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Alii appeals disqualification T h e g l o v e s c o m e o f f in A l a m A lii v. C h i e f R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r

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m orning. Sealing the results until a final decision is m ade, J-Board m em bers argued, will pre serve the legitimacy of the election. “A nnouncing a p re sid en t u n d e r a cloud o f p e n d in g judicial p ro ceed in g s w ould have called into question the legiti m acy o f th at p resident-elect," they explained “Since the sealed results o f the presidential election will only be released if the J-Board finds that the CRO’s decision w as unreasonable, a president will only be a nnounced o nce there is n o dou b t as to his or her legitimacy.” Alii could not be reached for com m ent.

W hile students running for vice-presi dent positions in the Students’ Society elec tion either celebrated their victories or con ced e d their d efeats after results w ere announced last night, the candidates for SSMU p re sid en t w e re left w o n d e rin g w hether all their postering and debating will result in any president at all. T he outcom e o f the SSMU presidential election rem ains unknow n, as m em bers of the Judicial B oard ordered the results sealed pen d in g their d ecision o n w h e th er to uphold the chief returning officer’s decision to disqualify candidate Alam Alii Friday afternoon. Candidates patiently await results The five Law students that m ake up “The J-Board has the constitutional the J-Board, w hich is the highest authority authority to do w hat it feels will ensure a o n the validity of SSMU elections and refer just and integral election,” Rhodes said. enda, will m eet Sunday evening to address H yndm an said he thought sealing the Alli’s petition to overturn the decision. If results is a good idea. Elections McGill’s decision is upheld, the “It m akes it less personal," h e said. “If results o f the election— a three-w ay race som eone finds out they w in and th en they b etw een Saeed Fotuhi, Willie H yndm an and lose after, I think it w ould bring too m any Kate Rhodes—will b e released, a n d the can personal conflicts into it.” didate w ho received the m ost votes will Fotuhi agreed, saying this w ay a new becom e president. If Alli’s petition is suc election, if necessary, will b e fair. cessful, arrangem ents will b e m ade for a “We d o n ’t lose anything by waiting n e w election. until Sunday to find out the results,” h e said. C hief R eturning O fficer Carlyryan M em bers o f th e J-B oard p lan to K ochen m ade the decision to disqualify Alii announce their decision im m ediately after based o n seven alleged cam paign bylaw the hearing if possible. Otherw ise, the deci violations, including postering violations, sion will b e a nnounced no later than m id sending unsolicited e-mails, conducting night o n Tuesday. slanderous cam paigning, a n d using his Students m ay pick u p copies o f the Jposition as a n executive o f the Science B oard’s interim order at the SSMU office. ■ U ndergraduate Society to advance his cam paign, WHAT: Alii vs. CRO K ochen said sealing the results will minim ize confusion and complications. WHEN: March 21, 6:00 pm “I think it’s the best w ay to uphold the integrity of the election," K ochen said. WHERE: Moot Court, Room The J-Board received Alli’s petition, 100, N ew Chancellor requesting the im m ediate consideration of Day Hall his com plaint, o n S aturday m o rn in g .. T he hearing is o p e n to all M em bers o f the J-Board did not hold an m em bers o f the SSMU, except imm ediate hearing so as to avoid interrupt during closed sessions. ing the voting period, w hich beg an Friday

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DiCarlo— 56.8% Schreiber— 26.1%

MUSF passes Laura Saba A referendum held by th e S tu d en ts’ Society to replace the McGill Student F und w ith th e McGill U ndergraduate Student Fund passed w ith a majority o f 55.3 per cent. The MSF expires in May, and will be replaced this fall. Full-time students will pay $19 per sem ester, half the am ount o f the previous fee. The fee will be divided in order to pay for extended library hours, stu d e n t b u r saries a n d the Cam pus Life Fund. “ I am very pleased," said SSMU V ice-President University Affairs Vivian Choy, w h o chaired the Yes comm it tee for the referendum . She attributed the result to stu dents being w ell inform ed, and that the fee will benefit not only SSMU. but also stu dents in general. SSMU P resident Kate Rhodes said that students sent a strong political m essage to the university administration.

■ VPUA “We are taking one step back from allowing the uni versity to charge us for our academ ic rights as ancillary fees," she said. T he fact that a slight m ajority approved it indicates that it is still controversial, Choy said. “Students contributing to the university is n o t a very cut and dry Issue," she said. Rhodes disagreed. “O ver 50 p e r cent o f the vote solidifies the political m essage that stu d e n ts are sending, that o u r education is not an ancillary fee," she said. O f the 3,172 votes cast, 2,054 w ere in favour o f the fee, w hile 1,282 (34.5 per cent) rejected it. T hree h u n dred and seventy-six votes (10.1 p e r cent) w ere spoiled. Choy noted that students will be able to o p t o u t of the fee. “For students w h o can not afford it, or w h o d o not w ant to pay for it, I urge them to o p t out, and that’s 100 per cent OK,” she said. ■

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Bryan wins close race

Di Carlo treasures moment

and I w as able to b o th learn and explain.” A disap p o in ted D 'Souza lo o k ed o n the bright side.

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“I th o u g h t cam paigning w o u ld b e m is e rab le,” D ’Souza said, “but it w as actually a lot o f fun." Kara R edden, R osenfeld's cam paign m anager, sp o k e o n his behalf after the elec tion.

DAVEBRODKEY A ndrew Bryan w as elected as the vicepresident university affairs. Bryan received 1,066 votes (28.7 p e r cent), a significantly h ig h er p e rc e n ta g e th a n his o p p o n e n ts Ashley Becker, Kim D ’Souza a n d Jesse Rosenfeld. B ecker received 777 votes (20.9 p e r cent), D 'Souza received 589 votes (15.9 per cent) a n d R osenfeld garn ered 807 votes (21.7 p e r cent). Four h u n d re d and seventythree votes (12.7 p e r cent) w ere spoiled. “C am paigning w as a lot o f w ork— b u t I liked it," Bryan said. “I m et p e o p le a n d talked to them — ones w h o I m ight n o t have otherw ise. T hey talked to m e ab o u t issues.

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“It w as a tight, close race,” said Redden. “E veryone is p ro u d o f him — he sto o d by his platform a n d still d o e s a n d will continue to.” B eck er w as n o t p re se n t for the a n n o u n ce m e n t o f the results and could not be re ac h ed for com m ent. D ’Souza did not k n o w h o w involved h e will b e w ith SSMU next year. Bryan's position deals w ith advising, libraries and undergraduate research, am ong o th er academ ic issues. B ryan’s platform highlighted the university’s strategic p lan ning process. Bryan said h e is read y to ju m p right in. “I look forw ard to [start im plem enting] the planning process, w hich will h e lp m ap the next five years,” h e said. “I am excited to g et stu d e n t input a n d to sit d o w n w ith [SSMU V ice-P resident U niversity Affairs] Vivian [Choy] and start organizing." ■ j

W hat does the Trib new s team do w hile waiting for election results to be announced? We w atch cam paign videos, o f course! Just can’t get e nough o f SSMU politics and bad acting. H ere w e evaluate a select few:

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Race: President Kate R hodes— 3.5 out o f 4

A nthony Di Carlo w as declared w inner o f the vice-president operatio n s race for the Students' Society last night. “I’d like to th an k the students for su p porting m e,” h e said m om ents after the results w ere a n n o u n ced . “[Next year] will be a g reat year for students. I will not let them dow n. This is a great day for dem ocracy.” Di Carlo w o n w ith 2,108 votes (56.8 per c e n t), w h ile o p p o n e n t B rian S chreiber received 968 votes (26.1 p e r cent). Six h u n d red and thirty-six ballots (17.1 p e r cent) w e re spoiled. “I think, as treasurer, A nthony is going to have an easy transition to the jo b , som e thing I d id n ’t have," said current SSMU VicePresident O perations Rodrigo DeCastro. “I look forw ard to w orking w ith him in that transition a n d w ish him the b est o f luck." Di Carlo agreed. “My y ear o n council taught m e a lot,” h e said. “T here is n o learning curve w ith m e. I’ll b e able to function as o f d a y one." H e a d d ed that the outcom e o f the race show s that “stu d en ts think experience m at ters, a n d I will deliver that.” Di C arlo’s m ain platfo rm in clu d e d bringing the issue o f cafeteria m anagem ent

to the forefront. H e said that o n e o f his first duties in office w o u ld be to sto p the co rp o rate m onopolization o f McGill’s cafeterias. Di Carlo also w ants to w ork o n accounting pro ced u res w ith SSMU a n d changing SSMU bylaw s to allow clubs to sell fo o d in the Shatner building. Schreiber said “it w as a g o o d ra ce ” and expressed his confidence in the abilities of next y ear’s vice-president operations. ■

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Race: Race: Vice-President Race: Vice-President Race: Vice-President 1 Vice-President Operations Clubs and Services Communications and Events University Affairs 1 A nthony Di Carlo— 2.75 out o f 4

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Shahid takes clubs & services

Sward elected VP C&E Lisa Varano

DAVEBRODKEY A four-w ay race for Students Society vicepresident com m unications and events en d ed w ith a w in for Mark Sward last night. H e garnered 1,039 votes, or 28 p e r cent, o f the votes. “I think students are ready for a change in the VP C&E portfolio,” he said im m ediately after the results w ere announced. I think p eo p le w ere happy to see that som eone w as running to actual ly focus o n com m unication." D espite his em phasis o n com m unication. Sward said h e will not neglect events. “[That was] one thing that w as m isunderstood about m e... I’m not against events, I’m not against

Election Results

President Victoria D avid— 277 votes (75%) Zahi C hihane— 81 votes (22%)

fun, but there’s m ore to the jo b than that," he said. “I think students realize that.” In the spirit of com m unication, he plans to sp e a k to his predecessor. “I w ant to start talking to [current SSMU VicePresident Com m unications and Events] Kim [Zell], m ake sure w e have a good transition—w hich I’m sure w e will because Kim and I are o n good terms," h e said. This year Sward w as the chair o f SSMU coun cil and a m em ber of the constitution and bylaw review comm ittee. He is also the political coordi nator for Q ueer McGill. Farah Q asem i and John B ow den w ere nearly tie d 'fo r second place, w ith 24.8 per cent and 23.9 per cent o f the vote, respectively. B ow den expressed his surprise at Sw ard’s win. “I thought this race w as going to boil dow n to Farah a n d myself,” h e said. Q asem i ech o ed his disappointm ent. “Obviously, I didn't expect the result, but I w ish Mark the best o f luck,” she said. Zell sup p o rted Q asem i’s cam paign, though not officially. “I w ould be lying if I said I w asn ’t disappoint ed," she said. “I guess I’m sad it com es d o w n to 100 v o tes... It’s OK, I’m sure Mark will d o a good jo b .” The fourth candidate, Adrian Fluckiger, w as not present w h e n the votes w ere announced. ■

Vice-President Internal Andrea Linsky 252 votes (68%) Brian Carrera 102 votes (28%)

Over the course of the spring elec tion period, candidates bom barded stu dents w ith posters and platforms. Troubling to some, however, is the star tling num ber of positions that w ere acclaimed. This year’s Students’ Society elec tions saw 13 candidates acclaimed, includ ing the vice-president community and government and the senators for the the Arts, Law, Music and Engineering facul ties. The SSMU representative to the Board of Governors, the university’s high est decision-m aking body, w as also acclaimed. Elections McGill Chief Returning Officer Carlyryan Kochen attributed the acclamations to a lack of knowledge about positions available. “The obvious answer is that there are acclaimed positions because there are not enough people w ho apply for the posi tions,” said Kochen. “This can be due to students riot knowing a lot about student politics and hence are less likely to get

however, raise som e concerns over the acclamation of senators for large faculties such as Arts. "The senator races this year, for me, raised an eyebrow ,” D oe said. “There may be a lack of interest or willing students.” Some acclamations may be due to students feeling so confident in a particu lar candidate that they are comfortable let ting him be acclaimed, said Doe, w ho cited Matthew Howatt, SSMU’s new Board of Governors representative, as an exam

