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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Democracy in McConnell Engineering students head to the polls Looking back on her year as

David M. Nataf

vice-president external, David said

Undergraduate engineering stu

she was most proud of her involve

dents will vote March 10 to 12 in the Engineering Undergraduate Society

ment with the McGill Engineering

council elections. High among the

Career Centre. “They are reaching out to stu

issues raised by the candidates are

dents much more: meeting with the

improving the society’s

departmental presidents, MECC access

finances,

enhancing the EUS frosh experience and combating student apathy. Students are also being asked to cast their ballots in a fee-increase referen

through

WebCT,

booths

the

Engineering buildings,” she said. Nancy Nikolakakis and Ariel Dahan, the candidates for vice-presi dent services, have experience work

dum. Presidential

candidate

Zahi

ing as managers of the EUS general

Chihane is promoting the idea of a

store

student-run radio station that would

Nikolakakis said her goal would be to

broadcast in the cafeteria and near

“ensure that these services are proper ly maintained and, not to mention,

building entrances. His campaign

and

Frostbite,

respectively.

mentions the poor availability of pro

improved in the next year.” Dahan said he would seek to

fessor evaluations, which are present

combat student apathy and to listen to

ly piled up in the library, and says he would look into giving published

the undergraduate community. “I believe the role of the EUS is

copies to every student. His competition, current EUS

twofold: to represent the engineering

Vice-President

Victoria

provide them with a wide range of

David, stressed the importance of pro

activities and services to make their

tecting EUS assets. “McGill, now more than ever, is

stay at McGill more enjoyable.”

under scrutiny for its actions with

for vice president internal, has anoth

regard to the cafeterias,” she said, adding that any future council must take “the necessary steps to keep

er solution to student apathy. “I think that the engineering population is not informed well

these services when the [letter of

enough about the events that are

platform also

External

Andrea Linsky, who is running

tion.”

No SUS president after both candidates are disqualified. N EW S, PA G E 2

What have McGills budding playwrights been up to? Full Drama Festival review. A& E, PA G E 22-23

“Perhaps an NHL lockout will be a bless ing in disguise for Canadian sports fans.” SP O R TS, PAGE 25

S S M U will resume full m em bership in lobby group Pierre-Olivier Savoie, the Law repre

are dissatisfied with CASA. Could we have done more [in CASA)? Yes... I’m not deny

sentative, said that most of the problems

After debating the issue for more than

ing that," she said. “[But] to say the prob

that McGill students are concerned about

hours Thursday night.

Students’

lems at CASA are caused by SSMU is ridicu

are provincial in nature, and that SSMU

Society council voted to remain affiliated with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, a federal lobby group that

lous.” In a SSMU document published last year— “Fighting for an Effective CASA: The

should concentrate on provincial lobbying. Science Representative Lazar Konforti summarized the arguments of those in

SSMU co-founded in 1995. The discussion picked up where it

Winds Are Changing Again"— former Vice-

favour of dropping out.

left off at the last council meeting in

Nick Vikander proposed

February, as both sides dug in their heels

including increased mobilization of stu

and refused to budge. Councillors and executives debated CASA’s effectiveness

dents and formal opposition to the inclu

“I am not ready to throw in the towel on CASA," said SSMU Vice-President

and the merits of federal lobbying. They also discussed whether SSMU’s recent lack

sion of education in international trade agreements like the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Residence Representative

of involvement in the organization con

Gonzalo Riva told council that the time had

tributed to the current dissatisfaction.

come to stop trying to alter the organiza

has been doing." Choy noted that students have made

James Gotowiec two

See E U S, page 7

Council stays in CASA

students to the world at large and to

agreement] comes up for re-negotia

SSMU elections kick off with a flurry of posters and stupefying stump speeches. Meet the candidates, pages 3-5.

Arts Representative Elise Legault addressed all three concerns as she spoke in favour of withdrawing. “It really seems like a lot of people

“CASA, as an organization, has failed

President Community and Government 10 reforms,

us," he said. Many disagreed with that statement.

University Affairs Vivian Choy. "Change requires small steps, and that is what CASA

tion.

numerous complaints about SSMU this

“We have tried hard enough [to change CASA],” he said. “It is not worth

year. "Do our members leave us and aban-

$40,000 of students' money.”

See C A SA , page 6

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The M cGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 9, 2004

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Marching with a message S tu d e n ts

head

P a r lia m e n t H ill f o r M a r c h

o f H e a rts

“I was surprised by the reactions of the Canadians watching the event,” he said. "Unlike in the US, there was

Emily Harris

New Management executive elected the

academic year amidst a throng of beer-swilling students in the Bronfm an cafeteria Thursday evening.

Governors does... I think it is absolutely critical that students, as the principal [stake] holders at this university, know what’s going on

“Our presence was felt in the capital,” he said. “A lot

think so I can vote in their best interest.”

of people drove by and honked their horns. It was a posi tive reaction for everyone.”

presently an Arts and Entertainment

— Dai\y Horovitz

In speaking about the future of the movement, Hager

ed vice-president communications. Emilie Laville became vice-presi

w hile

Panthea

Lee,

w ho

editor with the Tribune, was elect

dent

finance

and

operations,

TenCate

w hile

Music senator. She believes that her

zens,” Hager said, “but, little by little, they were accepted by their peer groups and then the government. As more and more countries recognize equal rights for gays, even more

Francis Wielgosz was acclaimed as vice-president external.

experiences as MUSA president and

countries will do so.”

tive

technology,

The remainder of the execu is

com prised

Warren

president

internal,

lesbians go through on a daily basis.”

Lebovic.

w ho

Lindsay Tam, U0 Arts, also recognized the importance of this event.

Management's faculty representa tive to the Students' Society.

“There are a lot of people affected,” she said. “[The

"Right now. I’m just so moti vated to learn”, said president-elect Paseli.

rights in Canada. Dubbed a "large-scale demonstration of love" by members of Queer McGill who helped organize the

Management

and

w as

Josh named

students

also

voted on two referendum ques tions. Funding for the M cGill

[queer people] exist and our relationships are just as worthy as those of heterosexuals.”

TenCate hopes to bridge the com m unication

Hesse, of OutLaw, an organization for queer advocacy

full-time management stu

“I think Eileen w ill be absolutely fantastic." said current Music Senator Nathan Taylor. In

After a spirited “here's to..."

of Hearts. “Our straight friends have the right to marry the person they love— we should, too."

drinking song salute, the newly elected executives pledged to for

Hesse said that this is an important time in the struggle for equal rights because in coming months Parliament will

mally start w ork related to their For a full list of results, visit

www. musonline. com —Max Shapiro

from

Howatt acclaimed as Board rep

Concordia University, Queen's University, Trent University

Michael

Rapps

acclaimed as the new Law senators

—-Miriam Martz SU S election resu lts w ill go to J-Board Results

the

Science

Undergraduate Society presidential

and the University of Guelph. Hesse said that although

Matthew Howatt. Athletics representative

Board following the chief returning officer’s disqualification of both candidates Sunday afternoon. Presidential

candidates Asha

Patel and Richard Friedlander were

portfolios as early as this week.

"We are going to send a positive message with this march," Hesse said.

addition,

and Erin Easingwood were both

election w ill go before the Judicial

dents $80 per year,

based in the Faculty of Law and an organizer of the March

vote on whether to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry.

between

ing Senate more visible.

Technology Fund. Each program costs

gap

Senate and the student body, mak

was funding for the 21st Century

“This is an important issue to a lot of us,” said Paul

ings and needs of Music students.

Management Career Centre was renewed for a three-year period, as

event, the aim of the march was to “remind legislators that

has been acclaimed

as a Music student give her a good understanding of the general feel

Salzman, w ho w as elected as vice-

“eye-opening to be in the minority and to see what gays and

[as Canadians] need to find our own identity and stance on the issue.” ■

students

Music Undergraduate Students' Association President Eileen

Lindsay Collins won vice-president

government] can’t ignore it and hope it will go away. We

Music and Law senators acclaimed

information

marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in

were joined

ic.

n Saturday, hundreds of McGill students

students

Board

and are able to tell me what they

As a straight participant in the march, Afshari found it

McGill

what

Andrea Drager captured the

“Blacks, too, used to be treated as second-rate citi

support of same-sex marriage and equal

about

to the

students

position of vice-president academ

1950s and 1960s for African-Americans.

disseminating information

Undergraduate

Troy Hager, U0 Management, agreed.

compared the struggle for equal rights for gays and lesbians to the civil-rights struggle fought in the United States in the

M arch organizers included m any M cGill students.

Management

Society president for the 2004-2005

no anti-protesting. People were very tolerant of our stance.”

BRODY BROWN

Jason Paseli was announced as

what you are doing so they can participate actively." he said. “The university doesn't do a good job of

disqualified after they each received three “strikes." according to Friedlander, w ho is the current SUS vice-president finance. These strikes

current to the

included

postering viola

tions and campaigning after the campaign period.

many outlying schools were unable to take part in the

Student’s

been

Patel plans to file a complaint

march, they contributed to the protest through a postcard

acclaimed as SSMU representative

with the Judicial Board, w hich she

campaign. Interested parties could print these postcards from the Internet or purchase sets of 100 to mail to their Members of Parliament.

to the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is the universi ty's highest decision-making body.

said will address the issue later this

Kevin Afshari, U0 Arts, said that this march is merely one in a string of upcoming events.

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If the judicial Board upholds

of being

CR O Blair Birkett's decision to dis

acclaimed. “I spoke to the other potential candidates, [and they] indicated that they had complete

qualify the candidates, a presiden tial by-election w ill be held in September. Because executive

confidence in m y abilities."

terms begin in May. this means

think

it was

respect,” Howatt said

sign

Howatt plans to play an instru mental roie in negotiations con

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The Students’ Society recently lost a wrongful-termination lawsuit bacause its lawyer didn’t show up. President Kate Rhodes said at Thursday’s council meeting that due to -HeMtt* administrative and clerical errors, the SSMU attorney was not notified of the new trial date. <.V' <•»< Unless it appeals, SSMU will either have to provide Blaise D’Souza, who worked in accounts wire** receivab,e’ monetary compensation or re-hire him. • Martha did it! Domestic diva Martha w bejvo Stewart was found guilty Friday of Obstructing justice and Tying about the well-timed unloading Tfcesset* o f her ImClone stock just before the price plummeted. • Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the kV< City fame ts rutnoufed tft be writing a<novel about an over-the-hili TV actress who gets a shot «mestsi , at a comeback, but lies about everything from her age to her acting credentials • The Red iWuapèa Herring's Web site claims it had to change its logo, “McGill’s only intentionally funny pubfiaWr-Ci».fl cation,” due to the Engineering publication The Plumber's Faucet. Now they use “McGill’s Jtfiav sjmTm onlT intentionally funny publication... with any class.” • Since January, McGill alumni sjsea »« mmpci have had more opportunities to get back in touch with old classmates, Alumnilife. created by the McGill Alumni Association, is a graduates-only on-line community. • “A S I» Manitoba recently introduced abili that, if passed, wiUmake it the first province aitotlw'dftfeiM K* ... to ban smoking injrii

there would be no SUS president over the summer.

cerning SSMU's letter of agreement

“Organization would not be

with the university, w hich expires next May.

there, there'd be no president for

"Our position at the Board of Governors is going to go a long “At

week or possibly early next week. Friedlander supported the move.

w ay in determining what type of concessions w e get." Howatt said.

the first [general council], and Frosh would be without any supervision.” said Patel. U2 Physiology. “In the end I think SUS w ill suffer." If Birkett's decision is over

T m going to be working with w h o

turned completely, the candidate

ever gets selected president next

w ho received more votes w ill become the new SUS president. The Judicial Board also has the option of disqualifying one of the

year throughout the summer." One of Howatt's main con cerns is access to education. “M cGill should get the best and the brightest.” he said, “not necessarily the ones w ho have the best ability to pay.” Howatt also intends to make

two candidates, meaning the other would be acclaimed. During the election. Patel and Friedlander accused one another of multiple campaign violations. For the full story and results of

himself available to SSMU. He plans to attend council meetings, and add

the

a page to the SSMU Web site about the Board of Governors.

www.mcgilltribune.com. —Jennifer Jett

other

SUS

races.

visit

"People have to be able to see Se e n ex t page

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Letter of agreement... SSM U’s letter o f agreem ent w ith the university expires in M ay 2005. T h e letter of agreement guarantees student representation in governing bodies as w e ll as addresses h o w SSM U receives its student fees, w h ich students p ay directly to the university. Last spring. SSMU becam e an accreditated organization, significantly

im proving its negotiating position. 1. H o w w ill you protect students interests during the renegotiation o f SSMU s letter of agreement w ith the university? Board of Governors restructuring... T h e Board of G overno rs, the university s highest g ov

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erning body, has 45 m em bers this year. Arguing that dow n sizin g the Board w ould stream line the decision-m aking process, the university is proposing reducing the n um ber of m em bers to 23. T he Board w ill vote on the proposal in May. 2. W h ich student associations (SSMU. PG SS. MCSS. M ACES) should be represented on the dow nsized

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Board of G overn o rs and to w hat extent?

1. “We ask for the moon.

Soeed Fotuhi

We have to ask for the largest amount possible to make sure

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that w e get more than the mini mum that the school is willing to

1. “I ’m going to be completely honest. I only read the document Friday afternoon. I have had

give to us. That [is accomplished]

Alam Alii

the opportunity to w ork on the letter of agree

by making sure that w e

put

together a strong, cohesive com

• • • ► U 3 P s y c h o lo g y

ment with [the Science Undergraduate Society].

mittee that will be in charge of this letter of agreement and that is united in its message and is lobbying for us.”

The constituents of the SSMU letter of agreement I ’m not completely familiar with at this time, and

2. "Ideally, w e want to get all of those [student associations] involved, because we

I had a lot of trouble getting the letter of agree

want to have [a] strong lobbying force on the Board of Governors. By having more stu

ment from the SSMU. With that said, you can be

dent organizations represented there, our strength increases. So I ’m going to push for as

assured that the students’ rights w ill be protected and student services w ill be protected. I plan to have a very stringent watchdog team to the administration for these negotiations. There’s a lot of issues

many of those groups as possible.”

Do you speak French? Yes

with regards to the [Shatner] building [and] with student services that I plan to [protect]. The letter of agree ment is up in 14 months, w hich means [the president] has basically four to five months on his or her own time to study this document and create policies with the students to really protect them and benefit them.

2. "I think that all the student associations should be represented. I had the chance to sit down with the Board of Governor [representatives] from both the SSMU and from the Mac campus. The one from the Mac campus is actually quite distraught that they may lose their seat. It s unfortunate that [Principal] Heather Munroe-Blum would like to cut down the seats to half... w hich would be detrimental to student lobbying. I think the seats should be made [available] to all the student associations so they all have a voice at that level.”

Do you speak French? Yes

1. “One of the misconcep

Kate Rhodes

tions of the letter of agreement is that w e [can] only react to the university’s

terms.

