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Tuesday, January 21, 2003

A battle for hearts and minds 25,000 march against war in Iraq Jennifer Jett Thousands o f protesters marched through downtown Montreal Saturday to express their opposition to the potential war between the United States and Iraq, and to encourage the Canadian government not to participate in any US-led aggression.

T h e Montreal demonstration was one o f dozens that took place as part o f a worldwide ‘D ay o f A ction . About 200,000 protesters gath­ ered in Washington, D .C ., and others marched in London, Tokyo, Damascus and across Canada.

Demonstrators here gathered at Guy and de Maisonneuve at 1:00 pm, chanting multilingual slogans such as “ Peace, paix, salaam, shalom!” and “ N on à la guerre, oui à la paix!” (N o to war, yes to peace). “ W e have one message: O ur message is we want peace!” an organizer told the crowd, many

o f whom were waving posters addressing Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Defence Minister John McCallum, Foreign Minister Bill Graham and other Canadian leaders. “ Nous te disons: N o n à la guerre en Irak” (W e're telling you: N o to war in Iraq), they shouted.

Before the march began, protesters were entertained with music and poetry, and listened to a b rief speech by Dr. A m ir Khadir o f Médecins du monde, a French doctors’ associa­ tion.

Demonstrators were not deterred by the frigid weather, and organizers estimated a turnout o f 25,000, said Francine Ném éh, spokesperson for le C ollectif Échec à la guerre, the group that planned the event. “ W ith the cold, we were expecting around 10,000, so it’s incredible,” she said.

T h e line was so long that, half an hour after the march began, protesters in the back had not See PROTESTERS UNITE, page 3

Student by day, DJ by night A-Trak: D M C DJing world champion and physics student Heather Kitty Mak____________________________ A-Trak. T h e name may or may not sound familiar to you. I f it does, you may have heard how he swept the 1997 D M C W orld DJ-ing Championships at the tender age o f 15. You may have also heard that he holds a number o f other tides. Maybe you know how he was invited by JENNY GEORGE

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DJ Q-Bert to be an honorary member o f the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. You may also have heard about some o f his work with DJ supercrew, the Allies.

O r perhaps you know o f his work with his label Audio Research, and with local hip hop group Obscure Disorder. O r maybe the scratch­ ing notation system that he developed and showcased at Skratchcon 2000. T h e list o f acco­ lades could go on forever, but, most importantly, he recendy became one o f M cG ill’s own.

Th ere’s a certain Clark-Kent-DJingSuperman-esque mystique that surrounds A Trak. O n the one hand, he is a super serious stu­

dent, on the other, he also happens to be a hip hop phenom. However, there’s no changinginto-tights-and-cape-in-a-phone-booth going on here.

A-Trak, aka Alain Macklovitch, 20, is fully dressed for a Montreal winter, with ah enor­ mously puffy down jacket and a grey earflap hat.

H e has just finished a rigourous morning o f Heat and Waves and Advanced Calculus, part o f M cG ill’s Physics programme. Alain takes a seat across from me, and with his teeth a-chatter, starts discussing his career plans for 2003. “ Right now I ’m just trying to get some solo recording done, because I really want to put some music out. I ’m finishing these two songs that I want to put out as a single o f just me pro­ ducing the beats and scratching over them, and working on some Obscure Disorder stuff— we’re trying to finish up our album [Seven Months o f Ice\. A n d just building a lot with the label, set­ ting up for C D distribution worldwide,” he explains with a slight Québécois accent.

See A-TRAK, page 16

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Elections McGill opts against separate accreditation poll Kate Rhodes The accreditation referendum scheduled for a special election peri­ od in late February has been moved to the general election in March because Elections M cG ill officials say they do not have the capacity to hold two large elections in one semester. The special election peri­ od would have cost the Students’ Society more than $20,000.

“A special voting period hasn’t been done before and isn’t neces­ sary,” said C h ief Returning Officer Sarah Huggins. “ To me, it is ineffi­ cient to hire polling clerks twice and pay for an election twice when the referendum question could appear on the ballot in the general election.”

However, some SSM U Council members feel accreditation merits the attention o f its own elec­ tion.

“W e wanted a special election

just for accreditation because it would provide time to educate vot­ ers and emphasize what an impor­ tant issue accreditation is,” said S S M U President M artin Doe. “ During the general election peri­ od, people are distracted by execu­ tive campaigns and other referen­ dum issues, [which avert] voters’ attention away from accreditation. “ In last year’s election, accredi­ tation suffered in the general elec­ tion because w e could not get enough information out, there was too much going on, and SS M U was proposing too many things [on the ballot]... Key people who were also in charge o f getting accreditation out there were campaigning them­ selves. In the general election, many o f our accreditation campaign resources were drained,” he said.

Huggins said that adding two weeks o f special accreditation elec­ tions to an already campaign-heavy semester would overwhelm voters.

“ Shoving [accreditation] in people’s faces does not uphold the integrity o f electoral practices. W e shouldn’t force people to vote, they will let us know what they want,” said Huggins. “ People aren’t inter­ ested in just accreditation, and more voters will cast ballots on the issue i f it appears in the general election. Two more weeks o f posters and speeches will be too much for voters.”

S S M U originally hoped to hold the accreditation referendum in October.

have been catching Elections M cG ill at a non-taxing time, as they only have First Year Committee o f Council in the fall.”

Huggins said the accreditation by-laws on quorum are deceptive.

“W e need to reach a quorum o f 25 per cent o f students. ... Last year we had that [many people vote], but not all o f them voted yes. To reach a quorum o f 25 per cent o f students voting “yes” we might need 60 per cent o f students to vote.”

O ver the summer, Huggins

“ W e wanted to maintain the momentum from last year, as 86 per cent o f the students who voted were for accreditation, [but] we failed to meet quorum by 125 votes,” said Doe, who also pointed out that nearly all Quebec student associa­ tions are accredited. “W e would have been able to tell students what accreditation was all about and why they should vote. W e would also

was unsure whether she would keep her C R O appointment, and none o f the replacement applicants “gave us the confidence that they could run an accreditation referendum on such short notice. [Huggins] was clearly the most qualified candi­ date,” said Doe. After Huggins decided to keep her job, Elections M cG ill was reor­ ganized, and an additional Deputy

Returning O fficer and a third Election Coordinator were added. “ This made the C R O ’s job that of an overseer and legal authority, rather than someone who worries about all the logistics and technical­ ities o f an election, which is really what her job description is,” said Vice-President Operations Kathleen Morrison.

However, “ by then it was too late to confidently pursue an accreditation election [in O ctober],” said Doe. T h e average cost o f running an election exceeds $20,000, most o f which goes into employee salaries: approximately 47 poll clerks work six-hour days at 20 polling stations and the command centre for eight election days, plus ballot counting.

SS M U budgeted $45,520 for three elections this year, but as the special accreditation period has been can­ celled, the cost is expected to go down, said Morrison.

McCallum defends Defence Department, UN Antiwar protesters disrupt former Arts dean's speech with cries of "wanker!"

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His speech at the Henry F. Hall building came only days after he

made headlines across the country when he stated that Canada may participate in a US-led war on Iraq without United Nations authoriza­ tion.

Antiwar protesters were visible outside the building during the ministers speech, holding signs and

shouting slogans denouncing another Persian G u lf war. “ Some may say w e’re only doing it with a U N mandate... we’re saying we much prefer that, but we may do it otherwise,” said McCallum on January 9, sparking a stir within the Liberal party and

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am ong many Canadians. These comments were seen by many as a major shift in foreign policy— until then, the government had insisted on a U N Security Council resolu­ tion authorizing the use o f force before it would lend support to a war on Iraq. McCallum’s comments caused division between hawks and doves in the Liberal party, as many MPs felt that the minister had gone too far.

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien moved to ease caucus revolt, stating that the Canadian government and the international community must speak through the United Nations Security Council on matters o f peace and security. T h e Prime M inister added that M cC allum “replied to a hypothetical question, that he has reflected upon and cor­ rected since that time.”

Speaking to an audience o f stu­ dents, m ilitary personnel and media, McCallum noted that “ it’s somewhat dangerous sometimes for people in politics to make hypo­ thetical statements, particularly if you answer those hypothetical questions with great clarity.”

Antiw ar protestors from M cG ill Students Against War and Racism and other groups crowded the front entrance, forcing those attending to be escorted by both police and government agents through an underground garage.

Between 30 and 40 protesters stood in the cold weather to voice their opposition to the minister’s recent comments and a the possibility o f war w ith Iraq. T h e protestors assured security officials and Montreal police that there would be no violence, and were allowed to demonstrate peacefully.

M any protestors came armed with small handbills with the word “democracy” printed on them.

Attem pting to gain entrance to the speech with their ‘democracy dol­ lars’ , the students argued that democracy alone should allow all citizens the opportunity to listen to

and question the M inister o f Defence, not the $50 price for the conference.

The protestors stayed for well over an hour and banged loudly on the windows o f the building, which could be clearly heard by all those attending the speech, including McCallum. Upset with what they believe to be an ever-increasing like­ lihood o f a war with Iraq, the demonstrators chanted “ McCallum you wanker, you should have stayed a banker,” and, “ Desarmez les Etats-Unis [disarm the U S ], regime change in D .C .!”

Pleased with the presence o f various network news cameras, the protestors performed a ‘die-in’ in an attempt to show the human cost o f war. The U N Kas estimated that an attack on Iraq could result in over 500,000 Iraqi civilian casualties.

McCallum spoke briefly on his background and the importance o f the Department o f Defence in a post-September 11 world. H e voiced his support for a 10 per cent increase in the defence budget, which is currently $ 12-billion.

The minister said that “ Canadians long for peace, Canadians want peace, Canadians don’t want war,” but he also stated that his government fully supports the U N and noted Saddam Hussein’s history o f U N arms viola­ tions.

Although McCallum acknowl­ edged that Israel has also violated U N weapons resolutions, he argued that “not only is it suspected that Iraq is in possession o f weapons o f mass destruction, but also that Iraq has used such weapons. Iraq has used chemical weapons against its own citizens and Iraq has attacked both o f his neighbours Iran and Kuwait.” O ne demonstrator noted afterwards that there was very little Canadian opposition to Saddam when the United States supported his war against the Kurds.

M cC allum did not speak See McCALLUM, page 7

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Montreal protesters unite against Iraq war Continued from page 1 started to walk yet, Ném éh said.

Demonstrators marched down a b lock ed -off section o f rue SteCatherine, then turned towards boulevard René-Lévesque, booing as they passed the US consulate on

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rue St-Alexandre. “ I think [the US] administra­ tion is really dangerous,” protester Terri Peterson said. “ I don’t think the war in Iraq is about human rights; I don’t think it’s about help­ ing the Iraqi people; I don’t think it’s about bringing peace to the M iddle East; I think it’s about oil.”

Peterson, an American com­ pleting her post-doctoral degree at M cG ill, doubted the demonstration would persuade the US not to go to war. “ I think [US President George] Bush and [US Secretary o f Defence Donald] Rumsfeld [have] made up their minds and I don’t think they care what the rest o f us think,” she said. “ I ’m showing up because I think it’s important to stand up and say no, but I don’t think it’s going to prevent anything.”

Protesters carried banners, posters, and even a homemade cof­ fin. Filmmaker John Fretz created a sign that read, “ N o blockbuster.

Vietnam II. A Crappy M ovie.” “ I thought a bit o f humour w ould help,” said Fretz, w ho believes war with Iraq would be similar to the Vietnam War. “ They always make these blockbuster movies. I thought it was somehow symbolic o f what’s going on. It’ll be another blockbuster disaster.”

People o f all ages attended.

Provincial governm ent worker Frederico Fomseca brought his

four-year-old son Tiago to the demonstration.

Fomseca said he hoped to teach his son “that i f he acts, things can change. “ The real power is really in our own hands,” he said. “ I f we decide to stay on our couches at home, nothing will change. That’s what I would like him to remember.”

O n Ste-Catherine, demonstra­ tors met with occasional chants o f “ USA! U SA!” from onlookers in counter-protest. “ I started down the end o f the street and taunted every person on the way up,” counter-demonstrator Ryan Boudreau said. “ I ’m from the US, I ’m American and I ’m proud o f it.”

Boudreau said he opposes war, but thinks it may be necessary to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power. “ I believe in my country. I believe in m y president. I have a bunch o f m y buddies that are in the Marines. I don’t want to see them go over there and fight. I want it to be resolved. But idiots [protesters] like this that have no idea what’s going on ... I mean this is ridicu­ lous.”

A supportive crowd cheered on about a dozen protesters who staged a ‘die-in’ at the corner o f RenéLévesque and Bleury. Shivering mock corpses and scattered antiwar signs lay underneath a M étroM édia

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McGill students marched with protesters against war in Iraq on Saturday. billboard, covered in graffiti indi­ cating the “collateral damage” that would result from war with Iraq.

T h e demonstration ended at the Federal Complexe Guy Favreau with remarks from Raym ond Legault o f Voices o f Conscience and actor Luc Picard. “ I would say it was very suc­ cessful. I thought there was a pretty strong contingent o f M cG ill stu­ dents,” said Jesse Rosenfeld, a member o f M c G ill Students Against War and Racism.

Le C ollectif Échec à la guerre is

planning another demonstration for the Saturday after war begins.

“T h e more you protest, the more people see these types o f actions, the more encouraged they get that they can actually do some­ thing,” said protester Abigail Faucher, who last year founded a group called Americans in Montreal. “ N o t one single protest affects the government; it’s the building o f a movement that eventually will have an impact on policy.”

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Politics and lager: John A. would be proud Tory leadership candidate Brison meets supporters at Gert's, criticizes Liberal policies Mark Sward Progressive Conservative M P Scott Brison, who is expected to run for the leadership o f his party, met with students at Gert's Pub Wednesday evening in an event organized by P C M cG ill. According to P C M c G ill President Kevin McPhee, Brison will announce his candidacy for Joe Clark's position in the coming weeks.

M cG ills P C campus associa­ tion will send two delegates to the Tory leadership convention in the spring.

Brison, w ho represents the N ova Scotia riding o f Kings-Hants in the House o f Commons and is the PC's critic for the ministries o f Industry and Finance, spoke about his vision for Canada's future. “ There is a latent desire for change in Canada,” he said. “ Canadians are not confident in the future o f health care and education, and they are worried about protect­ ing the country's security.”

Healthcare and education Brison believes the fundamen­

tal problem with Canadian health­ care is the lack o f accountability: provincial governments are ulti­ mately responsible for healthcare, but they are unable to raise money to provide adequate services. “ It is impossible to hold provinces accountable when [they] don't have the taxing pow er... the federal and provincial governments point fin­ gers at each other, but the provin­ cial governments ultimately face the wrath o f the voters,” he said. I f cho­ sen to lead the Tories, Brison would push for an increase in transfer pay­ ments to provinces, to go toward both health care and education. “ T h e biggest victim o f the healthcare crisis has been educa­ tion,” said Brison, citing the funneling o f potential education fund­ ing into ailing provincial healthcare systems.

Brison also proposes sweeping policy changes to im prove Canadian post-secondary educa­ tion, including tax credits for grad­ uates paying o f f student debt and cost-sharing programs to reduce the burden o f funding on provinces' shoulders. “ O ur goal is for Canada

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Kleenexes to protect themselves,” he said.

Although he is not eager to go to war in Iraq, Brison feels that “ blind faith in the [United Nations] is not always constructive. [US President George W ] Bush and [British Prime Minister Tony] Blair are right to question the efficacy o f U N weapons inspectors. Saddam has fooled the U N in the past.”

Rather than continuing to cut

Canada in the w orld T h e Liberal government, in power since 1993, has hurt Canada's clout worldwide, argued Brison. “ It's tragic to see how Canada's influence has declined since 1993,” he said, citing the close relationship that former Tory prime minister Brian Mulroney had with former US president George H . W. Bush, which allowed Canada to play a larger and more influential role in the 1991 G u lf War. Under Jean Chrétien, Canada's influence has gone from considerable to irrele­ vant, Brison said. “ Canada does not pull its weight in N A T O , [and hardly contributes] to defending our borders,” he said.

Brison also expressed concern at Canada's recent peacekeeping missions. “ T h e Liberals are bastardizing peacekeeping,” he accused. “ Lester B. Pearson would be turning in his grave i f he saw today's peacekeep­ in g... you can't send troops into

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Prospects for the PC W ith only 14 seats in the House o f Commons, “the party is in a turnaround situation,” said Brison. “ W e need to change the way we're doing business— we need a bold approach. Canadians are thirsting for ideas and vision,” he said, citing his experience as a busi­ nessman before entering politics in 1997.

Brison, 35, hopes to revitalize his party with an appeal to young

voters.

“Your generation is the most educated and informed generation in the history o f democracy,” he said to students, “yet many o f you have chosen to tune out o f poli­ tics... because politicians are not providing vision and are failing to engage your generation.”

Brison also extends a hand to members o f the Canadian Alliance party, with which the Progressive Conservatives share Canada’s right wing.

“I believe I can attract Canadian Alliance supporters i f my message is clear enough,” he said.

H e has already had some success at this, with several ex-Alliance mem­ bers working on his campaign.

Several other candidates for the Tory leadership have already kicked o ff their campaigns. N ova Scotia M P Peter M acKay and Calgary lawyer Jim Prentice announced their candidacy Thursday.

Retiring leader and form er prime minister Joe Clark's successor will be chosen at the party's con­ vention in Toronto on June 1.

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I am writing to you from a breezy, sun-drenched house in the suburbs o f Panama City. Outside I can see the gracious palm trees shad­ ing the hammocks on our porch and a melodious yellow bird perched on the window is trying to compete

with the latest salsa hit blasting in the kitchen. W e are about an hour away from some o f the best beaches o f the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, and the sweltering heat challenges all memory that we are in the month o f January.

