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Tuesday, November 5, 2002 F T A A S T R IK E ON THE GROUND

Mark Sward ON THE PROTEST

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Thousands of dem onstrators filled Place des Arts Thursday evening to protest the inclusion of education in the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

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Big evil liz a rd s ru le th e w o rld Next stop: n atio n als P anthea Lee World domination by a myste­ rious species with reptilian D N A is on the horizon. The Nazis were dis­ ciples o f black magic and the Holocaust was a Jewish concoction.

The Mormon church is actually the centre o f operations for global satanic activities. World leaders reg­ ularly participate in blood-drinking and human sacrifice rituals.

This is the world according to 50-year-old David Icke, a former professional soccer player and BBC

sports announcer from Leceister, England who presented a seminar entitled “Children o f the Matrix” at l’Université du Quebec à Montréal last Saturday, October 26. Over 700 people, from as far away as Alberta and Florida, gathered to hear him speak.

Having just published his 10th book, Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Centre Disaster, in which he dismisses the general pop­ ulace’s perception o f September 1 1 as a “monumental lie,” Icke has been billed as the world’s most con­ troversial speaker. His work focuses

mainly on proving his charge o f psychological fascism in today’s society, an assertion he supports with intricate webs o f theories.

“To control the world, all you have to do is control the norms people believe to be reality,” he stresses.

Icke, often dubbed a New-Age floozie by British media, began his unconventional journey in 1990, after a psychic informed him that spiritual forces had christened him the chosen one who is to change the world, as he recounts in his See SATANIC, page 10

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M en's soccer team wins Q uebec Ed Gliicksman Last weekend, the M cGill Redmen soccer team put a halt to any speculation regarding its poten­ tial to overcome pressure situations, w inning the Quebec Student Sports Federation (QSSF) title and shutting out both o f its opponents in playoff action.

O n Friday, the Redmen beat Concordia 2-0 at home with goals from rookies Alex Scott and Jonathan Warin.

The provincial crown was then secured on Sunday afternoon when McGill beat first-place Université du Montréal by a score o f 1-0.

Justin Kerr’s early goal and the reli­ able goalkeeping o f Dustin Diedricksen highlighted the Red ‘n’ W hite’s impressive triumph over Les Carabins.

Ex-M cGill coach Pat Raimondo watched from the oppo­ sition dugout as his old colours took home their 17th provincial men’s soccer title since 1972.

See NATIONALS, page 21

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Wheelchairs can't safely enter Shatner Building Kate Rhodes A month after the Office for Students with Disabilities was scheduled to move into the William and Mary Brown Student Services Building, students with disabilities are still waiting for renovations to make the Brown and Shatner build­ ings accessible.

M cGill recently installed a wheelchair ramp to the side entrance o f Gert’s Pub, but it is too small for the large wheelchairs some students require. Students with wheelchairs don’t normally use the long ramp at the front entrance of Shatner or the narrow one on the McTavish side o f Brown because adaptive transport buses cannot drop students off on a slope.

O SD Director Joan Wolforth was frustrated. “Things do not get done overnight at McGill, sadly,” she said.

Wolforth said she tried to explain to the McGill Planning Office that the ramp was too small, but felt they would not fully under­ stand the issue until they saw stu­

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dents and staff in wheelchairs try to manoeuver it.

“The ramp [lacks a] five-foot turning circle for wheelchairs trav­ eling in either direction,” explained Wolforth.

On Thursday afternoon, stu­ dents Saundra Gualtieri and Paul Tshuma, and staff member Nissim Louis met with Wolforth and Adrian Nicolicescu, the renovation’s project manager.

After watching students travel the ramp with great difficulty, Nicolicescu said the ramp would either be expanded or torn out and rebuilt. As the weather gets colder, it becomes increasingly difficult for concrete to set.

Although Nicolicescu assures the issue will be handled promptly, he did not dis­ cuss a specific timetable.

John D oyle, a visually impaired student who fell down a flight o f stairs in the Brown Building in September, said it’s hard to fight for accessibility at McGill.

“I’ve been involved in advocat­ ing for disabled students’ rights since 1996 [at McGill], and it’s not worth fighting for because they

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The Shatner ramp is dangerous for students in large wheelchairs because it lacks a five-foot turning radius. won’t do anything...A week [after I fell], they said they’d put in the ren­ ovations for the visually impaired into Brown, and they still haven’t...

Media coverage seems to be the

only thing that [draws attention to accessibility problems.]”

After McGill backed off from its threat to relocate the O SD to Brown from its offices in Burnside

Hall this autumn, the administra­ tion promised disabled students that renovations to Brown would be completed before the move took place.

Grad school: Delaying the inevitable Nathan Lebioda Final-year students facing a tough job market after graduation are opting to enroll in graduate and professional programs, prolonging the time before they enter the work force. Among the most sought-after degrees are Law 0 D , LLB, BCL), and Management (MBA), but with an increasing number o f applicants, and no increases in first-year class sizes, com petition within these fields has become more intense.

Business “We have seen a 15 per cent increase in applications to the 165 positions for our MBA Program,” said Gerald Ross, dean o f Management at McGill.

Ross attributes the increase in numbers to the stagnant economies around the world.

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“N ot only is the increase in. unemployment in the US a con­ tributing factor [to the increase in applications], but internationally, we have seen many more applicants from areas such as Argentina, where the economies have crumbled.”

However, this increased num­ ber o f applications hinders only the chances o f undergraduates being accepted to an MBA program.

“W ithout any prior work expe­ rience, I doubt they will let you in [to the MBA program], even if you have a great GPA,” said Ross.

Along with the increased num­ ber o f undergraduate applications, the Faculty o f Management has also seen an increasing number o f mature applicants seeking addition­ al education.

“I think we are seeing a shift towards continual education,” Ross said. “Even if you got your MBA five or ten years ago, the world has changed so much. As you are pro­ moted, it becomes increasingly nec­ essary to reeducate yourself.”

Law McGill’s undergraduate law program (BCL/LLB) has also seen an increase in applications.

Associate Dean o f Law Admissions Victoria Miekle said McGill saw 15 per cent more law school applications last year.

“Common law schools across the country saw increases o f five to 30 per cent last year, with McGill receiving 15 per cent more applica­ tions,” she said.

T h e Law School Admission Test is often an indicator o f law school applicant pools, and the number o f students taking the exam is expected to continue to rise. This year, the total number o f test takers rose 22.7 per cent to 133,800 stu­ dents. Although McGill does not require the LSAT in its application

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Students often turn to study aids to cram for grad school admissions tests. procedure, applicants who have written it are required to disclose information used to acquire the scores. McGill’s entering class had an average LSAT score o f 161 out o f a possible 180 last year, with the 10 year average falling slightly below at 159.

Meikle said that the increased average LSAT score is a result o f a more competitive applicant pool.

“It is not unusual [for the applicant pool to increase] when there is an economic climate in which people

are talking about recessions.”

She further attested that the fallout o f the dot-com industry plays a significant role when under­ graduates decide to pursue a profes­ sional degree.

“People are realizing that the high-paying jobs, similar to those o f the dot-coms, are no longer avail­ able with an undergraduate degree.”

See next week’s Tribune fo r cov­ erage o f medical school admissions.

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Music faculty holds key to practice rooms T he administration o f the Faculty o f Music has decided not to remove combination door locks from practice room areas on the fourth and fifth floors o f Strathcona Hall.

To prepare for construction o f the new M usic building, the Faculty converted practice rooms into offices for teaching assistants, who may also teach Arts students.

Dean o f Music D on McLean had planned to remove the locks to allow Arts students to see their TAs, but the Music Undergraduate Students’ Association launched a petition in September to protest the Faculty’s decision. A compro­ mise was reached, whereby the locks will stay and Arts students who need the combination will receive it from their TAs. “We just felt that although the Dean feels it provides false sense o f security to us, but our position is if it does provide people with at least a little more security, it’s better than n oth ing,” said M U SA President Anna Frey. “We have the code locks— they’re staying on the doors. It’s the main thing we’re concerned about, and w e’re pleased with that.”

The faculty is looking into swipe or proximity cards to replace the aging five-button combination locks, which McLean has said are not effective.

M U SA Vice-President Academic Margaret Shoesmith dis­ agrees. “[The locks are] a deterrent, and there have been fewer breakins on the floors with the locks. As far as I can tell, though, students are relatively content with the lock situation. The practice room situa­ tion is another story.”

Frey says that because o f the TA office take-overs, more students practice in the library now.

“Practice space in the library wasn’t used very much in previous years because there wasn’t a lot o f demand, but now that it’s more difficult to get practice time, they find that going to the library is a good solution to not practicing at all.”

McLean was unavailable for comment.

—James Grohsgal Professor offended by M cG ill D aily piece Political Science Professor William Hogg refused to teach his' Canadian Foreign Policy class last Tuesday evening, after the M cG ill Daily's special sex issue ran a story

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“D ue to certain mitigating cir­ cumstances, I’m not in the mood to lecture today,” he told his class o f 150 students.

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Coordinating Editor Phillip Todd declined comment.

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Padraig Buttnerschnirer’s trumpet is protected behind coded locked doors.

The article, submitted in letter form, was written by a U1 Political Science student. The D aily ran advertisements in papers earlier this month, asking for submissions for the sex issue, specifically requesting stories o f sexual encounters involving students and professors.

Hogg would not com m ent in detail on the matter because o f potential legal or administrative proceedings.

“There are many steps to fol­ low and I can’t really comment right now,” he said.

The contents o f the letter are consistent with the University’s

B r le F s definition o f sexual harassment.

D epartm ent Chair Chris­ topher Manfredi said, “I have met with Professor H ogg and given him advice,” but explained that it would not be the department’s ini­ tiative to file the com plaint.

Because o f the sensitivity o f the matter, any action “is up to Professor H ogg,” he said.

Harvey Sigman, chairman o f the C om m ittee on Sexual Harassment, explained the process o f filing a sexual harassment com ­ plaint.

“The individual makes a com ­ plaint to us and we will investigate it with their consent. We then pres­ ent the findings o f our investiga­ tion to the Principal.”

The Principal then reviews the findings and decides if the suggest­ ed disciplinary action is appropri­ ate. The committee is responsible only to the Principal, who main­ tains final judgement authority.

— Kate Rhodes Rezfugees settled, but M cGill needs more beds After a longer than usual wait, all students assigned “temporary double” status by M cGill Residences have moved into per­ manent accommodations.

M cGill guarantees housing for 85 per cent o f eligible incoming students and promises that: “If you receive an offer o f temporary dou­ ble accommodation Y OU WILL BE LIVING IN RESIDENCES.” The majority o f ‘temp’ students are assigned permanent rooms before the end o f September. This year, however, McGill Residences over­

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booked its dormitory rooms. “[W ]e sent a few more offer: this year to make sure we hac enough [students] to fill th( spaces,” said D irector o Residences Florence Tracy. As : result, some students were living ir temporary accom m odation lonj past September.

All but two students have beer given permanent rooms. The twc remaining temps have chosen tc continue living in the basement oi Solin Hall.

For those ineligible for McGill housing, like foreign exchange stu­ dents, getting an apartment is dif­ ficult. Daniel Valles, a U 2 foreign exchange student from Mexico, was frustrated with the McGill sys­ tem.

“It was pretty hard. I got here one week before classes. I thought there would be more support from the university, but there wasn’t. On top o f it all, people try to take advantage o f students by charging high rent for small apartments.”

W hile the dormitory housing shortage has been resolved for this year, the problem has been circum­ vented, not solved. W hen asked about M cGill’s lack o f dormitory space and the possibility o f the construction o f new residences, Tracy indicated that the University has been “seriously looking into the issue,” but has no solution. She pointed out that budget cuts by the Quebec government and a short­ age o f available space in downtown Montreal limit M cGill’s ability to respond to student housing demand.

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Qnthe Montreal universities organize PROTEST against education privatization Mark Sward Thousands o f students took to the streets o f downtown Montreal Thursday afternoon to protest the Free Trade Area o f the Americas, a pact that may threaten the future o f public education in Canada.

A single-engine plane circled overhead, towing a sign reading “La F E U Q dit non à ZLÉA” (The Federation o f University Students o f Quebec says no to the FTAA), as participants from universities and CÉGEPs from across Quebec and parts o f Ontario traveled by bus to join four Montreal universities in denunciation o f the proposed free trade agreement between 34 coun­ tries in North, Central and South America. Several Montreal activist groups also participated in the march.

At 2:30 pm thousands gath­ ered at both McGill University and Concordia University. The marches began at 3:15, and merged at the

corner o f Rue Ste-Catherine and Rue McGill College at 3:30, block­ ing traffic on Ste-Catherine and other downtown streets for several hours.

Carrying signs and shouting slogans decrying the FTAA as unde­ mocratic, protestors marched into Old Montreal and past the Centre de Commerce Mondial on Rue StJacques, eventually making their way through Chinatown on Boulevard St-Laurent by 4:30 pm and to Place des Arts at 5 o’clock.

After a brief pause, when disor­ ganized speakers failed to address the crowds, the march moved on, finally ending up in the park at Place Émilie-Gamelin near the Université du Quebec à Montréal around 5:30. Activists stayed until after 7 pm, dancing in the square and listening to speeches.

M any o f the protestors brought political messages that were not specific to the FTAA. McGill International Socialists member Meredith Warren said,

“People are against the war [in Iraq] as well; people are bringing all their issues to this rally,” noting the groups waving Palestinian flags and carrying signs criticizing US President George Bush’s proposed pre-emptive strike on Iraq.

Chants in the crowds ranged from “FTAA, no way!” to “Fuck you, W!” Organizers had planned a peaceful demonstration that would send a clear message to the federal government that the ability to decide upon educational issues must not be given up in free trade negotiations. This goal was largely realized; although some marchers used spray-paint, duct-tape and rocks to convey their opinions, no serious violence occurred.

Students gathering on the lower field o f McGill before the beginning o f the demonstration were treated to music, free food from Midnight Kitchen and the company o f hundreds o f other pro­ testors, while they waited for the

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march to start moving.

Students’ Society o f McGill University President Martin D oe had high hopes for the rally before it began: “I’m expecting us to essen­ tially take to the streets and try to send a very strong message to the federal government that they sim­ ply haven’t given us the guarantees that... education is n o t... [a] good to be bought or sold,” he said, high­ lighting that SSM U is only official­ ly against the inclusion o f education in a free trade pact, not the agree­ ment in its entirety.

This differs from the Concordia Student Union’s posi­ tion, said President Sabine Friesinger. “Through a referendum question in April 2001, we have a m andate... against privatization, and we see the FTAA as being a vehicle for that,” she said while leading the throng o f students on St-Jacques near the Québécor Head Office. Several students stopped to shout slogans condem ning the Montreal-based multinational cor­ poration that would stand to gain from the FTAA. Although Thursday’s action was largely peaceful with little inter­ action between police and protes­ tors, it was clear that some members o f the crowd had come seeking more direct action. Many were seen with bandannas over their faces, often worn by rioters to prevent them from being identified, while some were carrying wooden posts that could have been used as weapons.

W hile most protestors were indeed keeping the protest peaceful, many buildings along the route were locked during normal business hours, and in many cases security guards were positioned in entryways. Unfortunately, the rally was ultimately not casualty-free; one marcher broke his leg after his foot was caught under the wheels o f the rented van leading the Concordia half o f the protest. T he march stopped for a few moments until a police officer came to the aid o f the victim.

H allowe’en added a festive twist to the protest, with many marchers dressed in costumes rang­ ing from macabre to satirical— one person donned a mask o f Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, while oth­ ers were seen dressed in more sea­ sonal vampire and witch costumes. . Several marchers carried a cardboard coffin with the words “ici finissent ceux qui osent ignorer le peuple” (those who dare to ignore the people end up here) written on the top and the names o f George Bush, Tony Blair and Ariel Sharon on the sides o f the box. Others car­ ried ghoulish, crucified effigies, one with the words “a victim o f the

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FTAA” painted on its shirt.

N ot all present were in favour o f the strike, however; one McGill student spoke o f his disappoint­ ment that the SSM U would offi­ cially support a cause with which many students disagree.

Dave Bernett, an Industrial Relations major, expressed his frus­ tration.

"I speak for everyone. First o f all, I think it's incredibly annoying that we've had to put up with this for the last week. People walking around the University campus yelling into a megaphone, trying to represent the majority's ideas while they represent the minority.

Second, most o f these people here have no idea what they're protesting for; most o f them have probably never even left Canada. Three, most o f them are uneducated on the sub­ ject, and the way in which they address their views... has been through violence. They are protest­ ing human rights by spitting on people, by trashing a university, throwing paints at people or two, they're trying to inflict their will on all o f us.”

The strike ended with student leaders and protest organizers con­ gratulating the crowd on a success­ ful demonstration, urging them to continue in their fight against the FTAA. “It’s not done yet, the FTAA is not gone, we have to keep fighting, we have to keep the information out there, and we have to let people know that the FTAA is not a good thing!” shouted Post Graduate Students' Society leader Dave Wise to an enthusiastic group in Place Émilie-Gamelin.

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Thousands march in FTAA protest O n O cto b er 31, a massive four-hour dem onstration against the inclusion of education in the Free Trade Area of the Americas coursed through the streets of dow ntow n M ontreal SSMU

Vikander's strike day

Seth Offenbach Students’ Society o f McGill University Vice-President Community and Government Nick Vikander began his day as protest organizer at 10:30 am, shortly after his Quantum Theory mid-term.

Immediately, he began organizing volunteers to put up 250 posters printed by SSM U to advertise on the day o f the event.

By 1 1 o’clock, Vikander began hanging posters in the Stewart Biology Building. He was extreme­ ly paranoid that McGill University staff would follow him to pull down his posters because they con­ tained the word ‘strike.’ This was indicative o f the kind o f negative response Vikander has received regarding protest posters over the last three weeks.

At the beginning o f the aca­ demic year, SSM U Council allowed Vikander to organize a protest against the inclusion o f education into the Free Trade Area o f the Americas, but not against the entire FTAA. In one o f the most promi­ nent posters advertising the strike, the word education’ only appears as a watermark, invisible except under detailed inspection. Additionally, all the workshops being set up the week prior to the protest seemed to be anti-FTAA workshops, with none o f them focusing exclusively on education.

At noon, Vikander was walk­ ing on campus when he heard the voices o f organizers speaking into a m egaphone asking students to “march against the FTAA.” While discussing the different messages SSM U was giving out to students, Vickander com m ented that “different people will give dif­ ferent messages, and no matter what their message, they will always offend som eone.” H e said that those who are against the FTAA get offended that SSM U would only be against the inclusion o f education, while those who are against only the inclusion o f education in the FTAA get offended when they hear that SSM U might be against the FTAA itself.

This poster controversy con­ tinued when the placards arrived for the protest. H alf the placards that were pre-printed by the organ­ izers stated, “N o FTAA; Another Hemisphere is possible.” This poster was printed by the Canadian Federation o f Students, an organi­ zation that includes the Concordia graduate and undergraduate stu­ dent unions, but not SSMU. By 1:30 pm, Vikander was on the phone with McGill administra­ tion and security services to decide where people and trucks would stay during the M cGill part o f the JENNY GEORGE

protest. The lower field was chosen and all o f the McGill marshals, about 15 o f them, were told o f the logistics.

By 3:15 pm, everyone was pre­ pared to march. McGill was sup­ posed to meet Concordia protes­ tors, numbering approximately three times as many as the McGill students, at the corner o f Rue SteCatherine and Ave. McGill College.

Unfortunately, due to the large number o f Concordia marchers, and construction along SteCatherine, Concordia began marching up Rue Sherbrooke. This detour forced McGill protestors to wait an extra 30 minutes on McGill College. During this wait, CFS organizers and SSM U VicePresident Operations Kathleen Morrison led chants o f “N o way FTAA” and “Jean Chrétien hear what we say, FTAA go away.”

The only injury that required attention by McGill First Aid was a sprained ankle, not believed to be

the result o f violence.

SSM U ’s organizational pres­ ence was largest o f all the 31 schools that attended the protest. The many leaders and eight First Aid medics were easy to spot by both the protestors and onlookers, as was the lack o f violence. The peaceful nature o f the McGill students can be attributed, in large part, to the fact that the organizers made sure to try and keep students away from storefronts.

The crowd was loud, but not inflammatory. At one point, while marching along Rue St-Jacques, bystanders began dancing along with protestors to music o f a Brazilian drum band.

SSM U Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel summed up the event by saying, “I think the protest sent a powerful message that students care and will act to preserve the integrity o f pub­ lic education.”

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Split in political agendas and activist approaches, two kinds o f protestors marched against the Free Trade Area o f the Americas on Thursday afternoon, some with messages o f peace and others with intentions for violence.

The Students’ Society o f McGill University advertised the strike as a peaceful event and the desire for it to remain so was echoed through the McGill crowds.

“Peaceful is the best way to protest,” said John Vicarlin, a Farm Management and Technology major from the Macdonald Campus.

McGill Students Against War and Racism member Nicholas Boake said, “I hope things go well. I hope the police don't show up and decide to beat everyone up, which is always a possibility.”

After the Concordia University and McGill protest crowds merged on the corner o f Rue Ste-Catherine and Rue McGill College, the march was divided between a Concordia CÉGEP-heavy front, leading an older, denser McGill tail. Masked, younger protestors at the front o f the line carried spray paint and weapons, hostile means o f spreading their mes­ sage, while peaceful protestors unknowingly followed behind.

Groups o f students wore all black, with hoods and bandannas covering their faces.

Often walking alone, or in groups o f three or four, mischievous protestors kept to the sides o f the march. After duct-taping an offensive sign or spray-painting a message on a wall, the culprit would vanish into the crowd, disguised by his clothed likeness to his also-masked peers.

As the Concordia-based crowd walked to meet McGill along Rue Sherbrooke, signs were duct-taped to walls and mailboxes with slogans against capitalism and multinational corpora­ tions. Bus stop advertisements were covered with banners scrawled with messages o f free

thought or threats o f violent actions. “There is always a possibility for violence towards the PO!” one handwritten message read.

A masked female protestor spray-painted “Fuck ZLEA” (the French acronym for FTAA), on a Burger King advertisement, on the corner o f Rue Union, in front the Bay department store. She then switched hoods and bandanas, and a group o f her peers immediately absorbed her into the crowd. The vandalism was pre­ meditated and well organized.

A small fight broke out in front o f the Ailes department store on the corner o f University and Ste-Catherine, after a protestor threw a rock and cracked a store window. A security guard ran out o f the store and grabbed a protestor, only to be attacked by a dozen oth­ ers, some throwing punches or using their flags to beat him. The protestors moved towards the Bank o f Montreal entranceway, and workers inside quickly locked the door. Individuals struggled to pull open the doors to get away. As abruptly as it started, the brawl ended, leaving hostile protestors even more anxious.

As crowds continued to push forward towards the Centre de Commerce Mondial, in Old Montreal, protestors walked faster, and many pushed as much as a block ahead o f the crowds to hurry along. Masked protestors car­ rying wooden posts began pacing up and down besides the quickly moving crowds. Some hit and kicked parked cars.

Protestors covered windows with ducttaped X’s and threw rocks at buildings. Many employees watched from office windows, while security guards locked down buildings. One masked protestor stood on the sidewalk, watching the crowd go by, before quickly rush­ ing back down the street and spray-painting a red X over the Centre du Commerce- sign.

The violent front o f the protest continued to press on, not waiting to hear the speeches given at the Centre by strike organizers.

