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SPORTS: Bringing in the fresh meat, and then some. Drool. Tuesday, November 30, 2004

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P ie w a s u n n e c e s s a r y F E U Q s o lid ly s u p p o r t s t u i t i o n f r e e z e s Bouchard St-Amant denounced the proposed negotiation tactic as playing The 20 student associations in la into the hands of the government. "There [is] $375-million missing in Fédération étudiante universitaire du the universities for now, and we want Québec unanimously agreed to contin more," he said. "If we index tuition fees ue supporting a tuition freeze at a con tomorrow, the government will keep ference held at McGill this weekend. [pressing] for tuition hikes." The Students' Society, which is a Bouchard St-Amant said that member, hosted the FEUQ congress and gala in celebration of the provincial stu Quebec could reinvest in the loans and bursaries program after the federal gov dent lobby group's 15th anniversary. ernment transfers money to the province FEUQ had previously lobbied for a gov as part of the next budget in February. ernment-legislated tuition freeze that "It's not a matter of the money was put in place in 1994. It also pushed for the settlement of the being unavailable," he said. "It's just a matter of political pride, to not lose face Millennium Scholarship issue, which injected $350-million into post-second- in front of everyone." ary education. More recently, FEUQ Closed doors keep curious out organized protests against Premier Jean All of the FEUQ congress meetings Charest's $ 103-million cut to provincial were closed to the public. Vikander said loans and bursaries. that this practice is standard for the The congress allowed member associations to debate FEUQ's strategy, meetings. FEUQ Vice-President (Internal its position on cuts to financial aid, and Affairs) Mathieu Langelier defended the other issues affecting university students. citing the administrative coun Nick Vikander, FEUQ vice-presi secrecy, cil's reluctance to open up meetings that dent (university affairs), said that this deal with substantive issues. fall's campaign against cuts to student "When you're a member of la grants and loans aims to pressure the FEUQ, the basic decision-making government into reinvest in financial process goes through the member asso aid. '[The overall feeling is that] things ciations," he said. "We only do what the member associations tell us to do." are going well in terms of our actions," Bouchard St-Amant agreed that he said. "But clearly we haven't accom FEUQ policy is wholly decided by its plished our goal yet." President Pier-André Bouchard St- member associations. "I'm not here to establish an objec Amant said that FEUQ's objective is to tive or make unions vote in favour of ensure that tuition and ancillary fees do something, because they are the ones not become an "insurmountable obsta who decide what's going to happen at cle" for students. he said. "It's their tool." Two weeks ago, SSMU's la FEUQ," Friedlaender, however, said that Community and Government committee FEUQ wanted to limit publicity. Still, he reversed current SSMU policy by sug justified the organization's decision, not gesting that SSMU lobby the govern ment to peg provincial tuition to the ing that SSMU councilors could attend the closed meetings, which he said inflation rate, in exchange for retuning allow for free discussion without fear of the money cut from financial aid over the summer. One student expressed his having their opinions printed the next disagreement by shoving a shaving- day. Approximately $ 1-million is concream pie into SSMU Vice-President (Community and Government) Daniel See CONGRESS page 3. Friedlaender's face.

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S tu d e n t lo a n s p e rs o n ifie d A c a d ia s tu d e n t p u ts f a c e o n d e b t JENNIFER JETT Shannon Cushing has no time for regrets. When Cushing finished high school early and decided not to wait for graduation, she sacrificed possible university entrance scholarships. Today, having earned more than $13,000 in other scholarships, worked. full-time every summer, and currently holding two part-time jobs, Cushing has $ 150 to live on until after Christmas—$150 to pay for gro ceries, bills, and a bus ticket home to New Brunswick. At the age of 19, the Acadia University student is saddled with $30,000 in student loans. By the time she completes her psychology degree in May 2006, she will have accumu lated up to $50,000 in debt. If Cushing pursues a second undergrad uate degree in Social Work, her total debt upon graduation will rise to at least $70,000. Cushing—who is also months away from becoming a single moth er-dreams of being a humanitarian worker in the developing world, but loan payments stand in her way. "Humanitarian work does not pay nearly enough to make the mandatory monthly payments on my student loans," said Cushing, who has a 3.6 GPA. "It will take a miracle to get me over there any time before I turn 40 or 50.” Cushing was in Ottawa last week for the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations conference, where she served as the face of CASA's debt-awareness campaign. CASA, a federal lobby group, counts the Students' Society among its mem bers. "Being CASA's 'face of debt' is my way of trying to explain to Canada that we are real people, just like everyone else," Cushing said. "The only difference being we fought a hell of a lot more to get to where we are, and will have to continue fighting for 20 to 30 years until we free our

selves from the grip of our beautiful country." For the second year in a row, CASA representatives erected a "wall of debt" on Parliament Hill Wednesday. Inscribed on each block in the 120-by-8-foot wall was the debt load and signatures of two students, representing about $360-million in total debt. "Lots of MPs, ministers came out side and talked to us," said SSMU Vice-President (Community and Government) Daniel Friedlaender. "I think a lot of them were quite impressed by the message we were sending." The main purpose of the confer ence was lobbying—students held more than- 180 meetings with mem bers of Parliament and other senior government officials. The goal was to secure commitments from MPs to intro duce bills or vote in accordance with CASA policies. "The Conservative Party is in the process of creating policy on educa tion, so we have; a lot of potential there," Friedlaender said. While Cushing did not personal ly meet with politicians, she was encouraged by the general response. "Overall, my impression was that while everybody says, 'Yes, there is a problem,' very few people actually believe that they can do anything to fix the problem," she said. During the conference, CASA members also passed a resolution in opposition to income-contingent loan repayment, which penalizes students through compound interest. "That could conceivably keep stu dents in debt for a very long time," said CASA National Director James Kusie. "It's similar to how a credit card would work." Friedlaender said he thought the conference was successful in terms of extracting promises from politicians. "We educated them, in essence," he said. "A lot of them gave us strong commitments, and now we have to follow up and make sure things happen." ■

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Turn it in or back it up with evidence? Students may have multiple plagiarism-detection options. HEATHER HAQ LAWRENCE T he university is on the verge of approving a com prehensive plagiarism-detection policy—one that only partially reflects student concerns. The Senate Committee on Student Affairs recently approved a policy to address the use of "text-matching software" such as Turnitin.com for use in determining the originality of students' work. In the past, students in certain classes have been required to submit papers to Turnitin.com, but some students have objected to the use of such text matching software for various reasons, including concern about intellectual property rights and a per ceived lack of trust that students will submit original work. The new policy, set to appear before Senate tomorrow, includes provisions that will allow the uni versity to use text-matching software under certain conditions—namely, instructors who choose to use Turnitin.com must provide at least two alternatives that are not unduly onerous to attest to the authentic ity of students' work. "This policy has changed a lot to accommo date the concerns expressed by many students," said Students' Society Vice-President (University Affairs) and acting President Andrew Bryan. "It makes it truly optional to submit work through Turnitin.com." Alternatives that instructors can provide include allowing students to submit copies of multiple drafts or photocopies of resources, or take written or oral quizzes that address issues of originality. Students who choose an alternative will not be penalized. Bryan said that the recommendations outlined in the policy are feasible because he does not expect the majority of students to use alternative

measures. "I don't think there will be masses of people wanting to submit annotated bibliographies," he said, "but I imagine there will be a small number of people with genuine and valid concerns who do use alternatives." Some students said that the; alternatives offered still require a considerably high amount of work "I would worry that the other options would be so labour intensive that one is still taking a consider able penalty for not wanting to use Turnitin.com," said David Suk, U1 International Development Studies. There are some issues that have been inade quately addressed, Bryan said. "there needs to be a tracking mechanism for disciplinary use," he said. "Students need to be noti* fied when their papers are put through for discipli nary purposes. It is irresponsible for an educational institution not to inform students when their work is borderline plagiarism." Keeping track of disciplinary cases will also be helpful when the text-matching policy is reviewed after two years, Bryan said. Bryan also emphasized the importance of obtaining a valid external legal opinion on any text matching software the university uses, something that is not currently included in the policy. Despite all the changes and efforts that have f§||| been made to address students' concerns about text matching software such as Turnitin.com, some stu dents are still unappeased. "The mandatory use of Turnitin.com has meant that students are exploited by passively supporting for-profit organizafions," said Mike Yam, U3 Sociology and Environment. "At least now there will be some other options so that students will not have to contribute to these companies' profits." ■

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Congress clo sed to public Continued from cover. tributed directly to FEUQ each year by the 140,000 students it represents. SSMU pays $90,000 annually in membership fees. Expenses for this weekend's con ference were covered by FEUQ's budget, while SSMU paid for the catering, security and the Gert's after party. "Of course there's a lot of money associated with [the conference], but it's the price to pay to make sure everyone comes, because it's not every union that has a lot of money in their budget," Bouchard St-Amant said.

"Université du Québec à Rimouski has a smaller budget that SSMU, so we're taking student fees from McGill to make sure that they can come." In recognition of FEUQ's refusal to allow the public access to general congresses or decision-making meet ings despite relying on obligatory stu dent fees, Friedlaender said he would encourage more openness. "But after having been misquot ed and misrepresented," he said, "I can understand the principle behind the rule, at least during committee debates." ■ —With

without adequate compensation. "It increases the TAs workload, and each TA is already allotted a McGills teaching assistants certain amount of hours," she said. union has yet to adopt a definitive "I get the sense that most TAs would stance on the use of Turnitin.com want some sort of compensation— and othet plagiarism-detection soft higher salary or more hours." ware, but discussions within the Ayoub suggested that the cur organization have exposed several rent plagiarism policy may suffice sources of friction for affected mem without the Turnitin.com service. bers. "I think TAs have a pretty good The Association of Graduate idea of catching or knowing Students Employed at McGill repre whether a paper is plagiarized or sents more than 1,000 TAs in all not," she said. faculties and schools. Marc-Étienne Ouimette, the Dima Ayoub, union delegate union's representative in political sci to the English department, argued ence, agreed with Ayoub on that that Turnitin.com presents a problem point. of increased work expectations N1ALL MACKAY ROBERTS

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"I don't think it's very neces sary," he said. "By knowing the stu dent, TAs can normally tell if it's the type of material they could have written." Nonetheless, Ayoub said that AGSEM members are currently dis cussing the addition of Turnitin.com user guidelines to the TA handbook. Depending on the direction of uni versity policy, that could preclude TAs opposed to the service from obtaining future employment. "1 think that's the kind of prob lem we would have to foresee," Ayoub said, "but if most of the TAs are against this, then well have to decide what to do." ■

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ROBERT CHURCH JOSH WILNER Women are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, says United Nations official Anurita Bains. Bains, special assistant to the UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, will speak tomorrow night about the epi demic. The lecture, which was jointly organized by the McGill Global Aids Coalition, Médecins sans frontières, and the McGill Global Health Initiative to coincide with World AIDS Day, will focus on the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on women in Africa. "What we're finding is that AIDS is having a devastating impact on women, particularly in Africa," said Bains. "Two-thirds of those infected are women, and in the 16 to 24 age range, 75 per cent of those infected are women." Bains also emphasized the find ings of a recent UN report on the epi demic's impact on African women. "The report underscores what we already know, which is that women take on the brunt of the epidemic," she said. "It's hard to get this through to people because it's mostly numbers, but the fact is it's starting to depopulate some parts of the continent of its women." Bains said that African leaders must find new ways of supporting women to combat the growing prob lem. A former journalist in Canada, Bains moved to South Africa after the end of apartheid because she wanted to do something more active.

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Student groups are tabling this week to raise AIDS awareness.

"I wanted to see the country in transition," she said. During her four years in South Africa, Bains worked with UNICEF on development projects. Today, she is the special assistant to Stephen Lewis, the UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Anna Seifreid, a member of the McGill Global Aids Coalition and one of the event organizers, said that she hopes Bains will make people more knowledgeable about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. "She has worked in South Africa with Nelson Mandela, supporting the global movement for AIDS in Africa, so she has had-a lot of front-line expe

rience," Seifreid said. "She has seen the effects of HIV/AIDS in subSaharan Africa. We're hoping that we will learn new things from her, and that she'll be able to make people realize how much closer to home the epidem ic really is." ■ Bains will speak tomorrow at 6:30pm in Leacock l‘3 2. At 7:30pm there will be a candlelight vigil on the Arts steps, including poetry, speeches, music, interpretive dance, and a moment of silence. Several student groups are also tabling around campus this week to raise AIDS awareness.

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I 'll take "kaput" for $2.5-mil lion, Alex. It might just hap pen today. It all might come tumbling down. The empire that is Ken Jennings is very like ly done for. And if not today, then probably soon. For those of you who have just emerged from underground lairs, isolation cells, or comas, Ken Jennings is the 30-year-old quiz show guru who has not lost on Jeopardy! since his June 2 debut. He is the trivia sensa tion that has to date defeated more than 130 challengers and given upwards of 2,000 correct responses, an easy going phenom from Salt Lake City who has made his mark on the short-term memory of tel evision history by becoming the "all-time top TV game show cash winner." This guy has shattered all the records. The longest winning streak on a game show and the largest one-day JeopardyI money-win nings are but two on a laundry list of them. Jennings is not just a trivia buff. He has also become something of a cultural icon, as sad as that may sound. But it is next to impossible not to like this guy. He has even spawned

keep winning. Previously, there was a five-win limit. Ever the opportunist, Jennings has man aged to take supreme advan tage of this amendment. But alas, there can be no denying the age-old wisdom: all good things come to an end. As Robert Browning has noted, "Error has no end." Unfortunately for KJ, perfection does. A statement posted in early September on the 7V W eek Web site reported that the Utahan polymath had lost in a recently taped show, walk ing away after his 75th straight ame with a bonanza of about 2.5-million overall in cash and prizes. (Five episodes of the show are produced per day of production.) The Associated Press reported that TV W eek cited unidentified sources and said the show would air later in the fall. That time has come. Episode 75 is fast approach ing. Ken Jennings's streak, and the cult of personality that has all but deified him, is on its last legs. Or is it all a grand hoax, a cooked-up stunt to boost already soaring ratings? Ken Jennings, after all, is the best

Jt is next to im possible n ot to like Ken Jennings. He has even spaw ned his ow n d ev o ted little coterie of KJ trivia buffs

C a n a d i a n v a l u e s c a l l e d in to q u e s t i o n p o s t - 9 / 1 1 GENEVIEVE JENKINS Since the 9/1 1 terrorist attacks, the world has accepted stricter securi ty measures, but at what point should national security give way to individ ual rights? That is the question the Ligue des droits et libertés tried to answer at its conference, "A World Under Surveillance," held at UQAM over the weekend. Maher Arar, who was deported to Syria and subsequently imprisoned for 10 months, was the main speaker at a presentation Friday evening on Canada's anti-terrorism legislation. Although Arar is a Canadian citizen, US authorities arrested him in New York in 2002 when he was returning from a family vacation in Tunisia. The US then deported him to Syria without giving reasons for his arrest. While in prison in Syria, Arar said, he was tor tured. The crowd was generally stunned by Arar's account. Audience member Frederick Guimont was amazed at the courage Arar displayed during 10 months of torture. "This story is really eye-opening," Guimont said. "It's motivating to see someone strong enough to share his

experience with others." Peter Leuprecht, the second speaker and dean of Law at McGill from 1999 to 2003, offered a legal .perspective. He disagrees with the use of torture to obtain information. "The Bush administration has cre ated havens for torture," he said. "They will use non-democratic govern ments that support their war in order to torture suspects." Arar, who said he was forced into giving a false confession, said that torture is not the only means of "help" other countries offer. He believes his arrest was only possible because the provisions of Bill C-36 allowed the Canadian government to gather infor mation about him and pass it on to the US in the name of state security. Bill C-36 was passed in Canada's House of Commons on November 28, 2001 in order to pre vent terrorism. The bill is up for review in December, and members of the Ligue are rallying public support to amend it. President Nicole Filion said C-36 compromises individual tights. "We've seen an erosion of our rights and freedoms under the guise of a fight against terrorism," she said.

Arar said the bill was adopted too quickly and without proper consid eration. "It is about time to reassess deci sions made in haste," he said. "The bill has damaged Canada by putting security needs and our desire to satis fy US demands ahead of the rights of citizens." Leuprecht was most concerned with widening the Canadian perspec tive to a global scale. "It's necessary to fight terrorism," he said, "but I want to underscore that the war on terror has to be carried on while respecting human rights." Arar said that his experience bore witness to the abandonment of privacy and the individual rights estab lished in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, adding that the world would benefit from Canadian values. "Canada has always been con sidered a champion of human rights," he said. "We should put energy into exporting our Canadian values." ■ Arar's W eb site is

www.maherarar.ca. Contact the Ligue via the Internet at www.liguedesdroits.ca.

his own devoted little coterie of KJ trivia buffs, perhaps because of this likeability fac tor. The man certainly has some interesting quirks. For example, he writes his name in a different way every episode, with styles ranging from cursive to block to pointilist, and he calculates his Daily Double wagers so as to always bring his total score to an even num ber. "People have been asking me if I have OCD or some thing, obsessive compulsive disorder," Jennings told CBS. A teetotaller from the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Jennings was nonetheless well prepared when the surefire "potent potables" category came up. His wife, Mindy, had prepared flash cards for him. A rule change introduced at the beginning of the 20th season of Jeopardy! last September allows contestants to keep playing as long as they

thing that's happened to TV game shows since Millionaire got rid of Regis. Why not take advantage? Perhaps the con spiracy theorists will be tuning in tonight. With all the -misery and sadness in the world, all the injustice, war, poverty, mar riage debates, politicking, and perhaps one side of a nuclear arms race beginning to simmer in Russia, not to mention Bush coming to Canada (which may prove to be its own special kind of debacle), the story of Ken Jennings is basically incon sequential. Trivial, one might even say. But there is plenty of time to dwell on all the chaos in the world—once the exam stress and the post-exam de stressing (read: drinking) are over. People say there are two sure things in life—death and taxes. For a while there, Ken Jennings was the third—until he went kaput. ■

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Andrew Bryan Vice-President (University Affairs) and acting President S in ce President A la m A lli's d e p a rtu re , B ryan has fo u n d him self in the m id d le o f a s id e s h o w students w o u ld n 't re a lly p a y to w a tc h . W ith the mess th a t he has in h e rite d , B rya n has m a n a g e d to g e t b y in c re d ib ly w e ll. N o b o d y c o u ld a rg u e that he is in c a p a b le o r

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b o d y — those mass e-m ails a re g o in g d ire c tly into students junk m ail accounts.

burn o u t b e fo re the e n d o f his term . H o w e v e r, his p e o p le skills le a v e a lo t to b e d e s ire d . B ryan

T he lo v ^ p ro file S w a rd prom ises a co m p re h e nsive "co m m u n ica tio n s strategy"

te n ds to o v e re s tim a te his o w n im p o rta n c e a t tim es, le a d in g M c G ills

p ly b e a n o th e r w e ll-in te ntio n e d rep o rt fille d w ith b u z z w o rd s . S w a rd a lso

to add re ss this a n d oth er p roblem s, but w ith o u t c o n cre te suggestions, it w ill sim

p rin c ip a l to ch a stise him o n m ore than o n e o c c a s io n . This is trou

la u n ch ed the n e w S S M U W e b site e a rlie r this year, e n h a n c in g its aesthetic

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O n the events s id e o f the p o rtfo lio , S w a rd has o b v io u s ly put som e thought into h o w to d ra w students into G e rt's — Election N ig h t o n N o v e m b e r 2 w a s the o n ly tim e in recent m em o ry w h e n the g e n e ric c a m p u s b a r w a s a " p la c e to b e ." Introducing b u b b le tea a n d " O C " nights is crea tive , a lth o ug h A n th o n y Di C a rlo

Anthony Di Cado Vice-President Operations

d eserves much o f the c red it.

By fa r the most a p p ro a c h a b le exec, Di C a rlo is a lw a y s w ill ing to a n sw e r questions from students. In a n attem pt to revive G ert's, he has p le d g e d to m ake the cam pus b a r m ore a p p e a lin g to student clubs a n d groups. Its a

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Fare, the n e w student-run cate rin g service that b e g a n selling

sa n d w ich e s out o f G ert's after Pita Pita w a s b o o te d out.

O n the other h a n d, a three d o lla r fee for the S S M U d a y c a re has been elim in a te d because Di C a rlo fo llo w e d through in

securing a p ro vin cia l subsidy. His b u d g e t w a s w ell-received b y co u n cil a n d m a d e the w is e m ove o f setting a s id e funds for sum mer expenses, w h ic h w ill no lo n g e r be c o v e re d b y an a d v a n c e

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Daniel Friedlaender Vice-President (Community and Government)

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tem , rather than a g a in s t it. W o r k in g w ith in the system, how e ve r, is n o t the s a m e a s d o in g noth in g . S a y w h a t y o u w ill a b o u t his c o m m itte e s p ro p o sa l to in d e x p ro v in c ia l tuition to in fla tio n — a t

R e g re tfu l?

least it's b o ld . There a re v a lid a rg u m e n ts fo r this

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p ro p o s a l, but u n fo rtu n a te ly fo r F rie d la e n d er, he c a n 't b a c k u p th a t p ro p o s a l w ith im p a s s io n e d rea s o n in g . H is sound bites a re just th a t bites, s c rip te d a n d c a n n e d . F rie d la e n d e r's p e rfo rm a n c e

sound

has

been

m a rk e d b y this la c k o f e n e rg y — as e v id e n c e d b y the a b b re v ia te d C o u n c il reports he d a sh es o ff on d e a d lin e . H e has a ls o d is p la y e d a n u n w illin g

ness to fo llo w up: if fa c u lty a s s o c ia tio n s o r stu d e n t g ro u p s d o not re s p o n d to his ca lls o r em ails, it's o u t o f his han ds. Finally, M c G ill's 2 0 0 student turnout a t this m onth's FE U Q p rotest w a s n o th in g short o f e m b a rra s s in g .

B o re d ? Sameen Shahid Vice-President (Clubs and Services)

L o n e ly ?

— There a re g o o d things to sa y a b o u t S h a h id , there a re n o t-s o g o o d things to s a y a b o u t S hahid. F aced w ith the toughest jo b o f a n y o f the executives (sorry a c tin g pre z,

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n o sym pathy here) she has been d o in g a fa r better jo b than a n y o n e p re d ict e d she w o u ld w h e n she w o n . O n the outside, she is perfect. She replies to queries a n d requests

H y p e r a c t iv e ?

prom ptly, she has attem pted initiatives to g e t a ro u n d the p roblem s caused b y the Shatner renovation fia sco , a n d she has b een d e m a n d in g a cc o u n ta b ility from a ll her constituents. W ith in the ranks, how ever, there is dissension. Som e students a c tiv e in clubs h a ve felt that she favours ce rta in clubs, others a re a n g ry b e ca use her in form ation sessions w e re not a s inform ative as th e y c o u ld have be e n, a n d still others c o m p la in that she d o e s not h a n dle stressful situations v e ry w e ll. A h e a d o f S h a h id lies a semester in w h ic h she has to fully re h a b ilita te

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clubs a n d services w ith n e g lig e n t a c co u n tin g histories, a n d professionalism , w h ile c rucial, w ill not m ake u p fo r her c o m p e te n ce shortfalls.

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Because the fa ll semester b e g in s o n a Thursday, students w o u ld have to

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trim m ed —

BENJI FELDMAN I n s te a d o f a n a f t e r n o o n p u b c ra w l, f r o s h ie s will lin e u p t o s e e a d v is o rs .

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from S a tu rd a y to M o n d a y . N e x t year,

like the p u b c ra w l a n d w a te rs lid e w ill

that a shorter Frosh w ill cut d o w n on the fun.

first-year students w ill p a rty w ith their

b e cut. "T w o d a y s just isn't e n o u g h —

"M U S Frosh w ill m ost d e fin ite ly b e

faculties F rid a y to S u n d a y a n d

w ith

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S S M U o n M o n d a y a n d Tuesday. -

this c o u ld re a lly h a ve a n im p a c t on the rest o f the y e a r."

A d m in is tra to rs in fo rm e d S S M U a n d fa c u lty u n d e rg ra d u a te s o c ie ty

C o p e la n d sha re d con ce rn s that students a re n o t g e n e ra lly in vo lve d a t

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executives o f their d e c is io n a t a meef-

M c G ill, but she d o e s not b e lie ve that

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in c h a rg e o f S S M U Frosh this y e a r a n d

o f classes. C o m p la in ts h a ve flo o d e d in the p a st fe w

fo r m ost [fa c u lty u n d erg ra d u a te soci e tie s]," she sa id .

ye a rs, lo d g e d b y parents fo rc e d to g iv e

M o s t o f the fa cu lty u n d e rg ra d u a te

up their ch ild re n a w e e k to o e a rly a n d

so c ie ty vice-presidents internal a g re e d .