Lauren Consky Sam een Shahid has b e e n elected Students’ Society vice-president clubs a n d services for the u pcom ing academ ic year. She prom ised to tackle th e p ro b lem o f office space, discrim inatory secu rity and room b ooking fees, platform prom ises sim ilar to those o f h e r o p p o nent, A m anda Ens. Shahid received 1,762 votes (47.5 p e r c en t), w hile Ens received 1,433 votes (38.6 p e r cent). Five h u n d re d a n d sev e n te e n v o tes (13.9 p e r cent) w e re

results. All the candidates are fabulous, ’ G ew ertz said. “Sam een will be in my office tom orrow . I’m terribly excited to train her.” Ens said that alth o u g h she w as dis a p p o in te d w ith the results, the decision w as o n e that the McGill electorate m ade. “I’m sure I’ll find o th er w ays to get involved,” sh e said, “a n d I w ish the best o f luck to Sam een.” ■

spoiled. Shahid seem ed o verw helm ed by h e r victory. “I’m really excited. It’s going to be a n aw esom e year,” she said. “I look for w a rd to w orking w ith A m anda [Ens] in other w ays.” C urrent SSMU V ice-President Clubs and Services Mia G ew ertz also seem ed pleased w ith the results. M any pertinent issues w ere raised during the race, she said. Shahid will have six w e ek s o f train ing w ith G ew ertz before she takes over the portfolio in May. “I’m n o t d isa p p o in te d by the

Vice-President External Vice-President Services Isabelle Maillard (acclaimed) Nancy Nikolokakis 274 votes (75%) Vice-President Academ ic Ariel D ahan 69 votes (19%)

DAVEBRODKEY Constitutional amendment referendum Yes— 306 votes (81%) No— 56 votes (15%) Fee-increase referendum YeS— 240 votes (63%) No— 141 votes (37%)

ELECTION COVERAGE CONTINUES at w w w .m c g iiitrib u n c .c o m E ngineering U ndergraduate Society elects a n all-fem ale executive • Full coverage of the M anagem ent a n d Science senate race

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“In Howatt’s case, I think it's legiti mate to say that there may have been oth ers considering to run, but [they] were confident in him ,” he said. In addition to SSMU, m any “faculties faced a num ber of uncontested elections. Last m onth’s Arts Undergraduate Society elections saw tw o executive positions acclaimed. The Science Undergraduate Society recently had three of its top five positions acclaimed as well. ' SUS Vice-President Internal Affairs Michael Macaraeg attributed the lack of student involvement to the w ide variety of extracurricular activities offered at McGill. involved. "However, this year I have been very "I think that there are a lot of oppor impressed with .the num ber of students tunities out there for a lot of students [so] w ho have decided to run for an executive that they don’t have to be involved in stu position within the SSMU,” added Kochen. dent politics,” he said. “McGill offers a Martin Doe, former SSMU president wide variety o f things to do other than stu and current Board of G overnors represen dent politics.” Kochen is confident that only dedi tative for SSMU, stressed that acclamations do not alter the legitimacy of the candi cated candidates w ould be interested in running. dates. “I do not think that som eone w ho is “I’ve never felt that you need to have a trem endous am ount of competition to not committed to the job w ould apply for have the best out there to present them the position as it does entail a large am ount of work, even if the position itself selves,” he said. The form er SSMU president did, is acclaimed.” ■

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AmandaCrewman Colourful election signs may have papered the walls of McGill buildings last w eek but, unlike previous years, no can didates listed a Web site address. Candidates for the Students' Society election w ere not allowed to create cam paign Web sites this year. According to Elections McGill Chief Returning Officer Carlyryan Kochen, a change in the SSMU bylaws before this year’s election period began banned all cam paign Web sites. "There w ere som e problem s [in the past] with candidates having Web pages with inappropriate material," Kochen said. “Due to the fact that Elections McGill was unable to control w hat w as being placed on the Web pages, there was very little immediate action that could be taken to rectify the situations.” Sameen Shahid, a candidate for vicepresident clubs and services, approved of the new policy. “[The policy] m akes sure that candi dates spend less time creating a fancy Web site, and m ore on reaching out to the stu dents,” said Shahid. “I feel campaigning is about being able to appeal to the students. The m ore personal your campaign, the better." Instead of personal Web sites, candi dates w ere allowed to have up to 300 w ords about their platforms and one image on the SSMU Web site. Not all candidates w ere happy with

the change. Daniel Friedlaender, w ho was acclaimed as vice-president community and government, said that because of this policy, he had a hard time communicating his platform to voters. “I feel like [in] this election, candi dates w ere not able to get across enough of their platform to those w ho care,” he said. Amanda Ens, w ho also ran for vicepresident clubs and services, agreed that Web sites w ould have been helpful. “I think Elections McGill should defi nitely allow candidates som e sort of Web site, off the SSMU site or otherwise, with at least one picture and a generous amount of text,” she said. “I also like the idea of Web sites because they cut back on the am ount of handbills." Anthony Di Carlo, a candidate for vice-president operations, echoed Ens' environmental concerns. “[By allowing Web sites], w e will reduce the am ount of posters that w e waste during the campaign. We should be concentrating m ore on cyber cam paigns.” Friedlaender suggested that the SSMU Web page host candidate sites for free. "I think that if the SSMU elections team wants to regulate the sites m ore and cut dow n on people buying expensive sites for campaigns, perhaps they should offer free hosting of a certain size on the SSMU Web page that the candidates can use for their sites.” ■

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Construction on the Lome M. Trottier building w as com pleted last fall, but con cerns are already being raised regarding the building’s services. "Trottier is still a ‘w ork in progress,’” said electrical and com puter engineering professor Frank Ferrie. Ferrie will be heading a committee looking into the state of com puter access at Trottier and McGill in general. The laptop committee, as it is tenta tively named, will be working with stu dents and faculty over the next year to better integrate com puters as a com ponent of the engineering undergraduate degree. “[We’re] preparing a plan that, if approved, will be rolled out over the next couple of years,” Ferrie said. Ideally, he said, “students w ould cany their ow n m achines [and have] access to all services, w herever you are.” Noting the legal issues, as well as the likely prohibitive cost to students of pur chasing laptops w ith essential software program s such as AutoCAD, the commit tee will be looking at the possibility of leasing laptops to students. “We have to ow n the m achine in w hich [the software] is installed," Ferrie said. U1 Com puter Engineering student David Azoulay argued that the administra tion’s priorities in Trottier may be lop sided. “It seem s to me that instead of focus ing on our needs, they’re focusing on their image,” he said. Azoulay pointed to the large num ber of liquid crystal display-equipped com put ers, adding that there may be “more com puters than people in the program .”

Another issue Azoulay raised is the lack of pow er and Internet access for lap top users. The insufficient supply of pow er outlets is especially pronounced in the Trottier cafeteria, w here outlets are not placed at convenient places. Students w orry passersby may trip on the wires. Azoulay also expressed concern that the administration may be hoping that as yet undeveloped battery technology will solve the pow er issue. “[There’s a] blind expectation within the next few years [that] com petitors will offer better [battery] lives,” he said. “That’s not a solution. Right now w e need plugs. We’ll always need plugs." Engineering and Science building director Jonathan Rousham said the situa tion will be ameliorated over the coming years, but admitted that the staff m ay have a long w ay to go. "We w ere not entirely successful in achieving all that w e set out to do, and there have been growing pains in the building’s first year of operation." Rousham em phasized that change is on the way. “Currently w e are arranging to have m ore data and pow er outlets installed on the first- and second-floor lounge areas, and I am working with the Com puter Task Force to have m ore com puter terminals for student use installed in the cafeteria area." The university w ould also be able to respond should a m andatory laptop pro gram be introduced. “Both data and pow er could be m ade available to each seat,” Rousham said. “Because o f the prohibitive expenses involved, it was decided not to install the actual outlets until such a decision has been made." ■

The McGill Tribune, Thursday, March 18, 2004

News 5

Clubs win big on sam o sas and security

Arts Snax contract under renegotiation Sam Goffman T he Arts U ndergraduate Society a n d the Students’ Society are current ly negotiating a change in th e c o n tract for Arts Snax, located in the Leacock building. A ccording to AUS P resident Seth O ffenbach, w h o initi ated th e negotiations, th e contract AUS signed w ith SSMU at the beg in ning o f th e y ear gives SSMU too m u ch o f the rev en u e from Snax. O ffenbach also said th at AUS does n o t have e n o u g h control over the m anagem ent o f the store. “We signed a b a d contract,” said O ffenbach. “W e're looking to re n e g o tiate o n b e tte r term s." SSMU currently receives 10 per cent o f the rev en u es from Arts Snax, u p from eight p e r cen t in the previ o u s th ree years. A ccording to the current contract, that percen tag e is sch ed u led to rise to 12 p e r cen t next year. O ffenbach said that because of this rise, AUS m ay receive less profit from Arts Snax th an SSMU next year. H ow ever, according to Rodrigo DeCastro, SSMU vice-president o p e r ations, this im balance will only exist if the store d o e s badly next year, som ething h e d o e s not anticipate h appening. DeCastro said the higher revenue received by SSMU is fair, due to the am o u n t o f w ork a n d resources SSMU pu ts into Arts Snax.

“T hey [AUS] really d o n ’t d o any thing for the sp a c e,” DeCastro said. “T hey just ow n the location.” DeCastro ex p ects to reach a com prom ise w ith AUS. “I think w e ’ll reach som e sort o f agreem ent,” h e said. “I’m optim istic." In addition to AUS not receiving e n o u g h m oney, O ffenbach is dissatis fied w ith the a m o u n t o f influence AUS has over the m an agem ent of Arts Snax. H e said th at b ecau se of com m unication failures, AUS w as not invited to a m anagem ent m eeting earlier this year, a n d w as n o t told ab o u t the b u d g e t for Arts Snax until after it h a d b e e n approved.

