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The ninth-ranked McGill Martlets won two games out of three but, because of the tourna m ent’s form at, finished 5th of eight teams at the 32nd Annual Theresa Humes Invitational Tournament held at Concordia Arena last week-end. With five of the eight partic ipating teams ranked among the top . ten in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union, the tournam ent allow ed the Martlets to kick start the second half of their season by facing some of the best com petition in Canadian varsity women’s hockey. “Coming off a two or threeweek break it really helps you to start focusing back on hockey,” said Martlets centre Julie Hornsby. “It helps you determ ine where you’re at as far as team play and where you’d like to be in a few weeks. We know we don’t have a lot of time before the playoffs where we have to pace UQTR for the Nationals.” “Rather than playing league games and teams we’ve already played, we have a chance to play teams we haven’t faced,” she con tinued. “We can kind of set our own standards and we can build on those standards when we play familiar teams.” They would be put to the test soon enough as they drew the third-ranked Calgary Dinosaurs in the opening match, which they lost 2-1 in a thrilling shoot-out. After giving up the first goal 49 seconds into the first period, the Martlets and their Team Canada goaltender Kim St-Pierre shut down the Dino offence for the rest of regulation time. Hornsby obtained the lone McGill goal midway through the third period to force a scoreless overtime and the shoot-out.

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Has an era of privatization arrived at McGill? Faculty o f Science rejects prop osal fo r a p riv a te lib e ra l arts co lleg e w ith in u n ive rs ity B y T a s h a Em m e r t o n

A proposal for the creation of a private liberal arts college at McGill, tentatively named McGill College International, was rejected at the Faculty of Science’s general meeting on December 7th, 1999. The MCI Committee is made up of McGill professors and staff and has been actively working on the idea since April of last year. They developed a plan that would see the creation of a college of lib eral arts and sciences separate from any existing McGill programs. If this college were successful , MCI could potentially grow to include other faculties as well. The college would be funded entirely by its own tuition fees, which have been estimated at about $28,000 per year. It would focus on international content and target international stu dents. In addition, the plan calls for

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the creation of scholarships and bur saries funded by the tuition for the program. Although there would likely be revisions to the plan if it ever came into effect, it lays out specific details of how the program would be structured. The suggested curriculum would require that all students take both arts and science courses. Students would earn a B.A. or B.Sc. degree, or a combined B.A./B.Sc. degree, depending on how the pro gram would be implemented. The core would include arts and science courses, with other electives avail able. Among the anticipated subjects are literature, languages, history, economics, logic, music, art, chem istry, biology, technology and a set of global studies courses. Students would also participate in a four month internship, write a 10,000 word thesis and take a comprehen sive written and oral exam at the

end of their final year. The result, according to the report, would be a very broad based degree. The proposal suggests that the program would eventually grow to include 3,000 students, many of whom would be international. It would aim to attract top candidates with an International Baccalaureate or who had high marks in grade twelve or on the SAT. Students would be taught in small classes by recent doctoral graduates who had not yet found more permanent posi tions. They would live in residence for at least two years so classes and discussions could be held in the evenings. Despite this detailed plan, many questions and concerns remain about MCI or any plan for privatization at McGill. The motion that was rejected by the Faculty of Science on December 7th would have provided for the establishment of a committee with representation

from all departments and from the student body to “consider the pro posal that McGill establish a private liberal arts college within McGill”. Andrew Kovacs, President of the Science Undergraduate Society of McGill, believes that the pro posed committee may have been helpful in allowing the Faculty of Science to form a position on priva tization regardless of whether it supported MCI. “I supported the motion because the motion was to form a working group to discuss this. While I am not in favour of privati zation, I am in favour of opening up dialogue. I don’t think its an issue that’s going to go away, especially given that British Columbia has a private college and Ontario is con sidering allowing private institu tions.” One of the primary concerns Continued on page 4

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Shatner building itself biggest obstacle to food court Lack o f necessary p o w e r s u p p ly to o p e ra te th e franchises is a m a jo r ob stacle

the electrical renovations and any renovations that are made in j the seating area. McPhee could not, how ever, give a d efin ite time as to when the food court would be up and running. “I don’t care to venture to even make an estimate when it w ill be d o n e ...la s t sem ester I said January 4.” M cPhee added in response to McGill students’ concern over the effects of uncontrolled cor p o ra te a d v e rtisin g ., “ T h ere won’t be crazy amounts of coke advertising.”

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Slow building renovations have delayed the arrival of the promised food . ' rt on the sec ond flo o r ot the S h a tn e r B u ild in g . S ince S ep tem b er, operators have instead run a tra ditional-style cafeteria. A rrival dates for the food court have come and gone with no result. Panini Pizza-Pasta, Franx Supreme, Tiki-Ming, and Veggirama franchises were sup posed to be operational as of N o v em b er in the S h atn er S tu d e n t U n io n b u ild in g , bu t n eed ed bui ld ia g re n o v a tio n s have delayed their arrival. T he p re s ta u ra n ts are expected to give McGill students more choice in their food selec tions and bring more students to the Shatner building food court, w hich cu rren tly has only one restaurant operating. The restau rant is a deli-style operation that also serves a limited variety of hot meals.

P ow er su pp ly lacking Shatner food court manager Jacques M orin claim ed to be ready and willing to begin open ing and operating the proposed restaurants with 50 similar retail

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outlets under his belt. The delay in the restaurants stem s from the inadequacy of the Shatner building. According to Morin, the building lacks the power supply required to operate the new franchises. “The main problem is infra structure, we need more electric ity and ventilation, once we have th is, we can m ove in ,” said

M orin, “ [But] the costs o f the re n o v a tio n s are h ig h e r than either of us expected.” These renovation costs have supposedly been taken care of by an investment of $500,000 by MTY Tikiming Enterprises, par en t com pany to each o f the expected food court operations. Yet, a series of misunderstand ings b etw e en the p re v io u s

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N E W S b r ie f s Millennium S cholarships NOWAVAILABLE TO QUEBEC STUDENTS Quebec students obtained access to the M illennium S cholarship fund after the Canadian and Quebec govern ments resolved their disagreement about the fund's management in mid-December 1999. The agreem ent reached between the two governments and the C anada M illennium Scholarship Foundation allows 22,000 Quebec students access to scholarships averaging $3,000 per year. The influx of money will allow the Quebec government to alleviate the debt burden for an additional 60,000 students, according to a CMSF press release. The agreement granted the Quebec government's request that Quebec students’ access to the CMSF’s exceptional merit awards be reduced by 50% in order to increase the am ount o f money available to be distributed on a need basis in the province. W ojtek B araniak, VP C om m unity and G overnm ent Affairs of the Students’ Society of McGill University, was pleased with the outcom e. In late Decem ber, SSMU council had passed a motion to sue the CMSF over the distribution of the funds. “We were prepared to under take all means necessary, includ ing legal, to ensure Quebec stu d e n ts’ right to M illennium Scholarships... I am happy to see that no legal challenge will be nec essary now that all parties have agreed,” Baraniak said. The C anada M illennium Scholarship Foundation is an inde pendent organization set up in 1998 under an act of Parliament. The Foundation manages a $2.5billion fund and will grant the scholarships until 2010.

CBA: Mc Gill still UNAWARE OF SSMU’S INTENTIONS The Students Society of McGill University's late bid to become a contractual party onto the C oca-C ola cold beverage agreement at last semester's end remains on ice. Internally, SSMU is attempt ing to reconcile all the concerns raised within council and among the faculty associations. The main

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issues center around the division formula of the Coke monies and the specific internal contract which would allow SSMU to negociate on behalf of the faculty associations. VP operations Kevin McPhee explained that lengthy nature of the process. "What we were awaiting was draft clauses from the different faculty associations for the inter nal agreem ent. We haven't received too many suggestions from them, so what we're dealing with are the concerns that they've brought up with us during meet ings and concerns that students have brought up. Then we’re going to try to fit all those into clauses within the internal agreement." Currently SSMU is exploring whether it is possible for them to sign on as a party along with the University which would ensure them legally protected rights with in the contract as well as the right to sue if all stipulations are not adhered to. According to McPhee, the U niversity has yet to be inform ed of the latest SSMU scheme. "We still haven't nailed the university with that issue. We're still hoping to m eet with the University to deal with that...drop the bomb on them and see what they think." McPhee added, "In case we can’t get signed on as full contractual party, any concerns we have with the CBA itself, we’re going to try to get McGill legally bound within the internal agree ment."

MSF OPT-OUT DATES ANNOUNCED The opt-out period for the McGill Students’ Fund was set for the week of January 17th through to the 21st, 2000. McGill under graduates will be able to opt out of the $38 per semester fee by going to room 1203 of the new Brown Student Services building and. fill ing out a form. The MSF, which contributes funds to McGill’s libraries, to the ongoing renovations in the Shatner building, and to student bursaries, was approved by referendum last March. Students who opt out of the fund must do so every semes ter; those who opted out in September must do so again or their McGill account will not be credited.

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The new Students’ Society of McGill University offices encoun tered their first problems over the holiday break as over $2,000 worth of bus passes and some petty cash were stolen from a safe in the newly opened William and Mary Brown Student Services building. Olga Patrizi, O ffices and Services Manager at SSMU, was the first to notice the damaged safes when she entered the building around 9:30 AM on Thursday, December 23. Police responded to the scene and a report was filed, but there was not enough evidence to take fingerprints. According to Steve Paquin, manager of security services at McGill, the thief or thieves gained access from the Student Union Building, forced the locks of the front door of the SSMU office and then proceeded directly to two safes kept in the office. Nothing else was touched. “There was forced entry into one area in the William and Mary Brown Building and lots of doors forced open,” said Paquin. “One safe was broken into and attempt on a second, larger safe was unsuc cessful.” “I w asn’t happy. I w asn’t happy to be moving into a new building and being broken into,” Patrizi recalled thinking as she first noticed the break-in. Guy Brisebois, SSMU General Manager, commented that the thief or thieves “definitely knew where to go.” He had been in the office earlier that morning from approxi mately 7:45 to 9:30 a.m., but had not noticed suspicious activity. He concluded the break-in must have occurred between 3 and 7 a.m. Thursday morning. Seventy-four dollars in cash and approximately two thousand dollars worth of bus passes were stolen from the successfully pried safe at the SSMU. The contents of the larger safe remained untouched, despite efforts to pry it open. “[These safes] are normally not there, but because of the vaca tion they were being used,” Brisebois explained “Normally they only contain change for Sadies and other SSMU operations.” The loss is covered by insur ance, and according to Kevin McPhee, SSMU vice-president of operations, the society will have to absorb a deductible of around $500. “If we didn’t have insurance, w e’d have to absorb the whole amount,” McPhee said. Paquin noted the similarity of

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the methods used by the perpetra tors to a break-in in at the University Centre Building and a Miraval Food Services safe, report ed to Security Services on October 12 and 13 of last year. “It could have been the same group,” he said. “They opened the safe with crowbars. That time they got $3,500 to $4,000 cash.”

