The McGill Tribune Vol. 22 Issue 14

Semester in review

Sports report cards are in

Country music, Calgary-style

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Published by the Students' Society of McGill University since 1981

Vol. 22 Issue 14

Some hot. some not Opinionated A&E writers share their thoughts Arts & Entertainment Staff

NATHAN LEBI0DA

It’s Christm as time in the city. McGill College Avenue is lit up with decorations and buried in snow, creating a festive mood not exactly conducive to cramming.

Buy nothing, save on gifts

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“When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

— Herman Hesse ”

Panthea Lee The holiday season is, without a doubt, here. The lights are up on McGill College Avenue and egg­ nog is now available at your neigh­ bourhood Provigo. Festive displays, garnished with lights o f twinkling merriment, are featured in jolly store windows on Ste-Catherine Street as shoppers whisk by, toting bag upon bag o f Christmas treats.

Last Friday, however, you may have noticed something amiss while you were doing your holiday shopping.

Perhaps you encountered someone offering to cut up your

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beloved credit card (the horror!).

O r you may have seen a fellow shopper decked out in a ‘blind sheep’ costume. Even the carolers were singing a different tune: Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was, oddly enough, replaced by "Oh no, were in the red, dear".

Confused? T he dem onstra­ tions were all in support o f Buy Nothing Day, a 24-hour moratori­ um on consumer spending in protest of blind consumerism and over-consumption. The movement has spread to over 30 countries, with individuals everywhere observ­ ing it differendy. In its 11 th year, BND is a growing international

A lot has happened since the Froshiesfell o ff the boat at the end o f August. Bad movies, good concerts and more McGill plays than you can shake a stick at. Gen’s has become a concert venue, Bifteck raised their beer prices and the other day I swear I saw a panhandler sleeping in the Shatner building. Well, with all the events and other merriment that has happened this semester, the A& E staff here at the Tribune have decided to let the readers know what tickled our fancies or made us nauseous.

Unfortunately, unaminity was inpos­ sible to reach, as all o f our opinions are subjective, after all. So here is a divisive yet thorough look at the last semester. I f you want to add to the wealth o f worthless knowledge here, drop by the Trib office and say hello.

New opinions in the A& E section are always welcome.

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movement that takes place annually on the day after American Thanksgiving, the biggest day for retailers in the US. Also known as Black Friday, it is the day that kicks off the Christmas season, as shop­ keepers watch their balance sheets move out o f the red and into the black. If the mobs in the malls are any indication, all signs point to holiday spirit today growing pro­ portionally with holiday spending.

It’s no coincidence that Kalle Lasn, an advertising executive turned anti-consumerism activist, chose to declare this day International Buy Nothing Day.

Immortals o f Comedy at the Just for Laugh's Museum. The first exhbit is the 'Wall of Laughter', which starts with Plotinus, ends with Oscar Wilde and features the great wits and comic geniuses of every age from antiquity up until the dawn o f the 20th century. The March of Comedy continues up until the present day with an exhi­ bition of several small theatres play­ ing side-splitting footage o f all the 20th century greats; Charlie Chaplin, T he Three Stooges, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby etc...

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To counteract the holiday mar­ keting blitz, McGill students in the Shatner lobby preached the virtues o f smart consumerism on Buy Nothing Day.

“It’s called Buy Nothing Day because the point is that for one day you should think about consump­ tion all the time,” said Michelle Lee, U0 Science, who was tabling on Friday afternoon.

Christina G., U1 Environ­ ment, said that people may be unaware of the consequences of consumption.

“Were promoting smart con­ sumerism and not an end to con-

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sumption. We have to recognize that we live in a society where, in addition to the environmental impact of packaged foods... . There are issues of social justice for most of the stuff we own.”

“Ask yourself if you need it or if you just want it. If it is something you need and don’t just want, look at the tag and ask if you’re support­ ing a cooperative or a multinational company. Then make sane choices,” said Katya Seckar, U 1 Environment.

Buy Nothing Day coincides with the day after American Thanksgiving, which is the tradi­ tional beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

See page I for more on Buy Nothing Day. Preparing for online voting

The Students' Society will probably not launch its online vot­ ing system this academic year.

“I'm playing it more or less by ear,” said SSMU President Martin Doe. “It's unlikely we'll have it up for accreditation or the spring elec­ tions, because the last thing we want is for a referendum or an election to be declared invalid because o f a sys­ tem or server crash.”

SSMU's election by-laws will also need to be updated to reflect the change in technology.

The $4,500 online voting pro­ gramme is being written by former Elections McGill Chief Returning Officer Brian Lack. The system will

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Students questioned their execs.

Society moved from its Arts base­ ment location into an office inside the new Arts students lounge Saturday, before locks were installed, thus delaying the lounge’s official openning Located in the basement of Leacock, the former ICG office is furnished with sofas, tables and chairs, and has three conference rooms for Arts students to reserve.

Even though the decor screams “Starbucks,” food and drink are prohibited.

Apathy at exam time

The SSMU executive hosted an open meeting in the Shatner stu­ dent lounge Thursday afternoon to discuss how to facilitate communi­ cation between SSMU and stu­ dents.

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Arts students relax in their new lounge in the basement of Leacock.

use MINERVA to verify voters' eli­ gibility and to ensure that no stu­ dent votes more than once.

Now that’s a super computer

Burnside Hall now houses the most innovative, high performance computer in Canada.

The C LU M EQ (Consortium LavalUQAM-McGill and Eastern Quebec) computer can perform numerical simulation and visualiza­ tion in fields including engineering, medicine, computer science, aero­ dynamics, environmental science and arts. The $8-million dollar cost of the supercomputer was funded by a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec. The estimated value of the computer is $23-million. Allegra Solutions was a main contributor to the design of the computer’s archi­ tecture and operating system.

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SSMU Communications Officer Elliot Kappel said that they needed to improve the student per­ ception o f SSMU as an insular political body, increase the propor­ tion of the 16,000 undergraduates who attend SSMU events and advertise the services available to students.

“There needs to be a better general perception of SSMU to make it student-run by students rather than student-run for stu­ dents,” he said.

Farah Qasemi, a Communi­ cations and Events committee member in the audience, suggested that SSMU publicize its achieve­ ments.

“W hy shouldn’t you have a newsletter with your own voice?” she asked.

Students also asked that Council documents be more acces­ sible. Vice-President Com m uni­ cations and Events Naeem Datoo said he would like to put them online.

The audience for the forum, entitled “Beyond the Plasma TV,” did not exceed a dozen people.

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First fem ale principal takes office as Shapiro era ends Kate Rhodes This January, Heather MunroeBlum will become the sixteenth principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, the first woman in University history to hold the office. Munroe-Blum, current vice­ principal (research and international affairs) at the University of Toronto, was appointed by the McGill Board of Governors on April 15.

“I am honoured to be following in the footsteps of Bernard Shapiro and David Johnston,” said MunroeBlum in a press release. “McGill University is a Canadian treasure with a stellar reputation at home and abroad. As Canada’s most research-intensive university, McGill is home to an impressive number of superb scholars and outstanding stu­ dents and staff. It has dedicated and distinguished alumni. I am excited and optimistic about what we will achieve together.”

Munroe-Blum has been very active in researching the implemen­ tation of public policy that supports university research programs. Most notably, she was commissioned by the Ontario government to write Growing Ontario’s Innovation System: The Strategic Role o f University Research in 1999.

“Universities have never been more important to society than they are today. Economic development is dependent on knowledge and uni­ versities are an invaluable source of that knowledge,” she told the McGill Reporter. “W ithout higher education, people are curtailed in their ability to do what they are best suited for in life.”

Munroe-Blum has stated that expanding research opportunities at McGill will be among her top prior­ ities.

“There are wonderful opportu­ nities for the humanities and social sciences to interact with the physical and health sciences,” she told the McGill Reporter.

“She is creative, innovative, decisive— qualities that will be cru­ cial to the University’s future,” said Robert Rabinovitch, chair of the Board o f Governors, in a press release. “I believe she will be a cata­

lyst for change and, at the same time, someone who values deeply the traditional mission of the University. She will consult and engage fully our partners both inside and outside the institution...

Heather Munroe-Blum will be at the helm of this University for many years to come, and she brings to McGill the reserves of strength, imagination and character which are required to head a complex research­ intensive university in today’s envi­ ronment.”

Students anticipate hearing from their new principal.

At outgoing Principal Bernard J. Shapiro’s farewell address to the Students’ Society, SSMU VicePresident University Affairs Fred Sagel told the crowd, “We hope to follow this farewell speech with an introduction to our new principal, Heather Munroe-Blum, in January.”

A Montreal native, MunroeBlum earned her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work from McMaster University, her Master’s degree in Social Work from Wilfred Laurier University and her PhD in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A specialist in psychiatric disor­ ders, Munroe-Blum has helped to create many government mental health policies. She has served on countless committees and distin­ guished boards, including the Medical Research Council of Canada.

Prior to her vice-principal appointm ent in 1994, MunroeBlum was the dean of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and taught in the Faculty of Social Work and in the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Public Health and Sciences and Psychiatry.

She also taught at McMaster University.

Munroe-Blum brings with her a 16-year-old daughter, Sydney Rebecca Munroe-Blum, and her husband, screenwriter Len Blum, whose projects include Meat Balls and Howard Sterns Private Parts.

In preparation for her upcom­ ing appointment, Munroe-Blum has spent the last six months studying French.

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James Grohsgal In Bernard J. Shapiro’s third year as i McGill undergraduate, his mother said that he brought home four scholarships, one for each of his classes, while his twin brother Harold, who later became president of Princeton University, earned only three.

After graduating from McGill, he managed Ruby Foo’s, the family restaurant, and then earned a doctor­ ate in Education from Harvard. He has held posts at Boston University, the University of Western Ontario,

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(where he was provost and vice-prin­ cipal academic), the Ontario govern­ ment, and the University ofToronto.

In 1993, Shapiro was appointed vice-chancellor and principal of McGill University.

Shapiro spoke to this reporter in

a high-ceilinged room adjoining his inner office on the fifth floor of the James Administration Building.

He called himself a private man.

When he goes out for an evening with his wife, he prefers opera and the symphony to student events. He said that he did not actively solicit interaction with students, except society executives. However, he does take a credit course every semester, (lately in art history), and sits in on other professors’ classes. He mingles with students outside the lecture halls.

While Shapiro scolded offices

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Principal Bernard J. Shapiro

that treat students poorly, he never was a strong advocate for students.

Neither a benevolent master nor a target of derision, to many McGill students Shapiro was a phan­ tom figurehead for this bureaucratic institution, guiltless of the débilitât-

ing government cuts that set his pri­ orities as principal. He was unafraid to slash budgets, and said that McGill survived provincial cuts in the 1990s by cutting salaries and exploiting faculty and staff.

Shapiro also dversaw the expan­ sion of commercialization with a reincarnated cold beverage agree­ ment and corporate management of the bookstore and the cafeterias. He has no sympathy for the engineers and said he had no problem, in prin­ ciple, with Ancillary Services' forced takeover of the Good Bytes cafeteria.

He was not always gentle. To the concerns of the Office for Students with Disabilities about their move from Burnside Hall to the Brown Building, Shapiro said “tough,” because the OSD had time to prepare and provided input in the design process.

Shapiro always defended McGill’s research-intensive mission, but during his final days he made some radical statements. He said that academic overspecialization was endemic and that the separation of the Arts and Science faculties was a bad idea. He called undergraduate education in management a contra­ diction in terms, and said that he was unsatisfied with the standards of McGill undergraduate education.

During his victory-lap semester, Shapiro endowed his alma mater with one idea of the University. It is now the choice of Heather MonroeBlum, who has ideas of her own, to discover McGill with Shapiro's ori­ entation.

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Through the lens of students A semester of politics, power and protest 1. N D P federal leadership candidate Bill Blaikie visited McGill to preach his social agen­ da.

2. The Arab Students’ Association held a vigil on the Arts Steps to protest a possible war against Iraq.

3. As applications increase, medical school admissions have become more competitive.

4. Prime M inister Jean Chrétien opened the Montreal Neurological Instititute’s brain tumour research centre.

5. Supreme C ourt C hief Justice Beverley McLaughlin spoke at McGill’s conference on Pluralism, Religion and Public Policy.

6. The Quebec work safety commission found numerous vio­ lations, including mould and dirt, in the McIntyre Medical building.

7. Student rioters prevented former Israeli Prime M inister Benjamin Netanyahu from speak­ ing at Concordia University.

8. The discovery o f white powder in an envelope forced the evacuation o f the Stewart Biology building.

9. The Muslim Students’ Association has been holding Friday evening prayer services in the Shatner Ballroom.

10. While visiting his son at school, Deputy Prime Minister John Manley praised Canada’s “northern tiger” economy to a Liberal McGill audience.

11. Cars on Sherbrooke Street honked in support o f stu­ dents protesting war.

12. Despite the failure of the Arts Student Emplotment Fund to meet quorum in last year’s elec­ tion, McGill continued to collect the fee for the Arts Undergraduate Society.

13. Thousands o f student protestors marched against the Free Trade Agreement o f the Americas. SSMU protested the inclusion o f education in the hemispheric trade deal.

14. Techsquare takes shape as the Genomics and Proteomics building nears completion and the Trottier building grows taller.

15. Principal Bernard J. Shapiro implored students not to fall victim to vocational educa­ tion, but rather asked them to view undergraduate education as an end in itself.

16. Music students success­ fully petitioned to keep locks on the doors to practice room areas, but are still awaiting the ground­ breaking of their new building.

17. Team iSun displayed its award-winning solar-powered car at a downtown trade show.

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T h e T rib u n e 's e n d -o f-se m ste r e x e cu tiv e a n a ly sis cap tu re s the e sse n ce of o ur Stu d e n ts' S o cie ty's a r tis ­ tic m erit and tim e le ss ap p eal. T e xt by Ja m e s G ro h sg al, Kate R hodes, Mark Sw ard and John S c ia scia .

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Martin Doe President

Fred Sagel VP University Affairs

Naeem Datoo VP Communications & Events

Former SALSA executive and SSMU President Martin Doe is “extremely satisfied” with the Society's performance this semester. “I think we’ve got a long road ahead... but in terms of how everything has been going so far, I’m very pleased,” he said. He stresses that his job mostly entails supporting the various vice-presidents; when asked to describe his job, he said, “I think it’s to try and keep a sense of the bigger picture o f SSMU, an d ... to make sure the other vice presidents are also having a good year.”

In this capacity, Doe has seen successes in the adoption of an environmental policy, an enormous turnout for the October 31 Free Trade Area of the Americas strike and better allocation o f space for student clubs and services. Because students voted to rejoin la Fédération étudiant(e)s universitaires du Québec last year, SSMU is now better prepared to represent itself to the provincial government— FEU Q is about to embark on a major research project that “will provide us with a strong argumentation on top of what we already have against differential tuition,” he said. Although many saw Doe’s much maligned plasma television proposal as a major problem for him this semester, he disagrees. “The plasma screen was [neither] a major issue [nor] a problem,” he said. In the coming semester, Doe hopes to address some major issues, like accreditation of the Society, which would make it the official voice of undergraduates at McGill, and renova­ tions to the Shatner building. His main concerns with the building are that “we’re not meeting sanitation law, with not having a women’s bathroom downstairs with Gert’s, [and we are] not meeting fire code, [since we need] to install sprin­ klers.”

Despite a delayed accrediation vote and a case of mononucleosis early this term, Doe is prepared for another semes­ ter at the helm.

“We would express some disappointment with what happened with accreditation; we’d hoped for a fall referendum date,” he said, noting that SSMU will do all it can to reach quorum on the accreditation question this spring. An opti­ mistic Doe said, “we’ve set the groundwork for so many things and now we just have to deliver the goods.”

Working an average of 65 to 70 hours a week, Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel is a dedicated, intellec ual SSMU exec personality. Fred sits on 21 committees and (gasp!) enjoys it, as his job is to “represent the students to lie administration," giving them a voice and a forum, he says.

Being a voice for students has been his goal since his first year, when he ran for student office. Segal was then \ ing for Arts Senator and, though he lost the election, he made a name for himself and eventually held the Senate seat.

Sagel’s successes have more than fulfilled his campaign promises this semester, including the motioning for a discrimi­ nation and harassment policy, drawing attention to the first-year experience and advising problems, and promoting un lergraduate research. Advising problems, for example, are being remedied with extended hours, and Discover McGill will now be several days longer.

Among the other accomplishments SSMU has seen this semester, Sagel said, “seeing the environmental policy and FTAA motion pass in Senate was a huge accomplishment for SSMU. The actual policies that passed were built on the work of many people from years past, but being part of its approval was very meaningful.” Sagel also mentioned course eva tâ­ tions available for completion on-line and increased student participation in government as fruits of SSMU’s labours.

“Student senators, [for example], now meet once a week and discuss current University issues,” he said.

BcingVP university affairs isn’t all beer and skittles though. “Sometimes it’s hard to stay focused on long-term goal It’s easy to get lost on little details in committees,” said Sagel. This semester, he thought more attention could have been paid to services for graduating students, especially in conjunction with faculty associations. Sagel feels “SSMU is more pro ;ressive than in past years,” and, if tuned into student concerns, can bear an “equal burden between students and administrators” on University initiatives. He also adds that “SSMU is a very influential voice in la FEUQ.” Next semester, look for Sagel working on the campus-wide Equity Week in January, drafting a motion to make the Ombudsperson a full-time position, addressing undergraduate research concerns at Council and asking questions at Se nee.

“I think it’s very important that a student raise a question at Senate each time we convene,” he said. Sage! is an h( nest, inspired, learned SSMU exec, with a boyish smile and a lot o f filing cabinets. His major shortcoming; "I’m often removed from SSMU office politics; I only know about things happening between SSMU and the University.” Did he say that was a shortcoming?

Energetic party animal Naeem Datoo, the SSMU executive most likely to be seen in a puke-suit, is vice-pres ident communications and events, a position that often draws public attention only when things go wrong ani not when they go well. To avoid overextending his budget and the patience of the Students’ Society Part Network, Datoo concentrated his efforts on three events this semester— SSMU Frosh, Welcome Week am 4Floors— each o f which made much greater profits than last year. Welcome Week, which is the budget line fo Open Air Pub, Big [expletive deleted] Tent and Movie in the Park made $7,600, over $5,000 more than the bud geted profit of $2,300. While profits for the November 8 4Floors party have not been finalized, admissions tai gets were reached, with more than 1,600 people attending. The ghetto Street Jamboree was cancelled because th neighbours complained.

Datoo has worked behind the scenes to maintain the level of craziness McGill students demand from thei SSMU parties; this year’s innovation was the shisha lounge in CaféRama, where the room was packed with puffei pulling sweet smoke from the flexible tubes of big glass hookahs to the sound of Middle Eastern pop.

Datoo is also in charge of the SSMU website. Although the new English version has been up since the begin ning of the semester, the French version still needs translated versions of current information available only i English. Also, he wants Councillors to submit motions and reports via email, so that documents can be convert ed to PDFs and uploaded to the SSMU website before Council meets. In addition, he will be heavily involved i the ‘Yes’ Committee for the accreditation campaign.

Next semester, he will be planning a large-scale survey on students’ attitudes towards SSMU and SSMI events and will present a marketing plan to SSMU Council.

The parties continue in the first two weeks of January when Snow AP and another 4Floors party coincid with mini-course registration and winter Activities Night.

Datoo and the network of volunteers who tend the bars and guard the doors are inside Shatner long after a the 4Floors revelers have gone home to pass out, so the average McGill student might never see him in dayligh He said of his schedule, “I’m having my morning coffee and I see people leaving for the day.” Just keep an eye o that coffee, buddy.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Kathleen Morrison VP Operations

Rachel De Lorie VP Clubs & Services

Nick Vickander VP Com m unity & Governm ent

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Kathleen Morrison didn't tell her mother she was running for vice-president operations until after she won the elec­ tion. Since that April night, she has been responsible for SSMU's byzantine finances.

“What I have is more of an overseeing job than a ‘doing’ job,” Morrison said of her role in the SSMU. “1 just try to consider what students want and improve what SSMU does for them.”

In addition to working with the finance committee and the executive, Morrison collaborates with General Manager Guy Brisebois in day-to-day operations.

Morrison has put a great deal of energy into her campaign pledges, like establishing SSMU Daycare, heightening the visibility o f student fees and opt-outs, and starting a composting program in student cafeterias. '$diile carrying out her duties, she has promoted SSMU's independence from the McGill administration.

While the daycare finally opened this fall, government regulations have impeded Morrison's plan to offer full-time supervision.

“Getting the daycare off the ground has been the biggest challenge so far,” she admitted, as the permit for the facili­ ty has yet to be obtained. “The [provincial] government makes you jump a lot of hurdles, and its really coming down to the wire as to whether we can become operational [as an all-day centre] next year.”

Morrison was pleased with her efforts to make student fees more transparent to the student population. Thanks to increased publicity this year, more students opted out o f the McGill Student Fund and the ASEQ health plan than last year.

“I think it’s really important. Students should be crystal clear on what we [SSMU] are collecting and what we are not,” Morrison commented. She also stressed that McGill’s high ancillary fees should not be confused with the smaller fees that SSMU collects from students.

Morrison has vowed to lend more support to the Engineering Undergraduate Society’s fight against the announced Ancillary Services takeover o f the Good Bytes cafeteria. She will also promote a yes’ vote for accreditation and will over­ see long-awaited renovations to the Shatner Building. Kathleen’s mum must be proud.

Rachel De Lorie is often seen behind the bar, pouring pints for thirsty SSMU execs and groupies at Gert’s. As vice-president clubs and services, she uses her bubbly and endearing manner to smooth over disagreements when she and the C&S committee distribute scarce money and space to over 150 student groups. This semester, she was also responsible for the club executive conference, Activities Night and Culture Fest.

De Lorie, who was acclaimed to her position last year, has had to address clubs’ accounting difficulties.

“W ith accounting, mostly myself and [SSMU Treasurer Colin Valeri] sit down with club presidents and treas­ urers and tell them what we didn’t like and what our expectations are. The biggest this year were the MSA and the Ski team. It worked out really well— there was good communication between us and the two groups.”

Several clubs this term had to pay for campus security services, and others had to cancel their events because they couldn’t pay the fees.

“The problem right now is that we don’t know the actual policy with regards to security. I’ve talked with [McGill Security Director] Louise Savard. She said they look at events on a case-by-case basis. It’s their responsibility to main­ tain campus security but we want to clarify that. Groups haven’t been informed until too late, which has often result­ ed in events being cancelled when these new costs come up. I don’t necessarily think it’s the responsibility o f clubs because it’s the mandate of University security to make campus safe.”

She is also working on reducing student rates for room rentals within the University.

“McGill charges ridiculous rents for room bookings. The Clubs and Services Committee is going to look into it— it’s hard to tell them not to charge, because we do, but we’d like to see it lowered. The process has been ongoing for the past couple years, but I’m not too optimistic about the will of the University. We’ll work with the C&S com­ mittee and with [Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel], because he has links to the administration.”

