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No double cohort to hit McGill Stavroula Papadopoulos_______
M an y students are wondering how M c G ill will handle the “dou ble cohort effect” that will hit post-secondary institutions in September 2003. As a result of this reform in high school curricu lum ,
this year’s eleventh and
twelfth graders of Ontario schools will graduate in the same year. M any students this semester have been forced to watch their professor teach the course materi al through a screen, rather than live. For instance, students taking Molecular Biology 200 are divid ed in two classrooms. In other classes, there are not enough desks and chairs to accommodate all the registered students. “Th is is just one o f the symp toms that we are more or less at the lim it o f what we can reason
________________ The hall is alive with the sound of music. Classical hits fil the air at Pollock Hall last Thursday night
McGill prof retires with a concert celebration Michael Liew
supporter of Canadian music, he has performed at many internation
now digress to provide a mini-les son on 20th century art music (or
al festivals as well as with several of the world’s major orchestras. “His repertoire is vast,” claimed the pro gramme, “ranging from Bach to Boulez and encompassing virtually everything in between.” We would get a good dose of that tonight in Pollack H a ll, hosting a C B C / M c G ill concert. T h e first piece D ’après un cri by Bruce Mather (1939-) was your typical 20th century composition: weird, atonal and punctuated by seemingly arbitrary bursts of ener
classical music, as it’s most often called): it’s weird! It’s outside the box, it’s funky, it makes you scratch your head in confusion. Dissonant chords and tone clusters are exactly what they sound like— notes that when played together don’t neces sarily sound good. Th is music is all
Canadian Music Council’s Artist of
gy-
the Year in 1980 is retiring to fur ther pursue performing. A n avid
For those not currendy enrolled in A rt o f Listening, I will
level. Th is is all to say that I am completely biased.
ably handle,” says Nicholas de
academic
Louis-Phillippe Pelletier entered the stage, sat at the piano and adjusted his chair. H e checked his feet on the pedals and smiled lit tle. H e seemed a bit stiff actually, acknowledging the crowd upon entering only with short and abrupt
advancement. In this respect, it is
bows. A h , the mannerisms of a true
no surprise that the provincial government has decided to elimi
musical master. Professor of Piano Pelletier, a renowned pianist, having won First
Takacsy, associate V P Academic for M c G ill University. Karen Yam, a M c G ill student and
former
O n ta rio
student,
describes her Grade 13 experience as having been fun but w ith litde attribution
to
her
nate Grade 13, also known as Ontario Academic Courses. Th e
actual
am ount
of
increase in the student body may not be as drastic as it appears. Please see O N TA R IO , page 5
Prize in the 1979 Arnold Schoenberg Internationa] Piano Competition in Rotterdam, and the
The closest
over the keyboard and out of nowhere. In sum, it’s not pretty and I like to compare it to a fiveyear-old banging on a piano. Call me old-fashioned, but I am just not down with this weird stuff. I appre ciate it, but only on an intellectual
To return to the concert, Pelletier followed the unpleasant ness with D ’après un cri, specially written for Pelletier by Mather on the occasion o f his retirement. Mather may be the only one who enjoys his compositions: he was in the audience and applauded hearti ly at the conclusion of the piece. Alban Berg’s (1885-1935) Piano Sonata was up next. Because this guy spent half of his life in the 1900’s I was treated to more 20th century music! Fortunately, Berg composerd earlier than Mather, and the Sonata was not as hardcore weird as D ’après un cri. W hat made this selection particularly interestin Please see DIGG IN G, page 12
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R o m an G o d d e ss o f W isd o m v s. T h e M A R S la d y W ill M I N E R V A
su cceed
Jean Mathews
in
r e p la c in g
M A R S
n ex t y ear?
project started?
changes on the web. W e are
Tribune: W ill M A R S shut down in
Rigelhof:
bringing portions of the data
M a y 2001?
We
p u r c h a s e d
over. Data such as names,
Rigelhof: Yeah, M A R S will shut
wisdom, medicine, the arts, sci
Banner software
addresses, and phone num
down.
ence and trade, and war. Some say
in
bers are now in M IN E R V A .
M A R S lady. It w ill still be used for
She is the Roman Goddess of
M arch
of
It’ll be gone. Goodbye
she invented numbers and musical
1998. W e began
Th e
o f bringing
summer registration, and for peo
instruments. She is equated with
the
ple to get their marks. But for fall
the Greek goddess Athena. O ne has to wonder: does the M A R S lady even stand a chance against
process in November 1998, after completing
courses, and programs, and things like that is also under way. But when you think
M IN E R V A ?
all the prelim i
huge, right? W hen we went live
quickly. T h in k
with just the biological infor
M IN E R V A as two separate sys
the finance system, which went
installation
process
about it, these things are
and winter registration, M A R S w ill not be used. M A R S will be phased out; it will be phased out of M A R S
and
Tribune talks to Roger
nary work. We started work on
Rigelhof, the director o f the Banner project, responsible for the
live on June 1st 2000. Th is
m ation, we brought over records for 450,000 people,
tems. T h e old system is a legacy system, with a certain database
installation of the software for
finance system is used for the
right back from 1970. But the
that it assesses. A ll that stuff gets
M IN E R V A .
management of the budget of
idea was to give students access
converted over to M IN E R V A . But
Tribune: W h at are the goals o f the
the whole university. In January 2001 the Elum an Resources
to it so that they get used to the idea of pins, and they know
Rigelhof: Banner is the name of
system went live. Th a t was the
what their pin is, so that when
the software, and M IN E R V A is the name of the systems. Th e Banner Project is the project to
first phase o f the H R system, and the final phase, will go live in January 2002. Those are two
we go live with registration in M ay o f this year, students will have their P IN , and know
install the software for M IN E R V A .
big systems. T h e third system,
enough about the system.
Th e Banner software was made by
M IN E R V A , w hich is bigger
Tribune-. W h at will happen to
a company called Systems and Com puter Technology (S C T ), and
than both of them, is the stu dent information system. I am the
they specialize in software for
Th e
Banner Project?
S A TU R N ?
u Eventually, everything including summer regis tration and checking
director of the whole project, but
E R V A , who is the goddess of wis dom and knowledge, seemed like a
replaced as well. Everything that it
higher education. Th e ir product is
there are project managers for each
good choice.
does, will come under M IN E R V A .
over to MINERVA. The
installed in 38 universities and col
of the systems. Sylvia Frankie is
Tribune: W h en
M IN E R V A
You, see, the old system was built
last time MARS will be
leges in Canada. O u r goal is to
the project manager for the M I N
in the 1970’s w ith a different
week web registration system by M ay 2002.
E R V A student system. Tribune-. W h y was the name M I N E R V A chosen?
get phased in over a longer period
thought in mind. In those days, you built systems to serve the peo ple who were serving students. But
used will be for assessing
have a 24 hours a day, 7 days a
expected to be completely func tional?
Tribune4. W hen was the Banner
Rigelhof: It was the V P ’s and the
of time. W e started this summer.
now, you don’t want that. You
Dean who chose that name. M I N
W e went live with the address
want the students, for as much as
is
Rigelhof: Th e student system will
Rigelhof: O h , S A T U R N w ill be
possible, to access the system directly. T h e old systems were not built to do that. For example, a
marks will be shifted
marks for the winter term, and the summer 2002 term. And that’ll be it. It’ll be finished. — Roger R igelhof
student will go to the web to regis
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like anything else, since M A R S is
Tribune: W h at is the next phase of
so big, and there are so many
M IN E R V A ?
records, we do things in stages. For
Rigelhof: There are more phases.
something like finance, you’d go
There is the web application for
live all at once, but don’t do that
admissions. Th a t is going live in a restricted sort of way- for the fac
with student records. A ll the infor
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graduate studies. A n d then next
takes time. Eventually, everything
fall, it will go live for everyone else.
including summer registration and
It’ll go live for Music and Graduate
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News 3
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
SSMU to fight discrimination on campus A rab
and
M u s lim
John S ciascia Clear and immediate action against racism and discrimination towards Arabs and Muslims was requested
from
the
Students’
Society o f M c G ill University at a council meeting last Thursday in
stu d e n t g ro u p s d e m a n d dents on campus. “Attendance for
Suzanne Foney called for a more
our functions and events has gone
proactive approach.
anti-racism measures led to a con tinuation of a discussion that was meeting
two
weeks
ago.
Suggestions were given for proac tive measures by the visiting repre sentatives of the Arab Students Association (A S A ) of M c G ill and the
Solidarity
for
how
There are students who are experi
seeking ‘political points’ by reject
members have been avoiding all
encing incidents on a daily basis,”
ing the poster idea in favor of a
forms of contact w ith the group
said Foney. She also asked that
S S M U -le d initiative, which indi
for fear of discrimination and hos
there be more advertising of the
cates its content as a message from
tility.
Equity Commissioner’s role.
the
H ourani,
“It was very obvious
[last
meeting] that a lot of people were
M arouf of the S P H R , who sug gested
that
SSM U
counselors
described
opposed to the idea of campaign
Farrell replied by reaffirming
enjoy regardless of their back
ing against racism on a general
his intent to increase S S M U ’s visi
grounds.”
level.
bility in the matter at hand.
Arabs
and
Muslims. T h e A S A was more concerned with issues directly affecting stu
encing incidents on a
“W e don’t want students to
daily basis.
“There is a need for more clar ity. Anti-racism policies are already
think that S S M U
doesn’t care
“Racism shouldn’t be tolerat
Ian Fichtenbaum expressed con
a part of the S S M U constitution,
[about racism]. Th is is not about
ed. Everyone has this right, but if
cern that S S M U might be in dan
as well as Quebec’s and Canada’s
‘political
we go too fast [in addressing this
ger of stepping beyond its man
Charters of H um an Rights,” said
Farrell.
date.
Tabba.
points,”’
responded
taken too quickly.
problem], we might hurt some
Farrell asked Commissioner
people in the process,” explained
“It’s a PR problem. S S M U
“Th is is a present issue. It
Friedlander to strike a w ork group
Bilec, who also felt that students
can’t tell people that they can go
deals with a large portion of the
for next week to deal with the sit
should
join clubs like the Arab Student
student body, and it needs imme
uation, and invited all S S M U
Ombudsperson, Caroline Speirs,
Association. It’s not S S M U ’s job.”
diate attention.”
counselors to participate.
in the event that their rights are
SSM U
Vice-President
of
consult
M c G ill’s
Jeremy
Friedlander announced that
Farrell stood firm on the council’s
an awareness event [tentatively
Clubs and Services M artin Doe
approach to denounce racism and
titled ‘D ay of Diversity’] is being
related his
tive to create an all-encompassing
discrimination of all forms.
planned for mid-November, and
thoughts on the situation.
racism and discrimination policy
SSM U
President
being violated. Bilec also unveiled an initia
that S S M U counselors will under
“Student leaders should use
that would cover everything from
go sensitivity training. H e also dis
their ‘word of mouth’ power to
the conduct of students and their
cussed w hy the immediate action
spread the message across M c G ill,”
representatives to the wording of
proposed by the student groups
said Doe, who urged counselors to
documents.
would not be feasible.
reassure students
“W e want to advertise racism
in their respective
as a whole, in a non-inflammatory
jurisdictions that
way. W e care about every M cG ill
S S M U is contin
student,” said Friedlander. He also
ually
cited a limited budget as a factor to
action to combat
taking
be considered, but approved of an
racism on cam
anti-racism
pus.
poster
from
the
Eyad Baddar
(C F S ) that was presented by an
of
S P H R representative.
made a final plea
the
SPHR
According to the S P H R , the
for S S M U to take
suggested anti-racism poster is cur
action as soon as
rently being displayed on other
possible. “If no action
accompanied by other initiatives
is
such as workshops educating stu
change
taken
dents on the nature of Islam.
opinions
to
people’s now,
it’ll be more diffi
tent o f the poster, but was unsure
cult
of the quality of the student sup
them later.”
to
change
S S M U Vice- Frieland er a d d r e s s e s SSMU cou ncil
“W e don’t want to draw atten
port line it advertised, which was
tion to a specific group,” said
later found to be coordinated by a
President
Farrell, who emphasized the strong
C F S representative at Concordia
University Affairs Jennifer Bilec,
students and other sources to
role
University. H e also contended that
who was unable to attend the
ensure that our policy’s wording is
Commissioner Daniel Friedlander
“M cG ill would be equally capable
meeting due to SSM U-related
correct,” she said. Bilec related her
in helping w ith the situation.
of sending a message of its own
commitments, agreed w ith her
enthusiasm
for
against racism on campus.”
colleagues that action must not be
Novem ber
‘D a y
such issues. He urged that there be
towards
dents who are experi
In response to the A S A ’s state
should have to take a course on
racism
diate. There are stu
ments, Engineering representative
Farrell appreciated the con
communicate its stance against
The situation is imme
of
environm ent that students can
campuses across Canada, and is
to
Federation
u
Students.
Canadian Federation of Students
more advertising by S S M U
Canadian
O m a r Tabba of the A S A was
not well-informed of racism and human rights issues,” said Shadi
w ho
“W e want S S M U to create an
Palestinian
H um an Rights (S P H R ) group.
Farrell responded to a criti cism from a council member, who accused the S S M U President of
unresolved at the last S S M U coun cil
m easu res
“T h e situation is immediate.
down,” said A S A President Rami
the Shatner Building. T h e demands for proactive
p r o a c tiv e a n ti-r a c is m
of
Student
E q u ity
S S M U Clubs’ Representative
of
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tively participate in this event. Th is is an academic society, and therefore this should be about learning diversity.”
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appreciating
our
4 News
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Globalization fact of life Omar Sachedina M cG ill University Chancellor and former Vice-President of the International Olym pic Committee Richard Pound addressed the StJames Literary Society last Tuesday at the university Faculty Club to discuss the effects of globalization on Canada. In a talk entitled Canada:
future, but at the present time, it is no longer possible to sit isolated from the market forces of the world, a strategy Canada pursued for more than a century. “Nobody said globalization was perfect, it’s just what we have right now,” Pound said, adding that in his view countries
must
be
w illing
to
but overwhelming, but that’s the world we live in, and have to deal with that fact of life. Th e U S Canada bi-lateral trading relation ship is the largest in the world,” he But trade was not the only aspect of globalization Pound dis As a member of the I O C and a former athlete himself, the
competitive. “It is no longer a question of
benefits of globaliza tion. “I ’ve been a member for some 23 years of the International
whether a country should respondto globalization, but how it will deal with it and even more impor tantly how successfully it will do so,” he said. Over the past several years,
Olym pic Committee, an organization that has sought to achieve globalization in another sphere: that of sport. Just think of the opening ceremony
globalization has attracted criticism for widening the disparity between the rich and the poor. Anti-global ization activists, who have made their cause and presence known at international summits such as the 1999 W T O meeting in Seattle, the 2001 G -8 Summit in Genoa, and, most recently, the April 2001 F T A A Summit in Quebec City, generally argue that capitalist western coun
of the O lym p ic Games. Th e ceremo ny brings together the finest athletes in the world, in what is the
tries are increasing their wealth at increase trade in order to achieve economic prosperity. “It was no secret that the old colonial powers were the strong nation, not just because they hold power or military might, but
the expense of poor ones. “Enlightened countries] should be devoted to see that the gap between the rich and poor doesn’t widen,” said Pound as he offered a response to those who per ceived globalization as a threat. “Th is perception misses the essential point that globalization is entirely non-malevolent. It is
because of trade they became wealthier than their neighbours.” Th e importance of trade is even more prevalent for nations
instead merely a response to an
such as Canada, Pound argued,
international, economic-based trade model that has evolved over time. There may well be other models, as there have been in the past, and there may be more in the
especially because of its proximity to the United States. “We live on the doorstep of the most powerful nation in the world, whose sheer economic might is all
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greatest international peaceful gath ering with athletes from 200 coun tries,” Pound said. “As a Canadian, it’s been immensely gratifying and stimulat ing to compete inthe global arena. I can say that globalization should hold no fear for Canadians. I say ‘Here we are! Bring it on! We should not tie our hands behind our backs, nor should we allow them to be so tied.’” W hile the talk was held on M cG ill’s campus and featured the university’s Chancellor, few —if any -students attended the event, whose audience was observably comprised mainly of St-James Literary Society members. Responding to the lack of stu dent participation in the event, President Harvey Grossman con ceded that his organization did not run ads in any of the campus’ three main campus newspapers and cited a lack of financial resources as rea son for not doing so. However, the Society did run ads
in “four sections Gazette,” Grossman said.
of
The
Cougar
(U .
w h y p a ij
“Th e Plaintiff waited for 14 days,
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University of Houston student filed
a
discrimination
Th u rsd a y
The
against
D aily
Johnson, citing her decision not to hire him as a staff opinion writer.
fo r a fla ir cut?
