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By D a v id Sc h a n z le

O f all the film genres, horror is by far the most difficult to success­ fully master. There have been literal­ ly thousands of horror movies made throughout the history o f film, but out of these only a few dozen have m anaged to be truly frightening.

M any o f the m ost popular horror film s su ch as "H a llo w e e n " an d "Scream", while entertaining films in their own right, are not frightening in the way that true horror films are.

U nfortunately, m any o f these terrifying films are not well known to the general public. They have a definite cult follow ing, but those looking for a good fright on a dark night may not know o f their exis­ tence. In the Halloween spirit, this article is dedicated to a few of these great films.

Martin This is perhaps one of the only films to take the vam pire m yth at face value. Written and directed by George A. Romero in 1978, it tells the stoiy o f an alienated and sexually frustrated young vampire who wants to end his days sucking the blood of his victims, although he is hopelessly addicted to it. After moving in with his uncle, w ho believes he is the "N osferatu," M artin explores the street life o f Pittsburgh, eventually beginning an affair w ith an older alcoholic woman desperate for atten­ tion. Instead of going for C o n tin u e d o n P age 7 9

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W ith th e f o o d s e r v i c e s ch anges currently being ushered in by th e new fo o d c o n tr a c to r M TY T iki M ing, m any em p lo y ­ e e s h a v e b e e n le f t w o n d e r in g w h e th e r t h e i r j o b s w ill s t i l l rem ain u nder ex istin g term s w ith the new m anagem ent.

S everal ca fete ria em ployees are w orried about w age cuts and s c a l e d - b a c k h o u r s th e y a re r e c e i v i n g u n d e r T ik i M i n g ’ s m a n ag e m en t w hen c o m p ared w ith the fo rm er m a n ag em en t o f M iraval. S pecifically, em p lo y ees are c u rio u s a b o u t th e te rm s o f the co n tra ct and the effec t on the e m p lo y e e s w h o s e e m to b e la rg e ly u n in fo rm ed o f th e p o li­ cies. “ T h a t’s o u r m a in c o n c e rn , t h a t ’ s w h y w e ’ ve m a d e [ a n | appointm ent, it’s b ecau se o f the h o u r s ,” o n e c a f e te ria w o rk e r said. “R ig h t now , there are three g irls w ho h av e n o t b e e n c a lle d b a c k a n d b y th e lo o k s o f it, I d o n ’t th in k th e y ’re g o in g to be

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ca lled back. W e w anted to know i f w e ’re p r o te c te d in th e c o n ­ t r a c t . I f w e a r e , th e g ir ls s h o u ld ’ve b ee n c a lle d b a c k .

Som e g irls w ere in terv iew ed and a s k e d i f th e y w e re w illin g to take a cut in sa lary .”

T h e m a in is s u e o f c o n ­ t e n t i o n is th a t T ik i M in g is o ffe rin g few er h o u rs an d lo w er s a la r ie s to th e e m p lo y e e s w h o have been w orking in the c a fete­ ria fo r m any years. T he w o rk er f e lt th a t th e s h o r te r h o u rs an d d ecreased pay w ere a m ethod for T iki M ing to trim its budget. “ I t ’ s to g e t th e o ld e r e m p lo y e e s o u t b e c a u s e , I b eliev e, i t ’s that they w ant to get th e m inim um w age in. T h e m in ­ im um w age is $6.90 or $7.00 an hour. W e ’re not m aking all that m uch m oney anyw ay. S om e o f us m in d .”

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T h e e m p lo y e e a ls o v o ic e d concern about their lack of institu­

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tional support because there is nei­ ther a union for them nor any back­ ing from the Student’s Society o f M cGill U niversity who struck the deal with MTY Tiki Ming.

“W e have nobody here to back us. W e have no union, we have no one to go to, we have nobody rep­ resen tin g us. W e u nderstand that business is business and we have n o thing to do w ith w hat goes on financially, but w e should have a say in our jobs and our hours,” the worker said.

V P operations K evin M cPhee agreed with em ployees’ situation, yet ad m itted that nothing can be done until the contract with MTY T iki M ing is in terp reted by their legal counsel.

“I certainly can’t disagree with their desire to have job stability in the contract. There have been com ­ plications that w e’ve been trying to w ork out. Som e have been dealt with and there are still some pretty big ones to deal with. The contract itself guarantees these people their jobs. W e’re also in the process of having our contract interpreted to find out what that entails as far as

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the w ages and hours that th ey ’ve had in the past,” affirmed McPhee.

“Ideally, it w ould entail that they w o u ld be g u a ra n te e d no fe w e r hours and no less w ages, but I ’m n o t sure th a t’s th e situ atio n and until I confirm that with our legal counsel, I can ’t go on the offense w ith T iki M in g .” M cP h ee noted that he was concious o f the effect the status quo is having on em ploy­ ees.

“I’m trying to... make sure [the current situation] isn’t a breach of the contract and that the em ploy­ ees’ morale on the job isn’t affect­ ed by them being asked to take a wage cut,” M cPhee added.

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Miscommunication between student societies and Dean of Students cost nearly $500,000 B y C a r o l y n K essel

D ue to a m iscom m unication regarding the reporting of referen­ dum results between student soci­ e tie s and th e D ean o f S tu d en ts O ffic e, a to ta l o f ap p ro x im ate ly $500,000 was never collected from students during the last school year.

In the sp rin g o f 1998, the M a n ag e m en t, A rts, and S cie n ce Undergraduate Societies all held ref­ eren da to renew th e ir resp e ctiv e improvement funds. These referenda p a sse d , h o w ev e r, M cG ill n ev e r b illed students the fees they had agreed to pay.

T he M US C o m p u ter D evelopm ent Fund was begun in 1995 and requires Management stu­ dents to contribute $40 each semes­ te r tow ards the p u rch ase o f new com puters and the upkeep o f their Sandiford Computer Lab. This fund generates approximately $120,000 a y ear and m ust be renew ed every three years. In 1998 the referendum to renew it passed, but this fall, the charge was never reflected in fee statements.

The understanding of the offi­ cial process of reporting the results of a referendum apparently differs b etw e en M U S and the D ean o f S tu d en ts, and th is, ac co rd in g to MUS VP Com m unications Arjuna Rajasingham, is perhaps why a mis­ communication occurred.

“The results were communicat­ ed by M US to the D ean o f Management’s office, which in turn com m unicated that inform ation to th e D ean o f S tu d e n t’s o ffic e ," R a ja sin g h a m ex p lain e d .

"Somewhere along the line, commu­ nication failed and the U niversity forgot to collect the $40 a semester last year.”

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Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier

denied even being aware of the refer­ contribution with a $35, 000 dona­ endum results as, according to her, tio n fro m th e F a c u lty of the student societies did not properly Management. communicate them with her office.

“I had h o p ed th e u n iv e rsity “All student-initiated referenda w ould m atch M anagem ent’s $70, results must be communicated by the 000 contribution to closer reach the C h ief R eturning O fficer or oth er C D F ’s p ro je c te d b u d g et," appropriate officer o f the Student K ouyoum djian said. "I do believe Society concerned to the D ean o f that the Sandiford Lab is still the best Students with appropriate inform a­ co m p u ter lab fo r a M an ag em en t tion,” Jukier said. “The problem is Faculty in the country." that well-intentioned student mem­ Last week forty new computers bers of these societies are not always were installed and 33 upgraded in aware o f the procedure and that is the Sandiford Computer Lab in the what happened. Personally, I was not B ronfm an b u ild in g . T he lab was even aware of the three referenda in o b v io u sly in need o f ex p an sio n , w hich th ere w as fa ilu re by the a c c o rd in g to stu d e n ts and the Student Societies to notify my office C om p u ter L ab S u p erv iso r, A nita and so it is really incumbent of the Badri. societies to pass on the information “ S tu d en ts are v ery , v ery through the appropriate channels.” h ap p y ," she said . "T hey w ere Both parties agree that the next shocked to find no w aiting list. It step is for the Dean o f Students to was quite a big thing. The first MIS contact the Head Accountant, Mary assignment was due this week and Jo M c C u llo g h at M cG ill normally there is a huge waiting list.

Accounting. McCullogh also denied For the first time, there was no wait­ knowledge of the referendum results. ing list. Now I look forward to MIS “I never even knew there was a assignments!” referendum," she said. "Sometimes MUS cam e th ro u g h w ith the student societies notify results to me money and made the improvements, with a follow-up letter but I never however at the cost o f some o f its got one.” ow n earn in g s. If the referen d u m It soon b ec am e c le a r to the money had been collected last school MUS that McGill was not going to year, according to Rajasingham , it rectify this mistake, and whether it could have been spent on expansion could place the blam e on M cGill o f th e stu d e n t lo u n g e /c a fe te ria adm inistration or not, the dam age Chapter 11, to subsidize commerce had been done. F orm er M US VP teams or frosh activities.

Academic and form er Chair o f the “Now there is an extra burden Computer Development Fund, Raffi and we have to worry more about K ouyoum djian, had m anaged the profit when we subsidise an event,” fund since its inception in 1995. He he said. and the CDF committee took it upon th e m se lv e s to fin d the m oney AUS and SUS lose big through private donors or university time d o n o rs and s u c c e ssfu lly ra ise d $70,000: The MUS itself contributed W hile the AUS lost ap proxi­ $25,000 from its retained earnings, mately $250, 000 dollars last year th e M a n ag e m en t A c h ie v e m e n t w hich w ould have been norm ally Awards (MUS club and subsidiary) collected for the Arts Improvement contributed $10,000 and the Dean of Fund, unlike the M US they w ere M anagem ent m atched the student given a loan for that amount so that

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services would not be cut off. The Serge R enaud cited lack o f infor­ A IF collects 24.50 per student per m ation as the source o f the hulasemester and goes towards improve­ ballo and was shocked to learn of ments to the Arts Computer Lab, the the cafeteria w orkers’ concerns. library, and various other projects “ W e re c e iv e d a lis t fro m which are approved each year. AUS M cG ill tw o or three m onths ago President Daniel Artenosi regretted and we reached 75% o f them. We the mistake made by AUS’s former ran som e interview s and Jacques CRO, who did not report the referen­ [M T Y m a n a g e r] to o k o v e r .” dum result.

Renaud later added, “As far as I’m “He made a very bad error, and concerned, all of the workers will w e ’re le ft to su ffe r th e c o n s e ­ quences," he said. "I’m very upset b e h ire d u n d er th e sam e c o n d i­ th a t fiv e to six th o u sa n d A rts tions. It’s very d ifficult because Students have to suffer the incompe­ we don’t know how many hours a tence o f one individual. Also, my day they w ere doing. F ro m the feeling is that in the past, not to soft­ [ original lisCT we lost track o f quite en the irresponsibility of the CRO, a few o f them. H aving a new list, but there was not a great deal o f w e w ould call back every o n e o f awareness of the proper procedures. th e m , a s k in g th e m w h e re th e y We have learned from a costly mis­ stand because w e w ere p rovided take.” with about 23 names and lost track The SUS encountered the same o f quite a few.” problem when their students were Y et cafeteria w orker insisted never billed for their contributions to their Computer Development Fund. th a t SSM U w as ta k in g m in im al They lost over $118,000, which will actio n s to ad vocate the rights o f be reflected in their com puter lab, th e w o rk e rs , le t a lo n e k e e p in g a c c o rd in g to N ick S ig g el o f the them informed.

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“I believe SSMU should [help "We haven't expanded our net­ us out]. Call us together and tell us work, we couldn't buy the planned w hat’s going on.” she later added, 20 computers because we don't have “ In A u g u s t, w h e n w e c a lle d a budget," he said. "The only reason SSMU, [throughout] the talks with we survived was that none o f the M iraval leaving, SSM U inform ed m oney goes into salaries, all the us that our jobs would be protected workers are volunteers except for a [and] that hourly rates and hours few te c h n ic a l a d v iso rs and we w ould be protected. By the looks applied for a special grant for main­ te n a n c e and tra in in g o f new right now, w e don’t know w hat’s recruits." p ro te c te d . L ik e I said , w e h av e nobody to turn to. W e ju s t w ant SSM U to inform us on w here we stand come January.”

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Animal terror: research labs targeted by "Justice Department" Series of letter bomb attacks on animal researchers in the US unreported at McGill Council on Animal Care in its twovolume Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals.

Reports of booby-trapped mail L att denied th at w arnings of being sent to medical researchers in» any sort had been issued regarding the U nited S tates brought m edia p o s s ib le a c tio n s by the J u stic e attention upon M cGill and several D e p a rtm e n t a g a in s t M c G ill o th e r C a n ad ian u n iv e rsitie s la st researchers using anim als in their week. research.

According to reports published "To my knowledge [no trapped last week by the Canadian Press and envelopes nor threats] have been the National Post, a group calling sent to any Canadian institution [by its e lf th e " J u stic e D e p a rtm e n t" the Justice Department], he said. mailed envelopes containing hidden "This type o f issue isn't new," razor blades to medical researchers L a tt ad d e d . "T h e re h av e been in the U.S. who were using monkeys extremist animal rights groups who in their research. The stories report­ have m ade th re a ts lik e th is fo r ed that Canadian universities were years... it's a fact of life I guess." warned of the possibility of similar Dr. Alvin Shrier, chair o f the attacks. departm ent of physiology, said he V e te rin a ria n D r R ic h a rd H. was not aware o f any members of L a tt, w ho also h ea d s A n im al the department who are using mon­ Research at M cGill, is responsible k e y s o r o th e r p rim a te s in th e ir for caring for and ensuring humane re se a rc h b ein g th re a te n e d . T he treatment of animals in research at Justice Department had initially tar­ McGill. This entails abiding by the geted researchers using monkeys in guidelines set out by the Canadian their research.

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"We do have people in the fac­ ulty who do primate research and I am n ot aw are o f them rec eiv in g threats," he said.

Security m easures at McGill Manager of Security Services at McGill Steve Paquin explained how he and his staff deal with suspicious packages.

"W hat co n stitu tes som ething su sp ic io u s is e ith e r th e w ay it's addressed, the postage, the condition of the envelope or the wrapper itself, and also the country or province of origin," he said.

A "suspicious package" may be addressed to someone in particular or, more generally, to the institution.

It can originate from a city or coun­ try with which the recipient does not have contact. According to Paquin, the postage on the package or enve­ lope may exceed what is needed to get the package to its destination.

S t u d e n t d a y c a r e h it s s n a g B y K erri S n o w d o n

The promised student day care centre will be delayed in its opening due to administrative snags encoun­ tered in the two years since the pro­ je c t’s funding was approved. The S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty o f M c G ill University sought funding approval for the centre in a referendum held two years ago in November.

T he p rem ise behind the new funding was that the $3.00 per stu­ dent fee approved in the 1997 refer­ endum would be used to cover the operating costs of the daycare until a g o v e rn m e n t su b sid y co u ld be obtained to cover or offset the initial cost o f setting up the centre. The day-care has not yet received its per­ mit from the provincial government.

According to SSMU Day Care Commissioner Lara Leigh-Wood, it is not yet known if this subsidy will be allotted to McGill.

“We won’t find out about gov­ ernment funding until our permit is received,” Leigh-Wood said.

In order to alleviate this prob­ lem there was discussion when the referendum question was being pre­ sented concerning the sharing of a permit with the McGill Community D aycare. T his proposal seem s to have gone by the wayside as the two day-cares have had very little con­ tact with each other in the past year and a half, perhaps due to a change in th e d ire c tio n o f th e M c G ill Com m unity daycare, according to Leigh-Wood.

“For the moment, we are doing it on o u r o w n ,” she said . “T he McGill daycare has changed direc­ to rs, an d w e can re c o n s id e r the agreement, but for the moment, we

supervision. It will allow students to leave their children in daycare for enough time to attend class, or go to the library, without obliging them to leave their children in daycare for the full day.

Student daycare facilities have been an issue at McGill for 15 years.

In 1997, 15% o f all incoming stu­ dents to McGill had children. LeighWood said that, although she is not sure about exact numbers, “the rate (of students with children) has been going up by about 3% per year.”

At the moment, the day-care is projecting to be able to provide care for 30 children at a time from ages 18 months to 5 years, however, the day-care will be arranged in a three hour block system to perm it up to 120 c h ild re n to be a b le to p ass through the centre on any given day.

This will significantly reduce the waiting lists to get into the existing daycare and may serve to accommo­ date student lifestyle more efficient­ ly than the current system.

A cc o rd in g to SSM U VP Finance, Kevin McPhee, to date, the $3.00 per student per sem ester fee has raised a total of $135,000, but by the time the facility is to open, $ 1 8 0 ,0 0 0 o f stu d en t m oney w ill Future daycare have been raised.

This money has not been spent Responding to the needs of stu- ' as of yet, and may be used either for dents with children, the new SSMU setting up the centre or for operating day care centre is scheduled to open costs, according to Leigh-Wood. in Septem ber of 2000 and will be “The money is being left in the located in the W illiam and M ary account until it is needed, at which Brown Student Services Building.

T his in itiativ e, accep ted by o ver point, we will buy resources for the centre such as toys, cabinets, etc.

80% o f students the referendum , H ow ever, no money can be spent w ill c o m p le m e n t th e e x istin g M cGill Com munity D aycare, as it until a permit is received and all by­ will provide care in four three hour law s and a co n stitu tio n has been passed through SSMU council.” blocks a day rath er than full day are on our own.

Christine M cCaffrey, who has been the executive director of the M c G ill C o m m u n ity D ay C are Centre for the past year, says she is still willing to assist the students in their initiative. She emphasized that they were more than willing to share both human and material resources with the fledgling project.

“W e cam e to an a g re e m e n t [with the SSMU daycare] a year and a half ago, but since then communi­ cation has been sparse,” she said. “I think the SSMU daycare is a good idea, but I don’t know when they are opening, or how many children they will take. Don’t get me wrong. We are m ore th an w illin g to sh a re expertise, material, and philosophy, but we haven’t heard from them. We w ant to know m ore.” M cC affrey explained that she has tried to get more information on the project..

“We have attem pted to reach th e SSM U p re s id e n t [A n d rew Tischler] regarding the day care, but o u r c a lls w ere n e v e r re tu rn e d , although we stopped leaving m es­ sages in the past two w eeks,” she continued.

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"If they use brown paper, is it clean or soiled, not what you would n o rm ally expect from som ething that has been processed by a courier or postal service," he explained.

"Once it's determined it’s suspi­ cio u s, a d e c isio n w o u ld th en be taken to involve the [MUC] police," Paquin concluded. "I tell everyone th a t if th ey re c e iv e th e ab o v e described they should not hesitate to call security and/or 9-1-1."

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The California Aggie (U. California-Davis) 10/29/1999 (U -W IR E ) D A V IS, C alif. Over 80 research scientists at uni­ versities throughout the country including 10 right here at University of California Davis - have received threats or booby-trapped letters with razor blades condemning their stud­ ies with animals and urging them to stop their research on primates.

The le tte r cam paign - w hich has b een lik e n e d to th a t o f th e Unabomber - has hit campuses from H arv ard U n iv e rsity in ‘Massachusetts to Emory University in Atlanta to UCD. "You have been targeted and you have until autumn o f 2000 to release all your primate captives and get out of the vivisection industry," one letter postmarked in Las Vegas, read.

"If you do not heed our warn­ ing, your violence w ill be turned back on you.”

D avid G lenn Sm ith - a UCD professor of anthropology - said he was surprised to be among the sci­ entists targeted.

"I do genetic research, which includes extracting DNA from blood sam p les," he ex p lain e d . "W e do studies on identifying genetic mark­ ers in blood that indicate diseases. I always think of myself as someone who is helping the animals.

"I'm p e rp le x e d th a t an im al rights people would choose me," he continued.

T h e a n im a l rig h ts g ro u p dubbed "Justice Department" - put a list of 88 scientists who were being targeted on the Internet. B ecause

research groups constantly scour the World Wide W eb looking for such information, they were able to warn the scientists of the coming letters.

The advance warning helped the tar­ gets avoid any injury.

"I didn't even get my letter - it w as sto p p e d in th e m ail ro o m ,” Smith said. "(UCD officials) have been very responsive to the issue and h av e k ep t us up to d a te on what's happening.

P e o p le are v ery co n c e rn e d about the situation."

J e ff R o b e rts, th e a s s is ta n t director of the primate center, elabo­ rated on the letters. "This is terror­ ism, plain and simple - people trying to change things through intimida­ tion or coercion,” he said. "Would these people have sent razor letters to Jonas Salk when he was trying to keep kids from getting polio? It's depressing to me. You have people w ho are try in g to do g o o d , and they're targeted in this way."

Due to the nature of the letters, the Sacramento FBI has dispatched officers to UCD. "Our task force is cooperating with UCD Police (Department) and w e're also c o n ta c tin g o th e r FB I offices around the country to see whether or not there may be some connection between these letters and sim ila r th rea ten in g le tte rs," FB I a g e n t N ick R o ssi sa id in the Sacramento Bee. Because UCD is the site of the C a lifo rn ia R e g io n a l P rim a te R esearch C en ter - w hich houses 3,800 monkeys and other primates it is a frequent target o f protests, including a caravan know n as the Primate Freedom Tour that stopped here for three days of demonstration in June.

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NEWSbriefs r D r . W illiam O s ler honoured One o f M cGill’s most famous graduates had a street renamed after him in a ceremony held in front of the McIntyre Medicine building last Thursday.

Montreal mayor Pierre Bourque and M cG ill C h a n c e llo r R ich a rd Pound unveiled a plaque designating th e u p p er sectio n o f D rum m ond street as Prom enade Sir-W illiam Osler, in honour o f one of the nine­ te en th c e n tu ry 's m ost renow ned physicians.

Dr. W illiam O sier graduated from McGill's Faculty of Medicine in 1872 an d w as a p ro fe s s o r o f Medicine there from 1875 to 1884. where he integrated biology and the microscope with clinical pathology.

Osier also taught at the University of P e n n sy lv a n ia , Jo h n s H o p k in s University, and Oxford University.

In 1892, O sier published his Principles and Practice o f Medicine, a text referred to as "the bible of m edicine in the English speaking world for more than 30 years" in a p re ss re le a se issu ed by the University Relations Office.

The McIntyre building houses th e O sie r L ib ra ry (H isto ry o f Medicine), the 8,<MX)-volume nucle­ us which Osier's donated to McGill from his personal library.

With the renaming of the upper part of Drummond, two of the slreeLs surrounding M cG ill's m edical sc i­ ences building now bear the names o f tw o o f its m ost fam ous physi­ cian s, O sier and n eu ro lo g ist Dr. Wilder Penfield.

S S M U T r e a s u r e r r e s ig n s

T h e S tu d e n ts ’ S o cie ty o f McGill University found itself with­ out a treasurer last week when Essie Mwanwenda resigned from the posi­ tio n . M w an w en d a, a c h a rte re d accountant completing hcr M.B.A. at McGill. left because the tim e-con­ suming job conflicted with her other interests. She had been the treasurer since last May. Kevin McPhee, VP Operations o f SSMU, was sad to see her go, but w as n o t w o rrie d b ec au se all o f SSMU's budgeting in the interim is done.

