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Engineering hit by theft... again

By Rhea W o n g T w o th e fts in as m any days have m any questioning the effec­ tiv e n ess o f M cG ill S ecu rity and students dem anding m ore invest­ ment into M cG ill’s strained securi­ ty budget.

M cC onnell E ngineering w as hit by thieves between the hours of 6 :1 5 p m and 10:00pm n ine d ays ago. E n g in eerin g U n dergraduate Society VP Academic N ick Drouin h a p p e n e d by th e o f fic e la te M onday night and found the EUS o ffice d o or cro w b arred . H e also noticed that the EUS copy centre d o o r w as p rie d op en and a safe within had been tam pered with. It was not discovered until later that ten in k jet cartrid g es w orth $800 had been stolen. Losses due to pre­ vious break-ins in the Engineering com plex included stolen com puters and vandalized photocopiers.

“The problem is that you don’t h av e se c u rity a t th is en d o f the building and the door’s open until 1 0 :3 0 ...and th e re ’s on ly the one secu rity g uard at F ran k D aw son Auditorium,” said Drouin. “ Before 10:30 anyone can walk out of this b u ild in g and onto cam pus. T hey know they don’t have enough staff to c o v e r a ll th e a n g le s in o n e n ig h t...[I]’ve spoken to a num ber o f people who are scared o f being here at night. T hey look at th eir watch before heading for the office and doing any business at night.”

E ngineering Senator M elanie B eau lieu ex p re ssed her grow ing concern for the basic safety o f the students. She felt that the need for M cConnell to be open at odd hours is an additional hazard.

“C om puter labs are open 24 hours a day with grad students and undergrads in here all the tim e and it’s scary to th in k o f w hat could happen. A security guard posted at M cC onnell and a couple roam ing w ould be an improvement. I don’t know w hat can be done, but there has to be m ore than one security guard posted at one end, sleeping. “ W e ’re not a fra id o f losing physical things like tables or com ­ puters; these things get replaced.

W e’re w orried about facing some­

one with a crow bar w hich is why w e w ant to get a security system.

I t ’s n o t a b o u t p o s s e s s io n s , i t ’s about people’s safety particularly because there are classes going on from 6 to 10 at night.”

EUS President Kleigh Heather e x p r e s s e d h is ir r ita tio n at th e U niversity’s response to m ultiple EUS thefts. He is frustrated at the fact that E U S’s insurance company w as re lu c ta n t to c o v e r E U S , so much so that a lawyer had to final­ ly be called in to get the company to insure the Engineering Society.

“W e’ve made up a petition for en gineering students to sign and w e ’ll see how th a t g o es. In th e m e an tim e, w e ’re e stim a tin g the cost o f securing our area with pri­ vate security firm s...security does com e here and check up, but they ju s t d o n ’t h a v e th e m a n p o w e r according to their budget to supply a full-time guard.”

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A security guard on his rounds o f Peterson H all on the T uesday evening follow ing the M cConnell th e ft n oticed that a side w indow giving access to a student parking area w as open and th at the front door was unlocked. Upon exam ina­ tion, it w as discovered that three computers, an air-conditioning unit and some CDs had been stolen.

M anager o f M cG ill Security Services Steve Paquin com mented th at although he is ch arg ed w ith auditing the buildin g s to reco m ­ mend security upgrades, the nature o f cam pus security m eans that it w ill co n tin u e to be lim ite d and basic. According to Paquin, a thin­ ly stretched budget also prevents a considerable im provem ent in secu­ rity services.

“It is an expectation to w alk into a com plex and not get assault­ ed, accosted or harassed but it’s no d iffe ren t than w alkin g dow n the s tr e e t,” sa id P a q u in . “ W a lk in g down the street, there is a police p re s e n c e , b u t no p o lic e o ffic e r assigned to every person. M aybe it r e q u ir e s a c h a n g e o f lif e s ty le ,

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By Rebecca C atching In the picturesque little com ­ m unity o f W estm ount, there have re c e n tly b een sig h tin g s o f m e s­ merising circular objects on Greene avenue. Experts predict that these circles, m ade out o f a m ysterious material described as “canvas,” will sell for a price tag o f between ten and sixty thousand dollars. Despite the high value of these works, they w ill b e d if f ic u lt to h a n g ab o v e many W estm ount fireplaces, caus­ ing W estm ount interior decorating schemes to be thrown into complete chaos.

T h e p u b lic p o p u la rity o f M ontreal artist Claude Tousignant has made a dramatic shift from his earlier years, when his works would not have been hung on a clothes­ line. As the public begins to discov­ er the beauty of his works, it devel­ op an appreciation for abstract art.

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National G allery’s purchase o f the a b s tra c t w o rk V o ic e o f F ire by Barnett Newman would imply that abstract art is still largely inaccessi­ b le to th e p u b lic. P arad o x ic ally , N ew m a n an d T o u s ig n a n t fo cu s intensely upon the experience o f the viewer, and this is definitely clear in Tousignant’s retrospective at the B ellefeuille gallery. T o u sig n an t’s modernist works embody the spirit o f the post-m odern installation in th e ir ex p lo ra tio n o f th e v iew in g experience. C olour reproductions do as little ju stice to his w ork as w o u ld a tw o - to n e p h o to c o p y , invoking few o f the overpow ering sen satio n s in volved in a real-life encounter with his walls of colour.

W arning: viewing this exhibit m ay cause eye strain, trance-like states and dizziness. Despite these v isc e ra l en c o u n te rs, T o u sig n a n t would like to distance him self from the op tical gim m ickry associated w ith O p Art. Though his O eil de

B eo u f (B u ll’s E ye) paintings pro­ duce an effect o f movement in their u n d u la tin g c o n c e n tric c irc le s , T o u sig n an t was not in terested in producing a purely optical effect.

One work, entitled Gong, uses this circular technique to create a more aural sensation, as the movement of the circles mimics the reverberation of a gong.

D esp ite T o u sig n a n t’s visual playfulness, his aims lie not in cre­ ating movement within the painting but in the eye o f the view er. He a c c o m p lis h e s th is in L e c tu r a Circum erencielle (Circum ferential Reading), a painting com posed o f m any d ifferen t b locks o f colour, which stimulate the eye to circle the painting in an almost uncontrollable m anner. T his co n cep t w as in flu ­ enced by Piet M ondrian’s calculat­ ed use o f colour w hich provoked occular movement.

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N o m in a t io n s m ir e d R ecent electio n buzzw ords include accessibility, openness, and better communication. Sadly though, a recent incident regarding the selec­ tion of Speakers of Council by SSMU supports some students’ suspicions that that’s are all they are — words w ith o u t su b stan ce to be throw n around when need be.

The nom inating com m ittee in charge o f choosing the S tu d en ts’ S o ciety o f M cG ill U n iv e rsity ’s Speakers of Council next year, recent­ ly chose Melissa Pallet for one of the two positions. Pallet is the current Senate representative to SSMU and was originally on the speakers’ nomi­ nating committee herself.

Speakers of Council are respon­ sible for running Council meetings according to official Robert’s Rules.

Pallet was able to run for Speaker after b eing inform ally told that, despite the fact that the deadline for applications had passed on March 19, applications would still be accepted.

As a result, she stepped down from her position on the nominating com­ mittee.

“I was on [the committee]...[but] I hadn’t even done any of the other stuff, I had just made phone calls... to se t up ap p o in tm e n ts,” P allet explained. She also noted that at no time did she see the applications, nor did she interview applicants.

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cations after the deadline. “[Pelley] had been very flexible with allowing people with legitimate excuses such as losing elections...

That’s why I felt it was so appropriate to apply,” Pallet said. “I would never have [applied] if I was the only [late applicant].” Pallet was a candidate for President in the SSMU elections.

Pelley confirmed that the dead­ line for applications was extended for some people.

“They weren’t officially extend­ ed, however...[for] anyone who ran in a faculty race and found out that they lost... I extended it. The dead­ line was the nineteenth, but a few trickled in afterwards,” Pelley explained. “I d id n ’t want to open up the nomina­ tions again... We really want­ ed to get moving with [the interviews]. It’s ju st people with special circumstances like they had their hopes on being something else, [or] they didn’t apply because they didn’t know where they would be [next year] and so on.... I wasn’t that strict about it, but I didn’t re-publicize it because I didn’t have time...”

But some applicants hoping to submit after the deadline sought to apply too late. Catherine Weiler, cur­ rent p resid e n t o f the F irst-Y e ar Student Association, also wanted to apply for speaker of council but was denied the opportunity.

“I wanted to apply late because I hadn’t had a chance to apply, but they had already done the interview s. I

didn’t apply because I was running for Arts Rep and the applications were [around the Arts Rep election week].

So I phoned on [March 29], and asked if it might still be possible to submit an application.... [Pelley] got back to me saying, ‘no w e’ve already cho­ sen... [but] you can apply for anything else [that hasn’t been filled]...”’

Kathryn Moher, a U1 Arts stu­ dent, also applied for the position of Speaker of Council. She explained that the extension of the deadline for some people caused her concern.

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ly published mles as a matter of rou­ tine, the nominations process becomes a very freefo rm p ro cess th at is defined, as needed, by a handful of insiders instead of rules previously stipulated by Council. SSMU would not arbitrarily extend its electoral nomination deadline by a week with­ out publicizing it, even if it was to accommodate a certain few.

T his was m ade c lea r when Andrew Tischler, next year’s SSMU president-elect, handed his application in five minutes after the 5 pm deadline because the store he owns was robbed on the aftern o o n o f the deadline. The CRO took som e tim e in ruling whether Tischler was eligi­ ble to run, given that his N . G u lr a ja n i a n d J. application was late by 300 S a llo u m seconds, finally deciding that extenuating circum ­ about SSM U p o litic s th an I did stances — as corroborated by the before... I can’t deny that,” M oher police report that Tischler filed with explained. She also noted that Pallet’s his application — prevented Tischler late application, after holding her pre­ from handing an on-time application. vious position on the nominating com­ The exception made in Tischler’s mittee, appears odd.

“I think its contentious in that she [may have known] what was going to be asked,” Moher said.

T h e f t r o c k s She added, however, that she did not feel unfairly treated.

Continued from page 1 “I was interviewed and it thought it was fair... I don’t have any resent­ b rin g in g a f rie n d , c a llin g ment towards [Pallet].” M oher also W alk safe...a lo t o f tim es [thefts] explained that she feels Pallet has a are due to negligence o f individu­ good understanding of both council als be it staff or students.” and the rules that govern it. “ [T]he goal o f the U niversity Nomination procedures, even if is not to create difficulties for the they do not concern an elected posi­ students, because they’re our main­ tion, are supposed to be governed by a stay , b u t w e ’ll ju s t h av e to live strict set of rules to ensure that they w ith w hat is happening,” he con­ remain accessible and equitable to tinued. “It’s a big world out there everyone applying. If the nomination

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s p e c ia l c ir c u m s t a n c e s case, however, was significantly more justifiable than that o f the Speaker candidates who applied days after the deadline when they became aware that their political fortunes were not what they hoped. Better procedure would have been to submit an application for Speaker with a cover letter explaining the peculiarity of their situation and informing the nominating committee that they would withdraw their appli­ cation if other duties should call.

In all fairness, it must be noted that the entire nom ination process from start to finish does take place in a very condensed time frame, one that may not be conducive to publicizing extended nominations. But the fact remains that, despite a set and publi­ cized deadline, certain people were given a chance to apply late for a SSMU position, an opportunity that was unfortunately not extended to all students.

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“I ju st hate the fact that they fill out incident reports, they don’t do anything with them. They don’t cross-reference, they d o n ’t talk to each other. And they don’t do any­ thing to fix it — they seem ju st to w rite paperw ork." said B eaulieu. "[W ]e’re fed up and no one else is helping us..”

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New student fee passed in the SSMU election m ay be ruled unconstitutional

By Jonathan C olford and James G rohsgal__________ Throbbing techno-dance beats from M o saica’s perform ance pro­ vided background music for the law students arguing the constitutional v a lid ity o f th e re c e n tly p a s s e d M cGill Students’ Fund.

The fund, approved by students in a referen d u m held d uring last m onth’s SSMU elections, calls for a $38 p er sem ester fee that w ill be s p lit am o n g th e lib r a rie s , th e Shatner building and an access bur­ sary. Students m ay choose to opt out o f the MSF, though by doing so they become ineligible for the bur­ saries.

F ra n ç o is T a n g u a y -R e n a u d , civil law representative to the Law S tudents’ A ssociation, challenged the M SF’s constitutionality before th e S tu d e n ts’ S o ciety o f M cG ill U n iv e rs ity J u d ic ia l B o a rd la s t M onday on th e gro u n d s th a t the question was unclear and in reality contained three separate issues. The SSMU constitution states that refer­ en d u m q u e stio n s m ay deal w ith only one issue.

A t th e F e b ru a ry 4 an d 11 SSM U council m eetings w hen the M S F q u estio n w as passed, there w a s c o n f u s io n a b o u t th e e x a c t wording o f the question after sever­ al motions and votes.

Damion Stodola, advocate for Tanguay-Renaud, charged that there had been confusion within Council at th e ir F e b ru a ry 4 m e e tin g .

Flowever, after discussing Council’s a c tio n s in g re a t d e p th , S to d o la admitted that it was not relevant to h is arg u m e n t th a t th e M S F w as unconstitutional. “ I d o n ’t b e lie v e th is is s u e determines the question of the con­ s titu tio n a lity o f the referen d u m , how ever,” said Stodola. “This is a point w here... the Council [didn’t know] exactly what it was propos­ ing.”

Tam ana Kochar, clubs and ser­ vices representative to SSMU, acted as the “intervenor” at the proceed­ ing in order to clarify the events of th e c o u n c il m e e tin g s. A lth o u g h Kochar dealt strictly with the facts w h en s p e a k in g to th e J u d ic ia l B oard, she claim ed that the M SF was unconstitutional in her written statement.

“T he inform ation I presented re la te d d irec tly to the C o u n c il’s actions,” Kochar explained. “Article 16.1 o f the C onstitution says that the m otion passed by the Council shall be put forward during the ref­ erendum period. The question that the Council approved was not the referendum question.”

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A d v o c a te fo r S S M U N eil Peden objected to K ochar’s being allow ed to speak becau se he felt that he was not given the opportuni­ ty to call w itnesses. T he J-B oard ruled against him.

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Tanguay-Renaud protested the re fe re n d u m q u e s tio n ’s v a lid ity because he feels that student rights have been infringed.

“I think that the J-board will understand that there is confusion,” said Tanguay-Renaud. “I did what I thought was right to preserve stu­ dent rights.”

Andrew Tischler, SSMU presi­ dent-elect, feels that the constitu­ tio n a lity o f th e M S F is n o t as im portant as the students’ support

Peden then questioned why the petitioner was bringing up matters dealing w ith C o u n cil’s actions at their February 4 and 11 meetings, when even the petitioner said that these discussions weren’t necessary.

“W e’re now... trying to deter­ m in e... the v alid ity o f C o u n c il’s actions rather than determining the constitutionality o f the question... for which I prepared my response,” T h ree q u e stio n s Peden added. in on e Next, Peden attacked the peti­ In the second part o f his argu­ tioner’s argum ent that the referen­ ment, Stodola charged that the ref­ dum question was not “clear and erendum question dealt with three concise.” He stated that questions issues in one question, in turn vio­ need not be explicit and that it was not the C h ief R eturning O fficer’s lating the SSMU Constitution. responsibility to ensure that students “ [A rticle 15.2 o f th e SSM U Constitution] states very clearly that could understand the question. “[N]owhere does [a re fe re n d u m q u e s ­ it say that a referen ­ tio n ] sh a ll d e a l w ith dum question must be one issue and one issue explicit, or m ust deal o n ly ,” s a id S to d o la . with absolutely every “W e believe that in this single issue. It’s quite c a se it is c le a r th a t conceivable that a ref­ [there are] three issues erendum question can in one question.” be broad,” Peden said.

R e id , w ho o r ig i­ “It sh o u ld n ’t be n a lly in tro d u c e d th e up to th e C R O to MSF, believes that the determine whether the re fe re n d u m q u e s tio n q u estio n is too c o n ­ d e a ls w ith one iss u e f u s in g ,” h e a d d e d . that has three com po­ F r a n ç o is R. C a tc h in g “That’s the Council’s nents.

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“T he [referendum Peden a rg u e d question] w as a three­ pronged attack for the libraries, the that the petitioners had missed the university centre, and access bur­ d e a d lin e to m ake an ap p e al. He saries,” said Reid. “T he fund was cited Article 17.1 of the referendum presented as a whole, was consid­ by-laws, which gives the time limits ered as a whole, and was passed as for submitting appeals about refer­ enda: five days after election results a whole.”

Stodola is w orried that allow­ a re a n n o u n c e d , o r an y o f fic ia l announcement made by the Election ing th e re fe re n d u m q u e s tio n to stand w ill encourage broad ques­ Committee.

‘T h is motion should have been tions in the future.

“I am asking the Judicial Board brought w ithin five days after the to draw a line at some point,” said question itself has been finalized and published as the official ques­ S todola. “ If w e in te rp re t A rticle 15.2 too b ro ad ly , it ’s a slip p ery tion,” said Peden. “Now this w asn’t done given th at the p etitio n w as slope to allow ing the Council and Executive to pass omnibus referen­ dated M arch 5, and that it should have been subm itted som etim e in da.”

Also addressed was the clarity o f th e r e fe re n d u m q u e s tio n .

A ccording to A rticle 15.3 o f the Constitution, the question m ust be “clear and concise.” Stodola argued that the referendum question w as neither.

“C ouncil itself w as confused S A V E about what it was passing,” Stodola

and her testimony inaccurate.

“C ouncil w ill be very d isap ­ pointed that it was represented by one councillor who obviously is at odds with the majority o f Council,” said SSMU President Duncan Reid. “[K ochar’s] portrayal as being the representative o f all councillors is extraordinarily misleading.”

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w ith in th e f a c u lty n e e d to u se these room s regularly and, accord­ ing to W oodm an, finding rehearsal tim es fo r the C horal S ociety has been a problem before.

“F or the past five years, this has always cropped up as a prob­ lem. As long as w e had the space w e were happy to give it to them.

[The d e c isio n )’s no th in g ag ain st the Choral Society. It’s ju st a fact.

W e can’t accom m odate them any­ more. W e’re sorry too.”

M ary Jane Puiu has been the director o f the Choral Society for the past 17 years. She feels that the Faculty o f M usic should be more w illing to accom m odate a group of the Choral Society’s size. “[The Choral Society] has had as m uch as 175 m em b ers so m e­ tim es,” she explained. “I shouldn’t h a v e to w o rry a b o u t [re h e a rs a l space] every year.”

The Choral Sociely o f M cGill University may soon be left out in the cold. The Faculty o f M usic has to ld th e c lu b th a t th e y w ill no longer be able to use the faculty’s rehearsal room s as they have been doing for several years.

A s s o c ia te D e a n o f M u sic K enneth W oodm an felt the deci­ sio n w as a m a tte r o f sp a ce th a t was sim ply not there to be given.

“The Choral Society is a fair­ ly la rg e g ro u p an d th e y n ee d a fairly larg e reh e arsal sp a ce ,” he e x p la in e d . “ T h e n e e d s o f th e Faculty o f Music are such that we c a n no lo n g e r a c c o m m o d a te [them ].”

The faculty’s rehearsal rooms are specialized in that they often req u ire expensive sound system s and equipm ent. M any ensem bles

W oodm an claim s to be sensi­ tiv e to th e n ee d s o f th e C h o ra l Society. He was once the conduc­ to r o f th e c lu b an d re c a lls th a t th in g s su c h as r e h e a r s a l sp a c e were then handled differently. “ [T h e C h o ra l S o c ie ty ] rehearsed in the Shatner building.

They provided us with a piano and reh earsal space. T he bud g et [for the Choral Society] falls under the um brella o f the Students’ Society o f M cG ill U niversity.”

S S M U V P I n te r n a l K a re n P elley confirm ed th at the C horal S o c ie ty ’s bud g et does fall under SSMU. “I know [the Choral Society] has an office upstairs,” she said. “I d o n ’t k n o w h o w o fte n th e y ’ve used it.”

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“W e take care o f our clubs,” sh e in s is te d . “I t w o u ld re q u ire th e m c o m in g to us an d s ittin g down and figuring out how we can accom m odate them .”

P u iu has n o t th o u g h t ab o u t asking SSM U for space, however.

She feels that SSM U cannot pro­ vide the kind o f rehearsal room s the Choral Society needs. “[The Shatner building] is not a good space location. Y ou need chairs. You have to have a piano.

I ’m not prepared to give my choir a n y th in g le s s th a n a d e c e n t rehearsal space.”

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“B a sic ally , he w as ab o u t as nice as he could be. [The faculty] is sta rtin g a w in d en sem b le th at they d id n ’t have before so th a t’s w h y th e r e is th is p r o b le m ...

[L aw ton] trie d to su g g e st a few p laces... like up in the gym, w hich is really unsuitable.”

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Motion brings an end to Senate meeting cancellations W i t h t o u g h is s u e s f a c i n g t h e u n i v e r s i t y , o n e p r o f e s s o r c a l l s t h e i d e a o f a l a c k o f b u s i n e s s " o b s c e n e " u n iv e rs ity . W e ’ve n e v e r ta lk e d about that before. W e need to be given an opportunity to share con­ c e r n s a n d d e v e lo p c o n s e n s u s around these issues.”

A lth o u g h th e p ro p o sa l w as p a sse d fairly q u ic k ly , D ean and V ice -P rin cip al o f th e F acu lty o f G ra d u a te S tu d ie s and R e se a rc h Pierre Bélanger cautioned the cau­ cus th a t m eeting w ith o u t fo rm al business could lead to u nproduc­ tiveness and unprepared debate. “ T h e id e a is n o t w ith o u t m erit,” he conceded. “ [But] people m u s t h a v e s o m e p r e p a r a tio n before they com e into the meeting.

S o m eb o d y w o u ld h av e to th in k about it ahead o f tim e and perhaps prepare a num ber o f issues w hich could be discussed. They ju st can ’t co m e in ta lk in g o ff th e b ac k o f their heads.”

By Fred Sagel

activists unexpectedly storm ed the R o b e r t V o g e l C o u n c il R o o m , protesting governm ent and univer­ sity cuts to education. A variety of stu d en ts d ressed as g rim reapers and hooded bandits, rep resen tin g th e C o n c o rd ia S tu d e n ts ’ U n io n an d CEGEP o r g a n iz a tio n M ouvem ent pour les droits educa­ tions, w aved posters and chanted “solidarity” and “stand up for your rights” in both E nglish and French to the stunned silence o f Senate.

