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Cristina Markham_________________________ I miss being 10 years old. At 19, I may be slightly young to preach about the good old days, but we had it all back then: recess, She-Ra, nap time, New Kids on the Block (my favourite was Jordan).

What I miss the most— even more than Jordan’s mischievous smile— are the clothes. I had the most amazingly comfortable, incredibly ugly clothes that only a 10-year-old could get away with wearing. My lavender velour one-piece sweatsuit was the envy of all my friends. It was even better than my yellow parachute Hammer pants.

The story’s a bit different for pre-teens nowa­ days. At eight years of age, not only are girls more fashionable, some even dress better than I do. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find kids today who are taking advantage of the bad fashion oppor­ tunities provided by their youth.

Are little girls starting to dress like older women? One look at the La Senza Girl website will convince any skeptic that pre-teens are seriously skanking it up. A one-shouldered chiffon shirt, body glitter and a hot pink miniskirt show off a models skinny legs and pre-pubescent figure. The website’s “Style File” advertises low-rise pants and woven gauze blouses, all on girls who couldn’t be a day over 13.

What has sparked this accelerated maturation and hypersexualization in pre-teens? Peggy Grail, public relations chair of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists, believes that this behaviour has several causes.

“It’s not some deep, psychological issue. The media is constantly bombarding these young women with this pressure to be more sexual,” she explains. “This media pressure then translates into peer pressure, which leads to girls becoming sexual at an earlier age.”

But sexual images in the media and peer pres­ sure have been around for eons. W hy is this group responding so drastically? Grail attributes this vul­ nerability to many factors, but says it can be See SUGAR AND SPICE, page 11

JENNY GEORGE The original downtown shuttle: under snowy skies, McGill families travel by horse-drawn sleigh at the Macdonald Campus Winter Carnival on Saturday. The four-day festival celebrated the 300th anniversary of Montreal suburb Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, on the West Island.

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The M cGill Tribune, T u e s d a y , F e b ru a ry 4, 2003

SSMU w ill hold referendum for Shatner renovation fee L a u ra S ab a The Students’ Society Executive Committee plans to put forward a referendum in the March election period to collect funds for renovating the Shatner building, which is in violation of health and fire codes.

SSM U is making plans based on the succesful passage of the pro­ posed Shatner Renovation Fund.

The fund will probably cost stu­ dents around $10 per semester for ten years, according to VicePresident Clubs and Services Rachel DeLorie.

Students rejected a temporary $25 SSM U Capital Fee referendum question last year; the fee’s failure delayed renovations and reduced S SM U ’s operating budget.

DeLorie said that because this year’s referendum does not include a request for athletics funding, it is

likely to fare better than last year’s version.

Executives are eager for fund­ ing to bring Shatner up to date.

“The main thrust of this phase is to renovate all the washrooms, add a washroom to the basement and to bring the building up to fire code,” said Vice-President Operations Kathleen Morrison. To meet fire safety regulations, SSM U must install sprinklers.

Morrison and DeLorie have been working from a base plan that was put forward in 1997. They are also working with the student clubs that occupy the building. “We held a general meeting and talked to clubs in the building, and to facul­ ties and various other groups who also use the building,” said DeLorie.

Morrison said that clubs’ suggetions will be taken seriously.

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vative ideas and most of them are fairly cheap. We would also like to have a third more club offices and more bookable spaces. Many clubs have expressed a need for storage space rather than club offices.”

Student groups have suggested building a kitchen area, which could be used by Midnight Kitchen to prepare meals on-site, and installing an integrated sound sys­ tem in the ballroom. “This way, student DJs can use the equipment without the costs when events are held,” said Morrison.

“We first need to cost these ideas and see if they are widely sup­ ported, so that we can figure out a fee and a term for the fee, and we will be holding a meeting during the next two weeks with all the groups involved,” she said. “A fee of $50 for five years [per group] was proposed, but some student groups would rather have a smaller fee.”

DeLorie said that about half of the budget will be spent on the

building’s hardware, such as fluores­ cent lighting, new signs and bring­ ing the building up to fire code.

“Right now, the ballroom holds up to 600 people, but because there are no sprinklers in it, we can only have up to 378 people in it,” she said.

The Player’s Theatre will receive approximately $30,000 in renovation funding, including funds for soundproofing, so events in the ballroom will not disturb productions. Two meeting rooms will be added in the basement, and the Clubs Lounge may be parti­ tioned off into several rooms, as most clubs would prefer smaller areas to hold meetings rather than the larger room they have now.

Morrison said she wants clubs to take advantage of the building’s new accommodations.

“One thing we would like to make happen is to make the build­ ing open on Sundays, so that week­ end-long conferences can be held. It is extremely expensive to hold such

events in the University, and open­ ing the building on Sundays will allow for more to be done,” said Morrison.

The third phase of renovations will start May 1, but the building will remain open over the summer.

The clubs have been assured access to their offices, but periodically, some areas will be roped off.

The first phase began in 1999 with renovations to the fourth-floor club offices. During the second phase in 2000, Travel Cuts moved from the basement to the first floor, Gert’s Pub was relocated to the basement and a student lounge and the Tribune office were placed on the first floor. The final plans and estimated costs for phase three will be presented to Council at their February 13 meeting. If Council passes the referedum question, stu­ dents will vote on it during the reg­ ular election period.

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Flanagan, students spar over aboriginal policy James Grohsgal Tom Flanagan’s speeches to a political science class and a Canadian Alliance symposium aroused the ire of students, who argued that his controversial opin­ ions on aboriginal history and policy should have been tempered by an opposing opinion.

The Canadian Alliance insider and political science professor has argued that aboriginal people should assimilate into capitalist society, and that First Nations people in Canada were treated relatively well by European colonists. “[Alliance M cG ill brought Flanagan to the class] in conjunction with Professor [Filippo] Sabetd,” said Alliance M cG ill President David Anber. “He had given Flanagan’s book as assigned reading.

I figured it would be a nice idea to hear from the author of one of the books the professor had assigned.”

However, Students’ Society Equity Commissioner Brianna Hersey, who is in Sabetti’s class, said that students had little opportunity to challenge Flanagan’s views because of a “hostile” environment.

“The professor appeared totally unprepared to facilitate a real dia­ logue,” said Hersey. “What needs to happen is that when you have some­ one like Tom Flanagan— whom I found shocking and highly offen­ sive— when someone of that nature speaks, there needs to be some dis­ cussion around it. It didn’t happen.”

Instead, Hersey said that, dur­ ing the question and answer session,

Flanagan’s opponents were drowned out by students shooting phrases like “Go join the C S U .” The Concordia Student Union has a reputation for aggressive activism.

Flanagan is Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper’s chief of staff and a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. He was the Seagram Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies at the M cG ill Institute for the Study of Canada in 1999-2000.

Critics claim that his book, F irst N ations? Second Thoughts, dis­ torts Section 35(1) of the 1982 Constitution Act, which entrenched aboriginal treaty rights; reviewers have chided him for glossing over the Supreme Court of Canada’s use of extrinsic, historical evidence to interpret treaties that band leaders may have been coerced to sign. He has also been criticized for his Euro­ centric conception of sovereignty and his ignorance of aboriginal cul­ tures.

“He’s not really well informed,” said Ellen Gabriel, coordinator of the First Peoples’ House at McGill.

“He makes broad generalizations about aboriginal peoples without doing the proper research.”

In a telephone interview after his visit, Flanagan described the dis­ placement of aboriginal people in the Western hemisphere by European settlers as an historical inevitability.

“In principle, the arrival of a new wave of population is a contin­ uation of the settlement process. ...

The level of advance of civilization,

the difference between Europe and the New World, was so great that some sort of conquest was inevitable. Whe­ ther we endorse it morally or not, I don’t see how it could have been prevented.”

He argued that First Nati­ ons people in Canada were tre­ ated humanely and were given the protection of British and Can­ adian law.

“Compared to other exam­ ples of conquest and immigra­ tion, the way it was done in Canada was, by way of contrast, more humane than others you look at historically,” said Flanagan. “The British recognized some form of property rights for the people living here. ... They set up an orderly process for extinguishing them through treaty. The government gave compensation to those that sur­ rendered their aboriginal rights to the land.”

Flanagan advocated self-taxa­ tion by band councils because he believes it would reduce corruption and increase accountability on reserves.

“The fundamental problem is that if people don’t have to reach

into their pockets to pay for govern­ ment, they don’t have the incentive to demand efficiency,” said

Flanagan. “Whatever the method, anything that makes residents aware that their government costs them money will give them an interest to watch it. I tend to think that, until there is some funding from self-tax­ ation, there will always be problems with reserve governments.”

Anber supports Flanagan’s taxa­ tion proposal.

“We see it being left behind by the traditional parties as an issue of ‘let sleeping dogs lie’,” said Anber.

However, Gabriel disagrees with Flanagan’s premise of “no rep­ resentation without taxation”.

“I don’t think that [taxation]

has anything to do with accountabil­ ity for aboriginal governments,” said Gabriel. “We have a budget that comes from mineral and resource royalties. Money that is taken from the royalties supports government pro­ grams on the reserves. To tax us twice would be double-dipping.”

Hersey was frustrated that students did not hear both sides of the aboriginal policy debate during Sabetti’s Canadian Public Policy class.

“You can’t present some­ one like Tom Flanagan and then not present another opinion,” said Hersey.

Both Hersey and Anber disagreed with the tactics of anonymous pamphleteers who juxtaposed Flanagan’s writing with excerpts from Adolph Hitler’s M e in K am p f “I do appreciate that stu­ dents got together to make opinions known,” said Hersey. “But if we want to facilitate discussion about these issues, people should represent their opinions as their own.”

Anber said that campus activists hold conservatives to a double stan­ dard.

“I don’t want to portray conser­ vatives as the victims, but ... if I or anyone else from the Alliance went to a speaker on a heated issue and passed out pamphlets that spread falsehoods... we’d be shunned as a group for being intolerant of their point of view.”

Blue in Green: Environmental damage a human rights violation Kim D’Souza “Blue in Green: Articulating Human Rights and Environment” drew people to M cG ill and Concordia last weekend to discuss the links between environmental and human rights problems and the implications of the links for effective solutions. Through lectures, con­ certs, workshops and ‘creative engagement sessions’, speakers illus­ trated the impact of environmental degradation on human health and well-being.

Conference organizer Suzie Pude stressed that the connections make joint effort the key to “a strong sustainable movement.”

Ka Hsaw Wa, co-founder of EarthRights International, fled Myanmar (formally Burma) after being tortured by police for leading peaceful student demonstrations.

He asserted that the junta “will do anything to maintain power. Money from transnational corporations pays to build armies to oppress their own people.” In exchange, the regime allows companies to degrade natural resources and forces local people to relocate, or to work on the corporations’ projects. Emphasizing an optimistic attitude for gradually raising awareness among youth, he said, “I became an activist because I was tortured. They [young people]

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Argentinian human rights lawyer Sophia Bordenave described how a waste-management company employed homeless people to work in garbage dumps, and in exchange the workers were permitted to live on the landfills. She advocated rais­ ing communities’ consciousness of their rights. “Once they can demand rights, they find themselves with much more power.” She under­ scored the need for an environmen­ tal tribunal system to close the gaps in human rights tribunals, because “those injured by environmental violations affecting human rights are not perceived as victims and have no access to human rights systems.”

Beverly Naidus, an artist and activist, explained art’s ability to inspire social work with her book,

of Canada. A member of Nigeria’s Ogoni ethnic minority, Wiwa treat­ ed and documented diseases caused by oil industry pollution and injuries due to human rights abuses.

He fled Nigeria after his brother, renowned author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was executed by the military government in 1995. He urged awareness of “environmental racism” by multinational corpora­ tions, which often cooperate with authoritarian regimes.

“They come to a land and just because the people have a different colour they reduce them in every way to beggars,” he said. He advo­ cated boycotting companies engaged in unethical conduct, par­ ticularly oil companies. “You are each going to buy about $50,000 [US] of fuel in your lifetime. That’s the kind of power you have.”

Elizabeth May discussed the steel mills and tar pits of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Talking about her activism for the immigrants and indigenous people of Sydney, she urged “everyone to be an activist in their own way, regardless of career.”

She also reminded fellow environ­ mentalists that though there are “daily injustices” done to “this beau­ tiful big blue and green planet God gave us... we must not ignore the injustice done to our fellow brothers

C anary Notes: The Personal Politics o f Environm ental Illness. She compared those who suffer from illness due to “environmental unfairness” by gov­ ernments and corporations to the canaries used in coalmines to check for poisonous gases. Her goal is to expose the wounds of injustice with­ out neglecting the healing power of art.

Environmental injustice was also the theme for keynote speakers Dr. Owens Wiwa, an activist for the health and human rights of indige­

and sisters.”

Ashfaq Khalfan, who was the final speaker, said that the key to successful cooperation between environmentalists and human rights activists was an integrated approach, which would benefit both causes.

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

The Kuna: A b attle for cultural diversity In the toana L u ca P a rt Two o f the Tribune’* Panam a series.

We were told not to look at it as paradise. We were advised not to bring any cameras or money, since we were there as students and not as tourists. We were urged to bring only ourselves, free of all modern contraptions and armed only with an open mind.

There are no roads that lead to Kuna Yala. T his area of 320,600 hectares o f mainland and 40 islands off of the Atlantic coast is inhabited by approximately 45,000 Kuna people. Kuna Yala is consid­

ered a Com arca, meaning that it is a protected area that provides autonomy to its indigenous inhab­ itants. Panama is the country with the most Comarcas in the world; it also recognizes the political and economic rights of the EmberaWounaan in the east and NgobéBugle in the west, and negotiations for the Naso-Teribe Comarca (at the border with Costa Rica) are in progress.

We traveled to the islandcommunity of Ukupseni (a.k.a.

Playôn Chico) by plane or, more precisely, a flying machine that resembled an S U V with wings.

The Kuna have been the most successful o f all these tribes in withstanding assimilation and have profited from the dominant cul­ ture. They have always been mer­ chants, trading with the Spanish colonists, the Panamanian estab­ lishment, w ith the Colom bian boats and the tourists who now

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come at a constant rate. T h is fre­ netic pace of exchange has rein­ forced the tremendous organiza­ tion of the Kuna society, both proactively and defensively.

As we walked around Ukupseni, we observed a conflict­ ed atmosphere. The village, home to about 3,500 people and growing fast, is set up in concentric circles around the main square, which, incidentally, is a basketball court.

T h is arrangement is very con­ ducive to the sense of community and togetherness that I found lack­ ing in many Panamanian villages set up along a main road. The institutions that emerge from among the traditional palm-tree huts are indicative of an energetic community: a hospital, a police station, two schools, a house of congress where the elders meet, three churches (Catholic, Baptist and M orm on), countless stores that sell sweets and sodas, two bak­ eries, a boat-repair shop, a restau­ rant, an artisans’ store and two hotels on nearby islands.

Although the streets are clean and bustling with the commotion of buying and selling and new con­ struction, the pressures of a grow­ ing population are apparent in the solid waste that comes to shore with each wave, the lack of potable water and the lack of space between buildings. T h e elders speak of better times, when tradi­ tions were respected and the younger generation wasn’t lured by foreign ways of life, a time when they attained a state of perfect communism.

K una society is extremely stratified. Aside from traditional separations between men and women prohibiting women from holding any positions of authority, the Kuna Congress commands a chain of power that reaches every community through the sailah, the community leader. There are oblig-

WWW.GOLDENFROGORG Kuna villages are being transformed by foreign influences. atory activities that each Kuna must perform, such as attending the Congress meetings twice a week and contributing to commu­ nal working activities (such as building a bridge or putting up a fence). I f one reneges on his or her obligations as a Kuna, he or she suffers penalties.

Mother Earth is the core con­ cept of Kuna ideology. The Kuna are responsible for Mother Earth, always protecting her and cherish­ ing the fruit of her womb. If the earth dies, the people die. This spiritual connection with nature has motivated the protection of rainforests in the area, and the pre­ vention of the deforestation and mining activities that have deci­ mated the forests outside the pro­ tected area. T his same ideology has kept the Kuna tied to the land, in the same geographical area, and relatively isolated from outside cur-

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Yet, cultural pressure is build­ ing as the Kuna welcome the prof­ its from trade and ecotourism on the one hand, but want to reject the destabilizing effects of foreign cultures on the other. Some argue that the traditional structure of the Com arca is something o f a dinosaur, trying in vain to main­ tain isolation when all of the odds are against it. Others hope for a strengthened Comarca rule that would silence and convert those who want change and alleviate the social problems that are fragment­ ing the community. The end result of the debate will be decisive for the integrity of Kuna culture, since it is so much a part of the earth— an earth that needs to be protected.

The Panamanian government has taken for granted the ability of its indigenous populations to pro­ tect and conserve the nature of their Comarcas. Nevertheless, the indigenous people cannot solve the world’s conservation problems alone, especially when faced with outside pressure that destabilizes their physical and ideological con­ nection to the land. More national and international awareness is needed to protect not only biodi­ versity, but also distinctive human cultures.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

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Israeli Election Coverage

N ew m an: Likud victory a m ixed m essag e for p eace settlem ent Hunter Hardin A political resolution is the only remedy for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, and it is unclear whether or not Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is the man for the job, said David Newman, a political science professor at Ben Gurion University and a columnist for the Jerusalem Post.

O n Friday, Newman spoke on campus about the outcome of Wednesdays Israeli elections and the impact they w ill have on Israel’s security crisis.

The Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies sponsored the lecture.

Sharon’s Likud party won a landslide victory in Wednesday’s election, despite frustration among the Israeli electorate concerning the perpetual cycle of violence between the Israeli military and Palestinians living in the occupied territories. Sharon has favoured fierce military reprisals over nego­ tiations in the conflict, but this strategy has not proved successful, Newman said. In a time of uncer­ tainty, he argued that Israelis may consider Sharon to be the most

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According to Newman, peace negotiations may resume within the next nine to 12 months. After the Iraqi threat is settled, the West will look to the Israeli conflict as the next major threat to regional, or even global, stability. Also, he argued that the military approach to combating terrorism cannot go on forever because the internation­ al community and the Israeli pub­ lic will become wise to its inefficacy.

In speeches about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, U S President George W. Bush usually has two messages for Israel, explained Newman. The first message sym­ pathizes and identifies with Israel’s terrorist problem, thereby giving Israel the green light to deal with the Palestinian threat as it sees fit.

The second message is that Israel must resolve the conflict and that any resolution must involve the creation of a Palestinian state. The two-state resolution is becoming increasingly popular and even the hawkish Sharon has talked about an independent Palestine, said Newman.

Newman said that it is not

clear what the effect of the Israeli election will be, as it will take Sharon six to eight weeks to estab­ lish a new coalition. Sharon’s Likud party had a successful elec­ tion, securing the premiership by winning 38 seats in the 120-seat parliament. Another winner was the anti-religious Shinui party, which won 15 seats, up from six.

The contending Labour party “took a severe beating,” Newman said, as it lost seven parliamentary seats, down from 26 to 19.

Sharon hopes to shift away from the right towards the centre in the formation of his new coali­ tion, Newman said. “There is a growing centrist feeling... and I believe him when he says he does­ n’t want to be tied to a right-wing government. ... The right-wing parties today are a lot more extremist than in the past. ...

Sharon is a realist,” he said.

Sharon’s new coalition will probably include the Shinui party and maybe the Labour party if Sharon can convince Labour leader Amram Mitzna, who has refused to join a Likud-led govern­ ment in the past. Progress in the peace process may depend on

Cross-eyed: Iraa and 2004 election on Bush's mind

Kate Fugler U S President George W. Bush’s second State of the Union address was intended to illustrate his administration’s triumphs, to rally the American people for a war on Iraq and to propose solutions to domestic problems that Democrats say he has ignored.

Bush refrained from set phras­ es like “axis of evil”, but he did not ignore the opportunity to pontifi­ cate on Americas struggle against the evils of the world.

He reproached states that have not thrown in their support for an American-led war to destabilize worldwide terror networks by say­ ing, “... some governments will be timid in the face of terror. And make no mistake about it: if they do not act, America will.”

In response to international concerns about American warmon­ gering, Bush insisted that “[the US] will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction. We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack.

And all nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation’s security.”

Bush spent much of his 45minute speech detailing the success

of the U S in the war against terror­ ism, in an effort to justify the rising cost of the conflict at home and abroad. He underscored not only the financial responsibilities that the nation is bearing to protect its citizens, but also the importance of groups such as the U S A Freedom Corps, a volunteer service designed to provide greater domestic securi­ tyThe Democrats accused Bush of failing to follow through on his promise to make the U S safer.

“Last year, Congress author­ ized $2.5-billion in vital new resources to protect our citizens: for equipment, for firefighters and police, to protect ports, to guard against bioterrorism, to secure nuclear power plants and more. It’s hard to believe, but President Bush actually refused to release the money. Republicans now say we can’t afford it,” said Washington Governor Gary Locke, who deliv­ ered the Democratic Party’s official response.

Bush appealed for support of a continuing war on terrorism by reiterating the danger of terrorist networks: “We have seen the depth of our enemies’ hatred in videos, where they laugh about the loss of innocent life. And the depth of their hatred is equalled by the mad­ ness of the destruction they design.

We have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants and public water facilities, detailed

instructions for making chemical weapons, surveillance maps of American cities and thorough descriptions of landmarks in America and throughout the world,” he said.

Before repeating his convic­ tions about the threat of Saddam Hussein and international terror­ ism, the president promulgated domestic initiatives.

He proposed a prescriptiondrug coverage plan through Medicare, although Democrats crit­ icized his suggestion that seniors join private health maintenance organizations.

Education was also a focal point in Bush’s address; he set out goals to improve early childhood education programs, and he high­ lighted the need for more talented teachers and mentors for children.

He segued from education into the economy, and once again affirmed his desire to improve the American economy through trade, budget readjustments and more tax cuts.

Locke pointed out that Bush’s economic plan overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy.