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that it detracts from their attention span

she sa id . "E xhaustion-w ise it w ill b e a

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m eet a ll their frie n d s," s a id Filipski, w h o

interest o f the students to h a ve g o o d , h e a lthy tim e to party, but not so much

"I d o n 't re a lly think it's a b ig d e a l,"

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three a w e s o m e nights a n d tw o c ra z y d a y s ,'' he sa id . "Students w ill b e busier,

in the first fe w d a y s o f sch o o l." S w a rd expressed further h o p e that the co n d e n se d sch e d ule w ill encour a g e fa cu lty u n d erg ra d u a te societies, S S M U , a n d students to m ake the m ost o f their tim e. "This is n o t som ething I w a n te d ," he sa id , "b ut M c G ill has a n e xce lle n t Frosh p ro g ra m , a n d next y e a r w ill b e n o less fun than ye a rs p a st." ■

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M cG ill students with you n g ch ild ren are invited to a

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w h o has b e e n o u ts id e the R o d d ic k G a te s fo r the p a st seven m onths has g e n e ra te d c o n tro ve rsy o v e r the in to le ra n t p h ra s in g o f his m e s s a g e — he c o m p la in s o f e m p lo y e e m is tre a tm e n t

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g lo s s a r y 4 . F o o d fig h t: The C o a litio n fo r A c tio n o n F o o d S ervices saga

co n tin ue s a s students pro te st th e a d m in istra tio n 's

ro u n d a b o u t w a y o f h a n d lin g fo o d services issues like c o r p o ra tiz a tio n . The D in in g a t M c G ill A d v is o ry C o m m itte e , c o m p o s e d o f students a n d a d m in istra to rs, w ill m a k e rec o m m e n d a tio n s b y J a n u a ry 3 1 , b u t its re p o rt w ill rem a in c o n fid e n tia l

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F inance} M o r ty Y alo vsky a n n o u n ce s his fin a l d e c is io n . 5 . R eferendum : The tw o S S M U refe re n du m que stion s c o n c e rn in g the D a ily P u b lica tio n s S o c ie ty m a d e fo r a fun c o n trove rsy— a n d tetters to the e d ito r fille d w ith fa lse a n a lo g ie s . A fte r th e J u d ic ia l B o a rd o rd e re d Elections M c G ill to s e a l the results hours b e fo re th e y w e re to b e a n n o u n c e d , students fo rg o t b o th the DPS a n d the students c a m p a ig n in g a g a in s t its m a n d a to ry fe e . T he c a s e is still p e n d in g . 6.

Election:

For the first tim e in ye a rs, students w a n te d to

h a n g o u t a t G e rt's Pub a s A m e ric a n p re s id e n tia l votes ro lle d in. The next m o rn in g , students w o k e u p to a Bush v ic to ry a n d the w o rs t h a n g o v e r ever. 7 . $ 103-million: The p ro v in c ia l g o ve rn m e nt's p la n to cut this a m o u n t fro m student fin a n c ia l a id has resulted in m uch student p ro te s t— a n d e ffig ie s o f P rem ier je a n C h a re st.

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Monday, Tuesday & Sunday

BASKETBALL

MEN A. B &C WOMEN A&B

$100.00 per team

November 29,9:00 to January 13,17:00

Tuesday to Friday &Sunday

INDOOR SOCCER

MEN A & B WOMEN A&B CO-REC A&B

$100.00 per team

November 29,9:00 to January 13,17:00

10 5 Men & 5 Women

Monday to Thursday, Saturday & Sunday

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$100.00 per team

November 29,9:00 to January 13,17:00

5 Men& 5 Women

Saturday &Sunday

Currie Pool

VOLLEYBALL

MEN A & B WOMEN A&B CO-REC A&B

$100.00 per team

November 29,9:00 to January 13,17:00

8 4 Men & 4 Women

Monday, Wednesday &Thursday

Gymnasium 1 &2 Fieldhouse A&B

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2 Men & 2 Women

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Boots

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From December 17, 2004 to January 4, 2005

M c G ill ATHLETICS

IN F O R M A T IO N :

N T E

F IT N E S S

C O U R S E S COST

DAY & TIM E

R E G IS T R A T IO N IN F O R M A T IO N R egister in th e C lie n t Services O ffic e o f th e Sports C entre - M o n d a y th ro u g h Friday 08h30— 19h45, • R e g istra tio n c o n tin u e s th ro u g h January 28, 2005. • N on -m e m b ers re g is te re d f o r courses m ay use th e fa c ility o n ly d u rin g th e ir d e sig n a te d class tim e s. • M o s t classes b e g in th e w e e k o f January 10 2005 • F u ll-tim e M cG ill stu d e n ts m ay re g is te r a t th e m em ber's fe e . • Classes w ill n o t be held th e w e e k o f s tu d y break, and M arch 25 th ro u g h M arch 28, 2005.

A N D

R E C R E A T IO N COURSE

WKS

K iD S ' C O R N E R O l y m p ic W a y - W h i t e (3 - 1 4 y r s )

S a tu rd a y

1 0 : 3 0 - 1 1 :1 5

S a tu rd a y

1 1 :1 5 - 1 2 :0 0

3 5 . 6 4 / 5 3 .0 3

D A Y S TIM E

COURSE

COST

WKS

W h i t e A d v ( 3 - 1 4 y r s ) ____________________ G r e e n (3 - 1 4 v rs )

B lu e ( 3 - 1 4 y rs) B r o n z e ( 3 - 1 4 y rs)

K ic k b o x in g

M o n ., W e d ., F r i.

1 5 : 3 0 - 1 6 :2 5

4 7 .8 1 / 1 1 3 .0 0

K ic k b o x in g - S a v a te 1

T u e sd a y , T h u rsd a y &

2 1 :3 0 - 2 2 :2 5

4 7 .8 1 / 1 1 3 .0 0

10 10

K i c k b o x i n g - S a v a t e II

T u e sd a y , T h u rsd a y &

6 9 .5 4 / 1 3 4 .7 4

1 9 : 3 0 - 2 0 :2 5

F r id a y

S ilv e r 0 - 1 4 y rs) G o l d (3 - 1 4 y rs ) A Q U A T IC S A d u lt s L e a r n T o S w im

M onday

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

(L e v e l 1 B e g in n e r )

S a tu rd a y

1 1 : 1 5 - 1 2 :1 0

A d u lt s L e a r n T o S w im

W ed n esd ay

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

(L e v e l 2 & 3 In te r m e d ia te )

S a tu rd a y

1 1 :1 5 - 1 2 :1 0

S w im

(P r iv a t e )

b y a p p o in t m e n t

S w im

( S e m i- P r iv a t e )

b y a p p o in t m e n t

S w im

F it

Tues

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

W ed n esd ay

R e c e r t - N a t io n a l L if e g u a r d

S u n d a y , M a rch 2 0

1 1 . 3 0 / 1 5 .6 5 3 1 .3 0 / 4 8 .6 8

1 8 :3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

2 2 .6 9 / 3 9 .9 9

9 hO O -1 7h O O

6 0 .8 5 / 6 9 .5 4

B a lle t

F r id a y

1 6 : 3 0 - 1 8 :2 5

B e lly b a n c in g

T u esd ay

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

W ed n esd ay

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

F la m e n c o

W ed n esd ay

1 9 : 0 0 - 2 0 :2 5

H ip M o p

Tu esd ay

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 0 :5 5

8 1

3 1 . 3 0 / 5 3 .0 3 '..-"X-., --------4 5 .2 1 / 6 6 .9 4 -------- -------------- EKT* -------3 1 .3 0 / 5 3 .0 3

F r id a y

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 8 :5 5

T h u rsd a y

2 0 :0 0 - 2 1 :3 0

3 9 . 9 9 / 6 1 .7 2

J a z z I n t r o 1 & II

Tu es & T h u rs

1 7 :0 0 - 1 8 :2 5

J a z z I n t e r II & III

T u e s & T h u rs

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :5 5

6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

L a t in D a n c e

M onday

1 9 : 0 0 - 2 0 :2 5

3 1 .3 0 / 4 8 .6 8

10 10 10 10 1Ô 10 8

6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

Tu esd ay

1 9 :0 0 - 2 0 :2 5

S o c ia l D a n c e

Tu esd ay

2 0 :3 0 - 2 1 :5 5

S w in g D a n c e - L t n d y H o p 1

T h u rsd a y

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 8 :5 5

3 1 . 3 0 / 5 3 .0 3

S w in g D a n c e - L in d y H o p II

T h u rsd a y

1 9 : 0 0 - 1 9 :5 5

3 1 . 3 0 / 5 3 .0 3

A e r o b ic s - C la s s ic C a r d io

M o n d a y & T h u rsd a y

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

3 1 .3 0 / 7 4 .7 6

B o d y w o rk s

M o n d ay & W ed n esd ay

1 2 : 0 0 - 1 2 :5 5

3 1 .3 0 / 7 4 .7 6

B o d y D e s ig n

S a tu rd a y

1 2 : 0 0 - 1 2 :5 $

1 5 . 6 5 / 3 7 .3 8

B o o t C am p

M o n ., W e d .

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 8 :5 5

5 9 .9 8 / 1 2 5 .1 8

& F r id a y

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

S p in & T r im S p in - R a c e & P a c e S te p E x trê m e ------—---------------------------- ------ ---------Tae B o x

M o o K w a n g T a e K w o n D o il

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

2 0 :3 0 - 2 1 :5 5

3 1 .3 0 / 7 4 .7 6

S h a o lin

M o n d a y s W ed n esd ay

2 0 :3 0 - 2 1 :5 5

4 7 .8 1 / 9 1 .2 8

B a d m in t o n

M onday

1 3 : 3 0 - 1 4 :2 5

2 3 . 4 7 / 3 6 .5 1

F r id a y

0 9 :0 0 - 0 9 :5 5

2 3 . 4 7 / 3 6 .5 1

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 5 :0 0

8 6 .9 4 / 9 5 .6 4

0 8 :0 0 - 0 8 :5 5

3 9 .9 9 / 7 4 .7 6

T u e sd a y S T h u rsd a y

1 1 : 3 0 - 1 2 :2 5

3 9 .9 9 / 7 4 .7 6

SW e d n e s d a y

1 9 : 0 0 - 1 9 :5 5

F e n c in g tl

M o n d a y s W ed n esd ay

2 0 :0 0 - 2 0 :5 5

3 9 .9 9 / 7 4 .7 6

H o ckey 1

F r id a y

1 3 : 3 0 - 1 4 :4 5

4 5 .2 0 / 6 2 .5 9

M onday

H o c k e y II

F r id a y

1 4 : 4 5 - 1 6 :1 5

5 3 .9 0 / 7 1 .2 9

S k a t in g

W ed n esd ay

1 5 : 0 0 - 1 6 :1 5

4 7 .8 1 / 6 5 .2 0

S a tu rd a y

1 0 : 3 0 - 1 1 :2 0

3 2 .1 7 / 4 9 .5 5

S a tu rd a y

1 1 :3 0 - 1 2 :2 0

S k a t in g (P r iv a t e )

b y a p p o in t m e n t

1 5 . 6 5 / 2 0 .0 0

S k a t i n g ( S e m i- P r iv a t e )

b v a p p o in t m e n t

1 1 . 3 0 / 1 5 .6 5

S q u a s h In tr o

M onday

1 6 : 0 0 - 1 6 :4 5

M onday

1 7 :3 0 - 4 8 :1 5

Tu esd ay

1 6 :4 5 - 1 7 :3 0

T u esd ay

1 7 :3 0 - 1 8 :1 5

8 10

W ed n esd ay

1 2 :1 5 - 1 3 :0 0

W ed n esd ay

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

T h u rsd a y

1 6 : 0 0 - 1 6 :4 5

T h u rsd a y

1 6 :4 5 - 1 7 :3 0

10 «A 10

F r id a y

0 8 :3 0 - 0 9 :1 5

F r id a y

0 9 :1 5 - 1 0 :0 0

F r id a y

1 4 :3 0 - 1 5 :1 5

F r id a y

1 5 :1 5 - 1 6 :0 0

10 ........

F r id a y T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

3 9 ,9 9 / 8 3 .4 5

F r id a y

1 6 :0 0 - 1 6 :4 5

5 9 . 9 8 / 1 25< 1 8

S a tu rd a y

1 0 :4 5 - 1 1 :3 0

M o n . , ' W e d ., F r i .

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :2 5

3 1 .3 0 / 7 4 .7 6

Sunday

1 1 : 3 0 - 1 2 :1 5

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 8 :5 5 1 3 : 3 0 - 1 4 :2 5

3 9 .9 9 / 8 3 .4 5

M onday

1 6 :4 5 - 1 7 :3 0

T h u rsd a y

1 7 :3 0 - 1 8 :1 5

&T h u r s d a y

10 — — X X ............. id -------- ---------10

&T h u r s d a y T u e s d a y &T h u r s d a y T u e s d a y &T h u r s d a y

0 8 :0 0 - 0 8 :5 5

3 9 . 9 9 / 8 3 .4 5

0 8 :0 0 - 0 8 :4 5

6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

S a tu rd a y

1 1 :3 0 - 1 2 :1 5

7 8 .2 5 / 1 2 1 .7 0

Sunday

1 2 :1 5 - 1 3 :0 0

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 9 :2 5

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 9 : 1 0 - 1 9 :5 5

6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

1 6 : 3 0 - 1 7 :2 5

3 9 .9 9 / 8 3 .4 5

10 A 10

1 7 : 3 0 - 1 8 :2 5

5 9 .9 8 / 1 2 5 .1 8

T u esd ay

S p in

1 6 : 0 0 - 1 6 :5 5

Tu esd ay

S te p & S w e a t

3 1 .3 0 / 7 4 .7 6

-------- * --------3 1 . 3 0 / 4 8 .6 8

F IT N E S S & W E L L N E S S

M id C u tz

1 9 : 3 0 - 2 0 :2 5

C u r lin g

10 10

Ir is h D a n c e

S te p & P u m p

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

F e n c in g

7 1 . 2 8 / 9 3 .0 1 -------- -------------- .......S A T F ’S • ---------3 1 .3 0 / 5 3 .0 3

3 1 . 3 0 / 5 3 .0 3

C a r d io J a m

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 9 :2 5

M oo K w a n g Tae K w o n D o I

1/2h r 1/2h r

(C a r d io - R e s p ir a t o r y E n d u r a n c e ) S t r o k e Im p r o v e m e n t

F r id a y

(W h it e S Y e llo w )

1 5 . 6 5 / 2 0 .0 0

&T h u r s

3 5 . 6 4 / 5 3 .0 3

~ 20:00-21:25

M onday

&W e d n e s d a y

M o n . & W e d . & F r i.

F IT N E S S & W E L L N E S S (P A Y - A S - Y O U - G O )

S q u a s h In te r

S q u a s h (P r iv a t e )

b y a p p o in t m e n t

T e n n is In t r o

M onday

1 4 : 0 0 - 1 4 :5 5

T h u rsd a y

1 6 :0 0 - 1 6 :5 5

F r id a y

0 9 :0 0 - 0 9 :5 5

T e n n is In t e r 1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

$ 2 . 1 7 / $ 7 .3 9

STEP

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay S a tu rd a y

1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 :5 5

TA E BO X

Tu esd ay

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

$ 2 . 1 7 / 5 7 .3 9

SOOTCAM»

T h u rsd a y

... 17:00-17:55 ...

$ 2 , 1 7 / $ 7 .3 9

.....

M onday

1 5 :0 0 - 1 5 :5 5

W ed n esd ay

1 5 :0 0 - 1 5 :5 5

S 2 .1 7 / Î7 .3 9

W ed n esd ay

1 4 : 0 0 - 1 4 :5 5

$ 2 . 1 7 / $ 7 .3 9

F r id a y

1 0 : 0 0 - 1 0 :5 5

YO G A

F r id a y

1 6 :1 5 - 1 7 :1 0

$ 2 .1 7 / $ 7 .3 9

1 7 8 .2 0 / 2 0 8 .6 2

0 9 :0 0 - 1 9 :0 0

6 9 .5 4 / 7 8 .2 4

1 1

1 2 h 0 0 -1 8 h 0 0

3 4 ,7 7 / 4 3 .4 6

1 i o

3 5 .6 4 / 3 9 .9 9

P r iv a t e W e ig h t T r a in in g

b y a p p o in t m e n t

C P R IS ta n d a rd F ir s t A id

S a tu rd a y , Ja n u a ry 2 2 Su n d ay, Ja n u a ry 23

R e - c e r t C P R (o n ly )

S u n d a y , F e b ru a ry

R e -c e rt S ta n d a rd F ir s t A id w it h C P R

S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 5

0 9 :0 0 - 1 7 :0 0

5 2 . 1 6 / 6 0 .8 5

H a th a Y o g a 1

M on & W ed

0 8 :0 0 - 0 8 :5 5

2 9 . 6 6 / 6 4 .3 3

1 2 : 0 0 - 1 2 :5 5

2 9 . 5 6 / 6 4 .3 3

1 8 : 1 5 - 1 9 :2 5

4 6 . 9 4 / 9 0 .4 1

1 9 : 3 0 - 2 0 :4 0

3 7 .3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

0 8 :0 0 - 0 8 :5 5

2 9 . 5 6 / 6 4 .3 3

1 6 : 0 0 - 1 7 :1 0

3 7 . 3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

1 7 : 1 5 - 1 8 :2 5

3 7 .3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

T u e s & T h u rs

H a t h a Y o g a 11

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :4 0

3 7 . 3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

M on & W ed

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 8 :1 0

3 7 .3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

Tu e s & T h u rs

1 8 : 3 0 - 1 9 :4 0

P ilâ t e s

Tu esd ay

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 4 :1 5

4 6 .9 4 / 6 8 .6 7

P ilâ te s

T h u rsd a y

13:00-14:15

4 6 .9 4 / 6 8 .6 7

P ilâ t e s 1 & Il

F r id a y

1 4 : 3 0 - 1 5 :4 5

4 6 .9 4 / 6 8 .6 7

P o w e r Yoga

M on & W ed

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 3 :5 5

3 7 .3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

T u e s & T h u rs

1 7 : 0 0 - 1 7 :5 5

3 7 .3 8 / 7 2 .1 5

Tai C hi

T h u rsd a y

2 0 :0 0 - 2 1 :2 5

3 9 .9 9 / 7 4 .7 6

1 8 : 0 0 - 2 0 :5 5

C a p o e i r a - B e g in s J a n u a r y 1 2

M o n ., W e d ., & F r i.

1 6 : 3 0 - 1 7 :5 5

Ju d o

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

17:30-19:25

K a ra te d o K en d o

o r

7 7 .3 7 / 1 2 0 .8 6

6 8 ,6 7 / 1 3 3 .8 7 6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

M o n d a y s W ed n esd ay

1 9 : 3 0 - 2 1 :2 5

6 2 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

Tu esd ay &

2 0 :0 0 - 2 1 :5 5

6 5 .5 9 / 1 0 6 .0 5

S a tu rd a y

0 9 :0 0 - 1 0 :5 5

1 1

2 2 .6 0 / 2 6 .9 5

10 ----— *"A'............. 10 10 * A -------10 10 8 10 10 -------- T X ” -----10 10 10

S a tu rd a y

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 4 :5 5

Sunday

1 0 :0 0 - 1 1 :5 5

S a tu rd a y

1 3 :3 0 - 1 5 :2 5

1 2 6 .0 5 / 1 3 4 . 7 4

Sunday

1 3 : 3 0 - 1 5 :2 5

1 2 6 .0 5 / 1 3 4 . 7 4

Ic e C lim b in g

S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 12

A ll D a y

6 5 .2 0 / 6 9 .5 4

6 6 1

K a y a k in g

W e d s . J a n . 1 2 * F e b .2

2 1 :0 0 - 2 2 :3 0

8 5 .1 9 / 9 3 .8 8

F rid a y s , J a n . 1 4 - F e b . 4

1 4 :3 0 - 1 6 :0 0

W e d s. F e b . 9 - M a r. 9

2 1 : 0 0 - 2 2 : 3 0 ________

E q u e s t r ia n

S n o w s h o e in g

F r i d a y s . F e b . 1 1 - M a r . 11

1 4 :3 0 - 1 6 :0 0

S a tu rd a y . J a n u a r y 1 5 /0 5

A ll D a y

3 6 .5 1 / 4 0 .8 6

S u n d a y , F e b ru a ry 6 /0 5

A ll D a y

3 6 .5 1 / 4 0 .8 6

S u n d a y . F e b r u a r y 1 3 /0 5

A ll D a v

3 0 - 5 1 / 4 0 , 8 5 _________

S a t , M a rc h 5 /0 5

A ll D a y

3 6 .5 1 / 4 0 .8 6

A q u a F it n e s s

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 2 :1 5 - 1 3 :0 0

$ 1 3 .0 4

B a d m in t o n

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 2 : 3 0 - 1 3 :1 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

B a il H o c k e y

T u esd ay

1 2 :3 0 - 1 3 :1 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

B e lly D a n c in g

T u e s d a y & F r id a y

1 2 : 0 0 - 1 2 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

&T h u r s d a y

B o d y D e s ig n

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 2 : 3 0 - 1 3 :1 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

E a s y R id e r

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 3 :0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

L a t in A e r o b ic s

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 2 : 3 0 - 1 3 :1 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

R id e r s o n H ie S t o r m

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 3 :0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

H a th a Y o g a 1

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

H a th a Y o g a il

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 2 :0 0 - 1 2 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

P ilâ t e s

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

1 2 : 1 5 - 1 3 :0 0

$ 1 3 ,0 4

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 2 :0 0 - 1 2 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

R ecess

M o n d a y , W e d , F r id a y

1 2 :3 0 - 1 3 :1 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

T e n n is

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 3 :0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

M o nd ay & W ed n esd ay

1 3 : 0 0 - 1 3 :4 5

$ 1 3 .0 4

Tai C hi

1 8 : 0 0 - 1 9 :5 5

F r id a y

1 8 . 2 5 / 2 2 .6 1 1 3 . 0 4 / 1 7 .3 9

i 1

Tu esd ay &

A ik id o

8 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 8

b y a p p o in t m e n t

O U T D O O R P U R S U IT S

1 9 : 0 0 - 2 2 :0 6

2 8 .6 9 / 4 1 .7 3

T e n n i s (S e m i- P r iv a t e )

C r o s s C o u n t r y S k iin g

W ed n esd ay

b y a p p o in t m e n t

P e r s o n a l T r a in e r D e v e lo p m e n t

4 5 m in

T e n n is (P r iv a te )

14 ------- -----------14

1 7 8 .2 0 / 2 0 8 .6 2

1 6 . 5 2 / 2 0 .8 7 2 8 .6 9 / 4 1 .7 3

5 7 .3 8 / 8 3 .4 6

1 8 : 1 0 - 1 8 :5 5

3 9 ,9 9 / 4 4 .3 4

2 8 .6 9 / 4 1 .7 3

1 2 : 0 0 - 1 2 :5 5

1 9 : 0 0 - 2 2 :0 0

2 1 .7 3 / 3 4 .7 8

1 6 :0 0 - 1 6 :5 5

Sunday

M onday

2 1 .7 3 / 3 4 .7 8

T u esd ay

T u e sd a y & T h u rsd a y

b y a p p o in t m e n t

1/2h r 1/2h r 6

1 6 : 0 0 - 1 6 :5 5

S P IN

F it n e s s In s t r u c t o r T r a in in g

8 8

T u e sd a y S T h u rsd a y

A E R O B IC S

F it n e s s A p p r a is a l

8 8

1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 :5 5

F r id a y

T e n n is A d v a n c e d

6 6 6 8 8

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g io n s, a n d our a m b itio n s . But the first d iffe re n c e o f

the g ra d e th e y k n o w th e y'll g e t. Yes, w e a re le a rn in g ,

w a s c o m in g to lig h t, I stu m b le d a cro ss a fa m ilia r lo o k in g h e a d lin e that

note is h o w e a ch o f us g o t here. O u r lives be fore

a n d e a c h course m a y b rin g us to see life in co m p le te

lo o k e d re m a rk a b ly s im ila r to o n e I h a d w ritte n in the

a c c e p ta n c e a re often c o m p le te c o n tra d ic tio n s . As

ly n e w w a y s . But this d e e p-se a te d g ra d in g a ttitu de o f

m onths e a rlier. C u rio u s, I re a d o n . Ideas w e re re p e a te d b u t m o ve d w ith

in te llig e n t y o u n g men a n d w o m e n w ith dre a m s to

som e

in the structure o f the a rtic le ; a p a s s a g e h a d s im ila r fra g m e n ts b u t in a d if-

a c h ie v e , w e a ll m a tric u la te d , but som e m a ile d their la n g u id ly

a b o u t re a l-w o rld e va lu a tion s. There's n o c o u n c il w h o 'll co m e k n o ckin g o n y o u r d o o r a n d tell yo u , "S orry, M s .

knowing th e y w e re in a lre a d y . W h y

Extrem ely D e d ic a te d , but w e a lre a d y h a ve 1 0 o f you

a p p lic a tio n s

w ith o u t

lic k e d the stam p, the d iffe re n c e ?

hope

w h ile

others

clo iste re d

adm in istra to rs teaches

us nothing

in this d iv is io n , so y o u 'll h a ve to p ic k a n e w ca re e r."

The 2 0 0 4 first y e a r class, w ith a n 8 9 . 3 p e r ce n t

C a re e rs a s id e , this incessant g ra d e d e fla tio n

Tribune several

Imagine th a t—your w ritin g is good enough that someone wanted to copy the masterpiece. Imitation is the sincerest form o f flattery, after all.

h ig h s ch o o l a v e ra g e , is ran k e d the b rightest in c o m in g

m a y in d e e d b e hurting o u r g ra d school p o te n tia l. If

class in C a n a d a . It sounds fan tastic, but w e k n o w the

w e c a n 't present a n um ber th a t a c c u ra te ly reflects our

true stories b e h in d this a v e ra g e . T hough there's c e r ta in ly a p e rc e n ta g e o f us that a p p lie d k n o w in g d e e p

a b ilitie s — w h ic h

d o w n that w e h a d e a rn e d e v e ry d e c im a l p o in t, m any

ch a n c e to p ro v e ourselves? Inte llig e nce is not m eas

It is e v e ry journalist's d re a m a n d w o rs t n ig h tm a re to b e p la g ia riz e d .

o f us have h a d p o la r o p p o s ite exp e rie n ce s.

ured on a fo u r-p o in t scale. But even if w e 're g ra d e d

For o n e , it c a n b e a little fla tte rin g . Im a g in e th a t— y o u r w ritin g is g o o d

is a c o m p le te ly ludicrous

id e a

itself— a n d thus miss the cuto ff, w ill w e even h a ve a

fe re n t ord e r. Then, stu m b lin g u p o n a m istake I h a d m a d e in m y o w n a rti cle , it d ro v e the n a il into the c o ffin : I, m yself, h a d b e e n p la g ia riz e d .

