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Redpath Museum pathless for disabled students Critics say administration violates its own student rights policy Lom e K otler Renovations to the Redapth Museum funded with a grant from the Quebec government will not make the building accessible to dis abled students, in violation of McGill University’s policies. Section 15 of the policy in the Handbook of Student Rights and Responsibilities states: “There is an ongoing removal of architectural barriers that limits students with disabilities...the McGill BarrierFree Standards are applied to all renovation and new construction at McGill.” Recently, the museum received a half million dollar grant from the Actions gouvernmentales immédi ates de relance (AGIR) fund of the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communication. The grant did not include funds to address the prob lem of the buildings inaccessibility. Chuck Adler, the director of the University Planning Office, was involved in the initial stages of the museum renovation project. “There is no viable plan as of today [for making the building accessible]. I haven’t given up, but it is not in the financial constraints,” said Adler. “It wasn’t submitted as part of the program — we would have tried if we had the cash.” Dr. Graham Bell, director of the Redpath Museum, explained that the funds obtained from the ministry were directed toward spe cific goals. There is a new perma nent exhibit on the geological his tory and biological diversity of
Quebec as well as a new exhibit on ethnology. In addition, there were structural changes to the third floor and more display space was made. Mario Brodeur, an officer at the Ministry of Culture and Communication, said the lack of handicapped accesibility in the plans didn’t affect the awarding of the grant. “Yes we are aware the public building is not accessible,” he said. Professor David Covo, Director of the School of Architecture and a member of the Advisory Group to the university’s Office of Facilities and Development, was involved in preparing an architectural plan that would have satisfied accessibility requirements, but it was rejected on grounds of cost. “The concept involved a new entrance at the rear with a relatively simple ramp, some reworking of the interior space, more reworking upstairs and the addition of an ele vator. It would also have involved [among other things] upgrading the washrooms and telephones,” said Covo. “The grant [Redpath] was able to secure would not cover addi tional work.” Bell denies having ever seen an architectural plan; however, he believes that the university will fol low through. “As far as I understand, it is a project that is going to be done by the university,” he said. He was not aware of the Univesity policy with respect to See REDPATH, page 2
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renovations. After the policy was read to him, he replied, “There are many policies at the McGill that deal with many contingencies, put ting them into effect in a historic building is another matter.” He also said, “Handicapped access at McGill has been a priority for some time.” Nissim Louis, coordinater of Access Services for the Office for Students with Disabilities, believes both McGill and the Quebec gov ernment are at fault for not making accessibility a priority. “[McGill] is contravening the policy for students, refusing tc adhere to a policy set by the Senate,” said Louis. “The museum is open to the public, funded witf tax dollars. The building code stip ulates all renovations required foi access adhere to stipulations foi public buildings.” Sandra Gualtieri, a second yeai Women's Studies major, has cere bral palsy and uses a motorized wheelchair. “I have found McGill is will ing to adopt if I have classes that are not accessible. That is why I can'i understand why the museum isn't, We have rights like everyone else...we're treated as second class citizens.” Covo thinks McGill should pay for handicapped access if the Quebec government doesn’t cover the cost. “The University bears respon sibility,” said Covo. “I believe that the issue of accessibility is crucial, and the museum needs to be. But it does not necessarily follow that funds from the grants should go to it. The timing is good for the uni versity to make the building acces sible once and for all.” Redpath is one of the oldest museums in Canada. It opened in 1882 to preserve the collections of Sir William Dawson, a Canadian natural scientist. Originally intend ed primarily for the use of students and faculty, in 1986 the museum opened its doors to the public. The museum offers workshops for ele mentary and secondary students, and its artefacts and specimens are studied by anthropology and biolo gy classes.
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Music students can't w ait for room to play MUSA demands security during wait for construction; students petition administration K a te Rhodes The Music Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) began circulating a petition Friday morn ing to demand secure practice space after the Faculty converted seven rehearsal rooms in the east wing of the Strathcona Building into offices for Teaching Assistants this summer. Construction of the $44 mil lion Faculty of Music Building, orig inally scheduled to begin in August and now slated to commence in January, necessitated relocation of the offices. Music students say that the reduction in spaces means less time to practice. Also, they are worried that the security of their instruments and the atmosphere of the building will be compromised by the pres ence of Arts students visiting their TAs. At the start of the fall term, music students found yellow posters on practice room doors that said: “This room is now an office for teaching staff. Please keep door locked.” The yellow signs have since been torn or defaced with graffiti, cross-outs and messages like “use less” and “more practice rooms” scrawled on them. “The MUSA knew nothing of the move,” said Paul Litterio, MUSA Vice President of Recreation. “We just came back from summer to the change. Now getting practice space has become much more diffi cult, and by waiting around for a room, people waste time or have to rework their schedules.” MUSA Vice President Publicity Eileen TenCate and Music Senator Gabriel Rebick posted this petition in the music cafeteria on Friday: “We, the students of McGill’s music faculty, feel that the code locks on the fourth and fifth floors of the East Wing should not be removed. Albeit these locks do not provide perfect security, they do offer some security that we do not want to be without. We prefer to give out the code to the many McGill University students taking music courses in the Faculty of Arts than to leave the doors without locks.” Faculty of Music Dean Don McLean met with MUSA in an open student meeting Thursday to discuss solutions to security risks. He proposed removing the locks altogether. “At present, the system does not work and I believe keeping the locks will lull students into a false sense of security,” said McLean. “It’s more a way of making students alert and aware of themselves. For a music student, if an instrument is stolen, it’s a very powerful violation.” McLean said the petition is unnecessary, and that the adminis tration is eager to work with the stu dents through MUSA to protect stu dents and their valuable instru ments. “I want an effective means of security that will both protect the students and meet the functions we require,” said McLean. “A modest estimate of an instrument would be ’•L
$10,000 to start, but a basic profes sional level instrument is easily 10 times that.” Slated construction of the new Faculty of Music building has forced a shuffling of offices in Strathcona.
This summer, the Student Services Office was moved from the second floor to the former TA offices on the third floor. In July, the TAs moved into practice rooms on the fourth floor, decreasing practice space by around 18 per cent. The fourth and fifth floors are secured with five-button combina tion door locks to protect students’ instruments against theft. Because construction requires much of the second floor to be cleared, McLean is moving his own office, along with reception and support offices, far ther into the east wing to make more practice space until the “wrecking ball swings through the walls,” he said. Now students taking music classes offered to the Faculty of Arts need access to the fourth floor to meet the TAs who teach their cours es. While the Faculty has looked into new security mechanisms, the sheer number of students needing to access the area poses problems. The Art of Listening, one of many class es offered to Arts students, has an enrollment of 350. Hugh Topham, a trombone player and recent graduate, is fed up with the Faculty’s response. “I can’t stand these security issues,” said Topham. “TAs should be moved off this floor and Arts stu dents should not have the door codes... The students are very frus trated about security; the faculty should install key cards or better lock systems to protect the floor.” At the old third floor offices, nineteen TAs occupied two rooms; now spread across seven rooms on the fourth floor, six to seven TAs often share an office. “We all have to coordinate our office hours so we don’t crowd each other out,” said TA Mireille Beriault. “Students must not like it that there’s not enough space... In general, TAs are not happy.” Serge Medawar, a TA who shares an office with Beriault, con curred. “It must be very difficult to visit
with a TA and try to learn in front of so many other people,” said Medawar. McLean said his Faculty’s empty pockets forced a tough choice.
“[A] feeling of security is a key element in... effectively practicing,’ said McLean. “It hurts me, I felt horrible that the practice rooms were replaced, but I had to do it.” McLean investigated moving into space across Sherbrooke Street, but could not find funding to reno vate for practice rooms, as costs could not be added to the existing building estimates. “We’re all tightening our belts for the next two years, but once the new building is complete and administrative offices are moved, there will be space for at least 60 practice rooms in the old building... We’re doing something about the security issue and I wish anxiety could be cured right away.” Professors are also subject to the space crunch in Strathcona.
ing. I know people that come in at 6:00am to practice or stay late into
“The music faculty is the only school at McGill where full-time tenured professors share their office space, and give it up, at least once a week, for instructing staff space,” said McLean. “The new building will provide much relief for our present over crowding,” McLean said. Groundbreaking was set for late August, but funding and design issues have pushed the start of con struction to January. If delays persist into the winter, McLean has said he will resign. Some music students fear that the Arts students walking the halls of Strathcona will not understand the musicians’ culture. “Practicing is a powerful, selfintroverting activity, and I don’t think a non-musician can under stand that right away,” said McLean. “Theft issues aside, a musician respects the space of an instru ment—they’ll walk around it — whereas anyone else might bump into it.” Students sign up for practice rooms on sheets posted by the doors, or else search until they find an empty space. Practice rooms vary in design to accommodate different musical needs. “Live” rooms, pre ferred by pianists and singers, do not have any acoustic treatment or sound absorbing features, letting the sound resonate, said Litterio. “Dead” rooms are lined with a black rubber mesh to absorb sound; the fourth floor practice rooms are mostly “dead,” and are mostly used by instrumentalists. Afternoons are especially busy, said U3 pianist Areenah Zanazanian. “I don’t bother to try practicing here, it’s ridiculous, and a bad atmosphere to practice in,” said Zanazanian. “At lunch there’s a long line of people just sitting there wait
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the night to get their time in.” Zanazanian practices at least three hours a day, and the average music student will practice any where from three to eight hours; performance majors play even more. MUSA President Anna Frey believes that the demand for practice rooms reflects the dedication of the music students. “The practice rooms are always in use because we produce an excel lent product,” said Frey. She said that the renovation of the offices into TA offices was completed over the summer because “construction creates a lot of dust which is bad for singers and wind players.” The Faculty of Music will cele brate its one-hundredth anniversary with the opening of the new build ing in fall 2004. The Quebec gov ernment, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and private donors provided funding for construction. The Faculty has an enrollment of 800 students and is ranked among the top 12 North American music schools for both performance and research. www.isc.jcu.edu.au
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W ar: w h a t is It good for? A b s o lu te ly n o th in g , say activists Campus groups recruit open minds to protest American action against Iraq Jacob W olpert Anti-wax activists at McGill are recruiting fellow students to protest the American push for a military confrontation with Iraq. Fifteen students, most in their first year, jammed into the tight con fines of a Québec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) confer ence room Tuesday for an informa tion session hosted by McGill Students Against War and Racism (MSAWR), an off-shoot of QPIRG which seeks changes in government policy through direct action. Most attendees said their dis enchantment with the American war on terrorism inspired them to promote the activist message. Julia Kastner, a first-year Arts student, said that being at McGill exposed her to activism. “In high school there was no opportunity to get involved in activism,” said Kastner. “When I came to McGill I wanted to help bring about positive social change through action, and [MSAWR] seemed like a good place to start.”
The session began with an oudine of the MSÀWR’s raison d’être, which ranged from the gen eral (opposing government policies endorsing war and racism) to the specific (preventing military action against Iraq). Claiming to be the “first such group at McGill” to take direct action on anti-war issues, session organizers described their activities, including panel discus sions, distributing fliers and demonstrations. Discussion at the session cen tred on the anti-war movement. Students talked about the lack of coverage by the media of war crimes, like the deportation of thousands of Algerians from their homeland. After a McGill Daily opinion piece advocating the bombing of Iraq was read aloud at the session, nearly all attendees cried in derision. Organizers relat ed anecdotes of previous demon strations undertaken by MSAWR members, and provided informa tion on Montreal-area groups working on similar causes. The evening was not without moments of dissent. With the political tensions at Concordia on
everyone’s mind, the connotation of the term ‘direct action’ was con tentious. One student she was wary of confrontational protests, ques tioning the effectiveness of such tactics in promoting the goals of MSAWR. Others agreed, advocat ing art exhibits and candlelight vig ils, among other activities, as more appropriate methods of peaceful activism. Aaron Lakoff, a first-year Arts student, doesn't share this view. “Vigils are a good way to draw attention to problems, but in terms of effective activist strategies it’s also really important to take part in direct action,” said Lakoff. Citing a recent MSAWR demonstration outside the US Consulate as a suc cessful example, Lakoff asserted that “in order to move your cause forward, it’s necessary to be [pub licly] visible... [D]irect action helps to get the message across.” While acknowledging the neg ative events that have tarnished activism’s image in recent days, organizer Antoine Libert, a secondyear Anthropology student, insist ed that MSAWR is strictly pacifist. “Our mandate is one of non
violent direct action,” said Libert. “At the same time, we understand that the sheer diversity of students who join our cause often results in a diversity of tactics and methods of action. We’re not here to tell people the right way to go about their activism. That does not mean endorsing violence.” International Development Studies major Nicholas Boake explained the difference between violence and direct action. “So-called 'shock tactics' such as dye-ins [in which participants dye their clothes red to represent the innocent victims of war] may be somewhat disturbing, but there’s nothing inherently violent about them,” said Boake. “Our objective is to provoke, yes, but provoke public debate and change — not physical confrontation.” By the end of the meeting, most in attendance pledged to sup port the activist message through MSAWR and its contemporaries. Organizers stressed the importance of immediate action, and said they had tentative plans for an on-cam pus information booth and dye-in event.
