s su m p tio n th a t i f D T F s rem ain, increased fees will follow fo r Q u eb ec re sid e n t stu d e n ts o f M cGill, why is it that those people w h o c o u ld a f f o r d to c o m e to M cGill would be 1) spoiled and 2) anglophone. M r. R u e l’s q u estion is based on the conclusion, som e­ h o w , th a t i f h e , o r s o m e b o d y , d o e s n ’t sp eak o u t a g a in st D T F . o n ly th o s e o f a h ig h e r in c o m e cla ss w o u ld be a b le to co m e to M c G ill.

T h is is h a r m le s s e n o u g h ,;h o w e v e r , M r. R u e l im p lie s th a t th e s e s tu d e n ts are “ sp o iled ” b ased on th eir in co m e class. A re th e re an y p re ju d ic ia l traits we should associate to peo-

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W e m u st also ask w hy it is th at o n ly a n g lo p h o n e s o c c u p y th is incom e class— are M ontreal allop h o n es and fra n c o p h o n e s, by e x c lu s io n , n e c e s s a rily o f lo w e r incom e? O nce again there seem s to be confusion on both counts as th is p u re d is c rim in a tio n is th en follow ed tw o paragraphs later with an assertion that as “C anadians we c h o s e e q u a lity & r e s p e c t . .. ” .

P re ju d ic ia l s te re o ty p in g on th e basis o f incom e or socio-econom ic position do not seem to represent a “C anadian” value system and are never justifiable, particularly from so m eo n e w ho is m eant to rep re­ sent as div erse a student p o p u la­ tio n as th a t o f th e S S M U . T h e SSM U decided to support the D TF case w ith $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 .1 am concerned about w hat type o f representation my fees have given me, and ulti­ m ately, in attem p tin g to refu te a series o f understandable questions about DTF, Mr. Ruel has brought up much m ore worrying questions.

F in ally , it seem s grossly out o f place and indulgent to question M r. K u r z o n ’ s la c k o f a c tio n , w here it seems that this question is n o th in g m o re th a n a p e r s o n a l attack on Mr. Kurzon. It is im por­ ta n t to q u a lify M r. R u e l’s fin al rhetorical question: it may be that he stood up to w hat believed was w ro n g , b u t it d o e s n ’t m ean th a t either he or the w ay in w hich he is acting on his b elief is necessarily right.

c lu d e w ith a d efen ce of “Sisterhood like a frat” article of tw o w eeks ago. The authors o f that artic le w ere n o t a d v o c atin g th at the W om en’s Union should be dis­ banded or that it does not deserve its a llo tte d “ s p a c e .” W h a t th e y were articulating (although I adm it rath er shabbily) w as that there is room for m ore than one w om en's association, that some w om en feel better represented through associa­ tio n w ith s o r o r i tie s . W h o is K azynski (sic) to argue w ith the validity o f that feeling?

- Luke Ploski U2, English Literature

r e s u lt in th in g s lik e g a n g ra p e , hazing and destruction o f proper­ ty.” Fraternities and sororities are based on Judeo-C hristian ethics of resp ect and und erstan d in g fo r all form s o f hum an life. If you do not believe this, I challenge you to go to any o f M cG ill’s sororities/frate r n i tie s a n d a s k to se e th e ir C onstitution or Statutory Code. It is truly unfortunate if any individ­ ual m em ber chooses to stray from the m oral code o f his/her fratem ity /s o r o r ity ; b u t it is a s ig n o f m alevolence in the individual, not th e o r g a n iz a ti o n .

U s in g K ruzynski’s logic the Islam ic reli­ gion should be “scrapped” because th e e x iste n c e o f fu n d a m e n ta lis t terrorists or that m inorities should be m onitored because “it is im pos­ sible to deny that they som etim es” com m it crim es. F raternity related transgression sim ply does not hap­ p en o fte n e n o u g h to w a rra n t it b ein g la b elled as a tren d ; it is a freak occurrence if anything.

I am n o t g o in g to w aste m y tim e an d arg u e w ith ev e ry lu d i­ c r o u s a s s u m p tio n K r u z y n s k i m akes about fraternities and soror­ itie s (a lth o u g h th e re is fa u lt in m o st o f it). I w ill th e re fo re co n ­

E d n o te : T h e fu n d a m e n t a l p u rp o se o f the L ette rs sectio n is to give an opportunity to m em bers o f the M cG ill com m unity to p ro ­ vid e fe e d b a c k a n d ex p re ss th e ir o w n o p in io n s o n a p a r t i c u l a r issue.

Letter to the Editor C a n a d ia n fr a t s HIGH GROUND

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K ruzynski's letter o f 27 O ctober.

W h ere is she g ettin g h e r in fo r­ m a tio n ?

F ra te rn itie s and S o r o r i t i e s a r e v ia b le a n d an im p o r ta n t p a r t o f th e M c G ill la n d s c a p e a n d h a v e b e e n f o r o v er a century. F or h er to m ake gross g eneralizations show s that M s. K ruzynski has been w atch ­ ing w ay to m uch O prah and US N e tw o r k T e le v is io n .

The C anadian system is m uch d iffer­ e n t th an it's A m eric an co u n te r­ p a r t a n d s h o u ld b e ju d g e d as such. T o accu se fra tern ities o f "so m etim es" g an g rap in g , h a z ­ ing and destroying p roperty is a s la n d e ro u s s h o t a t a g ro u p o f p eo p le w ho h av e d o n e n o th in g to d e s e rv e it. T o a d d r e s s M s.

K ru z y n sk i's p o in t, th e re w as a rap e h ere , b a c k in 1988, m o re th a n 10 y e a r s a g o , w h e n 1 m y s e lf w as in G ra d e 5. H o w c a n y o u ju d g e p e o p le o n th e a c tio n s o f a g ro u p o f stu d e n ts

- A ndrew Tischler U3, Political Science I was alm ost shocked to read I g n o r a n t , b ia s e d r e a s o n in g NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED A nna K ruzynski's letter to the edi­ to r , “ B r o th e r h o o d n e e d s to b e scrapped.” I could not believe that the M cG ill Tribune w ould print an o p in io n th a t w as so ig n o ra n tly biased to one side, so illogical in its argum entation. F urtherm ore, I f in d it h a rd to b e lie v e th a t K ruzynski’s faulty m ethods o f rea­ soning have led her as far as U3 at this institution.

K ru z y n s k i c la im s th a t B rotherhood should be “scrapped” because “it is im possible to deny th a t fra ts so m e tim es...so m eh o w ,

m ore than 10 years ago?

T he oth er contentious p o in t o f her letter ab o u t the d rinking in a f r a t e r n i t y is n o t w e ll r e s e a r c h e d e ith e r . W e 're in a place w here the drinking age is 18, and a fraternity is n ot n eces­ sa ry fo r a fre s h m a n to go g e t drunk. I think fraternities going dry is a response from the tro u ­ bles at U S schools and not here in C anada.

I realize that the G reek sys­ te m is n o t fo r e v e ry b o d y an d n o b o d y e v e r c la im e d it w as. I applaud the T ribune for attem p t­ ing to try to bring facts out into the open and ask M s. K ruzynski to d o s o m e r e s e a r c h b e f o r e attac k in g an in n o c en t g ro u p o f students.

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M y n a m e is S l o p p o a n d I l i k e t o g e t B l o t t o A few weeks ago in Lhis space I was harping about the shocking decline o f journalistic integrity in the venerable Globe & Mail. It was too obsessed with the drugs, sex, and rock n ’ roll, I argued, and like a g ig g ling schoolgirl the G lobe was tee-heeing at the mere m en­ tio n o f p e e -p e e , th e w o rd ‘t i t ­ m ouse’, and Bill C linton’s johnso n . So y o u ca n im a g in e m y d e lig h t w h e n o n e o f C o n ra d B la c k ’s slu g g o s ph o n ed m e up an d a s k e d if I w a n te d the N ational Post delivered right to my door for six bucks a month.

To its credit, the Post seems to have a m uch la rg e r w riting sta ff th a n C a n a d a ’s o th e r ‘n a tio n a l’ b ro a d sh e e t, and d o e s n ’t d ep e n d nearly as much on w hat com es over th e w ire. It also h as th ese g reat sidebar stories that run across the top o f the page. For exam ple, on page 5 o f last Friday’s Arts & Life s e c tio n , th e P o s t r e p o r te d th a t “DUCHNOVNY LIKES PORN”. I alw ay s th o u g h t th a t guy kind o f had a g lazed look in his eyes. A

few inches over, th ere w as a b it about upcoming release of the kind of film that that X-Files soda jerk w o u ld en jo y - a fe a tu re -le n g th R u ssia n p o rn flic k c a lle d B ill i M onika.

B ut w hat was really am azing

w as a new s story u nder the o m i­ n o u s h e a d e r “ S M O K IN G , SEX A N D B O O Z E ” title d “ Y O U N G A D U L T S T A K E M O R E R IS K S TH AN T EEN A G ER S, STU D Y F IN D S ” . (In a sim ila r vein , th e O nion sta te d the o b v io u s a few w e e k s ag o w ith th e h e a d lin e “D RU G U SE D O W N A M O N G UNCOOL KIDS”.) As it turns out, S ta tis tic s C a n a d a r e p o r ts th a t young adults are m ore likely than teenagers to b inge-d rin k , sm oke, and sleep w ith m ultiple partners.

F a ir e n o u g h - w e G en -X ty p e s

have m ore fun than the self-m uti­ lating, purple-haired under-20 set.

But the Post doesn’t see all that fun stuff as being fun; rather, it chooses to pooh-pooh it, dismissing it as so much self-destructive tomfoolery.

L iv in g in M o n tre a l, w h e re sm o k in g , sex and b o o z e se e m in g ly enjoy C harter pro­ tection right next to th e c la u s e a b o u t fre e d o m of th o u g h t, b e lie f, o p in io n and expression, the tone o f that article appears vaguely foreign. O f course, there are those who w arn against the use o f smoking, sex, and espe­ cially booze as an escape from the hectic daily grind, and such admo­ n itio n s u n d o u b te d ly h av e som e c a c h e t. E s p e c ia lly w ith , say , a P re sb y te ria n m in iste r in W aw a, Ontario. But not me.

I’ll com e clean here and con­ fess that I once spent four full-time m onths in the Canadian Grenadier G u a rd s , an A rm y re s e rv e u n it founded by James McGill himself.

(I w as y o u n g - I n e e d e d th e money.) Contrary to popular opin­ ion, there were no gruelling courses on basic Som ali torture m ethods, n o r d id w e v id eo tap e each oth er scarfing down urine-soaked ham & cheese sandwiches. But the mildly scandalous thing about the w hole ordeal was the m anner with which w e w ere expected - nay, encour­ aged - to regularly go out and get h o se d w ith o u r b u d d ie s, 5 a.m . reveille be damned. To elect not to b a rf all o v er d o w n to w n O ttaw a, alongside o n e’s steady com rades, was to question the integrity of the entire regim ent itself.

A nd th e re ’s a p o in t to these hoary m ilitary traditions. A welltim ed bender w orks wonders on a stressed soul. The idea behind such state-sp o n so red bacch an alia is to preserve the sanity o f a bunch of high-strung, overworked kids, sub­ lim a tin g th e ir re p re s s e d se x u al urges into an obsession w ith g et­ ting pissed. A ye, sh e’s a difficult mistress, she is, but with the right approach you can get more out of the bottle than it gets out o f you. I

can ’t rem em ber who originally said that, but I’m writing on a hangover here and the m em ory’s a bit fuzzy.

Speaking o f hangovers, even those offer a sort of catharsis. The m orning after leaves you feeling purged, spent, and better yet, in no need o f wine, women, or song. In h is s e m i- a u to b io g ra p h ic a l The Inform ation, British chain-sm oker Martin Amis details one of his pro­ tagonist’s more epic hangovers by is o la tin g it as a g e n re o f film : “E v e ry h a n g o v e r, a fte r a ll, is a mystery; every hangover is a who­ dunit. But as soon as he reared and sw iv e le d fro m h is b e d ... it w as am ply and d read fu lly clear w hat genre he was in: horror. This horror was irresponsibly absolute, yet also low-budget: cheaply dubbed, ill-lit, a n d h a n d - h e ld .” Y o u se e ? T h e divine afflatus for that delightful m e ta p h o r no d o u b t c a m e fro m A m is ’s le g e n d a ry b o o z in g . I t ’s tim e we stopped dumping on pro­ ductive dipsom ania and learned to embrace it.

Cheers !

S o u r, S o ile d a n d S p o ile d : a r o o m m a t e m a n if e s t o Inhale deeply. Can you sm ell th a t? T h at ro ttin g sm ell com ing from your room m ate's door? No? T ry g ettin g closer. T here ya go, it's potent isn't it? K inda like the tu rn ip sq uash th a t’s m ating w ith th e tu n a c a s s e r o le in th e d e e p recesses o f your fridge.

N o w , d o n ’t b e a la r m e d .

Before you do anything rash, you should know that your room m ate may sim ply have gone bad.

W hy not? E verything else in the w orld has an expiration date.

E v en y o u r d riv e r's lic e n s e , and th a t's o n ly m a d e o f p la s tic .

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F o rtu n a te ly , it's easy en o u g h to d e te r m in e i f y o u r r o o m m a te ’s fre s h n e s s has e x p ire d . A ll you have to do is consult the inform a­ tion tatto o ed to the u n derside o f

underw ear? D id your first verbal e x c h a n g e in c lu d e th e p h r a s e s "hands up" "turn and co u g h " or " tr u s t m e " ? U p o n y o u r f ir s t e n c o u n te r , w a s h e c h a r g in g a d m is­ sion to

th e ir e a rlo b e . O f c o u rse , if you w ant to avoid any form o f person­ al contact, you m ight ju st w ant to r e fle c t on th e m a n n e r in w h ich you m et your roomie.

D id y o u f i r s t m e e t y o u r ro o m m a te w h e n y o u sa w h im spinning from a ce ilin g fan in a p a ir o f H o m e o f th e W h o p p e r

glim pse at the second head grow ­ ing out o f his chest? Ladies, was he the only m an in your W om en's L ite ra tu re c la ss, W o m en in th e W o rk fo rc e C la s s an d C o n te m p o ra ry W o m e n 's Issu e s class? Is y o u r cu rren t room m ate th a t one lo u d -m o u th ed guy w ho was trying out pick-up lines at the

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V D c lin ic ? S a d ly , th e se ro o m ­ m a te s v e ry r a r e ly h av e a g o o d sh e lf life an d are lik ely to spoil im m ediately upon b eing brought home.

If on the other hand you hap­ pened to m eet your current room ­ m ate in church they m ight still be fresh. H ow ever, if they w ere con­ fessing a crim e at the tim e or w ere doing som ething vile to the Holy w a te r , th e n th e sa m e r u le as b efo re ap p lies. G en erally sp eak ­ in g , y o u h a v e to b e c a r e f u l to avoid religious types. I once had a room ie w ho w as training to be a Z en m aster, and he used to keep m e up at all h o u rs o f th e n ig h t w ith the sound o f one hand clap­ ping.

Perhaps you didn't know your r o o m m a te a t f ir s t, b u t in s te a d a u d i tio n e d th e m r ig h t o f f th e stre e t. A c c o rd in g ly , a few new rules apply. G ood potential room ­ m ates don't in sist on seeing your u n d erw ea r d raw er b efo re seein g y o u r k itc h e n . N o r do th ey h av e p et n am es fo r ea ch one o f th e ir n ip p le h a irs o r a d v e r tis e th e ir p o litical affilia tio n s w ith tatto o s

on their foreheads. G ood potential ro o m m a te s d o n o t a s k e d to b e "left alone for aw hile" w ith your eg g b eater during the house tour, and they never use the term s "nar­ co lep tic" and "avid cook" in the sam e sentence. If y o u r p otential ro o m m a te d id an im p re ssio n o f P reston M anning during the tour th at's p ro b ab ly n ot a sw ell sign, and if h e w as P re sto n M an n in g that's definitely not a good indica­ tor o f things to come.

A n d if you au d itio n e d y o u r ro o m m a te o v e r th e p h o n e , you s h o u ld k n o w th a t g o o d , s ta b le r o o m m a te s d o n 't a s k y o u to describe the size and shape o f the key hole on your door.

If any o f these qualities seem f a m ilia r, th e n y o u r ro o m ie h as likely long ago expired and gone b a d . I t's n a tu r e 's lit t l e w a y o f p o in tin g o u t y o u r g r o s s o v e r ­ sights. M ethods o f disposal vary, but one thing is certain, once gone s o u r, a ro o m m a te n e v e r a g a in tastes sweet.

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The media squall surrounding the latest NASA shuttle launch could only be compared to the number one spectator sport in America NASCAR. Like at a NASCAR event, the crowd around the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida consisted for the most part of spectators well into mid­ dle age. Under-educated, blue collar folk waiting for things that go fast and make lots of noise to explode and flip over in spectacular form or fash­ ion. Like NASCAR heroes, the stars of NASA wear bright, colourful suits with equally bright and colourful hel­ mets and instead of rallying for Tide or Mellow Yellow they are sponsored

by Lockheed Martin and A1 Gore.

