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E ngineering B lueprint unveiled A new code of ethics reminds engineers of their social responsibilities responsibility they carry in return for soci e ty ’s trust. Jeff Karp, U3 student in Engineering students and faculty mem Chemical Engineering and member of The bers packed into the recently-renovated Blueprint committee, says that McGill engi lobby of the M cConnell Engineering neers have a moral obligation to confront Building on Wednesday afternoon to attend the ethical requirements of their profession. “Members of the McGill Faculty of the launching of the faculty’s new Code of Engineering must care about ethics because Ethics, The Blueprint. The Blueprint is the product of almost we exist in a human community and com two years of deliberation by a tripartite munities are secured by virtues and sound committee made up of students, faculty and moral principles.” The need for engineers to understand support staff who began meeting in the fall of 1997 to discuss ways to build and main their impact on society was acknowledged tain a stronger Engineering faculty. What during Wednesday's opening ceremony. emerged was a desire to formalize into a Students and faculty lined up to sign the code of ethics the values and qualities that ledger in endorsement of The Blueprint in would best foster a sense com m unity what will become an annual ceremony for incoming Engineering responsibility and ulti students. mately improve the facul u M e m b e rs o f th e The launching of ty environment. The Blueprint was sched A ssociate Dean of M cG ill F a c u lty o f uled one day before grad Student A ffairs in E n g in e e rin g m u s t care uating Engineering stu Engineering Frank dents were to receive Mucciardi explains that it a b o u t e th ic s b e c a u se w e was not the goal of the e x is t in a h u m a n c o m m u n i their “iron rings” in a cer emony designed to cele committee to dictate to brate their initiation into the faculty another set of t y a n d c o m m u n itie s a re the professional world of rules and responsibilities. s e c u r e d b y v ir tu e s a n d engineering. Kleigh “Our goal was to find s o u n d m o r a l p rin cip les. Heather, president of the a way to state our values Jeff Karp, E n g i n e e r i n g and standards more clear U 3 Chemical Engineering and Undergraduate Society, ly. We wanted it to be a committee member notes that the introduc simple statement that stu tion of The Blueprint rep dents and staff could resents an important new tradition which understand and relate to.” In keeping with that goal, The complements the Iron Ring Ceremony. “I always thought it was unfortunate Blueprint was created as a series of six prin ciples, designed to provoke thought about that engineering students have to wait until the ethical aspects of engineering among their final year when the Iron Ring both students and faculty. To ensure that it Ceremony takes place to be really provoked achieves this purpose, it was also decided into confronting the ethical issues around that the statement should be visible within the profession," said Heather. "With The the faculty. As a result, The Blueprint will Blueprint, engineering students will hope appear on plaques in all of the Engineering fully be forced to start thinking about ethi Buildings, on exam booklets, in departmen cal responsibility from the day they enter tal offices, in admissions brochures and on the faculty.” The simplicity of the six principles bulletin boards. It will even find its way contained in The Blueprint belies the fact onto mouse pads. that the process behind its creation was not Engineers have moral without its hurdles. The delay in launching The Blueprint obligations too was partly attributable to the committee’s For McGill’s future bridge and airplane desire to wait until renovations in the builders, there is a recognition of the By C

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as a way for McGill to celebrate the diversity of its student body. SSMU acts as the main funding source for the event, although tickets for the International Gala buffet and show were sold at minimal cost to cover some expenses. “[Culturefest] is strong and important. It’s a way to showcase our clubs to the com munity.

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A Filipino film, karetodo demonstrations and baklava represents just some of the exoti cism that arrived at Shatner last week for the Students' Society's annual Culturefest. D uring the w eek-long celebration, Culturefest featured displays, demonstrations and food-tasting organised by regional SSMU clubs. The opportunity to showcase their cul ture and countries to fellow students was seen

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Students were asked about more than candidates at the Students’ Society of McGill University’s elec tions, March 9 through 11. The results of three plebiscite questions given at polling stations indicate that students disagreed with a one-time fee payable to the First Year Students’ Association, that they feel safe on campus, and that they would prefer more non-smoking space in the Shatner building. Students were asked if they thought first-year students should pay a one time fee to support FYSA. The question was voted down by 61 per cent of students. SSMU VP Internal Karen Pelley felt the question was asked to give FYSA a place from which to start for planning next year’s initiatives. “The [question] was initiated by [FYSA], ...They weren’t expecting the money. The question was to give them direction for next year,” she stated. Although the question made ref erence to her organization, FYSA President Catherine Weiler was not

aware of the results and was actually surprised to hear about it. “I actually had no idea there was a question about FYSA,” she said when asked about how students’ responses would affect the organiza tion. Weiler voted Tuesday morning, before plebiscite ballots were made available to the polling stations. When Pelley learned that the plebiscite question was not, in fact, given by Weiler, she asked around the SSMU offices to find out where it came from. She later confessed that "no one seems to know." Pelley explained that FYSA would probably consider asking for money from first-year students, because they don’t appear to have a position defined within SSMU. “[FYSA] is not really a commit tee and not a club. It’s not really any thing. It doesn’t really fit into [SSMU]’s structure, which makes it difficult for accounting. They don’t have a budget given to them.” Weiler pointed to the recent 360 party at Bishop Mountain Hall, how ever, to show that FYSA could hold money-making events to help sustain other projects without going to stu

dents for additional support. In this case, though, the money was used to pay off FYSA’s debts. “360 was a big success,” Weiler said enthusiastically. “We were able to pay back our $900 debt with the proceeds from that party.”

Campus security Students were also posed a question concerning how happy they were with campus security. 55 per cent of those who voted felt that McGill’s campus security is ade quate. Cindy Chen, a U0 student in Management feels that safety on campus is already adequate. “We’re smack in the middle of downtown. I’d probably feel safer walking within the confines of the Roddick gates than walking up Peel. You can’t expect them to hire securi ty guards for every building on cam pus.” However, the number of stu dents who do not feel safe did not surprise SSMU President-elect Andrew Tischler.

“There have been several safety audits done already and they all pointed to the same conclusion,” he said. “This is a very clear mandate from students.” Pelley initiated the security question and feels that there are two specific areas she would like to see addressed next year. “There is no requirement for [security guards] to speak English. This is an English university and if I need instructions or... help I’d like to be able to speak to them in English.” Maintenance of the blue lights is also an issue she feels is important. “Technically, no one’s looking after it,” she explained. “Eve talked to the director of human resources to make sure it gets put in somewhere.”

Smoking or non-smoking Finally, students were also asked if they would prefer additional or fewer smoking spaces in the Shatner building. Over 78 per cent thought there should be fewer smok ing areas.

The question was asked because of the renovations scheduled for Shatner over the summer. “Renovations are really going to try to open up the building more, make it more welcoming,” Pelley said. “That means that if there was smoking..., smoke would travel all over the building.” Pelley also feels that SSMU should be looking ahead and thinking about how people want to use com mon space. “We have to think more like five, ten years down the road, and [non-smoking areas] are starting to be more and more the trend.” Tischler feels that non-smokers should be comfortable in Shatner, as well as smokers. “It is a good idea to have a space where non-smokers can have a lounge without having to contend with smokers,” he said. Jordan Elsey, a U0 Arts student, felt the idea of closing off more of Shatner to smokers was unfair. “I think that if I was a smoker I’d be pissed off.”

Blueprint: com m on sense values Continued from page 1 McConnell building were complet ed. But as Karp admits, there was also some disagreement over the wording and content of the docu ment.

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MUNACA and McGill p u t pen to p ap er New collective agreement to take effect later this month month later but her lack of success forced both parties to request a gov After eight years without a con ernment arbitrator whose decision tract, the McGill University Non- would be binding. "Clearly the largest part of the Academic Certified Association signed a collective agreement with word arbitrator is 'traitor,'" said Allan Youster, President of MUNACA. McGill last Monday. The provisions in the new agree "He wasn't here to make anyone ment include employment security, happy." MUNACA held several demon increases in pay scales and salaries, the elimination of merit-based salary stration during the negotiation period. increases, the establishment of partial In the fall of 1998, both MUNACA seniority, and the posting of job and McGill feared a unsatisfactory openings on the Internet. Not includ outcome and as a result, began to ed, however, was the protection of compromise. Last month, MUNACA employees whose salaries are derived ratified a collective agreement which from research grants, called “soft was signed by representatives of MUNACA and McGill last week. funds.” "As the ball got rolling, there Problems between non-academ ic staff and the McGill administration was a time when both parties... saw began in the early 1990s, when bud that they both wouldn't get every get cuts forced a freeze of support thing they wanted, so we made some staff salaries in 1992. MUNACA, the compromises," said Robert Savoie, union representing 1350 support executive director of Human staff, including library assistants, Resources. In comparison to some other clerical workers, and technicians, has been in existence since 1994, when it universities, McGill and the unions gained recognition as a union under arrived at a compromise quite quick ly — it took Harvard University and the Quebec Labour Code. In June 1996, the University one of its unions 15 years to reach a announced a discretionary 1.5 per similar collective agreement. cent salary increases for faculty, What the managers, and staff, but this increase agreement says was withheld from MUNACA mem bers pending the negotiation of a col Under the new agreement, lective agreement. A conciliator was appointed by the government a employees who have worked at By Jam es

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McGill for more than 24 months may not be fired except for disciplinary or administrative reasons. Although McGill had wanted to eliminate employment security for all union ized employees, they eventually compromised and can now hire up to ten per cent non-unionized employ ees. Merit-based salary increases, which theoretically provide incen tives for hard work and self-improve ment, were eliminated in the new agreement. “Merit-based discretionary salary increases are discriminatory,” said Youster. “If you’re competing against a twenty-five year old for a raise, it’s hard to ignore the ‘seethrough blouse syndrome,’ that is, giving raises based on physical appearance.” The new system has no provi sion for pay raises that aren't based on the time an employee has spent at McGill, or his or her position on the salary scale. Savoie, however, feels that past merit-based increases were fair. “My experience at McGill has been in general that the merit pay was given... as objectively as possi ble, but there [is no] perfect system for performance appraisal,” he said. The collective agreement, out lined at a management forum held on March 15, allows job placements within the union to be based on par tial seniority — that is, when qualifi cations, ability, and skills are equal, the more senior of two McGill employees gets the position. Enacting full seniority would mean that the sole criterion for filling posts would be how long a person has been working at McGill. "Overall, I'm very satisfied with

what I've done with the agreement," said Youster. "I would have liked full seniority in place, but any seniority is new for McGill, so it is a positive change." The agreement also stipulates that vacant positions not filled by internal staff will be placed on the Human Resources web site. In addi tion, it guarantees pay parity with other Quebec universities. Human Resources Assistant Director Jacques Sztuke stressed that members of MUNACA can file grievances against working condi tions, hiring practices, salary issues, or other concerns stipulated in the agreement. Savoie, however, does not believe that this will lead to greater employee litigiousness. “I don’t expect more grievances than in the past,” said Savoie. “The collective agreement clarifies the rules. I think the [administration] cer tainly will approach the management of the agreement with respect.” Maria Roucco, vice-president labour relations for MUNACA, feels that grievances are an effective tool. "I do not hesitate to grieve," said Roucco. "We have been very suc cessful with our grievances. We want what is fair." Now that the agreement has been signed, Youster believes that MUNACA’s most important task is to educate union members. “We have to educate our mem bers about this collective agreement,” he stated. “They need to know how to use it and how to defend it.”

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Raising th e roof on solidarity S e x u al A ssa u lt C e n tre p ro je c ts co o rd in a to r h o p e s fo r in cre a se d c o lla b o ra tio n in th e fu tu re B y A drien n e M a th eso n

An exposition of women's issues and sexual assault awareness united, in name at least, McGill’s Women's Union and the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students' Society. Throughout this collaboration, how ever, an underlying tension was felt. The two groups joined "International Women's Week" and "Sexual Assault Awareness Week" under the banner of an event called "Raising the Roof." Though McGill has traditionally celebrated International Women's Day, this was the first year for SACOMSS to orga nize a week devoted to awareness of sexual assault issues. Sarah Clarke, special projects coordinator for SACOMSS, explained why such a need exists. "There is a lot of ignorance that surrounds sexual assault, especially at this university," said Clarke. "We wanted to get people talking about sexual assault, to try to understand it a little more, and make it a more com fortable topic for people to discuss." Clarke hoped the week's events would effectively abolish taboos and preconceptions surrounding these issues. One such preconception is that sexual assault issues are negative and disempowering for women. Gala Arh, special events coordinator of McGill Women's Union, believes that International Women's Week can be a time to celebrate other issues instead. "There is a lot of negative stuff in dealing with sexual assault," said Arh of the collaboration with SACOMSS. "We felt that it took away from the positive aspects we wanted to address." Clarke was aware of these differ ent points of view when joining the two previously separate events. For this reason, SACOMSS opted not to schedule any events for Monday,

International Women's Day. Despite the difficulties encountered along the way, Clarke stressed the importance of collaboration. "Clubs and services should work together more often, and we don't see enough of that at McGill," she'said. "I think the events really complemented each other, education along with cele bration. It is important and positive to celebrate women who are also living through an experience of assault." Arh, speaking for the Women's Union, felt that they "lost a lot in the collaboration." For Clark, however, solidarity took priority. She referred to philosophy professor Leslie MacAvoy's Tuesday lecture on femi nism at the crossroads of the new mil lennium. "Everyone is breaking down into subgroups, which is a problem," she explained. "The strength of the voice gets lost. That's exactly why we want ed to work on activities together with the Women's Union, to get a stronger voice." Though Clarke was uncertain whether SACOMSS will organize such an event next year, she hoped SACOMSS and the Women's Union will continue to collaborate on pro jects. "The week could have been such a cohesive and strong event," Clarke stressed. "The in-fighting is really frustrating. After all, we have the same pro-feminist, pro-survival goals...Personal politics should not dictate good causes like this one. But here, I think they did." "If we keep working together," she said, "hopefully a more cohesive atmosphere will develop."

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S tu d e n t M a n a g e r(s ) S The Student's Society of McGill University is seeking a student/students to take on the re s p o n s ib ility fo r th e o p e ra tio n o f th e Sadie's Tabagie locations on the McGill cam pus. The ideal candidate(s) w ill possess exp e rience in retail m anagem ent including, but not limited to, the control of stock, staffing, as w ell as the ability to develop and coordi nate m arketing efforts. This position w ill require a minimum of 35 hours of w o rk per w e e k for a full year term; the candidate should consider her/his course load accordingly. Renumeration con sists of a stipend for the year. Bilingualism is an asset. R ésum és sh o u ld be re c e iv e d b y th e undersigned no later than April 2, 1999 C

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Culturefest celebrates McGill's diversity Continued from Page 1 "We wanted to bring it out to all students by having displays so anyone walking by could look in," Karen Pel ley, SSMU VP Internal explained. N evertheless, not all of McGill's cultural clubs participated in Culturefest. Many clubs were involved in their own activities or did not feel they had enough time to organize a presentation. As a result, cultural groups from the Montreal community at large were encouraged to participate in the International Gala. "[McGill] clubs are willing to do this, but you have to push them sometimes," Culturefest Co-coordi nator Sylvia Assaad admitted. "We wanted clubs at McGill to be repre sented because it is a SSMU spon sored event. [Thus] we give the option [to participate] to McGill students. Whatever response we got we built with outside culture groups," Assaad explained. Those McGill clubs that did participate in C ulturefest were enthusiastic about the opportunity to do so. "There's a big stereotype of the Middle East. This is an oppor tunity to showcase what the area is really like: to have people learn about the culture, the food, the scenery," Lebanese S tudents’ Society member Basel Al-Aghbar added. Although enthusiastic to be part of Culturefest, members of the LSS were dismayed with not only the low club representation, but also the low student body turnout. LSS co-head Lutfi Zakhour attrib uted the lack of student interest to poor advertising. "We can advertise to our own members, but we're more interested

in an interna tional crowd. The whole point of [Culturefest] is to introduce our culture to ot hers, " Z a k h o u r added. Assaad explained that attracting stu dents to Culturefest was difficult. "It seems that people are too busy or they're not as interested in [C ulturefest]. Maybe a factor is that its at the end of the year and people just want to finish school and so they say T don't care'," Assaad sur D a n c e s f r o m a r o u n d t h e g l o b e c. Fmquharson mised. D espite the low student strong support for Culturefest by turnout during the week's events, some regional groups. "We opted to do it during a 250 students attended an evening of dancing and food from Greece, week [this year] to allow more India, Vietnam, and Italy. The clubs to represent themselves. In turnout appeared to be larger than one night we're limited to what we expected which caused delays in can represent,” said Assaad. “ If the food line in addition to short you don't want to perform in front of students [during the ages of certain items. Much of the audience was International Gala] then you can made up of McGill students, with represent yourself during the many appearing to be supporting week." "I hope that in the future years performing club members. There was strong support and enthusiasm we get a bigger turnout. I think it is from a large part of the audience important to represent the cultures during the Palestinian, Iranian, and because McGill is so diverse and Lebanese dances, illustrating the it's in a beautiful city with many different cultures."