Our .house is located in a com­ pound called Ciudad del Saber (The City o f Knowledge) which used to be a military base used by the Americans. Now, its perfectly sym­ metrical buildings are either trans­ formed into office buildings or into temporary houses for non-govern­ mental organizations, but they are mostly abandoned. These military bases are spread out in many strate­ gic places around the city and they can be easily distinguished from the dilapidated and insalubrious apart­ ment buildings that host the major­ ity o f urban Panamanians. O nly the rich can afford to buy a house in La

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Zona (what used to be the US mili­ tary area that was prohibited to all Panamanians) and the security guards, the patios and the perfecdy trimmed trees will never let you for­ get that.

Panama is generally known for its famous canal, started by the French and finished by the Americans. The latter relinquished their ownership o f the canal and military bases in 1999, and turned them over to Panama— a memorable event that is still celebrated with many posters around the city. The opinions seem to be split, though, about the benefits o f regaining the Canal Zone. Many have voiced their frustration with the current govern­ ment o f Mireya Moscoso (Panama's first woman president) concerning the corrupt management o f the canal and its incapacity to deal with the shock o f having so many Americans leave the country— tak­ ing with them the jobs and dollars which formed a large part o f the economy. Others are happy that the “foreign occupation” is over and are optimistic about the upcoming 2004 elections, as well as the devel­ opment o f a tourism-driven econo­ my in the last four years.

I am here on a program that combines neo-tropical biology with social sciences and environmental studies, while incorporating an internship project for a Panamanian non-profit organization. The 28 stu­ dents o f the program come from a variety o f academ ic^^kgrounds, ranging from biology to environ­ ment, to political science and inter­ national development, and many o f

the subjects broached in class or in the field have never crossed their paths before. This program is out to break conceptual boundaries between disciplines and offer a real­ istic perspective o f the many factors affecting life in the developing world.

H ow can you implement con­ servation policies without taking into account the communities’ own priorities? H ow can you promote economic development without understanding the true value o f nat­ ural resources? These are only a few o f the questions that come up in our field trips, our internships and our discussions with the locals.

The program is in its fifth year and the pivotal force behind the Panama semester is Professor Catherine Potvin, who has felt the need to train her students in the social aspects o f the developing countries in which they work. “ M y main motivation is to help the student attain a level o f human respect and humbleness that will lead to a socially and culturally sen­ sitive solution for the environment,” said Potvin.

Potvin said she. is passionate about snatching the students out o f the comfort zone o f western values and western solutions “that only work for five per cent o f the world population” and replanting them in a foreign soil that will challenge them into seeking “solutions that make sense for all human beings.”

As she was working on summa­ rizing our latest expedition through the rainforest, Rachele Levin, a U3 Environment Studies major, pro­

nounced, “There is just no compari­ son between reading a book and being in situ and seeing how things really work.”

There is also no comparison between ones idealized perception o f what a tropical paradise such as Panama should look like and the reality o f abject poverty and stagger­ ing inequality at every corner.

American fast food franchises are an unmistakable part o f the envi­ ronment. Undoubtedly they offer many jobs to poor Panamanians, but my colleagues can't help but wonder i f this is the best solution, i f American businesses are taking away from the potential o f domestic food and culture. There is the sense o f irony that we, as students o f envi­ ronment and societies, have rejected American pop culture by choosing to come to a developing country and get involved at the grass roots— and we have only met with a stronger, more accepted ‘M cDonald’s-ization’ phenomenon.

One o f the first shocks experi­ enced simultaneously by all o f us on our way into the city from the air­ port was seeing the myriad fast food franchises that were filled to the brim in the US-styled, roadside shopping malls.

Why? K FC , M cD onald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Popeyes and Wendy’s were amply represented and our visceral reaction can best be described by Katherine W ieckowski, a U3 Science major that “ It’s disgusting how Americanized it is. The devel­ oping world is like a playground for America. They’re just a market.

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N e W s B r le F s Effort to Hire More Female Academics The University’s efforts to hire more female academics came under scrutiny at Senate Wednesday.

Senator Anthony Paré asked about the success o f regulations instituted in April 2001 to promote the hiring o f women as faculty members.

Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Luc Vinet said that, while the deans o f all faculties have been asked to report the success o f these procedures, the guidelines were “not uniformly followed across the University.” However, the data for 2002 showed that 35 per cent o f recent hires across all disciplines were female. Female applicants for academic positions numbered under 100, compared to more than 2,000 men who applied.

A ll faculty deans now must track female applicants for all posi­ tions, interview a female in the top 10 per cent o f shortlisted candidates, and report to the Vice-Principal the names o f unsuccessful female appli­ cants, along with the reasons they were rejected.

Vinet mentioned a Canada Research Council measure to evalu­ ate gender bias, which found that the percentage o f Canadian doctoral degrees awarded to females increased from 25 per cent to 35 per cent between 1996 and 1998. The per­ centage o f female academics hired shows that “ M cG ill is in keeping with this increase in doctoral degrees,” said Vinet.

Gender imbalance among stu­ dents at M cG ill was also discussed at Senate.

Senator M orton Mendelson pointed out that, in this academic year, more than 60 per cent o f M cG ills undergraduate students are female, a percentage that has been steadily increasing for the past few years. Although this is a significant trend across North America, the Senator noted that the University had a duty to look into and possibly rectify this disproportionate enrol­ ment. “ T h e University Academic Com m ittee should consider this imbalance and report to Senate by April,” he said.

— Divya Watal Equity policy slow in coming The Joint Senate-Board Committee on Equity was criticized by senators Wednesday for its inac­ tivity and disorganization. “ The committee has not been very active,” and has seldom met, said Luc Vinet, provost and vice­ principal (academic), chair o f the JSBCE, who was presenting the Committee’s report.

JSBCE’s mandate is to formu­ late University policy regarding under-represented groups, including women, visible minorities, aborigi­ nal peoples, persons with disabilities and queer people, with special sub­ committees for each. “ It is difficult to find people to serve as chairs of these...

Nevertheless, I ’m now pleased to say these difficulties are being resolved.” said Vinet.

Senator A nthony Paré addressed the complication o f get­

ting the many subcommittees together, suggesting that it is “an unworkable structure o f governance, with the [one] committee and the many, many subcommittees. They are attending to the critical issues in the University and if they cannot meet, they cannot really address them,” he said.

Medicine Senator Faiz Ahmad raised his concerns about the Policy on Discrimination and Harassment proposed in 1996, whose “first seven articles were approved by the

mentioned that the University’s Code o f Conduct contains policies and procedures regarding equity and suggested that these should be exam­ ined to determine whether there are already mechanisms to cover instances o f racial harassment.

— Ayse Gauthier Snow A P attracts 4,000 wassailers Snow A ir Pub, the Students’ Society’s annual celebration at the start o f the winter term, drew around 4,000 visitors this year,

tent was packed daily and the music was really good. W e had Bonhomme going around promoting it, and everyone seems to love Bonhomme.

The tent was bigger this year and it was even nice and warm. Even our new principal, Heather MunroeBlum, came by. I thought it was a great week.”

— Adam Klevinas M U S Carnival accident report Tuesday marked the final day o f the Management Undergraduate

were filed, four were alcohol-related.

Management Carnival includes many alcohol-related activities, among them boat races, funnels and pub-crawls; students also participate in a scavenger hunt and variations on ‘Stupid Human Tricks’ .

Previous years have seen much more casualty-ridden Carnivals and parties, but undergraduate societies have recently made safety a higher priority.

Arnaldo gave some tips for peo­ ple out drinking during the winter, stressing that party-goers should watch over their drinks and not leave them unattended, and also never drink on an empty stomach.

Arnaldo said that the most impor­ tant winter drinking tip is to dress warmly while going out; a common misconception is that alcohol makes the body feel warm. In cold cli­ mates, drinking alcohol increases the risk o f frostbite and hypothermia.

— Adam Klevinas

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Four-compartment recycling bins encourage environmentally friendly behavior; Bonhomme chilling at Snow AP. Senate... yet never returned to Senate for consideration.”

H e voiced his confusion about the fact that the Equity Committee’s goal was “to evaluate the need for such a policy, but not how to imple­ ment or create such a policy,” a task that appears unnecessary given that Senate has already approved its first seven articles. Ahmad urged Senate not to postpone implementation o f this policy to an undetermined date, but rather to commit to resolve it before the end o f the academic year. “ I am hoping...” said Dean o f Students Bruce Shore, “ [that] i f humanly possible, you w ill hear back about it this semester.”

Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Martha Crago

according to SSM U Vice-President Communications and Events Naeem Datoo.

Although financial numbers are not in yet, Datoo anticipates that profits for Snow AP, which is held every January in a tent on the lower field o f campus, exceeded forecast estimates. Last year, Snow A P made approximately $2,000.

Datoo attributes the success o f the weeklong event to effective organization and management, as well as promotions, including the popular mascot Bonhomme, which helped bring in a consistent number o f patrons. “ It ran great. [Chair] Elliot Cappell and our ten managers did an amazing job,” said Datoo. “The

Society's annual Carnival, which ended without any serious injuries.

According to M cG ill First A id direc­ tor Chip Arnaldo, M U S is very safe­ ty-conscious and minimal injuries occurred over the course o f the seven days. “ M any o f the injuries were minor," commented Arnaldo. "W e had to call 911 once for an alcoholrelated emergency, but 911 is rarely called.”

T h e most common problem that arose was numerous people vomiting. However, some obscure injuries included one person who inadvertently inhaled beer through the nose and coughed up blood as a result.

O f the 10 accident reports that

Recycling bins installed M cG ill has installed multicomponent recycling bins in most major buildings on campus.

“They have been installed over the course o f last week,” said Wayne W ood, manager of the Environmental Safety Office. “Most major buildings have them now, and it’s not just paper recycling anymore, it’s everything the city o f Montreal recycles— paper, glass, metal and plastic.”

Funding for the new bins comes from $120,000 set aside in this year’s budget for environmental improvements. The fund will also cover a new position in the ESO, which W ood believes will allow for a more active environmental policy at McGill. “ [W e will be] hiring a full-time environmental officer— once that is done we’ll announce her name,” said W ood. “ Once that news is announced a lot o f other projects will roll along much better.”

— ;fames Grohsgal

6 News

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

O nline voting to be offered to all cam pus groups Sam Goffman An online voting system that is being developed for the Students’ Society w ill enable any campus organization to conduct secure elec­ tions with encrypted ballots, accord­ ing to Brian Lack, the system’s pro­ grammer.

The system can hold multiple elections at once, and can limit voter eligibility to specific categories, such as Science students or members o f a specific club.

Students will be able to log into the system using their student ID number and M IN E R V A password.

SSM U has worked closely with the M cG ill administration and M IN E R V A ’s B A N N E R system to ensure ease o f use, said Lack.

Lack has incorporated many

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security precautions to prevent potential tampering with the system.

The ballot closes and resets itself after a short time period o f remain­ ing inactive, ensuring that no one can interfere with a ballot acciden­ tally left onscreen. Students cannot vote twice, as a log records students’ IP addresses and the time that they vote. This log can be examined for

Despite the availability o f online voting, ballot stations around campus will remain available. “ W hat we’re thinking now is mixed voting,” said SSM U President Martin Doe. The online voting procedure will be very similar to voting at

Lack, who graduated from M cG ill in Computer Science a year ago and is now a technical consult­ ant for Salamander Software, feels that the online voting has great potential for the election process at McGill. “ [Elections] are very exciting

Elections M cG ill while in school here. “ I ’ve always wanted to do online voting.”

D oe has said that he wants the

booths. Students online will have

and fun,” said Lack, who worked for

be used this term.

discrepancies by Elections M cG ill officials. Each internet ballot is encrypted with Secured Socket Layer technology, the same type used by banks and online stores to

access to candidates’ ‘pen sketches,’ the only campaign literature by can­ didates permitted during voting, said Doe. Students will also be able to spoil a ballot online, as a form o f

protect their customers, and each ballot has a unique, encrypted signa­ ture. The system also cannot be edit­ ed while an election is in progress. “ There’s no fucking around

protest, if they wish to do so. “ It should be the right o f an elector to spoil their ballot,” said Doe. Doe and Lack want to teach as

here,” said Lack. “ I ’ve spent a lot o f

much about the system as possible

time on security.”

Lack explained that there are many potential ways o f breaking into a system o f this nature. “ People might try to hack in directly. There are lots o f insidious techniques to do that. M y job has been to learn about these methods

to anyone interested, to dispel any uncertainty about electronic voting. “ The key thing is for candidates to understand the system,” said Lack. “The more you know about it, the more you trust it.” “ Users, like Q P IR G for

voting system to go through a fidl battery o f tests before it is imple­ mented in a real election; therefore, he does not expect online voting to

instance, could set up their own elections without inconveniencing SSM U,” said Lack. “ It’s open to everyone.”

Any group or organization that

and anticipate them,” he said.

Lack seemed confidant that his system could stand up to even the most determined efforts. “ I f I may say so, this is top-

wishes to conduct elections online

notch security,” he stressed.

will be able to do so.

SAM GOFFMAN

Lack and Doe say SSMU’s web-based voting system has top-notch security.

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Mark Sward Senators discussed the shortage o f examination spaces and abun­ dance o f student conflicts at their meeting Wednesday, and sent back recommendations for a lengthened

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Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Luc Vinet responded that, while University policy pro­ hibits noise around exam rooms, the shortage o f appropriate rooms for final exams left little other choice. Although administrators asked construction crews to limit their work during exam hours, the message may not have been clearly received.

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Students’ Society VicePresident University Affairs Fred Sagel asked about professor atten­ dance at exams. Students have com­ plained that they are often unable to ask their professor questions about an exam because some pro­ fessors do not come to examination rooms until the last 30 minutes o f the period. According to Vinet, the University has no comprehensive policy for teacher attendance at exam administration; each faculty must provide its own rules.

T h e faculties o f Arts, Science, and Education require instructors to appear in exam rooms at some point in the first half hour o f the exam, and leave a telephone num­ ber where they can be reached for the remainder o f the exam.

Engineering professors are not required to come to exams, but must be reachable by telephone if needed.

Length matters Dean o f Students Bruce Shore proposed two further changes to the exam period to remedy individ­ ual testing conflicts.

Shore first proposed changing the minimum exam period from 11 to 12 days, which, he says, would reduce the number o f conflicts each term from 400 to 100, saving stu­ dents from inconvenience, and administrators from spending time resolving conflicts. To facilitate the extension o f the exam period, Shore suggested removing the study day that has traditionally been a break for students between the last day o f classes and the first day o f exams.

Student senators voiced oppo­ sition to the removal o f the study day, preferring a change in the number o f exam slots per day; M cG ill could take advantage o f evenings and weekends, time used by many universities for classes and examinations, to relieve conflict problems.

Sagel stressed the importance o f the study day; many students do not have time to start studying for exams until that day, as most cours­ es’ term papers are due in the last few days o f classes.

Senator Lydia W hite suggested the study day could be kept i f a day o f regular classes were cut from the semester schedule.

Shore also indicated that pro­ fessors could avoid final exam scheduling problems by offering inclass evaluations.

T h e Senate C om m ittee on Student Affairs will discuss all o f these suggestions and submit a pro­ posal at the next Senate meeting on February 1.

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P laytim e for k id d ie s n o w to la st all day long SSMU Daycare opens full-time, six years after students passed funding referendum Laura Saba The Students’ Society's Daycare centre is running full-time, after operating part-time for a year and a half. Although the SSM U Daycare funding referendum was passed six years ago, it took four years to over­ come the hurdles that delayed its opening until September o f 2001.

Starting last week, parents could leave their children at the cen­ tre between 8:30 and 10:00 am and pick them up between 4:00 and 5:00 pm.

“A t first, my wife had to stay at home so she could pick up our chil­ dren after three hours, but now that [the centre] is open full-time, she can start studying as well,” said M akoto Hikawa, a parent and M cG ill student who is studying for his M B A . His children were on the waiting list at the Centre de la Petite Enfance, M cG ill’s official daycare centre, until a friend told him about SSM U Daycare, and in September 2002, his children began attending.

Last semester, the centre did not have a permit to run full-time, so it was only open for three and a half hours a day. “ Quebec has very high stan­ dards for daycare centres in terms o f qualifications, pay and so on,” said Kathleen Morrison, S SM U vicepresident operations. “The red tape delayed the full-time opening to the middle o f the year,” she continued. “ Even now, the centre is only subsi­ dized by SSMU, not the Quebec Government.”

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Kids work hard at colouring while Mom and Dad study hard in class.__________ parents,” said Cynthia Dezso, the centre's coordinator.

Undergraduate students cur­ rently pay $ 15 per day and graduates pay $20 per day for childcare, because the provincial government does not subsidize the centre. Dezso said that the centre is applying for subsidies at “every chance we get” so that the services can be offered at a daily rate o f five dollars. However, parents can file for a tax rebate on two-thirds o f the unsubsidized Daycare centre’s cost, bringing the fee for undergraduates down to five dollars a day, which is the fee at Centre de la Petite Enfance.

Dezso said that faculty mem­

McCallum talks Continued from page 2 directly on the issue o f possible ramifications o f the Bush adminis­ tration’s policy o f pre-emptive attack. “ W hat I am talking about is not a pre-emptive attack, what I am talking about is the United Nations process... the Security Council unanimously demanded that Iraq destroy its weapons o f mass destruction.”

T h e minister also struggled when asked to clarify his govern­ m ent’s position on pre-emptive attacks.

“W ell, I think— I think that— it’s a difficult issue. I f every country adopted [a policy o f] pre-emptive strikes, it doesn’t leave the world in a very safe place,” he said.

M cC allum did not say

whether the government would require the approval o f the Canadian public before supporting an attack on Iraq, but did reiterate his com m itm ent to the U N process, and said that parliamentary debate would take place before any troops were deployed.

“A t the end o f the day, the gov­ ernment is elected to govern... It is the decision o f the government, which is the decision o f the Prime Minister.”

CORRECTION In last week’s news brief, “Senate may extend exam week”, the Tribune misspelled the last name o f Law Senator Lynne Chlala. T h e Tribune deeply regrets the error.

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“ It has also been hard to get the information out about the centre,” said Morrison. “ M cG ill Open House was useful in letting people know, and the M cG ill Student Parents' N etw ork wants to get involved and help recruit for the Daycare.”