S ecu rity up grad es The SSMU is considering a number of different options for upgrading security in their new offices. These options include motion detectors, which could be situated near all outside doors and office doors, and if they were acti vated security services would be im m ediately notified. Cameras could be used, but according to Paquin, “Cameras only record and we don’t have the resources for twenty-four hour monitoring.” “We’re changing some of the locks, we’re not finished [upgrad ing secu rity ],” B risebois said. “We’re considering things like an electronic card reader, the same kind of alarm system we had on the other side, and moving the camera system to this side. We moved ear lier than we were supposed to so we left a few things behind.”

D esign concerns The design of the new build ing has SSMU offices on the ground level next to a courtyard and several windows. This, cou pled with the lack of security cam eras at present has caused concern for some. Brisebois said he was not wor ried about SSMU’s offices being exposed through the windows;

McPhee, however, expressed con cern over the current situation. “[I feel] vulnerable on the bot tom floor with all these windows,” McPhee said. “But motion detec tors would solve that problem, we’re hoping to facilitate that. “The office staff feels vulnera ble and concerned,” he added. “For me, it’s very frustrating, with the history of break-ins across the cam pus.” McGill security urges you to call them at 398-3000 if you notice any suspicious behaviour on cam pus.

Recent break-ins in the Shatner building L ate N ovem ber 1998: A rm en ian S tu d e n ts ’ C lu b , L ebanese S tu d e n ts’ S ociety, W alksafe Network, and Black Students' Network broken into. W alksafe had a stereo and a sin g le w a lk ie -ta lk ie sto le n , w hile the BSN lo st the hard drive of its computer. S um m er 1999: Islamic Students’ Society had sound system stolen from its office. S eptem ber 30th, 1999: McGill International Students’ Network had several pieces of c o m p u te r e q u ip m e n t sto len from their office.

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Dental prof, sues Michigan for refusing to fail students B y H a n n a L o p a t in

MICHIGAN DAILY (UNIVERSI TY OF MICHIGAN) (U-W IRE) ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Dental School asso ciate P rofessor L. Keith Yohn filed a law su it against the University of Michigan last month after it refused to fail two sopho more dental students. Acting as his own attorney, Yohn filed claim in the United States District Court in Detroit and charged the University with the "deprivation o f ’freedom of speech’ and ’property’ right to pro tect the ’health care interest’ of the public and their children." Dental School Dean William Kotowicz, associate Dean Robert Fiegal and course directors Merle Jaarda and Kenneth Staffers were also named as defendants in the lawsuit. The students in question

failed a pre-clinic class during the 1999 w inter term and failed a remedial class the following sum mer. Yohn said it is Dental School policy that students who fail these classes are dism issed from the program. K otow icz proposed in September that the two students be allowed to repeat the course for a third time. The school's executive committee upheld this decision and created a course for the stu dents to complete. Yohn, who has worked at the University for more than 36 years, said the course consisted of two tests, the first of which took place in October. He and three other professors were chosen to grade what Yohn referred to as "inde pendent practical projects." "We knew the situation of the students," Yohn said. "So we tried not to be biased. After two-and-ahalf hours we came to a unani mous decision that they had failed

the project. The scores were so low there was no way they could pass the course." Yohn said that upon report ing this message to Fiegal, he and the three other professors received a belligerent e-mail from the asso ciate dean informing them that the grades would be disregarded. In a new examination admin istered by co-defendants Jaarda and Staffers - and, according to Yohn, not approved by the execu tive committee - the two students passed with C and C-plus grades. "The administration did not honor our grades," Yohn said. Yohn said he asked Kotowicz why the two students were receiv ing so many chances, adding that "he won't tell me why they're spe cial." One o f the students, said Yohn, is a daughter of a part-time faculty member at the University. "It sm acks of nepotism ," said Yohn.‘"But we'll have to let the

court decide that." U niversity spokesperson Julie Peterson would not comment on the specifics of the case but said, "We consider this lawsuit to be utterly without merit and we expect to win this case." Kotowicz said in a written statement, "The Michigan School of Dentistry is considered one of the top five in the nation. Our aca demic programs are rigorous and challenging and 95 percent of our students pass all of their board exams within six months of gradu ation." In his suit, Yohn is asking that the University recognize and report the original grades and pro vide a monetary compensation for emotional distress as a result of the e-mail. The other three faculty mem bers who joined Yohn in failing the students have not joined him in the lawsuit. Yohn said he attribut es this to the fact that the other

professors are new to the school and could be afraid of losing their jobs. "Fear is the ally of adminis tratio n ," Yohn said. The University "counts on professors being afraid to lose their jobs. How many professors are going to sue the University?" Yohn has sued the University before. In 1989, he filed suit con cerning tenure issues. The University settled the case in July 1998 and paid Yohn an undis closed amount. This is not the first large law suit brought against the Dental School. In 1995, three black D ental School Instrum ent Technicians filed a suit claiming supervisor Linda Vachon fired them on grounds of discrimina tion. The 15th District Court ruled in favour of the plaintiffs in 1997.

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Continued from Page 1 over privatization that many peo ple in the McGill community hold is accessibility. Although the cur rent proposal would act in addition to and not as a su b stitu te for undergraduate program s at McGill, there is a fear that it could set a precedent for privatization. P riv atizatio n w ould mean higher tuition fees that would make it d ifficu lt for many C anadians to attend p o st-se c ondary institutions. Dean of Arts Carman Miller, shares the worry over the possible effects of privati zation. “Everyone knows I have real concerns about accessibility,” she said. “I have strong beliefs in pub licly funded educational institu tions. Personally, I think it’s very important for our society that all those who are able to and wish to benefit from university education have the means to access it.” Peter Deitz, a U2 arts student from the United States, expressed concern over what a new liberal

arts school would mean to future international students and whether they would be allowed to enter the existing faculties at current tuition rates. “I d o n ’t know how much more students would learn by pay ing more,” he said. Another question raised by the MCI proposal is whether the college w ould take needed resources from the rest o f the school. With an addition of 3,000 students, classroom space, resi dence space and sta ff are all potential problem areas. Kovacs is worried about professors in partic ular. “My concern was that we have some professors who are very, very good here and if they’re being o ffered m oney to teach these very bright students in a very small classroom setting and right now they only teach one or two courses, we’re going to lose out.” Dean M iller, while unsure whether the MCI would overex tend McGill’s resources, stressed the committee’s role in answering

such issues. “Those are the sorts of ques tions that I would ask that the committee examine. I believe that the committee hopes the resources will flow the other way. I would want to be sure that the drain was not from the publicly funded insti tution.” Despite these concerns Dean Miller sees some merits in the pro posed program and does not think that it should be entirely rejected. “We ought to talk about putting a program like that in place in our current publicly fund ed institution. I think the people that worked to develop it deserve a lot of credit. We don’t want to dis card it simply because it’s not being offered in a parallel private form.” Kovacs added that it was also confirm ed at the F aculty of Science m eeting that “the vote was not a rejection of innovative degree programs.”

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Vaccine raises hope for sufferers of spinal cord injuries B y F in o l a M

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Spinal cord and brain injuries afflict over 40,000 Canadians each year. The total cost of therapy and treatm ent for new spinal cord injuries alone is approaching one billion dollars a year in North America. Now, however, the promise of an effective treatment is on the horizon. A collaborative effort between McGill, the McGill University Health Center and l’Universite de Montreal has brought the alleviation of spinal cord injury much closer with the development of a new ther apeutic vaccine. Unlike preemptive vaccines, therapeutic vaccines are part of treatment after the onset of the disease or condition. In this case, the body’s own immune sys tem is stimulated into helping neu ronal growth. Neurons, or nerve cells, receive messages from other neurons by hair-like branches, dendrites, extending from the cell body. Information is transmitted via the neuron’s axon, a long filament end ing in a synapse with the next neu ron. The nervous system consists of series of neurons and is divided into two branches: the central nervous system, and the peripheral nervous system. The CNS includes the brain and spinal cord. The neurons of the brain sends a message down through the spinal cord, then the message is sent to the rest of the body. The neu rons that deliver the message after the spinal cord are the PNS. In this

way, we can breathe, hit a baseball, or smile. Messages are sent from the body to the brain in the same man ner, allowing individuals to smell perfume, feel a pinprick, or feel the heat of a hot shower.

C en tre piece The intermediary of the mes sage, the spinal cord, is therefore integral to normal operation of all body functions. Depending on the point of injury to the spinal cord, symptoms may range from paraple gia, which affects Canadian wheel chair athlete Rick Hanson, to full paralysis. Unlike in the PNS, the neurons of the CNS cannot proliferate under normal conditions, nor can they regenerate axons if damaged. A bum on the tongue from hot chocolate will eventually heal but a loss of muscle control due to spinal injury will not likely fully recover. Until recently, the case for spinal cord injuries seemed hope less. Research is underway to trans plant parts of PNS neurons or fetal stem cells (cells which are not yet specialized) into the damaged axons of the spinal cord. Scientists at McGill have been working for years to find out why CNS neurons cannot regenerate.

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research community. Growth in damaged neurons is inhibited by molecules in myelin, the membrane that surrounds neurons. The thera peutic vaccine works by inhibiting the inhibitors of neuron growth. Dr. Peter Braun of the McGill Department of Biochem istry explained the testing procedure. “We stimulated the immune system to make antibodies against some of its own m olecules that inhibit nerves from growing.” Two other research groups are involved in the development of the therapeutic vaccine, headed by Drs. Samuel David of the MUHC and

Lisa McKerracher of Université de Montreal. In a study published in the journal Neuron, mice were treated prior to injury with a mixture con taining mouse spinal cord. The immune system recognized the inhibitory m olecules found in myelin and mounted an attack. Three weeks later, when the spinal cord was injured, the m ouse’s immune system again attacked the inhibitory antigens of its own mole cules. 54 per cent of mice showed regeneration of neurons, and most of these showed partial restoration of motor functions as well. Studies on mice in which the

vaccine is only applied at the time of injury are showing promise. “Right now, we’re treating [the mice] at the time of injury. The ear liest results so far are very encourag ing,” stated Dr. Braun. The ramifications of this study could be widely felt. In the future, accident victims could be given this new treatment in the emergency room, hopefully improving individu als’ prognosis. Most likely, the ther apeutic vaccine would be used along with other treatments. “The goal [of this research] is to develop a cocktail that could be injected when someone suffers an accident,” said Dr. Braun. “[This would be] a preparation that could be used to enhance the possibility of recovery from spinal cord injury.” Future research will focus on identifying human axonal growth inhibitors, creating a mixture of purified inhibitors to avoid auto immune disorders, and combining different approaches such as apply ing neuronal promoter (which is actively encourages axonal growth as opposed to blocking inhibitor of axonal growth). Some human inhibitors of axonal growth have already been identified and human clinical trials may be no more than a couple of years away. The results of the new study and other breakthroughs in the research community mean that in the years to come, spinal cord injuries may not result in a life confined to a wheelchair.