Ask y ourself a s y o u re a d this: d id y o u c o m e here

o n a p p lie d k n o w le d g e a n d not pointlessly trivia l mul

from a to p -ra n kin g school that p rid e d itself o n g ra d e

tip le c h o ic e finals, w h o 's to sa y that yo u r 2 . 7 d id n 't

e n o u g h th a t so m e o n e w a n te d to c o p y the m a ste rp ie ce . Im itatio n is the sin ce re st fo rm o f flattery, a fte r a ll. O n the o th e r h a n d , p la g ia ris m e licits a fe e l

d e fla tio n th a t w a s innate in the a d m in istra tio n 's p o li

c o m e a rb itra rily from yo u r professor's p re d e te rm in e d g ra d e p la n ?

u p p e rfe c tly in a rece n t a rtic le o f the

c y ? D id y o u re p e a te d ly lo o k a t a re a l-w o rld A w ritten as a B-? O r a re yo u from the o p p o s ite g ro u p , w h o

in g o f intrusion, a ro b b e ry o f sorts. Psychiatrist D o ro th y Lew is sum m ed it

N e w Yorker, w h e re she a rg u e d that

p la g ia ris m w a s a k in to h a v in g so m e o n e ste a lin g the essence o f the soul.

c a m e from oth er to p -ra n kin g schools that focu sed on

To those professors, instructors, a n d a d m in istra tors w h o k n o w this, w e th a nk yo u . W e a p p re c ia te our

k e e p in g their g ra d u a te s o n the to p sch o o ls' m ost-want e d lists?

g ra d e s w h e n w e k n o w w e 'v e e a rn e d them . W e 'll

u n in te n tio n a lly d u e to m essy refe re n c in g a re th e ones w h o suffer the m ost.

h a p p ily ta ke o u r C s if w e k n o w w e put in the effo rt

It seem s harsh in the c a s e o f Taylor, w h o s a c rific e d his 2 3 -y e a r c a re e r fo r

"D a m n that straight-A a v e ra g e !" m oans the g ra d

w o rth y o f the g ra d e . W e w o n 't contest a fa ilu re if w e

n o t e x te n d in g his q u o ta tio n m arks lo n g e n o u g h in a p a ra g ra p h .

u a tin g student. "I'll never h a ve a c h a n c e a t a scholar sh ip w ith o u t an A + !"

c o u ld n 't even spell the course title. But in the oth er cases? If w e g e t d ra w n from a

O n e c o m m o n o ve rs ig h t m a y just b e the in n o c e n t b e lie f th a t so m e o n e else's id e a s a re co m m o n k n o w le d g e . A c c o rd in g to the L a n g u a g e C e n tre

"H ush n o w ," says the d e a n , o v e rh e a rin g . "You'll g e t in e x a c tly w h e re y o u w a n t." Translation: the

h a t fo r o n e o f 1 0 As, then w e 'll ta ke it as a GPA-

a t the A s ia n Institute o f T ech n o lo g y, th in g s th a t d o n o t n e e d to b e refer

booster, but w e w o n 't b e p ro u d o f it. If w e never d id

e n c e d in c lu d e "g e n e ra l k n o w le d g e , co m m o n k n o w le d g e in y o u r fie ld ,

a d m in w ill g iv e y o u w h a t y o u w a n t, b e ca use y o u r

a sin g le re a d in g y e t z ip p e d o u r w a y through the fin a l

a n d id e a s th a t a re y o u r o w n , o r fin d in g s o r insights from y o u r o w n

a w a rd a t U niversity X w ill k e e p o u r reputation inim ita b ly stellar.

on a h e a vy d o s e o f Ritalin, w e k n o w w e d e se rve a pass, not th a t A .

research.

W h ile so m e p la g ia ris m rem ains fu lly in te n tio n a l, authors w h o d id so

This presents a p a ra d o x to the u n e d u c a te d jo u rn a list research

in g o n a n im p ro m p tu a rtic le — if c o m m o n k n o w le d g e in a fie ld a n d a n a u th o r s id e a s a re not re fe re n c e d , the latter c o u ld v e ry w e ll b e in te rp re ted

H ig h sch o o l is lo n g past, a n d fo r m a n y o f us,

Thank yo u , M c G ill, fo r the e d u c a tio n y o u g iv e

p u rp o s e ly fo rg o tte n . But the m a n ip u la te d g ra d e s that

a n d the o p p o rtu n itie s from w h ic h a ll students c a n ben

g o t som e o f us here still rin g tru e — a n d e v e ry o n e else is le a rn in g the h a rd w a y .

efit. Thank y o u fo r the As, the Bs, a n d the lo n e C + ,

A t the e n d o f the d a y , this m a y b e a p o o r e xc u s e — p la g ia ris m results

that w e k n o w w e 'v e e a rn e d . But if next sem ester w e w a lk into a class a n d instantly k n o w the g ra d e w e 're

from a la c k o f d u e d ilig e n c e a n d le g w o rk . W ith a ll the distress o f the c o n

Each semester b ring s a fresh c ro p o f classes a n d professors. O fte n , it a ls o b ring s a fresh c ro p o f shat

g o in g to g e t w ith o u t h a v in g a c h a n c e to p ro v e our

te re d hopes, as the professor a n n ou n ce s in the o rie n

selves, w e 'll stand up, turn a ro u n d , a n d w a lk o u t—

ta tio n class th a t he o r she w ill o n ly a w a rd 1 0 A s to

a n d then w e 'll k n o w w e 'v e

a s co m m o n k n o w le d g e d u e to a la c k o f fa m ilia rity w ith the subject.

seq u en ce s fo r b o th p a rtie s, c a n w rite rs a ffo rd n o t to b e v ig ila n t? For n o w , I w ill just b a s k in the g lo w o f b e in g e m u la te d . ■

really le a rn e d som ething.

e a c h c la s s — n o m ore, n o less. O r p e rh a p s the speech

R e m e m b e r th e tita n

A c o m m u n ity full o f jerks

Jam es S c a rfo n e 's c o lu m n (B lam e C h ré tie n — 2 3 . 1 1 . 0 4 ) a p p e a rs tailor-m ade to a p p e a s e A m e rican stu

Boo-hoo, V ivian C h o y (letter— 2 3 .1 1 .0 4 ). Im prison p ie throw ers, d e le g itim iz e the D a ily Publication S o c ie ty ...

dents w h o m ay have not been a w a re that anti-A m ericanism . is not a C a n a d a ^ v id e p h enom enon. Evidently, M r. C hrétien "secured his le g a c y " b y th ro w in g together a fe w c o b b le d bills d e s ig n e d to a p p e a s e M s . Parrish a n d her ilk.

W h y so a n g ry ? O k a y , I p a rtia lly kn o w : the M c G ill com m u nity is full o f jerks. You d id n 't g e t to b e president last y e a r a n d y o u r p e t goldfish d ie d last w e e k. I sa y it's g o o d that

our students, d e g ra d in g the other h a lf in the process: "C a n a d a 's Search fo r the C o o rs Light M a x im G irl /

Feel

yo u rem ove M c G ill students from the id e a listic b u b b le your

like a kid in a C a n d y , M a n d y , B randy a n d S a n d y store." W h a t the hell w e re yo u thinking? W o m e n a re the m ajority here a n d this is a d irect insult. Unfortunately, I c a n 't threat en to ca n ce l m y subscription, but I really h o p e yo u r fun ding is revoked.

tam ing

va le d icto ria n 's speech is g o in g to b e a b o u t a n d insert a bet

— Emma Hamilton, U 4 Civil Engineering

C a n a d a 's b u d g e t d e ficit, h e lp in g b ring a b o u t a calm er

ter narrative: students a re m ean, prurient, self-serving brutes. W h a t's b a fflin g is that it's taken so long fo r yo u to la m en t— h a d n 't you spent a y e a r w ith RDC a n d T N T G ert's?

observations

o f his

legacy,

in clu d in g

environm ent in Q u e b e c , a n d resisting the self-appointed c re w o f snobs a n d elitist m em bers o f C a n a d a 's (particular ly Q uebe c's) m ed ia w h o ho u nd e d him a t e ve ry turn, have led me to a s o m e w h a t diffe re n t v ie w o f C hrétien. I a lso dis

— Yesse Gutman, U 2 History

Tw inkle, tw in k le I am w ritin g to express a p p re c ia tio n fo r som ething that is often o ve rlo o ke d this tim e o f y e a r o n cam pus: the d is p la y o f Christm as lights a lo n g the m ain path, as w e ll as the

a g re e that he c a n b e b la m e d fo r a Liberal m inority go ve rn

N arcissistic? M oi?

Christm as trees a lo n g the front o f the b u ild in g . To b e fair,

ment, w h e n M r. M a rtin 's o w n p o o r h a n d lin g o f the fallout

Kim D 'S ouza's thoughtful article on the co n c e p t o f C a n a d ia n identity (I am C a n a d ia n !— 2 3 . 1 1 . 0 4 ) rem inded

they m ay b e re g a rd e d as "h o lid a y lights" o r "illum inating natio na l a sp e ct o f the w in te r break. W h a te v e r the case m ay be, they m ake this cam pus lo o k a d a rn sight prettier le a d in g up to the fa ll exam season. A m id the d e b a te a b o u t fo o d providers o n cam pus, increased enrolm ent, la ck o f funds, a n d an increase in tuition, there is a t least o n e small

M r. Scarfone's usage o f this relatively small story as

me o f a com m ent m a d e b y m y C a n a d ia n H istory professor du rin g o n e o f our classes— that the C a n a d ia n identity co n sisted, in part, o f "the narcissism o f sm all diffe re n ce s." W h ile I, an A m e rica n , w a s never sure if this w a s a fa ir o r accu ra te o bservation, it has stuck in m y m ind as an interest ing turn o f phrase.

p a rt o f a la rg e r pedestal from w h ic h to a tta ck M r. C h rétie n s

— David Sewall, B.A. '7 9

yo u . I e n co u ra g e you a ll, a s yo u w a lk from the lib ra ry o r

o f the sponsorship s c a n d al a n d even p o o re r election cam p a ig n h a d d o n e fa r m ore d a m a g e . I also question M r. Scarfone's e xp la n a tio n as to the ratio n a le o f M r. M artin 's expulsion o f AAs. Parrish, as he has let her g e t a w a y w ith anti-A m erican remarks several times until she chose to criti c iz e him as w e ll.

record

is irresponsible g e n e ra liz a tio n

and

ignores M r.

C h ré tie n s o w n positive accom plishm ents d u rin g his tim e in office.

— Francis Nixon, U 2 History

d e vices fo r seasonal use" if y o u a d h e re to the non-denom i-

pleasure fo r w h ic h I ca n tip m y hat to M c G ill a n d sa y thank yo u r 5 : 3 0 class, to w a lk d o w n the path to w a rd s R oddick

D irect in su lt to th e ladies As a student o f M c G ill that pays fees to su p p ort yo u r new spaper, I am o u tra g e d that yo u a llo w e d the a d on the b a c k o f the p a p e r ( 2 3 .1 1 .0 4 ) to address less than h a lf o f

G a te s a n d a d m ire som ething th a t the folks in their ivo ry to vc ers have a ctu a lly d o n e right. Let's h o p e this helps deter Santa from putting a lum p o f c o a l in their stockings.

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E n g lis h JEFF ROBERTS

jeff.roberts@elf.mcgill.ca o w n . But it is precisely this feature o f English that

w a s struck b y a strange im pression o f d é jà vu.

M e a n w h ile , the rest o f us pretentious a n g lo s w ill

{Since I am a fran co p h o n e, I c a n use French w o rd s in English w ith o u t m aking myself ridiculous

have to muster extra v ig ila n c e to lose som e o f our

makes it so glorious; its indiscrim inate plucking o f

other linguistic affectations, such as "fa la fe l," "p a ja

other languages gives it a staggering breadth a n d

a n d affe cting a French a cce n t I d o n 't have!)" M y goodness. It w a s w ith a m ix o f em barrass

m as," "Zeitgeist," o r "schm uck." The reality is that is

a d a p ta b ility.

sim ply absurd to g o aro u n d trying to interject phras

the num ber o f w o rd s in the English la n g u a g e a t over

ment a n d gra titu d e that I d iscovered, in o n e o f the

es from A ra b ic , FHindi, G e rm a n , o r Y iddish just to

faculty newsletters, this authors useful adm onishm ent

m ake our conversation a p p e a r im portant o r sophisti

8 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d g ro w in g . English w ill never e n jo y the lyricism o r purity o f

re g a rd in g a n g lo p h o n e s' pathetic attempts to affect

ca te d. D o n 't w e k n o w h o w ridiculous w e must seem

the rom ance languages, nor w ill it e ver ring w ith the

French m annerisms. Thanks to his w o rd s, I w ill no lo nger m ake myself lo o k ridiculous w ith affectations

passions o f the S lavic tongue. But it ca n take com lo r U tU h e fact-that iH s o n e o f the most versatile a n d

like "d é jà v u ," a n d I w ill advise the rest o f English N o rth A m e rica to scrub this p ie ce o f pretension from

to p e o p le w h o a ctu a lly sp e a k these languages? This p ro je ct to ensure that every w o rd in our v o c a b u la ry is d e rive d d irectly from C h a u ce r w ill, o f course, take som e w o rk . But it w ill b e w o rth it p ro

its voca b ulary. Likewise, the o b viously p h o ny and

v id e d a re cipro ca l effort is undertaken b y our fran

a b o u t w hether those French-sounding w o rd s in my

po m p o u s

co p h o n e frien d s— I, for one, am sick o f French p e o

v o c a b u la ry constitute little m ore than ridiculous a ffe c

must soon be

p le trying to impress me w ith affe cte d English, such

tations. But before I co m e to terms w ith these clichés

e x p urgated from our speech. For som e a n g lo ph o n e s, rid d in g ourselves o f

as "w e e k e n d " o r "l'Internet" o r "c o o l." In a ll seriousness, the English la n g u a g e is fine

that a re o b vio u sly passé, I have som e errands to run. I have to g e t m y résumé in o rd e r be fore m eeting my

these ridiculous French mannerisms w ill take some

just as it is. Adm ittedly, it is a m ongrel la n g u a g e w ith

fiancée; w e a re g o in g to a ca fé fo r som e sautéed

tim e; the residents o f Des M o in e s,

Detroit, a n d

no genitals, a bastard that m ooches w o rd s w h e re v

crêpes, a n d then returning fo r a derrière sla p p in g

Q u 'A p p e lle shall un d ou b te d ly have a hard g o o f it.

er it ca n g e t them a n d claim s those w o rd s as its

m én a g e à trois. ■

expressions

"entrepreneur," a n d

"re n d e z v o u s ,”

"c o u p d état

"souvenir,

Indeed,

languagemonitor.com pegs

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A lb e ric h ,"

"Rulinde, yo u w o u ld n 't b e lie ve w h a t just h a p

says

notice. The thunderous trumpets stop. D im inuendo.

horn. M o re strings. A horn. M o re strings. It is the

p e n e d !"

says

S chw erah.

"I'm

a t the

lib ra ry ...

S tudying, w h a t? A re you som e kind o f history stu d e n t— H uh, I'm a s o c io lo g y m ajor." Little strings

a n d fa c in g questions o f g lo b a l sig n ifica n ce reg a rd

plucking. But the fa ll o f the poli-sci w a rrio rs a w a k e n e d a

the

ing arm s control, deterrence, a n d Iraq, Iraq, Iraq.

new , m ore p o w e rfu l fo e — o n e w h o never ceases to

Princesses a re co m in g , the Princesses a re c o m in g ... "A n d like, oh m y G o d , w h a t is he w e a rin g ?

They rise u p to c h a lle n g e the fe m a le w a rrio rs. The storm clouds g a th e r a a a a a a a a n n n n d d d m a jo r horn

fight, no matter h o w m any times yo u try to put your

so ta a a a a c k y . Just roll him

section. "Shuuuuut u p !" The Valkyries turn, g rim a ce ;

a re

c o m in g ,

up in d o u g h a n d send S iegfried b a c k to fa t c a m p ,"

Sam Goffman

U n cle

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feet up on the desks, a n d w h o is v e ry w e ll union ize d thank yo u ve ry m uch. The lib ra ry security guards. A g a in cym bals, strings, drum scym bals, tri a ngles d in g lin g , a n d w e a re a p p ro a c h in g our cli

says S chw erah. "H o o h o o fra u le in ,” says S iegfried.

they a re w o m e n w arrio rs, rid in g c o m fy Diesel-brand

But his pleas a sid e , the Valkyries kept m oving

steeds a n d they a re not g o in g to take no shit no

m ax.

a n d the strings section o n ly gets louder. For the Valkyries a re strutting their stuff through the Redpath

how . They d ra w steel tip p e d invectives. "O h y e a h ." The poli-sci students rid e out to

library, both sporting pink D K N Y designer jo g g in g

m eet their challengers. T hey respond, "O h y e a h ." The clash o f w ild -e y e d w a rrio r sounds round

dutiful p u b lic servant in his p o o rly ta ilo re d polyester

the stacks. Tongues fixe d , fists cle n ch e d, c o m b a t is locked into a feverish stalem ate. But then, S chw erah

pants. The ch a m p io n s rise up. " W e w e re n 't b e in g noisy," says S chw erah.

pants a n d both w ith "b a b y " a n d "kitten" crested o n to their respective posteriors, a n d , yo u know , talk in g . Talking loud. " O h I d id n 't tell you a b o u t last n ig h t," says

"I'm sorry ladies, but I am g o in g to have to ask yo u to b e quiet. A num ber o f patrons have m ad e c o m p la in ts." O h the insult, the infamy, the g a ll o f the

com es to her sister's rescue. She pulls out a b a g o f

C rash. "W e ll the other patrons say that yo u a re ,"

Brünnchel. " W h a t h a p p e n e d ? " says S chw erah. The

b a b y carrots a n d b e g in s to munch. A t first it is o n ly

says the security g u a rd . C rash. " W h o pays your

girls settle d o w n in som e b e a te n -d o w n lib ra ry chairs M cLennan.

nibbles, but q u ickly a n d lo u d ly she im poses her $ 5 , 0 0 0 o rthodontist-approved incisors upon the

sa la ry? " says Brünnchel. There is a tense m om ent w h e n a ll matter in the

p o o r U m belliferae w ith a d e fin ite cym bal-like crash.

kn o w n universe cease to fall a lo n g the predestined

Brünnchel licks her lips; o n e ca n hear the d in g o f a

A g a in she chom ps. A g a in the crash.

rules o f g ra vita tio n a l pull; all m olecules teeter on the

triangle. "S o like I w e n t over to H a n n a ricka s the

fa c in g

open

desk

fifth-floor

The p o litica l science students g a s p lo u d ly as

b rink o f im p lo d in g into nothingness, a n d then the

they a re fe lle d a n d tum ble d o w n , d o w n , out, out o f

security g u a rd ca lm ly says, "Please b e q u ie t o r I w ill

the lib ra ry w ith their tattered study g ro u p in tow . G ently, calm settles upon the stacks. The cham

have to ask yo u to g o o u tsid e." A ll the instruments

pions vanquished, the girls re w a rd themselves w ith

"Fine, w e d o n 't have to b e here. I k n o w w h e n w e 're

gleeful hugs, som e F.uzzy Peaches c a n d y a n d a cell

not w a n te d ." The tem pest passes. A ll is quiet in

other night a n d w e 're a ll h a vin g a g o o d tim e a n d stuff... So guess w h o w a s th e re ..." " W h o ? ” says S ch w e ra h . Strings. F rankelberg." says Brünnchel. Strings.

"Fafner

Nooooo.

says S chw erah. Strings. "Yesssss." says Brünnchel. "O h , he's so gross." "I k n o w a n d the rings he w e a rs — w h o 's he fo o lin g ? " says S chw erah. "H e

together now , a resounding w a v e o f music a n d

Redpath. A n d the heavens sleep. ■

p h o n e ca ll o r tw o .

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S to p listen in g to w h o m ?

H a rris, M ik e H u d g in , G e n e v ie v e Jenkins,

I guess Elisha never d id g e t o ff his ass

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Lemieux, Sam Loeb, R. S cott M c ls a a c ,

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teach him h o w to g e t la id ; som ething that has o b vio u sly not h a p p e n e d a ll semester M a y b e he should stop listening to M C H a m m e r a n d ta lk in g a b o u t hoo kers because girls a re n 't attracted to high school kids. A ye a r a b ro a d is a n a m a z in g exp e ri ence, but if he ca m e b a c k here still thinking

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that he's g o t it b a d , then he o b vio u sly spent SI to o much tim e in front o f the Playstation. D ude, there w e re p e o p le d y in g all

receive the sam e treatm ent as the w om en's team . C o m m ittin g a t least three a n d as m any as five d a ys a w e e k is gru e lin g , phys

to g e t the b lo o d circu la ting a g a in . Then I

ic a lly a n d a c a d e m ic a lly . W h e n w e crushed Bishop's in the p ro vin cia l c h a m p i

h o p e y o u 'll stop a ctin g like a sp o ile d b rat a n d b e pro u d to g o to class, because the w o rld d o e sn't revolve a ro u n d you.

onship, lights should g o on. W h e n both teams p re p a re e q u a lly a n d there is still a b lo w o u t, other divisions should b e m eeting

— Eleonore Fournier U 3 Political Science/History

o n e another. This w o u ld a llo w us to push the e n ve lo pe o n a season that still has a lot

m om m y to g o to school (G ettin' o u t w h ile the gettins' g o o d — 2 3 . 1 1 . 0 4 ) . Its so sad that he's so m e h o w pro u d to need a class to

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o n ly the la ck o f sex that's getting to yo u r b ra in — in that case yo u should try jo g g in g

tend that he's a p o o r b o y fo rce d b y his

Jerem y M o rris , A d a m M y e rs , D a v id N a ta f, C a ro lin e O le c h o w s k i, S id P harasi, M e lis s a

in Tel A v iv if he still thinks that it's c o o l to pre

a ro u n d you, a n d yo u r o n ly a m b itio n w a s to sm oke joints? That's pathetic. M a y b e it's

o f e n e rg y left in it, as it feels like the success

D o u b ly C IS sed In response to the colum n "C IS sed o ff

es co u ld have continued, w in o r lose. W ith a team that is p re p a rin g for a

body"

tour in B erm uda, a Iona history— a p p ro x i

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m ately 141 y e a rs — a n d strong a n d g ro w

u n ive rsity

sport's

g o v e rn in g

the best team possible. W e rea lize most o f our poten tia l, but I d o b e lie ve that d u e to la ck o f exposure to a C IS sanctioned tour

ing alum ni support, I’ d like to see m ore b e co m e o f men's ru g b y a t M c G ill. The need to co m p e te internally leads to the a b il ity to excel internationally. Let's start a t the grassroots.

— Dylan Kennett VP Social, men's rugby

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d is p a tc h

A in 't nothing but a P thang

C o n fe s s io n s

b o x

o f

PANTHEA LEE

panthea.Iee@ma i I.meg ill.ca

T u itio n ! B i g g e r is b e t t e r MIKE H U D G IN

be beautiful on the outside, she w o u ld a t least be beautiful on the inside. I w a s a fa t kid w ith

that! A d m it it, w e all pass judgments on

astigm atism

others for the silliest o f things— their outfits, their m usical

id you see w h a t she is w e a ring ? O m ig o d , I ca n 't believe he just said

re som e students a c tu a lly c o m p la in in g a b o u t potential tuition increases? S a d ly enough, the a nsw er is yes, a n d I, for one, a rg u e that these students a re b latantly

ig n o ra n t o f m any b a s ic e c o n o m ic principles. It is the ty p ica l

preferences,

w hatever.

It's

and

c ro o k e d

teeth,

and

ural fruit leathers— Fruit Roll-Ups had fa r too much sugar— for my mom to dress like other

the

moms. I pra ye d for the d a y she-w ould slip on

w o m a n responsible for this aesthetic m e s s -

a sweatshirt, jeans, a n d sneakers. But, as I learned the hard w a y, Jim iny C ricket is a filthy liar. M y mother's favourite outfit w a s a silver, le o p a rd print, velour thing. She passed her fine ly honed fashionisia instincts onto me. Her

human

im a gining a bleak future as the o b je ct o f much

nature. There is a b it o f snob in each o f us. In m y case, however, it is more than just a bit.

ta u ntin g — d e c id e d that she had to m ake it up to me som ehow . A n d so Project Inner Beauty

I am not asham ed. O h no. I refuse to m ope a b o u t the fa ct that I assert superiority over

braces, a n d an "I rule the w o rld " attitude.

others based on a rb itra ry measures. I w ill not exclaim , “ O h w o e is me, I w o n d e r h o w it hap

s n o b

be g an . Its end result? A fa t kid w ith glasses,

motto w a s "d a re to be different" and her child

I am a culture snob. I w a s p ro b a b ly the

w a s no exception. I w a s d e n ie d jeans; rather,

first four-year-old to sit in the front ro w o f

p e n e d ." I kn o w exactly h o w it h a p pened. I

Swan Lake. I also had the distinction o f b eing the only

my mother believed in colour-coordinated out fits. She thought that b y dressing me w e ll, atten

me to e x p la in w h y these students should b e fig h tin g for a tuition raise.

bla m e it o n — p ro b a b ly the most pop ular scape g o a t in this a g e o f Freudian p sych o lo g y— my mother.

tion m ay be taken o ff m y less-than-attractive vis

First o f a ll, alth o ug h M c G ill is in c re d ib ly w e ll reputed, it is relying h e a v ily on its past, a n d soon enough, m any schools

one to fall asleep w ithin the first half hour. Today, I scoff a t reality television and The O C . I am g o in g to the Nutcracker in tw o weeks.

