The McGill Tribune Vol. 25 Issue 23 by The Tribune

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Vol. 25 Issue 23 I Tuesday, March 7, 2006

N e m e s is n o m o r e Redmen reach hockey nationals D A V ID BLYE A N D R O R Y G A N G B A R G oing in to th e season, it was clear th a t if th e R edm en hockey te a m

guard. In th e closing m in u te s o f th e

w a n te d to

first, M cG ill w o u ld fin a lly g e t o n th e scoreboard as w in g e r Eric L'Italien p u t

reach th e CIS national

cham p io n sh ip s, th e y w o u ld have to Trois-

in a ju ic y re b o u n d on th e p o w e r play. But as th e second stanza began,

Rivières. This w as n o t a m e re c h im panzee, either. It w as m o re like a 5 0 0 -p o u n d gorilla. The Patriotes had

M cG ill w as again caught fla t-fo o te d , w ith Boutin pu tting a n o th e r Poitras o n th e p e rio d 's first shift. "The de fen se started o ff a little

d e fea te d th e R edm en in 11 consec

shaky,” Assistant Coach A dam Shell

u tive p la y o ff series—in c lu d in g last ye a r's O U A Eastern C o n fe re n c e fin a l—and o w n e d a 2 4 -5 re co rd against M cG ill in th a t tim espan.

said, "b u t in th e end, th e y g o t th e jo b

O n Friday, however, th e pesky

W ith M cG ill trailing 3-1 late in

p rim a te w a s p u t to sleep. T he R e dm en b u ilt o n th e ir strong regular season sh o w in g against UQTR by w in n in g tw o s tra ig h t o n e -g o a l

th e second, Shawn S hew chuk w a n t

get serious m o n k e y o ff th e ir backs: U n iv e rs ité

Q uébec

LE O N

done.”

Red storm rises late

e d to m ake th e best o f a bad situa tio n . H e had taken a penalty, b u t ju m p e d o u t o f th e box and caught a

O verw helm ed by the S S M U posters plastering cam pus? The Tribune puts candidates to the test, page 5.

breakaw ay pass, scoring a t 1 7 :0 4 o f

M cC o nn e ll Arena and 3 -2 in th e decisive co n test at Le Colisée in Trois-Ri vè re s —e a rn in g th e ir firs t

th e fra m e to m ake th e score 3-2. "I th o u g h t th e p e nalty w a sn 't a

O ntario University Athletics Eastern

th e seconds clicked d o w n I w as h o p

C onfe re n ce title "These guys have a lot o f char a cte r,” said H e a d C oach M a rtin Raym ond, w h o w as n a m e d th e O UA

ing I w o u ld catch a break, and th e n it

S a y m y n a m e , M cG ill

happened." As th e th ird p e riod began w ith th e R edm en trailing by one, Poitras—

Admin agrees to new student naming policy

East coach o f th e year fo r th e second

w h o w o u ld o n Friday be n a m e d OUA

straight season. "This is th e first tim e M cG ill has fin ish e d first in o u r c o n fe r e nce tw o years in a row. As a team ,

player o f th e year—sh o w e d his w o rth . He m a d e stellar save o n a UQTR breakaway, denying th e Patriotes th e

w e 'v e m a d e history."

chance to extend th e ir lead. Inspired

g a m e s —4 -3

W e d n e sd a y

g ood call,” Shew chuk said. "B u t as

HEATHER H A Q LA W R EN CE

fo r students w h o se c o m m o n -u sa g e n a m e contradicts th e ge n de r associated w ith th e ir legal nam e, this solution

Last week, M cGill adm in istra tio n a n n ou n ce d th a t stu

m akes th e m stand o u t fro m th e ir peers on class lists and co u ld expose th e m to even m ore transphobic behaviour." Chiara Klaiman, Q ueer M cGill political co-coordinator, agreed th a t draw ing extra a ttention to transgendered stu

For a te a m as d e dicated to get

by P o itra s’ play, his te a m m a te s ste p pe d u p th e ir presence in th e o ffe nsive zone. Shew chuk w a s th e

d ents' preferred nam es w ill appear alongside legal nam es o n th e class lists th a t professors access o n Minerva. "This is a very im p o rta n t fo o t in th e d o o r fo r all o f us w h o d o n 't use o u r legal nam es, fo r w h a te ve r reason," said

tin g by UQTR as th is ye a r’s R edm en

beneficiary, as h e tie d th in g s up w ith

Science Senator Finn U pham .

Early jitters on Wednesday night

d e n ts in this w ay could be detrim ental. "Trans peo ple d o n 't always w a n t to o u t th e m se lve s as

w ere, th e ir play at th e start o f th e

his second o f th e g a m e at 1 3 :3 0 o f

The decision is a w e lc o m e m o ve fo r transgendered

trans, because it can be dangerous and cause a lo t o f anx

series w as certainly uninspired. At

th e period. W ith th e R edm en co n tro llin g th e

and o th er students w h o have b een lobbying fo r c o m m o n usage nam es to appear in official d o cu m e n ts since 2 0 0 3 . However, stu d e n t leaders say th e university has a long w ay

iety and stress," Klaim an said. The a d m inistration's decision also applies to students w h o go by nam es o th e r th a n th e ir legal nam es fo r cu ltu r al o r o th e r personal reasons. "For th e se students, this so lu tio n w ill help w ith th e

9 :0 6 o f th e initial fram e, th e Patriotes w o u ld d ra w first blood, as Jonathan Boutin sm acked h o m e a re b o u n d to

flow , th e Pats w e re back o n th e heels and to o k a p e nalty ju s t seconds after

to go to ensure th e safety o f transgendered students, crit

th e p u t his te a m up 1-0. A fe w m in

S h e w ch u k’s marker. A nd w ith tim e

icizing th e re q u ire m e n t th a t preferred n a m e s be listed

utes later, s lo p p y play in th e M cGill zo n e w o u ld lead to a n o th e r UQTR

ticking d o w n on th e p o w e r play, alter

alongside legal names. "The a d m in istra tio n 's decision to have preferred and

co n fusion th a t often arises in and outside o f class," Upham

official nam es o n class lists is a m ixed blessing," U pham

Students have also expressed a desire to have pre-

goal, th is o n e by Jerom e Bergeron on a fancy w ra p-a rou n d play th a t caught M cG ill go a lie M a th ie u Poitras o ff

n a te c a p ta in B e n o it M a rtin fire d h o m e th e g a m e -w in n e r. M a rtin ,

See REDMEN, page 22

said. "W hile it does give s o m e recognition a nd a re m in d e r to professors o f h o w th e stu d en ts prefer to b e addressed,

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said.

See BATTLE, page 7

SPEAKERS

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C h i l d r e n ’s rig h ts a c tiv is t p u ts A fric a o n a g e n d a Can one person make a difference? Kimmie Weeks thinks so JAMES Y O U N G

war. He recalled the hopes his countrymen expressed at the beginning of the war: "Do not worry; the international community High-profile activist Kimmie Weeks gave an impassioned will not let us die.” But the world proved indifferent to Liberia's speech to a packed room in the Shatner building Wednesday. One - plight, Weeks said. At the age of 14, he decided to take action on his own. of the most well-known children's rights activists in the world, "What was most shocking were children with weapons who Weeks spoke to those in attendance about the challenges current killed people just for the colour of their shirt," he said. ly facing Africa. Weeks began meeting with warring factions in Liberia to Weeks is currently touring high schools and universities across Canada, where he is challenging everyone "to become part of the request that they stop using child soldiers. This initiative placed Weeks on an activist path that eventually helped set 20,000 child process to end poverty in the world today." Weeks, 24, already has significant experience in African devel soldiers free, but it also forced him to flee to the US after Liberian opment. He runs Youth Action International, a non-governmental warlords made attempts on his life. In the US, Weeks has continued his mission of raising aware organization dedicated to ending the use of child soldiers, and has ness about child soldiers and broadened his goal to helping chil worked with many other NGOs and UN agencies. Weeks also discussed his personal history, from his childhood dren all over the world. He said he takes personal inspiration from Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. in war-ravaged Liberia to his escape to the United States. In 1989, "I have a dream that the gap [between rich and poor] can be Liberia slid from a stable and peaceful African country into a civil

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bridged," he said. A focus on education is key to development in Africa, Weeks said. He also argued that there are genuine opportunities for eco nomic growth on the continent, citing its huge untapped market and abundant natural resources. One of the biggest obstacles to African development, Weeks said, is apathy and negative perceptions in the Western world. He stressed that these perceptions must change before Africa can experience significant improvement. His goal is to reach ”a critical mass" of young people who desire real change. Weeks did not shy away from condemning African leaders or Western society. When Americans spend $100-million dollars every year on beer while children die from preventable diseases, "our priorities are screwed," he said. Following the lecture, Weeks took questions from students. Many wondered how to become involved in development proj ects. Weeks told them that "convincing young people is just as important as convincing governments," and promoted Education Without Borders, a new NGO that will soon have a chapter at McGill. In the face of challenges, Weeks remained optimistic: "Despite all that I've seen, I have tremendous hope." ■

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S tu d e n ts s l e d g e h a m m e r c a r Fundraiser aims to boost foreign aid budget K A T H E R IN E SPIRG EN Students from all over Montreal came out through the blowing snow on Friday to take part in the demolition of a florescentpainted car for the Concordia chap ter of Engineers Without Borders. The group held its car-smashing fundraiser on the corner of Guy and Maisonneuve as part of the Canada Play Your Part campaign of Make Poverty History. The campaign is designed to encourage members of Parliament to raise Canada's foreign aid budget to 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product. The McGill chapter of Engineers Without Borders also hoped to hold a car smashing, but it was unable to obtain permission from the administration because of i n g e r DAN BF» insurance concerns. Pedestrians passing the Concordia site were encouraged to KATHERINE SPIRGEN make a donation to the campaign. Those who did were given a sledge For a small donation, you could abolish poverty A N D cure your stress. hammer and allowed to take a because it doesn't promote local Engineers Without Borders, swipe at the car, which was donat which has 25 chapters across growth,” she said. "We want to ed by a local dealership. Canada, hopes its awareness cam reach out to people and encourage According to Concordia Engineers Without Borders mem paigns will encourage reform in the government. There's a lot more we can do as Canadians." bers Danny Polifroni and John EWB's overseas volun Baynton, the event, which coin cided with several others during We want to reach out to people and teers will implement projects the week, was more about rais encourage the government. There's a aimed at making technology applicable and sustainable by ing awareness than raising lot more we can do as Canadians. working in partnership with money. —Lindsay Mitchell local communities. "This is a great opportunity Mitchell, who taught com President, McGill EWB for us," Baynton said. "It's hard puter literacy in Ghana last to raise awareness at Concordia summer, emphasized that stu because we don't really have a Canadian foreign aid policy. Apart dents need not be engineers in campus." order to become involved. Polifroni said that the few hun from raising foreign aid from 0.27 "It's more about social skills," dred dollars raised would go per cent to 0.7 per cent of GDP by she said. "The people have the 2015, EWB advocates supporting towards sending a volunteer to Mali technology, but they think they developing countries in trade negothis summer. have to rely on Western culture. We "The money is a great bonus,” tations and abolishing the federal law requiring 50 per cent of foreign want to give them ownership of he said. their technology and give them the aid to employ Canadians abroad. McGill’s chapter of Engineers Lindsay Mitchell, president of power to implement it.” ■ Without Borders also held various awareness events on campus last McGill Engineers Without Borders, 'Interested in getting involved week and will send two students to criticized the current foreign aid law. with EWB? Contact Lindsay Mitchell "This law benefits Canadians, Ghana and one to Zambia this sum at lindsay.mitchelldPewb.ca. but it's not effective as foreign aid mer.

CAMPUS

From Ethiopia to Israel Pioneering Ethiopian Jew shares his sto ry LISA V A R A N O Baruch Tegegne is clear about his identity. "I know who I am,” he said to an audience of about 65 McGill students last week. "I am black and a Jew." To cap off Black History Month celebrations, the Black Students' Network and Hillel McGill teamed up for "The Colours of Judaism,” an event highlighting the Ethiopian Jewish experience. It was proposed by Miriam Aronowicz, U3 Art History, who sits oh the Senate Subcommittee on Race and Ethnic Relations. "It's always interested me-the concept of Jewish identity and the multifaceted nature of what it means to be Jewish," she said. "The idea came about [at Senate] that students should work cross-culturally to put together events, and we thought the Ethiopian Jewish experience was the perfect way to do this." In 1956, when Tegegne was around 10-years-old, he arrived in Israel for the first time. He was among 27 Ethiopian Jewish children brought to Israel by the government to receive education. Many in Israeli society were surprised to learn that there were Jews in Ethiopia. "In the beginning it was very dif ficult," said Tegegne. "Somebody will ask me, 'How did you become a Jew?' For me, it's hard to give that answer. I will ask him the same ques tion. I don't know if he knows him self." Today 80,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel and few remain in Ethiopia. Many escaped difficult con ditions in Africa. Tegegne travelled to neighbouring Sudan in the 1980s to help Jews leave the country. "I was the first man there rescu ing the first people," he said. "By showing that, then the Israeli forces come over to rescue the rest of the

Ethiopian Jews from Sudan—15,000 people." Ethiopia's Jews had long been separated from the rest of the inter national Jewish community. "We thought, we are the only Jews left in the whole world," he said. Over the long history of the Jews in Ethiopia, Tegegne said, most of the original 500,000 converted to Christianity. Helen Eyob, Tegegne's niece, is a student at Concordia. She addressed the crowd following her uncle's speech. In the face of discrim ination in Addis Ababa, her parents kept their religion a secret, moving the family to Canada when she was a young child. "As you get older, you have to try to negotiate your identity because you are black and you are Jewish, and you're trying to basically jump from one identity to the next, and trying to actually figure out where you fit in," said Eyob. "That's actually very difficult because you want to fit into every cat egory 100 per cent and you realize you don't.” Unlike in Israel, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Montreal is very small. Eyob said perceptions differ accordingly. "Outside of Israel, people don't see you as Ethiopian. They see you as black," she said. "I'm black, so that's what I certainly see myself as first because it's how I think people per ceive me, but I’m [also] very much Jewish." "The Colours of Judaism" provid ed the opportunity for both the black and Jewish communities at McGill to learn from each other, said Donald Erskine, external coordinator of the Black Students' Network. "This is exactly the platform that is needed," he said, "especially at McGill, because our stories are very much the same, but then so easily compartmentalized." ■

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It’s everyone’s favourite time of year again—that is, every one of the 100 people who pay attention to SSMU politics. For the other 19,000 of you, the Tribune pres ents this handy election guide. We conveniently contacted all of McGill’s wanna-be politi cos—those who would speak to us—to find out what they’re all about, why they believe they deserve your vote, and who knows the absolute least about our university. Don’t be frightened, friends. It’ll ail be over next Wednesday.

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Aaron Donny-Clark U3 Music Student Columbia, South Carolina

two biggest things, and I've shown clearly that I'm willing to respect council, respect democratic mandates, and just work hard for students.

Leon Mwotia U3 Political Science and IDS Nairobi, Kenya

Parlez-vous français? Oui, je parle français. My French is pretty good now.

What are your top priorities? Number one, make the environment a priority of the SSMU. Focus some real atten tion on the environment, as well as work to implement the proposals of the Sustainable McGill report. [I also want to] tackle room booking fees, starting with Lev Bukhman and the ballroom. For internal [SSMU groups] we still charge them money, so start by cutting that. In order to bring long term stability to the SSMU, have a full consulta tive process to create a* five-year plan. Encourage submissions from anywhere and everywhere-get maximum input, hold open forums... And then come up with a plan and have it adopted at a General Assembly.