That s

U 3 E n g lis h

not

L ite r a t u r e a n d

entirely true. It’s up to us to

Po litic a l S c ie n c e

come up with creative things w e

want implemented into the letter and to push for, as w ell as to defend what w e already have. It s being proactive in terms 1. “Basically through whatever means are

of what w e envision having... Part [of this process w ill be] defending our interests [while]

Willie Hyndman

possible. Use the media, try to get students out to protest, negotiate, don’t try to antagonize the

coming up with ways that our interests can be protected [by] the letter of agreement.

2. “All of them should have voice and vote. [The suggested model is] not the perfect

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administration... I haven’t actually seen [the letter

model, but the idea that the entire student body is represented by having those four

of agreement].” 2. “Well, you don’t want all of them to be

diverse votes at the table [is important]. What w e have now is excellent, what w e have

represented to the degree that the decisions are

are often an afterthought in some of the university planning initiatives, so it’s [important]

affected, [but] I think everyone should be fairly

that w e maintain both a vote and a voice there.

been able to secure as a result of the shrinking of the board is satisfactory. Undergraduates

Do you speak French? No

represented.”

Do you speak French? Yes

Briefs T h re e A rts sen ators acclaim ed Alex Kenjeev. Max Reed and Gonzalo Riva were acclaimed as Arts senators last week. Max Reed, U1 International Development Studies, has served on the Library Improvement Fund and with McGill First Aid. He said that his primary goal as Arts senator will be to act as an assertive voice for the interests of Arts students in senate. “I want to be Arts senator [so as to] try and prevent the administra lion from continuing to ignore the interests and ideas of Arts under graduates, he said. G onzalo Riva, U2 Anthropology, is currently InterResidence Council president and is involved in several SSMU commit tees. He says he will push for stu dents’ rights next year, and will work to make the administration recognize the importance of having a dialogue with students Part of that goal is to make the turnitin.com policy conform more to

c o n t in u e d ... students’ rights. Riva said tliat the current administration sometimes has a shaky interpretation of the Code

Student

Conduct

and

Disciplinary Procedures. “Students are often presumed

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guilty until proven innocent.” he said. "It should be the other way around.” Alex Kenjeev, a U2 Cultural Studies and Political Science student and current vice-president opera tions of the Quebec Cooperative Film Initiative, said that his primary goal will be to implement an opt out option for all ancillary fees.

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“Tfiis year. I tried to put a stu dent-initiated referendum question on the ballot that would have forced SSMU to offer opt-out provisions for all new SSMU ancillary fees," said Kenjeev in an e-mail. “My question was refused. As a senator. I will tty again, both at SSMU and with the administration."

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Corpo rate ta ke o v e r of cafeterias... In May, the university will tender the operation of 16 campus cafeterias. Interested food-service providers, such as Chartwells, are being asked to bid on all 16 restaurants, meaning the smaller business owners who currently own one or two cafeterias will not be able to bid. Students argue that if outside companies gain monopoly control, they will charge higher prices for low-quality food. 1. To

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what extent should cafeterias on campus be run by outside management, and to what extent should they be run by students? How will you either promote or prevent further corporatization of campus cafeterias?

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Faculty association insurance... With skittish insurance companies raising rates, student associations across the country face difficulty renewing their liability insurance .policies without paying exorbitant premiums. These insurance policies often cover events such as Frosh. In November, the Shatner building was closed for 24 hours as executives scrambled to find insurance coverage after the previous policy expired. 2. How will you assist faculty associations trying to renew their insurance or purchase new insurance policies?

CO VERAG E 1. “I am currently involved with

the CAFS (Coalition for Action on

Brian Schreiber

Food Services) movement on cam pus. I believe that we, the students, have the right to choose what w e

administration

must

dents are unhappy with Chartwells

approaching monopoly. It may be eas ier to have only one contracted com

M anagem ent

want to eat among various food serv

“The

understand that, for the most part, stu

pany campus-wide from a business

ices. These alternatives should be student-run... If this right is denied

perspective, but the mantra of running the ‘business of education' needs to

to us, then w e w ill be faced with

change— w e ’re students, not share holders, and such considerations must be taken to that effect, with appropriate pressure

higher prices for lower-quality items, a scenario that no student should even conceive to stom ach."

from student societies. An ideal solution might be to have outside management serve as consultants to student-run food services.”

2. “The present problem with general liability insurance and faculty associations could have been dealt w ith during the past year. It could have been solved by forming a confederation coun

2. It s all about how they market themselves. B y emphasizing the positive aspects of

cil of [vice-president] finances from each faculty chaired by the VP Operations of [the Students'

the faculty (academics, philanthropy, etc.), it can put the associations in a better light and

Society], This would have put the SSMU and the rest of the faculties on the same page... I believe

insurance companies w ill be more willing to negotiate. SnowAP led by example this year by sharing the insurance with other faculties.”

the council is essential and I w ill make it a goal of mine to make sure that it happens.”

Do you speak French? Yes

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•••► U 3 Political S c ie n c e a n d Federal lobby affiliation and activity... SSMU exec

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utives and councilors have been unhappy with many aspects of its membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, a federal lobby group of w hich SSMU was an associate member this year. A motion to leave CASA failed on Thursday. 1. Do you agree with the CASA decision and where do w e go from here?

1. “I believe there is a w ay to change CASA, and that w e must work hard to do that. We must make it clear to them that our staying was not a vote of con

Th e ongoing p rovincial p arlia m e n tary com m ission

fidence in CASA. but. a vote of confidence in ourselves 1^1

on p ost-secondary education... The university and SSMU submitted radically different documents, espe cially on the issue of the tuition freeze. 2. How can SSMU defend its proposals?

was a good document, but it was very ideological. We

2. “The parliamentary commission submission need to propose more real ways to implement our suggestions, and more facts to defend our positions.”

Do you speak French? Yes

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Lack of Office space for clubs... Delays in the Shatner building renovations have resulted in a lack of office space, meaning up to seven clubs now share offices on the fourth floor. 1. How will you deal with saying no to people w ho are upset about lack of office space? Security fees and room booking... Students clubs have had difficulty this year booking rooms in Shatner for their events, often finding that they have been doubleor even triple-booked. In addition, student organizations that plan events of a contro versial political nature, especially relating to the Middle East, must pay high security fees when they book a university room. 2. H ow would you deal with security fees and room bookings?

Amanda Ens

Sameen Shahid

U 2 J o in t H o n o u r s

U 2 E c o n o m ic s

E c o n o m ic s a n d F in a n c e

1. “First, the renovations need be pushed to completion before September. Unfortunately, since there are about 160 clubs, not everyone gets an office. Storage space should be given as compensation.” 2. “The room booking in Shatner is a big problem; a lot

of clubs fail to realize that they can book off the SSMU [Web]

“We need better, quicker communication. Clubs get

upset because they don’t receive prompt replies when they apply for office space. Their demands are not in excess and they understand that only limited space is available. We need to respond back to people quickly."

page. I propose an on-line room-booking system that will

2. “The administration needs to subsidize room bookings

allow clubs to request preliminary reservations. For rooms

and lower fees for bookings in buildings besides Shatner.

outside Shatner, w e must make an appeal to the university to lower them significantly. If this doesn’t work, w e’ll sit down

Security fees are discriminatory. McGill prevents people from

Morty

engaging in dialogue by charging such large fees. For exam ple, even if the speaker is from the Middle East, but uncon-

Yalovsky and propose a flat fee that SSMU will pay. I also feel security fees are discriminatory.”

troversial, security is required. If necessary, fees should be incorporated into [the] SSMU budget.”

Do you speak French? Yes

Do you speak French? No

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I S S U E S

Plagiarism prevention... Students are divided over whether they should be required to submit their

Student involvement.. Two-way communication... must be established,

work to the plagiarism-detection service turnitin.com, w hich was used on a trial basis last semes

SSMU Vice-President Communication and Events Kimberley Zell. She went on to

ter. The issue will be brought to the university senate for further consideration on March 17. 1.

explain that SSMU must involve students by advertising to them and providing means

1111 I low should the university prevent or discourage plagiarism? Academic advising... Student representatives have been addressing the perennial issue of academic

said current

for them to communicate with their representatives. 1. How do you plan on getting

advising for many years, complaining that students are not receiving the quality they deserve.

students, especially francophones, involved? Events at Gert’s... The schedule at Gert's, which is McGill's campus bar. is supposed to be

2. What will you do to improve advising?

expanded. Tltis year. Tuesday Night Live was added to the lineup to go with Thursday Night Tradition. 2. What will you do to promote Gert's?

1. "I don't think turnrtin.com is the answer. I think that smaller class sizes are part of the answer, because I think when you’re in a large

Ashley Becker

class where there are perhaps 1,000 or 500 stu

U 2 P e r fo r m a n c e

dents, the contact with the professor and the office hours are limited. The opportunity for

V o ic e

1. “I'd like to expand [the Web site] a little bit, make it a little more accessible. No one seems to know who [the student involvement coor

John Bowden U 2 J o in t H o n o u r s

dinators] are or how to get about

the professor to interact with students on a

H is t o r y a n d

them, so w e certainly need to look

personal level is lacking [under these condi tions].” 2. “I'd like to extend the invitation to other schools in [provincial lobby group la Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec] to bring their opinions on advising because often, as w e discovered at this past conference, there are often very different ways of going about resolving the same problem. I think by soliciting the opinions and plans of other schools, w e can then see what does work and try to implement that, perhaps change it slightly, but implement it into our system. I think regardless of what w e do, w e have to add more advisers, and perhaps a second advising session, to ensure that stu

C a n a d ia n S tu d ie s

at... making them more approach able, more visible. "[The francophone

commis

sioners] unfortunately spend proba bly too much of their time translating... It’s something we have to address. Once w e promote our events, especially in the Shatner building, w e have to make it more bilingual.” 2. "I really want to push Gert's and make it more university bar-ish.. I’d love to ... get McGill paraphernalia around here... One of the things I’d like to see is maybe a game-of-thew eek’ night. We could also look in terms of trying to get food in as well.”

dents are being given enough information and correct information.”

Do you speak French? Yes

1. “I think the primary way that the uni versity should be going about this is through education. The vast majority of my clients [at McGill Student Advocacy] w ho

have been

charged with plagiarism have been charged not

1. “There needs to be more promotion of the fact that... [SSMU

Andrew Bryan Law IV and U 2 B io c h e m is tr y

needs] volunteers for certain events.

Adrian Flückiger

If the Web site w as kept up-to-date,

• • • ► U 2 K in e s io lo g y

there could be something there... right on the front of it, where it’s accessible to everyone... so you can

because they intended to do anything wrong, but because they didn’t understand rules of citation, they didn’t understand how to go

get more outside involvement. You

about properly referencing their work, and that is something that university needs to address.” 2. “There was a $600,000 allocation to advising last year [and]... nobody can appear to tell us where that $600,000 has gone... With that money, I would like to see advisers trained. It's unacceptable that advisers are not up to date on regulations that govern the students that they’re advising, that advisers are not up to date necessarily on the programs that they’re advising students on. It’s not acceptable that a huge number of departmental advisers... are advising [if] it’s something that they don t want to do. People who are advising students should be people whose attitude about advising is that it is important, and one

could make events where they focus on French artists, French music. “It’s good if you can get... [volunteers] who are in touch with the francophone students, and then get them to work on getting other francophone students involved.” 2. “I would try to have more evenings organized... try to introduce something on at least one other night of the week. You could try to run a ladies’ night, something like that. ... Making sure that it’s all promoted... using all the means that are available."

Do you speak French? Yes

w ay to solve that would be to hire people whose specific job it is to do advising on a level perhaps lower than the faculty level. One thing the vice-president university affairs can do is to encourage the faculty association initiatives that we've seen, for example, in [the Arts Undergraduate Society] of having students in-upper years do peer advising.”

Do you speak French? Yes

1. “[Last year, I helped start] a SSMU Speakers’ Corner. We would go to a random place on campus and

ask

people

for

Farah Qasemi

feedback.

W hen people see that SSMU’s com

of detection, I would include turnitin.com, but

E n g in e e r in g

ing to you instead of them going to

1. “Essentially, there should be education about plagiarism and how to avoid it. In terms

U 3 C o m p u te r

SSMU, they feel involved. I think council documents should be bilin

Kim D'Souza

only if no one is forced to use it. I would sug

gual. There’s a purpose for the

gest a legal opinion from a qualified intellec

E n v ir o n m e n t a l

tual [property rights] lawyer to address student

S tu d ie s a n d

francophone comm issioners; they’re there to bring [the francophones’] problems to SSMU and try to solve them, and if

concerns, and also that, were students to

Po litic a l S c ie n c e

w e re keeping on throwing our translation w ork on them, they w ouldn’t have the time. I do

require the unfair burden of having to affir

plan on hiring a permanent French translator.” 2. “It’s our campus bar, [so] w hy shouldn’t w e go ahead and promote it to the entire

matively prove innocence.” 2. “The problem depends on the faculty and department. There should be a standardized termi

open m ics... themed [and]... cultural nights. We should w ork with clubs... [and] services...

nology so that advising levels become standardized across faculties. I would w ork on frequency and

faculty-oriented events... hockey nights.”

choose not to use it, alternatives shouldn’t

Montreal community? Battle of the Bands should be held once a month. Comedy nights,

Do you speak French? No

quality of advising; these factors are interdependent. I also want to include that advising should be most aggressively encouraged during first year.”

Do you speak French? Yes 1. “What I’d like to do is actu ally make use of the communica tions commissioner to assist each

1. “Turnitin.com is an example of the w ay the administration approaches students at McGill. Rather than address the actual issues

Jesse Rosenfeld

behind plagiarism, such as oversized classes

U 1 ID S and

[and] faculty shortages, they opt for a quick-

W o m e n 's S tu d ie s

Mark Sward

executive in carrying out their com

U 3 Po litica l

munication needs. The Web site

S c ie n c e

needs to be used by everyone. It needs to be completely up-to-date all

the time.

The

attitude

isn’t

there... of having a Society where francophones can be served just as well in their language as they can be in English. I propose to be an executive who is bilin

fix band-aid solution which, in the process, violates students’ rights to their intellectual property [and] students’ rights to be assumed

gual and to make an effort to promote French.” 2. “We’re going to have a dedicated Gert's promoter who will sit on the Gert’s commit

innocent until proven guilty.”

2. “I think, first of all, by making it more accessible, by getting more of a university focus put on academic advising, put on hiring faculty, [and] awareness campaigns to inform students about how to get academic advising.

Do you speak French? No

tee [council will vote on this bylaw change] and work with the manager of Gert’s to make sure that Gert’s is a student bar. We need to be focusing all of our events on McGill. We could have nights where w e work with groups to put on nights that have a theme based on that club.”

