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Martlets celebrate Q5SF championship that will take them to Acadia next week for nationals (see story on page 22)

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B y A n drew Raven M ove over Y an k ees, here com e the Martlets.

With a 1-0 victory over the Laval Rouge et Or on Friday, the McGill Martlets claimed the Quebec Student Soccer Federation title and advanced to the National Championships next week in Flalifax. It was M cGill’s third straight league title and comes on the heels of perfect regular season.

“It just shows that w e’ve been consistent for three y ea r s,” said head coach Marc Mounicot. “This (team) is very young but they work hard and understand my philoso­ phy.”

That philosophy is simple: score early and score often.

“You have to g iv e a lot o f credit to offensive soccer,” said Mounicot. “We like to attack and these girls are follow ing the (plan).”

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From the opening touch, the Martlets went to work on the Laval defense. In the tenth m inute Alana M aloney redirected a M aite Creixell cross just w ide o f the net.

Two minutes later Player o f the Year Amber Allen froze Laval keeper Melisande Blais but blasted her shot just wide. The Laval defence was trying desperately to close off the mid­ dle but couldn’t contend with the speed or playmaking o f the Martlets.

“Control wise this was our best game,” said goaltending coach Mauro Panzera. “We were stronger than them. They couldn’t con­ trol the pace and we were on top o f them all the time.”

It w as an en co u ra g in g start for the Martlets who had struggled in the first half of their last tw o hom e gam es. But they had nothing to show for their early pressure until the 21st m inute. S ohpie Labrom spotted Allen streaking down the middle and made Continued on Page 22

B y C atherin e W eiler You see them on street comers, in the Metro, outside the library — the volunteers in uniform who give out poppies in exchange for your donations. These people are mem­ bers o f the Royal Canadian Legion. Every year w e w ear p o p p ies to a ck n o w led g e Remembrance Day, but many o f us do not have a clear conception o f exactly what it is we are remembering.

Art (a.k.a Popeye, and didn’t offer his last name), who served in the Navy during the Korean War, remembers his grandfather who served in World War One and his father w ho served in W orld War Tw o. He also remembers “people [I] served with, guys I went to school with— they never came home.

That’s why w e are free today, because we had fellas that joined up to fight.”

Christopher John Nolan, a veteran who also served in the Korean War, remembers his father who was gassed at Vimy Ridge

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The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 7 November 2000

Catholic Studies in Faculty of Arts

By Karen Kelly McGill’s Faculty of Arts has a new Catholic Studies program. Last w e e k ’s an nou ncem en t by the U niversity named Department o f English Professor David Williams as the first holder of the newly cre­ ated K ennedy Sm ith Chair in Catholic Studies.

History Professor John Zucchi worked with the Newman Institute of Catholic Studies to develop the proposal for the program . He explained that students will have the opportunity to get a B.A. Minor concentration in Catholic Studies, which will consist of 18 credits.

"We were actually asked at the very b egin n in g o f the w h o le process: 'Why not do a major?'"

Zucchi said. "All of us who put the program together were really, I think, unanimously opposed to it.

We really wanted this to be a minor program for Arts students... I think the main [goal] was to have a pro­ gram that examined Catholicism in a pluralistic world."

W illia m s com pared the Catholic Studies program to those of Islamic and Jewish studies.

"I think our approach to the subject is going to be similar to...

Jewish Studies, which basically is trying to study the phenomena of Judaism and probably most particu­ larly in the W estern world," Williams explained. "That is exact­ ly what we are going to try to do with the Catholic Studies program."

Dean o f Arts Carmen M iller agreed with W illiam s’ sentiments

and believes a minor in Catholic Studies w ill com e as a welcom ed addition to existing religious pro­ grams already offered by Arts.

"This new program com p le­ ments other programs in Jewish, Islamic, and East Asian studies," he said. "It also enables us to config­ ure a number o f courses [that] we are already giving to the students into a coherent program."

A new core of Catholic Studies courses will supplement these exist­ ing courses in the fall. Some of the new courses include Catholic Social and Political Thought, Catholicism and Moral C ulture, C ath olic In tellectu a l T radition and Introduction to Catholic Thought, which will be taught by Williams.

Zucchi did not expect that reg­ istration in Catholic Studies courses would be extremely high.

"We [have previously] offered co u rses [in the F aculty o f Education], to which many Arts stu­ dents cam e, and based on those courses... we figure anywhere from b etw een 30 and 60 stud en ts, depending on the year," Zucchi esti­ mated. "There are no limits on the number of students in the program."

A donation o f $1.6 million to the University, in memory o f Mr. K ennedy Sm ith, m ade the new Chair and program possible. "[Kennedy Smith's family] was very im pressed with M cGill and with the Newman -Institute, so they decided that they would give the money here rather than somewhere else," Williams said of the donation.

Williams explained further that

although he h olds the K ennedy Smith Chair now, the University was already paying his salary. New courses within Catholic Studies are also going to be taught by current facu lty, so none o f the donated money will be spent in the coming year. W illia m s said the m oney w ou ld be put aw ay to generate interest and if the University decid­ ed in future years to f ill the Kennedy Smith Chair with som e­ one from outside the University, the funds would still be available.

Williams is not thinking about the future, however, but focusing on what needs to be done right now.

"It is practically just beginning, so really there is a lot to accomplish ju st to fu lfill p rom ises that are already m ade w ithou t thinking about the future," he said o f the newest Arts minor. "Right now we have so much to worry about, just doing a good job with what we have started, w e really should not be thinking too much about expan­ sion."

Williams thinks he will enjoy his role as the first Kennedy Smith Chair holder. He explained that he is looking forward to getting the Catholic Studies program o ff the ground, though it will take a lot of work.

"It is a work in progress... as opposed to just coming in to some­ thing that is already established and you have your role all cut out for you," Williams said. "The situation here is ju st pure ch a o s and it's something that can be built upon, so I like that."

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Campus Briefs Q u e e n ’s tu itio n d e r e g u la tio n debate heats up K IN G STO N , ON — Talk over deregulating tuition in Arts and S cien ce in ten sified at Q u een ’s University, after the student union held a debate b etw een the University’s principal, the union’s president, and the president o f the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society on October 30.

Q u een ’s Principal W illiam Leggett favours deregulating arts and sc ien ce tuition in order to make up for the shortfall in gov­ ernment funding to the University.

In the debate, Leggett explained that the measure is necessary in order to stop the erosion in quality of the Queen’s education.

The tw o student execu tives countered that deregulating tuition would lead to reduced accessibility and a less diverse student body.

The ASUS voted to hold a ref­ erendum at the end o f the month on whether it should oppose dereg­ ulation.

— with files from the Journal (Queen's U)

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spective.

Launched y esterd ay, www.wlu.ca/LISPOP will offer an up-to-date overview and commen­ tary on the latest public opinion polls.

The site draws attention to current issues in polling, such as the wording of questions, the con­ text and order in which questions are asked, the difference between decided voters and people who are simply leaning toward one party, and the sig n ific a n c e o f n o n ­ response rates. It will include sum­ maries o f all national polls.

The site will also include seat projections by Laurier political sci­ ence professor Barry Kay. Kay d ev elo p ed a m odel that brings together information from several national polls and, taking regional breakdowns into account, forecasts the outcome o f an election. Kay began using his model in 1980 and it has proven to be accurate within an average of four seats per party for every election since that time.

Kay has tested his model, with equal success, on elections dating back to 1963. The LISPOP web site will eventually include a fea­ ture comparing polling results with the actual number o f seats won by each party in past elections.

LISPOP is a new ly created research centre that studies issues related to the creation, use and rep­ resentation of public opinion in the policy process.

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First Year C ouncilor (President) Le conseiller d e 1ère an n ée (président)

A drienne Liang

Vice P resid en t Academ ie Le vice p résid en t académ ique

Vice P resident Com m unications Le vice président com m unications

Vice P resid en t Finance Le vice p résid en t finance

Vice P resid en t Internal Le vice p résid en t interne

Vice P resid en t External Le vice p résid en t externe

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Nick B uccelli

Andrew Pelley

Hey everybody, my name is Shane Saunderson and I will be your V.P. Academic this year. While this may not sound like the most enthralling position, I hope to bring a great deal to F Y C C . I’m from Souris, a small town in Manitoba, and am studying engineering at McGill. I have a fair bit of experience in student govern­ ment from being a committee mem­ ber of my school student council for 6 years, then student body presi­ dent my last year. I am pleased to be continuing my involvement in stu­ dent government here, and look for­ ward to working for and with you.

Hi, I’m S u sa n a R u sso . I’m very happy to be able to represent first year students to the SSMU. As the new VP Communications I will do my best in order to assure all new students have a strong voice in McGill's society. We, F Y C C mem­ b ers, are here to work on and express your ideas, interests and concerns. I will make sure the first year students are well informed on what’s going on in the F Y C C .If there is anyway that we can improve your experience as a new student at McGill let us know, that’s what F Y C C is here for.

Hi everyone! My name is lain Wills, and I will be your F Y C C V P of Finance for this year. I’m looking for­ ward to working with the other F Y C C members to make your first year at McGill an enjoyable one.

While in high school I engaged in a wide range of activities, including: leadership conferences, concerts and talent shows. I was also head of a fund-raising group, which, in one sem ester, raised over $7000 for charity. I am proficient in mathemat­ ics and business and I promise you that I will handle the financial a sp e c ts of F Y C C with skill and integrity.

Hi, I’m Nick. I’m from a small town in New York called Poughkeepsie. I attended a small private school where I w as always involved. I'm currently on G ard ner resid en ce council as food rep. SSMU first year council seems like a great opportu­ nity to get more deeply involved here. In addition to planning great events for this year, my goals for F Y C C include better informing freshmen about their opportunities at McGill, and expanding the hori­ zo n s of stud en ts toward the Montreal community. I’m just now realizing the range of options I have.

I want that to happen even sooner next fall.

When I w as a child, my parents alw ays told me “don’t talk to strangers”...but, then again, I’ve never really listened to my parents. I suppose that’s why I think I could do a good job as VP external. My past experience as a street-performer (juggler) ensures my ability to be comfortable around unfamiliar peo­ ple and that is an essential skill in fulfilling the VP external's role. On top of this, I have been gaining lead­ ership experience as a member of the McConnell and IR C councils recently and this has helped to pre­ pare me for the duties involved in the position.

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F ir s t y e a r e x e c u t i v e s r e a d y t o t a k e o n M c G ill "First year c o u n c il is very important becau se, at one tim e, first year students didn’t have any representation in SSMU at all."

By Shehryar Fazli_____________ E xecutives to the First Year Council Committee were appointed last week. Due to a lack o f nomi­ nees contesting any o f the p o si­ tions, no elections took place.

The FYCC is an organization that represents first year students to the M cGill community, including the Administration, the Students’ Society o f McGill University, and the various faculty associations.

The C ouncil is com p osed o f an ex e cu tiv e board com p rising the p ositions o f the president, v icepresident academic, vice-president com m un ication s, vice-p resid en t finance, vice-president internal and vice-president external, and a leg­ islative board that includes one rep­ resentative from every faculty with the exception o f Arts w hich has two representatives.

In interviews with the Tribune, the members o f the new executive board, d iscu ssed the role o f the F Y C C , and ch a n g es the group would like to see at the university in the coming year.

Ian Mills VP Finance: “I know that the FYCC is a fairly new thing here at M cG ill, and as a result I think that we have a lot of freedom to decide what our role will be. Most importantly, we want to ensure that first year stu­ dents adjust to university life as smoothly as possible. W e need to make sure that every first year stu­ dents enjoys her or his time here and that they feel like a part of the community. We want everyone to feel at home.

"As for me, my primary job is to provide support for my fellow FYCC executive members. I need to be able to instantly tell them whether or not an idea is financial­ ly feasible. However, I also intend to be involved in other aspects of the cou n cil too. I have my own ideas to contribute, and I intend to do so. I have a feeling that we, as an executive [body] are all going to work fairly closely together, and that who does the job will become secondary to does the job get done.

"I think it is very important for us to stay in close contact with the SSMU. The members of the SSMU have been at this school for at least a cou p le o f years, and they are aware of what works and what does not. I think that their input will be extremely helpful to us during the next year. On the other hand, it is our job to represent the first year students o f this school, w e must alw ays keep that in m ind w hen making d ecision s. Our decisions w ill not alw ays be the sam e as those that the SSM U w ill make because we represent only a specif­ ic group of the McGill student pop­ ulation. W e are not just another few members of the SSMU, we are an independent council with our own objectives."

Adrienne Liang President : "I heard about FYCC before coming here and thought it was a great way for first year students to educate themselves about what was going on within the student govern­ ment. B asically, FYCC is fairly new program. It represents 28 per cent o f the M cG ill student body, and although it should have a very important role, a lot of students are unaware the FYCC is available to them. My goal is to promote more awareness and encourage participa­ tion in FYCC. I hope to do that by creating committees underneath the vice-president positions. For exam­ ple, the VP Academic would have a committee o f first year students who have concerns about problems within academics.

"Although I’m the only voting member [of FYCC] on SSMU, I’m approachable, and the idea is that first year students will come to me and I can then go to SSM U with their concerns.

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ple in the classroom, and I doubt it’s very easy for the professor. So I don’t think that kind of a class size is very fair... Basically, I’m taking issu e s lik e th ese as they com e.

W hen so m eth in g rubs me the wrong way, or if I realize som e­ thing that might be wrong with the University, I can bring it up. I real­ ly hope to represent other people’s views as well.

"We operate very much inde­ pendently [of SSMU] because we represent an entirely different stu­ dent body. But at the same tim e... I realize that all lot o f [F Y C C ’s] ideas w ill be run past them, and that w e’ll always be fairly tightly related with SSMU. "We are the representatives for first year students. I think it’s very important to let every first year stu­ dent know that we exist for them.

That’s the starting basis, and from there once w e start getting feed ­ back from the first year students we can start dealing with the prob­ lems."

Shane Sanderson VP Academic :

Nick Buccell VP Internal:

" B a sic a lly , my p o sitio n is focussed towards the school aspect o f life. I’m in charge o f handling any issues betw een students and their first year courses, and issues first year students have with their professors. I also have to attend the University/Student board meeting that lets me confer with som e of the staff at M cGill, and represent the issues of students. So I think it should be a very interesting posi­ tion. Obviously it’s very hard for first year students to adjust, so I think i t ’s very im portant that FYCC exists so that these students can be represented.

"I think class sizes are a big problem. One class in specific this year, they combined two classes, and so the class at the very start was about 750 people. That didn’t even fit into [its L eacock cla ss­ room ] w hich fits about 6 50. So people were in the aisles. So size is definitely a big factor. A lot of peo­ ple say that it is just so hard to con­ centrate when there’s so many peo­

"My role is to be the organiz­ ing force in [first year] events. But for the m ost part, I’ve been told that this is a council where we all do relatively the same thing.

"I’ve really liked M cG ill so far. I think it ’s a great balance between social life and academic life: The one thing I’ve been a little irritated with is the administration.

[M cG ill] is o b v io u sly a large school, but I was very disappointed w ith the advisors. I felt I knew more about my program and what classes were good for me to take than they did. I felt like they knew what the distribution requirements and that’s all they were really con­ cerned with. They didn’t help me at all. I think that’s true of McGill at large. They really treat you as an adult and expect you to deal with life in general by yourself, which is very nice. But for the first week, it was difficult. I had to figure out my academic program all on my own.

That was a little irritating.

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"My role is to deal with orga­ n ization s ou tside o f SSM U and other universities. I have to make McGill a good university for stu­ dents to come in their first year... I think M cGill is doing fairly w ell for itself; it [attracts] a lot o f stu­ dents to the roster.

"The FYCC works as a com ­ mittee. Everyone’s got their [indi­ vidual] jo b s, but ev ery o n e w ill work on everything pretty much together. So it’s not so much that one person independently goes out and makes big radical changes. But there are different functions that take place between this university and [others] and as VP external, I have to be there to correlate things.

"There seem to be a lot more first year based functions than there are in later years. You’re trying to get everyone oriented and attract­ ing students for next year. So it’s a totally different scale to SSM U ...

I’m looking forward to seeing what student governm ent has to offer, and w e’ll see what happens."

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had no idea where I could go to find out about whatever, and I had no idea about the range o f opportu­ nities I had available to me. [The University] needs to make that hap­ pen a little more quickly.

"Another thing I’d like to see at the University is an outreach into the com m unity... I’d love to see first year students expand their horizons out o f this little box o f St. Laurent and St. Catherine and Guy. It would be good to go out also for community projects."

Susana Russo VP Communications: As VP Communications I will make sure that the fist year council is w ell informed o f the first year students' concerns and o f what they really want us to work on. I will also keep first year students aware of what FYCC is doing, of what is going on with our projects. It is also part of my role to arrange the m e e tin g s and m ake sure ev ery m em ber k now s all the relevant news about FYCC. I think that McGill is doing a good job in receiving new students and m aking them fe e l at hom e.

Projects like the different froshes, D isco v ery M cG ill and A ctiv ity Day in the Shatener building are great ways to help us get involved and to know the U n iversity.M y time here at McGill has been great o v er a ll. P eo p le are warm , laid back, and very sociable. My classes are great and, ex c ep t for som e struggle here and there, I haven't had any trouble adapting to univer­ sity life at all. It has been lots of fun, and of course I love this city.

I w ou ld lik e to see a little more organization in the serious stuff though, like residency (I did not know where I was staying until one week before I moved), MARS (h elp for new stu d en ts), [and] councellors.

The n ew e x e c u tiv e s o f the F Y C C w ill be in a u g u ra te d th is week.

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The S cien ce Undergraduate Society general council passed a motion to publicly express its con­ cern over what it calls racially dis­ criminatory actions on the part of Centraide o f Greater Montreal, for which it helped raise nearly $4,000 at the recent Charity Fair.

The council voted 19 to 1, last Wednesday, in favour o f a motion that would see the SUS send letters expressing its disapproval to both Centraide and Principal Bernard Shapiro, and recommend that a dif­ ferent organization be selected to receive the proceeds of next year’s Charity Fair.

Faiz Ahmed, the council mem­ ber who put forward the motion, said that while he recognized the m any valu able con trib ution s o f Centraide to the com m unity, the organization’s recent treatment o f one of the agencies it used to fund was "clearly a case o f racial dis­ crimination."

The c o n flic t stem s from Centraide’s decision earlier this year to discontinue funding of the Notre Dame-de-Grace Black Community Association, a non-profit organiza­ tion that provides cultural, recre­ ational, educational and other ser­ vices to the black com m unity of Notre Dame-de-Grace and its envi­ rons. This is the first tim e in 17 years that the NDGBCA, which has received up to $107,000 annually from Centraide, will not be funded.

A cco rd in g to C entraide spokesperson Brian MacDonough, the decision to cut funding was not racially motivated, but resulted from a lack o f agreem ent about the agency’s programs.

"What w e w anted w as an action plan solid ly rooted in the com m u n ity. Furtherm ore, our ex p ecta tio n s in clu d ed adequate training and evaluation of personnel to be able to carry out that action plan," said MacDonough, also not­ ing that the decision was a difficult one.

However, NDGBCA President D ave M cK en zie m aintains that Centraide’s actions were unjustified, accusing the organization of harass­ ment and bigotry.

"We have never mismanaged or m isappropriated C en traid e’s funds. To date we have reduced our dependence on Centraide by over ten per cent. We have improved our administrative structure, our pro­ gram delivery, our fee collection structures," wrote M cKenzie in a letter to Centraide President and E x e cu tiv e D irecto r M ich ele Thibodeau-DeGuire made available during the co u n cil m eetin g.

"However, you have rewarded us by threatening and humiliating us and by continually reducing and now discontinuing our funding and real­ locating it to other agencies."

Centraide evaluates all o f the agencies it funds on a yearly basis, and over the past fiv e years has requested that the NDGBCA pro­ vide a strategic plan and a financial

report, both of which were accepted

by Centraide. M cKenzie noted in his letter that the move was clearly unexpected.

"We were therefore very sur­ prised to re ce iv e a letter from Centraide on December 23, 1999 stating that our funding would be cut."

M arlene Jennings, w ho was hired by Centraide to mediate the conflict, reviewed all files and cor­ respondence relevant to the case.

She later concluded that the NDGB­ CA had co m p lied w ith all o f Centraide’s requests.

SU S VP E xternal N adir Nurmohamed was the only council member to vote against the motion argued that it was not up to this year’s council to make recommen­ dations about next year’s charity fair, or to write off Centraide as a possible recipient simply because of questionable allegations.

"If one society has had funding taken away and it happens to be an ethnic society, is it really racist?"

Nurmohamed asked. "It could have been, but from what [Ahmed] has shown, I don’t think you can make an accurate judgment as to whether it was racial or not." Ahmed, how­ ever, insists that Centraide’s actions must not be tolerated.

"It’s clear to me [that the NDG­ BCA] was on the receiving end o f a discriminatory process," he said.

"Just as decent people, we have to show solidarity with these people, to show that w e’re concerned."

Inter-Club Council to prom ote collaboration between student groups B y C hristina H eyding An Inter-C lub C o u n cil has been created in an attempt to create stronger ties b etw een club s at McGill and to facilitate collabora­ tion in event organization around campus.

The S tu d en ts’ S o c ie ty o f M cG ill U n iv ersity Inter-C lub Council kicked into gear again last week after its preliminary meetings in October. The idea for the InterClub Council was proposed by Akin Alaga, now a clubs representative.

"Last year I realized that there* was a need for more communication between clubs," Alaga said. "Events were conflicting, and networking, when it occurred, was only taking place on an informal basis. I wanted to give clubs an opportunity to get involved with each other, to use each others strategies and to form stronger in itia tiv e s by w orking together."

A la g a ’s suggestion was met w ith som e en th u siasm . Erica Weinstein, a club representative and a member o f the SSM U finance committee, is one o f those who is h op efu l about the Inter-C lubs Council.

"I think it’s a great idea," she said. "I’ve alw ays felt that there needs to be more communication

between clubs."

The way it works To facilitate com m unication between clubs with similar interests, the Inter-Clubs Council has catego­ rized these clubs into four spheres: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports; Career and P ro fessio n a l; International, Cultural and Ethnic; and Socio-P olitical. Each branch has its own council.