On Rue René-Lèvesque, police officers attempted to slow the crowds. Three masked protestors stared down a motorcycle cop, forc­

ing him to drive further up the street before attempting to block them again. In the atmos­ phere o f nervous energy, a protestor was run over by the Concordia van. The driver, hearing only his scream and the crack o f his placard, stopped on top o f the protestor’s left foot for several seconds, before realizing he needed to back-up. A crowd o f media and onlookers ran to the injured protestor’s aid, while several reporters flashed photographs. The van drove around him, and police called an ambulance.

The hit broke his left leg.

As the sun set, the march reached Place des Arts, and dropping temperatures and shrinking numbers seemed to calm the crowds.

The protest continued peacefully until it reached the park at the Berri-UQAM metro station. There, a female protestor, unmasked, spray-painted a large “ZLEA” sign crossed out in red.

A fire broke out as participants waited to hear the organizers’ final remarks. A group o f seven protestors lit fire to a large pile o f about 50 placards with lighters and matches. The fire was stomped out by one protestor who yelled at the crowds for polluting the environment with smoke. Had the pile ignited, the fire would have been the size o f a small car.

The violent behavior seemed to be isolat­ ed to the front o f the protest.

SSMU VP Community and Government Nick Vikander said, “Violence? N ot at all, but it's a big thing. It’s hard to tell exacdy what's going on in all places.”

Other McGill activists agreed that the event was mostly peaceful.

Connor Timmons, a Political Science stu­ dent, said, “I was impressed with the amount o f people that came out; I was impressed with what happened on campus, thought it was well organized. I thought that everything seemed very peaceful. I saw some duct-tape vandalism over a National Bank poster, but other than that, for the amount o f people here, I'd say that's pretty impressive.”

Student concern likely to fa ll on public's d eaf ears

Molly Kay Marra Negotiations for the Free Trade Area o f the Americas began this past Thursday in Quito, Ecuador. All 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception o f Cuba, came together for another round o f planning, which they hope to complete by January 2005.

Protests in Montreal and in other cities around North and South America, however make it clear that there are many issues concerning demonstrators that the nations’ gov­ ernments do not seem to be addressing in their negotiations.

E-mails were sent last summer from activist groups in Latin America to student organizations across North America, suggesting marches against the FTAA as the Q uito negotiations began. The Students’ Society o f McGill University, along with groups from other universities across Quebec, rallied students in large numbers, to voice their concern that post-sec­ ondary public education is at risk under the FTAA. This concern arises from the fact that universities like McGill are private, publicly funded institutions and tuition freezes would not be ensured by the Canadian govern­ ment upon entering into the FTAA.

Other fears include concerns that government-subsidized education in Canada could be made out to be an unfair trade barrier against forprofit education that wishes to enter the Canadian system.

SSM U Vice-President of Community and Government Nick Vikander and others see the inclu­ sion o f education in trade deals as a next step in the trend towards priva­ tization.

Students cited increasing tuition prices at universities like McGill since the North American Free Trade Agreement, as well as the “commercialization o f education” with the present U21 project as small steps already being taken towards com plete privatization, thus making it easier for the govern­ ment to sign away education under the FTÀA at some point in the not too distant future.

U 3 Women’s Studies major Brianna Hersey feels very strongly that the possible inclusion o f educa­ tion in the FTAA would have “dis­ astrous effects” on the state o f pub­ lic education within Canada.

“Prices will sky-rocket and [post-secondary education] will become completely inaccessible for the majority o f Canadians,” said Hersey.

Bystanders at the march, Lynn and Winston Conyers o f Vancouver,

mer will mean that the President o f British Columbia, commented that if university education in Canada the United States will design trade became more expensive, an educa­ policy and Congress must either tion at a university like McGill vote to completely pass or com­ would be completely “out o f reach” pletely reject the trade policy. No changes may be made. for their four sons.

A recent article in The Janice Wu, an Arts student at Economist stated “negotiating lower Bishop’s University, commented that the protest “goes beyond edu­ trade barriers on sensitive farm cation... most o f us here are not products has been made harder by only concerned with education but hurdles attached by Congress to its recent approval o f the fast-track leg­ with the broader issues.” islation required to clinch trade One o f those broader issues, which is often cited as the largest agreements.”

Recently, US politics involved problem with NAFTA, is Chapter in the construction o f free trade 11. It rejects the use o f labour or environmental standards for ‘pro­ agreements like the FTAA have tectionist’ purposes with non-com­ been mentioned as a considerable pliance making governments “sub­ concern for one o f the region’s “eco-ject to trade restrictions or sanc­ nomic giants”— Brazil. Questions exist about America’s “willingness tions.”

Becky Ip, a Concordia Fine to deliver on substance,” according to a November 1 article in The Arts student, said that the money Washington Post. that governments have paid out and Brazil’s newly-elected presi­ will continue to pay out to the dent, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has United States under Chapter 11 “could be spent on social services.” been highly critical o f the FTAA Despite popular disapproval o f and US intentions, making refer­ Chapter 11, it remains a solid part ence to the internal politics in the o f the FTAA, even in the third US as preventing America from “making good” on agreements like round o f the negotiations.

Another area o f concern for NAFTA in the past and the FTAA anti-free trade activists is presiden­ in the future. Concessions will need tial “Fast-Track” authority, or as it to be made for Brazil to take part in the final negotiations and imple­ now called, Trade Promotion mentation o f the FTAA. Authority. The TPA legislation A student protestor from John passed in the US Congress this sum­

Abbott CÉGEP said: “I ’m sure everybody here would be for free trade if it was implemented fairly, but the way it is being implemented now, with closed doors, there is no control over it... [P]eople have no say in what is happening.”

Rafael Rodriguez, a MexicanAmerican senior at the University of Colorado, feels that the negotiations need to involve diverse groups of individuals in order to have a “real and comprehensive dialogue about making sure the success on the macroeconomic level, as a result of the trade agreements, then transfers effectively onto the microeconomic so especially poor, underprivileged families can really benefit from NAFTA and the FTAA.” Four-year-old Mikaelle, dressed in her red riding hood cos­ tume, reminded protestors as well as bystanders that the long-term effects o f the agreement need to be looked at more carefully as negotia­ tions continue. Public dialogue is necessary regarding the FTAA, as it will have a profound impact on lives in this hemisphere in the not too distant future. Students hope protests like the one on Thursday will play a large part in a more con­ structive public dialogue.

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Jam es Grohsgal They came in throngs, by foot, bus and metro, to their gathering places at McGill on the muddy field behind the Roddick Gates and at Concordia before the Henry F. Hall Building. The protestors’ purpose was simple and the ideology clear, for despite dissention within the Students’ Society o f M cGill University in the weeks leading up to the October 31 action, SSMU joined a protest whose participants were unequivocally opposed to the Free Trade Area o f the Americas.

T he opposition manifested itself in a variety o f forms: student revolutionaries swept the red ham­ mer and sickle standard across the windshields o f cars halted by the push o f protestors moving west on Rue René-Levesque, young men with checkered khaffiyeh waved the Palestinian flag from stone ledges, and masked anarchists cloaked in black hoodies hoisted red and black banners on traffic light perches.

Protestors dressed as dildos and teddy bears, holding aloft crosses and effigies, marched to pounding drumbeats through the arteries o f the city, and the television tickertapes announced that student demonstrations snarled downtown traffic.

as the protest neared. The move­ ment drew its ideological justifica­ tion from a leftist critique o f neolib­ eral globalization, and Vikander, in his role as negotiator with other Quebec stakeholders, did not impose visible limits on SSM U’s participation to maintain Council’s proscription o f outright opposition to the FTAA. Neither did posters produced by SSMU, the Canadian Federation o f Students and other activist groups make that distinc­ tion clear. The word “strike” appeared everywhere, while the word “education” popped up less frequently, even though SSM U did not pass a motion calling for a strike.

Early Thursday afternoon, one student with a megaphone in front o f Redpath Hall announced, “Classes today have been cancelled because today is a student strike,” although he later clarified, claiming that he told students about the non­ binding request passed by McGill Senate in place o f an academic amnesty, which asks professors to make accommodations for protest­ ing students. Also, according to SSM U executives, Dean of Students Bruce Shore forced SSMU to remove the word “strike” from the subject line o f a mass email sent to students a day before the protest.

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On the streets, protestors had diverse interests but shared a com­ mon focus.

Youri Cormier, a Concordia student dressed in ursine fashion, said, “Oh, I always wear bear suits on the weekend and uh, actually I’m dressing in the bear suit for a single reason: there’s a lot o f links to be made between free trade, neolib­ eralization and the selling out o f our resources... because neoliberal­ ism has that effect o f taking over the power in our system and putting it into the regulatory systems o f industries.”

This understanding o f free trade— that one consequence is inextricable from another—-shaped SSM U ’s ambiguous campaign.

Because organizers were so vocifer­ ous in their opposition to the FTAA in toto, SSM U Vice-President Community and Government Nick Vikander’s contention that he was conducting the campaign according to Council’s wishes became weaker

Disputing factions within SSM U’s counterpart on the other side o f the m ountain, La Fédération des Associations Étudiantes du Campus de l'Université de Montréal, were also at loggerheads about whether the protest was a litnited or totaliz­ ing criticism o f the FTAA. McGill student Marisa Berry, U1 International D evelopm ent Studies and a walkout mobilization coordinator, said Council’s distinc­ tion did not interfere with the expression o f anti-FTAA sentiment.

“I’m against the passing o f the FTAA. I was protesting the FTAA in all o f its facets,” said Berry. “I was really involved with [the protest], and I know that SSM U’s official position was ‘no’ to the inclusion o f education in the FTAA, but that didn’t necessarily reflect the overall atmosphere o f the people involved in the SSM U FTAA workgroup.”

On Thursday, the message was writ across the sky— a small plane

flew above the city carrying this message: “La FEU Q dit non à la ZLEA,” the position o f la Fédération des étudiant(e)s univer­ sitaires du Québec, the provincial lobby group that McGill rejoined last year. La FEUQ’s agenda has been to sensitize students to the links between their interests and those o f disenfranchised groups across the hemisphere, to ensure mass student objection to the com­ pletion o f the FTAA by 2005, not only because o f the agreement’s potential adverse impact on public education, but also because o f the widespread socio-econom ic costs they believe the FTAA will create.

In the evening, as the demon­ strators poured onto the terraced concrete o f Place des Arts, Martin Doe, standing alone in the fran­ cophone crowd near a portrait o f Che Guevarra and a clutch o f masked anarchists, said the govern­ ment should notice popular opposi­ tion to the FTAA. “Are they getting the message?

I don’t think we could get more people out here,” said Doe. “The federal government has been insis­ tent on not recognizing any con­ cerns with the FTAA, whether it be education, which is what we’re here for, or the environment, the exclu­ sion o f healthcare, the exclusion o f culture— what we consider to be part o f the backbone o f Canadian society.”

A similar attitude emanated from M ontreal’s other Englishspeaking university.

Sabine Freisinger, President of the Concordia Students’ Union, said Concordia’s ban on political speech after the violent protests that pre­ vented former Israeli Prime M inister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking at a Hillel Montrealsponsored fundraiser in September has steeled the C SU ’s resolve to maintain activism among the Concordia student body.

“The events at Concordia— the moratorium, the board o f gov­ ernors and who is on the board o f governors, its all tied together...

The corporate takeover is not just happening in our educational sys­ tem, it’s happening in healthcare and natural resources... I think today we are standing in solidarity with the people protesting in Q u ito... It’s the same sentiment as Quebec City in 2001, saying educa­ tion is what affects me right now, but there’s a bigger picture in this, where people see it affecting their healthcare and social services. I think today people are saying no to the FTAA, period.”

The street theatrics confirmed Freisinger’s appraisal.

In the middle o f a crowd o f protestors on Rue Ste-Catherine, a six-foot-tall puppet with a white skull and a flowing red robe was carried by a bearded middle-aged man named Dennis Morton.

“H e’s the death that will become us all if we keep on buying

into these shit trade accords, where we box up the environment for the highest bidder,” said Morton. “I don’t care how much money you have— you can’t eat money. A cor­ poration can live 500 years and all they do is eat our souls and our future.”

Death wasn’t on Ken Speilberg’s mind Thursday afternoon.

The U 4 Engineering student was inspired by an article in the M cG ill Daily to dress as a dildo for the protest.

“I don't know much about the FTAA,” said Spielberg, “I just came down here to walk around like a dildo. We [engineers] are obsessed with penises.”

C ouncil and the SSM U Executive should not be sur­ prised that the rhetoric and iconog­ raphy used to mobilize dyed-in-thewool activists did not awaken a dor­ mant political consciousness among all McGill students. Instead o f pre­ senting all perspectives on free trade, SSM U concentrated on rally-

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ing the usual suspects under a recy­ cled anti-globalization banner, while from the sofa and the side­ walk the Society’s constituents observed their representatives play­ ing self-styled campus revolutionar­ ies as the flowing sea o f slogans sucked them in.

PATRICK F0K

JENNY GEORGE

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E D IT O R IA L “ One leader, one people, sign ifies one m aster a n d m illio n s o f slaves. ”

— A lb e r t C a m u s

The m yth o f th e g reat lead er Jam es Empringham____________________________________________ In the midst of the events surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putins ascension to power in 1999, there occurred a series o f devastating apartment bombings in the densely populated Moscow and Volgodonsk regions o f the country, killing more than 300 innocent citizens. Putin, the for­ mer head o f the Russian Federal Security Bureau, quickly moved to pro­ nounce the bombings as the work of Chechen terrorists.

Equipped with a promise o f swift retribution and preying on an elec­ torate’s basest insecurity, Putin steamrolled to a landslide victory in the 2000 national election, capturing more votes than every other candidate combined, and the myth o f the great leader in the former Soviet Union was reborn.

The concept of the dashing and charismatic leader is familiar to the Russian people. Since the demise of the ruling aristocracy and the October Revolution of 1917— when it was Vladimir Lenin coroneted as national tonic— a single absolute ruling figure has monopolized official discourse, employing a state sponsored medium o f one form or another to infiltrate headspace and dinner table conversation alike, throughout Soviet Russia.

O f course, when the iron curtain was raised in the late 1980’s during the period o f Glasnost (“openness”), the Western world was let in on a secret that many Russians had shared for decades. The popular conception o f the Supreme Soviet leader, from Stalin, to Khruschev, to Brezhnev, was merely myth. Though each to varying degrees o f culpability, Soviet leaders had pros­ pered for decades while those living under their rule had suffered from eco­ nomic crisis, supply shortages and wide-scale government corruption.

Now more than 10 years since the fall o f Soviet Russia and the initial introduction of market-oriented Western style reforms, history in Russia sadly repeats itself. Outside o f Russia, the official version o f events surrounding the 1999 bombings has been largely scoffed at since the exact chemicals used in the blast were discovered soon after the attacks in the possession o f FSB agents, the men Putin had once commanded. Within Russia, people would prefer not to think about the possibility that the noble Putin might have been involved in the bombings from which he prospered.

Flash forward from the aparment bombings to the recent events in which a group o f heavily armed Chechen terrorists stormed a Moscow area theatre taking more than 800 people hostage in a tense 58-hour siege. Acting deci­ sively, Putin sent in a special forces team in an attempt to free the hostages. The final count: more than 700 hostages rescued, nearly 117 hostages and all 50 ter­ rorists dead, and all killed by a mysterious toxic gas administered as part of the rescue which the Russian government has yet to identify.

Given that only two Russians had actually been killed by the terrorists at the time when the gas was administered, Putin’s actions, to put it mildly, are open to criticism. Opinion polls in Russia, however, convey complete sub­ mission among Russians concerning the will o f their president. O f those polled immediately following the rescue, 86 per cent o f people approved of the way he handled the crisis, 77 per cent approved o f his presidency and a mere 3 per cent blamed him for the ongoing war with the Chechens.

In a country scorned by so many o f leaders before, Putin has achieved a rock-star-like status among his people. As an athletic, teetotaling, well kept, middle-aged man who treats his wife with respect no less, he is adored by throngs o f Russian women. The president is even the subject o f a chart-topping song in Russia called “I want a guy like Putin.” While ill-conceived admi­ ration in the form o f framed ’N Sync posters hung neatly at bedside is cer­ tainly harmless, in the case o f a country and its leader, ignorance holds dear consequences.

Putin’s refusal to negotiate with Chechen separatists, has contributed to the deaths o f nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers and 80,000 Chechens, and as is the tragedy o f the subsisting myth, a widened appeal beyond the wildest dreams o f even the man himself.

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In your article about the EUS losing its cafeteria, I was rather sur­ prised by the reasons given by David Strutz (Associate Director o f Ancillary Services) for taking over the EUS cafeteria. It was stated that the university would not profit financially from taking over and running food services and that they are taking over cafeterias that are abandoned so that they can contin­ ue to serve students. I find these reasons quite misleading!

First o f all, the Goodbytes Cafeteria (run by EUS) is far from being abandoned or unprofitable.

The cafeteria is always jammed packed with students and offers

Stop the Press I would like to applaud Mark Sward for his extensively researched article in last week’s M cGill Tribune regarding the repatriation o f cafete­ rias by the University from student associations.

However, I would like to address several statements made by David Strutz, an employee o f McGill Ancillary Services, as to why the University felt it necessary to manage food service provider con­ tracts itself. He stated in reference to the cafeterias previously operated by students that, “the University has the impression that the level o f service wasn’t adequate.” N o mention of this was made to any o f the under­ graduate faculty associations or the SSMU. At the time the University had full knowledge that SSMU was changing food service providers to Groupe MTY (who operates the franchises Veggirama, TK Ming, Franx Supreme and Caférama).

Students from the constituent facul­ ties were involved in the process and were major stakeholders in the deci­ sion to choose the new food service provider.

How did the University deter­ mine such a level o f service was not being provided and who was con-

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process—-the Board o f Governors.

Even at Concordia the Concordia Student Union had the chance to represent itself in the selection com­ mittee for the new food service provider.

And the question remains: where did all this money that used to be in the hands o f students go? Was there an increase in student bursaries or library funding? Through my research many universities where Chartwell’s has established food service outlets, including Nov. Scotia Agricultural College.

University o f St. Anne, and Waterloo, have bursaries and/oi scholarships for students provide)

by Chartwells. In the case o f Carleton and Memorial Universitie one-time grants earmarked for stu dents services and athletics, usualb in the range o f tens (if not hundreds o f thousands o f dollars, were con ferred upon the University after signing an exclusivity agreemen with Chartwells.

We shall never know where ha-, all the money gone that once provid ed revenue to student associations for it all has been lost as one little drop in the big McGill bucket.

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suited? Certainly not student associ­ ations who at the time were still operating those spaces. Finally, to address the statement that the University felt “some o f the cafete­ rias had been abandoned” it is quite true that there was a particular loca­ tion closed at the Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building.

With the consent o f the Dentistry undergraduates, the location was temporarily closed in order to find a solution under which the workers and students in the building could have food services o f an acceptable standard.

With regards to the idea of installing an oversight committee with representation o f students, fac­ ulty and sta ff---- this idea is not new! This idea was presented to University administration in August 2000 by the SSMU as a result o f impending repatriation moves by the University and no movement on this issue has been made. If the University was truly committed to garnering student consultation action would have been taken much sooner.

Lest we not forget an agree­ ment, not yet disclosed to students, was signed without a single peep o f student input except at the last stop on the McGill contract approval

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ty could have a large chunk (almost a monopoly) o f the food providing services so that it could sign exclu­ sive food and beverage contracts.

Remember the C old Beverage Agreement (CBA) that almost passed a few years ago? This could be leading to a similar situation! If the university will not make money off the operation o f cafeterias, they will by signing exclusive contracts with large corporations.

I just hope that engineering students don't lose an important part o f their student life, something that seems to be occurring all too often.

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them a menu that they enjoy (the EUS conducts regular surveys on food and services). In fact, the Goodbytes makes the EUS $40,000 a year that goes into its budget so that it can continue to provide pro­ grams and services for students.

The EUS currently provides its stu­ dents with programs such as a tuto­ rial service, an engineering compe­ tition, computer labs, a theatre company, sports, a newspaper, etc.

The cafeteria revenues also con­ tribute to the renovations as well as the annual upkeep o f Goodbytes.

W hy w ould the university want to take over a profitable cafe­ teria that puts money back into the pockets o f a student society? My guess would be so that the universi­

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I re a d a n a r tic le p u b lis h e d a c o u p le o f w e e k s a g o i n th e McGill Daily e n t i t l e d “ D u m m y D e f ie s D e a t h , R a n ts .” T h e m a n w h o w r o t e th is a r tic le is o n e a n g r y in d iv id u a l. “ I ju s t w a n t e d to p a y f o r m y gas, n o t s ta n d b e h in d s o m e a s s h o le , w a i t in g f o r h i m to assess th e v a lu e

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I lik e w h a t C h r is R o c k has to sa y a b o u t s u c h U z i- w a v in g o v e r re ­

a c tio n s : “ I f y o u g o to a m o v ie th e ­ a tr e a n d s o m e b o d y ste p s o n y o u r f o o t , le t i t s lid e . W h y s p e n d th e n e x t 20 y e a rs i n ja i l b e c a u s e s o m e ­ b o d y sm udged y o u r Pum a?” A m e n to th a t.

L e t m e m a k e a f u r t h e r su g g es­ tio n : B R E A T H E . W h e n y o u g e t th e u r g e to b lu d g e o n th e p o o r o l d la d y in lin e in f r o n t o f y o u to d e a th , s to p . In h a le h a p p y th o u g h ts . E x h a le a ll b lu d g e o n in g te n d e n c ie s . R e p e a t i f n ecessary.

S m e ll u p a n d w a k e th e c o ffe e , o r s o m e th in g lik e t h a t . . . D o n ’t b e so a n n o y e d a n d in s u c h a h u r r y a ll th e t im e . E n jo y th e l it t le th in g s . I t d o e s n ’t h a v e to b e th e b ird s c h ir p in g o r a b e a u t if u l s u n s e t o r a n y t h in g c h e e s y lik e th a t. J u s t lo o k a r o u n d .

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B a lk a n d s a y I ’m n a ïv e , s u re .

D o e s n ’t b o th e r m e a t a ll. I t ’s ju s t a s u g g e s tio n a n d y o u ’re e n t it le d to y o u r c y n ic is m . B u t in s te a d o f g r ip ­ in g a b o u t w h a t ’s s h it t y in y o u r lif e , t r y t o fo c u s o n w h a t ’s g o o d a b o u t it .

M a y b e th e o t h e r th in g s w o n ’t s e e m so b a d .

I t se e m s to m e t h a t p e o p le in g e n e r a l a re g e t t in g a n g r ie r th e s e d a y s . P a r d o n th e s w e e p in g g e n e r a l­ iz a t io n , b u t i t ’s ju s t s o m e th in g t h a t I ’v e n o tic e d . W h y is i t t h a t e v e ry o n e is w a l k in g a r o u n d a ll th e t im e lik e s o m e o n e p is s e d in t h e ir c o rn fla k e s ?

I t h i n k t h a t i t h a s a lo t to d o w i t h liv in g in a c ity . T h e d e n s e r th e p o p u la t io n , th e h ig h e r th e in c i­ d e n c e o f g r a n n y b e a tin g s . W e ’v e a ll g o t th in g s to d o a n d w e a ll w a n t to g e t t h e m d o n e as fa s t as p o s s ib le a n d , b e c a u s e o f th is , w e e n d u p s lo w in g e v e ry o n e , in c lu d in g o u r ­ selves, d o w n . P e o p le s ta r t lo o k in g

lik e e n e m ie s o r o b s ta c le s r a t h e r t h a n fe llo w h u m a n b e in g s w i t h s im ­ ila r m o tiv a tio n s . W e lo s e o u rs e lv e s in t h e im m e d ia c y a n d t h e fa ls e u r g e n c y o f w h a t ’s a t h a n d .