Do you speak French? Yes

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Music students whistle a happy tune for now

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not allow for new student practice

Emily Harris

space. After months of lobbying, the Music

Undergraduate

Association

A r ts U n d e rg ra d u a te Society of M c G ill U n iv e rs ity

A r e y o u i n t e r e s t e d in 6 e in g th is y e a r s

V A L E D IC T O R IA N The AUS is now accepting applications for Valedictorian for the June 2004 graduating class in the Faculty of Arts. Application forms available at www.ausmcgill.com or at the AUS offices in the basement of the Leacock building. Arts VP Academic, at ausaca@po-box.mcgill.ca for more information

Deadline for Applications: March 29th, 2004 at 5:00pm

announced

Students’ February

“I do not think the crisis is over,” Matthews said. “I believe next year could be even worse.”

that 12 new practice rooms will be

Funding problems with the new

available for students on the fourth and fifth floors of the Strathcona build ing.

project are also contributing to a lack of practice space. At present, there is not enough funding to complete con

“[These rooms] were always prac

struction on the sixth and seventh

tice rooms until recently when they

floors of the new building, originally

were taken over for office space," said

designated for offices. These offices will have to move to other floors,

David Matthews, MUSA vice-president internal affairs. “No conversions were

potentially using space

needed. The offices are actually a lot

have been used for practicing.

nicer than the other rooms w e are presently provided with.”

The

that could

Imminent closure

of the

Marvin Duchow Music Library at 550

Working with Dean of Music Don

rue Sherbrooke, w hich will be incor

McLean, MUSA reclaimed this space

porated into the new music building,

with additional funding procured with

will create further space constraints.

the help of Morty Yalovsky, vice-prin cipal administration and finance.

“We face the imminent threat of losing more practice rooms next year

Even with the construction of a

w hen our library moves into our new

new music building on the corner of

building," Matthews said. “Currently,

rue Sherbrooke and rue Aylmer, stu

there are approximately 15 to 20 prac

dent concerns of overcrowding and

tice rooms in the library that will

lack of space remain. Construction

cease to exist w hen the new facility

plans for the new music building do

opens... it’s a neverending battle." ■

CASA put on the defensive C o n tin u e d fro m co v e r

CASA.

don us, and tell us to disband the

referring to the organization's member-

“CASA stands for SSMU,” she said,

Arts Undergraduate Society of M c G ill University

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Students' Society?” she asked, adding that

driven structure. “We can’t ask it to do

when students complain, executives tell

things it wasn't meant to do.”

them to become more involved. Nursing Representative Jeanesse Bourgeois emphasized that SSMU could

Members of the CASA executive came to address the council as well.

not leave CASA with the intention of com ing back later if the organization changed. “We need to put in our effort to help CASA make the changes we have pro

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and

Research

Officer

Kim

had problems, but said that they were being addressed. She said that CASA's

posed," she said. SSMU

Vice-

President Clubs and Services Mia Gewertz agreed, telling coun

W h a t is n e e d e d

[ i n C A S A ] is

m o r e th a n a fe w c h a n g e s h ere a n d th e r e . W e s h o u ld n o t h a v e

cillors that instead of leaving CASA because

b e e n a fr a id t o d o s o m e t h in g a

they want

b it d iffe r e n t.

change,

they should be able to look back a few

Elise Legault Arts representative

years from now and say that they helped CASA become more effective. Former SSMU President Martin Doe urged council not to withdraw, saying that

other members look to the SSMU for vision and leadership. “We want the SSMU to be there

federal lobbying is not a waste of time. “[About] 40 per cent of our budget

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Policy

Steele acknowledged that CASA has

with us, to w ork with us,” added

comes from federal sources and is tied to

Michael Marin, CASA's communica

federal sources,” he said. “I just don’t think you can say that lobbying the feder

tions officer.

al government is ineffective."

of continued membership in CASA.

Doe noted that many of the argu

Council voted 15 to 10 in favour The decision was not taken w ell by

ments made in favour of leaving CASA

some councillors.

were based on the experience of the past two years.

model isn’t good altogether. What is

“It’s irresponsible to make these

needed is more than a few changes

“The bottom line is that CASA’s

kinds of decisions based on short-term

and improvements here and there,”

frustrations,” he said.

said

SSMU President Kate Rhodes said that SSMU should stay involved with

Legault after the

vote.

“We

should not have been afraid to do something a bit different.” ■

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visit to Iraq in a lecture tonight at 7:00

platform and to persuade the coalition

the elimination of ancillary fees, with

pm at Concordia University. "My trip was quite extensive not

to endorse them. However, the format had to be changed slightly when

the long-term goal of eliminating all

in time as much as it was in the things 1 saw," said Lotayef, who spent three

CarlyRyan Kochen. chief returning officer of Elections McGill, warned

The document goes on to say that all campus businesses should be

candidates that any request for an

environmentally

endorsement could be considered a

SSMU should enact a strict ethical

surrounding Concordia University's

ing continued to allow students into and out of the building while the bomb squad investigated. Guards also

Hail building had been cordoned off

encouraged students to go to class as

by about 14 police and security vehi des as a military bomb squad investi

scheduled. A third-year economics student

gated what appeared to be a large

observed the situation from the sec

weeks in the Shiite area in the south west, the Kurdish region in the north

bullet on the sidewalk. Benoit Lachance, who works in

ond floor. "I just showed up to meet some

and Baghdad. His presentation revolves around

form of pre campaigning. All candidates can support the

purchasing policy. Many student groups were involved in crafting the

the distribution department at Concordia, said that, although he did

one and noticed that |Boul.| de Maisonneuve was completely blocked

a slide show of photos he took. "1 witnessed the daily life, the

platform, including the Grass Roots Association for Student Power, the

not see the bomb, it was described to him as a large ammunition canister.

off,” he said. Police officers were still on the

suffering of people, the problems they re facing, the occupation and the

platform, but receiving an endorse ment from the PSC means greater exposure through the coalition’s

scene at comment. night that contained

military

the

NDP McGill. To find out which candidates the

*lt looks like a big package," he said. "It looks like a big gun bullet." During the evacuation, his job

posters on campus. This year's platform is centred on

ground,” said Lotayef. Lotayefs trip also had a personal dimension, as he lived in Iraq with his

issues of accessibility, sustainability and accountability. It states that uni versal accessibility to education is a

PSC endorsed, visit www.mcgilltri-

family for two years from 1968 to

right, and that SSMU should press for

Bom b scare at Concordia By Friday at 5:30 pm, the streets

was to wave curious onlookers and students away from the area and to organize transportation of students

10:00 pm and refused to It was reported late Friday the bomb was a hoax and a note. Montreal police did

not disclose the message.

- Katherine Fuglcr

forces

existent

M cGill em ployee to discuss Iraq occupation

the places where I lived in is at this

and the other floors were not evacu

systems manager in electrical engi neering, will discuss his December

point in time after all tlie problems they went through," he said. The event was organized by

A friend in need

the Muslim Students’ Association at McGill. According to organizer Sameer Zuberi, the lecture is part of a

Day of Action’s premise is a call for an end to the occupation in Iraq. McGill Students Against War and

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Coalition met Friday to approve its new platform and to choose the can didates it plans to endorse for this year's Students' Society elections. The meeting was originally Two members of the Best Buddies program, which seeks to help people

intended as an open forum for candi

with intellectual disabilities, hitting the books hard.

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offered... There are people in the engi

rising costs of goods and services. “We would have to raise the fees to

February 18, 2004

neering student body that feel as if there is

around $16.50 just to cover the inflation

Another of her priorities would be to “help make Engineering ffosh something that is appealing to everyone who is being

fo r f e e in c r e a s e

difference," he said. “Over the past five years, the rent and insurance costs have gone up significantly. Then there is also the financial loss of the cafeteria."

welcomed into Engineering." Opponent Brian Carrera said he

New E ngineering rep resen tativ e to Senate

would organize joint parties with the other

Acclaimed Engineering senator Bryan

faculties. “I want to see [more] hot looking

Arciero plans to use his position to sit on

girls,” rationalized Carrera.

the Committee of Student Affairs. Arciero is concerned by the scheduling of classes in

Engineering students will also be vot

the new Trottier building. Due to the desire of the Engineering and Science faculties to

To pay o r n o t to pay? ing on whether to raise their per semester

concentrate many of their courses there, he

contribution to EUS from $12.50 to $19.50.

said, “students who live far away are here

This would be the first time this fee has

until 8:30 at night.” He also said he would push for

been increased in 12 years. EUS President Michal Wozny said the

—James Gotowiec

L e a d e rs h ip T ra in in g W o rk s h o p s

which will be held in room 111 10 in

nothing that interests them in the EUS."

bune.com.

Concordia’s United Muslim Students' Association, which is affiliated with

series of events leading up to a glob al Day of Action on March 20. Tltis

C o n tin u e d fro m co v er

Union for Gender Empowerment and

"One of the goals of my trip was to ... see how the current situation of

Ehab. Lotayef. a McGill computer

asks

and

1970, starting when he was 12 years

4:15 pm, though the second-floor bar

R e fe r e n d u m

sustainable,

old.

who could not access the metro. The first floor of the Hall build ing was evacuated at approximately

ated, Security guards inside the build

fees.

McGill to hire a full-time ombudsperson. ■

Correction A March 3 article about the SSMU socially responsible invest ment workgroup incorrectly stated that the workgroup meets Wednesdays at 9:30 pm. The meetings are actually held at 9:30 am in the SSMU board room. The Tribune regrets the error.

Dear Dr. M onroe-Blum, W e would like to express our discontent over your decision to back up the creation o f a “cafeteria m onopoly.” The staff at Pino’s has becom e an integral part o f the Stewart B iology Building com m unity - to psychology faculty, students, and staff alike. The quality o f the service provided by Pino and his fam ily is unparalleled. Further, the fair prices offered by Pino’s make meals affordable for even students on a tight budget. Pino and his fam ily should be allowed to continue to provide service to the faculty, students, and staff in our department as they have done nothing but earned our deep respect over the past five years. W e request that the tendering process be withdrawn so that smaller, family-run businesses can continue to thrive. It is “fam ily-like” places like Pino’s that makes M cGill University truly feel like a community.

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Patel strikes back

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by the Science

Work u p a sweat at something othet than getting all A's.

Undergraduate Society’s Chief Returning Officer display clear and certain bias, as w ell as a lack of reasoned judg ment.

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Even prior to campaigning, the opposing candidate was seen working for and with the CRO in the prepara tions of the CRO's election materials. It is clear from this

close relation and through pressure from the SUS president (a close friend of both the CRO and opposing candidate) that the CRO did not act in good faith. Admittedly, both candidates incurred minor poster violations. While these infractions were clearly accidents, m y opponent's pattern of behaviour demonstrates a clear intent to deceive and gain unfair advantage. Furthermore,

rulings against me and

non-rulings

against my opponent demonstrate sustained bias. My opponent clearly violated campaign spending bylaws, as w ell as tangibly campaigning outside the campaign period. In addition, there is recorded proof that my opponent sent an e-mail to the C TF that is clearly not in the spirit of a fair and just election. All these acts demonstrate a malicious intent to deceive. Regardless, I challenge Richard Friedlander to accept the vote and the voice of science students. While winning

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and losing may be foremost in Richard's mind, his petty acts only serve as a detriment to the SUS and science stu dents. O nly through the release of these election results can the business of SUS continue "working for students.”

—Asha Patel SUS Presidential Candidate 2004

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This might seem like a desperate attempt— no. is a desperate attempt— to express my opinion about the cafeteria monopoly that will lead to a much more miserable life for us students.

If you’ve ever had Chartwells’ crunchy $6 pasta or an old soggy Greek fiesta of camel shit salad, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Chartwells does not belong at McGill, and the company should not litter our

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O p i n i o n

Op/Ed 9

E d i t o r i a l

EDITORIAL

How to behave in public

I w as very disheartened to read about the Students’ Society plan to scrap the McGill Student Fund (“SSMU proposes cutting McGill Student Fund in half,” Feb. 17). Although I agree that the administra

the

clause. Don’t forget you are all here for the same rea

nose to spite the face is inane. The bigger problem lies in the

highest assembly for undergraduates

son: to best serve the students. Arguing for more

province’s formula for disbursing education funds and the lies and

on campus, you would think that our

then two minutes about Rodrigo DeCastro’s arm

deceit surrounding band-aid solutions to a deepening crisis— cutting

councillors, senators, representatives

movements, going to Gert’s between motions, and

student-contributed funding will only make this worse. The MSF made a material contribution to student life in the form

and executives would show some sense of respect

making gagging faces w hen others are speaking

for the authority they wield and the leadership they

are not furthering your ability to lead undergradu

of the 24 hour study area and the lounge/computer area in the Shatner

promote. You would be wrong.

ates.

tion may seem wrong-headed, irresponsible and effectively anti-stu dent in using MSF funds to supplement budgetary shortfalls, cutting the

s members of the largest representa

tive

student organization

and

building, and I am sure that it continues to do so more that I am not

Last Thursday’s six-and-a-half hour Students'

Lastly, if the principal saw last week's dis

aware of. Cutting this source of supplemental funding in half shows a

Society council meeting showed that a lack of effi

play— w hich would have been better suited for

marked lack of forethought and not the slightest consideration for the

ciency, decorum and professionalism— all qualities

Judge Judy— she would probably be hard pressed

financial straits the university is in. The use of the MSF as a stop-gap

that would prove to the administration that McGill

to take SSMU seriously in any negotiations.

measure is certainly inappropriate, but to what extent has SSMU band

students

business’— pervades this year’s

Councillors discuss the issues that affect stu

ed together with the Board of Governors (or administration) to push

council. We offer our suggestions for improvement

dents’ lives. They decide on policy that goes to the

Quebec, Ottawa and former alums for more capital investment? To

to all those involved. Efficiency would greatly improve if you knew

highest levels of federal and provincial govern

what extent has M cGill turned to corporate or wealthy private donors? Has the SSMU executive even considered a long-term strategy to an

Robert’s Rules of Order. Such knowledge— while

that dictates our tuition, and controls our libraries, new buildings, ethical purchasing policies and pos-

mean

ment. They are our direct link to the administration

issue that is only going to get worse? Or are w e realizing that some

not all that useful for cocktail parties— is necessary

things are better left to real adults? As a US student graduating in 2002, I had the pleasure of paying

for the running of a smooth council. It has

several times more that my in-province and out-of-province Canadian

be the cause for the long delays, but it

friends and having to use facilities that are contemptible at best.

takes two to tango. If you are out of order,

Entering the world of the employed with people from Ivy League/Top-

or if your point of order is shot down, or

25 US schools (an academic standard McGill does after all live up to),

if your suggestion for a friendly amend

it w as painful to hear stories of attentive deans with an interest in their

ment is denied, sit and listen. Do not just

student’s lives, of libraries with (gasp!) books, and of residence facili

wait for your next opportunity to raise the

ties that did not resemble Fahrenheit-451. Despite such course impediments, M cGill has made an effort to

same concern again and again. Move on. Decorum is easily achievable if you

raise academic standards and actually make the school one of the

follow this simple guide: avoid behaviour

more/most rigorous academic environments in North America. Instead

that might be observed at a high school

of sabotaging this, SSMU should focus on improving student's life

cafeteria during lunch hour. For example, w hisper

tering—just to name a few of the issues that were

through better parties, more esprit de corps, and a pro-student feder

ing loudly,

swearing, throwing

overshadowed by the most recent marathon ses

al, provincial, and alumnae-oriented advocacy stance. The administra

papers, telling people to shut up. All such juvenile

tion’s comments were entirely on the money. I mean, I do not w ish to

actions are inappropriate for high school prom

sion of bickering. If you are a candidate for next w eek’s elec

be flip, but what exactly is SSMU's message to the administration: “if

committee meetings, let alone a university student

tion, please take these complaints and comments

you don’t provide these services then w e re just going to suck it up and

government. Miss Manners and your mother did

to heart. The majority of candidates w ho sat in the

go without?” What on earth is the sense in that? Rather than w ork towards a

not raise you to act like that in a professional set

gallery last w eek did not stay until the end. You

ting.

should realize that if you win, you would have to

constructive solution, President Kate Rhodes proposes to just go with

While students do not expect you to wear

sit through the same meetings on a twice-monthly

out? For an optional $20 a year? Such a foolish display of bravado is all

suits to council, maybe a dress code would foster

basis next year. That is, unless you and your col

the more out-of-place w hen it’s your future, your education, and your

professional behaviour. More important than your

leagues decide to conduct yourselves in a more

diploma that is at stake.

attire, though, is to know what you are talking about, and to read the documents before council

professional manner. Councillors, executives, senators and repre

meetings. You can also talk to the people w ho sug

sentatives: you cannot be taken seriously if you do

gested the motion before council if you think you

not take your jobs and the meetings you participate

have something to add to the “be it resolved”

in more seriously. ■

—Christopher M. Dabrowski BA 02 (Political Science & History)

been suggested that a w eak speaker could

passing

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T h e fa s h io n o f s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n ta t io n Katherine Fugler ■:'■:'' . ■■

hether we admit it or not, we are all in university to make the world a bet ter place. In order for us to do so, there are some underpinning beliefs that are necessary for us to acheive world betterment. The only excep tions to this rule would be those working on developing military technology. We must have faith that the university listens to what undergraduate students have to say. That means your classmate who had to sit on the floor for his last science exam can complain to the Science Undergraduate Society. Or maybe the review you painstakingly wrote on the pro fessor who spent the last six lectures regurgitating the same chapter in the overpriced text book, will actually make it to the Web, so other students can avoid this mod ern version of water torture. This belief in the listening skills of adminstrators, though not at the forefront of our daily thoughts, was questioned at the last Committee on Student Affairs meet ing.

