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D efogging th e m y ste rie s of ex trem e w e a th e r Clare McIntyre Nine degrees in February?

Snow in September? That’s nothing — try devastating hurricanes.

Wonder what causes these meteorological nightmares?

McGill researchers do. And now they are working to uncover the mysteries of the most dangerous extreme weather phenomena in Canada.

A coalition of government, industry and universities — includ­ ing McGill’s own Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences — has come together to expand research into extreme weather. The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) of Environment Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS), the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), the Network for Computer and Mathematical Modelling (ncm2) launched five new research initiatives in Montreal last December.

Their aim? Keeping Canada on the cutting edge of extreme weather research, and keeping gov­ ernment, industry and universities coordinated in their effort to address the problems caused by extreme weather.

Research conducted at McGill McGill is in a particularly good position to collaborate on these research projects. Dr. Charles Lin, Chair of McGill’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences explained that not only is Montreal home to a high concen­ tration of expertise in weather research, it also has the right infra­ structure for the job.

"There’s a high concentration of expertise in severe weather Please see ROKER, page 9

Though McGill’s Lise-Marie Acton is caught off balance during the slalom race this weekend at Mont Garceau, she will come from behind with two silver medals to finish the season as Québec Women’s champion and propel McGill’s women’s team to league champions.

U n re s o lv e d e le c tio n s q u e s tio n s James Grohsgal Although elections for the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) ended last Thursday and results were posted early Friday morning, several elec­ tion-related issues lingered into this week, among them a question about the Operations ballot, a recount for the close Arts and Science Senator positions, and a challenge to the Judicial Board about the language of the FEUQ referendum.

Outdated ballot language Last week’s ballot for Vice President Operations of the

Students’ Society of McGill University was outdated, including a reference to the position’s old name o f‘Vice President Finance’.

The ballots for this year and last year read “Operations-finances,” although both the French and English versions of the SSMU Constitution of 1999 refer to the ‘vice president (e) des opérations’ and ‘Vice President-Operations’.

According to Chief Returning Officer of Elections McGill Marvin Liebman, “It was an oversight and inter­ estingly enough, no one brought it to the CRO’s attention during the election,” said Liebman.

SSMU Treasurer and VicePresident Operations-elect Kathleen

Morrison was swept into power with 1602 votes. She was unavailable for comment Monday afternoon.

Seth Offenbach, who lost with 819 votes, declined to comment on the issue.

Rod DeCastro, who received 1235 votes, said he would not pur­ sue a challenge to the election.

“Never have, never plan to,” said DeCastro. “I don’t think there’s Arts and Science Senator recount results due Thursday A recount for the Arts and Science Senator races will be con­ ducted on Thursday by people appointed by the candidates, under

the supervision of Elections McGill, according to Chief Returning Officer Marvin Liebman. Among the ballots being tabulated are those from around 60 students who were not found in the system when they voted. After they are confirmed as students by the registrar, the votes will be counted. The top two votegetters in each race will become Senators.

Second place Arts Senator can­ didate Rebecca Roy had 453 votes Monday, compared to 449 for third place candidate Joshua Gedacht, and 538 votes for first place candidate Nick Peters. In Science, the four are Vivian Choy, with 507 votes, Please see ELECTIONS, page 5

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 19, 2002

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Doe earns top spot on SSMU Not so sm ooth Criticisms abound on the campaign period Operations?

John Sciascia Martin Doe won the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) presidential election last Thursday in a heated five-way race.

Doe garnered 1170 votes, edging out Management Undergraduate Society President Dan Park in the polls by 119 votes to win the race.

The president-elect expressed satisfaction with the newly elected executive candidates, and felt that the unique viewpoints of the incom­ ing executives will be assets rather than obstacles next year.

“It looks like a good team; there’s a diverse nature to it and that’s a good thing,” assured Doe. “Despite any differences because of our diversity, we’ll come together as a team.”

Doe was however disappointed by the insufficient voter turnout that ultimately proved to be the downfall of the accreditation referendum.

“There needs to be more of an incentive for students to come out and make their voices heard,” Doe said.

Presidential candidate and cur­ rent SSMU Vice-President of Operations Raoul Gebert was partic­ ularly disappointed with the lack of francophone coverage during the campaign.

“There was no coverage in Le Délit” complained Gebert, who also criticized candidates who decided to forego bilingual means of communi­ cation. “This essentially led to a complete blackout on 25 percent of the student voter population.”

Gebert was also less than impressed with the lack of construe-

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“More opportunity for debate during the campaign would have allowed students to better discern the differences between the candi­ dates, but that didn’t happen,” Gebert commented.

SSMU Council speaker and presidential candidate Hussein Nanji agreed that more debating was need­ ed during the campaign.

“The one debate that did take place was good, but more could have been done,” said Nanji, who pointed to past efforts such as residence and francophone debates. He also believed that the campaign period itself was too long.

“I think the length of the cam­ paign period turned off students from voting,” Nanji stated.

Current SSMU President Jeremy Farrell was underwhelmed by the progress of the presidential elec­ tion.

“I didn’t like all the negative campaigning that went,” said Farrell, who also indicated an oversight made by some of the candidates.

“While the election did have a lot of candidates, only two of them [Dan Park and Hussein Nanji] approached me to discuss what the job entails.”

On a brighter note, Farrell felt that the transition period will be eas­ ier because Doe, a current member of the SSMU executive, was elected as president.

Presidential candidate Alykhan Sunderji was also skeptical of the manner with which the campaign was set up.

“There should have been more advertising so people who want to be involved aren’t necessarily SSMU insiders,” claimed Sunderji. “People didn’t know that there was an elec­ tion until it actually started and that’s not fair.”

Carly Johnson SSMU Treasurer Kathleen Morrison will face tough challenges as SSMU Vice-President of Operations next year, after the fail­ ure of the Capital Fund referen­ dum.

The referendum question, which asked undergraduate stu­ dents to pay $25 more per year for a period of five years toward athlet­ ics, building renovations and increased club space in the Shatner Building, would have furnished the VP-elect with a prime source of rev­ enue.

The referendum failed

Thursday by a vote of 1593 to 1957.

Both Morrison and her two campaign rivals agreed that the lack of revenue will be a major stum­ bling block to the Operations port­ folio.

"Dealing with the Operations portfolio without the Capital Fund passing—that’s going to be huge,"

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said Rod DeCastro, who came sec­ ond in Thursday’s race.

Seth Offenbach agreed.

"This building cannot be improved without cutting funding elsewhere," he said, suggesting that Clubs and Services may suffer as a result.

Morrison, though disappoint­ ed with the referendum results sug­ gested that a reworking of the refer­ endum question could help it pass next year.

"With the SSMU Capital Fund [referendum,] there was a real confusion of the issues. People who wanted to support athletics didn’t know why they had to pay for building renovations, and people

who wanted to support the renova­ tions didn’t know why they had to pay for athletics," she said.

"I would like to run the refer­ endum again and separate the issues, and tell students why it’s important. Students need to be told ‘ these are the renovations that need to happen.’"

Addressing the changes that she would like to see made to the Shatner building, Morrison also discussed alternate avenues to recoupe the funding lost from the referendum’s failure.

"Shatner needs major structur­ al changes to be done in the base­ ment; all the bathrooms need to be fixed; there’s ventilation in Gert’s that needs to be fixed, and sprin­ klers so we can actually comply with the laws. An extra thing we want is more club space.

"I hope to get some support from private donors—people like Lev Buhkman—and also from the Martlet House [alumni group.]"

The two runners-up will be maintaining an active role vis-à-vis campus finance. Seth Offenbach will seek re-election in his current post of Arts Undergraduate Society VP Finance.

DeCastro will not be running, choosing instead the role of watch­ dog for those who are in office.

"I’m going to sit back, watch the show—I’ll be at every council meeting to see what’s going on.," he said. "And if the reasons that prompted me to run this year are still there next year, I’ll run again."

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D o u b le lo s s fo r c a p ita l f u n d , a c c r e d ita tio n “They were going to get tangible benefits within a year.” Among the improvements that will be delayed are bathrooms in the basement of Shatner for Gert’s (required by building codes), new meeting rooms, sprinklers, beautification

James Grohsgal

The current and recently elected executives of the Students’ Society of McGill Unversity (SSMU) expressed a mixed bag of emotions after the results of the stu­ dent referenda came in on Thursday night.

O f the three SSMU referenda, accreditation, the SSMU Capital Fund and the membership in the Federation des Etudiant(e)s Universitaires du Quebec, only the FEU Q question passed.

Outgoing SSMU President Jeremy Farrell believed the most critical loss was the Capital Fund increase, which Better luck in the 6/49 would have ____________ imposed a tempo­ rary 25 dollar fee on students for much-needed capital improve­ ments.

“Flow do you run a building that’s not up to code?” asked Farrell. “It’s so serious that any day if they wanted to they come in could shut down the building.”

“Students have really let them­ selves down here,” said Farrell.

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Farrell thinks these issues will be back on the table soon.

“Quite frankly, I think you’re going to see a lot of these issues on the agenda next year for referen­ dum ,” said Farrell. Next year’s executive has to “correct the serious apathy, the serious misunderstand­ ing that has taken place” among students on campus.

Vice President Communica­ tion and Events-elect Naeem Datoo said that these issues should be a priority for next year’s execu­ tive.

“The fact of the matter is, I do feel bad about the number of peo­ ple who came out to vote, especial­ ly for accreditation, and the SSMU capital fee and the fact that it did­ n’t pass,” said Datoo. “I hope that in the year ahead one thing the executive can do is find a solution to student apathy.”

for the lobby and new athletic facilities.

If accreditation had passed, SSMU would have been made the official representative of the stu­ dents of McGill to the Quebec government and McGill adminis­ tration. Accreditation required 25 percent of all students to approve it, but Thursday night’s numbers

something about it,” said Gebert on election night.

Farrell accuses the 15 percent who voted against accreditation of robbing students.

“The problem is that 220 peo­ ple came out and voted no,” said Farrell. “Whatever their reasons, that small faction of the student body robbed the students of some-

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Farrell thinks next year’s exec­ utive should pursue accreditation.

“We won accreditation, but we didn’t get the quorum,” said Ferrell. “It’s a directive from the students that I hope the Council will follow.”

SSMU President-elect Martin Doe attributes accreditation’s fail­ ure to voter confusion. “[The voters] may have taken the accreditation referendum as a vote of approval or disapproval with SSMU,” said Doe. “There may have been some confusion because the elections were so packed with issues.”

Doe is also let down by the Capital Fund loss.

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V ikander victory; Roy s e e s m ajor ch allen g es next y ear C la re M cIntyre Nick Vikander was successful in his bid for the Community and Government Affairs portfolio.

Vikander was able to captured 2150 votes, with Louis-Charles Roy taking 1307.

Vikander said he was happy with his win, and looking forward to next year’s challenges.

“It’s a big relief after quite a few weeks of work... and I also

low voter turnout, and felt that it contributed to his loss. “I was also sorry about the small number of people who voted. Maybe I would have had more chance of winning if the ‘middle man’ vote went out.”

In particular, Roy cited the lack of election coverage in the francophone student press with reducing awareness of the election among francophone students. “[Some newspapers] didn't even talk about the election —for example, the Délit Français. That

have a feeling of a challenge to come. But I am looking forward to it and I am excited,” he said.

Roy, who also competed for the position, expressed confidence that Vikander would do a good job in his new position.

“I'm sure he will do a great job, because you have to keep in mind that this year all candidates had one thing in common— to serve the student body of McGill,” he said.

Roy was disappointed by the

could be a reason why the fran­ cophone vote didn't go out, as usual,” he said.