I f y o u ’re in tr a f f ic t r y in g to g e t to t h e h o s p ita l b e c a u s e y o u ’v e sev­ e r e d y o u r r ig h t h a n d , th e n I ’d sa y t h a t y o u h a v e a p r e t t y g o o d re a s o n f o r g o in g a p e -s h it o v e r th e t r a ff ic , a m o n g s t o t h e r th in g s . B u t d o m e a fa v o u r. I f , o n th e o t h e r h a n d , y o u ’re th e g u y b e h in d L e f t y in th e tr a ff ic ja m a n d y o u fe e l lik e s h o o tin g fir s t a n d a s k in g q u e s tio n s la t e r b e c a u s e p ic k in g u p y o u r d r y - c le a n in g is t a k ­ in g lo n g e r t h a n e x p e c te d , s to p a n d t h i n k a b o u t w h a t y o u ’re t r y in g to d o a n d h o w im p o r t a n t i t r e a lly is.

R e la x a n d d o n ’t ta k e y o u r s e lf a n d y o u r t im e so s e rio u s ly .

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I a m s o m e w h a t o f a m o v ie b u ff. A q u a s i-b u ff i f y o u w ill.

U n fo r tu n a te ly , m o r e o fte n th a n n o t , I e x h ib it v e r y li t t l e d is c r e tio n w h e n c h o o s in g m o v ie s a n d o f t e n m a k e p o o r ju d g m e n t c a lls ( I w a s o n e o f th o s e 11 p e o p le t h a t s a w

Glitter).

I b la m e V id e o t r o n s s a d -a s s e d v a r ie t y o f n e w relea ses a n d m y g iv ­ in g e v e r y m o v ie th e b e n e f it o f th e d o u b t , re g a rd le s s o f c a s t o r r e v ie w s .

N e i t h e r b a d p l o t n o r p o o r d ia lo g u e w i l l d e te r m e f r o m w a t c h in g ‘te e n ’ flic k s , a ls o k n o w n as t r a in -w r e c k s . I h a v e c o n c lu d e d t h a t t h e p r o b le m w i t h th e s e m o v ie s lie s w i t h i n th e s a d v a r ie t y o f c h a r a c te rs . W h i l e I c a n d e a l w i t h t h e r e p e a te d t im e f r a m e a n d s e ttin g ( h ig h s c h o o l/c o lle g e ) o r th e c o n s t a n t b a rr a g e o f b a t h r o o m h u m o u r , th e r e is o n e e le ­ m e n t o f t h e te e n m o v ie t h a t in v o k e s in m e b o t h a n g e r a n d r e s e n tm e n t . T h i s k illjo y , la d ie s a n d g e n t le m e n , is th e c lic h é d c h a r a c te r.

T h e r e is r e a lly n o e x c u s e f o r p r o fe s s io n a l w r ite r s w h o in c o r p o ­ r a te c h e e s y a n d o v e r u s e d c h a ra c te rs in t h e ir s c rip ts . I a m c o n v in c e d t h a t , w h e n in d o u b t , t h e y a ll c o n ­ s u lt th e s a m e s h it t y c lic h é c h a r a c te r h a n d b o o k c o n t a in in g less t h a n fiv e ty p e s o f a d o le s c e n ts .

W h e n I m e n t io n e d t h a t I la c k ju d g m e n t w h e n c h o o s in g a m o v ie , I m e a n t it . T i m e a n d t im e a g a in I s u b je c t m y s e lf t o m o v ie s g e a re d to w a r d s a s e g m e n t o f th e p o p u la ­ t io n w h o s p e a k in s e n te n c e fr a g ­ m e n t s a n d s p e n d t o o m u c h t im e m a s t u r b a t in g . W h i l e f u l l y a w a r e

t h a t q u a lit y m o v ie s w r i t t e n b y q u a l­ it y w r ite r s d o e x is t, I f o r s o m e re a ­ s o n p r e f e r to r o t m y b r a in w i t h c ra p t h a t u n d o u b t e d l y fe a tu re s o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o llo w i n g te e n m o v ie p r o to ty p e s : 1) T h e “ D y l a n M c K a y B r o o d M a s t e r ” . M is u n d e r s t o o d , g u a r d e d , d e e p . T h i s g u y h a s b e e n d e a lt a t o u g h h a n d d u r i n g h is lif e t h a t h as r e s u lte d i n a g u a r d e d w a l l b e tw e e n h i m a n d lo v e . L e a t h e r , ta p e r e d L e v i’s o r c u t - o f f je a n s h o rts a re u n i ­ f o r m , c o m p le te w i t h g re a s y h a ir a n d o n e b a d ‘t u d e . T h e D y l a n M c K a y B r o o d - M a s t e r ’s a n g e r a n d r e s e n tm e n t to w a r d s th e w o r ld (t h e r e s u lt o f a la c k o f s t r o n g fa t h e r f ig ­ u r e w h ile g r o w in g u p , n o d o u b t ) o f t e n m a n ife s ts it s e lf i n a c tiv itie s lik e f ig h t in g , c a r d e t a ilin g a n d p ic k ­ in g scabs.

T h e fe m a le v e r s io n w i l l s p e n d h e r t im e lo o k in g a n g s ty a n d p r a c ­ t ic in g re c k le s s s e x u a l b e h a v io u r .

S o m e o n e (u s u a lly a p le a s a n t b u t n e r d y c la s s m a te ) w i l l see t h r o u g h o u r re c lu s e ’s t o u g h e x t e r io r a n d sa ve h i m / h e r f r o m e t e r n a l lo n e li­ ness as th e t w o f a ll d e e p ly i n lo v e .

S e e Grease, Crazy/Beautiful a n d Here on Earth f o r p r im e e x a m p le s .

S a d ly , i n ‘ re a l lif e ’ (a p la c e w i t h w h ic h I a m s lo w ly lo s in g to u c h ) th e D y la n M cKay B ro o d -M a s te r w o u ld d r o p o u t o f h ig h s c h o o l, g e t a jo b a t th e a u t o m o t iv e - r e p a ir sec­ t io n o f a C a n a d ia n T i r e a n d p o t e n ­ t ia lly f in d h i m s e lf in ja i l f o r b r e w ­ in g m o o n s h in e .

2) T h e “ S h e - H a s - I t - A l l - B u t D o e s -S h e ? ” : O u t g o in g , s m a r t, a n d p o p u la r . T h i s ‘M is s T h a n g ’ h as i t g o in g o n — c h e e r le a d in g , s t r a ig h t A s , a p e r f e c t f a m ily a n d s m o k in ’ g o o d lo o k s . B u t d o n ’t le t t h a t w h it e s m ile a n d s e t o f p e r k y b re a s ts fo o l y o u , f o r tr a g ic a lly , th is s e e m in g ly p u t - t o g e t h e r p r in c e s s is m is s in g s o m e th in g — tr u e lo v e . T h i s b e a u t y q u e e n ju s t w a n ts s o m e o n e t o c a re f o r h e r, p r o t e c t h e r a n d a c c o m p a n y h e r to th e p r o m . S e e Cant Hardly Wait a n d The Wedding Planner (p o s t h ig h s c h o o l/c o lle g e v e r s io n ) f o r e x a m p le s o f t h is h e a rtw r e n c h e d b e a u ty .

T h e m o v ie w i l l a lw a y s e n d s u d d e n ly , m e t a m o r p h o s is ta k e s w i t h h e r f i n d i n g lo v e w i t h th e p la c e , a m a g ic a l e v e n t t h a t c h a n g e s s w e e t f o o t b a ll p la y e r /d o c t o r /s t o c k e v e ry th in g .

For th e f e m a le b o y f r o m W i n n e r s . T h i s c lic h e U n d e rd o g , th is c o u ld be a c h a r a c te r is p e rh a p s th e m o s t u n r e ­ m a k e o v e r o r a b o o b - jo b , f o r th e a lis tic o f th e b u n c h b e c a u s e , w h o m a le c o u n t e r p a r t , h a r d w o r k a n d th e h e ll a re w e k id d in g t o t h i n k lu c k t h a t p a y s o f f in t h e c h a n c e to t h a t th is c h ic k d o e s n o t a t a ll tim e s p la y i n th e “ b ig g a m e ” . h a v e a p le t h o r a o f h o t s ta llio n s a t S e e She’s All That, Rudy, a n d h e r b e c k a n d c a ll, p r o v id in g h e r The New Guy f o r t o u c h in g e x a m ­ w i t h c o n s ta n t, m i n d - b l o w i n g p la y p le s o f th e U n d e r d o g ’s in s p ir in g a n d t e n d e r lo v e . jo u r n e y . T h e m o v ie e n d s w i t h th e 3) T h e “ U n d e r d o g ” : T h is m oUsnt d e r d o g ’s ris e t o a e s th e tic , a t h le t ­ a n n o y in g o f th e c lic h é c h a ra c te rs is ic o r s o c ia l s u p r e m a c y , t h e ir f u t u r e d i f f i c u l t t o d e s c r ib e a c c u r a t e ly n o w b r ig h t . R i i i i i i g h t . I v e n tu r e b e c a u s e o f its m a n y f o r m s . t h a t , in re a lity , th e s e U n d e r d o g s G e n e r a lly , th e s e ‘lo s e rs ’ a re u s u a lly w o u ld h a v e b e e n lo o k in g a t a e it h e r u n a t t r a c t iv e ( g ir l) o r a t h le t i­ f u t u r e t h a t a t b e s t in c lu d e d a s ta b le c a lly c h a lle n g e d ( b o y ) o r s im p ly jo b a t th e lo c a l p u b lic lib r a r y . ‘u n c o o l’ ( b o t h ) . H o p e is a ll b u t lo s t O b v io u s ly , I ’m e x p e c tin g to o fo r th e a w k w a rd U n d e r d o g w h e n , m u c h f r o m th e s e h ig h r e v e n u e y e t

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S a t a n ic r itu a ls , r e p t ilia n r u le r s , b la c k m a g ic ... o h m y !

C o n s p ira c y th e o r is t D a v id Ick e d is c u s s e s th e g lo b a l d o m in a tio n a g e n d a o f s e c r e t s o c ie tie s Continued from page 1 o n lin e a u to b io g r a p h y .

F o r a p e r io d o f t im e , h e w o r e n o t h i n g b u t t u r q u o is e c lo t h in g , c la im in g it w a s th e d o m in a n t c o lo u r o f t h e u n iv e r s e , a n d r e fe r r e d t o h i m s e lf as “ th e s o n o f G o d h e a d ” .

H a v i n g s u ffe r e d r id ic u le a n d c r i t i ­ c is m b y b o t h c o m e d ia n s , c itiz e n s a n d p o lit ic ia n s a lik e , Ic k e m a in ­ ta in s t o d a y t h a t h e d o e s n ’t c a re w h a t o th e r s t h i n k o f h i m . “ I r e a lly d o n o t g iv e a s h it w h a t a n y o n e t h in k s o f m e a n d w h a t I d o . W h a t I c a re p a s s io n a te ­ l y a b o u t is t r y in g t o u n c o v e r w h a t's g o in g o n so t h a t i t c a n b e s t o p p e d a n d c h a n g e d , a n d I c a re p a s s io n ­ a t e ly a b o u t e v e r y o n e h a v in g th e r ig h t t o h e a r a ll i n f o r m a t io n a n d n o t ju s t t h a t w h ic h w i l l le a d u s to a c e r t a in l i m i t e d c o n c lu s io n ,” h e s a id i n a n in t e r v ie w w i t h a lt e r n a t iv e n e w s m a g a z in e The Spectrum.

R e p t i l i a n R u le r s P e rh a p s h is m o s t c o n tr o v e r s ia l and w e ll-k n o w n th e o r y , he d e s c rib e s i t as “t h e [ w o r l d ’s] b ig g e s t s e c re t” , is t h a t o f t h e I l l u m i n a t i .

Ic k e b e lie v e s t h a t t h e w o r l d is u n d e r th e s e ‘ I l l u m i n a t e d O n e s ’ , w i t h t h e re s t o f c itiz e n s m e r e ly a c t­ in g as ig n o r a n t b y s ta n d e rs .

B y tr a c in g b lo o d lin e s b a c k t o t h e 12t h c e n t u r y C r u s a d e s i n th e M i d d l e E a s t, Ic k e b e lie v e s t h a t a ll p o l i t i c a l , e c o n o m i c a n d m e d ia p o w e r is h e ld b y t h is s m a ll g r o u p w i t h s e le c t D N A . H e u ses t h e W in d s o r -B u s h b lo o d lin e to d e m o n s t r a t e th is id e a , tr a c in g i t b a c k f r o m s u c h h is to r ic a l fig u r e s as R a m s e s I I , C le o p a t r a a n d J u liu s

C a e s a r t o p r e s e n t - d a y le a d e r s i n c lu d in g Q u e e n E liz a b e t h I I , th e f a m e d R o c k e f e lle r f a m i l y a n d U S P r e s id e n t G e o r g e W . B u s h . T h is p a r t i c u l a r b l o o d l i n e , Ic k e c o n ­

te n d s , is lin k e d t o e v e r y r o y a l f a m ­ i l y in E u r o p e . O f t h e 43 A m e r ic a n p r e s id e n ts t o d a te , 34 o f t h e m c a n be tra c e d back to K in g C h a r le m a g n e o f F r a n c e , a fa c t Ic k e fin d s a la r m in g . “ P re s id e n ts a r e n o t e le c te d b y b a llo t ,” Ic k e d e c la re s o n h is w e b ­ s ite , “t h e y a re s e le c te d b y b l o o d .”

T h e I l l u m i n a t i E m p ir e fr e e ly m o v e s t r illio n s o f d o lla r s d a ily , b e lie v e s Ic k e , as h e n o n c h a la n t ly d is m is s e s t h e o r ie s o f e c o n o m i c c y c le s .

He a rg u e s th a t th e I l l u m i n a t i r u le u s in g tr a u m a - b a s e d m i n d c o n t r o l. “ W h a t t h e y d o t o c h a n g e s o c i­ e t y f r o m w h a t i t is t o w h a t th e y w a n t i t t o b e is [t o ] c r e a te e v e n ts t h a t c a u s e c h a o s a n d d i s r u p t io n so t h a t t h e y c a n o f f e r th e s o lu t io n to t h a t [ p r o b le m ] . T h i s re s u lts in a s o c ie ty c r e a te d i n t h e ir im a g e ,” h e e x p la in s .

T h o s e i n p o w e r a r e n ’t a c tu a l h u m a n b e in g s , Ic k e b e lie v e s .

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T h e y m o v e in a n d o u t o f h u m a n h i s t o r y w i t h t h e a b ilit y t o “s h a p e s h if t ” , t h a t is , to ta k e th e f o r m o f p r o m in e n t h u m a n b e in g s in p o s i­ tio n s o f p o w e r in o r d e r t o o r c h e s ­ tr a t e e v e n ts t o fa c ilit a t e t h e ir o b je c ­ tiv e s . “ T h e e x tr a te r r e s tr ia ls a re n o t c o m in g , t h e y ’r e n o t g o in g to in v a d e , t h e y ’v e a c t u a lly b e e n c o n ­ t r o l l i n g th is p la n e t , in c re a s in g ly , f o r th o u s a n d s o f y e a rs ,” m a in t a in s Ic k e .

Ic k e b e lie v e s s u c h e n t it ie s n e e d t o c o n s u m e h u m a n b l o o d in o r d e r t o m a i n t a i n t h e ir h u m a n fo r m s . I n o r d e r t o a c c o m ­ m o d a t e th is n e e d , d o m i ­ n a n t b l o o d l i n e f a m ili e s p e r f o r m r itu a ls o f h u m a n s a c rific e . Ic k e c la im s to h a v e e x c lû s iv e e v id e n c e a n d h a s im p lic a t e d s e v e ra l t o p U S o f fic ia ls , p a s t a n d p r e s e n t , i n th e s e c e r e ­ m o n ie s .

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T h e 9/11 L i e Ic k e h a s d o n e m a s s a m o u n ts o f re s e a rc h o n t h e S e p t e m b e r 11 a t t a c k s , a r g u in g t h e y w e r e a n I l l u m i n a t i in v e n t io n . A t h is le c ­ t u r e , h e c r it ic iz e d t h e c r e d ib ilit y o f t h e F B I e n q u ir y , c o n d e m n in g i t as in c o n c lu s iv e . H e p o in t e d t o in c o n ­ s is te n c ie s in o f f ic ia l s ta te m e n ts , as w e ll as t h e u n fe a s ib le n a tu r e o f th e t im e li n e d o c u m e n t in g th e h i ja c k ­ ers’ a c tiv itie s le a d in g u p t o th e c ra s h e s , a n d t h e w i t h h o l d i n g o f i n f o r m a t io n b y o f fic ia ls , as in d ic a ­ tio n s t h a t O s a m a B in L a d e n is a s c a p e g o a t “c re a te d b y th e C I A [a n d ] w a n t e d b y t h e F B I . ” “ W h y a re w e b e in g lie d t o a t e v e r y tu r n ? B e c a u s e t h e o f f ic ia l s t o r y is a b lo o d y li e , ” h e b o o m e d a t h is le c tu r e .

R e fe r r in g to h e a d -o f-s ta te s B u s h a n d B r it is h P r im e M i n i s t e r T o n y B la ir , Ic k e b o ld ly d e c la r e d , “ T h e s e t w o a re t h e te r r o r is ts , b y e v e ry d e fin itio n o f th e w o rd — e n d o f s to r y ,” f o r w h ic h h e r e c e iv e d t h u n d e r o u s a p p la u s e .

A d v o c a t in g C h a n g e Ic k e c o n c lu d e d h is s e v e n -h o u r le c tu r e b y im p l o r i n g h is a u d ie n c e to o v e r t h r o w t h e g lo b a l c o n s p ir a c y b y e d u c a tin g o th e r s a n d e m p o w e r ­ in g th e m s e lv e s t o s t a n d u p f o r w h a t t h e y b e lie v e in , w i t h o u t fe a r o f

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F a n s a n d c r itic s R é je a n B e a u d o in o f Z a m a P r o d u c tio n s , t h e p r o m o t i o n c o m ­ p a n y r e s p o n s ib le f o r t h e s e m in a r , is a n a d v o c a te o f Ic k e ’s th e o r ie s . “ W e a re h e r e b e c a u s e w e d o n ’t w a n t t o liv e i n a w o r ld lik e th is . W e a re c h ild r e n o f th e M a t r i x . W e w a n t t o b e fr e e . W e w a n t t o g e t o u t o f W o n d e r l a n d , ” h e s a id i n a n a d d re s s a t t h e b e g in n in g o f th e s e m in a r .

B u t Ic k e c e r t a in ly h a s h is s h a re o f d e tr a c to r s . “ H e ’s o f f t h e w a l l , ” c o m m e n t ­ e d a t t e n d e e L o u is e O r i e u x , a

f o u r t h - y e a r P o lit ic a l S c ie n c e s tu ­ d e n t a t U Q A M . “ I d o n ’t k n o w h o w h e g e ts a w a y w i t h s a y in g th o s e th in g s ; I ’m s u r p r is e d h e h a s n ’t b e e n s u e d y e t .”

F r o m r e la t iv e ly t a m e je s ts to o u t r i g h t s la n d e r , Ic k e k e p t h is a u d ie n c e on its to e s .

He d e n o u n c e d C N N as “t h e m o v ie c h a n n e l” , as w e l l as a c c u s in g U S V ic e - P r e s id e n t D i c k C h e n e y o f r a p in g w o m e n w i t h o u t t h e i r k n o w le d g e and fo rm e r US P r e s id e n t G e o r g e B u s h o f v io le n t ly a b u s in g c h ild r e n . H e u n a b a s h e d ly t o o k s ta b s a t s o c ia l in s t it u t io n s a n d c r i t i c i z e d p o l i t i c a l f ig u r e s w i t h re c k le s s a b a n d o n .

Ic k e u r g e d m a s s r e b e llio n , a n d h a s h i m s e lf b e e n r u m o u r e d t o m e e t w i t h U S m i l i t i a g r o u p s as w e l l as r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f f a r - r ig h t m o v e ­ m e n ts .

T h r o u g h o u t h is s p e e c h , h e c o n s is te n tly r e fe r r e d to “ in s id e r s ’ a n d “s o u rc e s ” t o s u p p o r t o t h e r w is e f li m s y a r g u m e n ts , w i t h o u t d is c lo s ­ i n g t h e d e t a ils o f h is e lu s iv e s o u r c e s , g i v i n g r is e t o d o u b t .

D e s p it e o c c a s io n a l s u s p ic io u s r e a ­ s o n in g a n d t h e a p p e a ls t o m y s t e r i­ o u s a u t h o r it ie s , a u d ie n c e m e m b e r s s e e m e d in s p ir e d b y Ic k e ’s s p e e c h , h a v in g e a c h p a id $69 f o r t h e s e m i­ n a r. “ H e g iv e s t h e e n t ir e b ig p ic ­ t u r e , ” c la im s M o n t r e a l n a t iv e M i c h a e l, w h o c h o s e n o t t o d is c lo s e h is s u r n a m e .

T h e 23 - y e a r - o l d c o m p a r e d t o d a y ’s s o c ie ty t o t h a t in G e o r g e O r w e l l ’s 1984, w h e r e e lite fo r c e s r u le th e w o r ld , and d e s c r ib e d t h e le c tu r e as s t im u la t i n g a n d Ic k e as a c o n v in c in g s p e a k e r w h o b r o u g h t a ll th e p ie c e s t o g e t h ­ er.

In re s p o n s e to s k e p t ic s , M i c h a e l c o m m e n t e d : “ W h o a re th e y t o ju d g e ? Y o u c a n o n ly ju d g e i f y o u ’v e s e e n i t f o r y o u r s e lf . I t ’s y o u r lif e , i t ’s y o u r u n iv e rs e ; b u t m e , I w a n t t o b e a w a r e .”

H i s f r ie n d S é b a s tie n , a 24y e a r - o ld w h o m a d e t h e t r e k f r o m Q u e b e c C it y fo r th e e v e n t, w as e q u a lly im p r e s s e d . “ I d o n ’t w a n t t o b e in a s ta te o f ig n o r a n c e ,” h e s a id . “ [ Ic k e is] g iv ­ in g u s in f o r m a t io n ; i t ’s u p t o us w h a t w e w a n t to d o w it h it . ” Ic k e , p le a s e d b y th e s u p p o r t o f th e fe r v e n t c r o w d , e n d e d t h e d a y w ith a m essage o f e m p o w e rm e n t. “ W e a re n o t o r d i n a r y p e o p le , w e a re in f i n i t e g e n iu s e s h a v in g a n e x p e r ie n c e . W e c a n t h i n k o u r p a r a ­ d is e i n t o c r e a t io n ,” h e d e c la r e d .

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T h e r e a lity -b a s e d Warren Lewin W h e t h e r t u r n in g o n th e t e le v i­ s io n , p ic k in g u p th e n e w s p a p e r, t a lk in g a m o n g fr ie n d s o r s im p ly c h e c k in g e -m a ils , to d a y s a v e ra g e p e rs o n is g u a r a n te e d to b e b o m ­ b a r d e d w i t h s o m e t h in g r e a lit y b a s e d . R e a lit y s h o w s h a v e in te g r a t­ e d th e m s e lv e s in t o e v e r y d a y c u ltu r e a n d m illio n s o f p e o p le , lit e r a lly , c a n n o t m a k e i t t h r o u g h th e w e e k w i t h o u t a d o s e o f s o -c a lle d ‘r e a lit y ’ .

