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By Laura Levin In the last few w eeks, m em ­ bers o f the M ontreal artistic com ­ m unity have w itnessed theatrical hysteria over the w ork o f Russian d ir e c to r A le x a n d r e ( S a s h a ) M arine. M arine m ay be fam iliar to the M cG ill com m unity as the d irecto r o f tw o M ainstage plays, A rcadia and The Life o f G alileo.

T h e s h e e r n u m b e r o f a r ti c le s recently published about M arine’s w o rk a t te s ts to an o v e r n ig h t fan aticism about this m ysterious virtuoso.

T h e m o st m u n d a n e w ay o f accounting for this ‘M arine-fever’ is to m ention his recent success in w in n in g th e p r e s ti g io u s A sso c ia tio n o f Q u eb e c T h e a tre C ritics’ aw ard for his French pro­ du ctio n o f H am let. H ow ever, to b e s t u n d e r s ta n d th e a llu r e o f M a rin e ’s d ire c to ria l fe a ts, it is essen tial to look not only at his H am let, but also at the enticing philosophy o f aesthetics that his theatrical w orks expound.

M a r in e ’s th e a tr ic a l p ie c e s overw helm the view er with sheer v isu al an d sen so ry o v erlo a d . In his production o f H am let, w hich h as n o w b ee n re m o u n te d a t L a Licorne, the characters appear as m o n s tr o u s c a r ic a tu r e s of S h ak esp eare’s original personae.

Claudius is decked out in a m as­ sive leopard print cape, G ertrude d o n s b a w d y l in g e r ie , w h ile O phelia flounders about with long fu ch sia tresses. T he frantic sty l­ iz ed m o v e m en ts u n d ersc o re the text in a horrifying expressionistic m anner throughout the piece. It is in th is u n c a n n y a n d m o n stro u s re p re s e n ta tio n , one th a t d iffe rs f ro m , y e t g e s tu r e s b a c k to S h a k e s p e a r e , th a t M a r in e ’s unique theatrical vision lies.

M a rin e o ffe rs a u d ie n c e s a v ie w in to w h a t h e c a lls “ L a D e u x ie m e R é a lité ” (T h e Secondary Reality).

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By Erika W hite M c G ill lib ra rie s hrave b ee n forced to cancel subscrip tio n s to many general and specific period­ ic journals, to the disadvantage o f students in the faculties o f science and m edicine.

T his cutback is a resu lt o f a 25 p e r c e n t cu t in th e lib ra rie s' budget, as w ell as a large increase in the cost o f journals. A ccording to M c G ill L ib r a r y D ir e c to r Frances G roen, although the aver­ age yearly increase in journal sub­

scrip tio n costs is 12 p er cent, in 1998, the figure for the scientific p e rio d ic a ls ro se to 21 p e r cen t.

O verall, M cG ill spends ap p ro x i­ m a te ly $ 5 ,2 0 0 ,0 0 0 p e r y e a r on journals alone.

T he list o f available jo u rn als gets shorter by the year. Form erly, the library w as cutting dow n on as fe w jo u r n a l s as p o s s ib le , an d m o s tly o n ly v e ry s p e c ia liz e d titles. N ow , in an e ffo rt to c o n ­ serve as m uch m oney as possible, g en eral jo u rn a ls are n ex t on the list.

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"W e n e e d m o re m o n e y ,” G ro e n e x p la in e d . “ W e n e e d an in crease o f 12 p e r ce n t p er year base, and its got to be guaranteed.

W ith the libraries, you d o n ’t ju st fix it once, and [the problem ] goes aw ay and stays fixed. Y ou have to look at them annually."

The shortage is having a neg­ ative effect on both professors and students. R oger Palfree, a profes­ s o r w h o c o - o r d in a te s yearlon-g research sem inars for m icrobiolo­ gy and im m unology, com m ented on som e o f the difficulties.

"R esearch o f scientific litera­ ture is a branching p aper chase,” Palfree said. “O ne reference leads to s e v e r a l o th e r s . T itl e s a n d a b s tra c ts... are n o t s u ffic ie n t to w eed o ut those articles [that] do n o t c o n ta in th e g o ld e n n u g g e ts one is m ining for. O ne needs the full article in one's hand, if only fo r a m in u te , as o n e d e c id e s to place it on the not useful p ile.”

S tu d e n ts w o rk in g to w a rd s their M asters' and P h D s’ are expe­ rien cin g the greatest o bstacles o f a ll, tr y in g to o r g a n iz e th e ir rese arch sch ed u les w hile h aving to w ait for inform ation w hich may or may not even be used.

"Y o u n ee d jo u r n a ls in [th e lib r a ry ] as p r im a ry s o u r c e s o f in f o r m a ti o n ," s a id A a ro n W indsor, executive chairperson o f P G S S . " [T h e ir a b s e n c e ] e lim i­ n a te s th e sp e e d an d e ff ic ie n c y w ith w hich w e can com plete our degrees in a tim ely fashion."

P a lfre e fee ls th a t th e s itu a ­ tion, though in convenient, is not u n m a n a g e a b le if th e stu d e n t is aw are o f the lim itations and takes the tim e to plan ahead.

"T h e fre e in te r lib r a r y lo an service th at M cG ill provides is a g r e a t h e lp in w ritin g a r e v ie w paper," he said. "F or the student w ho does not leave everything to the last m inute, there is still tim e to do a g o o d jo b , b u t h av in g to request so m any loans these days c e rta in ly slo w s d o w n th e p a p e r chase."

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som eday m ake the issue o f library subscriptions obsolete. H ow ever, not everyone is com pletely satis­ fied w ith the idea o f surrendering th eir research to the in tern et and their eyes to a com puter screen.

W indsor com m ented on p o s­ sible p ro b lem s in a larg ely elec­ tronic research age. A n article on th e co m p u te r ca n n o t b e p eru se d and photocopied in part: it has to b e p r in te d o u t in its fu ll fo rm .

T h erefo re, a stu d e n t is le ft w ith m a n y p a g e s in s te a d o f th e few im portant points, leading to possi­ ble disorganization, w ith an over­ lo a d o f irre le v a n t p a p e rs. A lso , not all journals are available elec­ tro n ically , so the in tern et cannot alw ays be counted on as a reliable form o f research.

The Library Im provem ent Fund Efforts are being m ade by the S tu d e n ts ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U niversity and the M cG ill Library C om m ittee to reverse these drastic changes in funding. A portion o f the M cG ill S tu d en t F und, w hich all undergraduate students pay as p a rt o f th e ir s tu d e n t fe e s, g o e s tow ard the L ibrary Im provem ent F u n d . T he L IF u ses its fu n d s to im prove the resources w ithin the s y s te m . T w o y e a r s a g o , th e M cL e n n an -R e d p ath e-classro o m w as opened, a room w ith com put­ er term inals available for student u s e . T h is y e a r , a c c o r d in g to X av ier V an C hau, vice-p resid en t o f u n iv e rs ity a ffa irs fo r S S M U and a m em ber o f the library com ­ m ittee, the L IF w ill use its funds to increase jo u rn al titles.

"W hat w e focus on is student u sage o f the library and how w e c a n im p r o v e it," V a n C h a u e x p la in e d . " [T h e L IF w ill] in crease the am o u n t o f jo u rn a ls, se ria ls an d b asic c o lle c tio n s, as w ell as digitals."

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S o cial Ju stice: c o m in g s o o n t o a c a fe n e a r y o u QPIRG's fair trade coffee campaign gains momentum in cafes around campus

By Rebecca C atching Students entering Shatner this w eek m ay have noticed an arom a different from the beer and cigarette melange that usually emanates from G ert’s. As part of their Fair Trade C offee cam paign, Q uebec Public Interest Research Group was offer­ ing free fair trade coffee in an effort to raise awareness about global trade issues. This cam paign is part o f a larger initiative by QPIRG to get stu­ dents sipping fair trade coffee all over campus.

Fair trade coffee is coffee which has been produced w ith m inim al environm ental dam age and m axi­ mum b en e fit to sm all producers.

The coffee is grown by co-operatives in developing countries, which sell directly to Northern distributors, and invest the profits in long-term com­ munity projects. Over the past sev­ era l y ea rs Q P IR G ’s T rad e Committee has lobbied to make fair trade coffee available for consump­ tion in many areas around campus.

F air trade coffee is currently available at the Shatner cafeteria and is th e o n ly c o ffe e so ld at th e A rchitecture C afé and T hom pson House. QPIRG is also lobbying to have fair trade coffee available in residences and at Sadie’s. Yet, the socially-conscious cup of joe is not only popular amongst the develop­ m ent studies set. The Student-run Architecture Café made the switch to fair trade for several reasons, as Café M a n ag er, D onald M a re n g ère, explained.

“It went with our philosophy to be fair to other people. W e w ere looking for a coffee supplier, when Q PIRG approached us. W e had a sample and it was good.”

The café has also tried to bring its clients a cup of awareness with signs and pamphlets explaining the coffee’s origins and Marengère feels

that fair trade will soon become the standard.

“People ask, ‘[i]s it fair trade?’ we say, ‘of course it’s fair trade.’ It’s now becoming the standard every­ where they sell coffee.”

would like the Shatner facilities to sell only fair trade coffee. McPhee presented his opposition to this pro­ posal in saying: “I have no p ro b lem o fferin g alternatives to students that require

“The com pany w e’re working with buys coffee for 142 locations.

So that’s the scale on which the price difference becomes an issue.”

Although plans to increase cof­ fee consumption in Shatner caf have been halted for now, McPhee will be discussing, with Sadie’s managers, the possibility of selling the ground coffee at the store.

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F a ir tra d e c o ffe e has m ade inroads into Shatner with the negoti­ ation of the new food contract with MTY Tiki-M ing E nterprises. This new contract gave students an oppor­ tunity to voice concerns over fair trade and SSMU an opportunity to bargain. VP Financial Affairs, Kevin McPhee discussed the new develop­ ments.

“MTY was really excited and eager to get in here so they were willing to do pretty much anything we wanted them to. When I started w orking on th e fo o d c o n tra c t in January, we started receiving a lot of le tte rs o f c o n c e rn and p e titio n s requiring that we do more to get fair trade coffee on campus.”

T iki M ing agreed to sell fair trade coffee as an alternative to the regular coffee sold at all o f their locations. The fair trade group is quite pleased with this progress, but

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[alternatives], because of the social justice issue involved. But there are too many students on campus that are indifferent and would be more upset by the fact that they have to pay an extra 30 cents on campus for a cup of coffee.”

McPhee stated that there needs to be a m ajority o f students who want fair trade coffee for SSMU to take action to make Shatner cafeteria fair trade exclusive. The problem of restricting student’s choice of coffee, because of the interests of a minori­ ty, was an issue for M cPhee. The issue o f cost was a facto r as fair trade coffee costs an extra 30 cents at the Shatner caf. M cPhee stated that some of this extra cost is proba­ bly due to the small quantities of fair trade coffee purchased— in contrast to the large distribution netw orks a v a ila b le to the o th e r su p p lier.

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Cost is also a factor in the Fair Trade Com mittee’s latest challenge to bring fa ir trade coffee to re si­ dences. Susan Campbell, manager of fo o d se rv ic e s, said th a t she was approached by QPIRG recently and brought the proposal to the Food Committee— a group of student rep­ resentatives. Campbell said that the o rig in a l p ro p o sal w as som ew hat unattractive due to a miscalculation in price given by QPIRG, but that she w ould subm it a new proposal with the correct price and additional co sts to th e fo o d c o m m itte e in December. The committee will have to factor in extra costs in their deci­ sion, as the cafeteria is not equipped to handle the fair trade coffee.

“The problem is that we use liq­ uid co ffee m achines and the fair trade coffee is ground.” Campbell commented.

The price of the actual coffee may be comparable, but the price of new machines could range within the thousands of dollars. Despite these cost issues, Cambpell remarked that the committee was, "very interested in the project."

Cost is often a big concern for people first learning about fair trade coffee, b u t it is not alw ays m ore expensive. Many consider the social co sts to be im p o rta n t as w ell.

C o n v e n tio n a l co ffe e p ro d u c tio n methods often result in exploitation of labour due to low wages and the use stro n g p e stic id e s, w h ich are harmful to workers. In the develop­ ing countries where coffee is pro­ duced, there are often local food shortages as much land is diverted

away from providing local foodstuffs in favour of producing export crops.

In discussing conventional cof­ fee p ro d u c tio n , B o ris-A n to in e Legault, the Fair-Trade co-ordinator rem a rk e d : “C o ffee is on e o f the biggest exports in the world in terms of revenues generated. Although, the producers get almost nothing. A lot of profits are made between the pro­ ducer and the consumer.”

M arketing o f fair trade coffee started 10-15 years ago with the help o f Christian missionaries in South America. These missionaries helped producers take control of production in setting up coffee co-operatives.

“All together [producers] use all o f the revenues g en erated by the exports of coffee to build their own com m unities,” described Legault.

“W ith fair trade, they w ould deal directly with distributors in Northern markets, so they would cut out the intermediaries.”

The d istrib u to rs o f fair trade coffee can offer the coffee at reason­ able prices to the consumer, as the middle men are eliminated. Yet, the focus of fair trade is not only better profits for the producers, but sustain­ able development of the community.

Long term contracts are made with distributors to allow communi­ ties to develop long term planning projects and pursue environm ental initiatives. Because they control pro­ duction, producers can grow other crops on their land to feed them ­ selves. One farming technique often used is “shade grown coffee,” which involves growing coffee under trees to p re se rv e fo re st d iv e rsity and enables residents to sustainably har­ vest other valuable forest products.

Legault explained the motive behind the QPIRG McGill campaign.

“It is really im portant for stu­ d ents w ho are also consum ers to know that they have the pow er to change the world in a positive way.”

As the fa ir trad e co ffee tide sweeps campus, many students are finding out that social equality never tasted so good.

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"It really is a funding issue. 1 th in k in th e n e x t fe w y e a r s , b e c a u s e o f th is d e c lin e in th e lib ra rie s, w e w ill see a p rio rity [g iv en ] to th e lib ra rie s, an d w e look to increase our funding."

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M c G ill fa lls to fo u r th p o s itio n in a n n u a l M aclean's ra n k in g Controversial ranking leaves McGill's community divided over validity, meaning

By J. Kelly N estruck McGill slid from third to fourth position in Maclean's annual ranking of Canadian universities this year, fa llin g b eh in d th e U n iv e rsity o f Toronto, UBC and Q ueen's in the Medical/Doctoral grouping.

T his year's results have once again sparked controversy, reflec­ tion and a diverse set of opinions on ju st w hat significance, if any, the annual ranking has for McGill.

W o jtek B a ra n ia k , S tu d e n ts Society o f M cG ill U niversity VP C o m m u n ity and G o v e rn m e n ta l A ffairs, w as dism ayed about the fourth place finish.

"Once again we here at McGill are slightly disappointed — even m ore so th is year because o f the apparent slip in the rankings," he said. "It would appear as if McGill students are the leaders of yesterday and no longer the leaders of tomor­ row." Still Baraniak feels the rank­ ing should be taken with a grain of salt.

"There has always been a lot of c o n tro v e rs y su rro u n d in g th e M a c le a n 's p o ll. [R je g a rd le s s o f whether they're correct or incorrect, [the poll] does reflect a certain truth that McGill is facing today.”

D erek D ru m m o n d , V P o f Development and Alumni Relations, on the other hand, is not concerned about the ranking at all.

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"I d o n 't th in k it'll h av e any effect, providing that people read beyond the left hand colum n," he said.

"Our library system really has fallen behind. W e're going to have to bite the bullet and make a major commitment to improve it."

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Drummond feels that prospec­ tive students who look beyond the ranking will find McGill at the head of the class.

"If you look at the make-up of the student body, really it'd be hard to decide to go anywhere else," he said. “In all of the categories relat­ ing to the Student Body, McGill was in first or second place.

"There are other aspects of why people come to McGill," Drummond said . "P e o p le w an t to co m e to M o n tre a l. M a c le a n 's m a g a z in e , which is Toronto's national m aga­ zine, is certainly not one to promote that." Baraniak did not feel however, that the ranking should be dismissed outright.

"In some realities, I think that the poll is dead on. Especially the declining condition of our libraries, w hich seem s to beco m e e v e r so much more problematic every year."

McGill was near the bottom of the list in terms of library funding and conditions, particularly library acquisitions.

Drummond agrees that McGill needs to improve its library facili­

Ann D ow sett Johnston, assis­ tant managing editor o f M aclean's believes that M cGill should not be upset about falling to fourth.

"In fact, M cGill im proved its m arks on its raw score," she said.

"It's not a m atter o f slipping, but UBC making a monstrous leap."

Johnston said nonetheless that McGill should be worried about the future, because of a drought in gov­ ernment funding. With $800 million ta k en o u t o f h ig h e r e d u c a tio n between 1993 and 1998 and enrol­ ment rising for the same period, no university has been without its diffi­ culties, she said. There is also a lack o f professors, with thousands retir­ ing every year and not enough com­ ing in to fill the positions.

Johnston also puts the blame on the Quebec government.

"Unlike B.C., Quebec has not been reinvesting in post secondary education," she said.

"Is McGill slipping?" Johnston a sk ed . "N o. Is th e p ro v in c e o f Quebec slipping? Yes." B aran iak also po in ted to the government.

"T here is no reaso n w hy we should not be the top institution in this country," he said. "The reason that we're not though is lack of gov­ ernment funding, a lack of commit­ ment to post secondary education by the Parti Québécois.

"M cG ill v is -à -v is Q u e e n 's receives about $7,000 less in fund­ in g p e r stu d e n t," B a ra n ia k explained. "Yet we still manage to produce a very, very good product and attract talented professors. We are doing very well despite our lim­ ited financial resources here.

"H o w ev e r," he a d d e d , "we could be doing a lot more."

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One of the most disputed sec­ tions of Maclean's ranking is its rep­ u ta tio n a l surv ey . M cG ill ran k ed eighth in terms of reputation, despite having topped a recent Gallup Poll on the same issue.

"It's true with all statistics and all polls that who you poll has an effect," Johnston said.

Maclean's solicited the respons­ es o f 5,467 high-school guidance c o u n s e lo rs, u n iv e rsity o ffic ia ls, C E O s and c o rp o ra te re c ru ite rs across Canada to get its results.

"Keep in mind that M cGill is eighth out of 48 in the country," she said. "A lot of people would kill for

that place.”

"It d o e s n 't m ak e se n se th a t w e're num ber eig h t am ongst that particular grouping reputation-wise and yet in a Gallup poll we're num­ b e r o n e," D ru m m o n d p ro te ste d .

"This very special cross-section of people, everyone from student coun­ cilors to captains of industry, they don't think the way the rest of the country thinks... I just don't believe a lot of the figures you see in there."

Drummond feels that there may even be another factor skewing the results. "I would be so bold as to say there's a bit o f anti-Q uebec in the rest o f the country with respect to people com ing... [M]any parents in Ontario can't understand why their kids want to go to M cGill, mainly because most of the parents left in the seventies."

This is Maclean's ninth annual ranking of universities and McGill's lowest showing so far. The ranking is divided into five different sec­ tio n s : S tu d e n t B o d y , C la sse s, F a c u lty , F in a n c e s, L ib ra ry and R e p u ta tio n . E ach u n iv e rs ity is ju d g e d alo n g w ith o th e rs in its g ro u p in g : M e d ica l D o c to ra l, C o m p re h e n siv e , o r P rim a rily Undergraduate.

R esidents fe e l consequ ences o f le a v in g th e ir d o o rs u n lo c k e d

By James G ilmartin A laptop computer and several wallets were stolen directly from the ro o m s o f sle e p in g re s id e n ts o f M cC onnell H all. The thefts from stu d e n ts w ho le ft th e ir room s unlocked while they slept, occurred Friday O ctober 29, betw een eight and eleven on Friday morning.

The thief walked into residents’ room s w ithout knocking and took the valuables. Confronted by several students throughout the morning, the th ief said that he was looking for so m eo n e nam ed M ic h e lle , ev en though most of the residents’ names are on their doors. He then apolo­ gized, and left. S everal residents reported that the th ief had barged into their rooms.

Joshua Cohen, president of the Inter-R esidence C ouncil, and one who woke up with the thief in his room Friday morning, explained his dissatisfaction with the lack of secu­ rity at the upper residences.

“We pay a lot of money to live here and the fees are expensive.

They have a responsibility to keep us safe,” said Cohen. “There needs to be a general idea that it is secure here... There are no security guards therefore no deterrence to crim es like these.”

Param Ananda Bhattacharyya,

another resident who had encoun­ tered the thief trying to get into his room, explained that he felt that stu­ d ents m ust now lock th e ir doors w h e n e v e r they are n o t in th e ir rooms.

“You have to keep your doors locked,” said Bhattacharyya. “That’s the only thing you can do because nobody else is doing anything about this... Anyone could just walk right in here... some psycho rapist child m olester can w alk rig h t into this building.”

A n anonym ous s ta ff w o rk er said that this was done by someone who knew the building and knows that the students d o n ’t keep their doors lo ck ed . A cc o rd in g to her, although the staff sympathizes with the students, it is really the students’ fa u lt th a t they do n o t lo ck th e ir doors. She revealed that every year

som ething like this happens. Last year an expensive violin and stereo system were stolen from a girl who did not have her door locked.

“The people [who] come here know the building and know the stu­ dents don’t lock their doors... This is like an apartment building, you have to lock your doors,” said the staff w o rk e r. “ P eo p le are n o t ca refu l enough... the students are the ones who let these people in.”