O ne protester, Jay Sturley, an u n d e rg ra d u a te at C o n c o rd ia and the fin e arts co -o rd in a to r o f the event, thought that the m arch into S enate as an effective m ethod o f voicing concerns to M cG ill’s most senior adm inistrators. “ T h e p u r p o s e o f th is is to m o re or less m ake a b ig enough sp e c ta c le th a t th e u su a l p o w ers that ignore us w on’t be able to for a w hile,” he stated.

S tu r le y w a s p le a s e d th a t Concordia was not involved in the M a rc h 2 4 th p r o te s t w h ic h w as

D ozens o f student protesters storm ed the m eeting o f M cG ill’s S e n a te , d e m a n d in g fu n d in g fo r e d u c a tio n la s t W e d n e sd a y . T h e a c tio n c a m e j u s t a f te r S e n a te p assed a m o tio n to h o ld re g u la r m eetings every tw o weeks.

W ith a sim p le m a jo rity , the S e n a te c a u c u s , th e u n iv e rs ity ’s highest academ ic body, agreed on th e n e e d to m e e t c o n s is te n tly e v e r y tw o w e e k s . P r o f e s s o r Samuel N oum off o f the Arts facul­ ty m ade the proposal after a string o f cancellations o f Senate due to a “la c k o f b u s in e s s ” . H e a sse rte d th at w ith pressing problem s such as M c G ill’s fu n d in g c risis, it is S enate’s responsibility to address university-related issues on a regu­ lar basis.

“W e’ve had a series o f m eet­ S tu d e n t p ro te st in g s th is y e a r a n d la s t y e a r in Senate w hich have been cancelled As Senate was discussing the b ecau se o f ‘no b u sin e ss’. T h is I second m otion, dozens o f student fin d o b s c e n e e s p e c ia lly in th e m idst o f a crisis, w hich o f course, is real,” he stated.

N oum off proposed that in the absence o f predeter­ m ined m otions, the S enate ought to address m ore gen­ eral issues w hich affect uni­ v ersity teach in g and fu nd­ in g . In h is p r o p o s a l, N o u m o f f s u g g e s te d th a t in te lle c tu a l r e n e w a l, th e ro le o f arts in a c h a n g in g university and the need for e x p o su re to b a sic scien c e for all students w ere im por­ tant m atters w hich deserve attention in Senate. “ T h e r e a re a w h o le range o f issues w hich could easily com e before us,” he s ta te d . “ W e n e e d to be given a chance to talk about In th e m id d le o f a d o w n t o w n p r o t e s t a g a in s t c u t s to e d u c a th in g s w h ic h h a v e n e v e r t io n , d o z e n s o f s t u d e n t a c t iv is t s t a k e t h e d e m o n s t r a t io n b e e n a d d r e s s e d — fo r in s id e a n d s t o r m a c o n f id e n t ia l s e s s io n o f th e M c G ill s e n a t e exam ple, the role o f arts in

taking m oney aw ay from us. The last dem onstration was not outside o f that system but it was supported by it. W h a t’s h a p p e n in g now is entirely unplanned. W e d idn’t ask the cops ab o u t the route. T his is our right.”

A fter several m inutes o f solid chanting, the protesters filed out of the Senate meeting before continu­ ing across the M cGill cam pus with the other student activists.

supported by M c G ill’s S tu d en ts’ Society as w ell as the U niversité d e M o n tr é a l a n d U Q A M . H e claim ed that the earlier protest was n o t ask in g fo r en o u g h ed u catio n funding and was organized too far in advance so that the governm ent and the police had prior notice.

“The dem ands they w ere ask­ ing for last w eek w ere one-quarter o f the money w e’re asking for this w e e k ,” sta te d S tu rle y . “T h is is about full funding. T his is about

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A s w e bid fa re w e ll to th e last full sch o o l y e a r o f th e M ille n n iu m , th e T r i b u n e p re se n ts a re ca p of n ew s th is se m e ste r a n d a lo o k fo rw a rd to w h at w e can e x p e ct fo r th e fall Ja n u a ry • T h e S h a tn e r b u ild in g gets a new e le c tro n ic sign.

Although for the first few weeks it didn’t say anything except “Bienvenue a L ’AEUM ....W elcome to the SSMU,” it has now been used to prom ote events such as theatre at M cGill and sy m p o siu m s. T he sign is the la rg e st one o f its k in d in Montreal.

• The McGill Students Fund is bom. Duncan Reid, outgo­ ing SSMU president, presents the idea of the M SF as a $70 per semester fee that will contribute money to the libraries, the renovations to Shatner, an access bursary fund, faculty renew­ al projects and special academ ic projects. The idea sparks vicious debate on council, which continues right up to the ref­ erendum on the fee in March.

• A new elec tro n ic c lassro o m opens in M cL ennanRedpath library, thanks in part to the SSMU library fund. The room, which hasn’t been empty since the day it opened, con­ tains 24 networked computers.

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Fe b ru a ry • McGill appoints Richard Pound, Vice President o f the International O lympic Com m ittee, as Chancellor, replacing G re tta C h a m b e r. P ro fe ss o r L u c V in e t is ch o sen as VP Academic.

• The long debate issue of whether McGill should adopt a symbolic A+ is finally put to rest as the Academic Planning and Policy Committee rejects the idea once and for all.

• Flu hysteria sweeps McGill as more than 2,000 McGill students visit Health Services complaining o f persistent cold, coughs and fevers.

• Pranksters from rez admit taking bio-hazardous waste material from the Royal V ictoria Hospital and spreading it across the front entrance o f McConnell residence. Their fate, as of yet, is unknown.

• The M SF is am ended to m ake it $38 dollar fee per semester, with no money given to faculty renewal or special academ ic projects. C ouncillors vote to rem ove the opt-out clause added by SSM U executive council but a clerical error m eans the opt-out stays. The LSA raises questions about the legality of the question,

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• M cG ill and the M cG ill U n iv ersity N o n -A cad em ic Certified Association finally sign a collective agreement that they have been negotiating since the early 1990’s. Key ele­ ments include a salary increase, im proved grievance proce­ dures and a “no strike allowed” rule.

• Both the Canadian Federation o f Students and a consor­ tium o f student g roups from the M ontreal area o rg an ize protests against cuts to education. The Stand for Education Protest held March 24, attracted 10,000 students from 61 stu­ dent unions. CFS organized a series of office occupations and a m ajor protest held last week.

• McGill finally considers the idea of having an environ­ mental policy a Greening M cGill presents their ideas on the issue to Senate.

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• The M cGill Student Fund passes in referendum by a comfortable margin. The decision on the constitutionality of the question is pending.

• W illiam Shatner of Star Trek and Rescue 911 fame vis­ its McGill as part of the CBC series Life and Times, bringing famous Canadians back to their roots. On taking a look at the proposed renovations to the building which bears his name, Shatner said those six magic words: “W hat can I do to help?”

No word yet on whether or not he has donated any money.

• McGill puts their collection of Moshe Safdie’s architec­ tural documentation online. The collection is the largest o f its kind in Canada.

• M e m b e rs o f th e N am b y P am b y P o s itiv e A c tio n Committee occupy SSMU offices in protest of the MSF, call­ ing for the resignation of President Duncan Reid. He doesn’t resign, and protesters leave close to 14 hours later.

• Thanks in part to aggressive lobbying from student gov­ ernments across Montreal, the STCUM promises to consider the option o f offering a reduced fare for students between the age o f 18-24.

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threatening to appeal it to the Judicial board. A five hour SSM U council m eeting ensues, com plete with tears and other theatrics.

• M cGill’s parental leave policy is accused of being d iscrim in ato ry — the policy o ffers paid leave to adoptive, but not natural fathers. Although Senate agreed to remove the paid leave policy all together, they realized that would create more dis­ crim ination, and as a result, voted for an unpaid leave policy for all neophyte fathers, biological or not.

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Students and professors alike find the M cGill L ibraries’ state of d eterio ration both ridiculous and e m b a rra ssin g . T o m ake m a tte rs worse, as M cGill faces increasing b u d g etary cu tb ac k s the lib ra rie s a re b e c o m in g m o re n e g le c te d .

Im p a tie n t an d fru s tra te d , m any stu d e n t g ro u p s lik e th e M c G ill B io lo g y S tu d e n ts ’ U n io n h a v e ta k e n m a tte r s in to th e ir o w n hands.

The M cGill Biology Students’ U n io n h as in itia te d a p ro je c t to renovate the Blacker-W ood biolo­ gy library w hich has been located beneath the Redpath library since th e 1980s. L ast O c to b e r M B SU p ro p o s e d “ R e g e n e s is 1 9 9 9 ” to rejuvenate Blacker-W ood.

T h e M B S U has c o m m itte d itse lf to co n trib u tin g $10,000 o f funds that it has m anaged to raise o v e r th e y e a r s w h ile th e D e p a rtm e n t o f B io lo g y h a s pledged about $3,000 in support o f Regenesis 1999.

A ccording to a M B SU press release, Phase I o f the project will in v o lv e rep lacin g the carpet and painting the walls o f the basem ent level floor, Phase II involves the c r e a tio n o f a lo u n g e a r e a an d Phase III will add a collection of v a r io u s a r t s u b m is s io n s fro m M cGill students and faculty.

T he co st o f the re n o v a tio n s are estim ated to be about $46,000.

M B SU p r o je c t c o o r d in a to r Caroline G allant strongly believes th a t R e g en e sis 1999 is a w o rth ­ while undertaking.

“W e spend a lot o f tim e down [in B lacker-W ood] studying and after a point it becom es ridiculous.

The library right now is absolutely d isg u stin g ; ca rp ets are to rn and walls are dirty. [Its] not very con­ ducive to studying.”

C hairm an o f the D epartm ent o f B io lo g y D o n a ld K ra m e r is e n th u sia stic ab o u t th e stu d e n ts ’ in itia tiv e s to re n o v a te B lac k erW o o d , c o n c u rrin g w ith G a lla n t that refurbishing its decrepit state should be priority.

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“ T r a d itio n a lly m o st o f th e effo rt has been to keep the book and journal collection up to date.

T h e stu d e n ts fe lt th a t th e stu d y environm ent w as m aking it d iffi­ cult to [make full use o f the] book and jo u rn a l c o lle c tio n ,” K ram er explained.

Kramer adm its, however, that “it’s quite unusual for departments to contribute to the renovations in other facilities.”

“W e w ere b eh in d th e e ffo rt that the students w ere m aking to try and im prove their library. [The m o n ey ] is fo r m o ral su p p o rt as w ell as show ing th a t the d ep a rt­ m e n t is b e h in d th e p r o je c t,” Kramer said.

D irector o f L ibraries Frances Groen has also been very receptive to the M B SU ’s initiatives, how ev­ er she has been reluctant to com ­ mit financial support to Regenesis 1999.

“I can only say positive things about student initiatives. It’s ju st that this one com es at a very hard tim e,” Groen added.

Groen cannot make any com ­ m itm en ts to th e M B S U b ecau se she is unsure about the future o f B lac k er-W o o d . S he is c u rren tly w orking w ith the university on a f iv e - y e a r s p a c in g p la n fo r th e M cGill Libraries. This will deter­ m ine how lib ra ry sp ace w ill be allocated over the next few years.

“W h ile I ’d lik e to h av e the renovations, it w ouldn’t be ethical fo r m e to g u a ra n te e th a t th in g s w on’t change,” Groen said.

D u e to th e u n c e r ta in ty o f B la c k e r -W o o d ’s f u tu re , G ro e n encourages students to make more long-term investm ents such as pur­ chasing more collections.

“I still hope that the biology union will see the w isdom in pur­ chasing new books because that is w hat I can ensure in p erpetuity,” Groen said.

A lthough G ro en ad m its that th e c o n d itio n o f B la c k e r-W o o d lib ra ry is su b -o p tim a l, she does not believe it is in as much need as som e sections o f th e M cL ennanR e d p ath lib ra ry w h ich h av e n ot

b e e n r e n o v a te d in o v e r th ir ty years.

A b a n d -a id so lu tio n A lthough G roen and K ram er are h o peful that the g o v ern m en t will take m ost o f the responsibility for renovating M cG ill’s libraries, they w ere both very im pressed by the students’ initiatives and enthu­ siasm to im prove their university environm ent.

“Students see a situation that needs im provem ent and they ju st go out and roll up their sleeves and do som ething about it. Its a strong in d ic a tio n o f th e m a tu r ity o f M cGill students and their ability to identify and address needs,” Groen said.

A ll p a r tie s in v o lv e d in th e renovation project, however, agree that students should not be put into a situation where they are expect­ ed to fund their libraries.

“In the short run [student ini­ tiated renovations] will get it run­ ning. H opefully the econom y will im p ro v e so th a t th is d o e s n o t b ec o m e a lo n g -te rm n e c e s s ity ,” K ram er stated.

A lth o u g h G a lla n t a d m its B lack er-W o o d is in dire need o f r e n o v a tio n , sh e is u n c e r ta in w hether it should be students' who instigate and fund the renovation.

“I don’t know if it should be in the hands o f students to do such projects. M aybe w ith th e lack of g o v ern m e n t fu n d s th is is n e c e s­ sary,” she stated.

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C h a p te rs In c, th e co m p an y responsible for the management of the M cGill Bookstore, announced this week that it will be purchasing a controlling share of the Canadian university division o f the American bookstore giant Barnes and Noble.

T h e B a rn e s an d N o b le C o lle g e Bookstores is a small operation in C a n ad a w ith o n ly th ree cam pus b o o k sto re s, alth o u g h its m ark et power in the US gives it a stake in 350 university bookstores includ­ ing H arvard's and Y ale’s.

G e o f f S w ift, p r e s id e n t o f C h a p te rs C a n a d ia n U n iv e r s ity B o o k s to re s L td ., e x p re s s e d h is e n th u s ia s m fo r C h a p te r s ’ new acquisition, stating that Barnes and N o b le ’s ex ten siv e ex p e rien c e in the university bookstore business will be o f b enefit to th eir op era­ tions at McGill.

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experience in academic methodolo­ gy and academ ic tex tb o o k s than Chapters,” he said. “We are doing it at C h a p te rs b u t w e are g o in g through a learning curve. [Through this recent acquisition] we get to use 100 per cent o f Chapters sup­ p o rt o ffic e an d 100 p e r c e n t o f B arn es an d N o b le ’s o ffic e ...[I]t was a matter of making ourselves a more complete offering.”

According to Swift, the tangi­ ble b en e fits fo r M cG ill stu d en ts from such a partnership include a better text m anagem ent com puter system which can speed up service and an increase in the num ber o f used textbooks on the shelves. In Barnes and N oble’s operated book­ sto res in the U S, 20 p er ce n t o f te x ts on the sh e lv e s are u sed , a sh a rp c o n tra s t to M cG ill w here o n ly 5 p er c e n t o f b o o k s at any given rime are used. Swift is confi­ d e n t th a t th e se c h a n g e s ca n be implemented by the fall book-buy­ ing rush.

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EDITORIAL “ Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.”

— M a e W est

Love, leads and leadership BY jASON SlGURDSON

I've seen some strange definitions o f leadership since I've been at M cGill. Strange, not because they're unconventional, but strange because they're antiquated and lacklustre.

For some, leadership is a m atter o f having a handshake as firm as their starched collar, "a plan for the future" and charisma straight off the shelf. It's the form ula that they hope will give them a seat at a boardroom table one day and take their m ugshot to the pages o f leading business magazines. W hat it actually does for teambuilding, I have no idea. I doubt they know either.

My four years of work at the Tribune have reaffirmed my belief that the te am b u ild in g p ro ce ss can have su b stan ce, how ever. M aybe it's because we have a common project — our passion for journalism is what brings us together. W e love breaking a big story, capturing an emotional moment on film, putting our product out in print and on the web. We fuss over com m a placements, tinker with headlines and leads, and kick our­ selves for making typos. Good journalism is our goal — the "ends."

As much as we strive to take care o f the ends and put out the best product possible, the means o f doing what we do here are equally impor­ tant. In fact, for me they've been essential. It's all about creating an envi­ ronm ent where people support each other and their work, where editors are encouraged to take risks and maximize their talents, where people are challenged to achieve more than they knew was possible. You could say that love is the key factor in leadership and the teambuilding process.

It's tough to put it on the line and say that love has anything to do with leadership, especially in the realm of journalism where cynicism and general crustiness can be seen as badges o f honour, where the only type of love comes in the form of a full-page ad with a 1-900 number attached to it. Add to that the fact that love is a chronically abused term. Some fear it, others see it as a weakness. Often it is shamelessly overused, other times it is com m odified — combine these last two factors and you find that love doesn’t seem to be worth very much. It's too bad.

Love is what allows you to em power others around you. It brings you to the point where you are able to build a cohesive team where each mem­ ber is looking beyond their own w ork and their own interests. They're watching out for each other. They trust each other. The love we're talking about has nothing to do with abjectly loving your job. W e’re not talking about a base level o f gratification that com es from filling the need to belong. It is rooted in something much more fundamental and human.

G iven the physical conditions down here in our basem ent office, sometimes it's hard to believe that the love can survive (after all, we know the plants haven't been able to cut it). We do our work in a windowless space which we share with a silverfish colony, a lonely mouse, and the smell of burnt toast and stale cigarettes from the A lley —- and we log more hours each week than we care to count. Despite it all, we've m an­ aged to take care o f each other and push the paper to new levels.

I'm proud and honoured to have worked with such a talented group of people on this year's editorial board. They've taught me a lot, and not only about journalism . I know I will be taking away good memories and even better friendships as I move on.

For those returning to form the Tribune's next ed board, they'll no d oubt face the range o f opportunities and challenges that com e w ith putting out a student paper. They'll also take the Tribune offices upstairs to the first floor o f the Shatner after building renovations are completed.

W hile physical locale will be different, and the paper will no doubt take on new projects to advance the quality of journalism , these are all ques­ tions o f "the ends." The means will have to stay the same.

McGill a m icro co sm o f C an ad ian so cie ty A lexandre Paquin's argum ent (T rib u n e, M arch 23) that F rench M cGillers are consciously "reject­ ed" by the rest of the student popu­ la tio n u p s e ts m e. A lth o u g h it w ould be really easy (and satisfy­ ing) to attack A lexandre with my feelings, I don't think it w ould do our school com m unity any good.

A lexandre feels iso lated and left out o f student affairs at McGill and he blames it on the fact that he his French and McGill is dominated by an "old P ro te sta n t an d E n g lish sp eak in g B ay S treet, V an co u v er and US elite." Hmm ... It has been my o b se rv a tio n th a t F ren ch stu ­ dents really form a strong com m u­ nity at M cGill, which also happens to be an English university. If Mr. Paquin did not want to come to an English school, he had two excel­ len t local F rench u n iv e rsitie s he could have attended instead. But, I g u e ss, he c h o se M c G ill a n d he should feel at hom e here. T his is his school, too. However, McGill is not dominated by some anglo elite that seeks to belittle the French, as P aq u in 's skew ed p erc ep tio n sug­ g ests, ra th e r M cG ill is a sch o o l where people from across the coun­ try meet. This school is a m icro­ cosm o f C anadian society, which includes French students, as well.

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I d o n 't a c c e p t M r. P a q u in 's a r g u m e n t th a t th e f a c t th a t no F re n c h s tu d e n ts ra n fo r S SM U p o sitio n s in d ic ates th a t th ey are ignored. It was their choice not to run. No one forced them no to do it. Furtherm ore, the French culture is represented on cam pus. Every day I o v erh e ar, an d sp eak w ith, French students (some of whom are my frie n d s), som e o f w hom ask questions in French in class, almost all o f w hom w rite their papers in French. Many varsity athletes (who REPRESEN T M cGill) are French and it seems that every tim e I flip on CKUT, a French DJ and show are playing, and there is a French new sp ap er on cam pus too. I feel th e F re n c h p r e s e n c e th r iv in g around m e every day on cam pus and som etim es, I m ust confess, I w o n d e r w h y F re n c h s tu d e n ts choose M cG ill over a school like l'U niversité de M ontréal, w hich is equally respected. If I don't get it, m ay b e M r. P aq u in can h elp me understand why he chose M cGill.

If Mr. Paquin w ants to feel more included at M cGill, he should get in v o lv e d in a ll th e th in g s th is school has to offer. The only thing holding him back is his bad atti­ tude, not an organised attem pt to ostracize the French. If he really

wants to claim M cGill as his alma m ater, he w ill find the drive, and let him self enjoy the unique experi­ ence M cGill offers. If he wants to change things, he sh o u ld change things. If he really wants La Presse available on cam pus, why doesn't he ju s t o rg an iz e a list o f p eo p le who would be interested in buying it and p resen t th at to his desired M cG ill dépanneur? If he w ants a French Students' Association, why d o esn 't he start one? I f he w ants m ore F ren ch boo k s at the b o o k ­ store, then he should campaign for it. B u t he also has to ac cep t the milieu in which he chose to study th a t b e in g an E n g lis h o n e . I f M cG ill was his choice, he has to ac cep t the E n g lish n atu re o f the s c h o o l. T o a c c u s e "O ld M o n ey T o ro n to " o f r u in in g h is lif e is ridiculous. How can anyone blame others for his own inability to stand forward to work for what he wants.

W e should all work hard to build a M cG ill com m unity th a t in c o rp o ­ rates our own needs — not blame each other for feeling ch eated of opportunity.

A fello w Montrealer.

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In 1915, where under the cover of World War I. the Turkish govern­ ment implemented and enacted this century’s first genocide, annihilating o v e r 80 p e r c e n t o f the T u rk ish Armenian population and erasing a large portion o f its 3000-year-old culture. In 1987, the Turkish news­ paper Hurriyet quoted a Turkish par­ liam en tarian as saying that there were 2 to 3 million Armenians living in Central and Eastern Turkey prior to 1915. Today, there are an estimat­ ed 50,000 to 60,000 Armenians in all of Turkey.

The entire genocide was carried out in a very organized and system­ atic fashion. First the Armenians in the army were disarmed, placed into labour battalions, and then killed.

T hen on A pril 24, the A rm enian leadership was all but decapitated. It was on that day in 1915 that over 300 Armenian priests, teachers, writ­ ers, lawyers, politicians and doctors w ere a rre ste d in a sin g le n ig h t.

Finally, the rem aining A rm enians were called from their homes, told they would be relocated, and then marched off to concentration camps in the deserts of Syria with no provi­ sion for food, water, or shelter. En ro u te, they w ere preyed upon by killer bands formed of bloodthirsty m urderers released from T urkish prisons for the express purpose of a n n ih ila tin g the A rm en ian race.

Those of the deportees who were not slaughtered outright died of starva­ tion, dehydration, exhaustion, expo­ sure and epidemics. The authorities in Trebizond, on the Black Sea coast, did vary this routine: they loaded Armenians on barges and sank them out at sea.

