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Adding colours to the rainbow Jeff Derman “Homophobes”, “HomoDisputatios” and “Genderfuckers”: Out of love, fear or logic, they are battling for the control of litiga tion in the bedrooms of the nation. What underlies the controversy of gay marriage is getting right down to the issue of right and wrong. ‘Black and white’ are beginning to show up in the colors of the rain bow. Recent controversy sprouted over the involvement of two McGill professors - Margaret Somerville, McGill Centre of Medicine, Ethics and Law, and Katherine Young, Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill - who are scheduled to appear as expert witnesses on the potential effects of formal gay marriage in an upcom ing court case. The plaintiffs are two men who have been living together in a serious relationship for the past 28 years. They are chal lenging the Quebec Civil Law, which states that a marriage license may only be granted to a man and a woman. Shari Brotman, an assistant professor in McGill’s School of Social Work who helped start Project Interaction, a homosexual support group, resolutely opposes the stance taken by Somerville and Young. “This is an issue of right and wrong. There is very little gray area here.” A petition against the profes sors was distributed by Project Interaction that read: “We strongly oppose argu ments like yours, which are based Please see G A Y , page 17

A vote: It’s in you to give. Voting in the Students’ Society of McGill University election Tuesday through Thursday. See pages 6 and 7 for a voting guide

C h o w d h u ry d is q u a lifie d fro m ra c e P r e s id e n tia l e le c t io n c a n d id a t e o f f t h e b a llo t a fte r b y la w v io la tio n Shehryar Fazli In a 2-1 vote, the Students’ Society of McGill University’s Judicial Board upheld a decision made by the chief returning officer of Elections McGill last Friday, to disqualify Arif Chowdhury from the SSMU presidential race. Chowdhury was ousted from the contest after Ramzi Hindieh, another candidate for SSMU presi dent, reported to CRO Brian Lack that a small group of individuals referring to themselves as the “Brownstreet Boys,” later identified

as Manish Srivastava, Winston Maricar, and Nadir Nurmohamed, had approached him earlier in the week requesting that he withdraw his candidacy. At the heart of this alleged proposal was the belief that Hindieh, a science student, would split some of the votes from science students which might have gone to Chrowdhury. Hindieh presented a detailed account of the encounters between himself and the group to the CRO on Friday night. According to this report, the ‘Boys’ had suggested that Chowdhury would stand a bet

ter chance at winning the elections if Hindieh was no longer running. “At that time [the individual] believed that [SSMU presidential candidate] Jeremy [Farrell] was leading Arif by 150 votes, ones he wanted me to give up since we are both in [the Faculty of] Science and he was planning to capture the vast majority of science students’ votes for his friend Arif,” Hindieh stated. “However, [he] didn’t want me ‘coming out with nothing.”’ According to Hindieh, the offer presented was that in return for dropping out of the SSMU elec

tions, Hindieh would be guaran teed the presidency of the Science Undergraduate Society. Hindieh claimed that the individuals assured him that with their support, his chances of winning the faculty organization’s top executive posi tion, currently held by Chowdhury, were entirely fail-safe. He further stated that the ‘Boys’ tried to con vince him that the SUS presidency was equally as stimulating as the SSMU position. Hindieh rejected the alleged offer. However, he claimed that Please see J U D IC IA L , page 4

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It takes a lot of to get a reaction out of McGill students when it comes to various policies and proce dures of the Students’ Society or the Administration. One thing that generally provokes heated response is an increase in fees. This election season, however, the proposed Campus Life Fee has generated very little opposition from the McGill student body. The Campus Life Fee is an ini tiative of the Students’ Society of McGill University, which is facing a funding shortage following the expiration of an agreement between SSMU and the Post Graduate Students’ Society, and a new utility charge that was previously covered by the Administration. The money was supposed to have been recouped by the Cold Beverage Agreement, voted down by students last spring. Wojtek Baraniak, SSMU presi dent, was adamant that without this new fee, serious budgetary cuts would have to be made. “The easiest place to cut would be the $130,000 in direct subsi dies,” he said. “People say we spend all our money on executive salaries and budgets, but the truth is we spend over half a million dollars on maintaining the building. We can’t not clean up a bathroom after a party.” SSMU is now asking students for $3.90 per semester; $3 for building maintenance and $0.90

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for clubs and services funding. Should students vote in favour of the fee this week, a minimum of $115,000 would be added to SSMU coffers. So confident are the executives that the fee will be approved, that bylaws are already in place to govern its administration. While the majority of money will be going towards the building what many affectionately refer to as “Shitner,” the Fund is also intended to replace the current Special Projects Fund, and not just in name and amount. The new Fund will allow student events like confer ences and journals to apply for money, whereas in the past they were traditionally restricted from doing so. Perhaps more important ly, Tier III athletic clubs will also be beneficiaries. SSMU has long been asked to fund these clubs, such as rugby, figure skating and sailing, which currently receive no money from McGill, save what they can fundraise themselves. “The possibilities of these funds could make a difference for these teams,” said Damien Wheeler, athletics representative to SSMU. “If they can go to one more meet, or host a meet, it will give them an opportunity to make their season better.” While the Campus Life Fund would be available to Tier III teams, it would only allow them to receive funding for transportation and league affiliation fees. “These are two fees that all teams have in common,” said Wheeler. “If they get funding for

these things, it also makes it easier for SSMU to account for the money.” Baraniak is happy about the opportunity for SSMU to fund these teams. “Athletics is such a big part of this campus,” he said. “So many people are involved and the Students’ Society should be able to help them.” Another unique feature of the fund is that monies that are allocat ed to Tier III teams will be matched by the Alumni association up to $500. This will be a significant increase in the amount of money made available to these teams and allow them to concentrate more on their athletic achievements than working Thursday night coat checks at Gert’s. Despite some opposition at SSMU council when the fee was brought up, no one has formed a “N O ” committee to campaign against the fee, and general student sentiment seems positive. “This isn’t like the McGill Students Fund,” said Jenn Wiltzman, a U2 philosophy stu dent, referring to the levy the stu dents now pay towards supporting the libraries, bursaries and renova tions to Shatner. The MSF was crit icized on the grounds that bursaries and libraries were part of a student’s right to education, while Wiltzman believes that clubs and services are privilieges and not rights. “This money goes to paying for things that we [as students] are responsible for, not the government.”

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"If I were ever accused of any serious offence on campus I would call my lawyer and not be a party to this system" declared the Director of Law Advocacy at the McGill Legal Information Clinic, Eric Gilman, commenting on McGill's sexual harassment policy. "I have

process. Allard also attended work shops on tribunal training and cul tural sensitivity. As it stands presently, the University selects potential candi dates from its employees who then submit resumes that must be approved by a committee. No certi fication or training is necessary to become a sexual harassment officer.

Sarah Clarke, the Students' Society of McGill University Representative to the Committee on the Regulation concerning Complaints of Sexual Harassment. "At Cornell, in the appendix to their policy, they have an outline of the evidence that the investigator must collect and how they will do it.”

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SSMU VP University Affairs, Clara Péron, cordially invites you to this annual event, which is designed to facilitate interaction and discussion between m embers o f the M cGill com m unity: adm inistrators, professors and students. W ine and cheese will be served. Principal Bernard Shapiro w ill be delivering opening remarks.

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Gillman, Allard and Pelletier discuss policy in process full respect for the people involved but the system cannot guarantee fairness and offends basic principles of natural justice." Gilman spoke as one of four guest speakers at the sexual harass ment forum jointly hosted last Thursday by the Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students' Society and McGill's Sexual Harassment Office. The forum focused on student dissatisfaction with the lack of mandatory training for sexual harassment officers, the lengthy formal complaint process, and the Principal's "veto" power to dismiss sexual harassment cases. Two McGill University sexual harassment officers, Nicole Allard and Johanne Pelletier, and the Director of the Accompaniment Team for SACOMSS, Naomi Lear, were also guest speakers. "I have never thought about the inherent weaknesses of the sys tem," reflected Allard, "If students think it is problematic, they are allowed to voice these opinions, and this is a forum to do so." Officer Training Students questioned the lack of formal training for McGill's sexual harassment officers. "We voluntari ly attend training events," said Allard. She herself attended a con ference held by the Canadian Association against Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, which familiarized her with legal issues and the sexual harassment

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The Process "The minute you intentionally make someone feel uncomfortable about their sexuality or on a sexual level, then that is sexual harass ment," explained Gilman. A student, or complainant, who has experienced sexual harass ment chooses the university process over the Quebec legal system for confidentiality, no personal infor mation is made public, and the chance to reach a resolution infor mally. "This system is much more user-friendly for complainants than the real world," commented Gilman. "Cases being with phone calls, someone seeking comfort, trust and information," began Pelletier. "Our role is not to cite policy, but to lis ten first and hear what a person has to say. [The process] happens in stages." Allard added, "We do what the complainant wants us to do and the process is not taken 'out of your hand.'" A sexual harassment officer acts as advisor to the complainant, and the majority of cases are resolved through informal consulta tion and mediation. The com plainant can initiate a formal com plaint. Another sexual harassment officer, not the advisor, conducts a formal investigation and submits a written report to the Principal. The report may include recommenda tions. "There is no written standard for what the investigators do,” said

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Within 30 working days of ini tiation of a formal complaint, the investigator must submit this report to the Principal. The Principal then has 30 working days to inform the parties of his decision, which may or may not agree with the recom-' mendations of the investigator. If the Principal agrees that discipli nary action is justified, he then institutes disciplinary hearings against the harasser in accordance with McGill policy. If the Principal does not think that disciplinary action is justified, he notifies the investigator and the parties in writing, citing reasons. The Principal's dismissal of a case cannot be appealed. "The perception is that he's always going to side with the administration. I'm concerned with the Principal's role as the final deci sion-maker in the formal process at McGill, especially because he has no formal training," said Clarke. "Do I really want Bernard Shapiro deciding my case?"

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Student Support The SACOMSS and the McGill Legal Information Clinic offer advisory services to students involved in sexual harassment cases. Naomi Lear outlined the role of the SACOMSS Accompaniment Team. "It is a non-judgmental service that functions to support survivors [of sexual harassment]. We tell peo ple what their options are in and outside McGill," said Lear, "A per son from our team is willing to set up appointments, be there with you, and provide support through out the process." "I think the results of this forum are that the students present are more knowledgeable and that they are aware of McGill's policy and the process involved in its implementation," said Allard. McGill's Sexual Harassment Office can be contacted at 398-4911. SACOMSS Information is 398-2700 and the SACOMSS Helpline is 3988500. The McGill Legal Information Clinic can be contacted at 398-4384.

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can work over the summer,” he said. To his credit, Doe also used the less serious questions to share ele M ike B argav some jive about how I’m going to ments of his platform. make [the Students’ Society of While we all know what ; McGill University] suck less by should be done with the casbah — [ he smashes News using the Internet,” she said in what Fisher provided the correct answer thrashes and Analysis was more opening rant than state first with her “I’ll sum that up by hits in the ment. Great, but she also didn’t saying I’d like to rock the casbah” homestretch of the VP University have any suggestions of her own to — Doe explained how the casbah Affairs race, the portfolio that poses improve SSMU, other than express should be put online to facilitate as a buffer zone between students ing her readiness to “kick some ass.” student involvement. and the University's administra The most relevant questions “We need a virtual casbah for tion, followed suit with the rest of from the floor had to do with everyone that misses the original the evening's debates: rich in money and room-booking difficul casbah,” he said. But since a Casbah amusement and creative dance, and ties. When asked what he would do is technically an African castle, it poor in any semblance of sub about the room fees for events, Doe would probably be easier to rock stance. replied he would try a force-in one than to put it online. Ironically enough, the most numbers approach. Finally, when asked if he’d be salient observation came from Liz “I’d directly approach the willing to kick it old school, Doe Wright hailing from the Red administration as a strong voice of jumped into his vision of a Clubs Herring bandwagon. all clubs together,” Doe explained. and Services 4 floors, “...with a lot "Yeah, I think internships Wonky sentence structure, but we of the clubs providing the party. I should be increased and so should get the idea. Fisher pulled out a can assure you it would be a libraries. We’ll just end it. Thank Cheap Trick quote that had noth tremendously successful event,” he you." Well, thank you too Ms. ing to do with the question. said. It’s one thing to promise to Wright, short words of a few sec Asked what they would do to implement something, but quite | onds go quite far in understanding ensure the presence of a reserve of another to guarantee the success of the nuts and bolts of what was capital for clubs’ ad-hoc plans, Doe an operation. He was at it again in stretched into 20 minutes. used this opportunity to share how his closing statement, when he Wright brought with her the he had managed to run a $10,000 talked about the third key element canned statement of "Ever since operation with a $700 budget. of his campaign, the creation of a I’ve got to McGill, I’ve seen the “I have experience with Technical Resource Center. quality of education go down the stretching,” he said. Impressive “They would pay for them toilet. What we need is a group of stretch indeed, but how does it selves within the year,” he said. dedicated students led by me to relate to the creation of a reserve? Granted, these are quite ambitious scrub the halls." Doe also said that if elected, he statements. But hey, at least he did Thierry Harris proposed the would ask clubs and services to n’t, like Fisher, claim to have kicked getting back to "elementary school draw up a list of requests. “It’s a per Batman’s ass. and let’s all learn together deal." sonal project to have a wish list so I Fred Sagel brought with him

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ith two contrasting candidates and too many frivolous questions, Thursday night’s Clubs and Services debate was light on issues and heavy on absurdity. Those hop ing to learn more about the Clubs and Services portfolio were proba bly disappointed, but we did learn that Bethany Fisher is a Wesley Willis fan, and that Martin Doe takes his Jack Daniels straight. Doe opened the debate citing his experience as a club president. “I’ve been President of [the South American and Latin Students’ Association] for the past two years, as well as very involved,” he said. He then went on to men tion two of the three key elements of his platform: a virtual activities night (too bad “online” was a bingo buzzword but “virtual” wasn’t) and the creation of a calendar in Shatner. All this to serve his ulti mate goal: to increase student involvement in clubs and services. O f course, that’s his goal. How could it not be? Bethany “Fucking” Fisher, of the Red Herring Liberation Front, retaliated by stating she wouldn’t be one to propose vague concepts. “I’m not going to hand you News Analysis

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"a wide array of ideas, and a wide array of experience," and of course the "4 part plan" — the panacea that will catapult McGill into unspeakable glory. Bilec found that "what’s been most amazing to [her] is that people share the same ideas [she] believes in." So, just to recap McGill’s degree of decrepitude warrants the patent need for improvement. A fact that most of us don’t need 20 minutes to bring into our attention, but following on... The much talked about day care would be nice, on-line banks would be great, and so would internships. These are improve ments I’ve been hearing about since my first day at McGill. And to be quite honest, things that have been pursued by the current VP UA through this year. Naturally, voting for one of these promising candidates is sure to guarantee me all of this come next September — I mean they all said so... several times to be sure. I'd just like to know how exactly any of them plan to accomplish this. Hearing about exam banks online made my head spin. Trust me, I’m sold, I'd just like to know how you plan to do this. Bilec devoted much time to "Work study [being] only on camPlease see U N IV E R S IT Y , page 8

Judicial board upholds CRO's ruling continued from page 1 for anyone interested in running for “the penalty is too severe. [For dis despite his refusal to cooperate the the position.” qualification] the infringement of group continued to press him, the rules must be egregious.” eventually setting up a phone meet Th e decision Another argument made in ing between the two presidential Chowdhury’s defense was that his candidates. The feeling Hindieh got On Friday morning, the first friends had acted on their own coming away from the encounter day of voting, the CRO removed accord to improve Chowdhury’s was that Chowdhury was directly Chowdhury’s name from the presi chances for victory in the SSMU involved in the offer to withdraw dential ballot. A press release issued elections. from the SSMU election in return by Elections McGill on March 2 “The connection between the for a guaranteed SUS presidency. explained Lack’s decision by stating Brownstreet Boys and Arif is “I do believe [Chowdhury] was that Chowdhury had violated two unclear,” Park said. “My contention immediately related to the planning articles of the election by-laws, the is that perhaps something doesn’t and carrying out of the ‘deal’ which first prohibiting any member of a smell right, but it does not merit they had proposed to me openly on faculty association from using his or disqualification.” the phone that night,” Hindieh her position to aid their campaign, However, on Monday the said. “I did speak to him on the the second calling for all candidates Judicial Board announced that a 2phone that night twice and really all to “respect the spirit of a fair cam 1 vote had determined that the he wanted was for me to withdraw paign.” Board would uphold the CRO’s so that he could grab my science Chowdhury claims that he was decision. Acting Chief Justice votes.” caught off guard by the decision, Glider Hernandez explained the Chowdhury, however, denied believing it to be excessive. factors affecting the Board’s judge Hindieh’s allegations. “When I heard [about the offer ment. “Individuals did approach to Hindieh] I didn’t think too much “To overturn the CRO’s discre Ramzi, and they did suggest that he of it at the time. I presumed that tion, there has to be a marked run for SUS, and suggested they the individuals who had spoken to departure from reasonableness. Two would offer support to him,” he Ramzi got carried away, but I didn’t of us think that [the decision] does said. “They acted on their own think it was an infraction,” not depart from reasonableness.” judgement, without my endorse Chowdhury explained. “However, Hernandez also questioned ment. I do not condone anything obviously it was. I cooperated with Chowdhury’s claim that his friends that undermines the democratic the CRO, but I disagree with his had acted without his knowledge. process. decision, and I believe that it is dis “Like it or not, if people are “I spoke to Ramzi for about proportionate to the offense.” working for your campaign... you ten minutes,” Chowdhury contin Chowdhury appealed the deci are responsible for checking up on ued. “I told him about the virtues sion to the Judicial Board. them... They are acting on your of the SUS, the role that it played Chowdhury’s advocate, Tom Park, behalf.” with students, and the good that argued in front of the justices that Justice Alana Klein dissented can be done from it, like I would

V o ic e m a il t r a n s c r ip t s The following messages were left on Ramzi Hindieh’s voicemail.

