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A playful romp in Harlequin's Carnival

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Inspired by Commedia dell’Arte, a colourful theatrical form that originated in the early Italian Renaissance and is based on the works of Flaminio Scala, a 16th century master o f comedy, Harlequin’s Carnival springs up from its old roots to create a new, lively and entertaining perform­ ance at Players’ Theatre.

Elements o f Commedia pro­ duction rely heavily upon improv­ isation, audience participation, the trademark masks, dance, and espe­ cially la z z i, which are gags and sex­ ually explicit pranks. In addition, the division between the stage and audience is diminished.

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called upon during the show— in fact, heckling is encouraged. This style o f performance is one origi­ nally invented by travelling street troupes, whose only scripted actions revolved around several central plot themes. From there, the rest depends on the actors’ whims, which means jokes will change nightly and each show is slightly different.

Harlequin is comprised o f a selection o f stock characters: Cinizio played by Chuck Taggart, II Dottore by Shelly Liebembuk, Coviello by M ike Poblete, Pedrolino by Joanna Donehower, Isabella by Em ilie Leclerc and Rosetta by Lara Chatterjee.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Am anda Greenm an Starting next June, students will no longer be able to purchase cigarettes at Sadie’s, the tabagie owned by the Students’ Society.

At Thursday’s council meet­ ing, SSM U voted to let all its con­ tracts with tobacco companies expire on June 1, 2005.

D entistry Representative Haissam Dahan, who proposed the original motion to council in Novem ber for S S M U to not engage in any more tobacco con­ tracts, said banning the sale of tobacco on campus would improve the M cG ill community and help students quit smoking by restricting their access to ciga­ rettes.

“SSM U making money by

selling cigarettes is ethically and morally wrong,” Dahan said. “We the students must better our own society. We m u st... set standards that other students and other uni­ versities will follow.”

Arts Representative Elise Legault was one o f several coun­ cillors who said they supported the ban in the interest of ethical investment, but rejected paternal­ istic motivations.

“I care about who SSM U does business w ith,” she said.

“Tobacco companies are basically as evil as it gets.”

Legault added she does not think the ban will affect whether students continue to smoke.

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Seen but not heard

Red Planet dazzles audience Human beings will land on Mars within the next century, said Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Jafar ArkaniHamed on Wednesday.

Arkani-Hamed presented Mars as a harsh world. Its days are 2 4 .6 hours long, its year 687 Earth days, and its surface tem ­ peratures average - 6 3 degrees Celsius. He showed images o f every probe ever sent to Mars, marking the multiple failed mis­ sions with a red “X .”

Despite the failures, Arkani1 lamed said the attempts contin­ ue because in “the bottom of our hearts we think we can do it."

Arkani-Hamed, a geophysi­ cist, went on to discuss missions such as the twin geological probes Spirit and Opportunity, both o f which landed successful­ ly on Mars. Referring to recent communications difficulties with the first probe, Spirit, he said, “[The] good news is they are thinking it is [a] software diffi­ culty,” which wold be easier to fix than a hardware problem.

T h e probe Opportunity, meanwhile, landed in a crater, he said. Images from the landing site have had scientists buzzing about a potential scientific ja ck ­ pot. T h e images o f off-white coloured rocks hint at the possi­ bility o f sedimentary rocks,

Administration's new plan cuts students' representation on BoG Lisa Varano

which would imply the past pres­ ence of water.

Further evidence o f Martian water, Arkani-Hamed said, was transm itted by the probe Odyssey, which showed the pos­ sibility o f there being water on M ars equal to one-half the amount o f water in the Great Lakes.

Possible water sources are not the only remarkable feature o f the planet. Among Mars's geo­ logical features is the Valles Marineris canyon, which has the volume to contain 100 Grand Canyons. Arkani-Hamed also

mentioned Olympus Morts, an inactive Martian volcano 25 km in height with a radius equiva­ lent to the distance between Montreal and Toronto. ArkaniHamed also touched on the phe­ nom ena o f Marsquakes and Mars' magnetic field.

The extent to which Canadians will participate in the development o f Mars missions Is limited, he said. “(We are] very small and we don’t have lots o f money,” he said, “but we have lots of very good brains.”

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W M cG ill The Department of Jewish Studies B L A C H E R AND G L A S R O T F A M IL IE S M E M O R IA L A W A R D F O R H O LO C A U S T R E S E A R C H stablished in 2000 by Mr. and Mrs. Josef Glasrot, survivors of the Holocaust and residents of Montreal. Open to any student at McGill University, the award is presented for excellence in research in Holocaust and related studies, and particularly on the history of the ghettos of Warsaw and Kovno (Kaunas). Essays prepared in any course or independent research may be considered. The award is administered by the Department of Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Jewish Community Foundation.

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• E ssa y su b m issio n s m ust reach the Departm ent of Jew ish S tu d ie s Office, 3438 McTavish Street, no later than April 23, 2004.

SSM U prefers that each student group continue to have à voting rep­ resentative on the board as they cur­ rently do, Rhodes said.

However, if students ask for more representation, so will other groups on the board. This will likely result in a large board that those in support of a corporate model say is the very problem.

“Increasing our representation on the board is going to be very hard to do,” said SSM U B oG representa­ tive Martin Doe at council, adding that SSM U will instead recommend more student voices be included in the form of non-voting seats for the four student society presidents.

M C SS president Melissa Nyveld said that although she does not expect her small society to have a vote on the board, “it is imperative for us to have a voice, so that our opinions are heard... and Macdonald is not forgotten.”

A revised proposal from the administration would see the voice of senior administrators grow more powerful on the Board of Governors, while student representation contin­ ues to dwindle.

Last fall, the Governance Review Group suggested a reduction of the board from 45 to 18 members to promote efficiency. That number has now been increased to 23.

Since the university’s vice-prin­ cipals, who presently hold observer status, have not been included in the cuts, the ratio of senior administra­ tors to students is set to increase on the smaller Board.

In another modification, the Board of Governors decided last week to change the day it will vote on the new structure to May 25 from March 15. This delay will allow a Senate committee to present its for­ mal recommendations to the board in April.

This means the decision “Increasing our represen­ will be finalized, though tation on the board is going not implemented, by the time students return to be very hard to do. from the summer break.

— M artin D oe Students’ Society SSM U B oG represen tative President Kate Rhodes said she does not under­ stand why the universi­ The revised proposal eliminates ty’s VPs, though they are not count­ the SSM U president’s observer seat ed towards quorum and hold an and scraps the previous proposal’s advisory role— are absent from con­ suggestion of an observer seat for the sideration when size is such an issue.

PGSS president.

“How many people are physi­ PGSS President Ives Levesque cally in the room is a big concern for said that they have “been lobbying [the Governance Review Group] in for years’ for such a seat. He added restructuring the new model,” she that PGSS officially opposed the fall said at SSM U council Thursday. proposal and will continue to voice Under the new structure pre­ its recommendations throughout sented to the board last week, stu­ this process. dents would have two representa­ M ACES will send a formal let­ tives: one elected by SSM U and the ter to Secretary General Robin second by the Post-Graduate Geller after formulating its recom­ Students’ Society, both with voice mendations and consulting with and vote status. The previous model other student societies, said MACES would have seen two student repre­ Governor Hari Subramaniam. sentatives elected by all full-time stu­ Geller declined to comment on dents. This change reflects the prob­ SSM U ’s recommendations until she lem that no existing elections depart­ has an official copy of its position ment could have run a university­ paper. wide election.

Rhodes will hold a second open In addition, the M cGill forum this Friday to discuss the draft Association of Continuing of her recommendations, which will Education Students and the be presented at the next council.

Macdonald Campus Students’ “Before the university decides Society would hold non-voting seats. to restructure itself... [it] has to All together, students would contin­ decide who it is,” she said. “Its ue to represent about eight per cent method has to be relevant to its mis­ of the board. sion.” ■

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The search for a new Students’ Society general manager ended Friday with the termination of for­ mer G M Guy Brisebois’ short-term consulting contract and the hiring of Pauline Gervais as his replacement.

Brisebois held the post of gener­ al manager for more than 12 years.

“This is an exciting opportunity for SSM U to strive to improve, as well as welcome a new member to the team ,” said SSM U President Kate Rhodes.

Rhodes declined to comment on the length of the hiring process and on whether SSM U would find it difficult to replace the 12 years of experience, the “memory of S S M U ” as some are calling it, due to Quebec labour laws that protect privacy.

SSM U has been interviewing possi­ ble candidates from a human resources firm since October.

T h e G M position has been empty since Brisebois became a con­ sultant at his own request last year, which concerned some of the execu­ tives.

“The problem with a consulting relationship is that it is inherently unstable,” said SSM U Vice-President Operations Rodrigo DeCastro in an interview with the T ribu n e last October.

Rhodes said this was an ideal time to. hire a new general manager “because we have a seasoned execu­ tive able to train her before [next year’s] executive gets here.”

Gervais, who said that she looks forward to working with young peo­ ple, is excited about her new job.

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“To work in a learning environ­ ment is a completely different from my past experience,” said Gervais.

Her past work experience, according to an SSM U press release, includes “extensive experience in managing service providers, particu­ larly in the areas of project manage­ ment, marketing and human resources.”

Gervais elaborated on her past experience.

“I have worked in the floor-cov­ ering industry for 12 years,” she said.

“I was in charge of a buying group.

Gervais is looking into the big files, and she is excited about improving her English. Though not perfectly bilingual, Gervais expects her language skills to improve in the SSM U environment.

“I will be using English [proba­ bly] about 100 per cent of the tim e,” she said. “In the past, I have only used English 25 per cent of the tim e.”

The general manager is, among other things, the manager of the Shatner University Centre and the chief of SSM U staff. Recent issues that have been occupied the office of the G M include an ongoing court case with food service provider Polycuisine and difficult relations between club executives and the SSM U office staff. Brisebois spent last week testifying on behalf of the S SM U in the Polycuisine case.

Another issue that has dominated the G M portfolio is the loss of liability insurance for the Shatner building and SSM U events, which was only recently resolved. ■ — W ith files from E m ily H arris

About two dozen students showed up at Students’ Society council on Thursday in support of the Women’s Union, whose mem­ bers are up in arms over S S M U ’s response to proposed changes to the group’s constitution.

Under the proposed changes the W om en’s U nion would become the Union for Gender Empowerment, a collective open to people of any gender.

“W ere no longer ju s t for women and trans people,” said Jordan Reid, a member of the Women’s Union.

“T h at’s ju st out o f the grow­ ing recognition o f the need to become an anti-oppressive organi­ zation if we re going to effectively serve the M cG ill com m unity,” Reid said.

T he proposed name change is a response to changes in the group’s mandate and mission, Reid said, and has been needed since the W omen’s Union became trans-inclusive two years ago.

“We wanted to recognize that issues o f gender inequity are not simply issues of women and men, she said. “They’re issues that affect everybody.”

T he extent of the changes, however, led SSM U V icePresident Clubs and Services M ia Gewertz to seek the advice o f the clubs and services committee.

“The proposed changes, I felt, were very, very large,” she, said.