1435 Bleury 844-1837 (north of Ste-Catherine)
comply.” In a letter to Assegai prior to his filing, U H
C o u n ty civil court, ShakaZulu Assegai V I I alleges that Johnson (who is white) refused to publish his letters because he is, as he states, “an African mentally and physically” and because of his gen der.
Both are violations of his
rights under Title V I I of the C ivil Rights Act o f 1964, the lawsuit
General Counsel
Dennis D uffy stated that he could not find any basis for reversing Johnson’s decisions.
The Daily Cougar is a student-
In the suit, filed in Harris
run newspaper partially supported by Student Service Fees.
It cur
rently emplys 15 staff opinion writers.
A ll final editorial deci
sions, including hirding and firing of staff, are made by its student Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by a committee of students and faculty. According to the paper’s poli
claims. In his suit, which he filed pro se (on his own behalf), Assegai demands to be hired as an opinion columnist and that all his previous letters be published. Additionally, he is seeking a total of $ 11 million (U S D ) in general, punitive and
cies, published on Page 3 o f every issue, U H and The Daily Cougar seek “ to provide equal education al opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, national ori gin, sex, age, handicap or veteram status.” Th e
mental anguish damages. Assegai claims that Johnson wouldn’t allow his views to be published again following an Aug. 29 letter to the editor because he stated in the letter that “no gays, homosexuals or lesbians would be allowed
to
join
the
Africans
C o m in g H om e Foundation, and that there were no exceptions to the rules.” Assegai is the founder of a reparation
group
Africans
C o m in g
called
the
H om e
Foundation which, as he outlines in an O ct. 27 letter ot Johnson that wasn’t published, seeks to take
columns
that they can rebuild the “African-
is,
policy “Guest
O pin ion columns will be accepted at the editor’s discretion and are subject to editing for clarity, con tent and space.” Earlier this year, Assegai filed a suit in federal court alleging vio lations of his civil rights by a host of
executive
General.
the
branch US
officials, Attorney
It was dismisssed “with
prejudice” (meaning he cannot file a similar claim in that jurisdiction) earlier this m onth because the court found that Assegai failed to state a claim. Assegai also filed a $28 m il
“true African-Americans” home so
lion (U S D ) suit in Harris county court on O ct. 8 that alleges the
Em pire.” W h ile Assegai forbids “homo sexuals,
paper’s stated
regarding
including
bisexuals
and
drug
addicts” from joining the founda tion, “people like Iron M ike Tyson will be allowed to join ,” he wrote. Plaintiff
gave
the
welcome to new and returning students
or
lected, or simply, Refused (sic) to
lawsuit
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Chancellor, who faced a disappointing defeat this past summer in his bid for the I O C ’s Presidency, said that he, too, has reaped the
some of the letters, A n d (sic) give
Tim Williams
cussed.
Victim or Victor?, Pound described
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su e s D aily Cougar for d iscrim in atio n
said.
globalization as a “phenomenon of surpassing importance,” and felt it was important for countries to keep up the model in order to remain
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Science students: not ju st pre-med Bio-Fair shows science students diversity of jobs in the bio field outside of academia Joanna Czupryn Th e second annual Bio-Fair, presented on October 10 at the Montreal Neurological Institute demonstrated that there is a future for science majors beyond the walls o f academia. A n estimated 150 students attended the fair, which was target ed at science undergraduates and graduates interested in exploring the various sectors o f biotechnolo gy. Organized b y M cG ill student Jonathan Hislop, along with M N I ’s Graduate Student Association, and financially sponsored by the M N I , Post Graduate Student Society, the three-and-a-half-hour long event did not disappoint. Hislop felt that the lair played an important role in providing essential information to science stu dents who were not interested in research. “T h e motivation toward put ting together this Bio-Fair is that as a graduate student you get a lot of training in regards to entering aca-
demia but not a lot of access to information about the biotech field. U n til recendy there has been only one course at the university that gave you a hint at what this indus try was like,” Hislop said. “After talking with some other people we came up with the idea of having this type of seminar where speakers would come in and tell us about their jobs and their lives.” According to Hislop, the struc
inar.’ These students seemed to have a negative view about the field of biotechnology and had a dim outlook for the future, but when they came to the seminars and real ized the variety of opportunities out there, they felt terrific,” reported Hislop. Th is year, the speakers repre sented a wide variety o f career options within the biotechnology industry, ranging from research and
setting for the 15—minute speaker presentations. M any students had only praise to shower on Hislop for his Bio-Fair
development, to business and investment, and to communication and consulting. From the beginning, D r. Joe Schwarcz, director of the Office of Chemistry and Society and a famil iar face at M cG ill, entertained the students with his quirky experiences as a regular talk show guest at C J A D , while Gordon N g , Research U n it Manager at Merck Frosst, wrapped up the Bio-Fair with a down-to-earth look at the pharma
last year. “I had a fair amount of stu dents approach me last year and say ‘Th a n k you for putting on this sem-
ceutical-research industry. Other presenters included Jean-Pierre Desmarais, VP Scientific Affairs at Cryocath Inc.,
ture o f the Bio-Fair was presented in the same manner as the year before, with six speakers from vari ous areas o f the biotechnology field giving a presentation and then responding to questions from the largely student audience. Jeanne-Timmons Auditorium provided an intimate yet spacious
D r. Andre Brodeur, Management Consultant at McKinsey and Co., Dr. Elizabeth Douville, Manager of Investments at Genechem, and John Hooper, current C E O of Galileo Genomics. T h e presenters managed to correlate their personal experiences with the needs of the industry, and all managed to communicate important lessons to the students. Points stressed throughout the series of presentations included a focus on individual and leadership abilities over specific knowledge, the value o f being focused and determined in achieving your goals, and most importantly, recognizing the wide variety of career options available w ithin science and biotechnology. The presenters also put emphasis on seeking a career based on interest and passion rather than fortune or glory. Hooper elucidated the differences between academia and industry. “If you want to stay in the sci entific field then remain in aeade-
Ontario double graduating class continued from PAGE 1 M a n y students have already begun
sarily im ply that there w ill be dra
“M c G ill w ill not accept any
increase the number o f Quebec
matic changes made to accommo
more students than it can accom
students and lim it the number of
fast tracking through high school
date the mass o f incoming stu
modate,” said Farrell, regardless of
students from out o f province. As
in order to arrive to university one
the size o f increase in the number
far as how severe these limits are
year ahead o f the bulge. Others will be unable to adapt to the new
dents. “O ntario has an obligation to ensure that every eligible student is
o f applicants. But how many more students can M c G ill potentially
going to be are “policies still being
high school curriculum and may
granted admission into a universi
accommodate?
science
discussed, but it is not our intent to disadvantage Quebec students,”
have to retake Grade 12.
ty, not M c G ill,” Jeremy Farrell,
courses have been capped for some
affirms Takacsy. “There is an obli
president o f the Students’ Society o f M c G ill University, who said
time now and this year many arts courses were capped as well. “W e are at about were we can
gation to them.” If nothing else, M c G ill will certainly notice a higher caliber of students with the double cohort.
In addition, the increase in the O n ta rio clientele seeking admission out o f province is par
that
as a
Quebec
university,
w itho u t
M ost
tially compensated by the fact that
M c G ill has no social responsibility
be
any
additional
the number o f students graduating
towards Ontario students.
resources,” remarked Takacsy.
Farrell stated how this w ill likely
in
Takacsy says that there has not
does not im p ly that
be the advantage that M c G ill will
Quebec is decreasing and is sus
yet been any planning to change
M c G ill will maintain a stagnate
pected to continue in this fashion. Hence, Takacsy believes the dou
the structure o f the university in
number o f students. Takacsy says
ble-cohort effect will most likely
order to better accommodate a larger number o f students.
that, regardless o f the double cohort, M c G ill plans to maintain a
have in 2003. “I f you have a pool of 100 people that apply and take the best
be spread out over more than one
“O ntario universities such as
steady and slow increase in the stu
have a pool o f 1000 people apply
Carleton have already begun look
dent body. Plans as to whether this
and take the best out o f 1000, you
increase because we don’t take the
ing at expanding the class schedule to include weekends, offering
increase w ill be intensified in 2003
m ajority o f our students from
classes over the internet, and so
are still unseen. But will this increase be suffi
get an extremely qualified group,” said Farrell.
O ntario,” said Takacsy.
forth,” said Takacsy. H e added that
cient to guarantee that students
demographic growth, as well as the
from Quebec that are applying to
applicants from O ntario has been
rising need for a post-secondary
M c G ill
on a steady rise, which indicates
education in a competitive market,
that M c G ill w ill not remain unaf
are both components that will lead
because o f the mass o f applicants from Ontario? T h e Performance
fected
to large and sustained growth in
Contract is a statement o f intent
our colleges.
specifying that M c G ill wishes to
w ith a pre-university D E C
year. “M c G ill is shielded from this
However,
by
the
the
num ber
double
of
cohort.
Nonetheless, this does not neces-
T h is
are not
out 100, like M c G ill does, and
disadvantaged
! I
T rib u n e
mia. In the industrial sector, you will not be able to focus on science because business or management decides where you will be most use ful to the company.” Finally, to the relief of all those present, each presenter emphasized the added value of possessing a sci ence background. Douville used her presentation to stress the impor tance of science in industry. “For those people in science, there are more opportunities then you may currendy be aware of. You need science knowledge to be able to run a company, and to under stand whether a company is a viable investment.” Dr. Brodeur claimed that 25 percent of consultants at his com pany have a scientific background, while Desmarais summed up this issue in a decisive fashion. “You can be in any part of sci ence. Depending on your drive and desire to learn, you can go any where with your degree.”
Council briefs M O N E Y RECOVERED Students’ Society of M cG ill University’s Vice-President of Operations Raoul Gebert announced last Thursday that a sunt of monev misappropriated by the Indo-Chinese Students’ Association had recently been recovered. “A total of over S I 900 was recently found in someone's laundrv bag in New York City,” said Gebert. Although the club was reprinianded and stripped of club sta tus, the missing funds have posed a budgetary mystery until now. T R A N S I T S U B S ID Y F O R S TU D EN TS VP of C o m m u n ity and Government
Affairs
Danielle
Lanteigne revealed that mayoral candidates Ray Bourque and Gerard Tremblay are intent on gaining student votes, as each has confirmed promises to create a new student
public
transit
fee.
Lanteigne revealed rhat Bourque has proposed a monthly transit rate of S30.00, while Tremblay has guaranteed a rate of S22.50. - John Sciascia
C a ll P a u l a t 398-6806
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O pinion| Editorial L e tte rs
EDITORIAL
O p t-o u t: th e right thin g to do
Getting what you want
W hile I ’m pleased to hear that the M cG ill Student Fund
Mike Bargav ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If history has taught anything, it is certainly that war cannot help but breed a climate of pervasive stupidity. But accounting for the vicious cycle of idiocy compounded on idiocy that forms the backbone of nationalism, nations galvanized by shared desires of revenge and hate is an endeavor better left untouched. An equally strange corollary to this landscape is the notion of sense within chaos — the ballyhooed institution of ‘free and objective media’ that is oh-so—vital to American identity. Recently, criticisms have been levied against cloak and dagger deals between the U S government and the major dispensers of ‘objective information,’ limiting and screening what will and will not be available for public consumption. Before indignant tears fly over the decay of the sacred angel that is the First Amendment, one is wary to first question whether some great integrity ever existed to allow a decay. Th e problem finds ground zero in the assumption that the media is some pristine beacon responsible for shepherding the populace through the paths of truth. Th e media stands a little more than a reflection of society. You want a video-taped birthing of 2-headed cow, and you get it. You want multiple angle runs of 767s flying into the W T C , regrettably enough, you are treated to that sadistic feast, too. Th e dispensers of information of North American society are not charities; they are money grubbing con glomerates. Th e cheques make it to the bank because of people like you and me. As such, they merely give us what we want. It is by this argument that I see the whole point of objectivity trapped within. W hat is objective often times stands as little more than the degree to which any given idea corresponds with your own —in other words, things you already agree with seem rational and objection- and the media serves to do little more than serve sugar-coated bullshit objectivity to the masses. Asinine taglines ( ‘A merica Strikes Back’ and ‘Th e Humanitarian Effort,’ standing as m y personal favourites), a conservatism bearing more than a small inkling to the M cCarthy era, and a blanketing climate of oppressive m il itarism exist for one reason and one reason only: the majority eats crap up like candy. Th e media is just an exten sion of this majority, acting more as a crap middleman than a creator of crap. So let us not search for diamonds in the proverbial dung hill, and let us not look for integrity where there really is none, and let us not tag responsibility on an apogee of idiocy. A climate where one is privy to anything more than senseless drivel first comes^from changing a prevailing social outlook of small-minded revenge, not from finger pointing C N N and Peter Jennings.
opt-out figures were low again this year (Few opt to opt out - October 10, 2001), as the person who pro posed the creation of the M S F I would like to clarify one of the statements in that article. “Th e protests to the M SF, includ ing a staged sit-in of the Students’ Society o f M c G ill University offices, managed to negotiate a choice to opt-out of the $38 per semester fee.” Neither I nor any one else involve in the fund’s cre rectly with the protesters; in fact, I proposed the fund to Council with the opt-out included, and that is the way the referendum was
To presuppose that by reporting such information would diminish Bush support to the extent of destabiliz ing the security of the United States is false. Americans know they would be foolish to oust Bush out of office now, during what is such a precarious time for the United States. And even those who voted for Gore would sec ond-guess to publicly decry the legitimacy of Bush’s presidency — at least for now. In the end, it comes down to the will of the people. Th e people deserve to know the results of their election. Th ey’re election results, not state secrets. Once they know, what they do with that information is up to them.
it’s an opportunity for introspec
Th e freedom to choose — and keep in office — your President: that’s a part of American democracy. media tampers and tweaks its role, by consequence, it taints that democratic ideal.
burden of the veil and have lim it ed opportunities for education or
Neil Schnurbach
Science Editor
Jean Mathews
-Barry Patel B.Sc. 1993 (Biology)
Brody Brown=David S e d a ris?
And when
is an editorially autonomous newspaper published by the Students' Society of McGill University Sports Editor
P r o d u c t io n M a n a g e r
James Empringham
Ian Speigel
Assistant Sports Editors
Advertising and Marketing Manager
Paul Slacnta Ad Typesetters
Naeem Datoo Siu-Min Jim
W eb Editors
Vince Lun Zarmina Rafi
out. and
and elsewhere. A n d for Muslims,
Peter Koven Dan Zacks
a
I thoroughly enjoyed the read
Dear Editor,
obstacles to equality that exist here
A ssista nt Ed it o r - in - C hief
m aking
of coming to terms with coming Muslim in tro sp ection needed
that.
Patrick Fok Jenny George
from
mockery of a remarkable religion.
comical and entertaining account
of the ‘dimpled chads’. But even if the study had conclusively claimed a Gore victory, the people deserve to know
Entertainment Editors
intolerance and prevent the fun damentalists
your last issue (October 10) was a
belief actually is. These acts of prejudice are also, ironically, an opportunity for us to tackle the
Photo Editors
M ost importantly, they must speak out against the hatred and
Kudos to Brody Brown. His column “G ay Young American” in
Law II
us realize how precious freedom of
Raquel Kirsch Justin Renard
privileges.
Dear Editor,
And news organizations should promote this democratic ideal, not stifle it. It’s only in countries such as com munist China and Cuba do we state-owned media serving as the government’s puppet. Th e news organizations that halted the University of Chicago survey — The New York Times, Th e Associated Press, and C N N , among others — did so prematurely. It is not even clear that Gore would have captured most
Features Editors
establish and maintain their own
Sincerely,
Canada and the U S should make
Mike Bargav
weapon by the fundamentalists to
students with the ability to opt-
In the end, what the public does with that information is up to them. Th a t’s the essence of a liberal democracy.
Mark Kerr Sarah Wright
Islamic countries. Th e y will realize that religion is being used as a
creation of the M SF, providing
T h e recent acts of intolerance against religious minorities here in
A ssistant Ed it o r - in - C hief
w ith women and minorities in
no relevance to that decision. For
course. There is an inextricable link between a healthy democracy and media. As potent purveyors of knowledge, media should disseminate information objectively — for example, hold government accountable for its actions.