Dude you’re killing me, don’t make me come over there.

24 February 2001 at 10:28 am.

27 February 2001 at 11:53 pm.

Hello Ramzi, you don’t know me my name is M anish... I’m last year’s VP academic o f the SUS here at McGill, I was just wondering if I could talk to you for a bit just to see w hat your goals are and stuff like that. If you could give me a call back that would be great at [phone number]. It’s around Saturday at 11:30 or 10:30, dude, I hope I didn’t wake you up or whatever. If you could give me a call back that would be great. Once again my name is Manish and its [phone number].

Come on guy, you have 3 minutes here, you’re killing me here, give me a call back.

27 February 2001 at 10:11 pm. Ramzi, it’s been 10 minutes, give us a call, soon to be your office if you choose our offer at |SUS office phone number |.

27 February 2001 at 10:11 pm.

in the board’s decision, arguing that the offense was not serious enough to warrant such a penalty. Although Chowdhury was not available for comment after the Board’s decision, his comments a day earlier can serve as testament to a possible response. “Friday was the longest day of my life,” he said. “This is some thing I’ve worked on for months

1 March 2001 at 10:43 pm. Hey Ramzi, this is your buddy, I just wanted to know how your midterm went. We felt kinda bad that we kept you up, hopefully your midterm did well. We were just at the debate and I guess you know just as well as we know how your perform ance went. O ur offer is still on the table we are pretty serious about this. If you want to continue along this avenue then we invite you, that’s great, however you do realize that you were asked... people were asking serious questions and your answers weren’t being taken seriously at all, but best of luck if you want to continue doing this, or you can call is at |SUS office pone number]. T hanks buddy.

and it has suddenly gone down the drain.”

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Pinata, every buzzbingo .word, a stu dent record label and no singing ability whatsoever were the out standing features of the Communications and Events debate in the Shatner cafeteria. Opening statements at the debate revealed litde more about the candidates than their posters. Brian Ker helped every audience member win buzzword bingo by touting his Triple-A platform of accessibility, accountability and approachability. “Transparency has been tossed around this campus for the last couple of years,” he said. “And I don’t think much has been done about that.” His TripleA idea, aside from not being very original, won’t help him out much with that — what could be less transparent than those three words. Jenn Famery claimed that her status as an international student set her apart from the other candi dates, and promised more cultural and charity events as well as con certs and DJ spin-offs. The rele vance of not being Canadian is any one’s guess, but it appears that she thinks it gives her an edge, because she kept bringing it up throughout the evening. Scott Medvin thinks that there exists a cyclical nature to SSMU activities. “If an event is well promoted, people will go,” he said, offering a modern interpretation of the ‘if you build it, they will come’ hypothesis. “The more people who go, the bet ter the event will be.” A great idea, except for the fact that the promo tion of Four Floors was so good that many people went and the line was so long that Scott didn’t. It appears as though the cycle wasn’t working in his favour. To his credit, however, he wouldn’t pay off a bouncer to get in. And then there was the Red Herring/Institutionalized Revolutionary Party candidate Eytan Bayme. He had a pinata. That’s about as much as he con tributed to the debate. Perhaps the weakest of the Herring candidates, nothing more needs to be said, lest their chicanery at the debates become more of a focus than the issues that were at hand. O f course, that would suppose that there were News Analysis

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issues raised at this debate, which in turn would suppose that there are issues facing the portfolio at all. Most of the questions from the floor were hypothetical situations, and each of the candidates were unable to give answers that distin guished themselves. Except for Famery, of course. She’s an interna tional student, don’t forget. Perhaps the most pertinent question put to the candidates asked how to improve participation by Francophone students in SSMU activities. Famery claimed to be the spokesperson for the group as a whole. “I’m part of the Francophone network,” she said. “I know the culture, the opinions they have on these parties and their tastes. I know where they will and will not go.” Too bad the PQcould n’t use her to predict winning con ditions. The other two candidates stressed more bilingualism within SSMU — such an easy thing to implement, it is wonder that it has n’t been done already. O f the three, Ker clearly has the most experience in organizing large-scale events — he has helped coordinate Arts Taverns and Open Air Pub, and that is a necessary skill for the portfolio. Medvin’s ideas were the most original, and at least, when asked to sing a song, he could actually make a rhyming phrase: “You can knock on my office door, I promise I won’t be sore.” Despite the relentless repeti tion of her status as both an inter national and Francophone student, Famery could bring a welcome new voice to council and her connec tions within the Francophone com munity shouldn’t be discounted. But Eytan had the pinata, “and that’s a pinata for everybody.” Give me a hell yeah.

g o v e rn m e n t n e x t? Student Federation. CASA was not the only ally discussed at the debate. Whether SSMU should join the Quebec Federation of University Students, an organization that groups 17 stu dent associations from around the province, is a question that has been deliberated upon in Council in recent weeks. Addressing this issue, deMaisonneuve-Rami stated that he opposed the partnership, claim ing LaFEUQ’s values differ from those of SSMU, and citing the fact that the University of Quebec in Montreal is leaving the organization as testament. Lanteigne, while rec ognizing the difference in values, suggested involving the student body in the decision by putting the question in a referendum. Both candidates also discussed the importance of maintaining strong ties with the three other main universities in the province. In regards to McGill’s immediate surroundings, Lanteigne promised that if elected she would work clos er with the police and the University’s safety commission to ensure effective security in the area. Meanwhile, deMaisonneuve-Rami discussed the importance of being “bilingual in a bilingual city”, demanding that all posters relating to McGill in the community be printed in both French and English. In fact, one of the most inter esting issues debated on Thursday was the linguistic division between the francophone community and English-speaking groups on cam pus. In responding to a question on how to overcome possible segregat ing effects on the recently signed

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andidates for the office of V._>v'vice-president community and government affairs dealt largely with McGill’s relation ship to the community at the recent portfolio debates. Danielle Lanteigne and Aaron deMaisonneuve-Rami, are the only two candidates for the position in the Students’ Society of McGill University election, both displayed a keen awareness of the issues con cerning the University with respect to the provincial government, the community and other universities. With no Red Herring Institutionalized Revolutionary Party/Liberation Front party candi date running for the position, the two contestants were able to articu late their ideas without any distrac tions from a playful challenger. The result, though less entertaining than the races for the other executive offices, was perhaps the most focused debate of the evening. The oustanding concern is the Quebec government’s lack of fund ing on education. The importance of lobbying the government in response to this concern is funda mental to the position of VP com munity and government affairs. Here, deMaisonneuve-Rami pre sented a contentious perspective in claiming that the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations “kisses liberal ass,” questioning the integrity and effectiveness of one of SSMU’s main external allies. He suggested looking into other part nerships such as the Canadian News Analysis

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contrat de performance with the provincial government that states as one of its conditions that the University maintain a constant number of Quebec students, both candidates expressed similar views. “I don’t think that encouraging diversity by having students from different groups is necessarily a bad idea,” said Lanteigne. “However, we should not divide students linguis tically. .. We should approach issues as students, not as members of dif ferent linguistic groups.” “There is a strong linguistic french community at the University,” added deMaisonneuveRami. “I think we should increase the interest of this community... Why is the francophone communi ty treated as a minority? We should not work for groups but for all stu dents.” When voters go the polls, they have a choice between similar ide ologies but a different apparatus to employ those ideologies. As chair of this year’s community and govern ment affairs committee, Lanteigne’s strength is her extensive experience with provincial government in regards to issues specifically relating to McGill. DeMaisonneuve-Rami’s is that he would bring external knowledge to the position, and has articulated clear-cut changes that he believes can solve some of the lin gering problems that have plagued the University’s external relations. Whoever, gets elected this week will have the important task of estab lishing stronger links between the University and the community.

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D e s c rib e ^jDurself in fiv e w o rd s.

What is/are t h e main issue(s) affecting ym âr portfolio?

How do y o u ||a n to deal with this/thçsÜ issue(s)?

All photos taken by Ryan Sengara

Ken Spillberg • Real ideas and real • Skinny, overworked engineer with fro.

solutions.

• Voter apathy, and the lack of

• Letter of agreement

serious, powerful SSMU

negotiations, accredita

representation. tion, rennovations,

• The sad thing is that I actually believe that we should unite all

increasing tuition fees,

faculties into one big family, so

and an SSMU that

students can unite against the works for every stu

administration.

Jeremy Farrell

dent.

Ramzi H. Hindieh

• I’m a motivated, responsive

• ambitious, loyal, friendly,

leader.

approachable, presidential.

• Making SSMU relevant to more

• SSMU opening up to the whole

students. Moving SSMU into the

University and not just in

new millennium through attitude.

Shatner; to increase fudning for

• I want to augment available

• Lectures on-line, and transcribed notes will affect the broadest range of students at McGill.

subdepartemental issues, for

services like computers. I want to

example Notes Taken in Class;

change the attitude with which

that every student in McGill take

SSMU approaches issues.

part in the president’s decision making; improve McGill for stu dents • setting up bulletin boards in every building listing SSM U’s activities and presneting sugges • Are these pants too tight. • SSMU sucks very powerfully. The president’s job should be to make it not suck quite as powerfully. • The Red Herring Institutionalized Party has declared all campaign

tion boxes; circulating question naires regularly, as well as set ting referendum questions; improving access to past exams and previous years’ NTCs

promises invalid, so w e’re not making

DJ Waletzky

any. I do assure everyone will have a damn good time.

• A beast for the beauty.

Fred Sagel

Arif Chowdhury

• Joke candidacy but serious platform

• We need to have more

• “I want sm aller class sizes, course evalua

student rep. More interaction

tions made available to students, and less

with teachers - students must

dog-shit on campus.”

have more feedback on how

• “We should offer different sections of the

teachers are teaching them.

same class at different times. This gives us

The position of the

more flexibility at making our schedules. As

francophone commissioner

for course evaluations being made available

has to improve. If I get elected

for students- they’re already available, we

I’m pretty much the right hand

just have to publish them. We have to make

man to the president. • By keeping an open mind,

Jennifer Bilec

them accessible in an anti-calendar (it lets you know what other students think about

• I’m energetic, hard

by correcting mistakes I will

working and dedicated. • Student advocacy.

• devoted, experienced, effective,

course content and work load). And, as for

make immediately. By the

dynamic, approachable

the poop and scoop policy-that should be

support of those working with

• having students consulted before

enforced by the vp-operations.

me, and the people I’m

making University decisions; giv

campaigning against.

ing students a more active role in

Academ ic issues. Issues relating to work study. On campus opportunities. • Continue role in senate

Senate; informing students on

as an active voice for stu

what is happeing in the University;

dents. My main thing is more multi-disciplinary

quality of academ ics; improving

programs and more inno

quality of representation

improving the quality of life and

vation. More student/pro-

• holding a “Voicing Our Vision”

fessor contact. Research

forum each sem ester in each fac

opportunity programs,

ulty chaired by the faculty senator,

expanding interships

posting what has been said online

through the campus so

in a report per faculty per sem es

students actually have confidence in career

ter, and then taking this to Senate

placement services.

Thierry Harris

caucus

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• Experienced, Determined, Dynamic, Concerned, Open-minded • Expansion, increased communication between McGill and other universities to expand student opportunities. Increased inter-faculty events. More cultural

and charity events.

I also want

to have regular concert and DJ spin-offs.

B r ia n K e r

fid

B e th a n y F is h e r J en F am ery

• international, rock star extraordinaire (3 w ords),YEAH !

• I like to be challenged. • Communication and trans

• vibrancy of clubs; rather clubs coming totally

parency, more diverse events, and

under SSM U, make them vibrant enough so that

ensuring that the events are well

they are not seen as SSMU clubs but as clubs on

publicized and successful. • Through trying to use new

their own • work closely with clubs; keeping budgets for a

mediums [of communication] and

purpose rather than keeping budgets for the pur

modifying old ones. More diverse

pose of budgets; rock and roll.

events, and more Francophone events. I have experience in throwing parties. I know if I use the same formula, I can make

clubs and services, not only for

them successes.

first-year students • provide more information about clubs and services in packet sent to new students to get more par

• fun-loving, motivated, good humour, late sleeper,

ticipation; creating virtual activi

liker of summer • make sure every student knows about every event; make sure

ties nights on the SSMU website to give students who might have

events appeal to the students

missed the actual activities night

• On the events side: Get more talent from across U.S. and Canada playing on campus through SSM U; have more McGill m usicians fea

event; creating technical resourse

M a r tin D o e

tured • On communications side: make sure those empty billboards are not

• unique, diverse, motivated,

empty; promote feedback on the Internet; use SSMU office as pro

involved, friendly

moter of events through promotional videos shown around campus

• Change position to be one that

and classrooms.

cooperates more with clubs rather

Sco tt M edvin

than just administer them;

centre for clubs, allowing access to equipment such as TVs VCRs and digital cam eras that are so often used by clubs (instead of clubs having to rent them from ICC), publishing a clubs wlshlist.

increase student involvement in

• I’ll do a good job • There are obviously two sides to this posi tion: the government side and the community side. On the govern ment side, we need to work closely with other

Danielle L anteigne

R aoul G ebert K e n t S m ith

• dedication, energy, open-minded,

• Friendly, caring, motivated,

• to bring SSMU out of offices and into student life

• My main goal next year is to

• spend less on what’s going on in

effectively manage SSMU and

offices and more on what’s going on

its finances. This portfolio is

with students, and therefore directing

unique in terms of a lot of things that fall under this position are locked in within the next few years-lease

Quebec to make sure

the government of Quebec honours the Performance Contract, while continuing to press

able to learn, communicative experienced, and inquisitive

student associations in

student interest at the federal level. As far as the community goes, I want to set up a volun teer committee at SSMU to get students more involved in the community. And, I want to take advantage of the present municipal restructuring (one island, one city) to get a student transit

funds towards such things as clubs,

rate for University students.

operations, assem blies, forums, serv ices, publications, events, and special projects.

agreements with the building,

Aaron deMaisonneuve

food service contracts, etc.

• experienced, dedicated,

• My experience will definite

responsible, reasonable,

ly help me. I’m a fourth year

progressive

■

management student, I’ve

• Red Herring

taken all the classes that have

institutionalized

taught me how to be a manag

party candidate.

er. I’ve also had the experi

• More open

ence of working in an office

kleptocracy.

where I had the position of

• It involves cashing checks

being a manager.

N ic k D o lf

to students.

• I want to make it a stu d en t government again,

keeping the executives as full-time students; better federal organization; better Quebec lobbying • give serious look into different external organiza tions like CSF; start going to Quebec more often, and searching for lobbying groups in Quebec; remain a full-time student if elected, taking at least 4 classes.