“The key is to get the word out,” said Dezso. “W e are not on any University documentation, but it is also important to get the word out in Montreal for parents who are thinking o f going back to school.

O ur number isn’t even on the switchboard. Other obstacles we encountered include getting a space and raising money to get things

dren in the larger classroom for three- to five-year-olds, and two educators to 12 children in the class­ room for 18-month-olds to twoand-a-half-year-olds. It’s important to keep the ratios low to provide the best care,” said Dezso.

Parents have praised SSM U Daycare’s quality. “ W e tried another daycare cen­ tre, but the facilities there were not as rich as the ones here,” said Ibrahim Mohammad Saani, a Graduate student in the Faculty o f Islamic Studies with a daughter at the centre.

T h e centre also has enthusiastic volunteers. “A t first it was mosdy

done,” she said.

The centre has 22 children reg­ istered this semester, and organizers hope that in the fall it will be at full capacity with 35 children. There are four educators, with another sched­ uled to start when there is an increase in enrolment. “This way, we will have three educators to 23 chil­

Education students, but I ’m pleased that students from all programs are getting involved,” said Dezso.

“Working with these children gives me a chance to wind down, to get away from the monotony o f stu­ dent life,” said volunteer Marie M ourou, a U 2 Political Science major from Michigan.

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8 Op/Ed

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Opinion

Edi t o ri al Letters

EDITORIAL “Politics is not a sad profession. I f you suceed there are many rewauds, i f you disgrace yourself you can always write a h o o f Ronald Reagan ” —

Gordon Campbell: Should he stay or should he go?

Dr. Campbell (and Mr. Hyde) must step down A lon g with the temporary loss o f his driving license after a night o f drinking ----------and driving while vacationing in Hawaii, it seems B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell has also temporarily lost his memory. Prior to the Liberals’ landslide victory some 18 months ago, Campbell sat on the other side o f the B.C. Legislature openly criticizing N D P cabinet ministers involved in crim­ inal allegations. A t times he even called for their resignations, citing the existence o f a moral conflict o f interest.

About 12 to 14 drinks later (as estimated by toxicologists), Campbell is singing, or should I say staggering, a dif­ ferent tune. H e has openly apologized for his actions, but is refusing to step down from his so-called leadership

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role.

Webster’s narrowly defines the noun leader as “one that leads; guiding head” . By extending this definition to encompass that o f the verb to lead, one can add “to guide by influence” to the list. Is this the type o f guidance and influence that the Liberal party o f B.C. wants— or even needs— going into the next election? Moreover, is this type o f criminal behaviour considered influential to the people o f B.C.?

For the sake and safety o f society, I certainly hope not. In the absence o f his entourage o f advisors and ana­ lysts, Mr. Campbell was unable to make the rather simple and morally obvious decision N O T to drive drunk. It is moments like this that reveal the true character o f a person. In this case, Mr. Campbell was unfortunately lack­ ing the basic ability to distinguish right from wrong.

M y colleague below believes that there should be a separation between personal and professional life. This argument extends beautifully to a person’s choice o f films, vacation spots and neckties. But there are certain per­ sonal choices that will undoubtedly have an effect on someone’s professional life. Drinking excessively, especially when driving, is one o f them. It shows immaturity and a lack o f social conscience. I would be curious to ask Mr. Sward i f he would undergo surgery under the supervision o f a doctor who had had a bit too much to drink the night before.

Campbell’s choice to drive drunk that night was a personal one. H e threatened his own life, but more impor­ tantly he endangered the lives o f innocent citizens who may have been on the road that night. W hen Campbell is unable to make an obvious legal and personal decision, can he be trusted to make professionally sound deci­ sions for B.C. citizens? Such clouded judgments in personal decisions should be a warning shot for the electorate.

W e should not put Campbell against a Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. H yde standard. It is absurd to assume that he is a lawabiding, unselfish public servant by day and a high and mighty delinquent private citizen by night. Even i f this were the case, it is more absurd to think that the two states can exist independently o f each other.

Private life should be separate from public life People make mistakes, and often pay the price o f their misdeeds. Political officials, as humans, are also fallible— they are simply held to a higher standard.

In the past, the public has turned a blind eye to the failings o f their great leaders; John F. Kennedy was reputed to have many lovers outside his marriage, but the public continued to see him and his family as the perfect role models.

O nly now does the public eye focus on the human mistakes o f our leaders rather than their ability to lead— the line that was once drawn between personal and political life has blurred into oblivion.

W hen British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell was caught driving drunk in Hawaii, he was thrown in jail like any other reckless tourist. T h e gravity o f his error cannot be understated— hundreds o f Canadians are killed in alcohol-related car accidents every year. T h e premier w ill pay for his crime: certainly with money, per­ haps with the loss o f his driving privileges. H e could also go to jail again.

Campbell has already been humiliated in front o f the entire country. Should he also be drummed out o f his

Servility p e rv ad e s M cGill W hen watching T V comfort­ ably with full stomachs it is easy for many o f us to feel superior and to joke about the poor people who are forced to put portraits o f their “ beloved national fathers” up in their homes or gruesomely vote with their own blood as a signature.

The media exploits those pictures; this prompts us to ignore the invis­ ible oppressing forces at home and can cause us to fall into a sort o f ser­ vility. T h e prom otion o f con­ sumerism trivializes our lives in direct proportion to the growing importance o f money and illusions o f securing quiet and comfortable life.

These enslaving “values” can also generate servility among the career-oriented students who com­ promise their principles for better marks while politically-minded stu­ dents are busy mastering manipula­ tion in the local student media or organizations, in order to be acclaimed as experienced leaders in future job markets.

Servility at M cG ill was taken to new depths last year with the nauseating brown-nosing around the outgoing principal, who appar­ ently was “a true leader” showing “intelligence, wisdom, insight” , who

“hasprovided the basefrom which we will continue to develop in the years ahead', using “ the sharpness o f his intelligence and wit, his uncompro­ mising insistence on principled action, and his uncanny intuition” to become “ a superb mentor to his own band o f philosophers” . I could go on.

These words are not from Cuba, Iraq or North Korea but good ole down-home M cG ill prop­

aganda written on a 16-page brochure, which appeared on November 20, 2002. It was written by eight o f M cG ill’s most senior administrators including the Provost and Chancellor for the seminar organized to honour Mr. Shapiro, who was in attendance.

They even had an English lord there, his trip all paid, to add some class to the circus. To be fair though, some o f the topics present­ ed at the seminar provided a good analysis o f past and future problems for universities.

W hat’s upsetting is the con­ text. A university ruled until recent­ ly by a former politician (deputy minister) who was the most highlyqualified scientist among the politi­ cians, and the best politician among scientists. His influence was awesome. W h y do the participating student activists accept this? W e must beware the new Principal, with corporate or political links like Shapiro’s and the slippery top administration without backbones.

Should we sit back and watch her attempt to appropriate for the elite one o f the world’s leading universi­ ties?

W e must also expose the disre­ spect shown toward students and the lowest-ranking workers at M cG ill by senior administrators.

W e should pay more scrutiny to the cadre just below the Principal, which prefers secrets and censor­ ship over openness and respect, implying a deadly momentum, the logical conclusion o f arrogant nar­ row-minded policies.

Sincerely, Slawomir Poplawski (M .M .M . Department - staff)

Mark Sward

office? W h ile he made a serious personal mistake, his ability to run a province has most certainly not changed.

The people o f British Columbia elected a government whose leader was as imperfect then as he is now. I f they made the wrong choice, I trust that they will rectify the situation when an election is called.

Let us examine the analogy made by m y colleague. W hen I am undergoing surgery, it doesn’t concern me if the doctor drove drunk the previous week during his vacation. W hat matters is that he is not drunk while cutting me open— and thus far, no one has accused Gordon Campbell o f being reckless while at the helm o f his province.

That would certainly be compelling grounds to send him packing.

W h ile politicians’ transgressions are a ‘bad example’, they are truly just human mistakes that, if needed, can serve as an excuse to throw an unpopular person out o f office. It is time that we accord politicians the right to be human, rather than making them pay so much more dearly for their personal mistakesthan we wouldfor our own.

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A n d i f we are discussing her salary, I hope we w ill be dis­ cussing the salaries o f other highranking administrators o f this university, not just the women.

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Fashionistas hit A women's secret warmth b a w îe up sexy Montréal Un

M ontreal is a very fashion­ conscious city. Everywhere you look there are people dressed in leather, silk, neo-retro avant-garde flip-flops and they are all com pet­ ing against each other in terms o f style and audacity. T h e other night I saw a six-foot-four transvestite in KISS makeup, a feather boa and stripper shoes lugging a duffel bag up a flight o f stairs. Th at was pret­ ty cool.

T o me, this fashion conscious­ ness is all the more jarring, as I com e from the conser­ vative, fashion clueless city o f O ttawa. “ W haddya mean M olson Ex t-shirts aren’t sexy?, you know they’re free with a 2-4.”

Back home, wearing my Battlestar Galactica jacket makes me idiosyncratic.

O u t here almost no one sets their fashion phasers to fry.

I sincerely believe that the only way to be fashionably noticed in M ontreal is to douse one’s self in kerosene, flick a match and run around screaming through the B erri-U Q A M metro station. Then again, “ Bof. Je crois que son feu y est un peu cool, mais avec ces cris, là y’essaye trop fort.”

Talk o f self-immolation brings me back to that ritualistic humilia­ tion known as grade-nine gym class. O n e day I asked a friend, who was sporting a Rage Against the Machine t-shirt, emblazoned with the famous photograph o f a Vietnam ese m onk com m ittin g public self-im m olation in the streets o f Saigon, i f he knew the significance o f the photograph.

His answer to m y query was, “ H o ly shit, you mean that this is a real guy setting him self on fire ...”

Since then, consequently, I have taken a dim view o f people who wear fashion apparel to make polit­ ical statements.

A few years ago, a friend o f mine, w ho also happens to be a firm Communist, visited me in Ottawa. O n his wrist, he proudly revealed for me his most recent acquisition: a D en g X iaop in g wristwatch purchased a short time prior on eBay. T h e tim epiece proudly displayed a sm iling Supreme Leader w ho w ould hap­ pily wave “ hello” to any and all onlookers when you pressed the button to crank the hands. Pretty neat, except that I later found out that those were the watches that were given as a reward to the sol­ diers w ho had participated in the Tiananm en Square Massacre.

Dam n it! I f Bulgari can’t have a Lin

Bao line, then the Gap should def­ initely not have an “ Everyone in M ao suits” ad campaign.

Still, it is the dedicated duty o f every crazed revolutionary m ove­ ment, beyond causing general mayhem, to becom e M o lo to v chucking fashionistas. So, from Burma to Prada, let’s chronicle some o f the examples o f the trendier movements.

C olu m bia’s F A R C guerillas have cinched the rugged outdoors, bug-swatting, gruel-eating jungle thing. This might be perfect for a sexy Spanish L.L. Bean fall line.

Sure, the Simbionese Liberation A rm y may have been bad bank robbers, but check out that picture o f Patti Hearst in matching leather and submachine gun. Sooo hot.

T h e runners-up fo r sexiest urban terrorists have got to be the Baader M e in h o ff Gang.

Turtlenecks, big sunglass­ es, pipe-bombs and long Germ an names that sound like N ord ic apho­ risms fo r copulation mean that the threads o f these diehard Marxists w ill people the catwalk long after the smoke has cleared.

However, the most stylish rev­ olutionaries o f all time have got to be the 1968 student rioters in Paris. Has there ever been a sexier group o f riot-cop-battling m ili­ tants? “ H ay Camille, laisse tran­ quille ton café et passe-moi une brique, y’a un flic là bas.” A n d as they laconically smoked Gitaines!

Absolutely pure genius.

So, the scene is now Montreal in the year 2003 with the tempera­ ture 30 degrees below zero. Still, despite the cold, the techno music is pumping loud in the downtown metro station and the assembled paparazzi, self-anointed celebrities and Eurotrash opium fiends are in a state o f absolute euphoria as they await the most recent addition to the Sharon-Arafat winter line. T h e lights go dim and the music gains tempo and here they are: 30 strut­ ting Parisian models in Keffiyehs and ID F t-shirts.

O h what daring, what flash, these clothes take m y breath away as they are not only practical, but they are sure to start-up plenty o f one-sided jingoistic arguments.

Here is the famous designer now, "N ow , m y intention with the col­ lection was that you could use the T-shirts in an easy relaxed sort o f way, say on the Stairmaster or at a sleepover. Com fy, but made with all the reliability you w ould expect from the airport duty free. W ith the scarves, I was hoping for some­ thing a litde more artsy, you know keeps you warm, but still capable o f instilling awe." W ell, I am impressed with these clothes that say so much with so little. I only hope that they come in lavender with silk stitching, as too much cotton gives me a rash.

On a leisurely walk down StLaurent, I noticed something very bizarre: despite the bitter Montreal weather, self-assured women dressed themselves in scant outfits better suited for a tropical beach.

Everywhere I looked, I observed clusters o f women trudging through the fierce blizzard, wearing eye-popping tank tops, spicy jalapeno hot pants, and matching high heels. I was amazed.

In one o f my woefully limited encounters with members o f the opposite sex a relatively short time ago, my date objected to the “frigid” temperature o f the cinema. Leaving me no alternative, I surrendered my double-layered down jacket, fully equipped with the most sophisticat­ ed insulation, exposing me to the A M C theatre’s arctic-like climate. As any self-respecting man would do, I sucked it up and finished watching Bette Midler’s stunning performance in the epic motion picture, The First

Wives’ Club.

M y conception o f women has been revolutionized to an image o f toughness, determination and invul­ nerability to severe frostbite.

However, the question lingered on my mind: H ow is it that these women can endure the piercing cold o f Montreal’s winter weather, dressed in the bare minimum? Thus, I decid­ ed to embark on an investigation o f the female body’s adaptability to extreme atmospheric conditions.

Prior to the project’s com ­

mencement, I frequented the local Wal-Mart. There, I was able to locate a CR-35 Video-Recorder, infrared night-vision goggles, authentic G.I. Joe binoculars, and the “added footage” D V D release o f Tushy Con Cam — the bill amounted to a measly $29.99. Having converted my US dollars to these curious Canadian Pesos, I found the cost to be negligible.

Thus, I began my research. I positioned myself in intrinsic treetops, obscure alleys and garbage cans, as to avoid any interaction with the subjects. It was imperative that I study these beings in their natural habitat.

Having analyzed a myriad o f women, the data was inconclusive. I could not seem to find a single con­ necting piece o f evidence that exposed the mystery as to how women cope with Mother Nature’s wrath. It was as if these females were kept warm by their own sex appeal.

Finally, I had had enough o f spying on gorgeous women.

Curiously, however, I perceived that the women’s male counterparts were bundled up in several layers o f cloth­ ing, having difficulty handling the weather. Thus, I resolved to dress men in women’s clothing and see how they fared against the elements.

Shortly thereafter, I found myself on an obscure field in a vacant section o f the city. Standing clumsily before me was my unsus­ pecting friend/victim, decked out in a miniskirt and tube-top.

Unfortunately, he refused to shave his legs, even if it was “for the sake o f science” . In the opening minutes o f the study, he bounced around the field, hoping to gain warmth. His futile efforts accomplished noth­ ing— within moments, he was bitch­

ing like a crack addict in rehab.

Shortly thereafter, the subject began to shiver. His teeth clattered as his frizzy leg hairs wafted in the harsh wind. Meanwhile, I was con­ tentedly resting in the vicinity o f a sweltering bonfire.

W ithin moments, the subject complained o f his “ailing cajones” . Fearing for his well-being, I prematurely terminated the experiment.

Apparently, my years spent as a M cG ill Arts student have debilitated my ability to conduct accurate scien­ tific inquiries. Disheartened, I quit my investigation.

However, I resolved to consult the supreme authority for unusual information— the Internet. Finally, I unravelled the enigma. Women have 30 per cent more body fat than men on average.

It is normal for women to carry more fat than men, and it is also normal for men to have more muscle than women. As a result o f muscle weigh­ ing more than fat, men have a high­ er Body Mass Index (B M I) than women.

The layer o f fat under the skin insulates the body and helps main­ tain a constant body temperature.

Consequently, females’ extra body fat protects them from cold weather.

As a result, women can flaunt skin during the wintry months without morphing into snow-women.

Despite my experiment’s short­ comings, I think we all gained some valuable wisdom concerning the bio­ logical discrepancies between men and women. This should offer con­ solation to all those sad men who cannot handle Montreal’s vicious winters. After all, it’s not that you lack the balls to tolerate the cold— you simply lack the protective layer o f warmth.

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The Ombudsperson acts as an impartial arbitrator in matters involving complaints/concerns of students, with a view to avoid the need for more formal grievance procedures already existing at the University.

Candidates for this position should be members of the M cGill faculty who have garnered the acquaintance and respect of both the staff and student body, and who are familiar with University policies and procedures. Facility in French is desirable.

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Slam m in' back a few with Canada's John Sleem an The man responsible for your favourite brews chats about business, work ethics and personal success H.A. Matthew Fishman John Sleeman, a James Bondloving, Ferrari-driving entrepre­ neur, is the man at the helm o f Sleeman Breweries, Canadas lead­ ing premium brewer. So sit back, open a bottle o f H oney Brown and get to know the man responsible for those unmistakably distinctive, clear, label-free bottles.

personal life: raising children and, on m y second marriage, making sure that my marriage works.

D id you hold any jobs as a teenag­ er? I f so, what were they and how did they help shape your character?

I ’ve done it all. I would say the job that probably had the most impact on me, surprisingly, was working at McDonalds. Th ey gave me a fair amount o f responsibility at a young age to manage people, taught me how to interact with consumers, taught me how to be self-disciplined, show up on time and do what you’re told. I would say that probably out o f all the jobs, being a manager at M cD onald’s had the most impact on me.

world is nothing like that. I think one o f the important things that university kids need to do before they graduate is somehow get a taste o f what life is going to be like after university, where you have a job and if you don’t show up, you get fired and i f you get fired, you can’t pay the rent and if you

can’t pay the rent,

you’ve got financial prob­ lems. You can do that by job experiences, travel or any mixture o f the two.