Students also voted last week in favour of joining la Fédération d’Étudiants Universitaire du Québec (FEUQ), a provincial lob­ bying organization. McGill had previously left the organisation when it took an officially separatist stance in the 1995 referendum on Québec sovereignty.

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“Part of my opposition was the way I thought the issue came about— there was not enough con­ sultation, not much of a debate on campus. So that was not so much a knock on FEUQ itself, but more on the process,” he said.

However, he was confident that he would be able to make McGill’s voice heard within that organisation.

“In terms of the organisation itself, I think there were misgiv­ ings, one being the whole differ­ ential tutition business. But now that students have decide to join, the most important thing is to make it work,” he stated. “It’s not a bad organization, and I think we can work with them and make progress with them.”

Roy identified McGill’s new membership in la FEUQ as a main challenge Vikander would have to face during his term. “He will have to adjust to system because he will be a part of CASA and la FEU Q -— two organiza­ tions that he is not a fan of,” he said.

However, he felt that dealing with the upcoming provincial election would be Vikander’s biggest task.

“The biggest challenge will be for sure the next provincial elec­ tion who will occur for sure dur­ ing his mandate. He'll have to keep an eye on the tution fees,” Roy said.

Vikander agreed, saying that he planned to be active during the election in dealing with issues such as differential tuition.

O n the Com munity side things, Vikander said he hoped to inform students about the new megacity, and make them more aware of Montreal municipal issues and politics in general.

“My primary interest in the municipal level is not so muchy lobbying,” he explained. “I’d like to have some sort of workshops to inform students about city hall, who represents them, how to be heard in public consultations and such. I do have some experience in the past municipal campaign, so hopefully I can bring some people in to get that going.”

He also suggested that he would like to make it easier for students to involve themselves with Montreal-based social justice organizations.

“Also on the community side, I spoke a lot during the campaign about social justice groups in Montreal. The exact plan remains to be seen, but it would be great to have more links with them and inform students about their work,” he said.

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Elections post-game report Datoo captures SSMU C&E portfolio Opponents disappointed by unfair media coverage

continued from PAGE 1 Nicholas Knowland, with 341, Robert Toews, with 338, and Ahmed Abu Safia with 319 votes.

FEUQ challenge begins

A Judicial Board challenge to the referendum to join the Fédération des Etudiant(e)s Universitaires du Québec (FEUQ) was initiated by GRASP coordinator Lee Campbell. The question’s word­ ing is alleged to be confusing, as it asks students if they approve of an

increase in student fees to cover the cost of FEUQ membership, rather than asking them directly if they would like to join FEUQ. SSMU Vice President Danielle Lanteigne, reached in Ottawa Monday at a CASA conference, said she stands by the referendum.

“The challenge has been made,” said Lanteigne. “O f course, since I was one of the people who posed the question in Council I don’t think it is two questions.”

Campbell could not be found for comment on Monday afternoon.

Elizabeth Mindorff punches ballets during a long night as a vote counter. Elections ended last week with the SSMU council, Board of Governers, CKUT and various referenda voted upon.

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Rhea Wong The run for Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) VP Communications and Events ended in a triumph for Naeem Datoo in the wee hours of Friday morning.

Datoo won by a considerable 271 votes over A Un d e r g r a d u a t e Society VP Internal Ian Matthews with Qasim Virjee trail­ ing a distant third.

"I’m excit­ ed," said Datoo, whose immediate plans include rou­ tine coordination work as well as conferring with his SSMU execu­ tive predecessors.

"There’s whole lot of big plans for next year.

The first thing is to get the best people in place on committees and as coordinators. From there, I will work on the transition from Brian [Ker] to myself and sit down with

Mark Chodos and even Matt Wyndowe."

Datoo also has high hopes for the special events that he plans to implement next year.

"I definitely want to get the street jamboree organized as well as the BFT (Big Fucking Tent) so that

with Frosh and these events, new and returning students will have a good re-entry to SSMU for the upcoming year."

The race was not without con­ troversy. Matthews commented

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that campaign reporting over an allegedly sexist poster of Britney Spears which declared her ‘Fake’ and himself as ‘Real’ unfairly affect­ ed the outcome of the race.

"I was specifically disappoint­ ed with the coverage in the [McGill\ Daily. Their reporting insulted me and called me, among other things, misogynistic, lack­ ing in good sense and obnoxious.

Though I under­ stand that they have a right to print such things, would have appreciated it if they took the time to ask me ques­ tions directly.

"I think that a lot was made of one of my cam­ paign posters which featured Britney Spears and the coverage in the Daily made it seem like it was more of an issue with students than it really was."

Qasim Virjee agreed that the coverage that he received prior to the elections hurt his bid for office, due to his lack of SSMU experi­ ence, "I think the fact that the Daily, who uses the high regard for their opinion to sway the voting process in favour of candidates can be wrong. Given that they don’t pres­ ent informed opinions and exam­ ples, they justified not voting for me by simply stating in nine words that I have prior experience with the SSMU. I think this negatively affected my bid for office in that, they pre­ sented the opinion that people only directly involved in SSMU should hold positions in SSMU." Matthews and Virjee both wished Datoo well, but Virjee expressed his reservations about Datoo’s willingness to revolutionize the nature of the communications and events portfolio.

"A lot of candidates were dis­ cussing tearing down old compo­ nents of SSMU to create a new effective SSMU. Naeem has recog­ nized that there are merits to the C & E portfolio and he will con­ tinue with this firm base. My only concern is that he won’t help evolve the events and won’t increase com­ munication between the students and their student government by any great leaps and bounds."

For his part, Datoo cited pre­ vious communications and events occurrences that he planned to rec­ tify.

"The [voter] turnout this year wasn’t very good so I want to increase student awareness about SSMU and get out the vote. Also, I want to do a better job of empow­ ering my coordinators and to be a resource for them as opposed to being the locus of control."

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The blam e gam e Rhea Wong___________________________________________________________________

The decisive Students' Society of McGill University loss of accreditation owes everything to the lack of information available to the general student body.

Amidst the SSMU executive fingerpointing, the sheer fact remains that most students did not understand, nor were they informed about, what accred­ itation entailed.

The issue of accreditation was originally presented as a possibility by SSMU President Jeremy Farrell and SSMU VP Operations Raoul Gebert.

According to Gebert, accreditation provides "not many goodies, but prevents many baddies" as quoted from a February 14 SSMU Council powerpoint pres­ entation.

Yet, many students found themselves at the ballot box with the referen­ dum question in hand and more than a few questions in mind.

How many students knew that accreditation would provide SSMU legal representation for all McGill undergraduates? Who knew that accreditation would allow SSMU to directly collect fees from students without University interference? And who of the 600-odd people that voted "No" were against these propositions?

There are several issues at hand: First, can this referendum be considered a vote of non-confidence? Second, should 200-odd spoiled ballots be consid­ ered political statements or purely abstentions from an uninformed electorate?

Third, according to the SSMU Council presentation, reaching quorum for the referendum (25 percent of all students) was anticipated as a potential problem, so why wasn't campaigning pursued more aggressively?

The most salient problem was the conspicuous lack of student govern­ ment support for accreditation throughout the campaign period. Unlike SSMU VP Community and Government Affairs Danielle Lanteigne who firmly stood behind SSMU's joining La FEUQ, there was no one who brought accreditation onto the table and kept it on the front burner as a pressing issue.

Whether we can blame the tacit assumption on the part of SSMU that accreditation would go through, the lack of a vocal lobby on either side of the issue or the desire by candidates to distance themselves from potentially con­ troversial issues, we will never know.

This defeat can be perceived in one of two ways. Either that student apa­ thy worked against reaching quorum or that the lack of reaching quorum was a clear vote of non-confidence.

Given that voter turnout at McGill is considered low, it is hardly surpris­ ing that quorum was missed by a scant 217 votes. What is more surprising is that the margin of No votes is considerable at 635.

I believe that what accounts for those No votes, of which a third could have passed the referendum, is the refusal of students to blindly follow the pack. Maybe those No votes were a result of students' refusal to tacitly accept accreditation with imperfect information. Maybe the No votes were an actual rejection of accreditation.

The blame can be placed on the doorstep of any number of SSMU exec­ utives, media outlets or committees, yet the fact remains that roughly $5000 was spent to extend the election period for one more day, all for naught. At the end of the day, it is the responsibility of student leaders to boldly support the important issues facing the student body.

"Everyone could have done something more about it. Especially the can­ didates. None of them came out for fear of political repercussions." said Farrell, "I was willing to put myself on the line [for the CBA], and I did it again this year...We should have expected that from our candidates. That being said, the society will move on." th e

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Letters Board of governors race Given the recent student advo­ cacy surrounding the board of gov­ ernors this past year. I found it appalling that your newspaper did not even publish a single article on the election candidates, but instead chose that the two acclaimed candi­ dates for University affairs and Clubs & Services deserved more attention.

As students at McGill have started to become more aware of the two principle decision making bodies at this university (The Senate and the Board of Governors) I feel that it is imperative, that THEIR newspaper should be

Kate Glover must be stopped.

The uninspired meanderings of her column have referenced her home­ town of Beamsville, Ontario by name in nearly every column I have read in the last semester. While she may want to use her small town background as a departure point for her writing, the excessive repetition of Beamsville makes it difficult to differentiate between the various topics she tries to discuss. Sure, many students from small towns probably chuckle to read her remi-

I would like to point out that the conclusions Mr. Scheinert draws from his reading of 'Not Quite Mainstream' and the quotes from the editor of the anthology, Norman Rawin, are completely unfounded, entrenched in biases that permeate greater North American culture, even amongst Jews.

Mr. Scheinert first points out that although earlier stories in the anthology have a definite Jewish meaning, especially as some have many 'Old Country' quotes, the more modern stories are lacking anything 'remotely Jewish'. Mr. Scheinert then concludes that these stories are representative of what has become of Canadian-Jewish communities, meaning assimila­ tion.'

First of all, simply because an author is Jewish does not mean that he/she has to write about some­ thing of Jewish content. When Mr. Scheinert cites historically Jewish

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informing them of the candidates that will be potentially representing them next year.

I think this is a major digres­ sion for your paper, and I can only hope that in the future more atten­ tion is paid to ALL of the candi­ dates running for elections, as opposed to only the ones that poss­ es a publishable budget.

Sincerely, Ali Shivji Engineering Student Senator

nisces on train whistles, bed & breakfasts, and Christmas tradi­ tions, but Ms. Glover comes out of the closet about her small town background week after week. Can a entire series of columns be based on the adaptation to city life? I think it is time Ms. Glover gets out of her small town mentality and covers some new, less rural ground.

Christie Cryer U1 Arts

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texts to support him here, he is for­ getting that when these Yiddish texts were written, the authors, many times, did not have any expe­ riences outside of their self-support­ ing Eastern European Orthodox communities. Nowadays, Jewish writers definitely have extra-Judaic experiences. This does not mean that Jews are more assimilated.

Mr. Scheinert is attempting to find symbolism in that the loss of Jewish meaning, or content, in writings necessarily means loss of Judaism within culture. One can­ not draw this analogy by saying that low Jewish literary content is indicative of a low incidence of Jewish culture in Canada.

In fact, Canadian Jews are some of the more non-assimilated Jews in the world, much more so that American Jews. Canadian Jews have higher incidences of syna­ gogue attendance, children in Hebrew Day School, and a greater general solidarity that in the US

I would like to state my posi­ tion on your editorial of March 6th, 2002. The fact that departmental budgets of SSMU are a “money mystery” to you has, in fact, nor slipped under my radar. How else, may I ask, would you have managed to overspend your own departmen­ tal budget by seven thousand dollars in the first semester alone! This is why - contrary to the allegation in your editorial - both Council and the Finance Committee fulfilled their function as “watchdog” and requested that you resubmit a budg­ et to the Finance Committee that you can actually achieve.