“Under the president’s propos­ al to eliminate taxes on stock divi­ dends, the top one per cent— that’s people who earn over $300,000 a year— would get more tax relief than the bottom 95 per cent of tax­ payers combined. That’s wrong, it’s irresponsible and it won’t create jobs,” he said.

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and National Union captured five per cent. The National Religious Party, United Torah Judaism, Herut and Yisrael B ’AJiya each attracted four per cent. W hile the exact number of students who participated was unavailable, Hillel estimated that several hun­ dred M cG ill students voted.

Yoni Patel, president o f the city-wide Hillel and former presi­ dent o f M cGill Hillel, said that the Ganadian media’s representa­ tion of the Likud and Labour par­ ties as “hawks” and “doves” can help explain the cleavage between M cGill students and Israeli citi­ zens. Patel added that the general feeling of insecurity among the Israeli people is difficult for many M cGill students to understand.

McGill's election results were also in stark contrast with the overall results on North American campuses, as Likud captured 42 per cent compared to Labour’s 12 per cent.

Full results are available at

As Israeli citizens took to the polls in the national election, many M cGill students voted in a mock election. M cGill Hillel, in conjunction with pro-Israeli stu­ dent groups Hasbara Fellowships and Upstart Activist, organized the simulated voting. Similar elec­ tions were held on college cam­ puses across Canada and the United States.

“This is a great way to involve students in the democratic process,” said M cGill Hillel presi­ dent Alex Kemeny. “Democracy is about discussion and this was a great way to foster discussion.”

The results of the mock elec­ tion showed a clear divide between the Israeli population and M cG ill students. Both the Likud and Labour parties received 29 per cent of the vote, with Likud beating Labour by less than one per cent. Shinui was in third with seven per cent and both Shas

Sharon’s ability to bring Labour on board, for it was Mitzna who built much of his campaign platform on a promise to restart negotiations

www. israelvotes2003. com with the Palestinians.

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Jennifer Jett Professors tired of competing with the sound of pounding and drilling in the Rutherford Physics Building have been assigned new classrooms, as University adminis­ trators work with contractors to reduce the noise level caused by several construction projects.

Noise from the construction o f the Lo m e M. Trottier Information Technology Building, which began last May, has largely disappeared.

“T h e loudest activity was done last spring when excavation and rock-blasting was going on,” said Christian Mollé, director of M cG ills construction department.

Recently, the most disruptive noise was related to construction within the Rutherford building, where a nanoscience facility is being installed in the basement.

Mollé said construction on the project began in December and is scheduled for completion in March or April.

A room is also under renova­ tion on the third floor, said Dom inic Ryan, a physics professor and the building’s director.

“The noise made a lot of class­ es unusable,” he said.

A ll of the classes that moved were outside the Physics Department. Department Chair Martin Grant said some professors decided that holding class across

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campus “was more annoying than putting up with the noise.”

Four classes were moved out of the building: two French classes, a math class and a philosophy class.

“We were able to move three of them into proper rooms for the rest of the semester,” said Irene Zsak-Fulleringer, acting timetable coordinator for the Arts and Science faculties. “There’s only one, French 251, that we had great difficulty in moving because of its size and [popular] time slot.”

After the professor cancelled class twice because of noise prob­ lems, the French class was perma­ nently moved. Due to a room shortage, however, the class is alter­ nating between the Leacock build­ ing and the Redpath auditorium.

“Because there were no rooms available for every time the class was held, we had to put them in different rooms,” Zsak-Fulleringer said. “If the construction noise stops, we will offer the professor the same room and try to put him back in there.”

Rutherford construction will also affect the scheduling of midterms. Zsak-Fulleringer is refraining from scheduling midterms in the building until mid-February.

“Because of the problem with the drilling, I can’t take the chance.

I don’t want to put a midterm into a possible situation where there’s a

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noise that might disrupt it,” she said. “T h e earliest midterm I booked in there was February 19, and even about that I was hesitant.

In response to the noise prob­ lem, Mollé asked the contractors to restrict loud activity to early in the morning and use the rest of the day for less disruptive work. They are also planning to schedule some of the construction on weekends.

Mollé added that M c G ill’s construction contracts include a special clause stating that construc­ tion can be halted during exams or special events.

“Most of the drilling is now over,” Ryan said. “Th e problem is that coordination is poor on these things, so that I ’m not told that there’s a major noisy operation about to happen.”

Noise from construction affects not only classes, Ryan said, but also faculty members and grad­ uate students housed in the build­

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M ark Sward The Board of Governors approved a contract for extensive renovations in Percival Molson Stadium last Monday. The adminis­ tration will sign the contract in the coming days, and construction is expected to begin immediately.

Renovations should be complete by the end of June, in time for the first game of the Canadian Football

seats will be added.

Although the Alouettes would like to see a large increase in the sta­ dium’s seating capacity, Dubeau says that there is not a current timetable or source of funding for the proposed addition of 4,000 upper-deck seats on the south side of the complex.

The construction project must be completed for the Alouettes’ July 8 home opener, leaving only five

ing“It’s easy to move a classroom out, but if your office is next to where they’re drilling, you’re stuck,” Ryan said.

Trying to balance the needs of construction crews with those of the M cG ill community remains a juggling act, Ryan said.

“You’re trying to coordinate construction, you’re trying to coor­ dinate classes,” he said. “It’s a com­ plicated problem, so you struggle.”

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Vice-Principal Administra­ tion and Finance Morty Yalovsky told the Board of Governors that the stadium renovation costs will total $ 13.3-million. According to Department of Athletics Director Robert Dubeau, $12.5-million of that price w ill be split evenly among the federal, provincial and municipal governments through an infrastructure program.

The Alouettes will contribute $500,000 and M cG ill will pay the remaining cost of $300,000.

The area under the stands will be gutted to make way for new team rooms, coaches’ offices, show­ ers, washrooms and concession stands, said Dubeau. The stadium will also get a new press box, a new track, a new synthetic grass field and lighting that will nearly double the intensity of the existing light.

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“It’s a very big project for a very small amount of time,” said Dubeau. “We’re very hopeful that we’ll be able to do everything.”

If the renovations fall behind schedule, the new track and per­ haps the resurfacing of the field will be postponed until next spring.

Though construction will cause few disruptions for M cG ill Athletics, work may have to be slowed during both the two-week exam period in the Sir Arthur Currie Gymnasium and convoca­ tion ceremonies in the fieldhouse Dubeau hopes that the reno­ vated stadium will be able to host events other than regular M cG ill or C F L games.

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N e W sB rle F s Research space takes priority over classrooms There will be no new classrooms, practice rooms or performance space in the new music building, Associate Dean of Music Bruce Minorgan announced Thursday at the M USA general assembly. The new building will feature a new library, a scoring stage and centres for music technolo­ gy and media research.

“Research will be the primary focus of the new music building,” said Minorgan. “The new building is not going to solve our space problem C A M P A IG N T R A I L ‘03 * * T h e R u m o u r M ill* Across a campus strewn with posters advertising, possibly in vio­ lation of campaign by-laws, the existence of Saeed Fotuhi (who visited his first Council meeting two weeks ago), rumours are flying about possible candidates for the Students’ Society Executive.

Presidential suspects include Management Undergraduate Society President Trip Allport and Alex Kemeny of McGill Hillel (who attended his first Council Thursday), though Kemeny may be considering vice-president uni­ versity affairs.

The South American and Latin Students’ Association may also produce another SSM U president, as Caroline Torres is rumoured to be running. Ans Undergraduate Society President Rachel Telch says she is going to law school next year and insists that she is not planning to campaign. Also, the Muslim Students’ Association and Liberal M cGill are both expected to run candidates. Vice-President Communications and Events Naeem Datoo may be running for office a second time, if he can decide on a position. Rodrigo DeCastro is preparing for the elec­ tion by attacking current President Martin Doe during question peri­ od. The question is: will DeCastro go for the gold or move to settle a score? Daniel Friedlander of Liberal McGill may run for vicepresident community and gover­ nment, but current V P C & G Nick Vikander is expected to back a per­ sonal choice. Nick Peters, Alex Ouimet-Sforrs and an unnamed Engineering female, (all of Liberal McGill— coincidence?), are expec­ ted to run. Peters or Ouimet-Stcrrs could run for V P UA, but Ouimet-Storrs is reportedly think­ ing of vice-president operations as well. The female engineer has selected vice-president clubs and services, and SSM U Equity Commissioner Brianna Hersey has also voiced interest in the posi­ tion. The VP C & E ballot is still looking light, although Communications Officer and Snow Air Pub Chair Elliot Cappell might be convinced that he stands a chance. Other players to look for include Liberal M cG ill’s Matt Howatt, SSM U Clubs and Services Representative Roberto Caluori, SSM U Treasurer Colin Valeri Science Undergraduate Society President Josh Vorstenbosch and AUS Represen­ tative to Council Seth Offenbach.

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in any significant way.”

“That’s just the way it goes, that’s what brings the money in,” said Music Undergraduate Student Association President Anna Frey.

“Performance doesn’t bring any money in so obviously they’re not going to expand the practice space or the performance space.”

With about 800 undergraduate and graduate students, the Faculty of Music is operating near full capacity.

“It seems kind of counterintu­ itive,” said Paul Litterio, M USA vicepresident recreation. “You would think that with this new building, we could offer more classrooms and prac­ tice facilities and even increase the size of the student body.”

Although the faculty does not plan to increase enrolment, students say they need more practice space.

“Right now we’d like to get a better balance between the student body and the number of practice rooms available,” said Minorgan.

“We have received [863 undergradu­ ate] applications for the new school year; hopefully, [not increasing the student body] will result in raising the quality of the school.”

Residents are concerned about the noise that will be generated by the construction.

“The process will be noisy,” said Dean of Music Don McLean.

“Definitely this is a concern for the project, but because it’s a big project, noise has to happen.” McLean will meet with a panel of building owners and residents to discuss the issue.

The general contractor for the building project will be selected in the first week of March and “then the [wrecking] ball will hit the pool,” joked Minorgan.

— Greg M cKenna Study day saved The Senate Committee on Student Affairs decided it will neither solve exam scheduling conflicts by eliminating the study day between the last day of classes and the first day of exams, nor introduce weekend or night exams. Associate Dean of Engineering (Student Affairs) Jim

Nicell also moved that the Regulations Concerning Final Exams be amended to prevent the due dates of assignments from falling in the last week of classes.

A pleased Students’ Society Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel told SSM U Council Thursday that “the success of negoti­ ations was largely the result of hard­ working student leaders.”

— Kate Rhodes Doe returns from Brazil Students’ Society President Martin Doe returned Thursday from the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He told Council that the weeklong conference enabled coordinated action for accessible edu­ cation.

“It was a tremendous opportuni­ ty... to liaise with different student groups... [and] to coordinate actions on a continental level,” Doe said.

He added that the conference’s focus on education was especially important at a time when “education seems to have fallen off the radar in Canada” and there is a “growing worldwide perception that education has become a commercial good.”

Doe attended the conference with the Fédération Étudiante Universitaire du Québec. His fluency in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish was an asset to the group.

Doe and 150,000 delegates from around the world attended panels and lectures, including a speech by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Doe said he established con­ nections with student associations working to stop the commercializa­ tion of education.

Council critic Rod DeCastro questioned the cost of the trip and Doe’s absence from the University.

He also requested copies of Doe’s V ISA receipts.

Doe said that the Quebec gov­ ernment paid exactly half of the expenses, while SSM U paid the other half. The exact price of the trip is unknown, but Doe expects it to be less than anticipated.

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James Grohsgal Online course evaluations are not a significant improvement over their paper predecessors because fac­ ulty reporting is spotty and ques­ tionnaires lack uniformity, according to Martha Crago, associate vice­ principal (teaching programs); stu­ dents complain that the evaluations still provide only statistical data.

At the end of every course, stu­ dents fill out paper evaluations which are used by faculties to moni­ tor the performance of professors, but students cannot accesss their peers' comments.

Until December, evaluation results were only available at the Redpath reserve desk, and “very few students knew how to access them and the results were not easy to dis­ cern,” said Students’ Society VicePresident University Affairs Fred Sagel. “[Online evaluations] repre­ sent a major step towards making these results more accessible to stu­ dents,” he said.

Departments use students’ numerical and written responses to assess professors’ competence. Crago said that “professors... really grow and change from feedback. From the student’s point of view, it’s sort of a

consumer satisfaction reading, and I think that the best use for it.”

However, Quebec privacy laws are strict, so student access is limited to statistical data. Also, evaluations for courses with fewer than five stu­ dents, or for professors with less than three years at McGill, are not pub­ lished.

Crago, who is overhauling the evaluation process, said that more courses will be posted with the results from uniform questions next semester, if faculties cooperate.

She hopes to “select four to five [numerical] questions everyone can answer, to make... bar graphs that [look similar] across many courses,” so students can compare classes.

Students want more.

“The numbers don't tell the other students where the teacher went wrong, what the exact reason was for the student to be dissatis­ fied,” said one U3 student. “[The site] did not help me much because the economics or management class­ es are not there. And those forms are not user-friendly, unless you are a statistician,” the student said.

Results cannot be sorted by professors’ names or course titles, but Crago said she will try to set up a search function.

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Molson Stadium face-lift Continued from page 6 matches and other soccer games into the stadium. I think it's the plan of the department of athletics to increase the number of public events in the stadium to approxi­ mately 30, including the 10 or 11 games that the Alouettes have,” he said.

Dubeau believes that the reno­ vations may allow M cG ill to increase stadium revenues. “The stadium is not a money-maker,” said Dubeau, “because it's old and needs a lot of work. Whatever money comes in we put back into

the stadium to try to keep it from falling down.”

Once the renovations are com­ plete, he believes that the stadium will bring in more money, both from more public events and rent payments from the Alouettes. As their agreement currently stands, the team does not pay the University for the use of its facili­ ties, but invests a percentage of its revenues in the upkeep of the stadi­ um. Since maintenance costs should go down after renovations are completed, the team will begin paying rent in a few years.

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E D I T O R I A L “ C o r r u p t io n a n d a b u s e s r e la t e d to t h e f i n a n c i n g o f e le c tio n s a n d p o l i t i c a l p a r t ie s a r e a m o n g t h e m o s t c o m m o n d a n g e rs c o n f r o n t in g d e m o c r a c ie s to d a y . ” — P o l i t c i a l s c ie n tis t M i c h a e l P in t o - D u s c h in s k y

Drying up the political cow Mark Kerr_____________________________________________________ According to recent public opinion polls, Canadians believe they have minimal influence on the politics of their country. Citizens have expressed their dismay about the sway that corporations, unions and other associations have due to political donations.

Thankfully, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien moved to address the malaise of Canadians last week. An amendment to the existing Canada Elections Act, proposed January 29, would virtually eliminate donations by unions, corporations and associations. Union and corporate contributions of up to $1,000 to party candidates, nomination contestants and electoral district associations would still be permitted. Political parties, in turn, will receive public funds determined by the percentage of the popular vote they received in the last general election. At the provincial level, Manitoba and Quebec already have similar legislation.

The amendment, supported in principle by unlikely bedfellows the New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives, will serve to taper the influ­ ence that corporations have on the political process. Studies have shown that large donations make parties and elected officials beholden to business inter­ ests.

In addition to limiting spending of organizations, the call for greater transparency surrounding donations to candidates allows the public to mon­ itor such things as the granting of public contracts to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.

The amendment also removes the financial barriers to local constituent nominations, something that benefits women in particular. The cost of win­ ing party nominations is often prohibitive for podentially capable candi­ dates. M P Carolyn Parrish told the Globe an d M a il that she spent about $100,000 of her own money to win the Mississauga Centre nomination in 1992. Because men dominate the business world, many women do not have the connections necessary to compete on equal ground with their male counterparts. The bill is one method of encouraging greater female partici­ pation in federal politics.

The amendment also represents an opportunity for the New Democratic Party to rejuvenate itself. The NDP, the voice of social democ­ racy in Canada, is traditionally seen as representing only the interests of organized labour. If the party is forced to abandon the monetary support of labour groups, the N D P should be able to lure voters that identify with can­ didates on the left of the political spectrum.

In the past, the N D P has been called on to refuse money from unions.

While the move might have proved somewhat beneficial in gaining popular support, there was a disincentive for the party to make the move. The other main political parties would have continued to collect from corporations while the N D P would voluntarily cut off its main money supply. The pro­ posed amendment will apply equally to every party, thus eliminating the N D P ’s disadvantage. While many Canadians may not support the NDP, strengthening Canadas main social democratic party is healthy for a politi­ cal environment that is dominated by right-wing political parties.

Some citizens may argue that their hard-earned tax money should not be distributed to parties they don’t support. However, the cost to taxpayers will be kept to a minimum, while providing much more equality in politics.

If a majority of Canadians are disenchanted with political financing and its effect on the political system, these people should be willing to pay a small price to rectify the problem.

Does the legislation mean corporations and unions will no longer exert influence on federal elections? Such a prediction is probably too optimistic.

However, the amendments proposed to the Canada Elections Act go a long way to ensure that the views of individual Canadians are no longer buried under the mass of corporate and union money.

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When I used to think about synchronized swimming, I was like the older brother in the movie B illy E llio t. I was that scruffy leather coat-wearing hooligan who screamed “Phoque Off!” to riot cops as the Sex Pistols sang “Anarchy in the U K ”. You know that guy who would say “Bah-lay” as he rolled his eyes to equate the famed art with poofters, pantaloons and Prince Charles. That guy was pretty cool.

T his is not to say that I am a philistine. My parents, being a cou­ ple of wine-imbibing intellectuals, made it their sworn duty to pepper my daily life with classical music, good books and dinner conversa­ tions centred around 19th century German philosophers. I would say, “But Dad, I ’m only six,” and he would reply, “Shush, just five more minutes of Schopenhauer and you can have some ice cream.” We are a weird family.

Last year, I took some friends to the National Art Gallery in Ottawa. Unfortunately, I spent most of my time fending off their cracks about modernism. They would say, “It’s splotches of paint,” and I would reply, “It’s expressive.”

That only made them cackle and make lewd remarks about Canada Council grants. Fucking Visigoths!

Go watch a strip show.

So what I am trying to say is that synchronized swimming was something foreign to me. It was exotic like Noh drama or French puppet plays. Watching those girls perform at the Olympics, I always got the feeling that I was peeking in

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on a tribal ritual, the rules of which I wasn’t quite informed. W hy were they always smiling? W ell, the answer is simply to ward off evil incantations from the water polo team.

So like all things in life that you don’t understand, you will mask your ignorance with juvenile humour. You will accuse this unknown element of being effemi­ nate, idiotic or simply stupid. You will say things like, “Synchronized swimmers wear bathing caps, Nyahahahaha...” O h man you are so clever. It is a tragedy that people in the 21st century, who, when confronted with so much that they don’t understand, lash out with the rancor of a grand Inquisitor.

However, my attitude towards synchronized swimming changed when I went to my first water show.

Responding to a heartfelt invita­ tion, I decided to attend with one of my National Art Gallery friends.

I had no idea what to expect.

So, there we sat and we watched little girls try their hardest to do upside down sculling. A book on synchro describes the sport like this: “The important part to stress is relaxation while holding a breath, because some swimmers black out during underwater drills.” Shit! I have played sports that have result­ ed in my being thrown upside down two metres in the air and blacking out upon impact with the hard, hard earth, but at least I was­ n’t going to drown. Still, I do have to say that you are at peace with the universe when you float upside down, temporarily defying gravity.

Then, after the amateur teams finished their set, the main show,

featuring the M cG ill competitive team, began. The girls dove, swam, danced, flung each other out of the water and smiled through the applause of friends and family.

They pulled moves like the “Submarine Double Ballet Legs Ascent Transition #1” or the “Catalan: Open 180 Degrees Transition”, which sound like a couple of Jackson Pollock’s paint­ ings or two of e e cummings’ disas­ sembled poems. Like all great mod­ ern art, it was abstract, ambitious and a work of love.

Then my brain got working.

These smiling girls in a pool made me imagine a giant urban ballet fea­ turing skyscrapers, jets, cabs and a thousand commuters moving rhythmically to “Summer in the City” on their way home. I imag­ ined swimming businessmen being catapulted above secretaries doing a contra-crane transition. All great passionate art should inspire crazy audience fantasies.

So for a finale, the show fea­ tured one male synchronized swim­ mer performing a solo routine.

There was some giggling as he entered the building, but this quickly subsided as the crowd stared dumbfounded. He stepped up to the pool, paused, removed his robe and took the plunge. My National Art Gallery friend described his performance as, So graceful yet so... so manly.” Manly, graceful, artistic. I only hope that they can develop a routine to the Clash’s “I Fought the Law”.

The M c G ill W ater Show is tak­ in g place on February 1 5 a t the C u rrie Gym Pool.

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Letters T h is is in regards to Le Quebecker’s January 21 column entitled “Fashionistas hit up sexy Montreal.”

In the latest installment of his column, Mr. Morris takes the time to demonstrate his detailed knowl­ edge of revolutionary wardrobe.

Never before, in a single article, have I seen consecutive references to the sexy style of Patty Hearst, the French student rioters of 1968, A N D the Baader-Meinhof Gang.

O h wait a second, yes I have. It was in The V IC E G uide to Sex an d Drugs a n d Rock a n d R o ll in an arti­ cle entitled V IC E ’S “Top Ten Criminals of All Tim e” from the April 2001 issue. I invite you to look for yourself, but the similari­ ties between the V IC E article and Mr. Morris’ references are hardly coincidental. I would assume that, as a columnist and student, Jeremy Morris would have an understand­ ing of what constitutes plagiarism, and I am shocked that he would have the indecency to deceive not only the Tribune’s readership but the V IC E writer who originally penned those words. Mr. Morris owes all of us an apology.

Christie Cryer U 2 English Literature

The insufferable consequences of peacetime inaction

The United States is on the verge of war. The American govern­ ment painfully watches a nation across the globe stock its arsenals, strengthen its military and invade neighbouring countries. Showing no signs of relenting, circumstances seem to dictate an inevitable military confrontation. Severe economic sanctions have been enforced, though the embargo has recorded little effect. Nonetheless, both domestic and international opposi­ tion to US military intervention is serious.