S te v e P a q u in , m a n ag e r o f S ecurity S ervices at M cG ill, said that the culprit had dark hair, was 5 ’9, w eig h ed 150 p o u n d s, had a m edium b u ild , and w ore a black trench coat. He noted that the crime occurred when the students are the busiest.

Paquin advises students to “take precautions... don’t let people in the residence who don’t belong there...

call 911 or M cG ill secu rity , line 3000, before the culprit leaves the building.”

E ven if the stu d en ts do lock their doors every time they are not in their rooms to prevent thefts, there still lies the question of the security over other crim inal acts occurring

while the students are in their rooms.

“These rooms are pretty sound proof, someone could easily walk in here and lock the door behind them and do what ever they want to the person in the room,” Bhattacharyya pointed out. “We are lucky it was just a thief.”

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By A sch H a rw o o d Polls open today for the First Y ear C om m ittee o f Council elec­ tions. Catherine W eiler, a U1 Arts student and last year's F irst Y ear Students' Association president, is helping to organize the elections.

She characterizes the group as hav­ ing the ability to represent all first year students.

"It’s the only first year organi­ zation that's geared towards all first year students. The purpose is to rep­ resent all first year students and [it] has the potential to be a valuable and effective organization."

She believes there is a closer, m e n to r-lik e co n n e ctio n betw een FYCC V P's w orking w ith SSM U VP's to help generate ideas and to improve first year life.

W eiler then stated that every o n e sh o u ld com e o u t and vote because FYCC is the representative voice o f the first year students at McGill.

"I really encourage people to com e out and vote yes for a first year com mittee councillor because we (FY CC) represent 28% o f the M cGill undergraduate population, and FYCC is the only representative body they have the opportunity to elect."

The presidential candidates

ning for the presidency of FYCC are Sarah Bector, a UO education stu­ dent, Mona Nesrallah, a UO pre-med student and A ndre L egaspi, a UO science student.

Bector expressed that more first year students should be involved.

"I think there is so much poten­ tial. [FYCC] is a miniature version of SSMU. M ost first year students d o n 't have a c lu e how to g et in v o lv e d . I t's w h at you do.

Accessibility, outreach and issues, everything stems from these. It's like a tree, the issues are the leaves. The most important thing is for students to get out there and vote. Have your voice heard."

N esrallah agreed w ith B ector about the lack o f rapport between first year [students] and the rest of the campus.

“FYCC has a responsibility to im prove relationships between the student society and the faculties.

They need to provide students with programs that aren't available."

N esrallah sees tw o problem s affecting first year students. The first is a lack of advising and a lack o f c o m m u n ic a tio n a b o u t clu b s, events, and activities.

To solve the information prob­ lem, Nesrallah pointed to using tech­ nology.

"I want a mass website to find out phone numbers, advising, com­ mittee and club meetings, places and times. Also, get sponsors and they

could post as w ell. It w ould be a ‘find everything in one spot’ w eb­ site."

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The p res id e n tial race is u n d erw a y

a d v isin g fo r firs t y e a r stu d e n ts because she feels that students in classes they like will not cheat. “ Students cheat because they fe e l th e y can. I f th e y en jo y the courses, they won't cheat."

Legaspi explained that his rea­ sons for running was to represent and ad d re ss th e p ro b le m s faced specifically by first year students.

"I ju s t realized I co u ld n 't sit around. I wanted to make changes instead o f com plaining. Being an international student, there is even

The three candidates in the run­

finance, Nili Isaacs, a UO education student as VP external, and Paula T chen a UO p re-p h y sical therapy student as VP academic.

Awl spoke about her respon­ sibilities and future plans.

"VP communications is the PR person, taking minutes, pub­ licizing, making sure everybody knows what’s going on. I want to g et c o m m u n ity se rv ic e events going so that people can just go out for one day."

Isaacs, the new VP exter­ nal saw her position as getting students together with Montreal and other universities.

"It’s kind of diverse. [The external p o rtfo lio ] is linking people up to work on different issues. I t’s about linking first year students here w ith other niversities. It’s also about link­ Julie Fishman ing a first year student with the greater Montreal community."

Tchen, the new VP academ ic dents. I can relate to the first year already has some ideas on what she students." will do upon assuming her portfolio.

The other VPs "I really want to work on first year transition, improving the first All candidates who petitioned year experience and issues involving to run for other vice-president posi­ francophone students. We need to tio n s w ere a c c la im e d . T h ey all look at programs in order to improve voiced th e need for an in creased transition from high school to uni­ relationship between first year [stu­ versity for first year students." dents] and Montreal at large.

Polls will be set up on Tuesday, The new VP's are Naseem Awl, W e d n esd ay an d T h u rsd a y fro m a U1 political science student as VP 10:00am - 5:00pm, throughout cam­ communications, Andres Friedman, pus. a UO m anagem ent student as VP

more of a complication and I know how it is, being lost out there. I will try to make this year run as smooth­ ly as possible for the first year stu­

R e m e m b ra n c e D a y c e re m o n y m o v e s o n lo o k e rs a t M c G ill lik ed the speech es that the faculty gave.

I learned a lot.”

Over 150 McGill students and In his speech in staff gathered in front of the Roddick front of the Roddick gates for R em em brance D ay last G ates, V ice Thursday to commemorate Canadian veterans who fought and died in the President Academic L uc V in et, gav e a century’s wars.

The assem bly heard the L ast b r ie f h isto ry o f Post and Reveille and a recital of “In McGill and the First W o rld W ar. He Flanders Fields,” then proceeded to sp o k e o f w artim e th e A rts B u ild in g lo b b y to lay General Hospital no. wreaths in front the of war memorial.

Both staff and students gave brief 3 in F rance run by M cGill doctors and speeches in front o f the R oddick Gates and in the Arts Building. The M cG ill p atholo g ist ceremony was a joint production of Dr. John M cC rae, w hich had a p o s t­ the S tu d e n ts’ S ociety o f M cG ill University, the Arts Undergraduate operative death rate of only 2.5 per cent.

S o cie ty and the M usic “A rem arkable U n d e rg ra d u a te S tu d e n ts ’ performance consid­ Association.

“I truly enjoyed the ceremony,” ering antibiotics had y et to be d is c o v ­ G ath erin g o f ISO proceeds fro m Roddick Gates to Arts b uilding U2 science student Aaron Ingram Maxim Lewkowski said. “Reciting ‘In Flanders Fields’ ered,” Vinet noted.

Tischler spoke briefly to the assem­ Stanley Frost’s memoir of McCrae, Vinet quoted McGill professor was appropriate and moving, I also the author of “In Flanders Fields,” bly.

“W e h av e to re m e m b e r,” he describing him as, “ ‘The man who had written on behalf of the dead the urged, “A lthough th eir ages w ere m ost evocative poet o f the w ar.’” young and time was short, their sac­ rifice w as etern al and we should V in et asked the au d ien ce to, “In never forget. When 1 reflect on the rem em brance o f Dr. John M cCrae fact that peers five years [younger and for all the M cGill women and than me] were the ones who made m en w ho d ied in a c tio n , re c ite the sa c rific e s w hich allow us to together ‘In Flanders Field.” en jo y w h at we en jo y to d ay , I ’m SSM U P re sid e n t A ndrew rem inded o f the saying: ‘Those to w hom m uch is g iv e n , m uch is expected.’” He then asked, “W hat can one expect from someone who •lL M U M has given their lives to you?”

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The ceremony closed with Sage F irm an, M usic R ep resen tativ e o f SSMU, playing J.S. Bach’s Partide in A minor and the first movement from the Sonata in E minor. Firman was impressed with the turnout on the cold day and was pleased with the first Remembrance Day ceremo­ ny that com bined the resources of MUSA. AUS and SSMU. Cynthia Zurla, a graduate stu­ dent in German studies noted the dif­ ference from last year.

“It’s a more impressive presen­ tation. I don’t want to say it is festive but the ceremony has a more positive tone to it.”

E a rlie r th is w eek, W o jtek Baraniak, SSMU vice-president of external affairs had hoped this new partnership was “an effort to make [Remembrance Day] a more tradi­ tional event that all students can take part in.”

More than students were attract­ ed to the event. Dale Marsden, a staff m em b er in th e D e p a rtm e n t o f Biology spoke highly of the ceremo­ ny.

“I think Remembrance Day is important and I always try to observe it in some way; I saw this service advertised on a poster in the depart­ ment and thought I would come out.”

Brian Grosser, a current gradu ate student in Canadian History was a sergeant in the Second World War “What I heard was fine,” he said of the ceremony. He hoped that veter ans attended the event and comment­ ed, “It’s only one time a year [that veterans are recognized]. You don’t go around advertising it.” G rosser was w earing his legion b eret and medals.

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Council challenges CRO's

Music professor w ins w o rld scrabble

ruling to Judicial Board

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Referendum will be held as planned this week

By Tasha Emmerton A dvance polls reg ard in g the a d d itio n o f a v o tin g F irs t Y ea r Councilor position on the Students' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e rs ity 's co u n cil have opened d esp ite the constitutional turmoil that surrounds them.

Confusion over the validity of SSMU's constitution threatened, late la st w eek , to p u t a h a lt to the planned referendum on first year rep rese n tatio n . C ouncil to o k the necessary steps to ensure that the referendum will run as scheduled, and regular voting will take place November 16-18.

The referendum’s fate is tied to the validity of the SSMU constitu­ tion because o f a decision reported by the Chief Returning Officer, Paul Flicker, at the November 4 council meeting. The CRO must ensure that all referendum questions are clear and concise. F licker believes that th e c u rre n t SSM U c o n s titu tio n which was enacted on May 1 of this y ear is n o t valid. As a re su lt he reached the conclusion that he could not accept a question which would amend the constitution to create a first year voting position on SSMU council.

“T h e q u e s tio n co u ld in no sense be considered clear when the electorate which is being asked to am en d th e c o n s titu tio n d o e s n ’t know which constitution it's amend­ ing,” he said.

Catherine Weiler, the president o f th e F irs t Y ea r S tu d e n ts Association (FYSA) and First Year Councilor, has been working for the last few m onths on the issue o f a first year vote on council.

“It came as a com plete shock

that there might be some constitu­ tional issue that would im pede the [referendum],” Weiler said.

Flicker stated that he had noti­ fied the SSMU executive that he had noticed a problem with the constitu­ tion in September before the refer­ endum was an issue. He could not make a specific ruling on the refer­ endum question sooner because he did not receive a copy o f the ques­ tion until November 4.

“I’d seen three or four drafts of the q u estio n ,” F licker explained.

“Finally, I went to the council meet­ ing on that last day and saw what the question was.”

Since then the SSMU has had to act quickly to save the referen­ dum, it decided to appeal the CRO’s ruling on the question to its Judicial B oard. SSM U o ffic ia lly n o tified Flicker of the appeal last Thursday.

Under these conditions the referen­ dum was able to start on Friday as planned, but the results will not be released until the Ju d icial B oard reaches its decision. It is likely that if the SSM U loses its appeal, the referendum will have to be re-held.

Both the SSMU and the CRO have decided that they will be represented by counsel at the Ju d ic ia l B oard hearing.

As of yet, a date has not been set for the hearing. Until that date a rriv e s and th e d e c isio n can be made, W eiler’s goal of obtaining a vote on council for first year stu­ dents will be put on hold. Currently there is no first year voting position on the SSMU council.

“I think if it does pass it will be really good for first year students and for first year representation,” Weiler said.

By B ikalpa Khatiwada Joel W apnick, chair o f music ed ucation becam e the new w orld Scrabble cham pion in M elbourne, Australia on November 7.

In the final he faced o ff with his arch nemesis.

“His name was Mark Nyman,” W apnick recounted. “I played him in the finals in ’93 as well. It was b est o u t o f fiv e , I w on th e firs t game, lost the second game, won the third game, and the fourth game was very tight, I eventually won it by one point.”

In 1993, W a p n ic k lo s t to N ym an in the finals so th is tim e around he went prepared.

“For a couple hours a day, I recite lists o f words in my head... a b o u t 1 6 ,0 0 0 w o rd s ,” W a p n ic k explained. “They are all seven or eight letter words. I do it when I’m walking around in the evening.”

W a p n ic k ev en tr a v e lle d to Australia five days before the tour­ nament.

“Well, I was crossing ten time zones,” he said of his early arrival.

“I was afraid I would be jet lagged.

As it turns out, I was je t lagged to a c e rta in d e g re e , b u t I re c o v e re d rather quickly. I was in fine shape in time for the tournament.”

T he W o rld S c ra b b le Championships are held once every two years and the competition lasts fo u r days. W apnick div u lg ed the logistics of the tournament.

“It started on Thursday and fin­ ished on Sunday. It was very well organized — there were 98 competi­ tors from 35 countries. There are 24 games, eight a day for three days,

after the 24th game, the two players w ith th e to p re c o rd s p lay in th e f in a ls ,” he e x p la in e d . “ Y o u are allo w ed 25 m in u tes fo r all y o u r moves. After 25 minutes, there is a ten point penalty for every minute that you go over time. When there are challenges [to contest a word] then the clock is stopped. W e use two word lists [to accept the chal­ lenge], one of which was developed in N orth A m erica, th e o th e r was developed in England. Both lists are combined.”

S c ra b b le is a sim p le b o ard game where players gain points by making words from letters they ran­ dom ly pick o ut from a pile. This sport has been gaining significant p o p u la rity n o t o n ly in N o rth America but also in the rest of the world. “ S c ra b b le , as a to u rn a m e n t sport, has been developing since the mid 1970s,” Wapnick said “The first North American championships was in 1978 and since then, that tourna­ ment has gotten bigger and bigger ev e ry y ear. T h e W o rld c h a m p i­ onships started in 1991, the problem b ein g o f co u rse th a t S crab b le is owned by two different toy compa­ nies [Hasbro and M attel], so they had to come to an agreement about how to hold these things.”

W a p n ic k le a rn e d to play Scrabble at the age of nine but only entered his first tournament in 1975.

T h o u g h h e h a rd ly e v e r p la y s at home, Wapnick makes weekly trips to the Montreal Scrabble Club. He su g g e ste d th a t a a y o n e w ho w as in te reste d com e o u t and play on Monday nights at the club, which is “ a p p ro p ria te fo r p e o p le at any level.”

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E D I T O R I A L S

Letters

“I am a student. Please do not fold, spindle or mutilate me.”

— Slogan o f Free Speech Movement, 1964

Demos viable

Stand-up, shut-up

By Jonathan C olford

By Rhea W ong

In the afterm ath o f the stu d e n t protests held tw o w e e k s a g o q u e s tio n s h a v e b e e n ra is e d on w h e th e r d e m o n s tra tin g s h o u ld be retired as the pressure tactic o f c h o ic e for the student m ovem ent.

M e d ia c o v e r a g e o f th e d e m o n s tra tio n s that took p la ce on N o ve m b e r 4 th and 5 th h igh ligh ted to an alm o st d istu rb in g extent w h at w ere tw o iso­ lated acts o f v io le n ce , the 'beating' of tw o p o lic e officers b y protesters and the 'vio le n t' arrest o f tw o of the o rga n ize rs the fo llo w in g d ay. P u b lic support for the student m ovem ent, w h ic h has a lw a y s been strong, alm o st van ish e d w h en photos of these v io ­ lent acts w ere d isp la ye d on page 3 o f the G azette a nd on the co ve r of Le Journal de M ontréal.

W h ile m ost pe o p le agree that the m e d ia 's c o v ­ e ra g e o f the protests e p ito m iz e d 'if it b le e d s, it le a d s' p r a c t ic e s o f jo u r n a lis m , th e d a m a g e had b e e n d o n e . E v e n th e 'a lt e r n a t iv e ' m e d ia (th is w e e k's Hour, in clu d e d a co m m en ta ry to this effect} w ere so u n d in g the death knell of dem onstrations.

The C a n a d ia n A llia n c e of S tu d e n t A s s o c ia t io n s , o f w h ic h th e S tu d e n ts' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e rs ity is a m em b er, prefers lo b b y in g the p u rse h o ld e rs in O tta w a o v e r m a rc h in g in the streets. W e m ust h o w ever rem em ber that the great­ est s u cc e sse s o f the stu d en t m o ve m e n t w e re not a ch ie v e d in the ch am b e rs o f federal o r p ro vin cia l c a b in e t m in iste rs bu t in th e streets o f C a n a d a 's cities, w he re thousan d s o f students and supporters w ie ld in g p la c a rd s a n d c h a n tin g slo g a n s o b tain e d the greatest c o n c e ssio n s from o u r representatives.

W h a t has the lo b b y in g strategy a c c o m p lis h e d in r e c e n t y e a r s ? In 1 9 9 6 , th e C F S - a n d - C E G E P M o u v e m e n t-p o u r-le -D ro it-à -l'É d u c a tio n -le d m ass s trik e s s u c c e s s f u lly p re s e rv e d Q u e b e c 's tu itio n freeze. T h e S S M U , w h ic h la rge ly stood pat besides o rg a n izin g a sy m b o lic o n e -d a y strike, saw its large o u t-o f-p r o v in c e stu d e n t b o d y hit w ith a $ 1 , 2 0 0 tuition h ike. T h is "discrim in a to ry tuition," as S S M U V P C o m m u n it y a n d G o v e rn m e n t A ffa irs W o jte k B a ra n ia k like s to ca ll it, has yet to be repealed after su cc e ssfu lly w ith sta n d in g the S S M U 's law su it over o n e ye a r a g o . T h e la w su it, w h o se v e rd ic t S S M U su b se q u e n tly a p p ea led , has yet to go b a ck to trial.

T h a t lo b b y in g the fed eral go ve rn m e n t has so far proven ineffective is u n d isp u tab le: to no on e's s u r p r is e f u n d in g to e d u c a t io n h a s n o t b e e n restored. It is u n c le a r w h a t a d iv id e d a n d h a m ­ strung student m ovem en t brings to the b a rg a in in g table. W h o takes their vo tin g cu es from C A S A and the S SM U ? W h a t in ce n tive does go vern m en t have to m ake c o n c e ssio n s to a b o d y w h ic h represents a m in o rity of students across C a n a d a?

M ass dem onstrations b rin g m ed ia attention to issues a ffe ctin g students w h e n the o rg a n ize rs are s u c c e s s f u lly a b le to c o n tro l th e p ro te s t's m o re v o la tile elem ents. W h ile far from perfect, th ey have so far been the o n ly su cce ssfu l pressure tactic the student m ovem en t has brought to bear on the v a ri­ o u s levels of go vernm en t in order to a ch ie v e their goal o f a cc e ssib le p o st-se co n d ary e d u ca tio n .

La st w e e k 's C a n a d ia n F e d e ra tio n S tu d e n ts o f Q u e b e c 's d e m o n stratio n a ga in st cu ts in fu n d in g to e d u ca tio n and the lik e to o k a vio le n t turn am o n g the m ass o f students w h o sh o w e d up. If n oth in g else, the events h igh ligh te d the fact that dem o nstrating is an ou tm od ed m ethod of sp e a k in g out.

S tu d e n t d e m o n stra tio n s e n jo y e d its h e y d a y in the tu rb u le n t 1 9 6 0 s w h e n it co m m a n d e d attention from the m ed ia and h igh e r-u p s by d o in g as no other ge n e ratio n had d o n e before. Pro testin g p u b lic ly in th e stre e ts w a s an u n p r e c e d e n te d e v e n t. N e v e r b e fo re h ad N o rth A m e r ic a se e n th e lik e , a n d its s h o c k va lu e rendered it a tool w ith w h ic h to affect c h a n g e . N o w a d a y s , p ro te s tin g in th e streets c a n h ard ly be ch ara cte rize d as o rigin a l and is m ore lik e ly to e lic it a been-there, don e-that attitude from peop le w h o p io n e ere d student protests, than it is to m ake a n y staggerin g so cia l statem ent.

B y and large, student protests are w ild ly d iso rga ­ n ize d and often feed u pon their ow n e n ergy w ith no real d ire c tio n w h ic h , in e v ita b ly , e n d s up a c c o m ­ p lis h in g n o th in g . Fo r e x a m p le , the C F S Q p rotest began as a statem ent a ga in st go vern m en t n e glect to e d u ca tio n and ended up w ith a sm ashed p o lic e car w in d o w , a beaten p o lic e m a n , a bon fire o f sign s and tw o C o n c o rd ia students in ja il. Prior to that, the stu­ dent protesters w ere m a rch in g th ro u gh o u t the streets o f d o w n to w n M ontreal w ith no idea o f w here they w e re g o in g next. W ith in the protest, there e xists a flo c k in g in stin ct w h e re b y one does as the next per­ son does w hether it's w a v in g the b anner, tak in g up a ch a n t o r b lu d g e o n in g a p o lic e officer. Large num bers and little co m m u n ica te d inform ation translates into a co n fu sed , h yp e d -u p m o b w h ic h isn't the m ost le v e l­ headed and p ro d u ctive m ethod of g a in in g the ear of a p o liticia n .

T h e greatest o b je ctio n a gain st dem o n stratin g is that it has b e co m e a p aro d y o f itself, a p arad e and a sh am th an k s to the present ge n e ratio n that ca n n o t c la im the sam e id e a listic fervor again st the sam e sort o f so c ia l in ju stice s felt b y o u r parents. Th e re is no d o u b t that e d u ca tio n cu ts are u n fa ir a n d that b u r­ saries are preferable to loans, but ca n that hon estly be co m p are d w ith segregation or the V ietn am W ar?