"The bulk o f the work that the treasurer does is done. Their biggest w ork tim e is from M arch to the beginning of October," McPhee said.

D u rin g th is p e rio d , Mwanwenda was also the chair of the Finance committee. An interim chair will be appointed at the next meeting, McPhee said.

M w an w enda had re c e n tly com e u n d er c ritic is m from the Black Student Network, after writ­ ing in a le tte r th a t an A fric an a S tudies C o n gress had "no d irect bearing impact on the McGill comYou don’t have to be Irish to love the

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"It was good to have someone as qualified as her," M cPhee said.

The SSMU will rem ain w ithout a tre a su re r fo r the tim e b eing and begin the process of finding a new' one next February.

—■by J. Kelly Nestruck S e c u r i t y d e a l s w it h STRIPTEASE AT B LU ES PUB

Security and police responded to a c a ll from the M cC o n n ell Engineering building to put a halt to a striptease going on at "Blues Pub" on Friday October 22nd.

A cc o rd in g to S tev e P aq u in , m anager o f S ecu rity S erv ices at McGill, "there was a call received by the dispatcher advising they needed help because they were losing con­ trol. Upon checking the origin of the phone call, it was determined that it' o rig in a ted from the E n g in eerin g building. One of our car patrols was dispatched and upon arrival, discov­ ered there was a man and a woman d o in g w hat ap p e ared to be a striptease. Because o f this and the fact that no one wanted to admit to being responsible, the police were contacted."

The individual who placed the phone call to security has not been identified.

Paquin said that when the secu­ rity officer on the scene attempted to question some of the students, "he was not able to get a straight answers and w hoever called was drunk or was doing it as a joke."

Paquin also said that although "it wasn't a sanctioned event, we, the University, had not been informed, but before the police arrived, the striptease had terminated. The police arrived but nothing was happening so they didn't intervene.

— by Asch Harwood

C hapters and P egasus alliance should lead to quicker d eliveries at B ookstore The McGill Bookstore, run by Chapters Inc., may be able to do a better job of promptly meeting the student demand for course materials cheaply thanks to some help from a new book wholesaling company.

P eg asu s W h o lesa le Inc. is C a n a d a 's firs t n a tio n w id e book wholesaler. “It is filling a void that exists in the country... [it has] ten times the size and brand new tech­ n o lo g y ; it is re a lly a m am m oth u n d e rta k in g ” say s H o rst Bitschofsky, the general manager of the McGill Bookstore.

Helena Aalto, director of public and investor relations o f Chapters In c., e x p la in e d the re la tio n sh ip b etw een the tw o co m p an ie s: “Chapters is actually a co-owner of Pegasus with 72 per cent o f stock.

Since there was a lack o f national d istrib u tin g se rv ic es in C a n ad a, Chapters saw this as an investment opportunity and as a way to provide the same level of services provided in the U.S.” Based in Bram pton, O ntario, the new book wholesaler servicing Chapters promises faster shipments and no out-of-stock books due to its wider selections and efficient order­ ing p ro cess w ith sta te -o f-th e art operating systems. The wait for ship­ ments is cut down by a couple o f days as opposed to the usual couple of weeks or even months. The com ­ pany plans on expanding it’s ship­ m ent p ro d u c ts to C D ’s, v id e o s, DVD’s and magazines.

When asked about how this will benefit McGill University students, Bitschofsky replied that “the differ­ ence for students is that they may be able to get their textbooks cheaper.”

A alto, how ever, clarified the situation som ew hat by explaining that “ Pegasus does not d istrib u te textbooks as of yet, but, it does ful­ fill the distributing of non-textbooks.

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trade books and w ill co n cen trate more on the textbook shipments.”

— by Sam Campbell

McGill recycling: fact or fiction?

B y S h e h y r a r Fa z l i

E n v ir o n m e n t-c o n s c io u s groups like Greening McGill, frustrated by M cG ill’s lack o f initiative in e n v iro n m e n ta l p o lic ie s , ca n breathe a sigh o f relief. Contrary to w hat they previously believed, McGill does, in fact, recycle.

W hether such claims are actu­ ally true, or merely misperceptions, is n o t c le a r. B u t a c c o r d in g to Claude Rehaie, D irector o f W aste M an ag em en t, such a c co u n ts are misguided.

“M cG ill does recycle ev ery ­ thing from paper to glass, and has been doing so for the past seven or e i g h t y e a r s , ” R e h a i e c la im e d .

“T h e re are re c y c lin g s ta tio n s in e v e r y | m a j o r building where cafe­ te r ia s are lo c a te d .

W a s t e Wei Leng Tay

T ra sh for ca sh

G reening M cGill, a group o f roughly thirty volunteer mem bers and a w orking group o f Q PIR G , has been, for over ten years now, m onitoring M cG ill’s environm en­ tal p ra c tic e s. A c c o rd in g to J e ff Roberts, who has headed the group sin ce last year, th is activ ity has proved aggravating in the past four years, especially with recycling. “ S o m e y e a rs a g o ,” he e x p la in e d , “ a g ro u p o f s e n io r adm inistrators and som e students sta rted rec y clin g in itia tiv e s, but th is g ro u p fell ap a rt ab o u t four years ago when the new adm inis­ tration came in. After that, nothing seemed to be going on in terms of recycling. Up to this spring, and ev en the su m m er, w e w ere told from reliable sources that what was thrown into the recycling bins were then ju st dum ped into the normal garbage cans.”

M anagement, which is concerned with the recy­ cling o f glass, w aits until enough glass has collected in the recycling bins, after w hich it is sent to be recycled by G erico, the com pany we deal with.”

A person at G erico has co n ­ firmed that the company does recy­ cle M cGill’s used products, such as g lass. H o w ev er, th e p erso n w as un ab le to in d ic ate fo r how long Gerico has handled the university’s waste material.

G io v an n i N uzzi o f B u ild in g Services was unavailable for com ­ ment at press time.

Yet, for students like Roberts to be frustrated at M cG ill’s recy­ cling policies remains justified. For even L ahaie agrees that “ M cGill d o e s n ’t re c y c le as m u c h as it should.”

Wei Len9 Tay

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Sign-up is required for attendance. Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot by contacting the Student Aid Office at 398-6014

Dr. Wilkinson's lab is looking for migraine sufferers to participate in research on the role of vision in migraine. Participation involves doing computerized tests of visual function during non-headache periods. The studies do not involve medication and are hot attempting to trigger migraines. Testing sessions take 1-2 hours. Remuneration: $10-25. For more information contact Dr. Wilkinson’s lab at 398-1399 or migraine@hebb.psych.mcgill.ca.

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ED IT OR IA L

Stop the Press

“To be a moral man is to obey the traditional maxims of your community without hesitation or discussion.” — C hrales Sanders Peirce

By Jeremy Kuzmarov

T H E McGI LL TRIBUN E News Editor Ed it o r -I n - C h ie f

Paul Conner A s s is t a n t Ed it o r - i n - C h ie f

Rebecca Catching A s s is t a n t Ed it o r - i n - C h ie f

John Salloum

Karen Kelly Jonathan Colford Rhea Wong

Features Editors Paul Cornett Stephanie Levitz

Entertainment Editors Sandon Shogilev Maria Simpson

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com munity, to organise week-long e v e n ts su ch as th e w in te r P rid e W eek and the upcoming Dyke Days (November 15th - 19th).

A s a v o lu n teer o rg an isatio n , constant input is im portant to the well-running o f Q ueer M cGill. As such, on November 3rd at 6pm, fol­ lowing our weekly W ednesday gen­ eral p lan n in g and o rg an isa tio n a l m e e tin g , th e re w ill b e an o pen forum to address ideas and sugges­ tions for Queer McGill. As at any of our general meetings, EVERYONE is welcome to attend.

Signed, M andy Comstock, Avi Craimer, D avid Da Silva, Martha Deeds, Fraser Hall, Ned Howey, Jackie Klein, Jeremy Lantz, Laura Ullmann, Erica Weinstein; Co-ordinating Committee, Queer M cGill

P i n o c h e t d e c is io n

U rban S praw l

BASTION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

I’m writing in response to the w rite -u p in th is w ee k 's T rib u n e a b o u t th e le tte r I in tro d u c e d to SSMU Council, regarding General Pinochet.

T h e a rtic le su g g e ste d th a t Council decided to remove a phrase referring to General Pinochet being charged for crimes against Spanish citizens, because it suggested we were laying blame.

In fact, I removed that phrase from the letter when I presented it to Council at the meeting because it w as fa c tu a lly in c o rre c t. W h ile G e n e ra l P in o c h e t w as in itia lly charged with crimes against Spanish citizens, he has also been charged with crimes against Chilean citizens.

Clare Jennings Clubs Rep

A lthough I read with interest th e e d ito ria l ("P lea se, no m oresp ra w l" , T u e sd a y , O c to b e r 26, 1999), I was dism ayed at his last se n te n c e w h ich read : "M aybe, though, this is the biggest enemy N o rth A m e ric a h as e v e r seen ."

Obviously, Mr. Conner, may not be aw are o f the serious, and, in my opinion, more important issues fac­ ing North American society today, such as poverty, crime and violence, racism , m iso g y n y , h o m o p h o b ia, pollution, overpopulation, erosion of public health care and education, deforestation, etc. Yes, urban sprawl is a problem in North America, but let's not lose sight o f our priorities (and realities), please.

Stephen Déry, Atmospheric and oceanic sciences

H ere is a big "Hell Yeah" to Paul Conner for calling attention to the problem o f sprawl. However, must say that Paul, being the gentle man that he is, understated the point about middle class residents leaving town, amplifying class segregation in the p rocess. I actu ally passed through Levittown some years back T he place is p ractically a T ipper G ore/Liz D ole them e park, where you're not welcome if you don't look like Pat Buchanan. And God forbid you should ride in with long hair, a beard and Colours on your back!

Also, Amen to you all for run­ n in g M r. P o p la w sk i's "S to p the P re ss" a b o u t th e C B C 's new M axim um L eader. Y ou guys got more balls than an umpire for taking on Those W ho W ould be the Ted Turners of Canada.

Thank you, Jose-Pierre Fernandez Certificate in Health and Social Services Management.

As the co-ordinating com m it­ tee fo r Q u eer M cG ill, w e feel it n ecessary to resp o n d to the co n ­ cerns raised in "Queer McGill miss­ es the mark", published last week in the T rib u n e. A lth o u g h valid and im p o rtan t issues w ere raised, the letter was riddled with inaccuracies and facts taken out o f context.

T h ro u g h th is r e s p o n s e , w e would like to clarify the function of Queer McGill, in the context o f the McGill community.

Queer McGill is fundamentally an organisation run by volunteers.

The hard work and dedication o f the many people that give their time to the organisation is reflected in the diverse array o f programs and ser­ vices that are offered, and Q ueer M cG ill’s designation as the 1998 SSMU Service o f the Year.

Q ueer M cG ill is an essential

Jim G ra y a n d th e m e d ia Normally, the rapport between sports reporter and athlete is sym biotic, rarely involving controversy. For that reason, much has been made about Jim Gray's recent hard-line interview with Pete Rose upon his election to baseball's all-century team prior to game two of the world series.

Many baseball pundits have argued that Gray, a journalist for N BC, was out of line in interrogating Rose about the gambling allegations clouding his name, and that his persistent attempts to get a confession from him were bordering on harassment. Many felt that the all-time hits leader deserved his 'moment in the sun', and that G ray should have focused his interview on the positives of Rose's first official public appearance in baseball since his banishment in 1989 and the warm reception he received from the fans.

The fact of the matter rem ains, however, that Rose didn't deserve this warm treatment from baseball fans. There is in fact nothing uplifting about his return to the baseball spotlight in light of the overriding evidence to support the claim that Rose bet on baseball games involving his own team w hile a player/manager for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1980s. Renowned for his hardnosed play and hustle, Rose let down his millions of supporters and betrayed his own teammates, making a mockery of the game of baseball in the process.

Even worse, Rose has yet to admit to any-wrong-doing in the matter, and has failed to offer an apology to the fans and team­ mates he let down. Gray was hoping to extract an apology from Rose in his interview. Being his first public appearance in base­ ball in the decade since his banishment, it made for a perfect forum for Rose to admit to his past errors, and earn some forgive­ ness and respect back from the fans. Rose, h o w ever, d id n't respond w ell to G ra y's questions, and repeatedly denied his guilt, missing out on a valuable opportunity.

With the weight of the gambling allegations still hanging over his head, there was something that just didn't feel right about Rose basking in the glory of his selection to the all-century team at Turner field. Bravely, with his interrogative line of questioning, G ra y offered a rem in d er to the m illio n s fans acro ss North America watching the game that Rose was still inextricably linked to his gambling transgressions, and that his selection to the all­ century team was tainted as a result. Furthermore, it was about time that he fess up to his wrong-doing.

There was no breech of ethics on the part of Gray who was simply doing his job as a journalist. Uncovering the truth is after all, the cornerstone of the journalism profession. And w hile Pete Rose may not have enjoyed Gray's public interrogation of him, his role as a public figure makes him fully accountable for his actions.

The bottom line, is that baseball fans, especially those who attended Reds games in the '80s, have a right to know the extent of Rose's gam bling. And w h ile the evid en ce uncovered has proved conclusive about his guilt, the issue cannot be put to rest until Rose himself admits to his wrong-doing.

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O ur up-to-date w ebsite and the email discussion listserve are other w ay s in w h ich o u r o rg a n isa tio n keeps McGill students informed of activities and issues pertaining to the queer community.

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W riting a colum n about how hard it is to w rite colum ns is the essayist's declaration of uncondition­ al surrender.

It's rather a bad sign when it happens three or four pieces into a fellow 's career. His plea for ques­ tions "or column ideas to be sent to his e-mail address is the act of a des­ perate man.

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S elley's ripping o ff colum n ideas from his friends' work, in fact. But Selley's a talented enough writer to get away with it.

A lth o u g h E ssert m anages to spell "Its" most ably—as he himself p o in ts out, in an em b arrassin g ly w eak shot at the Sly C hiseler—he might want to consider investing in some rem edial gram m ar lessons. I think the F aculty o f M anagem ent offers courses in basic writing.

Essert also seems to share with Jason McDevitt the misapprehension that their readers give a flying fuck about them and their lives. Not so.

McDevitt's recent adventures in sushi and other culinary peculiari­ ties, like Essert's romantic life, make for skull-clutchingly bad reading.

C olum nists are w orth th eir space w hen they w rite w ell o r p ro v id e unusual observations on subjects in w hich their readers are interested.

Neither does much of either.

D rib b lin g ab o u t y o u rs e lf in print is called self-indulgence. Over time you can earn the right to do a little of it. But you're expected to say something worthwhile first.

Schoemer — now THERE'S a w riter! E v en if she is fo rc e d to review her friends from time to time.

Yours faithfully, David Reevely Fussbudget (Ret.)

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B u r y m y h e a r t a t B in g o G ather ‘round, boys and girls, it’s tim e for another exciting game o f “W h at’s your favourite native gro up th a t got sh it on w hen the W h ite m a n a r r iv e d in N o rth A m e r ic a ? ” (W Y F N G T G SOW TW M AINA, for short). Yes, the list o f potential candidates is lo n g , b u t m y v o te g o e s to th e O n eid a Indian N ation o f C entral

Fast forw ard to 1975. A fire breaks out in the bingo hall on the O n e id a ’s tin y r e s e rv a tio n . T h e lo c a l fire d e p a rtm e n t is c a lle d .

They refuse to com e, because the fire is on Indian land. W h at the fire-fighters were not counting on, however, was that a certain young man nam ed Ray H albritter would have an aunt and uncle that died in th e f ire .

R a y H a lb ritte r tu rn e d o u t to be a sm a rt guy.

Real smart.

He w ent on to H arv ard law S ch o o l, b ecam e q u ite a g o o d a tto r n e y . A g o o d attorney with a chip on his shoul­ der. He had grown up in shitty cir­ c u m s ta n c e s th a t w e re b o rn e o f centuries o f greed and cruelty per­ petrated by white settlers, and had seen members of his fam ily die as a resu lt o f lin g e rin g rese n tm e n t towards the Indians.

Ray w anted to do som ething for his tribe, and he was finally in a position to do it. He started to look at the land treaties th at had left the O neida in such piss poor circum stances. He found that the trea tie s w ere illeg a l; th e federal governm ent never approved them, an d as su c h , th e y v io la te d th e Nonintercourse Act. The Supreme Court agreed, and ruled in 1985 in fav o u r o f th e O n eid a. T h e trib e tried to negotiate a m onetary set­ tle m e n t w ith th e s ta te o f N ew York, but the state w ouldn’t play ball. So last year, they filed anoth­ e r s u it, th is tim e w ith th e D e p a rtm e n t o f lu s t ic e on th e ir s id e , n a m in g e v e ry in d iv id u a l landowner as a defendant.

W hat does this all m ean? It m eans th a t ev e ry b o d y liv in g on the disputed land could get booted o ff th e ir p ro p erty . T he m o ral? I g u ess w h at g oes aro u n d , co m es around. T hose fire-fighters better start looking into alternate living arrangements.

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Jason McDevitt N ew York. T he O neida, or “peo­ ple o f the sto n e” , are one o f the five original m em bers o f the pow ­ e r f u l L e a g u e o f I ro q u o is .

Basically, they were bilked out of a h u g e ch u n k o f th e ir an c estra l land by illegal land deals forced on them by the state o f New York.

Now they've sued to get their land b a c k a n d — h e r e ’s th e e x c itin g p art— the US S uprem e court has ruled that they own a chunk o f ter­ r ito r y a b o u t th e s iz e o f R h o d e Island smack in the m iddle o f New Y ork State, populated m ainly by n o n -In d ia n s. N eat, huh? I ’ll fill you in on the details.

Things w eren’t always so bad betw een the O neida and W hitey.

In fa c t, th e O n e id a h e lp e d th e A m e r ic a n c o lo n is ts f ig h t th e B ritish during the R evolutionary W ar. A fter the w ar was won, the fledgling US governm ent rew ard­ ed the tribe w ith 270,00 acres in c e n tr a l N ew Y o rk , p r o m is in g n e v e r to c la im th e la n d , and to help prevent New York State from encroaching on it. All this jiv e was part o f the Treaty o f Canandaigua, signed into law in 1794, by none o th e r th an G eo rg e W a sh in g to n .

C o n g ress has also p assed a bill, called the N onintercourse A ct of 1790, w hich prohibited all sexual relatio n s. N o, w ait, th a t is a lie.

W hat it really did w as invalidate any purchase o f Indian land w ith­ out the consent o f the federal gov­ ernment.

B ut lo and b ehold, betw een 1795 and 1846, the state of New York im posed 26 “treaties” on the Oneida, leaving them with only a few hundred acres. This im pover­ ished the tribe, and did not make for friendly relations betw een the natives and the settlers. However, the ironic thing is that most o f the unfriendliness cam e from — guess who— the w hite folk! The fact of the m atter is that the O neida were fast becom ing a minority, and we a ll k n o w h o w m u c h w e h a te minorities.

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M y o n e c o lu m n a b o u t S S M U p o litic s I have always secretly suspect­ ed that very little gets done under the auspices of M cG ill’s Students’ S o ciety th a t m ig h t n o t g et done w ith equal or superior efficiency u n d er the co n tro l o f som e other, less cum bersom e um brella institu­ tion, and without the sideshow of a salaried Model Parliament interest­ ing to that minutest fraction of the M cGill com m unity lacking televi­ sion, radio, printed material or dry­ ing paint to divert its attentions.

And now I know for sure. You see, re c e n tly , w h ile tro llin g the depths o f the Sea o f F utility, the SSM U politicos landed the equiva­ lent of a trophy bass. At the request o f the South A m erican S tu d en ts’ A ssociation, they have decided to send a letter to the British “authori­ tie s” com m ending them for their d e c is io n to e x tr a d ite fo rm e r Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to Spain.

T o be fair, the in te n t is not totally w ithout merit. It’s kind of cute, really, like when my seventh grade class adopted that starving H onduran lass. E xcept th at w hen my sev en th g rad e class ad o p ted that starving Honduran lass, we did it either out o f the goodness o f our hearts or because teacher told us to.

And the upshot, so far as I know, was the im provem ent o f som eone’s life.

T he problem w ith th is letter is n ’t so m uch that it w ill alm ost certainly be spirited directly from the desk o f its recipient to one o f any num ber o f L ondon-area land­ fill sites. N o harm done there — Santa Claus receives reams of cor­ respondence every Christmas. The p ro b le m is th a t th e s e p e d a n tic goons couldn’t ju st send the damn letter and be done with it. Instead, someone got upset because the let­ ter’s original wording im plied that Pinochet was guilty, and a com m it­ tee has thus been struck to examine when, where, why, how and — one hopes — if it should be sent.

Sweet G eorgia Brown w hat a waste o f time. First o f all, as far as th e S o u th A m e ric a n S tu d e n ts ’ Association is concerned, Pinochet is guilty: I’m g u essing th at their elation over the extradition has lit­ tle to do with the poor man finally getting a chance to clear his name.

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Chris Selley the sake of their cause they would be wise to be diplom atic about it.

T h e y lo s e v a lu a b le c r e d ib ility every time they sim ply dem anded his release (and they have, consid­ ering m ost of the graffiti one sees is m ore alo n g th e lin es o f “F ree M um ia” than “Re-try M umia”).

So assum ing SSM U is going to send the stupid letter, shouldn’t they be w orried about keeping up appearances? W ell, quite frankly, n o; b e c a u s e its o p in io n is o f a b s o lu te ly no re le v a n c e . O th e r is s u e s on w h ic h S S M U s h o u ld have no opinion include Am azon d efo restatio n , Icelan d ic p o litics, suspicious gasoline prices and the impending extinction o f the three­ to ed slo th . It sh o u ld n ’t h av e an o p in io n on an y th in g it c a n ’t do an y th in g about, esp ec ially if the form ation of that opinion requires the striking of com m ittees and the expenditure of student money.

SSMU is not a world govern­ m e n t. C a n a d a is s u e s s c o re s o f seemingly futile press releases con­ dem ning this and applauding that, b ut d o es so u n d er the u n w ritten ru le s o f in te rn a tio n a l d ec o ru m .

SSM U has no such m andate. If it belongs to an international com mu­ nity, then it’s an international com ­ m unity o f students’ societies, and that’s only slightly more significant

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as a collective than is SSM U on its own in the sphere o f global events.

Think about it. How much of th e in su ffe ra b le SSM U p ap you read in the T rib u n e or the D aily concerns anything you really care about? For me, even if I happen to care ab o u t a given issue, all I ’ll e v e r fin d is a d is s e c tio n o f th e e x c r u c ia tin g m in u tia e o f so m e council arriving at an opinion about that issue. It’s a whole pile o f trees and no for­ est in sight.