Rhea Wong
Muslims, and M uslim men in particular, must try to empathize
all those centrally involved in the
out was simply the right thing to
Last week, executives from a consortium of major U S. news organi zations unanimously decided they would not analyse and report the results of a $1-million (U .S ) University of Chicago National Opinion Research Centre survey they commissioned last January. Th e audit, in which the uncounted ‘dimpled’ ballots from last fall’s presidential election would have been scrutinized to reveal which presidential candidate received more votes, was suspended indefinitely out of fear the results could taint President Bush’s popular support during the United States’ war on terrorism. Should the survey have continued? Should the results have been reported, even during these times of war? O f
News Editors
oppressed, have faced the full wrath of the fundamentalists.
opposition of many councillors). Th e actions of the protesters had
Duncan J. Reid
Carly Johnson Omar Sachedina John Sciascia
for basic civil liberties for the
posed to students (despite the
Omar Sachedian
Ed it o r -In - C hief
Muslim. Social activists, such as Taslima Nasrin, who have fought
ation negotiated directly or indi
Objectivity in media suspended?
M C G IL L T R IB U N E
inroads into the life of the average
Specifically, the author writes:
do.
T H E
a career. T h e problems faced by women and minorities are on the rise as fundamentalists make
look
forward
to
Wonder Years fame. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Michelle To East Asian Studies, U 3
tion. In many Islamic countries, religious minorities do not have the freedom to practice their own faith. In addition, women face the
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Op/Ed 7
Editorial
Don't believe everything you read- or see
“No one can function anymore. We spend all o f our time glued to the television set. Right now la m watch ing a two hour special on Osama Bin Laden. ” -M y mother, on the phone from N e w York City, September 13, 2001 I ’m convinced of it, m y family has gone crazy. Just over a month since m y parents, former hippies who pride themselves on the civil disobedience
of
their
youth,
pledged to buy me a gas mask for the IM F protest in Washington, they have become reverent subjects of Th e Establishment. Suddenly they are sending me American flags in the mail, quoting patriotic T V journalists in their e-mails, and try ing to convince me that “now is not a good time to oppose the govern ment.” I think they may even like the President. (Shudder.) Th e mainstream news media has enjoyed more of an influence on the citizens of Earth in the past month, than possibly any time in
the history of journalism. We were
fectly acceptable that A B C News
the
literally shocked to a point where, both as people and as a communi ty, we needed to reassess everything we believed in. Th e coverage did nothing less
analyst Vincent Cannistraro a for mer high-ranking official of the C IA be in the position to construct public opinion following these dis
including donations from American children — seemed heartfelt.” Th e article failed to mention,
asters, regardless of his former sta
however, that the bombing cam
than form our opinions in this frag ile time. Unfortunately, the last month has also witnessed some of the most blatant media atrocities and assaults on free speech in the
tus as supervisor of covert aid to Afghan guerillas. According to F A IR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), Cannistraro has “a long history assisting terrorists — first,
paign has caused the U N ’s World Food Program to halt its convoys of emergency aid to Afghanistan; nor did it give voice to the escalating alarm echoed by one relief organi
unsettling to say the least. This is not to say that the issue of present ing bin Laden’s words should not be professionally and ethically
U S governments history. Such a combination is lethal. As a result, public opinion in the States has been homogenized like never before. In the initial coverage of the
contra soldiers who routinely killed
zation after another.
Jonathan
addressed by journalists; however,
Nicaraguan civilians; then, mujahedeen rebels in Afghanistan ... like Osama bin Laden.” W hen To m Gutting’s dismissal was announced on the front page
Patrick, of the humanitarian aid group Concern, has called drop ping 37,000 meals a day (some of which inevitably fall on minefields) in a country where several million
when the government starts telling journalists how to do their jobs, it is worthy of concern. N B C News chief Neal Shapiro recently qualified the government’s
terrorist attacks, dissent was virtu
of the City Sun, the paper conclud
face the imminent threat of starva
position,
ally absent among the media, and severely punished in the few events it arose. W hen anti-American sen
ed: “M a y G o d bless President George W . Bush and other leaders. A n d G o d bless America!” Scarily enough, this indiscriminate rever
tion “absolute nonsense,” while likewise, the N obel-w inning French organization Doctors W ithout Borders has condemned
Fleischer’s rhetoric that “a charis matic speaker who could arouse anti-American sentiment getting 20 minutes of air time to spew
Politically Incorrect, the show strug
ence of authority is not limited to
gled to stay alive after advertisers withdrew their sponsorship in
small papers in Texas.
Bush’s actions as “virtually useless and may even be dangerous.” In
Americans.”
New York Times, has more recently
protest. As well, in the days fol lowing the attacks on New York and Washington, two American journalists, Dan Guthrie, a colum
showered the President’s “humani tarian efforts” in Afghanistan with unending praise: “M r. Bush has wisely made
spite of this, the U S the media rhet oric rarely reflects anything but congratulatory self-praise with respect to these simultaneous airstrikes and food drops.
ment, C N N conceded that: “In deciding what to air, C N N will consider guidance from appropri ate authorities.” “W e ll do whatever is our
nist and copy editor in Oregon,
providing humanitarian assistance
As if the American media’s self
patriotic duty,” Rupert Murdoch
and Texas City Sun editor To m G utting, were fired from their respective jobs for expressing senti
to the Afghan people an integral part of American strategy,” the paper proclaimed after the air
censorship weren’t enough, there is also recent evidence of direct gov ernment intervention in reporting.
ments that Bush’s initial response to
strikes, and four days later another
O n October 10, national security
mimed. Apparently, withholding information and misinforming the American people constitutes patri otism these days. I will refrain
the terrorist attacks lacked prompt
editorial praising the President pro
advisor Condolezza Rice held a
from ending with any Orwell refer
ness.
claimed that “His reaffirmation of the need for humanitarian aid to
news conference with all major net work executives to request that any
ences, because it is getting old.
timents
surfaced
on
A B C ’s
In the meantime, it was per
Even The
people
of Afghanistan
—
future taped statements from Osama bin Laden’s A1 Qaeda group be “abridged,” to remove anything potentially “inflammatory”. Th e networks reportedly agreed. Such large-scale government intrusion in the proliferation of information is
restating
Rice
and
hatred and urge his followers to kill In an official state
Bird bangers, head bangers-bring in da noise, bring in da funk
O ne morning on Thanksgiving weekend, while at m y parents’ house for a few days, I went for an early morning run along the streets of Beamsville. I huffed and puffed up the hills o f the Niagara Escarpment, arms pumping, face strawberry red, sweat streaming profusely from each and every pore of m y spandex-clad body. Th e sky was overcast with chubby-cheeked clouds. I would have gladly traded it for the graceful path that winds to the top of M ont Royal. Th e ordeal of a run in the nature haven of Montreal is always justified by the ending — the amazing view from the lookout. Th is Thanksgiving run, with stuffing and turkey slurped in suc culent gravy sloshing around in m y belly, started at the front door of m y parent’s house and lead through the subdivisions out to the more rural areas of Beamsville. A t one point I
approached another jogger, a friendly, smiling woman and I felt like we should slap a high-5 as we passed, encouraging each other to keep on going up the slopes.
crops of grapes, apples and other fruits. It’s a timed device, bursting at pre-timed intervals, everyday, all day. As I kept on running I realized
As I ran past wineries and orchards, I was in another world, planning a school presentation that I didn’t want to give. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a deafening explosion
that if I heard this same sound while running up M ont Royal I would probably stop, drop and roll for cover, trying to escape the line of fire. Th a t’s what a bird banger sounds like— a gun shot. A t least it sounds how I imagine a gunshot to sound, considering that m y expo sure to the sounds of weaponry is limited to television and movies. A ll m y life I have grown up with these bangers ringing close to m y ears, and I stopped hearing them. Same goes for the train whis tle that screams out in the night as the train rides the rails through Beamsville. It is something that I don’t hear anymore. A t least I thought I didn’t. N o w that I ’ve moved to Montreal, I’ve grown accustomed to different sounds. N o w it’s the sounds of Beamsville that seem for eign to me. N o w it’s the bird bangers that startle me out of my skin and the train whistle that
erupted in m y ears. I was snatched from m y other world and dropped smack in the middle of reality, com pletely against m y will. Th e clam our echoed off the hills, rippling through the fields like a big, fat rock dropped in the center of a calm, stagnant puddle. I was dazed, looking left and right, up and down in bewilder ment. It took me a second to col lect m y shocked thoughts and keep on trucking along the road. I fur rowed m y brow in confusion and tension tightened m y shoulders. I veered off into another thoughtful world, pondering what had just happened. Th e n the explosion smashed into m y world again. Th e resounding clamour that had detonated beside me was caused by a ‘bird banger.’ It’s an extremely loud device used by farm ers to scare off the crows and other animals that peck at and destroy
wakes me up at night. W hen I first moved to the city, the cacophony of car horns that blurt out from Montreal streets every other second made me jump
every time. N o one uses their horn in Beamsville. Now, the horns have melded into the background of my life. I don’t hear them anymore, at
can be a lonely experience. Th e cars are few and far between. Th e people out and about are even fewer. I will admit that there are times
least not in such a way that I am constantly, consciously aware of them. I can now sleep with the cars racing past m y building at all hours of the day and night. A t first, because I was so used to the silence of m y trafficless, Beamsville cul-desac, the vehicles streaming along m y new city street kept me up each night. Now, I’ve grown so familiar with the sound of squealing brakes and neglected mufflers that they lull me gently off to dreamland. Outside m y Montreal apart ment window, everyday I hear peo ple chattering, yelling excitedly, singing, playing, fighting, etc. Plus, like many Ghetto residents, I hear the music and rhythm and stomp
when the noise does drive me stark raving mad, when I want to scream at m y next door neighbours because they carry on for so long at such a high decibel level. M y sweet, inno cent demeanour has been known to morph into raging anger when the
ing and sweet violin lessons of the dance school at M ilto n and Durocher. I used to be distracted by the activités, the noise, the never-ending life swirling around just outside m y window. Now, the movement has faded into the hum of the city. I become aware of it only when I want to. Beamsville, on the other hand, shuts down early. Walking down the main street after nine or ten P M
music in the apartment below won’t stop rocking and the floors are rat tling with the bass. But I think that’s a reasonable thing to be frus trated about. I ’ll know that I’ve become a tried and true city dweller when I have the nerve to scream from m y window for the disturbers to shut up or stomp downstairs to pound on the door of m y neigh bour’s apartment, demanding peace and quiet. Th a t point hasn’t quite arrived yet, but I can see it coming in the near future. For now, I have to decide whether or not I’m bothered by the fact that I ’ve become more familiar with the noises of the city than of the country. I suppose that the bot tom line is as long as I get a good night’s sleep I don’t really care which noises are where.
Features
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
The art form you don't learn in school Beyond the skull and crossbones, tattoos can tell a story words
Josh Schneinert
‘tattoo
middle-aged
designed by about eight men in
parlour on O ntario
wom an getting a tattoo
the world. It is a type o f Polynesian
St., though its instru clean,
at Slick Style had an interesting perspective
Hieroglyphics telling the story of his life. Michelle plans to use his
was very dark and grungy-looking. Its
on tattoos. Th is woman
body for almost the same reason
was getting her third
the Egyptians used the pyramids:
walls were covered
tattoo and when asked
as a mechanism for documenting
with posters glorify ing the giant skull
why, she responded:
his life story. Michelle believes, like many other reputable tattoo artists, that the majority o f people getting tat
One
lour’. O n e particular I have never considered get ting a tattoo before. Th e idea o f 14 needles welded together spilling out ink in the design o f a walrus on m y ass was never quite appeal ing. But, as m y research proved, I am in a sect o f society that is shrinking by the day. Tattoos today are getting a lot of exposure from celebrities and superstars. Just look at todays icons
—
Em in em ,
Pamela
Anderson and T o m m y Lee, Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O ’Neal, Cher, and even former U S Secretary of State George Shultz who had his gluteus maximus decorated by a Princeton Tiger. W ith the help of these stars and others, young peo ple, and not so young people (wouldn’t want to call anyone old!) tattoos are becoming a little more mainstream. Just walking around campus on a hot, sunny day, this fact becomes clear. A ll sorts o f tattoos can be seen ranging from Chinese symbols
and
the
Pillsbury
Doughboy to the sun and the but terfly. U p o n visiting the various Montreal tattoo parlours, it is evi dent that there are large differences in their appearance. Some tattoo parlours still resemble what most people think o f when they hear the
tattoo whose style can only be
calm their fears.
par
ments
were
and H arley
“Because it’s an art, and I love this kind o f art,” she replied.
cross-bone, Davidson,
For some, to think
and dragons. T h e tat
tooed today are doing it for the
o f tattooing as art is
wrong reason —
leather jacket, ripped jeans and was cov
unimaginable. images o f the
Th e H e ll’s
meaning. “T h e influence of superstars
ered head-to-toe in
Angels biker gang radi
on tattooing is huge,” says Richard
tattoos.
ate through one’s m ind.
D upuis, owner o f Slick Styled Steel. T h e most fashionable tattoos
too
artist
wore
style rather than
T o the naïve eye,
But, if you defined art
this particular par
for yourself, what would
lour proved that tat
you
tooing is still a part o f Montreal’s under
Perhaps you w ould th in k o f M on et or
ground
If
Renoir. Well, remember
a tattoo cannot be thrown out like
one concluded their
the woman who loves
a pair o f shoes that goes out of
journey into the tat tooing underground
tattoos because she loves
fashion (note: never throw out shoes. Put them in a closet because
culture.
come
up
with?
today include many Chinese sym bols, the sun, and the butterfly. But, a stark reminder to teenagers:
here, they would be
the art? There is one last thing to mention about
largely misled as to
her. She collects two
what tattooing has
kinds o f art: tattoos and
For these reasons, most parlours
impressionism.
do not allow anyone under 18 to
evolved into. Tattooing is no
chances are, given enough time they w ill come back into fashion).
a
get tattooed unless accompanied
Parisian artist at Slick
Jean
M ichelle,
longer only an under ground culture. In fact, it is as much a part o f pop culture as
ern tattoo parlours o f the city. Slick Styled Steel on St. Laurent is
Style is determined to bring more sophistication into N o rth
by a parent. As well, young women are not com m only tattooed on their legs. T h e reason, Dupuis
teenage girls dressed in Baby Gap.
a good example. T h e store is bright
American tattooing, much like in
explains, is that in five years when
T o prove this point, one would have to visit one o f the more m od
and neady kept. A n d anyone can watch a tattoo being put on to
Europe. A prime example can be
that woman has to go to a job
seen on his leg. It’s covered by a
interview wearing a skirt, and an Please see PERMANENT, page lO
Bring in the noise, bring in the ... cortisol? McGill team studies interaction between music and the brain of
iour as w orthy of sci
system has traditionally lagged
and
entific study as any
behind research into the visual sys
music. H e was a keynote speaker at the event. H e dis
other.”
tem, and the exact regions of the
Th a t music can pack a significant
brain that are influenced by music is one o f the many questions that remained unanswered.
cussed
intuitive,
effects David Clark and Carly Johnson
speech
Classical music makes you want to put on a cardigan and read Tolstoy. Heavy metal makes you want to kill your parents and smash a guitar. Th is makes you wonder: how does the brain inter pret music? W h at is that tran scendent quality in music that can send shivers down
our spine?
These were two of the questions explored at last Tuesday’s presenta tion at the Montreal Neurological Institute, entided “Tune In: H o w music and language shape the brain”. M c G ill
Professor
Robert
Zatorre is a cognitive neuroscien tist known for his groundbreaking research into the psychological
his
findings from recent clinical
emotional punch is the
Zatorre, and Co-researcher
biological causes are
D r. A nne Blood from the Massachusetts General Hospital in
and
well-documented —
Charlestown, set out to probe this
o f voice and
there is evidence that music affects the lis tener’s hormone lev els, specifically corti
—
m u s i c .
sol (related to stress),
with at least eight years o f musical
“W e tend to think o f music as an art or a
testosterone (arousal and aggression), and oxytocin (n u rtu r
training, and asked them to select a piece o f music they found particu larly stirring. T h e subjects were
cultural attrib
in g),
ute,”
said
m o o d -c o n tr o llin g
clips —
Zatorre,
“but
endorphins.
randomly-selected music, random
research into the brain’s interpretation
it is a complex human behav
as
But into
the
well
as
question. T h e y selected ten test subjects five male and five female —
then made to listen to four sound the selected music, other
research
noise
auditory
Zatorre’s children making non-
(including
recordings
of
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Wars: they don't make'em like they used to Yolanda Perez
But the media also plays a
As a civilization, each genera
large hand in the decisions made
technology in order to prevent an all out obliteration of life on the
by politicians, because their role
explained that this is probably
ments based on liberty, justice and
planet. T h is fear is ever-present due
beyond the scope o f terrorist organizations, there is no real guar
either conceive themselves by the notion that all men are created
antee that with today’s technology
equal or they recognize that there
tion has had a war to define them
(to report the news in a non-bias
to bio-chemical weapons, more
selves. Going down our list we
manner)
countries
think the Battle of Hastings, the
opinion.
greatly
shapes public
Th is century, with the introduction of television and the Internet, our aware
getting
their
are certain unalienable
hands on nuclear weapons and the latest ‘terrorist’ attacks on the W orld Trade Center.