Both American pastimes are televised extensively by Ted Turner (TNT for NASCAR and CNN for NASA) with the help of the Goodyear blimp (#1 in tires!). More importantly though, both are personal favourites of Arkansas Bill Clinton, the first American president to personally attend a shuttle launch and the only known active president to attend a NASCAR race (George Bush is known to be a big fan). Wearing a NASA pin on his jacket and another of Monica’s gift ties, Arkansas Bill spouted on and on about the validity of NASA, his excitement over the impending launch and the importance of voting.

CNN shifted to John Glenn’s old college campus after some shit about NASA’s advancement of humanity

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On Thursday October 29th, 36 years after first roaring into space, former senator, failed presidential candidate and American legend John Glenn strapped himself into the shut­ tle Discovery and prepared to once again journey to the final frontier.

Everyone from Chuck Yeager to Buzz Aldrin and Jimmy Buffet voiced their concerns about the impending launch prior to lift-off. Would Glenn’s frail body hold up under the extreme GForces? In the event of an emergency would he have the strength to save himself and his crew? Would he ran for president upon his return to earth?

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Back in Ohio, one of Glenn’s high school football buddies thought Glenn would fare fine in space his second time around based on past athletic prowess.

“HE plaYeD centre. He HIT HarD,” the drOOpY Eyed homeBody draWLed DEAdpan Into the CNN remotE Mike.

The nine day mission planned for the Discovery crew includes a bat­ tery of boring scientific studies on Mr. Glenn and 216 perilous hours in which at any moment the seventyseven year old could drop dead from a variety of old age afflictions or space induced anomalies. Though odds are he’ll return unharmed and live out the rest of his life as a real American hero, giving the odd inter­ view and waiting for the Grim Reaper to make a trip to Ohio and pay him a visit. Undoubtedly, after this trip, life is all down hill from here for John Glenn. No more political battles. No more ventures into space. Pretty much nothing left to live for.

A foolproof solution to counting the days until death: before the nine days are out, the living relic can open one of the Discovery hatches, take one small step for mankind and leap into the great beyond .spending all of eternity with the stars.

PoETry. pSYchOticisM. But it can’t end there. Where’s the patriotism and Hollywood bang in a space. Assisted suicide? Bruce Willis did it in Armageddon and you don’t hear Demi crying, do you? One can only hope that John plucks fellow astronaut and known Russian sympa­ thizer Pedro Duque from his space chair, drags him through the shuttle by his air hose and throws him into deep space before taking the final, allAmerican plunge. The last salvo in the old Russia / US space race and a patriotic send-off to boot. Brezhnev would be rolling in his grave.

Godspeed John Glenn. We hope you make the right decision.

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Love him or hate him, he’s a hundred times richer than you. So what if he controls 60 of the 106 daily newspapers in Canada.

H e’s got the money, he’s got the power, and between you and me, he’s definitely got the women.

M aybe you haven’t seen the latest issue of GQ on which Harrison Ford is one of the esteemed GQ M en of the Year. If you look closely you will see a hideous earing in his left earlobe. Call me old fashioned, but earings only look good on men in the music industry and pirates.

Y o u h a v e b e e n m is in f o rm e d the past. W hat stays private, stays I'm going to break two big private. rules o f journalism this week. The In Canada, public figures’ pri­ first one, w hich I've ignored vate lives have been pretty much already, is never to u§e the word off-limits to m edia scrutiny. Prime "I". The second is to write about the M inister M ackenzie King was a media.

W hat with the C lintonLewinsky mess, there’s a lot o f talk in m edia D av id R eev ely circles about w hat constitutes a p p ro p ria te coverage o f public figures’ person­ w hacko occultist who got policy advice from his dog and also his al lives. The Am erican public, in mother, who was dead. N obody particular, doesn’t seem to think reported it for twenty years after he that the president’s private life is any o f its business, as long as noth­ died. Pierre T rudeau’s rom antic entanglem ents becam e the subject ing that he does behind closed o f public debate, but only because doors has any bearing on his public they form ed a significant part o f the duties.

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And when things got ugly, as with his messy divorce from his young wife, M argaret (which happened w hile he was in office), the press k ep t a polite distance from it. The deference to privacy was ju st a mat­ ter o f respect.

It all goes to hell w hen you try to apply the rule to student politics, though.

I’ve w ritten before that, as far as I can tell, about 80 per cent of w hat happens in Shatner Building politics is personal. Personal loyal­ ties, personal animosities. Freshly m inted politicos w anting to get to be part o f the “in” crowd by sup­ porting the right people and there­ by m aking the rig h t kinds of friends.

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M cGill has sunk to an all-time low. Their mentality o f helping every individual in dire need has risen to new heights. God forbid SSM U executives should not sup­ No, I'm not talking about port one cause out of fear of back­ those bloody ingrates in lash from every club and service ______Vancouver______ out there. M cGill's reputation has grown in terms o f the most politi­ strict w hen dealing with repeat cally correct schools in the country. offenders. They feel that Johnson I for one, am sick o f it. W hy does­ is not worth the reclam ation pro­ n't McGill help someone whose ject that would not in any way ben­ life has really taken a turn for the efit them. Therefore, it is up to the worse?

Students' Society o f McGill to help No, I'm not talking about those Johnson because every other bloody ingrates out in Vancouver. avenue has been shut down to him.

Those students deserved w hat they got after repeated warnings from Personally, I really don't see why our RCMP. However, we have big­ not. The SSMU supports students wigs such as Duncan Reid and the not even in their province, allows omnipotent Chris M uldoon (clubs bums to roam around free on their and services rep) running to sup­ property and people are supposed port those APEC students. These to accept this. Fund Ben Johnson individuals, plus other politicians, because he could help our track alw ays say "we w ant to make and field team improve in their McGill a better place." Why not sprinting and take-offs. Johnson start by getting rid of those bums him self is a worthy project becasue who loiter on the McGill campus? he tells the truth and M cGill can These guys prey on the poorest of actually help him make a living. society - students. Help someone Instead o f pledging support to who has been repeatadly shut down nameless students, why not set up a by the International O lym pic Ben Johnson Fund to get him back Com m ittee (IOC), the judiciary, on his feet. This would be a cause and society - Ben Johnson. that m ost w ould be proud o f This self-proclaimed fastest man because you are making a differ­ has been without steady em ploy­ ence in someone's life. Helping ment since he was stripped o f his Johnson would be a matter students gold medal at Seoul, K orea in would definitely hear about and 1988. Getting back into track and might actually bring some school field has proved difficult for spirit back from when it died, when Johnson, for you see, his reputation this era o f political correctness was has been tarnished.

Johnson ushered in. claims that Canada's track and field association has blocked his right to Mr. H azan owns stock in several earn a living in the sport. They feel perform ance-enhancing p harm a­ reinstating him would lead to more ceutical companies. problems and humiliation. If M ike Tyson can be forgiven, why not Ben Johnson? W hen he allegedly

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“I put a tea bag on my head and went to a party'

“I was one half of Hans and Frans.

I think I was Hans.”

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“My friend had a big Halloween party in Outremont.”

“I went to a fraternity party and dressed up as a french maid. Yes, I picked up.”

“My mom made me hand out candy, then I got real drunk and fought with my girlfriend.”

pF “My friend and I went to a party amd he got really drunk and threw up in this girl’s house. I had to drive him home, stopping along the way to let him throw up on Sherbrooke. I dressed up as a cowgirl.”

“Stayed at home and got real drunk.”

“Went to Westmount and trick or treated with the kiddies.”

“Went to a party dressed as a baseball player. Yes, I picked up.”

“I went home and went trick or treating with my sister. I was a witch.”

M is in f o r m e d c o n t'd C ontinued from page 9 the kinds o f relationships that the Globe and M ail certainly would cover— w ho ow es favours to whom. And there are very strict law s th at govern the ex tent to w hich friendships can interfere with public business, so that if som eone steps over the line, not only the press get interested, but also the RCM R B ut in student politics, the issue o f rom antic entanglem ents is much murkier. First o f all, very few grow n-up p oliticians spend as much tim e in bars as student politi­ cians do. They don’t drink up rag­ ing storms in public. They don’t and this is key-pick up, and then behave like immature brats after­ ward.

It's really only a problem when they start getting involved with each other. Even that’s fine as long as they can keep their professional lives separate from w hat they do in their offices. But when they can ’t, it makes huge problem s for the peo­ ple who work with them, the peo­ ple who work fo r them, and those o f us who write about them. The Shatner building is ju st a little too cozy for people to go around blath­ ering about w ho’s slept with whom

- especially when you can’t prove definitively that one politician is behaving like a twerp to another politician because she jilted him and he can’t forgive her. Or viceversa.

There is, o f course, the issue of the propriety o f certain relation­ ships in the first place. A few years ago, SSM U P resident H elena Myers had a relationship with thenA rts U ndergraduate Society President Rich LaTour. There was, so far as I know, no breath o f inap­ propriate behaviour there. O f course, neither o f them was in a position o f authority over the other, strictly speaking.

W hat if the VP Internal, responsible for the adm inistration o f clubs and services, started dating the president o f a random club from the list in the Handbook? Or w hat if an executive hooked up with a member-at-large o f his or her Council com mittee?

L et’s take that one a little fur­ ther (though this is all purely hypo­ thetical). L et’s say that then, because of animosity between the two o f them, some important initia­ tive in dealing with a university body or a governm ent m inistry got bogged down until it was too late.

W hat if both o f them denied,

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W hat could the campus press report? An im portant undertaking in an executive's portfolio kiboshed, for stupid personal rea­ sons, w hich reasons are common know ledge in some circles, but not available from anyone willing to go on the record. The root cause o f the problem concealed behind the dis­ honest (but not disprovable) denials o f the principal participants. And, therefore, unreportable. In colle­ giate journalism , you can’t bum a source by quoting som ething from off the record, because nobody but nobody - will ever talk to you again. T hat’s the reflexive reaction in student politics: circle the w ag­ ons. Politicians in tm e public life are com pelled by electoral im pera­ tives to talk to the press whether they w ant to or not, but student p oliticians don't have to. We depend absolutely on their good­ w ill (and need for ego-stroking through seeing th eir nam es in print).

Not, o f course, that the media are squeaky-clean. N ot by a long shot. How many Tribune staffers have held a paid position with the SSM U at some point? Or even a volunteer position, while they've been on staff? How many D ailyites have worked for organizations they report on? How many Plum bers' Faucet editors are actual SSM U councillors rig h t now at this moment?

But they’re ju st students doing w hat students do, and no one would begrudge a politician his or her per­ sonal life. Right?

It's a tough question. I don't have the answer.

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W o m e n w o r ld - w id e t o k i c k o f f m ille n n iu m in s o li d a r i t y B y J o r d a n a L o e b ______________________

In an act o f solidarity, women across the world will gather togeth­ e r in th e ir re sp e c tiv e re g io n s to kick off the new m illennium with aim s to abolish poverty and v io ­ lence against women.

The W orld M arch o f W om en 2000 is designed to heighten global aw areness o f the enorm ity o f the p ro b le m s fa c in g w o m en to d a y through focusing on common prob­ lems in the global w omen’s m ove­ m en t su ch as p o v erty , v io le n ce , quality o f life and respect for the female body. March organizers aim to challenge the authority sustain­ ing and creating inequality between men and women as well as helping to exert control over woman's lives.

The project is being supported by popular education events such as the Feminism Popular Education F air th a t to o k place in M ontreal O cto b er 16 at the C entre P ierreC h arb o n n eau . T his first in te rn a ­ tional preparatory meeting for the m arch hosted fifty stands prom ot­ in g w o m a n 's is s u e s w o rld w id e along with workshops prepared by w om en across five continents rep­ resen tin g groups involved in the march.

T h e g o al o f th e fa ir w as to m otivate w om an's groups in order to strengthen the march, which ide­ ally will becomes a global affirma­ tion by woman for woman's rights.

T h e f a ir w as o r g a n iz e d by th e Fédération des Femmes du Québec which was founded in 1966 with a multicultural and pluralist perspec­ tiv e on fem in ism and w hich has re c e n tly b een in v o lv e d w ith the fight for pay equity legislation and th e stru g g le a g a in st cu tb ac k s in social programs.

The fair attracted many over­ s e a s d e le g a te s su c h as M a n e l D elicia Tirangama, a delegate from southern Sri Lanka. Tirangama rep­ rese n ts a group ca lled the R ural W om en's O rganization N etw ork, c o n s is tin g o f 1,285 S ri L a n k a n w om an living below the poverty line. Tirangam a feels strongly that the event can help local w om en in her country. She is hoping that the conference will give her com m uni­ ty leg up by "localizing grassroots w om en" on "a w o rld w ide stage w h e re w e ca n m ak e o u r v o ic e s heard.” "[The march] is very relevant, it's very appropriate to the people, in my part o f the world. I consider this march as a step, a main junc­ tio n in the long m arch for social justice, equality, peace and devel­ opment."

Tirangam a went on to explain that there are sim ilarities that she fe e ls w o m en w o rld -w id e sh a re , although the w ays that the p ro b ­ lems are resolved are radically dif­ ferent.

"T h e m a jo r d e m a n d s [o f w om en] are very sim ilar b u t the uniform ity or the hom ogeneity of these issues are quite different from our part of the world and the west­ ern world."

She explained how w om en in

b ro ad er u n d e r­ standing, in hop­ ing to relate it to her com m unity's specific needs.

"T h e m ain pull is to put our issues in a global c o n te x t a n d to put our solutions in th a t c o n te x t also."

The F a ir p ro v id e d d e le ­ gates like B lack with a forum for sharing this cru­ cial information.

"We want to fin d o u t w h at o th e r c o u n trie s are d o in g an d w h a t k in d o f strategies we can b u ild to g eth er... Popular education fa ir attracted over 60 delegates to figure out what to be in the middle o f it." everyone is going to do and bring it In te rm s o f u n iv e rs ity life , home. T hen w e'll figure out w hat however, Lewis seemed to feel that w e're going to do to celebrate and active sexism was not the problem. push forward in the year 2000."

"W e're moving into an age of The F e m in ism P o p u la r political correctness and people are E d u catio n F air w as also o f great r e a lly c a r e f u l. S e x is m is v e ry interest closer to home. A M cGill in g rain ed in p e o p le ’s m en talities student, Christine Lewis, represent­ and so when it's not overt it's that in g a g ro u p c a lle d C o lle c tiv e you're sitting in class and your prof Autonom ous N onviolent A ction was n ev er looks at you or n ev er asks r u n n in g a c o n f e re n c e e n title d you pertinent questions. [It's] little Fem inist Action and Radical Nonth in g s like th at — the little su b ­ Violence. Lewis feels that students tleties o f reality.” need to be keenly aw are o f th eir W hether in your next political social situation. science class or half way round the "The woman's march is in two world in a small village you might y ears an d th e d em an d s are stu ff never set foot in, sexism and vio­ that is going to concern our genera­ lence against w om en continues to tion. The students o f now are going

Sri L a n k a are su p re ss e d if th ey make attempts to rebel against their subordinate position. According to Tirangam a, the two m ajor student uprisings in Sri Lanka in 1971 and 1989 w ere a re su lt o f th e un em ­ p lo y m e n t p ro b le m w h ic h h as a great impact on w oman especially.

"The rate is very high in my country. M ost educated university stu d e n ts are u n em p lo y ed . F ro m time to time they rebel against the government," she stated. "They are denied equal rights, they don't get jo b opportunities for their qualifi­ cations, so they get to g eth er and th e y o rg a n iz e an d th e y r e b e l a g a in st th e g o v e rn m e n t an d th e governm ent ruthlessly suppresses this."

The Sri Lankan government is apparently not receptive to progres­ sive thinking and Tirangam a point­ ed out that "twice they have killed over one third of the university stu­ dents and unem ployed graduates."

"For five or six years they will calm down," she explained, "but it is only a matter o f tim e before this vicious cycle repeats itself."

Tirangam a believes that there are years o f w ork to be done all o v e r th e w o rld to o r d e r h e lp women. For this woman the entire S ri L a n k a n g o v e rn m e n t sy ste m "should change because temporary rem edies can't solve long standing problems."

Tirangama’s voice, however, is just one in sixty-two countries that w ere represented by d eleg ates at the F em inism P op u lar E ducation Fair. For Julie Black, an delegate from Alberta, the goal in coming to M o n tre a l w as to try to g a in a

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th r iv e . E v e n ts lik e th e W o rld M arch fo r W om an 2 0 0 0 m ay be critical stepping stones in reaching the ideal of equality.

T irangam a aptly sum m ed up th e aim s o fb o th th e fa ir and the march by explaining how they cre­ ate an o p p o rtu n ity fo r w om en to b ra n c h o u t an d fo rm in v a lu a b le lines o f communication.

