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Research funding on her mind New principal grants exclusive interview, visits Snow Air Pub

JENNY GEORGE

Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, left, became the first major administrator in recent memory to visit a Students' Society event when she stopped by Snow Air Pub to listen to music and introduce herself to students.

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“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the 9 to 5 hours. ” — Hunter S. Thompson

Air Pub on lower campus Thursday night.

O n her second day as princi­ pal, Heather Munroe-Blum walked purposefully through the halls and office space that, hut a few short weeks ago, were occupied by former principal Bernard J. Shapiro. Her office, and schedule, are already in full swing.

“M y schedule is extremely tight this first m onth,” she said, set­ tling into a plushy chair at the prin­ cipal’s private conference table. “I am taking the time to meet with both internal and external groups connected with McGill, from the chairmen o f committees and boards to professors, staff members and, indeed, students, I hope. I may be the principal, but McGill’s excel­ lence is the result o f a collaboration o f countless groups and individu­ als.” Munroe-Blum met students in a visit to the Students’ Society Snow

Munroe-Blum, dressed in a black business suit, blue pinstriped blouse, square gold earrings and clipped back hair, amiably recount­ ed her decision to come to McGill.

“I love McGill. The transition [to my new position] has been lovely.”

Robert Rabinovitch, chairman of the Board of Governors and chief executive officer of the CBC, spoke confidently o f the decision to hire Munroe-Blum, citing her experi­ ence in research, management in a large university, and familiarity with goverment affairs.

“She has experience working with governments to inhance research funds, but she also under­ stands the academic environment and atmosphere.”

Madame Principal

See MUNROE-BLUM, page 3

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Kate Rhodes

Maybe it was the flat, long trek on the 401, or perhaps it was the frigid weather Montreal has experi­ enced this past week, but whatever it was, McGill hockey Redmeris 104-year-old rival, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, wasn’t up to the task Saturday night. A wild Management Carnival crowd and a solid output from rookie forward Sebastien Langlois helped spark the Redmen to a 6-0 rout o f the oppos­ ing Blues (8-4-2) at McConnell

Arena.

Goaltender Luc Vaillancourt, a U4 Physical Education major, stopped 27 shots to earn his third shutout o f the season. It was Langlois, however, who garnered much praise for his three points on the night, giving him 11 on the sea­ son.

“We were quite impressed with his [Langlois’] performance tonight, but the whole team had a solid effort overall,” said Redmen head coach Martin Raymond.

McGill, with a record o f 11-32 and ranked No. 9 in Canadian

university hockey, got the game going early by capitalizing on their second power play o f the game just five minutes into the first period.

Redman Mark Debusschere tapped the puck in over Blues goalie Jamie Bruno after receiving a pass from Joel Bergeron down low.

Both teams played well defen­ sively and the goaltending was superb in both ends after Debusschere’s opening marker. The power play included a nice glove save from Vaillancourt to stop Blues centre Frank Pallotta’s wrist shot from the slot.

Bruno would later break down, however, and let in two late goals from Langlois and Paul Theriault on the power play, allowing McGill to carry a 3-0 lead into the second.

That was the end of Bruno’s night, as the Blues’ goalie was relieved in favour o f rookie backstop Tim Knight to start the second period.

Things got a little hasty in the middle frame, as tensions mounted between the two teams of healthy metropolitan ego. Tempers began to flare midway through the period See VAILLANCOURT, page 21

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The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, January 14, 2003

N e W s B r le F s Senate may extend exam week Students may lose the study day between the end of classes and the beginning of final examinations if the McGill Senate votes Wednesday to extend the examina­ tion period as of December 2003, adding another day to the exam period.

Citing an increasing number of students with conflicting examina­ tion schedules, the Senate Com m ittee on Student Affairs voted last week to send the propos­ al to Senate for approval. Students’ Society Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel was the only stu­ dent to voice dissent. Law Senator Lynn Shalala sits on the CSA but did not attend. Dean of Students Bruce Shore, who chairs the CSA, will present the motion to Senate.

While Sagel acknowledges that extending the examination period is the simplest way to avoid conflicts caused by more courses and a larger enrolment, he hopes that students will retain some breathing room.

“Students should have some sort of break between the last day and the beginning of exams,” said Sagel. “Especially in Arts, when the majority of course papers are due towards the end of classes, having an exam on the first day may adversely affect that cohort of stu­

dents.”

Sagel expects an animated Senate debate.

“Based on the conversation at Senate Caucus, student representa­ tives are unanimous in opposition.”

—-James Grohsgal

viewing the site in French or English. This will make the French version easier to find and access, according to Datoo.

“I am trying to do all my com­ munication in both languages. I feel that it is very important to be acces­

OSD goes down under The Office for Students with Disabilities has a visiting director this term. Current OSD Director Joan Wolforth and her counterpart Jenny Shaw from Deakin

French SSMU website hiccups The SSMU website crashed just before the winter break.

Students’ Society VicePresident Com m unications and Events Naeem Datoo said a family matter in Vancouver prevented him from re-establishing the full site before the start of the semester. The webmaster is currently tweaking the site to prevent such a breakdown from happening again.

Students have also been unable to access the French version of the website this year, Datoo said.

“It is at a point where the base info is there and as soon as I have time the rest will be updated [into French].”

Datoo promised a French ver­ sion of the SSMU website during his campaign. Since the French site went online in November, it has received a moderate number of hits, but the existence of the page has not been advertised. To remedy this, the front page of www.ssmu.ca now offers surfers the option of

sible to the student body,” he said.

The French website was delayed at the beginning of last semester because the main webmas­ ter for the French page resigned during the translation period.

Datoo said students should expect the French website to be fully oper­ ational in the near future.

— Kate Fulger

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southern state of Victoria.

“This is a very good profes­ sional development opportunity,” said Wolforth. “We can see how things are done differently in the two countries.”

Shaw agrees, citing the ofteninsular character of life in Australia. “[Australians] need to go to places with bigger populations [since Australia] is so far removed from the rest of the world,” she said.

Both women agree that they will be able to positively influence their respective universities during their exchange.

“She has certain skills and experiences that I haven’t, and I have some that she doesn’t have,” said Wolforth.

W hile Shaw’s colleagues in Australia participate in similar staff exchanges relatively frequently, Wolforth knows of no precedent at McGill.

— Mark Sward

CORRECTION Last week’s story, “Lefty s leaving”, incorrectly referred i > the firing of three SSMU employ­ ees. Connie Locurotolo and Susan Murphy were not fire : they in fact resigned. The Tribu -r regrets the error.

Vandals moisten and shock Shatner U nidentified vandals tam ­ pered with electrical and sprinkler systems in the Shatner University Centre on Thursday night, leaving minor water damage in the base­ ment and broken circuit-breaker boxes on five floors o f the build­ ing.

N ight porter Jules Rego reported that around 2.00 am, one man, who had been at C ert’s was seen prying metal covers off of electrical system boxes located in stairwells. Louis Rego, a daytime porter, spent Friday m orning cleaning up water sprayed into a basement corridor when a sprin­ kler system valve was opened, allowing dirty water to spray across the passage.

The door to a basement stor­ age room, which contained little more than lawn furniture, was forced open. Some cigarette butts and a small plastic ‘dime bag,’ that may have contained marijuana, were discovered inside.

In addition, a fourth-floor fire hose was removed from its cabinet and strewn on the floor, though no water was released.

The Shatner staff does not know why Gert’s patrons would choose to vandalize the building.

“It could be anyone,” said Louis, “[they were] just looking [to do] damage.” Jules agreed, cit­ ing alcohol as the probable cause for the vandalism.

Louis was more concerned for the vandals’ safety than for the security of the building, since elec­ trical wires can be deadly if mis­ handled. “Put your hand in [the circuit-breaker box] the wrong way, and you’re dead,” he said.

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Vandals left evidence of their intrusion on every floor of Shatner, break ing off the covers of circuit-breaker boxes and spraying water in the hall.

Management Carnival events were held in the building that night, but organizers were unavailable for comment about whether partici­

pants were in the Shatner building when the vandalism occurred.

— M ark Sward

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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B o o k sto re d e b ate c o n tin u e s b e tw e e n stu d e n ts a n d U niversity; P a ra g ra p h e c h a rg e s m o re fo r te x tb o o k s Laura Saba Arguments made by student groups urging the University to resume self-management o f the McGill Bookstore that were pre­ sented in an open letter to the Senate and Administrative Committees on the McGill Bookstore have been called “erro­ neous” by a faculty Senator.

Student groups including the Medical Students’ Society and the Post-graduate Students’ Society brought up the issue at Senate’s December 4 meeting.

“The letter was ill-informed,” said Professor Kerry McSweeney, Chair o f the McGill University Bookstore Committee. “It stated that the progress made at the book­ store was mostly due to the book­ store employees, while it was due largely to the collaborative efforts

by Barnes and Noble Inc.” Barnes and Noble has managed the McGill Bookstore since April 2001, when Barnes and Noble Inc. bought a 49 per cent interest in Chapters Campus Bookstores Inc. Chapters’ contract with McGill, signed in the spring of 1998, will expire this March, and McGill is weighing three options: signing a new contract w ith Barnes and Noble Inc. or the Follett

Corporation, or resuming self-man­ agement.

McSweeney said that Barnes and Noble Inc. took an active role in improving the store services, which included developing a buy­ back program and asking professors to announce it in class. In

September, it bought back 12 per cent. In addition, they put in new cash registers, decreasing the aver­ age waiting period in the line to 17 minutes at peak times and 10 min­ utes at non-peak times, There has been an exodus of book orders from the McGill

NINA ZACHARIADES

Students enjoy studying over Chai Lattes in the bookstore café.

September 2001, the bookstore bought back only two per cent of the books it sold, while in

Bookstore to the Paragraphe book­ store on McGill College Avenue and The Word on Milton Street,

but McSweeney said that Paragraphes pricers are higher.

“We recently found out that Paragraphe bookstore marks up 20 per cent on the price offered by the publishers [when they buy text­ books] while the McGill bookstore only marks up about 12 per cent,” he said.

Paragraphe is nonetheless a popular choice when professors order their textbooks.

“The professors go where they feel they will get the best services,” said Peter Mandelos, director of Paragraphe. “The prices are pre­ determined by the publishers. We all have the same resources,” he said.

He added that the professors might feel that Paragraphe is more efficient “because we don’t have as many orders.”

Paul Yachnin, Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the Department of English, chose Paragraphe because “it seemed like a good idea since it serves to sup­ port an independent store.”

Paragraphe Bookstore Inc. was the largest independent Englishlanguage bookstore in Quebec, but in September 2000 Groupe Archambault Inc., a subsidiary of media and telecommunications giant Quebecor Inc., acquired the

company.

Across the Outaouais Students frustrated with the University of Ottawa campus book­ store, in which Follett Corporation has a 49 per cent interest, prompt­ ed their Student Federation to open the Agora Bookstore in December of 1999.

Students were fed up with high prices and lining up for up to three hours, according to Chris Ratcliffe, manager of the Agora Bookstore.

“It got to a point where the staff would tell people in the lines not to bother, to come back the next day,” said Ratcliffe.

“We worked out that [the cam­ pus bookstore] was selling books for four to five per cent higher than the suggested retail price. We sell them for less than the suggested retail price, which makes them nine to 13 percent cheaper than at the campus bookstore,” he said.

W ith over 200 professors ordering through Agora this semes­ ter, Ratcliffe estimates that the store has made $ 1.2-million over the past three years, or about 10 per cent of the campus bookstore’s annual sales volume. Agora is located off univer­ sity grounds because the official bookstore has exclusive rights to sell textbooks on campus.

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Though she is just settling into Shapiro’s chair, many of their edu­ cational and research policies differ.

Shapiro readily criticized profes­ sional faculties for being too voca­ tional in nature, while MunroeBlum believes that research endeav­ ours at these schools are an essential piece o f McGill’s international rep­ utation.

“McGill is the finest research­ intensive university in Canada, and a global contender for excellence.

Canada is unique in that all of its major universities are doing some kind of research; McGill exceeds them all, and is in a class of its own.

“Professional schools, like Medicine, Law and Management, are doing important research that both furthers and enriches their fields. Though research in some of these faculties may not be as visible as in others, a university education is enriched by the excellence o f the university’s researchers. Students gain endlessly from this kind of opportunity, especially graduate students,” she said.

Munroe-Blum is also looking forward to meeting with Senators and student leaders about opportu­ nities for undergraduate research.

As much of Shapiro’s schedule was filled with fundraising cam­ paigns and meeting with prospec­ tive donors, so too will MunroeBlum work to attain funding for McGill, including money for research projects.

“McGill’s number one contrib­ utor is the government of Quebec,

and the second is the federal gov­ ernment, and, in a public universi­ ty, I feel this is how it should be. We are fortunate to have many outside contributors as well, be they private individuals, not-for-profits or edu­ cational foundations, as well as cor­ porations,” she said.

“Governments are a major funding source, and she has tremendous experience working with them,” said Rabinovitch. “She has the type o f personality that will work very well with alumni as we begin a major fundraising cam­ paign.”

Critics within the University, however, have voiced concerns about private funding for research projects, as they fear it forcibly pri­ oritizes certain research interests.

Rabinovitch said, “I believe that [this concern is] one of the areas the Board of Governors and Senate should be aware of. We carefully review contracts, and have a code of conduct to ensure aca­ demic freedom and publication. I am confident we won’t become the handm adien o f the corporate world, becasue the committee won’t stand for it, [and] I won’t stand for it. I don’t see [corporate funding] as a problem because we are alerted to it. We have to protect academic freedom and the essence o f the uni­ versity atmosphere.”

M unroe-Blum’s salary is $350,000 per annum, and her fiveyear contract includes expense reimbursement and allowances. She has a $16,000 annual car allowance, as well as a $4,000 montly residence allowance, as her home will often be

used to entertain potential donors and University guests.

As she hurried from her Tribune interview to her next appointment with a University offi­ cial, Munroe-Blum said she has “hit the ground running” in her new position, spending hours research­ ing University programs and meet­ ing with key administrative and academic players. From the window

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a Lexus slowly parallel parked across the street from the loud concert and drunken antics of the Snow AP. The crowded tent was filled with stu­ dents winding down after a day of classes, chatting animatedly and kicking back cups o f Molson beer.

M unroe-Blum, accompanied by Director o f University Relations Kate Williams, was greeted by SSMU President Martin Doe and

JENNY GEORGE

Principal Heather Munroe-Blum addressed a rowdy Snow AP crowd Thursday.

o f her elegant office atop th&'James Administration Building, MunroeBlum will be challenged by the aloof nature o f her office to connect with students in formal and infor­ mal settings. She made her first appearance to the student commu­ nity in a visit to the SSMU Snow AP tent.

The principal comes to call In the below-freezing night air,

Vice-President Communications and Events Naeem Datoo, the event’s coordinator. Both executives anticipated her visit.

“I’m amazed that she’s coming, that she’s interesting in hearing what students think,” said Datoo.

“I haven’t seen an administrator at one of my events unless there was a problem. If she wants to be a real member of McGill community, she has to seek out the students.”

Her voice inaudible over the live band music, Munroe-Blum walked softy through the dense crowd with her entourage.

“The band is very loud, but she’s familiar with this; she has a sixteen-year-old daughter and five brothers,” said Williams.