Jennifer Bilec, president o f the M cG ill International S tu d en t’s Network has been appointed moder­ ator for the International, Cultural and Ethnic branch of the Council.

"As a moderator, my main duty is contacting all the international clubs, and informing them [about] what is going on," Bilec explained.

So far, the other branches o f the Council are lacking the stable presence Bilec gives as a moderator.

Bilec attributes such problems in the other councils to the current spell of mid-term exams, suggesting that the end of the spell will enable them to adopt similar organizational struc­ ture to the ICE branch.

"Starting out som ething new during mid-terms is difficult," she said. "Mid-terms always seem to win out."

The ICE Council’s first meet­

ing occurred on October 6 with a total of ten clubs in attendance. As a result o f the first meeting, a McGill International Film F estiv a l w as organized. The ICE Council’s sec­ ond meeting, last week, proved to be as productive as the first.

"We had tw o new clu b s in attendance [at the N ov em b er 2 meeting] and we are encouraging more groups to participate," Bilec said. "The council discussed ways to strengthen groups just starting out, and we continued discussing the International F estiv a l for H um anity, w hich w ill occur in March. If these m eetings are any indication o f the possibilities, this council is going to be very produc­ tive."

N ot all the branches have shown as much interest in the InterClub Council as Bilec’s. The Arts, Entertainment and Sports, and the Career and Professional, have yet to use the forum as an arena through which to operate. Alaga attributes this to the general makeup o f the clubs in each of the branches.

"It’s understandable that differ­ ent arenas will embrace the Council more than others," Alga explained.

"It’s in the nature of how the clubs work. Som e don’t seem to really need it."

The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 7 November 2000

G raduate assistants at private U.S. universities allowed to unionize

W h a t if w e a r e t h e a lie n s ?

By Edw ard M ann W a sh in g t o n S q u a r e N ew s (N ew Y o r k U .)

A recent study suggests that all life o n E a rth m ay h a ve o rig in a te d on Mars B y B en B risebois The id ea that life on Earth originated elsew h ere in the uni­ verse got a little more plausible last week. A paper written by scientists from C a lT ech , M cG ill, and Vanderbilt University, published in the journal Science, has shown that a meteorite from Mars was capable o f transporting life across space to Earth. This means that other mete­ orites may have linked life on the two planets over billions o f years.

The m eteo rite in q u e stio n , known as A LH 84001, spent m il­ lions o f years in space before land­ ing in Antarctica 11 000 years ago.

By examining its magnetic proper­ ties, researchers were able to deter­ mine that its interior temperature on the journey from Mars to Earth w as a lw a y s b elo w 4 0 ° C, low enough to accom m odate sim ple organisms like bacteria or fungi.

It was previously thought that the ejection o f rocks from Mars’ surface w ou ld generate enough heat to wipe out anything living in them. Some Martian meteorites can cover the Mars-Earth distance in 13 yea rs, and ex p erim en ts have show n that certain bacteria are capable o f living for up to six years in space. It is plausible, then, that life can hop between planets in our solar system.

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that this probably wasn’t enough time for life to arise.

A s for a definite answer to this question, "no one knows." That’s the view o f N A SA ex o b io lo g ist D a le A n d erson , w h o is a lso a M cG ill P h .D . can d id ate in Geography. But if life didn’t arise spontaneously on Earth, then why would it be any easier for it to start somewhere else?

Anderson explains that Mars underwent a much m ilder bom ­ bardm ent than Earth, and w as probably a better environment for life’s origin. His research focuses on exam ining Mars-like environ­ ments on Earth, to develop tech­ niques for detecting fossil evidence o f life. He describes the interplane­ tary transfer o f life as "planetary spit swapping."

Take me to If it is true that life originated your leader on Mars and then traveled to Earth, then the two planets might be more The idea that life arose else­ interrelated than w as previously w here in the u n iverse and w as th ou gh t.

M cG ill P ro fesso r transported to Earth is known as Hojatollah Vali, who collaborated the theory o f Cosmic Ancestry, or on the paper, says that since pieces panspermia. Benjamin W eiss, the o f Mars have been bom barding first author o f last w eek’s paper, Earth for b illio n s o f years, life thin ks that th is se e m in g ly far­ originating on Mars would proba­ fetched theory is actually reason­ bly have reached Earth sooner or able. later. He points out, however, that "Like most scientists, I think this finding still leaves unresolved it's likely that life originated else­ the question o f how life began. where in the universe, although I'm "I don’t really care where the not confident it originated indepen­ organism formed if it’s here. First dently twice in our solar system," w e must understand the steps [of said Weiss. the origin o f life]."

According to W eiss, life prob­ U n d erstan d in g th o se step s ably didn’t begin spontaneously on may take some time. According to Earth. The earliest evidence o f life Anderson, researchers w ill proba­ on Earth comes only a few hundred bly never know exactly how life m illion years after the end o f a began. With this discovery, howev­ bombardment o f "protoplanetary er, they have a whole new planet o f objects" that probably kept Earth possibilities to explore. life le ss. M any scien tists b elieve

(U -W IR E ) N EW YORK A cc o rd in g to a ru lin g by the National Labor R elations Board, graduate assistants from New York University may form a union. If so, it would be the first o f its kind at any private u n iversity in the States.

The ruling could open the door for G A s at p rivate u n iv e rsitie s nationwide to unionize; public uni­ versity G A s have been unionized for decades.

The NLRB upheld R egional Director Daniel Silverman's April ru lin g that graduate a ssista n ts (GAs) are employees, not just stu­ d en ts, as N ew Y ork U n iv ersity officials have argued. Silverman’s decision permitted the first union election at a private university, the results o f which have been sealed since N Y U appealed the ruling last spring.

T he d e c is io n , by N LR B Chairman John C. Truesdale and Board member Wilma B. Liebman, said N Y U GAs, like workers in a similar case involving the Boston M ed ical C enter, are em p lo y ee s becau se their status as students does not preclude them from being employees.

"Like the Regional Director, w e find there is no basis to deny c o lle c tiv e -b a r g a in in g rig h ts to statu tory e m p lo y e e s m erely because they are em ployed by an educational institution in w hich they are enrolled as students," the decision said in part.

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"It’s a great decision ," said Julie Kushner, the director o f the N ew York o ffic e o f the U nited Auto Workers, which is the union that would represent NYU GAs. "It confirms what w e have known all along — that the G A s deserve to unionize."

Kitty Krupat, a graduate stu­ d en t in the A m erica n S tu d ie s department and GSOC member, said she was "just elated."

N Y U officials said they were "disappointed" with the decision yesterday.

"Today's d ecisio n overturns nearly a quarter-century o f prece­ dent with no changes in circum ­ sta n c e s to ju s t if y it," N Y U spokesman John Beckman said.

In addition to maintaining that GAs are not employees, University o ffic ia ls have a lso dispu ted the exclusion o f som e research assis­ tants in the s c ie n c e s and the S a ck ler In stitu te o f G raduate Biomedical Sciences from a future union.

The NLRB yesterday support­ ed the exclusion o f some research assistants from the bargaining unit, a move N YU officials decried.

"In u p h o ld in g the reg io n a l director's decision to exclude [a] large number o f science students, they have shown a serious lack o f understanding o f graduate educa­ tion: they have created artificial d istin c tio n s b etw e en d iffer en t 'types' o f graduate a ssista n ts," Beckman said.

K ushner sa id the U A W is preparing for results o f last spring's union vote to finally be announced.

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T he u nion is "an xiou s to g e t through the vote count and confi­ dent that we'll win and be certified at the bargaining table," she said.

S hou ld the e le c tio n resu lts form a union, Kushner said, the first order o f business would be to elect a "bargaining committee" o f G A s, to draft contract proposals and to meet with the University.

M e a n w h ile , N Y U o f fic ia ls have not revealed how they w ill rea ct to the d e c is io n , but a S ep tem b er m em orandum from Provost Harvey J. Stedman sug­ gested that the U niversity m ight consider taking its case to a higher power than the NLRB. The "final arbiter” in the union dispute is the federal court sy stem , the m em o stated.

Beckman said yesterday that N Y U o ffic ia ls are still deciding how to respond to the defeat "The University w ill have to consider its options, balancing the interests o f its community o f schol­ ars against what it believes to have been an incorrect d ecisio n with substantial national educational implications," Beckman said.

"The o n ly av en u e for the U n iv e r sity to tak e o p p o sitio n w o u ld b e for the U n iv ersity to refuse to bargain," in which case the N LR B w o u ld take N Y U to court, Kushner said.

U nion supporters co u ld not underestim ate the importance o f the ruling. "It m eans so much to graduate student e m p lo y ee s all across the country," Krupat said.

But, she said, "it didn't happen o v er n ig h t. W e'v e w ork ed lik e dogs.”

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EDITO RIALS "Y o u r ignorance cram ps my conversation."

— Bob H ope

Stop the Press

"A man w h o thinks of him self as belonging to a particu­ lar national group in A m e rica has not yet becom e an A m erican ."

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A s a long-standing program­ mer at CKUT, a m em ber o f the — Woodrow Wilson M cGill community, and someone experienced with community radio in 6 countries, I fee l ob liged to respond to Mr. Ducan Reid’s col­ umn of Oct. 31 (Issue 8) entitled, “Is

By A ndré N ance CKUT listening to its listeners?” As a philosophy professor I am perhaps Nowadays people talk about the smoke and mirrors of modern overly sensitive to arguments, but I campaigning, but even back in the good old days, a vote really came find this piece to be conspicuously down to whether a voter could trust a candidate. Bum bling Bush and lacking in them! It also panders in two-faced Gore have left voters with a choice between the fool and hearsay and mere guesswork, sprin­ the knave. In 1960, the Am erican p u b lic faced a sim ilar decision kling in some factual mistakes along between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Last time, they chose the way. the fool. Let's hope history repeats itself.

Mr. Reid claims that CKUT is As the favourite son of a fam ily equivalent to Am erican political too different, unpredictable and royalty, Kennedy enjoyed celebrity status. His luxurious lifestyle cap­ (th erefore?) alien a tes potential McGill listeners. He claims also that tured the imagination of many Americans. The story is the same for he does not “know what he is in for” Bush. For both, personal charm balanced an overwhelm ing lack of when turning on the station and that experience that caused both to rely heavily on advisors; Kennedy the station is (therefore?) inaccessi­ called upon Harvard's "best and brightest" and Bush reached across b le to him . The program m ing, partisan lines to find the best man for the job. The strength behind called “esoteric” and confined to both campaigns was the ability to couple excellent people skills with “the fringes o f m usical form and the natural affection Am ericans have for their political royalty. substance” (whatever that might Nixon was a knave w ell before the Watergate scandal. Known mean) does not capture the “McGill for backroom dealings, he was a career politician bent on reaching mainstream.” the top. He had worked as someone else's stooge for his w hole life, At the sam e tim e, Mr. Reid and now it was his turn. N ixo n set the m old for G o re w hen he does desire a CKUT that is “differ­ poured over details, got lost in the minutiae and often missed the big ent” (but not TOO different), admits picture as a result. Gore follow s in N ixon's footsteps as he em bellish­ that it plays music he is interested es personal anecdotes, infatuated with his public image. in, and hopes that CKUT could In both the 1960 and 2000 elections, the debates highlighted the “expand our m usical tastes” and differences between the fools and the knaves. An estimated 85 to “grab people like [him] ... with new 120 m illio n Am ericans tuned in to see Kennedy and N ixon. Both and diverse music and ideas.” It men showed a grasp of the issues, but Kennedy's composure in front ; seems that Mr. Reid wants, in effect, of the camera, his Harvard pedigree, and relative good looks con­ a station that plays the “b-sides” of vinced many viewers that Kennedy had won the debate. If anything, the d iscs he already ow ns. The the 2000 debates showed Bush standing toe-to-toe with G ore on the degree to w hich it presents new issues and retaining some am icable com posure to boot. M eanw hile, music should be carefully indexed two-faced Gore vacillated between friendly and aggressive personali­ to Mr. Reid’s developing tastes, and ties. should perhaps become (to use his After the knave fin ally won in 1968, N ixo n 's secret m achina­ language) more progressive as his tions and political dealings eventually went too far. If he had not taste develops. Is this really what resigned, Watergate w ould have led to his swift impeachment. Not CKUT should become: CKUREID? nearly as clever and talented as Nixon, Gore could never cause as And yet I do not ev en find his much damage. Nevertheless, if elected, he w ould be equally as ruth­ description of the (music) program­ less in pursuing a partisan agenda and d iv id in g A m erica. G o re ming of the station at all accurate. dem onizes contrary opinions and prefers to talk about what makes Is D obbin’s D en, surely the people different than about what brings them together. This co n ­ finest mainstream jazz program in frontational man lacks the diplom atic skill to unite differing opinions Montreal, too weird? Is Folk Roots, behind a com m on goal.

Folk Branches, one o f the longest M uch like Kennedy in 1960, Bush lacks experience. Kennedy's running, and most respected folk programs in North America, too on foolish and hotheaded decisions led to public relations nightmares the m usical fringes? Are Funky like the Bay of Pigs incident. Bush makes up for his shortcomings R evolu tions (contem porary and with an ability to lead. He has already built coalitions across party classic funk), Wings of a Dove (reg­ lines. H is relationship with leading Texan Dem ocrat, the late Bob gae), Butcher T’s Noon-Time Cuts Bullock, is a good example. (contemporary R and B), Basabasa A lthough a fool, Bush is nevertheless m ore of a leader than Soukous Soundz (world beat), to Gore. Bush has proven his w illingness to work with people w ho do present just a few exam ples, too not share his views and opinions. This w illingness is vital to good esoteric? leadership and it is a w illingness that Gore lacks. G ore w on't even Yet further, two shows which listen to people w ith in his ow n party, leaving m any to con sider play music perhaps unfamiliar to Nader as a viable option to vent their frustration. many, Where’s the Beat? (20th cent.

The fool won in 1960. Today, Am ericans choose once again C la ssica l) and Contem porary between the fool and the knave. I'll choose the fool on any day.

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It's not easy being Green The fool and the knave

By Rhea W ong As a registered Green Party member and loyal Northern Californian, I've found the U.S. election to be nothing more than a farcica l, m edia blitz consisting of two rather bland Gentlem en C's battling it out for a chance to make their daddies proud.

Short of the fact that neither of them D IF F E R E N C E have d iffe re n tia te d th e m se lv e s on any ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ m ajor issue, the ch o ice is essentially the lesser of two evils. Sadly, the structure of the Am erican two-party system means that the dissatisfied voters are unable to vote as they truly wish to: Ralph Nader.

It is no secret that Ross Perot's 8 per cent showing in the last presidential elections voiced the sentiment of Am ericans' disillusion with the current party system. Regardless of the fact that he was a flaky Texan billionaire (why does that seem familiar?), the appeal of Perot was his no-nonsense, straight-forward rhetoric w hich was not engineered to let the voters hear what they wanted to hear. Though I did not agree with his points, I applauded his audacity.

M uch in the same vein, Nader has never m inced words about where he stands politically, ideologically, econom ically or socially.

In fact, his resolve and staunch political values are most reminiscent of the spirit of the founding fathers. He says what he means, he means what eh says, and he stands firm and he refuses to pander to the changing of the political winds.

The most irritating aspect of this election is the importance of m edia coverage and image stroking. U n lik e the 1992 elections w hich was actually entertaining with the charismatic Clinton wooing the M T V crowd and Bush trying to capitalize on his nationalistic war against those bad, bad M fddle Easterners, the current swing voters are supposed to be swayed by a slick figure, well-dressed spouses and pretty offspring.

The difference? This campaign is all smoke and mirrors between tw o b o rin g , o h -s o -b o rin g guys. G o re has the p e rs o n a lity of W onderbread where Bush is a coked-up, inept, drunk driver. The most interesting, groan-worthy aspect of the campaigns are the rela­ tives pushing for their collective candidates.

M y, aren't Gore's daughters so blond and pretty! Gosh, isn't Bush's "brown" nephew X (Y or Z?) just so ethnic! And, let me not even begin to rant about the absurdity of Bush addressing AfricanAm ericans as "brothers" or Gore speechmaking with Stevie W onder and Jesse Jackson flanking his side. Doctor, there's so much spin I think I might be sick.

The point is that, as a Californian, I can't vote for Nader out of fear of inadvertently electing Bush. W h ich is, of course, exactly what the G ore campaign wants me to think. Despite fundamentally agreeing with Nader, I can't vote for him because of the structure of the two-party electoral college. That is the tragedy of the Am erican system. D espite the lib era list values that A m e rica was founded upon, despite the lip service paid to self-determination as an individ­ ual, I can't really vote for whom I want. Yet, Nader rallied hard to the end and is w illin g to take Gore votes w hich is essentially cutting off the nose to spite the face.

At the end of the day, I might succum b to the pressures. After all, a boring candidate is better than an irresponsible, inexperienced one. But, rest assured, I w ill be joining Nader 2004.

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Presidential elections in American history. In a few w eeks, Canada too will embark on a new course for the coming years. All the while, the world watches as tensions in the Middle East continue to boil. Each of these issues has seen its share of coverage. I, for one, feel it is time to address an equally burn­ ing question. Now I know that for many of you, it is an issue that is equally per­ plexing. Just what, my friends, is up with the new Subway bread?

Y es, it’s time to use this bi-weekly space for good rather than evil. Let it not be said that I don’t address the issues that the people really care about.

Seriously! In case you haven’t heard (and I can’t imagine why, unless you fre­ quent the paper-tiger-imperialist-burgerch ain s), Subw ay, the w orld ’s secondlargest fast food empire, has introduced new bread. It co m e s in " excitin g flavours" like oregano and parmesan and italian etc. The Subway Agit-Prop has been working furiously in the last few m onths to hype the bread. So w as it worth it?

NO! It’s egregious, outrageous and preposterous! This ‘new’ bread is just the old bread w ith slits in the top. R eal clever! Ok, there are som e flec k s o f spices, but people, p eople...it’s bread! It really comes down to two choices: white or that nasty-fibre-brown.

This brings me the general downward direction o f the entire Subway operation.

The dawning of the "Subway Era" led us away from the evils o f Mr. Sub’s regime.

Absolute genius — the way they cut the bread in the middle (you know, the little trench). Now I go into Subway, and for som e reason the guy starts cutting the bread on the side! Does he not understand the sanctity o f the middle cut? That’s why I go to Subway. What a disaster, first bite and everything just falls out. I fear the dissem ination o f a vast counter-revolu­ tionary conspiracy.

Unable to wean m yself from them, ev e n after b ein g so frustrated w ith S u b w a y ’s Bread R ev o lu tio n for the Proletariat, I went back for more. This time I insisted for the trench cut — thank goo d n ess som e o f the old cadres still remembered the past. But then it hit me, what happens with the next generation of Subway em ployees? Heavens to Betsy, the time is fast approaching where no one will be able to remember the trench cut! I saw the symptoms of Subway rote-educat­ ing just the other day. The guy who wraps the sub up tried to wrap a trench-cut sub in the new style. I mean I know that h e’s probably frustrated with his pre-pubescent-pimp-moustache, but did he have to take it out on my poor sandwich? He tried several times in vain until he just gave up and fired the sub into the wax paper any old way.

This situation isn ’t that poor wrap­ per’s fault. I blame the heartless bastards at Subway HQ. Their top-down indoctri­ nation is corrupting the whole purity of the sub! Friends, w e may be witnessing the downfall o f a great institution, so make your pleas to the benevolent Subarchy before it’s too late!

here's change a coming, no doubt about it. You can smell it in the air, see it in the grass, feel it in the breeze, taste it in the bread. The world we know is gone, replaced, and metamorphasized by one o f the greatest inventions known to mankind. Yes, my children, it has happened: Subway has red efin ed the p erfect sa n d w ich yet again.

B y in tr o d u cin g new ty p e s o f loaves, improving sauces, and bettering m eat fla v o u r s, the g o o d fo lk s at Subway have proved that they will not be left behind as the sandwich enters the new millennium.

One day, you'll tell your grandchil­ dren about how san d w ich es used to look: a choice o f crusty white bread, or repugnantly h ealth y lo o k in g brow n bread; m ay o n n a ise or the in fam ou s 'secret sauce' were the only toppings; and the sandwich was cut not cut in a normal fashion, but rather to resemble a submarine. Those were the dark ages of sandwich, and I for one am ecstatic that never again w ill I have an inadequate Subway experience.

T he w ay I se e it, lif e is ab out choices. The more choices you have, the better you're able to match your ideal life to the realities which present th em selves. By expanding the bread and sauces available, Subway has, in essence, allowed the consumer to chose th eir ow n id e a l lif e . T hat's righ t, Subway is about individual choice. But, it's more than that. In fact, in retrospect, the old Subway system bordered on,

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Making the grass greener here remains that the Yankees have given us Hollywood North, high tech compa­ ny p resid e n ts (eh Stockwell?), and a sweet tastin’ beverage that near­ ly brought our school to c iv il war. W hat this actu ally m eans is that C anada g ets as m uch from Americans as they get from up north, if not more; economists call this reciprocity.

Questioning the brain drain is particularly pertinent at this stage o f the election game. The Liberals and A llian ce attempt to dem on­ strate how high taxes facilitate the exodus of young, educated citizens to the US. In order to encourage these same citizens to remain in Canada, they argue that the bud­ getary surplus needs to be used to cut these taxes. But if reciprocity indeed exists, why do politicians in sist the p ersisten ce o f a brain drain?

You see, the brain drain is a sort of political lingo used by pro­ business folk in an effort to rein­ vigorate cuts to our supposedly overw helm ing taxes. Ironically, th e se cu ts m o stly b e n e fit the w ealthy who are often from the b u sin e ss w orld th e m se lv e s.

C laim ing the m ass departure o f Canadian brains is merely the man­ ner in which big business can relate their cause to the every-day citizen.

The Outhouse of Comments D a v i d M a r s h a 11 ellow McGillians, in the next F few years your eyes will turn from the pages of the Tribune to the c la ssifie d section s o f the nation’s newspapers. Your hope will be to find a lucrative job which ensures a comfortable beginning to your new lifestyle in the so-called real world. However, many of you w ill be disheartened by our rela­ tively high income taxes. You will turn to the mammoth economy to the south where you are virtually sure to find a job. And so marvel­ lous it is, down there, that suppos­ edly taxless society abundant with opportunities.