Though the recollection of these events may seem one sided, response by governments and other witnesses at the time verify the fact that such

genocide took place. On M ay 24, 1915, a declaration was issued in L ondon by the g o v ern m e n ts o f Britain, France and Russia. The dec­ laration did not use the word "geno­ cide" (a term that came into use only in 1944); but w ith re fe re n c e to Armenians, it did accuse the Turks of "crimes against humanity and civ­ ilization."

Those nations were at war with the Ottoman Empire. But the United States was then at peace. It was the U.S. ambassador, Henry Morgenthau (1918), who wrote: "I am confident that the whole history of the human race c o n ta in s no su ch h o rrib le episode as this. The great massacres and persecutions o f the past seem almost insignificant when compared to the sufferings o f the A rm enian race in 1915."

M o rg e n th a u 's su c c e sso r as A m b assad o r to T u rk e y , A bram E lk u s, ca b le d the U .S. S tate Department in 1916 that the Young T u rk s w ere c o n tin u in g an "unchecked policy of extermination through starvation, exhaustion, and brutality of treatm en t hardly sur­ passed even in Turkish history."

T urkey's defenders scorn the U.S. am bassador’s w ords as m ere rhetoric. It's harder for them to dis­ m iss the ev id en c e fo u n d in the a rc h iv e s o f T u rk e y ’s m ain ally , Germany. As early as July 1915, a G erm an v ic e -c o u n se l n am ed K uckhoff warned his Berlin head­ quarters that "nothing less than the destruction of an entire people is at issue” and spoke of ’’the eradication of one of the oldest and unhappiest peoples of this Earth."

Only one Turkish government has ever recognized the Arm enian genocide. In fact, that Turkish gov­ ernment held war crimes trials and condemned to death the major lead­ ers responsible. In the bill of indict­ ment, the government plainly stated:

"The massacre and destruction of the A rm enians w ere the resu lt o f the d e c isio n -m a k in g by the C e n tra l C o m m ittee. T h is fa c t has been proven and verified." It maintained that the genocidal scheme was car­ ried out w ith as much secrecy as possible, and that a public facade was m aintained of "relocating" the Armenians. A secret network carried out the killings.

Canada's role in recognition On several occasions members Canada's provincial legislators have risen in their respective Houses "to remember the people who have lost their lives and grieve their families who are dedicated to keeping their memories alive." In 1980, Ontario passed a resolution asking the gov­ ernment of Canada to mark April 24 as a day o f rem em brance for the A rm enian com m unity and to o ffi­ cially recognize the Armenian geno­ cide as a historic event. It was indi­ cated th a t "only th ro u g h o ffic ia l recognition that events like this are fully understood."

But the Canadian federal gov­ ernment, mindful of Turkey's strate­ gic importance as a NATO member and a m o d erate M uslim state, is unwilling to say any such thing. Giro M an o y an , e d ito r o f the w eek ly Armenian newspaper Horizon, says that when Joe Clark (then external affairs minister) met a delegation of Armenian Canadians, he told them: "Intellectually I agree with you. But politically, I can't."

A rm enian C anadians are not satisfied with the official response of the Canadian government. They see C an ad a as co m p lic it in T u rk ey 's d e n ia l o f re s p o n s ib ility . A riel D elo u y a o f th e F o re ig n A ffa irs D e p a rtm e n t said C a n ad a has expressed its sympathy to Armenians

fo r th e tra g ic e v e n ts o f 1915.

However, "our view, and the view of many other governments, is that we can't rewrite the history of another part of the world. We can't make a historical judgem ent on a question historians themselves disagree on."

In April 1995, the Russian par­ liament unanimously condemned the genocide and set aside April 24 as a day in memory of the "martyrs." And even though the United Nations rec­ ognized this genocide in 1986, the g o v e rn m e n t o f T u rk e y has n o t.

Turkish State policy regarding this genocide is one of systematic denial.

W hen crim e o f g e n o c id e is not acknowledged, the wounds of its sur­ vivors and th eir progeny w ill not heal.

Why commemorate?

Be that as it may, why should past genocide not only be acknowl­ edged but also be com m em orated, re c o g n iz in g m a n 's in h u m a n ity to w ard s fello w m an? As G eorge Santayana once said, "those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." Despite the overwhelm­ ing evidence on the Armenian geno­ cide but lack o f aw areness by the general public, the Turkish govern­ ment today dares to claim that it did not happen. Since the victims of the genocide have been denied the right to live, humanity owes them at least the right to be remembered.

For an illustration of what hap­ pens when we do not commemorate the darkest pages of the history of mankind, one only needs to examine

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th e a fte rm a th o f th e A rm en ian G enocide. The 1915 genocide did not have its Nuremberg. Geopolitical co n sid eratio n s took o ver and the A rm en ian s and th e ir cau se w ere soon forgotten. Not even the history b o o k s c o n s id e re d it im p o rta n t enough to mention. The world forgot the Armenians, but about 25 years later a young leader in Germany did not. On A ugust 22nd, 1939, when ordering his generals to send to death men, women and children, the mer­ ciless and uncom passionate A dolf Hitler justified his criminal orders by adding "Who, after all, speaks today o f th e a n n ih ila tio n o f th e A rm en ia n s?" T he im p lic a tio n is clear: w orld indifference tow ards one genocide invites other tyrants to adopt genocide as an irrev ersib le solution to ethnic problem s. If the history books of the 1930s had men­ tioned the Armenians, Hitler would n o t h av e b een ab le to use th e A rm en ian p re c e d e n t as p ro o f o f impunity when launching the Jewish Holocaust.

In 1999, over eighty years after the century's first state-sponsored g e n o c id e a g a in st its c itiz e n s, Armenians ask the world community not to reduce the destruction of peo­ ples to academ ic studies after the fact, but provide active, redemptive mechanisms to prevent such monu­ mental crimes against humanity from being repeated. T his process can begin with the Republic of Turkey recognizing the crim e of genocide against the Armenians.

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P o s it iv e l y P l a y b o y

It has recently been much publi­ cized that Playboy Magazine has begun to target the college and university mar­ kets across both the U.S and Canada.

The Playboy 'On Campus' program has met with resistance almost everywhere that it has gone and McGill University is no exception. In a recent Tribune arti­ cle it was stated that, "Playboy's foray onto the McGill campus, on the other hand has met with little if any protest."

As one of the Playboy representatives at McGill, I wish that this was in fact the case. In this past month, the mere beginnings of our affiliation with the magazine, we have been subjected to a lot of unjustified ill will and hostility.

We ask ourselves a lot, "What we have done to deserve this?" The answer is always, "Absolutely nothing."

We are three freshman, arts stu­ dents who as part of a Montreal based, niteclub promotional company (VCA Productions) have been prom oting Playboy since the beginning of March.

To us, Playboy represents everything that is right about the free market. Hugh Hefner started Playboy Enterprises with $600 and a dream. Now it is a multi million dollar organization. This is som ething to be revered. To us, P layboy sym bolizes free speech.

Because of the strides that our society has made, both women and men can be shown nude, in a positive manner and still be respected for their inner beauty and strength. Playboy Magazine is not a form of exploitative pornography.

Playboy portrays women in a very beautiful, respectful and classy way.

Playboy is not smut, the publication exemplifies good taste and integrity, two qualities that the media often lacks.

Playboy should be praised for its role in society. We should not be harassed for bringing something this positive to McGill.

In the short time that we have been promoting Playboy, we have suf­ fered num erous abuses. W e have endured verbal confrontations, harm threats, prank telephone calls and unwanted mail. Promoting Playboy does not label us as pom peddlers or 'hookers with hearts of gold' as we were referred to in the McGill Daily. We are good prom oters prom oting both

Playboy and our parties very well.

People should open their eyes. Porn will always exist. Playboy is a form of porn that should be praised. We are proud to promote it and will continue to. The Playboy lifestyle is something that everyone has the right to experi­ ence.

- Ben Mazhero, Alex Yamini, and Charles Ritchie UOArts and McGill Playboy Campus Representatives S p e a k fo r y o u r s e lv e s

What's up with the recent "goFrench attitude"? As a French Québécois student, I feel that it is large­ ly unjustified. In the first instance, Québécois students who go to McGill usually make this choice consciously in order to learn English. Therefore, we don't want McGill to be like the count­ less other French universities in Quebec that we could have attended. Also, it seems like English people are having this guilt complex and want everything written in French.

I find it ridiculous and very insult­ ing that they go the extent of translating things such as "bathroom" into "toi­ lette". Don't you find that a bit insult­ ing? Come on, you are insulting our intelligence. Québécois students that attend McGill are generally intelligent people. And they can understand bath­ room. Also, there is a large internation­ al student population (about 10 per cent) which rivals our Québécois 20 per cent. And there are large communities such as the Arab and the Chinese. But they don't ask for things to be translated into Arab or Chinese. English is what unites all of the community of McGill and I'm sure Québécois students as well as international students don't want that to be changed. If it is changed, then there will be even m ore tension between different cultural groups. Now as for the fact that Québécois students usually hang around Québécois stu­ dents, I don't think that's alarming. I mean who doesn't like to hang around people that are like them? But a lot of Q uébécois students have E nglish friends and vice-versa. So I mean I don’t think there really is something to

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worry about I mean thal McGill is not following any policy that discriminates French students and in fact I even think it has a fair policy. So all of you people out there who are not French, parlez pour vous meme. Speak for yourselves.

Let the Québécois students speak if they have any problems but don't speak for them. Speak of only what you are aware of. Thank you.

- Claude Lapointe U3 Civil Engineering W ho t h e r e a l s t u d e n t s a r e

A t the CFS m arch last Wednesday, I had a revelation. Two sights triggered it: One was of a student leader speaking to the crowd, his head boldly painted purple and green. The other was my mental image of our stu­ dent president in the same get-up. I laughed, then thought. Before a bar­

rage of letters condemns me for attacks ing Duncan Reid, I should emphasize that I have nothing against anyone per­ sonally. I ’m sure, as Dave Bledin poignandy described, “he’s a nice guy.”

As a mere freshman, I have zero per­ sonal feelings toward these politicians (and that’s what they are, or at least pre­ tend to be).

The stu d en t-p o litician s are a strange McGill phenomenon. Such ven­ tures as the MSF and Cold Beverage Exclusivity would, elsewhere, be initi­ ated by administration and vehemently opposed by students. Students world­ wide are among the most active voices pressing for social and economic jus­ tice. The SSMU, however, seems to exemplify this attitude: the world may be going to pot, escalating suffering domestically and abroad... but if there are ways we can benefit from the chaos, we will. This means making decisions largely on socially-unconscious, fiscal

and political grounds, breeding discom­ fort for those students who do have social consciousness.

What I saw on Wednesday were real students who were alive with a rev­ olutionary spirit — shouting, marching, and dancing for our rights. Such a world of difference between that scene and the SSMU executive offices — where suits, cell phones, games and “power lunches” appear to abound. I look around at McGill and see cos­ tumed businessmen making our deci­ sions. Maybe that’s fine for those who really are businessmen. But, student leaders, please don’t forget you are stu­ dents after all. Best of luck to the incoming SSMU executive; perhaps they will succeed in breaking out of conventional molds and revolutionizing the “establishment.”

- Pauline Hwang U0 Science

The Fable of King Duncan the Unlucky Once upon a time, there was a great King, whose prowess as a leader of men and whose courtliness and chivalry were legendary. The King was charged by God with a quest.

Duncan, for that was the King's name, was the ruler of a once-great land that had been riven and brought low by squabbling among the lesser nobles, the incompetence and pettiness of the King's predecessors King Christopher the M ad and the D ow ager Q ueen Tara. The King's duty was to return riches and prosperity to the land he ruled, and to bring respect and honour to his crown.

He w as jo in e d by the Lady S am antha, who did come from a great and famous clan w hose works were spo­ ken of the world over. But for her mighty skills, the 1 ÜÊË&i Lady Samantha was beholden to her clan, and did bear the dolorous duty of demonstrating herself worthy of her name and title. And lo, how in her acts she did present the aspect of a younger daughter with much to prove. She was far superior to the man who had held her title years p rev io u sly , P rince Donald the Arseheaded, whose folly in the pursuit of his ignoble dreams had almost riven King Duncan's realm asunder.

Also in the great King's camp was the Lord Lorenzo the Stylish, of whose raiment spoke even the crea­ tures o f the forest when he passed, saying "Yea, but that's a funky shirt."

His clothing was made o f the finest linen and the sleekest cottons, made from the magical plants that would seed only in the deepest recesses of the great Gap that did rend the king­ dom in two parts. But most awesome in the arsenal of Lord Lorenzo's pow­ ers w as his m a g n ifice n t b eauty, w herefore the young ladies o f the kingdom did swoon, and the young men vie to join his posse.

They were accompanied, too, by L ady K aren the K een, w hose in d o m itab le sp irit and b oundless enthusiasm were spoken of across the land. Lady Karen did speak often with the common people, and did provide them with beer, and was widely spo­ ken of for her generosity and amiabili­ ty, and her willingness to defend the interests of the people.

And the last of the great lords to jo in in the K ing's q u est w as Sir Jeffrey. His brilliance in the telling of stories was the stuff of legend, such

that crowds gathered to hear him when he rose, but now his powers of oratory did fail him, and he found himself oft w ith aught to say, so that he had becom e know n as the Stam m erer.

Nevertheless, Sir Jeffrey's aptitude in the arcane art o f the S m all-T alk Schmooze did serve him and his liege King Duncan most well.

With them, King Duncan set to his quest.

And lo, he did say, "We should strike a committee on this." And thus did King Duncan call a council, to investigate the matter and advise him on how it should best be resolved, for he was flummoxed by the problem.

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It would meet over a great feast of raw fish, which was a delicacy from the lands of the East, and was most fashionable at Court at this time. It was said to aid in the faculties of rea­ soning, and was p opular with the ladies of the realm, which was impor­ tant, for even kings want to get laid now and again.

The King assembled the council with his ministers, and also came a variety of lesser thanes, and courtiers and hangers-on, and a couple of peo­ ple Lord Lorenzo had found at his sis­ ter Lady Gertrude's and had invited along for the feast, but no others of the common people.

The raw fish was sent about with great verve and abandon, and the mead did run like water unto (and then from) the councillors. The mead was supplied by L ord M olson, who, though he was battling abroad, had not forgotten his companions in the king­ dom. Amid the exuberance, the pur­ pose was forgotten, so that when the council retired, they had reached no conclusion.

So K ing D uncan did call for another, even greater meeting, which he called an Open Forum, on the prob­ lems of the kingdom, to which all his subjects and vassals were invited, that they might deliver unto him their thoughts.

And so the call went out. The people came from the far reaches of the land to speak their minds unto their ruler and his nobles. But when they reached the palace, they found that the King had placed the meeting in an obscure room and none could

find it. So many of them were disgrun­ tled, so that only the most intrepid could find their way unto the great Open Forum, and the others resolved never again to be taken by the King's publicity machine.

Those who did find their way into the hidden room were so bedaz­ zled by the array of luminaries with which they were confronted as to be rendered speechless. They did observe th e lu m in aries in co n v ersatio n amongst themselves prior to the open­ ing o f the Forum , and many were compelled to flee in horror at the sight.

Ignorant of this, King Duncan, Lady Samantha, Lord Lorenzo, Lady Karen, and Sir Jeffrey the Stammerer stood am id those few o f K ing Duncan's subjects who had penetrated to the room. And they spoke amongst themselves.

"I don't understand why nobody turned up," said the King. "This is a very important issue, and it affects all of us."

"The people are busy," remon­ strated L ord L orenzo. "They are perennially tested by the Enemy and his forces of darkness, and cannot find time to aid us in this undertaking."

Lady Sam antha spoke: "Your Majesty," she said. "The problem is that we did not publicize sufficiently.

If more people knew about it, they’d have come."

"With respect, milady," said Sir Jeffrey the Stammerer, "I think there's really a broader issue here. I mean, it's all tied into what's going on at the municipal level, don't you think? It's like, the key to the question is— " and did carry on lik e th is u n til L ord Lorenzo found some leftover raw fish and crammed it in him until he choked and fell felicitously silent.

While the great lords and ladies conferred, the few common people who had penetrated unto the King's g reat O pen Forum d id tire, and returned to their homes to tend to the matters of life, so that when the Forum was to begin, none remained.

The King and his court did stand agog, and the King did wax wroth, for he had depended upon the people to aid in his plan to restore his honour, but had found that the people cared not. And so King Duncan, and the Lady S am antha, and the Lord Lorenzo, and Sir Jeffrey, and the Lady Karnn did retreat unto their rooms in the palace, and did talk amongst them­ selves and unto their own vassals (and Lord Lorenzo unto his posse), but were never seen abroad in the king­ dom again.

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M other Murphy 's do-it-yourself exam primer It's finally springtime. Birds are chirping, doggie doo is thawing and everywhere students are calculating just how poorly they can afford to do on their final exams and still manage to pass. However, this year, exams need­ n't be an' ex ercise in stress and anxi­ ety if you si mpl y follow m y handy exam primer.

the washroom before entering the gym.

H ow ever, as tim e w ent on, they became more adventuruous, and began announcing that certain Biology and Chemistry exams had been moved to the Leacock building for the next day.

A fart from the pulpit Ryan Murphy To answer your query, yes, many stu­ dents did in fact leave.

Don't believe eyerything that you hear

Don't be a sm artass

Three years ago two friends of mine rented a megaphone from ICC and positioned themselves in a strategic hidden location across from the gym on the morning of an exam. W hile everyone was anxiously filing up to enter the building, they began a series of messages. The first messages were fairly benign, reminding students to use

A number of years ago a student at Harvard stumbled upon a forgotten section of the University constitution.

According to school policy, every stu­ dent is entitled to be served "bread and ale at their bequest" during the exami­ nation period. Assured of his rights, the student made a copy of the document and soon after entering the exam room

To Ontario, With Love T h e T r i b u n e ' s p ro d ig a l so n p o n d e rs life in la m a u v a is e p r o v i n c e Way back in September, when I was labouring on the inaugural ‘Raising the Roof, I had a pretty funny idea o f w hat my jo b as colum nist would entail. What I had in my head was purely the stuff of adolescent fan­ tasy, larded with every cliché in the book. Now I’m writing the last instal­ ment in the series, and to be honest I feel kind of jilted; none of my expecta­ tions came true. Where were the sacks

since Christmas, and the sheer dissimi­ larity of the scenery as I sped westward was unsettling. We McGill types are a spoiled lot, largely because we have the luxury of living in an old-school city­ scape of narrow streets, congested side­ walks, and 3-storey row housing. To be sure, there are parts of Montreal that look like crap, but with some adroit manoeuvring it’s not too hard to avoid walking along, say, that awful stretch of St-Dominique b e t w e e n S herbrooke and Prince-Arthur, or even any o f the streets in HochelagaM a iso n n e u v e -.

And there is nary a strip mall to be found in the massive lump of real estate bordered by Papineau, Décarie, Van Home and the waterfront.

I sometimes subscribe to a ‘whatwould-Martians-think’ concept of his­ tory, which is only concerned with what would be obvious to a bunch of alien replicons from beyond the moon, had they a telescope strong enough.

And by that measure, the real movers and shakers aren’t the Clintons or the Gateses or the amazon.corns of the world. No, sir! The real head honcho, the entity closest to God on the face of the earth, would have to be the Guy Who Invented The Strip Mall. Think about it. There is something so antisep­ tic and ugly and conspicuous and so intrinsically evil about the strip mall that it couldn’t have possibly evolved in a normal way. It’s a manufactured thing, a premeditated ruse foisted upon an unsuspecting public. You can see the same sort of top-down fad-making in things like Extreme sports. Just the other day I ate a bag of Extreme Potato Chips. They sucked.

So here I am visiting Ontario, my native Upper Canadian home, which is basically a very large strip mall with 11 m illion custom ers. In Q uebec we always hear about our lethargic econo­ my and how it compares unfavourably with Ontario’s, especially since the last recession, but we shouldn’t envy them.

Ontario’s windfall all went into strip malls, way out on the periphery of sub­ urbia. It’s astounding. I actually got lost

demanded a Big Mac and Budweiser from one of the invigilators. According to the policy, they had no choice but to comply and soon returned with the vittles. Cut to two weeks later. The same student receives a message in the mail informing him that he had failed the course. A ccording to the D ean, although his demand was within rea­ son, he had neglected to present his ceremonial sword, which the ancient policy stipulated also needed to be pre­ sent at the examination.

Dçn't be afraid to dism iss yourself Two years ago I was sitting next to a student in the gym who apparently couldn't stomach the stress of the situa­ tion. With virtually no warning, he threw back his head and vomited all over his table and booklets. The force of the chunder was actually so great that it caused the table to collapse.

Whereas most mortals would at this juncture excuse themselves and head to the lavatory, he m erely w iped his papers clean with his forearm and kept driving around St. Catharines - where I had lived for five years - when I found myself surrounded by new, nondescript strip malls. 1 pined for the decadent het­ erogeneity o f M o n treal’s grim iest streets; good Lord, I thought, even Super Sexe seems positively genteel compared to the hangar-like abomina­ tion of the Price Chopper. I questioned one local about the new price-chopping superstore, curious to see if he liked it.

Replied the cheery Ontarianer: “I come here for the value.”

Value, indeed. And what about the centre of the colonies, that original overgrown strip mall called Toronto?

on writing. If the same thing happens to you, don't be afraid to ask permis­ sion to head to the loo. You've earned it.

Be careful w h at props you bring Whereas a good cheating prop can make the difference between a 50 and a 55 per cent, a bad, more conspic­ uous prop can ensure a failure. Take for instance the example of a friend of mine, who twice in high school was caught hiding crib notes in his calcula­ tor. His error was less his technique than it was the context. Both instances occurred in a history exam.

Do go to the library This little nugget o f advice is actually more pain free than it might appear. It's not necessary that you actu­ ally study, it's only important that you find who in your class is studying, so you’ll know where to sit in the exam room.

Genre, a gay lifestyle magazine out of California, notes in its March issue that “In recent years... a bubbling sense of playful whimsy has been percolating beneath T o ro n to ’s ‘W hat will the neighbours think’ facade.” Too bad I didn’t get to see much of that playful whimsy on my brief detour through the Big Smoke. Sure, th e re’s been an explosion of fancy-pants clubs on Queen and near the theatre district, replete with round-the-block lineups of painfully hip hosers, but unless you own a Palmpilot, don’t bother. I wound up at the near-empty Hemingway’s in tony York ville, where the barmaid

Do Pray Finally, when all else fails, drop to your knees and give praise to God above with the following handy prayer: Almighty God, have mercy on us all. Look down upon us lowly students who are doomed to misunderstand the impact of socialism on West Germany or the density of an atom.

Protect our brethren who are sore­ ly tried by 500-word essays and defini­ tions of post modernism.

We beseech you, O God, to see that our HB pencils remain intact, and that letter "B" is correct more than 47 per cent of the time on the multiple choice portion of our exams.