D esp ite th e se d ifferences, O ffenbach said h e h o p e s to reach an agreem ent. “W e’d b e h a p p y if w e could renegotiate w ith SSMU,” h e said. AUS V ice-P resident A cadem ic D aniel F riedlaender agreed. “O ur goal is to continue provid ing a proper, reasonable contract,” he said. “I h o p e that w hatever h a p p en s will benefit our students.” Friedlaender a d d e d that AUS has investigated o th er possibilities for the m an agem ent o f Arts Snax, b u t h e did n o t com m ent o n w h a t th ey w ere. “We have several options, but I’m n o t at liberty to talk ab o u t it.” ■

Jennifer Jett S tudent clubs a n d services scored tw o victories recently con cerning security fees and the sale of food in the Shatner building. Clubs have long com plained that the process o f deciding how m uch security a n event requires is arbitrary and discriminatory. “O n e a p p ro a c h clubs are going to b e using is to go straight to security a w e ek in advance and just give them a little brief or a n outline o f w hat the event is,” said Clubs Representative Roberto Caluori. If McGill Security has a better idea of the details o f an event, Caluori said, it m ay require less security. C lubs are currently required to pay $18.30 per security guard per ho u r for a m inim um of four hours. McGill e v en ts c o o rd in ato r D ebbie Yacoulis determ ines w hich events are referred to McGill Security. “If it’s a sensitive political issue, th ey have to go through the security departm ent for approval," sh e said. “For instance, the IsraeliPalestinian subject is sensitive right n o w . T h ere ’s a lot o f conflict

E n g i n e e r s W i t h o u t B o r d e r s t o ld t o h a lt f o o d s a le s Emily Harris The student battle against the m ass tendering o f cafeterias took a n ew turn last w eek. The McGill chap ter o f Engineers W ithout Borders w as inform ed that selling donuts and pizza to raise m oney for charity violated McGill’s exclusive agreem ent w ith Chartwells. “T he Engineering U ndergraduate Office received a p h o n e call from [Director o f Food Services] Mr. Bill Pageau m aking a com plaint a bout the fact that w e w ere allowing groups to sell food at the kiosk," said Shane Saunderson, EUS vice-president inter nal affairs. T he EUS forw arded P a g e au ’s concerns to Jonathan Rousham , the build in g ad m inistrator for the M acdonald E ngineering building. “T he space does not actually belong to u s,” Saunderson said. “It is held by the Faculty of E ngineering.” EUS executives did not feel that they had the authority to deal w ith the issue, as it w as not a form al com plaint against them . Rousham stressed that Pageau m ade the initiative o n his ow n behalf a n d w ithout malice. “[Pageau] w a s acting in his capacity as an agent o f [Ancillary Services]," R ousham said. “H e w as act ing in good faith to follow through on the exclusive agreem ent that McGill has w ith Chartwells.” Pageau could not be reached for

com m ent. The agreem ent that Chartwells has w ith McGill is an exclusive agree m ent that m akes it the only com pany supplying food in the building. Rousham stressed the difference b etw een food sales a n d fundraisers. Student volunteers m an the kiosk in question and all proceeds go to the EWB’s Scala program , w hich aids im poverished Filipinos. “We both agreed that there is no m eaningful com petition w ith the cafe teria [from th e se endeavours]," R ousham said. “EUS is a cherished organization w ithin this faculty. We support them a n d their interests and w ant to encourage students to b e selfsufficient and form entrepreneurship skills." The EUS and EWB are continu ing sales, w ith th e support o f the Engineering faculty, until they hear otherw ise from the administration. “If the legal departm ent rules that w e are contravening our agreem ent, w e w o u ld re sp e c t that," said Rousham, w h o ad d ed that a ruling from the Vice-Principal Administration and Finance Morty Yalovsky w ould yield the sam e effect. “T he EUS w as inform ed that nothing w ould change. T he kiosk will b e m ad e available for stu d e n t groups,” said Michal Wozny, president o f the EUS. “[EWB] will b e back on M onday, fundraising for their Scala project.”

T his re so lu tio n seem s to b e m erely a short-term solution to the conflict b e tw e e n stu d e n ts and Chartwells. Saunderson is displeased w ith the current relationship betw een the adm inistration a n d students. “W hat the current McGill adm in istration has b e e n doing to all stu dents, n o t ju st E ngineering, is deplorable,” he said. “After snatching alm ost every single student society’s cafeterias from u n d e r them w ith little room for negotiation... McGill now seem s to be just trying to tie u p loose ends.” S au n d e rso n w as a n g ere d by w hat h e saw as an attem pt to thwart the efforts o f a group that provides assistance to developing nations. “The reason w e ’ve had so m any groups selling food at this kiosk is because o f the unreasonable prices w hich have b e en set at the new ly o p e ra te d C hartw ells cafeteria in E ngineering,” Saunderson said. Saunderson stressed that these fundraising endeavours are not “trying to w easel [their] w ay into som e of the big m oney." Rather, h e said, they are attem pting to provide students w ith “w hat they w ant.” As it stands now , Rousham and the EUS are awaiting the ruling of the administration. "Unless w e get su ch a ruling,” R ousham said, “w e will continue w ith the long tradition of student sales in the building.” ■

Food for thought T w o discrepancies found in the SSMU’s contract w ith Tiki Ming—the food service provider in the Shatner cafeteria—w ere also discussed during the clubs confer ence last Thursday. “[G eneral M anager] Pauline [Gervais] said, after looking at it, that there is n o clause that says that [clubs] can’t sell food in the m ain lobby,” Caluori said. “T he goal is basically to allow sam osa sales and b ake sales." T he contract also stipulates that student groups are entitled to u se o f th e Tiki M ing kitchen, Caluori said, as long as th ey pro vide 24 hours notice. “T hat w ould have b e e n really nice for the Midnight Kitchen." ■ For ex ten d ed coverage, see w w w .m cgilltribune.com

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felt like a se e d y voyeur. T he floors in the m ovie theatre w ere sticky. From the dark h u sh I g ap ed at the w hipping. T he m usic p o u n d e d in rhythm . This w en t on. T here w as sw eat a n d grim aces. T h en groans a n d spurts o f bodily fluid. T he groans w ere n o t o n e s o f ecstasy, b u t o f anguish. T he fluid— blood. As I left the cinem a, m y soles m aking V elcro-ripping so u n d s o n th e C oke-covered floor, I felt hollow , nau seated and, a little shaky. The Passion o f the Christ is aptly nam ed: alth o u g h th e w o rd 'passion' to d ay h a s assum ed em otional a n d sexual connotations, its Latin etym ology refers to pain a n d suffering. And th ere w as plenty o f both. M ore th an three quarters o f this 126-minute sa d o m asochistic m arathon are o c cu p ied by alm ost unw atchable horrors being inflicted o n Jesus. He is p ictured bein g flayed, flagellated a n d crucified. N o excruciating detail is sp ared —right d o w n to th e ragged shreds o f flesh h an g in g o ff Jesus' ribs a n d the slow m otion squirts o f b lo o d as h e is nailed to the cross. Roger Ebert proclaim ed The P assion the m ost violent m ovie h e h a d ev er seen. W hat this film lacks in story, subtlety, a n d historical accuracy, it m ore th an m akes u p for w ith explicitness. Yet Mel G ibson, w h o co-w rote a n d directed the film, k e e p s blathering o n a b o u t its “m essage"—th at Christ loved m ankind a n d died for our sins.

here has b e e n m uch talk o f the ethics o f depicting tragedy lately, nam ely, in the B ush cam paign a d s that feature im ages o f the S eptem ber 11 attacks. W hen the m edia dictate the policy o f nations, nothing is u n touchable, b u t neither does everything follow g o o d taste. It is m ost telling that th e a d carries the absurd h ead in g o f “Safer, Stronger.” M ore c o nfounding th an th e fact th at this footage is acceptable, is that it is not legal to p h o to g rap h the sim ilarly flag-adorned rem ains of d e ad soldiers returning from Iraq. It is also revealing that these ads will not b e broadcast in N ew York. This is im portant. But it is n o t really w h at I w ish to discuss. I w ish to talk a bout a n o th er tragedy, o n e w ith far subtler, and m ore substantial, repercussions: the m erry-go-round o f journalists covering the publicists w h o react to th e journalists. I refer to the new ly-assem bled “intelligence com m ission." This b o d y is charged w ith investigating the clear intelligence failures preced in g th e invasion o f Iraq a n d the half-truths, m isrepresentations a n d om issions that so m e h o w form ed the basis o f poli cy in the U nited States a n d th e U nited K ingdom a n d their allies. T he com m ission—w h o se m em bers are all a p p o in te d b y th e executive office (the presid en t)— d o e s n o t have a key p o w e r that is sure to un d erm in e every single initia tive it undertakes. And it isn ’t lack o f a coffee budget. S ubpoena p o w e rs w ere n o t granted to th e com m ission. W hat d o e s this m ean, for n o n Law a n d O rder-devotees? T he im plication is that th e com m ission m ust rely o n the goodw ill o f all parties to su p p ly re q u este d inform a tion a n d internal docum ents, instead o f having the legal p o w e r to com pel their disclo sure. This m eans th e executive offices, the D epartm ent o f D efense, the CIA, th e State D epartm ent all have a foolproof w ay to cover their backs. Lest y o u think I am only a conspiracy theorist (check) w ith a visceral h atred o f B ush (check) a n d a fetish for legalistic details (check), such technicalities have already allow ed atrocities to rem ain unpunished. W e’ve se e n this before in Chile w ith Mr. U nspeakable Evil himself, A ugusto Pinochet.

“You try to perform a n act o f love ev en for th o se w h o p ersecu te y o u ,” G ibson said o n The Tonight Show. “I think th at’s th e m essage o f th e film." T he real m essage o f th e film, I think, is ju st that p e o p le p ersecu te you. This m ovie is m eaningful only in the w ay that a m ugging is—a visceral re sp o n se to assault. Relegated to a few short flashbacks, the story is tangential to the gore. It is d ro w n e d o u t by the blood. In G ibson’s m ovie, it is the Jew s (and only the Jews) w h o call for this blood. “Crucify him!” cries the dirty throng assem bled beh in d the Pharisees, w h o are depict ed as cold-hearted, unfeeling Shylocks. A m ong them , n a iy a set o f respectable teeth or a n attractive proboscis could b e found. C aiaphas, a Jew ish high priest, is portrayed as a one-dim ensional brute. Dram atically, G ibson u ses him as a foil to Pontius Pilate—th e R om an governor w h o se b arb aro u s tactics h ave e arn e d him historical infamy. Pilate is re n d ere d in term s m uch m ilder th an C aiaphas, as a n am bivalent, m oral m an w h o se reluctant h a n d is forced by th e m ob o f Jew s to se n ten ce Jesus to death. T he m ore bloodthirsty this m ob b ecom es—th e lo u d er it bellow s “Crucify him!”— th e w hiter seem s Pilate. Last m onth, o n Ash W ednesday, th e Lovingw ay U nited Pentecostal C hurch in Denver, w h o se local a rchbishop had b e e n prom oting The Passion for m onths, po st ed a m arq u ee reading “Jew s Killed the Lord Jesus.” T here are, in m y opinion, m uch w o rth ier g ro u n d s for outrage. I w a sn ’t too c o n cerned w h e n I read this. In fact, I sm iled. So som e schm uck p u t u p a sign. So what? N ot exactly a pogrom . I say let the ignorant assholes p u t u p all th e signs th ey like. Freedom o f sp e e c h sh o u ld n ’t differentiate, e v en for jerks. W hile m y theological k n o w -h o w is adm ittedly spare, I am sufficiently w ell versed in the teachings o f Jesus to kn o w that he w a s equally threatening to b oth the Rom ans a n d the S anhedrin alike: h e w as a revolutionary a n d a challenge to the sta tus q u o o f a n y establishm ent. I cannot, how ever, blam e p e o p le for w h at th ey believe, especially in this case, since it is a m atter o f interpretation. I blam e G ibson for reaso n s o th er th an his faith: his father, H utton G ibson, is a p rom inent anti-Semitic activist a n d author. But this is m ere guilt by association, an adm ittedly w eak basis for claim ing the y o u n g e r G ibson is a n anti-Sem ite. No, there is m ore. H e k e p t m ost Jew ish journalists o u t o f early screenings o f his m ovie, as Frank Rich has noted, and no Jew ish journalist o n netw ork television has b e e n perm itted to interview him th u s far. S peaking o f his critics to D iane Saw yer o n ABC, G ibson said: “It’s o nly logical to assum e th at conspiracies are everyw here, b ecau se th at’s w h at p e o p le do. T hey conspire. If y o u can’t g et th e m essage, g e t th e m an.” Such insidiousness insinuation is right o u t o f The Protocols o f the Elders o f Zion. O h well. Pell-Mel into a n o th e r controversy. ■