Though Munroe-Blum declined a beer, and stayed but fif­ teen minutes, “her presence was unique in the room,” said Doe. Bonhomme, a Snow AP regular last week, presented Munroe-Blum with an SSMU pin and and gave her a bear hug.

“I love being at McGill,” she shouted into a microphone after Datoo introduced her. “I look for­ ward to working with you and hopefully meeting some o f you per­ sonally. I love McGill,” she said.

As she exited, Munroe-Blum stopped to shake hands with a few students seated at tables, asking them their programmes and where they were from.

“She’s so nice. It’s time we finally had a female principal,” said U3 Psychology major Andrea Galway.

After posing for the press, Munroe-Blum hurried through the cold to her car.

“I loved it. This [event] is such a great way to celebrate the new semester and keep the holiday alive at McGill,” she said.

Students await a more commu­ nicative visit from their new princi­ pal, be it at the pub or the con­ ference table, as they are anxious to discuss the University’s policies and future.

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In fighting for peace, they prepare for w ar McGill, Concordia student activists gear up to protest against war in Iraq “If the war goes on and on and opposition to what’s going o n ... It’s to “Yes War on Iraq.” it’s more than just college students time we actually got people to speak The crisis who are protesting, then they might out against it.”

The student com ponent of “I think [war is] more likely The Toronto student group play a role in the policy process,” he Collectif échec à la guerre, which Students Against Sanctions and given that the United States has said. includes members o f McGill The Collectif plans to meet for War on Iraq is holding a conference moved more forces into the area,” Students Against War and Racism, their first protest on January the Concordia Student Union and 18 at 1:00 pm,at the corner members of the Montreal commu­ of Guy and dè Maisonneuve. nity, met Tuesday to plan demon­ They expect a turnout of strations against a potential war more than 2,000 protesters. between the United States and Iraq.

Protests are planned for the same day in other major The protest N orth American cities “The louder we can be, and the including Washington, D.C. more obvious we can be and in If the United States initiates their faces, the more chance we military action Iraq, Échec à have o f convincing [the govern­ la guerre will hold another ment not to go to war],” said dem onstration on the MSAWR member Julia Bietz. “In Saturday after a the com­ some ways [the Canadian govern­ mencement o f hostilities. ment] has already created its stance Activists have begun to but in a lot of ways it hasn’t, so refocus their mobilization there is still opportunity there to efforts around their belief make a change.” that a US-led war against MARK SWARD Others remain skeptical that Iraq is inevitable.

Anti-'war activists meet at Concordia to discuss plans for a January 18 protest. anti-war activity will be effective.

“There’s a very broad “I think, at this point, protests range of groups representing civil at the end of month in Toronto to Saideman said. “The preparations will not be very successful in chang­ society or that feel they want to do discuss the possibility of war with are much further along than they ing anything,” said McGill Political something against the war,” said Iraq. MSAWR hopes to send about were a few months ago.”

Science professor Stephen Canada’s role in such an attack Sabine Friesinger, president of the 50 McGill and Concordia students.

Saideman, who added that demon­ While the Students’ Society of remains uncertain. Two weeks ago, Concordia Student Union and strations may be more persuasive if Collectif organizer; however, Bietz McGill University is not planning Defence Minister John McCallum war breaks out. fears that “there’s very little active to organize a protest, it did commit told CBC News that Canada may to sending delegates to the confer­ participate in a US-led attack even ence in an anti-war resolution without a United Nations mandate.

The Bush administration views passed by Council in December.

M IN I C O U R S E S R E G IS T R A T IO N “It seems reasonable in the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s sense that this is something that will alleged violation of the U N ’s anti­ help student groups on campus that proliferation resolutions as a threat. are involved in this process,” said U N weapons inspectors returned to Nick Vikander, SSMU vice-presi­ Iraq in the fall after withdrawing in 1998. They have not, however, dent community and government.

S H A T N E R ROOM B -09 “It looks like it will be a great envi­ found evidence of weapons of mass ronment to exchange information destruction.

“At this point it’s still not and network with other groups.”

W hile anti-war activism is entirely obvious what Iraq has got,” more prominent on campus, a less Saideman said.

Since September 11, the Bush vocal portion of the McGill com­ m unity favours military action administration has been more will­ against Iraq. One of Échec à la ing to take action against potential guerres posters was found on a side­ threats, Saideman said, as evidenced walk with the words “Kill Kurds, by the “Bush doctrine” of pre-emp­ not Mumia!” written on it, with the tive strikes.

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Noumoff said the US has become trapped by its own policy.

“They destroyed the Taliban administration but they have not yet found the capacity to track down Osama bin Laden so they haven’t actually been able to prove their unchallengeable capacity.

Knocking off Saddam Hussein would indeed be visible proof,” he said.

Some opponents of war have claimed the US is interested only in capturing Iraq’s vast oil reserves, but Noum off believes that there are many reasons the Bush administra­ tion is pushing for war. Military victory in Iraq would “not only ensure American absolute domina­ tion globally but also feed into the 2004 presidential election,” he said.

Saideman believes ousting Saddam would require more exten­ sive ground operations rather than air strikes, resulting in greater civil­ ian and military casualties.

“If the Iraqi forces hold togeth­ er, then you’re going to see fighting in the streets o f Baghdad, which would be very destructive... to the people who live there,” he said.

Unlike after the war in 1991, foreign occupation of Iraq may be prolonged, according to Saideman.

“The last war ended and troops were gone a few days later, essential­ ly,” he said. “That’s not going to happen this time. The United States is going to have to stay there longer to create some sort of order.”

In addition, the international coalition involved in the G ulf War has failed to materialize.

“There certainly is a lot less consensus about this particular effort than the previous one,” Saideman said.

While the length of any con­ flict and the difficulty of removing Saddam from power are in ques­ tion, Saideman believes that one thing is certain: “Saddam Hussein is not going to be governing Iraq after this war.”

B A N N E R : Faculty rules stall grades Adam Klevinas Sam Goffman Many final grades from the fall semester have not yet been posted onto Minerva because faculties have different rules for grade submis­ sions, not because o f computer alleged bugs or software limitations, according to BANNER staff.

“This is in the realm of faculty policy,” said BANNER Director Roger Rigelhof. “A professor enters grades on Minvera, and he can save the marks, but it’s up to individual faculties to roll grades into students’ academic history.”

Grades are posted on Minerva in a section entitled “unofficial tran­ script”. Though grades were due to be submitted to faculties by January 6, many have not yet been posted.

Some professors have com­ plained that they sent grades three weeks ago that have not yet been posted. Many Science professors,

however, have chosen to also post their students’ marks on separate course websites.

Numerous students who received their grades by other means noticed that the grades posted on Minerva were incorrect. Others who submitted all their course work and passed their courses saw grades of "J", absent for the final exam, or "K”, incomplete, on Minerva.

Arts Senator Nick Peters assert­ ed that Minerva isn’t working effec­ tively because the BANNER system has not received enough funding.

“Students and faculty would agree that we have not spent enough money on Minerva,” said Peters.

Peters met with Vice-Principal (Administration of Finance) Morty Yalovsky about Minerva.

“W hen we re spending roughly $2-million [on BANNER] while other universities are spending upwards of $60-million [on similiar

programs], we're missing some kind of happy medium.”

Peters said that as Minerva is a beta-type of software, a program still in its testing phases, “[it] is too small and too experimental for McGill.”

Web-based Minerva replaced MARS and SATURN for grade reporting and class registration in the summer of 2002. O n Minerva, students can search for classes and view class schedules, unofficial tran­ scripts, and personal information, among other features.

W ebCT glitch A synchronization problem halted W ebCT last week, but according to Kathy Wilmot, the training and information manager for McGill’s information system resources. “O ur vendor has correct­ ed problems with the interface between Minerva and W ebCT”

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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A r t s R e n a is s a n c e c a m p a ig n a w a it s U n iv e rsity s u p p o r t Ragan optimistic that students and M unroe-B lum will champion building project M olly Kay M arra

The University is reorganizing classroom and office space in the Faculty of Arts. Overcrowded class­ rooms, shared offices and little space for teaching assistants and student groups have been long-term problems for University planners.

The Arts Renaissance project will create more space for students and professors in a new building to be constructed at the site of the cur­ rent Linguistics building at Peel and Docteur-Penfield, but McGill still needs to raise $25-million from pri­ vate donors.

The Faculty of Arts also plans to cut down class sizes by hiring 25 new professors this semester and another 25 before 2004; this will, in turn, increase the dem and for already-limited office space.

Associate Dean of Arts (Resources and Technology) Christopher Ragan fears that smaller classrooms, mainly in the Stephen R. Leacock Building, may have to be made into offices for incoming professors this semester.

Equity Week Ayse Gauthier_________________

Campus Equity Week, a weeklong series of interactive workshops, academic roundtables, conferences, an equity lunch and an open mic session organized by the Students’ Society, will be held January 20-24.

Community and campus groups such as Queer McGill, the Black Students’ Network, the Sexual Assault Centre and Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowlegde will be participating.

“We are embracing a very broad understanding o f equity; we’re trying to confront... inequity on a micro, macro, as well as a glob­ al level. ...we are dealing with inter­ personal issues but also with Canada and the w orld,” said Student Equity Commissioner Brianna Hersey, who is working with SSMU Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel on this project.

Sagel pointed out that “many of the issues to be raised relate to reaffirming the importance of human rights and respect for the individual.”

Both Hersey and Sagel antici­ pate a high level of student and community involvement. Hersey said they hope to "really [get stu­ dents] interested in issues of equity and having them recognize the important role that they play in fighting systemic oppression.”

The keynote speaker o f the week is Leslie Feinberg, a transgendered author, activist and political organizer. She is known for making the connection between transsexual liberation and the liberation of peo­ ple of colour, of women and of other minority groups. Titled “Trans Liberation: A CrossResistance Continuum”, this pres­ entation will take place in the Adams Auditorium on Thursday, January 23 at 6:00 pm.

“Very shortly we will experi­ ence a space crisis,” said Ragan. The

best education for undergraduates,” but the faculty “needs more space,” he said.

The first phase of the project requires the University to commit $ 15-million to the project. In this phase, Arts offices across campus will be consol­ idated. Following the initial investment in the project, an addi­ tional $25-million of private funds will be needed for its comple­ tion.

Ragan and others are courting potential donors, but the project will not have a public launch until the University commits to cotributing $ 15-mil­ lion. W ith-out the JENNY GEORGE University’s base sup­ Associate Dean of Arts Chris Ragan port, Ragan said that the project would lose new building would “[create] the credibility with donors. best [situation] for graduate stu­ Ragan is confident that he will dents, and continue to provide the find donors.

Activist Jaggi Singh, who has recently made the headlines with his deportation from Israel, will be con­ ducting a workshop on Wednesday, January 22, entitled, “No One is Illegal: Understanding Global Apartheid.” The workshop is about immigration, refugee and security policies and will explore issues like Palestinian refugees’ rights of return and non-status Algerians in Canada.

The academic roundtable “Sex, Equity, an d ... a Minor?!” will address the establishment of a Sexuality minor in the Faculty of Arts. Sagel hopes the event “will [help] broaden the current curricu-

Although Equity Week is intended to spark dialogue between students, faculty and administra­ tors, some doubt that the message will be received beyond the level of students. “I am not sure what the impact is going to be, as far as the administration goes,” said Georgiadis, “but I am sure that it will have a huge effect in raising awareness among the student mass» es.

Students feel this could be an opportunity to address socio-cultural tensions present in McGill’s diverse community. One student commented, “Even McGill students can be very ignorant on certain issues, which may lead to insensitiv­ ity and make some of us feel alien­ ated. We should all remember the greater part of our education takes place outside of classrooms.”

Sagel stated that “universities ought to be agents of change. If we encourage dialogue about these issues, then we will be encouraging the ideal of a society that prides itself on diversity as well as social and political equity.”

“For too many years, too many people [at the University] have believed the money isn’t out there, and I think they’re wrong,” he said.

Ragan hopes that both stu­ dents and the University will com­ mit to the work involved in the new building, since they will be the pri­ mary beneficiaries. Student out­ reach will be key in attracting donors who want to know where their money is going, said Ragan.

“They want to hear students’ ideas... [Donors] want to feel involved.”

Ragan pointed out that former principal Bernard J. Shapiro felt that while the faculties of Arts and Science are the core o f the University, they do not receive ade­ quate funding for research and new facilities; Shapiro was convinced that the construction of the new building was “the right thing to do,” according to Ragan. “It is time [for the University] to put its money where its m outh is,” he said.

W hen the conceptual design is

completed, which Ragan expects by the m onth of February, the chal­ lenge will be to pitch the project to Principal Heather Munroe-Blum.

Ragan stressed that, while the new building helps to alleviate the overcrowding problem, the high student-teacher ratio could be reduced in the short term if stu­ dents and professors would sign up for 8:30 am classes.

AUS moves As part of the reapportionment of space in the Arts buildings, the Arts Undergraduate Society recent­ ly moved from their former office in the basement o f the Arts Building to a new office in the arts student lounge, which replaced the Instructional Communications Centre in the basement of the Leacock Building. The space left behind by the AUS will now be occupied by Art H istory and Com m unications graduate stu­ dents.

McGill KEVIN HARTIGAN Regional Director, Central Africa, Catholic Relief Services will speak on

“THE HUMANITARIAN PROFESSION AND EM ERGENCY R ELIEF WORK IN THE NEW M ILLENIUM ” Tuesday, January 21,2003 16:00 to 18:00 Amphi Theatre Redpath Museum 859 Sherbrooke St. W. sponsored by: McGill Peace Studies Committee, Faculties of Arts and Law, and The Arsenault Foundation

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Sagel and Hersey plan Equity Week.

lar and program choices available to McGill students.” Citing student resistance to the cutback of the African Studies program a few years ago, he emphasized the need for the University to “recognize that cours­ es in non-traditional disciplines need to be expanded [as indicated by the] growing number of students who are interested in Native Studies and International Development Studies.”

A Queer Studies minor could also be a part of such an expansion.

According to Queer McGill admin­ istrator Markella Georgiadis, there are very few courses with any queer content at McGill while many other universities have full programs.

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I Letters Truculent Nestruck

“There’s never been a succesful team that didn’t take the body.”

— Don Cherry

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This weekend, 84 media representatives from across North America descended upon the sleepy town of Kirkkonummen, 40 kilometres outside Helsinki, Finland’s capital. They travelled to see history in the making. For the first time, a female positional player laced up with a professional mens team.

By now, Haley Wickenheiser is a household name. Just as fast as Jordin Tootoo and Marc-André Fleury became regulars in Canadian sport vocabu­ lary, so has Finland’s most recent hockey migrant. Wickenheiser is on a three-game tryout with a Division II professional men’s team, the Kirkkonummen Salamat.

At 5’9”, 170 pounds and no ponytail peaking out from her helmet, Wickenheiser blends in perfectly with her male teammates. Her passing and skating skills are some of the best on the team, said hockey analysts who watched Wickenheiser practice last week. She has been a member of the Canadian National team since 1996 and was named M W of the Salt Lake City Olympic hockey tournament last February. She is as good as they get in women’s hockey.

Despite her unquestionable talent, Wickenheiser has not had men’s teams knocking down the door with offers. Originally, she wanted to play in the Division One pro men’s league in Italy, but was denied a try-out because she is a woman and the league has by-laws against co-ed hockey. The National Organization of Women based in the United States would call this prejudice. Citing that men and women are equal is all well and good for club membership, but once you put them in a contact game together, the stakes change dramatically.