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Arts lounge to p s presidential priorities in AUS d e b a te Better communcation and increased student participation common themes I want to maintain relations debate did not seem to have too with the Montreal community... many issues in common. Nick [through] a career fair... and hands Linardopoulos, a U1 political sci On the heels of the Student on charity such as food drives...toy ence and economics student, felt that Society elections, the Arts library improvement was the number drives...” said Armitage. Undergraduate Society held an all According to Jeremy Farrell, one issue. candidates debate in preparation for "I want to extend library hours the career fair could be better timed. AUS elections March 24 and 25. “I want to move the career fair [to] twenty four hours..." stated Acclamations include Megan Abel earlier up in the year, [so Linardopoulos. He also explained for VP Administration, that students] can get sum that the creation of academic jobs on Chris Gratto for VP Finance mer employment earlier,” campus was urgent. and Le'Nise Brothers for VP But while Linardopoulous Farell said. Internal. Gabriel Riff, U1 politi focussed on the library, Kevin cal science and economics, Fernandes preferred a broader President noted that “[the career cen approach, explaining that he would tre] doesn’t go the distance do what students required of him. Both presidential can Gemma Peralta, U2 political to find people employment.” didates, Daniel Artenosi and In addition to working on science, issued a call for solidarity of Danielle Lanteigne, agreed the centre, R iff wants to Arts students to improve the quality that the completion of an work on a stronger image of education. Arts lounge is an important "I want to create an Arts student for students with an Arts project for the coming year. planner...and get longer study hours degree. "There's no unity feel Each of the external for the library," stated Peralta. She ing in Arts, so a lounge is candidates was asked by added that she would like to work important," Lanteigne Sarah Clarke, SACOMSS towards implementing internships, explained in her speech. special projects co-ordina- implementing work-study and pass Artenosi's main plat tor, to name the brand of ing the Arts Students' Employment form focus is on 'cohesion' shampoo they used. Fund, a referendum question being of the executive. Armitage reportedly uses asked at the polls regarding the col "We're the largest fac Timotei, Farrell uses "what lection of $6.50 per semester ulty... with my experience as ever my brother has, or towards funding for academic onan executive, I've definitely whatever's on sale," while campus jobs. Catherine Farquharson seen a problem with cohe D a n i e l A r t e n o s i , a n d D a n i e l l e L a n t e i g n e Riff prefers Herbal Essence a n s w e r q u e s t io n s a t a n a ll c a n d id a te s d e b a te . sion." AUS elections take place March for fine of limp hair. If elected, Artenosi 24 and 25. Each of the candidates indulged hopes to create a President's wants to improve communication U1 Economics Representative Marc Committee consisting of all depart within the faculty. VP Academic “I think the biggest problem is Flynn's request to dance an Irish Jig, mental presidents. Additionally, he despite the fact that Flynn himself feels strongly about a work-study apathy of Arts students [with respect Candidates for the VP academic to] AUS,” Bekasiak said. Citing a had no idea how to sing one when he program. "This is a very important project ten per cent turn out rate at last was asked for the tune. Correction that has to be implemented. [Work- year’s elections, Bekasiak feels that greater communication will facilitate study] is something that I'm commit VP External In the March 16 issue of the Tribune, Students’ Society of student involvement. ted to," Artenosi stated. McGill University President Duncan Reid was incorrectly quoted “[I plan on] offering more ways Lanteigne, however, feels that Jobs were clearly a high priority as saying “[The LSA] is reaching out through multiple argu there are some internal changes that to show people how to get issue for VP external candidates, ments...” (McGill Students’ Fund approved in referendum, page involved...poster boards need to be need to be made. 1). "We have to look inwards at the updated, old stuff [has to be] taken who spent much of their time dis cussing career fairs. In fact, Reid was referring to Civil Law Representative structure of Arts. My priority is to down,” Bekasiak said. Scott Armitage, U1 political François Tanguay-Renaud who was responsilbe for putting But while Dusty Okazaki, a get students involved," Lanteigne together the arguments on the constitutionality of the MSF ques said. She added that if elected, she political science and economics stu science and economics, expressed a tions for the Judicial Board. hopes to change the structure of dent from Vancouver, agreed that concern with regards to opportunities The Tribune regrets the error. council to better represent those who communication was an issue, he for English speaking students to get jobs. explained that he would like to currently feel that their voices improve it outside the faculty. remain unheard. “[There needs to be] a lot off "We can't present ourselves as a Th e S S M U i s s e e k in g s t u d e n t s communication between AUS coun strong faculty outwards if we don't have a strong structure inwards." She cil and SSMU council,” Okazaki fro m A pril 1 5 th u n til Ju ly 1 5 th then added that her changes to AUS explained. “I want to make sure that to s e ll a d v e r tis in g s p a c e fo r council would be designed to make it Arts gets a good say at SSMU.” Chase Robinson, a U1 political more practical, concluding her idea th e s tu d e n t h an d b o o k . Th e with, "[Let's] put the 'fun' back in science and history student, took a different approach in his speech, p o s itio n s a r e p ro v e n m o n e y functional." explaining his platform is based on m a k e r s fo r ta le n te d , d y n a m ic , his experience with a lack of com munication. Rep to SSMU a r t ic u la t e in d iv id u a ls w h o c a n “I felt really uninformed about c lo s e s a le s . The representatives to the what was going on in student gov Students’ Society of McGill ernment. So this year I decided to * P ro te c te d t e r r it o r ie s University race is the most contested take a more active approach.” Una Roh, U2 political science, of the current positions, with five * O n ly s e r i o u s c a n d id a t e s candidates running for the two seats. noted that the lack of information is at the root of student apathy. The representatives to SSMU sit on n e e d a p p ly B y Jo h n S a l l o u m

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“Apathy is not people not car ing, but people not having enough information,” Roh said. Catherine Weiler, UO student and current FYSA president, explained that she feels that the rep to SSMU job should be that of a ‘communications officer.’

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Misperceiving culture By N ilima G ulrajani

A plate of deep-fried egg rolls, samosas and baked lasagna is a good deal for four bucks. Throw in some lively dancers exotically clad for din ner entertainment and the crowds will come. Dub the event a celebration of cultural diversity, however, and you've got a case of false advertising. Culture is a confusing and nebulous concept at best, encompassing religious beliefs, value systems, ideologies, arts and crafts, language, cui sine and folklore. The 1971 Multicultural Act formally acknowledges Canada's cultural diversity, attempting to "foster recognition and appreci ation of the diverse cultures of Canadian society.” Critics see this direc tive as a "song-and-dance" interpretation of multiculturalism, a policy that exhibits cultural communities like animals in a petting zoo. If the Students' Society had kept abreast of theses sociological debates, they might have thought twice about officially sanctioning and sponsoring Culturefest in its current format. Last week's Culturefest lacked a raison d'être, a philosophical foun S to p th e P re s s dation to underpin the week-long event SSMU toted as a "celebration of diversity". By blatantly ignoring the controversies and contradictions inherent in the celebration, SSMU blindly embarked on an poorly-defined mission. The result was a superficial display of picture postcards, food obtained at your local food-court, and dances that even the folks in the old country don't bother with except on wedding days. Culturefest became The recent Stop the Press nothing more than a trite display of internationalism, a sophisticated "Flawed Presentation Must Be parade of smiling people resembling a grade school multicultural fair or a I Cancelled" seems to threaten the same UNICEF poster. "good rapport" which its author so Granted, the founders and organizers of Culturefest are well- | vehemently decries. As a religious intentioned in their desire to link McGill's cultural communities with the Jew I found the assertion that the Palestinian Display (in the Shatner general student populace. Without a critical statement of purpose or Building on March 15) implies "a SSMU guidance, however, the organizers are left to muddle through the more sinister move" personally dis ideological debate themselves. Furthermore, holding a cultural festival in turbing. Rather than engage in con a city that prides itself on its vibrant cultural scene and its cosmopolitan structive bridge-building the piece nature makes it difficult for Culturefest to avoid appearing hackneyed and merely restated the age old phobia that artificial. The poor show of support for Culturefest by McGill-based the "the whole world is out to get the regional clubs did nothing to promote the festival's messages of interna Jews." tional and campus solidarity. If anything, clubs' lack of involvement sig The authors of the article per nificantly lowered the morale of other participants, the organizers and ceive in Palestine Awareness Week a "gratuitous campaign of defamation even some spectators searching in vain for a display by a particular asso against Israel." However, the impres ciation. sive presentation that the PSC and Given these hurdles, the fact that Culturefest exists at all should CEPAL mounted did not focus on be seen as somewhat of a triumph. Nevertheless, artistic and culinary cul Israel at all, but rather sought to por tural representations can only widen horizons and buttress international tray the defining events that have understanding to a limited degree. Creatively addressing issues of intershaped a Palestinian identity. For this reason the fact that "Israel too has cultural communication and conflict is a more effective way to encourage been the victim of many Palestinian tolerance and present the complexities of culture. We should be throwing a Palestinian and Israeli into a room and seeing if fireworks can be avoid terror attacks" is interesting but irrele vant. ed. Let’s organize skits on the notion of the hyphenated Canadian to fos It saddens me that the authors of ter self-reflection and a critical examination of Canadian multicultural the article felt the need to respond to a policy or have open discussions about sensitive cultural issues like female perceived threat before it even circumcision with some international students. Culturefest should provide occurred since they too are certainly people with the opportunity to distinguish between multiculturalism as guilty of the same bias that they con demn. In much the same way as empty rhetoric and as a genuine expression of tolerance and empathy. understanding the Holocaust and the Only by exposing the notion of "cultural diversity" can Culturefest role of the State of Israel is central to become a vehicle to build lasting bridges across the McGill community. With this radical shift in approach however, Culturefest should nonethe an understanding of a modem Jewish identity, so too understanding the less continue with its international buffet and dance extravaganza. Quite massacres committed against the frankly, smiling dancers and a cheap dinner are often far more pleasant Palestinians remains crucial to an than reality. understanding of a modem Palestinian identity. When Hillel holds Holocaust

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Surely, the measure of solid peaceful co-existence lies not in silence out of fear of upsetting a balance but rather in the ability to learn to listen to another's experiences without feeling personally threatened. I firmly believe that a more constructive method of ensuring "good rapport and positive regard” lies not in condemning the Palestinians for what they left out, but rather in appreciating what they pre sented — a well organized, multimedia display that sought to explain and teach about the major political events in Palestinian psyche. In the future, the Jewish student community has a responsibility to lay the groundwork for a constructive relationship between the Jewish and Palestinian groups on campus. On the one hand, we must cease to regard any negative portrayal of Israel as a "threat to Israel's security." It is not. Among other things, this entails refraining from writing provocative letters like the one that appeared in the Trib. At the same time, we have an obligation to begin engaging in active and respectful dialogue. This entails listen ing and questioning, attending events organized by the PSC not for the pur pose of protesting or being convinced but for the purpose of learning and understanding. Only in this way can we insure genuine cooperation and friendly spirit between groups on campus. —Yonatan Bock U3 religious studies Middle East Studies

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L e tte r s to th e E d ito r T O UNDERSTAND, WE MUST 'DREDGE UP THE PAST'

I would like to respond to the let ter written by executives of the Hillel Organization in Montreal. First of all, I would like to address the statement that the two groups at McGill should, "focus on the benefits of potential future co-operation rather than dredg ing up the past." I agree that the com munities should focus on ways in which they can coexist peacefully. However, "dredging up the past," as he states, is essential in order to under stand and judge the current situation objectively. It is not wrong to bring the facts of the past and the current sit uation out in the open. Having lived in the U.S. for all of my life, I value the efforts of organizations such as PSC and Amnesty International to strive and show us the humanitarian sides of issues. For whatever reasons, I feel that in North America, the voice of many struggling people are muted. I find it disrespect ful to diminish the importance of awareness to those who have lost their lives and their families. We must work to find the truth in all situations. In many situations, the truth can be easier to avoid than to face. Throughout history, atrocities have inflicted pain on the lives of many, from the Holocaust to the geno cide in Bosnia. We cannot expect that forgetting ANY of these occurrences will strengthen our abilities to come together. As a non-Palestinian, I encourage the Palestinian community (as I would any other) to speak out and show others a side of their history that has been forgotten. —Bahar Hashemi For a week the Palestinian A w areness w eek NOT PROPAGANDA

Solidarity Committee, the McGill Model UN , Amnesty International and all other supporters have been remembering those Palestinian who have died since 1948 as a result of Israeli aggression. "Palestinian Awareness week" is a chance for all those who care to participate in events which highlight the suffering, pain and suppression the Palestinian people have felt for decades. The week is about the Palestinian plight, respecting and honouring the dead, and not intended to be a narra tion of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sadly in last week's edition of the Tribune a letter was written by members of the Hillel Jewish Student societies and Dateline Middle East condemning this week and calling it a "sinister move." Once again we are faced with those who are threatened by the truth and choose to hide their insecurities by insulting others. The article calls par ticipants in this event "propagandists," to remember the Palestinians who died is propaganda, is sinister, is an attack on the Jewish State but to remember those who died in the Holocaust is respectful, honourable and truthful. This is the message sent to us. —Yasmine Rifaat U1 Political Science & Middle Eastern Studies Every morning, at 9 am exactly, I D is p l a y in g f a c t s a n d t r u t h CRITICAL TO DEMOCRACY

climb the steep hillside on which the University of Montreal's music depart ment is situated and prepare myself for two hours of piano practice. Sitting

in the cafeteria, getting my daily dose of caffeine, a colleague joins me and as is almost always the case, the con versation turns into a cultural debate. Being one of the few Arabs in the department and probably the only Palestinian, other students are always eager to ask about my culture and inevitably the Palestinian situation. Even though I have come to expect it somewhat, the ill-knowledge and misinformation that I encounter concerning the Palestinian story is always quite shocking. Unfortunately we live in an age of mass media, where the truth is often twisted to sat isfy commercial and political inter ests; where the story is limited to a few seconds between two commer cials. All too often, the real people behind the events are reduced to two dimensional characters, with no depth, or meaning and easily forgotten with a click of the remote control. This is why I make it a point to support and participate in any event or activity that increases awareness to the Palestinian struggle. It is the responsi bility of our generation, the refugee generation to inform the Canadian people who have so generously wel comed us and given us the opportuni ty to experience democracy; it is our responsibility to tell them our story and to expose the truth for what it is, no matter how ugly, shocking or trag ic. The truth be told through facts is not propaganda, it is an honest and entirely democratic manner to present a point of view. Focusing on the atrocities that Israel has committed against the Palestinians by noting the countless international laws it has ignored is not bias but rather an intel ligent approach to erasing some of the misconceptions associated with the Palestinians. What is disrespectful or discriminatory about putting forward solid facts supported by solid refer ences? Isn't this what democracy is all about? What is unfair about showing the faces of the children who have lost their homes through illegal demoli tions? Where is the injustice in reminding the public of the Sabra and Shateela massacres and Deir Yassin massacre committed by Israel both in and out of its self-proclaimed borders?

"fanatic." We must state at this point that it necessary to take history in context and chronological order when examining actions that are pinpointed against our population, hence giving us the above men tioned labels. It is important to see the stimuli to such actions, as every outcome has its cause. And one of the many goals of Remembrance Day, was to reveal such stimuli. Note that we are not saying that any —Yara El-Ghadban form of violence is acceptable, but We feel that there has been a then again, no action occurs in vacu um. PSC RESPONDS Secondly, we were accused of "dredging up the past." We see it as great m isrepresentation of our unrealistic, simplistic and naive not Palestine Awareness Week in the to represent a history which is so full letter submitted by Hillel on last of suffering, just as Hillel and other week. campus Jewish groups very often Therefore we see a necessity in do. For example Hillel held an event clarifying a few points. Firstly, we to remember the Holocaust last agree with Hillel's appreciation of semester. They also have a link to the rich cultural diversity of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in McGill’s student population, con Washington D.C. on their website, trary to Hillel’s belief. The great cul just as they should do. And we too, tural diversity at McGill warrants see that, just like the Jewish people the expression of every culture's do, deserve a chance to commemo point of view. Therefore when it rate the atrocities that have been per comes to the Palestinian-Israeli con petrated against us. Verily, a first flict we see this as a long awaited and crucial step towards reconcilia opportunity to break the reigning tion is a recognition of the pain and Jewish monopoly over pain and suf suffering of both sides. The Jewish fering. This brings us to define the side has been heard; let ours be now. purposes of our week. The purposes of the week was —Salah Elatrash to portray the Palestinian human VP Information dimension of the Arab-Israeli con —Lena El-Malak flict, namely the suffering of VP Internal Palestinians through out the 50 years The Palestine Solidarity after the creation of the state of Committee Israel, in addition to making PSCMCGILL@ hotmail, com Palestinians, Arabs and people from I was surprised to read how all other nationalities aware of our culture and cause. It is an opportuni C r it ic is m a s u r p r is e ty for us to expose the Palestinian side, which we feel is not adequately some Jewish organizations "criti covered by western mainstream cized" the Palestinian Awareness media. The Israeli perspective, on Week organized by the PSC, the other hand, receives ample Amnesty International and the opportunity to make itself heard, McGill UN club. My dismay comes while veiling the Palestinian side. not from the criticism but from what We were accused of defaming the exactly was being criticized. It is extremely bewildering that state of Israel, when we have only too often been defamed. Frequently in the whole letter that they pub the Palestinian and Arab population lished, I found not one attempt to is represented solely as "terrorist " or contest the correctness of the infor

It is just as important to keep their memory alive as it is for the Jews to remind the world of the Holocaust. These victims had no chance to defend themselves. We, the Palestinians who are lucky enough to live in a free country, are their only voice and that voice will only resonate louder as long as our people suffer under the dictatorship of an occupier and the manipulation of the media.

mation provided in the Week's events. That would be a very diffi cult task, considering the large body of disturbing information coming from human rights organizations (Israeli, Palestinian and internation al) and other neutral international bodies such as Amnesty and UN organizations. Even if you read the U.S. Department of State Reports on human rights in the Occupied Territories you would be appalled by the overwhelming evidence of the violation of the simplest rights of the Palestinians by the occupying Israeli state. What then was being criticized in this letter? The authors empha sized that the Week and its presenta tions were "highly skewed charac terization of the Middle East con flict". There are two points to be made about this allegation. First, they called the characterization "highly skewed" because Israelis have also suffered from "many Palestinian terror attacks". The point ignored here is that the victims of those attacks are actually outnum bered by the victims of terrorist attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians! The more important point here is that the suffering dealt with in the Week's events is inflict ed by the government and military of Israel and their policies and NOT by some terrorist. It is even absurd to try to compare the number of vic tims, the harm inflicted or even the actor causing the harm. These are the official state policies of a sup posedly democratic country not cer tain individuals. Second, this criticism is out of context, simply because the Week was NOT ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT! It was about educating people about the plight of the Palestinian people and the pains they have suffered and are still suf fering. The purpose of this week was not to recite all historical occur rences of this conflict. Similarly no one requires Jews to narrate the con flicts the Jewish state is involved in when they are raising awareness about the Holocaust.

