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gem Jean M ath ew s Who would have thought that after those three-and-a-half hours of opera viewing, I would have come out laughing? But I did, as did most o f the audience that walked out o f Pollack Hall this past Saturday, the ominous words “For idle hands and hearts and minds the Devil finds a work to do, work, dear Sir, fair Madam, for you and you,” tickling the collective ear. Igor Stravinsky’s first attempt at writing an English language opera and his first partnership with W. H. Auden (who wrote the libretto), The R akes Progress is a wonderfully witty comedy and Opera McGill could What do the Devil, Adonis, and the Mother Goose have in common? They’re all not have chosen a more appropriate opera to fight the apathy and depres sion o f these winter months. What first catches the inquisi tive eye that casts a glance onto the stage is the symmetrical, geometrical, and yet dreadfully twisted setting— the Trulove residence, coloured in a they could give a presentation on John S cia scia pleasing but slightly eerie ink. Truly their own behalf," said Lanteigne. a visionary was set designer Michael "This was meant to allow them [La E. Downs for this interpretation o f Top representatives from the Stravinsky’s music and the all-per FEUQ] to describe the larger picture largest and most influential student vading theme o f the opera, a paradox o f their actions outside o f their inter lobby group in Quebec were at last o f emotions, an inseperable mixture action with the SSM U ." week's council meeting o f the o f the light-hearted and that deep The F E U Q executives expressed Students' Society of M cGill and dark seriousness. their collective intent to see McGill University (SSM U ) to discuss This is epitomized best in the University rejoin the ranks o f the final lines, wherein the comedic McGill’s possible re-entry into the lobby group it departed from ten menagerie o f main characters drop organization’s membership. years ago. their wigs and beards and in the | SSM U Vice-President of process, their characters, and the j Community and Government Affairs Thereandbackagain? complex relationships and interac Danielle Lanteigne invited La tions that were much the subject o f Fédération des Étudiantes Univer the past three hours— and instead Various concerns were raised sitaires du Québec (La FEU Q ) to seem to confess that what the viewers during the course o f La F E U Q ’s onepresent the SSM U with their goals were watching was actually not an hour presentation at the SSM U and ambitions for student lobbying opera but a radically entertaining council meeting. representation at the provincial gov Bible-study on the ten command F E U Q representatives were ments, ernment level. asked if the lobby organization still "I was asked by council to invite maintains the pro-separatist mandate La F E U Q to our meeting so that Please see RAKE, page 12

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that originally influenced McGill's decision to leave the Federation in 1992. F E U Q President Andrée MayerPériard replied that the organization repealed its separatist mandate last May, and denounced claims that proseparatist members o f the lobby organization would exert their per sonal ideological preferences on F E U Q policy direction. “It is definitely not a part o f our group’s mandate,” affirmed MayerPériard. Another main concern voiced by SSM U councilors involved the cost o f joining La FE U Q . The SSM U would have to pay $2.50 per semester per student for membership in the organization. “I f SSM U were to rejoin us, the

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TUDENTS* iETWORK Ting Ting Ho Trying to spread the triumphs of Black North Americans M onth. T h e events, targeted at M cGill students and the greater Montreal community, aim at rais ing awareness about Black history and culture. The first event, called 'Soul Essence,' will take place February 8, and will feature live performances o f poetry, dance and music. Another main event that takes place each year is 'Children's Day,'

m ote their initiatives, explained B SN C h ie f Coordinator Justin Phillis. "Our goal is to teach the chil dren o f the comunity about famous black leaders, and about the strug gles and triumphs o f the Black peo ple. We want to educate people as much as we can, and sensitize them to the issues concerning Back peo ple," Phillis explained.

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O ther events will include a Black History M onth display in M cG ill University Student Centre, a documentary for students fol lowed by a discussion, as well as a game show called 'Black Knowledge. ' T he events are funded primari ly by the Students' Society o f M cG ill University (SSM U ). This year, BSN has also sought further funding from the community, and have received an additional $350 which they will use toward the Children's Day event. "T h e extra money will help us buy prizes for the children. W e also feed the children, so the money will be helpful to provide them with a meal," said Phillis. Although the activities hosted by the B SN vary from year to year, their goal o f educating the public about Black history remains the same. "I think the thing that everyone needs to understand from Black History M onth is that there isn't one type o f Black. I feel that Black is a combination o f different cultures including Africans, Carribeans, South Americans, and so o n ,” said Phillis. "In essence, it's the diaspora, it's different shades o f black."

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both 1988 and 1993, and criticized these increases as lowering the level o f accessibility to post-secondary education. Mayer-Périard highlighted the lobby organization's pivotal role in securing a tuition freeze for Quebec resident students in 1994. "We definitely plan on main taining [the tuition freeze] in the future because it ensures greater access to post-secondary education," assured Mayer-Périard. Clubs representative Miguel Bernal-Castillero asked what La FEU Q 's official position is towards the deregulated tuition fees o f McGill's international and out-of province styudents, whose popula tions each comprise roughly 20 per cent o f the University's student pop ulation. Mayer-Périard replied that the lobby group's policy positions are member-based, and thus could not give an official opinion on behalf of La FEUQ . "FEU Q has expressed solidarity with McGill on this issue [deregulat ed tuition fees], but is not going to have a policy that doesn't affect its membership," said Lan-teigne.

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Founded in 1989, La F E U Q is an organization that comprises 15 post-secondary student associations and represents roughly 120,000 stu dents across the province. According to its presentation documents, the organizations man date is “to defend student rights and interests towards the government and other education actors,” and also pri oritizes the importance o f accessibili ty and quality o f education. The SSM U was a founding member o f the organization, but resigned its membership in 1992 fol lowing the results o f an SSM U refer endum which cited ideological con

flict with the lobby group’s newly adopted pro-separatist mandate dur ing the Parti Québécois sovereignty campaign. During its twelve years o f oper ation, La F E U Q has laid claim to many accomplishments. Its lobbying efforts have influenced such govern ment measures as the province-wide tuition freeze for Quebec students in 1994, which remains in place at $1,668 to date, along with other sig nificant pro-student reforms in tax policy and insurance costs.

W hat'sonthe drawing board? Mayer-Périard announced La FEU Q 's plans to call for the creation o f a fund that would protect social services and education in the province and ensure affordable access to education in the future. Other initiatives currently pur sued by La F E U Q include a recalcu lation o f the student loan structure and debt repayment programs to include accuarate standard o f living costs, as well as developing plans for a change in the structure o f the Quebec election system that would involve the implementation o f a type o f proportional representation sys tem that would encourage broader representation o f student interests. Following La FEU Q 's presenta tion, a notice o f motion was given by SSM U Law representative Boris Savoie-Doyer to consider re-entry into the lobby organization as an official question for the upcoming student referendum this spring. The motion was approved by the council and will be discussed at next week’s meeting. Mayer-Périard expressed her faith that the SSM U will make the decision to rejoin the organization. "We want and believe that McGill will rejoin La FEU Q ."

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Jean Mathews & Jeremy Morris Last Thursday saw the addi tion o f more fuel to the Solidarity for Palestinian Human RightsHillel dispute as a third-party in the form o f the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) was brought into the picture. At the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSM U) coun cil meeting, Engineering senators Ian Fichtenbaum and Alex Ouimet-Storrs introduced a motion to hold a referendum to decide whether students wanted to continue paying the three dollars a semester to QPIRG. Fichtenbaum said that the rea son behind bringing forth the ref erendum was not political in nature. “I think it’s been 14 years since the last referendum for Q PIRG fees. Lots o f people don’t know what Q PIRG is and don’t know about opt-out, so we felt that this referendum would publicize Q PIRG and what they do and stu dents would decide whether they wanted to keep the fees or not. “We’re basically just putting forth a question about Q PIRG fees. This came about because a number o f students were unsatis

fied with Q PIRG. One o f the rea sons was the support shown for SPH R and the denouncement o f SSM U ’s censure o f the Israel Shamir lecture, but that was not the only reason.” “I think Q PIRG is allowed to do whatever they want and I real ize that supporting SPH R may be a part o f their agenda. I support their right to do so but I can’t make a comment on whether it was right or wrong. I opted out o f Q PIRG because I don’t agree with their politics, but this is not a political fight and they can do whatever they want. I just don’t support their using my three dollars.” The motion to cut Q PIRG funding began after SPH R spon sored controversial Israeli journal ist Israel Shamir came to lecture at M cGill in November o f last year. As a result o f the outcry and calls for censure by SSM U council fol lowing that lecture, Q PIRG stated that their organization would defend SP H R ’s right to free speech. At the centre o f this issue is SPH R and Ahmed Abu-Safia, the President o f SPH R and SSM U councilor. “As a councilor I have to say that we don’t want to lose SSM U ’s relationship with Q PIRG , They

s tu d e n ts fe e s a s r e fe r e n d u m are a very prominent organization. After September 11, they opened up a 24-hour hotline. No other organization at McGill took such steps,” said Abu-Safia. Abu-Safia also felt that the SSM U was abusing its powers to punish Q PIRG. “They are being punished for freedom o f speech. [The coun cilors passing the motion] are mis using their position. They can’t move ahead without student approval and they are bypassing that.” Abu-Safia said. Last Tuesday, the rhetoric heated up as Itmar Marcus, the director o f Palestinian Media W atch, gave a lecture on Palestinian media inciting children to violence. Abu-Safia expressed dissatisfaction over the content. “I found the translation was bad, not just bad but wrong.” The translations in question are extracts from Palestinian media sources that were translated from Arabic to English. As well, Abu-Safia lobbied to have the poster o f the lecture go to the same specialist as the SPH R poster. Following the Shamir lec ture, the SPH R flyer was sent to an expert to determine whether or not it was racist. The Israel-Palestine debate will continue at McGill this Thursday with another SP H R hosted lecture by Maier Maor. On SSM U council, members were dismissive o f the motion. Raoul Gebert, the SSM U Vice President of Operations, said SSM U does not have the capacity to intervene. “This motion is not going to go anywhere, because SSM U does not have the authori ty. Q PIRG never

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has been, never will be and doesn’t have to be a service o f SSM U ,” said Gebert. Q PIRG is not funded through SSM U administered student fees. This independence means that a SSM U referendum would be extrajudicial. Asked about the motion for referendum, Q PIRG refused to comment, as the organization had not established a consensus for an appropriate stance on the issue. However, they were willing to dis cuss the decision to defend the controversial SP H R lecture by Israel Shamir. Onyango Oloo, the Q PIRG pro gram coordinator said he defends free speech, particularly in a uni

versity setting. “If someone wants to bring in a pro-Israeli speaker, I will defend their right. Likewise, if someone brings in a pro-Palestinian speaker I will defend their right.” semester fee, students wishing to opt-out may do so at the Q PIRG office. As well, Q PIRG has no relation with SPHR. “I think people have every right to be upset [with the lec ture],” Oloo said, “Th e people who brought him in have every right to defend their case and I will defend these rights.”