M em bers of com m ittee, which met on January 23, had three main concerns with the pro­ posed changes, Gewertz said. In addition to the name change, one concern was that the new mandate m ight overlap that o f Queer M cG ill and the Sexual Assault Centre, which would contravene S SM U bylaws.

Continuing Education stu­ dent Matthew McLaughlin, who has been active in Queer M cGill, said that the historically under­ served genderqueer m inorities “perhaps would benefit from hav­ ing more than one service they could go to. ” Organizations like Queer M cGill, the Women’s Union, and SA C O M SS already offer overlap­ ping services, he said.

Trans/Gender Alliance member Miriam Novick agreed, noting the overlap among issues o f queer identity, gender identity, and sexu­ al assault.

“O f course there’s overlap,” she said. “I don’t think that that’s a problem. I think that’s actually an incredibly positive thing.”

Gewertz said her main con­ cern was that the service aspect of the W om en’s U nion might becom e secondary to political activism.

“I never said it was too politi- , cal,” she said. “The new constitu­

tion seemed to focus on being a very political organization.”

Novick disagrees.

“The mandate for the Union for Gender Em powerm ent includes the word ‘services,’ ‘resources’ [and] education’ some­ thing like 10 tim es,” said Novick, U1 Cultural Studies and ID S. “Certainly the new shift in the focus of the services is perhaps motivated by certain political understandings and awareness, but I think the Union will still pri­ marily be focused on service.”

Reid said the Women’s Union has always been politically active.

“Now we re simply backing up our politics in writing.

W om en’s U n ion member Roxanna Vahed emphasized that the organization will continue to offer current services.

Gewertz emphasized that no decision has been made about the proposed changes.

“T h e constitution was not rejected,” she said.

Vahed said that mem bers’ frustration with the reaction to their proposed changes stems part­ ly from a lack of communication.

“I don’t think our intention is to have an antagonistic relation­ ship with anyone,” she said, “ [but] services being able to access SSM U time seems to be a problem in some way. It’s reflecting a larger problem. ■

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hole [if we don’t sell cigarettes],” said M anagem ent Representative Brian Schreiber.

O ther universities across Canada and the U S have banned tobacco sales, including Dalhousie, the University o f Alberta, Wilfred Laurier and Harvard.

N ot all councillors were supportive of the motion.

“I believe that if [SSM U] wants to do something to increase the health of the stu­ dent body who smokes, there are much bet­ ter ways to do s o ,” said Nursing — w ith file s from Jen n ifer Je tt Representative Jeanesse Bourgeois, who abstained from voting on the motion in Thursday s meeting.

“We should be providing resources to help people make healthy choices, but trying to con­ trol the student body by fo rce... is not how the S SM U should be directing its efforts,” she said.

T h e S S M U council also decided to establish a committee to explore alternative revenue sources for Sadie's.

Tobacco sales account for about $ 3 0 ,0 0 0 o f the revenue at PIERSIDECALLERY.COM Students’ Society President Kate Rhodes Sadies Tabagie, located in the base­ submitted a notice of motion at Thursday’s ment of the Shatner building.

No longer dark and mysteriouscouncil meeting to prohibit organized competi­ “It’s a vast portion of the rev­ Following SSMU's decision, tive binge drinking at all SSMU-sponsored enue and we re going to be in the cigarettes will no longer be sold events and other events held in the Shatner in Shatner. building.

Rhodes described the motion as an exten­ sion o f the current bylaws.

Founder's I>*y February 12 2£M>4 “It is not to stop drinking games, it is specifically to stop competitive binge drinking HfcOO AM games,” said Rhodes in response to concerns that the motion is paternalistic. “We are very interested in [an] education campaign. There is Introductioa: U r M ichel TremM&y a potential for a Day o f Action, or some sort of information booth or even an educational fair.

Rhodes is in discussions with Safety Commissioner G eoff Crawford for a Day of Guest Speaker Action, which would be a campus-wide initia­ "U fem tive about the different issues surrounding alco­ Oimbcti Mt Vinson Massif in Antarctica hol consumption. She said that this would be in line with a movement on campuses across North America to educate about the effects of binge drinking.

“I don’t want to discourage students from using Shatner, absolutely not. This is complete­ ly in line with the bylaws. It is specifically going after events,” said Rhodes. ■ — K ath erin e F u gler CC Ballroom, Macdonald Caretpus f PM

T h ro n e speech em p h asizes loans o v e r grants Jennifer Jett

The Liberal government under Prime Minister Paul Martin is committed to helping low-income, middle-income and part-time students pursue post­ secondary education, said Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson in the speech from the throne yes­ terday afternoon.

Martin’s focus for post-secondary education is improving accessibility through a revamping of the Canada Student Loan Program.

“The government’s goal is to ensure that a lack of financial resources will not be allowed to deny— to those with the motivation and capacity— the oppor­ tunity to learn and aspire to excellence in pursuing a skilled trade, a community college diploma, or uni­ versity degree,” she said.

Clarkson recognized the growing difficulty mid­ dle-class families have finding the funds to pay for post-secondary education. The Martin government will increase loan limits, she said, in response to the increased cost of post-secondary education. The scope of student loans will also be expanded to include what Clarkson called “new essentials” like computers.

The Martin government also plans to provide additional financial assistance in the form o f grants.

These grants for low-income students, Clarkson said, are intended “to cover a portion of the tuition cost of the first year of post-secondary education.”

Students’ Society Vice-President Community and Government Brianna Hersey crticized Martin for focusing on loans.

“The discourse on loans needs to be replaced with a discourse on bursaries,” Hersey said. “The fact that he only gave lip service to the idea of grants is incredibly disturbing.”

“W hen [Martin] says student loan,’ I hear stu­ dent debt,” she added.

Hersey said Martin’s educational goals are in line with his record as finance minister.

“I believe he knew exactly what he was doing in terms of where he was shifting the financial burden, she said. “The amount going to education drastically decreased during his reign as finance minister.”

In a press release, James Kusie, national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations said, “The fact that the cost o f a post-secondary education in Canada is an indebted future should be a cause of great concern for the prime minister.”

The emphasis of the govern­ m ent’s investment in research will decidedly be in scientific disci­ plines. $ 13-billion in research investment since 1997 has solidi­ fied Canada's reserve of highly edu cated labour, Clarkson said.

“Now we must do much more to ensure that our knowledge investment is converted to com ­ mercial success,” she said. “We need to do more to get our ideas and innovations out of our minds and into the marketplace.”

3 E X TR A D A Y S TO R U N F O R Opposition parties criticized the speech as pandering to voters in preparation for the expected federal election this spring. “[Martin] certainly isn’t look­ ing for student votes,” Hersey said.

Hersey is leading a federal elec­ tion workshop in partnership with la Fédération étudiante universi­ taire du Québec and the Canadian Federation o f Students. T h e P ic k u p y o u r N o m in a t io n k its T O D A Y in t h e A U S o ffic e , L e a c o c k B a s e m e n t R o o m B - 12, o r v is it Com m unity and Governm ent com m ittee is also preparing w w w .a u s m c g ill.c o m . C o m p le t e d n o m in a t io n s a r e n o w d u e F e b r u a r y 6 th a t 5p m .

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Rural and urban campuses share many similarities Sarah Dolgoy A 40-m inute shuttle ride is only part of what separates students studying at Macdonald campus from their downtown counterparts.

Isabelle Ferdinand, vicepresident external for Macdonald Campu Students’ Society, said that although the two campuses are part o f the same institution, university life is quite a different experience

for Macdonald’s 1,300 under­ graduate and graduate stu­ dents.

“Everything here is more personal,” she said. You see the same students three or four times a day. It’s like the spirit of a small town.”

M athieu Gagné, U3 Agricultural Sciences, has “never been to downtown cam­ pus... I really like it here, and I don’t want to leave,” he said.

Gagné said that M acdonald campus is a “m acro-society... [where] everyone gets to know each other quickly,” thanks to such things as the small class sizes.

Connections with down­ town, however, are not so strong.

“We feel really separate,” Ferdinand said. The shuttle bus leaves only during class hours and runs very few times daily.”

Although Macdonald stu­ dents would often like to go to downtown events, Ferdinand said that getting information

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about the vast array o f down­ town campus events is a chal­ lenge. The T ribu ne and the D aily have ju st recently started to be distributed at Macdonald campus.

Reciprocally, information about M acdonald student activities, such as the recent Carnival Week, does not reach downtown students.

Jaym e, a second year diploma student, said that she feels the downtown campus is

“totally alienated from Macdonald Campus.”

Although there have been some jo in t meetings and exchanges in the past, a great part o f this campus divide comes from the lack o f com ­ munication between the two student councils, because SSM U has not traditionally had a Macdonald representa­ tive, said Ferdinand.

A recent move to reform the M cG ill Board of Governors may see a closer relationship develop between the councils. Although the cur­ rent proposal includes a voiceonly seat for the M C SS presi­ dent, Ferdinand said that should the board vote to accept the proposal, Macdonald cam­ pus students would lose their voting rights.

“If we lose our voice in the Board of Governors, we will have to work harder to be in contact with downtown [as SSM U ] will have to represent us too,” she said. ■

Politeness two-way street, says Choy Heather Haq Lawrence Several clubs and services exec­ utives have expressed dismay with Students’ Society staff members and the bureaucratic rules they say are hindering their groups. Their dissat­ isfaction, they say, stems from a long list of problems including trouble booking rooms, discourteous front office staff, inadequate office hours, mailings and disrespect.

“The number of complaints is rising, said Clubs Representative Roberto Calouri.

Every year [SSMU] becomes more and more bureaucratic with more and more rules. It is lacking a human element that allows for flexibility and cour­ tesy .... It has become extremely hard to get anything done.”

O ffice and Service Manager Tanya Volpe-Standing said that rules concerning things like room book­ ings are not always well-received, but are necessary to keep order.

“We don’t try to make things difficult, ” she said. “W ere basically ju st following the rules.

The M cG ill International Student Network, which runs on an annual budget of about $ 1 00,000, has felt drastic financial effects stem­ ming from its deteriorating relation­ ship with the increasingly bureau­ cratic S SM U , said Jason Blank,

take it out on the front desk work­ the event unnecessarily cancelled ers,” she said. due to inflexible bureaucratic proce­ The inaccessibility of SSM U dures,” Blank said. staff, however, is one of many clubs “I am hoping to basically put and services’ chief complaints, said pressure on SSM U to have the peo­ Peter Abou-Jaoude, M ISN presiple who are causing the problems for clubs to realize that they are there to enable “I have to say some people in events— not to cause them to be cancelled,” he SSM U reacted in a very said.

N ot all clubs and responsible way to the situa­ services have encountered tion, acknowledged the prob­ this much difficulty with room bookings. For lems, and worked towards example, when the solving them, and that was M uslim Students’ Association, which holds satisfactory for us.” prayers in the Shatner — Isam F a ik ballroom every Friday, M SA p resid en t found out that a blood

drive was to take place at dent. the same time as their Friday service, “If I need permission for some­ they were able to resolve the issue. thing today,” Georgiadis said, “I “I have to say some people in sometimes have to wait two days SSM U reacted in a very responsible until the person I need permission way to the situation, acknowledged from holds their office hours... and the problems, and worked towards they are unwilling to speak to me solving them, and that was satisfac­ outside of office hours.” tory for us, said M SA President Gerchak said that it is very dif­ Isam Faik. ficult to reach SSM U Vice-President However, others have had more Clubs and Services M ia Gewertz unpleasant experiences. during her office hours.

