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Year of the Dragon roars in

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February fifth may seem like your average winter Saturday. But beware of the Nian monster - it is his day. Also, it’s the first day of the Chinese New Year.

While our solar calendar has enjoyed more than its share o f attention in the past, the 12 ani­ mals of the Chinese zodiac contin­ ue to trade places in the cycle of the C hinese calend ar. Next Saturday, the Rabbit will give up its throne to the Dragon to ring in the year 4696.

The cycle follows the lunar calendar, but corresponds to a com bination o f both lunar and solar movements. One lunar cycle — a “month” — lasts about 29.5 days. Because of the discrepancy between the 30 or 31-day month and the shorter lunar one, adher­ ents o f the traditional calendar insert an extra month into the year approximately every seven years, to “catch up” with the more widely used solar calendar. For Chinese people, especially those living in Asia, the New Year is the biggest event of the year.

Shaun Rein, of the Centre for East Asian Research at M cG ill, compares the coming holiday with North American cultural block­ busters.

“It’ s lik e m ixing Thanksgiving and Christm as that’s how important the New Year is for Chinese people,” she said.

Despite the firecrackers and dragon dances, most daily life in China revolves in the year 2000 no one only follows the lunar cal­ endar.

“The C hinese governm ent tried to subscribe to the Western calendar,” Rein explained. As a resu lt, celeb ratio n s aren ’ t as extravagant in China as they are in Taiwan and Hong Kong, where the traditional date notation is still very present.

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Fans g o w ild a t th e M e d le y as th e St. Louis Ram s h o ld on fo r v ic to ry in A tla n ta S u n d a y n ig h t _______________________________________________________ Mike Colwell

Lloyd Axworthy speaks to students from around the world U nited Nations, land m in e tre a ty and Canadian youth subjects o f Axw orthy's M cM U N speech

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Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy received a standing ovation in response to his speech at the opening cere­ m onies o f the M cG ill M odel United Nations Assembly 2000 on Thursday evening at the Montreal Sheraton Hotel.

A xw orthy was p resen t to receive the M cG ill International Review Award of Distinction, rec­ ognizing his outstanding achieve­ ments as a Canadian in the interna­ tional arena.

The United Nations has been

under attack by U nited States Senator Strom Thurman recently.

Axworthy took this opportunity to refute the recent criticism.

“To those [cou n tries] who think they can go it alone, I say they are in a fool’s game, a mudlumps parad ise. It cannot be done,” Axworthy said. “A strong and relevant United N ations is indispensable.”

Axworthy spoke to the impor­ tance of the United Nations in pro­ tecting civilians from the “scourge of war” and from both internation­ al and domestic conflicts.

“The tragic plain truth about

modern armed conflict is that ordi­ nary people — innocent civilians — su ffer m o st... C iv ilia n s are direct targets of war and live on its battlefield,” he said.

“They have in crea sin g ly become tools in warfare - herded about to destabilize governments, pressed into military service, held hostage, exploited sexually, used as human shields,” Axworthy told the captivated audience o f over 1,000 McMUN delegates, confer­ ence organizers and members of the press.

The second h alf o f the 25minute speech concerned Canada’s

role in the United Nations as a recently appointed member of the Security Council. “During our first year on the Council, Canada has made a difference... As a result of Canadian initiatives, the voice of human suffering is being heard, and listen ed to, at the co u n cil table.”

Finally, Axworthy, who was nominated for the Nobel peace prize in 1997, spoke of his recent­ ly ratified land mine treaty, which bans the manufacture and deploy­ ment of landmines worldwide.

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The Alley is back in action

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After being closed down due to expected renovations, The Alley has reopened for at least the rest of the semester.

The Alley is a cafe/pub locat­ ed beneath G ert’s in the Shatner building. The popular student hangout was closed because reno­ vations were planned to move G ert’ s downstairs to where the Alley is currently located. The ren­ ovations would be paid for from money from the University’s cold beverage agreem ent with C oca Cola.

According to Kevin McPhee, VP operations for the Students’ S o cie ty o f M cG ill U niversity , delayed renovations were behind the revamped Alley.

“The renovations were sup­ posed to happen last summer, and G ert’ s was to move downstairs.

But because the cold beverage agreement hasn’t been signed, the renovations were put on hold,” McPhee explained.

“When we realized the agree­ ment wasn’t going to happen, we re-opened the Alley after a lot of students approached us... Since the renovations were delayed, there was no real reason to keep it closed.” McPhee went on to note that if the cold beverage agreement is signed, the Alley will once again be closed for the planned renova­ tions.

A lley Cats on th e M ove McPhee explained the plans for the post-cold beverage agree­ ment changes to the Alley.

“If renovations happen next summer, the [downstairs] Alley will be closed... and it will reopen upstairs. It w ill be a d ifferen t

atmosphere, but we are going to keep the name a liv e ,” M cPhee commented. “If the cold beverage agreement does not go through, then the renovations won’t happen.

A pproxim ately $ 1 .5 m illion is expected from the cold beverage agreement.”

The Alley has long been an alternative to hanging out in either the Shatner cafeteria or G ert’ s, with a somewhat quieter atmos­ phere.

McPhee describes the alley as more laid back than either Gert’s or the cafeteria.

“Its a cafe, pub, the two words that best describe it. A more laid back atmosphere than the cafete­ ria. It fits well with the name.”

Students such as Ju lie Fishman U3, East Asian studies, prefer The Alley over the cafeteria for studying and socializing.

“I ’m definitely happy that it’s open again. I’ m not used to the [new] yellow walls... but I’m sure I ’ ll com e here now. I prefer tostudy in coffee shops [as opposed to] the library. I t ’ s got a better ambience than the cafeteria, some­ where you can do work and some­ where you can socialize.”

Other students such as Joseph M alone, U3 history, enjoy The Alley as a good place to hang out while on campus.

“This is my first time in here since it opened again. I guess I used to come here a lot, hang out, drink coffee. What upsets me more is they are going to bring Gert’s down here. For some reason I find that upsetting. I can smoke here and i t ’ s got arm chairs and it d o esn ’ t have loud obnoxious music, and because all my friends are here. I hate the yellow walls and I think they should have some­ one playing the piano, sort of like a lounge.”

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Daily Bruin (UC - Los Angeles) (U-W IRE) LOS ANGELES A record-high per centage of today’s co lle g e freshm en are feelin g increasingly stressed-out and over­ whelmed by what they have to do, according to a study released today by the Higher Education Research Institute at the U niversity o f California at Los Angeles Graduate S ch oo l of Education and Information Studies.

The 34th annual Am erican Freshman Survey, conducted at UCLA since 1973, is the nation’s longest-standing assessment of stu­ dent attitudes and plans.

“Students today have simulta­ neous demands put on them, like having to get into the right college, pressure of having to work while in school, and having to take care of family,” said Linda Sax, director of the survey and education professor at UCLA. Increasing since 1985, when 16 per cent of respondents reported feeling stressed, 30 per cent o f freshmen this year reported feeling “frequently overwhelmed by all I have to do,” a slight increase from 29.6 per cent in 1998.

The 1999 survey, which inclüdes responses from 364,546 students at 683 of the nation’s twoand four-year colleges and univer­ sities, is statistically adjusted to be representative o f the 1.6 million freshmen entering college as first­ time, full-time students. Freshmen are usually surveyed in the sum­ mer, or prior to beginning classes, in the form o f a four-page Scantron.

Sax said surveying students before they enter college allows researchers to find out the “stu­ d en ts’ ch aracter b efo re being exposed to college and to give col­ leges an idea of who their entering

students are.”

Sax attributed the growth of the Internet as a significant reason for why students may be feeling more overwhelmed.

“I think b efo re, when we weren’t faced with the amount of knowledge and information that we have now because of the Internet, things seemed to move slower and be more distant,” she said. Harold Pruett, d irector o f Student Psychological Services, noted how this finding reflects a larger trend among the general population.

“The world is an increasingly more complex place and trends like this among students are big indica­ tions that w e’ re all running ragged,” Pruett said, adding that “there seems to be an emphasis on wanting to do more and more with­ out taking the time to relax and do things more simply.”

W o m en m ore stressed th a n m en Broken down by gender, 38.8 per cent of women reported feeling frequently overwhelmed, compared to 20 per cent of men. According to the study, women, when compared to men, “spend significantly more time studying, performing volun­ teer work and participating in stu­ dent clubs/groups.”

Men, on the other hand, tend to spend more time exercisin g, playing sports, partying, playing video games and other activities that are stress-relieving and may provide a recreational outlet for stress, the report continued.

“I think women are in a much more conflicting situation in trying to be competitive and successful because there is always a cultural, societal notion that they should be caretakers and raise fa m ilie s ,” Pruett said.

Pruett also noted that women

may also be more willing to admit to certain things than men are; for exam ple, acknow ledging their stress, whereas “men often feel like they’re not supposed to have any.”

Regarding academ ics, students appear to be more academically disengaged than ever before, with 39.9 per cent of students reporting “frequently feeling bored in class,” compared to the 1985 low o f 26.4 per cent.

Sixty-two per cent of students, an increase of two per cent from last year, reported going late to class frequently or occasionally. A record-low 49 per cent was report­ ed in 1996.

“I think more students now value higher education as a means to an end, to getting a job or into graduate school, and aren’t focus­ ing as much on what they’re going to learn in school,” Sax said.

Kathy Kennedy, a first-year biology student, offered a student’s perspective on the responses.

“I think that most people had their high school senior year in mind when they filled out the sur­ vey, and so it is logical that they would remember feeling bored in class,” Kennedy said.

Health-wise, students prior to entering college appear to be con­ suming less alcohol and smoking cigarettes less often. According to the survey, today’s freshmen report the lowest of level of beer drinking, with 5 0 .7 per cent saying they drank beer frequently or occasion­ ally within the past year. The per centage of students who smoke cig­ arettes is down for the second year in a row, with 14.2 per cent of stu­ dents reporting their smoking habit.

Sax speculated about the decline of drinking being a result o f more education and awareness o f the issue and its consequences.

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“Students decide what they need for their faculty... it is solely student run,” Allison Bone, the annual fund co­ ordinator, said.

Students choose where the money g oes g iv in g them the ch a n ce to improve areas they may have felt need­ ed more money during their time at McGill.

Duncan Reid, one o f the two co­ chairs o f Class Action 2 0 0 0 felt the project showed the connection between Philip Trivenbach P re p a rin g fo r a n n iv e rs a ry c a m p a ig n students and the University. “[This is] M cG ill’ s first official Tara Van Zuiden, the other co-chair stated that fund raising campaign of the 21st century,” he said, this campaign is “great for M cGill in the future and, adding: “It is not ju st for the money but it shows now.” there is still an attachment to the institution.”

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Indian women: educated goddesses or slaves?

Im p a c t o f e d u c a tio n on g e n d e r roles su b ject o f M cG ill research

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“Indian women are at once a goddess and a slave,” says Dean of Education Ratna Ghosh quoting author A .L . Bashan. “I tend to agree.”

In an office somewhat seclud­ ed from the mayhem of the main campus, Ghosh is trying to explain to me why Hinduism, replete with female deities worshipped by mil­ lions o f men, is a bad barometer of the status of Indian women. I am here to d iscu ss her upcom ing research project that will explore w hether grow ing ed u cational opportunities have shifted the bal­ ance for Indian women in favour of the goddess.

India em barked on an eco ­ nom ic lib eralizatio n p ro ject in 1991, a radical shift given almost fifty years of statist economic poli­ cies. The result was the growth of capitation colleges, private institu­ tions concentrated in urban areas that offer professional degrees at high prices. Approximately sixty per cent o f students at these col­ leges are middle-class women. “[I started to wonder] how is it that parents are paying this much money on their daughter’s

ed u catio n ,” G hosh says. “Is it going to have an im pact on the daughter’s life, her marriage...is it a form of dowry or is it that they want this daughter to have a better ed u cation to get a b ette r h u s­ band?”

Although Ghosh’s research is still in progress with the aid of a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, she alread y has som e hyp oth eses regarding how and why education­ al opportunities are altering tradi­ tional gender roles in India.

“Divorce rates in India have gone up...probably because with professional degrees, [women] are feeling more confident and for that reason, less tolerant of demands of husbands, in-laws. [Y et], educa­ tion often causes more troubles and unhappiness in a fam ily, a lack of fulfillment.”

The growth in educational institutions also belies the fact that a growing number of women grad­ uates from these private colleges are entering service sectors like hotel management, entertainment and cosmetics, fields which have trad itio n ally em ployed fem ale workers.

“On the one hand, this is bad

including class d iv isio n s, for women, but on religious a ffiliation s, geo­ the other, it’s creat­ graphic regions and caste ing o p portun ities groups. for women in terms “All societies are patri­ of employment.” archal, the trouble with India Even those however is that there is no women armed with one In d ia ...u rb a n , rural professional upper c la s s , low er degrees, however, c la s s ...w h a t happens for still face glass ceil­ women in one situation is ings that are maybe d iffere n t fo r a women in even more im per­ another situation.” meable than those Beyond having impor­ found in the West. tant implications for policy, In order to break including where the Indian through, G hosh government focuses its edu­ cogently argues that cational spending priorities, the ed u cation o f Ghosh’s research promises to men must also fig­ shed some light on one of the ure into gender cal­ broad questions for educators culations. o f the world as she sees it, “ E d u c a tio n namely whether education em powers but the has the potential to alter soci­ so c ia l system is ety. Certainly given the fail­ such that what peo­ ure of Indian law to put into ple say or do to you practice its declarations o f is opposed to your equality and social ju stice, q u a lific a tio n s ,” P rofessor Ghosh Courtesy Faculty of Education education maybe offers one says Ghosh. “People will start changing not only with research suffers from the complex­ of the last remaining opportunities of transforming the Indian woman the education o f women but the ity of the Indian woman’s identity. education of men and women. It’s T h e categ o ry ‘Indian w om en’ into the full-fledged goddess she masks the heterogeneous cleav­ was always meant to be. the downward filtration theory.”

Ghosh acknowledges that her ages that cut a cro ss gender,

Axworthy im pressed by young Canadians at McMUN C o n tin u ed from P ag e 1 “W hat relev an ce does the landm ine treaty have tow ards other objectives such as eliminat­ ing the proliferation of small arms and the recruitment o f children into the world’s armed fo rc e s ? ” Axworthy asked the assem bly.

“How to go into a sov ereig n nation and stop [injustices] is the central question of our time.”

The m inis­ ter delivered his prepared speech with such co n ­ viction and can­ dor that at its co n clu sio n he forgo t to m en­ tion the launch­ ing of the second ed ition o f the C a n a d i a n Reference Guide to the United A x w o rth y decries Nations, the sec­ ond reason he was invited to speak at the conference. After the ovation he laughed and stood back up to present a special bilingual version o f the new book to Thomas Park, secretary general of the McMUN conference.

A fter A xw orthy’ s address, the conference was declared offi­ cially open. The response to his

speech was extremely positive.

“T h is is the first tim e an opening speaker has not gone on and on,” said Harvard delegate Justin Norris. “He actually had something to say.”

fo o l's p a ra d is e “It really means a lot for us,” M cM U N D ire cto r o f P u b lic Relations M elissa Adler said of Axw orthy’ s appearance. “It’ s a recognition of all the work that we have put in for so many years... and the quality o f a conference that McGill puts up.”

The conference, which lasted all weekend, attracted delegates

from across Canada, The United States and around the world, and is the largest conference o f its kind in Canada.

Axworthy argued that those in attendance were among the lead ers of tomorrow and that their par­ ticip a tio n in e d u c a tio n a l forum s lik e McMUN is the first step tow ards d is­ covering solu­ tion s to the w orld ’ s co m ­ munal p rob­ lem s such as ch ild poverty and the e n v i­ ronment.

“I am cons t a n t I y im pressed by the brim m ing con fid en ce o f y o u n g Canadians Philip Trivenbach across the country and the unbridled enthusi­ asm with which they — you — are em bracin g the brave new world beyond our bord ers,” he said.

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Be aware! R ecent locations o f reported personal effects thefts: • T h e greatest n u m b e r o f rep o rt­ e d th e f ts h a v e o c c u r r e d in th e M c L e n n a n R e d p a th L ib r a r ie s to ta lin g eleven. A lso ta rg e te d by thieves have been b o th th e G elber L aw L ib ra ry (3 th e f ts ) a n d th e E d u c a tio n B u ild in g (3 th e f ts ) .

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forty th o u san d dollars w hich were s t o le n fr o m M c C o n n e ll Engineering.

d i s tr i b u te d th r o u g h re m a in in g cam pus buildings.

McGill's first Smoke Free Day has little response B y C a r o l y n L e fe b v r e

• E veryone sh o u ld be aw are th a t thieves are o p p o rtu n ists a n d w ill take advantage o f stealing wallets, c lo th e s , b o o k s , b a c k p a c k s e tc. th a t are le ft u n a tte n d e d . N e v e r tru st th a t y o u r perso n al p ro p e rty is safe w ith som eone else, as they to o m ay absent them selves a n d th e o p p o r t u n it y th e n b e c o m e s p r e ­ sent.

• T h is w eek th e M .U .C . P olice re p o rte d th a t o n e c o m p u te r h a d b e e n lo c a te d in C a lifo rn ia . T h e p u rch aser had p aid in th e n eig h ­ b o u rh o o d o f $ 6 ,0 0 0 (U S) fo r it.

Recoveries are possible if pro p erty is p ro p erly id en tified , b u t as you can see, stolen objects do travel.

T h e M c G ill A n ti- S m o k in g S o c ie ty ’s firs t an n u al S m oke F ree day took place last W ednesday. Few stu d en ts w ere aw are o f th e event, h o w ever, and the tw o sem in ars o f the day only attracted seven students com bined.

m orning w hen it’s over. In our envi­ ronm ent in university, in the dorm s, w ith the p eer pressure, it m akes it extrem ely difficult to quit.”

F ein stein agreed th a t the u n i­ versity environm ent, particularly at M c G ill, w o rk ed a g a in s t so m eo n e trying to quit.

“It is an issue o f people’s per­

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“Out with the cold, in with the food.”

