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t o b e s h u ffle d AUS approves plan from administration J essica K o stuck A large space reallocation plan for several Faculty of Arts de­ partments iscausing unrestamong some students and faculty poten­ tially affected by the proposal. In response to the plan proposed

by Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi and Provost Anthony Masi, the Arts Undergraduate Society issued a report to the space reallocation committee that they said was based on "verbal reports and person meetings with the faculty."

In June McGill acquired a new building on Rue Durocher, and has been slowly moving administrative departments to the site. The plan calls for the Accounting depart­ ment to be moved out of the Ferrier building, freeing up space that would be given to Arts. In a series of moves reminiscent of a sliding block puzzle, the offices of the fac­ ulties of Education, Law and Arts will be brought together in their separate buildings, and the Arts Leacock Computer Labs would be moved into Ferrier. The first stage of the move is to take place in the summer of 2007 The changes, however, do not stop there. Five classrooms on the second floor of the Arts Build­ ing and one classroom in Arts West would be converted into faculty offices, and the space previously occupied by the Arts Leacock Computer Labs would be turned into clasroom space. Flowever, none of these plans are final.

In their report, AUS generally supported the proposed plan, but expressed reservations about the ways in which the transition would take place.

The report stated that "the

AUS expects this to be a mutually beneficial project for students and staff and supports the direction of the Art Faculty's plan for the new space. We believe this plan and the consultation with AUS to be in line with the student-centred focus of McGill University."

The AUS executive approved the plan, even with their reserva­ tions, because of the proposed benefits.

"We had met with the dean and we asked for follow up details, but we never got any," said AUS President RJ Kelford. "We never saw any real numbers. We support it because it was pitched to us in a really great way. It made sense without seeing the actual policy.

We support the positives that come out of the plan."

English professor Peter Gibian expressed his concerns about the reorganization.

"The space plan is disastrous Héma-Québec made its return to McGill at the Tomlinson Fieldhouse on Monday afternoon. from the point of view of the Eng­ Athletics Representative to SSMU Irina Zheleznyak lish Department and the Arts Fac­ A aron S ig al echoed the stance. "This is a completely non-political event. ulty," Gibian said. "I think English Despite a recent Students' Society ban on blood drives [McGill Athletics] were planning this for a while and it has professors are pretty much unani­ in the Shatner building, McGill Athletics held its second an­ nothing to do with SSMU or how anyone feels about the mous in that sense. It is a very sad issue." situation and I hope the plan is nual blood drive in Tomlinson Fieldhouse Monday. Although spearheaded by Kathryn Weaver, administrative assistant to On Nov. 2, SSMU Council passed a motion banning radically revised."

Athletics director Derek Drummond, the campaign was open blood drives in the Shatner building until both Hema-QuéJacqueline Whyte Appleby, bec and-Health Canada resolved their blood-screening poli­ U3 Flonours English and President to the wider student population and not specifically to McGill cies which student activists have deemed discriminatory. of the Department of English Stu­ student-athletes.

While the climate on campus has been heavily politicized Under its current guidelines, Héma-Québec will not accept dents Association, also sees the blood donations from any man found to have sex with men move as detrimental to the de­ due to last year's Hema-Québec-Second Cumming fiasco and the Student Society's recent banning of blood collection in since 1977. The Society Constitution compels SSMU activities partment.

"Shoving [students] into a ce­ the Shatner building, McGill Athletics has been quick to point to be undertaken "without discrimination on the basis of irrel­ ment room - I don't know how it out that this drive, already in its second installment, has been evant personal characteristics." Councillors have interpreted in the works since August and is no way a political statement the clause as restrict groups that are judged to have inher­ would affect learning," Appleby against SSMU's controversial policy. ently discriminatory policies from operating events in SSMUsaid in reference to converting the "The drive was planned well before the SSMU action," governed areas, Leacock Labs to classrooms. "If we McGill Athletics is not under the jurisdiction of the Stu­ do nothing, it sets a precedent for Weaver said."I organized these when I worked at Bombardier splitting up departments. We're and I wanted to have one here. It went relatively well last year dents' Society and any SSMU resolutions-such as the blood and it was something we decided we wanted to have every See SSMU on page 2 2 See STORY on page 5 year in November."

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M e d s t u d e n t s le ft w it h o u t h o s p ita l in s tr u c tio n Quebec medical specialists protest within confines of controversial bill K ayvon A fshari McGill's medical students are outraged at being used as a bargaining chip in standstill ne­ gotiations between the provincial government and Quebec's medical specialists.

Bill 37, a special law adopted by the pro­ vincial government in June 2006, caps medical specialists'wages and regulates working condi­ tions in hospitals. According to the CBC, under the bill, Quebec's medical specialists earn ap­ proximately $233,000 while the Canadian aver­ age is $343,000.

The bill also prohibits specialists from strik­ ing to pressure the government for change.This has prompted many to protest within the con­ fines of the bill by denying hospital instruction and supervision to students of Quebec's four medical universities.

Elie Sarraf, third year Medicine, explained the goal of the protesting specialists. "[They] are trying to threaten the gov­ ernment and say 'a whole year is not going to graduate. What are you going to do?' That's the whole poker game. It's the only tactic that they've got."

In response to this standoff, the McGill Medical Students' Society held a press confer­ ence Thursday to highlight the predicament faced by medical students.

Last week, a handful of McGill students joined several hundred other medical students at Université de Montréal and marched through the city to draw attention to their plight in the

conflict. MSS President Tim Lussier said that It remains unclear what the faculty will do Yasmin Halwani, U3 Medicine, who also while he and other representatives have been in order to compensate for lost training time, as completed her undergraduate degree at McGill, working with the three other medical schools students are unable to get clinical training with-, said that she is now questioning whether to do (Université Laval, Université de Montréal and out a supervisor present. her residency in the province as a result of the Université de Sherbrooke) the press conference Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine volatile situation. She was quick to point her fin­ Dr. Joyce Pickering said that the details of this ger at the provincial government. was the first "McGill-specific" event.

"My immediate goal is to make sure that compensation will have to be worked out in the "Unfortunately, this is the only pressure people are aware of what's going on at McGill near future, noting that "a lot depends on how tactic that [Quebec medical specialists] have and that the impacts are real and severe," Lussier long the work action by the specialists lasts." at their disposal to put pressure on the gov­ said. "Hopefully if we're vocal about it, it will put FMSQ President Dr. Gaétan Barrette is ada- ernment to increase their pay. None of us are pressure to get it resolved." resentful towards the specialists who are The Fédération des Médecins Spéciali- " W h a t h a p p e n s t o d a y w ill e it h e r denying us teaching. We blame the Quebec stes du Québec has been leading the fight im p r o v e o r im p e d e t n e w a y th e y government for not paying the specialists against the bill and negotiating with the pro­ w ill p ra c tic e m e d ic in e in t h e ir fairly compared to other specialists within vincial government.

Canada.” c a re e rs . T h is m u s t b e w o n f o r "As it stands, the law prohibits medi­ However, Breanne McCook, third year th e m ." cal specialists from changing their practice Medicine, did not want to focus on whom to — FM S Q P re s id e n t D r. B a rre tte blame and recognized that both sides face and prevents any negotiation of their remu­ neration," said FMSQ Vice-President Dr. Louis difficulties in the negotiations.

Morazain. "Someone will have to explain to "It's not a finger pointing game,"she said. me how we can shorten waiting lists without mantly opposed to the bill, describing it as "the "The government has a lot of things to do and changing our hours of practice and without worst piece of legislation ever written by any health care is one of many things that they have supplementary budgets to remunerate physi­ government over anyone." to try to balance and fund. The FMSQ is trying cians”.

He had a message to McGill medical stu­ to work through the confines of Bill 37 and find Third year medical student Samuel Vail- dents who see themselves as innocent, victims a way that they can legally express their discon­ lancourt, who hopes to graduate in 2008, ex­ in the confrontation. tent. Unfortunately that comes down on us as pressed frustration at the effect the job action “This battle is for all medical specialists and medical students." might have on medical students trying to finish all doctors in this province and is for the benefits Frustrated with their role as collateral dam­ their programs. in [McGill medical students'] future careers,"Bar­ age in political negotiations, McCook said, "I just "It's definitely making people feel extreme­ rette said.'If we don't win this, they might work really wish that students weren't being used as ly insecure about when they're going to gradu­ on a different basis than we are today. What pawns." ate and what kind of training they're going to happens today will either improve or impede The MSS will hold a demonstration on have when they graduate- and that is very wor­ the way they will practice medicine in their ca­ Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Roddick Gates. risome," he said. reers. This must be won for them.”

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$ 1 2 -m illio n g iv e n t o S c ie n c e a n d E n g in e e r in g Unclear whether undergraduates will benefit from donation V in c c i T sui LorneTrottier has left his mark at McGill yet again with a $i2-million donation to the faculties of Science and Engineer­ ing. The gift will fund the establishment of the LorneTrottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology in the Faculty of Sci­ ence, and the LorneTrottier Chair in Aerospace Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering. Some of the money will also go towards graduate fellowships.

Faculty of Science Director of Development Carole Kleingrib explained that endowed chairs are senior faculty posi­ tions in research areas proposed by the deans and approved by the administration.

"We did what we call a'Strategic Planning Exercise,'where the deans submitted their top priorities, with a focus on ex­ isting strengths and new priorities," she said. "The endowed chair will be a very senior academic who will be in charge of conducting research, pushing the boundaries of research, holding colloquia and attracting graduate students,"she said.

Although the donation will go directly to research and graduate students, Kleingrib believes that it will have a posi­ tive impact on undergraduates as well.

"The research generated by these professors will enter the curricula right away. Also, at McGill, undergraduates are often involved in research much earlier than in other universi­ ties."

"A trickle down to the undergraduates is tangible," Robyn Ouimet, a Faculty of Engineering development officer said.

"The undergraduates will still have access to the professor during office hours and in the classroom.The more professors we have to talk about their research, the more undergrads will benefit and this is one of McGill's goals."

Former Engineering Undergraduate Society president Maria Mastorakos agreed that Trottier's donation will benefit undergraduates, but would like to see more money going di­ rectly towards undergraduate programs.

"When grad research starts, there are more opportuni­ ties for undergrads to get [Natural Science and Engineering

Research of Canada scholarships]," she said. "Also, when you attract better graduate students, that means betterTAs for the undergrads."

The Faculty of Science has opted to appoint Canada Re­ search Chair holder Professor Victoria Kaspi, an astrophysicist specializing in pulsars, to the Lome Trottier Chair in Astro­ physics and Cosmology. The Faculty of Engineering plans to launch an international search to fill the Aerospace Engineer­ ing chair soon.

Ouimet said that the establishment of an aerospace en­ gineering research chair is appropriate for the faculty.

"This is an area that we already have critical mass in," she said. "There is a cluster of businesses in Montreal so the in­ dustry will support our research and the chair will catalyze the research.”

Ouimet also stressed the benefits of having a portion of the donation go towards funding graduate fellowships.

"Graduate students are the engine of research," she said.

"If we compare McGill's ability to provide funding for them to other Canadian universities, we weren't competing at the same level."

Mastorakos went on to commend the Engineering fac­ ulty for what they were doing for undergraduate students.

"The new dean has brought more student focus,"she said.

"The faculty is building a new service centre and so right now I think they are putting more funding into student services as opposed to academics. They still seem to be concerned with the undergraduates, so I think we should just take what we can get."

This is not the first time that Trottier has made contri­ butions to the university. Just six years ago, he donated $10million to help fund the construction of the Lome M. Trottier building, which houses classrooms and labs for the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the School of Computer Science. The building was inaugurated in 2004, ANNIK BABINSKI the same year thatTrottier launched the annual LorneTrottier Symposium in Science, a public lecture series that focuses on Want to see your name forever stamped on a McGill building? All scientific issues. ■ you need to do is make two easy payments of $5 -million.

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Darkhorse Liberal candidate speaks on potential party reform A lli M a c I saac With the Liberal convention rapidly ap­ proaching, leadership hopeful Gerard Kennedy spoke of his new vision for the Liberal Party of Canada to a packed room of students at McGill last Tuesday.

Kennedy, a former Ontario education minister, addressed a number of problems as­ sociated with the Liberal Party and suggested possble solutions to be implemented should he be elected leader. His presentation focused on a higher level of public involvement within the party and accountability to propel the party forward.

The event, hosted by the Debating Union and Liberal McGill, was attended by notables such as Kennedy's campaign Manager Louise Fleishman, Stéphane Dion's Quebec campaign Chair Marc Lavigne and Justin Trudeau.

"We have to take responsibility," Kennedy said. "The worst thing that the Liberal party could do is rest on its laurels."

Kennedy's vision of a new Liberal Party is one where the party would encourage more involvement, create more intra-party opportu­ nities and project a credible image.

"I would have open accountability sessions,"

he said. "We need to open the running of the the party is too leader-centric.

"The entire Canadian government has a party to scrutiny. We need to put an expectation presidential sygem without the checks and out there that is uniform across the country."

Kennedy, who is the only candidate to sup­ balances of the US," Kennedy said. "What I'm port the idea of having 50 per cent female'MPs, proposing...is [determining] how the leader emphasized his intention of strengthening the can actually set the table in a way that will be convincing to Canadians in time for the next youth movement within the party.

Currently in third place in terms of del­ election.” egate support, behind Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae, Kennedy Suggested that post­ secondary education would also be a top priority for him.

"We've let our­ selves slide," he said.

"There is no other country in the world that doesn't have some . involvement from the federal gov­ ernment. Canada can't be a place with the banging of a tin cup on the table from the OLIVERNGUYEN provincial governments."

Kennedy addresses target audience on the party youth movement Kennedy believes

While discussing the upcoming conven­ tion, Kennedy looked to the future.

"It really is going to be a choice made by Liberal members,"he said."It's going to be about where the country is going to go and it is going to be the majority of people in this room that will be living with the consequences."

Trudeau, a current McGill student complet­ ing a Masters degree in geography, commented on the reality of the Liberal Party's perception in Canada.

"Take a long hard look and pay more at­ tention to the message Gerard Kennedy has about real renewal," he said. "What's it going to take? Actual change, not pretend. Any substan­ tial change will really let people reconsider [the party] as more legitimate."

Students reacted positively to.the speech.

"I support Mr. Kennedy," said Hannah Cowen, one of the few Kennedy* delegates to the convention from Quebec.. "I thought that the renewal platform he just unveiled is very impressive, it supports his ideas on youth en­ gagement in the party on a realistic level. He's the only candidate I've seen that has put forth concrete ideas on renewal." ■

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H o m e le s s in it ia t iv e fills s t o m a c h s , lifts s p ir its Downtown park converted into five day festival for city's homeless M a tt C a m pbell A small park at the corner of de Maison­ neuve and Rue Berri played host last week to the annual Etat d'Urgence, a five day festival aimed at providing basic needs for the city's homeless. The event, organized by the Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable, also pro­ vided musical entertainment and art displays showcasing pieces produced for and by street persons.

A rarity in downtown Montreal, tents were perched across the terrace, people sat on benches around open fires to keep warm, vol­ unteers distributed food coffee and clothing, and dance music blared in the afternoons from park speakers.

According to ATSA's Web site, the event was designed to raise awareness and address social taboos of homelessness. According to the latest government estimate, more than 28,000 people call Montreal streets their home. Many congregate in the downtown core, where they engage in daily panhandling and blend into part of the city landscape.

The event also served as a venue for the homeless to bond.

Organizer Geneviève Massé explained that

the festival was a compilation of many events.

"There is an artistic program. There's a cir­ cus, theatre and even a conference," she said.

Evening concerts featured DJs Pouliche Magique, Denyse Juncutt and Ghislain Poirier.

Entertainment also included live music groups le Husky, The New Kings and Sweatshop Tango.

Massé was in charge of distributing food to over one hundred people who showed up for each meal during the week.

'I have to make sure everything is prepared and decide whattocook,”she said."Today we're having soup, but local restaurants come by and serve their cuisine in the evenings."

Montreal native Armené DuMensil enjoyed a cup of the free coffee in the ATSA tent before bingo was scheduled to begin.

"It's marvelous," he said in broken french.

"This is the first time I've found something like this. Le monde est sympathique'.'

Community sponsors played a large part in funding the Etat d'Urgence week. A work­ ing group of Sustainable Concordia called R-4 donated 225 reusable plates, Equita provided 5,000 cups of coffee and Consortium Échologique provided on-site recovery and com­ posting efforts.

"It's a good idea," said attendee Yves Glout-

nay, 49. "It's helping people with needs. I first came on Wednesday. You know, the service is quite good. We're lucky to have this."

Homelessness continues to be an unre­ solved issue in the city. The Old Brewery Mis­ sion, a homeless shelter in Montreal has also been helping those in need for more than 100 years. Currently, the organization provides meals, transitional residence and clothing, and

" W h e n th e r e n t is p a id th e r e is n 't m u c h le f t t o e a t."

— Y ves G lo u tn a y , F e s tiv a l a tte n d e e has a total of 458 beds.

"Right now, we are running at capacity," said Communications Officer Christian Durand.

"We have a new mission here and it's not just to be the front line," he said. "The bowl of soup and a bed used to work, but in the '80s and '90s the-government closed down a lot of public infrastructure and mental health servic­ es. We needed a new method of dealing with homelessness."

Durand admitted its difficult dealing with these problems.

"I think that society-wise, it's a little tough.

One of the problems is that homeless people aren't considered as equal citizens," he contin­ ued. "The new law which outlawed being able to sleep in parks, I think, reflects an attitude. To me, I'd speculate the mayor of Ville Marie was pressured by citizens who were buying up con­ dos and didn't like seeing this. There was no consultation with any of the shelters or poverty advocacy groups. You wouldn't see this happen with another segment of the population."

Back in the coffee tent, sitting beside Gloutnay were two other homeless men who shared his thoughts. "Maybe these kinds of things will bring attention to the government," one man said. And although there were bouts of laughter at the tables, they often spoke of their troubles, including Gloutnay.

"When the rent is paid there isn't much left to eat," he said.

However, Durand remains hopeful in the fight against homelessness.