First, some facts: several details were simply inaccurate (e.g.

Council passed the mini-budget on the 28th of January - not on the 14th!) - to allege, however, char some “secrecy” surrounds our finances is something entirely more severe. At no point were you refused a copy of the Tribunes budget. As the chief financial officer of the Tribune, you can have one primed by our Accounts Payable at any time. For the other budgets you requested, 1 have to apologize for my alleged “bureaucratic slowness'.

Quite frankly, though, docu­ ment inquiries of the nature of yours (about a dozen specific events and service budgets) are supposed to go through the Recording Secretary

«easeseevpoperationspag. 7 and beyond. They are certainly not assimilated to the degree that Mr. Scheinert suggests.

Additionally, this analogy is limited in that it tries to connect what goes on in literature with social/sociological realities. This is an illogical conclusion, as the litera­ ture in this anthology is fiction. It is not possible to make sociological assumptions based upon fiction.

One can go from reality to fiction to find possible real-world connec­ tions, but not the other way around. Too many unfounded assumptions abound in this article to draw the kind of conclusions of Mr. Scheinert.

Elizabeth Zalman U3 Jewish Studies/Economics Co-Chief Editor, McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies

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TA's, Erica's betrayal and a hard-boiled Final Four It appears this week that my side- kick and trusty part­ ner Erica G is unavailable to perform her time- honored task of sh*tting on my head.

For all of you out there that were enjoying our new format of sparring with insults, don’t worry, you only have to put up with me for one week and I guarantee that Erica will be in full form soon enough. As it stands, though, apparently Erica is so overcome by other obligations that I have to take 0 ) one for the team. Yah, that’s tight, you know whose in ZZ charge of this relationship (hey, wait a minute...) “ • So, with my old woman " out of the way it’s time to talk NCAA Basketball and take a moment for us all to be thank­ ful for the greatest show on earth; sport in its purity; one shining moment if you will.

Actually, today I want to rip on the ‘educational’ system of McGill, especially in regards to their T.A. positions. I just needed to talk NCAAs for a second so that all three of my friends wouldn’t think that I sold out the Tournament.

CINCINNATI BEARCATS ALL THE WAY YOU BUNCH OF LEMMINGS!!!

TAKING THOSE PRETTY BOY DUKEYS TO WIN IT IS THE EASY WAY OUT!!! HAVE A SPINE AND THINK FOR YOUR­ SELF!!!!!!!

Now, back to McGill...

All I want to know is on what basis the university hires and /or supports the T.A positions for the school. Does the university simply go out and round up the best (i.e. whoever is closest to the magic num­ ber 4.0) undergrads and then throw them into conferences blindly based upon their marks? Are there other criteria that need to be met - as in is this person an educator as opposed to a rare genius with no social skills.

The reason 1 ask is because in my five years here, as Erica astutely points out every chance she gets, I can recount ONE T.A. that has actually contributed to my educa­ tion’. There was a distant second T.A., who, although wasn’t the great­ est teacher at least tried to commu­ nicate with the students and help them. What I am reacting against is this policy that 3.99 = educational ability. I’m tired of getting these authoritarian pricks who feel that as a T.A. their sole function is to break as many balls as possible in order to make themselves look good for the bureaucracy.

It’s like it’s garbage time on the court and you’re stuck out there with

S in g le d o m e x p la in e d : Relationship math by Dr. Jones like me), you are attracted to Johnny Asshole who will end up breaking your heart. It doesn’t seem right, but it’s true.

I’m working on a new theory to attempt to prove why so many beau­ tiful and intelligent girls are single.

I’m not saying that they should have a boyfriend or that it is a universal desire, but when one looks at the plethora of ‘no personality skanks’ that have guys lining-up to date them, it leaves one a little bewil­ dered, slightly sweaty, a tad hungry and with fingernail sensitivity. Please refer to figure 1.1 for deeper analy­ sis: Figure 1.1: Pretty + SmartCool x Great Personality= Single Boring/No Personality + Christina Aguilera Body (usually accompanied by dog-ugly face)=Tonnes of Boyfriends Why are so many awesome girls dateless on a Friday night (or in some cases, for the time period it takes to get an undergraduate degree)? Everything began to make sense to me one day when I made a startling comparison: ‘Smart’(I imply all other positive attributes listed above as well) girls are the female equivalent for men, to what ‘nice guys’ are for girls. He’s cute, he’s really nice, he would make a perfect boyfriend...buuuuuuuuut, he’s just a friend. Instead (if you are

Figure 1.2: Men: ‘Smart’ Girls Women: ‘Nice’ Guys The truth is, most people our age are not looking for a relationship that will lead to marriage. However, it is fun to be in a relationship (so I’ve heard) and it’s nice getting a steady stream of punnani (aka poontang). This is why many of us get confused when it comes to selecting the person we think we want to be with. I think that smart girls and nice guys get left in the dust because others realize that if they do date them, they will fall in love, which is not a priority for many university students. It seems to be a lot ‘easier’ to have a no-personality girlfriend as they pose no challenge and are easi­ er to dominate. I think subcon­ sciously many guys realize that their girlfriend isn’t right for them, which will make it easier to end the rela­ tionship when the time comes. As well, a lot of people are (somewhat understandably) not mature enough to have meaningful and equal rela­ tionships—after all, this is the one time in our lives when we can be truly selfish.

My friend Jen and her brother Nelson came up with a literary allu­ sion that further exemplifies this theory. They came up with the “Betty and Veronica Syndrome”.

Betty’s hot and has a great personal-

some prodigal rookie who keeps jacking threes to pad his own stats, but couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat. In five years in a liberal arts degree (can’t you tell) I’ve had ONE T.A. out of about 15 who created an environment in which we talked about what we didn’t know and helped each other as opposed to dealing with some 24 year old who’s trying to tell me that he / she knows everything and in turn creates an environment of “I know more than you”.

This diamond in the rough T.A., and you know who you are Tracey, would respond to difficult questions by saying: “From what I understand this is how the argument follows...can any body help explain this further” and lo and behold if the conversation didn’t become circular and everybody learned together. In all other instances I find myself lis­ tening to a T.A. talk to, through, or around the classroom. I learned more from that conference than I did in the lectures - and that is not an attack on the professor, it’s simply a reflection of the quality of the T.A. Furthermore, I’d like to believe that the conferences are supposed to be the places in which you learn more because you are able to ask the ques­ tions that pertain to the problems that you as an individual are facing in the material.

Look, the bottom line is that I would rather take a straight C grad student that can TEACH as opposed so some social dwarf with accolades from the elite as to the power of their brain. McGill, get it through your head that I am paying you to educate me, that’s what the money is for. The money is not there for you to make sure the best article that is in your interest gets published. If this means that you have to do something beyond crunching numbers and asking pre­ scripted questions then DO IT. Our education is at risk and I’m tired of being the cause of some ass­ hole who just wants to leave a good impression on whichever professor their trying to emulate.

I’m at the end of my rope and my university career so I figure I’ll spout off while I can. But remem­ ber there’s always Cincinnati.

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- the standard queue for it being 10 business days - not “filtered through the VP Operations”. Most of these problems could have been resolved by a quick phone call, but I guess you had ulterior motives to seek a more public forum.

May 1 make the assumption, that your outrage at Kathleen and myself has something to do with the 600-dollar executive dinner, which the Finance Committee cut from your budget. Let me explain to your readers two different points here: ity.

Veronica’s superficial and why does the SSMU send its manipulative. Who gets all the stipended editors to a semesterly men? Why that would be Veronica.

33$ per head dinner? And why is the Archie knew that if he (seriously) editor-in-chief allowed ro overspend went for Betty it would be impossi­ seven thousand dollars in one ble to break up with her because semester alone? she’s so good. Archie knew Veronica To both points the answer is: (aka ‘Ronnie’) was a massive bitch, tradition. There has been both a tra­ so commitment-phobic Archie went dition of expensive dinners at the for her instead. Personally, I was Tribune, and the tradition of trying always attracted to Jughead. This ; to beat the previous editor-in-chiePs just reinforces my tragic pattern of average number of pages per issue. bad decision-making: Jughead In your quest of tradition, you man­ would never make any time for aged to spend more than any other me—he loved food too much. I also editor in the last five years on a din­ think he might’ve been gay. ner (narrowly defeating Paul Conner’s $586.60 of 1999/2000).

Figure 1.3: At the beginning of the year, you Archie: Veronica Jughead: Food L flme Mr. Weatherbee: Miss Beasley So, all of this being said, is there any hope for the all of the Bettys of the world? Ummm, not at McGill.

But don’t worry, I have faith that there is a turnaround point (earlymid 30s) when men realize that we’re the ones they should be dating.

Yeah, well guess what suckers you will have already passed by your sex­ ual prime! We wouldn’t have even hit ours yet. Maybe I’ll turn into a cougar (older women who prey on younger men). I can see myself now—a cigarette in my hand and one in my mouth, my friend ‘Jack D’ in my other hand. Leather fanny pack. Camel-toe. Bleached perm, bad nails. Overabundance of cheap gold jewelry. Blue eyeliner masking botched facelift. Tears making mas­ cara run.

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also created white spaces in the paper (affectionately called “lakes”) in order to beat John Salioums aver­ age of 29.3 pages per issue. The Finance Committee felt that it was time to call into question the con­ tinuation of these traditions - com­ mitted you to a 20 page issue and awarded a 16$ per head dinner instead!

I will rest my case here, as I feel that enough disgrace to the integrity of the Tribune has been done already by printing your editorial in the first place. That being said, I am looking forward to the time when the Tribune returns to providing fair­ ness and accuracy in its reporting.

Yours truly, Raoul Gebert SSMU VP Operations Ed note: The decision to cut back on issue size was made by the editorial board because o f decreasing ad rev­ enues due to the recent economic recession. Tribune finances are unre­ lated to the qualitative nature o f Tribune content. The Tribune stands by its reporting and analysis.

Psychology V 7 Department Seeking Undergraduates for Study We seek full-time undergraduates for a daily diary study on the activities you participate in and how happy they make you. Participation involves an initial session where you fill out several questionnaires. Participants then complete a very brief questionnaire, several times a day for seven days, about their activi­ ties, mood and how they deal with the events of their day. Compensation is $50. Contact: Dr. Koestner’s lab, Psychology Department, McGill U., 398-8219.

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C a n 't g e t c a u g h t p u k i n g b e h i n d t h e B u s h Teen binge drinking soars in the United States despite government prohibition In a report released recently in the Unites States, the National Center on N a ta lie F le tc h e r A d d i c t i o n and Substance Abuse anxiously announced that more than 30 per cent of American secondary students binge-drink monthly. That is, consume at least four drinks in one sitting.

Armed with proof that alcohol mutilates young America’s grey matter, officials are worried "teen tipplers" are evolving in precarious school environments, where teach­ ers hesitate to inform parents of suspected drinking, inevitably worsening the well-calculated real­ ity that juvenile liquor lovers are five times likelier to quit school, 12 times likelier to use illegal drugs and seven times likelier to engage in unprotected sex with multiple partners.

The ill-flavoured conclusion: "drinking is teen-America’s fatal attraction," reigning above nico­ tine and marijuana, lethally poking its nose in the leading causes of teen deaths, including homicides and suicides, while engendering financial costs of $53 billion (US) in violent crime and emergency care.