W h e n bright, articulate c o lle g e students take to the streets to protest and harb or an "us or them " attitude w h e n t h e ir d e m a n d s c a n c le a r l y b e b e tte r m et through p eacefu l d ia lo g u e , it seem s that protesting is n oth in g m ore than a tru m p e d -u p attem pt to re ca p ­ ture the p e rce ive d ro m an ticism o f a ctivism and id e ­ a lism .

Student a ctivism w o u ld be better served through d iffe ren t m ea n s. D e m o n stra tio n s are no lo n g e r an effectual te ch n iq u e o f articu la tin g a need for ch an g e b e ca u se it has b e co m e a c lic h é co m p le te w ith its o w n te rm in o lo g y (Fu ck the M an, Pigs). For on lo o kers and protestors, dem o nstrating is a sh o w w h ic h often yie ld s few results b ecau se it is not taken se rio u sly as a p o litica l m essage; it is taken se rio u sly as a poten­ tial riot. W h e n v io le n c e and d iso rg a n iza tio n override the "cau se " a n d b e co m e the statem ent, it is tim e to rethink the w a y student v o ic e s are heard.

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INCOMPLETE I w as d isap p o in ted w ith the g lib n e ss o f th e N ov. 9 T rib u n e.

W hile the reviewer o f The Beauty Q ueen o f L een an e d em o n strated ageism and failed to m ention the illuminating cyclical motifs as well as the psychological, political, and generational w eight of the play, I was m ore w illing to overlook an ignorant review of this subtle play than the incomplete review o f The Source .

The three a c to rs’ renderings were indeed cheesy; however, they address our obsession with an ideal­ ized beat image glorifying the suf­ fering and excesses of a group of individuals. R ather than dim inish the writers, these scenes clarify the rela tio n sh ip betw een au th o r and work while exposing our post-mod­ ern distrust of art lacking cynicism or s e lf-d e p re c ia tin g iro n y .

Furthermore, the fast cut-and-paste clips juxtaposing pathetic drunks with their younger optimistic selves backed by a wild and suitably eclec­ tic so u n d trac k d o n ’t ‘fra g m e n t’ beat; instead, this assault injects the viewer with suitable speedy chaotic m a d n ess. A lth o u g h it d em an d s som e b a c k g ro u n d k n o w le d g e , W orkm an’s film m akes excellent u se o f th e m e d iu m ’s n u m e ro u s avenues to contrast the beat spirit w ith the su ffo catin g tim es w hile commenting astutely on the role of h isto ry in o u r p e rc e p tio n o f the movement.

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I wept as I read this story, as it hit home for me.

I am on e o f th o se 3 0 ,0 0 0 40,000 Canadians who served in the US military in Vietnam. I am also th e N a tio n a l C h a irm a n o f th e C anadian POW *M IA Inform ation Centres. M any o f our chapters in Canada are nam ed after the seven MIAs from the Vietnam W ar who just happened to be Canadian.

W e are a p ro u d b ree d , and have taken an incredible amount of insult and injury about our volun­ teer service over the years.

W e are banning together with veterans from the Gulf War, Bosia, and other Peacekeeping missions.

W e are tired of the amount of times that we have to play second fiddle to non-veterans, and we are tired o f the treatm ent many ailing veterans are receiving.

I am v ery p ro u d to be a V ietnam V eteran. I am also quite proud to be Canadian.

We are not Hollywood actors, we lived through a real war, and we relive that war many times in our nightmares.

A little recognition and respect is all that a Veteran seeks, not to be discard ed like a dirty rag after a conflict is over.

Your article, was outstanding, and it’s nice to see someone other than a Veteran that has guts.

Mike “Iceman ” Gillhoolley Vietnam Service 67-69

Steven Earle U3 Creative Writing Concordia University

SSMU DOES NOT HAVE CLEAR STANCES SSMU’s recent decision not to support the Pinochet letter is disap­ p o in tin g , th o u g h not su rp risin g .

A p p a re n tly , su p p o rtin g th is, an action similar to those which student groups elsewhere are taking, would set a dangerous precedent — SSMU may be forced in the future to take stands that don’t represent students’ unanimous interests, causing “divi­ sion” within campus.

Funny how, in general, SSMU is not afraid to make other decisions that divide and alienate parts of the stu d e n t p o p u la tio n — ex a m p le s from the part year include the MSF, the cola agreement, certain council or Senate appointm ents, etc. I bet that more of the student population disagreed with the above decisions, than would object to SSM U’s sup­ port o f international standards of human rights and justice, as exem­ plified in the Pinochet case.

So w h at is th e d iffe re n c e betw een w hat SSM U w ill tak e a stand on and what it won’t? Our stu­ d e n t g o v e rn m e n t is b ra v e and visionary in raising student fees and signing lucrative contracts with cor­ rupt companies.

B ut w here is our brave voice when it comes to other issues, which are less practical and more human?

Perhaps some of SSMU’s controver­ sial positions are taken for ‘sound’ financial reasons; are sound ethical reasons just not good enough?

A nice quotation to remember: “ T he h o tte s t p la c e s in h e ll are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, retain their neu­ trality” (Goethe).

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Take the money and run I offer today’s words not as a radically original worldview, nor as especially insightful economic com­ m e n ta ry , b u t ra th e r as a w elldeserved reiteration o f som ething that has frequently been observed, and w hich is quite apparent after even a moment’s reflection: In this country, a few big banks run the world, and their power comes at the expense of their customers.

Once upon a time, when I was a lad, I had a paper route. I would put the m oney I.e a rn e d (less w hat I spent on hookers) into my savings account at the local savings bank.

This was a great arrangement. I kept my money there, and the bank said, “Thank you for entrusting us with your hard-earned money. W e shall reward you by paying you a small percentage of the amount you have in our bank. We shall call this ‘inter­ est’.” It was a wonderful thing. And get a load of this —- when I needed money, I actually went to the bank an d w ith d re w ca sh fro m my

ac c o u n t. S e rv ic e w ith a sm ile, everyone was happy.

What the hell happened?

T od ay , there are ab o u t fo u r banks in the whole country. No one uses cash; the banks have convinced us there’s no need. Instead, they’ve fostered a blind dependency on bank and Interact cards. All banking is do n e th ro u g h m a c h in e s: w ith ­ drawals, deposits, transfers between accounts. The people running the

on you in the name of convenience, they turn around and charge you for using them!

I have tried to fight the system, but it is an uphill battle. In Montreal, I have an account at a large down­ town bank, whose name I will not divulge, except to say that it rhymes w ith ‘S totia B an k ’ its address is 1002 S h e rb ro o k e W e st, and its phone number is 499-5432.1 opened the account for one purpose alone: so I co u ld have a place to cash my p a y c h e c k s.

T h e p ro b ­ lem is, how­ e v e r, th a t w h en ev er I go to the bank to per­ form this seemingly simple task, tur­ moil ensues, because I refuse to get a (rhymes with) ‘StotiaCard’. Every month, when I go to cash a check, a scene like the following occurs:

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show w o u ld ra th e r h av e a sharp stick in the eye than a cu sto m er actually physically present at their bank. And the real kick in the ass is that, after forcing these bank cards

I head to the back of the line­ up, which stretches virtually to Nova S cotia, because this bank, w hich o c c u p ie s an e n tire s k y sc ra p e r, apparently never has more than one teller working. When it finally is my turn, I tell them I ’d like to cash a check, and present them w ith my sa v in g s a c c o u n t p a ssb o o k . It is looked at with scorn.

Them: “Can I see your card?”

Me: “I don’t have one.”

L o o k s o f d is b e lie f and c o n ­ tempt. It is announced that they will “need to see some identification.”

A fter producing several pieces of photo ID, a copy of my birth certifi­ cate, a wedding picture of my par­ en ts, an d my ju n io r h ig h lo c k er com bination, it is determ ined that this is still not sufficient ‘identifica­ tion.’ The teller nods to the nurse on duty. She springs onto action. Blood is d raw n and c e n trifu g e d . T h ey check for minor antigens and crossreference the results with my HemaQuebec blood donor file. I’m asked

to pee in a cup right there in front of all the other customers. I’m just zip­ ping up w hen N u rse H athow ayls evil twin jabs a syringe into the base of my skull and fills it up with nerve cells from my brain stem. They are sent off to be carbon dated to see if they match the inform ation on my birth certificate.

Eventually it is verified that I am w ho I say I am , my ch eck is cashed and I am released, begrudg­ ingly. I stumble out onto the street, more shaken up than Bond’s marti­ ni. But I raise my fist to the sun, clutching a $20 bill and shouting victory. The war is not over, but I have won another battle. Think of m e th e n e x t tim e y o u u se y o u r Interact card to pay for a candy bar at the dep.

C om m ents? S u g g estio n s ? Ecoli ? jm cdev @po-box. me gill, ca

Pokemon held on assault charges; Pikachu fingered as accomplice “ P o k em o n c ra z e is g e ttin g s c a ry .” So say s the M o n trea l G azette’s headline, anyway, refer­ ring to last w ee k ’s stabbing o f a Laval 12-year-old who purloined an entire box of trading cards from the wrong classm ate and ended up cut for four stitches.

The school’s reaction has been to ban Pokem on and his m eddle­ som e p ro g e n y , so score one for society, I guess.

Personally, how­ ev er, I fin d the “ P o k e m o n c ra z e ” le ss “scary” than the “k id s sta b b in g other kids craze,” w hich seems to me to be the real problem here. In fact, far more sensible than “child stabbed because o f trading card ” would be the following statements: “child stabbed because of knife,” or for a more contentious scoop, “child stabbed because of bad parenting.”

After all, if we were to take the G azette’s spin on the Laval stabbing and apply it to other every-day news items we would be inundated with h e a d lin e s lik e “W om an m ugged because of purse.” The school is tak­

ing an obvious course of action, but I hope they don’t really think that Pokemon is more to blame than the kid with the knife.

The Police, meanwhile, must be c o n s id e rin g c h a rg e s a g a in st Pokemon himself. They have yet to charge the boy, and I’ll bet dollars to donuts that’s because the cops keep seeing adorable little yellow things

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w hen th ey sh o u ld be se ein g in black-and-white.

And this is the same planet that ju st im posed a decidedly m elodra­ m atic 112-year se n ten c e on Kip Kinkel, the Oregon teen who mur­ dered two schoolmates after doing away w ith his parents. T h at’s the United States, of course, where I ’m sure many would ju st as soon see their murderers tried by Judge Judy (“up bup bup! Not in my courtroom, bub. Prepare the syringe!). This is the country that opened the trial of

the Jonesboro, Arkansas shooters to the m edia sim ply “because of the intense interest.”

W e are sh eltered from these things in Canada, though I think that the rarity of school shootings in this country is probably more indicative o f a lack of firearms than a perva­ sive sense of well-being. These cir­ cus trials occur mostly in the United States only because its legal system panders so lustfully to voyeuristic p u b lic o p in io n , w hich in tu rn is expertly manipulated by the media.

The sentiments are largely the same here. Every tim e a child com m its murder there are impassioned cries for him to be tried in adult court, for life im prisonm ent. But the ju stice system isn’t a democracy. Its duty is to ignore public opinion, which can range from uninformed redneckery to unbridled bloodlust, in favour of treating young offenders and victims alike with some kind of compassion.

The Chief Inspector of British P riso n s, S ir D avid R am sbotham , recently spoke of Jon Venables and R o b ert T hom pson, the L iverpool youngsters convicted of beating tod­ dler Jamie Bulger to death, as sur­ prisingly normal, even talented kids.

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upbringing, the physical abuse they endured at the hands of their parents and the fact that they were denied psychiatric treatment until after their conviction; and he suggested that they should be released upon their eig h teen th b irth d ay s, w hich they will be anyway.

R a m sb o th a m w as fo rc e d to apologize for calling attention to the prisoners’ humanity, and some are s till c a llin g fo r his re sig n a tio n .

Jam ie B u lg er’s m o th er responds: “Even though they murdered my son they are still enjoying privileges — sitting exams and watching televi­ sion. T hat’s not punishm ent. They should be made to suffer for what they did and transferring them to an adult prison is the only way for that to happen.” Ah, good old fashioned hatred. W hat a touching legacy to leave in the name of your son, and what a perfect illustration of why the public can’t be allowed to influence the courts.

W hen I w as a b o u t te n , I remember taking a large rock — a boulder, really — and rolling it into a n eig h b o u r’s basem ent w indow w ell. In w h at now seem s an inevitable sequence o f events, the rock broke the window and landed

on the basement floor with a crash. I was stunned — how the hell could this have happened? W hat the hell was I thinking?

T h is is th in ic e , I know .

Regular kids don’t plan and execute multiple murders during momentary lapses o f reason, and likew ise any p erso n — ad u lt or ch ild — w ho stabs someone else has some serious problem s going on. But w e’re not looking for culpability in any of the right places. In a way we make the sam e m is ta k e in ev e ry case.

A m ericans blam e co n fu sed , m is­ tre a te d k id s fo r m u rd erin g th e ir p ee rs — as th ey sh o u ld — b ut refuse to take even the briefest intro­ sp ectiv e g lan ce and w o n d er if it m ightn’t have happened had there not been au to m atic assau lt rifles sc attered ab o u t the liv in g room .

Kids go to prison while their abusive p aren ts h it the M aury Show and w onder w here it all w ent w rong.

M e a n w h ile , L av a l sc h o o ls and Police are looking at a violent crime and seeing nothing but a Japanese video game.

Come on, folks! Pokemon cards don’t stab people; people stab peo­ ple. Everybody knows that.

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STILL REMEMBER It sure is refreshing to know th a t th e re s till are so m e y o u n g peo p le today w ho rem em ber the sacrifices o f our service men and w o m en in th e m any w o rld c o n ­ flicts this century. These soldiers, s a ilo r s a n d a irm e n a re a ll o u r heroes no m atter w hat their back­ ground (good or bad). T hey gave their lives so that today we have th e fre e d o m to sp e a k o u r m ind and live in a dem ocratic society.

W e are still rem e m b ere d in m any parts o f E urope as the sav­ iours and heroes o f their freedom.

N o m a tte r w here C an ad ian s go, th e y are tre a te d w ith a frie n d ly sm ile an d re sp e c t. I k n o w th is, because I ’ve seen it in the M iddle E ast and the Balkans.

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veteran on this, the 11th day o f Novem ber, I thank you and salute you, the young people o f Canada, for your rem em brance.

F rank M isztal O ttawa

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C ongratulations on b rin g in g our “lost” soldiers to light!

Sue Riordon wife o fC a p t. T. Riordon deceased A p ril 29th: G u lf W ar Syndrom e age 45 Atlantia R egional Chair Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Assoc.

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1219A University • 861-4448 On Saturday N ovem ber 6, we w atched the M cG ill R edm en play O tta w a in th e c o n fe re n c e se m i­ fin als. U n fo rtu n a tely o u r b o y s, although outplaying and outw ork­ ing O ttaw a, fell 24-21. T his w as th e la s t g a m e fo r m a n y o f th e players, w ho have given their all fo r th e p a s t fo u r o r fiv e y e a rs.

T h is w as a lso o u r la st fo o tb a ll g am e, as w e to o are g ra d u a tin g this year. From hot season open­ ers in Septem ber, to cold playoff g a m e s in N o v e m b e r, w e s p e n t m a n y S a tu r d a y a f te r n o o n s in M o ls o n S ta d iu m w a tc h in g th e Redm en.

W e w ould like to thank all o f th e p la y e rs a n d c o a c h in g s ta f f w h o h a v e m a d e fo r f o u r grea* years o f football. T hank you fc

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G o u rm e t: s o u p s

By M aria G oselin T here’s som ething about a nice bow l o f hot soup served w ith crusty bread that ju st warms up your insides on a cold w indy day. M aking a soup at hom e can be alm ost as easy as buying one at the store, especial­ ly since you can use w hat’s in your kitchen to m ake it. A sim ple soup can be m ade by com bining any o f the follow ing ingredients: m eat/vege ta b le s/n o o d le s/ric e /b o u illo n cubes w ith w ater o r to m ato ju ic e and cooking. H ere are two recipes to start your cauldron bubbling.

Quick Cauliflower Soup lT bps (30 ml) butter 1 sm all onion, chopped 1 rib o f celery (including leaves), chopped 1 1 /2 cups canned or fresh chicken bouillon 1/2 cup cooked cauliflow er, m ashed w ith a fork 1/2 cup cream or m ilk Salt and pepper to taste A pinch o f coriander (if you have it) H eat the butter in a pot, add the onion and celery and cook until ten der but not brow n. A dd the chicken bouillon and cauliflow er and bring to a boil. A dd the cream , salt, pepper, and coriander and bring to a sim m er. Serves 1 to 2.

German Green Bean Soup 1 lb. fresh green beans, cut 2 slices bacon, cut up 1 small onion, diced 1 Tbs. Flour 2 sm all potatoes, cubed 2-3 cups w ater P epper to taste D ry bouillon cubes for flavour C ook bacon pieces in D utch oven or big soup p o t, ad d o n io n s w h en b a c o n is b ro w n e d . W h en onions are glassy, add flour and stir w ell to com bine.

A dd green beans, potatoes, and water. Stir w ell, add bouillon and pepper to taste. C ook at low heat till beans and potatoes are tender. Serve.

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Annoying personal habits

Dear Kinky, W e at S&M have deliberated for w hat seem s like centuries and have com e to the conclusion that although w e are sm art, cute, a ll­ knowing advice-givers, perhaps we should throw this question to the general populace (aka our friends) in order to give you the best advice w ith a v arie ty o f o p in io n s. T w o extremely charming and handsome men, as well as two intelligent and gorgeous women have provided you with the following words of wisdom and for that we are grateful. (S&M interjections are in parenthases): Man #1: Go for it and have a blast! After all, in the end Kinky is fulfilling not only his/her own fanta7

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Is that person across from you at the library annoying you with their incessant foot tapping? Some notes on the fidgety things we all do:

Dear S&M, M y girlfriend has been pressur­ ing me to try a threesome. The prob­ lem? I t’s with a frien d o f hers that I kind o f have a crush on. I fe a r that this will spell the end o f my relation­ ship and ruin my chances with her friend. What do you think?

Signed Kinky

Times approximately 40 per cent of w o rk e rs h av e so m e c o m p u lsiv e h a b its su c h as c r a c k in g o n e 's knuckles, w iggling their foot, tap­ ping their knees or chewing on ice.

• An opinion poll o f adults across the United States found that o f ju st over one thousand respondants, 49

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p e r c e n t o f p e o p le fin d it m o st annoying when someone talks with th eir m outh full, and 18 per cent fe e l th a t b lo w in g ch e w in g g um bubbles and popping them was the m ost annoying habit. Only 15 per ce n t o f resp o n d an ts th o u g h t that cra ck in g k n u ck les w as th e m ost annoying personal habit.

S o u rc e s: T he R ic h m o n d T im es, Public Opinion Online

Cracking knuckles T U IT IO N . B O O K S . A N D D K N Y O N A S T U D E N T B U D G E T ?

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So w h y do y o u r k n u c le s c ra c k when you put pressure on them? Is it bad for you? | H t . • L ig a m e n ts h o ld y o u r « iin 4 k n u c k le s to g e th e r . A f lu id c a lle d 's y n o v ia l ’w fluid' lubricates the joints a n d b r in g s th e m b o th their required oxygen and nutrients.

The joint itself also contains a cavi­ ty that is airtight. Pressure inside this cavity is a little below atm os­ pheric pressure. As a result, when the tw o bones are separated — a condition sometimes resulting from your placem ent o f pressure on the joint — the airtight vacuum is bro­ ken and oxygen and other gaseous molecules which are present in the sy n o v ial flu id ru sh in to fill the vacuum . It is the energy released

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On the other hand, why is Kinky so h e s ita n t? M a y b e K in k y sh o u ld decide if he/she is comfortable with th e s itu a tio n h im /h e rs e lf b efo re entering the threesome.(So, don’t go for it and have a blast?)

Man #2: G o for it. T he rela­ tionship w ill probably end due to Kinky’s crush on the friend anyway, so partaking in the threesome, could help Kinky get the friend. He should do it.(Go for it.)

Woman #2: If the relationship does end with the girlfriend, what makes Kinky think the friend will

touch the girlfriend’s “sloppy sec­ onds?” (Ouch.) Think about it, if the friend is willing to join in the three­ som e, th en p e rh a p s she is m ore interested in the girlfriend than in the person seeking advice. And now the most important advice...

S&M: K in k y , sw eet K inky, you seem to be very hesitant about joining in on the threesome which all in all spells trouble in this situa­ tion. W hen you decide to explore sides of your sexuality it is impor­ tant to be comfortable and it doesn’t seem th a t you are. W e h ere, the brains of S&M firmly believe that if you go ahead with this, your rela­ tionship will inevitably end because this is going to be awkward for all invloved. Besides, your lustful feel­ ings for your girlfriend’s friend are probably a big phat hint that you are not happy in the relationship you are in. So either go for it and have a b la st o r d o n ’t. R ig h t now , y o u r biggest concern should be re-evaluting your relationship with your girl­ friend and whether or not you really want to be with her.

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I. Nationwide radio station 4. Practice test 8. Hint: The answer is MOLOB 10. Bismarck's first name 1 l. Your friendly pharmacist, Jean 12. E.M. Forster novel A ____with a View 13. When the snow begins to thaw 15. The words 16. Seaport in Northern France 18. "Fine _ _ _ Leather" 22. As well 23. Difference between has and had 24. C.S. Lewis novel T h e ____ , The Witch, and the Wardrobe 25. A rich man's boat 26. Lodgings 27. It's defined by sunlight

1. Where the chickens live 2. Brit rockers 3. Debutante dances 4. Trip-hop group 5. Unaffected 6. Units of matter 7. Book 8. Rappers, e.g.

