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Virtually unnoticed by much of the McGill population, there are 650 talented music students that study and perform in a variety of ensembles at the Faculty of Music. One of these ensembles, the McGill Symphony Orchestra, performed its first concert of the 1999-2000 season last Friday at Pollack Hall.

This year will be unique for the orchestra because their regular conductor, Timothy Vernon, is on leave for the year. Instead, the group will be led by a series of five guest conductors, the first being Victor Feldbrill.

Chris Mayer, the principal bassoonist, is excited about this prospect.

“It will give us the opportuni­ ty to experience different conduct­ ing styles,” he said.

Julie M acLaine, a cellist, enjoyed working with Feldbrill.

“He focused as much on the posi­ tive as the negative,” she explained. “He created a wonder­ ful, positive environment.”

Feldbrill has worked with sev­ eral prestigious orchestras in the past, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Luxembourg Radio Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Before the concert, Feldbrill had the opportunity to discuss Friday’s program. It consisted of Mozart’s “Overture” to the opera D ie Z auberflote, Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” and the 9th Symphony of Antonin Dvorak, “From the New World.”

These selections are not only guaranteed crowd pleasers, but also offer a pleasing mix of styles and periods.

“Two of the works ( ‘The Enigma Variations’ and ‘From the New W orld’ ) are from the

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CSIS gets smart with terrorist groups at McGill B y J . K elly N e s t r u c k

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has recently acquired the power to hire inform­ ers to spy on terrorist activities on university campuses without the approval of the Solicitor General.

Various student groups are up in arms about a new policy which allows the CSIS director to direct undercover operations on campus without the prior approval of the Solicitor-General. Eric Abitbol, co-ordinator of Cantilevers, a peace-building group affiliated with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill, is one of those upset by the recent amend­ ment to the CSIS Act. “Paying informers in universi­ ties undermines the possibility of inclusivity and trust,” Abitbol explained. “The whole purpose of a university is for people to get together and to explore all sorts of sources and to consider diverse the­ ory. To limit that threatens the diversityofsociety.”

The C SIS Act has always allowed the use of human sources in certain circumstances. The only

difference now is the decision can be made without consulting a high­ er authority in the government.

Dan Lambert, spokesperson for C SIS, feels that a National Post article on the new policy exagger­ ated the truth.

“There is a strict accountabili­ ty regime,” he asserted. Lambert confirmed that the CSIS director may now order an undercover operation on a campus without the prior approval of the SolicitorGeneral, but “only in respect to an urgent situation, a very serious threat.”

He explained that the CSIS act prohibits the spying on of lawful activist or advocacy groups, as well as protests that are conducted law­ fully. The spy agency only investi­ gates the planning of terrorist activ­ ities involving violence and the leaking of intelligence — not the brain drain, but classified informa­ tion.

“Unless you’re planning on using politically motivated force, there is nothing to worry about,” Lambert said.

None o f this, however, assured Abitbol. “There’s the idea

that we’re monitoring the potential for terrorist organization,” he said.

“The government’s decided that that’s a priority and that universi­ ties potentially harbour criminal minds. That sort of thought has been used by the Chinese govern­ ment. And we’ve seen what that resulted in: Tianneman Square,” he said.

T e a c h e r s a ls o t a r g e t s It is not just student activists who are worried about C S IS ’ s enhanced powers. The Canadian Association of University Teachers has long been involved with block­ ing C SIS access to campuses.

In 1963, CAUT formed an agreement with Canada’ s spy agency on guidelines for C SIS activities on campus, which includ­ ed the prohibition of general sur­ veillance of campuses. The recent change allowing undercover sources is seen by the professor’s association as a break with the agreement reached 36 years ago.

Jim Turk, executive director of CAUT, has his doubts about whether or not CSIS is holding up

its end of the 1963 agreement up.

CAUT ism eeting with CSIS today but has not been granted an interview ith the Solicitor General as of yet.

“It appears that this new act would now allow the director of CSIS to engage in these operations [on campus] and tell the Solicitor General after the fact,” said Turk.

“If that is the case, then we’re out­ raged. right now, the Solicitor General refuses to meet with us.

He obviously wants to dodge this.

CSIS and security forces roaming around on campus can havea really negative impact.”

Abitbol feels that CSIS pres­ ence, even if rarely used, may inhibit students and teachers and keep them from speaking out.

“It’s a delicate form of psy­ chological pressure,” he said. “If you had every student at McGill aware of [the use of human sources], who knows what sort of repercussions that would actually have on the way we’re taught, on the way we’re prepared to engage other people with our thoughts.”

Lambert asserted that C SIS is

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T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, O ctober 5 1999

Awash in Red: Quebec Liberal leader addresses McGill Charest’s “government in waiting” seeks reinvestment in education B y Ka r e n K elly

Jean C harest, p ro vin cial leader of the opposition Liberal Party in Quebec, paid M cGill a visit last Tuesday to talk to both the administration and students about the state of education and funding for universities.

Charest met with Mc Gi l l administra­ tion in the m o r n in g prior to a q u e s tio n and answer period with students in a packed L eacock 232. “ [W e discussed] the rein ­ v e s t m e n t C harest expounding plan that the m inister o f education has requested from both universities and colleges,” Charest said, elab­ orating on his morning meeting.

“For those of you who are not familiar with [the plan], a few months ago the M in ister o f Education, Mr. François Legault, met with rectors, principals o f universities and then colleges and requested that they put forward a reinvestment plan that could be dealt with in the next budget of the government of Quebec. The process is now ongoing.”

The document in question, entitled T ra d itio n an d In n o v a tio n : An In te r n a tio n a l U n iv ersity in a C ity o f K n o w led g e, was submitted by M c G ill’ s adm inistration on

September 15.

It seem ed that C harest thought this title fittin g for McGill.

“M cG ill U n iversity is a crown je w e l in the city o f Montreal,” he said of the school.

“It’s also a crown jewel for the province o f Q uebec, and you

and was pleased with the large ticular to press the argument.

“When we go and speak to turnout. “[Charest] took half of his students from other universities, day to come to McGill and take a they have no idea what differen­ tial tuition fees are and why they tour of the Shatner building... and then address a room full of are unfair,” he explained. “It defi­ students,” Baraniak said. “The nitely comes down to us educat­ ing the Quebec people about why room was absolutely packed... and that’s a good sign. I think [differential tuition fees] are bad people at McGill are interested for them.”

Charest felt that the most in politics.”

SSM U execu tiv es had important thing for the Liberals given Charest a tour o f their right now was to be prepared. building earlier in the morning after which Charest sat down with Baraniak and SSM U President Andrew Tischler to discuss initiatives on the edu­ cation front. Before he left the SSM U o ffic e , C harest had signed a poster for the national cam paign o f the Canadian A llian ce of Student Association, of which SSMU is a member.

Although Baraniak was Rebecca Catching pleased that Charest addressed the issue of differential tuition recently saw or may liave seen a fees during the question period, poll that McGill University was he recognized that the issue was ranked the number one university not a pressing one fo r the Taking Tischler's jersey in Canada. [This] spoke to some­ Liberal party. thing that is very widely recog­ “An opposition party, by def­ “Obviously, you have to con­ nized, and that is the extraordi­ struct a platform that people will inition, is a government in wait­ nary place that McGill University buy into,” Baraniak explained. ing. [This] means we must start has within our university institu­ “D ifferential tuition is a non­ now the very real work of prepar­ tion s, not only throughout issue. I don’t think that politi­ ing Quebec, preparing our party cians have the time to fight a bat­ and those interested in the future Canada, but also worldwide.”

The turnout for the question tle that, unfortunately, they can­ of Quebec to debate the issues...” period, organized by the not win. Ultimately, it would be Charest stated, emphasizing that Stu d en ts’ S o ciety o f M cG ill great to see something in writing university funding would be one University, exceeded expecta­ [concerning differential tuition] of those issues. “What we have found on university campuses tions on all fronts, and the stu­ from the L ib eral p arty... throughout Quebec is a picture dents in attendance appeared to [although] I do believe Charest.”

Tischler agreed that differen­ that is not a nice one. The victims be receptive to Charest. Wojtek Baraniak, SSM U vice president tial tuition was not a pressing of cuts, and cuts that have hap­ of community and government issue to most Quebecers but felt pened rapidly, without any plan­ affairs, stressed that Charest’s that it was the responsibility of ning, have greatly affected... the visit was a non-partisan event, the University and SSMU in par­ capability of our universities to deliver the quality of education that we expect from each institu­ tion.”

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C h a r e s t 's t h o u g h t s o n e d u c a tio n During the question and answer period and in a prior interview with C harest, the Tribune had the opportunity to ask the opposition leader a few questions about tuition, education funding and the role o f the Quebec government in education.

Tribune: Out of province Canadian students studying in Quebec universities are currently paying tuition fees that are 106 per cent greater than those of Quebec students. This is follow­ ing a trend o f increasing fees over the past few years, while Quebec residents’ fees have been frozen. Do think this is a trend that should continue or start to move in the opposite direction, perhaps even removing the freeze on Quebec tuition?

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Quebec proposed this regime of differential tuition a few years ago. I feel very strongly about this issue because I also feel that it’s important that we defend the rights o f Quebecers, including French-speaking Quebecers, to study elsewhere in Canada and not have d ifferen tial fees imposed upon them. So, as pre­ mier of Quebec, I can assure you that this is one of the things that I would move on very rapidly. I d o n ’ t believe that differential fees are right. They send the wrong mes­ sage. I t ’ s the wrong way of d o i n g things if you’re try­ ing to get m o r e money in the system Rebecca Catching and I would do away with them.

I would also like to encour­ age Quebec students to go and study outside o f Q uebec. In Quebec I found that, unless my numbers are wrong, we probably have the lowest mobility rate of students who study outside the province...[A] strong percentage of students [at M cGill] are not from within Quebec, not from within Canada. Frankly, that is one o f the greatest sources of vision that [M cG ill] brings to both Montreal and Quebec.

Now, one note on that. I have found very little resonance, politically, when I have stated [my opinion on d ifferen tial tuition but,] I do not want to see a system that discriminates the way it does now.

T : Now that you have had the opportunity to serve in the government on both the national and provincial level, where do you feel the responsibility for funding of secondary education should lie?

C : Provincial. There is a way for us to recognize that responsi­ bility... it’s a matter of getting it in writing... [F]rom a fiscal per­ spective, to be more precise, I would like to see more transfers o f points to the province o f Quebec so that there would be a more direct level of accountabili­ ty [on the province] for higher education.

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, O ctober 5 1999

AUS wants new Senate bylaws

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Amateur student writers at university newspapers across Ontario could soon be in competi­ tion with professional journalists at the Toronto Star, a widely dis­ tributed Canadian daily.

The Star is beginning an aggressive marketing campaign that will see free copies of the its paper distributed across Ontario campuses. York University is the only institution so far to sign an agreement with the Star, although Ryerson is also considering a con­ tract. Ryerson officials fear that 2000 free copies of the Star per day will reduce readership of, and advertising revenues for, their local campus paper — the Eyeopener.

A spokesperson for the Star insisted that their intention was not to drive student publications out of business. Loreen Lalonde, a Star employee in the circulation, partnerships and sponsorships department, argued that a similar program at Penn State University has not adversely affected the university press. Gerry Hamilton, General Manager of Penn’s paper, the Daily Collegian, feels that readership has dropped in Penn residences where free issues of the New York Times and USA Today are distributed.

“My guess is that Ireadership o f the Daily C ollegian] has dropped, and 1 suspect the readership program is at least a con­ tributing factor,” said Hamilton The Canadian U niversity Press syndicate issued a press release expressing their concern that the Star will undermine the advertising and circulation base of smaller student papers, which provide a vital student service while surviving on meagre bud­ gets.

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Eyeopener Q ueen’ s students everbeloved Frosh Week may be a thing o f the past according a Q ueen’ s Journal ed itorial. A prank involving the plastering of lewd signs along highway 401 for the reading pleasure of Queen’s parents and students making their way to Kingston earlier this month has riled groups across campus and received national coverage in the Toronto Star and on CBC Radio.

The signs posted and hand­ held by purple-clad students along Highway 401 displayed messages like “W elcom e to Queen’s we hope you like cum,” and “Go down or go home.” The culprits o f the prank remain unknown, although individuals in the Engineering Faculty are sus­ pected.

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Arts President Artenosi upset with Senate selection process

Leggett referred to the signs as “disgusting and unacceptable” and confirmed that the university would investigate the matter thor­ oughly and attempt disciplinary action. Dean of Students Robert Crawford, however, remains skeptical that the pranksters can be brought before a judicial com­ mittee unless they willingly con­ fess.

In a press conference last week, over ten Q ueen’ s and Kingston based association s, including the Queen’s Women’s Centre and a Kingston Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, condemned the prank and discussed the atti­ tudes of Queen’s students towards women and sexual violence. This is not the first time that Queen's students have similarly raised the ire of women's groups—ten years ago, signs hung from a resi­ dence’ s windows with slogans like “No means Now” and “No means harder” resulted in an occupation of the P rin cip al’ s office by some angered Kingstonarea women —with file s from Queen's S

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A Kingston City Works strike has left some Queen’s stu­ dents ‘cabbing it’ to class at the expense o f the Alma Mater Society, the body that represents Queen’s students.

The emergency bursary will fund transport for students unable to make use o f the temporary shuttle buses hired to run by the AMS to replace public transport services or uneasy about walking home at night alone. Students must provide a budget for unex­ pected transport costs — includ­ ing taxi fares — resulting from the strike.

“1 worry about my own per­ sonal security and safety when I walk home alone after my Monday night classes. Waikhome doesn’t come this far, so [if the strike continues] there may be times l won’t go to my class if I'm worried about the w alk,” Melinda Lukes, a Queen’s ArtSci ‘01 explained.

The Canadian Union of Public Em ployees Local 109 strike started when negotiations with the City of Kingston failed.

Civic services such as garbage collection and public transporta­ tion have been unoperationai since September 17.

In addition to the bursary fund, the AMS is also discussing the creation of a car pool program which would service those living outside the Student Village and away from the temporary shuttle buses so they will still be able to attend classes.

— with file s from Queen’s Journal

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A rts U n d erg ra d u a te S o c ie t y P re s id e n t D a n ie l A rten osi is disgruntled with the fa ct that A US had little input into the selection of the n e w e st A rts S e n a to r C la ra Peron.

P eron was ap p o in ted as A rts S e n a to r a fte r S arah C la rk e re s ig n e d fro m the p osition at the beginning of the s c h o o l y e a r. S e n a te bylaws stated that only those who have w ere m em bers o f standing U niversity com m it­ tees or held elected positions in facu lty a sso cia tio n s were e l ig ib le fo r the p o s itio n .

A rte n o si was u p set on two accounts: first, that the selec­ tion process was not open to all Arts students and second­ ly, that AUS was not invited to participate in the selection process. “ In te rv ie w s w ere b ein g held, and we weren’t invited,” he c o m p la in e d . “ It w a sn ’ t n e c e s s a r y to be in v ite d because Senator is an SSM U position, but le t’ s be realistic here. We were in the dark.”

Artenosi also said he had “no id ea” that the S e le ctio n C o m m itte e had m et and

a tte s te d th a t he fou n d out ab ou t P e r o n ’ s ap p o in tm en t when she approached him and said: “Hi, I ’ m your new Arts S e n a to r .” A lth ou gh he c o n ­ gratulated her, A rtenosi was shocked that he had not been consulted. He also suggested that the Senate bylaws should be changed.

“We need to make bylaws and procedures that are fair.

Had we lost the Senate seat to a n o th e r f a c u lty , we w ould h av e b een d is tu rb e d , and other faculties share our same co n cern ,” he in sisted. “ [Van Chau], although he follow ed the bylaws, made a mistake in that he should have given fair a c k n o w le d g e m e n t to the A U S.” Jeffrey Feiner, the second Arts Faculty student senator, agreed that the bylaws should be changed to give AUS more in p u t in to the n o m in a tio n process. “ [U n fo rtu n a te ly ], at the tim e, nothing could be done about it ,” F ein er said o f the re c e n t s itu a tio n , but n oted that Senate has not been nega­ tively affected by arguments ab o u t the a p p o in tm e n t. “ [Since] the Senate caucus is the body that selected her, the

m ood is q u ite n o rm a l [in Senate].”

A rte n o si m ain ta in s that Senate appointm ents require serious thought given that the Senate is the highest academ­ ic d ecisio n m aking body on campus.

“A lot of people think the S e n a te has li t t l e e f f e c t on their daily liv es, but it takes issues like the 4.3 GPA to rat­ tle people.” Artenosi said. “It is im portant to protect seats that are m eant to rep resen t proportions of students in the various faculties around cam ­ pus.”

Van Chau was aw are o f A rtenosi’ s concerns, but little preoccupied with A U S’ s com ­ plaints.

“I think there will always be c o n c e r n s ... t h e r e ’ ll be is su e s w ith the p ro ce ss [o f nomination], but I try to be as open as p o s s ib le ,” he said , e la b o r a tin g fu r th e r on h is im pressions o f student sena­ tors thus far. “W e’ ve already gone a long way to establish­ ing that ‘team fe e lin g .’ I t ’ s g o o d .W e h ave a rh yth m going.”