"In some ways, it has gotten better be­ cause I think that people are reinventing the way in which they deliver services and deal with homelessness. We last year were able to get a number of people to ease them into living independently.That, to us, is success." ■

MATTCAMPBELL Montreal's homeless line up for hot coffee in the ATSA tent, located at Berri-UQAM metro station.

Attendees nap on the stage on Sunday afternoon.

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With finals and term papers looming, many students will be making use of McGill's study spaces and resources more frequently, especially those that are available 24 hours. Each faculty differs in its abil­ ity to provide resources to its students, with some faculties clearly meeting student needs while others don't quite make the mark.

Students in engineering and science clearly have the upper hand in faculty resources, with a variety of student-centered areas available to them, while Arts students are left wanting.

Engineering Professor Subhasis Ghoshal gave an overview of his faculty's student resources.

"TheTrottier building is dedicated to undergrad­ uate teaching and as such has ample study space, all of which is 24-hour," Ghoshal said. "This includes the first and second floor cafeteria and lounge space, breakout rooms on the third, fourth and fifth floors and open computer areas on these same floors."

There is also a 24-hour study space available in the Wong building in the student lounge. All of these areas are near bathrooms as well as vending machines— perfect for late night cramming. As for computer access, there are computer rooms avail­ able in a number of buildings: Macdonald Har­ rington, Frank Dawson Adams, McConnell, Macdon­ ald, Trottier and Wong.

Engineering students Supun Jayasinghe, Uo, and Alex Saleh, Ui, also said they were content with their faculties'student resources.

"There are always enough computers," Saleh said. "The only thing is that more study rooms could be good and quieter study spaces."

Science students also have extensive student resources, mostly located within the Burnside build­ ing. Open 24 hours to science students, it contains tables, couches, Wi-Fi access and computer labs with high capacity printers. Burnside also gives students access to washrooms in the 24-hour space.

Ritu Modi, executive administrator of the Sci­ ence Undergraduate Society, said that Burnside has other perks.

"Burnside basement has, during the day, a small cafeteria open, with a variety of foods, including hot meals, snacks and drinks," Modi said. "There are also three vending machines available for snacks and drinks, as well as a change machine and a coffee ma­ chine."

The Schulich School of Music also provides a wealth of resources to its students, through the Marvin Duchow library in the new music building.

The library provides the main hub of music study resources, including computers with attached key­ boards and audio editing software, group listening stations, seminar rooms that double as larger prac­ tice and study rooms, an extensive music collection and a multimedia room.

However, the library is not available on a 24hour schedule. Head Librarian Cynthia A. Leive, how­ ever, didn't find this to be a major problem. "[The students] can take out a laptop, or use the wireless, to get 24-hour computer access [else­ where]," she said. "Its not quite as critical as it used to be."

The laptops available for rental by the music li­ brary are equipped with the same software as the desktop computers.

"We have very good hours for a branch library," Leive said.

While this may be true, it creates a potential problem for music students - especially when stu­ dents in most other faculties have 24-hour access to their faculty-specific resources. Being both a branch library and the centre of music student resources re­ sults in limitations on one of those roles. . Arts students also have access to a number of resources, including some 24-hour space in the Lea­ cock building. However, the lack of a bathroom has presented difficulites to users. "[Bathroom access] is one of the big things we're working on," said Arts Undergraduate Society Vice-President Academic Nejeed Kassam. "We've met with the building director a few times and we're working on some options. There is bathroom access in Burnside. It's a bit of a trek, but anyone can get in 24 hours a day. We've had two meetings and they know about the issue. It's difficult because the rest of Leacock is blocked off for security reasons. It would cost a lot of money to add a washroom."

But how useful is a 24-hour study space that doesn't have 24-hour bathroom access? Even if there is an available washroom in the Burnside building, walking across campus in the middle of the night may not be convenient in the winter months?

Arts students also seem to have more trouble accessing their study resources than faculties like engineering or science. Margherita Devine, Uo Arts, said that there are availability issues during high stress times like midterms and finals.'

"I have my own computer, but I can imagine if someone didn't have their own computer there would be practicality concerns when you cant really guarantee that you'll have access to a computer... there certainly isn't an excess of them,"she said.

Anyone who has been into the Humanities and Social Sciences Library during a weekday has seen how busy it gets as students vie for a chance to print off an assignment or check their email. For those often caught waiting in line, additional computers would certainly help.

Some departments within the Faculty of Arts often don't have access to resources that they need, ennifer Bartoli, U4 Art History and Political Science, explained.

"Being a double major in Political Science and Art History has made the difference between the two departments clear,"Bartoli said."The resources in Art History are much more limited, as are the avail­ able databases online. The library generally offers very little material on each given subject and if you are not the first to put your hand on any given book, you generally cannot find a similar book on the sub­ ject."

So while Engineering and Science students are enjoying the perks of 24-hour plumbing, Arts stu­ dents, for the immediate future, will be forced to re­ sort to public urination. ■

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g r o u p d is c u s s e s L e b a n o n Claims conflict mired in misperception B en F ried The increased tension in Leba­ non following the recent assassina­ tion of Cabinet Minister Pierre Gemayel madeTom Woodley's visit to McGill last week particularly pertinent.

Woodley, cofounder of Canadi­ ans for Justice and Peace in the Mid­ dle East, spoke last Thursday evening in the Shatner building with the aim of rectifying what he called "seven myths about this past summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah."

The Western misconceptions he ad­ dressed included the beliefs that Hez­ bollah initiated the conflict, escalated the violence and was hiding behind civilians. Woodley also established that the conflict had roots extending far beyond this past July and ques­ tioned whether Israel was fighting in self-defence or showed restraint in its attacks.

Invited to speak by McGill Stu­ dents for Palestinian Human Rights, Woodley's passion was evident and several points he brought up elic­ ited audible agreement from the full room. His question of why Israel esca­ lated its bombing campaign so dras­ tically in the last day of the war and his condemnation of cluster bombs appeared to resonate very strongly.

nese and Israeli governments as well While Woodley acknowledged that both sides were guilty of violat­ as reports by Human Rights Watch to ing international law, he saved the substantiate his arguments. Prior to the talk, several detailed factsheets brunt of his criticism for Israel. prepared by Canadians for Justice One of his more contentious claims was that prior to the war, the and Peace in the Middle East were Israeli government had "merely been distributed and contained references waiting for an instance [of aggression] to numerous media reports of the last year. to justify wiping out Hezbollah."

Kamal Bakhazi, the brother of a Meanwhile, he appeared some­ what sympathetic to the Lebanese McGill student and a Lebanese-Canamilitant organization. Speaking about dian, said that while he appreciated Hezbollah's capture of Israeli soldiers, Mr. Woodley's response "to the Zion­ ist myths about the war," he did not he insisted that "prisoner exchanges were the only option to groups seek­ feel that the speech "was a fair intro­ ing the release of prisoners in Is­ duction to the situation in Lebanon, raeli detention.. . you leave them no because it is ridiculous to talk about the origination [and acts] of Hezbol­ choice." "[Israel] attacked all of Lebanon, lah without talking about Iran and purportedly, to damage Hezbollah," Syria."

Woodley and the organizers of Woodley said. "The parallel to that would be the United States attacking the event countered that the speech Germany after 9/11 because some of was not meant to be an overview of the broader situation in Lebanon. the planning took place there."

SPHR Vice-President Information He finished by declaring that the killing of Pierre Gemayel, a Maronite and Research Nasser M. Abukhdeir, Christian politician whose murder has Ph.D. Chemistry, said that "this talk sparked accusations of a Damascus . was about media bias," adding that plot, "is evidence of an atmosphere "the Syria-lran issue is not that perti­ made more susceptible to destabili­ nent right now."

All three felt that civil war in sation" by the war.

Woodley frequently, referred to Lebanon is now a very urgent pos­ figures compiled by both the Leba­ sibility. ■

CAMPUS BUZZ Do you think Quebec should be considered a nation?

"Within Canada, yes. I'm a nationalist and I think that Quebec should be very proud of its heritage and at the same time Canada should embrace it. I don't think that Quebec should separate for political and economic schemes, but from a cultural standpoint, I think that Quebec should be recognized as a nation. It's a distinct society and I think that the whole debate right now is stretched out. It's thinning out really quickly and people are getting really tired of it."

— Louis-Phillippe Fortin Borroughes, U5 Materials Engineering "No. I don't think it should be considered a nation even in name because it should stay united. What kind of example are we setting? We're not fighting for resources.There is no scarcity of resources, why should we have to separate? If we separate even in name, we're not showing unity as a nation."

— Marie-Claire Schneider, Ui International Development Studies "I think it should be considered a separate nation within Canada because I don't think that it should separate but people should recognize that Quebec is different from all other provinces."

— Elizabeth Moorhouse Stein, U3 Languages and interpretation

"I guess Quebec should be considered a nation because just the other day I was walking to a gym far away and no one even spoke English. It was like I was in a different country. It shouldn't necessarily be recognized officially as a separate entity."

— Rupert Common, Ui English Literature

"It doesn't hurt to be considered a nation, and we already have other na­ tions within Canada like the First Nations who are recognized as independent, so I don't think that it's dangerous to recognize that Quebec is a separate and distinct entity within Canada."

— Adam Buist, U2 Psychology

"I think that it should just be all one and that there shouldn't be any ten­ sion between English an French. It can be French-speaking, but I think it should all be one nation."

— Aminah Malik, Uo Arts & Science

"Everyone should just chill and get along."

— Sarah Goulzing, Management Uo — compiled by Kayvon Afshari

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m o r e s t u d e n t in p u t Execs concerned with implementation Continued from COVER getting more space but it's not a good thing if there's no centre for the department."

There is much concern over the move among students who feel that they had very limited input in the reallocation plans.

“There's no student representa­ tion on the faculty space reallocation board, and we've tried to get it but it didn't happen,"said AUS Vice-President Communications Phil Holdsworth.

"We don't necessarily have any say. It's all very closed doors."

Kelford also expressed concerns with student input and the execution of the proposed plan.

"We haven't been able to get input from the students because we haven't been given explicit plans," he said.

A survey was circulated by Assis­ tant Dean Academic Mary MacKinnon to students asking their thoughts on student space, and updates on the plans were provided at every Faculty meeting during the semester. Manfredi also met with the AUS executive and included their report in the deci­ sion-making process.

Manfredi explained that moving the computer labs from Leacock to Ferrier has potential benefits for stu­ dents.

"Ferrier is directly connected to the Arts Building, and such a move could present opportunities to im­ prove the social space, consistent with the task force on student life and

learning, by creating a landscaped courtyard between Arts and Ferrier, and by establishing a small cafe/snack bar in Ferrier that could be student run."

He also pointed out that stu­ dents would have better bathroom access than in Leacock where there is no open bathroom after hours. How­ ever, the tunnel is well-disguised, and it is unclear if many students know of its existence or how to find it.

Current plans, call for the reallo­ cation to take place in its entirety dur­ ing the summer semester of 2007. Any spillover of the move into the 20072008 academic year would come at the students' expense, as it is their access to the computer facilities that would be hindered.

"The next September tirrieline is unrealistic,"said AUS President RJ. Kel­ ford. "No one thinks they're going to keep a next September timeline."

In the report AUS "guardedly supported"the move of the computer labs to Ferrier.

"I doubt [McGill] would renovate these labs into bad classrooms. I imag­ ine the faculty wouldn't be that short­ sighted. I hope we can count on them for that," Kelford said.

The space reallocation issue was brought forth at the last AUS Town Hall meeting, but was overshadowed by the SSMU-FEUQ debate. Thus, the student body remains, for the most part, uninformed of the university's intentions.

"I hope that students are out­

raged if they see this as a bad idea,” Kelford said. "We hope [students] knock on the AUS office door and email us, because we need student input to present a case to the faculty."

Kelford, however, is optimistic when it comes to AUS's role in the proceedings.

"F think if we have to, AUS can stop this. I believe that, because what kind of president would I be if I said this was hopeless? i'm not convinced that this is the worst thing for stu­ dents, but I'm not convinced it's a good thing either."

AUS will be conducting a se­ ries of meetings in the coming week with both MacKinnon and Manfredi, wherein more information will hope­ fully be released and resultant action can be taken.

"This agreement isn't final," Kel­ ford said.* — Additional reporting by KateSpirgen

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T raci J ohnson When Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay announced plans to re­ name Avenue du Parc to honour a former Quebec Premier, Montrealers greeted the news with a storm of public protests, gathering in front of city hall with handmade signs and lobbying their city council represen­ tatives in borough meetings. Yester­ day, more than six weeks after Trem­ blay first proposed the name change in honour of Robert Bourassa, former Quebec premier, city councillors con­ vened to decide the motion in a free vote. As of press time, votes had not been cast.

Some of Tremblay's councillors said they would vote against the name change, which is significant because Montreal city politics is no­ torious for strict party discipline. Vi­ sion Montreal, the main opposition party, also allowed its councillors a free vote.

Tremblay argued that Bourassa deserves to have a main thorough­ fare bear his name and believes that Avenue du Parc is a perfect choice as it runs through two ridings that he either lived in or represented. It also intersects with the street named after the politician's longtime rival and successor René Lévesque.

Bourassa was a two-term Liberal Premier who ushered in the ground­ breaking French-language legislation Bill 22 and led Quebec during the Oc­ tober Crisis.

However, area residents have said that the name Parc already has its own historical significance. The street takes its 123 year old name from Mount-Royal Park, which opened in the 1880s and protects precious city green space. Thousands have signed online petitions opposing the name change.

Parc merchants, many of whom named their businesses after the street, also oppose Tremblay's pro­ posal. The Parc Avenue Merchants Association voted unanimously to fight the name change, citing the high cost of changing addresses. Be­ fore the vote, the group estimated that with verbal assurances it was only five votes short of defeating the motion.

Despite the outcry from resi­ dents and business owners, the mayor refused to hold public consul­ tations to discuss the renaming. The opinion pages of city newspapers and online blogs filled with letters denouncing the mayor as autocratic and undemocratic.

In response to the harsh criti­ cisms, the mayor's communication

director, Richard Theriault, sent out an e-mail to everyone who wrote to city hall with concerns about the re­ naming.

Extolling Bourassa, his email reference to "numerous neo-Mon­ trealers" that live along Avenue du Parc has sparked further outrage. In a letter that appeared in the Nov. 17 Montreal Gazette, one resident asked the mayor to "wake-up" to the face of the new Montreal.

"Richard Theriault's reference to 'neo-Montrealers' and 'their history' smacks of old-school 'pur-laine' men­ tality," he wrote.

Opponents of the renaming vowed to make their voices heard at yesterday's city council meeting.

Save Park Avenue signs encouraged Montrealers to pack the main lobby of city hall. "Protest posters and ban­ ners will not be permitted, but loud voices are," read one sign.

Raminder Gil, U2 Biochemistry, said she was opposed to the name change because she does not believe Bourassa deserves to have a main ar­ tery like Parc renamed in his honour.

"There was a recession during his ministership and I don't think we were very proud of him," she said. “I don't think merchants should have to change their addresses, and if they do, Montreal should pay for it." ■

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Silverman pointed to this mo­ tion, spearheaded by the SSMU del­ egation, as indicative of the potential that CFS membership has.

"When we brought this cam­ paign out of the blue, everyone was really happy that we had done it, but no one had thought to do it."

Both Silverman and Arts Senator Adrian Angus acknowledged that key to their perception of CFS's benefits is the follow-up to the blood donation policy campaign and what substan­ tive measures are taken.

'If us bringing this to the CFS can make it into a pan-Canadian policy with 87 member schools throughout Canada pressuring He'alth Canada to make this change, then it becomes a much larger voice," Angus said. "It's no longer just McGill University. If that's the kind of influence and change that we can have, then maybe the CFS is the right organization for us. Howev­ er, this is yet to be determined."

Church remains sceptical about the role that other student unions are playing.

"It still needs a lot of work before the other schools would engage in a level of debate that I would feel com­ fortable with,"Church said. "That's my main hesitation— that there is no culture of questioning your leader­ ship or debate."»

K ayvon A fshari The Students'Society got its first taste of what membership in the Ca­ nadian Federation of Students is like at last week's CFS general assembly in Ottawa. With 15 representatives form­ ing the delegation, McGill students had the most representation of the 87 schools at the four day conference.

Rob Church, SSMU Clubs and Services representative, was particu­ larly impressed with the SSMU del­ egation's performance.

"For our first prospective mem­ bership conference we played an in­ credibly active role based on the fact that we are more used to a political culture than the other members of CFS and based on the fact that we brought more people," he said.

SSMU Vice-President External Max Silverman, who has expressed concerns with the level of debate within CFS, was pleased to see the organization was heading in the right direction, mainly as a result of the del­ egation's active participation. "[Debate at the CFS is] stale be­ cause there is no one active at the table, not because they don't want activity around the table," Silverman said. "When you actually force people to debate, you can get some really good democracy and debate going."

One of SSMU's main achieve­ ments was the approval of their motion for CFS to actively pressure

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N D G lib r a r y s e t t o c l o s e d u e t o la c k o f f u n d in g McGill group hopes to save institution and fight illiteracy with book donations K ate S pirgen In a fight to end illiteracy, the McGill Golden Key Society has teamed up with Better World Books to save the Fraser-Hickson Library lo­ cated in NDG. The library, which has been open for over 120 years, is being forced to leave its current building and decrease services due to a recent decline in revenue.

The library is currently open to all residents of Montreal and offers di­ verse services that reach out to both elderly and young members of the community including science clubs, reading clubs, chess games and com­ puter labs. However, many of these programs are at risk of being shut down because of a lack of funding.

"We had hoped, throughout our three-year partnership with the city, that the borough's stated com­ mitment to the library would have led to a durable solution to continue services to our 12,000 members,'said library President John Dinsmore in an open letter to community members.

He added, "It is highly unfor­ tunate that a solution has yet to be found. We share the deep regrets of our members, but are confident that

our plans for the future provide an exciting opportunity for the FraserHickson to serve the community in a new way."

In the past, the library offered a lifetime membership for only $2, while most libraries charge around S125 per year. It will now be refocus­ ing its resources on young people because of their risk of illiteracy and the location of the library near so many education institutions.