De Lories biggest challenge next semester will be to integrate the various needs of student groups into updated renovation plans for the Shatner building, and to convince the University, SSMU Council and the student popula­ tion that renovations are needed now.

“We obviously have a lack of space for all groups. Renovations have always been intended, b u t it’s a matter of timing and financing. I’ll be presenting different options to the University at the beginning of next semester. Four years ago we had a plan that is not the same as what clubs want now. We have to change the plans to fit the current needs of students. In January, there will be a meeting specifically for clubs’ input, so they can tell us what they’d like to see, so it’s not just me sitting down saying, ‘Hey, I think we should do this.’”

As VP C&S, De Lorie has demonstrated that a high profile isn’t required to do an effective job. Since her prin­ cipal duty is to provide clubs and services with the resources and space they need to fulfill their mandates, often stu­ dent groups get all the credit. However, for her adeptness at managing SSMU’s diverse constituencies, De Lorie deserves some credit too.

The symbol o f Shatner’s left-wing vanguard, Nick Vikander is the only SSMU executive with a photograph o f Fidel Castro behind his desk. As vice-president community and government, Vikander promotes student interests on the provin­ cial level through FEU Q and to the federal government with the Canadian Alliance o f Student Associations.

At CASA, Vikander presented 10 proposals to reform the lobby group in a document entitled The Winds are Changing Again.

“Now all 10 have been approved by Council,” he said. “It’s a positive sign, irrespective o f actual gains, that SSMU Council has put forward recommendations for major changes. We expect top performance from our lobby groups. The atti­ tude behind the recommendations was positive, and some of them will lead to changes in CASA.” Since rejoining FEUQ last year, SSMU has re-entered the provincial arena as a power player. Despite the small number o f English-language universities in FEU Q (only McGill and Bishops), Vikander garnered a pledge from FEUQ to fight against out-of-province differential tuition fees. FEUQ is researching the economic impact of non-Quebec students on the Quebec economy to convince the provincial government to eliminate differential tuition and, partly through Vikander’s efforts, the research will also address foreign students’ contributions to Quebec’s prosperity.

Closer to home, he has researched corporate involvement at McGill through access-to-information requests and is con­ tinuing to investigate the possibility o f student cooperative housing. Also, Vikander is now asking the city of Montreal to give reduced-rate public transportation passes to all university students. His predecessor, Danielle Lanteigne, lobbied for a $25 per m onth metro and bus pass, but Montreal offered it only to students under 25-years-old.

His biggest accomplishment, and the one that attracted the most student and press attention to his portfolio, was the mobilization of several thousand Montreal-area students to protest the inclusion of education in the FTAA. “A clear message was broadcast in the media, much to the consternation of other groups, who didn’t have the same mes­ sage,” Vikander said. “Some said we should scrap the FTAA entirely, but it really was the education argument that came out in the press.... If you looked at the TV and radio coverage, it created a media event around the negotiations in Q uito so that the average person at home, or at T N T in Cert’s, who didn’t come out, is more aware than he was a few months ago.”

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

8 Op/Ed

Opi ni on E d i t o r i a

E D I T OR I A L “Socialism is a philosophy o f fa ilu re, the creed o f ignorance, a n d the gospel o f envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing o f m is­ ery. ” -S ir W inston C hurchill

Red Romanow Nathan Lebioda________ __ ____________________________________________ The futility of the Commission on the Future of Health Care was already known nearly two years ago when former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow was appointed Commissioner. Having family ties rooted in small town Saskatchewan for nearly a century, and a Prairie resident myself, I can attest to Romanows inability to think outside of his red box.

After an exhaustive study lasting nearly 18 months, Romanow present­ ed his findings to the Canadian People. But the only new entity presented was his suit. What did the people get for their tax dollars? Certainly not more doctors, nurses or hospitals. Instead, we were presented with 392 pages of health care reform and sustainability reports. In summation, they said one thing: keep health care the same, just put more money into it.

There was no mention of feasible ideas to fund Mr. Romanows pipe dream, and any mention of alternative care was ousted at the onset. Within the first five pages, Romanow completely dismissed the idea of instituting private care facilities, citing no evidence to support his views. Furthermore, Romanow made no mention of the informal two-tier system that is current­ ly in place.

Many people may find this revelation startling as well as unnerving, as it should. The concept of universal health care was the brainchild of Tommy Douglas, leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and ex-pre­ mier of Saskatchewan. In 1962, public healthcare, freely available to every single resident of Saskatchewan regardless of socioeconomic status, was born.

Several years later, the Government of Canada adopted a similar policy nationwide.

In Romanows own two-tier system, there are two classes of people: those who work for the government and those who do not. In Saskat­ chewan, life as a civil servant is good; wages are nearly twice that of those offered in private sectors, every second week is a paid long weekend, and the health benefit packages are second to none. Meanwhile, employees of the pri­ vate sector are confined to low-wages, longer working hours, and often no extended health insurance. This is where the concept of universal health care is perverted.

Citizens employed in the public sector receive full prescription medica­ tion coverage, dental insurance, eye-glass allowances— the list is endless— negotiated into contracts and paid for by the government. Meanwhile, employees in the private sector are rarely covered by such comprehensive benefit packages, forced to pay for prescriptions out of their own pocket, and think twice about spending juniors college fund on orthodontics. Why? Unlike governments, who are in the business of spending money, private enterprises are in the business of making money. Such benefit packages are often too costly to implement in the private sector, especially when their bot­ tom line is nearly in the red after paying the exorbitant amount of taxes levied upon them to support their public sector counterparts.

Romanow has been a civil servant for over 35 years. He has never known the cost of a prescription drug, a dental filling or an eye examination; these costs have been incurred by tax payers his entire life. At the same time that he is fighting to keep his “universal” health care system alive, there are private sector employees working every Friday for minimum wage, still unable to pay for prescription medications. Romanow should have defined the word “uni­ versal” in his report prior to emphasizing the importance of universal health care. A quick glance at Webster’s revealed several definitions that should be suiting: 1) Including, relating to, or affecting ALL members of the class or group under consideration; 2) Applicable or common to ALL purposes, con­ ditions, or situations. Unfor-tunately, I was unable to locate a definition that made a distinction between private and public sectors, and I even looked in the dictionaries with a red cover. Maybe Mr. Romanow could inform us of his dictionary of choice.

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Letters CASCO corrections I just wanted to extend the CASCO article to correct some mis­ conceptions and include some oth­ ers. The Co-Presidents are Janine O'Flanagan and Tamara Tanembaum, Janine was never men­ tioned and she ran more than half of the event. In addition, it was Janine who organized the marketplace, who raised the funds and gave the Montreal Children's Hospital their cheque for $11,000 along with Haneen Khalil (VP Finance). The show could not have been as suc­ cessful as it was without the help of the five logistic executives and the three dance execs. Thanks to every­ one who came out and supported the event. We only hope that next year will be more successful.

Kate Taylor U2 Management student VP Marketing for CASCO

Stop the Press “J’accuse!” I love the sound of that word. Add a little spittle and moral indignation and it becomes a trumpet blast of action. Try it: “J’accuse!” I feel better already.

McGill campus has been hearing a lot of “J ’accuse!” recently, but the ante has been upped further with the words: “discrimination,” “racial pro­ filing,” and let’s get this out in the open “xenophobic sexist bigot.”

Ooh, those words are absolutely tingly when used together. Despite the catcalls, I am going to add a new word into this discourse: “I defend.”

Yes, I defend Rob Salerno, because not only is he my friend and a talented writer, but he is right. He is right to provoke, to question and to be a true original. The MSA and its coalition of left wing groups have chosen to label him a racist, rather than publicly undertake the quite embarrassing questioning over their own behaviour.

The truth is McGill students pay a hell of a lot of money in fees

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In response to Josh Scheinert's article, “Rastafarianism and Neo­ paganism on the rise?”: It was unclear at times whether the author was referring to liberal­ ism or to neo-Paganism. In fact, I had to re-read the article a number of times to distinguish what exactly was being referred to in many instances. Despite assuming that I misunderstood Scheinert's depic­ tion of paganism, I found instances which misrepresented neoPaganism.

Scheinert represented neoPaganism as a movement of self-glo­ rification. By quoting Reverend Wells to support his points, neoPaganism was shown as a spiritual path that disregards social obliga­ tions, and individuals were shown as acting for their own benefit. This is incorrect; pagan religions, such as Wicca, stress that all things are interconnected. One cannot act selfand these fees are used by people who have given political agendas.

You may not agree with SSMU stampeding down Ste-Catherine Street on Hallowe’en, the simple fact is that you paid for it through your fees. MSA as a student organization has a responsibility to monitor how its transactions are completed. It failed to do this and should pay the appropriate price.

Sure, we can argue all night about fear mongering, John Ashcroft’s choice of cologne (he likes Obsession for Men) and the McGill Daily's, statement of principle, but this does not change the fact that the Muslim Student Association inad­ vertently contributed money to an organization with questionable motives. Calling the Standard Deviant any polysyllabic words with hyphens will not hide this.

However, these personal attacks on journalists are becoming all the more common at Concordia and now at McGill. Journalists are the fifth estate and they have a responsi­ bility to investigate and report the activities of government and society.

ishly, but must consider the effects and ethics of their actions.

Furthermore, new theological movements were shown to empha­ size spirituality, but not deity. I feel this reference misrepresented Paganism as a godless movement. In the case of Wicca, it is spiritual since it focuses on one's relationship to their deities, but it is also a polythe­ istic religion which has at its core belief in both a God and Goddess.

Searching for God is not a second­ ary issue, but is fundamental to Wiccan beliefs.

I recognize that Scheinert's misrepresentation of Paganism was resultant of incorrect information given to him. I suggest that in the future Mr. Scheinert be more criti­ cal of hearsay, and conduct his own research.

Thank you.

Bruno Mastronardi U1 Nursing President, Pagan Association If they cannot do this b e c a u v of name-calling, then democracy d true free speech has failed.

So now, I in turn will accuse. I accuse SSMU for passing its shame­ ful motion, which does not act in the best interest o f the students of McGill. Who knows the next ime someone will offend their sympa­ thies and get a nasty little moi ion?

MSA et al. in ad hominid attack ng a reporter prove how petty and low an organization they are. They do not serve McGill but a narrow set of per­ sonal interests. Am I a racist for vru­ ing this? Finally, 1 am going to throw stones at the spineless McGill Daily.

The McGill Daily stood back, pub­ lished some damage control md abandonned Rob to take the he it for the entire controversy. If the ' >aily does not respect and stand up for the dignity and integrity of its journal* ists, then it is not the so-called offi­ cial voice of McGill. It has no voice at all and should thus be ignort 1.

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A few days ago, m y p o litic a l sci­ ence p ro fesso r b e g a n h is le c tu re b y la u n c h in g in to th e “G o ld ilo c k s” th e ­ o ry o f d e m o c ra tiz a tio n . W h ile I ’ll sp are y o u th e d etails, th e to p ic g o t m e to th in k in g a b o u t th e o rig in a l fairy-tale v ersio n o f G oldilocks a n d th e Three Bears, a n d q u ite fra n k ly folks, it scared m e. N o t q u ite as m u c h as M ic h a e l Ja c k s o n s face, b u t alm o st.

L ike m a n y o f y o u , m y c h ild ­ h o o d lite r a tu re w as m a rk e d a n d d e fin e d b y th ese so-called c h ild re n ’s s to rie s t h a t m a d e th o s e G rim m b ro th e rs so d a rn fam o u s. W h ile as a naïve c h ild I fo u n d th e m to be b o th w h im sic a l a n d a m u s in g , m y re c e n t re -e x a m in a tio n o f th e w o rld o f fairy

tales has led m e to c o n c lu d e th a t m a n y o f th e m are w h o lly in a p p ro ­ p ria te fo r c h ild re n . In fact, I will fro m th is p o in t o n refer to th e m as “scary tales” .

T h is a c c u sa tio n m a y seem b o th s h o c k in g a n d m e lo d ra m a tic , b u t th in k a b o u t it folks. M a y b e th e d ef­ in itio n o f “lig h t-h e a rte d ” a n d “ch ild a p p r o p r ia te ” w as d if fe re n t b a c k th e n , b u t th e re are d e fin ite ly m a n y re o c c u rrin g e le m e n ts th a t se n d u p a re d flag in m y m in d . F o r th o s e o f y o u w h o fail to see th e q u e stio n a b le c o n te n t o f scary tales, I h av e d e c o n ­ stru c te d a few o f th e p o p u la r tales in o rd e r to b e st illu stra te m y theory.

G oldilocks a n d th e Three Bears: T h is o n e featu res a n u n su p e rv ise d d e lin q u e n t w h o gets h e r sh its’n ’giggles b y p u llin g B & E s. O n c e inside th e B ear resid en ce, G o ld ilo c k s takes th e lib e rty o f te s tin g o u t b o th fu rn i­ tu re a n d fo o d u n til sh e fin d s item s th a t s u it b o th h e r lik in g a n d size. A n a m a te u r, G o ld ilo c k s g e ts b u s te d after p assin g o u t fo llo w in g a m e a n g lu tto n -b o w l fe a tu rin g p o rrid g e . I fo rg et w h a t e n d s u p h a p p e n in g , b u t I h o p e she g o t m a u le d .

C re e p fa c to r: re la tiv e ly m ild

(th o u g h n a u g h ty girls w h o g e t o f f o n ro llin g a b o u t in stran g ers’ b eds m a k e m e u n c o m fo rta b le ).

L e sso n s le a rn e d : For G o ld ilo c k s , g e t a n a c c o m p lic e — y o u r lo o k s w ill o n ly g e t y o u so far, sw eeth eart. F o r th e B ear fam ily, lo c k th o se d o o rs.

H a n sel a n d G retel: A (su sp i­ ciously) close b ro th e r a n d sister, d e s­ p e ra te to r u n aw ay fro m h o m e , escape b u t e n d u p g e ttin g lo s t in th e w o o d s. T h e d u o fin a lly c o m e u p o n a can d y -co v ered h o u se (m y u ltim a te fantasy) o w n e d b y a w ic k e d w itc h w h o c a p tu re s th e c h ild re n a n d p lan s to e a t th e m (n o t so m u c h p a r t o f m y u ltim a te fantasy).

C re e p factor: m o d e ra te . T o o close siblings a n d w e ird cab in s in th e w o o d s w o rry m e.

L esson le a rn e d : I d o n ’t k n o w a b o u t y o u guys, b u t I h a d b a d feel­ ings a b o u t th is o n e fro m th e get-go, even as a y o u n g c h ild . Firstly, th e re is n o w ay I ’d h ave p u t a d u n d e rh e a d like H a n se l in ch a rg e o f m y g reat escape. B re a d c ru m b s u sed as d ire c ­ tio n a l devices? I th in k its safe to assu m e th a t H a n se l w as n o t a m e m ­ b e r o f M E N S A . M ay b e i f th e tw o

Plight of two peoples w ill not be settled in the streets ~ o J O S H 1N '

JO SH WILNER In th e b a c k seat o f m y V olvo, o n e o f m y frien d s w as m a k in g faces a t a rival car. T h e lig h t tu rn e d green a n d th e c a r revved its en g in e a n d sp ed a h e a d o f us. As w e b egan to c lim b a hill, th e car p u lle d over, allo w in g m e to pass it, a n d th e n q u ic k ly sw e rv e d b a c k o u t, n o w b e h in d m e. T h e chase h a d beg u n .

T h e situ a tio n p o u n c e d o n m e like a m ask ed c rim in a l. I felt as th o u g h I w as b e in g m u g g ed . T h e d riv er flashed h is h ig h b eam s a n d his h o rn b u g led an a n g ry tu n e . By n ow m y h e a rt w as p u m p in g so h a rd I c o u ld feel it d ru m m in g in m y ears. I stru g g led n o t to le t m y ad ren alin e ta k e over a n d m a k e m e d o so m e ­ th in g stu p id . W e h a d n o w c lim b ed th e h ill w h e re C ô te -S t-L u c R o a d b ecam e T h e B oulevard, a n d w ere still b e in g tailed. S eeing L an sd o w n e A venue u p ah ead , I sig n aled rig h t, b eg an to tu r n th e w h eel w ith sw eaty h a n d s, a n d th e n veered left b ack o n to th e o rig in a l ro a d . T h is , a lth o u g h slo w in g o u r assa ila n ts d o w n tem p o rarily , o n ly served to m a k e th e m even angrier.

T h e car w as n o w c o m in g d a n ­ gerously close to m y b ack b u m p e r, tailg atin g , a n d th re a te n in g to k n o c k m e o f f th e ro a d , a n d so I b egan to q u e stio n th e fam iliar V olvo slogan, “D riv e safely” . I w as n o t g o in g to lose th ese guys. I h a d to sto p th e car.

C o n fr o n t th e m . S to p th is m adness.

F in ish it. O n c e ag ain I signaled rig h t a n d slow ed d o w n v e ry g rad u ally so as to n o t le t th e car go in to m y b ack

b u m p e r. Even so, it cam e w ith in in ch es o f h ittin g us. I h a d tu rn e d w ith o u t even n o tic in g th e stre e t sign, b u t now , fully sto p p e d , I c o u ld n ’t h e lp b u t n o tic e th a t it w as M u rra y H ill, a n d m y p a re n ts’ h o u se was w ith in view. H o w dare they! M y street. M y h o m e . I felt vio lated .

I p u lle d over to th e le ft o f th e d eserted street, g a in in g co u rag e from th e fam iliar su rro u n d in g s . M y pulse w as racing. T h e re w as a n eerie silence in th e car. I ro lled d o w n th e w indow .

E v ery th in g I d id seem ed in slow m o tio n . M y senses w ere so h e ig h t­ e n e d th a t n o rm a l stim u li sh o rt-c ir­ c u ite d m y b ra in . E v ery th in g I saw, o r h e a rd , o r sm elled, o r to u c h e d , was g a rb le d u p in to o n e flu id ru sh , like an o cean in m y h ead . B u t it w asn’t th a t d istin c t.

I c o u ld h e a r m y frien d s’ voices staccato in th e b a c k g ro u n d , o r w h a t seem ed like th e b a c k g ro u n d . T h e stre e tlig h ts se e m e d to o b rig h t. I c o u ld sm ell so m e th in g , b u t c o u ld n ’t q u ite recognize w h a t it w as. I to o k all o f th is in , sw allo w ed i t lik e an a m p h e ta m in e capsule. A th o u s a n d th o u g h ts passed th ro u g h m y m in d before th e w in d o w cam e all th e w ay d o w n . T h e car p u lle d u p o n th e rig h t. Slowly.

I t w as th e first tim e I h a d seen th e d riv er’s face. It lo o k e d like a sn ak e’s. H e gave m e th e m o s t evil lo o k I h ave ever seen. T h e v e n o m o u s expression peered a t m e. It w as so real th a t it lo o k e d as i f it w ere p e r­ m a n e n t. I t s ta re d li g h tn in g a n d sp o k e acid. W ith m y m o s t m a c h o to n e , I h a lf yelled, h a lf cried , “W h a t th e fu c k is y o u r p ro b le m , b u d d y ? A re y o u fu c k in g crazy o r so m e th in g ? ” T h e d riv er ju s t sat th ere, gazing a t m e w ith his blu e-g rey eyes. I trie d to volley th e sam e lo o k o f p u re h a tre d , b u t h e stared m e d o w n , e ro d in g m y w ill.

A n d th e n h e spoke, a n d it all e n d e d in a n a n ti-c lim a c tic b u rs t, like p o p p in g a w a te r b allo o n . H e stu c k a ch o ice ap p e n d a g e o u t th e w indow , a n d w ith a th ic k F re n c h -C a n a d ia n ac c e n t said, “D IE Y O U F U C K IN G E N G L IS H .” T h a t w as all, a n d th e c a r a n d th e expression screeched o f f d o w n th e street, leaving us to b re a th e in th e sm ell o f b u r n t ru b b e r a n d exhale a great sense o f relief.

T h e sch ism betw een th e F ren ch a n d th e E nglish in M o n tre a l h a d ju s t b e c o m e tan g ib le to m e. I k n e w th e re w as A n g lo -F re n c h h o stility in th e city, b u t I h a d nev er co m e in to in ti­ m a te c o n ta c t w ith it before. I t h a d never stared a t m e w ith its c o ld b lu egrey eyes. M y frien d s h a d m e a n t n o se rio u s in s u lt. T h e y w ere ju s t a b u n c h o f d ru n k e n kids h a v in g a g o o d tim e . M a n y F ren ch C a n a d ia n s believe th e y are separate, d is tin c t fro m th e E n g lish in Q u e b e c , a n d th e re fo re th e y w a n t th e ir o w n c o u n ­ try. T h e y believe th e y have b een w ro n g e d . T h a t w as w h a t th o se in th a t c a r h a d felt th a t n ig h t— a fru s­ tra te d p a trio tis m , o n e th a t m a d e so m e in n o c e n t g e stu rin g a n d face­ m a k in g b y m y frien d s seem like a p e rso n a l a tta c k o n th e F ren ch w ay o f life. I d o n ’t b la m e th e m fo r w h a t happened.

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R u m p le stiltsk in : W h o a , d o es th is o n e ever sm a c k o f a n o p iu m overdose. Firstly, a w o m a n agrees to th e ta sk o f s p in n in g g o ld fro m h ay in o rd e r to keep h e r d irt-b a g h u s ­ b a n d fro m jail. W h e n sh e realizes sh e c a n ’t a c tu a lly s p in g o ld (ya th in k ? ), a little b e a rd e d m a n s u d ­ d e n ly ap p e a rs b efo re h e r a n d offers to p e rfo rm th e ta sk i f sh e agrees to give u p h e r b a b y o n c e it’s b o rn , to w h ic h she agrees. W h e n th e b ab y arrives a n d th e little m a n show s u p to c o llect, h e gives h e r th re e chances

w ith dw arfs is v ic tim to th e sp ite o f a jealo u s q u e e n so cra c k e d o u t o n d ru g s she talks to a m irro r.

C re e p fa cto r: R a m p a n t. I d o n ’t care h o w d e sp e ra te y o u r situ a tio n , th e re h ave g o t to b e alte rn a tiv e s to liv in g in th e sticks w ith seven h o rn y (a n d , I th in k its fair to assum e, v ir­ g in ) m id g e ts. B etw een y o u a n d m e, I d o n ’t even b u y th a t w h o le p a rt a b o u t th e q u e e n a n d th e p o is o n e d ap p le. I su sp e c t th o se seven little pervs o f sp ik in g S n o w W h ite ’s d rin k a fte r a te sto ste ro n e -la d e n ev e n in g o f B udw eiser, ta rg e t p ra c tic e a n d scab p ic k in g . I t’s n o t like it w o u ld n ’t have b e e n easy fo r th e m to d o — g o d o n ly k n o w s th e h o o k u p s “D o p e y ” h a d in th e w o rld o f stre e t d ru g s.

L essons learn ed : C h o o se y o u r ro o m m a te s carefully a n d n e v e r leave y o u r d rin k u n a tte n d e d .