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EDITORIAL “Back to school. Back to school. To prove to dad that I ’m not a fo o l...” -Billy Madison

Let the smart birds fly; shoot the stupid ones

think, the Year 2000 had been som ething so far off, so in the future that I felt like we would never really get there. I ’m not alone, either. Throughout this cen tury and the last one, it’s been noth B u rn in g th e S a m b u c a ing but pre-

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In m y last y e a r o f high s c h o o l, m y O A C A lg e b ra te a c h e r used to w a lk into c la s s , set his b rie fcase on his d esk, la y his head on it and go to sle e p . T h e re w a s n e ver a c la s s that c o u ld n 't be skip p e d , an d th ere w a s n e v e r a test that w e w ro te w ith o u t h a v in g been g iven a c o p y the d a y b efo re. N ot that it m attered th o u g h ; at the end o f the sem ester, o u r te a c h e r let us c h o o se the m arks that w e thought w e "d e se rv e d ". I felt I earn ed m y A + . I e n d e d up w it h no w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f A lg e b r a a n d G e o m e try , and I d id n 't c a re . A ll that w a s im p o rtan t at the tim e w a s getting the co u rse p re re q u isite , and keep in g m y averag e at a d e cen t le v e l. T h a t w a s high sc h o o l. T o m y p le a san t su rp rise , w h e n I arrive d at M c G ill I d isco ve re d that w ith in the sea o f d iffic u lt and tim e -co n su m in g s c ie n c e c la s s e s, there existed a hand ful o f so m e w h a t less la b o rio u s co u rses that I c o u ld take . O n e 'b ird ' c o u rs e th at I re c e n tly to o k goes b y th e n a m e o f E n v iro n m e n ta l G e o lo g y . In o rd e r to get an A in th is c la s s , yo u w o u ld need to p ic k up a c o u rse b o ok (free, and p ro vid ed b y the p ro fe s s o r), m e m o riz e ro u g h ly s ix t y q u e s tio n s , a n d re g u rg ita te tw e n ty-seve n o f the a n sw e rs onto an e xam p ap er. T h e total c o m m itm ent in v o lv e d is ab o ut ten ho urs o f y o u r tim e (to be genero us), and abo ut $ 2 0 0 o f y o u r c a s h . Y o u w o u ld w a lk a w a y w ith a high m a rk , b u t y o u w o u ld re ta in no u se fu l k n o w le d g e w h a ts o e v e r abo ut g eo log y. Y o u w o u ld h ave e sse n tia lly p aid $ 2 0 0 fo r an A on y o u r tran scrip t. But it's v e ry p o ssib le to get an e n ric h in g e x p e rie n c e o ut o f a c o u rse that serves the p urp o se o f lig h tening y o u r sc h e d u le . T a k e T h e A rt o f L iste n in g fo r e x a m p le , th e c la s s th at m a n y stud ents w o u ld c o n sid e r to be the fla g sh ip o f M c G ill's b ird c o u rse s. T h e m in im u m am o u n t o f w o rk needed to do w e ll in th is c la ss in v o lv e s re p e titiv e ly listen in g to a fe w C D s and read ing a fe w ch ap ters in a te xtb o o k. T h is w o rk lo a d is not too m u ch to a s k ; it w o u ld not c o m pare to the w o rk in v o lv e d in m ost e c o n o m ic s or b io lo g y co u rses. A n d at the end o f it a ll, yo u w o u ld p ro b ab ly w a lk a w a y w ith a go o d g ra d e , a n d a b a s ic u n d e r s ta n d in g o f th e m a jo r e ra s in W e ste rn m u s ic — a d e fin ite asset at c o c k ta il p artie s (o r at least

that the power is still on and loot ing ju st doesn’t seem to be an option. One of my friends, Mike, is something of a future conscious computer type. He hasn’t said any thing for a while, and when he does speak, it’s with an air of some importance. “Hey guys, do you realize that it’s the Year 2000?” “Sure Mike,” someone says, laughing, “whatever.” It seems like som ething so obvious that it doesn’t even bear saying. Who doesn’t know what year it is? “No joke, guys, it’s the Year 2 0 0 0 .”

By this time of the night, everything is a joke to us, so we just laugh it off, and the comment is forgotten. Rash forward a day or two. It’s ten in the morning, I’m lying in bed, half-awake and halfasleep, when suddenly, something hits me on the head like a ton of bricks. I open my eyes, and finding my little brother nowhere in sight, I realize what it was that shocked me awake. I sit up like a bolt in my bed, and actually out loud, I say, “Oh my god, it’s the Year 2000!” Ever since I was old enough to

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apart. I’m just going to run off on a little pet peeve tangent for a moment here. I have been using the phrase ‘Year 2000’, awkward though it is, because the only other option seems to be the infernal Y2K. For a while, ever since the Y2K bug arose, com puter nerd types have been referring to the event as Y2K. But when did society pick up this worthless dork vocabulary, and start referring to the event of the new year as ‘Y2K’? Everyone, including such apparently academ ic type institutions such as The Globe and M ail committed this pitiable act. Everybody! The only bastion of resistance to this trend has been the good people at BET, who referred to the new year as ‘2Gs’. Thank god. But, as they say, I digress. Back to my original point, convo luted and unimportant as it was. What do we look forward to now? Kids who are born this year will have to live to be a hundred years old if they want to see a new Century, and I have strong doubts that anyone now living will see another millennium (unless that whole cryogenics thing works out for Michael Jackson). So what’s the prognosis? Do we have nothing to look forward to? Hard to say. By all accounts, we really are living in the future. So even though there’s nothing to look forw ard to per se, there doesn’t really need to be, does there? We’re already there.

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The courage of Big Jim Stone Since 1968, L ebanon has been a forward operational base for everybody with a weapon and a beef against Israel. This has prompted numerous Israeli air and artillery strikes, as well as ground incursions in 1978 and 1982. With last m o n th ’s in te rc e p tio n of Ressam at border crossings in Seattle and Vermont, it looks like Canada is head ed the same way. Now, before anyone fires o ff hate m ail because I m en tioned the M iddle East, let me say th is. F ifty -tw o C anadian P eacekeepers have died since 1954 because of that conflict. Out of respect for our fallen sol diers, those partial to bringing co n flict to these op-ed pages should 1) check th eir crap at Pearson, or 2) check their asses aboard the next outbound flight. While the US may not take m ilitary ac tio n a g a in st its C an ad a -b ase d en em ies, American reaction may hurt us yet. Survivors and fam ilies of victims of terrorist attacks car ried out from Canada could hold Ottawa,liable and sue for dam ages and w ro n g fu l death. A m erican le g is la to rs could im p o se sev ere ta riffs on C an ad ian p ro d u c ts, as they threatened to do with Hamilton steel when Sheila Da Copp was pushing the magazine thing, if our ineptitude in enforcing our already weak immigration laws allows the infiltration of more armed anti-Americans. One tragedy here is that Ressam et al were not the first warning. Last summer, journalist (and fo rm er US B ureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms explosives expert) R ichard L.

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Defence Act specifically autho rizes the Canadian Forces to con duct internal operations. Down South, the Posse Comitatus Act sp e c ific a lly precludes the C h a ir S h o ts US m ilitary from engag Joe Fernandez ing in such a c tiv itie s . D oesn’t this go ag a in st is the fact that o th er refugee e v e ry th in g ev ery o n e to ld us claim ants have already harmed about being more tolerant and C an ad ia n s. C laim a n ts in hum ane than the A m ericans? Vancouver have been lifted for W on’t this violate yet another drug tra ffic k in g . Ille g a ls in aspect of our fragile, scholasti T oronto put a form er sch o o l cally contrived national identity? teacher in a coma. What can we That’s where Lieutenant Colonel do? Two things. J.R. “Big Jim” Stone comes in. First, we should hold ALL Big Jim commanded the 2nd refugee claim ants until we can B attalion, P rincess P a tric ia ’s verify they are bona fide. This Canadian Light Infantry during need not cost seven figures. In Korea. Immediately upon arriv the ea rly n in e tie s, the ing there, he was besieged with Hungarians interned unprocessed frantic orders from the UN com im m igrants in a form er police mander to throw his half-trained academy. They ran such a tight people into battle as canon fod ship that, today, you don’t see der. Big Jim said “N O !” over boatloads of illegals washing up and o v er again fo r the two on Hungary’s shores. months it took to ready his peo To deal with illegals at large ple. The result was that, in April within Canada, we must form an 1951, the Princess Pats repulsed anti-illegals squad modeled on an enemy force five times their the W o lv erin es. T his squad size at Kap’yong. Let us take on would include, in addition to ele the courage of Big Jim and do ments of the RCMP and provin what is right for Canadians. cial and municipal police, opera tives of CSIS and the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada in o rd e r to pool in fo rm atio n resources, which could then be added to the N CIC database. Joint Task Force II, the Army’s special operations unit, would be brought aboard to help appre hend illegals at large. A p o in t o f c o n tra st: in C anada, the “Aid o f the Civil Pow er” clause of the National

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Tobogganing • Toboggan is derived from an Algonquin word for a flat sled used to travel over deep snow. • In ancient Rome, a band of Celto-Germanic invaders made a surprise attack by sliding down a m ountain slope on their large shields. • The first official toboganning race track is the Cresta Run, built in Switzerland in 1884. • The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race is an annual civil engineering student competition hosted by a different university, college, or technical institute each year. The

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Snowshoeing • Some archaeologoists think that snowshoes were first developed in Asia, around 6,000 years ago and that people used them to make the journey into what would become North America • Older snowshoes have reached up to seven feet in length, but by the end of the 19th century most snowshoe styles were about three feet long. • Founded in 1925 following the first international snowshoeing

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Dear S&M, My boyfriend lives with his parents and last week we were hav ing sex in his room when his moth er walked in. Now I feel extremely uncomfortable going to his house. Is there anything I can do to make this situation less uncomfortable (like apologize to his mother)? Signed, Caught in the Act

Dear Caught in the Act, It is always a difficult situation to get caught with your feet in the air, but luckily for you, you are not the first one to have an unexpected audience while getting your groove on. In other words, you have come to the right place. If it makes you feel any better, your boyfriend's mother is proba bly just as embarrassed as you are. The embarrassment will multiply by about ten-fold if you try to talk to you boyfriend's mother about having sex with her baby boy. The best thing that you can do is pre tend that it never happened. Treat his mom the way that you always have. Seeing that your boyfriend knows his mom a lot better than convention, the International Snowshoe Association is the only one of its kind devoted to promot ing snowshoeing as an organized sport. Sources: http://www.snowlink. com/media/sn owshoefacts.html, http://www.nesnowshoers.org/

Dog-sledding A route to Alaska’s interior gold mines, used to relay serum from Nenana to Nome during an out break of diptheria in the 1920’s named Idiatrod, is the inspiration for the name of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled 5 race held every March. The race takes approximately 75 teams a year on a course from Anchorage to Rome. • The Canadian Eskimo dog, a breed that was once widely used for dogsledding by the Inuit, is cur-

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you do, leave it up to him to rectify the situation. But, you might want to consider having a talk with him about either putting a lock on his door or finding better a forum in which to fornicate. Whatever you decide to do, go out of your way to make sure you keep your bedroom romps private. We, the liberal minds of S&M, believe whole-heartedly that risky sex can be great, but only if the risk

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Talking Heads Doug Larson: “The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ” Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Advice is like snow — the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. ” Mae West: “I used to be Snow "White — but 1 drifted. ”

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ed back to me," he explained. In reality, both the McGill Bookstore and the Word have very similar policies on how they buy back used books from stu dents. "We pay about half the retail price, including taxes, for textbooks," indicated

give 50 percent of the current retail value." Some books, however, are easier to sell than others, depending on the popularity of the course. N eith er the W ord nor the McGill Bookstore is likely to buy texts for literature courses other than English due to low enrollment. "We stick to cours es with a large registration because we know there’ll be lots of copies in circulation; in otherwords, we don’t try to cover all the courses," explained King-Edwards. This policy is certainly reflect ed in the selection available on the W ord’s shelves: texts for first- or second-year applied and pure sci ence courses, as well as manage ment and economics, are in good supply, whereas there are only a smattering of titles from the social sciences.

