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McGill slips into playoffs

Volume 26 Issue 17 • January 23,2007

Blood comes back

GA seeks to solve conundrum

"I tr u ly fe e l t h a t t h e r e is a c o n s t i

K ristin M aich

tu tio n a l w a y o f h o ld in g b lo o d d riv e s in S h a tn e r," S in g e r s a id . " W ith o u t q u e s

A fte r ra d ic a l q u e e r g r o u p S e c o n d C u m m in g 's

p ro te s t

la st y e a r,

tio n , t h e b a n o n M SM b lo o d d o n a tio n

b lo o d

d riv e s h a v e b e e n a s t ic k y is s u e w ith in

is u n ju s tly d is c r im in a to r y a n d m u s t b e

t h e S tu d e n ts ' S o c ie t y o ffic e . B lo o d is

c h a n g e d . H o w e v e r, th is d o e s n o t m e a n

b a c k o n t h e a g e n d a fo r t h e F e b ru a ry

t h a t t h e r e a re n o c ir c u m s t a n c e s u n d e r

G e n e ra l A s s e m b ly , a s t w o m o tio n s a re

w h ic h b lo o d d riv e s c a n b e h e ld in S h a t

q u e s tio n in g

ner.''

S S M U 's N o v e m b e r d e c i

s io n to b a n H e m a - Q u e b e c fro m th e

S in g e r, w h o is a ls o t h e e n g in e e r

S h a tn e r b u ild in g , o n t h e b a s is th a t it

in g re p re s e n t a tiv e to C o u n c il, sa id th a t

la c k s p o p u la r s t u d e n t s u p p o rt.

h is p ro p o s a l is a re a s o n a b le c o m p r o

T h o u g h SSM U has b een ad am an t

m is e t h a t is “m u c h m o re c o n d u c iv e to

t h a t t h e ir a c tio n is n o t a c a m p u s - w id e

c h a n g in g t h e b a n o n M SM th a n o u t

b a n o n b lo o d d riv e s , t h e d e c is io n w a s

rig h t b a n n in g b lo o d d rives." S in g e r d id n o t b e lie v e h is m o tio n

n o t u n iv e rs a lly a p p la u d e d b y s tu d e n ts . E v a n S in g e r, E n g in e e rin g U n d e r g ra d u

w o u ld

a te S o c ie t y b lo o d

S S M U e x e c u t iv e b u t w a s m o re o p tim is

and

d riv e c o o rd in a to r,

tic a b o u t th e re a c tio n s o f c o u n c illo rs .

M a rc -A n d re R o u s s e a u , U3 p r o b

a b ility a n d s ta tis tic s , h a v e b o th s u b

“I d o n 't t h in k t h a t t h e y lik e to h a v e

m it te d m o tio n s to b e v o te d o n a t th e

t h e ir a u t h o r it y c h a lle n g e d ," h e sa id . "I

u p c o m in g G A to a llo w s tu d e n ts a sa y

h o p e t h a t t h e c o u n c illo rs w h o a re b a s

in t h e d e c is io n re g a rd in g b lo o d d riv e s

in g t h e ir o p in io n o n [S S M U P re s id e n t

in S h a tn e r. R o u s s e a u g a rn e r e d o v e r 100

A a ro n

s ig n a tu re s fo r h is m o tio n w h ile S in g e r

w ill a t le a s t ta k e a s o b e r s e c o n d lo o k a t

p r o c u r e d t h e s ig n a tu re s o f f o u r c o u n

t h e situ a tio n ," S in g e r sa id .

D o n n y -C la rk 's]

in te rp re ta tio n

H o w e v e r, V ic e - P re s id e n t

c illo rs .

The Redmen stumbled against Ottawa but had already managed to clinch a spot in the post-season with Friday's win over Concordia. For full coverage of Saturday's game against the Gee-Gees, see page 21.

b e re c e iv e d p o s itiv e ly b y th e

U n iv e r

s ity A ffa irs F in n U p h a m d is a g re e d w ith

Singer's motion pushes for SSMU to allow "other interested groups to host blood drives" in Shatner, provided that these groups inform students of the "discriminatory and homophobic nature" of Health Canada's ban on do nations from men who have sex with men.

S in g e r's a c c u s a tio n . "I'm n o t su re w h e r e E v a n is c o m in g fro m in s a y in g t h a t w e d o n 't lik e h a v in g o u r a u th o rity c h a lle n g e d ," U p h a m said . " G e n e ra lly s p e a k in g , I d o n 't t h in k w e

See BLOOD on page 6

Chicken cannons blast political culture Sketch comedy: a government's friend or foe? s h o w firs t m a d e th e tra n s itio n fro m ra d io to te le v is io n b a c k in

E liza beth P erle

1993. In a re c e n t in t e r v ie w w it h t h e T r ib u n e , R o s e m o n d d is c u s s e d

Im a g in e a p h o to o f G e o r g e W . B u sh , a c a n n o n lo a d e d w ith

h is w o r k w it h t h e s h o w , its ro le w it h in C a n a d ia n p o litic a l c u lt u r e

a m m u n it io n in t h e fo rm o f Iraq i o il, T e x a s m a n u r e a n d p re tz e ls ,

a n d re v e a le d t h e a n s w e r to a q u e s tio n in t h e b a c k o f t h e m in d o f

a n e c s t a t ic a u d ie n c e a n d a s a tis fy in g b la st o f c o lo u r fu l g o o p d is

e v e r y A ir Farce fa n : W h a t p o litic ia n s m a k e t h e b e s t C h ic k e n C a n

c h a rg e d o n to t h e A m e ric a n c o m m a n d e r - in - c h ie f's fo re h e a d .

n o n ta rg e ts ?

"All of them,"he says, without the slightest hesitation.

A n y o n e w h o h a s e v e r w a t c h e d a n e p is o d e o f The R oya lC a na -

d ia n A ir Farce — a C a n a d ia n p o litic a l sa tire t e le v is io n s ta p le — w ill

The death of the Foley artist

b e a b le to te ll y o u a b o u t t h e re c u rrin g C h ic k e n C a n n o n s k e tc h , t h e la tte r s c e n e b e in g ta k e n fro m t h e s h o w 's 2 0 0 2 e n d - o f- th e -

It w a s d u rin g t h e 2 0 th c e n t u r y t h a t s a tire in t h e w e s te r n

y e a r s p e c ia l. P e rry R o s e m o n d h a s b e e n t h e d ire c to r o f Air Farce s in c e th e

w o rld m a d e t h e tra n s itio n fro m p r in t m e d ia to "p e r fo r m a n c e " m e d ia . N o w h e re is th is b e tt e r illu s tra te d t h a n in t h e m o d e rn 30-

minute television show. Historically, televised political satire has played an important role in the Canadian comedy tradition. This H our h as 22 M inutes and The Royal C a n adian A ir Farce are two (of many) longstanding CBC programs that revolve around taking jabs at the Canadian government. The most hard-hitting political satire in the United States, by contrast, has been happening off of television— in the form of The Onion and political cartoonists— with the exception of some segments o f S a tu rd a y N ight Live.

See JUST on page 14

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Campus meets compost with new initiative Recycling connoisseurs weigh in on SSMU's environmental performance A lli M a c Issac Students hoping to convert their trash into bonus points with mother nature will now have another opportunity to do so. A recent recycling and composting initiative in the Shatner Building has added a slot for compost to garbage bins in the building.Trevor Fraser, environment commis sioner for the Students' Society, indicated that the program came from the Environment Com mittee of Council. "[It is] being run with the full involvement and cooperation of the vice-president clubs and services [Floh Herra-Vega], who is also the build ing manager," Fraser said. "Generally, we have a very supportive and involved executive." Late last year, McGill graduates Jodie Mar tinson and Emmanuel Cappellin made a short documentary on the state of recycling and con servation on campus. The video, entitled In the Q u ie t a n d Still Air o f D elightful Studies, put forth a number of recommendations to move toward a more sustainable campus. T h e v id e o a ls o s h e d lig h t o n t h e c u r r e n t le v e l o f e n v ir o n m e n t a l m e a s u re s im p le m e n t e d o n c a m p u s . A c c o r d in g t o t h e film m a k e r s , T h o m so n F lo u s e , t h e re c re a tio n a l c e n t r e fo r g r a d u a te s tu d e n ts , r e c y c le s 83 p e r c e n t o f p o te n tia l w a s t e

ommendations. Fraser pointed out that, among other things, the multi-purpose bins have been clearly labeled. "We've [also] added a chute for compost be cause we would eventually like to be able to take organic waste separately," Fraser said. Gorilla Composting, a campus group that advocates organic recycling and Sustainable Mc Gill were involved as well. The initiative is in a test phase right now to teach students and staff what material is and isn't compost-friendly, but after a waste audit next week, the material will soon be sent recycled properly. "We don't want to start composting before people know what's compostable. Right now a lot of people don't know how to do it," HerraVega said. According to Fraser, this program is just the beginning and SSMU is actively pursuing other environmental initiatives as well. "I'm pretty busy with other things, like help ing create a Sustainability Office at McGill and building the SSMU's environment Web site," he said. Martinson and Cappellin were pleased with the direction SSMU is taking this year, but Cap pellin stressed that there is still more to be done.

w h ile b a re ly 2 0 p e r c e n t is re c y c le d in S h a tn e r.

“It's all weli and good to talk about dissat isfied students," Martinson said, "but we have to look in the mirror and recognize that our own building is not one of the better ones for recy cling." The new program provides accessible and OLIVER NGUYEN efficient receptacles for green waste disposal, Make sure your waste conforms to these 50 easy-to-follow guidelines and compost away! which is one of Cappellin and Martinson's rec

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C u rre n tly , th e r e is o n e w a s t e re c e p t a c le b in o n c a m p u s fo r e v e r y 7 ,0 0 0 s t u d e n t s a t M c G ill a n d r e d u c in g th is ra tio is a n o t h e r re c o m m e n d a t io n fro m t h e v id e o t h a t h a s n o t y e t b e e n im p le m e n t ed.

However, Martinson and Cappellin see Fras er's reforms as beneficial. "It looks like it is a step in the right direction," Martinson said. ■

BY THE NUM BERS

Tree-huggers come together in order to cut red tape Shatner building may be getting greener, but executivés still feeling blue about constraints S onya B ell During last year's election campaign, Stu dents' Society President Aaron Donny-Clark declared the environment to be his top priori ty, which was well received by numerous cam pus groups dedicated to the environment. But eight months into his term, Donny-Clark has had mixed success in making Shatner more environmentally friendly and executives are facing some constraints to implementing changes. Donny-Clark asserted that all of SSMU is working on the environment, as the issue falls across multiple jurisdictions. He cited VicePresident Clubs and Services Floh Herra-Vega's work on recycling in Shatner and VP Univer sity Affairs Finn Upham's work on the Sustain ability Proposal as examples of the collective effort SSMU has put forth. He also said the improving relationship between SSMU and environmental groups on campus is part of a collective approach to the issue. "The expansion of the SSMU Environ mental Committee was a big step," DonnyClark said. "There wasn't much of a relation ship before, when the committee had only five or six members not necessarily related to

the groups on campus; but now members of the campus groups are coming to meetings in large numbers and we're figuring out how we can all work together." The feeling may be mutual. According to Nadya Wilkinson, a member of the steer ing council for the Sustainable McGill Project, SSMU is very supportive of environmental ini tiatives, even though there is no specific bud get dedicated to the issue. "We have a lot of support from SSMU,"she said. "They're a wonderful resource and very enthusiastic." She expressed a desire for SSMU to let environmental groups know about events ahead of time so that they can assist with proper waste management, but her primary grievance was toward seemingly inevitable red-tape. "They're doing what they can; anything at McGill goes slowlyj'Wilkinson said. Those on the inside feel the bureaucratic frustration as well. Herra-Vega, who is involved in the environmental portfolio in her capacity as the SSMU building manager, supported calls from the environmental community to use the building to set an example, but said that it is not always possible.

"There are some things we can't touch because we are on McGill campus and there are some areas where McGill reigns supreme," Herra-Vega said. "Energy consumption is one example; we can't monitor it because we don't have access to the numbers." Herra-Vega is well aware of the pressure to get initiatives like building-wide compost ing and a system of selling and borrowing Tupperware underway, but said that SSMU executives face unique difficulties. "The obvious problem with SSMU is the turnover. If you don't do it in one year, it's hard to follow through,"she said. Because environmental sustainability is a long-term issue, the pressure to continue the process and strengthen, the relationship be tween SSMU and student environment groups is essential. Donny-Clark said that he was going to try to implement changes to make transitions between executives smoother. "One thing we're doing is looking into getting a full-time person for the summer to help us develop policy and action plans,” Donny-Clark said. "In the fall, the SSMU Envi ronmental Committee can carry those ideas. These sorts of things will ensure some sort of continuity."*

We at the Tribune always enjoy setting the story straight. After a few weeks of carnival, it's logical to ask: who drinks more, more quickly?

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Some wish doom for Zoom De-corporatization of student space proves to be a tricky task to accomplish C harlie B lore Z o o m M e d ia a d v e rtis in g s p a c e s

a s e t n u m b e r o f a d s a n d I d o n 't k n o w

c a m p u s . J u s t t h r e e m o n th s a fte r th e

th a t w e c o u ld

G A , t h e r e s e e m s to b e s o m e d is a g re e

p u t th e m

a n y w h e re

m e n t o v e r h o w e ffe c tiv e ly th a t d ire c

e lse,” sa id H e rra-V e g a. That

in t h e S h a tn e r B u ild in g w a s h ro o m s

re a s o n in g

h a sn 't s to p p e d

h a v e b e e n d e fa c e d in re c e n t w e e k s ,

s o m e m e m b e r s o f t h e s tu d e n t b o d y

re p lic a tin g s im ila r a c ts o f v a n d a lis m

fro m ta k in g

tiv e is b e in g im p le m e n te d . "As fa r as th e G A g o e s , th e re

m a tte rs in to th e ir o w n

h a sn 't re a lly b e e n a n y th in g d o n e th u s

w h ic h h a v e b e e n p e r p e tra te d a g a in s t

h a n d s . S tu d e n t a c tio n g ro u p s lik e th e

far," L a p p a n o sa id . "T h e re is a d e - c o rp o

t h e a d c o m p a n y a t M c G ill in p a st y e a rs

G ra s s ro o ts

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ra tiz a tio n c o m m itte e , s p a w n e d o u t o f

a n d a t o th e r u n iv e rs itie s like T re n t a n d

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G R A S P é t h a t h a s b e e n d o in g re se a rc h

W a te rlo o .

t h e a d ja m m e r s a n d t h e ir rig h t t& ta k e

and

a c tio n o n a n in d iv id u a l le v e l.

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fo r

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to g e th e r.

th e re h a v e n 't b e e n a n y ta lk s a b o u t re

w a n t to s e e a n y s e m b la n c e o f c o r

"G R A S P é s u p p o rts th e s e t y p e s o f

p o ra te in flu e n c e in s tu d e n t s p a c e o n

a c tio n s w h e r e s tu d e n ts a re a b le to g o

m o v in g Z o o m M e d ia a d s, so it m ig h t

c a m p u s , h o w e v e r, it d o e s n 't lo o k like

in to p u b lic s p a c e a n d p u t u p t h e ir o w n

ju s t b e a s itu a tio n w h e r e s tu d e n ts are

t h e y w ill b e g e ttin g t h e ir w is h a n y

a rt o r th e ir o w n m e ssa g e s," said G R A S

ta k in g it u p o n t h e m s e lv e s to t r y to e f

tim e so o n .

P é s p o k e s p e rs o n D e re k L a p p a n o . "W e

fe c t c h a n g e ."

"T h e f a c t is w e h a v e a fo u r y e a r

fe e l it's a v e r y d e m o c ra tic a n d e ffe c tiv e

c o n t r a c t w it h Z o o m M e d ia a n d th a t

w a y o f g o in g a b o u t g e ttin g th e s e c o r

isn 't g o in g to c h a n g e ," sa id S tu d e n ts '

p o ra te s p a c e s o u t o f o u r c a m p u s." W h ile

S o c ie ty V ic e - P re s id e n t C lu b s a n d S e r

b o th

H e rra -V e g a

M e a n w h ile , S S M U

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and

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v ic e s a n d S h a tn e r B u ild in g m a n a g e r

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p a rtic u la r

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F lo h H erra -V e g a ..

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all o f a s u d d e n all s o rts o f c o rp o ra te

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has

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b a th ro o m s — a p a rtic u la rly p u b lic

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h a v e to b a la n c e th a t s o m e h o w a n d

d is a g re e m e n t.

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s p o n s o rs h ip w o u ld

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In O c to b e r, a G e n e ra l A s s e m b ly

so fro m th a t p e r s p e c tiv e it's n o t e v e n

m o tio n w a s p a sse d c a llin g o n S S M U

p o s s ib le to c h a n g e a n y th in g in a n y

c a n d o if t h e r e a re p e o p le t h a t a re u n

to w o r k to w a r d

k in d o f la rg e s c a le w a y u n til th e n e x t

h a p p y a b o u t t h e a d s. I'm p r e tty s u re it's

c o rp o ra te in flu e n c e fro m th e M c G ill

"I'm n o t s u re th e re 's m u c h S S M U

re m o v in g

n e g a tiv e

b u d g e t." ■

Zoo or Zoom? What’s the difference when you just want to unleash?