"Considering the need for librar­ ies for younger people, declining lit­ eracy levels and the significant drop­ out rates among high-school and CEGEP students in this province," Din­ smore said. "We intend to continue providing free services to Montreal­ ers, but with a focus on the young."

The Golden Key Club and library supporters have put out a petition to Mayor Tremblay, demanding that "the city step up and provide perma­ nent funding for the free century-old Fraser-Hickson Library." So far, the petition has gathered over 8,000 sig­ natures in paper form and even more online.

"There's been a lot of outrage from the community and a lot of librarians and teachers have been

signing.This is an important resource for them," Pinsky said.

The slogan, 'literacy and educa­ tion is a right, not a commodity," is being used by the library supporters to show their support for resources that give everyone the opportunity to learn, as well as its role as a com­ munity centre.

However, the library will be forced to close its current building if no additional sources of revenue are obained from the city. Although the library will be able to provide $200,000 for the next two years from its own savings, it will not be enough to keep the library open.

Without at least $400,000 a year in outside funding, the library will have to shut down.

The library is also a part of the Golden Key Society's book drive for Better World Books.

"We want to have a link between Better World Books and the Golden Key to bring attention to the FraserHickson to advocate libraries and lit­ eracy for all," Pinsky said. "We're trying to show that the Golden Key Society isn't just academic, but there's also a social focus on both a local and an international level."*

Students say talk is cheap at Town Hall Heather Munroe-Blum held a Town Hall last Wednesday in the-Strathcona Music Building, aiming to discuss issues of relevance to the McGill commu­ nity.

A brief introduction to the event promised an audience of about 60 that all questions would be noted and recorded, though perhaps not answered right away. Twenty-six questions and over an hour later, Munroe-Blum had re­ sponded to concerns that ran the gamut from potential locations for future engineering society blood drives to how the nine meter no-smoking radius could be better enforced around McGill buildings. Native land rights and envi­ ronmental sustainability were top ranking issues o^he day. The question of an anticipated hike in tuition fees was only broached once.

Communication wavered throughout the forum. Munroe-Blum received applause on more than one occasion and was even asked how one student might demonstrate his utter appreciation for her hard work. "Write a letter"she said,"tell the papers while you're at it."

Over a dozen members of McGill's Grassroots Association for Student Power were present and vocal on most issues.The group passed out a sheet of "suggested questions"that participants should ask the Principal.

According to GRASPé, the event represented "little more than a dead-end pseudo-consultation," as their literature stated. Group member Cleve Higgins suggested that McGill needs a change in governance and that in fact,"political questions are not for these spaces."

Present for the Town Hall, Marina Chirchikova called the entire initiative "a farce". However, some students took a more moderate view.

Attendee Lukkasce Martin raised the issue of McGill's obligation to com­ pensate Native peoples for an alleged outstanding federal government loan whose funds were unfairly withdrawn from a Six Nations trust fund in the 1800s. Martin conceded that under the circumstances, Munroe-Blum's only option was bold denial.

Munroe-Blum emphasized that McGill is grossly underfunded compared to its peers. She also took the opportunity to remind students that the average national tuition is still much higher than McGill's.

— Heather Anderson

Politcal Science hosts trivia night The Political Science Students'Association held aTrivia Night last Wednes­ day at Gert's to allow students to get to know their professors.

The club also sponsors movie nights once a month and recently orga­ nized a trip to New York City and a wine and cheese event with both faculty and students at the end of the year.

The highlight event for next semester is a speaker panel on career choices available to that will be held sometime in January. The panel, called "What to do with your Political Science degree,"will have graduate students, alumni and professors speak and answer questions on what to do after undergrad.

"So many people do not know what they can do with their Political Sci­ ence degree,"said Hilary Papineau, U3 Political Science."There is a whole range of opportunities and careers, but still, a lot of students are not aware of others besides law or government."

Anyone who is in the Faculty of Arts, especially Political Science, has faced that question, which/ is the reason why the club believes it is important.

Papineau said that they "want to do this because students start wonder­ ing about it well before fourth year."

While the date is not yet scheduled for what promises to be an interac­ tive panel, the club is working in conjunction with the Career and Placement Services office, which according to Papineau, has been "truly supportive in the process."

— Isis Ortiz

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JESSE.CHASER@GMAIL.COM ith all the challenges that those W who identify as women face in a world still largely male dominated, it would be logical to think that they would band together on the basis of their shared experience and goals. This, however, is not the case.

Women hate other women. This, of course, is a gross generalization. Not all women hate all other women and there are many examples of women coming togeth­ er to help one another through mentoring, advice and support. But most women hate some other women. Why? My answer is men.

Straight women are in competition to get the best men and thus, they do not like those they perceive to be potential rivals. Often this hatred is based on what women believe men are looking for: ap­ pearance. The smart, know-it-all girl in your conference may be annoying, but is likely not hated unless she is also drop-dead gorgeous. Generally speaking, the better looking the woman, the higher the levels of hate—with a caveat: If a woman is beau­ tiful but an airhead, she will likely not be loathed as much as if she's beautiful, smart, successful and well-liked. This is no surprise as it is pretty self-evident that being that total package means greater competition.

However, the base for hatred remains the same: beauty.

While the issue of women hating other women can be largely explained in terms of a search for a mate, it cannot be done so exclusively. There are countless anecdotes about women in business and professional fields refusing to mentor young female protégés and even making it difficult or

ith five term papers to write, I haven't been the most social of butterflies as of late. If I can't be bothered to en­ sure that I'm wearing socks as I sprint to make the 5 p.m. time stamp deadline, I sure as hell can't be bothered to notice that the male population on campus has dwindled to near post-apocalyptic numbers. But last Sunday morning, when I stepped out of my apart­ ment, blinking against the unfamiliar burn of natural light, I finally sensed that something was amiss. As I made my way to Provigo, I noticed that everything was just slightly... off. Stopping at a light, a tumbleweed blew across my path. That settled it— there was a disturbance in the Force. I was curious, but as I began shopping for provisions, the thought slipped my mind until I noticed that all of the Pizza Pockets and Mountain Dew were sold out. Upon returning to my humble abode, I began to piece together the puzzle and after several minutes, it finally hit me— the Wii was out.

I suppose I should have figured out that something epic was underway when the night before, at Tokyo, there was a belowaverage number of creepy, sweaty-palmed men pawing at me and my friends. That's not to say that there weren't a lot of creepers—it was practically a Baldwin family reunion— but while there was plenty of creepy, there was not so much of the sweaty-palmed.

As it turned out, our sweaty-palmed neighbours had better things to be doing last Saturday night: They were camped out in front of Future Shop, EB Games and other Meccas of the tech world, eagerly awaiting the stroke of midnight, when they would fi­ nally posses their new significant other.

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outright preventing their rise through the ranks.The competition between women in these cases is often explained by the logic that women are under the impression that there are only so many "women's" spaces available and if they help another get to the top, they'll be out.

This just further perpetuates the problem of women having a hard time ris­ ing through the ranks and the notion that while a few tokens are fine, it's still a boys' club. While appearances here aren't the issue, the underlying cause is still men, or more specifically, what women think men believe.

It should be noted that while men are at the root of the problem, it's not re­ ally their fault. The fault lies with the patriarchical nature of our society and how this hegemonic paradigm socializes both men and women. . The real question is, "Why does this ha­ tred persist?" Maybe it is a strategy perpetu­ ated by those who support the patriarchy to divide and conquer. If society continues conditioning women to hate each other and keep each other down, they'll be too busy to take part equitably in all spheres of society. Perhaps this is too conspiratorial, but perhaps not.

I hope that someone is offended by this notion that women hate other women.

I hope that someone is thinking that this is not true at all and certainly not the way they and their friends are. Perhaps, they think that I'm stuck in a bygone era when women really were concerned about "land­ ing a man." I sincerely hope that someone is thinking this because I want it to be true.

It's just not what I see. ■

fying commitments to their new or soon-tobe-acquired systems. By 12:15 a.m., the streets were flooded with people, waving the con­ soles above their heads as if they had finally found the last piece of the Triforce. By 12:30, the streets were dead silent as video gameinduced hibernation began.

The effects were astronomical: Engineer­ ing classes were half empty and Computer Science profs didn't even bother to come to campus—they were probably busy with their own consoles. "With the gamers otherwise occupied, will I now be able to more easily pick up women?,"an over-zealous non-gamer might wonder. After a hearty chuckle, I would respond, "If your masculine wiles are so lack­ ing that the presence of one, two or even 30 gamers compromises your chances of pick­ ing up, then maybe you should have been in line at Future Shop, because the only action coming your way will be from Wii tennis."

To be fair, I suppose I must mention that the PlayStation 3 was also released last week­ end. After several riots, shootings and store­ front stampedes, 200,000 people worldwide are now enjoying hit-or-miss backwards compatibility and are $600 poorer. With the PS3 barely holding a positive-integered mar­ ket share, Nintendo's message to Sony is clear: Your entire base belongs to us.

As startling as it was to walk out of my home and find the Ghetto gamer-free, this self-imposed seclusion Will be short-lived.

With only 60 hours of gameplay in Twilight Princess, it's only a matter of time before the Nintendo enthusiasts are back on the streets.

Furthermore, with the new Super Smash Bros not coming out until March 2007, it looks like there'll be quite a bit of time to kill before the next mass withdrawal from society. But until then, I call dibs on Ice Climbers. ■

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Kayvon gets going: Born and raised on Long Island, I can tell you with absolute confidence and a dose of arrogance that the "Montreal bagel" sucks. Compared to New York, this city simply doesn't take its bagels seriously. There's a bagel store on every street corner in New York. At home, I'm never more than 30 yards from one, should I ever suffer a sudden bagel crav­ ing. But at school, I have to actually venture out of the McGill bubble to Mile End to discover a bagel provider.

When I finally do get there, the supposed hallmarks of bageldom— Fairmount and St. Viateur—simply fall short. Not only do they not offer you the option of having your bagel toasted, they don't even serve freshly-made cream cheese!

Shockingly, Montrealers I've discussed this crisis with find it ordinary. Montreal should learn from New York, which will tell you that a bagel simply isn't a bagel when you're expected to garnish it w ith... ugh, Philadelphia.

Afshari's theorem states that a city that doesn't place the appropriate value on its bagels is one that does not produce high quality bagels. Please don't make me describe the way they taste, I'm afraid I might vomit.

Charlie replies calmly: Forgive him, O Lord, for he knows not of what he speaks. Unfortunately Kayvon, you lack credibility.

I hate to go ethnic on this, but what the hell does Long Island know about bagels? Clearly nothing judging by your above tirade.

Let me explain a little something about Montreal bagels

to you. What you call "a venture out of the McGill bubble to Mile End," we locals call a pilgrimage.The reason you can't get your bagel toasted at St. Viateur Bagel is precisely because there isn't one on every corner. No one would ever decry the quality of a Schwartz's sandwich because it can only be procured at one location in the world; a true connoisseur will travel for his tasty delights. This isn't McDonald's we're talking about here; it's bagels. If you want quick and easy, why don't you just buy them in bags of six from the supermarket like the rest of the savages?

A bagel is like a fine wine: It needs time to breathe, to take shape and to be savoured. If you want to scorch it, smother its flavours in cream cheese and have the bagel equivalent of a quickie, that's your business. However, for the civilized among us there can be only one choice: the fine dining experience that is the Montreal bagel.

Kayvon retorts: "Ethnicity?" You've got to be kidding me! The Long Island Jewish population is a whopping 545,000 with an additional two million just 30 minutes away in New York City, compared with Montreal's measly 95,000 Chosen People. Soci­ ety rightly acknowledges and gives credit to the Jews for their bagel-making prowess and it's well-established that there is a positive correlation between the Jewish population and the quality of bagels within a 50-kilometre perimeter.

Clearly you've got too much poutine stuck in your mouth to realize that Montreal bagels are thin, limp and impotent,

lacking in both flavour and texture. Each wondrous bite of the mighty New York bagel is thick, vibrant and powerful. Unlike me, you haven't lived in both cities, but I don't blame you for your ignorance; I pity you.

Charlie finishes bewilderdly: Oh poor misguided Kayvon.

Hasn't anyone ever told you that it's not the quantity that counts, it's the quality? First, it's not the size of your Jewish population that matters; it only takes one genius to create the world's best recipe. Second, I've had enough New York-style bagels in my time to know they are an inferior product. They lack punch, chewyness and general character. The fact that they are larger means nothing— bigger is not always better. As for your accusation that Montreal bagels lack texture and fla­ vour, it makes me wonder if you have, in fact, ever even had a St. Viateur bagel. Yeah, you heard me! Are you sure you haven't been confusing bagels with doughnuts this whole time? Mon­ treal bagels are many things, but they certainly aren't lacking in those two key categories.

It's time to wave the white flag with the bagel on it, Kay­ von. Whereas the New York bagel is bland and uninteresting, the Montreal variety is unique, tasty and economical. ■ Charlie and Kayvon are both Tribune editors. Charlie was born and raised in Montreal and loves his bagels, while Kayvon is one o f those stereotypically arrogant, aggressive, loud-mouthed New Yorkers.

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Partly responsible for the principal's propensity erived from traditional meetings in New England, the modern town hall offers a rare to evade is the way in which certain attendees are opportunity for all members of a given com­ presenting themselves and their questions. Far from munity to directly face their public figures and have voicing concerns in a civil, mature manner, some their voices heard. While this could be a promising students— particularly members of the Grassroots and productive exercise for McGill if applied proper­ Association for Student Power and those who took ly, last week's town hall with Principal Heather Mun- cues from the group's pamphlet ofsuggested ques­ roe-Blum reflects the degeneration of this hallmark tions"—are using the town hall as an opportunity political institution. There are several reasons for the to disrespectfully attack Munroe-Blum. While these collapse of constructive dialogue, but many ways to Michael Moore-style tactics may win them the ap­ proval of some of their peers, they are ultimately revitalize this potentially useful forum.

One obvious problem is that both sides are not counterproductive.

A strong, positive and mutually respectful attending to discuss and learn more about each oth­ er's positions in an effort to come up with practical relationship between undergraduates and their solutions, as they should be. Instead, most students principal is essential to fostering an environment and Munroe-Blum herself are in a situation where where both can cooperatively tackle manageable they are forced to attend with the goal of defending McGill-centred issues. Students posing ill-mannered their positions. This situation exists partly because and adversarial questions strain this relationship and the topics addressed at the town hall are by and help to create the circumstances in which Munroelarge broad, complex issues that Munroe-Blum and Blum feels compelled to approach the town hall students simply can't crack in an hour-long meeting. with the goal of defending her positions, rather than For instance, although the oft-addressed issue of tuition may be very important to both sides, Mun­ roe-Blum cannot wave a magic wand and lower our tuition. The funding decisions that would allow that to happen are made by the Quebec government, not McGill.

Instead of focusing on issues of government policy, town hall attendees should be getting Mun­ roe-Blum to attack more manageable issues at McGill, ones that she can make policy and allocate resources to deal with. Twenty-four hour library ac­ cess, a fall semester reading week and even the lack of an unlocked bathroom in Leacock after hours (for those who use the 24-hour computer labs) may not bring out the fervor that an issue like McGill re­ search allegedly having military applications does.

However, they are issues that the Principal can and should address in order to make life at McGill better for students.

For the principal's part, instead of using the town hall as a forum to repeat her talking points and seem well-connected to student life, she should be offering real answers to legitimate questions. Munroe-Blum's tendency to use McGill's under-funding as her failsafe get out of jail free card is tiring and frustrating for students. Every institution and organi­ zation wishes it had more funding; what we want to know is what she is going to do, using the resources that she already has, to kickthis university into shape.

Oversized classes, a lack of academic advisors and an unhelpful bureaucracy are all everyday problems faced by McGill students that Munroe-Blum needs to start taking action on. Students want to hear some refreshing answers, not excuses and sound bites.

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having productive discussions.These attack-dog ap­ proaches are simply childish and reduce the chances of having a civil discourse that leads to compromise both sides can accept—the hallmark of democracy, which is what town halls are supposed to be about.

That being said, if GRASPé does want to ask tough questions about Munroe-Blum's compensation or why the ranks of administrators have swelled signifi­ cantly under her watch, they should feel free to do so, but in a mature and civil manner.

With fewer of these hostile questions, perhaps Munroe-Blum will be able to approach the town hall as a serious democratic tradition and work with concerned students to hear about what matters to them and act upon it. With an active and engaged principal attending these forums, maybe more rea­ sonable students will see and use it as a legitimate place to voice concerns and begin participating. If our town halls are to be saved, level-headed discus­ sion and compromise must prevail over heated, childish attacks. ■ by

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rowing up in the heart of downtown Mon­ treal has had a number of lasting effects on me. Some are obvious, such as an affinity for jaywalking and an in-depth knowledge of the un­ derground city. Some are less so, like my fear of the unbalanced-looking homeless (think about it, they have nothing to lose!) and an ability to not be awo­ ken by anything short of nuclear war. Heck, there's probably some that I don't even know about yet: I'm sure my lungs have consumed more exhaust and smog then most and that could have all sorts of other effects on my future.

Above all, though, if there's one thing I've learned from growing up in this city, it's that the worst people in the world man the ticket booths in the metro stations. That is an absolute fact. I can't explain why this is the case, but I did hear a rumour once that the jokers in the booths are all former drivers who have been demoted for disciplinary reasons. Unfortunately, I suspect that that's one of those stories that's just too good to be true.

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gatekeepers in the booths tend to be among the rudest, laziest and generally least affable people in public transit—and that's saying something. I sometimes wonder whether these guys even have the capacity to use words, because if you ask them a question, they tend to answer in a series of hand signals and taps on the glass. Come to think of it, slap a blue smock on Coco the gorilla and you get a pretty good idea of what it's like to try to communi­ cate with these clowns.

I'm not quite sure what it is about them. Maybe they're lazy types who just happened to be strolling through the metro one day and thought to them­ selves, "Hey, look at that. A union job where I get to sit in a captain's chair all day and have an easy com­ mute; now that's the life for me!" Or maybe, like bus drivers, they start off as good people but eventu­ ally the grind of continually having to deal with the public wears them down until they are nothing but jaded and spiteful shells of their former selves.

My personal suspicion is slightly different.