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When looking at various résumés, what w ill make one person stand out over others?

Job experience.

What is the most influential course you took at university?

I dropped out o f high school, so I don’t have any influential courses either in high school or uni­ versity.

For business students, what non­ business area o f a student’s educa­ tion is most valtiable?

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John Sleeman has done it all.________

How do you measure success in busi­ ness?

Generally, I measure success by how effectively I achieve m y goals, personal and business. So I set myself business goals daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, four-year, five-year, 10-year goals. I also set goals in my

W ell, I think personal life experiences outside o f the universi­ ty, such as travelling, interacting with people. Sometimes university life, and I know this because I have two daughters w ho have been involved in university educations, can be a little bit surreal. Generally speaking, a lot o f the time someone else is helping you out financially.

You get to sleep in, you hang with friends and you party. A n d the real

Well, that’s something that I am not as good as I would like to be. W hen your name’s on the com-

I f you were being honouredfo r your business achievements, how would you want to be characterized?

I would like to be characterized as someone who worked hard and was honest, but was compassionate and was a person that people enjoyed working with.

O ne o f my grandfather’s hundred-year-old beer botdes, a com­ puter and I think part o f the last hundred years has to be the strife that’s occurred between man. So either some picture o f 9/11 or some picture o f Auschwitz or something, so it’s not all rosy. I mean, man has been terribly inconvened to man in the last 100 years and I don’t think it is something we should forget.

Well, in my opinion, integrity and honesty have to be absolute. I f there is any question about i f some­ thing is right or wrong, it’s probably wrong.

How do you keep your business and

So what I try to do is go to my country house on the weekends and I try not to answer the phones and I try to forget about who I am and what I do for a living. That’s the way I try to separate the two.

" Sometimes university bit

What has been your greatest person­ al achievement and why?

surreal...You get to sleep

W ell, I group m y businesses as a singular achievement because, in each case o f the three businesses I ’ve started, everyone told me it wasn’t possible and I would fail. So there’s a singular satisfaction at beating the odds and having success in busi­ ness. So, whether it’s the pub I start­ ed, or the imported beer company that became a m onopoly in Canada for imported draft beer, or whether it’s the restart o f Sleeman Breweries and taking it to a $250-million company with five breweries across the country, each one o f those has its satisfaction.

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What three items would you p u t in a time capsule being made to repre­ sent the last 100 years?

What ethical responsibility is there in running a business?

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personal life separate?

real world is nothing like that."

— John Sleeman CEO o f Sleeman Breweries pany, even when you travel with your family and it’s a consumer product like Sleeman, people don’t leave us alone. So, you’re having dinner with your family and people come up and talk to you or you’re on an airline and the flight atten­ dants talk to you. A n d it’s fine and I ’m flattered because 99 per cent o f the time people are pleased to meet me and have good things to say about our product.

But it makes it hard for my family to have a life outside o f the brewery. M y daughters have chosen not to use their maiden names because the name’s so well-known.

Who has been the most influential person in your personal life? Why? M y parents, because they taught me moral values that I live by every day.

Who is the most influential busi­ nessperson in the past century?

Bill Gates.

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Features 11

Rez etiq u ette: W hat Ann Lan d ers n ever told you Setting basic ground rules can go a long way when it conies to roommate relations

Cristina Markham

“Living in residence is all about learning how to be friends with people you hate.” When my older brother told me this, I was slightly less than pleased. My form had been sent in, my deposit had been paid and my lease was signed.

This information could have been useful earlier, not 48 hours before move-in day.

My twisted, paranoid mind was teeming with thoughts of cigar-smoking, bassoon-playing vegans who panicked when I put my ground beef too close to their bean sprouts. O r worse, a health freak, whose plethora of allergies necessitated a 3-in-l humidifier/dehumidifier/air puri­ fier, and who would frown upon my slight substance-abuse prob­ lems (cigarettes and Oreos).

Imagine my relief when I dis­ covered that the most disturbing thing about my roommate is that she occasionally talks in her sleep, sounding remarkably like a thugged-out adolescent boy (that, and she’s apparently able to eat 48 breakfast sausages in one sitting).

If you are one of the lucky few who has a roommate as entertain­ ing as mine, then it is almost inevitable that your residence experience— if strange and, at times, mildly disturbing—will be a memorable one. Whether you live in a single room in Upper Rez, or a double bedroom in Solin, you will be spending a lot of time with the people in your building. Nine times out of 10, these will be great, fun people who can help you with homework, help you study and help you home after a rough Monday night at Peel Pub. If, however, you have been forced into cohabitation with a narcolep­ tic pyromaniac with poor oral hygiene, stay strong. There are only four months left.

Your relationship with your room- and floormates aside, a few basic rules and agreements should be set to facilitate residence life.

Neglecting to do so can lead to miscommunications, misunder­ standings and, in extreme situa­ tions, Mexican Standoff scenarios in which neither party will give in and replace the toilet paper. True, a list of rules may seem juvenile, but what’s more juvenile than a mas­ sive group of 19-year-olds experi­ encing their first year of freedom?

Think it’s too late to change?

Not so, it’s never too late to mend roommate relations.

Property problems

This should he as simple as “I

won’t mess with your shit if you won’t mess with mine.”

Unfortunately, it can be ever so slightly more complex. Decide what you're willing to share, and what you're determined to keep for your greedy little self.

While it may seem obvious to you that it makes sense to share toilet paper, dish soap and milk, your roomie may have opinions that differ from your own. Some people can be very possessive of their toilet paper. At the other end of the spectrum, you will find the “over-sharer”, who doesn’t under­ stand how having one communal bar of soap is a bit out of the ordi­ nary for you.

If, after drawn-out Conversa­ tions and failed compromises, you still aren’t able to agree on what's “mine/yours/ours”, nothing says “N O TOUCHY” quite like a big, fat, permanent marker. I recom­ mend a Sharpie.

JENNY GEORGE

Residences etiquette law #1: No touchy! Keep your hands to yourself and out of your roommate’s food locker.

Overnight guests

Now, don't misunderstand, I'm all for my roommate getting laid. I am not, however, supportive if it happens three feet away from me. This is a dilemma that prima­ rily faces those who share a bed­ room, but also applies to singles— has anyone else noticed how thin the walls are?

Some people are fans of tradi­ tional methods: a necktie or hang­ er on the doorknob, shoes left at the front door, or a trail of clothes scattered along the hallway. If this is too flashy for you— I find these systems to be the equivalent of writing "I HOOKED UP" across your forehead— there are more subtle ways of informing those you live with that you're in need of a little privacy.

One is the code word: choose a word or sentence that, if written on your message board, will make it clear to your roommate that she'll be sleeping on the couch tonight, or at least for the next few hours. The stranger the phrase— a friend of mine uses "Robert Zimmerman"— the better. Be cre­ ative!

Whatever m ethod you choose, be consistent and be dili­ gent. Nothing will sour your rela­ tionship with your roommate, not to mention kill the mood, quite like a surprise of this kind.

Random Rez-cest

I don't care what you've been told (namely by other people writ­ ing in this column), but dating people from your residence is a bad, bad, bad idea. It may seem convenient now; you already know a lot about each other, you proba­ bly have a lot of the same friends, hell, instead of calling them up, you can just run down the hall!

Before you decide to seduce your next-door neighbour, howev­ er, take a moment to think about how you behave alone in your bed­ room. Do you really want your girlfriend to know that, instead of

doing laundry, you save money by Febreze-ing your boxers?

This fact of rez-life became undeniably clear to me one swel­ tering September afternoon.

Unwilling to suffer in the heat any longer, I changed into my Emergency Heat Wave Clothes— a sports bra and cutoff shorts that would make any mother cry. Just as I was adjusting to the weather, a friend of mine walked in (a male friend who I was particularly inter­ ested in). I screamed at him to shut the door, as I was indecently dressed.

W hen he responded, “Whatever, I don't care,” and walked in anyway, I realized how unphased he was by my morethan-partial nudity. After seeing me in my pyjamas with unwashed hair and no make-up morning after morning, I ceased to be a girl and became a person. We had reached the dreaded point of too much comfort. This will inevitably kill any mystery and cancel out any sexual tension. Say what you will about knowing your partner on an intimate level, but I recom­ mend focusing your energy on those who don't know you listen to Tony Bennett or sleep in Curious George jammies.

Gruesome gossip

Gossip is a lot like smoking: at the time, it seems like a harmless social engagement with no long­ term ramifications. W RONG. You and I may know the sacred bond that is implied with a pinky prom­ ise, but this sanctity is easily erased by a few tequila shots.

Odds are, within your larger circle of friends, there's someone who you're not particularly fond of. You're allowed your opinions.

It doesn't matter how certain you are that they bribed someone high­ er up to gain admittance to the school, or if you know for a fact that the little red mark next to his mouth ain't just a cold sore.

My brother was mostly wrong. Living in rez is about learn­ ing how to live with other human beings, most of whom you will like. It’s just a matter of adjusting to other people’s habits. For those of you who are accustomed to lis­ tening to Guns 'n’ Roses first thing when you wake up, or if you feel

the need to express your love for Ricky Martin through your decor, you may have some changes to make. And if you get stuck with a roommate like that, wanna trade?

My roomate’s nocturnal dialogue has changed from incoherent to downright threatening.

Put a little Sunshine in your Inbox.

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M ir r o r ,

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Elish a Siegel

Lam ent the days when switch­ ing to light beer, then guzzling until he puked, m eant a guy was on a

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“M en spend anywhere from 30 to 45 dollars for a haircut here.

They w ant a lot more that just a cut, they come in asking for colouring and highlights. They say, ‘Give me the look from this magazine,’” says Sebastien Paquette, a nine-year vet­ eran o f the hairstyling profession who currently works at the Callas

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popular activity these days. It seems like everyone is either going for the slim, cut Michael Jordan circa 1994 look or the gorilla proportions o f the current day Shaquille O ’Neal.

Guys are spending hours in the gym, trying to tone those triceps

tossing a Frisbee until his wrists hurt. And m en back then followed the strict rules o f male fashion: plaid shirts and work boots. Today, the message is bulk up, establish sepa­ rate wardrobes for every season or get left behind as the plum p, drab­

and get their abs to pop by summer.

“All the guys that come in here w ant to get big. It’s all about muscle size and being cut,” says D ariana Ugalde, an employee of SantéFitt boutique, which is filled with all types o f dietary supple­ m ents and tight-fitting spandex.

“It’s a good thing. A lot o f it starts on the inside. People w ant to look good inside and o u t.”

But w eight training can become an unhealthy obsession.

Steroid use is on the rise among young men, and doctors are see­ ing increased cases o f muscle dysmorphia or ‘reverse anorexia’, from w hich m uscular men develop a complex that they are too small and w orking o u t becomes an unhealthy com pul­ sion.

So w hat exactly is going on?

W hy are m en suddenly so selfconscious about their bodies?

Isn’t that a behaviour traditional­ ly reserved for the fairer sex?

W hy is it that more men than ever are having face-lifts, tum m y tucks and pectoral implants?

O n e reason could be the increasingly obscure nature o f sexu­ ality and gender roles in today’s world, where hyper-liberality, gay acceptance and pregnancy w ithout the need for a penis are normative behaviours. This leaves m any men asking just w hat the hell masculini­ ty is all about.

“As androgyny and gender equality increases, it unfortunately becomes very threatening to a lot o f m en ,” says D ePauw U niversity anthropologist Eric Silverman.

“Suddenly men feel like they need to redivide the genders. T hey need things that are exclusively mascu­ line, even hyper-masculine.”

Ask your dad w hat a w orkout consisted o f 30 years ago and he’ll tell you it was dropping acid and

dressing laughing-stock o f the male community.

T h e pressure is on. At McGill, men w ith varying opin­ ions on the m atter can be seen from a quick glance in any lecture hall. Yet, some don’t seem to m ind the pressure and even embrace the o p p o rtu n ity to enhance their appearance.

“It’s all ab o u t self-respect,”

diet.

M ourn for a tim e not so long ago w hen a washboard was just a thing used to clean clothes and a hairy chest was an irresistible sym­ bol o f male sexuality.

Are those days gone? Prim ping and pam pering is not just for the ladies anymore. M y fellow gentle­ men, it is tim e for us to shape our bushy eyebrows, trade in our baggy Levis for boot-cut Diesels, and it wouldn’t hu rt to ram a six week cycle o f hum an growth horm one into your body.

W hether through diet, dress or lifting weights, m en are spending m uch m ore tim e in the salon, weight room and Jean C outu skin care aisle. Call it w hat you will— self-improvement, vanity, m asturba­ tion— b u t it’s no longer embarrass­ ing for a man to care about his looks. Rather, it has become the norm for anyone with a soldier hiding under his zipper.

T h e era o f male vanity is upon us, and thousands o f men have undertaken the great challenge o f trying to look— to borrow a line from Zoolander— “Really, really, really ridiculously good look-

Experts en C olaration Inc. hair salon. “Fashion has changed and we get a lot more m en in here now.

M en know now w hat makes for a good haircut and w hat are nice clothes. W hen they know the differ­ ence, their habits change.”

This new awareness has opened the doors for the creation o f haircare products m arketed to m en, although Paquette p oints out,

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“I feel great. I am a lot m ore confident now,” says C had Filipchuk, an employee o f Pro Soleil Professional Tanning, who takes a weekly dose o f artificial U V rays, underw ent cos­ m etic surgery to streamline his illfitted nose and admits to having done a cycle o f steroids at 16 years o f age. “M acho is out. Guys are more m ature these days and they w ant to look good. I shave my body because I don’t w ant to be hairy.”

W hen asked if he was self-con­ scious ab o u t his body enhance­ m ents, Filipchuk quips, “I don’t stress about it, it’s not embarrass­ ing.”

W alk into any M ontreal night­ club and you are far more likely to see buzzing male socialites recreat­ ing the look Sean Paul sports in his new video rather than guys hoping that w omen will be checking out their notoriously B.I.G. beer bellies and Seattle grunge fashion sense.

B ut im proved fashion sense comes at a price.

“T hey are the same fucking prod­ ucts for m en and women, they are just in different packages. But men feel okay to buy these things for themselves now.”

N o t everyone, however, is giv­ ing up their first born for the highend pampering.

“M en should w ant to look good and take pride in their appear­ ances,” asserts Simon Eden-Walker, a U1 Hum anistic Studies student, an avid athlete and outdoor enthusi­ ast. “But some guys take things to the extreme. It’s a fine line. For example, if you are spending a lot o f money on a haircut, I th in k it’s a bit wasteful. T he money could be spent on things that could be beneficial to everyone else instead o f wasting it on trying too hard to look classy.

You could easily spend less and still be happy.”

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It’s an androgynous world we live in these days. W om en are prom inent and perm anent fixtures in the w orking w orld, m en are going under the knife for those per­ fect calves and gay men are the trail-

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male grooming Female McGill students react to the sudden upsurge in male groom ing kits, from manicures to facials.

“It’s surprising because its new. Consumerism is trying to get into a new market, and it seems to be working. It’s scary that we can still find ways to buy more products and services that we absolutely do not need.” Élise Newman, 1)2 English “I think guys are just as entitled as girls to want to feel pretty.

It’s definitely not a turn-on to know a guy spends as m uch tim e as I do getting ready, but you can’t hate for that. B ut I don’t like high maintenance, so the bottom line is I’d prefer if they didn’t.”

Beza Seife, ■U l African Studies “Basically, if it’s taken to an extreme, just like it is w ith girls, it becomes pretty superficial."

Andrea Canady, U l Science “I think manicures are actually a good thing because guys have really disgusting nails, which can be a big turn-off. I think getting Î facials is going too far, but it’s good to take care o f your body.”

Am y Hoy, UO Arts “I think to a certain extent, it’s good because they are taking care o f themselves. I don’t think they should colour their hair, b u t other than that, the manicures and things, that’s okay.”

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I hate Mickey, I hate M innie and I hate the w hole D isney fami­ ly o f sick-o-freaks w ith their over­ sized eyes and cutesy outfits. N ow the M uppets, on the other hand, I love. Miss Piggy, G onzo, Fonzie the Bear an d — sigh!— K erm ie.

K erm it’s life lessons stick w ith me even today.

T h e m ost persistent is the Frog’s lam ent: “It’s n o t easy being green.” A n d everyone knows that Miss Piggy, the m ost visible flame dam e for the five- to 12-year-old audience, wasn’t rejected by the lit­ tle green fellow because she was full-figured. N o, even if the porker had gone Slim Fast she couldn’t have gotten th at randy reptile.

W h at’s so hard ab o u t being gay? Excluding the w hole h om o­ phobia thing, there’s some serious stress. T here’s the pressure to be fun, have a great body, impeccable taste, pretty hair an d be generally well-groomed.

T h e Adonis com plex doesn’t just affect gay m en. M ost m en w ork to have the appearance o f the “ideal m an ”— eatin g carefully, exercising frequently and staying fine. Besides, w hat’s the problem w ith keeping pretty? N o th in g ... if it doesn’t becom e destructive or start to dom inate one’s life.

It’s unusual, in LA at least, to find a gay m an (or any man) who doesn’t belong to a gym. A im ing for perfection is n o t an unfam iliar concept for hum ans, b u t some take things a tad too seriously. Gay society encourages the quest for, and adoration of, absolute aesthet­ ic beauty.

T h e gay com m unity’s social scene, revolving around bars and clubs, where w hat m atters aren’t your morals b u t w hat you’re wear­ ing and how h o t you look, merely aggravates the situation.

M en— get ready for a general­ ization— w ant to be hot-bodied studs, n o t w im py stick-figures.

C om e on, a hard body is m m m m m good! A nd yes, some ladies an d gents do prefer the pole people w ith their big heads an d girlish fig­ ures. M o n treal venerates the waifish twink, as do m any in N Y C an d LA. Keep those eyebrows plucked, th at nose hair clipped and Botox any o f those unsightly w rin­ kles.