N E W S A N A L Y S IS

Getting in by shelling out Are pricey test prep classes worth the cash? T raci J ohnson

a c h y e a r m o re t h a n 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 u n iv e rs ity s tu d e n ts p ic k

e x a m s t h a t re q u ire re p e titiv e p r a c tic e to m a ste r.

ise im p ro v e d re su lts . A p p lic a n ts w it h o u t d is p o s a b le c a sh

u p n u m b e r t w o p e n c ils to w r it e s ta n d a rd iz e d e n tra n c e

S te fa n ie C h in - Y ic k , a fo u rth - y e a r p h ilo s o p h y s t u d e n t at

s o m e tim e s c h o o s e to in v e s t in p re p c o u rs e s a s w e ll. T h o s e

e x a m s a fte r s p e n d in g m o n th s p re p a rin g w it h t h e h e lp

Y o rk U n iv e rs ity , to o k a n LS A T c la s s w it h T h e P rin c e to n R e

s tu d e n ts lo o k to fin a n c ia l a id s c h o la rs h ip s t h a t t h e m a jo r

v ie w fo r e x a c t ly t h a t re a so n .

te s t p re p c o m p a n ie s o ffe r a n d m a y e v e n g o in to d e b t to p a y

o f c a ffe in e , s t u d y b o o k s a n d s o m e tim e s p riv a te c o u rs e s th a t

"It w a s p r a c tic e I n e e d e d t o d o m o re t h a n a n y th in g

c o s t th o u s a n d s o f d o lla rs. M u ltip le - c h o ic e te s ts s u c h a s t h e L a w S c h o o l A d m is sio n T e s t fo r la w s c h o o l, M e d ic a l C o lle g e A d m is s io n T e s t fo r

e ls e . W ith th e s e te s ts it's re a lly t h e p r a c tic e t h a t h elp s," s h e sa id .

fo r e x p e n s iv e c la s s e s , ta k in g o u t lo a n s lik e t h e o n e s .o ffe re d b y s tu d e n t- lo a n p ro v id e r S a llie M a e in t h e U n ite d S ta te s.

Paying per percentile

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u la te d c o n d itio n s " a n d in s tru c tio n s in te s t- ta k in g s tra te g ie s

to d o w e ll, b e in g "te st-w ise " c a n b e o v e r e m p h a s iz e d .

fro m "exp e rts," p e o p le w h o s c o re d a b o v e th e 9 0 th p e r c e n tile o n t h e M C A T o r in t h e 9 9 th p e r c e n tile o n t h e LSA T.

"It's so in d iv id u a l h o w p e o p le p re p a re , w h e t h e r it b e t h ro u g h W e b site s, b o o k s o r co u rse s," s h e sa id . " S o m e b u y in to t h e in d u s tr y th a t h a s d e v e lo p e d a n d s o m e d on't."

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to o k t w o M C A T p re p c o u rs e s , o n e w it h K a p la n a n d o n e w ith

fa m ilia r iz in g th e m w it h t h e t y p e s o f ta s k s a n d q u e s tio n s o n

t h e a m o u n t a n d q u a lity o f t h e m a te ria l s tu d e n ts re c e iv e

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w h ile ta k in g a c o u rs e ju s tifie s its c o s t. L ik e its c o m p e tito r s ,

s ta n d a rd iz e d e x a m s . "In te rm s o f in c o m e c a te g o rie s , if lo w - in c o m e p e o p le

K a p la n lic e n s e s c o p ie s o f th o u s a n d s o f t e s t q u e s tio n s fro m

e g y o v e r c o n te n t. "W e w e r e t a u g h t a lo t o f te s t- ta k in g sk ills, s tra te g y , h o w

p r e v io u s e x a m s fo r s tu d e n ts to u se .

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a re le ss fa m ilia r w ith t h e ta s k s t h a n h ig h - in c o m e p e o p le , it w ill b e g in to u n le v e l t h e p la y in g fie ld ,''h e said .

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News Briefs Worldwide protest against Guantanamo Bay to take place in Montreal H o ld in g s e v e ra l h u n d re d p ris o n e rs o f o v e r 3 0 n a tio n a litie s , t h e G u a n t a n a m o B ay d e t a in m e n t c a m p h a s p ro v e n a c o n tro v e rs ia l is su e a n d a th o rn in th e sid e o f t h e B u sh a d m in is tra tio n 's p u b lic re la tio n s m a n a g e rs . In o r d e r t o p re ssu re fo r t h e c lo s u re o f th e p riso n f a c ility a n d a "c h a rg e o r re le a se " p o lic y fo r d e ta in e e s w h o h a v e y e t to a p p e a r in c o u rt, A m n e s t y In te rn a tio n a l h a s o rg a n iz e d w o r ld w id e p ro te sts in c lu d in g o n e to ta k e p la c e th is w e e k in M o n tre a l. A rsa la n Ib n a ln a sir, A m n e s t y In te rn a tio n a l C o n c o rd ia m e m b e r a n d e v e n t o rg a n iz e r, sa id t h a t th e d e t a in m e n t c a m p is c o u n te r p r o d u c tiv e to th e A m e ric a n g o v e rn m e n t's s e c u r it y c o n s id e ra tio n s as it c re a te s m o re fru s tra tio n a n d h a tre d to w a r d s t h e U n ite d S ta te s. "It's e m p o w e r in g p o te n tia l te rro ris ts w ith id e o lo g ic a l a m m o a g a in s t th e U.S. s y s te m in g e n e ra l," Ib n a ln a s ir sa id . "T h e y a re p o in tin g to t h e h y p o c ris y th a t e x is ts in t h e U.S. g o v e r n m e n t a n d b a s ic a lly G u a n ta n a m o . B a y is a sc a p e g o a t."

A fte r la st s e m e s te r's c o n tro v e r s y b e t w e e n la F é d é ra

c a m p a ig n in g o n c a m p u s d u rin g e le c tio n s a n d re fe re n d a .

A le x a R o m a n e lli, e v e n t o rg a n iz e r a n d m e m b e r o f t h e M o n tre a l A n g lo

tio n é tu d ia n te u n iv e rs ita ire d u Q u é b e c a n d th e S tu d e n ts '

S ilv e rm a n e x p la in e d th a t th is is b e c a u s e o n ly p e o p le w h o

p h o n e A m n e s t y In te rn a tio n a l G ro u p , a lso c ritic iz e d t h e c a m p 's e x is te n c e fo r

S o c ie ty , lo c a l s o v e re ig n ty re m a in s a t o u c h y s u b je c t. W ith a

w ill feel t h e im p a c t o f th e d e c is io n s h o u ld b é a b le to c a m

e th ic a l a n d le g a l re a so n s.

re fe re n d u m c o m in g so o n o n jo in in g t h e C a n a d ia n F e d e ra

p a ig n a n d b e c a u s e "it a lso s to p s p e o p le w ith m o re m o n e y

"T h e U n iv e rsa l D e c la ra tio n o f F lu m a n R ig h ts sa y s th a t y o u c a n 't to rtu re a n d

tio n o f S tu d e n ts , c o n c e rn s a re b e in g raise d o v e r t h e p ro

a n d m o re o rg a n iz a tio n a l p o w e r fro m b e in g a b le to ta k e

th a t e v e ry o n e h a s t h e rig h t to a fa ir trial," R o m a n e lli sa id . "All o f th e s e rig h ts a re

c e s s a n d w h e t h e r C F S w ill s ta y o ff th e M c G ill c a m p u s .

o v e r ca m p u s."

b e in g o ffe n d e d a t G u a n t a n a m o Bay."

A c c o rd in g to t h e s tip u la tio n s o f S S M U 's p r o s p e c tiv e

R o b C h u rc h , C lu b s a n d S e rv ic e s re p re s e n ta tiv e to

T h e J a n . 25 e v e n t w ill c o n s is t o f a p ro c e s s io n fro m P h illip s S q u a re to th e

C F S m e m b e r s h ip , a re fe re n d u m m u s t b e h e ld w ith in 12

C o u n c il, sa id t h a t th e s e ru le s h a v e n o t a lw a y s b e e n re s p e c te d in t h e p a st.

U .S. C o n s u la te a n d s o m e p a rtic ip a n ts w ill b e d re s s e d in e it h e r p r is o n e r o r g u a rd c o s tu m e .

m o n th s o f ta k in g o u t m e m b e r s h ip to d e c id e if s tu d e n ts w a n t to jo in t h e n a tio n a l s tu d e n t lo b b y g ro u p , in k e e p in g

"In re fe re n d u m s th a t in v o lv e d [th e C a n a d ia n A llia n c e

T h e t w o o rg a n iz e rs, h o w e v e r, h a d s o m e d iffe re n t u n d e rs ta n d in g s o f th e

w ith C F S p o lic y , an o v e rs ig h t c o m m it t e e c o n s is tin g o f t w o

o f S tu d e n t A s s o c ia tio n s ] a n d F E U Q th e re h a v e b e e n s o m e

g o a l o f th e u p c o m in g e v e n t. W h ile R o m a n e lli fe lt th a t it w o u ld s im p ly b e a first

C F S m e m b e r s a n d t w o m e m b e r s fro m M c G ill w ill w o rk o n

p ro b le m s w ith o u ts id e rs c o m in g a n d c a m p a ig n in g fo r o n e

s te p a n d sa id t h a t s h e d o e s n 't e x p e c t a c lo s u r e w o u ld h a p p e n a n y tim e so o n ,

a c o n s e n s u s b a sis to d e c id e th e ru le s u p o n w h ic h th e ref

s id e o r a n o th er," C h u rc h said . "T h e m o n e y a n d re so u rc e s

Ib n a ln a s ir d e s c rib e d th e c a m p 's c lo s u r e a s a "v e ry re a listic goal."

e re n d u m , w h ic h w ill lik e ly ta k e p la c e n e x t fa ll, w ill o p e ra te .

f lo w in g in fro m th e s e b ig [o rg a n iz a tio n s ] c a n in flu e n c e th e

C F S - Q u e b e c o rg a n iz e r G e o rg e S o u le e x p la in e d th a t

re su lts o f th e re fe re n d u m ."

"I fin d th a t th e U.S. p u b lic is in c re a s in g ly a g a in s t t h e d e te n tio n o f e n e m y c o m b a ta n ts a t G u a n t a n a m o Bay," h e sa id . "T h e U.S. C o n g re s s is in c re a s in g ly

t h e c o m m it t e e w ill m a k e d e c is io n s o n e v e ry th in g fro m th e

B y c o n tra s t, C F S b y la w s a llo w fo r b o th th e ir o w n

m in im u m n u m b e r o f v o tin g d a y s to th e ty p e s o f m a te ria ls

m e m b e r s a n d th o s e fro m a p r o s p e c tiv e s c h o o l to ru n c a m

n a ls th e re . I fe e l th a t th e o n ly b ra n c h o f g o v e r n m e n t th a t is re a lly c lu e le s s a b o u t

a llo w e d d u rin g th e c a m p a ig n , m a k in g s u re t h a t b o th th e

p a ig n s.

w h a t to d o a b o u t G u a n t a n a m o B a y is th e e x e c u tiv e ."

lo ca l b y la w s a n d t h e fe d e ra tio n 's b y la w s a re re s p e c te d . "T h e re 's n o th in g th a t c o u ld h a p p e n o n c a m p u s th a t

In o rd e r to a d d re s s c o n c e r n s th a t th e e x is tin g ru le s a t

— Kayvon Afshari

M c G ill w o u ld b e re s p e c te d , a c la u s e w a s a g re e d u p o n b y

The Close G u a n ta n a m o Bay Protest begins a t 12 p.m . on Ja n . 25 a t Phillips Squ are

th o s e t w o [g ro u p s o f ] o ffic ia ls w o u ld n 't a g re e to," S o u le

b o th p a rtie s t h a t a c c o r d in g to S o u le , sta te s th a t "th e c o n

said .

s titu tio n w ill b e re sp e cte d ." M cG ill's t w o re p re s e n ta tiv e s w ill b o th b e m e m b e rs

o f E le c tio n s M c G ill a n d a c c o r d in g to S S M U V ic e - P re s id e n t E x te rn a l M a x S ilv e rm a n , w ill n o t ta k e a p o s itio n o n th e re f e re n d u m . "T h e n a tu re o f a n E le c tio n s M c G ill p o s itio n is th a t it is to ta lly n e u tra l," h e said .

S ilv e rm a n is c o n fid e n t th a t th is w ill re m a in t h e c a s e d u rin g th e re fe re n d u m . "W e're n o t c o n c e rn e d . It's a g a in s t o u r ru le s to a llo w

b e fu lly p ro te c te d d u rin g th e c o m m itte e 's n e g o tia tio n s .

Management students launch pre-emptive measure against racy photos C o o rd in a to rs o f th is y e a r's m a n a g e m e n t w in t e r c a rn iv a l s tru g g le d to p re v e n t a re p e a t o f la st y e a r's n e g a tiv e m e d ia f r e n z y a fte r t h e Jo u rn a l d e M o n tré a l

th e m to c a m p a ig n o n c a m p u s ,"S ilv e rm a n sa id . "If t h e y d id ,

p u b lis h e d o u td a te d p h o to s fro m a s c a n d a lo u s p a rty a t a p re v io u s e v e n t. In an

t h e r e w o u ld b e a stro n g re a c tio n a g a in s t it s in c e th e re is a

e m a il s e n t a d a y a fte r fe s tiv itie s b e g a n , F irst Y e a r P re s id e n t o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t

h isto ric a l tra d itio n a g a in s t d o in g so."

H o w e v e r, it is n o t c le a r w h e t h e r s tu d e n t in te re s ts w ill

a g a in s t it a n d t h e U.S. S u p re m e C o u rt h a s a lre a d y ru le d a g a in s t m ilita ry tr ib u

C h u rc h a lso s p e c u la te d th a t C F S w o u ld u p h o ld th e a g re e m e n t.

U n d e rg ra d u a te S o c ie ty , R o y R e id , e n c o u r a g e d fe llo w p a rtic ip a n ts to h e lp p re v e n t a n y p o te n tia l lea ks to o u ts id e m e d ia s o u rc e s to lo w e r t h e "risk o f lo sin g C a rn iv a l forever."

A rts S e n a to r Ja k e Itz k o w itz s ta te d h e w a s “n o t c o m

"T h e y 're p r o b a b ly n o t g o in g to d is o b e y th o s e ru le s

A c k n o w le d g in g th e lo g is tic a l p ro b le m o f c o n tro llin g c a m e ra u se a t th e

fo rta b le " w ith th e re p re s e n ta tiv e s b e in g - E le c tio n s M cG ill

s in c e it w ill b e o n e o f o u r firs t jo in t v e n tu r e s w ith CFS," h e

e v e n ts , R eid in s te a d a sk e d t h a t if s tu d e n ts p o s t t h e ir p h o to s o n Facebo ok o r

o ffic e rs.

sa id . “P lu s, th e re 's a lo t o f g o o d fa ith in th e C F S rig h t now ."

a n o th e r W e b site , “a n y a n d all a lb u m s b e m a d e p riv a te to p r e v e n t p u b lic acce ss."

"I t h in k a S S M U e x e c u tiv e s h o u ld b e o n th e c o m m it te e b e c a u s e t h e G F S w ill b e s e n d in g th e ir b e s t p e o ple,'' h e said .

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s p e c t iv e th a t w e w a n t to p ro v e it io o .

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p e r c e n t," s a id J o h n B e llin g h a m , a v o l

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a c c o m p a n y th e s e x u a l e n d e a v o u r s o f t h e w e a re r. • A re a l-life M o w g li w a s

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u n te e r fo r C R U a n d o n e o f t h e e v e n t's

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p o s s e s s e d w ith e v il sp irits. N o t e x a c t ly t h e h p m e c o m in g s h e w a s lo o k in g

d ire c to r o f t h e N e w S c h o la r s S o c ie ty ,

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to w a r d s a P h D in b io p h y s ic s . H is h is

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u n iv e rs ity p ro fe s so rs. " T h e m o s t ra tio n a l p o s itio n to h o ld is t h e is m o v e r a th e ism ," D u rsto n sa id . "M y a r g u m e n t fro m s c ie n c e w ill f o c u s o n t h e o rig in a n d d e s ig n o f b o th t h e u n iv e rs e a n d b io lo g ic a l life.