T h is m odern p h en om en on , known conventionally as the brain drain, has been a hot topic in the federal election campaign. Most parties claim that the United States is luring many o f our young edu­ cated away with the most luscious earth worms hung on dollar sign shaped hooks. O f course, it’s no secret that our lake trout are far superior to the theirs, but the fact

O f course, no Canuck wants their ch ild n ib b lin ’ on that dirty American earthworm, ‘so if cuttin’ taxes’ll keep ‘em here, then by all means cut the suckers!’

So why not allocate the bud­ getary surplus in more productive ways, ways that don’t make fools o f the governed? To the latter question, the NDP responds avec un gros oui. In fact, the only tax related issue to which they profess is raising the income tax exemption to $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 . In d oing so, m ore bacon goes to the tables of the less fortunate, w hile the remainder of the e x c e s s tax reven u e g o e s to social programmes, such as health care. In addition, they promise to allocate $2.6 billion to p ost-sec­ ondary aid and debt relief - darn good for us M cG illians - and to bring environm ental concerns to the fore, an area in which both pro­ gression and provision are drasti­ cally needed.

An NDP governm ent w ould ameliorate society from the bottom up, kind o f lik e drafting jun ior hockey stars instead of signing free agents. The reason they would do this is simple. Whether the brain drain is a creation of the corporate world or not, they believe, as do a m ajority o f C anad ian s, that improving social programs should be the top priority o f the federal governm ent. Canadians already spend enough as it is (yes, Canada

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There, I’ve said what we've all been th in k in g. D idn't lo o k like it at the time, did it. But m inim al ch o ices? A ll sand­ w iches priced approximately the same? Two main sauces? It's almost as i f the g rin n in g fa ce b eh in d the S u b w ay co u n ter w as J o s e f S ta lin .

F righ ten in g, is n ’t it. N o w , w e have choice: I like the Italian loaf, but that's just me. If you don't like it, you can order a different kind. That's the beauty o f ca p ita lism . E very tim e I go into Subway now, I feel like singing "God bless America", or some other reason­ able Canadian facsimile.

In addition to the excellen t food quality and choices available, I like the gloves the workers wear while handling my food. I don't have to worry about the open sores on the server's hands — no soap and water will take care o f that pain. But gloves? See, that's how much the people at Subway care about us. As the old expression goes, "no glove, no sub". I think that's how the saying goes.

And if not, that's okay, because it's all about individual expression. Thank you Subway, you are a beacon to freedom everywhere.

is the second highest consumer in the world), so why the heck would you put more money into the pock­ ets of a spending crazed nation?

The aforementioned ini­ tiatives would progress Canada to such an extent that the young and ed u ca ted o f our n eig h b o u r, America, would be running to us, and not us to them. Future bac­ calau reates - n am ely y e fe llo w McGillians - would realise it is best

to remain here, working under the roof of this wonderful social safety net called Canada. With a thirst for a new job , ev ery o n e’s attention would be deterred from the words o f this column (I’ll get over it) to the tem pting c la ssifie d s o f The Gazette and La Presse, leaving The New York Times’ Canadian circu­ lation at an all time low.

Stop the Press Continued from Page 6 both programmed by members of the McGill community. It is difficult for me to imagine what the program­ ming o f a station that satisfies Mr. Reid’s desires to expand his musical horizons would look like, if CKUT does not so satisfy. In fact, the pro­ gramming is carefully constructed so as to “lead along” listeners just like Mr. Reid.

For exa m p le, after bein g exposed to more traditional styles of jazz via Dobbin’s Den, and hearing the diverse contemporary jazz styles (ev en the o cca sio n a l acid ja zz track!) which Jazz Euphorium pre­ sents, Mr. Reid might be ready to enjoy and understand the music pre­ sented by sh ow s such as Jazz Amuck and Entre Ciel et Terre. It would be a pity if such shows did not exist, since not everyone, not even all members o f the “McGill Community” start with such impov­ erished musical tastes, and these two shows are among the finest creative

m usic sh ow s that e x ist A N Y ­ W HERE (and I make this claim based on some 25 years of experi­ ence in creative music).

If a station is to broaden one’s musical horizons, its programming must be diverse, by definition. The station has realized that in the past it has been difficult to obtain the pro­ gramming grid. That is why this year it was distributed to all new stu­ dents. I might add that within the context o f Canadian College Radio CKUT is universally recognized as one o f the best run, with program­ m ing that often w in s national awards. In addition CKUT always w elco m es su g g estio n s for new s ways to fulfill its mandate, which as Mr. Reid realizes, is just the same mandate as McGill as a whole, “we are, after all, here to expand our own horizons.”

Respectively yours, Prof. Eric Lewis Dept, o f Philosophy Programmer, CKUT

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I fin d the p resen ce o f a Christmas tree on top o f the Arts building to be objectionable, if not offensive. This tree is indicative not only o f an ignorance on the part o f the University, but o f M cGill’s in ability to relate to its student body. It is a hypocritical gesture on the part o f a university that suppos­ edly prides itse lf on the diverse background o f its students.

While I do not doubt the good intentions that those who put up the tree may have had, that does not excuse the thoughtlessness that the presence of this tree implies. Let it be clear, this tree is a Christmas Tree. It is not a “Holiday Tree,” it is not a sym bol o f the “H oliday Season.” To argue thus would be like saying that a Crucifix is repre­ sentative o f all religions. This tree is a piece o f religious iconography belonging to one specific holiday: Christmas. It is divisive, exclusion­

ary, and blatantly ignores the great variety o f cu ltural h erita g es at McGill. This tree is emblematic of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant id e o lo g y that p erv a d es this University. The purpose o f a uni­ versity is education and not indoc­ trination.

Joshua E. Cohen U2, Arts

could reach into the broad range o f music outside the obvious and pre­ dictable to captivate readers with new and diverse music and ideas.

It is a question o f balance between the familiar and the boldly new.

Besides, if you don’t CKUT’s programming, why don’t you go and get your own show?

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Lots o f people listen to CKUT and find their programming not so on the fringes o f the musical spec­ trum at all. On the other hand, I d on ’t think The M cG ill Tribune music staff is listening to its read­ ers. A lth ou gh I appreciate the effort, I’m sick o f reading “the Art o f Listening” style record reviews and artist in te r v ie w s. Stu dent Publications do not, in my opinion, have to confine themselves to the “McGill Mainstream.” I sincerely wish that the Tribune and the Daily

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The recent announcement by the RCMP o f the arrests o f two Sikh extremists for the mass mur­ der o f 329 people in the 1995 Air India d isa ster cam e as a great relief. I had lost a dear friend in the bombing and I have been waiting for a sense o f closure for the last 15 years. Over time, the memories and the grief did fade, but the bitterness has remained.

Most o f the victims were Indo-

Canadian or Indian and the average Canadian could only sympathize so m uch w ith the v ic tim s or their com m un ities. The victim s were m a in ly n o n -w h ite and nonChristian and public interest died quickly, and just as quickly, the media dropped the story.

The RCMP too ignored us and dragged its heels despite the fact that the Air India bom bing was Canada’s greatest single incident of mass murder.

M ost o f C anad a’s IndoCanadian politicians also ignored the event and have never put pres­ sure on the government to speed up the investigation.

Many o f these politicians have large Sikh communities as part of their constituencies and were con­ sequently not interested in eliciting a potential backlash against their vote banks. And neither were the federal and provincial political par­ ties.

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Consequently, a number o f other terrorist attacks were planned in Canada. For example, Islamic fun­ damentalists had planned to blow up a number o f Hindu temples in Ontario, and recently, an Egyptian refugee had planned to bomb the Israeli consulate here in Montreal.

Eerily, my brother had worked in the building in which the Israeli consulate was located. If the attack had in fact been carried out, I could have lost a brother, and I would have had the dubious distinction of having lost two loved ones in two separate terrorist attacks. This in a country that I thought was safe to live in.

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By Gooblar

Here we are at last. Your recipe columnists are ready to go. For our intro­ ductory dish we decided to bring you a favourite of the house, The 3464 Curry of Champions. This recipe has been honed to perfection over two years of curry-making and is finally ready for release. The best part about it is that you can pretty much use any vegetables, meats or grains that you want- an excellent dinner choice that clears out the bottom of your fridge at the end of the week.

Ingredients • 1 pkg. Extra firm Tofu or -3 chicken breasts (cubed) • 1 can Coconut milk or some plain yoghurt1 • Curry paste (3 tsp for the spice-sensi­ tive, more if you like it hot) or powder1 • 2 caps-full olive oil • One can of plum tomatoes

• 1 big onion (red or white) • Vegetable options: Peppers (any colour), eggplant, broccoli, mushrooms (as much as you want or have in your fridge) • Some Potatoes3 • Your grain of choice (rice, couscous, bulgar wheat, millet, etc.)

Instructions Heat the olive oil in a wok-type pan, and add chopped onions. Cook them until they’re pretty much transparent, then add your protein of choice (tofu or chick­ en) and sizzle over a medium heat for a couple of minutes. Now you’re ready for the curry spicing- just make sure it coats the protein and cook for another minute or so. Throw in your vegetables and potatoes4- they’re best when cut in big chunks- and stir-fry them for a little while. Open up your can of tomatoes and dump them in the pan. If you’re using coconut milk you can add it along with the tomatoes but if you’re going with the low-fat yoghurt version you’ll want to hold off due to danger of curdling. Here you can turn up the heat and let it boil for a little bit Then turn it down, cover it and let it sit as long as it takes to finish cooking your grains (at least 20 min. for best results). If you’ve chosen the yoghurt option, add it right before you serve. In terms of cooking your grains, we like to change it up- our current favourite being couscous because it’s possibly the easiest thing in the world to make (check the box for directions).

To serve the dish, most of us dump it all in one big bowl and eat it with a fork.

However, if you happen to have roommates who have travelled to some far­ away place (like Asia) and try to recreate their experiences through dinner, they may want to have two bowls and eat it with a Chinese soup spoon- we think it’s weird but it’s up to you to decide. That’s all- we hope you enjoy it as much as we do (well, maybe not as much because then you’ll end up eating it three times a week- if this happens make sure you go for the yoghurt option!)

Footnotes 'The coconut milk tastes amazing, but the yoghurt is so much better for you. ’Again, the paste is fantastic, but for the health conscious the powder is the way to goyou can also blend the two. ’The potatoes are optional. Our friends across the street like it, we’re not so sure- we leave it up to your tastes.

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28. Tehran is its capital 29. Beamed up 30. Incisors 31. The U.S.A.'s 43rd state 32. Violinist's need 36. U.S. military training org.

39. Improvise 40. Alberta capital 42. Despair 44. Those who love sodium 48. At hand 49. Understood 50. Revise 51. Newsman Koppel 52. Odor 57. Mean, disfigured monster 59. Melt 60. Drunkard 61. Same answer as 46 Across!

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T he M c G ill T ribune , T uesday , 7 N ovember 2 000________________

The Vagina M onologues are cumming, are you?

B y Jen Jones VAGINA - admit it, it makes you uncom fortable. T here’s just som ething about that word that makes everyone a little squeamish.

When’s the last time you saw one?

Can you bring yourself to say it out loud right now wherever you are?

It is in the name of the VAGI­ N A that prom pted about thirty women to congregate on the cozy couches o f the W om en’s U nion, deep inside the Shatner Building.

It all started a long time ago with a single woman by the name of Eve Ensler.

"I was worried about vaginas.

I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more wor­ ried that we don’t think about them ... So, I decided to talk to women about their vaginas — to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues."

Those m onologues w ere the basis o f what has become a highly co n tro v ersial on e-w om an play, e n title d , "The V agin a Monologues." that eventually made it to Broadway Really, it’s been going on for a lo t lo n g er than that. W hen she began, Ensler w as trying to get people talking about what had long been silenced — things like rape, and se x u a l o p p r essio n .

N ot d w elling in the negative, Ensler wanted also to focus on the beauty o f the female body. The beauty of orgasm s, and o f birth, and how females have an organ whose sole purpose is pleasure. She was and is trying to reclaim and establish a sense of pride in the essential core o f w om en. V A G IN A -- D o es it sound so scary now?

T oday E n sle r ’s m essa g e is heard internationally with perfor­ m ances in e x o tic lo c a le s lik e Jerusalem , Zagreb and London.

More important than single acts of theatre, Ensler’s work has become an impetus for vaginal discussion across the globe. And it has affect­ ed many people. Alison Lemoine, a U1 Arts student saw Ensler’s per­ form in New York.

"It is the on ly artw ork/ m ovie/play that has significantly

Peter Sitati changed the way I look at life in one and a half hours," professes Lemoine.

W ishing to exp ose others to the forum, Lemoine volunteered to co-facilitate a vagina forum hosted by the McGill’s Women Union.

For those o f you who have yet to venture up to room 418 o f the Shatner building, where condoms are sold for 25 cents, the Women’s U nion resid es in a com fortable room with slogans on the wall like "We are dirty girl power" and "who needs a period?" On N ovem ber 1st, it was filled with curious, ner­ vous women ready to talk about,

surprise, vaginas.

L em oine and co -fa cilita to r, Sophie Johnson, shouldered the difficult task o f steering the dia­ lo g u e . L e m o in e k ick ed o f f the evening by saying, "If you had to ld me four months ago that I would be here leading a discussion about vaginas, I would righteously laugh in your face."

No one there doubted her sin­ cerity, however, the tension was palpable as a formal conference devoted to d iscu ssion about the vag in a is not a com m on ev en t.

Autum Haag, a U3 Arts student put

it aptly by saying, "I adjust my bra several times a day, wonder if my butt is looking too big, but I never wonder, ‘how ’s my vagina doing today?’" H owever, the dialogue did spring to life after Lem oine w isely injected some levity in the form o f classic Eve Ensler vagina cracks: Q: "(If your v a g in a co u ld ta lk ), w hat w o u ld you r v a g in a say?"

A: "Let me out!" or "Dammit, it would be nice to get some fresh air!"

And, once the conversation g o t r o llin g , it w and ered and

branched. T o p ics ranged from vaginal symbols, (everything from the heart-like shape o f the vulva to Toronto’s Skydome), to birth, men­ struation, and humorous memories o f p ub lic sch o o l sex education.

There was a lot o f talk about sex and lesbians and men. (G uys, if you want to pick up a few tips, sit in on on e o f th ese foru m s extremely informative!)

The beauty o f a vagina forum is that they take on a life of their own, just as this one did. The reac­ tions when this forum ended were o verw h elm in gly p o sitiv e. Som e su g g e stio n s w ere put forth for including members of the male sex in future forum s, as there were many points raised that lapsed into g en eralization s, where it w ould have been interesting to hear the male opinion.

It is important to remember, however, that the purpose o f the forum is not som e ultra-feminist m ale b ashin g party, nor is it a bunch o f unsatisfied women sitting in a c a n d le lit room cryin g and holding each other’s hands. The purpose is to generate discussion, talk about things a lot o f people have never had the chance to talk about before, and that is precisely what occurred.

Luckily for those who missed out, the vagina focus isn’t skipping town any time soon. Lemoine and Sophie Johnson are organizing the upco'ming production of the Vagina Monologues. They are also orga­ nizing the events surrounding VDay, a project to reclaim the word vagina, with events like a sex toy party and "sexercize." An initiative in colleges across North America, V -D ay even ts w ill be occurring near V a len tin e s D ay. To keep updated or get involved, you can ch eck out the W o m en ’s U nion website at www. ssmu. mcgill. ca/ wunion.

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Slaying the career stress monster B y C a ro lyn F reeman W here am I goin g to be in five years? O f course this sounds familiar. We’ve made it to the gates o f a career path, arguably one of life's biggest decisions. But we try not to think of it because it gener­ ates all sorts of unresolvable anxi­ ety that every sound individual would, for good reason, rather not deal with. We, as students, are here at M cG ill, trying to increase our intellectual capacity so that once finished school, in a year or in five, we can get a good job, do well for ourselves and, as a consequence of this, achieve some sort o f satisfying happiness. Jonathan Clark, a U1

Management student agrees. When asked where he saw himself in five years, he shrugged nervously and replied that he hoped to have some decent job. He states: "In a few years i f I'm not happy where I’m at, I'm going to force m yself to be happy because it's a lot easier than starting over."

To eventually achieve happi­ n ess, som e stu d en ts create a detailed fiv e or ten-year master plan. Others, however, can't even choose a major because the very thought of picking a single area of study is too confining and worri­ some.

Mark Y oung d efin ite ly fits into the master plan category. A

U2 Psychology major, he has had his entire college course selection on his wall since winter semester of freshman year. Despite this, how­ ever, he adm its h is in secu rities about the future, worrying about making a confining career decision within the psychology field.

"Actually," he confesses, "I've a lw ays dream ed o f b eco m in g a rock star."

T h ough it m ay seem so , sw itc h in g from P sy c h o lo g y to som ething as far afield as Music should not be thought of as ridicu­ lous. John Abela, assistant profes­ sor o f P sy c h o lo g y at M cG ill, explains: "It is en tire ly p o s s ib le to

switch what you do at any point in your life. In terms o f majors it is important to be open to switching if you realize that you're in the wrong o n e. M ajors don't n e c e ssa r ily relate. There are lots o f options: take extra cou rses, and evening courses. The pressure that students feel in selecting programs is creat­ ed for the mind. People are taught to b elieve that the career path is straight. This is not a reality."

Dr. Ted Baker, the director of M c G ill’s C o u n se lin g S e r v ic e s agrees.

"A Bachelors degree teaches you how to learn, specifically how to analyze and synthesize informa­ tion. People get into the mentality

o f b ein g caught up in a narrow range o f what they are going to do with their life," Baker said.

Furthermore, explains Baker, a student should, "use the Bachelors d eg ree to d ev elo p tran sferab le s k ills , a n a ly tic, w ritin g and research skills." This lack o f skill specificity illustrates how the job market has changed quite a bit.

Increasingly, premiums are placed on intrinsic thinking skills, rather than acquired skills.

Currently, on average, a per­ son changes careers seven tim es over a lifetime. Often people find themselves with a job that they feel

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The US election: it affects Canada American election. Gore and Bush have been everywhere. W hile A1 has been jayw alkin g with Leno, George W has been remembering his spirit with Oprah. A s an avid media consumer I have been inun­ dated w ith A m erica n e le c tio n fever. I know that more people like m e e x is t. B a sed on th is , I ’m inclined to believe that Canadians on average are more interested in the U S federal electio n that the impending Canadian one.

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Lawmaking If we examine the area o f law­ making, the president appoints jus­

tices to the Supreme Court, the ulti­ mate judicial body in the U.S. In a term o f four to eight years, he will likely appoint three. The Supreme Court has the power to decide laws in such important areas as abortion, affirmative action, and gay rights.

The next president w ill lo o k to appoint ju stic es w hose personal view s stand in line with his own.

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The impact that this will have on Canada is not clear-cut. A s popular American m edia infuses our country, American social poli­ cies are conveyed to us. If w e look at an issu e lik e abortion and i f B ush is e le c te d , he w ill lik e ly appoint justices that are anti-abor­ tion. As a result, the laws permit­ ting abortions could be repealed.

W ould this in flu e n c e C anada’s opinions on the legality o f abor­ tion? Furthermore, would it result in a w ave o f w om en com in g to Canada and overcrowding our hos­ pitals and clinics seeking such pro­ cedures?

Even if we look at other, less weighted areas o f lawmaking, we have seen that the U.S. has a defi­ nite im pact on Canadian p olicy.

For ex a m p le, m any U .S . sta tes have implem ented workfare pro­ grams as part o f reforms to welfare.

R e c e n tly , p ro v in ce s su ch as Ontario and Alberta have im ple­ mented workfare programs based on sim ilar programs in the U .S. From this example, I think that it m ight be lo g ica l to assum e that weighted areas o f U.S. lawmaking lik e abortion could dram atically influence Canada’s policies.

Environment If we examine the candidates’ positions on the environment, Gore is in favour o f environmental pro­ tection. He has been a leader in internal as w ell as international p olicy on various environm ental is s u e s , m ost n o ta b ly o n es that red u ce e m iss io n s o f in d u strial g a ses. If w e exam ine the Bush record in T exas, legislation that w as p assed in h is term s as Governor makes compliance with clean air acts voluntary. Big com­ p anies are still b ig p ollu ters in Texas. As a result, Texas has one o f the worst environmental records out o f the 50 states.

A gain, how does this affect us? Given that w e share a border with the U .S ., in addition to the Great Lakes, it is important for our environmental safety that the U.S. has a president w ho b elie v es in environmental protection. Much of the pollution in the Great Lakes is attributable to U.S. companies, not Canadian ones. W hile Canada is lo o k in g to c lea n up the G reat Lakes, if the U.S. does not do their part, our efforts will be in vain and we will suffer as a result.

Peacekeeping If we look at the military, our "be all you can be in the army" neighbours have a distinct effect on our country. The next president w ill make som e important d eci­ sions involving the U .S. military that will directly affect Canadians.

A s the U .S . has the w o r ld ’s strongest presence in international conflict and peacekeeping, the can­ didates have distinct viewpoints.

On how the military would be most effectively put to use, Bush wants to pull out o f peacekeeping

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Money m atters aside, cheaters never prosper Beneath the robe M i m i. G r o s s ot too long ago, I took a class here at M cGill that I w ill always remember, for all the wrong reasons. My professor tried very hard to make his topic seem exciting ("experts the world over had never seen a squirrel like this one") and relevant ("next time y o u ’re in the w ood s, be sure to bring your magnifying glass"), to no avail. This, coupled with his d roning m on oton e v o ic e and a M onday-W ednesday-Friday 8:30 a.m. schedule, led to embarrassing­ ly low attendance despite an official enrolment of about 150 students. A lot of students thought that the class w as a h uge w a ste o f tim e and resources, and their main concern was how to m aximize their exam grade without ever going to class.