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charming mix cha of sandbox JL jLMaachievelliani sm and Jesse Jackson confirmed a simple and brutal fact about the presidential race: that is it is little more than an inflated popularity contest. Little was addressed, and even less got answered but, well, at least it more than made up my missing Survivor. More than anything, I am left somewhat confused as to whether the bigger joke was making a mock ery of the debate or taking it seri ously. Both seem to accomplish the same goal of regurgitating the driv el that fills pamphlets and posters to tell the listener why exactly said candidate is so great. And well, if this is all it comes down to, then why not just go as over the top as possible? It gets the same results, and displays just about the same Mews Analysis

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level of integrity as anything else. So kudos on the pies and mama jokes Waletzky — pure gold. Each farce was worse than its predecessor. DJ Waletzky’s “no hypocrisy, just good old fashion confidency in me,” and Jeremy Farrell’s request to choose “a candi date with experience, and who can use that experience to innovate,” were amusing. Even Ken Spilberg’s solution to visibility elicited a smirk: “My way to fix that is to publicize SSMU. My idea is to pro duce a calendar called the men of SSMU.” Before this turns into a fullfledged rant, which given the mate rial is not a particularly difficult endeavour, the more important question asks what exactly the port folio of SSMU president does. What I did learn though was that Ramzi Hindieh will move beyond McGill’s “closed system,” and look at “other universities around the world and how they are run successfully.”

Waletzky of course will embrace the merits of “open kleptocracy, slaughter the SSMU cashcow and make sure everyone gets a steak,” (and succulent tofu for the vegans of course). And Arif Chowdhury will target all of McGill’s disparities with online class notes. Well boys, all that is just Jim dandy — what position were you running for again? Let’s not let something trivial like that get in the way of a good farce. Let’s not forget though the req uisite commentary on SSMU’s inaccessibility. Fear not of disen franchisement, Chowdhury will bring you a SSMU that “works for all students,” and Farrell will ensure “computers in the Shatner centre,” and from what I can glean Hindieh seems quite keen on “making the SSMU more apparent so more stu dents have a say in the running of SSMU.” Essential translation: McGill sucks, SSMU sucks, but on the bright side I’m great. Vote for me, thank you. Weren’t paying attention? Don’t worry, you will hear it all again next year.

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pus and [it] being extended out side." Sagel followed suit recognizing the need for research internships and an expansion of the work study program. Increased possibility for revenue for both Canadian and International students is a great idea. What would be ever greater is an explanation of how this will be achieved. Surely the key lies somewhere on Sagel’s "four step innovation plan," or Bilec’s "different perspec tives from different perspectives,"

or maybe in Harris’ grade school ethos, or even Wright’s "deer roam ing the fields." Pardon my ingenuousness, but I was under the impression that stu dent government elections should not need popularity races and use less campaign slogans. Please peo ple, tell me how you are going to do things, not the stock grocery list of what needs to be done. Hey, if I wanted to know the subtle nuance between a real reformer and a reformer with results, I would have Dubya explainerate the strategery to me.

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VP Ops: Lefty, Tory & Swami to students. He would encourage consultation about the terms of an exclusivity deal and allow students [he three candi to view possible contracts. News Smith does not support dates for Analysis S t u d e n t s ’ Gebert’s idea for an activism fund, Society of McGill nor does he think that daycare University VP Operations engaged should be a top priority for SSMU. Dolf was the most memorable in a debate, last Thursday, in which the two candidates with actual plat candidate, although silent about forms struggled over the din to say cold beverage agreements or day care. He said during the debate that something of substance. The event pitted Raoul Gebert, he believes in a “holistic” student Kent Smith, and Nick Dolf against government, astrology and the pow ers of meditation. each other. When taunted by Alex The normally somber debates were enlivened (some would say Whitehouse of the Engineering denigrated), by the presence of a Undergraduate Society’s publication motley crew of Red Herring zealots The Plumber’s Faucet, Dolf respond littering the SSMU ballot. Dolf, the ed, “That question just ruined the so-called Red Herring karmic balance of the universe. Institutionalized Revolutionary Way to go, dipshit.” Dolf’s closing statement con Party/Liberation Front’s candidate for VP Operations, did his best to sisted of an interpretive dance distract students from the issues accompanied by the twangs of a with interpretive dance and horo bass played by one of his Red Herring cohorts. scopes. In a telephone interview on Smith and Gebert appeared disgruntled that the spotlight shone Friday, Dolf stepped out of his New almost exclusively on Dolf’s frisky Age persona and described why he theatrics. They tried to shift their has used such peculiar campaign facial expressions from open-jawed tactics. “SSMU is not a nuclear reac outrage to tight-lipped smiles reflecting bemusement and toler tor,” said Dolf. “We can still have fun. I’d rather that people vote on ance. Although both of them were my personality [as opposed to spe flustered and disoriented, only cific campaign promises.]” Dolf neither supports nor Gebert managed to rise above the bedlam and express himself coher opposes the Campus Life Fund, but ently. Smith tried but didn’t suc recognizes its importance. He voted against last year’s ceed. While both Gebert and Smith CBA, but would consider an exclu are cordial and informed, neither sivity deal as VP Operations if could compete with the swami-ji SSMU would benefit and if the and his party’s kleptocratic philoso- terms of the agreement were not confidential. phy. Dolf doesn’t support an What Smith and Gebert did manage to say clarified the diver activism fund makes sense, but gent approaches the two would wouldn’t oppose SSMU funding to bring to the office of VP raise awareness of particular issues. On the question of daycare, he likes Operations. Gebert, a German student and the idea and wants to implement it president of NDP McGill, advo so long as the cost is not exorbitant. The race for VP Operations cates a thorough review of SSMU’s expenses and salaries. He supports offers students a choice between two the $3.90 per semester Campus Life candidates with differing beliefs, Fund. He strongly opposes any and one who pretends he has no cold beverage exclusivity deal. beliefs at all. Gebert would reshape the Gebert also champions daycare services for students with young office into a more activist position, children set to be paid for by exist while Smith’s ideology portends a conservative approach. Both have ing student fees. In addition, Gebert wants to reasonable, though differing, goals create an “activism fund,” which and expectations. Gebert and Smith hold posi would distribute money to help stu dent organizations mobilize over tions that are assets or liabilities, issues like government education depending on a voter’s outlook. cuts and the ongoing funding Gebert’s commitment to social squabble between the Science activism could motivate McGills Undergraduate Society and the more devoted leftists. Smith’s aca demic and political background, on University’s administration. Smith, a former president of the other hand, will appeal to stu PC McGill, is generally more estab- dents who want a more cautious lishmentarian. He sees little room managerial style. Dolf is a wild card. There are for cuts in the SSMU budget with out sacrificing valuable services. He many students disenchanted by also supports the Campus Life SSMU politics who would not have voted at all if a gifted performer like Fund. Smith would endorse an exclu Dolf had not caught their attention. sivity deal, provided that the com In this year’s election, maybe the pany provides reasonable conditions mayhem is the message.

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C all f o r AUS N o m in a tio n s Starting March 5th, nominations for the following AUS positions will be available: • VP Academic • VP Administration • Arts Reps To SSMU Council (2)

• President • VP Internal • VP External • VP Finance

Nomination kits can be picked up at: AUS O f f i c e ^ Arts Building B-22 853 Sherbrodke 0. Deadline for returning nomination kits: Friday, March 9th2001 @5:00pm

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The mandate of Professor Robin Eley, Acting Dean of the Centre for Continuing Education will end on May 31,2001. In accordance with the Statutes of the University an Advisory Committee has been struck.

The Committee, which I chair, includes: Board of Governors Representative: Ms Sally McDougall Faculty Representatives: Mr. Pietro Martucci Mr. Hervé de Fontenay Secretary: Ms Mary Shaw

Senate Representatives: Professor David Harpp Professor Hamid Etemad P G S S Representative: Mr. Guillaume Gentil M ACES Representative: Ms Kiki Dranias

The Committee held its first meeting on February 20,2001 and I now invite comments with respect to the possibility of con firming Professor Eley in the Dean’s position for a term of five years. All comments will be discussed by the Committee and will be treated with the strictest confidence. I would appreci ate receiving your input by March 16, 2001. Yours sincerely,

Luc Vinet Vice-Principal (Academic)

F ig h tin g f o r t h e b o a r d Shehryar Fazli The two candidates for the Board of Governors representative from the Students’ Society of McGill University, Chris Gratto and Zach Dubinsky, articulated the need for more student repre sentation on one of the University’s highest governing bodies. The Board consists of 39 members, four coming from McGill’s student body including one representative each from the SSMU, the Post-Graduate Students’ Society of McGill, the McGill Association of Continuing Education Students, and the Macdonald Campus Students’ Society. According to Dubinsky, a former editor of The McGill Daily, until more student representation is allowed on the Board, “nothing will get done.” Gratto, currently the SSMU vice-president of clubs and servic es, delved into greater detail on the issue of student membership, stressing that the student body needs a voice on more of the Board’s subcommittees. He under

lined the fact that the audit and finance subcommittee, which over sees the University’s budget expen diture, does not have a single stu dent representative. Gratto’s other main point was the building of a new residence facility for newcomers, addressing the staggering space shortage in McGill dormitories this year for incoming students. “It is absolutely unacceptable that new students have no place to live for their first week in college,” he said. Gratto added that with the busy schedule freshmen have in the beginning of their first semester, it is unfair for the University to place them in an environment where they are not making new friends and are unsure of where they will end up living. Dubinsky addressed more the issue of the Board itself, and the improvements he wants seen to this body. “The three principal faults of the Board of Governors are that it is not transparent, not accountable and not responsible,” he said. He mentioned that relatively few stu dents know that the Board exists,

Tuition fees to rise for international and out-of-province students S t u d e n t c o u n c il a ls o

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and explained that this body is in charge of an $800 million endow ment fund that he believes could be directed towards long-term projects that have fallen behind. Gratto added to these com ments, noting that most of the Board’s decisions are made in con fidential sessions, something he would work to change. The gener al message that was finally deliv ered to the audience by both can didates was that students should be more informed about the Board’s functions and undertakings, and they should be allowed to play a more active role in such ventures as choosing in which external compa nies the University invests its money. Somewhat overshadowed by the contests for executive positives, student representation on the Board of Governors is perhaps equally important. Both Gratto and Dubinsky effectively commu nicated this message.

Jonathan Colford Tuition was on most students’ minds when two McGill vice-prin cipals came to speak to the student union’s council last Tuesday. VP Academic Luc Vinet and VP Administration and Finance Morty Yalovsky confirmed many students’ worst fears: tuition will increase by at least $500 annually for international students and from $68 to $73 per credit (or $150 for a thirty-credit course load) for outof-province Canadian students next year. “We were looking for some thing reasonable and not out-of line with other [Canadian] univer sities,” Yalovsky said, referring to the planned hike in international student fees. Out-of-province stu dent tuition is set by the Quebec government. Yalovsky told council that McGill’s goal was for the fee to be manageable. All students pay a base tuition fee of $55.61 per credit. International students are sur charged by between $220 and $250 per credit while Canadians not qualifying as Quebec residents cur rently pay an extra $68 per credit. Tuition for Quebec students has remained frozen at the base amount since 1992. Jennifer Bilec, president of the

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Yalovsky also told the Students’ Society of McGill University coun cil that McGill was “scouring the area” in search of more student housing, a lack of which prompted the University to start allotting res idence space in a lottery. McGill is looking to buy buildings between St-Laurent and Peel streets as plans for a new residence building have stalled. M cG ill a dry cam p u s?

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cern in the McGill administration. Vinet said to council that he had “a personal concern” with frosh, which in its application form asks participants about their drinking habits so they can be placed with people of similar tastes. “I was questioning the good taste of that [question],” he said after mentioning that he had received complaints from parents. SSMU President Wojtek Baraniak expects that it is a likely possibility that McGill will go com pletely dry in the near future if stu dents do not better plan and super vise their alcohol events. “At the end of the day we are liable as a corporation and responsi ble as a student government,” Baraniak said in a later interview. Bookstore woes: chapter 1,685

McGill is fed up with Chapters’ mismanagement of the McGill Bookstore and is consider ing walking out on the contract, Yalovsky told council. A stipulation in the contract allows McGill to walk out if Chapters were to be taken over, which it was recendy, by Trilogy. “At this point we don’t know whether the Trilogy corporation wants to remain in the university bookstore business,” he said.

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minimal effort and is sure to impress your friends (or the judges of your iron chef competition). It is a fantastic appetizer or accompaniment to sushi. Batter Ingredients

• 1 cup corn flour1 •1 /2 all-purpose flour • Ice water • Canola or sunflower oil

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Slice or cut your vegetables into relatively thin slices or sections. Heat enough oil to cover the vegetables in a large wok over medium heat. DO NOT let the oil smoke or it is ruined. You want it just hot enough (between 325- 375 degrees) to sizzle the batter. On the side, mix the two types of flour in a mixing bowl and then add about a cup of the ice water, or until the batter is just a little thinner than pancake batter.2 Use chop sticks to stir the batter to ensure the flour stays in clumps. You do not want a smooth batter- the clumpier the better. Now coat the veg etable or shrimp with the batter and drop one at a time into the hot oil. Leave it in until it is golden brown and then take it out and put it on a paper towel to soak up a little of that oil. That is all! Now for some thing to dip it in... Quarter _ cup rice wine vinegar 3 tbsp. Soy sauce 1 clove garlic 1 chopped green onion

1 tsp. Sesame oil 1 tsp. Toasted sesame seeds 1 tbsp. Honey Half _ cup olive oil

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Usually tempura is served with a sweet, light teriyaki sauce but we liked this one for a change. Just mix all the ingredients together (except the olive oil) with a fork or a blender if you have one. Then add the olive oil to get the consistency you want. You can play around with the pro portions to your own taste. / hope you like this recipe, and all the others for that matter. I f you have actually made any o f the suggested dishes or have any other comments please email me at vadey@po-box.mcgill.ca. Enjoy. Footnotes

'This is the only hard ingredient because it is a little difficult to find. Look for it in spe cialty stores- we found it in the fruit market on St. Laurent just above Pine. ’Make sure it is really cold because the key to good tempura is the reaction between the oil and water. b y ‘t h e r e a l J i m S h a d y ’

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The motion for FTAA protesters’ academic amnesty failed at the University’s last senate meeting for one reason: fear. There was a fear that the University wouldn’t be able to apply such a motion uniformly across all faculties. There was fear that the motion would question the integrity of the exam system. Most importantly, there was a fear of falling down the “slippery slope” of setting a precedent. Why should the University worry whether or not this motion affects every member of every faculty within the University? It would be nice to incorporate all members of the student body into an academic amnesty proposal, but let’s be honest — all members of the student body are not asking for it. Surely, most of the students that would be unable to defer their exams, engineering and medicine students for example, would have different priorities at the end of the semester. If attending the summit means missing rounds at a local hospital, surely a devoted medical student will not defer his exams. Perhaps one of the strongest quotes against the motion came from a senator who compared this FTAA protest to his own experiences of protest during the war in Vietnam. “Flow dare you come to us and ask for amnesty,” he said. “If you real ly felt strongly about attending the conference you’d sacrifice your exams.” This is not Vietnam. To make that comparison is ridiculous. Students should not be expected to compromise their academics to protest against the FTAA like their parents did against a war overseas. Yes, free trade with in the Americas is an important issue to students. Yes, they feel strongly about attending the summit. But their brothers and boyfriends are not being shipped to jungles in Southeast Asia to fight in a war that divides a world. To be adamantly opposed to the issue, one must be well-versed in the proposals of the FTAA and the prospects of its implementation. Ironically enough, the very institution that may have helped some of these students formulate their beliefs won’t even let them express their voice. Not only is attending the conference an educational experience in itself, but it also allows students to put the beliefs they have developed here into practice. This doesn’t question the integrity of the exam system, but rather underlines it. What does blowing off exams say about the integrity of the exam sys tem anyway? Doesn’t such an idea throw the whole system into question far more than a motion for academic amnesty? The fact that this motion was brought to senate should speak enough towards the integrity of the exam process. Students respect the system. Students care about their grades. Students care about their future. Students care about the future of the Western hemisphere. Why is the senate scared to work with such a focused and directed student body? Falling down the “slippery slope” of setting a precedent was also a fear. But, in the words of Sam Noumoff, the senate is in no way obligated to let students “go to Miami in February just because [it] let them go to this Summit in April.” Perhaps a real fear, then, is that the senate, one of the highest govern ing bodies at the University, is uncertain that it will be able to say “no” to an unreasonable request for exam deferral in the future. And scariest of all, is the senate’s refusal to recognize this event as a reasonable request for exam deferral. The student body is no boogie-man. It is a dedicated, unified group seeking a reasonable request at a reasonable time.