A student-run food and clothing drive organized by the Arts Undergraduate Society and the McGill Ghetto Residents’ Association

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Monday, February 7 to Wednesday, February 9: We will have tables at Leacock and FDA to collect food and clothes as well as sign up volunteers for both the organizations we’re supporting.

Thursday, February 10 and Friday, February 11 : We will be collecting food door-to-door throughout the Ghetto.

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M cG ill’s Sm oke Free D ay was o r g a n iz e d b y th e M c G ill A n tiS m oking S ociety w ith the goal o f prom oting aw areness and providing e n c o u ra g e m e n t fo r sm o k e rs w ho w a n t to q u it. T h e d a y ’ s e v e n ts in c lu d e d a S m o k in g C e s s a tio n w orkshop led by John K ayser o f the M ontreal C hest H ospital and a dis­ cussion on the A dvertising T actics o f the T obacco Industry w ith Heidi R a th je n , d ir e c to r o f th e Q u e b e c C o a litio n f o r T o b a c c o C o n tr o l.

There w ere also several inform ation booths placed around cam pus.

A ccording to A aron Feinstein, V P o f M cG ill’s A nti-Sm oking soci­ ety, the fo cu s o f S m oke-F ree D ay w as on p ro v id in g in fo rm a tio n on h o w to q u it r a t h e r th a n m e r e ly r e p e a tin g to b a c c o r e la te d h e a lth p ro b lem s w ith w hich stu d en ts are fam iliar.

T h a t m e ssa g e , h o w e v e r, w as n o t h eard by m any. O nly fo u r stu ­ d e n ts a tte n d e d th e S m o k in g C e s s a tio n W o rk s h o p , a n d th r e e attended the inform ation session on th e A d v e r tis in g T a c tic s o f th e T obacco Industry. T he low turnout w as attributed to poor advertising. “ T h e re w e re n o t a lo t o f p o s te r s ,” F e in s te in e x p la in e d . “ I th o u g h t th a t th e p o s te rin g co u ld have been done better. It m ight not h a v e s tim u la te d i n t e r e s t , b u t it w ould have m ade people aw are [of the event].”

Som e M cG ill students w ho are sm okers com m ented on the Sm oke F ree day, but asked th at th e ir full nam es not be printed.

K aryn did not consider sm ok­ ing a problem for her.

“I d o n ’t w ant to quit because I d o n ’t sm o k e e n o u g h to a c tu a lly w orry ab o u t it,” she ex p lain ed . “ I o n ly sm o k e a lo t w h e n I g o o u t drinking. F or m e, it’s not really an ad diction, it’s ju s t a habit. I d o n ’t need a cigarette, I ju st feel like it.”

C raig w as g lad to h e a r about the w orkshops, even though he did not attend.

“It’s a great thing to quit sm ok­ ing, and we need people w ho w ill su p p o rt p e o p le w ho w ant to q u it.

Sm oke Free day is useful if i is used properly. If you take the day to edu­ cate yourself then it’s useful, but if you ju s t don’t sm oke today because it’s sm oke free day, then you w ill h a v e a n o th e r s m o k e to m o rro w

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ception. In M ontreal, and especially at M c G ill, sm o k in g is in g ra in e d .

T here is even a sm oking room in the library.”

Students at M cG ill are not the only young people finding it hard lo q u it. A cco rd in g to a re c e n t study released by S ta tistics C an ad a, the th e firs t re s u lts o f th e C a n a d ia n T o b a c c o U se M o n ito rin g S u rv ey c o n f ir m e d th a t s m o k in g a m o n g young people is not declining.

The report noted that in 1999, 39 per cent o f m en betw een the ages o f 20 and 24 were sm okers, up from 35 p e r c en t in 1990. T his w as the highest sm oking rate o f any group in Canada.

The report said that w hile there are now m ore form er sm okers than c u rre n t sm o k e rs, th e p e o p le w ho quit are being steadily replaced by young people. In 1999, an estimated 8 4 ,0 0 0 p e o p le s t a r te d s m o k in g , com pared w ith about 387,000 who quit. D eclines in sm oking rates were g re a te st am o n g o ld e r in d iv id u als, w ho w ere m ore likely to have suc­ cessfully quit.

D espite a disappointing tum oul at the sm oking cessation workshop F e in s te in s a id h e f e l t th a t the group’s goals w ere accom plished in that peo p le did stop by the booths for inform ation. “ It w as p ro b a b ly b e tte r th at there w ere not as m any people in the w o rk sh o p b e c a u se it m e a n t th ere w as m ore in te ra c tio n b etw een the speaker and the students,” Kathleen O ’C o n n e ll o f th e M c G ill P e e r H ealth G roup rem arked.

A t th e c e s s a tio n w o rk s h o p , K ayser explained that many students continue to sm oke because disease does not feel real to healthy young people. H e stressed that there was no one way to quit. “ Som e m ethods m ay w ork for one person and not another, but no m ethods w ork unless y o u ’re ready to quit.”

A t least one stu d en t in a tte n ­ d a n c e w as g ra te fu l fo r K a y s e r ’s advice.

“I eventually w ant to quit, but I ’m n o t s u r e e x a c tly h o w ,” the s m o k e r, w h o w is h e d to re m a in anonym ous, said. “So m any people in my fam ily have died o f lung can­ c e r and I k n o w it w ill h ap p en to m e.”

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T h e L e a c o c k b u il d in g w a s e v a c u a te d fo llo w in g a p h o n e call a b o ut a bom b received by M cG ill security Friday afternoon.

T h e u nidentified caller w as a w o m an te le p h o n in g fro m o u ts id e M cG ill. She tipped o ff the M cG ill s e c u rity d is p a tc h e r o n th e e m e r­ g e n c y line at ap p ro x im a te ly 2:25 p.m .

M an ag er o f S ecurity S erv ices S teve P aquin further ex p lain ed the situation. “ O u r d is p a tc h e r r e c e iv e d a p h o ne call on the 3000 line w hich is o u r e m e rg e n c y lin e . T h e c a ll cam e on an ex terio r phone. It w as a w om an caller w ho spoke in english and, according to the d isp a tc h ­ er, w as about 30-35 years old and a p p eared to be a bit nervous. She s a i d , “ T h e r e ’ s a b o m b in L e a c o c k ” . T h e d is p a tc h e r a s k e d h e r t o r e p e a t it, a n d s h e s a i d , “T h e r e ’s a b o m b in L e a c o c k 2 -” an d the rest w as garbled.” P aquin th e n p ro c e e d e d to se n d s e c u rity g u a rd s to L e a c o c k to se a rc h th e p erim eter o f the classroom s.

“T h ere w ere su m m ary se a rc h ­ es. A p ra y e r se s sio n fo r Is la m ic stu d en ts in 232 had ju s t fin ish ed .”

A fte r s e a rc h in g th e a re a fo r “ su spicious” packages, ev acu a tin g th e b u il d in g a n d c a ll in g in th e police, security w as unable to find anything.

“T h ere w as a subsequen t call fro m th e p re v io u s c a lle r at 2 :2 7 s a y in g , ‘L e a c o c k , ju s t la t e .” H e la te r ad d ed , “ [B o m b th reats] are, as I said to so m eo n e, a re a lw a y s view ed seriously, but w e hav e lim ­ it a ti o n s as to h o w w e c a n d e a l w ith it. It's u p to us to evalu a te the situ atio n .”

“ W e thin k it sh o w s a trem en ­ d o u s a m o u n t o f b a d fa ith o n th e part o f the govern m en t. T h is thing is b e i n g h e ld r i g h t b e f o r e th e p rovincial b udget, so it’s o b v io u s­ ly not g o in g to ch an g e the p ro v in ­ c ia l b u d g e t. I th in k it is fra n k ly geared ju s t to m ake ev ery b o d y feel good, m ake them feel like th ey g o t th e ir say and then n ex t y e a r w hen the b udget co m es out, e v e ry b o d y ’s fo rg o tte n a b o u t it.” T isc h le r la te r added, “ ... it’s sm o k e and m irrors.

T h e y ’re ju s t say in g , w e ’re g o in g to m a k e th in g s b e tte r so c o m e a n d jo i n u s a n d w e ’ll a ll h o ld h a n d s into th e n ew m illennium . It’s re a l­ ly e v ery th in g you w a n t in a p o n y .”

A n o th e r c o n c e rn th a t is c o n ­ n ecte d to th e first o n e is th e fact t h a t la S o m m e t s e e m s to la c k directio n and purpose. “ I t is v e r y u n f o c u s e d a n d v ap id ,” said T isch ler. "T h e forum is u n c le a r. T h e re h a s b e e n little d iscu ssio n in E nglish, so it is hard f o r p e o p le o n c a m p u s a n d a t M cG ill to g et in v o lv e d . I ’v e had several p ress rep o rts fro m various g roups say in g that they d o n ’t re a l­ ly ap p reciate that th is is the case.

B ut th is w ill g iv e us a c h a n c e to m e e t w ith th e M i n i s t e r o f E d u catio n .”

VP C o m m u n it y and G o v e r n m e n t A f f a i r s W o jtc k B a r a n i a k ’s m a in c o n c e r n is S S M U ’s statu s at the c o n feren ce.

T h ere w ill be 70 g ro u p s and in d i­ v id u a ls re p r e s e n te d at th e ta b le , w ith 5 0 0 o b s e r v e r s . S S M U h a s b e e n in v ite d as a n o b s e r v e r. H e f e e l s th a t b e c a u s e o f M c G i l l ’s u n iq u e p la c e in the p ro v in c e th at this is no t enough. “ B a c k in O c to b e r, I h ad th e o p p o rtu n ity to s it o n a p a n e l o f

m in o rity a s s o c ia tio n s a ro u n d th e M o n treal a re a an d w e ask ed w hy M cG ill w as n o t b ein g represented.

A t the m eeting, I m ade it cle a r that M cG ill w as in a very u n ique p o si­ ti o n in t h a t it h a s a v e r y w id e ra n g e o f s tu d e n ts . W e h av e in te rn a tio n a l s tu d e n ts , o u t- o f ­ p r o v in c e s tu d e n ts , a n g lo p h o n e s and francophones. W e should have a sa y ,” B araniak ex plained.

E v e n w ith th e s e c o n c e r n s , S S M U w ill b e a t t e n d i n g a s an o b serv er, alth o u g h cou n cil m ade it c le a r th a t in th e fu tu re , c ir c u m ­ stan ces need to be im proved.

th ese resu lts, how ever.

M oreover, due to the odd tim ­ in g o f th e re fe re n d u m , it did not g arn er en o u gh votes to be passed.

B e c to r put fo rw a rd a m o tio n at the m eeting that w ould have the sam e q u e stio n po sed ag ain in the W in ter 2 0 0 0 referendum period if th e o rig in a l re fe re n d u m is ru le d in v alid by the Judicial Board.

S S M U P re s id e n t A n d re w T isc h le r sum m ed up the d iscussion o n the m o tio n fo r a n o th e r F Y C C referendum .

“N o m a tte r w h a t’s g o in g to h ap p en [w ith regard to th e Judicial

A n o t h e r m o t io n s e e k i n g a v o te fo r the F irst Y ear C o u n cillo r on the S tu d e n ts’ S o ciety o f M cG ill U n iv e rsity ’s C ou n cil w as p u t fo r­ w ard b y S arah B ector, presid en t o f F Y C C , at last T h u rsd a y ’s m eeting.

A re fe re n d u m w a s h e ld la st N o v e m b e r to d ecid e if F irst Y ear C o u n cillo r should have full voting rig h ts o n council.

T w o p ro b lem s aro se w ith the referen d u m , how ever, acco rd in g to X a v ie r V an C h a u , V P u n iv e rsity affairs for SSM U . “ I th in k e s s e n tia l ly w e a re facing tw o sep arate issues. O ne is an issu e o f a [Judicial] B oard c h a l­ le n g e w h ic h is u n re s o lv e d . A n d the o th e r is th e issue o f the tim in g o f the referen d u m ,” he exp lain ed .

T he Ju d icial B oard ch allen g ed th e in t e r p r e ta tio n o f th e r e s u lts fro m th e fa ll r e f e r e n d u m . T h e y h a v e n o t y e t m a d e an y ru lin g on

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F irst y e a r s tu d e n ts c u rre n tly m a k e u p a p p r o x i m a t e ly 28 p e r c e n t o f th e u n d erg rad u ate student p o p u latio n (ab o u t 4 ,5 0 0 stu d en ts) but the F irst Y ear C o u n cil re p re ­ sentative is not a full voting m em ­ b e r o n th e S S M U c o u n c il . F o r now , B ecto r c an n o t vote on d e c i­ sio n s m a d e by th e c o u n c il e v e n though she represents m ore than a qu arter o f the u ndergraduate popu­ lous.

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EDI TORI AL “7 like sch o ol...it’s too b a d work gets in the w ay” - Zach Morris, Saved by the B ell j

Suck it up B y St e p h a n ie L e v it z

TV networks love shows about teens in scho o l. W hat could be more enthralling than to w atch a bunch of kids sort out the p ro b lem s o f g row ing up in th e ir e d u c a tio n a l e n v iro n m e n t?

Interesting though, that few of these teens dramas ever focus on school at all. Classes are peripheral to w ho's having sex and who isn't, or the big pep rally on Friday afternoon. Real life is sup­ posed to provide enough work induced stress that w e d on 't really need to be w atching it on TV. School is supposed to be that thing you do before you enter the dreaded "real w orld", when life is supposed to be so sim ple and all you really need to focus on are your classes and your work. G ranted, many students go through school with real world problem s on the brain - like finances and personal situations that often seem to overshadow getting that 'A '. How ever, it would be n ice to think that university students place enough value on their education to take it seriously, that it should be more than just getting the degree and getting out. It should be the place w here you beco m e intellectually prepared to take on the world.

T o th a t en d , s c h o o l sets up a m o d el for th e re a lity w e encounter o n ce w e graduate. So to speak, as the student you are the em ployee, and your prof or the administration is your boss and is able to dictate w hat you do, when you do it and w here you go for the aforem entioned activities. Your syllabus is your contract, your classroom your perm anent work space. Neither of the two should be negotiable - although student politicians may claim differently. Students are not in charge of this institution, no m atter how m uch representation w e may have on its various policies and procedures.

No one likes the hike to Stewart Bio. That's a given. It is also a given that there are only so m any classroom s at this school ca p a b le of supporting large cla sse s. Som e students shy aw ay from courses given in that building becau se of the dreaded walk.

But, if there is a class you need to take, and it happens to be there, sucks to be you. Dem anding that the professor should peti­ tion the university to have the class moved is ludicrous. But it happened.

Similarly, it may happen that you have an exam in the days follow ing reading w eek. R ea d in g should be the operative word it isn't Florida W eek or Cuba W eek or even sit on your ass at hom e w eek. If it w ere any of those things, then there would be grounds to ask that the exam date be changed. It's n ice that reading w eek has evolved into a spring break of sorts for us frozen Canadian students, but that isn't the inspiration behind it. And if that trip to Florida isn't going to work out b ecau se your flight is scheduled to get back on the first day follow ing reading w eek when you have an exam - o n ce again sucks to be you. G o to the travel agent after you get the syllabus, not the other way around.

It seem s absolutely absurd that students are shocked when their education infringes on their social life or personal com fort level. University isn't easy - it isn't supposed to be. Beyond the books, there are life lessons involved, like when you get thrown a lemon, don't just throw it out. M ake lem onade. And suck it up.

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I am com pelled to address some recent misconceptions on the proposed C oca-co la exclusivity deal. (Just some background so you don't write me o ff as 'unin­ form ed': I've co llected info on these deals for 11 months, partic­ ipating in a C BC radio program about them.) j K evin M cP h ee, SSM U VP Finance, says the concerns are it is a "small group" of students who j are trying to divert attention from the deal's benefits to "oh, human rights issues, blah, blah, blah."

This points to a disturbing intentional ignorance on the part of Mr. McPhee, and our Students' Society he represents, about rele­ vant issues. It is not just Coke's questionable human rights record that is a cause for concern. In a proposed deal at the University of j Q uébec at M ontréal (U Q A M ), Coke negotiated quotas for a 130 per cent sales increase. Sim ilar exclusive deals in the States have led school districts to tell their J educators we must increase Coke sales (through contests, tripling vending machines, allowing kids to drink in classrooms, etc.)

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If Joe Fernandez is trying to demonstrate, through his idiotic ode to the Stars and B ars, that he's a contrarian with a deficient | sense o f history, he's proven it to me.

F irst, Mr. Fernandez co m ­ | pares the Confederate flag with the Canadian flag in the eyes of Québécois, a terribly misleading argument if there ever was one. !

A better com parison would be j between the Confederate flag and that o f the Third Reich. Should we say that G erm any ought to put the sw astika back on their flagpoles because it's a symbol of German pride?

As M r. F ern a n d ez w ould say, "Both flags embody the tra­ ditions o f a people. Both are also reviled by a sizeable minority." i (B y the way, is Mr. Fernandez m ak in g a su b tle r e fe r e n c e to

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able concerns are on the table, which is what led to the upcoming student-initiated referendum on exclusivity.

M c G ill needs m oney, no doubt, but the key question is: "Can you put a price tag on our p rin cip les and i f so, has Coke offered the right price?"

Mr. M cPhee also dismisses the concerns by saying it's just a "small group” o f trouble-makers.

Firstly, the SSM U as responsible representatives should probably listen when a small group of stu­ dents seem concerned about an issue.

That aside, because last year's timing o f the deal and reluctance o f SSM U and administration to make the debate public, the major­ ity of students have not been ade­ quately informed (many think it is a Coke vs. Pepsi debate).

It is not ju st a tiny, isolated group at M cG ill either. Student outrage at U Q A M , U n iv ersité Laval, and University of Toronto have persuaded their administra­ tions to reject the cola deals. The trends these students are fighting have been brought to the forefront through recent events in Seattle, Montreal, Kingston and beyond. A global network for public, accessi­ ble, autonomous higher education

is being com pletely ignored by McPhee's comments.

M any o rg an izatio n s in Canada and the USA have moni­ tored deals such as this, so the facts and arguments are out there if the SSM U and administration are interested.