Parlez-vouz français? Oui. I am functional... fully functional,

Why are you running? I want to make sure that the SSMU works for the students, works well for stu dents and I want to have an SSMU that stu dents can be proud to be a member of, and we're not there yet. Why should students vote for you? I have experience, I've shown clearly that I'm willing to work very hard. Those are my

Why are you running? I'm offering a lot of ideas, I'm bringing a lot of stuff to the table that I want to see accomplished, and a lot of projects that I want to finish, a lot of new ones to start. I believe I'm bringing a brand of leadership that the student society needs at this particular point in time,

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Why should students vote for you? It's a mixture of three things. I bring expe rience. I've been doing stuff on Council for two

years now. I bring no hidden agenda. I am more of a student than most SSMU politicians, I have more in common with most students, and I'm bringing projects that will make the stu dent government more representative. What are your top priorities? The most concrete way I believe we can make student government more representative is by increased consultation. I want to set up a President’s Council, which should have been set up [this year]. On the President's Council sits the presidents from each of the faculty associations, and it should be meeting weekly or biweekly at the very least. It's an invaluable feedback mechanism... I also want to once and for all address the room-booking fees issue on campus. I want to pass through a green pro curement policy, so hopefully the year after we leave SSMU will start making a concerted effort at reducing its ecological footprint.

Vice President University Affairs: Finn H eather U p h am & M a le k Yalaoui Finn Heather Upham U4 Honours Math and Music Theory Montreal, Quebec Parlez-vous français? Je suis de Montreal, je parle le français depuis que je suis très petit. Mon français est- assez fluid, pas parfait mais passable. Why are you running? I have a lot of experience with the University Affairs portfolio because I've been a senator this past year and I've really enjoyed acting as a liaison between the student body and the rest of the university. I feel like I would learn a lot with the opportunity to go further in this capacity. Why should students vote for you? I've been involved with student council and student life since I started at McGill, which includes being an executive in clubs, becoming

president of the math society, then my involve ment with Senate and being a Senate repre sentative on SSMU council. This past year has given me many opportunities to prove my competence through chairing of committees such as the McGill Academic Roundtable and sitting on at least 12 different committees. I feel that the student body has a pretty good chance of having a good representative given my obvi ous dedication and my expertise. What do you hope to accomplish? Things that have begun already that I want to push further include fighting against the Aplus and generating discussion on grading prac tices within this university, working on room booking issues with Vice-Principal Morty Yalovsky, and working on the red tape issue which we all know and hate at McGill by pub lishing a users' guide to McGill red tape and bureaucracy, which is a project that's sort of been started. Personally, I recognize that it’s very important to have good quality representa tion, and in the capacity of VP UA my job would be to make sure students are represented the best possible way.

Malek Yalaoui Originally from Tunisia, grew up in Missouri. U2 Joint Honours IDS and Political Science Parlez-vous français? Je peut parler le français, parce que je suis une citoyenne de France, et Tunisie c'est une pais francophone. Why are you running? In the position of VP UA you have the opportunity to address a lot of student concerns that I've personally dealt with... I feel a person al responsibility to address these issues, and I know that I'm qualified to address them well. Why should students vote for you? In the position of University Affairs, more so than other VP positions, it's really important to know thé system well. As president of the Residences in my second year, I was able to get to know students from all sorts of faculties and

really hear students' concerns. I took that expe rience with me as a senator this past year. Having had those experiences, in addition to sit ting on SSMU [Council] and being able to see what works and what doesn't work, I think I'm able to hit the ground running and use both the time and the resources that the VP UA portfolio is allotted to provide a renewed focus and ener gy into the position. What do you hope to accomplish? There are a number of goals that I specifi cally would like to see through in the coming academic year. What makes next year so impor tant is the fact that the administration has made a lot of promises to students vis a vis the Principal's Taskforce, which has addressed con cerns that students have been talking about for years, such as excessive red tape, academic advising and undergraduate research opportu nities. Additionally, I would like to take advan tage of the committee on Ancillary Services cre ated by Senate this past year to address prohib itive room-booking fees as well as high coursepack costs due to copyright fees, which students are often paying for two to three times over.

Vice-President C om m unications & Events: Dena O 'H ara and Gill Prendergast Dena O'Hara U3 Biochemistry Perth, Ontario Parlez-vous français? Oui, I’ve been studying if since kindergarten. Why are you run ning? I'm running because I love to coordinate events and par ties and I love to see people have fun. I also enjoy having a good time myself. Why should students vote for you? The main reason is I think I'm very qual ified for the job, and I can guarantee that I'm always open to opinions. I’m open to new things, doing new things. I coordinated Science Carnival two years in a row, and I was on BUGS council for two years, and coordinated events there. I've worked with the public, worked on sponsorships, Right now I'm president of McGill Snowbard Club

and I was an executive for two years prior to that. Name your top priorities. Hold more cultural events, getting more communication out. There are a lot of prob lems with people knowing what's going on on campus. A better e-mail system, and def initely an updated Web site, [to make it] a lot more useful for students. Getting the word out is the main idea there. Just holding more events. And the beer contract, the beer contract is huge. This year it's being renewed, and I understand a lot of people are really unhap py with Boréale. I'd like to bring all the beer companies to the table again and see where that goes. Do you have a specific plan for Frosh? Nothing big, obviously a good time.. Definitely I want to make it financially sound, SnoAP I want the same thing. I liked the way it ran this year, maybe have a higher turnout, make sure that the mailouts go out on time.

Gill Prendergast U3 Political Science and IDS Montreal, Quebec Parlez-vous français? Oui je parle français. Je suis Montréalaise depuis jusque je suis née. Why are you running? I worked at AUS this year as VP Communications, and I really enjoyed working with students one-on-one. It was really great interacting with people from different depart ments, and I'd really like to do that on a larger J scale, and work for the broader McGill commu nity. Why should students vote for you? I have a very strong communications back ground, and I also have experience as the pres| ident of the Canadian Political Science Students' Association, which put on a confer ence for 150 students from across Canada just

this past January. So I have the event planning side, and I have the communications back ground as well. It's not enough to run a good event. If no one knows about it, it won't hap pen. Name your top priorities. My main priorities are to maintain the events that SSMU does right now and then diversify. The good events, like SnoAP and 4Floors, I want to keep those going, but I also want to build on different events that are not necessarily drinking focused, like battle of the bands... or trivia night at Gerts—fun things that can draw in more students. I'd really like to see a speaker series. Do you have a specific plan for Frosh? With the negative press that drinkingfocused events have received, I think it's extremely important to provide thorough and adequate server training to all members who will be working at frosh. That includes frpsh leaders, o-staff, anyone that is going to come into contact with froshies and be responsible for distribution of alcohol.

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Just what do the candidates know? W h o is th e c h a n c e llo r o f M cGill?

L e o n M w o tia

A a ro n D o n n y

U pham

M a le k Y a la o u i

G ill P re n d e rg a st

D e n a O 'H a r a

Jason S a v e d o ff

L a u ra

D a v id S u n s tru m F lo h H e r r a V ega M ax S ilv e r m a n

W h o is t h e P r e m ie r o f Q u e b e c ? (Je a n C h a re s t)

Dick Pound

Morty Yalovsky (yes) an d Tony Masi (no)

18,700,1 believe.

That's a good q u estio n ... Jean C harest

Dick Pound

Morty Yalovsky, m aybe Morton M endelson (no)

19,5 0 0 are m e m b e rs of SSMU.

Jean C harest

- Dick Pound

Morty Yalovksy a n d ...

2 0 ,0 0 0

Jean C harest

C la r k F in n H e a t h e r

N a m e tw o o f M cG ill's v ice-

H ow m any u n d e rg ra d s a re th e re a t M cGill? (1 9 ,7 0 0 )

Dick Pound

Morty Yalovsky an d Tony Masi

Upwards of 18to 19,0 0 0

It's m ore im portant to know w ho the education

W h o is t h e M in is te r o f E d u c a tio n ? (JeanM arc F o u rn ie r) Jean-M arc Fournier

H o w b ig is SSM U 's b u d g e t? ( a b o u t $3m illio n ) $2.9-million

W e g et $ 1.5Jean-M arc Fournier million of student m oney.

H o w m a n y s c h o o ls a n d f a c u ltie s a r e r e p r e s e n te d o n SSMU c o u n c il? (14)

H ow d o you W h a t k in d o f c a r s p e ll H e a th e r M u n ro e -B lu m 's d o e s SSMU o w n ? FT C ru iser) la s t nam e?

W h a t's t h e f u r t h e s t y o u 'v e b e e n o n t h e is la n d W h e n w a s M cGill fo u n d e d ? (1 8 2 1 ) ( n o t in tra n s it? )

Six. 1think that's wrong, bu t I'm going to go with six.

Munroe-Blum

A PT Cruiser.

I'll go with th e W est Island.

1821

Maybe 17 total.

Monru e-Blum

A PT Cruiser. It's red, and hopefully w e can get rid of it som eday.

I've biked o u t to Lachine.

1825, som ething like that.

Certainly as far as Ste. A nne d e Bellevue.

1885, that's w hen th e n a m e w as changed.

1 don 't re m em b er his nam e.

$ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0

M unroe-Blum

A red PT Cruiser, the SSMU-mobile.

Fournier

$3.2-million

Nine.

Munroe-Blum

U nfortunately 1 don 't Breakfast in th e W est know, b u t I'd love to Island a t 4 a.m. drive in it

1848

Morty Yalovsky The wonderful an d Ann Dowsett Around 2 2 ,0 0 0 . Dick Pound. Johnston (yes)

Jean C harest

1 believe Jacques Chagnon, unless th e re has b e e n a cabinet shuffle.

Almost $5-million.

1think ab o u t 14 are on SSMU Council.

M unroe-Blum

A PT Cruiser. 1think it's purple.

I've b e en to RDP and I've b e en to Beaconsfield.

B ecam e McGill University in 1888.

1w ould guess m aybe 2 5 ,0 0 0 .

Jean C harest

1 d o n 't know.

1w ould guess a couple hundred thousand.

I'd guess eight.

Munroe-Blum

A PT Cruiser.

The W est Island

1880

We'll call it 16.

M onroe like Marilyn, and bloom like a flower.

Seven or eight.

Munroe-Blum

1 d o n 't know.

Maybe Mile-End.

I'm not going to guess.

Munroe-Blum

PT Cruiser, th e w orst car in th e world.

Lasalle

1888

Nine.

Munroe-Blum

A PT Cruiser, alas.

Sunnybrooke station in th e W est Island.

1821

Refused

1 d o n 't know.

Nope.

1 d o n 't know.

Enrica Quaroni. S h e's really nice, 1 like her. (no)

I'm going to g u ess 2 0 Gs.

Jean C harest

1 d o n ’t know.

1 d o n 't know.

1would estim ate ab o u t 2 0 ,0 0 0 .

1 d o n 't know.

Dick Pound

Morty Yalovsky an d Ann Dowsett Johnston

1 have no idea

Refused

19,0 0 0

No, 1 know HMB About 18,000,1 an d th a t's about think. it Refused

Refused

Jean C harest

Refused

Let's co m e back to Let's co m e back to th a t one. th a t one.

1 d o n 't know.

$3.2-million

It's ab o u t $5I'm not su re about million, of which ab o u t $3-million is that. expendable. I’m not sure w hat th e final budget is 1totally forgot. right now. Refused

Refused

Vice-President Clubs & Services: Floh Herra Vega (Acclaim ed) Floh Herra Vega U2 Computer Science and Linguistics Parlez-vous français? Un peu, mais j'ai oublié beaucoup. Why are you running? I've worked really closely with Leon and with SSMU, and I realize there are a lot of things that could be done... I’ve come with some more concrete things that we could do, that could be better. For instance, Culturefest. I think Culturefest right now is horrible... and sort of insulting, and I just want to make it more relevant. Also, Activities Night is just—ah!—overwhelming and crowded and in some ways unhelpful, Why should students vote for you? I think that I have a lot of experience dealing with SSMU.

I was also heavily involved'when V-Day got club status and sort of split away from Queer McGill. I have good ideas on how to change, and I'm ... willing to work with just about any one. Space issues, status issues-that kind of thing I feel very strongly about. I think I really understand what it's like to be a club or a service. What are your goals? I'd like to see more of SSMU getting out there and pro moting their clubs and services and getting students involved. For instance, I'd like to create a way online for students to find out more about clubs and services... I’d like to have a calen dar and brief summaries about clubs and services, especially for the ones without Web sites... Also, I’d like to get out more information for students who want to start a club or get serv ice status. I’d also like to turn the SSMU for Dummies hand book into a Wiki... so other people can add their input. My priorities over the summer and the start of next year are MSA, SACOMSS, and Nightline.

If you think the answ er to this Plam ondon plus a question is im portant 20-m inute b u s ride. d o n 't even bother voting for m e.

1 don 't kno w ... 1821 or som ething like that.

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External Affairs

Interested, you crazy people? Swing by the Senate debate

M axw ell Silverm an

tonight at 6:30 p.m. in

(Acclaim ed)

Shatner's Lev Bukhman Council Room. Senate too boring? The exec debate is

Parlez-vous français? Refusé de répondre.

sure to stir some shit. C heck it

Why are you running? Refused to speak to the Tribune.

out W ednesday, same time, same place. Online voting begins Friday at

Why should students vote for you? Refused to speak to the Tribune. What do you hope to accomplish? Refused to speak to the Tribune.

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Vice-President Finance & O perations: Laura Johnson, Jason Savedoff & David Sunstrum Laura Johnson U2 Art History and History Nassau, the Bahamas.

Jason Savedoff U1 Arts Vancouver, BC

David Sunstrum U3 Political Science and Economics Montreal, Quebec

Parlez-vous français? Juste un peu. I'm conversational.

Parlez-vous français? Oui, je peux parler en français si je veux.

Parlez-vous français? No. I understand, but I can't speak coherently.

Why are you running? I think that when somebody controls finances, they actually have a lot of control over programs. I'm running because basical ly people underestimate the importance of this position and the importance of the decision-making process, and personally I feel that the programs that I support are programs that are kind of in need of funding, and I'm hoping that students support that. Why should students vote for you? I think students should vote for me because I think that the views that I have should be represented at the SSMU in the joint decision-making process. Also, I have a lot of experience working with the SSMU. I've dealt more with clubs and services. I organized V-Day this year, and I was involved last year. I also have experience in finances, because my background is in management. I’ve worked at an accounting firm. What are your priorities? I hope to change things. I want to implement new policies. Coming up with more longsighted goals and ideas-everyone always comes in and has goals for one year to make themselves look better. Gert’s doesn't have a five-year plan, which is crazy for a business not to have.

Why are you running? Why are you running? I've been here for four, years, and I just want to give back to Why the hell am I running? I'm running because I've been at McGill—this is now my fourth semester-and I SSMU as much as I've taken from it. I see the whole Shatner build haven't noticed any changes in the way things are run. I’m ing as something we can make a lot better than it is right now. one of the most opinionated people I know, and there's too Why should students vote for you? much that goes on behind the scenes. My plans are hope First of all, experience. I served as vice-chair of operation com fully to just run a few more events to stimulate a better mittee, finance committee as member-at-large, financial ethics sense of community. research committee, and then I’ve also assisted the Arts Undergraduate Society with their accounting returns for the past few Why should students vote for you? Because of the posters they're going to see on campus. years. Charisma... and ideas. They're going to be off the chain. McGill's never seen What are your priorities? posters like these... Also, because I’m the one that's actual First of all, I want to make sure all execs are held accountable ly going to make a difference. to their budgets. If they're not, the first to lose are the clubs and serv ices, and that’s really not acceptable. I want to make sure daycare is What are your priorities? What I just said. So that an everyday student can come fully funded, and hopefully that referendum will pass... I want Gert's to campus and just notice some changes, and so they can to fulfil its potential. I want to see that students enjoy the building know that because I was elected, they're better for it. I just more. I hope to make Gert's a place where students actually want to want students to know that they pay a lot of tuition, and part hang out... Freshmen don't know where it is. I want to increase of that goes to SSMU, and I want them to feel that their cubs and services funding and streamline the process. I want to money's going to something useful. I'm not stressing; I'm just brushing my teeth right now. make sure daycare is available to every single person who needs it.