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I am blocking off a section of St. Laurent the week of April 16th — coincidentally that of my birthday and the unwelcome presents of three exams. All the bars will be free, and paid for by yours truly, so pull out those petition forms and let’s strive for academic amnesty under the noble banner of partying down. An argument cruising down a precarious slippery slope? An asinine straw man attack? Hardly. Ideology finds its only justification in ideagoguery. Convince yourself something is a great idea, and a noble cause and it becomes so, as there are no bad causes, only poor justifications. This brings the argument of academic amnesty as a) a pre cursor to learning of the most valuable sort and b) as a respon sibility of McGill to flag through. It is neither. My argument is apolitical, and my attack on academic amnesty does not derive from any corporatist or globalist agenda, but rather an agenda that questions the legitimacy of noble causes in general. What exactly differentiates the romantic battle against globalization from my moronic proposal of a debauchery fest? The winds of social opinion? Caprice? Normative proofs? At the centre of the battle is a group holding a certain soci etal trend to be a bad and deleterious thing. Popular, much less esoteric opinion does little in providing the concretion of laud ing something as ‘good’ or damning it as ‘bad.’ So to restate, at the centre of the battle is a group holding an opinion. How this opinion becomes a pre-eminent cause with ‘far-reaching rami fications on the general populace’ admittedly remains a mystery to me. I believe in many causes, or rather opinions, so as to not cast a self-defeating prophesy I would stand up for. That does not put the onus on others however to provide me with the institutional sanction to carry them through. The notion of institutional sanction brings us to the idea of McGill as an institution of higher learning and personal growth. It is neither. University is a grade-generating machine that in the end of the day furnishes you with paper that is the sum total of years of work, protracted sleep deprivation, and hundreds down the drain in Second Cup bills. University does not make you a better person, you do that all by yourself. As such, it is not the University’s responsibility to resched ule exams to accommodate protest rallies; its concerns being better directed toward the smooth running of the administra tive leviathan. Although a cold state of affairs, hardly one cold enough to impede the wheels of personal growth. If you truly believe the trek to Quebec City will do infi- [ nitely more for you than exam week, the choice seems simple. If I wore a hat, it would certainly be off to you. It really just boils down to what you would rather have in the end of the day: personal growth or Harvard Law.

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Disappointing conduct at debates I would like to express my extreme disap pointment with the conduct of certain candi dates at last week’s Students’ Society election debate. You may have attended expecting to hear candidates state their positions on legiti mate issues, but instead left thinking that the debate was nothing more than a waste of your time. Through their ridiculous, low brow, offensive and demeaning actions, certain can didates who complained about the SSMU Executive’s shortcomings only served to dis tance more people from the SSMU. I do think that there should be a little humour added to everything, but last week’s debate was the most absurd and pathetic display of attempted “stu dent leadership” that I have ever witnessed at McGill. However, the irony of this situation is that despite everything, the debate was still allowed to continue due to the poor organization of Elections McGill. We spend $30,000 per year to run elections. We deserve to have our debates well organized and conducted in a pro fessional manner. Moreover, let us not forget what is at stake when you vote next week: we will be deciding on who will be in charge of administrating over $5.3 million of our money and who will represent the student body’s interests to the administration and govern ment. I would however like to commend the majority of candidates who have worked extremely hard to bring forth new ideas and goals for the Students’ Society. For candidates and students alike, please do not let actions of others discourage you from participating in student politics. Wojtek Baraniak U3 Political Science President Students’ Society of McGill University

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n the past 48 hours, three groups students have come on field trips to visit me and my room mate’s apartment, hoping to take it off our hands for next year. Our apartment smells like meat, has a leaky ceiling in the washroom, and overlooks a lovely parking lot. And we’re going to auction it off to whoever wants to pay the most beers for it. Why? Because it is across from the gym, has a decent rent, and our landlord does not appear to be too crooked. (Come to think of it, he rarely appears at all) We live in the McGill ghetto, and if you’re a student looking for a place to live, it’s everywhere you want to be. The poet Coolio once wrote “if you’ve never been to the ghetto, don’t ever come to the ghetto”, however, I don’t think he was talking about Montreal, (he might have been; Coolio and I don’t ‘hang’ like we used to) For the purposes of this article, let’s set parameters at Ave des Pins to Sherbrooke, and University to St. Laurent. The McGill ghetto is an ideal student place to live, specifically because it’s close to everything. From most places in the ghetto, you can roll out of bed five minutes before a class and make it there on time (provided that you’re not taking a class at Stewart Bio, and why would anyone do that?) At the

same time, you can also make it over to Madonna’s pizza fairly quickly too. The ghetto also includes two of the finest grocery stores known to mankind, a cheap movie theater, a couple of restau rants, and the friendliest Montreal police station I have ever visited! The ghetto has it all! But the advantages of the ghetto go on. The way I see it, it’s about commu nity. It’s about doing the walk of shame on a Saturday morn’, and passing by all your friends on their way to Place Milton. It’s about people crowding the streets when the weather breaks -4 on Aylmer in order to sit on their steps and flaunt the fact that they pay more in rent than you do. It’s about everyone laughing together as one as cars get stuck behind garbage trucks on Tuesday mornings. It’s about the crazy landlord stories we get to exchange when we find our pets skewered on fences. It’s about walking ten seconds to copy assign ments instead of doing the work our selves. It’s about University life, and I think the ghetto represents what makes this school great. So, for all those stu dents looking for apartments, your choice is clear: the McGill ghetto. And let’s start the bidding for my apartment at three cases of beer.

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t’s election season on campus — which would never be com plete without juicy rumours of scandalous behaviour. But this year, those stories are especially pervasive. Maybe I’m idealistic, but every year I look to the elections at the many student organizations across campus to see what students are looking for in their representatives. In other words, elections should give an updated interpretation of ‘what leadership is’ at McGill. The last few days, my phone has been ringing off the hook about the SSMU elections — on events that are no doubt covered elsewhere in this paper. First, the Red Herring candidates in the elec tions derailed an important debate and offended many observers (and not in an amusing Red Herring way). Second, the elections officials disqualified Arif Chowdhury for the allegedly nasty behind-thescenes behaviour of his campaign team.

While there are, as always, good candidates in the midst of all this, they are being overshadowed. So far, most of what I see is what leadership is not, and that’s really disappointing. The essence of what leadership is can be difficult, or even impossi ble, to define. Every year, though, there are McGill students who per sonify leadership in their activities: in clubs, athletics, activism, jour nalism - and yes, even student pol itics. These people make an appre ciable difference at McGill; their dynamism, initiative, and commit ment are part of a long tradition of leadership at McGill that sets our students apart from those at other Canadian universities. They devote their considerable time and energy to their activities, and they are people to whom other students look to for support, advice, or even inspiration. The problem is, because of the non-academic nature of their achievements, these leaders can sometimes go unrecognized. The Scarlet Key Society, a sev enty-five year old McGill organiza tion, tries to make sure that this doesn’t happen. Every year, the Society gathers to request applica

tions for the ‘Key’ and award it to too easy to watch the current elec deserving students. The Key is tra tion shenanigans and see what ditionally presented by the leadership is not. Principal, is recognized at convoca tion, and is well-known among McGill alumni in many different fields — many of whom are them selves Scarlet Key members. To honour as many leaders as possible, the Scarlet Key Society needs applications and nomina tions from all over campus. If you know someone who should be con sidered, or if you want to put in your own application, the deadline for this year is drawing near. The forms, which are available at the Student Society’s front desk, must be filled out and submitted by March 12 at 5pm. Even if you’re busy, I encour age you to take the time to pick up the forms and submit them. Student leadership is a critical part of what makes McGill different; what makes student life here diverse and engaging. Giving those people recognition for their contribution is only fair, and it might just help encourage another generation of McGill leaders. In other words, I urge you, with those applications, to help define what leadership is among McGill students in 2001. It’s important, especially since it’s all

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or many of bonus of being close enough to bring your you folks cordless home telephone to Vol de Nuit! there’s only And for those of you just out of rez —liv about fifty odd days ing in the Plateau area means you’re close left until that dread enough to go to Angels without your jack ed day...May 1st, moving day in these et! Living in the Plateau boils down to parts. Though most Montreal leases go this: shmoozing with drug dealers, Porsche until July, for the student species, April drivers, kid koala, stiletto heels and 30th is a frantic day of bubble paper, U- squeegee folks all in one night. Being outside of the ghetto means you Hauls and trying to find those damn have less of a chance of running into wild screws for your futon. So here’s my tip for hoards of frosh in their matching t-shirts you lucky shmucks who get to dive into come September. Also, you have a much this fun...Don’t live in the ghetto! better chance of getting more value for Here you are in this glorious city of your money rent is cheaper, and apart Montreal. Why would you even think of ments are bigger...most importantly they confining yourself to the tiny closet of don’t look like you ordered them from Aylmer and Milton? Sure you’re thinking, “Oh but if I live in the ghetto I can get to Sears. Houses in this area can have school in five minutes.” Do you really Victorian charm, funk, or a retro zone to want your entire four years in Montreal to them, and they’re usually half the price be based on that whiny logic? Come on! you’d pay for the same quality in the ghet There’s life beyond having a speedy walk to to. Essentially, ghetto living is like a stu school and it lies outside the boundaries of dent-suburb, every apartment is essentially the ghetto...just a few more steps and the the same and equally over-priced id La Cité - I mean who really cares if you can world can be at your feet in the Plateau. Out here nestled between St. Laurent go to the grocery store in your pajamas.. .is and St. Denis I can shake the Leacock cob that really all you want in life? Face it, if all you wanted was a five webs off my shoulders. The extra 10 minute walk to campus, be absorbed in minute walk is well worth the benefits of ‘student life’ instead of really living, and to living a heartbeat away from the funky St. be as deep in the Ghetto as possible so you Denis shops, Carré St. Louis, the Princewould get to Gert’s before last call...well Arthur patios, and St. Laurent clubs and then, you should’ve just gone to Queens. bars. If you’re lucky enough to be on the quaint, charming and cheap streets of De Buillon or Coloniale - you get the added

14Qp/Ed The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, 6March 2001 L e tte r s c o n tin u e d U n holy r ig h t le g d u m p s About a year and a month ago, current RHIRP/LF Presidential candidate D.J. Waletzky took an unholy, Red-Leg dump right here in these op-ed pages over a column I wrote dis cussing, among other things, the Stars and Bars. Two months before that, he threw a similarly JayHawking fit at Dave Bledin for using the term "gargantuan Zulu Warlords" in a piece on Jeremy and Jerome Farrell, concluding "I'm not out to accuse anyone of racism or anything, but it really makes you think." The kicker is that, a few

months later, in Vol. XII No.II of the Red Herring, he associated Jeremy Farrell with an "SSMU Mafia." A column on the next page implied Mr. Farrell had fornicated with someone else's wife. Good Ole' David, by this time, was the Herrings "President For Life" — a title remarkably similar to that of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

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few are willing to sup ply a product. Simple economics And yet, quality pictures continue to be D a v id M a r s h a ll produced by an array of individuals, from both French and English Canada. erry Ciccoritti, Manon Briand, Indeed, Bruce MacDonald, Dana Warren. There’s is little Denys Arcand, Patricia doubt that these names mean Rozema, François Girard, Don tally nothing to you. Indeed, McKellar, and - as much as I hate to surely the last Canadian film direc admit it - Pierre Falardeau all seem tor of which you’ve heard was Atom to consistently produce remarkable Egoyan, and only because you were results, day in, day out, in spite of watching the Oscars just a few years their countrymens’ idiosyncracies. ago. Yes, that was the year in which And, strikingly, they are not alone. The Sweet Hereafter was nominat In fact, the aforementioned are only ed for best picture. Sadly, few of a half-dozen of the gifted directors you had even seen the film until it and producers of which this coun reached acclaimed success, and in try should be proud. Annually, the end you only went because the many more names and faces are Academy told you to do so. To added to a long list of Canadian make a long story short, even the film-makers who have enlightened cream of our crop was being the international scene. The reason why is that i g n o r e d . Not that things have changed Canadian films are usually good, much. In fact, aside from the unan and almost always great. Black ticipated success of The Little Robe, Jesus of Montreal, and The Waterford Girl, and the supposedly Red Violin are obvious examples of ingenious masterpiece of Denis this, all of which have had an Villeneuve, little materialised in the immense impact on the global Canadian film industry in the year stage. The problem is they are just j 2000. O f course, the academics and not getting seen by fellow keeners - indeed few and far Canadians. On the one hand, there between - argue otherwise; they is our lack of initiative, a lack of instead claim that Canada’s film conviction, on our part, to con industry is on the move, and believe sciously decide that Tuesday night or not, for the better. Nonetheless, will be Canadiana night. Instead, the fact remains that very few of us we succumb to an American movie are taking even an evening or two a likely produced by the Hollywood year to see a Canadian flick in a studio system, which considers Canadian theatre, a conspicuously Canada merely as an extension of deplorable reluctance of which we the massive American market. are all equally guilty. And because O f course, in many ways we this void for demand persists, very are. After all, Toronto, Montreal

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and Vancouver are three of the five largest technical centres for film production in North America, through which a “Canadian touch” - so accesible and cost-efficient complements these movies. You’d be crazy to argue, though, that this technical contribution makes Hollywood somewhat more Canadian. Canada’s only real hope of establishing an industry of their own is right here in the nordic lands of this country. Yet although films are indeed being produced here, more need to be made. This would be achieved if Canadians were to increase attendance to Canuck made movies; the shift could in turn encourage the government to rework the distribution deals cur rently dominated by Hollywood. Indeed, only 2% of films on Canadian screens are in fact Canadian. Increase demand forces production of supply. Like I said, simple economics A fabulous place to begin this demand would be on the 13th of March, at 6:30 pm in room #304 of the McConnell engineering build ing, where the McGill Canadian Film Festival begins with a bombas tic bang, Dream Warriors’ style. Opening night will include a num ber of short films produced by upand-coming film students, most of whom reside in the Montreal area. The event will not only be an incredible opportunity to famil iarise yourselves with a potentially flourishing industry, but also afford us guilty Canadians the chance to participate in a much needed mass confession for the neglect of our native film industry.

