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By Jennifer Lorentz___________ It had the same signs as any hockey game: the freezing cold rink, the smell of hockey equip ment and uniforms that one could swear hadn’t been washed since the beginning of their existence, a visiting team and a home team. Yet something was different. This visiting team was the Canadian National team and this home team was composed mainly of players the spectators never thought they’d be rooting for. During warm-ups, the OUA Far East All-Star team, sporting white jerseys emblazoned with the words “OUA East” on the front, looked very much like a team. The only things reminding viewers that these players are usually enemies on the ice were the colour of their helmets and shorts. “To be honest with you, we thought it was going to be tougher than last night [versus the OUA Selects in Kingston, Ontario] and that was a 2-1 game,” said Team Canada coach Tom Renney on his feelings heading into the game. So, I think we got everything we bar gained for.” Despite the coach’s expecta tions, the attitudes exhibited by the Team Canada players were quite different. The only word to describe their demeanor until their eventual loss was cocky. They ventured onto the ice with the look of a team expecting a cakewalk, which is exactly what the All-Stars did not give them. When the starting line up skated onto the ice, one thought came to mind: weird... Luc Belanger of UQTR was between the pipes, Concordia’s Karl C astonguay and Vince L abossière were on defence, Stingers Alexandre Charette and Mathieu Fleury were at the wings and McGill’s David Burgess was at centre. Behind the bench, Jacques Laporte of UQTR acted as C o n tin u e d o n page 2 5
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Mission to Mars Arts passes MCI motion
An inside-out look at the Red Planet By Aaron Izenberg The Earthling affair with Mars was kindled in 1877, when Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli discovered what he described as ‘channels’ (canals) on the surface of Mars. This find that would spark an interest about intelligent life on the planet for years to come. It was thought that these canals were irrigation systems, dug out in order to channel water towards inhabited areas. Later, it was proven that the canals did not actu ally exist. Over the past hundred years, Mars has increasingly become an area of interest in the news, in the books that we read, and in the movies we see. With all the talk about humans visiting and even relocating to the Red Planet, it is
worthwhile to take a look at what is actually happening in the Mars department. Earthlings had their first close up view of Mars in 1964, when the Mariner Cruiser took fly-by pic tures of the planet. In 1975, the Viking missions made the first orbit and landing on Mars, allowing for more detailed photographs, and more in-depth scientific study. Soil and atm ospheric sam ples were taken, and information about sea sonal patterns was recorded. In the early nineties, the Mars Observer was sent to orbit the plan et. Unfortunately, it was lost three days before reaching its destination. The 1996 Pathfinder mission was a success that involved a lander and a rover that had the ability to move around on the surface of the planet. C o n tin u e d o n page 16
One step closer to a private college at McGill By Jonathan Colford and Tasha Emmerton The Faculty of Arts passed a motion at its meeting last Tuesday to create the M cG ill C ollege International committee that will discuss a proposal to create a pri vate liberal arts college at McGill. MCI is intended to be an undergraduate general liberal arts program for students prim arily interested in pursuing professional degrees like law, business (MBA) or medicine rather than graduate studies, which targets specialists. The college would be entirely funded through tuition fees, pre liminarily set at $28,000 per year. The m otion carried with a vote of 23-12. “ [What is] typical of every
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vote that we take here is there is never quorum ,” said M yron Frankman, professor of econom ics, who voted against the motion. The Faculty of Science, on the other hand, had rejected the MCI by a vote of 17-12 with 3 absten tions at its general meeting held on December 7. Proponents of the motion at the Arts meeting limited them selves to arguing in favour of set ting up the committee, whereas its opponents directed their arguments against both the motion and the MCI itself. Supporters of the motion said that the MCI com m ittee would enable the faculty to explore the possibility of establishing such a C o n tin u e d on page 6
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