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tourist in town for a weekend or are very impressionable, chances are every bar you're ever going to will be one that you've discovered through word-of-mouth. When was the last time you ever heard a raging debate among a group of friends about whether they're going to go to Winnie's or Sherlock's (unless one of them has their heart set on playing pool, while the other can't make it through the night without being mauled by a man with a cell-phone)? Maria's article mimics the manner in which students actually hear about and decide to try bars, therefore making it more useful to the drinking public at large. She boldly goes where frosh have never gone before and lets them know exactly how piss-drunk they'll need to be to enjoy themselves. Good for her! Though we were mostly upset for Maria, the Rez Dogs also felt the need to stand up for ourselves. Ms. Chacharone stung us all with her sar castic query "Is this a good place to drink or pick up washed-up hockey players?" Washed-up?!?!? We always knew that we were a collection of untalented never-weres and neverwill-bes, but washed-up? Could she be right? Could our best days be behind us? It was a har rowing thought; luckily, it turned out not to be Une. At the time this letter is being written, the Rez Dogs are gear ing up to play in the semi-finals, the furthest we've ever gone in the play offs (which is to say, this year, we WON A GAME)! !! Being derided for our hockey-playing ability may have been a factor, so we thank you. At the same time, though, our decision to play a sport in an actual league, know ing that we would inevitably get slaughtered but loving every minute of it, should be rewarded, not mocked. If winning is what matters to you, how ever, you should know that what was once the exception is now... well, less of an exception anyway. If this changes your mind about wanting to pick us up, I would suggest you con

sent to the McGill Tribune by the some time ago, the Rez Dogs, as an Montreal and McGill Hillel Jewish organization, felt a pressing need to Student Societies concerning the respond to Maria Chacharone's cri As a traditionally non-political Palestinian Awareness week. I am out tique of Maria Simpson's article. We raged that the board members had the would have stood up for the second I r r e s p o n s ib l e j o u r n a l is m audacity to attack such an event that Maria sooner, but the Rez Dogs aren't has focused on the pain and suffering exactly known for their defence. student over the past three years at of so many Palestinians, in fact they Nevertheless, we felt that Ms. McGill, I decided I would take an should be ashamed of themselves for it Simpson's response, likely due to her active interest in the elections this is a fact that these crimes were com humility and tact, was inadequate in year. I used the as my mitted by Israel. redressing Ms. Chacharone's slander. primary source of information. I was The “inciting exhibits” are videos Firstly, she repeatedly purports and pictures of Palestinians being very disappointed at the that she is not cool, when in actuality, election coverage and have concluded killed, beaten and exposed to different all the guys agree she’s pretty fly for a that the unprofessional nature of the kinds of assault and degradation. If white girl. More importantly, though, over the past three this strikes anybody as a defamation of she is an experienced drinker who is weeks has been overwhelming. Israel, then maybe we should examine well aware that the bar you attend Unfortunately, Mr. Sigurdson, the Israel’s policies and actions more merely sets the stage for your Editor, has failed to uphold closely . If any Jewish group or orga evening's enjoyment. Her article is a even the basic standards of journalism nization was holding a holocaust reflection of that principle. remembrance event, anybody who during this period, bringing the Ms. Chacharone argued the fol into disrepute. I shall now even dared say that it was an exagger lowing: "She writes about how her and ation would be labeled as an Antiexplain: her friends go to a place and get drunk. First, by allowing Mr. Reevely to Semite, let alone accusing them of not You could actually recycle her column write his column during the election showing the German side of the con and just switch the names of the period was irresponsible considering flict. Whatever happened to the right bars/clubs." What she doesn’t seem to he was completely occupied with the to freedom of speech? I think if the realize is that even when the articles production of a play, spent little to no Jewish community has a problem with might seem the same, there neverthe time at any of the debates, and even the information that was given during less exist subtle nuances and differ disappeared for a period on election the Awareness week then they should ences which are entirely the point of night. Mr. Sigurdson allowed Mr. hold an information session of their the articles. Using the New Journalism Reevely to print an uninformed and own, or better yet hold an open discus approach favoured by such renowned thoughtless column on 9 March 1999. sion between the PSC and the other authors as Hunter S. Thompson and Albeit, Mr. Reevely is also to blame, Jewish groups in McGill that would be Norman Mailer, Maria's article works as he was the author of the column. open to the public. The request that the because it doesn't assume that the bar Mr. Reevely states in his rebuttal to PSC show the other side of the story is itself is the most important factor. The Ms. Litman in the 16 March 1999 ridiculous considering the fact that the fact is, the time she has at a certain issue (which is the second of my prob entire western media is constantly club isn't going to be the same as the lems), “that a column is only a vehicle reporting the Israeli side. The injustice time you or anyone else would have, for the columnist’s personal opinions has gone too far, it’s like killing a man as the company you keep is really the which should be well-informed, but and telling his family that they can’t most important factor and she knows cannot be...” This argument makes cry about i t . — Omar Tabbah that. She describes for you the time no sense. I do agree that a column is she had, and by comparing her articles I am writing in response to a letfor personal views, but they should be against each other with an eye to informed, if the views cannot be detail, you can determine for yourself D e c is io n w a s d e m o c r a t ic informed, then I would expect Mr. which bar will best suit your own Sigurdson to allow any students who tastes. walk into his office a chance to write a Lastly, while Ms. Simpson does column. Unfortunately, Mr. Reevely ter last week by Salah Abu Bakr take a small dig at the "pretentious rec abused his position as a columnist by Abdul Hameed. I would like to clarify ommendations" offered by other publi some misleading suggestions by the writing an uninformed column and cations, the fact is that unless you're a this was promoted by Mr. Sigurdson, author. The author contends that in supporting the NO campaign against as he did not take the necessary steps S to p th e P re s s as Editor in Chief to remove the col the McGill Student Fund, the PostGraduate Student’s Society’s External umn. Second, I am deeply disappointed Affairs Coordinator “and/or his coun that Mr. Reevely was allowed to cil” made an undemocratic “lateral decision.” respond to Ms. Litman’s Letter to the Firstly, the decision to support Editor. It was my belief that ‘letters to the NO campaign was voted on by the editor’ are for the editor and not the whole Tribune staff to look at. If council. The PGSS council has repre sentatives from every McGill depart the Tribune were a newspaper of any During the last SSMU elections, it was said by many ment that has graduate students. With credibility, Mr. Sigurdson would have candidates that it was essential to build relations between full participation the number of coun made Mr. Reevely wait until next English and French students at McGill. No matter how cillors would be well over 100. week to respond to Ms. Litman’s let strongly our new student leaders will tty to keep this com Councillors get the motions for coun ter, either by writing a Tetter to the cil off the web page seven days before mittment, it will be a failure under the present situation. editor’ himself, or by using his own a meeting in order to canvas their con The French represent 20 per cent of the student body, but column to voice his rebuttal. there was no French student, not even anyone from this stituents and represent their views. I Finally, in reference to the 9 fail understand how the author can province, French or English, running for a SSMU position. March 1999 article, “MSF a touchy contend that this decision was unde Therefore, our student leaders will not know much about subject in presidential debate,” I am mocratic. the situation of the French. truly disturbed with the poor taste in At McGill, students tend to remain with people of Secondly, let me clarify why the mentioning the ‘drug issue’. Although PGSS feels it appropriate to involve their own linguistic group, even when they are bilingual. I it should have been the News itself an SSMU referendum. For the am French, and, apart from a few exceptions, so are most Editor(s)’ responsibility to edit the past many years, unlike the SSMU, people I speak with at McGill. The rejection of the French quotations that may have ramifications the PGSS has been strongly involved is justified by English students because the former are not on the futures of our presidential can in protests and campaigns targeted at part of the old Protestant and English-speaking Bay Street, didates, ultimately it was Mr. the university and the government Vancouver or US elite from which still come most of Sigurdson’s responsibility to edit the demanding more funding for universi McGill’s English students. And, anyway, the French, in material. their opinion, have to be a “bunch of separatists”. ties and a stop to increasing tuition. As the Editor in CHIEF of the We find that the MSF sends a message This contempt for the French explains why no French newspaper, it is Mr. Sigurdson’s duty that strongly contrasts with our views students ran for office in the last SSMU elections. Would to make sure that the product we see and defeats much of our work. We anyone in their right mind waste time for an election cam each week is of the finest quality of democratically decided to oppose the paign while being sure to lose? Therefore, the French, hav university journalism. I believe that MSF; voting shows the undergradu ing no candidate belonging to their linguistic group, hardly Mr. Sigurdson and the Tribune have ates did not. We accept their decision care to vote, which makes our election-seeking student failed to achieve this mandate. and hope their good intentions prove leaders ignore them. In fact, the only representative of the to be good for all students now and in French is the appointed Francophone Commissioner. — the future. There is not even a McGill French Students’ Association. As a consequence, the measures introduced by SSMU, like the differential tuition lawsuit, often go against the interests of the French. If differential tuition is This is in response to the letter Though admittedly it was written declared unconstitutional because of the lawsuit, the

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I would like to state publicly why I will not be joining your demonstra tion for education. While I completely agree with the "massive and immeadiate reinvestment of public funds into the secondary education network" it is in the finer details that you lose me. 1. The CEGEP "failure fee" was an excellent idea that will save the CEGEP system in the long run. Too many people, including some people I know, take advantage of the fact that CEGEP courses are free. They sign up for a full course load at the expense of education system, don't show up to classes, fail all their courses, and repeat the cycle again next term. The "failure fee" stops that cycle, by mak ing students who fail more than two courses contribute financially to their schooling in the following terms. 2. Converting bursaries into loans will only hurt students in need. Bursaries cost the government more money so they are forced to make it more difficult to obtain a loan. Case in point, Quebec is presently the only province giving bursaries and its also the only province where you can only receive government support if you go to a Quebec or a french-language uni versity. If more money is given to the financial aid system then it should be given out as loans in order to make higher education accesible to the largest number of people. Next time you waste my student fees on a full page ad for a demonstra tion, I suggest you examine whether the ideals being demonstrated for are

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Quebec government will increase tuition for everyone. Out-of-province students, who, let’s say it frankly, are wholly responsible for the lawsuit, will gain nothing, but all Quebec university students (mainly French) will be the biggest losers, all of this because the Students’ Society is under the control of the equality-pursuers coming from outside Quebec. Other example of how the French are ignored: At the AUS Snax in the Leacock building, La Presse is not offered while The New York Times is (guess where their priorities are!). At the Graduate Studies Fair on March 17th, no French university was represented, the only Quebec university there (apart from McGill) being Concordia. French translations of books, when they exist, are not on sale at the bookstore and not available at the library. French students are therefore “encouraged” to write their papers or exams in English, even if the official policy says that both languages are accepted. The French whose English is good but not perfect immediately obtain lower grades. And since the French are not encouraged to get involved in clubs or activities, after graduating from McGill, they neither have the good grades nor have been involved in university activities — two qualities that employers look for. McGill’s French students have not only faced the contempt of the English students for study ing here; they also have mortgaged their future. —A lexandrePaquin U2History, PoliticalScience

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what great dangers to his interests some past periods of trouble in Russia have brought, so why constantly work towards provoking antagonism? Whyfavour reactionism? Russia may be poor and trou bled, but she still has that glamourous, proud spirit that drove her tsars and made fierce men of her communist leaders. So why humiliate her, why aren’t the USA satisfied with their already overwhelming global influ ence? This is simply another one of those statesters' hypocrisies, as they subtly do what they glamourously claim to fight. One does not provoke a former glamourous queen turned into a glam ourous crazy bear. The USA has been claiming for 200 years that they are the greatest improvement in the human world, that they achieve the best society. That was certainly true 200 years ago, but times have changed, and the USA must show that they still have that wisdom of their forefathers, and, when given an opportunity for peace, not to barbarously transform it into an occasion for conquest. The 20th cen tury enlightened human does not long to dictate, but to cooperate. —Philippe Laporte LJ3 Computer Science This is in response to the letter to

Sex is on the rise once again, as many social circles are treating the AIDS panic of the previous decade as though it were an unsub stantiated hoax. So, if everyone else is shagging, how come I’m not enjoying the trickle down effect? D on’t get me wrong, I ’m essentially a contented individual, I’ve just found that the life of the sw inging single is n 't all i t ’s cracked up to be. These days I con-

World famous recording artist, Pope John Paul II, was recently in Bolivia to preach to nearly 80,000 youths about the excesses of the day. His pulpit was situated in the centre of the nation’s largest soccer stadium, and his audience respond ed accordingly with a resounding display of enthusiasm. Asked, “Do you reject the idol of wealth?” by the well-intentioned Pope, all 80,000 voices shouted back with a resounding chorus of “Yes!” Queried, “Do you reject the idol of power?” the crowd’s reac tion was a passionately affirmative “Yes!” Next, the Pope asked “Do you reject the idol of Sex?” Upon this point there was clearly some ambiguity and silence blan keted the stadium as though 80,000 souls simultaneously had gone into mourning. After a slight pause, their nerve increased and the response came, weakly at first, but clearly growing, “No!” The Pope had no choice but to ignore the dis sension and carry on with his ser mon. The story is consistent with recent surveys regarding sexual activity. According to one such survey in the New England Journal o f Medicine, teens are having sex at a younger age, adult promiscuity has never been at higher levels and Linda Garble of Akron, Ohio, claims that she regularly experi ences satisfying orgasms with her husband.

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sider foreplay to be reading a Sears catalogue before I move onto a Penthouse. Honestly, the closest I’ve come to sex in the last two months is getting groped on the subway, and they always run away before I can get their phone num bers. Convinced that there must be more to life than this, the other night I w andered off to my favourite watering hole to go fish ing with my very finest lines. Upon entering the doors, it was clear that love was in the air, and that some where there was someone near sighted enough to consider going home with me. There was no time to waste, so going up to a red head with fabulously long colt-like legs I tried my first approach, a line so devilishly cunning that just to share

it with you here in print ensures an explosion in the world birth rate. “Excuse me,” I shouted above the noise of the music, “Would you like to play battleship? I'll lie down and you can blow the hell out of m e.” I think perhaps she had already heard that one, but the line was definitely new to her boyfriend seated beside her, who quickly showed his appreciation by putting me in what is commonly called a “ s tra n g le h o ld .” Luckily I managed to get a couple of p u l p i t good blows in, repeatedly hitting his fist with my face. A bad start to be certain, but sometimes we must stumble before we crawl. I tried the line on other poten tial prospects to mostly similar results. I think perhaps the music was so loud that it must have been misheard and twisted into some thing sounding perverted. Of course that could also have been my annunciation from the ten Shirley Temples I had been down ing in the corner since arriving. At any rate, the time seemed ripe for a new approach, so I tried a new line, a line so powerful that it is consid ered by some historians to have single-handedly ended the Cold War. “Excuse me” l shouted out to no one in particular, “Would you like to play circus? You can sit on my face and I’ll guess your weight.”

The response was largely unanimous, but not quite of the order I was expecting. I’m still not sure what the sound of one hand clapping is, but I’m now intimately familiar with the sound of one hand slapping. An almost endless sea of hands came towards me until I found myself on my back counting the num ber of pieces of gum beneath the tables. Clearly mistak ing me for som eone else, the bouncer then proceeded to throw me out onto the street. Refusing to give up, I snuck past the bouncer back into the bar , squeezed the beer out of my shirt, and kept persisting. The Gods must have been smiling on me, because at the end of the night, as closing time mercifully approached, I final ly found a girl that liked a guy with rosy red cheeks. At least, 1 assume it was a female, by that point in the evening I was a bit punch drunk. At any rate, we walked out into the parking lot, craw led into the flatbed of her Chevy, and let the night take over. Did I reject the idol of sex? I only wish I could remember.