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W h o 's a f r a i d o f t h e b i g b a d g e n e ? Raquel Kirsch___________ _ Picture it: Busytown, USA, in the mid 20th century. People are cruisin’ around in their shiny Studebakers, catching some new Presley tunes on the AM band. Men in their white-collared shirts walk briskly to their offices where they have worked for years. Life is good, and life is simple. Then came the computers. Though they started off being the size of a room or two, computers were able to do things previously unheard of - store text, compute mathematical formulas and essen tially reduce many labour-intensive tasks to the push of a button. There were many predictions for life in the future - triple the leisure time for the working professional, people having robots doing the housework for them, food becoming a thing of the past — replaced by nutrition from a flavour-filled pill. Now picture this: Superbusytown, USA, in the dawn of the 21st century. The human genome has just been mapped. While some are ecstatic on the find ings, others are predicting that were going to be subject to a DNA test before we buy our groceries. Genetics is a field that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In an age of seemingly boundless technology, these breakthroughs are emerging faster than we can keep track, and certainly faster than we can understand them. But there are

resources available to keep people out of the dark when it comes to new findings, says McGill epidemi ology professor and genetics expert Dr. Abby Lippman. “Basic understanding [of genetics] is accessible to a lot of people,” she says. “It is a tragedy that there has not been much citizen involvement in [advances in genetics].” From cloning to therapy, genetics has taken the scientific community for a ride, and the public has reluctantly taken a seat. In early 1997 we were introduced to Dolly, the adorable sheep who was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult. Earlier this year, scientists announced that they identified a gene that prevents the brain and spinal cord from rewiring themselves after an injury. Most recently, the findings on the map ping of the human genome were released by two research groups — the American biotech firm Celera Genomics, and a publicly-funded international effort known as the Human Genome Project. The human genome is com prised of all the DNA in each human cell; it represents the collec tion of hereditary units that pass from parent to child. Genes, which are specific portions of DNA, form the chemical instructions for pro tein formation. These proteins determine, among other things, how an organism looks, how well it

fights infection, and even how it behaves. Through their research, geneticists have discovered and identified the code that makes up the 25,000 to 40,000 genes in the human body. The length of this

genetic code, measured in letters, is estimated at over 3 million charac ters, making a twenty five-page his tory paper look like a post-it note. This discovery has enormous potential for increasing our knowl edge of nature and our biological make up. It can lead to treatment of those afflicted with genetic disor ders, such as Huntington’s disease and some forms of cancer. But even with all its promises, genetics has people worried. Fears of designer babies — the creation of a master race and clones — may be the first thing to run through peo ple’s minds when they hear the

word ‘genetics.’ Change is often met with adversity. But looking back, it is ridiculous to think that during the Renaissance, Galileo was persecuted for suggesting that the Sun did not revolve around the Earth. And it was only 75 years ago that the Scopes monkey trials saw a man prosecuted for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. U1 Anthropology student Andrew Dufton believes that it will take a long time for people to place their trust in medical genetics as they do in other aspects of science. “As time goes by, people are going to be more accepting of genetics and its practical uses,” he says. “O f course, with any progress there is the possibility that someone will put it to bad use. But it also has the potential to do great things.” So why the stream of genetic anxiety? There are still many things that we do not know about genes. The interpretive stages of research have yet to be completed, and the uncertainties over the implications of genetic research have been float ing around for some time. This is why it is crucial to proceed with extreme caution, says Lippman. “Today’s expressions of con cern about privacy, discrimination, resurgent eugenics, even questions about what it ‘means’ to be human, [are] merely repeat old and ignored queries of the past,” she says. “Perhaps a slower [mapping process], with real attention to these

fundamental questions, would have been appropriate.” C loning

While governments are quick to inject cash into their biotech industries, they are not as swift when it comes to lawmaking. For example, there are very few welldefined laws on cloning, though most Western countries have agreed to a ban on human cloning. The Unites States has declared that no public funds will be used to further cloning research, and have passed laws against discrimination on the basis of genetics. And last week an international agreement between members of The Council of Europe put a ban on human cloning. Despite its current ambiguity, genetics likely will play an impor tant role in future research and medical treatments. But for physi ology students like Rebecca Foster, genetics should not spell the end of conventional medicine. She remains confident that traditional medicine will still play a role in treatment for a long time. “With genetic research, we’ll find out more about diseases and their causes,” she says. “But certain things have yet to be proven. We shouldn’t forget what’s worked in the past; we shouldn’t jump to con clusions.”

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Olympic ideal to hold games in Beijing,” he said, after a bill was pre sented to the American Congress in September, protesting Beijing’s bid for the Games. “Torture and ill-treatment are prevalent during high profile politi cal campaigns...and also common

in prisons and labor camps... many women have been tortured, includ ing through rape, sexual abuse and humiliation,” says A m n e s t y I n t e r n a t i o n a l ’s Report on China, which documents prevalent and sys tematic human rights abuse. European officials met with various Chinese delegates last Friday to discuss five principle areas of concern in the domain of human rights: the extend ed use of the death penalty, delays in ratifying UN covenants, China’s treatment of Tibetans and Turkish Muslims, the suppression of cam paigners for democracy, and finally

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Gay rights and society identity and rights of all people. It questions the very basis of society. Jeffrey Steen, an Intern with Project Interaction with a Master’s of Social Work, wrote a letter to the editor of the Tribune in which he compared the lack of the right-tomarriage for gay couples to histori cal examples of discrimination: “Cultural norm and minority/majority discourse arguments have been historically used to oppress marginalised communities. People of color, women, people with disabilities, and others have been subjected to these sorts of ide ologies which justify their oppressed status and prevent access to resources.” But for Steen, and Project interaction, marriage is more of a symbolic gesture than a final goal. They want to force the re-evaluation of the institution of marriage itself, and the roles of men and women. “Gender is a social construct it’s comfortable. This is what men do - this is what women do.” said Hall. Martine Wizman, a Masters of Social Work graduate from McGill University, says the rigidity of stereotypical gender roles is unfair, there are kernels of truth to the dif ferences and roles of men and women. “Rigid gender roles are socially constructed and are a distortion of the true freedom of living we have

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on cultural norms and the domina tion of socially privileged groups beliefs and values over another’s. These arguments simply justify oppression,” The petition encourages the professors to change their position “or at the very least withdraw from the court hearing.” Reverend Francis McKee of St. Kevin Church in Montreal has decried this effort as just an attempt on behalf of the gay community to discourage discussion about gay rights. In a letter to the Gazette, McKee wrote: “[Brotman and Project Interaction] would divert our atten tion from this basic issue - whether gay marriage is in fact unethical and socially harmful - and prefer to avoid any serious debate.” Fraser Hall, Administrator at Queer McGill, finds this perplex ing. “I don’t think we have ever said ‘shut up’,” stated Hall. Further, Hall pointed to the invitations given to Sommerville and Young, to join a panel discus sion on the issue of gay marriage, which they have thus far declined. “So far we haven’t found any one against gay marriage interested in the panel, which doesn’t make for a very interesting panel,” said Hall.

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One of the sticking points for dialogue is the war of words. McKee feels that if there is to be discussion then a crucial starting point is to define boundaries of terms such as ‘homophobic’, which he sees as an abuse of ‘political cor rectness’. “The term ‘homophobic’ has been used to label those who intel lectually disagree in an attempt to eliminate discussion,” said McKee. The root word ‘-phobic’, he notes stems from Latin and means frightened or terrified, which McKee finds inappropriate. “It’s not that I’m afraid - it’s that I dispute.” The Reverend jok ingly suggested the term “homodisputatio.” Fraser Hall, on the other hand, uses a broader definition of homo phobia. “It is open for debate. My opinion [is that homophobia] is anything that devalues gay people.” Dispute about definitions has manifest itself into significant prac tical repercussions. Among them, the right for gay people to marry. Th e G e n d e r Issue

Gay-marriage is not an issue unto itself. It is the current front line in a disagreement that is much larger; one which questions the

to live as men and women, and cel ebrate our male-ness and female ness,” Wizman said. There is a more fundamental segment of the gay community which would like to see the con cepts of gender demolished com pletely - he termed these people “genderfuckers.” In T h e Bedroom

The legislation on gay rights marriage is complicated in that it quite literally enters the bedrooms of the nation. The legislation on gay rights marriage is complicated in that it quite literally enters the bedrooms of the nation. McKee argues that the inherent vagaries and complica tions that would arise from legal gay marriage would be too great to administer. “Why should homosexual cou ples receive benefits when my grandmother and sister don’t? [Homosexuals] may say ‘my union is special’, well so is [the relation ship] between my grandmother and sister,” he said. Following this logic, the legislation of gay-marriages would have to literally include some form of genital involvement in order for people to qualify for mar riage benefits. Legislation aside, McKee and Hall have different fundamental views on homosexuality. McKee sees homosexuality as a choice and a

lifestyle. “Society has to be built upon a foundation of ethical behavior,” he stated. Proponents of gay marriage dismiss McKee’s argument. They claim that there is a fundamental, perhaps genetic difference between heterosexuality and homosexuality. For them, homosexuality is compa rable to being of a different race. The comparison between restric tions on gay marriage are compared to the past restrictions on intermar riage of blacks and whites. “I think that’s a valid analogy to make and it’s made a lot,” said Hall. Wizman argues against this claim to ‘nature’, in fact stating that sexual orientation is based on choice. “To see a human being as pri marily defined by sexual orientation is reductionistic.” Wizman said, “we are so much more than who we choose to sleep with . . . we are not our sexual orientation.” While the arguments continue, it remains to be seen how tolerance of opinion and social innovation will figure into the equation. Either way you look at it, the ‘rainbow’ has now revealed some black and white.

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The past year has seen more than its share of natural disasters, and a majority of these seem to be earthquakes. In light of the recent

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earthquake in Seattle and the more disastrous ones in India and El Salvador, it seems appropriate to dedicate this week’s Sci Factor to the science of earthquakes. What exactly is an earthquake? The American Geological Institute defines an earthquake as “a sudden motion or trembling in the Earth caused by the abrupt release of slow ly accumulated strain.” As most of

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ally where two of the Earth’s tecton ic plates meet. For example, at the edges of the great Pacific plate, there is a particularly intense ring of tec tonic activity called the “ring of fire,” which is responsible for earth quakes along the west coast of North America, as well as in Chile, Alaska and Japan. As far as measuring earth quakes, the first nractical scale was

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proposed in the 1930’s by Charles Richter. The scale, which is named after him, reflects the amount by which the earths crust shifts during an earthquake. This particular scale has no maximum or minimum limit, as it is a logarithmic scale — this means that a quake that regis ters 8 on the Richter scale is ten times more powerful than one that only hits 7. The lowest magnitude that can be felt by human beings is about 2 to 3. On the other side of the scale, quakes have been known to reach as high as 9 on the Richter scale, such as the 1960 earthquake in Chile that registered at a whopping 9.5. These earthquakes can cause tremendous damage, and this particular one in is estimated to have released 100 times more energy than the atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. In Canada, there are approxi mately 1000 earthquakes annually, although most have a magnitude below 3 on the Richter scale. One of the most recent major earthquakes nearby was the 6.0 scale quake in the Saguenay region in Quebec in 1988.

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The science of predicting earth quakes is unfortunately still a very young one. Although seismologists can use probability to figure out where an earthquake might occur, they have a much harder time trying to predict when it will occur. There are two common methods that are currently in use. The first involves statistical studies of past earthquake history in a particular region, and this is used to calculate the probabil ity of future earthquakes. The second method uses meas urements of the stress that a certain region is under, and the rate of increase in the stress. This, com bined with the elapsed time since the last earthquake, helps determine the chances of future earthquakes in the region. So if you’re ever caught in an earthquake, what should you do? If you’re indoors, stay there! Try to take cover under sturdy furniture. If you’re outside, try to find a clear area away from buildings, trees, and overhead wires. But don’t let this keep you from sleeping. Montreal hasn’t seen an earthquake in a long while, and if probability is anything to go by, that’s definitely a good thing. Keep your fingers crossed!

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S e n d in t h e m em es Michael flyles_______________ The scene is undeniably surre al. Tremendous explosions sudden ly rock a lone ship floating in space. The captain cries, “what happen?” and a strange figure appears on the main view screen. His name is CATS and he comes bearing a message: “A llyour base are belong to us. ” Confused yet? Maybe the pictures of George W. Bush and A1 Gore saying the same thing will make more sense. Or seeing the phrase embla zoned on the space shuttle, a billboard, or the front page of the New York Times. Maybe you’ll get it once you’ve bought the t-shirt, listened to the dance tune, or seen the music video. Or maybe not. It’s called a ‘meme’ - a thought virus that spreads almost of its own volition. It’s anything that works its way into your brain without your permission, like ‘My Sharona’ or one of Jim Carrey’s catch phras es. Memes are like mental fads, ideas that won’t go away no matter hard you try to forget about them. In this case, the culprit is an eleven-year-old Sega Genesis game called Zero Wing. The game fea tures a fantastically bad translation of the Japanese introduction, the results of which are such phrases as “somebody set up us the bomb” and “move every Zig for great jus tice”. O f course, there’s always the original classic “all your base are belong to us” (sometimes abbrevi ated to AYBABTU). Somewhere along the way, these quotes went from obscure geek trivia to slightly less obscure geek pop culture, and now the virus is spreading. If you don’t believe me, watch

the music video at www.scene.org/redhound/AYB.sw. The video, set to a song called ‘Invasion of the Gabber Robots’ by a group called The Laziest Men on

HOWARE YOU GENTLEMEN!! I y o u r base a r e b e lo n g to us. ;You a r e on th e w ay t o destruction. You h a v e no chance; ;to s u rv iv e m a k e your t im e H a iha ha h a ... ;T a k e o ff every 'Z ig '

bubbles pasted over images. Others are more polished and look 100 percent credible, at least in their low-resolution formats. The pictures, however, are just the beginning. The phrase is now available on t-shirts and mouse pads, there are dozens of Internet sites devot ed to it, and multiple songs have been recorded lampooning the now-famous intro duction.

hit for the Laziest Men on Mars, and they claim that it has been downloaded from their site on MP3.com (www.mp3.com/tlmom) over 50,000 times. The site briefly

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Mars, is basically a montage of fake photographs featuring the phrase “all your base are belong to us.” “Zero Wing had been an inside joke among gaming fans for some time,” says Jeffrey Jay Roberts of the Laziest Men on Mars. “But the real strangeness began last fall in the forums of www.something awful.com when one of the readers there posted [a doctored picture of Alf] A flood of images, each bear ing one of the phrases from the introduction, were posted on the forums of the entertainment and video game site. “It became a constant game of one-upping to see who had the best photo editing skills and could put the phrase in the coolest place,” explains Roberts. The pictures, some 300 of which are still posted at http://m em bers.nbci.com /finagler/base/, range from professional to positively amateurish in appear ance. Some, like the original Alf picture, simply consist of word

Pre-eminent among these is, not surprisingly, the one with the music video entitled ‘Invasion of the Gabber Robots.’ This music video features synthesized voices reciting lines from Zero Wing over a techno drumbeat. “After about 200 images had been made, a reader there declared, ‘You know what would be cool? If someone remixed the music in Zero Wing and made a song about all this!”’ says Roberts. “I decided to give it a shot.” ‘Gabber Robots’ became a big

took the song offline because it fea tured samples from the game, but it returned once MP3.com realized that the company that made the game, Toaplan, has been bankrupt for over 6 years. Explaining the hype

Why is there so much interest in a nonsensical phrase from a videogame that wasn’t even well known when it was released over a decade ago? “AYBABTU is an inside joke that’s funny because it’s an inside joke,” says Roberts. “It confuses people who aren’t in the know and is like a Masonic hand shake to those who n are. Furthermore, it has a certain appeal just for being unusu al. “It’s a fun phrase to say or write. You can shout it, whisper

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it, scrawl it on a wall or wear it on a shirt and it still has the same effect,” he says. This particular meme is grad ually working its way into the geekier corners of the Internet. Online comics like Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com) have tucked it discreetly into a few panels, and gaming news sites will often work it into their front pages. It may never work its way into an episode of “Friends,” but it has been chug ging across the Internet since last March, and has yet to run out of steam. Like all memes, “all your base are belong to us” will most likely run its course and disappear. Years from now, however, the most devoted of surfers will still remem ber to move every Zig for great jus tice. They know what they doing.

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in the host country. This was emphasized by Hein Verbruggen, the chairman of the evaluation com mittee at a press conference in Beijing. “The Evaluation Commission’s goal is to study the equality of bids on a technical basis, not political issues,” he said. The case for Beijing

McGill political science Professor T.V. Paul points out that giving Beijing the games might have more of a positive than negative effect, and could provide a forum for change in Beijing. “Great power status is not just confined to military power, and China knows it needs soft power,” says Paul, referring to China’s increasingly powerful presence in the world system. Beijing hosting the Olympic games, which is in Paul’s opinion a potentially “good idea,” could provide an opportunity for positive rewards which might cat alyze progress in the area of human rights. Beijing’s official Olympics bid website (http://www.beijingolympic.org.cn/) expands upon the idea of the Olympics as a catalyst for change — to the point of making change the focus of their motto:

“New Beijing, Great Olympics.” The site promises that Beijing can deliver a “Green Olympics, a Hitech Olympics and a People’s Olympics,” with the Olympics guar anteed to “serve as a catalyst for envi ronmental change.” In a city where seeing people with facemasks to protect against smog is not an uncommon occur rence, initiatives have already been undertaken by the Chinese govern ment. They include over $3.63-bil lion (U.S.) of investment in the environment since 1998, and the pledging of billions more between now and 2007. However, little is said in reference to the state of human rights. Not the first time

Although it is attracting much international attention, the case of China’s human rights record affect ing its bid for the 2008 Games is nothing new in Olympic history. Countries accused of having nega tive human rights records have host ed Games in the past. However, rather than boycotting the event because of the host country’s rights record, most Western powers have participated. One of the most strik ing examples is the attendance of a majority of countries at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, even as

the Nazis began persecuting Jews, disabled persons, Blacks and Gypsies. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. presented the following com ment with regards to the 1936 Games, in tandem with photos that were on display at the Museum from July 1996 - June 1997. “United States and other west ern democracies missed the opportu nity to take a stand that some observers at the time claimed might have given Hitler pause and bol stered international resistance to Nazi tyranny.” The issue at hand now is not whether the IOC should or should not award the games to Beijing in regards to its human rights abuses this is not outlined in their charter, or selection process. However, per haps ethical judgment towards the governance of a country should be a part of the IOC’s selection process. After all, as Lantos put it, the Olympic ideal can have many inter pretations.