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y e a r-o ld g r a n d m o th e r o v e r t h e re m o te b u t la te r s ta te d t h a t h e c o u ld n t re m e m b e r w h a t h e w a n t e d to w a t c h . • O n e o f t h e m o s t u n d e ra p p re c ia te d p ro fe s s io n s w ill b e im m o rta liz e d w ith a s ta tu e th is w e e k in A m s te rd a m . "T h is s ta tu e is m e a n t to g iv e all th o s e m e n a n d w o m e n stre n g th ," said t h e s c u lp to r w h o is h e rs e lf a fo r m e r p ro s titu te . • S o c c e r sta r R o b e r t v a n P e rsie b ro k e h is to e ia st w e e k w h ile c e le b ra tin g t h e w in n in g g o a l o v e r M a n c h e s te r. T o o b a d h e c a n 't e v e n c a ll it a w a r in ju ry . • A C h ic a g o B ears

D e s p ite all t h e a d v e rtis e m e n ts

to ric a l k n o w le d g e m a y s e t h im a p a rt

fa n in d u c e d la b o u r e a rly la st w e e k

b y M c G ill C R U , th e f a c u lt y o f re li

fro m t h e a rc h e ty p a l t h e is t, a s h is a r

d u rin g t h e g a m e a n d m is s it. S h e w a t c h e d t h e g a m e fro m h e r h o s p ita l

g io u s s tu d ie s a t M c G ill h a s y e t to b e

g u m e n t s w ill b e b a se d p r im a rily o n

b e d w h ile h e r h u s b a n d w e n t to t h e g a m e w it h o u t h e r. N o w th a t's lo v e .

in fo rm e d o f an e v e n t t h a t a d d re s s e s

s c ie n c e a n d h isto ry .

a n d w h a t w a r r a n t t h e r e is fo r ta k in g

b e lie f in t h e h e re a n d n o w .

re p o rte d ly m u rd e re d h is g r a n d m o th e r b e c a u s e t h e t w o c o u ld n o t a g re e o n w h a t t e le v is io n s h o w to w a t c h . H e s ta b b e d a n d b lu d g e o n e d h is

J e s u s o f N a z a re th , h is c la im s to d e ity

S h o o k 's a r g u m e n t s te m s fro m a

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M y a r g u m e n t fro m h is to r y w ill lo o k at

t h o s e c la im s se rio u sly."

s u rv iv e d a n d w a s fo u n d b y t h e h u n te r's w if e t w o d a y s later. T h e d u c k is

18 y e a rs a n d is n o w a t te m p tin g to a d a p t to life in c iv iliz a tio n . H o w e v e r, it

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t h e e x is t e n c e o f G o d . D o u g la s F a rro w ,

p la in t h e n a tu r a lis tic w o r ld v ie w a n d

a s s o c ia te

b e fo re , it sta y s a lo t a t a p h ilo s o p h i

th e o lo g ic a l is su e s , is s k e p tic a l o f th e

c a l level," B e llin g h a m sa id . "O fte n , th e

b e lie f in a n y th in g p a ra n o rm a l o r s u

im p o r t a n c e o f s u c h a n e v e n t.

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p e rn a tu ra l," S h o o k sa id . " T h e u p c o m

"I still d o n 't k n o w a n y th in g a b o u t

in g M c G ill d e b a te a ls o g iv e s m e t h e

th is d e b a te ," F a rro w s a id . "P e rh a p s it is

o p p o r t u n it y to e x p la in w h y re a s o n s

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a w a r e th a t th e re w a s a n u n d e rg r a d u a te re p re s e n t a tiv e fro m th e M a c d o n a ld

s u c h e ve n ts."

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C a m p u s S tu d e n ts 'S o c ie ty , w it h v o ic e b u t n o v o te , p r e s e n t a t th e m e e tin g .

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fa irs F in n U p h a m s p e c u la te d o n w h e t h e r th e B o a rd o f G o v e r n o r s 'v o t e o n m o u s h a d t h e r e b e e n a n u n d e rg r a d u a te o n t h e B o a rd . In fa c t, U p h a m w a s

to 26.

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so e a s y to fa ll in to w h e n y o u d o n 't k n o w w h a t's

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is s u e s a s t h e g lo b a l A ID S e p id e m ic , t h e Iraq w a r

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a n d t h e c risis in D a rfu r, fo r m e r U n ite d N a tio n s

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s p e c ia l e n v o y fo r H IV /A ID S in A fric a S te p h e n

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L e w is s p o k e to a fu ll h o u s e a t C o n c o r d ia last

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t h a t p la g u e s t h e

in te rn a tio n a l c o m m u n it y a n d its re s p o n s e to

su e s. A lth o u g h e q u ip p e d w it h a s e n s e o f h u

h u m a n c rise s.

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ta te t o la y b a re t h e s ta tis tic s w h e n s p e a k in g o f

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w e r e E u ro p e a n s," h e sa id . A t tim e s d u rin g h is le c tu re , L e w is d e m o n stra te d u n a p o lo g e tic a n g e r a n d fru s tra tio n at

a n y b e tte r. In fa c t, it is g e ttin g w o rs e . "U N A ID S re p o rte d in 2 0 0 6 t h a t in e v e r y s in

t h e la c k o f a c tio n ta k e n b y d e v e lo p e d c o u n tr ie s

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m o m e n ts o f h o p e , it re m a in s tr u e t h a t t h e p a n

in Iraq , L e w is in siste d t h a t t h e U .S .-in d u c e d c o n

d e m ic is o u ts trip p in g o u r c a p a c ity t o re sp o n d ."

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Blood ban up for debate Motions to give students voice in decision Continued from COVER m in d lis te n in g to p e o p le s 'r e a s o n s fo r d is a g re e in g w it h u s b u t in th is c a s e th is isn 't a n is s u e th a t h a s ju s t b e e n d e a lt w it h o n a w h im . It h a s in v o lv e d a g re a t d e a l o f d is c u s s io n a n d a n a ly sis." T h e o th e r m o tio n w a s s u b m it te d b y R o u s s e a u , w h o sa id h e w a s s u rp ris e d w h e n h e le a rn e d o f SS M U 's d e c is io n . "H a v in g n o t b e e n g iv e n t h e o p p o r tu n it y to v o ic e m y o p in io n o n it, I w a s sh o c k e d ," R o u s s e a u sa id . "I fe e l as th o u g h a d e c is io n to b a n b lo o d d riv e s is o n e t h a t s tu d e n ts s h o u ld h a v e a sa y

“The matter of having blood drives that perpetuate negative stereotypes about disadvantaged groups is not one of popular opinion or majority rule," the executive wrote. "It is a matter of protecting our consti tution and protecting minority rights, even when this is at odds with the will of a majority. However, Rousseau took issue with the way in which the SSMU ex ecutive referenced the section of its Constitution that states, "no endeav our of the Students'Society shall dis criminate against persons or groups on the grounds of irrelevant personal characteristics."

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Bulgarian expat says Canadians are friendly

E lizabeth P erle "W e a re a c o u p le o f p o litic a l ju n k ies," sa y s D a n ie l G o ttlie b , U i h o n o u rs h is to r y a n d p o litic a l s c ie n c e , e x p la in in g h is re la tio n s h ip w it h h ig h s c h o o l

After living in C a n a d a for to years, B ulgarian-born history professor Katrin

p a l Eli G rim s o n , U i e c o n o m ic s .

Bozeva-Abazi says sh e has a d ju sted to life in N orth Am erica. Bozeva-A bazi enjoys

L a s t te rm , G o ttlie b a n d G rim s o n

enlightening h e r stu den ts a b o u t the perils o f Eastern Eu rope a n d w h y y o u sh o uld

b e g a n t h e P o litic a l Issu e s C lu b a t M c

respect yo u r Babushka.

G ill, a n in fo rm a l p o litic a l d is c u s s io n g ro u p to

m e e tin g

d is c u s s

e v e ry

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o th e r w e e k

How was the transition from Bulgaria to Canada? What were some of the first differences that you noted?

n e w s - re la te d

s u b je c ts . It b e g a n o n a s m a ll s c a le

[In C a n a d a ], th e r e is a re a lly n ic e a n d fr ie n d ly a tm o s p h e r e . I b e lie v e th a t

- a g ro u p o f p o litic s - o b s e s s e d frie n d s

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m e e tin g u p to d is c u s s t h e ir d is tin c t

y e a rs ; w h e n w e le ft B u lg a ria it w a s still a c o m m u n is t c o u n tr y . W e c a m e to C a n

p e r s p e c tiv e s o n c u r r e n t e v e n t s - b u t

a d a so t h a t I c o u ld w r it e m y P h D th e s is a n d e n d e d u p s ta y in g b e c a u s e it's a

t h ro u g h w o rd o f m o u th , t h e n u m

b e tt e r p la c e to ra ise kid s.

b e r o f m e m b e r s b e g a n to in c re a s e q u ic k ly . W ith o u t re a liz in g it, G o ttlie b a n d G rim s o n

had

e s ta b lis h e d

p r o fo u n d ly a b s e n t fro m

Do you find that there is a difference between looking at history in Canada and looking at history in Bulgaria?

fo ru m

I w o u ld n 't k n o w a b o u t th a t. I k n o w s o m e o f t h e m a jo r e v e n t s in C a n a d ia n

t h e M c G ill

h is to ry , b u t I h a v e n 't s tu d ie d it e x te n s iv e ly . B u t fro m m y e x p e r ie n c e [as a h is

p o litic a l s c e n e fo r s o m e t im e .

t o r y p ro fe s s o r], I w o u ld s a y th a t th e re isn 't a d iffe re n c e . T h e tre n d h a s b e e n , in

T h is s e m e s te r, t h e P o litic a l Issu e s

g e n e ra l, to lo o k a t h is to r y d iffe re n tly .

C lu b h a s b e e n o rg a n iz e d , e x p a n d e d a n d is a s s e r tin g it s e lf a s a n e c e s s a ry

What prompts McGill students to take interest in Eastern European his

a d d itio n to t h e M c G ill p o litic a l a re n a .

tory?

"O f c o u rs e w e h a v e e n o u g h p o

S tu d e n ts a re in te re s te d in th is s u b je c t m a tte r. M a n y M c G ill s tu d e n ts ta k e

litic a l g ro u p s a t M c G ill, fo r e x a m p le th e

Young

L ib e ra ls ,

s u c h c o u rs e s b e c a u s e t h e y h a v e a b a c k g ro u n d in th a t p a rtic u la r a re a . T h e y

C o n s e r v a tiv e s ,

w a n t to c o n n e c t to t h e g ra n d p a re n ts a n d g r e a t- g r a n d p a r e n ts t h a t t h e y h a v e

NDP, G re e n P a rty ,, t h e list g o e s on,"

le ft b e h in d . I w o u ld n 't sa y t h a t all o f m y s tu d e n ts h a v e th is c o m m o n b a c k

a d m its G rim s o n . "B u t w h e n y o u g o to

g ro u n d , o f c o u rs e .

th o s e m e e tin g s , y o u a re s u rro u n d e d

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b y lik e m in d e d p e o p le , w h o a re m o re lik e ly th a n n o t g o in g to s h a re m o s t o f t h e s a m e fu n d a m e n t a l p o litic a l v ie w s

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in c lu d e

th e

fu tu re ; t h e y a re lo o k in g fo r a v ic e -

as you." T h e P o litic a l Issu e s c lu b p re s e n ts

P o p e 's c o m m e n t s o n Isla m a n d th e

p r e s id e n t o f t h e g ro u p a n d s o m e o n e

c la s h o f c iv iliz a tio n s , a n d o f c o u rs e ,

a u n iq u e o p p o r t u n it y f o r d ia lo g u e

t h e w a r s in A fg h a n is ta n a n d Iraq .

to h e a d u p F in a n c e . "W e lo v e ta lk in g a b o u t p o litic s ,

a m o n g s tu d e n ts w it h d iv e rs e p o litic a l a ffilia tio n s a n d b e lie fs.

T h e firs t o ffic ia l m e e tin g o f th e

[th e P o litic a l Issu e s C lu b ] h a s b e e n a

te r m , w h ic h to o k p la c e o n J a n . 16,

g re a t w a y to e d u c a t e o u rs e lv e s a n d

What would you do if you weren't a history professor? I a m n o t g o in g to b e o n e fo r v e r y m u c h lo n g e r. T h e r e is v e r y stro n g c o m p e titio n in th is fie ld . W h e n I a m n o lo n g e r w o r k in g , I a m g o in g to ra ise m y c h ild re n . I h a v e t h r e e v e r y y o u n g k id s a n d I fe e l lik e I m is s e d a lo t o f t h e ir u p b r in g in g .

What is one thing that your students don't necessarily know about

c e n te re d its e lf a ro u n d t h e b ro a d s u b

e n c o u r a g e o th e r s tu d e n ts to d o so as

you?

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je c t o f "C a n a d a 's R o le in t h e G lo b a l

h o n e s tly , I t h in k m o s t s tu d e n ts re a lly

S y s te m .” S p e c ific a lly , g ro u p m e m b e r s

w e ll," G o tt lie b a ffirm s . A f t e r a n e x tr e m e ly s u c c e s s fu l firs t

m u c h a b o u t t h e ir p ro fe s so r's p e rs o n a l life.

s h y a w a y fro m th a t. W e a re h e re fo r

d is c u s s e d

“I g u e s s y o u c a n a lso lo o k a t th e d e b a tin g

t h o s e w h o lo v e ta lk in g a b o u t p o litic s

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and

g lo b a l

m e e tin g , T h e P o litic a l Issu e s C lu b h a s

w a r m in g . G o ttlie b a n d G rim s o n d e c id e d

fro m t h e sm a ll ta b le s o f S h a tn e r's u p

b u t d o n 't w a n t t o h a v e to p a rtic ip a te

to d ire c t t h e d e b a t e to th e s e s u b je c ts

sta irs c a fe te ria , w h e r e th e g ro w in g

in a p ro fe s s io n a l d e b a te in o rd e r to

b e c a u s e " a c c o rd in g t o p o lls, t h o s e a re

g ro u p u se d to m e e t u n o ffic ia lly la st

d o so." M e e tin g

t h e m o s t im p o r t a n t t h in g s r ig h t n o w , M onday

h e a lth c a re aside," s a y s G o ttlie b . "T h is

s e m e s te r. A n d th is is p r o b a b ly m u c h to th e

e v e n in g in t h e L e v B u k h m a n ro o m

m e e tin g , w e w a n t e d to lo o k m o re a t

re lie f o f t h e Ja n ito r, w it h w h o m G o t

o f t h e S h a tn e r B u ild in g , G o ttlie b a n d

fo re ig n affairs."

tlie b a n d G rim s o n h a d to n e g o tia te

o th e r

A s id e fro m s t u d e n t d e b a te s , th e

w e e k a fte r w e e k w h e n t h e f e r v e n t

p re -

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d e b a te s o f t h e clu b 's 15-p lu s m e m b e r s

e s ta b lis h e d to p ic s re la te d t o re c e n t

la rg e - s c a le e v e n t s in t h e n e x t f e w

w o u ld ru n fa r p a s t c lo s in g tim e . ■

n e w s e v e n ts . "It's h a rd , b e c a u s e w h o c a n re

m o n th s , o n e o f w h ic h w ill b e a le c t u r e s e rie s fe a tu r in g a g ro u p o f M P s

a lly k n o w w h a t t h e n e w s is g o in g to

w it h d iffe r e n t p o litic a l a ffilia tio n s .

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To be blunt, the bar is set pretty low when it comes to men's fashion. Guys aren't expected to dress to impress much beyond avoiding embarrassment. The one major mess-up for guys is shoes. They need to match the out fit, not just in colour, but in style. Dress pants call for dress shoes, jeans look best with Adidas and mixing it up usu ally isn't a good idea, even if Usher can pull it off. Speaking of Usher, we all know that hiphop has become ex tremely mainstream and there's nothing wrong with adding a little gangsta flavour to your wardrobe. Howev er, the side-tilted hat, the fake bling, the giant shoes and the ridiculously low-rise jeans don't really work for you, alone or in combination, unless your name is Lil'Jon. And yours most likely isn't. When buying pants, try to make sure they cover your ass, or buy a belt and remember, if in doubt, just ask a chick; they know all about that stuff. ■

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C o o k o n c e a n d e a t fo r a w e e k .

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F e e d s e v e n h u n g r y frie n d s . O r, h o ld

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2 V2 t e a s p o o n s c h illi p o w d e r

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a b ib (th is o p t io n n o t r e c o m m e n d

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e d ). R e g a rd le s s o f h o w y o u c h o o s e

to s e r v e t h is t h ic k , h e a r t y s o u p , it's

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b o u n d t o sa tisfy . T o ta l p r e p a ra tio n (i.e . v e g e t a b le c h o p p in g p lu s t h e t im e it ta k e s to c o n v in c e

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'A t e a s p o o n c a y e n n e p e p p e r

a n g e r in a c h o p p in g f u r y a g a in s t v e g

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t im e fo r s p ic y b la c k b e a n a n d v e g e t a b le s o u p is r o u g h ly a n h o u r. T h e

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(1) In a la rg e p o t, h e a t o il o v e r m e d i

s t e w o r c h ili- lik e ; it ta s te s e v e n b e tt e r

u m h e a t. A d d in o n io n , g a rlic , c a rro ts ,

t h e n e x t d a y a n d a ls o fre e z e s b e a u t i

c e le r y a n d g re e n p e p p e r, s tirrin g o c

fu lly . T h e v e g e t a b le s liste d s h o u ld b e

c a s io n a lly , fo r a b o u t fiv e m in u te s .

s e e n a s o p tio n s : z u c c h in i, red p e p p e r

(2) S tir in c h ili p o w d e r a n d g ro u n d

o r p e a s c a rt e a s ily b e s u b s titu t e d in

c u m in ; c o n t in u e c o o k in g fo r a n o t h e r

a n d u s in g c a n n e d c o rn p a c k e d w ith

m in u te .

ja la p e n o p e p p e r s is a g re a t c h o ic e fo r

(3) A d d c h ic k e n b r o th , b la c k b e a n s ,

t h o s e w h o lik e it e x tra h o t.

c o rn , to m a to a n d c a y e n n e p e p p e r;

S e r v e w it h to a s te d p ita b re a d o r n a c h o s fo r d ip p in g , o r t o p e a c h b o w l w it h a d o llo p o f s o u r c re a m .