Boake said students should pay attention to what governments do in their citizens' names. “Every action undertaken oi supported by the Canadian gov ernment—including the bombing of civilians in Iraq—is done in the name of the Canadian population who brought them into power,” said Boake. “Not only does an unprovoked assault on a defence less nation reflect badly on us as a whole, it sets a dangerous standard that could one day be used to justi fy an attack on ourselves. If wc want to maintain peace in our soci ety, we need to take action and lei our views be known.” Julia Kastner thinks the public will should guide government deci sions. “Governments should be the voice of the people,” said Kastner “If the public disagrees with taking action against Iraq, the govern ment shouldn’t go along with it That’s democracy in its essence— and that’s what our group seeks to uphold through activism.”
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Hatcher returns to McGill w ith one religion With Bahai in heart and proof in hand, professor claims we worship the same God Sam Goffm an
The aisles of Leacock 26 were brimming with students Thursday night as mathematician and philosopher Professor William S. Hatcher of the Université de Laval addressed whether or not there is one true religion. “No, there is not one true reli gion, there is only one religion,” Hatcher proclaimed to an earnest crowd. “Different religions are only phases in the development of this one religion.” Hatchers idea, based on the teachings of the Baha’i faith, emphasized the notion that there is more binding humanity togeth“T h e r e
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er than driving it apart. A conflict between religions, said Hatcher, begins when a religious believer asserts that his or her religion is the one and only truth, and all others are in error. “The problem derives only from the exclusivity claim,” said Hatcher. “In light of the exclusivi ty claim ... there can be only one true religion.” Indeed, as it is logi cally impossible for any two differ ent religions to be correct, a reli gious fanatic is much more dan gerous than a common criminal, said Hatcher. “Who would you rather be dealing with, a Montréal mafia guy or a religious fanatic?” Hatcher asked the audience. “As soon as the
criminal gets what he wants, you’re out of danger.” Fanatics, on the other hand, will keep after a per son to change his or her beliefs for as long as he or she lives. “This concept of religion is wrong,” asserted Hatcher. Fanatics, he said, do not have what he calls an “authentic relationship” with other people. Authentic rela tionships between individuals are, according to Hatcher, reciprocal, universal, dynamic, and everdeveloping. He used the analogy of a human cell to illustrate his point of universality and common humanity. “Each species is determined by the genealogy of that species,” he explained. “Every [human] cell has a ‘nametag,’ with two parts: the first part says it’s a part of a human being. That part is found in every human.” The other part is unique to that individual. “All [physical] individual dif ferences take place within absolute and fixed limits determined by the universal aspect of the genetic code,” said Hatcher. Unity precedes diversity in DNA, just as it does in the more metaphysical notion of humanity. It is for this reason that authentic relationships between people are possible: “We all have this nametag, that says we are human.” T his idea is the essence of the Baha’i faith, Hatcher said. He called it the “oneness principle,” whereby what any two humans have in common is more impor tant than anything that might dif ferentiate them. Indeed, these dif ferences are merely inherited from the past, and form a “discourse of difference” that gives more impor tance to difference than similarity. The importance we give to these
differences, said Hatcher, is purely subjective, whereas our common humanity is an objective fact. “It’s not the fact of difference that’s important, it’s the impor tance you give to those differ ences,” explained Hatcher. Undertaking a discourse of unity instead of emphasizing differences wouldn’t change objective facts. It would merely change the subjec tive importance we give to those
is in fact one true religion ... the pursuit of altruistic love, universal ity•” The religions of the world are merely faces of the pursuit for the only religion there is. Individuals are not wrong to follow a particu lar religion, as each person finds his or her own path towards uni versality. “Religion is this universal dia logue based on what is universally
facts. Unfortunately, said Hatcher, conflict arises when people say that their difference is what defines them, not their common humani ty. If people would pursue this uni versality, religious conflict would vanish. “When religion is viewed as authentic relationships,” said Hatcher, “and authentic relation ships are viewed as evolving, there
human,” said Hatcher. What is wrong, he explained, is when a believer in a particular religion claims that all other religions are in error. In reality, the fundamental belief of almost all religions is the same, said Hatcher: that God is the cause of everything. The belief that God does not exist is simply false, since Hatcher has, in previ ous lectures at McGill, presented
Implementation of reform is questioned by environmentalists After years of student lobby ing and bureaucratic delays, McGill Senate last Wednesday approved the Accompanying Principles to the university’s Environmental Policy. The Principles, which include six direc tives adopted by the Senate Committee on Physical Development two years ago, received strong support from stu dents, faculty, and administrative representatives According to Spencer Mann, the student representative on the Subcommittee on the Environment, more progress needs to be made. “There are many steps yet to be taken on the road to environ mental excellence at McGill,” said Mann. “From here the next few steps as I see them are, continuing to strengthen the Environmental
Policy (EP) by bringing forward the EP Recommendations, [and] continuing the process of environ mental auditing begun at McGill in the summer of 2001. Most importantly, we need the crafting of a better environmental manage ment system which can oversee the “T h e re s te p s y e t to
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logical proofs verifying God’s exis tence. Just as the Baha’i faith strives to unite science and reli gion, the universality that Hatcher discussed is based on objective reality: the fact that God is the universal cause of all that exists
“The potential for cost reduc tions and savings from increased efficiency are substantial. UBC just instituted a large-scale water and energy conservation program that will save their university $2.2 mil lion annually while improving working and learning conditions for the UBC community.” Student representatives were pleased with the results of the Senate meeting. “It’s a good thing for McGill,” said Students’ Society of McGill Vice-President University Affairs Fred Sagel, who said a thoughtful process led to the policy’s approval. “It’s been four years since the Subcommittee [on the Environment] was struck.” Sagel said the University needs to pick up the slack in terms of its recycling and energy conservation practices, especially in the student residences and cafeterias. “Compared to other universi
ties, we’re still definitely behind.” McGill Principal Bernard Shapiro supports the Senate’s deci sion to approve the Environmental Principles, but is concerned about obstacles to making McGill green er. “I am delighted that Senate passed the policy, thus providing the University with a set of general directions that are, indeed, very positive,” said Shapiro. “The chal lenge ahead will be to develop the resources that will be necessary to do many of the things that the pol icy might suggest. I am confident, however, that over time, such resources will be found.” In last weeks edition of The McGill Tribune, activist Jaggi Singh was incorrectly identified as Singh Singh. The Tribune regrets the error.
binds the different religions together. True faith is “a relation ship between you and God based on your awareness of your depend ence on God.” During question period many audience members asked Hatcher to elaborate on certain details of his lecture. One person asked about humans’ relationship with animals; another took issue with Hatcher’s use of the word “he” to describe God. “Everybody has their own axe to grind,” smiled student Shahin Muttalib. “Vegetarian, Jewish per son, feminist. Someone even read his book. It was all there.” Despite limited criticism the response to Hatcher’s lecture was widely positive among the audi ence. “It was excellent,” said stu dent Lydia Shodjai. “It clarified many things for me, and made me realize that the core of all religions is the same. Religion was not cre ated for disunity, but for unity.” Hatcher’s message was opti mistic. “Love is the only win-win transaction between human beings,” he said. “That is what it is to be in the Bahai faith.”
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“Character is much easier kept than recovered. ” — Thomas Paine
O u r a p a th e tic H a rv a rd Kate Rhodes_____________________________________________________
The write-up in Newsweek says it’s the "Harvard of Canada". Yet, it seems that as long as the outside world maintains an image of how great we are, we feel no desire to create a ‘perfect McGill’ on our own. The constant comparisons to Harvard have left us with a security blanket that presupposes our identity. At Harvard, aca demic elitism has become a race towards a consuming, self-glorify ing yet vacuous end; and of course my friends, argyle and crew boats are not our style. We have settled, and in doing so, have let the opinions of uni versity critics define who we think we are. Hiding behind our Harvard nickname and our centre-ville postal code, have we forgot ten what truly makes this university so great? Or have we simply forgotten to try? Somewhere in the shuffle between the ID card waiting lines, and the daily trek from the Ghetto, we have forgotten what makes a school truly distinguished: school pride. Attendance at the open ing Redman football game was less than a quarter of what it was last year; no one outside the music faculty shows up for the free recitals; SSMU can’t even pass legislation because 82 per cent of us don’t bother voting, despite the fact that they shout at us from the five voting booths we’ll pass on our way to class. As new fall term mayhem begins to fade away and we float through our university routines, we are detached from the achieve ments of our peers and the needs of our community. McGill is home to some amazing athletes, yet we don’t cheer them on. McGill attracts cutting edge scholars to teach us, yet we’ll never get to know them. Disabled students can’t access half the buildings on campus, and no one seems to notice. We are so busy opting-out, we’ve forgotten to take pride in what we’ve opted into. We find ourselves with endless opportunity to credit this school’s reputation. Involved, we can be unified. Whether protest ing legislation, swing dancing across Shatner ballroom, or studying in Redpath on the graveyard shift, it becomes evident that everyone is apathetic to the time they’ll spend here, they’ll just need to gain a following. We are at our best when we are working to create the McGill we came from so far away to be a part of. We are not Harvard, nor were we ever meant to be. We are only ever in a race against ourselves and no university ranking can define McGill’s true worth. THUM BS UP
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Priorities out of line September 11 th, 2002 was an occasion this year, by virtue of hav ing fallen 365 days after the col lapse of the World Trade Center. And it is commendable that the Tribune reported on the various ways in which the McGill commu nity responded to this anniversary. Though I find the monumentaliz ing of this event into mythical pro portions alarming and distorting, I do not wish to offend those who may have endured a personal loss during the events of last September. However, to paraphrase Le Quebecker’s peculiar question, “Why should Canadians give a shit about Israeli-Palestinian politics?" (itself assuming that one cannot be Canadian as well as Jewish, or Muslim, or Palestinian, etc, etc), “Why should Canadians give a shit about New York?” This is not meant to be inflammatory, but is simply rhetor ical. We give a shit about what hap pened in New York, because we share corporate and ideological interests with our Big Brother to the south. I don’t see flowers being offered in memory of the bombed Afghani citizens (oh, yeah, are they still around?), or video loops of the deportations which are occurring on both sides of the border — we just see those buildings crashing. And, I think this is what distracts our focus - we mourn the loss of the white-collar workers in New York (if you knew them personally, you are excepted), yet seem to care little as we hear of bombs being dropped on entire villages, or schoolbuses being blown up. So, why should we care about the Middle East? Well, why should we care about New York? The 9-11 funds are going to help the richest and most powerful nation on earth. Who needs our pragmatic aid — if indeed that is what Canada is ‘sup posed to do.’ And yes, we should mourn the loss of civilians, be it in the industrial or developing world. And this is the crux of the issue - these things are not mutual ly exclusive, they feed and reinforce each other. So, the demonstration at Concordia is linked to September 11th is linked to refugee camps is linked to Afghani women, etc. I won’t get into a rant against Le Quebecker’s opinion (as it is just that), but perhaps he should recon sider his privileges: he is allowed to
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cross specified lines (“I am a Journalist, let me through”) only to be restrained by “fat, sweaty Arab men”, and for this violation had to endure being inside for a few hours. He calls for greater police action — well, I am not surprised. The police force, that microcosm of the military, is designed to main tain the status quo, of which Le Quebecker is one, and the “small Marxist-girl” and all those pesky Palestinians, are certainly not. And, a note of clarification — the pro testors did not prevent Netanyahu from speaking, it was the boys in blue who shut the event down. Finally, I have to point out that in Ioana Luca’s otherwise fac tual account of the “Operation: Enduring Freedom” event, there were a few errors. First of all, the main speaker’s name is Jaggi, not Singh Singh, which sounds like a Bollywood version of an American prison. Secondly, in the list offered of marginalized peoples, “poets” are given the same status as Iraqis, Filippinos, and black activists. I know the spoken word was inter esting that evening, but I don’t think poets are a persecuted people. At the end of the article, Luca sums up the forum as broaching subjects considered “taboo in mainstream society.” These kind of statements just serve to run activism (whatever that means to individual people) into an underground movement, seen as suspicious and subversive. The panel discussed racism, depor tation, women’s status, immigrant labour, disarmament, and foreign policy. These are not taboo sub jects, and if they are, we’re in real trouble. The protest has not “just begun,” as Singhs out-of-context comment states — it has been going on around the world since September 12th, 2001. And strug gles against imperialism, warfare, and racism most certainly have pre dated this moment. If we all just put the events of the last year into perspective — act ing locally, thinking globally and all that jazz — we can see that a life is a life and the mythologization of certain deaths is a skewed approach. And maybe the next time Le Quebecker feels dutybound to report on tumultuous events, he will not view every act of resistance as a riot or look to an elite police force to protect his priv ileges. Aisha Shaheed 1st year Grad, History