If the pros to the deal indeed outw eigh the co n s, I urge Mr. M cP h ee, M r. Sh ap iro , and whomever supports it to reassure the rest of us at all public opportu­ nities in the next 1 1/2 months (town hall meeting, forum, debate, etc.)

Let's get beyond ad hominem attacks and address the ideas and issues themselves. SSM U is get­ ting money from the Coke deal, but should not let that buy our complicity. The referendum is an excellent opportunity to actively engage students in their universi­ ty's decisions, bring both sides of the debate into the open, and allow students to draw th eir own informed conclusions.

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b la ck s by sayin g "m in o rity "?

Boy, is he clever!). I wonder if M r. F ern a n d ez has ev er been south o f the M ason-D ixon line (or even if he knows where it is).

Anyone can see there is a very c le a r co n n e ctio n betw een the Stars and Bars and the institution o f slavery.

My favorite part o f the arti­ cle, however, has Joe offering up factoids to try and convince us that the South wasn't really pro­ sla v e ry at a ll. W h y, a ll o v er D ix ie , "A t le a s t one A fric a n American rode, AS AN EQUAL, w ith C o n fe d e ra te C ap tain W illia m C la rk e Q u a n trill's guerilla band"! Good point! I bet Jefferson Davis would have freed the slaves if only they had won at G etty sb u rg . ( I t ’s th is kind o f th in k in g th at m ade pundits declare that violence in schools

is at an all-tim e high:— after the Columbine 'M assacre'— when it is actually the lowest it’s been in y ea rs.) O fferin g a few , sparse examples to support the patently rid ic u lo u s id ea th at the C o n fe d e ra cy d id n 't stand fo r sla v ery som eh ow h a sn ’t c o n ­ vinced me.

It’s one thing for the Tribune to try and d iffe re n tia te th em ­ selves from the decidedly leftist Daily. But please, try and find a c o n se rv a tiv e w riter who is n ’t such a dolt.

D. J. Waletzky U1 P o litica l S cien ce

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The Federal Arts Bailout: a farm boy's perspective

S to p the p re s s S treng th

in n u m b e r s

M aking the co n n ectio n s.

M cG ill students are starting to make the links between chronic federal underfunding to post-sec­ ondary education and events right here on our very own campus. We are questioning the long-term impact o f exclusivity deals and reacting to the proposed M cG ill College International. These ques­ tions are being raised at the very time when students have an oppor­ tunity to com e out and express their opinions about public and accessible education.

The fed eral governm ent is projecting a budget surplus and is now trying to decide who will ben­ e fit. The tim e is now to look around and realize that the institu­ tions that we value, such as educa­ tion, health care and the social safety netw ork are crum bling around us and need to be reinvigo­ rated. We have to acknowledge that unless we speak up, Ottawa will bend to the will of the few and powerful and institute tax cuts

rather than reinvest in what makes us all rich.

On February 2nd, students at M cG ill, Concordia, UQAM and others will don their wooly hats and thermal underwear to come out and show the government that we in Montreal, in Quebec join others all over the country to demonstrate what our priorities really are.

If you want to know more about the connections between underfunding and the erosion of the public system o f p o st-se c­ ondary education come to the main cam pus for hot ch o co la te and information on February 2nd at 12.30. Those who want to march can come to the Roddick Gates at 1.30 and take their support to the street. If you're not sure what you think, come and find out for your­ self.

K ate M eier External Affairs and Governmental Relations Coordinator Post-Graduate Student's Society

Letter to the editor S il l y

m is t a k e s

I have been extrem ely impressed with the sports section of the Tribune this year and would like to congratulate you and your staff on your work. However, I was very unhappy with the article enti­ tled "McGill athletes fare well at McGill Invitational" in this weeks edition. I am drawing your atten­ tion to this article only so that the p ro fessio n alism o f the sports reviews can be improved upon for next time not to have it printed in next week's paper.

I would ask that you remind your reporters to consult the team rosters that are available from the co ach es and E arl Zukerm an's office before any article is pub­ lished. I would suggest the same when results are reported. I have

been a member of the track team for four years and was disappoint­ ed to see my name appear in this article spelt Lisa Carney (E lisa Kearney) especially when it was written correctly in the two previ­ ous week's reports. Sim ilarily it was reported that Dawn Creighton jumped 10.52 meters in the Long lump; I believe this would be a new World Record for men. The distance that was reported was for a d ifferent event, the women's triple jump — not the long jump.

Anyways, no harm done by these and similar silly mistakes. I just wanted to bring them to the attention of the editors so that they could be improved upon in the future.

Elisa Kearney

ber getting my Dad a beer from I was w alkin g alon g S te the fridge in the garage, kicking Catherine Street the other day, b ack and liste n in g to the somewhere in the vicinity of Place des Arts, when I came across a CBC/M cGill Concert Series on man in the sidewalk, stretching a the w ireless. Sundays my folks would be up with the sun to make clenched fist skyward and begging for help. “I ’m so cold,” he plead­ breakfast and get me to band prac­ tice, or to the big Kiwanis tourna­ ed. “Someone, please, help me.”

C old it indeed w as, and a m ents in R eg in a and P rin ce furtive glance backwards at him A lb ert. And then in the a fte r­ got me to thinking. Back at home noons, my friends and I would I had squirreled away two tickets meet up in the recital hall and pre­ tend to be our favourite musicians for the Opéra de M ontréal’s big March production of the Dialogue - I was always Vladimir Horowitz of the C a rm elites stood in line all night to get The Sly Chiseler them !

And though I had sh elled out a co o l $ 2 0 0 for the pair I real­ on piano, and R ick had Y o -Y o ized that M o n treal would be M a ’ s m oves down pat. G reat unable to w itness the dramatic beheading o f those nuns save for tim es. W e all played C arnegie the benevolence o f the Canadian Hall those w inter Sundays - I grew up with the Arts. It’s part of taxpayer. who I am.

I did some research, and it But now push is really com­ turns out that this Canada Council for the Arts outfit spends $21 mil­ ing to shove, the farm ’ s going under and I hear the government’s lion every year just on music. All told, in just 12 months these guys ponying up another $20 million dole out $123,224,000 to beef up for these Canada Council goons. It must be nice having a cushy union Canadian culture.” In other words, when I hit the Place for a little jo b at the symphony, tooting your horn a couple o f nights a week Wagner, soak up some Prokofiev and living the good life. But what at P o llo c k H all or ca tch the Beauty Queen of Leenane down at about the guys growing the wheat the Monument National, it’ s my for your caviar sandwiches? What tax dollars - and yours - at work.

God knows what the opera might cost otherwise. And God knows where Canadian culture would be w ithout th ese ta len ted a rtists spreading the creative gospel of Western Europe across the great frozen North.

But b ack to Joh n n y H o m eless. A ll this guy w ants from Jimmy Taxpayer is a little change for booze and he ca n ’ t even get a lousy nickel! And here I'v e got $200 just sitting on my corkboard, and ultimately I have to wonder whether it mightn’t be better spent on buying that guy a sleeping bag, or some Hot Shots, or something.

Saturday nights back on the farm in Moose Jaw, I can remem­

Chris Selley

about that guy so po ig n an tly freezing to death in front o f the “Place of the Arts”?

It’s pretty hard calling home and trying to talk Arts with my Dad. It’s killing him, I know, not being able to hit the symphony as often as we used to. He lov es those guys, the flautists especially, but the more and more they get paid and the le ss and le ss he brings home from the farm, it’ s harder fo r him to ju s tify it.

Beethoven’s 9th won’t raise grain prices, if you catch my drift.

So I think I ’m going to have to say “no way” to more money for the Arts. There’s just too many other p laces w here the money could be better spent. I am confi­ dent that though the government has shown no inclination to spend money on social programs or farm aid, this largely unrelated issue will prompt them to do so. Either way, I ’d hate to see it go to some pretty-boy percussionist.

F a ce it - th ese are tough times. Just the other day I had to sell my Karen Kain rookie card for tuition. But I think it’s about time we got our priorities straight in this country. Give every home­ less guy a thermos o f hot choco­ late, get Debbie Su e’ s kids into affordable daycare, get my grand­ ma off that gurney in the ER hall­ way and fix that pothole at Clark and Prince-Arthur - then we can talk about “culture.”

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Smoke 'em if Ya Got 'em Today we are going to talk about smoking. I will admit up front that this is an easy target, but then again, I never claimed to be a good marksman. I will also admit that I am stealing subject matter from my friends at Dear S& M , who covered the topic last week in responsè to a reader, “Sm okes”.

Smokes declared he was “a smok­ er and proud o f it” and wished people would stop harassing him about his habit.

W ell. I w ill hand it to the smokers o f the world. They are nothing if not brave. They pick up that bo x, stare those w arnings about cancer, heart disease, stroke, and emphysema right in the face, and then reach for the matches.

Yes, they sure are brave. Or stu­ pid.

I will say, however, that I’m with Smokes as far as his plea for freedom from harassment. Far be

it from me to tell him what to do. I am not interested in telling people which o f their bad habits they

Tales of the

love this country, and I had one of those moments recently when I read about a proposal, approved by H ealth Minister llan R ock, ridiculous Awhich would put new g r a ph i c w arnings on cigarette packages. These warnings would contain pictures of diseased brains, lungs, and m ouths, to provide visual reinforcement of the reality of the above mentioned afflictions.

One o f the new warning labels, which would warn not o f cancer but of impotence, would feature a picture of a cigarette with a long, drooping ash, to symbolize a flac­ cid phallus. (It was decided that an actual photograph of a limp penis was too risqué, but I ’m hoping that in the end, British Columbia will

Jason McDevitt should eliminate. Smokes and his bretheren and sisthren can smoke until their lungs are so black, they revoke their organ donor stickers.

Heck, for all I care, they can rub their genitals raw with steel wool and then hump a pile o f rock salt.

I ’ve got bigger fish to fry. But I am going to continue to tell family and friends that I wish they didn’t smoke, for the simple reason that I don’t want people I care about to die a painful death.

There are times when I really

come through for me and put the real thing on there.)

Speaking o f legislation - and I ’m not sure where Smokes stands on this issue - I think smoking should be absolutely banned inside any pu blic b u ild in g, bars and restaurants included. This senti­ m ent was re in fo rced fo r me recently by research that shows that second hand smoke is more dangerous that first hand smoke.

A p p aren tly, the lo n g er sm oke lingers, the more carcinogens are released. So sucking it directly into your lungs may actually be healthier than getting a lungful from across the room.

But perhaps the saddest irony co n cern in g the w hole tabacky issue is the profile o f some of the people who smoke. How many people do you know lik e this: They’re protesting this and that, they’re always on about oppres­

sion from ‘the Man’, the evils of big business, etc. and in the next breath, they reach for the cancer sticks? This blows my mind. Have they entirely missed out on all the revelations that have come out of the suits against big tobacco in the U S ? That cig a rette com panies intentionally target kids, that they manipulate nicotine levels to phys­ iologically ensnare you, that for years they’ve suppressed results of their own research linking smok­ ing to cancer? The tobacco giants are the w orst o f big b u sin ess.

They’re immoral, deceitful, and rich er than God b ecau se o f schmucks like us who think, “If cam els and cow boys want lung cancer, then dammit, so do I!” Think globally, act locally.

Fight ‘the Man’ one butt at a time.

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The Tribune's m ishm ash o f fu n , fa c t a n d fic tio n

. . . F t t i p s i s ..

Dear S&M

Starters This game seems to have developed quite a following — this week, the winner receives the prestige o f calling themselves T ribu n e S ta rte rs C ham pion o f Issu e 18 and the M cG ill community’s unwaivering admiration (w e’ll even give you a hand-written sticker!).

R u les: Come up with the shortest word possible using the three letters below given in the same order as they are presented. The word has to be a minimum of 4 letters long, and in the event of a tie the word with the most vowels will win. Tie-breaker rounds are carried out over email. The word must be in Oxford English Dictionary (i.e. proper names don't count). Acronyms aren’t allowed either (i.e. NATO). You can put letters before, in between or after the given letters. The letters:

Submissions should b e em ailed to tribune@ ssm u.m cgill.ca.

P lease put the w ord “Starters" as the subject o f the message.

B y S . Fa r r e l l

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M . La z a r

D ear S&M, H er e’s the d eal: I am a fem a le w h o’s 23. As o f yet I have never been in a rela­ tio n sh ip / b oy frien d .

Not surprisingly I have never been k issed — som ething m ost p e o p le experience in high school. I d o n ’t c o n s id e r m y s e lf ugly, ju s t y o u r average fem a le but / d o admit that I am shy. My question is, at my ag e is this norm al and i f and when I d o en ter a relation sh ip (at this rate, I wonder i f 1 ever will) how do I explain that I n ever was in a rela­ tionship?

Signed, Wondering

Starters is a Friends o f Fun Factory gam e 2 6 . S e m i n a 1 Montreal rock band 27. Past tense o f 8 Across 28. A football player for Indianapolis 29. Kill, Bible-style 30. O.J. judge Down

1. W om an on the ____ o f a N ervous Breakdown

B y D ave G ooblar Across

I. Quebec's neighbor state; abbv.?

4. Computer info 8. Present tense of 27 Across 9. Happen II. Pavarotti's pride and joy 12. Like Trident 13. They sang the classic, "I Hate Everything About You" 15. Reduce 16. Freshman 21. Take another look 25. Opened your eyes

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2. Posts 3. C a fe te ria food holders 4. "Derek" Clapton's backing band 5. Partner o f "base" 6. T he C o lle g e o f N ew Jersey; abbv. (don't think too hard on this one...)

7. Vehicle 8. Lug 10. Deli bread 14. America's royal family 17. Leonardo Di's last name (horrible, I know) 18. _________savant 19. Yo-Yo Ma's pride and joy 20. while 21. Cheerleading sound 22. Female sheep 23. Fossil fuel 24. The only vegetable that rhym es with "Oprah"

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Dear Wondering, What is normal? A relation­ ship does not make someone more normal than anyone else, just as not being in a relationship does not make one abnormal.

Relationships occur within a person’s life when they are ready for them. S knows other people who have never been in a “relation­ ship”, yet they are all wonderfully sweet, witty and attractive individ­ uals. T h ese individuals have accomplished some very amazing feats during the time that S has known them, and the fact that they have never been in a relationship does not even factor into the per­ ception o f what they are like or who they are.

You see, a relationship does not define who we are. We do that for ourselves, and no matter how

Collectanea

— com piled by Eric Oest

The most important day of the sea­ son is fast approaching and so it seems prudent to explore its innerworkings:

Woodchucks A common burrowing rodent (Marmota monax) of northern and eastern North America, having a short-legged, heavy-set body and grizzled brownish fur. Also known as the groundhog (which it shall now be referred to as) and in some parts the whistle pig. The ground­ hog is of the order Rodentia (the largest mammalian order with about 1800 species in 28 families) and is known to be a rather belligerent member with a typical life span of 15 years.

The History of Groundhog Day

dition to the Teutons (ancestors of present day Germans (Prussians)).

They adopted the Candlemas tradi­ tion and decided that if the sun was shining on Candlemas Day, the hedgehog would cast a shadow, thereby predicitng an additional six weeks of cold weather.

Jumping ahead a couple of years...

Pennsylvania’s earliest settlers (the Quakers) were Germans and they found groundhogs to be in profu­ sion in many parts of the state. They found that the groundhog, an animal closely resembling the hedgehog, was a more than suitable replace­ ment and decided that if the sun did appear on February 2nd, the groundhog would see its shadow, go back into its hole and prepare for another six weeks of winter. This tradition spread throughout North A m erica and remains obseved today.

Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a fairly well-known tradition in North America. However, many are aware of what the day entails but few are The Punxsutawney tradition familiar with its origins.

• Many believe that the true origins Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania is of Groundhog Day lie in centuries Groundhog Day central; the modem old Myths and legends; at a time when cultures relied heavily on version started here and the festivi­ nature for guidance; at a time when j ties surrounding the day are the nature did, indeed, influence our biggest in this industrial, west-cen­ tral Pennsylvanian town. At the liv es. The groundhog tradition stems from similar beliefs associat­ center of all of this is Punxsutawney ed with Candlemas and the days of Phil, the gold standard for ground­ hogs. The first recorded observance early Christians in western Europe.

• On Candlemas, the custom was to of Phil’s mid-Winter prediciton was have the clergy bless candles and made by the Punxsutawney Spirit give them to the local parish. The newspaper in 1886 and Phil has day was considered a milestone in been called upon ever since. Since the winter and the weather that day his humble beginnings Phil has was important to the outcome. offered his support at p o litical • An old English song read: “If events, cheered on local sports teams and he was the star o f a Candlemas be fair and bright, Come, Winter, have another flight; j movie in 1993. Some of Phil’s per­ If Candlemas brings clouds and sonal highlights include: • During the Prohibition, Phil rain, Go W inter, and come not again.” threatened to impose 60 weeks of • An old Scottish couplet went in a winter on the tow nspeople if similar way: “If Candlemas Day is he wasn’t allowed a drink. bright and clear, There’ll be twa • In 1958 Phil announced that it was a “United States Chucknik,” rather [two] winters in the year.”

• The Roman legions, following than the Soviet’s Sputnik that was their conquests of parts of northern the first man-made satellite in Europe, supposedly brought this tra­ space.

many relationships may come into someone’s life, it does not make him or her any more “normal” than anyone else.

As for disclosing particulars concerning your past, we here at S&M, do not think that is relevant.

If however, you feel the need to tell the person, and you are completely comfortable with them, then by all means tell them. The person would probably be very flattered to know that it was your first relationship.

But do not feel obligated to tell anyone about your past. The past is a very personal aspect of every­ one’s life, and the only people who need to know that are the people with whom you feel comfortable sharing it.

Any questions? E-m ail S&M at m lazar@ po-box.m cgill.ca • In 1981 Phil wore a yellow ribbon in order to honor the American hostages in Iran.

• In 1987 Phil met the governor of Pennsylvania Dick Thornburg and he met the President, Ronald Reagan, in the Oval office • In 1996, a record 30,000 people attended G o b b ler’ s Knob in Punxsutawney to see P h il’ s prediction.