Sound familiar? The nation in question is Japan, circa 1940. After its invasion of China, Japan was poised to dominate the Pacific.

Escalation was almost inevitable. In December 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, badly damaging the US Pacific Fleet and compelling the nation into the most costly war in the history of mankind. Had the U S acted sooner, could it have prevented the outbreak of war?

Donald Kagan, professor of classics and history at Yale University, states, “Peace does not keep itself... That means you have to be just as active and just as involved and just as willing to make sacrifices in peacetime as you are in war... [That] simple truth has not

been digested by most people.”

Kagan’s book, O n the Origins o f War a n d the Preservation o f Peace, evalu­ ates a number of conflicts from ancient history to modern warfare.

In 431 BC, the Second Peloponnesian War erupted between Athens and Sparta. It was to last 27 years; by war’s end, both powers were exhausted. When peace was concluded in 404 BC, Athens lay in ruins and Sparta had been practical­ ly obliterated, awaiting its final death blow.

Prior to the outbreak of hostili­ ties, distinguished political executive Pericles steered Athenian policy.

Kagan argues that Pericles formulat­ ed an inventive policy aimed at steering a middle course, which would frustrate Sparta’s aims with­ out bringing on a general war. The Athenian response was motivated by the fear of military confrontation, a common reaction among status quo powers to sudden unfavourable changes in the balance of power.

Kagan clearly argues that one of the few credible ways of preventing war is through the forces of deter­ rence. Only by conveying a message of strength, confidence, determina­ tion and an ultimate willingness to utilize force can world powers main­ tain equilibrium and ultimately stave off costly threats. Athens, how­ ever, was unwilling to risk the possi­ bility of war. Unable to present itself as a credible threat, Athens was inca­ pable of exploiting potential deter­ rent alternatives. Consequently, Sparta assertively escalated opposi­ tion towards Athens, convinced of its superiority, and, ultimately, led itself and Athens into a cataclysmic

war.

“If you look at how nations like ours get into war,” Kagan says, “there’s an incredible pattern that takes place. You start out with the assumption that you’re absolutely secure and have nothing to worry about. Countries like ours love then to disarm and stop thinking about these problems.”

The consequences, however, are severe.

Recently, anti-war critics of Congress’ resolution authorizing President George W. Bush to use force in Iraq compared it to the 1964 G u lf of Tonkin resolution.

Essentially, it was a congressional ‘green light’ for the Vietnam War, passed on the basis of evidence that was later revealed to be bogus.

Critics often disregard the his­ torical foundations in favour of such a resolution. For example, earlier action by the US and other nations could arguably have prevented the outbreak of World War I and World War II. Kagan states, “There’s a case to be made that we were late in World War I— that the world would have been a better place if we had come in the first time they started sinking our ships.”

Critics of the war in Iraq criti­ cize over-zealous military action, often citing U S involvement in Vietnam, and discount the detri­ mental outcome that may have resulted had US involvement in for­ eign military affairs at the height of the Cold War been absent. The US military action in Vietnam was almost certainly a mistake— a mis­ take not necessarily in intent, but in how those intentions were executed.

However, the United States’ demon­ strations of deterrent power around the world were critical in preserving the peace during the Cold War. While the Vietnam War was disastrous, the costs of inaction in other circumstances could very well have enticed Soviet expansionism.

Consequently, the use of force as a means to achieve long-term stability cannot be disregarded. Indeed, Vietnam had positive effects. After all, without the war there, the world would be without the remarkable saga known as Rambo.

Critics of an armed solution to the crisis offer sanctions, interna­ tional inspection forces and cooper­ ative settlement as alternative means of resolving the international differ­ ences with Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi regime. However, history has revealed that policies of unyielding pacifism and appeasement are inef­ fective. Regardless of international embargoes, Rwanda continues to illegally trade commodities pro­ duced from endangered species on the world market to fund waves of civilian slaughters; the South African apartheid system successfully smug­ gled oil through seemingly impene­ trable sanctions; the Ayatollah pro­ cured enough firepower to conduct a decade-long war of attrition with Iraq in the mid-1980s; and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia continue to ship illegal drugs worldwide.

Unfortunately, supply-side con­ trols do not constitute an effective long-term solution. Evidence of this is plentiful; North America would be devoid of its sacred, aromatic, TFIC-budding plant if it were to the

contrary.

Saddam Hussein has already attempted to acquire an arsenal of mass destruction. In 1981, an Israeli Air Force strike on an Iraqi nuclear facility was the only defensive opera­ tion undertaken that prevented Saddam from obtaining a nuclear arsenal prior to Desert Storm. In the aftermath of the Cold War, a desti­ tute Russia sits atop a stockpile of weapons capable of unleashing a fury of indescribable devastation. Its munitions depots are highly vulner­ able and countless instances of black market arms exchanges have been documented in recent years. History has made it clear— the costs of inac­ tion in a world of chemical, nuclear and biological warfare are insuffer­ able.

Detractors criticize US foreign policy for its tendency towards uni­ lateralism. Clearly, it is beneficial to act in conjunction with other states.

However, a nation’s foreign policy cannot be prescribed solely by the wavering whims of other states. As the world’s foremost power, the United States has the responsibility to act as a just and cautious authori­ ty to maintain international security.

The appeasement-minded gov­ ernments of France and Britain in the 1930s avoided any pre-emptive confrontation with Nazi Germany.

Similarly, the current anti-war regimes have presented no blue­ prints for peace with any credible precedence in the annals of history.

Should the US abandon its aim to eliminate Iraq as a threat to world peace, it is the entirety of the world that will suffer the consequences.

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Save the last lap dance Panthea Lee Elisha Siegel Something about a strip club reeks of a junior-high school dance.

The lighting is low, the smoke machines and fluorescent lights recreate the set-up of a two-bit top40 DJ, and the music, stuck in 1994, ignites memories of slow dances at arm’s length and electric slides en masse.

Although they may not admit it, guys like going to these clubs because they know it’s where the pretty girls hang out. They make eyes with the ladies as they pass by, arm in arm, teasing the boys with their ruby and pearl smiles, short skirts and halter tops. Guys highfive each other in agreement that they “don’t give a fuck about hoes”, but attention spans are short and they are quickly consumed by the question of whether or not a burger does indeed come with that shake.

But these perfect 10s are slight­ ly different from the ones the boys drooled over in junior high. These girls drink, they smoke, they aren’t embarrassed to drape their arm around a wallflower or two and, lest we forget, these girls tend to take their clothes off on a half-hourly basis.

We’ll bet you never saw the captain of the cheerleading squad do a toonie slide at your formal.

“I like strip clubs,” admits Malcom Inglis, UO Economics.

“When I don’t feel like going to a club, I go to watch naked girls. It’s way better. It saves a lot of energy.

“It’s different than picking up or having a girlfriend,” Inglis con­ tinues. “There’s a challenge in pick­ ing up. .. it takes work. At a ripper, all you have to do is pay the strip­ pers. I do it when I ’m lazy and I don’t want to try. And you treat it differently from having a girlfriend.

When you have a girlfriend, you

can’t treat [the relationship] like hardcore porn— there are no feel­ ings involved in going to see strip­ pers.”

Yet, is there a deeper reason for going? W hat is it that makes strip clubs so alluring?

The thrill of the forbidden has been cited as possible motivation.

“Temptation to break the rules has always been a human weakness,” observes Fareed Ramezani, a sec­ ond-year Political Science student at Concordia. He sees no harm in strip clubs and believes they provide an honest and straightforward rela­ tionship, exchanging “sexual eye candy” for money. No frills, no gimmicks.

“This sort of a relationship is very attractive to most people living in a society such as ours, where sex is associated with complex relation­ ships and emotions,” Ramezan explains. “It’s like this: in a restau­ rant, you have meat with a side of cosmopolitan and, in a strip club, you have a cosmopolitan with a side of meat.”

For many men, strippers repre­ sent an alternative form of feminin­ ity to those presented by the women in their everyday lives.

Policewomen, teachers and school­ girls alike grace the stage, as fan­ tasies become realities.

Ever tried to flirt your way to the top of the class, but to no avail?

In a strip club, not only does the professor give you top marks, she will eagerly satisfy your every desire, you naughty boy, you. In these ven­ ues, reality is blurred to the point that what is before your eyes becomes the stuff of living, breath­ ing nocturnal emissions.

Strip clubs offer solace from the often harsh and judgmental reality of life. Unattractive? Come here, sweetie. Balding? Ooh, I like that. Smelly pits? You’re a bad, bad boy. It is a world where the tradi­ tional barriers between men and

women melt away.

Each man, with a small roll of bills in his pocket, becomes an instant Casanova, a Don Juan capable of gaining the attention of— or simply gawk­ ing without repri­ mand at— his own personal goddess.

“In shopping terms, most of the time we don’t have the means to afford the merchandise... but hey, what’s the harm in window shopping?” asks Ramezani.

In order to find out the true appeal of the peeler, we under­ took the daunting task of going to C lub Super Sexe, a veritable Montreal institution, on a lunch break for the infamous Super GRACIAJALEA Sexe buffet. W ith plates stacked high Tbe name in lights says it all: clubs like Super Sexe are part of Montreal's infamous appeal. with ribs, mashed shock value. I mean, a penis is a show. It’s just like a restaurant, but potatoes and gravy-drenched penis is a penis,” says Christine with better entertainment.” pasta— a dish best served with a Boake, U 1 Cultural Studies stu­ We were sold. side of Turns— we tried to get a feel dent, who admits to having gone to O f course, not everybody for the club by chatting up some of male strip clubs twice in her life. “I shares our zeal for the erotic arts. the staff. Unfortunately, they were “I never go,” says Jen Vasseur, a think most people would agree that decidedly tight-lipped.

U 1 Anthropology student, “ft does­ the female body is more aesthetical­ “This is a business,” a bouncer ly pleasing than the male body. n’t appeal to me. I don’t think it stated curtly after we tried to strike Male strip clubs are more funny really makes sense. I don’t think up some conversation. “People are than anything else. You go and you stripping is a good career option for here to work, not to answer your laugh your ass off. Honestly, I don’t women, but I ’m not going to say it questions.” even like penises.” is wrong or stigmatize it.”

We did manage to sneak a few So whether you like penises, In our fair, liberal-minded questions in with another bouncer, have one yourself, or both, the strip city— dubbed “the sexiest city in who seemed to enjoy our forced club is undoubtedly an intriguing North America” by M a x im maga­ naïveté, curiosity and enthusiasm enigma. Like junior-high dances, zine— finding a niche club that for strip-club etiquette and erotic they aren’t for everyone and they caters to your liking is hardly a dif­ beds— which are only $120 for an don't always meet expectations. But ficult feat. So what about the hour, in case enquiring minds the drinks are cold, the ribs are hot numerous male and gay strip clubs wanted to know. and, unlike junior high, you’re that dot the Montreal landscape?

“T h is is a great place,” he guaranteed to get your girl to take “There is nothing sexy about explained to us. “You come, you her top off. male strippers. It’s more about have a meal, a drink and you see a

It must be something in the caf food: Why people in rez act stupid

Evan Placey T ’was the night before a test and all was quiet in your room, ‘til at 3 o’clock in the morning, some moron that you live with thought it necessary to pull the fire alarm.

T his act is a regular occurrence in rez, as are the many acts of stupidi­ ty witnessed on a daily basis. Some of the most idiotic things I have ever seen humans do have been done in rez. I have, many a time, been tempted to videotape these occurrences and hand them to the

registrar’s office so that they could watch the morons they admitted to this prestigious school.

I now know why they don’t emphasize the residences in univer­ sity tours. To fully understand this stupidity, it is first necessary to highlight some of the acts of resi­ dents past and present.

Jessica Besser-Rosenberg, a former Molson resident, witnessed similar occurrences when she lived there.

“A guy dropped a pumpkin from the seventh floor. And some people thought it would be a good idea to throw beer bottles down the stairs,” she says. “A girl got hit and she had to go to the hospital.”

T h a t g ra v ity p h e n o m e n o n The acts in this category are usually influenced by some fascina­ tion with gravity— one might even say an attempt to challenge the laws of physics— or, in layman’s terms, throwing things down the stairs.

“I saw a whole bunch of foot­ ball guys see a mattress in the hall­ way on the seventh floor, get really excited, and throw it down the staircase, all the way to the base­ ment,” recalls Amanda Senyi of Molson Hall.

T h is trend is nothing new.

P y ro m a n ia c ’s d e lig h t Many acts of stupidity involve fire. The easiest one to spot is the pulling of the fire alarm.

Apparently, this grade-seven prank that was used to get out of a test is still considered funny by many. You should be warned, though, that at the university level, it is only funny when everyone is sleeping and the temperature outside is —30° C .

Fire alarms are also set-off for other reasons. Cooking seems to be a frequent trigger. Andrew Howard recalls someone on his floor that

thought it best to do his cooking on a George Foreman grill in the middle of a hallway, right below the fire alarm.

“Th e smoke set it off and everyone had to clear the building.”

A lika Hendricks, a former Molson H all resident, also wit­ nessed cooking ideas gone wrong.

“Someone wanted to barbeque a hot dog, only they didn’t have a barbeque. So they placed a metal wire between two pop cans and placed it on the turned-on stove.

Needless to say, it started a fire.”

P ic k a p ic tu re o r tw o There’s nothing rez kids love more than to take things that do not belong to them. I believe it is a symptom brought forth at the end of each month, when we pay our bills and truly feel the pain behind the term “starving student”.

Whatever the reason, .residents.fid

the need to steal. A ll of the floorfellow pictures in the lobby of my building disappeared one by one until there were none left. I ’ve wit­ nessed a fascinating collection of stolen road signs in one of the other buildings, but the most prized thing I saw go missing was the bag of puke someone on my floor had left outside their room one Saturday night, with the intention of getting rid of it in the morning.

I guess if you’re hungover and can’t make yourself puke even though you want to, the next best thing is to have someone else’s vomit.

B a th r o o m id io c y The bathroom is another good place for people to let their stupid­ ity come to life. O f course, there’s the expected toilet-papering, and then there was the person who decided to do a No. 2 in the bath-

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Sugar and spice and everything tram py A walk down SteCatherine Street reaffirms these theories. Le Chateau’s partially explained by the high Junior G irl line sells occurrence of single-parent families spaghetti-strap tank tops today. and their own version of “The the lace-up-the-crotch divorce rate pants, and I would kill for in Canada some of the gorgeous is at about clothes the Gap Kids models 35 per advertise. cent, and These outfits seem girls living drastically different from without a those we wore as kids. I father, or other sure don’t remember any strong male fig­ of my fourth-grade ure, tend to friends owning padded sexualize earli­ bras. Neither do Gen er,” she says.

Ritchie and Kim Spence, “When no one both U0 Arts students. affirms their They recall elemen­ intelligence, tary school as a simpler ANGELFIRE.COM/OKAORIANNF and TIMEF0RKIDS.COM athleticism, I popular Olsen twins go from Full House babies to fully-developed flames. time, full of ripped jeans The ever creativity or and Hot Loops heado t h e r , tight pants, exposed stomachs and— girls today wear spaghetti-strap tank / bands. Ritchie, whose standard v ir tu e s , worse still— exposed bottoms.” tops and too-tight bellbottoms.” attire, circa 1993, included plaid they value Though the average age in Stutt's It’s hard to believe that little LASENZAGIRL.COM skirts and opaque tights, is sure thems e l v es class is only six, she sees inappropri­ girls today are waiving their tight to Tweens today have more flair than most twentysomethings. less. To make behave like little girls. This relin­ ate clothing like this every day. themselves of value to other men, quishing of childhood privileges Some argue that this is just nat­ they become sexual beings at a to comprehend why there was a lin­ concerns Marie-Elaine Stutt, a ural development, and that girls will gerie section in a pre-teen store younger age. grade-one teacher and mother of continue to mature at an earlier age, when I was greeted by a saleswoman.

“Earlier physical developments as decades pass. two girls. She feels that, while they It was my cousin’s tenth birthday, I could also be a factor,” notes Grail.

But explain every aspect of this have a right to express themselves told her, and I had no idea what to “A girl getting her period and devel­ through fashion, she hates to see trend from sociological, psychologi­ oping breasts at [age] nine is signifi­ get her. I was led to the front of the girls— especially her own— dressing cal and developmental angles, and I cantly different from a girl experi­ store, where I was shown their most still won’t get it. If it would still fit, I provocatively. encing these changes at 13. The psy­ popular clothing. As each item was “I love fashion and love to see would bust out that lavender sweat­ — TkggV G ra il held up for my inspection, I won­ chological development that occurs suit in a second— and I ’d wear it kids find their look. I'm not a fan, O n tario Association o f Consultants, dered what my brother would think during those years is crucial, and an with pride. though, of the recent trend towards Counsellors, Psychometrists older girl is better equipped with a if his daughter expressed a desire for a n d Psychotherapists pants that laced up the crotch. strong sense of self. A young girl will Research has shown that a girl’s M O R E T H A N A S U M M E R JO B look to her older peers to decide self-esteem is most vulnerable dur­ how, as a developed woman, she is to H a v e t h e s u m m e r o f a lif e t im e in C h in a o r M e x ic o a n d g e t p a id that girls didn’t dress as provocative­ ing the middle-school years. Add behave.” to o . S tu d e n t T e a c h a n d T r a v e l is o f f e r in g a lim it e d a m o u n t o f ly 10 years ago.

“M y friend’s dad’s credit card to this insecurity, To get a better look, I visited s u p e r v is e d te a c h in g p o s itio n s in C h in a a n d M e x ic o th is s u m m e r . along with the desire to fit in, and younger sister has a water bra! 10the La Senza Girl store in the guise G o o d s a la r y . F o o d a n d a c c o m m o d a tio n s p a id . of an innocent shopper. As I was you get girls who will snatch up the year-olds don’t have boobs, what do G r e a t a d v e n t u r e a n d t r a v e l. F u r th e r y o u r e d u c a t io n . they need water bras for?” latest fads and then throw them about to concede that most of their G a in v a lu a b le e x p e r ie n c e . L e a r n a n e w c u ltu r e a n d la n g u a g e .

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As a child— okay, until last year— I didn’t like babies because I was so self-involved that I felt any time spent focusing on a baby was time that should have been spent adoring me. It used to amaze me that people would even consider having children. “Hey honey! How ‘bout we make us some babies to destroy our sleeping patterns, suck up our savings, aid us in premature­

How Stella got her groove (with her two dads) ly ageing and terrorize us for the rest of our lives? Plus, I ’ll be able to get a whole new wardrobe... of sexy maternity clothes!”

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Christ. I only want someone to lend me seven children so I can force them to play Sound o f M usic every day, while I take on the role of Captain Von Trapp with an alter-

ego of the runaway nun Maria.

I recently spoke with one half of a Californian couple that has been together for 15 years.

“Stephen”, aged 43, who recently adopted a baby with his partner “Jeremy”, taught me how two boys could have a baby— and how it can be perfectly acceptable.

“For me, having a baby was a lifelong dream. It’s the ultimate in being human,” Stephen told me. “I didn’t feel like we were a family unless we had a child. Jeremy would say, ‘We are a family!’ but I felt like we were just a couple.”

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was so strong that, at one point, he even considered breaking up because Jeremy didn’t share his desire. “But then I thought, what?

Leave the man I love for a baby I didn’t know?”

Eventually, the two agreed they were not going to raise a child together. By the fall of 2001, Stephen was fulfilling his paternal desires by participating in a Jewish Big Brother programme. However, after attending the Bat Mitzvah of Stephen’s niece and seeing the proud unity of Stephen’s family, Jeremy finally came around. O n the runway of Newark Airport, much to his partner’s surprise, Jeremy let Stephen know that he was ready and willing to adopt.

“We felt a need to have more in our lives, something we could love and teach,” Stephen explained.

“We’ve been together for 15 years and this was the next stage for us, to do this emotional thing together.”

Both their families and friends were extremely supportive of the decision and the two men hired a lawyer and registered with an adop­ tion agency. Before receiving a baby, the couple had to be finger­ printed by the F B I, undergo back­ ground checks, learn C P R and attend baby -raining through the adoption agency. In the classes at the agency, three out of the five couples in attendance were also gay.

More meetings and studying would occur, even after the baby arrived.

Stephen and Jeremy had agreed to an open domestic adop­ tion, where the lawyer presents the birth mother with four or five options of adopting individuals or

couples for her baby. The couple grew increasingly excited as they focused on their goal of getting a baby, not knowing where they stood on the waiting list or what their status was. W hile open to the idea of adopting a bi-racial child, Stephen and Jeremy ultimately decided against such an option.

“We’re two gay Jewish men who practice our religion, intend to raise our child Jewish, and possibly want our child to marry Jewish,” Stephen explained. T h e couple decided it could potentially be too difficult for a bi-racial child to fit in.

Stephen and Jeremy waited for less than a year before they were notified that a baby was available.

The mother decided on the two men after reviewing the file describ­ ing the opportunities and loving environment the gay coupk could provide for her baby.

“She connected with that. We were only up against straight cou­ ples. [The birth mother] really loved her own father and thought it would be great for her child to have two fathers.” Approved seven weeks before the birth, the couple handled the mother’s expenses and relocated her to their city for the rest of her term. In November, Stella was born.

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Moronic feats simply part of rez life Continued from page 10 tub, but it is rather common for people to place bodily fluids in dif­ ferent places around the bathroom, as Adrianna Policaro will attest.

“People throw up everywhere but in the toilet,” she affirms.

Residents also like to use bath­ room sinks to cook, clean dishes and do just about anything.

“Someone on my floor flooded the sink while cleaning an ashtray.

They left it in the sink with the water running and came back a half an hour later and had flooded the bathroom,” says Sarah Voss.

In the bathrooms, in the halls, in the elevator— stupidity seems to take over residents just about any­ where. There must be some reason­ able explanation for why such a large number of smart— we’ll assume so since they somehow got in to M cG ill— people could be so stupid.