"To w in som ething, we have to gather together. W e are stretch­ ing our hands to the w om an in the w estern world who can help us to w in our dem ands, that is why we are joining this march — to get the support, the solidarity, the sister­ hood."

B e a t s , B - G ir ls a n d B - B o y s Exploring the practice, history and attitudes of breakdancing B y P a u l in e B o z e k

In a low-profile green building on Laval Street above Mont-Royal A v en u e , w h ere th e s tre e t lo o k s more like an alley, a brightly lit loft reveals the fluid, trained movements o f a body responding and reacting to a beat.

T h e b re a k d a n c in g c la s s is almost over and the last ten minutes are reserved for a freestyle session.

A circle forms and individuals enter th e s p o tlig h t one at a tim e to demonstrate their skills. The others on the circumference stand around, mostly watching, some working out their own combinations, but always reacting to the execution of a powe rm o v e or a new se q u e n c e .

Feedback is positive and the vibe is made evident by smiles of encour­ agement.

The beats are fat, electro oldschool. There's hip hop art hanging on the w alls and any evidence of dom esticity has been pushed into th e c o rn e rs. I t ’s o b v io u s th is is som eone’s hom e, but on Tuesday and Thursday evenings it is also one M o n tre a l lo c a tio n w h ere b re a k dancing lives in 1998.

B re a k in g to d a y , a lth o u g h remaining firmly rooted in its histo­ ry, is a continuously evolving art

form. The emerging p resen ce o f fem ale breakdancing crews is one of the indica­ tions that the trend is growing. This partic­ u la r class is w here an all-female break­ ing cre w , Ellem entale 5, work diligently to improve th e ir s k ills . T h ese five girls, who first n o tic ed on e an o th ­ e r ’s m o v es in M o n tre a l clu b s, ca m e to g e th e r to form one of the only all-fem ale crew s in the scene. Each com­ ing fro m d iffe re n t b a c k g ro u n d s, th ey schooled the Trib on the v aried p rac tice know n as breaking. Breaking in the 90s opens Pau/(ne Bozek Breaking can not be door to women defined exclusively what you make o f it. The more indi­ as a dance, a sport, or even an art, vidual, creative and innovative you but as a blend of all three. are the more successful you are as a According to D ana Schnitzer, breakdancer.” a m em ber o f the group, breaking Ellementale 5’s own contribu­ allows for creativity and individual tion to the art form has succeeded in self expression. in c re a s in g th e d iv e rs ity o f s e lf "Yeah, there are sets of known expression. O nce a heavily m alemoves but everything in between is

dom inated practice, the face, style and attitudes of breaking are chang­ ing.

S u z ie Iliy a n , a m e m b e r o f Ellementale 5, elaborated. "Number one, girls have a different way of m o v in g , so w hen th e y ’re b re a k ­ dancing, they’re often doing some­ thing different," she stated.

The emphasis on individuality, o r " s ty le ,” as it is c o m m o n ly referred to by breakers, is one of the first things noticed, even by one not familiar with the art form.

"Everyone that’s here is really interested in style, and style is not in the sense of 'stylized,' but of know­ ing your own movement, knowing yourself," explained group member Kate Alsterlund.

A p art fro m th e e le m e n ts o f style, there is an incredible amount o f skill and technique involved in break in g . T he fu n d am en tal te c h ­ niques and steps, known as "powermoves," are drawn from martial arts such as Capoiera. Because martial arts are fundamentally infused with a philosophy and a state of mind, much of that is left in the breaking of today. Jonas, the class instructor, em phasized the im portance o f the mental state.

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This here article contains the solution for all those who mourn the loss of Halloween for another year: G uy F aw k es N ig h t. D o n 't laugh because this is a honest holiday cel­ e b ra te d w ith rea l c o n v ic tio n by those back in E ngland. B onfires, firew o rk s, pran k s, food, burning effig ies, costum es and rioting all await those who will celebrate Guy F aw k es N ig h t th is T h u rsd a y N ovem ber Fifth. W hat follow s is your handy How-To Guide to create y o u r very ow n G uy F a w k e s/ Fireworks Night.

Even with only a few days to p re p a re fo r th is a c tio n -p a c k e d evening of high-energy reveling you need to lay aside a few moments in order to absorb its historical signifi­ cance.

Crazy Brit History Guy Fawkes was a Catholic liv­ ing in England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James (that means la te 1500s and e a rly 1600s).

F aw k es w as c o n v in c e d th a t the Protestant monarchy needed to be violently overthrow n and replaced with a monarchy loyal to the Pope.

He and several other co-conspirators filled a small basement room direct­ ly below the H ouse of Parliam ent with 36 barrels of gunpowder with th e aim o f b lo w in g th e e n tire English government skyward on the first day o f the Parliam entary ses­ sion, November 5, 1605. When one of the conspirators tried to warn his b ro th er-in -law not to atten d that Parliamentary session, the letter he wrote was brought to the attention o f King Jam es I and the prem ises were searched.

Guy Faw kes was caught with kindling and fuses in his pockets on his way towards the ignition room.

Instead of overthrowing the nation, Guy Fawkes himself was drawn and quartered, disembowelled, then left with his head on stake in the middle o f L ondon. Faw kes w as actually born P ro te sta n t but converted to C a th o lic is m , at w hich tim e he c h a n g e d h is nam e fro m G uy to G u id o , in o rd er to have a c lo ser association with the Catholic strong­ hold of Spain. The result o f Fawkes' attem pted bom bing was increased support of James I and harsher treat­ m en t o f c lo s e t C a th o lic s. B ut enough of history.

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in s tru c tio n s to m ak e y o u r ow n torches can be easily found, com ­ w ith cartoon illustrations at 1) A b o u t th e m o n th b e fo plete re November Fifth people start collect­ www. geocities. com/MotorCity/Gara ge/1329/Torches. html. ing firewood for the huge bonfires E F F IG IE S: Be sure to use set to bum in streets and other pub­ th ree d ifferen t co lo u rs for G uy's lic areas. coat, waistcoat and trousers. Make his head look villainous with a col­ orful mask and a conical 17th centu­ ry hat. Put lantern in one arm and m atch es in other. M ake sure it's flammable.

TA R BA R R E L S: L ight tar co v ered w ooden b arrels and roll through streets. Kick them till they fall apart or roll them into the river.

CHURCH PEW BEATING: Go out and beat church pews while bells are ringing. Ring church bells.

BANGERS: Not the kind you eat with mash, silly. The Brits use this word for fireworks as well. Buy own fireworks and light them. Try Baker’s Dozen.

F O O D : D e lic a c ie s in clu d e bonfire toffee, bonfire toffee apples, 2) During the following weeks Y orkshire Parkin and Guy Fawkes kids create effigies of Guy Fawkes and tie them to chairs on sidewalks Punch which includes a healthy com­ bination of brandy, dry sherry, port in order to beg for m oney to buy fireworks. For some reason Brits are and red wine. For recipes please see www. bcpl. net/~cbladey/guy/html/celb w illing to cough up "a penny for food.html.

Guy.” PR O C ESSIO N S: G ets your 3) The night immediately pre­ celebration off to a good start. Each c e d in g G uy F aw k es N ig h t is M ischief Night, where blokes try to procession should have: people bear­ ing torches or things that are on fire, torch each other's bonfires a night early, or steal another's firewood, or bands, costum ed m arching units, else stuff drainpipes full o f paper floats carrying displays and burn­ able tableaus. Banners illustrating then set them on fire.

4) On the night itself the bon­ the plot are also essential as well as fires are finally lit and the fireworks other minor dignitaries if they can are set off. Guy Fawkes is burned in be dug up.

CHANTS: Absolutely neces­ effig y along w ith popes and any sary. Here are a few examples: other politicians you may not like.

"G u n p o w d er T re aso n !

Bonfire toffee is eaten and revelry is encouraged. The rest is as your heart G unpow der T reason! G unpow der desires. Good ol'Britain. Here's the Treason Plot! I know no reason why Guide to take this celebration to the gunpow der treason should ever be forgot. Guy Faw kes and his com ­ New World. panions did the scheme contrive to blow the king and parliament all up How-to-Guide alive! But by God's providence, him they did catch with a dark lantern, B O N F IR E : F or flam m ab le light a match. Holloboys Holloboys, materials, use an aggregate of wood, coal, central tree trunks, paper, card­ m ak e th e b e lls rin g . H o llo b o y s board, wooden boxes, clothing, mat­ Holloboys God save the King!"

B e tte r y et: "G uy G uy G uy tre s s e s , fu rn itu re an d tire s. F o r Poke him in the eye! Put him on the where to locate these bonfires: try fire and there let him die!" u n d e ru se d s tre e ts , c a th e d ra l H allow een could never be so grounds, outskirts of cities or hills_ good.

Royal Mounts come to mind.

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Although innovation is highly prized, the fundamental techniques of breaking are deliberately m ain­ tained. The roots o f breakdancing re a c h dow n so m e tw o h u n d re d years to the era of slavery in Brazil.

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C a p o ie ra 's th re a t as a m ean s o f defence, it was outlawed by Brazil's dominant powers. In order to con­ tinue practicing the martial art, the practitioners disguised it as a ritual dance, thus concealing its violent potential.

In fu se d fro m th e b e g in n in g with the politics of resistance, the practice and philosophy of Capoiera mixed with elements of hip hop and emerged as a new form o f stylistic expression from the streets o f the u rban A m eric an g h e tto , aro u n d 1975. Throughout the 80s, breaking experienced a media blitz, figuring prominently in rap videos and spe­ cialized films. As hip hop is begin­ ning to be understood in terms of a culture, breaking becomes a central

element of the exploration. O f late, the presence of breaking has been difficult to ignore as it enters the sphere o f clubs. Furtherm ore, hip hop p o sters ad v ertisin g b reaking classes such as this one led by Jonas are easy to locate. The essentials of breaking come down to responding to a beat, and who doesn’t like to do that? To be moved, check it out for yourself.

F o r cla ss in q u iries, lea ve a message fo r the enigmatic Jonas at 957-2955. Ellem entale 5 perform s at th e Tabop T u r n ta b lis t C o m p etitio n on N o v em b e r 13 at Sona.

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Paper magazine reports a backlash against Giuliani’s efforts to clean up his city. “The level o f damage Giuliani has inflicted upon New Yorkers cannot be measured unless you happen to be one of those who found the city’s grittiness one of its greatest treasures,” writes David Hershkovits. “I wonder where all the kids in the ‘burbs are going to go for life experience.

The Mall formerly known as Manhattan?”

Hershkovits argues that Giuliani’s zoning regula­ tions, that have all but closed down the sex industry in Times Square and elsewhere, has more to do with making the streets safe for developers than with morality. Much of Giuliani’s popularity has to do with the coincidence of his rise to power and the bullish stock market.

Orgazmo— South Park creator's low-rent Boogie Nights According to Filmmaker magazine,Trey Parker, co-creator of the wildly successful South Park and the fizzly B ASEketball, has a new flick com ing out.

Orgazmo was m ade for $1 m illion in less than a month and has drawn raves from critics at the Toronto Film Festival of Festivals. It’s a dark comedy about a Mormon in the Los Angeles world of pornographic cin em a, w hich has draw n an N C -17 from the American film rating board. Parker is outraged.

“There’s no nudity,” he says. “Well, okay, there are male butts... Somebody mentioned that the rating might be because Choda wears a dildo on his head. So the guy wearing a rub­ ber dildo on his head is NC-17, but in Seven, the razor-sharp dildo that a guy uses to rape a woman gets an R?” He went on to explain his philosophy of comedy: “I realized that a lot of comedy is about taking a normal situation and putting really fucked charac­ ters into it. What I’ve always tried to do is the reverse, which is take pretty normal people and put them in the most fucked up situations. So I'd say, ‘Okay, I’ll take a Mormon— I grew up with Mormons so they seem pretty normal to me — and then what if he gets caught in this other world?”’

Terror in the heartland Everyone’s afraid, according to the latest Shift magazine. One in every five people suffers from à phobia. 50 per cent of young adults are chronically shy. 20 per cent act dumber than they really are in order to avoid looking nerdy. A full 77 per cent of Americans are afraid that terrorists will attack their cities with nuclear or biological weapons. Best of all, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, 49 per cent are prepared to accept infringements on their civil liberties in order to combat terrorism. » The number of Americans living in gated com­ munities has doubled since 1985, which has con­ tributed to the $35 billion increase in private security companies’ revenues in those thirteen years.

73 per cent of Canadians are afraid that cloning technology will be used to create a master race. And, in case you’re afraid that a master race is going to come from elsewhere, you can buy an insurance policy against alien abduction and impregnation from a British broker for $263.

— compiled by David Reevely

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L a m e n t fro m t h e e d g e — t h e s u b u r b a n e x p e r ie n c e

a fo ru m f o r p e rso n a l observation on trends in current issues

By David Reevely

The suburbs take a lot o f abuse for being characterless and dull. It d o e s n 't m a tte r w h e re you go.

Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver — the burbs are boring.

Because they were created more or less out o f the same cloth, only to provide enough room for city work­ ers to sleep and safely park their cars and children, it only made sense that they should be dull. Safety — which is w hat you w ant for your car and your kids — is boring. If you want excitement, you go downtown.

Historically, the overwhelming majority of adult suburbanites went downtown every day to work any­ way, so access to the com m ercial and artistic resources of the centres the satellite cities orbited was easy.

U nfortunately, the suburbs of cities all across North America have been gradually evolving into "edge c itie s .” E d g e c itie s e x ist on th e peripheries of metropolitan centres, but have enough internal industry "and com m erce to achieve a sem ­ blance o f econom ic independence.

Places like B urnaby, M ississauga, and Ville St-Laurent are increasingly defined by spraw ling, landscaped industrial parks, and are anchored by e ig h t-s to ry m irro re d b u ild in g s.

These suburb-friendly w arehouses and high-tech businesses, which take a d v a n ta g e o f th e co m p a ra tiv e ly cheap real estate in suburban com ­ m unities, provide jobs locally that used only to be available downtown.

Suburbanites who w anted to avoid the commute downtown began mak­ ing the much shorter trip along the rim of the metropolitan centre. Edge cities were bom.

As the connection between sub­ u rb s and d o w n to w n s h as g ro w n

m o re te n u o u s, however, subur­ banites involve­ m e n t in th e downtown cores they still consid­ er their spiritual hom es has dec line d.

T o ro n to an d M o n trea l h av e d is g u is e d th is in c reasin g d is­ c o n n e c tio n by a b s o rb in g th e firs t rin g s o f edge cities that su rro u n d e d them. The next tiers, the techni­ cally independent municipalities that make up the Greater Toronto Area an d th e M o n tre a l U rb a n Community, cannot be far behind.

The people who live and work in edge citie s d o n 't g et th e sam e chances to go dow ntow n that they used to. Some may never make the trip. They start to long for theatres, bookstores and good movie theatres.

M any o f them grew up downtown, w here such e sse n tia ls ex iste d in thriving profusion, and they w ant them now for themselves and their children.

E v en th e ir k id s se n se th a t something's missing. The local mall, so im p o rtan t in the eig h ties, ju st doesn't do it any more. The void left in suburbanites' lives by the absence o f the cultural opportunities urban centres offer is increasingly being filled by large corporations seeking market share. The cultural resources that suburbanites used to have to go downtown to take advantage o f are

now av ailab le in th e ir ow n back yards. C hapters book sto res (w ith ab o u t 350 stores across C anada), Famous Players movie theatres (500 sc re en s at 100 lo c a tio n s), H M V m u sic sh o p s (m o re th a n 70 in Canada), Second Cup coffee shops (270 across Canada) and a plethora o f faux-hom estyle restaurants like Ja c k A sto r's h av e b een b an d in g together to create instant downtowns in the edge cities. In less than a year, an edge city can have one o f each, all with ample parking facilities.

Suburban municipal centres are utterly predictable — and soulless.

Essentially, they pose as downtowns w ith o u t an y o f th e fe a tu re s th a t might make them vibrant or excit­ ing. They are downtowns that have f ra n c h is e d c u ltu ra l e x p e rie n c e , delivering it in pre-packaged doses to tranquilized young people whose chief awareness o f their com muni­ ties is gained in carefully orchestrat­ ed ways from playing in meticulous­

ly groom ed, aesth etically p erfect p ark s to m ed iated in teractio n s in niche-marketed cultural outlet malls.

There seems to be some aware­ ness th at this is an unsatisfactory way for people to live. The develop­ ers w ho build the one-stop culture shops tiy to make them appealing to p e d e stria n s. T h ey sp rin k le little p ark s w ith g rassy co u rty a rd s fo r children to frolic and lovers to picnic in. T h ey 're alm o st alw ay s ee rily empty, as if they were in a fifties scifi reel after the aliens have been by.

Such places are anthema to the sub­ urban mentality. Nobody walks, so nobody p au ses to hang out — o f course the courtyards are empty.