Celebrating Groundhog Day W hat’ s Groundhog day without Groundhog games? The following games are fundamental to fully appreciating Groundhog Day: H o t D og

This game is Punxsutawney’s ver­ sion of “Hot Potato.” Arrange the contestants in a circle. Give one contestant a stuffed groundhog, or a picture of a groundhog taped to a stick. As the music plays the contes­ tants pass the groundhog around the circle. When the music stops the contestant holding the groundhog is OUT. Play continues until there is only one Groundhog King or Queen left.

T o ss th e H og!

You will need one ball decorated as a groundhog (use a toque pulled over a small playground ball or tape on groundhog features or draw them), a garbage can (decorated as Punx’y Phil’s burrow - use black or brown construction paper), and a masking tape line on the floor. Have the contestants line up at the indi­ cated spot. Each contestant gets three chances to send the ‘hog home! Sort the contestants into cat­ egories according to their success (0, 1, 2, or 3 ‘hogs in the can). Have contestants with the highest num­ bers of successful throws continue competing until there is a winner.

Vary the distance, number of throws, etc. to make the game more or less difficult. The prize Could be a groundhog cookie, a pencil, or a certificate proclaiming the person King or Queen of the ‘Hog Tossers!

—S ou rce: Groundhog Day 1 8861992 by Bill Anderson, www.stormfa x . com/ghogday. htm

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Knowing is half the battle in Naomi Klein's No Logo B y La u r a M

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Three weeks ago, America On Line acquired Time Warner in the biggest merger ever. Two weeks later, Time Warner bought out EMI Recordings to become possibly the world’ s largest record company.

By the same act, the number o f companies that effectively control the w orld's music industry nar­ rowed from five to four.

The next week featured an entire episode of Friends paid for and featuring the store Pottery B arn . A d vertising, corp orate merges, synergy and brand names have become the cultural markers by which we live our lives. Naomi Klein demystifies them all in her new book, NoLogo.

The book is a wealth of infor­ mation about the seedy side of pop culture. Clearly written and easy to follow, NoLogo explains the histo­ ry of “branding” and its impact on every aspect o f our liv es.

According to Klein, the concept of branding is responsible for all the Asian subcontracting, the loss of jobs in North America and work­ ers’ right in developing countries.

Beginning with the brand It all began with the develop­ ment of the brand. Whereas once most companies and advertisers sold their products, now consumers are buying attitudes, ways of life and ideas. The role of advertising changed from delivering product news bulletins to building an image around a particular brand-name product.

The products that flourished in the ‘90s were those that presented themselves not as “commodities but as concepts: brand as experi­ ence, as lifestyle.”

Nike chief executive officer Phil Knight is quoted speaking about his own company in these terms: “W e’ve come around to say­ ing that Nike is a marketing-orient­

ed company, and that the product is our m ost im portant m arketing tool.”

Advertisers now act as “brand stewards: identifying, articulating and protecting the corporate soul.”

So once a company has devel­ oped into a brand, the next thing to do is extend that brand essence as far as possi­ ble into the public con­ sciousness. The easiest way to go about doing that, o f course, is to merge with other com­ panies. Com panies want to create crossprom otional brandbased experiences that com bine buying with elem ents o f media, entertainment and pro­ fessional sports so that consumers can “fully experience the meaning o f the their brand” .

Think Disney.

The best part about all this, for the compa­ ny o f co u rse, is that these new ly-m erged corporations can use their own internal resources and become self-sufficient. The per­ fect example of syner­ gy in action would have to be V iaco m ’ s purchase of Blockbuster Video and Paramount Pictures in 1994. It is not a coincidence that there are at least 5 0 copies o f film s like In& O ut or Never B een K issed lined up on the sh elv es o f Blockbuster. Viacom is just trying to get back some of the money they lost in the box office through rental sales.

Corporate takeover of the world: AKA no space the

When Wall Street looked at dem ographics o f North

America, they saw that the money lay in the youths of society. Every company rushed to make them­ selves cool to kids. Disaffected 20somethings made millions selling the concept of “cool” to corporate executives. While some companies got hip with the right attitude and

image for their brands, others were not so lu cky. K lein su ccin ctly quotes a top executive of L.A. Gear admitting that “coolness is still elu­ sive for us.”

In their search for the ultimate association with coolness, corpora­ tions have co-opted cultural events and even the hip sections of cities.

In the summer o f 1 996, L e v i’ s launched their new SilverTab jeans and increased their spending on billboard advertisements 301 per cent. The centerpiece o f their ad campaign was Toronto’s Queen St., painted almost entirely in silver.

The facades of almost every build­

ing on the busiest section of Queen street were turned into Levi’s bill­ boards.

To gain k id s’ atten tion s, advertisements wormed their way into the classrooms of 12,000 pub­ lic schools across North America, audio-visual equipment was donat­ ed to cash-strapped schools in exchange for daily m andatory 2m inute com m ercial view ing. The station broad castin g all the advertisements, Channel One, reaches over 8 million kids a day. No longer satis­ fied with kids as their targets, companies also en list kids into their advertising campaigns.

Students in grades three and four in V an couv er’ s Laurier Annex school designed two product lines for B C ’s restaurant chain White Spot.

A year later, Coca-Cola ran a com­ petition asking several students to com e up with a strategy for dis­ tributing Coke coupons to students. Greenbriar High School in Evans, GA, took the competi­ tion seriously enough to suspend a student for wearing a Pepsi t-shirt on the school’s official Coke Day.

United colours of resistance But brands are also the means through which ordinary citizens can change the face of the corpo­ rate world. Brand names are the personal connection between the consumers and the workers manu­ facturing them all over the world.

Brand names, like celebrities, get peoples’ attentions and the head­ lines in the media, something that

Kathie Lee Gifford found out the hard way.

Charles Kernaghan, head of the United States’ National Labor Committee, recognized the power of contrasting the image of a com­ pany to the reality of how its prod­ ucts were m anufactured.

Kernaghan focused on the brand names behind the labor violations and succeeded in getting Hard Copy to follow him around a tour of Nicaraguan sweatshops back in 1997.

Klein documents other sorts of resistance including “culture jam­ ming” through which advertise­ ments are parodies and billboards are hijacked in order to drastically alter their messages. Culture jam ­ ming forces the companies to pay for the damage in two ways: liter­ ally, because the company is the one who paid for the billboard and figuratively, because anytime peo­ ple mess with a logo, they are tap­ ping into the vast resources spent to make that logo meaningful.

With better and more accessi­ ble technology, almost anyone can create professional looking ad par­ odies and, through the Internet, locate the discrepancies between the prom ises and p ractices o f branded corporations.

This book is an interesting and valuable resou rce manual for everyone who wants to know more about the products they buy on shelves and their impact on society and the world. Unfortunately, Klein does not offer much direction for what her readers can do with that inform ation. In response to the question “What brands are sweat­ sh op-free? Adidas? The G ap?”

Klein replied with an acknow l­ edged non-answer: “The best way is to stay informed on the Net and to write letters to companies letting them know what you think.” While the subtitle declares the book to be “Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies”, Klein doesn’t teach the reader how to pull the trigger.

Jack grew the magic beanstalk; can he sell the beans?

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The United Nations hosted a co n feren ce called B io sa fety Protocol to develop an international policy on g en etically m odified organisms last week in Montreal.

Groups from around the world debated how to avoid the possible risks involved with these develop­ ments in biotechnology. This issue posed many problems for different groups because, in terms o f sci­ ence, it is relatively uncharted terri­ tory.

The Protocol The B io sa fe ty P ro to co l (Cartegna Protocol on Biosafety) is an agreement that designed to pro­ tect against environm ental and health problems in the handling

(also importing and exporting) or use of living genetically modified organisms.

What are GMOs? The protocol has defined a liv­ ing genetically modified organism as an organism capable of “trans­ ferring or replicating genetically modified material.” This includes living plants and sterile organisms such as seeds, viruses and viroids.

It does not apply to food which has been processed. For example, soy­ beans are living organisms, but soy flour is not. Feed such as oats or barley are also not considered liv­ ing organisms because they are not used for planting. The term “genet­ ically modified” as defined by the protocol includes two processes.

The first is the “fusion o f cells

beyond the taxonomic family, the second is invitro nucleic acid tech­ niques, including recom binant DNA and direct injection of DNA into cells or organelles.”

The players T here are three prin cip le groups involved in the negotia­ tions, which comprise 134 coun­ tries. The group which has domi­ nated the negotiations has been the Miami group, which consists of the US, Canada, Chile, Australia and sev eral other cou n tries. The European Union is the second most influential group and there is also the Like Minded group composed of over smaller (often developing) countries.

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and do not compare to the leaps and bounds made through genetic engineering.

M cG ill B io tech n o log y Professor, Dr. Roger Prichard, dis­ cussed some of the different results o f genetic modification. One kind of modification involves “ a gene that produces an enzyme in a plant that prom otes fast ripening o f fruit.” Other modifications involve “ inserting a gene from another species to make the plant capable of producing some other cell prod­ uct . . . so a plant can tolerate high salt concentrations, be pest-resistant, or attractive to nitrogen fixing bacteria.”

O ver cen tu ries, we have ach ieved plant im provem ents through crossbreeding. But these improvements are relatively slow

Creating an Arc for plants Developing these new super varieties may pose a threat to glob­ al b iod iversity as Dr. Prichard explained.

“If you introduce a new gene into a crop, it is possible that that gene will cross-breed with other plants through the tran sfer o f pollen. . . . [Because] these new plants are genetically modified to be superior, pest resistant, to grow better . . . there can be a loss of bio­ diversity.”

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Time to say good-bye: elim inating "queer-friendly" spaces ety which favours homosexuals is no more justifiable than one which favours heterosexuals. Further, by creating “queer friendly” spaces, we infer that any other space is “queer unfriendly.” In effect, we are legitimizing the discrimination against ourselves by building barri­ ers which say “us” and “them”.

We, as community, strive for t h e goal of fin a lly Somewhere, over the rainbow being accept­ ed for w h o we are, yet we and groups. Further, it’s created a are content that until that time parallel gay society which is just as comes, we must have exclusively intolerant and reactive to the soci­ separate institutions. W hile we may strive for a truly tolerant, plu­ ety it has rejected.

By defining general society as ralistic society, the fact that we heterosexist, we pave the way for a support a segregated gay commu­ nity, gay groups, and gay bars separate society which, in effect, becomes homosexist. One can not implicitly recognizes that we are exist without the other. And a soci­ too content with the status quo as a alienated, minority group and are Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students’ Society quite happy to be completely sepa­ rate. So, do we really mean it when we ask for com p lete so cieta l acceptance? Will there ever come a point when we can abandon this e x c lu sio n ist view o f needing Fire with Water is a free, bilingual publication containing prose, “queer friendly spaces.”

As the years go by, as we con­ poetry, and visual art pertaining to sexual assault tinue to give time to exclusively Fire with Water acts as a forum for survivors of sexual assault and queer university groups, queer social groups, queer bookstores, their supporters we are further entrenching our­ selves and making it harder to ever All submissions, French or English, are welcome integrate real tolerance into general Submissions can be dropped off: society. Implicitly, actively work­ ing within any sort of exclusively • in the box in the foyer o f the Shatner Student Centre at 3480 “queer” framework is admitting McTavish defeat, or rather, admitting that • in the box in the SACOMSS office in Rm. 5200 o f the new there’s no point in attacking the Brown Student Services Centre at 3600 McTavish real problem o f in to lera n ce.

• or mailed to: SACOMSS, University Centre Instead, we run away and create a 3480 McTavish, Montreal, PQ completely separate society. But H.3A 1X9 how healthy is this social ghet• Deadline for Submissions is: toization?

FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2000 Su re, ghettoization has its benefits: common interests meet and an oppressed group can recre­ ate a sense of its own social hierar­ chy. But does this parallel social hierarchy necessarily mean it’s any better than the one it has rejected?

The gay community is still plagued by its very own in to leran ce towards racial minorities, women, and ironically, straight people or “b reed ers” . The oppressed gay T h e D e p a r tm e n t o f P s y c h o lo g y a t th e R o y a l To me, this idea of a separate gay society is admitting defeat to the entire fight for acceptance in society. If you can’t join ‘em, start your own society. Instead o f help­ ing the cause, I believe it’s show­ ing society that we don’t want to be accepted, that we’re content to be relegated to our own segregated parts o f town, with our own bars

W e’re getting lazy. Or rather, we have always been lazy and not realized it. The current generation of gays is too content with the state of society today. We have our sep­ arate parts o f town, our separate bars, and our separate resource centers, but we don’t have any real acceptance within society yet. Has no one else noticed this?

R ecen tly , I was talkin g with an acq u ain tan ce who som etim es attends Queer M cG ill meet­ ings. He argued that the existence o f gay b ars, gay support groups (such as Project 10), and gay associations are a sign that this generation’s gay community has made significant gains. In response to a society which is clearly “anti-gay” and heterosexist, we were forced to create our very own queer institu­ tions for support.

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community shares more than it crimination and promote the idea would like to admit with the rest of that homosexuality is a subculture society. Its own homosexist values happily living on the fringes. There are just as damaging as anything w ill be no need for groups like the straight community can con­ P ro je c t 10 and Q ueer M cG ill because we will integrate human struct.

This generation of homosexu­ acceptance directly into social ser­ als is one without memory. Instead vices and education.

There will be no need for gay o f reco g n izin g gains that gay villages, because society will be a activists have made in order to have homosexuality accepted and “human friendly space” where we integrated into society, we are self- interact based on who we are as righteously content with what we people, not based on our sexual have now: regardless of how limit­ orientation. In order to do this, ed it is. We are happy with our however, someone will have to ‘queer spaces’, queer restaurants, make the first move to take down the barriers: I believe it should be queer cinemas, and queer fashion.

W e are happy to go to gay bars and b elie v e this m eans w e’ re m aking some statem ent — without realiz­ ing that this implicitly rein­ fo rce s the social segrega­ tion o f gays.

We are allow­ ing ourselves to becom e c ompl a c e nt and lazy in what we see as a solution. The reality is that there is still a long way to goIronically, the first step is to fight against th ose w ithin the gay co m ­ munity who want us to Crystal Wreden It's tim e fo r solids, n o t Stripes b eliev e that a us, the gay commu­ completely dis­ connected, ghettoized gay ex is­ nity, who makes the first move.

The bleeding artery of intoler­ ten ce is a ccep ta b le ; the fight against intolerance will be the sec­ ance is our real enemy, one that ond step. If you don’t feel accepted cannot be ignored no matter how many queer support groups or gay in NDG or V ille Saint-Laurent, don’t worry, you have the gay vil­ bars we build. When it comes right lage. These ghettos, however, are down to it, we are either too con­ tent with ignoring intolerance and mere B and-A ids on a bleeding running to our gay villages for artery. And Band-A ids le ft too long on a wound can only cause comfort, or scared to death of hav­ ing to admit that we haven’t gained further infection.

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From doctor's office to home office: medical info on the net B y S h ir l e e E n g e l

Haven’t you ever wished that you could just diagnose and treat yourself? What if you could do it with just the click of a mouse?

These are questions you might be asking yourself as the flu season continues and doctors’ offices all over North America are overflow­ ing with runny noses, coughs and headaches.

You m ight be surprised to know that it is really that easy.

Click a couple of symptom boxes, hit “enter” and voila, you have yourself a diagnosis.

Once again we encounter the world of cyberspace. With its ease and convenience, it seems that most of those excursions to the library have become almost obsolete. But with health and technology merging together in data wonderland, could we really say the same for a trip to the doctor?

“I see countless people come in on a regular basis with Internet [health] inform ation,” says Dr. Barry Slapcoff, a family physician at St. M ary’ s Hospital who also works with M cG ill medical stu­ dents. “The range of information is as variable as you can imagine it to be.”

Slapcoff works part-time with the McGill Department of Family Medicine. Concerned by an abun­ dance of misleading and erroneous inform ation, he assigned some medical students a project in which they use a standardized scoring template to review dozens of sites on certain health topics. They com­ pared the information with what

they are taught in medical school.

Search engines around the information gateway are packed with sites, ranging from reliable and up-to-date to absolutely absurd.

You can find links to hundreds of health-related sites by running a

same time as the net is an apparent blessing to m illions o f doctors, health gurus and consumers alike, taking the material as it is also has its dangers.

"The Internet definitely perpetuates the dissemination of accurate

I f an a p p le a d a y keeps th e d o c to r a w a y , w h a t happens h e re ? Avina Gupta simple search on Yahoo, Infoseek, Altavista, and many others.

"It is very important that med­ ical students learn what type of inform ation is out th e re,” says Slapcoff. "Giving [the medical stu­ dents] something structured to do forces them to look critically and be sensitized to what their patients may be reading."

With the rapid circulation of health inform ation, you could expect people to be more educated and make better decisions about their own well being. But at the

and inaccurate information," says Slapcoff, who has a few sugges­ tions on how to go about research­ ing health on the net, some o f which are based on his students’ findings that many sites do not con­ tain precise information.

"When you get to a site you want to look for a reputable, wellrecognized organization that updates [the information] frequent­ ly, that is easy to use and that has links to multiple other sites," he said, adding that even the informa­ tion held on these sites should be

family members dealing with issues discussed with a physician.

Any sort of diagnosis derived such as mental illness, eating disor­ from a website should be brought to ders, and those who question their a doctor's attention. He explained sexuality can safely interact with that it is important to watch out for others who have similar concerns drug companies that provide health and feelings without compromising information, as it is not always ade­ their anonymity.

Dr. P ierre-P aul T e llie r, of quately researched and studied and tends to encourage the use of drugs McGill's Health Services says that rather than educate patients about he is pleased with the role that the net has had in revolutionizing them.

So the doctors know all about healthcare, citing major advantages where to search. But what about the such as increased speed and acces­ average consumer that wants to find sibility. However, he does see the out about asthma or contraception? problems with the ease with which Some McGill students are aware of webmasters can post such sites on the net. the doctors’ concerns.

Tellier says that the presence "I think that with anything on the net you take it with a grain of o f the Internet is improving the sal.t," says Kathleen Muller, a social doctor-patient dynamic. Patients can use the information they get work student on exchange from Australia. "I never trust anything on online to make more educated deci­ the net until I know it is a respected sions and will be able to communi­ cate more effectiv ely with their site." p h ysician s. He em phasizes the In relation to health issues, Muller says that she considers a importance of continued observa­ respected site to be one that is tion and interaction in patient care.