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MUS goes to polls again MSF opt-out date: switch glitch Students renew funding for Management Career Centre B y Jo n ath an C o lfo rd

New VP Internal Thomas Dayon and the M cGill Management Career Centre came out as big winners in a Management Undergraduate Society by-election held last Thursday.

The VP Internal election was held in order to fill the spot vacated

by Olivier Sirois, who resigned for personal reasons. Candidate Sebastien Dhonte, interim VP Internal and current U2 class repre­ sentative, vacated his seat as class rep in order to run for the job.

“I’ve already been working on [the VP Internal portfolio]. I’ve been on council since March as U2 rep,” Dhonte said. “I’m pretty out­ spoken, people won’t be afraid to come to me if they need help. I think I’ll be able to work with all the people working in the portfo­ lio.”

Running against Dhonte was Thomas Dayon, a fourth year Management student with a lot of extracurricular involvement with MUS. “I’ve seen a lot of events hap­ pen,” Dayon said. “I ’ve seen it requires a lot of experience to run the events, to contact sponsors, get­ ting in touch with people in the business community in general, to interact with people.”

E le c t io n R e s u lts It is a rare event in student elections at McGill that an incum­ bent loses, but such was the case on Thursday as Dayon came out on top of his race with Dhonte. The breakdown of the vote was not released.

Dayon was ecstatic with the result.

“It was great,” he said. “I told people that even if I didn’t win, it was a fun experience.”

Dhonte was disappointed with the results but remained upbeat about his current projects, which include running the MUS’s new bi­ weekly lounge party, Underground Economy. “[Dayon] and I get along real­

ly well,” he said, “Obviously I’m a little disappointed that I lost, but I’m still working on Underground Economy. Thomas is a really good guy and I’m sure he’s going to do a great job.”

M M C C re fe re n d u m passes The election also renewed funding for the M cG ill Management Career Centre.

Students voted to re-approve a $40 per semester fee charged to all management students which funds MMCC. The referendum vote overwhelmingly passed with 268 votes for and 36 votes against.

The Centre offers careerdevelopment services tailored to management careers and exclusive to management students.

According to Jocelyne Younan, director of MMCC, the Centre’s services are not different from those offered by McGill’s Career and Placement Service, just “more focused on management.”

“We’re here in the building, we only do management and not other disciplines and the conve­ nience of having this centre right at the entrance, the access is very easy and the service is specific to the area of management,” Younan explained. “You can really rely on the alumni network we’re build­ ing.”

The MMCC has been building this network of recent graduates since 1996, the year the Centre opened.

“An example, there’s a young man going for an interview on Wall Street in New York city, in investment banking. Part of his preparation is we will hook him up with an alumnus who is working there right now,” Younan said.

The MMCC is currently work­ ing on a web site where manage­ ment students will be able to post their resumes and is also building resume directories for employers.

All this is done, according to Younan, in order to speed up employers’ search for candidates.

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A mistake or an intentional ploy? Originally advertised for October 5, mysteriously and sud­ denly rescheduled to September 29, and finally resolved for October 5, the opt-out date for the McGill Student Fund has changed days as many times as a chameleon changes colours. Whatever the true cause behind the confusion, it seems clear that the date change was the ultimate result of what Phil Gohie, the engineering rep for SSMU, terms “an extraordinary amount of miscommunication”.

Supported by a majority of students in a referendum held last year, the MSF is a recently estab­ lished fund in which students con­ tribute an additional 36 dollars each semester towards their tuition to compensate for lack of govern­ ment funding for student services.

Specifically, money accrued by the MSF will be put towards bursaries for needy students, improvements in library facilities, and renovation costs for the new and improved Shatner building. Furthermore, the university and its alumni donors have committed to matching each student dollar given to the MSF, meaning students will receive two dollars in return for every dollar tha they contribute.

O p t - o u t in e r r o r The possibility of opting-out of the MSF was actually the result of an error made by SSMU Council last year. Although councillors had voted against an opt-out of the M SF, the opt-out provision remained in the referendum ques­ tion’s preamble when it was sent to last year’s Chief Returning Officer Drew McCormack. When the over­ sight was discovered less than 24 hours before the deadline for sub­ missions of referendum questions to the CRO, former SSMU President Duncan Reid decided not to call an Executive Council meet­ ing to remove the opt-out.

“It crossed my mind that this was obviously not what Council had intended,” Reid was quoted saying in last year’s front cover article in the Tribune. “I asked the CRO...if I amended the question myself, with the intent of Council, would he still accept the question, and he said ‘no’.”

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year, he discussed the MSF optout period as giving “sufficient time in which they could conve­ niently and easily opt out”.

Members of the SSMU execu­ tive insist that the MSF opt-out date was originally intended to be September 29. According to SSMU President Andrew Tischler, “we assumed everything was fine until the exec went outside and looked at the date which was posted, and we realized there was a terrible mis­ communication because it said stu­ dents can opt out until October 5...

It was miscommunicated and advertised as being a longer period.

We recognize that people thought that it would be until October 5, and it’s not our intention to mislead students at McGill. It’s unfortunate that there was a miscommunica­ tion.”

The fact that the opt-out date has now been changed for a second time, back to October 5, has suc­ ceeded in raising even more eye­ brows.

“We recognize that there are many people who feel there has been a change done just because of public opinion, when in fact we were just correcting a mistake that was the result of a miscommunica­ tion,” said Tischler.

To o p t, o r n o t to o p t Further “miscommunication” has led to confusion concerning the privileges of students who choose to opt out. Some students have been discouraged to opt-out after being told by the people working at the SSMU front desk that they would be ineligible for the bursary funds. Last week however, Council ratified that all students would, in fact, have equal access to the bur­ sary regardless of their decision to opt-out. Tischler, however, was quick to defend front desk employ­ ees for misleading some students.

“In informing the students on the pros of the MSF, it might seem as if the front desk is discouraging people from opting out, but I don’t think that was their intent. What is true is the following: people who do opt out are eligible; however, they must recognize that their chances of getting the bursaries are reduced. It’s obvious: the more people who opt out, the less money there is to be given out, the less likely it is that you’ll get a bursary.

It’s not magic,” said Tischler.

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Although from a pragmatic perspective, those who opt out are indirectly hurting their chances of receiving a bursary, from an ideo­ logical perspective, they should suffer no negative consequences in the opinion of the SSMU execu­ tive.

“The intention of the fund is for students to help students. We recognize that there would be the opportunity for people to free-ride, and we hoped that this group of people would be the minority. We shouldn’t adopt any measures which might punish people because of the fact that they’re in need, and the whole point is we’re supposed to be helping each other.”

Although the SSMU policy resolves to give aid even to the “free-riders”, Tischler is disturbed by the attitude of some.

“One thing that has been dis­ concerting with the people who come up are the questions that are asked and the things that are said, which are understandable, but unfortunate in a sense: Can I use the building? Can I use the library?

Can I get a bursary? Why should I pay for it?”

While information regarding when and how to opt out of the M SF has been well-publicized, there is a deficit of information regarding the figures of the number of students who are choosing to opt out.

“Based on the fact that there has been lots of information on how and when to opt out and not on why it’s a good idea not to opt out, the numbers will be a little skewed, but we estimate the num­ bers will be low,” said Tischler Despite all the confusion, ambiguity, and miscommunication concerning the date changes, the ramifications on those who choose to opt out, and the figures of how many students are choosing to opt out, one thing is clear: in the absence of adequate government funding in the area of student ser­ vices, the money obtained through the MSF represents a step in pro­ viding McGill students with essen­ tial services.

“We believe that the govern­ ment should be putting a hell of a lot more money into this, but I think students made it clear by what they voted for last year that they can’t wait for the government to realize its responsibility,” said Tischler. “We’re not willing to let a whole generation of students not benefit from what they expected.”

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Osier's McGill: Redpath exhibit on history of medicine O s ie r r e n o w n e d f o r t u r n i n g a u t o p s y i n t o a " s y s t e m a t ic i n v e s t i g a t i o n " w h i l e a t M c G ill

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“When I began clinical work, the Montreal General Hospital was an old coccus and rat-ridden build­ ing, but with two valuable assets for the student - much acute dis­ ease and a group of keen teachers.”

Sir W illiam O sier wrote these words recalling his first impres­ sions as a McGill medical student in 1870.

This observation also intro­ duces the Redpath Museum’ s Exhibit “Osier’s McGill: Medical Education from 1870-1885.” The display is in the lobby of the Redpath Museum throughout October. In the exhibit, eight dis­ play cases with artifacts, graphs,

with surgical tools, yearbook pho­ tographs and even preserved organs. M iller noted that the emphasis of the exhibit, however, is not on Osier.

“We carefully steered away from hero-worship, we did not want to deify Osier but point out that he arrived at the right time in the right place.”

The exhibit includes the ciga­ rette box of Public Health Professor Thomas Roddick. Miller enjoyed the modern-day contradic­ tion between Roddick’s habit and occupation but said: “he probably also smoked to cover the smell [of formaldehyde]. He would hav spent quite some time in the di: secting room everyday.”

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est bit.”

The hairball, one of the most unique and grotesque artifacts of the exhibit. The attached card reads: “A matted mass o f hair showing the outline of the stomach and a wisp projecting into the esophagus. An incidental finding in an autopsy of an insane woman.”

Miller said the hairball was han­ dled and used by Osier himself.

She added it was “actually a result of a medical condition and what we have is regarded as a very fine specimen.” Claire Heenan, Science Co-ordinator of the Redpath Museum, agreed that the “hairball is the most popular aspect of the exhibit: people are drawn to it.”

Housed in the same case as the hairball is a cow’s jaw, a couple of diseased hearts and one that had been bayoneted.

The artifacts were taken from the Osier library and archives, the Department of Pathology archives and photographs from the Notman

archives at the McCord Museum.

Wayne LeBel, assistant librar­ ian of the Osier library, is “pleased the exhibit is at Redpath. It deserves to be seen by students and staff who would miss it if it were ‘in-house’.” Miller is also happy that “students won’t have to slosh up the hill to see the displays.”

For those still interested in sloshing, however, a pamphlet enti­ tled Tour o f O sier’s M on treal: 1 8 7 0 -1 8 8 5 leads the reader through a walking tour of the old buildings of McGill’s medical fac­ ulty, the reservoir field (where Osier was a frequent and hardy rugby and football player) and sites of his student rooming houses and family home.

This year marks 150 years since Osier’s birth and McGill and Osier societies around the world are celebrating the event. Even the city of Montreal is in the spirit: the section of Drummond Street above Doctor Penfield will soon be

known as “Sir W illiam Osier Promenade.”

In June, the Sir William Osier societies of Japan, America and Britain met in Montreal to discuss medical education. Two weeks ago, M cG ill hosted the “Osier Sesquicentennial Symposium” fea­ turing lectures by McGill profes­ sors and librarians on the contents of the Osier library. The third week of October will feature another series of lectures on medical educa­ tion. University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins and Oxford are all hosting commemorative events, but McGill is playing host to the bulk of the celebrations and symposia.

The Osier Sesquicentennial Committee, which receives funds from the university and Heritage Canada, is sponsors the McGill dis­ play.

CSIS targets spies on campus Continued from page 1 aware of the special case universi­ ties pose. “CSIS is very sensitive to the role that university plays in a free and democratic society,” he said. “With that in mind, there can be no sanctuaries for terrorists.”

Osler's Treasures

specimens, letters and photographs document M cG ill’ s Faculty of Medicine at the end of the nine­ teenth century.

Osier is recognized as having made a lasting legacy in the field of medicine, initiating teaching at the bedside instead of staid lec­ tures. History o f Medicine Professor Faith Wallis explained that Osier pioneered “a spirited revolution in medical education,” which began at McGill. Bedside teaching is now the norm for med­ ical schools around the world. In addition to new methods of teach­ ing, “he turned the autopsy into a systematic investigation instead of regarding it as a self-fulfilling prophecy”.

Osier left Montreal in 1884 to teach at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and, finally, Oxford.

The education and opportunities McGill gave him, though, were never forgotten. Before his death in 1919, Osier bequeathed his large and varied collection of ancient and contemporary medical texts to McGill. The collection is housed in the Osier Library of the History of Medicine.

The current exhibition is the product of Pamela Miller, acting head of the Osier Library, and two assistant interns. The exhibit looks “at medical education at the time, how it changed and what the expe­ rience of students would be,” said Miller. The display cases lead a visitor through many aspects and eras of the Faculty of Medicine

Wei Leng Tay book pictures of graduations, rowdy rugby games and one stu­ dent mugging with a cadaver.

“They were a rowdy bunch,” com­ ments W allis and adds, “Osier played, too. In fact, Osier would write bogus articles and off-color stories and send them o ff to pompous editors he disliked. Some of them were published.”

One case displays a strongworded letter to Osier from an anonymous sender accusing him of body snatching. The display explains that some medical stu­ dents afforded their annual $100 tuition by illegally procuring bod­ ies for dissection. McGill’s tuition was among the highest in North America at the time, and was paid directly to professors. Another case explains that students could pur­ chase a thesis, which was neces­ sary for graduation, from a local doctor for $25.

“I like the exhibit,” said U0 Arts student and Redpath volunteer Alaya Boisvert. “I really appreciate the write-ups and the hanging posters but the hairball is the great­ Rest pastfattr

J o in t h e s p y in g p a r t y Despite claims of not targeting students, the CSIS web site names radical environmental activist groups and certain animal rights groups as being terrorist groups under surveillance by the agency.

Ecological groups and animal rights groups have a very strong presence on university campuses across the country and some speculate that these are the sorts of groups that human sources would target. “[They’re] considered subversive by the government because they potentially threaten the steady stream of predictable income and development,” Abitbol asserted.

CSIS is not the only gov­ ernmental agency that may be spy­ ing on university students.

According to Abitbol, the Service d’identification of the Sûreté de Québec can often be seen at protests and rallies.

“They film and take pictures and their role is to identify people involved in protest and movements

for social change,” Abitbol said.

The Service d’identification has also been spotted filming the TamTams, the weekly drum sessions that take place on the m o u n t a i n .

“They walk around and film everybody,” said one Dawson College student, who asked not to be named. “They’re there filming not only the ones smok­ ing up, but also the people who are just there for the rhythm and the atmosphere.

Big Brother at McGill Joanna Brennan It’s scary thinking that somewhere out there some offi­ oration with the U.S. government cer is watching a tape of me sitting security agencies,” Abitbol said. around banging my drum.”

It seems as if CSIS is just one Then, there is the infamous of many international spying agen­ Montreal Helicopter Patrol, which cies that have their eyes on universi­ mobilized in the summer of 1997. ty activities. Watch out for Big The helicopters infrared sensors Brother at a campus near you. capable of detecting a difference in temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius, a device capable of essentially see­ ing through walls.

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Surveying safe sex: the On September 21,1999, condom manufacturer Durex released find­ ings from its Global Sex Survey on youth which found that Canadian youth are one of the most sexually active in the world yet are not prac­ tising safer sex. In view of these findings, The Tribune headed onto McGill Campus and questioned stu­ dents on the topic of safe sex. This was the question that was posed to them, “Do you think there is enough awareness about safe sex among Canadians, aged 12 to 21 ?”

Lisa Vincent, U l, Arts “No, 1 don’t think that there is enough awareness about sex among teenagers. I think there is still a lot of taboo about it. I think that teach­ ers, especially if they are teaching it in class, aren’t open enough to all kinds of questions that the kids may have. And 1just think that we need to open up to it and give kids oppor­ tunities to ask more questions in a less shy way.”

U 1, Arts “I think there is a lot of information about safe sex but it’s just a matter of students actually using that infor­ mation wisely. There are a lot of misconceptions, a lot of myths that people have to straighten out. I also think sex education should start a lot younger than just in high school because by that time it’s usually too late.”

Ernesto Granillo, U2, Arts “There is a dual standard occurring where as there is enough informa­ tion regarding sex and condoms. But at the same time, kids are getting the opposite message in through the media and the Internet. It kind of difficult because people are telling them no [to safe sex] in one direc­ tion and in another direction they are telling them yes. It’s kind of a con­ flict.”

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Diana Brady, U2, Arts “I think that in some ways there is too much awareness about sex, but not enough awareness about safe sex. And they never talk about absti­ nence, it’s always about condoms which I know aren’t the most effec­ tive way, anyway.

Vivian Phan, Graduated, Nursing “No. Because I used to work in a clinic, I’ve seen a lot of teenagers that were pregnant when they came [in to the clinic] in a daily basis, that’s a lot. They don’t know what safe sex is or didn’t use it. I think more education in school, from ele­ mentary to high school.”

Wynnie Chan, U3, Management “No. I do think there is enough

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information about safe sex but I think people are ignorant and think they are invulnerable to STDs. Probably because they want to live young, live free. And so the only way to improve it is to make them realise that the disease is out there and its people our age that are get­ ting it. And maybe get testimoni­ als... like a student who is like fif­ teen years old and who is pregnant should go up to a classroom and say ‘well I’m pregnant and this is my life.’ ”

Trevor Helwig, Masters Student, Agricultural and Environmental Science “Yes, in my opinion, we have.