W h e n I w a s just a little w e e lass— try, if you can, to im agine P Thang as just plain old

(no ta b ly Q u e e n s ,

most A m e rican

I am a fo o d snob. Junk fo o d w a s unheard of. I craved preservatives a n d artificial colour-

"p "; I h a d n't ye t d e ve lo pe d enough 'tude for

ing. A t school, no one ever w a n te d to trade

schools), w ill c lim b p a st M c G ill, because d e re g u la te d tuition

neither the ca p ita l P nor the T h a n g — a friend o f my mother's told her that I w a s the ugliest b a b y

lunches. N o matter h o w you look a t it, mor-

one o f the everybedys in corduroy; and, please, for those w h o like it, d o me a favour:

tadella on 12-grain is no match for PB&J on w h ite in the eyes o f an eightyea r-old. Today, I

fall info the G a p a n d never com e out.

n a rrow -m inded

m entality o f to o

m an y protesters to arg u e

a g a in s t a n y sort o f increase in pa ym e n t (or de cre a se in ea rn ings], w ith o u t p ro p e rly a n a ly z in g the situation a t ha n d. A llo w

Toronto,

W este rn ,

and

a llo w s them to c h a rg e m ore to students. This a llo w s w h a t is c a lle d a natural equ ilib riu m (of supply a n d d e m and), in w h ic h

she had ever seen. To a d d insult to injury, my

a g e . Today, I am petrified o f the G a p . Their ads terrify me, especially the "E verybody in" ca m p a ig n a n d the "Fall into the G a p " slogan from a fe w years back. I am scared o f being

turn up my nose a t S n ic k e f^a n d snack on d ark

_ Yes, I am a snob. But I e m brace it, a n d so should you. So long as you can trace your

there is a shortage o f m odern facilities a n d professors (this

gra n d m a cried w hen a relative rem arked that I took after her. As the w o m a n w h o g a ve birth to such a creature, my mother panicked. G osh

chocolate-covered o ra n g e peels instead. I am a fashion snob. Back in the day, I

m eans v e ry high student to teacher ratio), relative to w h a t stu

snobbism b a ck to an a p p ro p ria te scapegoat, no one w ill think a n y less o f you. ■

darn it, she thought, if her ch ild w a sn 't g o in g to

w o u ld have given up all m y 1 0 0 per cent nat-

students a re p a y in g exactly, o r close to, the am ount that they feel is right for the q u a lity o f their e d u catio n . Flere a t M c G ill,

dents w o u ld b e w illin g to pay. Therefore, the tuition freeze acts as a p ric e c e ilin g ; students should rea lize that raising the c e il ing w o u ld m ean b rid g in g the g a p betw e en su p p ly o f q u a lity

Bird watching

e d u catio n a n d d e m a n d for it. O n e has to lo o k n o further than our health ca re system to see the ill effects o f a rtific ia l p ric e ceik ings.

D o u c h e - b a g s g iv e u s a

Sure, som e m ay a rg u e that raising tuition w o u ld m ake prestigious universities like M c G ill less accessible to low er-

v id e a return o n the d o lla r fa r g reater than o n e in the future

ne o f my g o o d buddies has been ask ing me all ye a r to w rite an article for

o f The Godfather (W h e n M ic h a e l C o rle o n e a n d his bride-to-be a re ch a p ero n e d b y her

her. "D a n ," she says, "W rite an article

w h o le family. A n yo n e rem em ber? A nyone?

for m e." M y firm but fa ir response has a lw a y s

C o rle on e . A nyone?). W h o invites 1 0 o f their

d o e sn't le a ve a n y o n e out. Furthermore, a n increase in tuition

been, "The minute a n y o f your c ra z y stories

buddies to a first date?

w ill lo w e r the num ber o f students, elim in a ting those students

and theories on relationships becom e to p ica l, I'll d o it." I thought that w o u ld never happen,

The d o u che -b a g calls a g a in a n d my friend d e cid e s to g ive him a second chance. They have a fe w glasses o f w in e together and things a re m ayb e h e a de d som ew here, so he invites her b a c k to his p la ce . W ith m y friend thinking, "Let's g e t it o n !" it should have been a sure thing, right? W ro n g .

Since w e live in a

capitalist (that d re a d e d w o rd ) society, g e t

ting a loan is not a problem for most, so this p ro p o s e d hike

w h o a re not truly serious a b o u t their e d u c a tio n (and should not b e here in the first place). This w ill d e c re a s e class sizes, a n d p ro v id e a much m ore c o n d u c iv e le a rn in g environm ent. Those students w h o a re serious a b o u t their e d u c a tio n w ilt fin d a w a y to attend university, b e m ore m otivated, contribute to e v e ry one's lea rn in g e xperience, a n d re a p the benefits o f increased tuition fees. O n c e a g a in , the issue c a n b e related to health ca re ; if, say, a $ 2 5 Tee w e re im p ose d o n patients e a ch time they visited their doctor, they w o u ld think tw ic e a b o u t visiting their d o c to r for a m ild h e a d a c h e . This w o u ld reduce w a itin g lines, a n d a llo w doctors, like teachers, to p ro p e rly d o their jo b a n d g iv e the c a re n e e d e d to patients w h o rea lly need, a n d w a n t, their services Though these concepts a re fa irly s tra ig h tfo rw a rd a n d obvious to a n y o n e w h o is p ra c tic a l a n d o p e n m inded. I real ize that som e w ill a lw a y s fight for their rights, even if their rights a re fig h tin g a g a in s t them. W e ll, keep o n b lo w in g hot a ir . .. ■

— M ike Hudgin is a U1 M anagem ent student.

but n o w I realize I w a s w ro n g . H e r recent "alm ost" relationship a n d the mystery surround ing w h y she co u ld n 't hook this p articular g u y m a d e me realize that d o u che -b a g males g ive the rest o f the m ale pop ulatio n a b a d nam e.

WTF, douche-bag?

Pretty to p ica l, if you ask me.

The douche -b a g passes out on his bed So her story goes like this. M y friend (w e - before anything happens, leaving my friend w ill refer to her as "frie n d " a n d the g u y as hung out to d ry like a p a ir o f o ld panties. "d ou ch e -b a g " to protect their identities) met the H e calls her up a third tim e, a n d although d o u c h e -b a g a t a bar. They chatted, he she's feeling a little d a z e d a n d confused, she seem ed norm al, she g a ve him her number. Fie calls the next d a y a n d asks her out... Sounds g o o d so far... H e r first in klin g th a t the g u y w a s d ouched-up to the m ax cam e w hen she w e n t to meet him the next d a y a t a discrete d in e r on St-Laurent... o n ly to b e confronted b y him and the rest o f his buddies in a scene rem iniscent

n am e D AN BUTLER

daniel.butler@mail. mcgill. ca

incom e citizens, but I d o n 't a g re e w ith that. First o f a ll, e d u c a tion pro vid e s a n in c re d ib ly high return o n investment a n d a n y increase in tuition that a student pays w o u ld u n d ou b te d ly p ro

b a d

agrees to meet up w ith him a g a in . W h e n she gets to the b a r they a g re e d on, he spends the w h o le night chatting w ith o n e o f his hot a n d very attentive chick friends, leaving m y friend w o n d e rin g w h y he bothered to ca ll her up in the first p la ce . N ic e play, d ouche-bag! After he calls her a fourth time, she agrees to meet him a t his w o rk (a different

bar). M y friend, a very attractive lass, gets plenty o f looks a n d a co u p le o f propositions from other fellas. A w a re o f the com petition, douche-bag tells her to "pretend that y o u 're my g irlfrie n d ." But -she doesn't w a n t to pretend, d ouche-bag. To em phasize this point, she calls him later that night to com e b a c k to her house for a "p a ja m a party in m y b e d ." H e doesn't show. W h a t the hell? H er b rief liaison w ith the d o u c h e b a g ends after he calls her up a fifth time. Fifth tim e lucky, perhaps? Perhaps not. After tw o hours o f listening to him trying to outburp his b u d d y (another date, another ch a p e r one) w h ile p la y in g Frisbee, m y frien d 's patie nce fo r the g u y explodes w hen he lets a massive fart g o , right in front o f her! I feel sorry for m y buddy, though this w a s a life lesson she needed to learn. I feel more sorry for all the guys w h o w o rk their arses o ff to prove that being m ale does not a lw a ys eq u al b e in g a d ouche-bag. D ouche-bags ruin it fo r the rest o f us d ecent blokes. Ladies, please, d o n 't ju d g e all men b y their much lo w e r standards. ■

TRIBULATIONS

M u c h

a d o

a b o u t

B ro d y

Tribs

ing out Britney, ca su a lly dism issing yo u r n a rro w view s, or

Features editor, I w a s e xcited but sca re d . Shy,

ing a b o u t them for the first time. Though I k n o w he hates it

m unching on stale c a n d y (vers surs!) a n d single-handedly

w h e n I quo te other p e o p le , I'm g o n n a a n y w a y : B ro d y has

ke e p in g S adie's in business. H e has this presence that

w h a t the Italians ca ll sprezzatura, "a n assum ed a ir o f d o in g d ifficu lt things w ith an effortless m astery a n d an a ir o f non

hen I first fo u nd out I w a s g o in g to b e the

loner girl fo rc e d to e d it the spunky, boisterous nar ratives o f a w rite r much b o ld e r than she: the one, the o n ly G a y Young A m e rican , Sir B rody B row n. S ca ry in d e e d. H e

scream s, you can talk to me, a n d I'll listen a n d then I'll tell you w h a t I think, a n d w h a t I'll sa y w ill b e m ore v a lu a b le than

w a s gentle, though, p atiently e x p la in in g to me, w h y "a fra id

anything y o u 'v e p a in sta kin g ly tried to think up yourself.

c h a la n c e ." N o o n e has as much personality as this kid: he's o o z in g it out a n d w e all le a p up like idiots trying to g ra b

a n d p e trifie d " w a s n 't a re d u n d a n cy but a reference to a hit

So m any o f us try to b e o rig in a l, w h ile for him, it's as

d iv a song. Tw o a n d a h a lf years later, he's still sch o o lin g me,

som e to store in our pockets fo r later. M y pockets a re n 't b ig

e a sy as fin d in g the right pearls to g o w ith his pants. H e

not o n ly w ith his a ty p ic a l v o c a b u la ry but w ith his optim ism , his generosity, his w is d o m .

enough to store all the B rody I w a n t to keep in them, so that

d o e sn't d e c id e to b e brilliant, kind, o ustanding; he just is.

just m eans he'll have to stay in touch, send me his latest w rit ing ventures, let me live vica rio usly trough his honesty, his

After flirting, g o in g steady, a n d fin a lly settling d o w n

You c a n 't help but feel like a w ell-orchestrated mess w h e n e w er y o u 're a round him. It's not that yo u w a n t him to like you.

authenticity. W e m ay have b o n d e d o ve r our heretic natures,

cool.

but if I have faith in som ething it's that if there w e re one

w ith our d a rlin g new spaper, B rody is le a vin g us fo r the g re a t

oh, w h o am I k id d in g , o f course yo u d o . H e is so

unknow n. Try as I m ig ht to keep him h e re — kicking a n d

M u n c h in g on straw berries co m e 7 a m a t Black a n d Blue, he

scream ing is m y ta ctic o f c h o ic e — I k n o w the o n ly thing I can

la u g h ed as I g o t atta cked b y a bottle o f VapoR ub a n d d id -

B rody Brow n fo r e ve ry unsure soul like myself, the w o rld w o u ld b e a much h a p p ie r p la ce .

d o to s h o w m y a ffe c tion is em barrass him to bits. So b e it.

n t k n o w w h a t to d o . I w a s out o f m y elem ent. H o w to

B rody has this w a y o f m aking a n yo n e fa ll in love w ith

So it's w ith a ve ry h e a vy heart that I see him g o , though

d e scrib e that night? W e co u ld n 't really, so w e resorted,

him . Even on d a y s w h e n you think you k n o w yourself the most, hes out there k n o w in g himself 1 0 times louder, 1 0

I d o understand. Even the com fiest positions g iv e you pins

quite absurdly, to haikus. The thing is, B ro d y is never out o f

a n d needles if you stay in them to o long. ( " N o m ore inside b o xe s!" he'll b e singing to him self in a month w h ile strutting

times prettier. Its not a com p e titio n , he's just so g o o d a t it. H e know s w h a t he loves a n d he sticks to it, no matter w h a t.

his element. So h o w d o I describ e him? H aikus? I think not. Really cheesy similes? Sounds g o o d to me.

d o w n the b e a ch, living intensely, w ritin g intensely.) But he'll

This n e w sp a p e r has been so lucky to have him. True

co m e b a ck. A rep e a t perfo rm a n ce fo r a ll his M o n tre a l fans.

B ro d y likes to cut out articles that tickle his fancy,

features minds, the kind that b a b ysit their ideas a n d feed

am assing little piles o f o d d itie s that keep him am used.

If it's true that you love som eone fo r their details, then

them ch o co la te c h ip co o kie s until they b e co m e full-fledged

K n o w in g him is just like this. You g e t tidbits e ve ry d a y that

B ro d ys g o t so m an y that loving him is exhausting. "Love

thoughts, a re fe w a n d fa r betw een. You rea d a B ro d ^ism ,

m ake y o u g ig g le a n d w a n t m ore, but you have to w a it 'til the next c lip p in g . This b o y is to o m uch, a n d in the best pos

you, love yo u r w o rk ." You sa id it, B rody Bear. It's selfish, but

a n d there's n o question w h o w ro te it. T h a t c a p a c ity to string a fe w w o rd s together a n d m ake them b e lo n g to no o n e else

sible w a y . H e sings,- he d a n c e s — he's a fe e l-g o o d musical

III miss yo u . You'll never b e fa r a w a y from m y thoughts, even if yo u 're half w a y across the w o rld sco p in g out a Spanish

but y o u — that is his gift. A ll hail the ca p tio n king: H e can

a ll unto himself. H e 'll hold you in his g rip w h e th er he's belt

g ro c e ry store, o r sip p in g tea in a n Iceland ca b in .

w rite a b o u t clichés w ith such innovation it's like y o u 're rea d

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w h e n yo u co n sid e r that the c lu b is just six years y o u n g . But w h a t e xa ctly sets AASF M c G ill a p a rt from the ple th ora o f

I s n 't th is b u ild in g a n a r c h ite c tu r a l g e m ? T h is m a r k e t i n g m a n t h i n k s so .

hum anitarian causes a lre a d y a c tiv e on cam pus? O n e striking d iffe re n ce : M S F M c G ill rarely fundraises.

The most rewarding thing about teaching is...

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poten tia l in yo u r class.

ty o f the b ig g e r, in ternational M S F o rg a n iz a tio n ." It makes

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sense, then, that n e a rly a ll o f their projects relate b a c k to this

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u n d e rg ra d u a te students, m ay la c k the resources a n d e x p e ri

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ce rta in ly in a position to fulfill its s e co n d g o a l, to raise a w a re n e ss o f the p lig h t o f the p e o p le they help. As these

in g the c a n d y a t e xa m tim e ." Raising a w a re n e ss a b o u t inter

)le ra n g e from victim s o f w ar-torn a re a s to those stricken

n a tio n a l crises a n d satisfying yo u r sw e e t to o th — d o e s it real

isease, M S F M c G ill has m ore than a fe w critic a l situa ly g e t a n y m ore p ro d u ctive o r satisfying? tions to w o rk w ith ; but th e y still m a n a g e to inform students T hough they m ay b e w o rk in g o n b e h a lf o f M é d e c in s a b o u t the most pressing issues. A p rim e e x a m p le o f M SF sans frontières, d o n 't let the nam e fo o l y o u — this g ro u p counts M c G ill's w o rk is their p a rtic ip a tio n in the u p c o m in g W o rld m ore than just a s p irin g doctors a m o n g its ranks. "It's true that AID S D a y activities ta k in g p la c e on D e ce m b e r 1. W o rk in g

w e h a ve som e v e ry d e d ic a te d m em bers from the m e d ic a l sci

to g eth e r w ith the M c G ill G lo b a l AID S C o a litio n a n d the

e n c e fie ld s," e xp la in s C h o i, w h o is a U 3 B iochem m ajor,

M c G ill International H ealth Initiative, th e y w ill host speaker

w e [a ls o ] have a lot o f students w ith the sam e level o f d e d i

A nurita Bains, a U N S p e c ia l Envoy on H IV /A ID S in A fric a ,

c a tio n from Arts p ro g ra m s like IDS, History, English, [a n d ] Poli

fo llo w e d b y a c a n d le lig h t v ig il later in the evening. W h ile M S F M c G ills events in clu d e talks, p h o to exhibits,

S c i."

a n d film screenings, this d o e s n 't m ean they a re lim ited to

h a ve in com m o n ? "B a sica lly," sums u p C h o i, " W e re a g ro u p o f und erg rad u a te s g re a tly interested [in ] a n d in su p p ort o f this

but

If th e y're not a ll w a n n a b e -M D s , w h a t d o M SF volunteers

hum an ita ria n a id o rg a n iz a tio n ." W ith such n o b le a im s as

c a tin g students a b o u t the o rg a n iz a tio n 's w o rk in are a s o f

these, w h o w o u ld n 't w a n t to pro m o te M S F M c G ill? — espe

fa m in e a n d m alnutrition. As p a rt o f their w o rk fo r AID S Day,

c ia lly a s lo n g a s they c a n ke e p the ca n d y, a h e m , enlighten

volunteers w ill pass out pill via ls full o f c a n d y to underline the

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need fo r anti-retroviral dru g s in the g lo b a l fig h t a g a in s t AIDS. N o t o n ly d o the facts a b o u t the A ID S crisis on the b a c k o f the bottle h e lp to s p re a d M SF's m essage, but, as p ro je c t c o o rd i

m arketing gets into y o u . Please

pass the C h e e z W h iz .

e n c e to d ire ctly a c t o u t M SF's first o b je c tiv e , to “ p ro v id e m ed

these tried a n d true techniques. In the past, volunteers have set u p a sim ulation o f a n M S F nutritional tent in h opes o f e d u

they m ight as w e ll have som e tun

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tion, "C o u ld w e d o this?" rather than, "S hould w e d o th is? "— som e marketers o ve rlo o k ethical considerations.

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o f Rio. For the last co u p le o f years, I

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ye a r-o ld n e p h e w h a d a n im a g in a ry frie n d c a lle d "S kinny" w h o w a s 1 8 a n d in g ra d e three. The d a y that he to ld me a b o u t Skinny, I p icke d up an o ld g u ita r a n d w ro te the song " M y Friend Skinny.

Eventually I hired a p o p producer, recorded

the song as B o b b y M a c , a n d g a v e the C D to m y n e p h e w fo r C hristm as.

Between Baby Beluga and The Cat Came Back, the better song is...

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I moved on from my online grocery company, the Peachtree Network because... I c a fo u n d e d the "P each" a n d to o k the c o m p a n y on the stock e xch a n g e . But y o u c a n 't sell shares v e ry e a sily if yo u a re an insider, executive, o r b o a rd member. A fte r b e in g in the c o m p a n y fo r six years, I w a n te d to sell shares.

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Do you think that Christian holidays monopolize this environ a n d N e w Years. Do you think that Christian holidays monopolize this environ ment? I think they m on o p o liz e the statutory h olidays that C a n a d a has ment? O bviously, for K w a n z a a a n d stuff like that, w e d o n 't cater to

as a country. S hould they o p e n it up? I d o n ’t think so, because then

w e 'd have tw o holidays a w e e k, because w e couldn t just a d d the Jewish holidays- A lthough A m erican Thanksgiving should b e a d d e d [a t M c G ill], because o f the high p e rcentage o f A m ericans here^

Do you think people have gotten too politically correct about the winter season? A g e -g ro u p w is e , everyone under 2 5 is v e ry sen sitive to p o litic a l correctness du rin g the holidays. But advertisers, em ployers w h o o n ly g iv e o ff Christm as, e veryone over 2 5 is stuck in the past.

T im Y u n g , U1 E conom ics, c e le b ra te s C h ristm as.

that in terms o f holidays, in terms o f days off.

Do you get friends presents for the holidays they celebrate or for the ones that you celebrate? A little b it o f both For close friends I have g ive n stuff for Eid. f fin d that som e o f my friends a re not Christian, but they still celebrate Christmas. _

Do you discuss the gift-giving process in advance with certain people? N o , not really. I g e n era lly spend the sam e fo r e a ch o f my friends. I like to keep it a surprise.

N ick L obach, U1 H istory a n d Poli Sci, c e le b ra te s C h ristm a s

Do you think that Christian holidays monopolize this environ a n d N e w Year's. Do you think that Christian holidays monopolize this environ ment? N o m ore than a n y other p la c e . I think a n yw h e re you. g o [in ment? I think that's been our tradition for as long as w e 'v e been a N o rth A m e ric a ] there's a fa irly strong C hristian presence. I think it's fa irly diverse, but [C hristianity] still takes the m ain, centre stage.

’ Do you get friends presents for the holidays they celebrate or for the ones that you celebrate? I d o n 't buy m y friends anything, actu ally. I'm not a ve ry g o o d friend. I a v o id that dilem m a.

Do you think people have gotten too politically correct about the winter season? N o , I d o n 't think it's gotten to o p o litic a lly correct. To b e honest, I d o n 't really ca re w hether its C hristian o r not. I think for most p e o p le its not much o f a problem : a bre a k is a break. I think most p e o p le a re just h a p p y to get a break.

country, I d o n ’t see w h y it's p articularly exclusive. W h e n I w a s at

N o . The C hristian p a rt o f it I d o n 't see that much. There are

n ice decorations, but it's the h o lid a y sp irit—-a n d f have a h o lid a y at the sam e tim e that I ca n shore the spirit w ith . It's convenient that there a re tw o religions w ith holidays a t the sam e tim e — w e ca n both be happy.

Do you think people have gotten too politically correct about the winter season? I guess I could g e t o ffe n d e d if p e o p le w e re d o in g that tà m y holiday. It doesn't really affect m e. The truth Is , though, if p o litic a l correctness offends less p e o ple, if it makes m ore p e o ple included in the holiday, I d o n 't see h o w that co u ld hurt.

D an it N itk a, U 2 Psych, ju st c e le b ra te s "n o sch o o l.''

Do you think that Christian holidays monopolize this environ ment? N o , I d o n 't really m ind. I think its a non-issue. It feels C hristian, but w e ’re in a N o rth 'A m e rica n country, a n d so it's not that w e ird . You c a n 't e xpect a ll the religions to b e integrated in to the N o rth A m erican society. I'm not really that much into religion, but I w o u ld see w h y if som eone w a s religious, a n d they felt that their relig io n w a s b e in g m a rg in a lize d , they w o u ld get offended.

Do you think people have gotten too politically correct about the winter season? I think it's a respectable thing to d o , to b e a w a re Do you think people have gotten too politically correct about the winter season? Yes. Take fo r exam ple, Toronto, w h e re they d u b a n d conscious o f other cultures a n d religions, because ig norance D aw son C o lle g e there w e re festivities for C hanukah a n d K w a n za a .

the Christm as tree the " H o lid a y Tree." It's ridiculous— c a ll it w h a t it is.

never leads anyw h e re . But putting to o much em phasis on b e in g polit ica lly correct ca n create unnecessary tensions a n d m ake a huge

E ytan B e n so u ssa n , U 3 B iochem , c e le b ra te s C h a n u k a h a n d N e w Years.

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Away in a McGill washroom.... o we wanted to protest how the upcoming holiday season is totally dominated by Christianity. But then we realized that not talking about Christmas only made it an even bigger, more obvious issue. So now we're embracing it. And all holidays, for that matter. If you're celebratÂ ing not having school, fine. If you're celeÂ brating a year sober, or even non-sober, all the power to you. Celebrating an engageÂ ment, unemployment, or getting your braces off? W e're your cheer squad. So even if we don't believe some teenage "Virgin" M ary and her man hauled ass to some dingy manger to pop out God's son, we do believe in celebration. And if you've got a reason, we're all for this season.