' rights o f people that
ness about world events is
According to a B B C report on the possibility of
Crusades, the Battle of Normandy,
very much enhanced and any news reported to us is recorded in our memories through dramatic images and
the
American
must be respected. Therefore the true test will be to fight a war against an enemy à
that is difficult to find
any biological or chemical attacks, these attacks were certainly conceivable and
(since it does not attach itself to a people, but to governments) while at
broadcastings. Th e hope is that we
“the moral restraint against
the same time ensuring
Revolutions, W W 1 , W W 2 , and
are not being misconstrued to
causing mass casualties has
the safety of the inno
numerous civil wars. These wars have shaped the character of a
believe that certain events took
been broken”. T h e most comforting thought would
cents.
French
and
country or group o f countries because they have helped to mould
place or given incorrect facts due to the highly competitive rating bat tles.
Th e second test is to fight this war in a democratic fashion, because these are the
be that any group with the goal of a chemical attack A nthrax — not you r usual fun dip would have to overcome
political institutions, develop new
Taking these two factors into
social values by either separating or
consideration leads us to a military
some fairly fundamental scientific
and the resources o f men like
ideals that the characteristic coun
merging various ethnic, religious or tribal groups or even by prescribing
expedition that will be remem
and technological hurdles before
Osama Bin Laden, that it is unlike-
try is protecting. Th a t would mean
bered as the first of great impor tance in this century, because the
they could use their weapon. Th e B B C confirmed that first,
¥
to arrest, charge and try Osama
Whether they work towards
greatest superpower of our time
you would need to obtain a viru
terrorism, but it is a necessity to
C o u rt
the betterment or detriment of
(U S ) and a democratic way of life
lent strain of a suitable organism
protect the democratic way of life,
judges appointed by the interna
new societal norms.
This war is not only against
Bin Laden in an International before
an
ensemble
of
society at large, they all play the
are both under attack. It will most
(for example- anthrax), then you
since it has long been said to be the
tional community. Th a t is, if we
role of instilling change. It may be
ly be remembered as a war of a dif
would have to produce significant
correct way o f life. Democratic
can find him.
argued that we have reached a time of great political complexity. Th e game of politics has always been
ferent kind, because of its nature and also the fact that it was not a particular country that declared
quantities and you would also need to develop a mechanism to disperse this strain of the organism in suffi
countries characterize themselves as having strong central govern-
composite. It has simply
war, but by a group o f ‘terrorists’.
cient quantities in an aerosolised
been
enhanced towards a more global
Since the nuclear explosion in
cloud of lung-retention-sized parti
perspective. Politicians still call the shots and make decisions that
Hiroshima at the end of W W 2 ,
cles. Also, such an operation would
there has been a great fear of weapons of mass killing and ah
be difficult to hide because it would require a fairly large facility.
affect millions of people.
attempt to control our advanced
Although
experts
have
sex.
continued from PAGE 8 employer sees a tattoo, her chances of getting hired are diminished. Jessica Burneli, a grad student
Feel the vibe continued from PAGE 8
Permanent decoration
logical
substance,”
he
discov
are ready for one.
more interesting tattoos on cam pus. Burneli has a red and green dragon on her lower back. She says
•you want,” he says. “O r, if you have an idea, and sit down with an
These
clips were replayed three times in an arbitrary order.
in reward, limbic, and arousal sys tems correlating w ith intensely
Positron-Emission Tomography
pleasant responses to music,” they
ability o f music to she got a tattoo because they’ve induce such pleasure... suggests always appeared ‘cool’. She chose a that, although music may not be dragon for its counter-culture imperative for the survival of the look.
found.
human species, it may indeed be of
(P E T ) and Magnetic Resonance Im aging (M R I), brain-scanning techniques, were used to monitor
Th e other music selection, ran
brain activity during the tests to see
dom noise, and silence, produced no such increases.
which sounds produced the phe nomenon we commonly call ‘shiv ers down the spine’. Th e ir results, published last
ings are of interest because the desire for food and sex are clearly survival mechanisms, while the
month in the Proceedings o f the
desire for music is more ambigu
N ational Academy
traditionally associated with emo
ous. There may be, he suggests, some correlation between music and the survival instinct. “Th is is quite remarkable,
tion, pleasure and arousal — the same areas activated by food and
because music is neither strictly necessary for biological survival or
o f Sciences,
showed that the selected music pro duced increased activity in areas
According to Zatorre, these find
reproduction, nor is it a pharmaco-
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“I was tired of always being significant benefit to our mental thought of as that ‘cute, pretty and physical w ell-being.” school girl’,” she says. D r. Steven Pinker, neuroscientist Well, Jessica certainly does at the Massachusetts Institute of not come across as the cute and Technology, has taken issue with pretty-school girl anymore. In fact, some of the M cG ill team’s claims, thanks to that giant and intimidat dismissing music as “auditory ing dragon, she now gives off the cheesecake” with little or no biolog Lara Croft ‘look at me the wrong ical value.
is only one way to know when you
pursuing her M B A , has one of the
“These findings indicate activity
sense sounds), and silence.
So, if one is thinking about getting a tattoo, tattoo artist Alex Ste-Marie of Slick Styled says there
H e contested the idea way and I ’ll kick your ass’ vibe. that music could be an evolutionary She is fine w ith carrying that adaptation. around her whole life, but she “I think people who argue that knows that others would not be. music is an adaptation have con But what happens if you get a fused the.everyday meaning of the tattoo and want to have it term — meaning something that is removed? Tattoo removal is avail beneficial — with the biological able but it is still in the experi meaning of the term, which is mental stages. A tattoo that costs something that causally increases $50 can cost thousands to remove. the rate of reproduction or sur N o t to m ention, the removal vival,” he said. process is very unpleasant. Tattoos But Pinker conceded that too lit are removed w ith a laser that burns tle is known on the topic to allow off the imprinted area. A n d it gets any definitive conclusions. worse — this isn’t a one-time deal “I suspect that music is still a either. Tattoo removal is spread mystery, and we shouldn’t fool our over a period of months, with one selves into thinking that we under small section taken off during each stand it,” remarked Pinker. treatment.
“You come in knowing what
artist to plan it out, starting with a
tioned. Firstly, there is the issue of
sketch.” There are two other areas of tattooing that need to be men safety. Every tattoo parlour I visit ed looked like m y dentist. Everything was in those sterilized blue and clear packets and disin fectants were everywhere. T h e only thing differing a tattoo par lour from a dentist is that there is ink instead o f toothpaste and the Crest Cavity Free Wall is replaced by a wall o f tattoo designs. Something else to consider: both a tattoo parlour and a dentist will cause you undesirable amounts of pain. But while no one notices when you go to the dentist, people will comment on a new tattoo! A n d finally, when asked how he felt knowing he would have his tattoos even when he was 70 or 75 years old, Dupuis was not worried. “I ’ll be too busy w orrying about m y liver and kidneys!” he said. “A n d if I ’m not, I ’ll look at m y tattoos and remember how m uch fun I had when I was younger.”
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf explores America's new enemies P e te r Koven “ Why
was it that before September 11th, the world chose to ignore Afghanistan after loading it with mines and poverty and war?” -Niloufar Pazira
Toronto International Film Festival, Kandahar is the work of legendary Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf {Gabbed). It is the first and only feature film to date that has attempted to portray life in wartorn Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
Th e most talked-about film in the world right now isn’t Training Day or Jeepers Creepers or whatever
Kandahar is indeed a disturb ing piece, and never moreso than now with Afghani politics suddenly flushed into the limelight. Th e
suffering under the Taliban. Th e story revolves around a
through a mixture o f repeating metaphorical images and very bitter
woman named Nafas (played superbly by journalist Niloufar Pazira) who fled Afghanistan in favour o f Canada during the civil war, but now finds that she must return in order to rescue her sister
humour. O ne recurring image is that of individuals who lost limbs by stepping on one of the millions o f landmines in the country, trying vainly to procure prosthetics (many o f whom actually lost said limbs
(who resides in Kandahar), who promises to kill herself if she cannot escape Afghanistan by the next solar eclipse, simply because she has
during the filming of the movie). O ne scene in particular, in which prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute into the country, leading
nothing left to live for.
to a manic, almost tribal crutchchase among the legless people to obtain them is one darkly humor ous scene that stays with the viewer long after the film has come to an end. Sometimes it’s not so funny. O ne scene that will be talked about
lenged for the first time by a group who may actually have the power to enact change in the country. This gives the viewer of the film a degree of hope for the suffering Afghani people while watching it, even after its very ambiguous conclusion. Pazira, however, who attended the Montreal premiere, seems far less optimistic about the future of the war-torn country and its starving
towards Kandahar, we see
for a long time displays very young
population.
more and more outrageous persecution o f women, to the point where it seems quite natural to say that they have literally nothing worth living for, that they
students in a school in Afghanistan, learning about machine guns and other weapons of mass destruction, and how they must learn to use them to maintain their strict
“Afghanistan has already fallen to page 2 or 3 in the newspaper. Before long, it will be forgotten again. A n d nothing will be left but war and desperation.”
W hile this might seem like an almost outrageous premise, as we follow Nafas on her Apocalypse Now -like journey from Northern Iran and through Afghanistan
all
Islamic society. Throughout all this, the word “Taliban” is never spo ken; it is simply an overarch ing authority that pervades every image in the film.
film’s underlying theme is a familiar
K andahar had to offer, then it
Throughout the course of the
one that Makhmalbaf has in fact tackled before— oppression of women in strict Islamic society. Shot entirely along the Iran-
would be nothing more than a very good film touching on a very famil iar theme. There is, however, infi nitely more to this film that makes it a profound and moving experi ence. Makhmalbaf’s greatest achievement here is how he has managed to portray Afghani life
film, their supreme rule seems thoroughly impenetra ble, maintained through a mix of religious fervor and
are treated as byproducts in an oppressive society that has nothing to offer them.
W omen, forb idd en from show ing their fa c e s , w e a r th e traditional burka
-------------might be topping the box office — it’s Kandahar , a heretofore unknown film in North America, suddenly flushed into the spotlight because of its shocking timeliness. Appearing briefly in Montreal as part of the International Festival of Cinema and New Media follow ing rave reviews at Cannes and the
Afghanistan border, the film is, in reality, a dramatization of a real-life story and features no actual actors, simply people who were and are
If
this
were
unspeakable violence. Today, however, as the war against terrorism continues, we see their authority being chal
Digging that classical music stage three applause.
continued from PAGE 1 interesting was the intense per formance. Pelletier sighed loudly,
to
undying
Pelletier is a fine, fine musi cian with a real sense for the music.
looking and sounding as if he were close to crying at various points in the piece. Clearly, he really felt the music and it was fascinating to
Th e connection he makes to what he plays is evident to the audience both audibly and visibly. I wish I had seen more o f him . I suppose I
watch someone so involved in their art. I found myself actually paying
will now that he’s devoting more
more attention to his expressions than to the piece itself. Nevertheless, being a good reviewer I did listen to the Berg, and doing so I experienced a series of emotions. First I was angry.
time to performing, but his distin guished career considered, those performances probably won’t be hanging around little old M cG ill. Listen to the concert yourself: the performance will be broadcast on Sunday, November 25 at 12:05
Th en I just got bored and began nodding off.
p.m. on Music from Montréal, hosted by Kelly Rice, on C B C Radio Tw o, 9 3 .5FM in Montréal. Th e n you can email the Trib and
After Berg came the Trio in D m inor by Robert Schumann, a composer who lived from 1810 to 1856— placing him right in the middle of the Romantic period. Th is means I enjoy Schumann and I enjoyed Pelletier playing Schumann, particularly since he
times
complain about m y shoddy review was joined by two M cG ill col leagues, Yehonatan Berick (violin) and Antonio Lysy (cello). These
did they move to their music! Schumann’s Trio is comprised o f four movements, each played
moved; no tears this time, but moved nonetheless. T h e audience shouted its praise at the end, the
three were phenomenal and damn
beautifully by the trio.
three exited and re-entered the
I was
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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001 Whether ‘folky’ is the term that will come to be used to describe this compilation’s dis tinct sound is impossible to know. It may well be that this LP is remem bered for its role in the realization of new elec tronic aesthetic but ulti mately, all that matters is that it is simply phenom enal.
Folky is distributed album retreats into ‘Th e Cross,’ a £ haunting, haunted cello and piano duet that, although at the opposite end of the musical spectrum from the mayhem complicating the rest ofthe album, also somehow serves as its only appropriate resolution. Its deceptively raw simplicity makes The Butterfly Collection one of hardcores greatest recent releas es.
by Fusion III which means it will not be hard to find. In addition to all the independents that you should already be patronizing, you will have no trouble finding it in H M V . G o buy it. -D a n Zacks Angie Stone
Mahogany Soul (Sampler) J Records J 1 D J -2 1114-2
-Leah K . Nchama Th e Nerve Agents
The Butterfly Collection
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Hellcat Records
Folky: acoustic music in digital times
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rowing Days o f the White Owl LP will positively detest the Nerve Agents’ follow-up effort, The Butterfly Collection. Th e Bay area quintet’s commendable com m it ment to the exhuming of classic brash hardcore has touched this, their first release since migrating from Revelation to Hellcat Records, with a familiar madness. Th e only musical growth that has taken place for the Nerve Agents is the sick mutation of last year’s cacophony into pure sonic chaos. Still, this album somehow feels more infec tious or, perhaps more appropriate ly, it is far more scream-alongable. Th e Nerve Agents make a con scious effort to provoke mind-split ting confusion throughout the record. Eric Ozenne’s prose-like lyrics are delivered via a relentless, demonic shoutiness as his fellowAgents spew forth a distortion-rid den din with chord and meter shift ing that make early Pacific Northwest garage music sound like Philip Glass on valium. Th e excla mation marks that snap it all off are the band’s harsh and messy urchin image and excellent classic Night of the Living Dead visuals. Still, the Nerve Agents aren’t so far lost in pandemonium as to dis avow all earthly rationality. Th e themes of social responsibility and individuality arise repeatedly in accordance with the solidarity of the Bay area music scene. Also, one mustn’t forget the always-appropriate cheap shot at Los Angeles (‘Princess Jasmine of Tinseltown’) and thrashingly great cover o f ‘But I M ight Die Tonight’ by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens). Th e Butterfly Collection builds a disturbing aura of disarray upon an already unstable founda tion of traditional anthemic hard core, abrading one’s very spine like coffin nails on a chalkboard. Then, just when the entire ordeal seems ready to violently self-destruct, the
bution fusion III Th e title of this excellent com pilation is misleading. True acoustic instrumentation is the exception and the overall aesthetic is as removed from the popular con ception of folk music as drum and bass or metal. Th e n again, if folk music is taken to represent a sensibility rather than a proper genre, an argu ment could be made that this long player does indeed introduce a sound that approaches ‘folky.’ Each track is firmly rooted in the tech nology and motivations of dance floor culture, and yet they possess a downtempo intensity and an organ ic quality that is distinct from other electronic musics. Take for example the blissfully dark ‘Outra Vida’ produced by Les Gamma and sung by Nina Miranda of Smoke C ity fame. Plaintive organ stabs punctuate the tension between sultry vocals and a dark, male chorus. Add a sophisticated string theme and plucked bossa gui tar, and you can’t help but imagine Miranda, half drunk on caiparinhas, alone in a modernist Rio pent house contemplating life’s cruelties. Like most of the album’s tracks, this is a song for broken-hearted rainy days. Leif’s ‘Der Gute Weg’ is not only another example of the won derful things coming out of Bavaria, but a satisfyingly melancholic onechord atmospheric interlude. It lulls along with eerie arpeggios and disjointed samples, all but forcing you to wax nostalgic over some for gotten love. Scuba, an alias of King Britt, continues in this vein, offer ing ‘To her with love.’ Supported by live strings and driven by a throbbing acoustic bass line, this bossa is an intensely spoken love let ter— in French, no less. Absolute despairing bliss.