But that kind of construction is popular because it's the only thing going. In Mississauga, for example, the two-year-old Coliseum cinema is the m ost profitable movie house in the country. If you want to go to a flick, you have to buy a ticket the day before. It's crazy, but it's ju st about the only thing going. Not long ago, the CBC ran a piece on the col­ lapse o f the drive-in movie theatre industry. It closed with a shot o f the padlocked gates o f a drive-in near O ttawa that died recently; the sign said that the site had been bought by Famous Players. Moviegoers would shortly be able to view their chosen celluloids in a brand-new theatre, and here was an artist's rendering of what that theatre would look like. It was a painting of the Coliseum.

If you five in the suburbs, there w ill be a m onster th eatre com ing soon to a vacant lot near you. It'll be next to the brand-new Second Cup and across from the wide, easily-dri­ ven but impossible-to-cross-on-foot road from Chapters.

A m p h ib ia n s m a y c a u s e d ra stic c h a n g e s to g lo b a l e c o sy te m s B y K a t i e K l e m a ie _______________________

Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois U.) (U -W IR E ) C A R B O N D A L E , 111.— In the sam e vein o f scien tif­ ic research on species extinction s tu d ie d at M c G ill, a S o u th e r n Illin o is U n iv ersity h e rp e to lo g ist — a s c i e n t i s t w h o s tu d i e s a m p h ib ia n s an d re p tile s — h as w o n an a w a rd e n a b lin g h e r to c o n tin u e re s e a rc h to w a rd s d is ­ co v e rin g the rea so n s fo r a m a s­ s iv e n u m b e r o f f r o g d e a th s th ro u g h out the w orld.

K aren L ips, an assistant p ro ­ fe sso r in z o o lo g y , is one o f six r e s e a r c h e r s to w in o n e o f th e 1 9 9 8 B io d iv e r s ity L e a d e r s h ip A w ards. E ach rec ip ien t receiv es U S $ 1 8 0 ,000, paid in instalm ents o v e r th r e e y e a r s b e g in n in g in 1999.

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fin a n c e resp o n se te am w o rk th a t m a y h e lp r e v e r s e a m p h ib ia n fatalities. T eam m em bers include a to x ico lo g ist, a p ath o lo g ist and an endocrinologist.

T he aw ards are m ade p o ssi­ ble through the N ew Y ork-based B ay F o u n d a tio n an d Jo s e p h in e B ay P a u l an d C . M ic h a e l P au l F oundation, in collab o ratio n w ith ten le a d in g re se a rc h in stitu tio n — in c lu d in g H a rv a rd an d Y ale universities.

Lips belongs to a "biological S W A T team " th a t w orks to d is­ co v er the cause o f frog deaths in th e fo re s ts o f C e n tra l A m e ric a and oth er parts o f the w orld.

L ips said the resu lt o f d im in ­ is h in g fro g p o p u la tio n s w o u ld d rastically effect the E arth ’s b io ­ logical diversity.

"F ro g s are re a lly im p o rta n t in te rm s o f th e e c o s y s te m an d they are food for o th er anim als,"

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L ip s s a id . " T h e ir d y in g w ill defin itely have a big effect, but I'm not sure w hat the effect will be."

T he fu n ctioning o f eco sy s­ te m s w o r l d - w id e c o u l d b e a f f e c te d b y th e lo s s o f s u c h a m p h ib ia n s b e c a u s e th e y p r o ­ v id e n o u ris h m e n t fo r a n im a ls h ig h e r on th e fo o d ch a in such as snakes, b ird s and m am m als, L ip s ex p la in e d . F ro g s also eat in s e c ts th a t c a rry d e a d ly d is ­ e a s e s , k e e p in g th e d is e a s e d in s e c ts to a m in im u m .

F u r th e r m o r e , i f th e r e a re no ta d p o le s in lak es an d strea m s, th e co m p o n en ts o f th e se w ater b o d ies co u ld change.

T h e r e h a v e b e e n m a jo r r e d u c t i o n s o f v a r io u s f r o g s p e c ie s in C e n tr a l A m e r ic a , S o u th A m e r ic a , A u s tr a lia a n d N o r th A m e r ic a . L ip s s ta te d research ers w ere un su re o f w hat

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w as k illin g th e fro g s , b u t th e y su sp ect a fungus strain is the cu l­ prit. She said all frogs th at w ere found dead had been affected by this fungus.

L ip s s a id th e f u n g u s a ls o w a s s u s p e c t a s it is f o u n d u n iq u e ly in w a te r. O n ly fro g s w hose n atu ral h ab itat is stream s are affected, w hile frogs on land are thriving.

T h ro u g h h e r re se a rc h , L ip s h a s d is c o v e re d th a t th e fu n g u s c o v e r s th e s k in o f th e f r o g s .

M o s t lik e ly , sh e d e d u c e d , th is p ro b ab ly resu lts in death cau sed by suffocation o r dehy d ratio n as fro g s b re a th an d d rin k th ro u g h th eir skin.

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s ic k o r d e a d f r o g s a re f o u n d , researchers test fo r the fungus as w e ll as p o is o n an d p e s tic id e s .

T h e s u r r o u n d in g s o il, a ir a n d w a te r a ls o a r e a ls o te s te d f o r chem icals.

N ext m onth, L ips w ill go to a w e s t e r n P a n a m a m o u n ta in range to survey n ative frogs and p o s s ib le re se a rc h s it e s .

U n fo rtu n a te ly , L ip s b e lie v e s if the b izarre strain o f fungus is the cu lprit, th ere is no know n w ay to p rev en t it from spreading. " I'm n o t c o n f id e n t w e c a n sto p th is th in g a n d th a t's sc ary b ec au se w e w ill see th e e x tin c ­ tio n o f lo ts o f species," L ips said.

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Eugene. Oregon, 1989. In a time when swing was anything but popu­ lar, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies were already struttin' and swinging, ding dong daddying, and brown derby jumpin'.

T hey’ve released four albums sin ce then, begin n in g w ith Ferociously Stoned, in 1990, which was studiously ignored by the main­ stream , and follow ing up w ith an equally obscure 7" in 1992, featuring the current album's single "The Ding Dong Daddy of the D Car Line," and the thankfully forgotten "Mom Was A Fat Broad." Undaunted, the Daddies released two more albums, Rapid City Muscle Car, (1994) and Kid on the Street (1996) on their independent lab el S pace A ge B a ch e lo r Pad Records before signing with a major, Mojo, last year and releasing the wild­ ly successful Z oot Suit Riot. W hat swing sheep may not know, however, is that most of the songs on Zoot Suit are taken from these earlier albums.

So that's what they’ve been doing the past nine years: w orking their asses off, trying to get noticed by someone besides their parents. Now they are not only noticed, but drown­ ing in the swing thing, playing for sta­ diums packed with urban hep-cats and hipsters.

Not bad for kids from the sticks.

Still, growing up in the boonies had a

lot to do with the D addies’ sound.

Eugene has a heavy blues culture, and the D addies reflect that in a jum p blues way, with piano blues riffs in the single "Zoot Suit Riot," and an intro based on "Sing Sing Sing," a Classic big band stan d ard . The Daddies do more than swing: they're a mixed musical bag of jazz, shuffle beats and ska/punk all dressed up in the slickness of a zoot suit.

So are they really "swing"? It's debatable. Still, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies plan to continue to do their own thing, in spite o f the rise and (inevitable) future fall of swing. The T ribune, you know , spoke w ith Cherry Poppin' Daddies guitarist, you know, Jason Moss.

Tribune: You guys have been togeth­ er forever. Why now?

J a s o n M oss: W ell, I th in k even though we're not, you know, strictly a "swing band," we've always kind of done that thing, you know, swing. In 1989 w hen the band w as form ed swing was about the farthest thing from cool you could get (chuckle) 'cause that was the eve of the whole Seattle grunge explosion. So yeah, I think it basically took that whole, you know , there w as th a t kind o f Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Soundgarden thing that happened around 90-91. So I think when that started to fade, that the door kind of opened for us.

T: Do you get tired of being lumped in with a "swing revival"?

JM : Yeah, when it occurs. I think it's great the way that swing is getting all this attention. For us, the best thing about it is the fact that it plays on the radio and it's, you know, radio music.

W e're wary because at one point, swing will stop and we'll have to carry on. [But it does bother us that] people think we’re just a swing act that got

because I guess our w hole trip all along has been kind of experimenting with different things. If you listen to our newly released album, we'll go from a punk rock song to a country song to a. swing song — and that's kind of our thing.

T: So are you looking forward to this show?

The Daddies in an outtake o f Mobsters to g eth er. You know , w e've been doing this a long time, and swing is not the only kind of music we do.

T: So then what do you consider your sound, apart from the swing thing?

JM : I t’s really hard to classify

JM : Yeah, we are. Warped tour was our first time ever in Montreal, so, and you know Warped tour is kind of weird, you only play for thirty min­ utes. So yeah, we're definitely excited about it.

T: Anything stolen yet?

JM : Y eah, actu ally , w hen I first joined the band, around 1990, our band alto sax player went home with a woman he met and parked his car in front of her house and his car had, like, half the equipment in it. He left it unlocked. He woke up in the morn­ ing, it was all gone. We were staying at a friend's house, and we got mis phone call. We heard a helpless vfjjce on the machine: "Uh, you guys, uh^all the equipment's gone."... that was one of my first experiences with the band.

T: What's next? Are you planning a new CD? t * JM : No, we actu ally have b^gun work on the second album, but“We had to kind of put it on the back burn­ er because of the success of Zoot Suit Riot. [A fter the tour] we'll take a break, start worrying about the next album.... It'll have a core of swing to it....but we're all about fun.

And zoot suits. The staple attire for all aspiring swing daddies: twotoned shoes, big baggy pants, sus­ penders, big shouldered jacket and a fedora. Available at most second hand stores — just in case you were think­ ing of dressing up for the show.

The C herry P o p p in ' D addies p erfo rm a t the M etro p o lis on November 4th at 8pm, with Pietasters, Springheeled, Jack and Ozomatli.

Tickets are $17.50 +.tax.

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Thank Heaven for independent cinem a, for it has given us Todd Solondz. It gave us Welcome to the Dollhouse, 1996’s savagely realistic look at the seem y u n d erb elly of ju n io r high. And it has given us H appiness, a m ovie so horrifying that it left a dull, angry ache in the pit o f my sto m ac h . It is tim e , 1 th in k , to g iv e so m e c re d it to H o lly w o o d and the big stu d io s, because they would not have let this miserable movie be made.

T here are ce rtain things that should not be laughed at. A m ong them I w ould num ber pedophilia, and among those things that simply should not be considered as viable scenes is a pedophile w ith a w ife an d th re e k id s w ho ra p e s tw o eleven-year-olds and then explains in minute detail these events to his own son.

A pparently, this is realism at the end o f the tw entieth century.

Welcome to the Dollhouse was real­ istic, and was also shocking in its own Way. Low-budget pom is real­ istic. Happiness may also be realis­ tic — I hope I nev er fin d out — although reality do esn ’t norm ally com e w ith an ironic soundtrack.

That is to refer to a nearly incessant barrage o f show -tunes, advertise­ m en t jin g le s and o th e r fun little tunes, whose contrast with w hat is going on virtually substitutes for plot.

In fa c t, th e re is no p lo t in

H a p p in ess, only c h a ra c te rs, and incidents, and irony, the cheapest of w hich is the infuriating title. One set o f c h a r a c te r s , th e lo v e ly M a plew ood fam ily , has alre ad y been described. Then there’s wife T rish 's (Cynthia Stevenson) sister Joy (Jane Adams), a timid woman who works in telephone sales. She quits that jo b and tak es one as a strike-breaking ESL teacher; then she hooks up with one of her stu­

dents, a Russian thief named Vlad (Jared Harris) who beats his com ­ mon-law wife. Then there’s Trish’s o th e r s is te r H e le n (L a ra F ly n n Boyle), a poet and fantastically ego­ tistic a l artsy type liv in g in N ew J e rse y b e c a u s e i t ’ s “ a S ta te o f iro n y .” She liv e s n ex t d o o r to a h e a v y -b re a th in g ty p e (P h ilip Seymour Hoffman), and across the h a ll fro m a m o rb id ly o b e se H isp a n ic w o m an (C am ry n M aukeim ), who has m urdered the doorman and cut him up into pieces.

I t ’s n o t a ll so h o rrib le : th e audience is m ercifully spared the actual sight of Dr. Bill Maplewood

(D y lan B a k e r) m o le s tin g little Johnny G rasso and another o f his son’s classm ates. Though I would like to believe that it was Solondz who pulled the plug on that particu­ la r id e a , th is m o v ie h as le ft m e looking at a nauseated editor or cen­ sor as the more likely culprit.

The film has, o f course, been phenom enally w ell received, w in­ ning aw ards at b oth C annes and T o ro n to . H a p p in ess is a g ro u n d ­ b r e a k in g film, to be sure. It is la b I y d ire c te d , c e r ta in l y p o ssessed of a unique vision and p erh a p s n o t a lto g e t h e r evil. Breaking taboos is a valuable cultural exercise, if done with deli­ cacy, and care, and a sense of com­ passio n for o th er hum an b ein g s, which is utterly absent here. Indeed, c o m p a ssio n a p p e a rs to be dead am ongst m oviegoers too. I know violence and misery are considered c in e m a tic te c h n iq u e s in an d o f th e m se lv es now , and in h e re n tly funny, but it’s time for some moral outrage. Solondz should have had a few tomatoes directed towards him fo r th is film , w h o se le v e l o f unpleasantness I can only compare to (th e firs t fifte e n m in u te s of) P asso lin i’s Salo: the 120 D ays o f

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Sodom, a film in which Italian fas­ cists kidnap, rape, defecate on and ev en tu ally k ill a group o f young men and women. Happiness is near­ ly as unpleasant to watch.

Furthermore, if one is going to break taboos, one is going to have to do m ore than d isp lay them in graphic detail. There are, after all, two sorts of taboos. There are those that surround subjects such as mas­ turbation (a topic well-documented in H a p p in ess) — th in g s nobody talk s about b ut w hich are totally unharmful. A film that ju st showed a lot of people jerking off and talk­ ing about it over drinks afterwards might break a worthless taboo. But if you’re going to get people talking about pedophilia, y o u ’re going to want to get them talking about how to stop pedophilia, and showing an eleven-year-old boy getting em o­ tionally bludgeoned to death by his father does not accom plish that. It doesn’t accomplish anything.

And this isn’t to say that film, or art in general, has to be moral, or that it has to have a purpose. But there has to be a reason for someone to make a film. The audience does not necessarily have to know what th a t re a so n is, b u t film s lik e Happiness are only a step above the Faces o f Death series. They revel in w hat they can do, n ot w hat they s h o u ld d o, an d are ra r e ly , as a result, of any value whatsoever.

H ap p in ess is p la y in g a t The Egyptian.

TRIB picks S oul in M otion M ore D ’n ’B from The Session crew . Big nam e boys M C D ynam ite, M organ, and DJ K rust bust out b reak ­ beats with Jordan D are, Ronin and A dam L. at Club Soda.

Sat. Nov. 7. $13 adv. @ DNA, $15 door.

H ayden N ostalgic T .O . indie kids can catch this folk loner with band in tow at C afe C am pus.

Ju lian a H atfield opens.

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K eith Haring A retrospective o f the 8 0 ’s art pop god at the M useun o f Fine A rts. From New Y ork subw ay grafitti to m illion dollar canvases ... go learn how to turn you r street tags into high art.

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T a k in g d r iv in g le s s o n s f r o m P a u la V o g e l B y T im o t h y

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‘‘H ow do w e tu rn g irls into w omen?" asks Naomi W olf in her recent hook Promiscuities. This also might have been the central question of Paula V ogel's Pulitzer Prize win­ ning play How I Learned To Drive.

Last Thursday Centaur Theatre parked Vogel’s show in town for a six week run on the stage. Centaur A rtistic D irecto r G ordon M cC all again stepped behind the wheel for this show, following closely on the heels of Centaur’s world premiere of the E nglish translation o f M ichel T rem b lay ’s F or The P leasure O f Seeing Her Again.

D riv e is th e co m in g o f age story of L i’L Bit (Michelle Fisk), a y o ^ tg girl growing up in suburban Maryland trying to navigate her ini­ tiation into the culture she has inher­ ited and, as the title says, learning to driVé. The driving lessons are taught b y 'Oncle Peck (Lubomir Mykytiuk), an d in te rs p e rs e d w ith e p iso d e s involving Bit, Peck, and the three

generations of Bit’s family.

Vogel has essentially written a Sophoclcan drama about traffic safe­ ty and sexual abuse instead of blind seers and pesky gods. She has craft­ ed the show with a three person cho­ rus (Terry V. Hart. M aggie Nagle, and Laura Teasdale) maintaining the

and waitstaff.

V o g e l’s D riv e ad d s an o th e r solid show to her already formidable body o f work. There are some 70 productions o f H ow I Learned To Drive slated for production across North America and Europe in 1998 alone. Never one to skirt the issue, V o g el ag a in a tta c k s sex, gender, identity, love, and fa m ily in h er w o rk . H er reclaiming of theatrical con­ vention and the strategy of w riting against traditional form, make her a crucial fig­ ure in contemporary drama.