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d u c e t h e a m o u n t o f c h ili p o w d e r to

V2 o n io n , c h o p p e d

o n e t e a s p o o n a n d u s e m ild s a ls a . ■

McGill has been registered as a participant in the Week of Action organixed by the Energy Action Coalition, and will be screening “An Inconvenient Truth” as part of on-campus activities. All members of the McGill community - staff, students and faculty - are welcome.

Screenings are scheduled on • Monday, January 29 (Macdonald Campus): afternoon* @Ceilidh, Centennial Centre + 5:45 pm@Raymond 2045 ♦Tuesday, January 30: afternoon*+evening** ©Leacock 232 * Wednesday, January 31: afternoon*@Leacock 232 + 6:00 pm@Thomson House (PGSS) Ballroom • Thursday, February 1: evening**o»Leacock 232 • Friday, February 2: aftemoon*@>leacock 232 • Saturday, February 3 (Residences): 3:00 pm@New Residences Hall Ballroom "afternoon: approximately between 12:15 and 2:30 pm "evening: approximately between 5:15 and 7:30 pm. film runtime: approx. 100 minutes

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STUDENT HEALTH

POD PEOPLE

The tests that can mean life or death— literally What you should be doing to protect your health as a twentysomething sh o u ld b e d o in g in o rder to p re v e n t d isease. A lth o u g h the fo l

tancy about it because of the nature of the test. Testicular cancer is a serious threat for young men, and needless to say, would prove far more unpleasant than this short test.

lo w in g h ea lth tips m a y seem a ta d ob vio us, y o u w o u ld be surp rised a t the n u m b er o f stu d en ts w ho, g e n in g c a u g h t up

Y o u r g r a d e s ix s e x e d u c a t io n c la s s w ill te ll y o u

J oa nn a R eznick Even in o u r tw enties, there a re im p o rta n t things w e

in th e b ed la m o f un iversity life, n e g le ct even the m o st basic, y e t essential, h ea lth tests.

V isit a

family physician a t le a s t o n c e a y e a r fo r a

.... j

G irls , if y o u a re o v e r 18 a n d / o r s e x u a lly a c tiv e , it

is v e r y im p o r t a n t t o m a k e re g u la r a p p o in t m e n t s

a g y n o u n le s s t h e y h a v e b e e n h a v in g e x p lic it p ro b le m s .

a n d ly ric s. H o w e v e r, u n iq u e n e s s c a n b e e x t r e m e ly re la tiv e . In s u c h cases,' it's im p o r t a n t n o t to ju d g e a s o n g b y its c o v e r.

"H e y Y o u ,"P in k Flo y d "P la y in g w it h G irls," A C / D C

y o u m a y b e fa ith fu l, th is d o e s n o t m e a n it is n o t e x t r e m e ly

" H o o c h ie C o o c h ie M an," E ric C la p to n

tested regularly for HIV a n d o t h e r s e x u

" S tra n g e rs W h e n W e M eet," D a v id B o w ie " T h e G re e k s D o n 't W a n t N o Freaks," T h e E a g le s

“

/ I Immunizations: t h e r e a re a n u m b e r o f im m u -

x f y f

' n iz a tio n te s ts a n d b o o s te rs t h a t p e o p le o v e r 18

" E le v a to r M u sic," B e c k "T h ird W o rld G irl,” M a rv in G a y e

s h o u ld h a v e a lre a d y g o t t e n . B e s u re t o c o n s u lt

"B a c k O F F B itc h ," G u n s 'N 'R o s e s

y o u r p a re n ts o r f a m ily p h y s ic ia n t o m a k e s u re

"I T o u c h M y s e lf T h e D iv in y ls

t h a t y o u h a v e g o tte n t h e m . F u rth e rm o re , th e r e a re n e w

"C h ' C h e c k it o u t " T h e B e a s tie B o ys

im m u n iz a t io n s fo r m e n in g itis a n d t h e c h ic k e n p o x , fo r

" L a d y M a rm a la d e " L a b e l le

t h o s e w h o h a v e n o t y e t g o tte n t h e m .

"A c c id e n ta lly in L o v e 'T h e C o u n tin g C r o w s "S a ta n G a v e M e a T a c o " B e c k

"~~7

w it h a g y n e c o lo g is t o r y o u r f a m ily d o c t o r to

Pap test. M a n y w o m e n a re h e s ita n t a b o u t s e e in g

th e s e m u s ic a l p ro d ig ie s c o n n e c t to t h e ir lis te n e rs w ith t h e ir u n iq u e m e lo d ie s

" S tra w b e rry F ie ld s F o re v e r,"T h e B e a t le s .

a lly tra n s m it t e d in fe c tio n s a n d d is e a s e s .

get a

o f u n p r o te c te d s e x . B u t in t h e re a l w o r ld , e v e n

S te re o t y p ic a lly , m u s ic ia n s a re t h o u g h t to b e c re a tiv e so u ls . P e rh a p s t h e y g e t t h e ir a rtis tic y e a r n in g fro m t h e d ru g s , o r m a y b e it's G o d - g iv e n . E ith e r w a y ,

t h o u g h y o u r b o y frie n d m a y b e fa ith fu l a n d e v e n t h o u g h im p o r t a n t to g e t

n o rm a l c h e c k - u p a n d re g u la r b lo o d te s ts .

The flu shot. 'Tis the season for influenza, and the best way to avoid this debilitating disease is to get vaccinated. However, it is important to remember to constantly wash your hands with hot soap and water, particularly before and after eating, in order to prevent the spreading of the virus.

e v e r y t h in g y o u n e e d to k n o w a b o u t t h e h o rro rs

'Hey You/ your song titles suck!

V Jf

It's im p o r t a n t to g o t o y o u r

dentist a t le a s t o n c e

a y e a r. S e v e r e c a v it ie s c a n t u r n in to ro o t c a n a ls . -I

"Y o u L iv e , Y o u L e a r n " A la n is M o ris s e tte " W h e n I G o o s e s te p " T h e S h in s

A n d if y o u a re h a v in g a n y p a in in t h e b a c k o f

D o n 't b e . It is a s ta n d a rd — a n d v it a l— c h e c k u p fo r every

y o u r m o u t h , it is p r o b a b ly w is d o m t e e t h , w h ic h if t h e y a re

s e x u a lly a c t iv e w o m a n . C o n s u ltin g y o u r p h y s ic ia n a b o u t

g ro w in g in c o rr e c tly , n e e d t o b e re m o v e d .

— co m p ile d b y R a ch e l M elnik a n d Elizabeth Pt

a m a m m o g r a m is a ls o a g o o d id e a .

For guys, the equivalent is getting a testicular exam, and again, there tends to be a lot of hesi-

The blackboard a little fuzzy? Everyone should go see an eye doctor once a year to be sure that your prescription hasn't changed. ■

HOW-TO

Come out of a first date with your dignity intact ...and hopefully score a second one J oa nn a R eznick

ta lk in g a b o u t e x 's a n d t o p ic s t h a t s e e m to m a k e y o u r d a te u n c o m fo rta b le . M o s t im p o rta n tly , if y o u

Dating can be hard, to say the least. Some peo ple forego the awkwardness of first dates by hook ing up with a friend and falling gracefully into a rela tionship. But not all of us are so lucky. First dates with someone new are usually disastrous, as our nerves take over and we become stuttering, emotionally fragile fools. How can one avoid all of the awful first date co nundrums, such as excessive sweating, bad breath and the potentially catastrophic finale:"to kiss, or not to kiss?"The following are a few friendly tips for how to go on a first date and come out both alive... and maybe even with a second date! First of all, don't ask any love interest out over Fa ce b o o k or MSN, the reasons for which are self-ex planatory. Moving on. "The Coffee Date" is a popular choice for first daters. It is also highly overrated. You are likely going to be nervous and jittery enough, throwing caffeine into the mix is simply a bad idea. Always involve al cohol if you are going to drink something. This will loosen up the conversation and more importantly, if you meet "for a drink", this means that you can legitimitely leave after it is finished if things aren't going well. » Keep in mind that a dinner date means invest ing at least an hour in that person's company. That being said, Montreal can be^ great place to have a dinner date because you can bring your own cheap wine and relax without paying $9 a glass. White wine is better than red; stained teeth are most unat tractive. It is not necessary to prepare a list of things you're going to talk about on your date. Just avoid

fin d y o u r s e lf d is c u s s in g M o n tre a l's w in t e r w e a t h e r fo r m o re t h a n 2 0 m in u te s , t h e t w o o f y o u a re p r o b a b ly n o t so u l m a te s. A t a d in n e r d a te , ju s t o rd e r t h e c h ic k e n ! G irls, o rd e rin g sa la d is w a y to o c lic h é a n d g u y s , t h e s te a k a n d b e a n s ... th e f la t u le n c e ... ju s t n o t a g re a t id e a . N o te to a ll: d o n 't s p lit t h e C a e s a r sa la d . G a r lic is a n o no. D o w e a r a b la c k to p . W h e n p e o p le g e t n e rv o u s , t h e y s w e a t. S w e a tin g is k in d o f u n a ttr a c tiv e a n d n o o n e w a n t s a s ig n ific a n t o th e r w ith u n fo rtu n a te s w e a t sta in s . A b la c k to p w ill th e re fo re h id e t h e w e tn e s s . G u y s , a v o id t h e t y p ic a l g ift o f flo w e r s o r c a n d y . It's la m e a n d o n ly e v e r re a lly d o n e in m o v ie s . A n d g irls, d o n 't g e t to o d re s s e d u p ; t r y to b e c a s u a l. D o n 't o v e r t h in k y o u r o u tfit, w e a r w h a t e v e r y o u fe e l m o s t c o m fo r ta b le in. B o d y la n g u a g e w ill u s u a lly te ll y o u if s o m e o n e is h a v in g fu n o r n o t. If y o u r d a te is s ittin g s tiffly o r s h iftin g a ro u n d in t h e ir c h a ir, th e r e is a c h a n c e t h e y a re u n c o m fo r ta b le a n d n o t h a v in g s u c h a g re a t tim e . H o w e v e r, a t o u c h o n th e h a n d o r a rm u s u a lly im p lie s th a t t h e y a re in to y o u a n d in te re s te d . E v e n if y o u 're n e rv o u s , t r y to lo o s e n u p a b it o n a d a te , b e c a u s e s tu tte rin g a n d o th e r n e u ro t ic s id e e ffe c ts w ill p r o b a b ly e n d u p m a k in g y o u r d a te n e rv o u s a s w e ll, c re a tin g a d is a s tro u s s itu a tio n . T h e firs t k iss is a b ig d e b a te a m o n g s t d a te rs : to k iss o r n o t to k iss a fte r a firs t d a te . G u y s u s u a lly d o n 't s e e a n y s o r t o f p r o b le m w ith it, b u t s o m e g irls c a n b e to u c h y . T h e k iss is m o re o f a s itu a tio n a l th in g , if it h a s b e e n a g o o d d a te a n d y o u re a lly lik e t h e p e rs o n ,

NADINE LESSARD

t h e n g o fo r it! In o u r h o o k -u p c u ltu re , a k iss s e e m s to b e o n e o f t h e m o re c h a s te t h in g s y o u c a n d o u p o n

"Baby, you're so hot that you're makin' me sweat like a pig!"

F eatures

justforfaMg? North American politicians can clown around with the best of 'em Continued from COVER

mond adds.

"I worked in the United States for 17 years and you could n o t do a show this biting there," Rosemond notes of some of the contentious political content on Air Farce. "[In the U.S.] they censor much, much, much more than we do." A n in te re s tin g p o in t o f c o m p a ris o n is t h a t t h e b ig n a m e s in C a n a d ia n t e le v is e d p o litic a l c o m e d y h a v e c o m e (a n d a re c o n t in u in g to c o m e ) fro m a p u b lic b r o a d c a s t in g n e ta re

w o rk , t h e C B C , w h e r e a s in t h e U.S., t h e y p r e s e n t e x c lu s iv e ly o n c a b le n e t w o rk s . One

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ta tio n o r c e n s o r s h ip o f c o n te n t, w it h c a b le t e le v is io n a llo w in g fo r m o re s u b v e r s iv e m in g .

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C h e v r o le t

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So the Newfoundland Pie Brigade was in good taste? C a n a d ia n

p o litic ia n s h a v e g e n e ra lly h a d a c lo s e r

re la tio n s h ip w it h t h e ir c o m e d ia n s a s a v ia b le s o u rc e fo r s e lf- p ro p a g a tio n ; R o s e m o n d g iv e s t h e e x a m p le s o f Je a n C h re tie n a n d P re sto n M a n n in g , a s w e ll a s v a r io u s c a b in e t m in is te rs , w h o h a v e g u e s t sta rre d o n e p is o d e s o f A ir Farce o v e r t h e y e a rs . "In t h e U n ite d S ta te s , t h e y a re s c a re d stiff!" h e a sse rts. "Y o u w o u ld n e v e r s e e b ig n a m e p o litic ia n s o n a s k e tc h sh o w ." R o s e m o n d p o in ts to t h e e x a m p le o f fo r m e r A m e ric a n p o litic ia n B o b D o le w h o a p p e a re d o n S a tu rd a y N ig h t Live o n ly a fte r h e w a s d e fe a te d fo r th e p r e s id e n c y — b e c a u s e h e h a d n o th in g e ls e to lo se . "I r e m e m b e r w a t c h in g h im a n d th in k in g h e w a s d e lig h tfu l!" R o s e m o n d re fle c ts ."! w a s t h in k in g to m y se lf, w h y d id n 't th is g u y g o o n b e fo re t h e e le c tio n ? "

This H our h a s 22 M inu tes p o p u la r s p in - o ff s e rie s, The Rick M ercer Report, h a s b e c o m e p a rtic u la rly re c o g n iz e d th e s e p a s t f e w y e a rs fo r h u m a n iz in g s o m e o f C a n a d a 's b ig g e s t n a m e s in p o litic s th r o u g h c o n d u c t in g in t e r v ie w s in , s h a ll w e say, u n u s u a l c o n d itio n s . F o r e x a m p le , M e rc e r in t e r v ie w e d J e a n C h re tie n a t C a n a d ia n T ire , P au l M a rtin a t H a rv e y 's a n d h o s te d a s lu m b e r p a rty w it h S te p h e n H a rp e r. B o b R ae e v e n s k in n y - d ip p e d w it h t h e c o m e d ia n d u rin g t h e L ib e ra l L e a d e rs h ip ra c e la st y e a r. In t h e U .S., w h e n F o rm e r P re s id e n t Bill C lin to n p la y e d t h e s a x o p h o n e in s u n g la s s e s o n A rseneo, s h o c k w a v e s s w e p t a c ro s s t h e f a c e o f t h e A m e r ic a n p u b lic . W h a t d o e s th is im p ly a b o u t o u r in d e p e n d e n t p o liti c a l c u ltu re s ? P e rh a p s C a n a d ia n s re q u ire a s e n s e o f h u m ility — o r e v e n a c a p a c it y fo r s e lf d e p re c a tio n — fro m p o litic a l le a d e rs a n d A m e r ic a n s e x p e c t t h e o p p o s ite : s e rio u s n e s s a n d d ig n ity .

Everything's bigger in America P o litic a l sa tire , h o w e v e r, is c u rre n tly q u ite p o p u la r in t h e U .S .— ju s t lo o k a t t h e e x p lo s iv e s u c c e s s e s o f The

D aily S h o w a n d The C o lb ert Report. T h is c o u ld v e r y w e ll b e a re fle c tio n o f th e in c re a s in g ly p o la riz e d p o liti ca l a n d c u ltu ra l c lim a te . It is c o n c e iv a b le t h a t A m e r i c a n s , e s p e c ia lly

y o u n g e r A m e r i

c a n s w it h in c re a s e d a c c e s s to m o re t y p e s o f m e d ia t h a n e v e r b e fo re , a re who

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p o litic ia n s

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v a lu e s :

t h o s e w h o a re w illin g to fo re g o h a c k n e y e d rh e to ric a n d s p e a k to t h e p u b lic s a n s s c rip t. ■ MAC H0 LY0 KE0

Gilles for World Leader: 2008

Left to Right: Brokeback mountain buddies; Kenny Kong; MacKay poking for dough

S in c e te le v is io n

and

p o litic s

23.01.07 • The McGill Tribune • 15

A picture is worth a thousand politicians Cartoons catalyze social justice

w e r e firs t b r o u g h t to g e th e r , p o litic s h a v e , a rg u a b ly , b e c o m e m o re s c rip te d . P o litic a l c o m e d y h a s th e re fo re b e c o m e a n e s s e n tia l m e d iu m th r o u g h w h ic h m u c h o f th e te le v is e d p o litic a l t h e a tric s a re d e c o n s t r u c te d . to c o u n t e r b a la n c e e x c e p t io n a lly p a rtis a n a n d s e n s a tio n a l

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is h e d w it h ro a d w e a r y p r o m is e as M a y s sa n g , "L iv e life lik e a ro ll

o f p e o p le ," w h ic h M a y s h a s c e r ta in ly d o n e . A lth o u g h h e still lo o ks

in g s to n e , lo o k in g fo r t h e e a rly s ig n s o f d a y ... t h e n I'm o n m y

fo rw a rd to W ilb u r y - e s q u e p ro je c ts , M a y s sa y s h e c o u ld d ie a fa irly h a p p y m a n t o m o r ro w , re in fo rc in g t h e h ig h re g a rd h e re p e a t

w ay." M a y s w a s o n th e ro a d a g a in (a lm o s t), a fte r "M o rn in g Sun,"

e d ly e x p re s s e d fo r h is fe llo w a rtis ts . M a y s p la n s to k e e p p u s h in g

a g o rg e o u s d u e t fe a tu r in g s u rp ris e t a le n t K riste n H a t t .T h is hair-

t h in g s o u t m u s ic a lly , th o u g h h is d re a m n o w in c lu d e s f in is h in g

d re s s e r/ s in g e r fro m M ay s' n a tiv e H a lifa x s to le fa n s ' h e a rts w ith

h is m o v ie a n d b e in g b o th a h o m e a n d d o g o w n e r s o m e d a y . Fo r

h e r in te n s e g ro o v e a n d t h e p o w e r o f h e r v o c a ls t h r o u g h o u t th e

n o w , h e is C a n a d a 's m o s t t a le n te d h o b o o n h is o w n c ro s s - c o u n

sh o w .

t r y to u r. ■

STEVEN CAMPBELL Mays dreams of home but for now jams sweet tunes for us.