We pray that when it comes time to mark our exams, that our male pro­ fessors will be in a sexually satisfied state, and that our female professors won’t be suffering from PMS. This we ask you in the name of all the departments under your realm, in our quest to one day obtain a slip of paper written in a dead language which we can never hope to understand.

Amen. looked and dressed like a WKRP-era Loni Anderson. Also in the bar were these two enormous women loafing on a chesterfield, both of them decked out in phat Mickey Mouse sweatshirts, and their similarly enormous boyfriends fetched drinks all night. The combined weight of both these morbidly obese couples was, in all likelihood, pushing one full tonne. You just don’t see that sort of thing in Montreal. Glands, my ass. They got that way by eating at strip malls.

I had best be going now. So long, everyone, and thanks for reading.

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Raising the roof with Sean C. Jordan of irate reader mail? Where was Jason Sigurdson in a starring role as the trashtalldng, hard-boiled editor who had had it ‘up to here’ with that ‘loose cannon’?

Most importantly, where were all the babes?

(I did receive one letter. It was hardly irate, though. It was from a pro­ fessor who just wanted to say he liked my piece on bad grammar.)

Now, over the last eight months I’ve learned a small handful of things about the columnist business, the most important of which is that the hardest part is coming up with a topic. Me, I was that tool in Grade 9 who did his speech on speeches. I’m sorry. I was simply following that old axiom, ‘write about w hat you know ’. N othing is more annoying than uninformed punditry, as witness the recent proliferation of expert opinions on the events in Kosovo. Those columnists are simply hard up for ideas, and chose the easy way out, rather than scribbling another 800 words on the Tae-Bo phenomenon and what it portends for sinewy black men the world over. Not me! I’m hav­ ing a great time on my own, scripting several grim one-act plays in which Billy Blanks and I pretend to kickbox, while in fact w e’re actually making love.

So, on that note, I think I shall write about what I know. I’m lobbing this missive your way via the Internet, because I’m currently on my parents’ farm in deepest, darkest Ontari-ari-ario.

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At lunch w ith Ja w a d Q ureshi W e agree to m eet at 11:00. I enter the Alley. I am im m ediately aware of the self-proclaimed “Queen Diva of McGill” regally perched on her throne amid her loyal subjects.

They are all in the midst of chatting about other members of their court as they puff ceremoniously on their du Maurier Lights. For those few of you who don’t know who the Queen Diva is, Jawad is currently the presi­ dent of Queer McGill and recently ran for VP University Affairs. He is also outrageously flamboyant, very

outspoken, and (he’ll kill me when he rea d s th is) a te rrib le d resse r.

Although he’s not wearing a tradi­ tional “sarong”, he’s got on a black headband and tacky sunglasses (he won’t admit to it, but I saw the same pair at Jean Coutu). In true Jawad fashion, he tells me: “If you write a good article about me, I’ll give you a great blow job.” In that case, from now on this article is going to be downright shitty.

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and his “special l’eau,” a glass of cool m ineral w ater that has a few drops o f hot tap water splashed in.

Apparently, the Queen’s palate can’t take water that is too cold. The man behind the counter rolls his eyes at me as he gives Jawad his drink. I order a turkey sandwich and Coke.

When we sit back down to eat, Jawad asks me if --------------------. i t ’s O .K . if he L smokes while we eat. I te ll him that it isn’t. “ O .K . Ju st asking. La la la la la.”

He lights one up. N orm ally I would be pissed, and this interview would have been a page of Jawadbashing. Somehow, I don’t get angry with Jawad. Maybe it’s his way of inserting “la la la la” into every sen­ tence. Or his habit of pointing out that every guy who walks past us is a flaming homosexual. Or his hyper­ ness.

“I h av e a o n e -tra c k m in d ,” Jawad adm its. “Everything com es down to sex. I ’ve slept with a dean (I promised not to write the name), two professors, 3 TAs, a Bohemian artist from C o n co rd ia w ho p ain ts w ith b o d ily flu id s, and th e p rin c e o f Denm ark. My perfect guy is 6'4", b lo n d , b lu e -e y e d , 160, F ren ch C anadian from Southern O ntario, with a tongue pierce, Prince Albert, and named Gaétan.”

He smiles: “ T h ere are fiv e th in g s th a t define Jawad. First are gin and ton­ ics. Give me a gin and tonic and I’ll die. Then there’s the colour orange, drugs, smoking, and uncircumcised penises.”

I lo o k dow n at my lap and smile. Jawad, on the other hand, is depressed over his own circum ci­ sion, informing me that he wants to sue his parents for foreskin restora­ tion.

Jaw ad takes a p u ff and looks around him . “G od, I m ust be the very last alley cat.” I realize h e’s

diva. Jawad tells me I’m too Jewish looking. I ’m a bit crushed, but at least he recognizes the nose. I ask him to tell me som ething serious about his life.

“I have three kids.”

He’s not joking: “I legally adopted three girls.

T h e y ’re liv in g w ith my p are n ts now.”

I ask him how he plans on tak­ ing care of them if he’s going to die by the time he’s thirty.

“T hey’re going to be traum a­ tized anyways,” Jawad remarks.

In term s o f a c a re e r, Jaw ad wants to be a superhero: graduating at the end of the year. 1 “I ’ve alw ays w anted to be a ask him w here he sees h im self in superhero and save the world. I ’m twenty years: obsessed with Wonder Woman. I’m “I ’m dying when I ’m thirty. I going to chain myself to oil tankers d o n ’t w ant to be a hated old gay and get paid for being an activist.” man. I w ant to die beautiful — I I picture Jawad in a blue skin­ don’t want to see myself grow obese. tight costume, a big “J” stenciled on La la la la. Not that it’s only me... his chest. every single fortune teller and psy­ “When I make my first million, chic I ’ve ever gone to has told me it’s going to go to gay and lesbian that I’m going to die young.” studies at McGill, because they cur­ I tell him that Jews are forbid­ rently suck. And I’m going to start a den to commit suicide. scholarship dedicated to helping gay “I want to go to hell. All these stu d e n ts w ith fin a n c ia l need. orgies, parties with Satan. I d o n ’t Although I haven’t figured out how w ant to be p ray in g w ith Jesus or I’m going to get them to prove that something. And definitely not with they’re queer.”

God — he m ade me this way, the Jaw ad tells m e th a t h e ’s not fucking bastard. N ot that I ’d ever going to make them crawl under his want to be straight. Straight Jawad is desk. I feel that our conversation has a boring, mundane, yucky individ­ been too sex-orientated. I ask him ual.” why we’re here.

And yet Jawad still insists that “Because w e’re doing an inter­ he is very religious, telling me that view ?” Jaw ad raises an eyebrow . he is going to become a Jewish mys­ No, I say, why we’re really here. tic lik e th e rea l q u ee n d iv a, “I don’t believe in a set mean­ Madonna. ing of life. Nobody can define what Jawad explains his whole Diva life is for every single person. Each hierarchy: person m ust define his own ex is­ “T here are the four celebrity tence.” divas, Madonna, Celine, Roseanne, Jawad certainly has defined his. and the girls from Ab Fab,” I don’t know where he’s going to be I tell him that Ab Fab sucks. He a couple o f years down the road, quickly retorts “Fuck you, you big whether he’s going to die young or fucking slut” before continuing: become a famous superhero. But one “Then th e re’s me, the Queen things definitely for sure: the Alley Diva of M cGill. Under me are my just won’t be the same without him. fo u r m a jo r d iv a s, C h ery l, lia n a , Angali, Zeina. Then there’s all my minor divas.”

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--------------------April Madness-----------------How to find th e p e rfe c t a p a r tm e n t b e fo re y o u skip to w n they move in and at the end of their lease, to document that they are not responsible for any visible damages.

"This way, you can prove you ust in time for apartment hunting As tenants, students have more did not do any damage if your land­ madness, the Trib debunks popu­ rights than they may realize. Moore lord tries to take you to court for lar myths about finding that per­ outlined many different ways that damages that are not your fault. fect pad. With a little know-how and students can take control of the apart­ "A landlord can blame you for a lot of patience, next year, you can ment that they are interested in. anything. You have to protect your­ find yourself living in a place that is Don't be afraid to run the taps self." fit for royalty. and shower to check the water pres­ If, you are asked to give the first sure. Look for mildew and cracks in months rent upon the signing of the S tra ig h t from th e the ceiling. You want to be sure that lease, it should be considered a down you w ill be happy, and generally payment and not a deposit. Don't give so u rce clean, in your new place. Other things y o u r S o cia l In su ra n ce N um ber, to check for are secure locks on the although it is all right to release your K atie M oore, M cG ill's O fffront and back doors, windows that bank account number for verification.

C am pus H ou sin g C o -o rd in a to r, The landlord may ask for a co­ explained that first and fore­ sig n er, and th a t’s leg al too. most, students should not panic "O v erall, stu d en ts sh o u ld be when looking for apartments. greater activists." stated Moore.

"Students shouldn't freak Barbara also notes that there out," stated Moore. "There is are lots of ways landlords try to lots o f available housing in get a bit o f extra cash out of M o n treal. O ften, [finding naïve students. "A landlord may housing in] the ghetto is more not demand post-dated cheques. difficult but calm down."

They also cannot ask for a dam­ A common m istake that age deposit or for a deposit for m any stu d e n ts m ake w hen keys. T h ese are b o th illeg a l looking for apartments is that demands." they feel they must sign a lease Another way to ensure your that starts during the summer vulnerable status as plucky first months in order to secure the time renter is not taken advan­ apartment for the fall. tage of is to know your rights in "N ever ta k e th e firs t the area of rent increases. ap artm ent you see." M oore "A landlord must notify you stresses that with M ontreal's within three to six months that high vacancy rate, there will they are increasing the rent. (For alw ays be apartm ents to be example, for a July rent increase, had. you must receive notification by M arch 31st). The notification K n o w in g w h a t to must be received by registered mail, and you then, as a tenant, lo o k for have 30 days to accept or refuse the increase," says Barbara.

A lthough that gorgeous B arbara stresses that rent first floor apartm ent may be increases should never be very your fist choice of pad, safety dram atic, and if they are, then should be your biggest concern. they are probably illegal. The Régie "S afety is a big thing," C heck fo r d e ta ils w h e n T ash E m erson du Logement sets the limit on rent Moore said. "Don't rush to sign a a p a rtm e n t h u n tin g increases and if you are paying your lease [after you have only seen the own h ea tin g and no su b stan tia l apartment once]. Go back at night repairs or w ork were done on the to see how the place looks in the dark shut properly and don’t let drafts in, and check out the lighting both in the proper fire escapes, proper lighting in apartment, then the rent increase can the basement area, and that the stove only be 0.8 per cent at this time. apartment and in the building." and fridge are in working order and If you receive notification of an B arbara, the co-ordinator for are clean. increase that seems strange, call the A rn o ld B e n n et's T en a n t R ights Barbara stresses that you should T en a n t R ig h ts H o tlin e to v erify H o tlin e, also stresses th a t safety make sure your room is going to be whether or not it is legal. "A lot of should be your forem ost concern when apartm ent hunting. B arbara big enough, or an unexpected disaster people are not aware that they have a can result. month before they have to respond. advises calling the MUC police to "Many students have a ton of They get panicky and they make a check crime rates in the area before signing a lease. "If you can't leave books and papers, and their rooms are rush decision." your apartment after dark, and there too small, so they heap them up on is a danger of attack, then you should the floor. They must be on shelves U tilitie s a n d e x tras and there must be enough room for definitely keep looking.” them, because if not, a landlord can If the apartm ent is at ground "In M ontreal, it is possible to level, be sure to check whether or not cite you for a fire hazard." find apartments where heating and there are bars on the window. If the water are inclusive, although students place is not located on the first floor, B u g s, critte rs an d are very lucky if they come across check the location of the fire escape such places," stated Moore. d a m a g e s to see how far you would have to go If you will have to pay for heat­ in case of an emergency. Check the "If there are rats, cockroaches or ing in your potential pad, you can call d o o rs and w indow s fo r sig n s of broken toilets, it’s up to the landlord Hydro Québec to find out what the break-ins and evaluate the overall previous tenants paid over their 12 to fix the problem. If things break clean lin ess o f the place. If your down during the lease, it's not the ten­ month stay. The same can be applied apartment is broken into, your land­ ant's responsibility to fix them," she to gas-heated apartments. If you're lord has no financial duty to help you stated. Any electrical problem s or unsure about which is which, chances out with losses unless you can prove plum bing dam age that you do not are that if there are baseboard heaters the theft was a result of inadequate cause are the landlord’s responsibili­ against the wall you will be dealing security. Ensuring your apartment is exclusively with Hydro Québec. If safe is an essential preventative mea­ tyBarbara counsels all students to the apartment has an older radiator sure. take pictures of the apartment before system, you will be dealing with Gaz B y R enée D u n k M ag g ie G ilm o u r

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M étropolitain for heat and Hydro Québec for electricity. Generally, gas or hot water heating is less expensive.

And another tip: if you leave your ap a rtm en t in th e w in te r m o n th s, always make sure to leave the heating on low. If you don't, the pipes may freeze and you may be held responsi­ ble for the damages incurred.

G e t it in w ritin g "Make sure that if the landlord is going to be responsible for certain repairs before and during the begin­ ning of your lease, you write it on the lease before you sign," stated Moore.

In other words, make sure that all of your demands are recorded on paper before you move in.

B arbara stresses the need for written contracts between landlord and tenant — "verbal contracts are very hard to prove in court."

K n o w in g y o u r rig h ts If you want to ask specific ques­ tions pertaining to your rights as a tenant, there are many options avail­ able to students. A lthough M cGill Off-Campus Housing does not black­ list n ightm are lan d lo rd s, they do make a complaints book available to students.

"We alw ays urge students to look at the binder before they sign a lease ju st to check out the places where people have encountered prob­ lems," stated Moore.

If you've checked out the binder and haven't found any listed com ­ p lain ts, there is one m ore way to check into your landlord's history with tenants. Barbara advises calling the Régie du Logement to find out th eir clo sest lo cation, then going down and checking for your prospec­ tive landlords in the computers.

"They can show you how to use the computers, and it is quite simple.

If the landlord has any com plaints lodged against them by tenants, or if their tenant has ever taken them to court, it will be recorded here."

If you do end up in a sketchy housing situation, you can verify your rights as a tenant at the McGill Legal Information Clinic. Alternately, try the Régie du Logement, which also deals with tenant rights.

H ow to g et out o f a le a se Barbara says that if you need to get out of a lease, (for example, it's January, your lease is until June but the guy in film class you had a crush on has FINALLY asked you to move in) your only option is "assigning a lease."

"If you need to leave town for a few months but then come back, your only option is to sublet the place to someone else. But if you want to get out of your lease, you can assign it to someone else."

If you find someone that wants your apartm ent, call the Régie du Logement and get them to send you assignment forms, which the prospec­

tive tenant should fill out. Send them to your landlord, and your landlord has to respond within 15 days in writ­ ing.

"Once you have assigned your lease to som eone else, you are no longer responsible for it." In other words, you're home free.

S u b le tte r hell an d h o w to avo id it S o m etim es, th e re 's ju s t no avoiding it. If you sign a lease that b eg in s in M ay and d o n 't p la n to return until September, you may need to find someone to live in your apart­ ment and pay rent. If not, you will be responsible for those months' rent, even though you won't be there.

M ered ith A n d rew s, a U3 Cultural Studies student, recalls the subletters who lived in her apartment last summer with horror.

"W e w ere in a ru sh to fin d someone, very last minute. We didn't check any references. It turned out that although they seemed like nice guys, they really weren't.

"They ended up dealing drugs o ut o f o u r ap artm en t. T h ere w as police surveillance across the street, and they drove all of our neighbours away by having parties every night.

"One night they got really high and had a huge party. They partied harder than ever and the party spilled out onto the back porch. They set our neighbours patio furniture on fire and bludgeoned their cat to death."

A ndrew s' ex p erien ce may be extreme, but according to Barbara, there are a few things you can do to avoid getting into an even somewhat d ifficu lt situation. "You can do a credit check on a prospective sublet­ ter. If you get written authorization from them, you can check their credit at their bank. You should also call their present employer, and their past landlords to see if they have ever given them any problems.

"A nother option is to call the Régie du Logem ent. N ot only do they keep records of complaints made against landlords, but they also keep files of bad tenants."

If your subletter does turn out to be a nightmare, you can always take th em to S m all C laim s C ourt. "If w orst comes to worst, you can sue them for rent they did not pay, or sue them for damages under $3,000."

These are all worst case scenar­ ios, however. The process of finding, and living in an apartment is usually fun, easy and hassle free. Follow these steps and your first year of free­ dom should be glorious. Happy hunt­ ing!

McGill Off-Campus Housing is lo c a te d a t 3641 U n iversity. The M cG ill L eg a l In fo C lin ic can be reached at 398-6792. I f you decide to sit on the phone fo r upwards o f half an hour to speak to a representative a t the Régie, ca ll 873-2245. The T en a n t R ig h ts H o tlin e is open M onday to Friday fro m 9 am. to 9 pm. and can be reached at 488-0412.

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extraterrestrials before, said ‘that’s ly affected by it. She would tell me to o f m ost modern couples, has been me, that’s what I am. ” stand up, and then humiliate me in largely monogamous, with two brief Caroline is fairly unique among front of the other kids. I explained my exceptions that she and her boyfriend O n e stu d en t's q u e st to b a la n ce sch o o l, a Raelians as she doesn’t remember a religion and told her I had nothing do not dw ell upon. “You have to time when the Church of Rael wasn’t against Jewish people. By the end of resp ect the other person, and you career, re la tio n sh ip s a n d ET w o rsh ip a part of her life. “I grew up with it. I the year we ended up being really decide together. We live only once, little Walkman radios which provide didn’t experience the impact of find­ close. I don’t feel angry about it any­ so we have to enjoy it.”

B y K ris M i c h a u d instant translation. Everything about ing what we call the ‘message.’ I still more. I know what she was feeling.”

The Church of Rael was founded R aelianism , from its beliefs to its think it’s amazing, but I didn’t S cie n ce an d m eth o d s, is c a lc u la te d fo r m ass have that shock of discovery.” in 1975 by F renchm an C laude V orilhon (now known as Rael), a appeal.

C a ro lin e ’s parents w ere R elig io n In order to put a human face on divorced, but remained in the sports journalist whose previous pas­ sion had been professional car racing. this enigmatic mass movement, the same house because they want­ Like many new religions Tribune contacted the Raelian Church ed C aroline and her sister to Claiming lhat he had been contacted that claim to embrace science, by aliens during a visit to the Périgord for an interview. We were quickly put have all the benefits of a twoR aelian ism has y et to be region of central France on October 7, in touch with Caroline Mimeault, a parent household. Her father, an acknowledged by the scientif­ 1973, he wrote a book entitled The U3 M cG ill biology student. Aside ex-Catholic, remained agnostic ic community. Rael projects True Face o f God. Rael proclaimed from being the only R aelian at while Caroline and her mother an enthusiastic “pop science,” McGill, Caroline is a typical student. h im s e lf th e la st p ro p h et o f the became increasingly involved often jumping to wild conclu­ Elohim , our “parents from space” She hopes to develop a career in con­ with the movem ent. Some of sio n s. A 1973 ex p erim en t servation biology, and has snagged a C aro lin e’s earliest m em ories w hose p rev io u s m essen g ers had in volving the sy n th esis o f summer jo b at the Saguenay river, in c lu d ed C h rist, B uddha and involve the two-week camping organic compounds in a lab where she will monitor the migratory trip /se m in a rs held by the Mohammed. was heralded by the Church The Raelian Church is a non­ paths of sea trout. We met at Second Raelians each summer. leader as the “creation of life profit organization. Funds are rein­ Cup to discuss the role of the Raelian “My mother used to bring by science.” It was not. At a vested into travel expenses, commu­ Church in her life. me and my sister. For us, it was time when even the Pope has nication o f “the m essage” and the like a two-week vacation where accep ted th e ev id en c e in construction of an embassy in Israel we co uld hang out w ith the fav o u r o f D arw in ism , the Caroline (right) a n d a frien d Kris Michaud O rig in s to welcome the Elohim back to Earth. other kids.” At that time, there Raelians remain vehemently Since 1975, Rael has lived off the opposed to evolution theory.

Caroline routinely encountered “It started with my father, actual­ were about 10 children and 500 adults royalties from his books, which have O ther doctrines crucial to the prejudice. “High school was really ly. He was always into extraterrestrial who were regulars at the seminars. sold o v er one m illion Children are no longer tough. It used to affect m e at the Raelians’ “as above, so below” phi­ copies in 40 languages. allo w ed , h o w ev er, beginning, because I wanted everyone losophy include the esoteric idea that Having fled mild persecu­ b ecau se th e R aelian s to like me. I had people telling me “the atom s in our hand... contain tion in France, he is now fear th at th e ir n udist, that I was stupid, that I was disre­ m inute galaxies which them selves b ased o ut o f Q uebec. communal environment sp e c tfu l... W h a te v er ch o ice you have planets with minute humanities R aelianism now boasts might be misinterpreted make, some people are going to dis­ liv in g th ere. S im ila rly , our own 4 0 ,0 0 0 m em bers in 85 by government authori­ agree with it. You just pick up what­ galaxy is a tiny particle in a huge countries. ties. “W e d id n ’t have ever makes you happy, and you hold atom ...http://w w w .rael.org” W hile Montreal is home to any big problem s, but on to it.” Today, Caroline is careful this theory may be appealing, it is one of the world’s largest the decision was made completely antithetical to the laws of about who she shares her religion Raelian communities. It’s to avoid any problems in with. “I would mention this only if it physics. Like alm ost all religions, not uncom m on to see a the future. To me, I was is relevant. I would not say ‘Hi, my R aelianism makes claim s that run chain of believers gath­ a kid growing up in this, name is Caroline and I’m a Raelian.’” counter to em pirical analysis. The ered on St-Laurent, silent­ and it was natural to me.

Church of Rael, on its web site, takes ly holding out literature I saw my mother naked. care to mention that its ranks include E th ics for baffled passers-by. A So what? It wasn’t even Ph.Ds, medical doctors and scientists.

Raelian theme park, UFO an issue to me.”

T he A n g lican C hurch (and H are We asked Caroline if her choice Land, has recently opened Caroline’s sister is Krishna, for that matter) can safely to pursue a career in environmental­ its d oors in nearby no longer affiliated with make the same claims. ism was rooted in her Raelian beliefs.

Valcourt. Posters around the movement. “I don’t “In the Raelian movement it’s not a the Plateau proclaim ing think religion is a big big issue. I’d like to make Raelians N ew R e lig io n s, th e “le vrai visage de Dieu” issu e in h e r life. We more aware of it. Raelians are just a are almost as ubiquitous have a huge respect for O rth o d o x y an d small representation of society. Any as those announcing the each other. I respect her P e rso n al H a p p in e ss pattern you m ight find in society, next “Yawp!”