I f y o u h a v e n ’t h e a r d o f s u c h s h o w s , th e n y o u a p p a r e n tly h a v e n ’t b e e n liv in g in th e s a m e w o r ld as th e re s t o f th e p o p u la t io n . “ Y o u a re t h e w e a k e s t l i n k , g o o d b y e .”

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F a m ilie s u s e d to g a th e r a r o u n d th e te le v is io n to f in d o u t w h a t h a d ta k e n p la c e o v e r th e c o u rs e o f th e d a y , b u t tim e s h a v e c h a n g e d . T o d a y , t h e y g a th e r to a b s o r b f a r -f e tc h e d s c e n a rio s c o n s tr u c te d b y te le v is io n e x e c u tiv e s — t h e p h e n o m e n o n o f s o -c a lle d “r e a lit y ” T V .

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E n t e r The fo r s o m e o n e w h o Osbournes, a h a s b e e n o n th e s e c o n d -b y -s e c o n d u n e d it e d M c G i l l s t u d e n t w i l l b e w e a r in g s c e n e f o r ju s t o v e r a m o n t h . H e r a c c o u n t o f fa m e d ro c k e r O z z y w hen th e y head hom e fo r c o v e ra g e in n e w s p a p e rs is a ls o n o te ­ O s b o u r n e ’s f a m ily . T h e c o n c e p t T h a n k s g iv in g h o lid a y s , h e c h a l­ w o r t h y . S u r e , n e w s p a p e rs c a n toss d o e s n ’t s o u n d a ll t h a t a m a z in g , b u t le n g e s . P e rh a p s a M c G i l l s w e a ts h ir t, in n e w s s u m m a r ie s a b o u t c o n flic ts i t h as e n jo y e d tr e m e n d o u s r a tin g s , p a n ts , a b a c k p a c k — e s s e n tia lly a n y ­ in th e M i d d l e E a s t a n d th e w a r o n b e a tin g m o s t n i g h t ly n e w s s h o w s . t h in g t h a t lin k s th e m w i t h t h e ir t e r r o r is m , b u t as C la r k s o n ’s fla s h y The Osbournes r e ite r a te th e p o in t c o m m o n s c h o o l e n v ir o n m e n t , s p re a d s r e v e a l, w h a t p e o p le r e a lly t h a t n o w a d a y s , i f i t ’s r e a lity -b a s e d , b e c a u s e s tu d e n ts ta k e p r id e a n d w a n t to h e a r is g o s s ip . T h i s is i t ’s h o t . O v e r s ix m i l l i o n fa n s tu n e w a n t to b e in c lu d e d in th is m ass to d a y ’s a c tu a lity , as in f o r m a t io n h as in w e e k ly to k e e p a n e y e o n t h e m , i f g r o u p , T a y lo r e x p la in s . b e e n t h r o w n o u t th e w i n d o w fo r o n ly to b e a b le to p a r t ic ip a te in M ass m e d ia p r o v id e s an th e s a k e o f ‘ in f o t a in m e n t ’ . c o n v e rs a tio n s w i t h fr ie n d s d u r in g a v e n u e f o r p e o p le to f in d a n d ta k e T h e d e m a n d o f, a n d fix a t io n m o r n in g w a lk s to s c h o o l. h o ld o f th is c o lle c tiv e e x p e r ie n c e . u p o n , th e s e s h o w s h a s b e e n e n o r ­ T h is n e w c ra z e h a s u n it e d p e o ­ W i t h s h o w s lik e American Idol, m o u s s in c e t h e ir c o n c e p tio n . A n d y p le in t o a g r o u p o f c o lle c tiv e r e a lit y th e v ie w in g p u b lic h a s t h e ir fin g e rs D e h n a r t, a n e n te r ta in m e n t a fi­ T V fa n a tic s . A n d th e o ld m a x im o n th e c o n t r o l, n o t o n ly o f w h o w ill c io n a d o and c o lu m n is t fo r rin g s tr u e : p e o p le s e e k in c lu s io n in w i n , b u t als o o f h o w o u r n a tio n s R e a lit y B lu r r e d .c o m c o m m e n ts .

“ It 's o f te n o n ly a b o u t e n te r ­ t a in m e n t , b u t w h a t's w r o n g w i t h th a t? ” h e asks. “ W e a ll n e e d es cap e s o m e tim e s , a la u g h o r a c r y o r ju s t so m e ch eap fu n .”

R e a l it y s h o w s h a v e h i t th e b u ll’s e y e w i t h e x c ite m e n t a n d it a p p e a rs th e y a re h e re to stay.

T a d e u F a n ta n e a n u , a U 1 B io c h e m is t r y s t u d e n t, is a n a v id w a t c h e r o f r e a lit y s h o w s , n o t in g t h a t t h e y p r o v id e a u n iq u e v ie w o f s o c ie ty . “ I t h i n k r e a lit y te le v is io n is g r e a t b e c a u s e o f its a c c u r a te p o r ­ tr a y a l o f e t h n ic d iv e r s ity a n d v a r i­ o u s c u lt u r a l p e r s p e c tiv e s t h a t I w o u ld h a v e n e v e r o t h e r w is e b e e n e x p o s e d t o , ” h e o b s e rv e s . “ I t sh ed s lig h t o n g lo b a l p e rs p e c tiv e s , in t r o ­ d u c in g m e d ia -v ie w e r s to e x o tic fa r o f f p la c e s a n d a llo w s N o r t h A m e r ic a n s to see h o w o t h e r c u l­ tu re s liv e .”

Y e t, d e tr a c to r s h a v e w a r n e d a g a in s t s u c h e n th u s ia s tic e m b r a c e o f th e s h o w s , c it in g t h a t a w a r p e d sense o f t h e w o r ld m a y r e s u lt.

E m ily R ose, a UO In t e r n a t io n a l D e v e lo p m e n t S tu d ie s s t u d e n t a t M c G i l l , is o n e o f th o s e c o n c e r n e d a b o u t th e tr e n d . “ W h a t ’s w o r r is o m e is its p o te n tia l im p a c t o n th e w a y w e liv e o u r d a y - t o - d a y liv e s ,” sh e asserts. “ It's w o r r is o m e to k n o w t h a t m o r e p e o p le a re w a t c h in g r e a lit y te le v i­ s io n as o p p o s e d to w a t c h in g im p o r ­ t a n t n e w s b r o a d c a s ts e x p o s in g p o lit ic a l a n d g lo b a l issues. T h e r e a re m o r e a n d m o r e in d iv id u a ls w h o a re less e d u c a te d a b o u t w o r ld e v e n ts a n d e x p e rts o n s im p ly e n t e r t a in ­ m e n t . I t h i n k th e r e n e e d s to b e a s h ift a w a y f r o m m e d ia in te re s ts to o n e o f w o r ld a ffa ir s .”

A s v ie w e r s r e -e v a lu te t h e ir re la ­ tio n s h ip s w i t h te le v is io n , t h e y n e e d to e x a m in e w h e t h e r t h e y a re t u n in g in t o r e a lity , o r c h e c k in g o u t o f it .

S tep o u tsid e th e box to avoid th e 'c a n n e d ' McGill e x p e rie n c e e x p e r ie n c in g M c G i l l ‘fre s h ’ . T r y it.

I t ’s a r ic h e r e x p e r ie n c e a n d y o u ’ll save m o n e y to b o o t. T h e fre s h v e r ­ s io n h a s n o d e fin e d s te p s , b u t h e re a re s o m e g e n e r a l id e a s .

T h e M c G ill G h e tto : F o r c ry ­ in g o u t lo u d , p e o p le , c a n ’t y o u see y o u ’re b e in g r ip p e d o ff? U n le s s y o u in s is t o n b e in g c lo s e to c a m p u s , th e r e ’s n o ex cu s e f o r liv in g h e re .

R u n -d o w n a p a rtm e n ts , d r u n k e n O n t a r i o p e o p le a n d a d in g y S e c o n d C u p is a ll th is n e ig h b o u r h o o d h as to o ffe r . D o y o u r e a lly w a n t to p a y e x tr a to m a k e th is y o u r h o m e ?

W h a t a b o u t t h e ■ P la te a u ? T h e V illa g e ? S t - H e n r i ? M i l e End? A n y w h e r e is c h e a p e r a n d c o o le r th a n A y lm e r S tre e t.

M o r e o v e r , th e r e is a w o r ld east o f P a rc A v e n u e . T h e r e ’s e v e n s t u f f ea s t o f S t-L a u r e n t. I n fa c t, m o s t o f w h a t m a k e s M o n t r e a l s u c h a s ty l­ is h , c o s m o p o lita n p la c e to liv e is c re a te d ju s t a lit t le f u r t h e r a fie ld .

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a re u s u a lly m u c h h ip p e r th a n th e re s t o f us . T h is is p r o b a b ly b e c a u s e th e y s p e n t t h e ir h ig h s c h o o l y e a rs in b a rs w h ile th e rest o f h a d to p u rs u e v ic e in p a rk s a n d a t la m e h o u s e p a r ­ tie s . P lu s , y o u g e t to h e a r p o litic a l w a r s to rie s f r o m th e r e fe r e n d u m y e a rs .

L e a r n F r e n c h . T h e s e rv ic e y o u re c e iv e in s to re s a n d r e s ta u ra n ts w i l l im p r o v e d r a m a t ic a lly . Y o u ’l l g e t g r e a t in s ig h t in t o th e h is to r y a n d c u ltu r e o f Q u e b e c (t h e r e a c tu a lly is a d is t in c t c u lt u r e ) . I t m ig h t e v e n g e t y o u a jo b in la t e r y e a rs . A n d y o u ’ll n o lo n g e r fe e l c o m p e lle d to w a lk d o w n th e s tre e t w i t h e ig h t o t h e r M c G i l l s tu d e n ts y e llin g “ G o L e a fs , G o !”

F in a lly , a b r i e f lis t o f p la c e s to a v o id . I n n o p a r t ic u la r o r d e r, h e re w e g o w i t h a h i t lis t o f th re e in s ti­ tu tio n s w h o s e o v e r -r e lia n c e o n p a s t g lo r y has e a rn e d th e m a w e lld e s e rv e d b itc h -s la p .

S a n t r o p o l: A s id e f r o m a c h a r m in g te rra s s e , w h a t e x a c tly is th e a p p e a l o f th is p la c e ? P u t t in g

w a ln u t s in c r e a m c h ees e is n o v e l b u t h a r d ly g a s tr o n o m ic in s p ir a t io n .

D i t t o s lic in g s ta le b r e a d i n t o t w o in c h - t h ic k slices. D i t t o c h u c k in g p ie c e s o f a p p le o n th e p la te . W h a t is r e a lly n o v e l is c h a r g in g p e o p le 10 b u c k s to e a t th is s lo p . S o h o w in G o d ’s n a m e d o th e y p a c k th is p la c e e v e ry n ig h t? M a y b e p e o p le p a y f o r t h e p le a s u r e o f w a t c h i n g th e C u lt u r a l S tu d ie s ty p e s t r y in g to d a te o n e a n o th e r . ( “ Y o u k n o w , I r e a lly t h i n k g e n d e r is so im p o r t a n t in th e c o n s t r u c tio n o f o u r id e n t i­ tie s .” ) M a y b e i t ’s a ll th o s e p e o p le w h o t h i n k i t ’s f u n to b r e a k u p w it h s o m e c o n fu s e d E n g in e e r in g s t u d e n t w h ile in c e n s e b u r n s in th e b a c k ­ g r o u n d . W h a t e v e r th e re a s o n , y o u ’re p r o b a b ly b e tte r o f f s ta y in g a t h o m e w i t h y o u r b e a n s a n d le n tils th a n b e in g r ip p e d o f f i n th is s t u p id h ip p ie jo in t .

G e r t ’s: T h is p la c e o ffe rs a g r e a t c ra s h c o u rs e i n s a tu r a tio n m a r k e t ­ in g b u t lit t le else. T h e w a lls , th e flo o r s , th e c e ilin g s , e v e n th e s t a f f a re fe s to o n e d w i t h b e e r lo g o s . T o h e ll

w i t h r e fle c tin g th e r ic h h is t o r y o f th e c a m p u s a n d th e c ity , w h y n o t m a k e th e s t u d e n t b a r lo o k lik e a F lo r id a to u r is t tra p ? I n fa irn e s s , th o u g h , g o o d c o ffe e a n d a c o o l s t a ff m a k e G e r t ’s a d e c e n t d a y - t im e s t u d y s p o t.

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H a p le s s A m e r ic a n s w i t h o u t - o f d a te g u id e b o o k s a re g ro s s ly o v e r ­ c h a r g e d f o r s o -s o s m o k e d m e a t in a r e s ta u r a n t t h a t h a s n o c o m p u n c t io n a b o u t c a s h in g in o n w h a te v e r r e p u ­ t a t io n i t h a s le f t . R e fe re n c e s to B e n ’s g lo r y d a y s a b o u n d . I t ’s 'h a rd to a s c e r ta in ju s t w h e n th e s e g lo r y d a y s o c c u r r e d , b u t i t ’s sa fe to a s s u m e t h e y h a p p e n e d b e fo r e a n y o f us w e r e b o r n . T h r o w in a s u r ly a n d in d if f e r e n t s t a f f a n d y o u h a v e a p la c e c r y in g o u t f o r d e m o lit io n . I n th e m e a n t im e , g o to S c h w a r t z ’s.

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Dying for their cause: When religion conflicts with medicine R e lig io u s r e s tr ic tio n s o n Lise Bondy__________________ T h e s to r y lea ves a r a th e r a c r id ta s te in th e s ta n d a r d , n o n -s e c u la r C a n a d ia n ’s m o u t h . A s w e e t-fa c e d C a lg a r y t e e n , B e t h a n y H u g h e s , d ie d o f le u k e m ia in S e p t e m b e r a fte r c o n t in u o u s ly b a t t lin g th e tr a n s fu ­ s io n s fo r c e d u p o n h e r b y h e r d o c ­ to rs , h e r fa th e r a n d th e p r o v in c ia l g o v e r n m e n t.

T h is s t o u t o p p o ­ s it io n to h e r tr e a t m e n t h as its r o o ts in a s h o r t p assag e i n th e B ib le , o n e t h a t fo r b id s th e e a tin g o f b lo o d . A s a devout J e h o v a h ’s W it n e s s , Hughes b e lie v e d t h a t th e in t r a ­ v e n o u s in tr o d u c tio n o f b lo o d w a s th e s a m e as th e c o n s u m p t io n o f b lo o d , so sh e t o o k a s ta n d a g a in s t th e b lo o d tr a n s fu s io n s t h a t w e r e p r e s c rib e d to sa ve h e r life .

H e r s tru g g le n o t o n ly to u c h e d a n e rv e w i t h th e n in e m illio n J e h o v a h ’s W itn e s s e s w o r ld w id e , b u t w i t h m e d ic a l p r o fe s s io n a ls and e t h ic is ts who e x a m in e t h e b ig g e r p ic tu r e o f in te r a c tio n s b e tw e e n m e d ic in e , r e lig io n a n d th e la w .

M o s t r e lig io n s e x p e c t t h a t t h e ir m e m b e r s w i l l s e e k m e d ic a l h e lp w h e n fa c e d w i t h illn e s s o r in ju r y .

T h e C h a ir p e r s o n o f M c G i l l ’s C h r is t ia n F e llo w s h ip , T o h r u In o u e , in h is fin a l y e a r o f E n g in e e r in g , d e e p ly b e lie v e s in th e c o r r e la tio n b e tw e e n h e a lin g a n d s p ir itu a lity . “ M o d e r n m e d ic in e is w o n d e r ­ f u l; I see n o c o n f l ic t w i t h C h r is t ia n it y ,” h e re v e a ls . “ M a n y o f

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o u r W e s t e r n e th ic s , in c lu d in g j u d i ­ c ia l a n d m e d ic a l c a re , a re r o o t e d in th e T e n C o m m a n d m e n t s .”

O th e r s d o n o t fin d th a t W e s t e r n m e d ic in e co ales ces w i t h t h e ir o w n r e lig io u s b e lie fs . A t w o y e a r - o ld b o y in M e lb o u r n e , F lo r id a , d ie d in h is p a re n ts ’ a rm s f r o m m u l ­ t ip le y e llo w ja c k e t s tin g s . H is p a r ­ e n ts , C h r is t ia n S c ie n tis ts , re fu s e d m e d ic a l t r e a t m e n t , o p t in g t o r e ly o n ly o n th e h e a lin g p o w e r o f f a ith

case, h a d sh e b e e n o n e y e a r o ld e r , sh e c o u ld h a v e le g a lly m a d e h e r o w n m e d ic a l d e c is io n s a n d n o t b e e n u n d e r c o u r t s c ru tin y .

D u r i n g h is t im e a t M c G i l l ’s B io m e d ic a l E th ic s u n i t , E d w a r d K e y s e r lin g k e x p re s s e d h is fe e lin g s to w a r d s J e h o v a h ’s W itn e s s e s . “ F o r s o m e p e o p le , it se em s to b e a n t i- m e d ic in e . I t se e m s t o b e s o m e h o w p u t t i n g th e p a t ie n t in je o p a r d y ,” h e s ta te d .

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A d u lt s in s im ila r s it u a t io n s h a v e b e e n c o n v ic te d o f c h ild a b u s e f o r r io t s e e k in g m e d ic a l a t t e n t io n f o r t h e ir d y in g c h ild r e n . C o u r t s h a v e r u le d t h a t b a b ie s b o r n to J e h o v a h ’s W it n e s s p a r e n ts , w h o w o u l d o t h e r w is e d ie w i t h o u t a b lo o d tr a n s fu s io n , s h o u ld b e g iv e n o n e , d e s p ite p a r e n ta l o b je c tio n s .

A d u lt s a re g e n e r a lly a llo w e d r e li­ g io u s fr e e d o m c o n c e r n in g m e d ic a l d e c is io n s , b u t c o u r ts t e n d to in t e r ­ v e n e in c h ild r e n ’s cases. I n H u g h e s ’

O t h e r s s h a re h is fr u s tr a tio n . “ I t ’s h a r d in t h e case o f a d u lts ; I d o n ’t a g re e w i t h t h e ir re fu s a l o f b lo o d tr a n s fu s io n s a t a ll. I t h i n k a lo t o f th e s e ru le s a re in te r p r e ta tio n s o f th e h o ly b o o k s — i t ’s n o t a c tu a lly th e r e ,” says C le a A m u n d s e n , a U 0 A r t s s tu d e n t.

H o w e v e r , d o c to r s h a v e n o t b e e n c o m p le t e ly a t o d d s w i t h J e h o v a h ’s W itn e s s e s o n th e b lo o d b a n d e b a t e . T h e y a re e x p lo r in g te c h n iq u e s s u c h as b lo o d le s s s u r­ g e r y to a llo w W itn e s s e s to re c e iv e

m e d ic a l t r e a t m e n t w it h o u t v io la t ­ in g t h e ir b e lie fs .

W h ile th e b lo o d b a n fo r J e h o v a h ’s W itn e s s e s is a d r a m a tic e x a m p le , o t h e r r e lig io u s r e s tr ic tio n s on m e d ic a l tre a tm e n ts e x is t.

D o c to r s w o r k i n g in th e m id s t o f C a n a d a ’s m u l t i c u l t u r a l s o c ie ty e n c o u n t e r a g r e a t d e a l o f d if f e r e n t c u lt u r a l a n d r e lig io u s b e lie fs a b o u t m e d ic in e .

M e d ic i n e p r a c tic e d in C a n a d a is it s e lf a n e t h n o m e d ic in e , in c o r p o r a t in g v e r y W e s t e r n id e a ls a b o u t d iseas e p a th o lo g y , tr e a t­ m e n t w it h d ru g s a n d s u rg e r y , as w e l l as a s t r ic t sense of a m in d /b o d y d ic h o to m y .

F o r in s ta n c e , th e c ir ­ c u m c is io n o f n e w b o r n b o y s is a n e x t r e m e ly c o n t r o v e r s ia l m e d ic a l p r o c e d u r e s a c re d to Je w s a n d M u s lim s .

T e r m in a lly - ill p e o ­ p le w h o d e s ire t o b e e u th a n iz e d b y a p h y s i­ c ia n e n c o u n t e r o p p o s i­ t io n fr o m a lm o s t e v e ry m a jo r r e lig io n . S o m e p r a c t ic in g B u d d h is ts m a y b e o p p o s e d to tr e a tm e n t w it h a n ti­ d e p re s s a n ts , s in c e th e y b e lie v e i t c re a te s a n in a u t h e n t ic s ta te o f se lf. C le a r ly , p e o p le f r o m d i f f e r e n t r e lig io u s b a c k g r o u n d s re a c t v e r y d if f e r e n t ly to m e d ic a l tr e a t m e n t.

M e d ic a l s o c io lo g is t M a rk Z b o r o w s k i ’s l a n d m a r k s t u d y in 1952 d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t J e w is h p a tie n ts w e r e n o t p a r t ic u la r ly c o n f i­ d e n t in t h e ir p h y s ic ia n s a n d w e r e r e lu c ta n t to ta k e d ru g s . I n c o n tr a s t, Ita lia n s r e a d ily s o u g h t p a in k ille r s a n d w h it e P ro te s ta n ts w e r e o p t i­ m is tic a b o u t th e p o w e r o f m e d ic in e a n d its c a p a c ity t o f in d a c u re .

S h e ila A y a la , a s e n io r a d m in is ­ t r a t o r f o r th e H u m a n is t A s s o c ia tio n o f C a n a d a , s p eak s o u t a g a in s t p u b ­ lic f u n d in g o f C a t h o li c h o s p ita ls . “ N o t o n ly d o th e C a t h o li c h o s ­ p ita ls n o t p r o v id e a b o r t io n s e rv ic e s , b u t o t h e r m e d ic a l s e rv ic e s s u c h as th e m o r n in g a f te r p i ll— e v e n f o r r a p e v ic t im s — c o n tr a c e p tiv e s , i n v it r o f e r tiliz a tio n s , v a s e c to m ie s a n d h y s te re c to m ie s a re n o t o f f e r e d ,” sh e says.

T h e H u m a n is t A s s o c ia tio n h as b e e n s t r u g g lin g to p u ll p r o v in c ia l f u n d in g f r o m C a t h o li c h o s p ita ls in V ic t o r i a , B r itis h C o lu m b ia .

I t is a ll g o o d a n d w e ll to se ek d e c is io n s f r o m c o u r ts , b u t th e r e a li­ t y is t h a t d o c to rs a re fa c e d w it h s p lit-s e c o n d d e c is io n s e v e ry d a y . I f a p a t ie n t is d y in g a n d refu s e s a lif e ­ s a v in g t r e a t m e n t b e c a u s e o f r e li­ g io u s c o n v ic tio n s , w h a t is a p h y s i­ c ia n to do? “ I f a r e lig io u s p e rs o n d o e s n ’t a g re e o n a m e d ic a l t r e a t m e n t , a m e d ic a l p e rs o n c a n n o t fo rc e t h e m to b e tr e a te d . Y o u c a n t a lk to th e m , t r y to c o n v in c e t h e m , b u t it is im p o s s ib le to g o a g a in s t t h e ir w i l l , ” says a m e d ic a l s c h o o l s t u d e n t, w h o c h o s e t o r e m a in a n o n y m o u s . I n th e case o f c h ild r e n , h o w e v e r, i t is a m u c h m o r e d i f f ic u lt d e c is io n . “ I w o u ld n ’t b e c o m f o r ta b le le t t in g [a] c h ild d i e .”

A n o th e r m e d ic a l s tu d e n t ag rees. “ I t ’s t h e p a r e n ts ’ r ig h t to c h o o s e th e tr e a t m e n t . Y o u n e e d to re s p e c t t h e ir b e lie fs .”