It doesn’t m atter if you have to tuck it or tone it, just keep it firm and youthful looking. Cupcake, p u t dow n th at Twinkie and w ork it! W hile b u ff and th in receive rave reviews on either coast, older and

overweight gay m en are forced to become outsiders. It’s frustrating, sometim es impossible, trying to lose w eight or cu t years o ff your age, in order to look as “good” as everyone else. Dealing w ith gay issues, from com ing o ut to finding accepting friends an d avoiding id e n tifica tio n w ith certain gay stereotypes, only com plicates the pressure to exhibit m axim um external beauty.

In m y senior year o f high school, this little lam b had his own version o f the A donis complex.

O n e m ight link it to the fact that I grew up w ith a m other w ho exer­ cised like it was her job, while w arning m e about the dangers o f carbs an d em p ty calories.

G reenw ich, C o n n e cticu t, m y b irth p lace— w here m o st o f the spoiled darlings have a disorder or two— may also have helped me in developing m y own complex.

However, being young and half-gay (i.e. “o u t” p redom inant­ ly on only one coast), I felt I had to be slender, cute and sassy. T h e sassy part has never been a prob­ lem, and as for cute, it h ard to be even m o d e ra te ly a ttra c tiv e w ith dog hair on all of my clothes and orangey-yel­ low

an d never satisfied. I lived for o th ­ ers’ com m ents: “O o o h , you look so skinny!” and “You look great, w hat have you been doing?” T h en things changed to “You look sick!” the day m y best friend’s tiny hands were m ore than big enough to fit around the greatest circumference o f m y thighs.

Boys and m en alike enjoyed m y rail-thin legs and bony arms and finally, I knew I was pretty!

(N ot so m uch.) Somehow, like every other epiphany in m y life, I su d d en ly g ot m y sensibility snapped back an d stopped. Now, I just have the stereotypical iiberh ealth-conscious p erso n ’s “a m inute o f pleasure on the lips for­ ever on the hips” ideology which, though still distorted, is n o t lifethreatening.

Today, typical conversations are still peppered w ith , “I ’d b etter not eat th a t,” and, “Look at h is /h e r/its pot-belly!”

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hair on m y head.

Ah, b u t the slender part. I ran on the treadm ill for three hours a day. I w eighed m yself about six tim es d u rin g each gym visit— u p o n arrival, pre-w orkout, during w o rk o u t, p o st-w o rk o u t, p o st­ shower and before going hom e. I ate five small tangerines a day and random bits o f bread w ith barely the scent o f jelly on them . For d in ­ ner, I’d treat m yself to some frozen vegetables, microwaved and served w ith ketchup.

It was thrilling w atching the little w eight m arker on the scale slide to the left as I decreased in size, even though I began m y crazy behaviour looking like anyone else did. Slum ped on m y throne o f crazydom, I was tired, distracted

W e’re forced to deal w ith the expectations o f o u r families, our friends and loved ones, and, som e­ times th e harshest o f all, our own com m unities.

It’s n o t easy being green, or gay... and since I’m only getting older, it seems the battle has just begun. Last week m y form er b.f. asked, “O h m y god! H ave you gained weight?” T hanks, honey.

G lad you’re so observant after we break up. W hile the boys fly over to the M iddle East to wave their expensive pistols around, I ’ll be here, q u ittin g sm oking, finalizing m y divorce, duking it o u t w ith the parents, bitterly going to school, cursing o u t the w eather a n d ... rejoining the gym.

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noticeable. Unfortunately, at times during the per­ form ance I felt I was w atching a high school production. M y instincts tell me they lack experi­ ence, n o t talent; as they T he transform ation from 20m ature so will their art. year-old university student to 70T he world that is cre­ year old retired farmer is n o t an ated on stage is remark­ easy task, b u t one that seems to ably ordinary, w ith its have com e o ff rather well for screen door and prom i­ W oertendyke. H is physicality as nent television, and yet the beaten-down Dodge was quite the action th a t occurs remarkable. His perform ance is w ithin its walls is anyunnerving and intriguing at the thing but. T he set prosame time; I w anted to look away vides an interesting con­ b ut w ouldn’t dare let myself. trast to the words; its rela­ Ageing also did wonders for tive sim plicity com pli­ G irvin, w ho excelled as H alie, m ents well the complexity D odge’s gallivanting wife. T h e o f the words. m ajority o f her lines are spoken O n the w hole, I from the upstairs o f the hom e and enjoyed th e n ig h t and yet, w ith just her voice Girvin is fo u n d th a t directors able to fully convey the true m ean­ Mylissa Falkner and ing behind her words, so that we N icole Israel d id a know the character before we even respectable job in bring­ A dsyfuntional family centered on... vegetables. see her. ing this harrowing tale to A lthough, generally the T N C stage. I recom­ Coolican’s physically impres­ impressed by Louis D upuis’ per­ sive portrayal o f am putee Bradley m end you check this show out formance as the eldest son Tilden, I was fascinating to watch, especially before it ends its run. A nd lets face was disappointed that, rather than a it, it is only January, so midterm s w hen he crawls his way across the troubled middle-aged man, I was stage in a vain attem pt to retrieve aren’t an excuse. G et cultured and presented w ith a young man who his stolen w ooden leg. A difficult prepare to be entertained. looked barely o ut o f his teens, with task for any able-bodied actor, spiky hair and boyish good looks.

Coolican avoided the pitfalls o f a B uried C h ild runs from W hen he was alone w ith D odge I mocking perform ance and instead January 23 to January 25- Show could fool myself into thinking this made Bradley a character in his own begins at 8pm . 'Tickets are $6 for was supposed to be a young man, right. students and $8 for adults. Call b ut when paired w ith this twenty­ I am interested to see how 398-6600 for more inform ation som ething son, Vince, the illusion Everitt and Castillo fare in the next or to make reservations. was abrupdy destroyed. year or two, as their efforts were

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Buried Child plays at Tuesday N ig h t Café

There is so m uch going on in theatre at M cGill this semester that it’s a little difficult to keep track.

Each m onth is packed w ith plays an d all things theatre-related.

C om ing up we have Noel Cow ard’s Private Lives at Players’, George E W alker’s Risk Everything at Tuesday N ight Café, Louisa Nowra’s Cosi at Moyse, and Eve Ensler’s The Vagina M onologues presented by Q ueer M cGill— and that’s just February!

M arch is even m ore packed, so w hen you’re stressing over papers and m idterm s you’ll need a night o f com edy to settle your nerves and, thank goodness, you’ll have plenty to choose from , from the M cGill D ram a Festival at Players’ to EduFest at T N C . A nd if music is more your thing, don’t miss an opportunity to check out G ilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore by the Savoy Society.

T his m onth’s current produc­ tion is Sam Shepard’s B uried C hild

playing at T N C Theatre. Although his nam e is probably more recog­ nizable from his prolific film career, Shepard is a highly respected play­ w right and his jolting portrayal o f the all-American family earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1979.

Buried C hild is a disturbing dram a w ith many com edic under­ tones. It brings to light a horrific event that, over the years, has torn one family apart. Shepard’s unique and jarring way o f exposing and over-exposing the all-Am erican family and all that is Americana is not lost in this production.

At the heart o f the story and set is D odge, played

by Max W oertendyke, the cuckolded patri­ arch o f th e family. H e sits, engrossed in his television for the m ajority o f the play as the action unfolds around him and he is pow­ erless to stop it. H is wife (M artha Girvin) leaves for days at a time, his eldest son (Louis D upuis) insists on harvesting vegetables from the bar­ ren fields, w hile his o th er son (D ’arcy Coolican) never passes up an opportunity to shave his father’s head while he’s sleeping, and then a stranger (Sam Everitt), claiming to be his grandson, enters and takes over the hom e w ith his fiancee (Pilar Castillo).

Time with Tala on an emotionally off night New Brunswick-based band helps the crowd let go w ith disco Scott R. Medvin T h e tiny stage barely fit the band. T he floor was covered w ith assorted effects pedals and other gimmicks, the drum kit wedged in the back by the window so that any­ one on their way in had a perfect view o f the back o f drum m er Adrian A itken’s head. T h e three g u ita ris ts — Jaso n Blanchard, Steve V enkatarangam and M arc Lajoie on bass and— had . to be careful n ot to get too m uch into the music, lest they acci­ dentally sm ash each other in the face w ith their axes.

But these were not hindrances; rather they added to the intim ate nature o f Tala’s show at B rutopia last Saturday. A large crowd packed the bar, m any o f those holding their pints and sway­ ing to the music traveled here from o ut o f town to see these bastions o f the Canadian jam band scene in their adopted home.

Despite the turbulent personal

issues piercing m y m ind, I was excited for this show. I had heard good things about Tala for a couple o f years, b u t had never had an o p p o rtu n ity to experience their work live. As I have sampled most o f w hat Canadian jam bands have to

offer and had been only mildly impressed by m ost o f them , I w ant­ ed Tala to have the opportunity to redeem their genre, and their peers who play it, from the fate o f being considered just another jam band w ith no uniqueness at all.

T hough I got there early, I had missed the first set. By the tim e I

found m y p in t and a seat, the band was opening up their second set w ith slight instrum ental progres­ sions akin to the cheesy soundtrack o f a 70s porno flick. W ah-wah ped­ als su p p lem en t the rh y th m ic drive... boy th at six-string bass sure does th u m p nice. As the instrum ental peters o u t, Blanchard, who w ould turn o u t to be the lead vocalist, com ­ m ented, “everyone from our hom e o f New B runsw ick— have a drink for us.” This invi­ tatio n , coupled w ith constant requests from th e b and for refilled p ints or a ro u n d o f shots let the audience know that Tala was in tow n to have a good time.

T he next song was simple and melodically driven, the music pushing itself to subsequent mini-peaks before dropping down an d repeating the cycle.

Unfortunately, the song never actu­ ally peaks; rather it just rides the plateauing waves. T h e slightly repetitive hook leads itself into a catchy tune. T here is n ot m uch

im provisation; rather, the b and seems to be more into finding a steady groove and locking into it.

Lyrically, there is n o t m uch to the song. T his is a problem w hich plagues m ost o f the jam bands who concentrate on their music and let the w ords fall by the wayside.

N othing extravagant, the lyrics are neither boring nor poignant— the voice used as an instrum ent with nothing im portant to say. T he vers­ es fill the spaces between bridges, the chorus is a step to be taken before the jam starts and the band moves o u t from between the lines and begins to play w ith their heart and soul.

A slight departure is led by the lead guitar’s tentative layering o f lines over the rhythm like icing being p ut on a cake. A trancey segue breaks through the tune and emerges as som ething new and dif­ ferent, a real song w ith verse and lyrics, and a bridge or two throw n in for good measure. T his tune ends the set, as well as the period where m y attention was focused fully on the band at hand. By the tim e Tala returns for another set, num erous pints o f microbrew were flowing through my bloodstream to my brain, and another had been spilt all

over my notes.

In this state o f m ind, Tala needed to do som ething spectacular to reel me back in. M idway through their final set, a slightly ska-influ­ enced tune began to m orph into som ething I had heard before. After a few m om ents I turned to a friend an d asked, “D oesn’t this sound like...”. T h e band interrupted my sentence and finished my train o f though w hen the tune erupted and came into itself. “Burn, baby, burn!

Disco Inferno!” I moved m y slight­ ly stum bling booty to the dance floor and started to shake around to the disco-rock com ing from the stage.

I had been caught by the tune and propelled by the music. Tala had brought my disinterested self back to the dance floor. W hen the disco segued into another ska song my m om ent o f bliss had been com ­ pleted. But I sang “Disco Inferno” for the next two days, for Tala had em bedded it into me. T his band definitely needs another opportun' ty to prove themselves to this crit on a night w hen things were n o t s screwy. I’ll give it to them the firs chance I get.

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“Right now I’m just trying to get some solo recording done, because I really w ant to put some music out. I’m finishing these two songs that I w ant to put out as a sin­ gle o f just me producing the beats and scratching over them, and work-

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ing on some O bscure D isorder stuff—we’re trying to finish up our album [Seven M onths o f Ice]. And just building a lot with the label, set­ ting up for C D distribution world­ wide,” he explains w ith a slight Québécois accent.The lack o f CD distribution is one reason why you may have never seen A-Trak or Obscure Disorder’s music in any conventional stores such as HMV.

T heir music has only ever been released on vinyl and distributed through New York’s Fat Beats to small record stores. Later this year, that is all going to change.

Audio Research’s roster, includ­ ing Shades o f Culture’s D-Shade, T oronto’s DJ Serious, M ontreal’s Simahlak and, o f course, Obscure Disorder, will soon be distributed worldwide on CD . The label began back in 1997 to release Obscure Disorder’s first 12”, Lyrically Exposed, and now contains a battle division called Ammo Records. A-Trizzle describes the label in a nutshell: “We just try to focus not even on what kind o f music it is, where it fits in, if it fits into this or that niche. We just put out stuff that we like and that we think is good hip hop, period.”

Obscure Disorder, in addition to A-Trak as DJ, is made up of Dave O ne, A-Trak’s beatmaking brother, as well as three o f Dave’s high school friends: Eclipse, Troy D unnit and Logik. T heir music has been described as “intelligent thugism”, or what 111 Bill from Non-Phixion has described as “music that makes me w ant to read a book and punch somebody in the face at the same tim e.” Granted, Obscure Disorder does not belong to the so-called “conscious” school o f hip hop, and Alain himself describes it as a bit grimy.

“We’re not really into the whole ‘friendly’ vibe like a lot o f the hip hop groups, you know the ‘hey, let’s rap about hip hop!’ O bscure Disorder is more about beats and

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lyrics, and th at’s it,” says Macklovitch. “And it sounds good,” he adds, laughing.

A-Trak plays a number o f shows in Montreal every couple o f m onths.

In November, he performed a set at the Elektra Festival with the Juke-Bots, some scratch­ ing DJ robot-arm s from Germany. Certainly, their rigid, mechanical technique was no match for A-Trizzle.

Also, earlier in the school NATHAN LEBIODA year, O bscure D isorder opened up for Vancouver’s A-Trak’s flying fingers worked to a scratch-happy frenzy in his basement studio.

Swollen Members, while AIn addition to this notation sys­ cities where he happens to be playing Trak did some solo stuff during the shows. O n the other hand, for dig­ tem, Macklovitch has an unequivo­ set. cal breadth o f hip hop knowledge.

A-Trak began DJ-ing at the age ging, Montreal reigns supreme.

H e speaks o f his chagrin over Q “Digging is really im portant as o f 13, just messing around with his soon as you get into production, Tip’s horribly produced, never-to-bedad’s turntables in the basement. released sophomore album, the pow­ because what I’m doing is all with Being in M ontreal at that time, samples, and it’s all a m atter o f find­ erful lyricism o f Eminem, his loss o f M acklovitch was highly isolated from the larger turntablist com mu­ ing that one sample that no one’s faith in everyone except Ghostface, used. And you know, the early 70s or Madlib and Non-Phixion, and the nity, learning everything watching videos on his own, and receiving late 60s, is the period that people migration o f talent from the under­ sample from. Disquivel at St-Laurent ground to the mainstream— helping encouragem ent from his brother.

Now, eight years later, A-Trak peri­ and de Maisonneuve, as far as sec­ to explain the credibility given to producers like the Neptunes, Just odically gives lessons through Moog ond-hand records, is really good.

Whenever any DJs that I know come Blaze and Timbaland.

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“O ne main thing that’s changed into town, I bring them there and N oting the lack o f adequate hip in hip hop in the last maybe two hop record stores in Montreal, I ask they freak out,” explains A-Trak.

O ne other thing that has always years, is that period from ’97, ’98, to A-Trak where he gets his vinyl. fascinated me about A-Trak is the like 2000, where it was really either Surely there’s a secret location that notation system that he has devel­ you’re into the underground stuff or only he knows about.

“Montreal has no good vinyl oped. W hen prompted, Macklovitch you’re into the club stuff. A lot o f the stores in terms o f hip hop right now, enthusiastically describes the inner M Cs were just too intricate to have and actually, it’s a real problem. I workings o f his system, one that will mass appeal, so they were putting stuff out independendy. T hat’s not mean, Science used to be the Mecca be published in a book at a later date. the case anymore. T he good MCs are H e draws a sine wave with a series of o f Montreal hip hop stores, but it closed down a year or a year and a little dashes and symbols in my note­ signed now. Indie hip hop, in most half ago.” Needing to fill up his hour book. “T his w ould be a baby cases, is decent beats w ith some scratch,” he dutifully explains, later corny guy rapping over it. It doesn’t and a half sets, A-Trak looks to online stores to buy contemporary going on into an intricate explana­ cut it anymore.” tion o f clicks, cross-fader, multiple hip hop vinyl, or to large American See next page finger and wrist motions.

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It seems that after a long peri­ od o f instability T h e Arcade Fire has taken dow n th e favourable slope. W ith more than a solid set o f songs, the band need only to play to convince, and rum ours/facts have been spreading fast about the live show, the songwriting and utterly endearing presence o f the group.

T h e Arcade Fire is primarily centered aro u n d th e couple o f Regine Chassagne, a native Montrealer, on keyboard and accor­ dion, and W in Bulter, a geographi­ cally displaced Texan guitarist.

Together they exploit every nuance o f co m fo rt th ro u g h quirkiness.

W in, a Religious Studies under­ graduate, plays guitar for the con­ sistency o f the m otion, just to keep the song going. Beside him , Regine plays the entire dynam ic range o f a child, tim idly tapping a xylophone w ith a spoon or hitting high register tantrum s, throw ing her fists and stam ping her feet. Steady-men util­

ity players fill o u t the band. Tim Kingsbury concentrates on chiming guitar lines and D ane Mills exercis­ es drum s, steady bass and the occa­ sional spot on guitar. T h e group is rounded o ut aesthetically, as well musically by the im aginative Bredan Reed who, although occa­ sionally playing drum s, mainly just enjoys the song, attem pting to tap o ut the melody on the xylophone, stom ping to the beat o f the bass drum on the stage or dividing the measures w ith his sticks on any imaginable surface. T h e end effect, despite a melee o f creative behav­ iour, is com pletely coherent.