D iversity o n ca m p u s (a lthough sm o k in g is M ic h a e l B e z u h ly for not being a Raelian, you’ll find in the Raelian movement.

Lectures are held the p ro h ib ite d in th e R ael tradition) and she respects me for The rise of new religious move­ Environmentalism is something that’s firs t S atu rd ay o f every being a Raelian.” Would ments in the 1970s was not welcomed just getting started in society.

It’s con­ month. Regardless of one’s feelings stuff. Anything concerning UFOs, he Caroline respect her sister’s desire to sistent with Raelian beliefs, but it’s by the orthodoxy. Concerned parents toward the religion, these gatherings become, for example, Hare Krishna? would be aware of it. Rael came to and opportunistic “deprogrammers” not addressed specifically. Based on are a m u st-see, o ffe rin g a b etter “ Sure. W h a te v er m akes her Montreal to give a conference when I painted a picture of brainwashed fol­ my professional choice, I’m interest­ glimpse of the spirit of post-Catholic was two or three, and my dad brought happy. I love her so much.” lowers blindly following a charismat­ ed in getting it discussed.”

Quebec than any PQ rally. Imagine This mutual respect permeates my mother there. It’s funny because, ic leader. There were attempts to get V ague co n c ep ts o f p erso n al Cirque du Soleil hosted by Anthony after the conference, my father decid­ Caroline’s family and social life. Her health, love and fraternity are begin­ “anti-cult” laws passed that would Robbins with a soundtrack by Yanni parents, though divorced, rem ain ed, T don’t like that.’ And my moth­ stop their spread. The claims of these ning to be developed into a concrete and v isu a ls by P ix ar. I t ’s all in “best friends,” and, on the issue of er, who was nev er in te re ste d in Raelian ethical system. “Rael’s been groups have not been backed by soci­ French, but anglos are provided with religion, “my father always respected ologists or psychologists, who have g ettin g m ore profoundly into the my m o th e r.” O f h er fo u r clo se found that practitioners derive the ideas in the last two years, because friends, two are Raelian, and two are concepts we could not have under­ same benefits from “alternative reli­ not. stood twenty years ago, we can now gion” as they might from mainstream “Both of them ask me questions, understand. If you’re involved offi­ movements, and may even be healthi­ and they came to see [the lecture], cially , y o u ’re not allow ed to use er and more well-adjusted than many because they wanted to see what I drugs, except medical drugs, you’re people who practice no religion at all. was into. I think that’s one part of a Religions are a cultural expres­ not allowed to smoke and you’re not real friendship, that you respect what allowed to drink coffee. Twenty years sion created to give meaning to daily other people think, whatever they do. ago, it was take care of yourself per­ life. With the crisis of modernity, the Unless they’re hurting other people.” established religions o f the w orld sonally. Now that we know these things, he’s not going to repeat it for have been forced to either adapt to P ro b le m s new changes, or simply die out. The twenty years.”

Although Raelians need not be R a elian C h u rc h ’s p rac tice s and Im Being a practicing Raelian is not vegetarian, Rael has become increas­ b eliefs have proven adequate for without its difficulties. Until recently, ingly outspoken about cmelty to ani­ 40,000 contem porary people with one large public relations hurdle for mals. “I was really pleased by that, careers, families and a life outside the The Post-Diploma m the relig io n w as its sym bol — a because it really shows that we are C hurch. L ike any o th er relig io n , I n t e r n a t i o n a l M a r k e t i n g P r o g r a m can pu t the swastika embedded within a Star of read y fo r th is, b ecau se we have Raelianism is a well of strength and global business co m m u n ity w ithin yo ur reach.

David. Although the Raelians claim m eaning for these people to draw moved on. Just like society, w e’re Give your university education wings. to have adopted the icon based on its moving on to a next step” Caroline upon. L ike any other religion, its Learn w ith industry practitioners. G ain insights into Indo-Buddhist origins, the juxtaposi­ noted. beliefs are strange and wonderful. A the European market, the culture and business tion of symbols was understandably While rumours abound concern­ clear sense of perspective allows us to environm ent th ro u g h o u t Latin Am erica, the offensive to many, and the swastika ing the g ro u p ’s sexual p rac tice s, see that today’s established religions Asia Pacific nations, and the w orld. G et handshas since been replaced with a spiral Caroline painted a picture of a reli­ all began as “cults.” Even Christ was, on experience w ith valuable field placem ents. galaxy emblem. Caroline explains her gion that deals with sexuality realisti­ during his tim e, perceived by the All in just eight months of intensive most painful “culture clash.” cally, recommending neither absti­ orthodoxy as a dangerous and imbal­ learning. Call H um ber C olleg e at H l i m b C r “If it’s really a part of your life, nence nor total abandon. Caroline anced radical.

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R em em b erin g th o s e lost to g e n o c id e in th e N anking M assacre A tw o -d ay p h o to e x h ib itio n d e ta ilin g th e h o rro rs th a t to o k p la ce in C h in a o v er 50 y e a rs ag o at th e h a n d s o f J a p a n e s e tro o p s is m ore th an ju s t h isto ry — th e ex h ib itio n h e lp s c o n te x tu a liz e m o d e rn d a y g e n o ­ cid e an d h u m an rig h ts v io la tio n s B y B o b b y Sa m p s o n

In the eye of the Kosovo crisis, it is important to remember the dra­ matic and tangible effects of extreme v io lations o f hum an rights. “The Forgotten Holocaust of Asia: A Photo Exhibition,” held to com mem orate the Nanking massacre, served as a shocking reminder of the horrors of genocide.

The photo exhibition, organized

by McGill students Jaimie Chew and G enevieve So and sponsored by a long list of student clubs and associa­ tions, was a charged display of pho­ tographs complemented by detailed captions and television docum en­ ta rie s. D esc rib in g the N anking Massacre and the horrors of Unit 731, the exhibition was displayed on the second floor of the Leacock building and punctuated on Monday night by a talk given by McGill political science Professor Samuel Noumoff, followed by a viewing of the documentary In the Name o f the Emperor.

T h e p o litical sce n a rio In 1931, Japan began attacks on Manchuria, but it was not until 1937 that the attack on China was taken to an extrem e level. Japanese troops advanced quickly, and with Beijing under siege, Nanking, then a city of 1,000,000, became the Chinese capi­ tal. On December 9th, 1937, Japanese ground forces reached Nanking. That date was to mark the start of a six week killing spree. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and mutilated.

Foreigners living in Nanking at the tim e set up a “Safe Z one” for Chinese victims. It sheltered up to 200,000 refugees and provided them with rudimentary medical attention.

For the m ost part, the coalition of Americans and Europeans were suc­ cessful in their attem pt to protect some of the Chinese inhabitants of Nanking. As well as risking physical harm by direct confrontation with Japanese soldiers, the leaders provid­ ed the invaluable service o f docu­ menting the atrocities committed. A R everend M cG ee su rre p titio u sly filmed the Japanese and added his testimony to the copies of Japanese souvenir photos m ade by Chinese photo developers.

Graphic photos in the first part of the exhibition portray women who had been raped and gutted lying in the street, and men, who had been decapitated with traditional samurai swords. One o f the m ost shocking photo captions in the first part of the exhibition, however, reads as follows: “When we became bored in the bar­ racks, we would go into the streets and kill Chinese. If this had been done at home, there would have been a h uge sc an d al, but as it w as in China, it was like killing cats and dogs.”

Another caption, taken from a newspaper, stands beneath two pho­ tos, one of a man with a sword atop a pile of bodies, and the other of two Japanese officers, smiling in dress

uniform. The caption reads: “Two brave fighters o f the Katagiri unit, Sub-Lieutenant Toshiaki Mukai, and Sub-Lieutenant Takeshi Noda are in a rare race to kill 100 Chinese under the P urple M ou n tain o u tsid e Nanking. So far, Mukai has a score of 106 and his rival has dispatched 105 men”.

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The second part o f the exhibi­ tion deals with Unit 731 and its sister units - Jap an ’s germ w arfare and medical experimentation laboratories.

In 1930, Unit 731 was formed near H arb in , a city in N o rth W estern C hina. T he co m p lex e v e n tu a lly employed 3,000 Japanese scientists and technicians and included a prison as well as laboratories. The Japanese used “M a ru d a s” as g u in e a p igs.

Meaning wood logs, “Maruda” was a euphemism for Chinese civilians and the occasional Russian or other for­

eigner. These innocents were sub­ jected to horrendous experiments on the nature of frostbite and pressure at high altitudes as well as vivisec­ tions, live unanaesthetized human dissections.

R esearch w as also done on O n e o f t h e e a r lie r im a g e s o f t h e germ warfare. Ceramic bombs were p h o to a p p e a re d in Life m a g a zin e . made containing hundreds of kilo­ grams of plague-ridden lice, intended justification was that this would stop for the Chinese populations. In the Japanese soldiers from raping the 1940s these bombs were dropped. In p o p u lace. R e cru ite rs e ith e r took 1942, as the Japanese army began its women from their villages at gun­ retreat from central China, chocolate point, or offered them “employment” was laced with anthrax and distrib­ in the Japanese war industry. These uted to the population. Infected pris­ w om en quickly found them selves o n ers w ere re le a se d b eh in d the forced to service upw ards o f 100 retreating army.

Japanese soldiers per day. Those who One witness to the bacteriologi­ refused, or were unable to continue cal warfare recounts her experiences w ere o ften su m m arily ex ecu ted . through the exhibition: “After they Vemereal diseases presented another left, we found bamboo cages on the threat to survival. Even today, Japan roadside in which there were yellow has o ffe re d no ap o lo g y to th ese coloured rice cakes. Those villagers women. who ate the rice cakes got stomach pains and diarrhea. I did not eat the C o n te x tu a lisin g th e rice cake because it smelled strange. a tro citie s My uncle, mother and younger broth­ er died one by one. T h eir bodies The burden of conscience lies turned blue and dehydrated.” It is not only with the Japanese govern­ im possible to determ ine precisely ment. In his lecture, Noumoff alleged how many died during the attacks. that during the Tokyo War trials of 1949, most of those guilty of breach­ F u rth e r h o rro rs ing the Geneva Convention and com­ m ittin g crim es ag a in st hu m an ity The third and final segment of the exhibition testified to the ordeal À co m p te r of over 200,000 individuals. Photos portrayed Chinese women who were forced, tricked or cajoled into becom­ ing “com fort” women. Throughout B e s o i n the conquered territories, brothels were set up for Japanese soldiers. The

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As we watch the Serbian troops force ethnic Albanians aboard trains at gunpoint, we must insist that action be taken. In situations such as the Nanking M assacre, the H olocaust, and the recent ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, immediate priority must be given to the emphatic enforcement of a universal standard of human con­ duct.

The sad truth is that attending to th ese is n o t en o u g h . W hat m ust change is attitudes and education. It is only through shocking exercises in aw areness such as “The Forgotten H o lo ca u st o f A sia: A P h o to Exhibition,” that this can be done.

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Women who inhale and the men that love them

The mysteries of sex — "explained"

This month in D e t a i l s , perennially naughty sex queen turned advice columnist Anka answers the queries o f a m an who is "turned on by g irls who sm oke."

According to Anka, this is little known phenomenon called "capnolagnia" — men with this particular fetish find the way women hold their cigarettes, move their hands, and blow or inhale smoke, alluring and erotic.

Cigarette fetishists see the female smoker as sophisticat­ ed, worldly and naughty. They exchange photos of 1930s Hollywood starlets, glamourous smoky babes fingering the phallic stick, and most prefer their women to smoke Virginia Slims and cigars. Some guys actually get excited w atching a woman cough, w hile the m ost extrem e S/Mers use their partners skin to butt out cigarettes on.

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This m onth’s M e n ’s H e a l t h valiantly tries to debunk existing myths surrounding sex — in its own misogynistic way, of course. According to the feature article, “sex is a riddle wrapped in an enigma poured into cheap lingerie.” M e n ’s H e a lth attempts to explain to their readership why fashion models look like boys with breasts, why most women won’t sleep with them, why women have two breasts, why men dig lesbian sex and why m en’s penises “pack up for w inter.” As a response to this rather cryptic question, M e n ’s H e a lth reports: “It’s a protective mechanism. When faced with a cold, forbidding climate, your testes fold up like a bad poker hand.” Ah, poker, now you’re talking men’s lan­ guage.

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Old quarrels, newsolutions C o llo q u iu m addresses Jewish c o m m u n ity in Q u ebec B y Ka s s a n d r a C h u r c h e r

Montreal, Quebec and Canada,” Anctil explained. “We want to bring these two communities together in a dialogue.”

A quick look at the history books will explain why the presence of Jews in Quebec is an important dimension to the fabric of Quebec society. The early 20th century influx of Jewish immi­ grants from Eastern Europe — com­ posed of primarily Ashkenazi Jews — added flavour and diversity to what had traditionally been a French Catholic and English Protestant scene. Their impact can still be seen in many areas of Montreal.

then French and English.

After this period, the cultural marker turned to denomination. The community finds its strength today in shared religious experience — Judaism.

The audience, however, wasn’t buying that theory. Many felt that the actual reason the Jewish community is clearly identifiable had more to do with the French-Canadian attitudes towards them as “the other”. One participant attributed the collectively of the Jewish community to a ’’siege mentality”. She implied that the separatist movement has forced communities to band togeth­ er.

The rest of the colloquium contin­ ued in this manner. The speakers, mod­ erate and reasoned, would address the issues of Jewish identity and history in Quebec, while the audience members kept drawing the conversation back to more political and controversial issues.

of the past. But many participants were anxious to discuss anti-Semitism, not At some point in their university so much to dwell on the ugly realities careers, most McGill students become of the past, but as part of the formation familiar with the area of St-Urbain, of an ethnic identity.

Pine and Mount Royal, an area charac­ “The fact is that the Jewish com­ terized by a somewhat worn but munity was prohibited by the Catholic charming ambience, and groups of stu­ Church to attend their schools, and that dents wandering home from is why the Jewish community now Warshaw’s with the latest bargains speaks English,” one participant stated stuffed in their knapsacks. with a hint of aggression.

But this area was not always com­ Among the Jewish immigrants in piled of walk-ups and trendy restau­ the middle of the century were the rants. Once upon a time Jewish immi­ North African Jews, known as the grants fleeing from the Russian revolu­ Sephardic community. Though they tion chose this place as their new were French speaking, they were not home. They raised fam ilies there, A H istorical allowed into the French Catholic opened grocery stores, and laid their P erspective schools. Many of the participants at roots into Quebec’ s soil. Today’ s the conference had actually suffered Jewish community in Montreal grew The presentation started smooth­ through these restrictions demonstrat­ with this tide of immigrants, and is a ly, with Jack Jedwab, General Director ing how the past has proved to be very vital part of Montreal’s ethnic identity of the Association of Canadian Studies, much alive and well among some of to this day. giving an informative and humorous these people. The anti-Semitism that Not surprisingly, the relations talk about the sociological profile of had prevailed in Quebec’ s attitude between Jews and Québécois are a hot the present day Jewish community. towards the Jews had existed, and there topic in intellectual circles in and “The Jewish identity in Quebec is at its Controversial issues were living examples of it in the room around Montreal. A recent colloquium, highest level at the present moment,” that day. Suddenly it occurred to all in organized by L’Institut inter-universi­ Jedwab noted. By “highest level”, Despite a relatively subdued dis­ the room that there was much work to taire de recherches sur les populations Jedwab is referring to the underlying cussion up to that point, when question be done in establishing Jewishde Québec and the Jewish Public strength of the Jewish community. period rolled around the burning issues Québecois relations. The defense of Library, addressed these issues, with a Because of a strong identification with had little to do with the proposed top­ French Quebec’s past came from the combination of fair and reasoned dia­ each other based on ethnic identity, the ics. The dark past of Quebec had snuck presentation’ s chairman Gerard logue, and some injections of unex­ Jewish community is seen as a distinct up on us while we were pleasantly dis­ Bouchard. “We must remember that pected controversy. ethnic group in Quebec. This sense of cussing Mount-Royal’s prominence in the anti-Semitic attitudes were also Pierre Anctil, Ph.D., is the execu­ strength and cohesiveness, based on Yiddish poetry. Innuendoes of anti- held by the English, the dominant class tive director at the Miriam Centre, an common ethnic origin, is “a result of Semitism began to appear in discussion in Quebec at this point in history,” he organization that serves a number of four major markers of identity that of Jewish identity. Prior to the colloqui­ retorted. supportive functions in the Montreal have worked to keep together the com­ um, Anctil had made a point of saying, McGill Chancellor Gretta Jewish community. Anctil is a promi­ munity,” according to Jedwab. “anti-Semitism was here, but it resided Chambers spoke of the anti-Semitism nent author who has devoted the last 21 The markers Jedwab highlighted with the educated class. In the factories in the Anglophone community. “I years of his life to the study of the include language, national identity, eth­ and at the working class level we see remember a time around World War II, Jewish community in Montreal and nicity, and denomination. Jedwab very positive and strong relations when the Jewish students had to excel Quebec. maintains that prior to 1960, the between the two communities.” above their non-Jewish peers to be “The purpose of this colloquium emphasis for Jewish identity was on Anctil seemed anxious to focus accepted to McGill,” she noted. is to launch an increase into research language. At this time, Yiddish was the on the positive aspects of the relations Chambers was also quick to men­ about the Judaic community of most spoken language in Quebec other while avoiding the unpleasant realities tion the changes that have taken place at McGill since that time, and how we must focus on building towards the future instead of dismantling the past.

T he T R I B U N E w ishes to thank our staff for the year Questions of history collided with the separatist agenda when it became clear 1998-99. W ith o ut everyone who has contributed to the that the Jewish sentiment was that they had been shut out from Quebec’s past, T ribune th is year ,

NOTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. Alvaro Alarcon, David Albouy, liana Altman, Howard Anglin, Margaret Antler, Dafna Araf, Juan Arango, Carolyn B enn ett, Michael Bezuhly, Ian Bies, Lisa Bird, David Bledin, Alain Bourcier, Pauline Bozek, Nick Brandon, Lisa Briel, Le'Nise Brothers, Kimberly Brownlee, Dave Bushnell, Jared Byer, Charmaine Cheung, Talia Caron, Emily Jean Carroll, Park Cho, Alok Chowdhury, Kenneth Chung, Andy Cole, Jonathan Colford, Mike Colwell, Claire Cooper, Paul Cornett, Jessica Conway, Ben Dally, Naeem Datoo, Andrew Davidson, Trevor Davis, Ryan Deane, Sara Dent, Rebecca Dervatis, Karen Devon, Stephanie Diamond, Josh Dolgin, Cheryl Domingo, John Doyle, Brian Eason, Rachel Eisenstat, Tina Elshaug, Tach Emerson, Kevin Eng, Vince Escanlar, Kareem Fahmy, Simon Finlayson, Julie Fishman, Tim othy Fitzsimmons, Marc Flynn, Patrick Fok, J.P. Fozo, Henri Fruchet, Anna Gainey, Jason George, Gabriella Gershenson, Dmitri Giannoulakis, Pawan Girglani, Robin Glube, Jeff Goldstein, Cedric Gordon, James Grohsgal, Naomi Hamer, Tyler Hargreaves, Michael Hazan, Karl Herba, Catherine Hogan, Michael Hooper, Fleur Huang, Lili Ibara, Aaron Izenberg, Gabby Jakubovits, Mike Jancik, TJ Jeeroburkhan, David Johnson, Sean Jordan, Graham Kay, Stefan Kazamias, Karen Kelley, Mark Kelly, Georgia Kerr, Carolyn Kessel, Eleanor Koo, Desmond Kingsford, Kegan Kirby, Kate Klemaier, Peter Koven, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Samuel Lapalme-Remis, Michael Lederman, Joanne Lee, Kama Leier, Libby Lenkinsi, Bonnie Leung, Jordana Loeb, Angela Lu, The Minh Luong, Joel MacMull, Laura MacNeil, Dave M adden, Blake Markle, Adrienne Matheson, Anna Mattiuzzo, John McEachern, Leigh-Ann McGowan, Sarah McLean, Rebecca McLeod, Wilson Miu, Raina Morozevicius, Caleb Morton, M atthew Murphy, Ryan Murphy, Janis Narun, Hugh Odling-Smee, Michel Ohayon, Steve Ole Apele, Ike Omambala, Chris Paré, Mark Perstinger, Carol Piovesan, Nicole Pivnick, Alexandra Prichard, Christine Pritchard, Candace Quinn, Lara Rabinovitch, Vida Ramin, Nick Redler, David Reevely, Nick Reithmeier, Rich Retyi, Paula Ricci, Lisa Richler, Jeff Roberts, Duncan Robertson, Laura Robitaille, Dan Rosen, Rebecca Rosenblum, Andrew Ross, Jessica Ross, Charles Roy, Fred Sagel, Bobby Sampson, David Schanzle, Carrie Schoemer, Troy Seidman, Meghana Shah, Paul Sheridan, Sandon Shogilev, Erica Sihyo, Maria Simpson, Alex Singh, Anna Solomon, M att Soloway, Wen Lee Soo, Dan Sovden, Elisa Strauss, Jaime Stein, Suchot Sunday, Simon Taylor, Tony Tedeschi, Aron Tonon, Julie Tsatsaronis, Lanny Tuchmeyer, Lizzie Vassar, Chris Velan, Andrea Venantius, Lee Wilson, Rhea Wong, Joanne Wu, Midori Yamamoto ü

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“The French feel that the Jewish don't respect Francophone culture as being distinct and vulnerable,” said Bouchard. “The Jewish people must explain why they support nationalism, considering their allegiance to Israel?”

It wasn’t long before perceptions of Quebec’ s past forced a separation among the participants.

While the discussion took on the dimensions of an argument, I lapsed into thought, questioning the necessity of holding this colloquium at all. The Jewish community is perhaps one of the strongest and most well-organized communities in Montreal. Their pres­ ence is known, their contributions felt, and there is a dialogue with the Francophone population that exists.

There are countless ethnic communi­ ties lacking the organization, and the opportunities to explore their contribu­ tion to Quebec’s culture, requiring a relation with the Francophone commu­ nity.

“The Jewish act as a model of a community that has existed for an extended period in Montreal, and has made significant contributions to Quebec’s culture,” Anctil responded. “I agree there is a need for other ethnic communities to open a dialogue with the French, and this colloquium should be seen as a model to do so.”

§Kl^g^SÊÊlM ÊIIÊIÊtÊÊÊi The K A Y MacIVER MEMORIAL PRIZE, worth $275, for the best English essay ; by an undergraduate on a subject in the field of English Canadian or French j Canadian literature, to be nominated by instructors.