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Broken prom ises The Students’ Society of McGill University is very much in favour of the renovations necessary to make the Brown Building fully accessible to all students. This is an important prerequisite to any move of the Office of Students with Disabilities. We, however, would like to remind readers that the “insuffi cient SSMU funding” required to make the University Centre (Shatner Building) fully accessible was the result of a broken verbal promise between the University and SSMU that the Office of the Vice Principal, Administration & Finance would provide the neces sary funding to build the Shatner elevator shaft, automatic door openers, etc. that have, in act, made both Shatner and Brown wheelchair accessible. SSMU is still committed to ensuring accessi bility, however the funding for the renovations has instead come from students’ pockets through the McGill Student Fund. It is a shame that McGill can only “afford” to renovate its spaces by ignoring its promises to the associ ations that represent students. Perhaps the University might want to consider that before champi oning the renovations efforts made and actually make good on some of their promises. Kathleen Morrison VP Operations, SSMU
Up in sm oke, pt. 2 Re: “Stop the Press” September 17th. David Anber admits that mar ijuana may be just as harmful or more so than cigarettes and alco hol. Further he admits that current statutes against marijuana posses sion and trafficking are absolutely ineffective. Nevertheless he main tains that marijuanashould remain illegal because the government should not “condone pot use.” However, the government is tacitly doing this already by not strength ening and fully enforcing the aforementioned statutes. I would argue this is because both the government and most Canadians no longer view marijua na use as a serious social ill. Continued next page
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Anyone who actually attends conferences (I find they take up far too much of my time, which, by the way, is equally divided between eat ing and watching 7th Heaven) will probably have had the misfortune of coming into contact with the more than mildly annoying character I like to call the “Conference Dominator”. Conferences are usually hit-ormiss experiences, varying in terms of quality and relevance. While the make-up of a conference will always be a hodge-podge of characters from indifferent slackers to gifted wiz
kids, one thing is certain: a conference comrades to his/her way wreck of a story until the bitter end. Now, if the whole concept of The Slow-Jam Conference the Conference Dominator is for of life. From anti-capitalist to pro Conference Dominator lurks. Outside of the conference set polygamist, the Die-For-The-Cause Dominator will make you ponder eign to you, there is a good chance ting, Conference Dominators are brand of Conference Dominator the level of corruption that plagues that you may be an offender in ques completely normal people. Seated in will belligerendy insult and scorn his the McGill Admissions office. tion since many Conference 3) The “No Shit, Sherlock!” a conference, however, these seem way through a debate, twisting and Dominators live their lives in a state Dominator: this of denial. To find out for sure, ask ingly innocent students become interpreting any comment made by Conference loose cannons, their erratic behavior another student into a direct insult Conference Dominator is after one yourself the following questions: Do spreading alarm and awkwardness upon his/her belief system. Ignoring thing — participation marks and you actively look forward to weekly throughout the conference, discour- any attempts made by the T.A. to the inconsequential approval of conferences like you do your birth aging people like me from ever direct or control the conference, this their T.A. (which they may or may day or, as I do, Peel Pub Mondays? self-righteous martyr will turn every not already be banging). The No Do you get to the conference loca returning. Sherlock! Conference tion early in order to “get a good Driven by an insatiable desire conference into a verbal Mexican Shit, to overpower and dictate the direc standoff and will often leave the Dominator initially presents seat”? Do you give yourself a mental him/herself as a brilliant Will “high-five” when you “win” a con tion and intensity of the conference, room in an indignant huff. Conference Dominators strive to Hunting type (minus the defined ference discussion against a fellow 2) The “Slow-Jam” Conference become puppet masters and will Dominator (a.k.a “Dunderhead”): chest, sandy blond hair and aw- student? If you have answered affir manipulate any discussion to further regardless of what the conference shucks attitude), answering every matively to any of the above ques their individual aims, which can topic is, this sad case will never have question posed by the T.A. with a tions, you are probably a range from the indoctrination of fel done the readings, and in many calm, collected, on-the-mark answer Conference Dominator. So until low conference goers to scoring par cases, may border on illiterate. This, that leaves you more than a little McGill goes along with my idea to ticipatory marks. To help you read however, will not stop the Slow Jam impressed. The jig is up, however, permit T.A.’s to carry stun guns, do ers better understand the profile of Conference Dominator from open when you crack open your own the rest of us “I’m-only-here-to-getthis unfortunate personality, I have ing his/her big yap and interjecting coursepack (in my case for the first hints-for-the-midterm” conferencedivided ‘Conference Dominators’ his/her two cents worth to the dis time) and realize that he or she has goers a favour and take it down a cussion, peppering it with “person simply regurgitated the class read notch or two. God knows life is into three main categories: al” (yet painfully irrelevant) stories. ings and passed them off as their stressful enough without having to 1) The “Die-For-the-Cause” Conference Dominator: pick a Interpreting other students’ muffled own worldly analysis. This attend a conference and worry about plight, any plight. This politically smirks and giggles as encourage Conference Dominator is the same getting verbally bitch slapped. charged Conference Dominator will ment, the Slow-Jam Conference try-hard who always helps pass out stop at nothing to convert his fellow Dominator will continue their train- pencils during a midterm.
McGill w om en and live music, life is good 'Wke Jarzy»13 This particular column is ded icated to all the lovely ladies of this fine institution because you put a smile on my face every day and that’s a wonderful thing. Don’t get me wrong — there are other things in this world but what the hell would we boys do if there were no women on this planet? Everything we do is ultimately for women because, in the end, that’s all we’re gonna have left. You’re eventually going to retire and your buds from way back may be dispersed all over the world. Even if they’re next door, however, they just can’t give you the kind of lovin’ you need. I find it unbelievable that peo ple will pay money to stare at the Mona Lisa. Take a stroll across campus; it’s free and it’s better, much better. Some girls seem sur prised when you’re checking them out. You’re hot, so I’m gonna look. The female form is the most beauti ful thing we have. Why do you think cars are getting rounder? They’re all trying to emulate the Continued from page 6
Further, each year the govern ment spends hundreds of thou sands of dollars dealing with petty possession offences. This money does not represent a steely resolve on behalf of the government to dis suade the citizenry from indulging in pot but is simply a necessity of the justice system. Perhaps more importantly, decriminalizing mari juana would be a substantial blow to organized crime such as the biker
curves of the female body. The eyes are the windows into the soul so I’m gonna look you in the eyes; don’t be insecure, it’s a compliment. Remember, girls, you harness a very powerful force—use it wisely and don’t fight it. I feel like beating myself up in one of my philosophy classes thanks to certain class members. I guess that right side of the brain just isn’t clicking or maybe it’s just that the sex side in mine (and most others’) is working too well. It’s incredible we’ve made it this far along in the education system with all these dis tractions. This lack of right side should be considered a serious mental/medical condition, kinda like blue balls. Imagine what we might be able to accomplish if we did not have it. Now, The Roots being the best live act in music was a claim made in the last issue. That’s a matter of opinion and opinions are like ass holes: everybody’s got them and most of them are shitty. Don’t get me wrong — I love hip hop. If hip hop had a penis, I’d suck it. But you can’t really make a claim like that unless you’ve heard Skibba, Shabba and Det. overtop of Brockie and Swift (3 MCs, 2 DJs) or Paul Oakenfold in Ibiza. gangs that many Montrealers are familiar with. It would appear that the only argument left in favour of keeping marijuana illegal is that Stephen Harper would rather his kids indulge in beer rather than pot. Of course this has nothing to do with conservative thinking, drinking is more socially acceptable than smoking. Matthew Fletcher U2 History/Political Theory
So I’ve been asked why I swear. Well, words have meanings. I did n’t assign these meanings, society did. Don’t hate da playa, hate the game. Think about that when you ask somebody about a party and they say it was great. You’re think ing it was a solid jam. Had they
said “IT WAS FUCKIN SICK,” you’re thinking now why the f#!% were you not there? Finally, I hope there’s no foot ball, hockey or ball players out there who think they’re bad ‘cuz very few people have balls bigger than long distance runners or any other pure
endurance athletes. We’re talking about hours of pure pain, that ain’t fun like catching a football, drib bling a ball or taking a slap shot. It’s you against your brain and your brain is one tough mofo. There’s no money here, only love, baby. Just ask my Philosophy professor.
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Th e M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, September 24, 2002
M ore than W aco com pounds and messianic leaders When searching for the missing inner piece, cults can offer solace and comfort Elisha Siegel
Life is busy. University life is crazy. And university life in Montreal, well, let’s just say we Redmen and Martlets don’t get a lot of sleep. With HydroQuébec bills, essay writing all-nighters, and the Thursday Night Tradition, it’s hard to believe someone might feel there is an element of their lives that is unfulfilled. The question then becomes what to do to fill the missing gap. “University students are at a point where everything is exploding and open,” says Reverend Gwenda Wells, director of McGill Chaplaincy Services. “They are faced with new possibilities and a newfound independence, and they don’t always react well to these changes.” The shock of a new lifestyle, or simply accumulated depression about varying aspects of life, can drive students to seek solace in unconventional avenues. “There is a yearning to be a part of something,” adds Rev. Wells. “Some groups or cults can really take you somewhere, and stu dents can get absorbed.” Mike Kropveld, executive director of Infocult, a Montrealbased research centre on cult activi ty, urges people not to make swift judgements on groups. “People have this image of
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tions. This is not a consumer prod uct—you need to make yourself aware.” Infocult recommends explor ing a series of questions when con sidering potential groups. It is cru cial, the organization insists, to gain as much information as possible in order to avoid blind committment to groups. Research is essential in discovering a group’s history, activi ties, as well as information about its leaders. Kropveld has observed that many people eagerly jump into joining groups with the belief that it will satisfy a certain need, but don’t always go about it properly. “People are dissatisfied with the mainstream. They are looking for a spiritual and religious connec tion and they have a need to believe that there is something greater out there. Some groups say they can offer a direct link. But the need does not just go away,” he warns. “Some people are looking for a quick fix,” says Tohru Inoue, a U3 Mechanical Engineering student and chairman of the McGill Christian Fellowship. “We open a door for people who are looking for something more, and we can point you in the direction of God and Jesus. But we are understanding and we don’t want to alienate you from your friends. We want to understand what you are going through.” Even if one has gone through the cautionary process of doing the homework, reading the fine print, and confirming that the group’s val ues do align with one’s own, there is
still one more step that may have been neglected: consulting with a third party. It may be hard to get an objective viewpoint of a group when one is considering member ship, and Rev. Wells recommends seeking the advice of others. “Students often don’t avail themselves to the professionals on campus. If you are uncertain about joining a certain group, then it’s a good idea to book time with some one to get an objective sense of the group, especially if you are getting the message not to get help. There is nothing to fear from checking in with someone.” Should one witness a friend entangled with a suspicious group, Infocult encourages garnering information about the specific group before making accusations. “Find out more,” Kropveld implores. “Focus on your friend, that is the concern. He or she may have a lot of needs and you need to know what your friend sees in the group. You may not know every thing about your friend. “You don’t need to jump to conclusions,” Kropveld continues. “It is very rare that dramatic conse quences occur rapidly.” Rev. Wells claims that as indi viduals, the best way to avoid prob lems is to focus on the self and one’s personal needs; and as communi ties, to work towards more harmo nious relations amongst each other. “A n
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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of intervention,” remarks Rev. Wells. “If you live in Residence and you see that some one is isolated, bring them into your circle of friends and make sure they feel included. It’s important to ask people how they are and to real ly listen. If we all look out for each other, we can avoid destructive behaviours.” “Enjoy who you are and get some delight out of life. People need to appreciate themselves. Their value and potential is huge and it needs cultivation and you need to find how to do that. If you feel your basic goodness, you won’t be vulnerable to unhealthy groups.”