9. Owner of a blue ox 14. Partner of nitty 16. Weekend Update anchor Quinn 17. Burning down the house 18. L.L. Cool J.; ''Goin' back t o ____" 19. Ancient tribe of Peru 20. Covered in black dust 21. Bad Sandra Bullock movie The

w hen this occurs that creates the audible cracking sound.

rolling from the top o f the roll: 53 • o f men who say they always put the toilet seat down: ju st under 50 • o f people who never sit on public toilets: 32 • who don't m ake their beds when they rise each day: 79 • who accuse their bed partner of stealing the covers: 75 • who wear nightgowns to bed: 23 • o f men who wear nightgowns to bed: 2 • o f people who sleep naked: 15 • who sleep in their underwear: 2 Source: The Buffalo News

sy but also the fantasy of the girl­ friend. (Go for it and have a blast!)

Woman #1: It really do esn ’t m a tte r if h e g o es fo r it o r n o t.

Obviously the girlfriend also has a crush on this friend, so w hat does Kinky have to lose? If the girlfriend w as happy w ith the relatio n sh ip , w hy w o u ld she su g g e st a th re e ­ some? It seems to me that the rela­ tionship is already strained if a third party is needed. (So, basically, go for it and have a blast.)

Woman # l ’s second opinion:

> T his cracking sound isn't actually 'cracking', but what is term ed 'cavitation.' After c a v ita tio n o c c u rs, re s e a rc h has shown that the joint experiences an in c re ase d ran g e o f m o tio n . T his effect last only about 20 m inutes, which is thought to be the amount o f tim e it takes one's body to re­ absorb the oxygen and other gases from the joint cavity.

• Many people think that cracking one's knuckles is bad for you, and some even believe that it can con­ trib u te to a rth ritis. A study p e r­ fo rm e d b y th e U n iv e r s ity o f C a lifo rn ia at Los A n g eles found that those who habitually cracked their knuckles actually had slightly less arthrisits in x-rays than those who did not.

S o u rc es: The T o ro n to S tar, The H erald

O ther personal habits E v e r w o n d e r i f you have som e idiosyncracies? H ere's w h at the r e s t o f th e N o rth America does: Percentage: who like to pull their toilet paper

Maritime v. Atlantic provinces... there's a difference?

• A recen t co n v ersatio n p o in ted o u t my in co rrect use o f the term 'M aritimes.' There is, apparently, a different between Canada's Atlantic p ro v in c e s an d its M a ritim e p r o v in c e s .

O ur east co ast explained: • A ccording to The Toronto Star, the term 'M aritime provinces' refers to the p ro v in ces o f N ova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

• W hen N ewfoundland joined con­ federation in 1949, the 'M artim es' referred only to the three original p ro v in c e s, so th e term 'A tla n tic provinces' was used to include the new partner.

Source: The Toronto Star

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T he M c G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 N ovember 1999

M c L e n n a n f if t h flo o r: n o lo n g e r t h e p la c e t o b e Studying students in crowded cafes leave owners in moral quandary

By N ilima G ulrajani Cars aren’t the only cause for traffic ja m s dow ntow n. S tudents seeking caffeine-highs and alterna­ tives to deathly quiet libraries are packing coffee houses in the area.

The rise o f coffee culture, how ev­ er, is both a blessing and a curse fo r m a n y c a f e o w n e rs a ro u n d McGill.

W hile students may consum e d e s ig n e r-p ric e d la tte s, they also n o to r io u s ly stre tc h th e ir d r in k s as lo n g as it takes them to f in is h th e ir r e a d in g s o r S p a n i s h h o m e w o rk .

F o r c a fe o w n e rs in s p a c e - c o n ­ strained dow ntow n M ontreal with both a student and office em ployee client base, this presents a bit o f a dilemma. “ S tu d e n ts b u y a d rin k a n d they stay five hours,” said RenéeC la u d e D io n , m a n a g e r a t th e S eco n d C up on M c G ill C o lleg e Ave. that provides many a student with their daily caffeine intake. “In non-rush periods like the evening it doesn’t bother us, but during the

rush, it’s a problem .”

At Second Cup, D ion estim at­ ed 40 p er cent o f h er clien ts are students, 60 per cent being office workers. She explained that office w orkers are m ore often than not the ones w ho co m p lain ab o u t a la c k o f sp a c e w h en th e y co m e into her store. As a result, Second C u p h a s an u n o f f ic ia l p o lic y w hereby during peak hours, stu­ d ents are p erm itted to stay one hour, afte r w hich tim e they are asked to buy another drink if they want to continue their studying. “ I need both business people and s tu d e n ts ,” sa id D ion. “W e have to ju st try and share things.

M c G ill B o o k s to re C a fe M anager, Law rence M arzette, also drove hom e the need for com pro­ m is e . A lth o u g h th e B o o k s to re C afe probably has the m ost h o s­ p ita b le e n v iro n m e n t o u tsid e the libraries for student-studiers, it too faces space constraints. “ S p a c e is so lim ite d in th e dow n to w n a re a ,” said M arzette. “ [W ]e do have c o m p lain ts from professors that they w ould like to com e in and have lunch but they can’t get a table.”

N o n e th e le ss, th e B o o k sto re C afe does h av e a m issio n s ta te ­ m ent that encourages students to

read or relax in the café. It’s only w h e n th is p o lic y is a b u s e d , as M arzette illu strated by citing the exam ple of the student who spends “ 14 hours in a cafe”, that action is

taken.

“99 per cent o f my business is students; it would not be useful to m e to n ot allo w th em to sit and read ,” explained M arzette. “ [B]ut it’s always a juggling act.”

Hyper-vigilant security In a c o n tro lle d e x p e rim e n t, th e T r ib u n e p la n te d s tu d e n ts w ield in g S econd C up co ffee s in the Gare Centrale food court area during peak hours. The test was to see how long it would take before

they w ere asked to leave by securi­ ty o f f ic ia ls on th e lo o k o u t fo r book-bearing students. In the case o f J e s s ic a W ilc z a k , it w as n o t m ore than five m inutes after she b o u g h t a c o f f e e th a t sh e w as asked to shut her books. “ A s so o n as I sat d o w n , it w as ju s t rid ic u lo u s , a se c u rity guard saw that I had taken out my books an d asked w h eth er I was stu d y in g fo r sc h o o l. I had ju s t b o u g h t a c o f f e e a n d h e s a id , ‘y o u ’ll have to close your books it’s a CN rule.’”

H e a d o f S e c u r ity a t G a re Centrale, Sylvain Ouimet, refused to com m ent on the incident, while C a n a d ia n N a tio n a l F a c ility M a n a g e r R ic h a rd M a g n o n d id clarify that CN does not have an o fficial p o licy reg ard in g student customers. “ I t ’s a q u estio n o f com m on sense though on both sides,” said M agnon. “I’m not saying yes, they should have the right to sit for four hours in a row.”

W ilczak does not intend to go back to the cafe after an incident th at “m ade [her] feel like a n o n ­ p e rso n ,” th o u g h she ad m its th at she understands that “it was near lu n c h h o u r a n d th e y p r o b a b ly w a n te d a q u ic k tu rn o v e r, b u t it

[seem ed] really targ eted tow ards students.”

The hyper-vigilance o f securi­ ty s ta f f a t G a re C e n tr a le is u n doubtedly w orry in g ten an ts as well. Scott Derby, m anager at the Second Cup in the food court area, pointed out that “a num ber of ten­ ants have recognized it’s been par­ ticularly bad . . . W e’re not sure w hat goes on.” “ I t ’s g re a t th a t so m e b o d y ’s p ick in g up on th is,” said D erby.

“A s a te n an t, i t ’s rid ic u lo u s fo r this to happen. [Security] can ’t go to th e extreme w h e re th e y tell you you c a n ’t study, can ’t read.”

Clearly, a m utually beneficial re la tio n s h ip fo r stu d e n t c o ffe e lo v ers an d cafe o w n ers req u ires co m p ro m ise on b o th p arties. To this end, the Bookstore Cafe seems to have the right formula.

“I d idn’t write a hard and fast policy because I needed the flexi­ bility,” said M arzette. “W e try to m a n a g e o u r sp a c e o n e d ay at a tim e.”

T h e B e rlin W a ll te n y e a rs a f t e r its d e m o litio n Decenary celebration masks residual East-West tensions

By Jeffrey D erman

able” .

The years follow ing the reuni­ fication saw a decline in prosperity h o w e v e r. T a x e s ro se fo r W est G erm ans, and E ast G erm ans who

T h ere w ere lights, firew orks and m usic w ith tens o f thousands of revellers in the streets o f Berlin as G e rm a n s c e le b ra te d ten years since the fall of th e B e rlin W all.

Y et, the party in B erlin cele­ b r a tin g th e f a ll o f th e W a ll o c c u rre d in sta rk c o n tr a s t to r e m a in in g deep seated disparities in Germany.

L ast w eek’s festiv i­ tie s in c lu d e d , a m o n g o th e r th in g s , p e r f o r ­ mances by Russian cellist M stisla v R o stro p o v ich , G erm an rock group, the Scorpions, and speeches in th e R e ic h stag by the fig u re s in stru m e n ta l in Peering through offers a glimpse o f the past the W a ll’s fall in 1989, had been guaranteed jobs under the in c lu d in g M ik h a il G o rb a c h e v , co m m u n ist regim e w ere fin d in g George Bush, and Helmut Kohl.

W hen the Berlin W all fell, it themselves unem ployed as a result o f restructuring and/or downsizing sym bolized political rejuvenation. o f factories under the guidance of T en years later, how ever, the the new W est German proprietors. m omentous sym bolism o f breaking Today the unem ploym ent rate down the wall no longer carries the in E ast G erm any runs aro u n d 17 sa m e e n th u s ia s m f o r m an y p e r c e n t, tw ic e as h ig h as th e ir Germans.

The years imm ediately follow ­ country mates to the west. About 95 percent o f what was ow ned by ing the reu nification o f G erm any the G erm an D em ocratic Republic saw h uge sum s o f W est G erm an (East G erm any) before the unifica­ m oney poured into East Germany.

O kko Buss, a German M cGill stu­ tio n is c u rre n tly in th e h a n d o f dent expressed that at that time the W est G erm an people. It has unfor­ m oney was “necessary, and avail­ tunately becom e cliché to refer to

the m ental d iv isio n still dividing the country as a “wall in the head” .

Fabrice Khlok, a M cG ill stu­ dent who lived the past 13 years in a s o u th - w e s te r n p ro v in c e o f G erm any, co m m en ted on h o w th e s itu a tio n has ch a n g ed o v er the decade. “[Goodwill] lasted about tw o years, three y ears...b u t W esterners d o n ’t lik e E a ste rn e rs an y m o re . E a ste rn e rs say they were better off [as th e G e rm a n D em ocratic R epublic], where there was a cer­ tain security.”

In a r e c e n t e le c ­ tio n , e x -c o m m u n is ts took 40 per cent o f the B e rlin v o te , www.rcmotc.org e a s t r e f le c tin g j u s t ho w strongly the nostalgia for the old regim e is felt. In E ast G erm any, fascism and racism are also on the rise.

Khlok described it, saying that th e . f a s c is t p a r ty “ D ie R epublikauer” is “getting m enac­ ingly strong...you [can’t] im agine how many there are...mostly young people. [SJkinheads are ju st a m ir­ ror o f the w ay people think.”

In rec en t m o n th s th e R e ic h s ta g w as r e n o v a te d an d re o p e n e d in B e rlin , to so m e an eerie rem inder o f Nazi times. On th e w h o le , h o w e v e r, th e n ew

Reichstag was w ell-received, and as a te s tim o n y o f th e o n g o in g restructuring involved in G erm an renification.

C u rren tly th ere are p la n s to rev italise the centre o f B erlin by creating a park in the Brandenburg G ate area, form erly a central port in th e W a ll. A lo n g w ith p a s t

Today a united Germany is the b u lw ark o f the E u ro p ean U nion.

Econom ic and cultural hesitations h av e b ee n v o ic e d by m a jo r EU n a tio n s, in c lu d in g E n g la n d and France. Perhaps this dissention, in light o f everpresent divisions w ith­ in G erm any, are really rev ealin g parallels that run deep in societies

The ghost o f the w a ll lives on fo r some

im provem ents o f east B erlin cu l­ tural and shopping districts, these re v ita lis a tio n effo rts all seem to sym bolise the gradual m elding of w hat used to be an id eo lo g ically polarized city.

A ccording to Buss “G erm any has definitely becom e a com plete entity, there’s ju st a few scars. . . .people say it’ll take a generation [to be truly united].”

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and nations w orldw ide. A fter a decade, the fall o f the Berlin Wall still represents the dawn o f a united nation. The question rem ains that while Germany is a m ajor political entity participating in the creation o f a u n ite d E u ro p e, w ill an o th er decade reveal that walls aren’t ju st m ade o f concrete?

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 November 1999

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M ic ro s o ft fo u g h t th e la w , a n d t h e la w w o n Ruled to be an official monopoly, Microsoft gets ready for next battle

By A nna So l o m o n T his m ay be the beginning o f th e e n d f o r th e a lm ig h ty M ic r o s o f t. B ill G a te s a n d co . have recently run in to som e tro u ­ ble in court, and now they have s o m e c h a n g e s to m a k e i f th e y w ant to stay together.

O n F rid a y , N o v e m b e r 5 th , U .S . J u d g e T h o m a s P e n f ie l d J a c k s o n r u le d th a t te c h n o lo g y g ia n t M ic ro s o ft is a m o n o p o ly .

T he ruling, how ever, w as a rela­ tiv ely sm all d ev e lo p m e n t in the a n ti-tru s t la w s u it th a t w as file d a g a in s t th e c o m p a n y in M a y 1998.

T h e s u it a g a in s t M ic ro s o ft w as filed by the A m erican Justice D epartm ent and tw enty A m erican states. It arose out o f a series o f co m p lain ts by vario u s co m p u ter com panies that claim ed (and still claim ) th at M icrosoft engages in u n co m p etitiv e b eh a v io r in o rd er to gain a m ajority o f the m arket share.

M ic r o s o f t p r e s e n t l y h a s a p p r o x im a te ly 9 0 p e r c e n t o f m a rk e t sh a re , m a in ly due to its b r a i n c h i l d o p e r a tin g s y s te m ,

W indow s. F or som e people, this alone is enough to label the com ­ pany a m onopoly. O thers see the law suit as an attem pt by the state to control innovation and techni­ cal creativity.

T h e c o m p a n y is c u r r e n tly b e in g in v e s tig a te d fo r c o a x in g

m a n u fa ctu re rs in to sig n in g co n ­ tracts that force the m a n u factu r­ ers use M ic ro so ft o p eratin g sys­ te m s in th e ir m a c h in e s , b e fo re th ey are p ro v id ed w ith a supply o f W in d o w s . T h e com pany has a ttra c te d c ritic is m and has been under in v e stig a tio n since 1995 w h en it w as fo u n d to be bun d lin g W indow s 95 a n d I n t e r n e t E x p lo re r. By p ro ­ v id in g t h e ir I n te r n e t b r o w s e r fo r fre e , c ritic s c l a im th a t M icrosoft is essen ­ tially “dum ping” a product onto a m ar­ ket in an attem pt to e lim in a te c o m p e ti­ tors like N etscape. “ I n te rn et E x p lo r e r is f re e w h ere N e ts c a p e is f re e ,” re to rte d M ic h a e l H ead, in s t r u c t o r o f a r ts c o m p u tin g at Who's sm iling M cG ill. “ B oth are f r e e f o r a n y n o n - c o m m e r c ia l enterprise.”

T he traditional definition o f a m o n o p o ly is o n e c o m p a n y o r industry, w hich is the sole suppli­ e r o f a p r o d u c t o r s e r v ic e .

M onopolies usually provide lowquality products at high prices.

T he Sherm an A nti-T rust Act, w h ic h e s s e n t i a l l y s ta te s th a t m o nopolies are illegal, has been u s e d as th e b a s is f o r la w s u its a g a in s t m o n o p o lie s in th e p a s t and is once ag ain b ein g u sed in th e c a s e in v o lv in g M ic r o s o f t.

H uge c o n g lo m e ra te s lik e S tandard O il have been forced by the state to red u ce their do m in a­ tion over their respective m arkets

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in sp ires an d en c o u rag es in n o v a ­ tion. ”In general, I think that co m ­ p e t itio n is a g o o d th in g a n d I think that M icrosoft has acted in s o m e w a y s th a t h a v e lim ite d co m p etitio n . On the o th er h and th ere are p r o b a b ly som e advantages to doing that as w ell,” e x p r e s s e d P r o f e s s o r M ic h a e l Sm ith o f the departm ent o f soci­ ology at M c G ill.

T h e M ic r o s o f t c a s e is f a r from over; and the o utcom e will p ro b ab ly re m a in u n k n o w n u n til e a rly n e x t y e a r. T h e ju d g e h as d e te rm in e d o n ly th a t M ic ro s o ft h a s v io la te d th e la w a n d th a t som ething m ust be done in order to r e li e v e th e t h r e a t th a t is p re s e n tly b e in g fe lt by M icro so ft’s com petitors like Sun M ic r o s y s te m s a n d C a ld e r a System s It is difficult, if not im possi­ b le , to a n tic ip a te ho w th e tria l w ill conclude b ut the case should n o t b e d is m is s e d as o n e w h ic h o n ly a f f e c ts o n e c o m p a n y , o r e v e n o n e in d u s t r y a lo n e . I f M ic ro s o ft is to be d iv id e d in to sm aller units, there w ill be signif­ ic a n t re p e rc u ssio n s fo r a m u lti­ tu d e o f ec o n o m ic secto rs. Ju d g e Jackson should certainly consider th is b e fo re a rriv in g a t h is fin a l ju d g m e n t, a d e c is io n th a t w ill undoubtedly b e an im portant one.

ny w ill re a c h a s e ttle m e n t w ith th e g o v e r n m e n t o u ts id e o f th e court and that M icro so ft’s penalty will com e in the form o f a fine. It is also possible that the com pany w ill be divided into sm aller sub­ d i v is io n s in a m o re perm anent effect. “ M ic r o s o f t c a n ’t be destroyed in any serious w ay,” stated P ro fesso r C arl T ro p p er o f th e d ep a rtm en t o f co m p u ter sci­ e n c e . “ I t m a y b e l i a b l e to b e fin ed . I f th e y w ere to b re a k up M ic r o s o f t, th e y w o u ld s im p ly create several ‘M icro so fts’ w hich c o u ld sh a re in fo rm a tio n o n th e o p e r a tin g s y s te m s th e m s e lv e s .

T h e w h o le th in g m ig h t h a v e a b e n e fic ia l e ffe c t on M ic ro s o ft,” explained Tropper.

C o m p etitio n in an eco n o m y a llo w s f o r in n o v a tio n , lo w e r p rices fo r co n su m ers and b o o m ­ ing en tran ce into h ig h -tech m ar­ kets. M icrosoft, contrary to pop­ u la r b e lie f, h as lo n g re a p e d the b e n e fits o f th e co m p e titio n th at ta k e s p la c e b e tw e e n its e lf an d other softw are producers.

H ead e x p l a in e d th a t M icro so ft’s size actually restricts the speed w ith w hich it is able to co n ceiv e, p ro d u ce an d re le a se a new p ro d u c t on th e m a rk e t. H e claim ed that it usually takes 12 to 18 m o n th s to c o m p le t e th e p ro cess fro m start to fin ish . F or th is reason, M icro so ft m ust look to its com petitors for ideas, upon w hich it can expand. T his is the w a y in w h ic h c o m p e ti tio n

by subdividing into sm aller parts.

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B e n e a th th e s k in : th e tr u th a b o u t w o m e n 's b e a u ty Personal worth should be independent of outside standards B y Er in R ussell

T he av e rag e A m e r ic a n w o m a n is 5 f t 4 , ” w e ig h s 140 pounds and w ears a size 14. Y et m o st w o m en still fee l th a t th ey have little value if they aren’t able to squeeze into that size 7.

“W h e n a w o m a n fe e ls th a t her inner w orld is sm all and frag­ ile, she tends to focus on w hat is apparent to the outside w orld: her skin. M o st w om en d efin e th e ir [v a lu e ] fro m th e sk in in w a rd s , w h e re a s m e n d o so fro m th e m skin outw ards. M en are socialized as to w hat they do outside,” said D r. N . H o ff m a n , d ir e c to r o f M cG ill’s M ental H ealth Services.

D oes a w om an have to give up everything that m akes her dis­ tinct and do as Lady M acbeth and “unsex” herself in order to m ake it to d a y ? O r, c o n v e r s e ly , a re h e r looks the only thing that gives a w om an her pow er?

T h e s e k in d s o f q u e s tio n s w ere explored by form er General H o s p ita l a n d K n o ts L a n d in g actress C am ille Cooper, sitting co­ chair o f the Com m ittee for the

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w th e ir [value] from the skin inwards, whereas men do so from their skin outwatds.

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E m p o w erm e n t o f Y oung W o m en , w ho d e liv e re d an e y e ­ opening lecture entitled D iscover th e T r u th A b o u t W o m e n ’ s “B eauty.”