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he B a y is d e te rm in e d to p u t p e o p le in the C hristm a s sp irit, d a m m it. The d e p a rtm e n t s to re s rue S te O a th e rin e lo c a tio n has d e c k e d its halls thor o u g h ly, w ith C h ristm a s

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a b o u t fo u r ye a rs a g o , s a id G io v a n n i N u z z i, d ire c to r o f B u ild in g s a n d G ro u n d s S ervices. Last y e a r M c G ill u p d a te d its lo o k , interspers ing

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using the sam e lights y e a r a fte r ye a r, a n d b y running the lights on a lim ite d s c h e d u le — from 6 p m to m id n ig h t a n d from 5 to 7 a m . A lth o u g h N u z z i d id n o t k n o w the e x a c t c o st o f the e le c tric ity re q u ire d to k e e p c a m p u s m erry a n d b rig h t, he s a id it is not “ e x c e e d in g ly h ig h ." N u z z i s a id the university h a sn 't re c e iv e d any

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s a id she e n jo y s the lights. "P e o p le a re not o ffe n d e d b y it," she s a id . "I th in k [a v e n u e ]

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M c G ill C o lle g e Christmas cookies w h ile m y fa m ily w a s a t church. The tray o f treats had been b a ke d b y m y uncles w ife fo r our cla n o f 12-plus peo ple,

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i.e. there w e re enough co okies to fe e d m ore than 1 2 over-indulgers. As a result, m y little Lab puked a n d shat her little p ig g y guts out, all over m y'grandm other's previously pristine, w h ite living room carpet.

b o d y s e e m s to h a v e h a d , o r a t least b e e n w itn e ss to , s o m e holi d a y d ra m a . H e re a r e a few h o lid ay sto rie s fro m th e F e a tu re s staff.

o n e o f several "h o lid a y s o f lig h t," in c lu d in g C h a n u k a h a n d K w a n z a a . "It's n o t just neces s a rily seen as C h ristm a s lig h ts," she sa id . The lights d o n 't b o th e r M u s lim Students'

W h e n w e discovered m y d o g g ie s Christm as gifts in the m orning, there w a s a m ad dash to h id e the e vid e n ce before the m atriarch arose. Frantic scrubbing, furniture rearranging, a n d strategic p la ce ment o f various sections o f n e w sp a pe r b e g a n , in an attem pt to con

" W h y w o u ld it b o th e r a n y o n e ? " he s a id . " [C a n a d a is] still a p re d o m in a n tly C h ristia n country, so it's o k a y ."

ceal the sullied spots. But o f course, I h a d a lre a d y skipped upstairs, like the g o o d ytw o -sh o e s I am , to g e t m y grandm other a n d expose the guilty parties. — BB It seems as though Christmas has be co m e m ore o f a w o rld m o d ify C ha n u kah to m ake it just a little m ore like Christmas, I d id n 't feel like I w a s g o in g a g a in st m y religion. M a n y years a g o , I found a plastic light-up m enorah in m y house, a n d p la c e d it in m y living room b y the w in d o w . I e xp la in e d to my parents that it w a s neces sary for them to p la ce a ll our w ra p p e d presents a round the m eno

I'm a lw a y s sick on Christmas, my favourite holiday. Starting w h e n I w a s five, each Christmas w a s m arked b y the a p p e a ra n c e o f mysterious hives on m y b a c k a n d fa ce . By the time w e g o t to the d o c to r after the holidays, how ever, they h a d a lw a y s cle a re d u p —

looks g o rg e o u s a t n ig h t."

K em eny p o in te d o u t th a t C h ristm a s is o n ly

A s s o c ia tio n President H a n i E zza d e e n , either.

w id e celebration, not a religious holiday, so w h e n I d e c id e d to

T h o u g h th e r e a r e m a n y d iffe re n t th in g s b e in g c e le b ra te d , e v e ry

PHOTOS BY DAVE BRODKEY

rah. Each night w e w o u ld receive o n e present from the fo o t o f the m enorah. Unfortunately, m y attem pt to create a n e w tradition o f C ha n u kah d id not last, as w e d id not attem pt to put up the m eno rah tree the fo llo w in g year. — MM

the d o c to r thought m y mom w a s hallucinating. Finally, m y mom g o t sm art o n e y e a r a n d took photos. W ith a little detective w o rk, w e

This h a p pe n e d to m y friend Agnes. O n Christmas m orning one

determ ined that the cause o f my m a la d y w a s an a lle rg ic reaction to pine. It d o e s n't keep me from tree-trimming, but n o w I w a sh my

year, her fam ily's c a r w a s stuck in a s n o w bank, so they had to push it out. S ince they w e re o n ly tw o to push, they w e re having a hard

hands obsessively after h a n ging those oh-so-cute "As She G ro w s "

tim e g etting the c a r out; however, G ille s D uceppe, lea d e r o f the

pho to ornam ents m y mom insisted on collecting (one for e ach ye a r to a g e 1 8 — thank G o d she stopped). —JJ

s a w they w e re h aving trouble, a n d ca m e out to help them push the

A b o u t ten years a g o , m y d o g , M o lly , a te a platter o f Italian

c a r out o f the sn o w bank! This h a d no effect on the w a y Agnes voted in the next p ro vin cia l election. — G A ■

Bloc Q u é b é c o is , w a s visiting his d a ughter w h o lived close by. H e

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ulia was beginning to understand why her family didn't get togeth er more often—they were a congregation of psychotic freaks. As she looked at her relatives poised to kill each other around the din ner table, she wondered, for the millionth time, what had possessed her to hold a Christmas Eve gathering at her house. She had thought it would be a good idea for her children to be surrounded by their loved ones over the holidays, but she had forgotten how hateful her loved ones could be to each other until they appeared. Her brother, Parker, had arrived on Tuesday, announcing that his new girlfriend did not have a religion and therefore, out of respect, he could not invite her to a "distinctly exclusive celebration dinner." "You're just too cheap to buy her a present," Julia had replied, knowing that he would be sermonizing his newly acquired doctrine to everybody for the entire week. Her cousin, Allison, had arrived on Wednesday, preaching the merits of vegetarianism to Julias threeyear-old daughter and declaring, "Having a turkey at the dinner table is the same as being an accomplice to murder." "Leave my carnivorous children alone," Julia had replied, knowing that Allison would disgust everybody out of eating meat until she left. Her mother had arrived on Thursday, saying that if Julia wasn t sure she could handle an entire dinner by herself, she would cook it all for her and "you won't have to worry about a thing. It could just be our little secret." "This is why I moved across the country,"Julia had replied, knowing her mother would loudly compare every dish Julia made to one of her own. Her father had arrived on Friday, asking whether it was improper to invite his new girlfriend along, "seeing as your mother will be here alone." "It is improper, but only because your girlfriend's younger than me," Julia had replied, knowing that her mother would point that out 37 times an hour. It had taken Julia weeks to plan for the feast that was now failing mis erably. She had spent days in the kitchen trying to create a meal that would keep everyone eating so they wouldn't talk to each other. But as soon as she served the first course, her relatives began to behave as she had feared. Her mother immediately told Julia that she would not have chosen to put walnuts in the salad. Allison replied that nuts were where vegetarians got fheir protein. "But it's not Christmas-y," said Julia's mother. Of course, Parker saw this as the perfect opportunity to moralize. "Well, Christmas-y things exclude a lot of people, and I think this salad is perfect for a simple family dinner," he said. When everybody at the table glared at him, Julia decided she had had enough. "Look, Mr. Celebrating-the-birth-of-ChrisHs-an-unforgivableconcept, I will call this a 'simple family dinner' and I will also not call this a 'hole day' tree, especially when Gina isn't even here." She pointed in the direction of the living room. "That, right there, is a tree, and we are all here celebrating The nice people next door are celebrating their own holiday, they call it Chanukah, and I wonder how they would feel if you called their menorah 'eight holiday candles.' If you have a problem with me the neigh bours, I suggest you go celebrate 'winter' with your girlfriend and her hea then family." "But... I was only trying to respect... She never said anything..." "Exactly. She doesn't care. So shut up and eat the salad." Then she turned to Allison. "And while we're at it,” she began, trying not to enjoy the moment, "I might as well tell you that the turkey you requésted I keep out of this dinner is almost done cooking in the oven. It's a dead bird, it's been roasting for seven hours and it's going to be so good. So you can take your tofurkey and eat it all yourself because... because... well, who that?" "I do..." whimpered Allison. "So you eat it, and let the rest of us enjoy our food in peace. And Mother, while I appreciate your input, I do know how to cook and I am not hearing any complaints, so why don't we all just try to have a pleasant din ner like normal people, okay?" For the rest or the evening, nobody preached, complained, or

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day. D espite the myth that loud music ca n b e p la y e d until 1 1p m , if a n e ighbour makes a noise co m p la in t the p o lice

other danger, they can enter the premises. Likewise, if they see som eone sm oking a joint b y the door, they have the right

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crew that Anne Murray crap your parents play on their phonograph each year and make your own damn holiday mix. We've already picked out the songs. Now all you've got to do is download... urn, that is, buy the albums and ourn them. You're welcome. "The Hanykdfi Song," A dam Sandler "Greenslèeves," Vanessa Carlton "Rudôfph the Red N osed Reindeer," Jack Johnson "G o d Rest

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"W h a t a Year For a N e w Year," Dan

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and John Denver

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that I co u ld intern for him.

also co m ing in a id to a ll o f A frica , w h ic h desperately needs the rest of

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M rs. C l a u s h e a r

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rs. Claus... For most, the name conjures up images of a meek, jovial grandmother-type, happily sitting at home and baking, while the elves toil in the workshop and Santa makes his list. I say its time to dust the powdered sugar off of Mrs. Claus, and discover the real woman behind the man in the red suit. Most people can describe Santa, and they have a good idea in their heads about his personality. He's old, he's jolly, he lives in the North Pole, he takes good care of his reindeer, and he likes cookies. He is intimately associated with Christmas. Most people know he originates from St. Nicholas, a bishop in Turkey in the fourth century, and patron saint of children. The Santa we know and love today is a fusion of Christian and pre-Christian figures, along with a heavy dose of the Dutch version of St. Nicholas, Sinter Klaas, a candy distributor who rode a white horse, and instead of soiling his long robes by going down the chimney, he sent his Moorish assistant Black Peter, with his long scimitar, to leave gilts behind and punish naughty children. O n e must adm it, M rs . C laus seems a better co m p a n

M rs. Claus's origins in the history o f Christmas a re murkier a n d her story is not as ing ra in e d in our cultural her itage. It's nice to im a gine that she a n d Santa met on an icy co o l,

rom antic evening

S candinavian

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reindeer herder;

him,

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stout little

merry,

cake, a n d reclaim Christmas glory.

the w a rm

fu zzy to q ue (crown?) o f

This w o m a n co u ld b e the co ld , ca lcu la tin g C E O b e hind the Tühristmas-gift p ro d u cin g em pire. A t Santa Inc., she co u ld supervise the la b o u r o f her small, u n d e rp a id , toil ing elf m inions, d icta tin g to Santa, her mere g ift d elivery p u p pe t a n d fig u re h e a d , his route, his clientele, a n d his

elf-loving

guest a p p e a ra n ce s in malls around the w o rld , kind o f like

Dutchman w ith a penchant fo r p ro d u c in g to y s ... Their eyes

an age nt. This w o m a n w orks in an isolated locale, w ith

met, he w hisked her o ff to his N o rth Pole a b o d e a n d the rest is history. The sad truth is she w a s created b y Thomas

c h e a p la bour a n d questionable business practices. She co u ld even have an exotic a nim al bre e d in g co m p a n y on

N a sh in the late

the side, p ro d u cin g the rare a n d va lu a b le "flying reindeer,"

18 6 0 s , in a series o f illustrations for

Harper's m a g a zin e , a n d

later em bellished

by H addon

sold to an exclusive clientele o f S w edish m ovie stars a n d

Sundblom in his b illb o a rd s for C o c a -C o la . In these c o rp o

Saudi royalty. H er h o lid a y b a kin g a n d craft m o n o p o ly m ay

rate creations, she is d e p ic te d as w a rm a n d m aternal.

extend into a terrifying, M arth a -S tew arte sq u e d o m a in . A n d

•She seems to b e a behind-the-scenes kind o f ch a ra c ter, perfectly content to let Santa, Rudolph, a n d the rest o f

w h y d oes she keep shoveling Christmas cookies into Santa's

the

excess refined carbohydrates, le a d in g him into a slower,

c re w

take

all

the

glo ry.

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M ille r,

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fists? It could b e a p lo y to keep him d o c ile a n d sedated w ith

Biochem istry a n d self-proclaim ed Christm as lover, seems to

corpulent state, w ith a p enchant fo r type 2 d ia b e te s (excess

think so. She sees M rs. C laus as an integral p a rt o f the

sugar in your bloodstream can m ake yo u r eyes brighter...)

Christmas p a c k a g e , a lo n g w ith Santa, the reindeer, a n d the

I think w e a ll see the kinder, gentler side o f M rs. Claus.

elves. "You c a n 't just have S a n ta !” she says w ith a p lo m b .

M a y b e she's perfectly content to b e a dom estic goddess,

"M rs. C laus has the recognition she deserves— she's a lw a y s

trailing soft, sp icy b a kin g scents, a n d p ro vid in g a w a rm and

there, never forgotten, e veryone know s a b o u t her a n d talks

com forting hom estead fo r a m an w h o 's constantly to ilin g to m ake a ll the children o f the w o rld happier.

a b o u t her." M ille r pictures her as a sort o f farm w ife , w h o knits, bakes, cleans, a n d takes ca re o f the reindeer and hom estead. M rs. C laus is c ertainly p a rt o f the cultural inheritance that com es w ith the w h o le Santa myth. But is the gra n d d a m e o f Christmas really so ben ig n? So dom esticated? O r

M a y b e there's m ore to her than meets the e y e ... I'm sure m any o f us w o u ld love to m eet the w o m a n herself, and ask her a fe w questions. I m ean, if she a n d Santa like chil dren so much, w h y d o n 't they have any? A re they even mar ried? Does she g e t nervous w ith him traipsing aro u n d on icy

is she a bra-burning, rip-roaring fem inist— a full-on, liberated

roofs? W ith all o f the exotic locales he visits, does she w o rry

w o m a n ? C o u ld her story have been silenced, her personal

a b o u t him having "hos in different are a co des"? O n e can o n ly d ream . There may, however, b e some thing lurking b e hind that b la n d fa ç a d e , that soft im a ge , o f the first la d y o f Christmas. ■

ity stifled b y years o f s kew ed d e p ic tio n in a p atriarchal soci ety? M a y b e it's tim e fo r M rs . C laus to th ro w d o w n that fruit

THE

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is t h e s e a s o n f o r y o u r m a ilb o x t o b e b o m b a r d e d w ith o b n o x i o u s h o lid a y g r e e t i n g s . P o rtr a its o f u n c o m f o r t a b l e fa m ily m e m b e r s , s p o r t i n g m a t c h i n g o v e r - s i z e d s n o w f la k e c a r d ig a n s , p e t s d e c k e d o u t in a n tle r s , s u p e r im p o s e d C h r is tm a s t r e e s a n d m e n o r a h s . T h o u g h t h e s e p ic s a r e e m b a r r a s s i n g t o lo o k a t, a n d t o p o s e fo r, it

ju s t w o u l d n 't b e a w in te r lic io u s F e a tu r e s s p r e a d w i t h o u t t h e m . A s o u r g if t t o y o u , a w o n d e r f u lly f e s tiv e a n d d e lig h tf u lly c h e e s y , t h r e e - p a n e l e d c a r d . F eel f r e e t o c u t it o u t, s tic k y o u r p i c t u r e o n t o p a n d m a il it t o all t h o s e fo lk s w h o h a r a s s y o u w i t h t a c k y h o lid a y s p a m .- ■ •- - • »»» - — -

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r+o you've been disowned by— ^ N o r you're newly estranged ^ ✓ fro m —your family and friends back home. Staying in Monty for the break? Here's a list of the best ways to amuse yourself over the holiday season... provided you won't be spending all your time doing advance reading for those thrilling second semester classes. CHRISTMAS If you're dripping with festive cheer, then get your fill at Avenement 2004. The action takes place in Mile End (near metro Laurier), at Parc Lahaie. Montreal and Patrimoine Canadien have teamed up to create a celebration that will warm the heart of even the coldest Christmas critic. In a village in the city, lose yourself in the serendipitous story tellings of French tale-weavers; get in touch with your playful side as you move to me music; and head over to Auguste Theatre for a variety of stage performances. Then try some mulled wine, and wish your cares away in front of a warm fire. For more info and great photos, see their Web site at www.avenement.com. At a time of year when almost every religion loots up to the skies lor the great spirits, the Montreal Planetarium (1000 rue St-Jacques O.) offers you a much more direct approach. All through December, the centre is presenting holidayrelated exhibitions that can entertain anyone, whether you bring your col lege-bum self or a family of four. Season erf Light teaches how the nat ural mechanisms of light function as our climate changes from one sea son to another. A Christmas Adventure offers a chance to learn about our solar system from the per spective of a Christmas Elf... trippy! There may not be any hockey, but that doesn't mean you can't break out your own blades for an evening at the 10,000-square-foot Atrium skating rink. Located at 1000 rue de la Gauchetière in the old Montreal Forum, this facility is open year-round, but they're stretching their hours for the holidays, open until 10pm most nights between December 23 and January 9. Once you've perfected your triple axle, rab a hot chocolate or get your ice painted. Enjoy DJ Nites from 7pm to midnight several nights dur ing the holiday season Call 3950555 for more info. If the cold is scaring the Dickens out of you, let the Théâtre DenisePelletier (4353 rue Ste-Cafherine E.) cram it back in with their perform ance of Scrooge. Adapted from the classic novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, director Jean-Guy Legault directs a talented cast in the story that divides good and evil, and shows the good in everyone (even if it's forced out of them by th’ree creepy ghosts)! Remember: the show is in French, so if you're not from around here, bring your translation dictionary, or else you can simply admire the Italian-style décor of mis former deluxe movie house. Call 352-8974 for show details. Crack your nuts on multiple

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occasions! Catch two different per formances of over Christmas break. The traditional hol iday ballet performance, set to Tchaikovsky's famous, score, is being performed at the Ballet Ouest de Montréal in the Centre Pierre Mercure (300 boul. Maisonneuve O.) from December 3-5 and also at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Place des Arts' Salle Wilfrid Laurier (175 rue Ste-Catherine O.) from December 12-28. Visit www.montrealplus.com for showtimes for each of these enticing performances.

The Nutcracker

NEW YEAR'S EVE Check out the Bell Centre as you've never seen it before. Experience "extreme pleasures and amazing music," as a half dozen deejays crank out 15 hours of freaky beats for your listening and euphor ic enjoyment. Among the talent is Holland's Sander Kleinenber, the Dance Star USA 2004 winner; club scene veteran DJ Dan, who was one of Los Angeles's top deejays in the early 1990s; and Montreal's own Eddy Jasmin, who is resident dee jays at Circus afterhours. For infor mation on the event, the DJs and the location, check out www.514productions.com or call the Admission Network at 790-1245. For a more chilled-out but equally festive New Year's celebra tion, head down to the Old Port for the fifth annual New Year's Eve Ball. Live entertainment begins at 9pm, and continues into the night, culmi nating with an outlandish fireworks display when the clock strikes mid night. It all takes place at Place Jacques Cartier in beautiful Old Montreal. The venue boasts a heated dance floor, so don't be using the cold weather as an excuse, kids. From 9pm to 8am on New Year's Eve, party with the Bad Boy Club of Montreal at the old SONA Club in the Pepsi Forum (Atwater metro). The "Bal des Boys Weekend" offers three party opportunities to keep you moving frenetically until you crash in school on Tuesday. After Friday night, drop by Sky Pub for a T-Dance on Sunday and then hit up the "It's Not Over" Party at Club Stereo Sunday night. The gay community and its friends have plen ty of surprises in store for the deejays at all the venues. The dress code is black and white. Passes for the entire weekend are $ 110, or you can buy a ticket for just Friday night for $65 from www.ticketpro.ca. For more information, call 875-7026. Create your own New Year's fun. Don't let the club scene boss you around this year—make your own fun by customizing a celebration worthy of you and your friends' par ticipation. Montreal Nitelife Tours specializes in producing your New Year's Party. MNT works with major nightclubs, including Jet, Dôme, Funky Town, and many more. They will shuttle you around from these hotspots, to strip clubs, to anywhere else you want to be. They provide discounts at major bars and clubs, on-tour escorts for your conven ience, and even throw in a few sur prises along the way. Snoop around their Web site at www.montrealnitelifetours.com to see what's in store for you and your posse. ■

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ject fo r som e o f the greatest m inds to turn

im a g in e a ll the w o n d e rfu l sports w e 'd b e

their attentions to, the nature o f s n o w has a ctu a lly been a m atter o f interest to such lum inaries as H o o k e , Descartes a n d even Kepler. The first rec o rd e d scientific refer ence to sn o w w a s

m a d e b y Johannes

K epler (for the s c ie n tific a lly c h a lle n g e d , he

f o r m o re in f o r m a t io n .

missing out on: hockey, skiing, b o b sle d d in g , cu rlin g, a n d the list g o e s on. W e w o u ld n 't even have the w in te r O ly m p ic s to sustain us e v e ry fo u r ye a rs w ith o u t snow . A ll

th o se

p e o p le

w ho

head

Trem blant e v e ry w e e k e n d in J a n u ary fo r

d e v e lo p e d those la w s o f p la n e ta ry m otion

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that b e d e v ile d

h ig h school physics stu

w o u ld b e out o f luck, M c G ill w o u ld have

good

skiing

and

dents) in 1 6 1 1 w h e n he w o n d e re d w h y s n o w fla k e s e x h ib ite d such sym m etry.

no ski clu b , o r h o c ke y tearh, C a n a d a w o u ld h a ve nothing to w a tc h o n S a tu rda y

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s n o w b o a rd in g

Twenty-four years later, René Descartes,

nights (although a p p a re n tly, s n o w isn't the

taking a b re a k from reinventing p h ilo so

o n ly fa c to r h a m p e rin g that e ndeavor).

phy, w a s the first to d e s c rib e the diffe re n t sn o w fla k e

m o rp h o lo g ie s .

Ironically,

S n o w re m o v a l te c h n iq u e s

d ie d in 1 6 5 0 , la rg e ly as a result o f his exposure to the c o ld S w edish c lim a te. In 1 6 6 5 , Robert H o o k e , the inventor o f the m icro sco p e , p u blished a la rg e b o o k o f

In the e a rly

1 8 0 0 s there w a s

o rg a n iz e d s n o w rem oval. C itize n s w e re responsible fo r leveling the s n o w o n their o w n streets if they w a n te d a n y sleighs to

d ra w in g s o f o b je cts e x a m in e d under his

b e a b le to pass through. By the 1 8 6 0 s ,

n e w toy, in c lu d in g m an y o f snow flakes.

the first patents fo r s n o w

The first system atic study w a s not m ad e ,

issued,

how ever, until 1 9 3 4 b y the Japanese nuclear physicist U k ic h iro N a k a y a , w h o e xa m in e d a la rg e v a rie ty o f snow flakes

and

w e re

p lo w s

a tta ch e d

w e re sleighs

d ra w n through the streets b y horses. Salt w a s a lso used in som e p laces, but d re w w id e s p re a d protest beca use it d a m a g e d

using X-ray m icroscopes, a n d even m an

p e o ple's c lo th e s . a n d shoes, ruining the

a g e d to g ro w his o w n a rtific ia l varieties in

sleighs. It's a g o o d thing that d o e s n 't h a p

the la b o ra to ry, furthering our understand

pen to d a y — o h , w a it. By the e a rly 19 th century, cities w e re

ing.

rushing to m oto rize their s n o w rem oval fleets, necessitated b y the ra p id a d o p tio n

A w o rld w ith o u t sn o w ? N o t o n ly is s n o w a n im p o rta n t p a rt

o f the m otor v e h ic le a n d its in a b ility to han

o f life in the g re a t w h ite north, but it has a lso p la y e d a m a jo r role in the course o f

d le inclem ent w eather. R enew ed protest a g a in s t salt in the 1 9 6 0 's required m ore

w o rld events. Take tw o m a jo r exam ples,

e ffic ie n t salt spreaders, as p e o p le fo u nd

both o f w h ic h involve Russia. W h a t w o u ld

that salt c o rro d e d b ridg e s, roa d s, cars,

the w o rld b e like if N a p o le o n h a d not flo u n de re d on the s n o w p la in s o f Russia in

a n d so on. The high cost o f s n o w rem oval is a m a jo r p ro b le m h o w e ve r; in M o n tre a l a lo n e , costs reach $ 6 0 -m illio n a year.

the

w in te r

1812

w ith

his

G ra n d e

A rm ee? W o u ld Europe b e a g ia n t a u toc

S o w he th er y o u despise s n o w so

ra c y ruled b y descendants o f the dim inu

much y o u constantly ta lk a b o u t m oving to

tive one? Think a b o u t a ll the disasters o f

Phoenix, o r h e ra ld e a ch n e w sn o w fa ll .as

the 2 0 th century that c o u ld have been

the c h a n c e to b u ild yo u r o w n b a c k y a rd

a v e rte d — no W W 1 , no W W 2 , no C o ld

rink, yo u c a n 't a v o id the p roblem s a n d

W a r,

benefits that s n o w entails. Plus it just looks

a ll

beca use

stablished in 2000 by Mr. and Mrs. Josef Glasrot, survivors of the | H Holocaust and residents of Montreal. Open to any student at McGill J _i University, the award is presented for excellence in research in Holocaust and related studies, and particularly on the history of the ghettos of Warsaw and Kovno (Kaunas). Essays prepared in any course or independent research may be considered. The award is administered by the Department of Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Jewish Community Foundation. The award will be presented during the Closing Exercises of the Department of Jewish Studies in June, 2005. The value of the Blacher and Glasrot Families Memorial Award is $1000.

Europe w o u ld

have

b een a t p e a c e . A h snow , y o u 'v e fo ile d w o rld p e a c e ! C o n s id e r an o th e r Russian

rea lly pre tty— a t least until it turns into slush. ■

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w a y s

le a rn

w ith o u t s c h o o lb o o k s

T a k e a s t u d y b r e a k a t M o n t r e a l 's m u s e u m s

SCOTT SAMEROFF

s c a p e d g a rd e n , a s w e ll as a lib ra ry w ith a n exten sive

c o lle c tio n

a rc h ite c tu ra l

d ra w in g s

and

hether y o u 're lo o k in g fo r a .c h e a p , e d u

b o o ks, this museum hosts m ultiple e x h ib itio n s . The

c a tio n a l, a n d s o b e r stu d y b re a k a fte r a g ru e lin g d a y a t the lib ra ry, o r just try in g

Thinks B ig ," w h ic h in clu d e s v id e o s , m odels, a n d

c e n tre s cu rre n t e x h ib it is "The '6 0 s :

M o n tre a l

to s h o w th a t s p e c ia l s o m e o n e th a t y o u r id e a o f

p h o to g ra p h s o f the

culture g o e s b e y o n d c h e a p beer, hockey, a n d

b u ild in g p ro je cts th a t M o n tre a l in itia te d p rio r to

m a n y la rge -sca le , futuristic

a c tio n flicks, c h e c k o u t som e o f these lo c a l m use

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ums th a t o ffe r student s p e c ia ls a ll y e a r lo n g .