Angie Stone has been com pared to the likes of Erykah Badu and Lauryn H ill, yet she seems to be making a whole lotta noise on her own. This sampler from her forth coming C D , Mahogany Soul, is so good it’s like just a cup of chicken soup - such a small taste only makes the appetite for true soulfood. Although Stone will be pro moting ‘Brotha’ as her first single, the track ‘W ish I Didn’t Miss You’ rises above the rest with a funky backbeat and desperately optimistic lyrics: (“I can’t eat, I can’t sleep any more, waiting for love to walk through m y door.”) Listening to this C D will leave you where Stone began; performing solitary “mirror concerts” and wishing that (fill in the blank w ith your latest ex’s name) hadn’t done you wrong. Mahogany Soul is a seamless blend of funk and soul which (starting on October 16) can be enjoyed by all. -Jaclyn Schwartzman Ozomatli
Embrace the Chaos Interscope/Universal A n y band that takes in excess of three years to bless the public with its second major-label release better have a damn good excuse. T h is ethnically-diverse, w ild lyeclectic East L.A . crew certainly does: it is easily one of the hardest working groups in the business, touring relentlessly in addition to promoting social change and com munity-building through political activism. T h is new record is Ozomatli’s announcement to the world that the future of urban America is already here. Accordingly, like the country, the album is a true melting pot, draw ing on a range of styles that include funk, salsa, rock and hip-hop. Embrace the Chaos is a creative, challenging effort that is often genre-bending, yet still highly accessible. If, for instance, you har bour a deep-seated hatred for Latin music as a result of Top-40 radio and one too m any all-inclusive vacations to Mexico, O zom adi’s
ability to extract its positive ele ments and fuse them with other influences will make you rethink your stance. Th e track ‘Lo Que Dice’ is a perfect example, as a salsa loop is beat-bounced over a jazzinflected hip-hop groove while the group’s new M C (Kanetic Source) lays down a verbal assault. Other tunes experiment with the diversity of horn rhythms: some incorporate sounds that wouldn’t be out of place in a tight ska band, while others pay tribute to the New Orleans-style big band sound that is associated with the music of the early 20th century. Ozomadi is Nahuatl for the Aztec god of dance, and while the group has undergone a few person nel changes since their self-titled debut hit the shelves, their spirit remains the same. Th e departure of Jurassic 5 collaborators Chali 2na and D J C ut Chemist from the full time crew, while unfortunate, has made room for a guest list that any head w ill appreciate. Com m on, Medusa, W ill.I.A m of the Black Eyed Peas, and Pos and Tru G o y of De La Soul all get a chance to take control of the mic, and the results are sweet. Keep your fingers crossed for a guest appearance or two when Ozomatli brings their crazy live show to Montreal on November 15, venue T B A . -Chris Little
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dropped by some dope guest D J ’s like Bad Boy Bill and Darren Emerson while playing right here in Montreal. Other notables in the mix include both an original and a remix by Joey Beltram, a contribu tion from Junior Sanchez, and a new one from D J Dan himself. -Chris Little D J Assault Jefferson Ave. Intuit:Solar O ver the past m onth,
the
Tribune has presented you with var ious genres of house music. We’ve ranted on hard-house, championed the cause of garage house, promoted deep house, given cursory treatment to tech house and ridiculed com mercial house. Could their be yet another genre of house not yet explored? Indeed there is. As such, we will now introduce you to house music’s most depraved, most per verse and most sophomorically fun sub-genre. Ladies and gentlemen: welcome to the deviant world of Booty House. I think it most appropriate to let one of booty house’s great expo nents, D J Assault, provide the for mal introduction. Taking lyrics from an Assault track, say ‘A ss-N Titties 2001’ from his new album, Jefferson Ave. (Intuit-Solar), will
shit. Live. Hearing a D J like this on C D is an altogether different experience. W hile the selection of tunes is at times outstanding, and the mixing
allow for a full appreciation of booty house: Ass Titties 2 Asses 4 Titties / Ass Ass Titties Titties Ass Titties / Bi-sexual bitches that do they friends / I love y’all hoes for letting Assault join in / W ith all y’all. Ahh yes. A people’s poet for the 21st century. Well, perhaps not. But D J Assault is damn funny and fun, with some cartoonish sex thrown in, is what booty house is all about. Nevertheless, one cannot ignore the undeniable sexism per vading Assault’s lyrics. Although some ignorant fans will listen to this silliness in disturbing agreement, I ’m willing to believe that Assault intends Jefferson Ave. to be little
near-flawless, the loopy nature of the vinyl he chooses to put on his mix compilations becomes really repetitive really quickly. For some reason, this has been a running theme throughout the course of his four major-label releases. Th a t being said, if you liked the first three and you still dig the thumping late-night four/four, this C D is for you. There are moments of bril
more then ridiculously goofy and dance floor friendly comedy. As for musical content, Jefferson Ave.'s production is noth ing special and though Assault is lauded for his live mixing, you wouldn’t know it form this release. Every track is essentially the same: 4/4 rhythms, deep dirty bass, and Detroit techno synths. But this for mula, coupled with terrifically explicit lyrics, works and works
liance on this 18 track opus which is spread out over 74-plus minutes. Yet most of these are associated with the all-too-brief introduction of a new bassline that first sounds like a wicked progression, only to become tired and played out little more than two and a half minutes later. You do the math. Nevertheless, there are some great tunes which people will hope fully remember a couple of years from now. Some might even become classics, among them the Street Preacherz’ “111 Concepts” and Scanty’s “Get Next to the Opposite Sex”, both of which have been
well. W ith in the booty house idiom, Jefferson Ave. is the last word and should you find yourself want ing to groove to Assault receiving some apparendy excellent fellatio, then you had best buy a copy of this album. Take note: should you ever find yourself conversing about booty house, be aware that it also goes by the name of ghetto tech or booty bass. It’s important to know these
Various Artists Mixed by D J Dan
In Stereo Kinetic Records/Fusion III Los Angeles-based D J Dan is arguably the king of deep, dirty, funky house music. His legendary sets are always filled with slamming filter-disco tracks guaranteed to move your body like a snake across the dance floor. In a word, he is the
things if you want to sound cool and what could be more important that sounding cool? - Dan Zacks
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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Not just another cop movie
—
David Schanzle It’s not what you know— it’s what you can prove Attention to the details of urban life lift Training Day above the origins of it’s cliched story.
Training Day is a movie filmed with such energy, such conviction that it makes itself believable, even after becoming utterly preposter ous. W h at could have been a cliched buddy cop story is elevated to near-greatness by Denzel Washington’s amazing performance and a series of scenes that are so well-written, acted and directed that they stand on their own out
In the space of twenty-fours, he will test the moral composition of Jake H oyt (Ethan Hawke) a rookie cop who wants to join Alonzo’s elite narcotics unit as a fast-track to promotion. “Give me eighteen months, and I ’ll give you a career” he tells the young untested cop during one particularly tense scene. H oyt is ambitious, and he follows along with Alonzo when he pulls over and terrorizes a group of college kids buying weed, and when he uses a Chinese takeout menu as
side of the movie. Denzel Washington gives a charismatic and convincing per formance as Alonzo Harris, a crooked L A P D narcotics cop whose ideas of right and wrong
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life that are as well acted and writ ten as anything in Royz n the Hood or Menace II Society. Th e way a stoned housewife, brilliantly played by Macy Gray, intimidates Hoyt after figuring out that he’s a rookie, or the way Alonzo uses a pen to get
kingdom, making sure his subjects
crack rocks out of a wheelchairbound dealer played by Snoop Dogg. These moments lend an air of authenticity that is lacking from more conventional police dramas. These details keep the movie on track even as events drift out of the real world and into fantasy land. If the beginning of the film is H o y t’s Faustian bargain with Alonzo, the end plays like a com munity turning against it’s ruling
are still loyal. Alonzo says that he has to keep a street posture of atti tude and dominance or the street will kill them. “To catch a wolf you have to be a wolf” Alonzo explains in an all-too-convincing manner. Ethan Hawke has the thankless role in this movie as the straight man to Washington’s antics. Some have found his performance lack ing, but he adequately plays his character as written. His
the air out of the room. Hawke needs to be Washington’s audience, absorbing the information the cop gives him.
would never blow? Th e forest was irritated and hissed with the anx ious fervour of rainfall before a storm. I grabbed m y Congolese blow gun attached to m y back. Grasping it and bring it to eye level I realized in vain that it was not m y gun that 1 was holding on to but the top of a church pew. Th e jun gle had gone and a monumental organ was in its place. I was bathed in coloured light from a stained glass window and straight ahead was an organ with pipes as tall as trees. A ll that could be heard was the train’s steam whis tle. I bolted from the church to find a train in departure. Gliding across the dead straight rails, pass ing by a million wooden cross boards a minute, we left that square church with a triangular roof in the country dust, heading straight for N ew Orleans where the truth would become clear. I awoke to find m y alarm clock pushing abstract terror into the core of m y cerebellum. I had missed m y train to Toronto but had so in the name of another train. Th e con ductor: Denson, Karl...that is all. Along for the ride with Denson was Brian Jordan on the
and wall-to-wall action in place of character or dialogue, this movie feels alive. It has a point to make about the pact society makes with law enforcement, and to the attrac tiveness of corruption to those with extreme power.
oppressor. It is a testament to
electric guitar, A ndy Cleaves on trumpet, Ron Johnson on bass, David Veith on keys, Alan Evans on drums and E.J. Rodriguez working the percussion.
Th e stage was
packed with what would become the necessary tools to back up Denson’s raw fucking talent. U p front was Denson’s alto sax, tenor sax and flute. To his right was Cleaves’s trumpet connected to 9 different effect pedals. If one were to be chained to a pipe in a 2-foothigh crawlspace for 3 years they would assume the appearance of Veith. Hunched over, the keys man had at his disposal a Ham m ond Organ, a Fender Rhodes and an Electric Piano. E..J. Rodriguez was on percussion. His appearance draws up in m y mind the line: “Peyote will get you every time,” but the man, with his eyes closed, plays the meanest xylophone I have ever heard. Th e band jumped into Ruff Tu ff as something of a warm up. Solos on the sax, keyboard, trumpet and xylophone drew the first blood. Denson’s sax solo was borne from the hands of the relentless drum solo. H o w did Denson’s know where it was? He knew because Evans put it there for him to see, caress and then take, stealing into the night with it and bringing a whole crowd with him. Next, Denson skated into “Dance Lesson #2” with his icy flute. Th e same drums and sax combo created the voodoo-like magic from song one. Denson had
Tuesday, October 16
Waxing Deep, 3 -5 A M on C K U T 90.3FM : A disturbingly large number of M cG ill students don’t
O f particular note is
know where to find C K U T on the
the detail put into the scenes depicting urban ghetto
a non-existent discourse on the mic before songs. His sax is the only way he can truly express himself. His timing was akin to that of a world-class orator, pausing for the
F M dial. This is a shame. N ot only is C K U T our campus radio station, it is largely financed by our tuitions. Still, school pride (humbug! we don’t need that at M cG ill) and concerns about your money’s use are not the only rea sons to be listening to C K U T . It is one of the few truly independ ent media outlets and the greatest source of underground, alternative
crucial 1.3 seconds, not 1.4, 1.3, O K? Get it? 1.3...Th e madness that is Rodriguez just took over from there. Being backed up by the
and non-commercial sounds in Montreal. Th e shows are too many to list here, but if you find yourself awake between three and
drums, he gave the xylophone board a good run for its money. Evans’ token drumbeat backed every solo including the guitar and the organ. Th e stage was set for a percus sion conversation which eventualy led to an argument. For the solos
five on a Tuesday morning we suggest tuning in to Waxing Deep. Th e show’s deftly mixed dance floor jazz, afrobeat, soulful house, and general soul-samba-bossa nova-batucada craziness are a refreshing, inspiring antidote to, well, everything. Tune in.
Karl Denson on the brain
in uneven light, I stood with inter twining grass under m y bare feet. Small blades, 500 meters below the impenetrable jungle canopy D id the grass ever know why the wind
Washington’s acting ability that a scene near the end feels convincing even though it has ‘speech’ written in big bold letters with arrows pointing at it. Training Day is not perfect, but in a season filled with so many lazy thrillers with underwritten villains
naivete is required so he can be the audiences’ guide into Alonzo’s world. If Hawke’s character were more charis matic, his banter with Washington would suck all
confident that underlings are terri fied to call his bluff even when he’s clearly in the wrong.
Th e night of October 4th I had a dream. Head down, covered
delivers
search warrant and robs a drug deal er’s house ending up in a sensation al, violent, ghetto gun fight. As the day wears on, Alonzo’s behaviour looks less like that of a law enforcement officer and more like that of a lord surveying his
have little to do with the law. He’s as smooth as a con man, extremely intimidating, and capable of justifying even the most heinous act with com plete sincerity. He makes cor ruption look fun. He is so self-
Thobey Campion
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to continue would have meant a percussion fight in which Evan’s would attempt to stab Rodriguez with his drumstick and Rodriguez would retort by throwing various tam-tams and shakers at Evans. Denson’s anti-belligerent staccato
Wednesday, October 17 Th e Damned at Club Soda: We
flute allowed the song to skate off into the distance from whence it came. Moral of the story, Uncle Karl
wanted to bring you an interview with the Damned, we really, really did. But they just didn’t seem able to get up early enough and so here we are with no interview. Such is life. Nevertheless, if you like Th e Damned or just vibe on
controls the show.
punk in general, why not go
Denson plays
carved themselves a pop niche within the house genre. O f course, skill as a producer is no indication of DJing ability and this night might well be a repeat of last November’s Thievery Corporation disappointment. Go with dancing shoes laced but low expectations. Friday, October 19 Crazy Penis at Jingxi Club: This unfortunately titled duo from Britain’s Paper Recordings label brings their deep breaks and house to a fine Montreal room. Once again, good producers do not a D J make and so exercise caution. Th a t said, we’ve good things about their sets so this has the potential to be a lot of fun. Sunday, October 21 Eleni Mandell at Café Campus: Some people love her and some people loathe her. Either way, this American singer is the subject of much press. She performs in the tradition of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen and if this sort of thing whets your appetite then Café Campus is where you should be tonight. Monday, October 22 Rodney Jones Soul Manifesto at Café Campus: Maceo Parker, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lonnie Plaxico,
These two Brit producers have managed to do quite well for themselves. N ot everyone vibes on their accessible, borderline commercial sound, but they have
Arthur Blythe and Idris Muhammad? Can it get much sweeter than this? I think not. This concert stands not only to be a highlight of the year, but a high light of a lifetime’s worth of con certs. Th a t’s right, talent like this has the potential for utter tran scendence. A n d speaking of tran scendence, this concert makes up for O rin Walters, aka Afronaught, skipping over Montreal last week
put out some solid tracks and
end, but only just.
blues, jazz, house-oriented jazz, pure funk and Ancient African per cussion bits. He has played with Charlie Hunter, Bela Fleck, D J
check out their concert? Jamie, the promoter, is a nice guy and will be really appreciative.
Logic, M ike Clark and Lenny Kravitz in New Orleans. If a word could describe the show put on that night it would be sassy. One adjec tive cannot describe Denson. However, one noun can; I have met m y maker and his name is Karl Denson.
Thursday, October 18 Basement Jaxx at the Spectrum:
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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001 ing the keyboard backing simple enough and the drums realistic enough to resemble a traditional pop arrangement. O n the other hand the B side, ‘Talk D irty to M e,’
punk rock simplicity blended over
Montreal is one of the worst sources of 7” singles. Here are some reviews of favourites picked up on a recent excursion off the island.
dynamic girl lead vocals with almost spoken male background vocals. For the non-Spanish speaking and Spanish alike, lyrics remain inconse quential. Lots of percussive key boards ring counter melodies woven with mild synth brass or strings sounds, no patches too obnoxious. Acoustic guitar is the centre of every song making a large yet light and brittle foundation to each track.
is thickened with a deep dance groove and as many artificial tim bres as possible in order to disguise its origins as a Poison original. Look for a full length by them soon entitled Electronic Dreams. for Japan’s Contact Records, Darla records and also did the cover for the successful Pop Romantique compilation that appeared on the Emperor Norton label. Th e y also design and maintain several label web sites with tasteful, appealing layouts. While not busy running one of Americas most successful pop record labels and graphic design clubs, they have been mak ing contributions to compilations since 1996. It wasn’t until last year that they finally put out their first
Below, programmed beats dominate the low frequencies with rounded bass thumps and very little devia tion. Packaged in perfect matte pic ture sleeves with line drawings and a Mediterranean colour scheme, this
Niza-Topolino 7” (Elefant) Th e second release from the idealistic Spanish indie rock duo Niza. Sticking to the stable ground of world renown Elefant records based out of Madrid, Niza play all their cards right. So far, they have graced many pop international compilations with a delicate studio style pop. Simultaneously, they deny any attempt to make music for any other reason than their own pleasure.