“Some people who work for “She is never there,” he said.

SSM U are extremely rude... They No consensus has been reached are very abrupt, they dont listen, on how to resolve these problems. In they walk away and fact, some people were not even close the door in your aware o f student dissatisfaction. face,” Gerchak said.

“W e j u s t f o u n d o u t t h a t “We haven’t heard any com­ “W ere supposed tialf o f o u r b u d g e t has be en plaints,” said the front office to be working together. employee. “I had no idea.

This attitude is not in taken awa y o v e r n i g h t and Abou-Jaoude suggested that anyone’s interest," said n o b o d y will tel l us why. clubs and services should elect the Markella Georgiadis, vice-president clubs and services Queer M cGill volun­ H o n e s t l y , th is is i n c o n c e i v ­ instead of the student body. teer coordinator. Some “They are not the ones who able.” clubs executives feel —J a s o n B la n k have to deal with whoever is elect­ they are “in the way A / f T Ç \ l \ / P ^ar xr i r o c ed— we do,” he said. “If all the clubs in the SSM U office, and services finally unite, maybe we said Peter Doelman. can achieve change and make them “Clubs executives want to be M ISN vice-president services. understand. able to go into the [SSMU] office “We just found out that half of Calouri will discuss these ideas and feel like they’re being listened our budget has been taken away to, but personally, I have overnight and nobody will tell us not had much trouble why,” he said. “Honestly, this is dealing with them and inconceivable.”

“If all the clubs and they have been accom­ Aside from financial woes, club s e rv ic e s finally unite, modating.” and service executives have encoun­ Inadequate service tered a number of other problems in m a y b e we c a n achiev e from SSM U staff mem­ dealing with SSM U . c h a n g e and m ak e t h e m bers may stem from mis“There have been a tremendous com m unication in the number of conflicts this year with understand.”

SSM U office or from SS M U ,” said Asaf Gerchak, adver­ feeling unappreciated.

— P eter A bou -Jaou de tising coordinator for V-Day “W hen they’re P residen t, M ISN M cGill, “but one of the biggest angry, they get angry at problems has been with the room this week at a clubs representative everyone else, and that affects clubs bookings. There have been cases of conference organized by clubs repre­ and services,” Clubs Representative triple or quadruple bookings of sentatives.

Sarah Elgazzar said at council. rooms such as the ballroom and “Clubs and services representa­ SSM U Vice-President clubs lounge... It has caused such tives need to be able to come togeth­ University Affairs Vivian Choy chaos.” reminded councillors the front desk er to express their concerns,” Blank said that M ISN has had Calouri said. staff and the administrative assis­ to cancel events due to the impracti­ It is the students involved in tants also face very critical students.” cal and unnecessary fees and clubs who ultimately suffer, Blank O ne front office employee, deposits that clubs and services have said. who wished to remain anonymous, to pay in order to use certain rooms “This system is simply not said the impoliteness goes both and audiovisual equipment. working. If these problems don’t get ways.

“It is absolutely unreasonable fixed, events will continue to be can­ “The front desk is a firewall for a student, after planning an celled for no reason,” Blank said. ■ event, to take four hours fighting a that takes a lot of heat. W hen people have a problem, and if they cant bureaucracy in order to get a two speak to the SSM U executives, they hour event booked, let alone to have

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lagiarism. You think you understand it. You think you know what it is. You don’t.

This is true of the vast majori­ ty o f students that I see in the Student Advocacy Office every day. And it’s not ju st students I see in the office.

T h e vast majority o f students I talked to during the jo in t SSM U /Student Advocacy Know Your Rights & Responsibilities campaign didn’t know either, and thought they did. This is also true o f most o f my friends.

T h e following are examples o f things I ’ve heard from students about why they didn’t reference properly.

“T hat’s how I saw it on an Internet article, so I assumed it was right.”

“I only took a sentence. I f it’s ju st a sentence it’s not plagiarism. ” “The passages I copied were descrip­ tive. It’s not plagiarism because all the analysis and conclusions are m ine.”

“I changed a couple o f words from that sentence/paragraph so I didn’t think I was supposed to put it in quotes.”

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“I thought plagiarism was when you copied someone else’s paper and handed it in as yours.”

In my opinion, these people sincere­ ly believed they were not plagiarizing. A lot o f rules are discipline-specific, but all o f the above statements are wrong, no matter what your discipline. Here are two basic rules for avoiding plagiarism charges. I f all M cGill students knew these, I would probably be out o f a jo b : 1. I f something isn’t entirely and originally yours, it needs a reference. This includes ideas that are paraphrased and arguments with similar structures. It doesn’t matter if it’s descriptive, if the article is in your readings for class or if it’s a very small passage. W hen in doubt, put in a reference.

2. W hen you are using the exact same words as your source, you always need to put the passage in quotation marks. Square brackets, a textual intro­ duction to the source (for example: In his

article in T he M cG ill T ribune, Andrew Bryan says...) or a footnote, endnote, or parenthetical reference on their own is not good enough. If you change a few words, you still need to use quotation marks; ju st put square brackets around the words you’ve changed.

I say this because, after spending a lot of time thinking about it, I ’ve come to the conclusion that the vast majority of students charged with plagiarism at M cGill are charged because they don't understand the rules o f citation. The problem is exacerbated because most stu­ dents also think that they do understand.

This is my third year with Student Advocacy. By now, I ’ve developed a rea­ sonably sensitive bullshit detector. I can usually tell when someone who comes in charged with plagiarism and a sob story to explain it is trying to pull one over on me (which is completely unnecessary because it’s our jo b to be on your side and to defend your interests). But there are few times when this is the case. Because o f this, I m shocked by the proportion of M cG ill students who really have no idea what plagiarism is. As a result, I find myself explaining what I think m c g i l l o f as basic rules for avoiding plagiarism almost every day.

W h at’s especially shocking is how many international students come to M cG ill (espe­ cially at the graduate level) and are never taught N orth American citation con­ ventions and conse­ quently get into trou­ ble with plagiarism 12 17 2004 charges.

So what’s the Poli c lerk s m u s t h a v e a v a lid Social In s u ra n c e N u m b e r a n d m u s t b e problem? W hy don’t a v a ila b le to a tte n d a tra in in g session a n d w o r k a m in im u m o f 2 shifts. students know these rules?

Well, a big part O n lin e a p p lic a tio n fo rm s a re a v a ila b le o n th e E lec tio n s M c G ill w e b s ite o f the problem , I a t w w w .ssm u.m cgill.ca/elections as o f F rid a y, J a n u a ry 30 2004. T h e think, is that M cGill needs to change its d e a d lin e fo r a p p lic a tio n s is M o n d a y , F e b ru a ry 16th . F o r q u e s tio n s o r strategy for preventing m o r e in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t E lec tio n s M c G ill: plagiarism.

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specifically explain what’s expected.

Students are, for the most part, never taught correct referencing conventions for their discipline. It often doesn’t hap­ pen in high school. To my knowledge it doesn’t happen for the most part in M cGill undergraduate programs and it certainly doesn’t happen in most M cGill graduate programs. It needs to occur in all o f those places.

Until that happens, what can you do to protect yourself? Besides the two rules above, there are a couple o f things you can do: 1. Speak to your professor whenever you are assigned a paper. Ask specifically about referencing standards for the course and the discipline.

2. W hen possible, write papers early and ask your professor to look over them ahead of the due date. Ask him/her specifically to check whether your cita­ tion is correct.

3. Buy yourself a copy o f the style manual for your discipline, be it the M LA H an d book, the C hicago M an u al o f Style or the C an adian G u ide to U niform L eg al C itation . Make it your best friend.

4. Check out M cG ill’s guide to avoiding plagiarism on the academic integrity W eb site at w w w .m cgill. ca/in teg rity /stu d en tg u id e/ for specific instructions on how to avoid pla­ giarism. D o this even (or perhaps espe­ cially) if you already think you know what you’re doing.

5. If you’re charged, get in touch with Student Advocacy (3 9 8 -4 3 8 4 or advocacy.law@mcgill.ca). An advocate will help you through the disciplinary process. ■

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o much for jo ie de vivre. games until the wee hours, issues of Thanks to a recent wave of greater importance are neglected. Lest Students’ Society paternalism, Rhodes forget, Quebec Premier Jean the M cG ill campus is well on Charest has given no indication that its way to becoming less fun higher education is a priority for his A . 9 H all students objectthan to the mandatory a day in Mississauga. O n the heels government. And here on campus, the use o f turnitin.com solely the to ban cigarette o f a recent on decision proposal for a new Arts building basis o f being presumed guilty until building, SSM U is sales in the Shatner remains in jeopardy. These are the proven innocent. now Rather, many o f us a ban on drinking contemplating issues with which SSM U should occu­ object to the idea that our hard work games as well. These initiatives are no py itself, not the partying habits of stu­ and originality is ultimately con­ doubt well intentioned, but they repre­ dents. tributing to the success o f a profitsent fundamentally misguided Finally, SSM U would do well to based corporation. Students who attempts at leadership on the part of remember that they are operating au plagiarize are getting something for the SSM U crowd.

Q uébec. M uch o f M cG ill’s appeal lies in little or no effort; turnitin.com prof­ S S M U President Kate Rhodes the fact that it is situated in a liberal its from our intellectual property in the same way. I did not come to universi­ would do well to remember that her and cosmopolitan city. This is the land to allow people to profit off of my original work, and I don’t think many stu­ constituents are not ju st students, they of Jazz Fest, Tam-Tams and Rue StPresidenttyRhodes insane? dents did. are also adults. Regulating lifestyle Denis. Despite the aspirations o f some — S arin M oddle choices is not part of S S M U ’s mandate, in SSM U , this campus will never be After reading both her letter to the editor and her self-proclaimed “Progress Report” UO A rts in and the organization’s recent efforts are akin to a conservative backwater in the January 27 issue of the T ribune, I am utterly confounded as to how Kate Rhodes has both intrusive and patronizing. W hich Alberta or Michigan. I f SSM U is deter­ managed to become such an influential figure in the M cG ill community. other vices do our plucky band In her letter, she states, “Students who act and students who deny stand out. T he for­ o f puritans intend to target? mer outnumber the latter.” Excuse me, but, what? N ot only is it unclear who is denying Deep fryers? Coffee? Ass pants?