Let me set the stage. In a room filled with assistant deans and empty bottles of V8 and water, two student representatives, sitting side by side, attempted to defend the student position against the proposed plagerism poli cy. At the CSA meeting, both student representatives voted against the turnitin.com policy. In the process of trying to dissuade the assistant deans, the Arts Undergraduate Society had submitted a series of letters stating quite firmly that its constituents did not like turnitin.com’s policy of aquiring students papers and the administration’s use of this method to deter plagerism. If you win a seat in office, you should be the recognized voice of your constituents. AUS’ claims raised eyebrows around the room. Specifically the Law Associate Dean (Academic) Catherine Walsh moved to make a statement. Walsh did not take offence with the letter, but rather the idea that all Arts stu dents disliked turnitin.com. Her beef was not with the Students’ Society Vice-Presdient University Affairs Vivian Choy’s question about the legality of turnitin.com profit ing from students' submissions. Nor was it with Arts

■ - -- ................. ....................................... ............... Senator Nick Peters’ statement that there are other options to combat plagiarism. Instead she attacked the creditabil ity of AUS by saying the society didn't represent the opin ions of all arts students. Walsh seems to miss the concept that our elected officials hold the same representative powers that those outside the ivory tower do. Keeping with that theme, we expect the administration to accept them as our voices. The other option, of course, is for a large contingent of random students to start visiting administrators’ offices to discuss their personal views on turnitin.com. The amount of time and effort that would be expended by the administration to receive these views would far outstrip the effort on students’ part. Accordingly, it seems like a better idea to lower the metaphorical skirts by upholding these necessary beliefs. Administrators, please respect student representation. It just makes better sense. ■

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Up for best picture: American politics The article from last week, “Irreconcilable Differences,” about the US’s position on same-sex marriage, got me thinking—since when did we become so well versed in such issues? Just as soon as we finished reciting the names of wanted Iraqi officials, that’s when. It seems to me that American politics are becom ing more and more Hollywood. Watching CNN these days, I almost expect Melissa Rivers to pop up and give us a fashion police update on what everyone wore to the last Senate meeting. Rather than actually caring about the real issues at hand, Bush and compa ny are far too preoccupied with thinking of the most scandalous reaction to adopt until the next big head line comes along, keeping their faithful public appro priately distracted. Just as there’s anew blockbuster to look forward to every few weeks, assoon asone hit comes out, the next is promptly forgotten. And so follow the head lines: “Search for Osama,” “War on Iraq: To be or not to be?” “Martha! Michael! Arnie," “Saddam found! (Saddamwho?),” “Same-sex marriage”... Does anyone know, or even care, what is going on now in Afghanistan, Iraq, or even the Middle East? Will anyone raise an eyebrowat gay marriage amonth or two fromtoday? I highly doubt it. Rather than truly following up on what is hap pening in the world around us, we memorize useless facts about the latest political craze and delude our selves into thinking that we actually know what’s going on. Politicians are getting better and better at using the media and the public’s willingness to be enter tained to their advantage. So let’s try to smarten up a bit, OK?

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Thestart ofanewrelationship In the beginning, there were letters. I had been added to their delinquent credit card mailing lists. “You must pay now or else your card will be cancelled,” was a frequent ultimatum. Even if I could pay, I could no longer afford to keep using the cards. And I still needed to eat. Then they started calling. At first, I was embarrassed, so I avoided their calls. What would I say? “Sorry, can’t afford to pay!?!” Each voicemail was laced with terms like “urgent” or “legal matter.” After feeling a legal urgency to live up to this mess “I” created, I began calling them back. Each company insisted that I make late payments. If I couldn’t afford $300 a month, how could I afford $900 in late payments? They’d tell me to borrow from friends, par ents, banks—whatever it took. At this point, two of three credit cards were transferred to collection agents. Collection agencies are the ones to whom credit companies “sell” their overdue debt. Their agents are often commissioned and make a great deal of their wages from whatever amount they extract from you. Unlike the

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12 Features

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Self-injury, a very real cry of depression A r e w e c a p a b le o f u n d e r s ta n d in g th e r e a s o n s th a t lie b e h i n d a n o t h e r ' s d e c i s i o n t o m u t i l a t e t h e m s e l v e s ? J E N N IF E R J E T T i n v e s t i g a t e s t h e p h e n o m e n o n a n d d e b u n k s s o m e c o m m o n m is p e r c e p tio n s atherine Megna was 14 years old when she first cut herself. It began when she was on the verge of starting high school. “I was having very intense periods of depression,” she said. “They came and went, they didn’t stay for very long, but they were pretty intense.” One day while home alone, Megna went downstairs to write down a phone message. As she stood in the kitchen, her eyes fell on the silverware drawer. “I had been feeling really depressed,” she says, “and I pulled out the steak knife.” Feeling stuck in a routine, Megna said, “I felt really lone ly and lost and just utterly hopeless.” In an effort to relieve those feelings, she began making cuts on her wrist. She would continue to cut herself for the next five years. “I thought in my head I was trying to kill myself,” says Megna, U3 English Literature, “but what I realized later was that I didn’t want to be dead. I just wanted to make every thing go away for awhile.”

Not death, just pain Megna’s initial assumption that she was attempting sui cide is a commonly held misconception. Self-injury is “rarely a suicidal gesture or an attempt to kill oneself,” says Dr. Norman Hoffman, director of McGill Mental Health Services. “It’smore often an attempt to feel better. In some people, it’s almost feeling that their emotions cannot be heard and they have to give a physical embodiment to their emotional pain.” Nor is self-injury a ciw for attention, Hoffman said. “Most people who selfdnjure don’t want other people to see it and do it usually very privately,” he insists. “People who self-injure almost always try to hide it.” Sandra Reich, a cognitive behavioural therapist who practices in Montreal, says people self-injure when they are unsure how to cope with difficult feelings. “This seems to be a sort of quiet, alone thing you can do,” Reich explains. “It works in terms of relieving stress for most self-injurers. It’snot a very healthy way of relieving stress, but it provides a temporary relief from feelings of rage, empti ness, depression [and] anger.” According to Hoffman, self-injury is most common among women aged 15 to 25. “It’s hard to give [an] exact percentage because probably the majority of people who do self-injure don’t tend to go for help or tend to report it,” says Hoffman. “Estimates are between two and five per cent of the female population.” Although self-injury is less common among males, Hoffman added, its incidence seems to be growing. The most common form of self-injury is cutting, Hoffman claimed, which can range from scratching to deep incisions. Other popular tactics are burning cigarettes into the skin and bang ing one’s head against a wall, which sometimes leads to loss of consciousness. “There are some people who almost make an art form out of it into scarification, who will actually deliberately cut repeatedly in an area in order to make a scar,” Hoffman says. Some people pick or scratch at their skin, says Reich. “There’s also burning and self-hitting. Hair-pulling is another way of doing self-injury.” Some experts consider extreme body piercing to be another form of self-injury. “There are people I know who have cut in the past [and] who have stopped cutting, but whenever they feel the urge to cut will go and get another body piercing to provide the needed relief,” Hoffman notes.

Cutting 101 For Megna, self-injury provided something tangible for her to focus on and reminded her that she was human. “Physical pain was easier for me to identify, to catalogue and to work through than the mental pain was. “Being really depressed was harder than having a cut and putting a Band-Aid on it.”

Megna quickly abandoned the steak knife because it wasn’t sharp enough. “It just left a bunch of white scratch es which, for me, were ineffectual,” she says. Instead, she began using a shaving razor. “It was easier to do it in the shower because I didn’t have any massive blood to clean up or anything. It would just wash right away,” Megna explains. “And it was also a very secluded place. No one was going to walk in on me in the shower.” For the first few months, Megna says she concentrated solely on her wrists. “I guess it was the most vulnerable, one of the most tender places that I could think of.” She later began cutting her arms. “The whole point was I wanted to see it,” says Megna, who hid the wounds by wearing long sleeves. “It was the easiest place I could think of.” How deeply she cut depended on the depth of her depression at the time. “If it was a very shallow depression... I would just feel really angry with myself, which made me cut even deeper,” she explaines. “But if it was a deep depression, I would just feel complete relief,” after making shallow cuts. On a few occasions, said Megna, she became dissociated from what she was doing and cut more deeply than she intend ed. “Those were the ones that were the scariest for me to deal with because it was like I was no longer in control of what I was doing.”

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some of their pain and that you’re there to kind of under stand it within a reasonable context.” Reich recommends that friends educate themselves on the issue, but cautioned that ultimatums will almost always fail. “Acknowledge what’sgoing on and say that you’d like to A hard habit to break Although she stopped during her final year of high understand it better,” she advises. “See if he is a person willing school, Megna began to cut again during her first year at to talk about it.” Hoffman also suggests encouraging the self-injurer to McGill. “I have a huge problem with change,” she admits. “I get seek professional counselling. “I wouldn’t tell her not to [self-injure] because some really flustered when I’m thrown into a completely new envi ronment, so that was part of it, trying to adjust to being away times it’s the only thing that they feel that they have,” he explains. from home.” The most important thing for people to remember when In October of her second year, Megna vowed she would they find out a loved one is hurting herself or himself, Megna stop. “I said, ‘That’s it, I’m never going to do it again’. I haven’t says, is not to rush to judgment. “While it doesn’t make sense to you personally, it makes cut since then.” The last time Megna cut herself was more than two years sense to that person and that’s what’s important to under stand,” she said. “What the person is doing makes sense to ago; however, the urge to cut is still present. “When you take away something that’s been your reflex them and it helps them.” Friends and family can also help by finding other ways for so many years, it’s really hard for that to just disappear,” she says. “The thought is always there, but what fades is the for the self-injurer to express herself or himself. “They need to find another way to make sense out of impulse to act upon that thought.” what they’re feeling,” Megna says. “I think a lot of my cutting There are physical reminders as well. “There are pictures of me where I try to wipe away fuzz came from self-hatred, being mad at myself for feeling sad or depressed.” and I realize it’s not fuzz, there’scuts all over my arm. Many self-injurers suffer from feelings of worthlessness, “It’s hard to not have thoughts about cutting when says Hoffman. you’re reminded about that all the time.” “It’s crucial that they start to address that feeling, and it takes time,” he says. “Treatment for people who self-injure is Recovery recipe: patience To distract herself during difficult moments, Megna goes not a short-term prospect. Most of the people who go for help and stick it out do get better.” ■ for walks, plays music or calls a friend. “I think one of the most important things is to be there, no matter how hard it gets or how disturbing it is to you,” Megna said of her friends and family. “You really need to For more information, call Sandra Reich at prove to them that you can stick it through.” 796-4357. Hoffman echoes this advice. Katherine Megna runs an informal support “What you want to do is to make yourself available,” he group for people who self-injure. For informa says. “Not available to be able to take on everything they’re tion, e-mail SidneyJydon@hfrtmail.com. feeling, but to be able to show them that you understand

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SAEED FOTUHI

WILLIE HYNDMAN

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KATE RHODES

VP UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

ASHLEY BECKER

A bilingual Montrealer major ing in psychology, Alam is a lieutenant firefighter on the Island of Montreal, and a member of McGill First Aid. Alam demonstrates his enthu siasm and dedication to the Science Undergraduate Society as Vice-President Internal affairs and the Chief Executive Officer. His unparalleled success as Director of Frosh and Carnival, and Co-Director of SnowAP proves his devotion to McGill students. Alam will make stu dents the number one priority of the SSMU by re-investing into clubs/services, and creating a Student Information Office to benefit every McGill student. Il a une passion pour les affaires étudiantes - VOTEZ POUR ALAM!!!

Things need to change.The SSMU has become a commit tee of self-preserving semiprofessional bureaucrats that is divided and grossly ineffec tive. I believe I have the con viction and the experience to build the SSMU into a pro ductive and united entity. I ' was President of a 100 -member Student Union in Senior High. I was President and Founder of Youth Against Racism - a multi-national UNaccredited NGO. I helped organize and participat ed in the first UN youth summit in history, in addition to over a dozen other international con ferences. I want to make the SSMU strong and motivate students to get involved.

First, books cost too much. The SSMU should make a space for trading textbooks and course-packs. Secondly, no one wants to overpay for their obese tendencies.lowquality food should come cheap and plentiful, and if anyone wants real food, it should be available. This will be guaranteed through student-run operations. Outside compa nies have to make money. Student-run opera tions don't. The SSMU should be making life easier with self-sufficient services that don't cur rently exist: a napping room, access to cheap wine, etc.The SSMU is a bureaucracy that isn't conducive to getting things done. Anything that does happen is an accomplishment.

You are SSMU and the possi bilities for our government to effectively serve undergratuate students are endless. Since November, I have had the honour of serving as your President, accomplishing goals including securing stu dent votes on university bod ies, winning battles over student space, and re opening Shatner after an insurance crisis. I'm just getting started. I want student priorities to be included in McGill's fundraising, to create an awesome letter of agreement that promotes our interests, and to seek your input to create a SSMU that works for you. Ca serait un honneur de rester votre présidente. Imagine the possibili ties.