Certainly laziness and dealing with the public play some role here but more then anything it's the

booth itself. Much like Superman when exposed to red Kryptonite, as soon as these ticket takers step into that booth, they become assholes. I would think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that they are behind bullet-proof glass, free to say and do whatever they please without fear of reproach.

That lack of accountability gives them licence to do pretty much whatever they feel like. In addition, the fact that they probably couldn't care less whether or not you're satisfied with their service probably plays an important role here. Regardless, the power trips these booth-minders go on is something to be beheld.

Mercifully, the Société du Transport de Mon­ tréal seems to be working towards curbing this problem, albeit probably unknowingly. Renovations under way throughout the metro system have sep­ arated the booth from all but one of the turnstiles, meaning that if you have a bus pass or metro tickets, it's no longer necessary to have any kind of contact with the booth monkeys. As for the rest of the world, bring exact change and if you need directions, ask someone who's not behind an inch of glass. ■

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Some inconvenient facts The Tribune and Kristin Maich would do well by their readers to provide additional in­ formation as a follow-up to their article "Watch­ dog group gives Canada 'fossil' award" (Nov. 21).

Canada received Fossil Awards at the same UN conference in 2001, 2002 and 2004, for a total of six. Also, the only way for Canada to meet its Kyoto commitments, as recognized by the Bloc and the NDP, is to purchase foreign emissions credits. Assuming a cost of $is/tonne of CO2equivalent gas, that would mean $4.5-billion a year spent outside Canada between now and

ral Resources Canada—the latter doubted that Kyoto targets could be met— delayed their fi­ nalization by over a year.

Lastly, the time frame and total amount of CO2 reduction of the new Clean Air Act (pro­ gressive targets from 2010 to 2050) match the scope of the climate change plans of several Liberal leadership candidates, as well as the new Kyoto-compliant Labour Party plan introduced last week for the UK. — Matthew Keen

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AC/DC and STDs I was quite amused by your Features piece, "Pod People— Chlamydia" (Nov. 21). The list of songs included a song by AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds," however/ I'm shocked that you didn't instead use one of their well-known songs that is, in fact, actually about an STD, "The Jack.” In Austra­ lia, "the jack" is commonly used as slang for "the clap," a.k.a. Gonorrhea.

Contrary to the reporting in the article, the previous Liberal government did not imple­ ment Kyoto. The only greenhouse gas legisla­ tion that exists in Canada is the Conservatives' new Clear Air Act. The Liberals did add CO2 to Canada's list of "toxic" substances, which would have allowed for environmental regulations to be passed free from a constitutional challenge, but those regulations have never been seen: A spat between Environment Canada and Natu­

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JOSHUA.DIAMOND@MAIL.MCGILL.CA I 'm not an art lover, to say the least. I Æe sculptures as a com­ bination of materials creating some sort of confusion, not a masterpiece. I can relate to a confused Flomer Simpson, who crashes his car into debris creating a piece of art, instantly becoming a postmodern artist.

That being said, I was not prepared to experience the amazing pieces that were on display at the McClure Gallery in Westmount during a recent field trip with a class. The trip was designed to get the most out of each work of art: We wore ear plugs and had to be silent throughout to grasp the substance of each piece. Each student observed what they experienced through the work and gave each piece a title, without reading any of the text. But I was still not convinced a bunch of rocks in a basket with a hose on top could be a masterpiece worthy of display and praise; I had many questions in mind and I was looking for answers.

Thankfully, the class, titled "The Lens of Humanity," is de­ signed to provide those answers. The artists, Eva Lapka and Jean Brillant, along with curator Hedwige Asselin, later came to the Birks building to answer the questions of curious stu­ dents. One student defined Lapka's sculptured faces as "snap­ shots of time encapsulating aspects of human mannerism,

with no regard for the old laws of sculpture,"while another was fascinated with Brilliant's detail and usage of metal to contrast natural elements.

I was more interested in their inspiration. What energy or guidance did these artists have to put random elements together to create artwork? Lapka explained her past in the former Czechoslovakia: When in a country that controls your public and private life, you have little freedom to express your­ self. She spent 30 years living under communism and being in Canada now has led her to create a hybrid of cultures, which can be seen in "Walls and Whispers." Her inspiration came from her treacherous childhood and youth, when she could "not talk loudly because of danger." She captures pictures of walls in Prague that have a powerful meaning to her. Lapka believes that only an artist who can communicate their feelings to the observer is a real artist.

Later, the discussion moved towards the Canadian gov­ ernment's support for artists. Asselin mentioned how current artwork is not well maintained and is deteriorating—for ex­ ample, paintings in metro stations are often ruined with graf­ fiti. As well, Asselin believes that politicians are less concerned with culture and more concerned with making money. In re­

sponse, she advocated for more financial aid for independent artists.

An Art History student added to the conversation by attacking McGill's Art History program. She claimed that it does not cover contemporary art that is relevant in Quebec today. I asked Brilliant, who has lived much of his life in France, whether Canada appreciates its artists enough. He noted that in Europe, art goes back thousands of years, while Canada has a much shorter history and a different cultural surrounding.

He said that when a piece of art is sold in France, the artist and buyer get together for dinner and make an occasion of it. In Canada, the piece is sold and the buyer vanishes.

There is an abundance of independent artists in Canada who are looking for support. The McClure Gallery is only a short bus ride west along Sherbrooke which offers cool art, free from the commercialized galleries. I would recommend Lapka's personal showcase, which runs from Nov. 15-Dec. 26.

Although I might not know much about art or how a bunch of wood on a chair could be considered art, I do un­ derstand the passion of these artists and their inspiration and I urge you to check them out and support independent Ca­ nadian art. ■

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eminism delivered a lot of benefits during the 20th cen­ tury. Women gained the right to vote (among others), integrated themselves into the workforce and generally made great strides towards equality. In many respects, such as pay equity, we still have a long way to go. However, there is one area where the pendulum has swung too far: dating.

Before you write me off as some Neanderthal who is just bitter because he can't get a date, I should disabuse you of that notion: I'm a modern kind of guy who bakes delicious cookies, isn't afraid to admit that he has feelings and doesn't think that wearing a pink shirt makes him gay. I also have a long-term girlfriend.

That being said, I still resent the imbalance of power in the dating game. If men and women are supposedly equals, how is it that women get to exercise so much control in this area? It may not be the case in traditional places where men's economic power still means that they get to set the rules (think small, rural towns in particular), in certain religious communities where women are still subservient to men, or in the homosexual dating world. But for us urban, heterosexual

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types—who still make up most of the population— it cer­ tainly is.

Let's take the first date as an example. Why is it the man's job to pursue the woman and ask her out? Shouldn't these liberated women relish an inversion of the traditional gender roles and be willing to do their fair share of the chasing? Of course, once the (potentially) happy couple is on the date, he is expected to pay and should the relationship continue, he will be constantly on the hook for flowers, presents and the like. Some girls consider it unladylike to go after a guy, but I think that's just something they say because they don't like to admit the truth: They like the power. It's hard to blame them, really, because who wouldn't want to be in that position? I can only speculate, but I figure it must feel pretty good to be able to sit back and make guys jump through hoops before accepting or rejecting them.

This would bother me less if many of the girls who so delight in twisting these poor guys around their little fingers didn't seem to be the same ones who are constantly com­ plaining about the patriarchy and the horrors of our male-

dominated society, demanding full equality in all aspects of life.

How can they reconcile this with their stance towards men in the dating world? They can't. I don't think that they're really looking for equality. What they want is a reversal of the traditional gender roles:They want to be in control. I don't buy this academic business that a feminist is someone who wants gender equality. Granted, some of them may actually want that and some of them may not even realize what they're doing, but it reeks of hypocrisy.

I don't really think it's fair to criticize men for supposedly still considering women as inferior while treating us the same way. If we're actually to have full equality, it has to be in every respect. So if that's what you really wanCstep up to the plate, ladies: Ask a guy out, split the bill on a first date and don't toy with him. On the other hand, if all you're really looking for is to turn the tables and institute a matriarchy, then come out and say so. ■

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a f f e c t s M c G ill C o m m u n i t y a f r a id t o r a n t White Ribbon Campaign targets men to Professor Don Taylor reveals secrets of teaching social psychology raise awareness Those lucky enough to know Professor Don ing non-violent forms of abuse. "Verbal, sexual Taylor personally would probably describe him to be and emotional aspects of abuse can be just as a rather colourful character, to say the least. Taylor damaging," says club member Vaughn Chauvin, Near the entrance to the McGill Athletic Cen­ begins and ends his Social Psychology lectures with U3 Music. tre stands a photograph of Mila Voynova, a.Pilâtes rants, which— as he puts it— can be "relevant, some­ McGill's White Ribbon Club rallies for the and yoga instructor, who, along with her two whatrelevant, or o f no relevance whatsoever." He has same cause as the Canadian initiative, but in a dif­ teenage daughters, was shot to death last month achieved an excellent reputation among his Psychol­ ferent manner. "The club specifically focuses on by her husband proceeding a familial dispute. ogy students despite, or maybe due to, these quirky the McGill community," insists Munroe.

"We try to Violence against women is a prevalent, indis­ speeches. criminate and destructive parasite in our society; distance ourselves from the national campaign."

The reasons for that are ideological.

Traditionally, and as Voynova's murder proves, hits a lot closer Do you like teaching at McGill? to home than we may think. That is precisely why the White Ribbon cause has meant to be solely a I love teaching at McGill. As a matter a fact I like male one. Munroe notes that "some people think McGill's White Ribbon Club strives to expose this it so much that I feel a bit guilty. Most of the that it's an... opportunity for men to take a stand, issue to students. students I have are, by and large, bright and as an exclusively men's thing."

Yet, he acknowl­ “Our main goal is to raise awareness about motivated students, so in a way its almost like edges the other side of the issue.

"One can per­ men's violence against wo,men," says the club's they don't need me! I suspect that this is one of ceive that as men saying, 'we're in a position of President, David Munroe, U3 Honours Economics. the reasons why I do so much teaching in native Unlike other similar interest groups such as the power and we're going to use that power to save communities, where students have less academia women.'It's sort of reasserting the same norm."

Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students'So­ in their backgrounds. There, maybe my teaching That is just one of the reasons that Munrde ciety (SACOMSS), the White Ribbon Club stands is more useful. But yes, I really love teaching at WWW.MCGILL.CA out in that it specifically targets the male popula- insists that "anyone who wants to join can join."

In a practical sense, Taylor loves teaching more members mean When did you know you wanted to be a teacher? ant* ^°^ 9 e Vipers. more awareness. "If a I knew I wanted to [learn about] social psychology and I think at that point I realized teaching woman is wearing a rib­ is part of the gig. At the time I was certainly not good at it and I was shy. The turning point bon, a man is going to for me was being an undergraduate in a public speaking class, where we were taught, using see her wearing it. It'll little cards, to make a speech. I'll never forget it; it was a speech about living on welfare. I had make him think about it set up, with the introduction and the points and conclusion... then I got up there and the issue," says Mun­ started to read. At this point the people listening had already put up with many 10-minute roe. "If she isn't wear­ lectures and were dozing off and i just wanted to get the point across, so I began ranting at ing the ribbon, he may them.That's how I lecture. I've realized that in teaching it's more important to get the point never know." Chauvin across than be organized about how you do it. agrees. "It's important to have all members of What is the funniest question a student has ever asked you? society— both men and Well, it wasn't a question really... but a few years back, one student was so determined to get women— say that this is my attention that while in class he lit his hand on fire. I think he had put lighter fluid on his unacceptable.". hand or something and said: "Ok, explain this!" Well, that certainly did get my attention.

Although the White Ribbon Club engages in Any pet-peeves? fundraising activities, The way everyone undervalues what students are doing here.They undervalue the work we the members insist that do and class. You can see many examples, like commencement (high school graduation); it's BRENTON NADER awareness-raising is just always the Friday before Thanksgiving. What message is this giving? That one day of school White ribbons: made with thought, caring, concern and a slight buzz. as essential. lost [may seem] unimportant, but it is important. It bothers me that it makes what students "I grew up in a small do seem frivolous, which is why in class I like to say that I'm not a fan of any holidays because rural community, where I would always hear tion. "We try to get men to think about their role there's always work to be done! about this type of thing," claims Chauvin. "This is in violence against women," claims Munroe. something that happens a lot more than people With the National Day of Remembrance If you won the lottery what would you do with the winnings? and Action on Violence Against Women com­ realize."

Well, the politically correct answer (which I'll have to say) is that I wouldn't change my lifestyle In one sense, society has come a long way. ing up on Dec. 6, the club will sponsor the White and I'd do something noble with the money. But, to be honest, [Pulling out a small model Ribbon Campaign on Nov. 27-Dec. 1. Not only Yet despite the vast amount of progress, abuse sports car] I'd love to get a dodge viper like this one. will they hand out ribbons and showcase mov­ against women remains a large problem. The tragic murder of Voynova and her daughters ies to raise awareness, but they will also donate Any final words of wisdom? their proceeds to SACOMSS. Founded in 1991 by brought the matter to the forefront of the McGill We are privileged here at McGill, both the students and the faculty. For example, students, NDP leader Jack Layton, White Ribbon Week is a community, highlighting the need for initiatives by coming here and graduating, are now part of the ten percent of the population that has like the White Ribbon campaign. weekly remembrance campaign that began as a the opportunity to make millions in their lifetime that others can't. We're privileged here and "This is an issue that people don't want to response to the 1989 Montreal Massacre, in which sheltered really. When you go out to the real world, or if I get thrust out there, we'd miss it, talk about," claims Munroe.

"Things still aren't per­ 14 women were shot at L'Ecole Politechnique. it's a good gig. ■ White Ribbon Week seeks to raise awareness for fect, but the point of our club is to raise aware­ — compiled by Liz Cooper all acts of male violence against women, includ­ ness about that."*

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Masturbation for computer nerds

The next time you have a spare five minutes, head over to thatvideosite.com, Youtube's poorer cousin, and search foi Warcraft. It will lead you to an interesting video whose title says it all: Guy gets caught masturbating to World of Warcraft Alternatively, surf to Youtube and find the Warcraft episode of South Park. Sit back and watch Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny give up their regular lives and gain hundreds of pounds while trying to beat a master World of Warcraft player bent on killing everyone in the game. Clearly, some people are way too involved in the online world.

Warcraft exists in two distinct versions. Warcraft III is a real-time strategy, single-player game that can also be played with friends over a network or the Internet. In the multiplayer mode, players control armies made up of fictional races and try tc build up a force large enough to annihilate their opponents.

The other incarnation is World of Warcraft, which is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, or MIVtORPG. Yoc can pronounce that as "more pudge," or really however you want. Like other role-playing games, players control a charactei and roam about a virtual world, battling creatures and forming alliances to fight other players. Gamers pay about $30 pei month to be part of the action. The money isn't necessarily wasted though, as some people make a business of building up powerful characters and selling them on Ebay, often for hundreds of dollars. Because there is no set mission or goal, players can sink themselves into the game and its environment for as long as they want.

Emily Denhoed, U3 Architecture, has played World of Warcraft in past summers away from school.

"I would play for more than six hours at a time," she says. "You're just glued to your computer screen. There's really nc reason for you to stop."

J am es G o tow iec I Denhoed' who has since 9 iven UP the 9 ame. was attracted to it because the experience is different

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STEVEN AHERN It's like crack, but healthy.

What is it about exercise that keeps people coming back for more? As un­ pleasant as it can be sometimes, there are actually some benefits to working out, besides the cliché reasons of "keeping in shape" and "being healthy."

"I know for myself, as an athlete, that it's a good feeling [to work out],"says Dennis Barrett, Head Coach of McGill's Cross Country and Track and Field teams.

After 20 years of coaching at McGill, Barrett may be'onto something: The human body produces natural chemicals, called endorphins, which operate al­ most like certain drugs (morphine, for example) to deliver a pleasurable sensa­ tion to the brain. "There is a chemical reaction that gives you that sense of satis­ faction," he explains.

This is where the so-called "runner's high" comes from. While there is still some debate as to whether this "high" feeling is caused by the exercise itself or from the sense of satisfaction one feels after completing a difficult task, the phe­ nomenon remains well documented among athletes—and not exclusively in runners.

"It's not just running. Other athletes get that feeling as well," agrees Barrett, who has worked with athletes from other sports, including Olypmic gold medal­ winning figure skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier. While long, continuous workouts, such as cycling, swimming and rowing, are more likely to produce the effect, almost any physical activity can trigger it.

Besides the endorphin rush, there are other reasons to pump iron or jump on that elliptical. For instance, getting regular exercise can help with the day-today grind of university life. Kuan Li, U3 Accounting, tries to get to the gym every day to run on the treadmill. “I would say the best thing about getting regular exercise is that it helps me sleep better at night, which makes me mentally alert during the day," he says. Aly Jivraj, U3 International Development Studies agrees: "After a workout I feel better mentally, more so than physically.'

Hitting the gym can also be a great way to relieve stress and provide much needed distraction from the pressures of university. As Jivraj, who likes to com­ bine lifting weights with cardio, puts it, “Focusing on the physical and not having to do anything more complicated than counting reps is a great way to relax, let my mind just turn off—especially around exam time."

The health benefits of working out should not be ignored either. While eat­ ing habits have an impact on one's health, studies have consistently shown that the best way to ward off obesity—and the host of weight-related diseases that often come with it— is to exercise regularly. For example, according to a 2004 Statistics Canada study, people who are "sedentary" are over 50 per cent more likely to be obese than those who lead "active" lifestyles.

In fact, there are so many benefits to working out that it's a wonder more people aren't willing to groan, grunt and break out into a sweat every day—at least, through a trip to the McGill gym.

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you know that the word tattoo is thought to originate from the Dutch taptoo meaning a rapid, rhythmic tapping? Or that two Australians hold the Guinness-Book World Record for the longest tattoo session, clocking in at 42 hours, 10 minutes? Well, now you do. Miami Ink, a top-rated show on TLC about a tattoo shop, boasts a Web site (httpy'/ tlc.discovery.com/fansites/miami-ink/) full of fun facts and designs, including chat forums, step-by-step explanation of tattoos, and quiz­ zes to test your tattoo IQ Miami Ink is a hugely successful Show, drawing a cult following that extends way beyond the painted bikers and hippies of yore.