"Y ou don't get that from a maintained by a reputable medical computer," says Tellier. "It is very association or organization.

Health information on the net subjective and you either tend to is not only there to educate the gen­ under or overestimate certain symp­ eral public. It is used by medical toms.”

But even with its abundance of students, organizations, interest groups, and even by doctors them­ very inaccurate information, doc­ selves, who are now ju st a click tors stress that it is important for away from in-depth, accurate infor­ patients to take the time to become mation that they would otherwise well informed by themselves. The combination of doctor-patient inter­ spend a lot more time looking for.

The net is also useful as a sup­ action and widely available goodquality information make for the port for patients who have been previously diagnosed by their best healthcare.

"P eop le have alw ays had physicians, supplying them with information and help, as well as access to the inform ation," says Slapcoff. "The Internet just magni­ countless chat rooms and online discussion groups. Patients and fies and multiplies that."

The Yellow Door is always open

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Frustrated performers, way­ ward travelers, draft dodgers, polit­ ica l unrest, civ il unrest, C iv il Rights movements, The Vietnam War... The Yellow Door has seen it all. Best remembered for its role during the late fifties and early six­ ties, the Yellow Door has opened up for those that needed it, thus becoming a legend.

In the spirit o f all legends, many a tall tale can be told about this place. Rumors continue to spread that artists such as Janis Joplin and the Rolling Stones have performed in its small, basement venue, although the Yellow Door’s General Secretary, Pietro Bozzo, denies such performances.

He does, however, confirm that such folk-music greats as Stan and Garnet Rodgers, as well as Leonard Cohen have left their mark on the Yellow Door.

This comes as no surprise to those actively involved with the Yellow Door.

F raser H all holds his Folk Music Society meetings there every Monday and believes that “the Yellow door is like the folk music Mecca.”

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By 1959 the Yellow Door had moved from Strathcona Hall, at the comer of the University, to its pre­ sent lo cation at 3 6 2 5 A ylm er Street. W hile the exterior o f the organization has seen several modi­ fications, the spirit of the Yellow Door has managed to survive for well over a hundred years. Bozzo believes that the organization has always been concerned with the artistic and social developments of the com m unity, which is seen through their programs.

“W e provide a forum for which students and other members o f the com m unity can express themselves artistically and socially in a relaxed fo rm a t,’’B ozzo expressed.

In the sixties, for example, the basement of the new building was converted into a coffee house pro­ viding a safe environm ent for artists to express their ideas as well as to practice their performances.

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doctor’s appointment, goes gro­ cery shopping for an individual or just simply chats over a cup of coffee. It’s really up to her.

The degree of involvement varies depending upon how much time one wants to give.

For Ana Feder, a second year political scien ce m ajor, this means she meets with her client every Friday afternoon.

“It’s more than just volun­ teering,” Feder explained, “It’s one o f the best activities I ’ve ever done.” She and Madame Charm ant, a partially blind woman in her seventies, either spend their Friday afternoons grocery shopping or sharing stories and en jo yin g each other’s company. “She’s like a surrogate grandmother,” Feder explains and later adds that “it’s nice having someone give M o re you advice from a different perspective.”

Although she believes every­ one will have a different experi­ ence, Feder is convinced that it is well worth anyone’s time. “It’s an Getting involved amazing thing the Yellow Door is doing. It’s one of the best organiza­ tion s I ’ ve ever been involved B e n t’ s role in the E ld erly Project is similar to what some of with.” In addition, Feder believes the other 100-250 volunteers do that the Y ello w D oor is also “extremely well organized” when with the program . She spends roughly 2-3 hours a week provid­ matching volunteers to clients and getting individuals started. Once an ing companionship and/or service to a local senior-citizen. This could orientation session, an application, mean she accompanies a senior to a and a screening process are com-

acted as a soup kitchen, a detox center, and the background to many community m eetings including Alcoholics Anonymous. It was not until 1 9 7 2 , how ever, that the Yellow Door began its biggest vol­ unteer service to date— The Elderly Project.

Often overshadowed by this “folk music M ecca,” the Elderly Project rarely gets the attention it deserves, esp ecia lly am ongst McGill students. Margaret Bent, a volunteer for the program and third year university student admits that she had never associated such a concept with the Y ello w Door before she started volunteering.

“I walked by the Yellow Door everyday, but I had no idea it was a volunteer organization,” she said.

In fact, it wasn’t until M cG ill’ s volunteer fair that she finally dis­ covered what else the Yellow Door had to offer. “You make real con­ n ection s with p eop le,” Bent explained, “and friendships for life.”

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T he fifte e n days o f New :ar’ s celebrations acknowledge aspects o f C hinese culture, >m the religious to the tradinal. Customs include recogniz; the birthday of all dogs on the ;ond day o f the festivities and ik in g o ffe r in g s to the Ja d e iperor on the ninth day. Family central to New Y ear’s activis, with several days allotted to siting relatives and friends of ; family.

An extensive co lle ctio n o f loos and superstitions looms er most of the activities, most ltring around good fortune. For ample, while cleaning before ; big day, sweeping outward ough the threshold is consid;d akin to sweeping a family’s zk away. Knives and scissors ould not be used; they may cut 'ay all fortune.

T he co lo u r red reig n s preme over the festivities, with erything from decorations to ods carrying sym bolic meany. All Chinese walls and doors ine w ith co u p le ts - happy shes written in gold ink on red per. C h ild ren re c e iv e red velopes stuffed with money for

lu ck and p ro sp e rity . V is ito rs bring tangerines with their leaves intact, as a symbol o f a lasting and secure relationship. Every household prepares Nian Gao, a sw eet steam ed g lu tin o u s rice cake, and Tang Yuan dumplings.

Traditional tales There are many fascinating tales that go along with these tra­ d itio n s, com binin g in flu en ces from the various religion s and p h ilo so p h y -re lig io n s o f E a st Asia.

“The same delineation as in Western religions [such the divi­ sion betw een the Je w ish and Catholic faiths],” is not seen in the Chinese New Year, said Rein.

“People rely on d ifferen t r e li­ gious forms at the same time,” he added, “Religion becomes enculturated.” The fable of the Chinese Zodiac arises from Buddhism ; Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he left Earth, but only twelve crea­ tures came to bid him farewell.

He rewarded them by naming a year after each, in the order that they arrived. (R a t, O x, T ig e r, R abbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, M onkey, R ooster, Dog,

and Boar.)

W h ile the word “N ian ” means “year” in modern Chinese, in the d istan t past, it was the name o f a beast that preyed on people beginning the night before the New Year. The tale describes that finally, a wise old man con­ vinced Nian to eat other monsters instead o f humans and the old beast becam e a good character.

The old man, however, warned people to take precautions in case his pet sneaked back. The two things the monster feared most were the colour red and firecrack­ ers, both o f which have become staples o f New Y e a r’ s celeb ra­ tions.

The Chinese Businessm en’ s A sso cia tio n is o rganizin g this year’s festivities for the Montreal area, w hich wi l l be held in Chinatown on the fourth, fifth, and sixth o f February. Dragon

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unsurprisingly, the choice of farm­ ers. Because they are better sur­ vivors they will gradually multiply, while other plant varieties will dis­ appear. These seeds proliferate like big-box retailers, who wipe out the local competition with their effi­ ciency and strength.

At first, this does not appear to be a problem because farmers are interested in having the best prod­ uct possible. This superiority, how­ ever, is often too good to be true, as stronger species o f plants can lose their immunity to certain pests in a matter of years.

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H ow ever, apart from the community’ s celebrations. Rein stresses that the C hin ese New Year is a family affair first and foremost, saying that it is “a time for fa m ilies to gather together from a ll o v er the p la ce . T he em p h asis is on ch ild ren and food.”

N o n e th e le ss, th is w e e k ’ s dancing and sculpture may make up for the non-event that was the solar millennium switch. “Kung Hei Fat C hoi” (Cantonese) and “Gueng Xi Fa Chai” (Mandarin) - Have a happy and prosperous New Year.

D ra g o n g u a r d s Crystal Wreden e n tra n c e to C h in a to w n

com and stopping all trade with the United States to protect their cen­ tres of origin, maybe it will favor trade.” These economic concerns often interfere with environmental protection and have played a large role in the negotiations this week.

Protection or protectionism?

The EU and the Like Minded group are generally in favour of a strong protocol, which means strict regu latio n s. G erm an D elegate U lrik e R ied e l, discussed Germany’s position on regulating the trade of GMOs. “Germany is together with the EU, and the EU has a clear position that transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms must be safe, approved, sciencesound . . . including the precaution­ ary approach. That m eans the importing country must have the

This lack of biodiversity can also be dangerous because it results in a shallow gene pool. A diverse plant population with many vari­ eties is important for the long-term health of the species. Dr. Prichard elaborated on a specific case in Ethiopia. “ [A few years ago] there was a disease wiping out all o f the barley crops.

S cien tists went back to Ethiopia to [find a resis­ tant species.] This centre o f d iversity in A frica saved world barley.”

This term centre o f origin or centre of diversi­ ty refers to the area where the plant was first domes­ ticated. These areas often have the richest biodiver­ sity because of the older varieties that have sur­ vived. Charles Mercier of T akin g a s ta n d on G M O s phjljp Trivenbach Biotec Action Montreal is worried about the consequences of right to refuse the imports. We poor regulation of GMOs on these need regulations to protect the centres of origin. environment and human health.”

“It is not explicitly forbidden Riedel’s discussion of the pre­ to import GMOs into a centre of cautionary approach points to a origin. . . . And sometimes there large conflict in the negotiations. could be pressure to accept GM The precautionary principle refers com— in Mexico for instance. So if to an importing country’s right to M exico [the centre o f origin for refuse incoming GMOs without corn] has to choose between GM

conclusive scientific evidence of their danger. Though this seems to be a legitimate concern, it is possi­ ble for exporting countries to see it as trade protectionism. McGill eco­ nom ics p ro fesso r, Franque Grimard, elaborated on the prob­ lem. “[European producers] are afraid they can’t compete, and they want protection.” In Europe there is generally a higher degree of con­ sumer caution, and concern for these kinds of health issues, yet it is hard to ignore the advantages that certain countries will gain by making it difficult to trade GMOs.

Does it have teeth?

Another large area of conflict is the implementation of the proto­ col. The Protocol will discuss com­ pliance mechanisms at the next meeting because to date there are none available to enforce agree­ ment with these regulations. There is still an uncertainty as to whether trade issues, arising from the proto­ col, will be resolved by the World Trade Organization or the UN. An article dealing with Liability and Redress has also been left unre­ solved. The article states that if there are any health or environmen­ tally related problems due to GMO imports, there is no compensation policy for the importing country.

The protocol states that a Redress and Compensation policy should be developed within 4 years.

With all of the different politi­ cal players involved and the scien­ tific uncertainty about the danger o f these organism s, this issue becomes extremely complex.

“There are always questions about, ‘Is it safe for human health or the environment," said Charles M ercier. "But the first question should be, ‘Are GMOs useful? It should be the industry that proves to the public that the product is doing something, is bringing a real advantage. Right now they say, It will mean less herbicide use, but the studies about that haven’t been done, it’s just theoretical.”

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Upper Rez unlikely

Exhibit in Birks examines genocide

hotbed o f m ovie madness

Mel Boyaner asks: "Does we have to be this way?"

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Looking at either McConnell, M olson, or G ardner H all, one might m istake them for Communist-era Russian prisons.

The concrete structures and white­ washed room s don’ t e x actly scream “lights, camera, action,” but that is exactly what can be heard echoing through the halls of M cG ill’ s upper residences. The film community at McGill is grow­ ing and lately, upper residence has been the center of action.

Two short films by director John Mackay and a group of fresh­ men have already been filmed, and

M o v ie s et o r s tu d e n t b a rra c k s ? an ambitious feature, tentatively titled The S tea ks, is set to begin filming in March.

Written and soon to be direct­ ed by student Gavin Heffernan, The S teaks chronicles a fictional radio contest called Steak-Out. The contest is a test o f physical and mental endurance where four ran­ dom McGill students are picked to try and live inside a Jeep Grand C herokee. Set en tirely on the McGill campus, the movie should appeal to all McGill students, with shots filmed in Gert’s, the Ghetto, and the upper residences.

Not only w ill film ing take place on campus but according to Heffernan, there’s a position for everyone. A large crew will be needed to film the expected hour and forty-five minute long film, with jo b s ranging from makeup artists to musicians to accountants.

A lso, auditions w ill be held in about two weeks for actors to fill the four lead roles and the various other smaller roles.

M ost o f all though, says H effernan, “W e ’re looking for someone who’s passionate about this and who has the desire to want to achieve something.”

Heffernan says that he wrote the script with university life in mind.

“What I tried to do is think of an idea that would cater to the environment that w e’re in .” He took inspiration from his fellow students and says that McGill stu­ dents should be able to easily iden­ tify with the characters in The Steaks.

“They’re all sort of at a point in their lives which I guess a lot of people can understand...they are forced to determine the difference between dreams and reality.”

Also, The Steaks has the added appeal of a Hollywood connection.

Last year, Heffernan worked as a volunteer production assistant for D etroit R ock City director Adam Rifkin.

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“If it works,” says Heffernan, “he’ll show it to the right people and then he’ll try to get it in [a] film festival.”

Upper residence isn’t the only place on campus where they are making m ovies. The M cG ill Student’s Movie Making Club has also been busy.

The Movie Making Club has already made one film this year, a thriller called Six Every Three which is currently in the editing process. They are also going to begin filming a courtroom drama in Montreal this summer so anyone who is interested in making a film and is staying in Montreal can con­ tact the club and get involved.

And finally, there isn ’t any better venue to prem iere these films than the first annual McGill Film Festival. Set for this Spring, the festival will hopefully be a great chance to view many of these great projects.

For more information: The Steaks: http.V/homepages.go. com/~thesteaks thesteaks@ hotmail, com McGill Student’s Movie Making Club: - hfried@po-box.mcgill.ca+

B y Ra c h e l Pa r s o n s

He d o esn ’ t think he can change the world, nor does he think that the problem o f human violen ce w ill reach any under­ standing within his lifetime. Yet local artist Mel Boyaner has not been paralysed by these all-con­ suming problem s. His artw ork, p resen tly on display at the B irk s Building o f the Faculty o f R elig io u s Stu d ies, expresses the personal despair and concern he has about the instances o f m ass v io len ce and genocide in the twenti­ eth century.

The exhibit is a col­ lection of drawings and lithographs which brings together the events o f the Holocaust, the geno­ cide o f Eastern Europe, the Montreal M assacre and the L ost Children under one theme. In an in terview w ijh M r.

B oyaner this week we discussed his personal history, the McGill exhibit and his feelings, more generally, on the human condition.

As an older man, Boyaner has had an interesting life, one that sit­ uates him uniquely both as an artist and as someone concerned about human violence. His artistic career began, almost haphazardly, when he enrolled himself in night courses at Sir George W illiam s High S ch o o l (la ter to becom e Concordia University) to finish his diploma. A fter stints in the fur trade, the army and the air force, he moved to Europe and studied at an art college in London on schol­ arship.

After four years of training at the art sch o o l, he m oved to a teaching position in East London.

He la ter cam e b ack to cen tral London to teach lithography for several years where he learned a lot about art and the art world and worked alongside many o f the “vedettes” of the art world. Since his return to Canada, Boyaner has spent 27 years teaching lithogra­ phy at UQAM and has had many exhibitions.

The origin of the theme of his latest exhibition goes back many years. Boyaner recalls reading an article in the London Observer, one day, that marked him on a very profound lev el. It was the writing o f a Holocaust survivor asking why Jew s had been and were being persecuted. Boyaner was moved to tears by this man’s questioning and felt that, one day, he would have to take up the per­

plexing and disturbing issue o f anti-Semitism in his work.

Upon re fle c tio n , B o y a n er feels that this project began to ger­ minate in a 1994-95 exhibit, where he started to take up b ib lic a l themes as a subtle expression of his Jewish heritage.

In 1995, he read a book docu­

each oth er and to the young.

M ainly B oyan er hopes to keep alive the curiosity which is essen­ tial to dealing with mass violence.

As he said at one point in the interview: “Do we have to be this way?”

You can visit Mel Boyaner’s M cGill exhibit, entitled “Urbane

m enting the ev en ts o f the H o lo ca u st, w hich along with another text, became the reference for the M cGill exhibition. Other influences for the show were an exhibit o f Jewish participation in the arts at the Sayde Bronfm an C en tre, as w ell as the v isit he made to Auschwitz 12 years after the war. Boyaner contends that the Holocaust is not the only focus of his work, however, and he pur­ p o sely puts issu es o f the Holocaust alongside other acts of human violence to show that they are part and parcel o f the same phenomenon.

When we spoke at his studio apartment on St. Denis, he was in the m idst o f preparing fo r an ex h ib it in F ran ce o f the same theme. He offered me a glimpse of some o f the completed canvases that will be in the exhibition. They w ere large ca n v a se s, rich ly coloured, with faint symbols o f genocide and violence that were meaningful for someone with the patience to look for them. Boyaner was always inclined to abstract art, and though these works are true to that genre, they also m aintain some o f the formalism from his earlier training, as these works carry a more direct message than usual.

In discussing his motivations Boyaner maintains that he paints mainly to deal with these issues h im self, but he admits that he hopes to reach people and thinks the only thing to do about human violence is to talk about it amongst

and P ro fan e L an d scap es: C om m ents on G en o cid e and V io le n c e ” in the lobby o f the B irks Building from 9:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday until Febru ary 15th. The ex h ib it is sponsored by the F a cu lty o f Religious Studies and curated by Dr. Barbara e. Galli, in conjunc­ tion with her course, Topics in Jewish Theology: The Thought of Franz Rowenzweig.

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See a live jazz quartet at Bistro Duluth, 121 Duluth E. Wednesdays during Febuary from 9 pm to 12 am.

No C over MCGILL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND MCGILL CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS Tueday, Feb 1 at Pollack Hall. Cost: $5.