Also weighing on the spirits is the presumably inescapable out­ come of college inebriation, where drinking belches out in the form of frosh rites and cocktail parties, get­ ting mixed up in cases of date rape, harassment and overdose deaths.

F o o d fo r fre e The Rabbit Hole Café is locat­ ed in the basement of the Yellow Door where the sun fills the atmos­ phere midday. The area feels warm and welcoming and is bustling with activity or volunteers and ‘partici­ pants alike. It’s Friday Also known as loonic lunches.

It began a few years ago at the Yellow Door, a McGill Organization, which providés Serv­ ices to the community at large, as a program called Food For Thought.

“Initially, this was a type of food bank forlstudentSj to help them get by until next months check came through,” said Pietrp Bozzo, director ofetetivides at the Yellow Door.

Not too long «ago McGill Chaplaincy with collaboration widt the Yellow Door created the Rabbit Hole Café, where students could now go for a warm meal before going upstairs to collect their canned goods.

The whole process is very cooperative, as to receive the meal

College executives are believed to turn a blind eye as their students turn booze into the symbol of their coming of age.

According to the "pros," the problem is parents who don’t per­ ceive the occasional binge as the "deadly round of Russian roulette" that it is. While the answer to smoking and illegal drug use is a flat-out, insistent "No!" in terms of alcohol, the misguided message is moderation, not prohibition.

Officials further fret that the American home has become a kiddy open bar, where a third of teens readily obtain alcohol.

The solution proposed is hardly an original one, and, judg­ ing from past experience, also limitedly potent: surveys have tritely nominated the family as the key to reducing underage drinking, alleg­ ing "moms and dads should be parents to their children, not pals."

How? Adopting the "hands-on household" approach, in which parents follow 12 simple steps to a substance-free kid by monitoring television, Internet activity and CD purchasing, knowing their teen’s academic situation and weekend plans, and, most impor­ tantly, having daily family meals, which is deemed to be the elixir for eternal sobriety.

But is this all it takes to "save teens from destroying their lives through alcohol abuse?”

Realistically speaking, a mere one in four teens live in a "hands-on" milieu, and considering the tumul­ tuous daze that is modern American life, this isn’t likely to change overnight. Even if it’s true, the students must take part in the entire operation. This includes set­ ting up, cooking and then helping to clean up once over.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Llyana Kurylow, a U2 Religious Studies major, "primarily because it fpves a sense of community—eating together, ft is important to have good food ;accessible that doesn’t cost a lot.”

Tlie programs runs diroughout thecal! and winter semester through the donations of various sponsors as wdl as fundraising (there‘will be an ^vent fairly ‘soon). And while stocks are being depleted faster than the Ygilow Door would like, if there really is a need, they wjjjpo every ^an to fill it.

As ^mentioned previously, ; lodhie donation is requested and food donations and volunteers are always accepcedfThe lunches begin at 12:30 “every Friday. For more information you can call 398-6243 for general information or you can go and visit them at 3625 Aylmer.

— Elissa Marcus

as officials claim, that parents exert more influence on their kids than teachers, friends and media, parental power doesn’t entirely

US Congress has rejected the White House Office’s wish to include alcohol in its campaign against drug abuse, despite Bush

stream, generating the malevolent aldehyde, which kills liver cells and beats down the brain’s protective blood barrier to mess up the neu­

neutralize social pressures.

In an April 1999 McGill Child Psychiatry conference chair­ man Dr. Klaus Minde further proved that underage binge-drink­ ing is not only a social problem, but a serious psychological one, requiring more than just family support.

"Adolescents with substance abuse disorders have often other psychiatric diagnoses, including various internalizing and external­ izing behavioral disorders, which may in themselves be life threaten­ ing."

Moreover, though undeniably interested in teen drinking since ir constitutes a quarter of their rev­ enue, the U.S. Distilled Spirits Council convincingly points out the risk of deriving conclusions from "over-sampled" and "misstat­ ed facts," as teens could be prompted to overdrink, believing their buds are more beer-driven than they truly are.

Due to such justifications, the

Sr.’s 1990 pledge to "renew our commitment to protecting the lives and health of all our Nation's children [especially] adolescents [who are being] threatened by experimentation with drugs and alcohol."

So, alcohol keeps seeping into American youth, while little atten­ tion is devoted to the real culprits popularizing its use. Media contin­ ues its notorious exaltation of drinking, associating it with sex, fortune and good looks, as kids sit wide-eyed in front of television screens, indifferent to the countereffective moralistic shows that invariably depict the ‘good kid’ reprimanding the cool kids’ booz­ ingWhat’s more, while alcohol’s immediate effects are widely known, lacking education has left kids ignoring the actual facts of alcohol absorption. Forget utopian visions, American kids need terror­ izing ones depicting how the evil ethyl alcohol creeps into the blood­

rons, causing cancer, brain damage and sexual dysfunction.

Teens are just as oblivious to the social risks of alcohol and its tendency to impel the kind of anger and uninhibitedness that leads to the majority of domestic violence cases, to two drunk driv­ ing deaths per hour, and to 30 per­ cent of America’s violent crime, including robbery, manslaughter and murder.

Thus, the new set of statistics inspiring gawking faces across the U.S. is certainly getting adults’ attention, but is innovating little to keep licentious teens away from the bottle. Perhaps officials are overdramatizing a problem that might just need moderation as a motto to realistically diminish con­ sequences. Perhaps the very crusad­ ing spirit behind anti-drinking clichés is simultaneously producing rebellious kids. O r maybe the drinking age needs lowering: illegal drunken activity would drastically decrease if Americans weren’t still considered to be ‘children’ at 20.

In any event, America’s teen binge-drinking problem is being delineated, but the game plan is gathering dust. Total transforma­ tion is impossible, but improve­ ment is not: stop with the metaphors, help those in real need, keep an eye on the curious, give them a little scare. But enough with the apocalyptic outlook, the glass is still half full.

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But if els replicate physical processes. radar located at Macdonald cam­ Jim Abrahams is the Director you take that same snowstorm and pus, which is a state of the art A ll M c G ill T r ib u n e E ditor a ppl ic a t io n s radar used both for research and of Meteorological Research for the put it in Victoria, it would shut SHOULD INCLUDE LETTER OF INTENT AND CV down the city," he t o SSMU F ro n t d esk by March 2 5 , observation." explained. "It’s the 4:OO pm That combination adds up to same meteorological enhanced funding opportunities phenomena, but the for the university, through exactly impact on society is N ew s E ditor the kinds of research initiatives Assistant N ew s E ditors very different." established last fall.

F eatures E ditors Dr. Lin For example, Dr. Isztar E ntertainment E ditors explained that severe Zawadzki of McGill’s Department S po r ts E ditor or extreme weather is of Atmospheric and Oceanic Assistant S po r t s something that does Sciences heads up the research ini­ E ditors affect Canadians.

P hoto E ditors tiative on Enhanced Short Term "Severe weather O n-Line E ditors Forecasting of Extreme Weather. is now very much an P roduction Manager Dr. Zawadzki explained that L ayout E ditors issue in our society," his research group is focusing on a S cien ce E ditor he said.

"We all process called data assimilation, C ampus E ditor remember the ice which allows forecasts to be updat­ storm, the Saguenay ed more frequently and with flood." www.mcgilltribune.com tribune@ssmu.mcgill.ca 398-6789 increasing accuracy.

Events such as "Normally, weather forecasts these lead many peo­ are derived from computer simula­ ple to assume that the tions of the atmosphere in which incidence of severe R o o m to r e n t, n o v ie w , the future is determined by the ini­ weather is actually tial conditions given by measure­ increasing. While he ments at a given time," he u g ly n e ig h b o u r h o o d did not rule out the explained. "Recently, methods Imagine you are in Cuba... possibility that global have been developed to update the a n d w ic k e d g u a r d . warming might con­ state of the forecast with the meas­ urements taken in the meantime." MSC. It is one of the partners who tribute to such an increase, Dr. Lin P e r fe c t f o r th e s u m m e r .

While most people tend to be has joined McGill’s scientists in explained that what’s really increasing is our vulnerability to forming and funding the new more interested in forecasts for the coming days and weeks, Dr. research initiatives. He explained the effects of the weather.

"We’re becoming more and Zawadzki’s research will help that all of this research, besides more vulnerable to extreme weath­ being of scientific interest, also has determine precise weather condi­ er.

If the ice storm had happened a practical application. tions during a much shorter time"The bottom line of the work 150 years ago, it would just have frame.

"In this particular project we is to minimize impacts to the pub­ been a curiosity," he said. "We are are experimenting with data assim­ lic. Therefore we are working with so dependent on infrastructure ilation for forecasting storm devel­ the operational meteorologists in because of increasing population opment at very short time the weather centres to transfer the and increasing wealth that we are scales-one hour forecasts-and very research into improved weather becoming more and more vulnera­ fine space scales-a kilometre," he warnings," he explained. "We are ble to severe weather distur­ also working with the insurance bances." said.

Research initiatives like those These new methods transfer industry and others to determine into practical applicability in situ­ what societal changes need to be launched recently at McGill are ations like aircraft takeoff and made for people to better respond one way in which Canadians can to extreme weather to reduce the hope to increase their preparedness landing. and reduce their vulnerability to "This is particularly critical in impacts." extreme weather. In the meantime, aviation weather—deciding when the scientists of the Department of More than just tornados landing or take off could be dan­ Atmospheric and Oceanic and hurricanes gerous," Dr. Zawadzki added.

EN TR EPO S AG E Sciences are enjoying this year’s Dr. Peter M. K. Yau is in mild temperatures and low precip­ So what exactly constitutes charge of another of McGill’s Dr. Lin itation as much as anybody. research initiatives, this one on extreme weather?

In the words of Dr. Zawadzki, Improving Quantitative Precipi­ explained that today’s definition is UNE SOLUTION S E L F -S T O R A G E "I love it!" extremely broad. tation Forecasts of Extreme "Now, because of the vulnera­ MONTREAL (Downtown), 255 Shannon tel.: 954-1833 Weather. As the name suggests, Dr. Yau’s research is aimed at bility issue, extreme weather can enhancing our knowledge of mean anything that causes hard­ what’s going to fall from the sky and when.

"The aim of the group is basi­ cally to improve the forecasting of precipitation," he said. "When A d a m s A u d ito r iu m , F D A will the precipitation occur?

Where will it occur? Flow much A d m is s io n : F r e e ~ F i n g e r foods, graciously provided by local vegetarian restaurants, after the conference. will there be? And what kind of precipitation? Will it come down as rain, snow or other kinds of ice | Dr. T h o m a s B a r n a r d , M .D. will draw connections between dietary choices and human health, speaking from an environmental particles?" and preventative medicine perspective as well as taking a look at sustainable agricultural practices for human health and the planet.

Dr. Yau’s research focuses on the numerical models used to fore­ cast precipitation. These models A n d r é B é g in was five times Mr.Canada.. He will talk about "The Total Health Approach: Body, Mind and Spirit"and what makes are highly sensitive to initial con­ ditions, which they rely on to an athlete, nutrition and fitness, power foods and how to balance a vegetarian lifestyle and a fitness lifestyle. replicate physical processes.

His research aims not only to <-asAhS<-i( improve those initial conditions, i M ic h a e l G a g n é is an ecological activist and organizer and is currently writing but also to improve the models a book on radical social change.. He will discuss how we can ail become meaning­ themselves. Traditionally based on QPIRG observations made several kilome­ ful agents for change by making the personal political and vice versa.

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It was a toss-up between work­ ing on a pint of Ben and Jerry’s New York Triple Fudge Chunk and watching a marathon tape of Absolutely Fabulous episodes or going out. Surprise, surprise, out I went.