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At lunch with Duncan Reid

"I have a big mouth, a very big piece of paper. As a result, Duncan, nothing about the man mouth. In Britain, if you say some Duncan's nearly done his meal and behind the presidency. I ask him thing stupid, people knock you I've only taken a couple of bites about the meaning to life. down. In North America, it’s differ between my frantic scribbling. He "People oversimplify things ent. People are too polite and way asks me why I'm not hungry, then into glib answers. Still, I guess you too sensitive," Duncan says calmly. points out that I get free food back would say that it's what is mean We're sitting in this pseudo-caf- in the residences. Free Rez food, ingful to yourself, enjoyable to A special report from the bowels of Montreal's restaurant in Thompson House, man. Reheated beef enchiladas yourself. It's not just about wealth medical-industrial complex restricted to post-graduate students hardly count. and being a good citizen. It's about and the select few student leaders I've tried to avoid asking about personal satisfaction." It was at the urging of my supe cut’. Eric called it ‘une coupe vagin,’ who have earned honoured accessi SSMU, but Sam Johnston walks in I didn't think to ask if going to riors at the McGill Tribune, and not which I found puzzling.) Hairstyle bility rites. As the waitress comes with some past boyfriend. The Gert's on a Thursday night and get because of my massive gambling considerations aside, all thirty of us to take our order, I am horrified question has to be asked. ting completely trashed fits into his debts, that I broke down and became were made to feel more or less equal that everything on the menu has "So, have you fucked around definition. a guinea pig for a pharmaceutical by our Hans & Franz uniforms. We cheese. I hate cheese with anyone on council?" "There was this Dutch company. Honest. That’s my story even had to wear tightey-whitey Ywith a fiery passion. and I’m sticking to it. The idea was fronts, the kind my mother used to philosopher who said that if Watching me squirm to send me, the intrepid columnist, buy me. A great leveller, those. you could pinpoint everything with my choices, under cover to get the big scoop on in time, then you could predict It appeared that a handful of my Duncan, the Britishthe eminently sketchy human lab-rat fellow subjects were forging small what was going to occur the industry. And if the folks at L.A.B. careers as pharmacological test mon blooded big mouth, next specific moment after rem arks: "This Pharmacological Research keys. There was Gus the Greek, ___ that..." I know what he's talk would sure be inter International wanted to give me 900 straight outta south central Laval. ing about. Determinism and bucks for my trouble, well, hey, a He’s an avid m arijuana smoker esting if I was writ the Leplassian demon. Intro to writer’s got to ing an interview Duncan shakes his head. I'm Philosophy, baby. I personally get paid. about you." really surprised. think it's crap. Still, I find it fasci Not that I Fortunately, the waitress tells "I'm not into it. I always try to nating that he might be a determinR a i s i n g t h e R o o f didn’t have any me that she can get me a turkey handle myself with taste and deco ist. Determinists don't believe in with Sean C. Jordan tre p id a tio n s sandwich — sans fr o m a g e . rum. Now I know councilors on freedom. I ask him about it. about whoring O n A s s ig n m e n t Duncan, of course, orders his sand SSMU who have." "A couple years back I did this my beautiful wich sm othered in cheddar. Wait, wasn’t Duncan once a paper on the link between emotions body to sci President or no president, if he gets councilor on SSMU too? But he and neurotransmitters. It was really ence, mind you. Urban myths about whose penchant for pot requires him any of that shit on me I'm going to still must get a lot of action by girls interesting. If you break a person the horrors of medical testing to smuggle vials of his friends’ clean write the nastiest interview he's who want to pull the M arilyn down into chemicals, who’s to say loomed large in my mind: sleep urine into every study he does. ever seen. I realize later that I Monroe, sleeping with the birthday freedom and imagination exists? I deprivation, rectal probes, even the Because all outside contaminants needn't have worried; Duncan eats boy himself. possibility of permanent psychosis (including clothing) weren’t allowed don't know if I agree with it, but I like he speaks— calmly and with induced by an extra-terrifying dose into the study, stashing the contra "I do what I do. I am who I can't dismiss the possibilities." the grace of one who has attended am. But I often find them quite of LSD. (The latter actually hap band pee-vials in his pockets was Do you understand now, countless power lunches. No desperate, and it's quite a turnoff." Duncan-haters? It's not his fault pened at the Allen Memorial out; Gus had to tape them to his Institute in the ‘50s, but I figured the ribcage, just like in M idnight cheese comes flying in my direc A girl I know is obsessed with that he came up with things like the boys in the lab had wisened up since Express. Meanwhile, back on the tion. Lucky for him. Very lucky. Duncan Reid. She'll be bawling MSF. It's the evil chemicals. then). As it turned out, I got off easy: farm, I had taped a paperback copy He continues: "I discovered when she reads this. I ask him about God. all I had to do was chew two pieces of Joyce’s Dubliners to my ribcage that I had this real talent of making I recall a moment at 360 "I'm an agnostic leaning of foul-tasting, new & improved in the hopes of having something people laugh by cutting up other degrees, a BMH Residence party towards atheism." nicotine gum while they bled me other than Dernière Heure to read. people." He's wearing a black that Duncan was at last Friday. I I can picture the C hristian dry. This necessitated two trips to Neither of us got caught. leather coat, and I'm thinking — was serving that night, and I Fellowship and Hillel House lock the L.A.B. campus in Vaudreuil, Another real piece of work was yeah, Duncan Reid. Bad ass to the remember seeing him with a group ing themselves in Duncan's office each involving a three-day Philippe, a self-confessed regular extrem e. Still, his rebel image of SSMU folk who were hovering until he resigns for that comment. sequestered stint in their nicotine- whose skin was tattooed with skulls, quickly dissipates into a relaxed around him, laughing at everything It's the whole QPIRG thing all over free, hermetically-sealed habitat. demons, and tons of other evil shit. To be honest, they were some He couldn’t speak a word of | self-assurance. When I inquired he said. Witnesses later informed again. Duncan goes "You're nice digs. To combat the crushing English, yet had ‘Born to hate’ about the most significant thing that he and his buddies were sight Christian, right?" boredom we had a pool table, three scrawled in huge letters across the | that changed him as a person, he ed outside singing the "drink moth Is he blind? I'm thinking — explained how he became more erfucker" song without drinks. I look at my nose, buddy. The wait televisions and VCRs, and a stack of back of his neck. I wonder if he subdued. 7 Jours magazines a mile high. In knows what it means... ask him how he distinguishes ress com es with the cheque. "A good friend in Grade 9 sat between his friends and his lack Duncan leaves to talk to Sam leav the evening it was all the Bleu Nuit Second-rate distractions that me down and told me that she eys. we could handle. Some traditional otherwise plumbed the depths of ing a ten dollar bill on the table. He pastimes—whittling, strumming on banality enjoyed our rapt attention knew I only did it to people I liked. "You can tell people who are lets me pay the tip. Once again, I’m the old banjo — were frowned upon; and brought us together; for exam Still, she told me that if I didn’t interested in you from the people thinking — did you see my nose? I others, like assembling jigsaw puz ple, between screenings of Tank, j stop ripping up everybody, she who are trying to kiss your ass. I don't do tips. zles, were not. 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There was the expected the Oka crisis, and his war stories bashing his "brainchilds" (a term smattering of starving students, ex- were unnerving, to say the least. He he hates, reprimanding the Tribune cons, and general down-on-their- pronounced ‘Indians’ as ‘Injuns.’ I for making it up — he admits that luck cases. Our group was a ragtag And then there was the mysterious The Student A id O ffice presents: he likes the term "brainfarts" bet collection, ranging from the brainy Philippe, who spent all his time ter), it must be hard not to lash out Université de Montréal Ph.D. stu glued to the tattered Cosmopolitan j FREE BUDGET SEMINARS with his venomous tongue. When dent, to the wily bastard from he had claimed as his own. Repentigny who bragged that the Strikingly handsome, silver-haired, I asked how he feels when he opens food at Bordeaux Minimum Security and possessing a perfect George j up the paper and sees such nega S A V E Y<DÏMP E N N lim f was better than what we got. 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By Laura MacNeil__________ he b o d y . F o r som e s tu dents, w e're hardly aware of it — it's som ething that gets in the way of an unhealth ily a c tiv e sc h e d u le , w ith its constant nagging rem inders of hunger, fatigue, and occasional ly, h an g o v er. F or o th ers, it's physical baggage to be shaped and whittled away according to the whims of m ainstream soci ety. F o r a fre s h lo o k at the body, so abused and m isunder stood, two McGill students are organizing a body art exhibition tom orrow night at Grano enti tled "And Art". W h ile m ag az in es, a d v e r tisem ents, pop songs and store w in d o w s sell th e m s e lv e s by focusing on our bodies' inade

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quacies, Lucy Lowes, U2 cul tural studies, and Katy Phillips, U3 m anagem ent, w ill display the w orks o f ten local artists celebrating the body in all its forms. With a view to making it accessible and enjoyable to a w id e a u d ie n c e , P h illip s and Lowes organized an interactive exhibition about the body which will involve all the five senses. The d isp la y e d w orks w ill be accom panied by dinner, music and body painting. “ W e w an ted to m ake the evening m ore than an ex h ib i tion, more like an event,” said Lowes. The title of the exhibi tion reflects just that. “It more than art,” Lowes stated simply. “Linking the body and art means that everyone can under stand and relate to the works,” said P h illip s. “E v ery o n e can

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id e n tify w ith th e b o d y and relate to the works because of that. We wanted to take art out of the snobby galleries.” Tasha Bellerup, a graduate student in Concordia's art edu cation program, will participate in the e x h ib itio n as a body painter and photographer. While acknowledging the fact that the female body is often objectified u n d e r the p re te n c e o f a rt, Bollerup defends her work as an e m p o w e rin g , c o lla b o ra tiv e p ro c ess w ith the w om en she paints and photographs. "I am reclaiming the female nude as a feminist, as a viable w ay o f m ak in g a rt," said Bollerup. "The canon consists of male artists painting female nudes, but my use of the nude is not exploitative or an objectifi cation." She described her work as p erfo rm an c e art b ec au se her p h o to g rap h s are p ro jec ted as slid e s fo r the v ie w e r to flip through at will. "My work extends the ideas of what an art object really is," Bollerup elaborated. "I am try ing to draw out [the women's] vision of themselves as a mani fe s ta tio n o f g o d d e ss," said Bollerup. "Body painting helps ex p re ss the m a g ic a l p ro c e ss wherein these women see their bodies transform ed. It's fun, sexy and empowering." Phillips, however, does not determ ine the value o f the art about the body on the basis of objectification or the male gaze, bu t w elcom es all in te rp re ta tions. “ I think that all form s of celebrating the body, whether it be th ro u g h the m ale gaze or c o u n te r the m ale g az e, are valid,” Phillips stated. “I stand on either side.” W hile B e lle ru p stre tc h e s notions of art through the medi um o f body painting, P hillips Catherine Farquharson and Low es w ant to avoid the

RaniaMorozevicius conventions of the typical exhi tions, and it is another way of bition: bored looking view ers lo o k in g at bo d ies and seeing sta rin g p a s s iv e ly at fro zen your own power and beauty.” W hile the v en u e, a tm o s pieces of art on a wall. Phillips and L o w es w an t to ex p an d p h ere and a r tis tic m ed iu m s beyond the restrictive conven c o u ld be c o n s id e re d n o v e l, using the body tions of an exhi as artistic sub bition. W ith the I a m re c la im in g th e je c t m atter is music of DJ Alex h a rd ly n ew . R o b b in s and a e m a le n u d e a s a fe m in is t, R a i n a customized menu a s a v ia b le w a y o f m a k in g M oro zev iciu s of food featuring articulated the such n am es as a rt. T h e c a n o n c o n s is ts o f aspects of the “Bell-y-smo” and m a le a r tis ts p a in tin g b o d y w h ich “ F o o tlo o s e and fe m a le n u d e s , b u t m y u s e o f have long fas F an cy F r e e ,” P h illip s and th e n u d e is n o t e x p lo ita tiv e cinated artists. "The body L ow es w a n t to o r a n o b je c tific a tio n . is one o f the have a little fun most beautiful w ith the serious Tasha Bellerup s u b je c ts to business of art. work with and “We are hav ing drink specials, and beer, and create with," said Morozevicius. body p a in tin g . T h ese are all "It's so natural and pure. [As a novel ideas,” Lowes said excit photographer] it's so amazing to edly. “It’s a crazy, fun, idea that work with and manipulate." A n d A r t t a k e s p la c e at we are making happen.” Two body painting artists G r a n o r e s t a u r a n t t o m o r r o w will be on call throughout the night, March 24. Tickets are evening with glitter and sturdy $12 including the p rice o f the w a te r-b a se d p a in ts . G e ttin g meal, and can be bought at AUS y ourself painted is also be an Snax or by dialing 842-8626 or 843-7937'. option. “I w ill be th ere p a in tin g whatever it is people are willing to e x p o s e ,” sa id B o lle ru p . “Body painting releases inhibi

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Ding Dong, Drum and Bass is Dead

This month, Martha Stewart Living, usually devoted to fas cist WASP aestheticism, makes room for an article and recipes for Matzo balls! Matzo balls (pronounced mutt-zah) are a basic dumpling that epitomise Jewish cuisine. For Jews having chick en soup without them is like Italians having spaghetti without tomato sauce — poor working class Jews in western Europe cre ated a dumpling especially for the holiday of Passover, and matzo balls were bom. Matzo balls are composed of five basic ingredients: water, eggs, chicken fat, salt and matzo meal (dry unleavened bread ground to a powder form). Martha provides a detailed recipe in addition to several unnecessary suggestions like adding ginger or cumin to the recipe. Unfortunately the rest of the magazine is devoted to gentiles-how to make Easter eggs and too many recipes for ham.

It's Not About Winning, it's How You Play the Game

Is drum'n'bass dead? British music mag, Q, establishes 1998 as the final commercial humiliation for d 'n' b. Over the past four years English media has bestowed tremendous atten tion on the genre, yet with the exception of DJ's and DJ wannabees — no one is buying the music. In 1996, Goldie's Timeless was the first cross over d'n’b album, selling 250, 000 copies internationally. It's successor Saturnz Return sold less than half of that. Similar scenarios have occurred with other accomplished artists such as Grooverider, 4Hero and Roni Size. Journalist Andy Pemberton suggests that the music is often mediocre and excessive. Roni Size for example won several industry awards for their New Forms album, but can the average listener handle or appreciate two hours and thirteen minutes of breaks? Is drum 'n' bass destined for being background music for car commercials?

'I've Got That Sinking Feeling'

The ancient Chinese claimed a person had to master four things to be genuinely civilised: music, painting, poetry, and the game of "Go". A recent article in Tricycle, a Buddhist review, chronicles the increasing popularity of Go, a 4,000 year old Chinese board game. It is especially popular in Buddhist circles, for the game promotes the ideals of overcoming greed, fear, and anger. Although a strategy game, Go has few similarities to chess. Played on a square grid board, usually 19 by 19 lines, players place black or white "stones" at the intersection of the lines. The intention is to surround more empty intersections than the other player and create walls by forming solid lines. Author William Cobb, a philosophy prof at William and Mary as well as a certified international Go instructor, explains that the game is much more of a search for enlightenment than a competition, because winning is secondary to the pleasure of creating complex stone arrangements. For more info hit the American Go Association website at www.usgo.org.

Global warming and rising sea levels are threatening the future of the Maldives. The Maidive islands are a sprinkle of heaven in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Some of the smaller islands are less than three meters above sea level. By the end of the 21st century, much of this paradise will have disappeared under the sea, causing the destruction of an entire ecosystem and highly developed culture. The tragic irony is that of a popu lation of 280,000 there are fewer than 3,000 cars are no heavy industry. "It is monstrously unfair that those who had con tributed so little to global climate change should be it first vic tims." In the latest issue of Traveller, Thurston Clarke a writes thorough and generous article on the island that is one part trav el review and one part environmental activism. —compiled by Troy Seidman

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Practice m akes p e rfec t b u t can perfectionism be pathological? B y Pa u l C o r n e t t

Who wants to be average? For many people, perfectionism is the painful price that they must pay for success. Although self-imposed standards are often stressful and unreasonable, they can drive an indi vidual to levels of excellence and productivity that could never other wise be attained. While the majority of McGill students most likely wouldn't call themselves perfectionists, many can identify with the notion of being per fect — an attitude that can make life a heavy burden. The McGill student body, as student counsellor Ted Baker and McGill psychiatrist Dr. G. Pinard both explained, consists of already successful individuals who may find it hard to suddenly be in an environm ent where they are no longer the best.

Perfectionism affects the average student Baker, who mentioned that many students who come into his office are somewhat "askewed," said that "There is a sense from that pop ulation [seeking counselling] that the atmosphere here is very competitive. This because everybody who comes [to McGill] is an achiever, if not an overachiever. Once they are among a pure group of achievers many of them want to maintain a particular standing that they've managed to maintain up to this point. "Because the competition is harder, they find themselves having to work a lot harder to maintain their position. Everybody is looking at everybody else and if you're not up to scratch you're essentially no good." Baker continued by stating that for students dealing with perfection ism "the hardest thing to deal with is the concept of being average. Part of [the counsellor's] battle is to [help them realize that] their happiness is not dependent on being superior to everybody else." Another problem is that perfec tionism is a never-ending battle; one success doesn't necessarily lead to others. Furthermore, the sacrifices of perfectionism are often undesirable. "The typical scenario that I would encounter with people that are

is it? How do I get it?" It uses a vari trapped by over achieve ety of exercises that seek to instil in ment is that they really the patient an unconditional level give up to a large degree self-esteem term ed in the the possibilities of experi Psychology Today article as the encing life at university," Acceptance Paradox. With this way Baker explained. "They of thinking, "you refuse to do battle don't participate in extra W------ '0ST (A with the inner critic. You accept curricular activities and your shortcomings with ruthless they sometimes compart ~y ~p\ honesty, inner peace, and objectivi mentalize their friendships because it takes away ty-" German studies Professor J. from work time. I've had Schmidt believes that perfectionism students come in and say && | is not an isolated phenomenon, but that they don't enjoy the r symptomatic of society at large. P ... " "JT time spent not working Schmidt, who has been teaching at because they are so wor McGill for nearly 30 years, believes ried about working." that in the 1970s, "students were less When asked whether ...# ... : ? * ; grade conscious, more carefree and over achievem ent is M. now, there is insecurity every something to avoid Baker r where." suggested that students In one of his classes, he gave a to v ie w "be satisfied with what survey to students asking them what they accomplish and if ° r c o ti they like the least about McGill; in they are not satisfied with many cases, students complained that, but only with what -----— about the excessive "desire for they would've liked to S t r i v i n g f o r A ' s m a y Mike Colwell have happened, being the c r e a t e s t r e s s best, then it's a continual struggle and they are holding them "[In order] to be accepted, they selves up for continual disappoint have to be extraordinary," said Pinard, "their personal worth is tied ment." to unusual standards." A preoccupation with achieve A mainstream ment can also be healthy, Pinard argued. affliction "There is something satisfying A recent article in Psychology about knowing that you are very Today explained some of the prima good at what you do, but it should be compared to yourself and what your ry side-effects of perfectionism. "Evidence is mounting that the capacities are, not only compared to price [of perfectionism can amount others," he said. "If you ski a run and to] not only decreased productivity do it well, it's not because you com but also impaired health, poor self- pared yourself to Hermann Meier, control, troubled personal relation it's because you thought you did well ships, and low self-esteem. The per compared to your own capacities. "If you think you're going to be fectionist also appears to be vulnera ble to a number of potentially seri accepted because you're number ous mood disorders, including one, then you'll have the tendency to depression, performance anxiety, overdo it," Pinard added, "If you test anxiety, social anxiety, writer's think your personal worth and block, and obsessive-compulsive ill acceptance in this world is about you as a person and not what you ness. "It [also] appears that many per achieve, then you'll be more com fectionists are plagued by loneliness. fortable." Because the perfectionists fear and anticipate rejection when they are Perfectionism, judged as imperfect, they tend to insecurity and react defensively to criticism. Their self-worth response usually frustrates and alien ates others and may bring about the very disapproval perfectionists most Determining personal worth, fear. This reinforces their irrational however, is not a simple exercise. belief that they must be perfect to be Pinard suggests a therapy exer accepted." cise entitled "Self-Esteem — What

grades” that weighs on their shoul ders. Perfectionism, Schmidt sug gested, is a form of "damage con trol" for the "chaos of life" that they feel. "They compensate for their feeling of disorder by imposing their own order. Society's structure is crumbling and nothing is taking its place, and you're a fool if you don't see it." Schmidt emphasized the need for students to participate in extra curricular activities and not to focus entirely on schoolwork. He cited the example of one of his stu dents who sings in a choir. The student explained that what she liked best about her extra-curricu lar hobby is "the enthusiasm of being part of a larger whole [out of which] we try to create beauty."