Phone: 398-4547 THE STAR SPANGLED GIRL Players’ Theatre shows this “captivating romantic come­ dy.” All shows at 8 pm. Feb 3-5 and 8-12.

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Film noire celebrates 50 years

Tales of Hoffmann explores unrequited love

The Third Man features pulp fiction, zither music and post-war Vienna

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The Third Man— a film made in 1949 which has been touted as “One o f the greatest Am erican m o v ies o f all tim e” by the American Film Institute — is, in two words, visually stunning. This film is a pleasure for the discrimi­ nating viewer who is moved by dazzling cinematography, solid plot developm ent and b rillian t scripts. The Third Man is a rare gem in comparaison to the local movie theatre fare which includes such choice titles as S pace Quest and Super Nova.

Directed by Carol Reed and w ritten by celebrated n o v elist G raham G reen e, this u ltim ate classic was re-released by New York-based Rialto Pictures this spring to mark its 50th anniver­ sary. Filmed in bombed-out, post­ war Vienna in 1948, this film has all the elements o f a classic film noire. It represents the genre in its dark mood which is created by the camera’s beautifully-shot, blackand-white journey through post­ war European cities.

T h e T h ird M an has a very Alfred Hitchcock feel to it. It is full o f m ystery and su spense, replete with dark streets and shad­ ows that suddenly appear under faint streetlights.

T he story u nfold s as American pulp novel author Holy Martins (Joseph Cotton) arrives in Vienna which is still under allied occupation. In this bleak setting, he learns o f the untimely death of his friend Harry L im e (O rson W ells). Josep h C otton g ives a superb performance as the mys­ tery unfolds around him.

Wells is simply venomous as Harry Lime— the smug con-artist, murderer and racketeer who deals

penicillin in V ienna’ s lucrative black market. L im e’ s entourage in clu d es: a m e d ica l d o cto r; a rath er seedy ch a ra cte r by the name o f Dr.Winkel (pronounced V in k e l); a fo rm er a ris to cra t, B aro n K urtz, and a R om anian thug sim ply re fe rred to as Popescu. He and his unscrupulous crew dilute the penicillin which renders it poisonous. Naturally, they supply it to unsuspecting patients for a rather small fee— their lives.

No film noire would be com­ plete without a beautiful femme fatal appearing on the screen at some point. Alida Valli, as Anna Schmidt, is sentimental and true as she portrays the grief stricken girlfriend of Harry Lime. Even at her darkest hour, as she is about to be deported back to communist R ussia for possessing a forged passport, she doesn’t give up the torch she is carrying for the sinis­ ter Wells. “Harry never grew up, the world grew up around him,” she says w ith ju s t the righ t am ount o f m elan ch o ly in her voice. Her restraint saves these lines from the land of sappy melo­ drama.

If you still find yourself won­ dering why you should drop everything and flock to Cinema Du Parc to watch this film, I will give you one reason: it is a mas­ terpiece with a capital “M” wor­ thy o f your time and money. Go because you deserve to celebrate the good o l ’ days when g reat m ovies involved the genius o f screen legends and narrative mas­ tery.

The Third Man is now p la y ­ ing at Cinem a du Parc.

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Operatic love: does this con­ jure up the stereotypical images of women in helmets clasping men to their bosoms and ringing the rafters with glorious song? If it does, it should not.

On the contrary, love in the opera runs the gamut from tragic yet blissful passions, to drowning romantic sorrows in wine and spir­ its.

Jacq u es O ffen b a ch ’ s Les Contes d’Hoffmann explores the deceitfulness of requited love and the passionate and escapist pursuit of the muse.

L ast week, Opera M cG ill brought the romantic intensity of Les Contes, d’Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann) to life in the Faculty of M usic’ s Pollack Hall. The opera was double cast, alternating ensem­ bles in five performances. The sec­ ond cast perform ed Thursday night’s show to a packed house.

O ffen b a ch ’ s opera was inspired by the fictional works of romantic author and musical com­ poser E .T .A . Hoffmann, who is introduced as the protagonist of the tales he tells. The prologue of the opera presents Hoffmann drinking in a tavern telling his cronies about his unfortunate encounters with women. Each o f the three acts depicts Hoffmann falling in and out of love with a different woman.

His first bout of passion is with the m echanical doll O lym pia, whom,with the aid of reality-alter­ ing eye-glasses, makes him believe that she is human. In the second act, Hoffmann falls in love with A ntonia. W ith every song she sings, death creeps closer to claim her. The hope for a lasting love is shattered when she sings away the last of her life’s force in a haunting trio with Dr. Miracle and the ghost of her mother who succumbed to a similar fate.

Venice is the setting for the enchanti­ ng third act in w h i c h Hof fmann fa lls under the spell o f the courtesan Guilietta and the evil enchanter who controls her.

O nce again, he loses the object o f his affection, k ills a man Kelly H odson p la y s th e m ech a n ica l O lym pia Press shot and ends up the opera and the audience perched in the arms o f a hideous dwarf. on the edges of their seats to see F in a lly , Hoffm ann chooses to where the next mind blowing high devote himself to the muse and his trill would take them. art rather than the elusive wiles of The role o f A ntonia, per­ women. If it sounds ridiculous, it is formed by L eslie M ichaels, was because it is, but Opera M cG ill equally well performed. W here managed to buoy the audience Olympia was precise and technical, along through its alternately hilari­ M ichaels was earthy and impas­ ous and tragic moments. sioned. Michaels delivered a strong The largest role by far, was acting performance that highlighted Hoffmann, played by Aaron Estes. her plight as a woman who’s love He was unflagging in a veritable of music clashes with her mortality. singing marathon. People often for­ Ann Rowe starred as Giulietta, get that the acting in an opera is as Hoffmann’s final attempt for ideal important as the singing but Estes love. Rowe delivered a marvelously delivered strong performances in sensual acting performance, not to both areas. His solo sections were mention a silky voice that soared solid, but when singing in smaller over the chorus. Against the back­ ensembles his voice did not blend drop o f V en ice, the duet o f well with others. This could be G iu lietta and N icklau sse, because of his distinctive, brassy Barcarolle hauntingly captured the tone contrasted with the other voic­ sensual mood of the third act. The es. theme of the duet is continually The three starring soprano recalled and echoed throughout the roles were as distinctive as the third act, unifying the music into a characters stunning clim ax o f H offm ann’ s they played. Cassandre Prévost vain romantic adventures. handled the technically difficult The prologue and acts also fea­ role of Olympia. The bravura show tured an evil character that embod­ stopper piece featured complicated ied the forces working against intervals and trills, and all the while Hoffmann’s quest for love. All four Prévost danced around the stage in baritones filled the concert hall a stiff, doll-like manner. This was C o n tin u e d on page 18 definitely one of the high points of

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The staying power of Gam e Boy

Fear of a Black Hat Rusty Cundief’s rap mockumentary F e a r o f a B la c k H at is everything that its contemporary CB4 is not. CB4 is a parody of rap music that isn’t especially interest­ ing or funny becau se the film

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who takes his black connection too far; Tasty Taste and his exten­ sive gun and bomb co lle ctio n ; N W H ’ s arch en em ies the Jam Boys who try to upstage them in stories o f juvenile violence; the stream of W h ite m an­ agers who Buff keep getting mysteriously shot; and the Ic e Cold wannabes .

All these characters come across as both parodies and original at the same time and become funnier the more familiar with rap musi­ cians you are.

Furthermore, unlike CB4, the sound track has a p ro fessio n a l quality to it. The videos look like real music videos, and the sound­ track sounds like a professional rap record. Again, Cundief trusts his comedy skills and makes hys­ terical parodies without making the film silly. If you did not listen to the lyrics, you would think that the songs in the movie were from real rap records. Music videos of songs lik e “Ic e fro g g y fro g ,” “Grandma said k ick y o ’ B la c k a ss,” “B ooty ju ic e ,” “Fuck the security guard” and “My peanuts” look real despite their skewed con­ text.

Though built on the entertain­ ing musical numbers, the comedy is mainly based on the idiosyncrat­ ic characters. The dialogue isn’t cheap and Tasty Taste’ s speech, w hile giving a tour o f his gun bunker, is a prim e exam ple o f C u nd ief’ s genius for dialogue.

Tone D ef’s nonsensical spiritual com m ents aren ’ t thrown in to sp ice the com ed y, but help to make the character more unique.

When the character Ice Cold phi­ lo so p h izes about the p o litica l m eaning o f the song “B o o ty Juice”, he doesn’t do so tongue in cheek, but as if he really believes what he is saying. This added real­ ism only makes the movie funnier.

Rusty Cundief seems to be one of the forgotten film makers in Hollywood. F e a r o f a B la c k Hat wasn’t the critical success it deserved to be, and his other films like Tales fro m the H o od received even less attention. I am surprised by the number of McGill students who have never heard o f this little gem of a movie. The dialogue and songs will stay in your head long after you have seen the movie.

David Schanzle makers did not have confidence in their satire and felt they had to spice up their m ovie with sexfarce antics. F e a r o f a B lack Hat, though not as well known, is much funnier because Cundief populates his movie with interesting charac­ ters and trusts the humour in his dialogue. This film is, despite its actual content, fairly innocent and good hearted.

The movie is narrated by the fic tio n a l film m aker N ina Blackburn who documents a year in the lives of the members of the rap group NWH (N iggaz W it’ H a ts.) T he m em bers in clu d e: philosophical front man Ice Cold, the paranoid sideman Tasty Taste, and new age spiritualist D J Tone Def. Ice Cold explains the mean­ ing his group’s name in a hysteri­ cal monologue where he describes why the hatless slaves in America were too tired to rebel: “See wit’ NWH we just try­ ing to say, what’s up motherfucker we got some hats now.”

The film documents the rise, break-up and reunion of the only rap group to carry guns packing live ammunition on stage. “We ready for the guy who’s cornin’ packin’ a little extra.” The movie parodies rap from the early days o f Run D M C to m id -n in eties “gangsta shit.”

The movie borrows heavily from it’ s predecessor the rockumentary This is S pin al T ap, but isn’t a carbon copy o f the film.

Both films take material far over the edge in a totally deadpan man­ ner. Both make good use of char­ acters to parody the m u sical world. The big difference,howev­ er, is that unlike Spinal Tap, F e a r o f a B lack Hat parodies specific movements and musicians in rap music.

The film isn’t a biting satire on rap politics but more o f a light­ hearted parody on the characters that in h abit the w orld o f rap m u sic. W e are introd uced to: Vanilla Sherbert, the White rapper

Faculty o f M usic C oncert Listings Tuesday, February 1 8:00 p.m. Pollack Hall McGill Symphony Orchestra Louis Lavigueur, guest conductor Winners of 1999 McGill Concerto Competition $5

Friday, February^ 12:15 p.m. Redpatli Hall Noon Hour Organ Recital Series Philippe BélangW, organ Free Admission\

Thursday, February 3 8:00 p.m. Pollack Hall Yehonatan Berick, violin Dale Bartlett, piano $5

8:00 p.m. pollack Mall M cG ill Contem porary M usic Ensemble I Denys Bouliane. director $5

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“The good die first, And those whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Bum to the socket!”

Wordsworth’s Excursion 1. 519-21

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Nothing seems to last long in the realm of video games. Systems come and go, most sticking around for three to four years before they get shoved into the back o f a closet with stacks o f old X-men comics and clothes.

There is, however, an excep­ tion to this rule: the ever-present G am eboy. N intendo’ s portable system should have, by all acco u n ts, died before Windows 95 was released.

Why has this green and black screened, 8-bit, codger remained a flo a t when much more pow­ erful and flashy portable systems have sunk to the bottom o f s e c ­ ond-hand b ar­ gain bins? Sure it got a recen t make-over with the whole colour thing, but there must be som e­ thing more than that to exp lain its longevity.

It all started in 1989, with the relea se o f the o r i g i n a l G am eboy; a LC D screened, cartridge based system . It was sm all, it was sleek , and it played for twen­ ty hours on battery power. It was packaged with Tetris, the falling block puzzle game that, for some, is still the main reason to own one.

Tinny music could be heard during lunch hours and breaks as people started to get hooked on the portable game crack. Even back then, the graphics weren’t spectac­ ular, and the sound was irritating, but it b ecam e a phenom enon.

Various gadgets came out o f the woodwork as it became more pop­ ular: lights for playing at night, bags to hold all your gear, car adapters and so on.

The first ch allen ger to the Saturday, February 5 8:00 p.m. Redpath Hall Master’s Recital William Osinski, trumpet Free Admission Sunday, February 6 3:30 p.m. Pollack Hall Ladies Morning Musical Club Tel. (514) 932-6796 Ewa Podles, contralto Monday, February 7 8:00 p.m. Pollack Hall McGill Faculty and Guest Series alcid es lanza, B ru ce M ather, Pierrette Lepage, Robert Jones, piano $5

Gameboy’ s throne was the Atari Lynx, a technically superior colour system that arrived mere months after the Gameboy. It had style, it had elegance, but it couldn’t sur­ vive the heat. Next came the origi­ nally titled Sega Gamegear. More compact than the Lynx, it too was in colour and boasted some high quality games. But after a year or two it was no where to be seen in any stores.

Other systems came and went in trying to oust the G am eboy from its stran gleh old on the portable market. The Sega Nomad, a portable Genesis, was on sale for just over a year. Now, more than ten years sin ce its re lea s e the Gameboy is still the undisputed champion in this area. The ques­ tion is, “Why?” Let’s look at some of the pos­ sible answers.

1. M arketing. Nintendo are am azing m ark eters, the McDonald’s of video game adver­ tising. They have lodged them­ selves as far down into the mass consciousness as Disney has done for kids’ movies. They have the name recognition and appeal that other companies would sell lungs for.

But even marketing can’t save a system; Nintendo’s shunned and maligned creation, the 3D portable Virtualboy, is something that they would like to pretend never hap­ pened in the first p lace. The Virtualboy failed so badly that the chances of seeing another compa­ ny make a 3D portable system is about as likely as MC Hammer making a comeback.

2. Versatility. Maybe it is the fact that Gameboy has always been the most portable of all the porta­ bles. It has the longest lasting play tim e, the sm allest dim ensions (being small enough to fit inside pockets, even before the cargo pants craze) and arguably the best design for actual playing.

Gameboy also always had the lowest prices for what it offered. It is true that other systems had fea­ tures that might make life easier, such as a backlit screen, colour, larger memory and better chips.

But if you can’t lug it around with you, or if it becomes too expensive to afford, why bother with the flashy stuff? Money may not be the deciding factor for some peo­

ple, but come Christmas time and given the choice o f two systems most kids will get the cheaper sys­ tem in their stockings.

The system is still adapting with more attachments and gizmos to expand its capabilities. Colour Gameboy has a digital camera and

printer attachments...

3. Playability. Now that’s the key. Other systems always seem to forget that it is the games that make the system. No matter how impressive the graphics, or how com p lex the plot, people w ill always come back to the games that are fun to play. This is why people spend hours killing time on the com puter playing Minesweeper, and why Tetris is still the number one G am eboy game. They are fun. Forget the cliches of slow and steady winning the race, the reason that the other systems failed and the Gameboy is still around is that they dropped the b all and didn’ t m ake good games.

4. Falling blocks. That is what other system s fo rg o t and why Gameboy lingers like a bad cough; a game so easy to play yet very hard to get good at lik e T etris would have saved many o f the other systems. And it is Tetris that keeps Gameboy alive. This will go on as long as it can evade the wrath of Nintendo’s new portable system, the Gameboy Advance, which is lurking in the shadows, ready to usurp the crown as the king of the portables.

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Cradle Will Rock makes audiences want to take to the streets An ensem ble cast weaves a tale abo ut the Depression, the Federal Theatre Project, Orson Welles and the fear o f communism

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Picture it: A playwrite who brainstorms for ideas about plays with a host o f imaginary friends; a drunken eccentric egom aniac director who throws tantrums; a Jewish ex-girlfriend o f Mussolini on a m ission to so licit funding for his exploits; a puppeteer and his dummy madly in love with an overanxious anti-com m unist; a rich countess who plays the game o f life with the eagerness o f a child in a toy store; and a bizarre painter who taunts young Nelson Rockefeller and paints a mural of Lenin and Syphilis cells in his building’s foyer.

These seemingly disjointed elements share the common fac­ to r o f p re -W W II A m e rica .

A m id st paran o id co m m u n ist witch-trials, this colorful cast of outrageous characters play out the trials and tribulations o f the F e d e ra l T h e a te r P r o je c t ’ s attempts to educate the public about the perform ing arts. The P ro je ct’ s motivations are ques­ tioned as they are accused o f try­ ing to p rom ote s o c ia lis m .

D ire cto r O rson W e lls (A ngus M acfadyen) faces o ff with the establishment who lock down a theater in an attempt to stop a play that was perceived as too

“Red.” Wells, in characteris­ tic fortitu d e, refu ses to be qu ashed . He m oves the play (entitled

The Cradle Will Rock) to another lo ca­ tio n .

T he a c to rs, who w ere fo rb id ­ den by th e ir union to per­ fo rm , reb el and act with­ out costum es or even a set.

Wr i t t e n S ee m in g ly disjo in te d e le m en ts com e to g e th e r in C rad le W ill Rock press shot and d ire cted “ s e l ling” Sarandon, and B ill Murray.

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by T im R o b b in s (W hom I ’ ve ( wi nk, w in k ) p a in tin g s. Her film is packed to the brim with respected ever since his socially d electable Italian accen t gives conscious films The Shawshank interesting sub-plots and its only her a strong and sexy presence. drawback is that the audience is Redemption and Dead Man John C usack plays Nelson left wanting a further exploration Walking), The Cradle Will Rock Rockefeller, who battles against o f these bizzare little stories.

The is a joyful medley o f quirky char­ audience’ s interest in these sub­ the d e c is iv e D ieg o R iv e ra a cte rs united by a com m on thread: theatre. Robbins has skill­ lots is largely due to the wonder­ (R u b en B la d e s ) o v er the e le ­ ments being depicted in a mural fully created a seamless plot that fu lly a cted c h a r a c te r ro le s . for R ockefeller’ s new building.