It’s a problem which confronts every McGill student at one time or another: how to get rid of an expensive textbook bought for last year’s course without losing your shirt in the process. Let’s face it: Are you really going to use th at M icro eco n o m ics tex t again? Ever? Well, if you want to recoup at least some of that h ard -earn ed cash invested in the ninth edi tion of L ip se y ’s Microeconomics, you’re going to have to find a buyer. O f course, you could print up dozens of fly ers, cut little te a r away strips with your No banged-up books name and phone number into the bottom of them, A book’s condition is also an p laster them from the important factor. "We will accept R oddick G ates to highlighting and pencil and/or pen, Gardner Hall and then provided that it’s not more than W ei Leng Tay sit by the phone all The Word is a nearby place to cash in books say, 50 percent or 40 percent, but w eek fo r som eone to not if the book is rum pled with w ater Lucy K ing-E dw ards, co-ow ner o f the offer you a lousy 15 bucks. There are, how W ord. The M cGill Bookstore not only marks or if the spine is broken," said Zubis. ever, there are other options. Most students are probably aware that buys for its own shelves, but also for King-Edwards concurred: "The people do the M cGill Bookstore and independent Missouri Book Services, "a large concern not want books that are marked in green, store, The Word, pay cash for used text that operates out of the States," explained yellow, pink and orange.'There is certainly books. But many are skeptical. "I hear you G rant Z ubis, T ext M anager fo r the no price war on used books between these get terrible prices at the Bookstore and at Bookstore. His criteria are essentially the two retailers: "We don’t believe in compe tition. We are co-operative," explained the Word," said Dan Ryan, a U3 B.Com. same as theWord’s: "Large courses that have expensive King-Edwards, who often sends students to student who has always sold his used texts privately. "I’ve had other experiences relat hard-cover textbooks we will buy, and we McGill if she cannot purchase their books.

Neither does competition concern McGill’s Zubis: "There’s more than enough market share to go around in used textbooks."

Internet: the new option The internet is another option for those who are looking for more than the 50 per cent that the Word and the Bookstore offer. InfoMcGill’s online classifieds (accessible from the SSMU site at ssm u.m cgill.ca) include textbook listings, but there is no index and the ads are not categorized, so prospective buyers must browse hundreds of ads to find what they need. A new site o p erated by ED ge Interactive in conjunction with the SUS, Books4Exchange.com , is easier to deal with. After completing a simple registra tion form, students may place ads which are then categorized by course level, pro gram, and course number to make search ing easier. Lipsey’s Microeconomics, to use the previous example, had eight listings, with asking prices from $25 to $42. The Word, by comparison, offers $20 for the same book in mint condition and sells it for $33.10. The choice, then, is between an instant 50 percent of a book’s price (provided the retailers want the book) or selling it on your own, probably for about the same return. The verdict: the rate at which used books enter and leave both stores’ shelves seems to indicate that a few extra bucks isn’t worth the extra effort.

Is that your final answer? Game shows are nothing new to prime time TV—they’ve been around as long as the m edium itself. They are attractive Which of the following because of their simplicity—regular people four people has made “Is doing silly things in order to win a lot of that your final answer?” the m oney. Think of Bum per Stum pers or m ille n n iu m ’s new est Hollywood Squares. To say that television quiz shows are more intellectual than these cliché. Is it: may be an overstatement. Quiz shows, do a) Jonathan Lipnicki, U nder th at super cute kid from however, require a few more brain cells S cru tin y Jerry Maguire. than is needed to guess whether or not Whoopi Goldberg is lying about the name b) Rosie O’Donnell. of Jughead’s girlfriend. Quiz shows like c) Regis Philbin. Jeopardy don’t usually focus on the money d) Alex Trebek. that the contestants win but rather around The answ er of course is c - Regis how m uch know ledge they have. Not Philbin, host of the wildly popular televi everyone know s the state flo w er of sion gam e show “W ho W ants to be a V irginia or the national anthem of the Millionaire,” which has already spun out Netherlands. Who Wants to be a Millionaire, on the into three other sim ilar game shows. In case you have been living in an under other hand, is not just a game show—it is a ground bunker in the last six months in phenomenon. Airing at prime time, for two preparation for Y2K, Who Wants to be a weeks at a time, the show has made head Millionaire is a quiz show on which partic lines with its one million dollar winner, ipants can win up to one million dollars for created a series of knockoffs, merchandise, correctly answering a series of multiple and a fascination with the phrase “is that choice questions on topics ranging from your final answer?.” Jonathan Lipnicki, science to sex. (Clean sex though, this is who is all of nine years old, used it on the prime time family TV.) At any time, they Rosie O’Donnell show and she uses it her can walk away with however much money self. It has been incorporated into sitcoms they have won so far and if they are and was even said to me by a friend on stum ped on a question they can call a New Year’s Eve. You don’t hear “I’d like friend, ask the audience for their opinion or to make it a true daily double” very often. There are many differences between get the computer to narrow down the selec Jeopardy and W ho W ants to be a tion by removing two of the four answers.

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Millionaire. The questions on the latter are much easier and phrased in multiple choice format, and you can ask for help. The for mat of the questions, however, is not the key to Who wants to Be a M illionaire’s success. The source of the show’s populari ty can be linked to the same reason why twenty-year-old internet millionaires make the news. It is not how much they know but how much money they got for knowing it. It is nice to have shows that celebrate, in dollar values, how much people know. Perhaps it can be seen as a testament to the need for knowledge and a real life example for the phrase: the more you know the bet ter off you are. But none of the studio audi ence ’or the m illions at home watching Regis (and his carefully delayed answers) are sitting there because they are watching smart people. They are enraptured by the lights, the music and the drama of watching someone answer their way to a million dol lars. Now, Jeopardy has been around for years and is so stable that it seems like Alex Trebek never gets any older. The for m at is good old question and answ er. Although in recent years many of the cate gories have sw itched from topics like American military history to TV theme songs, the show is more of a throwback to the quiz shows of the 1950s. Until Regis and his gang came along. Now, all of sud den, Alex provides running commentary on how much money each contestant has, how

much they need to bet in order to win, and even gives a tally of how much they could win next time. The current champion used to be ce le b rate d for hav in g won five times—now he or she is cheered for rack ing up measly thousands of dollars. A sin gular contestant answering every question in a category receives no applause. The girl who bets n o th in g on F inal Jeo p ard y , answers wrong and still wins is lauded for walking away with all her money. The guy who actually gets the answer right gets nothing at all, except some vitamins and hair dye. Perhaps as a true indication of the impact that Who Wants to be a Millionaire has had on Jeopardy is in the web TV inter active version of Jeopardy. This version now puts the question in multiple choice format. It is nothing new that one television show can change the format of another, or create a new fad. The interesting thing about Who Wants to be a Millionaire is not only the hullabaloo it has created but rather how it can be seen to exemplify today’s world. The show illustrates that it isn’t about who you know (the lifelines don’t always help,) you can’t always rely on other people (the audience can be wrong), computers aren’t always that useful, and in the end you can only rely on yourself to win a m illion d o llars. T hat is a scary thought. A scarier thought, perhaps, is the show’s focus on the million dollars and not what is required to win them.

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a motion is not valid unless it is moved and seconded by the Daily Board. This would be normal prac tice at a Board m eeting, but AGM’s should be truly open to the concerns of the members of the Daily Publication Society (i.e. all students). (M otions at SSMU General Assemblies, by contrast, do not require the approval of Council.) The tiny quorum of the AGM also makes it exceptionally easy for the Daily Board to perpet-

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dramatically better this year than it has been in a long time: its covers are appealing, the articles are wellwritten and focused on issues that students should be interested in. Kudos to the editors for their achievements on the production side, because making the paper rel evant and interesting again in less than a year can’t have been easy. But the editors are, after all, not responsible for the management of the D aily’s business, and that’s where my con cerns lie. Those responsibilities lie with the Daily Board, and they need to make some pretty i m

uate its insular position, because there are so few people involved. Why should students care? Well, I don’t like the idea of my money going to something over which it is so impossible for me, as a student, to have any democratic voice. I also don’t like seeing stu d en ts’ money squandered on salaries and stipends. We each pay six dollars and seventy cents in totally unopt-outable (ironically enough!) fees per year, making for a total undergrad uate payment of over $100,000 per year. Supplemented with their ad revenue, the D aily should be awash in cash. (The Tribune, by the way, has a budget of just over $100,000, which comes from selffunded ad sales. In other words, the Tribune is free. But the Daily has not been as financially healthy as it should be for the last few years, because it spends too much of its budget on salaries and stipends. If only the disadvantaged and the underprivileged that the Daily champions had it so good. There could be some light at the end of the tunnel. The paper is

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changes to their constitution and operations. Hopefully, the higher overall quality of the paper will increase its readership, which is all-impor tant to generating more ad rev enue. If that happens, what will the Daily do with yours and my $6.70? Will students get some of their money back, or will the Daily be a cash cow for those lucky adminis trators? Until the Daily does the right thing and opens itself up to student governance as much as any other legitim ate student group, we’ll never know for sure.

Ed note: The columnist and another student separately attempted to procure a copy o f the Daily’s most recent financial state ments in order to varify specific budgetary fig u re s and break downs. The statem ents, however, were not made available by Daily staff.