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M ore th an a decade ago, after dem ocracy h a d b e e n restored in Chile, the n e w p resid en t created the C om isiôn N a cio n a l d e V erdady R eco n cilia tio n to investigate the horrors o f the P inochet regim e. A m ong the m any institutional a n d social barriers the com m ission faced w as a lack o f su b p o e n a pow er. Som e b ranches o f the g overnm ent a n d arm ed forces w e re forthcom ing w ith re q u este d docum ents, oth ers w e re not. Faced w ith a n im potent governm ent investigation, N G Os assum ed the task o f col lecting inform ation to be u se d at trial. W ithout th e authority o r urgency o f a n official m andate, how ever, little could be d o n e to am ass the kind o f evidence necessary to technically prove com plicity, particularly w h e n loyalists to P inochet still held som e pow er. T he result w as P inochet a n d his cronies w altzed into the m ountains to rem inisce ab o u t their evil d e ed s o f tim es p ast w hile the w orld w o n d e red h o w m en so o bvious ly guilty o f the torture and m u rd er o f tho u san d s o f p e o p le could b e exonerated. I’m n o t com paring the W hite H ouse to the P inochet regim e— th at’s inflam m atory e v en for m e— b u t it is naive to assum e that justice will b e d o n e w ithout giving this com m ission su b p o e n a pow ers. Every bureaucracy, n o m atter h o w w ell-intentioned, resists subjecting its internal activities to public scrutiny, as u nrelated a b u ses are so m e tim es unearthed. W hether th ese a b u ses are b en ig n o r dam ning, n o o n e w ants to place his jo b in jeopardy, or w orse, face the p ro sp e ct o f w earing a n orange jum psuit the rest o f his life. If o n e w h o op en ly com m its w ar crim es against his ow n p e o p le can b e acquitted for lack o f evidence, h o w will a n am biguous case b e m ade against m em bers o f the m ost pow erful governm ent in the world? O nly Senator Jo h n McCain has publicly discussed the lack o f su b p o e n a pow ers, receiving hardly any attention, w hile his p leas to Vice P resident D ick C heney o n the m atter w ere fruitless. The m edia—a n d the international com m unity—are m issing an epic m anipulation o f justice as it unfolds. M ethinks w e have bigger tro u b les th an cam paign ads. ■

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posters. O f th e 20 p e r cent o f Science stu d en ts w h o voted, h o w m any d o y o u think w ere sw ayed o n account o f a couple o f extra posters or a link o n a W eb site? T he an sw er is, m ore likely th an not, n o t m any at all. If y o u ask m e, the spectacle that has follow ed the disqualification o f Asha Patel a n d Richard Friedlander should be evidence e n o u g h o f their incom petence a n d im m aturity. W hat d o th ey think p e o p le are going to say: “Hey, this guy seem s like a h u g e p a in in th e ass, let s elect him to b e in charge o f things?” D oes McGill have a sportsm anship award? Well it should, because I w o u ld like to nom inate Patel and Friedlander (and th en m aybe disqualify th em for kicks). T he botto m line is, th ey b o th violated the rules, a n d th ey b o th got caught. N ot only is it irrelevant if o n e rule violation is better o r w orse th an another; it’s boring. Furtherm ore, the accusation m ade by Patel that Joshua V orstenbosch tried to influence the CRO is com pletely ridiculous. V orstenbosch d id n 't co u n t the posters, so w h y these p e o p le are trying to m ake a crusade o u t o f their disqualification is a m ystery to m e. It s com pletely o u t o f to u c h to th in k th a t ju st b e ca u se th e p resid en t a n d the CRO are friends, they talk ab o u t elec tio n bylaw s in their free time. T he p e ttin e ss o f this w h o le thing is appalling, and it's also th e re a so n V orstenbosch is p resid en t and Patel is disqualified. G et a life.

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s Alexander Pope w rote in “An Essay on Criticism,” “to err is human, to forgive divine.” Alam Alli's electoral eligibility w as term inated as the result of gross violations of election bylaws. Alii is contesting his disqualification through the Judiciary Review Board this Sunday, 6:00 pm at Moot Court. It is open to the general public. All students are encouraged to attend this meeting, not just because it prom ises to be filled with wild accusations and backstabbing under the guise of clarify ing statements, but because, as students, w e should be informed. However, it is more likely that the turnout will be relatively limited. This leaves the student press to report on the forthcoming decisions. As m em bers of the media, it is our job to present information to all of the constituents that these results affect. The disqualification gam e has created an atm osphere of blame, from the can didates to Elections McGill, to the press. The fact that damaging information was presented by the Tribune to Elections McGill does not qualify as bias; it is the job of the Tribune to present the relevant information, no matter the actors involved. Since the chief returning officer is not able to catch every detail and every viola tion, a greater question arises: w ho watches the watchers? We are stressing the idea that w e are all hum an, including the press. We all m ake mistakes, like the candidates, and w e all miss mistakes, like the CRO. The great thing about student politics is that all actors involved have the ability to w ork together; politicians are still people and students and will inevitably share informa tion. Examples of this include pointing out to a postering crew that it just taped posters w here it should not have. Another is telling your opposition w here the next Inter Greek Letter Council m eeting is, or taking dow n posters after the campaign period is over. These are all exam ples students of working together to m ake elec

tions run smoothly and cleanly. The fact of the m atter is, cooperative elections are essential, not only as a m eans of “clean democracy,” but an asset to fair play. The Students' Society estab lishes its rule of governing on this basis, so it is imperative that the m edia play its role in the dissemination of information to the public. As with any election, the rules are laid out, the voting apparatus decided, the approval of the m eans of cam paigning issued in advance by the organizers of the electoral process. This should ensure clean, fair elections. However, the you scratch m y back, I scratch yours political philosophy is w hat prevents the proper blam e game from occurring. As members of the press, w e are constantly deciding w hat to do with the information w e receive. This electoral period alone, w e have docum ented num er ous cam paign violations that have been overlooked by the CRO. As a publication, w e present information that is newsworthy, irrespective of what actors are involved and how the information may positively or adversely affect their personal agendas. The presented docum entation leading to Alli s disqualification was not directed towards any one particular party, but in fact, was submitted for all parties involved. It is unfortunate that not eveiything w orks out in the end, and that the dis qualification of Alii will lead to an appeal to the judicial board and perhaps even a third presidential election this year. If w e don't w ork together, if w e don't do our jobs, if w e don’t serve students' interests to the best of our ability, it leads to con fusion, complications and blame. Error is part of the process, but so is fair play. ■

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Elections— dean and fair?

_ _ Pumpkins weighs in an SUS election drama In re sp o n se to the recent criticisms ab o u t the SUS election results (March 9), I think I sp e a k for at least o n e other p e rso n w h e n I say, w h o th e fuck cares? It is b e y o n d m y co m p reh en sio n that these p e o p le are running aro u n d cam pus buildings, counting

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History syllabus 2030: Sexual inequalities of the past

Sarah Wright _______

very w eek I attend a history class called Race and Ethnicity, a n entire course devoted to a 40-year time period of racial and ethnic discrim ination and inequal

ities in the United States. H ere's m y prediction: in 2030, this class will go by a dif ferent nam e: Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality. Students will shake their h ead s as the professor tells them about the D efense of Marriage Act, the 1992 legislation that defined m arriage as the legal unio n betw een o n e m an a n d o n e w om an. T hey will w rite p a p ers about how it used to b e w h e n protests occurred d en o u n cin g sexual m inorities. T hey will d o this, just as w e do today w h e n w e learn ab o u t the Jim Crow law s and the protests in Little Rock, Arkansas. P eople are scared of change; history has sh o w n that they will fight relehtlessly against the un k n o w n or the different. I believe, how ever, that adaptation to change show s true strength in character. C hange, after all, is inevitable in every w alk o f life. It w as once thought im possible that African A m ericans should ever be able to vote or that w om en should seek em ploym ent outside the household, but tim es change. We realized that African A m ericans w eren 't actually inferior and w e found out that w o m en can be just as successful as m en in

business. In his F ebruary 24 address, US President G eorge W. B ush said: “If w e 're to prev en t the m eaning of m arriage from being ch an g ed forever, o u r nation m ust en act a constitutional a m en d m en t to pro tect m arriage in A m erica.” Protect m arriage from what? Today, over 50 p e r cent o f N orth A m erican m ar riages e n d in divorce. B ush says m arriage is “the m ost funda m ental institution o f civilization." T oo b a d civilization has evolved so that p ren u p tial agreem ents, divorce a n d a nnul m ents are m ore co m m o n th an hap p ily ever after. Perhaps the sanctity o f the institution itself should b e questioned, n o t the participants. Further, the m eaning o f m arriage is not going to change o nce hom osexuals have w ed d in g ban d s o n their fingers. H ow is the vo w “to love a n d to h o ld ” so m e h o w discredited w h e n tw o m en are saying it to each other, rather th an a m an and w om an? Marriage is ab o u t a com m itm ent to love, h o n o u r and sacrifice, w hich every hu m an is capable o f doing. It s th at sim ple. B ush also em phasized that, “O u r g overnm ent should re sp ec t every p e rso n and pro tect the institution o f m arriage. T here is n o contradiction b e tw e e n th ese responsibilities.” Even David Frum w o u ld n 't w rite som ething so stupid. From

B ush’s definition o f m arriage as a unio n b e tw ee n a m an and a w om an, w e are led to believe either that hom osexuals are n o t to b e resp ected or that only h eterosexuals w a n t to marry. Passing an am en d m en t to the constitution— o f w hich there have only b e e n 27 in its 200-year existence— to b a n h om osex uals from m arrying is a step in the w ro n g direction. A m endm ents such as the 13th, 14th, 15th a n d 19th w ere p assed to foster equality, a n d no w th e US governm ent w ants to pass o n e that explicitly goes the o ther way. O n e o f m y favourite q u o tes from the B ush sp e e c h is, “M arriage c an n o t be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots w ithout w eak en in g the g o o d influence o f socie ty.” If y o u believe m arriage is a religious act, th at’s fine, but th e state has n o business im posing this definition o n society, as expressly outlined w ith the form al separation o f church a n d state. And m arriage has n o natural roots. It is som ething defined b y a law that d o e sn 't recognize a natural characteris tic that m illions o f p e o p le are b o rn with. B elgium and th e N etherlands have it right. T he rest o f u s should attend a history class or tw o in th ese countries. We could learn som ething. ■

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The McGill Tribune, Thursday, March 18, 2004

have eggs sunny side up, side order of... breasts? B re a k fa st a t L es C o u rtis a n e s : N u tritio u s a n d b o o b a lic io u s

BENJl FELDMAN nly in M ontreal can you start y our day w ith som e coffee and a good dose o f boob. To believe it existed, I had to see the M ontreal diner that advertises “service sexy" a.k.a. naked waitresses. I figured that the girls w ould just be topless, but friends w ho h a d b e en in the past inform ed m e that they are in fact totally nude. I w asn ’t sure ho w I w ould b e able to handle it. As w e got off at the Frontenac m etro stop a n d w alked tow ards w hat w ould inevitably b e a m ost aw kw ard breakfast experience, I couldn't help but think o f D iane Court’s punchline in her valedic torian speech from Say A n yth in g : “G o back.” Wow, if only I could. I w asn ’t looking forw ard to this at all. After fighting over w h o w ould enter Les Courtisanes first (are w e five years old?), w e fell into w hat seem ed like a black hole. From a gorgeous, sunny, near-spring day, w e p lunged into a seedy, dingy space w ith p o o r ventilation a n d lighting (due to the covered w indow s). N ot only that, but bare ly anyone else w as there. The decor w as like any other diner, w ith booths, tables a n d a bar w ith stools. Along one wall, a m irror w ith the cracked effect w as tiying to achieve the tattered look, and red covers a dorned the lam p shades. Hanging in one corner w as a fake plant that w as thriving despite the lack of natural light in the entire joint. I’ll leave the com parison betw een this plant and the w aitresses’ assets u p to you. Frankly, I w as surprised not to see a pole a n d a stage. No o n e really paid attention to us w h en w e w alked in. I don 't think w e even got a hello from the staff. T hey just stared at us as w e sat dow n. I'm sure they’d seen it all before, kids com ing in for a chuckle, trying to disregard the fact that the w om en around them w ere exposing it all. By tiying so hard not to focus o n the b o o b factor and the below -the-belt factor, w e w ere clearly m aking asses o f ourselves. I’m not a pru d e about stuff like this—m ore th an anything else, the Janet Jackson incident just bored and annoyed me. N evertheless, it did feel strange to be in a diner w ith naked w om en serving us.