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“It’s the mob mentality,” says Jessica Anderson,

“W ould you toilet-paper a bathroom by yourself?” adds Besser-Rosenberg.

So, perhaps it really is just a few people who are stupid and the rest are simply persuaded to join in.

O r maybe it’s the “mom mentali­ ty”. For those who have never been away from home, this may be an attempt to express their freedom.

O r maybe it’s just disrespect for the building. M y floor likes to use the carpet as an ashtray.

“Lots of people don’t really care if there is an ugly stain on the carpet in their hall... I mean, it’s not actually your carpet, it’s M cG ill’s,” states Adie Smith. “Also, if you do anything in a public area in rez, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be cleaned up by someone else.

It’s like trashing your house by hav­ ing a party and having your clean­ ing person clean it the next day.”

Simone Cruikshank, who lives four floors down from Smith, agrees.

“Every morning, the cleaning staff come through here and clean up puke and beer and whatever’s left lying around in the bath­

rooms,” Cruikshank says. “If you’re convinced you can act like an idiot and always rely on someone else to clean up the mess, you’re more inclined to act like a moron with­ out fear of reprisal.”

Personally, I blame it on the cafeteria food. I ’ve always noticed the slightly-off taste of the entrées.

There’s something killing some brain cells in there, or maybe just setting off the irrational ones.

S tu p id ity is p a rt o f life Regardless of the reasons why, there’s not much residents can do to control their neighbours’ actions.

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m artin D O E This year has seen many successes with a new environmental policy, an FTAA-education strike, a functional Daycare, and promises to increase accessibility to post-secondary education even before the Quebec elections or a federal Liberal leadership race. In the near future, we can also look forward to similar achievements with Shatner (ren­ ovations for safety and club space) and an accredi­ tation of the Students' Society.

A ccreditation - As mandated by the positive results of last year’s referendum, we have worked extremely hard this year to set the groundwork for a successful Accreditation referendum. This will give legal rights to the Students’ Society to represent students vis-a-vis the University Administration and will guarantee for years to come that students will continue to have a Students’ Society through which to voice their concerns.

Elections - In this regard, I would first like to encourage all students to get engaged in the upcoming elections, inform yourselves about candi­ dates and referenda, and most importantly, go out and VOTE. Second, I’d like to inform you that in an effort to make voting easier and more convenient, SSMU will soon be integrating an Online Voting System to the already existing, traditional polls.

Further elections reforms will also take place to drastically reduce paper waste and poster satura­ tion yet increase the information exchange between candidates and the student voter.

Council - 1am quite proud of this year's council. The councillors have shown a dedication to increasing SSMU’s relevancy and improving what the society does for students. This has resulted in broader debate at council on the issues that face students and the SSMU. Gallery attendance and participa­

tion also indicate a renewed interest in issues being debated at the Council. From now until the end of the year, the executives will focus on long-term poli­ cies on such issues as accessibility to education and student-run campus operations in order to pro­ vide a framework and direction for future executive and councils to follow and build upon.

At the end of the day, the job of the President is to coordinate all the efforts of the SSMU and make sure all the vice-presidents have a successful year as well. On that side, I have to especially thank the executives, staff, coordinators, commissioners, and students like you that have helped to make this a landmark year for your Students’ Society.

Presidential A ffa irs Committee: Annie Sabourin, Scott Brady, Nadir Nurmohamed, Speakers-of-Council: Andrew w ho i w ork w ith: 1Bryan, Peter Harrison, Jamy-Ellen Proud Klevaniç, Recording Secretary: Gergana Ivanova, Tanya Volpe-Standing, Andrea Kowalski, Faculty Relations Commissioner: Louis-Charles Roy, Francophone Commissioner: Kyriakos Pnevmonidis, International Commissioner: Theo Talbot, Chief Returning O fficer: Sarah Huggins, Board o f Governors Rep: Ali Shivji, General Manager: Guy Brisebois, A ccreditation Chair: Seth Offenbach

VP Clubs & Services

rachel DE LORIE Hello and welcome back. This has been a won­ derful and exciting tim e for the Students' Society especially within the portfolio of the Vice President Clubs and Services. Beyond the obvi­ ous duties of my job, I have been able to work with many amazing and dedicated people towards the improvement of the clubs and serv­ ices of the SSMU, the physical development and management of the Shatner University Centre and in general with the students of McGill. Over the past semester, I have had the opportunity to watch the variety and diversity of these clubs and those involved with them to grow and expand in ways I never expected pos­ sible. This truly has reaffirmed that students at McGill are interested in more than just academ­

ics and I believe this reflects the diversity o f th e student population here. The creation of more cultural, philanthropic and even a vegan food group has diversified and rounded out the existing clubs.

Since starting May 1st numerous things have taken place: A ctivitie s Night in both the fall and winter were a huge success. This was defi­ nitely a time for the clubs and services to show­ case themselves and recruit new members, which they did successfully. Mini courses have expanded and new classes have been intro­ duced to complement the traditional fare of classes. This would not have been possible without the hard work, dedication and innova­ tion of the coordinators.

CultureFest was a tremendous success this year including the return of International 4 Floors run through SSPN. This upcoming semester will be exciting as we further develop plans for the Shatner University Center and continue to support the current clubs and the new initiatives of students. The University Center could potentially become one of the premier student centers in the country.

The work necessary to bring us up to fire and sanitation code as well as aesthetic and func­ tional renovations will make Shatner more useful and inviting for students. I wish you all the best of luck this year and I look forward to the upcoming semester!

& Services Representatives: Ahmed Abu-Safia, Rami Hourani, Roberto Caluori, Raoul Gebert, Clubs & Services w ho i w ork w ith: IClubs Com m ittee: Danielle Ward-Griffin, Jeanesse Bourgeois, Jennifer Trawinski, Nathan Chan, Fall A ctivitie s Night Coordinator: Adam Cygler, Mini Course Coordinators: Farah Qasemi, Saho Fukushima, O ffice & Services Manager: Olga Patrizi, A dm inistrative Assistant: Tanya Volpe-Standing, Front Desk S taff: Tasha Balla-Boudreau, Tara Hecksher, Gracia Jalea, Kawala Jean, Sherrydene Phillips, Justin Phills, Tania Thykootathil

VP Com m unications & Events C om m unications - This year we have taken large steps in developing an infrastructure for communications at the SSMU. New initiatives include a Marketing Plan, a re-designed web site with an online forum, and an SSMU Hype Team. As a result, we have been able to spread a message veryquicklyto the student body, and increases the turnout at all SSMU Events. John Yu has done a superb job working with the web site to make it more useful for students. Asch Harwood has run a very good POSTering service all year. Farah Qasemi and Nicole Macleod have worked hard to get more students involved through a variety of campaigns.

Events - SSMU events have been very success­ ful this year! Last year, the overall loss on SSMU Events was over $27,000. This year, we are pro­ jected to make a profit of over $17,000 - a $40,000 turnaround! Much of the credit goes to the many coordinators listed below. Shannon Cohen and the Frosh Team started the year of with a bang, running a successful Frosh Program that was fun, profitable and involved over 400 more people than last year! Matylda Gawor and Ian Matthews have done an amazing jo b as Co-Chairs of Students’ Society Programming Network (SSPN). SSPN has run a variety o f extremely well attended and fun

events this year including BFT and 4 Floors.

Both SSMU and EUS reps did an amazing job with Open Air Pub (OAP), which had record prof­ its of over $20,000! Elliott Cappell, and a team of 10 managers put together the biggest, most visible Snow AP in history, and also introduced Bonhomme to the McGill Campus. Dan Nguyen has done a great job managing Gert’s Bar, and continuing it's tradition as the best Thursday Night Party in Montreal. Overall, the year has gone great! Thanks to everyone who has partic­ ipated at any level - 1hope you had a good time!

One special thank you - Olga - you're the best!

Manager: Paul Slachta, Blood Drive Coordinator: Karen Kelly, Communications Commissioner: Elliott w ho i w ork w ith: IAdvertising Cappell, Communications and Events Committee: Elliott Cappell (Chair), Yasmin Moolani, Annie Sabourin, John Peprah, Alan Powell, and two student members at large, Frosh Coordinators: Shannon Cohen, Olivia Botrie, Jake Schonfeld, Mikey Murray, Handbook Coordinators: Kelly Nestruck, Kirsten Weld, OAP Managers: Bassell Attalah, Luay El-Ghafari, Junior Galdones, Christian Dunn, Louis Charles Roy, Asch Harwood, Matt Massicott, Alex Labire, Josiah Jordan, Nick Edkins, POST Coodinator: Asch Harwood, Snow AP Coordinators: Elliott Cappell (Chair), Denis Lebel, Louis Charles Roy, Mikey Murray, Reuben Ghose, Talia Berman, Brett Bundale, Jonathon Brun, Jon Bowden, Mike Liew, Sponsorship Coordinator: Raoul Gebert, Student Involvement Coordinators: Farah Qasemi, Nicole Macleod, Students' Society Programming Network (SSPN): Matylda Gawor (Chair), Ian Matthews (Chair), Denis Lebel, Francois Berube, Rachel Telch, Nadir Nurmohammed, Winston Maricar, Robert Kozak, Jeanesse Bourgeois, Webmaster: John Yu

nickV IK A N D ER C om m unity - We have worked with other Montreal universities to pressure the Municipal government to extend the eligibility for the halfprice student bus pass. As part of this, we col­ lected the signatures of over 1100 McGill stu­ dents calling for the passes to be available to students of all ages. The SSMU volunteer pro­ gram is up and running following its introduc­ tion last year. Students can check out the vol­ unteer board on the ground floor of the Shatner building to find volunteer opportunities. The coordinators also organized a volunteer-fair in each of the fall and winter semesters, giving McGill students the chance to get involved with different Montreal area organizations.

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We continue to work on student housing issues and socially responsible investment guidelines for the McGill endowment fund.

Government - We engaged in the "Access to Education" campaign in the fall semester in conjunction with our provincial lobby group, la FEUQ. This campaign culminated with a Day of Actions/Student Strike on October 31st, as McGill students joined 10,000 Montreal stu­ dents in protesting the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the possible inclusion of education in trade agreements. We continue to work to convince the provincial government to continue the tuition freeze for Quebec resi­ dents, to regulate ancillary fees and to put more

money into financial aid. With a likely spring elections, we will have the opportunity to make more gains on this front and to put out-of­ province differential tuition on the political radar screen. Federally, we have pushed hard to insti­ tute changes within our lobby group CASA to ensure that it effectively represents the needs of McGill students. Politically, posters through­ out Quebec in the fall publicized the need for renewed federal transfers dedicated for educa­ tion. We will now take part in a joint campaign of la FEUQ and the Canadian Federation of Students calling for the reversal of core funding cuts and focusing on Jean Chretien’s legacy.

Political Research O fficer: Christelle Chesneau, Community and Government Committee: Alex Ouimet-Storrs, I Priyanka Saksena, Alan Powell, Ira Dubinsky, Chris Bartlett, Raoul Gebert, Volunteerism Coordinators: Michelle Lee Jones, Shirin Hossain, Shirin Ghafurian, Safety Commissioner: Kris Filion, FTAA, Corporate and Housing W orkgroups: Many, many people to whom I am indebted

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kathleen MORRISON Daycare - After many semesters operating on a part-time basis, the SSMU Daycare is open full­ time as of January for children of undergraduate students. This project has been the works since 1997 and it is truly a pleasure to see that the service has really developed as so to reduce the barriers to education.

Open Finances - This has been one of the first years ever that it has been really clear for all students what fees are collected by the univer­ sity and SSMU and, in turn, what they are used for. This includes a much-needed update on inform ational pamphlets, a thorough Final Budget 2002-2003 and (coming soon!) a report highlighting the past 10 years of SSMU’s finan­

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cial operations. The McGill Student Fund OptOut was expanded to include a full year opt-out and a two-week period in September to reduce the hassles of waiting.

Greening SSMU - Last semester the SSMU Environmental Group held a waste audit and I have been extensively researching feasible Styrofoam alternatives for use in our food court.

Along with John Engler, the Environmental Commissioner, I look forward to integrating some green design ideas into the next phase of Shatner renovations.

Bookstore - The Bookstore remains for many a source of frustration (and a drain on money).

With this semester’s review of proposals I hope

to find a solution that ensures students have access to a high quality and affordable text­ books.

Food Services a t McGill- The abrupt changes that have occurred (with more to come in future years) to the autonomy of student groups and their rights to provide food and beverage servic­ es to their students is a grave concern.

Following a significant motion condemning Ancillary Services and the McGill administration for their actions, I have been preparing a back­ ground research paper on Chartwells and draft­ ing a more comprehensive Food and Beverage policy for the SSMU.

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Com m ittee Chair: Colin Valeri, Finance Committee: Rami Hourani, Roberto Caluori, Graeme Thomas, Amrut Kar, F inancial E thics Research C om m ittee: Alvaro Castro, David Mitchell, E nvironm ental Commissioner: John Engler, Sadie’s Tabagie: Kelly Shone, Nabila Rajabali, Gert’s Bar: Danh Nguyen, Caroline Fitzpatrick, Accounting S taff: Ginette Lamarche (Chief Accountant), Larissa Kuhta (Accounts Payable), Lucy Nunez (Accounts Receivable), Linda Tang (Payroll), SSMU Daycare: Cynthia Dezso (Coordinator), Lisa Marie Foye, Maria Georgapoulos, Janet Abraham, Cristina Mercucio

fred SA G EL Senate - Students have been active at Senate this year. Both the environmental policy and the motion to encourage accommodation of students who wished to participate in the Day of Action on October 31, student-supported initiatives, passed.

Students have also consistently questioned University decisions: we have asked for accounta­ bility on issues ranging from the need for an expan­ sion of undergraduate research opportunities, ensuring that transcript confidentiality not be com­ promised by Banner and ensuring that grade reporting is timely and exam regulations are fol­ lowed. Most recently, we asked that the study day in next year's December exam period be respected and not be become an addition day of exams to reduce scheduling conflicts.

VP U niversity Affairs Equity - Brianna Hersey, the Student Equity Commissioner, and I have worked to create an insti­ tutional framework for the SSMU to better discuss and address equity issues on campus. In October, Council approved the establishment of the Student Equity Committee (Secom), This January, we inau­ gurated Campus Equity Week, an initiative that built on last year's Days of Diversity. The week included a series of workshops and panels aimed at con­ fronting inequities at McGill and beyond. Leslie Feinberg, the keynote speaker, attracted over 450 people. In September, the Provost agreed to strike a taskforce to evaluate what changes need to be made to the Handbook on Student Rights and Responsibilities to better protect students and fac­ ulty from discrimination and harassment

University Initiatives - In December, course evalu­ ations were finally launched online. Changes to the advising system - to better integrate first year stu­ dents into McGill - have also been proposed as well as an expansion to Discover McGill. Expanding opportunities for undergrads to collaborate with faculty has also been a priority. I am also working with Kasim Tirmizey, Academic Research Commissioner, to best spend our one million dollar annual donation to the Libraries. To those commis­ sioners, senators, committee members and volun­ teers with whom I work, the many successes this year have resulted from your commitment and ded­ ication.

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Nicholas Little I have re c e n tly rediscovered reading fo r pleasure. S om e o f y o u m a y re m e m b e r a tim e before u n i­ versity, w h e n reading books was an en joyable experience. T h e last few years, how ever, m o st o f us, m y s e lf in c lu d e d , have o n ly been able to squeeze in th e o d d b o o k here and there betw een course readings.

T h a t is, u n t il I discovered BookCrossing.com . B o o k C ro s s in g can be described as a n o n -p ro fit, in te r n a tio n a l b o o k -tr a d in g c lu b a tte m p tin g to spread a love o f read­ in g th ro u g h ra n d o m acts o f k in d ­ ness.

Y ou k n o w a ll those o ld books o n y o u r shelves th a t y o u ’ll never read again a n d th a t y o u drag fro m place to place w h e n y o u move?

W it h B o o kC rossing , y o u go o n lin e , e n ter the b o o k ’s IS B N n u m b e r and get a u n iq u e B o o k C ro s s in g I D n u m b e r fo r y o u r bo o k. B y w ritin g th a t I D n u m b e r on a label th a t you stick to th e b o o k , y o u are releasing the b o o k in to th e w ild w ith a note on the fro n t th a t basically m eans “I ’m free! Please read m e!”

T h e fu n com es fro m th e fact th a t y o u can keep tra c k o f y o u r book: w here it goes, w h o finds it a n d w h a t others th in k o f it. W h e n som eone finds y o u r b o o k , th e y can read w h e re it’s been a n d w h o else has read it b y go in g to the w ebsite a n d e n te rin g th e b o o k ’s I D nu m b er.

W h e n th ey’re d o n e w ith it, th a t person w rites th e ir o w n b r ie f review and th e n re-releases it in to the w ild .

B o okC rossing was started b y R o n H o rn b a k e r, head o f a softw area n d In te rn e t-d e v e lo p m e n t c o m p a ­ n y in Kansas C ity , M is s o u ri.

H o rn b a k e r m a in ta in s the site as a la b o u r o f love, e n a b lin g h im to o ffer its services fo r free, w ith a bare m in im u m o f advertisers. T h e site was la u n c h e d o n A p r il 17 , 2 0 0 1 , b u t gained o n ly a b o u t 1 0 0 n e w

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m em bers per m o n th d u rin g its first year. T h ro u g h w o rd o f m o u th and subsequent m e d ia coverage, ho w ev­ er, th e site has since taken off, w ith over 3 5 0 n e w m em b ers jo in in g d a ily , 8 5 ,0 0 0 c u rre n t m e m b e rs , 2 3 5 ,0 0 0 books registered to date, a n d over 10 m illio n page view s per m o n th .

I o rig in a lly signed u p ju st to clear o u t a fe w o ld books th a t were ta k in g u p space, b u t havin g released 5 0 books in th e last m o n th , I ’d say I ’ve becom e a little obsessed. I d id ­ n’t realize h o w addictive it w o u ld be. I ’ve released books o n buses, in m o v ie theatres and at A T M s . I ’ve d o n e th e m e releases lik e a b o o k on

I’d say I’ve become a little obsessed [with BookCrossing]. I did­ n’t realize how addic­ tive it would be. m a tria rc h y a t a w o m e n ’s centre or h id in g The House o f M i r t h b e h in d the m o vie o f th e same n am e at the vid eo store (w h ic h was m y best catch of all!

See w w w . bookcrossing, c o m /jo u r n a l/4 5 2 9 1 5 ). M y m u m has even released a fe w fo r m e. H e r specialty is suburb an m alls.

T h e site also has a “ G o H u n t in g ” section, w h ere the m ost recendy released books in y o u r area are listed. I really w a n t to go h u n t­ in g , so the m o re people releasing books in M o n tre a l, th e better. T h e site is also spam -free. B ookC rossing n o t o n ly prom otes reading books fo r pleasure, b u t also g iv in g th em a w ay fo r free, illu s tra tin g h o w m u c h a c o m b in a tio n o f curiosity a n d generosity can d o fo r literacy.

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n o ted . H e contin ues to w o rk , w h ile Jerem y o p ted to be the stay-ath o m e dad. “W e co u ld a ffo rd to get a fu ll-tim e n a n n y b u t w e th o u g h t, fo r us, w h y get a b ab y i f y o u ’re ju st go in g to h ire a nanny? W e fe lt [Jerem y staying a t h o m e] w o u ld be the best th in g fo r th e baby.”

I reflected o n m y o w n chance situ atio n : I ’m a gay b o y w ith a gay dad. W as th e couple raising Stella w ith a certain sexuality in m ind? “I h o p e th a t she’s s tra ig h t,” S tephen answered. “ I h o p e th a t she doesn’t have a h arder life th a n she already w ill have.” B u t w h ile ackn o w led g ­ in g th a t th e ir d au g h ter’s life w o u ld p ro b a b ly in c lu d e som e teasing fro m o th e r c h ild re n , S te p h e n p o in te d o u t, “W e live in an u rb an sophisticated c ity area a n d o th er kids w ith gay parents w ill go to her school, w h ere th ey’ll have a u n ify ­ in g b o n d th a t w ill help h er get th ro u g h an y teasing. A lso, b y the tim e she’s 10 o r 15, h o p e fu lly soci­ ety w ill be m o re o p e n -m in d e d .”

“I t ’s so m u c h fu n h a v in g a lit ­ tle g irl. W it h a boy, w e’d p ro b a b ly questio n ‘are w e bein g to o fussy w ith h im o r to o neat?’ E ven th o u g h in o u r hearts w e k n o w y o u ’re b o rn gay, there is so m eth in g to be said fo r n atu re versus n u rtu re .”

H m m m . M y d ad m oved o u t w h e n I was three, so d id th e lack of a fa th e r fig u re in m y d evelo p m en t acco u n t fo r th e constant search fo r th e rig h t m a n to fill th e “d ad d y” role? O r, w ith a m o th e r w h o has tw o gay siblings an d attracts m a n y gay friends an d a gay husban d, was I g en etically predestin ed fo r th e flame?

“T h e m ost im p o rta n t th in g w e can d o as gay m e n is [have] c h il­ d ren . T h e m o re gay couples w h o have kids, th e less d is c rim in a tio n there w ill b e ... W e ’re all th e sam e,” S tephen insisted, assuring m e o f gay m en ’s p a re n tin g abilities. “W e are no d iffe re n t th a n straight peo­ p le ... I t ’s ju s t w h o an d h o w w e love th a t m akes us d iffe re n t.”

A n d th e y do liv e h a p p ily ever after, “ D a d d y ” , “ Poppa” a n d Stella.

O n ly three m o n th s o ld a n d th e g irl already has tw o m e n in h er life! I ’m v ery jealous. Because o f C a lifo rn ia n law , S tephen a n d Jerem y w ere able to have a second-parent a d o p tio n , w h ere b o th have equal rights as b io lo g ic a l parents w o u ld . Th ese boys are lucky, because o n ly eig h t states an d D .C . have laws p ro te c t­ in g second-parent adoptions, w h ile others, such as F lo rid a an d U ta h , p ro h ib it gays fro m leg ally a d o p t­ ing-

So is h avin g a baby a b ad idea?