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Yeltsin's Y2K resignation engenders mixed feelings T h e l e g a c y of f o r m e r R u s s i a n l e a d e r l e a v e s m a n y q u e s t i o n s o p e n rising rapidly through the levels of the Communist party, holding The 31st of im p o rtan t p o litic a l posts. He was forced to leave the Party December, 1999 w ill be rem emafte r v o ic in g his c ritic is m s against conservative factions. bered for extra ordinary celebra He b ecam e the f irs t e le c te d tio n s ta k in gP re s id e n t o f R u ssia in June place all around1991, and reinforced his power a fte Commentary th e r wthe orldfa ile tod c o n se rv a tiv e m ark the end of coup in August 1991, the image of him standing defiantly on a the millennium. H o w e v er, th is d ate also tank still fresh in many people’s b ro u g h t to an end n e a rly a minds. He was a man of many con decade of rule by Boris Yeltsin o f R u ssia . F o r m any, w ith a tra d ic tio n s, c lea rly eag er for country torn apart by civil war Russia to profit from the bene (in Chechnya) and with a waver fits o f ca p ita lism , but on the ing econom y, his resig n atio n other hand he had little consid was heartening news. For others eration for the rule of law or it was nostalgia that took ove, decentralization, both of which remem bering the stand Yeltsin are vital ingredients for a work m ade a g a in s t th e a tte m p te d ing c a p ita lis t c o u n try . The communist cou’p in 1991 against ‘great vision’ he had had in his ea rlie r years, w hich included Gorbachev. Had it succeeded, and had widespread econom ic reform s, the c o n s p ira to rs m an ag ed to has instead resulted in corrup re sto re a B rez h n ev ite U SSR , tion, a weak economy struggling R ussia would have turned out to survive, widespread poverty very d ifferen tly today. M ixed and the emergence of rebellious views remain of a man who has groups in certain regions. The econom ic reform s he seem ingly buried com m unism fo rev er, tu rn ed R u ssia into a put into place were viewed by democracy relatively smoothly many R ussians as a way for a but who has also impoverished a few corrupt officials to get very g re a t n u m b er o f R u ssia n s ric h . W ith such low ra tin g s, th ro u g h h is so m etim e s ra sh Y eltsin achieved a m iracle by being reelected in 1996, partly decisions. He also moved Russia away thanks to funding from tycoons from co m m u n ism and a and also through backing by the planned-econom y in 1991 but W est. Ill health and a lack of th is has b een o v ersh a d o w e d coherency in his public state through the weakness he showed ments m arked his second term when trying to replace it with a in office, and his final two years ‘quasi-capitalist’ system and a resulted in frequent changes of free-market. He was essentially P rim e M in iste r, w ith th ree a product of the Soviet system, changes in less than two years. By A l e x a n d e r L e ig h

Funding in 1996 from the In te rn a tio n a l M onetary Fund seemed to lead to a brief period o f stability, a stable currency with inflation under control and renewed foreign investment. In 1998, the economy plunged as did th e c u rre n c y , in fla tio n increased and Y eltsin’s earlier plans and ideas were shattered. For many Russians, capital ism symbolizes greater poverty and more corruption. Some of the m ore sin iste r parts of his reign occurred in 1994 when he raged a war against Chechnya. T his b rought to atten tio n the Russian army’s weaknesses, and also led to a decline of Russia’s influence over ex-soviet states. To add to this list, one must not forget the current war raging in C hechnya, which has led to a m ass exodus o f re fu g ee s and complete devastation in a num b er o f p a rts o f the re g io n . Transition to a market economy is n e v e r easy , and m any R ussians suffered through the process. For these individuals, the d e p a rtu re o f th e firs t President of Russia has brought some hope, although apprehen sion exists concerning Putin, on whom little is known.

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M in iste r, a head sta rt on the o ther p resid en tial candidates. W hilst the elec tio n had been p la n n e d fo r Ju ly , due to the unexpected resignation, the date has been b ro u g h t fo rw ard to March. “This has left little time for other candidates to get orga nized” she explained, and even Putin him self admitted that the early resignation had been done deliberately to boost his chances o f b ein g e le c te d in th e Presidential elections. The g ro u p s u rro u n d in g Yeltsin known as ‘The Family,’ which includes members of his family and a number of influen tial businessmen, has also been backing Putin, and many critics believe that now he has become the g ro u p ’s front man. It still remains to be seen whether this role will be pursued now that he’s the nation’s leader. Behind the scenes bargain ing certainly took place between Yeltsin and his Prime Minister, as Y e lts in w as im m e d ia te ly granted immunity from prosecu tio n upon his re s ig n a tio n . A n u m b er o f o th e r p erk s w ere in c lu d e d su ch as p ro v is io n s m ade for his p en sion, a re s i dence, staff, bodyguards which stro n g ly in d ic a te a c lo se tie between the two men.

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The tim ing of the resigna tio n w as alm o st c e rta in ly p la n n e d w ell in a d v a n ce. Professor Zinde-Walsh from the McGill Econom ics Department b e lie v e s th a t th is has g iv en V la d im ir P u tin , th e P rim e

Putin's p o p u la rity The decision for resigning seems to have been caused by Putin’s growing popularity and the success of his ‘Unity’ in the D ecem ber parliam entary elec tions. Worry that Putin’s popular support might fade in the com ing months through the fighting in C h e c h n y a su re ly p u sh ed Y e ltsin to b rin g fo rw ard the election date by resigning (elec tions m ust take place 90 days afte r the P re sid e n t’s re sig n a tion). If the w ar did drag on to Ju ly (th e d ate the e le c tio n s w o u ld h av e tak en p la c e had Yeltsin remained), there was no certainty that his high ratings w ould have survived. The 17 p e rc e n t ju m p in the R u ssian sto ck m ark e t c o n firm e d the relief that many now felt with Yeltsin gone, but apprehension still remains concerning his suc cessor, the unknown V ladim ir Putin. A product of the security services, previously head of the Federal Security Services, suc c e s s o r to th e K G B, and his apparent relish for the ongoing war in Chechnya, all lead to a prediction that he will take on a more authoritarian stance. This could be exactly w hat R ussia needs in order to emerge from its current crisis riddled plight.

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Chris S m ith ’s latest film , American Movie, chronicles the blood, sweat, scarecrows and fake vomit that went into the production of indie director Marc Borchardt’s horror film Coven (which he insists should be pronounced “CO-ven” as in “woven”). Marc B orchardt lives in Milwaukee with his parents and therefore sports the expected mul let. He also wears a huge, oddlyshaped pair of glasses and some really brutal, early nineties-era tshirts. With the help of his mother, burnout friend Mike Schank and ancient Uncle Bill, Borchardt pur sues his dream to “be somebody.” If Ed Wood grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he would be Mark Borchardt. Though he prefers Green Bay Packers T-shirts to angora sweaters, Borchardt bears a strong resemblance to the famed Hollywood director (and winner of two Golden Turkey awards) who produced a string of notoriously terrible horror films in the 1950s. Although separated by four decades, these two small-time film makers share the same magnetism and charisma. Like a black hole, Borchardt and Wood draw friends and family into their disastrous productions. Yet they also repre sent a kind of cinematic Music Man who, through his outlandish pro jects, brings a sluggish community together.

Movie:a humorous look at a mid-western Ed Wood American Movie differs from Tim Burton’s celebrated bio-pic Ed Wood primarily in its documentary format, which cre ates a stronger sympathy with the viewer. The film feels more re le vant and immedi ate because it depicts a living, working individ ual - indie film m aker Marc Borchardt. D irector Chris Smith represents a hilariously quirky group of people with great sensi tivity. The film is shot in a straight documentary style, which some times verges on the artistic. Borchardt seems to have stepped out of a mid-western King o f the Hill, echoing Hank Hill’s sub-liter ate Texas drawl with his own local Wisconsin dialect. Borchardt, how ever, is much more ambitious than Hank Hill; in addition to pursuing his more pedestrian interests (beer, the Green Bay Packers), he is dri ven to complete formidable pro jects. Borchardt’s sincerity and sense of purpose make him a truly endearing documentary subject Within the parade of rowdy on-set shenanigans are moments of sadness and despair. Little narra

tion is required from Smith, as Borchardt freely offers his own stream-of-consciousness reflec

tions. Smith’s camera follows its subject through a numbing routine of daily errands which blends into b rief soliloquies about the American dream. Borchardt’s pursuit of artistic fulfillment is contrasted with the bleak reality of his life as a news paper deliverer and cem etery groundskeeper. Smith makes effec tive use of setting to depict this contrast. It is not only Borchardt’s ridiculous personality, but the doom and stagnation of his sur roundings that make his dreams seem fatuous. There is a strong element of death and decay, conveyed through

the settings of the cemetery, junk yard and trailer park. Smith exammines the details of the décor with a magnifying glass the tacky m asonite walls and old, m is matched blankets of Borchardt’s cluttered bedroom and Uncle Bill’s sad little trailer with its piles of junk everywhere. The fur nishings are circa 1960s and hearken back to a time when the family might have experienced hope and prosperity. The for bidding landscape and drab, outdated colours of the interiors create a complete environ ment of despair. This bleakness can be difficult to deal with at times. We laugh at B orchardt’s ineptitude and his pathetic burnout friend (who is hopelessly addicted to tear-away lottery tickets), but it feels a little cruel, because Borchardt and his pals are real people. American Movie does not set out to evoke upper-class-liberal guilt, but to put Borchardt’s accomplishments in relief with his real life. Seeing the filming of Coven it looks like it will become a terrible movie. Although the acting is ama teur, the black-and-white medium lends a surprising dignity to Borchardt’s film. There is a real

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How many artistic spirits lurk in the halls of the Arts Building, behind the pillars of the Steps, and even in the Otto Maass Chemistry and Stewart Biology buildings? M ore than one might im agine, given that only one creative writing course is offered per semester at McGill. Aspiring artists need not haunt dark nooks and crannies, because there are three publications looking for subm issions this semester. Scrivener, Pillar, and Montage are looking for submis sions, and its never to late to get involved. Scrivener is the most widely distributed creative publication; it is sold in most Montreal bookstores and is received by libraries across North America. This is its 23rd year in operation. They publish poetry, fiction and artwork, as well as book reviews and interviews. In the past they have interview ed Leonard Cohen, Carol Shields, Timothy Findlay, Seamus Heaney, and Michael Ondaatje. Claire Ezzeddin is one of the co-co-ordinating editors of Scrivener. She explains, “we accept submissions from around the world, which makes Us differ ent from P illar and M ontage.

Therefore, the content is not just Arts 350. Taraneh Bayat-Mokhtari, co student work, but Scrivener is ordinating editor, explains that this entirely run by students.” Ezzeddin also points out that co-operative approach makes they receive a wide and varied pool Montage different from other pub of submissions, but that McGill lications. “We have meetings once students often account for a large a week where we discuss adminis percentage of the published materi trative details such as the look of the publication, al. “That says a and fund-rais lot about the tal in g ,” she ent of the stu explains. “One dents at of the things M cG ill,” says we do each Ezzeddin. year in the Scrivener m eetings is is looking for choose a submissions of them e. This art, photogra year the theme phy, fiction, is bread. Bread poetry, and has a lot of book reviews by connotations; January 15th. bread can be Anyone in ter associated with ested in submit- ’ s u s te n a n c e , ting a piece depravity, com should drop it Let yo u r little light Max Lewkowski fort, even reli off in the Arts shine gion,” says B u i l d i n g B ayat-M okhtari. “People who Porter’s office. Montage has an entirely differ come to the workshops and meet ent approach. Anyone can submit ings usually work within the photos, art work, fiction or poetry theme, but we accept pieces on any on the tentative February 10 dead topic at the deadline.” The workshops, which will line. The first meeting will take place this Friday at 4:30, and will continue into this semester until continue on Wednesdays at 5:30 in February and are open to anyone,

and allow people to bring in work for criticism and feedback. According the Bayat-M okhtari, “this fosters a process and a com munity feeling.” After Montage receives all its submissions, the editing process is also communal. Anyone who has been attending meetings and work shops can anonymously vote which pieces should be published. These works are then passed on to a smaller group of editors that make the final decision. Bayat-Mokhtari notes that people can still get involved in meetings, workshops, editing, and production. The third publication looking for submissions is Pillar. Interested auteurs can submit original fiction, poetry and artw ork to the Arts Porter’s office by January 31. They exclusively feature McGill student work and are produced entirely by students. Unlike the other maga zines, Pillar is free of charge. Co-editor-in-chief Lisa Propst states, “We are always looking for more people for the selection com mittees, fund-raising, events plan ning, and production.” The moral of the story is: take heart, artistic souls. Come out from your dark, brooding corners, and let McGill see your light.

beauty in the opening scenes of Coven which seems to redeem the director’s sad existence. The real significance of Coven, however, is in its production. Marc’s crackpot scheme trans forms a group of shiftless men into a “production team” with a pur pose. Again, this transformation is conveyed through setting. It is encouraging for the audience to see the team enter a university to do the editing of Coven. Their efforts are focused and renewed by the crisp new surroundings, and even the quality of the film onscreen seems to improve. Although American Movie deals with some serious issues, it never stoops to the level of a public service announcem ent. Smith explores his them es through humour and Marc Borchardt is one of coolest characters to appear on the big screen in a long time. Borchardt seems to have real cult potential; there are already several websites dedicated to the movie and his other activities. One site lists screenings of Coven and fea tures a “Coven-o-m eter,” which records the sales of the home video. Despite the increased expo sure, it doesn’t look like Coven will be showing at the Paramount any time soon. We (and Borchardt) can only dream of that day. American Movie will return to Cinema du Parc February 3rd.