Tw o 7”s and a recently
released full-length later, they have managed to cover all the bases: light Eurodisco for dancing, soft ballads for siestas, the occasional dose of
7” defines the medium. It is to be looked at and played and thought of in correlation to the realistically imagined “ ...because everything, including the bad things, has its good side.” Topolino takes effort to play but none to listen to, the best
Autum n Teen Sound
from Quebec to Oswego 7” (paris caramel) March Records C E O Skippie and his pals from Autum n Teen Art have finally produced the musical equivalent to their works of premier graphic design. As Autum n Teen A rt, they created the “SkippySharpie” font found on many record covers (Sean Lennon’s H a lf Horse, H a lf Musician for instance) and have designed sleeves
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‘M ilky Tea with extreme lightness giving the impression of a tiny recording space and an attentive band. Th e whole ensemble is pushed along by an unnoticeable rhythm guitar of unparalleled soft
7”, Say Something b/w Talk Dirty to Me. Th e record is filled with classic synths: beats from an Atari 2600, Casio SK5 sounds, the infamous speak and spell, a Casiotone 310 and even a Farfisa organ are all thrown in the mix with not one acoustic instrument present. The result is surprisingly easy to swallow. W ithout going over the top, the
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W e lco m e to th e n e w Forum Michelle MacArthur
cheaper, at $6.00.
W hat happens to a Montreal landmark when it is no longer used
Th e Forum also features Jillian’s, a three story entertainment complex in itself, that includes a video café, a restaurant, a billiard
for hockey? It procures a sponsor ship from a major soft drink compa ny and hits the entertainment mar ket, of course. Th e Pepsi Forum officially opened its doors to the public May 4th, after over five years of develop
room, a bowling alley, three night clubs (though only one, the Blue Cat music lounge, is currently open), and an arcade. Everything in Jillian’s is state of the art, post-modern, and expensive-looking. Th e arcade, for
construction.
example, offers a wide range of
Encompassing just under 6000 sqare feet on the stretch of St Catherine West between Atwater and Lambert Closse, the Forum is described as “a one-of-a-kind experience, an urban amusement park in the heart of the
games, from virtual hockey to car racing to ‘Foto Morphosis’, which advertises, “Blend your face with animals, artwork, or Famous Americans.” But Jillian’s and A M C are just a couple of the many facets of this
ment
and
city” in its promotion packet. Leah Favreau, a marketing assistant at the Forum, says that one of its strengths
entertainment complex. Pepsi Forum currendy features a café, an S A Q Selection, a climbing wall, and a few boutiques. More restaurants are slated to open before the end of
is its ability to appeal to a diverse crowd of people. “You have a variety of activities for all groups and ages. It’s some thing for everyone. It can be good for someone who’s lived in Montreal for 50 years and someone who comes to Montreal once a year.” But what’s in it for the poor, lowly M cG ill student? One of the Forum ’s main attractions is A M C Cinemas, a 22screen movie theatre playing current films in both English and French. Seating, screen size, and sound are all comparable to Famous Players, A M C ’s competitor east on St. Catherine, but costs for a student are considerably lower. Regular student admission is $8.00 upon presenta tion of student ID , while Tuesday nights, general admission is even
but notice Pepsi’s blatant sponsor ship. From the huge, fluorescent-lit Pepsi sign on the outside of the building to the souvenirs branded with Pepsi’s logo sold in the gift shop, the soft-drink sponsor is omnipresent, which turns some stu dents off. “A Pepsi complex with movie theatres, Pepsi souvenirs and the like acts to reinforce the most nega tive aspects of capitalism. Multinational Corporations do not think in terms of fostering commu nities, and respecting local cultures. Th ey think in terms of profit,” says Hersey, “I would much rather sup port a local, independent theatre which values me as a customer...”
the year, including Eggspectations, a
Lexie Buchanan, a U1 Cultural
Mediterranean-style restaurant, and a specialty dessert restaurant. Yet, with all these new editions to the
Studies and A rt History Major, agrees, finding the Forum and other large theatres like it lacking in atmosphere. “I found it very impersonal and
Forum, the developers did not forget about what was once there- “The
Not quite c e n te r ic e an y m o re ...
merit. Indeed, while the studentfriendly prices and the Forum’s “onestop-entertainment” mantra have obvious benefits, one cannot help
Forum is basically a unique concept in that it’s an entertainment complex that has such a unique history... We kept a lot of the historical points. says Favreau. In memory of the hockey rink that once was, seats from the old Forum can be found throughout the four floors of the building, as well as a replication of the centre ice. But for some, the few pieces of memorabilia left in the Forum do not make amends for the greater his torical value that was lost in its reconstruction. Brianna Hersey, a U1 Women’s Studies major, sees the Forum’s corporate sponsorship as
it seemed like a very odd space for films... you feel more like you’re going to see a movie if you go to Parc or some theatre like that.” For students like Hersey and Buchanan, there are alternatives. Cinema du Parc and Excentris offer quality films at reduced prices, but unlike the Forum, they are owned and operated independently. Jazz clubs like Upstairs and L’Air du Temps offer music of equal quality as an alternative to the Blue Cat, the Forum’s jazz offering, whose strate gic lighting and perfectly hung album cover replicas create an atmosphere which seems artificial
impinging on the building’s histori
and contrived.
cal value. “As a historic building, the Forum offers the city of Montreal so much more than simply an empty
willing to explore, entertainment can be found anywhere and every where in the city. But for those who would prefer to seek refuge inside of
lot to be sold. It has sentimental and educational value; both of which are undermined by a Pepsi take-over. W h y not transform the building into a Hockey Hall of Fame, or a museum? Something with cultural
a warm, antiseptic building on a cold Montreal night, the Pepsi Forum stands tall and fluorescent on St. Catherine West, eager for your business.
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McGill's Bellairs Research Institute is the place to be from April 20 to May 4, 2002, for the Barbados Eco-System Studies Field Course (330-305B). The course will cover food production systems, interna tional development issues and environmental concerns under these six themes: • Farming Systems: soil and water issues, field management, crops, processing, transportation and policies • Island Economy: small island economy and the role of food crops, international trade in food and agricultural commodities • Agricultural Technology: improvement - research strategy and institutions, mechanization, resource use • Environment: problems, challenges, agro-forestry, organic farming, opportunities and policies • Social Issues: culture, customs, food and the environment, effect of decisions on resource use • Sustainable Development: food security issues for small island nations Starting in January, students will attend weekly preparatory meetings. Each small group will define a case report theme and commence background work prior to going to Barbados. Site visits, conferences, seminars and discussions with local experts included. Estimated cost: $1,800. Information session to be held October 30, 2001, Faculty Lounge, Macdonald-Stewart Building, 16h30.
2 4 O cto ber to 2 3 November, 20 01 M cG ill University Monday to Friday ( 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ) Faculty of Religious Studies. To meet the artist: October 24*' ( 5 to 8 p.m. ) The Bjrks Balding 3520 University Street
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continued from PAGE 14 N o w until October 28th Afrika Solo 3680 Jean-Mance St. (metro Placedes-Arts) Th e always-reliable Black Theatre Workshop presents a humorous chronicle of a witty young black womans musical voyage of self-dis covery. It is performed every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 3:30. October 18-28 Th e Player Queen by W .B. Yeats Theatre Calixa Lavallee (inside Lafontaine Park) T h e Alchemy Theatre company puts on fun at and the munity.
Yeats’ classic farce, poking superstition, government, vanity of the artistic com Call 934-2207 for tickets.
Player’s Theatre M c G ills own Player’s Theatre returns with All in the Tim in g by David Ives, an award-winning quintet of comic one-acts. It runs from October 17-21, and again from the 24th-27th. Shows are at 8PM , $8 for adults and $5 for stu dents. Call the theatre at 398-6813 for information.
Starts October 24th Seven Stories T N C Theatre - 3485 McTavish Another M cG ill production, this time a comedy about a man con templating suicide on a seventh people who live inside the building. Call 398-6600 for more informa tion. Tonight W W F SmackDown!
October 17-27
Molson Centre Just bring it!
All in the Tim in g
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Guys in a Box
A review of Long, Long, Short Long by Trevor Fergeson Josh S ch ein ert
well. In fact, the opening scenes do
Are you fascinated by a story told about building bridges? W ould you be even more interested if that story were set in Northern British Colombia? Most probably
not really seem to have a plot. Th e y are very enjoyable to watch — often filled with humour and intense dia logue. However, it is not until the second act that the audience can truly begin to piece together the
come across much stronger. And perhaps the addition o f a set and fighting will make the play seem more vivid. But, since this was a reading, and please let it be stressed that is was a reading, the play
Furthermore, not until the end of the play does one fully understand the moral to the story.
seemed a little experimental. Th e actors were playing around with voice tones, perhaps shouting when it was unnecessary, and whispering where shouting would have been
Th e underlying message to the play
necessary.
your answers to both questions are no. Th a t’s right, what initially pres ents itself as the plot to Trevor Fergusons Long, Long, Short, Lon g is a play about bridges that could be very long, long, LONG, long. But
purpose.
seems to be that no matter how dif
In order to keep this cri
after giving it some time, any openminded and reasonably intelligent audience member will realize that this play contains a lot more then meets the eye. Ferguson has used the bridge
ferent men may be and no matter where men come from, all men value determination to accomplish a task. As well, all men value hard work, and, most importandy, all
tique from being Long, Long, LONG Long, let it be said that Ferguson attempts to tell a story about fife in its simplest form: quiet and isolated from society. His mes
men, no matter how tough they
sage came across towards the end of
as a metaphor, and to aid him in j this usage no scene ever takes place j at or near the bridge the characters
seem, have their emotions that need to be understood and respected. All of this comes across through the bridge metaphor. Th e bridge must
the reading. Hopefully, by the time the curtain comes up on opening night, his message will be as clear as N uno’s Itatlian accent.
! are constructing; rather, the play takes place in a single-railway box car home to five workers. These five workers make up the only char acters of the play. Th e y are Dino, an Italian cleaner; Cliff, a thief; Frank, an older man with a form of hemorrhoids; Zend, a Dutch im m i grant, and N un o , a Portuguese divorcee. Th e interaction of the characters entails strong resem blance to Steinback’s characters in
O f M ice and Men and Irving’s in The Cider House Rules. Th e initial plot does not set the tone for the rest of the play too
be built at all costs. N ow keep in mind, this critique is based on a reading of the play. A n d it was a reading that seems to have taken place early on in the rehearsal process. M any fines were choppy and it seemed as though a few actors had not fully found their characters yet. Thus, the potential for this play to present itself much more professionally as a finished product is very strong. W hen the actors are not reading from their scripts any longer fum bling for words, the anger of N uno and the insecurity of D in o will
What a farm boy loves: lambs and the Beach Boys Eric Warwaruk I remember a long time ago, far back in the anals (sic) of history, I was courting a young lamb, as I was a rather springy young lad, full of vigor and vim. Th e girl was rather dodgy at first, but I put a reassuring hand to her flanks, and breathed softly in her ear. She calmed her bleatings, and with her tender hoof rocking gently in the palm of m y hand, I gently sang, “I ’m gonna be ‘round m y vegetables/I’m gonna chow down m y vegetables/I love you most of all/My favorite vegetable.” I rubbed m y fingers through her virgin white fur while she gazed at me fondly. I knew she wanted to express her love to me, and to voice her appreciation of m y elegant taste in music, for I could read her every thought in her damp, dewy black eyes. So I placed a finger to her nib bling lips, attempted to pry the car rot out of her mouth and, after fail ing, tried to calm her violent protes tations. M E : Shush, m y lamb! M Y L O V E : B a-AH! M E: I know, I know Th e
Night ‘tis Cold! Allow me to wrap m y loving, yearning arms around you! Let me warm you up, m y lit tle lambskin! M Y L O V E : B a-AH ! To m y astonishment, m y pet
W hile still in their teens, they recorded their first single, ‘Surfin’, as the Pendletons— the Pendleton being a popular style of shirt of the time. After a suggestion from the owner of the small recording studio
began to struggle in my arms! M E : W hy, whatever could be the matter, m y Lamb-chop! M Y LO V E : BAH! Then, with one ferocious bleat,
where they recorded their first song, the Pendletons changed their name to— the Beach Boys. W ith Murray Wilson as their manager, the Beach
my love broke free from m y arms, and galloped far and fast into the empty country distance, leaving me
albums later, from 1962-1967, stayed in the top twenty and had many number one hits, from ‘Surfin’ Safari’ to ‘California Girls’
with nothing to hold, no warmth to grasp, in the cold, empty night! OH! W H A T B IT T E R FA TE! W H A T EN D LESS C R U E TL Y F R O M Y E, O H G O D S ! OH! H O W I W EEP ! B O O -H O O ! B O O -H O O ! [Interlude] A n Extremely Brief and Compressed History of the Beach Boys Brian Wilson was an excep tionally gifted musician. H e and his two brothers, Carl and Dennis, were the sons of an aspiring song writer, M urray W ilson. Th e y enjoyed singing harmonies together with their first cousin, Mike Love, and a good friend, A l Jardine.
Boys signed to Capitol, and six
to Brian W ilson’s epic, ‘Good Vibrations.’ During this time, how ever, Murray Wilson was fired as manager because he was an abusive asshole father. Brian became sole producer of the group and while touring from all the stress in ‘65 had a nervous breakdown and refused to tour any longer, so first Glen Campbell then Bruce Johnston replaced Brian and then after his best album, Pet Sounds, Brian began to do drugs while working on the album Smile that would top Pet Sounds and finally show hated arch-rivals the Beatles who was boss, but then the drugs affected him and he got all fucked
up, wouldn’t move out of bed and stuff and stopped work on Smile and Carl and Dennis increasingly took over and Capitol wouldn’t release anything, and so they broke with Capitol. Brian became more isolated and the band started their own label (Brother Records) and released arguably their best stuff in the late 60s and early to m idSeventies. Th en Dennis drowned in ’83, Carl died in ‘98 and now Mike Love, A l Jardine and a recovered Brian Wilson tour in their separate bands. [N O T E : ANY ACCUSA T I O N S O F H IS T O R IC A L IN A C C U R A C IE S O R O F S U B J E C T I V E I N T E R P R E T A T IO N S IN T H E A B O V E H IS T O R Y O F T H E B E A C H B O YS I U N IL A T E R A L LY A N D U T T E R L Y D E C L A R E A B S O LU TELY A N D C O N V O L U T E L Y T R U E . I A D M I T , I T IS A R A T H E R P O O R H IS T O R Y . I A D M IT , S O M E T IM E S TH E M ETH A N E FUM ES FROM C O W S H IT G E T T O M E. I A D M IT , I HAVE NEVER H E A R D O F T H E B E A C H BOYS. IN F A C T , I M U S T A D M IT , T H A T I D O N ’T K N O W W H A T A ‘B E A C H ’ IS. O R A B O Y.]
J U D G E (banging gavel on the table): You plead Guilty, you say? M E : Yes, your honor. JU D G E : Very well then. G uilty on all Counts! I Hereby Sentence you— to Death! M E (slowly a wide grin, and then a salute): W h y thank you sir! O h , I wish m y love would come back. Sometimes I dream of her: m y fingers graze the iron bars over this window of this jail cell, and I close m y eyes, and imagine the feel of her young wooly skin beneath m y dirt-encrusted and filthy fingers. Th e n the haunting words of our song wafts down from the nether-chambers of m y memo ry, and I can barely vocalise the words before breaking down: “I ’m gonna chow down, m y vege-my vege— ” O H ! M y Love! H ow I Miss Thee!
M y Lamb!
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Pillai kicks McGill Redmen to win over Bishop's Gaiters “I was pleased with how we
Mark Kerr
controlled M cM a n n .
the football,” said “I was disappointed,
Lanctot that led to Pillais decisive
back N ick Hoffmann. Hoffmann
Concordia
kickoff single. T h e turnovers that M c G ill had were a cause for con
scored a pivotal touchdown on a
Quebec City. Laval dominated by
tw o-yard run to bring M c G ill w ithin two points of Bishop’s at
notching 461 yards offense. Quaterback
W hile it is true that most
Stingers
52-7
in
o f total M athieu
games are won by the stellar per
half time.
from
Bertrand of Laval led the team
formance of a star player, the w in
Greenfield Park, Quebec, finished
w ith two touchdown passes and a
ning play is sometimes recorded by the unsuspecting hero. Kicker Anand Pillai proved to be that very
the game with 80 yards on 20 car
rushing touchdown of his own.
ries. “T h e offensive line stepped
M c G ill is now two points behind Laval and Concordia who
player for the M c G ill Redmen
up and made a lot of progress.
are tied for first place in the con
football team last Saturday in
Hoffmann did the same.
H e’s
ference. Th e tight divisional race
Lennoxville.
been working hard in practice,”
where no team has emerged as a
said M cM ann.
favourite means that M c M a n n
Pillais single point from a 68yard kickoff late in the third quar ter was the difference as the
The
Junior
Another strong effort was
must work that much harder to get
Redmen squeaked out a 22-21 vic
contributed by rookie slotback Robert Leblanc, who has seen a lot
his team ready for every game. “W h at it proves is that you
tory over the Bishop’s Gaiters.
more playing time lately due to
cant just think you are better,”
Along with the single, Pillai boot
Steve Ceolin’s absence from injury.
answered M cM a n n when asked to
ed two field goals, another single
Leblanc had five receptions total
comment on the bizarre action in
and two
ing 67 yards. The Gaiters’
the Q I F C . “You have to show up
converts.