H a rd ly , say S tephen an d Jeremy, w h o c la im th a t th e ir relatio n sh ip has o n ly g o tte n d eep er since.

A g a in , I ’m in te n s e ly jealo u s.

W h e re ’s m y h usban d an d m y baby, d a m n it?

P.S. W h e n she’s over th e age o f five, I ’d be m o re th a n h a p p y to b ab ysit. I ’ve even read a ll th e Babysitters’ C lu b books!

B rody can be contacted a t brody510@hotmail.com.

In fo rm a tio n a b o u t gay events o r issues w o u ld be greatly appreciated.

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D on G io v a n n i's p a ssio n b u rn s brightly in th e sn o w an d cold Nina Holt

ROBERT ETCHEVERRY Don Giovanni, played by Jonathan Carlre, charm ing another signorina.

W henever I w a lk on S h e rb ro o k e S tre e t a n d pass th e S trathcona M u s ic B u ild in g , I w o n ­ der w h a t sounds lie h id d e n b e h in d the massive, grey, elegant façade, in fro n t o f w h ic h perches a q u ite aus­ tere a n d so lid statue o f Q u e e n V ic to ria .

O n W ednesday, th e o p e n in g n ig h t o f O p e ra M c G ill’s p ro d u c tio n o f M o z a r t ’s D o n G io v a n n i, m y cu rio sity was satisfied, as a stellar cast, acco m p an ied b y the enthusias­ tic M c G ill S y m p h o n y O rc h e s tra , b ro u g h t fo rth b e a u tifu l m usic, a balance o f h u m o u r a n d tragedy a n d a v ery persuasive representation o f the D o n Juan m y th .

D ir e c t o r o f O p e r a S tudies D ix ie R o s s -N e ill’s v e ry a ttra c tiv e and o rg a n iz e d in te rp re ta tio n w o rk e d w e ll w ith th e orchestra, c o n d u c te d b y A le x a n d e r H auser.

A lth o u g h th e o p e n in g chords co u ld have th u n d e re d a little m o re to dis­ p la y D o n G io v a n n i’s ra w ferocity, th e energetic o verture p ro v id e d a p o rtra it o f Seville’s suave player o f the 1 600s, w hose expansive list o f

victories, en u m e ra te d in th e fam ous ‘catalogue’, o n ly begins to describe th e atrocious endeavours he tries to c arry out.

D o n G io v a n n i has atte m p te d to seduce D o n n a A n n a . H e r o u t­ raged cries reach h er father, the n o to rio u s C o m m e n d a to re , an d a d u e l ensues. T h e C o m m e n d a to re is slain a n d D o n O tta v io , D o n n a A n n a ’s h u s b a n d , vow s to take revenge u p o n his w ife ’s m asked p u r­ suer. U n d a u n te d , G io v a n n i p ro ­ ceeds to fu rth e r projects. H e first tries to w in a certain D o n n a E lv ira , before realizin g th a t he h ad dealings w ith h er in the past. F o rtu n a te ly fo r h im , he escapes, b u t L e p o rello , his p la y fu l lackey, divulges to D o n n a E lv ira the fu ll story o f his m aster’s ruthless activities.

Jonathan C a rle ’s G io v a n n i pos­ sessed all the confid ence, d e te rm i­ n a tio n a n d in g ra tia tin g ch arm o f th e unscrupulous rascal th a t is the le g e n d a ry D o n Ju an . H is voice effortlessly enveloped P o llack H a ll, w h ile K a te rin a P apadolias’ sweet re s o n a n t v o ic e re n d e re d D o n n a A n n a m arvellously. C h a n ta l S co tt (D o n n a E lv ira ) delivered a strong, passionate p erfo rm an ce, first expos­

in g D o n G io v a n n i’s reckless and e g o tis tic a l b e h a v io u r a n d , la te r, p lead in g w ith h er fo rm e r pursuer to re fo rm his gross extravagances.

A s G io v a n n i’s subm issive, th o u g h s o m e w h a t sly, servan t, D o m in ik L ic h t presented an o b ed i­ e n t b u t a m u s in g ly u n ab ash ed L e p o re llo , w hose catalogue’ aria displayed clearly th e n atu re o f opera b u ffa , o r c o m ic o p era. Ju lie B o u lia n n e an d B e rtra n d M a lo — in the parts o f Z e rlin a an d M a s e tto , respectively— proved to be a very th eatrical an d e n te rta in in g peasant b rid e an d gro o m .

A g a in s t a sim ple, b u t purpose­ fu l set, M ir e ille V ach o n ’s splendid a n d b r ig h tly c o lo u re d costum es illu m in a te d th e stage. R ed a n d m a n y o f its nuances w ere featured , h ig h lig h tin g perhaps the trag ico m ic n atu re o f D o n G iovanni.

O v e ra ll, O p e ra M c G ill’s re n d i­ tio n o f one o f M o z a r t’s best operas was en g a g in g a n d w e ll paced.

Judging b y the cast’s an d the a u d i­ ence’s clear enthusiasm , m o re m usic sho u ld c o n tin u e to spill o u t o f the v o c a l p ro g ra m m e fro m b e h in d S trathcona’s im p o s in g walls.

The Roots, rock, reggae: Versatile outfit does good Continued from page 1

H ip h o p , good an d bad, a n d the c ity o f M o n tre a l have n o t g o tten a lo n g in last n u m b e r o f years.

S h o d d y past p ro m o tio n o f h ip h o p shows has m e a n t th a t established acts have g ro w n accu sto m ed to passing o n th e c ity as a to u r stop. In th e last n u m b e r o f m o n th s alone, b o th B lackalicious an d Jurrasic 5 chose to p atro n ize the noxious rev­ elers o f g o o d T o ro n to , passing over th e u n d e n ia b ly sizable le g io n o f M o n tre a l fans in th e process.

So, it's a t this p o in t th a t a n tic ­ ip a tio n a n d expectation converge.

T h e h ead lin e was p rac tic a lly w r it ­ ten fro m th e m o m e n t o u r critical darlings in q uestio n p u b lic ized the d irty M d o t as th e ir first to u r stop.

T h e R oots ro c k starved h ip h o p heads. R o o ts ru n deep: Im p a c t pushes back first five row s. A show fo r th e ages: M o n tr e r y Pop, y o u a in 't got n o th in '!

O f course, th e te n d e n c y o f s u p p o sed ly o b je c tiv e scribes tow ards e x u lta tio n as w e ll as the g e n e ra l g o o d v ib e th a t d is tin ­ guished this p a rtic u la r concert, is u n derstandab le i f n o th in g else, s im ­ p ly because T h e R oots are w illin g to p lay the gam e so w ell.

W h ile m o st h ip h o p groups use p re -re c o rd e d sam ples a n d tap e loops, T h e R oots create th e ir sound the o ld fashion ed way, o n stage all b y th e ir lonesom e. D r u m m e r ?uestlove, the group's creative force and

a c tin g producer, steered a tig h t ship a n d shone on hits lik e “T h e N e x t M o v e m e n t”, “ D o u b le T ro u b le ” and “A d re n a lin e ” . H e also g a rn e re d som e w e ll deserved applause u p o n appearing fo r the second set d a w n ­ in g a M o n tre a l C a n a d ie n s jersey.

Bassist H u b , th e stoic m e m b e r o f th e o m n is c ie n t to o th p ic k , d re w perhaps th e lo udest applause o f the n ig h t u p o n c o m p le tin g an extended solo lic k rig h t before th e night's sin­ gle in term ission. N e w e s t m e m b e r, gu ita ris t Jason K e n n y , was received fa v o u ra b ly w h e n a ffo rd e d the spot­ lig h t near the e n d o f th e fin a l set.

T o g e th e r it ’s iu estlove, H u b a n d K e n n y , alo n g w ith keyboardist K a m a l an d tu rn ta b lis t S cratch, w h o p ro v id e th e canvas fo r M C B la c k th o u g h t’s fre n e tic stylings. F or n e a rly three hours B la c k th o u g h t m a in ta in e d lyrical in te n s ity w o rth y o f his m ates’ ta le n t. I t w as apparent, how ever, th a t he was m o st excited a b o u t the g ro u p ’s n e w m a te ria l, as he le t loose o n th e opener “R o c k Y ou” a n d la te r o n “ Q u ills ” a n d “T h o u g h t @ W o r k ”.

T h e p e rfo rm a n c e in general was h eavily peppered w ith m a te ria l fro m Phrenology. S om e criticism s c irc u la tin g am ongst ta lk a tiv e a u d i­ ence m em bers d u rin g the show had to do w ith the g ro u p ’s decision to concentrate o n its new er m aterial.

B y th e tim e th e boys cam e o u t fo r th e o b lig a to ry encore, how ever, to close w ith “R hym es a n d A m m o ” a n d “ C lones” , b o th fro m 1 9 9 6 ’s

Illa d e lp h H a lflife , th e o u tfit’s truest h ip h o p a lb u m , th e credence to an y such critic is m h a d seem ingly dissi­

y e t-c o n verted alike, th e b a n d m a n ­ aged to in tic e th e audience in clever fa shion still. A v a rie ty o f in te r­

pated.

So w h ile a c o n firm a tio n o f T h e Roots live show suprem acy was o f little surprise to th e co n verted a n d

spersed ‘H ip H o p 10 T sessions, a R oots concert staple, featu red live covers o f at least a dozen h ip h o p covers o f v a ry in g le n g th , in c lu d in g

w o rk b y S alt N ’ Pepa, A T rib e C a lle d Q u est, E m in e m an d M is s y E llio t to n a m e a few . A n o th e r in trig u in g segm ent was a sytlishly com posed trib u te to th e late Jam M a s te r Jay o f R u n - D M C fam e. T h e trib u te consisted o f a series o f rap id tableaus, u n d e r th e spotlights an d b ro ken up b y periods o f darkness, in w h ic h m em bers o n stage fo rm e d som e classic h ip h o p poses; You k n o w , lik e crossed arm s-raised fistsback to th e audience typ e stuff, v ery cool.

Last b u t n o t least, th e g ro u p b en efited fro m th e presence o f M C S killz, a guest o f T h e R oots fo r the n ig h t, w h o en tertain ed the crow d in a m a n ic free-styling session d u rin g th e n ig h t’s sin g le in te rm is s io n .

S k illz also pro ved capable o f p ic k in g u p th e occasional verse o n a fe w R oots tracks, no d o u b t fa c ilita tin g B la c k th o u g h t’s g ift fo r gusto in the process.

R arely are expectations exceded w h e n th e y are so h ig h , so to say th a t th e y w ere s im p ly m e t on F rid a y says as m u c h a b o u t T h e R oots as it does a b o u t th e h ig h e r standard to w h ic h th ey are h eld. A n d certainly, w h e n such ta le n t is exposed, praise is ap p ro p riate, i f n o t necessary.

T h e R oots are a great live act.

S om e people have been w a itin g fo r F rid a y ’s s h o w fo r a lo n g tim e .

E veryb o d y w ill lik e ly have to w a it ju s t as lo n g fo r so m eth in g co m p ara­ ble. D a m n y o u R oots, little has changed.

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T h e e v o lu tio n o f M o rc h e e b a ’s sound has garnered th e m a tte n tio n fro m a diverse g roup o f follow ers.

C barango co u ld even be called trip h o p , a far stretch fro m th e ir earlier ro c k sound. O n e co u ld best classify th e c u rre n t s o u n d as a cross b etw een S uprem e Beings o f Leisure,

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T h e ir live show, w h ile bolstered by th e o u tfit’s a b ility to g e n re-hop, was m a rre d b y a backup b a n d th a t d id ­ n’t really belong.

M o rc h e e b a consists o f vocalist Skye E dw ards, D J P aul G o d fre y a n d his b ro th e r, g u ita ris t Ross G o d fre y . B y far, the best p a rt o f the evening was h e a rin g E dw ards’ “sexy a n d s u ltry voice” (as described b y D J G o d fre y , w h o also w a rm e d the c ro w d u p p rio r to M o rc h e e b a ’s set).

Perhaps h e r voice is th e real appeal o f M o rc h e e b a a n d has le n t to the g ro u p ’s g ro w in g appeal to record buyers.

D u r in g th e S p e c tru m show, G o d fre y repeatedly m ade reference to th e c ro w d as one o f the best ones yet o n the tour, a n d even c o m m e n t­ ed o n th e q u a lity o f C a n a d ia n , as opposed to A m e r ic a n , beer.

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O n th e ever-p o p u lar “P art o f the Process” , fro m th e ir B ig C a lm a lb u m , E dw ards h ad th e audience scream ing w ith h er d u rin g the cho­ rus.

T h e p ro b le m w ith th e 7 0 m in u te set was th a t th e song lin e ­ u p was d is jo in te d a n d fu r th e r dragged d o w n b y a p la c id b ackin g b an d . Songs lik e th e encore-closer “ R o m e W asn’t B u ilt in a D a y ” w ere h ig h ly energetic, b u t v e ry forced— alm o st as th o u g h a n y b a n d co u ld have p e rfo rm e d th e sam e song eq u ally as w e ll. T h e fren eticism o f such songs seem ed to be to o drastic in co n trast to songs lik e “ S lo w D o w n ” , w h ic h had th e c ro w d sway­ in g b ack an d fo rth in tran ce-like m ovem en ts.

S lo w in g d o w n d id n ’t seem to be an o p tio n fo r th e b a n d th o u g h , as th e y tore th ro u g h song after song w ith o u t reprieve. S w im m in g in the

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T h e c ro w d in te ra c tio n was good, th e audience enthusiasm was there, b u t s o m e th in g ju st d id n ’t m atch u p. A n d even th o u g h m e m ­ bers o f th e audience w ere b ro u g h t u p o n stage d u rin g th e fin a l song o f th e set, it was th e sound o f Skye th a t rode M o rc h e e b a h ig h in to the co ld M o n tre a l n ig h t.

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Bear Left braces for their U rb a n S a fa ri G reg M cKenna B ear L e ft, a local acoustic fo lk ro c k b a n d com prised o f M c G ill stu­ dents, w ill be releasing th e ir second a lb u m th is S a tu rd a y a t C a fé C a m p u s . T h e show represents the c u lm in a tio n o f a n u m b e r o f dogged ja m sessions a n d th e c o m b in e d e ffo rt o f th e b a n d ’s m em bers.

T h e g roup is a three-p iece o u t­ fit: Shai K o rm a n o n percussion, H o w ie K is lo w ic z o n g u ita r a n d vocals a n d M a t t W iv io t t o n bass.

H a v in g m e t in ju n io r hig h , K o rm a n a n d K is lo w ic z played in a v a rie ty o f bands together before creating Bear L e ft.

“W e w ere p re tty a w fu l, b u t w e h a d good [band] nam es— s tu ff lik e G o rilla Fish, M a rs u p ia l S oup and M o n o s ta t 7 ,” said K islow icz. “ Shai a n d I started p layin g soon a fte r as a d u o an d th e n M a t t jo in e d us, o rig i­ n a lly o n th e cello, b u t th e n he start­ ed p la y in g bass.”

T h e b a n d p layed th e ir firs t show to g eth er— a ll underage— in 1 9 9 7 at the Y ello w D o o r. Soon after, th ey w ere p la y in g reg u la rly at sm all venues, h a v in g the chance to develop th e ir live show an d im p ro v isatio n al skills. “ W e g o t in to o u r w h o le im p ro v is a tio n a l feel w h e n w e w ere s tartin g o u t,” said K islo w ic z. “O u r live concerts are a lo t o f fu n . W e have th e structu re, w e k n o w the songs, b u t w e really fly b y the seat

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T h e n e w a lb u m , U rb a n S afari, is a m ellow , fo lky, c le ar-soun ding c o m p ila tio n , w ith an easy listening, acoustic feel. T h e w r itin g fo r this a lb u m has taken place over the last

o ften over th e p h o n e . O v e r the years, th e y have developed a u n iq u e language th a t enables th e m to ade­ q u a te ly c o m m u n ic a te d iffe re n t feel­ ings o r sounds th a t th e y w a n t in th e ir songs.

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“O u r studio leaves a lo t o f ro o m fo r im p ro v e m e n t w ith every n e w e ffo rt,” said K islo w icz. “I th in k this a lb u m sounds a lo t b etter in term s o f th e reco rd in g q u a lity th an th e last one. I t ’s a m o re consistent-

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(L) Howie Kislowicz waves his hands in the air as Matt Wiviot holds down the beat. (R) Shai Korman pounds away. tw o years, b u t th e reco rd in g was d o n e in a b o u t fo u r m o n th s . F o r the b an d , it was a m u c h m o re concen­ tra te d experience th a n th e ir last a lb u m , You, me, w e..., w h ic h was c o m p le te d in a b o u t six years. “ T h is a lb u m is a lo t m o re m a tu re th a n a n y th in g w e ’ve ever w r itte n ,” said K o rm a n . “W e p icked th e songs th a t w e fe lt best f it to g e th e r fo r this a lb u m a n d best p o rtra y e d th e b a n d as w e are n o w .”

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K is lo w icz ad m its th a t m o st o f th e songs o n th e a lb u m are love songs, reflections o n events in th e ir lives. A lth o u g h there are a fe w refer­ ences to Israel in th e ir lyrics, there w ere n o p o litic a l in te n tio n s w h e n th e y w ro te the songs. “ T h e m o st ty p ic a l songs o f o u r w r itin g usually so u n d lik e th ey’re a b o u t one th in g b u t th e y ’re usually a b o u t s o m eth in g d iffe re n t th a t one o f us is dealin g w it h ,” said K o rm a n .

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B ear L e ft records a ll o f its m usic in a h o m e studio . T h e studio , w h ic h began as a c o m p u te r and som e m ic ro p h o n e s , has g ro w n , e n a b lin g the b a n d to p u t o u t b etter recordings w ith b e tte r sound q u a li­

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T h e b a n d also enjoys te llin g a sto ry in th e ir songs. In th e song “ D e a r”, th e y create a tale o f love an d desire based o n a busker th a t th ey pass regularly on th e ir w a y to school at the Peel m etro. “ I co m e o u t o f Peel m e tro every m o rn in g a n d I see this g u y p e rfo rm in g ,” exp lain ed K islo w icz. “ H e ’s ju st stan d in g there singing, a n d his songs are to ta lly bizarre. A s I saw h im everyday, I becam e fasci­ n ated b y h im a n d th o u g h t this g u y p ro b a b ly has th e m ost in terestin g back-story, so w e w ro te it fo r h im .”

W it h th e release o f th e ir C D , the b a n d plans o n d o in g a fe w shows to p ro m o te the a lb u m an d h o p e fu lly b reak even w ith th e costs o f p u ttin g it a ll together. H a v in g played m a in ly in M o n tre a l over the past fe w years, th e y have cu ltiv a te d a strong local fan base.

N o w , as th e m em bers are fin ­ ish in g up th e ir degrees a t M c G ill, th e fu tu re o f B ear L e ft is u n certain , b u t th ey are o p tim is tic an d h a p p y to see w h a t w ill h appen next.

“W e r e le ttin g it p lan its e lf a t this p o in t,” said K islow icz. “T h a n k s to o u r fans, I th in k w e’ll have a g o o d life span here in M o n tre a l. I th in k w e’ll be able to keep every­ th in g g o in g an d ju st w a it to see w h a t com es up a ro u n d the n ext co r» ner.

T h e release p a rty fo r B ear L e ft’s a lb u m U rb a n S afa ri w ill be h eld this S aturday, Feb ru ary 8 , a t C a fé C a m p u s . D o o rs o p en at 8 :3 0 p m .

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Chris Whibbs_________________ T h e people w h o star in a film are o ften a good in d ic a tio n o f the q u a lity o f the film . Take, for exam ­ ple, Paul R odriguez. I th in k any liv ­ in g person know s th a t w h e n his nam e is anyw here near a m ovie, it can be accurately labelled “crap-tacu lar” . Yet, stick the nam e o f another actor— lets try C lin t E astw ood— w h o has som e k in d o f h is to ry o f m e m o ra b le roles an d excellent m ovies b eh in d h im , and y o u th in k , “ H m m m . H e w o u ld n ’t ju st m ake a m ovie for m oney, he’s got a reputa• » tio n .

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W h e n A l Pacino is in a m ovie, there are things th a t m ust happen to his character to m ake you rem em ber th a t it is A l Pacino you’re w atch in g and n o t som eone else. 1) H e ’s always got to k n o w m ore th an yo u , 2 ) H e ’s always a b it dodgy, and 3 ) H e has to m ake a big ran t at some p o in t in the m ovie to prove w h a t a great actor he is. I f yo u lik e y o u r Pacino th en — by god— this m ovie gives yo u all three points and a little b it m ore. I love Pacino, an d by th e end o f th e film , I was very satisfied.

N e x t, C o lin Farrell has a role to fill as the ‘h u n k ’ o f the m o n th . 1) H e m u s t be naked at some p o in t in the film , 2 ) H e ’s th e o n ly one th a t the in c re d ib ly gorgeous fem ale (a b ly played b y Sum o f a ll Fears' B ridg et M o y n a h a n ) is attracted to , and 3 ) H e has p o te n tia l, b u t he ju st doesn’t k n o w i t . . . and again yo u can check

N o w , I ’m n o t givin g aw ay any o f the m ovie here, b u t there’s p le n ty o’ twists ‘n turns in this w e ll-d ire c t­ ed, ta u t tale o f C I A recru itm en t and,

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Chris Whibbs E n te rin g th e dankness o f C ab a re t M u s ic H a ll, I realized I was too late to see T h e Sadies play (d a m n th a t H o u r m agazine and th e ir faux-setlist!), a n d I was tru ly h eartb ro ken . L u ckily, I got to hear th e m in som e capacity, as th e y are th e cu rre n t b ackin g b a n d fo r Jon L an g fo rd , a leg endary fig u re a m o n g fans o f u n d e rg ro u n d p u n k /c o u n try m usic. L a n g fo rd ’s b e tte r k n o w n as th e leader o f th e b a n d T h e M e k o n s , w h o have been called “B rita in 's m o st en d earin g , e n d u rin g u n d e r­ g ro u n d in s titu tio n ” b y a t least one m a jo r m agazine.