T h a t’s w h y i t ’s a M o d e l Parliam ent.

B ecause adm inister­ ing clubs and serv ices, lo bbying governments on our behalf, provid­ in g s p a c e fo r p a p e rs lik e th e Tribune and so on — the truly use­ ful th in g s S SM U d o es —- d o n ’t n ee d to b e d e m o c ra tic to w ork.

W ho’s going to speak up in favour o f differentia] tuition? W ho’s going to oppose the formation of the line dancing society? In this respect, the useful parts o f SSM U essentially run themselves.

M ean w h ile , S SM U C o u n cil serves its own purpose, and it has absolutely nothing to do with any­ one w ho isn ’t involved in SSM U Council. If you w ant proof, check out the SSMU web page: under the “G et Involved” section, it lists all the things they adm inister and then offers “Student G overnm ent” as a totally separate entity.

So, far be it from me to edify the entire institution by suggesting that these people have better things to be working on for their $15,000.

In fact, I would like to suggest that the very existence o f this column, not to mention the various drafts of that infernal letter, im ply that the folks slaving aw ay in the SSM U offices have entirely too much time on their hands. Money too, come to think of it.

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The current selection is written by a m an w h o se la s t n am e is Novembre.

• T he N ovem ber B eard Club (on th e w eb at h ttp://planet.ten.net/~ nbc/ten97.ht m ) w as f o u n d e d in 1988 by a bunch o f college guys in California w hose philosophy is that because n a tu re g iv e s th em the a b ility to grow beards, for at least one month o f the year they should grow them.

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try to get you to talk about it after y o u ’ve said that, then say it again until they understand that you real­ ly do not w ant to be involved.

Y our frien d s hopefully have friends that aren’t mutual to talk to ab o u t all o f th is , so th e re is no need for them to be putting you in a bad place. Honestly, they either have to figure out that they need to g ro w up an d sto p g o ssip in g , or stop doing grown-up things in the bedroom . H o w ev er, you need to do n o th in g b u t m a in ta in y o u r friendships by letting them attend to th e p ro b le m at h an d w ith o u t your help.

And to your friends, (in case th e y re a d th is as e v e ry g o o d M c G ill s tu d e n t s h o u ld ) is o n e n ig h t o f d r u n k in ’ lo v in ’ re a lly worth losing a friend over? Try to forget about the night in question and try to rem em ber why you were friends to begin with. At the very le a s t s to p p u ttin g y o u r o th e r frien d ’s in a bad postion with all o f th is tra s h ta lk in ’. Y ou m ade your bed, don’t m ake your friends lie in it.

Butting heads • “It’s what I always wanted — to be in touch w ith a com m unity of ideas like this... T here’s something th rillin g a b o u t th e in te r n e t... It almost doesn’t m atter w hat anyone says. It’s m ore the thrill o f know ­ ing you’re in touch with people lat­ erally, rather than through a filter o f some kind.” Brian Eno, British Rock Musician • “W e’ve now in v en ted the u lti­ m a te to o l fo r k e e p in g th e sa d s busy: the internet. B ut behind all the techno-babble about cyberspace and hyper-text and virtual worlds, b e h in d all th e p ro m ise s o f to tal im m ersion in a p arallel universe, there’s a boring reality: a bunch of screeching modems; lost jobs, and boring com puter-nerds getting all excited over a glorified telephone exchange. I’m sick o f the spurious claims devotees m ake for the inter­ net, and I’m particularly sick o f the intem erds.” — Janet Street-Porter., Britsh broadcaster

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Only music freaks need apply

Rabinovitch: the media man of the hour

You don’t need to be a musician to work in music

By Marie-Helene Savard______

always have to try to m ake every­ m o re to guys, h an g in g o u t w ith body happy.” b a n d s a n d d o in g cra zy s t u f f . ” D rolet is a pretty happy guy him ­ C ra z y s t u f f m a y b e , b u t fo rg e t I magine a job that allows you to self, a self-described ‘m usic-freak’ a b o u t th e “T h is is S p in al T a p ” h a n g p o ste rs o n y o u r o ffice w ho’s found a way to earn a living ste reo ty p e: th e in d u stry is a lo t walls and keep a television tuned to M usique Plus all day long. Imagine doing w hat he loves. H e disagrees m ellow er th an it was in the early offices furnished w ith sound sys­ w ith m any artists’ assessments that rock-n-roll eighties. people w ith careers in th e m usic te m s a n d sh e lv es s ta c k e d w ith “Artists realize that if they w ant industry are m ore business-orient­ to be around for a while, they have C D s . Im a g in e c o -w o rk e rs w ho ed than musically inclined. never w ear ties, and assignm ents to be in shape,” says Drolet. “You th a t include going o u t on week“It is a business and in the end, can’t drink like a m aniac ‘till five nights. Sound too good to be true? y o u h av e to m e e t q u o ta s a n d in the m orning every day and per­ resp e ct b u d g ets, b u t th e p eo p le W elcome to the world o f Stéphane fo rm th e f o llo w in g n i g h t . ” Drolet, the man in charge According to D rolet, to become a o f English p rom otions at prom otions manager, it is essential BM G Music. th a t you be o p en -m in d ed given D rolet doesn’t look like th at you have to listen to a lot o f your typical manager with m u sic you are b o u n d to dislike, his shoulder-length blond you sh o u ld be creativ e an d su r­ hair and relaxed style. H e prise, surprise, even kind. seems to belong on a surf­ “T o do PR, you have to be nice board rather than behind to everybody, because y o u never a desk. H is job consists o f know who you’ll m eet on your way “getting airplay for all the u p ,” says Drolet. artists th a t th e com pany A degree isn’t necessary, b u t it’s represents, as well as han­ still considered useful an d m ig h t d lin g th e p r e s s .” T h e co m p en sate for a lack o f experi­ process is com plicated by ence. I f you’re considering a career the fact that two hundred in music prom otions or the music P la n e t S m a s h e r s h ttp l/www.geocities.com records are released every industry in general, D rolet recom­ tw o w eeks, w h ile ra d io sta tio n s w orking the records on the streets m e n d s w o rk in g at rec o rd sto res are totally into m usic,” he says. H e only add a few songs per week to and trying to becom e as involved their playlist. adm its th a t h e ’s n o t too fo n d o f as p o s s ib le by g o in g to sh o w s, “Everything can’t be triple A pri­ the paper w ork himself. a p p ly in g for in te rn sh ip s o r jobs M ost prom otion staffers are, like w ith in d e p e n d e n t c o m p a n ie s . o rity ,” explains D ro let, “b u t you have to look at play lists and push D rolet, guys in their late twenties You’ll be rewarded for your efforts th e songs th a t are m issing. I f [a or early thirties. Some people m an­ by a job that “is all about discover­ age to stick in prom otions past the radio statio n ] added three dance ing new things,” says D rolet. “ [I] age o f 35, but they m ust willingly som etim es get an u nknow n song, songs in the last week, then [they] take-on the accom panying lifestyle. d o n ’t p u s h fo r a f o u r th listen to it and just know th at six “If you’re m arried with two young one...[they] push a ballad instead.” m onths from now, I’m going to see kids an d y o u ’re th irty -fiv e years y o u in y o u r c a r a n d y o u ’ll be T he pushing can go both ways: w h en b ig a rtists com e to to w n , o ld ,” D ro let explains, “you d o n ’t singing th a t sam e song. T h a t’s a prom otion managers have to field w a n t to be a t F o u fo u n e s good feeling.” requests for interviews and deter­ Electriques T hursday at m idnight to see a show .” m in e w hich m edia gets p rio rity .

For m ore in fo rm a tio n on m usicAs for th e fact th a t m en still T he way D rolet sees it, “it’s hard to related. careers, co n su lt th e hook deal w ith people w ho get m ad if slightly o utnum ber w om en in the Career Opportunities in the M usic y ou c a n ’t get th e m an alb u m , a field, D ro le t w on d ers if i t ’s n o t Industry hy Shelly Field, on reserve at b ecau se “i t ’s a jo b th a t ap p eals tic k e t o r an in te rv ie w , b u t y ou CAPS.

By Paul Conner__________________ lum ni are the heartbeat o f a university. W ith o u t them , a university can neither enhance its reputation nor attract the funding required to sustain its self-imposed high standards. Robert Rabinovitch, a M cGill alumnus, current chair o f th e M cG ill B oard o f G overnors, and the newly appointed president o f th e C a n a d ia n B ro a d c a s tin g C o rp o r a tio n is c e rta in ly o n e o f M cGill’s most prized ex-students.

R ab in o v itch g rad u ated from McGill in 1964 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in economics. After completing his graduate work at the W harton S chool o f B usiness, he sta rte d a' ca re e r w h ic h has m o v ed h im b etw e en M o n tre a l an d O tta w a , in c lu d in g a s tin t w o rk in g w ith Pierre Trudeau’s government in the 1980s.

T h ro u g h o u t this tim e, he has stayed in touch with M cGill as an active alum nus, though he adm its the university experience and stu­ dents’ expectations after graduation have changed since his days.

“I th in k th a t s tu d e n ts at McGill were more active in politics in those d ays,” he said. “T h e n a p eriod developed w here stu d en ts were extremely serious in terms o f the jobs and opportunities. N ow I think it’s working its way back.

“I get the feeling they w ant the en tire university experience, th a t they’re n ot as concerned about the jobs tom orrow as they once were.

W hen we grew up in the sixties, we knew there were always going to be jobs. In the seventies, they knew th e re w ere n o t g o in g to be jobs [and, as a result, were very focused on employment when taking cours­ es]. But I think today there’s a bet­ ter balance.

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R a b in o v itc h was q u ic k to demonstrate that even once students leave the school, the legacy o f its name carries on.

“T h e value o f your degree, in many ways, as seen by other people is a function o f the quality o f the institution at the time they’re look­ ing at you,” said Rabinovitch. “I did my graduate work at the University o f P e n n sy lv a n ia . T h e fa c t th a t W harton today has a very good rep­ utation today doesn’t hurt me — in fact it helps me. So it’s in every­ body’s interest who is a McGill grad to m aintain the high quality stan­ dards because it reflects upon you as a grad.”

A f t e r M c G ill

T he relationship between uni­ versity and alumni is a complicated one at best. N o t only does the uni­ versity shape a graduate’s career, but alum ni also play a crucial role in shaping the role and the future o f their alma mater.

“I believe most universities, for financial reasons, and as p art o f a core belief, see the university aspect as part o f a life continuum , and as such, they see the university as a part o f a person’s life as they move on,” he said. “It’s im portant for the university because the alum ni are your strongest financial supporters, they are your strongest supporters in term s o f recruitm ent, and alum ni are a core to a university.”

As the Chairman o f the Board o f G o v ern o rs, R a b in o v itc h also stressed th e sym bolic role o f th e BoG in fostering a common McGill identity am ong graduates and cur­ rent students. H e also credits alum­ ni for developing these linkages even

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Life after McGill Living life under the big top and bright lights

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nning goes a long way

Running aw ay to join the circus no longer the stuff o f dreams lo n g er scope for careers in the circus led to catch on. “People w ant to be

By Kama Leier or many, a childhood dream was to run away with the circus. ; T h e clow ns, th e c o tto n can d y and those dazzling trapeze artists all se e m e d so fun and magical.

Yet no one seri­ ously aspires to jo in th e c irc u s, ; right?

M i c h e l Legault from the | École de C irque de V e rd u n d is| agrees.

A c c o rd in g to h im , th e traj d i t i o n a l c irc u s j h as b e c o m e a | refined art form over the last few C irc u s c a r e e r s I years. M any people still th in k o f | e le p h a n ts a n d tig e rs b u t th is image is slowly changing.

“T h e anim als are related to f a n o ld d im e n s io n o f c ir c u s ,” 1 Legault explained. “It will never | die because people always like to 1 see elephants and such. Society | has evolved new values n o t to | exploit animals, and those values have m ade the circus change.”

L e g a u lt is q u ic k to p o in t o u t th a t th e r e a re s till m a n y | good anim al acts in the industry 1 b u t th a t new ideas are beginning

am azed, th is is w hy C irq u e d u Soliel is so appealing,” he said.

“T h e y h a v e an id e a l m ix o f sound, lights and dance. It is a show .”

It is from th is new idea o f s h o w b iz th a t m any c a re e r p o s s i­ b ilitie s arise.

T here are still th e tr a p e z e a r ti s ts and c lo w n s , a n d o ne can train for such disci­ plines at vari­ ous c irc u s s c h o o l s http-y/a squirrel a r o u n d

m any to dismiss the idea o f cir­ cus w ork as crazy. T oday, how­ ever, circus is a thriving industry th a t o ffe rs c r e a tiv ity a n d th e o p p o rtu n ity for extensive travel.

“T h e c irc u s is an a r t, a physical language, there are no barriers,” Legault said. “You can w ork anyw here.”

Acts frequently travel, visit­ in g p la ce s as d iv e rse as A sia, R u s sia a n d E u ro p e . A n y o n e interested in the circus m ust be p rep a re d to ex p erien ce life on the road.

T oday’s circuses are search­ ing for technical people trained

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w orld. Yet, new and interesting p o sitio n s are n o w available in the circus. “People w ho are too creative for theater, the circus is for th em ,” he said.

L e g a u lt e n c o u ra g e s th o se trained in the visual arts and th e­ atre to consider th e circus as a career avenue. C ostum e an d set design, directors and anyone else w ith a c r e a tiv e b a c k g r o u n d c o u ld fin d th e m se lv es in th is dem anding and highly satisfying career.

I n th e p a s t, th e lim ite d

The circus is an art, a

physical language, there are no barriers. You can work any­ where.

—Michel Legault in lighting, stage direction, and sound. T here so m any o p p o rtu ­ nities and so few qualified peo­ ple th a t job prospects are enor­ mous. As well, people trained in com m unications may find th em ­ selves in dem an d as prom oters.

A n d , s in c e th e c irc u s is n o

regional b u t w orks in a global setting, these people need to be educated and know ledge­ able about different cultures and c u s to m s. “M a rk e tin g p e o p le n e e d to k n o w a b o u t p ro to c o l since th e circus is big in te rn a ­ tionally,” Legault emphasized.

Since the explosion o f crossc u l tu r a l a c ts , th e c irc u s h as found itself in great dem and o f agents and lawyers. According to Legault, one o f the biggest p ro b ­ lem s facing th e circus to d ay is finding som eone to interpret the in tern atio n al contracts th a t the perform ers need to sign.

T h e circus has also expand­ ed its ex p e rtise in to d iffe re n t areas. C irc u s p e rfo rm e rs m ay fin d them selves o u tsid e o f th e big top and perform ing in shows such as cabarets, sim ilar to the o n e y o u m ay f in d a t th e M o n trea l C asino. C abarets are especially p o p u lar in E uro p ean countries.

A nother idea th a t has begun to grow is the idea o f ‘circus par­ ties’. D ifferent corporations are now hiring circus perform ers as e n te rta in m e n t for parties or to give d em o n stratio n s an d w ork­ shops for employees.

F o r a n y o n e in te r e s te d in careers along this line, there are m a n y d if f e r e n t w ay s to g et

in v o lv ed . P eo p le in te re ste d in perform ing can contact th e vari­ o u s c irc u s s c h o o ls in th e M ontreal area. Technical people can also b egin th e ir search for jobs at this level. Legault says it

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creative for theater, the circus is for them.

—Michel Legault

just takes some simple netw ork­ ing to get yourself in th e door.

A s k in g a r o u n d a n d g e ttin g fam iliar w ith th e in d u stry an d the people will help you to find job opportunities.

T h e circus is m ulti d im en ­ sional an d holds the prom ise o f tr a v e l, c r e a tiv ity a n d fu n .

L e g a u lt b e lie v e s th a t a n y o n e w ith im agination w ho is w illing to w ork hard can have a success­ ful career in this field. So before you resign yourself to th a t nine to five desk job you may w ant to rekindle your childhood fantasy.

T h a t ’s rig h t, M o m , D a d , I ’m joining the circus.

Golf: business as usual tures their fancy is the nature o f the game itself.

“G o lf is like th e u ltim ate J ob, spouse, suit, tie, house test for m e,” says Portm an. “N o in the suburbs, and golf all team m ates, all individual skill, seem like the trappings o f a an d th e gam e is to ta lly black conform ist middle-class m ental­ and white. I mean, when I play ity th a t so m any o f the recent w ith m y friends, we get really U n iv ersity g rad u ates h o p e to into it, b u t we can’t fight a v o id . G o lf is o f te n o v e r fo u ls , b a lls a n d v ie w e d as a g am e fo r strikes, o r w h atev er, i t ’s retired bankers and doc­ e i th e r in th e h o le o r it to rs. W ith th e r e tir e ­ • » » isn t. m e n t o f th e b a b y D e s p ite th e fie rc e boom ers an d th e preva­ c o m p e ti tio n , g o lf s till lence o f tw en ty s-so m ere m a in s a h ig h ly so cial th in g s in h ig h p a y in g sport. Usually played in a jobs, however, golf is n ot fo u rs o m e , g o lf can bound to hold onto this become a background to a stigma for a while. c o n v e r s a tio n , o r m o re T h e p e rc e p tio n o f im portantly, a meeting. the gam e as a sp o rt for “W e u s u a lly h av e seniors has changed a lot guys co m e in h ere w h o in th e la s t few y ea rs.

G o lfin g a r o u n d photo Credit are sk ip p in g w o rk ,” says T ig e r W o o d s , S erg io G erald F letc h er, o n e o f G arcia and the injection M y le s P o r tm a n , o w n e r o f th e m anagers at th e Iro n h ead o f N ike b ran d m arketing into G o lf a n d C o u n try C lu b , ju st N a t.C o m an In te rn e t research th e s p o r t h av e e n tic e d th e o u tsid e o f T o ro n to . “I guess firm b ased in T o ro n to .

“B u t younger generation into taking some o f them could be talking up the game. For both genera­ o n c e I h it th ir ty , it b e c am e tio n s , th e a d d itio n o f a g o lf almost impossible to get a pick­ business o u t there, b u t usually they w ait until they get to the u p g am e to g e th e r. T h e o n ly channel to m ost cablesystems in C anada, increased PG A cover­ gam e they w anted to play was clubhouse.”

T h e sport o f golf serves an golf so I started playing.” age, an d slew o f p o p u la r and im portant function as an enjoy­ T h e reasons former athletes well produced video games have able d iv e rsio n fro m b u sin ess dev o te th e ir energies tow ards all played a facto r in keeping hitting a small w hite ball is sub­ a c tiv itie s. I t is a h o b b y , an th e g am e so c e le b ra te d . B u t jective.

F or som e, th e toll o f obsession, a backdrop for work, even if one were to remove all and a way to chance to release o f th e new ly injected hype, it aging m eans th a t they are too th e c o m p e titiv e en erg ies n o t can still be safely said that golf intim idated to play sports w ith rele ase d b y th e s trife o f th e anyone b ut their close friends. will flourish. It has becom e a business w o rld . T h o u g h n o t F or o th ers, m iddle age sp o rts staple o f executive and business n e c e ssa ry fo r su ccess, a low lik e so ftb a ll ju s t d o n ’t ca rry culture for one simple reason— handicap could serve you well. enough im portance to m atter as it’s competitive. a sport.

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By Nilima Gulrajani________ | H v ery y e a r, a p p r o x im a te ly ■*— * n in e ty - n in e p e t c e n t o f ap p lican ts to th e foreign service see th e ir hopes o f trav ellin g the w o rld at th e C a n a d ia n g o v e rn ­ m e n t’s expense dashed. A lthough w o rk in g as C a n a d ia n F o re ig n Service Officer may be the stuff o f dream s, th a t dream is reality for m o re th a n a h a n d fu l o f M cG ill graduates.

O v er tw en ty -fiv e years ago, Jo h n H igginbotham com pleted a m a s te r ’s in e c o n o m ic s fro m M cG ill an d decided th a t he was m ore interested in “the practical, p o litica l e c o n o m ic issues o f th e day th an theoretical econom ics.”

A fter m ore th a n tw enty years o f service w ith th e D e p a rtm e n t o f Foreign Affairs and In ternational T rad e, he is now one o f the top th re e o ffic ia ls a t th e C a n a d ia n E m b assy in W a s h in g to n , D .C ., m in is te r o f p o litic a l a ffa irs at C a n a d a ’s m o s t p re s tig io u s a n d im p o rtant foreign delegation. “ I w as a g r e a t a d m ir e r o f Lester B. Pearson and T rudeau — ideals o f b ic u ltu ra lism , in te r n a ­ tio n a lis m a n d b ili n g u a li s m ,” reflected H igginbotham . “D uring m y tim e , p eo p le w ere w o rry in g a b o u t th e V ie tn a m W a r ... [I thought] the best thing w ould be to get inside and have an influence on policy.”

H ig g in b o th am specialized in economics and C hina studies, two Strands that “gave a kind o f coher­ ence to [his] career.” H e spent the b u lk o f his tim e in the Far East, eventually returning to O ttaw a as head o f D F A IT ’s policy planning div isio n . H is c u rre n t p o stin g in D .C . p u ts h im at th e helm o f a dossier th at covers the delicacies o f bilateral relations w ith the w orld’s s u p e rp o w e r , c o v e r in g issu es involving the environm ent, im m i­ gration and transboundary activi­ ties “T h e r e ’s a k in d o f idealism and respect for C anada’s in tern a­ tional tradition in the foreign ser­ vice and, o f course, there’s also the excitem ent o f w orking and living a b r o a d ,” h e s ta te d . “ [ I ] t ’s an exceedingly interesting and chal­ lenging life but because o f budget cuts, we d o n ’t pay people as m uch as th e y ’re w o rth . I t ’s n o t lik e g o in g to th e p riv a te se cto r, b u t th e n ag ain th e re are rew ards in dealing in critical global affairs.”

A ccordingto H ig g in b o th a m , w o rk in g o n th e f r o n tl in e s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l p o lic y r e q u ir e s b rig h t, o u tg o in g an d p ra g m a tic individuals possessing an in tern a­ tio n a lis t p e rs p e c tiv e . H e m ay dow nplay the glamorous image o f the foreign service, b u t he adm its th a t after tw en ty -fiv e years, th e novelty o f his job has yet to wear off.

“W e d o n ’t have the aggressive publicity like law firms and banks can afford, b u t I’m absolutely con­ vinced the life [as a foreign service

o ffic e r] is m o re s a tis f y in g . I w ouldn’t leave if for five times the salary.”

A spirations an d expectations E ven re c e n t re c ru its to th e foreign service like Jean-François Desgroseilliers feel th a t life as an F S O c o m p e n s a te s fo r lo w e r salaries. Desgroseilliers is fresh out o f a M cG ill m a ste r’s in political science and is currently w orking as a m e d ia r e la tio n s o f fic e r fo r D FA IT. H e will spend two years in O ttaw a before he is sent off for his first posting abroad.