'0 4 " p ro v id e s a n a e ria l p e rs p e c tiv e o f the city,

'6 7 . O liv o B a rb ie ri's "S ite S p e c ific M o n tre a l

w h ic h focuses o n h o w the 19 6 0 s -s ty le a rc h ite c M usée

ture has w ith s to o d the test o f tim e a n d c h a n g e .

The

M usée d'art contemporain de M ontréal 118 5 rue Ste-Catherine O . l — Free admission Wednesdays 6 -9 pm.

des Beaux Arts ( 1 3 8 0 rue Sherbrooke O . j— Permanent collection is always free, while admission to special exhibits is half price ($ 3 for studentsI on W ednesdays from 5 to 9 pm. p e rm a n e n t c o lle c tio n

offe rs a

m ix o f

Located in the P la ce -d 'A rm e s c o m p le x , this

a n c ie n t a n tiq u itie s , E u ro p ea n a n d C a n a d ia n art, fu rn itu re ,

and

c o n te m p o ra ry

p ie c e s .

u n iq u e

S p e c ia l

m useum

E x h ib itio n s

E xh ib itio n s in c lu d e "S n a p s o f the G a n g : The B ig

in c lu d e

w o rk

a rt

E d w a rd

itself.

B urtynsky's

Brothers a n d B ig Sisters o f G re a te r M o n tre a l,"

"M a n u fa c tu re d L a n d sca p e s," a c o lle c tio n o f p h o

w h ic h is a c o lle c tio n o f p h o to g ra p h s taken b y ch il

to g ra p h s d e p ic tin g the o ff-o ve rlo o ke d b e a u ty o f

d re n in vo lve d in this p ro g ra m . A ls o o n d is p la y

destru ctive m in in g sites a n d ju n kya rd s th ro u g h o u t

is a retro sp e ctive o f N o rth

C a n a d a . A ls o o n d is p la y is "P la ce à la m a g ie !

artist Jacques-E m ile R uhlm ann, w h ic h

The forties, fifties a n d sixties in Q u é b e c ," w h ic h

until D e ce m b e r A m e ric a n

features a c o lle c tio n o f his a rt-d e c o w a te rc o lo u r w o rk s , a n d p a in tin g s .

sh o w ca se s som e o f the p ro vin ce 's m ore influ e n tial c o n te m p o ra ry artists. T h e ir p e rm a n e n t c o lle c tio n

furniture,

boasts a n hum an

C anadian Centre for Architecture 11 9 2 0 rue BaileJ— Free admission every Thursday for students. A s id e

from

b o a s tin g

b e a u tifu lly

im pressive 6 , 0 0 0

e xp re ssio n ,

w h ic h ,

w o rk s o f a rt a n d due

its eso teric

nature, m a y turn y o u r c o n c e p tio n o f w h a t's c o n s id e re d a rt n o w a d a y s o n its h e a d . ■

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H A N D S

OFF

THE

C A N V A S

S h u t u p ,

p re te n tio u s

in d ie fu c k s USE TREUTLER

ver the p a s t seven ye a rs , a s I've b e c o m e m ore a n d

y o u 're w ith m e. Either w a y , I d o n 't c a re . I h a v e m y g u ilty

sincere resp e ct fo r c h ild is h c a rto o n s is w h a t I'm ta lkin g

m o re e n tre n c h e d in the w o rld o f the a rts — e s p e c ia l

p le a su re s— like e a c h a n d e v e ry s in g le o n e o f yo u d o —

a b o u t. N o la w s a re b e in g b ro ke n . N o fe e lin g s a re b e in g

ly m u s ic — I've b e e n in tro d u c e d to a n u n b e lie v a b le

e x c e p t I feel n o g u ilt. R em em ber the c a tc h y s in g le "A ll the

hurt. S o w h y d o w e n e e d the c o n sta n t g u ilt references?

v a rie ty o f talents. I'v e run to re c o rd stores o n relea se d a tes

Things She S a id " b y the e n ig m a tic Russian d u o tATu? I love

"D a n c in g

a n d b o u g h t a lb u m s so fresh the liner notes e v o k e the musi

it. It, like m a n y others, is o n e o f those u p b e a t songs m ea n t

S a tu rd a y m o rn in g ca rto o n s if y o u 're o n e o f those p e o p le

c a l e q u iv a le n t o f n e w c a r sm ell. I've d is c o v e re d m usic so

fo r d a n c in g a ro u n d y o u r ro o m in the m o rn in g a s y o u fra n

w h o gets u p e a rly e n o u g h to d o so. I'm not, but I m ake up

o ld o r o b s c u re th a t it's ta k e n m on th s— o r even y e a rs — to

tic a lly a tte m p t to a v o id b e in g la te fo r w o rk o r class. W h e n

fo r it w ith m y utter e n jo y m e n t o f real-life TLC p ro g ra m s . A n d

fin d a c o p y , often in the d in g ie s t b a s e m e n t store, in a n a re a

I've g o t the tunes, I le a ve in a fa b u lo u s m o o d , la te o r not.

th e re w a s the

I'm o n ly p a s s in g th ro u g h . I'v e p a id hu n dre d s o f d o lla rs to

W h o s e id e a w a s it, a n y w a y , to c a ll o u r little favourites

see o r rent film s, often o n a w e e k ly basis, until I c o u ld fin d a c o p y o f m y o w n . I o n c e lost 2 5 C D s o n a flig h t a n d o ve r the next fe w m onths, I re -b o u g ht th e m — e v e ry

single one.

I'll a d m it that I h a ve a va st a rra y o f a rtistic trivia stashed s o m e w h e re in m y b ra in . I'll a d m it to b e in g so o b n o x io u s a s to h o ld en tire c o n ve rsa tio n s in s o n g lyrics. But

"g u ilty " pleasures? W h e th e r it's c h o c o la te , reruns o f

W hat

not

c rim e " — a n d

neith er

w a tc h in g

Judge Judy p h a s e ...

My Little Pony m o vie if I d a m n w e ll p le a se , a n d I'll re-read D e a r Pretentious Ind ie fu ck: I'll sin g a lo n g to the

N o t to W e a r— so g o o d — o r d a n c in g o n the b a r to "D irrty,"

e v e ry

it's fun, stress-alleviating, a n d a hell o f a lo t m ore co m m o n

C a th e rin e 's d o o m e d re la tio n sh ip a t least o n c e a year. I'll

than those snotty little in d ie fu cks like to think. W h y should I feel g u ilty fo r b la s tin g "The K e tch u p S o n g " to re m e m b e r an

h a ve m y c a k e a n d e a t it, to o . A n d d o n 't y o u ? D o n 't y o u fret a n d w o r ry o v e r e v e ry a c tio n a n d e v e ry co m m e n t a ll d a y

B rontë sister novel a n d

c r y o v e r H e a th c liff a n d

o u tra g e o u s trip to C a n c u n ? W h a t d o e s it m atter if y o u 're a

lo n g ? H a v e fun w ith that, really. M a y b e s o m e d a y y o u 'll

on the record rig h t

serious, cla s s ic a l m usicia n w h o listens to M illi V anilli to

n o w is that in b e tw e e n w a tc h in g a llu rin g French film s like

w in d d o w n o r a h a rd -c o re fe m in ist w h o respects Em inem

g r o w up, sto p w o rry in g w h a t others think, a n d d o w h a t y o u w a n t.

N a th a lie ... a n d listening to the b e a utifu l c o m p o s itio n s o f

fo r his in n o v a tiv e sto ryte llin g ? G iv e m e m y sero to n in a n d

A fte r a ll, o u r v a c a tio n 's c o m in g u p — if w e c a n 't pu re

R asputina w h ile p e ru s in g M a r k Ryden's W e b g a lle ry , I

e n d o rp h in s a n d d o n 't stick y o u r nose w h e re if d o e s n 't b e lo n g .

ly e n jo y ourselves then, w h a t's the p o in t? G iv e in to yo u r n o rrg u ilty pleasures. C h a n c e s a re , a t least o n e person in y o u r closest c irc le shares them . ■

the m ost im p o rta n t th in g I'd like to state

d a n c e the hell o u t o f those C h ris tin a A g u ile ra singles. There y o u g o ! Insult m e a ll y o u like. Laugh a lo n g if

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ly a c c la im e d co lle ctio n o f h a n d -p a in te d ska te bo a rd s in the w o rld . O rig in a te d b y C a lg a ry 's M ik e G rim e s a n d Pete Ernes, this co lle ctio n co n ta in s w o rks from o ve r 8 0 lo ca l a n d in ternational artists. The s h o w ro o m o p e n in g

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h o u g h m uch o f the e le c tro n ic m usic c ro w d in this c ity

in g , p ic k in g u p steam as it's traveled from V ancouver to

g ra v ita te s to after-hours clu b s, such as A ria o r Stereo,

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to satisfy th e ir d a n c e c ra v in g s , these venues a re h a rd ly

G rim e s a t 4 0 3 - 2 4 4 - 5 8 4 5 o r c h e c k the o ffic ia l W e b site

the o n ly o p tio n s in to w n . A s students fro m b ig citie s like

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n a tive e le c tro n ic a scene, b a s e d o n s a m p le d dru m beats,

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d irty bass g ro o v e s , a n d a ja z z y funk so u n d, c a lle d house o r g a ra g e -h o u s e m usic. It e v o lv e d from d is c o a n d funk a n d

K o b a ya sh i b rings their e lectro-funky-jazzyurban-hip

to o k the u n d e rg ro u n d w a re h o u s e c lu b s b y storm in the e a rly

h o p talents to Le S w im m in g fo r o n e last s h o w before

19 9 0 s . If y o u h a v e e ve r lin e d u p to h e a r DJ Little Louie V ega

m a king their n e w reco rd . T hough the b a n d o ffic ia lly

k n o w w h a t I a m ta lk in g

labels itself under the um brella term , " a c id ja z z ," their

a b o u t. If, d u rin g the w e e hours o f S u n d a y m o rn in g , y o u

style m ixes in d iverse m usical elements. A M o n tre a l sta

tune in to "U to p ia 's P a ra d is e ," C a n a d a 's lo n g e st running

p le fo r ye a rs, this o cte t considers itself a co m p o sitio n a l

o r Tony H u m ph re ys s p in , y o u

b a n d , never letting o n e m em b e r d o m in a te the others

r a d io sh o w , o n M c G ill's o w n C KU T-FM , y o u a re c le a rly a

o n stag e . N o w b a se d in Toronto, the guys a re psyched

ve te ra n o f the house sou n d. Letting the hips lo o se o v e r so m e g o o d house beats

a b o u t p la y in g a s h o w fo r M ontreal,, p a rticu la rly after their w a rm w e lc o m e a t J a z z Fest this summer. For infor

a fte r a c o u p le o f ic e c o ld Becks a n d a f e w js is not o n ly an o p tio n in la rg e r citie s, b u t o n o u r fa ir is la n d a s w e ll. T w o

m ation a b o u t K o b a ya sh i, c h e c k o u t their W e b site a t

lam est c a t m o v in g . DJ U zi a n d DJ N a ta c h a p la y the ro le o f g ra c io u s host a n d hostess, a n d often m ix u p th e ir sets w ith

b a rs in p a rtic u la r h o ld re g u la r events e a c h a n d e v e ry w e e k

w w w . kobiayashi-jazz. com.

to g e t y o u r g ro o v e on. E very T hu rs d a y n ig h t, th e fu n ky Je llo B ar hosts a p a rty

h e a v y a m ounts o f soul, funk, d o w n te m p o , a n d d is c o .

c a lle d "T h e ra p y ," fe a tu rin g h o m e g ro w n

DJ J o jo flo re s , as

m o o d s into o n e n ig h t o f fun. You m a y satisfy y o u r e csia tic

w e ll as fre q u e n t guest d e e ja y s a n d artists. If y o u h a v e y e t

m o o d , a n d d a n c e like a fo o l; if y o u 're fe e lin ' freaky, house

O n e - o f M o n tre a l's b ig g e s t fo lk sensations, Rufus

to visit Jello B a r fo r a m usical event, sh a m e o n y o u . It has a g re a t so u n d system, a m p le d a n c in g ro o m , frie n d ly p e o p le ,

is id e a l fo r g rin d in g u p o n y o u r w o m a n ; o r y o u m a y just let

W a in w r ig h t is kn o w n fo r w ritin g som e o f the most

y o u r senses ta ke over, as th e m usic sooths y o u r soul. The

m ature a n d classy p o p songs o f his e ra . H is 1 9 9 8 d e b u t e a rn e d him w o r ld w id e re c o g n itio n , b e in g nam ed

M U S IC . Rufus W a in w r ig h t— T he a tre O u tre m o n t—

The b e a u ty o f house m usic is th a t it c a n fuse a ll y o u r

a n d b e e r s p e c ia ls a p le n ty . O n S a tu rd a y nights, ve n ture s lig h tly north a lo n g boul.

c h o ic e is yours. ■

St-Laurent to w a rd a v e n u e d u M o n t-R o y a l, a n d y o u II d is c o v

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1 2 4 0 B e rn a rd O u tre m o n t— D e ce m b e r 11.

Best N e w A rtist in

e r S a lo n D a o m e . C o m p le te w ith a trib a l d é c o r, re d lig h tin g , a n d a g re a t h a rd w o o d flo o r, this bar- is structured as a m ake sh ift loft. A lth o u g h q u ie t o n the o u ts id e , S a lo n D a o m e is a lw a y s p a c k e d , a n d c a rrie s a v ib e th a t w ill g e t e ven the

Rolling Stone m a g a z in e that year. His

m elod ie s a re m a in ly p ia n o d riv e n , but that is not the e n d o f this singer-songw riter's skills. H is sassy, o rig in a l songs b e a r his robust personality, w h ic h has b e e n fine-tuned o v e r the ye a rs through d ru g a d d ic tio n a n d g e n era l e rn e tio n a l m alaise. N o w h a vin g released his third a lbum ,

W an t O ne, w h ic h includes c o lla b o ra tio n s from d o ze ns o f his m usic industry peers, the fo rm e r M c G ill student is p o ise d fo r o n e g re a t s h o w in his h o m e to w n . C a ll 4 9 5 9 9 4 4 fo r details.

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a w e s o m e ly

THEATRE.

— cleary

S icilia n parents w h o h a ve im m ig ra te d to C a n a d a , a n d

the new '80s

yo u h a ve to tell them y o u 're g a y. T ha t is the p re d ica m e n t that co n fou n d s M a m b o Italiano's p ro ta g o n ist A n g e lo , w h o lives w ith his lover a n d m a c h o Italian c o p , N in o . D irected b y G o rd o n M c C a ll, this ch a rm in g tale o f fa m i

b a d — m u s ic w e 'r e

n o t s ic k

ly, friends, com m unity, a n d c o m in g o u t brings o u t the

o f y e t

n o id e a w h a t it is. T hink o f "E le g a n tly W a s te d

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poten tia l fo r hum our in w h a t c o u ld b e v ie w e d a s a ve ry d iffic u lt situation. A fte r g e tting rave review s fo r previous

b y a p re

runs in M o n tre a l a n d Toronto, a n d h a vin g b een m a d e

ro c k a n d roll s u ic id e IN X S , C o n s o lid a te d 's "You S u ck," an

a n , I fe e l a little o ld . Just as I'm sta rtin g to g e t used to y e a rs th a t start w ith a tw o , S a p h irs n e w '9 0 s n ig h t has fo rc e d m e to a c c e p t the fa c t th a t m usic

fro m the first d e c a d e in w h ic h I c o u ld w a lk a n d ta lk w fth re a s o n a b le

a c c u ra c y

is in c h in g

c lo s e r to

b e in g ,

w e ll,

"re tro ." That's a pretty w e ird fe e lin g . C a lle d "N e v e rm in d the '9 0 s ," this p a rty is the n e w T hu rs d a y fixture upstairs a t C lu b S a p h ir ( 3 6 9 9 b o u l. St-Laurent). Its c o n c e p tio n h a p p e n e d w h e n fo u nd e rs DJ Pat D y n a m ite , A n o th e r DJ D a v e , a n d DJ V a n illa T hom to o k a c lo s e lo o k a t the m ultitudes in neon tights d a n c in g to Tears fo r Fears in clu b s across the c ity a n d d e c id e d it w a s tim e fo r som e g o o d o ld -fa s h io n e d b a c k la s h . W e a ll lo v e o u r '8 0 s d e e p d o w n , but y o u 'v e g o t to see th e ir p o in t: h e a rin g "G irls Just W a n n a H a v e Fun" o n e m ore tim e c o u ld result in a h o s ta g e situ a tio n. Seriously, there's p le n ty o f iro n ic cheesiness to b e h a d in '9 0 s m usic, to o . A n y o n e re m e m b e r D eee-lite? The d eeja ys d o a g re a t jo b o f m ix in g sets th a t run from the ete rn a l ly a w e s o m e to the m ild ly re g re tta b le a n d 'e v e ry th in g in b e tw e e n . A s a n a d d e d bon us, a tte nd e e s a re b o u n d to g e t th a t w e ir d fe e lin g w h e n a n e w s o n g b e g in s — y o u k n o w yo u really, re a lly lik e the s o n g that's p la y in g , but y o u h a ve

M a m b o Italiano— C e n ta u r T h e a t r e -

4 5 3 ru e S t-F rançois X a v ie r— o p e n s N o v e m b e r 3 0 . Picture this s ce n a rio : y o u a re the son o f tra d itio n a l

into a feature-length film in 2 0 0 3 , the p la y w ill run a t the

o d e to c u n n in g linguists, the London S u e d e , H o le , a n d

C e n ta u r u p until D e ce m b e r

m ore g ru n g e , in d ie rock, a n d B ritp o p than y o u c a n shake

Alexander— o pens N o v e m b e r 2 4 .

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o ff like n o other. U n fortunately, h o w e ve r, the a tte n d a n c e

W h y a re w e running a p re v ie w fo r "a b a d m ovie

level ne e ds a m a jo r b o o ste r shot. D o n 't g e t m e w r o n g —

o f truly e p ic p ro p o rtio n s? " W e ll, first o ff, b a d m ovies d o

S a p h irs a g re a t p la c e , b u t sin ce it's b ig e n o u g h fo r nights

have a n e n terta in in g s id e to them , as yo u m a y have

like Friday's p e rp e tu a lly p a c k e d g la m a n d g o th e x tra v a g a n

N ational Treasure. O liv e r Stone, fa m e d d ire cto r o f JFK a n d N atural Born Killers, to o k a ch a n c e in m aking this film ,

interpreted in last w ee k's ing lo riou s re v ie w o f

z a , it felt a b s o lu te ly v a c a n t w ith o n ly the 5 0 -o d d p e o p le w h o s h o w e d up. D a n c in g o n a h u g e flo o r w ith fiv e o r six o th e r p e o p le , a ll e ig h t m etres a p a rt from e a c h other, gets m ild ly d is c o n c e rtin g — even w ith the h e lp o f the c h e a p

and

it m a y co n ta in traces o f his form er greatness.

Furthermore, d ro o lin g fans o f C o lin Farrell c a n b lo c k

R ickard's Red s p e c ia l. Thus, m a n y o p te d to s p e n d m ost o f

their ears a n d sim p ly g la re a t his d re a m y locks as he

th e ir tim e sitting o n the in c re d ib ly c o m fo rta b le co u c h e s lin

p la ys the title role. If nothing else, ta ke this b lu rb a s a

in g the w a lls a n d w a tc h in g a ro g u e v ig ila n te steal o th e r p e o p le 's half-fin ish e d drinks. T he re fore , it is u p to a ll o f

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a fla n n e l shirt at. It w a s a g re a t id e a from the start a n d the team pulls it

w a rn in g :

Alexander represents three hours o f y o u r life not g e t b a ck!

that yo u w ill

you to h e lp m ake this n ig h t

a s a w e s o m e a s it dese rve s to b e ! If yo u to o y e a rn fo r the DANCE.

d a y s w h e n A la n is M o risse tte d id n 't suck a n d B ra d N o w e ll

Vernissage-danse # 1 1 9 — S tu d io 3 0 3 —

3 7 2 rue S te -C a th e rin e O . — D e c e m b e r 11. S tudio 3 0 3 's V ernissage-danse series presents four

o f S u b lim e w a s still a liv e , then g ra b e n o u g h frie n d s to fill a fe w sq u a re m etres a n d g o c h e c k it out. N e v e rm in d the 9 0 s

p h ilo s o p h ic a l

w ill b e o n e o f the best nights a ro u n d o n c e th e m asses k n o w

routines

phers. L a in ie T o w e ll, in

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uses sym bols to e xa m in e the nature o f a ctio n a n d im a g e . Finally, F rederic M a rie r represents the feelings e n ta ile d in b e in g b y oneself, in his p e rfo rm a n ce ,

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m a n — w r ite

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m usic fo r its in v a lu a b le h e a lin g p o w e r. "It takes y o u a w a y

fo r A & E !

E - m a il u s . . .

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s fa r a s m a n y m usicians kn o w , o p p o rtu n itie s to g e t

fo r a little b it, [a llo w in g ] y o u to c o n c e n tra te a n d th in k a b o u t so m e th in g e lse ."

in touch w ith (or s im p ly meet) like -m in d e d artists a re

Lee has h ig h e r a s p ira tio n s fo r the future. She h o p e s to

fe w a n d fa r b e tw e e n . M a n y just s h o w u p to ja m ses

d e v e lo p a c lu b W e b site w ith c o m p le te p ro file s o f a ll its

sions a t b ars a n d clu b s a ro u n d the city, o r p ra y th a t c h a n c e

m em bers, s o th a t the m issing bass p la y e r o r s a x o p h o n is t in

b rin g s them in to c o n ta c t w ith p e o p le w h o fe e l, lo ve , a p p re

y o u r b a n d is just a m ouse c lic k a w a y . W h e n m em b e rsh ip

th e y d o .

is h ig h e n o u g h , Lee w o u ld a ls o like to h a v e c lu b ta le n t

H o w e v e r, it seem s like the o d d s o f ra n d o m ly run n in g into

sh o w s a n d cu t re c o rd in g s o f som e o f M P A N 's m usical e n d e a vo u rs.

c ia te ,

and

e x p e rie n c e

m usic

the sa m e w a y

s o m e o n e w h o has the sa m e a rtistic tastes a n d a s p ira tio n s a re slim to n o n e ... right? S herren Lee, p re s id e n t a n d fo u n d e r o f the n e w ly inau g u ra te d M u s ic ia n s a n d

P erform ing Artists N e tw o rk , h a d

She says th a t u ltim a te ly the c lu b is a ll a b o u t h a v in g " p e o p le w ith d iffe re n t kinds o f ta le n t c o m e to g e th e r... h e lp in g e a c h o th e r a n d le a rn in g from e a c h o th er." ■

those sa m e co n ce rn s. "I w a s lo o k in g fo r p e o p le to p la y m usic w ith , to b e in a b a n d w ith ," recalls Lee. "I th o ug h t

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T a k e y o u r d e g re e t o a w h o le n e w le v e l o f su c c e t

Lee a n d clo se frie n d Laura F ong c o n c e iv e d M P A N in January. C h riste n e d a t the b e g in n in g o f this semester, the

l e a r n t o m a n a g e in te rn a tio n a l d e v e lo p m e n t p ro je c ts overseas.

a n d artists w h o c a n sh a re th e ir talents w ith others. A t M P A N

I n te r n a tio n a l P ro je c t M a n a g e m e n t is th e o n ly p o s tg ra d u a te p r o g r a m in C a n a d a t h a t s h o w s y o u h o w y o u r d e g re e c a n c h an g e th e w o rld .

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o rg a n iz a tio n 's g o a l is to c re a te a va st n e tw o rk o f m usicians events, the artists m a y discuss their m usical k n o w le d g e a n d e xp e rie n c e s w ith o n e another, or, w h e n sch e d ules perm it, just h a n g out, c o lle c tiv e ly e n jo y in g w h a t th e y lo ve m ost: m usic. The c lu b itself (w h ic h is o p e n to the e n tire city, n o t just M c G ill students) o rg a n iz e s a c tiv itie s a n d o utings, o ffe rin g its m em bers a v a rie ty o f forum s in w h ic h to sh a re th e ir a rt o r d is c o v e r w h a t the c ity has to offer. C lu b m em bers a re

Seating is Limited!

in vite d to m o n th ly ja m

sessions,

m usic literature nights,

e xcursions to M o n tre a l ja z z clu b s, a n d a re o ffe re d o p p o r tunities to a tte n d v a rio u s d a n c e , co m e d y , a n d o p e ra per fo rm a n c e s a t re d u c e d prices.

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" A lo t o f p e o p le , w h e n th e y c o m e to university, sort o f lose th e ir ta le n t b e c a u s e th e y d o n 't ta k e the tim e o r m ake the tim e ," says Lee. D e sp ite the tim e constraints fo r m ost stu dents this tim e o f ye a r, Lee reco m m en d s m usic a s a to n ic fo r o v e rc o m in g h e ig h fe n e d stress a n d a n x ie ty ; she a d v o c a te s

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p o w e r o f th e

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CD.