A&E has picked up on the trend with a show of its own, appropriately called Inked, now in its second season.

Ever notice how people with a tattoo generally have more than one? While some are content to experiment with one symbolic tat that ex­ presses their personality, with an ink spot placed strategically below the hipbone or boldly on the shoulder blade, others come back to the chair on a regular basis.

It doesn't sound like your typical day of fun - watch a movk beer, permanently pigment your skin? But tattooing is gaining in p as more than just a form af self-expre,ssk>n. According to Mitch Sof professional body piercing and tattoo shop Adrenaline, sitting dov\ you feel euphoric and even blissful. Sohmer, who has more than 25 f sometimes fafls asleep in the chair while he is being tattooed becat So with all that exhilaration and well, adrenaline being spread c tion? "Like anything else, of course it can," says Sohmer. He goes on are making big changes in their lives and tattooing can help them i 12 tattoos, likens body art to dating: "You start small, like taking a gir Some people though, just keep building and building. For Cohn, tl him, as for most people.Tattoos can be addictive because as you gr< change. As Mitch says, 'it's about showing the world who you are at Jen Wiet, manager of Adrenaline since the store opened in 200 in our society, tattoos have become like a rite of passage for adoles control. "It's hard to lose weight, quit smoking - tattoos are an easy1

NADINE LESSARD A strategic tatoo can feel like euphoria.

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"This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house, work together, have their lives taped and find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. The Real World'.'

The first Real World season was released in 1992 and marked the beginning of an addiction to a new genre of television by viewers all over the world— a genre based on "reality," or at least the Los Angelesproduced version of it. Generally speaking, there are two distinctive types of reality television: shows that broadcast a talent search and more voyeuristic shows that broadcast what they call "real life." Our televi­ sions have been flooded with both types of shows to such an extent that some students, including Eric O'Hara, Ui Microbiology, claim that"there is nothing else to watch!"

While tuning intoTLC's What Not to Wear with a group of resident TV viewers in my McGill residence, I tried to get to the bottom of the addiction to reality television plaguing our society. Conversations with peers highlighted three main reasons why students feel attracted to the genre: seeing regular people suc­ ceeding, seeing others fail and seeing the mirage of possibility everywhere.

Viewers of contest shows enjoy feeling personally involved in the competitions as they pick their favourite contestants and take pride in their respective accomplishments.

"Reality television almost makes me feel like dreams can come true. I think'l used to be a dancer and if she can do it, I can too!" says Lorraine Wong, Uo Dietetics, of Dancing with the Stars, which she admits to watching every day while she is at the gym.

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There's a certain element of randomness which holds my attention and makes it more interesting so I want to play iin and again,"she says.

Denhoed thinks that there is a particular kind of person who plays online games like World of Warcraft.

'For lack of a better word, geeks," he says.

David Back, U2 Computer Programming, has been a member of the online Warcraft community since the game was ;ased in 2004. Back, who often finds himself playing the game between four and five hours per day, agrees with Denhoed's essment of the standard player.

"In general, I would say that most online games are played by what you might call a 'geek," he says. "Flowever, with Warft, which now has seven-million players, I meet people I would never imagine to be obsessed with a computer game."

That may be one of the principal attractions to the game. Unlike so-called First Person Shooters, which allow antisocial tiers to blast enemies into a pulp by themselves for hours at a time, playing a massively multiplayer game involves intering with many other people, just not in a traditional social setting.

"Playing with up 30 to 40 other people each night to get a hard feat accomplished is te fun,” says Back.

Nevertheless, it is unlikely that online gaming will see wide acceptance as a form of socializing any time soon. Instead, ny will continue to see it as a strange activity that takes over lives.

"I have an addictive personality"says Denhoed, "and I had to stop before it went too far"

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I, can tattooing become an addic1though that a lot of the time, people s that transformation. Adam Cohn, who has ar coffee ... and if it goes well, you build on that." re significant meanings behind each of his tattoos for 3 person, you want your outward appearance to reflect that ery moment." a different perspective on why people get tattooed. Wiet explains that "[They are] something you earn," she stresses. They are also about exerting r us to exercise some power over a part of our bodies," she says.

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iewers incentive to continue watching, but, more importantly, the certainty of failures do too. As cruel as it may ?em and while most will not admit to it, half of the appeal of reality television is watching other people screw "We like hearing other people get insulted. It makes us feel better about ourselves," explains Kaitlin Farrell, 2.

Just look at the overly critical judge Simon Cowell, from American Idol. Fie was the most famous of the three idges and his comments, though cruel and sometimes downright nasty, enticed viewers who continued to tune 1every week.

The idea that contestants are flawed, in a sense, proves to viewers that contestants are real people. Real eople have flaws and perhaps reality television addicts like to see that there is in fact space for imperfect, regular eople on television.

The idea of "live" television is what entices viewers to watch shows like The Real World and Big Brother, which oth feature strangers living in a house together. Big Brother even goes so far as to offer monthly subscriptions to 24-hour feed to the house. This may seem preposterous, but it is surprisingly similar to something people have een doing since the dawn of time: people watching.

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"You can't get physically addicted to hookah,"says Flartlee Zucker, a Uo Arts. While Zucker's words reflect a common perception among McGill stu­ dents, the popularity of hookah bars scattered around Montreal would seem to indicate otherwise. According to the World Health Organization, smoking hookah tobacco is just as bad, if not worse, than smoking cigarettes. Con­ taining "significant levels of nicotine" and exposing the user to "100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette," hookah tobacco isn't all that innocent.

"When I was in Israel, my friend and I would probably smoke five times a day," Zucker recounts. "I could go a month without smoking it and not really care... it was just that it was there and it was something to do."

Few direct comparison studies have been done on the effects of smoking hookah versus smoking cigarettes and little research exists on the chemical content of the tobacco smoke in hookahs. Until those studies are done, university students are left to decide for themselves the addictiveness of hookah smoking.

Touted as a social activity that originated in India with coconut pipes, hookah use is an integral part of Middle Eastern culture. Also known as sheesha/narghile/hubble-bubble, the water-pipe form of a hookah most com­ monly used today was perfected in Turkey and has spread to other parts of the world. The tobacco used in hookahs is a mixture of dried fruit pulp, fla­ vored molasses and fresh tobacco leaves. While using a hookah, the smoke passes through the water in the base of the pipe and up through a hose where it is inhaled.

Sold in many interesting flavors such as mango, mint and cappuccino, hookah tobacco has ebbed in popularity in Canada and the United States from decade to decade. Flowever, a resurgence has occurred in the past few years with the opening of hookah cafes that are allowed to operate despite the smoking bans in parts of the US and Canada.

Misinformation about the addictiveness of hookah probably stems from the fact that smoking hookah feets considerably less harsh than smok­ ing a cigarette and perhaps, because hookah smoking is coded more as a social activity than cigarette smoking.

"It's more of a relaxed thing to d o .... Instead of it being about the hoo­ kah, it's about the atmosphere,"says Erin Kizell, Uo Arts. She compares hoo­ kah smoking to watching TV with a bunch of friends.

Hooka-hookah.com, a Web site that sells water-pipes (hookahs), offers the following comparison: "Cigarettes are for nervous people, competitive people, people on the run. When you smoke a water-pipe, you have time to think. It teaches you patience and tolerance and gives you an appreciation of good company."

Kizell agrees. "I've never heard of [hookah] being something that you quit... it's just something that you do. I would never do it by myself"

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Looks: Brosnan's dark and handsome allure was a great fit for Bond. He was fit and handsome without being ef­ feminate.

Looks: Some have said that Craig is too ugly to play Bond, but his buff physique and rugged looks make him well-suited to the new, darker Bond character.

Attitude: Bond as played by Brosnan had this one down pat. He was suave, charming and could always be counted on to keep his cool in dangerous situ­ ations.

Attitude: Craig's Bond is somewhat rough around the edges; at times, he is downright surly. The gruffness may fit with the new Bond character, but it's quite the departure from the previous films.

Ladies: Brosnan was the consummate ladies' man. Some tried to resist initialy, but in the end, they all succumbed to his charm. Brosnan was never one to go slumming either; his hook-ups were all above average, even compared to Bond's regular fare.

Ladies: So far Craig's sexploits have been less impressive than Brosnan's. The main love interest in Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd, is quite attractive, but Craig's first conquest of the film is not up to normal Bond Girl standards.

WWW.CELEBRITY-EXCHANGE.COM Gadgets: While Bond has always been re­ liant to some extent on gadgets, the Brosnan flicks took it too far. Die Another Day was particularly bad, with Brosnan seemingly incapable of doing any­ thing without the aid of one of Q*s inventions.

Quips: In the tradition of Sean Connery and Roger Moore, Brosnan was al­ ways ready with a snappy retort. Sometimes they were corny, but that's just part of the Bond charm.

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The Winner: Sean Connery, if You cannot beat the master. The two men above play quite dif­ ferent versions of James Bond.

While the new direction of the series being taken with Craig is interesting, it's not classic Bond.

Neither Brosnan nor Craig are bad by any stretch of the imagi­ nation, but they're not quite from the same mould as Connery.

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Gadgets: Craig is old school. He relies on his brains and his considerable brawn, not electronic wizardry. Casino Royale is, in fact, the first movie with­ out Q since 1973's Live and Let Die. Quips: Sorely lacking. A couple of flashes of the trademark Bond wit can be seen during thé movie, but nothing more.

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Tandoori chicken sizzles under the perfect flame

T iffan y C hoy Montreal streets are taking a beating—from kneehigh stilettos to slouched suede flats, boots are making a statement that they are here to stay. But now that Jack Frost is finally on our heels, it's time to bring that versatile footwear to a whole new level and introduce them to the season they were originally designed to battle. Wei come to winter wonderland.

For the practical, there is nothing like a pair of solid winter hiking boots. Not only do their soles provide actual traction on the slippery slopes, but you're also guaranteed safe trav­ els to and from campus without the worries of frostbite overtaking your toes. Simple to coor­ dinate— pair them with jeans, cords, khakis or chi­ nos—they're a survival standard for the sawiest.

Want something more fashionable? The oh-soversatile flats have been reincarnated into boots of all heights and shades. Best bets are the standard black, brown or tan with at least a mid-calf height; they'll match your entire wardrobe and you won't be cursing when you step into those slush-filled pot­ holes.

Heading out to a party? Wide heels and wedges are carrying over from summer sandals, making your travels easier and lessening the likelihood of getting caught in a sewer hole. Ranging from the slouchy to the scrunchy, ankle to thigh-high, there's a style of these shoes for every night of the week.

For the incredibly brave and skilled individuals, bring on the classic stiletto boot, but proceed with extreme caution.

Be sure to have either a boy's hand to help you glide on the ice or ample cash to cover a return taxi fare.

And for the fellas? The best bet for any guy is the

worker's hiking boot. Casual enough to match with a pair of jeans but classy enough to get you into the club, their double function satisfies even the budget shopper. With rugged, durable soles and a classic clean look, these ba­ bies are guaranteed to get you to any destination, rain or shine.

Paul Frank says it best when it comes to the following fugly disasters: “Not cool."

Despite their history of pro­ viding warm footwear for surfers who've returned from cold waters, UGG boots give even the skinni­ est girls keg-legs. Coordinating these shoes with yoga pants just highlights this flaw— sorry, girls. And if the neutral tones of these boots aren't bad enough, it seems that the company's marketing department has finally discov­ ered the rainbow: UGG is now offering the boot in a wide-ranging variety of heights and colors. So-called fashionistas sporting the new lavender or aquama­ rine shade are predestined to be brides­ maids in sea-foam ruffles.

This next style should come with a warning label: May attract yetis. Despite the hot models sporting furry mocca-boots in magazines, these will at­ tract not only unwanted gazers but also dirt and water faster than a swiffer cloth. By the time Christmas rolls around, your boots will resemble a dog that just came out of the lake.

Unless you've been living in a bubble for the past month, it should be obvious just how much precipitation falls in Montreal. There is one cardinal rule for any boot to survive the winter season: waterproofing. Check the tags when you buy them— unless the label says they're com­ pletely waterproof, they're not. Grab a can of all-protector spray and give them at least two good coats, especially around the seams and the sole and you're set to brave Montreal's legendary winter season. ■

L o pam udra D as If you're looking to add a bit of romance to your Saturday night, this exotic Indian dish will get your tongue salivating with desire. A tandoor is a cylindri­ cal clay oven used to cook food over a hot charcoal fire. It's used in the Punjab region of northern India and Pakistan. However, since a hot charcoal fire might be a tad dangerous in your apartment, this practical recipe ensures that you can have the pleasures of tandoori in your own home.

Marinate chicken (works best with skinless thigh or breast meat) in 3 ta­ blespoons of plain yogurt and 1tablespoon of tandoori masala (well-mixed) for 4-6 hours. Ensure that each piece of chicken is completely coated in marinate for optimal taste. Pre-prepared Tandoori Masala can be bought at most Indian grocery stores.

To prepare masala from scratch, grind the following ingredients and store in an air-tight container: Coriander seeds, 2 tsp Cumin seeds, 1.5 tsp Turmeric powder, 1 tsp Garlic Powder, 2 tsp Ginger powder, 1tsp

Mango powder (amchoor), 1 tsp Paprika, 2 tsp Red Chili powder, 1 tsp Mint powder, 1 tsp

Pre-heat oven to 350 C and bake chicken for approximately 40 minutes.

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S t a y a w a k e in c l a s s A guide to the best caffeine on campus D avid B lye As someone who never gets enough sleep, I'm al­ ways in need of a quick boost to get myself through the day. Whether it's a conference, class or just getting up in the morning, I have trouble functioning without coffee.

Fortunately, the plot of land known as McGill University is full of students just like me. We need our daily caffeine fix— or fixes in the case of a select few—and the vendors at this university are only too willing to provide it. But with so many choices on cam­ pus, where should we poor, addicted souls go to receive our bounty? After some thor­ ough investigating, here's a quick guide to coffee on campus. Ijudged by three basic criteria: speed of service, price of bever­ age and quality of the beverage.

First on my list was that oh so Ca­ nadian institution known as Tim Hor­ ton's. Located it the basement of Redpath Library, it attracts all‘ types of students for its."always fresh".coffee, bagels and doughnuts. The problem is that by attract­ ing so many students, it takes forever to be served— okay, maybe not much longer than io min­ utes, but I could have fallen asleep by then. Now, I'd have no problem waiting so long if the coffee was at least good, but strike two, Timmy Ho's has one of the weaker brews on campus. Not even the relatively inexpensive $1.50 for a large can save it. Sorry Tim Horton's, you're cut.

Next on the list is the famed Architecture Café—fa­ mous because it doesn't exist. While I've been told that wait times can be long in between classes, I didn't experi­

ence any such problem. Also, even for those without the traveler mug, one dollar for a coffee is still pretty reason­ able— even though it's only a small. My biggest gripe though is with the coffee itself. While clearly not as weak as Timmy's, it still doesn't pass the test of keeping me wired for the day.

Another choice for the caffeine deficient is Caferama in the Shanter Building. My only recommendation is get there early and get there in between classes. Much like Architecture Café and Tim Horton's, Caferama's line has a tendency to swell up. However, unlike the previous two, Caferama's employees don't change the coffee enough. A vat put on in the morning might still be sitting there sev­ eral hours later. When it's fresh, the coffee is worth the $1.60. When it's not, I wouldn't even drink it for free.

Finally, there's the bookstore café.

Proudly brewing Starbucks coffee, this could be my favourite spot on campus for java. I've never had to wait more than a min­ ute to be served and the coffee is so strong it could eat through wood. Okay, slight exag­ geration, but it's still pretty strong. The only drawback is the price. At about $2 for a large, it's clearly the most expensive, but what's 40 or 50 cents com­ pared to complete satisfaction?

To sum up, if you've got the cash, head over to the second floor of the bookstore. If $2 is too rich for your game, I'd go with Architecture Café. But ultimately, it's all really about one all important factor: Which one is the closest. All the money in the world won't keep me from (yawn) falling back (yawn) asl 777777777777 ■

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"Working day and night,"The Jackson Five A song for the lover putting way too much effort into the relationship.

"Go'n to work,"Martina McBride For the unstoppable working woman (don't piss her off!).

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Blue Rodeo songman a hit for any age and admiration of his audiences.

Jim Cuddy released The age range of the audience at Le Spectrum last Thursday eagerly waiting for Jim Cuddy his last solo album, All to make his appearance on stage was wide, to say the least. A group of middle-aged adults was sitting nearby, chatting away in French. Two older women were in front, one of them clearly en­ in lime, in 1998. His most recent release The Light amored with the expected performer. Over by the bar was a flock of twentysomethings. My own introduction to Cuddy's music is an example of his cross-generational appeal; my mother got me that Guides You Home was hooked on Jim Cuddy and his band Blue Rodeo when I was a child, which makes my attraction to recorded in Toronto this past Cuddy his music almost hereditary. What is it about Cuddy's music that attracts such varying age groups summer during a break from is so the busy touring schedule of Blue across language lines? down to Rodeo.

Earlier in the evening I had been given the opportunity to sit down for a brief interview with earth you just "For the last couple of years, I've really the talented performer. While waiting to question the musician, I was able to study his gestures want t o . . . cuddle? and mannerisms quite carefully. His relaxed posture and casual attire suggested an easy-going wanted to [make a second album] but it was difficult personality, but what I noticed most was the respect that he unintentionally commanded from to find the time because once Blue Rodeo gets on a roll, then you just gotta'follow it," explains the interviewer and those around him. Many performers let their personalities shine through their Cuddy.

Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy's genre is hard to classify, but it can best be described as a per­ music; Jim Cuddy is one of them. The pure, smooth sound of his voice and the simple, earthy har­ monies apparent in his melodies reflect his mellow personality while still demanding the attention fect combination of pop, rock, country and blues, with some songs more characteristic of one genre than others. The Light that Guides You Home incorporates the traditional sounds of the guitar, bass guitar, drums and some songs are accompanied by the surprisingly upbeat expression of the violin. But the album's lead single,"Pull me through," is most characteristic of the Jim Cuddy sound. With a piano and Cuddy's vocals carrying the melody,"Pull me through" is an intimate song, one that holds great significance for the musician.