Everyone is more than enough aware of precautions that need to be taken for safe sex. I mean, we’ve been bombarded with information since we were age 10. So if some­ body is not doing it, they know the risks.”

Sophie Simone, U3, Education “I personally believe that there is indeed more awareness among kids from 12 to 18 except that I find it translates into starting it younger. I find that a lot kids engage in physi­ cal activity before the age of twelve

and for some reason that completely shocks me because it wasn’t the case when I was twelve years old. So I’m not to sure about where it leads us in terms of practising safe sex but I do think that there is something more constructive that has to be done.”

David Cubek (from Venezuela), Ul, Music “Venezuela is an undeveloped coun­ try and we don’t have good sexual education in our schools. Sometimes it causes certain problems, health problems or sometimes some psy­ chological problems to the person who doesn’t approach the sexual topic in a serious way. I think it might be different, it might be better because with this kind of stuff, this kind of organisations [Sexual Awareness Centres] work better in a country like this [Canada]. We don’t have these kind of organisa­ tions. We don’t have students run­ ning around the campus [asking about safe sex awareness]. It’s a sign that you want to probe and you want to critique the existing system of sex education.”

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McGill School of Architecture professor Avi Friedman has taken a short trip to Dalian, China, where today, he will receive the most pres­ tigious award in the field of architec­ ture, the World Habitat Award.

Friedman, who has been teaching at the School of Architecture for the past 11 years, is being honoured with the award in recognition of his pet project, the Grow Home.

The Grow Home is an afford­ able townhouse that was constructed as a demonstration unit on the down­ town campus of McGill University in 1990. The blueprint for the project is a two-story unit built with an optional basement; and the whole unit can be constructed for as little as $40,000 if required. The project was subsequently adopted with great enthusiasm by the homebuilding industry.

“Portable Housing is not a theme that has the same appeal that architecturally-designed large build­ ings or museums do; it’s something which you have to be very dedicated to in order to succeed,” explained Friedman. “So when somebody rec­ ognizes you for your hard work and gives you such a prestigious award for it, it’s just such a wonderful feel­ ing. And to think that my work is recognized internationally makes itall even more thrilling.”

The World Habitat Awards were initiated in 1985 as a contribu­ tion of the Building and Social Housing Foundation to the United Nations International Year of Shelter

for the Homeless, which was in 1987. The awards are meant to iden­ tify and reward innovative and suc­ cessful human settlement projects throughout the world. The prize is handed out every autumn on World Habitat day, October 4th, in different cities around the world. This year, the ceremony is taking place in Dalian, China, where Professor

G row Hom e wins award.

Friedman will receive the award from the Chinese Minister of Construction.

Professor Friedman is the direc­ tor of the McGill Affordable Homes Program, which is based on explor­ ing new and innovative approaches to North American housing design.

The basic idea of the program is to give today’s architect a well-devel­ oped knowledge of design and an understanding of a wide-range of

economic and social issues, in order to be able to function in, and con­ tribute to the current housing envi­ ronment.

“There are a lot of people in this world who would love to buy a house, but just don’t have the oppor­ tunity to,” stated Friedman. “I had seen the house built by Leo Marcotte. It was a similar, small,

Dennis Kar affordable home in Eastern Montreal, and that was just the moti­ vation that me and my partner Witold Rybczynski needed to go about setting up the Grow Home.”

Since Leo Marcotte set up the original unit, approximately 10,000 Grow Home units have been set up throughout North America to-date, thus providing affordable homes to many first-time home-buying fami­ lies.

“The idea is to show that a home does not have to be big and... classy; people living in a small and cozy home can be just as happy as people in big luxurious homes,” con­ tinued the professor. “And you don’t have to have a lot of rooms to live in.

A home can be complete without a basement. And then when the need for another room or extra space aris­ es, the basement can be developed and rooms can be developed, which is why one of the floors was left unpartitioned in the grow home so that it could be available for further adaptation when the need arises.

That’s where the name Grow Home comes from.”

The duo of professors also acquired the help of McGill students in the development of the project.

“Witold and I got everything we needed together and the students were involved in the process of teaching with ideas... and showing examples of how to work on a site using the Grow Home. So students were always an integral part of the process.

“The product itself is a work of study and research but the students of course complemented the devel­ opment of the whole idea,” explained professor Friedman.

Not only does the project’s suc­ cess reflect well on the people involved, but also on the University.

“It suggests that the quality of education that we are providing here at the McGill School of Architecture and McGill as a whole is of a very high standard. All the students putting their fate in our hands can rest assured that the work that pro­

ceeds from here is of high quality.”

Friedman’s thoughts were echoed by David Covo, head of the McGill School of Architecture.

“It shows that our teaching and research activities provide the con­ text for such innovative projects as the Grow Home.” He added, “The international recognition associated with the World Habitat Award will add luster to our reputation. It sug­ gests that McGill has a very high standard of education because a con­ cept developed in a university setting managed to have such an effect on peoples’ lives and gain such interna­ tional recognition.”

The Grow Home is only one of many of Professor Friedman’s achievements. His subsequent works include a sequel to the Grow Home, the Next Home — a larger, multi­ family, three-story unit this time. A demonstration Next Home was con­ structed on lower campus in 1996.

Friedman also built a house in 1997; this time, it was built all the way down in Mexico.

With all that he has accom­ plished, many people wonder what lies ahead for Professor Freedman.

“I want to find even better ways to house the less fortunate people. I would like to make more homes, maybe write a book about a subject that many people would be able to read and learn how to do such hous­ ing in their own context. The money from the award will be used to house the poor.. .It’s a life mission.”

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T h e recent nuclear incident in Japan touched a nerve in m a ny people, iginiting Y 2 K fears about the safety of nuclear p ow er. Yet, at the same tim e there have been few efforts to stop the proliferaction of the n u c le a r m in e fie ld . W e h a ve b e c o m e de se nsitize d to this 'n u cle a r threat.1 M a y b e it w as the m a ny years ou r parents spent h id ­ ing b e lo w their desks, liv in g in that sh a d o w of the co ld w a r and anticipating a nuclear holocaust that m ade them com fortable w ith the idea of h o ld in g live grenades in their hands. W e n o w have m is­ siles in co m m u nitie s all o ve r N orth A m e ric a w a iting to be set off b y a

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co m p u te r error o r a careless em p lo ye e . It is foolhardy to think that p o w e r plant follies o n ly happen on T h e Sim p so n s.

W e have accepted the threat of nuclear accidents as a inherent and u n a v o id a b le h azard s of m o d e rn life, in g o o d c o m p a n y w ith e a rth q u a k e s, ic e -s to rm s a n d h u rric a n e s . W e h a v e a d o p te d this nuclear threat as part of o u r culture and have used o u r cynicism as a shield. W e have used h u m o r and fiction to co m b a t radiation. W e have created m agical and not so m agical creatures such as the N in ja T u r tle s , th e In c re d ib le H u lk , S p id e rm a n (w h o w a s b itte n b y a radioactive spider) and the three eyed fish of Springfield fame.

W e h a ve a d o p te d n u c le a r sy m b o ls a n d n u c le a r ja rg o n . W e m ake reference to heating u p o u r food as n u k in g it, to co m p u te r cra sh e s as m e lt d o w n s . T h e ra d io a c tiv e s y m b o l seem s to h a v e a chieved som e kind of p o p status, a p pearing as a decal on skate­ boards, T-shirts and baseball caps in the early nineties. Th e re is even a w e b site devoted to 'nuclear tou rism 1 w h e re one can do a virtual tour to see a variety of the nuclear p o w e r plants around the w o rld .

Sounds like a dream vacation. A ll the fun of a nuclear p o w e r plant w ith none of the radiation exposure. W e have adopted this nuclear threat as part of o u r h ip -c y n ic a l nineties lifestyle.

W e have been n u m be d b y a culture of denial at a crucial tim e w h e n m a n y d e v e lo p in g co un tries are co u rtin g disaster. If n u clea r accidents can happen in Japan w h ic h boasts an accident rate of 0.3 accidents a year, w h a t disasters are lurking in the antique reactors of the Ukraine? Even the infam ous reactor four at the C h e rn o b yl plant m a y not have finished it's reign of de stru ction. T h e co ncre te and

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steel shell, aptly co ine d the sarcophagus, is not predicted to w ith ­ stand an earthquake of m ore than 6 .0 on the Richter scale. T h e sar­ cophagus w h ic h n o w separates reactor four from the still-in -o p e ra tion reactor three is de ve lo p in g cracks. N u cle a r fuel is be ginning to pool up in the room s b e lo w the reactor.

Th is inform ation about the state of the abandoned reactor was obtained b y brave souls termed "stalkers" w h o have ventured inside the still h ighly contam inated derelict reactor in spite of extrem e risks to their health. T h e m e m o ry of this ghost reactor is kept alive by a terrible legacy of lingering radiation sickness, cancer, birth deform i­ ties and im m u n e system problem s, w h ic h have plagued the people of C h e rn o b y l.

Thou g hts of nuclear disasters w e re on m y m ind d u rin g a short vacation in C h in a this spring. W e w e re d rivin g north-w est of Beijing en route to the next go ve rnm e nt sanctioned tourist site o r friendship store w h e n out of the grey mist rose several concrete co o lin g towers.

Seeing the frantic construction of C h in a 's shaky infrastructure and thinking of the som ew hat reckless beh avior of the Chinese go ve rn­ m ent in the Th re e G orges D a m project, I w as not o v e rw h e lm in g ly co n vin c e d of the safety of this operation. W e asked the drive r about the reactors a nd he p ro c e e d e d to tell us a b o u t the M in g tom bs.

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U n fo rtu n a te ly I have b e e n k n o w n to be an is s u e of w e a k - w ille d e v e ry Maxim a n d I so often. T h is a llo w s w a s in tro d u c e d m e to sn eak into the to th e w o n d e rs d a n g e r z o n e o f th e o f m a le - o r ie n t­ B o o k s t o r e — th e ed m a g a zin e s. I m ag azin e ra c k s . th e n r e a l i z e d A question m ay that Maxim w a s n o w b e f la s h in g in m uch m o re y o u r b rain as to w h y e f f e c t iv e in th e se c tio n c o n ta in ­ e lim in a tin g any in g r a c k u p o n r a c k in te llig e n t ...... o f g lo ssy m ag azin es YOtffinvi WITHOUT » STITPHI th o u g h ts f r o m is su ch a feared area Maxim magazine m y b r a in th a n fo r m e. T h e a n sw e r th e e t e r n a l l y is qu ite sim p le — I va c c u o u s Cosmo. M y n e w d is co v e ry c a n n o t r e s is t s h e llin g o ut m y v e r y req u ired no e ffo rt to e n jo y , no ener­ lim ite d d o lla rs on m en ’ s m ag azin es. g y output beyond page tu rn in g p lu s N o w le t m e ta k e a m o m e n t to co m p le te and utter en tertain m en t. I c la r if y the e xp re ssio n ‘m e n ’ s m aga­ w a s e xp o se d to th in g s that I n e v e r z in e s ’ . I am n o t r e fe r rin g to th o se k n e w b efore su ch as h o w to sk in m y m a g a z in e s w h ic h r e q u ir e I . D . to o w n food w h e n lo st in the fo rest and

I ’ l l a d m it th a t th e p h o to g r a ­ p h e rs a re n o t s u b tle . T h e y w a n t a c o v e r th a t s c re a m s s e x a n d th a t’ s e x a c t l y w h a t w e g e t. A s c r e a m w h ic h is u s u a lly acco m p a n ie d w ith fla sh in g neon lig h ts and ear-sp littin g w h is tle s . e v e r y t h in g th a t I d o n ’ t ta k e m a g a z in e s su ch as o ffe n c e w h e n I Maxim, D etails, see the c a r e f u lly S tu ff a n d Bikini s e le c t e d c o v e r h a v e to o ffe r. T h is m o d el posed in a i s f a r f r o m th e s u g g e s t iv e w a y case. w it h a m in i m a l I a m t ir e d o f am o u n t o f c lo th ­ p e o p le d ro n in g on in g on ( i f a n y ). I and on ab o u t h o w d o n ’ t f i n d t h is t h e s e m a g a z in e s degrading at a ll. I sh o u ld not lin e the c a n r e c o g n iz e a s h e lv e s o f e v e r y b e a u tifu l w o m a n c o n v e n ie n c e sto re, w h e n I see one. c ig a r shop o r grace I t h i n k th e th e ta b le s o f w a it ­ re a l p ro b lem lie s in g r o o m s . I d i s ­ w ith those people agree c o m p le te ly . w h o ta k e e v e r y ­ T h o s e p e o p le M ore Stuff at the Bookstore th ing so se rio u sly w h o w i s h n o t to and c a n ’ t let loose fo r a m o m ent to read these m ag azin e s are not being re a liz e that no one is try in g to pass f o r c e d to in a n y w a y . N o o n e o f f a co p y o f Bikini as P u litz e r P riz e d e m a n d s th a t th e s c a n t i l y c la d w in n in g jo u r n a lis m . It is m e re ly a w o m en be lo o ked at w h e n sittin g on m ag azin e do in g its best to com pete the s h e lv e s . T h e y are a v a ila b le fo r w it h th e g ro w in g n u m b e r o f p ro d ­ w illin g p a rticip a n ts o n ly . T h o se w ho u cts lik e it. w is h to flip through and absorb the A p p e a l is a n u m b e r o n e c o n ­ pages ja m p a ck e d w ith a ir brushed c e rn fo r m a g a z in e c o m p a n ie s , as it p ic tu re s , h e lp fu l tip s , a m a zin g sto­ s h o u ld b e . I f th e a u d ie n c e w a n ts rie s o f stu p id ity and general useless w o m e n on e v e r y o th e r p a g e , th en in fo rm a tio n are w e lc o m e to. th at’ s w h a t they are g o in g to get.

I h a v e been to ld th at I sh o u ld W h e n I p ic k up an issu e o f Stuff re fra in fro m b u yin g these m ag azines o r Maxim I h a v e no illu s io n s th at because b y doing so I am condoning th ey are g iv in g m e hard -hittin g a rti­ the m e ssag e th at th ey p o rtra y . I ’ m c le s o r earth sh attering in sig h ts into not sure w h a t th is m essage is e x a c tly the m y ste rie s o f lif e . T h e y are about bu t m y educated guess is that those e n te rta in m e n t. A n h o u r’ s w o rth o f w h o o b je ct are opposed to the idea e sca p e fro m r e a lit y , a jo u r n e y in to o f w o m e n a s s e x s y m b o ls b e in g th e k in g d o m r u le d b y “ S e x , B e e r , used to s e ll the product.

h o w to start a sw eat shop.

F o r so m e , d if f ic u lt y m a y a rise w it h th e f a c t th a t I a m in d e e d a w o m a n a n d a s a w o m a n i t is m y d u ty to su pport the fe m in is t m o v e ­ m ent. T h e re fo re I sh o uld be ag ainst

S p o rts, G ad g ets and C lo th e s ,” as the t a g - lin e o n e a c h is s u e o f Maxim p ro m ise s. A n d they d e liv e r.

I k n o w that I am no t the o n ly w o m a n w h o has dared to p ic k up a m a le m a g a z in e r e g a r d le s s o f th e “ F O R M E N ” b la t a n t ly sta m p e d u n d er the title . T h e re m ust

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B ik in i a s P u litz er P riz e w in ­ n in g jo u r n a lis m . b e m o re f e m a le s o u t t h e r e w h o e n jo y re a d in g e m p ty y e t f u n - fille d a rtic le s rath er than the u su a l fash io n fo cu se d , appearance-based w o rd s o f trad itio n a l w o m e n ’ s p u b lica tio n s.

I fin d that Cosmo, Glamour and the lik e try to c o n v in c e th e re a d e r th a t o n c e th e m a g a z in e h a s b e en a b so rb e d fro m c o v e r to c o v e r the re a d e r w i l l h a v e re a c h e d a h ig h e r le v e l o f so p h istica tio n . M y b e lo v ed m e n ’ s m ags do no su ch th in g . I can assure y o u that no so p h istica tio n o f an y k in d is n e c e ssa ry , n o r d e sirab le , n o r a t t a in a b le , f r o m t h is ty p e o f read.

W h e n a l l is s a id an d d o n e , I w i l l a lw a y s h a v e a h ard tim e re sist­ in g the tem ptation to b u y m ag azin es.

T h e y a re an in d u lg e n c e th at h e lp s m e r e la x a fte r a s tr e s s fu l w e e k .

T h e y s a tisfy m y c ra v in g fo r su g ary, no n-acad em ic read ing.

N e x t t im e a t r i p to th e B o o k s to re f a lls in to y o u r sc h e d u le g iv e in to th e w o m e n w h o s m ile s e d u c t iv e ly at y o u fro m th e r a c k .

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International Monetary Fund plays Russian roulette B y A lex L eigh

Th e Russian authorities took on a defensive stance claiming a conspiracy theory was at w o rk and called for all these slanderous

Borrow ing money in order to repay one’ s extravagant loans?

Yes, this may seem to be at the pinnacle of ridiculousness but in effect Russia, which has received more than $20 billion (U S ) in the past fe w years fro m the International M onetary Fun d is doing exactly that.