My name is Ashley Becker and I am running for VP University Affairs. I have extensive experience work ing with student and uni versity government at dif ferent levels, being a twoyear MUSA executive, a SSMU councilor, a SSMU delegate to numerous FEUQ congress' and the coordinator for the C&G portfolio for the month of November. As UA I would increase executive accessibility by holding office hours in each student lounge at least once a month. I would ensure that students' voices are heard and our student rights (education, proper advising, manageable class sizes, competent professors, study space, and ade quate libraries) are protected.

V P U N IV E R S IT Y A F F A IR S

V P U N IV E R S IT Y A F F A I R S

V P C L U B S AN D S E R V IC E S

V P C L U B S A N D S E R V IC E S

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ANDREW BRYAN

KIM D'SOUZA

My name is Andrew Bryan and I want to be your VP ■pfe., University Affairs! Over the • * m last three years I've " defended hundreds of stu dents at Student Advocacy. I sit on two Senate Committees and work regu larly with Faculty and University Administrators on issues like stu dent exchanges and establishing a Queer Studies Minor. I've learned the system inside-out. It needs fixing. I'll work for longer library hours. I'll fight for a fair stu dent disciplinary process, a full-time Ombudsperson and policies on equity as well as discrimination and harassment. I'm com mitted to improvement, I'm experienced at getting it and we deserve it!

As a U3 Environment and Political Science student who has covered the big issues at McGill from the newsroom, I have an excel lent understanding of the workings of the university administration. Using famil iarity with key players, I will I make your voice count, on issues from plagia rism prevention to how many coursepacks are I on reserve. Je vous écouterai bien et je parlerai I fort en votre nom. I will work to decrease stu dent-faculty ratio, improve standards of academI ic advising, continue progress on undergraduate research, make the ombudsperson position full time, and raise awareness of your access and entitlements as students. Votez KIM D'SOUZA!

V P O P E R A T IO N S

ANTHONY Dl CARLO

BRIAN SCHREIBER

I JESSE ROSENFELD

Ever cared much about SSMU? No? Neither had I. A U2 economics student. I've been a vocal member of sev eral clubs, but had never felt any particular association with SSMU. This year, as Culturefest Coordinator and Cultural Director of the IndiaPakistan Congress, I realized the potential role SSMU can play in my - and your - life. Clubs and services need easier access to resources to enable not only better quality, but more frequent events (that means more for you!). For those incharge of clubs....concerned about office space, room bookings, inefficiency? I'll pick up the pieces. Sameen for VP Clubs and Services.

V P C O M M U N IT Y A N D

G O VERN M EN T

G O V ERN M EN T

VP COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS

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DANIEL FRIELANDER

As Arts VPAcademic, I have worked hard to successfully defend student interests. As former President of Residences, Student Equity Commissioner, club exec and volunteer youth soccer coach, i i have well-rounded experi ence. Comme le seule candi dat bilingue, je possède les capacités pour bien représenter McGill auprès de la communauté. I will launch a 'WeTbe Students' Campaign aimed at McGill, municipal. provincial and federal lev els of government, fighting tuition increases and advocatingincreased funding for undergraduate education I will advance community outreach, ' provide many student volunteer opportunities, create student housing solutions and work towards a balanced McGill community. Votez Dan!

Efficiency. Stability. Change. SSMU needs it all, and I'm here to give it. With such a negative sentiment across campus, the SSMU Executive needs new, fresh ideas. As VP Operations, I'm certain to provide this with my experi ence in SSMU as a Councillor and member of portfolio-related committees. Like Gert's? The Shatner cafeteria? SSMU Daycare? Regardless of your opinion, there's always room for improvement. Vote for getting your money's worth in student fees, improved organization, and a student society to be proud of.

V P C O M M U N IC A T IO N S

AND EV EN TS

AND EV EN T S

AND EV EN TS

ADRIAN FLUCKINGER

FARAH QASEMI

Bonjour McGill! Improve the experience of Welcome to the Students' events such as 4 Floors. OAP, Society of McGill University. SnOAP, and International 4 You should feel included and Floors. Introduce new events involved inYOUR society, and and parties (Concerts, ladies that's where I come in, should night). Increased communica I get elected. You want com tion via the SSMU web site, munications improved and mass e-mails. Continue externally AND internally. You running 'Movies in the Park'. Involve more stu want events that are more fun, creative and dents in running events. diversified. Three years ago, I got involved in Experience and Skills: SSMU to find out for myself the extent to which Organizing fundraisers for various McGill things can change. Currently serving as your Athletics teams. Organizing committee for the Communications Commissioner, I'm proud to 2 0 0 3 National Kinesiology Games. Promotions have lived every single aspect of the portfolio. for dubs in the Montreal area. I am currently Vote for passion, experience and drive. SWITCH working as the coordinator for the McGill TO FARAH! University Planning Office. Frosh leader for L’AÉUM est là pour VOUS!! Profitez-en!! Frosh 2 0 0 3 .

MARK SWARD

JEAN ZHANG

I JOHN BOWDEN Communications and Events demands commitment, inno vation, and expertise - quali ties that I have developed throughout my undergradu ate career at McGill. As Arts Undergraduate VP External, I have the experience of work ing with an executive team and running numerous events. Sitting as an SSMU councilor, I've been heavily involved with SSPN, SnowAP, and various other C&E commit tees. If elected VP C&E, I will introduce a Grad Frosh, throw a concert, organize a Quebec City Carnival trip, establish a Communications Council, and introduce weekly website updates. Big plans require leadership and dedication; you can count on me to have both. Vote John!

CKUT

GYVE SAFAVI

MICHAEL ZACKON

It's time to make CKUT the McGill University Radio Station once more! We need more on-air time for students, more student DJ s, improved J ll* j Coverage of campus events, and CKUT sponsored concerts and social events. Passion and determination are impor tant to attain these goals. Since my first year at McGill, I have been a vokmteer at CKUT, and this year have continued working with the station as the student chair of the new McGill CKUT Caucus, if elected I will work hard to bring CKUT back to the students of McGill!

My name is Michael Zackon, BA U2 . I’m a montrealer bom and bred. As such, I’ve had the opportunity to be involved at CKUT since I was a teenager. S^ycnow a lot about the station and have both a campus and a community perspective. I’ve already sat bn the board and look forward to returning, to continue efforts to enhance the presence of students at CKUT while not neglecting CKUTs vital contribution to many vibrant, diverse Montreal communities.

A R TS SEN ATO R

LAW SENATOR

ALEX KENJEEV Why should McGill be pro gressive? Because we can do more than just job-training. We can be leaders in building a more just and moreethical world. As your Senator, I will push for an ethical purchasing policy ançl higher environ mental standards, including for all on-campus businesses. Because you're not just here to take classes. You are also part of a community. Making sure it's accessible, like protecting your student-run services, is a decla ration of whjfr kind of community you want it to be. Because together, we can make McGill fairer, cleaner, and prouder. Will you join us?

ALY-KHAN SUNDER Why do students always get shafted?There is a fundamen tal flaw in a system where few have access and even fewer have power. My cam paign will be based on .increased accountability and openness, but more impor tantly I promise to never stop fighting for my fellow students.Too many "Career McGill Politicians" have been inside the system so long they forget what is like to be on the outside. Being an "irate outsider" is my com petitive advantage because no McGill politician knows what its like to go toe-to-toe with Aly Sunder. I never give up and I never shut up.

What's missing here? Communication. With two years of SSMU experience, including Council and com mittee work and writing news f°r theTribune, I am ready to æL make sure that SSMU keeps JF -W \ in contact: the website will be up-to-date; tous nos services seront disponibles en français; and I will main tain focus on STUDENTS. You will see stellar programming from SSMU: I will improve 4 floors, Frosh, and other events like Equity Week and Culture Fest to best use SSMU resources and serve students. These events will be envi ronmentally responsible and accessible to EVERYONE. Soyez confiants: je serai là pour VOUS servir.

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"Hey Guys! My name is Jean Zhang and I’m a U0 Management students. During my first year here, I’ve been involved in many cfcifes and activities within the Faculty of M^riegement, but for the coming year, I would like to ferôaden my perspectives by tackling some campus wide issues. If I'm vot£d a$ your Financial EthissTfè^ârch Commissioner, I plan to loqte indepth into issues that wftl éfiçct you the most. Upcoming con cerns^hitoïve such topics involving the Tobacco companies and the recent take over of the Bookstore. I will invest all my time and efforts into sup porting decisions that

SAMEEN SHAHID

Experienced as a former AUS executive, AUS councillor, and current mini-course coor dinator, I understand this portfolio and how to make SSMU more applicable to you. I will better publicize opportunities and proactively seek your input through an open-door policy, numerous office hours, regular meetings with clubs and services, prompt email replies and by implementing a Clubs Commissioner. I know not only the issues but how to resolve them, and I will work tirelessly to initiate improvement without focusing only on special interests. For improved room bookings, renovations completed by fall, a user-friendly Shatner and more clubs space vote Ens!

I am the most qualified candi date, having worked directly under the VP Operations as Treasurer for the past year, including chairing the Finance Committee, VP Operations Portfolio Committee, and being an active member of Executive Committee. My goals for next year are to ensure our student health plan dollar works harder for students, to fight the monopolization of privatized food serv ices across campus, to expand the spectrum of student-operated services, and to make sure every student has the ability to know and get involved in where every SSMU dollar is spent. Vote Anthony! Vote Progressive, it's time for a change!.

Goals:

AMANDA ENS

We have rights to a high quality, well funded educa tion where undergraduates are a priority, not just cash cows. I have the personal experience in dealing with the McGill administration and successfully fighting against their attempt to violate student rights for profit. My goal is to ensure accessible academic advising and classes where students have access to their Professors and TA's. We have the right to a university equity policy and non-discriminatory room booking policy for all students. We must fight the administration's attempt to raise tuition, and limit accessibility of educa tion. The University belongs to the students. Vote Jesse.

MAX REED So you don't care about stu dent politics?Then vote for someone who does! This year I worked with the current VP UA to help improve QUf libraries and, I am also a part of the coalitior) to «top the closure of student run cafete rias. I will be a strong, effec tive voice in the senate to make sure that the administration can not continue to ignore under graduate students. fVwtl fight against Turintin.comand for fair room booking policies. I am officially endorsed by the Progressive Students Coalition and NOT by the McGill administration. So put your vote to the Max!

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GONZALO RIVA Senate is where it happens. From plagiarism to class sizes to asserting students' rights to demonstrate peacefully on campus - the Senate sees it all. We have a voicefhece; 13 seats. That's not a lot, but with the right students in those seats -capàMl of holding their own in a room full of administrators- that voice can be a roar. I cart be one of those stu dents. I encourage everyone to vote as a first step in participating in the crucial Senate process. Let's show the administration that when student Senators speak, they speak united with 18,000 voices behind them.

ERIN EASINGWOOD Salut! My name is Erin Easingwood, and I am a sec ond-year law student hailing from the far reaches of the West Coast. Presently. I 'serve' as VP Internet! of the Law Students Association, which I feel has given me a strong grasp of the current concerns and interests of my peers in and around the faculty. I would relish the opportunity to embody these interests as the Law represen tative on Senate, and hope that you will consider me when voting. Please do not hesitate to con tact me on any matter at erin.easingwood(o>mail.mcgill.ca.

M A N A G E M E N T SE N ATO R

L A W SE N ATO R

M A N A G E M E N T SE N A TO R

KALANGA JOFFRES

AYESHA ALI

MICHAEL RAPPS

Hard-working, trustworthy, and experienced are com mon qualities of candidates (or should be at least). I bring more than that. 1 bring motivation and com mitment to work for you. My goals as Senator are to represent, promote, and protect our Faculty's inter ests throughout McGill. I also want to increase the flow of information from Senate to students. Wç should get all the information we need and deserve to know, not just what "the process" wants to tell us. Help me increa^ydof representation and get all the facts to you by voting Michael Rapps for Senator.

It was Kate Rhodes' New-Year resolution, which motivated me to run for Senate, ”to make every student at McGill realize that they are the rea son for this university and for SSMU." As students, it is for us to take an active role in the formulation of polices that effect us most profoundly. Thus, my goals are the students' goals: I believe in lower tuition fees supplemented by effective financial aid, a freeze in residence fee, student run book-exchanges, stopping privatiza tion on-campus, comprehensive anti-discrimina tion policy, accessibility of elected representa tives and much more. I believe that together we can make a difference!

Today's management stu dents face a grave problem with respect to their voice in Senate. We've had outstand ing senators, but a string of "party" senators has threat ened our reputation and say in McGill policymaking. As senator, I pledge to and seriously and constructively engage issues that matter to students, such asTurnitin and grade inflation controls. I pledge media presence because students shouldn't have to ask to know what’s going on in their Senate. We need someone who can tackle the issues head-on. We need someone with perspective, experience, and the analytical tools to take back our voice. Kalanga for Senate.

S C IE N C E S E N A T O R

E N G IN E E R IN G S E N A T O R

As the current Science Senator I have been working diligently to ensure that Senate considers the well being of Science students in major decision making processes. I have been actively lobbying for students opinions to be considered in theTurn-it-in.com recommendations. I am also collaborating with CAPS to implement a new research opportunity database. This central database will make it con venient for students to find available research placements across campus. I plan on continuing with these efforts as well as new initiatives in the upcoming year. Re-elect Knowledge. Re-elect Experience. Re elect Laila Nurmohamed for Science Senator.

Do you feel "UNINFORMED" and seem like your "OUT OF THE LOOP" when it comes to student POLITICS? Well. I'm running because I knowthat Politics was designed to make your university experience in the field of Science the best that it can be. If elected I will make it my duty to ensure that this happens by addressing issues that actually mean something toYOU, the science student. Issues such as pre venting administrative problems with scheduling -> IMPLEMENT "Mock Schedules" suggested from each department ensuring that YOUR edu cational goalsWILL be met without HASSLE. Vote Jesse Pasternak!

SCIENCE SENATOR

SEEMA BRAR

JOSHUA NG

You’re a SCIENCE student....you're wonderingwhy should I pay attention to the SSMU elections...besides the fact that its hard to avoid 2) Currentjob asjunior con the neon plastered walls at sultant in Sandiford means every corner. Well, one daily interaction with almost GREAT reason is that you everyone in the faculty, thus want toVOTE for the best, am more aware of any issues most qualified SCIENCE SENATOR= SEEMA faced. B RA R as you deserve to have your academic ’If you set yourself on fire, people will come to interests represented by someone who is com watch you burn’ mitted and will follow through on new initiatives to benefit you. I've served students as the First Vote for Josh! Year Committee of Council President and Joshua Ng running for Management Senator for through sitting on SSMU by addressing many issues, including academic ones, that affect you. 2004/2005

BRYANV.ARCIERO

JESSE PASTERNAK

LAILA NURMOHAMED

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provide a strong, clear voice representing the Management Faculty.