Th e M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, September 24, 2002
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There is comfort in the rituals that accompany the start of the school year: shopping for books; raging at the idiosyncrasies of MIN ERVA; wondering what your T.A. is like in bed. Recently though, a less com forting practice is becoming part of September life on our campus. In the past few years, corporate bom
bardment has almost imperceptibly become another of our back-toschool realities. The corporate presence on campus is hardly news. Molson banners are far more ubiquitous than the McGill flag. Incoming students are inundated with trin kets, cosmetic samples and market ing surveys. This phenomenon is disturbing in itself. What is more troubling is the sense of inevitabili ty with which students are expected to regard this rampant commercial ism. The Students’ Society of McGill University has done little to facilitate debate on the extent to which corporations should be allowed to participate in student life, including orientation. Instead,
the student union has come to regard itself as a facilitator, an eager shill for the flogging of beer, junk food and almost anything that bears a commercial logo. This tacit acquiescence to cor porate norms is pernicious on sever al levels. First, it cheapens the aca demic experience. The incredible visibility of commercial logos over whelms the inherent symbolism of a university campus. Left unmolest ed, the physical structure of a cam pus can reflect intellectual ideals of truth, integrity and independence. Unfortunately, McGill campus is instead coming to reflect—even physically—the values and sensibil ities of a shopping mall. Students have further reason to snarl. Consider the manner in
Roadtripping to Québec City Unwinding in the province's bustling capital Daniel Ehrenfeld
The time comes in a college itudent’s life when the same old bars tnd hangouts just don’t do it for you ike they used to. The streets’ excitenent becomes lost in the familiarity. \nd you know it’s not that you don’t ove Montreal but, like any relationihip, some time away might help fou appreciate her once more. The answer: road trip. The Montreal region is full of :lose-by, fun and unique places to risk for a weekend, one of which is :he beautiful and historic Québec City.
“You should go to see the [most obvious] European traces in North America. Montreal even isn’t like that as much,” pronounces Justin Phils, U3 Arts. Yes, this culturally rich destina tion has plenty to offer by way of charm and European flavour and is only about a three-hour ride from Montreal. As U0 Management student Jeff Bolton sums it up; “The food there is very good, and the city is old and pretty. If you’ve come to live in Québec you might as well visit the capital.”
Although Québec City may have a reputation for being lessthan-courteous to anglophone tourists, this reputation, at least in the past few years, appears unwar ranted. With plenty to see and do, there’s no lack of sites to visit and experience, but traveling with great friends and a matching attitude means that your trip won’t be remi niscent of boring school educational tours or tired family vacations. Getting there Aside from driving, there are two transportation options that will have you strolling the streets of one
of the oldest North American cities in no time. To get there by bus, head to the Central Bus Station on 505 de Maisonneuve Est (Métro BerriUQAM). With the Orléans Express bus company, a return ticket for the three-and-a-quarter-hour trip costs $50 plus tax for students (upon presentation of their ISIC card). Or, for those willing to splurge and spend an extra $22, take the train. You might even feel like pre tending you’re Harry Potter board ing the Hogwart’s Express, though such a scenario may have limited appeal. The train will also get you
which corporate interests have arrived and institutionalized them selves at McGill. We have received them on our campus—it is, still, our campus—with an incredible passiv ity. We have decided to interact with them purely in the role of tar get market. If their presence is indeed necessary—an open ques tion—it is essential that we be allowed to speak back to the Molson banner. Why are you here? What are your values? Your labour standards? Your role in the commu nity? Let’s start asking. In fairness, the above questions have been asked on two occasions. The first time, they were directed at Coca-Cola in the year 2000, when a student referendum rejected the company’s attempt to establish an exclusive beverage monopoly on campus. The McGill administra tion subsequendy ignored the stu dents and struck a noble blow for the rights of Coke. The second corporate presence
on campus to which students have responded is Zoom Media. The campaign, still ongoing, is more informal and is being conducted with screwdrivers and black mark ers. There is a final problem with corporate hoopla becoming as insti tutionalized at McGill as add/drop period and stoner Geology stu dents. Namely, it’s made us forget to ask why the campus is strewn with Molson banners in the first place. The answer, becoming ever harder to recall, is that massive cuts were made to post-secondary educa tion in the early 1990s. Corporate money was needed to make up for the shortfall. Somehow we’ve for gotten to ask whether this state of affairs is still desirable, never mind necessary. Rituals and institutions create a sense of permanence and comfort. Because of this, we must be wary of which rituals and institutions we embrace.
there about fifteen minutes faster. The VTA Rail train can be found at the Central Train Station, on René Lévesque Ouest and Mansfield next to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Métro Bonaventure). Where to stay There are many great choices of where to stay in Quebec City at all kinds of price levels. For the young at heart and the drained at bankaccount, the Centre International de séjour de Québec Youth Hostel (tel: (418) 694-0755, cisq.org) is a pretty safe bet. At $22 per person in a 3 to 10 occupancy room, which includes internet access, pool and ping pong tables, it’s a good deal for those on a shoestring budget. If you’re thinking of more com fortable, private accommodations, perhaps with a romantic getaway in mind, the Hôtel du Vieux Québec (tel: 1-800-361-7787, 1190 St Jean Street) offers deluxe rooms complete with cable TV and an oh-so-fun mini-fridge that are located in the heart of the tourist centre. With a CAA or AAA card, rates are fairly low, at $89.10, although the rooms’ decorating may remind you of the set of Threes Company. Keep in mind that for hotels, the price is per room, thus splitting the cost between several friends makes a private hotel room only marginally more expensive than most youth hostels. Now what? So once you’ve gotten to Québec City and checked in, it’s time to enjoy the sights and sounds of your destination. There are the standard landmarks such as the Citadelle. Known as the “Gibraltar of America”, it is a historic fortifica tion atop Cap Diamant and in the heart of the Fortifications of Quebec, consisting of an encom passing polygonal wall, built in 1820. There’s also the Plains of Abraham, where Canada suppressed an American invasion. For those that aren’t history buffs, however, the site may have limited appeal. The beautiful Notre-Dame Basilica See QUÉBEC, page 13
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M ulticultural mayhem : is it threatening national identity? McGill's flourishing eclectic student population indicates a resounding no' Vincent C handler
Events like the Concordia protest against Benjamin Netanyahus speech are constantly raising questions concerning the viability of the Montreal cultural mix. The case of the Palestinians and Israelis is certainly extreme, but such outbursts are bound to occur and create tensions in Montreal. What was witnessed a few weeks ago is unusual in the sense that it was strictly a Montreal event, but similar tensions have arisen on McGill’s campus as a result of Middle Eastern conflicts. Clashes between these two communities are certainly not uncommon. But what about other commu nities on campus? How are their identities affected by their home land and by their adoptive country?
The scholarly perspective For many specialists, the influ ence of multiculturalism is an easi ly-explained phenomenon. “I think the immigration saga is no v clearly part of the Canadian identity, increasing over the decades,” asserted Morton Weinfeld, a McGill Sociology pro fessor specializing in Canadian eth nic studies. Although some Canadians maintain that the two founding peoples of Canada have been sub merged by the flow of immigrants, Weinfeld dismissed this antiquated perception. “I think the myth of the two founding peoples is weaker now, replaced first by notions of three founding peoples—including the First Nations—but also by the immigrant, multicultural idea,” he
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said. The Canadian identity is then fundamentally a concoction of the different origins of those who first settled in this land, and of those who have settled since. Yet, despite their initial authority as colonizers, the descendants of the first settlers no longer determine what is Canada’s official’ culture. Masses of immigrants now have considerable say in the matter. Second-generation Canadian patriotism When considering the clubs at McGill, one certainly notices the ethnic diversity and wonders, why so many groups? The obvious
answer is that campus is home to many communities. But do these communities feel the need to regroup and form homogenous associations due to feelings of homesickness or non-belonging? Not necessarily. “Yes, I certainly feel at home here. I’m a Chinese-Canadian or, well, a Canadian-Chinese. I don’t really see the difference,” expressed Vivian Lok, a second-generation Canadian and member of McGill’s Chinese Club. Clearly, these groups are not intended to form bunker style men talities and isolate club members from the outside world. Roy Abras, a member of the Lebanese group,
explained the purpose of his ethnic association as being the exact oppo site. “Anybody who is not Lebanese can come in. They are welcome. We want to show the non-Lebanese our cultural heritage.” A far cry from home International students are, in many ways, the pride of McGill, giving it its unique charm. They are certainly cared for: there’s a lounge and residence to encourage their socialization with others who are experiencing the same hardships of integration. See MULTICULTURALISM, page 11
Environmental colonialism: the inevitable outcome of our over-consumptive lifestyle Rhena Howard
dard of life,” explains Roulet.
In last week’s part of this series, available on our website, mcgilltribune.com, issues such as climate change, habitat destruction and increased incidences of drought were addressed to raise environmental awareness. Now, a look at what can be done to remedy the situation.
The truth hurts We have all heard about the problems facing our environment today. Many of us also realize the severity of their consequences. To acknowledge that we are in fact threatening the lives of fellow human beings and to continue our patterns is blatantly unethical. Such indifference, coupled with lack of initiative and action, will lead to further destruction of the earth. To recognize the possibil ities for improvement is a far more productive venture, says Roulet. “A difference can only be made when we have a translation of [our feelings about the environment]
The environmentally-destructive habits of modernized societies can only be described as selfish. To achieve more comfortable lifestyles today, we are forcing other parts of the world that are less developed and future generations to settle for a sub-standard quality of life. Nigel Roulet, a McGill Geography professor, asserts that eventually this situation will evolve into an “environmental type of colonialism.” “For you to maintain your standard of life requires other peo ple to maintain a much lower stan-
whether by spreading the word about environmental disasters or by planting a tree, is easy: it takes only minutes to make a difference. Money talks: boycott compa nies, and they will respond. In Norway, when toothpaste compa nies began to package tubes in boxes as they do in Canada, Norwegians simply left the boxes on the shelves in protest. The message was loud and clear—no more boxes. It worked. Governments need to know that the state of the environment is a citizen priority. Members of par liament and regional representatives need to be told that polluting power plants have to go. They want votes, so they will act if they recognize
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into action.” It is clear that we need to change our habits and to begin doing so immediately. The chal lenge is to figure out how to con sume significantly less than we do at present. Daniel Breton of the Quebec Green Party encourages people to buy local products. “Less transportation is less pol lution,” he reasons. Indeed, if enough people par ticipate, even small changes can reap huge rewards.
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T a n d e m services ta k e a bite o u t o f G h e tto crim e Christina Heyding
Students form a community like no other, especially in the McGill Ghetto. Front doors are open, balconies are flooded with stu dents and house parties often pour onto the street. Although this open atmosphere makes student commu nities unique, it is also what makes them susceptible to crime. Constable Nelson Marshall of Prince Arthur’s Station 19 has had jurisdiction over the Ghetto for five years and is well-versed in the prob lems relating to it. He says that stu dents are less likely than other resi dents to invest in home protection because of their transient lifestyle. Students are also at risk because many of their valuables are portable. “The thief knows that students [own] CDs, computers and other equipment that is easy to take and easy to re-sell,” said Marshall. Jen Patterson, a U1 Arts stu dent living in the Ghetto, was a vic tim of theft. In the first week of September, a DVD player was stolen from her home. “There were three of us home. Two of my roommates were sleeping and I was reading. We left the door unlocked because we thought anoth er roommate had forgotten her key.” Later that night they realized that the DVD player was missing. It is believed that the robber grabbed the item and then quickly left. There are services available to help students make their communi ty safer. Tandem, an organization funded by the City of Montreal, provides local crime prevention pro grams such as free home safety assessments. Such a procedure involves a Tandem worker inspect ing a home and offering advice on
how it could be made safer. Very few students take advan tage of this service, however, either because they are unaware of its exis tence or because of preconceptions about the difficulty and costs associ ated with implementing preventa tive measures. William Urquhart, a U2 Biology student living on
Hutchison Street, is one among many students who is not interested in using the Tandem services. “I don’t want to know what isn’t safe about my place because I prob ably wouldn’t do anything about it anyways,” he admits. Helen Angelopoulos, director of the downtown branch ofTandem,
phones lying around. If you have it hidden, it is harder for them to find it. They don’t want to start search ing. They want to just grab things and go.” Another frequently overlooked measure is calling 911 when you see a suspicious person or event. Constable Marshall says that stu-
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Your McGill Ghetto apartment may not be as safe as you think, but Tandem makes home safety easy.