Sarandon, both Cusacks and B ill keeps the audience both laughing The painter insists on a portrayal M urray are w orthy o f sp ecial and intrigued. He stacked the o f fascism. The young business­ a tte n tio n . Saran d o n p lays an cast with huge names, who all man, still wet behind the ears, Italian propagandist, Margherita gave extraordinary performances, must stand his ground against the Sarfatti, who rubs elbow s with in clu d in g V an essa R ed g rav e, feared totalitarian depiction. the scandalously rich in order to Jo h n and Jo a n C u sa ck , Hank Joan C usack, on the other ra is e funds fo r M u sso lin i by A zaria, E m ily W atson , Susan

hand, represents the more fascist element, playing Hazel Huffman, a frig h tfu l a n ti- “re d .” Sh e is obsessed with testifying in front o f the congressional communist trials to shun the Federal Theatre Project for their liberal employ­ ees and plays. Opposite her, Bill Murray depicts a pitiful ventrilo­ quist (com plete with matchingoutfit-dum m y) w hose pathetic lif e b e c o m e s , a sto n ish in g ly enough, a little more bearable with Huffman in it.

T h rou gh th ese m in i-ta le s (and others), the main plot o f the actual production o f Cradle Will Rock is woven. When we finally get to see the play at the end of the film, it provides a delightful clim a x o f ca tch y songs in its social outcry against the estab­ lishm ent. Through the host o f wacky characters, the film is a re fre s h in g illu s tr a tio n o f the 1 9 3 0 ’ s. Unfortunately many o f these characters are so interesting that the audience is left with a yearning to hear more o f their respective stories. Overall, how­ e v e r, the film is a good p ic k ,(e s p e c ia lly on a C heap Tuesday) for an upbeat cheerful two hours.

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with their commanding voices, while conveying their diabolical intentions with solid acting. Both Stefan Feh r(C op p éliu s) and Jonathan Carle (Dr. Miracle) had exceptional stage presence and Peteris Freimanis (Dapertutto) dis­ played a particularly broad, rich and powerful voice.

O livier Laquerre (Lindorf), while maintaining a strong stage presence, distinguished himself as one of the singers with the best pro­ nunciation of French. Although this may seem like a minor detail, in operatic performance it makes all the difference when trying to bring out the nuances of the libretto. In this performance, the words some­

times got lost and the diction was inconsistent among cast members.

The pit orchestra complement­ ed the opera with a beautifully ren­ dered performance. Particular stand out solos were Julia MacLaine on cello, Leonie W all on flute and K athleen Gahagan on harp. At times the orchestra overwhelmed the soloists, but on the whole, the presentation was balanced.

The sets and costumes were functional and neither detracted or enhanced the action. The set pieces, designed by André Barbe, were versatile and could be moved to create a different setting for each act. The costum es, designed by Mireille Vachon, were not distract­ ing through most of the opera but were notably spetacular in the third

act. Each character was dressed in black, red, and gold, with elaborate masks that added to the mysterious sensual ambiance. It was very Eyes Wide Shut-esque. The costumes could have been even more elabo­ rate because each scene is supposed to be a h allucination of Hoffmann’s, giving the costumer license to create wildly exaggerated images.

Although the opera is over, there are still many opportunities to see M cG ill’s talented performers this semester. The Faculty of Music has concerts almost every night for reasonable price. Stop by the Music building to pick up a schedule, or check the Tribune’s weekly concert listings.

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Redmen start new year at home with victories First two homegames of 2000 are victories over Ottawa and Carelton

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A long standing sports cliché is uttered after almost every game in every sport: “we beat ourselves tonight.” It’s not the best expres­ sion in the world to describe a loss, considering that in all truth it was the other team that beat you.

On Friday night at the Currie Gym, though, it may have been the first time ever that cliché could lit­ erally have come true.

After a fire at the University of Ottawa, the G ee-G ees lost their uniforms to the blaze that totaled over $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 in damages. So in need o f a uniform for the game, they donned the red McGill jerseys, w hile the real M cG ill Redmen wore their home whites.

The game was won 80-79 by the Redmen and they really did beat themselves.

“It was weird to see them in our jerseys,” said Kirk Reid after the game. “It would have been so easy to trash talk because they’re wearing our uniforms, but I’m not a talker out there.”

B efo re the game when the teams were still a little confused about who their teammates were, the Redm en paid tribu te to A1 Silverman, a long time McGill bas­ ketball supporter who died recently

at age 53.

A moment o f silence was observed for a man well known to all associated with the program.

With the cere­ m onies com p lete, the game got off to a quick start with McGill’s Pat Kieran hitting a basket, get­ ting fouled, and then promptly nailing the free throw. The beginning looked very good for the Redmen as they jum ped out to the early lead and showed some new twists to the offence.

For one, the passing game has been com p letely revamped. The team is now making flashier, better look­ ing passes which is translating into bet­ ter scoring chances.

“We did some Best b e t: M c G ill w ins this g a m e bad passing last week (against U of up eight assists in the game. “It T) and so we did passing drills all really paid o ff tonight, hopefully week,” said Reid, who benefitted we’ll stick with it.” most from the change as he picked

The Redmen also had a brief flir­ tation with a new fa st break p o licy .

A fter centre Mark Rawas stripped the ball from an Ottawa player, he had an open lane to the bas­ ket.

Know ing that he only had one career dunk with the Redmen he decided to seize the day and try for number two.

He went up, it looked like he had it, then the ball clanged off the back o f the rim and bounced all the way back to the free throw line. To add insult to injury Rawas was slapped with a technical foul for hanging on the rim.

“The dunk, what can I sa y ?” joked Rawas, who Patrick Fok had no points but four vital boards late the in game. “Too much power and not enough concentration, I got ahead of myself, and it summed up

my game today. In retrospect I wouldn’t have slept well if we lost the game by one, it was a tough game for me. B u t we won and that’s all that matters, I don’t care if I get zero points as long as we win.”

At the time, the missed dunk and the technical foul weren’t so funny. The Redmen collapsed in the final minutes o f the half and left the game leading 37-36.

In the second half, the Redmen trend o f building a big lead and then promptly blowing it continued as leads of seven points and even ten points were whittled away by the Gee-Gees.

“We always have leads and we never pull through,” said Redmen guard Domenico M arcario, who had a team high twenty points.

“We always have a good lead and we just let go, then we build it up and let it go again.”

When the G ee-G ee’s finally hit their stride with a little less than four minutes left, they let their tongue tw isting point scorers W enceslas Bedim e-N bi-M bom e and Chester Wydrzynski take over.

That tandem combined for thirty points, including some absolutely pivotal baskets which gave Ottawa the lead.

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M artlets hockey "stung" for 44th straight time McGill still unable to break with history of losing against traditional powerhouse Concordia

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Against the best teams, hard work is necessary, but not always enough to get the win. The Martlets hockey team can attest to this after last Friday’s game at McConnell Arena.

The Concordia Stingers, led

by Annie B o u ch er’ s two points including the game winning goal, downed M cG ill 3 -2 . The win improved the Stingers to a perfect 9 -0 in Q uebec Student Sport Federation conference play while the Martlets dropped to 3-4-2.

“This team (the Martlets) has a supreme effort each time out,” said McGill coach Peter Smith after the game. “Som etim es though, the players work hard in an inefficient manner.”

C oncord ia’ s first goal, ju st four minutes into the game, was an excellent example of coach Smith’s observation.

Four M cG ill players cam e back hard to defend against the three player rush. In a mental lapse, though, all o f the attention was paid to the puck carrier, leaving Stinger Annie Surprenant unattend­ ed. In a neat m ove, Suprenant slipped the puck just inside the post on Kim S t-P ie rre , giving the Stingers the early lead.

“W e com e out fla t som e­ tim e s,” said forward Sophie Acheson. “We can’t afford to start the game that way.”

This was one of those nights.

Luckiliy for them, M cGill’s stellar goalie, Kim St-Pierre, was there to shut down the strong Concordia attack for the rest of the period. StPierre had to make several big saves while teammate Sarah Lomas was sitting off for a boarding call.

Perhaps the largest one of all came after Lomas had just stepped back on the ice. Leanne Martell broke free and raced in on the M a rtle ts’ seco n d -y ear goalie.

Thwarting the attack, St-Pierre kept her team within one goal going into the second period.

M cG ill came out somewhat stronger in the second period.

Concordia goalie Lisa Herrit, bare­ ly tested after facing only one shot in the first, encountered a couple of bonafide Martlets scoring chances in the second. The Martlets seemed to skate a bit faster in an attempt to break the smothering neutral zone trap of Concordia.

Despite McGill stepping up its game a notch it was Concordia who scored the next goal to add to their lead. Rew arded for her strong w ork-ethic, Stin g ers forw ard Catherine de Abreu was able to dig

the puck out from the corner and eventually bury her own rebound past a sprawling St-Pierre to give her team a two goal cushion.

Just over four minutes later, Annie Boucher scored the eventual game winner. Becky Shaw’s bad clearing attempt up the middle was intercepted. The ensuing 2 on 1 saw Boucher get the pass. In a nice move, the eventual first star of the game waited for St-Pierre to go down before depositing the puck into the top shelf.

McGill was able to get on the scoreboard before the conclusion of the second period. Thirty seconds had elapsed in the penalty to Stinger Deana Huyghebaert when Sarah Lomas struck. Receiving a pass at the lower circle, Lomast instinctively turned and fired a low shot past the bewildered Concordia netminder.

The fact that the Martlets were within two goals after two periods is a testament to the superb playing of St-Pierre. The most telling stat was the fact that the Martlets were outshot 40 to five after two periods.

The lopsided nature of the game, however, didn’t carry over into the third period, when McGill began to control the flow of the game.

“As a team, we usually have a stronger third,” explained Martlet

defenseman Allison Ticmanis of her team ’ s im provem ent in the fin al 2 0 m inutes. “We seem to build and build over the course of the game.”

Ticmanis led the improvement at both ends of the rink. The back­ bone o f the m artlets defensive corps, Ticmanis chipped in on the offensive end o f the rink in the third and scored a pow er-play marker to narrow the Stingers lead to one. Receiving a drop pass from Suzanne F u jik i, who filled in admirably for the injured Ju lie Hornsby on the top line, Ticmanis blew a shot over the blocker side of the Stinger goaltender.

That was as close as M cGill would come, though. In the final two minutes, Stinger Annie Rocher was sent o ff setting up one final power-play chance for McGill. The Stingers, however, used their abili­ ty to ice the puck while short-hand­ ed to their advantage, and were able to prevent any legitim ate McGill scoring chances.

“Concordia is a talented team, but hard working as well,” Peter Smith said after the contest. “Also, it is tough for our players to get over the history o f struggling against Concordia.”

T h is is in re feren ce to the dominance that the Stingers have

had over the Martlets in hockey since 1985. Concordia has not lost to McGill in 44 straight contests.

The Martlets will get another chance to snap this dubious streak when these two team s m eet at Concordia on Friday. Coach Smith and many of the players are look­ ing forward to the rem atch and avoiding the “sting” o f another loss.

Redmen hockey vs. York, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; vs. Laurentian, Saturday 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Arena Martlet hockey at Concordia, Friday, 5:00 p.m. at Concordia Arena Redmen Basketball vs. Bishop's, Friday, 8:00 p.m.; vs. Laval, Saturday 4:00 p.m. at Currie Gym Martlet Basketball vs. Bishop's, Friday 6:00 p.m.; vs. Laval, Saturday, 2:00 p.m., at Currie Gym

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The first game proved to be cla sh o f titan s, as M c G ill and O ntario co n feren ce cham pions Ottawa squared o ff against one another. Both clubs spent a signif­ icant amount of time as the coun­ try’s top-ranked team last season.

Ottawa took an early lead, but M cGill countered a minute later, when E v a M elam ed e a sily knocked in a rebound after the O ttawa keeper stopped Alanna M a lo n e y ’ s hard shot on net.

Ottawa quickly took control after,

scoring twice in the next ten min­ utes when Gee-Gee players were left unguarded in front of the net.

Once the teams settled down and adapted to the much smaller indoor su rface, the rest o f the game proved to be a tight defen­ sive stru g g le, ending in a 3-1 Ottawa win.

“W e didn’t have our heads in the game, we let them dominate in the first ten minutes,” said Martlet forward Rachel Boomgaardt. “We played better in the second half, they were on defense most of the time, but we couldn’t put the ball in the net.”

After a brief ten minute rest, the Martlets were then set to take on Concordia. Once again, McGill got off to a slow start, giving up a handful sco rin g ch a n ces.

However, the M artlets took the lead later in the half on a beautiful goal on a two-on-one play, with Victoria Lowerson sliding to tip in a pass from Stella Andonoff.

M cG ill proceeded to domi­ nate the rest o f the game, scoring

two quick goals after the intermis­ sion . On a co rn e r k ic k , E v a M elam ed qu ickly set up a low pass that was handily deflected in

by Claudia de Paola for M cG ill’s second goal. Melamed later put the game away with a shot from close in into the top comer to give the Martlets a 3-0 lead.

“W e spread out m ore and used the w hole fie ld a g ain st Concordia, we played the game w e’ re used to p la y in g ,” Boomgaardt said about the second game.

Though they gained a split in their doubleheader, Melamed still felt that the M artlets had some work to do before perfecting their indoor game.

“We didn’t play to our poten­ tial,” she said. “The runs weren’t there, we weren’t marking very w ell; we didn’ t do what w e’ re capable of doing. ” The indoor season serves as the ideal place for the players to hone their skills, while continuing to develop their sense o f team

play.

The Martlets’ lineup is virtu­ ally identical to the one they had during the fall, with many of this year’s rookies getting a chance to strut their stuff during the less intense indoor competition.

McGill coach Marc Mounicot is overall satisfied with the effort that his team has put in during the off-season.

“T h eir dedication is great; (the players) are still very enthusi­ astic,” he said.

“It gives them a chance to get more confidence and experience,” he con tin u ed . ”I ’ m not giving these games any importance, but it’s a good way to prepare for the .fall.”

The players have similar senttiments on the indoor league, now in its third season.

“It’ s good practice for the outdoor season, I guess it gives us a good op portunity to run around,” commented M elamed.

“There isn’t the level o f intensity that there was (for the fall season),

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With a little more experience, next year should be our year.”

While coach Rebelo may be a little bit optimistic, there are rea­ sons to believe that M cG ill will im prove their m en’ s volleyball

after high school, and their transi­ tion has been extremely difficult.

“The level is not the same between high school and universi­ ty ball,” says coach Rebelo.-“A lot of these guys are learning on the

The volleyball game between last place M cG ill and first place Laval Saturday at the Currie gym -lo o k e d like a classic mismatch.

The act o f staying close would reveal a lo t about both team s. W h ile the Redm en lo st, the team proved that they cou ld play with the top ranked Laval Rouge et Or in their 25-17, 2522, 25-15 defeat.

T h ey d id n ’ t falter because o f a lack o f intensity .

The team was div­ ing after every ball An an effort to win points. The Rouge et Or ju st had too much pow er and experience for the Redmen.

L o sin g has b eco m e second nature fo r this young Redm en team . A fte r an R edm en v o lle y b a ll has p o te n tia l th a t m a y fin a lly be re a d y to b re a k o u t extremely difficult 1 9 9 8 -9 9 season squad in the near future. McGill jo b and it has not been easy . where they did not win a game, the 1999-2000 season has proved already has a strong core o f play­ Thankfully though, some have learned fast.” to be almost as tough. While the ers to build around, led by power “The problem with our team . team still has not won a game in Ryan Frank and Peter Lisi. Frank is that we lack a deep b en ch ,” was a star in a recent game against leagu e p lay, they have shown adds Lisi. “Our starters have been the University o f Montreal aver­ signs of improvement.

“We are an extremely young aging an impressive five kills per playing very well and can keep up w ith the top co m p etitio n , the set against them. and in exp erienced team ,” said bench is having more trouble.”

While the starting lineup has head coach Jose Rebelo. “But we The bench, however, cannot some experience, the bench does are improving almost every game. bear the brunt of the blame for all We are very intense but also pret­ not. Many o f the bench players o f M c G ill’ s trou b les. A g ain st are playing university ball directly ty intimidated by our opposition.

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but it gives us a good chance to improve our skills since it forces us to be a bit more technical.”

A fter capturing the Quebec league title in the fall, M cG ill is looking to add the indoor title to its championship list this year as one o f seven teams in two pools vying for the title.

The teams in the other pool are UQTR, UQAM, Bishop’s and Laval. A fter another qualifying tournament, the two top teams in each pool w ill ad vance to the Q SSF finals, to be held at McGill on the 25th of March.

Laval, the team stayed in co n ­ tention for the majority o f each set, but when it came time for the big points, they made too many errors. Clearly, with more experi­ ence these errors will be eliminat­ ed.

In the mean­ tim e, the R edm en w ill play each game with the e ffo rt and intensity that they ex h ib ited a g a in st L a v a l.

McGill is hoping that all o f its hard w ork w ill fin a lly pay o ff with a win.

“Our team is co m p osed o f a good bunch o f guys,” explains R ebelo. “W hile that does not tra n sla te into victories, it does m ean e ffo r t.

W ith a lo t o f effort and some luck, we will win a few games.”

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Martlets continue losing slide to Ottawa area teams Consecutive losses to Ottawa and Carleton drops McGill's cellar-dwelling record to 1-11 B y J e n n if e r L o r e n t z

M id w ay th ro u g h th e first h a lf i t w a s w i d e l y a p p a r e n t to th e s p a rs e c ro w d a t th e C u rrie G y m th a t th e M a rtle ts w e re in tro u b le .

O n S u p e r B ow l S u n d ay a fte r­ n o o n , the M a rtle t b ask etb all team s te p p e d o n to th e c o u rt w ith a 1 3 -1 l i f e t i m e re c o rd a g a i n s t th e C a rle to n R a v e n s a n d le f t w ith a n e w re c o r d o f 13 an d 2.