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This person, also enrolled in the class, was an undergraduate stu­ dent who I will call Robbie. Now, R ob b ie had a laptop com p uter before they were as ubiquitous as they are now. He put it to good use, taking it to all h is c la s s e s and speedily typing out the lectures, almost verbatim. He even did all the assigned readings and summa­ rized them into Word files, with references to all the corresponding lecture notes. So when exam time was approaching, he made his fel­ low students an offer they couldn’t refuse: to help prepare for the final, he would e-mail them copies of his notes from the lectures and readings for the bargain price of twenty dol­ lars per student. O b v io u sly , he made a killing.

A nd then, R o b ert’s lif e o f crime caught up to him. The prob­ lem was that some o f the students used his notes as if they were their own notes - they had paid for them, after all. These students used sub­

stantial chunks of Robert’s notes in their exam s and as a result, their exams all looked suspiciously simi­ lar in many places. Robert himself had also used his notes in this way, so he was hauled in for cheating along w ith the others. O ver the cou rse o f several m eetin g s, the whole story came out. Robert tried to g et h im s e lf o f f the hook by explaining that he did not copy any­ thing from anyone e ls e , and o f course he had no way of knowing what the other students would do with his notes. He was just trying to help. He left his disciplinary meet­ ing thinking he had acquitted him­ self quite impressively.

O f co u rse, he w as w rong.

A lth o u g h he did get out o f the cheating charge, Robert was very surprised to receive a letter inform­ ing him that he w as now b ein g charged with the academic offence o f plagiarism. He was sure it was a mistake, given his own understand­ ing o f what it means to plagiarize and the fact that the w hole thing

Bush and Gore on foreign policy, w hat's in it for us?

By B enjamin Benchitrit

Tonight, A m ericans w ill be electin g a new president. But if you’re not an American, you may be asking yourself, what difference does that make to me?

V ice President A1 Gore and Texan Governor George W. Bush have devoted a significant amount o f cam p aign tim e on d o m estic is s u e s lik e tax cu ts, S o c ia l Security, and Medicare. Generally speaking, these issues concern only US citizens. H owever, the h ege­ monic nature o f the United States’ role in the world implies that their foreign policy is everyone’s busi­ ness. So the question is, where do the next would-be presidents stand on international policy?

Emily Bradford, an American citizen in her third year at McGill, opines about Bush’s inexperience.

"Bush’s in su fficien t k n ow l­ edge of international leaders might be an issue, especially if the US is called upon by other countries for help." says Bradford, "Gore is more up to the task than Bush in dealing with social issues (in for­ eign countries)."

There is, however, one issue on which both candidates seem to agree - an in crease in m ilitary spending. Those who tend to be more liberal have mixed feelings on the issue o f military spending.

"It’s a good thing (increase in spending) in a w ay, if A m erica wants to maintain its role o f peace enforcer," begins Bradford, but she later adds, "Imposing (American) values is not the way to go in a world where different cultures and countries may not flourish under Uncle Sam’s modus operandi.”

Military spending aside, Gore and Bush do not really agree on m uch e ls e w ith regards to A m e r ic a ’s in tern a tio n a l ro le.

M ich a el B recher, p ro fesso r in international politics, discusses that the overall difference between the two potential leaders. "[The difference] is that Gore is much more in the tradition of intervention, and internationalism w h ereas B ush b e lie v e s in a ‘fortress Am erica’, and a general ‘avoidness’ of any kind" in foreign conflicts," he stated.

"Bush w ould withdraw [the American army], and leave it up to the Europeans."

This is clearly not the attitude that the Clinton-Gore administra­ tion has practiced for the past eight years.

Striking closer to home, Luis G u stavo F lorez and L u isa Corchuelo, two exchange students from Colombia, feel that Gore is the better candidate in the fight against drug trafficking and terror­ ism, be it in the United States, or in their country. Though there are many critics of America’s ‘war on drugs’, it is clear that Gore is more willing to continue the battle as he supported a bill for $1.3 billion aid to Colombia’s army.

When asked whether any of the two candidates were up to the task in dealing with the M iddle East c r isis, P ro fesso r B recher, unlined Gore’s experience.

"Bush is certainly not up to the task. Gore is much more prepared."

Brecher said, "Even with Gore, it will take them a lot of time to deal with this conflict, where trust is so

crucial."

Though their foreign policies are drastically different, Bush and Gore have not dw elled on them.

O nce the new P resid en t takes office on January 20th, it will be interesting to note the importance g iv e n to in tern a tio n a l a ffa irs.

Brecher believes that for Bush and Gore alike, "foreign policy will be d istin ctly secondary in the first year in power.”

"If B u sh is elected ," adds B recher, "he w ill n eed tim e to d ev elo p the co m p o sitio n o f his d ecisio n -m a k in g team." In this regard, Gore does have an organi­ zational advantage.

T hese past eight years have seen Am erica steer directly into international crisis after interna­ tional crisis. From Iraq to Kosovo to the M iddle East, C linton has stuck America’s nose in everyone’s business. The results have been a mixed bag. Tonight, the American people w ill ch oose betw een two men with distinct views on foreign policy. So, despite' the allure o f fixating attention on tax cuts and h ealth care and D U I ch a rg es, A m ericans must rem em ber that they play a large role on this plan­ et. Though he may run the show at home, American’s must not forget that they’re going to have to share their president with the rest of the world.

happened in an exam setting.

However, under article 15 o f the Code o f Student Conduct and D isc ip lin a r y P ro ced u res, a lso known as the Green Book, "[no] student shall contribute any work to another student with the knowledge that the latter may submit the work in part or in w hole as his or her own." But Robert didn’t know what the other students would do, right?

It hardly mattered. Article 15 goes on to explain that when a person accepts money for the work he has contributed, it will be presumed that he knew what would happen to it, unless he can prove otherwise. In this case, Robert had a very tough time arguing that he had no idea what all those students could possi­ bly want with his class notes on the ev e o f the exam . He w as repri­ manded, placed on conduct proba­ tion and he received a failing grade in the course.

The problems in this case were not uncommon. In the first place, alm o st no on e rea lly reads the

Green Book until they have already been charged with an offence. Even then, the p rovision that you are a ccu sed o f v io la tin g is u su ally m ailed to you w hen you are charged, so students are often only aware o f the specific provision of which they are in breach. Plus, even if you are familiar with the book, most o f its provisions are open to v a st in terp retation and can be applied to a huge variety o f differ­ ent situations. The best advice is almost deceptively simple: try not to cheat, plagiarize or do anything e ls e th a t’s a liste d o ffe n c e .

O therw ise, if som ething y o u ’re con sid erin g doing seem s lik e it might fall into a gray area, it proba­ bly won’t be too hard for a school administrator to fit it into to some category that w ill definitely spell trouble for you.

Mimi Gross is a columnist from the McGill Legal Information Clinic. The Clinic can be reached at 39 8 -6 7 9 2

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Career anxiety is ok

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ill-suited towards.

"However," Baker points out, "once you get a job, you don't have to conform yourself to it, make the job fit you. Manipulate it so that you are in the exact field of interest that's allowing you to do your best work."

Even the most soothing testi­ mony can be useless to a stressedout soul searcher. And obviously, the best way to alleviate the situa­ tion is by getting active. After you have spent your first year getting a general sense o f what's out there, it's necessary to fine-tune your pro­ gram to get a good picture o f your interests.

"It is important to research dif­ ferent options before choosing a major because of an intrinsic inter­ est rather than an external expecta­ tion." Abela advises.

If you find yourself complete­ ly trapped in the confines o f worry over your future, and unable to dis­ tin g u ish your internal p a ssio n s from external pressures, you are not alone. M cGill offers several s e r v ic e s that can h elp . M cG ill N ig h tlin e (3 9 8 -M A IN ) is an anonymous listening, information

election has likely happened in the U.S. and there is a new president.

S eem in g ly , there is nothing w e Canadians can do to alter the likely im p acts o f the U .S . e le c tio n .

However, I beg to differ. Our elec­ tions are coming up on November 27th. While such exciting politi­ cal personalities like Chrétien and Day may not get you too enthused about our elections, voting is an important part of our existence as Canadians. Look at the parties and ask how they plan to counter US p o lic ie s that w ill u nd oub tedly affect us. If you believe in a dis­ tinct Canadian existence, go out and vote for a candidate w hose party will take a stand against the U.S. and not let their policies make for a weaker Canada. If anyone rem em bers the Brian M ulroney era, Free Trade, and vacations with Reagan and Bush, you’ll do some investigations on this matter and vote accordingly. We do not want to be the 51 st state.

Continued from Page 10 duties in places like the Balkans areas which are not directly in the U.S. interest. He seeks a new divi­ sion o f labour among the NATO allies.

G ore on the other hand, favours intervention in humanitari­ an causes and U.S. involvement in peacekeeping.

C anada w ill be a ffe cted because we are strong supporters o f NATO. The Canadian military is very involved in peacekeeping around the world. If Bush wins and p u lls troop s out o f p la ce s deem ed not in the U .S. interest, other NATO members, including Canada w ill have to pick up the slack and w e w ill be forced to deploy more m embers from our military to keep peace around the world.

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and referral service that can answer any questions that you have and direct you to the appropriate facili­ ty. Faculty sp ec ific co u n selin g , advising at Dawson Hall, the men­ tal health c lin ic , the C areer Placem ent Centre, or A cadem ic Counseling in the Brown Building are all possible options.

In a d d itio n , stu d en ts have spawned a joint program between the Career Centre and Academ ic Counseling. Called the Program for the A dvan cem ent o f Career Exploration, P .A .C .E ., has been created to help guide even the most anxious students. This program has three phases, each consisting of four w orkshops, w hich can take place throughout three years.

Phase One presents students with various tests designed to elu­ cidate a student’s values, goals, interests, and personality type.

"This phase lets people know who they are, what they are inter­ ested in, and where their skills lie.

From this phase, they can decide on a fittin g m ajor and b egin to develop possible career goals." Dr. Baker elaborates.

P hase T w o o f the program provides additional exploration in

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greater depth. Vocational tests are given w hich approxim ate a stu­ dent’s hypothetical satisfaction in a particular field.

Phase Three consists o f work­ sh o p s g iv e n by C .A .P .S . The workshops teach students the skills to find a job that they desire, and d iscu sses C .V .'s and su cc essfu l interviewing techniques.

Once a student has completed all three p h a ses, th in g s sh ould become a little less foggy.

"The P.A.C.E program helps students establish a solid program and investigate personal issues," says Baker.

It's a fact: young adults get anxious about many things, includ­ ing academ ic d ecision s. It’s not secret, all you have to do is talk to a friend, or watch an episode o f highbrow, young-adult television drama lik e D a w s o n ’s C reek.

However, when stress and fear of the unknown strike, it is w ise to heed the councils o f Dr. Baker: "Career is a part o f a large package o f anxieties. A nxiety is okay. D on't get caught up in it though. Life and the future have a way o f working themselves out! "

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By Erin Butler Im agine life w ithout em ail, without MSN, ICQ, Amazon.com or Napster. Yes. Imagine life with­ out the Internet — a return to those days when talking to som eone in Australia usually meant sending a letter.

In ten short years, the Internet has moved from obscure academic tool to all-encompassing network o f m illions o f users, connecting people in every country, on every continent. But with the net’s entry into the mainstream come the prob­ lems of the real world: crime, polit­ ical injustice, censorship. As both governm ents and citizen s try to come to terms with the immensity o f the danger that the Internet pre­ sents, it seems inevitable that regu­ la tio n o f w eb co n ten t w ill be attempted.

But what is content regulation and what does it mean? Regulatory movements have developed at both the national and international levels o f government.

Every country maintains dif­ ferent ideals and morals, as reflect­ ed in the differen ces o f legality from nation to nation.

"Even murder is not prosecut­ ed in ev ery c o u n tr y ,” says P ro fesso r Sunny H anda o f McGill’s Faculty of Law. It is then no surprise that gov­ ernments should try to regulate an international medium that reflects multiple moral and legal codes that often do not coincide with local beliefs. Political diversity has led to som e very d ifferen t regulatory actions.

Forget about reading the New Y ork T im es o n lin e n ext tim e you’re in Beijing. It is one of the w eb site s bann ed in C h in a ’s

Internet P ractice C ode, w h ich strictly limits foreign content and bans politically sensitive content.

B a s ic a lly any in form a tio n that could harm its reputation, touch on state security issues or comment on C h in a-T aiw an r e la tio n sh ip s is b lock ed at the Internet serv ic e provider level. Running a site from China that contains illegal content can result in a heavy fine or jail term . The C h in e se p o lic y o f Internet ce n so rsh ip m irrors its efforts in mainstream media.

W hen the Internet cam e o f age, free speech activists heralded the beginning o f a glorious new era o f free speech and democracy for all. While their message has been somewhat tempered by the noted absence o f a w orld w ide laying dow n o f arm s, it n o n e th e le ss ex p r e sse s w hat m any h ope the Internet w ill even tu ally a ccom ­ plish, or at least to open the doors.

China’s legislation thus seems to stand as a barrier in this process.

"We should not deceive our­ selves into imagining that the pro­ liferation o f communication alone will produce free and democratic polities. During the Kosovo Crisis, web sites devoted to propaganda on both sides of the dispute were often preferred sources o f information even in expatriate com m unities.

S om etim es p eop le seek out the truth they want to hear," explained Janda.

H ow ever, he c o n ce d e s that censorship is not an easy task, even for governments.

"I do not b elieve that China [or Singapore for that matter] will be successful in screening out parts of the Internet. Too many hackers w ill patch around those efforts.

However, China may remain suc­ cessful for some time in fostering a

preference for sources of informa­ tion it controls."

Other states are also trying to lim it a ccess. N ew regulation in Australia hopes to introduce a web­ wide rating system, instituted on all nationally held servers. Sites will be screened for illegality and offen­ sive content. If sites are found and housed on an A ustralian server, they will be removed; if on a for­ eign server, Australian ISPs must block it.

In 1 9 9 4 , the U n ited S tates attem p ted to p a ss the "Communications D ecency Act," which — similar to Australian reg­ ulation — would remove sites dis­ playing illegal content. However, a huge uproar by the U.S. free speech lobby resulted in the b ill being deem ed u nconstitution al by the courts. Only a lim ited portion o f the law , w ith little pow er, still exists.

The Canadian government has, for the most part, taken a hands-off approach to Internet la w . The Canadian Radio T e le v isio n and Telecommunications. Commission has granted ISP providers a five year exemption from the specified C anadian co n ten t re g u la tio n s required for other forms o f media.

"They know that any attempt at national regulation w ill be a w aste o f tim e. W hat’s the point when the server can m ove across the border?" says Handa.

Recognizing the international character of the net and the techni­ cal difficulty in limiting access, the Canadian government has instead decided any meaningful regulation must be done through international agreement.

That, of course, is easier said then d one. The d iffe r e n c e s o f national law and attitudes on free

speech, privacy and illegality, as reflected in the variety o f national regulation, are proving to be the biggest barriers to global web regu­ lation. A 1999 UNESCO confer­ ence entitled, "Internet and N ew S erv ice s," atten d ed by six ty nations, including Canada and the United States, concluded that the differences in the application o f freed om o f statem ent m ean the global net regulation is not feasible in the short term.

"The most you could hope for would be som e harmonization o f rules between countries concerning areas lik e ch ild pornography," Handa contends, when considering the viability o f international regula­ tion.

"For what purpose does one want global Internet regulation? If it is to deal with criminal activity, I think that co o p er a tio n am ong domestic law enforcement officials will prove to be adequate. I like to say that w e have not d eveloped global camera regulation, although the camera has fa cilita ted child pornography, fraud, blackmail, and racist propaganda. I am yet to be persuaded that the Internet should be regarded d iffe r e n tly in th is regard," says Janda.

Evidence o f domestic coopera­ tion has already been achieved. In May o f 1999, the British govern­ ment was able to shut down a web­ site based in Switzerland. A former M I-6 spy w an ted to broad cast alleged secret information about British espionage, something that he had signed a contract not to do.

The American company, Geocities, also complied with the British gov­ ernm ent requ est to rem ove the offensive site.

So the short answer: net regu­ lation is, at the moment, generally

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neither feasible nor effective. The Internet will probably go on being, well, the Internet. Of course, a gov­ ernm ent may try to change that with extreme penalties.

"If you said ev ery o n e w ho downloaded an MP3 w ould have their hand chopped off, you would see a sig n ifica n t d eclin e in the number of downloads... [ the effi­ cacy] o f regulation, depends, like anything on the political system where it is being installed," says Handa.

The problems reflected in the struggles of net regulation are those o f society, and thus as yet, are in a con tinu al stru ggle for the final answer. But are we, in the end, ask­ ing the wrong questions?

"We should be asking what sort o f public good is associated with Internet content and how can we ensure that it will be provided and enhanced... The Internet could be a remarkable repository o f our history and culture... Such public goods in the common heritage o f mankind and democratic communi­ cation will be inadequately provid­ ed by markets for content. We have to design ways to ensure that the original common property concep­ tion o f the Internet is not entirely erased with the flourishing o f ecommerce. If content ‘regulation’ m eans assuring the provision o f these public good s, for exam ple through a ccess provider licen se fees, I’m in favour — I’d even give part o f the jo b to the CBC," explained Janda. "[But] if content regulation m eans tellin g people how many Canadian web sites they have to visit or how many banners for Canadian products they have to be exposed to, count me out."

In Flanders Fields... Poppies benefit brave veterans Continued from Page 1 w hile serving in the Blackwatch R egim ent and the com rades he lost in Korea.

The poppy is an im portant sym bol to these men and others like them. It represents the fact that we have a free country.

“G uys w ent over there and lost their lives so that we could be free,” says N olan. In a way the poppy is a tribute not only to those that died, but also to the living, those that survived the traumas of war.

“It makes you feel good, that yo u d id n ’t w a ste your tim e d o in g [e n lis tin g ],” says P op eye about seeing people wearing the poppy.

To Nolan, the poppy is som e­ thing different. “To me it’s like a fallen comrade, if he were alive he would be able to see all the flow ­ ers.”

The person who was respon­ sible more than any other for the

adoption of the poppy as a token o f rem em brance in Canada was Lt. John M cC rae, a C anadian m edical officer during WWI and author o f the fam ous poem , In Flanders Fields. The sale o f pop­ pies during the two weeks leading up to Remembrance Day is actual­ ly a nationwide fundraising cam­ p aign o rg a n iz ed by the R o y a l Canadian Legion. The funds allow the Legion to operate the service bureau, which acts as an advocate and p rovides direct serv ice for veterans, ex-service people and their dependents by compensating for injury-related d isab ilities or helping those in financial distress.

Poppy funds are used for lo w rental housing and care facilities for the elderly or disabled, mealso n -w h e e ls , tran sp o rta tio n and related services for veterans and their dependents.

N ot to be fo rg o tte n on R em em b ran ce D ay is the Unknown Soldier, who represents all those who died in warfare, but

w hose bodies were never found.

“All our friends came home with him and through him . The U nknow n S o ld ier co u ld be my best friend ,” relates P opeye, in reference to the ceremonial return o f the b od y o f the U n k n ow n Soldier to Canada.

“In WWI so many were killed in bombardments and were never found. In trench warfare, b om ­ bardments would come and twen­ ty men at a time would just disap­ pear,” describes Nolan.

When asked about his experi­ en ce in the Korean War, N olan recounts a story o f how his troop had just moved into the lines, up to the hill 252. “W e relieved the PCLI’s and that w as at the time that the Chinese had entered the war. We had just reached our des­ tination when over the loudspeak­ er w e heard ‘W elcom e C olon el B ingham !’ W e had just arrived.

H ow did they k n ow w h o w e were?”

This story recounts som e o f

the psychological scare tactics that were used to frighten and intimi­ date soldiers on the b attlefield .

N o la n ’s group had o n ly ju st arrived to relieve the others and already the Chinese and Koreans knew exactly who they were via in t e llig e n c e , w h ich w as very unsettling.

M any h isto r ia n s say that Canada’s role in one o f the most prominent victories o f WWI, the storm in g and capture o f V im y R idge, marked C anada’s b eg in ­ n in g as a n a tio n . S in c e then Canadian Armed Forces partici­ pated in WWII, the Korean War, T he G u lf W ar and num erous p ea ce k e ep in g m issio n s for the U n ited N a tio n s. O ver 1 1 6 ,0 0 0 Canadians have died serving their country during one o f these wars or m issions. They are the people who w e remember on Novem ber 11.

To Nolan, Remembrance Day has been a part o f h is life ever since he can remember. “I’ve been

going to November 11 memorials sin ce I w as six years old. I had two N ovem ber l l ’s in Korea in action. We had our one minute of silence even on the battlefield.”

This year the Royal Canadian L eg io n asks that w e ob serv e a tw o -m in u te s ile n c e , at the eleventh hour o f the eleventh day o f the e le v e n th m onth. The m om ent has b een ex te n d ed to allow C anadians more tim e for adequate reflection.

“I ’ll thank G od that w e ’re alive and that w e’re free. I’ll think of the soldiers that gave their lives so that today in Canada we have freedom,” says Nolan, when asked what he will be thinking o f during that moment. Popeye states that he would remember that w e’re a free country.

“T he g u y s that w en t o v er there— it wasn’t for nothing,” he says. “Those who do not remem­ ber the past are con d em n ed to repeat it.”

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Tune in as we telep h o n e Broadcast B y M ike B a r g a v M arie -H élene S avard _______

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The best m usic often com es through more as a full-blown sen­ sory experience than as just riffs, choruses and catchy lines. It’s easy to lo se y o u r se lf in B road cast’s N o ise th a t P eo p le M ake and its ambient, atmospheric and sinister v ib e, exp erien cin g m ore o f the emotion and mood than listening to the music itself.

It takes a w hile though, get­ ting used to an ethereal voice bet­ ter suited for cheery Britpop used with electro-jazz lines traditionally sung by much deeper and warmer fe m a le v o c a lis ts . S tra n g ely enough, Broadcast more than pulls o f f the contrast o f h eavy, dark music and melodic, poppy vocals.

The key lie s in Trish K eenan’s u n relen tin g m o n o to n e— m ost m usicians who try to sing a sixm inute p iece w ithout any tonal changes probably fall flat on their fa c e s . W ith N o ise th a t P e o p le M ake h o w e v er , the m o n o to n ie vocals take on a hypnotic, soft lul­ la b y -lik e q u a lity that se em s stra n g ely d ista n c ed from the m usic, yet at the same tim e per­ fectly flows with it.