W h ile I lik e g o o d “o ld fash­

to guess h is n a m e o r else she m u s t h a n d th e b a b y over. T ip p e d -o f f by a n in s id e r so urce, th e w o m e n c o r­ rec tly guesses h is n a m e , ca u sin g h im to sp o n ta n e o u sly c o m b u s t.

C re e p fa c to r: H ig h . A n y o n e w h o ‘collects’ b abies frig h te n s m e.

L esson learn ed : Firstly, tr y n o t to m a rry so m e o n e w h o w ill la n d his ass in jail w h e n y o u ’re p re g n a n t a n d cranky. S econdly, n e v e r tr u s t a n y o n e w h o lu rk s a ro u n d w a itin g fo r an o p p o r tu n ity to b a rte r fo r babies.

S n o w W h ite a n d th e S even D w arfs: A b e a u tifu l m a id e n liv in g

io n e d sto ries” as m u c h as th e n e x t p e rs o n , m y sk e p tic ism w ill p ro b a b ly le a d m e to expose m y fu tu re k id s to m o re lig h t-h e a rte d a n d less su b lim in a lly d is tu r b i n g m a te ria l, lik e B arn ey fo r in sta n c e . W h ile m o re th a n a little a n n o y in g , a t least th e g u y d o e sn ’t p la n t ideas o f lying, ven g ean ce a n d ru n n in g aw ay in to im p re s s io n a b le young m in d s , th o u g h n o w th a t I th in k a b o u t it, h e d o es reserve a n e x o rb ita n t a m o u n t o f a ffectio n fo r th a t o n e re d -h e a d e d k id ...

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F e a tu re s

T h e M cG ill T rib u n e,

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Hey M cGill, listen up: CKUT is in da house Christina Heyding P a rt I o f th is series e x a m in e d C K U T ’s c o n trib u tio n s to th e M c G ill co m m u n ity. In th is seco n d a n d fin a l p a r t, w e ta k e a closer lo o k a t its new s a n d m u sic p ro g ra m m e offerings.

d iffe re n c e in m u s ic p ro g ra m m in g ?

A m e ric a are a little h a rd e r to get.

lists, m e a n in g th a t p ro g ra m m e rs are

tio n . E v ery T h u r s d a y fro m th re e to

C K U T is m a n d a te d as a n a lte rn a ­

W e h av e to be su re to c o n ta c t [these labels a n d m u sic ia n s] a n d e x p la in w h o w e are, se n d th e m in f o rm a tio n o n th e s ta tio n a n d ask th e m to s e n d us th e ir m u s ic ,” h e ex p lain s.

n o t t o l d w h a t to play. F o r tn e r A n d e rs o n , c h a irm a n o f th e C K U T b o a rd o f d ire c to rs, believes th a t th e fr e e d o m p ro g r a m m e r s a re g iv e n b o o sts th e q u a lity o f C K U T ’s m u s ic c o n te n t.

five, P o sitive V ibes plays R a sta fa ria n th e m e d reggae. H a v in g b e e n o n th e a ir as lo n g as C K U T h a s b e e n in e x isten ce, P o sitive V ibes is c o n s id ­ e re d b y m a n y to b e th e s ta tio n ’s flag sh ip show . P ry m T y m h a s sever­ al goals fo r th e p ro g ra m m e , ra n g in g fro m “flu s h in g o f f th e w e e k ’s stress” to “fre e in g y o u rs e lf u p .” T h e first h o u r o f th e p ro g ra m fe a tu re s slow,

tiv e b ro a d c a ste r, m e a n in g th a t th e y p la y m u s ic th a t d o e s n o t g e t a tte n ­ tio n fro m th e m a in s tre a m m e d ia .

Steve G u im o n d , th e m u s ic c o o rd i­ n a to r, says th a t m u s ic d e e m e d to be

T h e roles o f th e p ro g ra m m e rs

“ [T h e

F ro m tr a in in g s t u d e n t v o lu n ­ teers in ra d io skills to p ro v id in g v e n u e s fo r M c G ill e v e n ts to b e p u b ­ licized , C K U T m a k e s v a lu a b le c o n ­ tr ib u tio n s to th e U n iv e rs ity c o m ­ m u n ity . T h e s ta tio n , h o w ev er, has m any

b a rrie rs to

tr e n d s

f u t u r e ,” h e

says.

th e y n e v e r liste n to th e ra d io . In a d d itio n , C K U T h a s to c o m p e te w ith sta tio n s th a t p ro v id e flash y p ro g ra m m in g , su c h as to p - 4 0 sta ­ tio n s . T h e q u e s tio n is, c a n C K U T p ro v id e p r o g r a m m in g th a t is e n te r­ ta in in g ?

relax ed so n g s, w h ile th e s e c o n d is m o re “aggressive” a n d “p a n d e m o n iu m - lik e .” P ry m T y m ju g g les in th e s e c o n d h o u r, m e a n in g th a t a n u m ­ b e r o f so n g s fro m v a rio u s a rtists are

M a n y s tu d e n ts feel, how ever, th a t C K U T ’s m u s ic is to o a lte rn a ­ tive. W h e n th e y tu r n o n th e ra d io

p la y e d o v e r th e sa m e rh y th m . H is go al is n o t o n ly to in tro d u c e g o o d so n g s th a t d o n ’t g e t a irp la y o n o th e r s ta tio n s , b u t also to ex p o se h is a u d i­

a n d h e a r e x p e rim e n ta l m u sic , th e y

e n c e to reggae c u ltu re .

t u r n it off. V o lu n te e rs su c h as Ja m e s R e n ih a n , a U 2 P h ilo s o p h y s tu d e n t, believe th a t a lth o u g h all th e show s

“I ’m try in g to d o m o re th a n ju s t p la y th e m u s ic . I ’m try in g to b rin g in m o re o f th e c u ltu re th a t is

c a n n o t a p p e a l to ev ery in d iv id u a l’s ta s te , C K U T ’s d iv e rse p r o g r a m ­ m in g d o e s e n s u r e t h a t th e r e is m u s ic fo r e v ery o n e.

b e h in d th e g e n re o f m u s ic a n d in t r o d u c e p e o p le to w h e re th is m u s ic is c o m in g f r o m ,” h e says.

“W it h th e a m o u n t o f v a rie ty t h a t ’s o n th e s ta tio n , th e re is c e r­ ta in ly s o m e th in g fo r e v e ry o n e w ith a n y a m o u n t o f ta ste in m u s ic th a t

p ro g ra m m e w ith th e m in d s e t th a t th e re m a y b e s o m e o n e n e w to re g ­ g ae t u n i n g in . H e p ro m is e s to s p o o n -fe e d th e s e p e o p le d u rin g sp e ­

to .”

d e n ts in th is class r e p o r tin g th a t

th e y w o u ld ra th e r liste n to sta tio n s th a t p la y to p - 4 0 songs. W h a t is th e

o f th e

b e c a u se th e y ’ve receiv ed d ire c tio n s

w ish es to a ttra c t s tu d e n t listen ers.

R a d io is n o t a s t u d e n t’s p re fe rre d fo rm o f m e d ia , as in d ic a te d b y s tu ­ d e n ts in th e c o u rse T h e E n g lish N o v e l 3 2 9 , w ith 3 2 p e r c e n t o f s tu ­

liste n to C K U T , 2 2 p e r c e n t say

com pa­

“ [T h o s e b a n d s a n d tre n d s] a p p e a r h e re w h e re p r o g r a m m e r s p la y m u s ic b e c a u s e th e y lik e it, n o t

o v e rc o m e i f it

T o p -4 0 n o m o re A c c o rd in g to th e su rv e y c o n ­ d u c te d , o f th e s tu d e n ts w h o d o n ’t

m a jo r re c o rd

nies] lo o k a t w h a t is b e in g p la y e d o n c a m p u s c o m m u n ity ra d io sta ­ tio n s f o r th e b a n d s a n d m u s ic

P ry m T y m also a p p ro a c h e s th e

m o re a lte rn a tiv e is o fte n m o re d iffi­

a t C K U T a n d th o s e a t to p - 4 0 s ta ­

goes b e y o n d sim p ly w h a te v e r is in

cific se c tio n s o f h is show . F o r his

c u lt to acq u ire.

tio n s also d iffe r greatly. In c o n tr a s t

lo n g -tim e liste n e rs, P ry m T y m says

“ S m a lle r labels, n e w labels a n d m u s ic fr o m o u ts id e o f N o r t h

to s ta tio n s su c h as M ix 9 6 F M , C K U T d o es n o t w o rk w ith p la y ­

th e t o p - 4 0 ,” h e says.

P ry m T y m ’s P o sitive V ibes is p a r t o f C K U T ’s d iv erse m u s ic selec­

See IS ANYBODY, page 11

Buy Nothing Day: Oink oink—this little piggie consumed too much Continued from page 1 Ja d e d b y to d a y ’s c o n su m e r cu l­ tu re, L asn d e c id e d to sp earh ead a grassroots rev o lu tio n th ro u g h n o n ­ c o o p e ra tio n in w h a t h e sees as an ail­ in g society c o n tro lle d b y th e c o rp o ­ ra te agenda. Based o u t o f V ancouver, h e fo u n d e d A d b u sters m ag az in e w ith th e goal o f toppling- ex istin g p o w e r stru c tu re s a n d realizing a sh ift in th e w ay p e o p le live in th e 2 1 s t century.

“O n e d ay so o n , p e o p le w ill get sick o f fast fo o d , fan cy cars, fash io n sta te m e n ts a n d sh o p p in g m alls. T h e y w ill sto p b u y in g heavily advertised p ro d u c ts because a d v ertisin g is co er­ cive, ta w d ry a n d ju s t increases th e co st o f th e p ro d u c t,” L asn envisions.

In th e p a s t, A d b u sters has a p p ro a c h e d m a jo r te le v isio n n e t­ w orks— A B C , C B S a n d N B C — to a ir a n ‘u n c o m m e rc ia l’ p r o m o tin g B N D a n d each year, th e y have b een refused. “I t’s in a p p ro p ria te ” a n d “it o p p o ses th e c u rre n t e c o n o m ic policy o f th e U S ” have b een c ite d as ra tio n ­ ale.

T h is year, how ever, A dbusters finally triu m p h e d in a big way. C N N aired a 3 0 -se c o n d clip fo r B N D last T uesday, w h ic h cost $ 1 8 ,4 2 0 , fu n d s g e n e ra te d th ro u g h d o n a tio n s fro m su p p o rte rs w o rld w id e . T h e s p o t fea­ tu re d a g ia n t b u rp in g p ig o n a m a p o f N o r th A m erica, a b la ta n t p ro te st ag ain st th e c o n tin e n t’s c o m p arativ ely lavish lifestyles a n d th e d is p a rity b etw een d ev elo p e d a n d T h ir d W o rld

co u n tries! A d b u sters has alw ays h a d a sh a rp sense o f irony, a n d th is disp lay w as n o exception.

“T h is year w e’re ta k in g iro n y to th e m ax a n d a im in g to p u t th e B u rp in g P ig u n c o m m e rc ia l o n C N N ’s ‘m o s t p restig io u s’ fin an cial n ew s p ro g ra m , Lou D o b b s’ M o n eylin e,” th e o rg a n iz a tio n to ld su p p o rte rs in a m ass e-m ail a few days before B N D . “T h is is th e c u t­ tin g edge o f social m a rk e tin g . W e ’re u sin g m a in stre a m to o ls to b ro a d c a st a m essage o f d is s e n t... a calc u lated strateg y to reach th e largest a u d ien c e possible a n d w ake th e m fro m th e ir c o n su m e r tra n c e .”

A p ril A lie rm o , a U2 E n v iro n m e n ta l S tudies s tu d e n t, is a stro n g ad v o cate o f B N D . She p ro ­ m o te d it fo r th e e n tire w eek le ad in g u p to th e day, w o rk in g w ith G re e n in g M c G ill a n d T h e P ro ject to organize in fo rm a tio n tables a ro u n d cam p u s. P ro v id in g free b ak ed g o ods to p r o m o te se lf-s u ffic ie n c y a n d av o id an c e o f p u rc h a sin g , th e statio n s also acte d as d ro p - o ff p o in ts w here stu d e n ts b ro u g h t in item s th e y n o lo n g e r u sed in exchange fo r a tick et, w h ic h served as c u rre n c y a t a B arter M a rk e t h e ld in S h a tn e r o n Friday.

A lierm o believes th a t stu d e n ts are n o t as aw are as th e y sh o u ld be a b o u t th e significance o f th e B N D .

“I d o n ’t believe th a t it’s a lack o f in te re st, b u t m o re a lack o f publicity, w h ic h is a resu lt o f lack o f p eo p lep o w e r [in] sp re a d in g th e w o rd ,” she

observes. A lierm o stresses th e im p o r­ ta n c e o f a u n ite d stan ce a g ain st c o n ­ su m erism . “ O u r in d iv id u a l p u rc h a s in g p o w e r affects m o re th a n w e ever th in k a b o u t. C h o o s in g to co n su m e less, a n d to c o n su m e responsibly, is a d ecisio n n o t to p a rtic ip a te in th e c o r­ p o ra te agenda. I t seem s as th o u g h [students] d o n ’t really sto p to th in k a b o u t it, a n d o th e rs are so m e w h a t aw are, b u t d o n ’t really care,” she says.

M cG ill B usiness W a tc h , a clu b under th e M anagem ent U n d e rg ra d u a te S ociety, strives to g en erate aw areness s u rro u n d in g th e e n v iro n m e n ta l a n d social im p a c ts o f business. I t is a n o th e r c a m p u s g ro u p th a t advocates B N D a n d has been p ro m o tin g th e d ay in B ro n fm a n all w eek. E lika M olayi, a U 3 M a rk e tin g stu d e n t an d m e m b e r o f M B W , explains th e reason fo r th e g ro u p ’s faculty-specific cam p a ig n .

“M u c h o f th e e d u c a tio n [in M a n a g e m e n t] p ro m o te s m ass p r o ­ d u c tio n a n d c o n s u m p tio n , a n d o u r d e fin itio n o f efficiency revolves sole­ ly a ro u n d re d u c e d co sts,” she notes.

“W e feel th a t th e n e e d to g e t M a n a g e m e n t stu d e n ts in volved in su ch events is crucial a n d m u c h m o re c h a llen g in g , as th e c o n c e p t o f B N D c o n fro n ts m u c h o f w h a t [they] are ta u g h t.”

M o la y i believes c o n s u m e ris m to d a y is o u t o f co n tro l.

“O u r c u ltu re has le a rn e d th a t e n te rta in m e n t involves g o in g to th e

m all, b u y in g a n y th in g fo r se lf satis­ factio n ; g o in g o u t alw ays involves m o n e y ” sh e says. “ B u t th e re are m a n y th in g s th a t w e n e e d o n a daily basis th a t c a n n o t b e b o u g h t— h a p p i­ ness, fre e d o m , love— it s o u n d s cheesy, b u t th ese are im p o rta n t fac­ to rs in o u r life a n d w e ta k e th e m fo r g ra n te d .”

A lex F ra d e tte , a U 3 F in a n c e stu ­ d e n t, is rep re se n ta tiv e o f M B W ’s ta r­ g e t a u d ien c e. W h ile h e is in favour o f re d u c in g c o n s u m p tio n , he believes th a t B N D is a n ineffective w ay o f d o in g so.

“I p e rso n a lly d o n ’t p la n o n p a r­ tic ip a tin g [in] B u y N o th in g Day, because I d o n ’t g et th e p o in t. W h a t is th e e n d goal? T h a t c o n su m e rs all p o stp o n e th e ir s h o p p in g fo r o n e day?

W h a t is it g o in g to change? In m y eyes, n o th in g ,” he m a in ta in s. “D o n ’t g e t m e w ro n g , m aterial th in g s d o n ’t n ecessarily b rin g m e h a p p in e s s ... a n d I frilly s u p p o rt th e id ea th a t o u r society sh o u ld red u ce its c o n s u m p ­ tio n o f d isp o sab le item s, b u t I d o n ’t see h o w B N D can e n c o u ra g e th a t.”

A lie rm o a n d M o lay i h ave b o th re c e iv e d n e g a tiv e fe e d b a c k in response to th e ir cam p a ig n s, w ith so m e stu d e n ts m o c k in g th e cause a n d o th e rs sim p ly refu sin g to h e a r th e m o u t. Yet m o st, th e tw o a ttest, are g enerally responsive to th e idea o f c u rb in g th e ir c o n su m p tio n . “ I have h e a rd p e o p le raise th e a rg u m e n t th a t n o t b u y in g a n y th in g fo r o n e d a y w ill have ab so lu tely n o

effect o n c o rp o ra tio n s a n d , in o rd e r to m a k e a sta te m e n t, p e o p le w o u ld have to sto p b u y in g th in g s fo r a m u c h lo n g e r a m o u n t o f tim e . I feel, how ever, th a t it is im p o rta n t to m ak e a s ta r t so m e w h e re in o rd e r to increase aw areness a b o u t th e d o w n ­ side o f m ass c o n su m e ris m ,” n o tes K a rin a R ic h a rd s o n -F re i, a U1 P olitical S cience s tu d e n t. “In o rd e r to d o th is, p e o p le m a y h ave to s ta rt o n a sm all scale, b u t I feel th a t a n y a c tio n ta k e n in o rd e r to c o m b a t th e p u b lic ’s in c lin a tio n to b lin d ly c o n ­ su m e is b e tte r th a n n o n e .”

M o lay i h o p e s th a t B N D w ill in flu en ce stu d e n ts to th in k a b o u t th e effects o f th e ir actions.

“Perhaps stu d e n ts d o n ’t see h o w th e 1 0 th o u tfit th e y b o u g h t this m o n th c o u ld po ssib ly be related to a sta rv in g p e rso n in a T h ir d W o rld c o u n try . T h a t’s because th e relation isn’t n e c e ssa rily th e r e — n o t in a d ire c t w ay anyhow . L ike m o s t issues, stu d e n ts n e e d to see th e b ig p ic tu re ,” M o lay i affirm s. “I t’s a b o u t th e d is tri­ b u tio n o f w ealth ; I t’s a b o u t th e d is­ trib u tio n o f resources; I t’s a b o u t th e d is trib u tio n o f p o w e r a n d th e d is tri­ b u tio n o f rig h ts.”

So w h ile so m e little pig g ies w e n t to th e m a rk e t, o th e rs d ec id e d to stick it to th e m a n , p ro u d ly g iving th e o n e -fin g e re d salu te to c o n su m e r c u ltu re . R e m e m b e r folks— forgive m e fo r th e cheese o o z in g o f f th e w o rd s th a t follow — th e b e st th in g s in life are free.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Features 11

M am bo Italiano portrays culture with laughs and tears m e aw ake a n d sm ilin g in m y seat.

M a m b o Ita lia n o is a c u te co m e ­ d y w ritte n b y Steve G allu cc io , a m a n w h o has w o n three— yes, p eo p le, th re e — G e m in i A w ards. T ak e o n e

M y first sem ester o f so p h o m o re year is n e a rly d o n e a n d I feel as exhausted as a 4 0 -y e a r-o ld housew ife in h e r th ird trim ester. W h ile fresh­ m an year w as a b lu r o f b o oze a n d boys, th is year, o ld e r a n d (barely) wiçer, I d esp erately w a n te d to “g et eu ltu red ” .

In O c to b e r, I w e n t to see C h e r in d C y n d i L au p er in co n cert. M y friend g o t in to a fist fig h t w ith th e row dy fem ale d ru n k s b e h in d us after we w ere physically assaulted a n d th ey called us “fu c k in g faggots”, because we w ere s ta n d in g u p a n d d a n c in g at i p o p c o n c e rt, a t a C h e r c o n c e rt o n :op o f that!

F or H a llo w e’en, I w e n t to see a ive p e rfo rm a n c e o f th e Rocky H orror P icture S h o w a n d w as so ak ed w ith water, a tta c k e d by flying pieces o f roast a n d p e lte d w ith u n c o o k e d rice.

D am n savages.

Finally, a t th e e n d o f N o v em b er, [ a tte n d e d a p la y th a t e n d e d u n p re iictably, h a d a calm er, m o re m a tu re tu d ie n c e a n d lacked th e su p er-so ak ;rs a n d lip -sy n ch in g . M a m b o Ita lia n o was th e p e rfe c t dose o f cu ltu re : n o t roo v io le n t, n o t to o w ild a n d w ith u st e n o u g h n u d ity a n d sass to keep

q u a lity w rite r a n d a d d a kick-ass cast a n d b a m , y o u have a k iller p la y (O h , i f o n ly it w ere th a t easy). M a m b o ’s b a c k fo r y ear n u m b e r tw o a n d after it e n d s in D ecem b er, it’s o f f to th e T d o t to w oo T o ro n to th eatre-goers.

T h e play centres a ro u n d N in o a n d A ngelo, y o u r stereo ty p ical, in th e-clo se t-to -ev ery o n e co u p le: th e y feel happy, safe a n d b e tte r th a n th e crazy, lo u d a n d p ro u d “iiber-gays”.

W h e n A ngelo com es o u t to his fa m ­ ily, N in o is u p se t because h e w asn’t c o n su lte d a n d is scared, a n d every­ th in g tu rn s to sh it. N in o freaks o u t, A n g elo freaks o u t, ev eryone’s p aren ts freak o u t— it’s a g ia n t freak-fest (sim ­ ilar to th e o n e I av o id ed b y stay in g here fo r A m e ric a n T h a n k sg iv in g ).

B u t I can’t give aw ay th e e n d in g , kids, because it w o u ld n ’t be fair. It w as v e ry A n n e H e c h e a n d E llen D eG en eres-esq u e— th a t’s y o u r o n ly h in t.

H o n estly , I w as su rp rise d th is p la y w as o f su ch h ig h -q u ality . It in c o rp o ra te d gay a n d Italian c u ltu re , as w ell as re la tio n sh ip issues a n d fam ily d y n am ics. T h e Ita lia n insults, sense o f M o n tre a l aw areness a n d gay references allow ed th e sc rip t to speak to everyone in th e th e a tre . I f it h a d ­ n ’t b een as q u ic k -m o v in g , i f o n e cast m e m b e r h a d b een sub-par, th e w h o le

p ro d u c tio n w o u ld have ju s t b een m ed io cre.

T h e sc rip t is priceless, d riv in g th e p lo t alo n g brilliantly. As a n a u d i­ e n c e m e m b e r, y o u w a n t to love A n g elo a n d assure h im th a t every­ th in g w ill be okay, b u t th e n so m e ­ th in g flies o u t o f his m o u th a n d y o u w a n t to d e c k him ! You lo n g to h o ld his p a re n ts a n d give th e m c o m fo rt, b u t th e n e x t m in u te y o u fin d y o u r­ se lf w a n tin g to shake som e sense in to them !