T h e concert was essentially a c e le b ra tio n o f a ll th in g s Jon L an g fo rd , since n o t o n ly was he p la y in g as “Jon L a n g fo rd & T h e Sadies” (w h o are h a w k in g th e ir im m in e n t a lb u m , M ayo rs o f the M o o n ), b u t also as a m e m b e r o f his ban d , T h e W a c o B rothers. H a v in g never heard a song b y e ith e r ban d , I was ju st lo o k in g fo rw a rd to a good o l’ fa s h io n e d n ig h t o f raucous a lt.c o u n try , h o n k y -to n k a n d rocka­ billy, an d boy, d id I get it.

T h e re was a sparse, b u t loyal c ro w d at C ab a re t, w ith a couple o f brave souls s h im m y -in g aw ay as L a n g fo rd an d T h e Sadies played b o th u p te m p o songs a n d m o re sad, slow er ballads. D e s p ite th e G o o d brothers (w h o are th e m in d s b e h in d

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grasp o f these issues arises fro m his personal search fo r c u ltu ra l id e n ti­ ty. G r o w in g up in A u s tr a lia , he was not aw are th a t he was C hin e s e .

T h e dis­ covery o f his s u p p re s s e d c u ltu r a l h e r­ itage o p e n e d up a new w o rld to h im , a n d set h im performinglines.org.au o f f o n a m is ­ s io n to William Yang brings his multimedia message about ra­ cism, reconciliation and redemption to Usine C this month. expose th e tr u th . A lo t o f his e a rlie r p e rfo rm a n c e s d e a lt w ith w e re a t th e fo re fro n t o f p o litics, personal issues, b u t Shadows takes a a n d re u n ific a tio n w as s till fa r-o ff. tu r n o u tw a rd to th e perspective o f O v e r a ll, th e stories illu m in a t e others a ro u n d h im . m a n y years o f s u ffe rin g caused b y Shadow s w as p ro d u c e d b y ig n o ra n c e a n d fear.

T h e c e n tra l th e m e in Y an g ’s P e rfo rm in g Lines, a n d was o rig i­ n a lly c o m m is s io n e d b y th e S yd ney w o rk , th o u g h , is th e search fo r rec­ o n c ilia tio n a n d to le ra n c e , th ro u g h F estival, th e P e rth In te r n a tio n a l A rts F e s tiv a l a n d th e A d e la id e th e u n fo rtu n a te re a lity th a t is dis­ F e s tiv a l.

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D is c r im in a t io n , V an c o u v e r, C a lg a ry a n d T o ro n to , shows Y an g, targets groups o f p e o ­ as w e ll as several E u ro p e a n c o u n ­ p le o n a d a ily basis. T h e social a n d tries a n d extensively th ro u g h o u t p o litic a l c o m m e n ta ry p ro v id e d is A u s tra lia . b ro a d ly relevan t, b u t also p ersonal­ ly a fflic tin g .

Y an g ’s previous p erfo rm an ces, S h ad o w s w i ll be p la y in g Friends o f D o ro th y, T h e N o rth a n d February 1 3 to 1 5 a t Usine C as B loodlinks address c o n te m p o ra ry p a r t o f the S ix Stages festival. Usine issues such as A ID S , im m ig ra tio n C is lo cated a t 1 3 4 5 , avenue a n d th e tr o u b le d re la tio n s h ip LaLonde (M e tro B e a u d ry ). b e tw e e n heritage a n d id e n tity . H is Admissions: 5 1 4 - 7 9 0 - 1 2 4 5 .

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A n a rtis tic a rra y o f p h o to ­ g rap h ic slides arran g ed a n d n a rra t­ ed b y W illia m Y an g w ill h it the stage o f U s in e C in m id -F e b ru a ry .

E n title d Shadows, Y an g ’s e x h ib it is a re fle c tio n o f a d a rk past, racial d is c rim in a tio n a n d th e subsequent search fo r re c o n c ilia tio n . A th ir d g e n e ra tio n A u s tra lia n o f C h in e s e descent, Y an g is w e ll-k n o w n fo r his a w a rd -w in n in g p h o to g ra p h y a n d his a d a p ta tio n o f m o n o lo g u e s , as w e ll as his im pressive slide p ro je c ­ tions.

Y an g ’s u n iq u e fo rm does n o t f it in to a n y o f th e m a in s tre a m clas­ sifications associated w ith tra d i­ tio n a l th e a tric a l expressions. H e uses 8 0 0 d iffe re n t slides, six p ro je c ­ tors a n d tw o d o u b le screens fo r fu ll effect. A p arallel universe is c o n ­ stru cted , in w h ic h Y an g stands in th e m id s t o f all this a n d recites his m o n o lo g u e , w h ic h is th e k e y c o m ­ p o n e n t in Shadows. C o lin O ffo r d , an A u s tra lia n m u s ic ia n , ac c o m p a ­ nies th e visu al p re s e n ta tio n w ith vocal a n d in s tru m e n ta l m u s ic th a t c o m p le m e n ts th e show.

Y an g ’s n a rra tiv e a n d p h o to ­ graphs explore th e c o n d itio n o f tw o separate b u t related socio-h isto ric a l realities. F irs t, A u s tra lia ’s a b o rig in a l c o m m u n ity is h ig h lig h t­ ed in th e s to ry o f F u lla S h illin g s w o rth . Y a n g gives th e au d ien ce a lo o k a t th e w a rtim e p e r­ s e c u tio n a n d stru g g le o f th e G e rm a n s in S o u th A u s tra lia before

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W it h C ity o f God, first tim e B ra zilia n d ire c to r F ern an d o M ie rlle m a d e a sm all sensation in th e cin e­ m a tic w o rld . T h e film is n o w being s h o w n in 6 2 c o u n trie s , it was re c e n tly n o m in a te d fo r Best In te rn a tio n a l P ictu re at th e G o ld e n G lobes and, w ith over 3 .2 m illio n view ers in B razil, it b ro ke a n a tio n ­ al record.

City of God (PG-13) Directed by Fernando Meirelles.

Starring Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, and Gero Camilo. ★ ★ ★ out of ★ ★ ★ ★ T h e story is th a t o f a c ity and its in h ab itan ts, to ld th ro u g h the eyes o f R o cket, a slu m c h ild w h o dream s o f b eco m in g a professional p h o tograp her. C id ad e de Deus, the film ’s B razilian title , is actu ally the n a m e o f a B razilian housing p ro j­ ect, w h ic h was created in th e 1960s a n d e v en tu ally becam e o n e o f the m o st dangerous places in all o f R io de Janeiro.

A s th e story progresses th ro u g h the 60s and 70s, R o c k e t introduces us to m a n y strange an d in trig u in g characters, m ost o f w h o m are gang­ sters ru n n in g the d ru g trade in the slu m w here he lives. T h is includes R o c k e t’s o ld e r b rother, G oose, a

m e m b e r o f one o f the gangs in the p ro ject, w hose one d ream is to see R o c k e t becom e a student, an d n o t a h o o d lu m lik e h im .

A lth o u g h th e m o vie does go back an d fo rth w ith flashbacks at ce rta in ke y instances, it is to ld m o s tly in ch rono logical order. As R o c k e t explains, in o rd er to fu lly u n d e rs ta n d w h a t h a p p e n e d , he m u st tell the sto ry fro m the very b e g in n in g , so th e film starts w ith the early days o f th e housing p ro j­ ect, w h e n his b ro th e r’s gang, “T h e T e n d e r T rio ”, ran a sm all d ru g car­ tel a n d was the m a in source o f tro u ­ ble in the area.

W h ile g ro w in g up in C id a d e de D eu s, R o cket m eets an o th e r k id his age nam ed L’il D ic e w h o follow s th e T rio a ro u n d an d begins to h an g o u t w ith th e m . D ic e has dream s o f b eco m in g the m o st p o w e rfu l p er­ son in all o f R io , an d is w illin g to do a n y th in g to get there. B y the start o f the 70s, D ic e is already a w e ll-k n o w n c rim in a l and, after cre­ a tin g his o w n gang, he begins a reig n o f vio lence an d kills o f f m ost o f his enem ies. H e changes his n am e to L’il Z é a n d is close to real­ iz in g his c h ild h o o d d re a m .

H o w e v e r, to achieve this goal, he m u st defeat C a rro t, th e o n ly o th e r c rim e boss, an d this w a r is w h a t fin a lly tears th e characters’ lives apart.

T h e m o vie is to ld w ith a w e ll­ paced sense o f tim in g , a llo w in g yo u to get a p ic tu re o f th e c ity w ith o u t See GANGS LAWLESS, page 22

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T h e Sadies) lu rk in g b e h in d th e ir shaggy h a ir a n d L o u v in B rothersesque suits, a n d o th e r b a n d m e m ­ bers also s im ila rly s n a p p ily a ttire d , the set was all a b o u t L a n g fo rd — a lth o u g h there was a m u lti-in s tr u ­ m e n ta lis t in the back w h o grabbed a tte n tio n b y s im p ly h a v in g a h a n ­ d lebar m oustache A N D a h ig h ly developed afro. I th o u g h t he lo o k e d lik e som e g u y o u t o f Green Acres, b u t m y frie n d was m o re b lu n t and deem ed h im a “70s p o rn star” . E ven his able b o w in g o f a x y lo p h o n e d id n o th in g to d ra w m y eyes a w ay fro m th a t spherical w o n d e r a to p his n o g ­ gin. B u t I digress...

T h e m usic was excellent, and L a n g fo rd was q u ite e b u llie n t, d ra w ­ in g anecdotes o u t o f now h ere and e n te rta in in g th e c ro w d th ro u g h b o th his stories— “I w ro te this song on a piece o f la v a to ry paper, b u t I th re w it o u t ... a n d th e n T h e Sadies fo u n d it a n d tu rn e d it in to a d a m n fin e song”— a n d praise fo r his m usical co m p a trio ts , “Is there an y­ th in g these lads can’t do?” O n e o f the G o o d brothers even w h ip p e d o u t a fid d le a n d a b ly played it, m u c h to th e h ip -s w a yin g c ro w d ’s pleasure.

I t was th e n tim e fo r the fin a l act o f the evening w ith L a n g fo rd , this tim e p a rt o f th e b a rn -b u rn in g W a c o B rothers. T h e six-piece b an d w asted no tim e in setting th e to n e fo r the evening, as th e ir first song started lo u d a n d fast a n d ro llic k in g ,

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D ressed in id e n tic a l red shirts, fo r a reason L a n g fo rd a d m itte d he c ould n o t rem em ber, T h e W a c o B rothers b le w m e aw ay fo r the sim p le reason th a t I ’ve p ro b a b ly never seen a b an d have so m u c h fu n w ith so few peo­ ple. W it h fo u r-p a rt harm onies, syn­ c h ro n iz e d ju m p in g a n d som e scorching ro c k a b illy n u m b e rs , it was obvious w h y the dance flo o r w e n t fro m n o th in g to b e in g packed (as seen b y th e slow exodus fro m th e to p flo o r).

I d id n ’t k n o w an y song titles, b u t I w a n te d to. T h e o n ly one I tr u ly recognized cam e in th e encore w h e n th e y b le w everyone aw ay w ith an energetic cover o f the C lash’s “I F o u g h t th e L a w ” (ed note: o rig in a l­ ly w ritte n b y th e C ric k e ts ), a n d I th in k th e y d id a G eorge Jones cover a fte r th a t, w h ic h is in c re d ib le because w h o else has p u t those tw o together in a concert?

Jokes vo lleyed ab o u t. A u d ie n c e in te ra c tio n reached an a ll-tim e high w h e n L a n g fo rd fell on stage and th re w his legs up, k ic k in g against the air w h ils t p la y in g guitar. T h e show was a good tim e b o th o n and o f f stage, a triu m p h a n t n ig h t fo r a lt.c o u n try . I f the W a c o B rothers ever com e th ro u g h M o n tre a l again, stop by, p u t o n y o u r co w b o y boots a n d 1 0 -g a llo n h a t, get o u t y o u r c h e w in g “to-baccer” an d proceed to m osh y o u r h eart o u t.

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e v ie w s T h e Sm ashing P u m p k in s E arp h o ria V irg in Records

T h e Sm ashing P um pkins were the band everyone loved to hate, and E arphoria is th eir latest release, a col­ lection o f live perform ances fro m 1 9 9 3 and 1 9 9 4 , showcasing songs fro m th eir album s Gish and Siamese D ream . T h e C D is supposed to be the soundtrack to the v id e o /D V D Vieuphoria, fro m w h ic h all these per­ formances are taken. T h e re are a to tal o f 10 live tracks fro m Gish and Siamese D re a m , along w ith a han d fu l o f in strum ental tracks w ritte n for and used in Vieuphoria.

T h e h ig h lig h t o f the live tracks are the extended 1 5 -m in u te ja m o f “Silverfuck”, the eight m in u te ver­ sion o f “I A m O n e ”, a live electric

version o f “D isarm ” (w ay better than the pussy acoustic version on Siamese D re a m ), and the original acoustic version o f “M ayonaise” fro m Siamese D ream . “Silverfuck” happens to be m y favourite P um pkins song, so lis­ te n in g to this version m ade m e super-happy. D u rin g the course o f the 15 o r so m inutes o f it, B illy C o rg a n manages to th ro w in a verse fro m “S om ew h ere O ver the R a in b o w ” , alo n g w ith a B lack S abbath-esque ja m on a la te r P um pkins b-side called “Jackboot” .

T h e track ends w ith James Ih a w ear­ in g a to y space he lm e t and shooting a to y space gun at his guitar, m aking a crazy beeping sound th at leads in to lots and lots o f feedback.

E ven i f y o u do hate B illy C o rg an , this C D is w o rth checking o u t to see h o w great a band the Sm ashing P um pkins once were. A n d fo r all o f you w h o don’t hate M r .

C o rg an , check o u t his new band Z w a n on th e ir up co m in g release, M a ry S tar O f The Sea. -Ia n Weinberger

G a n g s la w le s s in t h e Continued from page 21 ever leaving y o u bored o r anxious fo r the next story to begin. T h e re are also som e v ery clever cam era tricks. T ake fo r exam ple, th e very b eg in n in g , w h e n R o c k e t finds h im ­ s e lf in the crossfire b etw een L’il Z é ’s gang a n d th e p olice. Just before w h a t seems lik e th e e n d fo r h im , th e cam era spins a ro u n d R o c k e t, a n d w e are telep o rted back to w h e n R o c k e t was a ch ild .

C ity o f C o d

T h e re is a lo t o f a ction in this film an d , a lth o u g h it isn’t n e a rly as b lo o d y as Gangs o f N e w York, there are s till q u ite a fe w scenes th a t m ay d is tu rb those w ith w e a k stomachs.

I t is still early in th e year, so there is n o p o in t in saying th a t C ity o f G od is th e best film o f th e year, th o u g h it p ro b a b ly w ill be. I t is b rillia n tly m a d e , b ru ta lly p o w e rfu l an d , as a d ire c to ria l d e b u t, a tr iu m p h fo r F e rn a n d o M e ire lle s .

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Mark Maby___________________ In an y p e rio d m o v ie , y o u have to w o n d e r w h a t is so special ab o u t this tim e in h is to ry th a t the story can’t be to ld in the present day? The Bay o f Love a n d Sorrows is set in N e w B ru n s w ic k in 1 9 7 3 . W e ll, it seems th a t in 1973 New B ru n s w ic k , people w ere in the h a b it o f keep in g large sums o f m o n e y in m ason jars an d cookie tins. I f the repercussions o f these careless acts te ll an y m o ra l, I h o p e th a t the good p e o p le o f N e w B ru n s w ic k have m e n d e d th e ir ways o f 3 0 years ago.

B u t a p art fro m this p o o r m a n ­ agem ent o f finances, th e film feels v e ry m u c h lik e it was h a p p e n in g to d a y a n d n o t in 1 9 7 3 . T h e story concerns a g roup o f y o u n g people in th e ir early 20s in late sum m er, early a u tu m n . T h e ir collars are a b it lo n g er a n d th e ir p a n t legs a b it w id e r, b u t th e y speak v e ry m u c h lik e people still do. T h e ir problem s o f school, w o rk a n d relationships are very c o n te m p o ra ry a n d even the sm all to w n w here th e y live seems very m u c h w h a t y o u w o u ld expect fro m a sm all m a ritim e to w n today.

In fact, th e film feels so c o n te m p o ­ ra ry th a t, at tim es, I fo rg o t th a t it was set 3 0 years ago. W h a t was the p o in t o f m a k in g this film a p e rio d piece then?

M o v ie s in general are a w o n ­ d e rfu l m e d iu m fo r m a k in g dead h is to ry ta n g ib ly real. A side fro m th e ir stories an d a c ting, m ovies lik e G la d ia to r, B raveheart a n d A n d re i R ublev are w o n d e rfu l ju s t fo r the w a y th e y show h o w th e w o rld was

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in tim es th a t are o n ly rem em b ered in h is to ry books a n d m useum s. B u t a p art fro m the recreation o f tim es fo rg o tten , there is an o th e r reason th a t film m a k e rs set th e ir film s in th e past: th a t is to m ake a p lo t m ore believable. I t ’s o ften m o re accept­ able to ta lk a b o u t racism in th e 50s th a n to ta lk a b o u t it in o u r present day, and audiences are v ery w illin g to believe th a t m en w o u ld fig h t duels to th e d eath 3 0 0 years ago, b u t can be cynical i f the same p ro b ­ le m causes a fist fig h t today.

T h e c o m m u n a l m o n e y idea is really ju s t a p lo t device, a n d film s

B a y of Love and Sorrows (PG-13) Directed by Tim Southam.

Starring Peter Outerbridge, Joanne Kelly, Jonathan Scarfe, Christopher Jacot, Elaine Cassidy, Zachary Bennett ★ ★ 1 /2 out of ★ ★ ★ ★

o fte n ask audiences to accept the m ost o u tlan d ish o f p lo t devices. In g e n e ra l, audiences d o , s im p ly because th ey w a n t to w a tc h the characters act o u t the m ovie. T h e characters, w h o w ere very w e ll pre­ sented, redeem ed m y sceptism . T h e p lo t in this film reveals a diverse group: th e fu n and sexy rich boy w h o easily forgets his friends, the lost frie n d w hose w orries cause h im to fa il at everyth in g , th e yo u n g

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w o m a n w hose sense o f frien d sh ip o u tw e ig h s h e r b e tte r ju d g e m e n t a n d th e ex-con w ith his b u lly ’s w a y o f easy frien d sh ip . . W h ile a ll th e characters are in vo lved in the same story, it ’s as th o u g h each character has a d iffe r­ e n t idea o f w h a t th a t story is. T h e d ru g dependencies o f one character b u ild w ith o u t an y in terference fo m his friends a n d the ro m a n tic ideas o f a n o th e r becom e illusions w h e n she fin d s h er lo ver doesn’t share th e m . T h e re develops a p o ig n a n t sense o f iso latio n a b o u t each o f the characters, w h ic h I fo u n d th e m ost affectin g aspect o f th e m ovie.

T h e late 60s an d early 70s are o fte n c h a ra c te riz e d b y id e a lis tic people w hose dream s fall ap art, and The B ay o f Love a n d Sorrows plays o n this w e ll-w o rn con cep tio n . T h e lo w ke y p o t-s m o k in g in the b egin­ n in g o f th e film turns in to p ill-p o p ­ p in g add ictio n s b y th e end, a n d the ideal o f c o m m u n a lly p o o lin g every­ one’s m o n e y in a large m ason ja r brings a b o u t th e sorrows o f the title . I th in k an audience w o u ld be very sceptical i f a g ro u p o f to d ay’s y o u n g people decided to share all the m o n e y th e y w ere m a k in g in one b ig jar. S ettin g th e p lo t in 1 9 7 3 m akes the idea m o re acceptable, th o u g h ju st.

In the e n d , it really doesn’t m a tte r th a t w e forget the film was set 3 0 years ago, o r th a t th e in itia l p lo t d evice was so o u tla n d is h , because th e f ilm d evelops a p o ig n a n t feelin g o f loneliness so w e ll, th a t it is fe lt even w h e n a m o n g close friends.

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I f n o th in g else, S o u lfis h in g T h e a tre C o m p a n y ’s p ro d u c tio n o f O n e S m a ll Step Sideways is sure to re m in d all fo rm e r hig h -sch o o l th e ­ atre geeks w h y th e y Spent hours w astin g a w ay in d usty b la c k -b o x theatres.

T h e a tr e a t its best can be in s p irin g a n d engrossing, a n d a t its w o rs t, p retentious a n d p lo d d in g .

O ne S m a ll Step Sideways h its b o th targets, b u t leaves a feeling o f w o n ­ d e r th a t alm ost m akes the m o re a m a te u r m o m e n ts seem forgivable.

C re a te d b y fo rm e r C o n c o rd ia theatre students (a n d O ne S m a ll Step Sideways cast m em bers) C a ro l Hodge and M in d y P a r fitt, S o u lfish in g ’s latest e ffo rt is housed in th e tin y H o rs B o rd space, a ‘b lin k a n d y o u ’ll miss it ’ theatre tu c k e d ne a tly b e h in d a Jam aican re s ta u ra n t o n S t-L a u re n t. T h e u n c o n v e n tio n a l space (th e ‘theatre” co u ld m o re accurately be com pared to a largish ha llw a y ) fits in nicely w ith th e h ig h ly abstract p la y the c o m p a n y has chosen to produce.

T h e space has b a c k -lit bla c k and w h ite pictures lin in g th e w alls, and s im p le risers a lo n g b o th sides, w h ic h raise th e au dience fro m a w o o d e n flo o r; e n te rin g the ro o m leaves y o u unsure as to w h a t exactly w ill follow .