These initiatives are no what, but also with a student population in excess o f 3 0 ,0 0 0 people, to say that the major­ In any event, it is unlikely ity o f M cGill students are involved with student activism (which I believe is what she means doubt well intentioned, but that S S M U ’s efforts will have to, say) is at best a fantastic exaggeration. She goes on to say, “Students who act will be any effect. T he cigarette revenue they represent fundamental­ counted.” Does that mean we don’t count the ones who deny whatever it is they’re deny­ that SSM U is forsaking will sim­ ing? And if some aren’t being counted, does this affect who outnumbers whom? ly misguided attem pts at ply be collected by neighbouring I think I ’ve made my point as far as verbal opacity goes, but if the voting students can’t dépanneurs. And a ban on leadership. make heads or tails of this equivocating rhetoric, how are they to be expected to make drinking games in Shatner, sup­ informed decisions on voting day? posing that such a proposition The com bination o f this letter and her recent initiative to can be enforced, will merely lead ban drinking games in the Shatner building leads me to the only students to take their games else­ logical conclusion that can be derived from this nonsense: when « where. mined to meddle in the social affairs of she says, “Someone in purple made me think,” she was Certainly, cigarettes and drinking students, they should work to make the referring to those elephants that are always having tea games can have negative consequences. campus environment more fun, not parties on the ceiling when she is trying to organize a Nevertheless, there is a degree o f indi­ less so. coherent sentence. vidual choice inherent in these behav­ Council members would do well To conclude, I think it can be assumed that when iours that is beyond the reach of stu­ to reflect on their roles. They are cho­ she says, “Every leader [is] a volunteer,” she must have forgotten to dent politicians. Students who dislike sen to represent the academic and count herself, but that she certainly won’t forget to count her $ 5 ,0 0 0 these behaviours have an obvious way financial interests of students, not to [ed., $ 8 ,3 1 0 .6 0 ] stipend at the end of the year. to express their disapproval: they can regulate their individual behaviour. As By the way, I ’ll be voting Red Herring party. They may not be as insane as Kate simply choose not to partake in them. for Rhodes, she has the capabilities and Rhodes, but at least they can write.

A more significant consequence of intelligence to be an effective leader. It S S M U ’s recent initiatives is that pre­ is time she put aside petty moralizing — D ayle P um pkin, cious political energy is expended on and directed her energies to bigger U 3 E n glish L iteratu re things. ■ trifles. W hen council debates drinking

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obody thought it was possible. People are con­ stantly spoon-fed doses o f Britney, Justin, Bennifer, T he L o rd o f th e R ings, and a pletho­ ra o f other items under the category o f pop,’ and it does not look like anybody is getting sick o f it all. However, the state of television these days, and a futuristic look into what the small screen has to offer, will make anyone want to regurgitate his lunch.

Watching F rien ds, for instance, is like being in the middle of the first week o f lectures for Art of Listening— it is all old material that we have absorbed many, many times before, making it enough of a farce that we begin to laugh at the product, not with it. Yet, millions tune in as they prepare for the final (finally) episode as if it were the end of a great era.

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in to eye Rachel’s breasts rather than to witness Chandler’s lame wisecracks, because the show’s banal humour cannot be enough to sustain its status in the ever-growing main­ stream. Maybe we really are that stupid and the New York executives are laughing at us as they continue to bestow mindless drivel upon avid supporters o f such programs.

It was not that long ago that we enjoyed influential programs like T he H oneym ooners, A ll in th e F am ily and T he M ary Tyler M oore Show — and they were hugely popular. It is impossible to find similar content on the list o f top-rated shows in the American market today. Intelligent and orig­ inal sitcoms such as Scrubs, A rrested D evelopm en t and F rasier, are nowhere to be found on the popular television landscape. O f course, F rasier never single-handedly altered Webster’s dictionary as F rien d s did with its formation of another context for ‘so.’ We are so impressed.

W hat isn’t getting through to the American viewer?

This is no slight to our friends to the south, since Canadians are ju st as guilty. (W hat other country would

keep Mike Bullard on the air for seven seasons and count­ ing?) However, what does it say when we are focused on S urvivor, T he A ppren tice and incredibly mundane match­ maker-like reality shows, and not culturally superior pro­ grams like the aforementioned examples?

Pretty soon, we will be left without overrated yet admired shows like F rien ds, E R , E verybody L oves R aym ond, and W ill & G race, which are all set to end within the next few years. W hat could happen as a result is that we stop watching popular television. Soon, we may only watch major sporting events, news programming and documen­ taries on 9/11. Somebody will no doubt come along, how­ ever, and once again change the T V landscape like S ein feld , for one, did so successfully.

For now, we are left to watch these sad sack shows fade into oblivion as we meet our fate as a fast-growing genera­ tion o f nitwits. T hat would be so detrimental to our evolv­ ing society. ■

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Similarly, the recent' (and in this case, completely non-fictional) reports of “crime on the rise” within the downtown M cG ill campus area carry the potential to precipitate excessive and unnecessary anxiety. It is a highly unpleasant experience to be plagued by thoughts o f danger, simply by strolling around the area you call “home” or “campus.”

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I was pleased to see an article about the B.A. & Sc. in the T ribune. Unfortunately, there were two errors.

The acronym for the degree is B.A. & Sc.— not B.A. & B .Sc., as in your headline.

The paragraph describing the program should have read as follows: T he program is composed of 120 credits and can be completed by choosing one major concentration in each of the faculties; a sin­ gle major concentration in one faculty coupled with two minors or minor concentrations in the other faculty; a program encompassing both Arts and Science combined with a minor or minor concentra­ tion in either faculty; or a jo in t honours component from each fac­ ulty. In addition to a new required course, the program requires three credits of “complementary integrative courses” that have elements of both arts and science, such as “Society and Environment” and “Philosophy of Science.” Finally, the program includes caltulus and basic science courses as well as Arts electives.

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Far from fronçais

French officially arrived at M cG ill 30 years ago.

CHRISTOPHER MOORE w onders if anything has actually changed.

n March 28, 1969, a movement called McGill Français brought about 10,000 demonstrators to the Roddick Gates. Their demands were simple: it was time that Montreal’s largest uni­ versity recognize the French character of Quebec by offering a bilingual curriculum and by opening its doors to francophones.

More than 30 years later, 20 per cent of McGill’s popula­ tion is francophone. Despite being surrounded by non-Quebec anglophone students who arrived looking for “the French expe­ rience,” it is M cGill’s francophones who are encountering an English experience. Simply put, the francophones may have come, but the French has not. In fact, it’s not uncommon for a francophone to feel like a stranger in his own house when on campus.

“We feel like a minority,” says Jean-Nicolas Saucer, a French Literature student.. “It’s not that bad because we knew when we got [accepted] here th at... it’s an English school; but I assumed there was going to be more French on campus. Not that I m ind... but some of my friends have trouble.

“Every essential thing... as in the bookstore and library, the resources that you need, you should be able to get these services in French. Some places do [offer such services], but you can count them on your hands,” he says. “When you go to the administration, it’s not very easy to get the services in French.

I speak English... [because] it’s so much easier... It’s quicker if you want to get things done. ” Other francophones are less passive than Saucer.

“Some teachers, they have been here for 10 years and they can’t even say one sentence in French, and that really upsets me,” says Natacha Castilloux, a Psychology student. “W hen I submit my paper, I ’d like someone who really understands French and understands the subtleties of the language.

And for others, such as François Piette, a student of Economics and Anthropology, the English dominance on cam­ pus is a non-issue.

“When I came to McGill, it was a conscious choice... I was expecting, pretty much, an American school, he says.

“I feel that it’s like a country in itself. It’s like a bunch of [American] kids, mostly Canadians, and lots of people from other countries. I see it like a community by itself, and maybe among all the minorities that come to McGill, probably the French Canadians are the ones having the most trouble fitting into the McGill community. Basically, our world is just outside the campus, so we tend to get off campus as soon as we can.”

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Sounding familiar Such sentiments are nothing new. As Laurier LaPierre, director of the French Canada Studies Program during the McGill Français movement, put it, “McGill is marginal in the community, but since it is located in a majority French-speak­ ing community, it cannot live in a ghetto.”

All this underscores the anglophone reality of the McGill campus. However, the French Fact is often an added incentive for many people s decisions to come here.

“A big attraction of coming to Montreal, and staying here, and going to school at McGill, is the fact that it is a French city, and I can get an English education in a French city, ” said Willie (who did not want a last name published) an American who studies history, and who socializes primarily with francopho­ nes.

Castilloux sees this differently.

“Most of the anglophones that I know of, they hang out with anglophones, so I dont know if they really learn about French, francophones, and Quebeckers. I think they want to learn when they arrive here, but maybe it’s easier to meet peo­ ple who speak your own language and who have the same cul-

Many English-speaking students need to cast aside their cultural pretentiousness and accept them­ selves for who they are: a bunch of privileged kids participating in the commodification of Quebec culture through an often offensive pidgin-use of the language.

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ture. So I ’ve never met any real, hard-core anglophones.

The French Fact on campus is, indeed, easily over­ whelmed by the reality of this American school.'

“If you really want the French, you can get it,” says Saucer.

“But you have to meet French people, make them your friends, and force yourself to do i t ... because everywhere you go you’ll have an opportunity to speak English, even with francophones.

They will adapt to you before you adapt to them.

“If all you do is stay on campus, you won’t get i t ... The Québécois, they adapt to everything, even the language. Even if they re not good in English, they’ll do the best they can to make you feel comfortable. Knowing you speak English, they’ll speak English too.”

Founded on English principles

Despite their history, French and English never see eye to eye. for who they are: a bunch of privileged kids participating in the commodification of Quebec culture through an often offensive pidgin-use of the language. In other words, if they dare lay claim to a cultural experience after they graduate, then they must work to ensure that this experience has been a legitimate one.

Indeed, the patience and the understanding of their fran­ cophone classmates may well prove instructive for anglo­ phones.

“When you’re with people of another culture and another language, you want to keep your own culture,” says Castilloux.

“I think that [non-Quebec students] might not want to be immersed in our culture, because they want to keep their cul­ tural identity, so I understand. But if they want to be here to learn French and to learn about the culture, don’t go to McGill.

Thirty years after the first demands for “McGill Français, it seems that the campus still has a long way to go. ■

From an historical point of view, none of this should be surprising. “ [McGill] does represent a time when the educated class­ es of this city were anglophone, and English was the language of learning in this city, argues Willie. Its some­ times an advantage to the person who can both lib­ erate themselves from that colonialism yet still... benefit from [McGill] by using it to their advantage.

“Francophones who come to M cGill are using the fact that there’s a great English language institu­ tion here to both become educated in English and claim their place in what is one of the better educa­ F O R E IG N S T U D EN T S tional institutions in Quebec.”

Willie doesn’t seem to be too far off the mark.

A p p ly to b e c o m e a p e r m a n e n t “In today’s world, you need to speak English... and McGill helped me achieve that," says Saucer.

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Masturbating for mom and doing the dirty with dirty girls D ear Jaycee, L ast w eekend I w ent hom e to visit m y p ar­ ents. O ne n ight I w as feelin g a little hom y an d started m asturbating. I w as really in to it w hen m y m om w alked in m y room w ithout kn ockin g an d basically caught m e rig h t in the m id d le o f strokin g it.

She d id n ’t say anything an d ju st w alked out, bu t I ’m com pletely h u m iliated an d I don't know i f I can ever look h er in th e eye again . A ny suggestions fo r fix in g this?

Wow, way to make family gatherings that much more enjoyable.