On
what
became a very busy day for the sophomore, Pillai accounted for
quarterback
Sylvain Desrochers, playing his
10 of M c G ill’s 22 points. T h e w in improves M c G ill’s
and be mentally ready to play the game.”
first game of the season after recov
T h e 33rd annual Shaughnessy
ering from an injury, threw one
C up game goes Saturday with the
however, with the lack of being able to finish tries.” T h e support for M cM a n n ’s
cern for Coach M cM ann. “W e’re improving each week, but I want to be able to cut down
touchdown pass while scoring one
Redmen taking on the Concordia
himself w ith an 18-yard run. Desrochers, who led the team in
Football Conference with only two
assessment is in
the statistics.
on the mental mistakes,” said
rushing, completed 18 o f 34 pass
Stingers at 1:30 P M at Molson Stadium. W ith a victory, M cG ill can draw even with Concordia in
regular season games remaining.
W h ile the Redmen amassed a
M cM a n n in reference to the two
for 198 yards. H e also threw one
the fight for top spot in the con
For Coach Chuck M cM ann, the w in highlighted some bright
critical fumbles and one intercep tion that plagued the Redmen. M cM a n n praised the work of
interception. In action last Sunday, the sev
ference
spots as well as some areas that
respectable 381 total offensive yards, quarterback Josh Sommerfeldt threw just one
enth-ranked Laval Rouge et O r
need to be improved on before the
touchdown pass, a strike to Patrick
the offensive line as well as full
knocked
record to 3-3 on the season and ensures at least a third place finish in the Quebec Intercollegiate
off the
sixth
ranked
end of the season.
U n d efeated , u n d er co ntro l, and u n relen tin g M a r t le t r u g b y t e a m e x t e n d s f o u r y e a r w in n in g s t r e a k much complacency on the field. A
“Breaking 599 is not a priori ty for us. W e just wanted to play the best rugby possible,” he chuck
tics for these two girls however,
W h at are the chances o f one
led. “Although I would kind o f like
She’s an international calibre ath
We never let the oppo
22-5 w in was a wake-up call for us,” confessed coach D e Grandpré. For the Martlets, however,
team remaining undefeated for
to see Jess break Julie’s record.” Jessica Young, a third year
lete and I ’ve learned so much from her. A lot of that is reflected in
sition get a chance to
that game was an exception to their usual blow-out performanc
about the possibility of the same
Political
how I play now,” said Young.
team outscoring the opposition by a margin o f 637-22 in one season? A n d one player scoring 27 tries in
Bathurst, N ew Brunswick snapped
M a n y other players were able
develop an attack.
her teammate Julie Brisebois’ record of total tries scored in regu
just eight games? O u t of the ques
lar season play last Sunday versus
to capitalize on Bishop’s short comings. Leigh-Anne Barlow, one o f the team’s wingers scored three
tion?
Bishop’s University.
She only
tries and Stephanie Lynam, at fly-
you are referring to is the M cG ill
needed one to accomplish the feat, but whatever pressure she might
Martlet Rugby team.
have felt didn’t show,
Sarah Wright
four straight seasons?
O r how
T h e answer to all o f these
Science
m ajor
from
does not seem to phase them. “I love playing w ith Julie.
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es. “O h yes, make no mistake about it, the wake up call we had on Wednesday will be answered when we arrive at the play-offs,”
— M artlets H ead C o a c h V ince De
D e Grandpré added w ith confi
G randpré
dence. Th e ability to break tackles, keep the ball in constant motion
as she
half added 24 points to the score w ith a pair of tries and seven con verts. Lynam was also named team
touched the ball down an impres
co-captain prior to the game. Five
come instinctively for the girls and
and anticipate teammates’ moves
we can catch the opposing defense
in M c G ill sport this weekend, fin
sive five times. “Scoring shouldn’t be a big
other Martlets rounded out the scoring w ith one try apiece,
are things that every M cG ill player can do without hesitation. As far
ishing regular season play with an
deal and I don’t really w orry about
including
Matiaszuk,
T h e Martlet rugby team has
as coach Vince De Grandpré is
8-0 record. W ith a 99-0 victory over Bishop’s, the Martlets easily broke their current Canadian
it because it should happen natu
Patricia Jaworski, Meghan Stewart
scored close to 100 points in sever
concerned, the Martlets do not
rally,” Young said before Sunday’s game, “But, it’ll definitely be in
and Julia Leonard. So what’s the secret to their
al games, which demonstrates the depth o f talent, as no one player
Interuniversity Sports record of
the back of m y head.”
success?
alone could rack up that many
need to change a thing entering the playoffs. “Even though the playoffs are
points.
questions is very likely if the team
Th e
M artlet
rugby
team
capped off one of the best seasons
599 points in a single season
Jessie
a Québec
“W e never let the opposition
T h e only weakness that
a whole new ball o f wax, we’re
native, w ho played alongside Young for most of the season in
might be found on the team, is its understandable tendency towards
gunning straight for the top. O u r emphasis will be on offense and
over confidence. Th is was some
we’re ready to play some good
what
rugby.”
Julie
Brisebois,
Grandpré, who has been with this
the outside centre position, and
get a chance to develop an attack. O u r motto is drive, drive, drive and our girls can execute that per
team for several years, was not
helped her break her own record
fectly,”
concerned with breaking the scor
had three tries of her own this
team’s talent, who added,’’the abil
ing record.
Sunday. T h e competition in statis
ity to recycle a quick ball seems to
upping the total to 637. Head coach Vince
De
off gaurd nine times out of ten.”
said D e Grandpré of his
evident when
the
team
played Concordia on Wednesday. “I think there was a little too
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Uncertain about success F a te o f 2 0 0 1 - 0 2
H ockey
R ed m en
h in g e s o n
the most is big winger Greg Davis,
Jam es Empringham
who was awarded w ith a two-way
u nknow n
be led by one-time All-Canadian
take turns on his wing,
David Bahl. Bahl is the most veter
old forward D oug O r r who just happens to be the nephew o f one
an member of a promising young
number four, Bobby Orr.
“Blundy and I worked well
Head Coach M a rtin Raym ond remained remarkably calm.
defense which returns six play
“Everyone’s obviously talking
ers this season. H e is o f addi
about the pressure on Bruno com-
tional value as he is the team’s only real offensively minded
As he witnessed his players and those from the University of Western Ontario playing out the school-yard pile-on scene last seen at recess time,
o f th e
Theriault and Joel Bergeron all
professional contract from the St.
Th ro u g h o u t it all, M c G ill
o u tc o m e
blue-liner. “I w ould expect similar things from David this year as I
the coach, cross
did
armed and captivated, appeared
when
he was
an A ll-
Canadian,” assistant coach Jean St. Pierre said, referring to
almost pleased by the bizarre scene unfolding in front of him. Raymond, now in his seventh
Bahl’s ‘99-00 season.
uOur division is so tight that it always comes down to who’s hot in the last few weeks
T h e task of netminding
season as Redmen coach, knows
—
for the Redmen will be shared
that for his team to improve upon its season of ten wins, eleven loses and three ties of a year ago, team
between
veteran
M u rra y
Cobb
backstops and
Luc
Vaillancourt. W hile the con
solidarity is more than an objec tive, it’s a necessity. “T h a t’s certainly something we’ve talked about,” Raym ond said after the game. “W e had a smaller team than [Western] did and I was glad to see that we stood
Pierre-Antoine Paquet passes the puck past Western's Eric Thompson
up for our little guys.”
graduated or been signed to play professionally, this year’s Redmen team will depend upon a cast of players largely unproven at the Canadian University level of hock
need a bit o f time to feel comfort
10” 160-pound C obb and the
able on the team,” commented
6 ’ 1” 195-pound Vaillancourt
Raymond, on Lemire who did not
is great, both are capable goaltenders. T h e story though thus
play at the M cG ill Invitational due to various m inor injuries.
far has been Cobb — who after
Am idst all o f the pre-season
__spending his first three years
forecasting by those w ith the pre
Graduated from last year are Captain and defensive stalwart Dan MacLean, starting goaltender Benoit Ménard, and feisty centre man Stéphane Ducharm e. T h e
the
depth
chart
dictably rose-coloured glasses at the M cConnell Arena last week
Louis Blues last May. T h e team’s leading goal scorer
together last season,” Burgess said of the second year forward who
—
has looked fantastic in the pre
end, it was the experienced voice
last season, Davis played finisher to current Redmen centre Dave Burgess playmaker on the team’s
filled in the other spot on the top line for much of the last campaign.
season. As M c G ill’s only fourth year
of Burgess who was most clairvoy
H e added, “Thériault has amazing
players, Burgess, Bahl and Cobb
“T h e level of competition in
number one, and at times only
speed, and if he gets room there’s
represent the only link to the
our division is so tight that in m y
not a defense man in the league
ant.
Redmen teams of only a few years ago that were expected to have
last three years here it’s always
tutes the Redmen’s only estab
who can skate backwards as fast as Paul can skate forwards. A n d Joel
great
few weeks of the season.”
lished offensive weapon. H e will
Bergeron has a cannon for a shot,
observers admit that this year’s
again center the teams’ top line, a
so I ’m excited to play with all of
team is only hoping for it.
line which in the pre-season has
the guys.”
seen forwards Chad Blundy, Paul
player the team w ill no doubt miss
on
behind Vaillancourt and Menard
successful line combination. For his part, Burgess consti
ey.
ing from major junior, but he’ll
trast in styles between the 5’
buried
W ith many important mem bers of last year’s team having
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team drop a close 3-2 score to
ing, and again the best of the three
Western and then defeat Concordia 2-1 in the consolation
will receive the honour o f playing
game at last weekend’s M c G ill
the role o f heavy underdog to the Université de Québec à Trois
Invitational at M cConnell Arena,
Rivières in the division final “W e’re going to play s< id in
Raym ond was happy w ith his teams’ play —
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for the most part.
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improve definitely, but we’re com
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will be for the forwards to
tributed at some point or another,”
their chances in their end.”
he mused after Saturday’s game
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Whether the Redmen are able to generate any offense pas* their
Part of Raymond’s piece of m ind may be attributed to a group o f new recruits of which he thinks
top line w ill go a long way in
highly. Am ong the notable recruits
for the rest of the season.
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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
The Harding boy Ed Gliicksman After spending his summer
Varsity coach Adam M ar chose H arding to captain this year’s squad.
He is a hard one for defenders to catch and that is something that will help us this year.”
mates. He is the first to admit when the team plays poorly, but he’s also quick to offer up a plan for improvement.
making ponds as part of a landscap ing business, M cG ill Redmen soc cer Captain Mathieu H arding avows to be ‘an outdoors guy.’ Th a t’s one of the main sources, he
arrived here. Th e first season cer tainly isn’t easy.”
“Making so many decisions on m y own, even about little things, is something I greatly appreciated over there.” Although having scored only
tion. Harding’s pres ence will be crucial as a driving force behind this inexperi enced team, a job he is excited about. The U4 C o m p u t e r
risen amongst Redmen ranks since being thrown into the varsity mix back in the fall of 1998. Th a t group of players has almost completely dissipated, leaving Harding behind with the mission of aiding the
veterans this year. I would see my role as one of helping the new play ers get used to the M cG ill routine, wearing the red and white shirt with pride,” commented Harding, who added, “I try to put this year’s rookies in m y shoes when I first
said referring to his exchange.
however, -won’t come unless the team is able to improve on its offensive produc
experience. Th e 22-year old has quickly
upcoming generation of players, guiding them both on and off the field with his knowledge of the world’s most popular game. “We certainly have a lack of
Redmen
of the team. Th is year’s qualification,
W ith three years of varsity soc cer under his belt, striker Harding is one of the few players on the mens squad with university level game
forget, “It was a good change after having lived at home all m y life,” he
have qualified for Nationals in all three seasons that Harding has been a member
The
claims, of his passion for the sport of soccer. His love for the game began in the schoolyard at age six and has carried him to his fourthyear on the M cG ill Redmen team as an experienced veteran on an other wise excessively young varsity team.
that the Quebec native will never
Engineering major has managed to com bine his heavy athlet ic schedule with a full
one goal thus far this season, coach M ar’s faith in his captain remains stron., “Th e whole team is really to blame, [for the lack of goal scoring] after all, we’ve only scored five goals in six games. W hen the team starts scoring, Mathieu will regain his confidence and hopefully put the ball in the back of the net.” It should be noted that last weekend was a step in the right direction for the Redmen offense, as they notched five goals in two victories allowing the team to move into second place in the division. Th e future looks bright for the Redmen number twenty-two. He
“H e is one of those players that
In the 1999 season for exam
university course-load making the
must step up and fulfill a big role for us,” explained M ar in a recent interview. A t 5 T 0 ” and 158 pounds,
ple, Harding scored all his goals in the postseason. Furthermore, in addition to tallying three goals and two assists during the 2000 season,
list of Academic All-Canadians in each of his previous varsity years. “In general, I think m y heavy sports schedule helps me organize
Harding is by no means the biggest
the curly-haired forward made a
my
a lot better,” stated
another year in order to play out his fifth and last season of eligibility within the Canadian university sys tem. W ith the niche that he has cre
player on the field but the St. Lambert-native compensates for his smaller dimensions with exception al speed and trademark timing, managing always to net his goals at
Harding before pointing out that,
ated for himself in this, his most
“all of us know our schedule from the very beginning and therefore there is no excuse not to get all the work done.” So far, he has enjoyed being
promising season, the doors are open for Mathieu' Harding to devel op into a force on the Canadian soccer scene.
opportune moments. Adam M ar fully recognizes
Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union All-Tournam ent-Team -winning contribution for the Redmen at the National Championships in Hamilton, Ontario. O ff the field, Harding is always approachable and seems to have a
Harding’s talent, “Mathieu’s speed is always a threat to the opposition.
knack for objectivity when evaluat ing the performance of his team
time
plans on staying at M c G ill yet
close to home here at M cG ill although his exchange experience last spring to Australia is something
Redbirds bounced from playoffs Team drops two straight to Concordia Neil Schnurbach O n a cold Tuesday night at Pierre Elliot Trudeau Park, the M c G ill Redbirds baseball team could not get their bats warmed up losing
3 -2
and
6 -0
to
the
Concordia Stingers. The
losses
ended
the
Redbirds’ season, marking the sec ond straight year that the team was eliminated by its cross-town rivals. W ith their backs against the wall in game two, the Redbirds turned to lefthanded hurler Kabeer Burman.
Burman did his job
allowing only two earned runs in six innings.
Unfortunately for
M cG ill, the defense behind the young pitcher was not as sharp. “Kabeer did pretty well out there today,” said M c G ill Manager Ernie D ’Alessandro. “H e kept us in the game, but he was done in by the second inning.” M c G ill allowed all o f their runs in that fateful second inning, w hich followed a first inning marred by controversy. W ith two outs and third base-
man M att McCutcheon
the
on second base, clean-up
m itted
Redbirds
hitter
smorgasbord
a
com
veritable
“O u r offense was a problem all season,” noted D ’Alessandro.
of
“It’s tough in a league like this. We
errors. Tw o sure dou
have a lot o f depth at pitcher and
tried to score from sec
ble-play balls were muffed; once at the
they can only throw a few games each. O u r offense is young and
ond and appeared to beat
plate and once by
the throw, however the
shortstop Jason Katz.
um pire
A few hits later and
D re w
Reid
spanked a single up the m iddle. M cC utcheon
claimed
M cC utcheon
that
the
never
Redbirds
were
improving and will be better next »
year.
T h e Redbirds can use their 7 5 regular season as a stepping stone
faced with a daunting
for
was
deficit. U n f o r t u n a t e ly
Emerging players such as Jason
irate at the call and got
for the Redbirds, who
Star and Gaelen Davies should improve and allow the Redbirds to
tossed from the game for
had
handled
compete w ith division powerhouse
arguing. [the
Concordia over the course o f the regular
Laval. “Next year should be great,”
umpire] blew a call in
season to the tune of
said D ’Alessandro. “T h e league
game one at second base
a 3-1
keeps getting better and better
that cost us the game,”
bats fell silent.
touched the plate and called him out. D ’Alessandro
“T h a t
said
guy
an
D ’Alessandro.
O n ly
irate “I ’ll
record, their
and
Drew Reid were able to get any offense
damned if I let the same guy cost us two games.” After the controver
going both managing two-for-three per
sial call at the plate, the
formances.
Redbirds seemed to deflate rather quickly. After two seeing-eye sin
M c G ill’s
anemic offense only managed five hits for the game.
gles and a hit-by-pitch, The Redbirds have a tee-off time with the Spos this weekend
good
each year. M att
M cC utcheon
be
a
year
next
year.