T h is fe e lin g o f u n c e rta in ty is one th a t pervades th e perfo rm a n c e , a n d one th a t allows O n e S m a ll Step

Sideways b o th m u n d a n e an d b ril­ lia n t m o m en ts. T h e re is n o t an eas­ ily recognizable p lo t o r storyline; things d o n ’t progress in a logical or easy to u n d e rs ta n d o rd er. E ven D ire c to r A le x Iv a n o v ic i states in the p ro g ram he “w ill decline to explain this o d d little p la y ... because [he] does n o t fu lly k n o w w h a t it is.”

T h e re ’s s o m eth in g a b o u t a girl n a m e d A m a n d a , a stretch o f aban­ d o n ed tra in track and an in c id e n t o n the rails th a t changed everyth in g years ago. A theatre com pany, a ter­ rifie d g irl o n a h ig h -w ire rope an d a p a ir o f fo u l-m o u th e d ushers also c o n trib u te to an overall message th a t’s n o t e n tire ly clear.

T h e c la rity and p o w er o f the message, h o w ever, m a y n eed stronger m a te ria l th a n th e p ro d u c ­ tio n can offer. T h e sound, designed b y C a re y D o d g e , is crisp, clean an d b e a u tifu lly relevant, a n d th e lig h t­ in g design in cred ib le. T h e re is the feeling, how ever, th a t fo r th e first b it o f th e p la y it ’s all a b o u t th e visu­ als a n d less a b o u t c o m m u n ic a tin g a focused message.

T h a t b ein g said, th e visuals are w e ll w o rth focusing o n , as they’re absolutely strikin g . In fact, th e play seems to be m o st successful w h e n it ’s co n c e rn in g its e lf w ith these; p h y s ical poses a n d in te ra c tio n s b etw een characters lo o k w o n d e rfu l a n d a llo w th e audience to derive th e ir o w n m ean in g , even i f th ey d o n ’t u n d erstan d w h a t th e essential message is.

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W h e th e r it was th e acoustics o f th e space or th e actors, th e ir voices (w ith th e n o ta b le e x c e p tio n o f P a rfitt) seem ed d ry an d n o t to live u p to th e ir visual counterparts.

T h e re was a heavy b it o f p o e t­ ic m o n o lo g iz in g , an d fo r som e rea­ son M ic h e lle S u tcliffe delivers hers (especially near the b eg in n in g ) as d is jo in te d a n d d etach ed . I t ’s an in terestin g tech n iq u e, b u t one th at even tu ally serves to take aw ay fro m the w ords rath er th a n underscore th e ir m e a n in g . H a lfw a y th ro u g h the p erfo rm an ce, the voices begin to w a rm u p . H o w e v e r i t ’s n o t enoug h to erase the first im pres­ sion.

A r o u n d th a t m id w a y p o in t, th o u g h , w e are h it w ith P a rfitt’s s ta n d -o u t p erfo rm an ce. A s a yo u n g tro u b le d g irl w a lk in g o u t her bed­ ro o m w in d o w , she m anages to c o m ­ pel th e audience w ith n o th in g m o re th a n a fe w w o rd s , c o m p le te ly in v o lv in g th e m in h er em otions.

T h e rest o f th e cast accom panies h er via h a n d gestures (distracting) an d sin ging (b e a u tifu l).

I t ’s m o m e n ts like this th a t set O n e S m a ll Step Sideways a p a rt.

A lth o u g h th e sh o w is v e ry uneven— th e b e a u tifu l aspects art m a tc h e d w ith segm ents th a t sm ack to o clearly o f theatre-school tra in ­ in g exercises— it has e n o u g h m o m e n ts w h e re it m anages to in spire an d h o rrify th a t m ake this “o d d play” one w o rth seeing fo r yourself.

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Friday, Jan. 31 M c G ill lost 4 8 -7 3 vs.

C onco rdia Saturday, Feb. 1 M c G ill lost 5 7 -6 4 at B is h o p ’s

In th e fin a l o f three w ee k e n d C o n c o r d ia /M c G ill m a tc h -u p s , the M c G ill h o ckey M a rtle ts defeated N o . 4 -ra n k e d C o n c o rd ia Stingers 1 -0 at M c C o n n e ll A re n a Sunday.

T h e w in was extra special fo r the M a rtle ts , as th e y c lin c h e d first place in th e Q u e b e c S tu d e n t S ports Fed eratio n conference fo r th e first tim e since th e leagues fo rm a tio n in 1971.

M c G i ll g o a lte n d e r K im S tP ierre was stellar once again, m a k ­ in g 2 3 saves fo r h e r 1 0 th s h u to u t in 12 league starts. T h e s h u to u t ties th e C a n a d ia n In te ru n iv e rs ity S p o rt single-season re c o rd , set b y th e U n iv e r s ity o f T o r o n to ’s A lis o n H o u s to n last year.

T h e v ic to ry gave M c G ill the fo u r-g a m e series sw eep ov e r C o n c o rd ia .

M c G ill centre A u d re y H a d d w o n th e in it ia l fa c e -o ff, b u t C o n c o rd ia im m e d ia te ly snatched it back, a n d th e c ro w d was assured th a t a h a rd -fo u g h t b a ttle w o u ld fo l­ low . T h e firs t fe w m in u te s o f the gam e w ere disorganized, as b o th teams struggled to c o n tro l the play, b u t as soon as S t-P ie rre m a d e the firs t save o f th e gam e, M c G ill set­ tle d d o w n .

Just over six m in u te s in to the p e rio d , the first o f m a n y p e n a lty calls fo r b o th team s o ccurred, as M c G ill le ft w in g P au la M a illo u x received tw o m in u te s fo r b o a rd in g .

R egardless o f C o n c o rd ia ’s m a n advantage, the M c G ill defence d id n o t back d o w n a n d a llo w its rival to get the p u c k o n n e t. M c G ill head coach Peter S m ith c re d ite d th e w in to little victories lik e these.

“W e w o n th e b a ttle s ,” said S m ith . “W e h a d fig u re d th e gam e w o u ld be a b a ttle fo r th e p u c k .”

K a th e rin e S afka, in h e r second year w ith the M a rtle ts , scored the

BASKETBALL (M): Friday, Jan. 31 M c G ill lost 8 4 -8 8 vs.

C onco rdia Saturday, Feb. 1 M c G ill lost 6 2 -8 0 at B is h o p ’s

HOCKEY (W): Friday, Jan. 31 M c G ill w on 7 -0 vs. O ttaw a Sunday, Feb. 2 M c G ill w on 1-0 vs. C onco rdia

HOCKEY (M): Friday, Jan. 31 M c G ill lost 2 -7 at N o . 2 UQTR Saturday, Feb. 1 M c G ill lost 3 -5 vs. C onco rdia

TRACK & FIELD: Laval In vitatio n al M e e t at SteFoy, Quebec Saturday, Feb. 1

MEN 1. Laval (87.5) 2. C o lb y (8 5 .5 ) 3. M c G ill (5 9 ) 4 . Sherbrooke (2 8 )

5. UQAM(ll) T h e R edm en w on tw o golds, fiv e silvers and fiv e bronzes

WOMEN 1. M c G ill (9 3 ) 2. C o lb y (8 6 ) 3. Sherbrooke (6 6 ) 4 . L aval (1 3 ) T h e M a rtle ts w o n fiv e golds, seven silvers and three bronzes

VOLLEYBALL (M): Friday, Jan. 17 M c G ill lost 0 -3 at Laval (1 3 -2 5 , 1 1 -2 5 , 1 0 -2 5 ) Sunday, Jan. 19 M c G ill lost 0 -3 vs. Sherbrooke ( 1 6 - 2 5 ,2 1 - 2 5 , 1 9 -2 5 )

lo n e goal o f th e m a tc h a t 1 2 :4 9 o f th e firs t p e rio d , assisted b y V é r o n iq u e S an fa ç o n . T h e goal m o v e d S afka a m ere fo u r p oints b e h in d C o n c o rd ia ’s M a rie -C la u d e A lla rd in th e Q S S F scoring race.

“I t is n o t a c o ncern. W e ’re te a m -o rie n te d ,” said Safka, w h e n questio ned a b o u t th e stats b attle th a t she is c u rre n tly w a g in g w ith A lla rd .

T h e second p e rio d revealed increased tension a n d e m o tio n , as the players becam e lo u d e r a n d m o re aggressive, a n d fans in te ra c te d ver­ bally. V ete ra n defencem an A llis o n T ic m a n is played a k e y role fro m the start in ke e p in g C o n c o rd ia aw ay fro m th e M c G ill net, w h ile H a d d a n d M a illo u x k e p t th e pace at a h ig h speed w it h several s tro n g shots, a ll b lo c k e d b y C o n c o rd ia go alten d er Jessica A n d e rs o n .

B o th team s w ere given tw o penalties in th e second, b u t n e ith e r was able to score w ith th e advan­ tage. M c G ill gave A n d e rs o n a ru n fo r h e r m oney, w ith tw o strong shots in a ro w b y assistant captain S o p h ie A cheson and Peggy D onohue, w h ile C o n c o rd ia ’s G enevieve D u p u is spent tw o m in ­ utes in th e box fo r u n s p o rts m a n lik e c o n d u c t.

S afk a c o m m e n te d on C o n c o rd ia ’s in a b ility to score o n its p o w e r-p la y o p p o rtu n itie s .

“T h e y m issed o u t o n som e o p p o rtu n itie s , b u t w e d e fin ite ly d id , to o ,” S afka said. “T h e re are always ways to w id e n th e le a d .”

In th e th ir d p e rio d , th e m o u n te d aggression was obvious, a n d a g a in th e b a ttle s ensued.

M c G ill, how ever, refused to back d o w n . T h e M a rtle ts ’ superb passing a n d te a m w o rk k e p t th e m ahead in th e gam e.

S t-P ie rre stepped u p to the challenge o f an increasingly desper­ ate C o n c o rd ia squad a n d , as the

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fin a l b u z z e r s o u n d e d , she h a d re c o rd e d tw o m o re saves th a n A n d e rs o n .

M c G ill n o w has fo u r games re m a in in g fo r S t-P ierre to break the C IS s h u to u t record. T h o u g h seem ­ in g ly w e ll o n h e r w a y to c la im in g th e title , S t-P ierre has n o t th o u g h t a b o u t it m u c h .

“T h e team does so w e ll in fro n t o f m e. I t ’s th e ir record, to o ,” said th e m o d e s t O ly m p ic -g o ld m edalist.

A s an e ig h t-y e a r-o ld , S t-P ierre w a tc h e d her fa th e r a n d brothers p la y hockey. T ra d in g in h e r figure

skates fo r h o ckey skates, she never k n e w h o w m u c h she w o u ld accom ­ plish. S im ilarly, she never foresaw th e M a rtle ts co n sisten tly b eatin g C o n c o rd ia , th e ir intense rival fo r m a n y years w h o , b etw een 1 9 8 5 an d 2 0 0 1 , never lost to M c G ill.

“I th o u g h t it w asn’t possible in th e b e g in n in g . F o u r o r five years ago, w e w e re alw ays lo s in g to C o n c o rd ia ... I d id n ’t k n o w this w o u ld h a p p e n ,” said S t-P ierre.

M c G i ll m eets C a rle to n in O tta w a S aturday, a n d th e fo llo w in g day, th e te a m plays U Q T R in T ro isR ivières.

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VOLLEYBALL (W): Friday, Jan. 3 1 M c G ill lost 1 -3 at Laval (1 7 -2 5 , 2 5 -2 3 , 1 9 -2 5 , 1 9 -2 5 ) Sunday, Feb. 2 M c G ill lost 0 -3 vs. Sherbrooke (1 6 -2 5 , 2 6 -2 8 , 1 8 -2 5 )

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Karen Kelly T h e N a tio n a l H o c k e y League to o k tim e o u t this w e e k e n d to rew ard its best players. W h ile the a n n u a l A ll-S ta r gam e showcased the ta le n t in the N H L , som ew here else a n o th e r coach was p o lis h in g his résum é fo r an in e v ita b le coaching vacancy, w here his talents m a y be b e tte r appreciated.

P rio r to the break, seven head coaches h a d already been fire d fro m th e ir u n d e rp e rfo rm in g team s.

C o lu m b u s , San Jose, A tla n ta , C o lo ra d o , C algary, N e w Y o rk and M o n tr e a l have a ll s h o w n th e ir coaches th e door.

M o n tre a l got rid o f head coach M ic h e l T h e r r ie n in m id-January.

Last year T h e rrie n g u id e d the H ab s to the playoffs fo r the first tim e in fo u r years. M o n tre a l m ade it to the second ro u n d , w here th e y lost to C a ro lin a in six games.

C o lo ra d o A valanche coach B ob H a r tle y to o k his te a m to fo u r straight W e s te rn C o n feren ce finals a n d , tw o years ago, a S tanley C u p , b e fo re b e in g dism issed in D ecem ber.

T h e latest casualty o f th e N H L b la m e gam e is B ryan T ro ttie r, le t go b y the N e w Y o rk Rangers as head

coach last w eek. T ro ttie r to o k over in N e w Y o rk this season fro m R on L o w e an d , in 5 4 regular season games, was unable to squeeze the w a n te d results o u t o f th e $ 6 9 .2 - m illio n team .

T h e difference in the Rangers’ case is th a t T ro ttie r’s replacem ent w ill n o t com e fro m the ever-revolv­ in g d o o r o f hirings an d firings in the N H L . R angers P res id e n t a n d G e n e ra l M a n a g e r G le n S ath er decided the o n ly one fit to take the reigns was him self.

U p o n an n o u n c in g he was ta k ­ in g over, Sather gave his players a clear message: “p u t up o r shut u p .”

H e w o u ld do b etter to take it as a message fo r h im s e lf th o u g h . In the c o m in g m o n th s, he co u ld be praised as a genius or shrugged o f f as a n o th ­ er coach w h o s im p ly c o u ld n ’t get th ro u g h to his team . O n e th in g is

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Physical battle not in Redmen's favour âmes Scarfone W it h no N H L games o n th e slate due o th e A ll-S ta r gam e a n d w ith w a rm e r te m leratures o utsid e, m a n y fans flo c k e d to /Ic C o n n e ll A re n a o n S aturday to cheer on he g ritty M c G ill hockey R e d m e n . I t lo o k e d ike th e boys, how ever, co u ld use a trip to unrise, F lo rid a , h o m e o f this year’s A ll-S ta r ;ame, to p ic k u p som e pointers.

W i t h b a c k -to -b a c k losses to divisio n al a id e r l ’U n iv e rs ité d u Q u e b e c a T ro is livières lin g e rin g in th e backs o f th e ir riinds, the R e d m e n (1 3 -6 - 2 ) a llo w e d a desierate C o n c o rd ia squad to steal tw o points, tsin g 5 -3 in fro n t o f a near s e ll-o u t crow d.

T h e Stingers (8 -1 0 - 1 ) d e a lt M c G ill its h ird consecutive defeat o n th e heels o f David C o m e a u ’s tw o goals a n d th e solid o a lte n d in g o f P h ilip p e O z g a , w h o stopped 2 o f 4 5 shots. T h e events th a t transpired ■ver th e last w eek, how ever, d id th e R e d m e n a, according to M c G ill head coach M a r tin Raym ond.

“W e haven’t played o u r best h o ckey in a d iile a n d w e’ve been h a rb o u rin g som e frusrations s te m m in g fro m th e U Q T R gam es,” R aym ond said.

C a p ta in D a v id Burgess, w hose fa m ily >ras v is itin g fro m his h o m e to w n in M anitoba, was d isap p o in te d th a t th e y h a d to witness several su b-par games.

“M y m o m hasn’t seen m e p la y in som e im e so I was really h a p p y th a t she cam e ,” lurgess said. “I ju st w ish w e co u ld have p u t in som e b etter gam es.”

A fast-paced first p e rio d le d to som e ggressive p lay b y b o th team s, w ith R e d m e n lefencem an D a n ie l Jacob ra m m in g Stingers en tre Patrice R o y in to th e boards on a C o n co rd ia ru sh , cau sin g R o y to crash

th ro u g h the p e n a lty box d o o r a n d o u t o f the play. C o n c o rd ia re s p o n d e d w h e n C o lin S c o tla n d to o k o u t M c G i ll g o a lie L u c V a illa n c o u rt, sig naling to th e R e d m e n th a t th e y w ere prepared to m a k e it a gam e. T h e Stingers h a d a 2 -1 lead go in g in to th e second p e rio d . R o y a n d L u c M essier ta llie d fo r the visitors, a n d R e d m e n w in g P aul T h e ria u lt re p lie d w ith one fo r th e h o m e side.

C o n c o rd ia s truck early in the m id d le fra m e , as C o m e a u slipped past M c G ill’s shaky defence to slide the p u c k b e h in d V a illa n c o u rt o n th e fa r side. T h e Stingers added a n o th e r o n a nice cross-ice feed fro m C o m e a u to fo rw a rd Y a n n ic k N o is e u x o n the p o w e r play, m a k in g th e score 4 -1 a fte r 4 0 m in u tes o f play.

M c G ill appeared poised fo r its p a ten ted th ird p e rio d o u tb u rs t w h e n T h e r ia u lt scored 3 :3 6 in to th e p e rio d o f f a soft re b o u n d th a t la n d e d rig h t o n to th e S te-Foy, Q u e b e c , na tiv e ’s stick.

L a te r in th e p e rio d , e m o tio n s started to h eat up b etw een th e tw o sides, m u c h to the a p p a re n t c hagrin o f the referee. W it h M c G ill on th e p o w e r p la y a n d w in g e r Joel Bergeron in th e dressing ro o m fo r a 1 0 -m in u te m is ­ co n d u c t, defencem an A le x a n d re Page rifle d a shot past O z g a to reduce th e lead to 4 -3 w ith ju s t over three m in u te s to go in the fin a l fram e.

W i t h ju s t u n d e r a m in u te le ft, C o n c o rd ia ’s C o m e a u c a u g h t th e M c G ill goalie o u t o f p o s itio n a n d snuck one past h im to seal th e victory.

M c G ill cam e o u t lo o k in g exhausted and d id n o t create a n y o d d -m a n rushes, m a in ly due to som e uncharacteristically slo ppy skat­ in g. V a illa n c o u rt also struggled significantly, a llo w in g som e w e a k goals early on.

“W e m issed q u ite a fe w chances o u t th e re ,” said T h e ria u lt. “W e ’ve been so frus­

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trated w ith o u r play an d th e U Q T R games th a t it got to o u r heads a n d , before w e k n e w it, w e w ere d o w n early.”

“E v e ry th in g was a ll p o s itiv e fo r us befo reh an d , b u t la te ly w e ’ve ju s t been play­ in g w e ll b e lo w o u r p o te n tia l a n d g e ttin g o u r­ selves in to tro u b le ,” added Burgess.

Page was one o f a fe w R e d m e n defencem e n th a t p e rfo rm e d w e ll in the absence o f veteran b lu e -lin e rs C h a d B lu n d y an d D a v id L iz o tte , w h o w ere suspended a lo ng w ith fo r­ w a rd P ie rre -A n to in e P aquette fo r alterca­ tions in last w eek’s h o m e gam e against UQTR. F o rw a rd Sébastien Langlois was also sit­ tin g o u t a gam e d u e to a h ig h -s tic k in g m a jo r he c o m m itte d in F rid a y ’s re m atch in T ro isR ivières. T h e ir absence was a p p a re n tly a b lo w to the dressing ro o m .

“W e lost som e key d efencem en an d o u r key fo rw a rd a n d th a t’s never go in g to help us, b u t w e can’t use th a t as an excuse,” said Burgess. “ [T h e suspensions] w ere o u t o f o u r c o n tro l, a n d w e w ere p re tty pissed o f f ab o u t th e m ,” re p lie d T h e r ia u lt to th e short bench.

“T h e y are som e k e y guys.”

“I t really fru strated us since it caught us b y surp ris e ,” echoed R a y m o n d . “ L o sin g solid players can p u t a d a m p e r o n the lin e u p .

“C o n c o rd ia ’s n o t a bad club a n d th ey p u t us b e h in d the e ig h t ba ll early, causing us to get back in to th e basics,” added the head coach. “S h it happen s.”

V a illa n c o u rt stopped 2 8 shots in a los­ in g cause a n d the c o nference-leading goal-

te n d e r has been o ff-b e a t o f late, a llo w in g 15 goals in th e last three gam es. M c G ill was w e a k o n th e p e n a lty k ill as w e ll a n d C o n c o rd ia to o k advantage, go in g 3 -fo r-6 w ith th e extra m a n .

B a ttle fo r L o w e r C a n a d a T h e m o tives fo r p o o r p la y b y th e R e d m e n can be a ttrib u te d to a pesky d iv i­ sion riva lry th a t ju s t w o n ’t le t u p w ith the team th a t is chasing th e m fo r first in the Far East D iv is io n o f the O n ta rio U niversities A th letics C o n feren ce.

N o . 2 -ra n k e d U Q T R received tw o goals a n d tw o assists fro m th e conference leader ,A lex Trem b lay, in a 7 -2 slaughter o f th e vis­ itin g R ed m en on Friday. B e n o it M a r t in and D o u g O r r got th e M c G ill m arkers.

G o a lie L u c V a illa n c o u rt, d ro p p in g o n ly his second start o f th e season, was replaced five m in u te s in to the th ird p e rio d b y veteran M u r r a y C o b b a fte r he surrendered the sixth P atrio te goal.

T h e gam e, n o t u n lik e last S unday’s m a tc h , was m a rre d b y p e n a ltie s . T h e R e d m e n gave the h o m e team 11 chances on th e p o w e r p lay an d U Q T R cap italized on fo u r o f those o p p o rtu n itie s . A ll in all, 9 9 p e n a lty m in u tes w ere assessed in th e single contest, w ith M c G ill receiving th e b u lk o f th e d iscipline.

T h e R ed m en played th e ir fin a l regular season h o m e gam e against C o n c o rd ia on S atu rd ay an d n o w head to K in g s to n to face Q u e e n ’s this Saturday.