T ho u g h e v e ry tra c k sounds pretty sim ilar, the songs them selves a re n 't

se a

b a d . It's a kin to listening to y o u r fa v o u rite

T h e

T e m

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p e s t

s a ils

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over

and

o v e r:

g re a t in the short term , b u t gets o ld

a t

fast. Pulley

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the

kind

punk

b a n d fo r w h o m " p o p " should pre fix the na m e . The m usic is m ostly o f

SIMONE CRUICKSHANK

the ty p ic a l p o w e r c h o rd /c r a s h in g v a rie ty

m a g in e yourself as m y g ra d e 1 1 history teacher. It's the

v o c a ls ,

but

m ild ly fo rm u la ic , b u t n o t in a n irrita tin g w a y — th a t is, if yo u ig n o re bits a b o u t

Jeopardy!. Y ou're sm art— but yo u lose. You lose beca use

b e d s o f n a ils a n d such. The vo ca lists e ve n m a n a g e to pull o ff q u a lity har

y o u d o n 't k n o w w h ic h S hake sp e a re a n w o rk b e g in s w ith the COURTESY O F LYDIA PAWELUK

w o rd "B o s'n " (as in "b o a ts w a in "). O b v io u s ly , y o u a re n 't fam il

The Tempest; rig ht n o w , y o u h a ve the p e rfe c t o p p o r

th e

c o o l flourishes a n d the o c c a s io n a l, but fu c k in g a w e s o m e , so lo . The lyrics a re

19 7 0 s , y o u 're like ly w e a rin g bell-bottom s, a n d y o u 're on

ia r w ith

under

b e tw e e n verses the b a n d th ro w s in

M a g ic a n d m y s t e r y : it's w h a t S h a k e s p e a r e is m a d e of.

tunity to ca tch up.

The Tempest is currently b e in g s ta g e d a t the Leanor a n d

S hakespeare veteran w h o has w o rk e d w ith E ngland's Royal

A lvin S e g a l Theatre a t the S a id y e B ronfm an C e n tre fo r the

S hakespeare C o m p a n y , puts his vast e x p e rie n ce to g o o d use

m o n ie s th ro u g h o u t m ost o f the songs. A ll in a ll, Matters is p le n ty e n jo y a b le , th o ug h n o t m e m o ra b le . Pulley m akes h y p e ra c tiv e a n d c a tc h y m usic, b u t it's re a lly h a rd to fe e l a n y th in g but a p a th e tic to w a rd them . G o , Pulley. Rah.

—Melissa Price

Arts. The p la y is a ta le o f revelations a n d discoveries, a n d as

w ith m ost o f Shakespeare's w o rks, has a ll the elem ents nec

S h a kespearean la n g u a g e — often inaccessible to so m e — into

essary fo r a d ra m a tic n ig h t out. There is love, m a g ic , a m on

expressive a n d u n d e rsta n d ab le speech, e n g a g in g the a u d i

ster, a n d even a g o o d d e a l o f drunken b u ffo o n e ry w a itin g to

e n c e w ith the kind o f v e rb a l autho rity necessary to p o rtra y the

b e d isco ve re d . The cast d o e s a n excellent jo b w ith the indis

lea rn e d a n d p o w e rfu l Prospéra. H e is su p p orte d b y a talent

p u ta b ly b rillia n t m aterial. The Tempest o p e ns a t sea in the m id d le o f a Violent

Lightburn d o e s n 't o w n a n y reco rd s,

e d , m ulti-generational cast, w h ic h includes O rd e r o f C a n a d a

w h ic h

m em ber D ouglass C a m p b e ll a s G o n z a lo a n d M c G ill student

storm. It's e a sy to im a g in e the d iffic u lty o f s ta g in g such a

e xcu se fo r the b la ta n t p illa g in g the

scene to represent a g ra n d s h ip tossing in the w a v e s . Sadly,

Yann B e rn a qu e z a s the B o a tsw a in . A s id e from a fe w S N A FU s,

band

the p ro d u ctio n team's solution w a s o n e o f three instances in

scene;

w h ic h the a c tio n o n s ta g e sim p ly d id not suit the m aterial o r

F erdinand a n d M ira n d a as they d e c la re their love; a n d som e

the m o o d o f the p e rfo rm a n c e itself. The actors used a m odel

w o r ld — Rolling

p u re ly w e ird shadow qarojection c o n ju re d b y Prospéra, the

o f a sh ip a n d a blue sheet to e n a c t the storm, w h ile m aking

and

p la y is a pleasure to w a tc h from start to finish. The b a cksta g e

w in d a n d seagull noises that d e fin ite ly pro m p te d m ore than

p e g g e d M o n tre a l's latest a s o n e o f

team m akes excellent use o f lig h tin g effects a n d includes a p ro je c to r to c o n v e y the a iry p o w e r o f P rospéras servant A riel.

the to p b a n d s to w a tc h in 2 0 0 5 .

o n e snicker from the a u d ie n c e . But w h e n the storm y scene e n d e d a n d the d ra m a on P rospéras island b e g a n , the a cto rs' talent w a s en o ug h to

this

p ro d u c tio n .

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and

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q u a lity that a d d s to the m a g ic o f the p e rfo rm a n ce .

Tempest is perfe ct fo r a n y o n e w h o loves S hakespeare, enjoys

has co m e to rule his sm all is la n d after h a vin g b een d e p o s e d

a fun a n d w ell-sta ge d story, o r just w a n ts to rectify past liter

and

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a d rift

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his

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live

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o ve rco m e such sm all issues o f sta g in g. Prospéra (G areth A rm strong), the fo rm e r D uke o f M ila n ,

S a id y e

Lead

in clu d in g the o p e n in g

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S ure... Lightm an, a poo r-m a n 's M o rris e y , d e liv e rs his g lo o m y m essages o f futil ity a c c o m p a n ie d b y S a b b a th -e sq u e g u ita r, a sim p le rhythm se ctio n , a n d m o o d y s o u n d sca p e s m uch better suited fo r th e stu d io than live sh o w s. The D e a rs' e p ic -lo v in ' d ro w n s in its o w n d re a ry o v e r-d ra m a tics, m ost e v id e n t in the 1 1-m inute s n o o z e r "A u to n o m y ." The D ears n ever c o m e c lo s e to re p lic a tin g the sin ce rity o f the b a n d s th e y try to rip o ff. Live, their sh o w s h a v e a ll the e xcite m e n t o f a fu n era l. But c h e e r up, g u y s — Rolling

Stone still loves y o u . —M ike Dineen

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fo r th e

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to p la y a t P la ce d e s Arts in February. In the m ea n tim e , e x p e c t to c a tc h her p la y in g a liv e g ig a t y o u r lo c a l w a te r in g h o le so m e tim e so o n . ■

hen y o u g la n c e a t the c o v e r o f T ricia Foster's n e w C D , the first im a g e to c a tc h y o u r e y e is a cu riou s ju x ta p o s itio n th a t stands o u t as a m e ta p h o r fo r her

v ie w o f crea tivity. Lines o f b a r c o d e re fle c te d in a la k e p a y

globaltesol.com w ,LLs- 2 i.

Tricia Foster's debut C D , 4 1 2 , c a n b e ordered on-line a t w w w .tr ic ia fo s te r 4 1 2 . c a a n d will be available in music stores shortly.

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t s e e m e d to us lik e a s im p le s u rv e y , w itft c a te g o rie s lik e "B e s t M o v ie

Shrek 2 a n d Eternal Sunshine o f the Spotless M in d . The h o n o u ra b le m entions g o to N a th a lie ..., G arden State, Collateral, a n d the w o n d e rfu lly o ffe n s iv e Team A m erica: W o rld Police.

o f 2 0 0 4 " a n d " W o r s t C o n c e rt o f 2 0 0 4 , " a m o n g o th e rs . W e c o u ld

B a re

ta lly th e re su lts in a lo v e ly E xce l c h a r t, a n d lis t th e to p th re e f o r e a c h c a te g o r y , m a k in g m o s t p e o p le s o m e w h a t h a p p y . P le a se r e m in d us n e v e r to a s s u m e s o m e th in g lik e th a t a g a in . In m o s t ca se s, w e h a v e n o c o n se n su s. W e a r e d iv id e d ! W e a r e d iv e rs e ! A n d in c e rta in ca se s, w e a re o f f th e w a ll. T h a n k s to a ll w h o p a r tic ip a te d . H e re , f o r y o u r d e b a t in g p le a s u re , is th e m o s t n o n - tr a d itio n a l in s ta lla tio n o f a y e a r in su m ,

orst o f 2 0 0 4 :

N a tio n a l Treasure w in s,

b r o u g h t to y o u b y Lise, D a n n y , a n d th e A & E w r ite rs .

ha n ds d o w n . D is h o n o u ra b le m entions

g o to Jersey Girl, Shall W e Dance, a n d The Punisher. The Passion o f the Christ a lso m a d e a n a p p e a ra n c e in this c a t e g o r y so m e folks just a re n 't into b lo o d y , g o ry , stigm ata -fille d .fu n . G o fig u re .

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m o s t e n t e r t a in in g

e v e n t a t M c G ill

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ve n t" w a s c le a rly taken loosely. Responses

in c lu d e d the Lovely Feathers p la y in g a t O A P a n d the S te w a rt B io e xp lo s io n s , but w e 're a ll

est o f 2 0 0 4 : The a w a rd g o e s to M o d e s t

M o u s e , w ith G o o d N e w s for People W h o Love B ad N ew s, the s o le a lb u m w ith

m ultip le votes. W h o

sla p stick fa n s a t he a rt. Sorry, D a n , but th e recent

crushed the c o m p e titio n !

pie-in-the-face in c id e n t

else a p p e a re d , y o u

ask? E veryone from M a rily n M a n s o n w ith

Lest W e Forget to Jo lie H o lla n d w ith C atalpa and

G re e n

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p o litic a l

ro c k

o p e ra ,

American Idiot.

W h a t 's

y o u r m o s t r e a lis t ic

A & E - r e la te d orst o f 2 0 0 4 :

w is h

fo r 2 0 0 5 ?

Yes, w e 're a ll sick o f Rod

S te w a rt, but the w o rs t a lb u m o f the ye a r, b y to c k in g s full o f C D s fo r C h ristm a s." "B etter sh o w s far, c a m e from the h id e o u s ly o d o rn e d Insane C lo w n c o m in g to to w n ... Incubus is not m y id e a o f fu n ." Posse. It's c a lle d H ell's Pit. W e still fe e l d irty from (P ardon m e w h ile I vo m it.) a c tu a lly h o ld in g such a th in g in o u r b a re hands.

" W e a re seriously la c k in g a N ic k C a v e tour."

"C e lin e D io n re tirin g ... a g a in ." (Let's a ll d rin k to that.) " A live m usical o f .sce n e !"

A laddin— g o o d luck w ith the rug

W h a t 's

est o f 2 0 0 4 : R asputina's b rillia n t

y o u r m o s t u n r e a lis t ic

tour w a s the c le a r w in n e r, w h ic h m akes a c e rta in e d ito r a

very h a p p y

A & E ~ r e la te d

g irl. H o n o u ra b le m en tio n s g o to N o r a h J o n e s, B ria n A u g e r, a n d

w is h

fo r 2 0 0 5 ?

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M in is try .

votes fo r m ore o f his e x ce lle n t m usic— o n ly tw o votes fo r "h o t m o n ke y sex" w ith him ? N o w

that is stran g e .

H o w e v e r, p e o p le w o u ld a ls o like to see the res u rre ctio n s— o r

m ysterious

returns— o f Janis Jo p lin ,

G e o rg e H a rriso n , a n d R ichey Jam es E d w a rd s . A n d orst o f 2 0 0 4 : Sorry, C a n a d a , but

the Tea

Party w in s

coal

yes, so m e o f the a b o v e a re fo r sexual p u rposes as w e ll a s m usic.

in their

s to ckin g , w ith B illy Talent c o m in g se co n d .

A d is h o n o u ra b le m ention g o e s to B a d ly D ra w n B o y fo r his d runken e x h ib itio n o f b e llig e re n c e a t a "c o n c e rt" la te this ye a r. 'P lease d o n 't tell a n y o n e I w e n t to a s h o w ." —Anonymous W riter

b e ca u se n one o f the a cto rs c a re a n y

B illy Talent

M a tth e w

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m o re ." (A Jar-Jar a p p e a ra n c e w o u ld clin ch it.)

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g ro w s fa c ia l hair, s ile n cin g critics w h o c la im he h a d a n u n fair a d v a n ta g e as an a c to r p la y in g a h o b b it b e ca u se he a c tu a lly

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m ix e s

th ro u g h

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a c a d e m

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"The c o n c e p t e x p a n d e d to the a lb u m h a v in g a fo re

USETREUTLER

w o rd ,

w ith

songs

a rra n g e d

lik e

c h a p te rs ,"

B o y le

e x p la in s . " N o n e o f the g ra p h ic s w e re left to c h a n c e . For a le B o yle must h a v e a m assive, c o lo u r-c o d e d c a le n

e x a m p le , the im a g e o n the c o v e r w a s taken

d ar, fo r the M c G ill Ph.D. student never s lo w s d o w n .

1 9 5 0 s a t Belle A n se b e a c h . The p ic tu re d is p la y s a tim e

in the

A s id e from his c o n tin u in g research o n e d u c a tio n

o f e c o n o m ic s ta b ility a n d g ro w th . In the C D tra y is a

w ith m usic, he's a fre e la n c e w riter, a n d as a m u sicia n, he

c o lo u r p h o to o f the sam e b e a c h in 2 0 0 4 , w h ic h reflects

just re lea se d his s e c o n d a lb u m , In M y R e a rv ie w M irro r, e a r

the cu rre n t in a c tiv ity a n d e c o n o m ic h a rd sh ip s o f the co m

lie r this m onth. "To h a v e q u a lity g ig s a n d o p p o rtu n itie s to im p ro v e

m unity, lik e w is e refle cte d in the so n g s ." To re a liz e his p la n s, B o yle w o rk e d w ith fo rm e r LA

one's c a re e r requires a n in c re d ib le a m o u n t o f w o rk ,

p ro d u c e r a n d current M c G ill pro fe sso r D a n ie l Levitin,

says. " W ith this a lb u m , I a im to p e rfo rm consistently a n d

w h o has w o rk e d w ith the likes o f k.d . la n g a n d S a n ta n a ,

re a ch n e w a u d ie n c e s ." B o yle him self is n o stra n g e r to d is c o v e rin g n e w things.

and

p r o d u c e r /e n g in e e r

S usan

R ogers

(B a re n a k e d

Born in G a s p é , Q u e b e c , he w a s rais ed o n fo lk m usic

Ladies, Prince). H e cites th e ir co n trib u tio n s as in te g ra l to the a lb u m , a n d is e s p e c ia lly a p ro p o n e n t o f Levitin's a tti

a lo n e . A fte r m o v in g to M o n tre a l, he im m e d ia te ly re c o g

tu d e

n iz e d th a t e v e ry o n e in a b ig c ity is a u to m a tic a lly e x p o s e d to m a n y ge n re s o f m usic, w h e th e r th e y like it o r not. "I w a s a w a re o f th e im p a c t o f the culture a n d history o f m y w ritin g w h e n I liv e d in G a s p é , b u t it re a lly struck m e

to w a rd

te a c h in g ,

w h ic h

m irrors

B oyle 's. Ph.D.

research. "E d u c a tio n is a g re a t m eans to e x p lo re m usic in a d iffe re n t c o n te x t," B o yle insists. "I a im to s h o w h o w m usic c a n b e used a s a te a c h in g to o l in a n y course. H is c o n

w h e n I le ft," he says. " W h ile I d id n o t h a v e the e xp o s ure to

n e c tio n to Professor Levitin o rig in a te d in the instructors

re g g a e , h ip h o p , o r ja z z , m y link w ith fo lk is v e ry g e n u in e

c o g n itio n course. "M u s ic p la ys a p ro m in e n t role in sever

a n d na tura l. I d o n 't h a v e to lo o k fo r it o r study it, b e c a u s e

a l lectures a n d re a d in g s ," B o yle e x p la in s . "S uch a cross-

I g r e w u p w ith it a ll a ro u n d m e ." B o yle 's s m a ll-to w n ro o ts still

to d a y .

d is c ip lin a ry a p p ro a c h is refreshing, to sa y the least. N e ith e r a d ry a c a d e m ic n o r a w o rk a h o lic m usicia n,

h o ld

s tro n g

R e a rv ie w M irr o r is a full-out c o n c e p t a lb u m . B o y le c h ro n i

' B oyle's a p p ro a c h to the business is a ls o refreshing. H e s

cles the history o f his h o m e re g io n w ith m o v in g songs like

c o n fid e n t a b o u t his a lb u m a n d has a firm g ra s p o n p rio r

"S hut It D o w n " a n d the o p e n in g trac k , " A S m all G a s p é T o w n ," T ho u g h in flu e n c e d b y the a re a 's cultural tra d itio n

ities.

sin ce w ritin g his v e ry first s o n g , a s this a lb u m w a s ta k in g

a n d the listener," he says. "T hat feels rig h t to m e ." ■

s h a p e , B o yle fo u n d a w a y to e x p a n d o n his m em ories a n d

"The so n g is w h a t m atters, fo r b o th the p e rfo rm e r

B o y le : c r e a t i n g r e s e a r c h a n d c o n c e p t a l b u m s all a t o n c e .

his songs started to e v o lv e .

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sports HOCKEY

REDMEN

LAURIER

R e d m e n roll o v e r L a u r ie r P iv o ta i w e e k e n d s w e e p JOSEPH GILGOFF

p ro p e ls t e a m

passes b y B e n o it M a rtin a n d

i n t o f ir s t p l a c e in F a r E a s t

D oug

O rr, w h o ra c k e d up three assists in the In sports, there a re m ere v icto ries, and

there a re

g a m e s w h e re

team s

m ak e a statem ent. M c G ills d e fe a t o f the W ilfr e d Laurier G o ld e n H a w k s S a tu rd a y n ig h t a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a d e fin ite ly q u a lifie s as the latter. Seven d iffe re n t Redmen notche d g o a ls in a 7-1

ro m p , a s th e s q u a d

u p p e d its re c o rd to 8-4-1 w ith its sec o n d w in

in a s m a n y nights. M c G ill

g a m e on M c G ill's

D e fe n c e m a n

the n ig h t c a m e w ith th e s c o re 2-1

H aw ks

had

m a n -a d v a n ta g e

and

w e re a p p ly in g pressure, th re a te n in g to tie the sco re , a n d the g a m e s e e m e d to h in g e o n the R edm en s a b ility to kill the pen alty. The Red 'n ' W h ite re s p o n d e d in d ra m a tic fa s h io n , not o n ly k e e p in g the

H aw ks

o ff the s c o re b o a rd ,

but

strin g in g to g e th e r tw o g o a ls to e n d the p e rio d

and

h e a p in g stanza. has

se a l the v ic to ry ,

b e fo re

on th re e m ore in the fin a l

H e a d C o a c h M a rtin R aym ond seen the te a m b a ttle bouts o f

in co n siste ncy th ro u g h o u t the season, in c lu d in g

F rid a y 's

squeaker

over

h a rd -fo u g h t

th e

in fe rio r

1 -0

B ro c k

B a d g e rs. W ith th a t in m in d , S aturday's im pressive e ffo rt w a s a w e lc o m e sight. "T h a t

w as

just

good,

fun

g a m e ," c o m m e n te d R aym ond. "I to ld the guys after, th a t o n e w a s e a s y to c o a c h . B a s ic a lly just sit b a c k a n d let the g u ys sk a te ." Left w in g e r G re g Léblanc started the

s c o rin g

fo r

the

R edm en

n e a rly

h a lfw a y th ro u g h the first p e rio d , c o n n e ctin g on a g o a l that resulted from

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RED

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s c o re d

began

in the se c o n d

fra m e o n the

strength o f g o a ls b y D a v id U rq u h a rt— his first fo r th e te a m — D a n ie l J a c o b , J e a n -M ic h e l D aoust, Lucas M a d ill, a n d S é b a s tia n Langlois.

Combo of Jacob, Daoust, and Poitras grounds Hawks

in the O n ta rio U n iversity A th le tic s Far East d iv is io n .

the m id d le o f the s e c o n d p e rio d . The

nam ed

w h a t p ro v e d to b e the g a m e w in n e r later in the p e rio d , a n d the o n sla u g h t

a ls o to o k s o le possession o f first p la c e

The team 's strongest statem ent o f

his w a y to b e in g

m a le a th le te o f the w e e k .

W h ile the v ic to ry w a s o b v io u s ly a team e ffo rt fo r the R edm en, the m a g n ific e n t p la y started a t the to p w ith the J a c o b , the ve te ra n team c a p ta in . In a n im pressive s h o w o f p o is e a n d le a d e r s h ip d u rin g the se c o n d p e rio d , J a c o b g o a d e d a Laurier p la y e r in to hitting him a fte r the p la y, resulting in a tw o m inute penalty. J a c o b w a s te m p te d to reta lia te , but h a d se c o n d thoughts. " A c o u p le o f ye a rs a g o , I w o u ld h a v e p u n c h e d the g u y in the fa c e ," the

M akin g the Cut star b lu n tly stated. " N o w , I h a ve e x p e rie n c e . I k n o w I w ill g e t the g u y b a c k in a n o th e r w a y ." In d e e d , J a c o b m a d e the H a w k s

YASEMIN EMORY

p a y fo r their m ental w e a kn e ss o n the e n su in g p o w e r p la y, firin g a b u lle t into the to p c o rn e r o f the net from n e a r the b lu e lin e fo r M c G ill's fourth g o a l.

While this McGill player is face down on the ice, tt was the Hawks who went belly-up against the Redmen.

R ookie rig h t w in g e r Je a n -M ic h e l D aoust a ls o s hone in the w in . W h ile

d o w n the Laurier p la ye rs,- w h o spent

ro o k ie

re g u la rly re c e iv in g p ra ise fo r his p la y

the m a jo rity o f the th ird p e rio d sulking

a llo w e d just o n e g o a l a n d ta llie d 4 6

s c rim m a g e g a m e s a g a in s t E uropean

m a k in g a b ility , the fo rm e r Q M JH L star

a ro u n d the ic e . T hey a ls o o c c a s io n a l

saves o v e r the tw o -g a m e h o m estand.

has a ls o im pressed w ith his a ll-a ro u n d

H e c re d ite d his efforts to a n in crea se d

c o m p e titio n to sta y sh a rp o v e r the w in ter b re a k , a n d w h e n th e y return, it w ill

tried

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a n d refused to ta ke the b a it.

d e fe n sive unit.

I c a n hurt the guy, I w ill."

Lost in the shuffle o f the Redmen's d is p la y o f o ffe n sive p ro w e ss w a s the

W h a te v e r the u n d e rly in g re a sons, the R edm en seem to b e o n a roll

response in th a t c ru c ia l se g m e n t o f the s e c o n d p e rio d o n S a tu rd a y , th e y should b e re a d y fo r w h a te v e r com es

stellar p la y o f the d e fe n s iv e unit a n d

just a t the rig h t tim e. The te a m w ill b e

their w a y . ■

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Z O N E

Just play the damn g a m e JAMES SCARFONE y sitting d o w n a n d shutting up, the N H L is just a b o u t

the o n ly le a g u e a c tu a lly not b e in g counter-productive these d a y s . W h a t is g o in g on a ro u n d us these d re a ry

N o ve m b e r days p o rn o g ra p h ic

is endless controversy a n d

undertones

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sports

o cc a s io n a l broadcasts.

Enough is e n o u g h . W e c a n th a nk the N H L fo r not subjecting us to, w e ll, a n y th in g — som ething that I relish ve ry much co n s id e ring to d a y s sports clim ate.

sure k n o w h o w to ,m a k e a h ig h lig h t reel, too. The NFL, m e a n w h ile , craves the sideshow . N ip p le g a te w a s n 't e n o ug h fo r these guys. T hey h a d to g o b e y o n d that

C a n a d a — put those chro n icle s on the front p a g e , please. H e ll, m ake them b re a kin g news.

line a n d , G o d help us, pro m o te a television show . S ince the

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infam ous "ra c y "

M o n d a y N ig h t Football intro, there have

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N A S C A R w a s cussin' o n live T V ... W e 'r e not interested. I d o n 't listen to Jim Rome fo r a rea so n — he perpetuates the notion that the story b e h in d the story b e h in d th e story is the m ost im portant. This is not N B C a t the O ly m p ic s . Perhaps I

Let's start w ith the m ain culprit: the N B A . By n o w every-

been talk s h o w d e b ate s, n e w s p a p e r colum ns, repeated sports s h o w analysis, a n d , as w e speak, there a re likely sev e ra l a c a d e m ic s seeking grants to pursue a study o n h o w sex invades the m inds o f fo o tb a ll fans. The C o o rs Light tw ins

w a n t to k n o w a b o u t N e d C ra m d e n from Red D eer if he's

o n e has been b riefe d o n the events b e tw e en Ron Artest a n d

h a ve nothing to d o w ith that, d o they? So, w e a re a g a in sub

a b o u t to m ake a g o ld m ed a l d ive , but if the m on e y I p a y to

a handful o f idiots. E veryone is a w a re th a t D etroit is o n e co l

je cte d to m ore non-sports-related d e b a te s sim p ly because

lective

b e co m in g

fa lkin g h eads a n d shock jocks love the sound o r their o w n

attend a professional event g o e s d ire c tly to the p la ye r him self, just g im m e the g o o d s .

P hiladelphia's successor fo r h a v in g the w o rs t fans in the coun try. G ra n te d , pla ye rs fig h tin g fans is not u nique to the N B A , but it c e rta in ly kn o w s h o w to fan the flam es. H a v e yo u ever seen a le a g u e m arket its m orons as m uch as the A ssociation?

vo ice s as they p a ra d e their stance on controversies that p re d ic a te severe overreactions.