Well, tact begs not to slip into a Beatles rant at this point o f the review , but screw decorum and continence. Broadcast is an excel­ lent band, and their music definite­ ly stands up on its own, but it is impossible to overlook the fact that it is built on B ea tles’ form ulas.

Dark, trancey music coupled with lighter vocals à la McCartney and Lennon ( ‘Long was the Year’), a deluge o f minor key work (appar­ ently Broadcast d oesn ’t do any­ thing in major), the coupling o f W estern and E astern m elo d ie s ( ‘Papercuts’), double percussion, and orchestral preludes ( ‘U ntil Then’, ‘Echo’s Answer’) are stan­ dard Beatle fare. Take this formu­ la, replace guitar-riffs with synthlines and rock n’ roll with electronica and the result is something very similar to Broadcast.

Broadcast’s only fault is the problem that plagues all exception­ al trance: Noise that People Make sh in e s b est on the b a sis o f its uniqueness, which steadily dimin­ ish es the m ore you listen to it.

Y o u ’ll w orship the album for a week or two, and then let it gather dust for a year. T hankfully, we were in worship mode when Rog S te v e n s, the k eyb oard p layer, called us from the band’s van in preparation for their u pcom ing Montreal concert. But, as y o u ’ll see, the most enthusiastic listeners don’t always make the best inter­ viewers.

No, not Heaven s gate... Broadcast searches for artistic vision

The Interview A fter the stan d a rd in trodu c­ tio n s an d the “H o w ’s y o u r d a y been so f a r ? ”, we asked Rog about a lovely video w e ’d ju s t seen on the web: T rib un e: We were watching the v id e o for ‘C om e on, le t ’s g o ’ and...

Rog: (surprised) You were watch­ ing the video for ‘Come on, let’s g o ’?

Tribune: Yes, it’s on the Tommy Boy website.

Rog: We don’t have a video for ‘Come on, let’s go’.

T ribune: You don’t? (Awkward silence) Alright, then it must have been for another son g...

Rog: N o, describe this vid eo to me.

Tribune: It’s in black and white and...

Rog: Is it in a theatre?

Tribune: No, it’s not.

Rog: (checks with the other people in the van) Yeah that’s it. We did a video for ‘Come on let’s g o ’ that we never used, but we did a video for ‘P apercuts’ that w e did use.

What is this video like?

Tribune: It really fuzzy and keeps sw itch in g b etw een im ages, and between negative shots and normal shots.

Rog: Uh... Are we in it?

Tribune: Yes, you’re in it.

Rog: Are we in this kind of...

Tribune: You’re in it.

R og: W ell th a t’s p rob ab ly for ‘Papercuts’.

Tribune: Why didn’t you release the ‘Come on, let’s go’ video?

Rog: Because it was shit.

How com pletely unprofessional o f us. H ow co u ld we confuse song titles like that? Well, turns out we didn 7. Even though the “Come on, l e t ’s g o ” vid eo has now d is a p ­ peared from the Tommy Boy web­ site (coincidence? We think not), the sa ved copy on our com puter desktop proves that we weren 7 as u n p rep a red a s we a p p ea red . O f course, we knew none o f that dur­ ing the in te r v ie w . F e e lin g like idiots and trying to save face, we asked about the ‘Papercuts ’ video: Tribune: So...w here did the inspi­ ration for the video that we saw come from?

Rog: W e were basically watching a lo t o f W illia m B u rrough s film s...W e also managed to hire these ‘Dream Machines’... I don’t know if you’ve seen them... When you spin them they create this strobe effect that induces a trance state. They were used by William Burroughs and other people in the 60’s.

By now it w as a p p a ren t th at we were definitely not talking about the same video. What to do? Rog had unwittingly offered us an exit route: William Burroughs. While we ’ve never seen his experimental fdm s, one o f us (Mike, not to name him ) has seen N a k ed Lunch 10 times. M aybe Rog was a fello w afi­ cionado: T r ib u n e : H ave you w atch ed Naked Lunch?

Rog: Well I’ve only watched bits o f it, and didn’t think it was a suc­ cess.

At this point, even with our waning p e r s p ic a c ity , we co u ld se e that things w e re n ’t goin g w ell. A fter hitting a fe w more dead-ends we decided to ask the safest question o f all: Tribune: What would you say the two best CD’s o f all time are?

Rog: The reissue o f United States o f America on CD. T rib u n e: I n otice that you talk about them a lot and I was wonder­ ing if...

Rog: [interrupting] I get two don’t I? Can I say another one as well?

Tribune: Yes, yes o f course.

Rog: Actually we listened to this band called 01so...we played with them a couple o f gigs ago in Texas I think. Their cd as w e ll.... It’s

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Tribune: “Orsa”?

Rog: Yeah, orso, also, osso* orso orsa, or so...

Tribune: I’ve never heard of them.

Rog: They’re from Chicago. They play like kind of... I don’t know what you call it.

R og w a s n ’t havin g fun. N eith er were we. We knew it would be wise to end things there, but there was one last question we couldn 7 resist asking: T rib u n e: The first song on the album, ‘Long was the year’ sound­ ed a bit like the opening to ‘I am Walrus’. Were you influenced by The Beatles at all?

Rog: (plainly) No, not really. Not at all. Plenty o f bands in Britain are influenced by the Beatles right now, and I don’t really like them.

Not an influence really.

So m aybe w e w ere m istaken a b o u t th e B e a tle s . It h a p p en s.

M aybe we d id n ’t click with Rog (w h o , b y th e w a y, w a s r e a lly d e c e n t a b o u t it a ll) . B ut th a t shouldn 7 deter you from going to s e e B r o a d c a s t a t th e C a b a r e t Sunday (Nov. 12th) with C hicago’s seminal The Sea and Cake. W e’ll b e th ere, ch ee rin g lo u d e r than e v e r y o n e e ls e w hen th ey p la y ‘Come on le t’s go. ’

The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 7 November 2000

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G o y a in B o r d e a u x : c o lo u r a n d lig h t

The cheese stands alone B y J u d ith D ro ry ___________________ G oya in Bordeaux is a w on­ derful movie that tells the story of one o f the greatest artists o f all time, Francisco De Goya, and his art, while being a beautiful piece of art in itself. Director Carlos Saura {Flamenco, Tango) creates a mov­ ing film that gives one the impres­ sion of a live production on stage, rather than sitting in a cinema.

S aura’s fa sc in a tin g u se o f colour and light gives the film a surreal quality that im merses the viewer into Goya’s mind right from the opening scen e, in w hich the carcass of a bull strings itself onto

Press shot a meat rack and transforms itself into the face of Goya. The rest of the film pulls you right into Goya’s psyche. U sin g colour to portray emotion, Saura attempts to give us a glimpse into the mind of one of the 19th century’s most important artists.

T he p ictu re reco u n ts the events o f Goya’s life and art in a se rie s o f fla sh b a c k s, dream sequences and stories, as told to his young daughter Rosario. Goya is considered by many to be the father o f modern painting and this film gives you the opportunity to see much o f his finest art come to life in a flurry o f action against exquis-

ite backdrops o f colour and light.

Walls appear and vanish and bed­ room s d isso lv e into battlefields.

W h o le sc e n e s breathe in v iv id colours along with the protago­ nist’s breath. Goya’s art is continu­ ously superimposed above, used as a backdrop for, and woven into the action o f the film.

One p a rticu larly stun ning example of the beauty of this film is the in terp retation o f G o y a ’s series of lithographs, “Disasters of W ar.” In b rin g in g to lif e this incredible work of art, Saura col­ laborated with the world renounced Spanish performance art troupe La Fura Dels Baus. The group o f 17

engravings were shot as a single grizzly montage that incorporated the extreme violence that was so characteristic o f G oya’s art. The fascin atin g aspect o f this scen e (and in fact o f the w hole film ) is how lo w -te ch it is. T his scen e seems to bleed violence and suffer­ ing. Using a lighting design that pays incredible attention to colour, costum es, em otional states o f the actors and a sim ple painted cloth backdrop convey the impact and horrors o f war m ore effec tiv e ly than any Hollywood computer ani­ mation technology could ever do.

What the viewer sees is a man who was a deep thinker, a great lover and a man with a powerful inner strength. Goya is a compli­ cated figure whose loss of hearing at the age o f 46 left him changed and isolated from others. At this point, he entered a dark period of life fu ll o f B lack p aintin gs and severe headaches. One o f the rea­ sons Goya is such a success is due to his vivid imagination which, as w e are told in the film , is key to life. With imagination, you can be w hoever you want to be and the only danger is madness. His belief in imagination and creation are the

key in g red ien ts in so m e o f his finest paintings.

Another reason that this film is so good is that it allows the viewer to have a full contextual knowledge of the significance o f Goya’s paint­ ings relative to the political and historical moments around him. It gives the view er the pleasure o f both u nd erstan ding the lif e o f G oya, w h ile also gettin g a rare glim pse into paintings that truly reflect the historical time. The film also deserves a mention for how closely it pays attention to detail, from the brooch o f an aristocrat all the way to the can d le-lit scen es where Goya paints away the night.

I would recommend Goya in Bordeaux to anyone who wants to see both a film about a great artist, and a film that uses colour, music and lighting to perfection. While the film is a little long, it is well put together and offers a rare look into G oya both as a man and as the great painter that he was.

G oya in B ordeau x open s a t Cinema du Parc on November 10.

The Herbalizer makes the booty bump B y josE L o u r en c o Last Friday, I went to see the Herbalizer show at the Spectrum.

Y ou k now w hat? P eo p le.

Were. Dancing.

I w ish I cou ld em phasize it differently, but the one-word frag­ ments have the lock turned on this review. Madness. Homs. Beats.

Im p ro v isa tio n . A nd d an cin g.

Don’t you dare forget the dancing.

The evening got a jump-start from local hip-hop heroes Shades o f Culture. Having recently com ­ pleted a Canadian tour, M C’s DShade and R evolution prompted the hometown pride with a head­ bobbing flow o f tight rhymes and "514!"s. Their entertaining set was p un ctuated by an in te llig e n t freestyle session and a quick DJ Storm skratch tutorial. Herbalizer could not have asked for a better opening act.

Roight.

Britain’s Herbalizer took com­ mand of the stage and brought the audience to a smooth instrumental opium den o f hazy melody, subtle scratching and soloing. From the moment the crew dropped the first beat, toes were tapping; when the keyboard and horns slid in, arms w ere m o v in g ; and w h en the

Herbalizer hit full pitch, the crowd was dancing. Have you ever expe­ rienced this phenomenon?

I’m not talking about swaying to Sarah or m oshing around like n obod y ow n s you , I ’m ta lk in g about dancing. And it was not just the old "lets-form -a-circle-an dwatch-a-b-boy." It was everybody.

The show sounded much like the band’s new BBC-recorded disc, Session One. With good reason— m uch o f the p erform an ce w as geared tow ards p rom otin g the album. While I was initially wary of an MC-free Herbalizer sound, I w as w on over by the p o lish e d delivery and original technique of the band. The boys succeeded in stimulating the Spectrum with their m usicianship and showm anship, and w ere v is ib ly than kful and excited to see a dancing mob in front of the stage. This Herbalizer was a sophisticated group, a group you could take home to meet the parents. But first y o u ’d have to warn them not to talk about weed with your Dad. They so crazy.

Wicked.

The meat o f the show lasted for around an hour and a h alf.

They exited the stage to a cacopho­ ny of appreciative and warm clap­ ping and cheering, but we weren’t through with these blokes yet. We

wanted an encore. Did we get it?

"Encourse" we did.

A fter the tig h t ja z z ta stic stylings o f the Herbalizer’s main set, the crowd was not going to be fobbed off with a few unrehearsed b -sid es. The H erbalizer under­ stands these subtle intricacies. The Herbalizer is wise. The Herbalizer arranged their encore beforehand.

Try and im agine a 7-minute horn and keyboard-carried instru­ mental version o f "Light My Fire."

You can’t, can you? It was as if someone decided to make ‘perfect’ a tangible thing instead of an adjec­ tive. Add to that a collaboration with Shades of Culture on a superb version o f "40 Winks" - w e were loving the improvised Shades cho­ rus: "There’s smoke in your eyes w hen you Herbalize" - and you have the clo su re for w hich the a u d ien ce w as sea rch in g . The crowd was tired after a long night o f dancing, and the band let us down easy with a soft and intro­ spective melody.

H erbalizer m othered ev ery ­ body in the audience that night.

T h ey w ere co n sid er a te o f our needs, appreciative o f our compli­ m ents, lo v in g and friendly, and they got the party rocking.

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The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 7 November 2000

An evening with Tony Levin B y D a v id S chipper B assist Tony Levin and his band played at the new Club Soda on October 29, preaching to the co n v erted in front o f a packed crowd.

Levin is a well-respected ses­ sion musician with over 250 credits to his name. Because he has played in Peter Gabriel’s band since 1977, and is a member o f the venerable and venerated British rock group King Crimson (KC) since 1981, the crowd expected to hear some older so n g s, lik e G a b r ie l’s ‘I Go Sw im m ing’ as w ell as som e new songs from his latest world music album, Waters o f Eden.

The lights dimmed as percus­ sion was faintly heard. The sound o f the drumming grew louder, and audience members in the back of the h all su d d en ly erupted in applause. Levin, 54, and drummer Jerry Marotta, made their way to the stage via the m iddle o f the room w ielding hand-held drums.

A nyone who was not scream ing their heads off was struck by this unusually classy entrance.

Joining Levin and Marotta on stage were keyboardist Lary Fast and Todd R un dgren ’s gu itarist Jesse Gress. Marotta and Fast are also original members o f Gabriel’s band. Marotta began playing on his enormous drum kit as Levin gradu­ ally slowed down his percussion.

The band launched into one o f sev­ eral songs from Waters o f Eden.

The new songs were impecca­ bly played with tastefu lly spare arrangements. Levin uses a Stick, a variant o f the upright bass that he

plays like a percussion instrument.

He occasionally plays his bass gui­ tar with “funk fingers” which are attached to his own fingers and are used to tap the strin g s. The between-song patter was generous and affectionate, with Levin occa­ sionally attempting to respond to some boisterous fans in the upper balconies.

Marotta came to the front o f the stage for a cou p le o f songs, winning the crowd over with two clever gags. He brought out a small percussion instrument and briefly coaxed a cou p le o f shim m ering notes out o f it, m entioning that whoever bought five hundred dol­ lars worth o f merchandise would win it at the end o f the night. He then mentioned that the instrument was worth fifteen dollars. As well, before one of the songs, he told the crowd that he would do something that no one e ls e co u ld - “in the world.” He then proceeded to cover his eyes while strange percussion sounds emanated from his instru­ ment two feet in front o f him. Fast played suspiciously in the back­ ground with a smile on his face.

The band brought the house down with a cover o f the Genesis song “Back in N .Y .C .” from the landmark 1974 album The Lamb L ies D own on B ro a d w a y. Levin seemed pleased at the response to the song, remarking that in most cities in the United States the song is met with seeming indifference.

It is no secret that progressive rock is like a religion in Quebec.

Someone once said that one o f the reasons for this is because many of the keyboard solos are reminiscent

o f church music. Two 1980s King Crimson songs also made it into the setlist: “Elephant Talk,” from 1981 ’s Discipline and “Sleepless,” from 1 9 8 4 ’s Three o f a P erfe ct Pair.

The song “Red” from 1974, a staple o f KC’s live show s o f the past tw enty years, provided the conclusion to one of Levin’s songs.

Levin said that he was surprised that no one asked him about his status in KC. A sh rill audience m em ber prom ptly o b lig ed , and Levin replied that he and drummer Bill Bruford were merely on hiatus from the band and that they would rejoin when they were available to do so. It is unlikely that this will be before KC comes to Montreal in a couple o f weeks.

Levin received several stand­ in g o v a tio n s through out the evening and showed his generosity to h is band m em bers as w e ll, allowing Fast to perform a song of his own at one point.

Before the encore, Levin told a story about an Italian singer who asked him to compose some music for one o f his albums. Levin sent him tapes of his music, which were then added to the singer’s vocals and released as an album in Italy.

Levin com m ented that Montreal may be the only place on the tour where some people might actually understand what he is sin g in g .

Levin then played a gentle song in Italian, w hich receiv ed a warm response.

Throughout the concert, the music was never predictable, which is in itself laudable.

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The artistry of Aronofsky T h e h e r a ld ic

Requiem for a Dream

B y A dam C hasen In R equiem f o r a D re a m , a painstakingly crafted new film by writer/director Darren Aronofsky, a narrative storytelling is a mecha­ nism that serves a grander purpose.

Typically, the cinematic expe­ rience is subordinate to its story — the film’s thematic elements (i.e. anything on the screen) merely aid in efficien t and effec tiv e story­ tellin g. A ronofsky reverses this dynam ic and instead, the film ic experience is the skeleton the nar­ rative fleshes out.

The title refers to the lifeless dream, a collective fantasy imag­

ined by the film ’s characters, that o b s e s s e s Sara G oldfarb (E llen B u rstyn ), her son Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), and his partner Tyrone C. Love (Marlon Wayans).

While this shared, inarticulate vision thematically binds the char­ acters together, the story chronicles their personal attempts to achieve the ideal.

Hubert Selby Jr.’s 1978 novel, on which the film is based, is about drug a d d ictio n . Sara G oldfard, p la g u ed by the p o s s ib ility o f appearing on a te le v isio n gam e show , gets hooked on diet pills.

Harry, Marion, and Tyrone, from the beginning, are avid drug users and, motivated by the myth of the b ig p a y o ff, b eco m e m ore entrenched in its black market. But as every drug fable has forewarned, a d e a le r ’s d o w n fa ll w ill occur w hen h is com m odity can claim him dependent and, sure enough, Harry, Marion, and Tyrone do not escape this long tradition.

A s in B, A ro n o fsk y ’s 1998 feature debut, the filmic experience is visceral and so beautifully con­ structed that it is worth a viewing ju st for its su p erficia l artistry.

Unfortunately, like B, the content is sloppy. The story o f the drug addict and its metaphorical impli­ cations has been done before. The cinem atic world has no need for

another commentary on the myth of the “American Dream.”

Early in the film , Harry and Marion engage in a passionate love scene. Aronofsky splits the screen; the left half filled by Leto and the right h a lf f ille d by C o n n elly .

Seemingly, the two stare into each other’s eyes, an effect stressed by a simple black background and tight cam erawork. But as arms reach across the screen’s halfway mark their spatial relationship is con ­ fu sed ; a b o d ile ss hand strok es C o n n elly ’s hair and, in extrem e close-up, som ebody’s finger runs over Leto’s lips. As the scene pro­ gresses, asynchronous movements

take over and effectually dislocate the audience from an otherw ise intimate moment. This is the beau­ ty Aronofsky’s work: an otherwise tepid character interaction magical­ ly realized into a work of pure cin­ ematic art.

The film ’s momentum is indi­ cated by this kind o f cinem atic effrontery and not by plot. Like the slow beating o f a drum gradually building to an enormous clim ax, the film is propelled by a similar suspense; the more dislocated the viewer becomes, the more intense the experience, the closer the film co m e s to its co n c lu sio n . Stop action animation, computer graph­ ic s, a p erfectly layered m usical score (Clint M ansell’s electronic music underscores the work of the Kronos Quartet), special camera riggings, and probably every other trick in the b ook sum to an extremely emotional ending.

Though this film is a direct descendant o f his previous work, A ronofsky is exploring an em o­ tional dynam ism that B lacked.

This tim e around, he is able to accomplish filmic thrust. Whereas, B eventually had nowhere to go and nothing to say Requiem f o r a D ream starts sm all and ends big and everything in-between is just right.

The McG ill Tribune, Tuesday, 7 November 2000

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S to r m w a r n in g : m e t a l h e a d in M o n tr e a l Sexy British spinstress d rop s ingenius drum 'n bass set

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In a city where organic house and p r o g r e s s iv e tran ce ru le supreme, there are few events that would satisfy a seasoned junglist.

D espite the fact that Canada is one o f the few countries (along with the UK and possibly the US) at the forefront o f the worldwide drum and b ass sc en e, M ontreal seem s to have been left behind.

Sure, you can catch Double A and Tw ist at Tokyo on Thursdays or e v e n jo in DJ K rinjah and the Backstabber at the B lue D og on Fridays, but these Montreal locals sim ply don’t have access to new

tracks the way they do in the UK. That is where the vast majority o f the labels are located and, as such, b ig n am e U K D Js g e t p rom o c o p ie s o f n ew track s m onths before th ey ’re availab le on this side o f the pond.

Thankfully, for the first time s in c e B ad C om p an y g ra ced us with their presence in the summer, a British drum and bass DJ has com e to Montreal. But, this is not just any DJ; this is Storm, the sur­ viving member o f the fem ale tag team Kemistry and Storm.

Along with DJ Rap (and I’m sure Montrealers would argue DJ M aiis and M istr e ss Barbara)

Kemistry and Storm were among the m o st s k ille d and fa m o u s fe m a le D J ’s in th e w o rld .

E m erg in g from G o ld ie ’s Metalheadz camp, their status was cem en ted w ith the r e le a se o f a Kemistry and Storm com pilation from the famous DJ Kicks series.

S a d ly and su d d e n ly , la st y ea r Kemistry was killed in a freak car accident in England. Despite this.

Storm has continued on to remain at the head o f the drum and bass scene.

After headlining on one o f the best bills ever compiled in Canada at D o se and S y ro u s’s F rea k in ’ 2 0 0 0 w h ere sh e rin sed o u t for

T he N ew D eal Bridging the gap between live and dance music B y A m ira R ichler Looking for innovative and d iv er se m u sic? T o r o n to ’s The N ew D e a l, a liv e im p ro v ised breakbeat house band, is the fresh­ est thing to hit the Canadian music scene since sliced bread.

B efore they connected, the members o f The New Deal played in bands su ch as O ne S tep B eyond, G ypsy S ol, Que Vida! and the M am bo U rbano Orquestra. Although keyboardist Jam ie S h ield s and b assist Dan Kurtz have been jamming together since they were thirteen, the trio inform ally got together several y ears a go as an R & B group under the direction o f drummer Darren Shearer. Ironically, their first CD, This is Live, was record­ ed at their first genuine show and was released before the band was official.