T H E H IS T O R Y OF T H E M O N T R E A L C R O S S -T O W N R IV A L R Y M E N ’ S HOCKEY s in c e 1 9 7 5

W O M E N S HOCKEY S in c e 1 9 8 5 M c G ill is 6 - 5 1 -2 against C o n c o rd ia in th e ir last 5 9 gam es, d a tin g back to a tw o gam e p la y o ff upset over C o n c o rd ia in the 1 9 8 5 Q u e b e c conférence sem ifinals. A fte r th a t 1 9 8 5 p la y o ff w in , M c G ill w e n t 4 9 co n ­ secutive games (0 -4 7 - 2 ) w ith o u t a w in ver­ sas th e Stingers before sn ap p in g the streak w ith a 1 -0 v ic to ry in a s h o o to u t at the n a tio n a l cham pio nships in C a lg a ry in 2 0 0 1 .

In the last 14 m eetings, the decisions have been sp lit— seven w ins fo r b o th teams.

T h is year, th e M a rtle ts sw ept the season series fo r the first tim e ever, w in n in g all fo u r encounters, three o f w h ic h w ere shutouts.

Last year, M c G ill w o n the season-open­ er, b u t th e Stingers b o u n ced back to w in five in a row, in c lu d in g b o th games in the besto f-th re e League C h a m p io n s h ip Series. A ll fo u r regular season m eetings betw een the cross-tow n rivals ended w ith id e n tic a l 4 -2 scores.

M c G ill ow ns a 5 2 - 8 4 -1 1 life tim e record against C o n c o rd ia since 1 9 7 5 . In th e 1 4 6 gam es played to date, th e Stingers have outscored M c G ill b y a 6 9 5 - 5 2 4 m a r­ gin.

T h is season, th e teams have split th e ir first fo u r games and the tie-b reaker w ill be decided at the C o re y C u p on Feb ru ary 14.

F o r th e past fe w seasons, th e R ed m en have ch ip p e d aw ay a t the S tin g er d o m in a tio n .

In the 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 season, C o n c o rd ia w o n the series w ith a 4 - 1 -2 record an d last sea­ son, M c G ill to o k a bigger slice o f the pie, losing o n ly three o f five m eetings.

P la y o ff history: T h e tw o teams have crossed paths in n in e post-season series, w ith the R e d m e n w in n in g five o f th e last seven series. In 18 p la y o ff games against each other, th e team s are dead even, w ith a 9 - 9 -0 life tim e record.

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game analysis, photos and accounts other in BASKETBALL and HOCKEY this weekend.

Martlets basketball stricken by injuries Joseph Bottone T h e M c G i ll b a s k e tb a ll M a r tle ts s u ffe re d a 7 1 - 4 8 loss to th e C o n c o rd ia Stingers F rid a y n ig h t. T h e M a rtle ts have lost 1 0 gam es in a r o w to th e S tingers, in c lu d in g fo u r this season, a n d are n o w 0 - 9 in th e Q u e b e c S tu d e n t S ports F e d e ra tio n .

T h e S tingers im p ro v e d to 4 - 5 , m a in ta in in g th ir d place in th e Q S S F , five p o in ts ahead o f th e M a rtle ts .

T h e S tingers w o n th e ju m p a n d n e v e r lo o k e d back, s coring 11 u n a n s w ered p o in ts b e fo re M c G ill was able to score. G u a r d A lis e n S alu s b u ry ’s basket p u t th e M a r tle ts o n th e b o a rd w ith 1 4 m in u te s le ft in th e firs t h a lf. M c G i ll’s to p scorer M a u d e V allières q u ic k ly fo llo w e d w ith tw o m o re o n th e n e x t posses­ sio n to p u ll h e r te a m to w ith in six. A s was th e s to ry o f th e n ig h t, h o w ever, C o n c o rd ia p re v e n te d th e ir o p p o n e n ts fr o m b u ild in g a n y sort o f m o m e n tu m .

M a r tle ts h e a d coach Lisen M o o r e a c k n o w le d g e d h e r y o u n g te a m ’s in a b ility to h a n d le th e S tin g e r’s h ig h -p re s s u re defence.

“W h e n th e press ca m e o n fr o m th e g e t-g o , w e w e re d o w n 11 b e fo re w e g o t o n e ,” said M o o r e .

“O n c e w e d e a lt w ith it , w e p la y e d th e m p re tty even­ ly. In fa c t, th e last 14 m in u te s o f th e [firs t] h a lf, I t h in k w e b e a t th e m b y o n e .”

T h e M a r tle ts p u lle d to w ith in fiv e in th e tim e

to w h ic h M o o r e re fe rre d , b u t e n d e d th e h a lf w ith w h a t w o u ld p ro v e to be an in s u rm o u n ta b le 1 0 p o in t d e fic it.

T h e S tingers’ in tense fu ll-c o u r t press was c ru c ia l to th e ir success against th e M a rtle ts . T h is strategy was p u t in to a c tio n fro m th e m o m e n t o f M c G i l l ’s firs t possession a n d d id n o t le t u p in th e second h a lf, even w h e n th e ir le a d exceeded 2 0 .

T h e M a r tle ts s u ffe re d u n u s u a l d iffic u lty m o v in g th e b a ll b e y o n d m id -c o u r t. T h e te a m was p e n a liz e d fo r a 1 0 -s e c o n d v io la tio n w ith seven m in u te s le ft in th e firs t h a lf. T h e S tingers fo rced e ig h t tu rn o v e rs in th e second h a lf a n d c o n verted o n several, in c lu d in g o n e in th e fin a l m in u te o f play.

V alliè re s expressed h e r d is a p p o in tm e n t w ith F rid a y ’s e ffo rt, a fte r c o m in g close to v ic to ry in th e p revio u s tw o gam es. “ I was re a lly h o p in g fo r a v ic to ry to d a y ,” V alliè re s said. “ In th e firs t g a m e , w e w e re w in ­ n in g a n d th e n w e tu rn e d th e b a ll over tw ic e in a row , a n d th e y w o n b y tw o . T h e n th e last gam e was b y fo u r p o in ts , so w e w e re h o p in g to w in to d a y .”

In d e e d th e M a r tle ts h a d been w a tc h in g th e ir fo rtu n e s s in k w e ll b e fo re th e w h is tle b le w to start F rid a y ’s gam e. T h e roster su ffered y e t a n o th e r m a jo r loss in ta le n t a n d e xp erien ce w h e n fo rw a rd S h a n n o n H o w a r d severely s p ra in e d h e r a n k le at W e d n e s d a y ’s p ra c tic e . T h e fifth -y e a r s ta rter was le a d in g th e league in reb o u n d s, a v e ra g in g 4 .8 p er gam e. M c G i ll h a d a lre a d y lo st its a ll-s ta r fo rw a rd C h e e k a M itc h e ll a t th e b e g in n in g o f th e season d u e to in ju ry .

H o w a r d ’s in ju r y m e a n t th a t th e M a rtle ts ’ re m a in in g h e a lth y players h a d to c o n trib u te to a g reater degree.

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“T h a t was o n e th in g these in ju rie s have caused us,” said M o o re . “W e d o n ’t have a consisten t lin e -u p o n th e c o u rt. W e have s o m eo n e lik e [guard] K e lly -R a e K e n y o n c o m in g in to d o fo u r thing s; [fo rw a rd ] A n n e -M a r ie S ch errer c o m in g in to p la y fo u r p o sitio n s o n o ffen c e a n d d e fe n c e .”

V allières was also fo rc e d to p la y p o in t g u ard ra th e r th a n h e r m o re n a tu ra l p o s itio n o f s h o o tin g g u ard . N everth eless, she scored th e m o s t p o in ts in th e gam e w ith 2 1 , despite a ta p e d -u p w ris t.

T h e th ird -y e a r g u a rd leads th e M a rtle ts in scor­ in g a n d is seventh in th e Q S S F , averag in g 9 .5 p o in ts a gam e. “ T h e re a lity o f th e in ju rie s is th a t w e su ffer a little b it in b a ll h a n d lin g , a n d w e su ffe r a little b it in s h o o tin g th e b a s k e tb a ll,” concedes M o o re .

“W h a t w e have to le a rn to d o n o w is c o m m u n i­ cate th ro u g h adversity.”

T h e coach sees lead ersh ip as th e c ru c ia l c o m ­ p o n e n t to th e fu tu re success o f h e r y o u n g te a m . “ T h e y are lo o k in g fo r s o m eo n e to h e lp th e m d o w e ll o n th e flo o r, fo r p e rfo rm a n c e lead ership.

T h e y ’re lo o k in g fo r s o m eo n e to go to . B u t w h a t th e y have to u n d e rs ta n d is th a t it ’s th e m .”

For com plete M cG ill-C oncordia gam e cover­ age, check o u t M a rtle ts hockey on page 23 and R edm en basketball on page 26.

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T h e b itte r rivals have crossed paths 1 0 2 tim es. M c G ill ow ns a 3 1 -7 1 life tim e record versus the Stingers.

T h is season, the Stingers lead the series 2 -1 w ith tw o gam es re m a in in g (at M c G ill on F e b ru a ry 8, at C o n c o rd ia on Feb ru ary 15).

In F eb ru a ry o f the 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 season, the R e d m e n w in over th e Stingers m a rk e d th e firs t M c G ill v ic to ry over C o n c o rd ia in regular season p la y since a 7 9 - 7 0 w in a t M c G ill in 1 9 9 5 . In 1 9 9 9 , the R e d m e n recorded th e ir first p la y o ff w in against th e Stingers since 1 9 8 6 .

M c G ill has lost 10 straight games to the Stingers, w h o lead th e series 5 1 -4 0 , d a tin g back to th e 1 9 7 5 -7 6 season. M c G ill has w o n o n ly fo u r o f th e last 2 7 m eetings betw een the tw o schools, in c lu d in g a 6 4 - 6 0 v ic to ry in January, 2 0 0 1 , and a 7 0 - 6 2 w in in February, 1 9 9 9 — b o th o n th e h o m e c o u rt. A t h o m e , M c G ill is 2 0 - 2 5 life tim e against th e Stingers.

T h is season, the M a rtle ts have lost all fo u r o f th e ir m a tc h -u p s against th e Stingers, w ith tw o gam es r e m a in in g (a t M c G ill o n Feb. 8 , a t

C o n c o rd ia on F ebruary 1 5 ). In the Q u e b e c S tuden t S ports F ederatio n season-opener, M c G ill lost a 4 9 4 7 th rille r on N o v e m b e r 2 2 . T h e three games fo l­ lo w in g have been co m fo rta b le Stingers victories.

F o r the past three years, several C o n c o rd ia M c G ill games have been decided by o n ly one or tw o points. F o r exam p le, last season, th e M a rtle ts lost 6 8 - 6 7 on January 2 0 as w ell as a 5 7 -5 1 defeat in N o vem b er. In the 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 season, at the M c G ill R e d b ird Classic to u rn a m e n t, the M a rtle ts lost 6 4 -6 0 .

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

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C oach es e a sily picked on by struggling NHL team s Continued from page 23

te ll h ire d this guy, any­ way?” T h e o th e r six G M s to swing :he coaching axe this season m ay rave assum ed the questio n was m erey rhetorical.

A m o re im p o rta n t question is, ‘W h y are players w h o m ake upwards i f $ 1 1 -m illio n a season (see C aps’ [a ro m ir Jagr— th o u g h he’s c u rre n tly hot, I rem ain c o n fid e n t th a t this streak is an aberration and he’ll be la c k to m a k in g w ay m ore th a n he’s w o rth in no tim e ) having tro u b le staying o n the same page as th e ir coaches?

Coaches are em ployees whose failure to c o m m u n icate th a t w in n in g strategy to th e ir players lands th e m m h o t w a te r regularly. Players, h o w ­ ever, are co m m o d ities. T h e y have the p o ten tial to be great an d the failure to achieve th a t p o te n tia l is the result i f im p ro p e r n u rtu rin g o f th e ir ta l­ ent, ego, desire to w in o r all o f the above.

M a y b e it isn’t the coaching th a t is the p ro b le m . M a y b e players sim ­ p ly n eed in c e n tiv e to p e rfo rm .

C ontracts o ften in clu d e bonuses fo r goals scored o r gam es p layed .

N egative bonuses w o u ld be a step in the rig h t directio n — p en alizin g play­

ers fo r consistent u n d erp erform ance, in a b ility to execute plays an d n o n ­ m o tiv a tio n . Perhaps o n ly penalties to team captains a n d assistants w o u ld be necessary to encourage a d iffe re n t o u tlo o k in the lo c k e r-ro o m — I bet th e coach’s message w o u ld com e th ro u g h a lo t m o re clearly then.

T h i n k this a p p ro a c h is to o harsh? Perhaps the idea o f p u ttin g such a great responsibility squarely on the shoulders o f o n ly a few m en, an d d o lin g o u t re trib u tio n w h e n the results d o n ’t m a tc h the e ffo rt p u t in , seems a little unfair. T h e rrie n proba­ b ly th in k s so.

T h e rrie n w o n ’t say a bad w o rd ab o u t th e C anadien s o rg a n iza tio n th o u g h . H e understands th e gam e a n d accepts th e need fo r a scapegoat.

H e p ro b a b ly also know s w h a t the result w ill be: a b rie f rise in the team ’s perfo rm an ce, as players react to a n e w vo ic e th a t is n o t so easily d ro w n e d o u t, fo llo w e d b y a re tu rn to the m ediocre play o f o ld . For, after the dust in the coach’s office settles, com p la c e n c y am ongst the players w ill re m a in . As lo n g as G M s are p u t­ tin g the blam e on coaches, players w ill s im p ly believe w h a t th ey are to ld — th a t the fa ilu re to p e rfo rm is n o t h a lf as bad as the failu re to get others to do so.

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T ra c k a n d fie ld shines in S te -F o y M c G ill’s track and fie ld team tra v e le d to S te -F o y , Q u e b e c , S atu rd ay fo r the Laval In te rn a tio n a l M e e t. M c G ill b ro u g h t h o m e 2 7 m edals in to tal. T h e m e n w o n tw o g o ld , five silver and five bronze m edals. T h e w o m e n amassed five gold, seven silver a n d three bronze m edals.

As a team , d ie w o m e n finished first w ith 9 3 p o in ts , w h ile the m e n , w ith 5 9 points, placed th ird b e h in d Laval a n d C o lb y .

G o ld m edals fo r M c G ill w ere w o n in the fo llo w in g events: 3 0 0 0 m — R yan B eaton ( 8 :3 8 .5 0 ); 4 x 8 0 0

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m — Sasha G e u k jia n , Ism ail Kassam, J e ff M c C a b e , D a n ie l Lennox ( 8 : 0 7 .8 0 ) ; 1 0 0 0 m — S arah A liK h a n (2 :4 6 .6 0 ); 4 x 4 0 0 m — Leslie M a rc o tte , L a u ra C a rp io , L in d say Lessard, S. A li-K h a n (9 :4 8 .5 3 ); 6 0 m hurdles— Ashley S h u m ate (9 .3 8 m ); lo n g ju m p — D a w n C re ig h to n (5 .0 6 m ) and trip le ju m p — D a w n C re ig h to n (1 1 .5 4 m ).

M c G ill w ill next com pete a t the Fast T ra c k In v ita tio n a l at Boston U n iv e rsity, F eb ru ary 15.

M a r tle ts v o lle y b a ll g e ttin g closer O n Friday, the M a rtle ts lost at Laval 3 -1 , (2 5 -1 7 , 2 5 - 2 3 , 2 5 -1 9 , 2 5 - 1 9 ). E rin M a c k e n z ie had 17 kills a n d tw o stuffed blocks, w h ile A n n e R o b ita ille had eig h t kills.

S h erbrooke proved to rem ain th e th o rn in M c G ill’s side, as the M a rtle ts w e n t d o w n in three close sets ( 2 5 - 1 6 , 2 8 - 2 6 , 2 5 - 1 8 ) o n S unday. R o b ita ille am assed n in e

digs, five kills, three stuffed blocks an d a 2 .3 0 passing ratio o u t o f 3 .0 0 .

Julie H e ro u x had six kills, five digs a n d a 2 .3 5 passing ratio.

R e d m e n v o lle y b a ll to h o st c h a rity m atch M c G i ll lo st to L a v a l an d S herbrooke over the w eekend. T h e V e r t - e t- O r m atch was very close (2 5 -1 6 , 2 5 -2 1 , 2 5 - 1 9 ), as A n d re w Royes had n in e digs an d a 2 .5 0 pass­ in g ratio. C h ris Jones recorded fo u r kills, three aces, tw o digs and one stuffed block.

T h e R ed m en re m a in winless in league play. M c G ill hosts the a n n u ­ al O rn a d a C u p c h a rity m a tc h F rid ay versus l’U n iv e rs ité de M o n tré a l at 8 p m . Fans are encouraged to b rin g o ld clo th es, n o n -p e ris h a b le food item s and any d o n atio n s fo r the O ld B rew ery M ission .

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Time running out on hoopsters playoff hopes M ark Kerr T h e M c G ill basketball R e d m e n c o n tin u e d to struggle over th e w eek­ e n d , d r o p p in g gam es to th e C o n c o rd ia Stingers a n d the B ishop’s G aiters.

T h e losses m oves M c G ill to 2 -8 in Q uebec S tu d e n t S ports Fed eratio n conference play, good fo r last place in th e fo u r-te a m division.

T h e R e d m e n are fo u r p oints b e h in d C o n c o r d ia fo r th e fin a l p la y o ff b e rth , w ith five games re m a in in g .

M c G ill m eets C o n c o rd ia tw o m o re tim es this season.

“T h e R e d m e n are d e fin ite ly b e h in d th e p ro v e rb ia l e ig h t b a ll,” said M c G i ll h ead coach N e v io M a r z in o tto . “T h re e consecutive loss­ es have le ft the te a m reeling a n d the coaching s ta ff lo o k in g fo r solutions, w h ic h have y e t to p rodu ce w in s fro m a v e ry ta le n te d and unde ra c h ie v in g te a m .”

In F rid a y ’s g a m e a t L o v e C o m p e titio n H a ll, M c G ill lost to the Stingers 8 8 -8 4 . T h e h o m e side to o k a o n e -p o in t lead in to the lo c k ­ e r-ro o m at h a lf, b u t c o u ld n o t h o ld o n . In fact, th e R e d m e n w ere le a d in g b y as m a n y as 10 p o in ts , b u t C o n c o rd ia charged back fo r th e vic­ tory.

“T h e R e d m e n played h a rd u n til th e y had a 10 p o in t lead, a n d fritte d the gam e aw ay by g e ttin g aw ay fro m the things th a t got th e m this advan­ tage, c o n tro lle d offence a n d creating o p p o rtu n itie s fro m defensive pres­ sure,” said M a rz in o tto .

T h e la c k o f c o n tro l o n the offence was reflected in the n u m b e r o f turnovers th e R e d m e n gave up.

C o n c o rd ia fo rc e d 13 tu rn o v e rs , a llo w in g th e team to score 21 points.

D o m e n ic o M a r c a r io was M c G i l l ’s le a d in g scorer w ith 2 6 p o in ts . S tingers fo rw a rd P a tric k Perrote led a ll scorers w ith 2 7 points.

R edm an F re d e ric B e rn a rd grabbed a g a m e -h ig h 11 rebounds.

M c G ill o u t-re b o u n d e d C o n c o rd ia 4 7 - 3 4 a n d h a d n in e second-chance p o in ts , c o m p a re d to fo u r b y

C o n c o rd ia .

M c G ill traveled to L e n n o x v ille , Q u e b e c , fo r a m a tc h -u p w ith B ishop’s. T h e R e d m e n w ere d o w n by n in e a t the h a lf a n d co u ld n o t m ake u p th e d e fic it, as th e G aiters w o n c o n v in c in g ly 8 0 -6 2 .

“Versus B ishop’s, [M c G ill] was slo ppy an d th ey co u ld n o t get any typ e o f sustained m o m e n tu m , eith er d e fe n s iv e ly o r o ffe n s iv e ly ,” said M a rz in o tto .

P o in t g u a rd D e n b u r k R e id , w h o scored o n ly 10 p oints against C o n c o rd ia th e n ig h t b efo re, re b o u n d e d to d ro p 1 7 against B ishop’s. M a rc a rio an d K ir k R e id b o th c h ip p e d in 14 points.

T h e G a ite rs d o m in a te d th e boards, b rin g in g d o w n 4 0 rebounds, w h ile M c G ill co u ld o n ly grab 19.

W h ile the size d iffe re n tia l co u ld be

used to explain th e recent losing streak, M a rz in o tto believes it has to do w ith team leadership.

“W e can ta lk a b o u t un d isci­ p lin e d p lay in key situatio ns, lack o f size, an d an u n experienced bench, b u t w h ere is th e leadership fro m o u r senior players? W h e re is the choice to redirect outside influences and s im p ly focus on the task at hand?’ said M a rz in o tto .

M c G ill hosts Laval at 8 :0 0 p m T h u rs d a y n ig h t, an d C o n c o rd ia w ill m a k e th e trip across to w n to p la y the R e d m e n F rid a y n ig h t at 8 :0 0 p m .

M c G ill m u st w in b o th games to keep its p la y o ff hopes alive.

“I f w e are go in g to get o u t o f this huge h o le w e have d u g fo r o u r­ selves, it has to start soon, because tim e is d e fin ite ly ru n n in g o u t,” said M a rz in o tto .

NICOLE LEAVER McGill and Bishop’s tangle, or is that tango, in a game earlier this year.

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

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COUPE DE QUEBEC No. 2 Saturday, Feb 1 - Grand slalom

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1st W om en: 2nd - Michelle Beaulieu - Bishops -2:2 3.1 4 5th - Kveta Safarik - McGill - 2 :2 7 .2 2 8th - Megan McCourt M c G ill - 2 :3 6 .3 3 9th - Kerrie Besbitt - McGill - 2:4 0 .9 7 - Kmily Boudreau - McGill - 2 :4 1 .3 7

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