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In honour of the founding of McGill’s MacDonald Campus-, Bruce Kirkby, professional adventur er, outdoorsmen, photographer and author, has been invited to speak at the February 7 Founder’s Day festiv ities. The former engineer bustles with enthusiasm and youthful ener gy as he describes his exploits and adventures — from crossing the desert in 40 days on camels, to climbing Everest, to hiking the Blue Nile Gorge through Ethiopia. He has kayaked through Western Canada, guided tours up North, braved bears, spawning fish and toughed out sickness. Kirkby is passionate about ecotourism and education. He even offers a few tips on how to get the most out of your education by get ting out of the rat race once and for all to go on adventures around the

world, and how to write a book about it when you're done. Trib: Why are you giving a speech at Founder's Day? Kirkby: Well, I suppose it is because they asked me to. My father had gone to McGill. But I love talking to university and high school kids, I think education is important. I don't think you should worry sô much about what you study. But I got a lot out of studying. Trib: How did you do it? You were an Engineering Grad, and now you are a professional adventurer? Kirkby: I guess you can say I did what was right for me. I graduated from Queens but I left my job after four months and went on a bike tour of Pakistan. And then I guided sea kayaks for five years in Canada, I didn't have any experience, I just kind of convinced them to let me go, suddenly I was a senior guide. In '97 I talked my way with no experience onto an Everest expedition. How did

this all happen? Without sounding like a new age guru, I just followed my heart. Trib: When your photography from Everest was published in M acleans magazine, was that the encourage ment you needed to make adventure into a career? Kirkby: I had made the transition in my mind that I was no longer on an extended vacation from engineering. My area of expertise was no longer engineering, and my life had certain ly changed tracks. Trib: What do you have to say to students discouraged with academia who want to pursue an adventurous life? Kirkby: Buy my book! I was on a 12 day Alaskan expedition never having been in an oar boat before. I never had any doubt that I would be fine, and I was. Don't ever let other peo ple discourage you. I always want to learn more. I put experiential value ahead of monetary. I lived out of a Please see KIRKBY, page 4

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Kirkby adventurer, speaker continued from page 3 pick-up and a duffel bag for five years. Trib: What is your attitude regarding business? Kirkby: Be a good person. There's a lot of competitiveness out there and you start being confronted again and again where you have to think of yourself or think of others. Some people say you have to be cutthroat in business, and maybe that's why I'm sitting in a borrowed cabin writ ing a book. But I've forged great friendships. Trib: Tell me about your book, Sand D ance: By C am el Across Arabia's Great Southern Desert. Kirkby: The whole process from writing this book, to the reception it received to getting it published has been wonderful. I tried to make it not just a travel log. I touch on the points that moved me...the chal lenges that faced us, and the conflicts that we faced as a group. I have tried to weave a picture of what it was like. I talk a lot about life with the Bedouin, about how their culture developed from the land that they lived on, and the onset of the major oil production in the 1930s and the compromises this made on their cul ture. I don't try to bang that over people's heads but I try to address the changes, and what happens as they adapt to Western culture. But at the same time you can't deny them the creature comforts of landcruisers and air-conditioning. Trib: You were in the desert for forty days and forty nights with twelve camels for six people, why? Kirkby: We each had one to ride and

one as a pack camel. One for food, four for water and one for supplies. We had eight goatskins for water, which held 25 litres each. That's about 200 litres for six people. At first we were drinking up to eight litres a day each, but about three to four litres after we became more climatized. Trib: Any plans for settling down in the future? Kirkby: What's right for one might not be right for another. At one point I want children and a home and having kids is an adventure in itself, but I have no immediate plans for that. Trib: Any advice on finding a pub lisher for your adventure book? Kirkby: Don't give up. If you think you have a good story just sit down and write it. Don't think you have to be a great writer because I failed English in high school. I went to Chapters, picked up a few books I liked, jotted down the addresses of the publishing companies and sent away proposals. Trib: What can we look forward to in your speech at the MacDonald Campus on February 7? Kirkby: You'll laugh. You'll see beau tiful and shocking pictures and you'll leave feeling like you have learned a lot about other cultures. You'll walk away with a sore stomach from laughing so much. Bruce Kirkby w ill speak at 10:30 in the ballroom o f the Centennial Building o f M acDonald Campus on February 7th. There w ill also be birth day cake, bagpipes an d lunch in the celebration o f MacDonald. Campus's Founder's Day.

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Proposed student fee to pay off Shatner renovations Clare McIntyre As students are settling into the new lounge in the McGill University Student Centre, the Students' Society o f M cGill University (SSM U) is still strug gling to pay o ff debt incurred by the renovations. In response to the situation, the Students’ Society proposed a new student fee o f ten dollars a year for five years to cover the remaining cost o f the renovations at last week’s council meeting. If approved by SSM U council, the fee would be voted on during the spring referendum period. SSM U President Jeremy Farrell explained that given the financial situation, the proposed fee is necessary for the completion o f the renovations. "I think [the fee] is absolutely necessary because we have to finish the building," he said. "We have to put washrooms in the basement floor, we have all kinds o f sprinkler systems that aren’t up to par, and we have rooms that need to be developed for club office space." SSM U executives blamed the funding difficulties on the University’s lack o f financial sup port for the student centre renova tions. Raoul Gebert, SSM U ’s Vice President Operations, expressed frustration that M cGill’s adminis tration had not done more to help

finance the building’s overhaul. "As long as McGill owns the building and makes us sign a lease every five years, they should pay for all structurally necessary renova tions like water systems, bath rooms, elevators, sprinklers and so on," he stated. "This alone would add up to almost two thirds o f the overall renovation cost." M orty Yalovsky, M cG ill’s Vice-Principal Administration and Finance, felt that the administra tion was doing its share in main taining the Shatner building. "In all cases where the University has leased one o f its buildings, the University assumes responsibility for the maintenance o f the external fabric o f the build ing as well as the infrastructure o f the building — furnace, roof, exte rior, et cetera, known generally as 'landlord repairs,"' he explained. Yalovsky added that the University also assumed energy costs for the building, which last year amounted to approximately $730,000. Despite these contributions, which both Gebert and Farrell acknowledged, Farrell felt the University could have done more in contributing to the costs o f the general renovation o f the building. "If we have a better University Centre, that helps the University, especially in terms o f what the University can say that students have at their disposal while here," he said.

In particular, Farrell highlight ed the changes made necessary by the University’s addition o f the William and Mary Brown building next to Shatner.

selves, and the elevator for that too. The University really has an obliga tion to that area.” The renovations were initially due to be completed in two phases,

"When you have an old build ing, and you attach a new building to it, you have to bring the old building up to code," he said. In fact, the Brown building is only handicapped accessible thanks to the addition o f an entrance on the lower side o f the Shatner build ing — something paid for by the SSM U. "We had to pay for that our

financed in part by a student fee and in part by revenues from a pro posed exclusivity agreement with a cold beverage provider. When stu dents voted against such an agree ment with Coca-Cola in the spring o f 2 000, funding was gathered from a variety o f sources, including corporate and private donations and a substantial loan. "The funds for the $3.5 mil

lion renovation plans was to come from two sources: half from the M SF Building fee, and half from Coke. The fee went through, but students said no to Coke, which s our good right, and probably commonsense, to do," said Gebert. "For the rest o f the money there hasn't really been a coherent plan until recently. A loan was taken out to patch up $700,000 worth o f renovations, but many things are still to be completed." It is this loan which the pro posed fee would eventually help the SSM U pay off. Jeremy Farrell expressed his disappointment that the renovations had not received more University support. "It’s a disappointment. Every where across the country, studeni societies who have renovated have received university support and I wish I could say the same. " • But Farrell also said that in his eyes, it was the government’s lack o f support for the McGill which was the ultimate cause o f the prob lem. "I really put the blame more on the [provincial] governmeni than I would on the University. I think the government has let us all down, and buildings are only one way that they’ve done it."

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Jo h n S c ia s c ia T h e om inou s cries o f the ‘B o G M an ’ filled the air outside o f the Stephen L eaco ck B u ild in g last w eek as the G rassR oots A ssociation for Stu d en t Power (G R A S P ) held its d em o n stration callin g for m ore stud ent representation on M c G ill’s highest d ecisio n -m ak in g body, the B oard o f G overnors. D u rin g the d em o n stration , G R A S P held a sideshow d ram atization th a t fea tured an evil, p ro -co rp o rate B o G M an roam around berating random students w hile ru n n in g from an over 7 -fo o t hum an puppet sym bolizing ‘the S p irit o f Stu d en t Power’. G R A S P is calling for an increase in the nu m ber o f voting stu d en t p ositions on the B oard o f G overnors in the hopes o f co m b atin g the lo o m in g threats to p u blic p ost-second ary educa tio n such as tu itio n fee increases and privatization. T h e problem w ith the request lies in the m isco n cep tio n o f increased student representation as a safeguard against these unpopular po ssib ili ties. W ith o nly four o u t o f 4 5 vo tin g p ositions on the Board, students w ill rem ain an undisputed m in o rity in the body. Even i f a lob b y in g effo rt for fu rth er stud ent representation succeeds, the result o f this possible scenario w ill likely o nly see voting powers extended to the Presid ent o f the Stu d ents’ So ciety o f M cG ill U niversity (S S M U ), w ho is cu rren tly the o nly n o n -v o t ing m em ber o f the Board. A n o th er key issue is transparency.. Even w ith ad d ition al stu d en t representatives in the B oard o f G overnors, the fa ct w ould rem ain th at little i f any in fo rm atio n w ould be m ade available to students regarding the co n te n t o f co n fid en tial sessions held by the Board . Even at present, the yearly B o G report is the only source o f viable in fo rm atio n available to the S S M U regarding the affairs and decisions o f the Board. In essence, th e reality o f the situ atio n is th at stu d en t repre sen tatio n in the B oard o f G overnors allows for the legitim ate v oicin g o f stu d ent o p in io n s, con cern s, and ideas. W ith proper research and arg u m entation, stud ent representatives can use th eir roles to garner the u nd erstand ing and su pport o f th eir peers. However, stu d ent representation u ltim ately does n o t guarantee p ro tectio n from any unpopular p o licy d ecisions that could be m ade by the U niversity regarding tu itio n fees or priva tization . T h e B o G M an d ram atization was perhaps the best d ep ic tio n o f this inescapable tru th . T h e corp orate dem on found refuge from the g igantic sym bol o f stu d ent pow er after passing through the doors o f the L eaco ck B u ild in g, through w hich his giant pursuer cou ld n o t follow. T h e m oral o f the story: students can n o t influ ence the B o G throu gh the sheer power o f num bers; we m ust instead learn to better use the pow er we are already given to successfully defend the safety and ideals o f p u blic ed u cation at our University.

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or inconveniencing anyone. After meeting with many people and searching the campus, such a solu tion was found. However, in this case the administration has actively sought to deny the Muslim stu dents the use o f an unoccupied space which would not disturb any o f the functions o f the faculty housed in that building. I have sometimes been able to understand when the upper admin istration is reluctant to go out of its way to help students; but this is an unfortunate instance where the University has clearly rejected an opportunity to address students’ needs. Martin Doe SSMU VP Clubs & Services

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"This w ar on terrorism is the goddam n bom b! It'll be ju st like when we h a d th at w ar on drugs, an d now you can't get drugs anymore!" —Random comic strip off the internet It's a dangerous existence. None o f us can smoke marijuana these days without living in con stant fear that the police will send a swat team to our houses, and apprehend us for the dirty crimi nals that we are. Truly, living on the edge: we smokers are so hard core. No we're not. You knew that. Then why, at a time when one out o f every four Americans is incar cerated for drug charges, 78 per cent o f drug arrests (in 1998) were for possession only, and one out o f seven prisoners is in for marijuana, are we not afraid? You see, we could never be hard-core, no mat ter how hard we tried, because

most o f us are privileged university students. T he drug war isn't only about drugs. The main purpose o f drug jurisdiction these days is to keep minorities, and otherwise disad vantaged groups, in jail. To a less er extent, drug use is demonized to render voiceless a potentially radi cal youth culture. Much o f its leg islative action has very little basis in fact. In the past few years, there has been a blatant disregard for reality in order to forward the US Drug Enforcement Agency's platform. My favourite player in this game is former US Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey. In 1998, McCaffrey proclaimed that: "The murder rate in Holland is double that in the United States. The per capita crime rates are much higher than the United States...That's drugs!" When we look at the statistics, however, particularly those o f the F B I Uniform Crime Report (1998), and the Dutch Central Planning Bureau o f Statistics (1996), the Dutch murder rate is 440 percent lower than that o f the USA. Regarding crime, perhaps McCaffrey is referring to the pick pocketing o f blindingly high American tourists, who flood Amsterdam on a regular basis. Your guess is as good as mine.