"This summer I was with my mother when her sister died and my uncle said to me '[your aunt's] been my best friend for 62 years' and I thought, '62 years of two people being together, for better or for worse, if every experience sort of gets filtered through that person, then how do you all of a sudden go to being on your own' so ["Pull me through''] is specifically inspired by just watchng that."

The audience around me claps and whistles vigorously and Jim Cuddy and his band take the stage. Opening with an upbeat song, the energy of the crowd doubles, with cheers of approval echoing throughout Le Spectrum. After play­ ing a couple of exciting and fresh songs off of his new album, Cuddy plays the familiar Blue Rodeo hit "Till I am myself".

"We've never been that kind of music on the radio that was the most popu­ lar," Cuddy said earlier. "We've always been a bit of a left field choice."

As Cuddy casually shifts across stage from his guitar to the piano, the audi­ ence quiets, recognizing thp change to the intimate sound that is to follow.

"I feel like [our fans] are looking for something a little different than the main fare and so, if they find something they like then they hang on to it; we haven't been disposed of like a lot of pop music gets disposed of."

As the first few melodic notes of "Pull me through''are played, the audience relaxes to Cuddy's satisfying voice. His music is something you can grow old with. Cuddy's smooth, mellow sound is reassuring and the familiar messages of his songs are a comfort at any age. ■ Jim Cuddy and band produce earthy, bluegrass melodies with guitars and one mean violin.

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P le a s e d o n 't ta p o n t h e a u th o r s J ohn S em ley ecently, while idling away my hours on YouTube.com, I came across a four minute video called "Where's Waldo? No, Where's Pynchon!" It was, by far, one of the most asinine pieces of footage I've ever seen. As I consider the YouTube video "Tony Danza flips a go-kart" one of the funniest things I've seen in months, this is quite a statement.

In this video, some academic fop analyzes five seconds of video footage, captured by CNN, of a man who may or may not be author Thomas Pynchon. This neo-structuralist whiz kid, with the fervor of Don DeLillo scrutinizing the Zapruder tape, rakes through the dubious footage while offer­ ing such half-retarded insights as "Here in the pocket we see a pen. Good news! It means potentially he could be writing!" and "We look at the red cap.. .on the top of the brain that so interests us, there's a red flag waving...is this a man saying'I support this sports team'?... it would be great if it was Porky Pig, but we just don't know." Are you kidding me?

Pynchon, a notorious recluse, is the sort of literary rock star who voices himself on The Simpsons (appearing with a paper bag over his head) and provides reviews of his own books on Amazon.com. Not only that, but works like V., The Crying o f Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow have cemented him

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in many circles as the most important writer of the 20th century since James Joyce. It is understandable, then, that his devoted (and apparently often fanatical) fan base would want to know more about Pynchon and his "sprightly gait," to quote the no. 1 fan from the YouTube video. But come on.

This is too much.

This sort of furtive fan culture and celebrity worship, rendered infinitely more probable by the ubiquity of the Internet, does nothing more than appropriate the appa­ ratus of academia to satiate the masturbatory longings of any armchair intellectual with a dial-up modem. Sure, I per­ sonally have been known to log on to davidlynch.com and watch the greatest American filmmaker of our time read the weather report from Los Angeles; but the difference is that Lynch chooses to share his kooky eccentricities with his public. Pynchon can't even walk down the street without getting ambushed by a camera crew. Hell, some of the more motivated Dylan fanatics even root through the man's trash, looking for, presumably, old toothbrushes and discarded Bibles just to achieve a hyper-familiar one-sided relationship with their hero.

The point is that artists, and I venture to wager authors especially, constitute themselves largely through their texts.

As entertaining as David Lynch's meteorological musings are, they ultimately offer no greater insight into the man himself or the genius of films like Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive. Likewise, hypothesizing what logo adorns Thomas Pynchon's baseball cap or what he has in his jacket pock­ et (is it a pack of cigarettes? A case for his glasses? Jospeh Heller's phone number?) will bring you nowhere closer to understanding why the Brigadier is down with scat (and I don't mean free-jazz vocalization) in Gravity's Rainbow.

J.D. Salinger (that guy who wrote the book about pho­ nies that you read in high school) went so far as to obstruct the publishing of letters he had written or photographs taken of him just to perverse his own obscurity. The crux is that the portrait of Salinger is The Catcher in the Rye. If you actually give a good goddamn about certain authors (or musicians or sculptors or rhythmic gymnasts or whatever), immerse yourself in their work and not their biographical miscellanea.

If an artist relishes solitude or mystique, they should be allowed to do so without the irritating presence of apocry­ phal hearsay and drooling pseudo-scholarly speculation. Ev­ eryone knows a brilliant loner is way more charismatic than some media whore. I'm looking at you, James Frey. ■

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Dax Shepard and Will Arnett do time in

Let's Go to Prison J ohn S em ley Movies about prison are generally a mixed bag. At one end, you've got the tear-jerking Oscar bait of the Sleepers, Shawshank and Green Mile variety and on the other end there's, w ell.;, prison-themed porn. For some reason, there are very few comedies about prison, save for classics like Ernest Goes to Jail and the Rodney Dangerfield/Kirstie Alley vehicle Back By Midnight (which didn't even really have all that much to do with prison). Maybe those big producers — — - — ~ |n Hollywoodland think that solitary confinement, press­ ing licence plates and anal rape just aren't the stuff com­ edies are made of.

Well, the low-budget film Let's Go to Prison attempts to set the record straight and asserts that, hey, doing three-to-five can be funny!

The film stars comedian Dax • ■■ Shepard (Funk'd, MOVIES.ABOUT.COM w Z u t a Paddte) as McBr.de g.ves Arnett a rubdown. reddjvist petty crimi. nal John Lyshitski and Will Arnett (best known as GOB from everybody's favourite sitcom-turned-martyr Arrested Development) as spoiled rich boy Nelson Beiderman IV. In an odd couple turn that is worthy of Lemmon and Mat­ thau, these two wind up—you guessed it—sharing a cell.

The rest of the movie revolves around John's attempts to make Nelson's stay at Rossmore State Penitentiary as mis­ erable as possible.

Granted, the plot seems pretty vapid, but all these prison antics actually turn out to be rather funny. Arnett channels GOB in his portrayal of the pampered, purpleblooded new fish, alternating between annoyingly smug and amicably bourgeois. Shepherd doesn't really do all that much acting, playing the blithe, nonchalant prison veteran whose too-cool exterior is only briefly ruptured by sporadic bursts of frustration. The funniest character in Let's Go to Prison is Chi McBride's Barry, a lumbering, black, astrology-observing rapist who comes into possession of Arnett's virgin caboose. Although a subplot about male rape may not scream comedy, McBride brings a sort of charming naïveté to the character, who prefers to woo his victims with scented candles, toilet wine and Eskimo kisses before proceeding with all the sodomy and various what-have-you.

Director Bob Odenkirk knows funny. As a writer for Saturday Night Live, he created such characters as Chris Farley's "Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker" and he wrote and co-starred in HBO's too-funny sketch show, Mr. Show with Arnett's Arrested Development co-star David Cross.

Odenkirk's experience shines through the fast-paced, jokes-a-minute momentum to more fantastic narrative techniques that break down the fourth wall.

Simply setting a comedy in a prison is a bold move and it makes for some bizarre scenarios. Let's Go to Prison succeeds in exploiting the comedic potential of this back­ drop without constantly resorting to hackneyed "dropped the soap"jokes. All in all, Let's Go to Prison isn't the funniest movie you'll see this year (especially in the wake of Borat), but it's funny enough. And who can turn down a movie that includes the line, "Man, I go apeshit for Chuck Mangione"?That's right. Nobody. ■ Let's Go to Prison is playing now at the Paramount downtown. Check www.cinemamontreal.com for showtimes.

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n a tio n a l lite r a tu r e a w a r d Governor General's annual literature awards celebrates 7 0 th anniversary E zra G linter Six Montrealers were among the winners of the Gov­ ernor General's Literary Awards lastTuesday.

The awards, now in their 70th year, give 14 annual prizes for French and English works in the categories-of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children's literature (text and illustration) and translation.

This year, the winners were selected from a total of 68 nominated books and 36 finalists.

The top prize for English fiction went to Peter Beh­ rens for his novel The Law o f Dreams (Steerforth, $32.95).

The book is described by the prize jury as "an epic novel populated by extraordinary characters traversing the McGill grad Behrens' Irish bleak moment of famine in Irish history." Behrens, a Montreal native now living in Maine, is a former student of both Concordia and McGill.

The Law o f Dreams is Behrens'first novel, though his short fiction has been published in Brick, Best Canadian Stories, The Atlantic Monthly and Saturday Night. He is also the au­ thor of a short story collection, Night Driving.

Hugh Hazelton, a graduate of Concordia and Sher­ brooke Universities and current professor of Spanish translation at Concordia, received an award for his English

translation of Joël Des Rosiers' Spanish poetry collection Vetiver (Signature Editions, $14.95). Haitian-born Rosiers is himself a Governor General's Award finalist and Vetiverwas the winner of the 1999 Grand Prix du Livre de Montreal and the 2000 Grand Prix du Festival international de la Poésie de Trois Rivières. Hazelton has also published three poetry collections of his own and earned praise by thejuryfor "his ability to recreate Des Ros­ iers' wide-ranging images and literary, historical and musical allusions, with personal and uni­ versal echoes."

Other local winners include dramatist Evelyne de la Cheneliere, children's author Dany Laferrière, illustrator Roger Girard and translator Sophie Voillot.

In Montreal, the Governor General's awards occurred in CANADACOUNCIL.CA conjunction with the 29th an­ nual Salon du Livre, which took epic takes top prize. place between Nov. 16 and 20.

Finalists for the Governor General's award were highlight­ ed at the Salon's Canada Council booth.

Governor General Michaëlle Jean will officially present the awards on Dec. 13 in Ottawa. Winners will give public readings of their works the following night at the Library and Archives Canada Auditorium. Each winning author receives $15,000 and each publisher receives $43,000 to promote the winning book. Funding for the awards is pro­ vided by the Canada Council for the Arts. ■

H o lo c a u s t-e r a m u s ic in s p ir e s O Brave Old World that has such music in't!

E zra G linter Dances mixed with dirges last Saturday night, as world-music super­ group Brave Old World played to a full house at Concordia's Oscar Peterson Hall. Dedicating the show to "all those today resisting oppression," the celebrat­ ed quartet showcased material from its latest album, Song of the Lodz Ghetto, a bitter-sweet musical cycle inspired by the work of holocaust-era composers and musicians. Labelled by Newsweek as the best classical’album of 2005, the innovative work incorporates traditional Yiddish songs with the group's own eclectically-influenced style, including an obvious, though not obviously-intentioned, nod to the Turkish march of Beethoven's iconic ninth symphony.

Formed in 1989, Brave Old World features an international line-up of co­ lourful musical personalities hailing from New York, Chicago, California and Berlin. Directed by pianist and accordion player Alan Bern, the Emmy award­ winning group also includes singer and violinist Michael Alpert, clarinettist Kurt Bjorling and bassist Stu Brotman, a former member of sixties psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope and one-time sideman for Canned Heat. Though many of this album's lyrics come from Lodz Ghetto songwriters and traditional sources, original pieces are also contributed by Alpert, an accomplished ethnomusicologist who claims to be adept at 20 different languages including Russian, Pol­ ish and Serbo-Croatian. In keeping with the album's authenticity, however, all of the lyrics are in Yiddish, though simultaneous English translation appeared on a video projection screen during Saturday's performance. Alpert is also an expert (and possibly the only expert) in Yiddish dance, a skill he put to great use on Saturday, keeping time to Bern's accordion with his feet.

At its height, the Lodz Ghetto contained approximately 230,000 people in a space of 43 square kilometres and no contact with the outside world. By the end of the war, 877 people remained. One would imagine the music com­ ing from such an environment to be depressing, to say the least. Surprisingly, Brave Old World's performance was just as up-beat as it was mournful and displayed a dark, edgy sense of humour. Several of the songs were devoted to lampooning prominent ghetto personality Khayim Rumkovksi, the Nazi-ap­ pointed leader who undertook such useless and self-aggrandizing projects as replacing German currency with money bearing his own image and signature.

"Esgeytayeke'Ja song by ghetto troubadour Yankele Herskowicz, pokes fun at a soon-to-be-disillusioned German Jew looking for butter, bringing to mind the similarly shocked couple from Schindler's List. Indeed, the black humour of the music is not only testimony to the resilience of Lodz Ghetto occupants, but was also a means for survival. As Ghetto survivor Miriam Harel attests,"the song was our only truth."»

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Film. Nadia's Journey, until Nov. 30 at 6 p.m.;Parc Cinema (3575 Parc).

Recently awarded the Camera at the Ready award at the RIDM documentary festival, Nadia's Journey explores Nadia's own story as she returns to her hometown of Kabylie, Algeria after 18 years in Montreal, where she first arrived as a 19-year-old mail-order bride to wed a man twice her age. A stark and revealing documentary. ,,l-efu , and. .Her .

Theatre. Fefu and her friends, Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., Dec. .. ', , , Friends 3 at 2 p.m.; Shatner. Player s Theatre presents a story about eight women who convene at the country house of the charming and f unconventional title character, Fefu. Set in the thirties and written in the seventies, the play is composed of a series of entertaining feminist vignettes. In one particularly funny scene, the women discuss the absurdity of human genitals. Half of the ticket sales from the show will go to V-Day. Tickets are $6 for students at the door.

Literature. Arleen Solomon Rotchin, Dec. 1 from 530-7:30 p.m.; Atwater Library (1200 Atwater). Following the Oct. 30 release of her autobiography, Sam's Will, author Arleen Solomon Rotchin will be at the Reading Room of the Atwater Library to meet the public and sign copies.The book details how Rotchin dealt with the will of her father Sam Solomon, a successful fashion designer, artist and art collector. She finds herself at the helm of a multi-million dollar estate and the result is a humourous ac­ count of her trials and dealings with the legal world and the rest of her family.

Music. Le Gala, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.; Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts (175 Sainte-Catherine 0 .). The 11th edition of this special annual concert is presented by the Opéra de Mon­ tréal and is accompanied by the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal. Twenty-two singers present the most well-known and beloved arias and choruses are performed alongside some less traditional repertoire. The festive fundraiser features the induction of the current year's newest member to the Canadian Opera Hall of Fame. This year, the honour goes to mezzo-soprano and former director of the Opéra-Comique du Québec, Fernande Chiocchio.The performance is sung with accompanying English subtitles. Call (514) 985-2258 for tickets and (514) 985-2222, ext. 2221 for more information.

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LITERATURE

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C o u n tr y , s o w h a t? fr o m t h e p a s t Vu'sphysics fun could blow you away Noah Rich ler's Literary Atlas Déjà ously down the highway. A second spectacular scene in­ P F volves a boat explosion on New Orleans waters, the inven­ long on material, short on Tony Scott aims to make his movie work in its frag­ tive special effects of which will truly blow you away.

The movie works best in the scenes dedicated to the ments as well as a whole, yet the filmmaker's pres­ meaning ents a perfect case of a valiant but unsuccessful attempt scientific team that operates the "time machine." Flere ac­ am

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Once relegated to the dust-bins of colonial hand-me-downs, Canadian literature has come a long way over the years. Previously characterized by what Northrop Frye called a "garrison mentality," the maturing body of CanLit is now riding high on the works of internationally renowned authors such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje and Rohinton Mistry. In a 1990 CBS interview, the late Montreal novelist Mordechai Richler likened Canada's liter­ ary ascendancy to that enjoyed in previous decades by Latin America or the Caribbean.

"This just seems to be our time of fertility," he said. "I don't know how long it will last, but it certainly is splendid."

The CanLit phenomenon has certainly seen no abatement in recent years, at least not on the basis of Man-Booker winners and nominees. But as those in literary and academic circles know quite well, a good spasm of literary productivity is nothing if not fodder for a more prolonged chew­ ing of the critical cud. One such Can-Lit byproduct is Noah Richler's re­ cent book, This is My Country, What's Yours?: A Literary Atlas o f Canada.

The Atlas is not really a survey of books, however. Rather, it takes the form of in­ terviews with what seems like every Canadian novelist in the business, both the greater and lesser lights. The results of these conversations are rich, often sur­ prising and constitute the best part of Rich ler's work. We fi nd, for example, Cree playwright and novelistTomson Highway making the astounding refusaL'to believethat what [he] wentthrough at residential school.. .was necessarily abuse." "lwasn-years-old,"he relates,"and atthe age of 11, a person's sexuality is coming to life, and it's a wonderful thing. That feeling of pure physical pleasure is just so fantastic. ...It'sjust sonatural. I hadagreattime.lfit'sanybody's problem,itwasthe problemoftheChurch.becauseitrefusedtorecognizetheactofhomosexuallove."

So long as Richler sticks to the straightforward reporting of such conversa­ tions, the Atlas remains a captivating work, de­ spite certain obnoxious authorial tics, such as his unexplained insistence on referring to the Unit­ ed States as "USAmerica."

More serious prob­ lems arise, however, when Richler starts thinking on his own.

“In Canada," Richler an­ nounces, "...all sorts of story forms vie for our attention. Creation myths and caution­ ary tales compete with T H IS IS M Y novels and epic stories, and somewhere in this C O U N T R Y , imbroglio the idea of a nation is taking shape."

W h a t ’s Never mind that most Canadians really don't care much about this "imbroglio," and that vir­ tually every book pub­ A U T E R A R f A T t A S OF C ANADA lished in Canada, includ­ ing Richler's own, must therefore acknowledge, Follow this atlas at your own risk. in one way or another,

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at cinematic cohesion. The individual bits and pieces are tors Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) and Adam Goldberg CThe Hebrew Hammer) become synonymous with the char­ interesting, but the whole is definitely lacking that special something that would make the average moviegoer glad acters they play. Their dialogue and interactions are full of chemistry, with enough spark to seriously warrant a tele­ to have spent $12 on a movie ticket.