T h e c o u r ts h a v e r e c e n tly b e e n s h o w in g a t r e n d c o u n te r a c t in g th is s ta te m e n t. T h e iss u e f u r t h e r c o m ­ p lic a te s th e m y r ia d o f c h a lle n g e s t h a t m o d e r n p h y s ic ia n s a re fa c in g .

T h e y m u s t t r y to p r o v id e a p a tie n t w i t h th e b e s t p o s s ib le tr e a t m e n t w h ile re s p e c tin g t h e ir p e rs o n a l r e li­ g io u s fr e e d o m .

O f l o v e r s a n d f l o o r m a t e s : F l o o r c e s t r a m p a n t in R e z Evan Placey_________________ I n th e S h a k e s p e a re a n tr a g e d y t h a t is U p p e r R e s id e n c e , s c a n d a ls a re a b o u n d . W h o ’s d o in g w h o m , w h e r e , a n d s in c e w h e n ? F lo o r c e s t, th e e n g a g in g o f r e la tio n s , s e x u a l o r o th e r , w i t h p e rs o n s r e s id in g o n th e s a m e flo o r , is th e h o t to p ic o f re s i­ d e n t d e b a te , a n d a n e t h ic a l d i le m ­ m a e v e r s in c e F r o s h b e g a n . Is F lo o r c e s t w ro n g ?

M a r r i e d o n t h e F ir s t D a t e I n re g a rd s to m o r a lity , th e r e d o e s n ’t s e e m to b e a n y re a l p r o b ­ le m s . D e s p ite th e n a m e ’s im p lic a ­ t io n , F lo o r c e s t is n ’t a c tu a lly in c e s t (u n le s s , o f c o u rs e , y o u liv e o n th e s a m e f lo o r as y o u r s ib lin g ). T h e re a l q u e s tio n b e c o m e s , is F lo o r c e s t a g o o d th in g ? I t is h e re t h a t th e re s i­ d e n ts a re d iv id e d . A le x F is c h e r fr o m M o ls o n H a l l th in k s F lo o r c e s t is a v e r y c o n v e n ie n t r e la tio n s h ip . “ I t ’s a r e a lly easy b o o t y c a ll,” h e so e le g a n tly p u ts it.

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p e rs o n so c lo s e s in c e y o u g e t t o see t h e m m o r e o f te n . B u t th is is e x a c tly w h a t I p e rc e iv e as th e p r o b le m . T h is s c e n a rio c a n b e lik e n e d to b e in g “ M a r r ie d o n th e F ir s t D a t e ” .

A f t e r th e fir s t d a te (i.e . r a n d o m d r u n k s e x ), y o u ’re a lr e a d y liv in g to g e th e r . I t b e c o m e s o n e n e v e r -e n d ­ in g d a te ; i t b e c o m e s ... m a r r ia g e .

Y o u s h a re a s h o w e r, a b a t h r o o m , a k it c h e n . I t ’s m o r e a s o u rc e o f c o n ­ f lic t th a n a c o n v e n ie n c e . “ I m a g i n e b e in g c o n s t ip a t e d w i t h t h e p e r s o n ,” s ta te s L e ig h O ’N e i l , w h o c o n d e m n s h o o k -u p s w i t h flo o r m a te s .

A n d th is is to s a y n o t h in g o f th e u n a v o id a b le b r e a k u p . I t ’s a w k ­ w a r d e n o u g h s e e in g a n e x , w i t h o u t h a v in g to im a g in e w a k in g u p to t h e m in th e m o r n in g . H a v i n g to see t h e ir s h in in g fa c e in th e b a t h r o o m , h a ll, e le v a t o r , k it c h e n , a n d ju s t a b o u t e v e ry o t h e r r o o m - y o u c a ll h o m e is e v e n w o rs e . “ Y o u ’re liv in g w it h [th e s e ] p e o ­ p le f o r e ig h t m o n t h s ,” says Jessica A n d e r s o n , a r e s id e n t w h o h a s p e r ­ s o n a lly w itn e s s e d F lo o r c e s t. “ Y o u see th e p e rs o n a ll th e t im e . I t ’s a n

e x tr a h a ssle to d e a l w i t h . ” And th is a w k w a rd n e s s in e s c a p a b ly a ffe c ts n o t ju s t th o s e in v o lv e d in th e r e la t io n s h ip , b u t th o s e o n th e e n tir e flo o r .

A ll in th e fa m ily C le a r ly , b r e a k u p s ca u se te n s io n f o r e v e ry o n e . “ T h e r e w o u ld b e a r i f t a m o n g f lo o r m a t e s . P e o p le w o u l d ta k e s id e s ,” asserts U 0 s t u d e n t A lic ia L o z o n , w h o sees th e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f F lo o r c e s t as a h u g e p r o b le m .

“E v e ry o n e kn o w s a b o u t it ,” a d d s A n d e r s o n . “ Y o u r b u s in e s s b e c o m e s o t h e r p e o p le ’s b u s ifte s s .”

S h o u ld f lo o r c o u p le s ta k e in t o a c c o u n t th e e ffe c ts t h e ir r e la t io n ­ s h ip s h a v e o n t h e ir flo o r m ates ?

A n d e r s o n s tr o n g ly t h in k s so. “ I t b e c o m e s m y b u s in e s s . I t b e c o m e s s o m e th in g I h a v e to d e a l w i t h i n m y l i f e , ” s h e a f f ir m s . “ T h e r e ’s th e n o is e s it u a t io n a n d th e n th e r e ’s th e f ig h t in g a n d t h e n th e r e ’s th e [sex] a f te r w a r d s .”

A n d s h e ’s r ig h t . A l t h o u g h e v e r y o n e is e n t i t l e d t o p r iv a c y , w h e n y o u liv e w i t h p e o p le , y o u

d o n ’t ju s t s h a re a b a t h r o o m w i t h t h e m , y o u s h a re y o u r life .

S till, s o m e d is a g re e . “ I t ’s n o t g o in g to b e a w k w a r d f o r m e , i t ’s g o in g to b e a w k w a r d fo r t h e m , ” o b s e rv e s O ’N e i l , w h o is in d if f e r e n t to w a r d s flo o r m a t e re la ­ tio n s h ip s .

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M a y b e re s id e n c e is the p la c e to m e e t a f u t u r e m a te . A f t e r a ll, y o u a lr e a d y k n o w t h e ir w e ir d h a b its a n d y o u k n o w y o u ’re c a p a b le o f liv in g to g e t h e r w i t h o u t k il lin g e a c h o th e r .

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H e r n e ig h b o u r , D a v i d R e m p e l, ag rees F lo o r c e s t s h o u ld n ’t b e a c o n ­ c e rn . “ T h e y ’re s h a r in g a liv in g sp ace , n o t t h e ir liv e s ,” h e reaso n s .

A s t o r y t o t e ll t h e k id s F lo o r c e s t h a s fo re s e e a b le c o n ­ s e q u e n c e s p r e - a n d p o s t-b r e a k u p , b u t w h a t a b o u t th e p o s s ib ility o f a lo n g - t e r m r e la tio n s h ip ? I t se e m s e v e ry o n e w r ite s o f f th e id e a t h a t a re s id e n c e r e la t io n s h ip c o u ld la s t. “ [ M y s is te r h a d t w o fr ie n d s ]

F a m il y v e r d ic t T h e r e d o e s n ’t a p p e a r to b e a n y tr u e s o lu t io n to th e e th ic a l d ile m m a t h a t is F lo o r c e s t. T h e c o n s e n s u s a m o n g re s id e n ts is t h a t i t v a rie s f r o m p e rs o n to p e rs o n ; i t ’s a p e rs o n ­ a l c h o ic e . B u t b e fo r e y o u d o , c o n ­ s id e r th e p o t e n t ia l a w k w a r d n e s s a n d co n s e q u e n c e s , b o th d u rin g a n d a f te r th e r e la tio n s h ip . I f y o u ‘ h a v e , th e n I say, g o f o r it , a n d w o r r y a b o u t th e a n n o y e d , n o s y n e ig h ­ b o u r s la te r . A n d to th o s e a n n o y e d , n o s y n e ig h b o u rs : in s te a d o f stress­ in g o v e r w h ic h s h o w e r th e t w o u s e d to g e t h e r so y o u c a n a v o id i t a ll co sts, ju s t s it b a c k , r e la x , a n d e n jo y th e liv e s o a p o p e ra .

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m e m b e r s , i t e ffe c tiv e ly a lie n a te s th e p e o p le w h o d o n ’t s p e a k o n e la n ­ g u a g e o r th e o th e r. “ T h e L o v e A f f a ir ,” a n a c h in g ly b e a u t ifu l c e llo d u e t, e lim in a te d a ll s k e p tic is m th o u g h . T h is p ie c e is r o m a n t ic , w it t y a n d p a in f u l as th e ce llis ts d a n c e a s e d u c tiv e ta n g o o v e r crie s o f, “ I t is u n b e a ra b le lo v in g G e o r g e . . . ” r e p e a te d a g a in a n d a g a in . I t is b r e a th t a k in g to b e p r iv y to s o m e o n e ’s e x p e r ie n c e o f w h a t th e y b e lie v e d w a s tr u e lo v e in s u c h a b e a u t ifu l a r t fo r m .

I n a s tra n g e w a y , i t s e e m e d th a t S m a r t’s p o e tr y w a s th e le a s t c e le b r a t­ e d p a r t o f th is e x h ib it. E x c e rp ts o n p la c a rd s w e r e p u t u p o n th e w a ll as th e a u d ie n c e m o v e d u p o r d o w n th e sta irs fr o m o n e p ie c e to th e n e x t, a lm o s t as a n a s id e . T h e fa c t th a t m a n y a u d ie n c e m e m b e r s w o u ld m iss o u t o n e it h e r th e F r e n c h h a l f o r th e E n g lis h h a l f o f th e e x h ib it als o seem s to ta k e a w a y f r o m th e w h o le p o in t : u n d e r s ta n d in g S m a r t’s p o e try .

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s io n is a v a ila b le . M i n d th e “ f r u it b la s t” m u f f in s as o p p o s e d to th e s ta n d a r d b e rr y , as th e y a re f ille d w i t h a j e l l y - l i k e s u b s ta n c e t h a t q u ic k ly b e c o m e s s tic k y .

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T h e s e b lu e b e r r y s p o n g e s a re g re a s y a n d g lo s s y in c o lo r . S u b -p a r g r a d e f o r th e te a c h e rs ’ m u f f in s .

S t r a t h c o n a C a f é — V e g g ir a m a E x p r e s s $ 1.25 T h o u g h th e te x tu r e o f th e s e m u f f in s is g o o d , o n e w o u ld n o t r e a liz e t h a t a b lu e b e r r y m u f f in w a s m e a n t t o b e b lu e b e r r y i n th e M u s ic b u ild i n g c a fe te r ia , s in c e i t ta stes n o t h in g lik e b lu e b e r r y . I t ’s m o r e l i k e c a r r o t c a k e , a c tu a lly , w h ic h is g r e a t f o r b r a n - b a s e d m u f f in s lik e th e s e , b u t th e tasteless b lu e d o ts m a d e m e n e r v o u s ... t h e y w e r e b e r r ie s r ig h t? G r e a s y a n d h e a v y , i f y o u ’re o n S h e r b r o o k e , r u n t o P resse C a fé .

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A lth o u g h Y e s , it's a ta le f u l l o f s o u n d a n d R o b e r ts w a s fu r y , s ig n if y in g n o t h in g . B u t w i t h b o rn in g r e a t m u s ic a n d c a m p y d ia lo g u e , S o u t h t h e m o v ie b e c a m e a n in s t a n t b o x A f r ic a , he o f fic e su ccess a n d a c u lt cla s s ic . O f c e le b r a te d c o u rs e , b e fo r e t h e f i l m c a m e o u t , an d chugged The Rocky Horror Show w a s a lo w a b e e r to p a y b u d g e t r o c k - m u s ic a l p r o d u c t io n in tr ib u te to E n g la n d , w i t h a c a s t t h a t fe a tu r e d C a n a d ia n s a t t h e b e g in n in g o f T i m C u r r y as D r . F r a n k - N - F u r t e r , “ C a n a d ia n D r e a m . ” H e is a re s i­ a n d M e a t l o a f as E d d ie th e d e liv e r y d e n t o f M o n t r e a l a n d m a k e s r e fe r ­ b o y , w h o s e b r a in is p u t in s id e th e e n c e t o th is fa c t in s o m e o f h is c r e a t io n , R o c k y . A f t e r t h e success s o n g s. o f t h e m o v ie , w h ic h fe a tu r e d r o le R o b e r ts d e f in it e ly h a s a n in t e r ­ n a t io n a l to u c h t o h i m , b u t i t is e v i- j re p ris a ls b y b o t h a c to r s , a n d a d d e d t h e w o r d “ P ic t u r e ” t o t h e t it le , a d e n t t h a t h e k e e p s C a n a d a c lo s e to r e v iv a l w a s p r o d u c e d o n B r o a d w a y , h is h e a r t. H e is a g re a t p e r f o r m e r , a a n d s o o n p r o d u c t io n s m o u n t e d d o w n -to -e a r th p e rs o n , a n d v e ry a r o u n d t h e w o r ld . in v o lv e d a n d in te r a c t iv e w i t h h is A r e c e n t in c a r n a t io n o f th e b a n d -m a te s , as w e ll as h is a u d ie n c e . s h o w w a s p r o d u c e d r ig h t h e r e in T h e b a n d ’s o n ly w e a k n e s s is t h a t M o n tr e a l, by D a r iu s z t h e y a re f a ir ly n e w to th e g e n e r a l p u b lic , w h o h a v e a lim it e d k n o w l­ e d g e o f t h e ir m u s ic . T h e e n th u s i­ asm fo r “ B ro th e r D o w n ” w as u n m a tc h e d , as p e o p le t e n d to b e m o r e e n th u s ia s tic w h e n a s o n g is p la y e d t h a t t h e y h a v e a lr e a d y b e c o m e p e rs o n a lly a c q u a in t e d w i t h Continued from page 15 b e fo r e h a n d . r e a lly g iv e n m u c h b a c k g r o u n d o n R o b e r ts r e c e n tly c o m p le te d a t o u r o p e n in g f o r th e T r a g ic a lly H i p , h is lif e o r s it u a t io n .

T h e m a in p r o b le m w i t h th e a n o p p o r t u n it y t o in t r o d u c e h i m ­ m o v ie is t h e la c k o f d e p t h t h a t s e lf t o t h e ir s u b s ta n tia l fa n b ase p r e s id e s o v e r its e n t ir e t y . G a g h a n , ac ro ss th e c o u n tr y . A n o t h e r o p p o r ­ w h o a ls o w r o t e t h e s c r e e n p la y t u n i t y r e c e n tly p r e s e n te d it s e lf to ( “ s u g g e s te d ” b y a n o v e l b y S e a n th e band: On h is w e b s it e D e s m o n d , w h a te v e r th a t m e a n s ) (w w w .s e c r e t -w e a p o n .c o m ) R o b e r ts n e v e r d e lv e s d e e p ly i n t o a n y t h in g , c o m m e n ts o n t h e r e c o r d d e a l h e s a v e f o r s o m e fla s h b a c k s o f t h e h a p p y , s n o w y m o m e n t s o f K a t i e ’s n o t le g it im iz e y o u r m u s ic , in s te a d i t w a s lik e b e in g r e w a r d e d f o r s ta y in g j l i f e w i t h h e r f a t h e r b e f o r e h e le f t .

A ls o n o t p l a y i n g i n t h e th e c o u rs e , t h r o u g h t h ic k o r t h i n . ” m o v ie ’s f a v o u r is t h e p r e s e n c e o f D e t e r m in a t io n d e f in it e ly p a y s o f f e v e r y s in g le c lic h é i n t h e b o o k . in th e e n d . W i t h th is b a n d ’s a m b i­ T h i s o b v io u s n e s s le a d s t o a n u n ­ t io n , ta le n t , a n d u n r e le n t in g d e s ire t h r i l l i n g t h r il le r . T h e r e w a s p e r ­ f o r g r e a te r c o n q u e s ts , b r o t h e r w i l l h aps o n e , m a y b e tw o m o m e n ts , g e t b is fe e t b a c k o n th e g r o u n d .

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U n f o r tu n a te ly , b e c a u s e th e p la y is s u c h a c u lt h i t t h e a u d ie n c e c a n b e a n u is a n c e . F o llo w in g t r a d i­ t io n th e r e a re c e r t a in th in g s t h a t d i e - h a r d fa n s a re s u p p o s e d t o y e ll o u t a t c e r t a in tim e s i n b e tw e e n lin e s (e .g . a f t e r B r a d in tr o d u c e s h im s e lf , t h e y a lw a y s y e ll “a s s h o le ” , a n d f o r J a n e t i t ’s “s lu t ” ) . T h i s e ffe c t w a s a m u s in g a t t h e s ta r t, b u t i t g r e w a n n o y i n g w h e n a u d ie n c e m e m b e rs w e n t o v e rb o a rd a n d s t a r t e d y e llin g lo n g s e n te n c e s t h a t o v e r la p p e d t h e a c tu a l lin e s .

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I w o u l d b e t h e la s t p e r s o n t o say th a t a lit tle H o lly w o o d flu ff e v e r y o n c e in a w h i l e is a b a d t h in g . I t h i n k i t ’s g r e a t, e v e n n e c ­ e s s a ry t o s o m e t im e s k i c k b a c k w i t h t h e la t e s t M e g R y a n r o m a n ­ t i c c o m e d y o r F r e d d ie P r in z e J r. v e h ic le . T h e p r o b le m h e r e is t h a t t h e r e r e a lly is n ’t a n y t h i n g t h a t s tic k s o u t as e v e n r e m o t e l y e n t e r ­ t a i n i n g . B e y o n d t h e s e t t in g , th is f i l m h a s v e r y l i t t l e o f in t e r e s t i n i t , m y f a v o u r it e s ta r o f t h e m o v ie d e f i n i t e l y b e in g o u r c a m p u s . T h e b o t t o m lin e is t h a t i f y o u fe e l lik e g o in g t o see y o u r s c h o o l o n t h e b i g s c r e e n , t h e n y o u c a n ’t g o w r o n g w i t h Abandon, b u t i f y o u a r e e x p e c t in g t o see a t h r i l l e r , o r e v e n a f i l m , t h e n y o u w i l l b e d is ­ a p p o in t e d w i t h th is a t t e m p t a t c in e m a .

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A l l i n a ll, w h a t w e h a v e h e r e is a v e r y u n s a t is f y in g m o v ie , le a v ­ in g to o m a n y u n a n s w e re d q u e s ­ t io n s a n d a la c k o f r e s o lu t io n o f a n y o f t h e p r o b le m s t h a t a r e b r o u g h t in to th e p lo t. F o r e x a m ­ p le , a lo n g w i t h o t h e r u n a n s w e r e d q u e s t io n s , w e a r e n e v e r g iv e n a c lu e as t o w h y t h e p o lic e a re s u d ­ d e n ly so in t e r e s t e d i n E m b r y ’s t w o - y e a r - o ld d is a p p e a r a n c e . T h e v ie w e r d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r ily w a n t t h e w h o le f i l m p e r f e c t l y p a c k -

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Listen... this is the Soundtrack of Our Lives Chris Whibbs M u s ic a l in s p ir a tio n is a n im p o r ­ ta n t to o l f o r f in d in g o u t w h a t a b a n d , o r p e rs o n , fin d s to b e im p o r ­ ta n t, n o t o n ly in t h e ir o u d o o k o n m u s ic , b u t also o n lif e in g e n e ra l.

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In d e e d , T S O O L d ip s in t o a lo t o f classic in flu e n c e s to a c h ie v e th e ir s o u n d — o n e t h a t c o u ld b e c la s s ifie d as p s y c h e d e lic r o c k d r a p e d in b ig in d ie “r a w k ” tr a p p in g s . L u n d b e r g sees th e m u s ic as “a r e n e w a l o f g o o d o ld v ib e s a n d ju s t a s p ir itu a l re fre s h ­ m e n t . . . [A n ] e x p e rie n c e th a t has b e e n lo n g lo s t .. . [A ] b ig scale o f d i f ­ fe r e n t ty p e s o f r o c k a n d r o ll.” T h is b e lie f in th e p o s itiv e p o w e r o f ro c k a n d r o ll is a c e n tr a l p a r t o f T S O O L , a n d th e y h a v e b e e n p r e a c h in g th e ir g o s p e l f o r th e la s t fiv e y e a rs , m a k in g

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A T S O O L liv e s h o w u s u a lly in v o lv e s s o m e s o r t o f a u d ie n c e in v o lv e m e n t . F o r e x a m p le , in T o r o n t o la s t A u g u s t, L u n d b e r g p e r ­ s u a d e d th e a u d ie n c e to c r o u c h d o w n a n d th e n a ll ju m p u p to g e th e r in u n is o n m a n y tim e s d u r in g th e co u rs e o f a s o n g , w h ic h is p r e t ty im p re s s iv e c o n s id e r in g th e n o to r io u s ly s to n e ­ fa c e d r e p u ta tio n o f m o s t C a n a d ia n c o n c e rt-g o e rs . Is th is s o rt o f a c tio n usual? “ N o w a d a y s , y e a h . J u s t w h e n I ’m in th e m o o d ... [ I] c a n te ll th e m d o s o m e th in g else, th o u g h , m a y b e p u s h -u p s or s it - u p s ,” la u g h s L u n d b e r g . “ B u t , m o s t o f th e gigs it h a p p e n s .” A ls o d r a w in g a t te n tio n is th e fig u r e o f L u n d b e r g h im s e lf, w h o is a b it o f a la rg e fe llo w w it h a s c ru ffy b e a rd ; a m a n n o t averse to p e r f o r m ­ in g in m e s s ia n ic ro b e s a n d p lo w in g in t o th e c r o w d (lik e in T o r o n t o ) a n d m o c k -h e a lin g e v e ry o n e .

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w e r e n ’t m a d e q u it e r ig h t . C h a lk y a n d c o o k ie a fte r -ta s te , th e e d g e s a re h a r d a n d I f o u n d th e b lu e b e r rie s s m a ll a n d u n e q u a lly d is t r ib u t e d .

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Carly Hoffman T h e m i n u t e I w a lk e d t h r o u g h t h e f r o n t d o o r , I w a s o v e r w h e lm e d b y w a lls c o v e r e d i n t i n f o i l , n u ts , b o lts a n d p ie c e s o f L e g o p a in t e d s ilv e r a n d g o ld . A n i m a l p r in t s w e r e e v e r y w h e r e . W e s a t o n le o p a r d , a n d w ip e d o u r m o u t h s w i t h z e b r a , w h ile s trin g s o f C h r is t m a s lig h ts a n d r e fle c tiv e glass g l it t e r e d o v e r o u r heads. A n d I re m e m b e r th in k ­ in g : “ T h i s p la c e is m o r e lik e a b r o t h e l t h a n a r e s ta u r a n t . C o o l . ” S p ir it L o u n g e (1201 O n t a r i o S tr e e t E a s t) is w e l l - k n o w n f o r its d é c o r , f r ie n d ly s e rv ic e a n d o r ig i­ n a lit y . B u t b e f o r e w a r n e d — th is p la c e is n ’t a ll g ig g le s : th e p r o p r i ­ e to r s o f S p ir it L o u n g e ta k e t h e m ­ s e lv e s a w f u l l y s e r io u s ly , and e n fo r c e a s t r ic t s e t o f in s tr u c t io n s t o g o w i t h th e m e a l. T o b e h o n e s t, t h e p o lic ie s f r ig h t e n e d th e h e ll o u t o f m e.