POP RHETORIC

S e x . P o w e r. R e v e n g e . C o u n t m e in .

A dam SMrrH

screen talent. The end result is spectacular— R o m e s pro duction values rival those of many big-budget Hollywood films.

h y is it t h a t th e r e is so little w o r t h w a t c h in g o n t e le

a n d A rrested D evelo p m e n t c o m e to m in d — all t o o o fte n

v is io n ? A ll to o o fte n I tu rn it o n a n d fin d m y s e lf f lip

th e s e f e w g e m s g e t c a n c e lle d a n d re p la c e d w it h s o m e th in g

p in g t h ro u g h c h a n n e l a fte r c h a n n e l in t h e h o p e s o f fin d in g s o m e th in g g o o d t h a t isn 't a re ru n o f s o m e th in g

m in d le s s . T h e b u s in e s s a n d e c o n o m ic s s t u d e n t in m e fu lly u n d e r

I h a v e a lre a d y s e e n . U su a lly , I g iv e u p a n d s h u t o f f t h e id io t

s ta n d s t h e lo g ic b e h in d th is : B ro a d c a s te rs a re p ro fit- m a x i

to c o n t e n t . W h ile t h e v io le n c e a n d n u d it y o f R o m e o r The

b o x h a v in g w a t c h e d n o th in g .

m iz in g c o rp o ra tio n s w it h a d u t y to t h e ir s h a re h o ld e rs to

So p ra n o s, o r t h e o ff-b e a t, o fte n p ro fa n e h u m o u r o f Curb Your En th u sia sm p r o b a b ly w o u ld n 't m a k e it p a s t t h e re g u la to rs o n

H B O is a ls o w illin g to g o o u t o n a lim b w h e n it c o m e s

T h a n k fu lly , la st w e e k s a w t h e s e a s o n p r e m ie re o f o n e

m a k e a s m u c h m o n e y as p o s s ib le . H o w e v e r, t h e T V - w a t c h e r

o f t h e b e s t s h o w s o n T V — a n d I'm n o t ta lk in g a b o u t th e

in m e w is h e s t h a t t h o s e p r o d u c in g t h e c o n t e n t w o u ld p u t

n e t w o r k T V , w h e n w a s t h e la st t im e t h e c o n v e n tio n a l b ro a d

o v e r h y p e d re tu rn o f 2 4 . Y o u m a y b e s lig h tly c o n fu s e d a t th is

a little b it m o re e ffo rt in to it. G ra n te d , v ie w e r s a re n o t c o m

c a s te r s e v e n trie d to p u s h th e e n v e lo p e ? T h in g s h a v e g o tte n

p o in t, s in c e n o rm a lly all o f t h e b e s t s h o w s p r e m ie re in S e p

p le te ly b la m e le s s in th is . T h e y 'r e w illin g to t u n e in to y e t

e v e n w o r s e s in c e J a n e t Ja c k s o n 's "w a rd ro b e m a lfu n c t io n " a t

t e m b e r a n d th e o n ly p r o g r a m s t h a t s ta r t u p in J a n u a r y a re

a n o t h e r L a w & O rder s p in - o ff e v e r y w e e k o r w a t c h D o n a ld

t h e 2 0 0 4 S u p e r B o w l d r e w t h e ire o f a n u m b e r o f c o n s e r v a

t h e d re g s th a t w e re n 't g o o d e n o u g h to m a k e it to a ir o n

T r u m p b e ra te y e t a n o t h e r b u n c h o f u s e le s s s u c k - u p s ra th e r

tiv e g ro u p s , b u t e v e n b e fo re th a t, c o u ld y o u re a lly h a v e e n v i

t h e firs t ru n . T h is is c e r t a in ly t r u e o f t h e b ig n e tw o rk s — A B C ,

th a n d e m a n d in te re s tin g , in n o v a tiv e p ro g r a m m in g .

s io n e d a n e t w o r k lik e N B C p r o m o tin g a s h o w w it h a ta g lin e

N B C , C B S a n d F o x — b u t t h e r e is a s h in in g lig h t in t h e m o ra s s

T h a t's w h a t I lo v e a b o u t H B O . T h e y a re w illin g to ta k e

o f T V c ra p : H B O . W h ile t h e o v e r- th e - a ir b o y s a re b u s y s p e w in g o u t m o re

c h a n c e s a n d m a k e t h e in v e s t m e n t n e c e s s a r y t o o ffe r s o m e th in g th a t's a c u t a b o v e . T a k e R o m e : it c o s t o v e r $ io - m illio n

fo rm u la ic s itc o m s w it h irrita tin g la u g h tra c k s , CSI k n o c k

U .S .a n e p is o d e to m a k e , b u t u n lik e a n e t w o r k s h o w w it h th a t

o ffs a n d ru n n in g t h e u m p t e e n t h v e rs io n o f Survivo r o r Big

k in d o f b u d g e t, t h e m o n e y d id n 't all e n d u p in t h e p o c k e ts

Brother— a n y th in g to m a k e a n o t h e r b u c k o r t w o — H B O is

o f a f e w a c to r s (th e Friends w e r e e a c h e a rn in g $ i- m illio n an

a c t u a lly p r o d u c in g q u a lity p r o g r a m m in g o n a re g u la r b a sis.

e p is o d e fo r t h e la st f e w y e a rs a n d Seinfeld's b ig fo u r w e r e

A lth o u g h t h e n e tw o rk s m a n a g e to c o m e u p w ith s o m e

m a k in g a ro u n d $ 2 -m illio n a p ie c e ). In s te a d , t h e m o n e y w a s

th in g n e w a n d d e c e n t o n c e in a w h ile — S tu d io 60, Scrub s

s p re a d a ro u n d t o w r it in g , se ts , s c rip ts , e t c as w e ll a s t h e o n

lik e "S e x . P o w e r. R e v e n g e ," a s H B O h a s d o n e w it h R o m e ?

Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen any time soon either. Even though HBO is one of the most profitable broadcasters in the U.S., the networks remain convinced that the only way for them to keep the profits flowing is to keep churning out more of the same crap year after year. Once they realize that high-quality programming can be profitable as well as critically successful, maybe things will change. Until then, there's always HBO. ■

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FILM

Previews

Play it a bit better, Steve

C O M P ILE D B Y C A R O L Y N Y a TES

Comedy. D o n F rie s e n , J a n . 25 a t 9 p .m .; C o m e d y w o r k s (1238 B ish o p , c o r n e r S te - C a th e r in e ). C a lifo rn ia n D o n F rie se n h e a d s u p th is f u n d ra isin g e v e n t o rg a n iz e d b y t h e M o n tre a l C h e s t In s titu t e to fin a n c e

Soderbergh directs sub-par homage

re c re a tio n fo r lo n g te rm c a re p a tie n ts . T w o - tim e w in n e r o f t h e San F r a n c is c o In te rn a tio n a l C o m e d y C o m p e titio n , Frie se n 's a c t is k n o w n fo r it s .c le v e r, e n e r g e tic m a te ria l a n d fo r m a k in g a u d ie n c e m e m b e r s c r y w ith

C rystal C han

se x s y m b o l likes th e te c h n iq u e 's fla tte rin g p ro p e rtie s. C a te B la n c h e tt d ra m a tiz e s 1940s sc re e n siren s u c c e s s fu lly a g a in as

T h e o v e r w h e lm in g fe e lin g The G o o d Germ an p ro vo k e s

s h e d id in The Aviator. H er p e rfo rm a n c e is m e sm e riz in g y e t

is o n e o f d é jà v u . E v e ry th in g is s o m e th in g y o u 'v e se e n b e

w ith d ra w n , p e rfe c tly su ite d to h e r c h a ra c te r, Le n a B ra n d t, a

fore. Sad ly, as e v id e n c e d b y th e film in d u stry 's s e q u e l o b se s

G e rm a n p ro stitu te w ith s e c re ts in sp a d e s. N o t so s u b tle w a s

sio n , th e s e c o n d tim e y o u se e s o m e th in g isn't u su a lly th e

th e T h o m a s N e w m a n sco re , w h ic h b o rd e re d o n s p o o f ra th e r

b e tte r tim e .

th a n h o m a g e . N e w m a n to o k all th e m o s t b la ta n t o f h is late,

S te v e n S o d e rb e rg h 's w o rk , fro m Traffic to th e Ocean's

g re a t fa th e r a n d fe llo w c o m p o s e r's te c h n iq u e s a n d re p e a te d

Eleven m o v ie s, u su a lly re ve a ls a n e x tre m e se n s itiv ity to style .

th e m , as if a n x io u s th a t a n y s u b tle ty m ig h t m e a n th e a u d i

H e ta k e s th is to a n e x tre m e le ve l w ith h is film n o ir a b o u t a

e n c e w o u ld n 't "get it."

la u g h te r. T ic k e ts a re $10. C a ll (514) 934-1934 e x t 32303 fo r tic k e ts o r m o re in fo r m a tio n .

Theatre. Vam pire Lesbians o f S o d o m , J a n ,3 0 t o Fe b . 17 a t 8 p .m .;

m m

M a in L in e T h e a t r e (3997 S t- L a u re n t). P a rt o f t h e S t-A m b ro is e M o n tre a l F r in g e F e s tiv a l, C h a rle s B u sch 's O ff- B ro a d w a y c o m e d y m a k e s its M o n tre a l p re m ie re . T h e m u s ic a l is fille d w ith

' Sodom

b lo o d , lu st a n d t h é w a lk in g u n d e a d . F ro m a b lo tc h e d v irg in s a c r ific e to a 1920s H o lly w o o d p o w e r s tru g g le a n d f in a lly to L a s V e g a s in th e e ig h tie s , t h e p r e m is e o f th is R ocky Horror-

h a rd b o ile d w a r c o rre s p o n d e n t (G e o rg e C lo o n e y ) w h o re

lik e p la y is a c c u r a te ly re fle c te d in its title . F e a tu re s in c lu d e

tu rn s to B erlin to c o v e r th e p o s tw a r P o tsd a m P e a c e C o n fe r

s o n g a n d d a n c e n u m b e rs , s h o c k in g c o s tu m e s , c h o ru s b o y s a n d c o n ta g io u s

e n c e a n ti fin d s h im s e lf e n ta n g le d in m u rd e r, o ld ro m a n c e

la u g h te r. G o fo r t h e s m u t, s ta y fo r t h e sa tire . T ic k e ts a re $15, p lu s ta x . C a ll (514)

a n d th e b e g in n in g s o f th e C o ld W ar.

849-3378 fo r tic k e ts o r m o re in fo rm a tio n . Film. C a tch a n d Release, o p e n s J a n 26 . J e n n if e r G a r n e r s ta rs in th is d ra m a tic c o m e d y fro m Erin Brockovich w r it e r S u s a n n a h G ra n t. G ra y W h e e le r (G a rn e r) s tru g g le s to fin d c o m f o r t in th e c o m p a n y o f h e r d e a d fia n c é 's frie n d s . W ith d iv e rs e p e r s o n a litie s, c o m ic S a m (K e v in S m ith ), s e rio u s a n d to o - r e s p o n s ib le D e n n is (S a m

J a e g e r) a n d

c h ild h o o d - frie n d - m e e ts - p la y b o y -

e x tra o rd in a ire F ritz (T im o t h y O ly p h a n t) re v e a l u n lik e ly s e c re ts a b o u t h e r s u p p o s e d ly p e r fe c t fia n c é e v e n a s t h e y re v e a l n e w

COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. Maguire, Clooney and Blanchett hold a stare-off.

s id e s o f t h e m s e lv e s . A s s h e le a rn s m o re s h e f in d s h e rs e lf fa llin g fo r t h e m o s t u n lik e ly p e rs o n o f all.

T h e b e s t th in g a b o u t m o v ie s like Casablanca w e re th e

Music. R o c k S ta r S u p e rn o v a , J a n . 23 a t 8 p .m .; B ell C e n

a llu rin g ly id e n tifia b le c h a ra c te rs , b u t th is m o v ie fails to c re a te

t e r (1260 ru e D e La G a u c h e t iè r e W .). A fte r fin d in g C a n a

a c o n n e c tio n b e tw e e n c h a ra c te r a n d v ie w e r. Ju s t like H itc h

d ia n - b o rn le a d v o c a lis t L u k a s R o ssi t h ro u g h t h e re a lity

c o c k realized th e a n tic ip a tio n o f h is fa m o u s se lf-c a m e o s left

s h o w Rock Star: Supernova, t h e n e w g ro u p c o m e s to

a u d ie n c e s e x te rn a lly fo c u s e d a n d d istra c te d , it's s im ila rly dif-

M o n tre a l o n t h e ir firs t w o r ld w id e to u r. T h e b a n d liv e s

fic u lt to im m e rs e y o u rs e lf in a m o v ie w h e n y o u 're c o n s ta n tly th in k in g o u ts id e th e film , fo c u s e d o n h o w e e rily th is lo oks like a b o tc h e d ve rsio n -o f s o m e th in g e ls e y o u 'v e s e e n b efo re.

u p to its n a m e w it h b ig - n a m e m e m b e r s : fo rm e r G u n s N 'R o se s g u ita ris t G ilb y C la rk e , fo r m e r M e ta llic a b a s s is t Ja s o n N e w s t e d a n d M o t le y C r u e d r u m m e r T o m m y L e e . C a ll (514) 989-2841 fo r tic k e t re s e rv a tio n s .

A n d e v e n th o u g h it is m o re g ra p h ic in re g a rd s to v io le n c e , s e x a n d la n g u a g e th a n th e c la ssic s e v e r w e re , th ere's still m o re c o n fu sio n th a n s u s p e n s e , little c h e m is try fo r lu st a n d little in th e w a y o f m e m o ra b le d ia lo g u e . S c re e n w rite r Paul A tta n a sio e m p h a s iz e d th a t h e s a w th e n o ir sty le se ttin g as

Here's looking at the rebirth of film noir.

POINT, CLICK, SHOOT

"an e x a m p le o f fo rm fo llo w in g c o n te n t,” b u t h e s e e m s to g e t it m ix e d u p in re a liza tio n . T h is film is a n in te re stin g c a se

T h e film w a s e n tire ly re c a s t in b la c k a n d w h it e a n d sh o t

s tu d y fo r its re fe re n ce s to a n o th e r film p e rio d b u t, like m u c h

in b a c k lo ts a n d lo cal se ttin g s w ith little s p e c ia l e ffe c ts .T h e s e

s c ie n c e , h a s little in th e w a y o f e n g a g in g e n te rta in m e n t. It's a

sh o ts a re e v e n m ix e d w ith fo o ta g e fro m R u ssian a n d H o l

te x tb o o k o f a film , a slick , sim u la te d ro b o t-e sq u e m o v ie th a t

ly w o o d a rc h iv e s, in c lu d in g s o m e c a p tu re d in B e rlin b y th e

g o e s th ro u g h th e a c tio n s w ith o u t e v e r b re a th in g o r b e a tin g

likes o f B illy W ild e r a n d W illia m W yle r. H e re sta rts o n e big

its h e a rt.