Tandem Ttps -Don’t leave your window open when you are going out. -Lock the door even when you are only going downstairs to check your mail or running to the corner store. -Don’t leave CDs, laptops or cell phones in view. -Leave a light and the radio on when you are not home. -Never leave a message on your door .saying that you are away from home. -Never indicate on your answering machine that you are not home.
says that despite popular belief, there are easy and inexpensive ways to protect a home. “Many things that we want people to change are their habits and attitudes,” she says. Tandem pro duces pamphlets on home safety that detail various crime-prevention measures, many of which might be common sense but are overlooked. One of the best prevention methods, according to Tandem, is to set up visible deterrents. “What an average robber wants is quick in, quick out, so you’re try ing to form deterrents,” Angelopoulos says. “Don’t leave things like CDs, laptops, or cell
dents are often too apprehensive about using this service. “Don’t be shy to call 911. People think they are going to both er police by calling 911. If you’re not sure [about a noise you heard or a person you saw], call 911. The police officer will be glad to be there. You are calling with a good pur pose,” he explained. Another effective preventative method against theft is getting valu ables engraved. Tandem provides an engraving service for free. The engraving device, used like a pen, can be loaned for a week so valuable goods can be engraved with a com bination, usually address and postal
wearing t-shirts proudly stating their Canadian status. Why the need to exhibit such patriotism within the homeland? “I’m simply proud of being Canadian and I want to show it. I will wear the maple leaf wherever,
somehow culturally threatened. This affirmation of their nationality might be a way to reinstate a warm, communal ‘Canadian feeling’. Not that such a feeling has disappeared, but it may have lost some of its lus tre. But what defines Canadian? An Amerindian with a French mother, an English father, black skin and oriental blue eyes, who is Muslim and spends winter break in Florida drinking maple syrup? In fairness, a definition just doesn’t exist. That’s both the problem and the most endearing quality about Canada. No one really knows what it’s all about, so everybody can call it their own. Perhaps that’s what Trudeau had in mind when he promoted Canadian nationalism by encourag ing multiculturalism. “[Multiculturalism is] an encounter of realities; difficult to accept at times and hard to prac tice,” Trudeau stated. “[This encounter of realities] has become the fabric of our life as a nation, the source of our individuality, and the very cornerstone of our identity as a people.” It seems that the force that sep arates the rest of the world is able to unite Canadians around an open identity that includes whoever desires inclusion. That said, who wouldn’t want to live in Canada?
code. Judy Grant, a Tandem coun selor, says that engravings help pre vent theft, as well as make stolen goods easier to recover. “We provide stickers that say your valuables have been engraved. Posting these on your doors and windows forms another deterrent [to theft] because engraved goods are harder [for thieves] to re-sell,” she said. It is not only concerns about time and money that deter students from using the services provided by Tandem. Rachel Sheps, a U2 Psychology student living in the Ghetto, says that she wouldn’t have thought of using Tandem services because she feels safe in her home and community. “I wouldn’t consider getting the home assessment done unless one of my roommates began to feel unsafe. As of yet, I don’t feel the necessity [for this kind of service],” she said. To Angelopoulos, this is a com mon sentiment. “[Montreal] is a very safe city and people have more of a laid-back attitude.” It is this laid-back attitude, however, that can put communities at greater risk. Rachel Beckerman, a U1 Biochemistry student living on Milton, feels that this is a concern. “Most of the people in the Ghetto feel safe and I think that makes it more vulnerable.” Tandem can help decrease the Ghetto’s vulnerability. By putting into practice a few of their ideas, the Ghetto can be made more safe while still maintaining its trademark open atmosphere. For more info, visit www. ville, montreal. qc. caltandem or call 849-8393, ext 773. B R E A D S O F IN D IA
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According to foreign student Sarah Bellov-Weiss, these measures are very helpful. “I met a lot of new people in the lounge and it’s always a nice place to hang around. With all these contacts, I really feel at home in Montreal,” she said. Are a lot of her friends from the island? “I actually don’t know any natives,” she answered. This goes to show that McGill evolves in its own little multicultur al microcosm outside the actual Montreal world, thus indirectly complementing the Canadian iden tity. Do the French Quebeckers agree? Surrounded by English, it is often difficult to forget that McGill is in Quebec and that the official provincial language, French, is the mother tongue of most native inhabitants. Do they feel unwel come in their own province? According to McGill student Véronique Cholin, there are three possible reactions. “Some of the Quebeckers feel disoriented and completely reject the English contact. Others tend to keep to a middle ground, mixing with the Anglos while keeping true
to their Francophone origins. Finally, some totally deny any con nection with Quebeckers and become more English than the English. However, they all choose
to attend McGill to get to know the English world,” she explained. Canadians at heart Born and bred Canadians should find the McGill atmosphere reflective of their country, as a pri marily English-speaking, multicul tural nation. They are often proud to show their allegiance to their country. One often sees Canadian flags sewn to backpacks or people
because I will always feel this pride,” explained McGill student Ryan Cunningham, who describes himself as a true Canadian at heart. Canadians are not known to be overwhelmingly patriotic in com parison to their Southern neigh bours. Yet do American students display their 50 stars and 13 stripes on US campuses? Perhaps Canadians feel they are a minority in their own country,
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and Cathedral of Québec (rue De Buade), the oldest parish on the con tinent north of Mexico, and the over-hyped Château Frontenac, a 100-year old hotel, are a few other sites on the traditional must-see list. You can also visit the Québec Parliament (835 René-Lévesque Est), where the province’s National Assembly sits. The area surrounding
it, entering Vieux Québec, is beauti ful in its old-world appeal and quaint atmosphere. As Veronica Fleischer, a U3 Arts student, asserts: “The Old City is a must for anyone who enjoys walking around and taking in all sorts of sites.” Exploring the streets, dotted with café terraces and galleries and lined with stunning architecture is well worth the visit in itself. The Quartier Petit-Champlain, which
contains the impressive Fresque des Québécois (rue Notre-Dame), a realistic mural which appears at first to be the continuation of the street but depicts many historic figures, provides a continuation of the artsy, European ambiance with its artists and high class eateries. You’ll be whistling “Alouette” to yourself the whole way through. If you’re in the mood to see some nature and maybe enjoy the colours of autumn, the Mont Ste.
Anne region is about half an hour away. Its hills, rivers and even water falls near Jean-Larose provide the perfect backdrop to most outdoor activities, including hiking, biking and even golf and go-karting. “The Grand Canyon of Québec near Mont Ste-Anne is great,” exclaims U2 Dentistry student Andrea Heckler. “There are huge waterfalls, bridges, and you can go rappelling!” The Mont Ste. Anne Campgrounds also allow you to
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see that the Players’ space has been transformed from its diamond shaped stage to a long rectangular playing area with the audience seat ed bleacher-style on either side of the action. Although initially appealing, this design, by Marie-Claude Mackay, quickly becomes awkward. The very important first act, which sets the mood and tone of the story, is set entirely at one end of the play ing area and in order to see any of the characters massive amounts of head craning is required from the audience. As the play progresses, the action moves down along the stage leaving two-thirds of the area in darkness at any given moment. The inability to see the action clearly becomes increasingly distracting as the play continues. There are aspects of this pro duction that are very impressive. The haunting voices and sounds, designed to perfection by Mike
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become distracting or even comical, but that never happened. The sing-song quality of the accent was actually quite useful for a play in which the dialogue takes on a very heavy feel right from the beginning and maintains the same
mented soul on the verge of suicide, and Michael, a man on the verge of being murdered. Pleasantly surpris ing was the use of Southern accents by all the actors, something that could have turned out to be a mis take but wasn’t. Although some sounded more Texan than North Carolinian and for others the accent was intermit tent, the effort was not lost. The possibility existed that it would
tone throughout. Perhaps the greatest difficulty this production had to overcome was the script itself. At the time Fahmy decided to direct it, the script had still not been published, and I would argue that it resembles more a work-in-progress than a script ready for professional production. The dialogue switches from straightforward speech to metaphor and back again without consistency
and the long drawn out monologues become tiresome. The script never explains why of the eight friends only four are important enough to be the subjects of the play. There is only a general glossing over of what happens to the rest of the characters. It appears that Iizuka was being overly ambitious; the same plot would have worked had there been fewer people involved. The charac ters are not given time to develop, making their torments ineffective to an audience that doesn’t understand. Many points are touched upon and then never expanded or hinted at and never answered. Is Michael the incarnation of Tommy who comes back to watch over Danielle? Is he an angel? Is that what the name Michael is referencing? I found myself left with too many questions at the end and none of them of the good kind. Overall the play made for an entertaining evening out. I would recommend to all theatre-goers that a trip to the bathroom prior to sit ting down to watch would be a wise choice as during the two-hour show there is no intermission and the con stant sound of rain in the third act could prove deadly. Language of Angels continues this week, September 25 to 28. at Players' Theatre, 3480 Me'lavish, 3rdfloor. For info call 282-9862.
Drum s and Tuba, a-bangin' and a-blowin' A le x S ab b ag Back in the day, during my first couple of years at McGill, Wednesday nights were truly a spe cial time of the week. Rain or shine, hail or sleet, the same group of devoted reggae fans would rage ‘Dub Night’ at Blizzarts as part of a meditative, mid-week decompres sion ritual. This sacred Wednesday gathering, however, was eventually moved a few blocks down the street and failed miserably, leaving a con siderable crew of kids, myself included, cold and alone on dreadB R E A D S O F IN D IA F IN E IN D IA N C U IS IN E D A IL Y S P E C IA L C O M B O , 8 C H O IC E S
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resemblance either instrument once had to its original, clean sound. Brian Wolff, the band’s tuba/trumpet player, was the first member in the band to begin experimenting with effects, run ning his horns through numerous delays, samplers and other geeky, yet cool, audio gadgets. After a few tracks, the struc ture of the band became increasing ly evident. The drummer’s clearly defined role is to lay down a strong,
chunky beat, which I must attest he did quite successfully. Wolff’s role with the tuba is to then set a simple bass groove over the kit, sample four bars, and then loop it through an effects board and adjust the lev els of those various effects. McKeeby, the guitarist, completes this process by wailing away on his axe and creating airy harmonies, also modulated through a wide array of carefully chosen sound effects. Once he has given the
groove a fuller, more wholesome feeling, then Wolff can freely solo over top using either his tuba, or more likely, his trumpet, which is a seemingly easier instrument to improvise on. Despite being unnecessarily loud (damn do I feel old when I say that kind of thing), the rest of the show was quite intriguing. The band rocked out in the true sense of See DRUMS, page 17
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Can Dr. Tom revive a dying scene? Alina Sindler Since the advent of the DJ, beginning bands of the traditional setup have been increasingly faced with the inevitable difficulty of find ing venues at which to play. One such band itching to get its music heard calls itself Dr. Tom’s Leather, the mysterious name belying a skilled, organic approach to music. Originating at the Yellow Door in 2000, the band endured lineup changes and a long, drawn-out process that resulted in the comple tion of their first CD, Everything We Make. They were recently on the verge of splitting up after the depar ture their original bassist until they were offered a gig at SSMU Frosh, prompting a continuation of their musical journey. After their experi ences of recording at a former men tal institution and the near-impossi ble task of tracking down the elusive engineer with the master tapes, the more world-weary members are con fident of their creation. Remarks the band’s website: “We have a good record. It’s worth your beer money.” An attitude of taking things in stride is evident in the band, their record the result of a range of influ ence from Rodeo to Radiohead, Phish to the Beatles. Despite their different backgrounds, all members favour albums with variety. This is the reason that each song on Everything We Make prompts a dif ferent musical comparison. The music is distinctly theirs, but each composition is unique. Careful
attention is given to dynamics and arrangement; band members explore a song’s potential until its sound coalesces. “It’s different,” says Reuben Ghose, vocalist and keyboard player.
dynamism, so difficult to capture in the studio, gets top billing in their live performances; they get the free dom to go crazy, bringing out a store of excitement and charisma in the spirit of real-time entertainment.
the band looks favorably upon MP3 trading, even featuring downloads of tracks from Everything We Make on their website, a venture that is “an investment for the future.” “If people know your name,”
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“It’s not just blaring guitars.” Their democratic songwriting process, supplemented by experi mentation with vocals and instru ments, results in “rootsy rock with intelligence,” according to founding member Zac DeCamp, whose duties include vocals, guitar and the ukulele. “We just want more people
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says Zac, “they’re more likely to pick up your record next time they see it on the shelf.” Financial viability is currently a secondary concern for the band, all full-time students. Their love of playing, evi denced by an energetic live set, advances the band’s chief goal: to share that delight with their audi ence. That extra infusion of
Dr. Tom’s Leather is next per forming at the Yellow Door on October 19. For more information oj the band, check their website, www.drtomsleather.com.
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Saturday night fever The show they played at Club One on Saturday, September 22, began in a rousing manner, with the band displaying their prominent musical chops. At times, the live set loses the disc’s sense of diversity. Certain songs, such as “Blond Girls,” sound better live, whereas at
times the band’s enormous energy works to its disadvantage. Enjoyment of the music they play is at times pretty dependent on one’s taste, but it’s hard not to be won over by their brilliant cover of Weezer’s “Undone (The Sweater Song).” Dr. Tom’s Leather creates music not on elitist or academic grounds, but with the single pursuit of shar ing a gift of good feeling. Curiously, such traditionally organized rock bands and the DJs they compete with for patrons on any given night seem to be oriented towards the same goal. It remains to be seen if dual purveyors of the same positive philosophy can coexist, or whether the electronic medium will, in time, completely overshadow the live per formance of Dr. Tom’s Leather’s brand of rock. “There are those people who listen to playlists, and those who lis ten to albums,” says Dave Payant, drummer for the band. These attitudes towards audio, transfer over into the club setting at night, but the question concerns a multitude with which this phenom enon is occurring. Whatever the outcome, Dr. Tom’s Leather operates for a noble cause: love of music.