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Dr. Herbert Henri Jasper, a prominent neuroscientist who grad uated with an MD from McGill U niversity in 1943, died on Thursday, March 11, 1999 at the age of ninety-two. Jasper transform ed neuro surgery with his use of the elec troencephalogram or EEG which, as stated in The History o f Neuroscience in Autobiography, is used “for the study of the electrical activity of the brain in relation to states of consciousness, learning, and epileptic discharge.” Although Jasper taught and worked in France, the United States, and in Montreal at McGill as

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the Functional Anatom y o f the Human Brain. Jasper was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and titles including Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1964), and Officer of the Order of Canada (1972). He was inducted into the Canadian M edical A ssociation Medical Hall of Fame in 1995, the same year in which he received one of the highest possible honours within the international scientific community, The Albert Einstein World Science Award of the World Cultural Council. An American born in La Grande, Oregon on July 27, 1906, Jasper knew from an early age that he would devote his life to studying the human brain. In a soon-to-bepublished autobiography, the late doctor wrote: “[I made] a firm com mitment at about 20 years of age to devote my life to brain research in all its aspects. As it happened, the late 1920s and the early 1930s proved to be a most exciting period in the developm ent of neuro science.” Kay Metrakos, a retired doctor from the M ontreal C hildren's Hospital, who had the pleasure of working with Dr. Jasper, stated: “He was a mentor, and a friend.” Professor Peter M ilner of McGill's psychology department was well acquainted with Jasper and was able to shed some light on the doctor's impressive life and career. “When I came to McGill as a graduate student in 1948 Dr. Jasper was a very big man, second only to Dr. Penfield, at the MNI. He taught neurophysiology and did research in that area. His development of the EEG machine for use during brain operations about ten years before contributed greatly to the success of Penfield's work on the removal of epileptic foci, and made Jasper world famous.” Milner remembers how dedi cated Jasper was to his work. “He was always present at brain opera tions reading the electrocephalogram and keeping the surgeon

informed about epileptic activity and the effects of electrical stimula tion.” M ilner explains that he is indebted to Jasper for offering him inspiration. “In 1948 the hot topic in neu rophysiology was the reticular acti vating system. Jasper did some research on it and I attended lec tures he gave on the subject, which influenced the direction of my Ph.D. research. “Jasper was a driving force in many international organizations related at first to his specialty of EEG recording but later to brain research in general, such as the International Brain Research Organization,” he stated. Don Donderi, a psychology professor at McGill, did not know Jasper personally, but was intro duced to him once under interesting circumstances which demonstrated the doctor’s involvement in the Montreal community, as well as the medical community. “I didn't know Dr. Jasper. I lit erally met him once, when he was on an advisory committee preparing for the 1967 W orld's Fair in Montreal [EXPO '67] and I was one of the theme designers for psychol ogy.” Jasper showed enthusiasm for his breakthroughs in EEG technolo gy , brain research, and his early work with Dr. Penfield, even though he was living in Rhode Island at the time and had to com mute to the MNI for an entire year before arrangements could be made for Jasper to move to Montreal and establish himself at the MNI on a permanent basis. “I drove to Montreal on week ends with the EEG recording equip ment in the back seat of my car,” Jasper explains in his autobiogra phy. “I was delighted to take part in the realization of Penfield's dream, which soon became my own as well. “My time with Wilder Penfield and his family, in which I became an adopted member, working with his splendid enthusiastic staff and

hundreds of colleagues and students from all over the world who worked with us, was certainly the most pleasant and productive 27 years of my life.” Dr. Herbert Henri Jasper had a long and distinguished life and career. He rem ained actively involved in the scientific communi ty well into the 1990s. As a pioneer in his field, Jasper's outstanding contributions to neuroscience and research will forever be remem bered.

Brain awareness week The death of Dr. Jasper hap pened to coincide with last week’s Brain Awareness campaign. It is organized by the Douglas Hospital Research Centre by Emma Spreekmeester and Neil Berger. “Brain Awareness Week was started in the U.S. by the Society for Neuroscience. Neil and I are both student members. We decided to bring it to M ontreal last year...W e visited 20 schools — elementary and high schools, teach ing them about how the brain works to understand the five senses and about how drugs affect the brain, and the affects of addiction on our brain, respectively. This year we are visiting over 50 schools doing the same interactive presentations,” Spreekmeester explained. “The school visits rely com pletely on student volunteers from the department of neurology and neurosurgery [grad students from the Douglas Hospital]. Without them, we obviously wouldn't be able to do it. The feedback from the schools has been really amazing. We are very happy with the success of this event.” It is encouraging to note that Dr. Jasper's devotion to studying the human brain is being celebrated on an international basis. Perhaps some brilliant young mind will be captivated by Brain Awareness Week activities and will be suffi ciently inspired to follow in the footsteps of the late Dr. Herbert Jasper.

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It's all a matter of course Sevitt fights for accessible course evaluation info for McGill students By Maria Simpson Remember picking your first few classes at McGill? Unless you were one of the lucky few that had upper year students reading your course cal endar over your shoulder and offering you tips about what professors to choose and which to avoid: "Him? No, he’s brutally boring. Her? No, she's got a terrible twitch," you probably select ed your courses with little or no infor mation, using a combination of intu ition and guessing. Some of us may even remember being trapped in a dreadful class long after the grace period of Drop/Add is over, looking around and thinking, "If only I had known..." With a crusade to transform the present day course eval uation system, this is a situation that Emma Sevitt is trying to help McGill students avoid. Point 10.1 in the Handbook on Student Rights and Responsibilities states that "The university shall pro vide students with sufficient course information to permit the student to make informed course selection." However, at McGill, this information is only partially available, and is diffi cult to interpret. We've all filled out the course evaluation put out by Dawson Hall. It's usually administered on one of the last days of class, everyone grumbles and

tries to swipe the McGill-issued red pencils, some people leave, but those who stay fill out a section of multiple choice questions, and then scribble down some comments in Part 2. In November of 1992, a motion was passed in the Senate that made avail able the results of Part 1, the multiple choice section. However, Part 2, the written comments, was to remain withheld. The Working Group on Course Evaluation, which proposed the motion, stated that the comments were useful "for professional development and... for administrative purposes, but this specific information is not deemed to be informative to students for the purposes of course selection... |It] should be considered as confidential and be withheld from students." Sevitt, an Arts Senator, doesn't agree. "The way it works now is if the department chair receives a comment section and it says that professor X can't speak English very well and is boring, then professor X will be rec ommended to go to teacher training at the Center for University Teaching and Learning," she explained. Sevitt added that although this benefits students in the long run, it simply doesn't give them enough use ful information for course selection. She has made it her personal project to

Never get trapped in a bad class again with new improved course evaluation system provide qualitative information to stu dents in a format they can understand. She explained that the results of the multiple choice questions, which are on reserve at the library, are virtually indecipherable and not useful for course selection. "The outcome of our project is to create a course evaluation guide that goes through each class and has numerical results, but the qualitative results will enhance the numbers," says Sevitt.

Its been a long fight for Sevitt. At the beginning, she worked to have the results of Part 2 released to stu dents, but decided that it would be eas ier to create her own survey. "I said to Council, ‘Let's make up our own survey... Let's send out the forms, and see the response we get.’ We don't have to do anything with the information, but just do a trial run," said Sevitt. The form had questions that were straightforward and pertinent, for example "Considering your experience with this course, and disregarding your need for it to meet program require ments, would you still have taken this course?" and "What was the most pos itive part of this course and why? The most negative part?" There were a few problems with Sevitt's survey, however. According to Quebec law, every professor must individually agree to have the results of such a survey published. Because the surveys were not distributed until the week before the semester ended, some professors, and notably, the entire English department, refused to distribute the survey because of the imposition on class time. Lindsay Lawrence, president of the Department of English Student's Association and in charge of any new survey distribution, stated "Our depart ment is so big and so huge that it would be very difficult to survey 5,000 students. If we had been given more time it might have worked out better." On the other hand, wasted class time was not the only objection to stu dent run surveys. "Some professors saw this as a threat," said Sevitt. "I can't name any one specific because there were vari ous battles I had to overcome. Now that its gotten through to this stage it's just not worth it... but most of the pro fessors have been extraordinarily help ful." "With the information that we did receive, and we received a lot of responses, it was good to work with and it was a good start." At Queen's University, an anti calendar is published, giving students access to others' opinions regarding classes and professors. Jane Seto, who edited the anti calendar last year notes that they do not have complete control over publi cation of survey results. Ultimately, the professors control what is printed. "There are quite a few professors that say no, but most say yes," she

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said. "Some professors don't believe in students evaluating them, they think they're above it." Sevitt sees the surveys that were distributed last semester as the first step in creating a course evaluation handbook. She noted that Queen's, U of T, Western, Harvard and Princeton all have student-initiated course evalu ation guides. Ideally, she would like to have a guide similar to Harvard's CueGuide, which provides students with statistical information as well as a compilation of written comments. Glancing through it, a student can get student perspectives about what the professor and the course are really like. The big stumbling block that lies before that goal's realization is money. Harvard has the funds to print the sur veys, pay undergraduates to sort, com pile and edit the comments, and pub lish the results. McGill would need to rely on volunteers to produce a similar guide, but realistically this is improba ble. Possible solutions may be as close as Concordia University. About six weeks ago two Concordia comput er science students, Ben Mattes and Bill Klein, began an online service which allows students to rate profes sors and classes. The way it works is this: a student logs on and enters the professor they would like to rate. They answer six questions with a numerical rating of 0 to 100, as well as written comments. Their database automati cally screens for offensive or litigious words. Mattes explains "if you don't follow our rules, your comment is erased right off the bat.” Mattes and Klein go through the comments every day. The amount of responses differs each day, sometimes they have 25 comments, or after their spot on Pulse News they received 1000 hits. "The only effective way to evalu ate courses is separately from the University," says Mattes. "We want to put knowledge in the students hands." Mattes and Klein would like to expand their database to include other univer sities, including McGill. Sevitt is graduating this year but is confident that her project will sur vive without her. "The idea is ingrained in the uni versity administration. Our ultimate goal is to get the information and col laborate it in the most efficient possi ble way."

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All th a t skratchin's m aking m e itch By Pawan G irglani or the uninitiated, here is a quick lesson in the concept of turntablism . It takes two turntables (usually Technics 1200/1210s) and a mixer to make music. That’s right, the same things your folks used to play their favourite records are now instru ments of their own. It’s all about creativity. Turntablists usually take elements of a record and either skratch to a beat or take bits of records, and using two copies, they rearrange them (beat juggling). The results, if done well, can take the words from any random punter’s mouth. Now, tlianks to a U3 McGill Music student, Paolo Kapunan or PLove, Montreal turntablists have a place to gather and flex their stuff for an audience. Tableturns (Montreal Chapter), as this event is called, started in December. Special guests have and will continue to come to Tableturns. So far we have seen (and heard) turntablists from New York (the original birthplace of Tableturns). Roli Rho (of the 5th Platoon) has visited as well as Steelworkerz, and the Turntable Krash-Dummiez. The best perfor mance to this point has been Spicktakular (of the KrashDummiez). He defined originality with his routine. Expect to experi ence DJ D evelop’s 1998

International Turntable Federation winning beat juggling in April’s Tableturns. But enough about invited guests. The whole aim of

Tableturns, according to P-Love, is to “bring bedroom DJs into one room, regardless of skill.” On the one hand, one female turntablist, calling herself Killer Jewel, had only been scratching for three weeks before she first came up. On the other, there was A-Trak, winner of the 1997 Disco Mixing

Championships (DMC). Despite the variation in skill levels, the audience is supportive and there is no competition. As ATrak puts it, “Tableturns prepares

people for battle. On the show set up, DJs get to see how their stuff, which they have been practising at home, sounds live.” Furthermore, coming to Tableturns gives people some sort of motivation to practice. For those of you who need motiva tion to get behind the decks, P-Love promises “prizes (needles, etc) as an

“financially accessible” prices, what reason would you have not to come? It’ s a lso in a pretty c h ille d out venue. Pub Quartier Latin, for the moment. If Tableturns is not enough to suit your appetite, there just happens to be an in crea sin g num ber o f turntable events. On March 25th, for exam ple, there is “Skratching for Charity.” There’s a line up including Majestik, Storm and others. There is also Moog DJ School, with A-Trak, B last (w inner o f 1998 Montreal DMC) and others teaching. Be on the lookout for these two events and more to com e, including a DMC show with Craze (1998 DMC win ner), along with the UK’s Skratch Perverts and Babu. There’s even a McGill Turntablism club starting up. To all you Turntablists: if there are opportunities coming your way, it’s up to you to take advantage of them. Remember, be original and support the art form while it is still in its p rim itiv e sta g es. A s the Steelworkerz put it, “It’s different from what the public is used to.” Nevertheless, it’s still music and it ond Saturday o f every month. It’s a needs its own section at HMV! show, so even if you’re not a DJ, Tableturns happens every sec com e down and show some love. Even if you’re not into hip-hop, you ond Saturday o f the month. Entrance can see other forms o f music being is normally $7 but it’s $5 if you have transform ed into a new typ e o f a flyer. The Venue for April is Pub Quartier Latin. m usic. Take, for exam ple, when DR-1 beat juggled The Temptations' "My Girl." After all, with P-Love’s

incentive.” Another benefit is that you meet other DJs. From doing that, you can form a crew or learn from others. Tableturns happens every sec

Goreless horror and undeveloped themes By Andrew Davidson fter getting accustomed to the patterns of the Hollywood film production process, we as a collective audience perhaps have grown to expect a sense of security from predictable films with safe plots and charac ters. When a film does not fit a formulaic pattern, it is shuffled on to marketing back burners or "re targeted" by misleading trailers. As an audience, we make judge ments on the trailers presented and we speculate a certain understand ing of the advertised film product before seeing it. Ravenous has been billed as a horror/thriller with incredible media exposure, con tests, TV spots, all perhaps to get CEGEP kids thinking Jen LoveHewitt will make a cameo. Even the review you’re reading now attempts to contain a film into a package with a bow, to make deci sions that an audience expects to be made for them by press blitz and hacks like me. But 1 can't this time. God, 1 tried. This film proves too uncooper ative to package. Ravenous is no formula film. Still, a cannibal ambush in M anifest-Destiny California, with an experimental Brit Pop soundtrack, does not necessarily a good film make.

Alright, let's see how this one got made. Capt. John Boyd (Guy Pearce, the cheekbone boy of LA Confidential fame) is a US army officer banished to a remote fort in 1840s California for an act of cow ardice in the Mexican-American War. He joins a rag-tag unit of army

rejects huddled up in shacks for the winter with lots of blankets. Soon they are visited by a famished settler named Colqhoun, played by Robert Carlyle ("Begbie" in Trainspotting), and led into the woods, only to be ambushed and eaten. Apparently,

gore, for crying out loud! I expected some good killing, but the camera never showed the actual slicing of head or spearing o f in testin es. Jeremy Davies is shown in a disem b o w elled state, not in a state o f being disem bow elled, which just isn't as cool. One guy is made into stew and the final scene involves death by giant beartrap, which is just too little, too late. Lack of gore, no character d ev elo p m en t, a w eak script, and a ridiculously intrusive music score leaves the film with nothing to reccommend it except scenes with pretty mountains. The film is set in the 1840s A m erican W est and during the Mexican-American war, but these fascinating historical backdrops are scarcely represented. It is as if an amateur has presented a theme like M anifest D estiny as Cannibalism and said, "Look! A Theme!” without ever developing it. Without signifi cant them atic exploration in the characters. Ravenous is left hollow and pointless as it degenerates into a vague tale o f myth and morality in con flict. Sure, it's nice that they Nothing really spectacular after don’t tread lightly on the cannibal that. The acting is satisfactory ism issue, but the jokes are pretty amidst the muddled script that weak.

there's some Native American myth called Windigo that claims that once one has eaten another's flesh, he steals the person’s strength and courage and craves more. Colqhoun's got Windigo in a bad way and a man vs. man contest ensues. Super.

teeters between black comedy and impotent horror. Carlyle does not muster the evil that he captured in Trainspotting. There’s barely any

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Get on the Tesseract bandwagon By Claire Cooper______________ Like watching Jeopardy when you’re supposed to be writing essays, reading books for fun is wasting time with an edge; you’re enriching your mind while flushing your grades down the toilet. I recently neglected a tortuously boring poetry essay and picked up Alex Garland’s recently published second novel, The Tesseract

(Riverhead Books). Those in the backpacking loop will remember Garland for his cult favourite The Beach. If you haven’t jumped on this bandwagon yet, do it soon because they’ve already made a movie and it’ll be coming out faster than you can say Leonardo DiCaprio. The added incen tive to reading both books is that if you see the movie (produced by Danny Boyle — half of the Trainspotting team), you can sound

like a cutting edge pseudo-intellectual and make obnoxious comparisons between the books and the movie. (I was privy to the run-on commentary of a middle aged women’s book club outing, at an afternoon showing of Trainspotting. Such insight!) The Tesseract is written in narra tive fragments which alternate between three plots that eventually

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Four solid hours of Oscar fun By Christian Lander The 71st annual Academy Awards were filled with upsets, fash ion, personalities, memories, and was truly a night to remember. If only the billing lived up to the show. In many ways the Oscars are, as is said in the advertising industry, the female equivalent of the Superbowl; too long, often boring, predictable, and never live up to the hype. But in the end we watch anyway and are always enter tained. The personalities at this years Oscars were much more vivid than in years past. Chris Rock calling the audience the “Million white-man march,” Jim Carrey and his hilarious, blatant references to his snub in the best actor category. But the night cer tainly belonged to Roberto Benigni. The Italian actor/filmmaker not only took home awards for best actor and best foreign film (Life is Beautiful), but his acceptance speech es will be forever remembered along side Sally Field and Cuba Gooding, Jr. His combination of broken english and absolute joy in just being at the Oscars helped make him an instant crowd favorite. Rivaling Begnini’s speech for posterity was Gwyneth Paltrow’s weepy, rambling ode to her parents, her “friend” Ben Affleck, the director, her brother, her paperboy, and so on. But the real award for her, may come in the best dressed lists as most Oscar pre-show style advisors gushed over the lithe blonde’s pink dress and her sleek hairstyle. In the best supporting actor cate gory, James Cobum won the prize for Affliction, in a category that most thought would be won by Ed Harris for the Truman show. The aging actor was perhaps being awarded for a lengthy and rather undistinguished film career. Dame Judi Dench of Shakespeare in Love won the best supporting actress in the second most predictable category. Number one, of course being best director, where

Steven Spieldberg walked home with the statuette for his World War II opus Saving Private Ryan. The biggest upset of the night came in the best picture category where Shakespeare in Love triumphed over Ryan. Hollywood insiders are already chalking the upset to the fact that the World War II drama seemed so inevitably the winner that theAcademy voted differently to avoid being swept up in the Dreamworks PR machine. Canadian Norman Jewison was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Award for continued excellence in filmmaking. The man behind Fiddler on the Roof In the Heat of the Night, and Moonstruck, gave a nice, brief speech in which he thanked the Canadian Film Centre. The worst moment of the night kept happening after each commer cial. Whoopi Goldberg, as a host, firmly dethroned David Letterman as the worst Oscar host of the 1990s. Her constant dress changes, and horrible, predictable jokes made the nearly four hour show seem like an eternity. The only memorable moment came when she was dressed in white-face as Queen Elizabeth. A few upsets, no fashion disas ters to mock (thanks a lot Cher and Liz Taylor), and a weak job of host ing. If it weren’t for Roberto Begnini this really would have been the most boring show in recent memory. And The Winners A re Picture; Shakespeare in Love Director: Steven Spielberg Actor: Roberto Begnini Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow Supporting Actor: James Cobum Supporting Actress: Judi Dench Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in