Here’s the rub: the most significant difference between a men’s hockey game and a women’s one is definitely the checking. The physical aspect of hockey changes the pace and adds a dynamic to the sport that most women are unfamiliar with. Making a breakout pass from the hash-marks can look very different when you have a 200-plus pound man coming at you with full force.

Passing, shooting and game smarts are skills men and women both pos­ sess. Where females are disadvantaged is in size and power. Women have about 50 per cent less muscle mass than men as well as less bone mass, which makes a female on skates significantly lighter; subsequently it is harder for females to hit with the same force as a man of similar weight.

Justine Blaney, who won a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1987 that allowed her to play minor hockey against boys, called the event “one small step for women’s hockey.” Blaney doesn’t see why there won’t be women in the NHL. Her mistake, however is forgetting what a huge part checking plays in the NHL, and as long as that fact remains, women will always be at a disadvantage.

Canadians love to rally behind their hockey players as a sign of nation­ al pride. Hockey Hall of Famers are to Canada what Hollywood actors are to Americans— our biggest celebrities. Remember Gretkzy’s wedding with Janet? Their walk from the church doors to the limousine attracted over 5,000 Canadians who were kept back by a barricade.

It’s no wonder the country has made a bigger deal of the 11 minutes and 23 seconds Wickenheiser spent on the ice this Saturday than needs be.

We have to remember that even though Wickenheiser is one excep­ tional female hockey player, her move to a professional men’s league should not fall into the same category as “one small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind.”

The big question that everyone is racing to answer is, what will this mean for women’s hockey? Often referred to as the “female Wayne Gretzky,” Wickenheiser cannot stress enough that she wants people to focus on her hockey skills and not her gender. It’s hard to evaluate the impact of a female player in a professional men’s league when we’re not even supposed to be concentrating on the fact that she is a woman. the

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This is in response to the letter written by J. Kelly Nestruck entitled “Sorry for Wiiner”, published in The McGill Tribune (January 7). In it, Nestruck took offence to my column of December 3 titled (though not by me) “Plight of two peoples will not be setded in the streets”.

Mr. Nestruck, I welcome intel­ ligent criticism of my printed opin­ ions. I also respect your right to have printed opinions of your own.

Everyone has a right to be represented, even jerks who write letters heavy with sarcastic rhetoric and light on argument.

YOU DO N O T KNOW ME, Nestruck. (Capitalization mine.)

Your portrayal of me was envious, whimsical and manufactured. I offer no apologies about growing up in Westmount or being the son of two hard-working doctors.

Stop the Press In response to the News brief published in The McGill Tribune (January 7), entitled “WF: The scarlet letter,” I would like to take this opportunity to elaborate on a few things.

As I stated in Ms. Han’s arti­ cle, the Student Senators would discuss this matter at our first Caucus of the New Year and from there, determine an appropriate course o f action. Like I and many others believed upon first thought, the removal of a WF letter grade seemingly benefits all students but it is an issue that is not so simple.

There are an infinite number of reasons as to why a student with­ draws from a course but the W F is à special designation administra­ tion reserves for those students who withdraw before final exams due to an unfavorable mark in the course.

While the elimination o f this grade certainly gives an advantage

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Unfortunately, my parents did not include me in the decision for me to be born. Nor did I have the capacity to reply when, after my afternoon feeding, they begged my opinion on where I wished to live.

If you’re looking to define me, Nestruck, don’t base your definition on arbitrary things that are out of my control. The very fact that you placed such importance on the “moat” around my “mansion” as an indicator of my worth as a person tells me that you are the misguided one.

But alas, Nestruck, ignorance is no excuse for stupidity or cowardly slander. I live downtown. I work part-time during the school year to support myself and every summer I work my ass off for two months planting trees, living my ‘sheltered life’ in a tent in northern Ontario so congratu-fucking-lations on merging onto the Ville Marie Expressway.

You made one good point and it

was invalid. You argued that the “antagonistjs] could not have known that the inhabitants of... [my father’s] Volvo were English speakers until the very end of the mad chase, when some actual language was exchanged.” The chase happened this summer and you would have counted eight open windows between the two cars, had you been there. They knew we were English and their patriotism provoked a more extreme response on their part.

Yes my friends were being idiots. They were hammered. That’s certainly not a justification for the face-making, but it is an explanation for it. What I learned that night, and what I wished to impart, is that mak­ ing a face isn’t always just making i face. I don’t want empathy; I wanted you to feel empathy for them.

Clearly you did.

Sincerely, Josh Wiiner Not-quite-yet Tribune Alumnus

to the individual, Engineering Senator Alex Ouimet-Storrs high­ lighted the fact that individuals who withdraw from a class may skew the results of the present bell curve and dramatically affect the grades o f those who remain in a challenging course.

An additional disadvantage, suggested by VP University Affairs Fred Sagel, is that removing the WF grade may further stigmatise the W grade, the designation that indicates that a student chose to withdraw from a course for many reasons other than simply poor academic performance.

For instance, a student with a medical illness could be granted a W late in a course, if approved by a faculty advisor, giving an external reviewer the impression that the student had withdrawn on time. Granting all students the ability to arbitrari­ ly withdraw would adversely impact those students who ought not be penalized by a further stig­

matised W grade when appropriate circumstances warrant a withdraw­ al. A possible solution would instead look at extending the with drawal period, providing student more time to assess their potentia performance.

I have contacted all student representatives who may hav. brought this matter to Senate anti it seems none are aware o f such an issue. Where exactly this concern has originated has yet to be deter­ mined. In any case, representative , to Senate are actively researching the WF issue.

As Ms. H an has done, encourage students to approach one o f the 13 Student Senators to express their concerns on this or any other scholastic m atter to ensure that every concern is given due consideration and does not fa through the cracks o f bureaucracy.

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JOSH WILNER Remember back in the day?

Once below a time we were stressed out, caffeine-fuelled library rats.

You spent one or two weeks read­ ing. Myself, I felt like my brain was a saturated sponge; eventually, my mind gave up and a blunt little sign blinked on in m y head: ‘No Vacancy’. I felt a vague, though per­ petual, anxiousness, the kind of feeling that makes it impossible to sleep in. Eyes opened and the world came rushing back into reality, jar­ ring me awake.

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I am an entertainment news junkie. N ot a junkie in the same way that W hitney H ouston’s a junkie, but rather a junkie in the sense that I spend an dispropor­ tionate amount of time thinking about celebrity gossip and have developed a certain dependence upon it.

Its not like I want it this way— I blame my recent holidays spent at home, where there was lit­ tle to do but eat, sleep and watch low-brow television. As a result, I have become a quasi-expert in the field o f entertainm ent news, though admittedly, my take on showbiz’s biggest stories are a little unorthodox.

Firstly, I almost lost my lunch when I found out our very own C anadian-born-’n’-raised Avril Lavigne nominated for more than one Grammy award. Excuse me? I won’t even attem pt to take the high road here and pretend like I don’t enjoy pop music as much as, if not more than, the next person, but has everyone lost their minds? I’m no Mr. Holland, but I know when som ething sounds like an odd number o f mating alley cats.

W hy is it that Canadian musi­ cal sensations always look like they were found huffing spray-paint in front o f Beckers in smalltown Ontario? Lets save the internation­ al recognition for people with tal­

dents and debauchery. It is a symbol of easing back into school. Because, really, the first couple weeks back do not resemble school at all, but more a pub crawl sporadically punctuated by classes. Eventually we’re weaned off the booze and begin quenching our minds.

Early semester times are care­ free and relaxed. The exam atmos­ phere and that pressure in your head seems ridiculously unreal when I try to grasp it; it’s an alien feeling by now. I’m just so disen­ gaged. Exams seem little more than a distant bad dream. But try to recall your nerves as you were lis­ tening to some invigilator: “Please put all books, pencil cases, bags...”

As I sat there, hearing that familiar manifesto, all I wanted to do was write. Less chit chat, more skit skat. I didn’t want to hear this

usually the best organized, and like anyone with a lot to do and a lot on his mind, I was all business. You may have felt similarly, though by now the feeling is distant, blurred by what seems like a lot of time, or no time at all (or both), alcohol, drugs, beaches for you wintercraven snow geese, Christmas shop­ ping and being mauled and molest­ ed on Boxing day, family shindigs, New Year’s Eve bendering, etc.

These sensations have replaced what was once a much more imme­ diate and urgent undertaking.

Studying. Remember that? It’s long gone now, long to come too, and Christmas break has killed all my motivations other than the urge towards Snow AR There’s some­ thing sadistically comforting about that makeshift assembly of circus tents, the stale air, humid with stu­

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Next, the latest news in the life o f everyone’s favourite celebrity with a nose that doubles as a glass cutter. The whole world was up-inarms when Michael Jackson was caught on film dangling his baby over the edge o f a balcony in front o f a crowd of fans and paparazzi.

Now, while I’ll adm it that ‘dangling’ anything living from dangerous heights is both irrespon­ sible and indicative o f more than a few loose screws, let’s get real— its Michael Jackson. Everything about the guy is sketchy. From his appearance (terrifying), to his liv­ ing situation (whimsical ranch) to his friends (Liza Minelli, Macaulay Caulkin and a slew o f random chil­ dren), to his love life (Lisa Marie Presley and a m onkey named “Bubbles”), nothing about this guy even remotely resembles ‘normal’.

In fact, neglecting a child may be the most run-of-the-mill this guy has ever done.

And tell me folks, who isn’t just chomping at the bit in antici­ pation o f J-Lo and Ben Affleck’s wedding? Well, me for one. Firstly, I have already lost track of the peo­ ple who make up Lopez’s harem of ex-husbands. At this point I think it’s safe to assume the number is reaching triple digits and is starting to include minors and lepers.

Secondly, I feel uncomfortable when I think of the career shamespiral poor Ben has gotten himself caught up in. From winning an Oscar, to partially selling out in Armageddon, to completely and utterly selling out by playing him­ self pum ping gas in his girlfriend’s music video, this guy’s career now parallels that of Stephen Baldwin (officially the most embarrassing of the Baldwin brothers). Good luck to Ben in what can be the only log­ ical next step in his career: Celebrity Fear Factor.

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Let us now touch upon “Joe Millionaire”, shall we? For those of you with taste who have not seen this, the lowest form o f reality tele­ vision, the show features unabashedly gold-digging women who are competing to win the affections o f a wealthy single guy.

Essentially it’s “The Bachelor”, but with a twist—Joe Millionaire isn’t really a millionaire (!) but rather a lovable, Joe lunch-box type with a heart o f gold and a sixth grade edu­ cation. OK, I added that last part in, but c’mon ladies, let’s get serious here. I don’t care how wealthy a guy is or how full and lustrous his quasi-mulleted locks are— if a guy struggles to complete sentences and performs basic motor skills like a Russian-built robot, I’m out.

And lastly, I feel I must touch upon the inescapable hype that was generated by one o f this year’s most anticipated movies, Lord o f the Rings. I know I’m venturing into dangerous (and nerdy) territory here, but does the whole affair have to be so goddamn embarassing? It’s not even so much the movie itself, which I hear has some great battle scenes and special effects. Rather, it’s the obsessive-cult, nerd-fest atti­ tude surrounding the whole affair.

W hat is it about movies like Harry Potter and Star Wars that make people just lose it? Can peo­ ple not be enthusiastic about a movie without becoming cultish about it, whereby costumes, chat­ rooms and role-playing boardgames are involved? The Lord o f the Rings’ only saving grace is the slightly androgynous but very bangable blond archer.

And there you have it folks, straight from the horse’s mouth.

And by “horse’s mouth”, I mean a girl who spent the holidays watch­ ing far too much television and would subsequently benefit from some sort o f hobby. Big time.

person’s voice anymore. I didn’t want to open another book. My brain had given up. I either knew it or I didn’t. I just wanted to write.

Getting it all out is the only cure for loosening that blue-brain pressure in the head. And then that was gone.

I traded it for that epic post­ exam feeling. You know the one. I strutted around, flush from mental orgasm, and I knew it was time to start forgetting things. That was my goal for the break, to forget as much as possible. And I feel like I’ve done well for myself.

So there I was, freshly freed from the semester, books resold or archived to gather dust, and life was all good. Then she came over and dumped my sorry ass. It hadn’t last­ ed very long; it wasn’t a serious ‘relationship’ or anything, but it

dampered my holiday spirit a little nonetheless. Faint, tingling self­ doubt began creeping in.

Admittedly, there are better ways to start a vacation.

Mais “Quand on est dans la merde jusqu’au cou, il ne reste plus rien qu’à chanter.” And so I did. I wish things could have been differ­ ent, but I coped. I went through some mild quasi-AA stages. A little self-pity, some self-loathing, on to anger, then acceptance, next I cried for mommy and then I got wasted.

It was cathartic, and so is writing about it. Yep, she was gone too, but I won’t bore you with the details. I have better things to bore you with.

But for those you’ll just have to wait till next time.

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What's really in your lunch? Grease is the word The "food porn" industry takes over campus, victimizing unsuspecting students o f sodium.

“Pizza is not always the way to go,” states El-Merhbi, who feels I f you’re a tried and true students are misled by the baked brown bagger, odds are you’ve been aspect o f pizza. A word to the table religiously w hipping up school wise: ask for half the cheese, steer lunches every weekday for the past clear o f any ‘m ulti-m eat’ and 15 years, am ounting to over 3,000 choose fruit-based desserts if you’re boxed meals o f cold cuts, cheeses, still famished, as opposed to various spreads and breads, all to another side order of bread sticks. beat the daily m onotony o f m id­ Props to Subway for having a day hunger. generally clean bill o f health, if you But when Fruit Roll-ups, stick to Veggie Delite, Turkey or Crispers and Jell-O fail to relieve Roasted Chicken. Yet for some food prep hum drum , and the inexplicable reason, along with availability o f mothers as personal many other eateries, the store has­ chefs and health inspectors sud­ n’t latched on to the modern nutri­ denly drops, the rubber chicken tional concept o f low-fat mayon­ circuit o f sandwich consumption naise, turning an ordinarily health­ starts to dim in comparison to the ful tuna sandwich into a gluttony billion-calorie blow-out lunchtime fest at 527 calories and 32 fat grams.

Despite com ­ mendable low-fat options, the subma­ rine em porium should refashion all sandwiches totaling 15 fat grams or more, like the Pizza Sub, Spicy Italian and Meatball items, so as J L , EXPLICIT FOOD i' -<•if fî ffiF M i -Ctil . ‘ not to be accused of nibbling away at Canada’s physical well-being.

“You have to read the fine print,” warns El-M erhbi, who advocates sand­ wich bars as they’re JENNY GEORGE the closest thing to Don’t be deceived by the cute little fa c e s and googley eyes, for evil is found within. making your own, but has some reserva­ eateries have to offer. and nixing supersize options, even tions, since most students don’t The “food porn” industry, a if economically seducing, since know how to decode nutritional term coined by the Centre for they encourage overeating. Her labels. “People get carried away by Science in the Public Interest, has eating more if the item is fat-free, rules o f thumb: us eating out o f its conniving, illO ne: “I f you can see the but the serving size is the same as disposed hands. All too keenly grease, avoid it.” Many chains use the regular item.” aware o f our tendency towards oil more than once to fry food.