T h e tra g ic fact about this incessant lending is that the last few deals struck between the IM F and Russia, amounting to about $4.5 b illion , have been done to enable Russia to meet its repay­ ment obligations. Since earlier this year where Russia’ s financial sector suffered a near fatal melt­ down in the economic sense, the IM F and even the Clinton admin­ istration have come under intense criticism from the international community.

Investigations are currently underway to determine whether or not some IM F loans were ille­ gally funnelled from Russia to a num ber o f m ajor banks, among them the Bank of N ew Y o rk . The amounts in question total a mam­ m oth $10 b illio n ( U S ) , w h ic h w o u ld have been ‘d iverte d ’ by Russian businessman as well as senior government officials.

Several reports have deter­ m ined that a high proportion of this amount is not connected to the loans h o w e v e r, bu t s till b e lo n g s to the c o u n try .

Considering its financial plight, Russia can ill-afford this kind of money laundering.

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Tatiana Patera, Russian studies department allegations to come to a halt. A press c o m m u n iq u é fro m the K r e m lin ’ s adm inistration chief Alexander Voloshin stated: "W e are convinced that all ill-in t e n tio n e d accu satio n s a g a in st the p re s id e n t o f the R u s s ia n F e d e ra tio n are o f an exclusively political nature...The president...is prepared to use all the force o f international la w .

T h e flo o d o f lie s s h o u ld be stopped."

T h e I M F has not escaped u nscathed fro m this sca n d a l, being accused of dealing with the problem in a careless fashion by a range of individuals, from U S R epublicans to Russian p o liti­ cians. M a n y b e lieve that c o n ­ stantly in je c tin g cash into the Russian economy has become a kind of addiction. Th e ir belief is that every time that I M F funds

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are re le a se d , serious re fo rm strategies are abandoned and for­ gotten until that cash disappears (very quickly) as the Government sees the financial dilemma avert­ ed and tries to forget it. In med­ ic a l te rm s, each in je c tio n is equivalent to a tem porary pain k ille r , a k in d o f e x o rb ita n tly priced aspirin.

V ia a telephone in te rvie w , the I M F M e d ia spokesperson, preferring to remain anonymous, ca te g o rica lly denied claim s of illegal activities in v o lv in g I M F funds and clearly stated that the evidence c o m in g fro m current investigations has not yet uncov­ ered proof of any money launder­ in g , or d iv e rte d fun d s.

C o n ce rn in g current loan deals, the IM F said that due to the fact that the re p o rt by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (P W C ) has n o t ye t been c o m p le te d , "investigations were currently in limbo" and until they were com­ plete no further deals were to be expected. C o n ce rn in g the $4.5 b illio n loan that was approved recently, he confirm ed that the m oney w o u ld be used to repay the IM F . Th e amount w ill be held in an account in the I M F (at the request of the Russian authori­ ties) and w ill be used to repay loans owed to the IM F . However, he w o u ld not c o m m e n t on whether or not the current go v­ ernment had the capabilities to pu t in to p la ce the necessary reforms.

Concerning the current state of the economy and its predicted trends fo r the fu tu re , the

spokesperson indicated that he was optimistic with regards to the recovery of the Russian econo­ m y, saying that Russia was "over performing in terms of economic reform s." These reform s, c o m ­ bined with the rise in oil prices (Russia being a major producer) sh o u ld set the c o u n try on the right track. A lso Russia's im ple­ mentation of cautious fiscal and monetary policies, with the econ­ o m y responding w ith renewed grow th and lo w inflation, in d i­ cates a positive trend.

R u s s ia la c k s m o t i v a t i o n fo r in v e s tm e n t Asked w hy Russia’ s progress was proceeding at such a slow pace, Tatiana Patera, professor in the Russian Studies Department believed that this was due to the “lack of motivation” from within R u s s ia to in ve s t and p ro d u ce national goods. H e r explanation for this was that due to the high profits made through buying for­ eign goods (sometimes illegally) and then re -s e llin g them to Russians, ve ry few people are attracted by the thought of having to spend heavily in starting up a business or even m o d e rn izin g existing ones w hich w o u ld not bring them instantaneous profit.

She also believed that corruption existed at the highest levels of the political system, in volvin g even the President and his entourage. “ Corruption exists from the lo w e s t le v e ls to the h igh e st ones.” Patera explained that this was not surprising considering corruption is seen as a kind of survival mechanism necessary to sustain a n o rm a l w a y o f life ,

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A casual view on a high mis­ demeanour which w ill surely not boost the I M F ’ s already waning confidence and trust in a country which still owes it billions of dol­ lars, and needs billions more to hope to emerge from a financial fiasco w h ic h was exacerbated through the incompetence of its own leaders.

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Peace conference to offer Burundi's needed reprieve Lingering effects of colonialism and civil war inhibit political stability, professor explains

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A f te r six years in a g rim cycle of civil war, genocide, and racial cleansing in the Central African country of Burundi, some Burundians are initiating a dia­ logue of peace in discussing their history of racial division and ten­ sion.

A conference held last week­ end at the Hotel des Gouverneurs, Place Dupuis, included a panel of members of the B urundi parlia­ ment, academics, and representa­ tives of numerous organizations focused on b rin g in g a durable peace to the ravaged country.

The catalyst to these numer­ ous m assacres, b e g in n in g in October 1993, was the assassina­ tion of Burundi’s first Hutu presi­ dent, Melcior Ndaye. The assassi­ nation was met b y mass T u ts i

civilian killings by the Front pour la Dem ocracie au B urun d i— the Hutu support for President Ndaye.

These actions resulted in recipro­ cal mass k illin g s , p la c in g the Tutsi and Government Forces on one side, and the H u tu on the other.

Th e Republic of B urundi, a country of about six m illio n , is one of the smallest, most densely populated and poorest countries in C e n tra l A f ric a . T h e people of Burundi, as they exist today are distinguished by their alignment with either the 84 per cent Hutu majority, or the 15 per cent Tutsi

minority.

M yron Echenberg, professor of African studies, explained the history at the root of Burundi's political strife and animosity. “ G o in g back to the earlier periods of state formation in this part of Africa there was a lot of

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competition for resources precise­ ly because it is a very nice, fertile and temperate area where it was

ideal for both agriculture and cat­ tle-keeping. So communities that were in farming and cattle-keep­ ing were in competition instead of in cooperation.”

Echenberg pointed out that e th n ic ity was not the o rig in a l source of conflict between Tutsi and Hutu.

"The tension was on the line of cattle-keepers and farmers, it wasn’t on the line of race or HutuTu ts i,” he said. “Except that it’ s true that the Tutsi saw themselves as the descendants of cattle-keep­ ing invaders who were the state builders and the Hutu were seen as the peasant farmers who were the descendants of the peasantry."

Th e p o litic a l d yn a m ic s changed for the worse w ith the arrival of colonialism, Echenberg cargued.

"In re a lity , before the Europeans came, those lines [of ethnicity] were blurred by inter­ m a rria g e . W h e n the B e lg ia n s cam e, they decided that they would impose and exaggerate an e th n ic ity and create bonafide Tutsi and Hutu groups.”

Echenberg further stated that the re sult o f the h ie ra rc h y imposed by the Belgian coloniza­ tion was an over privileged Tutsi population, in respect to educa­ tion, status and opportunity, and an underprivileged Hutu popula­ tio n , g iv in g w a y to tension between the two groups.

A s B e lg ia n c o lo n ie s c o l­ lapsed in Africa, the glue that had held the tense Burundi hierarchy together collapsed. Th e result was a H u tu m ajority desiring a rise from oppression and a Tutsi popu­ lation feeling threatened by the vastly outnumbering Hutu.

Tutsi government influence however enabled armed force pro­ tection, placing a rift ultimately

between Hutu terrorist groups and T u ts i terrorist groups w o rk in g with the armed forces.

The dynamics of conflict, and the inhibiting factors of peace in B u ru n d i go beyond the Tu ts i Hutu demarcation explained pro­ fessor Echenberg.

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c iv il w ar getting worse so that everybody has a grievance and e v e ry b o d y has a g ru d ge . T h e norm is revenge rather than recon­ ciliation. W ith any one of these lo n g standing disputes, if you d o n ’ t get beyond this revenge le ve l it is not g o in g to be resolved."

T h is ultim ately results in a political climate reminiscent of most countries in c iv il wars, a continually tense scenario, spo­ radically marked by acts of brutal violence, and although much is done to address these atrocities, often too little is done to address the real p ro b le m s that in h ib it peace.

H olding a peace conference in the international milieu is per­ haps Burundi's way of saying that while it intends to take responsi­ bility for restoring peace, it still needs the help of the international c o m m u n ity that is p o litic a lly in v o lv e d w ith the c o u n try , whether it likes it or not.

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At lunch with the Sugar Daddy himself, Andrew Tischler He approaches me in front of Shatner, extending his hand warm­ ly. Andrew Tischler, president of SSM U, is half an hour late. “ Sorry about the time, Dave, but I was walking over here and Kate W illiams just jumped out of nowhere to have a quick meeting with m e,” he explains. “ Th e re ’ s nothing I could do. S h e ’ s the University Relations Officer, by the way.”

W ay to make me feel impor­ tant, big guy.

Jilte d for the U n i v e r s i t y Relations Officer.

T h e nerve, the nerve.

“And she was in a cab w ith Bernard Shapiro. He’s the dean, by the way.”

Tw isting the knife in further.

But Andrew is a good-natured guy and I can tell right away that none of it’s intentional. I ask him where he wants to go.

He suggests Subw ay. Good choice by the president. 1 order a six-inch grilled chicken on whole wheat, sans fromage, smothered in barbecue sauce. Andrew orders a tw e lv e -in c h g rille d chicken on whole wheat, sans fromage, smoth­ ered in barbecue sauce. I stare at him suspiciously, wondering if he really likes the same sub as me or whether it’s all just his sick twisted way of being endearing.

“I ’m trying to watch my girlish figure,” he explains for the lack of cheese. “ And the barbecue sauce here has quite the tang to it.” I still have my suspicions, and I eye him sketchily as I slink away to the table. W e unwrap our subs and begin to talk.

Andrew is in his fifth year at

M c G ill, majoring in poli-sci and minoring in philosophy. He’s origi­ nally from Toronto, my hometown, and I find it interesting that he went to U C C (an all-guys prep school that was mortal enemies with my ow n p u b lic co-ed one — they thought they were smarter than us; we just thought they were all gay).

He tells me that his father is from Tra n s y lv a n ia — direct descendants of Vlad the Impaler, actually. A n d re w ’ s fangs were

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knocked out in a basketball game a couple years back. Quite a pity.

Fangs at a S S M U meeting could be quite the useful asset — Tischler could take a chunk out of council­ lors whenever they get out of line (although I imagine the meat would taste rather rancid).

As we continue to talk, I real­ ize something really interesting about the president. T o your inno­ cent bystander, his facial expres­ sions and tone of voice seem more plastic than the women at Super Sexe. Holden Caulfield would not be impressed. He stresses every­ thing too much. His sentences are slow and planned. And he talks to you like he’s your new best friend — even though you’re quite sure he’s not your new best friend (and I do mean quite sure, because even now I have an inkling to pop into his office and ask him if he wants to split a pitcher at Gert’s — he’s that convincing). Still, I believe A n d re w T is c h le r speaks w ith utmost sincerity, even though the

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presentation seems so... G u m b yish. As all of this comes to me, the p h o n y -w h o ’ s-n o t-a -p h o n y talks about life in Shatner: “I ’m very lucky to have execu­ tives who are so competent, who don’t need any hand holding. Yet they’re not afraid to ask questions and admit when they need help, which is great. We really want peo­ ple to see the substance (abuse, I think to myself) of SS M U .”

A l l o f a sudden his phone rings.

“Son of a gun,” A n d re w mutters, answering his cell phone. Son of a gun.

I shudder, shaking my head at his bad cliché line. I t ’ s almost as bad as my dad screaming “shiver me timbers” everytime he goes overboard on his scotch.

Andrew has a quick chat with the person on the other end and then goes back to telling me about him­ self. He discusses his second attempt at running for the presiden­ cy: “I felt really fulfilled by it — running again. I knew I wanted to w in . I thought I had a good chance.”

I think back to last year where he entered the race as the underdog.

“People called me the outsider.

But that was really stupid. I mean, how can you be outside of some­ thing that’s your own society?”

I agree. I ask him if he’s ever felt misrepresented before.

“I used to have long hair. I had to cut it. I wanted people to listen to me and not my hair. Everyone say’s they’ re open-m inded, especially here at M cG ill, and yet they stereo­ type you.”

I ’m not really listening to him,

too preoccupied w ith im agining how stupid An d re w w ould look with long hair. God, what a granola hippy.

Trecognize that it’s Andrew’s goal to prevent people from feeling like outsiders to their own student society. He encourages more inter­ action between students and their political representatives: “I hate it when people just say ‘this sucks’ — or another annoying one — T can’t trust politicians.’ I don’t want to hear those things. I want to hear people saying ‘this sucks because...’ . I want to know how we can fix it.”

I want to get him away from all this presidential speil. I ask him the most random question I can think of: “ If you were on a plane that was going to crash in ten minutes, who would you want sitting next to you on the way down?”

He thinks for roughly five min­ utes. “ D o you want the hokey answer?”

‘T h e hokey answer, the hokey answer!” I tell him, a bit impatient­ ly“O .K . Then it would probably be my family, and my girlfriend.”

Oh, what utter hokiness. I tell him I want a real answer. Like Bill Clinton. O r Annabel Chong (would you like to be gang-banger number 252, M r. President?).

He pauses. A fte r five more minutes of careful contemplation, he says wisely: “I ’ll have to get back to you on that.”

Andrew’s a really easy guy to talk with, and it’s a while until we get up to leave. On the way out, he holds the door open for an old lady.

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know if he’s going to like this — me painting him to be this puritan Samaritan p h o n y -w h o ’ s -n o t-a phony — but I ’m sure he’s got his little nasty dark secrets somewhere.

Maybe he likes to wear hot pink teddies. M aybe he’ s a little too close to W o jte k ’ s new puppy.

Maybe he’ s conspiring to use the M S F to create Montreal’ s largest brothel.

But in reality, we all have our skeletons in our closet. At least our president is somebody who’s real, who’s approachable (albeit, some­ what Gumby-ish), and who’s w ill­ ing to open doors for those more wrinkled. So I urge you not to stand in line in front of the S S M U desk bitching about the M S F ignorantly or reading the paper about the sena­ tor race and whispering about the conspiracy to your friends. Instead, talk to Andrew. I ’m sure he’ll lis­ ten.

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Mont Royal park: a bit of green in a rather grey day B y K ris K y r it z o p o u l o s

T h e park o f M o u n t R o y a l, located on top of what area resi­ dents call the "h ill" is too often taken for granted. Students living in upper residence whine frequent­ ly and extensively about the long and steep walk up to their dorms and have little or no appreciation for the existence of the expansive greenspace that is situated at the top.

E ve n if they did k now and appreciate the park they w ould still most likely assume that it was com pletely natural; they m ight think that the city had been built around this area and that it had just never been d e veloped. It was, however, the work of the famous landscape architect Frederick Law O lm ste d w ho also designed Central Park in N e w Y o rk C ity.

New Y o rk was the most happen­ ing city in North Am erica at the time and Montreal was small by Am erican standards, but he still agreed to design the park. Olmsted presented his finished plan in 1877 and work began.

Th e park is more than just a

place to go for a walk or play a game of catch, it is "natural and magical; healthful and healing."

Jeanne W o lfe , professor in M cG ill's School Urban Planning, remarked that Olmstead planned with nature instead of modifying nature.

"Olmstead displayed remark­ able sensitivity of the geomorphological aspects on the mountain," stated Wolfe.

O lm ste d 's parks were designed in such a way that you could become "lost" inside them.

Th e most im pressive feature of Mount Royal, at least to Olmstead, was the diversity of the mountain site. He divided it by topography, vegetation, and soil into eight dif­ ferent areas. F ro m the highest parts of the mountain you could see the whole city of Montreal, the classic c h u rch spires o f the province of Quebec, the great St. L a w re n c e r iv e r, and even the G re e n M o u n ta in s and the Adirondacks in the United States.

Olmsted intended his parks to be bits of nature for those w ho could not afford to travel outside the city. Referring to Central Park,

he said that "it is one great pur­ pose of the Park to supply to the hundreds of thousands of tired workers, who have no opportuni­ ty to spend their summers in the co un try, a specim en o f God's handiwork that shall be to them, inexpensively, what a month or two in the W hite Mountains or the Adirondacks is, at great cost, to those in easier circumstances."

W o lfe c o n firm e d that Olmsted's predictions were the case in Montreal.

"When you read about early twentieth century Montreal, this is the place w here e veryone w ent," explained W o lfe . "Th e rich went up the mountains in horse-drawn carriages while the poor fro lick e d around JeanneMance area."

The existence of urban parks is important in today's cities, espe­ cially as we m ove into the 21st century. T h e y provide not only environmental benefits but social ones as well. The park of M ount Royal provides a natural setting in the middle of a metropolis that can be used for both recreation and relaxation. T h e en viro nm e n tal

A squirrel effect of a little more green space in a city that is replete with carbon d io x id e em itted fro m trains, planes, and automobiles doesn't hurt either.