The film revolves around an Alcohol, Tobacco and vision series spin-off for the two. For the scientifically in­ Firearms agent named Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington), clined there are some pretty extensive dialogues on phys­ who is trying to assemble evidence to solve a terrorist at­ ics as well.

One word of warning: do tack in New Orleans. Amongst the not be deceived into thinking thousands of victims, the corpse the movie will discuss the déjà of one woman named Claire vu phenomenon."lf you thought (Paula Patton) catches Carlin's eye. it was a trick of the mind, pre­ Fie becomes certain that she is the pare yourself for the truth," all key to finding the perpetrator.The the movie posters claim. The twist—and the premise— of the movie is sprinkled with mys­ movie involves Carlin being let in terious moments in which the on a government project that en­ actors seem to find themselves ables him to use surveillance that strangely attracted to certain can look into the past. Using this objects. However, Déjà VL/ in no "time machine,"the chase to catch way offers to tell us the "truth" the murderer becomes entangled ALLMOVIEPHOTO.COM about the phenomenon. So the with the possibility of changing the Tim e travel is no laughing matter. government made a machine flow of events that led to the act of that makes possible overlaps in the reality of time. Does terrorism and to Claire's death in the first place.

Two things make this movie interesting from a cin­ that mean déjà vu is an overlap in time reality?The answer ematic point of view. The first involves a car chase taking to that question is beyond the scope of this movie. Rather place both in the present and the past, all made possible than exploring theories of déjà vu, this thriller merely drops by a portable headset Carlin wears as he speeds danger­ a magical time machine into our laps. ■

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the financial support of the Canadian government. What's important is that this "idea of a nation" provides Richler with the opportunity for windy spec­ ulation and the expression of truly idiotic ideas, such as "The Dictionary o f Newfoundland English is to the province as the Mahabharata is to India, or as Shakespeare's plays are to England."

Worst of all is a series of absurd generalizations he draws near the beginning of the book, asserting boldly that "the writing of a novel is a hopeful gesture, an almost spiritual one that does not defer to immu­ table natural laws that are seen to be greater than us. No matter the pes­ simism of its author, the novel relies on a fundamental belief in the pos­ sibility of human progress." Well, maybe and maybe not. This reviewer would tend to think that it depends on the novel in question, but such in­ definite conclusions clearly do not have a place within Richler's analysis, which, along with his title, bear resemblance to a middle-school textbook.

Despite such critical weaknesses, Richler does eventually arrive at the right conclusion, equating Canada's multicultural literature and society with a grow­ ing global condition. In keeping with the rest of the book, however, it is one of the interviewed authors who really puts it best. "The future of the world is ac­ tually the Canadian model," says Life o f Pi author Yann Martel,"if we manage it." "[But] if we cannot," he adds, "then we shall be another Yugoslavia." ■

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O r p h a n e d s o n g s fin d th e ir d ea r, d e p a r te d D a d d y New Tom Waits box set does the troubadourjustice ability to write moving love songs without saccharine over-sentimentalization. Bawlers also features a number of Getting a new release by Tom Waits is an event. Get­ Waits songs that have been used in film soundtracks over ting three in one day is like the Indy 500, an orgasm and a the years, such as "World keeps turning" from 2001's Pollack cigarette all in one. and the wonderful "Little drop of poison" from Shrek2.

Throughout his 30-odd year career, Waits has assem­ Drawing from diverse sources, from a rendition of bled a catalogue that evokes the dimly lit supper club, the "What keeps mankind alive" from Brecht's Threepenny squalid tenement apartment and the hole-in-the-wall bar Opera to the shaky folk ingenuity of Daniel Johnston's filled with heartbroken sailors and road-weary vagabonds. "King Kong," Bastards is the disc that will keep you up at Released on Nov. 21, Orphans is a three-CD, 56-song box night. Filled with recitations of insect trivia ("Army ants"), set that embodies the multifaceted and eminently gratify­ meditations on bygone automobiles ("Pontiac") and bi­ ing quality of Waits'musical canon. zarre beat-boxing ("Spidey's wild ride"), this disc will please The three discs that comprise Orphans are presented those who feel that Waits is at his best when he is at his thematically as Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards and each weirdest. And although Bastards does not match the carone consists of a hodgepodge of outtakes, new songs nivalesque mayhem of The Black Rider or the growling, and covers. Brawlers is classic barroom Waits: hobo bal­ apocalypticism of Blood Money, it is by far the most eccleclads, blues harp and train songs, in the tradition of Ameri­ tic orphan of the bunch. can roots music. This disc moves transiently between Although he primarily plays piano and guitar, Tom feverish rockabilly ("Lie to me"), mournful chain-gang Waits' real instrument has always been his voice. On Or­ anthems ("Lord I've been changed") and even a cover of phans, he alternates between warbling, lovesick crooning the Ramones'"The return of Jackie and Judy," that is de­ and growling between nicotine-stained teeth. Not sur­ livered with faithful punk intensity. Peculiar amongst the prisingly, his vocals are as haunting and affecting as ever. tracks on Brawlers is "Road to peace," a protest song that Singing like a bourbon-soaked ashtray, Waitj channels unflappably name-drops Israel, Howlin'Wolf and Captain Beefheart Hamas and Bush. In doing so, it feels and establishes himself as the bro­ far more reactionary and overtly ken voice of a broken generation. topical than Waits'previous and less The Waitsian vision of America is sullenly banal attempts at political one of junkyard romance and per­ commentary, namely "The day after petual five-o'clock shadows. It is tomorrow" from 2004's Real Gone. music from the other side of the Bawlers, the second disc, is a tracks—-songs about vagrancy collection of piano ballads, songs and memories swept behind the about broken hearts and musings radiator or lost between cracks in on unfaithful women. It is more the sidewalk, all accompanied by melancholy and less frenzied than opaque melodies. Orphans proves the other two discs and as such is an effective overview of the depth the most easily accessible and per­ and idiosyncrasy of Waits' music, haps the most satisfying, in a nar­ touching on all the major themes, rower sense. "Never let go" is a rous­ influences and the sheer magni­ ing number that highlights Waits' Three discs worth of Waits. tude of it all. ■ J ohn S em ley

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R e v ie w s Jay Pea - Arrivals and Departures. It's spring all year round at the core of the pop universe. This fall, Mon­ trealer Jay Pea rolls out a baker's dozen of comeand-go bohemian ballads in Arrivals and Departures.

Like the cover (see a McGill corkboard near you), this album cuts a confused but determined path over the furrows of love, seeking nature's authentic­ ity. Helplessly hopeful plucking and pondering in "A day in March" ("I took you back home/ And we tried to pretend we weren't strangers') segueways into the pensive rhythm and heartfelt cries of "Al I Your denials," as Jay Pea pleads the cause of true intimacy. After the bluegrass backed, disenchanted flattery of Caroline ("I think it's time to move on/ It's not because you're not real cool"), it's onto the romping Western romance of "Mr. Sam.'The college crowd will crush on the transient, clever music that comprises Arrivals and Departures. Just keep the album (and them doggies) rollin'and you'll never be quite as lonely as you think. Roll it does, with the help of former members of the Stills and Monsieur Mono, an anonymous brook, a few bird chirps and the airy vocals of Marie-Claude Fafard. Indie-folk flavours bring to mind the likes of Pavement, The Inbreds and Neil Young.

Musically fresh yet warmly familiar and lyrically bittersweet—this is what Camus meant by,'autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a flower."

— Hea ther Anderson Jay Pea plays live Friday, Dec. 1a t the Yellow Door (3,625 Aylmer) 8 p.m. Call (514) 398-6243 or visit www.jaypea.com for more information.

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Sports M E N 'S H O C K EY — W A T E R L O O 4 , R E D M E N 3

R e d m e n g e t d o u s e d b y W a te r lo o Squandered chances come back to haunt McGill Waterloo was called for a penalty, but once again failed to capi­ talize.

R icki G urw itz For a second straight week, the Redmen found out the hard way what happens in hockey when you fail to put away your chances early. Coming off a deflating loss last weekend to Lau­ rier and another on Friday to Western, McGill was dealt a morale-crushing 4-3 loss, having dominated the Waterloo Warriors for most of the match.

The men in Red and White scored twice on the power-play before watching their early lead slip away in front of a small crowd of 497 at McConnell Arena. After out-shooting their oppo­ nents 42-15, the Redmen seemed to lose focus midway through the second period and allowed the Warriors to overtake them with four straight even-strength goals to hammer home a win.

Waterloo was able to capitalize on their few chances, while Mc­ Gill could not do the same with a wealth of opportunities.

"We played a great 50 minutes of the game, but 10 minutes cost us three goals," said Benoit Martin, the game's second star, who scored all three McGill goals. "Wejust need to focus on play­ ing the full game."

McGill skated into the game with obvious intensity after a tough overtime loss to Western on Friday night and it was Mar­ tin who led the charge. Making the most of some bad Water­ loo penalties, the Redmen capitalized with their special teams to give them an early lead. Scoring two power-play goals within three minutes of each other, Martin seemed to be leading his team to an easy win. Between the power-plays and a Redmen five-on-three chance, the Red 'n'White out-shot their opponents by an astounding 16-2 margin in the first frame and played force­ fully on both ends of the rink while rendering Waterloo ineffec­ tive on its five power-plays advantages.

Cracks begin to show The Redmen brought that same vigour to the ice in the second period, taking advantage of another Waterloo penalty to move the puck and create a few more unfulfilled chances, none of which they were able to convert on. The game began to fall apart at 8:24 of the second after a scramble in front of the McGill net led to Waterloo's Jordan Brenner scoring a controversial goal that was ruled fair by the referee who was out of position at the blue line.

"The guy kicked the goal in with his leg and the net was off," said Redmen goalie Mathieu Poitras."It was the turning point of the game. We were dominating and had the momentum until that point, and then it swung in their favour."

The first Warrior goal breathed life into the otherwise list­ less squad. Kevin Hurley followed that up at 17:37, going top shelf on Poitras. Despite out-shooting its opponents 15-7 in another period of dominant play, McGill needed a lucky break and with nine seconds left in the second, the Redmen seemed to get it as

Failure to execute McGill controlled play in the first half of the third period but once again, squandered chances came back to bite them. After failing to score on another two-man advantage midway through the frame, Waterloo grabbed a bit of momentum and parlayed it into a third goal. Forward Ryan McGregor led a rush and slotted home a goal at 12:40 from in tight to give the Warriors their first lead of the game. Two minutes later, a wide open Shane Hart drove hard to the McGill net, scoring a fourth goal as he found the top shelf. Martin completed the hat-trick with another powerplay goal during a late McGill flurry but it simply wasn't enough.

After pulling the goalie in the last minute of play, McGill came on strong but were unable to capitalize, again, creating high-quality chances but coming up just short.

"We play together, lose together. We do everything as a team," Poitras said. "We dominated this game but they had some lucky shots".

After the demoralizing weekend against Western and Water­ loo, the Redmen get to escape the confines of McConnell Arena as they now head out on the road to face Lakehead University twice next weekend. With a disappointing 8-2-2-1 record and a surprising second place slot in the current OUA East standings, McGill will look to get back on track, as well as take some revenge against a Lakehead squad that dispatched the Redmen in last year's Queen's Cup for the OUA Conference Championship. ■

CATHERINE LIN Defenceman David Urquhart reels in the faceoff scramble and loads up the cannon for a shot.

T H IR D M A N IN

T h e "V " i s f o r v a g u e ost Valuable Player. Four times a year these words become the most complicated words in the Eng­ lish language. In particular the word valuable becomes wide open to the interpretation. Is the MVP the player that means the most to his team? The best player in the game? A player who played well down the stretch?

A combination of the three? In reality, it is simpler than all those: it is the player who in one season helps his team the most regardless' of the team's outcome. Or'at least it's sup­ posed to be.

On Nov. 20, Ryan Howard was named the National League MVP. He won because of his great power numbers; leading the National League in home runs and runs batted in.The next day Justin Morneau won the American League MVP, presumably for the same reasons as Howard, since the difference between the AL and the NL isn't great enough to warrant different criteria for the MVP. Therefore Morneau must have won because of his power numbers, except for the fact that 12 players hit more homeruns, five had greater slugging percentages and one had more runs batted in.

The one player who was better in all categories was David Ortiz, therefore using the logic of NL voters, Ortiz should

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have been MVP. But wait, Morneau's team made the play­ offs and that should make him the the MVP. Well if that's what made him the MVP, then NL voters should have cho­ sen Albert Pujols or Carlos Beltran.

Obviously, neither the AL nor the NL voters have a clear criteria and the result was that they ended up contradicting each other. Not only are the selections contradictory, but they are also incorrect.

Morneau's MVP was largely due to an axiom about MVP voting; you need to play for a playoff contender to win it This is a ridiculous assertion. Miguel Cabrera won't become a better player with a wardrobe change and it's not Grady Sizemore's fault that high schoolers could pitch in the Indian's bullpen. If it doesn't matter what team you are on, what does matter?

The answer then must be intangibles. Of course, by definition intangibles cannot be measured, so essentially they are based on hearsay and bias. "He's a clubhouse leader," writers will say. How do you know that? Did you overhear it from the player's barber? And even if he is a leader how much does his leadership improve the team?

One win? Two? Three? Intangibles are immeasurable and

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arbitrary and should hold no weight in the MVP selection process.

One. of the best statistics to measure a player's total value is a stat called WARP or Wins Above Replacement Player. This year Howard and Morneau ranked fifth and 15th respectively in WARP. Many writers discount stats like this because "games are played pn the field, not on a computer."

The hypocrisy of this is that they are more than happy to use their stats, such as HRs and RBIs, to determine a player's value. They only fault the statistical method when it renders disagreeable conclusions.

A third trait is blurring the judgment of the Baseball Writers of America Association: amnesia. Just four weeks before finishing second in the AL MVP race, Derek Jeter won the Hank Aaron Award given to the best hitter in the Ameri­ can League. Three weeks earlier, he won the Gold Glove at shortstop. Voters deemed Derek Jeter to be the best hitter in the AL and the best defensive player at the most chal­ lenging defensive position, yet for some reason he wasn't the MVP. While Morneau and Howard had superb years and they were the MVPs, they weren't the most valuable players.

At least not by any logical method I can recognize. ■

28.11.06» The McGill Tribune • 21

P R O FIL E — M A R TLETS VOLLEYBALL

F R O M T H E C H E A P SEA TS

S p ik in g h e r w a y t o t h e t o p Thomson comes by her skills naturally C harlie B lore Nature or Nurture? Genetics plays a significant role in the success of many athletes. It has a lot to say about the athletic abilities of the individual. On the other hand, the importance of being introduced to a sport at a young age and being well trained in it are crucial in the athlete's development.

In the case of Jennifer Thomson, she's been blessed with a lot of both.

"My family has been in volleyball for quite some time,” Thomson said. "My mom and dad both played in univer­ sity, so they introduced me to it at a very young age."

In only her second year as a member of the McGill volleyball team,Thomson is already becoming the key cog in the Martlet machine. The power hitter from Rosemere was named the CIS's rookie of the year last year, ranking fourth in QSSF scoring with 220 points and third in kills with 193. This year, she currently sits third in the CIS with 115 kills to go with 127 points, good for fourth in the country.

Despite her prowess on the court, you might not peg Thomson as much of a vol­ leyball player at first glance. At just s'/, she's hardly the size of a prototypical volleyball player— especially not of a power hitter, who are generally expected to play above the net. Fortunately, her other abilities more than make up for her short stature.

"I have a pretty good vertical leap," Thomson said. "My jump is pretty high con­ sidering I'm not a very tall player and men­ tally, I don't get frustrated easily. If some­ thing goes wrong, I can move on to some­

thing else really quickly.”

Finding success off the court Off the hardwood, Thomson is opening doors for herself. Academically, the physical education major has learned how to strike a balance between her commit­ ments to the Martlets and her studies.

"I've been doing it for so many years anyway through­ out high school and CEGEP that I'm kind of getting used to the whole organization aspect of it,"Thomson said of the balancing act she plays between school and athlet­ ics. "I'm a very organized person and so I can plan every­ thing out nicely and I think that's really important. There are times when you'll have a practice and you have to go home and do so much work but it's nothing that stresses me too much."

Thomson has also begun to branch out into the burgeoning world of beach volleyball.

Though she only has a year of experi­ ence playing on sand under her belt, Thomson isn't ruling it out as part of her future.

'I love the fact that it's only two people because you're involved in the play so much more," Thomson said. "I haven't been exposed to beach volley­ ball as much yet. I've only had one real year of it so far and I love it but I've been playing indoor for most of my life. I re­ ally hope to go far in one of them but I just don't know which yet. Obviously the Olympics are a goal for me though."

A goal that seems within leaping range for this rising star. ■

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — N IC H O L A S M A C R O Z O N A R IS

G e ttin g b a c k o n tr a c k Canadian champion Macrozonaris takes gold at McGill Open meet The McGill Men's and Women'sTrack and Field teams co-hosted the McGill Open this weekend. Among the athletes that turned out for the annual event was Cana­ dian 100m sprint Champion and Laval native Nicholas Macrozonaris. The two-time Olympian finished first Sat­ urday in the Men's 60m dash in a time of 6.78. He also took the time to talk with the Tribune about his past and his future.

" I h a d a r o u g h se a s o n la s t y e a r, it w a s e m o tio n a l f o r m e ju s t b e c a u s e I w a s in ju r e d a n d m y o w n fe d e r a ­ t io n t u r n e d t h e ir b a c k o n m e ."

— N ic h o la s M a c ro z o n a ris

to compete.

What are your goals for this year?

I'm going to be running much faster then I did today.

You have to take into account that we're real early in the season. The real times should be dropped in January or February so I have a lot of time in front of me to work on my speed and get where I want to be. Also, I'm running the 4 x 200m relay with the St. Laurent club. We're trying to set a new provincial record. This is just the first attempt, next week will be the second attempt and it's going to be back here but for now we're just trying to get our passes crisp.

— compiled by Charlie Blore

Why did you choose to attend this event?

First of all, I've been inactive for quite a long time now with injuries and so I wanted to kick off my season very early this year just because I was fresh throughout last season. Second, I think, as always, it's a pleasure to come here and compete at McGill because it's a well-or­ ganized event. I like [McGill Track and Field Coach] Dennis Barrett a lot.