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Dope deafens while Sevendust soars By Shan Soe-Lin Atlantan rockers Sevendust rolled into town bringing their hard, grinding guitar riffs and smooth vocals to Le Spectrum. Unfortunately, they also brought along the worst band I have ever

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had the displeasure of listening to Dope. The opening band Chival was pretty good. This group of three brothers from Chicago made an amazing amount of sound for a three-piece outfit, and they certainly kept the crowd entertained. Fast-forward a half-hour now to the set-up for Dope. Their stage consisted of barbed wire, scarylooking chain link fences embla zoned with their moniker, with flashing police lights as the crown ing touch. The roadies took more than half an hour to assemble this monstrosity, which was ironic con-

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A rare and unusual double bill by two of Canada’s biggest bands, Matthew Good and Moist rocked the Metropolis in one of the bigger shows the venue has seen in a while. Openers Gob got the mixed-age

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crowd rocking right from the begin ning. Gob was a lot of fun to watch. Keeping things plain, lively and simple, they reminded me of a garage band who, through a stroke of luck, made it big. Always looking for a new way to surprise his audience, Mathew Good did not disappoint; the open ing strains to “Giant” were accom panied by the ever-bouncy Montreal Allouettes cheerleading squad. Playing as if their hearts were in it, the band put on a great show. Their live acts are often predictable, yet

Seven d u st riffs on "m oderation'/ radio hits By Shan Soe-Lin

“I know a lot of famous people, but I don’t know any Yankees. I’d sidering they only played for thirty give my firstborn to have dinner with minutes (thank God). Dave Wells.” I didn’t catch all the names to So begins the interview with their songs, but their set featured a Sevendust’s Morgan Rose. The number called “Fuck the Police,” band, comprised of singer Lajon and “Everything Sucks.” This W itherspoon, guitarists Clint should have been their theme song Lowery and John Connolly, bassist since the title pretty much sumed up Vince Hornsby, and drummer their perfor Morgan Rose, hasn’t done too badly. mance. The lead Their first album went gold, and singer only had their sophomore release, Home, two basic words looks like it’s going to do even bet in his vocabu ter. These intrepid road warriors are lary: fuck, moth set to begin another long, gruelling erfucker and tour, but they sure look happy about variations there it. Rose sat down for a chat recently of. His vocal backstage at Le Spectrum, and his style bore a close charming, laid-back personality was resemblance to in direct contrast to the wild and fre the sound an owl netic energy he displayed on stage would make later that night. before vomiting. Their music can be classified as He spent most of heavy guitar rock, though they dis tinguish themselves from bands like A n d r e L e g a sp i his time spitting beer and water at Kom and Limp Bizkit with their sur his audience and trying to incite a prisingly smooth, melodic vocal riot, which was pretty laughable lines. Witherspoon is blessed with a considering there were only 100 or silky and powerful voice, which is a so people in the moshpit. nice contrast to their ragged and Finally Sevendust took the grinding guitar riffs. Combining stage, and they did not disappoint. influences as diverse as Earth Wind From the opening snarls of Home, and Fire, Depeche Mode, and classi the five-piece group lived up to all cal music, it’s no wonder that they expectations. Unfortunately, the manage to create such a unique damage inflicted to my hearing by sound in a genre which is usually Dope caused me to leave halfway redundant. through Sevendust’s act, but they Together about five and a half were good. years, the band had a shaky begin If Sevendust ever returns, go ning. “Me and Vince were in a band see their show. Just show up after together prior to this, but we weren’t the opening acts. And if Dope ever getting along with the lead guy, who comes on their own, run screaming had a real lead singer syndrome the other way. thing happening,” Rose says with a laugh. “It just wasn’t any fun, and I started to feel like our dream of get ting a record deal was falling apart. I was getting really tired of having the door slammed in my face all the time, and I was about ready to give up, but I still loved to play. John with incredible energy. Through the actually lived in my building, and he power choruses of “Hello had written some songs, and I knew Timebomb,” “Load Me Up,” Lajon from another band, so I stole “Haven’t Slept in Years,” and the him. I loved Clint and his melodic haunting lines of “Apparitions,” the guitar playing, so I begged him to energy of the crowd was contacome join us and broke his band up geous. They encored with a sweet too. So I basically wiped out the version of “Let’s get it On.” competition in Atlanta.” In anticipation of hometown It was probably fate that lead band Moist’s appearance, the energy Sevendust to sign with their current level reached a fever pitch. The label, TVT. “We were in a bar one crowd, however, was kept waiting a night, singing, and these reps were long time for Moist. The roadies j wandering around looking for a strip took so long to set up that I was club, and they came in and asked for wondering whether David Usher directions, and ended up staying and was going to parachute on to the listening to us. It was just a fluke.” stage. However, they were worth it Asked to comment on their in the end. Sticking mostly to a set lyrics, which are heavy and cutting, list of their many radio hits, they Rose says, “we write about stuff kept the legions of Moist fans that’s happening in our lives. It was thrilled while keeping those unfa basically written about the last two miliar with their music interested as years where we were on tour for well. Commenting several times on twenty-one months, where we took how sweet it was to be returning the word ‘moderation’ and basically home, David Usher’s relaxed atti crushed it. We drank more alcohol tude made for a cozy and intimate and did more drugs and played more atmosphere. shows, and overindulged ourselves Later the band mixed things in everything, and ruined what up a little with a little acoustic gui should have been a really good tar song from Usher’s solo album. time.” Playing 460 shows in a year and Panicking the security guards, a half would tire anyone out, but Usher even came out into the mosh Sevendust are getting ready to do it pit a few times to the delight of the all over again. Both Rose and female fans. As a signal to the end of a fantastic show, glittering con Witherspoon just recently became first-time fathers, which along with a fetti poured down from the ceiling, lot of joy, has added new responsi giving a happy pre-m illennium bilities and conflicts to their lives. shine to the crowd. Probably one of When asked how he balances family the better rock shows I’ve seen in a j with music, Rose sighs, “there was while, Matthew Good Band and j no balancing at all. It was all music Moist were well worth it. at that time. But now [with the baby]

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it’s going to be different. I’ve got a kid, and a wife who’s in a band (Cold Chamber), and we’re both touring, and it’s really tough. I told my booking agent that I wouldn’t sacrifice my wife or my kid for this, so now they understand and are try ing to work around it.” Home is the follow-up album to their successful self-titled debut. Asked whether the band felt any pressure to outdo their previous suc cess, Rose is surprisingly candid, saying, “we thought the first record was garbage, and we were really sur prised that it did so well, so I thought the second record would be a lot.ea.sier to make. Somebody outside of our band mentioned the word ‘radio’ and that was a mistake, because after that, we decided that we’d write one or two songs just for the radio. And the next fifteen songs ended up being written for the radio. We threw them

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all out.” Rose also admits that their first single was written for mass con sumption in mind. “‘Denial’ was the first song written for the album, and with its blackness and heaviness, we hoped it would get played.” Home’s best track, is the dizzy ing “Licking Cream,” featuring Skin from Skunk Anansie. “Working with her was amazing, she’s crazy,” Rose says in awe. “I thought it would be wild to have a collaboration with her, so I called her up and she said she’d do it. She happened to be in New York the same time we were doing press, and she was able to come to Boston and work with us.” For the next while, Sevendust will be on tour with Metallica and Kid Rock. Breathing new life into the guitar-rock scene, these Atlanta boys are definitely worth a listen.

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Is Mr. Ripley talented?

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Rhea: Flaws? Let me count the ways. This film is suffering from a major identity crisis and can’t quite decide whether it’s an epic or a

One commonly heard criti cism of the movie is that it runs too long, What are your thoughts? Rhea: Shyeah. Obviously. The only other movie more painfully long than this in recent memo ry was Titanic and that was because of all that whooshing water and a large Coke.

Overall, what were your impressions of this film?

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Hadfield, in late October of 1999. The contest is open h ttp :// w w w . s p a c e , g c . ca One small step for an to any univer Art student... sity, communi ty college or CEGEP student taking fine arts CVA, or space-walk, by a Canadian courses. Any students doing com astronaut and the addition of puter graphic design in a course C anada’s contribution to the International Space Station.” may also enter the contest. The entries for the contest All manned space missions in the past have been represented by a will be judged by their design and crew emblem, which reflects the by description. Eighty percent of objectives of the mission and identi each judgement will be based on the fies the crew. Canada has added a actual design of the patch, and 20% new twist to this tradition. Every of each judgement will be based on space mission involving a Canadian a written explanation provided with Space Agency astronaut exhibits the the entry. All entries must contain a crew patch and a uniquely designed graphic of the Canadian flag. The winner of the contest will receive a patch for the Canadian astronauts. In the past when a Canadian cash prize of $500 and will be invit astronaut has gone on a mission, a ed to attend the mission launch in professional artist or graphic Florida. Thirty other finalists will designer was hired to create a patch; be acknowledged by receiving a never before has an amateur artist signed letter from Colonel Hadfield. designed a patch for a space mis The winner’s institution will also be sion. The CSA and Colonel acknowledged by having their coat Hadfield decided to hold the contest of arms flown on the mission. as a way to involve students in the Canadian space program and to For more information on how to support education in science and enter, visit the CSA website at technology and other complemen www.space.gc.ca or call the CSA tary areas of study. The ideals of at (450) 926-4349. Mission Hadfield reflect the requirement that representatives of Canada in space be well-rounded individuals. “Part of our mandate is to sup port higher education in Canada,” explained Marilyn Steinberg of the Canadian Space Agency, “this con test is one way for the CSA to reach out to arts students, and to support all facets of higher education.” The CSA also hopes to inform Beck the public about Canada’s involve Midnight Vultures ment in space exploration and about Geffen possible careers that relate to space travel. Anointed “king of the “The impetus for having this slacker generation,” Beck has contest is to.help Canadian youth released Midnight Vultures- the know and understand what we do in official follow-up to the hugely suc space,” stated Steinberg. “In doing cessful Odeiay. A whirling, rollick so, we are also educating students ing fusion of samples, over-dubs about potential careers that are tied and Beck’s own laconic voice, to our space program.” Midnight Vultures is a blast. It's Colonel Hadfield will wear the simply amazing how a cohesive, contest winner’s patch aboard the musical idea can shine through such space shuttle Endeavor on his sec a storm of sound. Standout tracks include the upbeat “Sexx Laws,” ond mission, which is scheduled to and thumping “Mixed Bizness.” take place in November of this year. The only weak track in the mix is Mission STS-100 will mark the “Hollywood Freaks.” It was diffi third mission for Canada to the cult to tell if Beck was making fun International Space Station. The purpose of this mis of the hiphop/rap genre, or just releasing a really weak imitation of sion is to deliver the next genera it. Midnight Vultures is quite possi tion of a robotic arm— the Space bly the most unique CD to be Station Remote M anipulator released this year. If you’re in the System (SSMRS)—to the interna mood for something completely dif tional Space Station. The new arm ferent, pick this little gem up. will be transferred from the shuttle — b\ Shan Soe-Lin and installed onto the space station