“W e never do the same thing o n e d ay to th e n e x t , ” sa id Desgroseilliers. “W e’re taken into a classroom and th en com e back to work. W e also know th at in a y ear, w e ’ll be d o in g so m e th in g com pletely different.”

T he variety o f challenges th at accom pany a position in the for­ eign service lures scores o f individ­ uals fro m d iffe re n t age g ro u p s, a c a d e m ic b a c k g ro u n d s, and regions to w rite th e a n n u a l sixh o u r fo re ig n se rv ic e ex a m .

Ju n w an Lim, a first year M cG ill m a s te r ’s s tu d e n t in E ast A sian s tu d ie s , w as o n e o f th e 5 ,6 6 0 C a n a d ia n s w ho w ro te th e exam la s t S a tu r d a y as p a r t o f th e C a n a d ia n P o s t- S e c o n d a r y R ecruitm ent Cam paign. For Lim, serving as an FSO w ould n o t be a luxury b u t an honour.

“I th in k a foreign service offi­ cer represents C anada. I’m sure it’s exciting, b u t I d o n ’t th in k o f it as a lu x u ry job. I t m u st be a ch al­ le n g e fo r th o s e liv in g a b r o a d , therefore n o t as luxurious as peo­ ple th in k .” H e added w ith earnest, “I f you m ake a m istake, i t ’s n o t only your mistake, b u t C anada’s.”

Follow ing your dream s I n v ita tio n s to jo in th e C a n a d ia n f o re ig n se rv ic e are e n tire ly m e rit b ased . T h e first stage o f the selection process is a th re e -p a rt exam in O c to b e r th a t tests g eneral c o g n itiv e a b ilities, w ritte n c o m m u n ic a tio n skills in English or French, and a person’s

capacity to w ork as p art o f a team . | By A aron Izenberg _____________ T h e com bined score o f these tests S o, y o u w a n t to b ec o m e an determ ines w hich 800 candidates a s tro n a u t. O f co u rse , you will be invited to interviews orga­ probably have absolutely no nized by D FA IT . W hereas before idea how to go about doing so. The c a n d id a te s n e e d e d a m a s te r ’s process is not as straightforward as degree or language skills actively becoming a doctor, or a lawyer; it is s o u g h t by D F A IT to w rite th e not a m atter o f m ajoring in astro­ ex a m , th is y e a r s tu d e n ts w ith naut studies and then being recruit­ b a c h e lo r’s degree are elig ib le to ed by NASA. T he truth is, the road apply. to space is long, and usually very, “M y u n d erstan d in g was th at th is w as d o n e becau se a h ig h e r level o f a c a d e m ic a c h ie v e m e n t d id n ’t lead to a better foreign ser­ v ice o f f i c e r ,” s a id D a r le n e d a G ra v in a , a c tin g d ir e c to r o f th e S tu d en t Program D ivison for the P ublic Service C o m m issio n . She indicated only 75 people are actu­ ally hired by D FA IT every year, a one per cent acceptance rate th at makes the foreign service ”an area that attracts a lot o f interest.”

S p a c in g a r o u n d www.jsc.org T h is in te r e s t is s u s ta in e d very different for each person. d e s p ite n o to rio u sly low salaries I f you feel y o u ’re up to, th e a n d r e p o r ts o f g lass c e ilin g s , challenge, you can visit the NASA a lth o u g h a c c o r d in g to w eb site, fill o u t an ap p lic a tio n D esgroseilliers, upw ard m o b ility form, and send it into the Johnson w ith in th e fo reig n service is no Space Centre.; however, this is not longer as difficult as it once was. likely to land you a spot in the shut­ “I th in k th e y ’re d o in g huge tle. Serious applicants will have to efforts to the prom otional system. accept th at the road to becom ing After five years, we graduate to the one of the elite few who will get the se co n d level o r are k ic k ed o u t, chance to break the earth’s atmos­ w h e re a s b e fo re y o u c o u ld sta y p h e re is lo n g a n d d iffic u lt. For eight to ten years as an F S1,” he Canadians, there are two roads to stated. “Salaries are n o t fantastic, space stardom.

T h e firs t p a th in v o lv es th e for sure, b u t this year people will Canadian Space Agency. T he CSA be able to enter after a bachelor’s does their own selection process and at $36, 000. People are com plain­ p r e lim in a ry tr a in in g h ere in ing ab o u t th at, b u t it’s n o t a big Canada. Afterwards, these represen­ issue... an MBA m ight find it low, tatives are sent to the Johnson Space b u t som eone w ith a political sci­ C e n tr e in H o u s to n to b eco m e ence degree would probably n o t.”

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U ltim a te ly , it is a desire to In the history o f the CSA, there serve o ne’s cou n try an d a love o f have only been two selections made; international affairs th at motivates o n e in 1 9 8 4 , an d o n e in 1 992. the aspiring foreign service officer.

“I w ould pay to have a job [in th e foreign service] if I h ad th e m o n e y a n d th e re w as no o th e r w ay ,” said H ig g in b o th a m in all sincerity.

In a day and age where salary sizes determ in e career choices far too often, H igginbotham can take so m e c o m f o r t k n o w in g th e re re m a in m a n y a M c G ill s tu d e n t willing to concur.

M cG ill A lum ni Julie Payette was am o n g st th o se ch o sen in 1 992.

W hen the CSA is ready to recruit, th e y p u t an a d v e rtis e m e n t in national newspapers.

“W e get thousands o f applica­ tions,” explained Stefan C orbin of the CSA. “For the first round, we use a head-hunter, and then we start doing interviews.”

O nce the candidates are select­ ed, their basic training in Canada consists o f activities like w orking w ith the Canadarm , scuba diving, and piloting jets in the military. The candidates are next sent to NASA to p articipate in a m ission specialist course. Barring any problems, such as difficulties in the physical exam, th e c a n d id a te s th e n go on to become NASA astronauts.

As o f now, the CSA has seven astio n au ts in H o u sto n , a num ber they intend to maintain.

“R ight now we have a seven astronaut core,” explained Corbin, “and we have every reason to believe th a t we w ill keep at le a st th a t am ount.”

This limited num ber o f recruit­ ments results in a com petitive and infrequent recruitment process. The 1992 recruitm ent picked up four new astronauts.

T he other way that one can go about becoming an astronaut is to ap p ly d ire c tly to N A SA , b u t in order to do so, you need to be an American citizen.

“A p p ly in g to N A SA is very much like enlisting in the US. army; [th ere are] sim ila r re q u ire m e n ts apply,” explained Corbin.

NASA does a recruitment every two years. There are usually about 4000 applicants, 20 of whom go on to b ecom e a s tro n a u ts; th o se are odds o f about 1 in 200. O nly about 120 o f the 4000 applicants are invit­ ed to the Johnson Space Centre for a w eek o f m edical exam inations,

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Planning your after-graduation trip to E u ro p e takes a little thought and cash get off o f the beaten path. Besides the ubiqui­ to u s L e t’s Go books, th e re are th e Lonely ou’ve got a vague idea in your mind: a P lanet an d Rough Guides books w hich are few weeks in Europe, your best friend, a designed for tig h t budgets (these also have very useful web pages). Rick Steves’ Europe backpack. This is the way that many students Through the Back Door offers an excellent see their summ er trip. But where to begin?

D eciding w hat your interests are is the how-to guide to surviving in Europe, as well first step to p la n n in g any trip , says Paula as good information about specific sites. The best approach is to get a guide book about a Fofana o f Voyages Globe.

“Some people like hiking, some people place you’ve already visited, and to see which like museums, and you have to choose what it series is m ost your style.

Obviously, after the broad outline o f the is you w ant to see,” she said.

D o n ’t expect to see all o f E urope in a trip is ready, visiting a travel agent is the next step. Fofana recommends either choosing an single visit.

M ost itineraries suffer from over-ambi­ agency specializing in th e countries y o u ’re tion. Fofana says that country-hopping is one planning to visit, or a student travel agency o f the ways to ruin a great vacation. She rec­ like Voyages Campus.

“After the New Year, start looking for a om m ends concentrating on a certain area, ticket,” she explained. “In April the prices will such as Scandinavia or the M editerranean. begin to go up.”

G u id eb o o k s are ind isp en sab le at this She also added that if your exact depar­ stage, an d th e re are any n u m b e r o f th em ture date is n o t im portant, w aiting for last which cater to the student traveller trying to m inute discounts from charter agencies may

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Besides offering practical tips about cur­ rencies and European toilets, guidebooks will offer advice about planning your trip. Some come up again and again: • Avoid the hordes o f travellers by visit­ ing Europe in May and July, and by visiting the smaller, quieter corners o f Europe. D o n ’t spend all your tim e in overcrow ded cities.

(The universal recommendation) • G o on a mini-vacation with your travel partner. G o camping, or to a city neither one has ever been to. C an you still stand each other after three days together?

• T ra c k d o w n every re la tiv e , every acquaintance and every relative o f an acquain­ tance who lives in Europe. N o t only will you learn more about the country you’re visiting by spending time with people who live there, you’ll also save money. Remember: people on a budget can’t afford to be shy!

• Read a book or see a movie ab o u t a place y o u ’re v isitin g . R om e w ill be m ore

beautiful after you’ve seen Audrey H epburn’s R om an H oliday, an d France will be m ore d r a m a tic a fte r y o u ’ve re a d th e T h re e Musketeers.

• Pack your backpack with all the things you w ant to bring, and go shopping dow n­ tow n. You should be able to carry all your luggage for at least an h o u r, unless y o u ’re planning a vacation that involves valet park­ ing.

• Avoid buying stuff that you don’t need.

You don’t need the $200 backpack or a lami­ nated map o f every city you’ll visit or an elec­ tronic translator. T hink o f how much further this m oney w ill go in a p astry shop or in A m sterdam (depending on how your tastes run).

In the end though, this should be a vaca­ tion. As the people at L e t’s Go say: “D o n ’t o v e rp la n y o u r itin e r a r y so th a t th e trip becomes one big blur; just relax and wander through at your own pace.”

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H ow to prepare So w hat should you be doing to guarantee yourself a spot amongst the planet’s finest? Suffice it to say y o u ’ll n ee d a p r e tty im p ressiv e resume.

T he one thing that all potential astronauts must have is a degree in either the pure sciences such as engi­ neering, mathematics, or the biolog­ ical sciences. It helps to do as well as possible during your undergraduate years, and to secure a spot in a good master’s o f science program.

“W e look for someone who at least has a bachelors degree, in one o f the sciences,” explained Stefan Corbin. “ M ost applicants also have a graduate degree o f some sort. It is also important to be a well rounded person, w ith interests like m usic, rock-climbing, flying, and all sorts o f things.”

A ccording to the NASA web site, another very im portant skill is the ability to communicate. In a job where situations can potentially be extremely intense, effective com mu­ nication is imperative. Some candi-

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Astronaut hopefuls are expected to dem onstrate considerable language skills, and to continually practice their public speaking and w riting skills.

T he right stuff

C onsidering the in tim id atin g odds o f becoming an astronaut, it is encouraging to know th a t one o f McGill’s very own is now an astro­ naut. Julie Payette, who completed her undergraduate degree at McGill, was selected in 1992 to jo in th e Canadian astronaut core.

Payette explained th e advan­ tages o f having come from a school like McGill. “[McGill] is one o f the m ost recognized educational institutions,” explained Payette. “T he name says a lot, and when you do well at a good school, it says even more for you.”

A lth o u g h th e n am e o f y o u r alma mater may sound impressive, a requisite element o f passion is also needed. Payette elaborated on her long-standing fascination with space travel.

“It started w hen I was a kid,” said Payette. “I remember watching

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the later Apollo missions on T.V. I remember being inspired by this.”

A spiring astronauts are often told to pursue what they really love, a n d m ak e an e ffo rt to be w ell rounded. Payette agreed w ith this notion whole-heartedly.

“You need to develop a lot of interests,” explained Payette, “and really explore whatever talents you really have...[being an astronaut] is not really one big job, it’s many lit­ tle ones, and you need many skills.”

There is no doubt that you do have to make yourself stand out, but the task o f becoming an astronaut is n ot as im possible as m any people may think. It is hard to know for sure, b u t in the near future there may be a whole lot more opportuni­ ty for people to go into space. In the past several years there have even been murm urs o f the possibility of com m ercial flights in to low o rb it that will start happening as soon as the year 2005.

Julie Payette is optimistic about th e f u tu re o f sp ace tra v e l, an d encourages anyone in terested , to pursue their dreams.

“D o n ’t be so in tim id a te d ,” urges P ayett, “Id en tify w h at you really w ant to do, and then go 100 miles an hour at it.”

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Reinvest in CBC, McGill: Rabinovitch Continued from page 9 after their graduation.

“T h e A m erican s have [th eir alum ni system] m uch m ore devel­ oped than we do. Sports, for exam­ ple, are extremely im portant because th ey help b u ild a loyalty an d an identity w ith the university. W hen you lo o k at th e s tru c tu re o f th e Board o f Governors, in its own way it re p re se n ts th a t; it represents the students, it represents the alum ­ ni, and it has represen­ tation at large.

“T he alum ni’s job is to try to build these r e la tio n s h ip s , an d it goes w ay b ey o n d th e financial side — identi­ f ic a tio n w ith th e sc h o o l, r e c ru itm e n t, re p re se n ta tio n to th e c o m m u n ity at large.

McGill is known for the strong theoretical slant it gives its courses.

W hereas m any o th e r in stitu tio n s h av e ch o sen to c h a n g e th e ir approach to better suit the current job market, McGill has tried to keep a classical O xbridge approach to education. R abinovitch, although not directly involved with the acad­ emic side o f the University, offered

P eo p le reg u la rly ta lk M c GiH a lu m n u s h e a d s C B C Paul Conner a b o u t th e u n iv e rsity they w ent to. I t’s som ething th at his own opinion regarding vocation­ al u n iv e rs itie s a n d sc h o o ls like sticks with you forever,” he said.

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“I’m not convinced that every M cGill’s role in u niversity is th e sam e. Som e are preparing students m ore vocational and p ro u d o f it, some are more research oriented,” he said. “I think it’s safe to say that Concordia sees itself very m uch in th at first category. T hey try to be very sensitive to the market, to edu­ cate the labour force for today mar­ k et. M c G ill is v ery m u c h m o re down that spectrum and preparing o u r stu d en ts an d o u r teachers to develop a thinking mind. A think­ ing person has to have a very solid education in clu d in g the arts. I t’s very dangerous, in my opinion, to focus solely on today’s market. You know as I do you are going to have 5 or 6 jobs during your career.”

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In b o th o f h is new ro les, Rabinovitch is faced with a similar battle: convincing governments and the public that the CBC and univer­ sitie s are w o rth w h ile areas fo r expenditure.

“I t ’s a trem endous balancing act. T h at’s what makes public policy so difficult,” said Rabinovitch. “It’s a balancing act between legitimate requests for funds as com pared to how much can you tax your popula­ tio n . You c a n ’t create th e funds w ithout the taxes.”

W hen asked how popular opin­ ion favouring p u b lic in stitu tio n s like the C B C and C an ad ian univ e risite s c o u ld be m o b iliz e d , R ab in o v itch explained th a t such support has increased in the last few years due to financial cutbacks that have begun to detrim entally affect these instuttions.

“It’s interesting, in many ways.

I think, the universities, having had trem endous cutbacks, an d having absorbed the trem endous hits, are b e g in n in g to tu rn th e co rn e r in terms o f public opinion. T he brain d rain is real. T h e u n d ersta n d in g that if you don’t invest in students today, and developing our student capital, you will pay for it in spades tw enty years from now , n o t even twenty years.”

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page 15 Life after McGill Don’t fret, bachelor’s degree is worth more than the paper they’re written on A bachelor’s o f arts m ay not be waste o f m oney after all such as telem ark etin g , v o lu n teer degree in technical theatre, doesn’t p a in tin g s tu d io in G le n s F alls, e x p e rie n c e .” A n o th e r b e n e fit to w o rk , c a m p a ig n in g o r o ffic e m ean they know how to th in k ” m a n y o f th ese p ro fe ssio n a l p ro ­ N ew Y ork, w h ic h su p p lies back gophering tend to have a lot more o r every d o u b tin g T h o m a s T h u s fro m th e m o u th s o f drops for large theatrical p ro d u c­ g ram s is th e g u a ra n te e o f w o rk to offer th a n people w ho stayed out there, here’s a newsflash. u p o n g rad u atio n . T h e sh o rt cu r­ tio n s acro ss N o r t h A m e ric a , is babes, em ployers and career advi­ w a itre ssin g o r life g u a rd in g , for adam ant th a t th e skills w hich are sors, th e re’s a lo t m o re expected ric u lu m , jo b o p p o r tu n itie s an d An arts or science degree is exam ple. A lthough all these jobs from graduating students than just necessary to find and hold a job in v ita l te c h n ic a l skills o ffe re d are w orth a lot in the eyes o f today’s teach necessary skills a general arts degree or even a tech­ th e theatrical business are n o t the m ak in g professional program s in employers. T hey are su c h as c u s to m e r n ic a l p ro g ra m . M o st em p lo y ers ones taught in school. graphic design, business, fashion, n o t useless pieces o f relations, th e ad ap t­ interior decorating and m ultim edia aren’t looking for someone w ith a “In this business you’ve got to paper that need to be ^ / ability show n by the all the m ore popular w ith universi­ husde and you can do th at by stop­ p a rtic u la r d eg ree. A cc o rd in g to su p p le m e n te d w ith w w p e r s o n w ith th e ping an d th inking for a few m in ­ B lachford, “em ployers have jobs ty graduates because it gives them degree upon degree, Employers have jobs for w ider range o f expe­ utes before tackling a job. T here is fo r sm a rt people w ho can lead a an edge above the rest o f the com ­ b u t a perfect forum smart people who can lead rience looks good on no m erit in people, especially stu­ team an d get a jo b d o n e quickly p e titio n . In o th e r areas th o u g h , for the developm ent . . . . . . dents, who are willing to spend 18 w ithout them having to hang over technical training comes included c , ^ n , a team and get a job done a re su m e a n d th e o r w h a t a re c a lle d •' ' e x p e rie n c e m ig h t their shoulder. T hey are n o t look­ hours a day w orking on a produc­ w ith the job an d thus em ployers “soft” skills. quickly without them having for the degree in particular, but tio n w hen, if th ey h ad taken the are looking for som ething else than “S o f t” sk ills jp g fo hanQ o ve r th e ir sh o u l- actually help in the tim e to th in k ab o u t it in the first i f y o u can a rtic u la te y o u r goal, just hard-core skills. include the ability to . choice o f career, e ffe c tiv e place, it w ould have only taken 8 interests an d skills well, you can do M ic h a e l H a g e n , th e o w n er p r o d u c e e ffe c tiv e u ' In m a n y cases, w ritte n a n d v erb a l anything you w ant w ith a B.A.” h o u r s ,” h e s a id , a d d in g “ju s t an d p resid e n t o f M ichael H agen s tu d e n ts m ay n o t p resen tations, w ork b ec au se s o m e o n e m ig h t h av e a In c o rp o ra te d , a th e a tric a l scene —Greg Blachfordhave h a d m u c h as a team, as well as _. . ... _ _ c h o ic e in su m m e r b a sic c o m m u n ic a ­ Director o f McGills Career. obs but not all is tio n sk ills. and Placement Services lo st.

G e ttin g E m ployers look for involved in cam pus activities and clubs is th e se sk ills in an an o th er resource for in te rv ie w b e c a u se the development o f skills, especial­ they are nearly impossible to teach and are a virtual necessity for any ly as many o f these are forums for creativity and leadership. Some o f e m p lo y e e . H o w e v e r, th e m o re experience and skills you can offer th is m ay be la u g h ab le now , b u t this background is essential when it an employer makes you even more appealing. In some cases, this may com es to the jo b search process. m ean pursuing a technical degree W h e n th e T r i b u n e sp o k e to G ra h a m D o n a ld , th e ex e cu tiv e u p o n g ra d u a tio n b u t th is is n o t d ir e c to r o f th e C a n a d ia n y o u r o n ly o p tio n . T e c h n ic a l degrees in areas such as g rap h ic A ssociation o f C a re er E d u cato rs a n d E m p lo y e rs (C A C E E ) in design give you an edge that others T oronto, he explained th at even if m ay n o t have, especially if y ou you are planning to do more than already have som e experience; in • Magna Cum Laude other areas such as com puter pro­ one degree, you should try and get all year round gramming, unless you’re a certified w ork experience in between.

“You need experience between genius, it’s pretty likely that a tech on selected top choice books y o u r degrees because even M BA diplom a will be a necessity. [a n d te c h n ic a l sc h o o ls] e x p e c t A degree is just a experience in th e ir applicants. It for all seasons slice o f the pie m eans they are b rin g in g m ore to • Visit the th e ta b le th a n ju s t a p re v io u s A ccording to Greg Blachford, degree. For employers, it’s essential the director o f M cG ill’s Career and because it’s very expensive to take for all your supplies P la c e m e n t S erv ices (C A P S ), on someone with little experience,” em ployers aren’t necessarily look­ he said and advocated th at intern­ ing for th e person w ith the m ost s h ip s , th o u g h lo w - p a id a re an • Academic, reference, degrees or th e highest marks. H e excellent source o f w o rk experiphilosophy, psychology, likens the recent graduate to a pie and explains that a degree is merely history, travel, sports, one slice o f the whole. T h e m ore Selling yourself slices you can fill up from previous I t’s easy to talk yourself blue sum m er jobs and extra-curricular in th e face w h en d isc u ssin g th e activities, the better you look to an • Stop by at pros an d cons o f jo b search in g . employer.

W h a t is clear, h o w ev e r, is th a t “M o st em ployers look at the m ak in g y o u rself m a rk e tab le is a whole person, not just the degree. enjoy a Starbucks coffee personal decision. In th e eyes o f P e o p le w ith th e h ig h e s t m a rk s while surfing the internet B la c h fo rd , y o u r a rts o r scien ce d o n ’t always get the job, b u t if you can walk in there and say you were degree can be w o rth n o th in g or • Medical, scientific, technical, the leader o f a new campus project e v e ry th in g , d e p e n d in g on w h a t computer, languages are just o r c lu b , th a t ’s ex c ellen t ex p e ri­ skills and experience you have to ence,” Blachford said. H e further go w ith it. T he T rib u n e followed some of the subjects in the up w ith form er M cG ill stu d e n t, explained th a t m ost arts students fall d o w n in in terv iew s because Jayne O ’Brien, who upon gradua­ made available to you they d o n ’t talk ab o u t th eir skills tio n la st J u n e w ith a d eg ree in English had to m ake some tough enough.

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T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , T u e s d a y , 2 N o v e m b e r 19 99

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One-stop surfing for all things female B y St e p h a n ie C lare

future and teach th em its ad v an ­ tages.

The f e m i n i s t to n e in S h e b y te s !, th o u g h , is su b d u e d .

T here have been six issues so far, all available at the internet site.