Since unknowingly putting myself on some mailing list, I had

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But the boy-toys, broads and barflies had all come out that March 7 to celebrate the opening of the new boys’ bar. Uber-cute guys and beaucoup de drag queens (some less fortunate looked like they had got­ ten their outfits at Dollarama and had pre-partied with chips, dip and crack cocaine) mobbed the cramped and over-heated first floor.

The upstairs consisted of only the coat check and two bathrooms; the one designated for men had a particularly racy set-up of urinals, complete with mirrors intended to assist in getting an eyeful!

As virgins of 1333 St. Catherine, the entire venue was for­ eign territory for us, but hardly new to anyone who had been to Sisters, the lesbian bar that preceded it. The interior has preserved a very funky feel with hip hanging lights and has added a gay twist to The Little Mermaid underwater grotto theme that Sisters was.

The dance floor was way too small—about the size of three PT Cruisers parked next to each other.

To relieve the feeling of asphyxia­ tion, I made frequent trips to the bar to cash in on the free beer tick­ ets that had been given upon initial payment of cover and were floating around the club. At the bar, Splash offers a dee-lish variety of boys and booze, the latter including multiple flavours of Sour Puss and Baja Rosa, a highly addictive, creamy Strawberry Quik flavoured shooter.

And then there was DJ Bobzilla: super-cute, pop music’s pimp, lover of top-forties music, who always looks like he is having fun. Makes me want to vault up into the DJ booth with a round-off and back handspring, tucking and rolling into his arms.

Unfortunately, as he used to do at Sky, Bobzilla tends to play a good song and then play it, and play it, and play it, and play it...well, you get the idea.

Every frickin’ night, the same damn songs. And while he definite­ ly mixes up his set a bit and throws in some older tunes and a little vari­ ety while respecting the current hits, it’s usually the same remixes, same ol’ show. Although this can be familiar and comforting, it gets a bit tedious if you frequent the joint every night.

It seems odd for a bar geared towards a younger crowd to charge so much cover when its intended clientele is usually low on cash.

Luckily, every night between 9pm and 11pm, the pricey cover is non­ existent, and at any hour, if you go dressed in drag, admission is free.

Note: this does not mean a lit­ tle touch of eyeliner will suffice.

We’re talking fishnets and a mini­ mum five pounds of make-up.

Although Splash will probably not be packed wall to wall regularly, as it was less than full when I went the night after, it now offers a great third option to the alternative Thursday night at Parking, or the 9-1-1 special night at Backtrack.

With a dependable DJ, the better part of the former Sky crew, and a fun and funky feel, this bar has the potential to make a fairly big splash in the rapidly changing and fiercely competitive village.

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False Faces, True Hearts — the final episode me...so much of her...you could be her...

Mechanically, he opens his desk Episode 9:"Finak?” drawer and takes out Jenny’s picture.

Last week, Professor Roberts He hands it wordlessly to Michelle. painfully confessed to Michelle the Michelle, mouth open in horror, loss o f his daughter, and the cause of looks at the picture. his limp, due to a tragic plane acci­ MICHELLE: Oh my G od...I’m dent, Michelle moved to comfort the spitting image of her! Your him— and now both are in each dead daughter! others arms. But why is the Professor PROF. ROBERTS: Please...please drawing a resemblance between stay here with me...Jenny...

Michelle and Jenny? What is Michelle covers her mouth to keep Michelle’s secret that Benjamin finds from screaming as the Professor out from Sara? A nd where has advances towards her. Meanwhile, Benjamin and Sara are continuing Michael been all this time? their conversation.

We go back to Professor Roberts’ SARA: I don’t think it is going to office. He is gazing deep into work out between Michael and Michelle’s eyes.

Michelle, Benjamin...you should PROF. ROBERTS:...you look so tell your friend to look elsewhere. much like her.. .Jenny...

Michelle, shocked, breaks away from BENJAMIN (anticipating the answer): Why is that...? the embrace.

MICHELLE: I...rem ind you of SARA: Because Michelle...has a your dead daughter? What are you crush on Professor Roberts. I think talking about?! It's me— Michelle! it’s pretty serious, knowing Michelle the way I do. She And I...I love you!

Professor Roberts looks uncompre- has... problems... with men. I hendingly at Michelle. His eyes think it is because her father died appear disturbingly glazed over, and in a plane accident when she was his voice is catatonic. He looks like a young. dead man. Single tears begin spilling BENJAMIN: What...?!

SARA: Yeah...it’s horrific. It down his cheeks.

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and grabbing Sara’s hand): Let’s go! A couple o f hours pass. Sara is seated We have to go to the Professor’s next to Michelle at the police station, where Professor Roberts was taken office— before it’s too late!

Meanwhile, Michael, purely by for questioning. A couple o f seats chance, is going to the Professor’s over, Benjamin sits silently next to office as well in order to discuss his Michael fitture essay. He notices the closed SARA (after a long sigh): This is a door, and is about to go away— fucking mess. when he suddenly hears a frantic MICHELLE: Yep. SARA: I’m glad I’m not shriek coming from within!

MICHAEL (banging on door): you...about to do your dead dad, though your dad had really HEY! What’s going on!?

MICHELLE (voice muffled, from escaped alive from the plane crash, the day, after though with amnesia, and had within): Help Me! Help ME! the day, afte r MICHAEL: Michelle...!? wandered his way somehow to MICHELLE! HOLD ON! I’M London, where for eleven years he reconstructed his life, although COM ING IN! With the ferocious rage fuelling his with his memory impaired. Quite all ready bull-like strength from an unbelievable story— at first numerous football practices and a blush. good exercise regiment, Michael MICHELLE (stoic): Yep. throws his well-muscled and hard SARA (rubbing Michelle on the shoulder into the door like a batter­ back): So two questions: why did ing ram, and shakes the fortified he call you Jenny? And how is it he Gordon University door. Just as came to Gordon University?

She escaped through a break in the Michelle's screams reach a fevered MICHELLE: Apparently, my fuselage. But the weird thing was, pitch, Michael desperately focuses all father was found by a family, who no one could find the body of the his energy into one final devastating had a daughter about my age blow— and succeeds in breaking whose name was Jenny. Somehow, father.

BENJAMIN (brow crinkling in down the door! He rushes inside, and my father was so traumatized over thought): That’s a tragic story...no notices the Professor grasping a strug­ my supposed death, that he blocked out all memory o f me— as wonder Michelle is so taken with gling Michelle in his clutch. the Professor... he probably PROF. ROBERTS (moaning): Oh I did o f his death—only it resur­ reminds her of her father.. .hum ... Jenny! To finally be reunited with faced under a different name. But SARA: Yeah...sucks to be her, I my daughter! Oh, thank you God! I think, unconsciously, he wanted (shrieking): to return home, and try to remem­ guess. So that’s why it won’t work MICHELLE ber me in my entirety...in an out with her and Michael. She’s MICHAEL! HELP ME! seriously fucked; she won’t even MICHAEL: GET OFF HER attempt to come to terms with the past, I guess. admit her father died in a plane YOU FUCKING PERVERT! crash. It’s as if she’s forgotten With a quick lunge, and an earth- SARA: So what’s going to happen about it...U ntil she gets some quake-smashing blow, Michael now? shock therapy or something, she punches the Professor in the face, MICHELLE:...I don’t know...I won’t go out with any guy under knocking the older man out cold, just found out that my father isn’t the age of forty, and who isn’t a and causing him to collapse to the dead after all...and I don’t know psychology professor. I think she’s floor with a groan. Michael, breath­ But somehow, somewhere in still a virgin, too ...(She chuck­ ing heavily gazes at the Professor’s myself, I know things are going to les). . .probably a problem that is bloodied unconscious face with a work out...just fine... going to be resolved in her meet­ look o f contempt and disgust, and Michelle then looks slyly at Michael, who smiles at her. Benjamin notices ing with the Professor as we then turns to Michelle.

MICHAEL: Michelle...you okay? the exchange, and grimaces momen­ speak...

Sara shrugs, not noticing how W ithout a word, she moves tarily. Unbeknownst to him, Sara Benjamins face is working from an towards him, and allows herself to catches his change in expression, and expression o f confusion...to one o f be enveloped in Michael's now things begin to click in her gradual understanding... to finally, soft, caressing hands. Michaei mind... but perhaps we’ll just end it shushes into her ear and rocks her right here.. .for now... one o f horrible insight.

BENJAMIN (slowly): W as...her gently as she weeps. Benjamin and Sara suddenly appear in the bro­ father a psychology professor...?

SARA (frowning): Yeah...kinda ken frame of the door, with a cou­ funny, huh? Maybe that’s why ple of campus police behind them. she’s fucked up? Wait—what is it? BENJAMIN AND SARA (simul­ BENJAMIN (suddenly jumping up taneously): Oh fuck. can’t even begin to fathom...

BENJAMIN: What happened?

SARA: Apparently, her father was taking her to England, and the plane skidded into a nearby swamp while landing. The plane got sucked under, and her father was trapped in his scat...she tried to free him, but the plane sudden­ ly shifted, and they got separated.

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B a d R e lig io n b o r n a g a in Leah K. N ch a m a Two years since their New America LP (WEA/Atlantic Records), SoCal punk patriarchs Bad Religion have resurfaced with what many are calling their best releaseyet, complete with accompanying world tour. The Process of Belief saw the return o f founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz, as well as the band’s recon­ ciliation with seminal punk label Epitaph records, run by none other than Gurewitz himself. The Tribune caught up with bassist Jay Bentley amidst guitar repairs in preparation for last Fridays show at Jarry Park.

TRIB: Most bands go from smaller labels to major labels or drop members, but you appear to be doing it backwards. You’re back on Epitaph and you got one of your former members back. How has that affected the dynamic of the band?

Jay: We always do things are own way. It’s made everybody very happy. We’re all having a good time again, which is important.

TRIB: How is that reflected with the writing of the new album and the live shows?

Jay: I really like the record we just made, so that translates into me having a really great time onstage and I’ve noticed that everyone else

feels the same way. So, it’s a great benefit to be able to do things like this: come out of wherever it was that you were back to being happy again and to something that you know and like.

TRIB: As you work on your guitar...

Jay: (Laughs.)

TRIB: ...there are three gui­ tarists in the band. The sound isn’t stripped-down, which was one of the hallmarks of punk. Actually, is Brett here?

Jay: He actually had to go to L.A. to go back to work. So unfor­ tunately, he won’t be joining us tonight, but he does come out. It never really presents a problem onstage with three guitar players because it’s just more people to make noise with. In the studio, it didn’t affect us at all because Brian did the bulk of the work. We don’t have a problem with over-produc­ ing ourselves at all. We don’t look towards Pro-Tools™ to help us and we don’t do a lot of guitar process­ ing. We just play. Usually it’s only one or two guys recording at a time; the best guy for the job.

TRIB: Having three guitars might go against the ‘strippeddown’ ideal.

Jay: I understand that, but I also think that if you allow yourself to be cornered into a thought process that says you’re not allowed

to play a guitar that has more than three strings on it because that’s not stripped-down enough, you start limiting your options. That’s one of the things that we’ve never, ever wanted to do. We were one of the few bands that came out singing background vocals. They never had punk rock with background vocals,

All religion sucks except us other than “oi-oi-oi”. We just like background vocals. A lot of the things we’ve been doing since 1980 go against conventional wisdom, but that’s what makes us happy.

TRIB: The band has influ­ enced a lot of the younger bands coming out now. When I was a kid, everyone had a Bad Religion hood­ ie and now all those kids have gone out to form bands. But the industry is very popularized. Do you think that some of these groups took it the wrong way?