I really can’t describe h o w bizarre and som bre the atm osphere was. It w as sm oky, w ith a faint sound o f the radio playing in the background. Plus, the w aitresses w ere just hanging around, not try

ing to look particularly appealing, and acting as though they w ere clothed. They seem ed to know the o ther custom ers by nam e a n d it becam e clear that w e w ere the only non-regulars. To be honest, the food w as b oth edible and reasonably-priced. For orange juice, tw o eggs, toast a n d hom e fries it cam e to $5. How ever, it’s not really w orth the trip. I think y o u ’d get m ore out o f a strip club than a naked breakfast. W hat it com es do w n to is that you are not going there for the bacon or the scram bled eggs, a n d everyone know s that. I w as constantly fighting against a n ever-present gag reflex, som ething I d o n ’t ever experience at Place Milton or 1’Avenue. O ur w aitress w as really nice. She w ore a little sarong, w hich w as m ore o f a head scarf tied around her w aist that didn t leave m uch to the imagination. She h a d heeled clogs, w hich w e ren ’t so cool, but she had g o o d calves a n d w as obviously com fortable w ith the fact that h e r breasts w ere lit erally in m y room m ate's face w h e n she leaned over to get the m enus from us. T he other w aitress h a d stretch m arks from babies, and I heard h e r o n the p h o n e asking if her kid w as feeling too sick to go to school. W onder if h e know s w hat Mummy does? My favourite part w as that she had cut a black wife beater into a belly top, th en taken it off her shoulders and pulled it do w n as though it w ere a skirt. I hear it’s all the rage o n the runw ays. Another w aitress w as w ear ing a black thong and Asics boxing sneakers. Definitely the m ost com m on question I got from m y friends a bout the restaurant w as, “Did you find any pubes? I m going to let y o u in o n a little secret: there is no possibility o f p u b e s in your om elette, thanks to the innovators o f the body hair industry of Brazil. But, for the record, it’s n o t as tho u g h that w as m uch m ore pleasant to have at the breakfast table. And no, there w ere no w eird hairnets. Although I will n o t go back, I will say this: It w as a true Montreal experience, because as I said, I do n 't think this kind o f establishm ent exists anyw here else. But if t n ’ a are w hat y o u ’re looking for, take m y advice and go to a strip club: at least th ere ’s fun m usic and the girls are a little prettier. I’m not saying these girls w ere ugly, but let’s just say m y friend called it “nasty breakfast” instead of “nak ed breakfast." A w o rd to the wise: nak ed does n o t equal sexy. Sunny side u p eggs will never be the sam e, and for that I shed a tear. ■

So our writers were a little jealous that they weren't the ones telling Lexie where to go every other week. But she was only so willing! We wanted to send her to buy marijuana at the Bern metro station, or work with the ladies on the corners of Rue Ste. Catherine, or go underover to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. Unfortunately, Lexie never blossomed into a drug-abusing prostitute as we had planned. Regardless, here are the places our staff insists must be visited for the complete experience of Montreal. My apartment—It m ay not be the authentic Montreal experience, but no o n e ever com es over (I'm not too sure why). If Lexie com es to m y apartm ent, I will have m y first visitor in the three years I have lived here. I d o not have interesting room m ates, but o h the stories the dust bunnies u nder m y bed could tell... a bout ho w no o n e but m e has ever slept in it. Com e to think o f it, it is the authentic Montreal experience; you get to se e w hat a n authentic Montreal loner/loser’s apartm ent looks like. — LS

I The Ritz-Carlton hotel -L exie should have tried to sneak into the penthouse. O r m aybe a biker bar in LongueuiL — KF Hotel hopping on Rue Sherbrooke W hat s better for the starving student th an hitting u p the Delta, O m ni and Holiday Inn o n a S aturday night and crashing w e d ding receptions? L pqk4ice, pretend that you kn o w every body. dance yo u r ass riff and eat all the free food you can handle. — LA k

Jean Talon m arket in late sum m er— W hen you can g et a bucket o f tom atoes for a dollar from a nice Italian m an w ho tells you h o w to cook them . — LB

Macdonald campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue -Y ou can chill with the retirees in tow n and then go to cam pus a n d w atch the students drive tractors. — LB

Concordia -Hitting u p the C oncordia cam pus is cool because you can m ake fun o f ho w ugly il is. The buildings have a certain cheesy-suburban-frum py-florescent li! office quality that lacks any charm or character. Bonus points if you go w ith a n entourage that is willing to run into ran dom classes and yell “Concordia sucks." th en flee do w n the escalators o f the H eniy F. Hall building. — LA

Hot bagels in Fairmount or St Viateur-At 3 am you can tease the bagel boy and m ake him laugh w hile you burn your tongue o n a hot delicious bagel. — LB

Krispy Kreme— it s so n o f l if e j th e G arden of Eden; w e’ve all heard ab o u t it. som e p f us are lucky e n o u g h to have b e en sinful and sam pled it’s forbidden fruit (or original glaze, if you Will), b « )| h av e any of us — LA actually visited the land o f good a n d 3 É ?

Atwater Market— This outdoor cornucopia of fruits, vegetables and flowering plants is a m ust-see. The pleasant francophone vendors are not usually willing to haggle, but the experience of seeing plum p, red strM fberries nestled next to brighlly-hued p ep p ers is w orth ü n v extra charge. T here is n o better w ay to sp e n d a fail o r spring Sunday after noon than strolling to the paviilion and grg% ing a cab hom e, loaded w ith produce, — KB

The McGill Tribune, Thursday, March 18, 2004

From Ms. To Mrs.— Chasing Emily on her way to the altar

A dandelion Blends with the monotony of concrete and cobblestones Bashfully dings to corners of buildings and crags of roadsides. Dandy it is not, being neither showy nor exciting. Lion it is not, being neither fierce nor brave. Its shape and colour do mimic the sun ... But not convincingly.

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n m y first installm ent o f this colum n, I w rote that O ctober 2 will m ark "...n o t only m y w edding day; b u t the m om ent w h e n I will change m y last nam e and check off the m arried' box in those d octor’s office surveys. It is the beginning o f a n ew life, o n e in w hich 1 will Share a bed. a b a n k account and a hom e w ith m y h u s b a n || l will be bonding m yself to an o th er p e rso n through a solem n Catholic sacram ent, and that is a bond that lasts forever. It is a change that I feel incredibly at peace w ith a n d yet so unbelievably nervous a b o u t T he ring is o n m y finger, a n d w e are in love. N ow all that is left are the d e ta ils...” Well. I believe that over the last six m onths. I iiave definitely covered all the details o f getting m arried a n d starting a life w ith a nother person. The church, the reception hall and dinner, the flow ers. tux and dress; the m usicians and invitations: the beginnings of :s of w edding preparation m ortgages a n d cars. All these nece: a n d en d s left to do. o f Iiave b e e n tak en care of. T here o f the w edding. 1 will a n d I am terrified that the to th e church a n d realding outside m y h o u se w; I feel o n to p o f the ize m at 1 did not re n t a car. Mosi w ed d in g planning. I only w o n d e r h o w 1 will define m yself w h e n the w edding process is over and the m arriage p ro c e s | has begun. O ver the past nine m onths that 1 have b e e n engaged. I have ceased to b e "Emily" and have instead becom e "Emily-the-bride." Every tim e I g o o u t w ith friends, the topic o f m y w ed d in g plans com es up. I visit m y grandparents a n d they w ant to h ear all about the cake. 1 run into old professors w h o have heard th e g o o d new s and w ant to know all about m y big day. T hat is all w onderful because I am very h ap p y to be a bride, and co u ld not b e m ore thrilled w ith the m an I will b e lucky e n o u g h to call m y husband. I just som etim es feel as if I h ave becom e a one-dim ensional p erso n w ho. as she surveys the rem nants o f her w edding reception w ith h e r hair wilting, will burst into tears a n d w onder: “W hat now?" Not that 1 believe I am ill-prepared to live w ith Justin and be his wife. It just seem s that I have only barely g otten used to the role of fiancée and will already be m oving on. It alm ost m akes m e feel

William Shatner and McGill— Despite the fact that h e n o w prom otes Crest Night Effects and the All-Bran T w o W eek Challenge, Shatner m akes thousands o f students proud to call McGill hom e. To think, Captain Kirk’s backside could have graced the very seat you’re sitting in! — LA

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Th e final chapter o f o u r 21-ye a r-o ld b rid e -to -b e 's p re -w e d d in g story has com e. This sem ester she graduates, but in autum n she enrolls in the institution o f m arriage. N o w here's a toast to h op in g she w o n 't be a 'B ridezilla' on the big day...

The dandelion Now past the time of expectations, Dead but standing tall, Gray and no longer compared, Waits for one hand to gently Shake the dirt from its roots. This dandelion When breathed on Ever so softly...

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lost. Any experience com pared to m y w ed d in g day—a day that is the culm ination of 15 m onths o f hard w o rk —is b o u n d to seem anticlimactic. Will the rom ance last? Will life b e as exciting? Will a n y thing in m y life ever m atch the h appiness and love I feel o n the day 1 becom e Justin s wife? I think so. I think that every day of loving Justin will m ake m e a better and m ore giving person. I think h e has d o n e nothing but bring joy, generosity and peace into m y life. I think that the only reason I w orry a bout ho w different life m ight b e after I am m arried to Justin is because I have forgotten h o w difficult life w as before I m et him. I cannot say that I had any serious, intim ate and long-term rela tionships before Justin a n d I dated. I had crushes o n boys that w ere not interested in m e, but m ostly I lived m y rom antic life in a b u b b le -w ritin g p o em s ab o u t love w ithout ever having to lay m yself on the line to experience it. I w as so terrified o f being rejected I could not even venture to start a relationship. L h a d very little self-esteem and tho u g h I w as alw ays a n outgoing person. I shied aw ay from any situation that w o u ld m ake m e em otionally vulnerable. T he difference Justin m ade in m y life w as that he could not understand w hy I h a d so little faith in myself. H e sees m e—and alw ays has—as a w o m a n w h o is strong, funny, beautiful and cap a ble o f doin g anything. It w asn ’t until Justin and I had b e e n dating for m ore th an four m onths that I felt I could truly say 1 w as in love w ith him. a n d that if o ur relationship e n d ed 1 w ould b e d eeply hurt. It w as at that very m om ent I felt for the first time a m utual bond b etw ee n Justin a n d myself. We trusted each other and he su p p o rt e d m e in a w ay that m y safe relationships never had. I felt, for the first time, that I w as a w hole person. In his unconditional love for m e, I started to find unconditional love for myself. And so. I chose to include in this final installm ent o f “Chasing Emily..." a poem I w rote to Justin ab o u t six m onths into our rela tionship. I plan to have this p o e m fram ed and placed o n the tables at m y w ed d in g reception. A bit self-indulgent. I realize, but after all. it is m y w edding. ■

Single people suck. We love couples E m ily a n d J u s tin m a y s e e m to e m b o d y p e r fe c tio n , b u t o u r F e a tu re s w rite rs c o n fe s s w h ic h o t h e r c o u p le s , tw o s o m e s o r p a irs m a k e

Donald Trump and his bizarre hair— is it a com b-over, w eave or a dead animal? N obody know s, but the controversial coif has rem ained in “the D o n ’s" life longer than tw o w ives and num erous Miss Universe contestant girlfriends. -LA

th e m g e t d o w n o n all fo u rs, b a r k like d o g s a n d b e g fo r m o re .