"The park is an amazing sym­ bol of this c ity ," stated W olfe .

"Th e sym bolism of M ont Royal park is an integral element in the lives of all Montrealers."

Th e recently published book

Wei Leng Tay A Clearing in the Distance exam­ ines the life and work of Frederick La w Olmsted, including the cre­ ation of M ount Royal. Its author, W ito ld R y b c z y n s k y , visite d M c G ill M o n d a y, September 27 and gave a speech about the excit­ in g and in n o v a tiv e w o rk o f Olmsted who originated the term landscape architect.

Genetic engineering: are our tomatoes getting too big?

B y D a v id Sc h a n zle

R e ce n t v a n d a lis m of McDonald's restaurants in France and protests against the use and exportation of genetically m odi­ fied foods have shown that many people have a genuine fear o f altered crops. Th e se fears are based both in e c o n o m ic and health reasons.

Foundation International, an inde­ pendent g ro u p o f a g ric u ltu ra l researchers, recently released a report addressing the plans of la rg e seed c o rp o ra tio n s .

M onsanto, one o f the co rp o ra ­ tions covered in the study, exports transgenic crops w ith "term ina­ tor" seeds that are only useful for

large companies control herbicide suppliers, and are designing and patenting genes that are triggered only if crops are supplied with a particular company manufactured chemical.

According to the report, these advancem ents and the change away from self sustained farms

For as long as agriculture has been an in d u s try , fa rm -ra is e d plants have been genetically mod­ ified for human consumption. But the traditional method has been s e le ctive b re e d in g and cross breeding of favourable species.

Th e technology that has so many people worried now is the field of transgenic crops. A trans­ genic crop is one which has a spe­ cific gene from a different plant species or life fo rm altogether,

fessor o f b io lo g y and plant p h y s io lo g ist. "O n the other hand it is a nat­ ural trend fo r weeds to become herbicide resis­ tant. O ne strategy is to e n gin e e r the o rga n e lle , w h ic h don't go into the pollen."

As with any issue, the problem is neither simple n or one sided.

Inform ation com piled by p ro fe sso r S m ith show s that in the last fifty years, cro p p ro d u c tio n has increased by tw o and a h a lf tim e s, k e e p in g up w ith w o rld p o p u la tio n

introduced in the target crop's genome.

"Y o u can pull genes in from farther a field than you can do with conventional breeding," said professor D o n a ld Sm ith o f the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences on the MacDonald campus.

Attack o f the killer tomatoes

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one cro p g e n e ra tio n ; in o ther w o rds, the seeds of the g ro w n crops are sterile.

One of the bigger objections to these foods is related to con­ flicts between large and sm all companies. Part o f the concern over gentically altered crops is the manner in which manufactur­ ers are handling distribution.

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many protesters and researchers fearing that w idespread use of these crops w ill eventually lead to ecological damage.

"The problem is that of gene escape; if a pollen from a trans­ genic crop escaped and fertilized a weed for example, you would have e s se n tia lly a tra n s g e n ic weed, say it was a herbi­ cide resistant v a rie ty ," said Gregory Brown, pro­

This would potentially cause, as R A F I fears, a population of farmers around the w o rld w ho w o u ld be dependent on a few large companies to supply them w ith needed seeds eve ry year.

F u rth e rm o re , as the re p o rt re ve a led , m a n y o f these same

would result in "more crop failure brought on by genetic uniformity and te chno logy v u ln e ra b ility ", and u ltim a te ly "e sca la tin g international depedendency, food insecurity, and hunger."

g ro w th . T h is g ro w th in the industry has taken place on essentially the same total farm land area, and has come m ainly fro m changes in crop m anage­ ment and greater use of fertilizer

Concerns over the safety of

in the soil. P op ulatio n gro w th models estimate that the w orld population w ill rise from its cur­ rent six billion to ten billion in the next fifty years and then level out.

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grow th, agricultural researchers w il l have to m ake this great increase in cro p y ie ld again.

Further increases in the effective­ ness o f fertilizer, irrigation and selective breeding w ill not bring this increase in crop yield, leaving biotech or transgenic crops as one of the only choices left.

R e g u la tio n There is currently very little re g u la tio n o v e r the sale and export of transgenic crops, leav­ ing the possibility for mistakes in production and testing p rio r to release. Problems associated with transgenic crops are sim ilar to that of normal crops but not of the same magnitude.

S m ith argued that there is room for im provem ent. "It may be that the methods we use prior to th e ir c o m m e rc ia l (re le a se ) c o u ld be m ore rig o u ro u s ," he said.

W ith the growing population it is possible that the w orld w ill eventually have to become more dependent on transgenic crops and even transgenic livestock to feed everybody. M an y indepen­ dent groups want to make sure that this is done correctly if it has to be done at all. Fears o f eco­ nomic dependence and food dan­ ger m ay become less prevalent when people are hungry.

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The Verve Pipe: candid plus down to earth

By Rebecca D oiron M y evening with The Verve Pipe began at P izza d e lic on St Laurent. Th e y were in Montreal last week prom oting their new, self-titled album. I ‘ve been a fan for three years since I heard the smash hit “The Freshmen.” It had the yo u n g p o p u la tio n (m y s e lf included) mesmerized as it soared to the top of the charts.

Ab ou t 8pm, a photographer and I strutted into the restaurant,

The Verve Pipe trying not to seem intimidated or come off as complete geeks. W e were immediately confronted with the lead singer/guitarist B ria n Vander A rk and the keyboardist D o u g C o re lla . Th ro u g h o u t the evening, the band was pleasantly candid and down-to-earth.

T h e band, fro m G ra n d

R a p id s, M ic h ig a n , began as a menage o f tw o sm aller bands.

B ria n V a n d e r A r k and his younger brother Brad (bass and background vocals) where called Jo h n n y W ith an E y e , w h ile D onny B row n (drums and back­ ground vocals) had a band titled W a te r fro m the P o o l. A . J .

Dunning (guitars and background vocals) was also added to the mix.

Together they made the first C D as Th e Verve Pipe in 1992 I ’ ve S u ffe r e d a H e a d In jury. D o u g

Nema Etheridge Cordelia first appeared the second album , 1993’ s P op Sm ear. Th e third album is by far the most famous. Know n as Villains to all "the Freshmen" lovers, it served to increase the bands legion of followers upon its release in 1996.

R e c e n tly the V e r v e P ipe released a w o rth y sequel to

V illia n s that Brian describes as "less ambiguous, less metaphoric” than the p re v io u s three. T h is album is filled with raw truths. It is a true “sonic masterpiece” with v ic io u s ly abrasive rock n ’ ro ll pieces like “ Supergig” right down the spectrum to one of the most honest love songs I ’ve ever heard, “ K is s me id le ,” a fa v o u rite of D o u g and B ria n . Its haunting, truthful lyrics can’ t fail to melt the heart of any woman not made of stone. Th e third track “ Hero” should be the next chart-topper though, as an honest tune w ith lyrics that grab you like “I'm just a jerk but a hero’ s what I wanna be.”

Doug is the only band mem­ ber with official music training, but he hurried back into a rock band when he was finished. He says he went back to “doin’ the rock n ’ roll that I started as a kid.

I d idn’t want to play other peo­ ple’ s m usic.” Instead he sought his “ own music, with lyrics that w ere m e a n in g f u l.”

He is enthralled w ith the Beatles, but has a very eclectic taste in music ranging from Kate Bush to Miles Davis.

The baby of the band is Brad.

O n Tuesday’ s concert he was (as usual) greeted w ith scream ing girls each not so secretly wanting a piece of him. W ell, sorry to dis­ appoint, but the word is that he is very happily dating one lucky girl already.

Verve Pipe wows the Cabaret with raw honesty D o n n y sup p lie s aw esom e harmonies to many of the songs, but his most obvious talent has to be in the song-writing department.

He wrote one of the best songs on the new album, titled "La la."

A . J . , the o n ly d a rk -h a ire d (i.e. non-bleached-blond) m em ­ ber, was a shy chain-smoker.

Brian, a stately bleach-blond, towered over me at six foot five.

H e seems to have live d several very different lives. He toyed with college for a year, joined the army and finally settled into full time music over a decade ago. He sur­ prised me when we spoke at first.

I had envisioned rock stars as tal­ ented people with lots of attitude.

I was expecting one man with the ego of ten. But Brian and Doug w ere honest, real and m odest.

N either hesitated to answer any

McGill Symphony great things to come C ontinued from p a g e 7 N e w W o r ld ') are fro m the Romantic era and Mozart is classi­ cal... Elgar's ideas hark back to the 19th century, while Dvorak draws on Czech themes," states Feldbrill.

"Mozart's 'Overture' was meant to be a curtain raiser for his opera, but it can also stand alone."

T h e show began w ith the "Overture." Part of the last opera Mozart composed before his death, the "Overture" is a light, catchy show piece. Th e string section deftly bowed its lively rising and falling cadences, while the brass section filled out the chords. Th e M c G ill S ym p h o n y is a precise ensemble. In the hands of a lessexperienced group this piece's tempo could shift each time the nimble theme was passed to anoth­ er section. However, M cG ill had a clean and accurate sound, essential for playing Mozart. As the themes layered over each other the sound never became muddy or lost.

The next selection the orches­ tra played was " T h e E n ig m a Variations" by Edward Jalgar. It is a series of 15 musical portraits of people close to Elgar. A stark con­ trast to the "O v e rtu re ," " T h e Enigm a Variations" moves from wistful themes to dramatic disso­ nance to lilting passages.

Th e orchestra handled each variation with skill and passion.

Notably Valdine Ritchie, principal cellist, played some beautiful and sensitive solos. Surprisingly, the orchestra had only two weeks to p u ll this com position together, because the originally programmed piano concerto was canceled. This is a testament to the professional­ ism of this student ensemble.

T h e fin a l w o rk , D v o ra k 's "F ro m the New W o rld " Sym phony, was the standout of Friday's concert. Valdine Ritchie explained that "it's monumental to hear and it's monumental to play.”

A giant am ong R om a n tic sym ph o n ies, "F ro m the N e w

World" is a fusion of the sounds of Dvorak's native Czechoslovakia and the folk songs and spirituals he heard in America. Despite its E m in o r key, the piece is Each m o v e m e n t o f

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cheerful and anim ated. Ea ch m ovem ent echoes the others, recalling old themes and weaving them with new ones. Oboist Victor H o u le and fla utist A h ily a Ramharry's solo parts floated on top of the rest of the orchestra with pure, vibrant tones. The principal string players com bined into a

lo ve ly quartet w ithin the work.

The final, dramatic fourth move­ ment filled Pollack Hall with tan­ gible sound.

From start to finish, the audi­ ence was caught up w ith the orchestra's enthusiasm. Patricia Evans, the principal horn player said "one of the advantages of a student ensemble is that there is a excitement in the performances you can't fin d in professional groups." Th e M c G ill Sym phony O rch e stra dem onstrated this excitement throughout their perfor­ mance, and hopefully will continue to do so at upcoming concerts. At the end o f the con ce rt, V ic t o r Feldbrill spoke to the audience.

"Th is is not only one of the best student orchestras I've ever worked with, but there are many cities that would love to have them as their symphony orchestra," he said. Luckily for M cG ill, they'll be staying right here for a season that promises to delight.

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question and to m y co m p le te d e lig h t, even shunned the celebrity side of their w ork. Brian doesn’t “believe in the idea of celebrities, but in pure talent as a catalyst.”

I am witness to their talent.

Th e y graced Cabaret M usic Hall w ith an a ir o f u n pre te n tio u s excitement. Although the venue was wastefully under-occupied, they charmed the crowd with gen­ uine music written and performed by five men searching for a way to truly express the meaning with­ in their lives.

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-The B lack and Blue Festival, put on by Bad Boy C lub M ontreal will be held from 6-12 October, including “the w orld’s best and biggest gaydance” at the O lym pic Stadium on the 10th. Fo r m ore info call 875-7026.

-Although w inter is fast approaching, the Botanical G ardens at 4101 Sherbrooke St. Ea st are still w orth a visit to see the Japanese lanterns. See the lights until October 31.

-The Festival Internatio nal de Nouvelle D anse w ill be on October 9. For m ore info call 990-3031.

-At 7:30 p m October 7 at Redpath H all Kenneth Gilbert w ill be perform ing on the harpsichord. Tickets are $10.

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American Beauty review

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A m erican Beauty is director Sam Mendes’ probe into the com­ plete shallowness of middle-class suburbia.

W h ile not quite as blatantly honest as Tod S o la n d z ' Happiness, American Beauty is a gem, thanks in large part to an o u tsta n d in g p e rfo rm a n ce o f Lester, played by K e vin Spacey.

T h e script, rife w ith sarcasm , caters perfectly to his talents, and he comes through with one of the best performances I ’ ve seen in a movie this year.

Lester is a pathetic character reflecting the contemporary image of a tragic corporate drone. Th e man is about to get fired from his job, his wife hasn’t touched him since the Bush administration, and he has the hots for his seventeen ye a r-old daughter's best friend.

The high point of his day is mas­ tu rb a tin g d u rin g his m o rn in g shower.

E n ter R ic k y (W e s B e n tly ), Lester’ s eighteen year-old dope peddling neighbour. After smok­ ing a joint with Ricky, Lester real­ izes he can still change his life.

Spacey shines in the scene where he informs his boss that if he isn’t granted a huge severance package, he’ll expose a rather del­ icate company scandal. W ith his patented s m u g -m o u th e d g rin , Spacey lets him have it a way that makes you want to shout “ H e ll Yeah!”

After winning one for the lit­ tle guy, Lester’ s new dream has evolved to working out, buying a red sports car, listening to classic rock while smoking tons of pot, and most important of all, eye­ h um p in g his d aughter’ s friend Angela (Mena Suvari).

In repeated dream sequences,

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M c S w in e y , b a s s is t o f M a r t in is party.

T: Y o u ’ ve been all over Canada and into the States on tour.

A s the popularity of swing Do you enjoy touring? music seems to be quickly dissipat­ DM: W e ll, w e ’ ve played a ing, it's comforting to see that there couple of festivals up here, and are still acts out there commited we’ve gone down the west coast of enough to continue playing the the States, but we try to stay realis­ style. tic w ith touring, you know? W e The D ino Martinis hail from can’t stay out for months on end. It Calgary and testify to this notion. is fun though. Th is one time we T ribu n e : So, the D in o Martinis? A n y significance, with the name? I mean we all kn o w that Dean was the brains of the Rat Pack, but he Press Shot didn’t have all that much to Annette Benning as the repressed Carolyn do with swing. more about Italian silk couches Lester lusts after Angela, who for D ino M artin is : W e ll, than her fa m ily, C a ro lyn is the some strange reason is alw ays Dean was the coolest guy in perfect example of what happens adorned in roses. Needless to say, the Rat Pack, and he just when you let yourself believe that his daughter Jane picks up on this knew how to live. The name your career is who you are. More blatant carnival of carnality, and implies more a style of liv ­ in love with success than anything she’ s none too pleased. ing, rather than a style of else, she falls for her real estate Forced to find salvation else­ music. W e ’re not really into rival, the self-proclaimed “ K ing where, Jane (Thora Birch) latches that crooner, lounge music of Real Estate.” onto Ricky because as she puts it, k inda scene, but we do In tr y in g to deal w ith so “he’ s so confident.” R ic k y was advise everyone we meet to I Press Shot take up sm oking, and we Swing is n ot d e a d (?) many interpersonal relationships, one of those kids that we all knew enjoy triple Martinis on a as well as taking on a subject as in high school — the bad boy poet were in L .A . playing a benefit for regular basis. dirty as the inadequacies of subur­ type. Ricky sells drugs to earn all the school that T o m Hanks and T: So what kind of music do his money and buy video equip­ ban life, American Beauty stretch­ Steven Spielberg send their kids to. you guys play? ment, and then uses it to film a es itself thin at tim es. A lw a y s DM: We play jump blues, bar­ W ell, you know this school needs there to rescue it, however is the dead bird because, “ it’ s beauti­ m oney in the w orst w a y if relhouse and roots. W e ’re not nec­ superb acting of Spacey, as well ful.”

Spielberg and Hanks send their essarily a pure swing band. I mean, as the fresh directorial style o f R ic k y 's f ilm in g interests, kids there, right? W e ll, anyway, we come up with our own stuff, Mendes. A s far as its ability to however, extend into other areas you know how at most of these and blend it w ith stuff that we deliver its message — that appear­ in c lu d in g L e s te r w o rk in g out know works to come up w ith a fundraiser things, they give away a ances can sometimes be deceiving naked, and Jane flashing him from basket of flowers, or dog shampoo, pretty good sound. A lot of swing or something like that? W e ll, at — it is successful in a lim ited her bedroom. His ability to revel bands just do covers of classics, this one, Keith Richards donated but we’ve got two CDs with most­ manner. in his surro undings despite an the guitar he used on the last ly original stuff.

W h ile other film s such as abusive home life and drab subur­ T: W hat kind of stuff in flu ­ Stones tour. Our guitarist Brent got H ap p in ess, or W elcom e to the ban e n v iro n m e n t, te stifies to a hold of it, and immediatly breaks enced you guys as a band?

Dollhouse might choose to look at Mendes' belief that beauty some­ out into “ Honky To n k W om an.”