There’s not really much damage control that you can do in a situation like this, so the best thing to do is pretend like it never happened.

Trust me, your mom wants to forget about it too. So don’t bring it up— not that you really want to anyway— and next time, LO CK Y O U R D O O R ! This isn’t rocket science, honey!

D ear Jaycee, I w ent on vacation w ith a bunch o f m y bu ddies this p ast w inter break an d I h ooked up w ith th is really h ot g irl. I n ever told m y g irlfrien d abou t her, bu t now I don't know w hat to do because th e vacation g irl gave m e herpes.

D o I have to te ll m y g irlfrien d abou t m y STD ?

No, of course you don’t have to tell her. You can hope she does­ n’t notice the blistery, painful-to-the-touch, open, red sores all over your penis. O r you can grow a set of balls and do what you should have done in the first place when you came home from your vacation and be honest with your girlfriend about what happened.

You really screwed up, so if she does forgive you, you’d better be eternally grateful for having the greatest girlfriend in the world. And if

she doesn’t forgive you, (and who can really blame her?), consider this a learning experience about honesty and the merits of condoms.

D ear Jaycee, M y boyfrien d an d I have been together fo r eig h t m onths, an d lately, I've been w anting to try new things sexually. I ’d really lik e to brin g on e o f m y g irlfrien d s in to the bedroom w ith us fo r a threesom e, bu t m y boyfrien d is n ot really in to this type o f experim en tation . I ’d lik e to brin g up the id ea w ithout b rakin g him out.

W hat do you th in k?

I think that I ’m going to have an inbox full of messages from guys asking for your phone number. It seems to me that if you’ve been with your boyfriend for eight months, you should be comfortable enough with him to discuss your sex­ ual fantasies. If you don’t want to put any pressure on him, try mentioning that you had a dream that you, he and your friend had a threesome and see his reaction. If he wants more details, you’re good to go. If he seems kind of repulsed or disinterested, you’re proba­ bly better off either aban­ doning this particular fanta­ sy or finding yourself a guy who’s game. Oh yeah, that’ll be rea l tough to find. ■

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Experimentation and the truth: two things people often fear. Oh, and mom too.

Tobogganing — how quaint hen the winter is biting cold, all you want to do is stay inside and emerge only for classes and partying. However, once the tempera­ tures get a touch milder, there is nothing more fun than getting outside into the win­ ter wonderland that is Montreal.

Just as the February blahs were setting in a bit early, I decided that in order to break free from the monotony of renting bad movies like M aid in M anhattan and A W alk to R em em ber, I would gather a group of friends and hit the slopes. And by slopes I mean the foot o f the mountain at Mont Royal and Avenue du Parc. Oh, and by “hit” I mean delicately placing myself at the top. As a kid, tobogganing was a huge part of life in the winter and I loved every single minute, even the complete numbness that would set in at hour three. Now, many years later, I wanted to see if the magic was still there.

For me, nothing says winter more than tobogganing (or sledding for all the Americans out there). There is something so picturesque about putting on your toque and Sorels and heading out to your neighbourhood hill to throw yourself into a situation where you will most likely emerge with either a broken leg, bloody lip or, at the very least, a bruised rear.

But that’s what makes it fun. And unlike other winter sports, no experience or talent is required. At all. Believe me.

I used to ski occasionally when I was little, but then I got scared of the speed, and was no longer able to control the direction that my feet decided to go. You’d think I would have gotten better with practice. Apparently not. And so I swore off winter sports as a general rule, though the idea of them still appealed to me. W hat’s wrong with being that girl on the ski trip who goes to sip hot chocolate by the fire and keep tabs on the social scene in the chalet? Someone’s gotta do it.

I don’t think of myself as a scaredy-cat, but since skiing scared me a bit too much, I thought tobogganing could be my winter sport alternative that was fun, social, and not quite as fast and frightening. It fit the bill perfectly.

Although I was that kid who screams all the way down

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the hill (or as far as my Krazy Karpet would take me), I absolutely loved it and had a lot of fun. The worst part, as I am sure you remember, is walking back up the icy hill, which at times seems impossible especially now that Dad’s not there to carry you up. Luckily there are stairs at one end and make-shift steps that have been formed in the firm snow. And don’t worry about sledding on a hill that goes down to such a busy intersection, because hay bales are set up to cushion your landing. Not that I would know, considering I never actually made it that far.

One of the best parts about Mont Royal is that moguls have formed (no, not Donald Trump or Bill Gates), little bumps AUDREY ROSS in the snow that make your trip down all the more thrilling. I ’m not going to lie to Avid Karpeters pose at the top of a modest incline. wssa you; I was a bit chicken at first. That, tobogganing gear out to a bar, but I do see it as the next “it” paired with the fact that I wanted to be able to sit down the sport. I would recommend making a night of it because that next day, deterred me from the moguls at first. I later came to gives what might be another night drinking with your friends my senses and gave them a try. more panache.

There are several techniques one can use with the Krazy O n our $2.50 Krazy Karpets we had a blast, and let me Karpet— going down on your knees (insert sexual punchline), tell you that this isn’t the end of our love affair with this sport. cross-legged, or with your legs raised in front and pointing It’s a good way to get outside, get your blood flowing and do out on either side of the sled. O f course, Krazy Karpets are something that, although not unique to Montreal, at least lets not the only kinds of sleds you can use. Just head to the near­ you experience the city in the winter months. est Canadian Tire or Zellers and find whichever one suits you We are hoping to work our way up to bigger “hills,” best. Or go to Dollarama and get creative with trays or although this will definitely be a gradual process. It seems silly garbage bags. to be in a northern climate like this and not venture outside Some people may snicker at the idea of going toboggan­ from December to, let’s be honest, April. As long as you are ing, but I say, “Get over yourselves and you can have a great well layered (don’t worry, it’s a really hot look, literally) and time.” have waterproof footwear, you can take it on. So yes, the “Tobogganing is the new black,” says Annely Zonena, magic is still present in tobogganing. Now if you’ll please U3 Urban Systems. Zonena might be on to something; excuse me, I have to go ice all my limbs. ■ tobogganing is definitely stylish and goes with just about everything. As chic as it is, I don’t think I would wear my

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Although you can't go back to the 70s, you can at least make the flying pig come to you.

The much older and more responsible members of the crowd thought, “Now, we’ve got this feeling once again."

Thursday night at Place des Arts, that feeling might have been comfortably numb— that is, minus the drugs, dancing and other chaos o f the 70s.

Concert-goers at the Pink Floyd Experience were treated to a truly theatrical production filled with crystal-clear quadrophonic sound, video-screens, inflatable eyeballs and the classic Flying Pig, which hovered precariously over the sold-out theatre.

After an hour of intense journalistic prep work,’ these two dedicated writers meandered down to Théâtre Maisonneuve, bare­ ly managing to find our seats as the lights began to dim. The clanking footsteps of a uniformed soldier broke the silence as smoke, light and the deafening roar of helicopters filled the air.

T h e opening notes o f “In the Flesh” emerged triumphantly as the soldier destroyed the constructed wall that hid the band from view.

It was immediately evident that months o f preparation went into the Pink Floyd Experience, as the band flawlessly recreated the magic that many of the young audience members got to expe­ rience ‘in the flesh.’

A large, translucent blue diamond descended over the stage as Tom Q uinn, lead guitarist, ripped into the intro of “Shine O n .”

This song was followed by “T im e,” which seamlessly merged into the clanging sounds o f “Money.”

The second set opened with the shrieking sounds o f B -2 bombers while images from World War II exploded onto the screen. Bassist Gus Beaudoin broke the tension with a riveting slap-bass solo that electrified the crowd. Energy flowed through the theatre as the scintillating saxophone solo o f Jesse C. Malloy thundered as “Have a Cigar” transitioned into “Hey You.” T h e show reached its climax as guitarist/vocalist Paul M cC lendon remarkably reproduced Floyd’s “Dark Side o f the M oon,” down to the hyena-like screeches of the infamous lunatic.

One could picture the Wicked W itch of the West flying above as images of an oncoming storm flashed before our eyes.

Before leaving, we were treated to an encore featuring a mov­ ing acoustic performance of the classic “W ish You Were H ere.”

The show ended with a rocking rendition o f “Run Like Hell that whipped the audience into a frenzy before sending us back into the icy streets of Montreal.

Young, old and all those in between were thrilled with a con­ cert that presented a mind-fucking, psychedelic atmosphere in an intimate setting o f 2 ,0 0 0 people. T h e high calibre o f the sound and light production could have easily invigorated a Bell Centre crowd o f 20,000.

Mesmerized nonetheless, we had indeed become comfortably numb. ■ T he P in k F loyd E xperien ce w ill retu rn to P lace des A rts on Sunday, M arch 2 1 , a t 8 :0 0 p .m . F or m ore in form ation , v isit w w w .pdarts.com . T ickets are also a v a ila b le through A dm ission.

Adventures of a ska icon

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The Trib goes one on one with the Venice Shoreline David Barclay any years ago, Chris Murray dropped the band, picked up a tape deck and self-recorded

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T he 4 -tra ck ad v en tu res o f Venice S horelin e C hris. The album was a raw and wonderful ode to roots of ska filled to the lo-fi brim with organs, vocals, basslines and hand percussion. The record was released on the premiere N YC ska label M oon Records and the one,man ska band has been going strong ever since.

Who are you?

Chris Murray.

Are you afraid? Because you used to be...

Venice Shoreline Chris.

Are you afraid? Is that why you changed your name?

Well, that name, Venice Shoreline Chris, was a pun on the Venice Shoreline Crypts. Nothing happened but people kept asking me if I had had any run-ins because of it. I ju st wanted to troubleshoot in advance because those guys are very seri­ ous about stuff like that.

Speaking of names, since you’re familiar with most of the ska bands in the world, I was wondering what you thought were the worst ska names, or “skames” as they’re sometimes called.

Wow. I can’t think of the worst, but one of my favourites that is kinda really

cheesy is from Nova Scotia— Dr. Skankworthy. That always made me laugh, so it’s more of a good ska pun name.

I was also wondering about the zany ska names that didn’t have the “sk-” in them, like Let’s Go Bowling or similar bands.

Well, I think Planet Smashers is actu­ ally an excellent name Mustard Plug— that actually is a name that’s grown on me.

Like when they explained what that was, I was like, “T h at’s what you named your band after?!?” You know what a Mustard Plug is?

don’t really like. Because there’s a kinship element to it where, at different times, peo­ ple have had different relationships to the ska scene. W hen I got into ska, the two tone era people really took that to heart in a way that people didn’t really take it to heart in the mid-90s. It seemed more like a fad in the 90s.

Speaking of abusing things, do you

think that the traditional ska vocal tech­ niques like “tchk-tchk” and “pick it up” have been overused?

I think it has been overdone but it does have a place though. I mean, the first time I bought an old ska record and I heard that stuff and thought “W hat are

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I think so. I ’m not sure... but I think that it had better be left off tape though!

It’s not dirty. You know the crust that forms on the top of the mustard thing after you’ve used it? T h at’s a mustard plug.

W hat I always do, because o f mustard plug, is that when I ’ve closed the top, I ’ll touch the tip o f the container to the bread so that piece that would form the plug is actually used.