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Wisecrackers need not apply: Ethiopian cuisine, sable Traditionally, the road from ing impression that one is dining in Khartoum to Addis Ababa, along the recesses of the B ritish the Blue Nile, was known as one of Museum’s Abyssinian storeroom. the most treacherous routes in the The museum-like atmosphere is world. As recently as 1968, completed by the sombre silence Richard Snailham’s account of the which fills the restaurant and Great Abbai Expedition painted a encourages hushed tones and harrowing picture of the dangers to eavesdropping. We recommend be faced in the region of the upper N ile. E a t T h e s e W o rd s Even the chap ter titles in his Howard Anglin & M ichael H ooper account are enough to strike fear into heart of the boldest adventurer: “Death bringing along a crowd of boister and Near Death;” “To the Dark ous friends to dispel this pall and Abyss;” “Horrid Night, the Child enliven what is otherwise a very of H ell;” “ Skulls, Crosses and enjoyable meal. The menu provides a variety Bones.” M ontrealers, however, of individual Beef, Lamb, Chicken, might argue that a trip to St. Denis Street’s Blue Nile restaurant with and V egetable dishes priced one of the c ity ’s apparently between $7 and $10 as well as a deranged cabbies is just as fraught combination plate of two dishes for with imminent peril. Potential for $12. We can recommend almost all grievous bodily harm en route of the dishes and were particularly aside, the rewards of the two jour im pressed by the Doro Watt, a neys are the same: an opportunity mildly spiced tender chicken leg to experience the culinary and cul simmered in onion and blended red tural traditions of Ethiopia and pepper or berbere sauce and the north-west Africa. It is regrettable that the idea of an Ethiopian restaurant, or of an Ethiopian cuisine, usual ly provokes snickers and obvious wisecracks from ignorant yobs. More enlightened souls know well the cuisine that sus tained the many expedi tions which were inspired by the dreams of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Nero, and H erodotus to find the source of the Nile — Quaerere caput Nili. The foods of Ethiopia are not fancy but are more than hearty enough to sustain the people of this arid land and those few, for tunate explorers who managed to make their way there. Our first reaction upon entering the Blue Nile restaurant was T raditional E thiopian c o ffe e iwuhe net “Does it really have to preparation be so dark in here?” Indeed, most of the time we could hardly make out what we were eat ing. The dim lighting slightly obscures the eclectic Africana tET ME COUNT rHEMWys which is scattered about the room and its walls. The darkness, masks, h ide-tapestries, anim al horns, sculptures, and the reedy canopies . . all combine to give the disconcert-

Kitfo, a freshly minced, very lean beef mixed with small chili peppers (mitmita) and butter, which can be served raw (tire kitfo), slightly cooked (lebleb), or well cooked (kitfo tibs). Other worthy dishes included Yegeb Key Watt, lamb in berbere sauce, and Yegeb Alicha, a hearty lamb stew with potatoes and carrots. These, like all the main courses, are served on a large, com m unal platter lined with a spongy flat-bread (injera) which absorbs the various flavours piled on it making those last saturated bites a rich, flavourful finale. This unique bread which is used in place of utensils to pick up and manipu late the food is intriguing enough in its own right to warrant a trip to the Blue Nile. But the restau ran t’s real crowd-pleaser is the traditional cof fee service available on Fridays and Saturdays. The fresh, green coffee beans are brought to your table where they are roasted over a small fire which infuses them, and the room around you, with an intoxicating, smoky aroma of incense and spice. This personal service and all the accompanying ritual can be had for $9.50, which includes enough coffee for several people. This indulgence is a per fect reward for a culinary adven ture happily completed. The Blue Nile restaurant is located at 3706 St. Denis near Sherbrooke metro.

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This might well be the last Concert Listings of the year, kids. It's been our pleasure to vent some musical spleen, and we thank you for lis tening. Cheers!

Sunday Goth-grrl band L u x t draws a lot of comparisons to Nine Inch Nails. A lot of comparisons. At Foufounes.

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Fri.. April 2 Arty metalheads F e a r F a c t o r y make up their missed Montreal show in the fall at Metropolis, with S ta tic X, and h e d ( p e ) at Metropolis.

B o u n c in g S o u ls , G O B and M is c o n d u c t. See you at

Metropolis. Wednesday In my opinion, C o l l e c t i v e S o u l ' s two-year hiatus was the most inter esting moment in their career; but I've always considered this flavour less hippie conglomerate a stu diously boring waste of time. They do have some pretty impressive support, mind you: E v e 6 and T h e F ly s . At the Spectrum.

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Local ska with Clandestin.

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Mon.. April 5 Today's the day the smart asses have their picnic: V a n ill a I c e , who has followed the dubious coat-tails of Pat Boone into heavy metal, will stink up the joint at Foufounes, with D ia l 7.

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w hether the P h i l o s o p h e r K i n g s are opening for M e l a n i e D o a n e or vice-versa, but it doesn't really matter. Nobody will be awake for Act II anyway. At the Spectrum.

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t h e o n e y o u u s e e v e r y m o r n in g in t h e s h o w e r . T h e v o ic e th a t te n d s to

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presents its annual Spring Concert, featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, and a medley from Les Misérables. Directed by Mary Jane Puiu at the Erskineand American Church at 7:30pm, March 27,8 1999. Tickets are $5 for students/seniors, $10 for adults;

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Sat.. April 3 British hip-hop maestros and social crusaders A s i a n D u b F o u n d a t i o n return to Montreal, at the Cabaret.

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Brandon being a major player in the modem electric blues scene. Thursday I'm not

at Jailhouse.

East coast indie-rock veterans T h r u s h H e r m it , at Café Campus.

Café Campus' blues night features

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beautiful, lush album XO has been all but univer sally acclaimed as one of 1998's best albums, but it's only one of three efforts whose acclaim has been no less unconditional for its lack of volume. I see no reason why this shouldn't be one of the best shows of the year. At the Cabaret, with J r . H ig h .

Today and Tomorrow S n o w - J a m 5 (or S n o - J a m 5 , depending on who you believe), rolls into town with an outrageous number of punk/ska/bullshit bands. They are as follow s: A . F . I . ,

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True Crime is the most recent offering from the multi-talented Clint Eastwood. As well as starring in the picture, Eastwood also pro duced and directed it. Eastwood is, of course, best known for his acting in such films as A Fistful of Dollars and the Dirty Harry series, but he has also directed numerous projects and in fact won the Academy Award for directing the 1992 film Unforgiven (for which he also received a Best Actor nomination). There can be no argument that these are impressive credentials. There will likely also be little debate over the mediocrity of this most recent film. It’s not that True Crime is espe cially bad — it isn’t. It’s just that

nothing about the movie really stands out. Too many blatantly obvious opportunities are missed to make this movie decent. Too many potentially interesting or humorous scenes are played straight. Eastwood plays Oakland Tribune investigative reporter Steve Everett. Everett, a recently reformed alcoholic, has a penchant for wom anizing which has cost him his job at the New York Times and is cur rently threatening his marriage. Despite all of his personal problems, however, Everett is an excellent reporter when he puts his mind to it. When he gets assigned a human interest story on a condemned man on death row, he anticipates a rou tine story. However, when his research leads him to believe that the facts don’t add up, Everett must

fight the clock (a moronic plot twist lands the story in Everett’s lap the day of the execution) to save what he believes to be an innocent man’s life. The story is clearly banal; how ever, plenty of good films have been based on much less interesting an idea than this. This movie has more wrong with it than just a lacklustre and occasionally ridiculous plot. For starters, Eastwood’s direction is almost painfully straightforward. True Crime is Eastwood’s 21st film as director and he offers nothing of interest from either side of the cam era. Perhaps I’m being a bit harsh on Clint, but this film will no doubt be a big disappointm ent to Eastwood's fans. The script is similarly lifeless. Save for a couple of good

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overlap with each other. While not a book likely to hurt your brain, it’s best not to read this one after a night of excess, just before passing out as you’ll likely lose track of who is chas ing who. Garland’s strong suite is manipulating the suspense in his three dramas; he pauses episodes of the sto ries at pivotal moments and switches narrative points of view, re-telling the same events from another character's perspective. All three sections are set in Manila. The first deals with the destructive paranoia of an English sailor named Sean who is waiting to meet Don Pepe, the head of an orga nized crime ring. Garland provides Sean with all the psychological melt down traits: chain smoking, sweating profusely, hallucinations and an imag ination that devises an elaborate showdown in which Don Pepe and his henchmen try to kill him. Surprisingly, this is the least com pelling of the three plot lines. The second section is the most interesting; it alternates between the past and present to chronicle the heart break of a doctor named Rosa. Years

ago Rosa’s mother bullied her into agreeing to move to Manila, separat ing her from her lover, Lito. Lito is an uneducated fisherman with an abnor mally formed upper body — an u n lik e ly candidate for a moth er’s dream son-in-law. The third story line centers around Vincente, a street kid who was abandoned by his father. Vincente earns money once a week by recounting his dreams to a Ph.D. stu dent working on his thesis. As in the second section, these characters were interesting and I would’ve preferred an entire book about them. Garland is currently on a publici ty tour for the book and in a recent interview he says he became obsessed with The Tesseract during the two years it took to write it. This obsession

is evident in the book’s disciplined style and the way in which the plot progresses and the narration changes voices. These aspects of the book obviously received more attention than the content of the book itself. I can’t imagine the pressure placed on writers after the success of a first book; their second is inevitably placed under far more scrutiny and critics can’t help comparing the two. Well, neither can I. The Beach’s success is less about style and more about the characters who propel the story. What Garland has maintained in both is his knack for suspense and timing, in combination with descriptions that transport you into the scenery. We are bound to hear more about Garland, hailed as the new Ernest Hemmingway, especially once The Beach comes to theaters and Leomania puts the books into the spotlight. One can only hope that Garland is a little easier on the sauce and has a marginally less destructive lifestyle than Hemmingway. Otherwise, he won’t withstand the pressure and expectations he shares with the handful of writers anointed as chroniclers of our generation.

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High-class nudie mag reaches out to porn im poverished youth University of Wisconsin (U-Wire) MADISON, WI — College students usually don’t associate dorm life with the glitzy legacy of Playboy magazine. They are more likely to associate this magazine with images of hot tubs, champagne and beautiful women. Playboy, however, is working to promote its dedication to youth mar keting and to connect with young men. “Hugh Hefner has always been interested in the college community,” said Alison Raleigh, the new college marketing manager for Playboy mag azine. Raleigh said the magazine is attempting to bring the Playboy name and brand to colleges across the con tinent. “We have two main goals — to reach out to college students and do away with any misconceptions they might have of Playboy,’ she said. According to Playboy publicist Rob Hilburger, the “On Campus” portion of its website is expanding at a huge rate. Students are encouraged

to access the Playboy website at www.playboy.com. There they will find a multitude of columns on cam pus life, Raleigh said. “We have administered surveys that allow stu dents to rate everything from the best bars on college campuses to their favorite sports star,” Hilburger said. Raleigh also said she works with campus representatives to coordinate Playboy parties at local bars. “People love the parties,” Raleigh said. “Often they have a retro theme where kids come dressed as Hugh Hefner or Marilyn Monroe.” She said that the Playboy theme is incorporated into these parties by way of T-shirts and stickers. “The parties aren’t very cor porate but rather a grassroots effort,” Raleigh said. Although it is a discreet promo tional campaign, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication Jeffrey Inman warns that an enter prise like Playboy should be cautious on the campuses like UW-Madison given the recent student protests of Reebok. “At campus events, Playboy needs to be careful where they are held,” Inman said. “They are not as

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politically correct as sending an AT&T representative to a college campus.” Raleigh understands the contro versy that Playboy risks generating when it hold events on college cam puses. “Recently, the Women’s Center at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia has protested Playboy’s presence on their campus,” she said. Playboy’s foray onto the McGill campus, on the other hand has met with little if any protest. Inman added that although the Dalhousie protest has produced con troversy, at the same time it creates national publicity for Playboy. “Unless they are parading naked women around campuses, Playboy is not overstepping any bounds,” Inman said. Despite the controversy, Raleigh remains determined to change Playboy’s image on college campus es. “Nudity isn’t something people should be ashamed of,” Raleigh said. “In fact they should feel comfortable with it in order to have a positive out look on life.”

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Shania makes 'em sweat B y K a m a L eier

The table is set, the candles are lit and you are roman tically gazing over at your loved one across the table. You want to express your feelings but words have escaped you — what do you do? Then it hits you like a hang o v e r: w hy not try a simp I e song? Nothing t o o sappy, actually why beat around the bush, just play that new Shania Twain disc, you know the one with “Don’t be Stupid, (You know I Love You)” on it and the message will be heard loud and clear. That’s right, Shania Twain, the Timmins, Ontario native has come a long way over the last few years and when she rolled into Montreal last Monday night the

Molson Centre was packed close to capacity and ready to hear her stuff. A diverse crowd chanted Ms. Twain’s name until she appeared with trailblazing fireworks and launched right into her first anthem of the evening. The concert was filled with classic tunes from her Grammy winning album, along with current hits from her lat est offering, which has graced the top 200 for over 62 weeks straight. The obvious crowd pleaser was Shania’s ground-break ing single “Any man of m ine” which got the whole stadium on its feet and after which no one returned to their seat. Other songs such as “Whose bed have your boots been under,” where Ms. Twain played guitar, were among the many high lights of the night. The two giant screens beside the stage allowed even those in the nosebleed section to enjoy the con cert as if they had front row seats. And two lucky concert-goers in sec tion FF were even invited to the stage front “mosh pit” by Shania herself. Throughout the concert Shania made efforts to keep in con tact with the crowd: a few people graced the stage and all were treated to S hania’s hospitality, which included a Polaroid shot beside the performer. International hostilities were even overcome when an American took the stage and proud ly announced his originating coun try and was met with an over-

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whelming jeer from the audience. The classy and politically cor rect Shania dif fused the situation and quickly turned the boos into loud applause, remind ing everyone that we should love our neighbour. Who knows maybe Middle East peace talks co u ld be in s to re for us next.

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First off, I’m all about local talent and will readily admit that slagging a local is bad form, especially if you haven’t seen a live set. That said, despite the fact that Thomas Heilman could for all 1 know throw a live show that would make you see God, his CD should be consigned to the fires of hell. Strong rhetoric, yes, but there is nothing worse than bad music that takes itself

All in all the con cert was a lot of fun, and Shania has proven that even though she has traded in her cowboy boots for platform runners she can still kick ass. Last Monday proved that country/pop is still going strong and that Shania Twain still reigns as rodeo queen.

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seriously. Longing for the emotional atrophy, physical lassitude and endlless despair that is a Montreal winter? Revisit your rock bottom with “Storm of I and "Sammy the Wind," opening tracks that shamelessly ape that particular Tom Waits brand of melancholia. But where Waits is prophetic, Heilman is absurd. Lyrics like “Sammy the wind is playing with me / And I’m feeling old / I’m not even twen ty-one” speak for themselves. High points were the passable acoustic number “Lazy Sunday”, the bongos on the title track and the medieval T R A V EL- t e a c h E n g l i s h touch provided by the tin whistle 5 day/40 hr. (May 5-9) prelude to “Vent du Nord.” TESOL teacher cert, course Som ething wrong indeed. (or by corresp.). 1000’s of Music to kill yourself to. jobs avail. NOW. FREE info pack, toll free —Elaine O ’Connor

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Dave Grenier: from Fredericton to McGill Redmen reflects the world of hockey and his journey from the bleu, blanc, rouge of the Baby Habs to the Red n White d id n ’t push as hard. How could I train without eating for two days? And coach Kish Dave Grenier is the kind said, ‘You didn’t work hard. o f hockey p lay er who you What’s your problem? I’ll call don’t always notice out on the [Canadiens’ General Manager] ice. He’s a forward, but he’s R ejean H o u le.” recounts not flashy, he doesn’t score too Grenier. "He called Houle and often, and his speed is average. told him I had no discipline But he’s also the kind of player and that I’m not a hard worker. every team needs. “I said ‘Mr. Kish, I told Grenier is a defensive for you on the phone I didn’t eat ward. He’s a grinder. And with for two days and you didn’t a year’s worth of the best and give me any new s.’ He said worst of hockey — the pros — ‘I t ’s not my problem , i t ’s under his belt, he’s got experi yours.’ I called my agent and ence. told him to get me out of T hree years ago, the there,” he remembered. “I just Redmen grinder was playing at decided that I’d had enough of the top o f the M ontreal that.” C anadiens’ farm system. He “I don’t like [Kish], I just was a defensive player in an d o n ’t want to com e across increasingly offensively-ori him. I don’t want to see him ented game. NHL clubs, high AndrewDobrowolskyj, anymore,” Grenier said, his on the drawing power of scor Dave Grenier McGill Sports Info eyes m ixed w ith fear and ers, focused their farm oppres contem pt. “He ju st had no sions towards producing fast, respect.” road trip, and there was a big strong, talented players. That summer, Grenier decid “I thought I had a chance to snow storm, and nothing was open make [the NHL],” said Grenier, — no restaurants, no taxis, every ed to come to McGill. He’d been now a m anagem ent m ajor at thing was closed. I had no news accepted at other schools, includ ing the p eren n ially -stro n g M cG ill. “But the coach there, from the hockey team and we had Paulin Bordeleau, had no confi a [home] game that night,” he U niversité du Q uébec a Trois dence in me. I thought I was a said. “I tried to reach the coach, Rivieres, but was convinced by head coach Martin Raymond to good hockey player within my but couldn’t. “ B ecause o f the storm , I play for the Redmen. limits. The transition was difficult. “I know my limits — I can didn’t eat for two days — the only The budget is a lot less at McGill. play defensively, I have good things I ate was chips and choco You carry your own bag, for one. skills, like I can skate with the late bars from the candy machine. best there, I can shoot, I can pass, Finally, after two days, I reached More than that, though, the style but I don’t know, he just wanted to coach,” he explained. “He said of play and to have offensive guys. He didn’t ‘Oh geez, I forgot you. I’m send focus for want to develop me as a defensive ing you a guy, he’ll pick you up the players for the practice.’ I thought, what is different. player,” he explained. The gam e Grenier was shipped down to kind of organization is that?” Ron W ilson, an assistan t is faster the East Coast Hockey League after half a season with the Baby coach with the team, came by to and harder Habs, always with the intention of pick the forw ard up. G renier in the pros. returning. But a poor situation asked if they could drop by some At the uniturned worse, and Grenier’s career where and get something to eat, so v e r s i t y path took a 180 degree turn. Three he could have something in his l e v e l , school years later, though, Grenier has stomach. “ He took me M cD onald’s b e c o m e s found a new set of goals. “I figured out that I was wast where I took takeout,” he said. “I an equal ing my time [in the ECHL],” said w alked into the gym w ith my priority. “ On Grenier. “Guys who were playing burger and my fries, and the coach the ice, the th ere w ere bum s - they w ere said ‘Fuck, who do you think you difference smoking in the room before the are Grenier, with your burger and is the game, I don’t know... I decided to rapidity of go to school and have control over £ Çfigured out that I was execution,” my own destiny.” wasting my time [in the G r e n i e r As he continued to talk about ECHL]... guys who were explained. the few weeks he spent in the “The guys [in pro hockey] are all ECHL, G renier’s eyes widened playing there were bums — great players, they are big, they and his voice rose a little. It was one particular series of they were smoking in the skate hard. There, if you’re a good you’re an average player. events which pushed Grenier to room before the game, I player, “Off the ice, guys are not just go back to school and get away don't know... I decided to go talking about hockey and sex at from professional hockey. The McGill. I ’m not saying they’re to school and have control events, which took place shortly stupid in the pros — there are a lot after he was left at home for a over my own destiny. smart guys there — but the major w eekend road trip , w ere the ity of the guys there are just inter Dave Grenier breaking p o in ts in G re n ie r’s ested in that. That’s bad,” he said, career to date. Before leaving on the trip, the your fries,’ I said to the coach, ‘I “you become dumb. I felt like I team ’s head coach, Larry Kish, told you on the phone that I hadn’t was becoming like them. “Here, it’s totally different, said he’d call Grenier when they eaten for two and a half days, and guys are studying different things you asked me to train.” got back. “I did the train in g , but I and are interested in what they’re “They came back from the By P aul C o n n e r

Grenier takes on the Patriotes doing. They are talking about everything — politics, science — and that’s great, they’re not just hockey players.” R aym ond said that during Grenier’s first year, he found it difficult to cope. He had lost his drive and direction, he said.