Since the upsurge in low-fat hurried food inhalation and cook­ Two: “D on’t drink po p .” foods, there has been no improve­ ing acedia, fast food corporations Sweetened juice or whole milk is ment in obesity and diabetes rates have crept into our food chain, better than soda since, even in diet in Canada, leading El-Merhbi to convincing us that processed edible versions, it unleashes empty calo­ believe that chains like Subway are garbage is as natural as the nuts, at times guilty o f misadvertising. ries that increase appetite. plants and lean meats we were bio­ “Grease is cheap; it fills you up For those enamoured by the logically designed to ingest. chic idea o f an afternoon moccaci- faster than other foods, and we like So to narrow down our to-do no, you may want to avert your the taste of fat on our tongues,” she list, we fall into the trap o f choos­ eyes. Second Cup and Starbucks explains. “It’s natural, but not nec­ ing the supposedly healthy fast European beverages have enough essarily good for you in quantities food alternative by taking a frugal syrup, cream and sugar to make found in fast food chains.” lunch on the fly, as we race from anybody lose their lunch, a wellclass to class. Truth be told, cam­ Know thy belly kept secret since neither cafés pro­ pus isn’t exactly a health farm, Still, nothing beats brown vide nutrional inform ation on which Dina El-Merhbi, McGill’s bagging. The lack-of-time excuse is their websites.

Registered Dietitian, confirms. but a confession o f laziness, according to El-Merhbi, since it Resisting temptation Licking the dust Crossing the M cLennan takes only minutes to prepare a For starters, although a true library doors at 12 on an empty decent lunch, time most students Canadian should, in theory, be stomach is a self-loathing move if willingly spend watching televi­ loyal to its donut king, not all of you’re a sucker for Pizza Pizza piz­ sion, talking on the phone or surf­ Tim H orton’s “fresh” m enu items zazz, as the engulfing scent will ing the net. are worth ballooning over. It plays “There are so many ways to fit cause you to buy a personal pie, home to the oxymoron o f coffee weighing in at over 630 calories, these five to 10 minutes into our shops, the ‘baked good’.

14 grams o f fat and— have your schedule,” she asserts, and the If parsim onious grazing is water bottles ready— 1,970 grams results are worthwhile. Many are

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more your style, you’d be better off having a Big Mac Combo than opting for a large M cD onald’s Triple Thick Shake, dubbed as “triple coronary bypass” by the Nutrition Action health newsletter, because it sadistically unloads near­ ly 1,200 calories, over three-quar­ ters of your daily intake, in just a few gulps.

Yet, be not fooled by the ‘healthy choices’ revolution.

“Salad is not always good,” ElMerhbi affirms. The creamier the dressing, the greater the calories, making caesar the lettuce villain par excellence. “Always get dressing on the side, otherwise salad can be as bad as a burger and fries.”

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embarrassed to tote their lunch bags, however, since no one else does. “It’s their health that’s in question. Bringing your brown lunch bag will make you healthi­ er.”

O f course, it doesn’t help that students are constantly confronted with vending machines, easy access to fast food and ill-equipped cafe­ terias.

“I don’t know what they’re thinking,” says El-Merhbi about university meal plans. “Cafeterias aren’t helping kids adapt to their new lives, i f schools really cared about their students, they would give them better caf food.”

It is for these reasons that ElMerhbi is approached by handfuls o f students confused and misin­

formed about nutrition. Com m on concerns include queries about diet programs like W eight Watchers, vegetarianism and calcu­ lating fat content.

“Students can become irra­ tional about everything healthy for you,” shares El-Merhbi, who also works for eating disorder support groups. “Some o f them are still growing; they don’t need to worry about things like [naturally-occur­ ring] fats and carbs. [Diets] aren’t aimed at the entire population, but at 40-year-olds with heart prob­ lems. Students shouldn’t be so strict about intake.”

Chow down responsibly.

Don’t be a victim o f food porn.

Smells like Teen People “Hey Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore,” chirps Robyn Flipse in her book Fighting the Freshman Fifteen, a guide to sur­ viving college malnutrition. No, she affirms, you’re in big, bad uni­ versity land, where every' day is like Lord o f the Flies revisited: too much freedom to do what was once denied, in this case, eating whatever you want, whenever you want.

Flipse’s diet-book-in-disguise may be aimed at freshman girls, but its hackneyed advice can be directed to any student with a tendency to overeat, overdrink and underdo. Preaching self-con­ trol, listening to your ‘mind mother’ and keeping ‘social eat­ ing’ in check, Flipse explains that “when it comes to fighting the freshman 15, being fussy is your prerogative; being stubborn is not.”

Her dteory upholds that a mix of excitement and homesick­ ness makes campuses overwhelm­ ing atmospheres for new students, who are lured into constant party­ ing, during which they “get fat without even chewing,” only to then seek solace in notorious ‘comfort foods’ like mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and pan­ cakes.

“Civilized people do not eat one-pound bags of Doritos all by themselves,” Flipse rationalizes astutely. While the association between being “civili/.ed” and binging on salty snacks remains a mystery, essentially, the purpose is to show freshman girls how to master the fine art o f portion con­ trol. This endeavour is apparently rendered easy as pie through a “3credit course in weight control,” complete with charts that calcu­ late calorie intake and tips on stocking your dorm mini-fridge,

braving cafeteria salad bars and surviving all-inclusive vacations.

Though this advice may be mild­ ly useful to an exceedingly unin­ formed few, it doesn’t suggest anything that hasn’t already been repeatedly masticated and spit out in the form o f countless diet books and magazines. By fresh­ man year, the notion of boredom, stress and PMS as a source of weight gain is hardly new, as most girls have been dealing with this tyrannical trio since they clumsily tripped into adolescence.

Her approach is understand­ able: so far removed from the uni­ versity experience, she remembers freshmen as dimwifted eating machines, who need diet diver­ sions like eating by colour to guarantee they don’t devour every processed item in sight, out of desperation or a pressure to con­ form. Especially amusing, when not flat-out annoying, is the con­ versational tone that sporadically goes Clueless in an attempt to appeal to readers. Flipse even offers stale, girl-power infested replies to use against insensitive guys who make fat jokes, notably the retort “I’m fit enough to exer­ cise my option to walk out on 5» you.

W hile her intentions are surely noble, Flipse’s dumbed down approach to nutrition would be far more beneficial to junior high girls than to presum­ ably intellectually-inclined young women who are serious about taking care of their physical and mental well-being. If a bubbly motivational speaker is what you need, perhaps it’s worth a read, but, ultimately, anyone who’s read an assortment o f fitness maga­ zines, Cosmo’s and teen mags knows just as much.

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Features 9

Screw what's on the exam: We are here to learn Continuing Education exhibits a Ashley Zurawel “Is this going to be on the exam?” The following words should sound quite familiar. A t an institu­ tion like McGill, where researchers and professors are known and rec­ ognized worldwide, why don’t we have anything more important to ask after months o f lectures?

Among the most entertaining class introductions made between a professor and his students, is the following: “I have a t-shirt at home, and I always mean to wear it to the first day of my lectures, yet I always regretfully forget. It says across the front: ‘If it’s not on the exam, then I don’t give a s*#t.’”

Although I have to admit that I really wanted to buy one o f those t-shirts and wear it religiously dur­ ing exam periods, it’s, well, fright­ ening that even our professors have noticed this attitude emerge in lec­ tures, conferences, labs and tutori­ als.

Especially for first-year stu­ dents at McGill, the overwhelming workload and an “every man for himself” attitude can be a huge adjustment. Although university is no easy feat, is the idea of a post­ secondary education really about learning at all, or more about results?

“In some aspects it is expected that there will be a focus on grades, but there is a tendency for some to extend this too far,” comments Virginie Daviault, a U1 Biochemistry student. “ Our role as students is not to become pro­ grammed with the maximum amount o f facts, yet sometimes that really seems to be the goal.”

Outgoing Principal Bernard J. Shapiro commented on a similar topic during his final speech, stat­ ing that an undergraduate educa­ tion is increasingly becoming a “watered-down PhD” . “ Undergraduates have, in a sense, [become a] leftover,” he expressed.

Being part o f such an environ­ ment can leave any student over­ whelmed and disappointed by what some university experiences have come to represent, but there is hope. On campus, there exist mod­ els o f the true purpose o f education.

In a world o f increasing pressure to perform at life-defying levels in order to make a name for one’s self and be successful, it is a refreshing reminder that it does not always have to be about grades: a universi­ ty experience can actually include— gasp!— a positive attitude towards learning.

The M cG ill Institute for Learning in Retirement is an envi­ ronment on campus where the feel­ ing o f love for learning truly emerges. Founded in 1989, the M IL R is a volunteer-run organiza­ tion under the aegis o f the Centre for Continuing Education.

It offers a wide variety o f class­ es for retired individuals, ranging from topics like Victor Hugo to the History o f Medicine. The classes

more positive, constructive attitude

are termed ‘study groups’, and are led by moderators who determine the course content and subjects.

The members of the study groups are strongly encouraged to con­ tribute to the course material and are all extremely active in maintain­ ing the structure o f the learning methods. The intimacy of the class­ room setting is apparent: some members have even organized trips to foreign countries as a result of taking a course. “ During one o f the sessions in the past, there was a course offered on Mexico, and afterwards a group o f us decided to extend our knowl­ edge even further and go there our­ selves,” shares William Kinnis, a member for several years now who thinks highly o f his involvement.

The M ILR is headed by chief volunteer Carolynn Rafman. While completing her M A at McGill, she was attracted by the idea of the M IL R as a place where education is offered in an environment con­ ducive to learning in the true sense o f the word.

“Modeled after a similar insti­ tute at Harvard, the M IL R is part o f a growing network of centres for learning in retirement across the world,” she explains. “These types o f institutes highlight an interesting idea: learning is a never-ending life process.”

Before sighing at the idea of taking endless courses for the rest of your life, take note of the astonish­ ing benefits that arise from pro­ grammes such as the M ILR. “The difference between the members o f the M IL R and under­ graduates is that these people are participating for the enjoyment o f learning,” comments John Felvinci, who is currently moderating a series of courses about London. “The other day I had a member come to me and say, ‘It saved my life.’ For the members, learning is a way to stay sane.”

Summer courses present another option for those wishing to enjoy their time in university, in addition to providing students with the opportunity to explore subjects that wouldn’t fit into their sched­ ules due to degree requirements.

“I took a Chinese course this summer that really impressed me. It was challenging, but with so few students in the class, and that we all sacrificed a part o f our summer to study the language made for an extremely positive atmosphere,” says Meg Grant, a U 1 Psychology student who decided to pursue her interest in foreign languages during the summer.

It is difficult to remain in that frame o f mind throughout the scholastic year, however. Some argue that an undergraduate educa­ tion, particularly in the sciences, has become practically unimpres­ sive to the work force, and that this encourages the cutthroat mentality among students in an effort to get the best grades, the best connec­ tions and the best ‘on-paper’ uni­ versity education. “ Especially in science, it’s

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Margaret Linklater, co-registrar of the MILR, is actively involved in coordinating continuing education programs.

sometimes even difficult to befriend people who would potentially be cool people to hang out with, because they are so into being suc­ cessful that they see everyone as a threat,” confesses Sam Ghaubi, a U 2 Biology student who feels the effects o f this attitude in his pro­ gram. “That’s just stupid. Also, some students take easier— but bor­ ing— classes they don’t enjoy in

order to raise their grade point aver­ ages. The point shouldn’t be to sac­ rifice your education in order to become, say, a doctor or a lawyer.

After all, wouldn’t being more edu­ cated and challenging yourself make you a better doctor or a better lawyer?”

Yet in a world o f stiff competi­ tion, the current undergraduate sit­ uation seems to be an inevitable

vicious cycle. Sure, we can draw from examples such as the M ILR, but that won’t eliminate the demands of the real world, where the ‘best’ gets the best. Perhaps the most we can do is remember the words o f Justice Robert H . Jackson, “Education should be a lifelong process, the formal period serving as a foundation on which life’s structure may rest and rise.”

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Cafeterias reflect McGill administration's indifference 1 1é t r a n g e r

L J . R o b e rts McGill has never been a warm and fuzzy place. Incoming students face an icy bureaucracy and a uni­ versity culture that refuses to coddle anybody. Staff and students alike are expected to perform their work with uncomplaining professional­ ism and those who do not are quiedy sent packing.

M cGill’s toughness is part of its

charm and a major reason why the school has distinguished itself for over a century. The University will not stroke you, but it will respect you.

A culture o f hard-nosed pride and excellence extends throughout M cGill, from professors to the maintenance staff. A quiet but fierce loyalty characterizes the McGill community, and has helped the school weather funding short­ ages, political turmoil and other adversity. Lately, though, this loyal­ ty has been sorely tested as a result o f an administration that often seems bent on evaluating the cam­ pus and its people in economic terms rather than human ones.

The M cGill administration’s contempt for its own students and staff is nicely reflected in its atti­

tudes towards the campus cafete­ rias. Smelling a new revenue stream, Ancillary Services troll Alan Charade has been quietly forcing student associations to surrender control over their food services.

This shift in cafeteria adminis­ tration might be benign enough, save for the school’s long-term intentions. These include a mega­ cafeteria for the nearly-completed tech square near the Wong building as well as a second food-court style eatery to service the medicine, biol­ ogy and law buildings. Needless to say, existing cafeterias will eventual­ ly be shut down.

Some may be thinking, so what? In fact, there are several con­ cerns. Firstly, there is the question o f the exclusive contract McGill has signed with Chartwells, the corpo­

ration who is managing many of the school’s existing cafeterias. It is through Chartwells that an exclu­ sive Coke contract has been foisted upon McGill, in direct contradic­ tion to the wishes expressed by stu­ dents in a referendum three years ago. Students will be further dis­ pleased to learn that Chartwells’ other clients include the American military and prison industry.

Perhaps more important is the blow that these projects represent towards the McGill community.

The eating areas are one o f the few places where people within faculties and departments can get to know one another, and enjoy a non-aca­ demic space within their buildings.

Students in Engineering, Law and Management can attest to this.

Replacing these with mall-style

food courts is aesthetically depress­ ing and dehumanizing.

The administration’s cafeteria plans represent a complete disre­ gard for quality o f life issues at McGill. Treating the McGill com­ munity not as a community but as a target market is a mistake, espe­ cially considering that whatever rev­ enue is captured will be negligible in relation to M cGill’s overall oper­ ating budget.

The cafeteria question suggests a changing McGill. Whereas the school has long been an unsenti­ mental institution that has thrived through work and respect, there are signs that it is now becoming gen­ uinely indifferent to the people who sustain it.

Pre-4Floors Datoo-style pandemonium is surprisingly calm A hectic day in the life of SSMU's party animal extraordinaire James Grohsgal - 1 1 0 0 : Naeem Datoo, SSM U V P communications and events, woke up on his office sofa Friday morning, with a sore neck and an as-yet unresolved issue with his girl­ friend. The dartboard in Datoo’s office has letters from former Principal Bernard J. Shapiro and Dean o f Students Bruce Shore attached to it.

- 1 1 3 0 : He runs around cam­ pus to staple 4Floors posters on crowded message boards. “ The LSA T and M C A T people poster right over us,” says Datoo, “so I poster right over them.” Datoo articulates an ethical code o f sorts for campus postering. “ Stickers fuck things over,” he says, pointing to an anti-FTAA sticker on an Adams Auditorium door. “How the hell useless is this right now?”