Jay: I don’t think you can do it ularity on an international scale. wrong. You can only do it how you How difficult is it to maintain a want to do it. There’s no right or sense of community with your fans wrong in this subjective art form. and within the band?

Jay: It’s a little more difficult You can’t start applying rules. The minute you do, you are exactly the within the fan base because when opposite of everything that every­ we started in 1980, everybody that one has been about, which was was coming out to see us were other ‘there are no rules’. You can do what guys in bands that I knew and I’d go you want, it doesn’t matter see their band too. We were all what it means. Grow your friends, but it was a very small fucking hair out, play lead group of people. It was only maybe guitar for 15 minutes. Do 300-400 people, tops. Tonight, whatever you want, as long there’s going to be 6000 people as you like it. It doesn’t mat­ here. That small sense of communi­ ter if anyone else has to like ty does get a little vague, but I boil it. It’s when you start doing it down to the people that I meet things because everyone else and that I talk to.

TRIB: Is it important for you wants you to, then you’ve to maintain that close interaction? lost it.

Jay: I just like to meet and talk TRIB: There’s a lot of attention coming back to people and to find out what’s towards the west coast. going on in their world. Maybe W hat’s your reaction to that’s just a hobby of mine.

(Laughs.) those bands?

TRIB: What are the plans for Jay: That’s not so much an issue as it is that bands seem to get the future? To keep following your together for a record and then own muse?

Jay: Yeah. We’ll do this tour they’re not happy with their posi­ tion or wherever they feel they’re and maybe well make another supposed to be, so they break up. I record. Maybe not. We don’t have a don’t really understand that. Why lot of long-term goals. We never wouldn’t you just stay together and really have. We just kind of make it keep playing? That’s the best part up as we go along. Whatever we want to do next is what we’re going about it.

TRIB: From that close-knit to do. We just don’t know what that southern California scene the band is yet. That’s how we stayed togeth­ has come out of, you’ve gained pop­ er for 22 years.

The C unt tour comes to Montreal Lea Ja co b so n “That was the basic inequity which could never be righted: not that the male had a wonderful added attraction called the penis, but that the female had a wonderful allweather cunt. Neither storm nor sleet nor dark ofnight couldfaze it. It was always there, always ready. Quite ter­ rifying, when you think about it. ” -Erica Jong, Fear of Flying “I’m looking for a book called Cunt,” I told à salesperson the other day. Due to a bizarre Cunt drought in Montreal, I repeated this process at 6 more bookstores until Cunt was mine. In doing so, I learned a great deal about female Empowerment.

The book’s author, Inga Muscio, will be giving a talk spon­ sored by Bloodsisters this Saturday evening at the D. B. Clarke Theatre. Recently, Inga took time out of her busy schedule empower­ ing cunts all over North America, to talk to the Tribune.

TRIB: So where did you get the idea to write a book called Cuntl IM: Well, I just quit working for a weekly newspaper in Seattle. I took out all the articles I had writ­ ten for this newspaper, and spread them out all around me in my kitchen. On pretty much all of the articles, was the word “cunt”

because of a typographical error that I made a number of years ago.

I turned in an article to my editor and I accidentally left out the “o” in count. I thought it was funny when she pointed it out to me, so I just started using that as a byline on all of my articles.

So they all had the word “cunt” on them, and I saw that they had to do, in one regard or another, to women’s sexuality or cunts.

It just hit me right there. I was like: “Oh, Cunt!”

TRIB: What kinds of reactions have you received since the book’s publica­ tion?

IM: I was really briefed for getting a lot of criticism and ridicule for the book. After the book came out a year passed, and I was still physically tensed up for all this ridicule that never came. To me, the response has been astounding. I get lots of stories from people about how fun it is to order the book in a bookstore. Bookstore employees, little rebellious ones, have a field day with the book—announcing, “we’re out of Cunt!” on the PA sys­ tem.

TRIB: What do you hope that young women will take away from “The Cunt Tour?”

IM: Oh God! I hope they all

start learning self-defense, not being afraid of their sexuality, and not taking shit from men. I wish I had a book like that when I was a freshman in high school, to have somebody to tell you: no, you don’t

have to do all the things that people tell you that little girls or young women do. I’d hope that they learn to critically think, and critically examine the world and their place in it—not just as women, but as human beings and sexual beings.

It’s not just women I want to get all that out of the book either, it’s men too.

TRIB: You seem to be really intrigued by the power of language.

I’m looking at this article of yours,

where you write: “I would rather be called a cunt than a feminist...”

IM: (Laughs) Well, I just think it’s more honest. My main discon­ tent with the word “feminism” is that it’s been co-opted by main­ stream society, and now has all of these meanings that don’t really have anything to do with the spirit of the movement. So I just think cunt is just an honest word, and more difficult to co-opt. It’s not that I’m against the word “femi­ nism,” it’s just that it doesn’t cut the mustard. It doesn’t cover everybody.

TRIB: Since calling your first book Cunt is a very powerful state­ ment, after the book’s success and now the tour, do you find that peo­ ple tend to associate you solely with that word? Has being “the Cunt lady” lead to any identity issues?

IM: I haven’t felt edged in.

The book I’m working on now has to do with race and white normativity. The spirit of Cunt is so strong, it leaves me open to explore and speak about so many different aspects and perspectives. It really is a fractoreality, and I think that comes through in the book.

TRIB: You use a lot of intense­ ly personal anecdotes in your book.

Was that difficult for you, or did it come about naturally?

IM: It’s an interesting thing because I’m a very private person, and it doesn’t come through in my book at all. But I think that my def-

inition of privacy is vastly different from most people’s. 1 don’t have any shame. Things that people find personal, I don’t necessarily find those things personal. It wasn’t hard for me. It’s not shameful to me that I’ve had three abortions. It’s not shameful to me that my mother was raped. It’s my life.

TRIB: Do you have any advice for people who would like to buy your book, but are too shy or inhib­ ited to actually buy it?

IM: Buying the book in itself is an act of rebellion. If people can just get past that initial fear, after reading that first five pages of the book, that fear is completely torn apart. It’s devastated. Just the act of putting the book on the counter is, in a way, kind of the point of the whole book.

TRIB: Do you have a favorite type of vibrator?

IM: I like the “bunny pearl.”

I’m quite fond of that. It’s a vibrator and a dildo, but nobody ever uses the dick.

A t 7pm on Mach 23, Inga Muscio Writer o f Cunt: A Declaration o f Independence presents: I HAD A NIGHTMARE: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN FOR­ EIGN POLICY at the D.B. CLarke Theatre 1455 de Maisonneuve.

Tickets are $7 in advance, $9 at the door. For info go to bloodsisters.org.

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The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, March 19, 2002

How to tap your creative potential

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E ric W arw aru k This “art review” is going to be the kind of review I love best: mean­ dering, confusing and with absolutely no point whatsoever.

Our journey begins last Thursday when I, with what turned out to be five other people, attended a vastly un-attended seminar by Paul Tobey, a Juno-nominated jazz pianist, entitled "I’m An Artist That’s My Choice."

The content of the seminar was a motivational talk geared towards artists who feel blocked in both their career ambitions and musical playing. Pauls solution? A zen-like approach that argued that all feel­ ings of negativity and fear impede your ability for true creativity, which comes when you "don’t

think." Therefore, the key to height­ ening your creative potential is to essentially "not think," and remove emotional fears and other barriers that would block your unconscious, and its learned knowledge, from simply expressing itself.

The only other things I remember from Paul’s speech was his at first cloying, but then refresh­ ing, upbeat and positive attitude; and his repeated sentence-puncher whenever he stated something he would think people would find too idealistic: "I know! Pie-in-the-sky stuff, right? But it works!" I found myself strangely moved by his speech; akin to the time a ten dollar bill smacked into my face while I was walking one windy morn.

Our journey continues. The next night, I checked out the Yellow Door, the folk-joint staple located

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just a mere stones-throw from McGill’s East gates, specifically for their open mike. After the prerequi­ site yet talented performances from two folk-artists—whose uniforms I have observed consist, instead of the punk’s dyed mohawk, torn shirts, army paints, chains and tattoos, of a peasant-hat and 30’s era second­ hand store v-neck sweaters with button-up work shirts—cometh the open mike.

Accompanying himself with the piano, one person sang a song he wrote to some girl while she was leaving on the plane; another guy, a catchy number about being bullied in grade school and then taking revenge on the bully; a girl, finger­ picking a ditty about an unequal boyfriend-girlfriend relationsbip.

Another guy, a big-and-beefy teddy bear type who introduced his song about "being lonely on Valentines Day," stopped abruptly in the mid­ dle of a chord change and peered at his pen-written notes, then looked up apologetically to explain that he just wrote the song and forgot how to sing the melody to this one lyric.

The supportive and appreciative audience nonetheless clapped as he sat back down, becoming one with the audience again. As one can see, all the performances had the inti­

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Put on by the McGill Peer Health Educators and McGill Psychology Students’ Association in conjunction with the Natural Health Consultants Institute (NHC).

The recruitment coordinator from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, along with a fourth-year intern will also be present to give an information session and answer question.

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I need more synonyms for “angst” week-long performance-art exhibi­ tion called “Hitmakers.” Based on the premise of a Popstars-vype proj­ ect with an indie-rock spin, the exhibition at the VAV gallery, put on by a group of Concordia finearts students, shows the evolution of the tetse-fly-life-span-band “The VAV” as they go step-by-step towards stardom through hair-styles to song-creation to the blowout

Friday night concert. Visiting said compatriot one day, I was informed that the “press conference” aspect of the installation was about to occur.

Since I was ostensibly a “mem­ ber of the press,” I was persuaded to “take part” in this quasi-simulated interview with the production team and the members of The Vav. All I remember from said interview was a feeling of perplexity as the creators described the artsy impetus behind the project (Question: if I’m a simu­ lated reporter in a simulated press conference, do I really care?), while I watched a TV screen off to the side silently showing the people who “didn’t make the cut”: a purty Alanis-type girl in a toque, dancing and singing into a mike; a hand­ some lad in a suit grinding his ass before the screen before he swirled break-dance style to a posed slump on the floor, hand propping head.

Our journey comes to a close.

One question: where the hell are we? Shrug. But that pillar of wis­ dom and virtue, Jerry Springer, wqtild say something like this: ?????

Tip: When you realize that you’re thinking, that is when you can not think—and thus tap your creative potential. Hey, how do you think I wrote this piece?

An engaging evening trilogy at the ballet C h ris Little

questions.

Therapies represented include a variety from naturopahty, massage/bodywork and psychoenergetic

mate and comfortable feeling of watching a friend play in one’s base­ ment. Why? Because the Yellow Door is a basement.

Our journey nears the end.

Recently a compatriot of mine audi­ tioned for and became a part of a

For the typical university stu­ dent, the cultural realm occupied by professional dance ensembles is one that remains largely unexplored. Due to a myriad of factors, not the least of which is cost, our particular agegroup appears to approach both modern and classical dance perform­ ances with a great deal of trepidation.

Until Thursday evening, yours truly was definitely a part of this crowd. Sure, I had picked up a pam­ phlet or two from various companies around the city, with the thought of one day making it to a bona fide pro­ duction taking up space in the back of my mind. Then I experienced the

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pleasure of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal for the first time. Now, I feel it is my duty to attempt to demystify this art form and encourage others to seek the sat­ isfaction that comes from appreciat­ ing some truly astounding body movin’.

The new mixed program cur­ rently being presented by Les Grands Ballets is entitled Evening Trilogy. It includes two new creations by young choreographers Adam Hougland and Didy Veldman as well as a relatively famous work by choreographer Jiri Kyliân. In combining three different pieces of various styles it provides an excellent opportunity for the inexpe­ rienced dance (un) enthusiast to receive a general overview of what

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ballet is all about. Briefly, it is a won­ derful introduction to this world, as it allows each individual to decide what he or she enjoys based on a sub­ jective comparison.