“My first year at McGill, I was alw ays g ru m p y ,” said Grenier. “I was used to having gum, hockey tape, Pepsi all laid out. Now I laugh at that. Now I understand it’s not easy to raise money.” In his second season, assis tant coach Guy Boucher worked w ith G ren ier and m ade what Raymond thinks is the difference in his whole outlook. “ H e’s not a highly skilled hockey player for having played pro,” said Raymond. “But he has been a driving force for us this

MaguedMarcos, McGill Sports Info year. Guy Boucher was able to tap into his intensity last year.” Asked what his best memory o f M cG ill has been, G ren ier turned away from hockey. “My biggest intellectual chal lenge was to learn English when I cam e to M cG ill,” he said. R a y m o n d adm itted that G renier spoke fairly broken E nglish when he arrived, but th at he had flourished. “ Now I study in E nglish and have no p ro b lems anymore. I’m very proud o f how I ’ve done academ ically . Now I have o th er o ptions [than hockey], other dream s. I still have this dream [of playing in the NHL], but I have other dreams, I can have a career in management. Grenier hinted that given the chance, h e’d give the pros one more shot, though. “If I have a tryout, I’ll do it for a summer. If it doesn’t work, then I’ll say to myself that at least I tried , and if it w orks, then, great... it works,” he said.

F W fC T DANIELLE LANTEIGNE

Elections present the possibility for change. The ideas, energy and direction brought by a new executive can redefine council to serve your needs as an Arts student. My priority for AUS has always been to increase awareness of the organization, encouraging all stu dents to make their presence felt in our faculty. My considerable volunteer and committee work, as well as my seat on AUS and SSMUcouncils have made me aware of the importance of a student leader's role —to guide, support and encourage student initiatives. A president must be able to lead and be willing to follow.

GABRIEL RIFF

l'm Gabriel Riff, a U1 Political Science and Economies major. Iwas studying for a midterm in the library one night when the girl behind me was regretting that she had chosen to be a dietician. Her friend came to console her, suggesting that she switch into political science. The dietician responded: Arts? Are you crazy, I'll never be able to get a job! I'm running for VP External, because as a hard working, focused, and dedicated individual Iwant to change this perception through raising the profile and resources available to the average student through Arts oriented Career Fairs, and additional fund-raisers.

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JEREMY FARRELL

My current position as VP External of Scott Armitage is a cool, likable guy A leader needs experience and ideas. the AUS has provided me with experi and, hey, those are important qualities My experience includes IRC Speaker, ence needed to be an effective for the VP external to possess. After all, AUS external committee and various othe President. Here are some of my priori dealing with the Montreal community volunteer efforts. My ideas include ties: COHESION — strengthening and the other faculties takes finesse — strengthening communication with other departmental ties by coordinating and he's got it. In the past, Scott has faculties, and make sure the Arts student events in conjunction with Presidents fromevery departmen been on the Rez council and he is an active member of the presence is felt at McGill and in tal association. RESPONSIBILITY— enabling departmental Political Science Students' Association. He also has been an Montreal. I will achieve this by getting Arts students to help associations to save their annual allotments to expand their active in many charities for most of his life, which illustrates the community and encouraging the community to support us. budgetary priorities. DISTINCTION — organizing a grass his dedication to issues that are important to him. Scott Most importantly I will listen to you to find out what you want roots project within AUS similar to the AUS Fair at UBC wants to work with you as your VP external... so side with done... and I will do it! En plus, pour moi, ca sera un plaisir (concert held with various prominent Canadian/American TeamScott Armitage. de vous servir, alors votez Jeremy Farrell! bands). COMPLETION — guaranteeing that the AUS is allocated space for the Arts students' lounge and ensuring that ASEF (Workstudy initiative) is properly implemented.

KEVIN FERNANDES

NICK LINARDOPOULOS

The position of VP Academic calls for someone who is sympathetic and will ing to listen to the concerns of one's peers. My history shows that I care for my fellow students. As business Manager of The Steps, I am committed to delivering to every student a quality magazine in which all students are free to express their own views. I have made myself available to the student body, allowing each person the opportunity to disclose his or her concerns about any issue regarding McGill and stu dent life. Vote for a strong candidate who cares for his fellow students.

Serving the best interests of the Arts stu dents has been my main concern as Assistant News Editor for the "Steps”. With the experience and knowledge gained by covering Academic affairs I feel that I can serve Arts students better through the position of VP Academic. I will work towards library improvement, I will ensure that Arts students can get academic related jobs through the work-study program and expand the peer-advising pro gram. Also, I will try to make course evaluations results widely available to students. Finally, I will try to increase student involvement in the AUS and ensure that "Steps" continues to serve Arts students.

GEM M A PERALTA

Whether you're a straight A student or sitting on the cusp of academic proba tion, there are a number of concerns that must be addressed and immediately rec tified in order to ensure that the Faculty of Arts is providing YOUwith the highest possible quality of education. I am com mitted to: Increasing library funding and study hours, improv ing the Career Fair, providing support services for students on academic probation, hosting computer literacy work shops, creating a student-alumni mentorship program as well as introducing our very own AUS Student Agendas. I'm ready to work, if you're willing to vote. GEMMAPERALTAfor AUS VPAcademic... Hope for the new millennium.

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m Sm s MIKOLAJ BEKASIAK

Express yourself. That means wading through mounds of issues and and sin gling out the ones that relate to you. That is what the AUS representative to the SSMU does for the Arts students. I nr? p first vear Political Science major arief through my experiences as a floor representative in Solin, Walksafe, TV McGill, and the Drama Festival I have gained the knowledge and ability to represent and address the issues relevant to Arts students. So stand up for vourself. Vote Mikolaj Bekasiak for AUS representative to the SSMU.

CHASE ROBINSON

Often found dancing on the stage at Angels, I am a U2 Poli Sci and Economics student from Vancouver. Fromworking with SSMUexecutives to being a member of our faculty's finan cial management committee, I am experienced, knowledgeable and aware of how both SSMUand Arts function. My role on these committees allows me to bring a strong voice to both councils in order to represent you. I can be found playing foosball at Gerts' during the day, or frequenting one or our local beverage establishments at night. Don't hesitate to come and say hi!

The Arts Faculty at McGill needs fresh ideas... Chase Robinson has a new per spective on student politics. He has rec ognized the need for increased commu nication between students and the facul ty. As your Arts Rep., Chase will ensure: • Increased communication through tne AUS poster board and the AUS web page; • Heightened awareness amongst AUS, SSMU and students; and • Responsible and comprehensive representation Chase's determinatnio and leadership skills make him the best choice for the position. Ifs all about the CHASE

UNA ROH

I'm Una Roh, a U2 Political Science major and it is my belief that the posi tion of Arts Rep to SSMU requires experience with council and committee work. For the past 2 years I have served on various committees and taskforces with the Sexual Assault Centre, including the Policy and Planning Committee, where I've had the privilege of serving as Publicity Coordinator. As well, I have been a volunteer with AUS Frosh and other AUS events. I understand the importance of hard work, voicing concerns and working under consensus, and hope to use these skills for you. Vote for the experienced voice.

S VP CATHERINE WEILER

During my first year at McGill I have had a wide range of experiences through my involvement in student gov ernment. As president of the First Year Student's Association Icollaborated with first year students fromdifferent faculties to give the freshman class a voice. I had the challenge of learning the rules and relations to represent that voice as an SSMUcouncillor. The role of Arts represen tative to SSMU involves being a similar communications officer by representing the voice of AUS to SSMU, a task that I have the communication skills, the dedication and the experience to performeffectively.

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CHRIS GRATTO

As this year's Red and White Ball Coordinator, student representative on the Faculty of Arts Committee and mem ber of the Academic Committe, I have witnessed the dedication and hard work that mokes things happen. I will make sure that students are made aware of their rights and responsibilities as members of this Faculty and that they are kept informed of the goings on within the Faculty of Arts. I am committed to improving the working environment of the Arts Undergraduate Society and would take great pleasure in making organization synonymous with AUS. Use your voice make Megan your choice.

LE'NISE BROTHERS

Hi, my name is Chris Gratto and I am As this year's Tavern and Publicity co running for the AUS VP Finance. I ordinator, I have increased the success would like to expand the Arts store's of Arts Tavern through postering and product line to include sandwiches, word of mouth. Next year I plan to: fruit, and fruit juices. Iwould also like to • Increase information available to stu place a copy machine and bank dents by creating an Arts Handbook. machine in Leacock or the Arts • revitalize the Arts Hypercalendar Building. In addition, t would like to investigate the creation • work with other faculties to create an Inter-faculty Games of an Arts Lounge. My experience this year, as well as being an Arts Frosh I am Majoring in Economics and Political Science. I have a leader have proven that I am committed and capable. Je strong background in Accounting Finance; and have welll- voudrais continuer le succès de l'AEFA. Votez pour l'avenir. developed communication, planning and management skills. Vote for an experienced, committed fun individual. Vote I have had a variety of instructing positions, which involved Le'Nise Brothers for AUS V.P. Internal. preparing and delivering lectures, demonstrations and instruction to groups of up to 40 students.

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Do you agree that full-time undergraduates Arts students will contribute Êtes-vous d'accord que les étudiants(es) à temps plein de premier cycle de la $6.50 per student, per semester, and part-time undergraduate Arts students will Faculté des Arts contribuent un montant de 6,50$ par semestre et que ceux et contribute $3.25 per student, per semester, for the creation of academically-based celles à temps partiel paient 3,25$ par semestre pour la création d'une banque employment opportunities for Undergraduate Arts students on campus? d'emplois académique pour les éfudiants(es) de la Faculté des Arts? If the referendum passes, the AUS will begin collecting moneys in the Fall Les étudiants(es) auront la possibilité de se faire rembourser selon les règle 1999 semester. A full opt-out will be available to students but will render students ments de ce fond. ineligible for participation in the program for that academic semester. All monies Si le référendum est approuvé, l'Association des Arts commencera a percevoir collected will be deposited into the Arts Student Employment Fund and adminis les cotisations dès le semestre d'automne 1999. tered in accordance with Arts Student Employment Fund by-laws. • A • •

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Pepto-Bismol no longer needed as upset bug dies Three number one seeds and a num ber four make up NCAA cham pionship quartet B y M a n n y A lmela

A fte r a co m p lete season of preparation and m onths of sp e c u la tio n , c o lle g e b a s k e t b a ll’s fin al fo u r is set, on its w ay to S t. Petersburg, Florida. T he C o n n e c tic u t H u s k ie s , O h io S ta te Buckeyes, and M ichigan State Spartans will join th e D uke B lu e D e v ils who have probably had t h e ir r e s e r v a tio n s se t since December. A lth o u g h th e fo u r team s still standing are no real su rp rise ex cept m ay b e fo r th e u p s ta r t B u c k e y e s , th is p a s t w e e k e n d ’s ro a d to the final four was not w ith out its twists and turns.

an d th e b ig w in o v e r S t. J o h n ’s h as h e lp e d to m ake O hio S ta te the fa n s ’ ch o ic e for final four underdog. This is e x a c tly w h a t t h e y ’ll be

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on, the S partans have shown rem arkable poise thus far. L e a d by p o in t g u a rd M atee n C le a v e s, th e y m a n aged to m ake it out o f th e ir hellacio u s b rack et. N ot even his gru eso m e c o llis io n w ith O k la h o m a ’ s M a je ra w as enough to slow him down as his tim e ly sh o o tin g and onc o u rt le a d e rs h ip h av e c a ta p u lted the S p artan s in to the final four. T h e u p s e ts o f b o th A riz o n a an d U ta h d id h e lp

A fter years of disappoint m ents at the threshold of the final four, the H uskies have finally made it. Unfortunately for this very talented group of players, anything less than a cham pionship will be consid ered a let-down. The H uskies w ill have to be wary of not looking too far a h e a d to t h e ir p o te n tia l m atch-up w ith Duke. If their tournam ent showing so far is any indication, the B uckeyes sh o u ld p ro v id e U C onn w ith all they can handle. H a m ilto n and c o m p a n y have p lay ed w ell. H ow ever, the rash of upsets w hich hit t h e ir b r a c k e ts m u st n o t be overlooked. T heir avoidance of team s like Stanford, North C in d e re lla 's C a r o lin a , an d A rk a n s a s e x it u n d o u b te d ly ta rn is h e s th e ir final appearance. Their victo G onzaga co n tin u ed Cleaves guides Spartans to Final Four rie s h av e com e v e rsu s a 16 to take the to u rn am en t seed, 9 seed, and a 10th seed by sto rm by u p e n d in g th e against when they take on the ed school. The B uckeyes on F lorida G ators, putting them U C onn H u s k ie s , w ho sp en t the other hand played a num selv es w ith in a gam e o f the m ost of the year at #1. OSU b er 13 seed, 12 seed , and a fin al four. D esp ite a v alian t w ill n eed to c o n tin u e th e ir tough num ber 3 in St. John’s. effo rt ag ain st the top ranked s tro n g o u ts id e g am e w h ile T h e ir d ep th and e x p e ri H a m ilto n and e n c e w ill h a v e to w ill th e H uskies, th eir in credible run d e n y in g cam e up ju s t sh o rt in a nip V o sk u h l tr ip s to th e p o s t. Huskies through to the cham an d tu c k lo s s to Jim They can also pray for Huskie p io n sh ip gam e but the chips point guard K halid E l-A m in are certainly stacked against C alhoun’s team. Elton Brands Barnes The tru ly am azing thing to get into foul trouble like he them. a b o u t th e B u lld o g s ’ ru n is did a g a in st G onzaga, as the them out considerably. Their how they never looked out of B ulldogs cam e w ithin a hair epic b attle w ith K entucky in C le a v e s b e lie v e s p la c e as th e y ca m e w ith in of beating UConn. the round of eight, how ever, But in Columbus, fans are in ch es o f re a c h in g the fin al m ore th a n m ad e up fo r th e T he M ic h ig a n S ta te harkening back to the days of four. M ost C in d e re lla team s upsets. S partans d o n ’t look ready to J e r ry L u c a s w h e n th e are put in their proper places They definitely have their end their amazing season just s u f f e r in g c r u s h in g lo s s e s Buckeyes last made the run to yet. W ith legendary alum nus the national cham pionship. when their runs end. M agic Johnson eg g in g them G o n z a g a h a s p ro v e d to th e p e r s o n if ic a tio n o f w hat kind o f p arity ex ists in U.S. c o lle g e b a s k e tb a ll to d a y . R eg ard less of who w ins this y e a r ’s c h a m p io n s h ip , th e B u lld o g s ’ e x p lo its w ill be rem em bered for a long time. W ally Szczerbiak’s shoul d e rs f in a lly g a v e w ay as C i n d e r e l l a ’ s o th e r s is te r bowed out against a Kentucky te a m w h ic h w as j u s t to o strong for M iam i (O hio). As could be expected, Szczerbiak w ent out in style w ith a 23point effort in the final game of his college career. His story should also stay with those who follow ed this year’s tournam ent and he will generate some definite excite ment when he makes his NBA debut next season.

O h io hig h A fter finishing the 19971998 season at the bottom of the Big T en, firs t y ear head coach Jim O ’B rien has com p le te ly tu rn e d the p ro g ra m a ro u n d . T h e te a m a c c o m p lis h e d th is b e h in d the onco u rt le a d e rs h ip o f S coonie Penn, who narrowly edged out Bootsy Thornton as winner of the tournam ent’s best name. T h e ir u p s e t o f A u b u rn ,

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work cut out for them now as they have drawn the sm allest straw and will face Duke for a b e r th in th e c h a m p io n s h ip game.

No s u rp ris e Just as even the most pas sive c o lleg e hoop fan co uld h a v e p r e d ic te d , th e B lu e D e v ils h av e m ad e it to th e fin al fo u r b arely b re ak in g a sweat. W ith th e ir b ig g e s t te s ts still to com e, Duke has been aw esom e so far. Elton Brand h as h ad h is w ay w ith th e o p p o s itio n a n d M ic h ig a n S tate’s lack of size will most likely see that trend continue. W h a t ca n sto p th em becomes the question. As was e v id e n t w h e n U C o n n ’ s E lA m in g o t in to fo u l tro u b le v e rs u s G o n z a g a , co ach K ’s team w ill have to avoid this p o te n tia l p itf a ll. B a s ic a lly , u n less they b ea t th em selv es and play a sloppy game, Duke w ill o v e rw h e lm M ic h ig a n S tate in St. P e te rsb u rg next weekend. The fact th at this season w ill be d ee m e d a c o m p le te f a ilu r e w ith o u t a c h a m p i onship is a heavy burden for D uke to b ear; tim e w ill te ll whether that is enough to give an y o f th e ir o p p o n e n ts a chance to defeat them.