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C h a n g in g t h e ru le s o f t h e g a m e Quebec considers proportional representation C H R IS T IN E L E D O U X The government of Quebec is considering changing its electoral law to adopt a system of mixed propor tional representation and implerhent measures aimed at increasing women and minority representation in the National Assembly. A special committee of mem bers of the National Assembly and citizens is currently touring the province, holding public consulta tions to gauge popular opinion regarding such changes and to respond to citizens' suggestions for improvements to the current elec toral system. The committee, which will finish hearings tomorrow, was in Montreal from Feb. 28 to March 2. At the Montreal sessions, only a small number of attendees spoke in opposition to changing the Election Act, arguing that past elections have proven its success. In contrast, a size able majority said that significant changes are essential for improving the democratic value of provincial elections, and proportional represen tation seemed to emerge as the pre ferred option. The government of Quebec has suggested a hybrid system incorpo rating proportional representationwhich would allot seats according to the total percentage of votes received—and the current system in which the candidate who receives a plurality of support wins the riding. Several other provinces are consider ing similar changes, including Ontario, New Brunswick and Prince

Edward Island. A narrow majority of British Columbia voters approved a system of proportional representa tion last year, but failed to meet the referendum's two-thirds require ment. Under the proposed mixed sys tem, Quebec voters would continue to elect regional representatives, after which additional seats would be assigned according to political par ties' share of the electorate. Parties with significant but geographically dispersed support-such as the New Democratic Party or Green Party nationally, or the Action démocra tique du Québec or Bloc Pot provincially-would therefore receive more seats than under the current system. Eric Denis, who campaigned as an independent candidate in Outremont during the last federal election, was eager to speak in favour of mixed proportional representation. "It's now time to achieve some changes by instating a new system based on proportional representa tion," he said. "It will bring new faces and new ideas, and voices that used to be silenced will get an opportunity to be heard." The president of the youth forum for the Island of Montreal, Vincent Ranger, hopes the adoption of the proposed changes might have a positive effect on voter turnout, especially on younger voters. At the same time, Ranger warned the gov ernment committee that although this reform would be a step in the right direction, the government still has to take concrete action soon to

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T a lk in g s h o p a t D o u g la s H all B a ttle c o n ti n u e s Policy limited to class lists

Principal addresses student concerns D A N IE L A M IN Principal Heather Munroe-Blum fielded questions from the McGill community at a town hall meeting at Douglas Hall on Wednesday. Nearly 60 students, faculty, administrators and alumni attended the night-time event, part of an ongoing series of town halls that Munroe-Blum began two years ago. In her opening remarks, MunroeBlum said she is thrilled to be at McGill, but acknowledged the nega tive publicity the school has received in the wake of a hazing incident involving the Redmen football team and the release of photos from par ties that took place during Management Carnival, as well as other problems with the university. "We do a lot well and we have some things we want to do better," said Munroe-Blum, who is in her fourth year as principal. Over the course of a little more than an hour, Munroe-Blum faced questions ranging from the eviction of the Sexual Assault Centre from its office to environmental, issues on campus, as well as questions regard ing McGill's funding and bureaucracy. With regard-to the SACOMSS issue, Munroe-Blum said that McGill has limited space but that it was her understanding that the organization does have access to an office.

Munroe-Blum also reiterated her con tention that low, frozen tuition fees do not build the quality of education. "McGill University is dramatically underfunded against our peers in Canada, and indeed in North America," she said, noting that McGill has a relatively small endowment and is publicly financed. During the meeting MunroeBlum made several references to McGill's recent success in university rankings by both Maclean's and the Times Higher Education Supplement, often in response to particularly criti cal or hard-hitting questions. Those in attendance had a mixed reaction once the town hall concluded. Isabelle Oudry, who grad uated from McGill last year, asked the first question of the night, curious as to how McGill spends alumni dona tions. She came away unimpressed by what she heard. "I'm really grateful to Ms. Munroe-Blum that she came here," Oudry said, "but I'm not convinced by her answers." Yifei He, U0 Arts, asked MunroeBlum about the lack of school spirit and suggested that greater school spirit would increase donations from alumni. He too was unimpressed. "Heather Munroe-Blum is a politician, not a principal," He said. Not everyone was so disappoint ed. Yahel Carmon, first-year represen-

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Town Halls: Dodge-a-question 101. tative to SSMU and recently elected' Arts representative, said he attended because students perceive the administration as hovering in the background. While he said town halls are minimally effective in improving student life, Carmon praised MunroeBlum after her appearance. "She was relatively direct," he said. "I think she was very honest." Professor Michael Hoover, who teaches education psychology and is also the director of McConnell Hall, was pleased to see Munroe-Blum make an effort to speak to students. "It’s not designed to effect change,” he said, "but at least it gives the principal a chance to see what more students want.” ■

ferred names appear in other official contexts such as student ID cards, other Minerva forms and uniform email addresses. "The only thing that has been changed is that students' preferred names are now on class lists and floor fellow/don lists in residences," Klaiman said. "It is left up to the pro fessor or floor fellow... to decide to use a students’ preferred name." University Registrar Sylvia Franke issued a statement suggesting that her department considered the issue closed. "There are no plans at this stage to include [preferred names] on other Minerva forms." Because the decision was not accompanied by any change in poli cy, professors will not be obligated to use students' preferred names. "It is embarrassing and difficult for students to correct teachers, even when they do respond with sensitiv ity and respect, and the questions of why and how are usually too person al to answer," Upham said. Without an official recognition of and policy regarding preferred names, Upham noted, "My request [to use my common usage name] could be dismissed as simply a nick name, an alternative, and not a mat ter of identity."

While students like Upham insist that a system replacing legal names with common names could still depend on student ID numbers to ensure proper assignment of grades, Franke said legal names must remain on professors’ class lists to ensure proper grading. "This is far from enough to pro tect our transgendered students," Upham said, "and it will take a lot more lobbying to push this issue fur ther." Student leaders like Klaiman say they are anticipating an uphill battle to ensure that classrooms are a safe space for all students, because minority groups' complaints can fall on deaf ears. "Trans people are by no means a majority on campus: therefore the administration can ignore them with out a big uproar," Klaiman said. In order to make campus a safe place for transgendered people as well as other minorities, Klaiman said new policies must be implemented. "There is no anti-discrimination policy at McGill, and this is unfortu nately not a priority for the adminis tration," Klaiman said. "It [would] not require huge amounts of funding for the university to adopt an anti-dis crimination policy." ■ Visit www.mcgill.ca/studentrecords/biographical to add a pre ferred name to your file.

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Oscars, identity, crisis M O H A M M A D M IRALY here is a striking c o m m o n a lity in th e

consciousness. The film is a psychological

subject m atte r o f th e film s th a t w ere

e xam ination o f m u rd e r and vengeance and

n o m in a te d fo r best picture at Sunday night's Oscars. All tackle relevant issues and

o f th e h u m a n s th a t u n dertake such actions. It also deals w ith th e issue o f IsraeliPalestinian relations fro m a stirring hu m a n angle. It is, again, th e h u m a n c o n d itio n th a t is

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Yet another reason SSMU is the devil LU K A S B ER G M A R K

are designed to inspire th o u g h t and insight, n o t to escape fro m it. These film s eschew placidity and instead challenge society. M any have said th a t H o llyw o o d is n o w

e xam ined in Crash, last night's w inner. The

"o u t o f to u ch " w ith m id d le A m e ric a -a fte r all,

film brings to th e fo re th e p ro b le m o f civic

h o w m any W yo m in gite s have actually seen Brokeback M ountain!—and th a t m ay be th e case. Films th a t deal w ith d iffic u lt subjects do usually appeal to so m e th in g h igher th a n th e

alienation and its im p act on h u m a n b ehav iour. It gestures to th e in a b ility ,o f pu b lic p o li cies th a t seek to integrate diversity to inspire

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o ffices in th e Shatner b u ilding received

o n ly a fte r w e leave Shatner and are n o n e o f

as conservative film critic M ichael M edved

Identity is an issue th a t is central in

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suggested. Instead, it's m aking m ovies th a t teach view ers to q u e stio n accepted value

Brokeback M ountain. The film exam ines th e nature

structures as w e ll as th e nature and validity o f a u th o rity. S h o u ld n 't s o m e o n e like M edved, w h o arguably values societal dis course, be m o re accepting o f that?

notions, especially relevant given th e legal ization o f gay m arriage in Canada and parts o f th e US. It que stion s trad itio n a l beliefs in love as universally accepting and tests soci

e n jo y a little p ick-m e -u p in th e o ffice at th e

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end o f th e w eek, or a n ytim e during th e w e e k fo r th a t m atter. W hile I u nderstand th a t th e re are liq u o r laws and insurance issues and blah, blah, blah, I th in k th e re 's an ulte rio r m otive. If w e can't d rink in th e Shatner building, th e n w h e re are w e going to refresh ourselves w ith libations? Gert's, obviously. Nice plan to get us to go to y o u r failing bar, SSMU. The p ro b le m fo r m e is sim p ly th a t it is n o t affo rd a b le to go d o w n to D irty G erty's every tim e I w a n t to u n w in d w ith m y co w o rk ers. I w o u ld m uch p re fe r to d rink so m e o f m y

I would much prefer to drink some of my own cheap, store-bought booze in my own office with my own buddies instead of having to pay bar prices for mid-week plastic-cupped refreshments in a dank basement. I'm just too poor to dump my education money into the abyss they call Gert's.

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The final n o m in e e , Capote, also investi gates individual identity. It explores th e psy che o f o n e o f th e m ost influ e n tial w riters o f th e m o d e rn age and suggests th a t his final

tio n s in Los Angeles s h o u ld be th a nkfu l fo r

novel is a reflection o f his o w n self-im age.

its existence. Indeed, instead o f pandering to

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o ffice w ith m y o w n b u d dies instead o f having to pay bar prices fo r m id -w e e k plastic-cupped refre sh m e n ts in a dank basem ent. I'm ju s t to o p o o r to d u m p m y e d u catio n m o n e y in to th e

th e se film s a im to in sp ire d e b a te and change. This is expressed po ig n an tly in Good Night, an d G ood Luck, w h ich highlights th e

society’s values and ethics, as w e ll as th e political, ethnic, religious a nd social affilia tio n s th a t c o n tin u e to stand in th e w a y o f integration. That this year's Oscar n o m in e e s

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th e n h o w are w e su p p ose d to pay th e SSMU fe e s th a t h e lp get G ert's o u t o f th e red every year? So, in conclusion, SSMU hates p o o r p e o

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M cCarthy-era C o m m u n is t "w itch hunts." The

rary issues is indicative o f a w id e n in g desire

th e re are no p o o r p e o p le here. But w e 're n o t all to p -h a tte d and m o n o cle d tyco o ns like th e m th e re SSMU e xe cu tive s w ith th e ir

th e right to d rink alco h o lic beverages in Shatner like rich (o r at least less-poor) peo ple do. As a result o f th is no drinking rule, SSMU

$ 1 6 ,0 0 0 p e r year salary. So w h o are th e se

to co n sid e r alternative vie w p o in ts in th e search fo r a d e e pe r understa n d in g o f o u r selves and o u r beliefs. This tre n d ca n n o t be brushed aside as

has m a d e de vo ting h u n d re d s o f vo lu n te e r

film showcases th e resp o n sib ility o f th e press to re p o rt on th e actions o f an intrusive g o vernm ent, w h ich has o b vio u s im p lica tio ns fo r co n te m p o ra ry politics, such as atte m p ts

execs to tell us th a t w e ca n 't have s o m e slight-

hours to run n in g clubs, services and publica

to m an u fa ctu re pu b lic c o n se nt fo r th e w a r in

m ere liberal elitism . Rather, it represents a

ly-m o re -a ffo rd a b le g o o d tim e s in th e ir b u ild

tio n s th a t m u ch m o re fucked up and u n re w arding. ■

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desire to see a rt in flu e n ce life, and n o t th e

That co n se nt was fo u n d and m a n ip u la t ed easily in th e a fte rm a th o f th e terrorist attacks o f 9 /1 1 . S tephen Spielberg's M unich draw s on th is vivid experience o f terrorism and its co n tin u in g p ro m in e n c e in th e p ublic

passive opposite. The intellectual courage o f th e se film s indicates th e desire to forgo decrees in favour o f spirited debate, in th e h o p e th a t concerted re fo rm w ill triu m p h over

ing? U nlike th e se m o re privileged individuals, s o m e o f us d e p e n d on th e e c o n o m y o f th e 4 0 -o u n c e w ith 10 per ce n t alcohol c o n te n t to g e t o u r kicks. Yes, th e se kicks m ay resu lt in "internal bleeding," "cancer" o r th e dreaded

Lukas Bergm ark is the Tribune's photo edi tor. He enjoys satire. H opefully the SSM U execs do, too, an d don't g e t a ll pissy.

reactive chauvinism . ■

N u - k y u h - la r b l a s t

Dubya’s Dubai dilemma ERIC ALPER sense o f nativism is brew ing in th e United States, rising to

equivalent o f a firm fro m G uatem ala purchasing Am erican

It’s clear th a t w ith th e uproar raised o ve r th e DP W orld

n e w heights o f influence in th e rhetoric o f Am erican politi

A irlin e s a nd rep la cin g th e eagle w ith a banana. M o s t Republicans in th e Senate su p p o rt trade that ignores nationali ties and instead focuses on enriching th e ir corporate benefac tors. But th e second th a t trade and co m m e rce invoke a co n

transaction, Am ericans m ig h t actually prefer French ovynership to that o f an Arab country. And if a tro u p e o f Aryans was willing to buy th e ports, all th e better. Am erica’s last w o rry should be w h o operates its ports. Every Congressperson know s that secu

Am erican assets. The latest eru p tio n o f these frustrations

nection to national security, Republicans re m e m b e r th a t they're

rity at Am erican ports w ill still be m anaged by th e US Coast

occurred w ith th e recent agre e m e nt to sell operating rights to six Am erican ports to DP W orld, a firm based in Dubai, United

elected by th e Am erican people.

Arab Emirates.

th a t every Arab nation harbours nefarious am bitions. For th e

peo ple should be asking w h y a paltry five per cent o f cargo

I d o n 't take issue w ith th e fact th a t so m any m e m b e rs o f Congress object to th e p o rt deal. In fact, I'm rather pleased that

m ost part, this rhetoric is sim p ly designed to advance th e ir o w n

enterinq Am erica is screened by th e governm ent's Border Patrol.

cians. W ith th e precipitous rise in outsourcing and its associated jo b losses,* th e Am erican peo ple are grow ing increasingly frustrated w ith deals th a t ship o ff high-profile

m em b e rs o f both parties are finally show ing so m e backbone and questioning Bush. But I take issue w ith th e rationale behind

Their rhetoric indicates th a t every Arab is a terrorist and

popularity by leveraging th e nativist feelings o f th e Am erican people. At th e end o f th e day, th e y w ill n o t stand in th e w ay o f th e po rt deal.

Guard and th a t harbour police and p o rt authorities w ill still have final authority over w h a t goes on in Am erican ports. Instead,

Every senator and representative know s th a t Am erican security is, at best, porous. Yet th e y're to o afraid to stand up and

th e objections o f these senators and representatives. It seem s

O n e w e e k ago, Senate M ajority Leader Bill Frist w as itch

that they're trying sim p ly to leverage th e insular fears held by

ing to get on th e xenophobia train. A w e e k later, after visiting

nationalism . That's a pity, since this xenophobic paranoia has

th e ir constituencies to advance th e ir o w n political positions fo r th e 2 0 0 6 elections. There’s a na m e fo r this sort o f activity—pos turing.

w ith W hite House officials, he changed his tune, claim ing that his "concerns had been alleviated." I guess a visit to Daddy Bush's w o o d sh e d was e n ough to fix Billy Boy up. But if Frist was g enuinely concerned a b o ut th e safety o f th e Am erican people,

been driving th e decline in respect Am erica enjoys in th e world. Am erica's blow hard politicians are wasting valuable social capi tal pandering to th e insular te n de n cie s o f th e Am erican people, w h e n th e y sh o u ld be pro m o tin g Am erica's e c o n o m ic and phys

he w o u ld n 't have let th e W hite House m ake him am icable to

ical security. All so th e Am erican people can eat th e ir Freedom

th e executive's agenda.