M U S IC S E N A T O R

EILEENTENCATE

Having already served as the EUSVPAcademic in 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 ,1 am already well aware of the structure and organiza tion of McGill's Administration. I am current ly already a member of the Senate Committee oh Student Discipline, whichdeals with offences committed by other undergraduate stu dents. Next year. I hope to represent engineer ing students where it matters most: by being a member of the Committee on Student Affairs. I hope to tackle the major problems of student advising, coursetimetabling in theTrottier Building, and student affairs in general. Vote for Bryan, filbert would!

MATTHEW HOWATT Since the BoG is the universi ty's highest governing body, we need a proven representa tive who will champion stu dent concerns. As Athletics President/SSMU Councillor, Matthew Howatt ha^p^en that he is a passioriafkttnd effective advocate» Having already worked closely with.-.G^y^hbrs on com mittees like the Athletics,Boàfdand CKUT Board of Directors, Matt is resflptèd by BoG members and is listened to when he speaks. The Athletics Referendum showedthat Matt Howatt is exactly what our Bq|GRepresentative should be: Someone who actively works with students to ensure ictess to an affordable top quality uni versity experience for all McGill students.

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More than just an item to be bought Calling attention to his Italian roots, Marco discusses the beauty of diversity. He has faced critics accusing him of fueling destructive nationalism by accentuating dif ferences between cultures. “Example of peace, example of work... to take the energy to create. I like to see myself like that.” It is that brand of optimism that allows one to overlook disorder, and see character.

To look beyond the store itself, and see the life it breathes. “I am trying for all of you to know the world,” he says with an idealistic tone. In every city, and in all sorts of business, there are men like Mr. Marco. They have a vision that is nobler (albeit less practical) than profit, and more romantic than efficient salesmanship. Sure, we laugh at Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi, but his role lives on. Although a community is not strictly defined by its merchants, they play an integral part in shaping the socie ty they—and we—live in. Aging men and women set to pass their torches to a new generation of entrepreneurs, must look beyond the bottom line. Look to Mr. Marco as an example. Otherwise, stores will continue to be full of zombie-like salespeople, speaking dead phrases to indifferent customers. ■

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A self-proclaimed Muslim refusenik Irshad M anji is not happy w ith the w ay Islam, her religion, is practiced. LAURA SABA takes us through her beliefs and those of her critics— and there are plenty of both. rshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-up Callfor Honesty and Change and former host of QueerTelevision, visited McGill on Tuesday to give a speech titled “Israel, Islam and Diversity.” As a child in Richmond, British Columbia, Manji spent a few hours a week at a madressa, or religious school. The teaching curriculum was characterized by two themes: women are inferior and Jews are treacherous. Any questions she had about her religion were consis tently met with hostility until, one day, when she asked for evidence of the “Jewish conspiracy,” she was banned from the madressa altogether. Instead of walking away from Islam for good, she instead chose to give it a sec ond chance. Manji says she did this “out of fairness to [her] faith.” Since then, she has been studying her faith, and feels there is a need for change in the way Islam is practiced. She calls herself a Muslim refusenik, ’ but she stresses that this is not a rejec tion of her faith; rather, she refuses “to join an army of automatons in the name of Allah.” Manji describes her faith as progressive, but ultimately finds fault with the practice of Islam today and the anti-Semitism that is rampant within Muslim com munities. In her book, she calls for a return to ijtihad, which is the principle of inde pendent thought in Islam. She says this aspect of the Islamic faith has been sup pressed for centuries. Manji believes that in order for Muslims to update their thinking for the 21st century, they must engage in “healthy self-criticism.”

What her critics say The Trouble with Islam has incited much criticism from reviewers, as well as members of the Muslim community. Many find fault with the tone of the book, criticizing its conversation?! style or accusing it of being unduly harsh. Tarek Fatah, a founding member of the Muslim Canadian Congress who is thanked on Manji’s acknowledgements page, writes “her book is not addressed to Muslims; it is aimed at making Muslim haters feel secure in their thinking.” He goes on to ask that she not include him or his wife in her second edition. Sheema Khan, a journalist as well as the chair of the Council on IslamicAmerican Relations in Canada, says that the book spreads false information about the faith. In a recent review of the book, she points out that Manji does not go far enough to be fair to Islam, relying instead on a “convoluted methodology of inter pretation.” Khan discredits much of what Manji has written due to a lack of thor oughness in her research and inter pretation. □ Don't forget your Some of her breakfast cards!* detractors take issue with her homosexuality, say □ Hamburger cards ing that it is against 224RUEMILTON her religion. Montréal (Québec) H2X1V6 “I’m openly T. : (514) 285-0011 HOURS gay, but I’m not *NotvalidSat., Sun., 8i Holidays Weekdays 7amto4:30pm arrogantly gay,” she Weekends 8amto4:30pm says to such criti 12 Stamps for free breakfast Holidays 8amto3pm cisms. “I can’t claim, with total certainty, that my same-sex relation ship is acceptable to God. I don’t know that it is acceptable and, ultimately, accord Attention: Undergraduate Students ing to the Koran,

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Irshad Manji raises her troubles with Islam at a lecture last Tuesday. only God can be the final judge and jury.” She goes on to say to those who are not satisfied with that answer, and who challenge her to reconciliations of Islam and homosexuality, that she would like to turn the tables and ask them a few questions of her own. “The Koran is very clear: Everything that God created is excellent, that noth ing that God created is ‘in vain’, that God creates ‘whom He will’ and that God has deliberately designed the world’s breathtaking diversity. How, then, can my detrac tors reconcile those statements with their utter condemnation of homosexuality? I am not saying I am right, I am asking my critics what makes them so sure they are right.”

Waking up universities across Canada Manji says that her current book tour consists of going across the country to talk to students, professors and members of the wider community about a “fresh take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” She is doing this for three reasons. The first is that she believes the job of bridge-building between Jews and Muslims is more urgent than ever, amid suicide bombings, rampant anti-Semitism and the resulting mistrust of Muslims on the part of Jews. The second thing is, I care about my fellow Muslims and our quality of life and for all of the criticism that we Muslims have about Israeli policies. And some of those criticisms are valid: there is still something very positive about Israeli soci ety that we Muslims can learn and that is the diversity that Israel protects and encourages.” The third reason is that students regularly tell her that they are being taught that Israel can only exist as a den of oppression, something Manji finds alarming “This reductionism is dangerous and harmfid... because it reduces Muslims to the status of perpetual victims, and gives us no incentive to challenge the balance within our own societies.” Manji is donating all of her royalties from this particular tour to Doctors Without Borders.

"Israel, Islam and Diversity" at McGill

At her speech on Tuesday evening, Manji stressed the need to defend diversi ty, but emphasized that defending diversity does not require becoming defensive. She defended Israel’s right to exist, calling it “one mother of a pluralistic place.” Her speech contained a number of examples of how the country achieves this. She described her own experience in Israel, and asserted that she only accepted the invi tation on condition that she was allowed to plan the itinerary and that there was no editorial censorship of anything she wrote. Manji’s appearance at McGill was co-sponsored by Hillel McGill, but the Muslim Student’s Association showed no interest in taking part. Manji accepted that there were many Israeli practices that “fly in the face of” some of the country’s official policies, and that Israel was Teach English Overseas! not a perfect example of a model state. She also pointed out that in no other country in the Middle East do Arabs have as much freedom. At the end of her speech, one man was concerned about the w o r k s h o p f o r C a n a d ia n s examples of Israel’s protection of diversity that were cited. He said that he himself had been to Israel, and in communities where the S t u d e n t S p e c ia l majority of the population was Arab, these protections ceased to exist. M o n tre a l In her review, Khan called Manji’s trip to Israel “an apologia for A p r i l , 2004 Israel.” Khan also questioned why Manji “sees no conflict o f interest 1-866-912-4465 in taking a trip to Israel, courtesy of an unidentified ‘Zionist sponsor’ One day and you’re on your way! in order to write about Jewish-Muslim relations. [Manji had] no sec ond thoughts about objectivity while visiting occupied Palestine with w w w .goteach .ca escorts from the same unnamed Zionist organization.” ■

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I will be the first to admit that I know almost absolutely nothing about contemporary classical music. Beyond some of the more well-known com posers (Steve Reich, George Crumb, blah blah blah...), the entire genre is a com plete mystery to me. Some might consider this a sign that I am completely unqualified to review the March 3 performance of the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble and I would probably agree with them. Despite a complete lack of context for the comments that follow, however, the concert was extremely entertainingeven for a cultural low-life such as myself. Technically, the evening’s perform ances were impeccable; a piano and per cussion duet composed by Philippe Hurel was particularly impressive. The piece, performed by Brigitte Poulin and D’arcy Phillip Gray, was a frantically paced and often dissonant work, which

was just as interesting to watch as it was to listen to. The percussion tones includ ed a vibraphone and an array of what sounded like gamelan bells. The acoustics of Pollack Hall certainly made the entire show as easy on the ears as possible, given the frequently jarring sounds employed by the com poserincluding an extended segment of ham mering on the highest piano register. The highlight of the night was another piece by Hurel, entitled “Leçon des choses.” It employed not only a size able string section, but a laptop and a surround-sound speaker arrangement that emphasized the circular motion of the ambient noise produced by the com puter. This fascinating mix of technology and the more traditional ensemble group made for a captivating piece that showed just how far the realm of con temporary music extends. Other pieces performed included works by Stephen Rogers and Gerard Grisey, which were all well worth hearing. ■

It is easy to take Newfoundland rockers Great Big Sea too seriously. Their 2002 release, Sea o f No Cares, was certi fied platinum in Canada and won the band five East Coast Music Awards. Prior to that, the band released five other albums, as well as a live album comprised of songs both old and new. This past month marked Great Big Sea’s sixth release, Something Beautiful"— the asterix refers to the definition of ‘beautiful’ on the album’s cover—a col lection of the band’s more poppy materi al. The band’s latest album is poised to

once again turn some heads in the direc tion of the Atlantic Provinces. It was Sea o f No Cares, however, that marked a turning point in Great Big Sea’s career, as it was the first time the band released a “studio record.” “We recorded a bunch of songs we had never played, and wrote them and recorded them in the studio,” remarks singer/guitarist Alan Doyle over a pint of Guinness. “We ended up with versions of a studio record, which we had never done before. Drum loops and weird stuff like that. “[Something Beautiful'] is very much not like that. This one is very much a band record where the songs were jammed out and well rehearsed before the record even got started.” But while the band approaches its work with a sense of Newfie humour, it fools no one. Its Celtic roots shine through in all of its works, invoking a relaxed feel and perhaps conjuring the words ‘brilliant’ and ‘shiny’ in listeners’ minds. Doyle even explains that the record is meant to be fun to play and fun to listen to, but alludes to the province’s cultural history as the basis from which its music stems. To the uninformed lis tener, the sound of Great Big Sea could be

something you might hear at Hurley’s or McKibbin’s on a Saturday night, but in reality, transcends that. “Newfoundland was very homoge nously divided by either Southern Irish or Southern English fishermen 450, 500 years ago,” Doyle explains of the group’s musical roots. “The cultures from those places cer tainly didn’t dissolve, they stayed. That, coupled with the fact that the bulk of Newfoundland harbours were interna tional seaports by the 1700s. So you go to certain communities and Portuguese accordion chants are very popular.” Although it may be unlike what you might expect to hear from the band, the first single off Something Beautiful*, “When I am King,” has already placed on four charts. Doyle jokes about the expec tations of the album as being huge. “H-U-G-E. Villas in Spain,” he jokes. But then he becomes serious again. “I never have expectations, I only have hopes.” And while the next Great Big Sea album could be the urban album that Doyle jokes about recording—“In the Hood,” he calls it—it is more likely that the band will return to composing its original and traditional arrangements of

songs that befit its style most. As Great Big Sea hits the road with this new album and an upcoming album of traditional songs on the way, expect more beautiful' music out of this band. ■

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Art for activism and activism for art Grace Zee

Go ahead and roll your eyes. This past week, there was another onslaught of activists trying to sway you one way or another. After all, by this point in your student career, you might be tired of hearing you should be more “involved.” Artivistic, however, put a spin on the typical activist slogans. The multidisciplinary, multilin gual event, initiated by McGill students, was a three-floor display of paintings and photographs held March 2 to 4 at the McGill Cultural Studies Building. The exhibit, combined with group discussions, empha sized a call for political action. Accompanied by artists

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mercial. What would you think of an image of President Bush being operated by a monkey motivated by money and devil-like patriotic interests? Could that be termed as “part of a historical narrative” open to different inter pretations? While clever and funny, such artwork seems one-sided. Similarly, iiberCulture Collective, a non-profit organization committed to the public reclamation of the cultural sphere, claimed to be opposed to “American turbo consumerism and capitalism.” If a painting is used to convey this biased message, how would it do a better job than an advertisement? While Artivistic endorsed art as an innovative response to a corporate-dominated society, its superiority to advertisement was ambiguous. All in all, Artivistic admirably attempted to capture a real problem in today’s society. It addressed mounting worries about general social apathy which implies decreased representation. While the event encouraged the spectator to take an active position and resist being swallowed up in overwhelming amounts of advertising, the improbability of this ever happening was made clear by the exhibit’s own participants. ■

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Forget everything you learned about European history. And forget those pseudo-saviours of modern music (read: White Stripes, Strokes) who’ve replaced rock ‘n’ roll spirit with reluctant intellectualism and restrained affect. The only historical figure of impor tance is the Austrian prince whose assassination triggered the First World War, and the only band you need to hear is Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand is the indescribable feeling you get coming home from your first show—or maybe your first good lay—all sweaty and blissful and in love with the world. They deliver a punch in the gut with music that astounds in its simplicity and lust for life. The band’s self-titled international debut arrives today, and if you don’t want to buy it, I will buy it for you. The humble foursome came together in Glasgow after singer Alex Kapranos and German guitarist Nick McCarthy nearly came to blows over a beer. Add drummer Paul Thompson, floppy-haired artist-cum-bassist Robert Harding, and a distinct passion for debauchery, and you’ve got a sound with the sexy playfulness of funk and 80s pop lurking beneath an assertively cool rock ‘n’ roll exterior. The group’s irresistible first single, “Take Me Out,” came three songs into its set at La Sala Rossa on February 22. Opening with a standard slight distor tion and tense buildup, the song then slows before erupting in an explosion of crashing melodies and

pogo-ready beats. In “The Dark of the Matinee,” chords jump around as the slinky Kapranos implores the listener to “find me and follow me, through corridors and factories” to the first fumblings of lust. “Cheating on You” appropriately races ahead of itself, while the band moves easily to exclaiming that “for chips and freedom I could die” (“Jacqueline”). “Auf Ausche” is perhaps the only non-sequitur— drawing heavily on the 80s synth-pop merely hinted at previously. Only when Thompson breaks free of imitating a drum machine does the song approach the quality of the others. With the Eastern Canada tour completed, fans will have to content themselves with testing the lim its of CD durability as they play this album again and again. But with US record companies currently acourting, this is not the last you will hear of Franz Ferdinand in North America. Its success in the UK has been stunning and NME Magazine has already ranked it as the top band to watch for in 2004. On the surface, it’s odd: there’s nothing Franz Ferdinand is doing that hasn’t been around since the birth of the electric guitar. But there’s a visceral pull to them that warns the listener not to underestimate the power of friends uniting (hopefully with enough beer to satisfy all thirsty Glaswegians) for the sheer joy of making music. In doing so, you would only be overlooking this band’s true distinctiveness. That elusive, ethereal quality that only seems to matter in its absence: fun. ■