Lady and the Tramp—A couple w ith seri ous chem istry w h o beat the o dds and broke do w n the class walls that separated them . W ho’d o f thu n k that a long piece o f spaghetti could be so instrum ental in a relationship? — LB

Liza Minelli and David Gest— Because nothing says “I love you" like getting w asted and beating the shit out o f your nelly hubby. If only m y parents w ere as exciting... — BB

Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie—O n days of insecurity, listening to stars converse o n the The Simple Life can m ake any body feel like a genius. — LA

Marge and Homer Simpson— This pair have really given us all a n im age of a lasting relationship, even though he did p ro p o se w ith a hot o nion ring. She puts u p w ith his drinking a n d stupidity, he puts u p w ith her sisters and that hair. And they seem to have access to a fountain o f youth because m arriage hasn’t aged them at all. — LB

Beit and Ernie— Excluding the tryst m any gossipy M uppets insist Ernie had w ith Oscar, these tw o are a fine exam ple of lasting hom osexual m onogam y. — BB

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Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins— Still both “so hot right n o w ,” after m any years in Hollyw ood. T hey’re celebs w h o actually have m orals they uphold and endorse, n o m atter h o w controversial. Pair intelligence and looks a n d you have the tim eless Sarandon-Robbins duo. — LB

Anna Nicole Smith and TrimSpa diet pills— isn't it great to h ear that A nna is m aking a com eback as the spokesw om an for TrimSpa? Yes, sh e ’s still an idiot, w ith an inch of technicolour w ar p aint for m akeup, clothes that barely fit her b e h e m oth bosom a n d m illions o f dollars earned by m arrying an old m an o n his deathbed. But now sh e ’s thin. And d oesn t that justify all o f her annoying qualities? — LA

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher— A shton can im press his friends by getting Dem i to buy him cigarettes and beer, w hile Dem i has peace o f m ind know ing that Ashton is obligat e d to babysit for free. — LA

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The McGill Tribune, Thursday, March 18, 2004

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A nsw er : s a w om an, the p rospect of m y period arriving only four times a year is too good to be true. Cramps, bloating and m ood sw ings w ould occur only one m onth in three. And imagine being relieved o f m uch o f the hassle and expense associated w ith obtaining sanitary supplies. A period that arrives only four tim es a y ear is the prom ise of Seasonale, the new oral contraceptive pill that the United States’ Food and D rug Adm inistration approved in Septem ber. This type o f birth control pill is not available in Canada, but Canadian w om en w ould no dou b t relish a reprieve from this curse’ as m uch as their Am erican c o u n terparts. Many y o ung w o m e n today are choosing to take oral contraceptive pills as a sound m ethod o f birth control. It is not only one of the m ost effective contraceptives, but has o ther benefits such as lighter, less painful, m ore regular cycles; reduced risk o f iron deficiency, anem ia, cancer of the uterus and ovaries, and relief from acne. The Pill w orks by suppressing ovulation using different levels of the female sex horm ones, progestin and estrogen and producing a thicker m ucus in the cervix so that it is m ore difficult for

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seen. T he play stars Cam yar Chai as Ali H akim a n d M arcus Y oussef as Ali Ababwa, tw o w an d erers w h o h ave fled their Middle Eastern country o f A graba— the fictional set ting o f D isney’s A la d d in — after a US military intervention. U nder th e guise o f presenting a “m ultiethnic family d ram a,” for w hich C anadians a pparently have a fondness, Ali a n d Ali p ro c ee d to hock cheesy m erchan dise, flee from im m igrant officials, tell dirty

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lep rech au n jokes a n d p u t o n a p u p p e t show starring a foul-m outhed a n d none-too-intelligent Bush adm inistration. The stars, acco m p an ied b y video clips of their security expert Dr. M ohandes Panir Zai G an d h i-N eru -K h o m ein ish aro n -Jin ah , k e e p the a u d ien ce alert w ith the w arning that terrorism is m ost likely to occur at the theatre, w h e n b o re d theatre-goers tu rn to violence to alleviate the ennui. T he audi en ce is w a rn e d th at it is at o n e o f th e high est degrees o f danger: B oot Cut, a terrorism alert b rough t to you by the Gap. T he sh o w itself is su p p o sed ly sp o n so red by O sam a bin Laden, played by Tom Butler. In a ppreciation o f his support, Ali a n d Ali counsel him o n h o w to im prove his image. T hey suggest a n am e-change from al-Q aeda to AQ2.0. A li a n d Ali, w hile very am using, is not all fun a n d gam es. T he sh o w is, at heart, a re so u n d in g c o n d e m n a tio n o f th e B ush adm inistration's activities in the M iddle East, a n d o f A m erica’s ten d en cy to interfere in o th e r n a tio n s’ in tern al affairs. T h o u g h Agraba is a fictional place, the plight o f Ali a n d Ali, b o th o f w hom have lost their hom es a n d fam ilies as a result o f US activi ties, is m ean t to rep resen t reality. T he play’s serious m om ents can seem insincere w h e n su rro u n d ed b y toilet hum our, b u t they are still touching. T he sh o w does, at tim es, lose m om en-

Ali and Ali in the warm embrace of Dubya. Oh if Bush only knew what the Alls really think of him. turn, w hich is p e rh ap s inevitable since Ali a n d Ali hurtle th ro u g h m ost o f the 100m inute pro d u ctio n at b re ak n e ck sp e e d w ith im pressive com ic tim ing. By the tim e Dr. Zai has com e onstage for the third tim e and re p ea te d his full nam e yet again, how ever, the joke is tired. A running joke o n the W estern obsession w ith m ulticulturalism , w hile in som e w ays astute, could b e m ore

it inspires view ers to think ab o u t w hat they have seen. T he play’s jokes, w hich p o k e fun at everything from B ush to Arabs to the “d a m n C anadian d ream ,” will stick in the m inds o f the audience. So, too, will the play’s m essage, o n e o f h o p e for a future in w hich th e w hole w orld lives in harm ony a n d global peace is, in th e w o rd s o f the play, “just so easy.” ■

creatively presented. The A d ven tu res o f A li a n d A li a n d the A xes o f Evil is a successful a n d interesting piece overall. Not only is it entertaining, but

MIMI is no Grammy Awards Heather Kitty Mak lam orous a n d glitzy, typical adjectives at m usic aw ard show s, w ere not tw o adjec tiv e s a p p lic a b le to th e M ontreal In te rn a tio n a l M usic Initiative

A w ards, affectio n ately k n o w n a s th e MIMIs. T here w ere barely any lights, no ballroom gow ns, n o controversy n o r script e d tele p ro m p ter jokes. It w as a com pletely candid affair, a n d the Spectrum w as the perfect v e n u e for it. W ith all the d o u b le-c h ee k kissing going o n b e tw ee n the crow d o f m ostly perform ers a n d industry insiders, the night started late. M ike Evin started th e evening off w ith a jazzy tune o n the piano. H e w as suddenly acco m p an ied b y a m an in a m ouse costum e— Pascal A ngelo Fioram ore o f Les A bdigraditionnistes— o n e o f the hosts o f th e evening. T h e o rganizers o f th e MiMI gala e n su red a w id e variety o f perform ers for

the evening. Standouts included M artha W ainw right’s p e rfo rm a n c e o f “B loody M otherfuckin’ A sshole,” Les C hiens’ rocko u t “Le risqué d e l’h a b itu d e ,” Kid K oala’s rendition o f “M oon River,” as w ell as an energetic d o uble-song set by francophone hip -h o p g ro u p Atach T atuq a n d crow d favourite B en Charest. T he aw ard categories w ere different from norm al aw ard show s. In addition to standards like Album o f the Year, the MIMIs h a d aw ards like the D enis Vanier A w ard for d e p th a n d delivery o f a lyrical w ork, a n d the T ouring M achine A w ard for th e artist w ith th e m ost touring activity in 2003. T he evening, how ever, did have its share o f low points. After a brief interm ission, the show b e g an again w ith som e sketch com edy by T he K idnappers. W ith the intention of show ing th e a udience w h y they h a d n ’t See CAPITALIZED TITLE, page 16

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o f M ontreal: the hom eless cat population. T he installation, w hich o p e n e d at the D arling F oundry o n M arch 12, serves tw o purposes. It is a w o rk o f art w ith a strong social m essage, a n d IT also d o u b les as an a d o p tio n clinic for th e cats h o u se d within. Aside from its im portance as a w ork of

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ADRIANBONDY "Here kitty, kitty, kitty." Do these cat apartments have indoor plumbing? stray cats w h o sym bolize the disadvantaged b e in g s in th e city. T he stru c tu re is a rem inder o f th e original spirit in w hich H abitat ‘67 w as created. As the units are tra n sp a re n t, v isitors can se e in to th e dw ellings, w hich are filled w ith luxury feline furniture. H alf the enjoym ent o f the exhibi tion com es from observing the rescued cats in their p lu sh environm ent, a n d th e d e sp e r ate scram bling o f SPCA em ployees trying to retrieve the a d o p te d ones. W hat m akes th e exhibition u n iq u e is

Ju n g e n ’s com m itm ent to the cause o f h om e less anim als. H e has fo regone a traditional opening, choosing to focus all publicity on prom oting the ad o p tio n s instead. T he SPCA o f M ontreal is supplying the cats— ro unding them u p in the streets could h ave led to rabies a n d o th er disasters. As a w ell-know n installation artist, Ju n g e n could charge m ore th an the paltry $2 adm ission he is asking. This selfless a n d creative en d eav o u r o n his part alone is w ell w orth the short w alk d o w n Rue University to see it. ■

Stunning photographs illustrate AIDS devastation Casey Reynolds his m onth, the M ontreal c h a p te r o f E n g in e ers W ithout B orders w elco m ed the travel ling p h o to exhibition “HIVpositive: AIDS T hrough a N ew Lens” to the

McGill cam pus. CARE Canada, in partnership w ith Photosensitive, a g ro u p o f photojournalists, aim ed to increase HIV/AIDS aw areness by sending p h o to g rap h ers to AIDSp la g u e d Z am bia. T h ey b ro u g h t back a troubling yet poig n an t col

lection o f images. A few d o z en black a n d w hite im ages com m it to celluloid the troubling situation in Zam bia. T he exhibition’s prem ise is to show Z am bians living w ith a n d dying from HIV a n d AIDS o n a daily basis. “HIV positive” is divided into four sections: C ourage, dem onstrat ing th e strength o f sufferers living w ith th e vim s; Crisis, depicting the d eath a n d m ourning w hich result; H o p e , d e p ic tin g th e p ro g ram s im plem ented to fight it; Future, presenting im ages o f the children w h o provide Zam bia w ith its best hope. T he p h o to s are sim ultaneously tasteful a n d disturbing. O n e star tling p h o to g rap h show s a n em aci ated child slow ly dying w hile sur ro u n d e d by family m em bers. The fascinating captions illustrate the crisis facing Zam bia, w h e re th e fu n e ra l in d u stry is thriving. T om bstone v en d o rs d o t the road sides a n d “th ere are m ore stone v endors th an gas stations.” A nother relates th e extent o f the dévasta-

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tion— 8,000 Africans d ie from AIDS o n a daily basis. Issues such as poverty, the stigma o f affliction, transm ission m yths, attitudes to w a rd w o m en a n d tab o o s that prevent teaching children sex ed ucation are hurdles in Africa’s fight against the disease. T hese painful realities, how ever, are b a lan ced by m ore uplifting im ages including those o f healthy, sm iling children. T ina C hen, v ice -p re sid e n t c o m m u n ica tio n s o f th e McGill c h ap ter o f EWB, revealed that HIV a n d AIDS h ave h in d ere d EWB from im p le m e n tin g its p ro jec ts in Zam bia. She e ncourages all stu dents, n o t just future engineers, to join EWB. “It d o e sn ’t require skills, just

m otivation,” C hen says. U nfortunately, the im ages are rather sm all a n d som ew hat crow d ed, m aking it difficult for p e o p le to appreciate the exhibition a n d h a rd e r to focus o n individual p h o to graphs. A sep arate gallery show m ight h ave p rovided a better envi ro n m en t for th o se w h o are m ore in te rested in a p p rec ia tin g th ese pow erful pieces. “H IV positive” is a great collec tion o f im ages that deserves a b e t ter sho w case. T he p h o to g ra p h s c a p tu re th e stark b e a u ty a n d im m e n se so rro w o f a c o u n try w hich, although w rack ed b y suffer ing, is still striving for a future w ith out AIDS. ■