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deal w ith real issues because th e y d o n 't w a n t to face a w ave o f

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When did McTavish become Coronation Street? t’s a shame that the business of the Students' Society has become so ineffectual and farremoved from student life that, in an under graduate student body of over 19,000, not a sin gle challenger can be found for certain executive positions. Such is the case this year, as there is no race to hold the portfolios for vice-president clubs and services and vice-president external. The stu dents running for each position are acclaimed. "Acclaimed," of course, is a misnomer, as it connotes some measure of popular democratic consent. While Floh Herra Vega, incoming VP clubs and services, and Max Silverman, the incoming VP external, were obliged to collect 100 student signatures to complete their nomination papers, this can hardly be called consent. "Anointed," in fact, would be the more suitable term for what can only be seen as an electionnight coronation. Thankfully, Herra Vega has demonstrated a fair amount of intelligence, initiative and tact in her current position as co-administrator of Queer McGill, a SSMU service. In particular, she served as an eloquent defender of Queer McGill follow ing the poorly received shut-down of the campus blood drive this year, after controversial protests by an unaffiliated radical queer group. Herra Vega has also been clear and direct about her plans for clubs and services in the 2006-2007 year, suggesting-dare we say—that she does not take for granted the position she already holds. Silverman, unfortunately, is somewhat more difficult to read, in no small part because of his refusal to answer any Tribune questions about what he knows, why he is running, or what he hopes to accomplish. Ironically enough, now that SSMU has dropped out of its federal lobby group, the vice-president external has little more to do than manage provincial lobbying and interact with the press. Given SSMU’s hints at renegotiating with the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec and Silverman's continued hostility toward this newspaper and the practice of jour nalism in general, he could well become the first SSMU executive with enough free time on his hands to take on a full course load. Of course, we hope the newly anointed VP external will find better ways to justify his paycheque, such as seeking a new venue for federal representation and revitalizing anaemic student interest in the external portfolio. A position like

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particular could make a good start of their SSMU careers by actively promoting such a change. Unfortunately, the larger issue is students' ignorance and indifference regarding student gov ernment. Meagre voter turnout, which is almost certain to be repeated this week, is the best example of the problem. SSMU, however, must hold itself ultimately to blame if students see no reason to participate in campus politics. Voter turnout should be seen as a referendum on SSMU's resonance with its constituents, and clearly SSMU is failing. Reforms are needed to the way SSMU inter acts with and engages students, and-to take a lesson from Quebec’s current discussions on electoral reform-altering SSMU’s electoral system would be a valuable first step. Larger adjustments are difficult to implement in the short term, but those candidates actually submitting themselves to voters should reflect on the issue in prepara tion for Wednesday's debates. Perhaps a handful of students will even attend. ■

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external, with a five-year history of acclamations, is desperately in need of new life, and Silverman could do SSMU and McGill a great service in mak ing it more relevant and accessible to students. This will require more savvy and diplomacy than he has thus far allowed himself to display, but in the spirit of the election, we are guardedly opti mistic for the future. Of course, the dearth of candidates for exter nal is only the most extreme example of an elec toral process that fundamentally subverts the democratic will that SSMU purports to represent. The Post-Graduate Students' Society faces a sim ilar acclamation problem this year, as not one of its candidates for the executive faces a challenger. There, however, even acclaimed posts must be approved by students, who are presented with the option of choosing "none of the above" over a candidate they consider patently unsatisfactory. Should such a vote occur, a by-election would fol low. SSMU should implement a similar policy immediately, and Herra Vega and Silverman in

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p one, up two—come on Condi, you can do it! Up three, up four, flex those abs, save the world!" Morning news viewers tuned in to hear those words and watch US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice complete her daily 4:30 a.m. work out. Well, maybe not those exact words, but it was pretty close. Last week, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. ran a three-day segment featur ing Rice's cardio and muscle-strengthening rou tine. Among the most insightful, hard-hitting ques tions in the interview: "Ms. Rice, how do you find time to exercise on the road?" • Ladies and gentlemen, when interviewing the first African-American female Secretary of State, the news media finds it relevant to com ment on how amazingly fit she looks working out in the State Department gym. Granted, following Dick Cheney's exercise regimen wouldn't make for much of a story-does shooting someone

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count as working your upper body?—but still, why should the public care about how many minutes Rice spends sweating on the stationary bike? The media certainly did not find it necessary to report on Colin Powell's stair-master schedule. The station cannot even justify its coverage by saying it was a slow news week. As the cam eras filmed Rice pumping iron, escalating violence in Iraq threatened to break into civil war, and President Bush travelled to South Asia to cement a nuclear deal with India. Maybe the news anchors thought asking the Secretary of State about international affairs was too tedious and clichéd for sweeps week. Please, give the American public some cred it. Even if the intricacies of US foreign policy are too complicated for a five-minute television clip, there have got to be more pertinent questions to ask one of the most powerful woman in the world than "How much water do you drink during your

work out?” This lady was the Provost at Stanford University. As a member of the National Security Council, she helped guide arms-control policy during the Cold War. Currently, she is responsible for smoothing diplomatic snafus in the context of all-time highs in anti-American sentiment, but apparently her biceps are more interesting. Instead of probing the svelte Rice on how she manages to keep her figure eating at highcalorie banquets, ask where she stands on social issues. Does she share the same views on affir mative action as the President? What advice can she give to women trying to break into politics? How do world leaders and foreign citizens treat her when she travels abroad? These are all appropriate-and dare I say noteworthy-questions to ask a prominent political figure. Save the gymrelated topics for a fitness instructor or a nutrition ist, and cast someone else to play Exercise Barbie. ■

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the latest fashion trends of the season. The show features local Montreal designers such as Dubuc, Fidel, Muse and Valerie Dumane: it's a unique combination of talent that promises to deliver a creative display of fashion. "The goal of the show is to see fashion trends that you wouldn't nor mally see,” says Le. "We don't want people watch ing the show to think Hey, I have those jeans.' We want it to be different.” Yet the fundraising campaign extends beyond the fashion runway. While the designer showcase officially takes part in March, the Phassion commit tee works year-round to raise money for the MAC

There are lots of ways to raise money for a charity, but why not do it in style? Giving money to good causes has become something of a trend late ly, particularly when the cash brings access to an elite crowd. The Management Undergraduate Society has kept this selfish type of generosity in mind with its high-profile HIV/AIDS benefit fashion show, Phassion. By combining the glamour of the fashion industry with fervor for helping humanity, Phassion aims to promote AIDS awareness to McGill students as well the greater community of Montreal. All proceeds of the fashion show go to the MAC AIDS Fund, started by the uber trendy Canadian-based cosmet ics company, MAC. The make-up giant is philan thropic: Beyond employ ing everyone's favourite silicone-enhanced pin-up Pamela Anderson as a spokesmodel, MAC pro vides funding for various AIDS community centres around the world. The Phassion organiz ing committee appreciat ed the worldwide concern of the group. "What appeals to us about this particular charity is that it When asked to pose "naturally," all models put one foot forward and one attempts to reach a global foot back. Apparently, "natural" means "hokey pokey." ly based community," notes Anny Le, co-coordi nator of Phassion. “It offers direct aid to the people AIDS Fund. "We need to be constantly thinking who have been affected by the disease." The money about AIDS awareness," maintains Le. "This is a farfrom the MAC AIDS Fund also goes toward research reaçhing problem.” This school year, Phassion has and women's organizations: since 1994, the organ organized AIDS Day fundraising, a silent auction and a Wanderlust Hype party ization has raised over $50-million for its causes. In its 14 years on the catwalk, Phassion has The global problem of AIDS extends to the show's theme, Wanderlust. According to Le and her been extremely successful in raising money for AIDS co-coordinator, Kevin Cornista, Wanderlust will be a awareness. "Our goal [for the fashion show] is to spectacle that takes its audience to 14 different make $10,000," says Le. Last year, the Management themes that you can "travel" to. "We want [the pro Undergraduate Society managed to raise $130,000 for the cause. ■ duction] to be a journey," asserts Cornista. Adds Le, "[The idea behind Wanderlust is] inter national... because AIDS affects everybody all over the world." The models in the Wanderlust production are typical students at McGill-only a bit more attractive. At the very least, these students will be showing off

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How would you compare your experiences of teaching at McGill to the other universities? The students at McGill seem to be more studious, they seem to be more invested in the idea of being academics to some level. They imagine themselves as bud ding scholars, even if they're not going on to grad school. [NYU’s] a great school, it receives more applications than any other private university in the country, and it's high ly selective. But there's always the lure of New York City outside the classroom that caus es students to drift off during the semester. As much fun as Montreal can be, the McGill students still come to class. How do you compare living in New York to living in Montreal? Besides the fact that the weather is terrible... not only is it colder here, but the snow just never stops! I feel Montreal has great potential, and a lot of it is still unrealized-l'm shocked that there's not a serious academic bookstore, or even one with an incredible fiction or poet ry section. I think part of that is because although it's a good sized city, there's that lin guistic divide, so if there were to be an English bookstore, it wouldn't appeal to all 1.8-million of the population. It almost feels like two small er cities. I'm also surprised that there’s no ongoing poetry series. Having said that, I do love the food [and] the music scene here is incredible. How did you decide you wanted to teach? I was never going to make a living being a poet. I worked for a few years in Corporate America before I realised I couldn't bear to do that, and I realized that I'd be more intellectually and aesthetically fulfilled doing this. I've always loved literature: that's how I spent a lot of my alone time as a kid—what a great job, to be able to read these great books and then talk about them. Why English? I shifted around majors in COURTESY OF THOMAS HEISE university before realizing what I already knew, that I should be an English major. I started off majoring in Marine Biology, then changed to Professor Heise is so cool, he could photography, and then business... English was be in IN TERPO L (both the band always my favourite thing, but there was and the police organization). always the question of if it would pay off finan cially. I realized that that would have to be of secondary importance, so I finally switched into English. What is your favourite book/work to teach? Pynchon’s The Crying o f Lot 49. It's fun to teach: it's a good book for English majors because it's about how you interpret things. It's also, for many students, their introduction to post-modern literature, so it's fun for me to see them so bewildered. Do you have a favourite author, poet or writer? It changes all the time. I like Mark Strand. He’s a contemporary poet, he won the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago. I believe he's from PEI, but the Americans have adopted him. He's kind of like a later day Wallace Stevens in that he's sort of chilly in his aesthetic, kind of awe-inspiring in the way that he’s so austere. I also love Faulkner because the language is working at such a high level, plus it's a completely realized portrait of the States. A real sense of history has been encapsulat ed in his novels that I think is just brilliant, and he hasn't been superseded by any other American author. If you could have any other ideal job, what would it be? Besides being a poet, I'd love to be a painter... but I don't know how to paint. Something else in the fine arts, I suppose. But if I could sustain myself just on writing and publishing books of poetry, I would, but I'm not going to spend the rest of my life living in a studio apartment with a bunch of cats. Do you have a favourite word? I'm going to pick one at random... delicious. Delicious is my favourite word. ■

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Aaron Donny-Clark A vole for Aaron D.-C. to d ay is a vote fo r hard work, experience, an d co m p e ten c e . As V.-P, External of SSMU I worked hard to ensure th at o ur students' voices are heard by all levels of governm ent. As President I will (1) Make th e Environment a priority of SSMU (2) Abolish Shatner room booking fees to set an exam ple for McGill (3) Fight to have all University fees frozen (4) Increase co m m u n icatio n w ith departm ental associations (5) Bring long-term stability to SSMU with a 5-year consultative plan. Dans ce plan je vais concrétiser des efforts pour mieux impliquer des etudiant(e)s francophones dans les instances d e l’AEUM.

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Leon Mwotia McGill, I am ready to b e your President I bring tw o years of experience at SSMU, a conscientious decision-m aking style, and a d e a r vision of w here SSMU should b e headed; back to its stu dents. I am proposing: (1) the introduction of a President's council com posed ot all the Presidents of Faculty Associations to act as a valuable feedback mechanism; (2) an increase in th e am ount of funding provided to the fran cophone commissioners allowing SSMU to better cater to 25 % of its constituents th at speak French as their primary language; (3) the creation of "SSMU tutors" to allow students with good grades to tutor others and g e t paid.

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Malek Yalaoui The VP University Affaire is one of th e most impor tant things SSMU does fort students because they're one of the few middle-men between us and th e University, We need a strong middle man; one who is informed, experienced and isn't afraid to stand up for student rights. The coming year is a critical one where it will be th e VP-UA's job to make sure the administration keeps their promises; especially regarding academic advis ing, miles of red-tape, and disproportionate fees. Having been th e president of Residences, a Senator, and a SSMU councilor I have th e expe rience and dedication th é job takes and I'm ready to fight for students w hen it m ost counts.

Floh Herra Vega I'm a U2 C o m p u ter Science a n d Linguistics student from Costa Rica. My experience in th e w orld of SSMU indudes

m en t with V-Day and Rez P ri^M - My priori ties: 1. finding safe sp ate s for SACOMSS and th e MSA as welt as securing Nightline s status as a service 2 r m aking C ulturefest m ore rele vant a n d less tokenizing 3. revam ping Activities' Night and how d u b s and services reach o u t to new students 4. creating an online platform to make information about C&S as well as SSMU bureaucratic processes m ore accessible. Go w ith the Floh.

(External) Max Silverman

(Communications & Events}

Gill Prendergast Hello! My nam e is Gill Prendergast and I’m a U3 Student in Poli Sci and IDS, I am currently th e AUS Wee-President C om m unications and form er president of the C anadian Political Science Students Association. I would like very m uch to b e next year’s VP Communications and Events for the SSMU. I feel that w ith my experience-on AUS w ith th e Communications portfolio and with event planning through CPSSA, I w ould be able to bring a great deal of experience and know-how to th e position of VP Communications and Events. Vote Gill Prendergast for SSMU VP C6t£!

(Finance & O perations) David Sunstrum

Dena O'Hara Hey! My nam e is Dena and h ere are som e of my ideas an d qualifica tions! M ore events on * 2 # a n d off c am p u s like Winter Carnival, Battle erf the Bands, Concerts, C ultural Events and m ore Parties! I G uarantee: a wicked beer con tract, a n u p d a te d and useful w ebsite, improved advertising of events and a better belonging am ong all students. As a Science Carnival Coordinator (2 yrs.) an d President of Snowboard Club I have planned som e am az ing events. I will use th a t experience as your VP C&E. I am always o p e n to suggestions! C om e an d talk to m e or check m e o u t on facebook! Vote Dena!

(Finance & O perations) Laura Johnson

(University Affairs) Finn Heather Upham

fm Finn, a U4 in M ath a n d Music, and I w ant to b e yo u r next VP University Affairs. Why? I have th e experience, know ledge, m aturity a n d skill to lead th e team of students w ho represent you inside McGill. My tim e as a Senator, SSMU councillor and active com m it tee m ember has ta u g h t m e a lot a b o u t how this institution works; I’ve gotten under the hood a n d I can see w hat can m ake this m achine run sm oother. Let's c ut through the red tape with th e tools of knowledge. Make ttie logical choice. Vote Finn for VP UA.

(Finance & Operations) Yifei He

Bonjour! I'd love the opportunity to work for you as Wee President of O perations for SSMU. Besides being heavily involved in m any onc am p u s events, I've served as Vice-Chair of th e O perations Com m ittee, as well as on the Finance an d Financial Ethics com m ittees. If elected I will restore Certs to its form er bril liance, push for m ore funding and volunteers for daycare, keep executives o n a strict b u d g e t allowing m ore m oney for clubs, events & athletics, & brin g b e tte r restaurants to Shatner. I prom ise to b e an open, accessible executive, so make it a sunny day- vote Dave Sunstrum for VP OPS.

If elected , I plan to bring not only an inter est in toe m anagem ent of th e b u d g e t an d SSMU funds, bu t also a focus o n how th e b u d g e t « allocated and how the m oney is actually spent. I feel that as a representative body, the SSMU should spend m oney in areas that reflect the needs and wishes of those th a t it represents, and th a t although it does operate within a limited budget, it should d o its best to make sure th at m oney is allocated so that it adequately serves the needs of as m any organizations as possible.