As if his credibility could not be further tarnished, McCaffrey has also proclaimed that: "There is not a shred o f scientific evidence that shows that smoked marijuana is useful or needed. This is not sci ence. This is not medical. This is a cruel hoax." However, I'm sure you know that "scientific data indicate the potential therapeutic value o f cannibinoid drugs, primarily T H C , for pain relief, control o f nausea and vomiting and appetite stimu lation" (US Institute o f Medicine). This has been medically proven to the extent that the drug has been legalized in Canada for such pur poses. As far as I know, the man has never issued any retractions, and the ‘information’ he provides is commonly used as a secondary source by news reporters. I really have no logical explanation regard ing how M cCaffrey may have attained these facts. Well, apart from up his ass, but I would never write anything so tactless as that. Oops, I just did. W hich puts us on the subject o f psychedelic toads. Well, not really, but I really wanted to write about psychedelic toads. Although scientific and anthropological evi dence suggests that smoking the skins o f certain Bufo toads (only

one type amidst more than 200), the sensationalist media has man aged to convince some o f us that licking all types o f Bufo toads, will produce hallucinogenic affects. As a result, LA Law ran a segment about persecuting a toad-licking man, and such toads have made a guest appearance on Beavis an d B utthead. A spokesman for the M T V program, said at the time that: "The show reflects what is going on in the youth culture". Most disturbingly though, it seems that the US Drug Enforcem ent Agency has done their research while watching Beavis an d Butthead. Bufotenine has become a Class I controlled substance, along with LSD and heroin, although it is not at all psy choactive. It is, however, legal to possess the O-menthylated version o f Bufotenine, 5-M eO -D M T, the active hallucinogen present in the Bufo toad. Both chemicals are inactive orally. Licking Bufo toads doesn't get you high. Ingesting certain toad venom can, however, cause toxic reactions, and even death. This is particularly dangerous, as accord ing to the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, "Ironically...the DEA's actions have inspired a few people to try licking live toads." An academic article titled

M isuse an d Legend in the Toad L icking Phenom ena states: "There is a very good reason why licking toads will not get you high. The toxic compounds are likely to kill you before you could possibly...have any hallucinogenic affect (if there is a hallucinogenic effect)." I fall short o f calling myself an advocate o f drug legalization. Instead, my main concern here is with the truth. W hen the media uncritically sources dolts like McCaffrey, and feeds o ff them selves to create a "toad-licking epi demic," this not only does a dis service to the people they inform, but is harmful to potential toad experimenters, and those who could benefit medically from mar ijuana usage. In short: This is the media on drugs. Any questions?

Beamsville's claim to fame: marooning B e a m s v ille 's c e le b r it ie s

Last weekend, a friend o f a friend o f mine was shopping down town. Despite being plagued by the well-known winter flu, she waded through store after store. She was determined to take full advantage o f Montreal’s prime retail industry. Unfortunately, her flu was a mighty competitor and during the after noon, she was forced to interrupt her activities with a trip to the washroom. After doing what she needed to do, she trudged forlornly out o f the washrooms and collided with a sweet-smelling blonde woman. Mumbling her apologies, that friend o f a friend looked up into the smiling face o f none other than Drew Barrymore. Upon hearing this story, I immediately passed on the informa tion to my friend Jen who practical ly hyperventilated. She then offered to buy the clothes that the friend of a friend had been wearing at the scene o f the fateful encounter. Celebrity sightings are not for

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eign to a major metropolis like Montreal. Anyone who has experi enced St. Laurent during Grand Prix weekend has been subjected to the throngs o f mystical people, some famous, others merely claim ing to be, who flood the city. Although mildly intrigued, I must admit that I avoid the area. I am not a doe-eyed, starstruck groupie. I am not one to gush or carry on. Making a spectacle of myself over a celebrity is antitheti cal to my personality. I am not will ing to scour Montreal’s posh hotels seeking stars, except perhaps if Jon Bon Jovi is in town. I am a “see from a distance and move on with my life” kind of girl. My sole journey to Los Angeles, the city o f stars, nearly sent my small town system reeling from mechanical failure. LA is the largest, as well as the most famous, city that I have ever experienced. The population o f Los Angeles is 700 times the size o f my home town o f Beamsville. This is not an exaggeration. LA has more people per square mile than there are in all o f Beamsville. While on my way to Disneyland, I witnessed a traffic jam that involved more cars than I have seen in my entire existence. LA was a new universe for me and I must admit that I became the annoying, stereotypical LA tourist. Beamsville has three claims to celebrity fame. First, Brian

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Mulroney was once marooned there during a snowstorm. Second, NHL player Bill Berg hails from Beamsville’s countryside. Third, the musical stylings o f Neil Peart, the drummer for Rush, stem from Beamsvillian roots. That’s it. This means that seeing celebri ties is a new thing for me. My trip to LA was a break from reality. I was enchanted by famous places like the high school where 90210 was taped, Rodeo Drive, The Whiskey and Spago. I giggled like a school girl and demanded to have my pic ture taken at each o f these locales. The two stars I did spot during my LA stay, Tony Curtis and one o f the members o f ZZ Top, were both gra cious enough to be immortalized in a photo with me and now, these photos serve as conversation pieces and funny reminders. In Montreal, my celebrity encounters have been few and far between. The rampant movie sets have begun to blend into the back ground. Last summer, as I was walking home from work one sunkissed afternoon, I walked oblivi ously through a movie shoot. Katie Holmes and Benjamin Bratt stood within arms reach. I stared for a moment, catalogued the situation, re-opened my book and walked on. It was an unusual encounter for me, a moment easily forgotten for them. My only other star encounter

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The point o f my rambling is that despite the rationalizations and accusations o f being shallow and superficial, stargazing can be fun. No further explanation is required. My mantra for the week is: don’t rain on my parade.

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McGill frats: Greek geeks or Greek gods N ikki Bergen W ith the onset o f “Greek Week,” M cGill’s fraternity broth ers and sorority sisters donned their chapter letters and took part in friendly inter-house competi tions and festivities that lasted through Super Bowl Sunday. However, the fact remains that the strength and size o f M cGill’s Greek community pales in comparison to other universities in Canada and the US. There seems to be an overwhelming sen timent against frats on campus, not to mention a compounding disinterest — the reasons for which are as tacit as they are unswerving. Most would agree that Greek life is typically an American phe nomenon. It is the sole source o f under-age university inebriation in the US and as such is pointless in a city where most students are o f drinking age as in Montreal. Members o f M cGill’s Greek com munity believe otherwise. “So many people don’t even know about us. The main reason for Greek Week is to get Greek life in general out on campus. We get to interact with the other sororities and fraternities and we get our name out,” explained Caitlin Taal, new member educator for the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. But simple numbers are a clear indicator that McGill just simply isn’t into Greek life. “W hen you look at our num bers, only about two to three per cent o f the student body is

involved. Compared with Western, that’s practically noth ing,” says Taal. Around campus, a number o f answers were offered in explanation for this phenome non. Many n o n -m em b ers argue that fra ternity keg par ties are no com parison to the nightlife of Montreal. “W e’re in M o n tr e a l,” exclaimed one M cG ill Arts student. If I were in Ohio, or London, O ntario, then maybe I ’d con sider it. What else are you going to do in London?” “McGill is a very different community. For a Montrealer, you already have a group o f friends established. A lot o f people are only nine-to-fivers at M cG ill,” added Students’ Society o f McGill University President Jeremy Farrell. Farrell also noted that due to the close proximity o f the down town area, McGill students’ lives are concentrated there, more than at other closed campus universi ties. He also explained that the entire Greek culture is not that Canadian. Historically it has never been that popular in Canada.

Similar sentiments are echoed accross campus. According to one sister, the stereotype being fought is that o f conformity. Most people

who have no other knowledge of Greek life, think that it’s all about conforming to a group. “It’s very heavily stereotyped here at McGill. At activities nights we get so many rude comments. People have this idea that we’re party girls who have to sleep with the football team to be accepted. But we follow a very strict no haz ing policy,” said Taal. Besides the party life most associated with the Greeks, philan thropy is a major purpose for their existence. “It’s a way o f having 20 guys organized and channelling all their energy in a positive and construc

group. “Sure we pay dues, but it all comes back to use in the end,” said one brother. “A lot o f people think that you join a frat and you take on that group’s personality. But we’re really all individuals.” “We’re not just a bunch of Greek letters. If people can’t see our true identity then they’re not going to fit in. We don’t want to have a bunch o f people we don’t like — if that’s elitist, then that’s elitist,” explained an Alpha Lambda Chi brother. Nevertheless, because the IG LC is an official organization under SSM U, the fact that SSM U does not officially recognize single sex clubs rules out any permanent Greek presence in campus facili ties. Thus Greek life will never be as big as it is at other schools. Shelly Matsos, VP Philanthropy at Alpha Omicron Pi, Iota Chi Chapter at the University o f Western Ontario sums up her image as a sorority

tive way. There is a lot o f philan thropy — it’s at the heart o f every organization,” explained Aadam Al-Khabyyr o f the Alpha Lambda Chi fraternity. In fact, January 28 marked M cGill’s e c o n d P h ila n th r o p y Day,” an event organized by the Inter-Greek Letter Council (IG LC) that raises money for charitable causes. “ [The frater nities and sorori ties] are tremen dous volunteers in the community. You need to have such organiza tions,” said Farrell. Yet aside from the community service, many peo ple still question what the Greek system really has to offer students on an individual level. There seems to be a generally shared belief that fraternities and sororities are sim ply an expensive group o f friends. Members must pay dues on a semester basis. Amounts vary by frat, but figures average close to $300 per semester for each mem ber. The line, “I don’t need to buy my friends” is heard more than once across campus. For many stu dents, Greek life at M cGill is understood to be a paid, all-access pass to acceptance by a social

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Getting some much needed financial action Behnam B a n ih a sh e m i Have you ever thought that the money that you spend every week end in bars could be a source of income? Most students don’t think this because it just doesn’t make sense. Spending money and getting more money at the same time is not usual ly possible. But for those who think about doing something useful with their savings, there are many ways that your money could earn more than the .000001 percent interest they give at the bank. There are sim ple financial strategies that can help save money without bothering with any scary terms like ‘stock market,’ or ‘equity fund.’ Most students never seriously think about investing their savings. Mona Hassanlou, a U1 Dentistry student, thinks that she could only invest if she had a large amount of money to spare. “You cannot invest with $500 or $1000,” she said, laughing. “You are better off going to the Casino

and investing your 500 bucks that » way. Dr. Mo Chaudhury, a Finance professor in the Faculty of Management, believes that these myths should be dispelled. However he promotes caution on the part of every investor. “If you are a short term investor, certainly it makes a big difference as to what [amount] of money you are dealing with,” he said. “If you are starting with a small amount of money, I seriously discourage getting involved in short term speculative investment because no one can pre dict the market in the short term.” Between a dispiriting exchange rate and uncertainty over inflation, people tend to be conservative when investing their money. One factor is fear o f losing money. Money might be lost in an investment, but when one spends his money in a bar or a restaurant he at least gets fun in return. Student budgets mainly depend on student loans and bursaries. This money is meant for living and study

ing. Somehow students feel that investment is not considered a part of university life, whereas spending all your money on partying is.

Several w ays to invest The most common way of investing money is putting it in the stock market, but there are several other methods that can help. A CIBC specialist, whose name could not be used for legal reasons, recommends keeping $ 1000 in your checking account to eliminate serv ice charges. Not only does this save you money, but it ensures that you won’t touch it. If you are looking for some more “action,” Chaudhury suggests Market Trackers. They are stock indexes that track the performance of a broad index of the market. “It does not require a lot of financial knowledge to do this type o f investment,” said Chaudhury. “There is no annual service and the investor has the complete control Please see KNOWING, page 8

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University o f Pennsylvania, a school which boasts 32 fraternities and seven sororities, believes ‘frat life’ is not about image. “I don’t think we have an image. Phi Sig is just a close group o f friends,” she claimed. Rupich also noted however that Phi Sigma Sigma sisters at other US universities are pretty much the same. So while the rest enjoy keg upon keg, living it up in houses, Montreal Greek lifers have adapt ed to the local habitat. “We don’t do bake sales. Everything is adapted to the Montreal way o f life. Rather than a typical keg party, we take over a bar instead,” said a sister at the IG LC pool tournament. Whether this is a plus or a minus is open to debate. McGill offers a plethora o f ways to get involved, but when in Rome,

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continued from PAGE 7 over his money and can buy and sell stocks anytime he wants.” Mutual funds are another way to start investing. They are pools of money both managed and invested by investment experts. Each mutual fund has a portfolio adviser who researches, chooses and monitors investments for the fund. The dif ferent types o f mutual funds have different objectives, so you can choose the type that best fits your short-term and long-term goals. Mutual funds have many advantages that have made them one o f the most popular types of investment. Firstly, the interest made on mutual funds has a lower income tax rate compared to the ones on other types o f investment. Secondly, by having a mutual funds account, you can benefit from the skills o f the top portfolio advisers with only a modest investment. The big disadvantage o f mutu al funds accounts is that you usual ly do not have very quick access to your money. There is also an annu al charge due to the cost o f the port folio adviser. So maybe the stock market

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For th e less adventurous The Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC), a linked security, is one o f the most popular and probably the safest type of savings account. This is because the govern ment insures it and you are guaran teed to be able to get your initial investment back at any time. Its

interest rates are also generally high er than regular savings accounts. “GICs are best for people who are highly concerned about keeping their capital,” said Chaudhury. Due to international banking restrictions, not all options are available to international students should they wish to invest in Canada. They cannot, for example, open any type o f mutual fund accounts outside their countries. Before getting started, the best thing to do is get informed. Some basic knowledge about finance would also help on the road to quasi-riches. Lists o f the banks and financial institutions that provide mutual funds and money market accounts can be found in any major financial paper. It is also important to know both yourself and your goal. You always have to consider your com fort level with investment risk, and know approximately how long the period of your investment will be. Maybe you won’t realize your lifelong dream with a savings bond, but you definitely can’t go wrong with a little extra change in your pocket.