Want to see your reproduced 11,000 tim es?

m ix e d m e ta p h o r o f a llu sio n , w ith th e m o st e x p lic it re fe re n c e g o in g to th e 1942 m a s te rp ie c e C asablanca, w h ic h re c e n tly

C om e to the Tribune Photo m eeting M onday @ 5:30 p.m. in Gert's Pub.

m a d e a c o m e b a c k in to th e m a ss lim e lig h t w ith th e re le ase o f th e m u c h - to u te d 2 1 st-c e n tu ry S p e c ia l E d itio n D V D . C la s sic 1940s in trig u e s s u c h a s C asablanca fe a tu re d d isillu sio n e d a n t i m o ra lly s lip p e ry c h a ra c te rs m ix e d in m u rd e r, v ic e a n d g re e d fo r d o lla rs or, in th is c a s e , G e rm a n m arks. H o w e v e r, The G o o d G erm an d o e sn 't le a ve su c h a m e m o ra b le m a rk o n th e v ie w e r. T h e m o vie 's o p e n in g c re d its, w ith a h a n d h e ld c a m e ra a n d W a lk e r E va n s-lik e p h o to sh o ts o f th e p o o r a n d o rd in a ry a m o n g th e ru in s o f Be rlin, d e c e p tiv e ly c h a n n e l a re alist d o c u m e n ta ry . B u t sta rtin g w ith th e first sc e n e , w h ic h fe a tu re s g re e n -sc re e n d riv in g , th e film is all style . It b o rd e rs so c lo s e ly o n o v e r t h e to p th a t it's e a s y fo r th e v ie w e r to b lu r th e th in

COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. "We'll always have Berlin" just isn't the same.

lin e b e tw e e n s p o o f a n d in te n d e d h o m a g e . S m o k in g a p a c k a s c e n e , C lo o n e y p lay s Ja k e G e ism e r, a

"You s h o u ld n e v e r h a v e c o m e b a c k to Berlin," Le n a

jo u rn a lis t o n th e h o t tr a ilo ftr u th like th e p riv a te e y e s o f c la ssic

w a rn s Ja k e . M a y b e film s sh o u ld n e v e r h a v e g o n e b a c k to

n oirs. A lth o u g h h e m a y n o t n e c e ssa rily n e e d th e h e lp , C lo o

Casablanca.

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n e y is c lin g in g to n o sta lg ia as m u c h as S o d e rb e rg h . C lo o n e y h a s a re c e n t a ffin ity fo r b la c k a n d w h it e film , h a v in g starre d in t w o b la ck a n d w h ite film s b a c k to b a c k . P e rh a p s th e a g in g

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THEATRE

LITERATURE

Once upon a brothel

Canadarama

Innocence meets the red-light district

History made relevent

to s e e th e m strip . T h e la d ie s 'n ig h t s a re s p e n t a t T h e T o o t h p ic k ,

C arolyn Y ates

a s le a z y b a r a n d a lth o u g h t h e y b e g in w it h jo y fu l c o m m e n t s o n P re s e n te d b y T h e W in d - U p D a m e s a s a c a b a re t fa iry - ta le se t in 1950s M o n tre a l, Le Gros Sp e cta cle c o m b in e s e n jo y a b le p h y s ic a l

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n a lity a n d h u m o r to k e e p y o u g u e s s in g a t h o w t h in g s w ill tu rn o u t, if n o t w h a t t h e y a re . U n fo rtu n a te ly , t h e p la y fa ils w h e r e it b re a k s a w a y fro m its o w n s to r y lin e to w a r d s a s lo p p y , D is n e y - e s q u e " h a p p ily e v e r a fte r" e n d in g . W h ile m u c h o f t h e la st a c t s e e m s to b e h e a d in g t o w a r d s a s a tis fy in g , if e x is te n tia l, fin a le , a s u d d e n b la s t o f deux ex m a ch in a s w e e p s in to s a v e t h e d a y a n d ru in t h e p lay, re s u ltin g in a th o r o u g h ly d is a p p o in tin g e n d in g . T h e c h a r a c te r s m a y b e h a p p y , b u t all t h e a u d ie n c e is a b le to c o m e a w a y w it h is a re g re tta b le s e n s e o f " w h a t t h e fu c k ?" T o a c c e n t u a t e t h e u n re a lis tic w o r ld A lic e a n d F ra n c e s b e lie v e t h e y 'r e in , t h e y n a rra te m o s t s c e n e s ra th e r t h a n s im p ly a c t th e m , w h ile m o s t o th e r c h a r a c te r s a re p la y e d b y s ilh o u e tt e b e h in d th e m . O v e r- d ra m a tiz in g e v e r y t h in g a n d s p e n d in g a lo t o f t im e t ry in g to im p ro v e t h e ir p e r s o n a s b y tric k s s u c h a s b a ttin g th e ir e y e la s h e s m o re , t h e y p a ra d e a ro u n d a n d h o p e th a t e v e r y th in g w ill w o r k it s e lf o u t in t h e e n d . T h is in its e lf is c o n t in u a lly a n d p a s s iv e ly .h u m o r o u s , a n d m a n y tim e s y o u w ill fin d y o u r s e lf la u g h in g w it h o u t a n y s p e c if ic re a so n . H o w e v e r, t h e p h y s ic a l e le m e n t to t h e c o m e d y is p a rtic u la rly a d m ira b le , a s A m b e r a n d M o e n c h h a v e c o m p a t ib le o n - s ta g e c h e m is t r y t h a t m a k e s fo r s o m e v e r y g o o d m o m e n ts . S t. C a th e r in e h e rs e lf m a k e s se v e ra l a p p e a ra n c e s , W izard-ofO z -sty le , a s t h e p a tro n o f u n m a rr ie d w o m e n . In a v e r y s p a rk ly a n d s o m e w h a t rid ic u lo u s s c e n e , s h e u n d e rg o e s an a b ru p t p e r s o n a l ity s h ift fro m in s p irin g h o p e to s p o u tin g t h e c a tc h p h ra s e ," W h a t's t h e u s e o f b e in g b e a u tifu l if y o u c a n 't p ro fit fro m it?" A t t h e v e r y le a st, Le Gros S p ecta cle is fa r fro m b e in g g ro te s q u e . D e s p ite f la w s in t h e n a rra tiv e , o v e r - d ra m a tic a c tin g a n d

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Robert Bothwell's The Penguin History o f C a n a d a is, con sidering its textbook-esque subject matter, kick-ass. Canada's great— is really is. But there are just not many books that talk about it in a way that's even remotely interesting. It is, after all, Canada. All it does is sit quietly and occasionally get pushed around by other, bigger countries, right? If y o u a g re e w it h t h e a b o v e s t a t e m e n t , it's a s ig n y o u n e e d to re a d The Penguin H istory o f C a n a d a . C a n a d a m a y b e p e a c e - lo v in g , o p e n - m in d e d a n d n e ig h b o u r ly n o w , b u t its h is t o r y is fu ll o f w a rs , e x p lo it a t io n , g e n o c id e , m is e ry , v io le n c e a n d b e a v e rs . G o in g b e y o n d n a m e s , d a te s , a n d p o u tin e , B o th w e ll g iv e s a b r o a d ly d e ta ile d o v e r v ie w o f C a n a d a a n d its p la c e in t h e w o rld e c o n o m ic a lly , m ilita rily , s o c ia lly , re lig io u s ly , p o litic a l ly a n d c u lt u r a lly — w it h o u t t h e s ta tis tic s q u o tin g a n d d r ib b le t h a t m ig h t b e e x p e c t e d fro m a m a jo r C a n a d ia n h is to ria n a n d p ro fe s so r. B e y o n d lo o k in g a t w h a t m a k e s C a n a d a C a n a d a , B o th w e ll e x a m in e s w h a t m a k e s C a n a d a d is t in c t w it h in t h e in t e r n a t io n al c o m m u n it y , t h o r o u g h ly d is c u s s in g t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f its in te rn a tio n a l p o lic y a n d its re la tio n s w it h t h e w o rld . U s in g a d is t in c t ly m o d e rn p e r s p e c t iv e , B o th w e ll b e g in s w it h t h e First N a tio n s a n d t h e firs t w a v e o f E u r o p e a n e x p lo re rs a n d t h e ta s k o f p o p u la tin g a c o lo n y o f g ro w in g im p o r t a n c e . W h ile it h a s a n in te re s tin g s ta r t, t h e p a c e s lo w s c o n s id e r a b ly d u rin g t h e w a r s in w h ic h C a n a d a w a s d e fin e d , p ic k in g u p a g a in as it d is c u s s e s t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f t h e g o v e r n m e n t , C o n fe d e r a tio n , t h e e x p a n s io n b r o u g h t b y ra ilw a y s a n d t h e W o rld W a rs, s u b s e q u e n t ly m o v in g th r o u g h t h e b o o m a n d in d e p e n d e n c e o f th e e ig h tie s u p t o 2 0 0 6 .

Including the slow and frequently difficult separation from Britain, the development of the country from coast to coast, the years of hostility and unease between French and English Canadians and the acknowledgement of our place in international affairs, Bothwell focuses far beyond simply the history of Canada to the history of Canada and the world. The Penguin H istory o f C a n a d a is an external examination that skill fully gives what is essentially a very tepid history a high degree of relevance. Even better, it explains that relevance, explaining how Canada's varied history has had a distinct impact in the events of the early millennium. W h ile m o d e r a te ly d e n s e , t h e la n g u a g e is v e r y a c c e s s ib le a n d c o m p le t e ly fre e o f n e e d le s s e m b e llis h m e n t . D e ta il, h o w e v e r, is n o t n e g le c t e d . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e t e x t d o e s t r y to c o v e r a lo t in little s p a c e . W e m a y b e C a n a d a , b u t d a m n it, w e d e s e r v e m o re t h a n 5 9 6 p a g e s , w h ic h m a k e s fo r a w k w a rd tra n s itio n s a n d . c h o p p y p h ra s e s th a t d e t r a c t fro m t h e o v e r ly in g a p p e a l o f s im p le s u m m a r y a n d b r ie f la n g u a g e .

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW— DICK POUND

Dick gets hard on drugs President of WADA on doping in university and professional sports T h e re a s o n p e o p le d o p e is n o t s o t h e p la y in g fie ld w ill b e

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sw im m er, Vice-President o f the In tern a tio n a l O lym p ic Com m ittee

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e n d in g th in g . T h e a n s w e r is to s a y t h a t s p o rt is s u p p o s e d to b e a h u m a n is t ic e x e rc is e w h e r e w e s e e h o w g o o d w e c a n b e w ith o u r n a tu ra l a b ilitie s . W e tra in a n d p r a c tic e a n d im p ro v 'e o u r sk ills.

lem o f d o p in g as w ell as its preva len ce in university athletics.

P a rt o f o u r d e a l is th a t w e d o n 't d o d ru g s .

How exactly did you get involved in the anti-doping movement?

So is it the moral aspect in that sports is based on in tegrity, or is it the health issue in that young people aren't looking far enough into the future and the drugs will hurt them years later when they aren't athletes any more?

O n c e I s to p p e d c o m p e t in g , I g o t in v o lv e d w it h t h e C a n a d ia n O ly m p ic C o m m it t e e a n d t h e In te rn a tio n a l O ly m p ic C o m m it te e o v e r a p e rio d o f 2 0 y e a rs. W h e n w e d e c id e d to c re a te th e

It's b o th . O n e is th a t s p o rts a re a n e th ic a lly - b a s e d e x e rc is e .

W o rld A n ti- D o p in g A g e n c y , t h e p r e s id e n t o f t h e IO C a t t h e tim e ,

COURTESYOF MCGILL ATHLETICS

J u a n A n to n io S a m a r a c h , to ld m e h e w a n t e d m e to ru n it. I sa id I d id n 't k n o w a n y th in g a b o u t a n ti- d o p in g a n d h e s a id ,“W e ll, y o u 'll h a v e to le a rn b e c a u s e I w a n t th is a g e n c y to w o r k .'T h a t w a s 1999 a n d h e re I a m . M o s t o f m y a c t iv it y h a d b e e n re la te d to e a rn in g m o n e y fo r th e O ly m p ic m o v e m e n t.

What is your day-to-day role with WADA? Are you an internal policy-maker or do you negotiate the actual test ing parameters with some of the organizations?

and we've been working with them initially with the basketball aspect to try and get them to have a list that parallels the WADA one to have a policy that recognizes international sanctions. Let's say that you are suspended by the International Basketball Association for a doping offence— under the NCAA rules, you can still play NCAA basketball. So we're trying to get some sort of harmonization with the university system as well as the system that works through the national and international federations.

A s t h e p r e s id e n t I h a v e a n o v e ra ll p o lic y ro le a n d in m a n y r e s p e c ts I a m t h e p u b lic f a c e o f W A D A . I d o a fa ir a m o u n t o f p u b lic s p e a k in g a t u n iv e rs itie s , c o m m u n it y g ro u p s a n d s p o rts g ro u p s . In d e c id in g w h a t a c tio n w e a re g o in g to ta k e w it h a n y p a rtic u la r c a s e — lik e if w e t h in k a n y o n e s tu ffe d u p t h e h a n d lin g o f a d o p in g c a s e — w e h a v e th is in d e p e n d e n t rig h t to lo d g e an a p p e a l in fro n t o f t h e C o u r t o f A rb itra tio n fo r S p o rt to g e t th e

As Chancellor of McGill as well as the head of WADA, do you have any influence over McGill athletics or in trying to make the university a leader in clean athletics programs? I'm not just chancellor but also chair of the Athletics Board, so if there are any doping issues that come through McGill Ath letics, they would end up on our table.

W e a g re e o n t h e ru le s : it's t h e 1 00 m e te r s p rin t, t h e s h o t- p u t w e ig h s 16 fbs, y o u d o n 't s ta r t b e fo re t h e g u n g o e s o ff. A n d w e d o n 't d o th e s e d ru g s . T h a t is t h e e th ic a l b a sis. T h e h e a lth o n e is v e r y m u c h a c o n c e r n t h o u g h . W h e n w e d e c id e w h e t h e r w e p u t s o m e th in g o n t h e list o r n o t, t h e r e is a m a trix o n w h ic h w e m e a s u re it w it h t h r e e c rite ria : 1) Is it p e r fo r m a n c e e n h a n c in g ? 2) Is it d a n g e ro u s fro m a h e a lth p e r s p e c tiv e ? 3) Is it c o n t r a r y to a d e fin e d te r m in t h e W o rld A n ti- D o p in g C o d e . If a d ru g o r m e th o d m e e ts a n y t w o o f th o s e th re e , th e n w e c o n s id e r it fo r in c lu s io n o n o u r list. S o t h e h e a lth e ffe c t is a v e r y im p o r t a n t o n e , b u t n o t t h e o n ly o n e .

What would you consider the organization's most im portant breakthrough in the last 25 years? I c a n 't c h o o s e a s in g le o n e , b u t I w o u ld d e fin ite ly s a y th re e . O n e is t h e fa c t th a t t h e re is n o w a n in te rn a tio n a l a g e n c y w h ic h h a s a 5 0 -5 0 g o v e r n a n c e s tr u c tu r e — s p o rt a n d g o v e r n m e n t —

rig h t re su lt. A n d o v e r th e y e a rs it h a s b e e n t h in g s lik e d e s ig n in g a n d h e lp in g to ru n t h e p ro c e s s b y w h ic h w e c re a te d a s in g le s e t o f ru le s fo r all s p o rts a n d all a th le te s a n d all c o u n tr ie s c a lle d th e W o rld A n ti- D o p in g C o d e . W e a ls o h e lp fr a m e a n d a d v is e w it h re

w h ic h n e v e r e x is te d b e fo re . T w o , w e h a v e a s in g le s e t o f ru le s,

So then how has McGill been faring the last several years in terms of anti-doping? I don't think we've ever had any positive tests at McGill.

t h e W o rld A n ti D o p in g C o d e . N u m b e r th re e , w e h a v e a c o n v e n tio n a d o p te d b y 191 c o u n tr ie s w h ic h in c o rp o ra te s th is c o d e in to d o m e s t ic la w so fo r th e firs t t im e e v e r y o u 'v e g o t e v e r y o n e re a d

s p e c t to t h e U n ite d N a tio n s E d u c a tio n a l, S c ie n tific a n d C u ltu ra l O rg a n iz a tio n 's In te rn a tio n a l C o n v e n tio n o n D o p in g in S p o rts th a t w a s a d o p te d in O c to b e r 2 0 0 5 .

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m e e tin g s o f t h e fo u n d a tio n b o a rd a n d e x e c u t iv e c o m m itte e .

in g o ff t h e s a m e s h e e t.

Do you think you are winning the so called "War on Doping?"

Looking ahead, what do you think will be the next great breakthrough in the field? Is there anything you are targeting or are you just trying to enforce the doping code at this point?

I t h in k w e 're g a in in g . T h e s p o rts a u th o ritie s le t t h e w h o le s itu a tio n g e t o u t o f c o n tro l in t h e 1 9 6 0 s, s e v e n tie s , e ig h tie s , a n d

People always focus on the higher-profile doping catches by WADA but how big of a problem is doping in university sports and especially in Canadian university ath letics which are less popular than the NCAA?

n in e tie s , s o w e 're p la y in g c a tc h u p . B u t I t h in k t h e g a p is n a r

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o u s b u t a t le a s t s o m e te s ts a re p e r fo r m e d e v e r y y e a r a n d o n c e

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in a w h ile t h e y c a tc h s o m e b o d y .

o r s e iz e s u p p lie s o r to c o m p e l.

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b o th o f t h o s e in o rd e r to h a v e a g o o d p ro g ra m . In t h e s p o rts

T h e C IS d o e s h a v e a te s tin g p o lic y — it is n o t p a rtic u la rly v ig o r

And the NCAA policy?

R ig h t n o w t h e b ig tra in w r e c k t h a t e v e r y o n e s e e s d o w n th e

b e t w e e n t h e s p o rts m o v e m e n t a n d g o v e r n m e n t a n d y o u n e e d

le v e l o f t h e g e n e s a n d p la y in g t h e r e in s te a d o f ju s t p u rs u in g "tra d itio n a l" d o p in g . W e 'v e b e e n w o r k in g w it h t h e le a d in g g e n e tic s c ie n tis ts as t h e ir s c ie n c e d e v e lo p s w it h t h e v ie w o f h a v in g a te s t t h a t w ill id e n tify w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e r e h a s b e e n a n y g e n e t ic m a n ip u la tio n . W e th in k , b a s e d o n w h a t th e s c ie n tis ts te ll u s, th a t w e p r o b a b ly w ill a rr iv e a t h a v in g a t e s t a b o u t t h e t im e p e o p le a re t ry in g to fo o l a ro u n d w ith t h e g e n e t ic m o d ific a tio n . ■

You sound very passionate about the cause but there are those who advocate letting the athletes dope which would lead to a natural levelling of the playing field by the athletes themselves.