The first piece of the night, Between Ashes and Angels, was created this year for Les Grands Ballets by Hougland, a recent graduate of the Julliard School. Clocking in at 19 minutes, it features an a capella choir and simple-yet-effective stage dress­ ing and costuming. The sixteendancer routine is fluid, graceful, and high on emotional content: the coor­ dination of the male-female pairs is enticing in its sexuality, and the tur­ bulent pace and frequent repetition of movements is juxtaposed at one point with an eerie length of silence.

This was perhaps my favourite work of the three.

Up next was Possibly Six by Didy Veldman, also a new creation specifi cally for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. This piece is much more modern in its visual approach, employing greater variations in light­ ing and costume, in addition to the interesting use of props and motifs.

Though street-dance oriented, it is set paradoxically to the Baroque music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor. In 23 minutes, the themes of attachment and control are addressed in several ways, most prominently through the movement of couples to create the illusion of one body, and the restric­ tions that accompany the inclusion of rope in a dance production. The opening sequence provides the most obvious example of this, as a solo female performer’s movements are choreographed to mimic those of a marionette.

Following the intermission is the crown jewel of the evening, Jin' Kylian’s Symphony o f Psalms. First produced in 1978, this 25-minute work was premiered only last year by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and it is now being re-staged with an orchestra and 48-member choir.

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-*1 _LD 1—-J L . pastiche of Persian rugs and the tradi­ tional, flowing costumes of the female dancers add further to this powerful testament to love and the human condition.

In order to truly comprehend and admire these three enjoyable pro­ ductions, they must be viewed in per­ son. Thus, I urge you to get up off of that couch and take a trip down to Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place Des Arts, the current home of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal. From now until March 23 at 8:00 PM, you too can glimpse furtively into the world of dance with the Evening Trilogy. Perhaps a pleasant surprise awaits, and then again perhaps not... but at least you will have tried.

Kyliàn has been referred to as a ble—well meaning yes, but practi­ “humanist choreographer,” having cality is a far cry from his actions. spent over 20 years as the artistic Attempting to save Minnie, he director of the prestigious brings her into his house as helper Families, as of late, have Nederlands Dans Theater; his unique to his wife Audrey (Liesl Bareli), a style is evident in this sublime work Two Girls, Three Guys become a great source of comedic recent mother. material. The Tenenbaums in Wes of passion and beauty. A physical The crux of the play is the Similarly, Two Girls, Three Anderson’s newest movie and the prayer set to the titular music of Igor Drummonds in Douglas Guys tackled an interesting topic, gradual dissolution of the existen­ Stravinsky, the dance is structured in such a way as to keep every dancer Coupland’s novel All Families are namely an investigation of love and tial boundaries that separate Psychotic are just two examples relationships in a university envi­ Audrey and Minnie. Both are onstage at all times, which facilitates the equation of the performance to a where families are shown in all of ronment. The play, unfortunately, megalomaniacs of a very different restless body in motion. The geome­ sort, desperately trying to create a did not elaborate on many of the their humourous dysfunction. And try of the piece is fascinating, as are world that in Minnie’s case doesn’t now there is a new family to add issues that were broached.

The story focuses on one girl have to be cleaned, and in Audrey’s the male-female connections and the the ever-growing list: the emotional involvement of the played by Sarah Wright. She is in a doesn’t need its diapers changed.

Centrifuges. dancers. The stunning backdrop of a The problem is that neither This American quite manages to find this. family, the “centre” of Minnie comes close with the the play by the same killing of her children, the last name written by Eli fetter to a world where dirt Batalion, was show­ washes everything beautiful cased at the McGill away, but alas, the proverbial Drama Festival last cigar is missing. Visions of her Tuesday. As a whole, dead husband Pat (Jason the play entertained Manzano) torment Minnie with and provoked much Are you interested in being a guilt and the failure of never thought. It clearly was having found a world that will stronger than Two mystery shopper? stay clean. In Audrey, Minnie Girls, Three Guys, the sees her redemption—Audrey’s second play on the We are a leading financial services research firm successful release form a world twin bill. of soiled diapers and perfect The Centrifuges MDF: where hatred of significant others has no limits! that specializes in measuring the performance of mothers-in-law. In Audrey there takes the shape of a tel- -------------institutions and financial professionals in areas evision documentary narrated by a relationship with Mark (Mike lies a freedom that will not be such as client satisfaction, service quality, and slightly hokey British woman (Leah Poblete), only to find herself touched by Pat. Ultimately Minne communication effectiveness.

Bloch). While the neighbours may attracted to his friend Peter (Max fails, and in her failure Audrey’s is reflected. Neither finds salvation: appear to be the model family to Woertendyke).

The girl turns to her sister, girl there is no clean room to rest in, Cynthia D ’Angelo (Vicki Currently we are looking for research partici­ Vinnitsky), a different version of number two, for advice. Wright nor is there a quiet house to have pants for our mystery shopping program. If you the Centrifuges lurks behind the and McMaster successfully convey tea parties in—Minne is Audrey, are comfortable in being a part of a mystery a sense of separation, due to their Audrey Minnie, and Pat the unre­ picket fence. shopping program and would like to be reward­ The family cannot function different outlooks on relationships. lenting monkey on both their ed financially for your efforts, please fax a copy In the end the sister decides to backs. due to workaholism, the favourite Minne McGee was superbly addiction of the suburban set. Ray, go for Peter, before breaking up of your resume to 416-777-1466, please ensure played superbly by Helmut with her current beau. Peter, much acted and directed. The lack of that you address the fax to the “Mystery Obermeir, is the alpha-male hus­ to her dismay, rejects her advances, temporal structure via flashbacks Shopping Program.” that are at once present and past band that pours constantly over leaving her out in the cold.

At this point the plot is getting function to make the fusion of blueprints. The primly Beverly How much will I receive?

(Leigh-Ann Taylor) is a school prin­ good. Unfortunately writer/direc- Minnie and Audrey seamless.

-> Upto $ 3 0 0 .0 0 depending on the program Stacey O ’Neill offers an outstand­ cipal preoccupied with the stress of tor Dror Yuravlivker cuts it short. you join her work. And not surprisingly, the He does not explore the dynamics ing nurse to Finucan’s equally com­ children, Nancy (Lauren Waisbren) between Peter and Mark. Whether pelling doctor. Barrell and Torre How long will you need me for? and Brian (Zim Pickens), are the break up comes between the achieve a degree of character com­ -> Upto 15 hours is never known. plexity in one act that most cannot obsessed with school that will even­ friends What do I need to quality? tually allow them to become Furthermore, the nine-month rela­ do in three. Finucan plays his role tionship between the other sister of the brutish Pat with very little to -> V isit financial institutions during regular workaholics.

Batalion presents a cynical pic­ and her boyfriend (Matty Brown) is complain about. For once the cur­ business hours ture of the modern family. The never developed. The storyline is tain call of community theatre -> Cannot ow n mutual funds or have a discount Centrifuge clan is devoid of any ignored after the opening scene elicited an applause that was far brokerage trading account spiritual connection, represented by portends difficulties for the couple more than just some Pavlovian -> Good credit response— from me at least. the characters’ inability to look at at a later time.

-> Reliable -Mike Bargav The potential for an excellent each other.

-> Trustw orthy To Beverly’s credit, she realizes play was there, including strong that something is wrong with her directing and acting for the most family. The mother turns to Dr. part. Unfortunately the script did Steve Meszaros (Matt Silver). Dr. not allow for true talents of the par­ Meszaros is a manic, New Age psy­ ticipants to be put into a good chiatrist that spouts “mumbo light.

-Mark Kerr jumbo.” The over-the-top perform­ ance by Silver not only provides Minnie McGee laughs but also shows the absurdity of relying on treatment that became T h e p u b l i c a t i o n s o f f ic e o f S S M U is s e e k i n g s o m e o n e t o The spotlight opens on a popular in the 90’s. la y o u t a n d d e s i g n a d s f o r t h e M cG ill T rib u n e , f o r t h e The writer of the play wants to scared woman volleying insults at 2 0 0 2 / 2 0 0 3 p u b l i c a t i o n y e a r . You m u s t b e w e ll o r g a n i z e d , show the collapse of the characters the audience. Her hands, covered in d e p e n d a b le , a n d a b le to w o rk a fle x ib le s c h e d u le . over the course of the play due to blood, desperately scrub a floor that the lack of human connection. It is seems to reject the very concept of K n o w le d g e o f c o m p u t e r g r a p h i c s a n d a r t i s t i c f l a r e a r e here that the director Jonathan cleanliness. The hour and a half M AJOR a s s e t s . E x p e r t i s e in Q u a r k , P h o t o s h o p a n d A d o b e Garonce slightly fails. Garonce does that follows does little to detract I l l u s t r a t o r is a l s o ESSEN TIA L. T h is is a p a id p o s i t i o n . not get a strong performance out of from the poignancy of the opening Waisbren, as she struggles to convey scene of Kersti Kass’ Minnie McGee. Minne (Kylah Torre) is an a sense of hopelessness in the cli­ R é s u m é s m u s t b e s u b m itte d a d d r e s s e d to P au l S la c h ta , matic scene with boyfriend Ben inmate of a Nova Scotia mental asy­ S S M U f r o n t d e s k in t h e B ro w n B u ild in g o r c a ll 3 9 8 - 6 8 0 6 . lum after the murder of her chil­ (Elvis Anber).

The small problems near the dren. She is taken into the adoptive D e a d l i n e is M a r c h 2 9 2 0 0 2 . end do not detract from the perti­ wing of Dr Alec Cameron, played nence of The Centrifuges as many by Jason Tinnean; as close a model young people in the audience soon of pure one dimensionality as possi­ The Centrifuges separates from the rest of the crop

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Anyone w ho has m et m e k n o w s I a m a s ta n d u p g u y , w h o w i ll s e e t h in g s th ro u g h to th e e n d . I I b e l ie v e in a s t r o n g s t u ­ d e n t g o v e r n m e n t t o a id s tu d e n ts o n a p e rs o n a l le v e l. I f y o u w a n t t o B E E F u p y o u r s t u d e n t b o d y V o t e M ic h a e l H a s h i z u m e . M ic h a e l H a s h i z u m e w a s a f o r m e r V P A c a d e m ic a t M e d ic in e H a t C o lle g e ( M H C ) , V ic e - c h a i r o f t h e G e n e r a l A c a d e m ic C o m m i t t e e ( M H C ) , V o t in g m e m b e r o f t h e a r g e s t s t u d e n t a c t i v i s t lo b b y g r o u p in A l b e r t a (A C T IS E C ), C h a i r o f t h e N e w s p a p e r R e v ie w C o m m i t t e e ( M C H ) a n d a J o in t H o n o u r s s t u d e n t in H i s t o r y a n d P o l it ic a l S c ie n c e .

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I h a v e a lr e a d y p la n n e d a f r e s h v is i o n f o r A r t s F r o s h 2002. T h e k e y t o a g r e a t f r o s h is o r g a n iz i n g e a r ly a n d g e t t i n g s p o n s o r s h ip w h i c h I h a v e e x p e r ie n c e d o i n g a s a D r iv e s a f e e x e c u t iv e . I w i ll im p r o v e A r t s T a v e r n b y m o v in g i t t o a m o r e i n t i m a t e s e t t i n g a n d I w i l l c o n t i n u e t h e le g a c y o f t h e R e d a n d W h it e B a ll. G e t o u t a n d v o t e , V O T E IA N S I D E Y V P - I n t e r n a l.