I w as o n th e b rin k o f tears d u r ­ in g o n e scene a n d try in g n o t to w et m y se lf la u g h in g d u rin g a n o th e r. O n e g reat asp ect a b o u t th is p ro d u c tio n w as th a t th e m a jo rity o f th e a u d ien c e a p p e a re d to b e over 4 0 a n d h e te ro ­ sexual. D u rin g scenes w ith n u d ity a n d m ale sm o o c h in g , a few even gasp ed a n d w h isp ered . I t w as great.

M a ry L ong, as A ngelo’s m o th e r M a ria , p a ire d w ith M ic h e l P erron, p la y in g A n g elo ’s fa th e r G in o , are th e

ie is c o n tin u a lly d ip p in g in to h is rreasure c h e st fo r n e w in n o v a tio n s .

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ream is m o s t p r o u d of, G re tc h e n fCing, C K U T ’s n ew s c o o rd in a to r, lo ld s u p th e ir L o n g -T e rm M e m o ry R adio A w ard . A w a rd e d in 2 0 0 2 b y rhe N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n of 2 a m p u s a n d C o m m u n it y R a d io s ta tio n s , th is h o n o u r re c o g n iz e s groups th a t c o m b a t th e ‘s h o r t-te rm m e m o ry p ro b le m ’ o f th e m a in itream m e d ia . K in g says th a t in th e m a in stre a m m e d ia , sto rie s are h ig h ig h te d o n ly .w h e n th e y h av e p o p u a r a p p e a l. O n c e in itia l im p a c t has tb a te d , th e e v en ts are d ro p p e d a n d rhe o u tc o m e s are n o t discu ssed .

T h e A lg e ria n d e p o r ta tio n case n v o lv in g M o u rad B o u ro u is a , V adia S e d d ik i a n d th e ir tw o -y e a rsld so n , A h m e d , p ro v id e s a n e x a m ­ ple o f s u c h a story. In N o v e m b e r, as th e m a in s tre a m m e d ia in M o n tre a l was lo s in g in te re s t in th e fate o f th e fam ily, O f f T h e H o u r, a n ew s sh o w tir in g fr o m five to six in th e E vening ev ery w eekday, h o s te d a ta lf-h o u r sp ecial o n th e c h u rc h th a t was o ffe rin g th e fa m ily refuge.

T h e O f f T h e H o u r n ew s te a m also p rid e s its e lf o n p ro v id in g th e “n ecessary fo o tn o te ”, in f o rm a tio n n o t p ro v id e d in m a in s tre a m m e d ia .

T h is c a n ra n g e fro m local e v en ts d e e m e d u n im p o r t a n t b y c o n v e n ­ tio n a l m e d ia to sig n ific a n t facts re la tin g to issues in m a jo r n e w s th a t are ig n o re d o r d isre g a rd e d . A g a in ,

w ro n g im p re s s io n o f g ay m e n .

F o rtu n ately , th e re so lu tio n o f these issues left m e c o n v in c e d th e a u d ien c e c o u ld o n ly b e e n lig h te n e d .

T h e re ’s a reason th is p la y always sells o u t a n d th e C e n ta u r T h e a tre has to keep e x te n d in g th e d a te o f th e final p e rfo rm a n c e . M a m b o Ita lia n o is h o t, v ery fu n n y a n d ex trem ely clever.

I t’s also p erfect fo r all ages. You can tak e y o u r g ra n d m o th e r, y o u can take y o u r g irlfrien d , o r y o u r p a re n ts can tak e y o u w h e n it plays in T o ro n to ’s E lg in T h e a tre . G e t in o n th e fu n a n d g o see th is ta le o f tw o Ita lia n S ta llio n s a n d th e ir d y s fu n c tio n a l fam ilies. I t’s b e tte r th a n g e ttin g b e a t­ en u p a t a C h e r c o n c e rt, th a t’s for sure.

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m o s t p ra ise -w o rth y o f th e cast. E ach b e a u tifu lly p o rtra y s tro n g -m in d e d a n d tra d itio n a l Ita lia n p a re n ts a n d th e ir w itty b a n te r a n d m a n n e rism s m a d e th e m all th e m o re ad o rab le.

T h e tw o d e b a te th e cause o f th e ir son’s “ho m o sessu ality ” a n d are forced to realize th e ir love fo r A ngelo, even th o u g h h is lifestyle co n flicts w ith th e ir p la n s fo r h is fu tu re . N in o ’s m o th e r, played b y P e n n y M a n c u so , also sp a rk le s as a s h a r p -to n g u e d m o th e r w h o insists h e r so n is “ju st g o in g th ro u g h a ph ase” , a n d lays th e g u ilt o n N in o by re m in d in g h im th a t h e is h e r o n ly son.

R e m e m b e rin g my c lo s e te d Ita lia n frie n d ’s fear o f c o m in g o u t to his s ta u n c h ly co n serv ativ e fam ily, th is sto ry lin e w as successfully a m u s­ in g a n d realistic. T ack lin g gay topics fro m fid elity to saunas, I w as a little c o n c e rn e d th a t i f th is w as a n a u d i­ e n c e m e m b e r’s o n ly e x p o su re to h o m osexuality, th e y m ig h t get th e

K in g cites th e e v e n ts s u r ro u n d in g th e A lg e ria n d e p o r t a ti o n as a n ex am p le. “ R are ly [does th e m a in s tre a m m e d ia ] m a k e th e c o n n e c tio n th a t

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K in g says th a t w h e n th is in f o r­ m a tio n is ta k e n in to c o n s id e ra tio n , it seem s th a t th e b a n o n d e p o rta ­ tio n s w as lifte d n o t b ec a u se A lgeria w as o n c e a g a in safe, b u t b e c a u se th e g o v e rn m e n t c o u ld b e n e fit e c o n o m ­ ically fro m p o sitiv e re la tio n s w ith th e A lg e ria n g o v e rn m e n t. In a d d i­ tio n to th is k in d o f in f o rm a tio n , K in g says th e n ecessary fo o tn o te ’ p ro v id e s a v e n u e o f d is c u ssio n fo r o v e rlo o k e d g ro u p s . F o r e x a m p le , th e s ta tio n is p la n n in g a 14 - h o u r b ro a d c a s t o n F e b ru a ry 5 d e v o te d to h o m e le ss p e o p le a n d th e ir a d v o ­ c a te s.

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“T h e fo c u s o f s p o k e n w o rd is g e n e ra lly n o t p re ssin g n ew s ite m s ,” h e o bserves. “I t’s to p ro v id e o p in ­ io n s a n d d isc o u rse . You h av e an o p p o r tu n ity to h e a r p e o p le fro m th e c o m m u n ity ex p re ssin g v ie w ­ p o in ts a n d o p in io n s a b o u t w h a t goes o n in th e w o rld . You d o n ’t g e t th is fro m [m o st o th e r] ra d io sta ­ tio n s .”

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HOLIDAYS AWAY FROM HOME

Festive pick-me-ups for the holidays Ashley Zurawel W ith th e a b u n d a n c e o f snow , h o lid a y m u s ic p la y in g ju s t a b o u t everyw here y o u go a n d th e c a m p u s lo o k in g oh-so-snazzy w ith all th o se p re tty lights, it’s n o t h a rd to b e in th e h o lid a y sp irit. F o r m o s t s tu d e n ts w ith fam ily close by, th e holidays re p re se n t a tim e o f to g eth ern ess a n d a c h an ce to see all th o se y o u m a y have fo rg o tte n a b o u t w h ile p u ttin g in th o se ex tra h o u rs a t th e library.

F or th o sefar aw ay fro m h o m e , how ever, th e u p c o m in g b re a k d o esn ’t necessarily m e a n a trip h o m e .

F o r M a r ia n a C a sa s, a U 1 M a n a g e m e n t s tu d e n t fro m overseas, b e in g far fro m h o m e d u rin g th e school year d o esn ’t sto p h e r fro m trav elin g a b ro a d d u rin g h e r break. “ I ’m g o in g to F lo re n c e fo r C h ristm a s, a n d I ’ll be in F rance d u r ­ in g N e w Year’s. I’m really lo o k in g fo rw a rd to trav elin g a b it, especially in a w a rm e r clim ate! I th in k it w ill be a g reat w ay to have a n ice b re a k ,” she shares.

O th e rs are lo o k in g fo rw a rd to trav elin g b ack h o m e , w h ic h can be a n y w h e re fro m C h in a to B razil.

M a rk u s R o h n e r, a n in te rn a tio n a l s tu d e n t in M a n a g e m e n t, c o m m e n ts: “I ’m really lo o k in g fo rw a rd to g o in g b a c k to S w itzerland a n d seeing m y fam ily. I haven’t seen th e m in q u ite a w h ile, so it’s nice to have th e o p p o r­ tu n ity to go h o m e .”

O th e rs , faced w ith sk y -ro ck et­ in g airlin e tic k e t prices fo r in te rn a ­ tio n a l flights, as w ell as th e in c o n ­ v en ien c e o f lo n g trip s, are ch o o sin g

to re m a in in M o n tre a l to celebrate th e holidays.

A n d re w H a llid a y , a U3 B io m e d ic a l E n g in e e r in g s tu d e n t orig in ally fro m A ustralia, is lo o k in g fo rw a rd to en jo y in g C h ris tm a s in a d iffe re n t se ttin g . “I ’m really h o p in g fo r a w h ite C h ristm a s, a n d to cele­ b ra tin g in th e city,” h e says.

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gets th e m o s t latkes is a c o m m o n H a n n u k a h tra it, a n d o n e th a t surely is n o t th e sam e w ith a ro o m m a te .

“I alw ays re m e m b e r fe u d in g w ith m y tw o siblings over w h o g o t to lig h t th e C h a n u k ia h th a t n ig h t,” n o te s U 1 s tu d e n t B rian A rlin. “I d o n ’t foresee th e sam e ty p e o f ‘fam i­ ly fe u d ’ e ru p tin g betw een m y ro o m ­ m a te a n d I. W e are b o th so p reo ccu ­ p ie d w ith o u r sc h o o lw o rk th a t lig h t­ in g th e candles can , a t tim es, seem trivial. I th in k [m y ro o m m a te ] a n d I w ill ju s t lig h t th e m to g eth er. B u t the w h o le sib lin g -b o n d in g th in g will be m isse d .”

Even latkes aw ay fro m h o m e are n o t th e sam e. A lth o u g h th e y are readily available, a n d R o b y n a t the G h e tto S h u l o n L o m e d oes m ak e a m e a n latk e, it is still n o t th e same w ith o u t th e a ro m a fro m h o u rs ol fry in g o n io n s a n d p o ta to e s.

S tu d e n ts are all in th e same p o sitio n : th e y all m iss th e ir fam ily’s o w n tra d itio n s a n d th e jo y o f a hom e o n a n y o f th e e ig h t n ig h ts ol H a n n u k a h . I t is a t tim e s like this how ever, w h e n th e n o tio n o f c o m ­ m u n ity is stro n g est. I t is p ro o f ol everyone’s w ish to ta k e th e traditions sta rte d a t h o m e a n d tra n sp o se then: to a n e w se ttin g th a t sim u ltan eo u sl) reinforces b o n d s o f frie n d sh ip , soli­ d a rity a n d th e n o tio n th a t p o te n tia loneliness can be tra n sfo rm e d intc so m e o f th e h ig h e st displays o f cam a­ raderie.

The day McGill shuts down T h is k in d o f legal re q u ire m e n t can b e tra c e d b ack to th e c u sto m a ry la w sy s te m th a t w as e n fo rc e d E very year o n C h ris tm a s D ay, th r o u g h o u t n o rth e rn E u ro p e d u rin g M c G ill e n tra n c e s are closed to v eh ic­ th e M id d le A ges, to en a b le la n d o w n ­ u lar traffic, a h isto rical tra d itio n th a t ers to u p h o ld th e p riv ate sta tu s o f d ates b ack to th e u n iv ersity ’s b irth . th e ir territory.

A lth o u g h p ed estria n s can access th e “R ig h t o f w ay is ra th e r like e m i­ n e n t d o m a in : i f p e o p le are allow ed to use a road w ith ­ o u t h in d ra n c e fo r a c e rta in le n g th o f tim e , it becom es d e fa c to a p u b lic th o ro u g h ­ fare, a n d th e c o u rts w ill re c o g n iz e th is ,” ex p lain s P rofessor F aith W allis o f th e M c G ill H is to ry D e p a r tm e n t.

“A sse rtin g th e p riv a te n a tu re o f th e roads across th e c a m p u s is in su ra n c e a g ain st su ch cus­ to m a ry a p p ro p ria tio n .” ÉLISE NEWMAN In o rd e r fo r a rig h t to McGill closes all entrances on Christmas day. rem ain a c u sto m , it m u s t be o p e n ly p ra c tic e d a t reg u lar intervals, c a m p u s g ro u n d s, officially, th e u n i­ o th e rw ise th e p u b lic w ill lose sig h t o f versity is closed to th e p u b lic. T h is its im p o rta n c e , a n d it w ill ru n th e a c tio n is u n d e rta k e n b y M c G ill’s risk o f b e in g o u tm o d e d , a reality th a t B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs , w h ic h is m edieval ro y alty w as w ell aw are of. resp o n sib le fo r u n iv ersity p ro p erty .

“E arly m edieval kings n e e d e d to “T h e closure o f th e R o d d ic k travel c o n sta n tly th r o u g h o u t th e ir G a te s o n ce a year is a legal re q u ire ­ d o m a in s p erso n ally c la im in g th e ir m e n t to allo w th e u n iv e rsity to c u sto m a ry d ues a n d rig h ts,” shares m a in ta in th e c a m p u s as a ‘p riv ate’ W a llis, w h o s e h is to ric a l in te re s ts p ro p e rty ,” e x p la in s C h u c k A dler, focus o n th e m ed iev al p e rio d . “T h is D ire c to r o f th e U n iv ersity P la n n in g m a y s o u n d c o u n te r-in tu itiv e : isn’t O ffice.

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T h is service can b e as q u ic k as sim ­ p ly lig h tin g th e candles, o r ca n get th e A triu m , 1 0 0 0 d e L a G a u c h e tiè re presen ts th e o p tio n o f u sin g th e h o l­ p ro lo n g e d b y e x te n d e d sing-a-longs O u e s t, offers re n te d skates fo r $ 4 .5 0 id ay b re a k to see a litd e m o re o f th e o f fam ily fav o u rite s like “M a - O c o u n try th a t in te rn a ­ T z u r” , w h ic h , b y th e way, tio n a l s tu d e n ts are is su c h a p o p u la r le a rn in g a b o u t.

A H a n n u k a h so n g th a t a sec­ g ro u p o f A u s tra lia n u la r v ersio n in E n g lish has exchange stu d e n ts are b e e n created , ty in g in a p la n n in g a tr ip to C h ris tm a s tree a n d th e city o f M o n tre a l (th e y n e e d e d a T o ro n to .

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U 3 A rts s tu d e n t, is C a n d le -lig h tin g is a ta k in g p a rt in th e trip . tim e fo r fam ilies to co m e “ I ’m rea lly lo o k in g to g e th e r a n d celeb rate as fo rw a rd to se e in g o n e. C h ild re n sin g songs T o r o n to ,” sh e says. th e y have le a rn e d in school “ I’ve never b een th ere, a n d th e ir p a re n ts o fte n a n d h a v in g so m e tim e lo o k o n w ith glee— n o o f f school is g o in g to m a tte r h o w p a in fu l th e be great as well!” s in g in g m ay be.

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c u sto m so m e th in g th a t exists frorr tim e o u t o f m in d , h a n d e d d o w n b) tra d itio n ? B u t in fact, tra d itio n i: m o re p lia n t a n d m u ta b le th a n an w ritte n rules. I f so m e th in g is success fully d o n e tw ice, it can b e c o m e ‘; tr a d itio n ; b u t i f an ev e n t is cancellec tw o years in a row, it ca n sw iftly fad< in to o b liv io n .”

In o rd e r to avoid th is slip fro n affirm ed tra d itio n to o b so lete prac rice, M c G ill h a d to ch o o se a closing d ay th a t w o u ld n o t easily slip o n e ’ m em ory, like C h ristm a s.

“C u sto m a ry law w o rk s by being re m e m b e re d , n o t b y b e in g w ritte i d o w n : a p r o m in e n t la n d m a rk , : strik in g cerem ony, o r a special da] are g o o d w ays o f m a k in g th e asser tio n o f c u sto m a ry rig h t m e m o ra b le ,’ W allis reasons.

A lth o u g h M c G ill is o n ly te c h n i cally re q u ire d to assert its sta tu s as ; p riv ate in s titu tio n every seven years su ch an e x te n d e d h ia tu s is liable t< w e a k e n th e s tre n g th th e c u sto n acquires th ro u g h p e rio d ic ity “ D o in g it every year o n thi sam e m e m o ra b le d ay is in s u ra n o ag ain st forgetfulness, a n d fo rg etfu l ness is th e en e m y o f c u sto m right, co n clu d e s W allis.

T h e clo sin g o f th e M cG ill gate is n o t o n ly a legal o b lig a tio n , b u t : sym bolic exam p le o f h is to ry ’s nee< to re p e a t itse lf fo r a greater p u rp o se

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Something to toast

All cocktails researched, photographed and consumed by Natalie M alo-Fletcher

The Blizzard

The Slush

2 oz o f rum 1 tsp of vanilla Eggnog Sugar

2 oz o f vodka 2 oz of Kahlua 1 tbsp o f Q uik chocolate syrup H alf cup o f m dk H alf cup o f ice

Rim a champagne glass with sugar. Pour rum , vanilla and eggnog over ice.

Mix first four ingredients in a blender. Add ice and blend at high setting. Pour into a tall glass.

Happy, quirky holiday favourites Features writers share their holiday memories Once Upon A Christmas— Dolly Parton an d Kenny R ogers gam

tre n c h e s, it w as a sh a re d sacred h o l­ id a y th a t facilitated th e soldiers’ a ffirm a tio n o f g o o d w ill to w a rd s th e ir enem ies.

I t is d iffe re n t now . N o c o m ­ m o n G o d o r ritu a l ties us to g e th e r in th is d a rk e st tim e o f th e year. A n d

g o o d in p e o p le a n d in ourselves.

H u m ility , to o , is to o o fte n lo st in o u r role as M c G ill stu d e n ts.

M a n y use th e fact th a t th e y w ere a d m itte d to M c G ill as an o p p o r tu ­ n ity to fla u n t w h a t th e y believe is ev id en c e o f a n a tu ra l su p e rio rity to o th e rs. A b e tte r assessm ent is to realize th a t w e are h e re b ecause o f a c o m b in a tio n o f a b ility a n d so cio ­ e c o n o m ic privilege. T h e n e x t p e r­ so n w h o is serv in g y o u is likely as s m a rt as y o u are a n d is d e serv in g o f th e sam e degree o f respect a n d d e f­

th e g o re a n d m e c h a n iz e d b ru ta lity o f th e c o n flic t, soldiers su cceed ed in a ffirm in g a d e e p -ro o te d e m p a th y a n d h u m a n ity c o m m o n to us all.

y e t it rem a in s im p e ra tiv e fo r us, as in d iv id u a ls a n d as a c o m m u n ity , to recognize a n d to cele b rate th e q u a l­ ities th a t u n ite us as p eo p le.

In re s p o n se , th is d is s o lu te

eren ce th a t y o u receive. O u r stay at M c G ill earn s us an easier rid e th a n m o st.

F inally, w h a t is lo s t in th e u rb a n h o lid a y season is a sense o f

On m any o c c a sio n s, C h ris tm a s D a y saw a sp o n ta n e o u s h a lt in th e fig h tin g w h e n soldiers o n b o th sides em e rg e d fro m th e ir tre n c h e s a n d w a lk e d o u t in to ‘n o ­ m a n ’s la n d ’, th e b la ste d , corpsestre w n p iece o f g ro u n d b e tw e e n th e arm ies. A m o n g st th e carn ag e, th e soldiers m e t to sin g C h ris tm a s car­

scribe d evotes th e rest o f th is co l­ u m n to d e sc rib in g th re e se n tim e n ts th a t m ig h t be useful fo r all o f us to reflect o n over th e h o lid a y season.

T h e re is still a place fo r k in d ­ ness. T o u g h n ess, a n d even a degree o f insensitivity, b e c o m e necessary to m a k e o u r w a y in a faceless, a n d so m e tim e s d a n g e ro u s, u rb a n polity.

ols a n d sh o w each o th e r p h o to s o f th e ir c h ild re n . O n o n e occasio n , an i m p r o m p tu so c c e r g a m e w as p la y e d . T h e n e x t day, f ig h tin g

W e c o n s tru c t shells o f p e rfe c t in d if­ ference to survive in w h a t o fte n seem s a D a rw in ia n sea o f m ean n e ss a n d c o m p e titio n . In d o in g so, w e c a n fo rg et o u r p a in a n d th a t o f o th ­ ers. In lig h t o f th is , k in d n e s s re m a in s all th e m o r e v a lu a b le .

R e ta in in g th e c a p a c ity to u n d e r­

reverie. T h e relentless h u m o f w o rk a n d c o n s u m p tio n leads to neg lec t o f b e a u ty a n d aw e. In th e cycle o f exam s a n d s h o p p in g , m o re fu n d a ­ m e n ta l cycles go u n n o tic e d .

C irc u la r m iracles o f c re a tio n th a t are reflected in seasons c o n tin u e as th e y alw ays have. R e m a in in g c o n ­ scious o f life a n d c re a tio n allow s us to fo rg e t ourselves a n d p ro v id es a useful p ersp ectiv e fo r o u r o w n w o r­ ries a n d c o n c e rn . G o in g in to th e n a tu ra l w o rld , a lo n e o r w ith a loved o n e , ca n let us ta ste th e m iracle o f existence a n d g ra n t us a sense o f se re n ity a n d re s to ra tio n th a t is to o o fte n a b se n t in o u r d a y -to -d a y lives.

Peace o n e a rth , g o o d w ill to all.

in n a te d esire fo r peace a n d c o o p e r­ a tio n .

B u t w h a t a b o u t today? In o u r p lu ra list, secu lar M o n tre a l, is th e re o ccasio n fo r us to lay aside o u r u rb a n to u g h n e ss in fa v o u r o f so m e ­ th in g gentler? In th e sto ry o f th e

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M y fa v o u rite sto ry o f th e h o li­ d ay season co m es n o t fro m b o o k s o r telev isio n , b u t fro m th e gh astly tre n c h e s o f W o rld W a r I. A m id s t

resu m ed .

T h is sto ry show s b e tte r th a n a n y o th e r, I th in k , th e s tu b b o rn resilience o f an e m p a th y th a t has a llo w e d h u m a n i ty to p e rse v e re th r o u g h co u n tless c e n tu rie s o f w ar, h a tre d a n d b a rb a rism . It show s an

s ta n d th o se a ro u n d us a n d to offer p a tie n c e , n o t aggression, en su res th a t w e c o n tin u e to a ffirm w h a t is

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“M y m o th e r a n d I w o u ld listen to th is C D each C h r itm a s o n o u r d riv e to u p s ta te N Y to c e le b ra te th e b ir th o f th a t fat little baby, o f w h a t’s-h is-n a m e . In b e tw e e n b ic k ­ e rin g a n d c o u n tin g th e n u m b e r o f d e a d d e e r s tra p p e d to J th e ro o fs o f h u n te r s ’ cars o n th e o p p o s ite sid e o f th e h ig h ­ way, w e’d e n jo y D o lly ’s sw eet voice c ro o n in g ‘tr im th e trees a n d w ra p th e p re se n ts, t u r n th e C h ris tm a s m u s ic o n , th is C h ris tm a s I ’ll b e h o m e w ith bells o n .’”