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o f th e ir c u r r e n t fu n k ? W ill t h e Le a fs m a k e t h e p la y o ffs? H o w

c a n n o t b e tie d to g e t h e r s o e a sily . In t h e la te 1 9 9 0 s, w h e n th e

w ill t h e F la m e s fa re w it h o u t J a r o m e Ig in la ? H a v e t h e S e n a to rs

C a n a d ia n g a m e w a s s u p p o s e d ly in a "n a tio n a l crisis"— t h e ju

t u r n e d t h e c o r n e r o n a d is a p p o in tin g s e a s o n ?

n io rs fin is h e d e ig h th in 1998 a fte r h a v in g w o n fiv e c o n s e c u

A n d t h e p u b lic is ju s t a s c o n s u m e d w ith h o c k e y a s th e

tiv e title s a n d t h e m e n b o w e d m e e k ly o u t o f t h e N a g a n o

m e d ia if n o t m o re . E ig h t o f T S N 's a ll- tim e to p -1 0 a u d ie n c e s

O ly m p ic s , t h e firs t b e s t- o n - b e s t e v e n t s in c e 1 9 9 6 , in fo u r th

h a v e b e e n fo r w o r ld ju n io r g a m e s . C B C u s e s t h e fa t p ro fits

p la c e — a n d p u n d its w e r e p r e d ic tin g t h e d e a th o f C a n a d ia n

fro m H ockey N ight in C a n a d a to fu n d m u c h o f its o th e r p ro

h o c k e y s u p re m a c y , C a n a d a w a s n o le ss t h a n t h e g re a te s t

g r a m m in g , s u c h a s t h e sta tio n 's n e w s a n c h o r s h o w , The N a

h o c k e y n a tio n it is to d a y .

tio n a l.T h e rin k s in all six N H L c itie s a re so ld o u t v ir tu a lly e v e r y

In fact, the national outcry that took place after just a

n ig h t, e v e n a fte r t h e g lo w o f t h e p o s t- lo c k o u t se a s o n h a s

worn off. The obsession, however, goes beyond the professional game. While hockey's critics make much of the fact that more Canadian children now play soccer than our national pastime, the dedication and expenditure required to play hockey far exceed that of soccer. Canadian kids still dream overwhelm ingly of growing up to hoist the Stanley Cup rather than raise the FIFA World Cup. We still build backyard rinks and play shin ny on virtually any body of frozen water; high school soccer pitches are often seen barren, even during the most pleasant months of the year. Regardless of how our players perform at the top level and the fact that there are a few more Europeans and Ameri cans in the NHL than there used to be, the game will always be strong at the grassroots. Thousands of kids and parents will still get up at ungodly hours on the weekend to go to hockey practice and the hockey rink will remain the focal point for many small towns across the country. Hockey is far too ingrained in Canadian culture to have the title of "Great est Hockey Nation" defined by one victory alone. After all, has anyone heard of Hockey Night in Moscow? ■

23.01.07 • The McGill Tribune • 21

HOCKEY— OTTAWA 5, REDMEN 2

FROM THE CHEAP SEATS

Redmen crumble late

W alk off under

McGill fails to bury its chances S amantha C hang Third period collapse A n ig h t a fte r c lin c h in g a p la y o f f b e r th b y d e fe a tin g

A fte r t h e h ig h o c t a n e s e c o n d p e r io d , t h e th ird p ro v e d

C o n c o r d ia 4-2, M c G ill re p e a te d a s c rip t t h a t h a s b e e n all

to b e a b it o f a le t - d o w n . J u s t a s o v e r t im e s e e m e d in e v i

to o c o m m o n th is y e a r.

t a b le , O tta w a 's P ie rre - A n d ré L e b la n c ta p p e d a lo o s e p u c k

T h e R e d m e n , w h o s e re c o rd d r o p p e d to 11-6-3, c o n t in

p a s t a s p r a w lin g F ilia tra u lt t o g iv e t h e G e e - G e e s t h e le a d

u e d t h e ir s e a s o n - lo n g s tr u g g le to fin d t h e ir s c o r in g to u c h ,

w it h ju s t o v e r fiv e m in u t e s le ft o n t h e c lo c k . T o t h e ir c re d it,

e s p e c ia lly a t h o m e , w h e r e t h e y h a v e w o n ju s t fiv e o f 11

t h e R e d m e n w e r e n 't w illin g t o c o n c e d e d e fe a t, p re s s in g

g a m e s . W h ile g o a lt e n d e r J e a n - M ic h e l F ilia tra u lt h a d a n

h a rd fo r t h e e q u a liz e r. B u t a s it h a d b e e n t h r o u g h o u t t h e

o t h e r s tro n g o u tin g in h is s e v e n th s ta r t th is s e a s o n , tu rn in g

g a m e , t h e R e d 'n 'W h ite s im p ly c o u ld n 't p u t a w a y t h e ir o p

a s id e 2 9 o f t h e 32 s h o ts t h e G e e - G e e s d ir e c te d a t h im , th e

p o rtu n it ie s . A t n o p o in t w e r e t h e ir o ffe n s iv e s tru g g le s m o re

t e a m in fro n t o f h im w a s o n ly a b le t o b e a t O t t a w a g o a lie

e v id e n t t h a n w h e n le ft- w in g e r S h a w n S h e w c h u c k fo u n d

J o rd a n W a tt t w ic e o n 2 6 s h o ts .

h im s e lf a lo n e in fro n t o f t h e O t t a w a n e t a n d a t t e m p t e d to

"I thought we played hard. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the bounces," said head coach Martin Raymond. "The goaltenders are playing well and the offence needs to score more to support them."

o f h is b lo c k e r o n it to t ip t h e s h o t o v e r t h e c ro s s b a r. T h e

p ic k t h e t o p - le ft c o rn e r, o n ly t o s e e W a tt g e t ju s t e n o u g h d e s p e ra tio n o f t h e la st fiv e m in u t e s p ro v e d t o b e c o u n t e r p r o d u c tiv e , a s O t t a w a ro u n d e d o u t t h e s c o r in g w it h t w o e m p t y n e t g o a ls , in c lu d in g o n e w h ile s h o r th a n d e d .

Back and forth struggle W h ile t h e p a c e w a s s lo w fo r t h e firs t f e w m in u te s , t h e

S .

S p e c ia l t e a m s w e r e a p r o b le m all n ig h t, a s M c G ill fa ile d t o c a p ita liz e o n a n y o f t h e ir m a n a d v a n t a g e s , in c lu d in g

your own pow er, Brett

M a tt S eg a l hen is it time to call it a career? Right now, that question is being mulled over by Brett Favre. And while Favre equivocates, fans will be subjected to weeks or | months of sports talk-show hosts monitoring every develop ment and constantly revising their predictions in the will-he-orwon't-he debate.

A re w e b e in g p la y e d h e re ? It s e e m s t h a t c e rta in ty p e s o f s p o rts fig u re s d e riv e p le a s u re fro m d o d g in g t h e q u e s tio n a n d a llo w in g re p o rte rs to c h a s e a fte r red h e rrin g s . R e m e m b e r w h e n F a v re p u t h is h o u s e in G re e n B ay u p fo r sa le ? T h a t w a s 2 0 0 3 — I g u e s s th a t d id n 't m e a n B re tt w a s d o n e . M a y b e t h e p la y e rs are

g a m e q u ic k ly p ic k e d u p in in t e n s it y in w h a t tu r n e d o u t

t h r e e in t h e fin a l fra m e . T h e y e n d e d u p g o in g o -fo r-4 o n

to b e a t ig h t ly c o n te s te d firs t p e r io d . O t t a w a o p e n e d t h e

t h e p o w e r- p la y a n d a re n o w o -fo r-8 in t h e la st t w o g a m e s .

s c o r in g ju s t o v e r fo u r m in u t e s in to t h e f r a m e w h e n rig h t-

fo r re a s s u ra n c e .

"Obviously it would have helped if the power-play had scored," said Raymond. "We have to take advantage of our chances."

Not that you're seeking my advice, Mr. Favre, but please start listening to your gut and stop listening to the fans.

w in g e r T r o y D u n c a n b a n k e d a p u c k o f f t h e c r o s s b a r b e h in d F ilia tra u lt a n d in to t h e n e t. J u s t o v e r t w o m in u te s la te r, th e R e d m e n tie d t h e g a m e w h e n fo rw a rd M a rk o K o v a c e v ik

A d d in g

in s u lt to in ju r y — o r m a y b e t h e o t h e r w a y

c a p ita liz e d o n a n O tta w a t u r n o v e r to fire a w r is t s h o t p a s t

a ro u n d in th is c a s e — t h e R e d m e n a ls o lo s t c e n t r e B e n o it

W a tt. L e s s t h a n 6 0 s e c o n d s la te r, M c G ill t o o k t h e le a d w h e n

A rs e n a u lt, w h o w a s h u r t a fte r b e in g h it b y O t t a w a fo rw a rd

ro o k ie L e o n a rd V e rrilli s c o re d h is s e c o n d g o a l o f t h e s e a

C o r e y M a c D o n a ld . U n a b le t o g e t b a c k to h is fe e t, A rs e n a u lt

so n .

c r a w le d to t h e b e n c h , w h e r e h e h a d to b e c a rr ie d to t h e

"It was just a nice play by Ben Arsenault," Verrilli said. "He took it into the zone and to be honest, I didn't really see it go in. I just got it on my stick and put it towards the net. Sometimes it just works out."

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ju s t te s tin g u s, a c tin g lik e in s e c u re c h ild re n in a d e s p e ra te ca ll

W h ile y o u rs m a y b e s u s p e n s e fu l, t h e m o s t fa s c in a tin g ty p e o f re tire m e n t is t h e p a th ta k e n b y N e w Y o rk G ia n ts ru n n in g b a c k T ik i B a rb e r. J u s t a f e w w e e k s a g o a n d w h ile still in h is p r im e , B a r b e r q u ie t ly a n d g ra c io u s ly e n d e d h is 1 0 -y e a r ca re e r. H e s c o ffe d a t fu tu re m e g a - m illio n s a n d m ir th fu lly d e c la re d h is a rriv a l in th e | te le v is io n in d u s try .

d re s s in g ro o m b y te a m m a t e s . T h e lo ss w a s all t h e m o re

B a rb e r ra tio n a liz e d h is e a rly e x it b y e s s e n tia lly s a y in g th a t

c o s t ly g iv e n t h a t t h e R e d m e n a lre a d y h a v e fo u r p la y e rs o n

h e w a n t e d to w a lk , ra th e r th a n h o b b le , a w a y fro m t h e g a m e . I

in ju re d re s e r v e .

c a n 't s a y I b la m e T ik i. I m a y n e v e r k n o w t h e p a in o f e n d in g e v e r y

T h e lo ss s n a p p e d a t w o g a m e w in s tre a k a n d t h e R e d

p la y w it h m y b o d y b e in g c r u n c h e d b y e n o r m o u s d e fe n d e r s , b u t th e a n e c d o t a l e v id e n c e is s tro n g . T h e b e a tin g th a t b a c k s ta k e

H o w e v e r, w it h ju s t 1:40 le ft t o p la y in t h e firs t p e rio d ,

m e n n o w tra il t h e U n iv e r s it y o f Q u e b e c a t T ro is - R iv iè re s b y

O tta w a c e n t r e K é v e n G a g n é p ic k e d u p a lo o s e p u c k a t c e n

fiv e p o in ts in t h e O U A Fa r E a s t d iv is io n . M c G ill w ill b e o n th e

tre ic e a n d b le w p a s t t h e R e d m e n d e fe n c e to p u ll t h e G e e -

h a s h is to r ic a lly d riv e n ru s h e rs to v o lu n t a r ily (a n d s o m e tim e s in

ro a d n e x t w e e k e n d w it h g a m e s a g a in s t Q u e e n 's a n d R o y a l

G ees even.

v o lu n ta rily ) p r e m a tu r e re tire m e n ts .

M ilita r y C o lle g e o n F rid a y a n d S a tu rd a y re s p e c tiv e ly .

While there was no scoring in the second period, it certainly didn't lack entertainment. The Redmen picked up their physical play, with centre Sam Bloom and defenseman David Urquhart throwing huge open ice hits. While the Redmen did a good job of finishing off their checks, they couldn't finish off their scoring chances which included a promising three-on-two break and a shorthanded break away. Meanwhile, at the other end of the ice, Filiatrault kept the score even with a number of quality stops.

One piece of good news for MçGill is that they have winger Teddy Kyres back. Kyres, who returned to the line up from a knee injury on Friday night, believes the Redmen still have a good chance of catching UQTR. "We had a tough game tonight. We had chances and we could have buried some,"Kyres said."In the CIS, we don't play many games and we have two tough games coming u p next weekend, so we need to focus." ■

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown retired abruptly from the Cleveland Browns at the peak of his abilities, as did Barry Sanders with the Detroit Lions. Former Minnesota Vikings run ning back Robert Smith spurned a monster contract so he could attend medical school. Soon after, Ricky Williams retired not for medical but"medicinal" reasons.

If t w in s tu d ie s h a v e e v e r b e e n o f u se , th is h a s to b e o n e

s u c h o c c a s io n . T ik i's id e n tic a l t w in b r o th e r R o n d e is still g o in g

stro n g fo r t h e T a m p a B a y B u c c a n e e rs . T h e d iffe r e n c e b e tw e e n t h e t w o ? R o n d e is c o r n e r b a c k a n d T ik i w a s a ru n n in g b a c k .

In either Favre's or Barber's case, both can gracefully walk away from the game, leaving on their own terms and secure in the knowledge that they could have soldiered on. B u t re tire m e n t c o m e s in d iffe re n t p a c k a g e s . T h e r e is a lso t h e m o re o rg a n ic fo rm , in w h ic h o ld a g e s im p ly c a tc h e s u p w ith a p la y e r, e ffe c tiv e ly fo rc in g h im in to re tire m e n t. It is a h u m b lin g m o m e n t w h e n a p r e v io u s ly e lite a th le te re a liz e s h is sk ills n o lo n g e r p e r m it h im th e p r o lific a c y h e o n c e e n jo y e d . C o o p e rs to w n b o u n d R ic k e y H e n d e r s o n , c u r r e n tly a g e d 4 8 , w a s still d e lu s iv e ly p la y in g in in d e p e n d e n t b a s e b a ll le a g u e s in 2 0 0 5 b u t d id n o t

So h e's f in a lly d o n e , rig h t? "I can't say I will retire," Rickey told the San Francisco Chronicle in August. "My heart's still in it. It's sort of weird not to be playing, but I decided to take a year off. I wasn't getting the feedback that someone was going to give me a chance to make their ball club and that's what I was trying to get.. ..but I still love the game right now, so I'm going to wait it out and see what happens." So there is your snapshot: a study in contrast. As Tiki clips j on his microphone, Rickey sits and waits by the phone. Brett Favre, it is your decision, but i would make it while the choice is still yours. ■ p ic k u p h is b a t o r g lo v e in 2 0 0 6 .

STEVEN CAMPBELL Captain Benoit Martin tangles in the faceoff circle. Despite his gritty play McGill failed to pull out a win.

The McGill Tribune

22 «Sports *23.01.07

PROFILE— REDMEN BASKETBALL

Stock rising for Anthony, Redmen basketball Guard combines strong defence with scoring touch to lead cagers “I tra n s fe rre d fro m a n e le m e n t a r y s c h o o l t h a t d id n 't

C h a r l ie B l o r e

h a v e s p o rts to a h ig h s c h o o l t h a t d id in g r a d e se v e n ,"

T o s a y t h e M c G ill m e n 's b a s k e tb a ll p ro g r a m h a s s tru g g le d o v e r t h e p a s t f e w y e a rs w o u ld b e a g ro s s u n d e r s t a t e m e n t . In t h e fo u r s e a s o n s p r io r to t h e 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 c a m p a ig n , t h e R e d m e n h a d ra c k e d u p a d is m a l 12-51 re c o r d — in c lu d in g a 2-14 s e a s o n la st y e a r .