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Passion or pretentiousness? Spencer Ross

integrity of the movie.’ From the capture of Jesus, we see that he is tormented by Satan (Rosalinda Celentano) and demonic children—the same children who later torture Judas. Jesus is brought to Jerusalem where the

another hot point for anti-Semitic debate. But the rest of the story follows with the punishment of Jesus, all the way through to his crucifixion, death, and very briefly, his resurrection. As a cinematic piece, The Passion is

It goes without saying that any Hollywood film that re-enacts Biblical tales will become a lightning rod for con troversy. It also goes without saying that any film that tackles an already contro versial subject will become all the more controversial. The Passion o f the Christ, Mel Gibson’s first film since 1995’s Braveheart, explores the final hours of Jesus’ death leading up to his crucifixion. Although Gibson (who directed and also co-wrote the screenplay) tries to be painstakingly accurate in his representa tion of Jesus’ last 12 hours, controversy becomes embroiled when history and faith are intertwined. Where religious teachings and historical fact end is where human interpretation begins. The Passion opens in a forest, but interchanging scenes depict Judas (Luca Lionello) accepting a bribe in exchange for disclosing the whereabouts of Jesus (James Caviezel). The scene is set, quickly dividing those who believe in Jesus as the King of the Jews, from those who view THEPASSIONOFTHECHRIST.COM him as a blasphemer mocking the tradi tional messianic teachings. Jesus (Jim Caviezel) carries the cross in Mel Gibson's gory Passion. Although not inaccurate, Gibson has an opportunity to point out that Jesus’ condemnation comes at the hands of one Pharisian clerics argue to the Roman pre seemingly vacant without much in the specific sect of Jews at the time, the fect Pontius Pilate (Hristo Shopov) for way of telling the story, so much as show Pharisees. However, this is just one of the Jesus’ crucifixion, in accordance with ing the story. The screenplay provides lit tle back-story on which the viewer is left ways that Gibson leaves the anti-Semitic Jewish law prohibiting murder. In another gesture of interpretation, to draw, which narrows the scope of the tendencies of this movie to be the focus of political discussion. It is not always the Gibson depicts Pilate to be of mixed movie and the potential relevance of the case that Gibson is inaccurate so much as resolve, and seemingly willing to ‘cave in’ story. Flashbacks to Jesus’ childhood and some facts are omitted to ‘preserve the to the demands of the Jews. This becomes the Last Supper help fill in some of those

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Turn off the Stars Warner Records The oddly named Turn Off the Stars has been quietly touring across Canada for a couple of years now. Its debut album, Everything is Ok , showcases this alternative rock group’s familiar mellow and sombre disposition. Despite clockin in at just under 30 minutes flat, the album still man ages to be overly repetitious and mundane. The standard themes of longing and love lost and gained cover the gambit of this group’s mediocre and banal lyrics, which lack in any inspirational substance. Although the band has musical talent, it does not cook or sizzle, most ly due to its commonplace, unoriginal sound. Turn Off the Stars is reminiscent of Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls and Matthew Good, but it fails to have any of the same affect. It just slowly bums away and passes over you, unnoticeably, while echoing the sound waves of the alter native pop/rock they spawned from. It seems Turn Off the Stars is oblivious to the fact that its music has already been done before—many times by many bands. The actual recording itself is well done, giving a solid rock sound with strong vocals, heavy echoes and howling guitars. Highlights from the album include “Oblivious,” “Please” and “Everything is Ok,” which might make some noise. Unfortunately, everything is not okay. They have the musical talent but seem to struggle in the creativity depart ment. Still, it might be worth a listen if you enjoy the gener ic style the musicians offer. — Matthew Arnot

What exactly is a remix, anyway? Sure, everyone knows that P. Diddy invented it, but these days, the remix seems to be mainly used as an excuse for big-name MCs to hop on a popular beat. Andrew Broder’s recent EPs, M odem Hits and More M odem Hits, however, take the concept of remixing deep into left field. On these releases, Broder steals popular hip-hop vocal tracks and lays them over his own quirky instru mentals, with mixed (no pun intended) results. Although only 13 songs in total, the EPs cover a wide range, both musically (folk, jazz and electronic influences are all evident) and vocally (everyone from Jay-Z to Rakim makes a ‘guest appearance’). At their best, Broder’s musical contributions reveal new aspects of familiar lyrics. On “Ain’t Nothing,” MF Doom’s calm flow takes on a nursery-rhyme quality when placed alongside dreamy keys and bongos. Similarly, the tense bass/guitar interplay of “On the Run” expands Kool G Rap’s already vivid storytelling to cinematic proportions. Unfortunately, Broder doesn’t fare nearly so well on other tracks. His reworking of Nas’ “Made You Look” sounds thin and ineffective in the shadow of the rugged original, while his treatment of ODB’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” borders on unlistenable. If Broder could restrain some of his more disorderly tendencies, the M odem Hits concept could yield a consistently inter esting CD. As his works currently stand, it is hard to shake off the feeling that the whole thing is just a gim mick. —Mike Ichioka

gaps, but are insufficient to make this movie what could be. In addition, the violence in the movie is rather harrowing, even if realis tic, whereupon Gibson spares no detail in showing the viewer Jesus’ flagellation by the Romans and relies heavily on slow motion and close-ups even when show ing the blood spurting from Jesus’ hands as he is being nailed to the cross. And although John Debney’s score adds to the tension of the movie, and the screenplay is realistically written in Aramaic and Latin, Gibson tries to show the aesthetic value of the story through visuals, rather than expanding its potential. The end result is that The Passion o f the Christ lacks on the whole. Even as a cinematic piece of art based on one man’s interpretation, The Passion is not remotely convincing as a story; its redeeming qualities derive largely from appearing like the cinematic equivalent of a religious painting. The potential for anti-Semitism and historical inaccura cies aside, the movie shows itself to be nothing more than a two-hour glorifica tion of the physical torture and crucifixion of Jesus. ■ WHAT:

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Becoming Destiny's Child Written by Lara Chatterjee Directed by Kyra Lightburn

Lara Chatterjee’s Becoming Destiny’s Child resembles Sex a n d the City. Four best friends get together after one of them has a big breakup, and they talk about everything relat ed to sex. Director Kyra Lightburn does a good job with blocking, and there are some interesting dynamics in the positioning of the characters. The actors all do great work but Adrienne Grafton has the best presence as Meredith. The best thing about this play is how much fun the actors seem to be having onstage. The play, however, is too long. It seems as if Chatterjee, talented as she is, got caught up in her own ability to write creatively. The play has a constant level of energy but, by the last 10 minutes or so, that energy dwindles and the wild and crazy stories suddenly become bor ing. The script is funny, and I’m told that girls really have these kinds of get-togethers— which, to be honest, scares me a little. -D H

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David Jaffer’s Remember Me Now is like a hidden gem one finds while searching through the donation boxes at the Salvation Army. Not that student plays are usually bad, but one does not expect to find something like this in among the mix. The story is irrelevant, if only because the play isn’t really what it seems to be. Two friends get together to shoot the breeze like they usu ally do and, by the end of the play, one of them learns a lesson about life. This is all pretty stan dard for a one-act play, but the difference between Remember Me N ow and other works is

in its presentation. The dialogue makes this play. It is more than just smart, or funny, or entertaining. It is all of these, plus an X-factor which can’t really be described without using the words “Aaron Sorkin.” Indeed, Jaffer is clearly a student of Sorkin’s works, evident through several clever inside jokes that only devoted Sports Night fans would get. Jaffer and Shawn-Wayne Manning are great in their roles as two friends who know one another better than they know them selves. And director Aisling Chin-Yee integrates some brilliant movie footage into the play. This play is wildly entertaining and, at times, genuinely moving. You would be doing “a big thing badly” by not seeing it. —D any Horovitz

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The Ocean is a simple story about four friends who live by its shore. The principal character in this play never appears from behind the curtain, but is present from begin ning to end. The ocean is represented by a simple yet effective set paired with a beautifully written script, personifying the water as a vast, inex orable, inconstant sea that has the power to suffocate, emancipate and even kill. Unfortunately, the characters are poorly developed, and the awkward acting makes the metaphors in the script seem often clunky and self-conscious. The ocean itself proves to be the most interesting character in this play, like a dangerous and benevolent deity with many faces and the power to change lives, or keep them bound, trapped in the same place forev er. —Julie Peters

This Time Written by Michael Belcher Directed by Michael Hackett

It’s a difficult task to bring an audience to tears during a 20-minute play, something This Time almost does. Avery (Louis Dupuis) is an average guy with an average past—he is trying to live his life while the memory of his lost love, Daniel (Ariel Levy), literally follows him around. But something extraordinary happens in the original and honest script: natural, believable acting. Hilarious moments with the ex from Satan’s worst nightmares (Dave Jaffer) and that long, intimate hug between Avery and Grant (Elvis Anber) will make viewers want to cry. People from Avery’s past become See DRAMA, next page

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metaphors that walk around the stage, reciting the voices in his head, dancing him around the stage, telling him that next time, things will be better, while his flesh-and-blood best friend Rachel (Kate MacPhail) tells him that maybe this time will be.

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Exposed in High Park Written by Joshua Ginsberg Directed by Gabriel Richter

Exposed in High Park —with Scott Laczay

as Allan and Cedric Capacchione as Howard— leaves a strong impression. A particularly solid performance by Laczay is well complemented by Capacchione, who carries his role naturally. The play’s premise is fresh: a would-be mugger engages in a psychological discussion with his victim. The attacker, a struggling writer, repartees with Howard about his life, as a result of Howard’s claim that he needs some thing to write about for the Toronto Star. The dialogue is often funny, and occasionally thought-provoking. It grows more serious towards the end, as Allan discovers the reason for his failure and Howard reveals his dishon esty about his profession. Eyes will begin to roll, however, when Howard unveils that he is, in fact, a psychiatrist sent by Allan’s ex-girlfriend to help him with his issues. However, the story is saved as Howard ends up being equally as disturbed as Allan, and in much the same situation: a strug gling artist who lost a loved one as a result of his art. The comic relief, the fresh plot and the execution of Exposed in High Park make it a worthwhile experience.

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Peter Hibbs as the young husband Paul, Julie Peters as his wife Cat, and Caitlin Miller and Evan Malach as their friends Sandra and Saul, examines the “first house” stage of coupledom. Paul and Cat are two youthful and overly affectionate newlyweds who have moved into their first house together. Paul is a dull charac ter, which makes for an engaging tension between him and Cat, who is eerily happy. The climax of the first act occurs when Paul is left alone with a mysterious gift from Cat that he cannot open, as he promised Cat he would wait for her to return from shopping. The box, understandably a metaphor for the future, appears to make noise, eventually cry ing and bleeding. The act ends as Paul holds a knife to the box. This act of Chinese Boxes calls to mind David Lynch’s Eraserhead, albeit only thematically. The second act, which adds Jacqueline Appleby as Polly and Carly Boyce as Mazzo, introduces a new line of characters. This time, Lamb (Miller) and Carver (Malach are a mid dle-aged married couple with two young kids, Polly and Mazzo. Carver is the atypical disgrun tled worker. Malach portrays him well as angry, edgy and borderline abusive. Although stronger than the first, the latter act suffers from the same flaw: time constraint. Both acts present powerful ideas, but do not give them justice. Given the benefit of the doubt, both acts would be stronger in an expanded format.

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Laprade golden in the pool, McGill performs admirably TORONTO—Michelle Laprade brought home McGill’s only gold medal as both the men’s and women’s swim teams battled hard at the weekend-long Canadian Interuniversity Sport champi onships, held at the University of Toronto. Backstrokers Genevieve Grégoire and Doug McCarthy got things started as they each placed sixth in their respective 50m races on Friday. Gregoire’s swim tied a six-year-old McGill record in the event with a time of 29.57 seconds. The Martlets’ breaststrokers were quick to follow suit, with Heather Bell breaking the school record in the 100m breast (1:10.30) on her way to a silver medal in the final. Laprade came close behind in sixth, but it was her stellar swim on Sunday that caught people’s attention. She placed first in the women’s 50m breast with an outstand ing time of 32.01 seconds, establishing a new CIS record as she beat the near est competition by close to seventenths of a second. Bell placed third in the event and followed that up by grabbing the bronze medal in the women's 200m breaststroke, breaking

another school record by over a full second. Saturday morning saw the arrival . of several McGill fans, as the men and women’s squads set out to represent the Red ‘n’ White well in the evening races. McCarthy got the ball rolling, so to speak, with a personal best and a sixth-place finish in the 100m backstroke, and Carolyn McCabe equaled that placing in the 50m butterfly amidst the cheering of their fans in the stands, No, she's not hurling-lt's another Martlet pursuing the victory. who had adorned themselves in body the final. thing special was about to take place paint. “It was great that we had the w hen Tomicic walked behind the Not to be outdone, the Martlet blocks with his characteristic stone whole team down here this weekend,” and Redmen sprinters decided it was said Tomicic. “I knew [our fans] were faced racing demeanour. The silence time to show the rest of Canada what coming up some time on Saturday and at the start of the race was followed by the McGill varsity swim team is really an uproar of hoots, cheering and cat it just helped build the atmosphere at about. the pool.” calls as the men’s team captain made They started with the women’s The meet concluded with the his fans proud, devastating the compe 50m freestyle, which was a real nailmedley relays, where the Martlets fin tition and setting a new McGill and biter. With barely three-tenths of a sec ished second, also setting a new school Quebec Student Sport Federation ond separating first place from seventh, record with his winning time of 22.56 record, and the men finished fourth. the crowd was in a frenzy as McCabe The women’s team finished with came up huge with a touch for the sil seconds. a strong fifth overall placing out of 21 Having missed qualifying for the ver medal after trailing for most of the teams, while the men’s team finished a 100m free finals in the morning, race. solid eighth out of 27 schools. The Tomicic overcame adversity in the con On the men’s side, Ryan Tomicic University of British Columbia had a solation race, as he sliced two seconds placed first in the qualifying heat in clean sweep, taking both champi off his preliminary swim which would what he called “an easy swim,” and so onships with relative ease. ■ have, ironically, placed him in first in the cheering squad knew that some-