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c h o o s e b e tw e e n a c h ild p o r t io n o r a r e g u la r s iz e d m e a l. A n d w e h a d to c h o o s e c a r e fu lly , b e c a u s e a f a ilu r e t o f in is h th e m e a l w o u ld r e s u lt in a t w o - d o lla r f in e , w h ic h w o u l d g o to c h a r ity . C h a r i t y ’s g r e a t, b u t th e p a re n ta l e a t-e v e r y th in g -o n -y o u r p la te a t t it u d e w a s a li t t l e b i t c re e p y .

G i v i n g t o c h a r it y s h o u ld n ’t b e a p u n is h m e n t . B u t I le t i t g o f o r th e t im e b e in g , a n d w a i t e d f o r h i m to h a n d m e a m e n u , a n d m o s e y r ig h t a lo n g lik e w a ite r s t e n d to d o .

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I w a s p r o m p t l y le t i n o n th e s e c re t th a t th e re w as n o m e n u . T h e c o o k p r e p a r e s th e f o o d d a ily . S o w h a t y o u g e t, y o u e a t, a n d i f y o u d o n ’t lik e i t . . . to o b a d . P ic k y e a te rs , b e w a r e . R e g a rd le s s , th is s e e m e d lik e a n a d v e n tu r e . I t a d d e d a li t t l e b i t o f e x c it e m e n t to th e m e a l: “ O h , w i l l I lik e it? W i l l I n o t lik e it? ” A n t i c i p a t i o n , m ix e d w i t h a p le a s a n t s o r t o f a p p r e h e n s io n , w a s h ig h .

T h e n t h e w a i t e r d e liv e r e d th e M o t h e r R u le , t h e o n e t h a t le f t a b a d ta s te i n m y m o u t h : H e b e a m e d , f la s h i n g h is d a z z lin g w h it e s , a n d in f o r m e d us t h a t i f w e o r d e r e d d e s s e rt a n d d i d n o t fin is h i t , w e c o u ld n e v e r c o m e b a c k . E v e r.

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Tim Chan T h e r e a re a lo t o f th in g s in lif e t h a t a re d ir t y : D i r t y s o c k s , d i r t y d is h e s , s e w e rs , t h e b o y s ’ w a s h r o o m in th e A r t s b a s e m e n t ... B u t n o n e o f th o s e a f o r e m e n t io n e d th in g s c a n t o p t h e s h o c k in g f ilt h in e s s a n d d o w n r ig h t p o llu t io n b r o u g h t in t o th e w o r ld b y t h e n e w C h r i s t i n a A g u ile r a v id e o . I n th e v id e o , f o r th e s o n g “ D i r r t y , ” ( t h e e x tr a “ r ” a fe e b le a t t e m p t b y th e p o p s t a r le t to e a rn p r o p s f r o m th e u r b a n m a r k e t , à la N e l l y ’s “ H o t i n H e r r e ” ) A g u ile r a s h o w s o f f h e r n e w , u h , lim b e r s e lf, in a s w e a ty b o x in g r in g , in a w e t a n d w i l d w a r e h o u s e a n d in h e r d a n c e r s ... I m e a n , w i t h h e r d a n c e rs . N o w c o m e s w o r d t h a t th e v id e o h as b e e n b a n n e d in T h a i l a n d f o r f e a t u r in g th e p h ra s e s , “ T h a i sex t r a d e ” a n d “u n d e r a g e te e n a g e g ir ls ” w r it t e n in T h a i o n th e w a lls . T h e v id e o is so d ir t y , t h a t a lic e -in fe s te d c h im n e y - s w e e p c o v e r e d in v o m it a n d d o g fe ces r o llin g a r o u n d in th e s o g g y m u d p u d d le o f a p ig s ty w o u ld s t ill c o m e o u t m o r e z e s tfu lly c le a n . A g u ile r a h a s s ta te d in r e c e n t in te r v ie w s th a t- sh e is n o lo n g e r a li t t l e g ir ly p o p - s t a r a n d w is h e s to b e se en as a n a d u lt . W e l l s h e ’s a n a d u lt s ta r a l r i g h t . . . t h o u g h n o t o f th e m u s ic v a r ie ty .

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m o v ie , a b o u t s tra n g e h a p p e n in g s o n a c o lle g e c a m p u s , w a s s h o t h e re a t M c G i l l la s t y e a r a n d a u d ie n c e s a re a lr e a d y t a lk in g a b o u t h o w e e rie t h e U n i v e r s i t y lo o k s . H o lm e s a p p a r e n t ly c o m m e n t e d o n h o w w e l l th e re s id e n c e s a n d lib r a r ie s e p it o m iz e d t h e o ld - f a s h io n e d , s in ­ is te r a n d g h a s tly lo o k t h e m o v ie w a s g o in g fo r. T h i s “c o m p lim e n t ” h a s c o n v in c e d M c G i l l a d m in is t r a ­ to rs n o t to m a k e a n y r e n o v a tio n s f o r a n o t h e r 20 y e a rs . K a t i e ’s n e x t m o v ie is a b o u t t h e s u b v e rs iv e s o c i­ e t y o f t e r r o r is t o r g a n iz a tio n s . I t w i l l b e f il m e d a t C o n c o r d ia .

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h o w e v e r , a n d a te i t f o r m e . B u t i t w a s n ’t a b o u t th e t o m a t o , o r th e t w o d o lla r s . I t w a s t h e c o lle c tiv e r o le -p la y in g -o u ts id e -o f-th e -b e d ro o m m o t if th a t b o th e re d m e . I w a s t h e c h ild , a lo n g w i t h 25 o t h e r a d u lt s in t h e r o o m , a n d t h e th r e e o r f o u r w a ite r s w e r e th e w a s t e - n o t w a n t - n o t p a r e n ts . I t w a s c re e p y .

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w o n d e r e d w h a t th e f - w o r d is in F r e n c h . . . a n d n o , i t ’s n o t th e F r e n c h w o r d f o r ‘s e a l’) is ju s t n o t a p p e a lin g to m e a t a ll. I f I w a n t e d t o see a b u n c h o f fo lk s s it t in g a r o u n d s h o u tin g a n d c u r s in g , I ’d g o to a F r a n c o p h o n e b a r w h e n J e f f H a c k e t t ’s p la y in g i n n e t f o r th e H abs.

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a b o u t u p w h e n t h e y h a v e t o r e s o rt t o c h a lle n g e s i n v o l v i n g p e o p le w r e s t lin g o n a p l a n k a n d c o n flic ts in v o lv in g a m a r r ie d m a n g r o p in g a f e llo w t r ib e - m a t e . I c a n ju s t h e a r t h e a u d ie n c e c h a n t i n g . . . “ J e r r y !

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as h e a lt h y . A l l in g r e d ie n t s a re o r g a n ic , m e a t is n e v e r s e rv e d a n d d e s s e rts a re s w e e te n e d w i t h h o n e y in s te a d o f s u g a r. T h a t n i g h t , th e c o o k p r e s e n te d u s w i t h a c o lo u r f u l a r r a y o f f o o d , c o n s is tin g o f a c r ê p e s t u ff e d w i t h s w e e t m a s h e d p o t a t o , a m e d le y o f e x o t ic v e g e t a b le s to p p e d w it h s o rb e t a n d a sauce t h a t ta s te d lik e a m b r o s ia . D e s p it e th e a b sen ce o f m e a t, it w as v e ry f illin g .

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T h e R e d m e n d e fe n c e r e c o rd e d a s h u to u t , a n d th e o ffe n c e r a c k e d u p 501 t o ta l y a rd s , as M c G i l l p o s t­ e d a 44-0 v ic t o r y o v e r th e G a ite r s in th e Q u e b e c In te r c o lle g ia te F o o t b a ll C o n fe r e n c e s e m i- fin a l.

A ll- c o n f e r e n c e r u n n i n g b a c k D a n n y T a i p a c e d th e o ffe n c e w i t h th r e e to u c h d o w n s a n d a M c G i l l p l a y o f f r e c o rd 235 r u s h in g y a rd s .

H e b e c a m e o n ly th e f o u r t h M c G i l l p la y e r to r u n f o r o v e r 200 y a rd s in a g a m e . T a i, h o w e v e r, p la y e d d o w n h is a c c o m p lis h m e n t a n d w a s m o r e t h a n w illi n g t o s h a re th e c r e d it. “ I t h i n k th e o [ f f e n s iv e ] - lin e r e a lly s te p p e d it u p th is g a m e ,” T a i s a id . “ I t w a s n ’t lik e I d i d a n y t h in g s p e c ia l— I ju s t r a n th r o u g h th e h o le I w a s s u p p o s e d to r u n t h r o u g h .”

T h e p a s s in g g a m e w a s in h ig h g e a r as w e ll, w i t h q u a r te r b a c k Jo sh S o m m e r f e ld t c o m p le t in g 19 o f 28 passes f o r 202 y a rd s a n d a to u c h ­ dow n.

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H e a d coach C h u c k M c M a n n e x p la in e d w h y h e o p te d t o g o t o th e a ir so m u c h o n th e o p e n in g d r iv e .

“ W e w a n t e d to pass to o p e n u p th e r u n , a n d I t h i n k th e g u y s d i d a n ic e jo b o f c o m p le t in g s o m e o f th e s h o r t s t u f f a n d lo o s e n in g u p th e d e fe n c e a b i t . ” A f t e r th e q u ic k o ffe n s iv e s ta rt, th e R e d m e n d e fe n c e le t th e G a ite r s k n o w t h a t t h e y h a d s h o w n u p to p la y , to o . F r e d e r ik M a r t i n p ic k e d o f f a pass b y B is h o p ’s q u a r te r b a c k S y lv a in D e s r o c h e r s a n d r e tu r n e d it 25 y a rd s f o r a t o u c h d o w n . T h a t g a v e M c G i l l a 14- p o in t le a d in th e s e c o n d q u a r te r . A f ie ld g o a l b y a lls ta r k ic k e r A n a n d P illa i m a d e th e s c o re 17-0 b e fo r e h a l f t im e .

A n d t h e r u s h ju s t k e e p s c o m in g A f t e r a 38-y a r d P illa i f ie ld g o a l 3:40 i n t o t h e s e c o n d h a lf , M c M a n n ’s g o a l w a s a c h ie v e d w i t h t h e s c o re 20- 0 , a n d th e r u n n in g g a m e b e g a n to b r e a k th e c o n te s t w id e o p e n . T a i le d th e w a y , s c o r in g o n a fiv e -y a r d c h a rg e to g iv e M c G i l l a 27-0 le a d . A f t e r a s tr o n g d e fe n s iv e s ta n d fo r c e d a B is h o p ’s p u n t , T a i t o o k a h a n d o f f o n M c G i l l ’s n e x t p la y f r o m s c r im m a g e a n d d a s h e d 87 y a rd s . 34-0 f o r M c G i l l .

T a i t h o u g h t t h a t p a r t ic u l a r p la y w a s p r e t t y s im p le .

“A h o le ju s t o p e n e d u p . E v e r y s in g le p la y e r s e e m e d to p ic k u p s o m e o n e to b lo c k , I h a d o n e g u y to b e a t, a n d I h a d to n s o f r o o m .”

T a i’s r e c o r d -s e t tin g d a y w a s n ’t o v e r th o u g h . A b o u t f o u r m in u te s in t o th e f o u r t h q u a r te r a n d b o a s t­ in g a 37- p o i n t c u s h io n a fte r a 30y a r d e r b y P illa i, th e R e d m e n m o v e d th e b a ll 45 y a rd s in fiv e p la y s . T a i e n d e d th e d r iv e a n d th e s c o r in g o n th e d a y w i t h a 13- y a r d r u s h in t o th e e n d zone.

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c o n fu s e d t h e G a it e r s b y d o in g th in g s d if f e r e n t ly t h a n la s t w e e k . “ I th in k w e s h o w e d so m e th in g s t h a t th e y h a d n o t s e e n ,” M c M a n n s a id . “ W e a d d e d a b o u t f o u r o r fiv e n e w r u n n in g p la y s , a n d I t h i n k i f y o u w a t c h e d D a n n y T a i, h e e x p lo it e d t h a t a n d d i d a g r e a t jo b f o r u s .”

W i t h th e w i n , M c G i l l m o v e s o n to th e D u n s m o r e C u p g a m e th is S a tu r d a y f o r th e Q I F C c h a m p i­ o n s h i p . T h e R e d m e n h o s t th e C o n c o r d ia S tin g e r s , m a r k in g th e fir s t e v e r Q u e b e c c o n fe re n c e fin a l m a t c h - u p b e tw e e n th e b i t t e r riv a ls .

T h e R e d m e n m a y have been e x p e c tin g to p la y L a v a l in th e fin a l.

H o w e v e r , t h e h e a v il y - f a v o u r e d R o u g e - e t - O r w e r e u p s e t b y th e S tin g e r s 29-21 i n Q u e b e c C i t y S a tu r d a y . S o m m e r f e ld t , t h o u g h , s a id i t m a k e s n o d iffe r e n c e w h o M c G i l l ’s n e x t o p p o n e n t is. “ N o m a t t e r w h o w e p la y , w e k n o w w e ’re g o in g t o b e r e a d y ,” s a id M c G i l l ’s a l l - t i m e p a s s in g le a d e r . “ W e k n o w t h e y ’re g o in g to b e a g o o d te a m , a n d w e ’l l h a v e to p la y o u r b e s t to b e a t t h e m . I t d o e s n ’t m a t t e r t o u s [w h o w e p la y ]. B r in g t h e m o n a n d w e ’ll s h o w t h e m t h a t w e c a n p la y fo o t b a ll h e r e .”

NATHAN LEBI0DA K i c k - o f f is 1 p m , N o v e m b e r 9 Michel Lavoie aided the Redmen defence in posting its third shutout. a t P e r c iv a l M o ls o n S ta d iu m . t h ir d s h u t o u t o f th e se a s o n a n d h e ld “ T h e w e a th e r h e lp e d a lo t . I t 0£M£ D e s r o c h e r s to o n ly 64 y a rd s p a s s in g w a s d r y to d a y . B u t m o s tly , th e o n 27 a tte m p ts . o [ f f e n s iv e ] - lin e r e a lly b u c k le d M cM ann w as p a r t ic u l a r l y d o w n , a n d g a v e m e s o m e t im e b a c k im p r e s s e d w i t h th e im p r o v e m e n t o f th e r e , a n d th e re c e iv e rs c a m e o u t to RB D anny Tai h is d e fe n s iv e b a c k s . A f t e r p ic k in g p la y . I t ’s g o o d to h a v e R o b L e b la n c o f f D e s r o c h e r s f o u r tim e s S a tu rd a y , b a c k [a fte r h e m is s e d la s t w e e k ’s The fo u rth -y e a r th e y h a v e n o w r e c o rd e d 10 in t e r ­ g a m e d u e to in ju r y ] — h e ’s a b ig fa c ­ E c o n o m ic s m a jo r c e p tio n s in th e p a s t t w o g a m e s to r. W e w e r e m o r e o f a te a m o n f r o m B u r n a b y , B C , se t a M c G i l l a g a in s t B is h o p ’s. o ffe n c e [th is w e e k ] , a n d w h e n w e p la y o f f re c o rd fo r r u s h in g y a rd s “T h e D B s have b e co m e m o re c a n r u n th e b a ll, w e c a n t h r o w th e w it h 235, b r e a k in g M ic h a e l S oles d is c ip lin e d in t h e ir d r o p s a n d re a d ­ b a ll b e tte r as w e l l.”

15-y e a r -o ld m a r k o f 203. T a i a v e r­ in g th e q u a r te r b a c k . A ls o , w e ’re g e t­ M c M a n n w a s n ’t p r e p a r e d to a g e d a n im p re s s iv e 11.1 y a rd s p e r t in g m o r e p re s s u re o n th e q u a r te r ­ g iv e th e o ffe n c e a b s o lu te r e c o g n i­ c a rry , e a r n in g h im s Q I F C o f fe n ­ b a c k ,” M c M a n n p ra is e d . t io n . H e n o te d th e e x e m p la r y p la y siv e p la y e r o f th e w e e k h o n o u r s .

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John Bowden W h o e v e r s a id M c G i l l la c k s s c h o o l s p ir it e v id e n t ly w a s n o t a t M c C o n n e l l A r e n a F r id a y n i g h t .

T h e R e d m e n - G o ld e n G a e ls h o c k e y g a m e h a d i t a ll: p le n t y o f g o a ls , r a b id s p e c ta to rs , b r o k e n s te re o s , b o is te ro u s c h a n ts a n d e v e n e je c te d fa n s .

I n th e r e n e w a l o f h o c k e y ’s sec­ o n d lo n g e s t s t a n d in g r iv a lr y a t o v e r 107 y e a rs , M c G i l l p u s h e d its w i n ­ n i n g s tre a k a g a in s t Q u e e n ’s t o 16 g a m e s , g o o d f o r a 93- 48-2 a ll t im e r e c o r d a g a in s t t h e b o y s f r o m K in g s to n .

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F r o m th e o p e n in g fa c e o ff, b o t h te a m s a n d fa n s k n e w th is w o u ld b e a h a r d - f o u g h t c o n te s t. A t le a s t 200 o f Q u e e n ’s f a it h f u l m a d e th e t r e k o u t o f th e s tic k s t o th e b r ig h t lig h ts o f M o n t r e a l. T h e h o m e t o w n fa n s w e lc o m e d th e fa n s o f t h e ir b i t t e r r iv a l w i t h h e c k le s , ta u n ts a n d je e rs ( t o p u t i t v e r y m ild ly ) .

M c G i l l ’s A d a m S h e ll, assisted b y D o u g O r r , o p e n e d th e s c o r in g a t th e 8:21 m a r k o f th e fir s t p e r io d o n a p o w e r p la y , a f te r a h a l f d o z e n s o lid c h a n c e s w e r e r e p e a t e d ly t u r n e d a w a y b y Q u e e n ’s g o a lie M a t t K e n n e y . J u s t o v e r t w o m in u te s la te r , M c G i l l ’s J o e l B e r g e r o n s c o r e d

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s h o r t h a n d e d to d o u b le t h e le a d a f te r s o m e s lo p p y d e fe n c e b y th e v is ito rs .

I t a p p e a r e d as t h o u g h t h e m a tc h m ig h t t u r n in t o a o n e -s id e d a ffa ir , b u t Q u e e n ’s n a r r o w e d th e le a d to a o n e g o a l d iffe r e n c e o n ly 26 s e c o n d s la t e r o n th e s a m e p o w e r p !a y .

D e s p it e t h e m i n o r s e tb a c k , M c G i l l fa n s r e m a in e d v o c a l, u r g in g t h e ir te a m o n . T h e M A C H O g r o u p w a s d e c k e d o u t in r e d a n d w h it e je r ­ seys a n d fa c e -p a in t, n o t to m e n t io n a h a n d f u l o f c o lo u r f u l sig n s .

B e r g e r o n h a d a g r e a t c h a n c e to r e s to re th e t w o g o a l le a d n e a r th e e n d o f th e fir s t, b u t w a s s to n e d b y K e n n e y o n a p o w e r - p la y c h a n c e .

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ic a l p la y in te n s ifie d . L a te in th e t h ir d , M c G i l l ’s M a r k D e b u s s c h e re la id o u t a n u n f o r t u n a t e Q u e e n ’s p la y e r w h o w a s s k a tin g w i t h h is h e a d d o w n . D e b u s s c h e re ’s c r u s h in g h i t b r o u g h t th e fa n s to t h e ir fe e t w i t h ju s t u n d e r a m in u t e to p la y .

R e le a s e t h e h o u n d s T h e b u s e s f r o m K in g s t o n a r r iv e d a f e w m in u te s in t o th e sec­ o n d p e r io d , ju s t in t im e t o see A n d r e w H a u s s ie r o f th e b lu e a n d g o ld s te a l th e p u c k a t th e M c G i l l b lu e lin e a n d b e a t R e d m e n g o a lie L u c V a illa n c o u r t o n a b re a k a w a y .

T h e R e d m e n h a d t h e ir f a ir s h a re o f o p p o r t u n it ie s t o g o a h e a d d u r in g th e p e r io d , b u t K e n n e y h e ld th e fo rt, d e s p ite som e

“K ennnnnneeeeeyyyyyy” ta u n ts f r o m th e M c G i l l fa n s .

B o t h te a m s a n d fa n s h a d a n o p p o r t u n it y to r e g r o u p ( o r r e fill) a n d p r e p a r e f o r th e t h i r d p e r io d d u r i n g t h e in t e r m is s io n . T h e R e d m e n c a m e o u t f ly in g a n d w e r e p r o m p t ly a w a r d e d a f o u r m in u t e p o w e r p la y , b u t a g a in th e h o m e s id e c o u ld n o t c a p ita liz e .

P ie r r e - A n t o in e Paquet of M c G i l l f in a lly b r o k e th e d e a d lo c k a t 6 : 37, s h o v e llin g in a r e b o u n d t h a t s e n t th e c r o w d in t o a fre n z y .

K e n n e y m a d e a h u g e save o n th e n e x t p la y to k e e p h is te a m w it h in o n e , b u t M c G i l l k e p t o n c o m in g .

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Shot out of contention for a national title Andrew Hennigar H is t o r y w a s m a d e o n t w o fr o n ts F r id a y n i g h t as th e M a r t l e t s lo s t th e ir Q uebec S tu d e n t S p o r ts F e d e r a t io n s e m i- fin a l to C o n c o r d ia o n p e n a lty k ic k s . T h e loss m a r k e d th e fir s t t im e in 24 g a m e s t h a t th e S tin g e rs h a v e b e a te n th e M a r t le t s , a n d als o th e fir s t t im e e v e r th e R e d ‘r i W h i t e w i l l n o t p la y in th e p r o v in ­ c ia l f in a l.

S n o w flu r r ie s w r e a c k e d h a v o c w i t h th e t u r f a t P e rc iv a l M o ls o n S t a d iu m , c o v e r in g th e s u rfa c e w i t h a m ix t u r e o f s n o w a n d ic e . T h e c o n d i­ tio n s p r e v e n t e d e it h e r te a m f r o m e s ta b lis h in g c o n t r o l o f p o s s e s s io n .

T h r o u g h - b a lls a n d h a r d passes s k id ­ d e d a lo n g th e g r o u n d a n d q u ic k ly r a n o u t o f th e re a c h o f t h e ir in t e n d ­ e d ta rg e ts . “ T h e r e ’s n o q u e s t io n t h a t th e f ie ld w a s a w f u l , ” s a id c o -c a p ta in C a t h e r in e L u m s d e n . “ I t w a s h a r d to p la y th e b a ll to a n y o n e ’s fe e t so th e s ty le o f p la y t u r n e d in t o k ic k a n d r u n w h ic h is n ’t o u r g a m e . B o t h te a m s h a d t o p la y o n th e s a m e f ie ld t h o u g h so I d o n ’t w a n t to u se t h a t as a n e x c u s e .”

A lth o u g h M c G ill p in n e d C o n c o r d ia in its o w n e n d f o r th e m a jo r it y o f t h e fir s t, th e h o m e te a m o n ly m a n a g e d o n e le g it im a t e s c o r in g o p p o r t u n it y . A s so m a n y tim e s th is se aso n , th e o ffe n c e c a m e fr o m C a n a d ia n In t e r u n iv e r s it y S p o r t s c o r­ in g c h a m p io n A la n n a M a lo n e y . H e r h a r d s h o t f r o m th e r ig h t s id e o f th e g o a l in th e 14t h m in u t e w a s s te e re d a w a y b y C o n c o r d ia k e e p e r In g r id D ubuc.