- 1 2 3 0 : “You coming tonight?”

Datoo asks a friend in the hall.

“What’s tonight?”

“4Floors, dude!”

- 1 5 3 0 : There’s a small crisis as Students’ Society Programming Network member Ian Matthews informs Datoo that they’ve gone $20 over budget on walkie-talkies.

There’s general pandemonium and Matthews is heard to exclaim, “We put it all into decorations! We put everything into decorating!”

- 16 0 0 : Datoo goes to the Shatner Ballroom to check the progress o f the workers. Datoo is told that someone didn’t fulfill his

tin s on his computer begins to resemble the back of a high school graduation program. He expects most students to pay at the door. “ I hope there’s a line-up,” he ssys.

General Manager G uy Brisebois sticks his head in Datoo’s

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Discussing events on the phone and venting out playing darts is all in a day’s work for SSMU exec Naeem Datoo.

obligations. “ He was supposed to burn CDs. I don’t know if he’s done it. Otherwise, we don’t have music on that floor.”

-16 3 0 : The guest list is so big that the growing list Datoo main­

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“You’ll get in,” Datoo assures them. “There’ll be 1,600 people who get in, and there were only 200 advance tickets, more than we’ve ever sold.”

- 1 7 3 0 : Datoo philosophizes about budgeting for parties. “You

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-17 0 0 : A group o f girls at Sadie’s ask Datoo about advance tirkets, which have sold out.

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shouldn’t be concerned with being $20 over budget because if you have a good party, it’ll fall into place. If the music is good, it doesn’t matter if there’s one T V or two, 10 speak­ ers or eight. If you’re coming to the party you don’t give a fuck. If there’s good music, you don’t give a shit.”

Then SSPN member Matylda Gawor tells Datoo that the ear­ pieces and microphones for the walkie-talkies will cost $50 .

- 1 7 4 5 : The porter opens room S B 17 E , a rank room in the Shatner basement. Datoo selects about 20 Molson signs. “ I think this is enough.”

Someone denigrates Molson. “And they do shit-all for us,” retorts Datoo, who instructs SSPNers to carry up 6,000 cups.

-18 0 0 : Datoo and the SSPN hype team, all dressed in red puke suits, get sandwiches from the Pita Pit before they pile into the SS M U P T Cruiser to excite the freshmen.

- 1 8 1 4 : The Cruiser pulls up in front of B M H caf, music’s heavy beat heaving through sheet metal.

The hype team is stocked with beer and lollipops, and the caf staff won’t

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let them in. They stand outside and give candy to everyone, beer to three girls who write “ 4 F L O O R S” on their respective toned bellies, and passes to a group of males who strip to their boxers, run into Molson Hall and knock on doors to announce that 4Floors is tonight.

-19 0 0 : Datoo meets with medical students who will be run­ ning 4Floors on January 10. “ For Molson signage,” he says, “I do what I think is the minimum neces» sary.

The tables in the Caférama smoking section have been covered with aluminum foil. A dozen spot­ lights scan through fog in the empty Shatner Ballroom. “ I’m making too many excep­ tions [on guest list],” Datoo says.

- 2 1 0 0 : The D J starts the music in the ballroom. V P Operations Kathleen Morrison has cash boxes ready. Colin Valeri is at the door. Naeem is in basement cold storage room with porter John P, loading bags o f ice onto a dolly.

- 2 1 1 0 : Datoo lets Matthews and Gawor make the call to open the doors. “ Is the liquor ready?”

Not yet. “ Give ‘em some time. They can wait 10 or 15 minutes.” Then Datoo, Matthews, Gawor, VP Clubs and Services Rachel deLorie et al. have a drink. “A ceremonial drink, our tradition o f not jinxing the night,” Datoo explains.

- 2 1 2 1 : “Are we open?” Datoo asks. In front o f Shatner, two beard­ ed bouncers chew sunflower seeds.

- 2 1 2 3 : The lineup starts.

Datoo and D J Soul stop by the shisha lounge in the Caférama smoking section, which is saturated with the scent o f apple- and apri­ cot-flavoured tobacco burning under coals maintained by a man who walks around with a little shovel, attending to the water pipes.

-2 14 0 : “That was two hours of craziness,” Datoo exclaims. “Now it’s not my show anymore. It’s in the hands o f the volunteers and coordi­ nators now.”

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Features 11

Will you live with me?

Rez students pop the big question Evan Placey

As I was picking the tomatoes out o f the tomato-bean-corn-random-sauce-weird-white-vegetablemix at the salad bar in the cafeteria, I began eavesdropping on a conver­ sation two girls standing beside me were having.

“Where were you a few min­ utes ago? I tried to find you for lunch,” asked one o f them.

“Oh, we were in Julia’s room with the door closed,” the other explained. “We didn’t want anyone to know we were in there.”

“W hy not?”

“We were talking about the liv­ ing situation.” “ Ohh,” said the first girl, with a sigh of total understanding. “ It was a secret meeting.”

Every person in Upper Rez seems to have the same New Year’s resolution: find someone to live with. In fact, this seems to be the hottest topic of discussion for every student living in residence. Where in the beginning o f the year, the trite question was “Where are you from?” and “What program are you in?” , the oh-so-crucial query o f “W ho are you living with?” seems to have taken its place.

“That’s all I hear,” says B.J. Leipsic, a first-year student in Upper Rez. ‘“ W ho are you living with?’ or ‘W ho aren’t you living with?” ’ adds Hart Stitz, Leipsic’s roomie-to-be.

These questions are causing much stress, anxiety and awkward­ ness among residents, who are all attempting, in some way or anoth­ er, to negotiate living arrangement plans for next year. The question everyone keeps asking is, “Who should I live with?”

Finding a match Before you can get engaged for what is likely to be a three-year marriage with roommates, you need to find a fiancé, or in many cases, fiancés. The first thing you need to decide is whether you want to live with someone you just met (mean­ ing an engagement with a person you’ve known for four months or less), or with someone you knew pre-McGill.

Living with someone you know means you won’t get any after-move-in surprises, since you are likely to already be aware of all their weird and annoying habits.

You can usually be more certain of your compatibility.

For many students in Upper Rez, however, this is not an option, meaning many will inevitably choose to live with someone they’ve only recently met. The dilemma then becomes finding the perfect

mate. Many choose to live with those they’ve gotten closest to. “ They’re the two people I spend the most time with so it seemed like the logical thing to do,” says Leigh O ’Neil, who has decided to move in with her two best friends in residence.

But living with best friends may not always be the wisest thing to do. Jordanna Kapeluto, who lives in O ’Neil’s building, has decided against living with many of the friends she’s made at school. “ I get along well with the per­ son I’m living with,” she explains.

“We have similar living styles; we’re similar people. There are other peo­ ple who are great friends but I can’t see myself living with them.”

The consensus is that, before considering your friendship with a potential roomie, you must first consider your living compatibility and habits. If you also happen to be the best o f friends, then it’s a bonus, but it shouldn’t be your primary concern.

So how does one find a person with similar habits? The first place to look is on your own floor.

Natalie Andrusiak o f Molson Hall has decided to live with people from her floor purely because she knows she can live with them.

“We’re pretty much living with each other now; we see each other everyday,” she shares. “ On the whole, nothing’s really changing.”

Erica Bernstein, who lives on the same floor, is also choosing to live with her immediate neighbours for a simple reason.

“We live together now and I know we don’t fight,” she explains, adding that she also knows she can share clothes with her selected roommates.

So it seems the floor is the pop­ ular place to pick up roommates.

But what about those who aren’t so fortunate and aren’t having luck with the floor? The trick is to ask around, be they friends on other floors, in other buildings, out o f rez or even people you don’t know who are looking for roomies.

Full house The dilemma doesn’t stop at the decision about who to live with, but also includes the question of how many to live with. Here, the jury is split.

“Two is a good number,” upholds Leipsic. “With three, one person is left out, and four is just a mess.”

Grayson Barke, who lives four floors above him, disagrees.

“The more you live with, the better, because the less the cost.”

M y rules work as follows: Two in an apartment: You bet­ ter know this person super well and be sure you get along with them because there ain’t nobody to rescue you.

Three: Third wheel. In any sit­ uation there’s always someone excluded. Just be prepared for con­ stant team switching.

Four: an ideal number. Too many people for there to be anyone

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left out, but not enough people for it to be chaotic. Plus, when you get sick of one person, you can surely find another to play with.

Saying “ I do” This seems to be the hardest for most students. The easiest way seems to be the casual approach.

O ’Neil’s engagement became offi­ cial when her two best friends and her were talking about moving out o f rez and one of them just said, “W h y don’t we all live together?”

Kapeluto, too, went for the casual approach: “I just said, T have a place in the works. Would you be interest­ ed?” ’ Pat Shoniker, another U0 stu­ dent, didn’t even have to bother with planning an approach: “ I never said anything. It was implied. One o f us just said one day, ‘We need to start looking for a place.’”

However you decide to ask, be prepared that you may not get the answer you want or the proposée may need time to think it over. If someone can’t live with you, it does­ n’t mean they can’t be friends with you, so don’t take it personally. And there are no guarantees that they won’t break off the proposal. At this time of year, more than one suitor may be pursuing your roommate of choice, so all you can do is hope.

Or, you can do as Bernstein and her roommates-to-be did: pinkie-swear on it.

There’s always divorce Finding a roommate shouldn’t be as stressful as residents make it out to be. It’s true things may not work out if you choose the wrong roommate, but the risk is necessary in a situation where you’ve only known people a mere four months.

It’s impossible to be sure; you’ve got to take a chance. And if, once you move in, it doesn’t end up working, just remember: there’s always divorce.

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Carnival season: Memories we'll have forever and others we won't Natalie Malo-Fletcher________ I seem to remember that a liv­ ing, breathing snowman used to grace my childhood carnivals... but then again, maybe I always had too much hot chocolate to remember accurately. In fact, there was a live snowman, with a permanent grin plastered on his face, dancing and singing. But that was as trippy as it got.

Playing in the snow, eating pancakes, gig­ gling despite the cold.

N ow that I’ve officially gained entry into the adult zone, winter carnival is still spent in the snow, only this time kneel­ ing on an icebank by Management the side o f the road, holding my friend’s hair as she throws up all the good times she’s had.

This is us now. We have secret meetings in the washroom stalls, and yes, all of you at home, this is what university is supposed to be like. You’re missing out.

Indeed, we cling proudly to our M cG ill identity even as repulsed Montreal natives gasp at the show we’re performing in the washroom. “There go those McGill kids again...” they mutter, carefully stepping around the refuse.

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could there perhaps be something a ous chugging contests, boat races tad abnormal about our student Panthea Lee and pub crawls, participants prove mandate? When the best times of “Put your handcuffs in the air, that school spirit is alive and kick­ your life happen when you’re mem­ ing. These kids know how to party, ory is out of commission, isn’t it put your handcuffs in the air...” possible that life may have been left The chanting from a mass of red and party they do— until 4:00 each morning, before dragging them­ in the wings, crippled with stage puke suits, sporting handcuffs and dog collars, can be heard from 8:30 selves out of bed four hours later to fright? do it all over again. From Club Med Dearest Molson, where would am and persists, unrelenting, until we be without you? Probably study­ the wee dawn hours. Ah yes, Management Winter ing some book alone in a hallowed McGill, Carnival has arrived once again on hall, but where’s the merit in that?

We’re only in university, after all. our beloved campus. Non-partici­ Who wouldn’t rather live to forget? pants may simply shake their heads As I sit in the dark, my fear for and mutter typical anti-manage­ my friend’s welfare only subdued ment sentiments as a parade of by the gentle rasping of her multi-coloured puke suits march exhausted body, I curse the puke by— after all, aren’t Management suit at my side, wishing I could students the scum of the earth?— exorcise its appeal. I, too, could get sucked into the whole scene. And I’d carnivalers chow down wings for the win. probably like it, Dancing girls 73 shots later. love it. But then, who would be Canadian schools.

World to Cheers, Gert’s to Le there to witness We didn’t start the fire; it’s not Swimming, these kids have con­ M cG ill’s Mr. our fault shot glasses have become quered this fair city in the span of a H y d e ? part o f our heritage. Like a present week.

Once it’s over, they find Brainworkers by we open, we accept these social themselves fighting off a ruthless day, alcoholics by rules because even the slightest sign cold and staring at the neglected night, victims of of hesitation would only make us schoolwork that has amassed from a our insecurities seem ungrateful. O f course I want week of playing hookey. But they to down 7 3 shots in 7 3 minutes, throughout.

The bad boys of punk show us how it’s done. wouldn’t trade it in for the world; can’t you tell by the ecstatic look on for at the end o f it all, the experi­ but it is impossible to capture and my face? Take one for the team; it’s ence, the fond— albeit blurry— communicate the camaraderie that all in good fun. Or is it?

M a n a g em en t C a rn iva l is at the heart of this annual tradi­ I’m inevitably proclaiming events go on u n til Wednesday, on tion. myself a counterculture freak sim­ a n d aro u n d campus.

Carnival is more than just ply by proposing the following, but parties and good times. The charity work, such as the 0clothing drive and the Cancer Auction, are often overlooked f ..i *• as critics are quick to pick apart that faculty on the west mr 'l , side of campus. Elitist you say?

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Countless hours are put in by a dedicated committee to ensure a good time for their fellow Organizers Rich Fortier and Erik Lind students... sorry, what was memories and the bond they’ve that about student apathy?

From tamer events, such as made with their fellow students was bowling and laser tag, to the notoriall worth it.

Snow AP to the rescue, loading you with artificial warmth in seconds. It starts to school? Flee, everyone, to the welcoming hands of the many friendly homes along the pub crawl path.

Too bad there isn’t a national university ranking for most puke amassed in the first week o f winter semester, because that could defi­ nitely place us in the top three

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"0 0 3 1: McGill First Aid hover above the limp face of a drunken young man on the third floor. Brian Ker, Datoo's predecessor, wearing signature cowboy hat, is standing nearby. “ Naeem's got his shit together. We had our good points and our bad points. This year I'm glad it's a success,” Ker says as the drunk kid is laid on a stretcher.

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A guy's jacket has been lost to coat check and he's screaming bloody murder. “ If it doesn't show up I'm gonna fucking kill some­ one.”

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by Gert's, where SS M U executives and SSPN party animals are eating pizza and drinking warm bottles of beer. Morrison suspects massive spillage, and Datoo tells her to ask him about it on Monday.

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Sweet home Natalie Malo-Fletcher A good Broadway musical is tough enough to pull off on stage.

The production must razzle and dazzle its audience with costumes and set designs, a myriad o f colour cascading before them in flawless unison. It should evoke various emotions— laugh­ ter, empathy, grief. Finally, above all it should be paced at a level at in which the audience is most engaged.

Trying to recreate a musical in movie format, however, is even more imposing a task. It is not easy trying to recreate the same dynamism you expe­ rience live, in which the actors are sighing and cry­ ing practically in front of your face.

It’s a mix o f these and other challenges that turned the making o f Chicago: The M ovie into a threedecade endeavour to recreate the passion, corruption and despera­ tion that made the play so renowned. The result? A flashy, song-driven spectacle that cannot help but be compared to M o u lin

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larger, waistless form o f Catherine Zeta-Jones as superstar Velma Kelly makes for a surprising lack o f femi­ ninity.