My nam e is Yifei and com ing from NYC, the financial Capital of toe W brld, a n d being a Economics Major, I know how to m anage money. Because 1 have previously served as VP of Finance for first-year SSMU, I have the expe rience and dedication to represent you as chief of Finance and O perations. Aren't w e all sick and tired of run-down buildings, broken com puters, and th a t dirty b athroom frequented by a different Bum each day of the week? Vote for m e and I will p u t th e funding we receive to good use. Otherwise, that stench caused by a com bination of the Mcgill bureaucracy and toe b u m will soon m igrate to the classrooms.

A rts S enator

Education Senator

Adrian Angus

Jake Itzkowitz

Eric Bouchard

Are you ready for the m ost opinionated VP of Finances a n d O perations ever to take office? If not, I d o n 't need your vote. I d o n 't know about you, b u t ! am ready to see so m e c h a n g e s to McGill's notorious bureaucracy. I am a firm believer in equality. As such, I will take it upon myself to have your voice heard. Why w ould you believe m e? I w ouldn't. But here is my email address: jason.savedoff@mail,mcgil(,ca. Please d o n o t hesitate to c o n tact m e to express any concerns you may have. "If tuition you pay, you should have your say,"

As a councillor a n d m em ber of th e External Affairs C om m ittee this year, I know the External issues facing SSMU, I've atten d ed La Fauq, our provint iai stu d en t feder ation, a n d know it's going to take a kit of hard work this year to defend th e rights ot out-of-province and international students, and keep th e freeze on tuition for Quebec students. W hether it's a protest o n th e streets, o r a m eeting o n The Hill, I w ant to expand o n th e excellent work of SÏMU this year an d take it further in th e next. Merci p o u r votre appui.

Arts Students! I'm Adrian A ngus a n d I w ant to be your Arts Senator! This past year 1 have been your J jf .o f Academic. All year ■■I have w orked o n the problem s of ADVISING, the LIBRARIES, and making IDS a departm ent in Arts. Now I w ould like address these prob lem w here they could b e dealt with concrete ly, the SENATE. I would EIGHT for advising to improve Dawson Hall, TACKLE the POOR TREATMENT student receive from McGill, be accessible to Arts students. I will hold office hours as a Senator, this hasn't b e en d o n e in years! So Vote Angus for Senate.

Dear Arts stu d en ts, I look forward to being Senator next year, and representing the needs of Arts s tu d e n ts to McGill Univeristy. I have served this past year as Arts U ndergraduate Society VP External. In addi tion to being a m em ber of to e AUS executive, I represented Arts voices to the SSMU council and the greater McGHI community. Please d o n 't hesitate to let m e know w hat you w ant to see from Senate next year- I plan to be a strong voice for Arts students a n d students in general, a n d w ant to help make th e University adm inistration m ore student friendly and focused.

Hi, I'm a kinesiology stu dent working towards my second degree a t McGill. As a student my concerns are equal access to resources such as com put er labs, libraries, environ mental policy, and McGB's role iri toe Québec dpiveçsiy <ixnmuni ty. I want to take on these issues as your senator. Bonjour, je sub un étudiant en kinésiotogie com plétant rpojj :<econd baccalauréat à M cGil En tant qu'étudairf, mes préoccupations sont l'égal accès aux ressources de l'université, les biblio thèques, la politique environnementale, et le rôle de McGSI dans la communauté universitaire québécoise, je veux apporter des améliorations dans ces dormines en tant q ue votre sénateur.

Eng ineering S enator

Eng ineering Senator

Eng ineering S enator

Science S enator

J.F. Haeck I'm a U2 Mechanical Engineering student and have been involved in student life since my first day a t McGill. Having been an Engineering U ndergraduate Society (EUS) class representative and Frosh Leader, I have recently carried to term my m andate as VP Quebec, for the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES). Furthermore, I have returned from a n exchange term at toe University of British Columbia. I'm thrilled to run for th e McGill Senate since I believe in my capacity to significantly contribute to the Senate with my varied experiences at McQH and my deep engineering roots.

Avi Chaimovich Hey Everyone! I'm n o t going to m ake a bunch of false prom ises to you. Let's face it, o n e senator ain't going to make a revolution here... But l prom ise yo u th a t I'll work hard a n d d o my best. I have previous leadership experience as th e VP Sports of th e Chemical Engineering Council and as to e Treasurer of m y high school class. Also, I will have a reduced work load next year (12 credits a sem ester) so I can serve you better. Vote Avi if you are sick of political BS!

Alexandra Rhéaume A Mechanical engineer ing stu d en t I was recent ly nom inated to senate w here I have started working on the improve m ent of libraries (3 hours for reserved books, elec trical outlets for laptops in Schuiich, opening hours). Upon re-election. I intend to continue that work and to voice the concerns of engineering students concerning the school calendar (break at Christmas in par ticular), toe course and professors evaluation methods, as well as help students with any aca demic concern they have. Je travaille aussi a l’amelioration d u bilinguisme pour favoriser la réussite des etudiants francophones. Thank you

Dean MacDougall My n am e is Dean MacDougall and l'm a third y e ar Civil Engineering student. I believe I'm uniquely qualified to represent engineering students in th e senate because of my experience. I have been deeply involved in the Engineering U ndergraduate Society for the past three years and I'm presently th e Society's VP finance. In this position I have gained thor ough knowledge of the inner workings of both the EUS and the Faculty erf Engineering, In addition, I have worked with dozens of engi neering students throughout the year. For all these reasons I believe I should represent our

Seema Brar l'm Seem a Brar, a Biochemistry stu d en t an d I w hat I w ould love is to b e your Science Senator, so I can repre sent Science stu d en ts' interests an d im prove your student experience a t McGill. I've been a Science student a t McGill for alm ost 3 years, so I'm well aw are of all to e issues and frustrations th a t Science stu dents face. So... I w ant to make sure your concerns are addressed and th a t you have m ore resources and opportunities available (and accessible!) so your life as a student is m ore sail-free and you g e t toe m ost o u t of your education.

Science S enator

Science S enator Shreyans Shah

Lauren McGruthers

D entistry Senator

Science Senator

Ramzi Hindieh

Chris Newlove

Hey Science! My nam e is Lauren McGruthers and i am th e SSMU Science Representative, i have been involved in student organizations for many years, including the Student Union in CEGEP a n d th e Coalition of Anglophone CEGEPs (COAC). Currently, I am a SSMU Councilor and I s t o n the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS). As Senator, 1 flan to work on issues that concern science students; th e potential imple mentation of the A+ grade by McGill administra tion and the improvement of science under graduate advising. I am looking to w ard to another year of representing science students, so vote Lauren McGruthers for Science Senator!

I'm in 3rd year pursuing a joint Honours in Physics and Chemistry, i have NSERC experience and received awards in McGli undergraduate research conferences. My involve ment in the student com munity includes acting for the McGill Player's Theatre, and being a member of the Debating Union an d International Relations Students Association, where I have won several awards and represented McGill at the World Model UN. My priorities are; accommodating the needs of reli gious groups, pressuring the administration to honour previous environmental policies, ensuring professors provide alternatives to text-matching software, and making room bookings accessible.

Hey, my nam e is Chris Newlove and I'm run n ing for Science Senator this year. I'm currently doing a d o u ble m ajor in Physiology an d English Lit., and next year will be m y last one. I've had previous experience in senate a t CEGEP, w here I served as th e Science Senator, i've also had a lot of experience dealing with events: from FUSS & SUS elections to good tim es in b o th frosh an d carnival. Vote Newlove for Senate.

La w Senator

Religious Studies Senator

Music Senator

Andrew Staples

back at McGill after a hiatus teaching little British boys how to speak French, I did my BA at McGill in Psychology an d am now in Law. During my undergrad I worked for Student Services as th e info :hick, so I'm very familiar w ith à ü d l n t issues, a the Law faculty, I am involved in m any tctivities including being ah actor in th e play, vriting for t | e Quid Novi an d being o n th e tu d en t well-being com m ittee. I also like to alk, A lot. I believe th at these qualities will nake m e well qualified to be a senator.

CKUT Board

FERC

D irectors

Steven Spurr

Nithya Vijayakumar I have been coordinat ing All Things McGill on CKUT, which is an o u tlet for McGill organizations an d stu d en ts to g et involved w ith ÇKWk i will continue to work on this p ro g ram b ecau se it's a great opportunity for new student volun teers to g et practice o n air so they can becom e integrated iqto cSÎUT. Additionally, I am w orking w ith IvUCili-C KUI outreach and I w ant to encourage m ore stu d en t involvement a t CKUt, I think it's very im portant that there's a significant stu d en t presence at CKUT anti I will work to make sure th a t continues an d increases.

I am in th e process of com pleting my second year a t McGill as an Economics m ajor and also looking forward to representing th e gudgpt body as Financial Ethfcs Research Commissioner for a second successful term. The responsibili ties of this office otter a truly w ril|ue opportu nity to en g ag e the Student Society at the highest levels and I Will com m it myseff to all w hom have a vested interest in the financial decision-m aking of th e S tu d en t Society through a fair and ethical expenditure of your stifie n t fees.

D entistry Senator

M edicine S enator

Jan Hanna

CKUT Board

Michael Pakdaman

Sean Waugh Hey W o w M use Majors! My name is Sean W&ugh, U1 Vocal Performance & Linguistics, and i hope to be your 20C|é*2^j>7 faculty Student Senatori As VP External of the MUSA I've served as the link between you and the greater McGill community, «forking directly with the McGili Administration as well as other Faculties and the SSMU I've learned the ropes to navigating M u si's bureaucracy. As your Student Sdriatortwilf continue to work with McGill parties t o ^ i ^ m uch needed attention to music student issues Hke; practice rooms; compietkxi of the New Music Building; prospective lesson-fees; room bookings; and increased programming options.

Events su ch as th e Hema Q u eb ec Blood Drive are exam ples of th e need for th e m ed ical faculty's involve m e n t in th e SSMU. Having th e majority of our classes irt Mr Intyre, w e som etim es lose sigh! ol being part of McGill as a university, an d th e associated implications socially, professionally, and in term s gf dealing yvith legislation and policies. With fw o years of Student Senate experience at UCLA presiding over 1 S,000 university studérits, I'll give us a voice representing the Faculty an d a chance share w ith th e Faculty policies drat are constantly changing, m any of them th a t affect us daily.

FERC

D irectors

Colin Caines Hey all, I'm in my first year h e re a t McGill doing a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree and looking forward to hav ing a solid four years here in M ontreal, whfc.lt is a far cry trorri Halifax, Nova Scotia, w here I'm originally from . I'm running to be th e | M | representative on the Board of ® r e c A » ? w CKUT radio, not only because being involved w ith th e radio station interests me, but also because I think I could bring quite a lot to th e position, I love it here a t McGill o n h o p e to b e able to g et involved w ith the student governm ent here.

Eric Oosenbrug

Juniper Belshaw As the institution represeating McGill students !o lhe tost of the world.

It is of utmost imporI tante that the SSM U I spendsmil rtilrii .tjjpis Ilk ' w a l l lU -stly. using its collei tive consum er voice to support ethical business^. ( will strongly sup port th e inclusion of organic and fairly traded food products in th e SSMU building, and ensure th a t our % q»6rate partners m eet our ethical standards. With the slogan “Think Globally, Act Locally" in mind, I will encour age the SSMU and McGill Administration to engage in business with com panies that have a com m itm ent to hum an rights and environ m ental sustainability

I am a second year stu dent m ajoring in Psychology an d th e History & Philosophy of Science, I am a driven and enthusiastfoSU snce student interested in the ethics and policies relat ed to science. Growing up in Yellowknife, I had the chance Kt m anage the financial aspects of n Territorial MLA's cam paign as Official Agent, t found the opportunity to be a powerful learntrig experience. I'd like to con tinue team ing while contributing m ore direct ly to stu d en t affairs. Financial accountability is im portant to m e because, directly o r indirect ly, it affects everyone.

REFERERENDUM COMMITTEE CHAIRS BOARD OF GOVERNORS YES COMMITTEE — Adam Conter This am endm en t to th e SSMU C onstitution is ab o u t adding more undergraduate stu d ents to ttse Board of Governors. We now have o n e m ore seat th a n last year on the Board of Governors an d w e w an t to define it in to e Constitution. The m ore undergrad uate students there are on th e Board of Governors, th e m ore times w e get to speak and the stronger th e stu d en t voice becom es. It really is th a t simple, so vote yes to the Board of Governors constitutional am endm ent.

C o m e a n d w a tc h th e S S M U

ELECTORAL DEBATES

REFERRAL SERVICES NETWORK YES COMMITTEE — André Van Doom The Union for G ender Em powerm ent, Q ueer McGill an d Nightline — all services under SSMU — are currently direly underfunded, to th e point of not being able to properly ful fill their m andate because erf lack of funds. If th e Referral Services Network Fee passes, these groups will be funded directly from th e students instead of by SSMU and have m uch m ore reasonable budgets. N ot only will the Referral Services Network fee help these services b e m ore effective b u t it will also free up SSMU's services b u d g e t an d allow o th er services to be b e tte r funded.

CKUT YES COMMITTEE — Michael Zackon CKUT Radio-McGill 90.3fm is know n as a launching platform for underground music cur rents, as a source for news produced by an d for th e community, and as a h u b of cultur al events a t McGili an d in Montreal, W e've b een voted M ontreal's best radio station (M ontreal Mirror 2005), and 100,000 people a week tu n e into CKUT. This provides stu dents w ith the unique o pportunity to be heard; to share their ow n creative and academ ic work while learning techniques of m edia production. For four dollars per semester, stu dents gel great program m ing, access to events and prom otion, and a vibrant, independ e nt media voice on-cam pus. For over 20 years CKUT has b rought to g eth er students, artists, Djs, an d performers.

GENERAL ASSEMBLIES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS YES COMMITTEE — Philome La France The aim of this constitutional am en d m en t is to foster stu d en t participation in th e affairs of th e Student Society of McGill University (SSMU). By holding regular general assem blies (GAs), we believe th at a larger num ber of students will be able to have a say in the decisions taken by th e SSMU. A GA has limited pow er a n d any decision it makes can be overthrow n by Council o r th e executive com m ittee. Therefore, w e consider th e quorum changes to be a reasonable way of ensuring th a t GAs becom e th e accessible forum for student decision-making. For m ore dem ocracy on cam pus, vote yesi__________________

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f e a t u r e s T r u e f r ie n d s s ta b y o u in t h e f r o n t A closer look at competitive female friendships C R IS T IN A M ARKH A M t's a telling sign of our culture that stand-up comedians have become our modern-day prophets. People with relationship troubles quote Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. Those who dis agree with the government cite George Carlin and Jon Stewart. While the goals of these entertainers are first and foremost to entertain, we find them funny because of their ability to point out aspects of our culture that are hidden in plain sight. So when I found myself laughing hysterically at Dane Cook's riff on female friends, I realized he must have hit a nerve. According to Cook, within every group of friends, there is one person who no one else likes: "[and] when that person isn't around, everyone else's hobby is cutting that person up. 'God, Karen is such a douchebagl' I don't know what it is about Karen, but she is always a bag of douche. I know some people always disagree with me on this, but that's because you're that person!" While Cook's mocking tone and exces sive use of the term "douchebag" makes him an unlikely source for sagacious advice, The expression "it's funny because it's true" comes to mind. While most women will deny it, some will reluctantly admit to hav ing a "Karen” in their group of friends. It's a commonly held belief that women are unable to maintain non-com petitive friendships. While it's impossible to avoid a little competitiveness within close circles of friends, many believe that females are incapable of having completely gen uine, sincere friendships with one another, as the unavoidable aspect of rivalry will always pervade the friendship. Many women find this implication to be not only problematic, but extremely offensive, But what if it's true?

many "chick flicks." Films like Mean Girls and Clueless poke fun at the stereotypical enmity high school girls can engage in. Boys, clothes, makeup and popularity are always at the heart of these rivalries. Audiences can laugh at these relationships, as the girls are still in high school, and this behaviour is to be expected of adolescents. According to the Washington Post, however, females are beginning to display this behaviour at a younger age. Amy Dunne is a counsellor at Park Lawn Elementary, a school in Fairfax county, Virginia. In an attempt to reduce the damage caused by vicious gossip and competition, Dunne has

created a class called "Chicks and Cliques.” The class is designed to help girls address their problems with one another and deal with them in an open and direct manner. They discuss what criteria they should have in mind when choosing friends, how to react when a friend snubs them, and the difference between "good popularity" and "bad popularity.” On top of offering this class, Dunne has created a space where girls can come and address their problems in an open Continued on next page.