And still on the names, has there ever been a band named “Skarotum?”

I have heard that name, but I think only as a joke.

Kinda on the same tip, I have heard that you weren’t such a huge fan of ska fashion.

Here I am wearing Doc Martens and shaving my head so... to a degree, I think that fashion reflects culture and there are times when the fashion overshadows the music in the ska scene and that’s what I

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Simone Cruickshank Sarah Febbraro and K8 Alsterlund are doing their best to change society’s definition of art. Definition Not Applicable, presented by the Montréal, arts interculturels from January 29 to February 7, is a series of women-driven performances that experiment with urban dance and music. Febbraro, known widely by her alias, Big Gold FJoops, and Alsterlund, a dancer, b-girl and choreog: rapher, took some time before opening night to discuss the show.

Febbraro, whose background is in studio dance, describes her piece as an effort to look at tap dance, reference old jazz styles, and cross it with hip-hop music.” She acknowl­ edges that she is not part of the black culture community, but says she has listened to and loved hip hop all her life. One piece, “Boom Box Revival,” uses tap as an instrument in relation to hip-hop music, playing with beats and creating rhythms of its own. Febbraro describes her dance as fun and silly, but also as a work of art.

“An underlying theme of the piece is th at... we don’t take ourselves seriously, and we’re artists, but at the same time this isn’t a serious contemporary art piece, explains Febbraro. “I wanted to challenge art audi­ ences.

Alsterlund radiates a passion for hip hop from the moment she sits down. My interest in hip hop came through my exposure to club culture and the urban underground scene,” she says.

Alsterlund presents three works at DNA— all choreographed by her, one in which she dances and two done by her stu­ dents— within the broader theme of a larger work called Hip Hop Circus. Like Febbraro, Alsterlund maintains that art can be genuine without being staid or hard to understand.

She hopes that audiences will understand that, despite its urban nature, breakdancing is hard Work.

“I called it Hip Hop Circus as my way of being sarcastic,” Alsterlund says, “because, sometimes, I think [b-girls and b-boys] are treated like circus animals. Like: ‘Roll around on the floor, do that flipping thing... can you

spin on your head? You have these requests, and so you feel kind of like, what am I, a trained dog? There’s more to [breakdancing] than that.”

Febbraro promises that DNA will be anything but boring. As the first performer, she emerges from the audience in the small MAI café before getting onstage. There’s a coy smile on her face that widens into an engag­ ing grin. As her movements get bigger, the music gets louder, and the audience gets more and more excited. Febbraro is impressive and fun to watch, and the accompanying music ranges from old-school hip hop to Janet Jackson to bhangra beats.

The performance then moves into the theatre. First, Alsterlund performs her solo, a character-driven piece given entirely with a red briefcase in tow. She is dynamic and grace­ ful, with a hint of the edge that her b-girl background provides. Alsterlund’s own solo is the best of her three pieces; neither of the other two are as engaging or as technically accomplished.

Sophia Gaspard presents the most chal­ lenging piece of the evening, “Jess Kom ou Dance For Your Right to Fight," incorporat­ ing spoken word and different types of music to critique violence, racism and hip-hop cul­ ture itself. O f all the performers, Gaspard’s body is the most beautiful and expressive. The confrontational nature of her work clashes ja r­ ringly with the breakdancing number imme­ diately before her, and almost seems out of context.

To close the evening, 4Temps, a group consisting of Eve Bernier, Nadia Moussa and Pathana Thavongsa, performs “Flotablo.”

Aside from Alsterlund’s young students, this is probably the weakest part of the show, since the dancers are not all equally talented.

One of the best parts of the night is the very end, when all the performers crowd onstage to break and freestyle. D N A is, over­ all, a strong show of female performers explor­ ing movement and pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance.

And as Alsterlund points out, it costs less to attend this performance than it does to go to a movie at the Paramount. ■

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February 7 to 15, 3:00 pm Petit Café Cam pus (57 Prince-Arthur E) The original three acts of Idom en eo premiered in 1781 and then lay dor­ mant for over a century until the opera was rediscovered in 1931. McGill : : Music’s two-act interpretation, in the original Italian, ran January 28 to 31 at Tickets $ 2 0 Adults, $ 1 0 Stud* Pollack Hall. It was a worthy tribute to Mozart’s renowned genius.

Super Furry Animals info: (5145 6 3 6 -4 3 0 4 •ill The plot unfolds in ancient Crete, where King Idomeneo is forced to con­ front the god Neptune’s anger. Neptune demands that the king sacrifice his • • • » * • • • • • • • • • • • « • • « • • • • • • • • • • • • own son, Idamante, who is desperately seeking the Trojan princess Ilia’s love, while fighting off the romantic advances of the princess Electra. The story begins with a case of Stockholm Syndrome.

The performances featured the talents of the McGill Symphony Orchestra and the captivating voices of performance majors, divided between two casts.

Soprano Jessica Muirhead (Ilia) demanded attention from the start, as did the Continued from cover gorgeous tenor performances of Marcel van Neer (Idomeneo) and Marc Poulin with his hilarious remarks.

(Arbace). Even with the excellent leads, Idom eneo wouldn’t have been the same The Commedia troupe adds their own per­ Cinizio, who has fallen madly in love with the without the rich harmonies of the equally talented chorus. sona] touch to the performance, and with only a beautiful Isabella, is determined to win her love Conductor Thomas Muraco, meanwhile, skillfully led the orchestra month’s preparation, the cast members embody with the money he intends to trick out of his father, through Mozart’s score. The audience was their characters well. W ith ail the different elements II Dottore. However, Dottore, the lustful miser treated to delicate harpsichord lines and of production, masks created by Liz Truchanowicz, masked with a suggestively phallic nasal protrusion soaring strings and woodwinds. composer and sound technician Arvi Screenivasan, and armed with a pot belly, wants Isabella all to Idom en eo was beautiful to see as well as and director Abigail Elwood, this collaborative himself and orders poor Cinizio to go somewhere hear. The set was simple, yet elegant and team creates an atmosphere unique to Commedia out of reach— thinking an enrolment in effective, and Mireille Vachon’s costume dell’Arte. ■ Concordia’s interpretive dance program might be design lived up to her years of success and the solution. praise in McGill Opera and elsewhere.

W HEN.’ February 4 to 7, 11 Cinizio, in the face of such terrible adversity, Experiencing and enjoying this oper­ calls upon Coviello, his faithful yet frisky servant, to 15 at 8 :0 0 pm atic event resulted in one final thought: to think of a plan to get him out of his unfortunate more students should explore similar per­ Players’ Theatre, circumstance. And so the adventure continues, formances. There is a first time for every­ Shatner Building flavoured with charming performances from thing, and classical opera should not be left Pedrolino, the coy mime, contrasted with racy off the list. Your listening skills will thank $ 8 adults, $ 6 stusequences of unabashed sexual debauchery you, as will that part of your brain that’s dents/seniors CAVAZZA.lt been begging for culture outside of the club ffomRosetta. Il Dottore, the dirty and conniving CO N TA CT: (5 I4 ) 3 9 8 -6 8 1 3 old man, never fails to keep the audience engaged Mozart's in da McGill Opera house. scene for years. Think of it as a bonus. ■

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Tchk-tchk is okay Continued from page 12 they doing? T hat sounds stupid!” And, still, sometimes the hiccuping is a little much for me. But “tchk-tchk” is a part o f so many ska tracks that it is part o f the sound. It can be done well, but it is done poorly a lot.

Well, all of those questions kinda boil down to one main question here: Is there a zany versus traditional ska battle?

If there is, the traditional ska people don’t really know about the bat­ tle because they’re not really interested in the zany ska.

Have there been fights at shows?

O h, yeah. I think that it depends where you are. Different places have different attitudes and flavours. Say, in Toronto, when I was in King Apparatus, it was more o f ‘rude’ scene with lots of skinheads, scooter boys, rude boys and mods. It was accepting of different types of ska.

There were lots o f Jamaican artists that would come up to Canada. I think the zany scene is mainly young kids getting into ska and they’re not aware o f the history yet. They find the appeal in ju st the energy and the fun o f zany ska. Right now, in southern California, there are two com ­ pletely different ska scenes that are completely different, one in LA prop­ er and one in Orange County. It’s coming together as kids from O .C . come up to LA and get turned on to the older roots sound. N ot so much the other way.

I was also wondering— Ska leads to Scooters leads to parkas. But Ska Revival leads to parkas leads to LA?!? Do ska guys wear parkas in LA? In the mod scene for sure. T h e weather makes scooters a natural out there.

Do people make fun of them?

No. It’s not like they wear it out o f necessity to show “Hey! I ’m wear­ ing a parka!” The mod scene has strict dress code so, for any temperature, they can look sharp.

To wrap it up, my last question: I noticed one of your trademarks was your facial hair and I wanted to know if that had a name.

I would ju st describe it as a goatee with sideburns. I don’t know if there is an tiber moniker for it. Have you heard one?

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€ ls ic April March trapped in the 60s make for a fulfilling performance. It was a rather convincingly and pleasantly ‘vintage’ sound. And although the crowd did partake in song during ccasionally, something becomes chorus, the overall feeling o f the audience was fetishized to the point where any one of a self-imposed acceptance— as though attempt at execution or reproduction dating back to Paris in the 60s would will only lead to certain disappointment.anything Not have sufficed, performer aside. only did chanteuse April March fit this descrip­ Some of March’s original tunes made up for tion with her performance last week, but sadly, this prefabricated scene night. The band cooked so did this writer during his discussion with the up layers of intricate pop hooks, blending syn­ aforementioned singer. thesizer riffs with fuzzed out guitars. Tunes like March is somewhat o f a garage music icon.

“Garçon-Glaçon” teetered between flimsy popHer reputation was established in 1996 when international and Zombies-esque sophistication. she recorded an album with garage-punk legends The vocal lines were delicate with frequent, won­ The Makers. It is told that at every show The derful full band harmonies. Despite all this, it Makers played during their first year o f incep­ felt as though April March had idolized French tion, they fought another band, audience mem­ music of the 60s to the point where she could no ber or owner o f the club. longer fully perform as an artist alone. ■ Now, this may make them sound like a

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Around the same time, March recorded a demo with the greatest producer of the 60s, Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame. Did the mad­ man force her to sing while playing in a sandbox?

Did she record any tracks with all vegetable per­ cussion? In actual fact, March claims, nothing outrageous happened during her brief sessions with Brian Wilson. Apparently he is “really shy.”

Consequently, this writer must apologize for idolizing certain aspects of music beyond the possibility o f entertainment value.

March centres her aesthetic around an American love for the 60s yé-yé and 70s pop scenes in France. She has been a leader of a rich U S interest in Franco culture that has helped Montreal bands like Les Sequelles catch ears down south.