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Nicholas N ickleby is a tale pit­ In all fairness, the movie is bol­ This may be due to the fact ting the conflicting forces o f stered by a decent cast. Amongst that Zellwegger, a gymnast England’s burgeoning banking sys­ the ensemble are Jamie Bell, Jim with little stage experience, tem and the state of a distraught, Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Alan and Zeta-Jones, a former yet compassion­ C u m m i n g , Broadway diva, do not ate working Edward Fox, depend on their musical Nicholas N ickleb y class family.

Romola Garai, theatre talents to strive in Intricate plot Directed by Douglas McGrath Anne Hathaway, their careers. Thus, they twists and para­ Barrie Humphries, aren’t dancing and singing Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Hunman, doxical charac­ Starring because it is their raison ter foils charac­ Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Nathan Lane, d’etre, their coping mecha­ terize this adap­ Tom Courtenay, Alan C h r i s t o p h e r nism or an inherent part of tation of Cumming, Edward Fox, Anne Plummer, Timothy their identity, but because Charles D ic­ Hathaway and Nathan Lane.

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intense traditional aspects o f this film, which helped it top the Korean box office for weeks upon It’s easy to make a buck in weeks last year, it will still speak to Hollywood. We all know the tradi­ worldwide audiences because, at its tional movie formulae: romantic root, it is about human beings and comedies, drama, horror and the the internal conflicts inherent to us new superhero and sequel movie all. trends. But sometimes, a simple Sang-Woo is a seven-year-old movie about none o f those things boy who comes from urban Seoul can turn out to be wildly successful. and is left for a few weeks with his Sometimes people go to watch peo­ elderly grandmother while his ple like themselves, or people not mother goes to find work in the like themselves, who are real and city. He is adamantly against the true, not airbrushed, anorexic idea of living with a “dirty” old lady celebrities. whose back is bent permanently The Way H o m e is not a roman­ from carrying water. He whines and tic comedy about a wedding. Nor is complains like the world is ending, it a sequel or a superhero movie. In especially when fact, it defies genre. the traditional If anything, you The Way Hom e boiled chicken could call it a fam­ his grandmother ily film, not in the Directed by Jeong-Hyang Lee serves him is not Disney way, but in ‘ Kentucky’ a way that it is Starring Eul-Boon Kim and chicken and he actually about a Seung-Ho Yoo proceeds to family. And it is ★ ★ out of ★ * * ★ moan all night. just one such The more he example of a huge treats his grand­ hit that has nothing to do with mother like the dirt he at first Hollywood’s tried-and-trues. believes her to be, the more she tries Made in South Korea, this to make him happy in her slow, movie is not focused around a big simple and muted manner. star, a hot girl or a superhero. It is a The film is saturated with simple, real and touching movie Korean influences: beautiful land­ about a little boy who goes to live scape shots of the countryside, tra­ with his grandmother in the tradi­ ditional Korean food and authentic tional Korean countryside and, in Korean marketplaces. the process, learns unconditional And while the film is subtitled, love and selflessness. Despite the

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His grandmother, played by Eulsorry,” which takes Sang-Woo She cannot fit the square peg into boon Kim, had never even seen a almost the entire movie to compre­ the round hole, just as she cannot movie before acting in this one. Her hend. There is wizened face, free of not much dia­ makeup or airbrushlogue in the ing, screams o f real movie, but South Korea. The through hand audience feels a lot gestures and closer to characters physical acting, that are actually real, the audience is characters played by let into the actors whose private slowly growing lives we know noth­ re la tio n s h ip ing about. between SangPeople often Woo and his attend movies grandmother. because they offer a D ir e c to r break from reality.

J e o n g -H y a n g We lie to ourselves by Lee injects the watching romances, WW W.CINEMA..C0M film with the and slip into fantasy Sang-Woo and his grandmother tend to their fragile relationship, v o l u p t u o u s __________________ by watching super­ colours o f the heroes. But some­ Korean countryside and the refrains communicate to Sang-Woo. She times movies can offer us a new way of simple, almost childlike music, makes the game work anyway, how­ o f understanding ourselves. making the film a pleasure to watch ever, by piling the blocks neatly on At this point, there are very few and hear. top o f the structure. films that are popular today that The visual symbolism o f this Sang-Woo is a selfish and share a close connection with life movie is stunning and subtle. For spoiled young boy. By living with we live it. When one, such as "~ example, when Sang-Woo goes to someone who would walk back to Way H o m e comes along, it the village to find batteries for his the house from the village because refreshing. At 85 minutes in lengtl video game, he gets lost and we see she spent the bus money buying the The Way H om e is a beautiful movi him wandering through a curved batteries he needed for his game, that will leave you feeling, well, rea mirror, so that he looks as backward Sang-Woo learns the true meaning

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Phish at Madison Square Garden "I saw you, w ith a ticket stub in your hand!"

Hanks hoax, indoor blizzards and snow faeries welcome 2003 Scott R. Medvin Around noon on the last day of last year, I found myself in front of the venerable Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, cautiously throwing myself full force into the quiet revelry beginning to occur on the streets of the city. A few hours later, what had been a motley few had become a throng, as people

almost 1 7 years without any consid­ erable time off, touring week after week, year after year, a grind which takes its toll, both physically and emotionally. Stagnancy abounded both in setlists and style— it often seemed as if each performance was an exercise in going through the motions: putting on a show without putting any heart or soul into it. As a matter of fact, the last Phish show I saw— dare I say it— sucked. The bad

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filled the sidewalks and the neigh­ bourhood bars, congregating in the bowels o f Penn Station. For this was the night for which tens of thou­ sands had been waiting forever— or at least since the long-anticipated announcement— finally coming in the middle of August. The night whose cost had reached astronomical prices on E-bay, the website being the newest technological advance servicing that bastion of capitalism, ticket scalping. This was the night that Phish would come back from over two years of hiatus, the first night in a new era for the almost two-decades-old band.

A disclaimer to clarify: I have seen upwards of 7 5 Phish shows since 1995. When they announced their hiatus, I was heartbroken— it was as if the love of my life had decided to move away, leaving me with nothing to fill the void. Not that the break was all bad. The boys in the band had been playing for

taste left in my mouth made it easier for me for expand my musical hori­ zons, as did the newly freed cash in my pockets that would not be spent on the ever-more expensive Phish shows. During the hiatus, I found other bands whose music, crowd and overall feeling made me feel the way that seeing Phish did, including the newest flavour of the month, those bastions of trance fusion, the Disco Biscuits.

Despite this, once I had a ticket stub securely in my grasp, there was never any doubt as to where I would be on New Year’s Eve. The dawning of 2003 would be the sixth New Year’s Eve I spent with Phish, and there was no place on earth where I would rather have been, even after hearing reports emanating from around the country from friends who had not been lucky enough to get the hottest ticket in the country, but who had seen awe-inspiring shows played by other groups. Their

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the timer hit T-minus 15, the lights lack of a ticket was a deciding factor setlist reminiscent of their 1994 shows. A comedic highlight occurred dimmed, and the band came out, as to where they would be. No tick­ opening with a solid version of when, after a solid rendition of the et... no Phish... better find some­ “Sample in a Jar” . Funny how songs ballad “Horn”, the screens hanging thing else good to do.

But I had my pass, as did a from the Garden’s ceiling showed a you used to hate sound great after a time o f not hearing them. As the number of my friends who had also scene from the film Castaway. A hairy Tom Hanks ran half-naked on song ended, white confetti— huge managed to resist the scalpers’ plea, masses of it— resembling snow the beach, calling out for his lost vol­ some offering as much as $1,000 US began to drift down from the rafters. leyball, Wilson. This visual cue led cash for each ticket. Some experi­ The band struck up another new ences are not worth any amount of into the song “Wilson” , as Mike money, and this was to be one of Gordon prompted the audience’s song, “Seven Below”, as an enor­ mous disco ball descended from the chants of the song’s title with his them. After a few hours of N Y C sky. Dancers dressed in all white, rumbling bass intro. styie tailgating (including a drinking Near the end of the song, after a snow creatures o f all sorts, giant in public summons for my new skeletons on stilts with shining white driving hard rock jam and a feverfriend Tim), I had found all my lights, snow angels and vikingesques pitched climax, guitarist Trey friends and made a few new ones, figures with horns circled through and was ready to enter the hallowed Anastasio introduced a special guest: the crowd, shining their spotlights “Welcome, TO M H A N K S!” grounds o f M SG, home to profes­ around the room. sional sports champions and the Actually, it was keyboardist Page The clock ticked down, now McConnell’s brother Steve, but sight of revered concerts by countless less than a minute remaining in the bands since the 1960s. Walking in a rumours abounded until the tour had ended, and fans checked their year. A rebirth on its way. Time controlled herd, I heard my own passed and anticipation grew, the facts on the information superhigh­ voice join others in shouts o f antici­ crowd grew louder as the moment of pation, as the crowd around me way. ‘Hanks’ approached the micro­ release grew closer. And as we all became more anxious, and excited phone and screamed the nonsensical counted down those last 10 seconds, line leading to the song’s triumphant and loud. the balloons began to fall, and finale, “Blat bloom, b-bliggity A few security checkpoints later, pyrotechnics exploded on the stage; boom!” and I was at the edge of the world. the disco ball opened and snow flew After this exhibition o f silliness Through the turnstiles was a night of free, and the band began to play the came what would end up making my dancing and music. On the other evenings quintesential tune, “Auld night. A peculiar tune started up— side were the many fans who had not been lucky enough to get tickets, Jon Fishmans hesitant drum beat, a Lang Syne” .

Loved ones were kissed and melody that slowly changes from despite attempts to trade cash and blues to rock— and it took me but a hugged, strangers were embraced any assortment of illicit party favours moment to realize that I was hearing with a hearty “Happy New Year!” A in exchange for entry. Many were at feeling of contentment, a their last straw, and glow o f happiness just held wads of bills as a exploded over the room. possible bribe to be This is why I wanted be placed in the hand of a in that room. For that corrupt, or compas­ one moment, that one sionate, security guard. feeling that can carry me I walked in, and the through all of a year’s ills energy levels in the until I feel it again, next arena were thick. Up a year. number of ramps, I The rest of the show found my seat and sur­ was played with the same veyed the scene. vigour, as Phish romped Thousands of balloons through “Runaway Jim” lay attached to the ceil­ straight into a Hot ‘Lanta ing, ready to be dis­ styled attempt at Little persed upon the crowd Feat’s “Time Loves a at the stroke of mid­ Hero” . “Strange Design” , night. a ballad that reminds us Settling in and cel­ to bring “a few compan­ WWW.PHISHEADS.COM ebration were in order ions on this ride,” before the band took The view from the stage, after the stroke of mindight. evoked an ecstatic yelp, the stage. The PA and the set closed with another my first “Mound” . It is a quite a feel­ played classic rock songs whose lyrics ing to hear something new after all of debut, “Walls of the Cave” . After spoke of a return: the theme from these years. This song, and the rest of such a roller coaster of emotion and Welcome Back, Kotter, “Feels Like music and the hearty cheers and the First Time” , and Boston’s the set were played with a precision lighter flicks the odd moment before that indicated that yes, as the pre­ “ Foreplay/Longtime” , a sung oftthe encore encouraged, I expected a show music announced, “The Boys covered by Phish. Stepping out in finale to send me rockin’ out into the are Back in Town.” style with some plastic cupped early moments of 2003. Instead we The second set repeated the sen­ Kristal, once the lights went down got “Wading in the Velvet Sea” , a timents, as solid versions of the com­ my excitement peaked. Two years positional fable “Divided Sky” and poignant ballad, yet a pathetic way worth of anticipation was coming to to end the evening. the lounge-lizard styled “ Lawn Boy” a head. I glanced around the packed As the masses shuffled out of arena and soaked in the bliss: over stood side-by-side with the concert M SG into the cold night, the level of debut o f “Waves” , a raucous 20,000 people were in the room, and “Carini” , the tide track off of 19 9 3’s camaraderie shared was apparent. they all felt as I did.

We had all just experienced some­ and the sing-a-long-favorite When the band opened the R ift thing wonderful, something that show with an unexpected “ Piper”, it named after a milk man, “Harry bound us together, whether we had Hood” . The set closer, “Character took me a good while to figure out driven from Alaska or took the train Zero”, seemed a tacked on after­ what was being played, as the noise in from Long Island; whether it had thought, as the fans and the band level in the Garden had hit a level been our first or hundredth show. usually reserved for boy bands or were already preparing for the third We had witnessed the return o f a set throw-down. goal-line stands at the nearby band we all loved. And what better Soon after the second set came Meadowlands. to a close, all o f the arena’s score- way to spend New Year’s Eve than The first set was an exercise in with 20,000 of your closest friends? boards lit up with a 20-minute excellence, as the band, with the exception of the opener, played a countdown, which soon began. As

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stereotypical feminine traits that oppress them and the slyness and cunning they’ve learned from living in a man’s world.

Enter Richard Gere as Billy Flynn, the lawyer extraordinaire whose artfulness guarantees the freedom of the female felons as long as they deliver the goods: a lot of

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Bell is a standout. He plays a young boy, Smike, who is forsaken as a child. As the movie begins, he is working as an impoverished and crippled boy at an all boys school.

He is eventually saved and taken away by the ever-loving Nicholas Nickleby. Bell delivers an unrivalled performance, and is rewarded with a steady dose of sympathy from the audience.

Charlie Hunnan, who plays the central character, Nicholas Nickleby, is not nearly so impres­ sive. This guy puts the ‘ass’ in com­ passion’. I’m sure he’d be suited for other roles, as he has been in the past. This Backstreet Boy lookalike

stood out in the movie and so did his acting. It was just too strange, and a testament to the ever-popular practice o f putting good looking people in movies for the sole reason that they’re really, really ridiculous­ ly good looking... or blond. His gentle portrayal o f Nicholas Nickleby was too much for my non-prepubescent girl’s eyes. just as the casting had its ups and downs, so did the directing.

Douglas McGrath, best known for his adaptation o f Jane Austen’s E m m a , once visited a theatrical pro­ duction o f Nicholas Nickleby. He said it was nine-and-a-half hours long. Where things start to make sense to me is when he was report­ ed as saying that this performance “was the most thrilling theatrical

experience I ever had seen. It was absolutely amazing” . So this is the type o f man directing the fdm.

This film is inspired but bor­ ing: if you’re looking for a crazy time, you’re probably better off star­ ing at that brand new pad o f lined paper you just bought.

Elan Gershoni, a U 3 Science student in attendance, said that “on a scale o f one to 10, one being B atm an 3 and Jurassic Park being 10, I’d give it a six” . The signifi­ cance of such a comment is no doubt infinite in its implications.

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with a beautiful voice. A good find among all the other garbage out there.

Album O f The Year H ome, Dixie Chicks; The E m inem Show, Eminem; Come A w ay W ith M e, Norah Jones; Nellyville, Nelly; T he R ising, Bruce Springsteen

that impressive to me. Norah Jones is good, but a little less mainstream for the Recording Academy. She would have to be my runner-up for the award though. Lastly is... Avril Lavigne? I wouldn’t put it past them to select Avril Lavigne, but I dislike her with a passion. So I go with Michelle.

Spencer Ross______________ For the Recording Academy, the body responsible for nominat­ ing and selecting G ram m y awardwinners, the musical year begins in October and ends the following September. Thus, the newest releas­ es are not eligible until next year.

Not that any o f the numerous Christmas albums really deserve any kind of award anyway.