“It was like wow. We had a CD before we had a band,” com­ ments Shields.

Their musical influences and tastes are wide ranging - Kurtz lis­ tens to techno, Shearer enjoys R & B, and Shields grooves to older fun ky ja z z tu n es lik e H erb ie Hancock and Frank Zappa.

“T he c o o l thing about the band is that our listening tastes are so diverse, but overlap at a com­ mon point,” Shields remarked.

A large part o f what makes the New Deal unique is their abili­ ty to bridge the gap between live and e le c tr o n ic m u sic in their attem pt to em u late w hat a DJ w ould play. H ow ever, they are quick to affirm that they are not an electronic band. Unlike other tech­ no bands, the New Deal does not u se com p u ters and sa m p les.

Shearer leads the rhythm section w ith h is drum m ach in e, w h ile Kurtz is in charge o f repetition,

and Shields creates the harmony and melody.

T h e b an d ’s su c c e s s is not only owed to their unity onstage, but to their element o f improvisa­ tion.

“85 per cent to 95 per cent o f our shows are im provised,” says Shields. “We jam o ff one piece and move to the next.”

Their son gs lack a defined structure and tend to meld into one another. Surprisingly, they have never had a single rehearsal.

“We have the ability to click.

Our personalities mesh. It would feel forced if we had to practice.”

W hen ask ed w h eth er they would ever consider adding anoth­ er instrument to the band, Shields responded that it might upset the band’s stability.

“A n oth er p erso n tak es up space. The balance right now is extrem ely d elic a te in terms o f musical positions. Adding som e­ one would destroy the chemistry.”

The N ew D eal has released tw o live C D ’s since their initial debut, and is arranging for the release o f a full-length album in mid-2001 that will combine both studio and live music. They are looking forward to expressing a different side o f themselves in the studio than they convey onstage.

“We feel that a studio record should be a com pletely different g lim p se in to the N ew D ea l.

A n y o n e can g e t an e le c tr o n ic record, but w e’re a live band - we want to show that in the studio,” said Shields.

For a C anadian band, the New Deal has had surprising suc­ cess in the American music scene.

T h ey p layed in N ew Y ork 17 tim e s th is p ast year, and are scheduled to jam in Wetlands this N ew Year’s Eve. “Canada wasn’t interested in the New Deal before we played in

the States. We were in SPIN mag­ azine before w e were mentioned by a C anadian new spaper. The American music industry is much m ore w illin g to take ch a n ces.”

Shields opined.

The trio loves that the crowd they are presently attracting is so diverse. They have a large follow­ ing from both the underground rave dance scene as w ell as the jamband community that thrives on live music.

“T h e fact that w e b ecam e popular in the jamband world is surprising. People are getting into im p r o v isa tio n ,” sa y s S h ie ld s.

“You pay good money to stare at a DJ with no em otional in v o lv e­ ment. You could do that in some­ body’s basement. (In contrast,) we vibe o ff the crowd and they vibe o ff us. And that continues for two hours.”

Their ideal crowd is anyone who’s willing to take risks and is open to new music. They receive about forty to fifty e-m a ils per week from people who are inter­ ested in ch ec k in g ou t o rig in a l tunes.

T m driven by the fact that I lo v e what I’m playing so much and I know that people go bananas to hear us p la y ,” sa y s S h ield s.

“It’s not about the money. We do something that is considered very special.”

The band sees themselves as continually evolving and improv­ ing.

“W e change direction every night. S ix months later, w e still sound good. W e’ll all be happy as long as w e keep progressing.”

The New Deal will be playing at Club Soda on Friday, November 10. Mocean Worker is opening. www.sound-and-light.com

14.000 ravers along side the likes o f Andy C, Bailey, Ray K e i t h , Skibadee, MC G .Q ., the S o u ls of M isch ie f, the E x ecu tio n e rs and many oth­ e r s, S to r m ’s next stop was the Jingxi club Courtesy of www.torontojungle.comphoto by Toby Wang on R a ch el str e e t.

T h is smooth m ixes from intensely intritime only about 200 elite Montreal c a te sa m p led am en b ea ts to headz were on hand to witness her bridges o f airy female vocals and gracing the w heels o f steel. This then right into minimal tech step was definitely the drum and bass and deep, dirty bass. Her variety event o f the year to date. o f selection simply demonstrated For n ea rly tw o h ou rs sh e that this woman has a knowledge dropped a surprising variety o f and control over the music that is tracks and avoided the faux pas o f often invisible in North America, rep ea tin g the sam e tracks that w h e r e th e s c e n e Is d e c id e d ly D ouble A spun in the prior set. younger.

Almost as if she were catering to a In e s s e n c e , her e x p er ie n c e Montreal crowd, her set was akin shone through her mixes. A ll in all to that o f a techno DJ in the sense it was a whirlwind two hours not that it evolved from breakdowns lik ely to be equaled in the near o f ambient tunes to crescendos o f future. Oh well, back to Napster to dark tw o -ste p ju m p up. M any satisfy my drum and bass urges. drum and bass DJs w ill start with a hard track and simply maintain that beat through their entire set.

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CD Reviews

S u p e r M i c M a c is a s u p e r b f e s t i v a l fo c u s in g o n m u s ic a n d w o m e n B y S ara C o rn ett If you are one o f the unen­ lightened, it is time for you to find out: SuperMicMac is a three-week festival (running from Oct. 25 N ov. 12) sh ow casin g new , co n ­ tem porary, elec tr o a co u stic and experimental music composed and p erform ed by w om en acro ss Canada. One of the festival’s goals is to make known those artists who remain in the shadows.

T he o p en in g sh ow by Ensemble SuperMusique featured so n g s by the fo lk s in g e r M ary Travers (a.k.a. La Bolduc). I had the privilege of attending a repeat performance the follow ing night.

La Bolduc was a m other o f 12, who lived during the Depression in the 1930s. She learned to play the violin, harmonica and guimbarde and traveled around Quebec, per­ forming her music (which amounts to approx. 85 songs).

Historically, Travers’ music has b een an in sp ira tio n to Q uebeckers. D esp ite a povertymarked background, La B olduc brought lovable, sometimes goofy lyrics and uplifting melodies to the p eo p le in tim es o f h ard ship . I found the theme appropriate as an introduction to this festival.

With the theme o f a musical mosaic of femininity in my mind, I was surprised when I saw 7 men among the members o f the 11 per­ son-ensemble on stage. “Isn’t this supposed to be all about women?”

I thought to m yself, but my puz­ zled state eventually became one o f fascination and sheer delight.

Later, I realized the son gs were arranged by w om en com p osers and musicians.

The best thing about the show was that it was wonderfully uncon­ ventional. Accustomed to classical concerts, I anticipated musicians in formal attire who would follow the conductor’s direction from a podi­ um, and expected the audience’s applause to come at the end of seg­ ments. This show broke every one of these moulds. From their casual attire to the audience’s round o f applause after every song, the con­ cert was all about the unexpected.

The musicians showed their admi­ ration and en joym en t for each other’s talents through smiles and laughter.

With a personal and comical touch, the master o f cerem onies

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briefly described each m usician, their instruments and their role in the ensem ble. The conductor o f the E n sem b le SuperM usique is referred to as the C h ef d ésig n é (appointed c h ie f), em p hasizin g their purposeful break from the conventional. Though the music was rearranged in a dramatic way, the songs still preserved the cultur­ al feel o f old Québec folk music.

I never cease to be amazed at the diversity o f this world and of its people. This was no exception.

Before my eyes, a fifty-year-old woman was groovin’ to the cool sounds she produced on her syn­ thesizer. All the musicians played d ifferen t in stru m ents and they exploited various sound-producing te c h n iq u e s. In the first so n g “Quitte pour quitte,” the drummer used jin g le b ells as drum sticks, along with dramatic growling. In another song, the singer sang her ly r ic s through a harm onica. In “Les marigouins,” with the saxo­ phone, vio lin , guitar, accordion and xylophone, they produced the sound of a mosquito invasion.

A s the em c ee p o in ted out, quoting La B oldu c, when all is stripped away, one can always fall back on la turlutte. The general meaning refers to Song or the act o f singing. La Bolduc treats the Song as a gift that no one can take aw ay from you. The last son g, called “Ca va venir, decouragezvous pas” (It’ll com e, don’t let it bring you down), is an expression o f hope in the face o f despair. I a p p reciate th is trib ute to La Bolduc, for no matter what beliefs you might hold, hope, love and joy reach e v e r y o n e and she le ft a m u sica l le g a c y as testa m en t.

Whether everyone understood the performance in this way is doubt­ ful, but it was obvious the great majority enjoyed it.

I encourage all to check out the remaining performances, but hurry because half the festival is over.

Visit the SuperMicMac website at www.supermusique.qc.ca o r call the infoline: (514) 990-5700.

Performances take place a t the M usée des Beaux Arts, Place-desArts, Resto-bar Laika and cultural centers.

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PJ Ha r v e y Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Universal Polly Jean Harvey is a chameleon who changes her persona as her mus? sees fit. On Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, her fifth studio album, she dis­ plays a newfound maturity and grace.

There are riches of songerait and emotion here that you will revel in for some time to come. I don’t think there will be a bet­ ter album released in the pop/rock world this year.

Stories was recorded in New York and Dorset on a 4-track earlier this spring.

Indeed, New York City was the source for much of the material here.

Harvey has constructed a dozen sto­ ries of love, hate, emancipation and slav­ ery. The songs constantly shift within this dual paradigm. Each one is suffused with daring clarity and originality. The album begins with these words from “Big Exit” : “Look out ahead/I see danger come.” This may be interpreted as a harbinger of things to come, but it is not.

Some of the songs are the most romantic Harvey has ever written.

Listening to the album several times, you may feel yourself inexorably drawn in to her heart and soul. One of the most cru­ cial of the many evocative themes and images on the record is the concept of “a line,” a sometimes imaginary pursuit that people strive for in their social and emo­ tional lives. Radiohead’ s Thom Yorke sings lead vocals on “This Mess We’re In,” and he does not sound out of place as he is the male response to Harvey’s plead­ ing. The last track on the album, “We Float,” provides a bracing epigram: “Take life as it comes.” This album will enhance your life.

— David Schipper

Cha r l El i e Soudes-Soudes BMC Do you know who CharlElie is?

Should you care? The answer to both is very likely no.

As his website so modestly pro­ claims, CharlElie is a rather famous French rockeur who has enjoyed the Francophone spotlight ever since he wrote some songs back in 1978 that the French apparently thought were good. I fear CharlElie’s fame may be a gross lapse of taste.

Outlined on CharlElie’s website is his belief that the foremost function of an artist is to convey the abstract nature of human emotion. This leads me to think that poor CharlElie has never actually vis­ ited his site because the abstract nature of human emotion was about the last thing on my mind while I was listening to his

most recent release1, Soudés-Soudés. In fact, the only thing on my mind was how I could best suppress the almost irresistible urge to stop the CD and curse the PR per­ son who thought this sort of thing would appeal to Tribune readers.

What does CharlElie’ s CD sound like? Though Soudé-Soudés undoubtedly underwent a great deal of production, its various components seem out of synch, especially the overwhelming bass and CharlElie’s annoying voice. This imbues the work with an amateurish quality that does nothing to increase its appeal.

Moreover, CharlElie’s ubiquitous backup singers are at once hysterical and abra­ sively saccharine. In this regard, particu­ lar note should be given to ‘Je l ’ aime quand elle s’aime,’ where the backup vocals effectively destroy what might oth­ erwise pass as a funky pop number by ren­ dering it into a horrible aural cliché.

If you’re a CharlElie fan, then let me offer you my sincerest apologies; we all make mistakes. If you’re never heard of CharlElie, keep it that way and consider yourself lucky.

cessfully transcend the pitfalls of most pop? Perhaps it’s a result of his formal musical training, having been schooled in Opera and Jazz. Or it could be a conse­ quence of having actually lived, unlike so many overly-commercialised pop success­ es. Having grown up gay in small town Alberta has unquestionably influenced the shape of Bodie’s music, lending it a cer­ tain satisfying emotional depth so foreign to the majority pop.

Ultimately, however, little of this matters. Gospel is indeed about spreading the truth: pop music, as interpreted by Bodie, is something very special.

— Dan Zacks

— Dan Zacks

Me r z h i n Pleine Lune BMC A lot of things sound better, or at least more interesting, on paper than they do in real life. I ’ d definitely have to lump Merzhin’s album, Pleine Lune, among those things that lack not inspiration, but proper execution.

Described to me as Brittany-styled folk rock, Merzhin could have had every­ thing it needed to hold my attention S h a n e B o d ie acoustic guitars, songs about prisons, and Gospel bombardes (think bagpipes without the Independent release bag). Turns out that I was off by about two thirds, as Pleine Lune is more of a rock album plus recorders than a night in the W a n t to h e a r fo r French countryside. y o u r s e lf?

Most of the album sounds like it could Listen to Bodie on o u r w eb site: be nearly any rock album, nondescript guihttp://tribune.mcgill.ca ^ tar/bass/drums with especially forgettable vocals. “Le jour viendra/je serai libre/je n’aurai plus besoin de toi?” Oh please. The The vast majority of what we term vocalist’s delivery is classic rawk, and it pop music is disturbingly bad. So bad, in only detracts from those few songs that fact, that oftentimes it sends the conscien­ show any originality. tious listener into manic fits of fear over Admittedly, there are undertones of the apparent disappearance of artistic sig­ Brittany folk music present, and sometimes nificance-value-integrity from the pop-cul­ they even come right to the forefront of the ture landscape.

But brace yourself, friends, for a group’s sound. In the end, though, it feels like Merzhin just tacked these melodies shocking revelation: pop music isn’t inher­ onto everyday rock songs, a few of which ently bad. Yes, the Britney Spears and could have been written for McCain com­ Backstreet Boys of the world do their best mercials. Making matters worse is the to make us think otherwise, but there almost everpresent screaming lead guitar, exists a core of artists who continue to which dates the sound of the album by choose pop as their medium and still man­ about ten years. age to create intelligent, moving music.

All is not completely dismal in Pleine Take Shane Bodie and his first release Lune.

There are places where the band Gospel as proof. manages to pull off a nice renaissance-y Hailing from Vancouver, Bodie has sound, and a couple of the original songs are produced a CD that is well entrenched in even fairly catchy. Tracks like Par Delà and the realm of pop, with its catchy lyrics, the traditional Esperans show what Merzhin melodic hooks, and general accessibility, could have been had they left the electric and yet manages to be simultaneously guitars at home, but these moments are out­ witty, intelligent, and emotionally sensi­ weighed by those that made me cringe and tive. Beginning with ‘blue tyler asleep reach to turn down the volume.

2001,’ which lets the listener know they’re The bottom line is that those looking hearing something special by mesmerizing for either rock music or folk music could with a polished, haunting chorus, Gospel probably do better. If Merzhin can focus impresses throughout. The moments of their efforts in one direction, then maybe creative genius (particularly those found their next album will get my seal of recom­ on ‘micheal’s birthday’ and the very mov­ mendation. As it is, Pleine Lune comes not ing ‘a lover’s symphony’) far outweigh the recommended. weaknesses (if there are any).

— Michael Ayles So how did Bodie manage to suc­

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T he M cG ill T ribune , T uesday, 7 N ovember 2000

N o la s t h u r r a h fo r C h a r lie B a illie R edm en sm oked 5 0 -3 B y Je r e m y K u z m a r o v

Y o u can be c e rta in that C h arlie B a illie never envisioned h im s elf ending his career on the wrong side o f a 50-3 blow-out.

T h a t w o rs t-c a s e scena rio p layed its e lf out on a b e a u tifu l Saturday afternoon at Frank C lair Stadium in Ottawa where the GeeGees, led by prodigious quarter­ back P h il C ô té, m anh andled an injury riddled M c G ill team in the O n ta rio -Q u e b e c In te rc o lle g ia te Football Conference play-off semi­ finals.

W hile Ottawa advances to face Laval in Quebec C ity for the cham­ pionship, the Redmen ended their season in an abrupt and disconcert­ ing fashion.

“Its disappointing not just for myself, but for the players w ho’ve w o rk e d so hard a ll y e a r ,” said B a illie , M c G ill’ s head coach for the last 29 years, w ith dismay. “W e made a lot o f mistakes, and w e’re capable o f playing much better. W e had a good year but its tough to fin­ ish like this. I was hoping to go out w ith a close gam e at the v e ry least.”

From the onset, the Redmen were crippled by the loss o f explo­ sive wide receiver and return-spe­ cialist Ben W earing, who suffered a concussion in the regular season finale against Ottawa last week.

Another major blow came late in the second quarter when first-

strin g q u a rte rb a c k Josh Som m erfeldt was forced to leave the game after sustaining a vicious hit which broke his jaw .

The Redmen attack was also s lo w e d by the loss o f ta ilb a c k D an n y T a i w ho incurred a fo o t in ju r y e a rly on, and by a knee in ju ry to N ic k H o ffm a n n w hich severely limited his mobility.

O ffe n s iv e lin e m a n T o m Johnson, a vital cog o f the M cG ill u n it, also p layed w ith a broken hand.

D e s p ite J o h n so n ’ s v a lia n t effort, the fierce O ttaw a defence, ranked number one in the confer­ ence, pressured the Redmen quar­ terbacks incessantly.

S o m m e rfe ld t, w h ile in the game, threw for three interceptions, including one on the play in which he was injured. H is replacement, Philippe Couillard, showed for the second straight w eek a penchant for overthrowing his receivers, and also tossed three picks.

The Redmen receivers didn’t help to alleviate the burden; several g la rin g drops by S tefan Kohaykewych and Pat Lanctot con­ tributed to the team’ s scoring woes.

“Y o u ’ve got to feel for Josh, i t ’ s rea lly unfortunate w hat hap­ pened to him ,” said C ouillard. “I felt O K going in, but it was tough out there.

“Their defense was tight, and we could never get rolling. There’s no excuses for a game like this, but

in lo n g - t im e c o a c h 's f in a l g a m e

w e s im p ly got beat by a better team.”

T h e g a m e ’ s tu rn in g p o in t came late in the first-quarter when G ee-G ees d efe n s iv e back B rad G erm an returned a S om m erfeldt pick 40 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown to give his team a 7-3 lead.

A fter that it was all Ottawa, as the Redmen surrendered 43 unan­ swered points.

“German’s interception touch­ down was the key,” said Gee-Gees H ead Coach M arcel B ellefeu ille.

“It was o ff the same play that we had a long interception return last w e e k . W e put the gam e out o f reach after that.”

As was the case last week at M o ls o n stadium , P h il C ô té, the 1999 Hec Crighton Trophy winner as the C anadian In te ru n iv e rs ity Athletics Union player o f the year, was the stim u lu s fo r O tta w a ’ s impressive offensive totals.

Playing in front o f his home fans fo r the fin a l tim e as a fifth year senior, Côté, displayed Flutie­ lik e q u a litie s in e v a d in g the Redmen rush, and creating plays where they seemingly didn’t exist.

H e passed for 168 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 69 m ore yards and a n o th er m a jo r before being replaced late in the gam e by sparsely used back-up James Baker.

The stats reveal only a sem­ blance o f Côté’s dominance.

T h e h ig h lig h t o f the gam e cam e w hen, a fte r an errant snap, Côté ducked and w e aved his w ay th ro u g h th ree R ed m en o n co m in g defenders to generate some space for himself.

H e then sprinted cross­ field and released a near-per­ fect 30 yard spiral downfield, w hich ju st slipped through the hands o f his w ide-open target. “ I learn ed fro m C h ris Flynn (former St.M ary’ s star in the early 1990’s and m ulti­ ple Hec Crighton trophy w in­ n er) th at I should use m y scram bling a b ilitie s m ore, and fake one w ay to create open field on the other side,” said Côté. “ I f they rush four guys I k n o w I can o utrun th em a ll. M c G i l l ’ s got an especially good front seven which makes it difficult. W e had to run the b all to w ear Sommerfeldt before breaking jaw Patrick Fok them out a b it b e fo re our Côté. Ottawa’s a great team with a passing game got going.”

F o r the R edm en defenders, b a la n c e d a tta c k . O u r guys on putting up with Côté, and the dev­ defence w ere w orn dow n by the astating G ee-Gees offense was a end. It ’ s a really hard way to end the season. nightmarish endeavour.

The beleaguered looks on the - A dditional reporting faces o f the Red n ’ W hite after the

by Paul Conner game told the whole story. “ I t was a v e ry tough a fte r­ n o o n ,” said John M a c d o n a ld , unable to pad his team leading sack total o f seven. “W e couldn’t get to

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A ll-C an adian defensive lin e­ m an R andy C h e v rie r w as fille d w ith em otion in the afterm ath o f M c G ill’s devastating 50-3 loss to O tta w a in the conference sem i­ finals.

A standout w ith the Redmen fo r the past four years, C hevrier, lik e head coach C h a rlie B a illie w h o is re tirin g a fte r 2 9 years, never expected to end his career u n d er such depressing c irc u m ­ stances. “ I t ’ s a tough, tough w ay to finish o ff,” said a visibly shaken Chevrier, who notched three tack­ les in his C a n a d ia n u n iv e rs ity football finale. “Things just didn’t go our w ay out there today. W e started the season o ff so w ell, and w ith so m uch spirit. I guess we never rea lly got the bugs out o f o u r system . T eam s fig u re d out how to play us, and we couldn’ t generate the com ebacks lik e in the first fiv e games.”

B e s id e s C h e v r ie r , th e Redmen, winless in their last four games after a 5 -0 start, are losing o n ly one o th e r starter fo r sure.

D efensive Back Loris Lucchetta,

w ho finished the year first in the conference in interceptions w ith fiv e , and th ird in the C an ad ian Interuniversity Athletics Union, is graduating after fiv e years on the team.

A b ig q u e s tio n m ark for next year is whether or not w ider e c e iv e r Ben W e a r in g w ill be back.

T h e c o n fe r ­ ence a ll-s ta r w ho b ro k e th e a ll tim e M c G ill s in g le -s e a s o n re c o rd fo r reception yards is graduat­ ing in the spring, but still has one year o f e lig ib ility le ft.