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b o re second-rate horror movie, its mak boy, but if there’s any justice in the ers go for the total gross-out to get world, Ang Lee will clobber your the audience’s attention, and I cer Hollywood ass). O f course, the film has its good tainly won’t question their success in this regard. There’s one scene of aspects. Anthony Hopkins is once extended depravity at the end of the again very entertaining as Lecter film in particular that people will be (doing his best HAL-9000-style talking about for a long time. If I acting, of course) and nearly man just want to see gore, I’ll rent Dead ages to save the film. Julianne Alive or even (shudder) Graveyard Moore, who faced the dubious task Shift. I wanted to be genuinely of replacing Jodie Foster as Starling, scared and captivated by Hannibal, is just fine, bringing out her charac ter as best she can. And for whatev and was sorely disappointed. The direction is another big er criticisms I make about Scott, I problem. Jonathan Demme did a have to admit that many of the great job with Silence, managing to shots, particularly the Florentine subtly expound on Starling’s and ones, are truly gorgeous and estab Lecter’s isolation and other com lish the setting nicely. Ultimately, this film simply monalities through all sorts of inter esting camerawork, emphasizing represents lost potential. In its (very intense first-person visuals and long successful) quest for the almighty leading shots through the halls of dollar, it played its cards carefully the mental institution. This time, and neglected to do anything spe however, Ridley Scott (Alien, cial. The potential was there, how Gladiator) is at the helm, and any ever. For one thing, it could have one who has seen a Ridley Scott been quite funny. One scene in par This time LECTER’s the morally film knows exactly what to expect ticular where Lecter allows a child superior one, and it’s AMERICA ------ big, glossy, with massive sitting beside him on a plane to and CAPITALISM that are evil. directorial flourishes. And, like his sample some of his “home cook past films, Hannibal is truly beauti ing,” so to speak, demonstrates this, How original. Probably the deepest problem ful to look at, but he adds nothing but ultimately the producers didn’t with Hannibal is that it is just remotely creative or intellectually have the nerve to go through with empty at its core. Silence worked stimulating to the film. His priority the comedy or the intensity. I nor extremely well as a great psycholog seems to be to make sure that we mally hate quoting the classics, but ical thriller, not needing to rely on remember that this is a RIDLEY that crazy bastard Macbeth had it disturbing visuals to be scary. There SCOTT film and that Academy right this time: “A tale told by an is nothing particularly scary from a members must be sure to vote for idiot, full of sound and fury, signi psychological viewpoint in him as best director at the Oscars in fying nothing.” Especially the part Hannibal. However like any other a couple of weeks (sorry, Ridley, my about the “idiot.”

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look at the book). Lecter drew Starling into his world through their conversations, and highlighted the isolation and rejection that they

both felt from society, uniting them in a disturbing fashion. Hannibal takes place ten years later. Lecter, now long escaped from prison, is living out his days in Florence, partaking in the finer aspects of Italian Renaissance art like any good intellectual. Those nasty Americans, however, won’t let his history die, and thereby force him out of retirement and back into America, where he quickly re indulges in the joys of fine wines

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known works, lolanthe is typical of G&S operas where two young and in-love characters are thrown in a comic plot involv ing status conscious sidekicks and a happy resolution. The show takes place between Britain and the land of the fairies, where the immortals live perpetu ally as seventeen-year old girls. Twenty-five years prior to the first act, the fairy lolanthe had a son named Strephon with a mortal man, and was forced in lifelong exile by the Fairy Queen. Because of his mixed blood,

Strephon is an immortal fairy from the waist up, but a mortal man from the waist down. One day he happens upon a fair young maiden named Phyllis who is ward of the court of Chancery. Now Strephon has a healthy relationship with his mother and his aunts, but the fact that they look like seventeen year olds makes things odd, especially when Phyllis and her peers mistake their rela tionship for something else. Strephon’s quest to take Phyllis’s hand is complicated by the plans of the Lord Chancelor and two peers who also have their eyes on her. The story marches along, becom ing more complex and almost reaches disaster before a quick res olution with the change of a word followed by more song and dance. Dave Benson and Erika White Please see DELICATE, page 25

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At the very beginning of Bittersweet Motel, Phish members react to a critics negative review that claims Phish could “urinate in the ears of their fans and they would accept it as music”. The phe nomenon of devout phishheads is well known. But this documentary isn’t about the fans. It’s all about the music. The music is an eclectic mix of rock and roll, funk and folk. Phish is composed of Trey Anastasio (gui tar, vocals), Jon Fishman (drums, vocals), Mike Gordon (bass, vocals) and Page McConnell (keyboards, vocals). Formed in 1983 in Vermont, Phish got its start playing in resi dences and small clubs. Phish has always been a band that has flown under the radar and relied on word of mouth. Word spread that this group was devoted to never repeat ing itself and putting on a mean live show. Phish grew from being a small club band to playing in bigger clubs and eventually arenas world wide. Like the Grateful Dead before them, Phish committed to putting on lengthy shows where they always try to play different sets and engaged in magical jamming sessions. Their stage antics are leg endary and jumping on trampo lines while performing is not unheard of. Phish has released 11

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albums and sold approximately 5 million albums worldwide. The fans are as devoted to Phish as bees are to honey. Bittersweet Motel is an 84 minute documentary that follows Phish for a year from Maine (at the Great Went festival), to Rochester,

O-Town O-Town (J Records/BMG) I’d been dreading having to write this review, for it meant I’d actually have to listen to the whole O-Town album from beginning to end at least once, preferably even twice. Cruel, cruel fate. O-Town is the band of lab rats you might have caught on ABC’s Making the Band this summer. If you missed the show, here’s a sum mary: eight boys are plucked from their small towns by the chubby fingers of the Svengali of All Music that is Bad, Lou Perlman (who, would you believe, is Art Garfunkel’s cousin.) Then one leaves to join a country boy band, the two most talented get cut, and the last hope for the band, Ikea, freaks out and leaves with a big fuss. He gets replaced by bland Dan, who, along with pouty Erik, prima-donna Jacob, angelic Ashley and sensitive Trevor, harmonizes

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NY and across Europe in smaller venues. It is interwoven with ample concert footage, interviews with the band, glimpses into backstage life, candid moments with Phish when they are not performing, and spars er shots of their fans. The Great Went festival (two days of Phish and only Phish, while their fans camp out) is by far the best materi al in this entire movie. The scenes of a concert on New Year’s Eve at Madison Square Gardens, where they do a rocking version of Auld Lang Syne while gigantic balloons are dropped on their fans is also noteworthy. P le a s e s e e B IT T E R S W E E T p a g e

Wallpaper.’ Whether PR nonsense or incisive description I cannot say— their gigs to date have been limited to the Bay Area. However, based on their first release, Reservoir Fish, I am inclined to believe. It is one funky, tight, and supremely cool album. Reservoir Fish builds on the band-members’ jazz-funk past to provide a confidently eclectic foray into multiple genres. Transitions

the inanities found on this Clive Davis produced debut. The album starts off with the first single, ‘Liquid Dreams’, a song about dreams of a “girl who’s a mix of Destiny’s Child, just a little touch of Madonna’s wild side with Janet Jackson’s smile.” Sigh. Pop culture references also come in handy in ‘Sexiest woman alive’, about a girl with ‘a body like a dancer on MTV (...) you work that body like you’re on Soul Train”. If you consider that MTV had a stake in the making of Making the Band, this is closer to product placement than it sounds. And the lyrics! Oh, the lyrics. Ranging from the obtuse “A mind made out of water, feeling out of place” (‘Shy Girl’) to the down right comical “I’m about to make you my wifey” (‘Sexiest Woman’), you wouldn’t even notice them if the boys had more than mediocre talent. How they could conduct a nationwide talent search and end up with these 5 is beyond me. If this torture of a listening experience offers the faintest glim mer of hope, it’s that we’ve proba bly reached the scrap at the bottom of the boy band barrel. -Marie-Hélène Savard

between funk, rock, modal jazz, and hip-hop are made effortless through excellent production and inspired musicianship. The heavily distorted and sustained guitars of ‘Happy Hour’ break to the driving bass, well programmed beats and witty Boggy Nights sample of ‘It’s Not The Bass’ to the rootsy downtempo ‘Pretty’ and then to the straight-ahead jazz of ‘Reminisce.’ Brilliant diversity that results in pure cool. Reservoir Fish is available exclusively from the post junk trio website (www.postjunktrio.com). Support cool, support independent and pick it up. -Dan Zacks

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his column is supposed to be a book review. That’s what Marie-Hélène assigned me to do. She even gave me a book to review.1 Unfortunately for all of us, some thing else caught my eye reading the book: the story contributed by Dave Eggers7. The story is called ‘After I Was Thrown into the River and Before I Drowned,’ and what strikes one immediately about it is that it’s told from the point of view of a dog. A dog named Steven. Here’s a sample: “Oh, I’m a fast dog. I’m fast-fast. It’s true and I love being fast I admit it I love it... Hoooooooooo! Man, oh man. I love it, I love it.” Briefly, the story itself is good. I like Eggers, so maybe I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt, but

it’s a good story. What struck me | Infinite Jest and ii) his fetish for was the canine narrator. See, in the footnotes3. As far as I’m concerned, last issue of McSweeney’s, the quasi Jest is one of the greatest novels ever quarterly literary journal that written, a true literary achievement, Eggers edits, there was a series of all 1000 pages and 100 pages of letters written by a fellow called footnotes. Daniel O ’Mara. Here is a quote Elizabeth Klemm is a relatively from one of the letters, which unknown young writer, whose explains their form: “I have been biography in the last issue of writing some passages from the McSweeney’s informs us that she point of view of a dog named has published two stories. Her story Steven.” Here is another quote, in that issue, entitled Mr Squishy is which should give a sample of their about marketing and involves a sur content: “I’m a fast goddamn dog. prisingly high number of footnotes. Hooo!” See where I’m going with this? In case you’re not getting it, I can’t give such concrete examples here is a quote from Eggers’ story: here, since it’s more of an overall “I see colors3 like you hear jet- stylistic impression that’s important planes.” Here is a quote from one of in this case, but suffice it to say that O ’Mara’s letters: “I see colors like if you read both of them, you you hear jetplanes.” Eggers, it would believe that Elizabeth would seem, is using this O ’Mara Klemm is none other than our character to publish some writing friend and inspiration David Foster under another name.'1 OK? Good. Wallace in some sort of literary drag. Now. And so. Here we are. David Foster Wallace is anoth Why would an author do er relatively well-known young writer. He’s best known for two something like this? What would things: i) his mammoth novel, influence a well-known and respect

ed writer to take on the personality of an unknown and unrespected writer to publish fiction? It’s not like we’re talking Anne Rice here, posing as someone else so she can publish books of erotic fiction thin ly disguised as novels, or Steven King changing his name so that he can publish non-horror stories and thus strip himself of the only talent that he has. These stories, and I’m stressing that this is a key point, are very clearly written in the same style that their authors use in their nor mal lives. So why? I suspect it’s because of the very fact that these guys are so well-known and well respected that it’s gotta be hard for them to gauge how well accepted their new writing is. See this new-fiction world, by and large, is a very loving and welcoming one, and most peo ple in it are totally supportive of each other, and so when one of these people becomes successful, it’s viewed as a success for all of them: a rising tide carries all boats, or some thing like that. Thus, there would

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1 In a nutshell, the book is called Speaking with the Angel, and it’s a col lection of short stories by some fairly well-known authors (Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, Zadie Smith, Helen Fielding, Nick Hornby). To someone who tries to read a lot of new fiction, the book is nothing outstanding, but if you aren’t as up-to-date on what younger author-type people are writing these days as you’d like to be, I’d highly suggest getting your hands on a copy.

4 I guess you should know that Eggers has been known to do this sort of thing in the past, and that my claim here is a well-known one, and that the simpler sounding ‘Eggers is copying from O’Mara or v.v.’ isn’t the case.

7 Author of/I Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, editor of McSweeney s print and online magazines (www.mcsweeneys.net), and sort of Man About the Literature World, well-known to people who make it their business to know about new and exciting things happening in fiction and publishing. 3 In spite of all his positive qualities, Eggers’Americanised English leaves

6 Or, maybe it’s just because McSweeney’s was being criticized because of a perceived favoritism towards more well-known authors at the expense of unknowns, and so Eggers decided that he and his buddy3 Wallace would still publish, and at the same time he could publish work of two very unknown (because they don’t actually exist) authors.

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Todd Phillips, the director and producer of Bittersweet Motel, also directed last summer’s teenflick Road Trip. Phillips was not initially a Phish fan: he was brought in as an outsider after Phish enjoyed his Hated documentary, about punk rocker GG Allin, and wanted to make a film of their own. The out sider perspective allows the viewer to take the same journey in discov ering Phish because the film doesn’t get lost in sychophantic admiration Bittersweet Motel gives the viewer a front row seat to all the ele ments that make Phish the success they are. You are allowed glimpses into the tents of toking fans, backstage life, people explaining why they enjoy the music. Most interesting, though, is how Phillips allows the natural antics of the guys to shine through. There is one particularly comical glance as Phish clowns around in a gun store. Some will be critical of the strong focus on Trey Anastasio, who is often interviewed without the other members. Indeed, it would have also been nice to see a larger emphasis on the fans, as what is shown of the reasons the fans connect with the music were some of most intimate moments. While this movie set out to showcase the band and their

music, the scanty coverage of phishheads is suspicious since fans are at the core of the Phish phenomenon. Not to mention that their devotion is probably unparalleled by any other group of fans, all phishheads forming a quasi-family with one another. Todd Phillips once said that a movie is only as good as its subject. If that is true, then this movie will certainly leave you bouncing around the room with joy at the rare glimpse into the life of the band that was proclaimed “the most important band of the 90s” by Rolling Stone Magazine. Bittersweet Motel offers the opportunity for every outsider and fan alike to learn a little more about the power of Phish and to get the chance to go to the concert without being there, especially now that Phish have announced they’re pulling a Celine Dion and taking a year off. Twenty-three songs are per formed in whole or part, including ‘Waste’, ‘Birds of a Feather’, ‘The Squirming Coil’, ‘Wilson’ and of course ‘Bittersweet Motel’. By the end, you will either hate what you have seen or want to hear more. No matter what the outcome, the movie is indeed a film for everyone who loves film and music. Bittersweet Motel is playing at

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B a s k e tb a ll t e a m Neil Schnurbach The dejected look on the faces of the McGill Redmen players was enough for any casual observer to tell who had just triumphed in the basketball game. The first contest of the best of three Quebec Student Sport Federation finals had gone to the Laval Rouge-et-Or by a count of 92-80. “I think that they just out worked us,” said McGill forward Brady Murphy, just after playing what may have been his final home game. “Our shots didn’t fall and we got down on ourselves. We have to leave it on the floor and we just did n’t today.” It was the second half in par ticular that did the Redmen in. After taking a 46-37 lead with three minutes left in the first half, McGill fell into a tailspin. Laval scored the last seven points of the frame leaving McGill with a 46-44 lead going into the locker room. The Rouge-et-Or carried their momentum into the second half going on an 11-2 run. By the time the bleeding stopped, Laval was up 55-48 and they never looked back. Laval’s three QSSF all-stars led the way. League most valuable player and rookie of the year Charles Fortier netted 28 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists. Second team all-confer ence players Samuel Audet-Sow and Marc-Antoine Horth compliment ed him. Audet-Sow had 22 points and seven rebounds while Horth had twenty points and nine rebounds. This fearsome threesome accounted for a remarkable 80 per cent of Laval’s points. “It was our half court game and our tremendous defense in the second half that won us this game,” said Fortier. “We had problems with first half defense but we picked it up in the second.” Indeed, the Redmen who shot a blistering 54 percent from the floor in the first period only man aged a paltry 31 percent in the sec ond half. First team all QSSF guards Domenico Marcario and Denburk Reid did not hit one shot in the entire frame. After scoring 12 points in the first half, Marcario went zero for four from the field in the second, while Reid was even worse shooting a woeful zero for seven from the floor in the second frame, finishing the game with seven points. “We just didn’t take it to them in the second,” said a disappointed

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Reid after the game. “We settled for outside jump shots. It’s partly my fault. I told the guys to drive to the lane and not shoot J’s but I was doing the same thing. As a point guard I should lead by example and I didn’t.” “We stopped running and scoring transition baskets in the sec ond half,” added McGill head coach and QSSF coach of the year Nevio Marzinotto. “Pressing, run ning and scoring in transition are our forte. We let them turn it into

a half court game and it was their style.” Another problem for the Redmen was rebounding. The much bigger Rouge-et-Or outrebounded the Red ‘n White by a 4230 margin in the game, leading to many second chance baskets for Laval. “We’ve got to limit their sec ond chance points,” stated McGill assistant coach David King. “They were boxing out much better than we were. If we could have held these guys to just one shot, we would have been right in there at the end of the game. Their second effort did us in today.”