E ach issue chooses a certain them e relev an t to w o m en ’s lives and show s how the in te rn et can affect w om en in th at dom ain. A n interesting one focusses m arriage and the internet. T h e re ’s a story o f a couple th at m eets in the v ir­ tu a l w o rld a n d th e n ta k e s th e im p o r ta n t s te p o f m o v in g th e re la tio n s h ip in to th e re a l w o rld an d fin a lly d e c id e s to g e t m a r­ ried, on the internet. T hey m ade a w eb site a b o u t th e ir r e la tio n ­ sh ip an d f ilm e d th e ir w e d d in g liv e on the in tern et fo r all those w h o c o u ld n ’t a tte n d . I f y o u ’re g e ttin g m a rrie d so o n , th e r e ’s a w h o le g u id e o n ho w to u se the In ternet to plan a w edding.

T h e m a g a z in e is g e a re d to w om en in their late tw enties and e a rly th irtie s e x c ite d a b o u t th e

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in te r n e t an d try in g to u se it to start th eir careers. E ach issue has a s h e - c h a ts s e c tio n th a t i n te r ­ view s a w om an w ho is successful because o f h er use o f technology.

T h e re is also a sh e -m o n e y se c ­ tion that concentrates on business opportunities through the internet and a she-know s page w here you can post questions ab o u t tech n o l­ o g y a n d , h o p e f u ll y , g e t th e m answ ered.

I f y o u lik e th e s to r e B ro o k esto n e’s, the section “shes t u f f ” is w o r th lo o k in g a t. It d e sc rib e s n ew in n o v a tio n s such as e le c tro n ic b o o k s, h a n d -h e ld com puters that w eigh 2.9 pounds, an d d ig ita l m a p s th a t, w ith the touch o f a finger, zo o m into any city, displaying a m ap o f it.

F or those w ho w ho like tech ­ n o lo g y , th e m a g a z in e is w e ll w ritten and fun to read. F or those in terested in fem in ist issu es and m o r e r e a l- w o r ld e x p e r ie n c e s , though, Shebytes! is not the p u b ­ lication to read.

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L a s t w e e k I s a id I, th an k you to a veteran, ■ v as he placed a poppy on m y c o a t. A lth o u g h I th o u g h t it w as a little early for poppies, seeing a veteran selling them on S herbrooke gave m e a g o o d o p p o r tu n ity to g e t o n e — it's n o t lik e e le m e n ta ry school anym ore w here they com e a ro u n d to y o u r c la s s e s s e llin g them.

So I said thank you to the vet­ eran, but not ju st for the poppy. I d id w h at c o u n tless co m m ercials and editorials have told me to do for years— I said “T hank you for fighting for our country.”

A nd he looked at me, his eyes wide and said: nothing. Just a look.

A look like I was crazy for saying thank you, that I was being disre­ spectful or som ething and he ju st turned and w alked away.

H is r e a c tio n s ta r tle d m e because, w ell I’m not sure why. It isn ’t like I ex p ected him to start crying or praise for my kindness or an y th in g , b u t I ce rtain ly did not e x p e c t to b e tr e a te d lik e so m e young upstart who has committed a breach o f etiquette. So I w ent on my way, w ondering w hy it w as I Shebytes! chose to say th an k you and why a tte m p ts to p u sh this vet chose to react as he did. w o m e n in to th e I s a id th a n k y o u b e c a u s e I have an im m ense respect for any­ one who w ould risk th eir life for th is co u n try — so m eth in g I d o n ’t know if I could ever do.

I sa id th a n k y o u b e c a u s e I Why student journalists and politicians should all just get along think poppies are one o f the only Canadian symbols with no political affiliations or cultural ties. From le a st, m o st o f th em b e lie v e th at jo u rn a lists w ere ju st b itter m ud­ the b attlefield s o f E urope, to the A good frien d once to ld me pen of John MacCrae, to the collar that ‘student politicians and jo u r­ they can talk/w rite their way out of slingers who didn’t have the guts to run for office themselves. o f m y c o a t, th e y are an e te rn a l nalists share the same bathw ater’. just about any predicament. Virtual The beauty o f this game, how­ Slick W illies, each and every one. sy m b o l o f re m e m b ra n c e , a Sound disgusting? M aybe, but the ever, is that open nastiness shows T he nature o f the gam e puts Canadian symbol cutting across all reality can be even more horrible. th e p o litic o s an d th e sc rib e s on only when inept players are playing b a c k g ro u n d s, an d one th a t I am M y frie n d w as, at the tim e, opposite sides o f the fence, w ith the game. U sually, it’s all smiles proud to wear. referring to the shared personality th e p o litic ia n s m ak in g d ecisio n s I said thank you because every and handshakes - you know , the traits o f SSM U leaders and those and the w riters asking q u estio n s Remembrance Day when someone that report and com m ent on their kind o f forced cordiality you save and rep o rtin g to th e p u b lic. T he rea d s in F la n d e rs F ie ld s I g et a actions. After two years as a SSMU for a girlfriend/boyfriend’s parents. reporters believe th eir m ission is W h y ? Q u ite s im p ly , b e c a u s e shiver as I mouth the words along executive, I can tell you very easily built upon solid principles such as with the reader. Flanders Fields is w hat those traits are: th ey ’re m utually dependent upon th e o nly p o em I know by heart.

1) A ll o f them believe that freedom of speech, the quest for a each other: T here F u n n y th a t th e e x p r e s s io n fo r th e y s h o u ld be r e c o g ­ is very little that’s memorizing things is to know them nized for the inner great­ b e tte r fo r a jo u r ­ by heart. I d o n ’t take the d efin i­ n e s s th a t b u rn s in s id e False Teeth nalist’s career than tions for econom ics that I m em o­ them. Y ou’ll never get a to publicly slaugh­ r iz e so s e rio u s ly , b u t F la n d e rs s in g le o n e o f th e m to Bv Duncan Reid te r a d e s e rv in g Fields gets me every time. adm it it without a gener­ p o litic ia n w ith I said thank you because I had ous h elp in g o f alcohol, 0 some inside infor­ a cousin who fought in a war. I ’m th at oh-so lovely social m a tio n , a n d p o l i t i c i a n s n e e d ashamed to say I don’t know which lubricant, but it’s true. M eek and just society, and so on. That is the r e p o r te r s to te ll s tu d e n ts w h a t usual justification behind question­ o n e, b e c a u se I n ev e r ask ed him mild souls need not apply, because about it, what it was like or why he people w ho plan on having life ­ ing the actions o f student leaders, th e y ’v e been d oing to earn th eir keep. as a check and balance essential in chose to fight. He had a picture on long love affairs w ith them selves A ll th ese dyn am ics can lead an e ffe c tiv e so c ie ty . A n d if the the wall o f his den of him in uni­ dominate both these fields. (Yours to som e pretty am using situations. p o litic ia n s d o n ’t a g re e , th e y ’re fo rm an d I u se d to im a g in e th e truly, o f course, is ju st a hum ble H ow about a canny executive g et­ either tyrants or whiners. Needless most romantic stories about it, but I observer). to say, th o se p o litic ia n s u su a lly tin g n e g a tiv e a r t i c l e s p r in te d never got the real one. It is too late 2) They all want to play the have reciprocal feelings about the to ask him now . I d id n ’t ask this about his rivals through a reporter gam e an d be at th e h e a rt o f th e student p ress. A com m o n ly held veteran about the war either, in my a c tio n - b ec au se w h ere else are f rie n d ? S e e n it. H o w a b o u t an fascination w ith it, I am still too their true talents going to be recog­ view among former SSMU execu­ e x e c u tiv e b e in g , sh a ll w e sa y , tives is that they were the princi­ intim ately acquainted w ith one o f shy to ask some stranger to reveal nized? his personal m emories to me. But 3) L a s t, b u t c e r ta in ly n o t pled, virtuous ones, and that critical

T h e I n t e r n e t d o e s n 't g e t alo n g w ith e v e ry b o d y . B e c a u se o f this, In ternet m agazines can be eith er hit o r m iss. W hereas m ost m a g az in es are m e an t to b e read on th e b u s o r in C alcu lu s class, ones on the internet have to cater to a stricly w eb-based readership.

S h eb y tes! (h ttp ://w w w .sh e b y te s m a g .c o m ), c re a te d by ex M o n tre a le r tu rn e d T o ro n to n ia n N icole B lades, tries to do exactly th is. T ec h n o lo g y , fo r h er, “ has o pened n o t ju s t the door b u t the w in d o w s an d to s s e d [her] — a s to r y te lle r , a c o m m u n ic a to r , a d r e a m e r — u p in th e c lo u d s .

D estin ations, u n lim ite d .” B lades h a s c re a te d S h e b y te s! w ith th e understanding that the Internet is th e c e n tra l th e m e o f th e m a g a ­ zine. T he publication is all about t e c h n o lo g y a n d h o w it c a n im p r o v e w o m en ’s liv e s .

S hebytes!, as its title im plies, has a c e rta in fem inist slant. W hereas traditionally, te ch ­ n o lo g y is m o r e clo sely asso cia te d w ith m en,

by thanking him, I paid homage to both him and my cousin.

I s a id th a n k y o u b e c a u s e I thought it would m ake this veteran happy and thus I would have done a good deed fo r th e day. I d o n ’t know w hat he w as truly thinking when I thanked him, m aybe I just m isread the reactio n o f stranger.

M aybe he w andered off touched by w hat I said or maybe not.

I sa id th a n k y o u b e c a u s e I d o n ’t k now if I w ill see an o th er veteran this year selling poppies— it seems to me that there aren’t that m any o f them w andering around M o n tr e a l, so I s a id th a n k y o u becau se I could, becau se I d o n ’t know who will be selling poppies in tw en ty y ears w h en th ese w ar veterans have died and their m em ­ ories have with them.

In a few days, th at poppy is going to fall off. They always do— and I am sure th at th ere is som e k in d o f iro n ic sig n ific an c e in it.

W h en it fa lls, I p ro b ab ly w o n ’t notice. I will ju st look down and it will be gone.

At least I will have said thank you.

N o b a b i e s in t h i s b a t h w a t e r

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T he M c G ill T ribune, Tuesday, 2 N ovember 1999

At Lunch with Jerome and Jerem y Farrell “He is,” Jerom e hum bly remarks.

I a s k J e re m y h o w h e ’d h a n d le h is tie thing if he got too ex cited ... much safer, Jerom e calls m e up at 10:30 on Sunday G od, th e r e ’s no illu s io n s as to w ho brother dating one o f his female floorlings. sticking to those big boned girls. m orning. Incredibly hungover from the pre­ wears the pants in the Farrell family.

“It w ould never happen,” he says sto“I like girls w ho are cool. W ho aren ’t vious eve (a night at the glam orous Peel Pub “W e used to fig h t w ith one another a icly. involved in the same stuff as m e,” Jerem y w h e re I to a s te d th e c o n c lu s io n o f m y lot, but then we had to stop. W e m ade too Jerom e starts: “But w hat if I..” says. T hat’s pretty hard criteria. I know for a m idterm s with pitcher after pitcher o f crap­ many holes in the w all,” Jerom e says. At my “ I t w o u ld n e v e r h a p p e n ,” J e re m y fact that Jerem y is involved in everything. py beer), I answ er the phone groggily. house, it was a little different. M y brothers repeats, glaring at his brother.

W e talk a bit m ore and then it’s tim e to “Dave, Jerem y ca n ’t m ake it.” a n d I w e re a lw a y s le s s ta c tf u l in o u r W e chat a bit about mutual friends o f go — Jerom e still has some m idterm s he has I suppress the urge to run over to his ruckussing and much more w eapon-orientat­ ours and I notice that Jerem y tends to dom i­ to cram for (ha ha, science boy, w ith your place and vom it all over his couch. ed; essentially, our braw ls always concluded n a te th e c o n v e rsa tio n . N ow th is is a b it three m idterm s per course). I finish o ff by “B u t I ’m still up fo r it, if you still p e c u lia r b ec au se Jero m e is asking them that eternal question: w ant to do it without my brother.”

L O U D - I k n o w , h e liv e d “If you were any animal, w hat w ould it I b riefly c o n s id e r a on e-m an piece, dow n the hall from me. Still, be?” and quickly dism iss it. As one o f my room ­ th e y b o th s h a re c o m m o n I tell them they can ’t choose a lion or a mates later told m e as I related the story to c h a r a c t e r is ti c s - b o th a re bear. him : “T he m agic ju s t w o u ld n ’t be there, h u m o u ro u s (th o u g h Jero m e Jerem y an sw ers first: “A lio n ., lio n s Dave. The magic ju st w ouldn’t be there.” is m ore “Jim C arrey sty les” have presence.. I have prescence.”

Regrettably, I tell Jerom e that w e’ll do w hile Jerem y is more witty), A re you fucking deaf, my friend? I said it another time. H e explains further: w ith th e th ree o f us w h acking each oth er nice guys, and possess im m ensely powerful no lions. I turn to Jerome.

“Jerem y really w anted to do it. He ju st unconcious w ith pool cues. p e rs o n a litie s . T h e re h as b ee n m u ch ta lk “I ’d be a teddy bear,” he says smiling. had a bit o f an accident at A ngel’s the other I ask Je ro m e a b o u t so m e o f h is big a ro u n d th e S S M U c irc u it o f th e F a rre ll Jeremy and I laugh. night.” plans as SUS Internal: takeover.

N ow although I can easily im agine a “W e ll, w e ’re g o in g to h av e S cie n ce “ T h e F a r r e ll ta k e o v e r is a m y th ,” helpless girl being claw ed to death by the Carnival again this year... advertise it more.

Je ro m e ex p lain s. “A lm o st as so o n as we h u n g ry , c re e p y A n g e l’s m ob (n o t th a t I Last year it was kept low key so it kind o f won our p o sitio n s, people w ere asking us should talk- as m uch as I ’d like to say I fre­ su c k ed ...” what we were going to do next year. I think quent my Tuesday nights sipping dry m arti­ Jerem y interrupts by asking him about th e re’s a good chance w e’ll take a couple n is a t th e J e llo B a r u n d e r th e his budget. N ow it’s a w ell know n fact that steps back out o f the political scene.” p se u d o n y m J a c q u e s , I o fte n fin d m y se lf SUS has less money than I do., and I drink Jerem y agrees, but adds: greasing up the hair and acting out my role 1 as a m em ber o f this hom y clan), I can’t pic­ ture Jerem y, an extrem ely m assive guy, get­ ting up to too much trouble. Jerom e explains it to me: “He burned his foot a w hile back mak­ ing som e tea. Som ebody stepped on it while he was dancing or som ething and now he’s stuck up in R ez.”

N o t re a lly w a n tin g to p o stp o n e th is interview another three w eeks, I com e up w ith a q uick plan. In fifteen m inutes, the three o f us are sitting in Jerem y’s bachelor bed- or the “penthouse suite”, as he likes to call it- on sev en th flo o r M cC o n n ell (not nearly as good as fourth floor- the cream of the building and my hom e last year) eating s h is h -ta o u k s . Je re m y and Je ro m e , A U S E x te rn a l/F lo o r fe llo w an d SU S In te rn a l re s p e c tiv e ly , s it a c ro s s fro m m e on th e couch. If I didn’t know them better, I ’d be a little in tim idated — a little, w hite Jew ish boy in the presence o f these two gargantuan I f the Farrell brothers had gone o u t fo r lunch...would they have salad?

Zulu warlords.

Mike Colwell Still, I know Jerom e and Jerem y from last year in R ez and know that Jerom e, at C o lt 4 5s. 'N u f said . A s if p u sh in g som e “ T h e o n ly least, is a big p u ssy at h eart. L oo k in g at internal button, Jerom e sw itches into politi­ way I ’ll run is if him, y o u ’d think the beast w ould be a star cian mode: I f e e l I ’ll d o a athlete. I can personally testify that one of “W e are currently w orking on the situa­ b e tte r jo b th a n the highlights o f my first year was going to tion and I w ant to ensure all science students the o th e r people the gym and seeing big Jerom e standing in that all core services will still be available.” running.” th e w e ig h ts s e c tio n , g ro a n in g w h ile he Je re m y an d I sta rt to la u g h . H o ld en I a s k th e m a tte m p te d to do b ic e p c u r ls w ith th o se C a u lfield w o u ld have p issed in his pants h o w th e y lik e rid icu lo u s pink w om en dum bbells. I have (that’s the second analogy to the Catcher in th e ir w om en. never felt so H e-m anish since. the Rye in two articles — I am so ready for Je ro m e an sw e rs I ask the obvious first question: so m e a rts s tu d e n t to w rite in to th e T rib first: “W ho’s better looking?” barating m e for my lousy referen ces... my “ I ’m a p e r ­ Jerem y answers imm ediately: a p o lo g ie s, b u t as a m a n ag e m en t stu d e n t sonality m an.”

“I am .” Calmly. Positively. As if it is a that’s the only book I’ve read in the last four M y god, a well know n fact am ong them. years) personality “W hat do you think?” I ask Jerome.

I ask Jerem y about being a floor fellow: m a n ...s o you Jerom e, surprisingly, adm its consent: “M y floor’s really awesome. I was sup­ lik e th e m b ig “H e does have an award winning smile. posed to get the loud floor, but th ey ’re all boned, aye? Still, I guess you w ould say h e’s m ore naturally pretty laid back. T hey’re really cool people., I could easily see handsome. I ’m more rugged, though.” lik e to d rin k an d ch ill, b ut n o b o d y ’s too Jero m e cru sh in g I’m thinking, no w ay in hell, my friend. crazy.” som e tw iggy litT h e la s t w o rd I w o u ld u se to Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA d e s c r ib e J e ro m e is m o u n ta in esque. M aybe a little burly , but th a t’s streching it. S till, he does ALL FORMATS ALL COUNTRIES have that dangerous edge to him, that little glim m er in his eye that m akes me think one day Jerom e might finally crack- and he’ll end SALES AND RENTALS up in som e p sy c h ia tric h o sp ital Thursday, November 11,1999 2:30 P.M. convinced h e’s the sixth m em ber Stewart Biology Building, Room Sl/3 o f the Jackson Five.

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Internet turns thirty

Start making waves post-retirem ent w riting (ahem ) in the N ational P ost (except I m ight ju st be w illing to dip daringly into the dangerous w orld o f m u ltisy l­ la b ic w o rd s ). O r m a y b e I ju s t w ant a little taste o f the dark side.

W h a te v e r th e case m ay be, the b ath w a te r is lo o k in g a little too calm recently — so m uch so that m y friend P resident T ischler can probably see the reflection o f h is m ig h ty c o if on a c le a r day.

W h ile I h av e no in te re st in d is­ turbing that w ater (not to m ention the coif) by dealing with SSM U specific subjects, there are lots o f im portant issues that w e can, and s h o u ld , d e b a te as s tu d e n ts .

E v ery o n e sh o u ld ag ree th a t ju s t about any good bath is m ore fun w ith som e splashing and bubb'es.

Continued from Page 16 the m ain people reporting on her su ccesses and failu re s? U h-huh.

A nd how about executives break­ in g in to th e T rib u n e o ffic e th e n ig h t b e f o r e p u b l i c a t i o n to rew rite negative stories? It’s been tried m any tim es.

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The Post (Ohio U.) (U -W IR E ) A T H E N S , O h io — T h irty years ago last Friday, the In tern et spoke its first w o rd — barely.

O n O ct. 29, 1969, scien tists g a th e r e d at th e U n iv e r s it y o f C alifornia in Los A ngeles to send an electronic m essage to a group at the Stanford Research Institute in northern California.

“W e had a guy sitting at the com puter console at U CLA w ear­ in g a te le p h o n e h e a d s e t a n d a m ic ro p h o n e , ta lk in g to a n o th e r g u y at S ta n fo rd ,” sa id L e o n a rd K lein ro ck , a U C L A en g in eerin g pro fesso r w idely h erald ed as the father o f the Internet.

“W hen everything was set up he w as g o in g to ty p e th e w o rd ‘lo g ’ and the S tan fo rd co m p u ter w o u ld au to m a tic a lly ad d ‘in ’ to com plete the w ord ‘login.’

“So our guy typed the ‘L ’ and asked his counterpart at S tanford ‘D id y o u g e t th e “ L ? ” ’ a n d S tan fo rd rep lied , ‘G o t the “L .” ’ T h en th ey d id th e sam e fo r ‘O ’ and th e ‘G ’ an d th e n th e w h o le system crashed,” K leinrock said.

T o d a y ’s I n te r n e t tra c e s its r o o ts to th e A d v a n c e R e se a rc h Projects A gency, created in 1958

by the U.S. governm ent to devel­ op a n e tw o rk fo r c o s t-e ffe c tiv e research.

W h e n A R P A n e e d e d a s s is ­ ta n c e in 1 9 6 6 , it tu r n e d to K leinrock, w ho invented the idea o f packet-sw itching in his doctor­ al dissertation at M IT four years earlier. “ T h e s w itc h a c c e p ts d a ta from the host, breaks it into pack­ e ts a n d s h ip s th o s e p a c k e ts through the netw ork to the desti­ nation h o st,” he said, ex plaining the process.

On Sept. 2, 1969, K leinrock and his te am su c ce ed ed in co n ­ n ecting th e ir co m p u ter at U C L A to a p a c k e t - s w it c h , o r r o u te r , k n o w n as an In te rfa c e M essag e Processor.

K lein ro c k said , “T h e in fan t In te rn e t to o k its first b rea th s o f lif e th a t d a y ,” th o u g h its f ir s t w ords actually cam e on Oct. 29.

W eb sites and m edia outlets pro­ c la im in g O ct. 20 I n te r n a tio n a l In tern et D ay w ere co m m em o rat­ ing nothing.

The netw ork grew to include U C S a n ta B a r b a r a a n d th e U n iv e rsity o f U tah . B y 1970 it sp a n n ed th e c o u n try , b eg in n in g th r e e d e c a d e s o f g r o w th a n d change.

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In te rn e t fo r in te n s ify in g d a rk e r aspects o f society such as invasion o f p riv acy , p ed o p h ilia , h ack in g , terrorism and destruction o f prop­ erty, K leinrock said.

“T h e N et p ro v id es an en o r­ mous level o f anonym ity w hereby f ro m o n e ’ s b e d r o o m o n e c a n reach out to the entire connected world. A nd th at’s a pow er trip for som e that m isuse that pow er,” he said.

B u t K lein ro c k said p o licin g the Internet or passing regulations m ight not be the best solution.

“T h e re ’s n o silv e r b u lle t to correct those p roblem s,” he said.

“Y ou teach y o u r children proper m o ra l e th ic s a n d m o r a lity a n d hope they behave w ell w hen they get out there.”

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Boys Don't Cry is a gut-wrenching, true-life tragedy

By M a y d a Bakocevic a n d M ar in a Serrao

W hen 2 0 y e a r o ld B ran d o n T een a d rifte d in to th e tin y ru ral tow n o f F alls C ity, N ebraska, he had no trouble fitting in. He struck up a frie n d sh ip w ith a g ro u p o f local kids and fell in love with one o f them, Lana Tisdale.