DM: Oh, a lot of the stuff in some o f the m ore dangerous times hides in unexpected places.

To m Hanks Grabbed the mike and the same vein as what we play. aspects o f suburban life in a Another interesting character started singing, it was great!

Y o u k n o w , ju m p blues, Lo u ie harsher lig h t, for a H o lly w o o d is Lester's wife Carolyn. In one of T: Seeing as how you guys are Prima. m ovie w ith established stars as the film 's strong performances, T: Y o u ’ re com in g in to . a swing band, it’s kind of required leads, American Beauty still man­ Annette Bening comes off as too that I ask you this question. W e’ve M o n tre a l on O cto b e r 9 at the ages to get us th in k in g a little whiny as the success driven yup­ seen swing make a huge comeback Swing Ring, will this be your first more about just how perfect the pie shrew of a wife w ho’s lost all over the past few years, initially time in the city?

American dream might be. o f her jo y for life . C o n ce rn e d DM: No, we played in the Jazz with the lounge scene, thanks to Swingers, and now swing music Fest this summer on one of the out­ With bands like B ig Bad Voodoo door stages. It was amazing! We were expecting like 75 maybe 100 Daddy. Is this commercial success something that you think swing can people, but we get out there, and there’s like 500 people wanting to sustain, or do you think that this w ill end up being another passing hear the music and party outside!

Canada's m ost m odem fad that H o llyw o o d w ill discard W e played for alm ost an hour aircraft fleet! once it’s lost its flavour? straight, and the crowd loved it and DM: I think that there w ill so did we. That city is great, you A IR P O R T S T A N D B Y F A R E S guys really know how to enjoy a always be an audience for swing. I ONE WAY F A R E S - M O N T R E A L to : m ean, westarted six years ago before this whole swing explosion, TO R O N T O CALGAR Y V A N C O U V E R F t LAUDERDALE when it was still more of the cock­ $ o o o $tail culture, so we kind of rode that Includestax $12.41 Includestax $3043 Includestax $3043 Includestax $37.73 * Includes NAV fee of $ 7 .5 0 per passenger, Vancouver A irport Im provem ent Fee add $ 1 0 per passenger w ave for a w hile , and now i t ’ s "Taxes m ay vary slightly on US flig h ts due to flu ctuatio ns in exchange rates swing, so w e’re going to ride on F L IG H T S C H E D U L E - M O N T R E A L (D O R V A L ) D E P A R T U R E S this one for a while. I don’t know if O C T O B E R 1999 swing will have the same commer­ TO MON TU ES W ED FR I TH U RS SAT SU N cial success in future years, but 09:35 09:35 09:35 09:35 09:35 — 22:45 TORONTO that’s the way music works; tastes 18:45 18:45 18:05 change. Do I think that people will — — — — 07:50 07: 50“ — CALGARY still listen to swing? Sure. There’s n 7: 501 0 08:10 — 09:15 07:50 — — VANCOUVER a group of people for whom swing 3872 boul. St-laurent, Montréal, Québec H2W 1Y2 Tel.: (S14) 843-7283 Fax (S U ) 289-1810 isn’t a type of music, it’s a way of M O N T R E A L (M IR A B E L ) D E P A R T U R E S T O U SA life.

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A Scintillating Cosmic Display at the Musée des Beaux Arts

By A nca C ondrea “Everything - object, stone, tree, stars - has eyes and a human v o ic e ," states C la u d io P a rm iggia n i, one o f the artists fe a tu re d in " C o s m o s : fro m R o m a n tic is m to the A v a n t garde," a current exhibit at the Montreal M useum o f Fine Arts.

Th o u g h somewhat a m bigu­ ous, P a rm ig g ia n i refers to the dialogue between artists, philoso­ phers and scientists as they con­ template their place w ith in the universe. Th e exhibit is the story o f know ledge and discovery of eyes of artists. It consists of some 380 w o rk s fro m 17 d iffe re n t countries, in c lu d in g p aintings, sculptures, drawings, books and d e c o ra tiv e o b je c ts , created betw een 1801 and the present day. The layout is not always pre­ cisely chronological— instead the curators have grouped the works according to thematic and formal opens

ful note with D avid M alin ’ s pic­ tures of the night sky spectacular array of colours.

Th e Cosmos exhibit w ill be leaving the museum on October

A p a r tm e n t” illu s tra te s a m e ta p h o ric a l escape fro m Communism.

T h e c u rra to rs h ave also in c lu d e d m a n y tr u ly u n iq u e ite m s , such as d e c o ra tiv e art

17, so astrologers, philosophers and art lovers should make haste.

The musem has been publicizing h e a v ily to b o o s t attendance because the exhibition has been hard to market due to its eccletic

objects and costumes from Paris to North Siberia featuring celes­ tial motifs which serve to under­ line the popular fascination with the theme. Th e collection of sci­ entific instruments adds historical

nature. H o w e v e r, this e cce liticism makes the exhibit wonder­ ful, and worthy of a visit. Be sure to visit it before “ Cosm os” disaptes into the night sky.

relevance to the exhibition and highlights the dialogue between science, art and philosophy. The e x h ib it returns to the o rig in a l visual focus ending on a colour­

the w o rld , as seen through the

similarities.

T h e e x h ib it

W W II, caused many people to be disillusioned and spurred artists to create fictional, utopie worlds.

Ily a K abakov’ s “ Th e M an W h o F le w in to Space fro m H is

Disc Review

w ith

"Romantic Paintings" , an explo­ ra tio n o f the im p a c t o f the Scientific Revolution upon philo­ sophical thought. A t the dawn of the nineteenth ce ntu ry science began to challenge hum anity's place in the universe, and shook the very foundations of religion.

Despite this, the paintings from this era still draw prim arily upon r e lig io n fo r in s p ir a tio n .T h e " L a n d sc a p e P a in tin g s " ro o m demonstrates this change in atti­ tude with some more scientifical­ ly-in sp ire d w orks. T h is section featured some m arvelous rendi­ tions of Yellowstone Park.

fiM AN -N M HD PPI' ings were inspired from popular science-fiction stories by Jules V e rn e and H .G . W e lls . W h ile you’re there, you can also admire a true relic of the 60’ s— an astro­

allusions. T h e artists’ w o rk is inspired mainly by the new forms observed in cosm ic space. Th e spiral— an image of life’ s dynam­ ic structure— is impressive, be it

naut’ s hardsuit.

T h e “ Im a g in a ry c o s m o lo -

in the frailty of a seashell or in the mesmerizing, w hirling of the cosmos as depicted in W e n ze l H ablik’ s “Firmament.”

Th e exibit then shifts from the visual conceptions of the cos­

u T h e Im a g in a ry

T h e n e xt se ctio n s , T h e "V oyage to th e P o le s " and "Aurora Borealis" provided more food for thought. Th e starkness

C o s m o l o g i e s g a l l e r y is

of the poles and the breathtaking beauty o f the N o rth e rn L ig h ts

in g s in c e t h e w o r k s o n

inspired many artists. The render­ in g o f the a rc tic landscape is im p re s s iv e in the w o rk s o f Frederic Edw in Church. Gustave Doré also demonstrates a visual understanding o f this po w e rfu l

o n e o f t h e m o s t in t r ig u ­

d is p la y s h a r e a c o m m o n t h e m e o f r e d e fin in g t h e tie s t h a t b in d m a n a n d

never shined so brightly and so c o lo u rfu lly as in the w orks on display in this gallery.

A s the e x p lo ra tio n o f the earth progressed through the cen­ turies, the attention of artists and scientists shifted to the relatively close and f a m ilia r m o o n . T h e images of the m oon range from Claude M e lla n ’ s engravings of his spyglass observations to pho­ tos taken b y N A S A ’ s Su rve yo r probes. Th e most noteworthy and a e sth e tica lly p le a sin g are the drawings of satirical caricaturist and e a rly f ilm m a ker G eorges Méliès. These imaginative draw-

mos to the more theoretical idea of p a radise in U top ian Constructions. Th e display fea­ tures glass buildings and floating cities and constitutes an escape world. Historical events, such as the R u s s ia n R e v o lu t io n and

McGill

Travis

The Man Who Independiente T r a v i s is one o f those English bands who headline fes­ tivals in Europe but remains vir­ tu a lly ig nore d anyw he re else.

Tra v is is also a band with con­ nections. In 1997, it was N oel G a lla g h e r ’s a d m ira tio n that opened the door for them. Th is tim e a ro u n d , th e ir frie n d s h ip with Radiohead enabled them to hire O K Computer's brilliant co­ p ro d u c e r, N ig e l G o d r ic h , to

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and untamed landscape in “ Th e Ic e b o u n d S h ip .” A s fo r the Aurora Borealis, it is enough to say that the N o rth e rn L ig h t s

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Van G ogh ’s Cypress Star

gies” gallery is one of the most intriguing since the works on dis­ play share a com m on theme of redefining the ties that bind man and the co sm o s. T h e jo u rn e y becomes m ore introspective as the works depart from previous sections which focused solely on n a ture. W e b e g in to see this m etaphysical departure in V a n G o g h ’ s “ Road with Cypress and Star,” which reflects the artist’ s b e lie f in s p iritu a l re n e w a l

The Student Aid Office wiN offer the Work Study Pravani for 1999-2000 with additional funds from the Québec Ministère de l'Éducation to mcrease work opportunities for stu­ dents. In addition, the Arts Undergraduate Society, with matching funds from the University, will contribute to the Work Study Program to create new positions in the Faculty of Arts for arts students.

W hat is W o rk Study?

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inspired by celestial phenomena.

T h e “ Constellations” room makes a futher departure from the

S t u d e n t A id O ffic e

nature theme as it features mainly abstract art filled w ith celestial

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s m ooth o u t th e ir sou n d. T h e result is a collection o f ra d io ­ frie n d ly pop songs fo r people w ho are sick o f hearing all the usual.

O n h e a rin g F ra n H e a ly 's voice, some w ill jum p to conclu­ sions and scream "ra d io h e a d w annabes," but that w o u ld be unfair since these days, anyone w ho dares to sing falsetto-style in e v ita b ly gets c o m p a re d to T h o m Yorice. T ra v is is a band with its own merits, fronted by a s in g e r/ s o n g w rite r c a pa b le o f w r it in g p e rfe c t b a lla d s that should appeal to both the britpop kids and the more mainstream crowd.

— M arie-H elene Savard

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Reset releases NoLimits

Xiu Xiu: the sent down girl

By Rhea W ong This masterpiece of a film by first-time director and long-tim e actress Joan Chen tells the m oving and complex story of a young girl named X iu X iu who is sent for re-education in the countryside and, ultimately, just wants to get back home.

In the midst of the Com m unist movement in China, young people from urban centers were “ sent down” through national programs to rural areas in order to re-learn traditional, communist ways of life.

These programs were designed to break down the disparity between urbanites and peasants and instill communist values in the youth of China. The story begins with a young, innocent X iu X iu who signs up to join the Educated Youth in fine, patriotic form.

W id e-e ye d and earnest, she leaves her fam ily in Chengdu for an unspecified amount of time. Th e brief scenes of X iu X iu ’ s family life are touching in their simplicity as X iu X iu ’ s parents prepare her for her leaving.

After a year, X iu X iu finds herself transferred to the Tibetan plains to learn horse-herding under the tutelage of a weathered herdsman, Lao Jin. Chen’ s landscape scenes of the Tibetan coun­ tryside are breathtaking in their breadth and meticu­ lously shot. X iu X iu , being the light-hearted, spunky gal that she is finds life on the plains d ifficu lt though she is determined to be a good communist.

Eventually, the tough Lao Jin begins to love X iu X iu which becomes evident through his small, quiet kindnesses towards her. Here, Chen subtly handles the evolution of Lao J in ’ s feelings by understate­ ment. O f course, X iu X iu is too preoccupied with her desire to return home that she takes no notice of Lao Jin ’ s kindly demonstrations.

Frantic to return home, X iu X iu naively gives herself to a wandering stranger who brags of having connections enough to get her back to Chengdu — especially important to her since the national pro­ gram has failed miserably and the Educated Youth are rioting. W ithout family connections or money, X iu X iu grabs at the straws of hope that man after man offers her for her body. Lao Jin is forced to w it­ ness X iu X iu prostituting herself — the flickers in his face are heartbreaking. The film becomes ever bleaker and desperate as wildflower fields give way to snow drifts and sun-drenched lounging fades to shadowy, fire-lit shots.

X iu X iu is a fascinating character who is at

times bossy, yet scared, child-like yet embittered.

Her evolution from schoolgirl to disillusioned com­ munist is underlined by the graceful kaleidiscope of scene changes. Even as she realizes that her situa­ tion has gone from bad to worse, X iu X iu ’ s absolute denial is too heartwrenchingly real to watch without pity.

X iu X iu ’ s plight takes on a calamitous

a C h e n 's la n d s c a p e o f t h e T ib e t a n c o u n t r y s id e a r e b r e a d t h t a k in g in t h e ir b r e a d t h a n d m e t ic u lo u s ly sh o t.

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turn and, though the ending is a bit heavy-handed and dramatic, the sheer tragedy of the situation is multiplied by the masterfully artistic handling of the story. W ith Chen, nothing is ever overstated, yet nothing seems too vague to comprehend. U nlike unnecessarily trum ped-up, unrealistic H o llyw o o d flu ff or arthouse, avant-garde celluloid crap, X iu X iu is direct, stylish and confidently directed. The performances are phenomenal. Most notably, a doe­ eyed L u L u plays X iu X iu with the skill and maturi­ ty of an actress far beyond her 16 years. L u L u , however, is able to combine fine acting with a child­ like vulnerability which cannot be faked. In addition to her sense o f directorial style and talented cast, Chen obviously has an artistic eye which allows her to shoot visually-balanced and skilled scenes which could be lifted from screen to canvas. The haunting melody throughout the film serves to embellish X iu X iu ’ s youth sacrificed to the ideological fervor of her country.

This first film of Chen’s is an absolute triumph and w ill leave the audience haunted and enchanted by the naïve hope and despair of not just a girl, but an entire nation.

Reset, a thriving indie local p u n k -ro c k band, o f f ic ia lly launched their album No Limits at the S p e c tru m on F r id a y , September 24. A v id fans of Reset w il l a lre a d y k n o w that th e ir a lb u m has been a v a ila b le in m a jo r re co rd stores since last M a y . H o w e v e r, there was not really any promotion done back then to let people know that their album was out, prompting them to attempt this promotional event.

Unlike other album launches where the band members simply do an interview at a bar w ith a com m ercial radio station, then hang around a bit to sign auto­ graphs while their album is barely heard ove r all the background noise, Reset played a full, enthu­ siastic, m u sical set that night.

A lm o s t e v e ry song fro m No Lim its was featured, as w e ll as the occasional song from their previous album , No W orries. It was obvious w hich songs were

fro m the p re vio u s a lb u m ju s t b y o b s e rv in g the increase in e n e rgy o f the 900 h yp e ra c tive k id s , as the m ore familiar tunes began.

D u rin g one o f their songs, there was an in c re d ib le mass m o ve m e n t to w a rd s the stage: even the 15 and 16 year-old kids le a vin g to catch c u rfe w came back to join in the fun.

T h ro u g h o u t Reset's h o u rlong perform ance, footage was taken for their forthcoming video of the song Pollution, which w ill most definitely achieve airtime on M u s iq u e P lu s in N o v e m b e r.

Keeping things simple, the video consists so le ly o f ra w p e rfo r­ mances from four different loca­ tio n s . T h o s e w h o w ere lu c k y e n o u gh to be in the cam era's range can take pride in telling their friends that they have been captured in a piece of punk-rock history.

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New technology brings us computerized concerts

By A nna Solomon The next time you see Britney

even better. The committee began the demo using the three-second

In a recent, sim ilar dem on­ stration, Stanford sent a transmis­

M u s ic T e c h n o lo g y P rogra m at N Y U . In addition, the software

logically progressive university.

“I think it confirms M c G ill’ s

b u ffe r and then attem pted to

sion

of

has the capability of establishing a

reputation as one of the leading

reputation for M cG ill as a techno-

universities in audio research,”

to

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reduce the delay even further.

Unfortunately, the software would not allow for the transmission to take place.

T o test the practicality of this

W a s h in g to n at an even faster

being in the audience, you may be sitting in front of your computer.

Last Sunday, several repre­ sentatives of the A u d io

speed than that w h ic h was achieved during the demonstra­ tions in N e w Y o rk . T h e ir trans­ mission, however, only traveled

T h e a p p lic a t io n o f th is t y p e

A E S T e c h n ic a l C o m m itte e is

Engineering Society’ s technical

type of technology, the network

through one network.

o f t e c h n o l o g y c o u ld h a v e a

already planning another demon­

committee demonstrated the most

a d m in istra to rs a llo w e d fo r an

Th e transmissions that were

recent development in multi-chan­ nel audio software for the Internet, at the 107th A E S Convention in N ew York City. The new software

incoming news feed to be accepted b y N Y U ’ s n e tw o rk d u rin g the d e m o n stra tio n , thus adding tremendous traffic to the already

sent from Montreal to New York had to tra ve l a co m plex route, which included Toronto, Chicago, two major national networks and

that was b e in g dem onstrated

restrictive bandwidth. Th e soft­

many other small intermediaries.

allows for high quality sound to be sent over the Internet from great distances, at great speeds.

ware prevailed, and the demons­ trations were deemed successful.