Watch out for Jason
Star next year, he’s going to be a good one.”
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Sports 21
Old-school fan laments retirement of Ripken Jr. and Gwynn
O u t o f L e f t F ie ld
Je re m y K u z m a ro v Ever since moving out of m y
favourably upon me, right now there’s no solace for me due to the
tough. As much fanfare as Bonds has
who developed a huge following from the Montreal faithful who
parents’ basement a little over a
fact that I don’t get to watch
received, however, this season’s
actually showed up in huge num
m onth ago, I ’ve been without a tel
S P O R TC EN TR E
at
most endearing baseball story for
bers that year, were all eventually
evision. Both a blessing and a
eleven o’clock. W ith all that’s going on in the sports w orld, I couldn’t have picked a worse time to be in this predicament.
me was the retirement o f Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. and San Diego Padres hitting machine To n y Gw ynn. Whereas baseball was once m y
shipped out of town, for little in return. Team management couldn’t meet its bottom line. T h e Expos’ university, as
runs, and a daily dose of Law and
Michael Jordan’s return itobas-
favourite sport both as a player and
described
Order were once staples in m y
ketball is on the horizon, and Barry Bonds smacked 73 home-runs this season. For an individual like myself
fan, in recent years I ’ve become dis illusioned. It all stemmed from the great
become nothing more than a high (or low given the paltry attendance this season) profile farm team in
strike in 1994, which killed the
the past few years, is no doubt
Case in point: this article, due
who knew how many home-runs
hopes of Expo fans from seeing
emblematic of a broader trend.
M onday,
Roger Maris hit in a season when I was five years old, and who could
their beloved squad compete for
Worse than any of the other pro leagues, baseball players in the
curse. O n one hand, I ’ve never been so far ahead in m y course work. Whereas Simpsons and Seinfeld re
schedule, now all I have to do when I get home to relax is read or write Tribune articles. on
was
written
last
Tuesday. In the good old days last year, I never finished an article before midnight on Sunday. W hile come December the Mars
Lady
m ay
be
smiling
highlights
recount career stats of players longsince forgotten by most casual sports fans, missing the clips of Bonds’ record-breaking swings was
the W orld Series. Th e collection of stars on the Spos — Marquis Grissom, Pedro Martinez, Larry Walker, and ace closer John Wetteland — players
Gazette C olum nist Jack To d d a
team
which
has
nascent 21st century have aban doned any sense of loyalty. Like m y former idol Roger Clemens, they’ve forgotten where they’re from,
and
where
d is c o u n t s
n e w .
doned any sense of loyalty
numerous standing ovations, they took a bit of baseball history with them. O ne only hopes that they did not represent the end of an era.
A note to the brass up at
of cash. W h ic h brings us back to Ripken Jr. and Gw ynn. These are two all-stars cut
the Currie G ym . I ’ve been at M cG ill for four years now —
from a different mold than their
what o f an elder statesman among
contemporaries. Unlike Bonds and Griffey, they rejected free-agency, and stuck
the student body — and yet all of the players showcased graduated
with the team who gave them their
Jarrod Daniel, whom I saw play in
fist opportunity. Th e y ’ve stayed loyal to their teams, and as a result
m y first year. He was a decent goalie, but not great.
It’s time to change the posters
making me some
before I came to M cG ill, except
have become icons in their respec
In m y four years covering the
tive cities. W hat’s most remarkable though is the extremely high level of consistency they’ve maintained which makes them sure-bet first
M c G ill sports scene, a number o f players have made their mark both here, and at the next level. Let’s see a photo of the Darche brothers — now pro foot ball and hockey players —
or
game they loved, which enabled them to transcend their God-given talent, to become genuine super-
Randy Chevrier, a member of the
stars. Ripken Jr., the Ironman,
who’s having a standout year at
knew exactly where to position himself for every hitter, and despite
middle-linebacker,
being tall for a shortstop, devel oped into a multiple Gold-Glove winner, to nicely complement his
member o f the Redmen hockey team.
smooth hitting stroke and slugging
Eva Melamed, two o f the most
Dallas Cowboys. Let’s see Mike Mahoney of the football team, or
Dave
Burgess, a highly skilled senior
Let’s see Am ber Allen and
power. G w yn n was a throwback to
prolific scorers in Martlet soccer
another era. A contact hitter in an age where the only stats most peo ple seem to care about anymore is home-runs.
history, or D enburk and K irk Reid, dynamic stars o f the M en’s basketball team.
studied
In the quest for greater atten
opposing
dance, M c G ill athletics needs to
pitchers incessantly, and learned
promote its success stories to bring
the underappreciated baseball art of hitting to the opposite field, and slapping a single over the infield. H e also became an excellent
out the fans. Profiles (which could be shot by Tribune photographer extraor
burner.
o f
2 1 st century have aban
highlighted in the entrance-way of
G w ynn
0 0 0 's
players in the nascent
the M c G ill Athletics depart m ent:
Both men were students of the
uni
other pro leagues, baseball
and jumped ship to the teams, usu ally from the big markets like N ew York, that offer the largest amount
ballot H a ll-o f Famers.
under $2001
Worse than any of the
they
earned their stripes as major lea guers. Instead, they have fallen for the bait — like Alex Rodriguez —
under $7DU!
44
Despite
his
dinaire Pat Fok), or promos right
relatively
up at the Currie G y m would help.
unathletic build, and pudginess, he even became one of the most deft base-stealers in the majors in his prime.
Th e selected players would appre ciate it too - and they deserve the publicity.
As both G w yn n and Ripken strode off Qualcom Stadium and Camden Yards on Sunday, after
22 Sports
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
S p o r t s b r ie f s M c G ill Redmen rugby w in one, lose one Th e M cG ill Redmen rugby team split two games last week.
keeper.
dropped a heart breaker to Wilfred Laurier 70-64 in overtime. Th e
the opening marker in a 3-1 victo ry at U Q T R . H e was voted M V P
Benoit Lebeau, coming off a 4th
T h e team’s next home game is this Friday versus Université de
leading scorer on the game was
o f the Quebec conference last sea
in the 800m, led the Redmen fin
Quebec à Montréal.
rookie Kelly-Rae Kenyon with 17
son.
ishing 4th in a time of 25:54.
points.
T h e Redmen began the week of
10
action with a 39-15 loss to the Concordia
Stingers
at
Disappointing opener
Loyola
Campus last Wednesday.
for squash
Ben
rebounds
and
4
steals.
had 15 points and 9 rebounds. the
T h e Martlets fared better on
W ill Lacey all had tries in the los
M c G ill squash team hosted their
Saturday with a 63-53 win over
ing cause.
first tournament of the season.
the
T h e rugby boys bounced back
Unfortunately, no wins were mus
Mitchell was the leading scorer for
last Sunday with a 15-0 victory
tered against Toronto, Western,
M c G ill w ith
over the Bishops Gaiters.
Queen’s or McCaster.
rebounds.
T h is
W illiam s, M ark Ham ilton, and
Weldon scored ten points.
Pat Alex
w in
came
past
weekend,
from
T h e only
Erica
Sutton
University
of
19 points and 8
Wednesday night.
ground.
Redmen soccer has
A high scoring weekend
successful weekend
for lacrosse
Bouchard and Greg Cambell also
1st and 2nd
had solid races finishing 15th and
Sarah A li-K h a n broke the Laval
into the top eight this year at the
Invitational course record for the
C IS championships.
weekend at Love Com petition
sus École Technique Supérieur
Redmen finished
and
Martlets
the
nent 3-1.
ty o f time to make up some
Ryan Beaton in 13th. Carl-Eric M c G ill’s
classic that goes this
Redbird
of the team’s season, there is plen
800m gold medalist at the Canada Games this summer, in 12th, and
18 th respectively. Team hopes are
son
the regular season with a game ver
Lennox in 11th, Yoksuke Hayashi,
Laval Invitational!
high as the Redmen try to break
‘Ram’ o f the day beating her oppo
in league play. M c G ill closes out
Redmen finish 1st and 2nd at
a row while M cG ill All-Canadian
M c G ill continues its presea
against Ryerson. She had the only
results, this is only the beginning
runner across the line in 9th place and was followed closely by D ann)
respectively for the second race in
side. T h e team owns a 4-3 record
A ii-K h a n sets course record as X -C o u n try Martlets and
W indsor.
Karen added one try for the home-
Despite disappointing
Brant Carson was M c G ill’s second
She also pitched in with
Returning star Cheeka Mitchell
place finish at the Canada Games
schedule
by
hosting
Hall at the Currie G ym .
Another interesting note was
second year in a row. A li-K h a n won the 4km race in
that, after much debate as to the
13:45 and was followed by Nadia
date of the historic battle on the
Athletes o f the Week
M o rin in 3rd, who discovered that
Plains
of
Abraham
between
Jessica Young and G u y Anaba-
racing in spikes actually makes
Generals W o lf and Montcalm, it
Anaba were named the M c G ill-
running easier (especially up large
was determined that, in fact, the
Adidas athletes o f the week for the
hills). Newcomer Nicole Portley
entire cross-country team should
period ending O ct. 14.
also had a good race finishing 4th
be forced to take a history class
and was followed by veteran Carly
Not
Young,
a
junior
on
the
one
person
managed
tc
Th e M cG ill Redmen soccer
Even though the end results
Martlets rugby team, captured the
M oher who took the last race off
guess/state the correct date o!
team notched two victories last
were not what the Martlets had
M cGill-Adidas honour for the sec
due to a m inor calf injury, in 6th.
weekend. T h e successful weekend
hoped for, many players got to
ond consecutive week. She scored
Zein Odeh gutted out a tough race
September 13, 1759, but mans people did have two of the digit-
show their stuff at Toronto and
six tries in two M cG ill victories
by finishing 9th and was followed
right (part marks?).
season and into a second place tie
Waterloo.
Th e team lost to both
last week. Th e 5-foot-10 winger
in 11th by rookie Leslie Marcott,
with the Université du Québec à
Laurier and Toronto, and tied York
set M c G ill and Q S S F conference
who ran her best race of the sea son. T h e women are currently
moves the Redmen to 4 -1 -3 on the
7-7. Th e top scorer o f the day was
single-season records with 27 tries
Allison Astridge who put the ball
in eight regular season games,
ranked 5th in the C IS but are
T h e cross-country team now
in the net eight times.
Rita
breaking the mark o f 22 estab
looking for a top 3 finish at the
has a week off to prepare for the
Kyle Graham and
Higgins had a hat-trick against
lished last year by M cG ill team
C IS championships in November.
Provincial Championships that at
G u y Anaba-Anaba found the back
Laurier, pushing her daily total to
mate Julie Brisebois. Young won
Th e Redmen, not to be out
of the net while keeper Jarret
four goals. Sarah Desai scored one
the 2001 Quebec Intercollegiate
done by the women, finished a
in all three games.
Trois-Rivières Patriotes. Last
Friday,
the
Redmen
defeated Laval Rouge et O r by a score of 2-0.
Sunday pro
Rugby League scoring title with
strong 2nd behind Sherbrooke,
team followed that up with a 3-1
duced much closer results with a
135 points. She also scored the try
who are currently ranked 2nd in
w in over U Q T R .
loss to Laurier 7 -6 and a tie with
that helped M cG ill break the con
the C IS , in the 8km race that fea
M cM aster 9 -9 .
ference record for most points by a
tured four lengthy climbs up the
team in a season.
Plains o f Abraham battlements.
Christie had the shutout.
once
again
while
Th e
Anaba scored rookie
Ian
Rita
Higgins
added seven more goals to her
Kadirgan scored twice. this
weekend total and Astridge put
Friday when the Redmen take on
three more in the net bringing her
Canadian
Université de Québec à Montréal
points to 11.
Th is weekend, the
Redmen soccer team, scored two
at Molson Stadium this Friday
Martlets will travel to Toronto
goals in two weekend victories for
night.
once again to try and record a win.
M c G ill, allowing the Redmen to
Th e
season continues
T h e team then travels to
Anaba-Anaba, midfielder
an on
to be held in Montreal
A llthe
Sherbrooke Sunday to take on the Vert et O r. W om ens soccer moves into first place in a squeeker T h e M cG ill Martlets soccer
Saturday, October 13
Sunday, October 14
Womens Hockey Cross-Border Challenge Tournament at Kingston
Womens Hockey Cross-Border Challenge Tournament at Kingston
M cG ill 4 at Queens 2
M cG ill 13 vs York 2 (M cG ill wins gold medal)
team moved into first place in the Quebec Soccer Conference with
Redmen Hockey
two victories over the past week
Western 3 at M cG ill 2
Men’s Hockey Redmen Invitational Tournament
end. M cG ill avenged its only loss of the season which came against Laval with a 2-1 win over that
Womens Field Hockey
Concordia 1 at M cG ill 2
York 2 at M cG ill 0 Toronto 4 at M cG ill 0
(consolation game)
Womens Lacrosse OUA tourney in Toronto
Womens Lacrosse OUA tournament in Waterloo
M cG ill 3 at Toronto 12 M cG ill 7 vs York 7
M cG ill 9 vs McMaster 9 M cG ill 6 vs W L U 7
same team. Eva Melamed was the M V P of the game w ith a goal. Sabrina D ufour scored for M cG ill as well. Th e Marlets followed that up w ith
a
crushing
defeat
move into a tie with U Q T R for
of
Université de Québec à Tro is-
Martlet basketball kick off season 1-1
Rivières Patriotes by a score o f 6-0.
second-place, only one w in behind division-leading Concordia. T h e
basketball
6-foot, 183-pound computer tech
kicked o f the 2001-2002 season by
nology junior tallied the opening
Dufour and Christie Finney both
hosting two preseason games last
goal in a 2-0 w in over Laval on
added singles. Jess W hite was the
weekend. O n Friday, the Martlets
Friday. Tw o days later, he netted
Melamed and Jess Emard both contributed two goals, Sabrina
The
wom en’s
M cG ill 9 v s W L U
13
Womens Squash OUA League Tournament @ M et ill Ryerson 5 at M cG ill 1 Toronto 6 at M cG ill 0 Western 6 at M cG ill 0 McMaster 6 at M cG ill 0
The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Sports 23
The two that got away F ie ld
h ock ey
M a r tle ts
Sarah Wright One tournament is all that the Martlet field hockey team gets to play on home turf every year, and this year, unfortunately, the crowd wasn’t able to see a win. W ith the way the draw worked, M cG ill faced University of Toronto twice, being shut out in both games. Afterwards, Coach Tran Streinberg appeared complacent in regards to his team’s results this weekend. “A good result for us would have been a close score against U of T . A 4-0 loss is an average score for us, so a smaller gap would have been nice.” Th e Varsity Blues are sitting comfortably in fourth place in the country right now and their high ranking was evident in their per formance against the Martlets. M cG ill is not, however, that far behind. “We’re right in the middle of the pack, skill-wise,” coach Streinberg said, adding, “we just need to gel as a team more and we’ll be right up there.”
aet
ud
p la y g r a c io u s
As Toronto dominated the play against an obviously hard-working M cG ill team, fitness, or lack-thereof was a key factor. Being first to
h o s ts , lo s in g
to
corners they were awarded were car ried out perfectly, it was just the final shot on net that didn’t always happen.
U
of T
tw ic e
Theresa (Tess) MacDonald in traf fic zones often eight girls thick. Team cohesiveness is one of the more difficult aspects of team sport
the ball is critical especial ly in the game of field hockey and nine out of ten times, a Blues player had that advantage. Streinberg said that was what the team needed to focus on the most to produce more wins. “W hen we play the top teams, our fitness catches up with us. Most of our matches have been close for the first forty minutes and then usually the other team just takes over.” Th e Martlets, howev er, have not made a habit out of losing games by large margins. Most of their games this season have been decided by just one goal. Indeed, the team was not without chances to get on the scoreboard at Molson stadium this weekend. Th e short
“Th e first half of the season, we focus on individual skill, getting the team developed and working on our chemistry. This late in the sea son, what we want to work on is team concepts, the big picture,” he said then added, “This is what we are trying to apply in our games here this weekend.” Losing 4-0 and 3-0 to the Toronto Varsity Blues in one day can be a demoralizing experience for any team. Confidence, howev er, was all that was needed to nar row the gap. M cG ill had the skill to even out the score, but a fast start by Toronto was obviously very intimidating and hindered the amount of force put up against them. Despite the score, the Martlet field hockey team was having fun on and off the field and coach had
Th e smart passing and quick stick skills of players like Vicki Scholten and Justine Sagan were turning heads, as well as many of
sto master, especially with many new, young players. Coach Streinberg recognizes this and iden tified it as the focal point of prac
the brilliant stops made by keeper
tices at this time of the year.
to
encouraging words for the team’s future. “Th e girls are always improv ing. Every game, every practice, they become better and better and that will carry us right through into next season.”
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