Starting them young The media have picked up on this stereotype, making it into the basis for

S tay a w a y f r o m m y m a n , b itch ! Even after marriage, female competition still runs rampant G E N E V IE V E JE N K IN S In a world where men can turn up a bevy of mailorder brides with a simple Google search, the average North American woman is forced to question her ability to satisfy the multi-faceted whims of a male, and the competition between women—even those of the non-purchasable variety—for a spouse can spur full-blown catfights and under-the-surface tension. One theory for the ever-present venom in the female friendship is this type of competition, particularly for men. Based on the gender differences in mate preference—men are willing to marry a woman of lower IQ and/or socioeconomic status if she is good-looking—a woman's looks become huge ly significant in this competition. This means any attractive woman, regardless of her edu cation, plans for the future or incredible wit, is able to vie for the cream of the male crop. Let the battle begin.

"Female competition for high-status men is therefore intense," notes John Marshall Townsend's What Women Want-What Men Want, In the midst of this competition, says Townsend, “Women criticize other women's physical appear ance, and imply either that they are promiscuous or that they are sexual teases. Women also are more likely than men to insult competitors' intelligence." So once a woman has her spouse, does the competition end? Or is it only a whole new game in which the loss is ulti mate: husband, house and former life? This is not always the case, according to Dr. Shree Mulay, Director of McGill's Centre for Research and Teaching on Women. Mulay says, "In my esti mation, women tend to have deeper and long-term friend ships with other women. Some women are just as competi tive before [marriage], some are less, because they do not find the rat race meaningful." Popular literature has long focused on the idea of com petition between women after marriage. As pointed out by Alison Light in her article, "Returning to Manderley: Romance

Fiction, Female Sexuality and Class," Daphne de Maurier's Rebecca, relies on the psychologically constructed inadequa cies of a new wife when she compares herself to the deceased first wife. Although the first wife poses no real threat to the stability of the new marriage, the new wife is terrified by the idea of another woman occupying her husband's thoughts. The second wife even refers to herself as a "secondrate person," thus demonstrating her own insecurity. It may be this type of insecurity that leads women in modern marriages-now more immediately threatened by the high divorce rates-to fear and even, in extreme cases, loathe other women as threatening sexual entities. With a North American gender ratio that favours men, women find themselves competing with one another in a sex ual marketplace. Even after marriage, women cannot be sure that men will not take advantage of the surplus of single women. Rather than fighting against men, women instead fight other women for precedence in the marketplace. It’s a fight that, presumably, never ends, thus perpetuating the ten sion in the female-female friendship even after marriage. ■

the mcgill tribune | 7.3.06 | features 15 Continued from previous page. forum. The seemingly insignificant crises can range from being denied a seat in the cafeteria to being ignored in the hallway, but these actions leave the girls feeling wounded. After discussing the incidents with each other and with Dunne, the girls will often leave the office hand in hand, best friends once again. Though there does seem to be a cyclical pattern of rift and reconciliation, as it's not uncommon for the same girls to find themselves in Dunne's office once again, facing a different slew of problems. I know you are, but what am I? This destructive behaviour-which can appar ently surface as early as 10- or 11-years-old-can persist throughout middle and high school, and can even affect relationships between grown women. One only has to listen in on some of the conversations going on around them in the Redpath cafeteria to understand that even women in their 20s can devolve into destructive, backstabbing, competitive "frenemies.” Most of the intelligent, refined, well-intentioned women you know likely have at least one friend they can not stand, who they are in secret competition with, or cut up after they leave the room. Jacqueline Appleby, U2 English, says that while the vast majority of her friendships are sin cere, it's impossible to avoid having at least one disingenuous friend within your group. What's most frustrating about these "friendships" is the necessity to avoid being forthcoming about any competition or animosity and maintaining the veneer of an actual friendship. "Frenemies are the worst, because there's the need to be constantly passive aggressive," Appleby says. "You have to remind them-if only subtly-of how much of a jerk you think they real ly are, and they do the same back to you. It's so much pressure." Another twentysomething McGill student who preferred to remain anonymous shared her experiences with a former best friend: "[We] had this unspoken competition, where neither of us wanted the other to succeed," she relates. "I never took her advice, because I even tually learned that it was always a device to sab otage me. The only way we got along was when we were both failing at life. That’s not what a

friendship is supposed to be like." Not surprisingly, the two are no longer friends, and she has since surrounded herself with more positive companions. Fortunately, this experience didn't scar her, and she believes that while competition can be hard to avoid, genuine friendships between women can exist. "Most college students are fairly insecure with their own lives, and someone else's success can really highlight your own shortcomings. If one friend is extremely successful while the other is mildly insecure, this imbalance could put a lot of strain on the friendship. I'm not a big fan of these relationships-the only good aspect of a competi tive friendship is that it keeps you conscious of your own potential. On the other hand, it can also keep you conscious of your own failures." Boys against girls Professor Elaine Weiner teaches in the Sociology department, and she believes that the idea that women are incapable of having honest friendship to be an absolute myth. "I think that women are definitely capable of maintaining open, empathetic warm and loving friendships with one another. However, some of the things that socialize women-beauty stan dards, dating norms, what it means to be a moth er, what it means to be a woman-can cause women to really struggle with their identities." She suggests that women may just be striving to be the best, and this is what manifests itself as com petition. Weiner goes on to say that while these com petitive relationships exist between men, it's not as discussed, as men are expected to compete with one another. "Men are expected to compete with each other, while women are supposed to be cooper ative," she notes. "When men approach each other, this aspect is expected and therefore unspoken. Women, however, feel the need to address it because it's not 'natural.'" While it is definitely possible for women to maintain honest, open, supportive friendships, it seems that we're always going to be stuck with at least one frenemy. True, she's disingenuous, she's coy and she's snarky. But she'll keep you on your toes, and she'll remind you of how lovely your real friends truly are. Besides, without her, who would you bitch about over brunch? ■

B ein g b r a in w a s h e d Reading gender stereotypes between the lines of Maxim and Cosmopolitan G E N E V IE V E JE N K IN S Even if we don’t choose to partake in the grossness of popular culture displayed on the magazine racks of every checkout line in North America, it is difficult to ignore the images and words that adorn the various covers. The stereotypical magazines of our generation, by gender, are Maxifn for men and Cosmopolitan for women, publications that flaunt their intentions audaciously with pictures of half-naked women and screamingly neon head lines announcing the newest trends in sex, aesthetics and the opposite gen der. The similarities end there. Most of us take it for granted that there isn't anything of substance in the magazines, but perhaps we're wrong; If women really hate other women as often as it seems they do, maybe they’re get ting inspiration from their monthly style guide. Are women being brain washed to dislike other women? One may suspect that men are getting the same idea, crammed into their heads, as well, but men's magazines focus too much on women for that to really be the case. Comparing the March issue of Maxim and Cosmopolitan, here's a blow-by-blow on what's going to your brain: For the men •Images: Almost all of the pictures in Maxim are of women-men don't care about seeing other men, and the idea of competition for those women doesn't appear to surface. Maxim's "Dating Playbook" instead features ways that a guy and his buddies can help each other score. The pictures from the feature show more women than men, assuring all of the guys that they'll get a hook up. The overwhelming idea: One piece of ass is as good as the next. •The Sexual Aim: Guys reading Maxim aren't looking for tips on how to please their girlfriend. They’re looking for almost-naked women and tips on how to pick up one-night-stands in bars. •The Content: Despite the banality of most of the stories-including one about the FSU Cowgirls, for example-there is some legitimate realworld coverage in Maxim. The editor's letter discusses primarily the impor tance of revisiting 9/11 to make sure the true story is remembered. For the women •Images: Almost all of the pictures in Cosmopolitan are of womenand here is the beginning of the crucial difference. Women are being shown images of other idealized women for the purposes of emulation. Whereas Maxim shows a woman and says, "Tap this," Cosmopolitan shows a woman and says, "Be this." •The Sexual Aim: The majority of sex-related articles focuses on men: . "What Sex is Like for Him," ”40 Girly Moves That Make Guys Melt," "His Secret Pleasure Zone." Women reading this magazine are supposed to be thinking about pleasing men, another factor in the sometimes fierce girl-girl competition. If every woman is just trying to please men, every other woman is suddenly a challenger; whereas men are playing on the same team, women are fighting one another. There is no concept of mutual suc cess for all women in the sex game-a woman who masters the "girly moves that make guys melt" will be able to succeed; she who does not, will fail. •The Content: Examining the editor's letter in Cosmopolitanîr contrast to the Maxim letter, we can find the true definition of "lowest common denominator." Whereas Maxim's editor at least makes a pretence at having a legitimate publication, the Cosmopolitan editor's page is filled up with blurbs entitled "Meet Cosmo's Shirtless Olympic Hunk," "Stud Alert! Stud Alert!” Being told that the real world is irrelevant in the face of shirtless hunks, Cosmo readers are pushed even further into that realm of base com petition where looks are the single most important thing and a unique iden tity is irrelevant; The idea, as opposed to the excess of females on the pages of Maxim, is that there is one "Olympic Hunk" available and a limited num ber of "studs," so only a few especially seductive women can win. The competition between women begins on the glossy, airbrushed pages of these magazines, where women are shown everything they are not and everything they ought to be. Rather than ogling men, women stare at each other and compare, feeling instantly inadequate or superior and thus forming the initial tension of the female-female friendship. Because men are encouraged to see each other as teammates in the same great game in which sex is the ultimate goal, they are less likely to feel this tension. At most, they have friendly competition that rarely mounts into a serious argu ment. It would be ridiculous to argue that Maxim is a healthier type of magazine-it poses problems for the formation of the male identity as well-but it does not breed the same inter-gender competition and conflict as women's magazines like Cosmopolitan. ■

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G o in g g a -g a f o r g a y b a r s The Village’s hot spots revealed to the uninitiated Sky complex is known to be one of the pillars of the gay village. It is several storeys high, result ing in a multi-floor party en été. Unfortunately, only two floors are open in winter. Open seven days a week, Sky is a fab place to chill with friends on weekdays. The club is known for its shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The atmosphere is very vivid and definitely less competitive than Unity. One downside to Sky is that it's fickle: One night you'll have a dozen groins inadvertently grind ing you, another you'll be solitary and doing body shots off of yourself. A safe bet is to venture to Sky on a Friday or Saturday, when it’s always hopping.

ANTHONY PE SOUZA If you're sick of the old St-Laurent and Crescent scenes, maybe it's time to change 'hoods. Wander down to the Gay Village and hit up some dance floors where they don't care who you want to dance with. Unity II 1171 Ste-Catherine E. 523-2777 Put on your platforms and prepare to enjoy the ride. While other clubs have specialty nights that gays and their hangers on flock to in droves, Unity II is a riot any day of the week. The club has a reputation for attracting the younger gay crowd and hosting the best music in town. Beautiful, sweaty patrons gyrate to just about anything as a wall of television screens broadcasts vintage Madonna videos or porn in technicolour. Shake your booty on a Friday night to a selection of the best hip-hop tracks or lose your inhibitions and sweat on an electro-Saturday. Le Parking 1296 rue Amherst 282-1199 Built in an underground garage, Parking is a must-visit club. It is a dungeon of red lust and clandes tine desires where everything looks sketchy because it is. Yes, Parking is a little dirty, but in that positive, and often elusive, dirtyhot way that we enjoy ever so much. Though famous for its Thursday nights with DJ Minim, Parking is open from Thursday to Sunday. While Parking usually plays host to an older crowd-think sugar daddies and men who remind you a little too much of your father's friends-Thursdays attract a wild card clientele who make partying that much more interesting. The club has two rooms: the main electro-house room and an urban room. Note: The club is men-only oh Friday and Saturday.

Chez Mado 1115 Ste. Catherine E. 525-7566 Inspired by the 1920s Cabaret scene, Chez Mado is a unique place where boys will be queens. The drag shows are always hilari ously entertaining and, since the club is open everyday, you can always check out Chez Mado during a study break. If you venture to the club on a Friday, don't forget to kiss Mado herself. One last thing, this place is extremely Québécois and you may not understand a single word of the shows if you don't speak French. It's so over the top though, that chances are you'll be amused regardless of your language skills. Le Stereo 858 Ste-Catherine E. 286-0325 Everyone knows that closing time dictates that no alcohol is to be served in Montreal after 3 a.m. So what do club kids get up to in a joint that opens after 2:30 a.m.? Stereo, one such afterhours spot is a den of iniquity—where drunken makeouts are had without modesty, mystery pills are popped and water bottles cost nearly as much as one month's rent. It is also home to fantastic danc ing, which draws even simpleton purists like us. With the best techno DJs and the gay-friendly envi ronment, Stereo is the best place to purge your soul of all your pains and insomnia, while losing yourself in the beats of techno and hardcore house. We recommend going on a Saturday night, which we find has a better vibe than Fridays. Stereo isn’t cheap—with cover forcing you to cough up about $35—but every now and again it's a fun night out. Plus, you get the satisfaction of returning home in the early morning hours when it'll only be you, garbage men and walk-of-shamers on the streets. ■ —With additional reporting and files from Liz Allemang Note: The byline is a fictional name, as the author was uncomfortable publishing under his real one.