At Petit Café Campus, as her top-flight band churned out a precise rendition of “Que je t’aime,” it became apparent that excellent taste and supreme technical skill doesn’t necessarily

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when trying to fix a toaster, which was, in turn, borrowed from the Ray Bradbury T he B u tterfly E ffect, Ashton Kutcher’s short story, “A Sound of Thunder. ” first turn as a dramatic leading man and his Unfortunately, T he B u tterfly E ffect has bid to be taken seriously as an actor, is a about the same depth as the Sim psons deceptive piece of cinema. Based on chaos episode. W ith such an enigmatic concept to theory, which states that even the flap of a work with, the writers could have made it butterfly’s wings can have huge repercus­ profound, or at least original. Instead, the sions, B u tterfly tells the story o f Evan film overwhelms the audience with jarring Treborn (Kutcher), a man who uses his time sounds and dizzying, shaky visual effects, travel abilities to try and fix the lives of his hoping to bombast you until you forget that friends and his true love, Kayleigh. what you’re watching is pretty shallow stuff.

The writers of this film have made the As the lead, Kutcher gets an A’ for mistake o f borrowing heavily on something effort, but the man is wooden. He spends that came before— it bears an uncanny his time either looking determined in obses­ resemblance to an episode plot of T he sion or in agony from brain-melting nose­ Sim psons where Homer travels back in time bleeds, but his range ends there.

The unremarkable Amy Smart plays Kayleigh. The only indications of the dra­ matic changes her character undergoes are new scars or a messy hairstyle.

There is some solid work from Logan Lerman as seven-year-old Evan— he does a pretty good Kutcher impression, provid­ ing one of the movie’s few genuinely creepy moments.

Keep an eye on the cigarette motif throughout the film. To give the writers the benefit of the doubt, I ’ll say it’s inten­ tional. Tracking this might help you find some of the depth the film lacks, but don’t BUTTERFLVEFFECTMOVIE.COM expect a miracle. This butterfly beats its wings inside your head and is gone. ■ "...'Not a butterfly!' cried Eckles."

Hiccups in Hungary M atthi w Arnot Set in a tiny Hungarian village, H ukkle, an experimental film with a documentary feel, is a poetic journey through the daily rigours of rural life.

Told with virtually no dialogue, except at its revealing conclusion, H u kkle (Hungarian for hiccup) is unconventional, peering voyeuristically into the lives of its subjects.

Winning numerous Eastern European awards for its innovative style, the strangely named film H u kkle conn e c t s humanity and Ferenc Bandi, nature together Eszter Onodi in a creatively Gygorgv Palfi crafted, 75minute long • Cinema du Parc • feature that is • WHfcN: Feb.6-19 both aestheti­ cally pleasing

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and unusually comical.

The movie opens and closes with an old man hiccupping on the side of the village road. Through a complex symphony of rhythmic sounds and visually impressive cin­ ematography, the film poignantly captures this odd and nutty little village. From the whirring o f sewing machines, a surprise roar of a fighter jet, the barking of dogs, the buzzing of bees and the familiar old man and his incessant hiccups, the narrative follows a series of seemingly unrelated and often quirky set of events.

However, below the surface, H u kkle reveals the connective thread of life in utter struggle and chaos. Several suspicious mur­ ders take place in the deceptively simple and beautiful agrarian village, although it may be somewhat tricky to actually recognize this while watching the movie’s strange stream of | consciousness.

While brilliantly depicting the lives of the village locals, director Gyorgy Palfi seems bent on maintaining a loose murder mystery that serves to tie the movie’s plot together. As the film progresses, it becomes a bit tedious and boring. In fact, you may find yourself wondering if H u kkle is leading anywhere at all. But the murder mystery holds the plot together fairly well in light of the film’s appar­ ently random trajectory.

In the end, with the mystery basically deciphered, it really is not about solving the whodunit— although that is always nice— j it’s much easier to just relax when watching H u kkle and enjoy what it has to offer as an unassuming, quaint and interesting little film. ■

Hangin' with the happy neighbours at Chez Marijane Bioc Pot office provides a change from the everyday and a powerful message Daniel Chodos I felt like I was in Amsterdam.

Surrounded by hemp at every turn, I could not take my eyes off the walls. It was a marvel o f poetry, politics and pot leaves.

A sign above the door read, “R ESIST A N C E X IST E N CE. ” Single words, like “power” and “participation,” were scat­ tered about. The whole place smacked of tolerance and openness, as well as a pun­ gent scent I couldn’t quite put my finger o n ...

As my friends and I got settled in, I grooved gleefully to the rhythm of an elec­ tric guitar that was accompanied by the soulful freestyle of Mohammed, one of the regulars. Others were engaged in a peace­ ful game of Battleship. The small café radi­ ated with an ambience I had ht felt before.

For the previous four years, Hugo and Boris, Chez Marijane’s managers, had run a “Compassion Club” which provided an outlet for sick patients who required mar­ ijuana to ease their pain. W ith so many Supreme Court cases pending, the govern­ ment let it slide.

Hugo is one o f 5,000 members of Bloc Pot, Quebec’s provincial equivalent o f the federal M arijuana Party. Chez M arijane is considered the Bloc Pot office— its formal name is Le Bureau de Consultation Populaire. His goal is to mobilize anti-prohibitionists as a political strategy to increase public awareness. But it’s BYOP, because they don’t sell pot.

“Most people don’t understand who we are. We are here to meet people who want to end prohibition and try to exchange information; and to be bigger and stronger,” he explains. “It’s really a popular place to [discuss] politics.”

The café presents a unique collection of individuals. In fact, its name is a collage of three languages— English, French and Spanish. Hugo feels the name promotes diversity— and it shows. He believes that it is only the police who cause chaos Otherwise, he says, “almost all the neigh hours here like us. ” There have been some arrests; in fact, there is a modest plaque for the six vie tims’ who have been detained by police since February 2000. Hugo adamantly adds, however, that none were charged.

“It’s more m éd iatiqu e— there is pres­ sure from the media about [breaking the law],’’ he notes. Nevertheless, joints may be smoked with impunity.

An hour had passed, and now I was jam m ing euphorically to the bittersweet lull of Nirvana’s “All Apologies.” A few minutes later, Mohammed treated us to a passionate poetry session. I worked on my French with Arianne, another Bloc mem­ ber who had dropped in, and engaged in a hard-fought match of trou -de-cu l (the card game Asshole).

Besides offering an exciting alterna­ tive to smoking pot at home, Chez Marijane presents a cultural environment like no other I have seen. It is open until 11:00 pm between Thursday and Saturday, offering jam nights on week­ ends.

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McGill strengthens hold onto final playoff spot M ichael Liew

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Hockey (M) Friday, February 6, 7:30 vs. Queen's McConnell Arena

OTTAW A— W hen the underdog can’t eke out a win against the No. 4-ranked team in the country, a tie is the next best thing. That was the story o f Saturday night’s game, when the hockey Redmen tied the Ottawa Gee-Gees 1-1 in the nation’s capital.

Scoring chances abounded for both teams throughout the game, but goaltenders Patrice Godin of M cGill and Ottawa’s Jordan Watt gave exceptional performances. The netminders allowed only one goal each in a game where the Redmen outshot the Gee-Gees 4 T 3 2 .

The Redmen were effective at moving the puck through the neu­ tral zone, creating several scoring opportunities. Notably, winger Lucas Madill made a great rush along the boards in the first period, only to have his shot stopped by Watt. M cGill s defencemen also had a strong showing, shutting down Ottawa’s forward line in a scoreless first period.

Both teams stepped up their intensity in the second frame, and the referees cracked down quickly.

M cGill forward Greg LeBlanc was called for a questionable elbowing penalty in the opening minute.

While the Redmen were shorthand­ ed, however, sophomore defenceman Rheal Guenette took a shot

from Ottawa’s blueline and scored M cG ill’s first goal.

“It wasn’t the prettiest goal, but they all count, I guess,” the Calgary native laughed modestly. “I was just looking to get the shot on net, there was lots of traffic, and it ju st hap­ pened to squeeze through.”

While Godin made some big saves to help kill the rest of LeBlanc s penalty, M cG ill’s lead last­ ed less than two minutes. Ottawa defenceman Nevin Patterson deflected a shot from teammate Dave Campbell to even the score.

The middle of the period pro­ vided proof that although the Redmen’s special teams are improv­ ing, they still need some work.

M cGill was on a two-man advan­ tage for about a minute, but despite chances, no goals resulted from it.

Joel Bergeron, Shawn Shewchuk and Doug O rr also had a number of scoring opportunities during the second frame, in which the Redmen outshot the Gee-Gees 13-11, but were unable to capitalize on them.

LeBlanc opened the third with a breakaway down the right side before making a centering pass to captain Bruno Lemire, but Watt stopped his shot. At the other end, Godin came through for M cGill with big saves on the power play.

An Ottawa goal scored after the whistle was waved off due to a high sticking penalty, taking the game to overtime still tied at one apiece.

Each team got a single shot on goal in the extra five minutes.

M cG ill called a time out with five seconds left in order to regroup for one last push to break the deadlock, and Godin was pulled from the net, but the attempt proved fruitless.

T he game went into the books as a hard-earned tie between two closely matched teams.

“We missed a lot o f chances, but we did a lot of good things,” said Head Coach Martin Raymond.

“We forechecked fairly well and we broke the puck out o f our own end fairly [well]. I thought overall we played a solid road game.”

Raymond continued to praise Godin’s performance in net. “[Ottawa] has good speed up front and their goalie is very solid, but I was very happy to see the way Pat Godin played in net tonight,” he said of the rookie goaltender

from Val d’Or. “We definitely had a lot of chances to win the game, but I guess we ll take the tie against Ottawa,” said Guenette. “We’ve got to start capitalizing on some of those chances. But we played strong defensively and only allowed them one goal.”

The point earned in Saturday’s tie keeps M cGill in third place in the OUA Far East division, where the top three teams qualify for the playoffs. The Redmen now have an important two-point lead over lastplace Concordia, with five games left in the regular season.

The Redmen look to put some additional distance between them­ selves and the Stingers when they return home to host the Queen’s Golden Gaels on Friday at M cConnell Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 pm. ■

You don't hear anyone chanting "o-ffence" W hy defensive battles are as exciting as high-scoring ones ell, another Super Bowl has come and gone, leaving in its wake two weeks o f hype and buildup. While the game itself is sometimes engrossing, as was the case this year, what is talked about in the pre-Super Bowl vacuum can be far more interesting.

W hile Super Bowl X X X V III unfolded as one of the best in recent memory, during the weeks leading up to the game, many pundits felt it impossible for the contest to actually be good. They based this on the fact that both New England and Carolina apparently had strong defences, while lacking offensive firepower; this com­ bination was then equated with dull, uninteresting football. During the scoreless first 26 minutes, C BS announcer Phil Simms even declared

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From my seat on the couch at my friend’s house, I saw exactly the opposite. And I bet the fans at Houston’s Reliant Stadium would agree. Both teams were playing incredible defence and were locked in a heated fight for all-important field position. Every stuffed run and pass batted down brought a surge of ener­ gy to the defensive team, as they rev­ eled in their efforts to keep the score even. Although the score remained 00 well into the second quarter, we were on the edge of our seats the whole time. The defensive deadlock was, in short, exciting, and no announcer could tell me otherwise.