W hat no one knew at the time w as that B randon w as actually a woman, Teena Brandon. When his circle o f friends discovered w hat he was hiding, they refused to accept his deception and his sexual identi­ ty an d q u ic k ly b e c a m e v io le n t.

T h e ir a n g e r r e s u lte d in tw o o f Brandon’s friends, John Lotter and M arvin "Tom" Nissen, raping and killing him in D ecem ber o f 1993 in Falls City.

D ire c to r K im b e rly P ie r c e 's adaptation o f this true story into the m o tio n p ic tu re B o y s D o n ’t C ry , brings Brandon's tragic story to a w ider audience.

H ilary S w ank (b etter know n fo r her role last seaso n as S teve

Sanders’ girlfriend on 90210) plays Brandon Teena and is astonishing in her portrayal. Her perform ance is touching and realistic to the point that the audience believes the char­ acter is male at the start.

In p re p a ra tio n fo r th e ro le , Swank spent tim e dressed up as a m ale off-set, going grocery shop­ p in g and to r e s ta u r a n ts . T h a t a woman could so successfully pass for a man strengthens the “learned gender” theory o f social psycholo­ gy w hich claim s th an g en d er is taught rather than innate.

vulnerability but also what attract­ ed them to each o th e r. She saw escape in him and he saw accep­

roles extrem ely w ell — the audi­ ence cannot help but despise them as the film progresses. Their char­

Strong cast Chloe Sevigny ("Jenny" from the film K ids) plays L ana and is terrific as the white-trash girl who g e ts h e r k ic k s g e ttin g h ig h on aerosol cans and singing karaoke, hoping that one day she’ll leave her dism al sm all-tow n ex isten ce and her drunk mother.

Together, Swank and Sevigny show not only Brandon and L ana’s

Kimberly Pierce depicts small town tragedy tance in her.

R o u n d in g o u t th e c a s t are P e te r S a r s g a a rd a n d B re n d a n Sexton III playing John and Tom resp e ctiv ely . T h e tw o p lay th e ir

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acters, in many ways, personify the hate and intolerance that hum ans can feel to w ard s som ething they cannot or chose not to understand.

T he sto ry is set in very few

lo catio n s and w as film ed m ostly d u rin g th e n ig h t o r u n d e r g ra y skies. Pierce effectively shows the bleakness o f life and the despera­ tion o f its young inhabitants who feel trapped in a spiral o f hopeless­ ness.

One problem with the movie is that it does take some factual liber­ ties. For exam ple, it fails to m en­ tion that along with Brandon, two o th e r p e o p le fro m th e c irc le o f friends were m urdered by John and Tom . B ut B oys D on't Cry doesn't c la im to b e a d o c u m e n ta ry o f B ran d o n T ee n a's life. In stead , it tries to offer a glim pse into a brave and ex trao rd in ary life th at ended far too soon.

Those expecting to walk out o f the theater unfazed are b etter o ff c a tc h in g s o m e th in g lig h t an d fluffy. Boys D o n ’t Cry is a power­ ful and haunting fdm that isn't easy to shake o ff once the credits start rolling. Perhaps this is for the best; it m ay help us ensure hate crim es lik e th e o n e c o m m itte d a g a in s t B ra n d o n T e e n a n e v e r h a p p e n again.

Suspense rather than gore makes cult classics memorable Continued from page 1 shock, R om ero w isely sacri­ fices break neck action for charac­ ter developm ent. W e feel his pain as he d e sc e n d s in to d e p re ssio n , an d becom es ad d icte d to calling late night advice show s. The audi­ en c e u n d ersta n d s h is fru stra tio n due to his U ncle's fear and m isun­ derstanding. At the sam e tim e it is a c h illin g h o r ro r film . M a rtin sneaks into peoples hom es, para­ lyzes them w ith a hypoderm ic nee­ d le and tak es th e ir b lo o d w ith a razor. Because w e understand his need we sym pathize with him, but we also feel the terror o f the vic­ tim s as th e y a r e m e r c ile s s ly a tta c k e d in t h e ir o w n h o m e s .

R o m ero, w ho g ain ed fam e from his Living D ead series, m ade this film in a gritty docum entary style that adds to its harrow ing realism.

T h o u g h n o t p ro v id in g a th rill a m in u te, M a rtin is fo r tho se w ho w ant a horror film with m ore sub­ stance.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer This is one o f the m ost chill­ ing serial killer m ovies ever made.

B ased loosely on the confessions o f a fam ous serial killer H enry Lee L u k as, th is film d iv es d eep into the disturbed m ind o f a man who k ills in nocent peo p le b ecause he doesn't have anything else to do.

Originally released into theaters in 1986, controversy w ith the M PAA d e la y e d th e re le a s e o f th is film until 1989. The film w as originally

g iv e n an N C -1 7 r a tin g because the violence in the m ovie, though fairly sparse, was s im p ly to o b r u ta l ly r e a l an d uncom prom ising.

H enry was severely abused as a ch ild by his p ro stitu te -m o th e r w ho forced him to w atch her sleep w ith oth er m en w h ile he w ore a d ress. E v e n tu a lly he k ille d h er and w ent to prison, where he met O ttis, a dim w itted m an w ho fo l­ low s the stronger H enry. T he film begins w ith H enry driving through sm a ll to w n s le a v in g a strin g o f bodies behind him , so he can m eet up with Ottis and his sister Becky at th e ir sm a ll a p a rtm e n t in th e slu m s o f a city . O ttis b ec o m e s H enry's sidekick as they kill ran ­ dom citizens in and around tow n, b e c a u s e it is th e o n e th in g th a t they can do w ell. B oth o f them w o rk m e n ia l jo b s a n d h a v e no interest in any productive activity.

M urder is the only excitem ent in their dull lives. " H e n ry " w a s s h o t e n tir e ly fro m H en ry 's p o in t o f view . N o news o f the m urders is given after th e y a re c o m m itte d , b e c a u s e H enry and O ttis do not care about th e h ead lin es. L ik e M a rtin th is film sacrifices thrills for character developm ent, w hich is its pow er.

In a particularly m em orable scene, Henry and O ttis break into a house to kill the fam ily that lives there.

A s they are being victim ized, the viewer, well aw are o f the reality o f the killer's intentions, know s that they will eventually die, that there is no hope for them. Being in the k iller's m ind and h av in g his p er­

spective greatly heightens the ter­ ro r felt. T h is is th e ty p e o f film th a t can g iv e p eo p le n ig h tm are, and m ake them scared to stay in a dark apartm ent alone, so be fore­ warned.

Nosferatu the Va m pyre T h is re m a k e o f th e c la s s ic 1922 G erm an e x p re ssio n ist film b ased on th e le g en d o f D ra cu la w ould have failed if it was direct­ ed by anyone oth er than G erm an film m aker W erner H erzog. O ne o f the greatest film m akers o f all tim e, H erzog has directed some o f th e m o st h y p n o tic an d p o w erfu l film s ev er m ade. H e treated the film much like the original makers treated theirs, w ith the characters s e e m in g ly c o m in g o u t o f th e

screen and much o f the action hap­ pening in silence.

T he story should be fam iliar to those who have read or w atched th e sto ry o f D ra c u la . A y o u n g law yer sets out to see the m ysteri­ ous Dracula about real-estate he is p la n n in g to p u rc h a se . D ra c u la takes the m an prisoner and sets out to London to capture the law yer’s w ife who he sees as the reincarna­ tio n o f h is ow n lo n g d ea d w ife.

T h e e v e n ts a re f a m ilia r , b u t H erzog p resen ts them in a m ore d o w n b e a t m a n n e r, sh o w in g th e lo n e lin e ss th a t D ra c u la en d u re s a n d th e e m p tin e s s o f h is life .

W h e re e v e r h e g o e s, d e a th an d m ad n ess fo llo w so th a t he m ust m o v e ag ain . H erzo g sh o w s th e m a d n ess and d e a th in a b iz a rre detached m anner that doesn't high­ light the tension but underlines the

d r e a r y m o o d o f d e s p a ir th a t D racula is surrounded by.

The three film s listed here are not thrillers, nor are they intended to be. T hey w ere m ade by d irec­ tors w ho u n d ersto o d th at w e are m ore frig h ten ed by th e unknow n a n d th e u n s e e n th a n on sc re e n action.

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My Children! Read this column!

M y C h ild r e n ! M y A fr ic a ! , w ritte n by A th o l F u g ard , had a v e ry s u c c e s s fu l ru n a t M A I (M ontreal, Arts Interculturels) last week. The play can credit its sell­ o u t p e r f o rm a n c e s an d p o s itiv e buzzw ord to the fact that it really w as a g rea t play. A lth o u g h the script was w ritten in 1984, before th e A p a r th e id sy ste m w as reform ed, it is still very relevant.

The play exam ines three different c h a r a c te r s ’ p e r s p e c tiv e s o f the

young white student. The acting is fantastic, the directing is fast-paced and the message is well-presented.

B u t if y o u ’re re a d in g th is review right now: sorry! You can’t go see M y C hildren ! M y A fric a !

The play will live out the rest of its days touring various high schools.

D on’t despair, however, my devot­ ed read ers. T he p u rp o se o f this article is not to review yet another cultural event you missed. Instead, it is to provide inform ation about th e B la c k T h e a tre W o rk sh o p (BTW ), the g ro u p th a t mounted th e p la y , an d M A I, th e v e n u e that hosted it.

The Black Theatre W orkshop has been a ro u n d f o r 29 s e a s o n s , an d is devoted to producing theatre that incorporates C anadian, m ulti-cul­

Up W ith T h eatre Carrie Schoemer racial situ atio n in South A frica: those of a black, rebellious teen; a w ise , o ld e r b la c k h ig h sc h o o l teacher; and a naive but concerned

they offer workshop series in sub­ jects such as playwriting and audi­ tioning. Although they may priori­ tize non-white applicants, everyone is welcome. This company is defi­ nitely worth check­ ing out.

If you w o u ld r a th e r ‘g e t in volved’ with the­ atre as an audience member, MAI (pro­ nounced ‘m ay’) has many opportunities.

T h is is th e ir f ir s t season, and it looks v e ry p ro m is in g .

N e x t w e e k , th e y w ill p ro d u c e The M y C hildren! M y A fric a ! www.toxpictures.com K a b b a l i s t i c a p p lic a tio n s fo r the p o sitio n o f P s y c h o a n a ly s is o f A d a m R. Tzaddick, which deals with Jewish D ra m a tu rg . A c tu a lly , B T W is always looking for assistant direc­ themes. MAI is not ju st a theatre to rs an d d ra m a tu rg s, w hich is a v e n u e , a n d w ill a lso f e a tu re great way to gain off-cam pus the­ Iterance, an exhibit o f contem po­ rary M exican sculptors, follow ed atre exp erien ce. In the sum m er, tural, intercultural and Black inter­ ests. This year, they will also pro­ d u c e a m a in s ta g e p la y , The C r o s s r o a d s /L e C a r r e fo u r , fo r which they are currently accepting

later in N ovem ber by a dance per­ fo rm an ce w ith G u y lain e S avoie.

M cGill ghetto grubs need not fear leaving their cozy quarters, as MAI is lo c ate d on Jean n e-M an ce ju s t north o f Prince-Arthur.

O v e r th e n e x t few w e e k s, m any th e a tre c o m p an ie s aro u n d town and on campus are mounting plays. This is a great tim e to go see som e o f them , before oppres­ sive w eather and final exams set in.

G et out there !

To contact the B lack Theatre Workshop, phone 932-1104.

M A I presents The Kabbalistic P s y c h o a n a ly s is o f A d am R. T za d d ick fr o m N o v em b e r 3 -6 a t 8:30 pm, student ticket price $10, with a p a y-w h a t-yo u -ca n p e r fo r ­ mance on Novem ber 7 at 7:30 pm.

Box office phone 982-3386 after 5 pm. F or m ore inform ation about their season call 982-1812.

Get a little Closer, baby: Players' Theatre's latest

By M aggie G ilm o ur God, it’s hard to like a play.

R e a lly . W h e n y ou h a te a p la y , there’s so much to say about it, so many stinging w itticism s that can be lobbed at the director, so many caustic com m ents about the drab scenery or lifeless performances.

B ut a good play presents the critic with m any difficulties. The problem is, Players Theatre’s latest production is really good. In fact, it’s a must see.

G iv e fo u r a c to rs a b r illia n t script (by Patrick Marber), a table, som e chairs, and seam less d irec­ tio n , and a g o o d stu d e n t p la y rem inds us o f w hat theatre is all ab o u t. A ctin g . A nd th a t’s w h a t Kareem Fahm y’s latest play does: it reminds us of the power of perfor­ m ance. C lo ser is a m ust see not because it is a drama about society at th e en d o f th e 2 0 th c e n tu ry .

D on’t see it because of the meteoric hype that followed it from London (the play has won several awards in New York and London alone). It’s n o t f a s c in a tin g b e c a u s e o f its ‘provocative’ subject matter. This play is worth it for the sheer vitality and o b v io u s c o m m itm e n t o f its cast.

C lo se r is th e sto ry o f fo u r

tw e n ty -s o m e th in g s liv in g in an unidentified North A m erican city.

I t’s clearly nineteen ninety som e­ thing — the characters drink lattes, have cyber sex, and discuss, among o th e r th in g s , “re la tio n s h ip b a g ­ gage.” In a series of loose vignettes, we m eet the four characters, who get involved in a twisted love trian­ gle, ex p o sin g som e o f th e b itte r truths about love along the way.

A lic e (L u c ie O ’B rie n ) is a tough but sw eet you n g strip p e r, Dan (M icheal Albert) is a charming young writer, Anna (Sarah M ayes) is a ta le n te d p h o to g ra p h e r, and L arry (N ick K ovacs) is a d o cto r with a regular salary and a decency that makes you instantly like him.

On s e p a ra te o c c a s io n s, th ey all m eet, fall in love, and fall out of love, and quite p ain fu lly at that.

T here is betrayal, dishonesty and reconciliation. It’s a familiar story.

The trick with familiar formulas is to make them fresh every time. And C loser accom plishes this, m ainly due to the energy and the hum our that the cast has clearly poured into their performances.

O ’B rien’s perform ance was an excellent combination o f toughness and heartbreaking fragility — she m oves from one em o tio n to the next with fluidity and grace. When sh e b re a k s do w n an d w ee p s

tow ards the end o f the play, you will be moved. Mayes is sensation­ al as the photographer. She delivers her lines clearly, convincingly, and with em otion, and yet, even when she is not speaking, her presence on stage is overw helm ing. W ith one raised eyebrow she can b ru talize her opponent.

K ovacs is also am azing. His character has the potential to be a bit of a knob — earnest, the ‘nice’ guy w ith a b it o f an e d g e . B u t Kovacs plays the part with charis­ m a and w arm th. W atch fo r a the h ila r io u s ‘g e ttin g to k n o w you scene’ he shares with Mayes in the aquarium; definitely one of the high points of the play. The two discuss the Internet in one of those absurd courtship chats where the subtext is overwhelming.

A lb ert’s perform ance, on the o th e r han d , is a p ro b lem . It ju st doesn’t work. The greatest illusion about theatre is its spontaneity. As an audience, we have to believe that this is the first time we are seeing th is co n v ersatio n , th is fig h t, this kiss. B ut A lb e rt’s p erfo rm an ce, p erhaps due to first n ig h t jitte rs, seem ed rig id and self-co n tain ed .

H is d e liv e r y w as w o o d e n an d strangely unconvincing.

The script of this play walks a fine line. In many cases, it involves

moments of almost absurd intimacy

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Sarah Mayes as Anna between virtual strangers, as when a distraught man says to a stripper in a bar: “I love you. I love every­ thing about you that hurts.” These are dangerous lines because if they are not said w ith enough co n v ic­ tio n , th ey so u n d m a n n e re d and ridiculous. I ’m afraid Albert’s per­ fo rm an ce did n ot do th ese lines, often shattering in their emotional accuracy, justice.

But this is the only drawback.

M arber’s sharp writing, fine perfor­ m ances, and a m inim alist set that cap tu res the som etim es n ihilistic

fying theatre experience for all. At the end o f the play, the characters stand in separate corners, the stage dark, each bathed in light. It’s quite a moment. You really get the sense that you’ve com e a long way with these characters, and in only two h o u rs, liv e d a r a th e r b ru ta l and co m p letely ab so rb in g em o tio n al history with them.

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By A nca C ondrea Im agine going to the m ovies only to see ads. Huh? The Cannes Lions 99 advertising festival does ju s t th a t, b rin g in g to g e th e r the cream o f publicity spots from all over the world.

S tringing together 30-second scripts and ensuring coherence and c o h e siv e n ess ov er the co u rse o f approximately 100 minutes is not an easy task. To do this, the producers chose a simple arrangement corre­ sponding to the prizes won by each spot. Therefore, the various “Bronze Lions” award winners appear at the beginning of the film, whereas the G rand Prize w inner is a beautiful closure.

M o st o f th e ads are fo r European-based companies or prod­ ucts not available in North America.

Therefore, do not expect your usual

A dvil vs. T ylenol d eb ate or Tim Hortons merry jingles. W atch out for the M cDonalds small fries ad, coming from Sweden. The more lib­ eral Scandinavian ads are in a class by th e m se lv e s, re fle c tin g th e ir proverbial open-mindedness.

W ithin each category, ads are grouped thematically. This particu­ lar approach offers the possibility of co m p a rin g v a rio u s ta k e s on the same subject matter. For example, the Stella Artois, Budweiser, Miller ads a ll m ake use o f d iffe re n t imagery to convey what, in the end, comes down to the same message.

There’s the lobster that, on the verge of being fried, takes a B udw eiser bottle hostage and there’s the guy who slow-dances with his dog for a Miller Light. These are more tradi­ tional ad cam paigns, th at can be view ed from the com fort o f your living room.

Wait though, there’s more. Not everybody’s out there to sell some­ thing. Many of the ads were unique and stylish, and not about selling product. For exam ple: th ere’s one penalty shot that the Nigerian goaltender is helpless against: the death penalty in his home country. Neon a z is o r e x tre m e rig h t-w in g activists’ convictions bring about a han d icap in every d ay situ atio n s, since they can’t answer the phone or take the elev a to r w ith th e ir right hand sticking out. The great living d ea d s lik e A nne F ra n k , Jo h n F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King are back to promote pacifism and spread a m e ssa g e fo r to le ra n c e .

Vectorscope images of the sound of car crash are used to raise public aw areness ab o u t road safety and believe me, next time you will buck­ le up.

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Matthew Good Band disappoints live

By Sh a n Soe -L in

O pening for Q uebec darlings La Chicane, M atthew G ood Band put on an acceptable perform ance at Le Spectrum . R unning through a set list based m ainly on their lat­ est release B eautiful M idnight, the b a n d h ad th e o ld e r-a g e d cro w d ju m p in g an d m o sh in g fro m the opening chords o f “G iant.” E ven though I’m a die-hard fan o f their m u sic, I w as le ft fe e lin g so m e ­ w hat u n im p ressed by the b a n d ’s perform ance. It w asn’t aw ful, but it w asn’t great, either. All o f their

Matthew Good Band so n g s w ere p retty m u ch ex actly lik e th e r e n d itio n s o n th e C D , r ig h t d o w n to. th e v o c a l h a r ­ m onies, bridges, and guitar lines.

W hen you go see a band perform live, you expect a little more.

K eeping the stage banter to a m in im um , the ban d n o n eth ele ss put on an energetic, if form ulaic p e r f o r m a n c e . D e p e n d a b le a n d

f a m i lia r s o n g s lik e “ R i c o , ” “E v ery th in g is A u to m a tic ,” and the latest hit single “H ello T im e B om b” certain ly k ep t the crow d h a p p y . M o s t o f th e a u d ie n c e p re s s e d a g a in s t th e s ta g e w ere h a rd c o re fa n s o f th e b a n d , so M att G ood co u ld p ro b ab ly have p la y e d “ C h o p s tic k s ” a n d th e y w o u ld have lo v e d it. H ey, it’s a m oshable song, right?

T h e b a n d c h o s e to b re a k it dow n betw een h it singles w ith a little instrum ental piece. Featuring fleet-fingered guitarist D ave Genn as lead, they played a catchy but b iz a r re so n g b ille d as “ a little h ea v y m e ta l,” w h ich re a lly ju s t so u n d e d like fid d le m u s ic p la y e d v e ry q u ic k ly on an e le c ­ tric guitar.

T hey ended on a strong note, h o w ev ­ e r, w ith a s u p e rb v e r s io n of “A p p aritio n s.” W ith th e cro w d sw ay in g , holding lighters over th e ir h e a d s , a n d singing along to the anthem ic chorus, the place w as filled with a calm and soothing a tm o sp h e re . T h ey enco red w ith “L e t’s g e t it o n ,” o f f o f B e a u tifu l M id n ig h t.

A ll f o u r m e m b e r s m ade this one count, and w ent absolutely w ild at the end, tear­ in g up th e s ta g e .

M a tt s la m m e d h is g u ita r d o w n a n d s ta lk e d o f f le a v in g G enn, Priske and Brow ne, to w rap things up. T his little prim a donna stunt notw ithstanding, their show w as not bad. It ju s t w asn ’t great.

A n d c o n s id e rin g ho w s tu n n in g th e ir a lb u m s a re , th is le v e l o f m ediocrity w as surprising and dis­ appointing.

Rock and Roll is dead.

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Ren-Script saves Art Sacré from banality

By Erik A r a g o n -V ela

In the current exhixibition at Salle de Gesü, called A rt Sacré four artists depict themes of spirituality and inner self. H ow ever, with the exception H ongm o Ren, many of the artists fail to convey this m es­ sage.

T h e firs t a r tis t is H an n ah Alpha, a McGill alumni, who uses a minimalist style of painting— a style which employs simplistic design to create maximum impact. Her paint­ ings grab your attention with their abstractness, how ever they fail to portray the a rtist’s m eaning. H er collection, entitled “La danse cos­ m ique” (The cosmic dance), is her search to “attain a state of supreme serenity, a state where everything is calm, pure, wholesome.”

A tte m p tin g to in te rp re t th e “ sta te o f su p rem e se re n ity " inevitably ends in failure. M ost of the paintings were almost identical, except in the variation o f colour.

Overall, Alpha’s cosmic dance col­ lectio n is uninspiring and a poor interpretation of this concept.

Georgette Pineault-Plante’s col­ le c tio n c a lle d “E s p a c e ... d ’une migration II” (Space... of a migra­ tion II) continued this trend of inac­ cessible abstract works. This alumni of the University of Quebec uses oil and other mixed techniques on cloth and Masonite to create her abstract sty le . T he c o lle c tio n o f aro u n d twenty-five paintings is perplexing.

P in eau lt’s paintings are also very alike, and after seeing the first ten, I had seen the whole collection. The p a in tin g s b a s ic a lly c o n s is t o f squares within squares varying only in the position of the squares and the colours used. The artist mostly lim-

maroon, which adds to the monoto­ ny of the collection.