And as always, the audience can e x p e c t V o g el to ask m o re q u e s tio n s th a n she answers.

Press Photo T h o se w ho ab u se power are traditionally ren­ classical raison d’etre of the chorus, dered flat in drama. The audience is w hich interjects com m entary and left with no doubt as to where their advice, delivered in choreographed sy m p ath ies sh o u ld lie, h o w ev er, m ovem ents and speech. Y et in an V o g el’s portrait o f U ncle Peck is innovative twist, Vogel has the cho­ jarringly illum inating. This pow er rus act in the roles of family, friends dynam ic, although fam iliar fodder

for drama, has seldomly been pre­ se n te d w ith su ch c o m p le x ity .

D istin ctio n s betw een p ro tag o n ist and antagonist blur and the issue of sexual abuse is rendered much more intricately than normally polarized representations.

In the Centaur show, McCall’s stage is fu nctional but bland. Set m inim ally w ith only a few chairs and a raked platform in the design of a road, it manages to accommodate the changes in course that V ogel’s sc rip t ca lls fo r. A n ad ep t use o f lighting com plim ents the shifts in the scenes, taking the audience from the family dining room to a seaside inn and later to Uncle Peck’s base­ ment.

The production remains true to V ogel’s musical recommendations, including songs from Bing, Buddy, and Elvis, each of w hich serve to transport the audience into the world of Bit, Peck, and the chorus.

The collective work of the cho­ rus m anages to cruise through the many characters w hich they play,

bringing grandparents, adults and ad olescents to life in each o f the beguiling scenes. McCall has also c h o re o g ra p h e d so m e v ery n ic e moments involving the Greek cho­ rus that smoothly traverses the leaps in time, place and character.

F isk an d M y k y tiu k d e liv e r inspiring performances in the roles o f L i’l B it and U n cle P eck . T he depth of their relationship becomes palbable as the show progresses and at the conclusion of the piece, it has reached a degree of resonation that touches the audience with its sinceri­ tyThe Centaur production takes a few minutes to warm up, but once the show is idling smoothly, it slips easily and quickly into gear.

H ow I L earn ed T o D rive by P aula Vogel, d irected by G ordon M cC a ll, p la y s a t th e C e n ta u r Theatre until December 6th. 453 StFrançois-Xavier. Tickets $17-$37.

Call 288-3161 fo r reservations and showtimes.

E a t in g b y n u m b e r s : t h e a r t o f m e a l- in - a - b o w l Superficially, there is very lit­ verm icelli and salad in a bow l. I tle to recommend Pho Bac over the rarely consult the menu anym ore, many other noodle houses and soup having settled on No. 22 ($6.00) as shops which line lower St. Laurent. my favourite. T his dish is a true However, perhaps because it served meal-in-a-bowl, comprising grilled as my introduction to M on treal’s chicken, a fried imperial roll and a m e a l-in -a -b o w l r e s ta u r a n ts , it salad o f shredded lettuce, carrot, rem ain s my m easu rin g stick for onion, and Vietnamese basil (simi­ such fare. lar or identical to minty Thai basil) T he decor, to be k in d , is fu n c tio n a l: white tile w ain­ scoting and offH o w a rd A n g lin a n d w h ite w a lls M ic h a e l H o o p e r s p o rt g e n e ric ,

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south-east Asian art. Initial service is prompt and a complimen­ tary, b ottom less pot o f green tea accom panies the menu. The food ca n b e d iv id e d in to th re e m ain ty p e s: to n k in e s e so u p s, g r ille d meats on rice, and grilled meat with

on a mound of vermicelli. The meal is accompanied by a plate of bean sprouts, lim e quarters, and w hole g ree n c h ilie s. F o r ex tra o rd in a ry appetites, Com bo No. 3 provides th e sam e d ish w ith a b o w l o f

T o n k in e se so u p fo r an e x tra 50 c e n ts, th e so u p on my la st v isit being a simple but flavourful beef b ro th w ith g en e ro u s p o rtio n s o f thinly sliced beef, noodles, chopped green onions, and cilantro.

F ried apples or bananas in a honey and sesame sauce are popu­ lar deserts and, for those looking for a truly distinctive offering, the red bean and coconut milk drinks are saccharine to the point of cloy­ ing, yet strangely addictive. I rec­ ommend ending your meal with the house coffee infused w ith sw eet, condensed m ilk-m uch more grati­ fy in g th an an y th in g a v a ila b le at Second Cup. S im ilar in sty le to Pho Bac, and rem iniscent o f a H ong Kong noodle shop, Just Noodles also pro­ v id e s g o o d fo o d in a u tilita ria n environment. Within, the sights and sounds of food being prepared and consumed are unadorned by super­ fluous decoration with the excep­ tio n o f g in g h a m , p la s tic ta b le c lo th e s w h ic h b rin g a to u c h o f P o lly an n a to th is little co rn er of Asia. Because the kitchen is open, the en tire co o k in g p ro cess takes place in full view of the customer.

Industrial-sized pots line the stoves and a p ro n -g a rb e d ch e fs hack at

m e ats an d v e g e ta b le s w ith w ild ab an d on . On one o f o u r v isits a bubbling pot o f chicken carcasses

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provided a novel backdrop for our meal.

The menu at Just N oodles is divided into three parts based on the national origins of the different d ish es offered. T he m enu b egins with a page of spicy Thai noodles and soups. O f these, No. 1 (Tom Y um noodle soup) has beedm e a favourite at only $5.50. A page of Vietnamese fare is then followed by a page and half of Chinese dishes,

th e b e s t o f w h ic h is N o. 32 (S h a n g h a i n o o d le s). A n a c o n d a ­ sized noodles are used to create this dish and are topped with a flavour­ ful sauce of red and green peppers, shrimp, pork, and chicken. For pure volum e, if not creativity, Nos. 32 (d e e p -f rie d ch ic k e n le g n o o d le soup) and 17 (deep-fried pork chop noodle soup) deserve mention. For $5.50 and $5.00 respectively these may the best food bargains in the city. Each includes a large bowl of noodles and the limb o f your choice to cut up and immerse in the broth.

W hile not all of the sauces are su ccessfu l and the m eat in som e d ish e s a p p e a rs n o t to be o f th e h ig h e s t q u a lity (av o id th e frie d dum plings), one can hardly argue with Just Noodles’ generally great­ tasting and inexpensive results. The only truly negative aspect of the St. C a th e rin e ’s lo catio n m ay be the washroom. Four words: “Go before you go.”

Pho Bac is located at 1016 St. Laurent Blvd. (in Chinatown).

Just Noodles is located at 2061 Ste. Catherine West (4 blocks past the Faubourg), 355 Bernard West, and 3711 St. Laurent Blvd.

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m for accolades and criticisms for new books in Canadian publishing B y T im o t h l S. F i t z s im m o n s ________

W h o e v e r s a id th a t a g o o d book is like a warm bath probably n e v e r rea d M o rd e c a i R ic h le r.

Certainly they didn't sit down for a soak with some o f Richler’s collect­ ed jo u rn alism . C anada's p re-em i­ n en t sc rib e is n o t o n e to le t the rea d er relax, and his acerbic w it can be as shocking as dropping the hair dryer into the bathtub.

Richler's latest release Belling the Cat, (Knopf Canada, 256 pages, $32.00), is a collection of magazine w ritin g c o v e r in g so m e tw e n ty years, culled from magazines such as GQ, Saturday Night, The N ew Yorker, and The N ew York Tim es Sports M agazine. B elling the Cat won't disappoint the ardent fan and

w ill p r o b a b ly b rin g som e new fans into the fold.

----B u t w hy th e b o o k and why now? Aren't we

all getting a little sick of the guy, considering that he w rites a regular col­ umn for Southam (now to be fea­ tured in the new N a tio n a l P ost), s till p u m p s o u t s m a rt f ic tio n (Barney's Version was ju st released in p ap erb ack ), and fin d s tim e to craft essays for magazines?

One of the benefits o f the col­ lection is that it gives the reader a chance to re-visit those pieces that w ould o therw ise be lo st to tim e.

H ow e ls e m ig h t o n e b e a b le to track dow n th e p ie ce "G erm any 1978" that appeared all those years ago in W eekend M agazine? A sur­ vey o f the m aterial resurrects the obscure and places it alongside the fam o u s e ssa y s, illu m in a tin g the longevity of Richler's musings.

A n d ju s t if i a b ly so , fo r "Germany 1978" contains some of

the m ost p o w erfu l w riting in the e n tir e c o lle c tio n . In it R ic h le r reco u n ts his trav els to G erm any,

the e x p e rien c es o f b ein g Jew ish and o f revisiting the land where the a tro c itie s o f W W II to o k p la c e .

R ich ler's o b serv an t eye uncovers the com plex situation in G erm any with its intermingling o f past histo­ ry and present culture.

W hich is w hy Richler remains so readable. In the current climate o f journalistic trepidation and ideo­ logical pandering, Richler still flies in the face of convention and dares to call it as he sees it. O ne need only to look at his weekly column to find that Richler's wit is as fresh and insightful as ever.

T h e c o m p le x and sw ee p in g assessm en t o f "From the O ttaw a M onkey H ouse...to Referendum ," o rig in a lly p u b lish e d in The N ew Yorker in 1994, stands in stark con­ tr a s t to th e lig h t ru m in a tio n s o f “Supersex.” The rest o f the collec­ tion m eanders from A frica to Pete R ose, M ulroney to M ontreal, and o f course, to books and writers.

Here Richler is at his best. His b o o k rev ie w s are alw ay s m em o ­ rable exactly because they are so unlike book review s. O ne doesn't realize it is a review until Richler drops a hint that his discussion is actually in response to som ething h e p ic k ed up at th e airp o rt. A nd judging by the breadth of Richler's

e x p e r tis e o n a u th o rs a n d th e ir works, it is more than apparent that Richler is a frequent flyer.

B e in g th e c o n s c ie n c e o f a nation is a title that is not granted or c laim ed b u t earn ed . R ich le r's ability to contextualize the minuti­ ae o f our lives, com m unicate with ra z o r sh a rp a c c u ra c y , an d sh e d light into the dark corners o f our existence, makes him a prime can­ didate for such an office. Agree or d is a g re e w ith th e m an , h e w ill n e v e r b o re y o u . By sa y in g an d doing w hat others m ay only think, R ich le r co n tin u es to play a vital role in the form ation and renewal of our national culture. n T h is p a s t S u n d a y R ic h le r b re eze d through tow n as p a r t'o f P aragraphe B ookstore's B reakfast R eading S eries, before departing fo r London and his annual winter in the rain. Belling the Cat is now out in hardcover.

A h is t o r y o f C a n a d ia n r o c k W r o ll, f r o m w it h in M u sic in E to b ic o k e 's W e stw a y Plaza. H e describes his m other dri­ ving him and his band dow ntow n The R heostatics have alw ays f o r th e ir f ir s t g ig m u c h as th e been a literary bunch, never ju st Gretzkys and Lindroses (well, not rec o rd in g an album o r g o in g on so m uch the L in d ro ses) san ctify tour, but thinking about recording Canada's hockey m om s and 5 a.m. an a lb u m o r g o in g on to u r.

Relentlessly self-effacing, refresh­ drives to the arena. He includes a "chorus" o f these voices from the in g ly o r ig in a l, y e t r e la tiv e ly obscure despite it all, som etim es it C anadian rock-and-roll tradition: R andy B achm an, T om m y Chong, seem s lik e th e se g u y s are m o re B ru c e C o c k b u rn , R ik E m m e tt, students o f C anadian culture than (R ockin') R onnie they are part of it.

H a w k in s , B ill H ow a p p ro p ria te , th e n , th a t of D ave B idini, the R heos' g uitarist H e n d e rs o n C h illiw a c k an d fro m th e very b eg in n in g , should T h e C o lle c to r s , p u t to g e th e r On a C o ld R o a d : Ra M c G u ire T a les o f A d ve n tu re in C anadian fro m T ro o p e r , R o c k ( M c L e lla n d & S te w a r t, K im M itc h e ll, $19.99). The impetus for the book and d o zen s o f is th e R h e o s ta tic s ' 1996 c ro s s others. Each tells C anada tour w ith T he T ragically s to r y of H ip , "th e b ig g e s t to u r by a h is C an ad ian ban d in the h isto ry o f d e b a u c h e r y , u n h e a te d h o te l m u s ic in C a n a d a ." A n d w h ile f ilth y A n n e M u rray m ig h t h av e so m e­ r o o m s , vans and terrible thing to say about that, T he Hip's g ig s , a n d th e Trouble a t the H enhouse tour was am azing sim ilari­ a landm ark in C anadian m usic — tie s b e tw e e n a m assively popular band that rose th ese sto ries essen tially create a through the ranks o f the Canadian canonical experience o f Canadian m usic in d ustry, w hile rem ain in g totally unknown south o f the bor­ music.

B idini achieves this am azing der. feat w ith very hum ble intentions Indeed, On a Cold R oad is an and techniques. H is ow n story o f in te n s e ly n a t io n a l is tic w o rk , s ta k in g o u t B o o t R e c o r d s in ex p loring w ith love and care the M ississauga in an attem pt to track h u n d r e d s o f b a n d s th a t c a m e , stayed a while, and left the scene dow n the reclusive Stom pin' Tom since Bidini and his cohorts were C o n n o rs is to u c h in g , if v ag u ely p s y c h o tic . A fte r a r e c e p tio n is t k id s h a n g in g o u t a t K en Jo n e s B y C h r is S elley _____________________

bands, venues, and gigs, it is the tip p e d h im o f f, h e a n d so m e re v e re n c e o f th e a u th o r an d th e friends drove up north o f Toronto and arrived at Connors' 50th birth­ in clu sio n o f a m u ltitu d e o f other voices that m akes this an extrem e­ d ay p a rty w ith an im p a s s io n e d ly im portant and w onderful work. plea: "the y o u th o f C an ad a need B id in i is a v ery c a b a b le w riter; you to com e back. O ur country’s in r a r e ly d o e s h is to n e o r s u b je c t tr o u b le , s a v e it. T h e T o ry s e e m a n y th in g b u t p e r f e c t. s c o u r g e ," a n d so o n . W h e n C onnors fo u n d out th ey 'd driven all the w ay from Toronto, he invit­ ed them in, and they drank L abatt’s 50 a n d c h a tte d it up th e w h o le night.

O n a C o ld R o a d h ig h lig h ts o n e o f th e paradoxes o f this coun­ try; vast in geography but relatively m iddling in term s o f population, the "degrees o f separa­ tio n " in th e m u s ic in d u s tr y a re few in d e e d . E v e r y b o d y know s everybody else, and shares m any o f the sam e experiences, and that is w hat allow s this b o o k , a t a r e la tiv e ly s c a n t 2 7 8 p a g e s , to in s ta n tly b e c o m e th e se m in a l w o rk in C a n a d ia n ro c k a n d r o ll. E v e n i f s o m e o n e h a s co m p ile d a m o re "th o ro u g h ," or "w ell-researched" com pendium of

W hether or not he intended it, he has p u b lish ed n o t ju s t a m em oir, but a m ultifaceted, m ultivocal, and altogether beautiful history.

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Skinny Puppy Remix Dystemper (Nettwerk)

Pastels, Orange Juice and Felt, all major influences on Belle.

— Dimitri Giannoulaki

A h yes, heroin addic­ tion: narcotic soul-destroy­ e r o f m any ro c k sta rs , ta len ted and o th e rw is e .

Junkies from Jim Morrison to K urt C obain have m ade th e ir mark on the music scene. Among them is D w ayne G oettel, form er k ey boardist o f sem inal C anadian bknd S k in n y P u p p y , w ho (w ith M inistry), put industrial music on fife m ap in th e m id -e ig h tie s .

GoetteT s overdose death, however, abruptly ended the group’s career in 1996, and, am ong o th e r th in g s, inspired this Skinny Puppy tribute album.

In ste a d o f m e re ly c o v e rin g P u p p y so n g s, th e a r tis ts h av e re m ix e d in d iv id u a l tra c k s. T his com pilation is remarkably diverse, reflecting each artist’s unique inter­ p retatio n o f the source m aterial.

S ta n d o u t tra c k s in c lu d e G u n ter S c h u lz ’s (o f K M F D M ) m ix o f “ A d d ic tio n ,” R hys F u lb e r ’s (Frontline A ssem bly/ Fear Factory fa m e ) r e s tr a in e d ta k e on “W orlock,” Chris Vrenna’s (former NIN drum m er) tw isted version of the classic “A ssim ilate,” and God Lives Underwater’s ambient mix of “T e s tu re .” F o rm e r P uppy sound engineer K en M arsh all’s rem ark­ able beat-heavy remix of “Rodent” is on e o f the b e st club track s in y e a rs . H o p e fu lly , th e th riv in g smack trade will inspire similar pro­ jects in the future.