But football isn’t the only sport in which defensive play is associated with dullness. Major League Baseball

juices their balls to make “exciting” home runs more prevalent. The N H L has contemplated enlarging the nets to reverse the recent low-scoring trends. And those who cover the NBA are always shouting about the lack of offence and the monotony of modern basketball.

However, it’s clear that a low score doesn’t necessarily mean a bor­ ing game. Any game well played and well executed by both teams is a good one, whether that game ends 45-42 or 6-3.

Now don’t get me wrong— I love a good slugfest just as much as the next rabid sports fan. W hat I don’t like is when great performances on defence are hailed as uninterest­ ing.

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HOCKEY M artlets 7, Ravens 1

Quoth the Raven: McGill silences Carleton Dan McQuillan An odd turn of events forced Friday’s M cGill-Carleton women’s hockey game to be played in Montreal instead of Ottawa, but the Ravens might have been better off just calling in sick. The Martlets rout ed the not-so-mighty Ravens for the second time in a month, 7-1 at McConnell Arena in what was sup­ posed to be a Carleton home game.

The last-minute switch to Montreal was because of complications involv­ ing securing an arena in Ottawa.

After allowing the Ravens (0-140) to tie up the score at one apiece less than five minutes into the game, the McGill offence took off, powering the Martlets to a seven-goal output.

Carleton goalie Laura Rollins made a valiant effort to keep this one close by stopping 36 of 43 shots, but the Red ‘n’ White firing squad proved to be too difficult to keep at bay.

The shot total, as well as the margin of victory, could have been much worse had the Martlets (8-2-3) not been so generous to their oppo­ nents in the offensive zone. It was a

pass-first mentality that presided on this night, where no player seemed to want to pull the trigger. This was most evident on the power play, where the Martlets were a horrendous 0 for 8. Furthermore, McGill saw four minutes of a two-man advantage

evaporate without a goal. Martlets forward Véronique Sanfaçon explained that they were testing out a new system.

“We try to pass the puck to the defencé, and cross a pass across the zone, ’’ Sanfaçon said. “I know we can

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score; we have to score more on the power play.”

Head Coach Peter Smith did not seem as worried.

“We got the puck through a few times but our shots were just going wide,’’ he said.

Fortunately, this was the only negative on the night for a team that is gradually gaining more confidence and is now ranked fourth in the nation.

Katherine Safka opened the scoring, but Carleton’s Andrea Domenico promptly responded 30 seconds later. Many formations and different lines were attempted, but the combination of Safka, Sanfaçon and Véronique Lapierre gelled best against the Ravens. The unit accounted for a total of four goals and five assists. Lapierre led the way, assisting on four goals and potting one of her own in the second, mov­ ing her past rookie Christine Hartnoll for the team lead in scoring, with 25 points in 28 games.

The Martlet offence refused to yield to its opponent, and was able to spend large chunks of each period in

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up and down a 10-metre ramp) and Pulp Throwing (tossing a four-foot, 15 to 20 pound log, and making at least part of it come to rest between two stakes set four feet apart). Fillion was also superb in his singles and doubles events.

“He was basically dominant, especially in single buck and chop­ ping,” said Watson.

O n the women’s side, lumberjill team captian Lydie Blanchard stood out. W ith her partner Marie Chantal Houde, she won her doubles event, the underhand chop. Blanchard also had plenty of praise for her team­ mates.

“Everyone gave a great perform­ ance,” she said. “People practiced a lot, then came out and gave 100 per

cent, and it went well all day.

Watson agrees. In his mind, the best part of the day was seeing his proteges finish first in every team competition on both the men’s and womens sides.

“The whole team really stands out as having done an exceptional jo b , because they took all the team events,” he said.

M cG ill’s overall supremacy was further illustrated by its win in the Jack and Jill events, in which mem­ bers of both the men’s and women’s teams are required to work together at the chopping and sawing. McGill finished first of four teams in this field, recording nearly 1000 points.

“It’s been another dominating year,” Watson said, referring to the

B oth M cG ill’s men’s and women’s teams put on quite a show at the Canadian Intercollegiate Lum berjacking Association meet held Saturday at Macdonald Campus. The home team’s lumber jacks came first of 16 Canadian and American teams, scoring 1118.46 points out of a possible 1300, while the lumberjills were first o f eight teams, tallying 1060.49 points.

T h e showing helped both M cGill teams advance their leads over Lakehead University, the University o f New Brunswick, Sir Sandford Fleming College, and Nova Scotia Agricultural College— the other Canadian schools that make up CILA. The wins place M cGill’s teams in a strong position to capture the Canadian champi­ onships, according to Head Coach John Watson.

“This was the third o f four events, and both teams have won all three,” he said. “The women are 500 points ahead [of the second place team] and the men are 3 0 0 points ahead, so it should be pretty easy for us."

This competition included 13 of the 27 CILA-approved events.

There were four team events, in which all six members compete; three doubles competitions, in which two team members perform a type of chopping; and six singles events, including pole climbing and axe throwing. M cGill’s entrants placed no lower than third in any event.

Captain Hugues Fillion— last year’s CILA Men’s M V P— led his team through their events, which included Log Decking (rolling a log McGill's lumberjacks and jills were hard at work on Saturday.

the Ravens’ zone, piling players in front o f Rollins. The Carleton offence, conversely, made M cGill goalie Kalie Townsend feel under­ used. This lack of work, prompted Townsend to pursue pucks anywhere in her zone, but this got her into trouble at times. She made 17 saves on the night.

Next week, the Martlets will pay the Ottawa Gee-Gees a visit. They will be looking to pick up two points and some much-needed momentum for the big showdown on February 13 against the first-place Concordia Stingers.

The Martlets realize the impor­ tance of these games as measuring sticks for future success.

“Everyone has to do their jo b physically [against Ottawa and Carleton] and be ready for the decid­ ing game against Concordia,” said Sanfaçon.

As the season nears its end, McGill will attempt to keep the form that has placed it within reach of the top spot in the Quebec conference. ■

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“The kids deserve a lot of credit, because they go out in ridiculous weather and practice. They really represent the college well on and off the field, as both competitors and sportsmen.’ ■

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The M cGill women's track and field team won seven events on its way to a first-place finish at the Laval Invitational Meet, held Saturday in Ste-Foy. Hannah Moffat was named female athlete o f the meet for the field events, after winning a gold medal in the pole vault with a height o f 3 .4 3 metres.

O n the track, Troye Carrington won two gold medals for the Martlets. T he transfer student from the University of Waterloo finished first in both the 6 0 and 3 0 0 metre sprints. As well, Jessica Warren, Lindsay Lessard and Genevieve Jenkins each had a pair of top finishes, one coming when the three teamed up with Leslie M arcotte for a victory in the 4x800m relay.

The men finished third o f four teams, behind Laval and Sherbrooke. They were led by football star Jim Merrick, who won his second career gold medal in the shot put, and Jeff McCabe, who captured the 1500m event.

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from Zyromski, M cGill struggled to a fifth place finish on Saturday and fourth place on Sunday. No other team member placed in the top 15 in either event. L’Université de Montreal finished first overall.

Grapplers pin down medals at Western meet The M cGill wrestling team sent five competitors to the University o f Western Ontario Open Meet this past weekend, and two returned home with hardware. O n the women's side, the team finished third overall, led by Hana Askren, who won gold in the 48 kg class. Laurel D unn took silver in the 53 kg competition, while Cassie Lee, wrestling in the 57 kg division, finished fourth.

The men weren’t quite as successful, as their best per­ formance was a fourth-place showing by Caleb Netting in the 76 kg class. Jed Zaretzki rounded out the field for M cGill, finishing sixth in the 6 5 kg event.

Merrick, Morton, named Athletes of the Week Women ski to victory, men take a tumble T h e M cGill women's alpine ski team finished first of nine teams in both giant slaloms held this weekend at Le Relais, north of Quebec City. Joanna Creed* came in first and Kaylyn M orton finished second in Saturday’s race, as M cGill took four of the top five positions in finishing with 635 out of a possible 9 0 0 points. O n Sunday, M cG ill’s podium positions were reversed— M orton finished less than a second ahead o f Creed as the women captured the overall title by 235 points.

T h e men had less luck, with only Nicolas Zyromski ending up on the podium in both slalom events. He won bronze on Saturday and silver on Sunday. Despite victories

Jim Merrick and Kaylyn M orton have been named this week’s McGill-Peel Pub Athletes o f the Week.

Merrick, who played offensive line for M cG ill’s foot­ ball team this past season, won gold in the shot put with a distance of 14.89 metres. T h e result was a personal best, and qualified Merrick for the Canadian university champi­ onships, to be held next month in Windsor, Ontario.

M orton, a chemical engineering sophmore, won a gold and a silver medal this weekend, to go along with the silver she garnered in the season's first weekend. T he results gave her the lead in the Q S S F alpine skiing individual scor­ ing race.

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goal of sports is to score points, more points scored must make a better game. But that is not the ultimate aim, or at least not all of it. The goal is to score more points than the other team.

As New York Jets coach Herman Edwards put it perfect­ ly, “We play to win the games.’ The goal is to win, however possible. And wins and losses, not the quantity of scoring, are what make sports exciting. The drama of sport is to see a team triumph over adversity and to make a collective effort towards the singular goal of victory. Whether a team pulls together for a game-winning drive in the final minute, or it forces the opposition to go three-and-out repeatedly, to give its offence a shot at putting points on the board, it is the will to win that makes sport so great.

Some of the best games in sports history have been decid­ ed on defence: Jack Morris’ 10-inning complete game shutout to win the 1991 World Series, the 2000 N FC championship game when St. Louis beat Tampa Bay 11-6, and Game 4 of last year’s N H L Western Conference final, which ended 1-0 in the fifth overtime period, to name but a few. These were true white-knuckle contests, and I have never heard anyone claim they were not great due to lack of scoring.

Additionally, some of the most enduring moments in sports are defensive plays— John Havlicek stealing the ball to send the Celtics to the 1965 NBA final, or Mike Richter thwarting numerous Canadian rushes to steal the 1996 World Cup of Hockey for the US. These are forever etched into the collective conscious of sports fans.

This lust for high-scoring, quick-striking games seems to apply only in North America. After all, while we whine about games in which only three touchdowns are scored, the rest of the world goes crazy over every soccer match that ends in a 11 draw.

So, sports fans, take a lesson from our international coun­ terparts. The next time you sit down to watch your favourite team, remember to cheer when a linebacker fills a hole just right to prevent a long gain, or when a forward hustles to backcheck and thwarts a scoring chance. These “dull” occur­ rences are just as much a part of the greatness of sport as the end-to-end rushes and the 500-foot home runs, no matter what Phil Simms has to say. ■

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First, she was the star of M cG ill’s women’s hockey team. Then, she made this year’s Redmen squad. Is a trip to Europe to play in a men's professional league next?

According to Lauren MacGillivray of the C algary H erald, St-Pierre might be doing ju st that in April after she graduates. Last year’s winner o f the C IS trophy for female athlete o f the year is interested in following in the footsteps o f Hayley Wickenheiser, who became the first woman to play men’s pro hockey when she suited up for Kirkkonummi Salamat in the Finnish league last year.

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