haps one of the greatest rookie duos The day following the Alex the NBA has ever seen—w hen you Rodriguez trade to the Yankees, for can profile hockey’s top rookies in example, TSN dedicated more airtime Michael Ryder and Andrew Raycroft? to a report from a Calgary Flames Um, who? practice than it did to w hat is consid With the strong possibility of a ered one of the biggest baseball that fans could legitimately get excit orried about a W lockout cutting into next year’s NHL trades of all time. Clearly, this is a potential NHL lock ed for? The days of the Gretzkyseason, perhaps the hockey-crazed sports leader. Lemieux rivalry are long gone, and a out for the 2004-05 Canadian sports media can do them It can be argued that Sportsnet contest b etw een D etroit's Robert season? W ondering selves a favour and start focusing will Once again be providing Lang and Tampa Bay's Martin St. w hat you, the their attention on other sports right Canadians with coverage of the Louis—the league’s top two scorers— Canadian sports fan, will be left to NCAA tournament, suggesting that does not have close to the same w atch w ithout your beloved hockey? the network is aware that there is Fear not. Consider it a piece of appeal. more than just hockey on the sports Hockey has long had minimal good fortune. scene. But simply hopping on the attraction for the American sports fan, As w e roll into March, the mad bandw agon come March d o esn t do but the reason has little to do with the ness of the college basketball season the sport justice. As good as March game itself. Hockey is easily one of is in full stride, with one of sport’s Madness can be, it is even better the best sports in the world, and greatest tournaments set to begin in w hen it marks the culmination of the w hen played with energy, like during just over a week. Meanwhile, in the college basketball season, not the the playoffs, it can be difficult to turn NBA, the powers of the Western con start. off. ference are jockeying for home-court Here’s a little secret—the buzzer But the difference is that advantage, and the start of the base beaters, upsets, comebacks and great Americans are provided with variety. ball season is less than a m onth away. individual performances that make During the winter months, Americans The best m onth for basketball March Madness so good, all take have easy access to coverage of the and the start of baseball, however, place during the m onths of NBA, NCAA basketball, and the NHL. cannot com pete in Canada with November, December, January and This is in addition to the numerous hockey, and as a result, Canadian February, as well. Unfortunately, in-depth previews of the baseball sports fans are missing out. Though unless you get ESPN on your dish, season and recaps of the NFL season. you w ouldn’t think so after some this comes as a shock to many North of the border, meanwhile, recent Conan O ’Brien tapings. Canadians. Canadians are treated to hockey, The NBA. for example, prides But w hy bother covering basket itself on matchups such as Shaq ver hockey, hockey, and maybe some ball on a December night w hen we curling. In its attempt to solidify itself sus Yao, Kobe versus T-Mac, and can watch four minutes of highlights as “Canada’s sports leader,” TSN has now LeBron versus Carmelo. W hen from the Oilers-Thrashers game? Why was the last time the NHL successful at some point forgotten that there are, feature sensational rookies LeBron in fact, more sports to cover than just ly pitted its leading scorers against James and Carmelo Anthony—perhockey. one another in an individual matchup

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away. If hours of programming and hockey highlights are lost next sea son due to a w ork stoppage, the air time will have to be filled somehow. Maybe it will be filled with more bas ketball, baseball, or football. Perhaps an NHL lockout will be a blessing in disguise. Perhaps Canadian sports fans will see w hat they have been missing.

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McGill bounced from b-ball playoffs he Martlets hockey team will be the only McGill sports team playing into the second week of March, as both the m en’s and w om en's teams were knocked out of the Q uebec University Basketball League post season. Bishop's defeated the Martlets 65 50 Wednesday in Lennoxville. while the Redmen w rapped up their forgettable season with a 87-63 loss to Laval. The Martlets managed to keep the game close despite playing without all-star guard Cheeka Mitchell. Sophomore Isabelle Provencher picked up the slack with 11 points, while senior Sarah Gagné added 10. The women managed to out rebound the Gaiters 23-22, but Bishop's held the edge in shoot ing. connecting on over 47 per cent of its shots in the win. Despite the loss, the Martlets can't be entire ly disappointed. Their 6-10 regular season record under rookie head coach Ryan Thorne was the team's best finish since 1997 98. The Redmen trailed by only 11 at the half againt the Rouge et Or, but were overpowered by Laval's one-two punch of Charles Fortier and Samuel Audet Sow, w ho scored 27 and 26 points, respectively. Other factors that contributed to the loss were poor rebounding and weak free-throw shooting Laval held an astounding 42-19 edge on the boards, while the Redmen could only convert 14 of their 31 free throw attempts. Derek Armstrong led the Redmen in scoring with 19 points, while Denburk Reid notched 17, becoming one of just a handful of Redmen to score 500 points in a season.

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McGill sent four wrestlers to the Canadian Iriteruniveristy Sport championships last w eekend at Brock University, but no wrestler placed higher than sixth, laurel Dunn was the only McGill grap pier w ho w on a bout in the first round, going 1-2 in tliree matches. Tliat set u p a contest with Janice Nguyen of Q ueen’s for fifth place, but Dunn was outpointed 11 -0. Melissa Hui lost all three of her first round matches, but managed to defeat Kelley Melendy of Memorial University in the second round to finish in seventh. Jed Zaretzki and Cassie Lee both went winless for the tournament and finished seventh of 7 and eighth of 8. respectively.

Chuck McMann, head coach of the Redmen football team, signed a four-year contract extension this past week, ensuring that he will be at the helm of McGill's storied program until at least February 2008. The 53-year-old from Toronto—w ho was awarded the Frank Tindall trophy as CIS football coach of the year in 2002—-has guided the Redmen to a 20-12 record in three seasons, including two Dunsmoro Cup conference championships. McMann will also be bringing back a slightly modified staff this upcom ing season. Mark Schryburt. w ho had previously coached defensive backs and special teams, will take over as defensive coordinator, replacing Skip Rochette, w ho stepped dow n after two seasons on the job.

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It didnt take T errell O w ens too long to get his new teammates to hate him when he quickly complained he'd rather play for the Eagles only a day after he was traded to the R avens After this w eekend's tirades, we could say so many negative comments about Bobby Clarke such as classless, ruthless, childish, disrespectful and a disgrace to the league, but we re just going to avoid the issue altogether. Leave it to D on C h e rry to call the NHL b rass "stupid" in regards to the no-touch icing issue. Seriously, though, get this rule in place—you know, unless you get off on accidents like M arco S tu rm s... Thanks to M iroslav S atan and his absurd "phone call" during the Leafs-Sabres tilt on Saturday, we might see another annoying spell of NHL players going the way of brutal NFL celebrations. Did anyone else happen to see the blatant bump and reach-in by Jan ies A ugustine against B ran d o n F uss-C heatham at the end of the Illinois-O hio State game on Sunday? We can only hope the refs clean up their act by the time M arch M adness rolls around. With all the trades that have already taken place this season, it seems like the NHL tra d e d ead lin e will be anti-climactic. Why, then, do both TSN and S p o rtsn e t need to cram hours of consecutive “trade coverage" down our throats?... What else can be said at this point about the NBA’s E a ste rn C o n feren ce? With three current playoff teams below .500. this year's real championship will once again be the W estern C onference final Can someone please put G rapefruit League base b all into perspective for Attention Male Undergrads Y ankees and Red Sox fans? We're a week into March, and We’re looking for male undergraduate yet a pair of tickets for students to participate in a 1 1/2 hour Sunday's game were selling on questionnaire study that examines social eBay for $500... We'd like to interaction styles and personality. Must be mourn the loss of baseball legend Ted W illiam s son J o h n fluent in written English. H enry After all. he did send $20 Compensation! his father's remains to a cryonic lab last summer in order to preserve his DNA for future Contact: Catherine, Dr. Zuroff’s L ab at generations. We wish we felt personality_5@ hotm ail.com bad for the kid.

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T h e M a r t le t s w ill b e h o s t in g t h e w o m e n ' s n a t io n a l h o c k e y c h a m p i o n s h ip f r o m T h u r s d a y t h r o u g h S u n d a y a t M c C o n n e l l A r e n a . F o llo w in g a w h i r l w i n d c o u p l e w e e k s o f

Hock%niât Alberta Pandas

p la y o ff s , t h e d e f e n d in g c h a m p i o n A l b e r t a P a n d a s a r e t h e o n ly t e a m e n t e r in g t h e t o u r n a m e n t w it h o u t h a v in g p u lle d o ff a n u p s e t . K A R E N K E L L Y a n d C A I T L I N M . B U C K L E Y p r e v i e w a ll s ix t e a m s .

Wilfred Luurier Golden Hawks

Regular season: 20-0-0 Head coach: Howie Draper

Leading scorer: Fiona Aiston (26 pts)

Leading scorer: Danielle Bourgeois (54 pts) * Goalies: Andrea Thomas and Robyn Rittmaster (both 8-0-0, 0.50 GAA)

Goalie: Emily Stein (10-5-1, 2.21 GAA) National ranking: 7th Conference: Ontario champion

National ranking (as of March 8): 1st Conference: Canada West champion I HAWKS

Location: Edmonton

The Pandas enter the championship as the team to beat. The three-time d efen d ^ champions are first in the national rankings, Bourgeois leads the CIS in scoring, and their two , galtenders have both played 480 minutes of game time. With an undefeated overall record (32-0-0 Pandas an ; A not ready to lose, and they will not go dow n wilhoul a fight. McGill Martlets

Regular season: 12-6-3 Head coach: Rick Osborne

Location: Waterloo, Ontario

Hawks are hoping they can continue to ride their wave of success, which began with i over the defending Ontario champioj^Tbronto Varsity Blues in the OUA semifnals. A lack of^xperjenee at the national level could b ^ g g p h o r for the Hawks, as their top two scorers, Aiston and Laurissa Kenworthy, are both rookies. 1

Ottawa Gee-Gees

Regular season: 11-3-3

Re8ular season: Head coach: Shelley Coolidge

Head coach: Peter Smith

Leading scorer: Rebecka Jennison (14 pts)

Leading scorer: Véronique Lapierre (18 pts)

Goalie: Megan Takeda (3-5-4, 2.87 GAA)

Goalie: Kim St-Pierre (No record)

National ranking: 9th

National ranking: 5th Conference: Quebec semifinalist

Conference: Quebec champion Location: Ottawa

The Martlets have the best goalie in the country in Kim St-Pierre. w ho has been nalhed td national team once again. As host of this year's tournament, and with St-Pierre graduating, thfl the best chance McGill will have to win the CIS crown. It will be up to team captain Audrey HaS and QSSF MVP Lapierre to step up to the challenge and lead the rest of the team. It is unfortu nate that McGill was placed in defending cham pion Alberta's pool; the championship will essen tially be w on or lost for McGill w hen they face the Pandas* in round-robin play.

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Ottawa is ranked in th eb o tto m half of the CIS top ten, and nothing too impressive came from the team during the regular season. However, the Qee Gees w orked very hard to make it to their first ^IS championship, knocking second-ranked Concordia out of contention. Top scorers Rebecka -vjfo have proven to be degressive this season, and defensively, Ottawa has against McGill and»OUA teams. Though placing bets on the Gee-Gees 1st move, this team lias the grit a national champion needs. Saslotchewan Huskies

Regular season: 10-2-2

Head coach: Donna Reaburn

Head coach: Lisa MacDonald Leading scorer: Lindsay Taylor (39 pts)

Leading scorer: Laurie Alexander (14 pts) Goalie: Robin Nuttall (5-8-0, 2.21)

Goalie: Cheryl Wright (8-1-1,1.50 GAA) National ranking: not in Top 10

Regular season: 8-12-0

National ranking: 10th

Conference: Canada West finalist

Conference: Atlantic champion

Location: Saskatoon

Location: Halifax

The Huskies surprised the undefeated St. Francis Xavier X-Women to take the Atlantic title foi a second straight year. Look to AUS Most Valuable Player and Lindsay Taylor—the country’s fourth leading scorer—to lead the charge. The Huskies come in as long shots, but are hoping to improve upon last year’s dismal performance in Regina, w here they w ent 0-3, w ere outscored 30-3, and finished in sixth place.

Gpaltender Robin Kuttall made a mind-blowing 39 saves in her last matchup against top-ranked Mberta. and defensively it looks as though the Huskies will be looking to her as their strength. Forward Laurie Alexander, w ho w as named to the second all-star team this season, will also be counted on to provide offence. Will they be able to beat their rivals from Alberta? On paper, prob ably not, but if they pull out som e star moves, as they are know n to do, anything is possible.

Friday, March 12

Saturday, March 13

Sunday, March 14

Laurier vs. Saskatchewan, 4:30

Laurier/Saskatchewan loser

Laurier/Saskatchewan winner

Fifth Place, 7:00 am

Alberta vs. St Mary's, 7:30

vs. Ottawa, 4:30

Thursday, March 1Î

vs. McGill 7:30

Alberta/St. Mary's winner

Bronze Medal, 10:00 am Gold Medal, 1:00 pm (live on

vs. McGill 7:30

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vs. Ottawa, 4:30

Check out the results and reaction Tuesday night (March 16) on-line at www.mcgilltribune.com

The fight for gold: Home ice advantage vs. luck of the draw Martlets to play defending champions Alberta in round-robin Karen Kelly

The McGill Martlets lost the chance to becom e Q uebec Student Sport Federation cham pions w hen they w ere eliminat ed from the playoffs by the O ttaw a G ee-G ees in tw o straight semifinal games. As this year’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship host team, the Martlets have an automatic berth in the tournam ent, w here they are seeded fourth, but will need to play better hockey if they hope to improve upon last year’s bronze medal. Head Coach Peter Smith acknow ledged that O ttaw a played with greater desperation than the Martlets in the QSSF playoffs, and that his team will have to play at a higher level if they hope to compete. “I have no d o u b t that w hen the time comes for us to

play with desperation, that we will do it," he said with confi dence. McGill’s toughest o p p o nent will undoubtedly be the Alberta Pandas, defending cham pions and No, 1 seed in the tournament. D epending on the outcom e of the St. MarysAlberta game, the Martlets will have to face the favourites in round-robin play on Friday or Saturday, and McGill will likely need to defeat the Pandas in order to make it to the title match. Smith, however, refused to characterize the draw as unlucky. “To w in a national cham pi onship, you have got to beat everybody, and it doesn't matter w h e n ,” he contended. “We w ould have to beat Alberta any w ay.” This season’s playoffs have already seen a num ber of

upsets, leaving Alberta as the only team in the tournam ent that finished atop its confer ence's regular season standings. Smith is counting o n the Martlets using home-ice advan tage to becom e the next under dog to rise to the occasion. The bench boss also said it w ould be im portant for the Martlets to play a team game in all three zones, and he will look to veteran players like Audrey Hadd and QSSF Most Valuable Player Véronique Lapierre to lead his squad. Goalie Kim StPierre, the only fifth-year player on the roster, will also play a vital role for McGill; this tourna m ent will mark her first game with the w om en’s team since last season, w h en she w as nam ed the top female in CIS hockey. The Martlets have enjoyed a long layoff since their last

gam e against O ttaw a on February 22, but have been working in practice to improve certain areas of their game, according to Hadd. “I think w e w ere having some trouble on our defesivezone coverage. We have some trouble getting the puck out of the zone," the captain explained. “And obviously the pow er play. ■■ I think those are the tw o major areas that we need to w ork o n .” Backup goaltender Kalie Townsend believes the Martlets have the skills necessary to win. “If w e can manage [to play the w hole 60 minutes], we should be able to hold our ow n against pretty m uch anyone at the tournam ent,” she said confi dently. “We just have to bring our game and show ’em what we can d o .” ■

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Audrey Hadd and the Martlets are seeking the gold.

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