— BB

Lovin’ th e latkes “ H o t, c risp y latk es th a t are so ft in s id e — d e fin ite ly th e b e st p a rt a b o u t H a n n u k a h — w ith s o u r c re a m , a p p le sau ce o r s tra ig h t o f f th e fry in g p a n . . . m y m o u th w a te rs ju s t th in k in g a b o u t th e m . A n d th e lin g e rin g sm ell o f oil th a t sits o n y o u r c lo th e s fo r e ig h t d ays stra ig h t— m a k e s y o u crav e th e p o ta to p a n c a k e s even m ore! H ey, w h a t’s a Jew ish

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h o lid a y w ith o u t y o u r c h o le s te ro l risin g a few n o tc h e s? N o t k o sh e r, th a t’s fo r s u re .”

—M H O de to th e ‘S p o tted Dick’ “I t’s a p lu m p u d d in g w ith a few' p e n n ie s h id d e n inside.

H a rd ly a n y o n e likes it b u t w e all w a n t a p ie c e to se a rc h fo r th e lu c k y p e n n y . W h y d o w e call it ‘S p o tte d D ic k ’? I ’m n o t really su re, I guess w e’re ju s t a le w d fam ily.”

— CH

Fruitcake folly “A lw ays a h o lid a y fa v o u rite , in m y o p in io n — ev en th o u g h I m a y b e in th e m in o rity in th is case! A n e m in e n t­ ly v ersatile tre a t u sed to re w a rd g o o d little boys a n d girls (a n d to p u n is h b a d o n e s ).”

— RS

H annukah Gelt “ P ieces o f c h o c o la te th a t a re lik e g o ld c o in s , a n d are g iv en to T h e c o n c e p t b asically c u ts o u t th e k id s w ere g iv e n real m o n e y , th e y c h o c o la te a n v w ay .”

w ra p p e d in foil to lo o k k id s d u r in g H a n n u k a h . m id d le ste p sin ce, i f th e w o u ld ju s t s p e n d it o n — .D E

People being extraordinarily nice th e day before C hristm as “S o m e th in g is sp ecial a b o u t th is d a y o f th e year, w h e re I w ish s o m e o n e M e rry T his, a n d th e y a n sw e r H a p p y T h a t; a n d e v e n i f w e d o n ’t p a rtic u la rly lik e e a c h o th e r, a t th a t m o m e n t, w e m ig h t. T h e re is s o m e th in g special a b o u t a d a y w h e n stra n g e rs a c tu a lly m a k e eye c o n ta c t o n th e stre e t a n d sm ile to g e th e r w ith o u t flirta tio n as th e ir p u rp o s e . 1 o fte n th in k ; ‘W h y can ’t ev e ry d a y b e lik e th is? ’ B u t a fte r d e e p e r re fle c tio n , I realize th a t i f every d a y w ere lik e th is o n e , 1 w o u ld n ’t b e a b le to lo o k fo rw a rd to it. B esides, i f p e o p le c o n s ta n tly a c te d in th is m a n n e r, it w o u ld b e creep y !’’

— CNH

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jo in in an even in g o f rem em b ran ce “ T h e g re a te st th in g fo r m y m o m , w h o ’s in d e n ia l th a t w e d o n 't c e le b ra te C h ris tm a s . T h e y ’re like C h ris tm a s s to c k ­ ings, o n ly th e y ’re b lu e a n d w h ite w ith Je w ish stars o n th e m ... i f o n ly th e y w e re re-filled b y H a n n u k a h H a rry fo r e ach o f th e e ig h t n ig h ts ...”

— EP

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“T h e year I a sk e d fo r R a in b o w B rig h t is o fte n referred to b y m y sib lin g s as ‘th e C h ris tm a s K a tie lo st it’. T h e p a c k ­ ages w ere la id b e n e a th th e tree C h ris tm a s eve m o r n in g , a n d b y d in n e r l c o u ld n ’t ta k e it. A p p a re n tly , as a p ig -ta ile d , fiv e -y e a r-o ld b lu r, I le a p t o v e r fu r n itu r e a n d relatives in a m a d d a sh fo r th e tree. I to re o p e n th e g ift b o x a n d e m b ra c e d m y d o ll w ith ra in b o w s trip p e d tig h ts a n d a p u r ­ p le s ta r g lo w w a n d . S a n ta w as n o t a m u s e d .”

— KR

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Curiosity trium phs over love The results are in on Durex s P a n th e a Lee F ro m th e folks th a t to ld us C a n a d ia n s, o n average, h ave sex 150 tim e s a year, a n d o n e in 10 p eo p le has n e v e r d o n e th e d e e d , com es m o re sh o c k in g new s: c u rio sity o ver­ pow ers love w h e n it com es to first­ tim e sexual e n c o u n te rs.

D u re x C a n a d a re c e n tly released a su rv ey in v e stig a tin g th e sexual a tti­ tu d e s a n d b e h a v io u rs o f C a n a d ia n y o u th aged 18 to 2 9 . T h e p o ll, c o n ­ d u c te d b y D é c im a R esearch Inc., su rv ey ed 2 ,0 0 0 p e o p le n a tio n w id e .

T h e y say c u rio sity k ille d th e c a t b u t, in th is case, it sealed th e deal.

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ry, a p p ro x im a te ly 3 7 p e r c e n t a ttrib ­ u te d th e ir first sexual e n c o u n te r to sh eer curiosity, 2 9 p e r c e n t rep lied th a t th e y w ere in love, 11 p e r c e n t w ere o p p o rtu n is ts w h o sh ru g g e d it o f f as “b ecause I h a d th e c h a n c e ” , a n d six p e r c e n t a d m itte d to giving in to pressu re fro m a p a rtn e r.

W h o says th e a rt o f ro m a n c e is lost? P ro b a b ly th e sam e five p e r c e n t w h o h a d sex fo r th e first tim e sim p ly because th e y w a n te d to “g e t it over a n d d o n e w ith ” .

T h e su rv ey also ex p lo re d g e n ­ d e r differences in view s o n sex. M o re fem ales th a n m ales a d m itte d to suc­ c u m b in g to c u rio sity as th e cause fo r ju m p in g o n th e h a n k y -p a n k y b a n d ­

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“G irls re a d m o re a b o u t sex a t a y o u n g e r age a n d , th u s , are m o re c u rio u s,” observes M o n ik a D y g u t, a U 1 M a n a g e m e n t s tu d e n t. “G irls re a d Y M a n d Seventeen a n d w o n d e r w h a t it’s like, w h ereas guys sim p ly jo k e w ith th e ir frie n d s a n d ju s t w a n t to d o it. I ’d ex p ect m o re guys to ch o o se ‘b ecause I h a d th e c h a n c e ’ as

revealed.

T h e fin d ­ in g s sh o w th a t y o u th to d a y are h a v in g sex at a BEN MADGETT younger a g e,-___] g Today, Spin the Bottle has been replaced by the horizontal tango.

th e reaso n th e y h ave sex.”

T h e gam es p a re n ts w o u ld leave y o u to p la y d u rin g c o -e d b irth d a y p a rtie s in ju n io r h ig h , n a m e ly ‘sp in th e b o ttle ’ a n d ‘seven m in u te s in heav en ’, seem to have b een rep laced b y th e h o riz o n ta l ta n g o , th e re p o rt

disclose h e r la st n a m e , fo u n d th e results d is tu rb in g .

“I w as n o t h a v in g sex w h e n I w as 13, th a t’s fo r su re ,” she said. “ K ids to d a y are g ro w in g u p w a y to o fast. I t’s really sad th a t th is is w h a t’s g o in g o n to d a y .”

T h e s u rv e y also h ig h lig h te d v a ry in g a ttitu d e s to w a rd sex fro m p ro v in c e to p ro v in ce. R esults in d i­ c a te th a t Q u e b e c y o u th d o n ’t w aste a n y tim e g e ttin g a c q u a in te d w ith n e w p a rtn e rs , as 2 0 p e r c e n t cla im e d th e y w o u ld h av e sex w ith so m e o n e w ith in a w e e k o f k n o w in g th e m , c o m p a r e d to tw o p e r c e n t in O n ta rio a n d th e P rairies. A tla n tic C a n a d a , b o a s tin g a n e x tre m e ly h e a lth y lib id o , b e a t Q u e b e c b y a slim m a rg in fo r th e d is tin c tio n o f m o s t sexually active— n o w th e re ’s a tr o p h y to b rin g h o m e to M a a n d P a— w ith zero p e r c e n t re p o rtin g to d o in g th e n a sty less th a n o n c e a m o n th .

Q u e b e c y o u th a re , h ow ever, m o re likely to lose th e ir v irg in ity a t a y o u n g e r age c o m p a re d to th e rest o f th e c o u n try . T h e results d o n ’t su r­ p rise K im M a r ty n , D u re x sp o k esp erso n a n d sexual h e a lth e d u ­ cator. “ [T h e f in d in g s o n Q u e b e c y o u th ] h a v e b e e n c o n s is te n t fo r q u ite a lo n g tim e ,” n o te d M a rty n .

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“Seven p e r cent? T h a t’s 14 o u t o f 2 0 0 0 p e o p le ... t h a t c a n ’t b e rig h t,” ex cla im ed M elissa. “T o o b a d I ’m n o t o n e o f th e m .

“Ju s t k id d in g ,” she pauses fo r a b r ie f m o m e n t b e fo re lo o k in g u p w ith a p lay fu l sm irk , “o r a m I?” A lth o u g h 7 6 p e r c e n t o f y o u th c o n d e m n e d e n g a g in g in in te rc o u rse w ith a n e w p a rtn e r w ith o u t a c o n ­ d o m , o n e in five in th is g ro u p say it is “m a y b e ” accep tab le.

“W h ile th e m essage a b o u t th e im p o rta n c e o f u sin g a c o n d o m is g e ttin g o u t to y o u th , it d oes n o t alw ays tra n sla te in to safer sex a c tu a l­ ly b e in g p ra c tic e d ,” s ta te d M a rty n .

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20 A&E

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Sex and the television (and the city) Tim Chan Im a g in e m y su rp rise w h e n I w a lk e d in to m y so cio lo g y c o n fe r­ e n c e th e o th e r d a y to th e p ia n o - tin ­ k lin g in tro o f S ex a n d th e C ity. A s it tu r n s o u t, w e w ere g o in g to sp e n d th e class w a tc h in g th e show , in h o p e s o f a n a ly z in g th e m a n y “so cio ­ logical m essages” c o m m u n ic a te d by C a rrie , S a m a n th a , M i r a n d a a n d C h a rlo tte .

W h ile m y cy n ica l s e lf sn ic k e re d a t th e th o u g h t o f th e re b e in g a m e s­ sage o th e r th a n “use p ro te c tio n ,” a n d m y m a s c u lin e se lf trie d to feign b o re d o m in h o p e s o f p re se rv in g m y d e lic a te ly c ra f te d im a g e , I s o o n b e c a m e en g ro sse d in th e ep iso d e.

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sp e n d in g th e ir tim e h a v in g sex a n d ta lk in g a b o u t sex. T h e y w ere d e fi­ n ite ly n o t y o u r ev ery d ay societal p a r a d ig m . Y et, as w e g a z e d a t S a m a n th a m a k in g o u t w ith h e r office a ssistan t, w a tc h e d C a rrie p la y s p in th e b o ttle w ith h e r bisexual b o y frie n d a n d saw C h a rlo tte p o se fo r p o rtra its , as a w e ll-e n d o w e d m a n I su d d e n ly felt a g e n u in e e m o tio n a l c o n n e c tio n . F o r as w ild a n d crazy as

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V ery recently, o n th e season fin ale o f T h e B achelor, 2 8 -y e a r-o ld A a ro n B u erg e ch o se H e le n e to be h is ‘b rid e ’ fro m a n o rig in a l g ro u p o f 2 5 h o p e fu l b a c h e lo re tte s . T h e e p iso d e d re w a n a u d ie n c e o f ov er 25 m illio n . I, fo rtu n a te ly , w as n o t o n e o f th e m . I t’s n o t th a t I have a n y ­ th in g a g a in st A a ro n o r H e le n e p e r se; it’s ju s t th a t I can’t q u ite c o m p re ­ h e n d th e fa s c in a tio n w ith th e show .

T h r o w A a ro n a fe a th e re d h a t, a k n e e -le n g th ja c k e t a n d a p a ir o f S ean Je a n jean s a n d y o u ’d h ave th e P im p D ad d y . A n d besides, th e ‘flirt a ro u n d a n d v o te h e r o f f ’ s h tic k is g e ttin g o ld . Isn’t th e re a lre a d y a sim ­ ila r s h o w o n T V ? O h y e a h — E lim id a te.

S p e a k in g o f u n s ta b le re la tio n ­ sh ip s, c o n g ra tu la tio n s are in o rd e r to T a y lo r H a n s o n (yes, th a t’s rig h t, T a y lo r H a n s o n o f th e H a n s o n B ro th e rs— N o t th e S la p sh o t H a n s o n B ro th e rs , b u t th e “M m m b o p ”

b o u rh o o d in w h ic h she g re w u p.

“W e liv ed w ith n e x t to n o th in g ,” she recalled sadly, b e fo re p ro m p tly d ire c tin g th e c a m e ra to h e r b rig h t, tw o -s to ry s to n e -b ric k h o u se , c o m ­ p le te w ith large fr o n t y a rd a n d g a r­ den.

A ffleck, m e a n w h ile , w as ju s t v o te d P eople M a g a zin e ’s “S ex iest M a n A liv e,” a lth o u g h th e fu ll title w as “S exiest M a n to still b e alive a fte r b e in g in re h a b fo r six m o n th s

d iv o rc e fro m h e r last m a rria g e to d a n c e r C h ris J u d d isn’t fin alized u n til th e n . T h is officially ensures th a t J. Lo w ill re m a in th e b u tt o f jokes fo r m o n th s to c o m e . N o w I ’m n o V egas b o o k m a k e r, b u t I ’m ready to b e t th a t w h e n p u s h co m es to shove, th is n e w e n g a g e m e n t w ill n o t

b y R a lp h F ien n es. Puh-lease! A n average a n d lo w ly little girl d a tin g a n a fflu e n t a n d w e ll-o ff lu m in a ry ?

W a it ... isn’t th e re alre a d y a sim ila r show o n T V ? O h yeah— The B achelor.

U n til n e x t t i m e ... h e re ’s to all th e w e ird a n d w a c k y c o u p le s in

m a k e it to th e alter.

In re la te d n ew s, L o p e z re c e n tly to o k T V cam e ras b a c k to th e B ro n x to revisit th e im p o v e rish e d n e ig h ­

H o lly w o o d . M a y th e re b e m a n y m o re e m b a rra ss in g u n io n s to c o m e a n d m a y th e y all live sa p p ily ever after!

b a ttlin g a lc o h o l a b u s e .” L o p e z is c u rre n tly p r o m o tin g h e r n e w m o v ie, M a id in M a n h a tta n , a b o u t a m a id (L opez) w h o e n d s u p d a tin g N e w Y ork’s m o s t elig ib le b ach elo r, play ed

Nero: "Three guys playing improvised music together Spencer Ross R e c e n tly fe a tu re d as “O n th e V erge” in th e in te rn a tio n a l ja m b a n d -c e n tric m a g a z in e R elix, N e ro is o n e o f O tta w a ’s b e s t live sen sa­ tio n s. A s th e A lo u e tte s h a d ju s t sm o k e d th e E sk im o s in th e G re y C u p C h a m p i o n s h ip , N e r o w as p re p a rin g to ta k e th e stag e a t Le S w im m in g , a fr e q u e n t s to p a lo n g th e b a n d ’s C a n a d ia n to u rs.

N e ro , lik e M o n tre a l ja m b a n d T a la (w h o also p la y e d a t a C D release p a rty a t Le S w im m in g last w e e k ), d eriv es th e ir style o f m u s ic fro m th e ir im p ro v isa tio n a l a b ilities.

S in c e t h e i r 2 0 0 1 re le a se , Is i t M o rn in g , th e b a n d has c h a n g e d bass p lay ers, w h ile still m a n a g in g to m a in ta in th e sa m e v ib e th a t has in c r e a s e d th e i r p o p u la r it y in O tta w a a n d its s u r ro u n d in g areas.

N e ro ’s fo rm o f ja m is se e m in g ­ ly g e a re d m o re to w a rd s a n a m b ie n t p sy c h e d e lic g ro o v e, h e a d e d so m e ­ w h e re a lo n g th e lin es o f th e N e w D e a l, th e D isc o B isc u its and T re y A n a s ta s io ’s s o lo w o rk .

C o lla b o ra tin g fo r several le n g t h y ja m s , N e ro p la y e d tw o o n e - a n d - a h a lf h o u rs sets, fe a tu rin g so n g s o f f th e a lb u m as w ell as new , u n re le a se d ones.

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H a n s o n B ro th e rs) w h o is n o w th e fa th e r o f a b a b y b o y (yes, th a t’s rig h t, th e fa th e r o f a b a b y boy).

H a n s o n , w h o ju s t re c e n tly g o t m a r­ rie d , says th a t h a v in g b a b y J o rd a n E zra “is th e b e st th in g I ’ve ever d o n e .” W h ile I can ’t a rg u e w ith th a t, I m u s t express m y c o n c e rn a b o u t th e fu tu re career p lan s o f T aylor, w h o is o n ly 19 years o ld . C a n a n y ­ o n e say ‘M a c a u la y C u lk in ’?

Finally, m u c h b u zz has b een g o in g a ro u n d a b o u t Je n n ife r L opez a n d B en A ffleck, w h o h av e revealed th a t th e y are e n g a g e d to b e m a rrie d .

T h e th in g is, sh e can’t m a rry A ffleck till a fte r F e b ru a r y b e c a u s e th e

C h r is B u o te o n bass, D a v e L a u z o n o n g u ita r a n d Ja y M c C o n n e ry o n d ru m s.

W ith th e i r s w ir lin g g u it a r lo o p s , p o u n d in g b a ss and d ru m s a -c r a s h in g , it se e m e d th a t th e re c o u ld b e n o e n d to th e e n e rg y th e th r e e g e n tle m e n

c o u ld p ro v id e . A fo rce n o t to be re c k o n e d w ith , its c o n ta g io n sp ilt in to th e a u d ie n c e , w ith so n g s like “ C o n d o r ” a n d “O r e g a n o M ic e ” in s p irin g fan s b o th a t th e b a r a n d o n th e flo o r to d a n c e .

H u m b le B e g in n in g s T h e early o rig in s o f th e b a n d s ta rte d b a c k in 1 9 9 7 w h e n D av e a n d Ja y c o lla b o ra te d w ith p re v io u s bassist S h a n e C la rk . D a v e ’s fa th e r o w n e d a m u s ic s to re in O tta w a , w h ic h a llo w e d h im th e o p p o r tu n ity to e x p e rim e n t w ith d iffe re n t in s tru ­ m e n ts a n d so u n d s , th u s la y in g th e fo u n d a tio n fo r th e w id e so u n d s c a p e th a t d e fin e s N e ro as a b a n d .

“W it h a trio , i t ’s so h a rd to m a k e a fu ll s o u n d , e sp ecially i f y o u ta k e it d o w n to a lo w -v o lu m e g ro o v e ,” B u o te e x p la in e d . “ B u t w ith D a v e p u ttin g th e lo o p s in th e b a c k g ro u n d a n d th e n ta k in g a solo, th a t’s b e c o m e o u r th in g .”

N e ro ’s fo rm a tiv e sh o w s w ere a t T h e W h ip p i n g P o st in O tta w a ,

w h e re th e y w o u ld p la y re g u la rly o n S u n d a y a n d T u e sd a y n ig h ts. T h e a u d ie n c e s ta rte d o f f sm all, b u t ov er tim e , th e g ro u p ’s fa n b ase g re w la rg ­ er. T h is p a s t s u m m e r, th e b a n d ’s lin e -u p c h a n g e d w h e n C la rk left th e b a n d , p a v in g th e w a y fo r B u o te to m a k e h is d e b u t.

B u o te , fr o m P rin c e E d w a rd Is la n d , h a d b e e n p la y in g th e re in a b a n d c alled D o w n tim e . S p e a k in g b y te le p h o n e e n r o u te to a g ig in F re d e ric to n , B u o te c o m m e n te d o n h is first m e e tin g w ith N e ro a t th e E v o lv e 3 j a m b a n d fe s tiv a l in A n tig o n is h , N o v a S c o tia . “W e k n e w w h a t e a c h o th e r w as d o in g m u sic a lly a n d lik e d it ,” h e said.

“Five d ays later, th e guys c a lle d m e u p a n d a sk e d m e i f I w a n te d to t o u r a c ro ss C a n a d a w i t h th e m in O c to b e r.”

T h r o u g h re p e a te d p ra c tic e s a n d a ste a d y s tre a m o f live p e rf o rm ­ an ces, B u o te h a s a d a p te d to h is role See THE EVOLUTION, page 21

JEN N Y GEORGE

Lauzon pulls some strings at Nero's Montrai leg of their Conadian tour.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

A&E 21

Move over Blues Brothers, there's a new duo in town Dany Horovitz________________ V ery ra re ly d o e s ja z z m ix w ith p o p u la r m u s ic a n d v e ry ra re ly is it a c c e p te d b y p e o p le o u ts id e th e m u s ic c o m m u n ity . T a k e m e , fo r in s ta n c e . I a m p ro b a b ly th e b e st e x a m p le o f a p o o r m u s ic -lis te n e r to d a y . I k n o w n o th i n g o f u n d e r ­ g r o u n d a rtists, liste n o n ly to w h a t M u c h M u s ic tells m e to a n d a m b asically ig n o r a n t o f m o s t g en res.

T h a t sa id , I k n o w w h a t I like, a n d I m a k e su re t h a t o th e r s k n o w a b o u t it to o .

O n e s u c h b a n d is th e B ro th e rs C re e g g a n , c o m p o s e d o f J im a n d A ndy C re e g g a n , and Ia n

L ad ies, A n d y a n d J im d e c id e d to b r a n c h o f f a n d d o th e ir o w n th in g .

T h e r e s u lt w a s t h e B r o th e r s C re e g g a n , a jazzier, m o re m e lo d ic s o u n d . F o r A n d y , i t “w as lik e a n oasis, so I c o u ld re m e m b e r w h a t I lik e d a b o u t m u s ic .”

A n d y g ets to sh o w o f f all h is m u s ic a l ta l e n t b y s in g in g le a d v ocals a n d p la y in g th e g u ita r, a c c o r­ d i o n , s o m e p e r c u s s io n a n d , o f c o u rs e , th e p ia n o , th e in s tr u m e n t o n w h ic h h e “feels fre e st.” J im also g ets to sin g , a n d p lay s th e g u ita r a n d th e d o u b le bass.