Without looking at any other reviews, here are my picks for a number of categories. I’ll get back to you with an update after the big night o f bad choices and even worse outfits (remember the classic J. Lo look?).

I would like to give this catego­ ry to Norah Jones even though I only placed her on my honourable mention list for last year’s top ten albums. However, The Rising was a huge blockbuster for Bruce this year. I haven’t heard it all, but Springsteens a well-crafting song­ writer, and his touching on the emotions of 9 / 11 combined with his broken hiatus will make him a sure favourite with the Recording Academy.

Record O f The Year “A Thousand Miles” , Vanessa Carlton; “Without Me”, Eminem; “Don’t Know W h y” , Norah Jones; “Dilemma” , Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland; “How You Remind Me” , Nickelback This is the award that is essen­ tially given to the best song, making it a confusing category. M y best guess will be “Don’t Know W hy” .

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Song O f The Year “ Complicated” , Avril Lavigne & The Matrix; “Don’t Know W hy” , Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones); “ The Rising” , Bruce Springsteen; “A Thousand Miles” , Vanessa Carlton, songwriter; “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” , Alan Jackson Same as above, I would like to give the award to Norah Jones. This is the songwriter’s award, meaning you have to ask yourself the ques­ tion: If someone else played this song as written, would it still sound as good? That’s what I think of when I pick my winner for this award. “ The Rising” was an extremely powerful song and again, Bruce is an oldie. The Academy loves oldies (we all remember Steely Dan’s big win two years ago).

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This was such a good year for new music, making this a tough category to select. The above artists all went into the eligibility year as complete unknowns and became household names, breaking the boyband cycle o f recent years. I’m going to select Michelle Branch as my winner (Don’t shoot!). In my opinion, she’s a good singer and has sex appeal (okay, that last point should be irrelevant to the Grammys, I know). Ashanti’s been dubbed the new “Queen o f Soul” , but most o f her work hasn’t been

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance “ Soak Up The Sun” , Sheryl Crow; “ Don’t Know W hy” , Norah Jones; “ Complicated” , Avril Lavigne; “Get The Party Started” , Pink; “Overprotected” , Britney Spears I feel secure in my judgment that Norah Jones will win this one.

She has a really nice voice and her song was one of the better ones nominated in the category. Pink and Britney made two of the years’ worst songs. It surprised me that the Academy couldn’t come up with any other nominations. I wish Avril Lavigne wasn’t nominated for so many awards. She’s going to win one just to piss me off, but not this one.

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals “Dirrty” , Christina Aguilera featur­ ing Redman; “ Christmas Song” , India.Arie & Stevie Wonder; “W hat A Wonderful World” , Tony Bennett & kd lang; “ Better Than Anything”, Natalie Cole & Diana Krall, “It’s So Easy”, Sheryl Crow & Don Henley; “The Game O f Love” , Santana & Michelle Branch I can eliminate three choices right off the bat. And I’ll leave myself with Bennett/Lang and Cole/Krall. These are two excellent collaborations that leave me select­ ing Bennett and Lang doing Louis Armstrong. I heard the song on Conan and it was a really nice cover.

Cole and Krall are both really good too, but Louis Armstrong wrote such beautiful music.

Best Pop Vocal Album Come A w a y W ith M e, Norah Jones; L e t Go, Avril Lavigne; Rock Steady, No Doubt; M issundaztood, Pink; Britney, Britney Spears I wish they would stop nomi­ nating Pink and Britney for awards they shouldn’t win. For starters, Pink should have taken out a dic­ tionary when spelling her album’s name. Moving on though, my first instinct was to select Norah Jones for this award. It’s a shame her album is not “pop” enough to win for this category, and not Springsteeny enough to beat out Bruce. The fact o f the matter is Avrils album will probably win this since it’s most likely what the Academy wants.

Best Dance Recording “Gotta Get Thru This” , Daniel Bedingfield; “ Days Go By” , Dirty Vegas; “ Superstylin” ’ , Groove Armada; “Love At First Sight”, Kylie Minogue; “ Hella Good” , No Doubt

I feel bad for No Doubt because I don’t see them winning this award either. Dirty Vegas, Groove Armada and Kylie are all good options. Kylie’s been around, but that particular song was not one o f her most public ones. Dirty Vegas had huge success with their music video and also the song’s usage in Mitsubishi commercials.

Good marketing strategy might help in payoffs for them.

Best Hard Rock Performance “All M y Life” , Foo Fighters; “ I Stand Alone”, Godsmack; “Youth O fT h e Nation” , P.O.D.; “ No One Knows” , Queens O f The Stone Age; “Aerials” , System O f A Down Wow! W hat a category. I would like to put this one as a toss between Foo Fighters and Queens o f the Stone Age. Both albums received immense critical acclaim upon their releases at the end o f the eligibility year. Stick this one to Q O TSA . Dave Grohl is still a good drummer.

Best Rock Album W hen I Was Cruel, Elvis Costello; C ’m on, C ’m on, Sheryl Crow; D ream land, Robert Plant; The R ising, Bruce Springsteen; H ead O n Straight, Tonic I’m not trying to play favourites here, but as I said from the beginning, Bruce will be the night’s biggest winner. And he’ll end his night’s run here with best rock album. It’s been a long time coming for him and he’s not going away empty-handed. I’m not partial to Springsteen, in fact I’m not even a fan o f his. But he’ll win.

Best Male Rap Solo Performance “ Without Me” , Eminem; “Song Cry” , Jay-Z; “ Rollout (My Business)” , Ludacris; “ Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against The Wall)” , Mystikal; “ Hot In Herre” , Nelly I would like to say this could be a toss up with Nelly, but I have a feeling that this is where Eminem will start winning his awards. The Academy loves him, even though that song really doesn’t do anything but talk about him. It’s so narcissis­ tic, but it’s gotten him the award in the past. Rack up another one for sikka-sikka-Slim Shady.

Best Rap Album T he E m in e m Show , Eminem; W ord O fM o u f, Ludacris; Tarantula, Mystikal; Nellyville, Nelly; D iary O f A Sinner: 1st Entry, Petey Pablo I have never even heard of that last guy in my life. Nelly might have had a decent album, but come on— he spent one song talking only about shoes? That’s about as bad as a song about cars. Give it up. Thus, I’d have to say Eminem. On this album, he finally decided to drop the whole “I hate you, you hate me” thing so much and started tackling real issues. Does this mean that his next album won’t to be about him?

Best Alternative Music Album Sea Change, Beck; W alking W ith Thee, Clinic; A R ush O f B lo o d To T h e H ead, Coldplay; Cruel Smile, Elvis Costello & The Imposters; B eh in d The M usic, The Soundtrack O f Our Lives I’ll admit, this is my favourite category because it’s the only one that presents an alternative to the mainstream pop o f the other cate­ gories. I’m going to have to go with Coldplay on this one though. Sea Change is an excellent album, but it’s mainly Beck’s brooding.

T S O O L is nice 60s rock but I think that Coldplay’s got the all around.

They’ve topped R olling Stone, Billboard, Spin, and N M E s top 10 albums of 2002 lists... and person­ ally, I love the album.

Best Female Rap Solo Performance “ Diary...” Charli Baltimore; “ Scream a.k.a Itchin’ ” , Missy Elliott; “Satisfaction” , Eve; “Na Na Be Like” , Foxy Brown; “Mystery O f Iniquity” , Lauryn Hill Missy Elliot continues to be an innovator in the field o f hip hop/rap. She can’t not win this award. She’s got a good flow in her rhymes, always coming up with dif­ ferent beats__ She deserves this.

Best Short Form Music Video “Days Go By” , Dirty Vegas; “Without Me” , Eminem; “Knoc” , Knoc-Turn’Al featuring Dr. Dre & Missy Elliott; “ One M ic” , Nas; “M y Culture” , 1 Giant Leap fea­ turing Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz Again, there’s a challenge posed

by Dirty Vegas. The guy break­ dancing and robot-dancing is really cool. But Eminem was able to use a comic-book-like effect that both illustrated the lyrics in the song along with the superhero Eminemwants-to-do-good out to save the kid from listening to his record.

Take it for what you will, but it was a smartly done video, despite the fact that I think we’re all tired of that narcissistic song already.

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HOCKEY

MARTLETS 1 0 , RAVENS 1

Blowout victory paces team towards biggest game of the year R yan F is h e r

The M cGill hockey Martlets team defeated the Carleton Ravens 10 -1 on Sunday afternoon in a game that was over before it began.

The Martlets led 5-0 after the first period and 9-0 after the sec­ ond, before easing their offensive attack in the third period, to the relief o f a deflated Carleton squad.

M cGill completely dominated the play, outshooting Carleton 3 5 7.

“They’re ranked second in the country and could be first,” said Carleton head coach Wayne Baird, referring to the Martlets. “ They’re a good team, a big team and well coached. They have four good lines and they just keep coming at » you.

Th e Martlets played disci­ plined team defence and took advantage o f early power-play opportunities— something the team has focused on this season in practice.

“W e’ve been trying to work on our special teams,” said Martlets head coach Peter Smith. “ Those are things we can improve on.”

Freshman goaltender Kalie Townsend faced few shots but looked sharp when tested, improv­ ing her record to 4 -0 -1 with a .920 save percentage. M cG ill’s starting

goalkeeper Kim St-Pierre was unavailable for the weekend con­ tests as she was attending the Women’s National team develop­ ment camp in preparation for the

net. Keyserlingk made no mistake, going upstairs on the Carleton netminder just 56 seconds into the game. Assistant captain Sophie Acheson also picked up an assist

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on the goal. “ It was important for us to start out strong in order to set the tone for the game,” said Acheson following the game.

Things got worse for Carleton when Safka scored on the power play from Acheson and Keyserlingk, leading to the early

Let the goal-scoring begin M cGill jumped out to an early lead when Katherine Safka found Justine Keyserlingk driving to the

exit o f Carleton netminder Laura Rollins. Minutes later, M cG ill scored their second power-play goal o f the game when Véronique Lapierre buried a shot o ff a pass from Audrey Hadd.

The Martlets found them­ selves in penalty trouble midway through the first period, but because o f great individual efforts on the part o f Safka and Acheson, they were able to escape unscathed.

At this point, the game turned into a shooting match, with a vari­ ety o f Martlets finding the back o f the net.

Hard work along the boards

by Suzanne Fujiki and captain Sarah Lomas led to winger Brittany Privées sixth goal o f the season. Paula M ailloux gave M cGill a 5-0 lead going into the dressing room.

Hadd picked up her first goal o f the game and 1 0th o f the season on a clever pass from behind the net by Mailloux that fooled the Carleton netminder.

Safka tallied her second goal o f the game by using her strength to win a battle along the boards.

She skated across the slot and snapped a shot just inside the post.

A t the 10 :4 3 mark o f the sec­ ond period, M cGill established a 9-0 lead when, on the power play, Fujiki blew a one-timer past the now very weary and dejected

Carleton goalie, on a feed from Privée.

The second half o f the game was marked by a parade to the penalty box for both teams. At 7 :4 8 o f the third period, Carleton scored its lone goal o f the game while shorthanded, off a McGill giveaway in the neutral zone.

Caroline Papineau o f the Ravens picked up the loose puck and blasted a slap-shot from the top of the circle, over the left shoulder of Townsend and into the top right hand corner o f the net.

Hadd rounded out the M cGill attack with her second goal o f the game when she broke in alone on the Carleton goaltender on a pass from Mailloux.

The Martlets controlled the pace o f the game using their size and strength to win the one-onone battles along the boards against a much younger and small­ er Carleton team, who are strug­ gling through just their second year o f existence.

The Martlets’ next test will prove much tougher. No. 2-ranked M cG ill plays the No. 3-ranked University o f Toronto this Saturday, 6 :1 5 pm at McConnell Arena, in a battle o f two élite teams. The Martlets defeated the Varsity Blues 1-0 in their previous meeting this season.

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when players on both teams clashed after a play in M cG ill’s end. Once everyone was done dropping the gloves and exchang­ ing words o f vengeance, each squad was assessed two penalties. What may have been an attempt on Toronto’s part to distract the Redmen backfired. The Blues did themselves in, as the fury from the spectators gradually increased throughout the game with every M cGill save and hit.

Ironically, the scoreless period turned out to be the game’s most exciting, with the Blues racking up 20 minutes in penalties.

Contributing to the fiasco was feisty Toronto winger Ryan Robert.

Robert went after opponents skat­ ing away from the play like he was Darcy Tucker on Long Island.

Robert’s rough play caught up to him when he was finally assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking.

McGill came out flying early in the third to pot three goals in just over two minutes. Starting the period with a two-man advantage, captain David Burgess snuck around the net untouched and shot the puck softly off the stick of Knight to make it 4-0 only a

minute into the frame.

Langlois followed Burgess’ goal with his second o f the game by grabbing a loose puck in the crease and snapping it past a fren­ zied Knight. Rheal Guenette had the last goal for the Redmen when he shot one over Knight’s shoulder off a M cGill rush.

Even with a seemingly insur­ mountable lead, the home side kept showing plenty o f heart to please their many fans. Penalty kills and zone coverage were not taken lightly, as Vaillancourt’s teammates wanted to preserve the shutout for their goalie. “ I was surprised at how much the fans were in the game,” said Anaheim M ighty Ducks draft pick Vaillancourt. “Usually for some­ thing like Carnival, they’re here for just the party but they certainly increased our motivation.”

M cGill was 3 for 1 3 on the power play. Toronto’s goalie tan­ dem stopped 2 1 o f 2 7 shots.

That other Toronto school The Redmen started the week­ end off with a sloppy victory over the lowly Ryerson Rams Friday night at home. M cGill received goals from five different players as it downed the Rams 5-2.

After an uneventful first peri­ od, the Rams ( 1 - 1 2 - 1 ) scored only 2 5 seconds into the second as for­ ward Tyler Moss tallied the first o f

M cGill evened the score for the second time on Greg LeBlanc’s ninth o f the season near the end of the period.

two goals. Calgary native Ken Davis replied for the Redmen five minutes later o ff a rebound.

Ryerson regained the lead only 30 seconds later with Moss’ second goal making it 2 -1 for the visitors.

Similar to the outing versus the Varsity Blues, McGill proved the third period was its best.

Pierre-Antoine Paquet, Bruno Lemire and Paul Theriault got the puck past Rams goalie Braden

Deane. The latter two were on the power play. “ I warned the guys about Ryerson, and that they were a bet­ ter team than their record showed,” said a disgruntled coach Raymond after the game.

H o w ever, the coach com­ plimented his boys on their intelligence and ability to realize that they had to play better against a club they previously lost to earlier in the season.

Raymond would later say he enjoyed the play o f his team in the Toronto game much better.

“You have to be happy about beating a team the calibre o f Toronto.”

The Redmen face their divi­ sional rival, the Ottawa Gee Gees, this Friday. Puck drops at 7 :3 0 pm at McConnell Arena.

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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Dave Burgess— Hockey Captain David Burgess o f the McGill hockey Redmen hockey team is athlete of the week for the period ending January 12. The current captain o f the Redmen became the school’s all-time assist leader earlier in the season. As of January 1 1 , Burgess had 2 38 points over 15 9 games in a Redmen uniform.

We called up the Crystal City, Manitoba native and peppered the U 5 Commerce student with some one-timers.