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Reggae 101: Skim a genre in 180 m inutes Thobey Cam pion___________ The evening of September 19 was filled with both beauty and angst. Having sat through a TA.’s brutal speech on imperialism, it was time for a session of musical immersion. No, I’m not referring to my 8-piece air-ukulele ensem ble; I’m talking uptown, to La Salla Rosa, for the Shine Reggae Festival. The misguided directions of a local vagrant delayed my arrival at La Salla Rossa. Having crossed the street, I turned back to him for fur ther directional arm gestures but all I got was the shouting of the lunatic: “close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades,” followed by maniacal laughter. This open subversion led smoothly into the anarachist (I can spell it anyway I want, for the proletariat is restless) literature bombard ments I received upon walking in the front doors of the club. Jerking myself away from a book entitled The Political Economy of Black Music, my eyes were greeted with soft lights and a sedate crowd, who were beginning to gather at the front of the hall. One gin and tonic and a sketchy tobacco-leaf cigarette later, I was ready for whatever reggae they could throw at me. Alas, a pity upon those who fall into short sighted youthful self-confidence; I could never have been ready for what was to unfold in the next two
hours. The first group hit the stage with three men, armed to the hilt with three djembes apiece. Accompanying them was a lady without any weapon whatsoever. The crowd sat down like a pack of impotent liberal MPs. The opening sound was one of a sombre nature. The painstaking speed of the drummers created a sandy sound which provoked inner visions of a primordial earth planted in my mind from grade ten biology class. This feeling was quickly lost by the wild howls of the female singer. The melange of Arabic, Jewish and African singing brought this lady to the brink of tension at which point her only option was to grab hold of the front of her dress in an attempt to pull the pain and ecstasy out of herself. The lady had more jaw-action than Joe Clarke with his wisdom teeth pulled out, and she contrasted well with the drummers. The exoticism of the first set had left the crowd at loose ends. There to tie those up was a guitar-borne Jamaican man, accompanied by one drummer. His two and three chord reggae tunes provided the familiarity that was needed. Slowed down, funked-up versions of Bob Marleys “Get Up, Stand Up” and Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It” lulled me into a state dangerously close to the line between passing out and having a
violent orgasm. The power to stand out from the crowd and be part of the crowd at the same time was achieved masterfully here and fit in perfectly with the show’s theme of revolutionary social change. On the topic of messages and social change, Jesus was at the show. By Jesus, I mean a tall Jesusesque figure rolled up in a large gown and a whole lot of hair. His mandate was enigmatic at best, until he stepped up to play the flute for the third group. Lesson learnt from cameo Jesus appearance: never underesti mate the ways of the dashiki. Accompanied by more percussion and the singer, he gave his version of the instrument’s sounds. This flute took on a sound more akin to a bamboo reed and, entrenched in leathery percussion, became even more primitive. A striking young lady’s strands of hair hung between the stage and me, acting as a makeshift jungle canopy which sent me into jungle flashback num ber two of the evening. The lamenting singer mixed with the drums and flute conjured up a form of pure abstract terror only matched by the ways of a brick-ina-sock to the head. The crowd was shocked out of the trance it had been put into by a dub-reggae, funk and world beat percussion group. The group con sisted of, from left to right; keys, drum kit, bassist, drum kit number
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Nickel-backer There are two words music critics fear T im C h a n most: suc cess and Nickelback. The former under mines the so-called credibility of critics, who would rather bestow the coveted five-star rating on bizarre, nondescript indie fare than see anything on the charts get so much as a passing grade. Nickelback is a rock band from small-town Alberta who has overcome much bashing from the critics to displace pretty much everyone from Linkin Park to Britney Spears at the top of the charts. Success anyone? And so the “we couldn’t cut it as musicians so we became bitter writers that call ourselves music critics” have been left hurt and upset by the buying public’s apparent ambivalence towards high-brow opinion. Music critics would rather cling to some minute ounce of their “credibility” than admit that the public is clueing in to some thing they have so obviously missed out on. I am not a music critic. So in this article, not only will I use the words ‘success’ and ‘Nickelback’ repeatedly, I will use them in the same sentence. And the buying public will love me. It was never s’pose to be like this. Britney Spears was the poster girl for critical disdain and all was right in the world. Pop music’s reigning princess, however, has barely put out anything worth mentioning since her heyday of the early 21st century. In that short period of time, she achieved something historic in that music critics used so many negative adjectives to describe her music that they ran out of things to say. When her famous chest was revealed as being un-famously real and her juicy did-they or didn’tthey relationship with N*Sync-er Justin Timberlake became increas ingly difficult to follow, the public too, had had enough and was forced to move on. Enter Nickelback. Nickelback is exactly what critics love to hate, but also what the music industry needs most. Not as fluffy as Mandy Moore, but less hardcore than Rage Against the Machine, Nickelback falls into a happy medium. Carefully com posed tunes that are both melodically pleasing, (i.e. very hummable) and thoughtfully written, (no love cliches here) that don’t offend the listener. It is perhaps this “ordinary Joe” quality that forms the connec tion between Nickelback and its audience. People enjoy the realness of the band, which is a welcome change from the insane antics of the Insane Clown Posse or the faux-anarchist ramblings of Brit boy band Oasis. In this time of uncertainty, people are turning their backs on slick, over-produced pop and reacquainting themselves with good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. If Nickelback is filling a void then I say they deserve all the suc cess they can get.
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the term, keeping the bass lines dark and dirty with the occasional bone-rattling crescendo from drummer Tony. Although the members are fairly talented musicians experi menting with an innovative rock ‘n’ roll concept, a frightening majority of their tunes resembled each other in their predictable rhythmic and chordal structure. Nevertheless, for their encore, Brian layered and looped two distinctly different tuba lines and soloed over them, giving the song a much richer and more layered feel than the previous eleven songs from their first and only set. As I sucked back overly priced domestic beer, ears pound ing, I realized that although I was only moderately impressed with
the show as a whole, these guys cer tainly deserve some credit. Here is a band that has managed to success fully incorporate new sound tech nologies with pretty pimpin’ grooves, all accomplished without losing that hard-ripping rock edge. Having just released their fifth full-length album on September 10 with Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records, Drums and Tuba are merely a quarter of their way through a fifty-show fall tour throughout the US (with the per functory shows in Montreal, Kingston and Toronto). Heralded as their most accom plished effort yet, I must concede that their new album, Mostly Ape, left me tepid. Like sex with no orgasm, the album went through the motions, pumping and gyrat
ing, but in the end lacked any substantial climactic moments. Furthermore, any attempts to classify their new album or even categorize the band into one distinct genre would be extremely confusing. Drums and Tuba have been together for seven years now and although their cur rent style still remains ground ed in what Brian Wolff refers to as a “straight-up, stripped down punk thing”, the band has certainly evolved over the years into a unique hybrid of electric rock. Regardless, Drums and Tuba are a live show definitely worth check ing out for the $6.50 they were charging at the door GREG GILES Wednesday night. The men behind the drums and tuba.
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Various — Top Pop CD/CS (Music for Little People) Ever since The Langely School's Project became a hit with public radio lovers and Bruce Haack cracked the DJ crowd, chil dren's music labels have been mail ing out their new releases to college papers and indie ‘zines like there’s no tommorow. Treading the fine line between crap and genius, Top Pop obviously has hits and misses, the biggest fault being the weak production on most of the more electronic tracks. A complete lack of depth and absence of any hard sounds make even infalible pop song writing like Pink’s “Get Your Party Started” sound thin and disappointing. Luckily, the vocal stylings make up for any produciton insuffi ciencies. The 20 kid shout chorus on N*SYNC's “Pop” = genius. Lack of glitch on the same track = crap. Non programmed Casio 'strings' arppeggios on Destiny Child’s “Survivor” = crap. Kids carefully going ‘What!’ and ‘Hey!’ during the chorus on the same tune = genius.
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a few small melodically sung lines of emotion strong enough to make phrases such as 'it's not my fault' not seem too laughable. The form features narrative to an even greater extent on the second track, which tells the less-than-explicit story of French revolutionaries. Corwin Fox, another Ottawa native (this time, ex-members of Big Fish Eat Little Fish) delivers two standard pieces of simplistic songwriting, the first four-tracked into sounding on the verge of coun try western despite a nice variety of melodic material, while the second takes tips from movie soundtrack love songs, introspective parts, times we once had montages, etc.
Je Cherche’s Pop Montreal Picks Our Friend Andrew in a folksy mix of shambling keyboards, underplucked sloppy guitar and exclusively casual auxilary percus sion. This record is quite close to his previous work with Ottawa's leg endary (in certain circles) No Shirts, also known as the No Shirt Motherfuckers. Of course, as we grow older we inevitably grow more mature—as shown here by Andrew's ousting of a traditional emo band cell struc ture (as in: show us your riffs!) in favour of a form more suitable to narrative music. He does, however, keep the perfect ratio of a tongue in cheek vocal style that makes any instrumental melody redundant to
Sheppard/lanza/Jones live show at Pollack Hall September 16, 2002 This year, you didn't have to wait for the per semester GEMS (Graduate Electronic Music Studio) concert to catch a full dose of lanza. This show featured a heavy dose of his usual piano antics, the requisite tape manipulation and a touch of digital signal processing. Lanza's loyalty to South American music and culture was almost thematic of the night that featured works by expatriates Budon, Santoro, Perron and himself. The best surprise, however, was an almost premier (somebody else had performed it earlier that week
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Sigur Ros Agœtis byrjun Pias American Hesitant, poignant chords and rhythms reflect the vast landscape
of Iceland, homeland of the band Sigur Ros. Translated as ‘Victory Rose’, the band is composed of vocalist and guitarist J6n Flor (Jônsi) Birgisson, keyboardist Kjartan (Kjarri) Sveinsson, drum mer Orri Pdll DJrason and Georg (Goggi) Holm on the bass. Sigur Ros has been around since 1994 when the four then-teenagers began to play together. Their most recent album, Agœtis byrjun (which roughly trans lates to a New Beginning) is gentle but assertive, demure but alluring. They have produced an ambient Radiohead-Bjork-like spine-chilling sound. Sigur R6s’ best-known
in some other far off circle of acade mia: Vanier College) of Robert F. Jones' “Bead.” This piece for piano, voice and pre-recorded sound con tained a vast amount of pop sensi bilities. The form was less than algorithmic, with a particular repe tition of a few wonderful vocal lines set over sparse swells of piano. Bits of softness were intersperesed with harmonic surprises and brief and delicate melody: simultaneously yet seperately with voice, piano and tape. This piece bridged the gaps between academia, soundtrack and comtemporary pop-comtemporary music—it would be as huge as it was on Kranky.