Pink baseball triangles Sweaty jockstraps, communal showers, the predatory stares in the fitness centre— for many gay men, sex and working out are very close ly related. As a confused, very unsexy student in sixth grade, I ran around dodging balls in gym class, and in the eighth grade I demand ed why only girls got to participate in gymnastics. And it was not until I ventured into some real gyms with real men that working out

took on a new meaning for me. Four days out o f the week I ended up working it; lunging, pumping, and thrusting. But while I felt safe in these mostly gay meatmarkets, playing sports was an entirely different game. M onday N ight F ootb all was dullsville, and the Super Bowl: lov ing the sequins at half-time. The sweating, the aggression and the bloodthirsty savageness o f the sports world did not quite do it for me. Naturally, when I heard o f L ocker Room : The W orld’s First Gay Sports Show , I smirked and thought, “Good luck selling that one, boys.”

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Weakened by my curiosity to catch a peek o f some chiseled hunks, I tuned in and stumbled upon Paul DeBoy, a goofy stud whose biceps I just wanted to sink my teeth into. As the host, theme song writer and one o f the writers and segment producers o f the show, DeBoy captured my atten tion with that cute mouth, making sassy little comments in a rough, ultra-sexy voice. Relatively in the dark about the world o f sports, my head whirled with questions: Why does Mike Tyson keep biting people? W hy is the pitcher always touch ing h is...? DeBoy helped guide me through this foreign territory and really turned me o n .. .to sports. In order to determine which events will be covered in a show, DeBoy researches gay organiza tions, visits them in search o f an interesting angle and then returns with a crew to shoot the segment. Thanks to titillating interviews where he hits on — ahem — “quizzes” the athletes, (in the first episode asking practically naked swimmers “how they shave”) you will not be finding yourself tuning out. Instead, fun segments like “The Top Ten Hotties in Baseball” and “We Love Tonya Harding,” kept this teen queen grinning and giggling. W hile the average straight, beer-bellied father o f three would probably go into car diac arrest watching this some times campy, always blatantly homosexual program, gay men and gay goddesses alike will cer tainly appreciate the humor. Gone are the monotone sportscasters with their uneven haircuts. They are replaced by Nina Arsenault, the transvestite correspondent, absolutely brilliant and very Babs Walter-esque, who

had me laughing so hard with her mock-investigation, “Freedom Rings — T he Gay Racehorse,” that I almost threw up. There were a few things that made me uneasy about the show’s future. Because the gay communi ty is a minority, and gays who like sports are even more o f a minority, the show is bound to have low rat ings. Though it seems low-budget (note: not cheap, just low budget) viewers still have to pay to sub scribe to Pridevision TV, a sub sidiary o f Headline Media Group Inc. Typically, the average hetero guy is not going to be itching to tune in to this show. But with Pridevision T V look ing to expand in the US, hopeful ly Locker Room will be able to grow and grab previously blase viewers and convert those sports fans. Like a medley o f Saturday N ight Live, pro-football and some amateur leap-frogging, for some the pro gram might be covering too wide a range o f material. However, this may also appeal to a larger audi ence. D eBoy explains that, “the variety o f [coverage] is to make it very unique...not to have it so even-keeled and have people not know things that are coming up.” He also expresses that a differ ent program for gays does not merely further the gap between the hetero and homosexual communi ties, as most would think. “L ocker Room actually closes it and lessens a gap. Gays have been marginalized when it comes to sports...now we have an outlet to express ourselves, and be fun and hilarious.. .we have a good sense o f humor and the more people that watch it, the less hesitant they’ll be.” He cites former athletes: swimmer Mark Tewksbury, tennis-

player Martina Navratilova, and football player Dave Kopay, as some o f those who have done the most for gays in sports and chipped away at the seemingly straight monopoly o f the courts and in the fields. Although an athlete’s macho image could be undermined by coming out, the hunky host insist ed that it is better when athletes can be “gay on the field too and...don’t have to go through the ordeal o f hiding [all aspects o f their personal life.]” The key to disclosing gaiety, DeBoy says, is all in the way the athlete sets the tone. “If it’s awkward, sketchy, and apprehensive, everyone will act like that. But if it’s comfortable, people aren’t given the opportuni ty to feel weird... Yeah...we’re also always going to have hom o phobes,” he admits. That's hardly comforting, but at least DeBoy seemed confident about the continued acceptance o f ‘ousted’ athletes. Grab your bats and kneepads, boys. W ith eleven episodes left there are hours o f laughter and stadiums full o f hot jocks to check out. No one is safe from its teasing, and Locker Room can be attractive to all. Even if you normally do not feel very Sporty Spice-like, the sex and humor win you over. This slugger will be taping it o ff some one else’s T V to watch it. And in the meantime, I will be thinking o f the games... and baseball...and going to third base with Paul DeBoy. Sigh. “LO CKER R O O M ” comes on Fridays a t 7 :3 0 p m an d is rebroad cast on Tuesdays a t 9 :0 0 pm on Pridevision TV.

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the windmilling and kickboxing hardcore fans with full force. After a blistering 40-minute-set the crowd had had enough. More chants of “Sla-yer!” were erupting and the sold-out crowd at Metropolis started moving forward in anticipation of witnessing the original lineup of Slayer perform for the first time in 10 years. Out went the intermission music and the crowd roared like a gathering of wild animals. A red light shone on stage unmasking the bloody “G O D ” and “HATES” painted across the opposing Marshall stacks in blood red as the ‘Darkness O f Christ’ intro played out over the PA backed by flashing strobes. At once the floor moved in uni son without the band actually hav ing even hit a single note. The inten sity of a Slayer pit during a pre recorded intro puts most band’s crowds to shame, even at their peak of aggression. As the lights flared and the band burst into the crushing ‘Disciple,’ the surge towards the stage intensified and the crowdsurf ing began. Moshers colliding with the casual viewers and crowdsurfers crossing over the front row o f headbangefs were tossed back by dis gruntled bouncers and compounded

into one giant mess of flying bodies as the weaker concertgoers tried to fight their way out to the back. “Are you ready for WAR!!!!!?” screamed Tom Araya, launching into the blitzkrieg attack o f ‘War Ensemble.’ The murderous looking guitar duo of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman nailed every note and playing like it was 1986 all over again. The next picks, ‘Stain O f Mind’ and ‘Threshold’ off the more recent records did not seem to go down as well with the crowd as did the old school classics ‘Post Mortem,’ ‘Raining Blood,’ and ‘Hell Awaits’ back to back. Much to the crowd’s delight (and to the surprise o f many a newer fan) came an unan nounced surprise in the form of the rarely played ‘Born O f Fire.’ “Thank you for coming to see us EVERYTIME, Montreal,” said Araya in a raspy voice. Despite being visibly under the influence of a bad cold, not once did his vocal per formance fizzle, but the crowd did sing the choruses to classics such as ‘Dead Skin Mask’ and ‘Seasons In The Abyss’ as he rested his voice for a few seconds. Lombardo’s drumming per-

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formance on the new songs as well as the old left nothing to be desired and wiped out doubts that anyone may have had about the man’s abili ty to play metal despite his forays into jazz and experimental music. As the blistering pace o f ‘Payback’ plowed all in sight, it was obvious that such a live performance would not be witnessed in this city for many a month, perhaps till the next Slayer tour. As the set approached the 80minute mark, the hand marched off the stage as the crowd howled in unison and pounded on the walls and floor o f the venue calling for a few more cuts o f old school brutali ty. In typical fashion out rang the eerie notes of ‘South O f Heaven’ which launched into the greatest show closer o f all time, ‘Angel O f Death.’ With the last song o f the night, Slayer nearly put to shame their performance o f November 2001 and the nuclear- charged crowd would have torn the building apart had the song not ended as soon as it did. 90 minutes o f Slayer were done with a blast and without the drama of most Rock/Metal acts today, drumsticks and picks were

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thrown out, Araya thanked the crowd once again and the band marched off the stage, leaving behind a stampede in the scramble for gig souvenirs. You haven’t lived till you’ve wit nessed Slayer live. And the next time the boys are back in Montreal they will be expecting the same ferocious welcome they always get... and deserve.

triu m p h depravity that confronts him, Tom is soon tempted by the reality-altering effects of alcohol and ends the night in true fairytale pom fashion— by shacking up with Mother Goose. The presence of Mother Goose makes the viewer call to question the reality o f the scenes unfolding in front of them and perhaps foreshad ows the epilogue where the singers drop their characters and chant in unison their moral of the story. After six months and still no word from Tom, Anne decides its time to pay a visit to London. At about the same time, Tom gets tired of the debauchery inherent in his weasel ways and makes his second wish, for happiness. Appears Nick again, this time with a marriage pro posal from Baba the Turk, a proposi tion that finds Tom in much initial happiness (why she is not Barbara the Turk is revealed a scene later, where she unveils that full beard). Coming home from the wedding, Tom is confronted by Anna, who leaves on finding out that he is mar ried. Here starts Tom’s misfortune, as Baba the Turk is not quite what he expected, and he makes his third wish, for his dream about the machine that converts stone to bread to come through. Nick grants him this wish, but even this miraculous marketing venture fails, and Tom loses all his possessions. An year and a day after first approaching Tom, Nick comes back and demands his soul in return for services rendered. The gamble of cards for his soul sees love emerge victorious and as the devil steps into the grave that was made for Tom, Nick takes Tom’s san ity with him. The concluding scene has Tom in the mental asylum believing he is Adonis, a final visit form Anne that leaves him to a woe ful death. If by the graveyard scene, no

one singer had emerged as a clear star, then here the spotlight chooses a favourite. Tom, played by Dimitri Pittas did a masterful job. Stefan Fehr, who played the devil, was very convincing as a slimy slithering snake, and so too was Anne Trulove in her portrayal of the love-sick woman that finally leaver her insane Tom. While the seductive red underthings worn by the Whores were quite imaginative, the rest of the cos tumes, in particular the male apparel and Baba the Turk’s dress, were dis appointing. A word on the latter— it seems that costume designer Mireille Vachon chose to inerpret Baba the Turk as not so much a bearded beau ty, but as a farce from every angle. The colors and design of her outfit were very much a finger pointing at the silliness of her character. Stravinsky’s musical score was very much inspired by Mozart and the baroque style, in the return to recitatives. The harpsichord saw its return to opera after many years, this time symbolizing death by announc ing the entry of the devil. Stravinsky’s genius is seen in his ability to convert different musical styles into his Own language, and his unrelenting exploration of different ways of orchestration. His mark on the music can also be recognized in the wild harmonies, the wrong-note tonality and the dissonance— all serving to make the music that much more attractive to the ear. The last chord of the whole opera is a major sixth and carries with it a certain jazziness and a certain happiness, reflecting the story’s end. All in all, The Rake’s Progress is very much a nursery rhyme, with a story and a moral, and we can’t help but be reduced to little children, singing along in complete comfort and security in this new world that Opera McGill has created for us.