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M D F: D r a m a six w a y s Blenders, testicles and much, much more in McGill Drama Festival offerings MELISSA PR ICE Student theatre can't get no respect. Actors, directors and crew spend months with out sleep and sadly watch their grades plum met into the gutter, slaving over scripts hot from the printer into the wee hours of the morning and tripping over cables' in closet-like rehearsal spaces. And all to be largely ignored in favour of their non-university counterparts. The annual McGill Drama Festival, organ ized by Players' Theatre, is a chance for the the atrically-minded at McGill to finally get some recognition on their own terms. The festival, which kicks off Thursday, allows drama buffs to show off their acting and directing chops in addition to providing a venue for student play wrights to see their work performed—an oppor tunity that might otherwise be next to unattain able. The six plays featured in the festival are all student-penned originals, chock full of sex, satire and plenty of intrigue. They're certainly worth a look—not least because of how much these guys worked their asses off to get them done. Check them out: Sextet. An aptly named offering to kick off the set of six. Sextet is probably for you if you're currently trying to stifle giggles (oh, be honest). And yes, it is indeed about sex. Written by Lauren Jane Heller, it looks at a web of connec tions and attractions between six people play ing the game of love and lust in the age of no regrets. We'll probably all find a character to relate to, if not an answer to that burning ques tion: Is there truth or transcendence to be found in love, or is it just about a few good screws? Directed by Tasha Gordon-Solomon and featuring Claire Bea, Mackenzie Tan, Leah Roth, Matthew Firszt, Natalia Gracious, and Marcelo Ciechanowiecki. Playing at 8 p.m. March 9 and 11 and at 2 p.m. March 18. Jamie, Jamie, Put Down That Blender. I

don't know about you, dude, but they had me at "blender." Stefan Szjpada’s satirical piece sounds like an adaptation of the Dead Kennedys' "Holiday In Cambodia," only with fewer beheadings: it takes a look at the dubi ous wisdom of sending naïve, well-off North American undergrads on internships to solve the world's most epic issues. Expect hilarity to ensue, with plenty of biting commentary on social issues and fun at the expense of the politically irresponsible. Humour and motiva tion to get your head out of the sand-how can you lose?! Directed by Sandra Smiley and fea turing Alexandra Harris, Alice Martin Ellwood, Alex Gravenstein, Jackie Heltz, Emily Kashul, Diana Prelevik, and Robin Erskine-Levinson. Playing at 8 p.m. March 9 and 11 and at 2 p.m. March 18. The Testicle Dialogues. The success of The Vagina Monologues seems to have encour

aged more than a few people to check and see if their genitals have anything to say. For Rob Salerno, the answer was evidently a resounding yes. The Testicle Dialogues is a one-act, twocharacter piece about a couple of guys (Lou Kosak and Will MacGregor) pondering the poli tics of male friendship. Sounds simple, but I bet we're in for some ballsy theatre (I’m sorry, I had to go there). Directed by Caitlin Miller. Playing at 8 p.m. March 10 and 11 and at 2 p.m. March 16. August. Don’t you hate arriving home from a long, hard day to find your wife chilling with your secret lover at the kitchen table? Busted! From this rather unconventional open ing scene, Jason Maghonoy's play weaves near and distant flashbacks to piece together how Michael (Marc Goldfinger), the red-handed man in question, ended up in such a tricky sit uation. The course of his affair with his livewire mistress, the play’s namesake (Aly Ordolis), is one thing—the real twist is likely to be whatev er sends August to confront Michael’s wife

MELISSA PRICE Girls in UGGs compare charity work in Jamie, Jamie, Put Down That Blender. (Jessica Hill). Juicy. Directed by Nat Stigler and also features Jessica Kostuck. Playing at 8 p.m. March 10 and 11 and at 2 p.m. March 16. The Light Fantastic. If you've ever won dered what The Glass Menagerie's Wingfields were like back before they were so screwed up, Jason Stroud has written a play for you. Set back before patriarch George Wingfield (Adam Goldhamer) ran off, leaving his family an anx ious, nostalgic mess, The Light Fantastic focus es instead on the family's beginnings, including George and Amanda’s marriage and their chil dren's early years. And, of course, the begin ning of their slow, collective disintegration. Directed by Gabriel Richter and also features Bonnie Clarke, Arielle Mendel, David Windrim, and John Karentonis. Playing at 2 p.m. March 11 and at 8 p.m. March 17 and 18. Rentals. This is a wild card. Chris

Urquhart's quirky dark comedy apparently chronicles deception and high intrigue in a. video store. Or maybe not. After all, the theme of this play seems to be that appearances are invariably deceiving, as a movie-obsessed slacker tries to get to the bottom of what's up with the skeezy owner of Murray's Movies. I have no idea what this play is actually about, but I sure as hell am interested. Directed by Heather Laird and features Peter Hibbs, Sarin Moddle, Emily O'Sullivan, Laura Turley, Mat Lyle and Lily Dionne-Jermanovich. Playing at 2 p.m. March 11 and at 8 p.m. March 17 and 18. ■ All plays will be presented at Players' Theatre, located on the 3rd floor o f the Shatner University Centre (3480 McTavish). Call 3986813 for tickets and other information. $1 from the sale o f every Thursday ticket will be donated to the Sexual Assault Centre o f the McGill Student Society.

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Clubbed seals sell records ver the past week, many have heard about Sir Paul McCartney's appreciation for the preservation of seals. And who can blame him for this? Not only are the little Nordic creatures adorable, but McCartney himself has been an impeccable bastion of morality in the past year. But morality, helpful in raising awareness though it may be, has been left in the wrong hands. Post-Live Aid, First World celebrities have become imbued with the idea that they have a singular ability (read: platform) to give the Earth a helping hand. Though their intentions with regards to relieving the burden of AIDS, famine, overpopulation, civil wars, etc., are noble (or at least we should hope so), the wearing of their proverbial Planeteers caps for a day here or there is ultimately shambolic and contrary to a healthily functioning international aid system. We've all heard of Bono's "involvement" in treating HIV and AIDS in Africa, Susan Sarandon’s human rights activism and Coldplay's carbon neutral CDs. While these are all noble causes, let’s face it, who keeps the cogs turning in the world of charitable aid? Celebrities? They are nothing more than adjuncts or occasional figureheads, their level of enthusiasm and involvement are probably determined by the presence, or lack thereof, of other projects/records/world tours to bolster their already

secured affluence. There are people who fight for these causes 24 hours a day, if for no other reason than to keep us informed about how much better our world could be. Lawyers doing probono work for Amnesty International. People working the Sunday phone lines for the World Wildlife Foundation. Volunteer chefs at local Meals on Wheels. Whatever hap pened to them speaking for their causes on an internation al platform the size of Bono’s? It just doesn't happen. Celebrities are more interesting to watch, right? Well, last year our world lost the great Bob Hunter to cancer, and no one was watching. Many people would not even come close to recognizing his name, yet the man was a co-founder of Greenpeace, coordinated several of the more successful campaigns against whale and seal hunting, garnered enough attention and support to forcibly prevent President Nixon from ongoing nuclear testing in Alaska, and stressed the interrelation of all the forces on Earth (wildlife, man and machine) in what he designated his "Whole Earth Church.” His death, fittingly, received about as much attention from uninvolved outsiders and mainstream media as his life. A piece in The Economist, a eulogy in the Indian Financial Express and then back into obscurity. Yet every time some has-been with a penchant for being unnecessar

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ily adorned with sunglasses while indoors decides he wants to play saviour to the Earth via a publicity stunt or two, he’s treated like the bee's knees by media and spectators alike. Bono ain't no hero. Aquaman is a hero. The issue here is knowledge over suggestibility. If celebrities acting on a whim can help charitable organiza tions get more funding, fantastic. But people shouldn't just throw money around solely because celebs urge them to. All donations made to all charities ought to be educated, informed and sensible. Charities aren't merely interested in raising money, but also raising awareness. One could argue that celebrities do in fact assist in this regard, but let’s face it, last week's anti-seal hunting reporting mainly featured glam shots of McCartney and wife Heather Mills getting cozy with the lovable, cuddly ice floe tots as opposed to actually, oh, I don’t know, speaking out against the fact that 300,000 of them are killed in "culturally protected” hunts every year. What will a celebrity presence in the Great North do this year? Nothing. The yearly ritualistic slaughter will receive less media attention than McCartney's publicity charade, and the glamourous, knighted, ex-Beatle hack will sell a few more records. Saying that, I miss Bob Hunter already. How about you? ■

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Music. All Aboard! featuring SHY-FX—Station C— 1450 Ste-Catherine E —March 10—10 p.m. This thing's gonna be huge. The kindly gents at AfterDARK, in collaboration with DNA Records and HighLife, have decided that what this city needs is a gigantic, all-night party—and they're going to throw it for us. What better venue for such a bash than the multi room sprawl of Station C, where 1,200 people can play dance-floor hopscotch until the sun comes up? Friday's event promises a good groove for everyone: Featured artists include Halifax's Skratch Bastid, Ottawa's Bonjay and British buzz-generator SHY-FX, whose steamy reggae mixes are guaranteed to heat things up. The multiple bars are open as long as it's legal: the venue is open until your feet fall off. Call 813-9148 or check out afterdarkevents.us for tickets and other information.

Derick Lengwenus parodies his dad with the utmost respect A R IE LA W E IN B A C H If you had to pick someone to make fun of you in public, Derick Lengwenus would be a perfect choice. In his new play, My German Father (A Comedy About A Serious Man), Lengwenus demonstrates that a comedian can parody his subjects and generate a hell of a lot of laughter while still conveying his affection for them, In My German Father, Lengwenus takes this to heart. Rather than having actors portray the characters he knows so well, he performs solo, making seamless transitions between personae. His whole body—from his eyebrow movements down to his stride—is transformed in a mat ter of seconds (pto a caricature that works just as well as an homage. "I feel sorry for you because your father is German," reads a note Lengwenus receives from his fourth-grade crush. This note causes him to wonder whether his father is different from the fathers of other kids. Is it unusual that his father gives him a long lecture for not doing well on a colouring assignment? Do other fathers send their chil dren back upstairs if they don't come down with a smile every morning? "My father did not demand perfection from his chil dren—that was a result only he could achieve," Lengwenus quips. Still, his father's standards were rather high, and throughout his childhood Lengwenus religious ly adhered to the following words of wisdom from his mother: "If at first you don't succeed, don’t tell your father." On the topic of success (or lack thereof), Lengwenus recollects his challenging experience studying accounting at McGill's Faculty of Management after living most of his life in the middle of nowhere, Ont. "McGill is full of stu dents who have no idea what the fuck they're doing because no one's giving them any guidance,” he says. It took Lengwenus a couple of years in the workforce to decide that accounting wasn't for him and that he wanted to pursue a career in comedy. He is best known in the Montreal comedy scene for his character Dr. Avocado, a surgeon who performs organic surgery, or

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HOUR.CA Lengwenus cracking up about his dad. "life-prolonging surgery on fruits and vegetables," on stage. Dr. Avocado's most impressive feats are a success ful mango pit transplant and banana peel replacement grafts. Lengwenus cites Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey as his biggest influence and admires that Carvey's love and respect for the people he impersonates always comes through in his routines. Lengwenus has found the transition from character work to more personal drama to be emotionally draining, but he finds it easier to write about things that are true. "It's more fulfilling when you tap into something personal,” he says. "Simple truth com edy works best." Lengwenus' father is planning to come see the play this week. If the prospect of having a great laugh isn't a compelling enough reason for you to go see My German Father, it's worth it to go this weekjust to see the reaction of the man himself. Chances are he'll be laughing along with you. ■ My German Father is playing at Theatre Ste-Catherine (264 Ste-Catherine E.) until March 77. Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, as well as a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee. Call 284-3939 for tickets and more information.

Theatre. Princess Ida—Moyse Hall—McGill University Arts Building853 Sherbrooke O —March 8-11 Ah, feminism—it's always a knee-slapper. At least, it is when placed in the context of clever satire that pokes fun at what happens when both genders take their most irritating traits to extremes. Princess Ida, which originally opened way back in 1884, starts off with the young Prince Hilarion anxiously waiting to meet Ida—see, they were betrothed as kids, and their wedding day is fast approaching. Ida, however, will have none of this, having spent her formative years opening a women's college and avoiding men entirely. Some good old cross-dressing humour results as Hilarion's pals infiltrate the school to woo his unwilling bride, but the jokes aren't all centred around men in dresses. The social commentary looks reasonably incisive, considering the operetta was written when the idea of giving women the right to vote still seemed hilarious. Curtain opens at 8 p.m. Call 398-300 ext. 09632 or visit mcgillsavoy.ca for ticket informa tion. Film. Festivalissimo-Cinema du Parc—3575 Parc—through March 12 It's a guaranteed cure for the winter doldrums: curling up with a nice, hot Spanish- or Portugueselanguage film. Festivalissimo, the largest Iberian and Latin culture festival in Canada, officially kicked off on Friday, but you still have time to catch some of the best movies the Latin world has to offer. Still on the bill are such films as Enlightened by Fire, an Argentinean drama about a man traumatized by his experiences in the Falklands War; 2 0 cen timetres, a surreal musical romp through the days and dreams of a nar coleptic transvestite prostitute; and Delicate Crime, one of those dark and dirty tales of love and seduction, by Brazilian director Beta Brant. Check out cinemaduparc.com for showtimes.

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N e x t s t o p n a tio n a ls f o r h o c k e y M a r tle ts S u n d a y ’s v i c t o r y a t r u e t e a m A D A M MYERS The Martlets hockey team could have con sulted the Redmen hockey squad before play ing the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Sunday, as the Martlets were faced with the exact same situa tion the men had last week: a third and decid ing playoff game, to be played on home ice against Ottawa, And just like their Redmen counterparts, the women in red and white trounced the GeeGees. Christine Hartnoll and Kristin Leuszler each had a pair of goals in the 4-1 victory, as McGill took the Quebec Student Sport Federation league championship and gained entry into the national championship tourna ment this weekend in Nova Scotia. "We played very well in the game yester day,'' Smith said. “I thought we came out with a lot of jump, a lot of confidence. We used all the good things that we do in the game yesterday: our speed, our quick puck movement, great support. I think that had a real effect on the out come of the game.” Martlets need three, but see off Ottawa In the first game of the series, played last Tuesday, McGill was sharp despite a first round bye. The Martlets dominated play, outshooting the Gee-Gees 15-4 in the opening frame and going ahead 1-0 on the scoreboard. McGill eventually won the game by a 3-1 margin, with Vanessa Davidson potting the winner in the second period. The Martlets looked to wrap up the series on Friday in Ottawa, but the Gee-Gees had other ideas. Ottawa played a hard-fought, tight checking game, neutralizing the McGill attack. With just under three minutes to go, Ottawa for ward Sarah McLeish put home a rebound to propel the Gee-Gees to a 2-1 victory, sending the series back to Montreal. Fleading into the game, McGill knew it would need its veterans to lead the team into the pressure-packed match. Patrice Mason, the Martlets' captain, explained that everyone on the team took the onus upon themselves. T H E

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putting three past goalie Megan Takeda. "We need to do the same thing we have been doing all year," Denis added. "Play togeth er, work hard for 60, minutes and outwork every team. It's so exciting and I'm really excited for Nationals." Mason, the stalwart captain who has made great strides this season-picking up her 10th assist of the campaign on Hartnoll's second goal, up from just three last year—echoed those sentiments while making a bold prediction for the girls in red. "We gotta keep doing what we've been doing," Mason said. "The main thing with this game was we outworked them and we played hard. We never gave up on the battles and we kept supporting each other. We are going all the way!" ■

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eam Canada's loss in the hockey quarterfinals in Turin was an embarrassment. That much has been said already, but why should we care? For an answer, we can turn to Bryant Gumbel. Much has been made of Gumbel's comments on his HBO show, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," during the recently concluded Olympics. Gumbel said that the Winter Games consist of pseudo-sports and that it's laughable when the athletes are referred to as the best in the world, because of the paucity of black-competitors. Those who have stirred up the controversy seem to have focused in on Gumbel's observation that there aren't enough black athletes in the Winter Games—a fact about which he is correct. Flowever, had they not just stopped lis tening at that point, they would have heard some logical complaints about the Olympics. Notably, Gumbel was irked that many Winter Olympic events are meaningless competi tions, decided not on athletic merit but instead on the opin ions of a judge. So, in the spirit of the name of Gumbel’s show, let's take a closer look at some of these winter sports and discern

which ones are "real." First up on the chopping block: curling. Seriously, isn't that just shuffleboard on ice? Next, let’s scrap aerials, figure skating and any other "sport" that has a judge. Finally, cut the quasi-toboggan races like luge and skeleton. I can do those on my own. Indeed, Gumbel is quite right that most Winter Olympians don’t seem to be of the ripped, legs-like-treetrunks variety that we see at the Summer Games. In a word, the Summer Olympics are raw, full of events designed with the Classical ideal of man vs. man. Sure, there are some cheesy summer sports like diving and gymnastics. But events like swimming, track and field, and basketball take up much of the schedule, and are the marquee competitions. The Winter Games, meanwhile, don't have much to compete with that—only speed skating and, of course, hockey. Which brings us back to our national sport. Even though it has few black players, not even Gumbel could complain about hockey. It's requires athleticism, and it's decided by who scores the most goals, not some arbitrary judging stan dard. And most importantly for our purposes, it's Canadian. If we agree that there are "tiers" of events, and that winning a

medal in a questionable pseudo-sport isn't worth as much as a premier one, then so what if Canada dominated skeleton? Hockey is the winter version of the 100-metre dash, and we got smoked. » Quite frankly, I'm sick and tired of celebrating Canada's 24 medals. I don't understand how everyone can be so pleased with the fact that we took a medal in something as ridiculous as snowboard cross, but failed in the game that we gave the world. Canada assembled a phenomenal team full of the best players in the world, and it failed miserably. What's there to be happy about? Canada's "Own the Podium 2010" program is great in theory, but Canada should not turn into the junk-yard dog of the Olympics, simply scraping up medals in the minor events while forgetting about the important ones. While we should try to win as many events as possible, let's be honest: The only way for us to feel as if we've owned the podium is to win the big one, Men’s hockey. We've got to capture the one event the one that we're supposed to be the best at, the one that combines athleticism with Canadiana. Then, and only then, will we have really owned the podium. ■