— Peter Koven Belle and Sebastien The Boy With The Arab Strab (Ole)

Thi s album m ight as w ell have b ee n c a lle d The Boy with the Thorn in his Side. This is the sound of a sensitive, melancholic, and ide­ alistic boy/m an yearning for love, for idealism, for his lost childhood, and the end of exam period.

Belle and Sebastien continue w here they left o f w ith I f Y o u ’re Feeling Sinister, only this time they h a v e ad d e d th e m a g ic a l fe m a le voice of Claire Campbell.

“Ease your feet off in the sea/ ... T ake your shoes o ff curl your toes / And I will frame this moment in tim e / T roubles com e and g o ” sing Belle and Sebastien in “Ease Your Feet in the Sea.” This is exact­ ly how the album makes you feel.

E v ery sin g le song is laden w ith magic. The drums are barely audi­ ble, in sync with the rhythm guitar and the lead guitar buzzes w ith a beautiful M arresque riff that will transform your bed into a big heap of warm, golden sand.

If this was a book it would be Saint Exupery’s The Little Prince. I give it four billion stars and four trillion planets out of four. If you like this kind of music check out the

Lyle Lovett Step Inside This House (MCA/Curb) Y o u k n o w L y le Lovett as the b ig -h a ire d co u n try star w ho som e­ how m an­ aged to m a rry J u lia R oberts. T he u n fo rtu n a te co n se­ quence o f L yle’s marriage to Julia is that most of his other accomplish­ m ents have gone relatively unno­ ticed. L ovett has evolved from a la n k y , y o u n g p e rfo rm e r in N ashville w ho got his h air m en­ tioned in show review s, to a suc­ cessful singer-songw riter who has cleared his own path through the tangled jungle of popular music.

But don’t be caught in the trap o f thinking o f L yle as a tw angy, lost-girl cowboy crooner. His music runs the gamut from gospel to jazz to blues to folk with the occasional twang. The 21 songs of this double album are covers o f Texas artists w ho have influenced Lyle. These songs were actually part of L yle’s early sets back when he didn’t have enough o f his ow n songs to play whole shows. W alter Hyatt, Townes Van Zandt and frequent collabora­ tor R obert E arl K een are all fea­ tured on this album. Lyle’s playing is fresh and bright; his admiration for the songwriters com es through clear in all the tracks. This double CD is a g rea t c o lle c tio n o f rich songs played by one phenomenally talented performer.

— Tyler Hargreaves

Fatboy Slim You 've Come a Long Way, Baby.

(Astralwerks/Polygram) T h e tra g ic th in g about B lu r’s “Song 2” w as th a t it to o k th e stru c tu re o f

Nirvanastyle alterna­ tive rock to its absolute logical con­ clusion. Assemble loud chorus, soft verse, loud chorus, screaming at the right m om ents, and y o u ’re done.

“Song 2” rocked, but reduced the music to a silly cliché: rock lost its capacity to take itself seriously.

Fatboy Slim ’s Y ou’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, repeats this cycle.

Fatboy has taken the big-beat style ro c k -te c h n o p o p u la riz e d by th e Chem ical Brothers to its absolute conclusion.

T ak e th e h ila r io u s “ T h e R o ck afeller S k an k ,” the alb u m ’s first single, for example. The non­ sensical w ords “rig h t about now , the funk soul brother” repeat end­ lessly over huge beats and bouncy surf-rock hooks. The song has every big-beat cliché im aginable: everh eav ier b eats, rh y th m in c re ase s, th en the b reak dow n at th e end.

Y o u ’ll like it, b u t feel som ehow guilty for it.

Fatboy Slim’s album is repetetive b ut m akes a convincing (and perhaps intentional) argum ent that the genre is exausted and new forms are required. Big-beat may not be able to take its e lf serio u sly an y ­ more, but this will shift the focus towards progessive artists like DJ Shadow and Roni Size.

— Paul Sheridan

Scream in’ Cheetah Wheelies Big Wheel (Capricorn Records) T h e S c re a m in ’

Cheetah W heelies are hailed as the s a v io u rs o f southern ro ck — lis ­ te n in g to their newest album, Big Wheel (the follow-up to 1996’s M agnolia), one can easily h ear w hy. T his CD is actually fun to listen to! W e’re talk­ ing an adventure here, folks: start with the declarative, in-your-face “Boogie King” and the flowing “It A in ’t N o th in ’” to the fru stra te d “M ore Than I Can T ake” and the

sentimental “Grace.” The best time to be h ad c o m es in th e fo rm o f “D ragon Park,” the ultim ate pickm e -u p so n g ; th in k th e S e sa m e Street theme for adults.

The range and fluidity of the lead localist M ike F arris’ voice is b r e a th ta k in g , b ut th e am az in g Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies trade­ m ark g u ita r w o rk d o m in ates the a lb u m . Ic in g on th e c a k e ? T h e lyrics are worth listening to indé­ pendant of the music! “And if the greatest gift is you and me, dear/ Everything will be all right,” sings Farris at the end of “Standing in the S u n .” I f you en jo y k ille r g u itar, snazzy vocals, in a jazzy, bluesy, rock-ish center, pick up this CD and never turn back.

—Jessica Conway

Disc o f the Week The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Acm e (Capitol) O range Alert!

T h e new JS B X e x p 1o d e s with a mess of d irty , s k a n k y blues-funk, so evil it skunked up the place and brought the cops to my door! (No kidding.)

The riffs are down and deep, the songs are tight, and Jon, king of cool, still has that twisted Elvis twang g oin’ on. Tunes like “Talk A b o u t th e B lu e s ,” “ L o v in ’ M achine,” the rude “B lue G reen

O lga,” and the ranchy “T o rtu re” are reason enough for a bar-rawk revival. Not that that’s all they do.

“C alv in ” books you on the soul train and “M agical C olors” gets busy m aking free love 6 0 ’s p sy ­ chedelia, w hile the boys breed a techno-blues hybrid with “Attack.” “ L e t’s h a v e a p a r ty ,” Jo n snarls. “Baby, I like it raw!” “Uh!” So good you can 't stand it.

L is te n in g to A c m e is lik e pounding back pitchers on a weeknight: you know you’re being bad but you're too drunk to care.

A little Jimi, a little Robert, a little James, and a lot of raw sex appeal, Acme is all that and a bag o f chips.

Put it on and get nasty.

— Elaine O 'Connor

Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra Holiday Romance (Universal) Think sw in g and w h at co m es to m in d ?

Z o o t su its ?

GAP ad s?

Swing K id sl The Rantline D oc and Miss W olff fiasco? Fifteen minutes o f fam e? All o f the above? How about Halifax? D idn’t think so.

Johnny Favourite and his band w ant to take you fo r a “H oliday Romance” in Nova Scotia with their firs t album . B ut can M a ritim e rs swing? Well, they try. Tracks like “Rootbeer and Licorice,” “W e Still Talk,” and “Hard” are fast jive and dance-floor friendly, but most of the alb u m fe a tu re s slo w , b ig b and crooners like “Them There E yes” and “Postcards from Paris.” Others, lik e th e a b y s m a l “ C a n a d ia n S ep tem b er” and “G o o d n ig h t My Love” bring to m ind Perry Como, and are grounds for the demise of the sw ing revival. Still, any band who can cover L ed Z ep ’s “Black Dog” (with horns no less) deserves a listen. Hey, its better than your typical Can-con.

— Elaine O ’Connor

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S ports T h e M c G il l T r i b u n e , T u e s d a y , 3 N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 8

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R e d m e n h o c k e y e a s i l y r o lls p a s t R y e r s o n a n d B r o c k McGill rocks Brock Badgers and Ryerson rams in a pair of weekend victories B y Pa u l C o n n e r

A fter his team blew tw o big leads on the road last week, head coach Martin Raymond said that his players had been intimidated off the puck. A week later, after two home w ins over Ryerson and Brock, he had a little smile on his face.

M cGill cam e away with easy 5-1 and 6-1 v ictories, the te a m ’s first of the regular season. The lop­ sided games showed both how far the Redmen have come this season and how far they still have to go.

F rid a y , fo rw a rd M a th ie u Darche opened the scoring early in the opening frame with the first of four Redmen pow er play goals on the night. All told, the Redmen were a respectable four of nine with the man advantage, including the game w in n e r fro m ro o k ie L en n y Jo Goudreau at the eight minute mark of the first period.

A fter giving up a goal on the pow er play four minutes later, the R edm en cruised w ith three m ore g o a ls in 20 m in u te s. F re sh m a n defencem an D avid Bahl m ade his presence felt w ith three assists in the game as the Redmen outshot the Rams 45-22.

“O verall, I liked w hat I saw tonight,” said Raymond. “W e were focused on a more consistent basis th an la st w ee k en d . W e ’ve been

practicing [the power play] for the past two weeks - we had four goals last w eekend, and tonight we had four”.

“O ur breakout was much bet­ ter, and w e’re starting to move the puck,” he added.

S aturday n ight, th e R edm en sim p ly o u tsk a te d a w eak B ro ck B ad g ers team . F o u r lin e s ran an efficient passing game and directed 54 shots at Brock.

For the second night in a row, five se p arate R edm en fo u n d the b ac k o f th e n e t. D e fe n c e m a n M athieu Boisvert opened the scor­ ing 50 seconds into the game, set­ ting the tone for a fast-paced, penal­ ty-filled three periods.

The Badgers found the penalty box early and often Saturday, giving up an eye-catching five tw o-m an advantages to the R edm en. E ven with good puck control in the offen­ sive zone, McGill was denied on all five opportunities. McGill finished a total of only 1 for 14 with the man advantage against Brock, a glaring number on a stat sheet which other­ wise saw McGill dominate.

“Everybody knows that a lot of the gam e is played on the pow er play,” said Darche, who chipped in with three assists Saturday. “I think w e’re getting there. [But] we still have work to do on it, capitalizing on rebounds and things like that.”

set up by Darche.

“I think finally this w eekend we started feeling comfortable with each other,” said goaltender Jarrod D aniel, as the team im proved its record to 2-1-2 on the year. “Guys got used to their linemates and they started to click.”

“It was about tim e we played up to our potential/’ said Darche wryly. , ;./ The Redmen now h$yp a week off from regular sea­ son play. After traveling To Yale for a tournament rtëxt w ee k en d , th ey w ill p lay h o st to tw o key d iv isio n riv a ls : C o n c o rd ia and U Q T R . B o th g am es are expected to be tougher than the two easy victories last weekend.

Raym ond said that he had been pleased w ith his te a m ’s effo rts, esp ecially d e fe n s iv e ly , and w as enco u rag ed by the strong Team captain Luc Fournier creates havoc in Ryerson zone. jaime stein offensive output.

“I ’m not used to seeing these cam e early in the seco n d perio d b e tw e e n F r id a y ’s su c c e ss and guys score six goals," he said. “I S atu rd ay ’s troubles on the pow er S aturday. F orw ard D an M cC lean sent Goudreau in alone on the left think that our team, because of its play had more to do with defence side, giving the rookie time to take a size and work ethic, should get a lot th an o ffe n c e . H e ex p la in e d th at Brock was using a “reverse trian­ shot and net his own rebound over a o f sh o ts each gam e. B ut I d o n ’t expect us to score once every five gle” defence on the five-on-threes, a s p ra w lin g B ro c k g o a lte n d e r. shots, so we need to shoot a lot in formation which he said McGill has F o u rn ier capped the gam e w ith a pair of goals including an open slap order to score a lot of goals.” yet to practice against this season. shot from the top of the left circle W hile the “trian g le” defence

“ W e h av e to sh o o t m o re ,” added linemate Luc Fournier. “The goalie was giving long rebounds all night. We passed the puck well, we just need to shoot more.”

R aym ond said the difference

which Ryerson used is more com ­ mon, Raymond noted that the top ra n k e d U n iv e rs ité du Q u éb e c à T ro is R iv iè re s u se s th e sam e scheme as Brock.

T h e e v e n tu a l g am e w in n e r

R e d m e n g o w i n l e s s in f ir s t t a s t e o f p r e s e a s o n h o o p s Redbird Tournament proves troublesom e as young McGill squad struggling to find winning touch B y C h r is t ia n L a n d e r

Six ro o k ies, a v eteran po in t guard, and three losses all added up to the Redmen's performance in the 1998 R edbird B asketball C lassic Tournament.

H eld at the C urrie Gym from Friday to Sunday, the tournam ent was won by the G uelph G ryphons w ho w ent 3-0. For the G ryphons, to u rn am ent M V P M alik Shehbaz scored 65 points and grabbed 18 reb o u n d s o v er th e co u rse o f the three games.

T h e R ed m en g o t o f f on th e wrong foot in the tournament with a lo p sid ed 78-55 lo ss to th e U BC Thunderbirds. W hile the loss was disheartening for McGill, shades of th e fu tu re cam e th ro u g h as tw o rookies made significant contribu­ tio n s . H id e sh B h a rd w a j, a 6 ’2" guard from V ancouver, scored six p o in ts an d w as nam ed M c G ill's gam e MVP. F ellow rookie L azio M o ln a r, a 6 '7 " fo rw a rd fro m T o ro n to , s o lid ifie d th e R ed m en dow n low w ith a team high fiv e rebounds.

"It was our first tournament of the year," said senior point guard Matt Watson. "We've got six rook­ ies, all of which are going to get to play this year. It’s going to take a while to get things rolling."

T h e R e d m e n c o u ld n 't g et

things rolling in Saturday's gam e against A cadia, losing 67-50 to a tough Axemen team. On a positive note, game MVP Ari Hunter, a sec-

M c G ill s tifle d in tournam ent ond year guard from Toronto, led the team in scoring with 12 points.

H unter show ed signs o f im prove­ ment over last year and could turn into a top scorer in the league.

The surprise of the game was rookie Kirk Reid, a 6'5" guard from Chateauguay, Quebec and his nine rebounds. A tall guard with a scor­ ing touch, Reid looks strong enough to s ta rt in th e b a c k c o u rt w ith Watson.

"He's going to be great to play with," said Watson, who scored 11 in each o f the Redm en's first two gam es. "He's going to step in and really help us out, he's a great shoot­ er."

With an 0-2 record and a group of rookies desperate for experience, th e R ed m e n fa c e d G u e lp h on Sunday looking to upset.

McGill fell behind quickly, and was put to shame early by Guelph's S h eh b az and his h uge alley -o o p d u n k fiv e m in u tes in to th e firs t quarter. The dunk showed a glaring weakness in the post which Guelph exploited all day long - a post that was weakened from the graduation of Hubert Davis, but that was fur­ ther decimated with Mike Johnston and Chad Wozney sitting out.

"W e w ere really w eak defen­ sively and offensively in the post w ithout M ike and Chad," assured W atson who was the only M cGill player named to the tournament allstar team . "W e really need those

guys out there and our post play will be helped when they come back."

McGill started to use more of a ball control offence later in the first half, which worked to their advan­ tag e as they w ere able to tie the g am e at 8 :47 on a b a s k e t by Hunter.

As the half progressed, McGill only seemed to get more energized b e h in d R e id 's e le v e n firs t h a lf points. The team rebounded harder and capitalized on Guelph mistakes to help them to take a 28-23 h alf time lead.

The start of the second half saw a R ed m e n te a m th a t d e n ie d th e G ryphons any entry into the low p o st, u n fo rtu n a te ly fo u l tro u b le would cause an end to this strategy before the midway point in the half.

Trying to avoid more fouls later in the quarter, McGill began to play a so fter d efence and S hehbaz took notice. The Gryphon forward would go on to single-handedly crush the Redmen with a series of three point plays and fast break dunks to tune of 21 second half points.

For the Redmen, it took until 6:53 for som eone other than Joel P earlm an to score a basket. T his could have been a much better stat if Pearlm an had scored more than eight points. T he lack o f scoring, plus a le th arg ic a ttitu d e tow ards rebounding meant that McGill could

barely compete in the second half.

An 0-3 start to the pre-season m ay b e d is h e a rte n in g fo r th e Redm en, but to a young, talented team w hose m ost glaring flaw is inexperience, the preseason is only a w arm -up. If rookie players like K irk Reid and L azslo M olnar can gain en o u g h ex p e rien c e to raise their game to the level of veterans H unter, M urphy and W atson then the Redmen will certainly improve on last year’s record.

QSSF Rugby Championship Gam e - Manets vs. Concordia at Mcdonald Campus, Sunday November, 8th, 1:00 p.m. at McEwen Field.

McGill Swimming vs. McMaster • Sunday November 8th, 9:30 a.m., at the Currie Pool.

Martlet Volleyball vs. Sherbrooke Friday November 6th, 6:00 p.m., vs.

Laval, Saturday November 7th, 6:00 p.m., both games at the Currie Gym.

Redmen Volleyball vs. Sherbrooke, game one Friday November 6th, 8:00 p.m., game two Saturday November 7th, 3:00 p.m. vs. Montreal, Sunday November 8th, 1:00 p.m. All games in the Currie Gym.