W e h ear eve ryth in g a b o u t A rtest a n d Iverson a n d Rasheed a n d post-rape K o b e . Stories o f D w y a n e W a d e a n d Ray

d id n 't fa il to overstate the G re y C up's q u a rte rb a c k controver

lo w the sam e bull w e e k after w e e k . C a n 't w e a ll just g e t

sy.

s in c e

a lo n g a n d e n jo y the three hours o f a ctio n ? Kudos to the N H L

A llen a re short o f c o v e ra g e , save fo r colum ns ra ilin g a g a in s t

T rudeaum ania, it isn't m issing a b e a t w h e n it com es to get

fo r h e lp in g us tune out o f the insanity. I'd rather w a tc h a

their la ck o f "street c re d ." Like sin g le w o m e n , the N B A loves

tin g the w o rd out on non-issues. Teams ta m p e rin g w ith the rules, co a c h e s stealing o p p o n e n ts ' signals, ch a m p io n s h ip team s p la y in g a n e x h ib itio n g a m e in b a rre n Eastern

b la n k screen than w h a t that league's counterparts a re d o lin g o u t a n y d a y. ■

b o o in g

Santa

C la u s

away

from

the b a d boy. A n d n o b o d y loves the b a d b o y m ore than irate, b e e r cu p -th ro w in g , q u asi-heroic baske tb a ll fans. They

Even the see m in g ly c le a n CFL c a n 't stay o u t o f the spot light. The historically m arke tin g -ch a lle n g e d fo o tb a ll le a g u e N ow

th a t

d o in g

b e tte r

th a n

has

I re a lize SportsC entre w o u ld B uchanan w o u ld stop b ic k e rin g if attention to w h a t w a s g o in g o n N evertheless, it takes a n a stonishing

g o o ff the a ir a n d Pat w e a ll ce a se d to p a y o ff the co u rt o r field. a m o u n t o f e n e rg y to fo l

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Breaking o u t th e red p e n for th e R ed 'n' W hite Martlets Soccer After the heartbreaking loss the M artlets suffered in the CIS g o ld m edal gam e, it's easy to forget a ll the positives from this season. The Red V W h ite w e re dow n rig h t dom inant in QSSF play, losing only one gam e a n d then avenging that loss to M ontréal in the provincial final At nationals, the M artlets continued their strong play, surviving a tough p o o l in reaching fee cham pionship gam e. But M c G ill w as unable to hold on to a 2-0 halftime lead, a llo w in g the tying marker in injury time before losing in penalty kicks to Trinity W estern. Though that loss w ill resonate w ith this team throughout the off season, it certainly w a s a treat to w a tch the w om en in action. The M artlets had a

staggering nine QSSF all-stars, including striker

Danielle Day, w h o w a s named QSSF Player o f the Year, CIS Player o f the Year, a n d C IS tournament MVP. Day's w a s just one o f m any out standing performances put forth b y fee M c G ill squad. But after fee M artlets' fifth CIS silver m edal in its record 14th a p p e a ra n c e in fee national tourney, the soccer team's failure to w in fee b ig one is starting to hang over fee head o f fee entire program .

PATRICK FOK

Grade: A m MVP: D anielle D ay Player to watch: Jennifer

Martlets Rugby This season, the M c G ill wom en's rugby team dom inated the QSSF yet a g a in , outscoring opponents in the Q u e b e c le ague 5 13 -2 7 . H ighlights for the year include the M artlets' exciting 3 5 -1 4 defeat o f the O tta w a G e e G ees for the QSSF title, M artle t outside backs Tess Kelley, Julienne Zussman, and Laura Belvedere ranking as the to p three points-leaders in C a n a d a , the developm ent of a young pack, as w ell as a slew o f individual acco la d es from both the QSSF a n d the CIS. H ow ever, w ith fee team having five players on the QSSF all-star team, the QSSF M VP and rookie o f fee year, a CIS A ll-C anadian, a C IS tournam ent all-star, and the QSSF a n d CIS coach o f fee year, one w o u ld have expected something better than a fifth-place finish at the national cham pionship. This season w as, however, a rebuilding year, a n d the young team put up a g o o d fight in its tough division a t the CIS tournament. The squad w ill mature for next season, a n d the M artlets should take the QSSF crow n a g a in . It w ill take a to p three finish a t the CIS tournament for the M artlets to receive better recognition, but expect them to break into the national m edals next year. This m ight seem like a tough g ra d in g system, but hey, this is

Scanzano

-M ohit Arora

M c G ill—w e d o n 't just g ive a w a y As.

Grade: B + MVP: Jocelyn Barrieau Player to watch: Marie-Josée

Blais

—Angela Giannolti

Redmen Rugby The Redmen ruggers w e re often d o g g e d b y the hyperactive m onkey on their collective backs this season. Last year, the M c G ill squad cruised through an undefeated season before b eing upset b y the Bishops G aiters in the QSSF final. This y e a rs g o a l w a s to exorcise those demons, and they d id so convincingly. M c G ill p o w e re d its w a y through fee Q u e b e c lea g u es season, outscoring their opponents By a g a u d y 3 7 8 -6 6 m argin, including a 5 5 -1 7 b lo w o u t over those same G aiters in the provincial cham pi onship. But d o n 't be fooled into thinking it w a s a ll a w a lk in the park. The QSSF w a s essentially a threehorse race, w ith M c G ill, Bishop's, and C o n c o rd ia jockeying for position. The Redmen pulled a w a y by gutting out an 8-5 slugfest at Bishop's and a 12 -9 defeat at C o n c o rd ia to clinch first place in the reg ular season standings. M c G ill w a s led b y Chris Knutson, M a tt D eG ratf, M a rk Ihnatow ycz, John A ntonecchia, and O live r Lytlelyton, w h o w e re all nam ed to the QSSF all-star team. The only question for the Redmen is h o w w e ll they w o u ld have fared against the rest o f the coun try's best. Since men's rug b y is not a varsity sport in the CIS, w e 'll never know just w h a t heights this team could have reached.

Grade: A MVP: Chris Knutson Player to watch: M a rk

Football W h ile they m ay have o n ly increased their w in total b y one this season, the 4 -4 Redmen m ade great strides on the field. After a p p e a rin g in the national semi-finals tw o years a g o , the rebuilding football program found its pivot o f the future in M a tt C onnell. H e a d C o a ch C huck M c M a n n established the seconefyear quarterback as the starter in training ca m p , and C o n n e ll d id n 't look back, earning all-conference status w h ile leading the province's most prolific passing offence. After being shut out b y M ontréal in the season opener, M c G ill w o n three straight, including a 4 2 -1 1 b lo w o u t of Sherbrooke in w h ich C onnell tied a Q u e b e c record wife five TD passes. H e fo llo w e d that up b y setting a M c G ill record for passing yards in a ga m e in a heartbreaking

Ihnatow ycz

—M ohit Arora

overtim e loss to C o n co rd ia . But C onnell w ill have to w a it until next year to try for a victory over the C arabins, w h o w e n t 3-0 against M c G ill a n d b e a t fee Redmen in the first found o f the QUFL playoffs. A n d w h ile C o n n e ll w ill get another chance, alt-con ference receivers Rob LeBlanc and A lex M a rtin w ill not, a n d the defence w ill be w eaker w ith fee departure o f alF conference end K erw in C larke a n d former A ll-C anadian defensive b a ck G uillaum e Roy Nonetheless, C onnell has the Redmen pointed in the right direction a n d ready to roll in 2 0 0 5 .

Grade: B MVP: M a tt Connell Player to watch: Ben

W a lsh

—Andrew Segal

Redmen Soccer The 2 0 0 4 men's soccer team s season w a s filled w ith adversity, grow th, struggle, a n d excellent tim ing. A n early-season injury to Jamie Scholefield set the tone for the QSSF season as m any o f M c G ill's to p players missed significant action. But injuries aside, the Redmen often demonstrated a fack o f execu tion that baffled H e a d C o a c h A d a m M ar. O utstanding individ

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ual performances b y players like m idfielder A lexandre Scott w e re lost in the shuffle, as M c G ill finished w ith a m ediocre 5-45 record in league play, missing out on the provincial playoffs The post-season tournament, though, w a s a different story.

Redbirds Baseball C o m in g into the 2 0 0 4 season, the M c G ill Redbirds w e re hell-bent on unseating the eight-time defend

H aving q ualified as the host team, the Redmen w e re led b y the

ing QSSF cham pion Laval Rouge et Or. A n d as they entered the provincial final against Laval, feat g o a l w a s

inspired p la y o f m idfielder a n d c o c a p ta in Kyle G raham in reaching the cham pionship gam e, falling to a form idable

very much w ithin their reach. H a vin g w o n seven out o f their last e ig h t gam es, the Redbirds w ere prim ed for feat elusive conference title. Yet a lack o f timely hitting led to the team b eing sw ept in the best-of-three. This

Victoria team. M c G ill's d ram atic run to the national title gam e

G rah a m and Jean-Paul Desjardins, as w ell as defensive stalwart

w a s an especially bitter pill to sw allow , as M c G ill entered this year's final ranked split fee season series w ith its rival. Nonetheless, such a prom ising regular season w hich w ill see the core o f the team remain intact. Look for g o o d things from starting had a stellar sophom ore ca m p a ig n , a n d shortstop Jonathan C om eau, an offensive

Derek Tsang, the squad w ill build on the developm ent o f p la y

and the rest o f the Redbirds w ill have only o n e thing on their minds as they eag erly anticipate another shot at

ers such as Scholefield, A lec M iln e , and Kevin Shea.

dethroning the reigning conference powerhouse.

w a s a w onderful ending to a rocky season. Though the Redmen w ill feel the loss o f c o c a p ta in s

Grade: B MVP: A lexandre Scott Player to watch: Jamie

Grade: B MVP: Jonathan C om eau Player to watch: Jordan

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Location, location, location W h ile M c G ill attracts students from across the country as w e ll as the w o rld , much recruiting is still d o n e in Q u e b e c . H ow ever, M c G ill's status as an English-speaking insti tution, the intricacies o f the CÉGEP system, a n d O n ta rio athletics rules p la ce the Red 'n' W h ite a t a d isa d va n ta g e both w ith in the province a n d nationally. Firstly, players w h o com e out o f CÉGEP a re usually 1 9 o r 2 0 years o ld b y the tim e they arrive a t university. W h ile French-speaking schools, such as this year's Vanier C u p cham pions from Université Laval in Ste-Foy, recruit entirely from the CEGEP system, only 3 0 per cent o f the Redmen fo o tba ll team's players co m e from Q u e b e c . The others arrive from the rest o f C a n a d a , a n d a re throw n into the fire a t a g e 1 8 . W h e n a school can feature fourth- o r fifth-year student-athletes w h o a re 2 4 o r 2 5 years o ld , a b ig discrep a n cy ca n result w h e n they take on players still in their teens. "The players a re o ld e r and m ore e xp e rie n ce d ," says Schryburt. "They're o f a higher c a lib re ." Raym ond underscores the need to find recruits close to hom e. "The key to recruit ing is m aking sure that in your o w n b a ckya rd , yo u recruit w e ll," he explains. "There's so

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much [talent] in M o n tre a l a n d the surrounding areas in Q u e b e c that you need to g o aro u n d there to field a successful team ." M c G ill coaches, therefore, w o rk e xce e d in g ly hard to g e t Q u e b e c players to com mit. But Schryburt a n d the fo o tba ll team fa c e n e w challenges in the form o f tw o Q u e b e c schools, Université d e M o n tré a l a n d Université d e Sherbrooke, w h ic h recently estab lished fo o tba ll teams a n d d ra w alm ost entirely on the c ro p o f CÉGEP graduates. A cc o rd in g to Schryburt, another d ra w b a c k to the CÉGEP system is that it leads m any players out o f C a n a d a a n d into the N C A A , w h ich w ill a lw a y s attract the to p ath letes. "You c a n 't co m p a re C a n a d a a n d the States because they ca n offer so much m ore," he says, referring to the o p portunity to earn m onetary benefits a n d the ch a n ce to p la y professionally. S o w h ile schools in O n ta rio need not w o rry a b o u t an exodus to the US a m o n g potential recruits, M c G ill has a sm aller talent p o o l to d ra w from. For his part, though, N o rm a n believes that lately, m ore A m e rican players have been co m ing to C a n a d a . "Jhe CIS has proven it can co m p e te a t an N C A A level," he affirms. A n d a t least on the M c G ill basketball team , the numbers b a ck him up. j.P B egly o f G e n e va , N e w York, M c G ill's first m a jo r A m erican basketball recruit since the 19 8 0 s , .jo in e d the team this year, a p p a re n tly after contacting the Redmen himself a n d express ing interest in the pro g ra m . W h ile N o rm a n w a s lucky enough to have a to p p la ye r land on his doorstep,

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hockey team , pla ys' in the O n ta rio University Athletics le ague a n d is g o verned b y that conference's rules, schools from the rest o f C a n a d a a re go ve rn e d o n ly b y CIS's general regulations.

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This m ay seem like d mere sem antic difference, but it is a ctu ally quite significant. A c c o rd in g to O U A g uidelines, teams can o n ly p ro vid e $ 2 , 5 0 0 to returning players a n d no m oney to rookies, w hereas the C IS guidelines include no such stipulation. As a result, m any players from the Q u e b e c M a jo r Junior le ague a re lost to schools in the M artim es that can offer full scholarships, a n d it can be difficult to entice players from western C a n a d a to com e to M c G ill w ith o u t b e in g a b le to offer them cash in return. ■

The final instalment of this series, which examines funding and grade requirements for potential recruits, will appear in our next issue, on Wednesday, January 5 , 2 0 0 5 .

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Martlets enter break in second place The w o m e n s h o c k e y team d e m o lis h e d the w e a k sisters of

THE

the

QSSF,

the

C a rle to n

Ravens,

6-1

Sunday at

M c C o n n e ll A re n a . C a rle to n rem ains w in le ss th ro u g h seven g a m e s , w h ile the M a rtle ts m ove d in to a s e c o n d -p la c e tie w ith

C o n c o rd ia h e a d in g in to the n e w year. Right w in g e r V é ro n iq u e Lapierre w a s in on three o f the first fo u r M c G ill g o a ls , n o tc h in g o n e sco re a n d tw o assists, as the M a rtle ts a v e n g e d O c to b e r's e m b a rra ssin g 2 -2 tie w ith the Ravens a n d u p p e d their all-tim e re co rd a g a in s t C a rle to n to 1 6 0 - 1 . A ls o sc o rin g fo r the M a rtle ts w e re K ath e rine S afka w ith tw o , C h ristin e H a rtn o ll, Laura Ruhnke, a n d C h ristin a Smith.

—

S a fka n o w le a d s the M a rtle ts w ith 1 5 g o a ls a n d 2 5

p o in ts in 2 0 total g a m e s. K a lie T ow nsend m a d e

1 8 saves fo r th e shutout, as

M c G ill outshot C a rle to n 4 3 -1 8 , a to ta l th a t in c lu d e d a 1 5 0 a d v a n ta g e in the se c o n d p e rio d . Laura Rollins m a d e 3 7

saves fo r C a rle to n in a lo sin g cause. The M a rtle ts n o w h a v e fiv e w e e k s o ff to p re p a re fo r a

B O X SCORE

DECK

M o n tre a l fo r C o n c o rd ia 's Theresa H um es to u rn a m e n t from

Redmen Hockey Laurier 1 @ McGill 7 Saturday, Nov. 27 @ McConnell Arena

C H E E R L E A D IN G — M c G ill c h e e rle a d e rs , Thurs. D ec. 2 , 8 :3 0 p m , Love C o m p e titio n H a ll In p re p a ra tio n fo r the u p c o m in g

n o n -co n fe re n ce g a m e a g a in s t St. L a w re n ce U n iversity in C a n to n , N e w York, o n Ja n u a ry 5 , b e fo re returning to

n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s , the

J a n u a ry 7 -9 .

Wrestlers find the podium

M c G ill c h e e rle a d in g team w ill s h o w c a s e a fre e v ie w in g o f their routine. W e h a ve n o th in g else to a d d . TR A C K

FIELD— M o n tre a l

open

T w o M c G ill w restlers w o n u n e xp e cte d g o ld m e d a ls a t

S C O R IN G SUMAAARY

m eet

#1,

Sat.

D e c.

the Q u e b e c u n d e r-2 0 o p e n , h e ld S a tu rd a y in P ierrefonds, as

F irst P eriod: 1. M c G ill— G r e g Leblanc (B. M a rtin , D. O rr), 1 1 :3 1 2 . M c G ill— C h a d B lu n d y ( M .Leclerc, L. M a d id ), 1 6 : 2 0

11,

9 :0 0 a m , Tom linson F ieldhouse T he Redmen a n d M a rtle ts lo o k to b u ild o n th e ir im pressive per

Eric W e is s a n d M ic h a e l D e n n e y e a c h w e n t u n d e fe a te d to w in th e ir re sp e ctive w e ig h t classes. D enney, a n 1 8 Y e a r-o ld from Lexington, M a s s ., fin ish e d

PENALTIES:

fo rm a n c e s in the first m eet o f the season; y o u k n o w y o u w o n 't

first in th e 7 4 k g w e ig h t class, w h ile W e is s c a p tu re d the 6 8 k g

(none)

class b y w in n in g a ll three o f his bouts, the first tw o b y la rg e

a c tu a lly b e s tu d yin g fo r exam s, so y o u m ig h t as w e ll g o a n d w a tc h .

p o in t m arg in s a n d the third b y. a p in . U p next fo r the g ra p -

S econd P eriod: 3 . La u rie r— N ic k G ib s o n (N . V u ko vic, R. C o lw ill) — PP,

H O C K E Y — M aking

the Cut fin a l e p is o d e , Tues.

D e c.

14,

plers is the G u e lp h o p e n m eet on J a n u a ry 1 5 .

0 6 :4 9 4 . M c G ill— D a v id U rq uh a rt (B. M a r tin ) — S H , 0 9 : 3 4

8 :0 0 p m o n C B C D a n ie l J a c o b a n d Bruno Lemire w ill b e a m o n g the c o m p e tito rs;

Track team off to a running start The M c G ill tra c k a n d fie ld team c a p tu re d six m e d a ls a t

5 . M c G ill— D a n ie l J a c o b (P.O. G o sse lin , D . O r r ) — PP,

the M c G ill O p e n , held S a tu rd a y a t Tom linson F ieldhouse. It

the to p six finishers e a c h e a rn a try o u t w ith a C a n a d ia n N H L

1 7 :5 8

team .

PENALTIES:

w a s the first m eet o f the season. M c G ill's sole g o ld m e d a l w a s c a p tu re d b y the 4 x 2 0 0 m

Laurier -J. G r a n d fie ld (H o ld ), 0 1 :4 0 M c G ill - P A . P aquet (Trip), 0 5 : 0 1

re la y te a m in a surprise victo ry. The team in c lu d e d Redmen fo o tb a ll p la y e r P ierre-O liver Brunet a n d h ig hly-touted ro o kie

M c G ill - D. O rr (Slash), 0 6 : 4 9 M c G ill - P A . P aquet (Rough), 0 7 : 4 0 Laurier - M . S chnarr (H o ok), 1 2 :3 3

A a ro n W h ite . O n the w o m e n 's sid e , th ird -ye a r runner Troye C a rrin g to n

Laurier - R. M o h e r (Rough), 1 2 : 5 7

w o n the silver in the 3 0 0 m , w h ile H a n n a h M o ffa tt c la im e d the silver in the p o le va u lt w ith a h e ig h t o f 3 .0 5 m . S e n io r

Laurier - D. B ro w n (Rough), 1 5 : 5 6 Laurier - E. L arochelle (Rough), 1 7 :0 1

T iffa n y D iR ico to o k b ro n z e in the h a m m e r th ro w , w h ile tw o

•

M c G ill - P A . P a q u e t (Rough), 1 9 : 5 7

rookies, 6 0 m hurdler A n d re a W h ite a n d h ig h ju m pe r J o a n na

Laurier - N . V u ko vic (Rough), 1 9 : 5 7

W ilm s , a ls o p la c e d third in their re sp e ctive events.

T h ird P eriod: 6 . M c G ill—Je a n -M ic h e l D aoust (unassisted),

McGill v-ball squads fall to visiting Sherbrooke The S h e rb ro o ke Vert & O r p a id

0 5 :0 0

C o m p e titio n H a ll, a n d b o th team s w o re o u t their w e lc o m e b y

0 8 :3 7 8 . M c G ill— S ebastien Langlois (D. O r r ), 1 5 : 4 9

d e fe a tin g their hosts in Q SS F v o lle y b a ll a c tio n . The M a rtle ts to o k the first set a g a in s t the S h e rb ro o ke

PENALTIES: Laurier - R. M o h e r (Slash), 0 6 : 3 3

IWONA LINK Gillian Johnson ♦ U1 Arts ♦ Martlets Volleyball ♦ North Bay, Ont. Q: You transferred from Armstrong Atlantic University (the sister school of Georgia Tech University) to play for the Martlets because ot the coach. How is she different from your last coach? A:

The

M c G ill

coach,

sports b e fo re school. H e re, it's a lo t m o re a c a d e m ic . C o a c h Béliveau w a s o n the n a tio n a l team , so her e x p e rie n c e a t that level is d e fin ite ly a b o o st lo r the

m e o n the senior team w h e n I w a s in g ra d e nine. H e w a s definitely the d riv in g force. In northern O n ta rio , there w e re n o clu b teams, so I used to travel for

team .

three hours o n c e a w e e k to W h itb y , O n ta rio , so I c o u ld g e l

I - r

—

a lo s in g e ffo rt fo r M c G ill. T he loss d ro p p e d the Redmen's

re c o rd to 1-9.

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IN T R A M U R A L C O R N E R

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AND

R A V E S O u r features e d ito rs a n d resident fashionistos,

and

Liz,

m a k e a guest

o f the NFL, b a s e d o n their threads

New Orleans Saints gold third jerseys: *

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to the fo llo w in g G h e tto fa b ulou s, 1

pull o ff that co lo u r. But this c o u ld c o m e o ff like a m yla r

b a llo o n , w h ic h is ready tacky.

Fish T a co s— m en's d iv is io n B It's to o fo rm a l. Its

like w h e n trashy p e o p le c o m e into a lot o f m o n e y a n d

San Diego Chargers baby blue third jersey: l

T ra n s p o ttin g — w o m e n 's d iv is io n A | B a ske tb a ll S cru b s — m en's d iv is io n A S h a rp sh o o te rs— m en's d iv is io n B

It's not

o p p re ssive , it's v e ry lig h t; so m e th in g y o u 'd w e a r w h ile b ru n ch in g a t the y a c h t c lu b in H y a n n is p o rt. It's not to o

m asculine, but it's not to o g irlie , either. The lig h tn in g bolts

rem in d us o f

team w a s n 't that strong,

Ball hockey C h ie fs — m en's d iv is io n A

■ b u y a tux, but ruin it w ith a ruffled cu m m e rbu n d .

though, because m y h ig h school

in tra m u ra l c h a m p io n s h ip

te a m s — try n o t to crush yo u r b e e r steins o n yo u r heads:

g ive s them street c re d . You n e e d to h a ve the a ttitu d e to

Philadelphia Eagles black third jersey:

som e c lu b exp e rie n ce . I'm g la d I w a s a b le to g e t that e x p e rie n ce

-c o m p ile d by Zenah Surani

Brody

a p p e a ra n c e to la b e l the studs a n d duds

A : If it w e re n 't for m y high school c o a c h , I w o u ld n 't b e p la y in g right now . H e s a w m y

o ffe n c e a n d putting o n a b ig show . It w a s a ll a b o u t the b ig ,

Laurier

Q: How did you get started in volleyball?

p o ten tia l from d a y one, a n d put

A : A t A rm strong it w a s a ll

sw ept

put

Q: How is McGill's team compared to your team at Armstrong Atlantic?

g e ttin g

M c G ill

tactics, w h ic h is a b it o f a chal-

our

d e fin ite ly

b etter,

S h e rb ro o k e in three sets. Paul G rin v a Id s .re c o rd e d 1 7 kills in

W illia m C ro th e rs ( 8 :3 7 , I G A ,

the c o a c h used to push us past They

Total

passer in h ig h school but it a ll

used to p la y in g offensively,

limits.

the M a rtle ts w ith 1 1 kills. T h e R edm en fa re d

SH O TS BY PERIOD 1 2 3

w e n t d o w n h ill last y e a r beca use w e h a rd ly w o rk e d o n d e fe n ce M y hits b e c a m e strong, but my defensive g a m e suffered. H ere, it’s m ore focused o n defensive

realistic a b o u t ga m e s a n d prac-

ea rlier than I'm used to, but g o o d b e c a us e w e c a n g e t w o rk d o n e later. I p la y e d N C A A , a n d

next three sets a n d the m atch. E m illie D o ran le d the w a y for

L a u rie r: Justin D a y (L, 5 1 :2 3 , 6 G A , 2 3 saves)

I'm

6 -0 on the season b y ta k in g the

fo rm th a t has them a p e rfe c t

Laurier - R. M o h e r (Rough), 1 9 :3 3

G O A LTE N D E R S M c G ill: M a th ie u Poitras (W , 6 0 : 0 0 , I G A , 2 0 saves)

le n g e fo r me b e c a us e

tices. O u r p ractices here a re from 4 : 3 0 to 7 :3 0 p m , w h ic h is

w o m e n 25 -1 8 , but the visitors re g ro u p e d a n d reverted to the

M c G ill - P O . G o sse lin (H o ld ), 1 1 : 4 6

ha rd hits. I used to b e a g o o d

R achèle B éliveau, is m uch m ore

a visit to b o th the

R edm en a n d M a rtle t v o lle y b a ll team s on S u n d a y a t Love

7 . M c G ill — Lucas M a d id (M . Leclerc, J .M . D aoust),

Transformers, but o v e ra ll w e like it.

S h a o lin B a s k e tb a ll— m en's d iv is io n C S p a r b — w o m e n 's d iv is io n A N o th in But N e t — d iv is io n

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