Plus there's an electronic scoreboard now, so you can get your results instantly and accurately, which is very nice.

How did you feel physically, coming off the in­ juries?

I felt great. I had a rough season last year, it was emo­ tional for me just because I was injured and my own fed­ eration turned their back on me [Macrozonaris received no financial assistance while injured and took Sport Cana­ da to court as a result]. But then I came back and was able to win nationals and become the Canadian champion.

Coming back from that, I'm just very excited to run and

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Macrozonaris wears his sunglasses at night.

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bout two years ago, in this very newspaper, I opined that the Red Sox were really no different than the Yankees—to me, to the rest of baseball and hell, to pretty much anyone not named Bill Simmons. While McGill's strong New England contin­ gent was fawning over Pedro and Johnny Damon—who turned out to be nothing more than a gorilla-suited Benedict Arnold— I was churning inside as the $i35-million "underdogs" ended The Babe's curse.Two years later, I still cannot understand the fiscal ab­ surdity of baseball. If I turned on the TV tomorrow and saw that the Cubs are signing Jose Canseco to a six-year, $243-million (all figures US) contract and borrowing money from Iraqi banks to pay for it, I would be only mildly surprised.

As most observers now realize, the Sox are a case in point when it comes to this wacko free agent market. The group of Red Sox players that previously drew my ire used to "cowboy up,” shave their heads and probably watch a lot of NASCAR. That's hardly en­ dearing behaviour, but at least those guys have World Series rings to their credit.The 2006 team was annoying and quite mediocre. At least no one's being fooled any more.

Recently, the BoSox bid $5i.i-million for the exclusive right to court Japanese pitching sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka. If he signs a four-year) $4o-million deal— as some writers are speculating— that's approximately $90-million total for four years. I'll do the math for you: that's $22.5-million per year, meaning the Red Sox would be paying more money for Matsuzaka than any team is paying for another pitcher in baseball.

Can a pitcher who has never thrown a pitch in the Major Leagues really be worth that kind of money? I doubt it. But here's a little secret—the Red Sox may not think so either. The $5i.i-million they owe to Matsuzaka's old team, the Seibu Lions, is contingent on the Sox signing him. If no agreement is reached by Dec. 14, not a single dollar is converted into yen and the hurler returns to Japan.

That's why I'm skeptical that Matsuzaka will ever don a Red Sox uni­ form.

Call it a conspiracy theory. But is it a coincidence that Boston's nemesis, the New York Yankees, wére considered the frontrunners for the Japanese phenom's services before Boston was identified as the highest bidder? Is there something suspicious about Boston's outlandish offer that its nearest contender was outbid by a reported $i3-million? The Sox can treat it like Monopoly money; they know they'll never really have to spend it. What the astronomical sum did guarantee was that the serious bidders would get blocked, which they did. Like Luke Skywalker, the Red Sox successfully thwarted the Evil Empire.

Keep this in mind when reading the inevitable Associated Press article where Matsuzaka's agent, Scott Boras, whines that his client was offered too little. Of course, Sox GM Theo Epstein will rebut that Boras was seeking too much: Since Matsuzaka has no le­ verage in negotiations— he can only negotiate with the Red Sox— both sides will be able to blame the "posting" system for Japanese players as the reason that no deal was consummated. If that's the case, Epstein will be doing so disingenuously. How can someone ask for a few million too many if the team was willing to pay $51.1million just to talk to the guy?

Even' if my skepticism is warranted, Boston's tactics do not represent marketplace sanity. A truly serious owner— read George Steinbrenner—was willing to part with $38-million before inking Matsuzaka. Worse yet, my predictions could be folly and the Red Sox might determine that the pitcher's value is indeed upwards of $2o-million a year. In that case, I'll take little solace that the "defen­ sive bidding"never took place, because apparently some unproven guy is worth more than Roger Clemens.

Also, remember that financial ridiculousness is not limited to trans-Pacific parlays. Current ballplayers have signed their own head-scratching contracts, from Alfonso Soriano (an unfathom­ able $i36-million over eight years), to the slap-hitting Juan Pierre (five years, $44-million), to one-year wonder Gary Matthews Jr. (five years and sso-million for a career .263 batting average). Ask casual fans if they've heard of Matthews—they haven't. Only in today's pro baseball can nobodies earn $io-million.

Then there's Matsuzaka. No matter how gripping the debate over whether the BoSox can outspend the Yankees is, it's a frivolous one; most teams do not even dream of bidding on imports.

Two years after the Baby Yankees won the Fall Classic, smallmarket teams are still unable to compete and Major League Base­ ball still needs fixing. Two years later, as the off-season hot stove heats up once again, I'm reaching my boiling point. ■

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H O C K EY — M A R TLETS 3 , C O N C O R D IA 1

E x h a u s te d M a r tle ts g u t o u t w in McGill buries cross-town rivals to wrap up weekend action M a t t C hesser

Carleton, the score would have been much higher."

If Sunday afternoon was any indication of how the McGill Martlets play when they're fatigued, a healthy and rested Martlets squad could be an opponent's worst nightmare.

Less than 24 hours after defeating the Carleton Ravens 11-rin Ottawa, the Martlets outshot the basement-dwelling Concordia Sting­ ers 37-9 en route to a 3-1 victory at Ed Meagher Arena.

"I thought we. played tired hockey this afternoon," said Head Coach Peter Smith. "We made some mental errors that under any other conditions we shouldn't be making."

Despite some lapses in judgement by McGill players, the most costly mental error of the match was not committed by a member of Smith's team. Instead, that dubious distinction belonged to Concordia rearguard Bianca Chartrand, whose lackadaisical clearing attempt was easily picked off by McGill's Christine Hartnoll and led to Brittany Privée's game-winning goal.

The power play marker—scored with less than five minutes remaining in the third period— was Privée's second in as many nights and gave McGill a 2-0 lead.

The Martlets had opened the scoring just over four minutes into the match on a snapshot from the hashmarks by leading scorer Vanessa Davidson.

"I think we were tired, and Concordia's goaltender stood on her head," Davidson said.

"But if we played like we did last night against

Goalies shine Concordia goaltender Meggy Hatin-Léveillée had to make several outstanding saves to keep her team in the game and was much busier than her Martlets counterpart Charline Labonté, who made eight stops for her eighth victory of the season. Hatin-Léveillée was par­ ticularly stellar in an opening eight minutes in which her squad was outshot 14-1Despite being badly outplayed by their cross-town rivals, the Stingers were able to pull within a goal in the third period as forward Devon Rich ruined Labonté's shutout bid with a top-corner slapshot. However, Concordia's brief glimmer of hope would be snuffed out less than 30 seconds later when Martlet freshman Alyssa Cecere notched her third goal of the season.

Cecere's goal capped a balanced effort on offence by the Martlets, as no player registered more than a single point. Of note was a first pe­ riod assist by rookie defender Catherine Ward, who has already established McGill single-sea­ son records in goals (10), assists (17) and points (27) in just 18 total games. Ward's accomplish­ ments were honoured when she was named the Quebec University female athlete of the week.

"She plays a great game, and has such a great vision on the ice," Smith said. "She really does an outstanding job for us every night."

The victory allowed the Martlets to remain

the only undefeated team in CIS hockey, sport­ ing a perfect 8-0-0 regular season record. It also capped a lengthy road trip for the Red 'n'White, in which they played five away games in 10 nights.

For the Stingers, it was another painful re­ minder of how far their once mighty women's

hockey program has fallen: Winners of nine conference championships in the last 14 years, they have yet to register a single victory this season.

The two teams will meet again on Friday night at McConnell Arena as they complete a home-and-home series. ■

ANGELA HEERSING Martlet forward Christine Privée sees her shot deflected in front on the net.

S S M U , Q u e e r M c G ill c i r c u l a t e p e t i t i o n Organizations share information table at entrance to blood drive Continued from COVER drive ban-have no binding effect on their programming and events. Al­ though SSMU does have the ban on its books, executives did not condemn the Athletics drive; rather, along with Queer McGill, they continued to open­ ly question Health Canada's stance via a petition and ajoint information table set up at the drive with permission from the organizers..

"Our table was there to educate to people on the policy that SSMU had recently taken on the Héma-Québec and Health Canada policy," said Vice President Communications and Events Gill Prendergast. "However we

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still encourage people to give blood."

Queer McGill Treasurer Laura Johnson stressed that the group pur­ sues this type of activity at any blood drive and its presence at yesterday's event was not because of its unique nature but because of its proximity to the Student Society's ban.

"We have this table to make people aware of the situation because Hema-Québec does have a confusing policy," Johnson said. "We circulate a petition at every blood drive and we send it to Héma-Québec every year.

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would hamper any protests. Also, Zheleznyak asked Queer McGill to discour­ age any potential radical factions from disrupting the non-political event.

Hema-Québec, as they expressed earlier in the year, was reluctant to hold another blood, drive on campus dur­ ing the first semester. However, once it learned of the Athletics relationship to SSMU, the agency was more willing to operate at Tomlinson Fieldhouse.

"Once they found out how we fit into the McGill structure and that we aren't governed by the same policy, they were more reassured," Weaver said. "It costs them time and money to come here. It costs, them $40 to process each pint of blood, so if they come here and get nothing out of it, it's very expensive."

There was ultimately no need, though, to worry about a lack of blood collected. McGill students, many gal­ vanized by the SSMU ban, came out in droves to the field house in order to donate much needed blood. Several athletes, such as Martlet hockey star Chantal Gauvin, were pressed to come by their coaches who saw the drive as an important McGill Athletics pursuit.

Abbi Spencer, a U2 student, saw her presence as an. expression of her deep dislike of SSMU's policy, "Now it's a political statement," she said. "I'm hoping that this can be a very positive blood drive so SSMU and McGill will see that it's important to give blood and that the students do care."

Many SSMU Councillors have argued that banning Héma-Québec from the Shatner building still allows eligible McGill students to donate blood. Spencer disagreed with that LEETIPTON reasoning.

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Redmen Basketball— Concordia Stingers at McGill Redmen; Thursday, 8 p.m., Currie Gymnasium McGill takes on its cross town rivals from Concordia. The Stingers are one of the top teams in the country and find themselves at 3-0, battling for top spot in the Quebec Confer­ ence with Laval. McGill meanwhile have started strong, pres­ ently sitting at 2-0 in league play after shocking Bishop's and Laval. Rivalry games like this are generally tight but this could turn into a bit of a Harlem Globetrotters-like whipping if the | Redmen don't show up.

Martlet Hockey— Carleton Ravens at McGill Martlets; Sun­ day, 1 p.m., McConnell Arena The Martlets look to keep things rolling against the 2-5 Ra­ vens. McGill are presently the top ranked team in Canada and continued to dominate after scoring a 3-1 win on the road over Concordia this past Sunday. Look for the Martlets to put on a clinic Sunday against a team that is currently giving up over four goals a game.

NFL Football— Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants; Sunday, 4:15 p.m.. Giants Stadium, FOX I The two teams are currently in a dog fight for the NFC East diI ■vision. The Cowboys are finally looking like the team they are I supposed to be on paper They've won their last three games I on the arm of America's new it-boy Tony Romo. The Giants ' meanwhile are headed in the opposite direction having lost I their last three including a painful loss to the Bears on home 1 turf and a colossal meltdown Sunday against the Titans. Tom j Coughlin will need to outcoach Bill Parcells this week if New I York is to pull out a win in this one. Here's hoping he's up to I the task.

SCORING SUMMARY FIRST PERIOD: 1. Western - Peter Franchin (J. Martens) - 345 2. Western - Jesse Boucher (M. Manias, C. Eade) -17:28 (PP) SECOND PERIOD: 3. McGill - Benoit Martin (S. Shewchuk ) - 0:27 4. McGill - Benoit Martin (E. L'Italien ) - 8:11 5. Western - Thomas Harrison (M. Manias, M. McKeown) 9.16 6 . McGill - Sam Bloom (M. Leclerc, T. Kyres) -11:03 THIRD PERIOD: 7. Western - Sal Peralta (C. Eade, K. Richardson) - 3:48 8 . McGill - Louis-Simon Allaire (S. Shewchuk, K. Morin) -10:51

NCAA Football— Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Florida Gators; Saturday, 6 p.m., Georgia Dome, CBS Both teams would have needed this win to keep their nation­ al championship hopes alive. But then Arkansas took itself out of the title hunt by flopping on Friday against LSU. However, the Gators will be playing with an eye on their opponent and an eye on the out-of-town scoreboard. USC and UCLA square off across the country at 430 and if USC slips up, it could open the door to Florida to squeak by Michigan and made to the National Championship game.

NHL Hockey—Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens; Saturday, 7 p.m.. Bell Centre, CBC This will be the fourth meeting of the two teams in less than two months. Am I the only one who thinks this bad boy should have been spread out a bit more? In any event, both teams are off to good starts this season and are currently bat: tling one and other for second spot in the Northeast division. g The Buds hold a one point lead and lead the series by a 2-1 I margin but the bleu-blanc-rouge have three games in hand.

I Hopefully saturation doesn't take anything away from this I ' storied rivalry.

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I j Is A C K O F THE W E B K ~ | ■ This Week's Winner: OJ. Simpson—Hall of Fame I Running Back, Buffalo Bills. | f "We, the jury, in the above entitled action find the dej i. fendant Orenthal James Simpson not guilty of the crime of j | | murder.”

Does anyone else think those 12 men and women are I regretting that decision yet? If they didn't shortly after they t returned to society and heard all the un-admitted evidence j from the case— like how the Juice hid in the back of his j : friend's white Ford Bronco and attempted the slowest, most J | infamous getaway in the history of L.A. freeway getaways— j they certainly must be following Simpson's now much-pub­ licized and— at least temporarily— on hold If I had done it I publicity tour.

It seems pretty safe to say at this point that Orenthal is one of the worst men alive today. Whether he killed his exwife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman or not is one thing, but to try to profit from their death in such a flagrant | | and grotesque manner is truly sickening. And that's before you realize he has two kids by Brown. How sick is this guy?

Until now, despite his obviously being guilty in the I J court of public opinion, OJ. seemed to mostly be viewed as a punch line. This most recent incident, though, will hopefully relegate him to his true place in the societal lexicon: beside Ted Bundy, Scott Peterson and the rest of America's most heijf nous murderers.

Johnny Cochran must be rolling over in his graye.

Redmen wipe the floor with Gaiters The usually predictable world of Quebec university bas­ ketball suddenly became volatile as McGill handed Bishop's a 77-54 upset loss in Lennoxville on Saturday. Freshman guard Matt Thornhill scored 22 points as the Redmen improved to 2-0 in the Quebec conference. McGill lost its first 11 pre-sea­ son games but have now won three straight, two of them regular season affairs, including last week's equally stunning 69-57 win at Laval. McGill took a commanding 36-20 lead over Bishop's at the half and received solid performances from sophomore Philippe Letourneau and junior Sean Anthony.

Letourneau scored 14 points, shooting 7-for-7 from the field, and grabbed five rebounds, while Anthony went 5-for-9 from the field to tally 11 points with a game-high nine rebounds, McGill, which had a 41-32 edge in rebounding, shot 51.5 per cent from the field and 37-5 from three-point range but shot a dismal 3-for-8 from the free throw line.

Marlets come from behind to complete the sweep The Martlets basketball team also defeated Bishop's 61-59 in an equally stunning upset as guard Nathifa Weekes tallied 20 points to even McGill's record at 1-1. Bishop's led 36-25 at the half and 54-38 after three but collapsed in the final stanza as McGill rallied to outscore the Gaiters 23-5. Weekes, who also had four rebounds and four steals, had a solid supporting cast in Julianne Noseworthy, Marianne Roberge and Catherine Parent. Noseworthy had 13 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. Roberge, dded 10 points and three re­ bounds, while the 5'n” Parent contributed six points and eight rebounds.

Redmen and Martlets test out newcomers at McGill Open track meet Rookie Aly McPhee and transfer student Jonathon Menzies began their McGill careers in style last weekend at the McGill Open, the first event on the CIS track and field schedule. McPhee, in her first meet, won the women's high jump and finished fifth in women's pole vault. McPhee took the high jump with a top height of 1 .5 5 m, defeating rivals Mallory Griffith, Alison Larocque— both from Queen's— and Arian Beaumont-Courteau of Montreal International club via fewer faults, with all four clearing the same height. In pole vault, she cleared 2 .8 0 m. Teammate Clio Templeton finished sixth, clearing 2 . 10 m. Also, thrower Stephanie Harris finished fourth in the women's shot put (8 .5 1 m) and fifth in women's weight throw ( 11 ,0 0 m).

Menzies began his McGill track career in similar fashion.

The mid-distance runner finished second in the men's 1000 m event (2 :5 1 .4 3 ) and fifth in the 1500 m (4 :3 0 .50 ). In addition, sprinter Blair Bateson came in fifth in the 6 0 m Dash with a time of 7.43 seconds.

All-Canadians abound for McGill Greg Hetherington and Ben Walsh ofthe Redmen football team both earned CIS all-Canadian second-team honours.

Only five players were selected from the Quebec University Football League, all on the second team.

Hetherington, a 6 '4 '' senior slotback, led the QUFL in reception yardage with 595 on 38 catches. Hetherington caught a team-leading five touchdowns in seven games to establish an all-time McGill record with 15 careerTDs. Walsh, who earned all-Canadian honours for the second time in three years, continued his strong play on the offensive line. The 6 -foot-1, 289 -pound political science senior has started every game since joining the Redmen in 2003 and was a first team all-Canadian in 2 0 0 4 .

The 2006 fall season produced nine all-Canadians for McGill athletes, three shy of the school record for fall sports, achieved in 2002 .

The Martlets soccer team was able to boast defender Shari Fraser and midfielder Eloise Vandal after both earned first-team recognition. On the men's side, striker Jamie Scholefield was named second team all-Canadian..

In cross-country, Lauren Whyte and Elspeth McGregor both qualified as all-stars by finishing among the top seven (fourth and seventh respectively) at Nationals.

In rugby, winger Laura Belvedere was selected to the first team for the second straight year.

In baseball, second baseman Jonathan Comeau was one of only nine players picked across the CIBA conference to its all-star squad.

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