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T h e M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 3 N o v e m b e r 1998

R e d m e n b id f a r e w e ll t o s e n i o r s in f in a le v e r s u s C a r le t o n McGill's Darche and Linden grace Molson Stadium field one last time in 23-13 triumph By

T a r iq Je e r o b u r k h a n

F o r a m e a n in g l e s s g a m e p la y e d o u t b e tw e e n tw o te a m s already elim inated from the post s e a s o n , e ig h t y o u n g m en fro m M c G ill w e re c e r ta in ly a b le to m u ste r up e n o u g h e m o tio n and feeling to com pensate fo r ev ery ­ o n e . A s th e M c G ill f o o t b a l l R ed m en w o u n d up th e ir seaso n w ith a 2 3 -1 3 v ic to r y o v e r th e h a p l e s s C a r l e to n R a v e n s , it m a r k e d th e e n d o f c o l l e g i a t e careers fo r the seniors, w ho w ill eith er graduate or com plete their last year o f eligibility.

F ifth -y e a r R e d m e n ru n n in g bjfpk S h a w n L in d e n a n d l i n e ­ b ac k er J.P. D arche w ill be gone a n 4 s o r e ly m is s e d b u t it is u n lik e ly th a t th e y w ill e v e r be forgotten.

L in d e n e s t a b l i s h e d th e M c G ill te a m re c o rd fo r c a r e e r ru sh ing y ardage d uring his tim e here, w hile D arche w as busy set­ tin g the te a m re c o rd fo r c a re e r tackles.

A lso playing their last gam e f o r th e r e d a n d w h ite w e r e f o u r th - y e a r p la y e r s d e f e n s iv e back Sal B rohi, w ho in tercepted

tw o p a s s e s a g a in s t C a rle to n to d re w to a c lo s e , a n d th e f in a l se t th e te a m r e c o r d f o r c a r e e r w histle sounded, reality began to interceptions, an d p u n te r B entley s e t in f o r th e p la y e r s . S h a w n H a r ris w h o s e tw e lv e p u n ts on L inden sat on the ben ch w ith his Saturday allow ed him to lead the h e a d in h is h a n d s a n d J .P . entire nation this season in p unt D arch e had to struggle to contain yardage. the c a sc ad e o f em o tio n s he w as O th e r f o u r t h y e a r s e n io rs s a y in g farew ell are slotback D ave C h a m b e rs, w ho led the team this se aso n in re c e p tio n s an d c a u g h t th e o n ly tw o touchdow n p ass­ es M c G ill q u a r t e r ­ backs threw this year D e f e n s iv e end A ndray W ellington, a tran sfer student from C o n c o r d ia w h o le d the team this y ear in ta c k le s f o r lo s s e s b e h in d th e lin e o f scrim m age, defensive b a c k Je ro m e P o u lin w ho le d the te a m in A disconsolate Linden ponders his k n o c k e d - d o w n fin a l season a t McGill. p a s s e s ,a n d r e c e iv e r Phillipe L ebel w ho finished third feeling. on the team in n u m b er o f rec ep ­ “ O b v io u s ly th is is a s a d tions also say good-bye this year. m o m en t fo r m e, I ’v e h ad a good A s th e g a m e o n S a tu r d a y c a re e r h ere and it is d isap p o in t-

S e n io r s le a d a s M c G ill f i n i s h e s

ing for it to com e to and end like t h i s , ” r e m i n is c e d D a r c h e . “ It w ould have been g reat to go all th e w ay to th e V an ie r C u p an d you alw ays w ould p refer to win, b ut I am happy that I played w ith som e good players and co ach es.”

D arche also had n o thing but k in d w o rd s fo r c o a c h B a illie , w h o s ta y e d on th e f i e l d lo n g a f te r th e g a m e to c o n g ra tu la te an d p ay trib u te to his departing seniors.

“B aillie is a g r e a t m a n as w e ll as a c o a c h ,” s a id D arche. “I have th e h ig h e s t am ount of r e s p e c t f o r th e Jaime Stein m an.”

L in d e n a n d D a r c h e . “ Y o u a re tw o o f th e to p guys I have ev er co ach ed and I have been here for a little w h ile.”

T h e u p s id e f o r a ll th e s e y o u n g m e n is th a t th e y a re all m o v in g on an d m aturing, taking w ith them invaluable life ex p e ri­ ences and th at, after all, is w hat co lleg e ath letics should be about.

“A t M cG ill it is not all about fo otball, it’s about graduation as w ell,” sum m ed up o ffen siv e co ­ o rd in ato r Joe M archildon.

“L in d en and D arche are tw o fan tastic young m en,” said coach B aillie ab o u t his departing fifthy e a r p la y e r s . “ T h e y a re g r e a t in d iv id u als w ho have been tre a ­ s u r e d p a r ts o f th e p r o g r a m .

D a rc h e is a m o d e l p la y e r w h o w orks h ard in th e off-season and alw ays rep resen ts the team well.

H e has grow n as a person during his tim e h ere and has learned the v alu e o f d isc ip lin e am ong o th er th in g s.”

C o a c h B a illie th a n k e d his tw o field le ad ers p erso n a lly after the gam e. “ T h a n k y o u g u y s f o r fiv e g rea t y e a rs,” C oach B a illie to ld

M a r t le t s t o f a c e L a v a l

s e a s o n w it h a w in o v e r C a r le t o n Offence sparkles and defense shines over poorly motivated Ravens team an interception. He also carried the ball five times for 33 yards and a touchdown.

Closing out his career for the Redmen, Shawn Linden carried the ball nine times for 31 yards and his 20th career touch d o w n . A lso o f n o te , s lo tb a c k D av e C h a m b e rs

defensive back Sal Brohi who made two of M cGill's four interceptions The M cG ill Redm en brought on the day. For his effo rts Brohi their season to a close on Saturday w as aw a rd e d the M c G ill-a d id a s aftern oon at M olson S tadium by Athlete of the Week. The two picks d e fe a tin g th e sa d -sa c k C a rle to n not only gave him a weekly honour, Ravens 23-13 in front of the small­ but it also assured him an eternal est crow d o f the year. Playing for enshrinem ent as he passed V ince little else o th e r then Colizza as M cGill's all time p r id e , th e F ig h tin g interception leader with 15.

Red and W hite met the The Redm en will miss c h a lle n g e an d v a n ­ th e p la y o ffs th is y ear due quished their foe, end­ m ainly to th eir inability to ing the season w ith a score points. O f course, the p e r f e c t 4 -0 ho m e only thing that lands a team record. in the playoffs is wins, and Right off the bat, w h ile th e R ed m e n w on C a re lto n ca m e o u t im pressively at hom e, their w ith a w eak e ffo rt 0-4 road record m eans that understandable consid­ M c G ill w ill n ot be in th e e rin g th e te a m w as playoffs post-season. At 4-4, probably playing their tie d fo r fo u rth sp o t in the la s t f o o tb a ll g am e QIFC, it was the points for ever. The entire foot­ a n d a g a in s t w h ic h has ball program is going B ishop’s instead of M cGill to be review ed by the p la y in g at C o n c o rd ia next Carleton athletic direc­ w eek in the first round. In tio n w ith a d e c isio n spite o f this, coach B aillie e x p e c te d in th e n ear still w as p le a se d w ith the future. This uncertain­ performance of his boys this ty w as e v id e n t in a Dave Chambers extends fo r a great catch Jaime Stein season. team that really lacked “ U n d e r th e c irc u m ­ desire. stances, with so many starters from McGill jum ped out early in the caught his second touchdown pass last season gone, I would consider game with a string of passes to help of the year, which means Chamber this season to be a success,” said th e m to an e a rly le a d o v e r th e finished the year with monopoly on Baillie. “There will be some holes Ravens. All aspects of the offence Redmen touchdown catches. to fill for next year but if we can clicked in the game as they racked The defence did a great jo b in h av e som e o f th e k id s play n ex t up 23 points while the defense held keeping C arelton at bay. Sticking year like the new ones did this year Carelton to just 13. w ith the trend o f the season, J.P. we should be all right.”

Josh Sommerfeldt again start­ D arche led the defence. H e fin ­ T h in g s do bode w ell for the ed at quarterback and easily got the ished his season w ith 90 tackles, R edm en n ex t seaso n , it is ju s t a jo b done connecting with receiver g o o d e n o u g h f o r s e c o n d in th e sham e th a t w e co uld n ot still be Rob Posthumus right from the start league, and McGill's only selection enjoying the current one. on gains of 34 and 52 yards. On the as an O-QFIC all star. day, Sommerfeldt passed 11 of 23 Perhaps overshadow ed by the for 188 yards with a touchdown and g rea t p lay o f D arch e w as sen io r B y T a r iq Je e r o b u r k h a n ____________

M artlets w ork fo r b a ll control w ith Bishop's C ontinued from page 7 the other semifinal.

T h e R o u g e e t O r (1 1 -1 -1 ) have won two consecutive Quebec soccer titles and finished ahead of the second-place M artlets (10-1-2) this season. They split the season s e rie s th is y e a r. L a v a l w o n at M c G ill 2-1 ea rly in th e se aso n , while the Martlets prevailed 3-0 in Quebec City earlier this season.

M o u n ico t feels th a t th e tw o teams are evenly matched up.

"I think it's 50-50. I think we have a little more talent, they have a little more experience.” the first year coach said. “H o pefully, the talent will m ake the difference next weekend."

The M artlets hope that a win in next weekend's game will be the

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rew ard for a roller-coaster season that has seen as m any as a dozen rookies integrated into the lineup.

M elam ed and defenders Kiran Nayar and Julia Scrase were named to th e Q U SL first a ll-sta r team , w h ile B e la ir, h a lfb a c k A m an d a S h aw a n d m id f ie ld e r T a n a q u il Chantrill were named to the second team. W ith the talented squad now focused, the team now seems clos­ e r to re g a in in g th e Q uebec title now than at any point during the year.

"W e've had our ups and downs like any team, but we're peaking at th e r ig h t tim e ," sa id M e la m e d .

"We're heading full course into the fin a ls . W e 'v e g o t a re a lly g o o d chance there if we play together as w e’ve done lately."

Sports

T he M c G ill T ribune, W ednesday, 2 September 1998

McGill swim team sinks competi­ tion at Currie Pool Brock and Montreal simply no match for strong McGill squad at tri-meet B y Jer e m y K u z m a r o v ________________

All their hard work is paying off.

A fter undergo­ ing a rigorous train­ ing p ro g ram in which they practised 11-12 tim es p er w eek , the M cG ill swim team is reaping th e rew ard s.

C a rry in g on w ith th e ir e a rly -s e a s o n su c c e ss, M cG ill made quite a splash at S a tu rd a y ’s t r i­ m eet at the C u rrie P o o l, w in n in g the majority of events in b o th th e w o m en ’s and men's categories.

In both brackets, McGill took home the point totals by over 50 points.

With the men leading the way with 131 and the women with 130.

"W e've been training hard for the past few weeks, and it's begin­ ning to pay off," Said McGill assis­ tant coach M att Kuchmak. "W e're ahead of where we should be at this point and we're really excited about that."

One swimmer who doesn't have to w orry about qualifying for the nationals is rookie sensation David A lla rd . He q u alified fo r the 200

A long w ith A lla rd , W alk er, Sebastian Paddington, Chris Hall, Nelson and Chris Topham all won g o ld m e d als in th e ir in d iv id u a l events.

On the women's side, their first place finish was brought about by individual wins by Beth C arm ody, E la in e D u ran ceau , Lisa Virgini, and Alison Holden.

The team of Virgini, Duranceau, Sue Mackay and Carmody came first in the 4x100 teafn relay. The team also picked up a gold in the 4 x 5 0 m e ter re la y , w ith B eth Carmody leading off with a time of 28.01 seconds in her length of fifty. The time was good enough to qualify her for the nationals.

M cG ill's strongest perfor­ m ance cam e from fourth year veteran stalwart Holly McComb who led the w ay w ith th ree gold the 200 meter backstroke was also good enough to earn him a berth at m e d als. She w as aw a rd e d th e the nationals. He would also win a M cG ill-adidas athlete of the week last week for her four gold medal gold in the 4x100 meter relay with performance at UQTR. On Saturday, team m ates T re v o r N elso n , N ick she was equally im pressive as she Martin, Matt Walker who clocked in swam her way to victory in her three with a time of 4:04.84. individual races.

"I was close to my record times "I’m feeling good so far about today, I feel like I’m doing really the season," said M cC om b. "I’m well so far," said the lanky Allard hoping this year that I can earn Allafter the event. "I'm really enjoying Canadian status by finishing in the myself. There's a lot of team spirit. top tw o at th e C IA U c h a m p i­ I t’s also great to train w ith these guys, it gets really intense in prac­ onships." tice."

meter individual medley and the 200 m eter breast-stroke w ith his fleet times last week's event at UQTR. On Saturday, A llard's tim e in

Season of the century B y C h r is t ia n L a n d e r

Baseball in 1998 was billed as "the greatest season ever". A year unparalleled as far as individual and even team perform ances go. New marks were set or tied in pitching, consecutive games played, hitting, and wins. Were these performances really enough to elicit the title of "greatest season ever?"

The race to 61 If there was to be one event that will define the 1998 season it will be chase of Maris' record of 61 home runs. From June to September Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa had the collective consciousness of the conti­ nent riveted to baseball. Quick to feed the demand, the media hounded McGwire and Sosa after every game.

The result was that the fans got to see both sluggers every day. This intense over-exposure and their run for a p lace in h isto ry m ean t th a t they

The defending national champi­ on McGill soccer team came up short in th e ir bid to rep e at as Q uebec University Soccer League champions on S unday. T he u p sta rt U Q A M Citadins sealed the Redm en's fate with a 5-1 victory on a chilly and windy night at Seaway Park in Saint Lambert.

The UQAM win was their third against the Red & White this season and set up a title gam e ag ain st Concordia. The aggressive Citadins outplayed the Redmen, but the final score was not indicative of the type of match it was.

The Citadins took it to McGill from the early going but they were unable to capitalize on their opportu­ nities despite numerous threats deep in Redmen territory. Most of the first half was played in the McGill zone w ith UQAM com ing dangerously close to opening the scoring on sever­ al occasions.

The Redmen held the fort for the most part but the attacking Citadins did manage to finally solve goalkeep­ er John Forsyth midway through the first half. Talal Idelbi tucked a perfect cross just beneath the crossbar to give UQAM the all important first goal.

The Citadins continued to press but the Redmen defence managed to hold on for the remainder of the half w ith the help o f a num ber o f key saves by Forsyth.

The Redmen began the second h alf with m ore intensity but were unable create any serious scoring

team. But they will have an extended layoff with their next game in that to u rn am en t w h ich b eg in s on November 11.

Midfielder Keith Dennis was not convinced that the week and a half lay-off before the Nationals would benefit the Redmen.

"W e need as m any gam es as possible right now and real game situ­ ations are the best practice in prepar­ ing for the quality of teams which will be taking part in the N ational Championship," warned Dennis.

He was also ready to admit that know ing that the Redmen had the guaranteed bid to the Nationals unlike last season has been difficult for the defending champs.

"I think it's been a mental chal­ lenge for us all season, and we don't seem to be playing with the level of intensity we showed last year during our incredible run," said Dennis. "We still have time, though, and anything can h ap p en once w e sta rt the Nationals."

Coach Raimondo also seemed confident of his team 's chances of rebounding from what has been a dis­ appointing season.

"W e can b o u n ce b ack at the Nationals because we have the expe­ rience on this team and we know what it takes to win. We'll be ready to defend our title come November 11."

Speed and power Around the league, other hitters p lay in g to m uch sm a lle r crow ds closed in on their own milestones.

Barry Bonds reached the unheard of total of 400 home runs and 400 stolen bases while a future member of that club, A lex Rodriguez, becam e the first shortstop and the third player ever to hit forty home runs and steal forty bases in a season. Going almost unnoticed was Shawn Green's imj^&ssive 30/30 season, which probably would have warranted more media

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D ir e c t r ic e ou d i r e c t e u r de l ’Éc ole d ’a rc h i t e c t u r e L'École d’architecture, un des quatre départements constituant la Faculté de l’aménagement de l’Université de Montréal, est l’une des plus importantes maisons d’enseignement et de recherche au Canada dans le domaine de l’architecture.

Elle compte 18 professeurs et offre des programmes de 1er, 2e et 3e cycles; elle dispense l’enseignement de l’architecture à plus de 350 étudiants, avec une diplomation annuelle moyenne de 50 étudiants (donnant accès à l'Ordre des architectes du Québec).

L’École est à la recherche d'une personne qui contribuera, par son dynamisme et ses perspectives innovatrices, au renouvellement de la pensée, de la formation et de la pratique en architecture.

Fonctions La directrice ou le directeur, en plus de participer à l'enseignement et à la recherche à titre de professeur au sein de l’École, assure la gestion, la coordination et le développement des programmes de formation en architecture (Baccalauréat en architecture; M.Sc.A. option Conservation de l’environnement bâti, option Conception, modélisation et fabrication assistées par ordinateur; Certificat en design d’intérieur). Il contribue au développement des activités de recherche et représente les intérêts de l'École auprès de l’administration facultaire et universitaire et de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec.