In c id e n ta lly , A n d y C re e g g a n is th e p r o u d o w n e r o f a M c G ill d e g re e , w h ic h h e re c e iv e d ju s t last

M a c L a u c h la n o n d ru m s . F ans o f th e B a re n a k e d L ad ies w ill im m e d i­ a te ly re c o g n iz e J im as th e i r bassist a n d A n d y as th e i r fo r m e r k e y ­

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b o a rd is t. In itia lly , I m u s t co n fess, I o n ly to o k in te re s t in th e B ro th e rs C re e g g a n b e c a u se o f th e B a re n a k e d c o n n e c tio n , th o u g h I a m su re I ’m n o t th e o n ly o n e . A lth o u g h v e ry d if f e r e n t m u s ic a lly fr o m th e B a re n a k e d L ad ies, th e y sh a re m u c h o f th e sa m e s p irit a n d e n e rg y in th e ir w o rk fo r w h ic h th e L a d ie s are fa m o u s. A n o th e r sim ila rity : th e y b o t h ro c k .

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lig h t a fte r a n o th e r, re d / o n e a fte r a n o th e r, re d / o n e lig h t a n o th e r, re d / I w is h I w as a g re e n ” .

A lth o u g h th e w r itin g o f all th e m a te ria l o n S leep yh ea d w as d o n e o v e r a lo n g p e rio d o f tim e (in fact,

s o m e o f th e so n g s w e re w r itte n y ears ag o ), th e re c o rd in g to o k o n ly a few w eek s, m o s tly d u e to th e fact t h a t A n d y is a w iz in th e re c o rd in g s tu d io . A lth o u g h h e loves w ritin g a n d to u r in g , h is fa v o u rite p a r t o f th e m u s ic a l e x p e rie n c e is re c o rd in g b e c a u se “th e p ro c e ss is so in te n s e a n d so c re a tiv e .”

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The Brothers Creegan’s big sound fills the small space at the Yellow Door. a n c e , th e b a n d d e c id e d to p la y a t th e tin y Y ellow D o o r. “I k n o w th e r o o m ,” A n d y said. “ I w as lo o k in g fo r s o m e th in g in tim a te .” Y ou re a l­ ly c a n ’t g e t m o re in tim a te th a n th e Y ellow D o o r, w h ic h is a v e ry sm all ro o m , s u ita b le fo r a b o u t 5 0 p e o p le ; b e c a u s e o f th e d e m a n d , th e B ro th e rs C re e g g a n w e re fo rc e d to p u t o n tw o c o n se c u tiv e sh o w s a n d ,

a m az in g ly , b o th sets w ere m a d e u p o f c o m p le te ly d iffe re n t m a te ria l.

A lth o u g h th e y c o u ld h av e c h o ­ se n a la rg e r ro o m to p la y in , a n d a v o id e d p la y in g tw o sh o w s, th e y m a d e th e rig h t c h o ic e . T h e ir m u s ic is o f a v e ry in tim a te n a tu re , a n d th o u g h it’s a sm a ll c ro w d , th e re is a b ig c o n n e c tio n fe lt b e tw e e n th o s e o n b o th th e g iv in g a n d re c e iv in g

e n d s o f th e m u s ic . T h e w h o le a tm o s p h e re w as v e ry c o m fo rta b le a n d e a sy g o in g .

B u t e v e n i f th e r e w as n o n e o f th a t, th e n ig h t still w o u ld n o t h ave b e e n a w a ste b e c a u se th e m u s ic w as to p n o tc h . I c a n o n ly d e sc rib e th e ir sty le as jazz a n d p o p fu se d to g e th e r See BARENAKED, page 22

The evolution of a Canadian jamband Continued from page 20 in th e b a n d ra th e r q u ick ly , w ith th e b a n d h a v in g d e b u te d “ D a riu s ” a t Le S w im m in g , o n e o f th e first n e w so n g s c o -w ritte n b y B u o te . “J u s t b y p la y in g th e m live, y o u s ta r t to real­ ize w h a t w o rk s a n d w h a t d o e sn ’t . ” L ike m a n y o f th e C a n a d ia n ja m b a n d s , N e ro has b e e n fin d in g in c re a se d success th r o u g h s u s ta in e d to u r in g in C a n a d a a n d th e U .S . In 2 0 0 2 a lo n e , N e ro has p la y e d over 1 5 0 show s. T h is p a s t su m m e r, th e y h a d a s p o t a t th e E volve 3 festival a lo n g sid e su c h b a n d s as K id K oala a n d B u llfro g . E volve 3 , w ith an a u d ie n c e o f a lm o s t 5 ,0 0 0 p e o p le has been co m p ared to th e B o n n a ro o M u s ic F e stiv a l of C a n a d a . N e x t m o n th , N e ro h e a d s to th e N o rth e a s te rn U S fo r a few t o u r d a te s b e fo re r e t u r n i n g to O tta w a fo r a N e w Y ear’s E ve sh o w a t C a fé D e k c u f. N o te : C a n a d ia n P h is h fan s w ith o u t tic k e ts s h o u ld tr y a n d c a tc h th is s h o w instead!

G e ttin h o o k e d u p M a k in g c o n ta c ts w ith o th e r b a n d s, p a rtic u la rly th o s e statesid e, h a s b e e n k e y to th e ris in g success o f N e ro . “T h is is w h a t its all a b o u t, w h e n th e b a n d s g e t to g e th e r a n d h e lp e a c h o th e r o u t , ” B u o te reflects. T h is p a st s u m m e r, N e ro h a d th e o p p o r tu n ity to o p e n fo r w e ll- k n o w n A m e ric a n ja m b a n d s A d d is o n G ro o v e P r o je c t a n d

P article, th u s b ro a d e n in g th e ir fa n base as w ell. “ In C a n a d a w e ’ve b e e n p la y in g w ith G ra n d T h e f t B us a n d J im m y S w ift B a n d . T h e y ’re th e east c o a s t c h a m p io n s . W e d e f in ite ly h a v e really g o o d w o rk in g re la tio n ­ sh ip s w ith e ach o th e r .”

T o u r in g a c ro ss C a n a d a h a s even d ra w n loyal fan s th a t m a k e th e trip s w ith th e b a n d . B ra d w as o n e su c h fan , w h o b r o u g h t h is ta p in g rig to c a p tu re th e s h o w live. “N e ro h a s a g o o d re la tio n s h ip w ith th e ir a u d ie n c e . T h e fan s tr u s t th e m n o t to b e rip p e d o f f a n d , in tu r n , th e y sell th e b a n d ,” h e c o m m e n te d . Live re c o rd in g s o f sh o w s h av e b e c o m e a c o m m o d ity a n d a w a y fo r fa n s to relive show s th e y ’ve se e n as w ell as c a tc h u p o n sh o w s th e y ’ve m issed.

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Cowboy boots, oil rigs and a bit of rock 'n' roll The Corb Lund Band brings country-western plus to Café Campus S c o tt S am ero ff I have a lw a y s a s s o c ia te d T u e sd a y n ig h ts a t C a fé C a m p u s w ith 8 0 s m u s ic , so I w as s u rp ris e d to g e t a call 3 0 m in u te s b e fo re sh o w tim e a sk in g i f I ’d lik e to g o see c o u n tr y -w e s te r n trio C o r b L u n d B a n d play. H a v in g n e v e r h e a rd o f th e b a n d b e fo re , I to o k th e assig n ­ m e n t o n a h u n c h , fig u rin g th e y c o u ld b e n o w o rse th a n 8 0 s m u sic .

I w as rig h t. T h e C o r b L u n d B a n d p u t o n o n e h e ll o f a show , p r o d u c ­ in g a n ic e b le n d o f tr a d itio n a l w e st­ e rn s o u n d s a n d s tra ig h t u p ro c k ‘n roll.

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Martlets tighten grip on first place with win M ark K err A fte r b e in g h o n o u r e d b y M c G ill A th le tic s in a p re -g a m e c e r­ e m o n y fo r h e r g o ld m e d a l p e rfo rm ­ a n c e last F e b ru a ry in S a lt L ake C ity, K im S t-P ie rre w e n t o u t a n d d id w h a t sh e d o es best: M a k e saves.

A n d lo ts o f th e m .

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w a tc h us, b u t it’s g re a t to see so m a n y p e o p le in th e cro w d .

“I th i n k w e p la y e d a n a w eso m e g a m e so h o p e fu lly th e y ’re g o in g to c o m e b a c k a n d w a tc h us u n til th e e n d o f th e y ear,” S t-P ie rre c o n tin ­

C o n c o rd ia p re s su re d w ith a s tro n g fo re c h e c k . S tin g e rs C a th e rin e D e A b re u and A nouk G r ig n o n L’A n g lais w e n t d o w n o n a 2 - o n - l b u t S t-P ie rre m a d e th e save.

M c G ill also g o t in to p e n a lty

sh o ts as th e M c G ill M a rtle ts d e fe a t­ e d th e S tin g e rs 3 - 0 F r id a y a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a . I t w as h e r n in th s h u to u t in 10 g am es overall, a n d h e r fifth in a row . S h e re c o rd e d a n o th e r in a 4 -0 w in ov er O tta w a S u n d a y (see p a g e 3 0 fo r f u l l story).

S u z a n n e F u jik i s c o r e d w ith o n ly 2 2 se c o n d s re m a in in g in th e first p e rio d . I t w as h e r s e c o n d o f th e season, a n d c o in c id e n ta lly , h e r sec­ o n d g a m e w in n e r.

J u s tin e K e y s e rlin g k and K a th e rin e S afk a sc o re d th ird -p e r io d in s u ra n c e m a rk e rs fo r th e M a rtle ts, w h ile ro o k ie V é ro n iq u e S a n fa ç o n c o n t i n u e d h e r s t r o n g p la y b y re c o rd in g tw o assists.

T h e S t-P ie rre c e re m o n y saw C o n c o r d ia c a p ta in M a rie -C la u d e A lla rd p re s e n t th e M c G ill goalie w ith a g ift. A b a n n e r w as also u n v e ile d th a t w ill h a n g fro m th e ra fte rs o f M c C o n n e ll A re n a , h o n ­ o u rin g th e c o n tr ib u tio n S t-P ie rre h a s m a d e to w o m e n s h o c k e y a t M c G ill a n d in C a n a d a .

A fte r th e g a m e , S t- P ie rr e refle c te d o n th e ex p erien ce.

“I t w as f u n ,” th e n a tiv e o f C h a te a u g u a y , Q u e b e c , sa id . “I t ’s alw ay s sp e c ia l b e in g re c o g n iz e d , c o m in g b a c k fro m th e O ly m p ic s. I d i d n ’t k n o w w h a t to e x p e c t, w h e th e r p e o p le w o u ld c o m e a n d

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Martlet veteran Paula Mailloux busts in off the wing, ued.

M a r tle ts h e a d c o a c h P e te r S m ith p ra ise d h is goalie a fte r th e g am e. “ K im h a s b e e n g re a t sin ce she h a s c o m e b ack . S h e h a s d o n e real w ell ov er h e r c a re e r a fte r h a v in g so m a n y d is tra c tio n s ” sa id th e fo u r th y e a r c o a c h . “S h e e n jo y s b e in g a ro u n d M c G ill. S h e is alw ays s m il­ in g , a n d it is s u c h a p le a s u re to c o a c h h e r.”

L e t th e g a m e b e g in S t-P ie rre w as c alled o n early.

W i t h M c G ill slo w o u t o f th e g ate,

tr o u b le early. C o n c o rd ia w as a w a rd ­ e d th e first th re e p o w e r plays o f th e g a m e , b e fo re d e fe n c e m a n A m b e r L ee w as w h is tle d fo r b o d y c h e c k in g m id w a y th r o u g h th e first. “ O u r g a m e p la n w as to sta y o u t o f th e p e n a lty b o x , b u t w e to o k a c o u p le p e n a ltie s early. I t is h a rd to g e t e v e ry o n e in v o lv e d w h e n th a t h a p p e n s ,” sa id S m ith .

T h e p la y e v e n e d o u t m id w a y th r o u g h th e p e rio d , as M c G ill g o t so m e m o re c h a n c e s w ith th e p la y e r a d v a n ta g e . W i t h ju s t o v e r th re e m in u te s re m a in in g , v e te ra n P a u la M a illo u x w as ro b b e d b y C o n c o rd ia

g o a lte n d e r Jessica A n d e rs o n a fte r re c e iv in g a pass fro m K ey serlin g k .

A c c o rd in g to S m ith , it to o k th e te a m a w h ile to a d ju s t, esp ecially th e te a m ’s s e c o n d le a d in g scorer, S o p h ie A c h e so n , o u t o f th e lin e -u p w ith m o n o n u c le o sis.

J u s t b e fo re th e first in te rm is ­ sio n , fo u rth -y e a r A n a to m y m a jo r F u jik i c irc le d o u t fro m th e le ft sid e b o a rd s a n d le t a w ris t s h o t g o fro m th e s lo t.

The puck e lu d e d A n d e r s o n ’s tr a p p e r , s e n d in g th e S tin g e rs to th e d re ssin g ro o m w o n ­ d e rin g h o w th e y w ere g o in g to b e a t S t-P ie rre ju s t o n c e to e v en th e score.

“E v e ry o n e s ta rte d p la y in g w ith c o m p o s u re a n d c o n fid e n c e ,” said S afka o f th e im p o rta n c e o f g e ttin g th e first goal. “W e relaxed a b it a n d s ta rte d to g e t th e c ro w d b e h in d u s .”

E a rly in th e s e c o n d fra m e , M c G ill s ta rte d to c h e c k C o n c o rd ia .

B y th e tim e th e p e rio d w as 10 m in ­ u te s o ld , th e tw o te a m s h a d c o m ­ b in e d fo r o n ly fo u r sh o ts o n goal. “ I t h o u g h t th a t w e h a d a n effective first 10 m in u te s o f th e sec­ o n d p e rio d , a n d a g o o d th ir d p e ri­ o d . “W e p la y e d w ith c o n fid e n c e a fte r w e got up by tw o g o a ls,” S m ith said.

S tin g e rs o f f th e sc o re b o a rd .

A n d i f a n y o n e th o u g h t th a t the riv a lry b e tw e e n th e s e tw o c lu b s no lo n g e r exists, th e y ju s t h a d to look to th e th ir d go al o f th e n ig h t. Safka, a s e c o n d -y e a r S cien ce m a jo r, glarec d o w n A n d e rs o n a fte r h e r e ig h th go al o f th e year. T h e go al w as a b e a u ty , w ith S a fk a th r o w in g an in s id e /o u t m o v e o n th e C o n c o rd ia d e fe n d e r b e fo re rip p in g a s h o t past A n d e rs o n a t 1 3 :0 5 o f th e th ir d p e ri­ od.

S afka sa id a fte r th e g a m e th a t sh e d id n o t h a v e m u c h to say to A n d e rs o n , th a t sh e ju s t w a n te d to ru b it in a b it.

“T h e w in w as esp ecially nice a fte r la s t y e a r w h e n w e w o n th e first g a m e a g a in s t th e m a n d th e n lo s t the rest [in c lu d in g b o th g am es in the b e s t-o f- th re e L e a g u e C h a m p i o n ­ s h ip S eries],” sa id Safka.

M c G ill p re v io u s ly beat C o n c o rd ia 2 -0 o n O c to b e r 2 6 . T h e tw o te a m s m e e t a g a in J a n u a r y 10 at L o y o la C a m p u s .

O nce a g a in , th o u g h , it w as StP ierre th a t k e p t th e g a m e close. O n e o f h e r b e st saves o f th e gam e cam e on b re a k a w a y c h a n c e b y K elly S u d ia in th e s e c o n d p e rio d . S u d ia w e n t a r o u n d J u lia C a r lt o n but S tP ie rre p u t d o w n h e r PATRICK left p a d to b lo c k th e St-Pierre is congratulated by Concordia’s Allard. s h o t a n d k e e p th e

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Strong power play ensures tie with No. 2 team in the country C ath e rin e K ram arczu k C o m in g o f f o f a d is a p p o in tin g 6 -4 loss to O tta w a S a tu rd a y n ig h t, th e R e d m e n h o c k e y te a m , ra n k e d n in th in th e c o u n try , fo llo w ed u p w ith a d e te rm in e d e ffo rt S u n d a y n ig h t. M c G ill tie d 2 -2 a g a in st d iv i­ sio n rival l’U n iv e rsité d u Q u é b e c à T rois-R ivières P atrio tes.

D e s p ite th e m u l ti tu d e o f in ju re d players th a t h ave p ile d u p in th e la st c o u p le o f gam es, th e R e d n ’ W h ite w ere d e te r m in e d to sh o w th e y h a d w h a t w as n e e d e d to p la y w ith th e N o . 2 te a m in C a n a d ia n u n iv e rsity hockey.

M c G ill h a d to p la y a c a u tio u s d efensive g am e, as tw o re g u la r b lu e lin e rs w ere o u t o f th e lin e u p .

“W e p la y e d a so lid d efen ce, a n d w e rose to th e e v e n t,” M c G ill h e a d c o a c h M a r tin R a y m o n d said a fte r th e g am e. “ I t w as a n im p o rta n t g a m e to b o u n c e b a c k fro m , a fte r a

6 -4 loss in O tta w a .”

T h e first p e rio d saw n o goals fro m e ith e r side. In th e se c o n d p e ri­ o d , U Q T R p u t o n e p a st g o a lte n d e r L u c V a illa n c o u rt.

D a v id L iz o tte tie d th e score a t 10:31 o f th e se c o n d p e rio d , w h e n h e sc o re d o n a fiv e -o n -th re e p o w e r play. C e n tr e a n d te a m c a p ta in D a v id B urgess a d d e d a n assist.

L iz o tte ta llie d ag ain a t 11:5 8 b e fo re th e se c o n d p e n a lty to U Q T R h a d ex p ired . B urgess a n d le ft w in g e r P aul T h e ria u lt re c o rd e d assists o n M c G ill’s se c o n d p o w e r- p la y m a rk e r o f th e n ig h t.

M c G ill lo o k e d so lid a fte r th e tw o goals, a n d V a illa n c o u rt, w ith th e h e lp o f h is d efen ce, w as m a k in g b ig saves. T h e R e d m e n w ere p la y in g s m a rt a n d fast. T h e in c re a se o f in te n s ity b r o u g h t so m e fistic u ffs in to th e g am e.

W it h th e se c o n d p e rio d w in d ­ in g d o w n , B urgess b e c a m e e n g a g e d

in an u n c h a ra c te ris tic fig h t. T h e fifth -y e a r v e te ra n th re w p u n c h e s a t U Q T R c e n tre Je a n P h ilip p e P aré, h ittin g h im p re tty b a d ly b efo re tw o m o re P a tr io te s c a m e in to h e lp o u t th e i r te a m m a te , o n e ta k in g o f f B urgess’s je r­ sey.

M c G ill d e fe n c e m a n A d a m S hell g o t in v o lv e d as th e la s t p u n c h e s w ere th ro w n .

T h e team s re tre a te d to th e i r re sp e c tiv e lo c k e r ro o m s a n d a w a ite d th e p e n a lty calls.

B urgess d o w n p la y e d th e im p o rta n c e o f th e b ra w l.’ “ I t w as ju s t a little sk irm ish th a t h a p p e n e d w ith o n e o f th e ir b est p layers. W e s o r t o f g o t in to i t ,” B urgess said. “W e are alw ays in each o th e r’s faces, a n d it ju s t h a p p e n e d .

T h e r e f d e c id e d to k ic k us o u t o f th e g am e. I t is u n c h a ra c te ristic o f b o th o f us, b u t th a t is w h a t h a p p e n s .”

T h e fig h t re su lte d in a to ta l o f 2 0 p e n a lty m in u te s , in a d d itio n to th e e je c tio n s o f B urgess a n d Paré. I t w as a n e v e n tr a d e , th o u g h , as B urgess a n d P aré w ere th e b e st p la y ­ ers o n b o th team s.

M c G ill lo o k e d to re g ro u p fo r th e th ir d p e rio d a n d trie d to be m o re d is c ip lin e d in o rd e r to h o ld th e slim lead. F low ever, th e P a trio te s sc o re d a go al to tie it u p a t 1 7 :4 7 in th e th ir d p e rio d . B urgess saw th e a c tio n fro m th e sta n d s. “ I t w as s h o t fro m th e c o rn e r a n d h it s o m e o n e in th e b u tt a n d g o t in . T h a t is ju s t w h a t h a p p e n s w ith th e se g u y s.”

In o v e rtim e , V a illa n c o u rt w as o u ts ta n d in g . M o d e s t in h is resp o n se a fte r th e g am e, h e a ttrib u te d his saves to b a sic m e n ta l skills a n d focus.

T h e R e d m e n w ere le ft w ith a tie a g a in st th e ir h a te d rival. A t th e e n d o f th e g am e, b o th team s h a d re c o rd e d 2 7 sh o ts o n n e t, a final in d ic a tio n o f h o w close th e g a m e really w as. T h e re m a tc h b e tw e e n th e tw o te a m s w ill ta k e p la c e a t 7 p m o n J a n u a r y 2 6 a t M c C o n n e ll A ren a.

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Your favourite teams graded: McGill fall report cards F o u r P r o v in c ia l title s / tifro n a t io n a l b r o n z e m e d a ls a n d a p a r t r id g e in a p e a r t r e e M artlet Rugby W ith ju s t th re e m in u te s to g o in th e p ro v in c ia l finals, th e R e d m e n ’s R o b in M a c L a u c h a n to u c h e d th e ball d o w n to p u t h is te a m a h e a d 1 4 -1 0 a g a in st C o n c o rd ia to w in 'th e finals. It w as a n in te n se ball p ossession h a n d s , b u t M c G ill’s to b e th e ir sav in g g race, season, th e finals lo o k e d m u c h sam e, o n ly M c G ill lo st b y o n e to th e S tin g ers.

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so n , th e R e d m e n lo o k e d v e ry s tro n g , esp ecially in th e fo rw a rd p a c k a n d in th e ir k ic k in g g a m e fro m p lay ers like P at W e ld o n a n d C h ris S torey. M u c h like th e ir fe m ale c o u n te r p a rts , m a n y R e d m e n g am es w ere b lo w -o u ts a g a in s t te a m s lik e S h e rb ro o k e a n d B ish o p ’s. T h e o n ly a sp e c t o f th e g a m e th e y d o n ’t h ave n a ile d d o w n is th e a b ility to sta y in m e n ta lly w h e n th e y ’re b e h in d , becau se as fo rw a rd c a p ta in , S im o n F aber, said a fte r th e Q S S F se m i-fin a ls, “I t ’s all a b o u t m o m e n tu m .”