M u c h o f h e r le c tu r e c o n ­ c e rn e d th e w ay c o m p a n ie s te ll w om en that they need to reach a perfect body size in order to be o f an y v alu e. C o o p e r p o in te d o u t that tw enty years ago there w asn’t e v e n a w o rd fo r c e llu lite . Y e t today, 100 m illion dollars a year is m ade o ff cellulite cream sales alone.

C ooper w ent on to list som e d is q u i e ti n g f a c ts .

C o s m e tic surgery is speedily changing bod­ ies. N ine y ear-old girls are get­ ting nose jobs; fourteen year olds are getting breast im plants, w hile o n ly o n e p erc en t o f p la stic su r­ g eo n s are fem ale. M odels today w eig h 23 p e r c e n t less th a n th e a v e ra g e w om an and re p re se n t

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only five per cent o f w om en. And th e c a m e ra re a lly d o e s ad d te n p o u n d s— th e w o m en on T V are even thinner than it w ould appear.

C ooper’s lecture, how ever, did not end in a m ournful tone. W hile sh e la m e n te d w id e s p re a d s ta n ­ dards o f beauty that rem ain fixed in our collective consciences, the fo rm e r a c tre ss s u g g e s te d m a n y w ay s to c o m b a t th e se in c o rre c t m essages that are being internal­ ized by so many in today’s soci­ ety. “ [W e n eed to] ta k e th o se old perceptions that a w om an’s value lies in how she looks and d isc ard th e m ...[W ]e are b o m ­ barded by voices that state our ae sth e tic s are the m o st im p o r­ tant thing about us. [Yet] this is not our voice; it is not natural; it is not a part o f us. W e m ust recognize this voice and then com bat it.

E a c h d a y w h e n th a t v o ic e te lls you th a t y o u ’re n o t w o rth y o r a t tr a c t iv e , replace that voice w ith a true one that nurtures, cares and s u p p o r ts y o u in m a k in g h e a lth y c h o i c e s ...[ I ] n th e en d , w h o c a re s a b o u t h o w sexy you w ere or w hat dress size you w ore. W hat m atters is w h a t ea c h o n e o f us c o n ­ tributes to this society.”

g e r o f s im p lif ic a tio n .” S h ie ld s b eliev es th at a w o m an ’s positive acceptance o f herself cannot com e sim p ly fro m re a liz in g she c a n ’t attain the h igh standards seen on the runw ay. T his lecture “planted seeds” but it is im portant to focus on building a nurturing com m uni­ ty as well.

Rabbi N ew felt th a t p e r h a p s

academ ia, a concept w hose legiti­ m acy Rabbi N ew questioned.

“W hy should there be a stan­ dard [for w om en’s value] at all ?

W e have substituted one ideal for another in expecting perfect m arks all the tim e.”

H e fu rth e r e d h is a rg u m e n t along the sam e lines as his first. “ E a c h o n e o f u s is in d is p e n s a b le to

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God— and God doesn't make ju n k. I have a mean­ in g fu l life when I use my body as God wants me to in order to make this w orld a better place — Rabbi Moishe New

And then God made woman In a p an e l d isc u ssio n th a t f o llo w e d th e le c tu r e , R a b b i M o is h e N ew a g r e e d w ith Cooper em phatically. “ O u r b o d ie s h a v e b e e n e n tru s te d to us b y G o d — an d G od doesn’t m ake junk. I have a m eaningful life w hen I use my body as G od w ants m e to in order to m ake this w orld a better place.”

I f all o f so c ie ty h e ld th is v iew , clearly there w ould be m uch m ore acceptance o f individual flaws.

John M ark Shields, a M cG ill p ro fesso r w ho teach es a p o p u lar sexual ethics course, also attended the lecture. He pointed out that it was “good for w hat it w as,” yet it “focussed the issue w ith the d an­

in m any w ays. H e suggested that th e s o lu t io n lie s in a tie - o v e r b etw e en fe m in ism an d re lig io n .

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fem in ism an d o th e r su ch m o v e ­ m en ts h av e been su ccessfu l to a certain degree in com m unicating the fact that a w om an’s value lies n o t in h e r a e s th e tic q u a l itie s .

P erh ap s a new im p o ssib le id e al has edged its w ay in as a result, one w here w om en feel they need to prove them selves instead by a h ig h s ta n d a r d o f in te lle c t .

P ersonal value w ould then lie in

G o d ’ s p la n a n d p u r p o s e . It b ehooves us to find out this p u r­ pose. A nd if w e do not know that now , o u r g o al sh o u ld be to find th is .” H e p o in te d o u t th a t it is im p o r ta n t to s im p ly f o c u s on being in this m om ent, not getting som ew here. A s the saying goes, “W e are hum an beings, not human doings.”

Shields agrees w ith this view

P e o p le m u s t m o v e a w a y fro m th e ir in d iv id u a lis tic o b se ssio n s w ith th e ir p e r s o n a l r ig h ts a n d in stead create an accep tin g , g ra ­ cious com m unity. H e also was of th e o p in io n th a t in te llig e n c e is over-idealized.

“A t university, m any w om en a r e e x p o s e d to f e m in is m a n d com e to believ e th a t in telligence m akes their w ay,” he said. Shields o p in e d th a t b a sic h u m an v alu es need to be sought. H e said “good­ ness, w arm th and ability to m ain­ tain rela tio n sh ip s are th in g s that should be valued.” H e argued that the university’s role is not to pelt out A ’s, w hich define o n e’s selfw o rth , b u t to h e lp in d iv id u a ls m o ld th e m s e lv e s a n d le a r n to th in k c ritic a lly a b o u t o th e rs ’ as w ell as their ow n beliefs.

A s H offm an stated w hat both m en a n d w o m e n n e e d to d o is “feel a balance betw een the inner s p a c e a n d th e s p a c e o u ts id e .

D efine your personal space form the corps o u t.” In other w ords, it is im p o r ta n t fo r b o th m e n an d w o m e n to d e v e lo p t h e ir in n e r s e lv e s k n o w in g th a t p e r s o n a l w orth is not contingent on outside standards.

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ss*y SSMU COMMITTEES, COUNCILLORS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMITMENTS AND VOLUNTEERS • SSMU Executive Committee (President, Vice-Presidents and General Manager) • SSMU Legislative Council (34 Faculty, Clubs & Services representatives and Executive Committee) - Speakers of Council (Melissa Pallett & Ayana Hutchinson) - Recording Secretary (Brigitte LeNormand) • President’s Council - Presidents of all faculties and the Post Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) • Senate Caucus • Commissioners - Faculty Relations Commissioner (Danielle Lanteigne) - International Students Commissioner (Nasreen Jessani) - Francophone Commissioner (Louis-Philippe Messier) ■Presidential Affairs Committee (Environment and Constitutional Sub-Committees) - Councillors: Francois Tanguay-Renaud (LSA), Hugh Sturgess (MUS), Shelina Jiwa (SUS), Lisa Silver (EdUS), Chase Robinson (AUS) - Members-at-large: Yousuf Aftab, Sarah Rachlin - Presidential Attaché: Jesse Andrews - Volunteers: Jeff Roberts, Vito Chelli, Mark Unger, Nathalie Ivanov, Kathy Grace, Andres Friedman, Jonathan Bonder, Shannon Sutton, S.Sabahath Ahmed, Maryam Mahallati, Aya Larson, Claire Walsh MCGILL ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEES AND COMMITMENTS ■Board of Governors (BoG) - Executive Committee - Building and Property Committee • Senate (including University Bookstore subcommittee) ■Budget and Planning Group • Committee for the Coordination of Student Services - Financial Subcommittee ■Athletics Board of Directors ■Alumni Board of Directors • Special Committee on Residences ■Vice-Principal Finance Selection Committee

President PROGRESS, PROJECTS AND PROBLEMS Student Government has existed at McGill for over 100 years. In this time, the student body has developed a strong organisation whose prima­ ry goal is to provide representation, services, and operations to benefit the students at McGill. I would like to take this space to relay to you the unique opportunities and challenges for us.

Quebec suffers from the lowest funding per student in the country, while its residents pay the highest taxes on the continent. The Ministère du Québec (MEQ) has recognised that it grossly under funds McGill by $23 Million a year by its own funding formula. Certain McGill students are sub ject to discrimination by the Quebec government through differential tuition, where out-of-province students are charged the Canadian average in tuition, yet receive far belowthe Canadian average in funding.

The SSMU has focused on holding the new minister of education account­ able and has been working incessantly to fulfill the needs of McGill stu­ dents through meetings and action with the minister of education, the minister of finance and the provincial student lobby (la FEUQ).

Concurrently, the SSMU has also enjoyed a very successful lobby to the Federal Government through membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA).

In conjunction with this, I have been consistently representing the need of quality, accessible education for students at the Board of Governors, Senate andthe other administrative committees that I sit and work on.

Finally, I will be overseeing four major projects in services to benefit the students at McGill: A travel program to reduce the costs of attending McGill, a shuttle bus to ease access while at McGill, a small-business incubator to promote the ideas and self-reliance of students at McGill and a Winter exposition to highlight the achievements and successes of McGill students in all aspects of university life.

If you would like to participate in, run or suggest any project at the SSMU, or have any questions, please contact me at pres@ssmu.mcgill.ca or visit me in the Shatner building. SSMU Council is held every second Thursday at 6:00 pm, and the Presidential Affairs Committee is held every other Thursday at 5:30 pm. Both are inthe Shatner building.

Good luck and have a good Millennium.

VP Communications & Events The VP CE portfolio is a new one, created out of the old VP internal position. The portfolio covers a range of projects and initiatives from Frosh and BFTs, to the web page and the SSMU Handbook. The events side is fairly self-explanatory, covering most of the large SSMU happenings. Communications deals with the somewhat more ambitious issue of letting students know more about SSMU and cam­ pus life. So basically, I get to work with a lot of talented and dedicated people on a lot of interesting projects.

In addition to starting some great new events, my goal for this year is to make all events- be they SSMU or otherwise- better communicated to students across campus, as well as more accessible to all students. In terms of the communications side, during my term I aim to establish an efficient infra­ structure for SSMU and other student groups to communicate to students, as well as to institute an effective system for gaining student feedback on services and current issues.

M att Wyndowe ce@ ssm u.m cgill.ca 3 9 8 -6 7 9 9

CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES ■To promote communication between the society and its membership, utilizing a variety of media.

■To develop and implement a communications strategy for the SSMU Executive.

■To assist each individual Executive, where possible, in matters of communication.

• To coordinate and oversee the programming of activities and events in a manner not inconsistent with policies set out fromtime to time by council.

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To that end, several new projects were started under the VP CE portfolio this year. The new full-year DriveSafe program has driven home over 4,000 students this year, making McGill events safer and more accessible for those who don't live near campus. SSMU POST, a promotions service which takes care of postering and poster design for student groups, has had a resounding response, showing that there is a great need for such a service. The SSMU Events Listing, an increasingly comprehensive list of campus events published monthly in the Tribune, as well as online at ssmu.mcgill.ca/events.

Look forward to some more new initiatives coming up. First of all, Snow-AP, an open-air pub in a fully heated tent, January 10-14, 2000. A useful and fun frosh program for graduating students, entitled Graduating Student Program for Orientation and Training (GSPOT for short). On the communications side, look for more information on SSMU and student issues (not unlike this informative ad!), and more vehicles for you to give feedback, such as a student survey and an online current issues mes­ sage boards.

Let me preface the requisite "get involved” conclusion with a note: this portfolio has something for everybody. You can be interested in anything from graphic design, to CGI programming, to beer tunnel­ ing, and there’s something I’mworking on for you. That being said, if anything I said strikes you as the least bit interesting, drop me a line.

Andrew Tischler pres@ssmu.mcgill.ca 3 9 8 -6 8 0 1

CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES ■To be the chief officer of the Society; ■To ensure the long term integrity of the Society; • To be the spokesperson for the Society in a manner not inconsistent with policies set out by Council; ■To enforce the Constitution and By-laws of the Society; • To chair and coordinate the activities of the Executive Committee; • To call meetings and set the agenda for Council ■To co-ordinate relations between the Society and the administration of McGill University; ■To coordinate Society representation on University selection committees for senior administrators and University representatives; ■To ensure communication between the Society and the Board of Governors; • To attend meetings of the University Senate and Board of Governors; • To Develop external policies with the Vice President Community and Government Affairs; ■To reside in the Montreal area throughout the term in office.

WHO I WORK WITH Frosh Coordinators Jeff “JeffJoeJimbob” Heaton Nick "Nickolai” Reithmeier Una “Bomber” Roh Sylvia “Sly” Assaad DriveSafe Coordinators Samar Breitem Jeff MacDougall Meaghan Obee Anne Topolski Laurel VanBuskirk SSPN Shelina Jiwa (chair) Jay Antao Jen Cavasin Jon Feldman Dave Galpem Hugh Sturgess Jaime Stein Catherine Weiler Shirin Yeganegi Welcome Week Coordinator Victoria Lakers Athletics Marketing Coordinator Yousuf Aftab Webmasters Brent Charbeneau Cavan Huang SSMU Handbook Editors Sean Jordan Chris Selley

Mini Course Coordinators Dani Organ Sarah Rachlin POST Coordinators Megan Abel David Bledin Communications Commissioner Beth Cohen CE Committee Rahim Surani Sage Firman Yousuf Aftab Beth Cohen Blood Drive Coordinators Lily Chhatwal Alice Ma Danish Niamat Elections McGill Paul Ricker (CRO) Ben Davis (DRO) Bryan Lack (EC) Alex Bryson (EC) Winter Frosh Coordinators Angela Cavalluzzo Sarah Tremblay Snow-AP Coordinators Jay Antao (chair) Jesse Andrews Sylvia Assaad Karen Dickmann Jeff Heaton Eleanor Stewart GSPOT Coordintors TBA...

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CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES The Constitution states that the VP Community and Government Affairs is to lobby the governments of Canada, repre­ sent the positions and views of the SSMU to external bodies, and to initiate projects inthe McGill off campus community.

WHAT I HAVE DONE TO FULFIL MY MANDATE I have established and will to maintain excellent relations with the following groups: La FEUQ (Quebec Student Federation) • CEMM (Coalition of Montreal area Universities and Colleges) • Student Societies across Quebec and Canada • Millennium Scholarships Foundation ■ Numerous visits to the SSMU by many executives fromacross the country Lobbying I have continued to work with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) on the federal lobby. Furthermore, I serve as Board Director for the organization. This year we launched a national campaign presenting some of the most pressing concerns of stu­ dents today. I have had the opportunity to personally meet with numerous elected officials, Ministers such as Paul Martin, and other bureaucrats in Ottawa, to discuss issues such as funding for Universities in Canada, McGill’s situation vis a vis other Canadian Universities, Differential Tuition, and larger tax breaks for students.

At the provincial level differential tuition remains one of the SSMU's top priorities, so much so that we continue to sue them over the issue. To date, we have had the chance to meet and discuss with the elected official from both political party’s in Quebec, along with Cabinet Ministers. We also focus on the significant lack of funding facing Quebec Universities today. I have also participated in the Quebec youth Summit, and will continue to do so, in order to give McGill’s perspective on issues of education and student life to the Quebec Government.

Community Outreach This is an area which in the past has been somewhat neglected. For the past two years the SSMU has worked hard to remedy this.

Some of the initiatives that I have undertaken are as follows: ■Ensuring the continuity of the McGill Ghetto residents' Association, an organization dedicated in making the Ghetto not just a place to live, but a true home. One event organised bythe MGRAwill be a ghetto garage sale inthe spring of 2000.

■Creation of a Safety Commissioner, dedicated to the on and off campus safety needs of McGill students.

■In the process of creating the Anti-Poverty Action Centre of the SSMU, dedicated to the assisting those most needy in our community.

Where I am going There is still much to be done. While continuing to maintain the directives listed above, I plan to: ■Research and re-work all external policies which the SSMU has in order to present new policy alternatives which will benefit students ■Bring in more guest speakers • Place more emphasis on external media coverage of the SSMU and its activities

WHO I WORK WITH CSCOC (clubs and services committee of council) Mark Reich Yuja Kang Andres Friedman Clementine Riant Paris Jane Ng Claire Jennings Ismael Coulabili Ian Simmons Activities Day Coordinators Sam Ntomne Nick Brandon Culturefest Coordinators Sylvia Assad Sukaina Leadership Conference Coordinators Andria Samis Ashley Zarella Alcohol Awareness Committee Taken up by CSCOC

CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES • I amthe link between SSMU and its clubs, services and publications (SSMU currently funds over $100,000 to over 130 clubs, services and publications, with over 10,000 members!)

- 1communicate the policies and procedures of the Society, financial and otherwise, to the clubs services and publications.

• I meet with the officers of the Societies clubs, services, and publications to discuss their budget submissions.

• I provide activities, events, and support services to enhance the well being of the Societies clubs services and publications.

• I maintain relationships between the Society and indpendent student groups, not including Faculty Associations.

• I manage the use of the University Centre in conjunction with the general manager •I coordinate the physical development of the University Centre

-V P Clubs & Services The year has been extremely successful thus far. The renovations (phase 1) have gone forward and are to be complete in March 2000.

The new lounge looks spectacular! Many new clubs have been created while those inactive have been removed. Changes to the policy manual have gone forward to include a definition and guideline for independent student groups. More changes regarding clubs and services are also in the works. Currently I am working on setting up a “talk room" for stu­ dents, phase 2 planning and implementation, a new telephone system, Culturefest, Activities Night, Leadership conference and an appreciation night. Also on the table are the clubs audit and approval for new groups, constitutional realignment of clubs, negotiations regarding room space and rental, furniture planning for the lounges, the move to the Brown Building (the new building next to Shatner), a new alcohol awareness group, the list goes on.

WHO I WORK WITH Members of the Committee on Community and Government Affairs Chairperson: Dusty Okazaki Councillors: Jeremy Farrel Sheriff Abdou Solomon Gunapalan Clare Jennings Members at large: Carolyn Law Vitto Cheli Marc Flynn Danielle Lanteigne McGill Ghetto Residents' Association Director: Fred Sagel Members: Jasmine Byron Matylda Gamu Kathy Grace Lauren Head Tamana Kochar Jay Antao Amrit David Tobin Cable Zubair Chris Gratto External Volunteer Committee Many individuals!

Safety Commissioner: TBAvery soon

Samantha Gross clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca 3 9 8 -8 9 4 4

VP University Affairs •• I HAVE COMPLETED ■ Legislated MSF bursaries and Libraries Fund ■ Created the position of the Academic Research Coordinator ■ Lobbied for an improved orientation for first-year students ■ Helped strengthen the first-year student organization • Helped expand francophone resources on campus ■ Provided more resources for the francophone commissioner

Xavier Van Chau ua@ ssm u.m cgill.ca 3 9 8 -6 7 9 7

CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES Senate is the highest decision-making body of the University, which decides all policies and legislation with regards to our academic programs and anything relating to university activity. My constitutional mandate is to chair the student Senate Caucus with the implications that I will coordinate student representation to the University, and appoint and advise student representa­ tives. Additionally, I am responsible for ensuring commu­ nication between SSMU Council, the student senators, and all student members of university committees.

PEOPLE I WORK WITH Finance Committee Councilors Rich Retyi Sheriff Abdou Catherine Weiler AJ Silber Members-at-Large Sarah Rachlin Andres Friedman Heidi Smith Executive VP CS Sam Gross Financial Ethics Research Committee: Councilors Hugh Sturgess Dusty Okazaki Rich Retyi Research Advisors Jay Antao Charlotte Garden Vito Cheli Sam Kamhawi

I AM WORKING ON ■ Making Course Evaluation results accessible ■ Overseeing the smooth running of the ASEFfunds in the Work-Study Program ■ Organizing student lobby with the creation of new web-based infrastructures • Lobbying for an improved exam schedule ■ Increasing services provided by alumni ■ Distributing library improvement fund monies ■ Distributing MSF bursaries • Getting students to sit on Tenure Committees

UNIVERSITY BODIES • Senate - Academic Policy and Planning Committee • Planning and Priorities • University Admissions Committee • University Bookstore Committee • Committee on the Coordination of Student Services ■Honorary Degrees and Convocations Committee - Committee on Information Systems and Technology • Committee on Libraries • Committee on Physical Development - University Committee on Scholarships and Student Aid • Committee on Student Affairs - Committee on Student Discipline • Committee on Student Grievances

• Appeal Committee for Student Discipline and Grievances ■Advisory Council on the Charter of Student Rights ■Equity Committee ■Joint Senate Board Committee on Technology Transfer ■Nominating Committee ■Senate Steering •All ad hoc committees, subcommittees, workgroups, and boards that fall under the jurisdiction of any of the above -mentioned committees.

SSMU COMMITTEES • Student Senate Caucus • SSMU University Affairs Committee ■Library Improvement Fund Committee

I WILL COMPLETE ■ Implementing a Course Evaluations system to be effective as of September 2000 ■ Lobbying for a structure for internships in our academic programs • Creating a mentorship program • Improving the user-friendliness of the Course Calendar ■ Lobbying for value-added technical support for courses

VP Operations Well I’m pretty much half way through my term and although work on new projects has been limited, the work involved with completing long term projects started last year has been endless. The two biggest of these projects has been the Cold Beverage Agreement (CBA) and the transition to a new Food Service Company.

The CBA is the major exclusive agreement to be signed between the University and Coke (big deal- lots of money). I am working with various student groups to make sure that students get a piece of the action.

Things are proceeding smoothly, and at this point we have a draft internal agreement between student groups and hope to have it finalized in the upcoming weeks.