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It did not look as if the Redmen were going to have to explain a defeat early on in this con test. The crowd at Love Competition Hall was electric and McGill seemed to feed off of it. Only a few minutes into the game, Kirk and Denburk Reid both hit magnificent lay-ups. With 17:29 remaining in the first half, Kirk Reid stole the ball and drove to the basket against two Laval

defenders. He used tremendous body control to hit a reverse lay-up and knot the score at six-six. A few minutes later, Denburk Reid drove in one on four against Laval and hit an impossible lay-up while being fouled. His free throw gave McGill a 31-29 lead. On the very next pos session, Denburk Reid made a pass that would have made John Stockton proud, threading the nee dle to Captain Kirk for two points. This gave McGill momentum and an impressive 46-37 lead on their opponents. But of course, it was not to be. McGill slowed down with the notable exception of Kirk Reid who continued his solid play throughout the contest. Veteran Reid always seems to show up for the big games.

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In McGill’s home victory against Concordia earlier in the season he netted a season high 25 points. Last year in the playoffs, he scored a career high 35 against Concordia. This game, Kirk Reid carried the team on his shoulders for much of the contest and bagged 24 points to go along with five rebounds and four steals. “It’s nice to have a good indi vidual game,” said Reid. “But there are bigger motivations. I mean this is the playoffs. I can’t be satisfied with scoring a few points. These points mean nothing without a win. We’ve got to step it up on Wednesday and beat these guys like we can.” In order to beat Laval, McGill must put the onus on defense. Their inability to box out and their propensity to forget about rotating to the open man must be solved in order to vanquish their fundamen tally sound foe. “We’re the kind of team that works on fundamentals,” stated Laval head coach Jacques Paiment. “We need to have good discipline, a good half court game and good defense in order to win.” The Redmen must not forget what got them to this point and that is their exciting run and gun style on offense as well as their tena cious press on defense. When Laval was forced to play McGill’s style they looked like an overmatched team. “Any time you score 80 points or more on offense you should win the game,” said second team allQSSF guard Frederic Bernard — who finished the game with twelve points and five rebounds. “We can’t just show up, we’ve got to outwork them. We can’t afford mental laps es like we had today.” “If we come out to play at the beginning of each half, we’re going to win on Wednesday, We have to light a fire under the players asses to start the second half,” added Marzinotto. “We also have to make defense a priority. Basketball is about playing on both sides of the ball and we have to remind that to our guys sometimes.” -with additional reporting by D avid Schipper

McGill had several players in foul trouble throughout this con test. Denburk Reid picked up two fouls within three minutes of the first half forcing him to sit for sev eral minutes. He eventually fouled out of the game with 1:15 remain ing. “Those fouls were dumb and were totally my fault,” acknowl edged Reid. “I took myself out because I was too aggressive. That shouldn’t happen.” Veteran forward Brady Murphy had foul trouble of his own. He fouled out with 2:38 remaining after scoring four points and adding three rebounds. Bernard ailing

Fred Bernard is probably a big Montreal Canadiens fan. After all, he has been getting injured almost as much as the members of that hockey franchise. Bernard sat out five games with an inner ear virus earlier in the sea son. A few games after his return, he suffered a severe high ankle sprain which forced him out of two more games. Now Bernard has a strained groin, which is ailing him while he plays. His ankle is also not fully healed. “I’m in some pain,” said Bernard who was seen with some rather large ice packs after the game. It's better to be the Hunter than the hunted

While most of McGill’s play ers underachieved in game one of the QSSF finals, one pleasant sur prise was the performance of Ari Hunter. Hunter, who was injured for the entire first half of the season, has struggled to regain his form, averaging only 4.6 points per game. But against Laval, Hunter looked to be the player that he was last season scoring eleven points and leading the Redmen with six rebounds including five on the offensive glass. W ho's in Da H o u se?

The Redmen probably could not help but see former star 6 7 ” forward/cemer Marc Rawas in the building. Rawas’ big body could have helped shut down some of the Laval big men. Unfortunately he did not bring his uniform. Other McGill stars attending the game were first team all-QSSF guard from the Martlets Cheeka Mitchell. She was joined by team mates Maude Vallieres, Collette Anderes and Cynthia Santamaria among others.

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McGill establish a 46 - 37 lead. Fortier, too, missed his open ing shot, and did not score his first Sunday afternoon’s game one points until the 12:09 mark while of the Quebec Student Sport Marcario was taking a rest on the Federation championship between McGill bench. The tenacious the McGill Redmen and Laval defense of McGill guard Frederic Rouge et Or featured an intriguing Bernard held the QSSF player of match up between two all-stars. the year scoreless for the first eight Domenico Marcario of McGill minutes of the contest. and Charles Fortier of Laval were Fortier’s first field goal two dominant forces in the Quebec came from in the paint conference this year and were after grabbing an offen rewarded with spots on the first all- sive board. He scored his star team. They also are former next two points on an teammates from their CEGEP days easy open lay-up shortly at College Montmorency. thereafter that was the Sophomore guard Marcario led result of McGill’s over the Redmen in scoring and was the aggressive defense triple second leading scorer in the QSSF teaming a Laval player, with 18.9 point per game. Marcario leaving a streaking was pitted against Laval guard Fortier wide open under Charles Fortier, the QSSF scoring the hoop. Then, after leader who averaged 20.2 points per resting on the bench for game. a minute, the 6”4 Fortier was honoured before Fortier returned to the the game with two awards: the line up and immediately QSSF Rookie of the Year award, an posted up on 5“6 award Marcario won last year, as Denburk Reid to score well as the QSSF Player of the Year another two at the 9:26 award. The success of Marcario and mark to shoot three for Fortier inevitably translates to the four at that point in the game. success of their respective teams as a Fortier’s one minute break was the whole. only minute of the entire game that Both players played huge roles he was not on the floor. offensively for their teams early in McGill players acknowledge the first half. After missing his first that it is extremely difficult to con shot, Marcario nailed each of his tain Fortier and perhaps limiting next four, including two 3-pointers. his production would be enough. With 2:24 to play in the half, “I know it may sound stupid to Domenico was shooting five of say but sometimes you can’t just seven with 12 points which helped

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field, and four out of his first five attempts six minutes into the half, a run that featured three 3-point plays and helped Laval open up a seven point lead, 61 - 54. His first three point play came two minutes in when Marcario fouled him on a drive to the hoop which resulted in a basket and one. He followed that play by nailing two consecu tive shots from beyond the arc. After Marcario commit ted the foul he sat on the McGill bench for the next five minutes to stay out of foul trouble. Even when on the floor, Marcario barely made himself visible. He missed all four of his field goal attempts in the second half, all from 3-point range. “Shutting down Domenico was extremely important for our big second half,” said Fortier. “We con trolled them after Domenico and Burkie [freshman point guard Denburk Reid] stopped scoring.” Marcario finished the game shooting five for thir perimeter shooter, Fortier did all his teen, and two for seven from 3damage in the paint in the first half. point land for 12 points, and had At the half Marcario outscored one rebound and one assist in 28 Fortier 12-11 and the Redmen minutes of play. His lacklustre owned a 46-44 lead in the game. defense was also extremely detri That was all about to change very mental to the Redmen and was part of the reason that Laval was able to rapidly. In the second half it was all score 92 points. “Domenico did not show up to Fortier. Fortier converted each of his first three attempts from the play defense today,” remarked

stop someone,” said Redmen guard Kirk Reid, who himself netted 24 points in the game. “What we have to do is play hard defense and make him try to hit tough shots.” In the last 2:24 of the half Laval went on an 8-0 run and Fortier put up 3 points in that span. For a player renowned as a great

o n e Redmen head coach Nevio Marzinotto. “We had to sit him on the bench today because of that. He’s got to be ready to play on Wednesday for us to have a chance.” Fortier put up 17 points in the second half, and finished the game shooting 10 for 20 from the field, was seven of nine from the charity stripe, recorded seven rebounds, and led all players with 28 points and five assists in 39 minutes of play. Clearly, Fortier was the player of the game and came through for his team with big plays when they needed them most, down by nine points in the first half. “We’ve got to limit Fortier’s touches,” said Redmen assistant coach David King. “I mean, that guy took 20 shots. We can’t let the rookie of the year and player of the year have that many chances.” Marcario completely vanished in the second half, and the net result was a 12 point loss. The Redmen are 12-2 in games where Domenico Marcario scores more than 20 points, so they really need him to step up, find his range, and factor in offensively if they are going to win the QSSF best-ofthree Championship. Fortier was winner by unani mous decision in round one, round two is set for Wednesday March 7 at 8 PM at Laval. - with additional reporting by Neil Schnurbach and David Schipper

R e d m e n n e e d t o u p t e m p o in g a m e t w o Johnny Colford Three quick passes around the key and a dump inside to freshman centre Marc-Antoine Horth (20 points, nine rebounds) or to sopho more forward Samuel Audet-Sow (22 points) and the Redmen were down by two more. This kind of play was indica tive of how the Redmen basketball team played down low against the Laval Rouge et Or on Sunday in their 92-80 loss. At the same time, having to guard slashing Quebec Student Sport Federation rookie and player of the year Charles Fortier (28 points) doesn’t help matters either. The numbers on the LavalMcGill season series tell the story for themselves. In the first two matchups between the clubs, Laval outrebounded the Redmen 100-79, outscored them 151-133, including an 86-61 margin in the second half; shot 46.3 per cent from the field (57/123), including 33.3 per cent from three-point range on 6 for 18 shooting. McGill, by comparison, shot

37.2 per cent from the field (54/145), with a paltry eight for 46 from downtown for a miserable 17.2 per cent success rate. McGill did not fare much bet ter in Sunday’s game shooting 42.5 percent from the floor (31 for 73) and 6 of 30 from three-point land. Laval shot 57.9 percent (33 of 57) and was 44 percent from three point range (4 of 9). In addition, Laval outrebounded McGill by a margin of 42-30. Needless to say, Laval doesn’t feel it has to change its game plan in order to sweep the series at home on Wednesday. “We’ve been [following this plan] since game one,” said Rouge et Or head coach Jacques Paiement. “We’ll look at the tape... we’ll stick to our basics, they’ve worked for us all season long.” For the Redmen, the key to bringing the series back to McGill lies in greater focus and consistency. “It’s all about work,” said Redmen head coach Nevio Marzinotto. “I think sometimes we feed off our offence. It has to be a two-way street: you score and you

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When asked to name one thing he liked about Sunday’s game, Marzinotto answered “not very much.” He pointed out guard Kirk Reid, who came through once again in the playoffs with a team-leading 24-point performance, to go along with five rebounds and four steals. Reid had difficulty against Laval in the two regular season games. “Kirk Reid played very tenta tively and poorly defensively in our last two games against Laval,” Marzinotto said. “He was focused and stayed focused the whole game [on Sunday].” Laval centre Horth talked about having had difficulty playing against Redmen rookie forward Brent Prowse and junior forward Pat Kieran. He is also looking for ward to facing former CEGEP Montmorency teammate Domenico Marcario again. He indicated that the extra attention the Redmen devoted to him freed up his post partner

Yannick Boileau, who came off the bench in the second half to score 11 points. “Especially in the second half, our two posts split down low... we could get the ball easier,” he said. The Redmen also got success from their speedy, swarming defence. One example of this occurred with under nine minutes to go: senior guard Ari Hunter chased down Fortier, who was on a breakaway, and rejected him. On the ensuing possession change, McGill’s shot was blocked, yet the block was deflected towards Hunter, who dished the ball for a run-stuffing McGill score. Another potential advantage for McGill lies in the lopsided dis tribution of the Rouge et O r’s offensive production. Laval got most of their scoring from four guys: Fortier, Horth, and AudetSow combined for 70 of Laval’s 92 points. Adding reserve forward Boileau’s totals to the first three, and the other 11 Rouge et Or play ers put up an 11-point effort. Game two of the QSSF men’s basketball final will take place on

Wednesday, March 7, at 8:00pm at Laval. The Rouge et Or attract an average of about 1,000 spectators a game. “We’re really looking forward to playing in our own gym,” said Paiement. “We’re ready for a hell of a fight.” Marzinotto is looking for a more tenacious effort from his defence. The team seemed a little thrown off by rookie guard Denburk Reid’s tentative defensive play once he was in foul trouble. He also sat Marcario for much of the second half on Sunday because of poor defensive play. “I think we fell apart in the first five minutes of the second half,” said Marzinotto “We stopped moving on offence, weren’t active on defence.” “Usually when you score 80 points you win nine out of ten games,” he also said. “It’s a question of whether we want to win or not.” “I don’t think we have to do anything special.”

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Mark Kerr The crowd at Concordia’s Ed Meagher arena last Friday night buzzed in nervous anticipation. Friends, relatives, and hockey fans alike drew bated breath with the knowledge that Concordia faced elimination. Would the Stingers force a third and deciding game in the Ontario University Athletics Far East playoffs with a win over the dynamic UQTR Patriotes? The boisterous gathering of 400 did not have to wait long for an answer. The perennial powerhouse Patriotes scored four straight goals

to open the game, en route to an 82 blowout victory. Jean-Philippe Paré and Alexandre Piché led the UQTR attack with two goals apiece. Patrick Pelchat and Geoff Comeau tallied for the home side. In what has been the story line much of the year for the Stingers, discipline, or a lack thereof, cost the team a chance to be competitive. The Stingers surrendered five powerplay goals in total, including the first three goals of the game. Although the crowd certainly voiced its disdain for the perceived bias of Eric Charon’s refereeing, Concordia right winger Sean Tilley did not place blame on the officiat ing. “Our discipline just wasn’t there tonight,” explained Tilley after the game. “When we played in Three Rivers, we played a tight game with them, and stayed out of the box. Tonight we just came out and we weren’t the same.”

Hopes were high coming into the match. After losing the opening game of the best-of-three series by a 2-1 margin, the Stingers showed they could challenge the second ranked team in the country. When Charon did not have to blow his whistle, game two had a much bet ter flow; subsequently, Concordia was able to mount several attacks. The UQTR team, however, reacted confidently to the attacks the Stingers directed towards them and countered with numerous offensives of their own. Case in point was the shorthanded goal that Pelchat put past Patriote goalie Luc Bélanger in the second period. U Q T R regrouped and scored shortly thereafter to push the score to 6-1. The lesser talented Stingers could not overcome the earlier deficit caused by penalty trouble. The team never came closer than four goals to the Patriotes’ lead. “ W e came up against a really strong team,” T i l l e y explained. “We gave them a good run in the first game but we just didn’t get the bounces. The better team won tonight.” It is not all doom and gloom for the Stingers. The muchimproved team can take heart in defeating their cross-town rival McGill in the opening round of the playoffs and handing the Patriotes their only regular season loss. “I think so, but it’s hard to say that now,” said Tilley when asked if he regarded the season a success. “In a few days I’ll look back and think that that we had a really good season. Us and McGill were even, and in the playoffs we came out on top. » UQTR now advances to the OUA Final Four tournament that commences next week at Queen’s University in Kingston. The team will battle York University, Western University and the University of Toronto for a berth in the national championships.