W h ile th e M a rtle ts w e r e a b le to k e e p th e g a m e c l o s e u n t i l th e end, lo sin g b y a sco re o f 6 6 -5 3 , th e f in a l o u t­ c o m e re p r e s e n te d y e t a n o th e r lo ss in w h at has b e e n a v e ry to u g h s e a ­ s o n to d a t e . C o u p l e d w ith th e 5 6 -5 2 lo s s to O ttaw a o n F rid ay night, M c G ill n o w s its d e a d la s t in its d iv isio n w ith lim ite d h o p e s o f q u a li­ f y in g fo r th e p o s t-s e a son.

F acin g an o p p o n e n t w h ich it h as h a d success a g a in s t in th e p a s t, th e M artlets w ere o p tim istic h e a d in g in to th e Sunday-afternoon show dow n.

A fte r C a rle to n G u a rd R o s ie W a rd e n m a d e a p a ir o f fre e th ro w s to o p en th e sco r­ C o le tte A nderes: b re a k in ' an kle s! in g , M a r tle t s h a r p ­ T h e g r e a t e s t th o r n in M c G il l’ s s h o o tin g g u a rd Je n de L e e u w s i d e w a s th e s t a n d o u t p la y o f c o u n te r e d w ith a s m o o th th r e e C a rle to n ’s W a rd e n , w h o n e tte d 11 p o in ter, th e first o f fiv e in th e first p o i n t s in t h e f i r s t h a l f . T h e 2 0 m i n u t e s o f th e g a m e . D e M a r tle ts a tte m p te d to n e u tr a liz e L e e u w ’s in s p ir e d p la y , th o u g h , th e e x p l o s i v e W a r d e n a n d h e r d id n o t ru b o ff on h er team m a te s.

te a m m a te s b y p la y in g z o n e d e fen ce, b u t to n o avail.

C a rle to n w as ab le to p a ss the b a ll a n d p e n e tr a te th e o ff e n s iv e z o n e in sp ite o f th e M a r tle ts h u s tle on d efen ce.

“I f you go in to a m a n -to m a n y o u [r u n in t o p r o b l e m s w hen you] have m aybe one p e rso n w h o c a n p la y so m e o f th e ir p eo p le. So, you g o i n t o th e z o n e h o p in g to k e e p so m e o f th e ir p e o p le on th e p e r i m e t e r a n d k e e p th e m fro m g o in g in to th e h o o p ,” e x p la in e d M o o re.

Despite th e ir tro u b le in c o n ta in in g th e R a v e n ’ s d e f e n c e , th e M a r t l e t s e n te r e d th e seco n d h a lf Patrick Fok w ith in s trik in g d is ta n c e o f th e C a rle to n le a d , la rg e ly a s a re s u lt o f th e p lay o f D e L e e u w w h o led all s c o re rs w ith 15 p o in ts in th e first tw e n ty m in u tes.

C a r le to n h a d p o s s e s s i o n o f th e b a ll to start th e seco n d h a lf o f

th e g a m e . A f te r e a c h te a m to o k tu r n s s c o r in g , M c G ill’ s E rin M u lla n m a d e th r e e u n a n s w e r e d b a s k e ts , a n d d e L e e u w fo llo w e d w ith a n o th er 3 -p o in ter.

M c G ill’s g a m e seem ed to be tu rn in g aro u n d as th ey to o k a 484 6 le a d w ith a 3 -p o in t sh o t fro m fre sh m a n C h eek a M itch ell.

W ith C a r le to n r e t a k in g th e le a d w ith a c o u p le o f b ask ets and th e c lo c k s p e e d in g to w a r d s th e e n d o f th e g a m e , t h e M a r t l e t s w e re d o w n on ce ag ain by a couple o f p o in ts . A n d e r e s ’ s h o t c ir c le d th e rim and flew out into the m ass o f p la y e rs sta n d in g n e a r th e b a s ­ k e t, b u t w a s n a b b e d b y H o w a rd a n d p u t b a c k in to th e h o o p to tie th e g a m e at 50 p o in ts apiece.

A f t e r C a r l e t o n r e t o o k th e le a d , th e la s t fe w m in u te s o f th e g a m e w e re p la g u e d b y a ra s h o f fo u ls b y th e M cG ill players. “ A t the en d o f th e gam e, the fo u ls w e re j u s t in d ic a tiv e o f u s tr y in g to sto p th e c lo c k . Y o u ’re g iv in g up fo u ls fo r o ffen siv e p o s­ se ssio n s,” e x p lain ed M oore.

U n fo rtu n a te ly fo r th e M a rtle ts, the p lan b ack fired . T hey w e re h e ld s c o r e le s s in th a t tim e p e rio d a n d th e R a v e n s w e re ju s t

e atin g up the free th ro w ch an ces.

D u rin g th a t tim e, M itch ell fo u led o u t a f t e r c o m m it ti n g h e r th ir d , f o u r th a n d f if th p e r s o n a l f o u ls , C a r le t o n ’s A n n e M c D o n n e ll sco red six points on free th ro w s, an d tw o o th er R a v e n s p lay ers co m b in e d fo r five m o re p o in ts in free throw s.

T hough de L eeuw and W a rd e n each h a d 18 p o in ts d u rin g th e g a m e , no o n e o n th e M c G ill te a m w as a b le to equal M c D o n n e ll’s 17 points. “ T h e tw o o f th e m to g e t h e r [W ard en an d M cD o n n ell] to n ig h t w as o u r d o w n fa ll,” stated M oore.

T he Sunday gam e capped a w eek en d o f lo sses as the M artlets fe ll 5 6 - 5 2 to O tta w a o n F r id a y e v e n in g . It w a s a g a m e th a t b e l o n g e d to th e M a r t l e t s w h o w e re le a d in g w ith th re e m in u te s le ft in th e h alf, b u t sim p ly crack ed a n d w a t c h e d th e l e a d d im is h .

F in a lly th e G e e -G e e ’s w e re ab le to o v e r ta k e th e te a m a n d c o m e aw ay w ith victory.

In th e g a m e , J e n de L e e u w , C y n t h i a S a n t a m a r i a a n d E r in M u lla n a ll h a d n in e p o in ts in a lo sin g effort.

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Redmen basketball starting to show signs of potential ■

C o n ti n u e d fr o m p a g e 7 9 S e n sin g th e g a m e slip p in g aw a y , K ir k R e id s te p p e d u p a n d s h u t d o w n th a t O tta w a m o m e n tu m by n a ilin g th r e e c o n s e c u tiv e c lu tc h s h o t s to p u t th e R e d m e n b a c k a h e a d 7 8 -7 5 w ith le ss th a n th re e m in u tes to play . “ I t ’ s funny th a t I hit th o s e sh o ts b e c a u s e I ’ve been in a sh o o tin g slum p la te ly ,” c o n ­ f e s s e d R e id .

“W hen we w e re dow n e v e r y o n e to ld m e to s h o o t , a n d I j u s t h it s o m e ju m p e rs .”

T h e n w ith th e gam e h a n g in g p r e ­ cariously, F r e d e r i c B e rn a rd w as sen t to th e line w ith 1 :0 2 a n d th e R edm en

tr a il in g 7 9 -7 8 . H e h it b o th a n d g a v e th e R e d m e n th e le a d b y a sin g le point.

F o llo w in g th at, th e G ee -G e e s o n ly h a d o n e o p p o rtu n ity to w in th e g a m e a s th e y h e ld fo r a la s t shot.

T h ey m isse d a n d th e e n su in g re b o u n d w as g ra b b e d b y an

O tta w a p la y e r w h o p u t it b a c k up o n ly to w a tc h it b o u n c e o f f th e to p o f th e g la s s to g iv e th e R e d m e n the w in.

T h e w in o v e r th e d is g u is e d G e e -G e e s w as c o m p o u n d e d b y a s e c o n d v ic to r y o n S u n d a y o v e r C arleto n .

G o in g i n t o th e g a m e , th e

p la y e rs k n ew th ey w o u ld h av e to b lo c k o u t th e fact th e fact th at if th e e n d ed th e g am e e arly en o u g h th e y w o u ld n ’t m is s a n y o f th e S u p erb o w l. “ I re a lly h o p e I can g e t hom e in tim e fo r th e S u p e rb o w l,” said R eid. “I really d o n ’t w an t to m iss it.” “ I ’m n o t r e a l l y a f o o t b a ll g u y ,” a d d e d M a rc a rio . “B u t I ’ll g e t to w atch m o st o f th e g a m e I th in k .”

In a n y c a s e , th e r e w a s a g a m e to p la y a n d th e R e d m e n e e k e d o u t a n o th e r c lo s e v ic to ry 5 5 -5 4 o v e r the R avens.

In th e g a m e , M a r k R a w a s m a d e am en d s fo r h is p o o r p e rfo r­ m an ce o n F rid ay w ith an im p re s­ s iv e e le v e n p o i n t , n in e b o a r d sh o w in g , w h ile M a r c a rio a g a in

led th e te a m w ith 13 points.

B u t th e h e r o o f th e g a m e w a s F re d e r ic B e rn a rd w h o w a s a b le to h it th e w in n in g sh o t w ith o n ly 1 0 .8 s e c o n d s l e f t o n th e c lo c k . It w a s h is se c o n d g a m e w in n in g sh o t in as m an y nights.

T h e se w in s w e re e sp e c ia lly im p o rtan t fo r a te a m th a t lim ped'in to th e g am e w ith a 3-7 record, n o h o m e w in s, a n d still re e lin g fro m a d o u b le o v e rtim e lo s s to T o ro n to la st w eekend.

“It feels g o o d to g et a h om e c o u r t w i n ,” a d d e d R e id . “ W e p lay ed as a team to n ig h t and w e sh o u ld be ab le do th at ev ery ti m e '' w e p la y a t h o m e . W e ’ v e g o t s e v e n m o re h o m e g a m e s a n d I h o p e w e g e t m o r e s e v e n m o re w in s.”

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Male McGill-adidas Athlete of the Week

Female McGill-adidas Athlete of the Week

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In p la c e o f B arry S an d ers w e h ave Jam es, in ste a d o f E lw a y w e h a v e W a rn e r, an d K e a rse su c ­ c e e d s R e g g i e W h it e a s th e le a g u e 's n ig h tm a r e a t d e fe n s iv e en d . T h e m a rq u e e p la y e rs o f th e l a s t d e c a d e a re b e in g r e p l a c e d w ith le g itim a te s u c c e s s o r s w h o w ill sta r in th e new d e c a d e . T h e N F L c o u ld n 't h av e h ad b e tte r lu ck if th ey p la n n e d it.

2. Hope for fledgling teams A leag u e lo v es n o th in g m ore th a n a r a g s to r i c h e s s t o r y . I t m ean s th a t the w eak est m a rk e ts in A m e r i c a wi l l s t i l l b u y t i c k e t s ..b e c a u s e o f th e h o p e o f n e x t s e a ­ son. T h e R am s - 3-13 in 1998 w o n th e S u p e r B o w l a g a i n s t a T ita n te a m th a t w as 8-8 la st y ear.

T h e C o lt s a ls o m a d e a s i m i la r tu rn a ro u n d . T h is m e a n s th a t fan s in C i n c i n a t t i , C h i c a g o , a n d P h ila d e lp h ia all h av e g o o d re a so n .-to go o u t an d b u y seaso n tick ets.

T h e y k n o w th a t w in n in g in th e N F L d o e sn ’t tak e m o n ey , it tak es a s m a rt fr o n t o ff ic e , a n d th a t is alw ay s h e alth y fo r tic k e t sales.

3. A great Superbowl ^

T h e g am e on S unday w as th e b e s t s in c e th e 1 9 9 0 s e a s o n , a n d w a s p r o b a b ly b e tte r th a n th a t N o rw o o d h e a rtb re a k e r a n y w a y s.

F in a lly th e b ig g e s t s ta g e g o t th e b ig g e s t g a m e . O n a d ay w h e n e v e r y o n e is a f o o t b a ll fa n , a n d T n a n y a r e w a t c h i n g t h e i r o n ly g am e o f th e seaso n , a c o n te st lik e th a t w ill c o n v e r t a n y o n e to th e

jo y s o f N F L fo o tb all.

4. Gambling takes a bath A se v e n p o in t sp re a d in th e S u p e rb o w l m e a n t th a t th e re w as th e p o s s ib ility o f a p u s h . W h e n th e g a m e e n d e d w ith th a t to u c h ­ d o w n le a d b y th e R a m s , V e g a s c rin g e d as th e y h a d to g iv e b a c k A L L o f th e m o n e y b e t o n th e g a m e 's o u tco m e. O f c o u rse p arlay b e ts still m ad e o r lo st m o n ey , b u t th e c a s h c o w - th e s t r a ig h t u p sp re a d b e t - y ie ld e d n o th in g . T h is m e a n s n o s u ic id e s o v e r m is s e d fie ld g o a ls, n o e la tio n o v e r m e a n ­ in g le ss fie ld g o als. A ll th e b e tto rs w o n 't h a v e th e i r m e m o ry o f th e g a m e ta in te d by m o n ey . T h e N F L k n o w s th a t b e ttin g is a b ig p a rt o f th e sp o rts p o p u la rity , b u t they also w o u ld lik e to e n su re th a t th e fo cu s o f th e S u p erb o w l is o n th e g am e.

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6. Ratings M o n d a y N ig h t F o o tb a ll saw a sp ik e in ra tin g s th is seaso n , w h ich is a c tu a lly a su rp rise c o n sid e rin g th a t th e y h a v e an a w fu l b ro a d c a st

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CIAU Women's Track and Field Rankings 1. Saskatchewan (1) 2. Windsor (3) 3. Toronto (6) 4. Manitoba (5) 5. Alberta (3) 6. Western (2) .

7. Calgary (8) 8. Sherbrooke (7) 9. McGill (nr) 10. Waterloo (10)

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“A th le te ’s Foot?”

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A few things not on the NFL wishlist last year: 1. M ic h a e l Irvin's neck injury 2. D a n M a rin o 's rapid d e c lin e 3. C e c il C ollins 4. Jesse Jackson 5. Law rence Phillips 6. Steve Y oung's concus­ sions 7. Terrell D avis's knee injury 8. Barry Sanders surprise retirem en t and then aborted attem pt to jo in the D o lp h in s 9 . D e rric k Tho m as' car accide nt 1 0 . Rae C arruth

Men and women with Athlete’s Foot suffering from itching, burning, or cracking in between the toes, are needed for participation in a pharmaceutical study.

(Pregnant women or nursing mothers need not apply) It is simple. You must be 18 years or older, and only a minimal time commitment is required.

Good news! Students taking part in this study will be compensated $125.00 for their participation.

The recruitment dates are Tuesday, January 18, in the Sports Winsor Clinic and January 25, February 1, 8, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the McGill Sport Center Lobby.

If fu rth er info rm atio n is req u ired p le a s e call th e M cG ill S p o rt M e d ic in e a t 3 9 8 -7 0 0 7 .

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T he M c G ill T r i b u n e , T u e s d a y , 1 F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 0 s e c o n d h ig h e s t w in to ta l in th e 123- y e a r h isto ry o f th e s c h o o l’s sto rie d h o ck ey p ro g ram .

SPORTS briefs W o m e n ’s vo lleyball takes HOME GOLD AT WEEKEND TOURNAMENT IN CAPITAL T h e M cG ill M a rtle ts v o lle y ­ b a ll te a m s tr u c k g o ld th is p a s t w e ek -en d . w in n in g the eig h t team G e e - G e e ’s I n v i ta t io n a l to u r n a ­ m e n t in O ttaw a.

A fte r o u s tin g 1 0 th ra n k e d U n iv e rs ity o f T o ro n to in th e q u a r te r f in a ls a n d G u e lp h in th e sem is. M cG ill b eat U n iv e rsité d e M o n tre a l 3-1 (2 5 - 2 1 , 2 5 -2 1 , 1 9 -2 5 , 2 5 -1 8 ) in th e fin a l. T h e lo s s w as a m e a n s o f v in d ic a tio n by the M artlets w h o su ffere d a 31 loss at the h an d s o f M o n tre a l in th e o p e n in g ro u n d o f the to u rn a ­ m ent.

T h e M artlets w ere led on the w e e k - e n d by to u r n a m e n t M V P S h a u n a F o rster w h o reg iste re d 15 k ills , 8 a c e s , 4 8 d ig s . 2 s tu ffe d b lo c k s and an e sp e c ia lly im p re s­ s iv e 2 1 7 a s s is ts fo r th e to u r n a ­ m ent. A n o u k L ap o in te o f M cG ill w a s a ls o nam ed to th e a ll-to u rn a ­ m e n t team '. L a p o in te ta l li e d 4 8 k ills, 6 ac e s, a n d 58 d ig s fo r th e w e e k - e n d . T h e M a r tle t s tr a v e l n e x t to Q u e b e c C ity w h e re th e y m e et L aval on Friday.

M artlets shut o ut in VERMONT

REDMEN HOCKEY ENJOYS SUNDAY WIN OVER OTTAWA

O n W e d n e sd a y th e M a rtle ts lost an e x ih ib itio n h o ck ey g am e to h o s t M id d le s b u r y (V T ) 1-0. In th e d e f e n s iv e b a tt le o f a g a m e .

S till v y in g fo r th e d iv is io n cro w n in th e O U A F ar-E ast d iv i­ sio n , th e R ed m en c a m e u p w ith a k e y 2-1 in tr a - d iv is io n w in o v e r O tta w a o n S u n d a y . M c G ill w as le d o ff e n s iv e ly b y te a m c a p ta in M ath ieu D arch e w h o n o tc h e d o n e g o a l a n d o n e a s s is t, a n d D a v id G o u r d e , w h o t a l l i e d th e g a m e w in n e r. B e n o it M e n a rd w a s h is u s u a l e r s tw h ile s e l f in n e ts fo r M cG ill, an d m a d e 3 0 sa v e s w h ile se c u rin g th e v ictory.

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12:30-1:30pm EDUCATION ACTION!

Interaction and discussion between members of the McGill community: administrators, professors and students.

5:80 pm in the Shatner Ballroom w ith Wine and cheese.

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SSMU and PGSS executives w ill be on hand to hand you information about underfunding of post-secondary education, and present some ways you can get involved by the Roddick Gates.

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Quebec City Carnival Trip

Bus leaves from Shatner 7am. Back from Quebec city @ midnight $35, call 288-7575.

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