track, “Svefn G Englar” (Sleepwalkers) was recently featured on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz thriller Vanilla Sky, and is a centre-piece of the album. The lyrics are in Icelandic; no matter. The fragile, falsetto voice of J6nsi speaks for itself, and is deli cately complimented by an electric guitar played with a cello bow. There is also an interesting sound coming from Kjarri’s keyboard kit: a mix of organs, synths, and a hammond B3, which echo the lyrics with an element of psychedelicness. The soft, austere soundscapes sometimes feel a little bit too blend ed. This is due to the tenuto syn thesized string chords that seem to last forever, dispersed only by soft drum beats. The continuity of the album is also part of its appeal. Agœtis byrjun is a more sedate version of Radiohead’s Kid-A, and seemingly gets better each time one listens to it. The two main tracks, “Svefn G Englar” and “Agaetis byrjun” are best listened to late at night, when one is feeling philosophical and emotional. Although it can be clas sified as ‘electronic music’, Sigur R6s takes full advantage of its instruments, and ultimately pro duces a sound which is ethereal yet edgy. -Lauren Konsky
A ll o f the Above Coup d’Etat Entertainment An underground legend and an established victim of contract shuf fling at the hands of record compa nies, J-Live, a.k.a Justice Allah (of the 5 Percent Nation), returns with what he calls his “first second album”. The most devoted hip hop heads will remember J-Live from 1995’s DJ Premier produced “Braggin Writes” and its follow-up track “Can I Get It”. Despite those singles’ extremely strong sales, diffi culties and restructuring at London Records prevented J-Live’s first album, The Best Part from being released until late 2001. J-Live has managed to create a healthy buzz around his MC per sona, landing the much-coveted Source Magazine’s “Unsigned Hype” designation in 1995. Unable to fully launch into his artistic career, he taught grade seven and eight English class in Brooklyn dur ing the late 90s before fully com mitting himself to hip hop. His sophomore effort, All of the Above, is a convincing blend of smooth beats and strong lyrics, that proves that, after seven years in the game, J-Live is as intense and devoted as a hungry, aspiring, first-timer. Unsuspected complexity is the key ingredient of this album. J-Live sticks to the basics with accessible instrumentals and the occasional catchy hook, allowing for a satisfy ing first listen. However, All of the Above is a gift that keeps on giving, unwrapped with each new listen. The production team, which
Friday, September 27 Barfly 9:30 pm Kosher Rock Records Showcase with Deep Dark United, Shut-in, Black Eyes, and The Creeping Nobodies features Toronto's most interesting rock groups. The C.N. follow the foot steps of the Fall, making guitars sound interesting again. Deep Dark United and their dualing organs play along the lines of a less embarassing Frogs with some really cool instrumentation. Saturday, September 28 Casa Del Popolo 9:30 pm Three Gut Records Showcase with Deep Dark United, Shut-in, includes DJ Spinna, Jazzy Jeff’s Touch of Jazz and J-Live himself, lends a moody, ethereal feeling to most of the tracks. Lyricism is the undisputed star on the album how ever. J-Live is not the greatest MC of all time, but he does possess a rare balance of excellence in flow and content. Many mainstream rappers pos sess effective flows but rarefy tap into thematic diversity, whereas, as a general rule, underground MCs tend to be adventurous in subject matter, but more lacking in terms of rhyming over beats. J-Live is near flawless in both areas. All of.the Above therefore manages to get heads nodding and ask meaningful questions simultaneously. The outstanding track on the
album is “Satisfied”, a reflection on post 9-11 jingoism which has J-Live flowing on an upbeat tempo remi niscent of the vibe Dan the Automator created with Gorrilaz. “It won’t make brutality disappear/ It won’t pull equality from behind your ear...don’t get me wrong there’s no place I’d rather be, the grass ain’t greener on the other genocide,” he rhymes. J-Live demonstrates his ability to suggest questions rather than for-
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mulate opinions and thrust them on the listener, which makes the content both stronger and yet more subtle. The occasional skits featured on the album provide refreshing mockery of the usual hip hop stereotypes, such as the interlude that features a rapper trying to define himself to a baffled bystander: “I’m a rapper, you know baggy pants, forties and blunts, I curse a lot...Oh you’re from Brooklyn? No, but pint tooken”’. The variety of issues addressed, from love on “Anna” to a multiple ending morning-after tale on “One for the Griot”, to the ubiquitous self-definition on the title track, show a well-rounded MC willing to break out of the traditional MC mold. In the past, J-Live has sur rounded himself with such superstar producers as DJ Premier and Prince Paul, and musically speak ing, the only potential flaw here might be the shortage of definite slam-dunk single material. The pro duction is still extremely effective, however, and remains very enjoy able, listen after listen. . All in all, J-Live has stepped up to the plate in 2002 with a very strong album that serves as a hum ble reminder that there is more to hip hop than meets the eye. -Nicolas Newhouse-Ameille
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Lam enting the point that got a w ay Lackadaisical Martlet performance allows Carabins to salvage a point Andrew H ennigar
“Every team has a bad day, this was ours.” That was Antonietta Pascales explanation for Friday nights dis mal performance by Mardets soccer as they setded for a 1-1 draw with the Université de Montreal Carabins. After going ahead 1-0 early in the second half, the young squad let a point slip away when the Carabins tied the score with 13 minutes remaining. In the first half, McGill had the majority of possession but was unable to capitalize. The team advanced into U de M territory sev eral times only to send through-ball after through-ball directly to the opposing keeper rather than to the awaiting feet of fellow teammates. “Our first touch was off tonight,” said a frustrated Alanna Maloney after the game. “We weren’t making passes to the right place.” The deadlock was broken just three minutes into the second half. Nicole Shepherd started the play, sending the ball from her midfield position up to Maloney. After some nifty footwork to elude a defender, she laid the ball off to a streaking ‘Toni’ Pascale who calmly buried her second of the season. The soft-spoken rookie was quick to credit her co-captain for setting up the shot.
“Alanna [Maloney] gave me a perfect opportunity. I just had to put the finishing touch on a great play,” said Pascale. Sloppy play continued throughout the second half. McGill continued to squander its chances as a result of errant passes and lack of hustle. The inability to put together another scoring play caught up with McGill in the 77th minute. U de M’s Amélie Pendneault took advantage of the communication problems that plagued the defensive unit all night and put home the tying goal through a mess of McGill players. During the final minutes of the game, the home side showed very little desperation or intensity trying to regain the lead. As was the case throughout the game, the Carabins continually won the ball and showed more jump than the Martlets. “We were very flat tonight,” said McGill head coach Marc Mounicot. “They were fighting harder than we were. Aside from the first five minutes of the game, we played pretty boring soccer.” Although Mounicot was disap pointed with the outcome of the game, he realized that his team is young and has much to learn. “This team reminds me very much of the team I had in my first year coaching here,” said Mounicot, who is in his fifth year at McGill. “That team was also young and
struggled in the early part of the season. It took some work but they came together in the last few games of the season and had a great play off run.”
Martlet players were also frus trated after the game, many of them declining to comment on the team’s performance. To her credit, sec ond-year midfielder Melanie
MacDonald played her best game to date in a McGill uniform. “It’s disappointing, we weren’t at our best tonight,” said MacDonald. “The team didn’t feel like we were playing together, everything was being pushed up the middle of the field instead of play ing the ball out wide and using our speed on the wings.” Maloney’s appraisal of the team’s play was similar. “We didn’t use all the avenues that were available to us. Careless play kept us from using the whole field to attack.” Throughout the contest, McGill did not look hungry for the win. “It felt like something was missing tonight,” said Meghan O’Reilly. “The team doesn’t feel whole yet.” O’Reilly’s evaluation coincided with the view of her coach. “We need players who can step up and reverse the momentum of the game when it’s not in our favour,” said Mounicot. “Our more experienced players need to do that but many of them did not show up [mentally] to play tonight.” The Martlets have to refocus and hope that many injured veter ans return soon to the line-up. The Concordia Stingers will visit Molson Stadium this Friday for what will surely be a hard fought battle. Kick-off is 6:30 p.m.
Seventh heaven for 'Nando in three gam es Redmen tie Carabins Ed Gliicksman *2
Redmen rookie Fernando Daluiso scored his league-leading sixth and seventh goals of the sea son Friday, helping his team to a 22 draw against cross-town rival Université de Montréal Carabins at Molson Stadium. The two goals came in only Daluiso’s third official game with the Redmen. Former McGill coach Pat Raimondo’s Carabins earned a deserved point after coming back from a 2-0 deficit. Karim Toumi and Boubacar Coulibaly scored sec ond half goals for the Carabins. McGill leads the Quebec Student Sport Federation men’s soc cer division with 10 points after defeating Université du Québec à Montréal the following Sunday. U de M, third in the division, tied its second game in three opportunities, earning them their fourth point of the season. The Redmen were ranked sec ond in the nation behind Wilfred
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Laurier going into Friday’s game. The Carabins were not present in the top 10 but the ranking differ ence was far from clear on the play ing field. “The guys just didn’t seem to want the victory today,” comment ed Redmen coach Adam Mar after the game. “U de M was good but we certainly were the better team.” Mar’s team dominated much of the first half, trying to break through a typically defensive Raimondo-coached side that was unwilling to move forward at the expense of opening up at the back. “This week we spent a great deal of time talking about how to deal with Pat’s [Raimondo] particu larly careful style of play,” said cap tain Mathieu Harding. “Things might have turned out differently had we not spent the first half hour assessing that they were playing the way we had already predicted them to play.” Raimondo was suspended for Friday’s matchup and was therefore a marked absence from the very
sidelines he used to pace just two seasons ago. The persistent Raimondo, who coached McGill for seven seasons, still managed to perform most of his duties from the entrance of the visiting team’s changing room. When he was finally allowed to step onto the turf following the final whistle, the 2000 Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union Coach of the Year seemed happy with both his team’s performance and the end result. “We saw two quality teams and this was a fair score. Playing here is always the biggest game of the year for us,” said Raimondo. It took a break in the 45th minute orchestrated by McGill midfielder Kyle Graham to get through U de M’s game of attrition. The ball eventually ended up at the feet of rookie Alex Scott whose speedy run inside the Carabins penalty area was halted abruptly by a brutal tackle from behind. “Either I was getting by him or he was going to take me out,”
remarked the 135-pound Management student. The Carabins defender opted for the more risky choice and the referee didn’t hesitate to award a justified penalty kick. Daluiso easily converted the penalty by calmly slotting the ball past keeper Julien Letendre. “Alex (Scott) really did all the work on that one. I just did what was expected of me,” said the hyped McGill striker. Both Redmen rookies once again looked impressive although no single McGill player stood out consistently through the encounter. Daluiso’s second tally came just six minutes into the second half when he received a clever throughball from fellow rookie Jonathan Warin. The pass isolated the new Molson Stadium hero on the right side. He concluded a powerful run by knocking the ball past a diving Letendre. The two-goal margin seemed to relax the confident Redmen who began to engage in an overly-defen-
sive, risky style of play. “We simply stopped playing our game,” analyzed Dalusio, refer ring to the crucial final 35 minutes of the match. U de M began its comeback seven minutes later when a quick cross from the right was deflected See MEN’S, page 23
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Depth the name of the game for men's rugby
A n e a r ly ju m p o n t h e s e a s o n M a r t le t v o lle y b a ll fin is h e s Brodie Halford O n e o f M c G ill’s m o st e x c itin g tea m s has retu rn ed to th e c o u r t for a n o th er season . T h e M c G ill M a rtlet v olleyb all tea m g o t its first taste o f a c tio n th is w e e k e n d as th e y p articip ated in an in v ita tio n a l to u r n a m e n t h o s te d by th e U n iv e r sité d e M on tréal. E ig h t te a m s sq u a r ed b e tw e e n
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U n iv e r sité Laval, W ilfr e d Laurier, U n iv e r s ité d e S h e r b r o o k e a n d M c G ill. C e ltiq u e S é n io r and C o llè g e B o is d e B o u lo g n e p artici p a te d as c lu b team s. T h e M a r tle ts w o n th ree o f th e ir fiv e g a m e s, b e a tin g th e O tta w a G e e G ee s o n c e an d th e L a u rier G o ld e n H a w k s tw ic e . M a rtlet c o a c h R a ch èle B éliveau w as gen era lly sa tisfie d w ith th e fifth p la ce fin ish . It w as h er team ’s first to u r n a m e n t o f th e year, w h ile m a n y o f th e o th e r c o m p e tin g sq uad s h ad already c o m p e te d th is m o n th . “W e ’v e o n ly h a d o n e w e e k o f t r a in in g ,”
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u n iv er sity team s. M c G ill returns h o m e to c o m p e te in its o w n in v ita tio n a l to u r n a m e n t O c to b e r 1 8 -2 0 . B y th e n th e o fficiators sh o u ld be m o r e alert, a c co r d in g to a h o p e
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A rook ie-lad en M cG ill squad played an inexperienced b u t spirited É cole T echnique Supérieure (ETS) last Friday. W ith m any o f the back row and back players sh ow in g great potential, M cG ill dow ned ETS 3 0 10. “W e played w ith our rookies and tw o veterans against ETS in order to allow our usual players to rest,” said head coach Sean M cCaffrey. “I was very satisfied w ith the fact that our rookies were able to step up and w in today.” T h e M cG ill forwards had prob lem s early o n against a larger op p osi tio n forward pack, w h o w ere better at gettin g a lower b od y heigh t in both the rucks and malls. M c G ill disp layed flashes o f potential but continually failed to capitalize o n num erous try scoring opp ortu nities because o f poor passes and shallow running. “W e w ere a bit d isap p oin ted w ith so m e o f th e o p p o rtu n ities m issed. A t tim es they let u p ,” said M cCaffrey. T h e R ed m en , d esp ite so m e breakdowns in the backs, finished o n the plus side. Trevor D ’Arcy, M ike Libis, and E am on T ierney were able to touch the ball d ow n for three m ore tries. John R eid com p leted a conver sio n and a p en a lty kick, giv in g M cG ill an extra five points.