Alright. I’ll admit it. I’m no fashion expert. But I know what is normal and what is abnormal and I’ll tell you something: some of the uniforms that sports teams wear are not normal. They should be out lawed. They hurt my eyes and I know they hurt yours, too. I’ll also admit that I’m no David Letterman but if I may be excused I will rip off his trademark and make a top ten list of the worst uniforms in the four major pro sports leagues today. There are cer tain criteria which are necessary in order to have a truly bad uniform. They are: a bad logo, bad colours and bad pattern. So without further ado: 10. Tennesse Titans

Logo: C+ Colours: D Pattern: F Overall: CWhile the Titans are a good franchise, they certainly do not have a nice get-up. They sport a uni that has two shades of blue, dark and light. In addition there are some strange zig-zag patterns all over the place. Their one almost redeeming quality is their logo of a big T with stars around it which is passable at best. It’s amazing that this team wins so many games in these togs, maybe it’s because the other teams are laughing at them. 9. M innesota W ild

Logo: D Colours: D Pattern: COverall: D+ One would think that an expansion franchise would know better than to use puke green in their uniforms. I guess Minnesota was nostalgic for the North Stars who left their city a few years back. The Wild have a similar attire. Their logo is extremely unimagina tive with the word “Wild” draped across the chest of the players. This is yet another reason why expansion should stop. 8 . D en ver N ugg ets

Logo: F Colours: D Pattern: C Overall: D+ So many colours, so little time. This team has about one million colours in their uniform, the most dominant of which are some sort of dark blue sort of purple shade as well as a kind of golden yellow. Sounds disgusting? It is. In addi

tion, this team’s logo of mountains is such a cliché for all Denver teams that it is insulting to the good peo ple of Colorado. At least the team has started to win ball games this year. 7. A n ah e im M ighty D ucks

Logo: FColours: B Pattern: B+ Overall: D Aside from their logo, the rest of their uniform is OK. Their white home uniforms and their purple away shirts are pretty nice looking. In addition, there are no crazy pat terns going on. It is that blasted logo. How can a professional hock ey team take themselves seriously while sporting a get-up which was worn by Emilio Estevez? Is that Guy Hebert in nets or is it Guy Goldberg? Gimme a break! Change your name and change your logo. 6 . Phoenix Coyotes

Logo: D Colours: B Pattern: F Overall: D This team’s downfall is that crazy checkered pattern which is apparent on their uniform. When I watch a Coyotes game I get dizzy because of their crazy togs. Someone should tell new owner Wayne Gretzky to get rid of those bad boys. In addition, their logo looks nothing like a coyote. They would be better off playing with a logo of Wile E. Coyote and playing against the Mighty Ducks (See above). 5.Cincinatti Bengals

Logo: C Colours: D Pattern: F Overall: D Those helmets... those hel mets. Not only is this team inept on the field but they sport one of the worst uniforms in professional sports. Their orange and brown colours are adequate but their hel mets are striped in those colours and are putrid. If this team would just have a solid orange helmet with a logo of a tiger on the side, I think that would lift their self-esteem enough that they may win a game one of these years. 4. V an co u ve r G rizzlie s

Logo: F Colours: F Pattern: D Overall: D-

This incompetent team is also poorly dressed. Their teal and black uniforms are overdone and this team looks like they invented their uniform at Chuck E. Cheese. That big bear holding a basketball does not help things for this team. It must be conceded though that these uniforms are an improvement from the schlock that they used to have. 3. Philadelphia Flyers:

Logo: F Colours: F Pattern: D Overall: DOrange and black just does not work for a hockey team. Any time I see that overwhelmingly orange uniform on the screen I immediate ly turn my head away. And what is that logo anyway? It looks like a P with wings. I guess that’s what it is. But Philadelphia fans really need a good logo. The 76ers and Phillies have weak insignias as well. 2. Tam pa Bay Devil Rays

Logo: D Colours: F Pattern: F Overall: DFirst of all, any baseball team should know that wearing black is truly a faux pas. This team wears black whether they are at home or on the road. In addition, they have so many different colours in their uni that it is sickening. This team should leave Tampa Bay or fold altogether. With a get-up like this, they shouldn’t even be allowed in executive softball leagues. 1.. U Q T R Patriotes

Logo: F Colours: F Pattern: F Overall: F O k__These guys do not play professional sports. But they have the ugliest uniforms of all time. Green and Orange... come on les boys. If I took my dog to see McGill play UQTR he would immediately pee on the UQTR players. And what’s with the logo? It looks like Hydro-Quebec’s logo. UQTR should immediately be banned from winning the QSSF hockey title until they change this wretched attire. Maybe that would give the Redmen a chance of get ting to Nationals. Worst Uniforms of all time 1970s San Diego Padres 1970s Vancouver Canucks 1980s Montreal Expos 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates

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W o m e n 's b a s k e t b a l l t e a m t a k e s b a b y s t e p s David Schipper_____________ The continued excellence of sophomore guard Cheeka Mitchell and the addition of rookie sensation Maude Vallières signified that the cup was half full for the Martlets this year. Unfortunately that same cup seemed bone dry at various points throughout a season which saw the McGill Martlets women’s basketball team finish with a 6-14 record in the interlocking QSSF-OUA con ference and a 9-22 record overall. However, while this may be seen as a disappointing result by some, the team had a 3-27 mark last season, and showed vast improvement this year. Indeed, all of the team’s con ference wins came in the second half of the season. The climax of the season came on February 13th when McGill matched up against their local rivals, the Concordia Stingers. With the Martlets only a game behind Concordia in the conference stand ings at the time and having beaten the Stingers in an earlier meeting on January 16, it was the McGill women’s most crucial basketball game in years. The Martlets suffered a setback in a game which was indicative of the entire season.

After being down 36-31 at halftime, the Martlets managed only 19 second half points in the lopsided 74-50 loss. Leading up to this game, McGill had won five of their last eight games, and was in a position to put themselves in the

the hard way with a quick playoff exit against the Bishop’s Gaiters. Mitchell, recently named as a first team all-star in the Quebec conference this year, will need to provide even more leadership next season in an expanded role, due

Cheeka Mitchell looks to spark Martlet resurgence next year playoffs for the first time in several seasons. The young Martlets team lost the game, but vow it will serve as a valuable learning experience for next season, when they will be an even bigger threat. As Concordia coach Keith Pruden insists, consis tency is the secret to success at any level. The Stingers found that out

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largely in part to the graduation of veteran defender and stalwart cap tain Cynthia Santamaria. The speedy guard had some remarkable offensive and defensive performances this season. One par ticular bright snapshot was her game against Queen’s on January 7 when she scored a career-high 33 points along with seven rebounds,

six assists, and four steals. “She’s got better basketball in her. Cheeka’s best is yet to come,” offered coach Lisen Moore. Vallières will also contribute more of a leadership role next sea son. Her numbers this season were exemplary. In 19 conference games, the rookie guard led the team in scoring with an average of 16.4 points per game and was 35 for 123 (28.5 percent) from 3-point range. It is Vallières’ tenacity and spirit that make her exclusion from either all-star list puzzling. Still, Vallières takes it all in stride; her love of the game supercedes individual hon ours. Moore was pleased with the play of her team as a whole, and gives honourable mention to thirdyear forward Shannon Howard, who moved into the power forward position this season. “Shannon gave up part of her game to make the team better. She is consistent,” Moore declared. Rookie forward Sarah Gagne impressed many with her late-game heroics and rebounding skills. Moore also began to depend more on Jane Pattillo, the second year post who played in 12 games this season. “Jane is improving the knowl edge of her game and her strength. With hard work, she should play 10

to 18 minutes per game next sea son,” Moore said. “She is the type of player who scores 8-10 points, and gets a few rebounds- a forward who makes good baskets.” Liliane Benoit, a rookie guard who saw limited action in five games this season, will earn more playing time next season according to Moore. “Liliane is a fierce competitor. She has the third or fourth best work ethic on the team,” Moore opined. “She has to work on her understanding of the game. She can’t be narrow. She needs broad vision as a point guard.” Another rookie guard, AnneMarie Jekyll, will see her role expanded, thanks to her offensive skills. “She can flat-out shoot the ball and she’s a natural three-point shooter,” Moore said. McGill Martlets basketball will continue to improve in the months ahead. By this fall, their blossoming into legitimate contenders is a pos sibility and after successive dismal years, it is expected.

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ell’s frozen over, pigs are performing pirouettes in the sky, and the fat lady is singing at the top of her lungs. The Montreal Canadiens are now owned by an American. The most successful team in National Hockey League history was sold by Molson to Colorado businessman George Gillett last month and the financial transac tion was symbolic on many levels. On a historical level, the sale marks the end of the storied Molson family dynasty in Montreal. The Molson name, which has been associated with Montreal from its beginning, will, however, continue to live on in deps across this fair city and of course there will always be a frosh week. On a cultural level, the sale also marks another blow to the Canadian claim on the league, as

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the Americanization of our nation al pastime is proceeding faster than it takes Commissioner Gary Bettman to say “Bluejackets!” This trend has been apparent for num ber of years now though, and is as much an effect of cold economic reality than of anything else. The real significance of the sale is subtler. It is unspoken. The significance lies within the ques tion that has been forming on the lips of all Canadien hockey fans since the sale. Can Gillett take the Montreal out of the Montreal Canadiens? It would be all too easy to scoff at such a preposterous notion but the smart sports fan knows better. Ask someone in Quebec City if it’s possible. Or Winnipeg. Or someone in Edmonton or Ottawa in a few years. A quick name change, some snazzy new uniforms and presto! The Montreal Canadiens become the San Antonio Hitmen!

Complete with twenty four Stanley Cups and retired jerseys to boot! It could happen. Gary Bettman promises it won’t. So does Mr. Gillett. But what, other than the words of a two accom plished busin essm en , could pre vent it from happening? The answer? Nothing. Nothing at all could stop it from h ap p en in g , and especial ly not that gorgeous new 20,000 seat, state of the art arena in San Antonio, or Jacksonville or any number of American cities where the word puck is still certain to evoke giggles. What is equally as clear is that if Gillett happens to threaten a move, a la Monsieur Bryden in Ottawa, no amount of public money should be spent to prevent it. While it was suggested in an

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Montrealers failed to fully support even at their zenith of the early nineties. The Habs, on the other hand, are an institution. But with the number of social impoverishments the federal government has to address, it’s an institution that is low on the priority list. For those who feel that taking

professional hockey out of Canada is to tear at the fragile social fabric of the country, their perspective is missing. Professional hockey, its mil lionaire players, and billionaire owners, have no claim to heartstrings. The true spirit of the game will always be found in the community rinks before it is in giant sta dium mega-plexes. It is relevant to note that I myself am as diehard a Habs fan as you’ll find, (from Toronto anyway), but if rich owners expect to hold Canadians across the country ransom to their balance state ments, let them have the watered down ver sion of the game they desire. If the Habs are to leave, there’ll surely be a tear in my beer as I wave goodbye, but anything more would not be worth the worry. Nah na na na, Nah na na na, A A Ohh, Goodbye!

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earlier edition of this column, that the Expos should be sent packing if public funds were deemed neces sary for their survival, this is a far easier conclusion to make. The Expos are a sitting duck team, that

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James Empringham As judgement day for this year’s group of presidential can didates draws nearer, the future of many of McGill’s unfunded sports teams hangs in the bal ance. Hope for these teams is hinged on the Campus Life Fund, a proposed $3.90 per semester fees increase, which goes to referendum at the same time as the Students’ Society of McGill University political can didates. A portion of the fee is being touted as a way to fund teams such as wrestling, tennis, andlacrosse, which do not receive money from the university. Current SSMU President Wojtek Baraniak hesitates to specify the exact amount of the proposed $3.90 increase that would go to unfunded teams but he stressed the fund’s importance to sports teams. “This fund represents a lot of

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T h e p resid en tial ca n d i d a te s w e re ask ed : D o you support th e C am pus Life Fund, and specifically th e p o rtio n of th e fund w hich includes a funding increase for cur rently non-funded teams?

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Some members of McGill’s unfunded teams also feel that the measure is too small. Wrestling coach Rick Macneil was unexcited. “Unless you deal with the fact that athletes in different sports are pay ing different amounts to compete for McGill University, a funds increase is insignifi cant.” In targeting the From left to right, Jeremy Farrell, DJ Waletzky, Ken Spillberg and Ramzi H. Hindieh athletic vote, all of this unfunded teams and asked why tive to SSMU Damien Liddle year’s candidates for SSMU presi dent claim support for the fund. we fund certain teams and not echoed Baraniak’s sentiments. “The fact that there is no Its fate, however, is not tied to the others. My answer is that our N O campaign against the fund is fortunes of the candidates, but resources don’t allow for it.” Baraniak also outlined a deal in our favour. I would be shocked rather belongs to the results of which had been struck with the if the fund doesn’t pass but I’m the referendum. alumni association, in which still out there campaigning with every dollar raised for unfunded my fingers crossed.” Still, another fees increase to teams would be matched with fifty cents by the association up the already heavy student bill will assuredly receive some opposition to $500. Athletic council representa at the polls.

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“I think that any sport, or anything to do with the university, should be funded for accountably. It really depends on the demand for the sport. If the people want the sport and a lot of people are interested in taking part in it, then I see no reason why that funding should be left out for that sport.”

“You know my involvment with sports goes way back, I can tell you that when I was [...] in summer camp, I was actually captain of the sit on your ass team, and yeah so sports funding for whatever, 1 don’t give a shit, give them all the money they want. Open kleptocracy is all about that, if you ask for it, we’ll give you some cash, why not?”

“It is my opinion that students representing McGill, should be given full funding in sports. These students are competing against other schools whose teams are being fully fund ed by their universities, so why shouldn’t ours?”

“First, I would like to say that I also support the Campus Life Fund...we’re in a position where the uni versity for what ever reason has to download expenses or simply can’t afford the funding. So we talk about, or especially I talk about, making SSMU more rele vant to as many students as possible. The students are saying we need help, and

13th out of 16 teams at the CIAU Wrestling Championships contest ed last weekend in Thunder Bay, Ontario at Lakehead University. Shauna Forster became only The Redmen sent two wrestlers to the second McGill volleyball player the tournament, Jed Zaretzki and ever to be named a CIAU All- Renato Rispoli, both having Canadian when the Mardet star attained a silver medal at the was honoured as a second team All- Atlantic University Sports champi Canadian last week. Forster, a 22 onship in Fredericton on February year old mechanical engineering 17th. Rispoli, a 5-foot5 119-pound senior, was a Quebec conference allrookie, finished 6th in the 54-kg star this season and made the all class, while Zaretzki, a 5-foot-8, tournament team at the Sherbrooke 135 pound rookie, finished 7th in Invitational last November. In 142 the 65-kg class. The National sets over 35 matches, she racked up Championship was awarded to the 148 kills, 23 aces, 230 digs, 51 stuff team from Brock, while Lakehead blocks and 1,626 assists. She joins finished second, and Alberta and Wendy Wheian of the 97-98 team Calgary tied for third. as the only other McGill volleyLaval w om en are Q u e b e c bas bailer to be so honoured. Forster nam ed volleyball C IA U A ll-C a n a d ian

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Rookie Josee Lalonde, a 6-foot centre, scored 21 points as Laval extended their win streak to 18 con secutive games and cruised to an

easy 82-50 victory over Bishop’s in the Quebec women’s university bas ketball championship game on Saturday. The win moved Laval to 27-4 overall on the season. They will now go on to represent the Quebec conference at the CIAU championships to be held in Edmonton, March 8-11. They will attempt to become the first Quebec school to win a CIAU title in 17 years, since Bishop’s won the Bronze Baby trophy in 1984. Call for M cG ill Squashers

The Peter Landry Squash Tournament dedicated to the Hall of Famer who began the McGill squash club is being contested over the weekend of March 10-11. The tournament is open to all McGill students and it guarantees two matches to each participant. There is a beginner and intermediate draw for both men and women. Prizes for winners include titanium rackets. The cost is $15 dollars to enter and registration is taking place in the Campus Rec. office at Currie Gym until Thursday at 5pm. Call Josh at 932-7207 for details, or e-mail to

this is a way that SSMU can help them, so I support it and I hope everyone else does.”

mcgillsquash@hotmail.com. M au d e Vallieres nam ed as first ever m e m ber of C IA U allRookie team

Though she was conspicuously left off the conference all-star roster, Maude Vallieres received her due recognition at the national level, and was named to the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union all rookie squad. The freshmen occu pational therapy student from Fleurimont, Quebec, had a banner year playing point-guard or the 614 Martlets. Vallieres was second in the Quebec conference with a 16.4 points per game average. She was first in field goals attempted, and third in field goals made. She was also third in three-pointers with 35 made and a 29 percent average. Vallieres should be a building block for a young and potentially promis ing Martlet team next season.

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