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seen. And we were about to become further sobered by what we saw and more particularly by what we heard. There was no voice-over, reconstruction or much back ground history given in the film. Instead, Mateo Pablo and other sur vivors spoke freely for the 76 min utes o f film, telling their own story without interruption from a nosy interviewer, and making the audi ence feel like a silent and privileged travelling companion. And given how personal the accounts are, this style certainly works. Staring back into the hardy features o f a Chuj Maya native while he describes how the homes were torched, or the children killed, or points out the bones o f his father in an exhumed

Half a year ago it was harder to think o f something that would make you want to help the oppressed in some distant land. Or gallop over to clean a mess you’d made in their home. Or even for them to enter your consciousness. Decades of Civil War? Military dic tatorships? Death squads? Massacres? Maybe, but reluctantly, we’d go. Well then, how about a few acts o f malicious-state-sponsoredinternational-terrorism to get your attention? H m m ...w e’ll be right over... But before donning our tengallon crusading hats and mount ing our high and noble steeds, it might be worthwhile to take a brief look over our shoulders at the wastelands already about us. I am actually not thinking of Afghanistan at all, but Guatemala; the setting o f Mary Ellen Davis’ documentary-film, H aunted Land. In 1982, government forces mur dered eighty inhabitants o f a village in northern Guatemala, and the fdm focuses on the impres sions o f Mateo Pablo— a refugee who returns to his home after seventeen years. Given the present ugliness o f the world, you might wonder why any A tale of ignored tragedy one would want to look back into the horror that occurred grave, is certainly more powerful while most o f us were kids— one o f and affecting than any gaudy recon seven hundred obscure and largely struction of the event. At the same time, this style also ignored similar horrors in weakens the overall impression of Guatemala. Certainly that is what companies like C BC thought a few the film, and makes it seem slightly years ago when refusing Davis patchy. T he film begins with Hernandez-Salazar’s attempts to sponsorship to make such a docu bring the death o f Bishop Gerardi, mentary— galloping over to the then-happening Kosovo massacres a champion o f human rights, to the was much more, dare-I-say-it, fash consciousness of Guatemalans, and ionable, than patiently striving for ends with exhumations by forensic scientists. With no omniscient nar justice somewhere else. The fdm starts right here in rator to guide us in such unfamiliar territory, all we can come away with Montreal with Mateo Pablo, a Chuj Maya Indian who abandoned his is a horror o f the incident and village at the time o f the massacre Guatamala’s past, but no knowl and spent fourteen years in Chiaps edge about why such crimes were before coming to Canada. With the committed. And unfamiliar territory it cer ‘Project Accompagnement Quebéctainly is. Obviously, our amnesiac Guatemala’ he returns to his home country. There he meets up with bourgeois-assed consciouses could Daniel Hernandez-Salazar, a never fully comprehend the trauma Guatemalan photographer who o f a massacre and in some instances uses art to try to acquaint Davis has to help us bridge the gap. Guatemalans with the horrors of Take for instance the final images of the village children carrying the their thirty-six years o f civil war. Together Hernandez-Salazar and small coffins of children who died a Mateo Pablo make the long journey generation ago— obviously the to Petanac to see what remains of ‘words’ o f the director, even though the village. Then, through a series we might accuse Davis o f ‘laying it o f interviews we learn, from sur on a bit thick’. H aunted Lan d won the ‘2001 vivors, the brutality o f the soldiers First Peoples Film and Video who attacked the village, and o f the Festival’ award o f merit and it is present forensic work being done to Davis’ third film about Guatemala. exhume and piece together the past. Last Thursday, before a crowd Political, global, one-sided, specific to a case, crudely sentimental and o f about three hundred in 26 Leacock, Davis herself told us that personal, say whatever you like her documentary would be no ordi about its perspectives, the film is nary ‘reportage.’ The room was important testimony against crimes packed with students who fdled the easily brushed under the carpet, seats, stood along the back row and and gives us comfortable humani sat on the stairs; definitely a fire- tarians that brief glance over our hazard but perhaps the largest col shoulder before we gallop off some lection o f McGill students I’ve ever where else.

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walks into the vault during business hours with two empty guitar cases and walks out to his car. Somehow he gets away. This was funny to me for its absurdity but I was the only one laughing in the theatre and I do

Jez Butterworth had a good idea for a story. Had he made it into a 30-minute T V movie special, it could have been really interesting. Unfortunately, he turned it into an ambitious 90-minute movie. Birthday G irl tries to do it all; its billing claims it will be a romantic-comicthriller. Not only does missed timing ruin the jokes and thrills, its characters are emo tionally unreachable. Its plot goes nowhere. It is... nothing. John (Ben Chaplin), a socially crippled bank teller, sends away for a Russian mail order bride. At the airport he Most mail-order brides don't look like this meets his insta-wife, Nadia ------(Nicole Kidman). John was under not think it was meant to be the impression Nadia spoke English humorous. John, Nadia, Alexei, and Yuri but all he can get her to say is “Yes,” even when asking her if she is a are on the run with the stolen giraffe. Laughing yet? Sadly, it was money. When Alexei and Yuri leave one of the funnier moments in the Nadia tied up in a hotel room, John comes to her rescue. The thrilling film. The movie starts out with a plot twist is thus unravelled and the story o f John attempting to ‘return’ romance resumes... very slowly. Nadia yet taking the time to devel Much too slowly. The end brings no crescendo and the entire op non-verbal communication. The two o f them discover they don’t movie— like its jokes and thrills— need to speak to have sex. The first falls flat. The entire movie is somewhat o f these sex scenes can only be described as degrading to both men like a long Seinfeld episode— the and women and the later ones plot has bits o f everything and a are— like the movie itself—point- focus on nothing. Nadia is as soul less as Elaine, John is capable yet lessly kinky. Eventually John and Nadia do unmotivated like Jerry, Yuri shows develop a fondness for each other, himself to the audience as bizarrely resulting in the two o f them mak as Kramer, and Alexei is endearing ing an effort to study the other’s in simplicity like George. O f language. Nadia’s first words to course, nobody made a movie of John are to tell him it is her birth S ein feld because 90 minutes o f day (hence the title) and so they nothing is at least 30 minutes too have a party. While quietly having long. Birthday G irl isn’t even bad, really. Not like E vil D ead bad; you cake, Nadia’s cousin Alexei (Mathieu Kassovitz) and his friend can’t sink your teeth into its awful ness. Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Yuri (Vincent Cassel) pop in. Plot twist! End the romance and Vincent Cassel give great per briefly and enter the thriller. Alexei formances provided they did not and Yuri are not who they appear to hope the audience would like them. be and John winds up having to rob Typically movies should have at his own bank. While he’d been pre least one character the audience sented as a dork before, suddenly roots for, shouldn’t they? Mathieu Kassovitz nearly fills John is a complete moron. He

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, February 5, 2002 apex during the 1980’s, but the tunes included on this disc are at times incredible. The major ity are the work of neo-electro (ie. current) producers like Anthony Rother and The Hacker, but several of the gems come from actual bands like Tuxedomoon and Radiohead, whose amazing “Idioteque” from K id A is featured in the heart of the mix. Wowee zowee! The bottom line is that if you only love techno, this CD will disap point you— in a big way. If however, electro is your thing, then give Dave Clarke a chance, or instead support your friendly local DJ and pick up Tiga’s M ixed Emotions release on Turbo. Really, it’s just as good, if not better. -Chris Little

Dave Clarke World Service React/Fusion III

There are a lot of people in this world who feel strongly about the man who is Dave Clarke. Most like to think of themselves as techno lovers, and many o f them absolutely worship him both as a DJ and a pro ducer. I do not. At the other end of the spec trum are those who feel that his skills are over-rated and that the magni tude of his ego overshadows what credibility his reputation may enjoy. I do. Subjective commentary aside, Clarke does deserve some respect for turning techno on its head with the release of his Archive 1 album in 1996, as well as for his humble dis play in deciding to include only one self-produced track (a remix, no less!) in this double-CD set. Two very commendable actions indeed. But enough with the gushing praise. On to the music. This is Dave’s first mix since his contribution to the Fuse Presents series a couple of years back. It picks up where that compilation left off, only this time the techno and elec tro-oriented tracks are divided onto their own respective discs. The tech no mix is fairly straightforward, pro gressing from pounding Detroitstyle to minimal to a little booty to experimental tech-funk. This all sounds great on paper, but in reality some of the transitions are too abrupt and these moments detract immensely from what could other wise have been an interesting jour ney through the genre’s various styles. The real reason to buy this album is for the electro mix. Now I’m not one to wax nostalgic on any thing that I feel reached its creative

replacement Brain Baker, and singer Greg Graffm’s voice has never had the power, intensity, and harmonic range in the past that it displays here. This is punk music as it should be— independent, unbending, political, and relevant as hell. Lyrically, it shows a mature side to the aging rockers, with Graffin tackling new issues like environmental degrada tion (‘Kyoto Now!’). When he sings “you might not think there’s any wis dom in a fucked up punk rock song,” you can’t tell if he’s being seri ous or tongue-in-cheek, and it does n’t even matter— what matters is that he cares, and as long as he cares this much, Bad Religion will be around for a long time to come. -Peter Koven

I finally down loaded the Internet, so if you have any questions, comments or most likely suggestions, send me at www.e-mail.com at david.barclay@mail.mcgill.ca.

Douglas September O il Tan Bow Self-released

Bad Religion The Process o f B elief Epitaph Records Oh, for the days when teen angst was so easily achievable with nothing more than a Mohawk, skateboard, chain, and Bad Religion T-shirt. But people grow up, and the bands that help define a generation have to evolve with them in order to stay relevant in the ever-changing musical landscape. Bad Religion perhaps epito mizes these artists who are able to constantly evolve and continually satisfy their core fan base while con tinuing to expand and take in new listeners. The band (who impressive ly never embraced the stereotypes they helped create) helped give rise to the American punk scene, stayed relevant through the kiddie-punk explosion (Green Day, Offspring) in 1994, and have now finally come full-circle by welcoming original gui tarist Brett Gurewitz back into the fold, leaving Major Label Hell and returning to Epitaph, and recording their newest record, The Process o f B elief The Process o f B elief is their best record in years, and quite possibly ever. Gurewitz’s familiar melodic crunch is a vast improvement over

You’ve got your tattered, sweatstained white t-shirt, weathered jeans and beat cowboy boots. Couple o f empty beer bottles rolling around on the dashboard of your black 1968 Chevy Malibu— check. Now, what do you slip into the retrofitted CD deck for your soundtrack into that dusty, cactusbespotted, heat-shimmery desertscape? Make it Douglas September’s latest, O il Tan Bow, a collection o f post-apocalyptic coun try-metal ballads tailor-fitted for a 21st-century Mad Max. September owes his gritty vocal delivery to Tom Waits and recent Bob Dylan, but his heavily distorted guitars and samples make for an innovative re interpretation o f country/blues themes and forms. The album doesn’t much deviate from a consis tently ominous atmosphere, set up by angrier tracks like ‘Why Don’t It Move’ and ‘Rat Rage,’ yet held through a gentle reworking o f ‘Girl from the North Country’ and the Parisian accordion on ‘Goin’ Home.’ September’s lyrics manage to stumble along the border between conventional, predictable blues and defiant anti-folk. And essentially, that’s the balance this whole album achieves: the marriage of a dark electronic vision to folk themes. —Matt Frassica

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KISSING BO O K s/t (180g LP) Magic Marker I looked everywhere for the first Kissing Book record ever since John Lane played it for me a couple o f years back. Needless to say, this kind o f twee just never makes it to Montreal as it would take up too much space on record store shelves leaving not enough room for deep jazzy house. Now arrived trial num ber 2, another self-titled record on Melbourne’s Magic Marker label (note: I set up and tested my new turntable with this record due to its unusually high quality Australian (?!?) vinyl). Basically, the Kissing Book is impossible to dislike. Their songs are as ridiculous as their name and even the most serious prude could fall in love to these bedroom sounds. Although Andrew Kaffer is still the main songwriter and voice of Kissing Book, for this album he has surrounded himself by a different group of friends. The result is a slight shift in sound, perhaps only slightly less cute and a bit more refined, due mostly to the addition o f Wurlitzer Organ. The main per sonnel addition that has changed the sound for Kissing Book would be the expert drumming o f Adam Bayer (former drummer for Mooney Suzuki and main guy behind The I Live the Life of a Movie Star Secret Hideout (2nd best band name of all time)). The precise drumming goes beyond mello-indie rock beats smoothing

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San Diego/San Francisco veter ans o f cool make their debut or trendy (although totally passé!) scream label Gold Standards Laboratories. Real Live K ill features the addition of another drummer to the distinct Airheart sound Trademarked by stream o f con sciousness vocals and dubbed-out bass lines, GoGoGo Airheart recorded this one-song-7” (the B side is simply a continuation o f the A side) under the production of Rafter Roberts (Album Leaf, Rocket From the Crypt). According to the band, this 7 sets the tone for the upcoming LP also on GSL. The band combines vast technical skill with an amazing ear for taste, successfully blurring the boundaries between improvisa tion, practice, performance and the final recorded output. Although minimalist in instrumentation (bass, drums and the occasional bit o f guitar) Go Go A irheart strive for, good grooves/syncopated repetition rather than tonally rich material Everything is then fattened with ample echo and recording noise Guitar is added in imprecise chunks occasionally with a 16th note dance feel, otherwise in spazzed out lines o f improvisation. The end result is exactly what is sought; a pre planned jam, a surprising mix of] improvisation and surprising preci sion song writing.