Il s ’agit d’un poste à plein temps pour un mandat de quatre ans, mandat qui peut être renouvelé.

McGill down but not out as they still qualify for National Tournament ch an ces. T he tim e spent in the UQAM end of the field was limited despite having the benefit of the gusting wind on their backs for the sec­ ond frame.

The Citadins seemed content in protecting their slim lead until Phillip Pires shocked the Redm en w ith a powerful kick that landed just out of the reach of the McGill keeper into the back of the net.

With the score now 2-0 and time winding down, coach Pat Raimondo made the bold decision to take goal­ keeper John Forsyth out of the game in favor of an extra attacker. The move seemed to breathe life into the Redm en as they finally got on the scoreboard on a nice effort by assis­ tant captain Rehan Ali in the 84th minute of play.

Raimondo then opted not to send his keeper back into the game, a deci­ sion he would live to regret as the Citadins added three more markers in the empty goal to make the final 5-1.

Two of the goals belonged to Idelbi who completed his hat-trick and the other went to Nasson Theosmy.

W hen asked ab o u t h is risk y decision to play with the extra attack­ er, Raimondo was quick to shoulder the blame.

"I think I may have made the wrong call in trying that strategy," admitted Raimondo. "But my guys played their hearts out tonight and it was a hard- fought match."

The loss did not spell the end of the Redmen's season since they have an automatic bid to take part in the National Championship as the host

played outside the boundaries of their teams and their cities.

Each home run was not looked at as a w inning run fo r St. L ouis or Chicago, but as a step closer to the record. The race was a truly national spectacle, and the perfect remedy to bring baseball back as the National Pastime.

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Exigences Les critères suivants seront pris en considération pour la sélection de la candidate ou du candidat : - la formation dans le domaine de l'architecture ou dans des disciplines reliées à l’aménagement (doctorat ou formation et expérience jugées équivalentes); - l’expérience antérieure du candidat dans l'enseignement universitaire ou la formation professionnelle; - une contribution reconnue dans la recherche, la pratique ou autres aspects de l'architecture; - la qualité et la diversité de l’expérience professionnelle; - la capacité de développer une expertise dans l’un des domaines de spécialisation jugés prioritaires par l’École; - les aptitudes pour les tâches administratives; - la connaissance et l'intérêt pour le milieu architectural québécois; - la parfaite maîtrise de la langue française orale et écrite.

Le candidat devra enfin rencontrer les normes minimales pour pouvoir être nommé professeur agrégé à la Faculté de l'aménagement.

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Date d entree en fonction Le 1er juin 1999 ou le plus tôt possible après cette date.

Les personnes intéressées doivent faire parvenir leur curriculum vitae, au plus tard le 30 novembre 1998, à : Mme Manon Guité, secrétaire de Faculté Faculté de l’aménagement Université de Montréal C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7__________________ _ _ _ _ _ __________________

Conformément aux exigences prescrites en matière d’immigration au Canada, cette annonce s'adresse aux citoyens canadiens et aux résidents permanents. L'Université souscrit à un programme d'accès i l'égalité en emploi pour les femmes.

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Sports

T he M cG ill T ribune, T uesday, 3 N ovember 1998

Martlets stumble from the gate in Redbird Classic McGill loses all three tournament games as young team continues to learn B y C h r is t ia n La n d e r

D halla w inning her second gam e M VP w ith 14 p o in ts and five In years past the M artlets and rebounds. Since neither offence or Redm en have been very different defence being a great problem , it teams. But going into 1998 the two seemed like simple motivation was teams looked strikingly similar. Both holding back the team. lost a strong senior presence in the "This team has to dare to win," post, the Redmen lost Hubert Davis, said M artlet coach L isen M oore. the Martlets lost Anne Gildenhuys.

"They didn't dare to win this tourna­ Both are very young —the Redmen ment. That's the only difference, they carry six rookies, the M artlets only have to take chances, they have to three seniors. Finally, both finished play. As a team, we can play better the Redbird tournam ent w ithout a than this." win.

With an 0-2 record and a desper­ Going into their first ate need for gam e on Friday against a leader, the Brock, the M artlets had M a rtle ts won a surprising upset faced archo ver G uelph la st w eek r i v a l and were looking to con­ C o n c o rd ia tinue their winning ways. on Sunday.

But McGill went on to a T he gam e h ea rt-b rea k in g 59-55 started poor­ d efeat, in w hich the ly fo r the M artlets show ed a sur­ M artlets as prising touch for offence. they had two The gam e M VP N adya baskets Dhalla scored 16 points, a ca lled back to u rn am en t high for on violations McGill. and w eren 't W ith a tough loss able to score under their belt, McGill a v iab le Jaime Stein M artlets struggle in looked to bounce back on p o in t until S atu rd ay ag ain st the preseason six m inutes University of New Brunswick. The in. But after the basket, a three point game was really over before it started shot by Jen de Leeuw, a ray of light as McGill lost 68-48 to the eventual appeared and the Martlets rattled off cham pions and tournam ent M VP two more three pointers to tie the Laura Swift. The Martlets struggled game at nine. marginally on offence, with Nadya Unfortunately, that 9-9 stalemate

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B ut M cG ill w as n o t w ith o u t its chances, there was a lot of back and forth play that could have been capi­ talized on if the Martlets simply could have scored. But a com bination of traveling calls, bad m istakes, and fouls set McGill back 31-17 at the half.

"We learned what it's going to take to win in that half," said the coach. "We have to go out there and play with desire and smarten up our play . There were some fouls we didn't need to take, we took them because we were out of position."

In the second half, it looked as though the Martlets played the whole time out of position. They did play very physical basketball, but that real­ ly only led to a lot of fouls and a seri­ ous lack of scoring. When all was said and done, C oncordia's CarolAnne Tull and her 18 points in the second h alf were good enough to outscore the entire Martlet team, as the Stingers cruised to a 58-28 win.

"We lacked leadership and desire out there," said Martlet guard Jen de Leeuw who led the team w ith six points against the Stingers. "We're a young team, we’re still learning, and we should get more comfortable with more games under our belts. We lost these gam es because o f a lack of desire, none of our leaders showed the rookies how this gam e should be played."

The performance in the tourna­ ment leaves the Martlets with a 1-5 preseason record. McGill now looks to build on great nucleus of players th at featu res to u rn am en t all-star Caroline Malo who scored 46 points in the tournament and pulled down 16 rebounds. But its the backcourt that McGill will count on if they want to seriously compete this season.

"I think we have the best backcourt in the province.” stated Moore.

"I think we have something on every position, if we can put out six to seven people out to play we should be able to play forty minutes of intense bas­ ketball and win.”

Flutie-mania hits NFL Former CFL star proves greatness is truly continental B y M a n n y A lm e la

brought their record to 5-3 and tied them for the division lead.

T his tim e it’s perso n al.

As if that wasn't enough, Miami Quarterback Doug Flutie was able to coach Jim m y Jo h n so n , w ho was accept his exile from the National forced to watch Flutie orchestrate the Football league 13 comeback which saw the Bills years ago, from erase a 24-14 deficit en route which he went on to to the victory, also happened have a b rillian t to be the coach o f the ca reer in the Hurricanes team which Flutie Canadian Football burned back in 1984.

League. T hat suc­ There is just no escaping cess aside, it seems the excitement that Flutie has quite obvious now generated w ith his inspired that Flutie has some play. T he sam e league and unfinished business country that abandoned him to take care of south following his brief NFL stint of the border. in the mid ’80s can now simply In the midst of not get enough of him.

Business as usual one o f the m ost But what about Canada? improbable and inspiring comebacks W hat has F lu tie -m an ia m eant to in recent memory, Flutie, now with Canadians and the CFL in particular? the Buffalo Bills, has once again cap­ F lu tie's success should bring tivated a nation. Not since his playing some needed credibility to a league days at Boston College 14 years ago th a t needs it ab o u t as badly as when he completed one of the most A m erican beer needs flavor-—but storied hail mary passes in football unlike American Beer, this will come history has Flutie been such a house­ at a price. Some of the CFL's top tal­ hold name. The pass would lead his ent, like the Montreal Alouettes Mike underdog BC Eagles to an improbable Pringle, should now have a better w in o ver the p o w erfu l M iam i chance of bringing their skills south of Hurricanes. the border and unfortunately they will W hen he an n ounced th at he carry their marketing value along with would take one last shot at the NFL them. this season at age 36, the response of The CFL's precarious financial sports fans north as well as south of position is nothing new and surely the border was both swift and imme­ w ill n o t d e tra c t C an ad ian s from diate. It ranged from mild snickering enjoying what will undoubtedly be a to o u trig h t b elly lau g h s. No one dramatic conclusion to Doug Flutie's believed that he would get to even NFL odyssey this season. play, let alone dominate the league the In spite of all the media attention way he has. and accolades he has received as of As is the case with any great late, the special thing about Flutie is story in the w orld o f sp o rts, the that he does not look even remotely "experts" have done a complete turn­ satisfied or happy about finally gain­ around on the subject. Flutie's 5T0" ing acceptance across the league. He 175 pound frame has gone from his seems so focused and relaxed that he Achilles heel to his biggest asset. It gives the impression that this is mere­ seems quite obvious that telling Doug ly the beginning and only he knows Flutie that he can't do something due how long this incredible swing will to his size is much like telling a child last. not to jump into a puddle. That's how Doug Flutie is in the business of he plays the game of football, so why proving people wrong and for now at stop now? least-business is good.

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I n d iv id u a l p e r f o r m a n c e s a ll- t im e h ig h Continued from page 21 any other season.

Strikeout kings While hitting was certainly the focus o f the season, som e serious m ilesto n es w ere reach ed on the mound. Roger Clemens struck out his 3,000th batter, placing him in the elite com pany o f N olan R yan, Steve Carleton and Walter Johnson. But the p erfo rm an ce o f the year goes to Chicago's Kerry Wood, who struck out 20 Astros on May 6 and let a total of one ball out of the infield that day.

In short, it was the most dominating pitching performance in history.

The greatest team in AL history The individual was the focus of the season, but it was a team that may be best remembered in history. The New York Yankees won 114 games, falling two wins short o f the 1906

Cubs record of 116. But in this era of the lively ball, free agency, injuries, bullpens, 114 w ins m ay nev er be eclipsed. A team can buy all the talent it wants but that won't guarantee wins.

Just look at Baltimore. The New York Yankees went on to win the World S eries in fo u r gam es and cem ent themselves as the winningest team in American League history.

The end of the streak The season also bore witness to something unseen since the early 80’s, an Oriole boxscore without the name Ripken in it. Ripken's record of 2,632 co n secu tiv e gam es w ill n ev er be eclipsed. Of all the achievements of 1998, his will be the one to stand the test of time next to Cy Young's 511 wins and Nolan Ryan's 5,714 strike­ outs.

The real greatest season ever This was a fun season to watch, but it certainly w asn't the greatest

ever. In baseball's bloated six divi­ sions there was only one pennant race in the always volatile AL West. Yes, there was a great wildcard race in both leagues, and the eventual w inners Boston and Chicago were eliminated in the first round o f the playoffs.

Neither LCS went seven games and the World Series was a sweep.

T he g re a te st season ev er is extremely subjective; for Yankee fans 1998 probably was the greatest ever (unless you were alive between 1920 and 1961). But it wasn't the greatest season ever for any team that didn't play in the World Series. The 1998 season is better looked upon as the restoration.

Baseball now has a slugger good enough to bring people to the stadium just to see him take batting practice, and the Yankees are so good you have to hate them. 1999 is looking more and more like 1929.

Sports

T he M cG ill T ribune, W ednesday, 2 September 1998

S P O R T S b r ie fs M c G il l w o m en s e n d s s e v ­ CROSS-COUNTRY RUN­ NERS TO THE NATIONALS

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In S aturday’s Q SSF Finals at Sherbrooke the M cG ill w o m en 's cross country team finished first in a field o f four. On a system that aw ard s a sin g le po in t for a first place finish, two for a second place and so on, McGill finished with 17 points. Second place was taken by Sherbrooke with 48, with Laval and Concordia tying for third.

In th e fiv e k ilo m e te r ra c e , M c G ill s w e p t th e p o d iu m .

G enevieve Shurtleff took the gold w ith a tim e o f 1 9:40. T h e w in earned her M cG ill adidas fem ale athlete o f the w eek. She finished ahead of teammate and silver medal winner Melodie Jutoeau who had a tim e of 20:04. Finally the bronze was taken by Stephanie W elsh and her tim e o f 20:05. In addition to th e se th ree w om en, M cG ill w ill sen d L eslie G old, C arly M oher, Gretchen Dumoulin, and Sainatha M cGloane to the nationals. In total the women would place seven run­ ners in the top ten.

O n th e m e n ’s s id e , th e Redmen finished third in a field of five. First place went to Sherbrooke w ith 36 p o in ts, second to L aval w ith 48 points, and then M cG ill w ith 68. U Q T R fin is h e d fo u rth w ith 83, and C on co rd ia finished last w ith 129. T he ten k ilom eter race w as w on by c u rre n t UQ TR student, and former Redman, JcanNicolas Duval who finished with a tim e o f 3 2:43. T he top R edm en runner was Stéphane Brodeur who finished tenth overall with a tim e of 35:42.

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T h e O U A cre w c h a m p i­ o n sh ip s, h eld in St. C a th e rin e s, Ontario on Saturday, were won by B rock U niversity. M c G ill’s 7th place finish is coming on the heels o f la st w e e k ’s w in at th e ir ow n M cG ill Invitational R egatta. T he team got great individual p erfo r­ m a n c e s fro m th e L ig h tw e ig h t w omen’s Fours who won gold. The m e n ’s h e a v y w e ig h t e ig h ts , th e w o m e n ’s h e a v y w e ig h t s in g le sculls, and the w om en’s lightweight single sculls all won silver in their events. Finally, the w om en’s light­ weight eights won bronze.

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T h e m en ’s ru g b y team also advanced to the Q SSF finals with S u n d a y ’ s 2 4 -1 7 w in over Concordia. The team was sparked

by Tim Schriglcy’s rare three point drop kick. Adding tries were Alex Nemeroff, Dave Shields, and Dave Phillips. Ben W illiam s and Bem ie McMullen each scored a convert in the w in. From h ere the R edm en will travel to B ishop’s on Sunday to play the G aiters in th e Q SS F championship game.

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T he eleW nral perio< ru n from th e 10th u n til th e (p olls sh a ll be >en from lOhOO u n til 17h 00 at a ll p o llin g statioi sh a ll b e located as fo llo w s: Shatner ill, R oyal Vict< ia C ollege, Frank D aw son A dam s, lan B uilding, lan cellor D ay H all, Stew art B iology ig, th e Leaco< B uilding, th e Arts B uilding, th e in Library. T1 sh a ll b e an advance p o ll in th e in til 17h 00 oi Friday, N ovem b er 06, 1998. B u rn sid e filin g station .

R e fe r e n d a Q u e s tio n s

R eferen dum 2: Fu nd ing o f the Sexu al A ssualt Centre

R eferen dum 1 : SSMU Constitution

It is p ro p o se d that the Sexu al A ssault Centre fee be ren ew ed to m aintain the Sexu al Assault C en tre o f the M cG ill Students' Society and e xp an d its cru cial services, u n d er the fo llo w in g schedule.

Fall, 19 9 8 : $0 .5 0 (alread y collected) W inter, 19 9 9

T h e first referen d u m question addresses the SSMU Constitution. Th e question is: Do you agree to replace the Constitution o f the Students' Society with the one in the attached text?

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YES or NO Note o f the C h ie f R eturn in g O fficer; in o rd e r to p ro vid e all possible in fo rm atio n to the electorate, co p ies o f both the existin g and the p ro p o sed constitutions h ave been m ade available, in bo th En glish and Fren ch , at the SSMU F ro n t Desk. Please ask fo r a c o p y and peruse the differen t versio n s b efo re vo tin g on this issue. A lternatively, the full text is available online at w w w .ssm u .m cgill.ca/electio n s

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A s in the past, this fee w o u ld be in addition to the base Students' Society m em b ersh ip fee and w o u ld be effective fo r three years. A t that time, the question o f continued fu n d in g w ill be subm itted fo r student ap p ro val.

Should this question n ot be ap p ro ved , students w ill be refu nded the fifty cents ($0 .5 0 ) th ey h ave paid fo r the Fall 1 9 9 8 sem ester.

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Voting in this ann ual election is o p en to all students in the first y e a r o f their

undergraduate degree at McGill. The candidates' debate w ill be in the M cC o n n ell Residence C o m m o n R oom o n N o vem ber 0 3 at 19 h 3 0 . Attend and discuss the issues!

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m easure the student m ood w ith regard s to the possible im plem entation o f an A + letter grade. This A+ m ark w o u ld translate into a 4 .3 o n the 4.0 scale. Please a n sw er fre e ly and h o n estly as this w ill p ro vid e m ore in fo rm atio n and contribute tow ard s craftin g a better and m o re ap p ro p riate policy.

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