In fact, so coherent that you m ight suspect an array o f audio engineers behind the scenes, tweak­ ing th e band, com pressing the sound into a warm, thick, fulfilling presentation. However, this coher­ ence comes from somewhere slight­ ly more natural. It is the superb craftsmanship o f each shift in the song, every instrum ent's line over that shift and every w ord-to-note an d note-to -w o rd choice m ade carefully enough that the cup is full, song after song. Songs explore sim­ ple undertones, like classical music ,if it had enough pop sensibility to repeat itself often enough. A t its base is a constantly strum m ing acoustic guitar, decorated at first by keyboards, stilted percussion and ringing electric guitar; then sup­

p o rted by m arked bass, overly rhythm ic guitar and driven, well placed drum s. Cyclical chord pro­ gressions are apparent during the steady, feel good, m idtem po rock sections. Seemingly Baroque vocal lines take on a relaxed pace and w istful affection. A ppropriately, these wonderful verses, occasionally sparse dow n to a heartfelt chorus— — or vice versa— lead to climaxes o f a frenzied nature, all encompassing, perhaps beyond the control o f the band, b u t never beyond the control o f any individual m em ber's playing ability.

T his straight ahead, epic folk rock niche is periodically offset into areas o f extreme pop influence like N ew Order. T h e bass drum and hihat are only slightly organized from a m achine beat. G uitars tap echoed new wave riffs while the keyboard or xylophone picks o u t natural arpeggiated steps. A melody, care­ fully chosen, is th en bu ilt and repeated and repeated, true to a dance form, until it simply cannot leave the song.

Arcade Fire will surely be play­ ing early and often. A record is slat­ ed to be released on the Toronto label A ntiantenna Recordings w ith­ in a m onth. In the meantime, check o u t M o n treal's best b and on www.arcadefire.com and look for your favourite Arcade Fire m em ber on campus.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003 on stuff all the time. W hen I go out o f town, that’s when I shop, that’s In terms o f turntablism, A-Trak when I go see movies.” stopped battling in 2000. T he battle W ith his low-key presence in has long been known as an arena to Montreal, has anyone on campus showcase new techniques. As o f late, recognized him? H e thinks about it however, A-Trizzle has noted the for a second. “About four or five peo­ stagnation in D-J-ing, with little or ple, I think, have actually no new techniques evolving at this approached me. There might have point from battle DJs. H e speaks of been people that saw me, but didn’t it like Paul Krugman would o f an say anything though. I’m not really economic recession. “DJgood at talking to strangers, ing is really in a weird peri­ which is bad since I’m sort of od right now. Fortunately a public figure in a way. I for me, ‘97, ‘98 happened guess I like to stay on the to be a boom in turntab­ down low.” lism. I was just able to ride You might even say that that wave and make my A-Trizzle is a bit on the name. I’m not saying it was reclusive side when he’s in easy or anything, but if I M ontreal. In addition to was a new DJ now, it practicing on the ones and wouldn’t be the same story. twos at home, he watches There was so m uch innova­ Conan, Letterman and ani­ tion that was done from ‘94 mal documentaries on the to ‘97, it’s incredible.

Discovery Channel to relax.

“You have a handful of H e also has innum erable DJs that have a name for am ounts o f sneakers, and an themselves just because extensive collection o f base­ W W W .NttUU.COM they’ve had a nam e for ball hats— 22 to be exact.

A-Trak working it live behind the wheels of steel. themselves over the last ------- And, he is patiently awaiting couple o f years. In the sense the release o f 12 seasons o f Simpsons to and from gigs halfway across the that you don’t see anyone new, you world. episodes on DVD. “I’m probably do get a sense that DJ-ing is stagnat­ “W hen I’m here, I don’t leave one of the few nerds sitting at home, ing. But at the same time, there’s this my house, I don’t leave school. anxiously awaiting its release,” he handful of DJs that are getting stuff Everyone says that they never see me confesses. done, and they’re the only people in in Montreal. It’s because I’m working O f course, as much as it seems Continued from previous page

the world that have the skill, maturi­ ty and originality to take D j-ing any­ where at this point. N ot everything’s been done, but I’m waiting for some­ one to come and switch the whole game up.”

Still, although a hip hop scenester, A-Trak maintains that he does­ n’t really do much or go places in Montreal. Even everyday things like watching movies are done on flights

That burning sensation Triumvirate of hip hop releases reason to rejoice James Empringham Wow. For those hip hop fans in tune to good hip hop, the last num ­ ber o f weeks have been especially generous. U nder norm al circum ­ stances it can take m onths or more likely years for an album to be dropped that’s worth the time and effort.

C ount Tribe’s Beats, Rhymes and Life in ’96. De la was dead in ’93.

Mos D ef was Black on Both Sides in ’99 and Hiero’s T hird Eye shone

Roots’ Phrenology, and Jurassic Five’s Power in Numbers on record store shelves is something to get excited about.

A salient comparison, in this case, w ould require a relapse in musical history to 1965 and the release o f Dylan’s Highway 61, the Beatles’ Rubber Soul and the Stones O ut O f O ur Heads. In each instance, we’re dealing with three acts posi­ tioned at the absolute creative fore­ front o f a revolutionizing genre, suit­ ably inspired to test the boundaries of their respective styles, yet intelligent enough to k n o w exactly w h e r e

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Jurassic 5 (shown), Talib Kweli and The Roots: Bridging the gaps.

bright in ‘98.

In between? Large spaces o f cre­ ative void. Stimulating lyrics, lack­ lustre beats (Common). Slamming beats, empty rhymes (Snoop). O r most common, not much o f either (Anything associated with Irv Gotti, Master P, Cash Money, etc.).

Sure, the true classics can help hip hop fans get through the tough times, but there’s only so many times an old hit can be burned onto a new mix and besides, lets face it, all of your Tribe albums have either been scratched or stolen by a younger sis­ ter at this point anyway, right?

Enter a trio o f recent hip hop releases certain to sustain like-mind­ ed fans for a long, long while. To offer an analogy for the unconvert­ ed, the almost simultaneous appear­ ance o f Talib Kweli’s Q uality, The

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to the present. W ith so many MCs today extolling their breath in an effort to be heard over one another, the guys from J-5 choose rather to collaborate on the chorus, replicate a harmony and throw the verse back and forth between the group’s three emcees in equitable measure. The album’s first single “W hat’s Golden” is receiving some commercial airplay, but it’s the tracks “Freedom”, “Sum o f Us”, and the likely cross-over hit “T hin Line” featuring Nelly Furtado that are sure to receive the most fre­ quent listens on your Discman.

Quality is equal to Power in Num bers in effect b u t Kweli’s method o f attack is more conscious, more intellectual and less dance floor. In “T he Proud”, he contem­ plates the m eaning behind September 11 in a more discerning vein than a mainstream oudet might

allow: “To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice /B ut it’s hard for me to walk down the block /Seeing rats and roaches, crack viles and 40 ounce posters/ People broken down from years o f oppression/ Become patriots when they way o f life is threatened.” O ther standout tracks include “Waiting for the D J” and what has to rank right behind the Beatles’ “G ood Day Sunshine” as a song to wake up to in the morning, the infectious “G et By”.

Finally, in terms o f commercial success it’s sure that Phrenology will lead the triumvirate releases. Already critical darlings, T he Roots raise the bar in their latest effort by dealing in funk, rock, R&B and, o f course, hip hop currencies. In other words, the boys in the band have been smoking a lot of weed and listening to a lot of C urtis Mayfield. T h e outcom e, while occasionally errent is largely a success. M C Blackthought and per­ cussionist Puestlove, the creative dialectic o f the group, lead the way on the stellar “Quills”, “T hought at W ork” and the bonus track featuring none other than Kweli, which remains Untitled.

In a genre where commercial success is most often bestowed upon the syrupy, the flashy— or even worse— the catchy, these are three releases that renew the hip hop fan’s faith in a medium capable o f pro­ voking serious thought, while the bass bangs, o f course (the real reason we listen to hip hop).

As J-5 conclude in the chorus to their track, “Break”: “The party is weak from the same rap/ Tim e’s up/ We payin’ homage as well as return­ ing favors/ Candy for your ears hear us now/ O r hear us later.”

Each o f these acts are doing their best to make fans crave just that litde bit more a few m onths down the road. Here we go again.

that A-Trak is completely consumed with hip hop, he does listen to other music. A lot o f classic rock, like the Police, Steely Dan, as well as some Stevie Wonder, T he Strokes, Radiohead and even some D aft Punk. A rock band from France called Phoenix also seems to rank among his current favourites.

D uring his sabbatical year after CÉGEP, A-Trizzle decided to focus on his music for a year. H e got to travel, but for the most part, he is most content doing both music and school simultaneously.

“I was so tired from travelling that I wasn’t always as motivated [to make music], and I kind o f just real­ ized that I was used to being in school, and having my school sched­ ule structure me. Now, by the time I get home, I w ant to do music. It’s

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not as if music is the only thing I’m doing, and if there’s no inspiration, then that’s it. Now I’m at school, there’s only so much time I have to do music that, by the time I get in front o f my turntables, I’m really looking forward to it. It’s like a bal­ ance from a whole other side o f my life.”

So, his secret? Intense focus and balance. This past weekend he was in England, while this week brings him— along with his home­ work— to Las Vegas and Los Angeles for some gigs. As the lunch ends, we discuss briefly Sir Isaac Newton’s cre­ ation o f calculus. “H ow do you develop something so complex like that? It’s absolute genius,” he mar­ vels. How ironic. I was thinking the same thing about the person sitting across from me.

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T h e b la c k m a n a n d " a s h o w a b o u t p e o p le " Danny Chodos Andrew M oodies A Common M an’s Guide to Loving Women played last m onth at the Black Theatre Workshop. Abstract art pieces align the dimly lit hallways outside the modest auditorium. Common M an’s Guide... is a clever comedy about four well-educated young black men who get together for a night with the guys. Its plot, however, is centred on a very serious and contentious issue: an alleged sexual assault. As the story plays out, the audience becomes well-acquainted with each character, and sympathizes with each conflict­ ing viewpoint. T he play ends on a rather bittersweet note, leaving only a mild feeling o f progress, as the characters merely prepare to face their demons.

T he characters truly make the show. It takes less than 10 minutes to learn the occupation, interests and current situation o f each man.

Wendle (Quincy Armorer) is a fairly straight-edged, cynical director of finance for a major business firm.

D uring one night o f passion with a white woman he’s been seeing for several m onths, she suspiciously accuses him o f raping her. Chris (Lindsay Owen Pierre) is an ambi­ tious attorney who advises Wendle on how to proceed with his im pend­ ing lawsuit, and discusses its politi­ cal pitfalls. Wendle is shocked when he’s told to plead guilty, as it may be

the only way to save his job: “T hat’s like saying I raped her!” Chris is attem pting to quit smoking. Robin (Chimwemwe Miller), a witty, funloving video-store owner, is also a borderline alcoholic. H e wants to set up his friend Greg (Om ari Newton) w ith Tabitha, his employee. Greg hasn’t dated since his last girlfriend, Cheryl, died four years earlier.

M oodies script strikes a won­ derful balance between comedy and drama. T he story is remarkably humourous, despite its serious con­ tent. Early in the play, Robin is roleplaying with Chris, who recently broke up with his girlfriend, prepar-

" [Black roots are im portant], but shouldn’t be a domi­ nant force.”

— Q uincy Arm orer Actor ing him to hit on the fine ladies at a nightclub later that evening. Robin introduces himself as Shaniqua, to w hich Chris sm oothly responds, “Isn’t that an old African-American slave name?” This had the audience burst out laughing. Later, Greg and Robin engage in an animated con­ versation about the clitoris, at which point Greg discusses, in graphic detail, his encounter with a woman

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he made ejaculate. “It’s n ot piss, is it!?” quips Robin.

Throughout the play, the audi­ ence is engrossed in the major con­ flict that develops between Wendle and Chris regarding the alleged rape.

Meanwhile, Chris is constantly hop­ ing his ex-girlfriend will return to his loving arms. At the end, the prover­ bial weight is lifted off our shoulders as Chris finally notes with a touch o f anagnorisis, “I don’t think she’s com• » mg.

Common M an’s Guide... is not just a story, b ut a performance that delivers some strong social messages that are hard to miss, among them women’s rights, industrial racism and social justice. I conducted an interview with the cast before the show one night regarding these per­ vasive issues. Most o f the actors did not grow up in a rich black culture.

In fact, Owen Pierre, a bassist/actor, was one o f four blacks at Van H orne H igh School, growing up mosdy around Italians, but he says he never felt threatened about race. Armorer, a dancer/actor, went to school on the South Shore with six other black students, and was the only one that did not segregate himself among them. He’s even been accused of neglecting his black roots, he says, b ut though it’s im portant, “it shouldn’t be a dom inant force.”

These views are represented by the play’s title: A Common M an’s Guide to Loving Women. It is not merely a black man’s guide. In the play, Chris explains how he had to threaten his law firm with legal action if he was not hired. As a result, he is given the ‘honour’ of heading the D epartm ent o f Equity, an effort to get him out o f the way.

H e is deeply offended, b ut soon real­ izes he is the most im portant person at the firm. O ur conclusion: every man should be treated as a common

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Nina Holt O n Jan u ary 10, th e Franz Joseph String Q u artet, an ensem ­ ble greatly attracted to m usic o f th e E n lig h ten m en t, enthusiastical­ ly perform ed in R edpath H all.

T h is ro o m , enclosed by a R o m an esq u e w o o d en ceiling, h o stin g a b eau tifu lly a d o rn e d organ an d a tapestry o f pictures o f M cG ill dignitaries along its walls, could n o t fully project the sounds o f th e p erio d in stru m e n ts o n w hich the m usicians played.

A fter having em erged silently from the back, the group opened th e concert w ith "H adyn’s String Q u arte t in D major, O p . 1, N o.

3", one o f his earliest string q uar­ tets. A lthough H ay d n is frequent­ ly considered to be the father o f th e sym phony an d the string q uar­ tet, this w ork does n o t follow in th e tra d itio n a l fo u r-m o v em en t fo rm a t o f th e strin g q u arte t.

Rather, it is conceived m ore in the style o f a divertim ento, a Baroque form , as it develops th ro u g h five m ovem ents. In th e first m ovem ent O livier Brault, th e first violin, played w arm ly over the cellist’s steady basso continuo. In th e M en u et o f the second m ovem ent, he presented a folk-like tu n e while plucking an accom panim ent.

T h e next w ork on the p ro ­ gram m e, H ay d n ’s "String Q u artet in B m inor, O p . 33, N o. 1", was m u ch m ore w arm ly received by the audience. D espite som e rh y th ­ m ic incongruity an d a stagnating

advancem ent in th e first m ove­ m ent, th e second m ovem ent bore th e charm , order an d elegance characteristic o f the Classical peri­ od. Brault displayed lucid leader­ ship, although there could have been m o re co m m u n ic a tio n betw een all o f th e musicians. T h e concluding m ovem ent was p ro ­ pelled by rhythm ic intensity, w hile a certain am o u n t o f in to n atio n tribulation lingered in th e air.

Finally, a th ird w ork o f the E sterhâzy’s K apellm eister (or m usic director), was featured: "the String Q u a rte t in C m ajor, O p.

20, N o. 2", a m em ber o f the Sun Q u a rte ts, co m p o sed in 1772.

A lthough th e cellist ten d ed to play fairly sharp, they in tro d u ced the first them e o f th e first m ovem ent in a beautiful singing style.

T h ro u g h o u t, th e m usicians perform ed w ith great sensitivity, th o u g h cohesion d id n o t seem to be o f a prim ordial interest at all.

T h e m ost d o m in a n t voices o f the ensem ble were those o f th e first violin an d cello, an effect con­ ceived to a certain degree in the m usic presented. A particularly interesting device im plem ented in all o f the O p u s 20 quartets is th at o f the use o f fugues, as evidenced in th e last m ovem ent o f "O p. 20, N o. 2". C o n clu d in g the concert, th e Franz Joseph String Q u artet rendered an im petuous an d fiery perform ance o f this last m ove­ m ent, w hich added great pleasure to th eir perform ance as a whole.

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It may have been —30° C o ut­ side on January 11, b u t the atm os­ phere at the Yellow D oor was defi­ nitely heating up. W ith the tunes o f Vanderpark, a Toronto-based jam group, th e audience was in to dethaw ing mode, getting into the m usic an d forgetting the arctic environm ent outside. W ith a com ­ bination o f jam band style, folk and even some hip hop, Vanderpark rocked a packed house.

T h e V anderpark players are D ave, Booch, M arcus and Dempskey; and they have a style that seems to be a mix o f some Dave M athews, w ith a strong rock influence as well, as a folk element.

It is hard to describe, b u t great to listen to. Homages were paid to Jim i H endrix, w ith an awesome cover o f “Crosstown Traffic”, to Dave M atthews and, surprisingly, Tracey C hapm an, w hich proved that guys can pull off an incredible ren d itio n o f “Fast C ar”— w ho knew? A nd luckily for the audience a tribute was paid to Kris Kross, everyone’s favourite backw ards, overall-wearing duo.

However, th e show m ainly consisted o f them playing songs

from their self-titled album as well as some as-yet unreleased work.

W ith this range o f material, the group was able to p u t the “real” back into M o n t“real”. (W hat does that m ean you ask? I have no idea.)

C om ing back from the holi­ days, the boys were boasting some exciting new gadgets, such as Booch’s synthesizer, nicknam ed Cynthia. She is a strange, intricate in stru m en t th a t uses lasers th at react to different hand positions over it. I didn’t really get how it worked, b ut Cynthia certainly fit right in w ith the not-so-flashy bon­ gos. T here was also M arcus’ guitar, stripped dow n to nothing b u t its m inim alist fram e, w ith a sleek, alm ost space-age look to it, a change from his sometimes-played trad itio n al banjo. T hese pieces added a little som ething extra to the performance.