It’s Ninja Tune night at Le Swim m ing as the boys from the Ninja Tune HQ preview this year’s new releases and brush the dust off the classics. P layer’s Theatre begins its run of Euripides’ Greek tragedy Medea. Doors open at 8PM.

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everything out with a more skillfuly produced sound. Despite their intense twee image, the Kissing Book has out-grown any precon ceived notion that there is any lack o f depth or soul in this new batch of] pop songs. Andrew’s straight-ahead! vocals transport some sort o f sincer ity despite constant grabs for heart break. Drew Cramer, who has been playing live with the band for a while, adds his talents to this record with catchy bass hooks and plod ding strummy guitar. Dustin Reske (Rocketship), who adds his own touch with backing vocals and guest guitar work, produces the whole record. The immediate feel of the record is quite cohesive, united by solid songwriting and indie rock good looks. Good times, great peo pie, great memories, peace. I’m out.

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Mindless 120+BPM 4/4, cloy ing synth lines, asinine and breathy female vocals, and song titles like ‘Prophecy o f Life’ make this CD one to be avoided. Even the intergalactic travel cover-art inspires nothing but disbelief that someone somewhere finds this drivel appeal ing. Astralasia may be UK trance mainstays but this only proves that trance is dying the death it deserves. -Dan Zacks

Different S tro k es comes to L e Sug ar with Alex Robbins and friends spinning the best in downtempro, dancefloor jazz, funk and other goodness. Cheap cover and sweet tunes makes for an excellent Thursday, so go.

'Sdteÿi F®fcra®(r^ i It’s a 24-hour Improv’vaganza with McGill Improv’s marathon comedy show. Starts 10PM at 3480 M cTavish 2nd floor and goes until 10AM. So u lstice A cappella presents the award-winning Tufts Amalgamates with special guests Tonal Ecstacy and Effusion at B irks Religious Chapel. Tickets are five dollars and the doors open at 8PM. You gotta love acappella.

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C hrisLittle ly. “I could never have done this Daddy (author’s note: now P. Diddy, album as it is without Eric,” he but who really cares?) or Wyclef | says. “Every track has parts that One o f the most exceptional before us.” Damn straight! “Vic Some people have been all-toowere made as a team.” Although the releases these jaded ears have heard (Victor Ruggiero, the keyboard quick to announce the official death in a long time is the result o f a col pair gave each other the necessary player and sometimes lead vocalist) of ska. These are the kind o f folks freedom to experiment during has a distinctive voice, and sings | laborative effort between two artists who hopped on one bandwagon as recording sessions in Ashen’s home who choose to call the nation’s cap about our experiences. While there soon as groups like the Mighty studio, most tracks did, however, ital their home. Ottawa, you say? is admittedly a ska/reggae base, peo Mighty Bosstones became popular, evolve in much the same manner. Well, I must admit I’m just as sur ple need to actually listen to the then promptly jumped aboard the “We came up with the beat first prised as you are. music.” Much like your granny passing retro-swing ship when zoot and built up from there with the Trevor Walker and Eric Vani couldn’t tell the difference between suits were declared to be “the next (a.k.a. Rise Ashen) have teamed up rhythm, the foundation, and the KRS-One and Common even if big trend.” In short, some people are to produce the beautiful and deli melody,” explains Walker. they were both dropping science in idiots. The two approach music with cate album Common G round, While it’s accu which draws on a wide range of a significant degree o f both respect rate to say that the and knowledge, maintaining a organic influences to create soundglory days of (the first, scapes suitable for both a discerning robust reverence for what’s come second, and third before them. dancefloor as well as thoughtful waves of) ska music “We’re creating organic sounds home listening. Forgettable and are far behind us, pro with instruments. It has a classic ‘acid-jazz’ inspired it’s not, as the claiming the ultimate brilliantly composed and textured kind o f feel that’s sort o f modern,” demise of the genre is disc features a wide variety o f muses Walker. “When you’re using an exercise in theoreti instrumentation in addition to a technology to create a flavour of cal masturbation, with the day, it dates you.” As a result of subtle electronic programming. premature ejaculation Blending Jamaican dub, Brazilian the techniques employed, these as the outcome. As any rhythms, African guitar licks, and dynamic artists hope to convey a reasonably attentive Indian tabla vibes among others, it feeling of depth and timelessness in university student their production. has a refined and tasteful feel often should know, a theory On Wednesday night at Jingxi, lacking in the current crop of, is only deemed correct ahem... clubland/chillout tunes. To you can decide for yourself if this is until it is once proven be perfectly honest, this work is the case, as both Ashen and Walker otherwise; in the con will attempt to replicate the relaxed nothing short o f spectacular. text o f this argument, and sexy sound o f their debut “I like to think of Common the Slackers are all the Ground as two worlds and there’s album at the local C D launch for proof that any ama Common Ground, released on the this overlap of the circle and all the teur music lover music we make ends up in that Methane imprint o f the Fossilfuel should need. Their space,” says Ashen in reference to Records label. It received Disc of material maintains the duo’s differing musical back the Week honours in the M irror last healthy distance from grounds. Walker is something of a Thursday, although it may not be the lowest-commonstar in Ottawa’s flourishing available in this format for much denominator disease that ravaged the phone in an interview, the her face, most ska sounds incredibly nightlife scene, holding down longer, as the duo are in the midst the airwaves some years ago, and septet’s influences remain much the similar to the uninitiated public. prominent record-spinning resi of talks with local house heroes The Slackers hope to change all continues to do so in the current same while the music that the band dencies at noted hotspots like the Bombay Records for licensing and manifestation o f boy-bands and listens to has changed from time to of this with last year’s release of their Mercury Lounge, while also taking distribution rights. They know a Wasted Days time in the years since their forma album jiggy hip-hop. to the airwaves regularly with not great product when they hear one, tion, thereby affecting the nature of (Hellcat/Epitaph). On it, they Hailing from the concrete jun one, but two radio shows on the and that’s all there is to it. demonstrate their timeless nature the ensemble’s songwriting. gle of the Lower East Side of NYC, legendary CKCU FM. Ashen, on “We’re inspired by the and the ease with which musical this seven-member crew combines a the other hand, is a classicallySkatellites, Lee “Scratch” Perry, styles can be transplanted, incorpo lively respect for traditional trained multi-instrumentalist who r C an ad ian a ^ Jamaican blue-beat with their own Latin music, and some 1960’s rock rating assorted instruments such as is a sound engineer by trade. He has by MRS brand of modern innovation to pro like The Beatles and the Rolling pedal steel guitar and violin to also released two albums o f acoustic Stones. More recently though, we’ve achieve a diverse sound that never duce a sound that is truly distinct— music under his real name. Welcome to Canada, land of the bush, strays too far from their cherished somewhat of a rarity in this age of been listening to a lot of dub.” Where a bird in the hand is worth two Both artists concur when ques When asked if there is a con ska territory. According to Hillyard, fabricated and pre-packaged pop in the bush. tioned about their respective influ scious attempt on the part of the the record reflects an increased tight shit. Unless in that bush a young maiden ence on one another in the creative should stand, The way the Slackers throw in a band to incorporate elements of ness in the band, though lyrically he process. “I don’t think I would have Then a bush in the bush is worth two dose o f aggression that recalls the other musical genres into their maintains that “it’s hard to tell” if created something like this without in the hand. the group has matured since the attitude o f the two-tone era doesn’t work, he simply replied, him,” says Ashen, a sentiment with “Were not afraid o f eclecticism, start of their career. It seems, howev hurt either, though rest assured that which Walker agrees wholehearted er, that the critical consensus indeed although we do strive to maintain a this ain’t no flash-in-the-pan punkband sound.” In this supports this conclusion. In a sur way, the Slackers prise move, a cover of a classic Bon attempt to avoid the Jovi tune was also included on the pitfall o f inconsisten LP: a smoked-out arrangement of ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ that will cy, a problem that often plagues other surely make you rethink the merits large musical units o f the original song. All you cats out there will be and is routinely a cat alyst for a disastrous able to put at least one theory to the test (that ska must be seen live in failure. fe a tu rin g As for those who order to truly appreciate its full criticize the group, effect) this Saturday at The Canadian ad venturer and au th o r of and ska musicians in Rainbow, 5345 de Maisonneuve W., Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia's Southern Desert general, for simply when the Slackers perform live with rehashing earlier tra General Rudie and the Bogarts opening the show. While the group ditions ad nauseam, Hillyard says in his acknowledges that their studio work is in fact carefully crafted and lay defence, “We live in a ered, in addition to being a better Tell em you love 'em this derivative era. If crit method o f conveying specific Founder's Day 2002 Valentine's day and w e’ll print it! ics are looking to moods, on stage they are much more in honour of Sir William Macdonald attack artists for bla aggressive and highly danceable. So Thursday, February 7th, 2002 s u b m it b e fo re F e b ru a ry 1 0 th : tantly ripping off bring your spliffs and tix (which will 10h30 set you back $ 11 in advance and $ 13 melodic content, Centennial Centre Ballroom, Macdonald Campus they should look at at the door) to the party. See you www. mcgilltribune. com Take the 8h30 shuttle bus at the Roddick Gates people like Puff there, skankers!