Food Services refers to the cafeterias across campus that SSMU runs along with faculty organizations. This requires daily attention as renovations are planned and completed across campus. The total transition will be completed next summer with the completion of a newcafé in Shatner.

Concerning the upcoming six months I have many things planned. On the more administrative (ie boring) side of the Student's Society I will be reviewing where our money is invested, reviewing staff salaries and developing a long term financial plan to name a few. On the operations side (ie less boring) I’m excited about investigating countless possibilities for the Shatner building and outside Shatner for new operations that should serve to enhance the student life at McGill. At the same time I hope to work more closely with our Gert’s and Sadies management to further develop those services.

With tha’t said, the upcoming six months plan to be pretty busy. If you ever have any questions about what is going on within the Student's Society’s operations or if you have suggestions for operations you’d like to see operated by your Students' Society, feel free to give me a call at 398-6802 or email me at operations@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

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CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES • Manage SSMU’s operatic, in Shatner (Gerts, Sadies, Caf, etc.)

■Manage SSMU’s operations outside Shatner and off-campus • Manage SSMU’s Health and Dental Plan • Provide input to the General Manager on staff initiatives • Oversee the management of technology within SSMU

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 November 1999

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B eyond th e g a y b a r scene; m e e tin g th a t so m eo n e special I f th e s ig h t o f b u f f , w e llo ile d m u s c le m e n , th e l a t e s t D iesel and H ilfig e r fashion, and c r a m p e d , s w e a ty s p a c e s m a k e you uncom fortable, you m ay not be a fan o f gay clubs. Y ou a re n ’t a lo n e in th is d is c o m f o r t. G ay clubs can be fairly overw helm ing places.

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Don't worry, Bobby McFerrin makes MSO, and audiences, happy B y A d a m B l in ic k

T h e re s h o u ld h a v e b e e n a notice attached to tickets for Bobby M cFerrin’s two night stint with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Be prepared to sing!

F o r th o se o f y ou w ho o nly rem em ber M cFerrin for his care­ free, a cappella hit, “D on’t W orry, Be H appy”, the proverbial surface has m erely been scratched. Since the recording of that song in 1988, M cFerrin’s voice has accompanied the likes o f jazz great Chick Corea and cello virtuoso Yo Yo Ma. M ost recently he has added conductor to his resum e, directing and singing w ith th e p r e s tig io u s S a in t P au l Cham ber Orchestra. Last Tuesday an d W ed n esd ay n ig h t, M o n trea l was treated to the musical versatili­ ty th a t has beco m e syno n y m o u s with the name.

As a result o f the continuing strike of Place des Arts em ployees, the event was m oved to the beauti­ ful, old Notre D am e Basilica in Old M ontreal. U nfortunately, as m ag­ n if ic e n t as th e lo c a tio n w a s, it lacked intimacy, which plagued the f ir s t tw o m o v e m e n ts o f th e e v e n in g ’s o p e n in g p ie c e , Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony.

W ith his graceful and expres­ sive conducting, M cFerrin regained the focus of the audience. His pres­ ence deconstructed most o f the pre­

tences often associated with classi­ A m e ric a n fo lk tu n e th a t w as entwined with an African melody. c a l m u s ic , c r e a tin g a r e la x e d M cFerrin continued his unique per­ atm osphere w here the exceptional formance by calling on the orches­ playing o f the M SO could be fully appreciated.

N ext on the bill was G ershw in’s “An A merican in Paris”, a w o rk th a t, in s o u n d , re s e m b le d the playfulness o f its c o n d u c to r . W h ile th e M S O m o v e d effortlessly through th e fun, fla v o u rfu l p ie c e , M c F e rrin c a p tiv a te d th e patrons with his ani­ m a ted m o v em en ts, his body em phasiz­ ing every forte and crescendo, pianissi­ mo and d e c re sc e n ­ do.

A s wonderful a conductor M cFerrin M cFerrin in O ld M o n tre a l has become over the last five years, it is still his voice tra and audience to assist him in the singing o f the Bach Prelude “Aria that defines his g ift to the m usic M aria” . W hile he sang the arpeggio w orld, and he did not disappoint.

W ith m ic ro p h o n e in h a n d , bass line, everyone else chanted the M cFerrin then delved into a m es­ melody, creating a beautiful, unify­ m erizin g , v e rsa tile p erfo rm an ce ing moment for all those present.

M c F e rr in m a in ta in e d th e that involved all in attendance. crow d participation creating songs H is “A c a p p e lla out some o f the audiences’ names.

Im provisations”, as it were called, H e th e n p ro v id e d a ja z z y -b lu e s c o v e re d all sty le s o f m u sic. H e bass w hile he directed the m asses b e g a n w ith a to n g u e - tw is tin g

in creating a head to the piece.

W hile w indingjlow n his spec­ ta c u la r “ s o lo ” p e rfo rm a n c e , he sa n g a so le m n , g o s p e l n u m b e r,

m o v in g th e a u d ie n c e to su c h s ile n c e th a t th e s o ft, b re a th y melody could be heard resonating well after it was completed.

H ig h lig h tin g th is tw e n ty minute vocal clinic was M cFerrin’s trem endously am using version o f The W izard o f Oz. In his rendition, M c F e rrin m a n ag e d to d ire c t the c r o w d ’s p a r tic ip a tio n , p r o v id e sound effects o f birds flying over­

head and an oncom ing vicious tor­ nado, dance like the Scarecrow, act lik e th e C o w a rd ly L io n , d ren ch him self with water, and even melt, all w h ile sin g in g se g ­ m e n ts o f p r a c tic a lly every num ber from the 1930’s A m erican clas­ sic. It c o n c lu d e d w ith McFerrin on the floor of the C h u rch ’s stage and th e rise o f p eo p le and applause, forcefully rec­ o g n izin g th is m ag n ifi­ ce n t d isp la y o f sh o w ­ manship.

A fter a b rief inter­ m is s io n , M c F e rrin r e tu r n e d , o n c e a g a in c o n d u c tin g th e M S O .

T he concert concluded with B izet’s Symphony in C M ajo r, an ap p ro ­ priate dénouem ent to a monumental evening.

It is always a plea­ sure to w atch som eone who defies the boundaries of a par­ ticular field, especially because this opportunity usually com es few and far between. Bobby M cFerrin pro­ v id e d su c h an e x p e r ie n c e on T u esd a y n ig h t, p e rfo rm in g w ith complete ease and style. It would be pretty safe to say, as the three e n c o re s in d ic a te d , th a t m o st in a tte n d a n c e re lish e d in w atch in g M cFerrin’s genius at work.

T y p e 0 N e g a tiv e P u m p u p t h e g lo o m a t S p e c tru m B y P eter K o v e n

Scott W eiland and his sm ack addiction; Fred Durst and his pure lack o f talent; Jonathan Davis and his reprehensible lyrics about how horrible it must be to be a rock star; C o u rtn ey L ove an d h er te rm in al PM S; Kid Rock and his vertically c h a lle n g e d , p r o fa n ity - s p e w in g sidekick Joe C — I’ve hated them all. A lot.

It w o u ld th e re fo re be q u ite lo g ic a l th a t I w o u ld h a te P e te r Steele, Type 0 N egative’s infamous b assist/singer. A fter all, this is a g u y w ho o n c e sh o w e d o f f h is , u m m , a s s e t in a 1995 is s u e o f Playgirl magazine. But, for whatev­ er reason, I d o n ’t. M aybe it’s his perpetual doom ed outlook on life or his absurdly black humor, but he brings something unique to Type 0 N eg a tiv e , w ho p erfo rm e d at the Spectrum last Tuesday.

T y pe O N e g a tiv e o rig in a lly form ed in Brooklyn follow ing the d e m is e o f S te e le ’s f ir s t b a n d Carnivore, a basic thrash metal out­ fit. T hey instantly brought som e­ thing distinctive to the heavy music genre, adding elements o f the Cure, P in k F lo y d , M in is tr y , a n d th e Beatles to their Black Sabbath-style cru n c h , th e r e s u lt b ein g a b an d w h ic h tr a n s c e n d s g e n re s an d appeals to a w ide variety o f fans,

fro m C rad le o f F ilth -ty p e m etal fans to hardcore Goths.

T h is is n o t e x a c tly o n e o f those bands you w ould define as “h a p p y .” G loom , D oom , D eath , Som e m ore gloom — that pretty much sums up Type O ’s outlook on life, which makes it even more sur-

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p risin g th a t th ey sc o re d a h it in 1993 w ith “ B lack N o. 1” o ff o f th e ir th ird album B loody K isses.

Their first two efforts, Slow Deep an d H ard an d th e a p p ro p ria te ly nam ed O rigin o f the F eces, were c o m m e rc ia l f a ilu re s . 1 9 9 6 ’s October Rust was a disappointment to m a n y fa n s because it treaded into less dep ress­ ing te rrito ry , b ut this y ear’s W orld C o m in g D ow n w as a r e tu r n to fo rm w ith i t ’ s num erous opuses o f gloom in c lu d ­ in g “ W h ite S l a v e r y , ” “Everyone I Love is D e a d ,” an d “Everything D ie s .” I f F atb o y S lim is m u sic to d a n c e to , b a b y , th is is m u sic to com mit suicide to.

It w a s, fo r this reason, almost com forting to see th a t S te e le lo se s none o f th is o u t­ look live. The per­ p e tu a l fro w n never left his face as Type 0

N e g a tiv e p lo w e d th ro u g h w h a t ironically turned out to be quite an e n te rta in in g set. T h ey p la y e d a n u m b er o f the b est track s o ff o f W o rld C o m in g D o w n , so m e o f th e ir stro n g er o ld e r m a terial, an e x c e lle n t B e a tle s m e d le y , an d saved “Black No. 1” for the encore.

Steele’s dark sense of humour was fully in place as well. For instance, the stage w as adorned w ith w hat ap p eared to be open can isters o f to x ic w aste. S teele also cra ck ed som e u n sm ilin g jo k e s ab o u t his own performance, and, to finish off his show, after offering his bass for free to the audience, quickly told them to “fuck o f f ’ and left. Lovely.

Still, if Steele had bothered to loosen that V ersace belt o f his a few notches, he m ight have been a b le to le a rn s o m e th in g fro m Puerto Rican openers Puya. Unlike T y p e 0, P u y a b ro u g h t p le n ty o f energy and fun into th eir p erfo r­ mance, playing a num ber o f tracks off o f their debut CD Fundamental, an interesting and distinctive mix o f m etal and salsa. D o n ’t expect T y p e 0 to ev er go dow n th e fun p ath th o u g h . N o n e th e le ss, if by som e m iracle Steele h asn ’t killed him self before Type 0 is due back in M o n tre a l, it w o u ld b e w o rth your while to forget about Steele’s Playgirl past and check him out in the flesh.

TRIB picks THREE MCGILL PLAYS OPEN THIS WEEK! T he N o s e

Based on the short story by Gogol, at M oyse Hall. $8, e xcept pay-w hat-you-can charity preview on Tuesday, Nov. 16, and 2 fo r 1 special at the door W ednesday, I Nov. 24. Phone: 398-6070.

Nov 17-20, 24-27, all shows at 8 pm.

T o p G irls

By C aryl C hurchill. At P layers’ T heatre. Student tickets, $6. Phone: 3986813.

Nov. 18-20, 23-27, all show s at 8pm.

M in n o w ’s M o o n

Presented by the Puppet Project at T N C (M orrice Hall). S tudent tickets, $6.

Phone: 398-6600.

Nov. 17-20,23-26, all show s at 8 pm.

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 November 1999

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Intrepid editors discuss Dogma, Catholicism and the spiritual plane

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Was this a good film?

Chris: This was a great movie, one o f the best of the year. Kevin Sm ith delivers a serious, brilliant message without turning the movie into a pretentious art house film.

Rhea: This movie was good in c o m p a ra is o n to th e u su a l f lu f f H ollyw ood churns out, but it was sorely lacking in the witty repartee that w e’ve come to know and love in other Kevin Sm ith films. Yet, Smith fans will find allusions to his p a s t film s in h is r e f e r e n c e s to Jersey, Skeeball and Dante Hicks.

How was the acting?

Chris: Jason M ewes and Kevin Smith are wonderful once again as Ja y as S ile n t B ob. T h o u g h it is doubtful that these actors can ever play any other characters, as they h a v e fo u n d th e ir n ic h e . M a tt D amon is surpsingly good, and Ben Affleck is horrible, until he evolves into the role he was bom to play— the arrogant asshole.

R h ea: T he h ig h lig h t o f th is film was definitely Jay and Silent B o b w h o ’ve h av e p e rfe c te d the stoner-turned-prophet schtick. But M att Damon playing the conflicted character who realizes the error o f his ways and becomes smarmy dogooder, sounds all too familiar.

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Will Catholics be pissed off?

Chris: This m ovie is hilarious.

Chris Rock delivers some incredi­ ble lines as the 13th apostle, and K evin Sm ith continues to deliver his tradem ark humor. References to “ K rush G ro o v e ,” p la c in g fallen a n g e ls in W isc o n sin , show th a t Kevin Sm ith hasn’t lost his touch as the best com edic film m aker of his generation.

R hea: T here w ere h ilario u s parts. W atch for the scene w here Jay and Bob becom e gang m em ­ bers. The overall feel o f the movie was definitely more o f a Mallratsstyle, com ic book, slap-stick vari­ ety w ithout the self-aw are irony.

Enough with the shit and fart jokes and bring on the salsa shark.

Chris: If it’s just the Catholics, S m ith w ill g e t o f f lu c k y .

Questioning and outright attacking the institution of the Church, cast­ ing a woman as God, and a laundry list of grievances, should make this m ovie protest-w orthy in the Bible

cide bombings, this film is nothing m ore than a different perspective on religion. It questions nothing, it re a ffirm s th a t th e re is a g o d , it affirms that Christianity is the only true religion. So if there is any pro­ testers they will have grossly m is­ interpreted this film.

C hris: 1. C lerk s, 2. C hasing Amy, 3. Dogma, 4. Mallrats.

R hea: 1. C lerk s, 2. C h asin g Amy, 3. M allrats, 4. Dogma

This movie raises issues of spiri­ tuality, which of you two is more spirital?

Why should I see this movie?

Chris: The movie raises some interesting questions about religion and faith in a m odern setting, it’s an insightful relevant film that will probably make you sm arter if you see it.

Rhea: It does raise some inter­ esting points, though, the making you sm arter part, obviously didn’t w o rk on m y w itle ss ch u m h ere.

Otherwise, go and see it for some S m ith-crafted dialogue w hich we see in fine form during D am o n ’s “A lice in W o n d e rlan d ” d iatrib e.

See it fo r the irre v e re n t take on Catholicism. See A ffleck rage with angel wings.

So if you were forced to rank the four Kevin Smith masterpieces where would “Dogma” lie?

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belt. It should make for some great P.R. Rhea: Sure, C atholics will be pissed off, but should that be any surprise from the man who raised th e r o o f w ith h is fre s h ta k e on everything from surburban life to sexual orientation? I think not.

Rhea: It’s not controversial for th e C a th o lic w h o is firm in his faith. So, G od’s a woman (Alanis seems to think so ), the 13th apostle is a smart-ass Chris Rock, the “last scion” is an abortion clinician and the prophets are drug-dealers— big d e a l? Is b la sp h e m y n e c e s s a rily som ething that m akes you think?

And, if you’re a firm Catholic, then one little fdm shouldn’t rock your world.

So it’s a controversial film?

C hris: N ot at all, for anyone whose faith doesn’t extend to sui­

Chris: W ell it would be hard to c la s s ify R h e a as s p iritu a l sin c e she’s as close to the devil as I’ve ever met. I suppose that I w ould have to be the m ore spiritual one because I w ent to M alaysia and I saw a Buddhist temple in Panang, therefore I understand the religion and am ready to join the hordes o f H o lly w o o d stars and p reten tio u s U niversity studies as a cacausian buddhist.

Rhea: C ertainly, Chris w ould think that visiting a tem ple w ould m ake him som e k ind o f new -age spiritualist. I am in tune with some sp iritu a l p la n es th a t C h ris c a n ’t even begin to imagine. And, Chris, here I need to quote Lisa Kudrow in T he O p p o site o f Sex, “I once w ent to a bar mitzvah, that doesn’t make me Jewish”. Think about it.

Nooch.

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 November 1999

T e e n y -b o p p e rs s h o w t h e ir lo v e fo r t h e B a c k s tre e t B oys up o n sta g e w ith th e B o y s fo r a so n g c a lle d “ T h e P e rfe c t F a n .”

L ittrell w rote the song using his M ost people ca n ’t im agine a m o th er as in sp iratio n an d it w as group big enough to sell out for a hard not to feel ju st a little m oved co n c ert at th e M o lso n C e n tre in as each group m em ber took a little ju s t a few hours. T hey underesti­ g irl’s h and and circled the stage m ate the buying pow er o f the m il­ singing to her. lions o f scream ing pre-teens (and T he BSB w ere accom panied th e ir p are n ts) in a lo v e fe st w ith by an e l e c tr i f y i n g b a n d th a t the B ackstreet Boys. in clu d ed a p articu larly g o o d sax The opener fo r la s t p lay er. T hey h ad a ch ance W e d n e s d a y n ig h t’s sh o w to show o ff before the show w as EYC (E x p re ss concluded as the Boys took Y o u r s e lf C l e a r ly ) . T h e a m om ent to introduce them three-boy band w as no sur­ a n d a ll th e d a n c e r s , w h o p ris e . T h ey w a n te d to be m u s t h a v e g o tte n a g re a t th e B a c k s tr e e t B o y s b u t w o rk o u t. T he d an cers also w ere only a sad im pression helped to hook up the Boys o f their popular idols, w ith for another round flying up ripped off dance m oves and a b o v e th e a u d ie n c e in th e form ulaic song lyrics. T he second h alf o f the concert. g ro u p ’s contrived attem pts “I W ant It T hat W ay,” to g et all th e 12 y ear-o ld s perhaps the m ost am biguous in th e au d ien ce to scream song o f the m illennium , was by rip p in g o ff th e ir sh irts the finale, a great choice, as and saying, “I w ant to give th e a u d ie n c e g o t to sin g you a kiss” w ere ju st plain M e e t the Millennium www. backstreetboys. com along at tim es. T his ended disturbing. th e n ig h t on an in c re d ib le T he m ediocre opening m ade high. ig n o re th e rin g in g in y o u r ea rs the atm osphere even m ore electric W ith all th e b o y b a n d s o u t long enough, you co uld h ear the as E Y C p r e p a r e d to le a v e th e scream ing from different parts o f there today, using EY C as an ugly s ta g e a n d e v e r y o n e k n e w w h o exam ple, it is difficult to look at w as next. T he BSB did not disap­ the M olson C entre as one o f the them all w ith a straight face. The point, flying in from one end o f boys w as show n solo on th e big B ackstreet Boys, how ever, put on screen. N ick C arter w as by far the th e s ta d iu m , s u s p e n d e d a b o u t m o st b elo v ed B a ck stre et B oy o f an am azing show. In betw een fly­ fo rty fe e t o v e r th e ir s c re a m in g ing o v er th e crow d, d an cin g for fans. The spectacular entrance set a ll. S o m e th in g a b o u t h is b lo n d ev e ry so n g an d se ttin g o ff f ire ­ hair and young face captured the the tone for the rest o f the show. w o rk s , it b e c a m e o b v io u s th a t hearts o f the m ajority o f the girls The m om ent the five god-like in th e c r o w d . B ria n “ B - R o k ” these boys w ere b om to entertain. f ig u r e s ’ f e e t h it th e s ta g e , th e T hey d eliv ered ch ills an d th rills L ittre ll and A. J. M c L e an w ere n ig h t to o k o f f as th e s ta d iu m for tw o hours and it’s safe to say shook w ith the shrill cries o f pre­ c lo se c o m p e tito rs in th e te e n y ev ery o n e w ho w ent, cam e hom e adolescent fans. T hey kick ed o ff bopper scream fest. still hum m ing BSB tunes to them ­ F o r th e f ir s t h o u r th e b o y s the show with an energetic perfor­ selves and dancing in the mirror. sang m ostly from the M illennium m ance o f “L arger Than L ife,” the album , but it w as w hen they snuck r e c e n t h it s in g l e o f f th e n e w in their older hits from their selfM illen n iu m album . T h e very air title d album from 1997 th a t the th e a u d ie n c e b r e a th e d w a s p la c e r e a lly s e e m e d to s h a k e . charged w ith an energy so intense E v e r y o n e k n e w th e w o rd s to it was difficult, if not im possible, “Q u it P lay in g G am es (W ith M y to b e c o m e o n e w ith th e m o b .

H eart)” and “G et D ow n.”

T h ese five m en are w o rshipped, T he highlight o f the evening no question. was during an interlude when five W ith a p e n t a g o n - s h a p e d m o th e r and d au g h te r d u o s w ere stage set up in th e cen tre o f the chosen from the audience to com e stadium , no part o f the audience was neglected as each o f the BSB u sually faced one side, and they sw itched often so th a t every girl got to see her h eartth ro b sing to her at least one fifth o f the tim e.

K evin Richardson was sporting an in ju re d sh o u ld e r, h o w e v e r, an d was left out o f m any dance num ­ bers.

E ach o f th e b o y s h ad th e ir ow n fan club present. If you could

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Last week's concert at the Cabaret show cased a couple o f the bright­ est. R on S e x sm ith w as in to w n M onday for the second time in less th an a year; he p la y ed th e sam e venue last May. T h is tim e he b ro u g h t alo n g risin g star E m m G ry n er. G ry n er h as ju s t re le a se d h e r th ird fu lllength album Science Fair, the fol­ low up to P ublic, w hich featured the radio-friendly "Sum m erlong."