“For this project, we used pre­

These transmissions involved both a higher degree of traffic on the smaller networks and a higher risk

th e w e b , a n d c o n c e rts

Th e software was originally

viously existing technology, and

o f losing inform ation along the

v i r t u a l l y lim it le s s a u d i ­

developed at M cG ill University by a team led by Je re m y

built on it” , Jeremy Cooperstock

ence.

conceded. In fact, the D olby sys­

long path.

The software that is tested in

Cooperstock, an assistant profes­

tem that was used has existed for

these demonstrations is unique in

sor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Th e AES T e c h n ic a l C o m m itte e co n d ucted several

years. It is the software that is new and innovative.

T h is developm ent in audio computer software has the poten­

its capability to send extremely high quality sound (multi-channel audio that can be separated into five speakers, each projecting dif­

demonstrations at the convention

tial to have a significant impact on

ferent, defined sound effects) over

in order to test the capabilities of the software. During each demon­ stration, the M c G ill Sw ing Band

countless institutions that use live m usic, such as universities and recording companies. It also sym­

great distances, while still using the same bandwidth that is nor­ mally very limiting.

performed live from Redpath Hall

bolizes the beginning of a very

The application of this type of

Spears live in concert, instead of

in Montreal. Conventional micro­ phones were used to transfer the

te c h n o lo g y c o u ld have a huge impact on the entertainment indus­

audio into A C -3 D olby, in which

try’s use of the Internet. Musicians

the data was coded and condensed.

I t h i n k it c o n f ir m s M c G ill's

could record albums via the web,

F ro m D o lb y , the d ig ita l audio passed in its condensed fo rm through a computer at M cG ill and

r e p u t a t io n as o n e o f th e

and concerts could be broadcasted

le a d in g u n iv e r s it ie s in

to a virtually limitless audience.

“People are already m aking

proceeded to tra ve l th ro u g h a

a u d i o re s e a rc h

use o f M P3 technology. M P3 is

series of networks.

In New Y o rk the data arrived at a computer at N Y U , and from

p r o f e s s o r o f m u s ic t e c h n o l ­

now the most often sought after keyword on the Internet in search engines like Y ah o o . People are

there it was transferred to Dolby,

ogy, N YU

searching fo r m usic m ore than

— R o b e rt R ow e

decoded and expanded from its

anything else, and now we can

digital form and projected onto speakers in the C a n to r F ilm

produce much higher fidelity and I

Center. Th e audio was accompa­ nied by a live synchronized visual image of the Swing Band’s perfor­ mances.

Th e Sw ing Band performed two identical shows. During each p e rform a n ce , the T e c h n ic a l Committee manipulated the soft­ ware in different ways to test its capabilities.

think that [the software] is going probable trend in the entertain­ ment industry.

stated Rowe.

A s far as the future o f this technology is concerned, M c G ill’s

h u g e im p a c t o f th e e n te r­ t a i n m e n t in d u s t r y 's u s e o f t h e In t e r n e t . M u s ic ia n s c o u l d r e c o r d a lb u m s v ia

c o u ld b e b ro a d c a s te d t o a

stration for November. The com­ mittee is hoping to send high qual­ ity audio information to Toronto, in an uncompressed format.

W ith the rate at w h ich the computer industry is progressing, upcoming entertainment applica­ tions should be innovative and plentiful. It may only be a short while until you are sitting in your room , holding up a lighter, and praying that you r favorite band w ill return to y o u r co m p u te r screen for an encore set.

Do you dream of fame, cigars, fast cars?

If you want to brush elbows with real celebri­ ties, come write for A&E! Meetings on Monday at 5 : 3 0 in the Tribune office (Shatner B 0 1 -A).

to have a b ig im p a c t,” stated Robert Rowe, a professor in the

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The committee began the first performance by using a tw entythree second buffer, which created a significant delay in the transmis­ sion of the data from Montreal to New York. The goal was to short­ en this time, and get as close to a live performance as possible.

The success of the first demo led the committee to reduce the delay and to employ a three-sec­ ond buffer. A t the time, the com­ mittee did not anticipate a flawless tra n sm ission c o n s id e rin g its in c re d ib ly h ig h speed. It was merely an attempt to break up the sound and to contrast its quality to the sound in the firs t dem o.

Surprisingly, both the audio and visual signals were received intact.

The second performance went

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The Culturefest Coordinator will organize the weeklong celebration of cultural groups on campus in March. Events will include food tastings, dances, shows, speeches, etc. Time commitment will begin at the end of October with approximately 5 hours a week, and will go up to a minimum of 10 hours per week during second semester.

Send resume and cover letter to Sam Gross at clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

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Winter Frosh orients about 100 new McGill students to our school and our city. Email cover-letter and resume to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

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. graduating student orientation program coordinator* (new)

Frosh for graduating students! The purpose of this new program is to provide a fun and informative gen­ eral orientation weekend for the "real world", open to graduating students from all faculties. Some topics covered will include: networking skills, dinner and office etiquette, tips on office dress, basic golf lessons, basic dance lessons, resume writing, and more. All these will be done in a fun, Frosh-type environment (eg: instead of a pub crawl — a formal wine and cheese with alumni). Coordinators will be responsible for working with student services and SSMU to devel­ op this first-ever program, as well as finding sponsors, running promotions and general organization.

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back Hugo Carrière for 30 and 62 yards.

Running back Anthony Brown was another game-breaker for the

the third quarter, Facing heavy Stinger pressure, M cK in n o n blindly threw off his back foot and let loose a weak lob

His injured ankle elevated, and with a huge M cG ill overcoat protecting him from the rain, quarterback Josh S om m erfeldt sat g lu m ly on the Redmen bench as the final seconds ticked aw ay in the team ’ s humiliating 45-0 loss to C on cord ia in the Shrine bowl.

Knocked out in the second quarter, Sommerfeldt's down­ trodden spirits embodied those of the entire M c G ill team w ho w ere sh e ll­ shocked by the final score which was fully indicative of the lop­ sided nature o f the game.

"Everything that co u ld have gone w ro n g went w ron g out there today," said Sommerfeldt. "We're ve ry disappointed, . . . and our morale is very The sh rm e Bowl featu red Scott Ashworth, Stingers, an d yes, m ore Stingers low right now. We played like the score shows."

Heading into the Shrine Bow l match-up at Loyola Stadium, the Redmen were optimistic of their chances against the unbeaten Stingers. Last week at O ttaw a, M cG ill played extremely well and nearly earned an upset victory, los­ ing out in the end 32-22. Also, in the season opener, M c G ill played well against Concordia and came w ithin a quarter of w in n in g the game.

U nfortunately, the Redmen weren't able to build up the drive to break their losing streak and came out flat on Saturday. B y half-time, it was widely apparent to the 3,000 plus fans in attendance that the game w o u ld be a rou t, as the Stingers had already amassed a 240 lead.

The Redmen defence, normal­ ly the team's bread and butter, was listless on this afternoon, and was unable to stop either the potent Concordia air or ground attack. The Stingers quarterback tandem of Sean Hoas and Jon Kronemeyer lit up M c G ill’s defence for a total of 259 passing yards, including two touchdown passes to erstwhile slot-

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"O ur defence was completely lacking fire and intensity," com ­ mented defensive tackle Randy Chevrier, who tallied four tackles.

"Th e ir offence dominated us all afternoon, and we never picked it up out there. W e came out ready to play today, but we didn't translate that desire out on the field."

D e fe n c e n o t th e o n ly p r o b le m As bad as the Redmen defence was, the offence was worse.

B y far the biggest problem for the Redmen was hanging on to the football, as M c G ill coughed it up four times on fumbles. In addition, quarterback D a ve M c K in n o n , replacing the injured Sommerfeldt, threw a brutal interception late in

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in the m iddle of the field which was picked up by Stingers defen­ sive back Luan Duong and returned 86 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown.

Th e Redm en w ere at their worst in key second-down situa­ tions and on the few occasions when they did manage to penetrate deep into C o n co rd ia te rrito ry .

M cG ill squandered its only chance to avoid being shut-out when kick­ er Mathieu Soulie missed a 34 yard field goal.

As a whole, the Redmen kick­ ing game was a m ajor lia b ility.

Aside from the missed field-goal, Soulie at times looked off-kilter while punting the ball. Particularly, he flubbed a pair of kicks which travelled a combined distance of two yards.

T h e lone b rig h t spot for M c G ill offensively was wideout Ben Wearing who demonstrated his tremendous quickness in gaining 128 all-purpose yards. W earing was the only Redmen receiver able to break free from the tight C o n co rd ia secondary coverage, caching four passes for 53 yards.

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offensively, we failed to develop any sort o f consistency, and deserved to lose 4 5 -0 ,” said Wearing, named M cG ill player of the game.

“W e can't get any lo w e r then we are rig h t now .

W e ’ve got to keep our heads up^ practice hard this week, and turn it around.

E ve n though we're 0-4, the way the d ivi­ sion is this year, we're still fighting for a play-off spot.”

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Chloe Kristenbrun In d e e d , the Redmen are still in p la y-o ff contention despite their winless record. The fourth spot in the O Q IF C conference is up for grabs between the three bottom feeders of the division: M c G ill, Queens and Bishop's. The Gaiters defeated the G o ld e n Gaels 3 5 -1 4 on Saturday to give them a one game lead with a 1-3 overall record.

The Redmen have the chance to even the mark w ith Bishop's w hen the tw o teams meet next Friday night at M olson Stadium.

M cG ill is hoping to have learned some valuable lessons from its w hite w a shin g at the hands of Concordia and emerge as a better team because of it.

"We're going to sit and watch a lot of game film this week to see where we went wrong, and what we have to do to turn it around," said W earing. "W e've got to get back to basics and rediscover our­ selves. It's a do or die game next week and we've got to put it togeth­ er."

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In addition, the 45-0 blowout was an embarrassment for M cG ill, who takes its rivalry with cross­ town Concordia very seriously. In the past, the school has prided itself on its strong showing against the Stingers.

"In all my years of coaching, I don't remember losing a game this badly," said Redmen head coach C h a rlie B a illie . "C on cord ia 's a strong team but it hurts to lose this badly to them. I told the guys at the half, that we're a better football team then we showed out on the field. It's our job now to rebuild our esteem and recover from a loss of this magnitude."

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First Quarter Con - FGTrudeau 31.............................. 2:35 Con - TD Ashworth 4 yard run (Trudeau convert)......................... 12:29 Second Quarter Con - TD Brown 1 yard run (Trudeau convert)............................3:12 Con - TD Carrière 30 yard pass fromKronemeyer (Trudeau convert).......................... 14:02 Third Quarter Con - TD Carrière62 yard pass fromHoas (Trudeau convert)............................2:55 Con - TD Paquette 1 yard run (Trudeau convert)............................8:43 Con - TD Duong 86 yard interception return (Trudeau convert).......................... 15:00 TEAM STATS McG First downs.......................

15 Yards rushing..................... 150 Yards passing.................... 200 Total offence...................... 350 Team losses......................

24 Net offence.......1............... 326 Passes made-tried............... 14-27 Returnyards...................... 189 Interceptions.....................

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Individual Stats Rushing: McG- Tai 6-63, Sikaneta 5-38, Wearing 2-25, Duchesne 5-18, Hoffman 4-14, McKinnon 11, Sommerfeldt 1- -9; Con - Brown 5-82, Paquette 10-61, Ashworth 7-49, Hoas 2-11, Gaboton 1-5, Kronemeyer 1-1.

Recieving: McG- Wearing4-53, Sikaneta 2-38, McKellar 2-34, Piche 1-30, Lanctot 1-18, Hoffman 2-11, Posthumus 16, Duchesne 1-3: Con Carrière 4-115, Cvetkovic 347, Remus 1-30, Spence 2-20, MacDonald 1-17, Paquette 1-11, Charpentier 1-10, Williams 16, Brown 1-1.

Passing: McG - Sommerfeldt 12-19,153 yds, 0 TD, 0 int; McKinnon 26 47 yds, 0 TD, 1 int; Con Hoas 8-13, 178 yds, 1TD, 0 int; Kronemeyer 7-9, 81 yds, 1 TD, 0 int.

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By Tony Muir T h e M ig h ty D u c k s o f A n a h e im The Ducks worked their way into the playoffs two of the last three seasons thanks to their K ariya team stays he Le m ie u x1 Jaromir Jagr as the scoring title team has stepped from a year ago O leg Vishnevsky, help to make even play from a year

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C a lg a r y F la m e s Without Jarome Iginla, current­ ly holding out over contract dis­ putes, this team w ill find it even harder to score goals. The talented defence, featuring a combination of youngsters and seasoned veterans, along with recently acquired goaltender Grant Fuhr, will keep games close. H ow ever, this team lacks what it takes to win big games and it looks like m issing the playoffs another year is inevitable.

C h ic a g o B la c k h a w k s Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, and Tony potentially but the rem ot MMlI.iwks! re lacks J i h . This

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Kamensky three key edition of the Avs, that eliminated D etroit and faced Dallas in the W estern Conference finals, are m issing. Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg w ill put up big numbers and Patrick Roy w ill stop pucks.

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team suffered during the off-season, the Avs do not look capable of fend­ ing off the Red W ings again this year and will drop to number three in the conference.

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from to Iwner lillion by players fTJave Reid and and-comers such Brad Lukowich and Fernandez appear to have to effectively fill the gaps, difficult to say how they'll at the level.

Still, this is all around the best team in the N H L . The Red Wings pose the o nly threat to the return of Lord Stanley to the Lone Star State.

E d m o n t o n O ile r s This is a young, speedy team that seems to have steadily improved each of the last few sea­ sons and could be the best Canadian team this year. Starting the season with goalie To m m y Salo already makes them better than they were at the start of last season. This team should qualify for the playoffs yet again, but isn't likely to upset any of the B ig Th re e (D a lla s , D etroit Colorado) should they face them in the first round.

Red W in g s The Wings re-signed twotime N o rris Trophy finalist N i c k 1a s in the season. who been to to While trom is just three of starting

S a n Jo s e S h a rk s For perhaps the first time in franchise history, the Sharks go into the season with a nasty bite. They have a perfect blend of youth and experience; youngsters Jeff Friesen, Alexander Korolyu k and Patrick Marleau, combined with seasoned vets Vincent Damphousse, M ike Ricci give the Sharks a nice mix up front. Last season, they had fouj| players threatening to hold oy because of contract squabblesj well as health concerns to defi man Gary Suter. With these pif lems out of the way, this team loi to be on the verge of its most suc­ cessful season ever.

could handle in the conference semifinals last season. The Blues gave up goalie Grant Fuhr to rely on the younger (and over-rated) Roman Turek this year. The move worsens the Blues' chances at repeating their success last year and this team will be in a dog fight all season long with Edmonton and Vancouver for the final playoff spot.

V a n co uve r Canucks The Canucks began last season looking strong before being severely plagued by injuries. W ith players |ier, Alex Mogilny, like M ark! fc/.i healthy, and in and To d d J ËvefSHÙuht your chances incretM hfcuiatically. h a n ^ A t e r year in Canucks^ffould lfllic'!tlo trouble putting points on mg and à will hope to makÇ'Tlte playoffsrjSbe'fJT Louis, this team wilt also be relying heavi­ ly on highly touted but unproven goalie Kevin Weekes.

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Chris Chelios, Larry Murphy and Steve Duchesne — are pushing 40; will these guys have the stamina to show up and play every night? T o compensate, the Wings need their offensive stars to step it up this year if they're going to get by Dallas or Colorado in the playoffs, particular­ ly Brendan Shanahan. If his play

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S t. L o u is B lu e s W ith the emergence of Pavol Demitra into a major scoring threat and the strong play of defensemen Chris Pronger and A1 Maclnnis, the 1999 N orris Tro p h y winner, the Blues gave Dallas everything it

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L o s A n g e le s K in g s C o m in g off a disappointing season, K ing s general manager Dave Ta y lo r was forced to make some noise during this summer. He replaced seem ingly com placent coach Larry Robinson with Andy Murray, a former N H L assistant. He made a six-player trade with the New York Islanders to acquire right wing Ziggy Palffy, a prolific scorer who averaged 45 goals a season from 1996-98. Those moves, cou­ pled with a little more luck on the injury front, should make the Kings a serious playoff contender this sea­ son. However this team w ill only make the playoffs if Rob Blake stays healthy for the entire season.

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N a s h v ille P re d a to rs Who cares? Last in the Western Conference.

P h o e n ix C o y o te s Even if this team overcomes its anemic pow er play and special teams problem s, it w ill be hard pressed to repeat its success of a year ago. Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin has not been re-signed and the Coyotes will have to rely on peren­ nial back-up M ikhail Shtalenkov.

Th e defence is m issing O leg Tverdovsky but should continue to

T h is season, the N a tio n a l Hockey League will have more ref­ erees on the ice, fewer players skating in overtime, and hopefully fewer controversies involving the man-in-the-crease rule.