C IS d o e s n o t re c o g n iz e m e n ’s rugby, so th e R e d m e n d id n o t g o o n p a s t th e Q u e b e c c h a m p io n s h ip , b u t th e te a m w ill b e lo o k in g fo r a n o th e r tid e n e x t season . — S a ra h W rig h t NATHAN LEBIODA

A n o th e r seaso n , a n o th e r N a tio n a l b ro n z e m e d a l. S in c e 1 9 9 7 , th e fem ale ru g b y p r o ­ g ra m m e a t M c G ill has b e e n o n e o f th e b e st in th e c o u n try . T h is seaso n , th e M a rd e ts w e n t u n d e fe a te d in re g u la r season play, fin is h in g w ith a n 8 -0 -0 re c o rd . T h e y c a m e ju s t eig h t p o in ts s h y o f th e ir o w n re c o rd fo r h ig h e s t p o in t to ta l in a seaso n , w ith 6 2 9 p o in ts. R o o k ie T ess K elly b ro k e th e te a m re c o rd fo r n u m b e r o f tries in a sin g le g a m e , sc o rin g seven.

A t th is p o in t, how ever, a n y th in g less th a n a N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s h ip m u s t b e c o n sid a mi i d d is a p p o in tm e n t fo r th e te a m . T h e o n ly c o m p e titio n fo r M c G ill w ith in th e l l t u d e n t S p o rt F e d e ra tio n h as b een p ro v id e d b y C o n c o rd ia . A lth o u g h M c G ill’s ■p f v ic to ry o v e r th e S tin g e rs w as a m e re 1 3 5 -1 2 , it sh o w s ju s t h o w far a p a rt th e tw o ifem ain. ,e M a r d e ts w e n t to th e N a tio n a ls in T o ro n to ra n k e d th ird a n d fin ish e d th ird after lo sin g to th e e v e n tu a l c h a m p io n s , th e U n iv e rsity o f A lb e rta P a n d a s, in th e sem i-fin als. T h e te a m w ill lo o k m u c h th e sa m e n e x t y e a r as it d id in th e 2 0 0 2 seaso n , lo sin g o n ly tw o s ta rte rs. K ey re ru rn e e s in c lu d e C a n d a c e P a tte r s o n , Je s sic a ■ ■ M H M N B H H S IM H M B M M H !1*---------- ! ■ » ---------- m P Y oung, Je ssica K elly, l-eig h A n n e B arlo w , A ra b a “ R o o ” C h in to h and S te p h a n ie L y n a m , w h o w ill n o d o u b t h e q u e s t in g a f te r t h e m u c h d e s ite d n a tio n a l title . — S W

IMP: Stephanie l.ynam P la y e r to w a tc h fo r: Jessica Z itn b le r

I S im o n F ab er P l a y e r t o w a t c h f o r : J o h n R eid G ra d e : A-

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Redmen Soccer R e d m e n so ccer sh o w e d d rarftü tic im p ro v e m e n t th i s year. The m o s t n o ta b le c h a n g e c a m e in th e ir o ffen siv e capability, b o o s te d by ro o k ies A lex an d re S c o tt, J o n a th a n W a rin a n d F e rn a n d o D a lu iso .

A lth o u g h th e te a m re ta in e d an u n h e a lth y te n d e n c y to lapse m e n ­ tally n e a r th e e n d o f g am es, h e a d c o a c h A d a m M a r m a d e su re th e ir b ad h a b it d id n o t affe c t w h a t tu r n e d o u t to b e a s u p e rb p la y o ff ru n .

M cG ill w o n th e b ro n z e m e d a l a t th e C a n a d ia n In te ru ni varsity S p o rts T o u rn a m e n t in early N o v e m b e r.

T h e R e d m e n d e fe n c e p e rfo rm e d w ell th r o u g h o u t th e season, w ith g o a lk e e p e r D u s tin D ie d ric k se n m a k in g th e necessary saves w h e n called u p o n . M c G ill w ill n e e d to re c ru it a se c o n d n e tm in d e r fo r n e x t fall in o rd e r a v o id p o te n tia l d is a ste r s h o u ld D ie d ric k se n g et h u r t. A lso, a so lid p la y m a k in g m id fie ld e r m a y b e necessary in p ro v id e s u p p o r t fo r th e s o m e tim e s u n d e rf e d fo rw ard s.

P h illip e L azu re, J u s tin K e rr a n d c o -c a p ta in M a th ie u H a r d in g e n d e d th e ir R e d m e n careers th is seaso n a n d w ill b e m isse d as M a r p la n s h is te a m ’s fu tu re . A s fo r v e te ra n G in o L alli, h e w ill lik ely b e b a c k fo r a se v e n th se a so n a n d h o p e s to fin a lly w in th a t se c o n d N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s h ip h e c a m e so close to w in n in g s th is year. -— NATHAN

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M V P ( S ) : A lex S c o tt a n d F e rn a n d o D a lu is o . T h e s e tw o ro o k ie s b o o s te d th e te a m w ith th e o ffensive ta le n t th a t th e y so d e sp e ra te ly n e e d e d th is season.

P l a y e r t o w a t c h f o r : T h o m a s M ira n d a

M a n ie t Soccer ln sp ite o f th e m a n y n e w faces o n th is y e a r’s M a r tle t sq u a d , th e te a m m a n a g e d a se c o n d -p la c e fin ish in leag u e p la y b e fo re b e in g u p se t b y C o n c o rd ia in th e p ro v in cial se m i-fin a l. T h ro u g h o u t, th e se a so n , th e M c G ill w o m e n w ere p la g u e d b y in ex p e rie n c e , in ju rie s a n d in c o n s is te n t plays. T e a m c o -c a p ta in A la n n a M a lo n e y re tu rn e d to th e fo rm th a t w o n h e r th e C a n a d ia n In re ru n iv e rsity S p o rt R o o k ie o f th e Year fo u r years ag o , as sh e led th e c o u n tr y in sc o rin g . M a lo n e y a n d fellow se n io rs M e g h a n O ’Reilly, C h ris tie F inney, V ic to ria L ow er so n , S acha L ib en a n d Jessica W h ite w ill su rely be m issed as th e te a m c o n tin u e s to re b u ild nex t sea­ so n . — A n d re w H e n n ig a r M V P : A la n n a M a lo n e y P la y e rs to W a tc h fo r: S tr ik e r A n to n ie tte Pascale a n d m id fie ld e r B o n n ie W alsh b o th h a d s tr o n g ro o k ie c a m p a ig n s fo r th e M a rtle ts , p la y in g lik e se a so n e d v e te ra n s to w a rd th e e n d o f rh e seaso n . O ffe n siv e m id fie ld e r N ic o le S h e p h e rd , a lo n g w ith defen siv e a n c h o rs S a b rin a D u f o u r a n d C a th e rin e L u m sd e n w ill be c ritical to th e te a m s success n e x t season.

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Football T h e M c G ill R e d m e n ’s fo o tb a ll season c o n siste d o f n in e b rillia n t w in s, sa n d w ic h e d b e tw e e n tw o to u g h losses. T h e sec­ o n d w as to S a sk a tc h e w a n in th e M itc h e ll B ow l, leav in g th e te a m o n e w in aw ay fro m a s h o t a t th e V a n ie r C u p . N o n e th e le ss th is w as b y far th e R e d m e n ’s m o s t successful seaso n sin ce th e te a m w o n th e N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s h ip in 1 9 8 7 .

T h e re w ere m a n y m e m o ra b le in d iv id u a l a c c o m p lis h m e n ts , m o s t n o ta b ly by a ll-C a n a d ia n s N ic k H o ffm a n n , w h o se t the M c G ill c a re e r re c o rd fo r ru s h in g to u c h d o w n s , a n d À n a n d P illai, w h o b ro k e th e m a rk fo r career field goals c o m p le te d .

D e s p ite all th e re c o rd s set by th e o ffe n c e , th e d e fe n c e also sh o n e , y ie ld in g a m e re 11 .9 p o in ts p e r g a m e , th e few est in th e c o u n try , a n d p o s tin g th re e s h u to u ts . H a d i n g th e w a y w e re a ll-C a n a d ia n s Steve Y oung, w h o le d th e n a tio n in sacks, and lin e b a c k e r M ik e M a h o n e y , w h o g a rn e re d th e Q 1 F C D efen siv e P lay er o f th e Year aw a rd .

H e a d c o a c h C h u c k M c M a n n also w o n th e F ra n k T in d a ll T ro p h y fo r to p c o a c h o f d ie y e a r in C a n a d ia n U n iv e rsity fo o t­ ball. H e led h is te a m to th e m o s t p o in ts ev er a c c u m u la te d in a M c G ill se a so n (2 9 9 ) a n d to o n e o f th e lo n g e s t w in-streak.1 M c G ill fo o tb a ll has ever seen . — A n d re w S eg a l M V P : M ik e M a h o n e y . H e re c o rd e d a te a m -le a d in g 6 8 tack les (d e s p ite m issin g a lm o s t th re e g am es), w as th e te a m ’s longsn a p p e r, a n d w as th e defen siv e c a p ta in , c a llin g all th e sig n als o n th e field .

NATHAN LEBIODA

P l a y e r t o w a t c h f o r . A le x a n d re M a r tin G ra d e : A

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MARTLET HOCKEY PROFILE

SARAH LOMAS

Here to succeed, staying for the good time Fifth-year captain promises to lead the Martlet hockey programme to great heights M ichael Liew T h e o n e th e y call “ L o m e r ” b e g a n p la y in g h o u s e leag u e h o c k e y a t th e age o f 10 a n d o n ly d e c id e d to m o v e u p to th e re p level w h e n she w as 16. “ I alw ays p la y e d b a sk e tb a ll. I p la y e d h o c k e y fo r fu n in m y h ig h sc h o o l b u t n e v e r to o k it serio u sly u n til a b o u t g ra d e 1 0 ,” sh e said.

L o m a s p la y e d in T o ro n to fo r th e L e a sid e W ild c a ts , u n d e r th e d ir e c tio n o f D a v id M c M a ste r, fro m w h o m a h a n d fu l o f c u rr e n t h o c k e y M a rtle ts are also a lu m n i. A fte r h e r d ays a t L easide, L o m a s w as re c ru ite d b y sc h o o ls in b o th C a n a d a a n d th e U n ite d S tates. I t w as M c G ill’s ac a ­ d e m ic r e p u ta tio n a n d th e c o s m o p o l­ ita n n a tu re o f M o n tre a l th a t d e liv ­ e re d h e r to th e R e d n ’ W h ite . L u c k y M a rtle ts .

A s th e te a m ’s to p d e fen siv e fo r­ w a rd , L o m as, in h e r fifth yeac o f E d u c a tio n in K in esio lo g y , h a s p la n s to s t a r t a M a s te r ’s in E x e rc ise P h y sio lo g y th is Ja n u a ry .

A fte r tw o years as a ss ista n t c a p ­ ta in o f th e M a rtle ts h o c k e y te a m , th is year, she p ro u d ly w ears th e C a n d tak es th e re s p o n s ib ility to h e a rt.

W i t h h e r ea sy -g o in g a n d lo w -k e y a ttitu d e , L o m a s p re fe rs to p u t h e r o w n s p in o n th e le a d e rsh ip p o st. “ S h e’s a q u ie t le a d e r,” observes M a r tle t h e a d c o a c h P e te r S m ith . “ S h e’s n o t g o in g to s ta n d u p a n d give a n e m o tio n a l, im p a s s io n e d sp e e c h to th e ro o m , b u t sh e ’s g o in g to le a d b y

RASKETBALL

S t-P ie rre a d d s th a t L o m a s sh o w s s t r o n g d riv e a n d d e te r m i n a ti o n .

“S h e ’s a g re a t player. S h e alw ays w a n ts to w in — sh e ’s a b ig w in n e r, a n d th a t m a k e s a d iffe re n c e w h e n y o u c a n h av e h e r o n y o u r te a m .”

L o m a s ’ a s s is ta n t c o a c h , fo rm e r M c G ill n e tm in d e r a n d f r ie n d A m e y D o y le , a g re e s. “ H e r h o c k e y k n o w le d g e is h u g e . S h e k n o w s so m u c h a b o u t th e g a m e , sh e u n d e r ­

b e v e ra g e th a n g o d a n c in g . S h e sp e n d s m o s t o f h e r tim e w ith o th e r fifth -y e a r te a m m a te s w h o h ave b e e n a t M c G ill fo r as lo n g as sh e has.

A s f o r f u t u r e p la n s , s o m e

s ta n d s h e r ro le a n d sh e u n d e r ­ tio n a l im p a c t o n th e te a m . In s ta n d s w h a t to d o o n th e ice fact, th e re is rarely a m o m e n t a n d to k e e p e v e ry o n e g o in g a n d w h e n L o m a s isn’t s p o r tin g h e r h a p p y .” in fe c tio u s g rin .

I t c o m e s as n o su rp ris e th a t “ I ’d sa y I ’m p r e t t y e a sy ­ L o m a s is s o m e o n e w h o se c o m ­ g o in g ,” she reflects. “I lik e to p a n y is e n jo y e d b y all. H e r g o o f a r o u n d a t p ra c tic e a n d have d o w n -to - e a rth a p p ro a c h m ak es a la u g h , b u t I have fu n w h e n it’s h e r v e ry a p p ro a c h a b le a n d a m i­ a p p r o p r ia t e to h a v e f u n a n d cable. w h e n it’s a p p ro p ria te to g e t seri­ “I t ’s v e ry easy to b e a ro u n d o u s, I g e t s e rio u s .” her, a v e ry relaxed g irl,” says Ju g g lin g p ra c tic e s fo u r tim e s Sakfa. “E v en la s t year, I w as a a w eek , g a m e s ev ery w e e k e n d , n e w p la y e r o n th e te a m , sh e classes a n d w h a te v e r tim e is le ft m a k e s y o u feel like p a r t o f th e fo r le isu re is n o easy ta s k fo r a n y te a m , sh e alw ays in c lu d e s y o u .” s tu d e n t a th le te , b u t L o m a s sees “ S h e g ets a little ro w d y th e b u sy sc h e d u le as a d v a n ta ­ NATHAN LEBIODA b e tw e e n p e r i o d s ,” c o n fid e s g eous.

‘Lomer’ bombin' ‘round the ice, poetry in motion.

D o y le . “S h e likes to s te p it u p “I h av e to say, I d o n ’t stress a b it b e tw e e n p e rio d s a n d m a k e su re fifth a m o n g c o n fe re n c e lead e rs a n d o u t to o m u c h . I t a lm o s t m a k e s it eas­ th a t th e girls a re m o tiv a te d . B u t sh e 1 1 th in th e n a tio n fo r p o in t to tals. ier h a v in g so m u c h to d o . Y ou k n o w is d e fin ite ly n o t a scream er, a n d she “S arah ’s g o t g re a t h o c k e y skills: y o u h a v e to g o to a p ra c tic e a t a c e r­ d o e sn ’t lik e to yell a t p e o p le .” sh e ’s a g re a t sk ater, she’s p ro b a b ly g o t ta in tim e a n d y o u ’ll b e th e re fo r a O f f th e ice, L o m a s e n jo y s th e th e m o s t a c c u ra te s h o t o n th e te a m ,” c e rta in tim e , y o u k n o w y o u h av e th is live m u s ic a n d a tm o s p h e re o f b ars c o m m e n ts S m ith . “ S he c a n h av e th e m a n y g a m e s o n th e w e e k e n d , b u t lik e L e S w im m in g a n d th e O ld p u c k in th e slo t a n d sh e ’s g o in g to be y o u k n o w th a t sc h o o l c o m e s first— D u b lin P u b , p re fe rrin g to sit d o w n a b le to p u t it aw ay.” th a t ’s w h y y o u ’re h e re , so y o u get

says th a t sh e w ill m o re lik ely d e c id e to ta k e a y e a r o f f fro m h o c k e y to p u rs u e o th e r in te re sts.

“I lik e to sk i,” L o m a s a d m its w ith a sm ile. “I h a v e n ’t b e e n ab le to ski sin c e I ’ve b e e n h e re so n e x t year, I th i n k I ’ll ta k e m y w e e k e n d s a n d p u t a c o u p le o f tu rn s in .”

U n til th e n , S a ra h L o m a s w ill c o n tin u e to b e th e g lu e th a t keep s th e M a r tle ts in t a c t a n d fo c u s e d .

D o y le h a s n o d o u b ts a b o u t L o m a s’ in flu e n tia l ro le o n th e te a m .

“I t h i n k w e ’re c a p a b le o f g o in g all th e w a y w ith th e skill th a t w e h a v e o n th is te a m b u t i t ’s ju s t a m a t­ te r o f p u tt in g it all to g e th e r, a n d I th i n k th a t i f a n y o n e ’s g o in g to le a d th e te a m to a c h a m p io n s h ip , it’ll be S a ra h ,” sh e says.

W h e n ask e d a b o u t h e r lim itless e n e rg y a n d e n th u s ia s m , she lau g h s.

“I g e t te a se d a lo t fo r la u g h in g to o m u c h o r s m ilin g to o m u c h ,” L o m as g rin s. “I t ’s fu n — I w o u ld n ’t b e h e re i f it w a sn ’t f u n .”

e x a m p le .”

H e r te a m m a te s e c h o S m ith ’s s e n tim e n t. “S h e’s alw ays p o sitiv e a n d try in g to g e t e v e ry o n e u p fo r th e g a m e ,” says s o p h o m o r e w in g e r K a th e rin e S afka. “S h e d o e s th in g s to g e t in d iv id u a l p e o p le g o in g a n d , o n c e th o s e p e o p le are b a c k in th e g a m e , it h e lp s th e w h o le te a m ’s m o o d .”

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W it h a n overall re c o rd o f 52 goals a n d 7 8 assists (fo r a to ta l o f 130 p o in ts ) in 1 5 2 career g a m e s as a M a rtle t, L o m a s’ skills m a k e h e r a su p p o rtiv e a n d p ro d u c tiv e fo rce o n th e ice. L ast year, sh e w as ra n k e d

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th a t d o n e so y o u c a n p la y h o ck ey .”

a sp ects are c lea rer th a n o th e rs. T h is is L o m a s’ last y e a r o f eligibility, h o w ­ ever, t h o u g h sh e w ill b e a r o u n d M c G ill fo r a n o th e r y e a r a n d a h a lf c o m p le tin g h e r M a s te r’s d eg ree. She is e n te r ta in in g th e id e a o f try in g o u t fo r th e N W H L te a m s in th e a re a b u t

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REDMEN AND MARTLETS LOSE CLOSE GAMES

Laval rem inds McGill to know their role Laval women defeat Martlets handily, Redmen unable to hold on in dying minutes S a ra h W right In th e g a m e o f b a sk e tb a ll, so m e ­ tim e s size really d o e s m e a n s o m e ­ th in g . O v e r th e w e e k e n d , b o th th e R e d m e n a n d th e M a rtle ts w e re h u r t b y th e o v e rp o w e rin g s ta tu re a n d s tre n g th o f th e a lw a y s-c o m p e titiv e L aval R o u g e -e t-O r. A fte r a close first six o r se v e n m i n u te s , th e L av al w o m e n p u lle d aw a y fro m th e y o u n g M a r tle t sq u a d , w in n in g 6 8 -3 8 .

T h e m e n w e re in a c o n s ta n t b a t­ tle , d o w n b y ju s t tw o a t th e h alf, b u t w e re u n a b le to p ro d u c e th e c lu tc h s h o o tin g re q u ire d in su c h a close c o n te s t. T h e R o u g e -e t- O r w o n 9 1 82.

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“W e allo w e d so m a n y tu rn o v e rs a n d th a t h u r t o u r o ffensive g a m e ,” said M o o re . “W it h a te a m th a t ta l­ e n te d , y o u c a n ’t m a k e m ista k e s a n d th e ir size really gave us so m e d iffic u l­

a n d m isse d o p p o r ­ tu n itie s , h o w ever, w e re r e s p o n s ib le fo r th e ill- fa te d loss. “ In th e p a st,

ty— w e ju s t h ave to b e b e tte r o n th e o n e -o n - o n e s itu a tio n s .”

R o o k ie A n n e - M a r ie S c h e rr e r w as M c G ill’s to p sc o re r o n th e d a y w ith 1 2 p o in ts a n d fo u r re b o u n d s .

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th e s e w e re th e g a m e s w e w o n ,” sa id a d is c o u ra g e d h e a d c o a c h , N e v io M a rz in o tto . “T h ­ e re a re m o m e n ts

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sa id h e a d c o a c h a n d in t e r i m In te rc o lle g ia te C o o r d in a to r , L ise n M o o re . “B u t w e m a d e so m e b a d pass d e c isio n s a n d th e y g o t in to th e ir c o m f o rt z o n e .”

T h e M a r tle t’s g o a l o f th e g a m e w as to set th e p ace so L aval w o u ld h ave to a d ju s t th e ir g a m e strategy.

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e n ts m i g h t h a v e b e e n tw o m issed fo u l sh o ts in th e la s t m in u te o f th e g a m e , o r d e fe n ­ siv e la p se s t h a t

a llo w e d fo r a th r e e -p o in t s h o t a n d b a sk e t. L aval a n d M c G ill h av e a lo n g h is to ry o f s tro n g rivalry. L a st season, it w as th e s e tw o te a m s w h o m e t in th e p ro v in c ia l c h a m p io n s h ip s .

M a r z in o tto e x p ressed h is fru s­ tr a tio n w ith th e o u tc o m e o f a g a m e , w h ic h h e co n fe sse d h e k n e w w o u ld b e a close m a tc h .

“W e are h a v in g m e n ta l b re a k ­ d o w n s a n d w e ’re n o t e x cellin g a t th e th in g s w e s h o u ld b e ex cellin g at.

W it h o u r ta le n t, w e s h o u ld b e a t th e to p o f th e le a g u e a n d r ig h t n o w w e’re in th e m id d le o f th e p a c k .”

I t seem s as th o u g h th e R e d m e n are h a v in g d iffic u lty re ly in g sim p ly o n th e ir sp e e d to w in gam es. “ [L aval’s] a p p ro a c h to th e g a m e is v e ry p h y sic a l,” sa id M a rz in o tto .

“W e a re m o re p rim e r- o rie n te d a n d q u ic k e r; w e h av e to e sta b lish o u r o u ts id e g a m e a n d th e n go to th e in s id e , in s te a d o f th e o th e r w a y a r o u n d .”

W it h th e loss, th e R e d m e n are n o w 1 -2 , o n e w in b a c k fro m B ish o p ’s. M a r z in o tto w ill n o t settle fo r a n y th in g less th a n

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fro m h is te a m a fte r th e h o lid a y s as th e y face L aval in th e ir first w e e k b ack .

“T h is w as a n u n a c c e p ta b le loss fo r u s ,” c o n c lu d e d th e e m b itte re d h e a d co a c h .

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Scott Giroux

Sports 29

Jed Zaretzki

H o c k e y D e fe n c e m a n

W re s tlin g T e a m C a p ta in

W e y b u rn , S a sk a tc h e w a n is a p re tty sm a ll to w n , th e ty p e o f p la c e w h e re e v e ry o n e o f th e sa m e age k n o w s e ach o th e r. E very y e a r I ’ve b e e n a t M c G ill, I g o b a c k h o m e a t C h ris tm a s tim e to p la y in th e sa m e fa th e r-s o n B o x in g D a y g a m e in o u r n e ig h ­

“W e u se d to have b ig fa m ­ ily g e t-to g e th e rs o ver th e h o li­ d ays to c e le b ra te H a n u k k a h .