G ryner recorded Science Fair inde­ pendently after splitting from her m ajo r label. She ap p reciated the monetary support the label provid­ ed (e n a b lin g h e r to to u r a c ro ss N orth A m erica) b ut felt she was being poorly prom oted. H er new album is faring well so far, having h it th e n u m b e r f o u r sp o t on Canada's cam pus radio charts last month.

G ryner kicked her set off with “Southern Dream er” from the new album and p ro ceed ed to g iv e an a n im a te d p e rfo rm a n c e th a t w as well received by the crowd. After p la y in g fo r f o rty - f iv e m in u te s, G ryner exited w ith a rem inder to w a tc h fo r h e r w h e n sh e c o m es b a c k to M o n tre a l as a b a c k -u p singer for David Bowie.

R on S exsm ith th en to o k the stage along with his back-up m usi­ c ia n s : tw o m e m b e rs o f th e R h e o s ta tic s , D o n K e rr (d ru m s, cello) and Tim Vesely (bass, accor­ dion). Both have been touring with Sexsm ith for q u ite a w hile now , giving them enough experience to really com e to g eth er as a group.

They began with "Seem to Recall" off his latest album Whereabouts.

S ex sm ith 's m elodious g u itar and tight, w ell-crafted songs kept the near capacity crow d delighted

thro u g h o u t the show . C o nstantly switching between his electric and aco u stic g u itar, he play ed se lec­ tio n s sp an n in g all o f his album s including "Strawberry Blonde," "In a F la s h ," " S p e a k in g w ith th e Angel," and "Secret Heart" (a song Rod Stew art has covered, though S ex sm ith finds his version "a b it u n in s p ire d " ). H e to o k re q u e s ts shouted out during the show and jo k e d : "I d id n 't k n o w I h ad so many hits!"

O ne o f th e h ig h lig h ts o f the show was when Sexsm ith took to G ry n er's key b o ard for tw o piano songs. One o f which was Leonard C ohen's "Hey, T hat's No W ay to S ay G o o d -b y e " — "A r e a l Montreal song,” as he described it.

He said afterwards that he likes to put some Canadiana in every show, w hether it’s Cohen, Joni Mitchell, G ordon L ig h tfo o t, or even A nne M urray. As one o f the final songs o f th e n ig h t, h e p e rfo rm e d "Snowbird," a song he feels many Canadians take for granted.

Sexsmith says he likes playing M ontreal and clearly the audience liked having him, but he probably w o n ’t b e b a c k u n til a f te r n e x t spring. A new album is likely to be r e le a s e d at th a t tim e s in c e h e already has the new songs written.

He also mentioned that he has been try in g to re -re le a s e h is o rig in a l independent cassette called G rand O pera L ane. L abel com m itm ents have been h in d erin g the p ro cess b u t it sh o u ld so o n b e a v a ila b le (possibly over the Internet).

W hen all was said and done, Sexsmith had played an impressive tw enty-five songs over two hours, capping the night with an excellent rendition o f "Riverbed." Hey Ron, that’s a great way to say good-bye, but come back soon.

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M a rin e 's a lte r n a te r e a lity ta k e s H a m le t in a n e w d ire c tio n C o n tin u e d from p a g e 7 H o w e v e r a b s tra c t, th is fix a tio n upon an a lte rn a tiv e re a lity , one u n fe tte re d by th e c o n s tra in ts o f consciousness, all o f his theatrical co m p o sitions. In a recent article published in Jeu, M arine explains that this alternate reality gestures tow ards a type o f realism that illu­ m inates the grotesque underbelly o f civ iliz atio n . In his v ersion o f Ham let, these physical and sexual appetites em erge in the very first im age o f a banquet table at w hich th e m a in c h a r a c te r s g o rg e o n fu n e ra l m e a ts, an im a g e w h ic h su g g ests the consu m p tio n o f the dead body o f the m urdered king.

S o o n , w e se e H a m le t an d O phelia disappear under the table fo r a s e x u a l r e n d e z v o u s w h ile G ertrude and Claudius engage in a bizarre sexual ritual on the table top.

A re these im ages the progeny o f a b a r b a ric th e a tr ic a l m in d ?

P e rh a p s . H o w e v e r, ju d g in g by M a r in e ’ s c o m m e n ts in r e c e n t interview s, it seems that this misee n -s c e n e h a s b e e n d e v is e d n o t only to push realism to its insup­ portable lim its, but also to put for­ w ard a m odel o f aesthetic ‘beau­ ty ’• A ccording to M arine, his the­ atre presents “the conflict between external, visible beauty and inter­ n al, in v is ib le b ea u ty w h ich lie s betw een art and artifice.” [transla­

tio n ] T h is c o n c e p t o f b e a u ty , w hich p riv ile g es th e u n seen and m acabre elem ents o f hum an exis­ tence, seem s coin cid en t w ith the w orks o f G erm an expressionists or even early Sym bolist poets such as C h a rle s B a u d e la ire . W h ile th is appeal to beauty m ight seem lofty a n d tra n s c e n d e n ta lis t, M a rin e ’s understanding o f beauty is always tie d to th e m a te ria l. H is w o rk s stress the palpable sensuality and physicality o f m oving bodies. This concept o f finding ‘beauty’ within an alternate reality also speaks to many o f the im ages we see in con­ tem porary films. A m erican Beauty is one ex am p le, as it p o rtra y s a p h ilo s o p h e r - t y p e te e n , w h o hungers for a glim pse o f the reali­ ty that lies behind the surface o f such objects as bags flying in the w ind and corpses.

T h e m o s t u n iq u e f a c e t o f M arine’s notion o f beauty is that o f its connection with theatricality.

For M arine, the theatre em bodies this idea o f beauty par excellence since theatre is alw ays a displace­ m ent o f reality. It reveals the gap betw een that w hich exists and that w hich is represented. In M arine’s H a m le t, th e a tr e e m e rg e s as an alternate dim ension o f experience becaus he places Y orick, H am let’s c o u rt je ste r, at th e c e n te r o f the play. Essentially, the events in this tra g ic sto ry are re v e a le d as th e p r o d u c t o f Y o r i c k ’s th e a tr ic a l

im agination. M arine’s characters a re m e re ly m a rio n e tte s , w h ic h Y orick m an ip u lates for dram atic effect. Y orick stealthily m oves in an d o u t o f e a c h sc e n e , p la y in g s u c h c h a r a c te r s as th e K in g ’ s ghost and the Player in C laudius’ court. “T he M urder o f G onzago” (th e p la y w ith in th e p la y ) b e s t a r ti c u la te s th e s e id e a s on g ro te sq u e b e a u ty an d th e a tric a l artifice. Y orick-as-Player o rches­ trates a p u p p et show in w hich a K in g an d Q u een c o p u la te in an an im alistic an d e x p lic it fash io n .

M o reo v e r, in the p ro ce ss o f the p u p p e t s ’ g r a p h ic se x a c t, th e Players bicker about the accuracy o f their representation.

W hat em erges from M arine’s w o rk s , is an in v ita tio n in to an u n p r e d ic ta b le th e a tr ic a l s p a c e w h ere th e lin e s b etw e en re a lity and artific e b lu r, en v elo p in g the audience in a secondary reality in w h ich a p p e aran c es are lik ely to shift at any moment.

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R e d m e n fa il to p la y fu ll g a m e a n d fa ll tw ic e o n w e e k e n d McGill starts regular season 0-2 after losing games late to Queen's and Ryerson

By C hristian Lander You couldn’t pick a better rival to open up a season against. The Q ueen’s G olden Gaels, longstand­ ing bitter rival of the Redmen, came to town on Friday night to open up the QSSF-OUA basketball season.

The game started out as one of the most memorable in recent years.

T he gam e started o ff w ith strong d e fe n c e on bo th en d s, a la ck o f scoring, and som e g reat passing.

T he m ost interesting stat was the fact that it took Q ueen’s eight min­ utes of game time to score their first fie ld g o a l. U n fo rtu n a te ly , th e Redmen didn’t use those eight min­ utes to rack up points and the Gaels had regained the lead by 8:43.

“It’s not easy to blow things open when you aren’t scoring,” said R ed m en fo rw a rd M ark R aw as.

“Eight minutes o f solid defence is encouraging, but we really need our offense to come together.”

The gritty defence and lacklus­ ter offence continued for the rest of the first, McGill went into halftime trailing 26-22, but were still right in the game.

The second h alf saw changes fro m b o th te a m s . T h e R ed m en began to acquire a scoring touch, and even had enough confidence to attem pt an alley-oop from Hidesh Bhardwaj to Rawas.

T h e play m issed and R aw as w as assessed a technical foul for hanging on the rim. Queen’s decid­

B rady M u rp h y drives to the b asket ag ain st n a tio n a lly ra n k e d Ryerson

ed to bring out th e ir th ree po in t game in the second half. By the end of the half, the confident Gaels had nailed nine three pointers, and shot at a 42.9 per cent clip. The Redmen c o n v e rs e ly sh o t 0 -fo r-7 fro m beyond the arc.

“We don’t try to match teams on th r e e s ,” s a id M c G ill’s A ri H unter after the game. “It w asn’t th e m o st f ru s tra tin g p a r t o f th e game, what killed us was our shots not falling.”

In any case, th e th re e -p o in t game helped to keep Queen’s in the game against the Redmen who were consistently scoring baskets in the paint. But with about four minutes left to go, the baskets stopped com­ in g an d th e m o m e n tu m s h ifte d toward Q ueen’s, who were able to sin k la te fre e th ro w s to ic e th e game.

“W e lost this game in the last th ree m in u te s,” said R aw as who sco red six teen in th e loss. “W e

couldn’t put the ball in the hoop, we came unglued. The score is not reflective o f the g am e, it w as a lo t closer than that. It’s disappointing to lose your o p en e r.

E specially since we k n o w w e can b e a t this team, we can go there and Beat them, we ju st have to play forty minutes instead of thirty seven.”

M c G ill w as given the ch ance to m ake good on th eir m is ta k e s w ith a matchup against sev­ enth ranked Ryerson on Saturday.

The game start­ ed out w ell enough fo r th e R e d m e n .

They were making Patrick Fokt good on the promis­ es from the night before. They were playing tougher defence, they were handling the ball as w ell as they have all season, and they were scor­ ing. All of this was m ade all the m ore im p ressiv e since th e Ram s were running a press defence early in the game.

A bad omen for the game came at about the m idw ay po in t in the half. M cGill was caught travelling on three consecutive possessions.

M istakes like that cannot be made

ag a in st a ranked team , but som e g reat play from R aw as, F red eric Bernard, and Nick Edkins helped to give the Redmen a 34-27 lead at the half.

A fter five m inutes in the sec­ ond, the Redmen were still holding a stro n g lead th a t lo o k e d to g et s tr o n g e r a f te r B e rn a rd m ad e a layup, drew the foul and hit the free throw. Then, the team began to fall a p a rt a g a in . T h o u g h in s te a d o f doing it with three minutes left like they did against Queen's, they did it with ten minutes remaining in this game.

H itting some key shots dow n low, and winning the battle of the boards were big factors in the Rams w in , b u t a g a in it w as th e o th e r team's ability to hit three point shots that hurt the Redmen.

“The three is a tough thing to sto p fo r a d e f e n c e ,” sa id R am s guard Sam G ilbert, who w ent 3-3 from the arc. “T here is n ’t much you can do about it, if the team can shoot it they’ll shoot it, and you just have to hope they miss.”

The Redmen showed that they can compete against a top ten team, for 3/4 of a game, and a bitter rival for 38/40 of game. Once this team can finish as strong as they start they will start winning games, and winning big. The talent is there, the effort is there, all that’s missing is the stamina.

M a r tle ts s tu m b le o u t o f th e g a te w ith tw o losses Women's team still looks shaky after weekend against ranked Queen's and Ryerson

By C hristian Lander T he M cG ill M artlets p resea­ son losing streak spilled over into league play this weekend dropping b o th g a m e s to Q u e e n ’s an d Ryerson.

The game against Q ueen’s was an especially big test for this young basketball team as they w ould be g o in g up a g a in s t a n a tio n a lly ranked team.

“Playing a top team is the best thing for us. If you play the best and play them hard, you get better as a team,” said coach Lisen Moore after the game. “I ’d rather play the best every week and just keep get­ ting stronger and stronger.”

The disparity between ranked and unranked becam e evident early in the gam e as the G olden G aels were able to score at will and just lo o k e d m o re p o lis h e d th a n th e M a rtle ts. T he g am e w as e p ito ­ mized at one point, when Q ueen’s point guard D eanah Shelly lobbed a high pass into the key and team ­ m ate E rin C ressm an drove to the basket and inexplicably drew a use­ less foul.

“T h eir la n e p en e tratio n w as g reat to n ig h t,” said guard Jen de Leeuw . “W e ju s t did n ’t execute, w ell, d id n ’t box out, and we ju st couldn’t stop their drive.”

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an improvement for the Martlets, as th e ir troubles w ith p ain t defence got even worse. Except this tim e r a th e r th a n h a v in g Q u e e n 's b ig p la y e r s s c o re , S h e lly a n d th e gu ard s w ere able to slash to the basket seemingly at will and draw fouls.

“We sent them to the line with bad defence,” said first year guard Cheeka Mitchell. “W e have to stop d r ib b le p e n e tr a tio n lik e th a t.

Num ber six (Shelly) took it to the basket too many times. W e need a tougher defence if w e ever w ant to beat this team.”

W ith a 58-48 loss behind them th e M a rtle ts lo o k e d to im p ro v e a g a in s t th e R y e rs o n R a m s on S a tu rd a y . A t C u rrie G y m , th e Rams had never won a gam e in a series that dates all the way back to 1979.

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back and forth basketball, and though Ryerson start­ ed to press late in the first, the M artlets w ent into half tim e trailin g 33-31. The g am e w o u ld s ti ll- h a v e b e e n in h a n d if th e M a rtlets co u ld h av e ju s t sustained their play.

Then it happened. At ju s t u n d er the se v en te en m in u te m ark , M a rtlet de L e e u w a n d th e R a m s' C a th y T a y lo r b o th w en t after a lo o se ball. Som e pu sh in g ensu ed , and that q u ic k ly e s c a la te d in to a b o ilin g o v er o f tem p ers.

T he m ost vicious h it was n o th in g m o re th a n a leg g ra b , b u t th e r e f e r e e s view ed it as fighting and ejected both players. “ T h e tw o p la y e rs Patrick Fok w e re d iq u a lif ie d fo r wrestling after a whistle for a jum p b a ll,” w as the o ffic ia l statem en t given by the referee after the game.

“It w as en tirely the o fficials fault that the fight broke out,” said R yerson coach Sandra Pothier. “I th in k the officials lo st control of the game. They allowed a lot o f hit­ ting, clutching and grabbing; it was u g ly . T h e y n e e d to c a ll th e s e things. People w ere g etting fru s­ trated, and that’s w hen the officials

have to take control.”

W hen de L eeuw w as ejected she had scored six p oints, pulled dow n five boards, and dished out th ree assists. H er p rese n ce w as clearly missed, and though Cynthia Santamaria and A lison Schafer did a n o b le jo b in h e r a b se n c e , the M artlets could only put up fourteen second half points.

On the other side o f the ball, R y e rs o n lo s t tw o r e b o u n d s , an assist, and a steal in Taylor. They th riv ed in th e seco n d h a lf u nder M iru n a M u lle r, w h o p u t up 27 points in the 64-45 victory. “ W e ’re c o m in g to g e th e r ,” replied M itchell when asked if the M artlets were ready for the regular season. “W e should be playing at our best now, we should be there, but w e’re going to be there soon.”

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 16 November 1999

R e d m e n c o n tin u e to p ro v e th e y a re t h e " re a l d e a l" McGill beats Concordia 5-2 in hockey and then proceedes to beat down Stinger players in brawl

By J ennifer Lorentz W henever the Redm en hock­ e y te a m p la y s th e C o n c o r d ia Stingers, a lot o f penalties can be e x p e c te d . A fte r a ll, a p h y s ic a l gam e is the S tingers’ style. In the gam e that took place Friday at the L o y o la a re n a , p e n a lty m in u te s abounded w ith 78 in total handed out, plus tw o gam e m isconducts.

A ccording to R edm en goalie L uc V aillancourt, a lot o f it has tot do w ith C oncordia’s size. “I think t h a t ’s g r e a t f o r m e b e c a u s e it gives m e m ore m otivation, W hen you have big guys in front o f you, they alw ays screen shots and you have to w ork dow n low and try to see the puck as m uch as you can.

So, it’s a challenge to play against a big team like this.” “ W e h a v e to p la y to o u r strength, w hich is speed, and w e have to be p ersisten t and re le n t­ le ss," c o m m e n te d c o a c h M a rtin R aym ond w hen asked about C oncordia's physical play. "Even though they bang us and hit us, we

ju s t h av e to m ake su re w e keep going. W hen w e do that and our goaltender plays well, that usually gives good results.”

V aillancourt rose to the occa­ sion as he helped lead the Redm en to a 5-2 victory to break their tw o gam e losing streak.

D ave G ourde posted the first g o al o f th e g am e ju s t o v e r fo u r m inutes into the first period. The goal, assisted by M athieu D arche an d D av id B u rg ess, w as sc o re d 29 seconds into the R edm en’s sec­ ond pow er play o f the night.

C o n c o rd ia an sw e re d a little o v e r tw o m in u tes la te r, w ith an e v e n -stren g th goal. V aillan c o u rt cam e far out o f the net and m ade a p a d sa v e on th e f ir s t s h o t, b u t allow ed a rebound, w hich Stinger F r é d é r ic L e v a c s tu f f e d r ig h t behind him into the net.

T he R edm en w ould get their chance to take the lead w hen the S tin g e rs, p la y in g th e ir p h y sic a l g a m e , w e re a w a rd e d a n o th e r po w er play ju s t o v er seven m in ­ utes in to the period. E xactly one

m in u te later, G o u rd e, w ho drew the penalty, redirected a puck shot

by B urgess and stuffed it through the five-hole.

L ater in the period, M cG ill's M ic h e l D u p o n t d e c id e d to p lay th e S t i n g e r s ’ g a m e . H e c r o s s checked one o f C oncordia’s play­ ers so hard into the glass that the Stinger crum bled to the ice like a rag doll. It w as clear that the bad blood w as running high.

B oth team s w ere held score­ le ss th ro u g h th e firs t se v e n te e n m inutes o f play in the second peri­ od, despite m ultiple p o w er plays fo r b o th te a m s .

O ne of C oncordia’s players finally broke th e sc o rin g d ro u g h t w ith a sh o t from a sharp angle ju st to the right o f th e net. V a illa n c o u rt d ove to m ake the save, and the puck w ent right o ver him and hit ju st inside the left post.

T h e r e l a t i v e l y c a lm p la y w ould com e to an end as the horn sounded at the end o f the period, w h en R ed m en S co tt G iro u x and S tin g e r M a u ro D iP a o lo b e g a n

fighting.

E ach w as assessed a five m in u te f i g h t ­ in g p e n a lty and a gam e m is c o n d u c t.

D iP a o lo w a s a lso h a n d e d a tw o m in u te r o u g h i n g penalty.

T h r e e m inutes and 18 s e c o n d s in to th e fin a l p e r i­ od, M a rc A n d r é B l o nd ea u b lo c k e d G re g D av is’ shot on n e t, b u t th e re b o u n d tric k ­ led b ack w ard s in to th e g o a l, g iv in g th e R ed m en a 4 -2 lead.

H o w e v e r, Patrick Fok Redm en a re the kings o f Quebec ju s t u n d er h a lf a m inute later, the Stingers w ent p r e p a re n o w , to p r a c tic e so m e on the pow er play. The R edm en's things that w e hav en ’t practiced in a w h ile ," a d d e d R a y m o n d a fte r p e n a l t y - k i l l i n g r e s p o n d e d as th e gam e. "W e’ve b een p lay in g , M a th ie u D a rc h e s e n t th e p u c k playing, playing, and you w ind up sailing into the back o f the net to not practicing and getting into bad tally a short h anded goal a m ere habits.” six seconds into the penalty.

O n W e d n e s d a y in T ro is A fter D arche netted the fifth R iv ières, the R ed m en fell 6-3 to and final R edm en goal, the gam e the U Q T R P atriotes, d esp ite outw as out o f reach for the Stingers, s h o o tin g th e h o s t te a m 4 2 -3 4 . w hich probably changed their atti­ S co rin g fo r M c G ill w ere B en o it tude from bad to worse.

R ajo tte, S tép h an e D ucharm e and W ith a little less th an th ree n e w c o m e r M ic h e l D u p o n t. m in u tes le ft in th e th ird p erio d , R e d m e n g o a lie B e n o it M e n a rd th e g am e m e tam o rp h o size d in to suffered a first degree concussion an o n -ic e v e rs io n o f th e W o rld in the gam e, b ut is expected back W restlin g F ed eratio n . A ll o f thé f o r th is F r id a y 's g a m e a g a in s t p la y e r s o n th e ic e , e x c e p t th e Ryerson. goalies, grouped together and got in to e a c h o t h e r ’s f a c e s . F ro m there, six o f them got into fights.

O thers still, brought a halt to their altercation at ice level, as did S téphane D ucharm e, w ho pinned one o f the Stingers. A total o f 28 penalty m inutes w ere doled out as a result o f the ruckus.