A fte r s ittin g out S a tu rd a y ’ s p l a y - o f f game due to a concussion, W e a rin g has the m o tiv a tio n to come back and end his career on a more positive note.

“I ’ve never been so nervous before watching the game on the sidelines, I felt terrible having no control over the outcom e,” said

W earing, an A ll-C an adian candi­ d a te . “ I w a n te d to p la y r e a lly badly, but the doctors said no. I c o u ld n ’ t je o p a rd iz e m y health .

N ext year’ s still up in the air, but th e 5 0 -3 loss d o e s n ’ t h e lp me leave. T h e re ’ s a desire to come b a c k , and set th in g s straight.”

W earing’s presence w o u ld be g re a tly w e l­ come on a M c G ill team w hich looks to remain la r g e ly in ta c t n e x t year.

T h e k e y w ill be fo r the team to b u ild on its e x p e rie n c e s , and to get more con­ sisten cy, and m ore in s p ire d p e r fo r ­ mances fro m some o f the underclass­ men.

Players lik e w id e receiver Stefan K ohaykew ych, w h o s h o w ed flashes o f brilliance this year — like when he ran a punt 104 yards for a touchdown against Bishop’s — w ill be count­ ed on to make a bigger impact.

A n o th er potential a ll-s ta r is lin e b a c k e r M ik e M a h o n e y , a soph om ore w h o ta llie d a team leading 14 tackles on Saturday.

“W e ’ ve got a w eek off, and th e n w e s ta rt p r a c tic e fo r the upcom ing y ear,” said defensive lineman John M cdonald, a return­ ing marquee performer. “The out­ look w ill be optimistic. W e ’ve got a good core back, and a lot o f tal­ e n t. W e ’ l l see w h a t w e can accomplish.”

As p ro m is in g as the prospects are for next season, the loss o f L u c c h e tta , an d m o st im p o rta n tly C h e v r ie r , w ill be tough to make up.

Besides solidifying M c G ill’ s p o te n t fr o n t fo u r on d e fe n c e , C h e v rie r w as an in s p ira tio n a l leader in the locker-room .

L ik e J.P Darche, and O livier Lefebvre before him , he played a central role in not only menacing opposing quarterbacks, but also in h e lp in g m a n y o f th e y o u n g e r p layers adjust to the u n ive rsity game and environment. “ C h e v r ie r ’ s a g re a t te a m leader on and o ff the field. H e ’ll really be d iffic u lt to replace like D a rc h e and O llie w e r e ,” said coach B a illie , w hose successor

should be named w ithin a month or so. “O ther guys like W earing, and John M c d o n a ld stepped up and were strong leaders for us this year. Both quarterbacks also did a good jo b .”

F o r C hevrier, the end o f his M c G ill p la y in g d ays d o e s n ’ t m ean that his fo o tb all career is finished.

L ik e D arch e and other past R e d m e n stars such as S a m ir Chatline, D an Pronyk and V a l St. G erm ain, he w ill do his utmost to c ra c k th e C a n a d ia n F o o tb a ll L e a g u e , and h o p e fu lly m ake a name for him self there.

D e s p ite th e b r ig h t fu tu re , C hevrier couldn’t help but feel a sense o f emptiness as he left the fie ld fo r the fin al tim e at Frank C la ir Stadium in his Red n ’ W hite M c G ill uniform .

“Five years goes by fast. It ’ s been fun. I ’ m going to miss the guys, and the little things o ff the fie ld the m o s t,” said C h e v rie r.

“P ll miss being a Redmen. Coach B a illie ’ s taug ht m e a lo t about hard w ork, and being a team play­ er here. I ’ ve tried hard and done m y best. H o pefully, I set a good exam ple.”

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2 - 0 v ic t o r y s e n d s R e d m e n s o c c e r t e a m t o N a t io n a ls

By Ed G lücksman

Last Friday, M cG ill men’s var­ sity soccer q u a lifie d fo r the Nationals by securing the Quebec S tudent Soccer F e d e ra tio n Championships w ith a 2-0 victory over cross-town rivals Université du Québec à Montréal.

A penalty k ic k taken by the Championship-game Most Valuable Player Kevin McConnell in the first half, and a late strike by midfielder Scott Johnston helped the Redmen overcome their tireless and frustrat­ ed opponents.

T h is game proved that the Redmen are capable o f competing against any adversary, resulting in what was by far the most entertain­ ing display o f the year.

No side looked prepared to give up the trip to the N a tio n a ls in Ham ilton, Ontario and the referee had her w ork cut out as tempers flared resulting in several heated arguments and even a bench-clear­ ing brawl.

Late tackles, off-the-ball push­ es, constant arguing, blatant grab­ bing, hacking and pushing were all recurring factors in Friday night’s encounter.

The crowd was certainly the largest and loudest o f the year, get­ ting vocally involved on several occasions. The o n -field roughing climaxed with ten minutes remain­ ing when M c G ill’ s Justin Student was absurdly tackled as he ran down the rig h t w in g . W ith an a ilin g Student on the ground, both benches cleared, bringing together the squads in a mess o f pushing, threatening and fighting. The result o f the inci­ dent was one red card allocated to the U Q A M player involved in the original tackle.

The players blamed the rough play on the state o f the game o f soc­

cer in Québec.

“T h is gam e e p ito m ize d my experience with Québec soccer for the past five years,” said Student, p la y in g his last gam e in the province. “They could have played better but like with all the teams in this province, they decided to foul us instead. Perhaps it is because they hate us so much? This was my last game and I certainly w ill not miss that style of play.”

Forward Mathieu Harding, now having played almost a fu ll three years in the league had a sim ilar viewpoint.

“It was a little bit ‘chippy’ out there. I thought we would be playing soccer but it sure didn’ t end that way,” said Harding. “This is the dif­ ference between soccer in Québec as opposed to the other provinces in Canada where they respect the game more. H ere in Québec, we breed hockey players rather than soccer players.”

This was the fifth year in a row that M c G ill m et U Q A M in the QSSF Final, with the Redmen win­ ning three of the past four matchups.

The two teams met twice during the regular season this year and tied both encounters. The riv a lry between the two schools is large, as Harding pointed out after the game, “U Q A M has always been the team to watch because they feel like they must always beat us. However, as it looked today, they can’t seem to do so.”

The game began at an extreme­ ly fast and competitive pace. A t the opening whistle, the U Q A M players charged dow n the fie ld tow ards M c G ill’ s net, guarded by keeper Eddy Z u p p e l and his defense, sweeper Robert Baird, QSSF Rookie o f the Y e a r K y le G raham , B rian T o b in and Q u é b e c -n a tiv e Joe Gasparrini.

For the first time this season, the R edm en w ere faced w ith a threatening opponent. U Q A M was a tough adversary that fought hard for every loose ball and that let no

night’s M V P award.

“It is nice to get [this award] but it doesn’t mean much in the long run. W e must stay focused on the upcoming Nationals. Tonight was a

Redmen stalwarts Anaba Anaba and Shepherd celebrate

Redmen player have more than a single touch before getting decisive­ ly tackled. U Q A M passed the ball around furiously; their sheer grit was visible on faces o f coaches and players alike.

The deadlock was broken in the 27th m in u te w hen a K e v in McConnell pass sent QSSF Player o f the Y e a r G uy A naba A naba through U Q A M ’ s p en a lty box.

Fearing that Anaba Anaba would p u ll yet another tric k out o f his deep -bottom ed hat, the U Q A M defense had no choice but to foul the 27-year old, earning the home side a penalty. McConnell took his respon­ sibilities and put the Redmen ahead by 1-0.

M c C o n n e ll’ s s te lla r p e rfo r­ mance in the game earned him the

kc Bolton

tough game, we knew it wouldn’t be easy. Personally, I think that more y e llo w cards should have been handed out. T h a t m ig h t have stopped U Q A M from persistently fo u lin g us a ll nig h t lo n g ,” said M cC o n n ell in a post-game in ter­ view.

The battle recommenced after h alf tim e w ith U Q A M striving to equalize and keep their season alive.

Tackles worsened and the visitors picked up four yellow cards and a red. The game was held at a stale­ mate with both sides displaying their attacking skills. The crowd was on th e ir feet as the m inutes ticked dow n. U Q A M m oved several defenders forward, opening up gaps at the back.

The Redmen nailed the coffin

shut when Scott Johnston received a cunning through-ball from Philippe Lazure. Johnston calm ly turned, fin d in g h im s e lf alone w ith the U Q A M keeper and graciously slot­ ted the ball home. A t that point, the R edm en w ere a ll but o ffic ia lly named 2000 QSSF champions.

The nineteen-year old manage­ ment student was more than happy to contribute to his team’s success after such an arduous game.

“It was like slow motion out there I barely knew what was going on. The ball just landed at my feet and I slipped it away. This was cer­ tainly the most physical game I have ever played in but we were prepared for a potentially tough, dirty game.” said Johnston. “I think the referee was calling too much o f the small stuff and ignoring the more impor­ tant fouls. Now we have a few days to prepare for the Nationals. We w ill be ready.”

T h e R edm en lo c k e r room looked like a war hospital after the game. B ruises, cuts and scrapes were being mended on the soldiers who have but a w eek to recover from Friday’s rowdy affair. Anaba Anaba, who hurt his shoulder on the ta c k le that earned the p e n a lty , seemed ready fo r the upcom ing tournament.

L ik e his team m ates, the M a g ic ia n was excited about the prospects o f the upcoming week.

“It was not about talent today, it was about being mentally strong,” said A naba A n ab a. “U Q A M is always this rough when they trail an opponent. W e gave everything for this victory and earned our spot [in the Nationals]. Our objective now is to finish better than we did last year [fourth] but preferably win it all.”

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a perfect pass to send the striker in alone. A llen separated herself from the defense and beat the keeper with a shot along the ground.

A fte r the goal there was no question o f M artlets sitting back and protecting the lead.

“One goal is nothing. They are a very good team and in one play they can [tie the game]. Our inten­ tions are never to lay back because it ’ s not fun and i t ’ s also danger­ ous,” said Creixell.

T h e M a rtle ts c o n tin u e d to apply pressure throughout the sec­ ond half and forced the Laval keep­ er to make two highlight real saves, one on A llen and another on m id­ fielder C arly Dean.

B u t th is a tta c k in g a ttitu d e almost cost the Martlets the service o f th e ir best p la y e r. M id w a y through the second half A llen got a step on the defense and raced in alone on Blais. The keeper charged out and tackled A llen low, sending the striker head over heals, sucking the air out the crowd. A lle n was slow to get up but continued in the game. The goalie was given a yel­ low card despite the vocal objec­ tions o f Mounicot.

“For sure that was a red card.

Because i t ’ s w om en’ s soccer the referee gives a y e llo w . I f it was men’s game the goalkeeper would have received a red card,” said an angry Mounicot.

Panzera agreed. “The rule is if the last defender commits a really

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T h e o ffe n s iv e pressure prevented Laval from pushing forward and creating chances o f their own. “[Our game plan] was to w ait at the 35 yard line and g iv e them the o u ts id e but close the space on the inside as m uch as p o ss ib le,” said L a v a l coach H eld er D uarte.

“W e opened up a bit towards the end but like you saw, they got two breakaways. I had to keep m y defence back and only push at the very end.”

Gracious even in defeat, Duarte praised the opposition. “ M c G ill’ s the best team in Canada and they have good players everywhere. There are players on M cG ill who didn’t dress who w ould have been among our 11 starters today.”

The team’s depth is strik­ ing. Eight Martlets made the Quebec U n iv e rs ity A ll Star Patrick Fok T e a m , in c lu d in g fo u r firs t Martlets pushed over Laval teamers; A m b er A lle n (w ho bad fault it is a red card. And she may need to buy a new trophy case was the last defender. She came out after the season), midfielder Sophie the box and she just bashed into Labrom , forw ard M a ite C re ix e ll Amber. M aybe they didn’t give the and defender Ashlee Gentry. g o a lie a red card because they “In d iv id u a l honors are nice, th o u g h t th ere w as no in te n t but I would trade them for a cham­ [because she was female].” pionship,” said Labrom.

So after dominating the QSSF the Martlets w ill move on to play the best teams in the nation next week at Acadia. But the competi­ tion w ill be stiffer that what they h ave faced so fa r. T h e high est ranked team M c G ill has faced this year is the Rouge et O r who fin ­ ished number 9 in the nation. “ T h e p ro b le m w e have at nationals is that our league is not that strong. There are one or two teams that can compete with us on our le v e l. B u t w hen w e get [to nationals] it’s so different because all the teams are so good,” said Labrom.

A llen agreed. “A fter tonight I know that we can step up the level o f play. The grass is my place and a lot o f the girls w ill be at home on grass.”

Mounicot was somewhat more cautious than his players but clear­ ly expects the team to do w e ll. “ Y o u h ave to u n d erstan d th at national cham pionships are very difficult. W e w ill be playing some tough opposition and [most] teams are older than us. But the goal was set at the beginning o f the season to [get a m edal] and these girls are ready for the challenge.”

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R e d m e n h u m b le d b y UQTR M cG ill e m b a r r a s s e d b y 5-1 l o s s t o a r c h r iv a ls B y S a r a h W r ig h t

Facing the league’ s defending c h a m p io n s , the U n iv e rs ité du Québec à Trois Rivières Patriotes, the M c G ill Redmen appeared very in tim id a te d . From the opening w histle, U Q T R looked explosive w hile the Redmen were sluggish. “ U Q T R simply came to play tonight and we did n ’t. I t ’ s pretty disappointing,” said an obviously d is g ru n tle d M a r tin R a y m o n d , M c G ill’s head coach.

L a s t season M c G ill and U Q T R continued their bitter rival­ ry w ith close contests and gritty play. The league title came down to the best o f three games between the two teams — M c G ill came up short in the final game, w hile the Patriots claim e d v ic to ry fo r the 1 1th straight season.

T h e gam e on Sunday nigh t d id not liv e up to its advanced b illin g . It was clear that U Q T R w as the s tro n g e r team on th a t evening. “ W e do not h ave the same skills as we did last year and we didn’t seem to be at all focused for the game tonight,” said Raymond w ho was d isap pointed w ith the outcome o f the game.

T w o fundamental things were n o t c lic k in g p ro p e rly fo r the Redmen against the Patriotes: little o ffe n s iv e a g g re s s io n and not enough defensive support for the goalie, Luc Vaillancourt. Because o f th e usual p u c k -h a n d lin g strength o f U Q T R , M c G ill was forced to play unclean, scrappy hockey. ’’U Q T R is the m ost s k ille d team w e’ve seen so far and w e’ll see for the rest o f the year. They

can really move the puck, they’ ve got lots o f speed,” said Raymond.

This talent was proven early on w ith a g o a l scored fro m U Q T R ’ s Jerom e T re m b la y w ho out-skated M c G ill’ s defense who got caug ht b ack in the n e u tra l zone.

The Patriotes would go on to score fo u r m ore goals. The fiv e goals scored, however, were not a re fle c tio n on the p la y o f Vaillancourt.

“Luc saved almost all the first shots, which is all we can ask him to d o ,” said team c a p ta in D an M cLean. “I t ’s our job to take care o f the rebounds.”

In d e e d , U Q T R was able to ta k e a lo t o f second and th ird shots, as the Rednjen w ere com ­ municating little and had trouble clearing the puck.

It seems to be a pattern for the team to start o ff games very slow­ ly . L a s t w e e k , M c G ill faced O tta w a w ith a s im ila r outcom e fro m this w e e k ’ s gam e against U Q T R . O ttaw a cam e out strong and scored several goals during the fir s t fe w m in u te s o f p la y .

M c G ill can’t seem to bounce back fro m such d e m o ra liz in g e a rly leads.

“Letting in four goals in the firs t p e rio d is ve ry hard, a big m e n ta l le t-d o w n fo r the w h o le team,” said M cLean. “W e made a coup le o f m e n ta l m istakes and they just capitalized on them.”

U Q T R has a knack for seiz­ in g the o p p o rtu n itie s to score when they arise, som ething that M c G ill stills needs to perfect.

M c G ill was given plenty o f chances to cut into U Q T R ’s lead with several power plays, but they

came up short almost every time.

In the fir s t p e rio d a lo n e , the P a trio te s to o k 7 p e n a ltie s and twice M c G ill had two-man advan­ tages. O ften, though, the Redmen w ere taking their shots from the point. Playing five on three, there should have been more attempts at goals closer to the slot where more ac c u ra c y can be had. O ne o f U Q T R ’ s m ain talents is stepping up the level o f intensity when they are sh o rt p la y e rs , so m e th in g M c G ill just couldn’t compete with.

The Patriotes also have a hid­ den weapon in their goalie, who has been ranked number one in the league for two years running.

As a new strategy this season, R aym o n d has decided fo r most shifts to include a defenceman as w ell as a winger, in response to the team ’ s lack o f scoring pow er in the past. This tactic, however, was not re a lly w o rk in g to M c G ill’ s benefit as the team wasn’t comm it­ ting to many o f their forechecks in the neutral zone and very often Vaillancourt was faced with a 2 on 1 or a 3 on 2 situation.

Despite the score, there were some good things happening on the ice fo r the R e d m e n . G re g Davis, who this summer was given an in v ite to try o u t fo r the Washington Capitals, got M c G ill’s lone goal o f the game. The onetiming slap shot he had been trying all game finally got in the net mid way through the third period, mak­ ing the final score 5-1.

Joel B e rg e ro n and P a u l T h e ria u lt also had good games, lead in g th e ir team w ith tireless effort and determination.

F o r fu tu re g am es, M c G ill needs to concentrate on getting a

Redmen converse on the ice

Masha Bogushezsky

fa s t s ta rt in o rd e r to keep the morale high.

“The missing defensive sup­ port and lack o f aggression is a fu n c tio n o f not b ein g rea d y to p la y ,” said M cL ean “I f we can’t

McGill's history of hockey: The 1890s to the Great War B y Je n n if e r L o r e n t z

The period between 1890 and 1919 was a period o f firsts for the M c G ill men’s hockey team.

T h e M c G ill h o c k e y team played host to an Am erican team before they ever competed against a team fro m another C anadian university. This first international intercollegiate game took place on February 23, 1894, when Harvard came to Montreal. M c G ill slaugh­ tered the visitors 14-1.

A fter much waiting, just less than a year fo llo w in g the game versus H a rv a rd , M c G ill m et Queen's in Kingston for the first gam e b e tw e e n the tw o team s.

M c G ill was defeated 6-5, begin­ nin g the second longest ac tiv e hockey rivalry in the world.

The team’s first game versus the University o f Toronto did not ta k e p la c e u n til F e b ru a ry 2 0 , 1899, when M c G ill defeated the Varsity Blues in Montreal.

The following season, Lester Patrick and H .L . B illy G ilm ou r, both fu tu re team c ap ta in s and N H L H all-of-Fam ers, made their debuts at M c G ill.

During the 1901-02 season, a new in te rc o lle g ia te league was p ro p o s e d at a m e e tin g o f the M c G ill, Queen's, Toronto, Royal M ilita ry C ollege, Osgoode H a ll, O tta w a C o lle g e , and T r in ity University teams.

T h e n e x t season, the Canadian Intercollegiate Hockey U nion (C IH U ) was form ed. The league was divided into a senior and interm ediate series. M c G ill, a lo n g w ith the U n iv e r s ity o f T o ro n to (V a rs ity ) and Q ueen's comprised the senior series.

During the first few years o f the league's existence, there were no playoffs. So, after com piling the best record o f the three teams d u rin g th e fo u r gam e season, M c G ill claimed their first league c h a m p io n s h ip on Jan u ary 3 0 , 1903.

On February 10, 1905, while in p u rs u it o f the t itle , D u n n y M c C a llu m established a M c G ill single-game scoring record w ith 8 goals in a 1 4 -2 w in versus T o ro n to , a re c o rd w h ic h s till stands to this day.

1907-08 featured an expand­ ed C IH U as L a v a l jo in e d the

league which brought the number o f teams to four. This didn’t aid the hapless M c G ill team though, as they finished with a 1-5 record.

In 1 9 0 9 -1 0 fo rm e r M c G ill player H a rry J. T rih e y rejoined his team, this time as their coach.

H e was o n ly w ith the team fo r that year, but he led them to a 4-2 record and a tie for first place in the league.

M c G ill fa c e d Q u e e n 's , in Ottawa, in a sudden-death playoff gam e to d e te rm in e the C IH U c h am p io n s, but lo s t 8 -2 . T h e match was the first known inter­ collegiate playoff game.

B y 1 9 1 1 -1 2 , it had been 8 seasons since the M c G ill team had c a p tu re d the leag u e title .

During the season they won all of th e ir enco unters in the C IH U .

However, having the best regular season record did not earn the league title for M c G ill — splitting the le a g u e in to tw o d iv is io n s m eant that there w o uld now be playoff games to decide the cham­ pion. M c G ill had to play O ttawa College, who was in first place o f the other divisio n , fo r the title .

The championship was decided by

a tw o game series, which M cG ill won.

This season was the last for years to come in w hich M c G ill won the C IH U title.

T h e team 's re c o rd was mediocre for the next three sea­ sons and beginning in 1915-1 6, C IH U games were canceled due to the outbreak o f W o rld W a r I. The team continued to play very successfully throughout the w ar years in the city league, but were not able to resum e th e ir C IH U rivalries until the end o f the Great W ar.

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R u n , S w im , R u n lik e h e ll " O f f s e a s o n " e v e n t b r in g s t o p t r ia t h le t e s t o M c G ill B y Ja m e s E m p r i n g h a m

A sk yourself how much you have accom plished in the last 18 m in u tes and 5 5 seconds. Then look at w hat David-Jam es Taché did last Saturday at the Currie G ym and feel absolutely useless.

In the amount o f time it takes you to find something good on T V , Taché ran 2km , swam 400m , and ran another 2km, all in order to win the M c G ill Indoor Triathlon in a very com petitive fie ld w hich fea­ tu red six o f Q uebec’ s top e ig h t triathletes.