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Sarah Wright________________ was able to set up textbook goals. It’s that old cliche — you win some, you lose some. Track records considered, however, the past week end should have fallen completely on the “you win some” side. The emotional and physical intensity which usually marks the Queen’s-McGill rivalry, was absent during last Friday nights contest, but McGill still managed a 6-3 vic tory. Uninspired play did cost the Redmen their match versus the Royal Military College last Saturday though, allowing RM C to snap their incredible 29 year losing streak when hosted by McGill. After Friday’s victory, Redmen head coach Martin Raymond con ceded that he was expecting a more heated battle between his team and the Gaels. “In the past [the games against Queen’s] have been pretty emotion al and aggressive, but that was defi nitely not the case this time. Historically, games against Queen’s have been full o f belligerence and penalties.” Despite the lack o f hard hitting and emotionally driven plays, the game was a positive one for the Redmen. A three-goal victory was the end result as goalkeeper<None> Luc Valliancourt picked up his 23rd win o f the season, and rookie Greg Leblanc hit the 15-goal mark in his inaugural season with McGill. M cG ill’s Patirck Bilodeau opened up the scoring with a slap shot that smacked the water bottle, just three minutes into the game. As Queen’s played out their somewhat boring and passive defence, McGill

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Bilodeau and Chad Blundy (in an Joel Bergeron, a third-year empty-netter) found the net, many winger, put his tenth and eleventh players from both teams, found the goals in the net, off a well timed penalty box. pass from Leblanc at the blue line The referees, who became and off a rebound from captain slightly trigger-happy, had a man in David Burgess. Defenceman David the box for virtually every minute o f Bahl added anoth er score on a few nifty dekes through his coun terparts on the Queen’s blueline. Leblanc, who finished the week end with five points in two games, has been turning a few heads this season, with leadership efforts like he dis played last Friday. “We never expect so much from first years,” Raymond said about Leblanc after the game. “He’s turned out to be really good with the puck and a very gifted hock ey player.” Leblanc cur rently sits behind Captain David Burgess fighting to help his team to a 6-3 Burgess, who is sixth in the Conference, for most the third period. points on the team. “We were really upset at the “I wasn’t expecting this at all,” number o f penalties we got. Some Leblanc blushed. “I just came here o f them were very undisciplined to try and make the third line and and we put ourselves in a lot of play hard. It just sort o f happened trouble by being silly,” said that I got a lot o f stats and was able Raymond. to play with really good players.” Just as Leblanc, Bergeron,

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R M C stuns McGill After riding a 29-year home winning streak against RM C, McGill conceded their first contest against them since 1971. “We knew it was going to be a h a r d g a m e . ” B a h l explained. “Our ex coach Kelly N o b e s k n e w everything about us, so our plays were easy to predict.” Nobes - had served u n d e r Raymond’s tutelage as a M cGill a s s is ta n t c o a c h b e f o r e a c c e p tin g the head post at R M C before this victory over Queen's

e a switched hands on a couple o f occa sions with McGill holding a 2-1 lead into the third period with goals from Bergeron and Leblanc. RM C netminder Tom Connerty was his team’s secret weapon as he stood on his head all game long, stunning the Redmen, despite their 45-28 shot margin

y e a rs over the Paladins. According to Raymond, Connerty has a particular flair whenever he’s up against the Redmen. “He has been playing excep tionally well this year. Unfortunately for us, the best games he’s played this season have been against us.” The tying goal came from a bizarre shot from RM C winger Paul Whalen. The shot from the point was deflected up by goaltender Vaillancourt, who lost sight o f it and inadvertently directed it into his own net as the puck dropped down and bounced off his back. Down 4-2 in the final minute o f play, David Burgess managed to score with 17 seconds left in the game, but it was not enough. “We were all upset,” lamented Raymond after the game. “It was frustrating for all o f us, but you’re not going to expect easy games down the stretch.” Undisciplined penalties seem to be hurting the Redmen more and more as the season winds down. “We’ve been playing very intense games lately and our penal ty killing has been great; but you can only go to the well so many times,” said Raymond in response to his team’s tendency to spend a lot o f the game in the box. Now sitting in third place just behind Ottawa and U Q TR, the Redmen closed the weekend with a league record o f 12-6-2. McGill, hoping to better their playoff posi tioning, now has to bear down in its next game versus the Concordia Stingers this Wednesday, February 5th.

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N eil Schnurbach The game was only ten min utes old and already the score was 39-20 for the Laval Rouge-et-Or. Star McGill forward Kirk Reid was on the shelf with a deviated septum and a suspected broken nose. All seemed to be lost for the McGill Redmen basketball squad. Instead o f folding, however, the sixth ranked basketball team in Canada rose to the challenge and stunned a huge partisan crowd in enemy Ste-Foy, Quebec by winning 80-79 against the fourth ranked team in the nation, the Laval Rouge-et-Or. “We’ye come back six or seven times now so our team has confi dence,” said McGill head coach Nevio Marzinotto. “It is even sweet er that it was against a real quality

team like Laval. But at the same time, we can’t keep winning like this [coming back from huge deficits]. Eventually it will come back to haunt us, and I hope that it won’t happen at the wrong time.” Leading the way for the victo rious Redmen was Domenico Marcario who scored a team high 18 points. The McGill and Quebec university athlete o f the week iced the game for McGill by hitting a huge free throw which was the deciding margin o f the game. Marcario was named McGill athlete o f the week for his exploits. Marcario was aided by the Quebec Conference’s rebounding machine Fred Bernard who led the game with nine boards. He was also second on McGill with 16 points. Point guard Denburk Reid added 13 points and Andrew Bier

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came off the bench and chipped in with eleven. Laval guard David Brownrigg scored a game high 22 points, while Charles Fortier and Marc-Antoine Horth each had 21. But Laval’s lack o f depth hurt them as these three stars accounted for an astonishing 80 percent o f the Rouge-et-Or’s points. Once the Redmen were able to key in on these players, no one else stepped up for Laval. One o f the keys to the game was a coaching strategy employed by Marzinotto after his team fell so far behind. McGill’s coach saw that his team’s man-to-man defence was not working and decided to imple ment a zone system. Laval strug gled with the zone and McGill went on a 15-5 run to trail by only nine points, 44-35 at the half. “I thought that Laval would

L a v a l in a t h r i l l e r make an adjustment to our zone at the half and I was prepared to maybe try something else,” said Marzinotto. “But they still strug gled with it [the zone] when we came out o f the locker room so I kept using it.” The zone continued to work to perfection and McGill was eventu ally able to fully catch up with two minutes remaining, tying the game at 70-70. After that, it was back and forth action until the Redmen were able to gain the lead at the end with Marcario’s free throw. With the victory, the Redmen move back into first place in the Quebec Student Sport Federation with an 8-1 record. They are a half game ahead o f Laval, who hold an 8-2 record. McGill leads the head to head series 2-1 this season. “I think that a lot o f our suc

cess is due to the fact that we haven’t really changed our system from last year,” noted coach Marzinotto. “We haven’t changed our offence or defence very much, so the players can just go out and play their games. O f course, we make adjustments sometimes, but generally the system is the same.” The system is certainly work ing and the players have stepped up their games which has led to McGill’s highest national ranking in a quarter century. With the fourth ranked Rouge-et-Or and the sec ond ranked Carleton Ravens losing this week, McGill will surely rise in the national rankings once again. “It’s all about execution and confidence,” said Marzinotto. “Right now we’ve got both. Hopefully it will continue all the way until the playoffs.”

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"The leaders can flip very easi can now use specific players for spe who stumbled out o f the gates. It Picking up where Whelan left ended up being a see-saw battle cific needs with specific teams." George Hadjis off, Jamieson’s performance earned ly in this league," said Béliveau. with McGill showing a lot o f emo The team has a chance to her McGill athlete o f the week hon "We've changed as a team since the tion and intensity only to see the set clinch first-place in their conference The McGill Martlets clinched ours for the week ending Feb. 3. beginning o f the season, but I don t with a win on Friday, slip away from them. At 23 all, a playoff berth on Sunday with a 3The visitors started playing when they host Laval won the next two points to 1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-16, 25-21) win up to their potential in the second Sherbrooke. As secure the set. over visiting Laval at the Donald set after the Martlets came out fly In the second, the Redmen Béliveau knows, it will Love Competition Hall. The ing to take the first. Laval took it not be an easy task as were forced to play catch-up from Redmen, -on the other hand, to the girls in Red n' White and the competition is the very beginning. After the visi dropped their inter-conference con ran away with it to equalize the incredibly high in the tors went ahead 18-12 the home test losing in three straight sets (23match at one set apiece. side couldn’t shorten the gap by QSSF. 25, 20-25, 22-25) to the Laval In the third set, the home "It is so tight this more than four points although Rouge-et-Or the fourth-ranked side showed the same grit and year that every team they did give Laval a slight scare team in the country. determination that has helped could be first and every with three straight points to bring Star middle-blocker Wendy them amass a 9-1 record since the team could be last at the deficit to 19-23. They delayed Whelan, fresh off her second athlete Christmas break. After the the same time. But we the inevitable for a while but the o f the week honour o f January, led Martlets took a 14-8 lead, they outcome would be as expected. know we can finish her team to two important victo never let Laval come to within McGill did keep fighting in the first, and we ll take one ries. She stumped the Rouge-et-Or seven points o f them. third, despite having their backs game at a time until with 21 digs, 12 kills, three stuffThe Martlets came out a little Anne Robitaille and Taryn Thompson deny Laval hit against the wall. They held on to a then." blocks and even added an ace. sluggish in the fourth set. Laval two point lead for most o f the set Since Whelan's return to the took and early 5-1 lead and were think that Laval has changed much, only to see their hopes dwindle Redmen fall short team, the Martlets have done noth poised to take this match to a fifth so we now seem to have an advanwhen Laval tied it at 19. That was ing but improve. Head coach and deciding set. They held on to tage." The Redmen ended a disap the dagger in the heart o f this Rachèle Béliveau would even attrib their lead for a long time but not The Martlets continued their pointing weekend with a loss to vis McGill side, who never led again. ute other players' recent success to long enough. sensational run and could improve iting Laval on Sunday, dropping The Redmen were fired up early on, Whelan's presence. The Mardets tied the score at their seventh ranking due to the thanks to a stuff-block by star their record to a conference-worst "She's an experienced player 20 and then proceeded to win five inevitable drop o f fifth ranked Jonathan Faucher. He had 14 kills, 1-12. They were officially eliminat and her coming back has been a out o f the next six points for the Laval. The Martlets seem to be a four digs and added to his nation ed from the playoff race with great asset to the team. And with victory. Sophomore Julie Héroux force to be reckoned with come leading total with four stuff-blocks. Friday’s loss. They went in to the return o f other injured players, playoff time. This is thanks to the finished off the match with an Despite a disappointing sea Sunday’s encounter as heavy under we're on the way up." authoritative kill to give her six kills great talent depth the Martlets son, the Redmen still have a chance dogs against one o f only two unde Elizabeth Jamieson, a fourthhave. on the day. to bring home some brass in this feated teams in the country. year veteran, also had a strong "Anyone can be on the court Before Christmas, Laval and Friday’s third annual Ornada Cup In the opening frame, the match gathering 17 digs, 14 kills McGill were o f level talent, but the and we will be the same,” com Charity Challenge against visiting home squad jumped to an early 4-2 and a 2.40 passing ratio out o f a tables have turned as evidenced in mented Béliveau on her team's abil Sherbrooke. lead staggering the Rouge-et-Or possible 3.0. ity to use anyone at any time. "We their most recent match-ups.

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An afternoon with McGill's pros; Randy and Ben PanCoté Rosen It’s the day before the Super Bowl, and I’m relaxing in my living room with two of the Redmen Football program’s most successful recent graduates: Ben Wearing of the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Randy Chevrier of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals. Each of them has brought over one o f their “splurge” purchases from the previ ous season’s contracts, a Playstation 2, for Ben and an XBO X for Randy. The XBOX is currently hooked up to the TV and Randy’s Denver Broncos are facing off against the Wearing-controlled Green Bay Packers in NFL FEVER 2002. It is unusual to say the least to play a video game with someone who is actually featured in the game, like Randy is in NFL Fever. Chevrier gleefully announces that he is rated better in this game than J.P. Darche of the Seattle Seahawks, McGill’s other alumnus currently in the NFL. After a brilliant career as a defensive tackle with the Redmen, Chevrier was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL draft last spring. He was a late training camp cut, but he quickly found a new home in Dallas. He was then picked up by Cincinnati before Week 12 and quickly found a spot in the lineup, as the team’s starting long-snapper. Wearing, an All-Canadian slotback while at McGill, was taken in the third round of last year’s CFL