e ig h t years,” c o m m e n te d B éliveau. “A n d all 14 team s in th e Q u é b e c lea g u e are in str o n g c o m p e titio n for
g o o d effo r t forw ard .” W it h M a c K e n z ie ’s p r e c isio n s e ttin g a n d te a m c a p ta in L iz J a m ie s o n ’s
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fu l B éliveau . “T h e y m isse d a lo t o f c a lls,”
Still work to be done “W e served very w e ll, a n d w e received v ery w e ll,” said B éliveau . “H ow ever, w e n e e d to w o r k o n ou r
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are c o m p r ised m a in ly o f first an d seco n d -y ea r players. “W e still have a v e r y y o u n g te a m ,” str esse d B éliveau . “W e w a n t to p erfo rm as b est w e c a n th is year, b u t w e w a n t
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to prepare for n e x t year at th e sam e tim e .” A fter startin g th e M a rtlet v o l leyb all p rogram in 1 9 9 1 , B éliveau d e v e lo p e d a n a tio n a lly c o m p e titiv e
A n d n o w w e r e o n a w in n in g streak T h e fo llo w in g S u nd ay the R edm en faced a significantly strongei o p p o n en t in B ishop’s. T h e gam e was w ell refereed bu t occasionally turned spiteful. T h e R edm en battled through the bitterness to take the gam e 19-0. M cG ill d o m in a te d than ks tc skillful, experienced play and signifi cant aggression. In contrast to dit ETS gam e, this was an entertaining spectacle, m ixin g running rugby with solid, fair hitting. A lthou gh the h a lf tim e score did n o t reflect M c G ill’s dom in an ce, M cC affrey told his squad that the p oin ts w ou ld co m e as lon g as the effort continued. M cG ill started the secon d hall stro n g ly w ith se c o n d row player Aaron A kehurst surprising even h im se lf runn ing 3 0 metres from the ruck, leading to the first o f several penalties in front o f the posts. Pat W eld on, enjoying a great day o f rugby, kicked the conversion from the sideline o n full tim e to en d the scoring. T h e qu ick start to the season by the R edm en has M cC affrey confi dent. “It is the first tim e that w e’ve gon e 4 -0 [to open the season ],” said M cCaffrey. “I f w e play up to oui potential, there is no other team who can com p ete against us.”
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been here a lo n g tim e and I’m gettin g really h u n gry to w in so m e th in g at a national level.” Sarah A li-K h a n w as th rilled w ith her secon d -p lace result b u t has her eye o n bigger and better things. “I’d like to better m y place at C IS ,” said A li-K h an. “I fin ish ed sec o n d last year so it w o u ld be aw esom e
m akeup o f this year’s team and is ready to see h o w th e rookies perform . “I’m really excited ab ou t the tea m ,” said A li-K han. “W e’ve got ton s o f n e w talen t and everyone it very ex cited .” Ism ail K assam an d D an iel W ernerrson w ere also pleased with their perform ances d esp ite b oth suf fering from alim ents. “I [was] actually feelin g a little b it sick. A little con gestion , a little
sore throat,” confessed Kassam. W ern ersson , a ro o k ie frorr Sw eden, rem arked that he is stil adjusting to Canada’s clim ate. “T h a t is m y problem because 1 am from Sw eden, and I am n o t usee to this h u m id w eather.” W ernersson add ed that he wa: even m ore satisfied w ith his result: because he is n o t even a cross-cou n try runner b y trade. “I’m an orienteering [com p eti tor] that runs th rou gh forests ai h o m e in Sw eden. But, o f course, 1 run a lo t as w ell because that is the task w h en o r ie n te e r in g ,” saic W ernersson. A fter the first m eet, M cG ill i: lo o k in g to be n o t o n ly a conference leader, b u t a national con ten d er T h e n ext cross-cou ntry m e et i: th is S atu rd ay at U n iv e r sity o:
th e season w ere, Barrett ack n ow l edged that he think s this w o m e n ’s tea m can w in th e C a n ad ian In teru n iv ersity S p o rt (C IS ) C h am p ion sh ip . NATHANLEBIODA
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M a rk K e rr T h e M cG ill R ed m en football earn seem s to like playing from >ehind. B ut w ith the team scorin g an verage o f 3 4 .5 p o in ts a gam e, d c G ill has been able to sp ot its >pponents an early lead. M cG ill overcam e a 17 p o in t e co n d quarter d eficit last Saturday ftern oo n in L ennoxville to defeat he B ish op ’s G aiters 4 8 -2 7 . “W e had a slow start like the last three gam es b u t w e p ou red it o n n the third and fourth quarters,” aid m id d le lin eb a ck er M ik e dahoney. M a h o n e y had m ixed feelings b o u t trailing early. “It [the slow start] is a bit o f a oncern , b u t it is n ice to k n o w that /e can d o it,” said M ahoney, w h o lad six so lo tackles and assisted on w o others. “C o m e th e playoffs, w e r a n t be able to w ait u n til the secind h a lf to start playing. It is nice eein g the offen ce play so w e ll.” “T h e R ed m en d id n o t play ery w ell. W e w ill n eed a better ffort from everyone i f w e w an t to >e co m p e titiv e w ith th e oth er team s n the con feren ce,” said head coach ih u c k M cM an n . B o th aspects cam e togeth er in he final quarter o f Saturday’s gam e /h e n M cG ill scored 3 5 p o in ts and im ited B ish op ’s to o n ly seven.
Can’t Tai up Danny Tailback D a n n y Tai h ad a big lay, scorin g tw o to u ch d o w n s. H is e co n d cam e o f f an eight-yard run nidw ay through the fourth quarter, m tting the gam e o u t o f reach for the Waiters. Josh S o m m e r fe ld t c o n tin u e d iis strong play by c o m p letin g 21 o f '6 passes for 2 5 9 yards. H e also hrew tw o intercep tion s. S o m m e r fe ld t’s co u n te r p a r t, iylain D esroch ers, p u t up better lum bers in th e lo sin g cause. H e
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c o m p lete d 2 5 o f 3 7 passes for 4 3 0 yards w ith three to u c h d o w n passes. D esroch ers put B ish op ’s up 133 o n ly three m in u tes in to the secon d quarter. H e threw a 65-yard b o m b to D a v id D elaby, w h ic h w as fo l low ed up w ith a six-yard to u ch d o w n strike to A n dre B ynoe, giv in g the G aiters a 1 7 -p o in t lead. A lth o u g h B ish op ’s w as up big, M a h o n e y d id n o t fin d to o m u ch fault w ith his team ’s defence. “T h e y scored 2 0 p o in ts in the first h a lf b u t it w as o n ly th ose tw o drives th a t k ille d u s ,” said th e fourth-year player. The d e fe n c e sh u t dow n B ish op’s in th e third quarter and allow ed o n ly o n e to u c h d o w n in the fou rth quarter. T h e offen ce d id its part and cam e th rou gh in the clu tch . Tai, a lo n g w ith Pat L a n c tô t, N ic k H o ffm a n , S tefan K a len ch u k and G ilbert G u ay all scored tou ch d ow n s. It w as H o ffm a n ’s 17th career ru sh in g to u c h d o w n , p la c in g h im fourth b e h in d M cG ill a ll-tim e leader T om Barbeau in that category. “T h e k ey to our co m eb a ck was the m istakes m ade by B ish op ’s,” said M cM an n .
ast M c G ill k eep er D u s tin Diedricksen b y C arabins captain ioub acar C o u lib a ly D ie d r ic k se n /as helpless w h en c o n fro n ted w ith tie sp eed y fin ish in g o f th e M ali ative. “T h e y ju st seem ed to w an t it tore near the en d o f the gam e. W e eally sh o u ld have b e a te n th e m o n ig h t,” said D iedricksen . T h e C arab in s-eq u alizer cam e /ith ju st 17 m in u te s r em a in in g /h e n K arim T ou m i d eflected Sam ir tabbaj’s free kick past D iedricksen . ’h e lig h t to u c h from forw ard o u m i fo o le d several R e d m e n efenders, as w ell as their six fo o t ive keeper. “I g o t caught o f f m y line. T h e >all glazed o f f his h ead and past the our o f us, w e d id n ’t even have tim e o react,” said D ied rick sen , describng the fatal m o m en t. “O u r en ergy levels w ere d ow n , n d w e therefore c o m m itte d foolish
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o u r drivew ays to ice, b u t w e ’re still p la y in g th e g a m e lik e seven -year
u n a b le to sto p , a n d slam in to th e boards e v en once? Y ou’ll g e t three or fou r o f th o se every D H L gam e. H a v e y o u ever se e n Jose
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n in g o f a b ran d n e w season o f u ltr a -c o m p e titiv e D H L , M c G ill’s “D ” level intram ural ice h o c k e y
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lea g u e. O n e tea m in p a rticu la r h o ld s h ig h h o p e s for th e 2 0 0 2 - 0 3
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e n jo y h o c k e y b ecau se th e y g e t to
Mohit Arora Yesterday m arked th e b e g in
b r e ed in g g ro u n d s su ch as S o u th ern O n ta r io a n d W estern C an ad a, as w e ll as n o n -tr a d itio n a l h o c k e y h avens su ch as T e n n essee a n d San
n in g the annual h o m e c o m in g gam e instead o f lo o k in g to o far ahead to th e stiffer c o m p e titio n th e C on co rd ia Stingers w ill offer in tw o w eek s tim e. “O f course w e k n o w th e sch ed ule, b u t w e are lo o k in g to th e U de M gam e. H o p e fu lly w e can have a
variou s levels. W h ile a fe w B ad M a m m a Jam m as co n sid e r a h at
g o o d gam e in front o f the h o m e crow d .” K ic k -o ff is 1:30 p .m . at M o lso n S tad iu m for the h o m e c o m in g gam e
A typical D H L team co n sists o f form er h o u se leagu e players an d th o se w h o p layed h o c k e y g r o w in g
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trick to be a very g o o d g a m e, th e vast m ajority o f th e team c o n sid er sk a tin g backw ards, sta y in g o n sid e , a n d p r o p e r ly e x e c u tin g a lin e c h a n g e to b e th eir o w n v ersio n o f a th ree-goal n ig h t.
up b u t d id n ’t have th e ta len t or T h e B ad M a m m a Jam m as, o n th e o th er h a n d , c o n sist o f players w h o are still learn in g to skate; over
fou ls to k e e p up w ith th em . T h e resulting free kicks are w h a t ev en tu ally k illed u s,” said G raham . A lth o u g h th e R ed m en threw aw ay a g old en op p o rtu n ity to earn their third victory in as m a n y gam es, th e y h o p e th at Friday’s experien ce w ill be ed u cation al m ore than any th in g. U ltim ately, the m atch cam e d o w n to M c G ill’s in ab ility to focus from start to finish. “Perhaps w e w ere over-con fi d e n t to n ig h t. W e see this as a b it o f a reality c h e ck ,” c o m m e n te d the ever-positive H ard in g. “W e’ll w ork hard and h op efu lly this w o n ’t h ap p e n again.” Several v isitin g alu m n i, in c lu d in g form er goalkeeper Jason Forsyth a n d ‘th e M a g ic ia n ’ G u y A n ab a A n aba w ere present to cheer o n their form er team m ates. M cG ill squares o f f at h o m e against C o n co r d ia th is F riday at 8 :3 0 p .m . before travelling to TroisRivières th e fo llo w in g S u nd ay after noon.
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The R edm en face th e U n iv e r sité de M o n tréa l C arabins n ext w eek , a team th ey em barassed 4 1 - 0 tw o w eek s ago. M a h o n e y said the team is con cen tratin g o n w in
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tw o -th ir d s o f th e team h ad never p la y ed a n y fo rm o f o rgan ized h o c k e y b efore e n te rin g th e D H L . N e e d le ss to say, th e lea rn in g cu rve is p retty steep . O n e o n ly n eed s to lo o k at th e Bad M a m m a Jam m as’ record last season to w it n ess th is. T h e team w o n ju st a sin g le g a m e in its first seven o u tin g s b u t p layed a relatively a m a zin g sec o n d h a lf o f th e season c o m p ilin g a 3 -3 -1 record. O h , w e ’re still aw fu l, b u t at least w e have a blast d o in g it. In fa c t, th e B a d M a m m a J am m as q u ick ly g a in e d a rep u ta tio n w ith in
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th e leagu e as th e team th at h ad th e m o st fu n . W e w ere even tak en o u t for drink s after th e ga m e b y ou r o p p o n e n ts b ecau se th e y app reciat ed th e sp irit w ith w h ic h w e p layed . O u r fam e p reced ed us to su ch an e x te n t th a t w e started d raw in g a sm a ll crow d to o u r gam es. True, th e c r o w d c o n s is te d m o s tly o f o u r frien d s, b u t there w as alw ays a sec tio n in th e stan d s filled w ith p e o p le p la y in g th e b o n g o s, d r in k in g a n d d a n c in g all gam e. O u r gam es w ere a ctu ally fu n to w a tch . T h e N a tio n a l H o c k e y L eague
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