Maria: First of all, this movie is beautiful to look at. It has a very visually friendly cast, including Matt Damon, Gwenyth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett, all dressed in stylish, 1950’s clothing. Mr. Ripley and other happy campers Moving from the vibrant Italian coastline, to fancy yachts, thriller. Ultimately, it suffers from hopping jazz clubs, picturesque city Minghella's desire to repeat Oscar squares and lavish soirees the glory. What begins as an interesting psychological study with scenery is very attractive Fitzgerald-like expats pissing their Rhea: Eye candy schmeye inheritances away, becomes a paro candy. It can only carry you so far dy of itself. Jude Law’s death ren and after two hours plus running ders the rest of the film extraneous. time, it’s time for me to wrap it up Didn’t we already see Gywneth in a and go pee. Sure, it was beautifully harried female role in every other shot, but well-balanced shots of the movie from Seven to A Perfect Veneto can grow boring. The film’s Murder? Like Paltrow, Jude Law editing, casting, and acting could really couldn’t escape the ghosts of roles past, regurgitating his role as have been a lot better. Bosie in Wilde. Nice buns, though. Matt Any major objections to the Damon might’ve been perfect for film? Ivy league fame, but lacks the tal Maria: This movie gets carried ent and depth to pull off the tor away with itself. It obviously owes tured, closeted homosexual, social a great deal to classic Hitchcock climber. Cate Blanchett put forth a films such as Psycho, Dial M for perform ance of an obnoxious, Murder, and Vertigo. At the begin Yankee, socialite which could have ning of The Talented Mr. Ripley, been beefed up to showcase her the suspense is carefully teased out, acting chops. keeping the audience suspended Maria: Jude’s buns are cute, between sympathy and revulsion for Ripley. After he commits his but I must disagree with my first act of violence, the balance is esteemed colleague. Matt Damon broken and the film becomes more plays the complicated Ripley with of a horror flick than a suspense delicacy and panache. He breaks flick losing its Hitchcockian bal- away from his usual foppish frat boy character, and evokes an uneasy empathy in the audience. Blanchett is also convincing as a socialite who supposedly “hates money,” but confides that she real ly only likes other people who hate money.

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Rhea: Panache? Spot the English major. Next question.

Maria: As I said, the m ultiple killings stretched on for a wee bit too long, but I was cap tivated nonetheless. P re ss P h o to

Can you talk a little bit about the psychological twists? Rhea: It seems to me that much of the drama centres around Ripley’s repressed homosexual ten dencies. As far as I know, being gay even in 1950s Italy doesn’t drive one to hom icide. Bad Broadway music maybe. Philip Seymour Hoffman pulls the ques tionable sexuality card as Freddie. His phenomenal performance as a peripheral character harkens back to his days in Boogie Nights and Happiness. Maria: Ripley’s homosexuality did not appear in the original book by Patricia Highsmith. This was an interesting twist, because it makes his original crime a crime of pas sion as well as a way to enter the lifestyle of the rich. Ripley’s sexu ality is an interesting dimension that works because of Damon’s nuanced performance. Last words? Maria: I enjoyed this movie a great deal, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the combina tion of suspense, beautiful scenery, and tasty stars. Rhea: Sure, see it if you have a couple of hours to kill, and are into His Royal Hotness Jude Law. But, if you’re in for something thought provoking, skip this and consider that there are 17 different ingredi ents in McDonald’s fries.

Bryan Adams The Best of Me A&M Bryan Adams has released yet another “best-of" album. Entitled The Best of Me, it really should have been called No Surprises. This isn’t entirely a bad thing. It is quite convenient to have every single hit of the husky-voiced singer all on one disk if that’s your thing. The fifteen tracks cover all the highlights of his long career, from “Everything I Do, I Do for You,” to his last hit, “When You’re Gone.” with spice-girl Mel C. if you’re a die-hard Bryan Adams fan. then there's probably no point in picking up this CD since you’ll probably have all the songs already. I guess if you’re really bored and want something predictable and harmless, buy it. You can never go wrong with “Summer of ’69.” — by Shan Soe-Lin

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With two resounding rejec tio n s early in the gam e, C oncordia centre Real K itieu, tow ering above the rest of his teammates at a bulky 6’9”, set the tone for the mid-season duel with McGill for first place on Friday night. Unable to counter K itieu’s im posing presence in the low post, the Redmen were soundly defeated by the Stingers 69-57, dropping the team ’s record to a mediocre 3-4 on the season. The Stingers’ margin of vic tory was even larg er than the score indicated. After taking the lead early in the gam e, the Redmen, who scored a meaning less la st second b ask et, w ere forced to play catch-up the rest of the way, and never came within striking distance of Concordia. Following a winter vacation spent training in the Dominican Republic, McGill came out flat in its first game of the new year. Struggling to put points on the board, the Redmen defence fell v ictim to the play o f shifty Concordia guards Mark Spence and Eric Zulu who were able to control the tempo of the game. The greatest let-down on the part

of McGill, though, occurred down low in the paint where the fanfavourite Kitieu was able to dom

inate, registering a triple-double in points, blocks, and rebounds. Kitieu, who sparked excite

ment from the small but boister ous crowd of the cramped Loyola gym with his ferocious style of play, intimidated Redmen shoot ers all night and forced several McGill turnovers. Besides block ing eleven shots and nabbing 15 rebounds, Kitieu also managed to score 16 points including a thun derous tw o -h an d ed jam o ff a high-arching rebound. “Real (Kitieu) played a really strong game for them , but we helped him out by playing right into his h an d s,” said Redm en head coach Ken Schildroth after the game. “We didn’t play smart against him, and allowed him to dominate us down low. That just contributed to a negative spiral in our play for the entire game.” While displaying moments of flashiness and effective ball con trol, the Redmen offence strug gled to find a consistent rhythm throughout the entire contest. The biggest problem for the R ed’n White was the team’s inability to finish its lay-ups down the stretch and hit the key outside shots. “We outran them but ju s t didn’t finish, we w eren’t ready for the big guy (Kitieu) inside,” said Redm en guard D om enico Marcario who showed a hot hand in the first half and led McGill

scorers with 15 points. “ O ffen siv ely we sim ply failed to execute,” added an exas perated Mark Rawas, who along with several other M cGill for wards had trouble m atching up with the over-sized Kitieu. “We didn’t shoot the ball well, or play consistently at all. You gotta give Real Kitieu some respect for his perform ance, but w e’ve got to show up for 40 m inutes. We showed some rust out there in our first game back from the break, we’re gonna have to work hard and clean it up in the future.” Drive for post-season in full swing

The Redmen can ill-afford further lapses like the one experi enced on F riday ag ain st C oncordia. W hile still sitting comfortably in second place, the Redmen have several tough oppo nents and must-win games in the next few weeks to decide their playoff fate. Despite M cG ill’s poor per fo rm ance on F rid ay , R edm en coach Ken Schildroth rem ains optimistic that the team has what it takes to be a contender. Continued on Page 27

Martlennium gets off to a bad start against rival Stingers Failure to p lay fo rty m in u te s le a d s to loss versus a to u g h C oncordia squad as M cG ill falls 5 7 -4 4 B y J a m e s Em p r i n c h a m

If you asked M artlet head coach L isen M oore about her team 's new y e a r’s reso lutions heading into their showdown at crosstown rival C oncordia last Friday, she might have respond ed: play tougher defence, commit fewer turnovers, and make better decisions with the ball. And for thirty five minutes of their first game of the new year the M artlets played as though they intended to be among the minority of people who actually stick to their resolutions. Unfortunately, much like my Uncle Louie’s resolution to diet lasted until the year’s first fifteen cent wing night, when it mattered m ost the M artlets resolve was absolved. The M artlets general lack of focus in the last five min utes led to co stly tu rn o v ers, which laid the groundwork for their sixth loss of the regular sea son in seven games. The final score, in the regular season’s first m eeting between the tw o team s was 57-44 in favour of the Stingers. The Stingers fluent perimeter ball movement overseen by floor leader Carol-A nn Tull and hot sho o tin g from Jessica

The Martlets hope the new year brings new results

Manchester, who went 8 for 17 from the field in the game staked the Stingers to a 26-19 lead at the half. The game looked destined to turn out much like the team's pre

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season m eeting, a gam e Concordia won 71-64, and after the first half it would have been easy for the underdog Martlets to mentally concede the game to the higher-ranked Stingers.

To McGill’s credit, however, they came out firing in the second half. Led by the calm hand of fifth-year guard Alison Schafer and s te lla r p o st w ork from Shannon H ow ard and L ysiane van der Knaap, the Martlets went on an 8-2 run early in the second half to bring them within 2 points at 32-30. The teams seemed to content to exchange baskets for much of the remaining half, and with only four minutes left the M artlets looked to have every chance at victory, trailing by a free throw at 43-42. The S tingers, who looked m ore polished perhaps due to hav in g alread y p lay ed three games in the new year compared with M cG ill’s zero, or perhaps because of a marked advantage in age and playing experience, took control of the contest in the last five m inutes. They reeled off eight unanswered points, putting the gam e out o f reach for the Martlets at 51-42 with one minute left. While their failure to play as a unit in the important moments of F riday’s game provided the Martlets with an all too painfully fa m iliar re su lt th is season, it quickly becomes apparent listen ing to the players and coaches

after the game, that this is not a typical 1-6 team. “ I like the h ea rt on this team,” coach Moore said after the game. “It m akes me proud to coach this team.” W hen asked to assess her team ’s performance she added: “W hen we w ere fo cu sed we showed that we can be a damn good basketball team. However we also showed that we have to play forty m inutes. We d id n ’t take care of the important details and our decisions weren’t always strong.” Schafer echoed Moore’s sen timents adding that “We played well for thirty to thirty five min utes, we just didn’t finish well.” Continued on Page 27

Martlet hockey vs. Maine, Tuesday, 4:45 p.m.; vs. UQTR, Sunday 1:30 p.m. at McConnell Arena Redmen hockey vs. RMC, Friday, 7:30; vs. Queen's, Saturday 7:00 at McConnell Arena Martlet volleyball vs. Sherbrooke, Friday, 7:30 Currie Gym, TBC

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Martlets goalie Kim St-Pierre stars again for Team Canada Fabulous p e rfo rm a n c e a t T h re e N ations Cup puts h e r closer to b e in g n a m e d to N a tio n a l Team fo r W o rld C h am p io n sh ip tion play and overtim e. She stopped all four shots faced in the shoot-out to secure the victory for Canada at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal's east end. For her efforts, St-Pierre was dubbed a Canadian hero by w riter Dave Stubbs in a feature article on the front page of the Gazette sports section. "It's always a special feeling to beat the US, and it was an added bonus to get a front-page story in the sports section, which I laminat ed as a souvenir of the victory," said St-Pierre with a glowing smile on Saturday, right after backstop