\C re a tiv e W ritin g ? The M O NA ADILMAN PRIZE IN POETRY, worth $650 or $325 for two students, is open to undergraduate or graduate students registered in the | Faculty of Arts for the best poem or group of poems relating to ecological or | environmental concerns. | The C L A R K LEWIS M EM ORIAL PRIZE, worth $250, is open to major or s honours students in the Department of English. The prize is awarded annually or from time to time for original plays staged in the course of the academic year.

I The C H E S T E R M A C N A G H T EN PRIZES IN C R EATIVE WRITING (two prizes, I one of $500 and another of $350) are open to undergraduate students of the ï University for the best piece of creative writing in English, i.e. a story, a play, a poem, an essay, etc. Printed compositions are ineligible if they have been published before April 15, 1999.

The P E T E R S O N MEMORIAL PRIZE, worth $1,500, is open to undergraduate o graduate students registered in a degree program in the Department of English.

I The LIONEL SHAPIRO AW A R D S FOR C R EATIVE WRITING, three prizes of j $1,000 each, to be distributed if possible among the genres of poetry, fiction, S screen wirting and playwrighting. Each prize to be awarded on the , recommendation of the Department of Englsh to students in the final year of the B.A. course who have demonstrated outstanding talent. (A note from your j academic advisor verifying you will have completed your program ' requirements and the minimum credits required by the Faculty of Arts (by April 1999) M UST accompany your submission.) |These competitions are restricted to students who have not previously won the ‘ First Prize. , Forms to be completed (for the creative writing prizes and awards) are available ir i the Department of English General Office, Arts 155. Submissions must be ' in duplicate.

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Get out the dust cloth: Goodridge Roberts Revealed "gave each part of the painting equal emphasis so that no one part T ravel b ack in tim e at the stands out as most important", but Montreal M useum of Fine Arts, the eyes in alm ost every one of into the w orld of C anadian art, Roberts' portraits seem to be the before surrealism and the automa- sole focus of the p ain tin g. His tistes. This exhibit, which displays faces are almost doll-like, and he one of the nation's most success­ leaves some details of the face to ful, if forgotten, artists, is like the the view ers' im agination, which exploration of your grandmother's g iv es them an en tran cin g look attic: it is m usty and dusty but even if their posture is passive.

M any p o rtraits are of the there are treasures to be found. artist's first wife Marion, although G o o d r id g e R o b erts R e v e a le d (1904-1974) features 107 works there are a few rare self-portraits from the painter's career, from a of the taciturn artist showing him picturesque glim pse of Montreal lost in concentration while a ciga­ before World W ar II to his final rette dangles dangerously from the and more vibrant landscapes of the corner of his mouth. The lan d ­ Eastern Townships in the early scapes make up the greatest por­ tion of the exhibit; they are com­ sixties. pletely devoid of any humans, giv­ ing them an eerie, timeless quality.

T h e M a n an d his A rt G en erally Roberts uses muted, R o b erts w as a "p ain ter's neutral colours, but towards the painter" who remained faithful to end of his career the colours are the traditional subjects, still lifes, much more vibrant and his strong landscapes and portraits. The sub­ brushstrokes give his paintings an je c ts of his still life s are fa irly appealing energy. standard and they seem to lack a No, n o t th e G -7, certain physical depth. Roberts' th e G ro u p o f S even portraits, however, are much more interesting, with a very sculptural What did this infamous group look to them. Apparently, Roberts B y C a r o l y n K essel

of Canadian artists have to do with Goodridge Roberts? In the years before World War II, a number of young artists based in Toronto reacted strongly against European art ideals. They wanted to portray C an ad a by p ain tin g w hat th ey thought was its true spiritual sym­ bol: the sparsely inhabited wilder­ ness of the Canadian shield. They were nationalistic and set out to create "living Canadian art" which was popular with English-speak­ G o o d r i d g e R o b erts' S tu d io in W inter (1957) ing Canadians.

Artists in Quebec, however, was honoured with a retrospective 1999, a t th e M on tréa l M useum o f were drawn to the artistic culture at the National Gallery, he is near­ F ine Arts an d is f r e e to th e p u b lic. of modern France. Roberts, who ly forgotten. Yet the G o o d r id g e was considered foremost a Quebec R oberts R ev ea led exhibit, the first p ain ter, h elp ed found the devoted to the artist in nearly thir­ Contemporary Arts Society which ty y e a rs , sh o uld ch an ge that. produced ex p erim en tal w orks Visitors to this exhibit w ill not be based on Parisian schools like fau- knocked off their feet by some vism and cubism. Roberts' career new, radical painter but will come d evelo p ed alo n g sid e th at of out feeling more know ledgeable Canada's famous Group of Seven about the origins of Canadian art.

S ayonara but rather than dram atising the "You ju st w ant to relax and sit We leave you with entertain­ image, he chose to show nature's down with a cup of coffee when ment for that pre-millenial you look at th ese p ain tin g s" a still moments. funk. museum staff member commented.

G o o d R idd an ce My sentiments exactly.

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N o is e G a te - M 6 Virtual reality may not be in your living room but it is at the Musée D 'A rt Contemporain. Be brave and enter The Matrix. Austrian industrial technocrat artists G ranular Synthesis create their apocalyptic digital - din vision on giant screens. Do not, we repeat, do not attempt on drugs.

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N eo (K ea n u R ee v es ) in t h e fu tu r is tic a c tio n -th r ille r T he M atrix all think Keanu is the one. What follows is a series of chases and figh ts that are sp ectacu lar and draw n out to d eath . C an ad a's

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K eanu's eventual love interest.

Moss gives a bit of flavour to an otherwise typical and flat sci-fi c h a r a c te r . Y et M o ss' e ffo rts aren 't enough to sav e the film from mediocrity.

Parts of T he M atrix are stun­ ning, but the m ajority of the non­ e ffe c t sc e n e s are in c r e d ib ly tedious and serve only to explain a c o n v o lu ted p lo t and f a il to develop the interesting themes of illu s io n , d re am -state, and the m ind's role of perception. The film is visually fascinating, with a combination of effects and art d irectio n that is u n p aralle le d .

Those who are into science fiction/action flick s w ill be sa tis­ fied by the film 's futuristic look and neat gunplay.

A ctio n and s c i- f i m o v ies seem to demand a separate set of

m easurem ents from other film s to determ in e th eir q u a lity and w o rth . No one w ho se e s T h e M atrix for the whizbangs wants or expects to see profound solil­ o quies on the nature of M an's mind. I applaud it for its attempt to in c lu d e a c e re b ra l elem en t with a pace of action and effects w iz a r d r y , ev en th o u gh the attempt at intellect falls flat on its face. The film 's sim ilarities to B la d e R u n n er in both storyline and cinem atography leave T he M a trix in a kind of cult-status limbo. The fans might dig it for a w h ile , ju s t as Goth k id s in T am p a w o rsh ip T h e C r o w or D ark C ity b ecause it fits th eir wardrobe's colour spectrum. But T he M atrix is just not as good as B la d e R u n n e r , no m atter how hard the directors want it to be.

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A re you too sh y or too ton gue-tied to ask that sp ecial someone out? M yles Berkowitz, w riter, d irecto r and star of 20 D ates, with, his fearless and com­ pletely inept approach, should, by com parison, give anyone confi­ dence in their dating technique.

Berkowitz planned to go out with twenty real women in a search for true love, while filming the entire process. He instead m anaged to show twenty easy steps to aggra­ vate a date and an au d ien ce.

Follow us home on our "real" talk after the movie.

C arolyn: All right, this strug­ gling thirty-something filmmaker needs to m ake h is H o llyw o o d debut and finds the only movie anyone will fund is one that gives in to the A m erican tren d of exploiting your personal life for e n te rta in m e n t p u rp o ses.

Berkowitz’s annoying debut por­ tr a y s , R e a l W o rld s ty le , his attempt to merge his two biggest failures, his personal life and his professional career. He plays up his movie to be a true documen­ ta ry , but did you b e lie v e the bizarre conversations with Elie, his seamy eastern European pro­ ducer, they were too funny to be true!

P a u l: The added touch of having the producer’ s n egative attitude shared with the audience was quite comical. How often do you get your boss advising you "I

want these dates to be m o d els. You think people want to see your u g ly face in e v e ry sc e n e ? I d o n ’ t care if th is m ovie is supposed to be about reality, fuck reality. In real life yo u go hom e and je r k o ff a fter these dates."

C a r o ly n : So Berkowitz schemes his w ay into dates w ith g o rgeo u s w om en and g iv e s the au d ie n c e an impromptu lesson in filmmaking. He and h is h ap le ss film crew struggle along, g u id e d at c r itic a l points by a voice of w isd o m , R o b ert McKee. From digni­ fied M cK ee, a reno w n ed film exp ert, B erko w itz learns that making a movie about dating and falling in love in the C ity of A ngels, or anywhere for that matter, is nearly impossible now adays because people don’ t believe in love anymore. Today’s love sto ries are a c tu a lly about longing.

Paul: Unfortunately it seems that everyone w ants to m ake a movie these days and w ill go to an y m eans to reach th is g o al.

S u re, it m ay seem un ique and avant-garde, but realistically it’ s nothing m ore than an "On the road w ith A lan n is M o rissette” documentary.

C a r o ly n : So I know you would have rather been watching 90210 than this movie, but did it give you any insights at all?

Paul: I did enjoy Berkowitz’ s female friend who keeps a folder with notes on each individual date she goes out with. That did amuse me and made me realise how selfconscious and m a terialistic we really are. How many people do you know who keep 8” X 10”

glossies of their dates and have commentary to go along?

C aro ly n : W hat about when B erk o w itz w as a sk in g p eo p le what they thought dating in LA was like and that woman said it was like being a cinder in Hell, there are huge flames all around, no one pays any attention to you, and you’re in the worst place on earth ? Did you know that now M yles and Elizabeth (one of his twenty dates) are engaged?

P a u l: P e rso n a lly , I fa il to understand how Elizabeth, such a beautiful girl, could go out with an in d iv id u al who w ears green shorts and a red shirt as a getup. If that’ s the trick to picking up, 1 have a lot to learn.

C a r o ly n : And B erk o w itz, though he did provide some satiri­ cal humour in a candid cam era kind of way, should realise that if he reduced the number of scenes w ith h is u g ly fa c e , h is m o vie might actually be enjoyable.

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Formalismgoes commercial... thirty years after the fact by p lacin g differen t colours in contrast, as seen in his diptych Le C irque. He also explores the con­ ventions of the canvas through his exp erim en tatio n w ith different shapes, sizes and thicknesses of c a n v a s. Som e c a n v a se s w ere painted on the sides, in an attempt to p ro vid e a th ird d im en sio n .

T o u sig n an t b e lie v e s th at the painted sides allude to the idea of the painting as “art object” within the re alm s o f sc u lp tu re . He regrets that he cannot explore this concept further for practical rea­

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Though this exhibit is begin­ ning to sound like a bit of a fun house, don’t worry that you’ll be popping Gravol the whole time, because not all of the works share these dizzying qualities. Some of these works have an almost medi­ tative quality. T heir monochro­ matic sim plicity allows the view ­ er to alm ost assum e the role of the artist, who is like the viewer, consumed by colour. Tousignant explores the properties of colour

sons.

T o u sig n an t’ s focus on the material qualities of paint is rep­ resentative of the formalist trend in modernism , characterised by the c r itic is m o f C lem en t Greenberg. Greenberg advocated a formalist focus called “plastici­ ty,” which involved a process of purification of form and elim ina­ tio n o f fig u r a tiv e ele m e n ts.

Speaking on the topic Tousignant remarks “When you call it purity it is not a virginal concept, it is a question of doing things so that

they are efficient.”

One of G reenberg’ s tenets w as to remove ref­ erences to the out­ sid e w o rld from painting. Tousignant expresses this same absence of outside in flu e n c e in h is work, agreeing that he “ could be pro­ d ucin g these sam e kin ds of w orks a ll over the world . . . as long as there was c iv ilis a t io n .” He ad m its th at th ere could be a bit of regional varia­ tion, had he chosen New York or P aris, but that the essen ce his w o rk la id in h is e x p re ssio n through paint. "It’ s about paint­ ing, painting is about painting. I lik e to e x p re ss m y s e lf w ith colours and the space that they c re a te .” In term s of h is future ex p lo ratio n s, he exp ects to be doing more “painting.”

Despite the visual beauty of these works, their surroundings of m ah o gan y and m a rb le b etray n o tio n s o f esta b lish m e n t, and with this acceptance comes com­ m o d ific a tio n . C ritic D eborah B righ t w rites about the so cial consequences of formalism in ref­ erence to corporate artistic pur­

ch ases. She ex p resses the id ea that a CEO of a large multination­ al can hang a work by a formalist artist such as photographer Ansel Adams, and appear to be a patron of the arts. The CEO can do so, at no risk because the work contains no social m essage, no commen­ tary and certainly no critique.

L eavin g the B e lle fe u ille , a man, while smoking a cigar, dis­ cusses with his wife “the painting that got aw ay,” saying “that other one would have gone much better in our living room.” Somehow the relevance of these formal exercis­ es seem s to h ave been be le ft behind in the catalogues of previ­ ous years -the catalogues that did not show prices.

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Is that the pained expression of a man overcome by the slacker angst his music em bodies, or is that the pained expression of a man who w ould rather be a n y ­ w here e ls e ? From the moment Elliott Smith staggered on stage at the Cabaret Wednesday night he looked lik e he needed nothing more than a healthy dose of prozac and a vigorous shampoo.

Despite the seething disinter­ est evident onstage, the perfor­ mance kept up a truly remarkable resemblance to Smith's latest stu­ dio effort XO, although "effort" seems totally out of keeping with Smith's couch-bound ennui. This is not to say that Smith is not good at what he does; manic dépressives flocked to the Cabaret like bears to honey, and surely left fu lfilled .

Trotting out songs from XO like "Sweet Adeline," "Independence D ay," and "B o ttle Up and Explode!" and mixing in a smatter­ ing of older tunes that nobody was sure if they'd heard before (seeing as each contains some variation of the phrase "I don’t give a shit [any­ more]"), Smith and his chums put on a v e ry p ro ficien t but very pedestrian performance. It sounded great if you closed your eyes and tried to forget you had paid $16.50

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for the p riv ile g e . S till, S m ith 's lo y a l c o te rie of somnabulists would surely have seen anything longer than the one-hour set as indicative of an inappropri­ ate com mitment to show ­ manship.

The o ff-k ey fa lsetto wails of his equally dishev­ elled b assist, who looked like he had serious tummy ache, w hipped the crow d into a frenzy of slight head movements and shemp-style sh u fflin g . Sm ith tore through his setlist with char­ acteristic zeal, so much so that mere seconds elapsed between songs. His lyrics, which run the gamut from lam en tin g lost lo v es to lamenting particuarly potent hangovers, sent the invigo­ rated crowd sprinting up St. Laurent in search of further S m ith g o e s t h r o u g h t h e m o t i o n s : g r i ­ good times. The witty ban­ m a c e , sin g , r e p e a t. ter reached a fev er pitch U ndoubtedly hand-picked from when he approached the m icro­ 99.9 The B u zz's enorm ous phone as if to say "thank you" and Burlington-Plattsburgh-W inooski instead coughed into his hand. talent pool and fresh from the tra­ The dread ful Jr. H igh w as ditional SUNY tour (loved that inexp licab ly chosen to open the Binghamton show!), the boys nar­ show, ilicitin g feverish glares of row ly escaped physical harm as disapproval and all-around nega­ th ey p iled back into M om ’s tiv e vib es w ith th eir c a lls for Aerostar and ran for the border. "dancing" and "audience participa­ Back to Elliott. When he dis­ tio n ." Pssh, yeah , gro o vy. patched the band b ackstage he came as close to shining as is possible without violating his p r i l 2 9 , 1 9 9 9 th e c a re fu lly constructed kicked puppy persona. Though his solo w ill a n n o u n c e its electric numbers were the best m om ents of the show , Sm ith n o f th e c le a rly has problem s p layin g anything at all complex w hile singing. Muted chords are great for a few songs, but replacing his thoroughly unrem arkable bassist with a rhythm guitarist m ight be a good m ove.

A ccep tin g d efeat, the crow d moped s ile n tly up the stairs, retrieved their coats and went home to their Kraft Dinner and bongs. No harm done.

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Despite m aking some important contributions early in the move­ ment, Philly has long been under­ represented in mainstream hip-hop.

The Roots, in constantly referring to Philly’s area code 215 and things being "ill" (as in "Illadelph"), bring their beloved hometown with them wherever they tour.

The Roots' celebration of their own culture did not translate, how­ ever, into a se n s itiv ity tow ard Québécois culture. During their live interview on M usique Plus, lead rapper Black Thought started mouthing along with the veejay's French translation, making it obvi­ ous that he didn't understand a

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known for their live musicianship and they did not disappoint. They came on stage with a set of drums, keyboards and an electric bass and proceeded to debunk the myth that hip hop musicians don't know how to p la y "real" instrum en ts. In keepin with the jazz tradition, each m em ber (? u e stlo v e , K am al, S cratch and Hub) also had the opportunity to perform and impro­ vise individually.

P la y in g w ith old -sch o o l stereotypes, The Roots struck the Run-D .M .C. pose and Common even started b reak d an cin g.

Common didn't have his own DJ and backed up Black Thought for most of the show, but he did resurrect "I Used to L ove H .E .R ." and "Communism" from his first album.

B la c k Thought took over the "she said" lin e s in "You Got M e", sin gin g I "w h ile p o litic k in g w ith my sister from New York City / she said she knew this ball player / and he think Laura MacNeil I'm pretty." Switching genders halfway through the song word of what she said. The inter­ "You Got Me" — especially con­ view ended with B lack Thought sidering hip hop's traditional massticking his head in front of the c u lin ist clim ate — w as a bold camera and shouting "bon appétit!" move for Black Thought, display­ Somewhat less offensive was the ing the sensitivity he had lacked rapper's assum ption during the earlier. concert that "I know that 99.9% of The set list consisted of songs [ you understand English here." The taken p rim a rily from the latest Roots have long proclaimed hip- album , T hings F all A part. hop to be the medium and hybrid H ig h lig h ts in clu d ed the songs J of many cultures and races, yet "A d ren alin e !"

"The Next B lack Thought u n in ten tio n ally M ovem ent," and "A in't S ay in ' highlighted the problematic d is­ Nothin' New." Perhaps the crowd crepancy between hip hop's per­ was responsible for the energy on formers and main audience by dis­ stage, or maybe the Roots just went resp ectin g the lan gu age of the all out (Montreal was the last stop audience who had paid money to on their multi-month tour). Either | see him in concert. w ay, the R oots, J i ll Scott and D espite these cu ltu ral ten­ Common collaborated brilliantly to J sions, the vibe during the concert create one of the most amazing live was great. The Roots are w ell- concert experiences of the year.

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in the wrong key. On the disc one misses Chris Murphy corralling an unsuspecting pre-teen and trying to dance with her until she became nearly catatonic with chagrin. It takes very little aw ay, though.

Sloan’s studio albums will always be their trademark, their live show and this live album an exceedingly fun footnote. It’s not tight. It’s not polished. But just try not to smile.

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references that only Blur and die hard fans will ever understand. It is probably the weakest effort Blur has put forth in years and after such masterpieces as Parklife, The G reat E scape, and blur, this seems like half hearted effort.

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Robbie W illiams likes himself a lot. B ut fo rtu n ately for the w o rld , it's not in th at G avin R ossdale "I'm a tortured artist" kin d of w ay. R ath er, he is a celebrity who is genuinely happy to be famous, and it reflects on his album. The record itself is a com­ pilation of Robbie's first two solo releases in England, which means it is carrying some tried and tested #1 singles. The first to be released here, "M illennium ," has already moved into the charts and official­ ly dethroned Silverchair for best song about the new century. The other proven hit on the album is "an g e ls," a slo w e r b a lla d that shows W illiam s' range as a main­ stream musician. It should certain­ ly provide the background music for many a suburban girl’s lookingo u t-th e-w in d o w thoughts.

"Strong," a w ell done Oasis-style power ballad should rise to a num­ b er one statu s on the ch arts.

However, the same cannot be said for "no re g re ts," and "man machine" which are serious filler material on this fourteen song CD. The track that is p ro b ab ly most characteristic of W illiam s is "L et Me E n tertain Y ou."

Performed at the 1999 Brit Awards with a full entourage sporting the ”RW" logo, it is a high energy song with a background horn sec­ tion, meaningless lyrics, and "raw pulsating pop power." W illiam s is often open about the fact that "it's ju st pop m usic," and w ith band after band striving to prove their artistic m erits it's w onderful to finally get a musician who is writ­ ing for the people. T he E go Has L a n d ed should be one of 1999's biggest sellers because it is the best pop album since S p icew orld .

not seem the ideal band for a live disc, let alone a double live disc.

Veterans of the band’s shows w ill recognize a steady improvement over the years — the boys from H a lifax can now h an dle them ­ selv es v ery w e ll on stage. The sheer go o fin ess of th eir show , however, is not conducive to the tightest of guitar work and, as each The follow up to their selfband member continually points titled fourth album is certain to dis­ out in the liner notes, most of their songs are written too high for them appoint fans exp ectin g to hear "song 2" thirteen times. But the to sing.

None of this m atters at the album is still an artistic success, show s th em selves — th e y ’ re a with the same mix of the electric blast, plain and simple, and they and acoustic that the band explored sound great. W ithout the video on 1997's b lu r. The first single, ch an n el, h o w ever, one m igh t "tender" is a stomping, near-spiri­ exp ect 4 N igh ts to suffer from tual song about lead singer Damon these auditory ailments. It doesn’t. Albam's recent breakup with long In fact, it’ s the funnest album of time girlfriend Justine Frischmann the year. Chris Murphy leads the from Elastica. The song experi­ crowd through ridiculous singa- ments with a gospel choir and is a It w ill lo n gs, in c lu d in g alm o st a ll of reso u n d in g su cc ess. undoubtably be the biggest single “D eeper than B e a u ty ,” and the boys rocks out with an extended on an album that w ill struggle to and sid e -s p littin g renditio n of produce a second.

"C offee & TV" is the only “Money City M aniacs,” complete other song on the record that has with a frenetic Andrew Scott drum the potential to break its way onto solo.

H ig h lig h ts in clu d e any sort of radio play. An acoustic “Underwhelmed,” recorded at the guitar strumming song that sounds Sp ectrum , w h ere the L o cal a bit like "You're so great," off the Rabbits’ Ben Gunning was hauled last release. The rest of the album up on stage to strut around soloing consists of experimental tracks and

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T hese self-p ro m o tin g b isex u al boys have three albums and a loyal British fan base to their credit. The newest album has seen the band begin to take a more serious and introspective role. M any of the songs carry a strong political mes­ sage such as “As Good as it Gets,” which is an open and passionate critique of England’s current gov­ ernment. There are no metaphors or hidden messages, the chorus is straightforward, “People want to work / not fester in the dirt / people have to work.” The band is certain­ ly not shy to state its opinion. The w hole album is catch y and has strong pop undertones. Don’t let the album’ s “m illennial cash-in” type name scare you off. Oasis and Blur are passé and Gene is ready to

Madder Rose is a misleading nam e, co n ju rin g up im ages of punk, E ngland and an ger. The album is a c tu a lly m ore of a lo u n g e-typ e, slo w -m o vin g trip through songwriters Billy Cote and M ary Lorson’ s therapy session.