Despite Canada’s setback, Howatt, from his extremely close view o f the ice, thinks the tourna­ As many o f us watched the ment was an overwhelming success. recent W orld Junior Hockey “The quality o f hockey was Championship from the comfort o f incredible, and it was great for our favourite couch or bar, M cG ill’s Nova Scotia,” Howatt said, adding Matthew Howatt had the best view that it was one o f the biggest events o f all. Howatt, a U 1 Political ever to be held in the prov­ ince.

O n a more personal level, he’s hoping that he might have a career in the announcing/broadcasting business once he com­ pletes his degree.

Just like every play­ er in the tourn a m e n t , Howatt hopes that he can use it as a steppingstone to bigger Favourite Movie: Favourite Hockey Team: and better Slap Shot-—“ Known as the clas­ “I don’t really have one, but I things. Having sic hockey movie among those guess I’d say the Toronto Maple already been who have played the game.”

Leafs.” approached by television net­ Favourite Genre o f Music: Do you miss the Winnipeg Jets?: works such as Country Yeah.

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National Football League playoffs: Not 'what it's all about'

Andrew Segal On a dreary Sunday afternoon in early January, what could be better than plopping yourself down on the couch, a plate of nachos in one hand, a cold brew in the other, and turning on the T V to check out some N F L playoff action? Well, the N F L regular season, for one thing.

The playoffs are supposed to be the peak— the height of the crescen­ do that is the season— in college and professional sports. Witness this past year’s World Series and Fiesta Bowl: The championships for baseball and college football featured great games chock full o f exciting plays and star players performing at high levels. But so far in the N F L playoffs, this seems to be lacking. Especially in light of this year’s particularly tight playoff races, the games themselves appear anticlimactic. Quite simply, the N F L playoffs are over-hyped, and a let­ down from the regular season.

The N F L came up with a catchy slogan to advertise its postseason, claiming that the playoffs are “What it’s all about.” But the first seven of this season’s extra games have been unconvincing. Sure, the BrownsSteelers, Giants-49ers and SteelersTitans games were exciting, downto-the-wire matchups; but unless you’re a fan of one of those teams, did you really care?

That’s the great thing about the N F L regular season. Every week, your team is probably playing. And every week, no matter how badly your team does, you can always look forward to the next game, hoping it will be better. But come the playoffs, there is no next week. Most teams have already been eliminated by the time the playoffs start, and more drop out after every Sunday. As ESPN.corns Gregg Easterbrook puts it, “A week from now all but four

cities will be out. By the time the Super Bowl kicks off, in theory the biggest football event of the season will be happening, but in practice, the faithful of the other teams— 94 per cent of the N F L fan base— won’t really care that much.”

Another reason the playoffs haven’t lived up to the incredible reg­ ular season is that the majority of the games haven’t even been close. The Jets blew out the Colts, the Falcons demolished the Packers, and the Bucs thrashed the 49ers.

The early playoff match-ups, with the top four or six teams in each conference facing off, do not com­ pare to the games at the end of the regular season that determined play­ off seeding. Cleveland’s goal-line stand against Atlanta to clinch a playoff spot, and the Giants come­ back win over the Eagles to get into the postseason. Both make most of the playoff games look like exhibi­ tion matches. The Patriots thrilling overtime victory against the Dolphins in week 1 7 makes the play­ off matchups look particularly bad, given that neither of those teams even qualified for the postseason.

Sports fans know that playoff races are supposed to be exciting, but they also know that the playoffs themselves are supposed to trump those races; that hasn’t happened so far in this year’s N F L season.

Finally, logic dictates that high­ ly-trained, extremely disciplined individuals who perform at a high level every week of the regular season should operate that much more pro­ ficiently under the pressure of the playoffs. That has not been the case this year. Star players have made miscues that have detracted from the quality of playoff games, never mind the horrible performance of certain referees and field officials.

Take three-time N F L M V P Brett Favre as an example o f what I’m on about. Favre, who completed nearly 70 per cent of his passes and threw two touchdowns against Atlanta during their regular season meeting, completed less than 50 per cent and was intercepted twice in their playoff battle. Or look at Pro Bowl quarterback Peyton Manning, who threw for 4,200 yards during

AROUND THE HORN

Wrestling in K-Town O r led 2 6 -2 5 . The home side held M cGill’s wrestling team was in on for the victory in the second action over the weekend at Queen’s half.

M cGill’s Denburk Reid had 18 University in Kingston.

Jed Zaretzki placed fourth in the 66points, three rebounds and four the regular season. The Colts pivot, kilogram weight class. Avi Yan, par­ assists.

Teammate Dominico however, could only manage 13 7 ticipating in the same weight class Marcario added 10 points, while passing yards against the Jets in a 4 1 | as teammate Zaretzki, came sixth.

Kirk Reid scored eight points and 0 loss. had a game-high seven rebounds.

On the women’s side, Hana The inability to step up under M cGill shot only 36 per cent the intense scrutiny o f the playoffs is I Askren was second in the 48-kg weight class. Her three wins came as from the field, making 2 1 o f 59 even more an encapsulation of the a result of pins. shots. In comparison, Laval shot 53 officials’ performance. Referees have Katherine Baker was second in per cent, making 30 o f 5 7 shots. the ability to turn a game around and Laval had a slight advantage on the 7 7 - kg class. In one o f her affect its outcome with as little as a matches, Baker, a rookie, exhibited the boards, out-rebounding McGill whistle or a single flag. When refer­ great fortitude in a comeback victo­ 36 -29 . ees so blatantly miss a call, like the ry. Trailing 8 -1 at the halfway point, The Redmen, 1-3 in regular one that cost the New York Giants a season play, will look to bounce Baker overcame the deficit and won shot at winning a football game— back from the loss when they play in extra time. making not one but two errors on the Concordia Stingers Friday night The team suffered two injuries the play— it is inexcusable. That ter­ in the competition.

Caleb at Loyola Campus. M cGill returns rible sequence, for which the N F L Bouhairie and John Sciascia went to Love Competition Hall Saturday was forced to issue a formal apology down and will be out for an unspec­ when they host the Bishop’s Gaiters to the Giants, should have made offi­ ified amount o f time. at 8:00 pm. cials that much more aware that their The next competition for the every action can determine the out­ wrestling team is in two weeks time Struggles continue for young come o f a game. when M cGill’s wrestlers travel to Martlets For example, instead o f paying London for the Western Open.

The M cGill women’s basket­ attention, officials in the Steelersball team lost 6 1 - 3 6 to Laval, the Titans game were unsure of whether Redman bailers drop No. 3 —ranked team in the country or not a play was reviewable by game to Laval that is so far undefeated this sea­ instant replay, and were also unaware The McGill Redmen lost to son. The Rouge-et-Or led 3 2 - 1 9 at of how many timeouts Pittsburgh the Laval Rouge-et-Or 6 9 -6 1 halftime. had. That lack of alertness is even Saturday in Quebec Student Sports M cGill was out-rebound by a mote unacceptable given that these Federation basketball action. The 3 4 -2 5 margin. officiating crews are chosen for the game versus the perennial rivals was playoff games because they are See ATH, page 23 close at halftime, as the Rouge-etjudged to be the best during the reg­ ular season.

The N F L is the most successful sports league in North America for a reason. It promotes itself brilliantly, keeps player salaries in check, pos­ sesses a phenomenal T V contract, a strong group of committed owners, and many bankable stars. However, its playoffs don’t maintain the high standard o f excellence to which fans have grown accustomed. They are marred by disinterest in the teams involved, games that aren’t even close at halftime, and a faulty overtime system. The superstars o f the N F L make the playoffs a letdown by not playing at their highest level, and the officials have adversely affected the The Post-Graduate outcome of the games through plain International Marketing Program inattentiveness. can put the global business community within your reach.

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Laval shot 46 per cent from the field, and McGill was 29 per cent, hitting 1 2 o f its 4 1 attempted shots.

M cG ill’s leading scorer was Kelly-Rae Kenyon with nine points.

Kenyon, who shot 50 per cent from the field, had seven rebounds to lead M cGill in that category.

Josée Lalonde and Christina Lacombe paced the Laval attack with 10 points apiece.

Maude Vallieres chipped in, seven points for McGill. Martlets Sarah Gagné and rookie Marie-Eve Beaulieu-Demers both had six points.

The Martlets basketball team falls to 0-4 in the regular season.

M cGill travels across town to play Concordia Friday, and then hosts Bishop’s Saturday at 6:00 pm.

Martlets’ Roy fills St-Pierre’s shoes The McGill hockey Martlets defeated rival Concordia Stingers 51 Friday at the Ed Meagher Arena.

Martlets backup goaltender Delphine Roy made 2 5 saves for the

win. Roy filled in for St-Pierre who was attending a Canadian national team development camp. McGill was outshot 2 6 -19 .

Sarah Lomas’ ninth goal o f the season late in the second period stood up as the winner, while Suzanne Fujiki, Justine Keyserlingk, Audrey Hadd and Sophie Acheson all added single markers.

The win was M cG ill’s third straight over No. 5 —ranked Concordia.

In exhibition action the previ­ ous Wednesday, the Martlets lost 50 to the Wisconsin Badgers, who are ranked No. 9 in U S college hockey.

The friendly match at McConnell Arena featured three members o f the Canadian national team. St-Pierre made 5 5 saves in a losing cause.

Martlets volleyball winless over weekend The Martlets volleyball team was swept 3-0 at Sherbrooke (2517 , 2 5 - 1 9 , 2 5 -19 ) on Sunday, and lost to Montreal by an identical score on Friday ( 2 5 -17 , 2 5 -2 2 , 2 5 -

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On Sunday, Anne Robitaille had 1 2 digs and eight kills.

Catherine-Anne Murray had 1 1 digs, one ace and a 2.48 passing ratio In Friday’s game, Robitaille amassed eight digs, six kills, three stuffed blocks and one ace. Her passing ratio was 2 .3 5 .

Versus Montreal, M cG ill’s Christine Borisov had seven kills, two aces, while Maxime Lefebvre tallied 12 digs.

The Martlets travel to Laval on Friday, and host Montreal Sunday at 1:00 pm. McGill currently holds a record o f 1 -8 in the regular season.

Redmen volleyball drops games The M cGill men’s volleyball team lost Friday to Montreal 3-0 (2 5 -14 , 2 5 -1 6 , 2 5 -1 7 ) .

Kyle Pushkarenko recorded six digs, three kills and two stuffed blocks. Paul Grinvalds had 10 digs, while teammate Adam Kouri smashed four kills.

Sherbrooke downed M cG ill Sunday 3-0 (2 5 -18 , 2 7 -2 5 , 2 5 -16 ).

Pushkarenko dropped nine kills on

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the Vert et Or, and added one ace and two digs.

Grinvalds put up six kills, four digs and recorded a 2.60 passing ratio. Kouri had five kills and four digs.

McGill, 0-9 in the regular sea­ son, play at Laval this Friday before hosting Montreal on Sunday at 3:00 pm at Love Competition Hall.

Hockey players athletes o f the week Audrey Hadd and Dave Burgess were named M cGill’s ath­ letes o f the week for the period end­ ing January 12.

Hadd had three goals and two assists in two weekend games.

Burgess, a U 5 Management student, had six points, including five assists, in games versus Ryerson and University o f Toronto.

Intramural D-League Chronicles

The war for Gardner Hall bad mamma Mohit Arora The Bad Mamma Jammas approached their final game o f the semester with some mixed feelings.

They were ecstatic about being undefeated, but somewhat disap­ pointed that they hadn’t actually beaten a D H L contender. Their 4-03 record included wins against cellar dwellers, but they had tied every quality opponent they had faced.

The BMJs needed to learn how to beat a good team.

They were presented a chance to do just that when they took on the Rez Dogs, a team that had only lost one game. Also o f significance, they, like your favourite D H L team, the BM Js, were borne out o f Gardner Hall. This being the first meeting of the two Gardner proge­ nies, it was declared (by me, and completely randomly) the inaugural Gardner Cup. The game started out rather poorly for the BMJs. The Rez Dogs got on the board first when one “ Dawg” stepped over the blue line with the puck and fired it top shelf.

The score grew to 2-0 when BM J goalie Mohit Arora was screened on a shot from the point. A third goal was added when a gamble by the BMJs resulted in a two-on-none for the bad guys. Arora made the first save, but was way out of position for the rebound, which was easily deposited into the net.

The BM Js had their chances too, but early on the Dogs’ goaltender protected his keep well (a junk yard dog, perhaps?), though he struggled a little bit with handling the puck. This proved to be prophet­

ic later in the match.

Even though we got off to a slow start, our defence was once again bolstered by the return o f Jess Zimbler, back from injury. She was paired up with Casey Johnson, and the two played a very solid game together. After surrendering the early lead, the BMJs buckled down on defence and concentrated on solving their scoring problems against the Rez Dogs’ goaltender. Despite pro­ ducing many shots on goal, the Rez Dog’s netminder was pulling out all the stops. He was a hot dog, you might say.

A t halfway mark, the BMJs regrouped and got on the board when Scotty Mao, back at forward after a 2-0 -1 run in net, saw his shot trickle through the Dog goalie. On

"The BMJs needed to learn how to beat a good team.”

— M o h it Arora B a d M a m m a Ja m m a goaltender the very next play, Jason Northey won the face-off and passed the puck to Derek Smith, who aimed his shot for the same spot where Mao’s goal had found a home moments earlier.

Then, Northey picked up the puck in his own end and passed it up ahead to Alan Hanley. Hanley brought the puck into the Rez Dogs’ end (the Dog Pound?) and found Nili Isaacs parked in the slot. Isaacs’ low one-timer bested the Dog goalie.

With the game tied, Hanley was sprung loose on a breakaway. The goalie once again got a piece of the puck on Hanley’s shot, but it some­ how eluded him. It was just about to cross the goal line when Hanley, frenzied over the excitement of his soon-to-be goal, couldn’t stop and fell wildly into the Rez Dog goaltender, knocking them both into the net. Hanley was actually able to

interfere with his own goal.

Hanley, who coached the BMJs last year, decided to lace up the skates this season, and he has made a significant impact on the team.

Hanley played hockey growing up and, though a fairly good skater, he’s a little rusty in the control depart­ ment. He manages to fall violently at least once every game, often tak­ ing nasty spills because he turns too fast. Also, his weak stop-on-com­ mand percentage results in many collisions and hard encounters with the boards. In addition to his demo­ lition o f the Rez Dogs’ net, he lost an edge while turning and careened sideways into the boards later in the game.

After all the king’s horses and all the king’s men put Hanley together again, the Bad Mamma Jammas kept pressing for the go-ahead goal. They got it when Northey passed the puck to Ben Kaye at the point. Kaye backhanded a knucklepuck in despera­ tion, and it found the back of the net thanks to Mao screening the goalie.

BMJs scored four times in three minutes to take a one-goal lead. This looked to be the quality win they had been striving for all season.

But then the BMJs let it slip away. The Rez Dogs fired a shot on net, and Arora couldn’t control the rebound. Arora frantically tried to cover the puck, with a vicious “ Dawg” in front o f the net digging for his bone. After whacking at it eight (or so) times, the puck found its way under Arora’s glove and crossed the goal line.

So the game ended in a tie. The Gardner Cup remains at large and the BMJs, who still haven’t beaten a quality opponent, wrapped up the first semester with an undefeated 40-4 record. Their season resumes on Wednesday, January 1 5 when they take on “Overruled”, at 9:30 pm in McConnell Winter Arena. Tickets are still available.

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