Among rule changes this year, on-ice officials w ill now decide w hether a goal is legal w hen scored with an offensive player the crease. Prior to this season was a black-and-w hite dec made by an instant re vie w . T h is chan, gives the ju referees, who capable of m; Th e ma was meant tender, but h; scorers. Last reason goals went to jfdeo review and were disall crease, infractions that had no implications on the play. The calls were frustrating for players, man­ agement and spectators. Under the new rules, video replay w ill only be called upon to determine if the puck crossed the line or whether or not it was kicked in or whacked in by a high stick.

In order to help the on-ice o fficia ls make these calls, the league has decided to use two ref­ erees per game in 50 of each team's total 82 games, up from 20 last season.

A change of equal significance this season w ill be four-o n -fou r play during overtim e. T h is was experimented with last season in the A H L . Statistics showed that over twice as many games were decided in four on four competi­ tion. From now on, each team will be guaranteed one point if regula­ tion time ends in a tie. The teams w ill play with only four skaters instead o f five during the fiv e ­ overtime. If a team wins, it that teams stve in overr for the win, tg to lose. On e w orry that jnonton w ho tage of the r, may look n regulation pvertime, thus minutes of reg­ ulation time less intense.

Overall, the changes were in some way or another geared at the spectator as the league hopes to improve momentum, add excite­ ment and have more games finish with a clear winner and loser. They may also be looking to avoid a repeat of last year's Stanley Cup winning goal controversy, which despite what the folks in Buffalo will tell you, was a goal.

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A tla n ta T h ra s h e rs The newest team in the league w ill suffer through the traditional growing pains and add losses to the weakest East. Damian Rh more than adeqi steal the Thras Bos The bigg.

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Samsonov, and Jason Allison plays to its potential, the Bruins can com­ pete in this potentially tough divi­ sion.

B u f f a lo S a b re s As always, the fate of Buffalo's season rests squarely on the stable shoulders of Dominik Hasek, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the season. If the Dominator can turn it up a notch and if Coach Lin d y Ruff can squeeze some more offense out of his scoring units, another run for the Cup is not unlikely.

C a r o lin a H u r r ic a n e s Last year, the Hurricanes were

the only team from the division to make the playoffs. That feat will be hard to duplicate this year if captain Keith Primeau remains a holdout for an extended portion of the season.

Yrturs Irbe remain solid in compete with

Patrik Elias and Brendan Morrison, have joined the rather large holdout party and until they are signed, it w ill make a run at the Cup much more difficult for the Devils. Martin Brodeur remains a rock in net, and the Devils will look to avoid another playoff flop.

N e w Y o r k Is la n d e rs With no bonafide stars on the team, the Islanders future seems bleak. What little offence generated should be in the hands of prospects O lli Jokinen and Mats Lindgren.

This team w ill battle Atlanta and Tampa Bay for the basement.

M o n tr e a l C a n a d ie n s Unfortunately for us at McGill, the local N H L team's chances do not look too promising. In the crease, netminder Jeff Hackett will look to duplicate the solid play he displayed last season after arriving in the trade for Jocelyn Thibault. Montreal's biggest acquisition of the offseason, Trevor Linden, could give the team a big boost if the 2 9 -year-old can return to his Vancouver form and provide some much needed points.

N e w J e r s e y D e v ils The Devils' crew of talented young players should be able to pro­ vide a significant amount of points.

H ow ever, two of their top guns,

N e w Y o rk R a n g e rs W ith the amount of cash that G M Neil Smith spent on re-vamping his roster this offseason, anything less than an appearance in the con­ ference final is unacceptable.

Fortunately for him, the added skills that new-in-blue Théo Fleury, Valeri Kamensky, T im Taylor, Stéphane Quintal, Sylvain Lefebvre, Kevin Hatcher, and K irk M cLean have brought to the team should be enough to send them to at least the first round.

O tta w a S e n a to rs Despite the loss of Alexei Yashin to a holdout, the Senators should not fall too far in the stand­ ings. Young players such as Marian Hossa, Magnus Arvedsson, Radek

deserved, which shouldn't be hard if Bonk, Andreas Dackell, and others Leafs' snipers can pump out the must improve on last season and pro­ vide the extra offense needed to, icintfeef points they did last season. make up for the loss of their captajjr Altholrçjhhe was solid last year, W ith Dam ian Rhodes g 0TK r to Curtis JosejSflvill need to improve, like the rest J if the team. Another Atlanta, Ron Tugnutt is now T H E M A N in net. Whether he mSces an issue of conc*n to the coaching staff is finding a suitable right-winger for encore performance of his All-Star captain Marf Sçt#'dîfrr#I*e^qst like­ 98-99 season il| I u to ly candidat#® this time is navcomer determining thçoutcome of tMSens' season.

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Legion of Doom, otherwise don't] expect too much from this bunch.

P it ts b u r g h P e n g u in s W ith Mario Lemieux now in full control of the team, look for things to somewhat calm down for the front office. On the ice, Jaromir Jagr, clearly one of the top three players in the league, will continue to shake things up with his phenome­ nal moves. This should be- a playoff team.

la y L ig h t n in g the situapelfi isn't all pom m$PflTay. The draft ft b r ig h t Dan Cloutier thë Rangerfjgives the Bolts *p^t0«ti«lly great netminf hi le nothing great can be bted of them, a marked |vement should be in order.

W a s h in g t o n C a p ita ls After making it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 97-98, the Caps fol­ lowed up with an extremely disap­ pointing 98-99 campaign, failing to even make the playoffs. Olaf Kolzig, who seemed to be ready to move into the elite class of goaltenders in the N H L , had a very unimpressive performance, and must bounce back if the Caps are to make any impact.

T o r o n t o M a p le L e a fs The task of the 99-2000 Leafs will be to prove that their trip to the Conference Finals last year was

An in depth look at the NHL's Canadian teams

By C hris Selley C a lg a r y F la m e s significant gains: Grant Fuhr • Marc Savard significant losses: Ken Wregget strengths: prospects • depth at defence weaknesses: overall talent level • coach Brian Sutter talks the talk, but... keys to success: Iginla, Savard, Morris, etc. having break-out years C a lg a ry ’ s “ skill players^ include such second-liners as V. Bure and fossils like Phil HouJSey so very few g o a ^ ^ m ^ ia t u i y y to this team. The be|p|M said of the other fo rw a M fîs that they crash the net, which ilÉgreaUjii the case of Jarome Ie in la \W M feon’ t always result in clutch, o R p jf^fic scoring. That said, they are e ly deep on defence and thanks’ nice parcel of prospects they received for Theoren Fleury are well-stocked to be a consistent .500 team for years to come. prediction: The Flames w ill barely miss the playoffs, but should be there within a year or two.

E d m o n t o n O ile r s significant gains: none significant losses: Kelly Buchberger strengths: speed •skill •expert management weaknesses: clutch scoring keys to success: Tommy Salo is a huge question mark.

Edmonton is one of the most exciting teams in hockey, hands

down. Glen Sather knows the game unlike anyone else and has built a nucleus of very good players who know how to win; there’s not a for­ ward among the team's top 10 who doesn’ t know how to score. In Ham rlik, Niinim aa and Poti they have three potential all-star defencemen. In short, as long as Tom m y Salo can hold the fort, all the ele­ ments exist in Edmonton for a great season. prediction: The O il will finish ond in the Northwest and Ske at Jbast the second round. n a d ie n s

I • nice umo prospects ;en*ent ûÉnntervention ing that may prevent ie Habs from finishing among the very worst teams in the N H L this season is pride. Unfortunately, all their pride and a significant portion of their meagre skill is on the D L , or will be soon. The only logical path available to the Canadiens right now is rebuilding, but they won’t do it because of the hoary old platitude that Montreal fans won’t stand for it.

That’s just insulting, If management truly believes that their fans would rather suffer 15 years of Leafs-style aimlessness than 5 years of rebuild­ ing then they have even less business in hockey than the last 24 months would suggest. prediction: The Habs will fin­ ish last in their division, miles from

the playoffs, and blame it all on injuries. See you next year!

O tta w a S e n a to rs significant gains: Rob Zamuner • Patrick Lalime •Kevin Dineen significant losses: Alexei Yashin • Andreas Johansson • Lance Pitlick • Damian Rhodes strengths: coaching •spite weaknesses: Ron Tugnutt is not a #1 goalie •lack of grit keys to success: com bining last year’s system with some toughness When Mark Gandler, the half­ witted crook behind Alexei Yashin’s breach of contract, called the Sens “bigoted” for not renegotiating his little angel’s contract, management had only to point to their Eurotrash roster. It was a great comeback, but it highlights a real weakness in this organization: lack of toughness.

Yashin will never again suit up for Ottawa. Meanwhile, the organization has taken such a hard line that it would seem rather embarrassing at this point to trade him. Still, there’s enough talent on this team in sopho­ more Marion Hossa, new captain Daniel Alfredsson, Shawn McEachern and Magnus Arvedson for another 100-point season, and suddenly, enough grit in Zamuner and Dineen to take them past the first round. prediction: The Sens will finish first or second in the Northeast and will take at least one playoff round.

T o r o n t o M a p le L e a fs significant gains: Cory Cross significant losses: Fredrik Modin strengths: balanced scoring • confi­

dence •goaltending •depth weaknesses: lack of toughness • no outstanding winger keys to success: Curtis Joseph • improved power-play Some Canadian sportswriters are again predicting doom and gloom for the Leafs, and it may indeed be difficult for Toronto to equal last season’s stunning success.

Nevertheless, Pat Quinn is too good a coach to allow a total collapse, and as the club’s new G M he has par­ layed a (somewhat) limited budget and limited resources into a very deep organization. They should — and may still — trade some of that depth for a real talent, and if they do there’s no reason Toronto can’t sur­ pass last season’s surprise and go as far into the playoffs. prediction: The Leafs will fin­ ish third or fourth in the jam-packed Northeast and revisit the third round.

tradition of losing • goaltending • Is it me or do those Sedin twins need to be taken out back? keys to success: It’s time for Marc Craw ford to prove he can coach something other than an all-star team.

Yuck. Th e re ’ s little to smile about in B C these days except per­ haps Steve Kariya, but one has to be suspicious of these brother acts, especially when they’re this hyped.

The guy’s 5-9 for pete’s sake! One also has to wonder whether Markus Naslund can score 30 goals again and whether Mark Messier can roll his bones to practice day in and day out. Then one has to wonder who the heck is going to score for this team, and finally one has to wonder who is going to stop the pucks. Garth Snow? I don’t think so. prediction: Basically, big trou­ ble. The Nucks could very well fin­ ish last in the West.

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By The Minh Luong A t the midway point of their regular season, the defending Quebec champion M cG ill Martlets are showing that it will be a formi­ dable task for someone to knock them off. T h e ir w in 5 -0 over Bishop's Friday night, coupled with their 3-1 win over Concordia on Sunday, leave them all alone in first place in the Quebec U n iv e rs ity Soccer League with a 5-0-1 record.

After a lackadaisical start in Friday's game at Molson Stadium that saw the visiting Gaiters outplay the home side during the early stages of the encounter, M c G ill used their superior skills to get a couple of quick goals and effective­ ly quash any thoughts of an upset.

"During the first twenty min­ utes we were caught off guard a bit," said M artlet defender Julia Scrase. "We settled down after that and played really well. Our finish­ ing was very good; that's something that we had a bit of trouble with at the beginning of the season and last year."

Rookie forw ard A la n n a Maloney gave M cG ill the lead in the 23rd minute with a header set up

by C a rly Dean's corner kick, deflecting the ball into the net while in a crow d. M id fie ld e r Sophie Labrom scored the game's second goal two minutes later, belting a free kick from twenty yards out over B ishop's goalie A lis o n MacDougall. "(The header) is one of the best plays in soccer," M cG ill striker Eva

M elam ed sajid aboqt M alo ney's opening goaly. "We didn't do any­ thing spectacular, but we did what we had to do to win today."

Later on, Melamed continued her torrid early season pace, sailing a high shot into the net from the box in the 33rd minute to give M cG ill a three-goal lead.

After a somewhat shaky first

S P O R T S b r ie f s W o m e n ’s t e n n i s t e a m o k A FT E R SE R IO U S ACCID EN T

On their way to Waterloo for a couple of O U A tennis tournaments, the M cGill women's tennis team got into a serious car accident on the 401, south of Ottawa that totalled the vehicle. Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt, although the seasons of Sophie Paquet (dislocated shoul­ der) and Arina Zahrabian (collar­ bone) are likely over. The O U A is determ ining whether their two league matches for last weekend should be counted as defaults. The Martlets, 3-0 before the weekend, w ill next play at Queen’s in two weeks to determine their playoff placings.

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In Quebec R ugby League action, the McGill Martlets pounded Verm ont 6 4-0 at M acD onald Campus. Jessie Metiasuk had four trys to pace M c G ill, while Julie Brisebois has two trys and two con­ verts and Lindsay Hunt also had two trys. A d d in g a try apiece were Mandy Brunet, Carine Barlocher, Sonia Beaulieu and Katie Renwick.

The Martlets stand in first place in the conference with a 2-0-1 record in league play.

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The M cG ill men's rugby team lost 22-3 on the Bishop’s campus.

Corey Richards scored the only points for M cG ill, with a penalty kick. The men's rugby team are now 2-1 in league action.

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The McGill Redmen played to a scoreless draw at C oncordia on Saturday afternoon. Keeper Eddy Zuppel picked up the shutout.

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half, the M cG ill backfield straight­ ened itself out in the second, mostly containing the fa irly skilled Bishop's attack inside its own half of the pitch for the balance of the game. Martlet keeper Jessica White had a fairly easy night to pick up her third shutout of the season.

Despite having a com fortable advantage, the Martlets poured it on allowed 4 hits to pick up the com­ plete game victo ry.

C raig McFadzean had 3 hits, including a homer for 4 runs batted in. In the nightcap, they pounded Sherbrooke 10-0, with Graeme Thomas going the distance for the victory and Shiraz Rehman homering. The next day at T .M .R . Park, they swept Concordia by 9-5 and 13-7 scores.

Hurler Kabeer Burman pitched all 7 innings for the w in, w hile Cam Davies and Craig McFadzean homered. In the second game, Drew Reid was the w in n in g pitcher, w hile Danny Stober was McGill's hitting star with 3 hits. The Redbirds finish 10-4 in Quebec University Baseball League play, one game behind Laval, and will start their playoff run with a best-of-three series this week­ end against Concordia.

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in the last 45 m inutes, but were stifled by some solid g o a lk e e p in g b y M a c D o u g a ll, as w e ll as a couple of goal-posts.

Rookie m idfielder S t e l l a Andonoff eventually put the game out of reach for good in the 67th m inute, m a r k i n g M c G i l l ’s fourth goal with an accu­ rately placed left-footed kick just out of the reach of the B is h o p ’s goalie. Then, the nail in the coffin came in the 89th minute, when Melamed ended the game with her second goal of the night, tapping in a shot on a wild scramble in front of the net.

"E ve n though we can play much better I'm pleased with the results," said M c G ill coach Marc M o u n ico t. " A ll throughout the week, we practised set plays and free kicks, and the girls executed M c G il l - A Ath letes

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Joe Gasparrini, a second year defender, scored the winning goal for the Redmen in their 1-0 victory over Johnstone State College, in Vermont. Gasparrini, a LoyaJa HighSchool graduate, hails from St. Leonard, Quebec and is studying mechanical engineering.

Margaret Konrad, a freshmen in the faculty of management, scored a whopping five goals to lead the Martlets lacrosse team to their first victory in two years, with a 9-6 win over York. Konrad, who hails from Larchmont New York also tallied one goal in a loss to U of T , to give her six goals for the week-end.

what we practised in this game."

In the past few weeks, the Martlets have integrated a dozen first-year players from as far as B.C. and the U.S.A. in their lineup, most of whom have not played with each other until recently. M ounicot is ve ry satisfied w ith the overall progress that his group of players has made in such a short time, and feels that the team has formed into a solid unit.

"Th e y 're slo w ly but surely coming around,” commented the coach. "Everyone is working hard, there's a lot of enthusiasm. They're all playing the game with the same idea right now."

"A t the beginning of the sea­ son, we were just starting to learn to play together as a team," added Scrase. "Now, we know each other's strengths and are able to use the space a lot more effectively."

A s evidenced by the game against Bishop's, the Martlet rookies are stepping right into the starting lineup and fitting in alongside the established players.

"I've learned a lot from them," Maloney said about the veterans.

"I'm having a great time; there's a great team spirit around here."

O n Sunday at Lo yo la Field, M cGill had a bit of a tougher time against the cross-town Concordia Stingers, w inning 3-1. Melamed scored twice, to push her league­ leading mid-season total to ten, and C a rly Dean scored the w in n in g goal.

The Martlets will head on the road for two games next weekend.

The team's depth will be tested to an extent, as five players will represent their respective club teams in the national championships.

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McGill then tied McMaster 1-1 in an exhibition game, with Hannah Ellison scoring. The Martlets head into the playoffs with a 1-7-1 record.

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Th e M c G ill Redbirds had a great week, winning all five games to end their regular season. On Friday at Sherbrooke, they won 9-2 behind the pitching of Geoff Pertsch.

Ryan Avey and Drew Reid (who had three hits) homered. The next day, M cGill swept Sherbrooke at home.

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