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© b s ic Ex-Smiths throw a spectacular PVC blast Melissa Price n 1999, D aniel B ernard a n d Lorraine C arpenter started D Jing'together in a small, d ark b a r called the C ybertek Club. Respectively calling them selves DJ R adiow hore a n d DJ Amyl Nitrate, they discovered a m utual interest in spinning an eclectic m ix o f new w ave, B ritpop, p u n k pioneers, a n d so o n — basically th e stuff n o o n e else w as playing, at least not all at the sam e tim e. PVC P roductions w as born. For th e past five years, the pair has d o n e w eekly o r m onthly nights at half a d o z en clubs. Currently, you can find them at Missy Bar (250 Mont-Royal E) o n the last Saturday o f every m onth. O n M onday night, PVC Productions celeb rated its

fifth anniversary b y playing a set at O Patro Vys (356 M ont-Royal E) w ith guest DJs Mike Joyce a n d Andy Rourke. If th o se nam es d o n ’t so u n d familiar, try adding Jo h n n y Marr a n d Morrissey, a n d y o u ’ve got T he Smiths. O Patro Vys is a bit o f a journey for a nyone w h o

lives n e ar McGill. It’s also very sm all, dark a n d u n a s sum ing, situated inconspicuously above th e alsooddly-nam ed bar, Bily Kun. T w o hours after the evening started, p e o p le w e re still just standing around, despite th e clear presence o f b o th a DJ a n d a spinning disco ball. Standing aro u n d does, chance to check out w h a t the will set y o u b ack $5.75, b u t if special a n d cool (a n d broke), o n e glass o f the closest thing

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the 19th century. Finally, Joy D ivision’s “She’s Lost C ontrol” w as played, w hich seem ed to b e som e sort o f u n sp o k e n signal for everyone to crow d the d an ce floor. Either that, o r it’s just a g o o d song. T he club suddenly found the energy it w as looking for a n d the entire atm os p h e re changed. From there, R adiow hore a n d Amyl Nitrate k e p t the m o o d u p w ith a b o u n c y m ix o f glam p u n k m usic b y guys in skinny ties a n d a healthy serv

ing o f all things British. T he ex-Sm iths to o k o v e r after m idnight, quietly a n d w ithout announcem ent. T hey started w ith a fairly th o ro u g h floor-killer that, if intentional, w as q u ite an effective w ay to unobtrusively catch p e o p le ’s attention. A fterw ards, th ey follow ed in th e PVC style b y deliver ing a varied set including lesser-know n oldies, T he Smiths co ntem poraries like T he H ap p y M ondays, Iggy P o p a n d o th er A m erican rock g o d s a n d a lot o f Suede. Joyce a n d R ourke c losed th eir set w ith several e n erg etically re ce iv e d c ro w d -p le a se rs, inclu d in g “Bigm outh Strikes A gain,” by their form er b a n d a n d the PVC d u o to o k o ver the turntables, again to play for the little polygon o f p e o p le still o n th e d an ce floor. An h o u r or so later o f d ancing w ith random a n d attractive stranger, th e m usic a n d th e p e o p le start fading, a n d after closing w ith Velvet U n d e rground’s “Rock a n d Roll,” everyone w as left trying to find a clever retort to th e question, “W ho the hell g o e s o u t o n a M onday night?” ■

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McGill captures bronze! Karen Kelly T he McGill Martlets tu rn ed a heartbreaking loss to Alberta into a bro n ze m edal-w inning perform ance against Saskatchew an, beating the H uskies 1-0 o n Sunday. This is the se c o n d straig h t y e a r McGill has cla im e d th e th ird sp o t in th e C anadian Interuniversity Sport cham pionship tournam ent. T he w inning goal, w hich rico c h eted off a Saskatchew an d e fen d e r a n d into th e net, cam e from 19-yearold Patrice M ason at 10:11 o f the sec o n d period. O n paper, th e team s w ere rela tively even in their scoring o p p o rtu n i ties, w ith th e Martlets o utshooting the H uskies 38-34. McGill sq u a n d e re d a n u m b er o f quality chances, how ever, especially w ith th e m an advantage. “It’s to o b a d w e co u ld n ’t get a goal o n th e p o w e r play,” said H ead C oach P eter Smith. “We h a d lots o f chances, w e just co u ld not g et the p u c k in the back o f the net. Boy, th ere w as o n e w h e re the p u ck w as o n the goal line a n d w e co u ld n ’t get

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H ow th reatening are pandas, really? Not very, b u t th ey ’re pretty g o o d at hockey. T he No. 1-ranked University o f Alberta P andas ! rose to national p rom inence for the third co n secu tive y ear o n Sunday, edging out the University of O ttaw a G ee-G ees 2-0 in th e g old m edal gam e o f I th e w o m e n ’s n a tio n a l h o c k e y c h am p io n sh ip . T hough it did not alw ays com e easily, H ead C oach H ow ie D raper’s P andas e n d e d the seaso n playing I as w ell as they have all year. T he P andas h a d so m uch going for them that it is easy to see w h y th ey m an ag ed to w rangle past to u g h team s like McGill a n d O ttaw a to m ake it to I the top. T hey h a d not one, but tw o to p national goaltenders, Robyn Rittm aster a n d A ndrea Thom as, I w h o equally sh ared the p ip e duties this season. T he team also consisted o f four first team confer en ce all-stars: D anielle B ourgeois, w h o w as n am ed to urnam ent MVP, D elaney Collins, Kristen Hagg, 1 a n d captain Ju d y D iduck, a m em b er o f the 1998 O lym pic team . In addition, the team has not lost a gam e to a C anadian Interuniversity Sport team since O ctober 13, 2001— a n im pressive un d efeated streak th at covers 81 gam es. A ccording to D iduck, th e team k n e w that the | road to a gold m edal w o u ld b e difficult, d espite the

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ex p erien ce that will benefit the team in the long run. “As m uch as I w ant to w in, I think there is a lot to b e learn ed from losing,” the h e a d co ach said. “I think the gam e [against Alberta] gave us a real m easuring stick o f w h e re w e stand. T he b a r is still higher. B ut w e ’ll p u t in the tim e, w e ll g et the job d o n e and hopefully, next year, w e ’ll b e in the gold m edal g a m e ...” T hird -y ear fo rw a rd K atherine Safka feels that the Martlets u n d e r sta n d w h at th ey n e e d to d o to im p ro v e th eir g am e a n d reach A lberta’s level. “I think it’s just constant w ork ethic,” Safka explained. “Y ou’ve got to practice h ard all the tim e a n d push yourself th at extra bit, b ecau se you k n o w A lberta’s p ushing them selves that extra bit to o .” ■

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Sun. Mar. 14 5th place

Smith concurred. “I thought w e p layed à g o o d gam e today, but w e w ere tired a n d you co u ld tell,” Smith adm itted. “The gam e w e played yesterday w as a tou g h gam e, so w e w ere tired, a n d I thought w e sh o w ed a lot o f courage, a lot o f poise o u t th ere .” Sm ith clearly w a sn ’t d isappoint e d in his team ’s perform ance at the tourney. Rather, h e felt McGill’s fail u re to w in the gold w as a learning

Alberta keeps the tradition alive

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B ourgeois, w h o has led the CIS in scoring for the past tw o seasons a n d w as n am ed tournam ent

MVP, sc o red b o th A lberta goals. McGill freshm an Valerie P a q u e tte tallied the lone McGill marker. The loss took McGill out o f the h u n t for Patrice Mason celebrates with a teammate after scoring the game winner. gold a n d left the p e rc e n ta g e of “T h e girls w ere great; it w as fun to be sq u a d em otionally drained. Com ing .988. o n th e ice w ith all o f them , a n d at b a ck less th an 24 ho u rs later to com St-Pierre, w h o w a s recen tly least w e got a m edal. p e te for bro n ze w as difficult, accord n am ed to the C anadian national team “I’m excited ab o u t th e w orlds,” ing to team captain A udrey Hadd, for th e upco m in g w orld cham pi St-Pierre added. “I’m leaving in a w h o m ay have played her final gam e onship, retu rn ed for th e M artlets’ title w eek, a n d I’m glad I got the chance w ith the Martlets. run after having played m ost o f the to play a c o u p le o f gam es here w ith “We w e re very tired, b u t w e regular season w ith the R edm en. She the girls a n d I’m m otivated a n d ready tried to p u t it aside for th e gam e and w as p leased to play w ith h e r old to go.” gave it all w e h a d left,” H add said team o n c e m ore b efore graduating. proudly, noting that if she left, it “I w as glad I h a d a chance to Flat out exhausted w o u ld b e w ith m any fond m em ories. com e back w ith th e team ,” she said. T h e M artlets lost th e ir final

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tim e in the to u r ney. Overall, the n e t m i n d e r sto p p e d 78 o f 80 shots o ver three gam es, recording tw o sh u to u ts, w ith a goals against average o f 0 67 and a save

it in.” T he one-goal m argin w as all fifth-year-goalie Kim St-Pierre w ould n eed , though. T he 25-year-old native o f C hâteauguay, Q u eb ec, sh u t the

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round-robin m atch 2-1 a g ain st th e A lberta P an d as S aturday night.

door on the H uskies to record h e r 28th c are er s h u to u t in 103 g am es as a Martlet. S t - P i e r r e ’s perform ance e a rn e d her McGill’s player of the gam e honours for th e se c o n d

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m any accolades. “It w as certainly a goal to g et to the gold m edal gam e,” sh e said. “But w e k n e w n o n e o f it w o u ld b e easy a n d w e w e re n ’t sure w hat to exp ect.”

It’s h a rd to believe that such a p o w e rh o u se w o u ld e n co u n ter so m any obstacles, b u t even Alberta d o e sn ’t have it easy all the time. “T h ere ’s alw ays pressure w h e n you have a w inning tradition,” D iduck noted. “It’s like p e o p le w an t you to lose. So [our record] is a m otivator to im prove on." D iduck also n o ted h o w “close gam es are alw ays th e b e st,” such as the 2-1 victory over McGill in the gam e that a dvanced the P andas to the gold m edal m atch. McGill w in g er Valerie P aquette scored the only goal Alberta allow ed during the tournam ent. D iduck explains that it is close calls like this o n e that m ake the gam e fun. “N ationals is alw ays a treat b ecau se it tests o u r record,” sh e said. “A gam e like [Saturday’s against McGill] is p ro o f o f that.” Still, Alberta allow ed the seco n d few est goals in CIS to u rn am en t history (C oncordia holds the top spot). In addition, the official pu ck s u se d for b oth o f B ourgeois’ goals, as w ell as h e r stick a n d jersey, w ere re q u este d b y officials from the H ockey Hall o f Fam e in T oronto. T h e fairy tale continues, b u t after three consistent years it has b eco m e rather a p p are n t that Alberta has n o m agical help o n its side, b u t instead is just a really g o o d team . It’s as sim ple as that. As for next year, w h o know s if the P andas can k e e p the tradition alive. As D iduck said, though, it is this tradition that drives th em harder, so if the team continues as it is now , anything is possible. ■

Robyn Rittmaster backstopped the Pandas to their third straight tide.