Often com pared to the V elv e t Underground, Madder Rose does little to challenge this pigeonhol­ ing. The songs are dark and have that New York, underground, grit­ ty element. The music is close to that of am bience but the mix of electric guitars allow their rock side to shine through. With singles lik e “N arco” and “J a ilb ir d ,” Madder Rose are looking to gain a w ider audience through exp eri­ mentation with im ages of drugs, sex and crime. Music like this calls for a dark, smoky room filed with people dressed in black turtlenecks and discussing their latest play.

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Sat.. May 8 — Toronto Oh, please. The C ran b erries, at Massey Hall.

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"Lucky" Luc Fournier lassooed by WPHL team —■ _ % ___ i _______i_____ u n - m i l Da ^Iimam w* h û f n r o n l a u n f f r u n El Paso «B uzzards reach o u t to M cG ill R edm en c a p ta in b e fo re p la y o ff run Fournier also spoke very highly realize that things work a little dif­ Love th e g a m e B y M a n n y A l m e l a ________________ ferently down in that old Texas town of the Friends of McGill Hockey

“We had a great bunch of rook­ ies this year,” said Fournier. “Guys like [David] Burgess, [Lenny Jo] Goudreau, and [David] Bahl really came through for us and I really enjoyed watching them develop.”

Despite their encouraging youth movement, Fournier did notice how the team’ s inexperience began to show late in the season.

“We were our own worst enemies this year and we only have ourselves to blam e. We blew leads in some crucial g a m e s down the stre tc h and we never really recovered f r o m that.”

whose support and fundraising “To be perfectly honest, the of El Paso.

A team captain. Every hockey efforts often go overlooked.

“The team atmosphere is much team has one and they are not always fans here don’t know a whole lot “There are great people that more laid back than at M cG ill,” worthy of the honour. Then there is about hockey,” said Fournier. “But work behind the scenes at McGill recalled Fournier.

“With the Redmen they love the game and they really the McGill Redmen’s Luc Fournier. that don’t always get the credit they Before embarking on this his get into it. Our fans are known as the we wore a shirt and tie on game days deserve. The Friends of M cG ill fifth year with the red ‘n’ white, rowdiest bunch in the league. Our and often ate together as a team. Hockey do a lot for us and I always Here you eat whatever you want on Fournier was named captain by appreciated that. Each time we your own.” coach Martin Raymond That freedom stepped onto the ice we were and it was a decision he doesn’ t concern representing all those would not regret. people and I don’t Fournier in the least.

“He’ s a player who “The way things think all of our leads by exam p le,” are done around here players real explained Raymond. takes a lot of self-dis­ ized that.

“When he steps in the cipline, which I have room he doesn’t have to so I think I w ill be say much, th is was his very successful.” team and the players The differences . respect him.” also spill over to the His intense play and ice, as the game is leadership not only earned also som ewhat El him the admiration of his P asoed. team-mates but also an “The style of opportunity to play pro­ hockey is pretty dif­ fessional hockey.

Fournier ferent too,” said Tough “He’s a tough player does recognize Fournier. “There isn’t who shows up on every the potential of season as much hitting as in shift,” said Raymond. “It the new-look the university game wasn’t hard to sell him to Redmen and isn’t worried As Raymond and there aren’t many scouts from pro teams. about how they will fare without explained, his feisty captain fights.”

There are lot of profes­ •That fact didn’ t played every shift as though it was him nexr season. sional teams in the U.S. “This team ’ s future is really stop Fournier from going to be his last. This came at a who are looking for a rem inding the price as Fournier found out that play­ bright and I wish them all the best p layer lik e Luc and I Buzzards what ing the game the way he does can be for next season.” thought he had a good Canadian hockey is a lot to handle at times. chance of playing pro.”

“When I look back at this sea­ all about.

On th e h o rizo n R aym ond’ s confi­ “I had a fight in son, I think I put a little too much dence in his right winger my third game here,” pressure on myself. Make that a lot Fournier is preoccupied at the was justified recently as recalled Fournier. “I too much pressure. That’s just how I moment with the Buzzard’s playoff Fournier was signed by a T he la t e s t R ed m en p r o fe s s io n a l McG/V/ Athletics Sports info wasn’t really look­ am I guess — re a lly hard on drive but he has begun to contem­ pro team in the U.S., how­ ing for it but the guy myself.” plate his future. ever the surprising aspect That fact coupled with the ups wanted to go, so I was like ‘okay “I would love to play pro hock­ of this development is where this home ice is ju st electric, fans in and downs experienced by the now former Redmen ended up — on Montreal could learn a thing or two buddy if you in sist’ and then I Redmen this season, left Fournier ey for a few years,” said Fournier. “I can’t imagine what could be more from Buzzard fans. They cheer for kicked his ass.” the El Paso Buzzards.

Fournier’ s in-your-face style with mixed emotions about his final perfect for me than playing a game I If you haven’ t heard of these us no matter what.” year with the red ‘n’ white. love and getting paid for it.”

Despite the fans’ enthusiasm, was exactly what the Buzzards were two tim e defending W estern “It ended up being a disappoint­ looking for when they signed him, He wouldn’t rule out a return to Fournier was floored by the media’s Professional Hockey League cham­ and his spot on the team’ s top line ing year for us but it really wasn’t the Buzzards next season but has a pions, don’t worry, you’re not alone. response to the Buzzards. our fault.” destination in mind if ever it should “Everyone around here knows was proof of that.

Even Fournier wasn’t exactly sure Fournier was alluding to the become a possibility.

“I really didn’t expect to play about us and the Buzzards get quite a what to expect when he got there. fact that their very competitive OUA “I would gladly come back here “The biggest shock when I got bit of local media coverage. We even all that much when I got here,” said Far East division was to blame for Fournier.

“I figured that I would next year,” said Fournier. “But my here had to be the weather,” admit­ have a beat reporter who travels with have to prove myself and earn my why the Redmen ended up on the dream would be to play in Europe ted Fournier. “Here I come from us for our road games.” outside looking in come playoff one day.”

The support which Fournier has ice-time. But to my surprise they just Montreal, where it’ s snowing, to a time. put me on the top line and I’ve been His plans for the summer are virtual desert where it’ s lik e 80 received doesn’t end with the fans.

“The format of our league really geared towards taking steps in order there ever since.”

The team also has a booster club degrees in the shade.”

Fournier has made the best of sucks. We to make his Fournier isn ’ t com plaining, which caters to the needs of the play­ finished the S e a so n G P G his opportunity with his new team.

A P ts PIM dream come although going to hockey practice in ers.

“I consistently play over 20 season four true.

“The booster club has been real­ a pair of shorts and tank top obvious­ 11 18 36 40 7 minutes a game and I’ve managed to games above 1994-95 “This ly required some adjustment on his ly helpful,” said Fournier. “They and 1995-96 34 5 11 16 62 average about a point a game. I’m .500 summer I ’ ll help set us up in this very nice apart­ part. some garbage be working at 1996-97 37 13 27 40 96 “Don’t get me wrong the weath­ ment complex where we all live. very satisfied with the way I’ve per­ Ontario teams a hockey er is fantastic,” said Fournier. “The They take really good care of us and formed so far.”

29 38 64 made the 1997-98 39 9 As quickly as Fournier’ s life school in problem is the ice, it’s absolutely ter­ helped me settle in.” has changed recently he is not about playoffs with 1998-99 32 12 16 28 100 S w itzerlan d The culture shock was further rible.” records far and I hope to The need for adaptation didn’t alleviated by some fam iliar faces to forget his experience at McGill. worse than “Coming to McGill was truly make some contacts which can help already on the team. end there.

“There are actually five players the best decision I ever made,” said ours.”In fact the Redmen’ s 13-9-4 improve my chances of playing there “The schedule here is ju st Fournier. “Aside from learning to one day.” crazy,” said Fournier. “At McGill we from Quebec on the Buzzards,” said speak and write in English, I’ ve record would have enough to make Regardless of where Fournier Fournier.

“Talking to them when I played on average tw ice a week. come into contact with some great the postseason in every division in ends up hockey-wise and beyond Over here we play like every two got here did me a lot of good and the country except the dog-eat-dog one thing is certain. He always bled people which I will never forget.” d ays! When I first got here we helped calm my nerves.”

Far East all while being the team’ s the red n ’ w hite and he w ill be One such person is Redmen Upon his arrival, Fournier had played seven games in ten days. fourth best finish of all time. coach Martin Raymond. missed.

That’s really tough but I’ m getting some preconceived notions about “It was a real joke and a tough “Coach Raymond and I have what Texas would be like. more and more used to it everyday.” way to end my career at McGill,” F or m o re in fo rm a tio n on th e “When we play games in Dallas gotten along great from the start,” In making his journey from the admitted Fournier. said Fournier.

“He actually recruited WPHL and the El P aso Buzzards g o it’ s exactly the way people would hockey hot-bed that is Montreal to There were bright spots for the the complete obscurity of El Paso, expect it to be. [Texans] walk around me when I was p layin g CEGEP ‘99 Redmen and Fournier made a to www.buzzards.com . hockey at Levis Lauzon and we just Texas, Fournier expected a consider­ in their cowboy hats and boots, and point to recognize the key roles of course you can’t forget the chew­ hit it off from there. He has always played by some of the teams promis­ able change in the hockey climate. supported me. He is a great guy and ing tobacco.” ing rookies.

It didn’t take Fournier long to an intelligent coach.”

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Women's Basketball

The team with three players not in first or second year was not expected to do much at all, but under the leadership of fifth year senior point guard and fourth year forward Joel Pearlman the team was able to string together some impressive home wins.

Unfortunately they were also able to put together some maddening losses to weak schools. In the end, the team made the playoffs and was about four minutes away from a trip to the finals. With young stars like Kirk Reid, Ari Hunter, and Brady Murphy, the overachieving 1998-1999 Redmen should turn into a winning 1999-2000 squad.

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Replacing star Anne Gildenhuys was no easy thing for the Martlets who struggled to a losing record for the first time in years. While there were some blowouts, and some heartbreakingly close losses, the team did manage to show signs of improvement. Guard Jen de Leeuw, a second team QUBL all star, took a strong leadership role along with Cynthia Santamaria and forward Caroline Malo to give the team a strong nucleus to return to next year. The teams performance, dismal compared to years past, can be forgiven due to a serious lack of experience.

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Still, the Track and Field squad was able to make a splash at mo^st of their meets, and came through with a considerably strong performance in the Nationals. Paul Drogaris, the Herculean shot-putter, who earlier in the year set a fieldhouse record, finished sec­ ond in the nation with a toss of 15.73m. The true stars this year were the women on the 4x800m relay team which was the best Canada when they finished first at the CIAU Nationals held at McGill. Overall, the entire McGill mens Track and Field squad was 14th nationally, and the women placed considerably better with their JOth place finish.

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The team found itself loaded with talent and personality this year. Hard hitters Anouk Lapointe and Kim Barette had outstanding seasons and brought nothing but pride the the program^ Coach Rachele Beliveau again did a good job of nurturing her young talent on the court, but hardly had the need to do it off. Anne Mullin, winner of the TSN award, brought pride to the program and the entire university for her play and outstanding com­ munity and academic work. As team, they played well and were even able to overcome rival Montreal once, but that was it for a year that was truly owned by the Carabins.

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Men's Hockey Is Big things were expected from the Red’n White this season who looked had the depth and front-line talent to contend for the OUA far-east title. Things didn’t turn out as expected, however as McGill was eliminted from play-off contention in the ultra-competitive division despite their solid 13-9-4 regular season record. Lost to grad­ uation most notably is stellar net-minder Jarrod Daniel, who played for Team Canada at the World university games in Slovakia, and feisty Team Captain Luc Fournier who was picked up by the El Paso Buzzards of the WPHL where he’s been playing since the end of McGill^sjeason. The prospects for next season remain optimstic with the return of such players as leading scorer David Burgess, sniper Mathieu Darche, and assistant cap­ tain Matthieu Boisvert on defence.

Women's Hockey

The hockey Martlets went 13-16-6 this year and participated in their first-ever Nationals, where they finished fifth. No A grade because of sub-,500 record overall, but their 7-4-3 record in league play was their best in seven years. They are strong in nets with Team Canada member Kim St-Pierre, and are a very young team with Nationals experience.

Outlook for next year is very good as they are only losing two players to graduation. Major challenge will be to beef up anemic offence which is losing 18-goal scorer Kathleen O’Reilly, whose tallies accounted for 25 percent of the team’s goals this year.

Martlet sniper ends playing career on high O'Reilly's firepower will be missed on offence-starved McGill women's hockey team hockey, it’s just starting this year that we’re prov­ The M cGill hockey Martlets ing to them that we can will have a huge hole to fill next a c tu a lly com pete w ith year as their top goal scorer for the university teams.” past three seasons bids them adieu.

D efencem an and Kathleen O’ R eilly , who has M artlet cap tain at the scored 56 goals over that span, will tim e Beth Brow n w as grad u ate w ith a B ach elo r of im m ediately im pressed Physical Education at the end of with the new recruit. the term.

“She could sco re, The team O’ R eilly joined in w hich we needed. W e early 1996 had been in dire straits didn’t have a lot of peo­ for several years. It had won only ple who could sc o re ,” 11 of 79 games in the three previ­ Brown recalled. “It was ous seasons. obvious that she was a “It was w eak, [there was a] smart hockey player. She lack of players, lack of talent, lack proved it more by lead­ of commitment, lack of support ing on the ice, in terms of from McGill,” O’Reilly explained. skills, but soon that led to “Nobody b eliev ed in w om en’ s leadership in the dressing room.”

O’R eilly went on to lead the team in scoring for the next two The highest commission in seasons. In 1996-97, the Martlets the industry just got higher, went 9-18-2; O’ R eilly paced the club with 14 goals and 22 points. A plus huge incentives based on y e a r late r, the fo rw ard from weekly performance.

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lin em ates H ornsby and Dana Rittmaster slip past her and take ch arge of the p la y o ff push.

O’ R e illy ’ s 18 goals were a team high, though, for the graduating senior.

For all of her goal scoring, however, O’R eilly’s strength lay in performing in the clutch. Often, a team’s top scorer opens it up when the team is already way ahead. But O’Reilly shone against UQTR, the o n ly ro adb lo ck b etw een the

M artlets and a C I A U C h a m p io n s h ip berth. In the first m atchup of the year, she scored the w in n er w ith less than two min­ utes on the clock.

W hen the two locked heads again at McConnell A rena, O’ R e illy scored the tyin g go al in a 2-2 deadlock.

For O’Reilly, those games and a 0-0 tie ag ain st e v e n t u a l N a t i o n a l Champions Concordia in February proved to be her most memorable games as a Martlet.

“Tying Concordia was unex­ p ected ,” she said . “UQTR w as what we had worked towards all season.”

O’Reilly was bittersweet about her first CIAU Nationals experi­ ence as the team rolled past UQTR in the division semis to earn a spot.

The Martlets lost both preliminary gam es they played en route to a

fifth-place finish.

“It was a great experience but it w as disappointing to lose [so many close games],” O’Reilly said.

“We could have made it to the gold medal game.”

“It was still a great trip for the team and the hockey was great, it’s just too bad because I at least won a medal at all the other cham pi­ onships I went to, and I wanted to finish my university career with a medal,” she said.

A person with a lot of pride in herself and in her sport, O’R eilly fe e ls her acco m p lish m en ts at McGill have raised awareness of women’s hockey in the communi­ ty“My experience at McGill has given me pride towards my own abilities, like proving to the outside world that women’s hockey can be an interesting sport and that we can get some fans out,” she said. “It’s question of pride: proving to your­ se lf and to others that you can achieve something.”

“We made it to the Nationals, and now a few members of the [Athletics] Board are beginning to believe in us and are fighting for us, and some still don’t believe in women’s hockey,” O’Reilly added.

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T he M c G ill T ribune, W ednesday, 7 A pril 1999 Featured *a look at both conferences as their respective teams prepare for battle *trading deadline a tale of opposites >the leadership question * hockey pool tips

(L)east conference Breakdown Things to return to normal in post-season as usual suspects to emerge from topsy-turvy conference

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A lm ela

A nyone who w ould’ ve predicted w hat’ s happened in the east this year in all likelihood would have ended up in a padded room by the all-star break. That being said, here we are a h a lf dozen games away from the p la y o ffs and the O ttaw a Senators seem p o ised to emerge as the confer­ ence’s top dog.

Much has been said and w ritten of the unbelievable job done by Sens’ coach Jacques Martin even dating back to last sea so n ’ s stunning H asek: d a n g e r o u s t o b e t a g a in s t, h e m a k es t h e first round p la y o ff S a b res a n in sta n t c o n t e n d e r upset of the New Jersey Devils. Seemingly unfazed enigmatic Joe Thornton give this by his team’s dramatic turnaround, team some all-im portant depth.

Martin has somehow rolled up his Although goaltender Byron Dafoe gets about as much respect as Ron sle e v e s and m anaged to keep Tugnutt and Damian Rhodes in Ottawa atop the North East divi­ Ottawa^ there is no denying that he sion for most of the season. has done the job all season. This As im p ressive as th e y ’ ve looked all season, it’s difficult to series should be a dandy but look take these now chronic overachievg for Pat Burns to avenge last year’s ers seriously. Take your pick from quick e x it at the hands of the Capitals. any of (he worries NHL pundits The Carolina Hurricanes arc have chided all season — their on the undercard of this season’s goaltending won’t hold up. They’re eastern conference tw ilight zone too young. They’re too smalj, Hut as much as I hate to admit it, this episode. The upstart Canesfrook team could be for real. That, how­ full advantage of the absolutely ever, is not enough to deter me m iserable season the Caps have from feeling great about Boston’s endured and find themselves com­ chances of handling the Senators in fortably perched atop of the worst division in hockey. Fortunately for th eir probable first round tilt.

Carolina’s handful of fans, a first Ottawa's failure to add an experi­ place finish in the Southeast divi­ enced hard-nosed player prior to the deadline (see Corson, Shayne, sion guarantees them a p layo ff or Clark, Wcndel) will cost them berth no lower than third.

With that bit of good news out d early. A lexei Y ashin w ill get of the way, the Hurricanes are star­ pounded in the second season as ing down the barrels of a quick teams take full advantage of quiet playoff exit despite their first round p layo ff referee w h istles — the result will not be pretty for Ottawa. hom e ice advan tage. Home ice After a disappointing season, means little more to this team than dictating what colour jersey they the B ruins have p u lled things together and are finally showing w ill w ear to start off. Since the faint outlines of the young and W h alers w ere harpooned from Hartford and tran sp lan ted into exciting team they were slated to C aro lin a, attendance has been be this season. Their turnaround, abysmal. not surprisingly, coincided with the T heir opponent in the first improved play of their top guns round should be either Philadelphia Jason Allison, Dmitri Kristich and Sergei Samsonoy. With the help of or Buffalo. Both teams should have little trouble moving on to the next some guy named Ray Bourque, round no matter who they play. But they did wonders for their now the Flyers’ crystal ball gets much surging powerplay.

What makes this team sudden­ foggier from that point on.

Captain Eric Lindros’ recent ly so potentially dangerous is their collapsed lung may also cave in his supporting cast. V eteran Steve H einze has suddenly found his club’s Stanley Cup hopes. Without scoring touch, and inspired play by the big “E” doing what he does Anson C arter and the norm ally best — maiming, pillaging., ooops I mean sco rin g, h ittin g — the

NHLWestsidestill the best-side Titans' clash will dictate who sips from Cup

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It is that time of the year again, when the snow disappears, the days get longer and the very best part of the National Hockey League season gets underway — the playoffs.

Most of the teams have only five or six games left in the regular season and are quite certain of where they will be in a few weeks: golfing or in the hunt for the cup. In the Western conference, the race is not over for everyone.

The battle of Alberta for the eighth and fin al spot betw een Edmonton and Calgary is nowhere near over. The Fleury-less Flames have a meager one point lead on the Oilers and the two teams are set to play three more games before seaso n 's end. Although C algary is expected to pull it off, it is too early to count Edmonton out. They arc team that has proven themselves to be adept at the upset, just ask the Colorado Avalanche.

W hich ever A lb erta team clinches the number eight spot will have to take on the mighty Dallas Stars in the first round. Dallas has had another excellent season, fin­ ishing first overall, claim ing the President’s Trophy for the second co n secutive season. They were stopped by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Red Wings in last year’ s semi-finals.

The untim ely loss of sniper Joe Nieuwendyk in the first round was lough for the Stars to over­ come and they bowed out to the Wings in six games. This year they have beaten Detroit in 6 of their 7 meetings. The one loss came this past Sunday, their only match-up since Detroit beefed up at the trad­ ing deadline in mid March. To the Stars credit they were without Mike Modano who is expected to return in time for the playoffs.

Flyers will be hardpressed to con­ tend w ith the d iv isio n ’ s better teams.

Buffalo, as always, cannot be o verlo o ked. W ith the u ltim ate game breaker in Dominik Hasek, they w ill have a say in who em m erges from the east. The Sabres added some much needed scoring punch prior to the deadline by picking up Stu Barnes and Joé Juneau. If Hasek is healthy and on his game, this team can be very dangerous. If Ottawa does end up first in the cast a very interesting first round match-up w ill be the Sab res and D evils. It’ s alw ays tough to bet against the Dominator and I’m not prepared to do it.

This season’s MVP in waiting, Jaromir Jagr, has literally carried thé Penguins on his back this year.

For the first time in recent memory, a player could top the 140 point m ark and no one could have expected the team to remain com­ petitive in light of the front office disarray. They seem to be on a col­ lision course with the Leafs in the first round. Both teams are explo­ sive and it should be a great series.

Both teams, however, will be hardpressed to make any real waves in the post season.

This upside down season also saw the normally underachieving Maple Leafs enjoy great success.

C ontrary to popular b elief, Toronto’s torrid season cannot be explained by free-agent pickup Curtis Joseph. Without question, he helped. However, the resounding success of first year coach Pat Quinn’ s run and gun offence was thanks to the L e a fs’ supporting cast.

Steve Thomas has been a pleasant surprise this year and youngsters like Sergei Berezin and Steve Sullivan have provided the Leafs with some depth and scor­ ing punch. Unfortnately for the Hogtown faith fu l, a potent offence does not (w in Stan ley Cups. They should have enough depth to get by the Penguins in the first round. T h ey’ ve been exciting to watch this year but a deep playoff run is unlikely.