T h e crowd was a mix o f some regular “Vanderparkers”, as well as some new faces, whose friends had brought them along to see a great show, starring a funky, original band. T his is an honest, raw group w ho has a great tim e perform ing onstage. T his em otion is reflected o nto the audience, w ho feel this great, relaxed vibe from the stage and thrive o ff it. T here’s just some-

thing about a band that can manage to mix M ichael Jacksons “Billie Jean” into a song, laughing w ith the audience an d all the while taking w hat they do seriously.

I’m n ot going to lie to you, I have seen these guys in concert before and, although they have never, by any means, let m e down before, they seem to be getting m ore and m ore in sync (no, n o t *N S Y N C ... this ain’t no Justin T im berlake k in d o f show) w ith each other and they were on that night. T h e great, powerful voices and the m astery o f the instrum ents are b ut two aspects that make these guys pack venues and have such a solid following. T heir own pieces have original lyrics, w ith tunes that have the audience tapping their feet and singing along.

So now you’re thinking, great, thanks, it was a great show, b u t I missed it. N o t so. T his Tuesday, January 21, they will be playing w ith Throw back and Slippery Pete at Le Swimming, w ith a $5 cover charge.

To find o u t m ore about the band, such as upcom ing shows and how to get a C D , go to uww . vanderpark. com.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

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Meet The Parents—oops, I mean A Cuy Thing Julie Peters This movie is som ething like m y m om ’s leftover rehash stew. She puts in leftovers from the fridge, the freezer and lunch and reheats them into a mess o f food. T he difference, however, is that my m om ’s stew is usually good.

This movie has the exact plotline o f M eet the Parents mixed in w ith The Sweetest Thing, w hich isn’t really surprising, seeing as one o f the screenwriters w rote the former and Selma Blair also starred in the latter.

For those o f you th at have not seen The Sweetest Thing, M eet the Parents, There’s Som ething A b o u t M ary etc, I will break it down. A Guy Thing is about a guy (Jason Lee) w ho is getting married, ‘acci­ d entally’ cheats on his fiancée (Selma Blair), goes through the usual run o f avoidance techniques

(including the M eet the Parentsesque climb from the bathroom window onto a tree) and ends up falling in love w ith the other w om an (Julia Stiles).

However, this movie does have some good points that make it w or­ thy o f rental on a girls’ night. It’s actually a girl thing. Mainly, those good points are the m inor charac­ ters. T he two families could n o t be more different. Hers is rich, snooty and powerful; his is vulgar, simple and pretty embarrassing. T he in­ laws, the bachelors, the tiki dancers, the chef w ho spikes the food with marijuana and tons o f other bit parts are like the spice we p ut in my m om ’s stew on the bad nights to make it taste actually sort o f good.

A nd this movie is, in fact, sort o f good. It’s w hat you get w hen you p u t a relatively good cast and crew on the set o f one o f the aforemen­ tioned mediocre movies and see w hat they can do w ith it.

Every character you pass dur­ ing the course o f the film is a frilly realized character, in every sense o f th e w ord. M ost notably, Jackie Burroughs o f Road to Avonlea plays A unt Budge, from w hom the other characters m ust grab her glass o f wine before she downs it gleefully.

She is so desperate for a drink she

resorts to grabbing the server’s crotch in order to get him to pour her a glass o f red. James Brolin plays the rich and powerful father inlaw/boss, and he embodies perfectly the stereotype o f the rich tycoon who likes to say things like, “W e’re men! We’re hunters. It happens.”

A nother quirk that perked up the movie a little was Paul’s 0ason Lee) occasional fantasies o f w hat is about to happen next. Chris Koch, the director, had some good ideas, and he seemed determ ined to make som ething enjoyable o ut o f some­

thing really, really bad.

D espite these little saving graces, the m ain problem w ith the film, aside from the unashamedly been-done storyline, were the main characters. Or, perhaps I should say, the lack thereof. T he leading man, Lee, was really unremarkable. T he other characters kept insisting he was really a great guy, b ut that m ust have been one o f those offstage things, because he seemed pretty d am n average. Blair’s character, Karen, was also constantly being lau d ed by th e o th e r characters

about her charm, grace, w it etc, b u t the purpose o f this m ust have been to inform the audience o f the traits th at were otherwise quite unobvious.

A nd then there’s Becky (Julia Stiles), the other woman, who is supposed to be so fantastic. She is supposed to be the quirky catalyst th at comes into Paul’s life and stirs everything up, probably because o f her fluency in Chinese, w hich was really her only visible quirk. Well, the only thing she stirred up in this movie was irritation from the audi­ ence. She shouted all her lines and her delivery was so awkward that it was unclear w hat exactly she m eant w hen she rolled her eyes every five seconds.

Like an itch th a t’s fun to scratch, A Guy Thing was mildly irritating m ost o f the time, pre­ dictable all o f the tim e and really, really funny enough o f the tim e for this to be a good choice for a V idéotron night. But I w ouldn’t spend the theatre price, even on a cheap night.

W hoever’s idea it was to make the m inor characters the stars o f the show had a stroke o f brilliance. Too bad about the main characters...

Maurice Gibb no longer "Staying Alive" Thobey Campion__________________ “In the event o f som ething hap­ pen in g to me! There is som ething I w ould like you a ll to seel I t’s ju s t a photograph o f someone th a t I knew. ” -M aurice G ibb Im agine, if you dare, a w orld w ith no Travolta, no w hite trying to strut, no Z oolander,no Streisand, no D iana Ross, no D o lly P arto n o r K enny Rogers. (D o the last four seem questionable as to th eir validity am ongst th e th in g s w e m ay miss if they w eren’t here? M y answer to you: probably, b u t D o lly w ood in M em p h is, Tennessee, is a highly underrated them e park).

T h is veritable nig h t­ m are w ould be our reality w ith o u t the late M aurice G ib b , singer, key­ b o ard ist, bassist an d c h ie f p ro p o n e n t o f th e cowbell for the Bee Gees. H e passed away, surrounded by fam ily m em bers, o n Sunday, January 12, after suffering a heart attack d uring em ergency surgery for an intestinal blockage. Bow your heads for this one.

Born in the Isle o f M an in 1949, he moved, w ith his family, to M anchester w here he lived until 1958, at w hich p o in t the G ibb’s m oved to Australia. M aurice and his three brothers were now ready to m ake a nam e in th e entertain-

m ent business. T aking an d altering the words, ‘Brothers G ib b ’, they form ed the nam e ‘Bee Gees’. 1967 signalled a w atersh ed year as, ab o u t to try their luck back in B ritain, th e g ro u p was v oted G roup o f the Year in A ustralia. T h e rest is history; the Bee Gees w ould release 29 a lb u m s and

m o n y group, 60s singer/songw ritdisco in the title, M aurice G ibb ers, disco kings, teen pop stars and w ould be th e spokesperson. p o p aristocracy. Regardless, the B ut b ehind the façade o f the paralysing disco rh y th m s, as Bee Gees tau g h t th e w orld how to b ehind m any nonsensical analo­ dance. (If you w ould like to learn m ore ab o u t this “dancing”, m ore gies, there lurked trouble. Battling specifically the m oonw alk, I am w ith alcoholism , an erratic lovecurrently giving lessons at $5 a life and the type o f g lu tto n y th at piece, send all e-mails to m oonspeeds ahead o f an artist o f fame w alkingw iththobey47@ hotm ail.co faster th an you can say Jaques Villeneuve, M aurice spent m ost o f m).

T h e stanza th at graces the top his tim e in M iam i. 1978 probably m arked the height o f the Bee Gees’ o f this article is an extraction from career. So m any copies o f Saturday th e Bee Gees’ first hit, “N ew York N ig h t Fever w ere sold in th a t year M in in g D isaster 1941”. O ver the inelastic three guitar chords sings th a t the p rin tin g press couldn’t p rin t o u t record jackets fast th e h ea rtfe lt b ro th e rs’ voices. enough. A lbum s were sold w ith a M aurice dips an d circles towards u ltim ate despair an d u ltim ate co u p o n th a t w o u ld later be hope, m aybe in the shadow o f his redeem able for a record jacket.

In an in terv iew in 1978 by TG M a g a z i n e, M aurice G ibb com plains o f a forced lifestyle.

The Best Way to Display Your Talent To m ake m at­ ters w orse, th e Bee Meetings every Monday at 5:45pm in the Gees were Tribune Office, Shatner 110 h aving a to u g h tim e escaping the accusation th at they were a sec­ ond strin g Beatles.

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sell m ore than 110 m illion copies.

B ut statistics and successes no longer m atter. T h e d ea th o f M aurice m arks th e d eath o f a familiar spirit. H e was the higher register in the group’s trio and those o f you w ho haven’t ever felt his voice should go back to the caves o f ignorance from w hence y ou craw led. M au rice G ib b is disco. I f there were a cereal w ith

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b ro th e r B arry’s deeper, m o re au th o ritativ e voice or m aybe a soft-spoken giant. E ither way, he will n o t be forgotten.

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TRA CK & FIELD (M & W) V ert-ei-O r O pen M eet at Sherbrooke January 18 M cGill w on 8 golds, 7 silvers and 10 bronzes.

W om en (Gold Medalists): H igh jum p Rachel Kerswell (1.55 m) T riple ju m p D aw n C reighton (11.43 m) 1500 m Sarah Ali-Khan (4:34.06) 4x800 m Leslie M arcotte, Lindsay Lessard, Laura W ilson, S. AliK h an (l 0:13.67) M en (Gold Medalists): 1500 m Daniel Lennox (4:04.51) 3000 m Ismail Kassam (9:02.93) 4x200 m Andrew Brown, Karl Jallad, P.O. Brunet, Francis Fortin (1:36.40) 4x800 m Jeff M cCabe, M arty Fox, Ben Brisbois, D aniel Lennox (8:10.42) SQU A SH T h e Redmen finished first at the OUA crossover to u rn am en t.

M cGill finished third o f eight teams, giving it a playoff berth for the first tim e in five years.

A L PIN E SK IIN G In its first com petition o f the year, M cGill’s ski team finished first at M ont Tremblant. Jesse Beham and N ick Zyoromski led the way with two gold medals apiece.

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M ARTLETS 3, VARSITY B LU ES 1

Martlets push winning streak to eight Victory over Varsity Blues ensures Martlets remain No. 2 nationally John Bowden A lthough th e M cG ill M artlets/U niversity o f T oronto Varsity Blues hockey game Saturday night was not a sold-out event, the result was the same as last week’s meeting between the Redm en and Blues: an o th er M cG ill victory, though w ith m uch less Carnival revelry. D espite som e sloppy defence by the Red ‘n’ W h ite, M cGill held on for a 3-1 win w ith the help o f some excellent goaltend­ ing by Kim St-Pierre.

M cG ill, led by Paula Mailloux’s three assists, shattered T oronto’s hope o f an undefeated season, handing the Blues their first loss o f th e year in 16 games.

Toronto entered the game w ith the best goals against record in the C anadian Interuniversity Sport, allowing a paltry seven. T h e Blues’ strong defence d id n o t deter Mailloux and company, as M cGill slid three goals past T oronto goaltender Lisa Robertson.

After a penalty-filled first peri­ od w ith a num ber o f questionable calls, M cGill finally got on the board less than two m inutes into the second period w ith a goal from rookie Laura Ruhnke who banged th e puck in o ff a pass from Mailloux.

M cG ill’s Justine Keyserlingk h it the crossbar m inutes before V éronique Lapierre p u t the hom e side up 2-0 on a great tw o-on-one play. Mailloux fed the puck to a streaking Lapierre, w ho chipped the puck over Robertson just before sliding in to th e goal m idw ay through the frame.

T oronto had its fair share o f chances during the m iddle frame, but St-Pierre showed her O lym pic gold-medal form by easily turning aside shot after shot. H er puck-han­ dling skills constantly frustrated the Blues, w ho found it difficult to gain

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any m om entum in M cGill’s end.

M cGill head coach Peter Smith remarked that St-Pierre’s ability to move the puck is a trem endous asset.

“It’s great w ith no red line, because when the other team makes a change, they’ve got to be very careful, as we have a good counter­ attack,” said Smith.

M cG ill’s second goal was a clear result o f its quick transition play, w hich Sm ith talked about after the game. M cGill com m itted the occasional turnover in its own end, b u t Toronto failed to take advantage o f the few opportunities.

M cGill’s Sophie Acheson was a victim o f the refereeing, receiving three m inor penalties, along w ith a 10-m inute m isconduct at the end o f the second period.

M cG ill’s K atherine Safka added to her team -leading 28 points w ith a goal only 14 seconds into the final frame. Safka’s marker came while her team was enjoying a two-player advantage.

T oronto co n tin u ed to take undisciplined penalties throughout the period, w ith Safka and K eyserlingk b o th having great opportunities to add to the lead.

However, Robertson kept Toronto in the game.

W ith three m inutes left in the th ird , T o ro n to ’s Kim M alcher wrecked St-Pierre’s bid for a seventh straight sh u to u t in league play.

M alcher was left all alone in the slot w ith three M artlets looking on, and beat St-Pierre on the glove side.

Sm ith was pleased w ith his team’s performance, noting th at the

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win wasn’t as pretty as the past two games, b ut two points is two points.

“T here was more flow against Concordia. Tonight we w on the game along the boards, and we were usually first to th e p u ck ,” said Smith.

Sm ith feels the team is “firing on all cylinders,” b u t also noticed some areas th at need to be worked on as the team starts to focus on the playoffs.

“W e continue to have to w ork hard on the defensive zone, as we have a tendency to sag a bit on defence.”

T h e M artlets head south to face-off against Yale and Princeton this weekend, and will welcome O ttaw a on January 31 at 7:15 pm at M cConnell Arena.

CARABINS 3, REDM EN 0

Youth holds back volleyball teams Catherine Kramarczuk_______ M cG ill’s varsity volleyball team s played Sunday aftern o o n against l’Université de M ontréal at Love C om petition Hall. It was an im portant game for the M artlets, as they sought to get back to the play­ offs after finishing first in the Q uebec Student Sports Federation conference last year.

T he Redm en needed an honest effort to w in against the Carabins, who occupied second place in the QSSF conference.

The M artlets, however,

dropped a m arathon two hour and six m inute m atch-up w ith the No. 10-ranked Carabins 3-2 w ith set scores o f 25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 1625 and 15-10. T h e M artlets’ loss m eant that their six-game losing streak w ould n o t be snapped.

M cGill’s record now stands at 1-10 in league play.

A key player in the game was Red 'n ' W h ite m iddle A nne Robitaille. She recorded an impres­ sive 21 kills, 12 digs, three stuffed blocks and possessed a 2.25 passing ratio. She was down about the loss b ut proud o f the team’s cohesive­

ness.

“I th in k it is disappointing that we lost b ut everyone played really well,” said Robitaille. “T h e team played together. It showed we can play well, and we just have to push a little harder to get the w in.”

M artlets coach Rachèle Béliveau, in her 12th season leading the M artlets, used the loss as an opportunity to shift the focus o f the team for the rest o f the season, con­ sidering they will no longer be in the playoffs.

“Basically this game was going to decide whether we made the

playoffs or not. W ith this loss now we are n ot going to. T here are no more chances so we are going to change our priorities to building the team for next year,” said Béliveau.

T his shift in priorities is very im portant, as M cGill is very young and could use the rem aining games to regroup for next season. Béliveau definitely recognizes this.

“Since we have a young team, we have to learn from this season.

We do have the majority o f the players com ing back next year, and See TEAMS, page 23

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

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REDMEN 3, G E E -G E E S 1

Blundy's the man in comeback victory James Scarfone For the M cG ill hockey Redmen, it only takes a couple o f periods to get their act into gear. T he hockey w orld, thankfully, gives teams who struggle in the first 40 m inutes th a t extra period. T he Redmen took advantage o f the final 20 m inutes Friday night as they came back from a one goal deficit to dispose o f the University o f O ttaw a Gee-Gees 3-1. M cGill goalie Luc Vaillancourt was strong in net, stop­ ping 17 o f 18 shots, im proving his record to 10-0-1 overall.

T h e Red ‘n’ W h ite rem ain undefeated at M cConnell Arena this season and have w on four in a row overall. Defenceman C had Blundy o f Oakville, O ntario, was the star o f the game, netting two im portant goals in the third period, giving him three on the season.

“It was n o th in g special,” Blundy said, remarking on his first goal th a t snuck through O ttaw a goalie Jordan W att’s legs on a weak shot from the po in t to tie the game.

“Sometimes it takes just one thing to get the ball rolling for us.

W hen we realize we’re down against a division rival, we seem to step up more, realizing we can’t give them any points [in the standings].”

O ttaw a (10-4-2) sat just two points back o f M cGill going into the m atch, and the Redmen retain their h old on second place in the O U A C Far East Division, two points back o f

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l’U niversité d u Q uéb ec à TroisRivières.

T he Gee-Gees started coming on early in the game w ith some hard hits and fast rushes to the McGill net. T he Redmen looked disorgan­ ized on their defensive coverage and were sometimes unsure o f where the puck was, let alone able to keep it out o f their own zone.

O ttaw a’s H ugo G iguere notched his 15th o f the season at 5:48 off an oncom ing rush, placing the puck above Vaillancourt’s shoul­ der. T he goal came after Redmen defenceman Christian Bolding was penalized for holding an O ttaw a skater on a near breakaway, perhaps

saving a goal.

Despite going 0 for 6 w ith the m an advantage, O ttaw a’s power play was clean, as the team’s specialists rarely let their passes get picked off.

T he Redmen’s saving grace during their num erous penalty kills was solid blocking and heads-up saves by Vaillancourt.

Nonetheless, M cGill was very listless w hen at even strength, having trouble p en etratin g the grinding Gee-Gees defence, endlessly resort­ ing to a dum p and chase strategy.

T h e N o. 6 -ranked R edm en were outplayed for the m ajority o f the contest on all levels until an awakening in the third sparked some

life into the hom e team. Following Blundy’s tying goal, Bruno Lemire p o tte d the gam e-w inner on the power play at 8:13. H is fifth o f the season came off a wide shot from defenceman D avid Lizotte that rico­ cheted off the end boards and skirt­ ed o nto Lemire’s stick. H e then threw the puck into the open net after a diving W att w rongfully assumed Lizotte would be on target w ith his shot. Blundy, w ith his sec­ ond o f the game, gave his team some insurance w hen he batted in a loose puck in front o f the net to make it 31 just past the midway point o f the third.