If you have any interest in cal­ ligraphy, you will love the unique and interesting pieces o f Honmgo Ren. He has created what he calls a calligraphy and language “experi­ mentale” entitled "REN-script." Ren inks all his pieces on rice paper. The seven English and six French pieces, combine the art and beauty of callig­ raphy with original writing of equal

stature. In ten of his pieces he elabo­ rates on the beauty of nature during various seasons and includes a com­ p le te v e rse fro m th e B o o k o f Genesis. The rest o f the pieces are large single words embellished with intricate detail.

"REN-script" is definitely the turning point of this art exhibition.

T he artist's poem s are lyrical and tra n sp o rt you to th e p lace b eing d e sc rib e d . S om e o f his su b je cts include the sun shining on M ount Royal and the moon reflecting of the St. Laurent River. At times the writ­ ing is a bit hard to understand yet the more one stares at it the clearer it becomes.

Inner self is the central theme o f the fin al artist in th is exhibit.

Using paper molds shaped in torsos, M o n iq u e B e au lieu co n v e y s th is theme using collage. With strips of leather, glass, silk, and w ood she p o rtra y s v ario u s th em es such as aspiration, youth, ego, and devotion.

The thirty-piece collection “gives a view inside the body, at the level of the heart” as the artist puts it.

B e au lieu has c re a tiv e p o te n tia l, how ever some collages look as if m ade by a child. The them es are thought provoking and deep, and obviously not the work o f an ama­ teur. However, on the visual side, the artist needs to elaborate the sim­ plistic design.

Overall Art Sacré was not spec­ tacular yet it was not a total loss.

T h e H o n m o R e n 's c a llig ra p h ic REN-script makes it worth a visit.

Les Salles de Gesù is located at 1200, B le u ry S tr e e t n e a r St. Catherine Street. Admission is free a n d it's o p en M o n d a y th ro u g h Saturday noon until 6 pm running through December 18.

Cannes Continued the “F reezer” and the “G ardener” shoots for an Australian terror film festival. It is as simple and as chilly as a man peeking in a freezer and a shovel turning in the gravel.

F o r an ad to be e ffic ie n t, it m ust be remembered. Since exces­ sive exposure to violence, sex, and e v e ry th in g else in b etw e en has desensitized viewers, and making a pow erful statem ent has becom e a challenge. How far can ads push the boundaries? The edgier campaigns com e from Internet based com pa­ n ie s ju s t sta rtin g up, th a t have everything to win, especially from controversy. After all, no publicity is bad publicity. Take Outpost.com:

they go from tattooing their name on to d d le r’s foreh ead s, to releasin g wolves on a bunch of high-school kids and, hold your breath, shooting a gerbil out of a canon!

Aesthetically pleasing, visually stunning ads are losing ground to brainier ones, but the few that were featured w ere breath-taking. The team of synchronized baby-sw im ­ mers splashing around and floating in a surreal blue Naya pool makes y ou so o o o o o o o th irs ty ...A ls o , Chanel puts a spin on the o f Little Red Riding Hood tale with perfume bottle-like rooms and a few drops of, you guessed, N o.5. G u in n ess’ surfers give new meaning to “riding

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the waves”, literally riding on the back of horse-like waves.

The Grand Prize went to a 60second, black and w hite com m er­ cial, which is more or less a litany and a rem inder o f all those things you w ere told w hile grow ing up.

Guess what they’re trying to sell ?

No, it’s not CK. Granted advertising is usually annoying or proves to be an insult to the viewer’s intelligence, things are changing. Ads are becom ing funnier, brighter, more artistic, and at the same time also controversial.

C annes L ions successfully raises ads to the status of art form.

C a n n e s L io n s 99 p la y s a t Complexe Desjardins cinema until Novem ber 4th. Tickets are 8$.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Xtra-Acme USA Matador Records

Last year’s Acme provoked the ire o f m ore than a few fans who found that Jon Spencer & Co. sim­ ply w eren’t churning out the same b ite -y o u -in -y o u r-a ss m u sic like they used to. X tra-A cm e, like its p re d e c e s s o r, is a c o lle c tio n o f rem ixes, but it should lay rest to claims that the Blues Explosion are g row ing m eek as they head into their thirties.

A rollicking, ejaculatory mess of an album, Xtra-Acme is a grabbag of out-takes and remixed tunes from the o rig in a l. It takes m ore chances, sampling and transmogri­ fying Russell Simins’ Keith Moonstyle drumming into catchy break­ beats. In many ways it docs a better job o f capturing, in album format, the unpredictable shotgun effect of the Blues E x p lo sio n 's hilariously over-the-top live shows. Headed up as it is by a pasty white boy from N ew H am p sh ire , JS B X is o ften accused of mocking the blues and Black music in general, but each time Mr. Spencer hollers, “It’s the Blues Explosion!,” you can’t help but think all they want to do is play som e fucking rock and roll. The narrative voice-over in the bonus track explains it best: “D on’t you think it’s time to find out what all the fuss is about, to find out why Judah Bauer plays his guitar with such fiery p assio n that it m akes g ro w n m en w e e p , an d in som e cases, m akes th e ir h air fall out?

W hy R u s se ll S im in s p la y s his drum s so hard that grown women show er him w ith panties, beanie babies, and condom s? O r why Jon S p en ce r w as v o ted S ex iest Man A liv e th re e y e a rs in a row by Gentlemen’s Quarterly? It’s time to ask yourself: Do you w ant to get heavy?”

— reviewed by Sean Jordan

Gorky’s Zygnotie Mynci Spanish Dance Troupe Mantra Records

T h e G o rk y ’s sixth album is proves to their audience that they w ill never stop creating exciting, melodic music which can appeal to anyone in a good mood. Spanish D a n c e T ro u p e is a n o th e r id eal blend o f calm, sea-like songs, and upbeat playful tracks. The title track is a rom antic account o f skipping sc h o o l, an d o th e r so n g s lik e “Freckles,” “Desolation Blues," and “ C h ris tm a s E v e ” c o n tin u e th e G o rk y ’s h ap p y tra d itio n .

Unfortunately, there are no songs in Welsh on this album, as on all the o th ers, but fo r the first tim e the ly ric s are p rin te d in the sleev e.

Despite the hassles o f a record label change, and the loss of one of their founding members, John Lawrence (w h o h as m oved on to the film industry), G orky’s Zygnotie Mynci continue to excel at their own brand o f c h e ek y m u sic. O ne can o nly hope that someday they will come play in Montreal!

— reviewed by Deniz Barki Brendan Perry Eye o f the Hunter 4ÂD

O ne w o u ld h av e e x p e c te d Brendan Ferry of Dead Can Dance to dwelve deeper into experimental music with his first solo release, as John Cale and Brian Eno did when their bands disolved. Instead, he’s gone in the opposite direction and released a collection o f eight bal­ lads so accessib le th ey ’re alm ost tra d itio n a l. At its b est, on such songs as “ S atu rd ay ’s C h ild ” and “ M e d u s a ,” E y e o f th e H u n te r com es across as a beautiful hom ­ mage to Tim Buckley and Leonard Cohen, the influences Perry wears on his sleeve. At its worst, the key­ boards pretending to be violins and the slow pace are likely to put you to sleep. These songs will benefit from the warmth of a live environ­ ment, so go see Perry at Kola Note this week before m aking up your mind.

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Redmen lone goal enough to secure place in QSSF final Mathieu Harding's early strike is enough to advance his side to the conference final

By Edvard G lücksman

T h e M c G ill m e n 's s o c c e r team took yet another step tow ards th e N a tio n a l C h a m p io n sh ip s in V icto ria by w in n in g the Q uebec p ro v in cial sem i-fin al ag a in st the U n iv e r s ity o f Q u e b e c à T ro is R iv ières by the score o f 1-0 last F rid a y n ig h t. T h e w in s e t up another encounter with the defend­ in g Q S S F c h a m p io n U Q A M Citadines.

T h e o n ly g o a l o f th is v e ry po sitiv e encounter w as scored in th e firs t h a lf by strik e r M athieu Harding. The Redmen played their b e s t h o m e -tu rf so c c e r so fa r as th e y o u tp la y e d th e ir o p p o n e n ts throughout the match.

A lso to be noted was the dras­ tically increased attendance, w hich looked to have m ore than tripled sin ce the w eek befo re. T he fans w ere n u m e ro u s and w ere ju s tly rew arded by some truly entertain­ ing play and a victory.

The gam e started o ff w ith an early scare for the hom e team as keeper Jason Forsyth had to rescue h is te a m w h en a U Q T R s trik e r broke loose after a defensive error.

F o rs y th m a d e a b e a u tif u l sa v e

w hich tu rn ed o u t to be h is o nly m ajor action for the rem ainder o f th e h a lf. F ro m th e n o n , U Q T R allow ed the Redm en to play their gam e and im pose their tactics.

E v ery tim e th e v isito rs g o t p o sse ssio n , th e ball w as k ic k ed d o w n fie ld a n d g iv e n to th e Redm en who quickly began build­ ing up th e n e x t a tta c k . S e v e ra l technical m arvels from the feet of m idfielder Guy A naba A naba kept the crow d lively and entertained, leaving the opponents bew ildered.

T h e R e d m e n f in a lly b ro k e through in the 19th m inute as cap­ tain R ehan A li co n tro lled a pass an d q u ic k ly fe d th e b a ll o f f to M a th ie u H a rd in g w h o m a d e no mistake.

"I h a d n 't s c o re d a ll se a so n long, I guess I kept it for the m ost im p o r ta n t g a m e so f a r , " s a id H arding jokingly afterwards.

F o r the rest o f th e first half, M cGill fans w ere given the chance to see th e ir te a m d o m in a te an d keep possession for as long as pos­ s ib le . N ic e , s a fe p a s s in g g a v e U Q T R n o o p p o rtu n ity to co m e n e a r an e q u a liz e r a n d th e h a lf ended w ith a fair 1-0 score.

T he second h a lf began m uch

ing been chased and co r­ nered. U Q TR had one sig­ n ific a n t sh o t in the 7 0th m inute that w as properly s a v e d b y F o r s y th . T h e clock show ed injury tim e a n d th e fa n s w e re a n x ­ iously w aiting for the final w h is tle w h en s u d d e n ly , the visitors began m oving the ball forward.

T heir efforts resulted in a tre m e n d o u s sc o rin g opportunity when a striker a s to n is h in g ly m is s e d a w id e - o p e n g o a l a f te r a c o n f u s e d g a th e r in g o f p la y e r s in th e M c G ill p e n a lty a re a . T h e f in a l w histle blew shortly after and sighs o f relief echoed fro m p la y e r s a n d fa n s alike.

T h e R e d m e n q u a l i­ fied for the final gam e and the attitude in the dressing room s was fitting.

"They w ere a decent The Redmen are heading to the QS5F Finals chloe Kristenbrum team and w e seem ed to h a v e p a n ic k e d in th e lik e th e f ir s t w ith th e R e d m e n am azed the crow d as he som ehow end," said a n o n eth eless p leased holding m uch o f the ball p o sses­ m a n a g e d to o u tp la y tw o U Q T R sion. O n ce ag ain , A n ab a A n ab a defenders in one m ove after hav­

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Boo! Martlets win playoff thriller at Molson Stadium Will face Laval in finals after comeback win over Concordia

By T he M in h L u o n g

w ell.” “ I th in k th e re w as a g h o s t from S un d ay ’s gam e, it’s as if it left a track in the players’ m inds,” s a id M c G ill coach M a rc

hustling actions o f several M cGill defenders prevented the ball from Just tw o days b efo re g o in g in to th e n e t a f te r a w ild H a llo w e e n , the c o u n try ’s th ird scram ble for the ball. ranked M cG ill M artlets received C o n co rd ia stunned the hom e th e ir ow n big crow d in the scare. T hey 24th minute, u s e d a la te s c o r in g a o ffen siv e o u t­ g o a l r e m i­ burst to defeat n is c e n t o f a s p ir ite d th e g a m e Concordia w i n n e r Stingers squad s c o r e d by 3-1 in th e L a v a l la s t Q u e b e c w e e k University a g a in s t th e Soccer League Martlets. s e m i-fin a ls , A f t e r and ea rn ed a S tin g er fo r­ b e r th in th e ward M alika f in a ls v e r s u s O b e ro l w as L aval on h a n d e d th e Friday. b a ll in th e Despite M cG ill area, handily finish­ she broke in in g in f ir s t on left wing p la c e , th e a n d d ro v e The M artlets take control o f the game and th eir destiny chior Kristebrum M a rtle ts w ere th e b a ll not heading in p a s t o u t­ M ounicot. to the playoffs with m om entum on stretched goalie Jessica W hite. their side. They had lacklustre per­ T h e M a rtle ts h e a d e d to th e form ances over the last tw o weeks dressing room in shock after trail­ Concordia looks for stunning o f the regular season, culm inating ing a team they had not lost to in over five years. in la st w ee k ’s 2-0 loss to L aval, upset and it show ed in the first half.

“T h ey ’re a very young group, “W e were taken a bit by sur­ th e y w e re d o w n ,” e x p la in e d T he first h a lf fe a tu re d w ide M o u n ic o t. “A fte r th e h a lf-tim e p r is e ,” a d d e d M a rtle t d e fe n d e r o p e n p la y , w ith b o th s id e s J u lia S c ra s e . “ I t ’s n o t th a t w e talk w e had, they played different­ e x c h a n g in g n u m e ro u s s c o rin g d i d n ’t p la y h a r d , ( C o n c o r d ia ) ly , th ey s e ttle d d o w n a n d w ere chances. A fter M cGill m issed two very patient in the second half.” cam e o ut w ith a lot o f heart; we corners, C oncordia nearly scored d i d n ’t e x p e c t th e m to p la y so Indeed, M cGill played its typ­ off their own com er kick, but the

ical ground/possession gam e in the second half, totally dom inating the S tin g ers in th e ir ow n zone. T he M a rtlets g ot o u tstan d in g p e rfo r­ m a n c e s fro m r e s e rv e fo rw a rd s A n alia B arroetavena and C laudia D e Paola, w ho filled in after the in ju r y to th e C a n a d ia n In teru n iv ersity A th letics U n io n ’s scoring leader, E va M elamed.

“A n a lia h ad a g rea t g a m e ,” said M ounicot. “She doesn’t have the scoring touch that E va has, but sh e w a s f ig h tin g a n d c r e a tin g problem s for C oncordia w ith her speed and skills.”

A fter several near misses, the te n s io n on th e fie ld a n d in th e stands grew, as the M artlets were a h alf hour away from elim ination.

T h e s e e m in g ly in e v ita b le occurred as M cG ill eventually tied it up in the 62nd m inute. R ookie fo rw ard A lan n a M aloney headed the ball into the net after a w ellp la c e d f re e k ic k fro m J e s s ic a Hawker. The Stingers were clearly on th eir heels fo r the rest o f the m a tc h , as M c G ill c o n tin u e d to apply continuous pressure.

K ath e rin e M c K in le y sco red th e g a m e - w in n e r in th e 8 0 th m in u te, u sin g h e r 5 ’9” fra m e to get a header over C oncordia keep­ e r M ic h e lle S u tc liff e . “ I t fe e ls g reat,” said the ecstatic first-year defender about the big goal.

M alo n ey la te r p u t th e g am e aw ay in the 88th m inute, scoring her second goal o f the game, with a sh arp le ft-fo o ted k ick in to the

top com er.

“It w as very nerve-w racking f o r m e to w a tc h . S in c e I ’m a d e f e n c e m a n , I c o u l d n ’t g e t inv o lv ed in the play close to the n et,” com m ented Scrase. “It w as nice to w atch those two headers go in; it’s som ething we haven’t done in a w hile,”

Character builder In spite o f th e u n ex p ected ly tough victory, the M artlets w ere nevertheless thrilled w ith the out-

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Playoff Soccer al Molson Stadium Martlets vs. Laval, Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Redmen vs. UQAM, Friday, 8:30 p.m.

Playoff Football returns to Molson Stadium Redmen vs. Ottawa, Saturday, 1:00 p.m.

Martlet hockey vs. Carleton, Wednesday, 6:45 p.m., at McConnell Redmen hockey vs. Concordia, Friday 7:30 p.m., at McConnell Arena

T he M c G ill T ribune, T uesday, 2 N ovember 1999

Redmen hockey continues its winning ways Weekend victories help McGill vault into first in OUA Far East Division

By Jeremy K u z m a r o v

S k atin g to a 3-2 v icto ry on W e d n e s d a y n ig h t a g a in s t th e D artm outh College Big Green the Redm en hockey team show ed why it is ranked eighth in the nation.

W ins over Q ueen 's and the Royal M ilitary C ollege on the w eekend extended M cG ill’s hot streak.

W hile D artm outh was playing in only its first gam e o f the presea­ son, they nevertheless represented a f o r m id a b le o p p o n e n t.

Com peting in the Eastern College A th le tic C o n fe re n c e o f N C A A D ivision I, the Big G reen line-up was both big and skilled, possess­ ing top calibre players.

M cG ill cam e out strong and jum ped to a 3-0 lead by the half­ w ay m ark o f the second period.

D a v id G o u rd e s p a rk e d th e R edm en offence w ith tw o goals, in c lu d in g a p o w e r -p la y e f f o rt.

Shifty centre D avid Burgess, last y ear’s team scoring leader, added a goal.

D artm outh countered M cG ill in th e s e c o n d p e r io d w ith tw o g o a ls fro m s o p h o m o r e s M ik e M ature and Carl D esjardins. They were unable to com e up w ith the equalizer, how ever, and the third p e r io d w a s s c o r e le s s o n b o th sides.

B ecause it w as an exhibition game, both M cG ill and D artm outh experim ented w ith line com bina­ tions, and M w ith defensive pairings. Botn team s em ptied their b e n c h e s g iv in g a m p le p la y in g tim e to third and fourth line play­ ers. In nets, a record six goalies w ere used in the gam e, a different one each period for both teams.

“Even though it was an exhi­ b itio n gam e it w as nice to com e o u t on top a g a in st a g rea t team lik e D a r tm o u th , i t ’s g o o d fo r m o r a le a n d c o n f id e n c e ,” s a id R e d m e n h e a d c o a c h M a rtin Raym ond after the game. “It was a good chance for us to w ork on dif-

ferent things in a highly com peti­ tiv e g a m e , a n d fo r g u y s to g e t u se d to p la y in g u n d e r p ressu re.

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R ight now w e’re m oving the puck w e ll, a n d c o m in g a lo n g as a team .”

Canadian vs. U.S. college hockey Canadian college hockey is at a very high level, with many play­ ers having form erly played major ju n io r h o ck e y in th e C H L . T h e A m erican gam e, how ever, is gen­ erally regarded to be slightly supe­ rior and a potential stepping-stone to the NHL. For exam ple, players like Paul and Steve Kariya, A dam Oates and Joe Juneau all got their start playing in the N CA A , w hile co m p arativ ely few p la y ers have m ade it to th e p ro s afte r h aving p la y e d C IA U h o c k e y in r e c e n t years.

I t i s n ’t o n ly th e to p A m eric an -b o rn p la y ers d o n n in g th e ro ste rs o f N C A A d iv is io n I s c h o o ls . M a n y to p C a n a d ia n prospects are lured into playing in the US through ath letic sc h o lar­ ships.

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able. N ot surprisingly, the 1999’00 Big G reen roster possesses ten C anadian born players, including Q uebec native Desjardins.

“Every year w e attract a lot of C anadian players. O u r proxim ity to the border and nice cam pus help the rec ru itin g , “ said D artm outh h e a d c o a c h B o b G a u d e t. “ T h e E C A C is k n o w n fo r its s tro n g com bination o f athletics and acad­ em ics.”

W ith th e ir v ic to ry o v e r th e Big G reen on W ednesday, M cGill sh o w ed th a t it is a h ig h c a lib re team in its ow n right, and not very f a r r e m o v e d fro m th e e lite A m e r ic a n s c h o o ls . D a rtm o u th c o a c h G a u d e t w a s e s p e c ia lly

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gam e is generally quicker, but the R edm en show ed they could keep up. T h e y ’re a g re a t te am w h o ’s, very w ell coached,” said G audet, w h o w as also im p re sse d by th e beauty o f the M cG ill cam pus. “N o doubt, the Redm en could be very com petitive in the E C A C .”

Redmen starting to gel M c G ill c a r rie d its p o s itiv e m om entum from the victory over D artm o u th by sw eep in g O n tario foes Q ueen’s and RM C in regularseason play. M cG ill im proved its reco rd to a p erfect 5-0, good for

first place in the O U A E ast d iv i­ sion.

Saturday w as a proud day for M cG ill sports fans. T he R edm en’s 6 -3 v ic to r y o v e r Q u e e n ’s in Kingston provided a nice com ple­ m ent to the football team ’s 30-28 b ig w in o v e r th e G o ld e n G ae ls earlier in the day. G ourde enjoyed a four point night w ith tw o goals and tw o assists. B urgess added a pair o f goals, and captain M athieu D arche had one assist.

On Sunday, the Redm en con­ tinued th eir w inning w ays w ith a 3-0 shutout o f the Royal M ilitary C o lle g e P a la d in s . D e fe n c e m a n D avid Bahl, and forw ards D arche and G reg D avis scored for M cGill w h o o u t- s h o t R M C by a 5 3 -2 2 m arg in . B e n o it M en ard n o tc h ed his first career shut-out in the vic­ tory.

O n a h ig h - n o te a f te r th e ir strong show ing this w eek, M cGill faces a tough challenge on Friday w h e n it h o s ts d iv is io n r iv a l C o n c o rd ia , r a n k e d f ifth in th e C IA U . A s s is ta n t c a p ta in D an M cC lean attributes the R edm en’s strong start to hard work, and solid team chem istry.

“W e ’re re a lly e n jo y in g o u r streak, th ere’s a great atm osphere on th e team . E v ery o n e p u lls fo r each o th er out there and th a t’s a key to o u r su c c e ss so fa r,” said d e f e n c e m a n M c C le a n . “W e ’v e ju s t g o t to k ee p th e b a ll ro llin g now, and keep building as a team.

W e’ve got great speed overall, and w e’re m oving the puck w ell.”

women posted an impressive victo­ ry o v er M o n trea l 3 -2 , in a barn burner. T he team was sparked by Anouk Lapointe who had 14 kills, 16 digs, 4 stuff blocks, and an ace.

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McGill wins Quebec jj|W omen’s rugby earns trip CHAMPIONSHIP IN X-COUNTRY H tO THE NATIONALS ■SWIMMING SWEEPS MEET S a ra h A li Kh a n a n d h e r im p r e s s iv e v ic to ry g u id e d th e w om en to the Q uebec U niversity title. The 5.1 km race at Rimouski w a s d o m in a te d by th e M c G ill women who took three o f the top seven sp o ts. A side from K han's victory, Carly M oher finished third and G enevieve S h ru tleff finished s e v e n th . D e n n is B a rre tt w as named coach o f the year.