T his co n feren ce is filled with far too many w h at-ifs. The W estern F leu ry p a r t o f p o w e r fu l A v a la n ch e lin e u p C onference is c le a rly superior this year and the cup will Although Dallas has many of rem ain in the w est for a fourth the ingredients for a Stanley Cup straight season. Look for the headrun, the edge has to go to Detroit if scratching in the east to come to an the two should m eet. The Red end as the big boys will come out Wings are the defending champs. to play when it counts.

They have the experience, depth and talent to a threat to take the Cup once again. Their acquisitions at the trading deadline have only

added to their enviable roster. They are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games.

Meanwhile, Clark (of all people!) is hot, scoring four goals in the last six gam es. Who w ould have thought?

The advantage that Dallas may have is that, provided there are no ‘darkhorses’, Detroit and Colorado w ould m eet in round two, and Colorado is not a team to underesti­ mate. The Avalanche got off to a rough start and blamed it on the league for sending the team to Japan for the p re-seaso n . Poor guys, jet lag can be tough. But all of that is beside the point now, as the Avs are hot and definitely con­ tender m aterial. Stealin g Fleury was one of the best things they’ve done. C olorado won only three years ago, and this year they are experienced and with a goalie like R oy, they could go a ll the w ay again.

An interesting possible first round matchup pits A naheim against Phoenix. This series has a bit of everything. There are is no shortage of star pow er in this matchup. Paul Kariya and Tcemu Selanne versus Keith Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick -— sparks will fly.

This should go the distance like their *97 playoff encounter which Kariya and company won. Phoenix has cooled down considerably since their great: start and the question now is which team will show up in the playoffs.

The St. Louis Blues are a team that has slipped through the cracks this season. The team showed great resiliency and grit in recovering from the free-agent loss of Brett Hull and holding the fort when Grant Fuhr and P ierre Turgeon spent a large portion of the season on the shelf with injuries. They are on a collision course with either D etroit or Colorado in the first round which will translate into a quick p la yo ff ex it. W ith that being said they have alread y come a lot further than most expected this season.

Look for San Jose to be a possible upset team. Their goals ag ain st av erage is low and Vernon has been on a winning team in Detroit, this is a real asset for the Sharks. They have a young team with a great deal of talent that is coming of age. The fact that Vincent Damphousse has gone on a tear sin ce he reached the West coast only adds to their p layo ff potency. This may not be their year, but any­ thing is possible. There is a lot of potential there and the Sharks will be a team to reckon with in the future.

Provided Colorado, Detroit or Dallas make it to the finals, it is most d e fin ite ly another Western Conference win. So, place your bets and get ready for some excellent playoff action.

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Leadership comes in strange packages Some theories on who has what it takes, and what "it takes" means.

B y C hris S elley

What does it take to win the S ta n le y C up? W hy do certain teams just seem like cannon fodder for the playoffs, even if th ey’ ve had great regular seasons? There’s no one answer to these questions, but this year teams like Ottawa, Toronto and even Dallas are grap­ pling with predictions of playoff doom. What gives?

Some say it comes down to lead ersh ip , p lain and sim p le.

T eam s lik e C olorado, D etroit, Dallas and Philadelphia seem nat­ ural Cup contenders sim p ly because of their veteran-laden ros­ ters, though the Stars have never been able to shake the early-round choke reputation that Edmonton handed them in 1997. These teams, with the exception of Dallas (which already had it), loaded up on lead­ ership at the trade deadline, and though Theoren F le u ry , C hris Chelios, Wendel Clark and Mark Recchi hardly qualify as “character only p layers,” it is their veteran p resen ce that so lid ifie s those teams’ rosters.

To take another perspective, some xenophobic wags have sug­ gested that though Americans and Europeans might get you through the regular season, you need good Canadian boys to bring home the playoff bacon. History lends some

w eigh t to th is theory. No non- beyond nationality,—the last two Canadian has ever captained a team Detroit teams were overflow ing to the Stanley Cup, and only one — with Russians. It’s also interesting A m erican B rian L eetch , who to see how many rings each teams shows no signs of a repeat perfor­ has. Toronto, for instance, has only mance — has ever won the Conn two, both from the Rangers’ 1994 Smythe trophy for playoff MVP. Cup: defencem an A lexan d er And though recent Cup teams in K arpovtsev, w ith h is m assive Detroit and Colorado have had plus/minus and monstrous overbite and backup go alimportant Russian tender Glenn Healy, and Swedish com­ who is better known ponents, nobody for his locker room w ould deny that p ran k sterism than the Steve his larcenous gloveY z e r m a n s , hand.

B r e n d a n Three team s, Shanahans, Darren ex clu d in g recent M cC artys, Joe Cup w inners, have Sakics and Adam ten rin g s in the Footes w ere the d ressin g room. hearts and souls of D allas is n ’ t a su r­ th eir resp ectiv e prise: super-veterans teams. lik e Guy To be fa ir, S ea n Hill: e p it o m y o f C arbonneau and Europeans haven’t le a d e r s h ip ?

Mike Keane along been in the league with “youngsters” that long, and the explosion in American players has lik e S e rg e i Zubov and Shaw n been a recent phenomenon. So this Chambers go a long way towards m ight w ell be the season the explaining the Stars juggernaut. St. nationalist theory goes down the Louis, again , is a veteran team, toilet. Americans Derian Hatcher though five of the team’s ten rings and Keith T kachuk, along with belong to Grant Fuhr and another Europeans Alexei Yashin, Jaromir to Chris M cAlpine, who saw no Jagr and Mats Sundin, w ill all be post-season action with his 1994 leading legitimate contenders into champion Devils. But how about Carolina? No one gives the ‘Canes the playoffs this year.

L eadersh ip o b vio u sly goes much of a chance, it seems, but

Canada’ s hopes aren’t raised with Cup w inners Ron Francis, Gary Roberts, Martin Gelinas, Paul by this particular methodology.

Coffey, Curtis Leschyshyn and — The Sen ato rs have o n ly Sean ahem — Sean Hill (thank you very McEachern’ s rookie-year ring to much 1993 Habs), their leadership show, and some m ight question w hether B illy B erg and B ruce alone might pull off a round.

San Jo se, too, has R ouse, Gardiner qualify as good veteran M atteau , R ic c i, V ernon, Joe lead ersh ip . And as for q u a lity Murphy and Vinnie Damphousse, Canadians, forget about it; after (who has suddenly remembered W ade Redden and Ron Tugnutt, the cupboard is how to score) to £ S o m e x e n o p h o b i c d ecid ed ly bare. support young guns like Friesen w a g s h a v e s u g g e s t e d t h a t The L eafs are and M atteau. A t h o u g h A m e r i c a n s a n d turning into a bit of a E urotrash San Jo seCarolina Stanley E u r o p e a n s m i g h t g e t y o u outfit themselves, Cup final seems t h r o u g h t h e r e g u l a r s e a s o n , though sparkplug T ie Domi is un likely, not to y o u n e e d g o o d C a n a d i a n enough C anuck mention hideous­ ly b oring, but b o y s t o b r i n g h o m e t h e for most L eaf fans, but they these teams have p l a y o f f b a c o n . don’t have much more going for Cup experience to fall back on. them than one might at first think.

Nobody knows what it takes to On the opposite end of the spectrum you have teams like the win the Cup. Cup winning teams Boston Bruins, who have plenty of are almost always rich in veterans, leadership in Ray Bourque, Dave but as Dallas has shown in the last Ellett and Ken Baumgartner, but two years, veterans alone aren’t whose only ring rests on the dubi­ enough. And w h ile lead ersh ip ous finger of Tim “The Toolman” comes from all countries, the safe T aylor, who p layed a whopping route seems to be through Canada; two p layo ff gam es for the 1997 Cup favourites Detroit, Colorado Red W ings. W orse, Buffalo has and New Jersey are all captained nary a ring to show its youngsters, by some pretty solid Canucks. and the loss of class act Matthew Barnaby is just another reason to b eliev e that this team is going nowhere fast.

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The Detroit Red Wings proved to their fans that they were serious about making a/run âr a third con­ secutive Stanley Cup by trading for some high-priced, veteran talent.

Should they win the Cup. thetr tri­ umph would officially cement the team as a dynasty in a league where such things are practically extinct.

Chris Chelios, Ulf Samuelsson, Bill Radford and Wendel Clark all found them selves w earing the winged wheel after the trade dead­ line of March 23. While the flurry of trades immediately makes Detroit a serious Cup contender, the price the Red Wings paid could hurt them down the road.

Despite being the defending champions, it was clear Detroit had to make some moves. Plagued by inconsistent play, and perhaps the dumbest free-agent signing in recent memory fUwe Krappj, the Wings’ defence needed bolstering. Finally, since rival Colorado had already added talented Théo Fleuryj the Wings weren’t just going to stand around. W hile the addition of Ranford, who came from the Tampa Bay Lightning “Swiss cheese” netminding tandem, may raise some eyebrows, he is a proven playoff performer.

While Detroit certainly made the biggest splash in the trading market, it w asn’ t the only team stockpiling; Philadelphia, Dallas, Edmonton and San Jose, among

other teams, added some depth and scoring punch to their respective Tine-ups through some last-minute tinkering.

On the other side of the coin, teams with no hope of making the playoffs — Washington, Montreal, the Islanders — dumped salaries and older players who won’t fit into the rebuilding plan. The risk of los­ ing a player in the summer due to free agency for nothing also means that certain teams will be desperate to deal to at least get something in return. Some have nothing to shoot for except the greens of the golf courses, so it makes sense that they would trade. After all. they weren’t winning with these stars. It's one thing to pay a lot and win; quite another to lose.

At first glance, it might seem that the scales are tipped in favour of the richer teams. Some of them now have incredible depth. The addition of M ark Recchi to the Flyers gives Philly an absolutely scary collection of forwards that only Colorado, Detroit, and Phoenix could even hope to match.

Trades do come with a caveat, however. General Managers, namely the sharks such as Edmonton’s Glen Sather and Boston’s Harry Sinden, are waiting in the waters for easy prey. While most agree that while Detroit has a great shot at the Cup with Chelios in the line-up, the price the Wings paid for him — two firstround picks plus a promising young defenceman — was steep.

Other teams, seeing the price for late-season help as exorbitant, opted to stand pat— potentially a poor call come playoff time, but with the salary additions and roster stability important factors, the best deals might be the ones not made.

For example, Ottawa, while some­ what restricted financially, decided to add a couple of cheaper, more versatile forwards in Ted Donato and Nelson Emerson, passing on the Islanders’ Trevor Linden and his S3 million salary. Boston, with a rela­ tively young team, opted to do noth­ ing. Some claim that the Bruins are just cheap, but another school of thought dictates that the price for a quick fix would be one of the team's young stars — a Samsonov or a Thornton. In contrast, the Flyers have been the antithesis of roster stability; only eight players remain from their all-too brief playoff run of one year ago.

The Red W ings have been unstoppable since their deadline frenzy, Damphousse has found new life in the Sharks' teal duds and Fleury sparked the Avafanche out ot their mid-seqson funk. Clearly, it’ s still too early to tell what these deals will do; the ramifications of some won’t be felt for a few years, so stay tuned. But for now, just sit back, relax, and watch some incredibly talented teams duke it out. The potential for some spectacular series match-ups is high, especially in the later rounds.

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We’ve all been there. Playoff hockey pools wind down and hock­ ey fans scurry to snatch up third and fourth liners on the favoured team’s rosters.

Here’ s a piece of advice: instead of picking a marginal player on a Cup champion, a top line play­ er on a seven-game series loser could be a wiser choice. Sure, it’s lun to have as many players as pos­ sible moving on to the next round, but a lot of good that will do if your total points suffer.

A player like Paul Kariya or Jaromir Jagr may be hard-pressed to play more than six or seven play­ off games, but they will produce at least a dozen points each. Those can prove to be the difference once the Cup is raised.

For some strange reason, defencemen often amass all kinds of points in the post season. A wise pick in the first round loser catego­ ry is Al M aclnnis. The Blues should play about six games and M acln n is’ booming point shot should be all over those scoresheets. His team m ates Pierre Turgeon and Pavol Dcmitra may also be smart picks.

Beware of the Dallas Stars.

Yes, a great team, but they don’t score that many goals, especially in the playoffs. They are notorious for their 2-1 and 3-1 victories. Even if they do go the distance, their point totals will not be that impressive.

Of the teams which should venture w ell into the month of

May, you can never go wrong with the high-flying Avalanche or Red Wings. Don't go too deep on the Avs however, the pow er-play should account for most of their goals and they are reknowned for shortening their bench come play­ off time. Nice sleepers on this starstudded roster are youngsters Chris Drury and M ilan Hejduk. Both have moonlighted on one of the top two lines since Valeri Kamensky’s season-ending injury.

With the W ings, don’ t be afraid to grab Larry Murphy and Nicklas Lidstrom as early as third on their depth chart. Don’t bother with the Martin Lapointes and other third line players. Lay off Sergei Fedorov as well; he is not worth the risk of an early selection.

The Sabres will go as far as Hasek them. Buffalo’s scoring is far too spread-out; going deep in this team is not advised.

The Devils may also hake a run and don’t be fooled by their reputation as a conservative team.

Coach Ftorek has this youthful team flying when they have to and their third-ranked offence is proof of that. You may catch fellow pool­ ers off guard by gam bling on Martin Brodeur and co. and going deep on the Devils.

Look at it this way: the play­ offs can’t get any worse than last season and we should be in store for quite a ride in ’99. Remember, the most important thing about pools — the only thing poolers remember is who won and who fin­ ished last. Good luck.

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It's Opening Day Baseball's opener still special for fans

By C hristian Lander

on opening day. On April 11, 1961, Bosox rookie C arl Y astrzem ski With the start of April comes made the first of his 3,318 career the start of baseball. To the grand hits. old game, the words “opening day” Great hitting on the best day in have more significance and impor­ baseball is always nice, but the stars tance than all others combined. The of the day are alw ays pitchers. games themselves will barely make Being slated as the pitcher in the a dent in the standings by year’ s season’s opener is as good as having end, but it is a day filled with mem­ the word ‘ace’ embroidered on your ories. hat. A team sets the table for the rest It is the only chance that the of the season, and can afford to give Expos, R o yals, the fans nothing Twins, and other but the best to sm all m arket begin the sea­ teams w ill be in son. The man first place. who bore this It is the only label the most time when utility w as Tom infielders can find Seaver who themselves on the started 15 times leaderboard with on opening day, the heavy hitters taking the title of the outfield and from the Big in field corners.

Train W alter This was the case Johnson who on April 5, 1993, had been called when the Oakland upon 14 times.

A th letics put But even in all light-hitting Eric those tries, nei­ Fox into the game ther Seaver nor as a defensive Johnson would r e p l a c e m e n t B ob F eller: O p en in g D ay L eg e n d spin the great­ against the Detroit est perfor­ Tigers. Batting in the bottom half of mance. The Indian’ s Bob Feller the eighth, Fox sent a Tom Bolton earned that distinction on April 16, pitch into the stands for a grand 1940 when he becam e the only slam and a 9-4 win. At the end of pitcher ever to throw a no hitter on the day, sitting as the league leader Opening Day as he shut down the in home runs and RBIs was Eric Chicago Whitesox.

Fox, who finished the year with For all of its joy and greatness exactly one home run. on the field, baseball’s annual inau­ But occasionally the sluggers guration can mean far more than the who finish the year at the top of the boxscore. On April 15, 1947, at tater standings grab the lead early. Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, Jackie On April 4, 1988, facing the Kansas Robinson, who went 0 for 3, became C ity R oyals the reigning league the first black to play in the majors MVP, George Bell of the Blue Jays as his Dodgers beat the Braves, 5-3. became the first player to hammer Twenty-six years later, Hank Aaron three home runs on Opening Day. blasted an opening day homer to tie Of course, a record like that made him with Babe Ruth for all time too much sense to remain untouched homeruns with 714. The very next in baseball. The feat was matched year, Frank Robinson debuted as six years later to the day when Cubs baseball’s first black manager with rookie Karl “T uffy” Rhodes hit the Cleveland Indians. three solo homers against the Mets.

In a season that spans 162 While Rhodes’ debut would be games, Opening Day will not dictate the highpoint of a otherwise mostly the pennant winners, and in all hon­ minor-league career, not all spectac­ esty will probably yield results to ular beginnings end in failure. Ken the contrary. But the greatness of it Griffey Jr. started on the right foot all is that when the outcome matters when, in the lid lifter to the 1989 the least in the standings, it seems to season, he doubled in his first major matter most. league at-bat. But Junior may need a season or two more before he can take the title of best player to debut

Male David Allard T akin g 34 percent of the pop­ ular vote, the first year sw im m er from D orval, Quebec has won the T ribu n e Male A th lete of the Y ear. An o u t­ stan d in g 19981999 cam paign saw him win tw enty-four con­ sec u tiv e races, and the Q SSF rookie sw im m er of the year. He was once named C1AU athlete of the week, twice named QSSF athlete of the week, and an stunning six M cG ill-adidas A thlete of the week. At the national cham pionships he finished third in the 200m individual medley. He is also the proud hold­ er of six McGill records.

Final Results David Allard 34% J.P. Darche 22% Mathieu Darche 17% Paul Drogaris 19% Sean Shepherd 8%

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Quebec, has won the T rib u n e Female Athlete of the Y ear.

I 11.surprising cou­ en n e -lie \\.1the most p ub li­ cized athlete at the Tribune this year.

She carried an astonishing 68% of the vote. In addi­ tion to playing on the Martlet squad, she was also a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian National Women’s Team, that took home first place at the World Championships in Finland. During the regular season she finished up the year with a 2.35 Goal Against Average, and made a m ind-boggling 62 saves against Concordia in October. That performance set a single game record that doesn’t look to be soon broken. The physical education student was also named first team QSSF allstar, and the McGill-adidas Athlete of the Week once.

Final Results Kim St-Pierre 68% Holly McComb 14% Kiran Nayar 8% Kim Barrette 6% Stacey Morley 4%

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Martlet relay team savors victory in 4x800m Gold's heroics in the final leg of the race won't soon be forgotten B y )e r e m y K u z m a r o v

A fe e lin g o f g re a t r e lie f overcame M artlet anchor L eslie Gold as she crossed the fin ish line in the 4x800 women’ s relay at the CIAU track n ationals to secure the gold medal victory for McGill.

“I w as w o rried the w h o le race about my asthma,” said the c o u ra g e o u s G old, w ho w as to drop out of her individ1000m run because of a mild “The relay’ s all about the team , and I d id n ’ t w ant to let everyb o d y e lse dow n. W hen I :rossed the line, my first feeling relief that I finished the race strong.”

Indeed Gold’ s inspiring fin­ ish — in which she overtook and blew past surging Victoria anchor Larissa Managh in the final leg of the race — represented one of the shining moments for the M cG ill track team this season, as w ell as on the M cGill sports front in genThe determination and tenacof Gold in the final lap was nothing short of remarkable, but hard work and dedication of en tire M artlet re la y squad ultim ately responsible for the exhilerating victory.

“T hey put in the effort all season, and showed what they’re c a p a b le o f w ith the v ic to r y ,” commented M cG ill’ s track coach Dennis Barrett. “W e knew com­ ing in that w e’d be pretty potent and had the girls to do it.”

One of those girls was Carly Moher. On team loaded with tal­ ent, nobody better embodies the bright future of the M cGill track program than Moher. A freshman from Toronto, she ran the third leg of the relay, and held off dou­ ble gold m edalist Barbara Brych from Victoria.

For M oher, w inning a gold medal at the CIAU Nationals was by far the crowning achievement of her first season competing for McGill.

“It’ s been an am azing year and th is w as the ic in g on the cake,” said M oher ex cited ly. “I didn’t expect a medal in my first year, and this is really exciting.

It’ s great to be able to share the v ic to ry w ith the o th er g ir ls .

W e’re all friends and w e’re all so

despite her heavy breathing, close.” found a little extra strength •Along and zip in h er le g s , and w ith M o h er, surged passed her riv al to sophmore beat her to the finish line.

E l a i n e “I w asn ’ t aw are that I P en n ey, who had been passed. The kick I ran the second g a v e at the end w as a ll le g of the in stin ct, it w a sn ’ t a co n ­ re la y , w ill be scious decision,” said Gold returning next who competed four years at seaso n . W ith UBC before spending this, G old and her final year of eligib ility Stephanie at McGill. “This was a real­ W elsh grad u­ ly important victory for us, a tin g , co ach and extra-special that it was Dennis Barrett on our home-turf.” w ill be count­ “It’s been great training in g on the -.A.! a ll y e a r w ith the team . returning duo W e ’ ve b eco m e g re a t to h elp le ad friends, and that makes this the w a y and victory esp ecially sweet, provide some added Gold who is current­ m uch n eeded ly focused on com pleting leadership her M asters th esis on the next season. su b je c t o f p lan t sc ie n c e .

“T h e y ’ re “The gold m edal is som e­ hard w o rkers thing we can all look back Jared B y e r and are both T h e b e s t d a m n 4 x 8 0 0 m r e l a y t e a m i n t h e e n t i r e l a n d ! on with pride long into the com m itted to future. It’ s definitely something the program. W e’ ll be counting fyin g for Gold who w as in her h er asth m a , and s a lv a g e the to cherish, and is a great memo­ on them next season to help us last race of CIAU com petition. com e-from b eh ind v icto ry for ry.”

M cG ill in the final lap.

Having im p ro v e ,” sa id co ach B arre tt In itself is reason enough to make been surpassed by M anagh with unimpressed with M cG ill’ s drop the race special, but she was also in the o v erall stan d in gs at the able to overcome the adversity of 50 m etres re m a in in g , G old, nationals from 3rd in ‘98 to 10th in ‘ 99 on the w o m en ’ s sid e . “ H o p e fu lly th ey can sp ark a repeat in he 4x800m and ch al­ lenge for some m edals in other events too.”

S o rely m issed next season w ill be the presence of anchor Gold along with Stephanie Welsh who has enjoyed a great four year career at M cG ill. An academ ic N A T U R A L FO OD S all-Canadian in 1997, Welsh had a banner year in her senior season in which she won a total of four gold medals, five silvers and two bronzes.

As a m em b er, alo n g w ith C o r y H o lly, Penney, of the 4x800m winning McGill squad in ‘98, W elsh ran a a natural b lazin g front leg of the race to bodybuiding give M cG ill a strong early lead.

She was thrilled to come out with champion and the gold in her last official race. an expert in “It’ s a real team v ic to ry ,” commented a teary-eyed W elsh nutrition, after the race. “W e’re so close on fitness and the the team, and we just all stepped use of dietary it up a notch today with the other girls on the team in mind.” supplements.

Of the four Martlets, the vic­ tory was probably the most grati­

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