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McGill ski team charges to victory at Mont Garceau provincials

Brendan Neaf at the gate B y T o n y T ed esch i

O v er th e w eek en d at the Quebec circuit cham pionships, the McGill ski team placed third overall, with the women finish ing second and the men finish ing third in their respective com petitions. Friday in the women’s giant slalom race, Isabelle Daignault of C oncordia took gold with a c o m b in ed tim e o f 1 :3 9 .1 1 . Follow ing her by .33 seconds was M cGill’s Jennifer Buckley. Also m aking a strong showing fo r th e M a rtle ts was L eith McKay, who finished eighth in race.

“ I ’ve had a g re a t e x p e ri e n c e ,” said McKay after her race. “It has been a great four years sk iin g fo r McGill. I’ve had the priviledge of w o rk in g w ith som e great peo ple d u rin g my time here.” In the m en’s g ia n t slalo m ra c e , the h e a rt and soul o f the M cG ill team , A ndrew B ille r, c o n tin u e d his im p re ssiv e run w ith a seco n d place finish. His tim e o f 1:34.75 was second only to M o n tre a l’s F e lix B elan g e r .After a night of uuh McKay re s t, the team cam e b ack on Saturday to fin ish up the meet. In the women’s slalo m ra c e , M c G ill’s S uzie Owen finished in fifth, w hile team m ates M cKay and Sandy A llen fin ish e d e ig h th and eleventh respectively. None of them were fast enough to beat new -com er Jackie Jen k in s o f B ishop’s, however, who was in the fro n t o f the p ac k w ith a combined time of 1:28.46. Andrew Biller, after finish ing second the day before, was looking to have a strong run to bring home the title. He set the goal and reached it, by finishing second in the race with a time of 1:26.55. Again finishing first was rival Belanger who notched

a w icked tim e of 1:26.06. W h i l e B e la n g e r won both races, the season w inner w as B ille r. F inishing with 1127.55 points, he b arely slipped past his Montreal neme sis w ho f in ish ed w ith 998.62 points. “Can I just say that I really w a n te d th is ? ” said B ille r w hen asked about his win. “This is for the whole team, we have w orked really hard this season. It’s just been an am az ing experience, and I ’m so e x c ite d th a t I w on. T his m eans so m uch to me.” F or the w om en, S uzanne O w en fin ish e d up h er y ear fourth in the circuit with a sea son total of 744.40 points. She tried hard but could not get past Kimberly Bonnell who finished with 1200 points, “T he c o n d itio n s w ere a skier’s dream,” said Owen after her race. “I’ve had so much fun this year, i t ’s great to ski all these mountains and get to see more, but I’m sort of down that it’s ending.” W ith h is team fin ish in g third overall, behind B ishop’s and M o n tre a l, co ach A dam Hacking was certainly pleased

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The firing of Tim Johnson and the end of an era The Jays end long history of baseball etiquette by poor handling of volatile situation By C

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the right substitutions to bring along the new guard of Jays. He was finally fired in 1997, quietly accepting his fate, realizing that no manager could hope to keep his job after three years of awful records. Again, it may have been hard to fire the man who helped bring Toronto two World Series, but it was all in line with unwritten code of baseball. A fter some interim managing, Tim Johnson was hired to take over. With a resum e that included M ilitary service doing reconnaissance in Vietnam, Johnson seemed to be an aggressive leader who could bring the Jays back to respectability. The 1998 season proved to be a big stepping stone for the Jays, who made a late season run at the wild card. But in the offseason it was revealed that Johnson had j not really served in Vietnam, he was in the army but never J left the base. It was one of the most shameful discover th a t it's Tim J o h n s o n 's last ies in the history of baseball. d ay o n th e job. The front office didn’t instantly fire the shamed of pennant calibre teams, and no manager, and made public state ments saying they intended to keep pennants, he got the axe. The firing was so mentally him on as manager. So after making the trip to tough on Williams that even today, as manager of the Boston Red Sox, Dunedin, Florida, putting on the he won’t talk about the firing. Even uniform, and talking to the press for a few weeks the Jays finally gave him his walking papers and replaced him with Jim Fregosi. After looking back on a histo ry of managerial firings, the Jays have always shown some sense of class and etiquette but this move was nothing short of moronic. By keeping him on until spring training, they showed a false commitment and a lot of disre spect. But more importantly, as far as the image of the team goes, they have shot themselves in the foot. Since Tim Johnson had a success ful first season as manager, Fregosi must improve on it or else the front office appears as though they’ve made a huge m istake. W ithout Clemens in the rotation, it would take a miracle for that to happen. , Dead man talking If they had fired him the though it was extremely controver instant that the news of his false sial, and could be seen as unfair to resume surfaced, they could have Williams, it was within the realm shown some integrity, and would of baseball etiquette. He was fired have been off the hook if the team didn’t improve on 1998. If they simply for not winning. Cito Gaston grabbed the helm kept him on, they could have main halfway through the season, turned tained an image of loyalty. Instead they sabotaged both the team around, and guided them to an AL East title. As a manager, positive options, and are left look he was laid back and just let his ing like a bumbling organization. stars play the game. The style This was a situation that was not worked well on talent laden teams handled properly. In the eyes of the baseball as he won two World Series with world, the Jays have lost their sta the Jays. The talent left, and the Gaston tus as an organization that operate style of managing led to some of differently, one that treats players the worst teams in Blue Jay history. and personnel with respect and dig He had become a failure since he nity. was on a team that needed an active manager who would make

were usually around the top of the division so his job was secure. In 1989, he took an extremely talented team and got them off to a horrible start. And after three years

The Toronto Blue Jays have a long track record of being a model organization in baseball. But in one fell swoop, they have become a dis grace to the American League. The firing of Tim Johnson has been the worst han dled managerial sit uation in the history of the organization. It will negatively affect the player developm ent and the reputation of the franchise. The first man ager hired in Jays history was career minor leaguer Roy Hartsfield. He was hired on the strength of a prom ise made to him by a young man in the front office of the Triple-A | S ig n s Albuquerque Dukes | named Peter Bavasi. <8N He would later go ? on to become gener al manager of the Toronto expan sion franchise and stayed true to his word and hired the aging man ager. Hartsfield was brought in as a teacher for the young players on the team, but more importantly he was brought in to become the first scapegoat when the novelty factor wore off the Jays. It is an unwritten rule that an expansion manager will last two years before being canned in an effort for the organi zation to give tangible evidence that they are making moves to become a contender. When the Blue Jays first man ager was fired, it was done in the off season with respect. His succes sor, Bobby M attick, was really only supposed to be a short term solution that would help to nurture the young talent of Jays. In 1982, after a few years of horrible records and improving players, Bobby Cox was brought into replace M attick, who was again given an amicable dismissal. The new manager was for real and expected to have a lengthy career at the helm of the young and talented Blue Jays. Players like George Bell, Lloyd Moseby and Dave Stieb helped to guide the team to an AL East title in 1985, and Cox was a hero. At the end of the season he accepted a five year contract with the Atlanta Braves. But the front office still had an im peccable record for disposing of managers. All would change with the hiring of Jimy Williams. For his time with the Jays, W illiam s was regarded as an underachiever who didn’t get the most out of the tremendous talent he was in control of. But the Jays

SPORTS briefs bles and went to the finals for the singles. This is the 3rd year physi t h e ir p l e a s u r e cal education student's first time as In the Penn Invitational at female athlete of the week. On the men's side Andrew Parc Jarry Tennis Stadium, Sophie Biller, a 21 year old native of St. Paquet and Arina Zoharbian made Bruno, Quebec, was named male a big imact. As a doubles team they defeated a team from Laval 3- athlete of week. At the Quebec 6, 6-4, 8-6. The win gave them the University Alpine Skiing Circuit gold medal in the category. finals at Mont Garceau, Biller took Individually, Paquet won her first silver in the slalom and Giant match against Marie Josée Richard Slalom. Those finishes mean that from the University of Montreal, 6- the third year economics student is 0, 6-0. In the semis she continued this season’s top skiier in the to cruise over Marie Hebert of QUASC. Our apologies to Paul Laval, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. But in the Drogaris who was erroneously not finals, she fell to Anik Girard of included in last week's athletes of Laval, 6-4, 6-4. the week. The shot putter was named All-Canadian and finished P a q u e t a n d B il l e r n a m e d second at the CIAU National M c G i l l l - A d id a s a t h l e t e s Championships March 12-13 at OF THE WEEK McGill. If you've ever seen Mr. Dorgaris you would understand For her efforts on the tennis why T rib Sports decided to correct court last weekend, Sophie Paquet the error. was given the female athlete of the week. The 22 year-old from Quebec City won the gold in dou McG

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Volleyball Martlets' Anne Mullin wins TSN award One of McGill's most active athletes represents both on and off court By M

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Big w ins Though the varsity volley ball season ended several weeks ag o , th a t h a rd ly m ean s the Martlets' Anne Mullin has time to kill. With a m olecular genetics honours project keeping her in the lab five days a week and her volleyball team now playing at the club level, i t ’s no w onder M ullin recently won the 199899 TSN Award for best combin ing a th le tic s , ac ad em ics and community service. The award, which includes a plaque and a bursary, was pre sented to Mullin two weeks ago at the CIAU Women’s National Championships in Edmonton. At the cerem ony, the 22-year-old m icrobiology and immunology student knew she was the nomi nee for Quebec, but she couldn’t be su re o f e x a c tly w hat h er chances were nationally. “I was q u ite su rp rise d to win it at that level,” Mullin said. “Especially since there’s really no way to know what other ath letes are doing in their e x tra curricular lives.” With M ullin’s track record in mind, however, it is hard to im agine anyone being able to top her. Currently the assistant cap tain of her club team, Mullin has been a starter for the past three seasons and is one of the most consistent players on the squad. She is ranked as the 12thb est b lo ck er in th e C anadian Interuniversity A thletic Union with a 1.14 block average per g am e. In 135 sets o v e ra ll, M ullin had 288 digs, 134 kills and 15 aces.

D espite ste lla r individual perfm an ces this year, M ullin ra te d M a rtle t v ic to rie s o v er L aval and the U n iv e rsity o f Toronto as the best games of the season. In fact, the McGill win over Laval handed the Quebec City school’s team its first and only loss of the year. “Those were definitely the two big highlights o f the sea son,” said Mullin. “Both teams were really highly ranked, and winning those games helped us

research proposal she submitted. Winning the award gave her the o p p o rtu n ity to c a rry ou t the research in the McGill Oncology department’s lab. After finishing the research, Mullin published her account of the project in the McGill Journal

Also at McGill, Mullin is an editor with the M cGill Journal of Medicine and volunteered last year with Walksafe, an experi ence she very much enjoyed. “I think [Walksafe] is a real ly important service that McGill provides,” said Mullin. “I met a

^ û was quite surprised to win it at that level," Mullin said, "Especially since there's really no way to know what other athletes are doing in their extra-cur ricular lives.

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Anne Mullin move up nationally [in the rank ings].” To be precise, M cGill fin ished the season eighth on the list after having started it placed well below the top ten.

Full plate D uring the season M ullin has a gruelling four practices a week, which are compounded by w eekend play and a d d itio n al w e ig h t tra in in g . Som ehow , though, she still finds tim e to maintain a 3.4 GPA and remain active in the community. L ast sum m er, M ullin won the 1997-98 Levitt Foundation S c h o la rsh ip fo r an o n co lo g y

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quite exhausting, but i t ’s also one of the most rewarding extra curricular activities Mullin par ticipates in. “I love w orking outdoors, and I love working with kids,” she said. “And it’s also a really nice change from the indoor, adult scenario that w e’re always in contact with at university.” Although she’s been going to Mini-Yo-We every year since she w as six y e a rs o ld and a camper herself, M ullin intends to find a jo b in M ontreal this summer. I f she is in tow n, M u llin might again help deliver “meals on w h e e ls ” w ith S a n tro p o l Roulante as she did for a part of last summer. Just up the street from the popular Saint-U rbain St. café of the same name, the organization prepares meals for people unable to care for them selves, such as the eld erly or people with AIDS.

Anne Mullin: a role model to all of Medicine and won the 199798 M erck, Sharpe and Dohme Award for her paper. This year, Mullin served as the volleyball representative on the M cG ill In te rc o lle g ia te Sports council. Made up of rep resentatives from every school team and a few adm inistrators, the council meets periodically to discuss policy on such things as funding, aw ard selec tio n and disciplinary matters.

Asked how she could possi bly have tim e for all that she does, Mullin explained that the most time-consuming portion of her schedule is actually the ath letic one. “The most demanding thing I do is volleyball— you have to be punctual and free for prac tices and on weekends. So for my o th e r a c tiv itie s , I try to select things that are flexible.” As fo r n ex t y ear, M u llin PatrickFok will pursue a M aster’s degree in m o le c u la r g e n e tic s . She is lot o f great people, and I was applying to schools in England happy to contribute.” as w ell as M cG ill and o th e r O ff-c a m p u s, M u llin has C anadian universities. Though been spending a part of every she would really like to go to sum m er volunteering at Camp England for a new experience, Mini-Yo-We, a children’s sleep- Mullin said that remaining here aw ay cam p in P o rt S ydney, w ould give h er the o p tio n o f O ntario. There, M ullin’s tasks continuing her athletic pursuits ra n g e from life g u a rd in g and as well. swimming instruction to activity “If I’m at McGill,” she said, program m ing, which includes, “volleyball would definitely be a of course, volleyball. possibility.” It’s a 24-hour-a-day job and

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As sp rin g ro lls around, b ase b all talk should be focusing on the ex p lo its o f V lad im ir Guerrero, Rondell White, Michael Barrett and com pany dow n in Ju p iter, Florida. Instead, the name that dominates Expos news is that of club president Claude Brochu. Brochu, after an often turbulent decade as head of the franchise, agreed to step down last O ctober. But the beleaguered owner is still in the picture after refusing to sell his minori ty share of the team and staying on as president. While playing the role of shrewd businessman, he is proving to be sorely lack ing in class. Given the benefit of the doubt, Brochu’s deci sions prior to the stadium issu e have co n sisten tly suggested a lack of fore sight and passion for the game. He has run the team more like the owner of an aluminum siding compa Where will his bright future be? ny than that of a major offered. league baseball club. His internal wrangling with the team’s other general partners Ineptitude seems suspicious when consider-

Bump in the road In staying on as p re sid e n t, Brochu is essen tially the biggest o b stacle in the o th er m em b ers’ efforts to pursue constructive ways to keep the team here. Expos ch a ir man Jacques Menard has been working frantical ly to come up with funding for the stadium in spite of the fact th at his efforts may seem at tim es futile to the general public. M enard and his group have thought o f c re ative plans for government in v o lv em en t to m inim ize the burden on ta x p ay ers, so m e thing th at the PQ obviously wants. It appears that New Yorkbased art dealer Jeffrey Loria is ready to invest in the team and

It was Brochu who was one of the hard-line owners in the 1994 players’ strike that cancelled the W orld S eries, when the E xpos seemed destined for a play o ff run and a p o ssib le ch am p io n sh ip . He also assured fans of having no more player fire sales when it was certain that inflating salaries would make them inevitable. His bold personal-seat plan, where fans purchase licenses to have the right to buy tick ets for the seat, seemed doomed from the The proposed Labatt Park: dare to dream start. A baseball fan who saw the World Series-cali keep it in Montreal. Neither will bre 1994 team broken up would ing his closeness with Milwaukee happen until the curtain falls on owner and baseball commissioner be hard-pressed to delve hun the Brochu era. Bud Selig. Any move to the U.S. dreds of dollars into his savings The agreement of two-thirds allowed by the com m issioners to help Brochu’s cause. of the shareholders is needed to office is in the best interests of After his plan clearly failed move the team, and it seems that due to slow sales and lack of gov baseball owners south of the bor Brochu is the only person willing der. Many, especially those on ernment funding, Brochu decided to leave town. A lengthy court richer teams, are tired of funding to abort the m ission and look battle between the other Expos’ sm all-m ark et team s like the after his own interests. Instead of ow ners, who own over 90 per Expos with the league revenueaccep tin g $15 m illio n to be bought out, which is much more than his 7.6 per cent of the share ■ of team’s value, he wants to milk the team for all it’s worth. Much of the media is specu lating that the team will eventual ly sold to W asington, D.C. or EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES TO WINE V irg in ia-b a sed ow ners and moved. In the new money-rich ]f with student market, the subsequent increase •Minimum order $10.00 in value w ill reach the p oint *Not applicable on beer, u/ine or in-store specials w here B ro ch u ’s share w ill be •Cold beer and wine available considerably larger than the scant 6 7 P rin c e A rth u r E . 8 4 -5 - 5 7 5 1 m oney he alread y has been

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us of young players starting with superstar Guerrero, the final years of Felipe Alou’s tenure as manag er look promising. However, if Brochu has his way, M ontreal will instead be competing for the Triple-A cham-

Brochu pleads case p io n sh ip in a few years w ith B u ffalo , In d ian a p o lis, and Syracuse. While certain people in W ashington or V irginia w on’t m ind, th at scenario w on’t get many people excited here though.

Fans get over 17,000 signitures at "Save the Expos" rally An effort spear-headed by th re e lo n g -tim e fa n s o f the Expos has snowballed and their goal of 25,000 signitures seems well within reach. S tev e M arer, M ich ael Yarin, and K atie Hynes urge fans of the fledging franchise lo lend their support and sign their petition against the relo cation of the club. T hey are aim in g to han d th e ir list to E xpos life r Jacq u es M enard before his upcom ing m eeting w ith Q uebec p re m ie r P ierre B o u ch ard , w h ich sh o u ld be crucial to the team 's future in this city. The T rib u n e is p roud to join this effort and encourages

interested parties to collect a p ag e o f s ig n a tu re s and fax them to (5 1 4 ) 8 6 8 -1 5 7 8 in order to help make this dream a reality. Marer feels that enough is en o u g h and i t ’s tim e for Montreal to roll up its sleeves and get this done once and for all. “As a long-time Expos fan, 1 feel that it is time to stand up and do something.” said Marer. “There is feeling around this city that no one cares about the survival of the team. I believe that this is simply not true and now is the time to prove it.”

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