T h e m en f in is h e d se c o n d b ehind S h erb o o k e. T h e 10.1 km ra c e f e a tu r e d P au l C o b b as M cG ill's top runner w ith an 11th place finish, three m inutes behind the leader.

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T he M artlets headed south of th e b o rd e r fo r so m e e x h ib itio n gam es against A m erican schools.

First against Yale, they put up an impressive effort in a 5-4 loss. All goals w ere scored for M cGill by Ju lie H ornsby. The loss w as fo l­ low ed up by a 4-2 defeate at the h a n d s o f M a in e . In th a t g a m e , H o rn sb y sc o re d h er fifth o f the weekend, and Sarah Lomas added her first.

T he w om en won their Q SSF se m i fin a l m a tc h a g a in s t Sherbrooke 47-0. The team was led

by Je ssie M atiaszu k w ho sco red two tries and a convert. Also in the sh ellack in g Jessic a Y oung, Ju lie B riseb o is each sc o re d tw o tries, w h ile M an d y B ru n e t, L in d s a y Hunt, and Sonia Beaulieu all post­ ed single tries. The win has given the M artlets a berth in the Q SSF fin al, and a trip to the nationals since both finalists get to go.

Rowing takes home some metal in S t . Catherines Friday, at the OUA cham piosh ip s in St. C a th e rin e , O n ta rio , M cGill took hom e two titles. The m e d a ls c a m e fo r th e n o v ic e w om en’s eight w ho won gold, and th e n o v ic e m e n ’s e ig h t w o n a bronze medal.

Volleyball splits weekend T he m en’s volleyball co n tin ­ ued their losing ways as they fell to M ontreal 4-1 on Friday, and then 5 -0 on S u n d ay . M ean w h ile the

T h e T ri-M e e t at M cG ill on S atu rd ay featu red a d o u b le w in.

The women took home the win on the strength o f multiple medal win­ ner Lisa Virginni who was gold in th e 100m an d 200m b ack stro k e.

The men also won behind two m ul­ tiple medal winners. David Allard won the 100m breast stroke, and th e 4 0 0 m f re e s ty le , w h ile N eil D arlin g w on th e 100m b u tterfly and the 100m backstroke.

McGill-adidas ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Anand Pillai and his five field g o als a g a in st Q u ee n 's h elp ed to enshrine him as the m ale athlete of the week. Sarah Ali Khan gets the nod for female athlete of the week for her victory in the Quebec cross country final.

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Redbird Classic: last chance to tune up before season Redmen basketball team retains a solid core of players for upcoming season on M c G ill’s first ro u n d p la y o ff lo s s to th e S tin g e rs in M a rc h .

M o st n o ta b ly , p o in t g u a rd and T he annual R edbird C lassic leader M att W atson and forw ard b asketball tournam ent is alw ays the last chance for the Redmen to Jo e l P e a rlm a n h a v e g ra d u a te d . tune up before they open the regu­ D e sp ite th o se lo sse s and som e lar season. With a young but expe­ o th e r su b tractio n s, th e resu ltin g rienced team and a solid group of changes will lead to a new , and hopefully better Redmen team. ro o k ie s, th ey sh o u ld be able to “W e ’re a lot faster than last look past the tournam ent towards a year,” says second year guard Kirk winning season.

The first game o f the tourna­ R eid. “T his year w e ’re going to m e n t a g a in s t th e U n iv e rsity o f look to push the ball up the court in stea d o f slow ing it dow n. W e N ew B ru n s w ic k V a r s ity R e d s like to run, we pressure a lot, and would be a good barom eter of how we can run the court for forty min­ the team can be expected to per­ utes. Our only weakness this year form this upcoming season. is our size, I mean w e’re all about A quick glance at the roster th e sa m e h e ig h t and weight.”

T h a t g am e p la n h as b ee n brought about to c o m p e n s a te fo r th e la c k o f an experienced point g u a rd , an d to show case th e im pressive speed and quick scoring to u c h th e te a m has. In the gam e against UNB, the R edm en o fte n had on e o f th e ir b ig m en p u ll d o w n a b o a rd th e n r if le it up Louis Vigneault drives to the hoop Rebecca Catching court for a quick b a s k e t. S c o rin g those baskets will m ost likely be reveals some m ajor changes have veteran forw ards B rady M urphy, taken place since the whistle blew

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After a sensational rookie sea­ son, th e re are som e ch a n g e s in store for Reid.

First off, he will wear a black band on his uniform for the entire season in m em ory o f his frien d Clint Dunning, an O ttawa basket­ b a ll p la y e r w h o p a s s e d aw ay re c e n tly . S eco n d , he has been nam ed, w ith M urphy, as a team captain. “ (B e in g n a m e d c a p ta in ) m ean s a lo t to m e ,” say s R eid. “ I ’m o nly seco n d y ear, b ut I ’m second oldest on the team. I hope I can show som e leadership this season.”

G raduation took its toll on a defense that showed a lot of tenac­ ity la s t y e a r. H o w e v e r, M a rk R aw as, L aslo M o ln a r an d N ick Edkins are all ready to anchor the Redmen defense under the boards. “ T h e d e fe n s e lo o k s re a lly quick so far,” says Raw as. “W e u su a lly c o v e r th e b lo c k s b e tte r than w e’ve shown this tournament.

But w e’re going to better than last y e a r, th is is p ro b a b ly th e b e s t defense I’ve seen since I ’ve been here.”

Early on, the team has shown a team w ide a g g re ssiv e n e ss on defense. D uring the tournam ent the Redmen played hard under the boards and showed they were w ill­ ing to dive for steals. The only real problem that could em erge is that they showed some trouble boxing out the bigger players when Rawas and M olnar were off the court.

The last part o f the equation we can stick together and bounce to determ ine how far M cGill will back from some close losses, we go this year are the rookies. This, can start the momentum for a run in the regular season. This year I y ear’s crop is headlined by guard e x p e c t us to f in is h o n to p in D om enico M arcarro and forw ard Frederic Bernard.

The f o rm e r sh o w ed a v e te r­ ans touch during th e to u rn a m e n t with his ball han­ d lin g sk ills and sc o rin g a b ility , w h ile th e la tte r p la y e d w ith in te n se e n th u si­ asm an d had some outstanding blocks that elec­ trified the crowd.

“T his year’s ro o k ie c ro p is a m a z in g ,” sa id B e rn a rd , a 6 ’4 ” L aval n a tiv e .

“W e have a lot to le a rn , b u t w e ’ll get there. So far, I love it here, it’s cool, and I know we will win this year.”

A te a m b a s e d on sp e e d and b re a k o u t rushes, balanced High flying Redmen attack Rebecca Catching w ith good d e fe n s e an d a good class of rookies should make Q u e b e c , an d to go to th e N ationals.” an im pact this year.

“The tournam ent should help us into the season,” says Reid. “If

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The M cG ill men's rug by team was upset this weekend by Concordia 17-12. The Stingers Max Lewkowski jum pe d o u t to an early 17-0 lead, which was a surprise to the usually d om in a nt Redmen.

When the team fin a lly woke up and was ready to p lay they started their drive to comeback. Tries were scored by Ben Lee and Jamie Seguin, and a convert was made by Cory Richards to push the score to 17-12.

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Redmen quash Queen's and prepare to host playoff B y C hristian La n d e r a n d N ick R eIthmeier W ith th e ir se aso n an d th e ir p r id e on th e lin e , th e M c G ill Redm en rolled into K ingston this S aturday and cam e up w ith their biggest w in o f the season against arch-rivals Q u een ’s U niversity in w hat was easily the m ost exciting gam e o f the season.

In f r o n t o f a la rg e h o s tile cro w d and a g ro u p o f v o cal M cGill fans the gam e did not start w e ll fo r th e B ig R e d M a c h in e , w ho gave up tw o touchdow ns in the opening m inutes o f the game.

U n d aunted, R edm an q u arterback Jo sh S o m m erfeld t resp o n d e d by driving the ball dow n the field for a m ajor score. Som m erfeld was to a d d a n o th e r T D in th e s e c o n d quarter and w ith a single ‘rouge’, M cGill entered into half-tim e with a one point lead.

The G olden Gaels came out in the second half w ith a full head of steam ,but M cG ill kick er A rnand P illa i p ro v e d e q u a l to th e c h a l­ lenge, netting 5 field goals in the h a lf, one sh o rt o f a M cG ill and O Q IFC record. The final field goal com ing in the w aning m inutes of the fourth qu arter. T hat p e rfo r­ m ance, w hich w as within one o f a re c o rd , e a rn e d P illa i o ffe n s iv e player o f the w eek in the OQIFC. W ith under three m inutes to go, the future prospect o f a playoff g am e fell on th e so ld iers o f the

R edm en d efence. N u rsin g a tw o p o in t le a d a n d w ith Q u e e n ’s ap p ro ach in g g am e-w in n in g field goal range, veteran O llie Lefebvre cam e up w ith a key interception.

T hat pivotal pick, coupled w ith 14 ta c k le s, w as w h at g av e h im the O Q IF C d e fe n s iv e p la y e r o f th e w eek, giving M cGill the sw eep of those awards.

A fter the interception M cGill ran dow n the clo ck and w ith the v ic to ry g u aran teed th em selv es a p o s t- s e a s o n b e r th a g a in s t th e U niversity o f O ttaw a Gee-Gees.

Follow ing the gam e Lefebvre, a senior, com m ented on the inter­ ception w hich extended his career as a Redman.

“It feels great! I really w anted to play next w eek and I knew we w ere a better team than our record show ed,” he said.

Indeed, the in tercep tio n w as unquestionably the biggest play in years for the R edm an, defen siv e b a c k R o b B re w e r n o te d , “T h e interception by O llie clinched the v ic to ry and sho w ed th o se G aels w ho dom inates the gridiron.”

H ea d co a c h C h a rlie B a illie was im pressed by the effort o f his te a m w ho “ p la y e d m u c h b e tte r than last [week against Laval]."

Ben W earing, who had anoth­ er big day was ectatic. “ W e p u lle d it o f f, b o o m !

B o o m ! W e ’re in th e p la y o f f s ,” sa id W e a rin g . “ W e p la y e d ‘em w ell and we really cam e through.”

Men gearing for final Continued from page 23 coach R aim ondo. "Forsyth cam e up b ig and G uy (A naba A naba) had his best gam e o f the season.

M y boys stepped up the pace a lit­ tle bit m ore today.”

"W e'v e p ra c tic e d a lo t th is w eek. O ur coach has been great and we are ready," said an under­ sta n d a b ly h a p p y A n ab a A naba.

"Like I've said before, every victo­ ry is another step to Victoria".

C aptain R ehan A li's feelings were mutual.

"W e're all feeling the bruises rig h t now ," he said. "N ext tim e, w e need to keep fighting the full n in e ty m in u tes but the boys are d e f in ite ly r e a d y f o r th e f in a l.

T oday w as ju s t a stepping stone for us."

U Q A M d e fe a te d C o n c o rd ia 1-0 in the other sem ifinal and will face the R edm en for the Q uebec title fo r the fo u rth straight year.

T he tw o team s are h eated rivals, w h ic h s h o u ld s e t up a te n s e encounter. U Q A M handed M cGill its only loss this season, b ut the R e d m e n re m a in c o n f id e n t th a t they'll be the ones traveling cross­ country in one w eek's time.

"We don't really care w ho we p la y in th e f in a l," c o m m e n te d G in o L a lli a b o u t n e x t w e e k ’s Q S S F cham p io n sh ip . "The team w ill prepare for either C oncordia or UQ AM and we'll be ready."

T he first-p lac e R edm en had five players chosen to the QSSF's s e a s o n A ll- S ta r te a m . K e e p e r Ja so n F o rs y th , d e fe n d e rs G in o Lalli and Jason Frenette, and m id­ f ie l d e r s R e h a n A li a n d D a v id Sim on were nam ed to the first allsta r te am . A li w as a d d itio n a lly n a m e d as le a g u e M V P , an d R aim ondo w as chosen the coach o f the year.

N e x t S a tu rd a y M c G ill w ill face a tough challenge as they host th e O tta w a G e e -G e e s, th e o n ly undefeated team in the CIAU. The r e a s o n w h y th e R e d m e n g e t to h o st an u n d e fe a te d te am in th e p la y o ffs is th a t O tta w a is u n d er suspension due to use o f inelligable players tw o years ago.

“I lik e o u r c h a n c e s a g a in st th e m . W e a lw a y s p la y h u g e a g a in s t O tta w a ," s à id lin e m a n John M acD onald.

B a illie to o w a s o p tim is tic about the post-season. “ W e ’v e m a tc h e d u p w ell against O ttaw a and the hom efield advantage w ill help us. T hey are a b etter team , b ut at hom e, on any one day w e can beat anyone.”

T h e R ed m en w ill h av e th eir h a n d s f u ll a g a in s t a G e e -G e e s team that features a H ec Crighton tro p h y ca n d id a te in q u arte rb a ck Phil C o te. So far th is seaso n he h as se t a c o n fe re n c e re c o rd fo r rush in g to uchdow ns w ith 16 this season, and is the second leading passer in the league. H is num ber one target, Ibrahim Tounkara, was second in the conference w ith 34 catches.

The G ee-G ees defence is also form idable. They field the top tw o interception leaders in the confer­ e n c e in S e a n Q u in n a n d B ra d German.

O n th e R e d m e n sid e o f th e ball, w atch for the team to depend on its ste lla r lin e b a c k in g co rp s.

L efeb v re, the co rn ersto n e o f the unit, will look to shut dow n Cote's rushing gam e, and hopefully leave it to th e D B s to sh u t d o w n th e pass.

On offence, freshm an D anny Tai, w ho put up 137 yards against Q u e e n 's, w ill be c a lle d upon to carry a p o rtio n o f th e load. T he rest o f it will rest squarely on the sh o u ld e rs o f Jo sh S o m m erfeld t, w ho has o nly b een ab le to p lay tw o full gam es this year because o f injuries. If he stays in the game, M cGill will have a legitim ate shot at victory.

If th e re 's one th in g on th eir side it is the less than stellar record o f un d efeated team s in the p lay ­ offs.

Undefeated teams in the OQIFC and their fates 1992 - Bishop's 7-0 - lost in play­ o ff final vs. Queen's 1989 - Queen's 7-0 - won confer­ en ce lost in C h u rch ill Bow l to Saskatchewan 1987 - B is h o p ’s 7 -0 - lo s t to McGill in Conference Final 1 982 - O tta w a 7 -0 - lo s t to Queen's in the first round 1981 - McGill 7-0 lost to Q ueen’s in conference final

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First Quarter Que- TDCorreale8 yard run (Mercari convert)......................... 3:00 Que - TDMaclean 18 yard pass fromHowes (Mercari convert)......................... 14:02 McG- TDHoffman 8 yard run (Pillai convert).............................. 11:21 Second Quarter McG- Derman single.............................. 0:45 McG- TDPosthumus 18 yard pass from Sommerfeldt (Pillai convert).............................. 5:23 McG- FGPillai 29................................ 14:12 McG- FGPillai 17................................ 14:58 Third Quarter McG- FGPillai 26..................................5:07 Que - TDScott 13 yard pass from Howes (Mercari convert).............................7:48 McG- FGPillai 28.................................14:55 Fourth Quarter Que - TDRyan 22 yard pass from Howes (Mercari convert).............................7:04 McG- FGPillai 12................................ 11:51 T EAMSTATS First downs......................

Yards rushing....................

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Total offence.....................

Team losses......................

Net offence......................

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Interceptions...................

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McG Con 23 18 281 76 216 242 497 318 8 489 318 16-25 17-35 189 118 2 1 11-85

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Individual Stats Rushing: Que - Correale 9-53, Colvin 1-2, Howes 2-1, Hartley 1-2, Maclean 1-5, Moad 1-13; McGTai 13-137, Wearing 4-32, Duchesne 8-41, Hoffman 9-44, Freer 3-12, Sommerfeldt 6-15 Recieving: McKellar 3-25, Lanctot 2-11, Hoffman 1-1, Posthumus 3-41, Duchesne 3-37, Wearing 6101; Que - Maclean 6-80, Colvin 2-36, Ryan 3-48, Correale 2-32, Scott 1-13, Dirinaldo 3-33.

Passing: McG- Sommerfeldt 16-25, 216 yds, 1 TD, 1 int; Que - Howes 17-34, 242 yds, 3 TD, 1 int; Maclean 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 int.

Martlets set to take on Laval Continued from page 23 com e o f w hat m ay have been the you n g te a m ’s firs t tru e te st th is year. W hile the team ’s talent level has n e v e r b een in q u e s tio n , th e la c k o f e x p e rie n c e o n th e fie ld may be the team ’s the only w eak­ n e s s . T h e h a r d - f o u g h t v ic to r y sh o u ld p ro v id e th e te a m w ith a confidence-builder for the finals. “ C o n c o r d ia h a d a s tr o n g gam e, they show ed they deserved to b e in th e p l a y o f f s ,” s a id M ounicot. “They w ere all over us in the first half; I ’m very pleased by the dedication, leadership and p a tie n c e (th e M a rtle ts ) sh o w ed tonight.”

“W e sh o w ed th a t w e re a lly w a n te d it,” a d d e d M a rtle t m id ­ fie ld e r C arly D ean. “ C o n c o rd ia cam e out really strong, but w e had a real desire to take this gam e and to go to the finals.”

Martlets lead Quebec All-Stars M cG ill d o m in ated th e p o st­ s e a s o n Q S S F a l l- s ta r te a m s .

Sophie Labrom , Julia Scrase, Eva M e la m e d , K ira n N a y a r, a n d A lanna M aloney w ere name to the first te am , w h ile A sh lee G entry and Carly Dean w ere chosen to the seco n d sq u ad . It also sw ep t the a w a rd s , as S c r a s e w a s n a m e d league M VP, M aloney was picked as top rookie, and M ounicot was chosen as top coach.

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L av a l is th e o n ly te am th a t M cG ill hasn’t beaten this year, as th e M a rtle ts h a v e lo st a n d tie d one. C oach M ounicot thinks that th e fin a l s h o u ld be an e x c itin g one.

“It’s 50-50,” he said. “I t’ll be a tough gam e; w e d o n ’t have the sam e e x p e rie n c e b u t w e ’v e g o t m ore talent. T he final is usually ab o u t em otion; th e w inner is the going to be the one w ho uses em o­ tions better.”

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Martlet basketball getting ready for a playoff run

By T o n y M uir

The M artlet basketball squad’s 1999-2000 season is fast approach­ ing and the team used the Redbird C la s s ic to u rn a m e n t to se e how they’ll stack up against the com pe­ tition this year.

Early results indicate that this te a m s till h a s so m e is s u e s to ad d ress if th ey hope to im prove upon last year’s dismal season.

C oach L ise n M o o r e ’s prospects for success in the upcom­ ing season revolve around a rela­ tiv e ly y o u n g an d in e x p e rie n c e d team. Early into the campaign, her prim ary concern is improving play at the post/forward position.

“We have some forwards that have to suck it up, shake it off and get the job done, that’s the bottom line,” says Moore.

T h o u g h fo rw a rd s are a b ig q u e s tio n m ark , a few p re se a so n contests have revealed that incon­ s is te n c y is th e b e s t w o rd to describe the M artlets’ performance.

“W e have some good shooters on th is b a s k e tb a ll te a m ,” sta te d Lisen M oore after the loss to UNB. “M y question is, why does every­ one else seem to have more consis­ tent shooters?”

UNB had little difficulty m ov­ ing th e b all in low to th e ir p o st p lay ers and p utting it in the net, w hile the sam e could not be said for the M artlets. The m ost consis­ te n t p lay fo r M cG ill cam e from

returning starter A llison Schaefer, w ho put in a so lid e ffo rt b efo re b e in g fo u le d o u t o f S a tu r d a y ’s game.

“W e really like w hat Allison has done so far,” said Moore. “You don’t necessarily see her contribu­ tions reflected on the stats sheets, b u t s h e ’s a p la y m a k in g p o in tguard, sort of like my quarterback on the floor and she’s really done a good job holding this group togeth­ er.”

m ean in e x p e rie n c e at so m e key positions. This has resulted in cost-

meet their goals this year, the team n e e d s to p la y e a c h g am e w ith

Changes on the court W h e n a s k e d w h a t a re th e major differences between the team th is se a so n v e rs u s la s t se a so n , M oore was eager to point out that the team is much quicker.

S p e e d is an a s s e t th ey w ill have to make better use o f in future gam es. T he team speed was defi­ nitely noticable in the game against UNB, but the M artlets didn’t have the conditioning to maintain a fast tempo for the entire game.

“This team has got to get into shape. I ’m not at all pleased with our fitness level,” adm ited coach Moore. “I have to take responsiblity for that. It shows in the decisions we m ake and even the shots that we take.”

A nother noticeable difference from last season is the addition o f tw o b ig p la y e r s at fo rw a rd .

Although the injection of size into the line-up is helpful, new players

Colette Anderes paces McGill offence ly m ental errors during the course o f g am es so far, su ch as erran t passes, poor shot selection and bad d ecisio n m aking in g en eral. The players on the floor rarely look like th e y a re on th e sa m e p a g e .

Cohesion, however, should come w ith e x p e rien c e, and th a t’s w hy e a rly e x h ib itio n g am es lik e th e Redbird tournament are important.

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greater intensity.

“To win, and to be successful y o u ’ve gotta leave your heart on th e flo o r,” said M oore. “Y o u ’ve gotta pour out everything you pos­ sibly have out here, and we did that in the second half, more so, and we made a difference in the ball game by doing that; we made it exciting an d g o t o u r s e lv e s b a c k in th e gam e.”

M oore b elieves that w inning gam es early in the season will help th is te am p lay w ith m o re fo cu s, intensity and hunger.

“These kids have to learn how to win, and unfortunately to learn how to win you have to win,” said the coach. “You get your one win u n d e r y o u r b e lt a n d y o u tu rn around and you say, yeah, th a t’s what it took.”

O b v io u s ly , th e te a m now n eed s to fo cu s on g e ttin g som e chemistry between their post play­ ers in order to develop an effective h ig h -lo w gam e. In th e g am e vs.

U N B th e M a rtle ts sh o w ed th ey h av e an o u tsid e th reat in Jen de Leeuw , a lethal perim eter shooter w ho has kept her touch from last year.

If the M a rtlets can h it th eir shots w ith m ore co n sisten cy and become more effective at working the b all in low on o ffe n se - and start their games with more intensi­ ty - th e n th ey sta n d a v ery good chance to meet their goal o f m ak­ ing the playoffs this year.

U ltim ately , the m ajor o b sta­ cles facing the team this year are inconsistency and inexperience; the more in-roads they make in over­ com ing these obstacles the closer th e y ’ll be to the Q uebec Student Sport Federation championship.

“I want to win the QSSF,” said Moore. “That is the expectation of everybody on this team ”.

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