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Upset specials But a n y o n e can pick favourites to win. W hat separates the w h e at from the chaff in NCAA p o o ls is hav ing a knack for picking upsets. The first thing to k n o w is. that a N o. 12 s e e d h a s u p s e t a N o. 5 s e e d in 15 of th e past 16 years. Why? Usually No. 12 seeds are m id-m ajor conference cham pions looking to prove they can play w ith th e big boys. T he o n e s that can pull off upsets have lots o f s c o r in g p u n c h and to u rn a m e n t e x p e r i e n c e (12th-seeded team s m aking at least their seco n d consecutive to u rn a m ent ap p ea ran c e have g o n e 12-10 in the first round). M anhattan a n d BYU fit the bill. O t h e r u p s e ts , w hile less fre q uent, c an still h a p p en , especially if team s have outstanding forw ards or guards w h o can cause m a t c h u p p ro b le m s. W estern M ichigan, Eastern T ennessee State, a n d IllinoisC hicago seem read y to cause trouble for their unlucky highly-seeded foes. D o u b le -d ig it s e e d s generally d o n ’t m ake it to th e Sw eet Sixteen, but o n e o r tw o pull off a shocker each year. Ironically, they ten d to be team s that have s tru g g le d le a d in g u p t o t h e t o u r n a m e n t — w inning seven o f their last 10 o r few er— but m erited inclusion b ecau se o f their difficult early-season schedules. The tou g h gam es pay off com e March, as No. 10, 11 a n d 12 seed s that m eet the criteria have w o n 57 p e r cen t o f their seco n d -ro u n d gam es. Potential team s to carry th e m antle include Louisville a n d Utah. But w e all k n o w that th ese low se e d e d team s— w hile providing great to u rn am en t m em ories— are n o t seri

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o u s threats. So w h ich m id -le v e l s e e d s can k nock off a to p team and m ake it to the Final Four? Try squads that struggled during early play but are p e a k in g a t t h e r i g h t tim e , or o n e s that have a s t a r p la y e r w h o can single-handedly w in gam es for his team . M ichigan State, Providence, W isconsin a n d N orth Carolina are all viable options. W hat not to do T h ere is n o m agic form ula for picking a bracket for som ething as w acky a n d u npredictable as March M adness. H ow ever, th ere are som e choices that are alw ays bad, so m ake su re to stay aw ay from the follow ing surefire m oney losers. T he m ost obvious is p ic k in g a 1 6 th s e e d . T hey have nev er w o n an NCAA to u rn am en t gam e, a n d that will not chan g e in 2004. D espite w h a t c om m on sense m ight dictate, the Final Four has n ev er featured a ll f o u r N o. 1 se e d s. W ith q uestions su rrounding all four to p seeds, it w o n ’t h a p p e n this year. O ther tips include not p ic k in g o n r e c o r d a lo n e , b ecau se team s that play w e ak schedules m ay have artifi cially inflated ones, a n d avoiding te a m s t h a t liv e a n d d ie b y th e t h r e e , because eventually they'll start m issing. T hat m ea n s you, Pittsburgh a n d Arizona. Predictions G iven that M arch M adness bas ketball is so volatile, I reserve the right to change m y m ind num erous tim es, until the first tip at 12:15 pm o n T hursday locks in m y picks and

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K entucky is the strongest No. 1 seed, a n d will face th e w in n er of th e play-in gam e. It also has the

nearb y M ilwaukee. S u rp ris in g C in d e r e lla : M anhattan. T he Jasp ers have the ex p erien ce a n d star p o w e r (guard Luis Flores) to b e at a Florida team th at lost its b est player m idw ay th ro u g h the season. E a rly E xit: W ake Forest. If upstart Virginia C om m onw ealth d o e sn ’t d o them in, M anhattan might. The D em on D eacons have struggled in past tournam ents, a n d lack senior leadership. F in a l F o u r F la ir: O klahom a State.

possibility o f taking o n secondse e d ed fan favourite G onzaga in the Elite Eight, if th e Bulldogs can g et b y battle-tested M ichigan State a n d G eorgia Tech.

It p ro bably d eserved a No. 1 seed, b u t the Big 12 final w as p layed too late o n Sunday to affect its placing. T he C ow boys will m ake u p for it by earning a trip to San Antonio.

S w e e t S le e p e r: Providence. Star Ryan G om es will m ake the Friars a to u g h out, e v en for th e to p -seed ed Wildcats. S u r p r i s i n g C in d e r e lla : U tah. T hey’ve b e e n here before, a n d will m ake a run to h o n o u r longtim e coach Rick Majerus, w h o se health problem s cau sed him to step do w n m idw ay th ro u g h the year. E a rly E x it: G eorgia Tech. Just 8-7 against the RPI top 50, the Yellow Jackets have struggled do w n the stretch. F in a l F o u r F la ir: K entucky. The ‘Cats have to o m uch all-around strength a n d d e p th for a nyone in this bracket to take them out.

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re le g ate s m e to th re e straight w e ek e n d s o f yelling at the TV. Also, as th e NCAA w o u ld say, these predictions are “for am use m ent only” (although if you do em erge victorious, I’ll b e w aiting in the Tribune office for you to d rop o ff half y our w innings).

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East Rutherford St. Jo se p h w as given a gift of a No. 1 se e d after losing badly to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 confer en ce tournam ent. H ow ever, lurk ing at the bottom o f th e bracket is a n O k la h o m a State team that dem olished Texas in the Big 12 final. S w e e t S le e p e r: W isconsin. Big T en play er-o f-th e-y ear D evin H arris lea d s th e c o n fere n ce cham ps, w h o dom inate o n defence a n d will play their early gam es in

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By far the toughest region in the tournam ent. No. 1 D uke needs to c o n te n d w ith th ree conference cham pions o r finalists in just the to p five seeds, a n d low er d o w n the b ra c k e t are eq u ally d a n g e ro u s N orth Carolina, Xavier, A rizona a n d Louisville. T his region will have its share o f upsets, as not all o f th ese team s can h o ld their seeds. S w e e t S le e p e r: N orth Carolina. W hen their starting five is healthy, the Tar H eels are am ong th e best in the country. S u r p r is in g C in d e re lla : Louisville. T h o u g h n o t truly a C inderella b ecau se o f their C-USA affiliation, th e Cardinals have th e stars and the coach, in Rick Pitino, to m ake so m e noise. A lternately, tak e E astern T ennessee State, w h o will give th e Bearcats a lot o f trouble in th e first round, a n d just m ight get b y them . E a rly E x it: Texas. T he L onghorns m iss T.J. Ford, a n d w hile th ey ’ve b e e n solid this year, great guard play is essential in the tourney. F in a l F o u r F la ir: D uke. The Blue Devils have too m uch skill a n d too

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g o o d a coach to have a rep eat o f the letdow n against Maryland.

Phoenix Stanford cem ented a to p seed w ith their victory in the Pac-10 final, but beat u p o n a w eak c o n ference this season. UConn, m ean w hile, has snuck u p to a No. 2 se e d after w inning the Big East, largely w ithout national player-ofthe-year Em eka Okafor. S w e e t S le e p e r: M aryland. Even before their ACC to urnam ent win, the T erps w ere o n a tear, com ing to g eth er at exactly the right time. This team w o n the tou rn am en t tw o years ago a n d k now s ho w to get things d o n e S u p r i s i n g C in d e r e lla : W estern M ichigan. Seven o f the last nine team s from the M id-American c o n ference have w o n at least o n e to u r n e y gam e. T he B roncos have the scoring, as w ell as the leadership o f seven upperclassm en, to get the job done. E a rly E xit: Syracuse. Even w ith H akim W arrick, th e d e fen d in g cham ps miss the gam e-changing ability o f Carm elo Anthony, plus they g et sen t to far-aw ay Denver. F in a l Four F la ir: U Conn. Assum ing O kafor stays healthy, the p re-season No. 1 has a sh o t at fin ishing there. F in a l F o u r: K entucky o ver O klahom a St. UConn o ver D uke F in a l: UConn 82, K entucky 75

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in th e past w eek th at we can c lo se our ey es a n d w atch it o ver again in our heads. Most p eople, ho ck ey fans or not, see it a n d im m ediately ask, “W hat w as h e thinking?,” a n d they agree that h e sh o u ld n ’t b e allow ed to play hockey for a long, long time. From a C anucks fan’s p ersp ec tive, it a p p e a rs in slow m otion: B ertuzzi’s gloved fist flying through th e air, a n d at the m om ent o f contact, th e C anucks are k n o c k ed o u t o f Stanley C up contention. W hile the average p e rso n m ight th in k that Bertuzzi is sim ply a dirty, barbaric player w h o is getting w hat h e deserves, this logic d o e s n o t satis fy m e. All w eek, I’v e b e e n trying to figure out w hat co u ld possibly have g o n e through his m ind before he attacked Steve M oore, a n d h e re ’s m y tak e o n it. First, M oore deserv ed som e sort o f retribution for w hat h e did to M arkus N aslund th ree w e ek s ago. W as his op en -ice hit o n N aslund legal? Sure. Was it dirty? Absolutely. W h en N aslund w as reaching for the puck, M oore could have easily side ste p p e d him, o r at least hit his body. But instead, h e p u t his arm right into the C anuck cap tain ’s head. O n e fight in th e first p eriod o f last M onday’s gam e could not possibly absolve him | o f th at disgusting hit that knocked N aslund out for three gam es. So Bertuzzi set o u t for revenge. H e w a n ted p e o p le to realize that if y o u m ess w ith a C anucks superstar, it b e tte r b e the big guy. Ju st before th e sucker pun ch , he w as asking M oore for a fight and M oore, k n o w in g h e w a s o v e r m atch ed , sk a ted in th e o p p o site direction. T h at’s w h e n Bertuzzi skat e d u p b e h in d him , g rab b ed his shirt a n d delivered the blow . I’m n o t arguing the legality o f w h at Bertuzzi did. It w as dirty, a n d it w as disgusting to w atch. NHL disci plinarian C olin C am pbell h a d n o

choice b u t to su sp en d Bertuzzi for the rest o f the year. M oore’s seaso n is also over, a n d if the Avalanche w in the Stanley Cup, h e will m iss o u t o n the celebration, so it fits that Bert should suffer the sam e punishm ent. U nfortunately, it is n o t only B ertuzzi w h o is p ay in g for the hit— a n d I d o n ’t m ean the $250,000 fine to th è C anucks organization. I’m referring to the team , w h o se players w h o have w o rk e d th eir tails off all year to m ake u p for last y ear’s h eart breaking conference sem ifinal loss to the M innesota Wild. I’m referring to the ow ner, Jo h n McCaw, w h o k e p t the team in V ancouver even w h e n it w as costing him ten s o f m illions of dollars p e r year. And, o f course, the fans, w h o love the Canucks, and have pack ed GM Place tw o years straight. A nyone w ho has v isited V ancouver this y ear will kn o w that Stanley C up fever b eg an w ith training cam p in Septem ber. T he fans w e re excited; th e y oung core o f players assem bled seasons ago h a d finally com e o f age. This w as their year. In an interview w ith Hockey N ight in C a n a d a o n Saturday, V ancouver coach Marc C raw ford put o n a brave face— h e claim ed th at the C anucks are still co n ten d ers that will just have to find a n o th e r route to the Cup. But it w as clear in the gam e against O ttaw a later that night that his team has not yet fo und the right path. T he fact is th a t B ertuzzi is arguably th e biggest im pact player in the NHL today, a n d for this reason, the team is in a com pletely different situation n o w than it w as 10 days ago. Will th e C anucks survive? O nly tim e will tell. From a n optim istic view point, they still have a great g ro u p o f talent e d players w h o are far better o n p a p e r th an A naheim o r M innesota of 2003, o r Carolina o f 2002, so p e rh ap s the C anucks will p erform a m iracle run o f their ow n this year. W hatever it is, so m ething is n e e d e d to g e t th e V ancouver C anucks aw ay from this dark cloud that sits above them . ■

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