A m i Grunbaum was the fastest M c G ill triathlete finishing in a time o f 2 0 :4 0 .0 3 , w h ic h w as goo d enough for sixth place. Grunbaum was fo llo w e d closely by N icolas Ham ilton o f M c G ill who finished in seventh place w ith a tim e o f 20:52.6 and Alexandre Albuqerque o f M c G ill who finished in eighth p la c e w ith a tim e o f 2 0 :5 7 .3 .

M c G ill also produced the fastest female triathlete o f the afternoon, Zosia Bom ik, who finished the race in a time o f 22:10.4.

Saturday marked the sixth edi­ tion o f the event in the 4 year histo­ ry o f the M c G ill T ria th lo n C lu b who were responsible for its orginization. It is a pared down compe­ tition compared to triathlon stan­ dards. Due to seasonal constraints,

No runningon the deck

the M c G ill Indoor T ria th lo n replaces the biking leg by an additional running leg. B y all accounts th e e v e n t was regarded as a suc­ cess.

"The e n tire id e a b e h in d the meet is great," said Tache shortly after crossing the finish lin e . " It helps us keep focus through­ out the winter."

Tache is refer­ ring to the undoubt­ edly long o ff season o f th e C a n a d ia n tr ia th le te . D a v e Arm our, founder o f the M c G ill Triathlete C lub and one o f the organiz­ ers o f S a tu rd a y ’ s m eet echoes Tache’s sentiments and e x p la in s the o rig in a l p rem ise behind the meet. " In C an ad a, triath lo n is such a sum m er sport. A s tr ia th le te s w e ’ re re a lly c o n fin e d to those su m m er

m onths, so a m eet lik e this is a great way to break up the monoto­ ny o f the w in te r m on ths," says Armour.

This year's field o f 35 triath­ letes featured a genuine mish-mash o f the athletically inclined, with the p a rtic ip a n ts ’ e x p e rie n c e le v e ls ranging from extensive to non-exis­ tent.

The participants were divided into three separate heats according to their projected finishing times.

A cco rd in g to plan, the last heat produced the top eight times and te m p o ra ry b ra g g in g rig h ts fo r Taché. The first leg o f the triathlon, h o w e v e r, w as w o n h a n d ily by Grunbaum who headed down the stairs o f the C urrie G ym towards the pool w ith a lead o f about 20 seconds. Grunbaum faltered badly on the swim though, w hile Tache excelled once he got into the pool allowing him to take a lead which he wouldn’t relinquish.

T h e second heat was also c o m p e titiv e , and it featu red the e v e n tu a l w o m e n ’ s ch a m p io n Bom ik. Bom ik, who has been run­ ning triathlons sporadically for the last three years, is one o f the up and com ing stars fo r the M c G ill Triathlon Club.

"I was focused coming into the race on beating my last years time and winning the women’s title,” she

explained.

W e b e C lu b b in '

M u c h lik e last S a tu rd a y ’ s fie ld , the M c G ill T riath lo n C lub consists o f a broad range o f triath­ letes. The club currently consists o f 85 m em bers and has enjoyed impressive success since its incep­ tion four years ago.

"In the last fiv e years w e’ ve put 37 people on the national team and sent 52 athletes to the W orld Championships," explains Armour.

Armour, the former sports agent to O ly m p ic g o ld m e d a lis t S im o n W hitfield, believes that Whitfield's success in Sydney has already led to a big boost in the sports popular­ ity at M c G ill.

"It’s been a lot o f great expo­ sure [fo r] triath lo n w h ich it has never received befo re," he said.

"That’s also what our club is about.

Expanding exposure and providing guidance for our athletes."

A rm o u r w ent on to say that those are the main reasons behind staging the indoor triathlon every y ear. L a s t S atu rd ay p ro v id e d a focusing point for the club, not to mention a great idea for a way to spend your next lunch break.

A s p ir in g tria th le te s sh o u ld co n ta ct M ik e P re sto n at 842-000.

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T ria th lo n has experienced a m a jo r upsurge in p o p u la rity in C an ad a e v e r s in c e S im o n W h itfie ld ’ s stunning gold medal w in n in g p e rfo rm a n c e at the Summer Olympics in Sydney.

The extra recognition has been w idely heralded by triathletes like S am antha M c G lo n e o f M c G ill, who has propelled herself into the upper ranks o f her sport.

N am ed Quebec T riathlete o f the Year after a succesful string o f races over the summer, M cG lone, a U 2 K inesiology student from St. Catherine’s Ontario, has started to compete on the w o rld stage as a m em ber o f the C anadian senior national team.

She re c e n tly tra v e lle d to M exico C ity for the Internationa] T ria th lo n U nion W o rld cham pi­ onships; an event which boasted a field o f elite triathletes including winner Siri Lindley o f the United States.

Sydney gold medalist Brigitte M c M a h o n o f S w itz e rla n d , and A u s tra lia n s ilv e r m e d a lis t M ic h e llie Jones, w h o n o rm a lly compete on the w orld cup circuit, have been taking tim e o ff since the Olympics. “ It ’ s a big step up competing at this level,” said M cG lone, who finished top 20 in the W orld Cup event w hich included a standard 1500 meter swim, a 40 kilom eter bike-ride, and a 10 kilom eter run.

“M ost o f my opponents are fu ll­ time athletes. They train hard, and come to every race prepared. The

McGlone faces a bright future high intensity o f each race makes fo r tw o plus hours o f p a in .

Nonetheless I ’ m adjusting to the high calibre, and hope to make my mark.”

L ik e m ost o f h er peers,

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triathlon was not the first sport at which M cG lone excelled.

A fo rm e r tra c k and cro ss­ c o u n try star in h ig h s c h o o l, M c G lo n e was introduced to the sport by her coach as a fun way o f

staying in peak shape during the off-season.

A fter enrolling at M c G ill, and com peting on the varsity sw im ­ ming and rowing teams, M cG lone began to focus more extensively on triathlon.

H e r breakthrough cam e this summer after three years o f serious training, and experience w ith the Junior National Team.

“This year I hit a major learn­ ing curve, I ’ve made a huge jum p in my progress,” said M cG lone. “I think my strength has always been on the bike where I ’m pretty solid, though there’ s room to shave o ff some time there.

“I ’m striving to be consistent throughout the race. The sw im is a lw a y s the m ost stre s s fu l part because there is so much jockeying fo r positioning at the beginning.

I ’ m u su ally m uch m ore relaxed once that’s over.”

Because she needs to be in top form when competing against the w o rld ’ s best, M c G lo n e ’ s training schedule is arduous, to say the least.

On an average week, M cG lone w ill spend at least 20 hours work­ in g on a ll three tria th lo n d is c i­ plines. She trains both at M c G ill w ith the triathlon club, and under personal coaches C liff English and D a v e A rm o u r, and ty p ic a lly engages in tw o training sessions per day. “ I t ’ s a toug h b alan ce w ith school sometimes, especially when mid-terms roll around and I ’ m run­ ning o ff to M exico C ity for a race,” said M cG lone. “B ut generally the

student-life has given me a lot o f flexib ility w ith my training sched­ ule. I enjoy the camarederie o f the triathlon club at M c G ill, and the team environm ent. W hen I finish m y deg ree, th o u g h , I m ay take some time o ff to focus extensively on triathlon.”

W h ile the top fem ale triath ­ letes aren't yet multi-millionaires, a decent livin g can be made in the sport w ith some success.

“I ’m not looking to triathlon as a full-tim e career, but the top 20JO racers make a reasonable living.

Unfortunately, the money’s nothing compared to the big-tim e sports,” said M c G lo n e . “Th ere are some sponsorship opportunities. U nlike sports like tennis, there’s equal pay in triathlon for men and women.”

Besides striving for success on the w orld cup circuit, M cG lone in the short-term hopes to represent h er c o u n try at the 2 0 0 2 C o m m o n w e a lth G am es in Manchester, England.

H e r overriding ambition is to q ualify for the 2004 O lym pics in Athens, Greece which w ill require her to attain a world ranking in the top 50.

Despite the d iffic u lty o f that task, M cG lone is confident that she has what it takes.

“M y goal is to finish the world cup season in the top te n ,” said M c G lo n e . “Its a tough fo u r year process to get into the O lym pics, w hich includes building up w orld cup points. I think I ’ve got a realis­ tic shot if I continue to improve in all three disciplines. Competing in Athens w ould certainly be some-

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loathe professional wrestling. Yes, I ’ll admit that when I was a little boy, I used to watch it. I even had a H u lk Hogan action figure that I used to sleep with. I said m y prayers and ate my vitamins and I liked it. But as I got older, and wrestling became more obscene with half clad women parading around the ring and wrestlers using foul lan­ guage, I was turned off.

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ow ner o f the W o rld W restling Federation announced that he was starting up a new football league called the Xtrem e Football League I was slightly perturbed. Football is my favourite sport and almost a religion in my household. I wondered if M cM ahon was going to make a mockery out o f professional football. His wrestlers are known for taking steroids, w ill his fo o tb all players do the same?

These questions remain unanswered, but as time goes on, I am more and more sup­ p o rtiv e o f M c M a h o n ’ s venture. T h e one main reason for my newfound positive atti­ tude is because M c M a h o n w ill ow n the entire league. There w ill be no owners o f individual franchises, only people who w ill oversee the teams to make sure that they are run properly.

This w ill obviously ensure that champi­ onships cannot be purchased by owners with large pocketbooks and no regard fo r the future o f the league. Daniel Snyder, owner o f the N a tio n a l F o o tb a ll L e a g u e ’ s Washington Redskins spent a bazillion dol­ lars this year to try to w in a S uperbow l.

Eventually, this w ill mean that teams like the Green Bay Packers w ill have to raise ticket prices to compete in the same league.

In m y opinion, other sports leagues like M a jo r League B aseball and the N atio n al Hockey League who have salaries which are spinning out o f control should fo llo w the example o f M cM ahon. Appoint individuals in charge o f a franchise w ith no ownership rights. They w ill be salaried executives who w ill try to get the right players for the right price. Each team w ill be given $50 million

w ith w hich they can obtain players. A ny profit that the league makes would be given to shareholders who could buy stock in the league.

W ith this formula, there would definite­ ly be parity in professional sports. Even more importantly, players salaries could be controlled w ith the best players making $10 m illion instead o f $100 million.

So M r. M cM ahon, w e’ll see how your experiment with professional football goes. I hope that for the sake o f the game, it goes w ell. Otherwise, we may be seeing profes­ sional sports as we know them w ithering away in the near future.

This w e e k in sp o r ts...

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Last Friday night at the Currie Gym, the M c G ill Martlets avenged the previous week’s volleyball loss to the Université de M ontréal, by h u m b lin g the C arabins in three straight sets, 25-19, 25-19 and 2518.

"U o f M fell apart easily once they w e re do w n ," said veteran M c G ill setter, Shauna F o rs te r.

"W e’re more consistent. W e keep communicating, even when w e ’re down."

U de M A s s is ta n t C oach, O livier Trudel, also acknowledged that M c G ill had the superior show­ ing.

"M cG ill played well, and they executed better than us" he said.

"We were playing in their gym and it showed."

The game between the Martlets and their arch-rivals, the U de M Carabins was a note-worthy contest.

Though M c G ill swept U de M in three straight sets, the scores don’t reflect the intensity o f the game. In the first and third sets, M c G ill had to battle back from early deficits, and the third was back and forth until M c G ill pulled ahead decisive­ ly as o f 18-16, allow ing U de M only one more point before the end of the match.

M c G ill coach R ach èle Béliveau was pleased with the way her team played.

"O v e ra ll, w e played a good game. W e needed the w in ," said B é liv e a u . "W e p la y e d p o o rly against U de M last tim e, but the girls responded w ell [proving that] when playing at the top level, we can play. The league is tough, and very challenging, and it features some o f the top quality in Canada."

Martlets captain, M arie-Andrée Lessard, who had just returned from

a beach-volleyball tournament in Brazil, was pleased with the game.

"W e w ere m ore consistent throughout this game, and we had better momentum this time. In the

S p o r t s B r ie fs sistent at passing. Good serving also helped a lot."

This M artlets' camaraderie is visible on the court. The Martlets are constantly chattering to each other, shouting instructions and

support.

They’re a team that doesn’t get dow n on each o th e r, even w hen tra ilin g 8-4 and 8-5, as they were early in the first and th ird sets last Friday night.

"Everyone is v e ry c o m ­ fortable, on and o f f the court.

W e all have the same g o al," said setter Baharreh Yadollahi. "[W e are] 14 p eo p le on the team , who all want to win together."

There is a long standing rivalry between U de M and M cG ill, the for-

Martlets power their way to victory

long run we w ill wear them down."

Lessard was only stating the obvious after the U de M team had just unraveled in the third set, as they were held to three points in the interval it took M c G ill to score 11 times and lock up the win.

Other players echoed their cap­ tain’s sentiments.

"W e were there mentally," said power Joliane Allaire. "We hit the ball harder, and we were more con­

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M e n 's v o lle y b a ll w in s f ir s t g a m e in f iv e y e a r s

T h e m en’ s v o lle y b a ll team won their first league game in five years ag ain st S h e rb ro o k e at Victoriaville on Sunday. M cG ill did w in a gam e via fo rfe it last year, how ever, this is their first win in actual competition.

The game was a closely con­ tested a ffa ir w ith the R edm en escaping in five close sets 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 18-25, 18-16. The win was the first for head coach José R eb elo w ho also coached Canada’ s team at the Paralympics.

R ookie C hris G arret was a standout for the victorious M cG ill squad with 10 kills and three aces.

R yan F ra n k and John Faucher were key defensive players w ith 13 and 10 d igs re s p e c tiv e ly .

M u g a b e W a lk e r w as an o th er M cG ill standout with 8 digs and 4 stuffed blocks.

The win came after a heart­ breaking 25-23, 25-23, 25-23 loss against the Université de Montréal on Friday night.

M a r t le t s b a s k e t b a ll h o t a n d c o ld in t o u r n a m e n t

having

blocked the latter from the finals for several years running. After last Friday’s drubbing, it’s certain that U de M w ill be looking to settle the score.

The M artlets continued their w inning ways on Sunday against Université de Laval Rouge et Or. It w as M c G i l l ’ s firs t ever w in in Laval. Elizabeth Jamieson led the way in the 22-25, 26-28, 25-22. 2518, 15-9 w in w ith 15 kills and a 2.60 passing ratio.

The M c G ill Martlets basket­ b a ll team fin is h e d w ith a 1-2 record in the T ri-C o lo u r tourna­ m ent at Q u e e n ’ s U n iv e rs ity in Kingston.

M c G ill w on th e ir opening game 7 6 -6 0 Friday night against Ottawa. Rookie M aude Vallières led the charge w ith 17 points, th ree assists and fo u r steals.

Cheeka M itchell added 12 points,

nine rebounds and three steals.

C o lle tte Anderes had a double­ d o u b le w ith 1 1 p o in ts and 1 1 rebounds.

On Saturday, M c G ill lost to host Queen’s by a count o f 65-52.

Cheeka M itchell was a star once ag ain w ith 18 p o in ts , fo u r rebounds, three assists and three steals. Vallières added 9 points.

Sunday’ s game was a close encounter against W estern. The Mustangs vanquished the Martlets 5 7 -4 9 . V a lliè re s was the team leader in points w ith 12 points.

C y n th ia S a n ta m a ria added 1 1 p oin ts and a gam e high seven rebounds.

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D espite a 1-2 record in the tournament, the M c G ill Redmen had an impressive showing at the N a is m ith classic in L o n d o n , Ontario.

On Friday night, the Redmen d e fe a te d the U n iv e rs ity o f W a te rlo o 7 6 -6 9 .

D o m e n ic o M a rc a rio led the w ay w ith 20 poin ts, fo u r rebounds and tw o assists. Three more players were in double figures in points. K irk R e id , D e n b u rk R e id and Pat Kieran all added thirteen points.

T h e R ed m en lo st a h e a rtb re a k e r to the U n iv e rs ity o f W innipeg on Saturday. Despite a standout performance o f 16 points and four steals by Denburk Reid, the R edm en lost to th e ir m ore physical opponent by a count o f 62-59. K irk Reid added 12 points and a game high six rebounds in a losing effort.

O n S u n d ay, the R edm en faced their toughest competition when they played the defending

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The M artlets knew it wasn't going to be easy. Despite consis­ tently blowing away their Quebec opposition en route to winning the Quebec championship, the Martlets knew they were in tough heading into the Canadian Interuniversity A thletic Union Championships in L e n n o x v ille , Q uebec th is past weekend.

The skill o f women's rugby is generally acknowledged to grow in crem en tly w ith every reststop towards the Rockies, and the possi­ bly existed that the M atlets who feasted on Quebec competition all

year, would not be prepared for the western juggernauts.

Once everything was said and don e, h o w e v e r, the M a rtle ts emerged from the national contest w ith a silver medal, and a feeling o f supreme accomplishment.

"Our goal at the beginning o f the year was ju st to get into the medal rounds," explained co-headcoach Vince D e Grandpre. "For us to finish with a silver medal makes it a great season."

The Martlets were denied the gold medal, after losing 28-5 to the U n iv e rs ity o f A lb e rta Pandas, a team w hich is quickly acheiving dynasty status by w in n in g th e ir

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second national cham pionship in o n ly th e ir second season. J ill Harris and Stacey Crozier both led the Pandas with two tries each, and Heather M cD onald added another one. A ll C anadian C enter Julie Brisebois scored the lone try for the Martlets.

"W e kn ew A lb e rta was an incredibly pow eful team heading into the tournament, but our girls played them very tough," elaborat­ ed De Grandpre."

T h e M a rtle ts w ere fa m ilia r w ith the Alberta team by the time they reached the final, after having opened up the tournament against the Pandas with a 35-3 loss.

The M artlets rebounded from th e ir opening loss to pound St. Francis X avier 43-0 w hich placed them in the s e m i-fin a l again st W aterloo. The M artlets acheived th e ir goal o f a p o d iu m v is it by b e a tin g W a te rlo o 3 2 -2 1 in the semi-final.

C o -h e a d c o a c h L e e B ie b e r attributed much o f the team's suc­ cess to their interesting chemistry.

"The way the team got along was amazing. They're a very close-knit group o f individuals and the best

thing we did all season was play like a team," an emotional Bieber recounted.

For Bieber, the podium finish was especially nice as this is her last year w ith the team. Bieber and De G ra n d p e fo u n d e d the M cD o n ald Campus team in 1991 and resumed control o f the squad after they merged with the M cG ill team three years ago. Before this years second place finish, the best that the Martlets had ever finished at Nationals was fifth.

Team captain M andy Brunet explained the team's outlook on the final when she said, "Alberta is a m uch b ig g er and stronger team than we are, but I know that we suprised them w ith how w ell we played." Brunet also touched on the difference in competition between the Q uebec co n feren ce and the teams at the Nationals. "There's no com parison re a lly . W e kin d o f blew teams out o f the w ater this year in Quebec, but at N ationals every team is just as good as us."

The most disappointing out­ come o f the National Tournament fo r the M artlets was most lik e ly their lack o f representation on the

tournam ent all-star team . T h ird year fla n k e r M ic h e lle Pearlm an was the only M artlet recoginzed for her performance.

"W e found it very frustrating that we didn't have more all stars, especially considering we were sil­ v e r m e d a llis ts ," la m e n te d D e Grandpre. "Julie Brisebois had an excellent tournament for us, scor­ ing 3 tries in the semifinal against W aterloo. Jessica Young, who was selected our team most valuable player in the final by Alberta, also played great in the championship. " The lack o f all-star team inclu­ sion w ill not be w hat this years M artlets w ill be rem embered for, however. Captain Brunet spoke for the entire team when reflecting on the tournament and the entire sea­ son, she p ro c la im e d , "w e 're extrem ely happy and proud to be silver medallists."

Brunet does recognize though, that the bar o f success has been raised for the M artlet program for years to come. They w on’t be tak­ ing anyone by surprise again, for a long, long time.

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S p o r ts B r ie fs n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s , the St. Francis X a v ie r X -M e n . T h e Redmen put forth a quality effort but came up just short in an 8075 loss. M a rc a rio scored 20 points to lead the team. Point guard Frederic Bernard added 18 p o in ts and a gam e hig h fiv e rebounds.

M a r t le t s h o c k e y s t r u g g le s in p re -s e a s o n

The M c G ill Martlets hockey team came up short against the S t-Julie Panthers o f the N orth American professional league in a 3-1 defeat Friday evening.

M c G ill's lone ta lly cam e fro m d efen sem an P a u la M aillo u x. K im St-Pierre was a stalw art as usual betw een the pipes for the Martlets stopping 35 shots. St-Julie outshot M c G ill 39-

13.

On Sunday, M c G ill excaped w ith a tie against C E G E P St. Laurent. M c G ill’ s goals came fro m M a illo u x , ro o k ie R obin Spratt and Véronique Lapierre.

A m e y D o y le stopped 27 shots for the M artlets who were outshot by a count o f 30-29.

R e d m e n s q u a s h f in is h s e v ­ e n th in O U A cro s s o v e r to u rn a m e n t

In the O U A crossover tour­ nament at M c G ill university this weekend, M c G ill’ s squash team finished seventh o f eight teams.

M c G ill tied M c M aster and B ro c k 3 -3 w h ile they lo st to W aterloo 4-2 and eventual tour­ nament champion Western 6-0.

M ark Smith, Shaerif Shaker and Idorenyian Amana each won tw o matches for M c G ill. M ik e Haben and O w en W atson each chipped in with one win apiece.

M e n 's R o w in g f in is h s ix t h

A t the Canadian university ro w in g ch a m p io n s h ip s in V ic to ria , B ritish C o lu m b ia the m en’ s heavyw eight eights fin ­ ished sixth in the 1.85 km race in a time o f 6:16. Victoria won in a time o f 5:49 M c G ill- A d id a s A t h le t e s o f t h e W e e k

Kevin M cConnell- The fifth year m id fie ld e r from L ach in e scored the game winning goal on a p e n a lty k ic k to lead the Redmen soccer team to the QSSF championship. The 25 year old sports psychology masters stu­ den t tra v e ls to H a m ilto n on Tuesday for nationals.

Julie Brisebois- The Martlets rugby star scored fiv e tries in four games for the silver medal winning team. The 20 year old ele m e n ta ry educ ation student helped M cG ill upset Waterloo in the semi-finals.

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