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I consider myself an expert on the intricacies of fantasy baseball, and I have enough Yahoo! trophies in my virtual case to prove it. But despite my addic tion to fantasy games—to the detriment of any num ber of personal relationships (okay, just one)—there was one threshold I had yet to cross: I had never par ticipated in an auction-style draft. Until this past Sunday, that is. And now that I have, doing it snake-style will never be the same. In auction leagues, each team owner starts out with a set amount of money to bid on a certain number of players (traditionally $260 for 23). Owners rotate throwing out players for the consideration of the league, and those managers who want the player bid on him until a winner emerges. Auction drafts add completely new elements to the fantasy sports experience that traditional drafts can't match: notably, strategy, bidding wars and a gambling-like rush. And they're far more equitable to league members, as there's no arbitrary method used to decide who drafts first and gets to snag A-Rod. But because they're far more complex, there are a whole bunch of other factors to take into consideration when participating in an auction draft. Firstly, don't drink. Like, not even water. While there's a" tendency for guys to kick back and have a draught during the draft, intense concentration is even more necessary during an auction-style draft, so you don't want to have your thoughts clouded by alcohol. Plus, auction drafts are freakishly long, with few bathroom breaks. When you’re trying to snag Uribe at a bargain price, you don't want urine on your mind. Secondly, there's the issue of which guys to put up for consideration. Early on, you should propose players you don't want, but that you think other man agers will pay a lot for. Not a believer in getting a top flight closer? Put Mariano Rivera on the board and watch the other league owners blow their money, leaving more options for you later. Also, after you've purchased a top-flight player at a position with some scarcity—say, Victor Martinez—throw Joe Mauer out there and let the feeding frenzy begin as owners

scramble to match your firepower. Later in the draft, you should suggest players that you want for your team, or at least ones that you wouldn’t be unhappy to end up with. As the draft winds down and owners start to run out of money, there will be fewer bids and many players will go to the owner who proposed them for one dollar. So if you're hoping to force the last remaining owner with out a second baseman into over-paying for Tony Graffanino, but he wants someone else, be prepared to be stuck with a useless middle infielder. So now that you're armed with this knowledge, go out and arm your pitching staff—with some auc tion bargains, of course. Don't even try to do it snakestyle. I guarantee you’ll just feel unfulfilled. ■

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He even kept tabs on my team and the season I was having. One year, I happened to have a game at the very same park where the camp was located during the weeklong ses sion, and Whitt and the other coaches actually came to see me play. How cool is that? I grew up going to see Ernie Whitt play baseball, and then a few years later he came to see me play instead. While at that camp, I met a phenomenal player by the name of Scott Thorman. Later, when my team won the provincial champi onship and advanced to the nationals, we were allowed to add play ers from the rest of the province. So we picked up Thorman, who went on to take my position, lead us to the gold medal and nab tour nament MVP honours. How's that for a claim to fame? I was benched in favour of the most highly touted prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization. Okay, enough name-dropping. The point is, I'm excited about the WBC and especially about Canada's chances. Conventional wisdom might state that the Canadians will be outmatched against the Americans (as well as the Dominicans, Venezuelans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Japanese), but I predict good things for Canada. They might surprise a lot of people and pull off an upset on the level of the Greek soccer team winning the 2004 European Championship. For one thing, Canada has a ton of great pitching. Even without Dodgers star closer Eric Gagne and Oakland starter Rich Harden, both of whom are recovering from injuries, the Canadian squad has some live arms that can neutralize opposing lineups. No reason why Erik Bedard, Jeff Francis and Adam Loewen can't go six innings before turning things over to Paul Quantrill and Rheal Cormier, who can hold a lead until Gagne comes in to shut things... oh wait, crap. But another thing Canada has going for it is the vast amount of left-handed bats in the lineup. Playing hockey often has the strange effect of giving right-handed athletes a left-handed swing, and Canadian baseball players—as well as golfers, incidentally—are dispro portionately lefties. This bodes well because it causes match-up prob lems with opposing pitching staffs: They have to throw all their left handers at us to compensate, and quality left-handed pitching is always somewhat scarce. But the best thing Canada has going for it is .youth. Since it's March, and not the dog days of August, the world's best won't exact ly be in midseason form. And the older the player, the longer it takes him to get his swing back. That's what spring training is for—the best in the game hit .213 against minor leaguers for six weeks, and then get their groove back in time for the season to start. But with the WBC, everyone will have had maybe a week of practice before jumping into games. So who's to say Canada's best, most of whom are young, won't be just a little sharper than their opponents? The truth is, anything can happen in a short tournament. Baseball is a game of attrition, and the differences in talent only show them selves over a large sample size. Do you know what the difference is between a .280 hitter and a .300 hitter? About 10 hits over a 162game span. What’s more, a baseball player's season is filled with more streaks and slumps than most other sports. So, at the start of the sea son, when everyone is rusty and playing with new teammates in a new setting, why couldn't a young Canadian team that has .more experience playing together than some of the other countries get hot while their opponents are still cold? Sure, it's a long shot, but so was Greece winning EURO 2004, or Villanova winning the 1985 NCAA basketball championship. The point is not if it's likely to happen, but that it could. The fact that Canada is even remotely competitive in baseball is a great thing. Hell, imagine the confusion if Canada won the WBC only weeks after coming up empty in Olympic hockey. I know it's a fanciful notion, but a guy can dream, can't he? All of which reminds me: Ernie, if you're reading this and looking for a quality backup middle infielder, I'm available. ■

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though, wasn't looking to take all the credit. Instead, he deferred to the team's backbone, the man who kept the Redmen in the game late. "Poitras played awesome tonight," Martin said. "He made a big save on the break-way and. made a

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key pass out of the zone on the game-winner." For his part, Raymond was impressed by his team's resilience. "Our boys showed a lot of char acter tonight," he said. "When [The Patriotes] were up 3-1, they were taunting and laughing at us. They thought they had it wrapped up.”

No letdown on Friday night Friday night must have -seemed all too familiar for the Redmen. Last season, after defeating the Patriotes in the first game of the series, McGill lost the next two and was eliminated. But this McGill team, one year wiser, wasn't about to let an opportunity to

dispose of its nemesis fall by the wayside. Rather than succumbing to the pressure of a road crowd, the Redmen rose to the occasion, seeing off the Patriotes 3-2 in a double over time thriller. "It was important for a lot of rea sons," Raymond said. "For us it was a do or die game. Throughout the years we have really struggled in the third game against Trois Rivieres for whatever reason. We would win the first one and lose the second one and we would wind up not having the momentum in the third one. "I really felt we needed to go in there with an attitude that it was a do or die game, once we had them cor nered we needed to finish them off." The Redmen got off to a better start in this game, allowing UQTR to play sloppily and take penalties. And despite the Pats killing off four straight McGill power plays, the Redmen still got on the board first, as Martin scored his third goal of the post-season at 16:59 of the frame. The game remained 1-0 through the second period, thanks to the per formance of Poitras, who turned aside 18 shots through two periods. However, with their champi onship hopes slipping away in the third period, UQTR picked up the intensity, firing 22 shots Poitras' way. One managed to get by him early, as defenceman Frederic Lavoie potted a power play goal to even the score. The teams traded goals later in the period, as Ken Morin gave the Redmen the lead for less than two minutes before Alexandre Morel evened the score. Neither team

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Martlets Hockey-2006 CIS Championships; March 9 -12 from Antigonish, Nova Scotia Having captured the Quebec title on the weekend, the Martlets have a chance to do want they have never done before:get over the final hump and claim the National Championship. The com petition runs the gamut from defending National Champions Wilfrid Laurier-who should pose a formidable challange-to AUS runners-up Dalhousie, who should. While winning it all might be a daunting task, in this short tournament, anything can happen. Redmen & Martlets Track and Field—2006 CIS Championships; March 9 -11 from Saskatoon The Martlets go into Nationals fresh off their Quebec champi onship, with a number of athletes that have the potential to hit the podium. Distance runnners Genevieve Jenkins and Debra Lightman have been lighting up the track all season and could medal in both individual event and relays. On the men's side, the Redmen are hoping that their Quebec champion 4x800m relay squad will be able to turn some heads. Redmen Hockey—McGill @ Lakehead; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Credit the the brilliant OUA for this one. Rather than have the game in a neutral venue like Toronto, they put the game up in Thunder Bay. While the Thunderwolves have no doubt earned their OUA West crown, it seems a bit unfair to the number one team in the province. That being said, this game should be a solid warmup for both teams in their efforts to claim a National Championship. NHL—Dallas @ Vancouver; Saturday, 10 p.m. on CBC The Stars and Cancucks will clash on Saturday night with playoff implication. Both teams are hoping to claim their respective divi sion titles and should produce a high intensity affair. Yeah, it's a slow sports week. NCAA Basketball—The Tournament Selection Show; Sunday, 6 p.m. on CBS Since we can't predict precisely who will be inside the field off 65, we recommend that you watch one of the more entertaining selection shows in sports. Maybe well get some more uninten tional comedy like Billy Packer's tirade two years ago against St. Joseph. Or maybe not.

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Friday, March 3, 2006 McGill Redmen 3, UQTR Patriotes 2 (20T) Le Coliseé Trois-Rivières SCORING SUMMARY FIRST PERIOD: McGILL - Benoit Martin 3 (D. Urquhart, C. Gauthier) 16:59 SECOND PERIOD: (no scoring) THIRD PERIOD: UQTR - Frederic Lavoie 3 (M. Thibodeau) - 5:37 (PP) McGILL - Ken Morin 1 (S. Shewchuk) -10:59 UQTR - Alexandre Morel 2 (M. Gravel) - 12:57 FIRST OVERTIME: (no scoring) SECOND OVERTIME: Benoit Martin 4 (S. Shewchuk, L.S. Allaire) 5:05 GOALTENDERS: McGILL - Mathieu Poitras (W, 4-1; 2GA, 44 saves, 75:05) UQTR - Dany Dallaire (L, 4-2; 3GA, 34 saves, 75:05) SHOTS BY PERIOD: McGILL - 12 7 10 6 2 (37) U Q TR - 10 8 22 3 3 (46) POWERPLAY (Goals/Chances): McGILL: 0/7 UQTR: 1/7 MOLSON CUP THREE STARS: 1. Benoit Martin (McGill) 2. Mathieu Poitras (McGill) 3. Dany Dallaire (UQTR) Attendance: 1,104

TH IS WEEK IN McGILL SPORTS HISTORY Saturday, March 13, 1999 McGill hosted the CIS track and field national championships on the weekend, with both the Redmen and the Martlets relegated to middle of the pack finishes. On the men’s side, shot putter Paul Drogaris produced the Redmen's lone medal, finishing sec ond with a throw of 15.73m. For the Martlets, the 4x800m relay team earned McGill’s lone gold, running in a time of 9:05.20. Wednesday, March 7, 2001 The Redmen bailers were bounced from the QSSF playoffs, falling 82-72 in the final at Laval. The Redmen and the Rouge et Or traded buckets all game until the 5:54 of the second half when, in response to a 17-9 McGill run, Laval's all-star guard David Brownrigg took over. Down 61-59, he scored 13 of his 17 points in the final six minutes—including three shots from long range-sparking a 23-11 run to close the game. Sunday, March 9, 2003 The Martlet hockey team took a bronze medal at the weekend's CIS championship in Regina. Going in to the tournament as the second-ranked team in Canada, McGill was upset in the round robin phase 3-0 by University of Toronto, effectively ending their gold medal hopes. Fortunately, they would not allow the loss to destroy their spirits, managing a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Lethbridge to claim the bronze. The Pronghorns took a 2-0 lead after the first period, only for the Martlets to claw their way back in the final two frames before producing the winner.

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The South African team competing in the World Baseball Classic had an exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics last week. By the end of the game, the South Africans had two 16-year-old kids in the lineup. Are you telling us there's not another nation in the world capable of taking South Africa's spot in the tournament and field ing a team of adults?... The NHL suspended Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik three games for his hit on Erik Cole over the weekend. It makes no sense for the NHL to suspend this defenceman. Cole turned at the very last instant so that the hit would be from behind. Hockey is a fast game, and if a forward turns around to draw a hit from behind it should not be called a penalty or have a player face a suspension... Who is Cristobal Huet? All we know is that if he had taken France to the Olympic games, Canada would have another shutout loss on its record.

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Martlets exit b-ball playoffs with a whimper Emilie Crofton tallied 18 points as Bishop's downed McGill 59-42 in Wednesday's QSSF sudden-death semifi nal game. Crofton, the conference MVP, added three assists, three steals and two rebounds. No Martlet was able to reach double figures as the tenacious Bishop's defence held McGill to only 30.4 per cent shooting from the field (13-for-46). Only six Martlets were even able to score a basket in the game. Bishop's, on the other hand, drained 42.9 per cent of its shots from the floor (18-for-42), including 7-for-17 from the three-point line. They also went 16-for-18 from the foul line. Sarah Gagné had a share of the team-high with eight points in a losing effort. The fifth-year senior added six rebounds, one steal and one block in her last game for the Red 'n' White. Forward Vanessa Danisi also had eight points, while adding two steals and one rebound in just 18 minutes of action. Teammates Isabelle Provencher and Rikki Bowlesboth chipped in with seven points. Redmen dominate OUA hockey awards McGill goaltender Mathieu Poitras has managed to fol low up on his 2005 Ontario University Athletics men's hockey rookie of the year award by winning the Bill L'Heureux trophy as the most outstanding player in the OUA. Poitras was also recognized as the MVP in the East Division for the second consecutive year and was one of four McGill players to earn conference all-star honours. Teammates joining him on the six-man OUA East all-con ference first team were defenceman David Urquhart and forwards Shawn Shewchuk and Doug Orr. Poitras had a record-breaking season between the pipes for the No. 2-ranked Redmen, establishing a CIS sin gle-season shutout record with seven. This eclipsed the previous mark of six, set by Chuck Goddard from Saint Mary's in 1972-73 and Luc Belanger from UQTR in 199798. He also led the country in most major goaltending cat egories including goals against average (1.40), save per centage (.947) and wins (tied with 14). Poitras also helped the Redmen set a CIS single-season team record with a stingy 1.21 goals-against average. Urquhart was the OUA's top scoring rearguard, putting up seven goals and 24 points in 24 games. He netted four power-play markers and three game-winners. Shewchuk led the Redmen in points and finished fifth in the OUA scoring race with 11 goals .and 22 assists for 33 points in 22 contests. Orr was among the top three OUA scoring leaders for most of the season before being sidelined with a concussion in late January. Before his injury, he had scored nine goals and produced 12 assists in 16 games. McGill bench boss Martin Raymond, who guided the Redmen to a 20-1-3 first-place record, earned his second straight and third overall coach of the year award. In addi tion, goaltender Jean-Michel Filiatrault and defenceman Louis-Simon Allaire earned OUA East all-rookie honours. Like the men, hockey Martlets rule the awards Martlets forward Shauna Denis was named player of the year in the Quebec university women's hockey. Carleton goaltender Valérie Charbonneau, from Sudbury, Ont., was selected rookie of the year and McGill's Peter Smith was voted coach of the year. Denis was one of three McGill players named all-con ference, earning a spot on the first team with defensiveminded rearguard Natalie Smith, Peter Smith's daughter. Teammate Christine Hartnoll was picked to, the second team. Denis finished fifth in the QSSF scoring race with six goals and 12 points in 15 games. She tied for fourth in the nation in game winning goals with three and had one shorthanded marker to go along with a power-play goal. “Shauna is one of the hardest working players in the Jeague," the elder Smith said. "She is one of our most con sistent performers and competes hard in every game. She has the ability to be both a goal scorer and a checker and seems to score most of her points after out-battling her opponents. She is very coachable, both on and off the ice, and has developed into' a real team leader." Smith, who served as an assistant coach with the gold medal-winning Canadian Olympic team in Turin, guided the Martlets to a 12-2-1 record and their second-ever reg ular season title. Heil takes the World Cup of Moguls McGill's Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Heil capped off her season on Sunday with a win Inawashiro, Japan to clinch her third overall World Cup moguls title. Heil will receive the Crystal Globe as the season's overall champion at the FIS World Cup later month.

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