Track and field wins in Laval The Redmen track and field team captured the Laval Invitational meet last Saturday. It was the third overall win for the team in a season that is still young. The team racked up 110 points, 25 ahead of the Laval Rouge-ct-Or. The Redmen won both the 4x200m and the 4x400m relays. Timothy Woo had a notable performance, winning the gold in the pole vault clearing a height of

draft by Winnipeg, and remained on day, with the sole focus being on ‘Bombers are the only pro team in ing over, looking out the windows. the Bomber's practice squad for the football, so it’s nice to have some Winnipeg so the city is very support In Chapel we were introduced to 2001 season. thing else there as well. And with all ive of us. The guys from the Deep some NYC firefighters as well as I was very curious to know what I’ve gone through, from starting to South like the fact that Winnipeg is some kids who lost their parents in life in the professional ranks was like play football at the age of 19, to win a smaller city, because that’s what the World Trade Center. It was quite for both players, and I wanted to ning Rookie of the Year, to my car they were used to in college or what an emotional road trip and game. know in what ways it differed from accident (Chevrier was involved in a ever, so they can relate to that. I like TR IB : Ben, their time spent at McGill. What serious car accident in the off season Winnipeg but it’s definitely not a BW: No, it’s about the same. follows is the conversation that took place I want to stay when my career There are obviously more opportuni place over the next few hours that is over. ties to dress up, and you have more day... TR IB: Let’s be honest here, access, I guess, but it’s about the TR IB : After years o f veteran how many free goods have you guys same. play at McGill, you both found scored? TR IB: Randy, would you say yourselves in the unenviable position RC: Well, for the NFL, it that the level of dress going to games of being rookies again. How did that depends what team you are on. is better in the NFL than it was at effect your seasons and what were Right now I happen to be playing for McGill?? Does McGill offensive you subjected to as a result? a team that’s not great in terms of lineman Yvan “Pudge” Luciuk have BW: We had a rookie show, in free goods. When I was in the same eye for style as Dallas tack which we did a skit of the Weakest Jacksonville, all you had to do was le Larry Allen? Link, making fun of some veterans. ask for it and you had it. In Dallas, it RC: I think I’d have to give And at all the meals during training Randy will be on TSN’s OTR this week was decent but when I left there I Larry the edge on that one, but I camp we would have to sing. I was was not in the best state of mind so heard Pudge is sporting a leather the only rookie who knew all the before his second season), to my the last thing I thought about was jacket these days. You have to under words to “O Canada”. I know, I stabbing (while working at Peel Pub jacking all the shoes and clothes stand, we get so much mail from know, who would have guessed that? in the off season), to going through from my locker. Cincinnati gave me jewelers and tailors just looking to I also delivered a classy cover of three teams this year, I have come to my jersey at the end of the season, so hook us up, to make a name for “Stand By Me”. realize that there is some external that was cool. (Author’s note - dur themselves by having NFL players RC: We had a rookie show too, force that has allowed me to be ing the interview Randy was wearing wearing their gear. and there are some pranksters in the where I am today, and I have to a Bengals Reebok toque, an NFLPA And with that, the afternoon locker room, but it is more of a busi respect that and give thanks. fleece, and lugged over a huge NFL came to close, and I came to realize ness than anything else. TR IB : Ben, do the guys who duffle. Hard times for sure.) that pro football players are no dif TR IB : Do you guys have a big come up to play in the CFL from big T R IB : What was the most ferent than me, except they are much “God Squad” in Cincinnati? Division I schools in the States enjoy interesting city you visited this year? better athletes, they have way more RC: There are quite a few guys Winnipeg or do they experience a lot RC: That would definitely be money, they can call Bengals run on the Bengals who attend chapel. I of culture shock? New York City. I went three times ning back Corey Dillon “C-Dil” if have found that I have become grate BW: There are definitely some this year, once with each team, once they want, and contrary to popular ful for the chapel sessions, because it guys playing in the CFL who resent before September 11, and twice after. belief, they get lots of stuff for free. gives me a chance to interact with the fact that they’re not in the NFL, When I was with the Cowboys we the guys in an area other than foot American guys who thought that had a game against the (NY) Giants Check out mcgilltribune.com ball. You have to understand that we they had a shot at the big show. a couple of weeks after, and when we for the complete version of Dan are there from 7AM to 6PM every Overall I think they like it. The were flying in all the guys were lean Coté Rosen’s in-depth interview 3.35m and the long jump with a jump o f 6.16m. Daniel Lennox had two gold medals as well, coming first in the 1000m in a time of 2:31.30 and anchoring the winning 4x400m relay that crossed the line in 3:33.59. Omar Gianfrancesco won the gold in the 300m while Brant Carson won the 1500m. In the women’s competition, the Martlets won their second team overall meet o f the year. McGill fin ished with 128 points, way ahead of the second place Laval Rouge-et-Or who only had 45 points. lik e the men, the women won the gold in the 4x200m and 4x400m relays. Ashley Shumate stood out with three gold medals coming in the

long jump with a leap o f 5.26m, and 60m hurdles in 9.27 seconds. Her third gold came while anchoring the victorious 4x200m relay that broke the tape in a time o f 1:52.34. Véronique Foley, Ria Bradshaw, and Sarah Ali-Khan all had two gold medals.

Netting, Askren top wrestlers The McGill wrestling team went east to Frederiction over the past weekend to compere in the University o f New Brunswick Open meet. In men’s action, the team fin ished fourth out o f seven teams. Caleb Netting won all three of his matches in the 76 kg weight cat egory. His strong showing gave him

number one seed for the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) champi onship that is February 16 also in Frederiction. Not to be overshadowed was Caleb Bouhaire who placed third in the 82 kg weight category. The Martlet wrestling team was slightly more successful than the men’s team, finishing third out of eight teams. In the 48 kg weight class, Hana Askren won three of her four match ups. Like teammate Netting, Askren will be seeded first for the upcoming AUS championship. Cassie Lee, competing in the 57 kg class, took home the bronze medal.

Ski team hits the slopes The McGill ski team competed in its second meet o f the season at Mont Joye near Lennoxville last Saturday and Sunday. Brianne Law won a bronze medal on both days o f the competi tion. In the slalom race on Saturday, Jennifer Buckley placed a solid fourth. Jess Behran had the same result the following day in the slalom race. On the men's side, top finisher was Joachim Hrasky in 11th place on Saturday. On the same day, Robin Hutchinson came in 14th. The ski team returns to action on February 16th and 17th when it hosts a meet at Mont Sutton in the Eastern Township.

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Mark Kerr In what has been a neck and neck battle all season long for supremacy in the Quebec Student Sports Federation womens hockey league, the Concordia Stingers finally appear to have the inside track on the McGill Martlets as the regular season nears the end. The Stingers’ 4-2 victory over the Martlets last Wednesday at McConnell Arena, along with a 6-0 Concordia win over the Carleton Ravens last Sunday, put the team up three points on second place McGill with both teams having only two regular season matches remaining. In exhibition action that took place on the weekend, the Martlets knocked off Williams College by a score o f 5-0 in a Saturday afternoon tilt. Winger Sophie Acheson, with two tallies in the game, set a new Martlet single season goal record, eclipsing the previous mark of 26 set by Julie Hornsby in the 1999-00 season. Paula Mailloux, Sarah Lomas and Katherine Safka had the other goals for McGill. The next day, neither Acheson nor any of her teammates could find the back o f the net as the visiting Princeton Tigers beat the Martlets by a score of 4-0. Goalie Megan Van Beusekom proved to be the differ ence in the game, making several key stops to earn the shut out.

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The performance of the McGill basketball Martlets so far this season can be described in a single word — frustrating. The team has shown its fans enormous potential, but at the same time, it has also had a penchant for mental lapses, and last week’s action was no exception. If last Saturday’s 57-47 loss to No.2 Laval was difficult to accept, the team’s 68-67 loss to Concordia two days earlier was darn near impossible. “I tried my best and it just was n’t good enough today,” lamented McGill Martlets’ guard Maude Vallières after Thursday’s loss to Concordia. While Vallières' 28 point production was outstanding, it was practically negated by the rest of the team’s lack of scoring. Early in the contest it was apparent that the Martlets felt that

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advantage. Rearguard Leanne Martell scored on a shot from the point that Doyle had diffi culty seeing due to the mass of bodies in the slot. The goal stood up as the winner, with Suzanne Kaye icing the victory with an empty net goal with a minute remaining in the game. Smith felt that his team, Strong first, a slip in despite playing decently, gave second the fifth ranked team in Canadian women’s university In a game with not hockey too many scoring only top place on the line opportunities. but also a first round bye “When you are playing a in the playoffs, the most team like that, a very good penalized team in the team, you have to play pretty Quebec conference fell much a mistake free game,” victim to the sin bin. reflected Smith. “I felt that we “I thought that we made a couple o f errors and had a real great first peri McGill’s Paula Mallioux bumped off the puck they were able to capitalize.” od in the Wednesday Captain Anna Cooper was game,” said head coach McGill fought back and quick able to take some positive aspects Peter Smith after Sunday’s match, “In the second we ran into some ly drew even with a power play goal away from the loss to the perennial penalty problems. They scored two o f its own. Second year winger rival. “It would have been very nice power play goals and that hurt us a Véronique Lapierre, impressive in the week’s three games, took a pass to win, o f course,” said the fourth little bit.” McGill took a 1-0 lead into the from Audrey Hadd in front o f the year veteran. “But we still have a locker room after the first period net and beat Concordia goalie playoff berth and that is what is most important. thanks to Paula Mailloux’s 18th Jessica Anderson. It shows us that we still have a Soon after, McGill found itself goal o f the year. The Martlets, bit to work on. It was a disap mired in penalty problems once despite being outshot 13-6 in the pointment but you deal with these again. With Courtney Douglass in opening frame, limited the Stingers to only a few genuine scoring the box for holding, Katherine things. Just bumps in the road, Safka took a two-minute minor for nothing that we can’t get past.” chances. Concordia came out strong in tripping up the Stinger player on Exhibition experimentation? the second and took its first lead of the penalty kill forecheck. Concordia wasted little time the game five minutes in on goals The team had a few days to by Myriam Boudreau and Lisa- capitalizing on the two-player

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left the Martlets without any sizeable forwards and forced coach Lisen Moore to play rookie centre Fanie Ruel, who’s lack of experience allowed Concordia’s Kristina Steinfort to dominate the key. The large and vocal McGill crowd watched in dismay as their team’s 59-49 lead was whittled away by an increasingly confident Concordia squad, led by veterans Steinfort and Marie-Pier Veilleux. Taking advantage of the situation, Concordia battled its way to a 66-65 lead in the last minute of play. McGill guard Cheeka Mitchell regained the lead for the Martlets on a powerful drive to the hoop with just 25 seconds remaining. The win appeared to be clinched until Concordia’s Rosie Douglas drew a foul with 0.5 seconds left. Douglas drained both free throws and Concordia walked away with the win before a stunned crowd of McGill fans.

ponder the loss before the non league games versus Williams College, a team from Massachusetts, and Princeton. The exhibition games offered an oppor tunity to try different things and acted as a gauge to tell the team what areas need improvement. “We started a couple new things last week and the games gave us an opportunity to practice those new things where the final outcome is not huge,” said Smith after Sunday’s loss to Princeton. “Definitely our power play. We had a lot o f chances and we did not capitalize on them,” answered Cooper when asked what would be addressed in the coming week. “The power play struggled a little more today than it usually does.” According to Smith, his team is not looking beyond the final week end o f the season. For Smith the game versus the Ottawa Gee-Gees this Friday at McConnell Arena, as well as the game the following night in Ottawa versus the Carleton Ravens, will determine the division al ranking, and ultimately who has home ice advantage in the first round. For the players, though, it is a bit o f a different story. “Everyone is getting geared up and excited [for the playoffs]” said Cooper. “They should be very good, fun, fast games.”

c o m p e titio n The frustration of the players and the coaches was apparent after the game. McGill’s second straight loss to Concordia served as an exam ple of the team's inability to correct certain problems that have plagued them all season. “We got killed on defence today, especially in boxing out,” said Moore after the game. While enthusiasm is not lacking on the Martlet bench, the veterans of the team have not shown the leader ship needed to help the younger players channel their intensity into a focused game plan. Even when a player such as Vallières steps up and produces a 28 point effort, the rest of the team seems unable to rally behind a hot player. “We have to play for 40 minutes without any mental lapses,” stated Moore. “The older players have to assume a more active role and take on some responsibility in improving our game play.”

N o.2 Laval defeat Martlets In Saturday's game, Laval extended their win streak over McGill to 12 straight games, dating back to 1997. Leading the way for Laval was Josée Lalonde who tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds in a win ning effort. McGill deserves recognition for staying with a team ranked second in the country, as the Martlets trailed by only eight points, 29-21 at the half. Junior guard Cheeka Mitchell led the Martlets with 15 points fol lowed by rookie guard Kelly-Rae Kenyon, who registered 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Sophomore Maude Vallières added 12. The third-place Martlets fell to 3-6 in the Quebec league, two points ahead of Bishops (2-7) and trail sec ond-place Concordia by four points with a game in hand.

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