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R e d m e n fo u r th a t so ccer n a tio n a ls

M a r tle ts so ccer s h o rt o f m e d a l McGill women finish fourth at national championships at Waterloo

tim e, w ith the G olden Bears hand­ in g th e R e d m e n a 3 -0 lo s s .

A lberta scored in the 16th minute, A f te r s te a d ily im p r o v in g and after a costly ow n goal into th ro u g h o u t the year, th e M cG ill th e R e d m e n n e t in th e 6 3 rd R edm en w ere looking to capture m in u te , M c G i ll’ s g o ld m e d a l their second National title in three ch a n ce s w ere p retty m uch done y e a rs la st w ee k en d in V ic to ria . in. The loss w as m ore costly con­ Setbacks in a few gam es left the sidering starters Forsyth and Rob in fourth place.

B a ir d w e re knocked out o f th e g a m e w ith co n c u s­ sions.

I n Sunday’s gam e b ro n ze m ed al g am e, th e R e d m e n w e re th e n q u a s h e d 4 -0 b y th e h o s t Victoria V i k e s .

V ictoria ben ­ e f i t e d fro m an early goal in th e f if th m in u te , an d a n o th e r o n e Patrick Fok Redm en h ave to w a it u n til n e x t y e a r ju s t b efo re the end o f the first half to kill M cG ill’s chances. The T h in g s lo o k ed g o o d fo r the R edm en cam e out strong to start R edm en on T hursday, as they beat th e seco n d h a lf an d d o m in a te d , the sixth ranked C arleton R avens but V ictoria to o k advantage o f a 1-0. They got on the board early dropped ball from M cG ill keeper in the 13th minute, w hen M athieu E d d y Z u p p e l to sc o re th e th ird H a rd in g re c e iv e d a c o rn e r k ic k from Justin Student and buried it goal.

“The score w asn ’t indicative to give the R edm en the lead.

U n d e r th e c o n s ta n t d o w n ­ o f th e p la y t o d a y , ” s a id R a im o n d o . “ T h e re j u s t w a s n ’t p o u r, th e te am s p la y ed a ro u g h enough gas left in the tank for us m atch w ith C arleton being handed to w in.” four yellow cards and a red card.

In likely his final gam e as a K e e p e r Ja so n F o rsy th p la y e d a R e d m e n , Q u e b e c le a g u e M V P strong gam e to extend his M cGill R e h a n A li w a s c h o s e n as record shutout total to 22.

M c G i ll’ s p la y e r o f th e g a m e . “ I ’m h a p p y to c o m e a w a y M athieu H arding and G uy A nabaw ith th is w in u n d e r such to u g h A naba w ere nam ed to the tourna­ c i r c u m s ta n c e s ,” s a id M c G ill m ent all-star team. coach Pat Raim ondo, w ho singled In a re m a tc h o f la s t y e a r ’s o u t th e stro n g p e rfo rm a n c e s o f M o ls o n S ta d iu m C IA U f in a ls , Forsyth and forw ard G uy A nabaW estern d efeated A lb erta 1-0 to Anaba.

The R edm en then squared off c a p tu re th e g o ld m e d al fo r th e second year in a row. a g a in s t A lb e rta , th e sa m e te am th a t e lim in a te d th e m fro m la s t y ear’s tournam ent at M cGill. The r e s u lt w as m u c h th e sa m e th is

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T h is w e e k e n d in W a te rlo o , the M cGill M artlets w ere looking to cap o ff a great season by attain­ in g th e ir u ltim a te g o a l fo r th is year, to finish w ith a m edal at th e C IA U N a tio n a ls .

H o w ev er, som e bad bounces resulted in a disap­ pointing fourth place finish.

T h e M a r t l e t s ’ f ir s t g am e on T h u rsd a y v ersu s D a lh o u sie w as e s p e c ia lly huge, considering the. w in­ n e r w o u ld m o s t lik e ly advance to the gold m edal game.

“W e com pletely dom i­ n a te d th e m a tc h , “ s a id M c G ill coach M a rc M o u n ic o t.

“W e ju s t w e r e n ’t a b le to s c o re . It w as a to u g h lo ss, an d w e d e f in i te ly p la y e d w e ll enough to win today.”

T h e tu r n in g p o in t in M artle ts com e up short the gam e cam e w ith ju st 13 ever M elam ed started o ff the final m in u te s le f t , w h e n M a r tle ts h a lf w ith her second goal o f the defender Julia Scrase, the Quebec g a m e . M c G ill k e e p e r J e s s ic a League M V P, was tackled hard in the M artlets zone. She suffered a W hite m ade a couple o f difficult stops to preserve the win. h ip in ju ry and h ad to le a v e the g a m e . O n th e e n s u in g p la y , In the bronze-m edal gam e on Sunday, the M artlets faced anoth­ D a lh o u s ie to o k a d v a n ta g e an d er hostile crow d, as they squared scored th e g am e’s first goal and o ff against G ryphons from nearby eventually w on 2-0.

T h e M artlets th en faced the G uelph U niversity.

O nce again the M artlets dom ­ h o st L a u rie r G o ld e n H aw k s on inated play, b ut had trouble find­ Saturday for the right to advance ing the net. A fter 120 m inutes of to the b ro n ze m edal m atch , and s c o re le s s p la y , th e te a m s w e re pulled out a convincing 2-0 win.

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“W e h a d a m a z in g c h a n c e s, w e o u tsh o t th em aro u n d 2 0 -2 ,” said M o unicot. “O nce again, w e ju st couldn’t score.”

M e la m e d , S o p h ie L ab ro m , L isa D util and Carly D ean scored in the first ro u n d o f p en a lties, b u t J u li a S c r a s e w a s stopped, and G uelph also m ark ed on fo u r o f th eir f iv e c h a n c e s . A f te r A la n n a M a lo n e y a n d G u e lp h ’s six th s h o o te r b o th s c o re d , K a th e rin e M c K in le y m is s e d j u s t w ide, and G uelph goalie R ita Basso scored to give the G ryphons bronze.

M e la m e d , w ho sco red h er 27th g o al o f th e seaso n in th e sh o o to u t to b re a k J u lia M aughan’s single season M c G ill r e c o r d , a n d Patrick Fok L ab ro m w ere n am ed to th e to u r n e y a l l- s ta r te a m , a n d M cG ill w on th e F air P lay aw ard as w ell. D alh o u sie w on the g old m e d a l w ith a 2 -0 w in o v e r Alberta.

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1 9 9 9 -2 0 0 0 N B A p re v ie w : W e s t s id e is s till t h e b e s t s id e team if this squad is to m ake the playoffs.

A fter being em barrassed by a faster and m ore ath eletic K nicks The d e f e n d in g E a s te r n team in the 1999 playoffs, Atlanta C o n fe re n c e c h a m p s , T h e New York Knicks, will have.to prove H aw k s’ GM P ete B abcock sent that last season’s miraculous run to : good citizen, but slow -fooled. SG S te v e S m ith to P o rtla n d fo r the th e F in a ls w as n o flu k e . W ith enigm atic behaviorally-challenged Patrick Ewing sidelined till January Isaiah Rider and Jim Jackson, who with continued pain in his achillos. bring a boost of energy of athleti­ L atrell S prew ell, M arcus C am by cism to this team. an d A llan H o u sto n w ill have to T h e C lev ela n d C a v a lie r s’ carry the team till th e B ig F ef|§ J 1 offence is centered around its only returns. * le g it sta r, S haw n K em p. S om e In M iam i, c o a c h /G M P a t m istak e-free b ask etb a ll sh o u ld ■ R iley has d ecid ed to give it one h e lp f ir s t- y e a r c o a c h R ic k . more shot with his core o f Alonzo W ittm an to have him self a v M o u r n in g , T im H a rd a w a y , and Damai M ashbum. The H eat’s regu­ playoff team.

B a ttlin g th e lar season success has resulted in Magic for the cellar . ea rly p la y o ff e x its th e p a s t few o f th e E ast w ill years. If they don’t make a serious p la y o ff run th is seaso n look fo r be th e once^ p ro u d C h ic a g o 11 R iley to w ipe the slate clean and B u lls. W ith th e ir start again. rebuilding process underw ay, and P h ila d e lp h ia ’s ta n d e m o f fu tu re c o rn e rs to n e E lto n B ran d A llen Iverson and L arry H ughes, the self-titled Flight Brothers, will looking like the real deal, the fans provide some of the most exciting in Chicago will have to be content with his potential, and in the mean­ hoops in the East. They look to be time reluctantly root for the likes of a legitimate playoff contender.

Stephon M arbury and K eith s “T he M ay o r” Fred H oibcrg, and Van Horn of the New Jersey Nets Dickey Simpkins.

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are an o th er y o u n g , ta len ted duo w ho w ill be lo o k in g to reb o u n d after a horrible showing in the 1999 lo c k o u t- s h o rte n e d s e a s o n . If M arb u ry ca n re s is t h o g g in g the ball, and Kerry Kittles and Jayson W illiam s fully recover from their in ju rie s , th e p la y o ffs sh o u ld be within reach.

The Celtics and Wizards are not playoff bound. As such, watch for both coaches to be on the hot seat. In Orlando, w here a team th a t lo o k e d so p ro m is in g w ith P enny and Shaq, has now cru m ­ bled. Now the M agic have a good shot at being No. 1- in the draft that is.

Central Division For the Indiana Pacers, this season seem s to be the last gasp.

Coach Larry Bird has said he will quit at the end o f the season, and with Rik Sm its’ foot problems, this could he his last go-around as well.

A new e ra h as b e g u n f o r th e C harlotte H orn ets, w h o co u ld m ake som e se rio u s n o ise in the E ast c o m e p la y o ff tim e. E d d ie J o n e s , D av id W e s le y , D e rric k C o le m a n , A n th o n y M ason, and E ld cn C am p b ell have re -sh a p e d this team into a contender despite th e sp e n d th rift w ay s o f o w n er George Shinn.

G e o rg e K a r l’s M ilw au k ee Bucks will be looking to improve and go a little deeper into the play­ offs. W ith a healthy Sam Cassell running the point, and Ray Allen, Tim Thomas, and Robert “Tractor” Traylor a year older and wiser, the Bucks’ prospects are looking up.

This is an im portant year for the D etroit P istons. T hey m u st prove that the team they have now can win, or Grant Hill will proba­ bly w alk as a free agent this sum­ mer, and take D etroit’ s future with him . Jerry S tackhouse, C hristian L aettner, and H ill m ust play as a

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T h e d e fe n d in g NBA champion San Antonio Spurs have y a tough task ahead o f* them in their quest for a r e p e a t. W ith S ean E llio t o u t fo r th e y e a r after a kidney transplant, the Spurs m ust look to C hucky B row n and Sam aki W alker to fill his shoes.

L ike the Pacers, this year is d efi­ n ite ly th e la st shot fo r the now decrepit Utah Jazz. If the core of K arl M alone, John Stockton, and Jeff H om acek don’t get it done this year, it’s over. W ith Kevin Garnett ch a lle n g in g T im D u n can fo r the title o f b e st-p la y e r-in -th e -N B A , and a solid team around him, the Minnesota Timberwolves are now officially title contenders.

A nother aging team giving it th e ir la st sh o t at th e title , th e H ou ston R ock ets lo o k to be a lo n g -s h o t to c a p ita liz e on th e ir chances. Although they received an infusion o f youth with the additions o f S handon A nderson and Steve Francis, in the packed West, oldies H akeem O la ju w o n an d C h a rle s Barkley can no longer match up.

Having played horribly for the la st s e v e ra l y e a rs , th e D enver N u ggets fin a lly seem to be on tra c k . T h e ir c o re o f A n to n io M cD yess, Ron M ercer, N ick Van Exel and Raef LaFrentz possess the

talent to com pete in this very tough division D e sp ite th e ta le n ts o f G ary T rent, C edric C eb allo s, and BCnative Steve Nash, coach/GM Don N e ls o n ’s D allas M avericks are going absolutely nowhere.

Pacific Division The Portland T railblazers possess one of the deep# » ;-\ est and m ost ta len ted . lineups in the league.

IW ith b e n c h p la y e rs who could start on T. most other NBA te a m s , th e “ * * * 1 major issue for t the Blazers is A w hether they can play as a te a m .

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The Sacramento Kings added to th eir already talen ted team by trading for SG N ick A nderson, a clo se frien d o f PG Jaso n “W hite C h o c o la te” W illiam s, on e o f the m ost talented young ball handlers in the NBA. If Chris W ebber and Vlade Divac play anywhere near as well as they did last year, this team should m ove into the ranks o f the NBA elite.

In order to appease star player G ary P a y to n ’s dem an d fo r som e v e te ra n le a d e rs h ip , th e S eattle Supersonics traded for graybeard H o race G ra n t. I f V in B a k er can rebound from his horrendous 1999 season, this team should make the second round of the playoffs. New a d d itio n P en n y H a rd aw a y , w ho w h in ed his w ay o u t o f O rlan d o , an d PG Ja s o n K id d g iv e th e Phoenix Suns one of the best backc o u rts in th e N B A . T h e ir p la y , along with a solid season from PF T om G u g lio tta should g u aran tee the Suns a playoff berth.

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M anning years o f the early 1990s, th e Los A ngeles C lippers m ay finally have a team with a future.

Phenum rookie Lam ar O dom has been tearing the court apart.but it’s still the C lippers, w atch fo r their curse. The only bright spot for the Golden State W arriors, w h o se m ost consistent player is 39-year old geezer Terry Cummings, is the p o ten tial in A n taw ain Ja m iso n ’s offseason training.

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teams Toronto Raptors A ll th e N B A ta lk in TO c e n te rs a ro u n d one n a m e : V in c e C a rte r . N o w a m o n g th o s e lo o k e d to as a p o ssib le “N ext Jordan”, Carter has established h im self as one o f the p rem ier p la y e rs in th e game. The sec­ o n d - y e a r s ta r h a s se t th e R a p to rs g o a l for this season, publicly stating th a t a n y th in g le ss th a n a p la y o f f b e rth w ill be consid­ e re d a failu re .

A lo n g w ith Vince Carter, Vancouver's p ro d ig a l son - Steve Francis nba.com Tracy McGrady and Doug Christie are the core of B ib b y ’ s c o lle g e te a m m a te , PF th is team . In th e p ain t, v eteran s O th e lla H a r rin g to n , a f ie r c e re b o u n d e r, an d v e te ra n A n to in e C h a rles O ak ley , A n to n io D av is, and Kevin W illis give the Raptors a “ B ig D a w g ” C a rr. A s an a d d e d tough frontcourt presence. If Carter b o n u s, a fte r b ein g fo rced o u t o f and M cG rady rem ain focused on B u r g e r K in g , B ry a n t “ B ig winning rather than displaying their Country” Reeves was w hipped into e le c trify in g d u n k in g sk ills, th is shape, and is now playing some of te a m s h o u ld p r o v id e C a n a d a ’s the best ball o f his career. W hile inaugural appearance in the p lay ­ they w o n ’t m ake the playoffs this year, the fu tu re is looking brig h t offs. for this young, talented squad.

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too, are finally on the rise. All-Star S h a re e f A b d u r-R a h im is clea rly one o f the best S F ’s in the league an d the heart o f th is team . A fter d raftin g m a lco n ten t g uard Steve Francis this June, GM Stu Jackson w as fo rced to trade him after he refused to play for Vancouver. Out o f th at trad e, th e G rizz acquired m any o f the pieces it needed, and no w seem s to be p o in te d in th e right direction. Com ing over from th e H ouston R ockets fo r F rancis were SG M ichael Dickerson, Mike

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At the CIAU N ationals host­ ed by Q ueen's University McGill p u t fo rth s o lid p e r f o rm a n c e s from their cross-country team s.

T he M artlets fin sish ed sixth in th e w o m e n ’s d ra w o u t o f 16 te a m s , w h ic h w as w on by Victoria. Sarah Ali-Khan led the women with her eighth place fin­ ish in the 5-kilometre event, fin­ ish in g in a tim e o f 17 m inutes and 58 seconds. A li-K han’s fin­ ish gave h er a spot as a C IA U seco n d A ll-C anadian. M cG ill’s other finishers were Carly M oher (15th place), G enevieve Shurtleff ( 4 9 th ), C a ro lin e H a n d sc h u h (66th), Elaine Penny (67th). Sari Long (83rd) and L aura W akely (H 2 th ).

T h e R edm en finished 15th o u t o f 17 te a m s in th e m e n ’s event, won by Guelph. The finish w as m ade all the m ore im pres­ sive after learning that many o f the athletes were sick. This left th re e u n a b le to c o m p e te .

N e v e rth e le s s , D a n ie l L en n o x (52nd), Paul Cobb (58th), Cyril Anderson (67th), M atthew Boyd (105th) and Jeff W agner (115th) all ran personal best times.

F re sh o f f th e ir c o m e b a c k w in last w eekend in the Q SSF league finals, the M artlets strug­ gled to a fifth place finish at the N a tio n a l to u rn a m e n t, h e ld in G uelph. They w ere in tough on the first day o f com p etitio n on Friday, playing tw o gam es backto-back. The Martlets were ham ­ m ered 45-0 by W aterloo in the first gam e, and lost 27-5 to St. F rancis X avier later in the day.

L indsay H unt sc o re d M c G ill’s lone try.

T he next day, the M artlets faced Concordia in a rematch of th e Q S S F fin a ls. O n ce a g a in , M c G ill sh o w ed th ey w ere the class o f Quebec w om en’s rugby, w ith a convincing 37-5 victory.

S o n ia B e a u lie u an d M an u N ieuw enhof each scored 2 trys, w h ile H o lly B a ile y , L in d s a y Hunt, and Dawn M anhertz each s c o re d o n e try , an d V a n e ss R o ch ester had a co n v ert. H unt w as n am ed to th e all-to u rn e y * * te a m fo r M c G ill. T h e r e s u lts mean the M artlets finish fifth in M

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The Martlets beat Université; de M ontreal in volleyball action; 3-2 (25-17, 24-26, 25-22, 15-25, 25-20) on Sunday at Currie Gym. The win came despite the injuries o f starters A nouk L apointe and C a th e rin e M ich au d , w ho m an ­ aged to play a part o f the game despite the injury, and register 6 k ills. E liz a b e th Ja m ie so n w as M c G ill’s to p p la y e r , w ith 19 kills, 20 digs and a 2.48 passing ra tio . It w as M c G ill’s se c o n d straight win against U o f M, who elim inated them from last year’s playoffs. The M artlets are now 31 in league play.

The Redmen were swept 5-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17, 2521) by M o n treal on S un d ay at C urrie Gym. T hey are now 0-5 on the season.

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Mathieu Harding, a com put­ e r en g in e e rin g so p h m o re, w as named m ale athlete o f the week.

The St-Lambert native scored the winning goal in the Redm en’s 10 v ic to ry o v e r C a rle to n at the CIAU national championships in Victoria.

E v a M elam ed , a n a tiv e o f O ttaw a, was nam ed fem ale ath ­ le te o f th e w eek . S h e sc o re d three goals in the CIAU national to u rn a m e n t, th e la st o f w h ich b ro k e th e fo u r y e a r o ld te am record for most goals in a sea­ son. H er total o f 27 topped the old mark o f Julia M aughan

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M c G ill A ll-C a n a d ia n s REDM EN SO CCER Rehan Ali, m idfielder (1st team) - the 24 year old Beaconsfield native was the co-captain of the Redmen this year. He ranked second in the conference in regular season goals with five, and had two assists in the Quebec finals against UQAM. Ali was named MVP of the Quebec University Soccer League.

Jason Forsyth, goalkeeper (2nd team ) - the 22 year old from Geneva, Switzerland was also a co-captain o f the Redmen. He had 9 shutouts overall this year, and holds the all-time M cGill record o f 22 w hitewashes. In addition to his on-field expploits, Forsyth has been named to the CIAU Academic All-Canadian team three times.

M ARTLET SOCCER Julia Scrase, defender (1st team) - the 20 year old from Dorval was named the Quebec University Soccer League player of the year. After being converted from striker, she played a role in M cG ill’s nationally ranked defence. Scrase also scored twice, including once on a penalty kick in the deciding QUSL final game against Laval.

Eva Melamed, striker (1st team) - the 22 year old from Ottawa led the country in reg u lar season goals w ith 16 in ju s t 10 gam es. The M artlets’ co-captain additionally set a school single season goal-scoring record with her 27th goal overall, scored in a penalty kick shootout in the bronze medal game against Guelph.

Alanna Maloney, forward (2nd team) - the 19 year old from Port Colborne, Ontario was also named CIAU rookie of the year. She scored five goals in the regular season to finish seventh in the conference, and was named to the first all-star team. The hard-working freshman com­ bined with fellow All-Canadian Eva Melamed to give the M artlets the second highest scoring offence in the country.

M A R T L E T C R O S S -C O U N T R Y Sarah Ali-Khan (2nd team) - the 26 year old from Baie D ’Urfe fin­ ished 8th at the CIAU Nationals. She was raised in New Zealand, and is a second year graduate student in pharmacology. Ali-Khan won gold at the QSSF championships two weeks earlier, and was the Quebec confer­ ence’s runner of the year. As a result, she was named CIAU athlete of the week.

M A R TLET RUGBY Carolyne Grimard. 2nd row - the 19 year old from St. Hubert, Quebec was also named to the conference all-star team. She is a strong player both offensively and defensively and possesses strong technical abilities. Grimard’s impressive performance in her first year of university rugby shows that she has the potential to be a premier player in Quebec.

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