T h e G ee-G ees’ frustrations, stem m ing from two well-played periods only to com e o u t dragging their feet in the final frame, resulted in a tim eout after the third McGill goal.

T h e rest seemed to help O ttaw a, as the team finally registered its first shot o f the period w ith just over five m inutes to go. T h eir final b out o f energy was also fueled by som e aggression on the p art o f defenceman N evin Patterson, who delivered a questionable h it on Redmen rookie Benoit M artin. T he hit, w hich brought some anger from R edm en head coach M artin Raymond, n ot to m ention the fans looking for a penalty call, left M artin motionless for a few minutes. T he play just to o k th e w in d o u t o f M artin, b u t he w ould n o t return.

Raymond did n ot com m ent on

his rookie center, b u t he was con­ cerned w ith his team’s overall play.

“We had a very disappointing first period,” he said. “It p u t us in a tight spot b u t I was glad to see the guys bounce back.”

Remarking on how his squad has acquired a recent spell o f third period outbursts w ith nine goals in their last three games, including two o f three game-winners, R aym ond said he was not too w orried about it.

“I guess th a t’s ju st the way things are going,” Raym ond said. “I th in k we need to figure o u t why th at’s happening because we should be com ing o u t for all three periods, n o t just the one.”

“W e tend to be a team that can step up w hen the pressure is on us,” added Blundy.

The R edm en head to Concordia this Friday and finish the weekend off w ith a hom e game ver­ sus division leader U Q T R , Sunday at 7:00 pm . D ue to the fact the Super Bowl is being played at the same tim e, though, the league is considering an earlier puck drop.

N otes: Redmen captain David Burgess added an assist and leads the team in scoring w ith 23 p o in ts...

M cGill outshot O ttaw a 33 to 18 including a 12-2 advantage in the third p erio d ... McGill was 1 for 6 on the power play... M cGill leads the season series versus the Gee-Gees 2-1 w ith one game left on the sched­ ule.

G A ITERS 79, REDMEN 76

M cG ill g ives up e a rly le ad , still lo o kin g fo r a n sw e rs Andrew Segal F ourth-year forw ard Frederic Bernard was practically speechless w hen assessing his team’s perform ­ ance against Bishop’s on Saturday night.

“I don’t know w hat happened.

I’m asking myself, I’m asking every­ one,” said an exasperated Bernard after the Redmen’s massive collapse, during w hich the team squandered a 15 p o in t lead en route to a 79-76 loss.

H ead coach Nevio M arzinotto also struggled to explain the result.

“W e keep playing [Bishop’s], and they haven’t run anything differ­ en t in the last three or four years that I’ve been here, so I don’t think lack o f preparation is a problem ,” said a frustrated M arzinotto. “I’m n o t sure w hat the problem is. I can’t figure it out, and the coaching staff can’t fig­ ure it o u t.”

T h e Redm en didn’t seem to have any problems at the beginning o f the contest, as Bernard scored the game’s opening points on an easy lay-up, and forward Kirk Reid added a three-pointer on the Redmen’s next possession. M cGill appeared to be on track w hen the team’s sparkplug o f a guard, five-foot seven-inch D enburk Reid, com pleted a rare four-point play, putting the Redmen up 27-12.

However, as the first half pro­

gressed, the Gaiters brought in some fresh legs, and it seemed as if the Redmen had little to counter the attack. As the half w ound down, Bishop’s drew closer to the McGill lead by consistently getting the ball inside against the undersized McGill

frontcourt, w ith forward Phil M iguel connecting on all o f his field goal attem pts. T h e Redm en’s final three possessions of the first half—a missed shot by H idesh Bhardwaj, a turnover, and a misfire

by K irk Reid, were em blem atic o f the last 11 m inutes o f the half, d u r­ ing w hich the Redm en could only m uster six points. T he team headed to the locker room cling­ ing to a 33-32 lead.

G uard D om enico M arcario, the Redm en’s leading scorer on the sea­ son, was am ong the play­ ers who paced the team in the first half, posting eight p o ints, w hile D en b u rk Reid added six. Despite their offensive proficiency, the Redmen guards could not avoid blame for the squad’s w eak defensive play, w hich allowed Bishop’s to shoot an astounding 71 per cent from the field.

“O u r perim eter players weren’t able to defend on the perimeter, they allowed penetration, and created sit­ uations where our inside players had to foul,” com m ented M arzinotto.

“We d id n ’t follow our defensive

objectives o f n ot allowing penetra­ tion and keeping people in front o f us, and we tried to be fancy, rather than effective.”

M cGill’s defensive lethargy con­ tinued into the second half, where on Bishop’s first possession, fifthyear guard Paul Stevens w aited until just nine seconds had elapsed before hitting a jum per over D enburk Reid, to give the visitors the lead at 34-33.

From that point on, the game was a see-saw affair, w ith Bishop’s taking a lead, and M cGill narrowing the gap.

U nfortunately for M cGill, w ith more than eight m inutes left in the game, they had already com m itted 10 fouls. Any infraction from then on sent the Gaiters to the line, a developm ent that w ould come back to hau n t the Redmen as the game progressed. T h e hom e side also had to w ork against a crowd that was pri­ marily in favour o f Bishop’s.

W ith just under three minutes remaining, the Redmen had come back to tie the score at 66. However, the team w ould never regain the See TOUGH, page 22

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LU C VAILLANCOURT

The goaltender is finally coming into his own Zack Gallinger A few short years ago, Redmen goaltender Luc V aillancourt was merely days away from signing his first N H L contract. Because the nature o f professional transactions is tenuous, the deal fell through at the last m inute. Now, four years later, both McGill and Vaillancourt appear to have prospered from the strange twist o f fate.

Vaillancourt, who is graduating this year w ith a major in Physical Education and a m inor in History, has made a strong im pact on the M cGill hockey team over the past four years. H is quick butterfly style, m odeled on Patrick Roy and M artin Brodeur, and subtle air o f confi­ dence, has allowed Vaillancourt to keep his team in close games. His consistency and proficiency in the crease leave no d oubt in his team ­ mates’ m inds o f his ability to come through in the clutch. In this— his m ost successful— year at M cGill, Vaillancourt has gone 10-0-1 w ith a microscopic 1.32 goals against aver­ age and has led M cGill to No. 6 in the national standings.

M cG ill head coach M artin Raym ond notes that Vaillancourt’s play this year is by no means shocking.

“H e has been very consistent over the four years th a t he has played,” says Raymond. “I f you look at his numbers, they have been very similar.

“I don’t think that it is one thing that has made the difference, it is a whole com bination o f things,” continues Raymond. “I f I had to say one thing I have noticed, he is a bit more m ature this year. H e is a lot more com fortable and, as we say in French, he is at his place. H e has assum ed a prim ary role on this L A

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the chances o f playing N H L hockey later on are low once your first con­ tract has expired.”

For the m om ent, Vaillancourt is focused on the cu rren t season.

Team m ate Scott G iroux says Vaillancourt is one o f the main rea­ sons for the team’s success this year.

“I th in k the biggest thing is the confidence he gives the rest o f the players, just in thfc way he approach­ es games. You know he has the abili­ ty and, especially this season, you can tell he is very determ ined to help this team achieve w hat we haven’t been able to in recent years,” says G iroux, a defencem an w ho has played in front o f Vaillancourt for several years.

R aym ond believes th a t the defence and Vaillancourt feed off o f each other.

“It has been a com bination o f both the defence and Luc,” says R aym ond o f his team th at has allowed the second fewest goals in O ntario University Athletics. “T he team has been playing really good defence, b ut there has been that con­ fidence playing in front o f Luc.” T h e emergence o f Vaillancourt as the No. 1 goaltender is a recent development. W ith a capable back­ up in veteran M urray C obb, Raym ond had a tough decision to make at the start o f the second half.

“T here is no doubt that it is dif­ ficult,” answers R aym ond w hen questioned about choosing between Vaillancourt and Cobb. “We w anted to make sure we w ent w ith two goalies until Christmas because that is w hat we decided at the started o f the year.

“However, the season is not over yet. M urray is still a very im portant part o f the team. H e is a hard w ork­ er in practice. T h e key to a good team is that the guys that don’t play

team .”

Just a few years ago, though, it seemed that Vaillancourt w ould be playing a prim ary role on another team. After w orking his way up through the m inor hockey system, Vaillancourt found him self on the Q M JH L ’s Q uebec Remparts (for­ merly the Beauport Harfangs) and was th en drafted by the N H L ’s A naheim M ighty D ucks in the fourth round.

After playing for a few more seasons in the Q M JH L , Vaillancourt was approached by the Ducks and was asked to sign an N H L contract and to begin playing on the D uck’s A H L m inor league team or, in other words, a mere step from the big show. Unfortunately, it was n ot to be.

“I got a call from Jack Ferreira [the G M o f Anaheim] on a Friday night saying that everything was negotiated. I was going to get a twoway N H L contract. But during the follow ing w eekend, Ferreira was fired. T he whole thing fell apart. T he new G M , Pierre Gauthier, said that he wasn’t going to offer me anything right away except the chance to play in the East Coast Hockey League (E C H L ), the league u n d er the A H L ,” explains Vaillancourt.

Vaillancourt did n ot know w hat to do, so he turned to some E C H L players for advice. They had a stern w arning for the young net-minder.

“T hey said I m ight end up as a 30-year-old goalie w ith no th in g ,” says Vaillancourt. “So I decided to get my degree first. It was a big deci­ sion because, up north, in my home, in a small village, everyone knows me. T hey asked me why I would choose university over pro hockey. It was hard to explain because they d on’t really und erstan d th a t the E C H L only pays $300 a week, and

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lead, as it sent Bishop’s to the chari­ ty stripe several times simply by com m itting non-shooting fouls.

T h e G aiters took advantage, connecting on their freebies to take a 72-66 lead w ith 1:30 remaining.

After that, the teams traded baskets, b u t M cGill never got closer than five u n til the buzzer, w hen a short Marcario jum per cut the margin o f defeat to three. T h a t shot gave Marcario 24 points, making him the Redmen’s leading scorer on the day.

D enburk Reid added 19, and Kirk Reid p u t up 12 in the losing cause.

O n a positive note, the Redmen did show some resilience in the sec­ ond half, battling back from an eight-point deficit to tie the score.

A nother encouraging sign, accord­ ing to M arzinotto, is that some o f the less experienced players are start­ ing to make contributions.

“W e’re getting som e o f our young kids in ,” said M arzinotto.

“W e’re hoping that some o f our big­ ger kids, our wider bodies, guys like Craig Clare and Victor Feret, can

step in inside and do the job.”

As for the veterans, M arzinotto feels that in order for the Redm en to w in some games, the experienced starters have to play cohesively and reduce their mistakes.

“T h e last three or four games, we haven’t played as a senior group.

W e’re m aking silly mistakes, turnovers, people are tentative, and we don’t follow our plan defensively.

It’s the way we’re playing more than anything else [that is causing us to lose games].”

Bernard concurred, saying that the team has talent, b u t needs to bring it together quickly. “Hopefully things will change. T hey have to change. It’s m y last year, it’s Kirk’s last year, all these people [are leav­ ing], so we have to step it u p,” he said. “I’d like to go to Nationals, and I th in k th at’s a realistic goal.

W e’re n o t d oing everything we should be doing to get there, b ut it’s definitely a realistic goal.”

T h e Redm en’s next game is Friday, when they host Bishop’s once again. T ip-off is at 8:00 pm.

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this is w hat we have to build from. It is a m atter o f controlling more parts o f the game, but there is also a lot o f im provem ent in the players lately.

Things will improve, I am pretty sure,” she remarked optimistically.

M iddle Vania Gamache knows that the key to the M artlets’ success depends on next year.

“W e will have more experience next year,” said Gamache. “It is hard to com pete now because we are so young, b ut we pushed ourselves. It is n ot always all about w inning.”

Losing streak continues for Redm en W ith the court cleared for the m en’s ro u nd w ith l’Université de M ontréal, M cGill looked to end its 14-game losing streak.

But the team was confronted w ith other challenges. T he Redmen,

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like their female counterparts, are comparatively young. T he team is also missing a few key players.

Powerhouse senior Chris Garret graduated in December, leaving a gap in the line-up that has been dif­ ficult to fill. T echnique A ndrew Royce is m ost likely o ut for the rest o f the season w ith a rotator cuff injury.

H ead coach José Rebelo, in his sixth season w ith the team, knew that his team's play was n ot at its best because o f the missing players and young team.

“We had a player graduate and many key players are o ut for the sea­ son w ith injuries. We are doing w hat we can and that is the best th at we can do about it,” said Rebelo.

A lthough M cGill p u t forth a great effort, the team lost 3-0 (252 1 ,2 5 -1 3 ,2 5 -1 9 ).

Despite the defeat, the game was peppered w ith talent from the

m en in Red ‘n’ W h ite. Kyle Pushkarenko continued his strong play o f late, racking up 11 digs, nine kills, two stuffed blocks, one ace and a 2.4 passing ratio.

W ith the team leaving the court w ith another loss, Rebelo was honest and realistic about the rem ainder of the season and predictions for next year.

“T his season we are n ot really a m atch ,” said the head coach.

“Everybody is going to be back next season, and we can build on that. We try as m uch as we can, that is for sure, b ut we do need some more experience. We will get that com ing into next year’s season.”

Both M cGill teams travel to Laval on January 31. T he M artlets play at Love C o m p etitio n H all February 2 versus Sherbrooke at 1 pm . T h e Redmen game follows at 3 pm versus the Vert-et-Or.

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M cG ill s e r v e s a s b a it fo r G a ite rs' b itin g a tta c k Greg McKenna Kate Rhodes T he McGill basketball Martlets lost to the Bishop’s Gaiters 71-52 Saturday night, in a game that was dominated by the Gaiters’ superior defence and outside shooting skill.

T he Gaiters improved to 4-2 in the Q uebec Student Sports Federation standings, while McGill fell to 0-6.

McGill trailed 37-28 at the end o f the first half, returning in the sec­ ond frustrated with its limited scoring opportunities and num erous turnovers. Bishop’s held a slight edge from the field, shooting 53 per cent, while the Martlets managed 51 per cent.

T he downfall for the Martlets was their inadequacy guarding the outside shooters. Bishop’s point guards capitalized on the weak Martlets’ defence, sinking five o f 12 three point shots, most o f which came in the second half.

From the outset it was clear that the Gaiters’ press was hurting the Martlets.

“We wanted to make the game as up tempo as possible and try and wear them down over 40 minutes,” said Gaiters head coach Ron Gilpin.

T he Martlets’ defence, on the other hand, was not as aggressive.

Picking up their checks at half court, they successfully shut down most penetration attempts by the Gaiters.

“Bishop’s shoots the ball well, you can’t let them take open shots,” said McGill head coach Lisen Moore.

“We’re too rushed, we’re too young, and sometimes we’re looking for someone to do the job that we can do right in front o f us.”

This was the second time the teams had m et this season; on November 23, the Martlets lost 5842.

T he top scorer for McGill was point guard M aude Vallière, leading the team with 13 points despite miss­ ing the net on numerous three-point attem pts.

Forward A nne-M arie Scherrer added 10.

“M aude is fearless, her confi­ dence is unshakeable,” said Moore. “I

know that she led us in scoring at the end, but some o f her shots did not drop correctly. We needed to score and she is the one who can do it.”

Vallière is the Martlets’ leading scorer, averaging 12.9 points per game and 245 points this season.

Scherrer, a native o f Quebec City, has the second highest shooting percent­ age on the team.

C atherine C harbonneau led Bishop’s w ith 20 points while Christine M urphy scored 13. Gaiters rookie A nouk Boulanger suffered minor scrapes and bruises when she slid into the bleachers in a valiant attem pt to save the ball early in the first half.

McGill was playing with a light bench— only nine players were dressed for the game— as many are either ill or injured.

“O ur bench is thin right now, we don’t have the luxury o f relaxing them all, sometimes they have to relax on the court,” said Moore. “T he subs have to be high in performance and skill and that’s what [forward] Kim [Scarrow] did.”

“We were a little bit tired from the night before, but I knew that we had a little more depth than them, just looking at the num ber o f players on their bench,” said Gilpin.

Bishop’s was com ing off the biggest win o f its season, having upset Laval 60-51 in Lennoxville the night before. Laval is the top team in the QSSF and is ranked No. 2 in the nation. Moore said that the Gaiters’ victory over Laval did not intimidate the Martlets, but rather showed them that even the most unbeatable teams are conquerable.

T his season, the team has focused on leadership and gelling as a unit.

“We want to build up a winning attitude within them and in order to do that, you have to be technically sound, em otionally and mentally sound as a u n it... and work for a common purpose,” said Moore. “O ur team strength is five people on the floor, as a unit.”

O f the 13 players on the team, seven are in their rookie season, and Moore attributes emotional duress to

a lack o f experience.

“The emotional burden o f a loss weighs on your shoulders, and this is the kind o f burden these young women deal with. The younger they are, the more leadership they need, not just from coaching, but also from w ithin,” said Moore. “W hen a player makes a good play, that’s when emo­ tional baggage gets in check. We rally behind a positive.”

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M cGill will play Bishop’s Saturday in a rematch at the Currie Gym. Moore anticipates a relaxed week in practice.

“T he delicate situation on my shoulders is how many frustrations to p ut them through, like playing five on six, advantage to disadvantage,” Moore said. “Bishop’s is the one who should be worried. We have a chance to rework the press as we work for­

ward. I really believe strongly in this team in the IO U situation. It’s now one we have to go out and get.”

As for the Gaiters, there is still work to be done.

“We’ll have to make some adjust­ ments, and we’ll have to be ready to have a little more diverse defensive game,” said Giplin.

Tip-off is Saturday at 6 pm in the Currie Gym.

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