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Humble and well-grounded, Martlets goaltender Kim St-Pierre has quietly been establishing her self as one of Canada’s top hockey players at her position. While the majority of McGill students were putting in 12 hour shifts at the library during the first week of December, St-Pierre was helping to bring glory to her coun try at the Three Nations Cup. St-Pierre's stellar and often sensational play between the pipes enabled Canada to defeat its arch nemesis the US three times during

St-Pierre in her other red and white uniform

the tournament, including an exhil arating shoot-out win in the tour ney final. In front of a large group of family and friends in the final, StPierre was called upon in the decid ing shootout after the two teams had skated to a 2-2 tie after regula

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ping the Martlets to a 5-0 win over Ottawa at the Theresa Humes tour nament at Concordia. "I was so focused during the shoot-out that I shut out the crowd and didn't even realize when it was all over. It truly was an amazing feeling afterwards,

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especially having so many support Awaiting word of her fate with asset for our team." ers in the crowd, including my two the national program, St-Pierre As a result of her various progrand-mothers." Now in her second year with the Canadian national team, StPierre, a sophomore at McGill, has begun to feel more and more com fortable in her role for Team Canada. While originally feeling slightly nervous playing with the nation's best female players, StPierre has gotten used to the spot light, and has become very close with her teammates. "It was* weird at the beginning to be playing alongside big names such as C assie Cam pbell and Hayley Wickenheiser, but when you start talking with them you realize they're just great people who love to play hockey just like myself," said St-Pierre, "During the year we all go our separate ways except for the four or so odd times we play in m ajor tournam ents. During those times we really have a great spirit as a team, and have so much fun together." With her impressive perfor mance at the Three Nations Cup in December, St-Pierre possesses a leg up in her quest to be named to a . Dobrowolskyj the Canadian team for the world Kim St-Pierre: The national netminder championships which take place in March in Mississauga, Ontario. remains focused on her studies and longed absences with the national Four other goalies, including the on her role as the starting goal- team, St-Pierre has been forced to well-known Manon Rheaume, and tender for the McGill Martlets. discipline herself and try to keep up Sammy-Jo Small, who in school despite the split duties with Stexcitement of her blos Pierre at the world Cl AU soming hockey career cham pionship in Year GAA Min G W-L at the international Finland last winter, are level. With all of the 11 2.78 625 5-5 competing for the cov 1999-2000 travelling, accolades, eted two spots available and intensity of the on the national team international hockey coached by Mel Davidson for the While thrilled to be a part of the scene, St-Pierre has to remind her worlds. The official team will be national program, St-Pierre still rel self that above all else she is a stu ishes her role with the Martlets. announced in mid-February. dent-athlete and not a professional "Nothing's 100 per cent sure, "The girls on the Martlets are one. but I think I made a good "It’s really hard to impression with my play study after a big win Team Canada at the Three Nations for the national team, Cup" said St-Pierre Year G GAA Min W-L but you have to learn understatedly, "Heading to budget your time 11 .096 623 10-0 and study when you into the tournam ent I 1999-2000 wanted to prove I could have to," said Stplay well against the US Pierre who's majoring and I beat them three times which great," said St-Pierre," We have a in physical education. "Peter Smith felt great. I don't want to jinx any great camaraderie on the team, and has been extremely helpful as have thing, but I think I have a good shot I'm really having fun." my teachers who have been sensi at being named to the team." While not a vocal leader, St- tive to my schedule. You never Pierre has consistently worked hard know what's going to happen in in practice, and provided inspira hockey, so school is the most tion for her McGill teammates with important thing, and I am grateful her standout play. to everybody who has helped me to "Kim is a very hard-worker, successfully combine school with who's very focused and competi hockey.” tive," said Martlets coach Peter Smith. "She gets along very well with the other players, and leads by example. She's got all the tools, Tribune and is very committed, and the ter rific experience she has had at the international level has been a huge

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Baseball Stadiums: Faux retro is still the way to go. We will all be amazed at the brilliant marketing that will enable us to believe that a retractable roof with a jumbotron feels like an ‘old time ball park.’ Watch for new stadiums to be built in M ontreal (obviously), North Carolina (because the Athletics need a home too), Philadelphia, and the new and im proved Exhibition Stadium II in Toronto. Salaries: We will see the col lectivization of baseball revenues in an effort to save the league. Players will be given long term minimum salary deals when they reach the big leagues, they will make money according to league wide benchmarks. The money paid for a great season will be enough to sustain that player well into retire m ent, So a season like Larry W alker’s two years ago, or McGwire’s in 1998 could mean a $45 m illion dollar paycheck. Conversely, a season like any one of Bobby Bonilla’s between 19931999 will be worth league mini-

mum. Teams: No team will fold. Though we’ve heard a nice rumor that baseball might accept a smaller league, it’s all a lie. With North America’s population getting larger every year, its desire for sports grows with it. M arkets like N ashville, North C arolina, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and Portland will grow to a size where they can support a major league team. Baseball will also avoid expansion to places like Havana and Mexico City. If you think players avoided Montreal, try sending them to a third world nation. Records: The new millennium will watch Nolan Ryan’s single season strikeout record fall. With more and more sluggers in the league, strikeouts will go up and one great pitcher (i.e. Pedro Martinez) will be able to break the 400 K barrier. McGwire’s homerun record will be safe for thirty years, as is the tradition with homerun records. DiMaggio will rest easy, a fifty six game hitting streak will never even come close to being in danger. By far the most interesting thing to see over the next 100 years

will be to see if any player can hit .400. With weak pitching, hitter’s ball parks and a league that is dying to market offense over pitch ing; it’s a distinct possibility.

H ockey Stadiums: Gary Bettman will insist that hockey continue to be an “innovator” in sports. Watch for seatbacks with computer monitors in them so we can watch the game, order food, merchandise, tickets, check stats, and go on the Internet. Every spare second of non-playing time will be filled with some form of entertainment or pre-recorded music. Then, in 2040 we will have one team break from the pack. They will offer an intimate stadium with decently priced food, organ music, a simple scoreboard, no mascot, and a shred of dignity. That team: The Atlanta Thrashers. Salaries: Hockey players will continue to get paid less than their peers in other sports. However, a court ruling will deem that a play er’s jersey is his property and as such he is entitled to sell advertis ing space. This will lead to star players selling ads on every inch of

their uniform, skates, helmets, and sticks. Players like Adam Burt will be left enough room to write his name twice. Teams: The NHL will become a 100-team league by 2050. Having decided that Columbus, Ohio and Atlanta were smashing successes, the NHL will expand to every viable market in North America, except Hamilton, Ontario. They will then fill out the league with teams in Europe, Japan and Russia. The NHL playoffs will be a 64 team tournament and will end three days before the start of the regular season. Records: Every major scoring record set by Wayne Gretzky will remain intact. However, all goal tending records will be shattered. Barring a major rule change, the expansion of the league will reduce talent further to the point where fans will be begging for the return of dump and chase hockey.

F o o tb all The NFL seems to do every thing right and will continue to do so well into the next century.

B asketball Stadiums: Same buildings as hockey. Salaries: The money paid to the top players will become so high that it will lose its value and ath letes will demand land, power, and air time. Teams: The NBA will keep expansion to a minimum and create m inor leagues in Europe and America. During the preseason they will stage a three game series between the NBA champion and the European league champion. The game will mean about as much as the Naism ith Cup. In North America, the minor league will have a team established in every city over 100,000 and players will be selected after junior high. These . teams will double as a high school with tutors on each squad. Records: W ith the rule changes that have taken place, bas ketball records are almost useless. How else could Nate McMillan, Mark Eaton, and Dale Ellis have their names etched in the record book?

Barrage of goals by Martlets in final two games of tourney Continued from Page 1 Calgary forward Susan Lippitt was the only Dino shooter to beat St-Pierre. Unfortunately for the Martlets, none of their top guns managed to score on Dino netminder Lorenda Beuker. “I thought it was a very suc cessful game,” Martlet head coach Peter Smith said. “At this stage we have to measure success by how we play, how we execute, the effort, and all of that was there... 1 can’t say I was disappointed in the overall outcome.”

Easy v ic to ry over O tta w a Next came the Ottawa GeeGees, a team in its first year of CIAU com petition, which the Martlets handily defeated 5-0 to advance to the fifth-place final. Under the tournam ent’s double elimination format, teams that lost their first game were placed in a consolation pool in which they played for the fifth and seventh place in the tournament. St-Pierre earned the shutout against the winless Gee-Gees, who play in the same conference as McGill. “They have one good line but besides that they get a little shallow in the depth department [and] their goaltending’s not very strong,” said Martlet forward and McGill player of the game Sarah Lomas, who scored a goal and assisted on another. “They work very hard and they want to win so it’s always tough to come out against a team like that because it’s hard to get yourself up for it.” The fifth-place final was a rematch of sorts between McGill and the W ilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, who had defeated the

Martlets 2-0 at last year’s Nationals in Toronto. W hile the Hawks dom i nated the open ing period, M

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21 seconds. Laurier left winger Ashley Colter and centre Caroline Hall beat StPierre, Colter on a low shot which sailed between a kneeling StPierre’s arm and torso, and Hall off of a high slap shot which blew past St-Pierre’s shoul der. The first Laurier goal broke St-Pierre’s 129:02 reg u la tio n -tim e scoreless streak. H o r n s b y

Martlets’ slow start caught up Martlets score! with them mid way through the period, as Laurier scored two goals within a span of

evened the score for the M artlets Jo n a th a n C o lfo r d one minute later when she took a drop pass from winger Sophie Acheson and stick-

Hornsby, the tournam ent’s fourth-leading scorer with six goals and eight overall points, was named to the all-star team. StPierre though, while enjoying a solid tournament overall, admitted that she was not at her best during the Laurier game. “I think I had two good games [out of th ree],” St-Pierre said. “T h at’s a bad game, and every goalie has a bad game once in a while, so I think that was it and I’m happy it’s done and that we won it. I’ll be ready for the next game, that’s for sure.” The M artlets m eet the University of Maine Tuesday night at McConnell Arena.

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handled past the Laurier defence and was able to beat the Laurier netminder with a quick wrist shot. McGill took the lead after Lomas’ goal early in the second, a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game. The Martlets blew the game open after Hornsby scored her third and fourth goals of the game within 28 seconds of each other early in the third period. T railing 5-2, Laurier got one more goal on a weak shot which beat St-Pierre between the pads; she had stretched her leg a little too far in attempting to cover her left post. With two minutes to go, the Hawks pulled their goaltender for an extra attack er, but Rittmaster’s empty net goal thirty seconds later would seal the game 6-3 for the Martlets.

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Doctors of naturopathic medicine are licensed general practitioners in natural medicine. Naturopathic students receive more than 4,500 hours of instruction in basic medical sciences, diagnostic medical sciences and naturopathic therapies including acupuncture, botanical (herbal) medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine and more. Program requirements: Candidates must have a minimum of three years of study (15 full-year credits) at an accredited university, including the following courses: general biology, general chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry and psychology.

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