A n t h o n y s a id . "All m y f r ie n d s w e r e p la y in g b a s k e tb a ll so I trie d o u t fo r t h e t e a m a n d t h in g s ju s t w e n t fro m th e re . I s ta rte d a s a c e n t r e b e c a u s e I w a s s o ta ll a n d la n k y ; I g u e s s I ju s t p e a k e d e a rly .'B u t m y sk ills a n d m y p h y s iq u e s lo w ly o v e r t im e w e n t fro m c e n t r e to f o r w a r d to g u ard ." S in c e t h e n , A n t h o n y h a s s im p ly im p ro v e d e v e r y

S o h o w d o e s o n e e x p la in t h e r e m a rk a b le t u r n a ro u n d t h a t h a s ta k e n p la c e th is y e a r a n d c u r r e n t ly h a s M c G ill s ittin g s e c o n d in t h e Q u e b e c d iv is io n a t 5-4? L o o k n o f u r t h e r t h a n t h e b lo s s o m in g o f a c o re g r o u p o f y o u n g t a le n t le d b y th ird - y e a r g u a rd S e a n A n th o n y . "F irst o ff, I h a v e to b e a le a d e r; I h a v e t o g e t t h e m o ra le o f t h e t e a m up," s a id A n t h o n y o f t h e m u lt ip le ro le s h e p la y s o n t h e te a m . " S e c o n d ly , I'm a d e fe n d e r ; I u s u a lly h a v e to s h u t d o w n o n e o f t n e o t h e r te a m 's b e s t p la y e rs . W e h a v e a lo t o f t a le n t o n th is t e a m s o s c o r in g is g o in g

y e a r. In h is firs t s e a s o n a t M c G ill, A n t h o n y p u t u p m o d e s t n u m b e r s : s ix p o in ts , t h r e e b o a rd s a n d o n e a s s is t p e r g a m e . In h is s e c o n d y e a r t h o s e a v e r a g e s e d g e d u p to n in e p o in ts , f o u r r e b o u n d s a n d t w o a s s is ts p e r o u tin g . T h e p ro g re s s h e h a s m a d e h a s A n t h o n y c o n s id e r in g a fu t u r e in p ro fe s s io n a l b a s k e tb a ll. "I'm h o p in g to p la y p ro b a ll in t h e P h ilip p in e s ," A n t h o n y sa id . " P h ilip p in e s lo v e t h e ir b a s k e tb a ll. Y o u c a n ju s t p la y a little p ic k u p g a m e a n d y o u h a v e c r o w d s o f

t o h a p p e n . I ju s t h a v e to ta k e c a re o f t h e little th in g s." O f c o u r s e , t h e m o d e s t A n t h o n y s e lls h im s e lf s h o rt. T h r o u g h 18 g a m e s , t h e V a n c o u v e r n a tiv e h a s a v e r a g e d a te a m - le a d in g 14 p o in ts , a s w e ll a s f iv e r e b o u n d s a n d th r e e a s s is ts , p e r g a m e . B u t t h e

6'4" k in e s io lo g y a n d

p h y s ic a l e d u c a t io n s tu d e n t's g o a ls g o w e ll b e y o n d s ta tis tic s . "I h o p e to le a v e a n im p a c t o n t h e p ro g ra m ," A n t h o n y sa id ."I t h in k [H e a d C o a c h C ra ig ] N o r m a n is a g re a t c o a c h a n d h e is b u ild in g a p ro g r a m h e re , s o I'm h o p in g t o h e lp t h is t e a m g e t th e r e . E v e n tu a lly , I'd h o p e t o g e t t o t h e n a tio n a ls , b u t t h e firs t s te p is o b v io u s ly w in n in g p ro v in c ia ls."

little k id s ru n n in g u p t o w a t c h . I h a v e lo ts o f f a m ily th e re , a u n ts , u n c le s , c o u s in s a n d m y g r a n d p a r e n ts . I'd h a v e a c h a n c e t o p la y in fro n t o f m y re la tiv e s a n d s p e n d s o m e t im e w it h m y g ra n d p a re n ts . I've ta lk e d a b it w it h s o m e t e a m s t h e r e b u t t h e y w a n t t o w a it u n til I'm d o n e w ith M cG ill." T h a t's g o o d n e w s fo r t h e R e d m e n b e c a u s e t h e y w ill n e e d a fo c u s e d S e a n A n t h o n y if t h e y h o p e t o m a k e s o m e real n o is e d o w n t h e s tre tc h in t h e Q u e b e c d iv i s io n . F o llo w in g a le n g t h y e x h ib it io n a n d t o u r n a m e n t s c h e d u le t h a t s tr e tc h e d a ll t h e w a y fro m S e p t e m b e r th r o u g h D e c e m b e r, t h e te a m 's re g u la r s e a s o n is re a lly b e g in n in g t o h e a t u p a s t h e y h o v e r o n e g a m e o v e r .5 0 0 w it h ju s t s e v e n g a m e s le ft. "I g u e s s it d o e s fe e l lik e t h e re g u la r s e a s o n is g e t

M a k in g u p f o r lo s t t im e G iv e n t h e s u c c e s s A n t h o n y is h a v in g p la y in g b a s k e tb a ll to d a y , o n e c a n 't h e lp b u t w o n d e r h o w m u c h b e t t e r h e m ig h t h a v e b e e n if h e h a d p ic k e d u p t h e g a m e a n d h is g u a rd p o s itio n e a rlie r.

t in g u n d e r w a y ," A n t h o n y s a id . " T h e w h o le p re -s e a s o n a n d g e a rin g u p , is fo r n o w . Y o u 're tr y in g t o p e a k rig h t n o w . W e 'v e p u t t o g e t h e r e v e r y t h in g o f f e n s iv e ly a n d d e

COURTESY MCGILL BASKETBALL Anthony is the dynamo of a young core of basketball talent.

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UQAM sister-combo downs Martlets Sisters Claudia and Majolaine Gaudet-Theoret scored

STANDINGS

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M c G ill.

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tra ile d 21-5 a fte r o n e q u a rt e r a n d 33-15 a t t h e h alf, m o u n te d

C a rle to n

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S h e rb ro o k e

tra ilin g 6 0 -5 8 w ith 17 s e c o n d s re m a in in g b u t c o u ld c o m

C o n c o rd ia

M c G ill

e v e n e d b o th te a m s ' re c o rd a t 4 -4 in t h e Q u e b e c c o n fe r e n c e ,

a s p irite d s e c o n d - h a lf c o m e b a c k to fin d th e m s e lv e s o n ly p le te t h e tu rn a ro u n d . P G R ik ki B o w le s .s c o r e d a g a m e - h ig h 15 p o in ts , s h o o tin g 5 -fo r-n fro m b e y o n d t h e a rc , ty in g t h e M c G ill s in g le - g a m e re c o rd o f fiv e tre y s s e t b y M e la n ie G a g n é in 1991. B o w le s a ls o c o lle c te d s e v e n re b o u n d s a n d a ste a l.

ON DECK

BOX SCORE

Martlets Hockey— St. Francis Xavier X-Women at McGill Martlets; Sunday, 1 p.m., McConnell Arena

Redmen get the better of UQAM though... S a tu rd a y , J a n .

O tta w a G e e - G e e s

T h e M a rtle ts h a v e b e e n ju s t a s d o m in a n t a s e x p e c te d p rio r

20.2007

G u a rd M a tt T h o rn h ill ta llie d 19 p o in ts a n d S e a n A n t h o n y

5 v s . M c G ill R e d m e n 2

a d d e d 17 a s M c G ill u p e n d e d U Q A M 87-78 in W e d n e s d a y 's la te

M c C o n n e ll A re n a

m e n 's u n iv e rs ity b a s k e tb a ll g a m e . D o w n 39-29 a t th e b re a k ,

to t h e s ta r t o f th is s e a s o n . T h e y a re c u r r e n t ly 11-0 in re g u la r '

s e a s o n a c tio n a n d b o a s t a n e y e - p o p p in g + 5 0 g o a l d iffe re n tia l.

T h e M c G ill g irls w ill b e h o s tin g t h re e te a m s fro m t h e e a s t c o a s t

t h e R e d m e n ra llie d in t h e s e c o n d h a lf t o sc o re 58 p o in ts in S C O R IN G S U M M A R Y

t h e fin a l s ta n z a . M c G ill, w h ic h w a s o u t- re b o u n d e d b y a lo p s id e d 43-29 m a rg in , fo rc e d 14 t u rn o v e rs , s e v e n o f th e m o n

th is w e e k e n d in c lu d in g S t. M a ry 's (w h ic h w ill b e p la y e d a t t h e

F IR S T P E R IO D :

M a c D o n a ld c a m p u s ) a n d D a lh o u s ie o n F rid a y a n d S a tu rd a y ,

1. O tta w a - T ro y D u n c a n (u n a s s is te d ) - 4:06 2. M c G ill - M a rk o K o v a c e v ic (u n a s s is te d ) - 6:16 3. M c G ill - L e o n a rd V e rrilli (B . A rs e n a u lt) - 7:07 4 . O t t a w a - K e v in G a g n e (J.C . M ilo t) - 18:20

| all o f w h ic h w ill g iv e t h e M a rtle ts s o m e p re p fo r N a tio n a ls.

Martlets Volleyball— Laval Rouge et Or at McGill Mart lets; Friday, 6 p.m., Currie Gymnasium

ste a ls. T h e w in m o v e d t h e R e d 'n 'W h ite in to s o le p o s s e s s io n o f s e c o n d p la c e w it h a 5-3 re c o rd , s ix p o in ts a h e a d o f U Q A M . T h o rn h ill le d all p la y e rs in m in u te s p la y e d w it h 34, s a n k fiv e o f 14 fie ld g o a ls a n d w e n t 3-for-8 fro m b e y o n d t h e a rc . H e a lso w ent

T h e M a rtle ts a re o n fire o f la te , h a v in g w o n th e ir la st s e v e n

S E C O N D P E R IO D :

g a m e s . T h a t s tre a k h a s h e lp e d th e m b u ild m o m e n t u m g o in g

N o S c o rin g

McGill knocks off Concordia again on the ice

in to t h e fin a l s tre tc h ru n a n d h a s v a u lt e d t h e m in to th ird p la c e !, (I

Four

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a s fifth - ra n k e d

M c G ill

d o u b le d v is itin g C o n c o r d ia 4-2, d e fe a tin g t h e S tin g e rs fo r

ju s t a h e a d o f t h e m in t h e s t a n d in g s w h e n L a v a l v is its . A w in

5 . O tta w a - P ie rre - A n d re L e B la n c (C . M a c D o n a ld ) - 14:51 6 . O tta w a - B e n M c L e o d (u n a s s is te d ) - 19:06 (E N G ) 7. O tta w a - R o b J e r v is (C . M a c D o n a ld ) - 19:29 (E N G & SH )

t h e s e c o n d t im e in a s m a n y F rid a y s. T h e R e d m e n , w h o im

w o u ld le a v e M c G ill ju s t t w o p o in ts b e h in d t h e R o u g e e t O r

p ro v e d t o 11-5-3, d e fe a te d t h e S tin g e rs fo r t h e e ig h th c o n s e c u tiv e o u tin g a n d c lin c h e d a p la y o ff b e r th fo r t h e 21st

NHL Hockey— Super Skills Competition & Young Stars Game; Tuesday, 7 p.m., American Airlines Center, CBC

G O A LTEN D ERS:

M c G ill, w h ic h o u t- s h o t C o n c o r d ia 47-16, le d o n ly 1-0 a fte r

G e n e ra lly , th is is th e b e s t p a rt o f th e A ll- S ta r w e e k . W h o d o e s n 't

M c G ill:

o n e p e rio d a n d 2-1 a fte r tw o . S tin g e rs n e t m in d e r P a tric k

w a n t to k n o w h o w h a rd a S h e ld o n S o u ra y s la p s h o t is? O r h o w

J e a n - M ic h e l F iiia tra u lt (L ,

fa st M a rtin S t. L o u is c a n s k a te a la p ? T h e sk ills c o m p e titio n is

E m p t y N e t ( 2G A ,

t im e in 2 4 y e a rs w it h n in e g a m e s r e m a in in g in th e s e a s o n .

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NHL Hockey— All-Star Game; Wednesday, 8 p.m., Ameri can Airlines Center, CBC

S H O T S B Y P E R IO D Team

T h is o n e s h o u ld b e in te re s tin g . A le x a n d e r O v e c h k in , S id n e y

M c G ill

C r o s b y a n d D a n ie l B rie re p la y in g o n a lin e to g e t h e r w ill b e

O tta w a

w o r t h t h e p r ic e o f a d m is s io n a lo n e . A d d in V in c e n t L e c a v a -

lier, Ilya K o v a lh u k , D io n P h a n e u f, J o e T h o r n t o n a n d T e e m u S e -

G O A L S B Y P E R IO D

la n n e a n d y o u h a v e t h e m a k in g s o f a s p e c t a c le . L o o k fo r a n

Team

o ffe n s iv e p e r fo r m a n c e o f e p ic p r o p o rtio n s .

M c G ill O tta w a

P E N A L T IE S (N o / M in s )

a lre a d y th is y e a r. T o ro n to is s lu m p in g rig h t n o w — c a p p e d o ff

M c G ill ( 2/ 4 )

SACK OF THE WEEK

g r y to k e e p b u ild in g m o m e n t u m , h a v in g w o n th e ir la st t w o g a m e s p rio r to t h e A ll- S ta r b re a k .

.................

BOX SCORE 19,2007 4 v s. C o n c o r d ia S tin g e rs 2

F rid a y , J a n . M c G ill R e d m e n

M c C o n n e ll A re n a S C O R IN G S U M M A R Y F IR S T P E R IO D ;

This Week's Winner: Floyd Mayweather Sr.— Father of boxing's current pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Junior will be squaring off with Oscar De La Hoya on C in co d e M a y o in one of the most highly anticipated fights in a long time— or at least that's what the promot ers would have us believe. In Mayweather's corner will be his uncle Roger, who in recent years, has proven himself to be a top-notch trainer. T h in g s g e t m e s s y , t h o u g h , w h e n F lo y d Sr. is a d d e d

1. M c G ill - L u c a s M a d ill (Y. T u rc o tte , G . D e m e rs ) - 01:24

to t h e m ix . H e c la im s h e is O s c a r's o n ly c h a n c e to w in th e f ig h t a n d h a s o ffe re d to b e t h e G o ld e n B o y 's tr a in e r fo r $2-

S E C O N D P E R IO D ;

2 . M c G ill - T e d d y K y re s (B. A rs e n a u lt, D. U r q u h a r t) - 03:41 3. C o n c o r d ia - B ra d G a g e r ( D .T o u p ik o v ,! B la n c h a r d ) - 16:37 T H IR D P E R IO D :

4 . M c G ill - M a rk o K o v a c e v ic (B. M a rtin , M . L e c le rc ) - 08:54 5. C o n c o r d ia - M a rc - A n d re R iz k (J. G o o d s e ll.T . H a w k in s ) - 11:29 (S H )

6. M c G ill - B e n o it M a rtin (S. P e a rc e , D . U rq u h a rt) - 18:25 S H O T S B Y P E R IO D

1 2 3 - T o ta l 19 14 1 4 - 4 7 C o n c o r d ia 3 6 7 - 16 TEAM

M c G ill

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h is re c o rd to 7-4-2.

Back to basics

I I w ith in ju ry w o e s . T h e y h a v e h a d t h e H a b s' n u m b e r th is y e a r,

and

FITNESS TIP

b y S a tu rd a y 's 8-2 t h ra s h in g b y P itts b u rg h — a n d is s tru g g lin g

e m e rg in g fro m a lo n g s lu m p o f th e ir o w n a n d s h o u ld b e h u n

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O tta w a (4 / 8 )

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n u m e ro u s

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NHL Hockey— Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs; Saturday, 7 p.m., Air Canada Centre, CBC

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th w a r te d

43 s a v e s in a lo sin g c a u s e . M c G ill G M a th ie u P o itra s k ic k e d a s id e 14 o f 16 s h o ts a n d

C o n c o r d ia :

p la y e rs

T H IR D P E R IO D :

o f F v g e n i M a lk in , Z a c h P arise , Jo rd a n S ta a l, A n z e K o p ita r a n d

d iffe r e n t

in th e Q u e b e c d iv is io n a t 15-7. T h e y w ill b e fa c in g t h e te a m

fo llo w e d b y th e y o u n g sta rs g a m e w h ic h w ill b o a s t th e likes I

6-fo r -6 fro m t h e fo u l lin e a n d g a th e re d s ix a ssists, fo u r

re b o u n d s a n d o n e ste a l.

m illio n . B e a r in m in d t h a t P re tty -B o y F lo y d a n d h is fa t h e r h a v e b e e n e s tra n g e d s in c e 19 9 9 .

No doubt this experience should bring them closer together. After all, what better father-son bonding experi ence is there then a father coaching some other guy on how to cave in his son's face? Does this family belong on Jerry Springer? What kind of sick man actively pursues a chance to aid in the physical abuse of his son? Don't get me wrong, Junior will abso lutely demolish Oscar regardless of who is coaching the aging Mexican hero. Nonetheless, the fact that Floyd Sr. is looking to line up against his own son— and get paid for it— is revolting in a way that only boxing could ever be.

Push-ups are excellent exercises to increase your upper body strength and get a great workout for your shoulders, pectorals, triceps and abdominals. They are very popular because they can be performed without machines and can be done at home or at the gym. To begin, lie down facing the floor. Next, place your hands flat on the floor, at eye level and at a slightly wider position than shoulder width apart— changing the width of your hands will affect different parts of your pectorals. Make sure to keep your legs straight while keeping your toes grounded. It is crucial that you keep your body straight throughout the movement while keeping your buttocks aligned with the rest of your body. With your palms, push your body off the floor. Your pectorals, shoulders and triceps will work together to help you raise your body. Once up, control your move ment back down without letting your body touch the floor and, once again aligned with the ground, push your body back up. Lastly, remember to keep your abdomi nals tight as this will prevent you from sagging. If you're a beginner, an alternative position is to place your knees on the floor.

— M a g d a G o n çalves Baptista (Personal Trainer Specialist)

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