M y c o u sin s a n d I w o u ld h o ld w re s tlin g to u r n a m e n ts o n th e liv in g r o o m c a rp e t. T h e y w e ig h e d a b o u t tw ic e as m u c h as m e a t th e tim e , b u t I k ic k e d th e ir asses. W e alw ays m a d e

b o u r h o o d a re n a . I t ’s th e sa m e g a m e w e’ve b e e n p la y in g sin c e I w as a k id . A g ro u p o f frie n d s also alw ays o rg a n iz e s so m e s h in ­ n y h o c k e y a t th e r in k in F illm o re , S a sk a tc h e w a n , a to w n o f, lik e, 2 0 0 p e o p le a b o u t a h a l f a n h o u r fro m W e y b u rn . I t’s a g re a t o f b a rn th a t’s b e e n a r o u n d sin c e th e 1 9 5 0 s, c o m p le te w ith a classic p ic tu re o f th e Q u e e n fra m e d a t o n e e n d o f th e rin k .

C h ris tm a s alw ays m e a n s a lo t o f h o c k e y b a c k h o m e . B E L O W : G iro u x [left] tra d e s sto rie s w ith fello w S a sk a tc h e w a n -b o rn te a m m a te M a r k D e b u ssc h è re .

su re n o t to b re a k a n y th in g .

T h e y g o t th e ir rev en g e o n m e in th e su m m e r, th o u g h , w h e n w e’d w re stle in th e p o o l, w h e re I w o u ld n ’t h av e leverage. O n c e I a lm o s t c rie d , I t h o u g h t I w as g o in g to d ie b e c a u se I w as u n d e r w a te r fo r so lo n g .”

Geneviève Grégoire

Nevio Marzinatto

S w im T e a m

B ask etb all H e a d C o a c h

Back home, w ay back when McGill's finest athletes hear holidays and think sports S tory and p h o to s by J a m e s Em pringham A s c o a c h M a r t i n R a y m o n d le c tu re s h is te a m o n th e a r t o f c y c lin g , R e d m e n d e f e n c e m a n S c o tt G ir o u x fin g e rs a b a g o f p ra c tic e p u c k s a n d r e tu rn s in h is m i n d to th e a n n u a l f a th e r-s o n g a m e in h is h o m e t o w n o f W e y b u r n , S a s k e tc h e w a n . W i t h th e e x a c te d n e ss o f a h ir e d assassin , fifth -y e a r sw im te a m v e te r a n D a v id A lla r d ’s p re - d a w n w a k e u p p ro m is e s o n ly m o r e la p s , m o r e flip tu r n s a n d m o r e h a r d w o rk , b u t i t ’s th e s n a p o f h is g o g g le e la s tic t h a t fin d s h im s u d d e n ly b a c k o n th e b e a c h e s , w h ite s a n d b e tw e e n h is to e s , s u r f r is in g p a s t h is a n k le s .

S o m e w h e re b e tw e e n th e s n o w y s a te llite to w n s a n d a v a s t n a ti o n a l la n d s c a p e , m e m o r y is c o lle c te d , re f o r m e d a n d th e P r o u s tia n n o ti o n o f r e m e m b r a n c e is g iv e n m e a n in g b e y o n d m e r e th e o ry .

S w im m e r G e n e v iè v e G ré g o ir e ru b s h e r eyes f o r th e c h lo r in e , b a s k e tb a ll h e a d c o a c h N e v io M a r z in a t to c lu tc h e s h is w h is tle , w re s tle r J e d Z a re tz k i’s e a rlo b e fo ld s in tw o a g a in s t th e m o is te n e d m a t, a n d a ll a re r e t u r n e d to a n o th e r tim e , a n o th e r p la c e w h e re th e y c a n r e m e m b e r li t d e in p a r tic u la r y e t e v e ry th in g e n tire ly ; a n d i t ’s im p o r t a n t, w h o lly i m p o r t a n t b e c a u s e i t ’s w h a t also p ro v id e s th e m tim e lin e , h is to r y a n d , a b o v e all, p e rs p e c tiv e o f w h a t tr u ly m a tte r s fo r all th e m a d n e s s .

I t ’s little w o n d e r t h e n t h a t th e h o lid a y s e a s o n is in f u s e d w ith se e m in g ly in o r d in a t e a m o u n t s o f tre a s ­ u r e d m e m o ry . H e a lth y a m o u n t s o f fam ily, g e n e ro u s a m o u n t s o f n o u r i s h m e n t a n d h e a r ty d o se s o f m e r ­ r i m e n t g e n e ra te t h a t w h o le w a r m a n d tin g ly th i n g w ith re la tiv e ease. T h o u g h , lik e n in e glasses o f e g g ­ n o g o r th r e e h e lp in g s o f m in c e m e a t p ie , to o m u c h o f a g o o d t h i n g is lik e ly to b r in g w ith it a n e v e n tu ­ al lev el o f m a lc o n te n t. S o th e r e it is, b a n g , tw o a n d a b i t w e e k s o f fe e lin g a n d s e n t im e n t to m a k e u p fo r all o f N o v e m b e r, Ja n u a ry , F e b ru a r y a n d th o s e s u m m e r w e e k s s a n d w ic h e d b e tw e e n N H L p la y o ffs a n d C F L k ic k o ff, w h e n th e o n ly s p o r t to w a tc h o n te le v is io n is b a se b a ll.

H a ili n g fr o m s o m e o f th e fin e s t ru ra l, u r b a n a n d s u b u r b a n re g io n s fr o m a c ro ss th e c o n ti n e n t, th e s e fe w M c G ill a th le te s e a c h po ssess th e i r o w n s e t o f h o lid a y m e m o rie s b r o u g h t o n b y e q u a lly a n d a s s u re d ­ ly in s ig n ific a n t trig g e rs .

“T h e y e a r o f th e ice s to rm , I c a n re m e m b e r o u r te a m in P in c o u r t, Q u e b e c , h a d to c a n c e l sw im m in g p ra c tic e b e c a u se th e w a te r a t o u r p o o l w as to o c o ld . O n e g e n e ra to r w as p o w e rin g a c o u p le o f lig h ts w ith in th e w a te r b u t th a t w as it.

P e o p le fr o m th e n e ig h b o u r h o o d c o n g re g a te d a t th e p o o l as a shelter.

I s p e n t C h ris tm a s h u d d le d a ro u n d a fire a t h o m e w ith m y fam ily. T h a t w as a year D a v id [b elo w left] w as in B a rb a d o s.”

“A few years b a c k , I w as c o a c h ­ in g w ith th e p ro v in c ia l te a m , a n d w e had a to u r n a m e n t over th e C h ris tm a s h o lid a y s in W in n ip e g .

A fte r th a t to u r n a m e n t, I p ro m is e d th a t I ’d n e v e r g o b a c k to W in n ip e g a g ain . T h e re ’s n o th i n g to d o th e re , a n d it’s c o ld , real c o ld . A lth o u g h n o w it lo o k s lik e I ’ll b e g o in g b a c k a fte r all. T h e W in n i p e g h o lid a y to u r n a m e n t is ra th e r re n o w n e d , a n d w e ’re p la n n in g o n ta k in g th e te a m th e re n e x t year, as i t ’s a g o o d w a y fo r us to re m a in fo c u se d o n o u r goals d u r in g th e lay o ff.”

“I d id n ’t s ta rt p la y in g h o c k e y u n til six years ag o , so w h e n I w as g ro w in g u p , I w as alw ays je a lo u s o f m y tw in b r o th e r p la y in g hockey.

“ D u r in g th e C h ris tm a s b re a k , o u r te a m u su a lly goes o n tr a in in g c a m p , a n d th e la s t c o u p le o f years w e ’ve b e e n g o in g to B a rb a d o s. T h e id e a b e h in d a tr a in in g c a m p is to g e t aw a y fro m e v e ry d a y life. W e p la y v o lley b all o n th e b e a c h , w e ’ve s w u m w ith tu rtle s. A c o u p le o f years ago w e w e n t o n a J o lly R o g e r-ty p e c ru ise o n a c a ta m a ra n . W e m a n a g e d to fin d th is g re a t ju g o f ru m , a real o ld sty le b o ttle y o u k n o w , w ith th e h a n ­ d le a n d e v e ry th in g . T h a t ’s B a rb a d o s fo r y o u .”

E v ery y e a r h e w o u ld g e t h o c k e y e q u ip m e n t u n d e r th e tre e a n d ev ery y e a r it w o u ld g o m issin g s o o n after.

I u se d to steal it a n d tr y it o n . W h e n w e w e re e ig h t y ears o ld , h e g o t a b r a n d n e w jo c k s tra p . T ry in g it o n a fte rw a rd s I b ro k e th e stra p . I d id n ’t w a n t to g e t in tr o u b le fo r it so I p re ­ te n d e d to fix it, a n d I p u t it b a c k in h is ro o m . T h e n e x t tim e h e h a d a g a m e a fte r C h ris tm a s h e h a d to c o m e o f f th e ice early. H is jo c k s tra p w as d o w n a ro u n d h is an k les. H e still d o e sn ’t k n o w th a t it w as m e w h o b ro k e it .”

David Allard

Patrice Mason

S w im T e a m C a p ta in

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30 Sports

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

The ladies are alright M c G il l’s s y n c h r o n iz e d s w im ­ m in g te a m h o s te d a m e e t tw o w eeks ago.

V e ro n ik B u c h m a n n a n d J o a n n a S m e e to n p la c e d first o u t o f six te a m s in th e d u o c o m p e titio n , w h ile te a m ­ m a te s L iz S im m il a n d L in d s a y W rig h t c a m e se c o n d .

In th e solo c o m p e titio n , K aley K eelin g a n d J e n M o n k fin ish e d first a n d s e c o n d , respectively, o u t o f five c o m p e tito rs.

I n th e n o v ic e te c h n ic a l so lo c a t­ egory, M c G ill c a m e se c o n d , th ird a n d fo u rth .

Jed Z a re tz k i, C a le b B o u h a irie , A vi Y an a n d J o h n S c ia s c ia r o u n d e d o u t th e lin e u p fo r M c G ill.

In th e overall te a m c o m p e titio n , M c G ill’s w h ite te a m p la c e d first, w h ile th e re d te a m fin ish e d fifth .

Big success for wrestling Shutout streak still intact

T h e w re stlin g te a m se n t six a th ­ le te s to th e U n iv e rs ity o f N e w B ru n sw ic k tw o w eeks a g o to c o m ­ p e te in th e E ast C anada C h a m p io n s h ip .

M c G ill’s to p a th le te w as H a n a A sk re n . S h e p la c e d first in th e 4 8 k g category, d e s p ite h a v in g a to r n lig a­

T h e M a rtle ts w o n 4 -0 O tta w a a g a in s t th e G e e G ees as K im S t-P ie rre p o ste d h e r six th c o n se c u tiv e s h u to u t a n d 1 O th o f th e season in 11 g am es overall. S h e s to p p e d 2 6 sh o ts. T h e te a m h a s n o w g o n e 3 9 1 m in u te s w ith o u t a llo w in g a goal, d a tin g b a c k to th e ir N o v e m b e r 9 loss 5JENNY 2 to O tta w a .

K a t h e r i n e The Montreal Alouettes celebrated their Grey Cup victory with a parade on Rue S afka o p e n e d th e Ste-Catherine. Many appreciative football fans were on hand to congratulate their s c o r in g w ith h e r team. Redmen coach Chuck McM ann was also honoured at the ceremony. n i n t h o f th e year.

Redmen volleyball close a n d to u g h loss, M c G ill w as C in d y C a ru fe l, in h e r fifth loses heartbreaker b e a te n in a lo n g tw o -h o u r g a m e w ith y e a r w ith th e te a m , P a u la T h e R e d m e n a ls o lo s t in a set scores o f 2 5 -2 3 , 2 5 -2 3 , 1 5 -2 5 , M a illo u x a n d J u lia C a rlto n sq u e a k e r to th e R o u g e -e t- O r in five 1 7 -2 5 a n d 15-9. sc o re d as M c G ill o u ts h o t sets (2 3 -2 5 , 2 5 -1 9 , 2 5 -1 0 , 1 8 -2 5 , M id w a y th r o u g h th e g a m e , sec­ O tta w a 3 1 -2 8 .

1 5 -1 3 ). C h ris G a r r a tt, a p o w e r h i t ­ o n d -y e a r te c h n iq u e C a th e rin e -A n n e S t-P ie rre also p ic k e d ter, le d th e te a m w ith 14 kills, 14 M u rra y su ffe re d a d is lo c a te d a n k le. u p h e r s e c o n d assist o f th e d ig s a n d o n e ace in th e lo s in g cause.

B efore g o in g d o w n , sh e m a n a g e d year, g iv in g h e r a n o th e r A n d re w R oyes, in h is th ir d y e a r sev en kills, o n e ace a n d tw o stu ffe d te a m re c o r d fo r m o s t h a d 12 kills, fo u r d ig s a n d tw o b lo c k s a n d a 2 .3 p a s s in g ra tio . assists b y a g o alie in a s in ­ stu ffe d b locks. P a u l G rin d v a ld s, a R o o k ie C h ris tin e B o riso v h a d 14 gle season. ro o k ie p o w e r h itte r, h a d 10 kills a n d kills, five digs, fo u r stu ffe d b locks, T h e M a rtle ts are 9 -1 10 digs. tw o aces a n d a p e rfe c t 3 .0 p a ssin g 1 a n d o c c u p y first p lace W ith an 0 -7 r e c o r d , th e ra tio . g o in g in to th e ex a m b reak.

R e d m e n a re in last p la c e as th e y h e a d N o w 1-6 a n d last in th e fo u r-

m e n t in h e r finger.

R o o k ie K a th e rin e B a k e r w as s e c o n d in th e 7 2 k g category.

Injuries plaguing Martlet volleyball

McGill synchro team in full glory at the meet they hosted two weeks ago

JEN N Y GEORGE

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te a m Q S S F , th e y are d o n e fo r th e ex a m b re a k a n d w ill p la y n e x t in Jan u ary a t th e U n iv e rs ity of T o r o n to ’s N e w Y ear’s in v ita tio n a l to u r n a m e n t.

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INTRAMURAL D-LEAGUE CHRONICLES

The m edia groupies are quickly multiplying M a o n e e d e d h e lp g e ttin g dressed, A ro ra n e e d e d m o r e h e lp g e ttin g dressed ; M a c n e e w a sn ’t su re i f h e w as p u tt in g h is s tu f f o n p ro p e rly , so h is h e lp w as useless. K aye a n d S m ith h a d h e lm e ts t h a t d id n ’t fit, a n d B ro w n w o re th e h o c k e y socks o f a p ro f e s s io n a l te a m in th e I ta lia n league. T h e g re e n so ck s w ith s p id e r­ w e b d e sig n s d e stro y e d th e m y th th a t all Ita lia n fa s h io n d e sig n e rs are ta l­

Mohit Arora T h e B a d M a m m a Ja m m a s w ere p o ise d to g e t b a c k in th e w in c o lu m n after th e ir w e ll-e a rn e d b u t u n fu lfill­ ing tie a g a in st ‘P u c k You’ tw o w eeks ago. T h e y w ere all fire d u p a n d re a d y to p la y as th e y e m b a r a s s e d th e e x p a n sio n M u p p e t R a id e rs 1 3 -4 .

A t o u g h w e e k fo r th e B a d M a m m a Ja m m a s le ft th e m w ith o n ly 10 players, as m a n y w ere fo rc e d to m iss th e g a m e d u e to in ju r y o r exam s. T h e few w h o d id p la y w ere tre a te d to a s m o rg a s b o rd o f sc o rin g c h a n c e s , as ‘J a m m a s s e t a te a m re c o rd fo r m o s t goals in a g a m e a n d th e la rg e st m a rg in o f victory.

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O n c e th e p re -g a m e issues s u b ­ sid e d , th e g a m e b e g a n w ith a sc o rin g frenzy. T h e B ad M a m m a Ja m m a s g o t o n th e b o a r d firs t, b u t th e M u p p e t R a id e rs h a d so m e ta le n t as w ell, a n d th e y w e re a b le to p re y o n M a o w h ile h e w as a d ju s tin g to th e rig o u rs o f th e g o a lte n d e r p o sitio n .

B u t o n c e h e fin a lly g o t h is b e a rin g s, a b o u t 15 m in u te s in to th e first p e ri­ o d , h e p u t h is fo o t d o w n a n d d a s h e d th e M u p p e t R a id e rs’ h o p e s o f t u r n ­ in g th e g a m e in to a s h o o t-o u t.

T h e M u p p e t R a id e rs ’ g o a lie , also a n o v ic e , d id n ’t q u ite h ave th e sa m e c alib re te a m in fr o n t o f h im as M a o d id , a n d th u s s u c c u m b e d to th e p re s s u re o f th e B ad M a m m a Ja m m a s ’ a lw ay s-fearfu l a tta c k .

T h e B ad M a m m a Jam m as w o rk e d h a rd a t s p re a d in g th e p u c k

d e fe n c e m a n o u t o f th e c o rn e r o f h is eye as h e c ro sse d th e b lu e lin e.

P a n ic k e d , h e h u rr ie d a s h o t five feet w id e o f th e n e t a n d p ro m p tly fell d o w n , s lid in g a s s -firs t in t o th e b o a rd s, m u c h to th e h e c k lin g d e lig h t o f th e M u p p e t g o a lte n d e r.

A h u m o u r o u s s itu a tio n dev el­ o p e d o n th e B a d M a m m a Ja m m a s ’ b e n c h a t th is p o in t. A s m e n tio n e d earlier, th e re are m a n y fa m e -se e k in g p e o p le w h o tr y to asso ciate th e m ­ selves w ith th e te a m , in a n e ffo rt to g e t th e ir n a m e in th e T rib u n e. T h is tr e n d re s u lte d in th e o p e n in g o f th e a s s is ta n t-c o a c h flo o d g a te s , and in s te a d o f ju s t M a t t C o r n in g b e h in d th e b e n c h , th e re w as a g ra n d to ta l o f six co ach es. In a d d itio n to C o rn in g , N ili Isaacs a n d Jess Z im b le r w ere b e h in d th e b e n c h , b o th u n a b le to p la y b u t still h o p in g to b e in th is

k n o w w h a t h e w as d o in g , p la y e d th e b o n g o s.

T h e s e c o n d p e rio d s ta rte d w ith th e score 6 -3 in fa v o u r o f th e B ad M a m m a J a m m a s , a n d th e M a o e x p e rim e n t in n e t w as a p p e a rin g to b e a c o m p le te success.

T h e A ro ra e x p e rim e n t a t left w in g h a d its u p s a n d d o w n s. H is ver­ b al b a n te r w ith th e o p p o s in g goalie, w h ic h b e g a n in th e first p e rio d , c o n ­ ti n u e d in fu ll fo rc e a lo n g w ith th e o c c a s io n a l f r ie n d ly s la s h in g . H e s h o w e d s o m e im p re s s iv e p a s s in g skills a n d h a d h is sh a re o f sc o rin g o p p o rtu n itie s , b u t h is e n th u s ia s m g o t th e b e st o f h im a few tim e s. O n o n e play, h e g o t th e p u c k o f f th e face-off, a n d sw u n g it o u t to E le a n o r E d g ar, y e llin g “ G o E le a n o r, G o !”

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B u t a d e a l is a d eal, so h e re goes.

T h e y w ere G ra h a m M cN ally , S h a w n B eard a n d S tu a rt W e rsh o f, frie n d s o f o u rs w h o d e c id e d to “h e lp o u t th e te a m ” b y a c tin g m o re like th e T h re e S to o g es th a n a ssista n t c o ach es. T h is le d to c o n fu s io n , as n o b o d y k n e w w h a t th e y w e re s u p p o s e d to b e “c o a c h in g .” C o r n in g t h o u g h t th a t

d o , h e n o n e th e le s s s u r p ris e d h e r w ith th e ill-a d v ise d pass, a n d tw o M u p p e ts p o u n c e d o n h er, sto le th e p u c k a n d sco red .

E d g a r is a n o rig in a l m e m b e r o f th e B a d M a m m a J a m m a s . T h e staya t- h o m e d e fe n d e r h a s b e c o m e v e ry reliab le o n th e p o in t a n d in fr o n t o f th e n e t, a n d sh e e v en e a rn e d h e rs e lf th e p re s tig io u s a w a rd o f “B eer o f th e G a m e ” la s t seaso n . S h e ju s t enjoys p la y in g h o c k e y a n d se e in g h e r te a m ­ m a te s d o w ell. M a y b e th a t ’s w h y

c h a n c e s fo r e v e ry o n e . A ro ra w as s p r u n g fo r a b re a k a w a y o n o n e o f th e s e c h a n c e s , a n d th o u g h h e th o u g h t h e w as clear, h e saw a R a id e r

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U n fo rtu n a te ly , as h a rd as th e B ad M a m m a J a m m a s trie d , th e y c o u ld n ’t g e t goals fo r H a n le y , E d g ar, o r C asey J o h n s o n . E d g a r se e m e d h e s ita n t a fte r A ro ra e m b a rra ss e d h e r, a n d H a n le y w as c o n te n t to pass th e p u c k a ro u n d in s te a d o f s h o o tin g it fro m th e p o in t.

T h e te a m tr ie d d e sp e ra te ly to set J o h n s o n u p , w ith c o a c h C o r n in g y e llin g useless th in g s lik e, “C asey, g e t in fr o n t o f th e n e t!” w h e n J o h n s o n h a d th e p u c k . A las, th e R a id e r g oalie s h u t J o h n s o n o u t, a n d th e g a m e e n d e d 1 3 -4 .

A fte r th e g a m e , C o r n in g w as p le a se d w ith h is te a m ’s effo rts, b u t a n n o y e d a t th e p a p e r y e t a g a in fo r th e ir b ig m o u th . “ F irst y o u c re a te a c o n tro v e rsy in th e te a m , a n d n o w y o u o p e n u p o u r b e n c h to a n y o n e w h o w a n ts to s h o w up? W h a t’s th e m a tte r w ith y o u guys?” h e a sk e d in e x a sp e ra tio n .

D e s p ite th e c o a c h ’s se n tim e n ts , th e te a m w as q u ite p le a s e d w ith th e ir effo rts, in w h ic h six d iffe re n t play ers s c o r e d a n d a ll n in e s k a te rs h a d p o in ts . T h e te a m ’s n e x t g a m e , h o w ­ ever, w ill b e a b ig te s t. T h e B a d M a m m a Ja m m a s face th e M o ls o n C a n a d ia n s in a b a ttle o f u n d e fe a te d te a m s. O n ly tim e w ill te ll h o w th e te a m s w ill re s p o n d to th e c h allen g e.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, December 3, 2002

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