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S h e s c o r e d h o w m a n y g o a ls ?

Hockey star Sophie Acheson becomes second ever Martlet All-Canadian Sarah Wright

assist.

Throughout the interview with Acheson, a seemingly awk­ ward silence followed each ques­ tion. The 20 second pauses she often took were not at all uncom­ fortable, however. She saw no need to fill time with useless words to avoid any silence. She just wanted to give a well thought out answer

son and it shows through her puck­ handling skills and in how much her shot has improved.”

Though with 139 she has con­ tributed the most career points of any Martlet, surpassing former team captain Julie Hornsby; Acheson wouldn’t put her scoring ability as her top skill.

“I’ve never really considered

It seemed like nerves. The light, but firm handshake was mis­ taken for shyness. But make no mistake, Sophie Acheson is neither shy nor is she nervous. Just like her on-ice play, she is just as calm, con­ fident and calculated off the ice.

“She is a quiet leader,” Martlet head coach Peter Smith said. “She doesn’t take a rah, rah, outgoing role in the dressing room, but she inspires by exam­ ple.”

And what an example.

Acheson is the all-time leading point scorer in McGill women’s hockey history. She has acheived All-Canadian status this year.

Three times she has been voted to the first team all-star in the Québec conference.

On the school side, she is a three-time academic AllCanadian maintaining a 3.83 cumulative grade point average.

Not too bad for a 22 year old.

The 18 league goals she scored this season was good for te stone people are scared of her ‘Soph'-istication third in the nations scoring race.

According to her coach, it is when asked the typical: “what do myself a sniper. I can’t pick a spot in not the total goals or the awards you think?” the net and score,” said the first Acheson has received at McGill that And what does she think of year law student. sets her apart from the crowd.

Like many of her teammates, playing hockey at McGill?

“Over the last three years, she “I love being able to do some­ Acheson began playing hockey at a has improved in every aspect of the thing I love at a high level with young age. She was a 10-year-old game. She is bigger, faster and great people,” Acheson replied. “I girl in an all boys league. She played stronger than she was as a fresh­ like intensity and I like to be in a with them for seven years, but man, but her gain in confidence is challenging league.” couldn’t find her place as the only her greatest accomplishment,” If a challenge is what she is female. enthused Smith who recently looking for, Smith feels a challenge “I didn’t feel like a part of the coached Team Québec at the is what she gave herself. team. I felt alienated and I couldn’t National Women’s hockey champi­ “She has worked so hard over connect with the guys as I knew I onship, where Acheson, named to the past two years to improve phys­ could with girls.” the team had two goals and one ically. She trains hard in the off-sea­ As an athlete, her talents

extend beyond the hockey arena.

Before she started at McGill, she could have also tried out for the soccer team, and most likely would have starred on it as well.

“I liked the intensity of being a soccer midfielder. But I like the speed of hockey and it was just that bit more intense and a little bit faster.”

As an assistant captain and first line winger, Acheson and her linemates, Sarah Lomas and Paula Mailloux, were once again the team’s most productive line this year.

“We were first put together to see if we connected. Now we have each grown into our own roles on the line and we have improved individually and as a unit,” Acheson said.

“Sophie has learned more about the systematic approach to the game, which is only some­ thing that can come from years of experience,” Smith says.

Acheson credits her 12 years of hockey experience with helping her prepare for the rigours of aca­ demics and career planning.

“I have always wanted to get into something to do with sports,” she said excitedly. “I used to want to be a trainer, but now I am looking for something a little more intellectual where I can mix entertainment, sport and law.”

Even though she doesn’t plan to take her hockey talents beyond Team Quebec, she is to be forgiven.

McGill has her for another season, and her coach is anticipating great things.

“We’re all looking forward to watching her next year. She is an inspiring athlete.”

Sophomore Sabrina Lee becomes first McGill badminton woman to win gold medal in nine years

McGill’s Sabrina Lee of Richmond, B.C., became the first McGill woman in nine years to win a gold medal at the Québec University Badminton Championships over the weekend.

The 19-year-old physiology sophomore won all four of her matches to capture the Québec women’s singles title. In the bestof-five gold medal final, Lee swept her opponent from Sherbrooke by decisive set scores of 7-4, 8-6 and 7-3.

Lee also teamed up with Anne Bailey of Montreal in womens doubles to win their quarterfinal match 7-2, 7-4, 8-6 over the Université de Montréal. In the finals, they stretched Laval to the limit before losing 4-7, 3-7, 8-6, 86, 8-7.

In the team championships, Montreal defeated Laval 3-2 to capture the overall title for the sec­ ond straight year. McGill was beat­ en by identical 4-1 scores to Montreal and Sherbrooke, respec­ tively, ending up fourth in the four-team tourney.

It was the first gold medal per­ formance by a McGill woman since 1992-93, when Robbyn Hermirage won the singles cham­ pionship and later went on to the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. That same season, the McGill combo of Melissa Gordon and Maryse Filion also won gold in women’s doubles.

The last time that any member of the McGill team won gold was in 1994-95, when Dougall Molson won the men’s singles title and teamed with Bruno Dion to cap­ ture men’s doubles.

T r a c k t e a m w i n s f o u r m e d a l s a t N a t io n a ls James Empringham The legend of McGill middle distance runner Sarah Ali-Kahn con­ tinues to grow.

At the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) track and field champi­ onship held last weekend in Sherbrooke, Ali-Kahn accounted for half of McGill’s medal haul, with a gold and silver. The 27-year-old pharmacology graduate student won the 1500m in four minutes, 22.82 seconds, the fastest time in the country this season and just .02 sec­ onds ahead of Western’s Katie Vermeulen, who earned athlete of the meet honours with two golds, one silver and a bronze. Ali-Khan was second in the 1000m with a time of 2:49.75, just .11 seconds behind the winning time posted by Vermeulen.

McGill brought home four medals. The women’s team placed ninth out of 20 teams while the men were at the back of the pack finish­ ing 17th out of 21 teams.

“I’m very pleased with some of the individual performances of our athletes, but I am a bit disappointed with our performance as a team,” commented track and field head coach Dennis Barrett after the meet.

“Our goal was to finish in the top five as a team. I think I’m here to win, not be competitive,” he mused.

One of the impressive perform­ ances that Barrett was referring to was from Dawn Creighton in the triple jump. She won the silver in the event with a jump of 11.95m, .24m off of gold medallist Yolessa Lawrince of the University of Toronto.

Creighton, who has improved

from ninth to second over the span of the last three years, credits jump­ ing coaches Alex Sheffield and Ian Lowe for contributing to her devel­ opment.

“Ian has competed internation­ ally in the long jump and is new to the team this year while Alex has been dedicated to the team for a while. Their coaching has definitely helped me get better.”

The fourth medal for McGill came in the men’s 4x800m relay.

Yohsuke Hayashi anchored the team that ran a time of 7:42.27. Three other seniors, Ryan Beaton, Daniel Lennox and Benoit Lebeau, joined Hayashi.

Other notable finishes on the women’s side came from Sarah Millar who finished 10th in the 600m.

Pole-vaulter Christine Lagarde

registered another 10th place finish.

On the men’s side, Hayashi was sixth in the 600m. In the 4x400 men’s relay, he along with Sasha Geukjian, Jason Katz and Benoit Lebeau came in seventh.

Rick Derwantz was 14th in the high jump, while Moher was 13th in both the 1500m and the high jump.

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For his part, coach Barrett is already looking forward to next year.

“We’ve discussed off-season training programs with our athletes.

We ask them if possible to compete with a track club in their hometown to give them competition. Training on your own can become mun­ dane.”

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L o o k in g b e y o n d t h e w in - lo s s sional level does not hold at the university level.

The old cliche rings true that there is more than just winning. Sure that sounds like the ulti­ mate cop-out. It’s like when you lost the game when you were a kid, and your mom consoled you by saying that as long as you tried hard, that’s all that matters.

So, must fans have a different perspective when it comes to university sports? The best rea­ son would be that university sports teams are not bound by the same constrainsts of professional ones. There is not that emphasis on the bottom line like there is in the major league. Winning is necessary to increase revenues coming into the owners’ coffers. A single NHL playoff game brings in about $ 1 million alone. McGill Athletics does not have to adopt that emphasis.

Instead, athletics at the institution strike a good balance between player development and success. Although McGill intercollegiate program does not farm players out for other organizations, they often groom players that go on to play at higher levels. We have seen numerous hockey, football and soccer players go on to star in other leagues.

In recent years, some universities have aban­ doned the development and academics side of university sport and focus solely on winning. The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes hockey team recruits numerous players every year that have played for several years at the major jun­ ior level. It allows the hockey program to win but the practice runs contrary to the spirit of universi­ ty sport.

An athletic program must be evaluated not only on team results but individual development as well. Several teams that had disappointing

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BASKETBALL Nevio Marzinotto Coach o f the Year Domenico Marcario playoff results did have notable indi­ Player o f the Year (QSSF) vidual performances.

(All-Canadian 2nd Team) The Martlet volleyball team, despite being ranked in the top ten Frédéric Bernard most of the season, lost in a tight sec­ Defensive Player o f the Year (QSSF) ond round series. However, Shauna Kelly-Rae Kenyon Forster was an All-Canadian while Rookie of the Year (QSSF) Wendy Whelan received an hon­ ourable mention. In men’s basketball, TRACK & FIELD the Redmen fell two games straight in Sarah Ali-Khan the Quebec Student Sport Federation Athlete o f the Year (QSSF) (QSSF) final. However, Domenico Marcario was a second team AllHOCKEY Canadian, an honour no Redmen bas­ Greg LeBlanc ketball player has received in 25 years.

QUA East Rookie o f the Furthermore, many of the teams Year nominee that lost in the playoffs were going up Dave Burgess against excellent teams in their own OLA East Randy Gregg right. In basketball, the seventh Trophy nominee ranked Redmen lost to the fourth Dave Bahl ranked Laval Rouge-et-Or. In hockey All-Canadian honourable the Martlets lost to the Concordia Sophie Acheson Stingers, the team that finished fifth at All- Canadian Nationals.

SWIMMING It is important to realize that there are many factors when evaluat­ Francois Laurin Men s Coach o f the Year (QSSF) ing the success of McGill athletics.

Most players would trade individual VOLLEYBALL honours for the championship. It Wendy Whalen doesn’t mean, however, that we should All-Canadian Honourable demand the same thing.

Shauna Forster Player o f the Year (QSSF) Rachèle Béliveau Women's Coach o f the Year (QSSF)

c o l u m n a t M c G ill A t h l e t i c s As the winter sport season draws to a close at McGill, the s e n tim e n t surrounding the athletic program is mi x e d .

M ark K e rr Despite several of the marquee Redmen and Martlets teams having great seasons, there was not a great deal of playoff suc­ cess. The disappointment of a poor post-season should call into question the degree of emphasis placed on playoff success.

The opinion of many sports pundits is that no one remembers amazing regular season accom­ plishments if the team does not win a champi­ onship. One example is the Seattle Mariners last year. The baseball team cruised to 116 wins over the regular season only to bow out of the playoffs in the second round. On the flip side, the New York Yankees were an acknowledged dynasty throughout the 90’s due to their ability to hit their stride come October.

The desire people possess for ‘their’ team to win is easy to understand. Many loyal fans invest time and money to receive the benefit of knowing that the team logo on their hat or shirt represents the reigning champion. In a sense, people cheer for a team to receive bragging rights that come with the ultimate win.

People that follow McGill’s sports teams real­ ize that the emphasis on winning at the profes­

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