T h e f r u s t r a t io n b e g a n t o s h o w o n b o t h sid es t h r o u g h th e e n d o f th e fir s t h a l f a n d in t o th e s e c o n d . T h e in te n s e m a tc h b e tw e e n t w o riv a ls liv e d u p to its a d v a n c e d b i llin g as

y e llo w c a rd s w e r e h a n d e d o u t t o b o t h sid es.

W h e n th e te a m s m e t la s t w e e k , M c G i l l C o a c h M a rc M o u n ic o t w as s h o w n a re d c a rd fo r d e b a t in g a c a ll w i t h th e re fe re e . A s a re s u lt, h e s a t w i t h th e fa n s o n F r id a y . “ I d o n ’t t h i n k t h a t m y n o t b e in g o n th e s id e ­ lin e h a d m u c h o f a n e ffe c t o n th e g a m e ,” M o u n i c o t s a id . “ I w a s a b le to b e in th e lo c k e r r o o m b e fo r e th e g a m e a n d a t h a l f t im e b u t w h e n th e g irls a re o n th e f ie ld , y o u c a n ’t t a lk to th e m an yw ay. W e h a d a g o o d w e e k o f p r a c tic e so p la y e rs k n e w w h a t t h e y h a d to d o .”

A f t e r p l a y in g t w o 15- m in u t e o v e r tim e p e r i­ o d s w i t h n o s c o r in g , th e g a m e w e n t to p e n a lty k ic k s .

M c G ill keeper S a c h a L ib e n d i d w e ll to g iv e h e r te a m a c h a n c e , b u t in th e e n d , m is s e d s h o ts b y M c G i l l a n d f o u r in c r e d ib le saves b y th e C o n c o r d ia k e e p e r r e s u lt­ e d in th e M a r t l e t loss.

T w o h o u r s o f s c o re ­ less s o c c e r a g it a t e d th e fr e e z in g fa n s w h o b r a v e d th e c o n d itio n s t o see th e p la y o ff g a m e .

B e tw e e n b re a k s i n th e a c tio n , M c G i l l a n d C o n c o r d ia s u p p o r te r s e x c h a n g e d in s u lts a n d c h e e rs . O n e M a r t l e t fa n k e p t o th e r s e n te r ta in e d as h e b r a n d is h e d a r o ll o f t o ile t p a p e r , y e llin g , “ F r e e C o n c o r d i a d ip lo m a s .”

I n th e e n d , L u m s d e n , as th e n i n t h M a r t l e t s s h o o te r , f o u n d h e r ­ s e lf i n th e p o s it io n o f h a v in g t o s c o re

to e x te n d th e s u d d e n d e a th k ic k s .

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A f t e r th e g a m e , L u m s d e n s p o k e re m o rs e ly . “ T h a t w a s th e in d iv id u a l lo w f o r m e . T h e te a m lo w w a s t h a t w e c o u ld n ’t p u t th e g a m e a w a y w h e n w e h a d th e c h a n c e ,” s h e a d d e d , r e fe r ­ r in g t o th e t w o c h a n c e s M c G i l l h a d t o ic e th e g a m e in th e s h o o to u t.

A l l g o o d th in g s c o m e to a n e n d O n F r id a y th e c a re e rs o f a h a n d f u l o f M a r t l e t s c a m e to an end.

D e fe n d e r V ic to r ia L o w e rs o n , m id flie ld e r M e g h a n O ’ R e ill y , s t r ik e r M a l o n e y as w e ll as g o a lk e e p e r s L ib e n a n d Jessica W h i t e a ll g r a d u a t e th is y e a r.

T h e e m o t io n w a s e v i­ d e n t o n th e fa ces o f th e s e p la y e rs as w e ll as m a n y w h o w i l l b e r e tu r n in g . “ I ’m d is a p p o in t­ ed fo r m e b ecau se w e ’re n o t g o in g b a c k t o n a t io n a ls ,” c o m ­ m e n te d S a b r in a D u f o u r , a f o r m e r a ll­ c o n fe r e n c e d e fe n d e r w h o is s u re to fig u r e p r o m in e n t ly in n e x t y e a r ’s s q u a d . “ T h e m a jo r d i s a p p o in t ­ m e n t is f o r th e fiv e g irls w h o a re le a v in g th o u g h . I t h o u g h t w e d e s e rv e d t o w i n , a n d th is is a n a w f u l w a y to h a v e t o e n d y o u r c a re e r.”

M o u n ic o t w as a ls o d is a p p o in te d f o r th e p la y e rs a f te r a to u g h se a s o n . “ W e d id n ’t d e s e rv e t o lo s e t o n ig h t ,” h e s a id fla tly . “ O v e r a ll w e h a d a g o o d , h a r d se a s o n . W e o v e r c a m e a lo t o f a d v e r s ity t o d o as w e ll as w e d id .

T o n ig h t, th e fie ld c o n d it io n s fa v o u r e d t h e ir [S tin g e rs ] s ty le o f p la y , a n d w e s h o w e d s o m e in e x p e r i­ e n c e w h e n i t c a m e d o w n to p e n a lty k ic k s .”

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th e S tin g e rs c e le b r a te d a t m id fie lc a f t e r t h e ir w i n . F o u r y e a rs as ; M a r t l e t le f t h e r w i t h s o m e fo n c m e m o r ie s . “ I t w a s d e f in it e ly a d is a p p o in t in g la s t s e a s o n ,” s h e c o m m e n t e d . “ F s e e m e d lik e th e e le m e n ts w o r k e c a g a in s t us th is y e a r a fte r e n jo y in g s u c h success th e la s t th re e seasons W e h a d in ju r ie s t o d e a l w i t h , q u e s ­ t io n a b le r e fe r e e in g a ll y e a r a n d th e r t o n ig h t to h a v e t o p u t u p w i t h th i: fr o z e n fie ld w a s th e la s t s tra w .”

I f a ll g o es a c c o r d in g t o p la n , th ( fr o z e n f ie ld a t th e P e rc iv a l M o ls o r S ta d iu m w i l l b e re p la c e d b e fo r e n e x i s e a s o n , a n d M c G i l l h o p e s t o h o si n a tio n a ls . R e t u r n i n g p la y e r s a n c c o a c h e s a re a lr e a d y q u ie t ly th in k in g a h e a d t o th a t. “ T h e fir s t t h in g I h a v e to t h ir d a b o u t is g e ttin g s o m e p la y e rs fo i n e x t y e a r ,” a d m i t t e d M o u n i c o t “ B o t h o f m y g o a lte n d e r s a re fin is h e c w i t h s c h o o l so t h a t is a p r io r it y — f in d in g a c o u p le o f g o o d k e e p e rs . Il w e e n d u p h o s tin g n a tio n a ls n e x t y e a r, t h a t w i l l g iv e us th e w h o le sea­ s o n t o d e v e lo p w i t h o u t th e pressure o f q u a lif y in g .”

S t a r s t r ik e r n a m e d a ll - C a n a d ia n A n u m b e r o f in d iv id u a l le a g u e and n a t io n a l h o n o u rs w e re a n n o u n c e d la s t w e e k . M a lo n e y w as n a m e d fir s t te a m a ll- C a n a d ia n , a; w e ll as fir s t te a m Q S S F a ll-s ta r.

M i d f i e l d e r N ic o le S h e p h e r d , w h c w i l l r e t u r n n e x t s e a s o n , r e c e iv e d sec­ o n d te a m a ll- C a n a d ia n d is t in c t io n as w e ll as fir s t te a m Q S S F a ll-s ta r.

K a te R o g e rs w a s als o n a m e d £ Q S S F fir s t te a m a ll-s ta r as w e ll as c o n fe r e n c e r o o k ie o f t h e y e a r.

R o u n d in g o u t th e a w a rd s w e r e Sue D o c k e r a y a n d C a t h e r in e L u m s d e n b o t h n a m e d Q S S F s e c o n d te a m a ll­ stars.

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"he Redmen soccer team celebrate its victory in the QSSF finals.

Continued from page I “ I t fe e ls g o o d t o f i n a l l y b r e a k h e t ie w i t h M o n t r é a l . I a m t h a n k u l t o m y d e fe n c e w h o h a v e d o m i îa t e d t h r o u g h o u t th is w e e k e n d ,” a id D e id r ic k s e n .

S u n d a y ’s s h u t o u t w a s t h e M a d is o n , C o n n e c t ic u t n a t iv e ’s 10t h n 17 g a m e s o v e r a ll th is s e a s o n , f t o t e c t in g h i m is t h e p r o v in c e ’s n o s t e f f ic ie n t d e fe n s iv e u n i t , t h a t

c o n c e d e d less t h a n a g o a l p e r g a m e b e fo r e la s t w e e k ’s p a ir o f ‘g o o s e e g g s -’ A f t e r s c o r in g e a r ly i n b o t h p la y o ff m a tc h u p s , th e R e d m e n s h o w e d l i t d e s ig n o f r e c e n t c o n c e n ­ t r a t i o n p r o b le m s t h a t h a m p e r e d re s u lts a n d lo w e r e d c o n fid e n c e e a r ­ lie r i n t h e s e a s o n .

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a w a it e d r e v e n g e f o r t h e f if t h - y e a r P o r t H o p e , O n t a r i o , n a tiv e .

K e r r w a s c u t b y R a im o n d o in 1999 a n d p la y e d r a r e ly u n d e r th e o l d R e d m e n c o a c h e v e n a f te r h e w a s le t o n t h e te a m in 2000 .

“M y h is to ry w ith Pat [ R a i m o n d o ] m a d e m y g o a l e x tr a ­ s p e c ia l, a l t h o u g h I d i d n ’t t h i n k a b o u t i t t o o m u c h b e fo r e o r d u r i n g t h e g a m e ,” a d m it t e d K e r r .

T h e P h y s ic a l E d u c a t i o n m a jo r ’s c a re e r h a s b lo s s o m e d s in c e M c G i l l c h a n g e d c o a c h e s a n d h a s e s p e c ia lly e x c e lle d th is s e a s o n , h is la s t y e a r o f e lig ib ilit y . K e r r w a s th e s q u a d ’s sec­ o n d m o s t p r o l if ic s c o re r t h is fa ll w i t h fiv e g o a ls i n to ta l.

O t h e r p la y e rs u n a b le to r e t u r n n e x t s e a s o n a re M a t h i e u H a r d i n g a n d P h ilip p e L a z u r e . I t w a s ir o n ic a l­ l y H a r d i n g w h o a s s is te d S u n d a y ’s w in n e r , f i n d i n g K e r r f r o m a r a t h e r s e c lu d e d p o s it io n o n t h e w in g . “ I b r o u g h t th e b a ll d o w n t o th e lin e a n d c h ip p e d i t i n t o J u s tin [ K e r r ] w h o c a m e u p b ig f o r us a g a in , lik e so m a n y tim e s i n th e p a s t,” e x p la in e d H a r d in g .

T h e e le c tr ic a t m o s p h e r e w a s s a d ly d a m p e n e d d u e t o a d r a m a t ic i n j u r y t o M o n t r é a l m id f i e ld e r J u lie n B r iè r e e a r ly o n in th e s e c o n d h a lf.

P la y s t o p p e d f o r o v e r h a l f a n h o u r as t h e C a r a b in s r o o k ie e x p e r ie n c e d a

s e iz u r e f o llo w i n g a n a e r ia l b a ttle in v o lv in g h i m , k e e p e r J u lie n a n d R e d m e n m id f i e ld e r K y le G r a h a m . “ I t w a s a 50-50 b a ll t h a t w e b o t h w e n t u p fo r. I w e n t i n h a r d and he u n fo r tu n a te ly la n d e d w r o n g ,” s a id G r a h a m .

A f t e r B r iè r e w a s c a r r ie d o f f , th e g a m e r e s u m e d b u t r e m a in e d s c ra p ­ p y w i t h b o t h te a m s h a v in g lo s t t h e ir r h y t h m d u rin g th e b re a k . R e p u te d C a r a b in s s trik e rs R a c h id B e n H a j a n d A le x a n d r e T r a n - K h a n h w e r e r e n d e r e d im p o t e n t in f r o n t o f th e G in o L a lli-c o m m a n d e d R e d m e n d e fe n c e . T r a n - K h a n h , w h o e n te r e d la s t w e e k e n d ’s p la y o ffs as C a n a d a ’s le a d in g s c o re r w i t h 12 g o a ls i n as m a n y g a m e s , w a s n e u t r a liz e d b y G ra h a m .

“W e w e re o n e h e c k o f a d e fe n ­ s iv e u n i t , c o m m u n ic a t in g a n d m o v ­ in g w e l l w i t h e a c h o t h e r ,” s a id sec­ o n d - y e a r E c o n o m ic s m a jo r D e r e k T s a n g . “ I t s e e m e d lik e w e w a n t e d i t m o r e t h a n th e y d i d . ” S u n d a y ’s su cce ss m a k e s L a l l i e lig ib le t o b e c o m e o n e o f a v e r y f e w M c G i l l i a n s t o w i n t w o n a t io n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s . “ T h i s is t h e s w e e te s t o f a ll m y R e d m e n h o n o u rs because it w as e n t ir e ly a t e a m e f f o r t . A l l 25 g u y s c o n t r i b u t e d t o o u r a c c o m p li s h ­ m e n t , ” a d d e d th e s ix th - y e a r s w e e p -

er. “ [ M o n t r é a l] is a s t r o n g te a m , w e g iv e t h e m a l o t o f c r e d it. I t ’s a s h a m e t h a t b o t h o f u s c o u ld n ’t g o tc O t t a w a b u t n o w t h a t w e ’re t h e o n es r e p r e s e n tin g th is p r o v in c e , w e w a n t n o t h i n g less t h a n g o l d , ” s a id a d e te r m in e d L a lli w h o w ill m o s t lik e ly b e r e t u r n in g f o r y e t a n o th e t s e a s o n w i t h M c G i l l n e x t fa ll.

E m o t io n s w e r e h ig h a f t e r s u c h a w e ll-d e s e r v e d , h a r d f o u g h t w i n . “ T h e o n ly fe e lin g t h a t c a n be b e t t e r is i f w e w i n n e x t w e e k ,” e x p la in e d L a z u r e . “ T h e s p ir i t o f th is t e a m is in c r e d ib le . I s o m e tim e s jo k e a r o u n d w i t h th e g u y s a b o u t n o t w a n t in g to r e t u r n h o m e t o T u r k e y a f te r m y d e g r e e ,” la u g h e d f o r w a r d C a n K a d ir g a n o n t b e t e a m b u s f o llo w in g th e g a m e .

M c G i l l k ic k s o f f its n a t io n a l c h a m p io n s h ip r u n w i t h a 9- 4-1 p r o v in c ia l r e c o r d u n d e r its b e lts .

T h e f o u r - d a y t o u r n a m e n t is h o s te d b y t o p - r a n k e d C a r le t o n U n iv e r s it y in O tta w a w h ic h b e g in s on T h u rs d a y . “ I t is s t e lla r t o b e r e c o m p e n s e d f o r a ll o u r e ffo r ts th is y e a r ,” a d d e d t h e ‘T u r k is h D e l i g h t ’ as h is s q u a d r o lle d b a c k h o m e t o t h e R e d m e n ’s s id e o f M o u n t R o y a l.

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CIS CHAMPIONSHIP RU6BY

MARTLETS 3 0 GRYPHONS 3

U n d e r s n o w a n d s u n s h i n e , M c G ill d e l i v e r s b r o n z e m e d a l A fte r lo sin g to th e d e f e n d in g Sarah Wright________________ T h o s e d a m n P a n d a s . F o r th e s e c o n d y e a r in a r o w , t h e M a r t l e t s fa c e d t h e d e f e n d in g g o ld m e d a l c h a m p io n s , t h e U n iv e r s ity o f A lb e r t a , i n th e s e m i- fin a ls . M c G i l l w o n its p o o l b y d e f e a t in g h o s t U n iv e r s it y o f T o r o n t o 24- 0 , a n d th e G u e l p h G r y p h o n s 8- 0 . T h e y t h e n fa c e d A lb e r t a , w h o w a s u p s e t b y U n iv e r s it y o f W e s t e r n O n t a r i o 5-0 in its o w n p o o l, s e c u r in g a s e c o n d p la c e fin is h .

n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s in s e m i - f i n a l s , M a r t l e t s r o m p

S c a r b o r o u g h c a m p u s . B y t h e t im e th e s e c o n d h a l f s ta r te d , h i g h w in d s a n d n e a r w h it e o u t c o n d it io n s h a d p u t o v e r th r e e in c h e s o f s n o w o n th e g ro u n d .

A s d e G r a n d p r é s a id , “ i t w a s a v e r y o d d g a m e .”

T h e M a r t l e t s s c o re d 19 o f t h e ir p o in t s in th e f ir s t 15 m in u t e s o f t h e g a m e o n tr ie s f r o m Je s s ic a Y o u n g , Je ssic a Z i m b l e r a n d H e i d i Z u n n .

T h e s e c o n d h a l f w a s a f ig h t f o r p o s s e s s io n a n d f o r v is io n o n th e f ie ld . “ T h e w e a t h e r r e a lly c h a n g e d

u te s to g o i n t h e g a m e . “ I t w a s r e a lly b a c k a n d f o r t h , ” s a id a ll - C a n a d ia n L y n a m r e f e r r in g t o t h e d e f e n s iv e - o r ie n t e d c o n te s t.

T h e se co n d h a lf w as a m u c h e a s ie r g a m e f o r t h e M a r t l e t s , d e G r a n d p r é jo k e d . “ B y t h a t t im e , a ll t h e s n o w h a d m e lt e d . B a ll h a n ­ d l in g w a s a l o t e a s ie r.”

I n a ra re o c c u r r e n c e , fa n s , p la y ­ ers a n d c o a c h e s s a w L y n a m c o m ­ p le te a d r o p g o a l f r o m 20 m e tr e s o u t to r o u n d o u t t h e s c o r in g f o r M c G ill.

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w e r e lu c k y a n d t h e y c a p ita liz e d o n th e m .”

M c G ill d id re s p o n d w it h a d r iv e o f its o w n ju s t m o m e n t s la te r , b u t e n d e d u p w a s t in g a g r i t t y 40 m e t r e r u n b y Y o u n g , as t h e P a n d a s q u ic k ly r e g a in e d th e g r o u n d th e y h a d ju s t lo s t. B e fo r e th e f ir s t h a l f w a s o u t , G a l lo f o u n d th e e n d z o n e o n c e a g a in .

T h e s e c o n d h a l f w o u l d see n o s c o r in g , b u t a c o n s id e r a b le s h if t in m o m e n tu m . “ W e r e a lly p r e s s u r e d t h e m in th e s e c o n d h a lf ,” s a id L y n a m . “A t

a c te r iz e d b y c o m p le t e d o m i n a t io n o n th e p a r t o f M c G i l l i n th e s e c o n d h a l f w h e r e th e y s c o re d a n im p r e s s iv e fiv e tr ie s . Y o u n g n o t c h e d a h a t t r ic k , w h ile Z i m b l e r a n d T o m a lt y e a c h h a d o n e tr y . T h e 27- p o i n t s c o r in g r a m p a g e f o llo w e d a r e la t iv e ­ l y q u ie t f ir s t h a l f t h a t s a w b o t h te a m s s c o r in g o n ly th r e e p o in t s o n c o n v e rts . “ T h e m o r a le o n t h e te a m w a s e x c e lle n t [a fte r lo s in g t o A l b e r t a ] , ” s a id d e G r a n d p r é . “ T h e y p la y e d e x t r e m e ly w e l l i n t h e b r o n z e m e d a l g a m e a n d t h e y a re s t ill lo o k in g v e r y

fir s t w e w e r e h a v in g t r o u b le r e c y ­ c lin g th e b a ll o u t b e c a u s e t h e y h a v e r e a lly b ig f o r w a r d s .”

D e G r a n d p r é a g re e d t h a t s o m e ­ tim e s s iz e d o e s m a tte r . “ T h e y h a v e a b ig g e r t e a m t h a n u s. T h e s e c o n d h a l f w e d o m i n a t e d th e w h o le t im e , b u t th e y d e fe n d e d e x t r e m e ly w e l l a n d w e c o u ld n ’t cross t h e lin e . E v e n t h o u g h w e w e r e fa s te r, m o s t o f th e b a lls w e w o n , w e w e r e p u s h e d b a c k w a r d s .”

s t r o n g .”

T h e p a c e o f t h e p la y M c G i l sees i n th e Q S S F c o n fe r e n c e i. n o t h in g c o m p a r e d t o th e t y p e o p la y a t th e C I S c h a m p io n s h ip t o u r n a m e n t. “ R u n n i n g d [ e fe n c e ] f o r u s w a : r e a lly e y e -o p e n in g ,” c o n fe s s e c L y n a m . “ I t ’s t h e f ir s t t i m e w e gei te s te d o n d e fe n c e , so i t ’s h a r d .”

N e x t season, th e M a rd e ts w il b e lo o k in g f o r n e w p r o p s , as Z u n r g r a d u a te s th is y e a r. “ W e a re la c k in g i n s iz e r ig h n o w ,” s a id d e G r a n d p r é . “ I w o u lc lik e t o see t h e m o n a g o o d w e ig h p r o g r a m [ d u r in g t h e o f f-s e a s o n ] .’’

T h i s s e a s o n e n d e d m u c h lik< t h e la s t. T h e M a r t l e t s w i l l l o o k s im ila r i n 2003, lo s in g o n ly s ix p la y e rs Y o u n g ’s r e t u r n is s t ill q u e s tio n a b le as h e r p r e s e n c e h in g e s o n h e a c c e p ta n c e t o la w s c h o o l.

LEFT: Jessica Young was named CIS Tournament all-Canadian. The winger proved unstoppable at the line, scoring five tries over the tournament.

CENTRE: Transfer student Candace Patterson was forced to sit out last season.

The forward drive was that much stronger with her presence.

RIGHT: Stephanie Lynam was named CIS Tournament All-Star. The flyhalf, allCanadian and captain with great vision, capitalized on opportunities with timely tackles and stellar kicks. She led the Martlets with distinction.

PHOTOS BY DAVE CHENG

“ I t h i n k A lb e r t a t o o k W e s t e r n a l i t d e t o o lig h t ly ,” s a id M c G i l l h e a d c o a c h V i n c e d e G r a n d p r é r e fe r r in g t o t h e P a n d a s loss i n th e r o u n d r o b in . “ T h e y sat m o s t o f th e ir s ta rte r s a n d h a d s o m e q u e s t io n a b le r e f f i n g .”

I t w a s f o r t h is r e a s o n t h a t M c G i l l fa c e d A lb e r t a i n t h e s e m is in s te a d o f t h e fin a ls . “ W e k n e w t h a t w e w e r e g o in g to m e e t t h e m s o m e w h e r e , b u t i t w a s a b i t o f a s h o c k t o see t h e m th e r e [ in t h e s e m i- f in a ls ] ,” s a id d e G r a n d p r é T h e 10-0 lo ss t o A lb e r t a p u t t h e M a r t l e t s i n t h e c o n s o la t io n fin a ls a g a in s t t h e G r y p h o n s o n c e a g a in . M c G i l l w o n h a n d ily 30- 3 .

R o u n d -r o b in songs G a m e o n e a g a in s t t h e U o f T V a r s it y B lu e s b e g a n u n d e r b lu e sk ie s a n d s u n s h in e a t t h e u n iv e r s i t y ’s

t h e p a c e o f t h e g a m e ,” s a id te a m c a p ta in a n d g a m e M V P S t e p h a n ie L y n a m . “ I t d i d n ’t a ll o w us to see h o w th e y r e a lly p la y a n d th e y c o u ld ­ n ’t see u s p la y e it h e r .”

M c G i l l ’s T i s h J a w o r s k i s c o re d t h e o n ly t r y o f t h e s e c o n d h a l f o n a f ie ld t h a t w a s s n o w s p r in k le d t o th e p o i n t w h e r e b o u n d a r y lin e s w e r e b lu r r e d . L y n a m c o m p le t e d t w o c o n ­ v e rts t o p u t h e r te a m a h e a d 24- 0 , s e c u r in g a n o p e n in g v ic to r y .

O n e d o w n , th re e to go O n t a r i o U n i v e r s i t y A t h le t ic s c h a m p io n G u e lp h G r y p h o n s , w e r e t h e M a r t l e t s ’ n e x t v ic t im s .

I n w h a t b e c a m e a d e fe n s iv e b a t t le , w i t h b o t h te a m s c o m in g to w i t h i n f iv e y a r d s s e v e r a l t im e s , Y o u n g s c o re d t h e f ir s t p o in t s o f th e g a m e o n a tr y w ith g re a t w o r k u p t h e m id d le b y a ll - C a n a d ia n A r a b a “ R o o ” C h i n t o h , w i t h o n ly 11 m i n ­

T h e d e c id in g f a c t o r “ Y o u ’v e g o t to s t r ik e e a r ly t o w i n , ” d e G r a n d p r é s a id w i t h o u t h e s ­ i t a t io n b e fo r e th e t o u r n a m e n t .

I n t h e s e m i- f in a l g a m e , A lb e r t a s t r u c k e a r ly a n d w o n , i n w h a t w a s e v e n b y o b je c t iv e a c c o u n ts , t h e m a t c h o f th e t o u r n a m e n t .

2002 C I S P la y e r o f t h e Y e a r, M a r i a G a l l o , w a s t h e t h o r n in M c G i l l ’s b a c k as s h e s c o re d t h e o n ly t w o tr ie s a n d 10 p o in t s f o r th e Pandas.

W i t h s h o r te n e d g a m e s c o n s is t­ in g o f o n ly 25- m i n u t e h a lv e s , c o m ­ p a r e d t o t h e u s u a l 40 , t h e e a r ly le a d w a s e v e n m o r e c r u c ia l.

N i n e m in u t e s in , a f te r g r e a t g r u n t w o r k u p th e m id d le , t h e b a ll w a s s h u f f le d t o th e o u ts id e w h e r e G a l lo r a n f o r th e try . “ W e m a d e a f e w li t t l e m is ­ t a k e s ,” c o n fe s s e d L y n a m . “ T h e y

A n o th e r m e d a l fo r th e M a r tle ts W h e n a s k e d i f t a k in g h o m e th e b r o n z e a f t e r t h e lo ss t o A lb e r t a w a s d is a p p o in tin g , Lynam r e p li e d h u m b ly . “ I d o n ’t t h i n k y o u c a n h a v e t h a t k i n d o f a t t it u d e . I c o u ld n ’t h a v e a s k e d f o r a n y t h in g els e f r o m th e g ir ls a n d t h e y le f t n o t h in g b e h in d o n t h e f i e l d , ” sh e s a id .

T h e c o n s o la t io n f in a l w a s c h a r ­

R e d m e n h o c k e y o ff t o q u ic k s t a r t Continued from page 20 to h e a t u p , w i t h th e e je c tio n o f a fa n f r o m b e s id e t h e Q u e e n ’s b e n c h , m u c h t o th e d e lig h t o f th e K in g s to n fa n s .

V a illa n c o u r t c o n t in u e d to t u r n a w a y G o ld e n G a e l c h a n c e s i n th e m id d le o f th e f in a l fr a m e , g iv in g th e te a m a c h a n c e t o in c re a s e th e le a d .

W i t h ju s t o v e r s ix m in u te s le f t , O r r to o k a s h o t th a t b o u n c e d o f f K e n n e y , a n d th e m a n w i t h th e h o c k e y h a ir, r ig h t w in g e r K e n D a v is , c h ip p e d th e p u c k o v e r th e s p r a w lin g g o a lie t o p u t th e R e d m e n u p 4- 2 .

T h e “n a b -n a h -n a h -n a h , h e y h e y -h e y , g o o d b y e ” c h e e rs q u ic k ly c a m e o u t , a n d th e h o m e te a m s e a le d th e d e a l w i t h o n ly a c o u p le o f m i n ­ u te s le ft.

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th e p u c k i n f o r M c G i l l ’s f i f t h g o a l, a n d a m a s s iv e s c r u m e n s u e d . F a n s o n b o t h sid e s , s c re a m in g a t th e to p o f t h e ir lu n g s , n e a r ly b le w th e r o o f o f f th e b u ild in g . T h is w r it e r ’s b e e n to s e v e ra l N H L g a m e s , b u t fe w , i f a n y , c o m p a r e to th e sense o f p a s s io n a n d in t e n s it y w itn e s s e d F r id a y n ig h t .

M c G i l l ’s 33 s h o ts in th e f in a l p e r io d (a c lu b r e c o rd ) c o n t r ib u t e d to its s ta g g e r in g to ta l o f 66 f o r th e gam e.

R edm en coach M a rtin R a y m o n d w a s t h r i l l e d w i t h h is te a m ’s p e r f o r m a n c e , a n d m e n t io n e d t h a t th e fa n s p la y e d a b ig p a r t in th e v ic to r y . “ W e w a n t to p le a s e th e m a n d i t ’s a s o u rc e o f m o t iv a t io n ... w e c a n ’t le t u p .”

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r iv a lr y b e tw e e n th e t w o te a m s , n o t ­ in g i t ’s r e a lly r e w a r d in g t o b e a t Q u e e n ’s as th e t w o s c h o o ls a re a c a ­ d e m ic a lly c o m p a r a b le , a n d d r a w o n m a n y o f th e s a m e r e c r u its .

T h e c o a c h als o s a id t h a t d u e to a n in o r d in a t e n u m b e r o f p e n a lty c a lls , th e p la y e rs w h o d o n ’t p la y o n th e s p e c ia l te a m s h a d a h a r d t im e . “ T h e le a g u e is so t ig h t . M is ta k e s can cost y o u . A n y b o d y can b e at a n y ­ b o d y o n a n y g iv e n n i g h t ,” R a y m o n d s a id .

T h e t e a m ’s d e p t h m i g h t s e t t h e m a p a r t f r o m th e p a c k : R a y m o n d is c o n f id e n t w i t h th e g o a lt e n d in g a n d h a s s ix r e t u r n in g p la y e rs o n d e fe n c e .

G o t o m c g il lt r ib u n e .c o m f o r C a t h e r in e K r a m a r c z u k ’s f u l l r e p o r t o f S a tu r d a y ’s w i n o v e r R M C .

NATHAN LEBIOD

Mark Debusschere one-times it on Friday against Queen's.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, November 5, 20 02

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QSSF CHAMPIONSHIP RUGBY REDMEN 14 STINGERS 10

REDMEN RUGBY PROFILE DAVE RAPLEY

Redemption is so sweet

A m an fro m across th e sea brings intensity to his second choice sport

Ian Maclver T h e h ig h ly a n tic ip a t e d r e m a tc h o f C o n c o r d ia a n d M c G i l l in th e Q u e b e c S tu d e n t S p o rts F e d e r a t io n r u g b y fin a ls w a s p la y e d o u t a t a b i t ­ te r ly c o ld R u t h e r f o r d R e s e rv o ir o n S u n d a y . L a s t se a s o n , th e R e d m e n lo s t b y o n e p o in t to th e S tin g e rs .

T h e R e d m e n , n e e d le s s to say, w e r e v e ry eager fo r s o m e p a y b a c k a n d g o t ju s t t h a t w i t h a 14-10 v ic to r y . “ W e lo s t to t h e m la s t y e a r, so I a m lo o k in g f o r a lit t le r e v e n g e ,” a id c a p ta in S im o n F a b e r s e fo r e f a c in g he S tin g e r s ast w e e k .

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T h e secon d h a lf w as an even b a ttle , w i t h a g g re s s io n r is in g e v e n h ig h e r. A c o u p le o f h u g e ta c k le s w e r e m a d e b y M c G i l l ’s b a c k r o w .

F lo w e v e r , th e R e d m e n b a c k lin e w a s u n a b le c r e a te g a p s t h r o u g h t h e C o n c o r d ia d e fe n c e .

T h e g a m e c o n t in u e d to b e w h a t W e ld o n r e fe r r e d to as “a v e r y t ig h t g a m e .”

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A p e n a lty to M c G i l l a llo w e d th e R e d m e n t o g e t w i t h i n th e C o n c o r d ia 22- y a r d lin e . T h e R e d m e n t h e n p u s h e d f o r w a r d to w i t h i n fiv e m e tre s o f th e g o a l lin e . A f t e r s e v e ra l M c G i l l s c ru m s a n d r u n s b y th e b a c k s , th e R e d m e n w e r e k e p t ju s t o u ts id e th e lin e .

A t th is p o in t , C o a c h M c C a f f r e y e le c te d t o p u t p o in ts o n th e b o a r d b y k ic k in g in s te a d o f p t is h in g f o r a try .

W e ld o n g o t th e th re e p o in ts f o r h is

t eam, l e avi ng t h e Redm en dow n by o n e w ith ju s t u n d e r 10 m i n ­ u te s to g o .

W ith a b o u t fiv e m in u te s to go, W e ld o n , n o w lo o k ­ in g d a n ­ ger o u s, r e c e iv e d th e b a ll fro m a s c r u m in th e M c G i l l h a lf.

H e fo u n d a h o le in th e C o n c o r d i a d e fe n c e and m ade a huge b r e a k . A t th e C o n c o r d i a 22y a r d lin e , h e w a s ta c k le d d o w n , n o t b e fo r e m a n ­ a g in g to pass th e b a ll to c e n tr e

o n c o r d ia s ig n e d and se aled w hat la d b e e n a le r f e c t year or th e Ledm en.

In he r e g u la r e a s o n , v lc G ill n a r r o w ly d e fe a t:d t h e S tin g e r s 31-27 n d 15- 11, o n ly th e sec>n d a n d t h ir d v ic to r ie s o r th e R e d m e n a g a in s t h e ir c r o s s -to w n r iv a l in h e la s t fo u r y e a rs .

M c G i l l s u p p o r te r s a c e d o f f a g a in s t a v o c a l o n c o r d ia c r o w d , c o m >lete w i t h th e S tin g e r s ’ n a s c o t, B u z z , in a t te n la n c e .

R o b i n The u n d e fe a te d M acLauchan, le d m e n lo s t th e im p o r w h o w a s f o llo w ­ ant p s y c h o lo g ic a l in g in s u p p o r t. d v a n ta g e b y h a v in g t o o v e r c o m e It w as M a c L a u c h a n n e a r ly d e fic it. T e n m in u te s in t o w h o p u t th e b a ll d o w n h e g a m e , C o n c o r d ia s c o re d u n d e r b e t w e e n t h e p o s ts . h e p o s t a fte r its fo r w a r d s w e r e T h e M c G i l l s u p p o r t­ a m p e d o n th e M c G i l l t r y - l in e , ers w e n t w i l d as th e tf te r th e c o n v e rs io n , M c G i l l w a s te a m m o v e d a h e a d b y o w n 7- 0 . f o u r p o in ts .

F le a d c o a c h S e a n M c C a f f r e y I n t h e la s t f e w p t e d to m o v e b ig - k ic k in g fu llb a c k m in u te s , th e R e d m a n h r is S to r e y to f ly h a l f in o r d e r to w e r e s u b je c te d to w a v e ;a in f ie ld a d v a n ta g e t h r o u g h k ic k s , a fte r w ave of h is s h ifte d th e r e g u la r fly h a l f P a t C o n c o r d ia a tta c k s , W e ld o n to f u ll b a c k . k n o w in g th a t a tr y W e ld o n w a s th e fir s t to p ra is e a g a in s t w o u l d lo s e tns m o v e . t h e m th e g a m e . I n th e “ [S to r e y ] k ille d th e m f in a l m in u te C o n c o r d i a ] w i t h h is b o o t la s t C o n c o r d ia m oved m e .” d o w n th e r ig h t f la n k M c G i l l ’s d o m i n a n t f ie ld p o s ia n d c h ip k ic k e d a h e a d o n in th e fir s t h a l f le d to t w o w i t h i n th e M c G i l l 22io n c o r d ia p e n a ltie s a b o u t 30 y a r d lin e . T h e M c G i l l ae tre s o u t. T h e p e n a ltie s w e r e s u c s u p p o r te r s h e ld th e ir N ATH AN LEBIODA e s s fu lly k ic k e d b y W e ld o n , m a k c o lle c tiv e b r e a th as th e The drive for the winning try was initiated by Pat l g th e s c o re 7-6 f o r C o n c o r d ia . b a ll b o u n c e d . B u t th e Weldon, who handed off to Robin MacLauchan to D e s p it e a c o u p le o f v e r y la rg e finish the job. This play won the Redmen the title. re fe re e b le w f u ll t im e . o n c o r d ia fo r w a r d s , th e R e d m e n T h e R e d m e n w e re r rw a rd s w e r e d o m i n a n t in th e ru c k s C o n c o r d ia w a s s u c c e s s fu l, p u t t i n g e c s ta tic . n d m a u ls . T h e y b r o u g h t t h e ir te a m M c G i l l e v e n f u r t h e r b e h in d .

M V P o f th e g a m e w o u ld h a v e 4t h i n a m e tr e o f th e C o n c o r d ia g o a l to g o to W e ld o n , fo r s e ttin g u p th e n e in a s tr o n g d r iv in g c a m p a ig n , w in n in g try . C a p t a in F a b e r w a s o n c e T h e se co n d c o m e b a c k p la y o ff w in u t w e re tu rn e d a w a y w ith o u t a n y W i t h less th a n a q u a r te r o f th e a g a in th e s t a n d -o u t fo r w a r d . T h e o in ts . g a m e t o g o , S to r e y , o n e o f th e R e d m e n h a d a g o a l to g o u n d e fe a te d W i t h M c G i l l h a r d ly m is s in g a n d w in th e Q S S F c h a m p io n s h ip . le a g u e ’s b e s t k ic k e r s a n d fo rw a rd s , n y ta c k le s , th e C o n c o r d ia b a c k s M is s io n a c c o m p lis h e d . h a d to le a v e th e fie ld d u e to in ju r y e v e r r e a lly lo o k e d d a n g e r o u s . a n d a t th is p o in t , th e g r a v ity o f th e 4c G i ll w e n t in t o th e b r e a k t r a ilin g s it u a t io n h i t th e R e d m e n .

Zack Gallinger

A n o th e r te a m m a te , A n d re w W a r k e n t in , als o e m p h a s iz e s R a p le y ’} in te n s ity as h is m a in r u g b y a t tr ib u t e .

H e says t h a t h e h as se en R a p le y use h is in t e n s it y t o a c c o m p lis h s o m e v e r y im p r e s s iv e fe a ts . “ H e ’s h u n g r y f o r th e b a ll. I ’ve s e e n h i m r u n fa s te r th a n th e b a ll is k ic k e d in o r d e r to c a tc h it . H e d o e s ­ n ’t w o rry about h is - b o d y .”

S o m e tim e s , h o w e v e r, th is p a s s io n fo r th e g a m e a n d c o m p e t it io n c a n le a d t o p r o b le m s . “ H e a lw a y s a lm o s t g e ts in t o fig h ts . H e lik e s to s tic k u p f o r h is te a m m a te s a n d h im s e lf ,” G o u r la y says.

D a v e R a p le y c a m e t o M c G i l l h o p in g to b e a g o a lie o n th e h o c k e y te a m . L u c k i ly f o r th e M c G i l l r u g b y t e a m , h e m is s e d th e t r y o u t a n d th e re s t is h is to ry .

R a p le y , a n a tiv e o f E n g la n d , is o n e o f th e k e y p ie c e s o f th e te a m t h a t w e n t u n d e fe a te d in th e r e g u la r s e a s o n a n d w o n th e c o n fe r e n c e c h a m p io n s h ip b y d e f e a t in g th e C o n c o r d ia S tin g e r s 14-10 o n S u n d a y . H is q u ic k h a n d s a n d f r ig h t ­ e n in g s p e e d a llo w h i m to e x c e l a t th e f u llb a c k /w i n g p o s it io n . A s w e ll, h is k ic k in g a b ilit y is a v it a l p a r t o f h is g a m e . N e v e rth e le s s , r u g b y w a s n o t h is g a m e o f c h o ic e w h e n h e fir s t a r r iv e d in M o n t r e a l.

R a p le y w a s a h o c k e y p la y e r , n o t a r u g b y p la y e r.

I n t r o d u c e d t o t h e c la s s ic C a n a d ia n g a m e a t th e ag e o f f iv e i n a c o u n t r y w h e r e h o c k e y p r o b a b ly d o e s n o t e v e n r a n k a m o n g th e t o p 10 fa v o u r it e s p o rts to w a t c h o r p la y , R a p le y q u ic k ly e x c e lle d a n d w a s re p r e s e n t­ in g h is c o u n t r y in t e r n a t io n ­ a lly b y th e ag e o f n in e .

B y th e t im e h e w a s 13, h e h a d r e c e iv e d a s c h o la r ­ s h ip t o L a k e f ie ld S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l in O n t a r io to p la y h o c k e y . I t w a s o n ly a f te r h e m is s e d th e h o c k e y tr y o u ts t h a t R a p le y d e c id e d to g iv e r u g b y a s h o t. I t is h a r d to te ll t h a t r u g b y is h is s e c o n d NATHAN LEBIODA c h o ic e o f s p o r ts . W h a t Rapley turning for another full speed rush. b e g a n as a n e x p e r im e n t has r e s u lte d i n a v e r y s tr o n g O n th e w h o le , R a p le y h a s q u ite a d d it io n f o r a te a m e n r o u t e t o its a w e ll- r o u n d e d c h a r a c te r a n d fits in f ir s t p e r fe c t se a s o n . w i t h th e te a m as s im p ly a n o th e r D e s p ite h o c k e y b e in g R a p le y ’s m em ber o f th e backs u n it. s p o r t o f c h o ic e , h e h as s lo w ly fa lle n “ H e m a k e s jo k e s a n d y e t h e c a n b e in lo v e w it h th e g a m e o f ru g b y . s e rio u s w h e n n e e d s to b e . H e k n o w s “ I g e t to h i t p e o p le as h a r d as I p o s ­ w h e n i t ’s t im e to h a v e f u n a n d h e s ib ly c a n w i t h o u t a n y p a d d in g in th e k n o w s w h e n its t im e to b e fo c u s e d ,” w a y ,” R a p le y says. “ I t ’s a g lo r y g a m e .

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Y o u h i t a g a p a n d y o u ’re g o n e . I t ’s A l t h o u g h R a p le y h a s h a d a lik e fo o tb a ll b u t a lo t m o r e f u n .” w o n d e r f u l a m o u n t o f su cce ss a t R a p le y also e m p h a s iz e s h o w m u c h M c G i l l , h e is lo o k in g to m o v e b a c k h e h as e n jo y e d p la y in g o n th is y e a r ’s to E n g la n d n e x t y e a r. te a m . “ I ’v e b e e n a w a y f r o m h o m e “ W e ’re n o t as b ig [as la s t y e a r ’s n o w f o r s e v e n y e a rs . I fe e l lik e I ’m s q u a d ] b u t w e ’re q u ic k e r a n d w e m is s in g o u t o n m y g r o w in g u p b a c k h a v e m o r e h e a r t. W e a re a lo t m o r e h o m e ,” R a p le y says. “A n d [ M c G i l l ] fo c u s e d o n w i n n i n g , ” th e E n g lis h is n ’t th e p la c e f o r m e r ig h t n o w .

L it e r a t u r e m a jo r says. “ W e ’v e h a d A lt h o u g h th e th in g s I a m d o in g in m is ta k e s in e v e ry g a m e , b u t w e ’v e th e c it y a re g o o d f o r m e lik e M C i n g m a n a g e d to w o r k o n t h e m in p r a c ­ a t r e g u la r c lu b n ig h t , th e s c h o o l t ic e and p ic k it b a c k u p .” t h in g is n ’t g o in g r ig h t f o r m e r ig h t R a p le y is a w e ll-r e s p e c te d m e m b e r n o w . H o p e f u lly , I c a n p la y c lu b o f h is te a m a n d is lik e d f o r h is ea sy­ r u g b y o r j o i n th e a r m y w h e n I g e t g o in g and c a re fre e a t t it u d e . b a c k .”

H o w e v e r , te a m m a t e K e v in G o u r la y R a p le y in s is ts t h a t h e lo v e s th e sees s u b tle le a d e r s h ip a b ilit y w i t h i n n i g h t l i f e a n d s o c ia l s c e n e o f R a p le y .

M o n t r e a l. H o w e v e r , h e fe els t h a t h e “ H e ’s n o t o n e o f th e o ld e s t p la y ­ n e e d s to g o s o m e w h e r e else in o r d e r ers o n th e te a m , b u t h e le a d s b y t o o r g a n iz e h is lif e a n d se t s o m e n e w e x a m p le . H e is a v e r y in te n s e p la y ­ g o a ls f o r h im s e lf. e r ,” G o u r la y says. “ I t ’s n o t n e c e s s a rily e v e n a b o u t A s s is ta n t c o a c h L in d s a y P r a tt g o in g b a c k h o m e . I ju s t n e e d t o s e t­ a g re es t h a t R a p le y is a r o le m o d e l f o r tle d o w n [s o m e w h e re ] a n d g e t m y th e te a m . I n R a p le y , P r a tt sees a a c t to g e th e r . I n e e d to g e t s o m e d is ­ u n iq u e c o m m it m e n t to th e te a m . c ip lin e back in my life .” “ W e ’v e h a d a lo t o f p r o b le m s w i t h W h e r e v e r h e is n e x t y e a r, i t is a g iv e n g u y s s h o w in g u p to p r a c tic e la te . B u t t h a t D a v e R a p le y w i l l s till b e g o in g h e is a lw a y s th e fir s t g u y a t p r a c tic e , s tr o n g a n d p la y in g h is n e w fa v o u r it e r a in o r s h in e , fr e e z in g w e a th e r o r gam e. s n o w ,” P r a t t n o te s .

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Tenacious) @ Bukhman Council Room Jamaican movie "The Harder they Come" @ Shatner Ballroom Culture Show @ Shatner Ballroom

Japanese Anime Marathon @ Bukhman Council Room "Trembling before G-d" directed by Sandi Dubowski @ Shatner Ballroom (admission $3)

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Food sale @ Shatner foyer Writers in Exile display "Cabaret show/Open Mic": Drag kings/queens, folks singers and more @ Thomson House Basement, 3650 McTavish "Exotica" directed by Atom Egoyan @ Shatner Ballroom

F r id a y , N o v e m b e r 6 t h In te rn a tio n a l 4 F lo o r s Shatner Building - Doors Open @ 9pm - Cover $6 - VIP tickets can be bought at Sadie’s Tabagie and through your club

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Culture Fest

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Shatner Building - 9pm

Shatner Building

Dyke Days Moyse Hall - 8pm

Dancing at Lughnasa M oyse Hall - 8pm

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Dancing at Lughnasa

"Cabaret show/Open Mic" Thompson House - 7:30 pm

Moyse Hall - 8pm

Dancing at Lughnasa

2220 ave McGill College - 7pm

Religion in History

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Shatner Ballroom

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CSS Party

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Shatner Ballroom

Arts Tavern

Ski Sale

SHATNER LEACOCK

STEWART BtO

Shatner Ballroom

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